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VOLUME 85, NUMBER 46
To
Begin
© 2006
BE FORGIVEN FOR TH E
LACK Of' KNOWLEDGE,
B UT NEVER FOR TIlE
LACK Of' COURAGE" .... G ENIl H
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2006, ABERNATHY, TEXAS
50 CENTS
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TWELVE PAGES, TWO SECTIONS
Junior Farm Skills Team Wins Area Meet
With
by Eugene Bonds
I was reading the big city
news last weekend and came
across a column about cussin
as opposed to cursing. This
star ted me to remembering
the guys in the old blacksmith
shop in Happy, Texas The
proprietor was a family friend
na med Gus McDonald. Every
.'entence out of old Gus was
peppered with cuss words. We
used to hang aroundjust as a
way to further our voca bulary. If one of the new words
ever slipped out around our
mothers th e common reply
was," Now boys you don't want
to grow up to cuss like old
Gus."
I s uppose it was a phase
a nd we lived through it. With
age we cleaned up our act, 01'
maybe I s hould say our
mo ut hs . It appea r s th a t
people a re a tad more courte·
ous 0 1' civili zed with their Ia n·
guage.
Once not to long ago I called
upon a ca ual acquain ta nce
to ex press my sympa thy at
the dea th of her husba nd . I
had lived next door to the
couple for a li ttle more t ha n a
yea r. J di dn't know then we ll,
but remembered him as the
cussinges t ma n I ever kn ew,
a nd the most diversilied. And
now, ca llingon his widow, that
was the on ly trait ofhj s cha rac ter 01' callin g I could think
of. Whi ch, of CO UI" e, I ilidn't
men Lion to her. 0 1' need to ,
actu a lly, because I hadn't a ny
more tha n gotton through my
co ndol ences and a hal f a cup
ofcofTee before the widow, who
was nea rly eighty, I'd guess
said to me: " You know how
bad he wa s to swea r? Well , he
quit it. And I never thought
he wo ul d 0 1' co uld ."
She took a sip of coffee a nd
I gave her my best please cont inu e lift of my eyebrow. "It
was a str a nge thing the way
t hat ha ppened. He had this
pension co ming that assured
he would be able to go to a
home for old men someday,
a nd he decid ed to go a nd stay
fo r a short visit. Maybe he
was tired of me, 0 1' just wa nted
to be with men his own age 01'
something. Anyway he just
packed up a nd left. I kind of
thought it wo uld be kind of a
s hort vaca tion for both of us.
A man does get under foot
when he's not workjng. You
know how long we were married-- lifty-six yea rs. His vacation was short lived, two
days and he was back. I was
glad to ee him come home,
eve n a messy ma n is missed
when he's go ne. I guess I will
rea lly mi ss him now.
"I as ked why he was back
so soon . He s wore an oa th a nd
sa id hejust couldn't stay there
with s uch people. And you
know wha t he said was wrong
with t hose men? They s wore
too much, he said!They'd come
to the ta ble a nd all he hea rd
was one oath after another.
He enve r co uld stand people
that took the Lord's name in
vain, a nd he certainly wasn't
go ing to stay there. I thought
to myself t ha t he really ilidn't
know tha t he swore every
breath he took. I s tarted
la ug hing a nd he s t a rted
s wea ring and I laughed some
more a nd told him how he'd
been calling the kettl e black
when he objected to those men
and their profanity. 'Did you
evor li st e n to yourself?' I
asked. [ to ld him that whole
gang of men could not be worse
than he was. He broke hlmself, it was n't easy but he did
it."
In a way I hated to hear it.
The world is far too short of'
artist of thi s stripe. But then
I fi gured he had made his singul ar contribution to our time.
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Abemathy FFA Junior Farm Skills team membe r s fr om left to right include; Jake Reid, Ryan Piel'ce, Bryce Teal, Garrett R e nfro a nd
An(h'e w H a rkey. Advis ors 1'01' the team are Ge rald Ke ll ey and Brian Cox
Th e Abernathy FFA Junio r
a nd Senior Fa rm Ski ll. tea ms
compe ted in the Area 1 FFA
Lea de rs hip Deve lop ment
events. IFha compet iti on took
place in Canyo n, Texas on
Novembe r 18. Area 1 consists
01'91 choo ls in th e Panha ndle
a nd So uth Plfl ins reg ion.
Th ey ra nge in size from the
sma ll 1-A schools tv th bigger 4-A schoo ls.
Th e Se ni or Fa rm Skills
tea m placed third in t he contest. Members pa rt ici pa ting
we re; J us t in Sh aw, J os h
Peterson, Markus Miller, Kyle
Owen a nd J aryn Ba rc heers.
The J unio r tea m consisted
of Bryce Teal, J a ke Re id ,
Garrett Ren fro, Andrew Ha rkey and Rya n Pierce. This
team pl,)ced first and will be
advan cing to the State FFA
Lea ders hip De ve lopme n t
Events in Hunts vil le December l & 2. 'l'he yo ung stude nts
have worked very hard to eam
the opportunit) to adva nce to
the s tate fintlls. The AbeJ'l1othy
Academic All District
Students Named at AHS
Abe rn a thy Hi gh Sc hoo l
Princi pal, Ga ry Pugh, has a nnou.nced the st udent ath letes
t hat have been na med to the
Academic All Distr ict list in
Football an d Cross COlln t ry.
Cri teria for being selected
for this honor req uire that
a ny athl ete/stud en t, tra iner!
ma nage r, meetin g the individua l member schoo ls cri terion For ,lettering a t t he va rsity leve l a nd t hat mai ntai nti
a 90 cumul a tive num erica l
ave rage or a bove through the
sports computation peri od is
eligibl e. All grades will be used
to a rrive at a cum ul ative numerica l ave rage. All cou rses
will be used in the co mputation with t he exception ofP .E.
or Athl etics
St ud e nts earn in g t hi s
honor for 2006 incl ude: Footba ll ; Jo s h P e terso n, Tate
Horsford , Mar kus Mill er, J ustin Wesley, J a ke Voigt, Jo hn
Lopez, Jo natha n Mendoza,
Kelby Forte nbe rry, Wes ley
Hill , Chase Mun oz, Reese
Myatt, Chauncey Pa rsons a nd
Ja ke Truelove. Student Trainers include; Lindsey Skipper,
Kascidee Kemp, Tey ler Abell ,
Ke nd all Dunn , Kay ley
Cu.nningham a nd Kori Vecchio.
Students ea rning thi s honor
for Cross Country include; Bri t·
tany Ca nnon, Ha ley Ha vens,
Sa nd i Kin ast, Co urtney Ma nn ,
Ka ri Wilson and K'Lea Mills.
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Breakfast
With Santa
at FUMC
Several Units from the Abernathy fire depal'tment
responded to a fire at Farmers TUCO Gin about lAM
Thursday morning. The fil'emen had to try to bring
the fire under control during extreme cold and blowing snow, A truck and the burr shack are barely
visible through the blowing snow in this photo
The widely read Abernathy People column
sponsored by First State Bank will resume in
it's normal space again next week. The
weather and scheduling conflicts caused the
skip this week. Thanks for your patience.
Abernathy Weekly Review Staff.
Ma ke s ure to ma rk yo ur
calenda rs a nd don't forget
that th e First United Methodis t Church will be hosting
it's Annual Breakfast With
Santa, Saturday, December
9th.
Breakfast will be served
a t 9:00 AM a nd Sa n ta is
expected to a rri ve at 9:15
AM. Cost {or brea kfas t a nd
a picture with Sa nta is
$6.00, or breakfast only is
$3,00.
Serving hours a r e (i'om
9:00 to 11:00 AM
Abernathy Beautifica tion Association membel's,Mrs.
Hugh Hill left a nd H e ilda Cannon r ight, busily
I'eplace the downtown flo wet' pots with Chdstmas
Trees a s th e holid ays a pproach.
Chamber of
Commerce
Christmas Plans
Continue For City
Abel'l1a thy Chamber of
Commerce co ntin ues with
pl ans for first lig hted
Chri stmas par ade. The paradew ill be staged Wednes·
day evening December 13,
at 6:30 PM. All inte rested
in entering a fl oat 0 1' other
par ade entr)' should co ntact
J effRogers, Cha mber P resident, Securi ty Ba nk 2982551.
The Chamber will also
spon 0 1' a home decora t ing
contest. All homes inside
the city limi ts will automatica lly
be judged on the evening of Decemberl2. Res identsout ide the
city limjts wishing to participate need to ca ll Sharon KesteJ'!'air at the Abel'l1 athy Weekly
Review, 298·2033, to be placed
on t.h e judges route.
Prizes of Antelope Buck will
be awarded to the winn ers. Co nte t winners wi ll be announ ced
after the parade at a social ga thering fi nd visit with Santa Clause
to be held atthc Abel'l1 athy Jamboree Hall .
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Winter al'l'ived a s this edition of t h e A bernathy
Weehly Review was going t o press. Temp e l'a tUJ'es
plummeted by neady twe n t y d e grees as w inds
began to blow s now f1url'i es into t own .
Some accumulation of s now was b eginning to
occur at 5:00 AM Thursday. Weathet· fore cas t predict more of the same fOI' th e nex t two days. Time
to bundle up and try to s tay warm a nd dry.
Texas DIR Awards IBM
Contract for State Data
Center Services That
Offers Significant
Benefits to the State
AUSTIN -A newly signed
ag reemen t between th e
Texas Department oflnformation Resources and IBM
(NYSE: IBM) delivers expanded services and lower
costs for data center services.
The seven-year contract is
valued at $863 million with
three optional one-year extensions. After taking all
new and retained costs into
account this will save Texas
$25 million in 2008-2009 and
$159 million over the base
contract period. The contract leverages the buying
power of the state to modernize the technology infrastructure, enhance information security and disaster
recovery capabilities, and
provide flexibility to meet
changing business requirements.
"I'm committed to making Texas the leader in technology advances while ensuring our citizens receive
the best value for their tax
dollars. Data center consolidation accomplishes both
and is just good business,"
said Texas Governor Rick
Perry.
"This contract replaces
and expands an existing contract for data center services
that has been in effect since
1996. It is an important ingredient in our commitment
to the shared technology infrastructure envisioned in
House Bill 1516 that I
authored last session," said
State Representative Carl
Isett.
"This agreement leverages our existing assets at
the state data center in San
Angelo and ensures continued physical a nd technical
upgrades will be made to that
facility," said State Senator
Robert Duncan , HB 1516
sponsor.
The con tract incl udes over
20 percent historically
underutiliz ed business
(HUB) participation, performance metrics, extensive
reporting, and collaborative
governance with participation by a1l27 agencies. With
the new agreement come increased security levels for
assets and information not
currently seen in state government. As part of the
agreement, IBM, working
through s ub-con trac tor
Unisys, will estab lish a new
data center in Austin.
The contract a lso addresses career opportuni ties
for state employees who currently perform data center
sel·vices. Specifically, each
affected employee will receive a job offer from IBM 01'
one of three subcontractors
- Unisys, Xerox or Pitney
Bowes - with at least a 5
percent increase over their
current salaries. No relocation will be required.
"Eighteen months ago we
established specific milesto nes to complete by this
year-end. I am proud that
we met all the milestones
and now have a solid contract in place with mea ningful performance requirements," said Willi a m
Transier, DIR Board Chair.
''We designed this process
to be highly inclusive . Hundredsofemployees at all levels of government worked
together on the scope , the
request for offer, and the
evaluation on this contract
to ensure it meets the needs
of each agency," said Larry
Olson, Chief Technology Officer for the State of Texas.
"1 want to publicly acknowledge the hard work a nd the
deep commitment to th is
project that we received from
stafT in a ll 27 agencies."
"This initiati ve demonstrates the State of Texas'
commitment to the strategic use ofInformation Technology across its government agencies," said David
Liederbach, General Manager, IBM Global Technology Services, Public Sector.
"Ultimately, the taxpayer
benefits from more effective
technology spendin g. IBM
will help the state deliver
the latest technology capabilitiesto .. -broader group bf
Texas agencies to ens ure
consistent access to information, improved disaster
recovery and data security,
and most importantly, better overall service to its citizens."
This contract follows industry best practices and
was developed with support
from Technology Partners
International, Inc. (TP!) and
Mayer, Brown, Rowe&Maw
LLP,
two
premier
ou tsourcing adviso ry firm s.
care in the early 90s. And
when they do, voters will rebel
a nd break out the pitchforks.
* House Speaker Nancy
Pelosi made a critical mistake in publicly backing Rep.
Jack Murtha over Rep. Steny
Hoyer for the party's #2 slot.
She made an existing rift in
her caucus even worse, hardening already hard feelings.
But she also committed the
unpardonable political sin of
not vanquishing her opponent
and leaving him to fight another day. Her candidate,
Murtha, lost. The rule is: If
you're gonna kill the king,
kill the king. Hoyer remains
alive and kicking.
• The Hill reported last
week that "Five female members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) refused
to back incoming Caucus
Chairman Joe Baca (D-Calif. ) in a vote Wednesday, citing concerns ranging from
poor management of the
group's political arm to a lack
ofrespectfor female lawmakers." The paper noted the
meeting devolved into a
"nasty closed-door debate"
and some believe the group
will break up over gender
lines.
• One ofthe reasons Demo-
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district, holding on is going to
be tough for a lot of these
freshman Democrats.
To give you a better idea of
this political landscape and
how it works against Democrats, consider this: According to Ryan Ellis, Federal
Affairs Manager over at
Americans for Tax Reform,
there are now 60 Democrats
in the House who represent
districts President Bush won
in 2004. But there are now
only 9 Republicans in the
House representing districts
that John Kerry won. These
Democrats are strangers in a
strange land.
So here's the bottom line:
Republicans will have an excellent opportunity to retake
control of the House in two
years. However, if they fail to
do so in 2008, it could be a
LONG time before they ever
get control of the gavel again.
And while Democrats may
have the majority for now, it's
anything but solid. Perhaps
the best thing they have going for them is that Republicans never seem to blow an
opportunity to blow and opportunity.
I don't know whether to
pop a Prozacordrink the KoolAid.
--
While the overwhelming
majority of senior citizens
are happy with t heir prescription drug coverage under Medicare Part D, some
have realized that the plan
they picked was not what
they wanted or needed.
But se niors who fall into
this category hav e good
news: From now until Dec.
31, Medicare Part D will offer an "o pen-enrollment"
period, mean in g thatrecipients ca n cha nge their prescription drug coverage to
pick a new plan that better
meets their needs.
Unhappy seniors should
jump at this opportunity to
switch. Many will di scover
that insUl'ance providers listened to theil' complaints
and a,'e now offering even
better plans than before. For
example, sever al plans now
cover the much talked about
"doughnut hole," meaning
tha t ou t-of-pocket cos ts ha ve
dropped significantly. Ma ny
othe,'s have lowered the copay for drugs. Finally, more
pl ans have added many new
medicines that were approved by the FDA as recent ly as last month.
All told, seniors will have
more opportunity to lower
their out ofpocket drug costs
and tailor their drug plans
to their medical needs. So
even seniors who are pleased
with their drug coverage
~~ould examine their ophons.
Whether they want to
sign up for the first time or
change plans, seniors
shouldn't delay. This openenrollment period happens
only once per year, from Nov.
15 through Dec. 31.
This enrollment period
makes Part D different from
traditional one-size-fits-all
government health plans,
where there are no options.
Just Ip.ok,at the prescrip- .,
tion drug plan offered by the
Department ofVeteransAffair s, which lowers drug
prices and reduces costs in
three ways. First, by law,
the VA can command below-market prices. Second,
to reduce prices further, the
VA limits the choice of drugs
through a national formulary, which offers only 30
percent of the drugs available under Medicare. Finally, the VA delays and limits access to new medicines.
Every drug given "prior-
organize rs of a downtow n
Christmas festival to reconsider using a certain movie
studio as an event sponso r.
The reason, you ask? It turns
out that officials arc upset
that the movie studio , New
Line Cinema, might offend
non-Ch ristians with ads fo r
its movie "The Nativity
Story."
Now, let's ta ke a step back
for j ust a minute. As mentioned earli er , we have already seen dramatic changes
in "etai l a nd co rpor ate
America regarding their "definition" of Christmas. Santa
is larger than life, but Jesus
is now here to be found . The
company Christmas party is
now the "holiday" party, even
though there is a Christmas
tree in the lobby.
We have come to expect
that a "holiday" party will
contain references to multiple
religions or no religions at all.
However, this rece nt action
in Chicago goes a step further
- a very troubling step. In
this case, we are not talking
about a "holiday" celebration
but, rather,a bona fid e Christmas festiva l. Mo re specifically, the event is the German Christkindlmarket. How
can you possibly take Christ
out of a Christmas festiva l?
Tsn't the nativity scene an
integral part of the Christmas story?
"The last time I checked,
the first six letters of Christmas still spell out Christ,"
said Paul Braoudakis,spokesman for the Barrington, 111.based Willow Creek Association, a group of more than
11,000 churches of various
denominations. "It's tantamount to celebrating
Lincoln's birthday without
talking about Abraham
Lincoln."City officials noted
that they did not order the
festival organizers not to use
the New Line Cinema as a
sponsor, but suggested that
they don't. "Our guidance was
that this very prominently
placed advertisement would
not only be insensitive to the
many people of different
faiths who come to enjoy the
market for its food and unique
gifts, but also it would be contrary to acceptable advertising standards suggested to
the many festivals holding
events on Daley Plaza," Jim
Law, executive director ofthe
office, said in a statement.
We must draw the line regarding the on-going efforts
to redefine Christmas. No
matter what the religious
beliefs of a person may be, if
that person attends a Christmas festival, shouldn't the
person be expected to see depictions of what the holiday is
all about? People have a choice
whether to go to a Christmas
festival or not, and to guard
against people being "offended" because they go to a
Christmas festival and actually see a reenactment of
Christ's birth is simply crazy.
If we do not stand up
against the PC crowd who
want to take the Christian
religion out of Christian holidays, then Easter will come
to bejust a rabbit and Christmas will be a man in a red
suit.
ity" status by the FDA since
1995isavaiiableunderMedicare Part D, but not on the
VA formulary . For instance,
there's a drug called Gleevec
that is now first-line therapy
against stomach cancer, one
of the world's most painful
diseases. But before the VA
will dispense GJeevec to veterans, they first must try an
older drug known for its
harsh side effects. Only if
patients fail on that medication can they use Gleevec.
The VAalso automatically
delays access to new drugs
for a year, regardless of
whether affected veterans
wilJ even live that long.
'l'hat's why those who are
dependent on the VA system
lead shorter lives and have
access to few of the newest
drugs.
The Medicare drug benefit takes the opposite approach. Rather than offing
seniors a single price-controlled government plan, it
leverages market forces to
create competition, which
leads to lower prices, better
service and more choices. In
fact, both Medicare and the
Congressional Budget Office
found that private competi-
tion offers the same savings as a government-run
system with more choice
and less bureaucracy.
Under Part D, private
companies compete for the
business of seniors. That's
why three out of four seniors enrolled in the Medicare drug program are satisfied, and nearly threefourths expect their drug
costs to stay the same or
decrease thanks to the plan.
More than four in five seniors say they've had no
problems getting their
drugs. And because of the
program, 20 milJion se niors
who had no previous drug
coverage are now insured.
In the coming weeks, seniors should take advantage
of the open enrollment period and sign up, or switch
to a new plan that better
meets their needs. And they
should pay attention to any
effort Congress makes to
ta ke those choices away.
Choice is what the new
Medicare program -- and
better health -- is all about.
Robert Goldberg is Vice
President of The Center for
Medicine in the Public Interest.
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Breaking
News
An Abernathy home and a
school building were vandalized with BB guns this past
week. Attempts to get the
information early in the week
was slow while I, tfie Ab ernathy Police bepartment investigatea the incident. As of
press time it was reported that
four juveniles and one adult
that allegedly caused the damage had been identified and
the investigation was completed.
In matters concerning juveniles, information is much
more limited for release to the
local media. Abernathy Police
Chief, Luis Villarreal, and his
officers completed a thorough
investigation that occurred in
Hale and Lubbock counties.
The appropriate county authorities have taken over the
case at this time.
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become "holiday" parties, and
images of J es us a,'e replaced
with cardboard cut-outs of
snowmen. Now, even with a
festival th at is specifica ll y
about Christmas, officials in
Chicago are warning about
offe nding non-Christians.
As is being reported by
FOX News in an Associated
Press news story, city officials in Chicago have asked
crats picked up a number of
seats is that they ran nontraditional Democrat candidates; candidates who were
pro-gun, pro-life, and in some
cases ... anti-tax! Free-thinking, ifnotconservative, Democrats on these key issues are
gonna cause a lot of problems
for the majority down the road
- just as RINOs (Republicans
in Name Only) such as soonto-be ex-Sen. Lincoln Chafee
did for Republicans.
And re-election in the
House for Democrats is gonna
be no Sunday picnic either. A
number of Democrats won
seats they'd never have won
were it not for major scandals
- such as the Mark "Happy
Pants" Foley seat in Florida.
Those first-time D's are gonna
have a whale ofa time getting
re-elected if the GOP puts up
strong candidates in 2008.
Also, there's the little mattel' of gerrymandering. Again,
a number of seats the Democrats picked up on November
7 were drawn by GOPfriendly legislatures to be
GOP friendly. Or at least competitive. Yes, incumbency is a
big advantage. But an incumbent is most vulnerable the
first time he or she runs for
re-election. And in a "swing"
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Christmas Bashing Starts Early
The Than ksgivi ng holiday is barely in our rearview mirror, and already the
anti-Christmas PC police
are working to turn Christmas from a Christian holiday to simply another reason to have a few days off
from work. In stores and corporate America, we have
seen the changes:
Christmas parties have
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Republicans have the bigger problem.
by Chuck Muth
They're back in the minority after a dozen years
running the show on Capitol
Hill. And they've compounded the problem by
making what appears to be
an Hispanic affirmative action pick fo r the new boss of
the Rep ublican National
Committee (Sen. Mel "quest
Worker" Martinez), bringing
world-class pork-barreler
TrentLott back into the leadership ranks of t he United
States Senate, and keeping
the sa me top two leaders in
the House (Rep. John
Boehnerand Rep. Roy Blunt)
who oversaw the November
7th debacle which gave the
natio n "Speaker" Pelosi.
If inside-the-beltway Republicans ever learn lessons,
it see ms th ey learn the
wrong ones.
But it's not all cookiesand-cream ove r on the
Democratside of the aisle by
any stretch.
• The top bananas in their
party, starting with Howweird Dean and San Fran
Nan, are FAR more liberal
than the nation as a whole.
They likely won't be able to
r esis t the
urge
to
overreach ... like Hill ary did
with nationa lized health
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MONDAY: juice, cereal,
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TUESDAY: juice, warnes,
syrup, milk
WEDNESDAY: juice ,
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THURSDAY: juice, cereal,
roll , milk
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toast, milk
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MONDAY :Charburger ,sa lad , tat er
tots,apple 0 1' orange, milk
TUESDAY: fi sh, macaroni
& cheese, peas,corn bread,
fruit, milk
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beef soup ,grilled ch eese
sandwich, fruit, milk
THURSDAY: chicken nuggets, mashed potatoes, green
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MENU FOR 12106/06: SpaggattilMeat Sa uce, Salad,
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Freshman Boys
Defeat Floydad~ 67-4C
Remain Unqefeated
The Abernathy Fres hman
boys baske tb a ll s quad
cia imed the only Abernathy
victory on Monday night defeating the Floydada Freshmen 67-40. 'flus gives the
Yelu'lingsa 2-0 staj·t thi s season .
Coach Bum s sRid ," We
playe d really good defense
the fi rst half'of'the ba llgame.
[ thought OUI- press was ex- .
ceptioual throughout the
ballgame, We rebounded the
ball and got it to our guard
quickly and ran the floor. One
of the great things abouthaviug 15 kids on the bench is
everyone stays fairly fresh
throughout. We were very
aggressive offensively."
Da kota Neis had a
breakout game scoring 22
points with Stephen Barbee
putting in 12. Bryce Teal
scored 11 points followed by
Jacob Wilson with 9. Jake
Reid scored 6 points, Ryan
Pierce claimed 5 points and
Braden SnUth scored 2 points.
The next game will be at
the Roosevelt Tournament
Thursday against Lorenzo.
Middle School
Roundballers Fall
Short Against
Floydada Whirlwinds
... girls results
Th e Middl e School 7th
gl'3d e and the 8th grade girls
traveled to Floydada last Monday njght. All th..ee tea ms
came up a little short, butcame
hom e with some good experience.
'I'he 8th "B" team led ofTthe
ru ght and lost by seven with
a n 11-18 score. The leading
scol.'erwas Lauren Burris with
4 points. Aubree Ellison, Tori
Perez and Patricia F leeman
all had 2 points. Claud ia
Santellano made 1 point.
The second game was
played by the 7th grade. They
were held scoreless by the
Whirlwinds suffering a 0-49
loss.
The 8th grade "AU team
played the last game of the
evening almost claiming the
game, but came up short by
four losing 30-34.
The leading scorer for this
team was Shelbey Havens
with 11 points. Maecee McClenney had 9 points followed
by Morgan Lutrick with 5.
Kenzie Black and Kristen
Richerson both had 2 points
andMariah Lopezhad1point.
... boys results
The Middle School 7th and
8th grad e boys basketball
teams come up short as they
took on the Floydad a Monday evening at home. The 7th
graders made a solid effort,
but were manhandled 22-46
by young Floydada tea m.
The top scoring indi vidual
for th e Lopes was Aust in
Lewis with 8 points, followed
by Payton Knight with 6.
Issac Pierson,J acobAlvardo,
Ty Wise and Garrett Rogers
each scored 2 points.
The 8th graders also came
up short with a 29-43 loss.
Coach Horne said," We got
into foul trouble early and it
really altered our game plan.
The team played hard, but
we didn't shoot the ball well.
Brandon Runnels was the
leading scorer in this game
with 12 points. Nick Gary and
Justin Shadden each swished
the hoop for 5 points followed
by Logan Turner with 4
points. Benji Dominguez
claimed 3 points.
Dynamic Duo
to Cover ,
Antelope
Bas~etball 'for
Weekly Review
With next week's issue of the
Abernathy Weekly Review the
sports department will have
stories from two new reporters.
Both are studentsatAbernathy
High School; senior, Ashlee
Ford and junior, Jacqueline
Elias, will be covering Abernathy Basketball.
Ford has been assigned to
cover all boys and girls Varsity
games. Elias will be reporting
on the boys and girls JV games.
The students were recommended by AlSD Superintendent, Herb Youngblood. Mr.
Youngblood stated, " I know
both of these gids are great
students and very involved with
the Antelope athletic program.
They will do a fine job for the
paper."
The new reporters will begin
this weekend with tournament
action at Nazareth and
Roosevelt. They appear to be
highly motiva ted to take on the
new challenge.
This is but one of several
new changes readers will be
seeing over the next few weeks
in the paper. Watch for a new
basketball contest simiJarto the
one that is played by readers
during football season offering
cash prizes to those that know
how to pick the winners.
FR0NTlER®
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Plan Now to Attend The
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Be There to Support The
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2001 ABERNATHY SHOOTOUT
DECEMBER 7, 8, &.
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Restaurant
1203 Ave. D / 298-2874
Hi Plains
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of a change of operating hours
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6:00 AM until 9:00 PM
Saturdays
6:00 AM until 8:00 PM
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1203Ave. D.
Abernathy
High School
Senior
Parents to
Meet
405 AV8. D / 290·2627
1205 AV8. D / 298-2077
Parents of members of the
Class of 07 have scheduled a
meeting for Thursday, December 14 at 8:30 PM. The meeting will be held in the Bettie
Hardin Auditorium. At the
meeting the parents will be
discussing Drug-Free Night
(graduation), finances and talk
about other important information. All parents of Seniors
are ~ncouraged to attend.
298-2874
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1002 Ave. D / 290-2010
701 r,XBS Ave. /298·2521
Jane Phillips, Agent
5740 82nd Street
Lubbock, TX 79424
Bus: 806-798-1395
FIRST ASSEM8L Y OF GOD
FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
EaSi Service Rd ., 1-27 & 14th Street
298-2060
Bible Siudy 9:45 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Worship 6:00 PM
Wednesday Evening 7:00 PM
Judy Wooten, pastor
511 Avenue E
298-2832
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Monting Worship 10:45 AM
Evening Celebration 6:00 PM
Mid-Week Service 7:00 PM
NORTHSIDE 8APTIST CHURCH
298-2497
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Worship 11 :00 AM
Even'ing Training 5:00 PM
Evening Worship 6:00 PM
Wednesday Service 7:00 PM
FIRST IIAI'TIST CHURCH
News Brief ...
Booster Club Plans
Annual Shootout
The Abern athy Boost er
Cl ub will be sponsoring the
Abe rn athy Shootout aga in
this yea r. The contest will
bringseveralstuden tsas well
as parents and specta tors to
the Abernathy comm llnjty. It
was anno unced th a t t here
wi ll be 10 boys' and 8 girls'
tea ms playing in the tournament.
'l'he Booster Club wOllld
Jil<e to encou rage everyo ne to
come out Dec. 7, 8 and 9 and
watch some exciting basketball ga mes. To see bracket
listing as of press time please
tUI'll to page five of this paper.
'1'he next Booster Club
meeting will be held Decembel'4 at 7:00 PM in the Bettie
Hard in Auditorium. After
that, meetings will be the
first Thursday of each month
unti I school is ou t.
BARGAIN BOB'S
Now open every Friday & Saturday
10 a.m. 6 p.m. through Dec. 16
Corner of Hwy. 84 & FM 597
Anton, Texas
Furniture, appliances, household
and Christmas items
A mission trip to Mexico
has been planned for December 27 through 30, 2006.Anyone in the Abernathy area is
invited to participate. Open
to all people who wish to serve
others unselfishly through
Christ
The local group will be
staying in Mercedes, Texas.
Cost is $8.00 per night plus
food. Departure will be from
the FUMC parking lot at 7:00
AM December 27.
Mark Miller is le'adingthis
group and said, "Please pray
for God to bless the Abernathy mission team. Find a
prayer team and have them
cover us and our Abernathy
mission trip."
For more information, contact Miller at 806-438·4979
Abernathy
Public Library
Monday - 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
Tuesday - 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
Wednesday - 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
Thursday - closed
Friday - 12 p.m.-5 p.m.
811 Ave. D
411 71h Sircet
298-2587
Sunday School 9:30 AM
Worship 10:40 AM
Biblc Siudy 5:00 PM
Ev~ning Worship 6:00 PM
Wednesday Evening 7:00 PM
CHURCH OF CHRIST A8ERNATHY
916 Avenue E
298-271g
Biple Study 9:30 AM
Worship 10:30 AM
Evening 5:00 PM
Wednesday Evening 7:30 PM
Ste\'eGaunll
COUNTY LINE "APTIST CHURCH
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Syl Moore, interim pastor
BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH
101 E. lSi Streer
298-2118
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Service (B .T.U .) 6:00 PM
Monday Mission. Matrons, Brotherhood Meeting 7:00 PM
Wednesday Prai se Service. Blblc Study 7:00 PM
Rev. W.R. Bailon Jr., pllSl0r
IGLESIA DEL NAZARENO
Avenue A & 5th Street
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Worship 11:00 AM
Evening 6:00 PM
Wednesday Service 7:00 PM
Filling
Station Cafe
STAU 'AIM
420 161h Street
Mission Trip
Planned
Lowe's
Marketplace
Winter hours in effect
December, January and February
Security
Bank
First State
Bank
317MBinSt. /298-2551
Abe rnathy Librarian, Sandi Cheshire, City Secretary,Heilda Cannon and City
Council Member, Elias Vecchio take part in the festivities honoring Earl the
police dog dul"ing the dog's birthday party held last Monday at the Community
Room in Abernathy City Hall
410 10th St. / 298·2845
Arl en Ank le . pastor
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURC H
704 Avenue D
298-2581
Sundny School 9:30 AM
Worship 10:50 AM
Evening 6:00 PM
Wed. Choir Praclice 6:00 PM
Sun . & Wed. You III 5 PM - junior high
6:30 PM - senior high
Jerry Don Cheshire. pastor
CENTE R COMMUNITY CHURCH
5 miles easl on FM 597 then 2 miles SQUill on FM 2902
Sunday School 10:00 AM
Worship 11 :00 AM
Wed. Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM It! Marvin Looney's
ST_ ISIDORE CATHOLIC CHURCH
South Avenue D
298-4278
Sunday 9:00 AM
Re v. Rene Perez
IGLESIA BAUTISTA NUEVA CREACION
412 141h Street
777-4542
Sunday School 10:00 AM
WorShip Service It:oo AM
Sunday Evening .I:O\l PM
Wednesday Service 7:00 PM
Gumlalupe Salinlls. pastor
ONE CROSS THREE NAILS
.-ELLOWSHIP CHURCH
I I 12 Jerome Streel
298-4733
Sunday School 9:45 AM
Sunday Worship 11:00 AM
Evening Service (BTU.) 6:00 PM
Wed. Praise Service & Bible SlUd)' 7:00 PM
G ilbert Gonzales, pastor
MONTE DE LOS OLIVAS
11 0 Eo" 41h Street
298-2140
Sunday Services 10:00 AM
Sanday Evening 6:00 PM
Tuesday Prayer Meeting 7:00 PM
Thursday Services 7:00 PM
Basilio Mojica, pas lor
Lowe's Pay·N·Save • Cary Mormino & Associates
Abernathy Weekly Review
4029th St./290·2556
First United
Methodist
Church
Jane Phillips
State Farm
Insurance
5740 02nd St., Lubbock
798-1395
704 Ave. D/ 298-2581
FourW
Electric
HH
Farms
Dean Wesley / 795-0012
829 W. Service Rd.
298-5140
Gym B • Practice
Abell
Funeral Home
41116thSt.,298-2331
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916AvB. D / 290·2033
204 Msin St. /290·2003
Cullen Johnson
Triple P
King
Pharmacy
Cary Mormino
& Associates
920 AVI. D / 298·2222
921-B Ave. D / 290-2529
The Learning
Tree
Farmers
Tuco Gin
801 AVB. F/298-2151
Hurst Farm
Supply
298·2467
105 AVB. D / 290·.2541
Hill Veterinary
Service
Abernathy
Floral Market
102 16th St. / 298.2123
First Baptist
Church
1312 AVB. D / 298-2020
411 7th $t./21B·2fll
Equipment & Auction
Rt. 2 Box 116e / 290-4607
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Hello again kind readers.
It appears that some of you
find my little stories a little
short on content. From the
response and the sudden influx ofideas to print. Discussed
BEFORE THEY STOP YOU.
this with my momma and she
said maybe I should consider
Calcei's' triple calcium formula IS designed 0 help
a little input to liven up the
stop low calcium leg cramps. Just ask your phar macis t
co lu mn. Now when your
momma gives you this type of
advice you know it needs improvement.
I will include some of the
latest stories e-mailed to me;
however I will skip , the one
TEXAS STATEWIDE CLASSIFIED ADVElUISING Nfo:l WORK
from Susie Younger. Someone
sent some Irish Humor:
Father Murphywalked into
a bar and said to the first man
that he met, "Do you want to
go to heaven?" The man replied, "I do, Father."The priest
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Certainly, Father ." "Then
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stand over there against that
expenses III Texas adopuon.
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44.752 aore lake. Ceolral waler. wall with the other fellow."
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The Father Murphy walked
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over to O'Toole and said, "Do
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this O'Toole responded rather
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graduares wanted. Tu ilion reim tal. Good hwy access , rolling hills.
The priest said, "I don't beDANIEL BOONE LOG HOME bursemeo t. No wa~lillg (or uain ~
good brush, rock outcroppings. EZ
Auction. Au sti n, TX • Sa turd ay, ~~~~:~~~:g~~'~:I~I~~. ~~dic~;d
~e;~~~4~~~:~tand & Ranches, 1- lieve this. You mean to tell me
that when you die you don't
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delivery up to one yea r. Package Truck. 1-866·483·J41 3.
said, " Oh sure, when I die,
includes : sub-fl oors, logs, win - DRIVERS· $$ HO LIDAY Ma ll Yextras. CalJ LUV Homes , retreal. Big buck area, plus
dows , doors, rafters. roofi ng, etc. CASH $$ S5000Sign,oll bon us. 1. 800-93 4. 964 4 RB J# 03190 turkey, dove . quail aod more.
yes. I thought you were getting
a group together to go
Call 1·800-766-9474.
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Another person sent me this
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little note: A fellow opened the
~ull rct ad ,v a lue dedu ctio n S}OOO sign on for experienced RB INOJI90.
morning newspaper and was
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dumbfounded to read in the
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obituary column that he had
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USA Tru ck '·866· 483· 34 13.
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died. He quickly phoned his
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best friend and asked ifhe had
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read the obituary column. his
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friend responded," Yes, I saw
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Your own loca l c.nd y rou te. efit a ~ ove nime. Paid traini ng. DEACH
FRONT
LAND
30 machines and caDdy. All ;;';~IOo ~S\J~FT·RI .(~OpO~~~~ . $199.000. 0pp0rluoily of a life·
from?"
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let that office manager lady
M:'§lwjtl',ii§• • Teus. 1-817-983-6600.
I
know that I am getting sugACT NOWI EARLY CHRIST. EXCITING OPPORTIINITY TO DEL RIO/BIG BEND AREA:
gestions from you kind readMAS bonu s. $1000+ week.ly. WORKwilhinlt.TMlionalcompnnyin 169 acres of desert huntin,
36~. 4 3~ cpm/SI .20 pm . SO yoor homelOWn. Compeos",,,d voluo· laod. $235/6ere. $2000 dowo.
ers or she might stop paying
lease ne w tru cks CD L-A + 3 lecrsneedcdtoworkwiOJintemauonal S392 monthl yl 20 year note.
me. That would be real bad as
monlill OTR . 1.800-635 .8669. yootllinyoorcoommity,Trnvclincen' 1·830·885 ·4578 . www.raoch
I need t he thirty-eight cents
Melton Tru e lc Lines .
Iives. CaU 1·8O()..344-3S66.
e nterpflses ltd.c om.
she
gives me each week . Have
NanCE: While most advC(tisers arereput.1ble, we cannot guarantee product. Of services advertised We urge readers lOuse caution and wheo in doubt, contact
a great week and I will drop
the TelWAuomey General at 1 · 8Q().621'()~8 Of the Pederal T"rIe Comnussion all·877·FTC-1iELP. The FTC web site I. www.ftc.govlbltop
you
a line later.
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Good-bye D.U.D.
STOP LEG CRAMPS
DON ENGER .AllR (R:>,GJ-.'
REALTOR'
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10508 W FM 597 - COMPLETEL Y REMODELED 3 bedroom
1.5 bath home on 4 acres! New everything - carpet. paint.
HVAC, appliances, bath fixtures, hardwoods, windows &doors,
septic & more! 20x30 metal barn. $125,000
~ng.
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1608 Ave. H - IMMACULATE & SPACIO US! 3 bedroom. 2 bath
with 3 LV areas & 2 dining areas. Basement, sun room & office I
Large isolated master s uite. Tons 01 storage & closet space. Tile
roof. Beautiful landscaping. Greenhouse & storage/workshop.
3,448 sq ft. $178,000
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1405 Ave. H - Nice 3 bedroom 1 bath home recently updated
with paint, carpet & vinyl. Featu res include a large livIng room
and isolated master with separate Sitting area. $45,000
Nan Riley
239~7256
Coldwell Banker
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Increased Monitoring Violation ('f3 / T4)
CITY OF ABERNATHY 0950001 co ll ecled sa mpl e(s) fot'
bacteriological a na lysis in October, 2006. Laboralory results indicated th e presence of coliform bacteri a. Co nsequently, the Texas Commiss ion on Environ mental Qua lity required our system to perform in creased monitorin g
and submit five di stribution sa mpl es the follo wi ng month .
Because we fail ed to collect the peci fi ed numberof'samp ies,
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