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FJHS OCEAN PROJECT--The Science Class at Floydada Junior High School is presenting an Ocean Project display of all types of ocean creatures, a volcano and an under-the-sea waterfall. The Open House tour of the project will be held Thursday, February 5, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at FJHS auditorium. 7th grader Titus Miller is shown with one of the under water displays. FJHS Students Build An Ocean in Auditorium The Science Class of Floydada Junior High School, under the direction of FJHS Science Teacher Amy Teeple, is having an Open House of their Ocean Project from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Thursday, February 5, at the FJHS auditorium. The public and all parents are invited to attend and take the tour given by the students who have participated in this unusual and unique display. It shows what ocean life is like miles down beneath the surface of the water. You will be escorted by the students. At each underwater setting the students will explain exactly what plant and sea life you are looking at and at what depth they live. It will be an "underwater" experience you will never forget. You will see how sand is made, beautiful corals, replicas of sharks, whales, an underwater volcano and a waterfall on the ocean floor. Visitors on the tour are welcome to the INTERTIDAL ZONE of the ocean. Tour guides explain that the ocean covers abut 75 percent of the Earth's surface and what we used to call the seven seas is really one ocean. There are five zones in any ocean. It begins with the intertidal zone, then down into the coral reef, the pelagic zone, the benthic zone and finally into the abyss. To point out the problems of pollution in the ocean there is a display of what is found in the bellies of sharks, such as aluminum cans, pieces of rope, plastic wrappings and pieces of wooden crates. At the display of the estuary, where a river meets the ocean, one will see how sand is made by the constant rubbing of shells and rocks together. Here is the formation of tide pools on the beach that can be seen at low tide. At high tide, fish and oysters swim into these pools. A demonstration shows how tiny grain of sand working its way into the oyster's shell will cause irritation to the oyster's muscles and cause the oyster to produce a secretion around the grain of sand. After many years this process will cause a pearl to be formed. At this shallow depth, visitors will see starfish. If the starfish is injured or broken into pieces, then each piece will grow into a new starfish. Also, at this depth students have made lobsters and a nest of turtle eggs. Nearby is the illustration of the water cycle. This process includes evaporation from solar energy, condensation from cooling, precipitation and transpiration. Also, one can see the yellow bulb on the Bull Kelp. It is filled with gas which allows it to float. The rock cycle display is very important. Sediments from the continents are carried to the ocean by running water. They sink to the ocean floor where they are cemented together to form sedimentary rock. Sandstone rocks from the Flomot area are on display and reveal to the geologists that this area at one time was covered by sea water. Guides explain the next display of ocean depth is the clear, shallow CORAL REEF of waters in the world's warm seas where huge reefs of orange, yellow and purple coral can be seen. Visitors can see examples of corals and told how coral is formed. These coral gardens provide a home for many sea creatures, such as the starfish, sniper eels and American eels, which can reach 26 feet in length. There is an ART EXHIBIT created and drawn by the FJHS students on display between these depth levels. Passing through the PELAGIC ZONE one sees where the most sharks and large animals live beneath in the ocean. The Porcupine Puffer fish blows itself up for protection when being attacked. Other information tells the observer that the seahorse does not have a stomach and the manta rays do not have teeth. In this area microscopes will show you the smaller and microscopic organisms found in the ocean. Nearby are metamorphic rocks formed under extreme heat and pressure. The BENTHIC ZONE is located four miles deep at the bottom of the ocean. Temperatures here are near freezing because no light from the sun penetrates this deep. We see the 30 to 50 ton humpback whale, which has two blow holes, and is the largest animal in the ocean. Most of the other fish that live at this depth have the ability to produce their own light. One of these is the viper fish, which has over 350 lights in its mouth. Also, we see a lemon shark and an octopus, and a Sea Urchin. The next exhibit shows an underwater volcano. Visitors are told the more times it erupts the faster it grows larger and eventually may extend to the surface forming an island, such as the Hawaiian Islands. The ABYSSAL ZONE display shows the deepest and darkest part of the ocean. There are many unique organisms at the this depth. There are bioluminescent fish that produce their own light. The most unusual display in the abyss is the underwater waterfall. It is created when super cold water from the south pole moves up toward the trenches in the Pacific Ocean. This water in the trenches is colder and more dense than the surrounding water, so it falls off into the trench. Here we see an angler fish. The female has a dorsal fin tipped with fleshly bait that is often luminous to draw its prey. It is also called the "fishing rod" fish because of this feature. Hydrothermal vents, or black smokers, are in this zone. These vents are like underground geysers giving off black steam and bubbles over 300 degrees F. Minerals in the water build up around the vents creating large chimneys. One ecosystem organism that lives around these vents is the tubeworm that can grow four feet tall. Near the volcano, old rocks here are being melted into hot rocks call magma. When magma solidifies it forms igneous rock. The journey through the Ocean Display Project is entertaining and educational. Visitors will be glad they made the effort to attend.
Youth Center "helps to lower crime" By Alice Gilroy Lockney Police Chief Jerry Edwards credits much of the drop in juvenile crime in Lockney to the Lockney Youth Center. Chief Probation Officer Reba Moore has also praised the center for helping her department reduce juvenile crime. The Center was recently awarded $19,000 in grant money to help with operating expenses of the Center. The grant applications cited the drop in juvenile crime as a benefit of the Youth Center. Chief Edwards recently wrote the LYC Board of Directors and praised them for their efforts. "Since the Youth Center opened in August 2002 I feel it has contributed to a big portion of reduction of criminal activities committed by juveniles in our community. Edwards said the problems for the city are lessened because a place has been provided for the youth of Lockney to have a 'hang out'. "The juvenile have a place to go when they are bored." "Few small communities such as ours have the blessing of having a place for these youth," said Edwards. Edwards said in 2003 13 juveniles were handled by the police department. "Our statistics are misleading as far as the number of incidents because 2 of those juveniles accounted for 50% of the crime. The number of incidents does not show much change--but the number of juveniles handled has been reduced." Chief Probation Officer Moore said, "We have witnessed a dramatic increase in referrals from the Lockney area. Between 2001 (the year before the Center opened) and August 31, 2003, the rate of referrals decreased by 39%. In the first half of the fiscal year we have only had two referrals from Lockney. "That is a phenomenal decrease and we have to credit the youth center for much of this decrease. In addition to the statistics, we often hear from parents of the youth that they really appreciate the activities offered by the Center. The parents believe it has kept their children off the streets and motivated them to participate in pro-social activities." Moore said juvenile crime is also down overall in Floyd County and in the 110th Judicial District. The majority of youth currently detained in the Parent Adolescent Center are not from the 110th Judicial District. Moore also gives PAC credit for helping reduce juvenile crime in the area. "Our recidivism rate is down," said Moore, "and that is where you can judge the success of programs. The juveniles detained here take part in substance abuse programs and daily living education "For example, Jim Ingam, of C.A.R.E. was recently at the Center to teach the kids about anger management and the bad affects of tobacco. "Our probation officers are also working hard with contacts with the whole family." PAC also concentrates on classroom instruction and allows spiritual counseling as well. According to LYC's director Ray Jimenez Jr., the Center has a daily attendance of approximately 40-60 youth per night, ranging in ages from Junior High to High School students. "On Friday and Saturdays we will have up to 100 kids," said Jimenez. "Sometimes it goes up to 200--especially with our Little Dribbler's Progam." The Center has a large open concrete floor where youth enjoy basketball and volleyball. A weightlifting room is available and also a quieter living room has televisions with X-Box games. There is also a separate area with pool tables, air hockey, and foos ball. The Center offers extra activities, including Little Dribblers for Pre K and 2nd graders, and flag football. Dances and bake sales are held regularly for fund raising. The Center has survived mainly through the generosity of its citizens and grant money. Recently a $10,000 came from the James/Eva Mayer Foundation and another $9,000 came from Fred/Louise Joachim Foundation. In 2003 approximately $5,500 was donated by local citizens and businesses. An adult board and juvenile board meet regularly to oversee the operations of the Center and give direction for Jimenez. "We realize how unusual it is for town the size of Lockney to have a quality facility for its youth," said Moore, "and we know how much hard work and dedication it requires from the community." The Youth Center is open 3:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Sunday-Thursday. On Friday and Saturday the Center is open 3:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Schools in New District By Bill Gray About the time Texas schools get adjusted to home-and-away rivals, along comes the University Scholastic League's biennial realignment. As usual, the actions by Texas public schools' governing body has kept coaches and athletic directors throughout the state guessing. The rumors and speculations of "who's going up or down" or "what district are we going to be in" were all settled when the alignments of 2004-05 were announced on February 2. Many of the radical changes in Region I occurred in the smaller classifications of 3A and 2A. District 5-2A, which included Floydada, Lockney, Abernathy, Hale Center and Olton the past two years, was totally dismantled, as was District 4-2A. Most of the former 4-2A are now included in the eight-member District 5-2A. Abernathy and Denver City join Idalou, Lubbock Roosevelt, Post, Shallowater, Slaton and Tahoka in one of the toughest 2A districts in the state. Floydada, Lockney, Olton and Friona will be joined by former Class 3A schools Dimmitt and Tulia to make up the newly-created District 6-2A. Hale Center, former member of 5-2A has been reclassified to District 4-1A (which includes Anton, Crosby-ton, New Deal, Petersburg and Ralls). The biggest difference for Floydada, Lockney and others in 6-2A is the projection of opponents in the bi-district round of playoffs. Members of 6-2A will now face members of 5-2A (Shallowater, Denver City, etc.) in the first round of postseason. In the past several years, Floydada and Lockney playoff teams have gone "north" in the first round - Panhandle, West Texas High, etc. Floydada coach and athletic director Lee Hurt said, "It was like being on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange when the packets (of realignment) were handed out. I pretty well had our non-district opponents for football lined up...then when Post and some others were put in the 8-team District 5-2A it sure messed up our proposed plans. I am very pleased that we remained in a 6-team district, but with Tulia and Dimmitt added to the mix, it will be a very competitive district." Friona, Tulia and Dimmitt all have larger enrollments than Floydada, which means that the Whirlwinds probably won't have to play in the "large school" division of football playoffs as they did in 2003. The Whirlwinds' non-district opponents for the 2004 football season have still not been solidified, but the five most likely are Idalou, Slaton, Lubbock Cooper, Littlefield and Farwell (from District 3-1A). In District 6-2A play next season, Floydada will trave to Olton, Friona and Dimmitt and will host Lockney and Tulia. Joe Robertson, athletic director and head coach at Lockney, had about the same dilemma as Hurt in trying to schedule Lockney's non-district football foes for next year. Coach Robertson told the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, "I've been doing this for a lot of years and this is the most complicated, 'have no idea' year we've ever had. I think someone just sits around and throws numbers out there and puts them on the Internet to start rumors...I've heard a hundred things." The coach added, "We virtually had the non-district schedule set for next year and then they came up with the eight-team district to the south of us. That created big problems in trying to set our pre-district opponents." Like Hurt, Robertson was happy to be grouped in a six-team district. He also agreed that perhaps the biggest impact will be at the bi-district level of the playoffs. Lockney's tentative non-district schedule for next Fall will see the Longhorns facing Slaton, Childress, Post, Memphis and Muleshoe. In District 6-2A action, the 'Horns will host Tulia, Olton and Dimmitt and will go to the road against Friona and Floydada.
Obituaries WILLIAM H. DOUGHERTY William (Bill) Holmes Dougherty, 81, of Sante Fe, New Mexico, (formerly of the Dougherty Community), died Tuesday, January 27, 2004 of pneumonia. After graduating from Yale in 1945, he joined the U.S. Foreign Service and was among the first Americans to enter Warsaw after the defeat of the Germans in W.W. II. He was a U.S. Consul in Warsaw immediately after the war and then served with Ambassador Averill Harriman in Moscow from 1946-1948. After returning to Washington, he worked for the National Security Agency. Mr. Dougherty moved to Tesuque, New Mexico in 1952, where, while managing the family farms in Texas, he served as a consultant to Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was born March 10, 1922 in Fort Worth to Frank and Penelope Dougherty. He grew up on a ranch near Tubac, Arizona. After recovering from polio, he graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Orange, Virginia and received an honors degree in Spanish from Yale University. In 1963, he earned a Masters in Slavic Studies from the University of California at Berkeley. In 1946 he married Jane Simons, a Foreign Service colleague, in Warsaw, in a ceremony performed by Fr. Karol Wojtyla, now Pope John Paul II. She preceded him in death in 1977. He married Julie Paltengue Dougherty, a long-time New Mexico resident, in 1982, who died in 1997. Also preceding him in death was a brother, Samuel Alexander Dougherty in 1944. Survivors include a daughter, Eleanor (Tammy) Dougherty of Rancho Palos Verdes, California; two sons, Frank M. Dougherty and his wife, Christine Hunker Dougherty, of Albuquerque and William David Dougherty and his wife, Clara Lucero Dougherty of Tesuque; three grandsons; and three stepsons, Roman, Luis and Carlos Buhler. In lieu of flowers, donations should be made to your favorite charity. A memorial service will be held at a later date. FELICITA H. GARIBAY Mass of the Christian burial for Felicita Hernandez Garibay, 74, was held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at St. Mary's Catholic Church. The Reverend Antonio Aureus was the celebrant, assisted by Deacon Thomas Avila. A rosary was recited for Mrs. Garibay at 7:00 p.m. Monday, February 2, 2004 in the Danniel Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed at St. Mary's Cemetery. Mrs. Garibay passed away Saturday, January 31, 2004 at Arlington Medical Center. She was born on May 2, 1929 in Bryan to Eugenio Hernandez and Antonia Cortez. She married Jose Angel Garibay on January 28, 1957 in Floydada. He preceded her in death on May 17, 2002. She was also preceded in death by two sons, Roberto Vasquez and Ramon Garibay. Survivors include four sons, Joe Vasquez, Jr. of Canyon, Frederico Garibay of Napa Valley, California, Rodolfo H. Garibay of Amarillo and Rosendo Garibay of Plainview; seven daughters, La Nora Kohut of Royal Oaks, Michigan, Susan Avila of Lubbock, Diana Avila of Sherman, Rebecca Felix of Grand Prairie, Raquel Guerrero of Sherman, Rosario Williamson of Plainview and Reina Garcia of Sherman; 29 grandchildren and 31 great-grandchildren. MABBLE POLVADORE Services were held Saturday, January 31, 2004 for Mabble Polvadore, 59, of Amarillo, in Memorial Park Funeral Home Chapel of Memories. Rev. Chester Beavers officiated. Burial was in Memorial Park Cemetery. Arrangements were under the direction of Memorial Park Funeral Home. Mrs. Polvadore died Tuesday, January 27, 2004. She was born January 28, 1944 in Memphis. She married Harold J. Polvadore December 30, 1965 at Floydada. Survivors include her husband of the home; four sisters, Johnnie F. Ogden of Childress, Betty McCarty of Nacogdoches, Evelyn Patterson of Alto, and Martha Smith of Nacogdoches. She is preceded in death by one brother, Bill Kittrell in 1992. The family suggests memorials be made to the Amarillo-Panhandle Humane Society, 3501 S. Osage, Amarillo, Texas 79103.
By The Way | by Alice Gilroy By now Janet Jackson has gotten lots of free publicity for her strip dance during the Super Bowl halftime. For a little while kids will giggle and parents will be appalled. Some parents may even forbid their kids to buy anymore Janet Jackson or Justin Timberlake music. Then everyone will get over it and Janet will be laughing all the way to the bank. For those of you who read this column I know you won't be surprised at my feelings over the subject. Just for the record--I found the whole half time show objectionable, not just the table top dancing near the end. I didn't watch the whole thing because I was disgusted. I didn't see the fellow wearing the American flag like a poncho, and I didn't see Janet expose herself. But the 23 teenagers at my house for a Super Bowl party did. Lots of young children enjoying a fun football afternoon with the family around the T.V. were also subjected to it. Parents who take the time to pick what shows to enjoy with their kids were blindsided by the halftime show. I have to admit that I was shocked by some people's shock. CBS was mad. MTV was mad (or so they say), and the Super Bowl committee was mad. Super Bowl folks say it is very doubtful that MTV will ever be asked to host a halftime show again. Duh! Lets get real..ity TV here folks. What type of entertainment did anyone expect MTV to present? Did it take Janet's breast being exposed before anyone was offended? Didn't the dirty dancing offend parents? Didn't Janet grabbing her breasts offend? Didn't the dancers stripping offend? Good Grief. This was family time. It wasn't supposed to be a drive through a red light district. Why in the world would the Super Bowl allow all the rest of the show to be part of my family time? CBS, Super Bowl, and MTV all say they were surprised--and they probably were. But I wasn't. I'm sure the show was rehearsed and previewed. Why was nothing else objectionable? Janet says it was a mistake and she didn't mean for that to happen. Right. That's why her web site promised her fans some "shock" during the Super Bowl. That's why she decorated her breast with a star. My husband said it was too bad the cameraman didn't know it was coming because he could have pulled the camera away from her before the Fredericks of Hollywood garb was yanked off. Like the cameraman did with the pervert who ran out onto the field and exposed himself. Maybe you missed that. At the kickoff after halftime a flasher ran out onto the field. He yanked his coat open but the cameraman pulled back and nobody got to see that strip act. Police ran out and arrested the guy. I wonder why police did that? Why did the flasher get arrested and Janet didn't? Explain the difference to me. Is it because we pay Janet to do that? It reminds me of the old old joke about the man who makes a proposition to the woman in a bar. He says, "Will you sleep with me for $500? She says, "Sure". He says, "Will you sleep with me for $1.00?" She says, "No--what do you think I am!" He says, "We've already established that. Now we are just haggling over the price."
A View From The Lamplighter | by Ken Towery
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