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 KARA
PARKHURST, 16 month old daughter, of Joel and Amber
Parkhurst, of Amarillo, sits among "Pumpkin Pyle" pumpkins
in Floydada. Kara's grandparents, Robert and Paula Pyle, of
Floydada, are pumpkin producers and operate the "Pumpkin
Pyle" business on Hwy. 62 south of Floydada, along with
Kara's great-grandparents Louis and Virginia Pyle, and Uncle
Jason Pyle, of Floydada. Kara's other grandparents are
Sterling and Gleynn Earl Cummings, of South Plains. Photo by
Paula Pyle
Southern Living magazine has notified the Floydada Chamber of Commerce that they will be in town for "Punkin Day", October 8. Known for beautiful photography the magazine will highlight the colorful pumpkin and help promote Floydada in the process. The Chamber of Commerce is encouraging Floydada businesses and residents to decorate the town with pumpkins and fall colors and put their best feet forward to welcome Southern Living and the hundreds of other visitors who will be town for the harvest festival. Punkin Day activities will fill up the day Saturday. A schedule of events is printed inside this edition courtesy of Floydada's First National Bank. The courthouse square will be full of Arts and Crafts booths which will be open for business at 9:00 a.m., however some activities will start even earlier. A 5K and 1 mile Fun Run begins at 8:00 a.m. in front of Farm Bureau, and a motorcycle bead run registration gets started at 8:30 a.m. Classic cars will be parked at Oden Chevrolet and don't forget the bake sale and book sale at the Library. Pumpkin games for youngsters will take place on the courthouse lawn and the grass lot next to First National Bank beginning at 9:30 a.m. Games include pumpkin pie relay race, pumpkin drawing and carving, pumpkin toss, pumpkin bowling, and tricycle and stick horse races. Teens and adults can also participate in pumpkin games, such as the wheelbarrow races, pumpkin pie relay, and the pumpkin motorcycle games. Entertainment will be held under the pavilion from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and will feature local artists. Don't forget to buy you Cow Patty Bingo tickets and get your chance to win either $500 (for first place), $300 (for second place), or $200 (for third place).
By Darwin Robinson The 2005 Floyd County pumpkin harvest has been going strong for the past month. The pumpkin crop has been good this year, according to certain county growers. "Pumpkin acreage in Floyd County this year was around 1500 acres, about the same as last year," said Floyd County Extension Agent J.D. Ragland. "Each acre of pumpkins can produce around 20,000 pounds. That will be a total of possibly 30 million pounds of pumpkins in Floyd County. We grow more pumpkins than any other county in Texas," said Ragland. "There may be a shortage of the Big Mac variety of pumpkins this year due to the early hail damage. Other than that, we have had a good year, harvest-wise, with our pumpkin crop," said Ragland. Tim Assiter, co-owner and manager of Assiter's Punkin Barn south of Floydada, told the Hesperian-Beacon, "This has been a good year for pumpkins. We have had a good crop and the demand for them has been good. We are about through with our retail harvest this year, but we will still have Halloween pumpkins through this month." "Hurricane Rita stopped all our shipments south, but they are picking up again this week. Many of our different varieties are going away, but our most popular variety this year was the 'Peanut Pumpkin.' It is a French variety that is pink. It is really hot this year and we just happened to plant a lot of it. The White Pumpkin also has given us good quality and good yield this year," said Assiter. Gary Carthel, co-owner of Heptad Vegetable and Speciality Company of Floydada, told the Hesperian-Beacon, "Our pumpkin harvest this year was pretty good. We are about 75 percent through. Our biggest problem is the high price of diesel in shipping our pumpkins by freight. We have had a good crop and we have already shipped around 100 loads." Mac Hickerson, manager and owner of Hickerson Pumpkin Patch of Floydada, said, "We are only about 60 percent through. All our shipments to San Antonio and the HEB Food Stores were stopped by Hurricane Rita. We have just now sent one load there this week. Our fuel and freight prices have gone up by 30 percent this year." Local producer Jon Jones of Jones Pumpkins of Floydada told the Hesperian-Beacon, "We have 40 acres of pumpkins this year and we have harvested about one-half of them so far. The yields are good and the quality is good this year." Paula Pyle of 'Pumpkin Pyle', a wholesale pumpkin outlet just south of Floydada, said, "We have had a good pumpkin harvest this year because it did not rain during harvest. The pumpkin colors are brighter this year than usual, and the sizes and quality are good." Concerning
high fuel costs this year, Pyle said, "It has hurt everyone
and it definitely has caused a cut back on our orders."
FHS YEARBOOK STAFF OF 2005 HONORED--The 2005 Whirlwind Yearbook staff have been recognized for their excellence with a nomination as semi-finalist in the Taylor Publishing's Yearbook Yearbook (see story). The staff included: (back, l-r) Tabi Barrientoz, Megan Moralez, Kristan Lackey, Ana delaCerda, JoAnn Cabellero, and Jeffri Vaughn; (front, l-r) David Mancilla and Abran Enriquez. Staff Photo
The 2005 Whirlwind yearbook has been chosen as a semi-finalist in the Taylor Publishing's Yearbook Yearbook. Of the more than 8,000 yearbooks that Taylor Publishing prints across the nation each year, less than ten percent are chosen for this honor. Semi-finalists are asked to submit six of their most outstanding spreads from their book. A panel of judges from across the nation select the finalists to be published in Yearbook Yearbook. Books are chosen to be semifinalists from the overall look of the book, but the final selections are the individual spreads. "The staff worked so hard last year, so we were thrilled to be included in this pretigious honor," said Anne Carthel, Whirlwind staff advisor. Staff members were surprised with the announcement when Carthel brought brownies and balloons for the celebration. "We were so curious when Mrs. Carthel came into class with a big balloon bouquet," said current senior editor, Jeffri Vaughn. "We just kept asking her about them, and finally she told us. We were so excited!" The staff talked with new members about the reasons the book had been so successful. "Our favorite part of the book last year was the great team effort put in on the book and on every page and section. We tried to really bring out the personality of the school and the student body," said Tabi Barrientoz, senior staff member. Many new changes were made in the production of the book last year. "We were even more excited when we realized that it was the first digitally produced book and the first book produced on the new Indesign software," said Carthel. "We were also blessed to have a staff with enormous talent in art, design, and writing." Staff members for the book included Ana delaCerda, Kristan Lackey, David Mancilla, Megan Moralez, Tabi Barrientoz, Jeffri Vaughn, JoAnn Caballero, and Abran Enriquez. The FHS Whirlwind staff have selected six spreads, including several opening pages, division, and sports pages to be entered. Entries are due by October 5, and the staff will be notified when judging is complete.
The La Esperanza Oil and Gas Lease Company, located in the 100 block of W. California in Floydada, was burglarized Thursday night, September 24. Entry was made into the office by someone throwing a brick through the glass door. According to Floydada Police Chief Darrell Gooch the alarm company log shows entry into the building at 11:30 p.m. "The alarm did not sound when the glass was broken--it went off when the burglars entered the building," said Gooch. "We believe the burglars weren't expecting the noise of the alarm and when it went off they got scared and only snatched up a computer monitor and ran off." According to Gooch the alarm company never called the police dispatcher to notify them of the alarm. "The alarm automatically resets and the broken door was then noticed the next morning at 9:30 a.m.," said Gooch.
By Darwin Robinson The Floydada City Council met in Special Session Friday, September 30, and approved an ordinance to issue a Tax Note of $750,000 to be used for capital projects improvements. The motion passed with Council Members Clar Schacht, Sheldon Sue, Bettye King and Jon Nielson voting in favor, while Council Member Ruben Barrientoz abstained. Council Member Monte Williams was not present for the meeting. The tax note will be held by First National Bank of Floydada at 4.25 percent interest over the next 7 years, at an interest cost of $126,419.79. At the council's regular meeting on September 20, when the same tax note vote failed for lack of enough council members that would vote, Vince Viaille, Vice President of First Southwest, Inc. of Lubbock, told the council, "This local financing will be more flexible and can be prepaid early." City Manager Gary Brown said part of the money would be used for three groundwater monitoring wells to sample the City's water at a cost of around $75,000. According to Brown, other projects needed are lift stations, sewer lines, a booster house, pumps and water tanks' upkeep. "The sewer lines to the ponds are in bad shape," said Brown. The council also passed a $6.00 increase in monthly sewer charges that will start November 1st, 2005. "This is to help pay for part of these mandatory capital projects expenses," said City Manager Brown. In other matters, the council approved a recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Commission for variance in the Zoning Code for Eric Cornelius to place a mobile home in R-3 Single Family Residential District 3. A Public Hearing was set for Tuesday, October 18, to hear from citizens concerning the amending the Zoning Ordinance, allowing manufactured homes to be place in the R-3 Single Family Residential District 3.
KAY JOHNSON Funeral services for Kay Johnson, 66, of Plainview were held Saturday, October, 1, 2005 at Moore-Rose-White Memorial Chapel in Floydada. Reverend Neely Landrum officiated. Burial was at the Floydada Cemetery under the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Floydada. Mrs. Johnson died Wednesday, September 28, 2005 at University Medical Center in Lubbock. She was born August 1, 1939 in Floydada to Cleo and Ovelia (Biggs) Stephens Cooper. She was a lifelong resident of Floydada and moved to Plainview in 1984. She married Acie Johnson on December 14, 1956 in Clovis, New Mexico. She was a retired LVN nurse and a member of the Church of Christ. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Sheryl Bennett in 1987. She is survived by her husband, Acie Johnson of Plainview; two sons, Blain Johnson of Dumas and Steve Johnson of Lockney; two daughters, Jacki and husband Kerry Blackerby of Amarillo and Bonnie Maggard of Arlington; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandson. The family suggests memorials be made to
The American Diabetes Association, 8008 Slide Road, Lubbock,
Texas 79242.
MATTIE LOU WHITE Funeral services for Mattie Lou White, 77, were held Wednesday October, 4, 2005 at the First Baptist Church in Coleman, Oklahoma. Internment was at Center Hill Cemetery under the direction of Coffey-Murray Funeral Home of Durant, Oklahoma. Mrs. White died Saturday October 1, 2005. She was born February 29, 1928 in Floydada to Mary Rebecca North and Herbert North. She was preceded in death by her parents; one brother, M.W. (Dub) North; husbands, Raymond (Buck) Thompson and Robert P. White; daughters Shirley A. Thompson-Gibson and Reba Marie White; and grandson Roger D. Thompson. Survivors include seven children and three step-children, James M. Thompson of Las Vegas, Nevada; Bobby W. Thompson of Mustang, Oklahoma; Raymond L. Thompson of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Roger D. Thompson of Durant, Oklahoma; Sharon S. White-O'Connell of Kaneohe, Hawaii; Sheila M. White-McMichael of Sulphur, Oklahoma; Preston D. White of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Stepsons, Garland L. White, Robert R. White and Steven C. White of Coleman, Oklahoma; 18 grandchildren; and 15+ great-grandchildren. She married Buck Thompson and had five children. When Buck passed away with emphysema, she moved to Pampa, and worked in her mother's cafe. She met her second husband Robert P. White and moved to Coleman, Oklahoma in 1957.
By The Way | by Alice Gilroy
A View From The Lamplighter | by Ken Towery
George Bush has voters of a conservative bent right where he wants them: with very little happiness and no place to go. The result is very simple, in our opinion. Conservatives continually must pull Bush's chestnuts out of the fire, lest people like John Kerry's supporters benefit from the flame. It may be true that that's merely the way politics works, but it does not make for happy campers. Political labels are indistinct appellations, anyway, but we know of no real conservative who is completely happy with George Bush's handling of either the Mexico-U.S. border situation, or the Mid-East Arab-Jew problem. In our view the former is much more tractable than the latter religious mess, which dates all the way back to Moses' version of the Abraham-Sarah marriage situation. (Our southern border situation could be easily handled, in our view, simply by the President enforcing laws already on the books, as generous as those laws are relative to immigration. We hesitate to get too deeply involved in the Abraham (or, Abram) mess, lest we generate a host of e-mail on one side or the other, or both. Suffice to say, as we remember our Bible, Abraham (then called Abram) found himself with an aging wife and his wife's young Egyptian maid-servant. His wife couldn't have children at the time, as we remember the story, and she persuaded Abram (or Abraham) to take unto himself the young Egyptian maiden as a wife, sort of. The resulting child, called Ishmael, ultimately caused great jealously and unhappiness on the part of the two women, especially Sarah, who persuaded Abraham to banish her and the child to the wilderness, which he did, being the ungrateful wretch he was. Muslims claim decent through Abraham's first son, Ishmael from Hagar, rather than his second son, Isaac from Sarah, through whom Jews claim spiritual descent through Issac. My own recollection is that God told Abraham, or rather that Abraham said God told him, he would bless Hagar and make her the mother of "Great Nations." Not being Muslim, we don't know how Muslims can stretch that promise, if it was a promise, all the way to Mohammed's founding of the Muslim religion six hundred years later. But then, we have learned not to make definitive comments about almost any religion. Some, judging from the e-mail we sometimes get, believe we occasionally have unfair comments about Judaism, which we see as being at odds with Christianity, and which most Jews do as well.) But, back to the Bush thing. George Bush is a lot more like Nixon, in our view, than he is like his dad, not that his dad was such a conservative, either. There was nothing conservative about Nixon's approach to civil rights. There was nothing conservative about Nixon's approach to the size of the central government, witness the environmental bills. As far as the current Bush is concerned, there is nothing conservative, in our view, about being profligate with tax money. Nor is there anything conservative about supporting a situation in which young American boys (and now girls) are called on to give up their lives in the interests of some foreign power. There is nothing conservative, in our view, about turning a blind eye to our porous borders in the hope that time will take care of the problem. The list could go on. The real injustice, in our mind, is that so many have no place to turn. There is not a great deal of difference between the current situation and the situation facing Lyndon Johnson during the Vietnam war. The nation had, Lyndon was fond of reminding us, "only one President." The implication being, of course, we had to support the one we had even if his decisions were stupid. The one real thing that keeps conservatives on the reservation (and we are not talking about the neo-conservatives, who are motivated only by our policy toward Israel) is the hope that the nation will derive some judicial benefit via Supreme Court appointments. To this date, at least, most citizens can rejoice. A lot of us, remembering Clinton's pick of Ginsberg, and Bush's dad's pick of Souter, will keep our fingers crossed. But for now, we can be grateful. John Roberts, at this moment, looks like a good choice. The new pick, Harriet Miers, is simply one wherein most of us will continue to keep our fingers crossed. We know nothing about her. We know not whether she will rule this way or that way on issues that are critical to the manner in which American must live their lives. Quite frankly, we do not expect much, but we hope. And, I suppose, that's about all many of us can look forward too: a little hope and hard work.
Classifieds
WANTED: Farm land for lease. Call 983-7259.
FOR SALE-- Alfalfa, small squares. $4.50 each. Call 983-2724 or 292-3772.
RYE SEED FOR SALE--Rye is an excellent cover crop and great for grazing. Rye matures earlier than wehat, so it can be terminated earlier to plant cotton. 806-292-9723.
NO-TILL DRILL--Custom drilling of wheat in milo. Inter-seeding of grass, cotton stalks, etc. 806-292-9723.
WHEAT PASTURE WANTED--Call 806-292-9723.
GARAGE SALE-- In alley behind 807 Mesquite Street. Friday, October 7th - 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Lots of things, clothes, toys, small appliances, comforter sets, dishes, swing set, muffler pipe swing, lots of Christmas things, lamp tables, small bike and lots of nicknacks.
807 W. CALIFORNIA--Garage sale - Saturday Only! 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. King mattress set, sofa, tables, recumbent exercise bike, antique dining chairs, rugs, park bench, step ladder, etc.
MOVING SALE--33 years of stuff. You name it, we probably have it. Thursday and Friday, October 6th and 7th. 904 W. Tennessee Street - 8:00 a.m . - ??.
Lockney GARAGE SALE--Saturday, 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 321 SW 6th, Lockney. Don't Miss It!!
CARPORT SALE--Saturday Only. 8:00 a.m. - ??. 207 NW 2nd, Lockney.
AMERICAN HABILITATION SERVICE, INC., a provider of HCS and CLASS services is seeking PT personal support staff to assist people with disabilities. Great position for extra income or stay at home mother. 6:45 - 7:45 am and 4p - 6p Monday - Friday. Schedule can be negotiated with family if slight changes are needed to accommodate the hours. Opportunity for additional hours providing PRN require for family as needed/arranged. HS Diploma or GED preferred, but not required. Must pass background check. Annual retention bonus. Call to schedule interview at 749-0900.
LOCKNEY HEALTH & REHAB is currently looking for a CNA to work 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday. Please call Carolyn, DON at 652-3375. Floydada HOME FOR SALE--230 W. Marivena. 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 2 car garage, central heat & air, dishwasher, fenced yard. $19,900. Call 512-293-3885.
HOUSE FOR SALE--3 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage, storm cellar. 812 S. Wall. $20,000. Call 783-0742.
READY TO MOVE IN--All electric, 3 bedroom, 1 bath. 118 W. Mississippi, New Price. Call 983-5556.
HOUSE FOR SALE--2 bedroom, 1 bath and carport. South Plains Texas -16 miles north of Floydada - REDUCED!! $6,000.00. Call Rhonda 979-733-8843 or 979-966-7943.
1104 S. RALLS HIGHWAY--2 bedroom, 2 bath, 2 car garage. Home has living and family room. Close to High School. Call Assiter and Associates for more info or to set up viewing times. 806-983-3322.
HOUSE FOR SALE--3 bedroom. 123 J.B. Avenue. Call 983-3334.
I'M MAD...at Banks who don't give house loans because of bad credit, problems or new employment. I do, call L.D. Kirk, Homeland Mortgages, 254-947-4475. www.homeland46.com
UPRIGHT PIANO, needs tuning, $75. Call 652-3740.
AKC REGISTERED LAB puppies. 6 weeks old. Both parents on premises. Call 806-983-2203.
ALPHATEX KENNEL, AIKEN, TEXAS offers superior quality AKC Registered, DNA Certified Collies, Golden Retrievers and German Shepherds. Puppies and stud service available. www.alphatexkennels.com
LARRY OGDEN AUCTIONEERING--Estates, Farm, Ranch, Business, Liquidations, State Licensed and Bonded. (806) 983-5808. TX. #9240.
FRESH VEGETABLES-- Jalapenos and tomatoes, (We pick or you pick) Location Lockney, Texas. Call 806-652-2727 or 292-2204.
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