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COUNTY NEWS
Youth Compete In County Stock Show
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SEGAYLE FOSTER
GRAND CHAMPION HEIFER
BREED CHAMPION EUROPEAN CLASS
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MANDI WOOD
GRAND CHAMPION STEER
BREED CHAMPION SHORTHORN
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BRADY RAGLAND
GRAND CHAMPION BARROW
BREED CHAMPION HAMPSHIRE
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KAYLA KELLEY
GRAND CHAMPION GILT
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EDDIE LEE FORTENBERRY
GRAND CHAMPION LAMB
BREED CHAMPION MEDIUM WOOL
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Floydada and Lockney 4-H and FFA youth competed against
each other in the stock show ring, January 10-12th, in the
Unity Center.
Thirteen heifers, 40 steers, 192 swine, and 29 lambs were
exhibited.
Earning the Grand Champion honors were: Kayla Kelley with
her 265 lb. Gilt;
Brady Ragland, of Floydada, with his 225 lb. Hampshire
swine;
Segayle Foster, of Lockney and her Breed Champion
European Breed Heifer;
Mandi Wood, of Floydada, and her 1,270 lb. breed champion
Shorthorn steer; and
Eddie Lee Fortenberry, of Lockney, and his 124 lb. breed
champion Medium Wool lamb.
Reserve Grand Champions were:
The Class 2 Gilt owned by Abby Sanders, of Floydada;
Scott Nixon, of Floydada, and his 220 lb. Breed Champion
Berkshire Swine;
Senee Foster, of Lockney, and her Reserve Breed Champion
European Heifer; and
Tye Wood, of Floydada, won with his 1,270 lb. Breed
Champion Cross Steer.
Laci Schumacher, of Lockney, and her 137 lb. Reserve
Breed Champion Medium Wool Lamb was also named Reserve Grand
Champion.
In the Swine division, Ashley Norrell, of Floydada, was
named Senior Showman and Kayla Kelley, of Floydada, was
named Junior Showman.
In the Beef Showmanship division, Kacie Young, of
Lockney, was named Senior Showman and Segayle Foster, of
Lockney, was named Junior Showman.
In the Lamb division, Brady Rasco, of Lockney, was named
Senior Showman and Dillon Chesshir, of Floydada, was named
Junior Showman.
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OBITUARIES
MARY GLYNN (CULPEPPER)
BURGETT
Memorial services for Mary Burgett, 85, of Garland were
held Monday, January 7, 2002, in Garland, TX. She died,
Friday, January, 4. Burial was in Restland Cemetery in
Garland.
Mrs. Burgett was born February 26, 1916 in Minden, La.
and moved with her family to Floyd County in 1924. She
married Estil Chick in 1936 . He died in 1940. She married
Lester Burgett in 1945; he died in 1966. She was also
preceded in death by an infant son, Earnest Franklin Chick,
and two stepsons, L.C. Burgett and Leon Burgett.
Mrs. Burgett was active in Senior organizations; she
worked in the nursery department of 'her church', Freeman
Heights Baptist Church in Garland. She was known as the 'hug
lady' of the entire church.
She is survived by two sons, Donnald Chick and Sam Chick,
two grandchildren, Terri Viana and Tom Chick, all of
Garland; one step daughter, Laquita Norvell of Hereford, one
stepson, Leroy Burgett of Florida, two sisters, Margrette
Holmes of Floydada and Elaine Wilson of Lubbock, and several
step grandchildren and great grandchildren..
MARY ADELE CUMMINGS
Services for Mary Adele Cummings, 90, of Lockney, are at
2 p.m. today, Thursday, January 17, 2002 at First Baptist
Church in Paducah with Elder Stephen Porter officiating.
Burial will be in Paducah Cemetery under the direction of
Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney.
Mrs. Cummings died Monday, January 14, 2002 at Prairie
House in Plainview.
She was born on September 26, 1911 in Young County to the
late Mr. James Polk Ratliff and Mrs. Minnie Ann Laney
Ratliff. She graduated from high school in Grow. She married
Julius Edward Cummings on December 6, 1936 in Hollis, OK. He
preceded her in death on November 25, 1985. She moved to
Lockney from Anton in 1949. She was a housewife and a member
of the Primitive Baptist Church in Paducah. She was also
preceded in death by a son, Rudy Wayne Cummings in 1950.
Survivors include four sons, Jimmy Cummings of Hale
Center, Donald Cummings of Lubbock, Larry Cummings of
Plainview, and Kenneth Cummings of Kingwood; one daughter,
Julia Blount of Cotton Center; one brother, J.P. Ratliff of
Paducah; one sister, Minnie Lee King of Childress; 16
grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.
Memorials are suggested to Paducah Cemetery, PO Box 805,
Paducah, TX 79248.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home on
Wednesday, January 16, 2002 from 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
BILL MCGHEE
Services for Bill McGhee, 74, of Plainview, were at 10:00
a.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at Moore-Rose-White Memorial
Chapel in Lockney. Burial followed in Lockney Cemetery under
the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of
Lockney.
Mr. McGhee died Saturday, January 12, 2002 in
Amarillo.
He was born October 22, 1927 in Plainview to the late Mr.
Cleve McGhee and Mrs. Anne Marble McGhee. He graduated from
high school in Plainview and attended Big Spring Jr. College
for a semester and Texas Tech for a semester. He was an
irrigation salesman and a veteran of the United States Army
having served during the Korean Conflict. He was a member of
the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars of
Plainview. He was a Presbyterian and a lifelong resident of
Plainview.
Survivors include a son, William F. "Bill" McGhee Jr. of
Gillette, Wyoming; a daughter, Kim Mires and husband,
Darrell of Kress; a sister, Clevanne Kirberger of Tulsa, OK;
two grandchildren, Marissa Mires and Kelsey Mires both of
Kress, and two nieces, Donna Arnold of The Woodlands, and
Margaret Ann Kirberger of Tulsa, OK.
C.T. MORRISON
Funeral services for C.T. Morrison, 83, of Bulverde, were
at 10:00 a.m. Monday, January 14, 2002 at the First Baptist
Church in Floydada with Reverend Anthony D. Sisemore,
pastor, officiating. Burial was in Lakeview Cemetery under
the direction of Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of
Floydada.
Mr. Morrison died Thursday, January 10, 2002 in San
Antonio.
He was born on February 9, 1918 in Ricardo, NM to the
late Mr. Charles Thomas Morrison Sr. and Mrs. Jewel
Jeannetta Bradford Morrison. He attended schools in Lubbock
and graduated from Robertson High School in Crosby County.
He married Lois L. Newsome on August 14, 1938 in Clovis, NM.
He moved to Lubbock from New Mexico then to Robertson
Community in 1948. He was an independent trucker, farmer and
rancher. He was a mason and a member of the First Baptist
Church. He was preceded in death by a daughter, Nan Lazzette
Morrison in 1944 and two sons-in-law, Gary Byrd and Larry
Tucker.
Survivors include his wife, Lois Morrison of Bulverde;
three daughters, Jan Kubacak and her husband, Johnny of
Brady, Kaye Byrd of Bulverde and Dannette Tucker of San
Marcos; four brothers, Lewis Morrison of Lorenzo, J.B.
Morrison of Plano, Kenneth Morrison of Ralls, and Earl
Morrison of Nacogdoches; three sisters, Emma Jewel Allred of
Gilmore, Martha Alice Boltz of Richardson and Christine
Houser of Wilcox, AZ; eight grandchildren and nine
great-grandchildren.
ELTON WYLIE
Services for Elton Wylie, 85, of Lockney, were at 2:00
p.m. Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at West College and Third
Street Church of Christ in Lockney with Frank Duckworth,
pastor, officiating and Steve McLean assisting. Burial
followed in Lockney Cemetery under the direction of
Moore-Rose-White Funeral Home of Lockney.
Mr. Wylie died Saturday, January 12, 2002 at Mangold
Memorial Hospital in Lockney.
He was born on May 16, 1916 in Hill County, to the late
Mr. Oscar Wylie and Mrs. Bessie Lewis Wylie. He attended
schools in Abernathy. He moved to Providence from Abernathy
in January, 1937 and to Lockney in 1982. He married Marie
Reves on December 17, 1982 in Lockney. He was a farmer and a
veteran of the United States Army having served during World
War II. He was a member of Lockney Senior Citizens, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Disabled American Veterans and West College
and Third Street Church of Christ. He was preceded in death
by three sisters.
Survivors include his wife, Marie Wylie of Lockney; two
brothers, Price Wylie of Plainview, and Oscar Ray Wylie of
Dimmitt; two sisters, Helen Bynum of Kingston, OK and Bessie
Mae Young of Plainview.
The family suggests memorials to Lockney Senior Citizens,
118 W. College Street, Lockney, TX 79241, West College and
Third Street College of Christ, Lockney, TX 79241 or to
Berean Family Home c/o Mount Olive Church of Christ, PO Box
1009, Brookhaven, Mississippi 39602-0009.
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A
VIEW FROM THE LAMPLIGHTER
Some days it may take awhile, say three or four hours,
for the Jewish lobby to get its ducks in a row and begin its
world wide offensive. When it does bestir itself, however,
it is an awesome thing to behold.
Nobody, absolutely nobody, can fish in troubled waters as
efficiently and effectively as they. When the elder George
Bush tackled Iraq, Israel wanted desperately to get into the
act on what they correctly perceived as likely to be the
winning side. Bush didn't want them included, for many good
reasons. So we gave them billions of dollars in hush money
to salve their ego. Then, Ben Laden's minions hit the World
Trade Towers, kill nearly 3,000 people, and syndicated
columnists George Will and Bill Safire, true to form, act as
if it were an attack on Jews everywhere.
Accordingly, all enemies of Israel must be considered as
enemies of America. Ariel Sharon, the bloodthirsty Premier
of Israel, realizing that George Bush and America have their
hands full at the moment, announces he will have no more to
do with Arafat, that Arafat is irrelevant. The Israelites
also announce a "policy of targeted killings," carried out
with tanks and missiles, and aimed at "suspects" within the
Palestine community. And, of course, the occupation and
bulldozing of Palestinian farms and orchards continues. The
Jews kill off a bunch of Palestinians, the Palestinians
retaliate by killing a member of the Israeli parliament.
Israel takes that as a some sort of personal insult, and
kills off a slew of Palestinians, and so it goes.
Mr. Bush sends another "mediator" to broker some sort of
peace between the warring factions. Arafat welcomes him, and
Sharon ignores him. He comes back home. When, and if, he
goes back to Israel, and what will happen as a result, is
anybody's guess.
So, we'll guess. Our guess is that the tail will continue
wagging the dog. American money, in the form of foreign aid,
will continue flowing. The Israelites will continue to take
whatever they want, the Palestinians will continue to
resist. Blood, mostly from the Palestinians, will continue
to flow. The American political establishment will continue
to "deplore" the situation, but will do nothing about it.
Our troops will continue to inhabit the Balkans, and will
continue to be poised to go to any spot in the world where
trouble might exist or arise...except to Palestine. And why
not? Simply because the Israelites do not want them there,
and have said do, loud and clear.
Our troops went to Panama. They went to Granada. They
went to Somalia, they went to Kosavo, they went to Serbia
(after we had dropped many, many bombs) to stop what we
called "ethnic cleansing." Our planes and troops went to
Afghanistan (thank goodness) and reduced ben Laden's forces
to a shadow of their former selves. Our troops are still in
Europe under the ageas of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization. But we will not interfere with the ethnic and
religious cleansing going on in Palestine. And why not?
Simply because the Israelites do not want us there. They
want only American money and American arms. And unless
something drastic happens, unless Bush can screw up the
courage to tackle Israel's lobby in the United States, that
is the way it will be.
Our President speaks of the present "war" as lasting
years. If this is to be a war against "evil", then it will
indeed last a long time, perhaps an eternity. In the
meantime, a mighty blow could be struck for a modicum of
peace simply by bringing order out of the chaos in the
Middle East. That order may well have to be imposed, just as
it was imposed in Afghanistan, and in Serbia, and in Panama
and many other places. Otherwise, one thing is obviously
clear. The Israelites, harking back to the days of Joshua,
and David, and Moses, will lay claim to any piece of
property that suits their fancy. The natives, wherever they
are, will resist, and their will be no peace.
Still, somehow, by the time the Middle East situation
gets translated in the American media, the natives are at
fault. The Israeli propaganda machine is indeed a marvel to
behold. Bill Safire and George Will, and a multitude of
others in the media, can be counted on to mount the
barricades and condemn the Palestinians for resisting the
Israeli occupation, (and the religious "cleansing" necessary
for the Jews to have their own space on land that was home
to the ancient Canaanites before the time of Abraham). Most
American politicians, with an eye to possible campaign
contributions, will either turn a blind eye or blame the
Palestinians for the chaos.
The whole thing yearns for some leader, somewhere, who
will simply say "enough is enough". Left to their own
devices, there will be no true peace between the Jews and
the Palestinians, whether the Palestinians be Christians or
Jews. If America is going to impose peace anywhere in the
world, the place to start probably is the last place that
peace would occur on its own. And that is the place we call
the "Holy Land."
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BY
THE WAY
I seriously considered not saying anything about the following
story, because I didn't want to give any kids any ideas. Then after
listening to my own kid and his friends laugh at me I decided they
probably already knew about it anyway.
So I've decided to write about it and warn the parents
who don't have a clue--like me.
It all started when Julianne Cornelius asked me for some
addresses. She is inviting the Governor, Senators,
Congressmen and the President of the United States to the
dedication service for the Veteran's Memorial.
She asked me if I had addresses. I said I did. I started
looking and found everything except an address for Pres.
Bush. I could have just told her that, but I wanted to be
thorough and help her out, so I got on the internet.
I typed in www.whitehouse.com. Presto--immediately on my
screen was a full blown pornographic web site full of very
graphic color pictures. If you were wondering, President
Clinton wasn't in any of them.
To say I was shocked is a bit of an understatement. Of
course I shared this bit of information with everyone here
at work. After I endured all the laughter at my expense and
found an appropriate web site, I started to get angry.
How many kids, doing legitimate research on government or
the White House, have come to that site? It is such an
obvious web address guaranteed to be viewed by young
eyes.
I was telling a friend of mine about this at home last
night. My son overheard and said, "Mom, you are supposed to
type in Whitehouse.gov!"
So, obviously the teachers already know about this
pornographic site and have taken the necessary precautions.
Plus, I know the schools have filters to keep kids from
accidentally getting on these sites. But--parents who trust
their kids not to purposefully go to a pornographic website
need to know just how easy it is to stumble across one.
I'm not trying to give the kids a new website to go
to--but I would like to warn others.
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Joe Appling brought us a copy of a couple of obituaries
from a 1903 newspaper.
I enjoyed what obituaries used to contain, before
newspapers had to cut back on space.
I can remember looking at an obituary from 100 years ago
that read something to the affect of, "He was shot by a
jealous husband".
One of the obituaries that Appling brought in told of
Mrs. Anna R. Humphrey and said, "even the most wicked men of
the town said, when they heard she had gone, 'A dear good
mother has gone to heaven.'"
The memoriam also went on to say, "When death was upon
her and she realize that she must go, in tones almost
divine, she spoke of the matchless worth and glory of the
Savior's love. Her plea to the weeping relatives and friends
by her bedside was--turn to Christ. In the last hours she
sang. 'I'm nearer home,' and asked those around her to sing,
'On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand.'"
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By the way--the same week that Jeffrey Hunter had our
website redesigned, and a link to subscribe to our newspaper
added to the site, we got two new subscribers. One from
Richardson, Texas and one from Lubbock. I thought that was
pretty encouraging. People from out of town are not only
reading about Floyd County on our website but they are
interested enough in what they see to want to know more.
We usually get over 300 hits on our website each week.
That is something for advertisers to think about!
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"Our bombs are smarter than the average high school
student. At least they can find Kuwait."
Whitney Brown
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