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WEATHER SERVICE READINGS:
Tuesday’s High . . . . . . . 93 degrees
Overnight Low . . . . . . . . 65 degrees
Precipitation:
In the last 24 hours . . . .1.88 inches
2009 to date . . . . . . . . . . 12 inches
2008 to date . . . . . . . . .9.54 inches
FORECAST: Tonight, mostly
cloudy with a 50 percent chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 60s.
Southeast winds 10 to 15 mph.
Thursday, partly sunny. Chance of
thunderstorms in the morning, then
a slight chance of thunderstorms in
the afternoon. Not as warm. Highs in
the upper 70s. Northeast winds 10
to 15 mph. Chance of thunderstorms
40 percent. Thursday night, mostly
cloudy with a 30 percent chance of
thunderstorms. Lows in the upper
50s. East winds 10 to 15 mph.
THURSDAY: Sunrise 6:58; Sunset
8:49.
Tuesday’s high of 93 was 13
degrees below the high of 106 set
for that date in 1995. The overnight
low of 65 was 6 degrees above the
low of 59 set in 2005.
Astro-Graph
Thursday, July 30, 2009
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today’s
developments are apt to be to your
liking. They’ll involve just enough
risks to make things interesting, but
they will not be beyond your abilities
to control things should something
go awry.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) —
It’ll be important to associate with
persons you consider progressive
and imaginative. You may need to
bounce ideas off others in order to
tailor things to your personal needs.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — A financial
situation that didn’t look too
hopeful may surprise you and make
a profit instead. It will prove that you
should give things a chance and
never toss in the towel too prematurely.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) —
Having know-how is one thing, but
knowing the right people is another.
Coupling knowledge with contacts,
you will do quite well for yourself.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec.
21) — It’s imperative to be persistent,
because what you’re searching
for might not be found in the usual
places. What you’re looking for is apt
to be in a surprise location.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
— You might learn about a proposal
that will sound far-fetched at first
glance, but don’t be too quick to dismiss
it. Upon study, you could find
it has merit; it may be exactly what
you’re looking for.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19)
— If you’re promoting something
unique or different, know that you
might have to educate others if they
are to accept it. Once they see the
merit, it’ll be a real moneymaker
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
Use your special gift of imagination
to handle a tricky development that
arises. If people aren’t seeing the
worth of your actions, get creative in
your explanation.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —
There’s a good chance that you will
be pioneering something that won’t
be conducted along conventional
lines. Handling it in a unique way will
make everyone take notice.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —
An unexpected development could
force you to form a partnership with
an individual you would never team
up with under normal circumstances.
It’ll turn out OK.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —
You’re always willing to think out of
the norm, and gambling on a situation
that needs both your imagination
and resourcefulness will get your
juices flowing. The returns could be
bigger than usual.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) — If
the stakes are significant and there
are some elements of risk involved,
manage these affairs on your own.
You’ll have a better chance of handling
things correctly without kibitzers
looking on.
Today’s markets
Today’s market prices at
Plainview grain terminals at 11
a.m.: Corn — 5.60, 5.65; Milo
— 4.40, 4.55; Wheat — 4.95,
5.00.
COMMODITY FUTURES
Following at the latest Chicago commodity
quotations listed by BOB CASTLEBERRY
INVESTMENTS of Plainview at 10 a.m.:
HIGH LOW LATEST
Cattle (Aug) 82.20 84.77 85.02 Up .01
Feeders (Aug)104.05 103.67 103.80 Dn .35
Hogs (Aug) 65.30 64.05 64.15 Dn 1.92
Corn (Dec) 3.34 3.23 3.30 Up .11
Wheat (Dec) 5.57 5.47 5.50 Up .01
Soys (Nov) 9.36 9.10 9.22 Up .14
LOCAL STOCKS
Following are local stock quotations at 10
a.m. today, provided by BOB CASTLEBERRY
INVESTMENTS of Plainview:
XEL 19.38 Up .37 SHLD 67.68 Up 2.29
ATO 26.63 Up .45 WMT 49.26 Up .09
ADM 30.98 Up 1.51
Words of Life
As ye have therefore
received Christ Jesus the
Lord, so walk ye in him:
Rooted and built up in him,
and stablished in the faith,
as ye have been taught,
abounding therein with
thanksgiving. — Colossians
2:6-7
credit on energy bill
By TOMMY YOUNG
Herald Staff Writer
Xcel Energy customers
soon will be receiving a refund
on their bills because
of lower fuel costs, the company
said.
Xcel spokesman Wes
Reeves said the refund is
a one-time credit based on
August usage.
He said residential customers
using 1,000 kilowatt-hours
in August will
receive a credit of $23.60
on their August, September
or October bills, depending
on their billing cycle.
Commercial customers
can expect to see a credit,
depending on the type of
voltage they receive, between
$25.95 and $41.72,
based on the 1,000 kilowatts
of usage.
“Of course since the rebate
is based on usage, the
amount of the credit will
fl uctuate from one customer
to the next,” Reeves said.
Xcel collects its fuel and
Newborn enrollment
ends Friday for Texas
Tuition Promise Fund
Parents who want to get
an early start on college
savings for their children
under the age of one year
have until Friday to enroll
in the state’s prepaid college
tuition program and
avoid higher costs in September,
Texas Comptroller
Susan Combs said.
“The fi rst enrollment
period for the Texas Tuition
Promise Fund ended
Feb. 28, but enrollment for
newborns is open until July
31,” Combs said. “Instead
of waiting until the next
enrollment period opens in
September, parents can enroll
their newborn immediately,
at 2008-09 contract
City council
month, or 3.6 percent.
Ingham represents Plainview
on the steering committee
which is made up of city
leaders from 65 West Texas
municipalities, stretching
from the Permian Basin to
the northern Panhandle, that
are served by Atmos.
Councilman Wendell
Dunlap asked how the rates
could be going up when the
cost of gas is approximately
half the price it was this time
last year.
Ingham reminded the
council the fuel costs are
pass-through costs that fl uctuate
and are passed on directly
to the consumer without
a mark up.
He deemed the portion of
the rate that is changing “a
handling fee” that also varies
based on the volume of
natural gas Atmos moves
through its system.
Councilman Kelvin Tipton
cast the lone dissenting vote
in the 6-1 vote to accept the
ordinance, stating in a separate
interview, “It just seems
like this agreement is moving
money one hand from
the other. I think if we would
all hold the rope all these
increases and rebates would
even out in the wash.”
The council also approved
extending the franchise
agreement with Southwestern
Public Service/Xcel energy
to provide electrical
service and to have the nonexclusive
rights to operate
in the city’s rights of way
to build and maintain power
Post Office
Clark confi rmed her earlier
belief that the investigation
will be protracted and
lengthy.
“There are different components
to the investigation,”
she said. “The breech
of postal policy is one component
and then alleged
criminal acts is another
component (to the investigation),
and both have to be
investigated thoroughly.”
Kenny Smith, special
agent with the Offi ce of the
Inspector General, said a
“majority of our cases are
prosecuted federally.”
Smith said he cannot discuss
specifi c charges or penalties
connected to the cur-
purchased-energy costs in
Texas through a fuel factor
that is approved by the Public
Utility Commission of
Texas. At the time the current
factor was developed,
fuel and purchased power
expenses were projected to
be higher than the actual
amount spent.
“We can revisit the fuel
factor costs three times a
year now, instead of twice,
allowing us to make adjustments
more often as fuel
prices go up and down,”
Reeves said. “It was hard
when prices were going up
and we were having to add
surcharges. It’s nice for us to
be able to pass some savings
along to our customers now
that prices have dropped.
“Even though base rates
have gone up slightly, the
overall cost of energy has
decreased in the past few
months,” Reeves added.
(Contact Tommy Young
at tyoung@plainviewdailyherald.com
or 806-296-
1356.)
prices.”
New sale prices based
on 2009-10 academic year
costs for Texas public colleges
and universities will
be in effect when the next
enrollment period begins
Sept. 1.
The Texas Tuition Promise
Fund allows families
to purchase tuition “units,”
with three levels of pricing
to prepay undergraduate
resident tuition and
required fees at schools
ranging from public community
colleges to fouryear
state universities. Full
details are available at
www.TexasTuitionPromiseFund.com.
rent investigation.
“Every time mail delivery
is delayed anywhere along
the mail stream — from the
time it is collected until it is
delivered to the correct address
— it is a violation of
federal law.”
(Contact Tommy Young at
tyoung@plainviewdailyherald.com
or 806-296-1356.)
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lines.
The new agreement replaces
a 25-year agreement
that had been extended
several times.
The new agreement puts a
5-percent franchise fee on
the electric providers gross
revenue.
Ingham had indicated at
an earlier council work session
the fee had been put into
place about 18 months ago.
The second reading of the
ordinance was passed by a
7-0 vote.
Councilman Ron Trusler
was absent from the meeting.
Council members went
into closed session to evaluate
the performance of City
Attorney Leslie Pearce.
Pearce’s salary was increased
to $90,000 annually,
retroactive to June 1 by the
council.
The council did not take
action on fi lling the vacancy
in the director of community
service position.
In a non-action item on
Tuesday’s agenda, the council
recognized Municipal
Court Judge Patricia Hernandez
for 25 years of service
to the city.
Hernandez began her
career as a Plainview police
offi cer in 1984, before
health concerns led her to fi ll
the vacancy in the municipal
court in 1997.
(Contact Tommy Young
at tyoung@plainviewdailyherald.com
or 806-296-
1356.)
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Howard Nealy Billingsley
Howard Nealy
Billingsley, 93, of
Plainview, Texas,
died July 29, 2009.
Services will be at 2 p.m.
July 30 at College Heights
Baptist Church with the Rev.
Barry Whedbee offi ciating.
Burial will be in Plainview
Memorial Park by Kornerstone
Funeral Directors.
Mr. Billingsley was born
Feb. 16, 1916, in Quanah,
Texas, to Mr. and Mrs.
Charles E. Billingsley. His
family moved in 1925 to Plainview
where he was a resident
for the next 83 years.
He married Dixie “Doris”
Callahan on June 22, 1940,
in Plainview. They were
married for 50 years until
her death on June 7, 1991.
During World War II,
Billingsley served his country
in the U.S. Army and was
stationed in Germany and
France. Upon his Army discharge,
he returned to Plainview
to be reunited with his
family.
He was employed by the
Coca-Cola Bottling Com-
Merle Daniel
FORT WORTH
— Merle Daniel, 85,
passed away Monday,
July 27, 2009,
in Fort Worth.
He was born to the late
Josiah Jonathan and Ann
Bell Routh Daniel on Sept.
26, 1923, in Breckenridge,
Okla.
Merle married Josie M.
Culpepper on Feb. 8, 1944,
in Lubbock, Texas.
He served in the United
States Army Air Corps during
World War II as a pilot
trainer. He owned and operated
Merle’s Garage in
Plainview for more than 45
Frances Ready
FRIONA — Funeral services
for Frances Ready, 91,
of Friona will be at 11 a.m.
Thursday, July 30, 2009, at
Friona United Methodist
Church with the Rev. Ron
Colwell, pastor, offi ciating.
Burial will be at 3 p.m.
in Abernathy Cemetery by
Blackwell Funeral Home.
Mrs. Ready died Sunday,
July 26, 2009, at Northwest
Texas Healthcare System in
Amarillo.
She was born Nov. 11,
1917, in Bynum, Texas,
to Tom and Pearl House
Young.
Sam Willis
DENTON — Sam Willis,
46, a beloved husband,
father and grandfather, went
home to be with his mother
and father on July 24, 2009.
He was born to Tom and
Bertha Willis on Sept. 1,
1962, in Snyder, Texas. He
was a 1980 graduate of Snyder
High School and attended
Dallas Baptist University
as well as Wayland Baptist
University.
He married Sandra Wade
in Plainview, Texas, on May
17,1991.
Sam is survived by his
Strategy From Page 1A
what he does,” Evans said.
Resources are becoming
more limited, Evans said,
and the Industrial Foundation
needs more support
from business leaders and
the community. One way
to do that is to determine
which industries the foundation
should target.
“(The meeting) helped us
to focus in on a group of
industries that we in Hale
County can best suit versus
just going out and trying
to bag anything and everything,”
said McCutcheon.
Board members and community
leaders kicked off
the strategic planning meeting
Monday by developing
a mission statement focusing
on the recruitment and
retention of Hale County
industry.
“We’re down to the point
to developing some action
items,” Evans said. “It’s our
job to take it and run with it.”
To turn strategy into action,
the group needs to
identify specifi c action steps,
develop a time line for those
steps and determine who
will oversee those steps,
Taylor said.
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pany where he advanced to
manager of the local bottling
plant for his last 24 years
of employment. He retired
from Coca-Cola in 1981 after
43 years of service.
Billingsley is survived by
two daughters, Janiece Leland
and husband, Joseph,
of Amarillo and Sharon
McGinnis and husband, Carrol,
of Houston. He was also
blessed with four grandchildren,
James Leland and wife,
Danette, of Arlington, Mark
Leland of Clear Lake, Holly
McGinnis of Houston and
Cristy Mobley and husband,
Jeff, of Oklahoma City; four
great-grandchildren, Jake
and Curt Leland of Arlington
and Mackenzie and Madison
Mobley of Oklahoma City.
Billingsley attended College
Heights Baptist Church
where he was a member for
79 years. He was among the
fi rst members to be baptized
there in 1930. He served his
church in various capacities
over those many years.
The family feels blessed
to have had such a loving,
Christian father and grand-
years.
He was a family man in
every sense of the phrase.
Merle was an avid Texas
sports fan, especially of the
Rangers, Mavericks and
Cowboys. He was a member
of Calvary Baptist Church
for the past two years.
Merle’s sense of humor
and his desire for honesty
and a sense of fair play in
all that he did will be greatly
missed by all those who
knew and loved him.
He was preceded in death
by several brothers and sisters
as well as his parents.
He is survived by his wife,
Josie Daniel of Cleburne;
She married J.P. Ready on
Jan. 25, 1936, in Plainview,
Texas. He died March 27,
1992.
She moved to Friona in
1953 from Andrews, Texas.
She worked in the Friona
school cafeteria and drove a
school bus for many years.
She was a member of Friona
United Methodist Church.
Survivors include three
sons, Mickey Ready of
Waco, Texas, Frank Ready
of Bonanza, Ore., and Don
Ready of Summerfi eld,
Texas; two daughters, Patricia
Baker of Lipan, Texas,
and Wanda Reeve of Far-
sons, Justin and Tevin; wife,
Sandra; and granddaughter,
Makayla Willis, all of Fort
Worth; brothers, George
Willis of Dallas and Richard
Willis of Denton; sisters,
Ruby Chatham of Easton,
Texas, Ruth Ester Henry
of Dallas, Evelynn Malone
Hamm of Kansas and Myrtle
Willis of Snyder, Texas;
and a host of aunts, uncles,
nieces, nephews, cousins
and friends.
Visitation will be held
from 7-8 p.m. Friday, July
31, 2009, at Peoples Funeral
Home in Denton, 1122 East
He also suggested the
group hire an independent
consultant to conduct a target
industry analysis in order
to better identify those businesses
on which the foundation
should concentrate.
The industrial foundation
helps create jobs in Hale
County by attracting businesses
to locate here. The
group has helped establish
about 5,000 jobs since 1986
through businesses like Azteca,
Wal-Mart Distribution
and Nor-Am, the cold-storage
company which operates
at Cargill Meat Solutions.
The foundation currently
has about 210 members who
pay an annual membership
Crime ring
County in June during a traffi
c stop. Authorities found a
safe in the vehicle that was
from a burglary committed
June 6 at Furr’s Cafeteria in
Lubbock.
Police believe Miller and
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parent.
The family greatly appreciates
the close companionship
Ruth Renegar has
provided Howard. Also, his
wonderful and gifted caregivers
have been a special
blessing, and the family is
most thankful for the loving
care provided by Terry
Whedbee, Mattie Alexander
and Helen Henckel.
Memorial donations honoring
Billingsley can be
made to College Heights
Baptist Church, 802 Quincy,
Plainview, TX 79072.
Plainview Daily Herald — 7-29-09
children, Dennis Daniel of
Midland, Jana McClendon
(Garry) of Cleburne and
Shelia Daniel (Don Cook) of
Dallas; seven grandchildren;
several great-grandchildren;
brothers, Wayne and Dale
Daniel; sister-in-law, Audine
Culpepper; as well as
a host of other relatives and
friends.
Funeral services will be
held at Crosier Pearson
Cleburne Funeral Chapel at
11 a.m. Thursday, July 30,
2009.
Visitation will be from
6-8 p.m. today at the funeral
home.
Plainview Daily Herald — 7-29-09
well, Texas;
two sisters,
Audrey Mahagan
of
Claytonville,
Texas, and
Margie Pool
of Tulia,
Texas; four READY
brothers, Earl
Young of Bovina, Texas,
Mearl Young of Cherokee,
Okla., and Carlton Young
and Billy Young, both of
Plainview, Texas; 11 grandchildren;
23 great-grandchildren;
and fi ve great-greatgrandchildren.
Plainview Daily Herald — 7-29-09
Mulberry.
Services
will be at 1
p.m. Saturday,
Aug.
1, 2009, at
First Baptist
Church, 1100
Malone St.
WILLIS
In lieu
of fl oral arrangements,
the Samuel Willis Memorial
Fund has been set up at
DATCU Credit Union, in
care of Sandra Willis, 225
West Mulberry, Denton, TX
76202.
Plainview Daily Herald — 7-29-09
fee. The city and county contribute
$25,000 each to the
foundation’s economic development
efforts, Evans
said.
Businesses who support
the industrial foundation become
part of the concerted
economic development by
helping bring in more jobs.
“(Our members) contribute
to helping keep our tax
base as low as it is,” Evans
said.
The newly-created task
force likely will meet within
the next month, Evans
said.
(Contact Hayley Cox at
hcox@plainviewdailyherald.com
or 806-296-1352.)
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Harrison helped by providing
the men with getaway
vehicles, a police report
stated.
(Contact Deborah Zacher
at dzacher@hearstnp.com
or 806-296-1360.)
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