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WEATHER SERVICE READINGS:
Saturday’s High . . . . . . . . 37 degrees
Friday’s High . . . . . . . . . . 37 degrees
Friday’s Overnight Low . . 24 degrees
Precipitation:
2011 to date . . . . . . . . . . 4.86 inches
2010 to date . . . . . . . . . 26.88 inches
FORECAST: Today...Cloudy. Areas
of fog and freezing fog in the morning.
Slight chance of showers or drizzle
and light freezing rain or light
freezing drizzle in the morning, then
a slight chance of rain in the afternoon.
Highs in the lower 40s. South
winds 10-15 mph. Chance of precipitation
20 percent.
Tonight...Cloudy. Patchy fog after
midnight. Lows in the mid 30s. South
winds 10 to 15 mph.
Monday...Cloudy. Patchy fog in the
morning. Highs in the upper 40s.
Monday night...Cloudy with a 20
percent chance of showers. Lows in
the upper 30s.
MONDAY: Sunrise 7:42; Sunset
5:40.
Saturday’s high of 37 was 41
degrees below the record local high of
78 set for that date in 1933. Friday’s
high of 37 was 39 degrees below the
record local high of 76 set for that date
in 1927. Friday’s overnight low of 24
was 20 degrees above the record local
low of 4 set for that date in 1917.
Astro-Graph
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2011
If you properly manage the many
opportunities that will be coming
your way in the year ahead, your
fi nancial prospects can brighten
considerably. Work hard and do your
best at whatever comes your way or
is thrown at you.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21)
— Although you love partnerships,
you’ll be luckier when you operate
independently. It’s one of those days
when everyone could trip over one
another’s feet.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) —
Don’t base any important arrangement
you make with another on pure
assumption. Both parties must be
very explicit in what you expect of
the other.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) —
ome assignments or duties delegatd
to others might be ignored or go
nfi nished, so don’t rely on anybody
or anything important that you need
o get done.
PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) —
on’t be surprised if persons you
now socially behave diff erently
hen doing business doing with you.
ach setting demands a diff erent
rotocol, and that’s as it should be.
ARIES (March 21-April 19) —
ven though you’re likely to do well
ith most circumstances, there are
till certain situations that could give
ou trouble. Keep your guard up just
n case.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20) —
lthough people who know you well
ill understand your way of doing
hings, not everybody else will. When
orking with someone new, explain
very step you take.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20) —
asks you’ve done for a long time
ave the potential of going well,
ut jobs you’ve never tackled before
ight give you a hard time. You’ll do
etter if you remain patient.
CANCER (June 21-July 22) —
hen dealing with others, don’t
erely tell them what you think
hey want to hear from you, but be
s frank and honest as possible about
hatever it is you’re discussing.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — People
n general tend to be a bit self-inolved,
so don’t think it’s you’re fault
f they don’t respond well to what
ou’re trying to do for them. Sadly,
hey might not even notice.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — As
ong as everything is going well for
ou, you’ll perform admirably. Howver,
the moment you’re challenged
r meet with slight turbulence, you
ould take a nosedive.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) —
hen your objectives are clearly
efi ned and you do your part, things
ill go well for you. However, the
oment you rely on sheer luck to
ake care of things, the opposite will
e true.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) —
ven though you’re likely to know
xactly what you want to do and how
o do it, your staying power might be
bit weak. Unless you keep your viality
up, you won’t accomplish your
ims.
Words of Life
Never be lacking in
eal, but keep your spiriual
fervor, serving the
ord. — Romans 12:11
IV
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After several days of weather delays, the intersection at Olton Road and Ennis was closed to north-south traffi c late last week in a
project expected to take 2-3 weeks. Traffi c remains open to east-west traffi c at the intersection. The reconstruction of Olton Road/
Fifth Street is about one-quarter of the way through its expected two-year schedule.
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Catholic Church, said.
“They seem to be happy.
There has been a little
confusion, but it has gone
well.”
While the congregation
has some new responses
to get used to, priests have
had even more to learn.
“The English is a little
antique,” Maher said.
“It’s not easy English, but
it’s going OK. It’s a matter
of getting used to it.
After a little while, it will
be fi ne.”
The new translation
has been in the works for
almost a decade, and the
American Catholic Church
is actually not the fi rst to
implement the changes
as European Catholic
churches made the switch
last summer.
“My daughter (Michelle)
was in England
It hasn’t gotten to that point in
Plainview, but if trends of local
residents going to Lubbock to shop
continue, no doubt more empty
buildings will be dotting the city’s
landscape.
“I’m not saying that shopping
local would have saved the
JCPenney outlet or Hastings or
Gabriel’s or any of the places that
have closed, but certainly we miss
them,” Starnes said.
More business may not have
kept the doors open at the Penney’s
outlet, which was part of
a company-wide closure, but it
very likely would have meant a
lot to Hastings and other shuttered
stores.
So why don’t Plainview
residents shop at Plainview businesses?
The bottom line is because very
often it costs more.
“It depends on a lot of things,
but I would go to Lubbock if I
could fi nd something cheaper,”
said Barbara Robertson, a substitute
teacher here the past 20 years.
“I tend to get a bargain if I can,
so I would travel to Lubbock to
get something I (couldn’t afford
otherwise.”)
Robertson said she is willing
to pay more if she knows the
business owners or the business is
“friendly.
“I tend to shop with people like
that,” she said.
Elaine Seagler said she is willing
to pay more to support local
businesses, “but it has to be within
reason.
“I don’t think people mind paying
a level higher, but when they
triple the price, that’s when people
balk,” Seagler said. “I know we’ve
got to keep our economy going
here, but if the (local) merchants
would not try to skyrocket their
prices.”
in October, and England
started the changes this
summer,” Heinin said.
“I was talking with my
daughter and she said,
‘They are doing it without
even thinking about it
because it’s so common.’
Once we get a few weeks
down the road people will
think nothing of it.”
After attending Mass
on Thursday morning,
Heinen said she was beginning
to fall into rhythm
with the changes, but just
in case a parishioner has
a memory lapse, there are
always pew cards, and
a projector displays the
proper responses.
Interestingly, the English
translation is now up
to speed with the original
Spanish translation, which
was translated correctly
during Vatican II.
“It’s always funny to
hear people who go to
both (English and Spanish)
Masses because
they’re like, ‘We don’t say
this, we say it like this,’ ”
Heinen said.
Now, the world’s more
than 1 billion Catholics,
Both Seagler and her husband
Charlie are retired teachers living
on fi xed incomes who “haven’t
seen a pay raise in the last 10
years, so we have to watch every
penny. It’s not a matter of ignoring
the merchants here, but we have to
go with what will fi t in our budget
that we can afford.”
Cost, however, seldom matters
to some Plainviewans, who say
they will support local businesses
regardless of price.
Eight-two-year-old Jim West
said he and his wife of 58 years,
Norma, don’t do much shopping
anymore, but when they did they
almost always traded in town.
“It’s advantageous to buy locally
because they’re the people who
support the youth, the Meals on
Wheels program and everything
else,” said West, who retired after
more than 42 years with Southwestern
Bell. “The money stays
in the community and provides
services for the community.”
Shayla Whalen is willing to pay
more in order to support Plainview
businesses — to an extent.
She and husband Darren have
two daughters, “so we’re still
looking for a bargain. If it was a
huge (price increase) maybe not,
but if it’s reasonable, maybe 10-15
percent in the grand scheme of
things, I would still (buy locally),”
Whalen said.
A vice-president at American
State Bank, Whalen understands
the importance of supporting the
local economy.
“How do we try to recruit new
business to come in if we’re not
even supporting what we already
have?” she asked.
Whalen mentioned the added
expense of travel when going out
of town to shop, and Seagler said
wear-and-tear on her car also is a
factor in why she limits her out-oftown
shopping.
“By the time you spend money
whether attending Mass
in English, Spanish or the
original Latin, will all be
on the same page.
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ALPHATEX: Change of venue, jury trial sought
and individuals throughout
the state.
According to the Floyd
County Hesperian-Beacon,
Holloway’s motions
include a change of venue
request to move the trial to
Briscoe County, claiming
a local prejudice exists in
Floyd County. Holloway
also is seeking a jury trial
and fi led a motion claiming
the seizure of the dogs
was illegal.
The case went to trial
Nov. 17 in front of Floyd
County Justice of the Peace
Tali Jackson, who ruled
in favor of Floyd County
and the Humane Society of
West Texas, which seized
the dogs with the help of
the Floyd County Sheriff’s
Department. Jackson
ruled the dogs would not
be returned to the Smiths
and ordered them to pay
$236,530 to cover past
expenses in caring for the
animals. She also granted
an additional $118,000
appeal bond.
However, Holloway
fi led a request asking that
the Smiths be granted
indigent status, which
would waive the monetary
rulings. He also requested
that Jackson recuse herself
from the indigent hearing
because Holloway said
Jackson would not give
the Smiths a fair ruling.
On Nov. 28, after
consulting with Ninth Ad-
ministrative Judge Kelly
Moore of Brownfi eld,
it was decided that the
Smiths would be allowed
an appeal in county court
without bond in an effort
to save time and money
because the indigency process
and possible appeal
could take several months.
It was not known if a
new judge has been appointed
to hear the case.
No appeal will be available
following this trial.
on gas and going out to eat if
you go to Lubbock or Amarillo,
it’s probably going to be more
expensive,” Whalen said. “So
not only are you supporting local
businesses, but it really comes out
cheaper.”
Many Plainviewans, though,
combine out-of-town shopping
with other travel plans.
Robertson, for instance, said she
might wait to make a purchase in
Lubbock until she visits daughter
Alesha or son Stan, who both live
there along with Stan’s wife and
their two children. She added that
her husband Don, pastor at College
Heights Baptist Church, also waits
until they’re in Lubbock to buy
gas, where it’s close to $.50 a gallon
cheaper.
Starnes mentioned gas expenses
when traveling for out-of-town
purchases and shipping costs when
shopping online.
“Those are the real questions
people have to ask,” he said.
In addition, Starnes said, people
tend to forget other factors like the
value of their time and the “hassle
of driving all around Lubbock.
“What else could they be doing
besides taking that time to drive
to Lubbock and back?” he asked.
“People usually don’t put that
into their computation. They keep
trying to fi gure out what’s it going
to cost, but it’s not the dollars and
cents as much as it is as the time
you’re giving up.”
Starnes feels many Plainview
businesses, such as Furniture
Expressions, will match prices of
out-of-town competitors.
“Most of the stores around here
are ready to compete with anybody
around,” he said.
Many of those interviewed mentioned
limited selection, more than
cost, as being one reason why they
don’t shop in Plainview.
“Probably the only reason we
wouldn’t shop at home is variety,”
teered and told Osborne he
would get a team. Eventually,
Allen was able to get
six other people to join, and
Allen was named commander
of the unit.
“I never feel like I do it
justice,” he said.
The honor guard consists
of members of the fi re and
police departments, and
Allen is the only member
of the original honor guard,
although David Sells and
Bobby Gibson, both members
of the fi re department,
have more than 15 years
with the honor guard.
According to Allen, the
fi rst duty of the guard is
to pay respects and honor
offi cers killed in the line
of duty. Allen recalled one
funeral the guard attended
was for a fallen DPS offi cer
who was killed near Borger.
“It’s really an emotional
roller coaster when you attend
a funeral,” Allen said.
The honor guard will
typically travel up to 100
miles to attend funerals
and other functions, Allen
said.
One of the original goals
of the guard was to attend
competitions and compete
against other honor guards,
but that fell through when it
was discovered that it took
away too much manpower
from the city.
The guard, which also
participates in local parades,
had a mounted honor
guard for 4-5 years, which
Allen said came in handy
during the Cowboy Days
parade.
“It’s the most popular
thing between the fi re and
police department,” he said.
The honor guard trains
monthly under Assistant
Commander Al Longoria.
According to Allen, training
consists of practicing
marching and various maneuvers
and is based on the
U.S. Army training manual.
The thing that always
comes to Allen’s mind
about the honor guard is
pride, and Allen is grateful
for the sense of appreciation
for the work of the
guard.
“It’s not about the glory
for us, but what honor
guard stands for and its
purpose,” he said. “It’s
about doing the right
thing.”
The honor guard consists
of: Commander
Mike Allen, Asst. Cmdr.
Al Longoria, Lt. Jaime
Salinas, Cindy Vera, Amos
Rodriguez, Richard Reyes,
Ernesto Amaya and Cody
Ward with the police
department; and Bobby
Gibson, David Sells, Ryan
Collier, TJ Martinez and
Harrison Hart of the fi re
department.
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SHOPPING: Limited selection drives people out of town
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GUARD
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Whalen said.
“Availability . . . that’s the
problem we have anymore,” West
added. “We always bought it here
if it was available, most defi -
nitely.”
Rachel Montez said she wishes
Plainview had a larger variety of
shops. She likes to sew, she said,
and has to go to Lubbock for many
of her supplies because no one
here sells them.
“I don’t really want to, but I
can’t help but go to Lubbock,”
Montez said. “All we have is
Walmart, and Walmart has driven
(other businesses) out. We need
more.”
She said the other local store
that once sold sewing supplies was
too expensive.
“I wish Walmart would have
more variety.”
Sandra Dulakis, a nurse who
writes a column about couponing
and other money-saving tips in the
Herald, thinks variety and selection
are part of the pull of out-oftown
shopping.
“I think there is a big attraction
to shopping at big malls,” she said.
Dulakis was quick to point out,
however, that she has found great
bargains at local shops, including
the Wayland Bookstore.
“I think that people forget that
local shops have sales, too,” she
said. “There are many wonderful
stores that would probably get
more customers if they advertised
their sales more often.”
Seagler, meanwhile, said she
sometimes has diffi culty fi nding
plus-size clothes.
“We don’t have but one store
that really works on that area,” she
said. “If the merchandise is here,
I’ll buy here.”
Except gas, she quickly added.
“We don’t buy gasoline here.”
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