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Page 6C - Sunday, December 11, 2011 - Plainview Herald www.<strong>MyPlainview</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />
THIS AND THAT<br />
JOHN POMYKAL was the<br />
inner of the TV given away<br />
n the Faith in Sharing House<br />
undraiser.<br />
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CARR’S CHAPEL Church,<br />
ocated in southwest Floyd<br />
ounty on FM 378, will holds<br />
ts 106th annual Christmas<br />
ve service at 6 p.m. <strong>The</strong><br />
ervice will include Christmas<br />
arols and scripture readings,<br />
nd Santa Claus will make<br />
is annual appearance to<br />
ear the children’s Christmas<br />
ishes and hand out gifts.<br />
SOUTH PLAINS College<br />
Plainview will host registration<br />
for the spring 2012<br />
semester from 5-6:30 p.m.<br />
Jan. 10. Classes begin Jan. 17.<br />
Late registration is from 8:30<br />
a.m.-4 p.m. Jan. 17 and 18.<br />
Students should bring<br />
photo ID and a form of payment<br />
for tuition and fees/<br />
textbooks (check, cash or<br />
credit card). Current students<br />
may register through Campus<br />
Connect, accessible at www.<br />
southplainscollege.edu.<br />
For assistance with registration<br />
and general information,<br />
call 296-9611, ext. 4302<br />
or 4304, or go by 1920 W.<br />
24th St.<br />
BALLET LUBBOCK<br />
presents “<strong>The</strong> Nutcracker”<br />
at 2 p.m. today at Lubbock<br />
<strong>Memorial</strong> Civic Center <strong>The</strong>atre.<br />
Tickets are $17, $23 and<br />
$30 and can be purchased<br />
at Select-A-Seat outlets, by<br />
phone at 1-800-735-1288 or<br />
at www.selectaseatlubbock.<br />
<strong>com</strong>.<br />
SOUTH PLAINS Wildlife<br />
Rehabilitation Center, 3308<br />
95th St. in Lubbock, will host<br />
a Christmas open house from<br />
11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.<br />
Admission is $1 for ages over<br />
4. Visit spwrc.org for more<br />
information.<br />
THE OGALLALA Commons<br />
Community Partnering<br />
meeting rescheduled due to<br />
inclement weather will be<br />
held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday<br />
at Plainview Civic Center. Cost<br />
is $10. For more information<br />
call Darryl Birkenfeld at 806-<br />
945-2255.<br />
THE PHS CHOIR Christmas<br />
concert and cake auction was<br />
rescheduled to 7 p.m. Monday<br />
in the PHS auditorium<br />
due to inclement weather.<br />
THE YMCA’S inclement<br />
weather policy typically<br />
follows decisions of Plainview<br />
ISD. If schools open late, the<br />
YMCA will as well. If PISD<br />
cancels school or there is poor<br />
weather on a non-school day,<br />
the Y will make a separate<br />
decision on opening and<br />
closing times. All decisions,<br />
when possible, will be sent<br />
out through the Herald’s<br />
text alert system (sign up at<br />
www.<strong>MyPlainview</strong>.<strong>com</strong>) and<br />
posted on the Y’s website<br />
(www.plainviewymca.org)<br />
and Facebook page.<br />
www.casserolestogo.<strong>com</strong><br />
THE HERALD is sponsoring<br />
a contest for the most<br />
beautifully decorated home<br />
in our readership area.<br />
E-mail photos of your<br />
favorite home to jthornton@<br />
hearstnp.<strong>com</strong>. Photos will<br />
be uploaded to an album on<br />
the Herald’s Fan Page on Facebook.<br />
Deadline to submit<br />
photos is Thursday.<br />
Photos will be available<br />
for viewing beginning Friday,<br />
which is when voting begins.<br />
<strong>The</strong> last day to vote is Dec. 22.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winner will be determined<br />
by the picture with the<br />
most “Likes.” You must be a<br />
fan of the Herald on Facebook<br />
in order to vote.<br />
<strong>The</strong> winning home will<br />
be featured in the Christmas<br />
edition of the Herald, and<br />
the winner will receive a free<br />
three-month subscription.<br />
ASSISTANCE FOR those<br />
needing help paying for<br />
electricity and gas and who<br />
meet in<strong>com</strong>e requirements<br />
is available at South Plains<br />
Community Action, 1407 W.<br />
Fifth. Items needed include<br />
a utility bill, driver license,<br />
Social Security card for all<br />
household members, in<strong>com</strong>e<br />
verifi cation for the last 30<br />
days, landlord information.<br />
Call 293-4397 for more<br />
information or to set up an<br />
appointment.<br />
FIRST BAPTIST Church<br />
worship choir, band and<br />
drama team will present<br />
“Gloria!” at 7 p.m. today in<br />
the worship center, 205 W.<br />
Eighth. Admission is free.<br />
BOOK BUDDY BOOKS<br />
that are new or gently<br />
used may be dropped off at<br />
Kristi’s, <strong>Unger</strong> <strong>Library</strong> or the<br />
Hale County Literacy Center<br />
through Friday. For every new<br />
book dropped off at Kristi’s,<br />
an extra 20 percent will be<br />
discounted marked-down<br />
merchandise. <strong>The</strong> literacy<br />
council will distribute books<br />
to children in crisis situations.<br />
TOYS FOR TOTS drop-off<br />
location is Reagor-Dykes<br />
Ford-Lincoln-Toyota until<br />
Wednesday. Toys will be<br />
given by Marines to needy<br />
children.<br />
THE SALVATION ARMY’S<br />
Angel Trees will be at Beall’s,<br />
Leal’s, Walmart and American<br />
State Bank until Dec. 19.<br />
Residents are encouraged<br />
to pick an angel off the tree<br />
then buy the gift listed for a<br />
needy resident. Unwrapped<br />
gifts should be dropped off at<br />
<strong>The</strong> Salvation Army, 201 Ash.<br />
Deadline is Saturday. Toys will<br />
be distributed from 9 a.m.-1<br />
p.m. Dec. 20 in StoneGate<br />
Shopping Center, 1001 N. I-27<br />
Suite 216.<br />
SOUTH PLAINS College is<br />
pre-registering students for<br />
the spring semester, which<br />
begins Jan. 17. <strong>The</strong> next<br />
Accuplacer placement test<br />
will be Jan. 5. Students must<br />
pre-register. For assistance<br />
<strong>com</strong>pleting admission applications<br />
and fi nancial aid<br />
forms, call 296-9611, ext.<br />
4302 or 4304 or go by 1920<br />
W. 24th St.<br />
Gift<br />
Card<br />
Gift<br />
Card<br />
WE WOULD LIKE TO HELP YOU<br />
TAKE YOUR COUPON SAVINGS<br />
TO THE EXTREME!<br />
Sunday inserts$1.00<br />
(while supplies last)<br />
Home delivery subscribers only<br />
Interested in <strong>start</strong>ing a subscription?<br />
CALL 296-1340<br />
Gift<br />
Card<br />
SHOEBOX CHRISTMAS<br />
is preparing for its 15th<br />
year of delivering gifts to<br />
nursing home and assisted<br />
living residents, Meals on<br />
Wheels recipients and others.<br />
Approximately 500 gifts will<br />
include personal items such<br />
as lotion, soap, tissues, shampoo,<br />
powder, etc. Monetary<br />
donations may be sent to<br />
Shoebox Christmas Gifts, c/o<br />
Florence Carlisle, Billington<br />
Real Estate, 3109 Olton Road,<br />
Plainview, TX 79072.<br />
JUNIOR SERVICE League<br />
is accepting donations for<br />
Dress-A-Live Doll. To donate<br />
money or shop for a child,<br />
contact Ana at 292-2707 or<br />
293-2545 or Kristy at 470-<br />
9359.<br />
Donations may be mailed<br />
to: JSL, P.O. Box 384, Plainview,<br />
TX 79072.<br />
ST. PAUL LUTHERAN<br />
youth group is selling Pecan<br />
Ridge pecan halves and<br />
pieces for $8 a pound. Delivery<br />
in Plainview is available.<br />
Call the church at 293-1697,<br />
Nelda Barbian at 296-5004<br />
or Beverly Wall at 774-1040.<br />
Deadline is Saturday.<br />
A FRIEND-TO-FRIEND<br />
quilt is being given away by<br />
the Silver Thimbles Quilting<br />
Club in Lockney. Tickets are<br />
$5 or three for $10, available<br />
by calling the Floyd County<br />
Texas AgriLife Extension<br />
offi ce at 983-4912. Deadline<br />
is Dec. 31.<br />
HALE COUNTY Senior<br />
Citizens Center visitors will<br />
receive a ticket for a drawing<br />
for $500, $300 and $200 each<br />
time they eat lunch at the<br />
center through Friday.<br />
THE LITERARY LUNCH<br />
Bunch will meet at noon Feb.<br />
28 in Van Howeling Room<br />
124 at Wayland.<br />
Books to be discussed are:<br />
“Lead Like Jesus,” by Ken<br />
Blanchard and Phil Hodges;<br />
“<strong>The</strong> Night Circus,” by Erin<br />
Morgenstern; “<strong>The</strong> Killing<br />
of Lincoln,” by Bill O’Reilly<br />
and Martin Dugard; “<strong>The</strong><br />
Elegance of the Hedgehog,”<br />
by Muriel Barbery and Alison<br />
Anderson; “Hotel on the<br />
Corner of Bitter and Sweet,”<br />
by Jamie Ford; “Benjamin<br />
Franklin: An American Life,”<br />
by Walter Isaacson; and “<strong>The</strong><br />
Screwtape Letters” by C.S.<br />
Lewis.<br />
JANUARY READERS’<br />
Page will be published<br />
Jan. 4. Readers are invited<br />
to submit original poetry,<br />
essays, features and<br />
photos to: Readers’ Page,<br />
Box 1240, Plainview, TX<br />
79072; bring them to the<br />
Herald at 820 Broadway;<br />
or e-mail to kwlewis@<br />
hearstnp.<strong>com</strong>.<br />
All submissions should<br />
include a name, town and<br />
daytime phone number.<br />
To submit This and That items:<br />
kwlewis@hearstnp.<strong>com</strong><br />
806.296.1353<br />
Courtesy Photo<br />
Ash student Alexis Lopez won a bike as part of the Plainview Rotary Club’s perfect attendance<br />
program for the second six weeks of school. Also shown are Rotarians V.O. Ortega and Nancy<br />
Stukey. Other winners were: Ash, Jason Velasquez; Coronado, Rogeli Acosta and Macey Mayberry;<br />
Lakeside, Andrew Lazano and Lyndee Holloway; Estacado, Carlos Rodriquez and Candace Vernon;<br />
Houston School, Lorenzo Contreras; and PHS, Eric Bihary, Mayra Garcia and Madison Lopez. Bikes<br />
were given to fi fth, sixth and seventh graders, and iPods to eighth through 12th graders.<br />
CRIME OF THE WEEK<br />
<strong>The</strong> Plainview/Hale<br />
County Crime Stoppers<br />
Committee will pay a<br />
reward of up to $350 to<br />
anyone with information<br />
leading to the arrest and<br />
indictment of the person or<br />
persons responsible for the<br />
following crimes:<br />
•On Dec. 4 someone<br />
entered Regence Health<br />
Network in the 700 block<br />
of Amarillo and took miscellaneous<br />
items.<br />
•On Dec. 4 someone<br />
entered 908 W. Ninth and<br />
took a 32-inch Vizio fl atpanel<br />
TV, Xbox 360 and a<br />
Toshiba laptop <strong>com</strong>puter.<br />
•On Dec. 7 someone<br />
entered 211 Ash and attempted<br />
to take property<br />
from the residence.<br />
•On Dec. 7 the Plainview<br />
Police Department received<br />
a report of a burglary at<br />
902 E. Sixth. It was reported<br />
that between August<br />
• Catering<br />
• Banquet room<br />
• To-Go orders<br />
• Party platters<br />
• Daily specials<br />
Alva Gonzales, LVN • Lee Whitacre, RN-WHNP-BC<br />
and December someone<br />
entered the building and<br />
took a band saw, miter saw<br />
and other miscellaneous<br />
tools.<br />
Fugitives: Crime Stoppers<br />
will pay a reward of<br />
up to $250 for information<br />
that leads to the arrest<br />
of the following persons.<br />
Callers may contact the<br />
Hale County Sheriff’s<br />
Offi ce Warrants Division<br />
at 296-2724 or contact the<br />
Crime Stoppers Hotline.<br />
•Adrian Espino, Hispanic<br />
male, wanted for<br />
aggravated assault with<br />
deadly weapon.<br />
•Sara Lynn Gutierrez,<br />
24, Hispanic female,<br />
wanted for abandoning or<br />
endangering a child criminal<br />
negligence.<br />
•Joey Jonathon Barrera,<br />
27, Hispanic male, wanted<br />
for burglary of a building.<br />
•Jasiel Cruz, 24, Hispan-<br />
Stay warm with a<br />
bowl of tortilla soup<br />
this winter or try one of<br />
our hot new menu Items!<br />
Sizzling Skillet Steak<br />
Stuffed Avocado<br />
Crunchy Relleno<br />
Brisket Tacos<br />
www.eatatleals.<strong>com</strong><br />
HOURS: 7 DAYS A WEEK 11AM - 9:30PM • 3311 OLTON RD. • 806.293.5355<br />
Accepting New Patients &<br />
Making Appointments<br />
Complete Care for Women<br />
Wellness Exams<br />
Annual Exams<br />
Cervical Cancer Screening<br />
Gynecological Services<br />
Menopausal Management<br />
Treatment for Bladder Issues<br />
Breast Health<br />
Family Planning<br />
Contraceptive Counseling<br />
Pregnancy Testing<br />
Pre Natal Care<br />
HPV Vaccine<br />
STD Testing & Treatment<br />
2601 Dimmitt Road Suite 104 Plainview, Texas 79072<br />
For Appointments, call:<br />
806-291-0297<br />
ic male, wanted for sexual<br />
assault of a child.<br />
•Courtney Perkins, 22,<br />
white female, wanted for<br />
forgery.<br />
•Samantha Hernandez,<br />
19, Hispanic female,<br />
wanted for burglary of a<br />
habitation.<br />
•Ian Cruz Ramirez, 31,<br />
Hispanic male, wanted for<br />
possession of marijuana.<br />
Anyone having information<br />
on these or any other<br />
crimes occurring in Plainview<br />
or Hale County may<br />
contact the Crime Stoppers<br />
Hotline at 293-8477 (293-<br />
TIPS). All calls will be<br />
confi dential.<br />
You may leave a tip directly<br />
from your cell phone<br />
by texting “PLVCS plus<br />
your message” to 274637<br />
or on the Internet by logging<br />
on to http://plainviewhalecounty.CrimeStoppersweb.<strong>com</strong>/login.aspx.