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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 />

SIGN UP FOR breaking<br />

ocal news and sports text<br />

lerts sent to your cell phone<br />

t www.<strong>MyPlainview</strong>.<strong>com</strong>.<br />

t’s free to sign up.<br />

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.

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