Volume 86 Number 3 Copyrigh 2008 Hale Cener, Texas 7904 SOc Friday, January 8,2008 Updae o -Suppor Hale Cener EMS The fundraiser for he Hale Cener EMS has been running since December, 2007 The early success has been grea! We would like o updae everyone on wha is happening We will sar wih an overview of he program; a lis of he supporers hus far, and how you can ge involved Suppor Hale Cener EMS fundraiser The fundraiser will raise money in 3 ways (This plan was originally presened wih 4 poins has been modified o 3) Corporae/Family Donaionsbusinesses and families will be able o conribue wihin he following levels: Plainum - conribuion of $00000 or more Gold - $500 - $999 Silver- $200- $499 Supporer- $00- $99 Billboard To recognize conribuors a billboard will be placed in fron of he EMS saion The billboard will lis conribuors according o he level donaed Brochure - A full color brochure will also be produced Conribuors will be given ad space and possibly an aricle abou he business or family We will produce 500-2000 brochures and disribue hem hroughou Hale Cener and Coon Cener Posers lising conribuors will also be made and disribued The donaions will be axdeducible as eiher a chariable conribuion or o businesses as an adverising expense 2 Tax Preparaion Drive- during he firs 2 weeks in February individuals and small businesses will be able o have heir ax reurns prepared and elecronically filed wih he RS f a refund is due i will be received in 2 weeks A $0 filing fee and a $00 $200 donaion will be made" by he axpayer o he HC EMS :fhis will no only be a savings O(_llhe ax preparaion (mos Tax Preparers charge over $200 for ax reurns) bu he axpayer can ake an expense hey would normally pay and direc i o benefi he EMS For ax reurns deemed difficul a lis of qualified accounans and CPAs who have agreed o give HC EMS a referral fee of $50 will be provided 3 Merchandise Drive- we will be selling bumper sickers, coffee cups, has, and -shirs Flyers will be disribued in January giving everyone he opporuniy o purchase hese iems The fundraiser will end in mid February Sqmeime in March a ceremony will be held a he EMS saion o announce he amoun of money ha was raised and o unveil he Conribuors Billboard News coverage will be invied The Owls execuions The boys varsiy baskeball eam raveled o Bovina las Friday and o Farwell on Tuesday o bale hese wo eams in disric play The Friday nigh game in Bovina was all Owls The boys suck o he game plan and hey execued i o perfecion "Coach old and showed us wha o Money raised so far: $8,28000!! do agains Bovina and we did jus ha hink i was he firs ime The following ndividuals all season ha we acually played and Businesss have conribued o he bes of our poenial," said o Hale Cener EMS senior Trison Diaz Mary Lilejohn - Supporer Level Dr Ray and Marjorie Freeman - Supporer Level Donald Chapman- Silver Level US Pos Office - Supporer Level Brown Pharmacy (Bob Brown) - Plainum Level Gene andlclaudine Carer- Gold Level Jenkihs Auomoive (Buler Jenkins) - Supporer Level Dr Michael Hinze- Silver Level Valley Ag/Elecric nc - Plainum Level Cacus Feedlo - Plainum Level Legend of he Plains (Tava Porer) - Plainum Level Heifer Ranch 767 FM 94 - Plainum Level Dodson Agency (Paul Drager) - Supporer Level \ Burger King (David & Donna saacson) - Supporer Level CONTPG2 The boys played heir hears ou and finished off Bovina in he second half wih a final score of 67-45 As a maer of fac, all five sarers finished he nigh in double digis " Tuesday nigh was jus opsy-urvy as h eam raveled o Farwell and came away wih a hearbreaking loss The Owls led he cones a half 29-20 bu he second half was all Seers and he game ended wih a score of 64-59 The Seers were led in he second half by number 5 (McClaran) who finished he nigh wih 37 poins Even hough i was a painful loss, he Owls sill had hree players in double digis, Trison Diaz (4), Akeem McClesky (3) and Nahan Shaver (3) and improved heir field goal percenage o 65 percen " really don know wha happened, bu if had o say somehing, i would be poor execuion, menal misakes and we jus sared playing heir game s no like we had a bad shooing nigh, we jus sopped playing our game," said junior Julio Espinosa The boys will hos Olon here oday and will look o ge back on he road o he playoffs and improve o 2-2 in disric play Follow he boys and girls as hey ry o acquire one of he hree spos in disric for he playoffs, GO GETEM OWLS!!! GQ SUPPORT THE lady OWLS \ & OWLS!!
2 Friay, 3 January 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN ou and ha would be he end of a Chamber and really don hink ha is wha you wan Coon Cener Wins a Couliy HeifeShow This years Coon Cener FFA Heifer Show Team placed high a he Hale Couny Heifer Show held Saurday, January 2, a he Ollie Liner Cener in Plainview The show eam includes Jay Ray Sageser, Abbie Burne, Macie Burne, and Cassie Burne All four show Limousin Heifers The eam OQk six heifers o Plainview Jay Rays heifer won Reserve Breed and firs place in he fall born class His spring born heifer won second in her class Abbie Burnes calf won firs in he spring born class Her wo-year-old calf placed second in ha class Cassie and Macie boh placed hird wih heir calves The Burne families are in For Worh his weekend showing heir calves in he Souhwesern Exposiion and Livesock Show "This was Cassie and Macies firs year o show a couny They boh did a good job and we are really proud of hem," said David Howell, Coon Cener FFA advisor "We are also very proud of he job ha Abbie did," he said "Every couny sock show is bier swee," said Howell, "This will be Jay Rays las ime o show heifers in Hale Couny" Coon Cener show eam members also plan o show heir heifers a San Anonio, Houson, and Ausin Updae o Suppor Hale Cener EMS Wally and Kahy Kla - Silver Level The following Pledges have been made: Hale Cener/Quarerway Gin Silver Level Wal-Mar - PlainumLevel McDonalds - Silver Level We exend a special hanks o all our conribuors for your generosiy and suppor We encourage everyone o consider doing business wih our socially conscience business supporers Le hem know how much he Hale Cener Communiy appreciaes hem "Good hings always follow Posiive Energy" Wha is nex? l Donaion Form - o submi a donaion o he Hale Cener EMS 2 Merchandise Form - will have a lis of has, shirs, bumper sickers, and coffee cups ha can be purchased 3 Tax Drive- informaion on how o have your axes professionally prepared and filed is imporan o remember he goal of his fundraiser; o raise money ha will be used o upgrade or replace equipmen, purchase supplies, finance EMT classes, and purchase a new ambulance Having a well supplied and operaing EMS is imporan This is our chance o assis As a rural communiy we can show ha we can ake care of our own This is our opporuniy o show ha we Suppor Hale Cener EMS There is sill ime o be * For more informaion or o place a donaion please conac Brian par of he EMS fund raiser even n he nex few days a flyer will Keih Moon a 806-928-973 or ; eli,ve;d b s r;!l:, wi,l u e,ila Moon a 806-928-97; ) Aelue fhe,fqllowang:, JJ, l Ll:(l -< :/:f, --, J Our meeings are held he Firs Wednesday of each monh and we mee a he Owl Resauran a NOON is duch rea for he food THE NEXT MEETNG S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2008 AT 2:00 NOON and we will sar on ime and be ou by :00PM PCTURED: Jay Ray Sageser, Abbie Burne, Macie Burne, and Cassie Burne Leer o he Edior To Hale Cener and surrounding area residens: he would like o ake a few momens of your ime o share wih you abou your Hale Cener Chamber of Commerce and Agriculure A his beginning of 2008 your Manager is Mr Harley Peoples and he new officers are: Presiden-Me Jimmy Cameron; Vice-Presiden-Mrs Wilon Armsrong; Secreiry-Mrs Johnna Cargill and TreasurerMrs Sally Wrigh We now have a websie a halecenerchamberminenu s coming along so check i ou Our elephone number is 8392642 We have an office nex o Securiy Bank a 703 N Main We are in he process of rying o ge a secreary for 20 hours a week We are he organizaion ha is responsible each year for he following aciviies: Chamber Banque, July 4 Parade and Celebraion, Coordinaing 87 on 87, Halloween, Fesival of Lighs and many oher aciviies and evens f you have worked on one of hese aciviies you know in your hear ha a lo of ime and a lo of energy goes ino geing each one of hese done have been a residen of Hale Cener for five and a half years and he criicism ha have heard he mos i ha he Chamber does nohing o help he businesses and agriculure The Chamber is currenly working very hard in he following areas: Working wih he Ciy and rying o ge housing for families in he communiy Working wih Brain Moon in raising money for he EMS and our ambulance service Working he Chaplain Tom L Forbes and he Covenan Promise Prison Minisries which will go in he old Hospial (For your informaion, his Covenan is he one beween God and His people and no he same as Covenan Hospial) Working wih Covenan Hospial a looking o a fuure Clinic for Hale Cener also locaed ou of he old Hospial We were also involved in he wonderful aricle ha has come ou from he Por To Plains Organizaion (Adverisemen for our Hale Cener) This is he ime of he year o ask businesses and individuals o become a par of his wonderful organizaion We need you because his is our main fundraiser for he year bu also we need YOU o become acive and les build our communiy and be proud of Hale Cener We have a lo o offer each oher and need o become excied again abou our Chamber Wihou more help we could bun ou he people we have Your Chamber on Wednesday, January 23, 2008, a he Owl Resauran a 2:00 Noon has anoher very imporan even planned for our communiy Dr Kenneh Sarcher of Wes Texas A&M Universiy, Professor of alernae energy, will speak a he Owl Resauran a l2:00noon His alk will be on Wind Generaors We expec his meeing will be well aended by a farmers, he school and oher people ineresed in Wind Energy Come early o ge a good sea! Join us and be a par of your Chamber You are personally invied o aend he meeings!!! Thank you for your ime, Jimmy R Cameron Presiden of he Chamber Public Noice The Board of Trusees of Hale Cener ndependen School Disric reviewed he 2006-2007 School Repor Card from he Texas Educaion Agency during he January 4, 2008 monhly meeing The annual School Repor Card was disribued o each suden on Wednesday, January 6, 2007 Copies of he repor are available for public viewing ndividuals may view he repor a he Hale Cener Public Library, Hale Cener American, HCSD Adminisraion Office and each HCSD campus Quesions concerning his repor card may be addressed o each campus principal or Rick Teran, Superinenden of Schools UL adops rules for ahlee drug esing AUSTN - L Gov David Dewhurs on Jan 0 lauded adopion of rules o conduc mandaory, random seroid esing for Texas high school ahlees ";m ple!sed he Universiy nerscholasic League has aken a gan sep forward o save lives by adoping fair and balanced esing rules," he said Sudens who wish o paricipae in UL ahleics mus sign a saemen saying hey are aware of he healh dangers of aking anabolic seroids and promise no o ake hem fexas PH: SS ASSOCAfiO By Ed Serling and fingerprining have helped in idenifying sex offenders and felons working in Texas schools Parens and guardians will have o sign a saemen ha reads as Teacher pay sudy is released follows: An annual repor on Texas public " have read he above schooleacher salaries and benefis informaion and acknowledge ha indicaes ha eachers pay is "up a prerequisie of my sudens slighly" in 2007-2008 paricipaion in UL ahleic aciviies is ha hey refrain from The repor, compiled by he Texas illegal seroid use and agree ha, Associaion of School Boards and if seleced, hey will submi o he Texas Associaion of School eing for he presence of illegal anabolic seroids in heir body Adminisraors, includes daa colleced from 747 of he sae s undersand ha failure o provide,03 school disrics accurae and ruhful infomaion could subjec he paricipan in The weighed average eacher quesion o penalies as deermined salary in responding disrics is by UL" $46,336 for 2007-08, up 32 percen from he 2006-07 average Finger-prining program salary of $44,897 begins Texas public school employees now mus be finger-prined in accordance wih a law passed by he 80h Texas Legislaure las spring Teachers, subsiue eachers and adminisraors are required o submi o naional criminal background checks, and fingerprining is par of ha The FB will analyze daia gahered ii he background checks and he informaion will be kep on file Dewhurs said background checks cau, email or Jax your garage! esae sale info o he HC Ameri- cn by Wednesday noon fo ha Par-Time Teller Posiion Avallable The US Sixh Circui Cour of Appeals in Cincinnai on Jan 7 ruled ha he federal governmen may no force saes and school disrics o spend heir own funds o mee he mandaes of "No Child Lef Behind" The Washingon, DC-based Naional Educaion Associaion and nine school disrics filed sui in a Michigan disric cour agains he Secreary of Educaion, seeking among oher relief, a judgmen declaring ha hey need no comply wih he acs requiremens where federal funds do no cover he increased coss of compliance School safey audis are coming Beginning in Sepember 2008, Texas school disrics mus repor he resuls of heir firs campus securiy audis o he Texas School Safey Cener Texas law requires schools o conduc hese safey audis every hree years and pracice heir campus emergency managemen plans Texas Aorney General Greg Abbo encouraged all school disics o eam up wih law enforcemen o annually pracice campus safey procedures: Friday :s- ediion Call 806-839- Good opeoruniy Approximaely 25 hrsfwk Money handling experience helpful bu no necessary Apply in person a 70 Main Sree Hale Cener Mon - Fri 9:00AM - 3:00 PM Deadline is February, 2008 Bqaal Opporuniy Employer 232 or email@ halecenera merican@ns-onlinene or fax 806-839-990 FREE DRECTV 4 ROOM SYSTEM! 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Were Local nsa llers! ; -800-24-70 f youve go he rig, weve go he goods Schneiders new percen-of-revenue lease opion program -choose your loads sraigh from our freigh pool, online in real-ime 65% of line haul revenue 00% pass-hrough of fuel surcharge 00% of accessorial revenue Average $30$35 per mile schneideriobscom -800-44-PRDE -800-447-7433 SCHNEDER Mml!JOM Call, email o r fax your garage/es a sale mfo o he L Amencan by Wednesday noon fo ha Fridays ediion Call 806-839-23 2 or email @ haleceneramerican @ns-onlinene or fax 806-839-990 NSURANCE SERVCE REPRESENTATVE Among is many findings, he sudy shows: 465 disrics pay sipends o eachers wih masers degrees 02 disrics repored ha eachers can qualify for longeviy pay 00 disrics paid a bonus o new hires for 2007-2008 Appellae cour rules on NCLB The issue of unfunded federal mandaes srains many Texas school disrics, so his may indicae change on he horizon: _ \ l l /,l,o,/ol,of,),!, f,o "Having a plan is imporan, bu execuing ha plan under sress when seconds coun - is criical o saving lives," Abbo said Saes join in deah penaly brief The aorneys general of 9 saes joined Texas Aorney General Greg Abbo and Texas Solicior General Ted Cruz in a friendof-he-cour brief o he US Supreme Cour in a Kenucky cas\ Baze v Rees T : i : nsurance Agency seeking self moivaed, ougoing service rep o join our eam Unique opporuniy o launch a ca,reer and advance in our office Good working knowledge o compuers a mus Will need insurance license or be willing o become licensed Opening is immediae Salary negoiable, benefis included Send resume o: MOUSER AGENCY 55 w 5h : Plain:view, Tx 79072
4 Chiefs Corner Esablished March 2, 872 Published weekly of Friday of each week, excep firs Friday afer Chrismas and one Friday during he summer monhs Periodical posage paid a he Unied Saes os Office PO Box 030, 66 Main S, Hale Cener, TX 7904 Ph: 806-839-232 Fax: 806-839-990 Email: haleceneramerican@ns-onlinene SUBSCRPTON RATES: $20/year in Hale Couny, $22/year ouside Hale Couny Publisher-Don R Richards Edior-Jamey L Phillips Business Manager Ronald Phillips News Edior Lisa Buxon Office Manager-Evelyn Magallan Member: Texas Press Associaion Don sop dreaffiing By Annee Bridges Recenly, was compelled o read again Marin Luher Kings famous " have a dream" address ve been pondering Dr Kings words, " even hough we face he difficulies of oday or omorrow, sill have a dream" And found myself asking, " Do sill haye a dream?" n he days of my youh, dreaming was so very easy Where would ravel? Whom would marry? Would have children? Wha would accomplish in my life? The fuure seemed brigh and boundless -- an advenure could hardly wai o begin and one never imagined ending Now ha ve arrived a wha many call mid-life, m finding i difficul o dream and envision he course for he res of my Life graduaed from college Me he man of my dreams Raised our daugher Experienced he family had longed for And ve learned some lessons along he way --lessons ha ve been sharing wih you for a few years now Then a verse in Proverbs caugh my aenion hink perhaps is warning us abou he loss of dreams, purpose and goals when he auhor wroe, "Where here is no vision, he people perish " (Proverbs 29:8) m no sure why ve been ambivalen or uncerain abou my coninued purpose The objecive of our lifework surely never reaches a conclusion a some paricular age would seem as long as we live, here is a good figh o be fough --lessons o learn, hings o accomplish and experience seems o me ha he very essence oflife includes moive, purpose and pursui Jus his week ve realized ha maybe par of my problem is hinking ha he source of my dreams and vision is up o me o muser up and creae This is no so, according o many a Biblical wrier Paul says each of us is called wih a divine purpose ( Timohy :9) s so comforing o know ha if m in a quandary abou whas nex for my life, can look o God o guide me know He always has a purpose for each of us and a vision of how we are -o reach ha purpose The Eernal knows nohing of age To he Divine, we are imeless wih endless capaciy, abiliy and holy purpose feel assured ha even hough may feel suck righ now, my prayerful inquiry will resul in spiriual vision hawill lif me ou of he muck and mire and ino he higher realms of human poenial and possibiliy ve been augh ha spiriual vision can unself moral purpose and give us nobler aims and ambiions And i poins us up he pah ha gives seadiness o revolve and brings success o our endeavor-- our goals and dreams All good reasons for seeking divine guidance Dr King seemed o undersand somehing abou he freedom o have a dream, o follow a dream and achieve i He said o "always march ahead" and spoke of "soul force" being needed o conquer anyhing ha would ry o slow or sop our J Friday, Januar 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN Friday, January 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN forward seps m beginning o see ha soul force is born from he desire o do he divine will This force of srengh and inspiraion acknowledges and affirms ha he divine will for our life is good, unending and filled wih purpose and progress Bu he freedom o see new dreams and follow hose dreams is hampered when one feels bier abou goals never reached or depressed ha i is oo lae or desponden abou wha o do nex Cerainly we reach crossroads a various imes in life Bu jus because we reach one crossroad, does his mean here is no anoher road o ravel? Hardly! My daugher recenly reminded me abou he grea-grandmoher who gained fame for being he oldes college graduae ever a age 95 n 2007, she received her degree from For Hays Sae Universiy in Kansas -- along wih her grand- daugher, in fac Bu ha degree was no he end of her dreams When asked by reporers, she said afer college she was planning o ge a job on a cruise ship This dear lady seems o give no hough or worry o he so-called wiligh of days! Her example shows we, oo, mus keep on keeping on wih our lives -- never losing our wonder, desire or expecaion Theres no reason o lose anicipaion for life wih is many advenures, lessons and rewards Bu here are infinie reasons o live our God-endowed life o he fulles And we find hese reasons as our vision is inspired, mainained and direced by our loving Faher So, we can keep marching ahead, no allowing any fear, opinion, predicion or heory -- nor pain or illness -- o sop us from achieving our life purpose And you and will proclaim, in he words of Dr King, " have a dream oday" And hen, we will live our dreams Happy New Year o Everyone! This is he firs column of he Chiefs Comer for 2008 Hopefully hings will sele around he office o where can be more consisen on geing he aricle o he paper on a imely manner There was a discussion a he Ciy Council meeing on Monday nigh in reference o he Animal Ordinances feel ha we hav aken an aggressive sance owards loose and sray animais There has been an unknown number of dogs capured and laer aken o Plainview afer being held for he required 72 hours sugges ha if your dog comes up missing or runs away; conac he Ciy Hall or he Police Deparmen and advise,hem wha breed, color, size, ec your animal is so ha we can keep an eye ou for i f we knjw where he animal belongs and ha i has an owner, we are less likely o ake he animal o Plainview There is a fee assessed by he Ciy if by some chance your aninial is found o be off of your propery and capured Afer he fee is paid, your animal will be released back ino your cusody and a- ciaion will be wrien o you for "Dog A Large" The ciaion alone is somewhere around $200 if m no misaking ha when you ake your rash o he dumpser, you ge he rash bag inside H by some chance you canno ge he bag inside please dispose of i laer will be wriing Ciaions from now on once i is found ha anyone is iiiegally disposing of ree limbs, furniure, building maerials, ec There are numerous ciies ha do no afford heir ciizens he same opporuniy, as we have in order o have a wase collecion sie Please ake advanage of he collecion sie ha is opened on Wednesdays and Saurdays o dispose of your large goods as well as ree branches This service is of no charge o Hale Cener Ciizens The Ciy has a wood chipper a he collecion sie ONCE AGAN THERE WLL BE NO WARNNGS sugges ha you also consider geing he old Junk Vehicles off of your propery There will soon be leers issued o all ciizens who possess an abandoned moor vehicle or junked vehicle The Ordinance describes he vehicles as being nuis&nces if hey are as follows: a unregisered b derimenal o he safey and welfare of he public c ends o reduce he value of privlje propery d invies vandalism e creaes a fire hazard f is an aracive nuisance creaing a hazard o he healh and safey of minors g produces urban bligh adverse o he mainenance and coninuing developmen of municipaliies This is ju a reminder- As of Leers will begi n o go ou Sepember, 2008, if your animal around he second week in ges loose from your propery February and here will be NO and bies someone, you could be EXCEPTONS!!! facing criminal charges Always keep your fences in good shape On he nigh of 0/3/2008 and mend any gaps or holes Officer Ruben Liscano was working for he Hale Cener Police Moving righ along f you have Deparmen and begin o pursue a he opporuniy his week, walk vehicle on he nersae ha was ou ino your alley behind he laer found o be a previously house o see wha a difference repored reckless driver The you will be looking a wan o driver of he vehicle, 3 year acknowledge Bi, Ciy Employee, old Kelly Ferra from Amarillo, and he work crews for he Texas failed o sop for Officer Liscano Deparmen of Criminal Jusice Ferrar was driving a 2000 for he ousanding job hey have Chevrole Pickup and aemped done his pas week and Monday o elude police; however, was in geing our alleys cleaned up laer engaged by Texas Highway is now up o each and every one Parol and he Plainview Police of us o kep our alleys clean Deparmen Ferrar ejj& he am go ing o ake hi s enforcemen nersae and procea ed ij:!orh effor very serio us Make sure J,jl l / < J (!, \: _;_;fi J i"l l : l bound on he access road hrough Plainview, running he red ligh a Hwy 70 and FM 94 before being spiked by Plainview Police Deparmen Ferrar was laer sopped and apprehended by Trooper Burne, Trooper Wylie, and Officer Cody Ward of Plainview afer a shor scuffle ensued Ferrar was charged wih Evading W/ a Moor Vehicle, Possession of Marijuana Under 2 Ounces, and Driving While noxicaed was brough o my aenion a he Hale Couny Jail shorly afer Ferrar was aken ino cusody ha here had been previous 9 calls made o Hale Couny abou his erraic driving Thanks o Plainview DPS, Plainview PD, and he Hale Couny SO for heir assisance Migh add he dispacher did a marvelous job as well On he morning of0/4/2008 Officer Liscano arresed, Jason Arney, for Public noxicaion a he Allsups in Hale Cener Arney was also issued a Criminal Trespass ha prevens him from going back ono he Allsups propery for one ( ) year On 0/05/2008 L Solis arres 23 year old Anna Nicole Smih for Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and 35 year old Mark Remey for Possession of Marijuana Under 2 oz Boh subjecs were from Amarillo On 0/2/2008 was repored ha someone illegally dumped rash ono he propery belonging o Dick Shver The suspec was locaed wihin he hour and reurned o Shavers propery and cleaned up heir rash On 0/2/2008 Officer Mahagan ook a repor from a member of he Caholic Church in Hale Cener was repored ha someone had broken he exerior securiy ligh o he faciliy wih a large rock A repor was aken on 0/0/2008 ha someone has damaged he Ciy Flag Area norh of own Two pillas were overurned and damaged The damage o he propery will be over $50 Anyone having knowledge of he damage please conac Chief Timms NO ONE should be caugh by he flag area afer dark f he suspec is locaed, criminal charges ae going o be filed 5 UlllOr Q W By Kaylan Baca On Monday he 7h and 8h baskeball eams played Sudan The girls baskeball eams los, bu he 8h grade boys won wih a score of 37-20 On January 7-9 he boys baskeball eams will be in he Sudan ournamen, and he girls eam will be in he dalou ournamen Good Luck! Nex week he baskeball eams are playing agains Bovina The boys will be here and he girls will be here The games sar a 5:00 and 6:5 Repor cards were sen home Wednesday for he firs semeser and should be signed by parens and reurned o homeroom eachers by Friday There will be no school Monday for Marin Luher King Jr Day This is Kaylan Baca giving you he info here a CMS CMS Owls oo much for he Hornes CarT Middle School boys baskeball eam used a big second and hird quarer o defea he Sudan Hornes, 37-20 Hale Cener came ou early and ook a 9- lead early in he firs quarer " hough ha our defense was good a imes, and i was good o see how our eam would reac in fas break siuaions," said Hale Cener coach Cash Forune " hink ha we are seeing he floor beer Usually he guys ge beer as he season progresses, and ha is a good hing" Afer aking a 2 poin lead, he sevenh grade was able o show how much hey have improved since he Chrismas break " was hard for he younger guys o have o wach he game from he bench know ha hey waned o play, and was glad ha we go a lead so ha hey could see some playing ime," said Forune Tyre ll Johnson led all scorers wih 7 poins respecively Hale Cener (3-5) wi ll nex ravel o Sudan o play in he Sudan Tournamen On Thursday he eighh grade will play Lilefield a 5:5 pm, and he sevenh grade will saj play a 0:5 am on Saurday agains Muleshoe Come ou ad suppor he boys as hey coninue play in he second half of di sric -M; r, m- MNOUNr AA f! 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6 Frida 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN Legal Noice Foron Conduion Nouee ill hereby gln The Republicans have had hree races hus far in 2008 and hree differen winners! And where is Fred Thompson? The former Senaor from Tennessee and movie and elevision sar is suck in he back ground! While Senaor John McCain has emerged as he fronrunner, sill hink Rudolph Guiliani will gain some momenum from he Florida primary on January 29h and be in he race before i is all over! Senaor Hillary Clinon sill proclaims ha she will be he Democraic Pary nominee and ha she will have enough delegaes commied o her by February 5h While doub her on he dae porion of her predicion, do hink she will be he nominee-as polarizing as ha will be for some long ime Democras And speaking of ha, wha is ha wih Senaor John Kerry, he 2004 Democraic Pary sandard bearer, endorsing he inexperienced Senaor Barrack Obama? Whom would Senaor McCain selec as his running mae oday if he were, in fac, he Republican nominee? am no sure, bu do know ha he would consul his sronges and mos imporan adviser-his wife Cindi! ha original r-euerl TeBamenary for he Ssa\e of NA JeAN- rrur >ecea$d, we-re lauo on h llll_ There is an nerne "fac shee" abou Barrack Obama going around on he nerne hese days ha is facually inaccurae Again, no everyhing you read on he nerne (or in he newspapers or magazines) is rue! Beware! n he firs week of 2008, he long-prediced $00 per barrel of oil price was finally achieved! Remember when ha predicion was an every day predicion in he oil pach in 983? Will Texas Senaor John Comyn be a vice presidenial candidae? Many of he RepubLicans have him on heir shor lis, excep of course, Ron Paul Since Paul is from Texas, he consiuionally could no selec anoher Texan o be on he icke should he win he nominaion! The sock marke looks jiery o me! Afer all, inflaion is higher han i has been in a while, and he morgage deb crisis is sill sill hink ha New York Ciy looming, and he American Mayor Michael Bloomberg will economy could slide ino a ener he Republican race as recession as easily as no! And a wrie-in candidae, possibly where would you inves your as early as mid-february reiremen money oday if you --moolrll>er ard rus advfsessee acha oi>i)ofuniy? b",,, * By Randy Howard NOTXCB T ALL PRSONS!AV!G CLAJNS By Paul Franklin he race as "wide open" and are convinced ha he Mayor could win as a hird-pary and wrie-in candidae And he is very wealhy and could afford he expense of such a candidacy! AGUHS TH UTATE OP NffiA JBNl TRUll DC AS!D dy of JAUA< ------ a The Presidenial race has begun The Presidenial race has begun in earnes wih all of hese sae primaries, bu don really feel a par of he process for some reason Perhaps he race is jus oo long and we need some sor of legislaion ha defines how and when he race for he Presidency is framed Spors Real Couny Wes Texans need o band ogeher and form a regional waer pac and begin o insis ha Texas develop a long range waer plan ha includes wes Texas and no jus Dallas, Ausin, San Anonio and Houson We need o be building muliple darns and lakes on every river wes of nersae 35 And he ofen-laughed-a proposal from he lae 960s o build a pipeline from he Mississippi River is no as far-feched as once hough Had Texas done ha in 969, all of Texas would have benefied, bu especially wes Texas coun c!! in Couse J(o )g9, pendig Jn h o Hlo ceany, lexa o: $ M TPlll!, JR AH p,rsons hav-ing claims againo his E:a e whi ch is cu::enly being dminlrq ar r<qujred o pusen ;hm,;ehin ho l"" n<i n h,»::\!plhilby,<h(:- ;"i<;o ",;, Texas Techs Michael Cmbree, he freshman wide receiver on he Red Raider fooball eam, was voed as he AT&T All-America Player of he Year in college fooball and was presened he award a halfime of he BCS Naional Championship Game! Quie an honor, especially for a freshman! AAAfofo,[_Jj_,,-;;: S M J, JR ndepender Execu:or of he Esae of >NNA JFJ\N lrve, ll<!""ased OBTUARY The Chamber Mary Jane Gonzales Memorial services for Mary Jane Gonzales, 37, of Hale Cener was held a :00 am Thursday, January 7, 2008 a he Firs Unied Mehodis Church wih Rev Jimmy Cameron officiaing Cremaion arrangemens are under he direcion of Abell Funeral Home in Hale Cener How can Lubbock and Amarillo and Midland and Odessa and Abilene and San Angelo ever have susained growh wihou having a susainable waer supply soluion? Ms Gonzales died January 2, 2008 a Covenan Medical Cener in Lubbock, Texas The parial opening of he Marsha Sharp Freeway has improved Lubbock dramaically and will coninue o "re-make" wes Lubbock when he projec is compleed! Wha a grea addiion o ha ciy! is no as significan as when nersae 40 was buil hrough Amarillo, bu i is imporan! She was born March 2, 970 in Friona, Texas She is survived by her moher, Mary Gonzales of Odessa, TX; 4 children, Mary Elizabeh Lenningon of Pampa, TX, Sephanie Lynn Lenningon and Michael Gonzales, boh of Amarillo, TX, Mahew Gonzales of Plainview, TX; 3 brohers, Severo Gonzales, The Unied Saes governmen via he Federal Communicaions Carlos Gonzales, Adrian Casillo, Commisson will nex week begin all of Odessa, TX; 5 sisers, aucioning off he las of he grea Diana Gonzales of Plainview, amoun of qualiy specrum o Veronica Gonzales of Lubbock, be used o provide a myriad of Sonya Gonzales, Erica Gonzales, wireless services o he American Roxanna Casillo, all of Odessa, ciizens in he very near fuure TX Wach his one wih ineres! She is preceded in deah by her faher, Severo Gonzales and a broher, Joe Luis Gonzales - -,,, f \ \ ;_ \ j,,, ; -, lj wans you The Hale Cener Chamber of Commerce is seeking members ndividuals, couples, and any farmer/business is encouraged o join Your membership allows you o have inpu in he commerce of Hale Cener and help wih is developmen Yearly dues are: lndividuals$48, Couple$65, Small Business$20, Medium Business$60, and no se maximum for a professional or large business AAfoAA The Ohio Sae Universiy Buckeyes have never beaen a Souheasern Conference (SEC) eam in a Bowl Game Never, in nine ries! rouble beaing he hobbling San Diego Chargers The Parios have made fooball--once a rare form of ar ino a very precise science And his will se up a grea Super Bowl for February 3, 2008 in Glendale, Arizona AAAfoA AAAAA The Souheasern Conference has never had one of heir member schools lose in he BCS Naional Championship fooball game! Crabree was one of four finaliss for he honor, edging Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow of Florida, Arkansas Darren AAfofofo McFadden and he Universiy of Virginias Chris Long He The LSU Bengal Tigers are compleed one of he mos soried receiving seasons in NCAA undefeaed in he SuperDome in New Orleans in his decade a 5hisory, amassing,962 yards, 22 ouchdowns and 3 recepions 0! - all NCAA freshman records AM\ AA His yardage oal was 98 yards shy of he NCAA single-season The Dallas Cowboys became he receiving yardage record, while very firs Number One seeded his ouchdown oal ranks among NFC eam o ever lose in he he op five in NCAA hisory Crabree recorded five games divisional play-offs when hey los o he New York Gians las wih hree ouchdowns and oaled weekend Now he Gians move 00 receiving yards or more in on o play Green Bay in he NFC games, ying he NCAA singlechampionship Game a Lambeau season record Crabree is one Field Sunday The Gians and he of eigh players his season o Cowboys had me over 90 imes earn unanimous consensus Allin regular season play, bu had America Addiionally, Crabree never me in he play-offs unil has been named o every Big 2 las weekend The Cowboys have Conference firs eam and has beer players, bu he Gians have received numerous conference a beer eam offensive player of he year and newcomer of he year honors as AfoAfoA well as being named o several freshman All-America eams s he Gians Head Coach Tom The award was voed on by he Coughlin he odds-on favorie o fans AfoAfoA be named he NFL Coach of he Year? Clearly, he has done he bes job of coaching an NFL eam Did you noice ha every his season! Souheasern Conference fooball eam (excep defending naional champions Florida-who los o Michigan and reiring Coach The Gians will probably play Lloyd Cari, and Arkansas who well in Green Bay his Sunday, los o a far superior Missouri bu he Packers are led by he Tigers eam in he Coon Bowl) incomparable Bre Favre and he won heir Bowl Game? And does will advance he Pack o he Super his amoun o allowing he SEC Bowl o play he undefeaed New o Claim bragging righs as he Em?:land Parios who will have no hes c-:onfprpncp? """"" The Green Bay Packers are unique in- so maey ways, bu addiionally, he eam is owned by local sockholders-2,000 of hem And conrol of he Green Bay Packers is divvied ino abou 4 7 million shares wih no chance of anyone aking over No one person can buy more han 200,000 shares Four sock sales have priced shares from $5 in 923 o $200 in 997 -he las one helped increase he capaciy of Lambeau Field by 0,000 seas Despie heir populariy, he Packers sock would never be sough ou by invesors n 85 Y?ars, he Packers have nver paid a cash dividend and he sock does no seemingly does no appreciae in value Sae of shares is resriced legally and can only be sold back o he eam, and hen a a fracion of he original purchase price """"" The Universiy of Tennessees Pa Summi coninues o be he winninges coach in NCAA hisory wih more han 960 vicories! She could possibly win her l,oooh game in he NCAA Tournamen in 2009, bu mos likely he milesone win will come in he 2009-0 regular season fomaa 7 8 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN O wl uoos By Analhi Rey Hey Everyone hope everyone had grea holidays and everyone will have a beer year han he las Fir of all i hope everyone was happy wih wha hey go and also wha hey gave bu hopefully no one forgo he real meaning of Chrismas wih he birh of Jesus Well since school is back everyone has been very busy wih school, Baskeball, and now sock shows Tuesday all four eams played in Farwell and ended up losing, and his Friday we will be playing Olon here The Varsiy boys are now -2 in Disric and he Varsiy girls are 2-2 so keep working hard and good luck everyone Nex week will sar he second round of disric where Springlake Earh will come play here, and hen he Owls and Lady Owls will ravel and play Sudan here on Friday Also his week everyone is busy wih he local sock show and geing ready for nex weeks sock show in F Worh Also he Miss nernaional Pagean will be on January 26 so sign up if you would like o paricipae Have a grea week and don forge o come ou and suppor he Owls and Lady Owls!!!!!! 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8 Friday, January 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN Friday, January 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN 0 TAMARA ASHLEY GO LADY OWLS!!! JULO ESPNOSA GO OWLS!!! :::> 4 9
0 i - Friday, J_uary 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERAN We Urge You Worship Service ToAed This Week Friday, January 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN "n he day of my rouble souglc he Lord" Psalms n:2 \ THE ALTMAN GROUP,{&\> mu-o Sp<Qali \ Mark Alman PO Box 548 Hale Cener, Texas 7904 Telephone: (806) 839-222 Fax: (806) 839-240 Mobile: (806) 893-2056 "lcc l/ \ l"ll llcll\ l\ ( ll,l\, lllilli d \\ Esablished March 2, 872 839-232 Hale Cener YOUR MOST MPORTA#T VACATON NEED S YOUR FATH Church Direcor As i is for many of us, i may be your vacaion ime f so, where and how you will go will depend on how much ime you have, wha you enoy doing and your budge You could go sighseeing in anoher ciy, or camping in he woods, he deser, or say by a body of waer, depending on where you live Driving may be he bes way o ge here, because you can sop o look a he poins of ineres and ake picures Wherever you go, don neglec your faih n a ciy, aend a House of Worship, if possible: A a campsie remember ha he rees, mounams and war ore all por of God s creaions for your enioymen Remember also, ha He S wchmg over you wherever you ore, because He s everywhere on his earh Church Direcory Abell Funeral Home 223 S Main S Hale Cener 839-2626 wwwabe//funera/homecom Be A Slless AT LOWERNG YOUR FOOD BLL!-SHOP HERE!! Lowes Pay and Save 622 Ave G-839-2222 Lo-0-Cars 322 S Main - Hale Cener - 839-2072 Gin 806-839-2436 Quarerway Gin, nc 889-339 The Church of God of he Firsborn 322 E Sevenson - Hale Cener Paul Alvarado - Pasor SS: 9:45a Worship: lla Wednesday: 7p Church of he Valley Hale Cener Eliseo Saldana - Pasor Sunday: loa Evening 6p Wednesday: 7:30 Firs Bapis Church Coon Cener JD Templeon- Pasor SS:9:50a Worship lla Evening:6p Firs Bapis Church Hwy 70 Wes Halfway SS: 9:45a Worship: 0:50a Evening: 5:30 p Wednesday: 6p Rivers of Living Waer Rios De Agua Viva loh and Main S- Hale Cener Salvador Areaga Pasor SS & Worship: loa Evening 6p Wednesda :7 Firs Unied Mehodis Church 202 W Sevenson Ave- Hale Cener Jimmy Cameron-Pasor SS 9:45a Worship:0:45a Bible Sudy:6p Church of Chris 202 W 4h S-Hale Cener Charles Cook-Miniser Jason Freed-Associae Miniser Bible Sudy:9:45a Worship 0:30a Firs Bapis Church 305 W 6h S-Hale Cener Dr Carrol Green-Pasor SS:9:30a Worship:0:50a Child Choir & Eveing: 6p Wed Prayer Meeing, RAs, GAs & Mission Friends: 6:45p S Theresa Caholic Church 504 E 3h S-Hale Cener Sa Mass: 5p Sun Mass:lla Mon Mass: 7p Wed Mass: 7p The Church of he Living God 35 N Ave E-Hale Cener Pa Baca-Pasor SS: lo:ooa Worship:ll:OOa Evening: 6p Wednesday: 7p <@) Coon Cener Farmers Coop Gin Coon Cener Brown Pharmacy 60 Ave G 839-2466--Hale Cener
2 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN s Lady Owls Sill Sriving for ThoHruoConwf:w!l!,l!f!! Hoad Owl The Lady Owls play Olon on Friday a 6:30 a home TheLady Owls are 7-8 and 2-2 in disric Monday, January 7h Baked fish, macaroni & Cheese, mixed vegeables, coleslaw, apple crisp E Tuesday, January 8h Beef osada, boracho beans, Mexican rice, ambrosia frui Wednesday, January 9h Chicken fried seak w/gravy, baked poao, green beans, whea roll, frui of he day Thursday, January 20h Tuna & pasa casserole, black-eyed peas, ossed salad, whole whea roll, brownies Friday, January 2s Chicken salad w/roll, souhwes poaoes, 3 bean away wih one win and one loss on he road Friday nigh hey played Bovina and came home wih a vicory 59-45 salad, frui of he day Scores for he game were as follows: Bovina 7-0-8-0 for Hale Cener 5-7-5-22 for 59 Sas for he Lady Owls wih rebounds, poins, seals, blocks, and assiss in all are as follows: Gloria Robles 8-22-0-0; Michelle Newon 8-20-0-6; zel Rey 7-0-0-0-0; Tarnra Ashley -4-3-0-2; Analhi Rey 2-3--0-2; Kelsi Loza 0-2-3-0-0; Quiana Jimenez --0-0-3; Alex Marinez 4-0-0-0-0 Hale Cener Senior Ciizens 46 W 2nd S 839-2428 Eualyne Needham Today we had baked chicken followed by frosed cake was a delicious meal and he fellowship ha we had was fabulous The dishes were washed for us and i was a delighful ime Why don you come and join us for lunch one day? is he 5h of January We have a good sar wih our New Years resoluions We can make a difference his year We can be nicer o everyone we mee his year We can say a kind word o every- one we mee only akes a minue of our ime o make someone else feel good So les do i! We can make he world a beer place by aking he ime o make someone feel good We can build hem up insead of aring hem down We will feel beer and hey will, oo is up o us Les make his a beer p\ace Bf;; : ;- wwwsecuriy-bankcom Sock Show dy Coach Linda Poda "Thas a big deal for us righ now" " fel ha he Bovina and Farwell game we go away from our srenghs As a eam, we can no allow eams o score 0 OJ more in a quarer i is unaccepable am pleased wih he way he girls are doing hings We jus have o ake i o anoher level now Weve go o win he ones a home and weve go o ge as many as we can on he road" Owls Cafe HC Baskeball vs Springlake Earh Owls Cafe Cleveland Sree Self-Sorage Monhly & annual raes Small & large garage sizes Conac Rick Black 839-2069 806-774-7935 8 January Senior Ciizens Games @loa HC V::JV G/B vs Olon Hale Couny Sock Show 2008 9 25 Senior Ciizens 26 Games loa!games @loa HC V::JV G/B vs Sudan Senior Ciizens Games loa Games @loa 2 Call839-232 or email haleceneramerican@ns-onlinene o have your even included on his calendar!!,,,,- ""!, Farm News CoonN News, J J d j Coon fuures on he New York Board of Trade rode invesmen fund buying o finish Wednesday a heir highes level since early 2004 as he prospec of lower US coon planings in 2008 spurred all-around buying in he marke Despie a healhy run-up in he marke, he following day bearish opions sraegies pushed coon fuures modesly lower world exile mills o increase heir coon consumpion hree percen o 26 million bales in he 2007-08 markeing year The rae of growh would be smaller han in he previous hree CAC said he primary reasons for he slower growh include a forecas decline in he rae of global economic growh and an increase in inernaional coon prices The fac ha coon has los some of is price compeiiveness compared o polyeser in major markes since Augus of 2007 also inay play a role i!lima llllim Ccoc! Grv!Ull, ifmc Souhwes Council of Agribusiness Announces Firs Annual Meeing Dae n celebraion of he organizaions early successes, he Souhwes Council of Agribusiness will hold is Firs Annual Membership Meeing on Friday, January 25, 2008 in he Board Room of he Plains Coon Cooperaive Associaion (PCCA) PCCAis locaed a 330 Eas 50h Sree in Lubbock, Texas Hale Couny Sock Show 3 seasons bu sill higher han he long-erm average of wo percen per year, according o an CAC represenaive Having goen off o a whirlwind sar over he pas 8 monhs, he SouhwesCouncilofAgribusiness has quickly esablished iself as a major player in he Washingon agriculure policy arena Builders Hardware Pain SJPflliesr---::----: 28 CMS Baskeball 29 HC Lions Club@ 30 Senior Ciizens 3 s Bovina Vyomma Clark given by Leser & Bernice -se Door Locks Keys Cu Doors Plumbing Elecrical Ligh Fixures Fauces Kichen Cabines Hardware Sinks Waer Heaers Toiles Ceiling Fans Ceramic Tile WeRe-Key Locks Bovina Teacher Work Day ale Couny Sock!show he Library Scores for he game were as follows: Farwe24-l7-20-3 for 74 Hale Cener 2-0-2-0 for 24 Sas for he Lady Owls wih rebounds, poins, seals, blocks, and assiss in all are as follows: zel Rey 0-8--00; Tamra Ashley 2 CMS Baskeball 2 2 HC Lions Club @ 23 Senior Ciizens 24 s Browsing around TOP QUALTY PRODUCTS 70 MAN STREET HALE CENTER, TEXAS 7904 (806) 839-000 Member FDC All You Need And More 20 Hale Couny "n all of our wins our defense has held our opponens o 45 poins Don forge o go o Churcn on Sunday - -- ]ll 27 8 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN 2-7-0--; Michelle Newon 4-4-0-0; Gloria Robles -2-2-3-0; Kacy Chandler 2-2-0-0-0; Quiana Jimenez 2----0; Kelsi Loza 0-3-0-; Analhi Rey 0-0-0-0-2; Alex Marinez -0-0-0-0 The SWCA meeing will begin a :30 pm and conclude following a Keynoe Address from US Senaor Ken Conrad of Norh Dakoa, Chairman of he Senae Budge Commiee and member of he Senae Agriculure Commiee The annual meeing will give members and aendees an opporuniy o hear more abou he work of SWCA and also hear from a line up of grea speakers, highlighed by Senaor Conrad who will address he farm bill and oher issues of ineres o he group Also speaking a he meeing are SWCA Presiden Mark Williams, presening an overview of he SWCf\s recen aciviies and a repor on he saus of he organizaion; Naional Coon Council Presiden & CEO Dr Mark Lange, presening a macroeconomic oulook for US agriculure; Texas Deparmen of Agriculure Commissioner Todd Saples, who will discuss immigraion issues impacing Texas agriculure; and, John Miller of Souhwes Agribusiness Consuling, who will discuss price/energy rends heading ino he 2008 growing season The SWCA was formed jus over a year ago as an alliance of business ineress who recognize he value of sable and srong farm policy o our regions economy and wan o suppor he developmen and passage of a sound i007 Farm Bill The SWCA membership oals more han 70 agriculure businesses, commodiy organizaions and financial service providers from across he Sae of Texa and includes mos of he saes major commodiy and livesock groups "Coon finally suffered a down day on Thursday, bu i wasn oo much punishmen," an analys said "Afer five days worh of rallies, wading hrough a on of rade selling and wihou any large off-ake, a lower close was nohing o be ashamed of" USDf\s weekly expor sales repor did lile o excie he marke his week The deparmen repored ne expor sales of 58,200 bales, a markeing year low, were 57 percen less han he previous week and 72 percen lower han he four-week average Feaured buyers were China, Turkey, Taiwan, and ndonesia Expor shipmens of 23,500 bales were down 29 percen from he previous o,yeek and 39 percen from he four-week average Primary desinaions were China, Thailand, Turkey, andlndonesia On he spo coon scene, online rading by producers in Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas oaled 66,452 bales in he holidayshorened week ended Jan 3 compared o 65,747 bales he previous week Average prices received by producers ranged from 5802 o 679 cens per pound versus 6065 o 6094 cens per pound one week earlier Unlike radiionallnders, we offer generous paronage paymens back o our borrowers Our only focus is agriculure and we work hard o find he bes financing package for each of our cusomers And he fac ha we process all our loans inhouse makes he process quicker and easier " Cliff Daniel, Grea Plains Loan Officer 99 Broadway Plainview (806) 296-2782 20 N Main S Olon (806) 285-265 greaplainsagcredicom Meanwhile, he nernaional Coon Advisory Commiee (CAC) said hey now expec GREAT& PiANsriJ AG CREDT C;REAT PLANS GOOD PEOPLE
4 5 Friday, January 8, 2008 HALE CENTER AMERCAN because of an acciden ha was n he faul of he resor, i would have no liabiliy should also poin ou ha many saes have laws ha proec ski resors from liabiliy for accidens ha occur on he slopes The boom line is ha as a general rule, you ski or snowboard a your own risk Know Your Righs Rii:Drd Q My family and live in a wobedroom aparmen We pay our ren on ime and are good enans We do no have reners insurance Recenly, a fire burned par of our aparmen and damaged our propery The aparmen owner says he is no responsible Wha can we do? A The aparmen owner may be correc--i depends on he facs Simply because herewas a fire does no mean he aparmen owner is legally responsible for he damage o your aparmen Basically, for he aparmen o be responsible i will be necessary for you o show some "faul" on he pa of he aparmen n mos cases, he basis for his "faul" is negligence Under he law of negligence, an aparmen owner mus ake reasonable seps o mainain he apmmen and mus ac reasonably o remedy any problem f he does no, and your propery is damaged as a resul, he could be liable For example, if here was a problem wih he elecrical wiring and he apmmen owner did no properly repair i, he owner could be liable if a fire resuled and damaged your aparmen On he oher hand, if he fire was caused by an ac of God or some oher acciden ouside of he conrol of he owner, here would be no responsibiliy Unforunaely, you have learned oo lae he value of reners insurance Jus as a homeowner should have homeowners insurance o cover damage o he home, reners should have reners insurance o proec agains siuaions such as his one Q owe money for a suden loan was old ha if did no hough wage garnishmen was illegal in Texas A As a general rule, wage garnishmen is prohibied in Texas There are, however, a few excepions o his rule Wage garnishmen is permied for child suppor, cerain axes, and suden loans n oher words, wha you were old is rue Q My son was injured in a snowboarding acciden His mjunes have required wo surgeries so far have had o ake ime off work o ake care of him s he resor responsible for any of our medical expenses or los wages due o his acciden on is propery? A For he resor o have any liabiliy i is necessary o show ha i was negligen, and ha negligence caused your son o be injured For example, if he resor did no properly mainain is equipmen, and as a resul i malfqncioned injuring your son, he resor could be liable On he oher hand, if he injury occurred Q have a quesion abou medical law in he sae of Texas: was under he impression hapeople can be sued in Texas for ousanding medical bills or have i coun-on heir credi repor score l:ave he laws changed or am misaken? any oher obligaion Wheher you owe a credi card bill or a docors bill, he collecion procedures are he same and he informaion says on your credi repor for he same sevenyear period Q Can my wages be garnished for child suppor imposed by anoher sae? -A Yes Mos saes have agreemens wih Texas making i very easy o enforce a child suppor obligaion from anoher sae - Do you wan o know more people hink ha medical bills_ abou your legal righs? 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