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Seminole (Texas) Sentinel. Wednesday. March 31.1999, PAGE 3
Clarification released on
procedure for loss claims
Air torce sets pr0gram created for
five West Texas
hearings development delay
LUBBOCK--USD A Risk
.Management Agency
Administrator Ken Ackerman has
released a clarification of
procedures for lo&s claims
submitted on or about the final
planting date for a crop.
The RMA announcement is the
result of the combined efforts of
House Agriculture Committee
Chairman Larry Combest and
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.
The crux of the issue is that
producers who lose crops to
causes other than drought can
request claims adjustments
beginning 7-10 days after the date
of the loss. Subsequently, any
acreage covered by the claim
could then be immediately
released and diverted to other
uses.
The only exception to the 7-10
day waiting period before
adjustment is for losses caused by
drought. If drought is the primary
'‘cause of loss a producer will be
required to wait until the end of
the applicable late planting period
(15 days after the final planting
date) before an adjustment is
performed and a release is
granted.
PCG worked closely with
House Agriculture Committee
Chairman Larry Combest and his
staff to obtain a clarification of the
producers governing losses due to
drought and losses created by
other causes.
"Hopefully, this will help ease
the minds of many cotton
producers and insurance agents
who have been worried that a
longer waiting period would be
enforced for causes of loss other
than drought even though there is
no support for such in current
- RMA regulations," explains Steve
Verett, Executive Vice President
of Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.
"The bottom line is that
producers who lose a crop to
causes other than drought can
expect to receive timely
adjustments and,, if applicable,
timely release of failed acreage
according to long-standing RMA
policy."
Verett notes that the 7-10 day
wait before an adjustment has
always been part of RMA’:
procedures
RMA officials will be
communicating this clarification
to all insurance companies April
28-29 in Kansas City at the next
joint RMA and company Policy,
Procedures, and Loss Adjustment
Committee meeting.
In a letter to Congressman
Combest about the issue
Ackerman notes that the
clarification will be
communicated far enough in
advance to promote a "general
understanding of the rationale
behind the change in the late
planting period for 1999 cotton"
and will "ensure that any
misconceptions can be corrected
prior to the start of the 1999 loss
season."
***
Getting the biggest bang for
your buck is often easier when you
have a say in how that dollar is
spent.
The Cotton Incorporated (Cl)
State Support Program provides
exactly that, an opportunity for
producers to target research
dollars in areas they feel benefits
them the most.
Through the State Support
Program (SSP) five percent of Cl’s
core budget is set aside and
returned to each cotton producing
state. The funds are then spent at
the direction of cotton producers
within the State.
In Texas, cotton producer
members of the Texas State
Support Committee (TSSC) will
gather in Austin to determine how
money allocated in Fiscal Year
2000 will be spent This will be
the ninth year of operation for the
SSP. During FY2000 the State
Support Program is estimated to
provide close to $750,000 in funds .
to Texas for research.
Members of the TSSC
represent each of the different
growing regions in Texas and are
selected by the certified producer
organizations in those areas.
Plains Cotton Growers (PCG) is
the certified producer
organization for the High Plains
region.
For High Plains cotton
producers the ability to fund a
variety of projects targeting key
research areas is the ultimate
benefit.
***
Plains Cotton Growers, Inc.
reminds cotton producers,
landlords and anyone interested in
the future of cotton to attend the
organization's 42nd Annual
Meeting, April 9 at the Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center Theater.
PCG’s featured speakers are
Billy Dunavant, Jr., Congressman
Charles Stenholm and Texas State
Senator Robert L. Duncan. Also
on the agenda is Texas Boll
Weevil Eradication Foundation
Executive Vice President Lindy
Patton of Abilene.
Following the PCG meeting
April 9 will be a Boll Weevil
Management Seminar co-
sponsored by the Texas
Agricultural Extension Service
and PCG titled "Managing The
Boll Weevil in 1999."
The seminar is scheduled to
begin at 1:30 p.m. in the Lubbock
Memorial Civic Center Theater.
Obituaries
Briefly
Fund Set Up
A fund for Justin Whitaker, 8,
of Seminole, has been set up at
Seminole National Bank.
The youngster, the son of
Ronnie and Millie Whitaker, has
been diagnosed with a brain
tumor and is currently undergoing
treatment at University Medical
Center in Lubbock.
Funds will be used to help
defray medical expenses.
Persons wishing to donate may
earmark funds to the Justin
Whitaker Medical Fund.
Senior Lock-In
Anyone who wishes to help
with or donate to the senior lock-
in at Seminole High School May
30-31 is asked to contact Celesta
Hicks at 206 SW 21st Street or
call 758-6075.
Free Screening
In honor of Early Childhood
Intervention Week, the ECI
DEBT Program will provide free
developmental screenings to
children ages birth to three on
Thursday, April 8, from 10a.m.-
12 noon at McDonald’s in
Seminole.
More information can be
obtained by contacting Lillie
Clark at F. J. Young School, 758-
3636.
Dr. Carlos Alexander
Arrangements for a memorial service for Dr. Carlos Alexander, long-
time resident of Seminole were pending as of presstime Tuesday.
Dr. Alexander died Tuesday, March 30,1999, at Covenant Medical Center
of Lubbock.
Zella May Ferrell
1950-1999
Zella May Ferrell, 49, of Canadian Shores, formerly of Seminole, died
Thursday, March 25, in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Services will be held Thursday, April 1, at New Hope Baptist Church
in Canadian Shores.
Survivors include her husband, Freddie Ferrell of Seminole; two
step-children, Freddie Wayne Ferrell of Austin and Linda Kay Ferrell
of Seminole; two daughters, Shana Richardson of Canadian Shores,
Okla.,and Lena Gail Obb of McAlester, Okla.; and nine grandchildren.
Ruby Odell Wallace
1911-1999
Services for Ruby Odell Wallace, 88, of Seminole wil^be held at 10:00
a.m. cm Friday, April 2, at South Seminole Baptist Church with the Rev.
Shane Kinnison, pastor, officiating.
Burial will be in Roscoe Cemetery at 4 pm. under the direction of Memorial
Funeral Home of Seminole.
Mrs. Wallace died Sunday, March 28, in Lubbock.
She was bom to Lula and Arch Miller in Center, Texas, on January 13,
1911. She married C. P. Wallace in Roscoe on October 22,1927. They came
to Seminole from Springer, N.M., in 1954. She was a member of South Seminole
Baptist Church. She loved to work in the garden, sew Jid do home canning.
She was a faithful wife and mother.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Ada and Bill Mogford
of Seminole, Claudell and John Moore of Ontario, Calif., and Janice
and Don Jackson of Odessa; one brother, Maurice Miller of Odessa;
twosisters, Mrs. Bill Wallace and Verna Lee Aker, both of Roscoe; six
grandsons; six granddaughters; 28 great-grandchildren; and four great-
great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
The family suggests memorials be sent to South Seminole Baptist Church
Building Fund, 211 Southwest Ave. E, Seminole 79360.
. emorial Funeral Home
of Seminole
Service With Care
The U.S. Air Force has released
the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement (DEIS) on the Realistic
Bomber Training Initiative (RBTI).
Effective Much 19. the 45-day
public comment period began and
the DEIS was sent to local libraries,
agencies and citizens in west Texas,
northeastern New Mexico, La Junta,
Colorado and Harrison, Arkansas,
as well as Dyess Air Force Base in
Abilene and Barksdale Air Force in
Louisiana.
RBTI is an Air Force proposal that
would improve air crew training by
linking existing low-altitude training
routes with a military operations
area, and provide electronic
simulations of combat conditions. It
would offer realistic, integrated
training and develop combat skills
needed by Air Force crews now and
in the future. Integrated training
refers to the ability of air crews to
train simultaneously as a team under
conditions similar to combat.
The Air Force has examined four
alternatives, no action, two in west
Texas and one in New Mexico.
Eventually, just one alternative will
be selected, locating RBTI within
approximately600nautical miles of
Dyess and Barksdale and would
ensure the best use of valuable flight
training time by reducing low-value
transit time.
Presently, resources needed to
accomplish the full range of air crew
training requirements are located far
away from the two bases. Others are
geographically separated and add
low-value transit time to training
missions. RBTI would consolidate
these resources and locate them close
enough to maximize the use of
existing flying hours.
The proposal has included public
involvement in each step of the
process and this step-the upcoming
public hearings and45-day comment
period-will extend through May 2.
Citizens and agencies will be able
to comment by speaking at the
hearings, writing their comments at
the hearings and mailing their
comments anytime through the May
2 date.
Five public hearings have been set
for the West Texas area, including
April 6 from 5-9 p.m. at the Abilene
High School west cafeteria; April 7
from 5 9 p.m. at Snyder High School
cafeteria; April 8 from 5-9 p.m. at
Reagan County High School
auditorium in Big Lake; April 9 from
5-9 p.m. at the Pecos High School
cafeteria; and two hearings April 10
in Alpine from 10a.m.-12noonand
1 -5 p.m. at the Alpine Recreation
Center.
CALL YOUR NEWS
TO THE SENTINEL
PH. 758-3667
The Early Childhood
Intervention, Developmental
Education Birth Through Two (ECI
DEBT) program is designed for the
early idwitificatinn and inlrrvmtinn
of children exhibiting delays in
development.
ECI DEBT is a family-focused
program for children and their
parents, which is home based and is
designed to assist parents as they
teach their children. The goal of the
program is to provide and to help
parents become advocates for their
child.
A child may be eligible for
services if he or she lives in the ECI
DEBT area; is aged birth to three; has
a physical or mental condition that
may result in developmental delay;
has a developmental delay in
problem solving, mobility, hand
skills, independence and
social/emotional problems; or has
atypical development as documented
by a qualified professional.
ECI DEBT offers home-based
services that include, screening and
assessment, physical, occupational
and speech/language therapy,
behavioral intervention, nursing
intervention, parent support groups,
special instruction, transition
services, transportation, nutrition
services, social work services and
vision/audiological services.
Gaines, Cochran, Crosby,
Dawson. Dickens. Garza. Hockley.
Kent, Lubbock, Lynn, Terry and
Yoakum counties are served by the
program.
Referrals to the ECI DEBT
program may be made by parents,
friends, neighbors, physicians,
agencies or other interested persons.
More information may be
obtained by contacting Lillie Clark
at F.J. Young Elementary School in
Seminole. 758-3636 or the ECI
DEBT program in Lubbock at 1628
19th Street, (806)766-1172.
Briefly
Booster Items
The Seminole Athletic Booster
club is selling polo-type shirts,
caps, tatoos (Indian, Maiden and
Tomahawks) and decals (Indians
and Maidens).
Please contact any booster
club officer to purchase these items
or buy them at the home games.
It's time for the lake, picnics with friends &
family, horseback riding, camp-outs and all
the things that come with spring.
Chester Chicken
Wants To Join The Fun!
He Can Bring Along His Sidekicks Such As
♦Coleslaw
♦Fries
♦Corn On The Cob
♦Mashed Potatoes & Gravy
♦Ice, Drinks & Snacks Of All Kinds
K W Express
400 W. Ave A 758-6001
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Great Job, Firemen
To the Firemen of Seminole,
Thanks for a super job done at Nolen Ag during the fire!! Due to the prompt response of
the Fire Department, damage was kept to a minimum.
How lucky we are to have such a wonderful volunteer fire department.
o/esb yiy ^Services,
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FOCUS
IS ON
JESUS
AT THE WEST SIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST
If you would like to hear what we've
been talking about... request a FREE
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Dow, M. Gene & Fisher, David. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 92, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 31, 1999, newspaper, March 31, 1999; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1049443/m1/3/: accessed June 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.