Friday's Internet Edition, July 04, 2008.
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| Lazy, hazy days of summer.... One thing you can do on these lazy, hazy days of summer is take swimming lessons at the local swimming pool. Pictured above are life guards Hayley McCoy (L) and Ari Martinez (Center) teaching a hesitant local youngster the basics of swimming. For more information, contact the pool. |
- Culberson County-Allamoore Independent School District, this week, released the District’s registration schedule for the coming school year. The schedules were for the Van Horn High School, Van Horn Junior High School, and Eagle Elemetary.
The registration schedule, by campus, is as follows:
Van Horn High School:
August 1st: Seniors from 8 a.m. until noon. Juniors from 1 p.m. til 4 p.m. Juniors and seniors from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
August 2nd: Sophomores from 8 a.m until noon. Freshmen from noon until 4 p.m. Freshmen and sophomores from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
August 3rd: New students from 8 a.m until noon.
Van Horn Junior High:
August 7, 8, & 9: From 8:30 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Eagle Elementary:
August 7, 8, & 9: From 9 a.m. until noon and from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m.
Van Horn Advocate won't publish August 2nd
The Van Horn Advocate will not publish an issue next week, August 2nd. The reasons are multiple, but the most important one is.....we need a week off!
Normally on a five paper month, the first week is void of advertising and much news. Since that is the case next week, we’ve decided to not to publish and enjoy some much needed down time (Our store hours may also be curtailed so please check with us).
The Van Horn Advocate will return to our regular schedule for the following week, August 9th.
And a brief reminder regarding our advertising and news deadlines. We have changed the way the newspaper is prepared for the press and it now requires us to str4ictly adhere to our deadlines.
The deadline for us to receive news or advertisinig is now 5 p.m. on Tuesday of the week to be published. Please attempt to adhere to this deadline. Thanks.
Column One
By Dawn Simpson
Well, it has been a week of lots of rumors floating around town, particularly regarding two different stories in reference to our local bank. As we have said before, we can not, nor would we, report anything on just a rumor. We have not received any official news, so if you picked up the paper expecting to read all about what’s happening at Van Horn State Bank, it’s not here. We’ll report it as soon as the proper people give us the news release.
As always, we approach change in our community with mixed feelings. But usually change means there could be some positives coming out of it. And regarding at least one of the rumors we are hearing about the bank, this could be a good thing for the community, and it will be exciting to watch if it actually plays out to be what we are hearing. As for the other rumor, it leaves many of us with mixed emotions.
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I have a great deal of respect for anyone who takes the right steps to do things the correct and legal way. Such is the case with a lady, whom I feel like I’ve come to know in a small way, only because she comes in frequently to make copies. I began to realize that some of the copies she was making seemed to have something to do with her acquiring her legal immigration status.
Well, she was in this week, and with a big smile, showed me her brand new ‘Permanent Resident’s Card’. Congratulations, Balbina Rodriguez. And thank you for being the kind of person that goes about things the right way. There’s no doubt you will be a good citizen.
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Unless the Editor changes his mind, we are going to take a week off next week, at least as far as putting out an issue of the Advocate. It’s just too hard for us to take a vacation (and too expensive also) but we hope to get a little much needed rest. We’ll have reduced hours at the store, but if anyone has a real need when we aren’t there, feel free to look us up. We’ll probably be just enjoying some extra time at home.
And it’s hard to believe, but after next week, the summer will practically be winding down, and we’ll be stocking the store with school supplies! With school starting a little later this year, maybe the summer won’t come to such an abrupt end as the past few years. I kinda like that.
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And now something from a friend off the internet…………
Jesus and Satan were having an on-going argument about who was better on the computer. They had been going at it for days, and frankly God was tired of hearing all the bickering.
Finally fed up, God said, “THAT’S IT! I have had enough. I am going to set up a test that will run for two hours, and from those results, I will judge who does the better job.”
So Satan and Jesus sat down at the keyboards and typed away.
They moused.
They faxed.
They e-mailed.
They e-mailed with attachments.
They downloaded.
They did spreadsheets.
They wrote reports.
They created labels and cards.
They created charts and graphs.
They did some genealogy reports.
They did every job known to man.
Jesus worked with heavenly efficiency and Satan was faster than hell.
Then, ten minutes before their time was up, lightning suddenly flashed across the sky, thunder rolled, rain poured, and, of course, the power went off. Satan stared at his blank screen and screamed every curse word known in the underworld. Jesus just sighed.
Finally the electricity came back on, and each of them restarted their computers. Satan started searching frantically, screaming:
“It’s gone! It’s all GONE!”
“I lost everything when the power went out!”
Meanwhile, Jesus quietly started printing out all of his files from the past two hours of work.
Satan observed this and became irate.
“Wait!” he screamed.
“That’s not fair! He cheated!”
“How come he has all his work and I don’t have any?”
God just shrugged and said,
JESUS SAVES!
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I love this and it’s my Thought for the Week……
“Dear Lord, Help me be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.”
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
July 26th - Aliviane Art Classes at 10 a.m & 1 p.m. Members of the Van Horn Volunteer Fire Department are slated to meet this evening at 7 p.m. at the firehouse.
July 27th - Nothing scheduled at press time.
July 28th - Nothing scheduled at press time.
July 29th - Attend the church of your choice.
July 30th - Nothing scheduled at press time.
July 31st - Aliviane Art Classes at 10 a.m & 1 p.m. Members of the Van Horn Rotary Club are scheduled to meet today at noon at Chuy’s.
August 1st - Nothing scheduled at press time.