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Good Afternoon! Dragons fall PJC drops double-header to Texarkana Monday 11A job clinic set 3A Scanlan leaving PJC 1.1 A HT nnrr-r "ITT.TI—rr-rrm-nj- r.T.-j-— i Lady Warriors crowned 14A Weather Yesterday's high: 87 Forecast: Cloudy tonight with 40 percent chance of rain; cloudy, rainy Wednesday. Details: Pg. 2A Index Abby 5A Classified 12A Comics 6A Deaths 2A Editorial 4A Horoscope 6A Sports 11A 250 Call 785-8744 For Home Delivery Tuesday April 17, 1990 123rd Year No. 244 Paris, Texas The Paris News 14 Pages in 1 Section Paris ISO institutes new rental agreement By Shawn Johnson The Paris News During a regular meeting Monday night, the Paris Independent School District Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a "hold harmless" agreement that would be used in renting-out any school facilities. The agreement is designed to hold the Paris ISD "harmless from any claims arising out of or pertaining to the activity or purpose for which the premises are Organizations wishing to rent such Paris ISD facilities as the Paris High School auditorium, gymnasium, cafeteria, band hall, choir room, 9r the middle schools' gymnasium, auditorium and cafeterias will be required to submit the signed agreement at the time the rental is made.

j. Paris ISD business manager Brad Perry said the agreement is better than the district has had before and that he thinks it will help the district. The schedule of renters fees was also approved and will remain the same as in the past. The board also authorized the administration and architect to proceed with preliminary drawings for a vocational facility at Travis Middle School. According Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum and Instruction Paul Trull, approximately 110 students have indicated interest in homemaking classes and 117 in shop.

The new facility would be needed in order to offer these classes. Please see Paris ISD, Pg. 2A Lady trucker making inroads By Dee Hill The Paris News She isn't your average truck driver, and the "she" explains why. Wanda Cassidy, 44, is one of the few lady truck drivers who likes to travel the open road on her own. Ms.

Cassidy said as long as she could remember she has always wanted to enter her current profession. "My dad was a truck driver, and when I was a little girl he used to put me on his lap and he would let me guide that truck. I felt like a king or something," she said smiling. Although truck driving was always in the back of her mind, it was a while before a friend in Tulsa, who owned his own truck, told her to "just getout on the road "I was so "stupid," said Ms. Cassidy.

1 was going to go to truck driving school. But the first time I ever drove a truck was when I took the road test at Tristate (a trucking company). I just bluffed my way through it; I wanted to be a driver so bad." Drivers went out in pairs to be tested, and Ms. Cassidy said she observed the other driver and simply did what he did when it came her turn. "I was so nervous I got out of the truck and threw up," she recalled.

"But I was calm as I could be while doing it." She passed her test and immediately began hauling loads. Her first run was from Tulsa to Photo by Marvin Gorley QUEEN OF THE ROAD: Wanda Cassidy, a truck driver with Skidmore Trucking, is one of the few women in the profession. In twelve years of driving she has visited every major city in the United States "and most of the smaller ones, too." Boston. From there she went on to Halifax, Nova Scotia and then to Seattle. "Second load I ever got, I got to go to Canada.

That was thrillin'," said Ms. Cassidy. Since then, Ms. Cassidy has been to every major city in the United States "and most of the smaller ones, too," she said. And, in the 12 years that she has been driving, things have changed a lot.

For women, said Ms. Cassidy, "it used to be the pits. When I started, half the trucks- tops didn't even have female showers. They would have to send you into the men's bathroom and tape a little note on the door. Please see Trucker, Pg.

7A Hugo, Swink schools open; Antlers closed Teachers leave classrooms, picket for funding bill From staff and wife reports HUGO, Okla. Thousands of Oklahoma teachers, including those in Antlers, abandoned their classrooms Tuesday to protest the failure of a school funding bill, and union officials called for more teachers to join the walkout. Many of the teachers picketed at the state Capitol on Monday, and hundreds swarmed the halls, lobbying for the failed $230 million education package. Some school administrators supported the walkout; others opposed it. In southeastern Oklahoma, the Hugo Dependent School District was closed Monday for the Easter Holiday, but opened Tuesday and has not been affected by the statewide walkouts, according to a spokesperson.

Antlers Public Schools were closed Tuesday, however, after teachers met over the weekend and decided to join the walkout. "They (teachers) called me Saturday and told me they were going to walk," said Superintendent Louis Maggia. "The thing we talked about was the time period (of the walkout). I think they'll probably meet every day and weigh the decision each day." Maggia said the district's teachers met Tuesday morning and a decision was to be made by noon today on whether they will con- Leaders in father-son marijuana operation in custody of officials By Robert Slider The Paris News HUGO, Okla. The alleged leaders of a father-and-son drug operation await magistration in the Choctaw County Jail after turning themselves over to authorities Monday, according to Undersherdff Mike Mitchell.

John Wesley Moorehead, 43, and John Moorehead 18, are both charged with conspiring to cultivate marijuana, cul tivation of marijuana, possession with intent to deliver marijuana, possession of a'fire arm during the commission of a felony, possession of a police- band radio during the commission of a felony, knowingly concealing stolen property and possessing stolen property, according to Mitchell. Misdemeanor charges against the pair include possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of fur bearing animals out of season. The charges stem from a raid upon the Moorehead farm in Goodland, last weekend when authorities stumbled on a large amount of potted marijuana' plants while attempting to arrest the pair on Lamar County burglary warrants. After finding a flatbed trailer with 133 maryuana plants, Mitchell and Deputy Jim Long called for assistance from the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, the Hugo Police Department and the drug task force. On the basis of Mitchell's and Long's viewing of the drugs at the farm, a warrant was issued allow- ing authorities to search the premises.

In addition to the 133 plants found on the trailer, 226 more potted marijuana plants were found growing under fluorescent lighting in a travel trailer and a garage workshop. When authorities completed confiscations efforts, they had taken $19,000 cash, $379,000 in potted marijuana plants, $30,000 in processed marijuana, $20,000 in pickups and trailers and $3,000 in firearms, according to Mitchell. They also recovered a car that had been stolen in Arlington, police scanners, hand held radios and several bobcats in the Moorehead's freezer. A 42-year-old Hugo man, Jack Please see Leaders, Pg. 2A High winds rip through Oklahoma By The Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY Winds stronger than 90 mph plowed across central Oklahoma overnight, uprooting trees, damaging buildings and knocking power out for about 46,000 people.

Oklahoma City police learned how hard the wind hit one of three heavily damaged city schools when a store clerk called to report "a roof in the middle of Britton Road," said Doris Boone, a late shift supervisor at the Oklahoma City police department. "We had units, when it hit, report buildings were blowing around," Ms. Boone said. "I guess they just saw the debris." Oklahoma City 911 Shift Supervisor Allan Garlitz said damage was scattered throughout the city, but no estimates had been done. No injuries were reported.

Most power had been restored to customers and circuits had been repaired by about 6:30 a.m. today, said Dave Raybern, media relations spokesman for Raybern said, however, one high voltage pole snapped and was still down near some houses in the Lake Hefner area of northwest Oklahoma City. Motorists were trapped in their cars in northern Oklahoma City when the wind blew walls of water into roadways, authorities said. Other parts of the area received light to moderate damage, authorities said. The fltorm dissipated as it moved into southeastern Oklahoma, with winds subsiding to a more endurable 30- to 40 mph, Noble said.

Cinderella The Paris Junior College drama department will be presenting the classic tale of Cinderella to area schools and day-care centers during the week of April 16 through 20. A public performance will be presented at 7 p.m. on Friday, April 20, at the PJC campus. Admission for the public performance is $1. Pictured are Kathe Jennings, top, the fairy godmother, and Katherine Trewin as Cinderella.

tinue their walkout Wednesday. Swink School is unaffected by the walkout, though teachers met this morning to discuss their options. "Right now it doesn't seem like we're probably going to (have a walk out)," said Swink Principal Robert Covert. He said the proposed week-long walkout may not be enough to prompt the Legislature to enact proposed salary and educational reforms. "Here, we all still think we knew what we were going to be paid when we came here, and we have an obligation to teach the kids," Covert added.

Swink has approximately 90 studenfs and seven teachers according to Covert. "In order for us to make this (walkout) work, our numbers need to grow each week," Kyle DaWem, president of the Oklahoma Education Association, said Monday as the union kicked off a five-day teacher walkout. Speaking at the Capitol, Ms. Dahlem called for the closing of more schools throughout the week and demonstrations at the Capitol and local schools. Nancy Jewell, union vice president, estimated that more than 10,000 took part in Monday's protest at the Capitol.

Other estimates ranged up from 5,000. The union called the walkout after the Oklahoma Senate failed last week to pass the school bill as an emergency measure, which would have put it into effect immediately. Please see Schools, Pg. 2A Clements expands session By Scott Rothschild The Associated Press AUSTIN Midway through a second special legislative session on school finance reform, Gov. Bill Clements predicted the session would end in failure.

But lawmakers today were expected to continue the battle when the House takes up $114.4 million in proposed budget cuts that would go toward education. Meanwhile, legislative leaders ruled out a Texas lottery as a revenue source for increased school funding Clements, saying it was a precautionary measure, Tuesday opened the agenda of the session to include a bill designed to ensure schools stay open past a May 1 court deadline for reform. "It's time to put aside the political bickering. This is no time for partisan brinkmanship," Clements said. But the governor repeated his vow to cut any new taxes for education and indicated he would fight for deeper cuts when the House considers a measure to pay for school finance reform by slashing other state programs.

Lawmakers are in their second 30-day special session to address the Texas Supreme Court's ruling that the current method of financ- Please see Clements, Pg. 2A.

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