San Angelo Standard-Times from San Angelo, Texas • 17

Classified 31100 a Base Line 2C Local News 2-3C Section SAN ANGELO Friday September 14 1C Jury favors in civil suit Jack Cowan Painter said the store in which Peace worked on westUS Highway 80 near Midland International Airport wu in a low crime area and Sherman said the chain employed security meuures consistent with national standards Stephens said he was concerned that mi has not yet been apprehended continue to be concerned over the fact Verna Peace wu murdered and we share the grief with her Stephens said "Our $10000 reward still stands and we still share the hope that her killer will be he added Bjr JOHN WALKER Assistant Regional Editor A 142nd Diitrict Court Jury wm out only 35 minutea Thursday before returning a unanimom verdict in favor of Town Country Food Storei Inc in a civil lawsuit heard by Judge Pat Baskin The San Angelo-baaed convenience store chain was accused of negligence in the Sept 4 1987 shooting death of Midland store clerk Verna Peace 41 during a robbery The suit was filed by her three sons Charles Taylor and Reginald Brown of Midland and Michael Taylor of Amarillo The robber who has not yet been apprehended took leu than $200 certainly gratified at the verdict yet we're not surprised" Town 4t Country Chairman id the Board FL Stephens said recognised there was no merit to the suit The surprise in fact wu that the suit was filed in the first The plaintiffs contended Town It Country wu negligent in Peace's death because it did not provide adequate security or did not inform employees of the risks involved in working at the stow The trial which got under way Tuesday included testimony from Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter and criminologist Lawrence Sherman Corrections programs get boost By SHERRI DEATHERAGE Staff Writer A $289258 state grant will bring five new probation employees and sin new programs to Tom Green County The grant has been approved by the Texas Board of Criminal Justice said Bonita White assistant director of the local community supervision and corrections department The money comes from $50 million set aside by the Legislature for local programs aimed at diver ting non-violent criminals from state prisons The money will he allocated locally as follows: $49745 for salary and supplies for a literacy program aimed at probationers who read $50400 to fund contract services for an intense outpatient substance abuse treatment program $71437 for salary and equipment to start an electronic monitoring system Monitoring may involve a computerised system whereby a devise calls the probationers at home and executes a voice match White said $38945 in salaries and contract services for a young offenders caseload serving probationers between the ages of 17 and 25 $32445 for hiring an employment specialist-community service restitution coordinator $31238 to hire a probation officer for an additional substance abuse easeload Probation officers to fill the new positions should be hired by Nov said White who expects her department to receive the grant money by end of September Exciting toys for dull kids I can't believe it Two guys are selling spitballs For $L29 They exactly like the paper wads we used to get all juicy in our mouths and then flip at some other kid or onto the ceiling of the classroom where tens of thousands of them still can be found no doubt These are made of some sort of gummy substance that their creator Ted Skup actually experimented with Most of us Baby Boomer types will be torn between thinking it's obscene for this guy to try to sell this stuff and kicking ourselves for not coming up with the idea first We can't believe someone is actually peddling something we made for free yet we know kids today are unimaginative enough and rich enough that the inventor will make a jillion bucks off it To his credit Skup is calling the product Wads" and not Slimy Icky Stickum" or some other kind iff hokey gimmicky name At least he has some integrity left Still it seems to me this is just another step in retreat from creating their own fun discouraging and an indictment of our society We should be ashamed If going to happen anyway though I might as well cash in Here are some of the products I'm considering: Coloual Galactic Zinger Sturdy elastic material similar to rubber band stretches between forefinger and thumb With other hand the Galactic Warrior loads his Zinger similar to a piece of paper folded over several times The Warrior folds the paper across the space-age elastic pulls back and sing! lets it fly The enemy will be vaporised before your very eyes Just $695 Super Coloual Galactic Zlnger-Plua Similar to Colossal Galactic Zinger but comes with an actual hand-crafted wooden launcher held in the hand and the elastic material has a pouch in the middle for launching larger projectiles even rocks Just $2495 Wet William Carefully blended liquid made from safe environmentally sound substances comes in colorful plastic bottle To perform a Wet William simply insert the forefinger of your right hand into the bottle moistening it completely and then stick it into the ear of an unsuspecting victim I It's loads of fun and can be taken to parties on trips and even to school with ease Just $749 Music Magician A plastic pronged instrument similar to a comb is wrapped loosely in space-age plastic and held to the mouth When the person blows on the Music Musician it actually makes a noise! Get all your friends to buy one and you can form a band and march in a parade! Two for just $1340 Great Gridiron Goal Game A "football" similar to a folded up piece of paper is flipped with a finger at the Spper Goal which is about die same sixe as if you put your thumbs together and point your index fingers up If the football goes through the uprights you score a point! It's just like the Super Bowl! Buy several games and invite all your friends over for Great Gridiron Goal Game playoffs! Just $2495 Each The Mini-Explosion A combustible-yet-relafively safe mixture on the end of a small stick similar to a match but in a variety of colors and encased in a box with a volcano pictured Simply rub the end of the Mini-Explosion on a rough surface and watch the flame appear! Fun and educational for the kids ax well! Just $1495 for box of 10 Sound like fun kids? Place your orders now before they're all sold On the return address of your envelope write S-T photo by Cade White GTE Southwest employees Keith and Frances Gentile chat over their barbecue dinner before the arrival of an estimated 1400 co-workers Thursday night for the kickoff of the Early arrivals telephone United Way of Tom Green County fundraiser Activities really picked up as company employees turned out for food and other activities to open the campaign with a companywide goal of $227400 and an employee goal of $162400 Amendment would shift drug war funds to cities Fran AsMdaM Prow there would be sufficient funds available of the money will probably go to the larger cities and counties because of the sixe of their budgets and he said think there would be much left over for rural Statewide 214 counties and 11 million state residents could be affected by the MB said Steve Hand commander of the Brans Valley task force and counties with police budgets in excess of $50000 rather than to a central state agency for further distribution "If it passes the bill will put the task force out of business and give the drug traffickers a distinct said San Angelo police CapL Frank Carter head of the local task force Carter said San Angelo and one or two other task force cities could qualify for federal aid but he questioned whether The 10-county Rio Concho Multi-Agency Drug Enforcement Task Force in Su Angelo is among 42 Tezu narcotics task forces that would be dissolved if an amendment to the federal 1980 crime bill paasu Congress If adopted the amendment would require federal narcotics funds to be distributed directly to individual cities Receiver appointed for KBIT Local Area Briefs documents Triangle a Tyler-based company which bought KBIL in 1985 is owned by A1 Burke of Longview The bank on Wednesday filed an application for ttie appointment of a receiver citing non-payment of installments on a $13 million loan District Judge John Sutton signed the agreed order Wednesday appointing Call the receiver By SHERRI DEATHERAGE Staff Writer A San Angelo district judge on Wednesday appointed a receiver for KBIL AM-FM Radio Station based on civil court action taken by a Connecticut bank Attorneys for Connecticut National Bank and Triangle Texas Media Inc agreed Gary Call of Abilene should be named receiver of the property according to court Voter signup deadline Oct 7 Texans who have never voted or have changed their names or addresses since the last election face an Oct 7 voter registration deadline Secretary of State George Bayoud Jr noted in a press release that the deadline for registering in person is Oct 7 while mailed-in registrations must be received by Oct 9 Bayoud also noted that about 900000 people were dropped from the voter lists during the biennial August purge People dropped are those who did not renew their voting cards during the previous registration period Absentee voting for the 1990 general election begins Oct 17 and ends Nov 2 The election is Nov 8 head bumped in rollover A 42-year-old Glasscock County man received a bump on the head when the pickup truck and cattle trailer he wu driving overturned on UB Highway 87 north of San Angelo Thursday morning Tereso Carbajal of Garden City refused immediate medical aid following the 10:50 am accident said DPS Trooper Richard Fernandes id San Angelo Fernandes said Carbajal apparently lost control of his vehicle when three cows in the trailer moved around He said the pickup turned over Wall board adopts higher school tax rate breaks They also have agreed to consider building more tennis eourts at their next board said Superintendent Charles Spieker No one spoke at a tax-rate hearing held on a prior date Spieker said Trustees Tuesday authorised the purchase of eight computers at a cost of about $10000 for the junior high school computer literacy classes The computers also win have networking capacity Spider said In addition trustees approved spending about $2000 to upgrade its two tennis courts by resurfacing them and adding screens and wind By KEELY COGHLAN Staff Writer Wall School Board members have adopted a 1990-91 tax rate of 97451 cents per $100 valuation in an effort to gain maximum state funding Trustees adopted the new tax rate a seven-cent increase from the 90-cent tax rate in 1969-90 at their Tuesday night meeting "The board members have said they have not heard a comment Everyone is concerned about the increase but they understand we have to do Trustees approved adding a computer and remodeling one of the high school rooms as a darkroom for the journalism department to enable students to do more of their own work High school science teacher Lewis Barton also appeared before the board to talk about the employee health insurance -Premiums increased 60 percent this year going to $13015 a month Medical ethics seminar opens with bum film emaciated body being lowered into antiseptic baths of hot water flashed across the screen As each interview unfolds the individuals' personal struggles and beliefs become apparent Cowart's mother cited religious beliefs Some physicians noted ethical concerns and told Cowart to accept the treatments leave the hospital and then if be insisted he could kill himself Cowart survived the trestments and subsequent suicide attempts He is now an attorney in his hometown of Henderson He is totally blind permanently disfigured and severely maimed And he believes even now that he should have been allowed to die Presented by Medical Center in association with Hospice of San Angelo the seminar featurea experts from across the state who will explore the ethical social spiritual legal and medical issues faced when caring for a dying patient The seminar is open to the public Participants may attend sessions on a day-by-day basis at the following rate: today $85 Saturday morning $35 The film featured interviews with mother physicians and attorney who ignored the then protests Cowart's anguished cries echoed in the still room as chilling Images of his frail and By LORETTA MACIAS Staff Writer A three-day seminar focusing on ethical issues in medicine began Thursday night with the riveting film of an East Texas man who underwent painful burn treatments despite his pleas to die The hour-long film partially funded by the Texas Committee for the Humanitiest chronicled the 1973 propane gas explosion and subsequent treatment Dax Cowart endured The film set the tone for the seminar titled and Suffering: A Wider Ethical View" which resumes today at the Holiday Inn Convention Center The trailer turned over on its side causing one of the cows to suffer a broken leg The other two cows were injured but not seriously Fernanda said Computer campaign needs receipts The Tom Green County Library campaign "Apples for Students" still needs $20000 more in Skaggs Alpha Beta receipts to earn a computer by the end of September After the end of the first campaign a second "Apples for will begin in order to get a computer for the Angelo West Branch Library For more information contact JD Dedmon at Tom Green County Library at S55-732L Four people injured in collision Two Runnels County women were among four people Injured in a two-car collision at Knickerbocker Road and Sunset Drive in San Angelo about 1 pm Wednesday One of the drivers Delia Jones 79 of Ballinger was admitted to Angelo Community Hospital for treatment of undisclosed injuries after the She was still hospitalised Thursday but a report on her medical condition is being withheld a nursing supervisor said Robert Jones 19 of San Antonio another driver wu also admitted to ACH for treatment of what police described as possible bruised lungs and a broken nose A report on his condition also is being withheld A passenger in Mrs Jones' car Miriam Jones 39 of Ballinger and Troy Bohne 17 of San Antonio a passenger in Robert vehicle were treated at ACH and later released Traffic Officer Mike Davis said the collision occurred when Mrs Jones who be said wu driving south on Knickerbocker Road made a left turn into the path of Robert car which was traveling north on Knickerbocker I Ag commissioner candidate advocates oil gas stability oil prices at $20 to $25 dollars per barrel would be ideal "It would be helpful to the oil and gas industry well as the sgricultural Hance said Perry also continued stressing the need for value-added processing of raw agricultural products in Texas The stop was Perry's third in San Angelo in three months He faces incumbent Democrat Jim Hightower in the Nov 6 general election oil and gas industry and the agriculture industry are the two true back bones of Texas" said Perry While high fuel prices ean help the oil producers but hurt farmers Hance said stabilising By SHERRI DEATHERAGE Staff Writer Republican agriculture commissioner candidate Rick Perry flew into San Angelo Thursday with Railroad Commissioner Kent Hance in tow emphasising stability in the oil and agriculture industries --lij.