“A man cannot be comfortable without his on approval”
Mark Twain

 

News around LHS & LISD
By Charles Keaton

The new school year has been rolling along for three weeks. Everything seems to be going along very well.

New faces on the campuses this year include Ryan Dollar who is teaching government and economics and is the new head boys basketball coach; Keegan Reynolds who is the PE coach and assists with the girls’ athletic programs; Jeff Dunn who is teaching junior high math and coaching; Sammie Setliff who is the new 4th grade assistant; and Virginia Hernandez returns as the Pre-K assistant.

The football season is under way but the Horns have yet to break into the win column. On opening night, the Horns traveled to Slaton to take on the Tigers after the weather delayed the game, the Horns looked like they might break into the win column until the Tigers scored with a minute left to take a 19-18 victory. Last week county rival, Floydada came to town for the 90th battle for the County Championship and proceeded to take the trophy back to Whirlwind country for the third year in a row with a 40-16 victory. This week the Claude Mustangs come to town. The Mustangs have yet to light up the scoreboard this year first losing to Clarendon 58-0 and then losing to Memphis 36-0. Maybe this is the week to break the streak that dates back to the 2005 season when the Horns last put a W in win column defeating Dimmitt 42-0 on Oct. 28, 2005.

Next week is Homecoming. The Horns will host the Springlake Wolverines at 7:30 PM on Sept. 19. There are many activities planned for that weekend including Old Fashioned Saturday concluding with a street dance Saturday evening. Check the website for more details.

With the move to 1A next year, I’ve started a new website that will focus primarily on Region 1 Class 1A high school sports. Stop in at www.wthssports.info for news and information about 1A sports in West Texas.

My apologies for not getting a newsletter out sooner but someone  (that shall rename nameless --- ME!) decided to have a ‘fight’ with the floor night before school started and broke a bone in the right hand. It has slowed MANY things down including this newsletter.

 

Homecoming 2008

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS FOR HOMECOMING:
Friday, Sept. 19 Registration 1-5 PM, Football Game at 7:30
Saturday, Sept. 20 Lunch 11:30-1 PM, Business Meeting 1:30
Old Fashion Saturday Night in Downtown Lockney.

2008 Lockney Longhorn Varsity Football Schedule:

Date

Team

Place

Time

Aug. 16

Roosevelt --- Scrimmage

Here

TBA

Aug. 21

Idalou --- Scrimmage

There

TBA

Aug. 29

Slaton

There

7:30

Sept. 5

Floydada

Here

7:30

Sept. 12

Claude

Here

7:30

Sept. 19

Springlake --- HOMECOMING

Here

7:30

Sept. 26

Nazareth

There

7:30

Oct. 3

OPEN

Oct. 10

Crosbyton

There

7:30

Oct. 17

New Deal

Here

7:30

Oct. 24

Olton

There

7:30

Oct. 31

Ralls

There

7:30

Nov. 7

Hale Center

Here

7:30

Bold = Home Game, Italics = District Game, Red = Homecoming

 

Tech Talk
By Charles Keaton

With many of us having high speed Internet connections these days, sometime it’s nice to know if you are getting what you pay for inn the way of speed. A couple of websites that I use to check my Internet speeds are: http://myspeed.visualware.com/ and http://www.bandwidthplace.com/. There are many others out there and nearly all of them will give a little different result. It is nice to know if the speed you’ve been told by your service provider is what you are getting.

Are you ever in need of a quotation from a famous person? Check out the Quotations Page at http://www.quotationspage.com/. You can find quotes by persons, subjects, quote of the day, motivational quotes and many other useful quote tools.

I found a new add-on to Firefox called Flagfox. It puts a flag of the country where the server of the website you are visiting is located. Add-ons for Firefox can be found at http://addons.mozilla.org. 

If you have a question or you would like to share a favorite website or software product, send your information to me and I might include it in a future edition. Visit my new blog about Tech News and Tips at http://www.lockney.isd.tenet.edu:7080/blogs/technews/.

NOTE: The mention of the above websites and products is for informational purposes only. Use of any of the above products is at your discretion and risk. Neither Lockney ISD nor Charles Keaton will assume any liability regarding use of the above mentioned websites or products. This article is the opinion of the writer not Lockney ISD. The mention of the products and websites in this article does not constitute an endorsement by Lockney ISD.

 

Announcements

DEPARTURES:

BIRTHS:

MARRIAGES:

ANNIVERSARIES of 50+ years!!!

CLASS REUNIONS:

Denise (Winter) Montieth, class of ’74 would like to discuss with the class about the possibility of hosting their 35th Reunion at her home in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. Contact her at divnivan@weststartv.com or dee@sunsethouse.com.

If you have an announcement of a marriage of an alumni, the birth of a child, grandchild or great grandchild of an alumni or the departure of an alumni or their parent or siblings, send the information to me at keaton.charles@lockney.isd.tenet.edu.

I’m looking for additional Alumni Profiles, please send me a brief write up (between 250 and 260 words) for possible publication in future editions.
Also, if you want to contribute to the new feature “Back Then” email me your stories.

Also, if you want to contribute to the feature “Back Then” email me your stories.
Don’t forget that I’m now providing Alumni Notebook pages on the website. The notebook page allows you to provide more information for your classmates besides an email address. This is strictly voluntary and you can provide as much or as little of information that you want. I hope more of you will take advantage of this service as a way to communicate with classmates.