Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX) articles from September 2000

Amarillo Globe-News (Amarillo, TX) archives from September 2000

Clovis, Texas, Community College Seeks Bond Support.
September 1, 2000... Byline: Janet Bresenham Sep. 1--CLOVIS, Texas--Clovis Community College administrators hope area voters will be willing to pay more property taxes in order to help finance a new library and technology center, child-care center and expand...

Texas Mental Health Agencies Look toward Merger.
September 1, 2000... Byline: Thomas Doyle Sep. 1--The Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority board of trustees met for the last time Thursday before the organization merges today with the Amarillo State Center to form Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Business Briefs Column.
September 3, 2000... Sep. 3--NEW POSITIONS: Corporate Systems announced the promotion of Stacey Crawford to eClaimsPort business analyst/implementation leader. She earlier worked as an implementation specialist responsible for several new accounts. Crawford is...

Amarillo, Texas, Chamber Opens Nominations for Small Business Award.
September 3, 2000... Sep. 3--The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce will accept nominations for its Top 10 Small Business of the Year award through Friday. To be nominated, a business must be for-profit and based in Amarillo, be a chamber member and have no more than...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, The Economist Column.
September 3, 2000... Byline: M. Ray Perryman Sep. 3--Texas has been known for many things throughout its lengthy history, which dates back to the time of the Spanish Conquistadors. Oil, cattle, and cowboys -- and in the minds of some people, even Friday night...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Farm Briefs Column.
September 3, 2000... Sep. 3--DONLEY CROPS TOUR SCHEDULED SEPT. 12: The 2000 Donley County Crops Tour is set for Sept. 12, according to a Donley County extension office news release. The tour gets under way with 12:45 p.m. registration at the Donley County...

Famed Texas Horticulturist Retires after 30 Years on the Job.
September 3, 2000... Sep. 3--Roland Roberts, who has served as a horticulturist and vegetable expert for the past 30 years, retired Thursday, according to a Texas Agricultural Extension Service news release. Roberts, 64, extension horticulturist at the Texas...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Amber Waves Column.
September 3, 2000... Byline: Kay Ledbetter Sep. 3--It's official. It is dry out there, and Texas all over is facing drought conditions -- again. Most agriculture producers already know how important conserving water is. They use some of the most...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Oil & Gas Report.
September 3, 2000... Sep. 3--PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES CO. said its subsidiary Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc. was the apparent high bidder on 12 blocks, and together with partners, apparent high bidder on three other blocks in a western Gulf of Mexico offshore...

Texas Peanut Farmers Shell-Shocked by U.S. Patent Award to Florida University.
September 3, 2000... Byline: Rick Storm Sep. 3--WELLINGTON, Texas--The U.S. Patent Office's award to the University of Florida may cause one hull of a mess for shell-shocked area peanut producers. "They gave the University of Florida a patent for the...

Water Availability Drives Texas Sunflower Crop to New Heights.
September 3, 2000... Byline: Kay Ledbetter Sep. 3--HALFWAY, Texas--Water use and availability is driving up the acreage of sunflowers, considered an alternative crop in this region, according to Travis Miller, Texas Agricultural Extension Service agronomist....

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Don Taylor Column.
September 3, 2000... Byline: Don Taylor Sep. 3--This week we will again celebrate Labor Day. This holiday is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. In 1894, the U.S. Congress passed an act that decreed the first Monday of...

Amarillo, Texas, Unions Love Their Work.
September 3, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 3--Unions equal work, according to one union official. "I love it because we're all about people working. Unions are about work. The more people working, the better this country is," said Don Green,...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Business Briefs Column.
September 5, 2000... Sep. 5--LARRY HELM, A NATIVE OF Memphis, Texas, has been named Bank One's head of middle market banking for Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. Helm, 53, had been in charge of Bank One's national Energy and Utilities Banking Group. J.C....

Roosevelt County, Texas, Women Delight with Auction Offerings.
September 8, 2000... Byline: Janet Bresenham Sep. 8--PORTALES, Texas--What do homemade gourmet meals, a flight for three over Portales, a Titleist golf putter, an autographed photo of former Dallas Cowboys Coach Tom Landry, jewelry, handmade quilts, artwork,...

Amarillo, Texas, Cafeteria to Close One of Two Locations.
September 8, 2000... Sep. 8--Luby's Cafeteria, 4530 Canyon Drive, will close Sept. 14, said general manager Chris Wesley. "Our corporate officers monitor each restaurant location on a regular basis. The decision to close this cafeteria was that we felt that...

Amarillo, Texas Theater Likely Will Not Be Affected by Chain's Bankruptcy.
September 8, 2000... Byline: Beth Wilson Sep. 8--A United Artists Theatre Co. reorganization plan, calling for the closing of unprofitable theaters, won't impact Amarillo moviegoers. The UA company, based in Englewood, Colo., filed Tuesday for...

Texas University Students Try to Get Ahead through Study.
September 8, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 8--Zena Perschbacher is an investor -- not in stocks nor bonds, but in her future. The graduate student at West Texas A&M University enrolled last week to pursue a master's degree in agriculture after a...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Farm Briefs Column.
September 10, 2000... Sep. 10--60 FRESHMEN ENROLLED IN ENMU AG PROGRAM: PORTALES, N.M--Eastern New Mexico University has entered the new millennium with 60 freshmen enrolled in a new degree program, according to an ENMU news release. Fall 2000 is the first year...

Texas Agricultural Debate Champions to Head for National Competition.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Rick Storm Sep. 12--The Texas state champion Plainview Agriculture Issues Forum debate is preparing for a trip to national competition in late October in Louisville, Ky. In a demonstration of the presentation to the Texas...

Farwell, Texas, Farmers Put All Their Eggs in Apple Basket.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Kay Ledbetter Sep. 12--FARWELL, Texas--It's not the typical cereal grain crop, nor does it take the traditional equipment to harvest, but eight producers near Farwell are trying to make a cash crop from apples. And they don't...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Business Briefs Column.
September 12, 2000... Sep. 12--CITATIONS: Jack Hawkins of Columbia Universal Life was named to the 2000 Million Dollar Round Table. He is a life member with 36 years membership in MDRT. Fred P. Wagner Jr.was elected 2000-2003 District 15 director of the...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Business Briefs Column.
September 12, 2000... Sep. 12--THE AMARILLO BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL WOMEN'S CLUB will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at Marty's. Ted Ogg, High Plains Food Bank volunteer coordinator, will discuss volunteer opportunities at the food bank. Registration information for the...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, The Economist Column.
September 12, 2000... Byline: M. Ray Perryman Sep. 12--To merge or not to merge may no longer be the question in our ever-expanding world of business-as-usual. Trillions of dollars in transactions occur every year, making billion-dollar joinings almost routine....

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Energy Briefs Column.
September 12, 2000... Sep. 12--ULTRAMAR DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. has completed the purchase of Tosco's Avon 168,000-barrel-per day refinery near San Francisco. UDS acquired the refinery, including some 800,000 barrels of base inventory, for $650 million. HANOVER...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Amber Waves Column.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Kay Ledbetter Sep. 12--Water is the future of agriculture in this region. As this summer and recent ones when water has been short prove, without water we don't grow much. That should put two upcoming meetings high on the list...

Farmers, Kin Queue Up for Much-Anticipated Amarillo, Texas, Livestock Show.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Kay Ledbetter Sep. 12--Showing prize livestock has been the core of the traditional fair since the beginning of fairs, and the Tri-State Fair this year will be no different, according to Cheri Christensen, Tri-State Fair general...

Amarillo, Texas, Businesses Prepare to Host State Fair.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 12--Not all the primping and preening that precedes the Tri-State Fair is going on in barns and show arenas. Amarillo businesses are getting ready for the influx of visitors that will start on Wednesday as...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Don Taylor Column.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Don Taylor Sep. 12--Read this and receive a $100 bill! Now are you motivated? I'm not going to send you a $100 bill. However, I do believe if you read and heed this advice, it could be worth much more. This is a column about...

Crossroads Location Spells Big Business for Amarillo, Texas, Truck Dealership.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 12--Amarillo's location astride the intersection of two interstate highways, its position as a distribution hub for cattle, agriculture, oil and manufacturing, the volume of traffic across the Top o' Texas...

Amarillo, Texas, Trucks Parts Dealer Changes with the Times.
September 12, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 12--When one product market dies, you develop another one, said a local truck parts wholesaler. Phil Haynes, owner of Texas Truck Parts, 11015 E. Interstate 40, said he and his late partner bought the...

Amarillo, Texas, Development Board to Issue Decision on Missing Grant Funds.
September 15, 2000... Byline: Trisha Capansky Sep. 15--Time is up for Rainbow Metal Finishing to account to Amarillo Economic Development Corp. for missing grant funds. AEDC is expected to announce today whether Rainbow has fully accounted for nearly...

Department of Energy Report Scolds Amarillo, Texas, Nuclear Weapons Facility.
September 15, 2000... Byline: Jim McBride Sep. 15--Many of the Pantex Plant's safety documents do not adequately analyze some nuclear weapons hazards or meet Energy Department standards, a government safety review team's report said. The Globe-News...

Fate of Amarillo, Texas, Retirement Community Still Unresolved.
September 19, 2000... Byline: Thomas Doyle Sep. 19--The fate of the Grand Court Amarillo retirement community remains unknown. The retirement community at 7404 Wallace Blvd. had boasted of such amenities as waiter-served meals in its dining room, weekly...

New State Anti-Smog Laws May Impact Amarillo, Texas.
September 21, 2000... Byline: Max Albright Sep. 21--Tough anti-smog laws may soon hit downstate -- and could affect Amarillo. Residents in Houston, Galveston and eight surrounding counties would not be allowed to mow their lawns from 6 a.m. to noon under a...

Amarillo, Texas, Chamber Announces Finalists for Small Business Award.
September 21, 2000... Sep. 21--Amarillo Chamber of Commerce announced 20 Amarillo-area businesses are in the running for the Top 10 Small Business Award. This year's candidates are Reid & Gary Strickland; Corporate Technology Group; Denman Building Products;...

Millions Must Choose between Food, Shelter, New Study Shows.
September 21, 2000... Byline: Jennifer Lutz Sep. 21--Millions of Americans must decide every month whether to pay the rent or put food on the table, a nationwide study suggests. The National Low Income Housing Coalition's annual report, "Out of Reach,"...

Randall County, Texas, Commissioners Balk at Spiraling Jail Costs.
September 21, 2000... Byline: Kevin Welch Sep. 21--Randall County commissioners were not happy to be told Tuesday that the new jail will actually cost closer to $20 million than the previous estimate of $16 million -- neither were some Randall County residents...

Borger, Texas, Couple Launch 24-Hour Taxi Service.
September 21, 2000... Byline: Jessica Raynor Sep. 21--BORGER, Texas--Charity Bennett of Borger knows the creed of any good business person: Find a need and fill it. People needed to get to work. They needed to get to the store. But not knowing how to drive...

Water Planning Group in Texas Panhandle Region Approves Draft.
September 21, 2000... Byline: Greg Cunningham Sep. 21--The Panhandle Water Planning Group showed off its preliminary draft of the regional water plan at a public meeting Tuesday night, then approved sending the document off to the Texas Water Development Board...

New Mexico Electric Rates to Climb.
September 22, 2000... Byline: Janet Bresenhan Sep. 22--CLOVIS, N.M.--Nearly two years after the New Mexico Legislature adopted deregulation laws affecting electricity providers that serve the state, Clovis City Commissioners on Thursday decided to try to make a...

Amarillo, Texas, Health Equipment, Instrument May Cost Less than Expected.
September 22, 2000... Byline: Thomas Doyle Sep. 22--Equipment and instruments for the new indigent dental program might cost the Amarillo Hospital District about $115,000 less than originally anticipated, city officials said Wednesday. The finance committee...

Amarillo, Texas-Area Water Authority Approves Submission of Regional Plan.
September 22, 2000... Byline: Greg Cunningham Sep. 22--The Panhandle Water Planning Group showed off its preliminary draft of the regional water plan at a public meeting Tuesday night, then approved sending the document off to the Texas Water Development Board...

Amarillo, Texas, Bank Joins High-Rolling World of Online Finance.
September 25, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 25--In a little over a month of operation, the Internet banking site for First National Bank of Amarillo has gained about 1,000 customers. The site, fnbamarillo.com, started in June after four months of...

Amarillo Business Journal, Texas, Trade Names Column.
September 25, 2000... Byline: Kathy Davis Sep. 25--Nick Masucci talks a lot about potholes. But unlike most of us, he's not venting his frustration about being stuck in traffic while one is being repaired. Instead, he's passionate about the subject because...

Albertson's to Celebrate Additions to Amarillo, Texas, Store.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--A full-fledged Starbucks Coffee Bar greets shoppers at the remodeled Albertson's at Interstate 40 and Bell. The coffee bar is to the left of the entrance across from a new prepared-meal aisle, and to the...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Business Briefs Column.
September 26, 2000... Sep. 26--WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY'S Small Business Development Center will be host from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday to a new client orientation session on starting a business. The session is free and will be offered at 1800 S. Washington, Suite 200....

Amarillo, Texas, Car Dealer Opens New Daewoo Establishment after Much Strife.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--If someone asks veteran used car dealer Pete Vaughan what he did over the summer, he'll tell them about the ins and outs of opening a new car dealership. Opening the dealership for the South Korean built...

Environmentalists Push for More Regulation of Chemical Emissions.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--An environmental coalition is calling for stricter standards on chemical releases by power plants, but a utility spokesman said the concerns were misplaced. Peter Altman, citing statistics compiled by the...

Amarillo Business Journal, Texas, Conventions, Clubs, & Associations Column.
September 26, 2000... Sep. 26--SEPTEMBER CONVENTIONS, MEETINGS and business events information for Amarillo are supplied by the Amarillo Convention & Visitor Council, the Chamber of Commerce, individual clubs and associations. Additions, changes or corrections...

Texans Buying Heavily into South Fork, Colo., Development.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--SOUTH FORK, Colo.--One home site at a time, Texans are reclaiming a portion of the old Republic of Texas that became the southern reaches of Colorado's high country. Texans are the second largest group of...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, The Economist Column.
September 26, 2000... Byline: M. Ray Perryman Sep. 26--DEREGULATION BILL BETTER IN TEXAS THAN OTHER STATES: Last week was another one of those 10-city, five-state ordeals, with the District of Columbia thrown in for good measure. I ended the sojourn in...

Amarillo Business Journal, Texas, Employer's Advocate Column.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Vicki Wilmarth Sep. 26--Editor's Note: This installment of The Employer's Advocate is an update of a column that first appeared in the August 1997 edition of the Amarillo Business Journal. "Severance," "job release,"...

Rival Contractor May Still Be in Bidding to Run Amarillo, Texas, Energy Plant.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Jim McBride Sep. 26--Don't count out Mason & Hanger in its bid to retain the Pantex Plant operating contract. The Energy Department in July picked BWX Technologies Inc., a Lynchburg, Va.-based contractor, over the Day &...

`Furniture Club' Concept Debuts in Amarillo, Texas.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 26--What the public sees as a warehouse-style buying club, Buster Foster describes as an afterthought. Warehouse Solutions, 4601 S. Washington, opened its doors in October 1997 as a wholesale distributor...

Pentagon Approves Heralded Attack Helicopter for Production in Amarillo, Texas.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--The Pentagon has approved the V-22 Osprey aircraft for full production in August. U.S. Sen. Phil Gramm brought the news during a visit to the Amarillo Bell Helicopter Tiltrotor Assembly Center. Gramm,...

Home Depot to Open Store in Amarillo, Texas.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--Home Depot, the nation's largest chain of home improvement stores, will open a store in Amarillo by the end of the year at the former Builders Square location. The building at 2500 S. Soncy, has sat vacant...

Amarillo Business Journal, Texas, Internet Law Column.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Christian Stewart Sep. 26--I would love to be litigating the case either for or against Napster -- my favorite Internet outlaw. No matter which side wins, the case will shape the development of copyright law as applied to the...

Speaker Slated for Investment Luncheon in Amarillo, Texas.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 26--Walter Sall, chairman and founder of Gateway Investment Advisors Inc. of Cincinnati, will speak at noon Wednesday at the West Texas A&M College of Business Investment Series luncheon. The meeting will be...

Amarillo Globe-News, Texas, Amber Waves Column.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Kay Ledbetter Sep. 26--Agriculture wanted it, and now it looks like Permanent Normal Trade Relations with China could be a reality, if it gets a signature in the White House. Last week, news releases were flying off the fax...

Amarillo, Texas, Debuts Loan Program for Start-Up Businesses.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--A new loan program aims to provide money to new businesses shut out previously from traditional commercial lending. The Amarillo MSA Micro-Loan Program will provide startup businesses or smaller...

Amarillo, Texas, Pool Seller Prepares to Brave Onslaught of Winter.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 26--Summer is winding down, but for Joe T. Jones, head of Texas Blue Lake Pools, the shift from hot to cold weather means only a shift in focus for his business. In a little over a month, he will begin placing...

Amarillo Business Journal, Texas, Real Estate Column.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Chip Staniswalis Sep. 26--One of the internet news services to which I subscribe is Inman News Features, http://www.inman.com. Daily I get an executive summary of approximately 20 news stories from across the country. If the...

Texas State Park Uses Cheap Prison Labor to Build Amphitheater.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Kevin Welch Sep. 26--Palo Duro Canyon State Park is famous for the Pioneer Amphitheater where the musical "Texas" is staged, but facilities for educational programs at the park have gone from primitive to fancy with a new outdoor...

Teacher Shortage Makes Life Difficult for Amarillo, Texas, Schools.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Beth Wilson Sep. 26--A statewide teacher shortage has not left Amarillo-area schools without teachers, but it has made finding those teachers a bit more difficult. The State Board of Educator Certification estimates Texas could...

Amarillo, Texas, Telemarketing Firm to Consolidate, Move Operations.
September 26, 2000... Byline: David Bowser Sep. 26--Sitel Corp. will consolidate its Amarillo operations and move them this fall into the former Borden's Dairy building on the Canyon Expressway. Originally, the Amarillo operation was a telemarketing service...

Ingenious Business Acumen Key to Success for Texas Trucking Guru.
September 26, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 26--Dave Roberts believes the future is bright for heavy trucks. Roberts, chairman of Roberts Truck Center on the Canyon Expressway, is owner of truck dealerships in Lubbock; Ardmore, Okla.; Lawton,...

Xcel Energy Mega-Merger Clears Final Hurdle.
September 26, 2000... Byline: GREG ROHLOFF Sep. 26--The merger of New Centuries Energies, parent company of Southwestern Public Service Co., and Northern States Power Co. has cleared its final hurdle with approval of the Securities and Exchange Commission. ...

Amarillo, Texas, Web Oil Auctioneer Survives Amid E-Commerce Confusion.
September 27, 2000... Byline: Greg Rohloff Sep. 27--When the dot-com world hit its valley last spring starting a shakeout that has seen several ballyhooed Web sites teeter, an Amarillo-based Web site for auctioning oil and natural gas properties barely felt a...

Amarillo Business Journal, Texas, People in the News Column.
September 27, 2000... Byline: Cheryl Berzanskis Sep. 27--PEOPLE IN THE NEWS: Leslie Chadwick was promoted to content management analyst at Corporate Systems. Gautt McCartt and Associates Commercial Real Estate Co. announced four new sales associates:...