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* 4 Court settles small claims fast and easy Wf MJZANNA YBAJULA •re mo ff—ry •* M mTt file « the aa » 11.000 or dh—t Iradtnn up to the there ■ oflice eaMpMamt — • thnr camimr amd • nrftewrttier -«■ L aade are lour rhown The wt't much bagger than a W E H D^wey, the juat pmno- if etther party to a fMey mmrmS of h the case, a JU«Y caa he proxAed I «* the a ioeoffS the mala, lodae Dewev deoa t wear a ^ av * n * * , . ^ robe anddaewit go around «Um fihaff fee and the coot of the jMry If riung a ea«e4 Jt t not uncommon tor the ptamufl raru-oer* a«y aaaan h*m to hear the ntari m hat o**n of- fr«M the defendant the filMtgfae Face which ■ juat nest dour to the and the com of the fury are race* courtroom ered an the judgement YaciE prohabiv hear Dewev aav David lavfor. tflet •omethang lake 'Since you can t de- Eroach Od. doe cade far rmaraefvet. la decade for the an claaan acaanw a < way the tyMei works for ham he'd like a even better if the was $y <MJ» rather than >1.000 hr^bw— i.lrd be The Abawraci of The the king as the debtor rrniawn in the taame county If the debtor moves tan of the area, a is uo so the oiaan- ulf so keep track of the deCoT» and the like also cannot be The ofTacer of the Oman ehat can and cannot for the Unfortnoatefr for Wetss. uch time elapsed from the i e filed the wm and when it Although Wens dadnl receive her * d od K n.r.i, prunaably I for • Aan't have so Fhe m the (hr ran ufTi on It's afl asp thanks n fan. $?7 to f'de a mayor at Teaas who doesn't CLums Court with complete taaah an the rvstrtn and has since ted the per her mind about ■ since she oang ao file." Taylor sms remve the judgment she was etata- *1 re- < *We eather file or we don’t file.*' tied to on He says Eronch Od doesn't file -| n peered to go toanpletelv into the plain- against every enstomer with a past Wetss also filed a Writ of Execu- ^ , i don’t re- «san with hopes of receiving her cmve the icadgmeni vou re cnutled to judgment A Wnt of Execution coats m.(ordinal to the iudge? >55 (refundable if the judgment as I). It is served Vv the constable of according to the judge* Candy Wens, a junior a junior accounting pan Sic M went so Small the ^ • pay hn don’t alwavs “We very changed ofTacer of the court to faded to owned by the debtor. I death the and what he of my case, act pan ontv “when the balance right away and that wouW be it." the pan due account justifies Weaes said. But instead of receiving Tavlor says he's satisfied with the feet >u dginem within the specified 10 A Wnt of Execution authorizes an fie court to setae property the debtor I death, the enough property for the r sheriff to confiscate and •ctaon to pay the judgment In Tcaas. at m must other Mates, me things cannot be confiscated A dnor's house cannot be taken, for , r file again if the need arose There are akernauves to Small Conn Legal advisors at Teaas A AM cannot advise one mu- dent against another, but by Jan uary. a new mediation service to aid students who are having problems with their roommates and other Mo dems as sched jtrd to begin. The service will be offered by Student Services and Off Campus Housing Although the project n still in thr works. Oft Campus Adviser Becky Sablev is optunasuc about the pro ject's possibilities She says a mediating service will help indents team how to deal with then own problems rather than hav- > else handle them Second jobs help farmers survive, statistics say LUBBOCK — I wo-thirds of the come earned by the nation's farm- s — many fmanciaBv strapped —- anes from second jobs, but thr es- ksh crop today .* said agricultural Earn Flinch > University tiers receive only 27 tents for dollar consumers spend on *ai every food and retailers gn Agriculture Dr par show that sine* IBM come of fanners ;U-S rtment figures the average »n- f than $99 bdhon. about two thirds, “It s dear that farm famihes rely heavdy on of (farm mcomr to hve on a farm and still suit am a reasonable standard of liahiK," said CaH A rider Flint hbaugti said the largest per centage of farmers with won-farm jobs Uved in the Last and South where farming operations were smaller There were fewer farm op erators with town jobs in the Corn Eek or High Plains Farm iamtiv dependence on in come gene rated by sown jobs n ex pected to increase unless the farm economy experiences a drastic re covery, Anderson predicted “For many people farming n a way of bfe For others facing low farm income, it means coping with “‘For many people farming is m way t*i life. For others facing tow farm income, k means coping with the snua- |fian bv belt tightening, getting an off-farm job, getting - for every i. there n a Mar the fanner IS cents left af- r paying expenses Anderson said f ar at row the country that year of winch the situation by belt tightening, get ting an off-farm job, getting better jmf bagger or getting out.'* he said ‘wet farm income as a dercei n income farm from f from 41 percent m 1950 to percent in I9E2 In other than >20.000 worth of in 1982 comprised 60 percent of thr nation s 2.4 million farm operators, but they accounted for only 6 per cent of total farm cash receipts Small farmers averaged a negative income, Anderson said Meanwhile large farm operators also have found alternate sources of income Those selling >100.000 lo >200.000 m com modi or* received 56 percent of their incomes from oil-farm sources in 1982. government statis tics show. (ailing commercial farming and rant King operations “btg business '* said operators selling >100.000 to >200.000 mi 1982 had assets of more than >1 million per farm. The >200.000 to >500.000 group posted assets of >1.7 million per (arm and operators telling more than >500.000 reported >4 1 million mi assets per farm Tn a fairly competitive industry such as agriculture, technological advances set an motion the use of ital and credit." Anderson I tends to increase farm productivity * But the working wife of an Ida lou, Texas, cotton farmeA questioned the premise that farmers receive even 15 cents alter expenses of every dollar earned “It’s a minus figure." Jody Fore man said. “There's nothing left. Our capita ~11las com of production tar exceeds our income We're still paying for our land “ She and her husband Don have been farming since he graduated from high school m I960 They raise cotton, wheat and sorghum on 1.500 acres of which they own about 700 acres and lease the rest . J«*y Foreman remembers when she and other wives of northwest Texas farmers stayed at home to take care of their kids. Now most of them work in town to supplement the farm income "When my kids were i it tie none of us worked." the Idalou Co-op Gin assistant bookkeeper said of her neighbors. “Now of aU the married people my age the ladies are work ing. I'm sure they are.’* Foreman said her income was used to help buy clothing for her son and daughter and paying for family vacations. Both children are now in college taking agriculture-related classes, but neither plan to go into farming. 'The old nostalgic family farm where grandpa hoed the corn and grandma baked the bread." soon wdl be replaced by another farming sys tem. Flin< hbaugh predicted of the year 2000 What's going to emerge is what statisticians call a bimodal agricul ture. We ll have a few large commer ical operations — say 200.000 or per* em operations — produ< mg 90 to 95 percent of the nation's "They’ll be astute busincMMian earning one-fourth of their income from farming. The medium stae op eration is on its way out." Flinch baugh said “Then well have the hobby boys who subsidize the farm with their off-farm jobs," he predicted, adding “everybody wants his niche in the country if you can get it." He suggested there would be about 1.5 million small farming op erations The USDA defines a farmer as anyone selling > 1.000 in commodities M l joke that mv mother-m-law's garden would qual ify." FUnchbaueh said He said medium sire farm opera tors are experiencing the blunt of a farming economy that many say is the worst since the 1950s wants to be your party connection for BACK TO SCHOOL... Wc carry a full line of quality pa per products and we rent ev erything from linens and crystal to party tents and dance floors. Two Locations: 1904 Tx. 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