Wellington Leader (Newspaper) - April 12, 2001, Wellington, Texas 2 10 Pages Volume For Years a Builder in Collingsworth County orth Texas 79095 April SO Cents Number 40 Steagall Steakhouse serves up food and entertainment Pictured is the recently finished sign that will soon go up on Steagall Steakhouse located in the historic Coca Cola bottling company on the corner of 8th and Belton Adding to ihe growing list of hew additions to Wellington in the new millennium that already includes Wellington Activity Center and the ongoing fairgrounds project and assisted living comes a new business that will not only offer a good steak but some much needed Steagall owned and operated by Fred and Theresa has set a tentative opening date of April The Steakhouse is located in the old Coca Cola bottling plant on the of and Belton across from Holton Oil and Greenline Besides serving food the Steakhouse will also have live entertainment using local and visiting We have a gospel singing out of Missouri booked on that date April 21 and even if we dont have the place stocked and ready for we will open the doors for people to come We will know for sure when the April 19 Wellington Leader comes out if we will be serving said Theresa In May of 1999 the Steagalls closed the sale of their house in California with intentions of moving to Pismo which is the area where Fred grew Theresa fell since they had always lived around Freds the only fair thing to do was tq visit her home town in Texas fora Theresa attended school in Wellington and I have always had the desire to come home to Wellington and I felt if I didnt lake the opportunity I would probably never than have a than occasional said With a little pleading she was able to talk her husband into bringing her to Wellington while he worked on a film that was already in progress in Fred lakes care of the of for movies includes lo and from movie insurance for ihe providing old horses and buggies and occasionally driving one in a The plan was for Fred lo meel her here when the job was over and decide on their next permanent After ihe movie ended abruptly the couple decided not return to California for a We liked the people in it was difficult for Fred to get use lo ihe bul I loved about being here and I talked Fred into staying In ihe days I could hardly gel enough of simply being in my home I look drives lo my place every The brick ihe courthouse with ihe siar on the drug store where my brother and I had cokes on Saturday afternoons and ihe beloved ihe low crime of Wellington grabbed and held Freds heart along wilh mine and soon we knew we had arrived in a place we had been searching for all our lives and seeing my the tropical seem lo mailer as much lo said Wilh ihe film being Fred needed something lo occupy his lime and while wailing to go back to work he decided lo restore an old 65 pickup for their son and he also needed a place to park his old 39 After looking around for a few months the Steagalls purchased the historic Coca Cola plant from Betsy and Gary After meeting more and more suggestions poured in as to what to do wilh the from pan of ihe Their main objective was to and restore what they could lo save the old As lime new found friends encouraged lo open a steakhouse and since both hud music backgrounds they decided to add live Theresa Our past history is very different from our new found adventure of opening a Fred and I were musicians 1985 in the film and I became a California Real With ihe restaurant business being new to us we are hoping the community will have patience until we get the business up and We want lo add lo ihe lowns and make our home for as long as our children in California will We were hoping could be here for the their busy schedules would not The have settled right into small lown They enjoy having friends over in ihe evening for an occasional sing along and They go for drives in the country and Theresa has joined ihe Art League and has been invited to join ihe 1924 Study She would like to eventually become more involved with other organizations bul al ihe moment her business is all she has lime Fred noi be a club joiner and grows more fond of noi having a He will continue his work in ihe film and Theresa will be looking after the We would like lo lake opportunity to all ihe new found friends and neighbors for attitudes and never ending encouragement in our Discussion of war memorial in Childress County Judge Gene County Judge of will conduct an open meeting al 7 April 19 in ihe District located on the third floor of the for the purpose of discussing ihe possibility of erecting a war memorial in In a preliminary meeting of nearly 20 Childress it was slated thai who served in WWII are dying off by ihe every day and need lo be The memorial would be in memory of born in Childress County or who in the counly during ihe lime of military A portion of ihe monument will list ihe names of who died in any of ihe wars and Ihe names of ihe of all wars who arc still People who live in Childress or have lived in Childress are urged to either allend ihe meeting or lo contact the county judges office to express opinion and offer Phone the judges office al 9409372221 or Jean or Jenny Lou Taylor al ihe for further WAC announces open May 5 The Wellington Activity Center has announced plans to hold an open May The official opening will be held on May Watch the Leader in upcoming editions for more The WAC will also begin applications for part time If you are interested in employment or volunteer contact Chy Waters at 8062563725 or send resumer to Box 79077 Richard Sims at or see at Wellington Stale Bank Oran Sain at 8064472531 or see at Warricks The purpose of the WAC is to and recreational opportunities to the citizens of Wellington and the surrounding tm bml mi visiting Summer school offered at elementary Wellington Elementary is offering a summer school session for students who will be in kindergarten and first grade in the 20012002 school who are eligible musi have a second language other than If you are interested in summer school for your child call the school at 4472353 by May WHS exes association plans fundraiser The Wellington Association will hold a bake sate April 13 beginning at 9 until everything is The sale will be held in front of the Cily Grocery and also in from of The funds of ihe association are very IQW and ihe needs for the upcoming reunion in August are We appreciate any all help ihe can give to this commented a committee Skyrocket Baseball Coach Slevan stands wilh Community Bank Dana under the new Scoreboard donated to WHS by the Community Bank Seven EMS members eligible for EMT test Emergency Medical Service has announced lhat there are now seven members eligible to take ihe EMT Emergency Medical Technician The members arc Michael John Robin Sandy Elmer Jeff Thomas and David These members are currently ECAs Emergency Care The seven new EMT candidates look a EMT Upgrade II class class room 32 hours in the emergency eight hours in respiratory and four ALS Advance Life Support runs on ihe are Barry Hunler and Eddy Wellington EMS is very proud of ihe seven members who look of their lime lo lake a class would increase care for Thanks to said an EMS Young Achievers Award applications available now The Collingsworth Bounty Crime Stoppers has announced the second year of iis Young Achievers The mission says that The Young Achievers Award seeks 10 promote educational and career goal achievements through community This recognition program is designed to acknowledge positive and achievements of the junior and senior high school young A Young Achiever is a student who excels in one or more of these categories youth service or personal To be a student must be of sound moral be a student of a Counly school with a minimum grade point average and in good standing in the community and the The selected will be recognized at the spring awards Students recognition forms are available at the school principals ihe Col I ings worth Counly Sheriffs office and the Collingsworth Public Those individuals interested in a for recognition may complete the form and return it to Vicki Decker before April The Collingsworth County Crime Stoppers will select one per school from ihe nominations This is another effort lo recognize the positive things thai do in ihe Contact Harry Stallings or Vicki Decker if you have or need further Rural mailing addresses changing If you now receive your mail on a rural route in Collingsworth you may not be aware that your mailing address has changed or is in the process of The office is now required lo use ihe 911 emergency address number as the official mailing address of The new numbers were sent in 2000 to all residents lhat have been If you have lost ihe notification of this new or in order lo call The Wellington Leader is asking that as soon as a subscriber receives this new to please call 4472559 or come by the office with ihe new It will not be too long until ihe new address will be required for mail April 2001 is the of The First a welcome 10 any and all lo auend sunrise services yi ihc beginning ai sews will begin Attend the of
