About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

11 Headnotes 1 (1987)

handle is hein.barjournals/hdba0011 and id is 1 raw text is: DALLAS BAR Heahotes4- BEN H. GREEN'S RARE INDIAN BLANKET Giving Justice A Helping Hand In Texas: The Texas Bar Foundation by Louise B Raggio Slrrtrodu t.: is is a story told by Ben K. Greer, lhe author o1 Village HIorse Doctor niarvclous lexas books, a illas attr 1 cy, Bob Wilsont who used to own and operate The Wilson Bookshop on .1)11 Ho1 ~ Routh Sireet. Thle fowig s Bei Gie speakin, as recalled and written by Bob Wilson. One hut mor inrg somie years ago, I was dr iv- ing west iin my oAld pickup tro ck along one of thl llt slrigh desrt roas nsothe Ne Mexico. I'd been driviirg ahout an hour, I guess, an I the last cup of cofee Id had for breakfast began to hii me Theire was almaost no traffic on the road, so I polled over to the shoulder and stopped and got out tc relieve myselt l 'answer a call of nature, 1 believe is the polite term. Just as I started to gt back into the pickup, I hea rd a notsce tat iouded like ai loid groan. Now d dnt c a im o hbe the bravest itar in the worId, and fiat sounid was prett scary ou there ithe lonely desert I looked aiourid tsee where tmight have comne tron. T he groar caine again, and this time I traced it to somnething thiat lookcd like a grat, big, black tanale, lying o t the ground under a giaint cactus plant. I walked 01p to it, pietty slow. It turiicd out to be an Iniait wra'~pped in a dirty blanke.t, bu rning up with fever, and calling on ris gods obr help. Now I d amin suie wasri t oine of hi s gods, hot I was a hiuntai being of sorts, ad taybe Ircoulhelp ain Anivway, I loaded hint, blanket and all 11110 the back cud o0 my old p ckup-. they were t oo ditry o put ii fornt-and drove on down the roaid IThe next litt c towr we came to, I looked out lI r adoecor so ofce, adw chnf saw onelIpolled ntothe c.urb arid parked. )'c: s sad, 'I 1und this ndiat oot in the deset IDo whtat you crri for him I expect to be back throgh erc in a wecek ot sO and I'll take carc of whatexer yo r ch arges are.' So I eft the rrnd i at the cltnic arid drove ot west. (( onlud fi p141 !O Founded in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has dedicated ts efforts to the promotion the ends of justie. It has surpassed fv te most optimistc Ixpctations of its founders. During the last twenty years, the Foundation has sought to improve the legal system and the administra- tion of ustice through the financial support of educational and charitable activities. These in- clude the sponsorship and encouragement of legal rse rch, pub lications atid forums (lealing with issues of widespread interest to the public and to the Bar Through the generosity of the Fellows A the Texas Bar Foundation, finarcial soppot has been aaiable to create an at moswphere fren w hic~h ideas spring far'h lead ig to innovative solutions to c.oncernis of the legal C( :mnur *ty 4*ld puhhi iX* d eo Jdat ce a i the State Bar of 'Texas by furding projecs or- rnally supported by the. Bar. but obr which ad- ditional funds are needed. In addition, the Foun dation responds t needs of the public-at-a e through support to norprofit otganizations. governmental agences and educational ins itu- tions whose aetivfities and goals are compatible with the purpose of the oumndation. In the past twenty years, the Foundation has funded a wide rarge of ecative service-oriented progiams. Sinice 1965, over eighty-one grants have been awarded totalling $747,700. Sonic of the recip tents include. State Bar of exas, 'Texas Young Lawyers Association° Law Focused E ducation, lxas Center for the Judiciary, Texas Col- lege for New Judges, Dispute Mediatiott Serv ice 01 D~allas, Inc , Neighborhood Justice, Inc., Houston Bar Association, 7exas High School Mock Trial Competition 1n addition to fund ng these activitics, the IL:×+[a I' u&t . , .. mad ,a mimnt Io addres issues of concernto th lega com-n munity aI ch pub ic. Because of its InOtt politi~al, nonrpartisa nt aturc, the Fountdatioills un auique p ositron to locus on ciical topics. Bys doing, the Foondatior continoes to futlfill is charge to irtprove the legal systen and ad- ( oitfOzued on page 5) Rejoicing to above from Belo (Christmas Party photos page 12)

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Short-term subscription options include 24 hours, 48 hours, or 1 week to HeinOnline.

Purchase Access

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most