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JANUARY 30, 2014

LUBBOCK — The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will be installing new traffic signals with flashing yellow left turn arrows next week at the I-27/82^nd Street and the US 87/98^th Street intersections as part of an effort to upgrade the signals to meet Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) standards. The traffic signals are set go online on Feb 3.

The westbound left turn on 82nd Street will be retrofitted with a four-section flashing yellow arrow signal head, while both the eastbound and westbound left turns on 98th Street will be upgraded.

“The flashing-yellow, left-turn arrows were adopted in 2009 by the FHWA as the national standard for permissive left-turn signals,” said George Villarreal, P.E., TxDOT traffic engineer. “The signals are now being used by TxDOT and local jurisdictions across the state.”

Motorists should be aware that oncoming traffic has a green light when the flashing yellow arrow is displayed, Villarreal noted.

“The flashing yellow-arrow, left-turn signals are gradually being phased in to replace the traditional circular green signals,” Villarreal added. “The flashing yellow arrow is being used to indicate traffic is permitted to turn left but must still yield to oncoming traffic. This is different from the old green arrow signal which means traffic turning left is protected and has the right of way.”

Flashing yellow arrows will continue to be retrofitted where appropriate at existing signals when traffic control equipment is upgraded or replaced.

For more information, contact Dianah.Ascencio@txdot.gov or (806) 748-4472.

When Minister Joe Wright was asked to open the new session of the Kansas Senate, everyone was expecting the usual generalities, but this is what they heard:

Heavenly Father,
We come before You today to ask Your Forgiveness and seek Your direction and guidance. We know Your Word says, ”Woe to those who call evil good,” but that’s exactly what we have done. We have lost our Spiritual equilibrium and inverted our values. We confess that; we have ridiculed the absolute truth of Your Word and called it pluralism; We have worshipped other gods and called it multiculturalism; We have endorsed perversion and called it an alternative lifestyle; We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery; We have neglected the needy and called it self preservation; We have rewarded laziness and called it welfare; We have killed our unborn and called it choice; We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable; We have neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem; We have abused power and called it political savvy; We have coveted our neighbor’s possessions and called it ambition; We have polluted the air with profanity and pornography and called it freedom of expression; We have ridiculed the time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us, O God, and know our hearts today; try us and see if there be some wicked way in us; cleanse us from every sin and set us free. Guide and bless these men and women who have been sent here by the people of this state and who have been ordained by You, to govern this great state of Kansas. Grant them your wisdom to rule and may their decisions direct us to the center of Your Will.

I ask in in the name of your Son, The Living Savior, Jesus Christ

The response was immediate. A number of legislators walked out during the prayer in protest.  In 6 short weeks, Central Christian Church, where Rev. Wright is pastor, logged more than 5,000 phone calls with only 47 of those calls responding negatively. The church is now receiving international requests for copies of this prayer from India, Africa, and Korea.

Commentator Paul Harvey aired this prayer on “The Rest of the Story” on the radio and received a larger response to this program than any other he has ever aired.