Guardians of the Record (REPORTED MISSING) LbNA #25117 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Lone Star Quilter  |
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| Plant date: | Sep 1, 2006 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Midland |
| County: | Midland |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Astro D |
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| Last found: | Sep 10, 2006 |
| Status: | FF |
| Last edited: | Sep 1, 2006 |
**REPORTED MISSING**
When you think of a courtroom, you think of the judge sitting at the bench, of the jury hanging on every word, of the lawyers pleading their case. But there is one person who is every bit as important to a court proceeding as any of those, yet goes unnoticed. That person is the court reporter and that person’s job is to provide a legal and indisputable record of the proceedings in that room; the “Guardian of the Record”. My mother spent many as a court reporter in the Midland County Courthouse. I can remember her sitting in her little office at home transcribing her shorthand notes into typewritten pages. I could sometimes hear the clickity-clack of her typewriter keys far into the night. Even now, sometimes I’m going through old files and find something she wrote, half normal writing and half shorthand. This box is planted here in her honor. The stamp is the logo of the National Court Reporters Association. Their motto is: Guardians of the Record.
Directions:
Placed at Centennial Plaza, which is across the street east from the Midland County Courthouse, on Loraine St. between Wall St. and Texas St.
To the Box:
In this plaza there is an open air theater. When standing on the Wall street side of the Plaza with your back to the Hilton Hotel, walk toward the back wall of the theater. On this wall you will notice a bronze Texas Plaque. To the right is a small plaque with information about a time capsule. Continue on to the right and you will see two Governors Community achievement plaques awarded to Midland in 1998 and 2000-2001. Continue to the right and follow the wall. Turn left at the end and walk toward the open air theater. On your left is a flower bed that makes up the base of the seating area. At the end of the flower bed before it rises to the next level you will find the box buried in the corner nearest you under some dirt and a rock.
When you think of a courtroom, you think of the judge sitting at the bench, of the jury hanging on every word, of the lawyers pleading their case. But there is one person who is every bit as important to a court proceeding as any of those, yet goes unnoticed. That person is the court reporter and that person’s job is to provide a legal and indisputable record of the proceedings in that room; the “Guardian of the Record”. My mother spent many as a court reporter in the Midland County Courthouse. I can remember her sitting in her little office at home transcribing her shorthand notes into typewritten pages. I could sometimes hear the clickity-clack of her typewriter keys far into the night. Even now, sometimes I’m going through old files and find something she wrote, half normal writing and half shorthand. This box is planted here in her honor. The stamp is the logo of the National Court Reporters Association. Their motto is: Guardians of the Record.
Directions:
Placed at Centennial Plaza, which is across the street east from the Midland County Courthouse, on Loraine St. between Wall St. and Texas St.
To the Box:
In this plaza there is an open air theater. When standing on the Wall street side of the Plaza with your back to the Hilton Hotel, walk toward the back wall of the theater. On this wall you will notice a bronze Texas Plaque. To the right is a small plaque with information about a time capsule. Continue on to the right and you will see two Governors Community achievement plaques awarded to Midland in 1998 and 2000-2001. Continue to the right and follow the wall. Turn left at the end and walk toward the open air theater. On your left is a flower bed that makes up the base of the seating area. At the end of the flower bed before it rises to the next level you will find the box buried in the corner nearest you under some dirt and a rock.