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Coleman
Land o f the Lakes
Per Copy
14 Pages-2 Sections
Volume 98, No. 43 .
Coleman, Texas, March 11,1980
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®)t Coleman ®cmocrat-#otce
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Here Friday Night at National Guard Armory
Record Crowd Due
At Chamber Banquet
BLUECAT GUARD ALAN DAVIS (10) fires a
one-hander during action in the state's semi-final
Class AA round in Austin played at the Super Drum,
University of Texas. The local's talented play-
maker tallied! 3 points in the Bluecats' final second
loss to the Abernathy Antelopes 58-57 last
Thursday afternoon. Abernathy advanced to the
finals and eventually captured the Class AA crown
with a 64-58 victory over Boling. Other Bluecats in
the photo abqvr are Reggie Childress (under-
neath the bucket) and Ronnie Lane (far side), (staff
photo)
Ouch...Last Second Shot Foils
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Bluecat Bid For State Crown
Abernathy fVins 58-57
By Stan Brudney
There was a shot fired lqst
Thursday afternoon in Austin...
a deadly missile which brought
an end to one of the most
memorable seasons in Bluecat
basketball history...it might not
have been as important as the
“shot heard around the world".,
but you would have had a
difficult time convincing hun-
dreds of Bluecat fans of that
fact.
The shot was a basketball
layup...delivered by Abernathy
stab, art Joey Garcia with "one
beat" left on the Super Drum’s
clock to sap the life blood from a
brilliant Bluecat second half
comeback. The layup was the
nightmarish finish to a Jack
Baucom dream of winning the
school’s first state basketball
championship....when the fleet -
REGGIE CHILDRESS ^
Reggie On
All-State
Tourney Team
Reggfe Childress, Colejjtan
Bluecat, center, Was -picked for
the all-state tournament bas-
ketball teapi, following, the
tournament at Austin the past
weekend.
Selections were announced
^-yestferday, a$ made by sports-
writers and broadcasters cov-
\ng the 60th annual llniver
)y Interscholastic League
oeet.
Childress was the third top
vote getter in Class AA. The
complete team for AA follows:
James Greenwood, senior,
Boling; Joey Garcia, junior,
Abernathy-; Reggie Childress,
junior, Coleman: John Johnson,
senior, Columbus; Scott Morri '
son, senior, .Abernathy; Alonzo
» Moore, senior, Boling. (Green-
wood and Garcia were unani-
mous Selections! Johnson, Mor-
ris'on and Moore tied for fourth
and fifth places.)
ing digit had ticked away the
game’s end, the Antelopes had
won, 58-57, earning them the
right- to -meet .Boling, who won
later in the day, for the state
title.
Advancing to the state's
semi final round for the first
time in nearly 30 years, the
Bluecats sporting a 32-0 record
and the state's number one
ranking, ereeped away from the
Drum’s starting blocks, most
tentatively. In a word, the Cats
were “tight”....‘‘in awe" or
whatever phrase might best
describe the jitters experienced
by athletes playing for su'ch a
coveted title.
The locals first half attack
lacked aggressiveness...to the
advantage of the more muscu-
lar and taller Abernathy Ante-
lopes. Suffering from heavy
feet, the Cats committed seven
turnovers during the first two
periods of play and' were guilty
oMshyness" on the -glass....
which in turn led to several
“chip shots”.by the Antelopes
on follow up rebounds.
Jack Baucom’s . Blues fell
behind as a result...13-5 with
2:48 remaining in the opening
period and 28-18 with 4:22 left
before the intermission. But the
Cats held on as best they
could...until the novelty of the
situation subsided.
Thanks to late period buckets
by senior forward Ronnie Lane,
the Cats trailed only by five at
the end of the initial eight
minutes, 15-10. And again, in
'the second period, when the
Cats appeared to be "down and
out” and on the canvas at 28-18,
Reggie Childress, Terry Ben-
jamin,. and Alan Davis hooped
very crucial shots to cut the
deficit to 30-26. Junior ball
handling whiz Alan Davis can-
ned 15 and 16 footers to do his
part during the brief rally. Joey
Garcia and Roger Mitchell -cool-
ed the Cats comeback trail with
close-in hoops in the final
minute . . . halftime score read,
34-26.
. And then came the spine-
tingling Bluecat second half
comeback....the Cats found
. their bearings...arid they came
CofC Directors
Meeting Today
> Board of directors of the
Coleman Chamber of Com-
merce will meet tods\ March
11. at 5:30 p.m.'m the hoard
room.
As this is the last meeting
. before the annuaJ'"Chamber
banquet, attendance is- very
important, according to presi-
dent Bill Stephenson.
to play! They began chipping
away at the Abernathy lead,
thanks to Reggie Childress’
masterful shooting exhibition
before nearly 5,000 Super
Drum spectators. “Chilly”
made ’em applaud his efforts
with a bevy of 12 to 14 foot
jumpers which found their
mark for a third period total of
10 points. Add a bit of scoring
spice from Ronnie Lane and
Alan Davis and the Cats had
sliced into the.Antelopes lead at
46-42 with the final eight min-
utes to go.
Senior guard Cody ' Norris,
• who had attempted only two
shots earlier, started the Blue-
cats' final stanza, super changed
comeback effort. He sank a 15
footer from the right sidg and
hooped a layup after a steal to
tie matters at 46...the first time
the score had been deadlocked
the entire afternoon. Roger
. Pinson, an able sub for the
Antelopes, then canned a 20
. footer to regain the lead for his
teammates at 4846.
Pinson again scorched the
cords with another bomb from
16’ and the ‘Lopes appeared to
be gathering momentum once
again...5046. With 4:52 remain-
ing in the contest, the Bluecats
charged back...Ronnie Lane hit
a free throw, Childress netted a
1? foot jumper, and Alan Davis
put in a follow up shot to give
the Cats their first lead of the
contest, 51-50...Bluecat fans
were sounding the charge...and
jack Baucom’s eagers were
responding.
Abernathy again repelled the
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Beautiful greenery, candle-
light and the efforts of the
Town and ' Country Garden
Club, OoletnamCaskey Floral,
The Third Day, and Johnson
Floral will have the National
Guard Armory looking like a
spring showcase for the annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet
to be held Friday, March 14, at
7 p.m.
Ticket sales are continuing to
mount as advance ticket price
Registration
Scheduled At
Coleman High
Pre-registration for Coleman
High students is scheduled for
next week according to Jerry
Beard, counselor.
• The schedule is as follows:
Monday, March 17: 9th grad-
ers . who will be sophomores
next year, in English classes.
Tuesday, March 18: 10th,
graders who will be juniors
next year, in English classes. '
Wednesday, March 19: 11th
graders who will be seniors
next year, in English classes.
On Monday, March 24, Mr.
Beard will go to Coleman
Junior High School to pre-
register the 8th graders who
will be freshmen in high school
next year. This will be done in
the Science classes.
of $6.00 per person will be
extended only to 5 p.m. Friday
afternoon preceding the ban-
quet. Persons wishing to hold
tickets at the door may do so by
calling the Chamber office,
625-2329 before Friday after-
noon. Ticket sales at the door
will be $7.00 per person.
A record breaking crowd is
anticipated as many area politi-
cians and friends from neigh-
boring cities have already made
reservations for the event. A
contest is held each year be;
tween the towns of Coleman,
Winters and Ballinger to see
which town can boast of the
largest attendance to the
other's banquets. The loser
hosts a hamburger cook-out
each°fall for the winners.
In a phone interview last
week with Dean Rippetoe,
guest speaker for the banquet,
the Chamber staff was surpris-
ed to find that Rippetoe was a
player on the Comanche foot-
ball team in 1946 when Bob
Russ' Bluecat squad “whipped
the socks off 'em.” Rippe-
toe hasn't forgiven Coach Russ
to this day and has a few barbs
planned for him.
Of course, everyone is rtan-
xiously awaiting the an-
nouncement of the Outstanding
Citizen and Rural Citizen
Awards. 1979 recipients Clyde
D. Allen and Louis Pittard will
present the awards.
Miss Spirit of Christmas,
Molly Brown, and Mis^Fiesta
Boy Scout Drive
Starts Thursday
Hearing Set Here
On Stacy Reservoir
-iThe United States Corps of
Engineers has announced the
agenda for its “404 scoping”
hearing on thmpraposed Stacy
reservoir. The hearing is what
the name implies, namely to
determine the scope and signif-
icance of issues which may be
dealt with in an environmental
impact statement to be prepar-
ed by the Corps. It is set for 7
p.m., March 31, in the Coleman
County Courthouse.
The Colorado River Munici-
pal Water District has filed an
application with the Corps for a
permit to impound the reser-
voir as required under the
Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899
and Section 404 of the Clean
Water Act. The reservoir, at
maximum elevation, would
cover some 19,200 acres, 90
percent of which is rangeland.
Items of interest listed by t he
Corps for consideration in the
outline are topography, vege.-
tation, wildlife species, archa-
eological sites, recreation and
other influences such as miner-
als and energy matter.
The annual Boy Scout fund
drive in Coleman will begin
Thursday, March 13, with a
kickoff luncheon at Conger’s
Club Room at 12 noon, announ-
ces drive, chairman Dr. M. D.
Mann.
A one-week campaign is plan
ned, with a goal of $4,000.
Coaches serving under Dr.
Mann for the drive include Bob
Tyson, Jim Caldwell, Jim
Stokes, C. E. Casselberry and
Charlie Schuler. Workers will
be serving under each coach.
There are three active Boy
Scout units in Coleman, Cub
Pack 226, Boy Sfcbut Troop 221
and Explorer Post 22. Pack 226
has 59 Cubs enrolled, with 23
adult s involved. Troop 21 has
13 Boy Scouts^enrolled, with 10
adults participating. Post 221
has 15 Explorer Scouts as
members and five supervising
adults. Together, there are 87
boys and 38 adults involved in
the Scouting program!
The Webelos unit of Pack 226
won the top prize in the push
mobile contest in Abilene the
past year.
Dr. Mann explains there are
nine counties in the Council
area, with a budget of $156,758.
Abilene supplies the bulk of the
DEAN RIPPETOE
.,. Banquet Speaker
de la Paloma, Suzette Cozart,
will be guests of the Chamber
for the evening as will the
Coleman County retired school
teachers, band students who
\ ' ,
Public Meet
Tonight On
RCA Of 1977
A public meeting for the
purpose of commenting on the
Soil and Water Resources Con-
servation Act of 1977 (RCA)
will be held in the District
Courtroom in the Courthouse at
7:30 p.m. tonight, Tuesday,
March 11.
Slides will be shown explain-
ing the objectives and alterna-
tive strategies. A discussion
will follow and response fornls
will be available for recording
ideas and desires concerning
RCA.
■ Farmers, ranchers, business-
men, housewives, and other
interested persons are invited
to attend.
Masons To
Meet Tonight
Senior Warden Sherrill Rags-
dale announces that-Coleman
Masonic Lodge #496 AF&AM
will hold a practice session in
the Masters degree at 7:30 p.m.
on Tuesday, March 11. All
funds for the Council operation^/members are urged to attend.
!,
Salvation Army
Fund Drive Ahead
J. T. Myers, service chair-
man of the local unit of Salva-
tion Army, announced that
Benny Allcorn has been named
Drive Chairman for 1980. The
Drive will kick-off Tuesday,
March 18th, at 7:00 a.m. in the
BENNY AIxCORN
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Community Room of the Cole-
man Bank with coffee and
doughnuts for '-aptains and
workers.
Money raised during this
campaign will be used to help
the less fortunate to help
themselves. Aid will be given in
the form of groceries, clothes,
shoes, rent, utilities,, medical
aid or any other need deemed
necessary by the local commit-
tee. Part of the money is used
to help the following state
agencies: Home and Hospital
for Unwed Mothers, Home for
Neglected Girls, and Summer
Camp for Boys, and Disaster
Services,, * •
In addition to Myers, the ’
local committee consists of Har-
old Prater, vice chairman; Mrs*
Maynard. Gaines, treasurer;
Amon Johnston, Dennis Gain-
es, Gilder Adams, members;
and Jerry Beard, camp chair -
Miss Hargett High Point at San Angelo
man. ^
Melissa Hargett was All-
Around high point individual of
the Quarter Horse Division of
San Angelo Stock Show. The
Quarter Horse Show, . which
was held in San Angelo Coli-
seum and judged by Ed Dingle-
dine of Ashland, Ohio! 'was the
biggest one ever.
Melissa, riding her bay geld-
ing, Night Warrior, won first in
Western Pleasure, first in Rein
ing, first in Western Horseman
ship, fourth in Trail, second in
' Showmanship and thi-ref in Eng
lish Pleasure. Miss Hari|ett Will
receive the Bronze American
Quarter Horse Association All
Around trophy. Melissa , was
also awarded saddle tan clothes-
bags with tooled'leather for her
three first places.
Showing in the Open Senior
Western Pleasure (’lass on
Tuesday, Melissa and “Night
Warrior" placed second in a
Class of twenty horses.
Other Coleman County horse
exhibitors were Suzanne Jami-
son and Todd Rabon, winning
second in,. Western Pleasure
and Lindy Nolan, winning third
in Showmanship.
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have achieved state honors, and
the basketball teams from Nov-
ice, Coleman, and Santa Anna
and their coaches, Susan Stum-
berg, Jack Baucom and
Pete Simmons.
Baker Rudolph is master of
ceremonies for the banquet this
year and will introduce speak-
ers, Nell Walthall, past presi-
dent of the Chamber, and Bill
Stephenson, 1980 Chamber
president.
Ben Hill and his Santa Anna
High School Stage Band will
present severaf arrangements
of Glenn MillfeFs swing sounds
[Continued oiy Page 3-B]
Volleyball
Tourney Set
At Tal-Cen
Talpa-Centennial wijl have an
April-Fool Voljayban Tourna-
ment sponsored by the Junior
Class, on April 1-34, Tuesday,
Thursday and Friday. Entry
fees are $30.00 per team.
Entries are limited to the
first eight mens’ and eight
womens’ teams. Deadline for
entries is March 20th. Contact
Jack Shely, 365-3333 at Tal-Cen
or at home, 365-2837; or contact
Shelly Lewis at 365-3877.
Phase V Water
System Meet
Scheduled
Orville S. Allen, Coordinator
of Phase V of Coleman County
Rural Domestic Water System,.
Urges all members of Phase V .
to attend a meeting in the
Coleman County Courtroom at
7:30 p.m., Thursday, March 20.
This is an important meeting,
and attendance necessary.
For more information, call Mr.
Allen at 348-3946.
Demo Meet
Set Monday
Tjjl Coleman County Execu-
tive Committee will meet Mon-
day, March 17, in the Com-
missioner’s Court room on the
second floor of the Courthouse,
at 2:00 p.m., announces Clif
Drinkard, chairman of the Cole-
man County Democratic Party.
Purpose of the meeting is to
determine by lot the order of
candidate names on the ballot,
decide the hour and place for
the county convention which
will be held the first Saturday
after primary election day.
Also, the time and place of
precinct conventions will be
decided.
Benefit Bridge
Tourney Set
Sat., March 22
A two-session bridge tourna
ment open to the general public
is being sponsored on Saturday,
March 22, for benefit of the
American Cancer Society.
Entry fee is $2.50 per person
for each session. The first
session begins at ^30 p.m. and
the second session is scheduled
for 7 p.m. Participants are
asked to meet at the Hospital
ity Room of First Coleman-
National Bank.
The same partners will be
kept throughout play. Free re-
freshments will be served and
door prizes awarded.
The Coleman Bank Club has
also been reserved for these,
sessions.
For. further information con-
cerning the tournament, please
call any of the following hosts
and hostesses: 'Mr. and Mrs.
Foster Miller, Mr. and Mrs.
Earl Burites; Mrs, Foy Gordon,
Mrs. Dorothy Miller, Mrs. Kar-
en Taylor or Mrs. Myra Taylor.
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