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Briefly
Pro-Am
Registration
Persons who have received
invitations to play in the
annual Gaines County Pro-
Am Golf Tournament are
reminded that their entry fee
must be paid by June 14.
Golfers must either mail
their entries to the pro shop at
the golf course -or bring the
entries by in person.
Commodity
Distribution
Due to a mix-up last week,
West Texas Opportunities
will re-distribute commodities
this Tuesday, June 15.
The distribution will take
place from 9:00-11:30 a.m. at
the Gaines County Civic
Building.
Patriotic Music
At the request of Seminole
Area Chamber of Commerce,
a local community choir will
sing patriotic music prior to
the fireworks display on
Saturday night, July 4, at the
Gaines County Park.
Any and all who are
interested in participating in
this patriotic cnoir are invited.
"We would like to have as
many to help with' this
musical presentation as
possible," stated Charles
Bilker, music minister of
South Seminole Baptist
Church, and Larry Cheesman,
music minister of First Baptist
Church, coordinators of the
project.
Rehearsals to work on the
music will be held Monday,
Jpne 21, at South Seminole
Baptist Church at 7:45 p.m.,
and Monday, June 28, at First
Baptist Church at 7:45 p.m. If
needed, there will be a
rehearsal on Wednesday, June
30, with the place and time to
be announced at the June 28
rehearsal.
For further information,
call Baker at 758-3203, or
Cheesman at 758-3291.
Deaths
Anderson...
Bingham...Hill.
See Page 3
Weather
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Vol. 86, No. 66
Seminole (Gaines County), Texas 79360
Sunday, June 13,1993
Date
This Week
Hi Low
Prec.
June 7
95
68
.00
June 8
92
58
.00
June 9
87
56
.00
June 10
86
57
.00
June 11
—■
57
.00
Reading! taken at 7:30 a.m. daily for
previous 24 hours.)
Total rainfall for June... 0.00"
Total rainfall for 1993 .. 8.38"
(Jan. 1.55". Feb. .96", Mar. .95,
April 3.32", May 1.60")
Last Year
Date, '92
Hi
Low
Prec.
June 7
89
62
.07
June 8
80
57
.56
June 9
82
58
.03
June 10
87
59
.00
June Pi
90
62
.00
Total rainfall June-'92....
... 3.37"
Rainfall year thru June.. 16.04"
Total rainfall, 1992........ 23.15"
Record June High, 1957 .. 112*
Record June Low, 1975 .... 44*
Average June fligh..........93.6*
Average June Low..........62.3*
Average June rainfall......1.81"
Greatest daily rainfall, 79 2.61"
Greatest June rainfall,'86 10.16"
Avg. June days 32* & under.. 0
Avg. June days 90* & over.. 23
(Official NWS records are maintained by
John E. Moffatt. Records are for the per-
iod. 1922-92)
150 called
for District
Court jury
One hundred and fifty
prospective petit jurors have been
called for service in 106th
District Court.
Jurors are scheduled to report
at the Courthouse at 1:30 p.m.,
Monday, June 21. Anyone who
has a problem in regard to the
jury service should call the
District Clerk’s office, 758-5491.
Those summoned are:
From Seminole—Stella Larue
Courtney, Alene George, Derral
Wayne Martin, Ira Sidney
Clower, Cornelius Fehr, Chad
Blackmon, Maria Neufeld,
Jimmie Hart, Daniel Wayne
Mixon, Robyn Kathleen Houston,
Bobby Harrell Condit, Jo Lynn
Starkey Ray, Joyce Lee Jenkins,
Katie Walker McMurry, Maxine
Freyburger, Armando Blanco;
Also Richard Lopez, Nettie
Lambert, Kim Sherrie Puryear,
Demetrio Castillo, Jr., Walter
Bertsch, Cathy Dianne Kelley,
Charlotte Collins Barnes, Santos
Villarreal, Tori Kay Reece, Laura
Norman, Dennis Casey, Kenneth
Koby Slack, C. A. Taylor, Jacob
Froese, Ventura Gonzales, Kelli
Machelle Johnson, Robert Biggs,
Also Stella McBetli, Ramiro
Quintanilla IH, E. L. Roberts,
Jessie Ramirez, Tomas Alvidrez,
Jr., Engracia Lechuga Chavez,
Robert Dale Briscoe, Sandra
Franklin, Jacqueline Goen,
Rosemary Meyer Eaton, Daniel
W. Cocke, Ella Lorraine Harris,
Maxcie Guajardo, Gary Wayne
Roberts, Becky Barron Sooter,
Dominga Mares, Gail Dean
Ribble, Sible Cooper Ramey,
Also Dessie Barron, Elva
Guerra Guerrero, Ira Dean Pate,
John Edward Benavides, Freida
Gibson Nichols, Ginger Leigh
Teaff, Jackie Squires, Patsy Muse
Stone, Brenda Smith Johnson,
Peggy Cooper Ford, Irma
Villegas, Abraham Peters. Mary
Almager, Ronnie Near Aten,
Sandra Sims, Tommie J. Logan,
Sally Morgan, Ray J. Foster,
Nancy Riojas Brown,
Also Laura Morin, Audrey
Griffin Cox, Chandra Desiree
Sherling, L. B. Wolfe, Timothy
Paul Gardner, Lisa Dann Knapp,
Joel Curtis Carter, Juan Reyes,
Jr., Jaimes Leo Dunn, Patsy J.
Byars, June Moreland Mabry,
Corene Goodall, Arzie L. Kirk,
Hubert L. Wallace, Paula Caffeyr
Benis F. Navarro, Sandra Cuevas,
Derrick Weldon Jenkins,
Also Thelma E. Castleberry,
Michele Ann Giasson, Jeannie
Harris, William T. Fair, Linda
Devitt, Mark James Barr, David
Wayne Powell, Monroe J. Hill,
Marvin Morrell, Andy Bowers,
Rhonda Carol Adamson, Verna
Cooper, Roy Baccus, Christian
Garza, Roy Neal Johnson, and
Helen Roselia Franklin.
From Seagraves—Richard
Wilson, Rosemary Gomez, Amy
Christine Kemper, Mary Ellyson,
Laura Lynn Lewis McKenzie,
See JURY, Page 2
I Am your y(ag
I have Bun kicked, trampled, Burned, and shot fud of holes. / have
fought Battles, But I prefer the untrouBUd air of a world at peace.
I am your flag. / represent the freedom of humanity and I shadfly
high, thundering in silence for the whole world to hear. My gentle
rustling in the Breeze sounds out the warning, to ad who would Bury
me forever, that Below stands a population dedicated to UBerty.
dor those who have perished for my right of freedom of flight, those
who wid dud, and indeed, for those who would live, I stand as a
symbol offrudom-toving people. *
I have Bun carried into Battle in faraway lands, always in the cause
of freedom, I am Bloodstained, tom and many times wearied and
saddened By the thousands who have paid the supreme sacrifice.
*Don't let it ad Be for nothing. Tedme the Brave have ad died for a
wothwhile cause. ‘Be proud ofwhat / represent and display me for ad
to su.
‘Whether you cad me, ‘Old Qlory', 'Star Spangled‘Banner, or ‘Stars
and Stripes', I shad fly forever as a symbol of your freedom, as I did
for your ancestors and as I shad for your heirs. / am yOUV^ytag.
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Monday, June 14,1993
Appraisal Board
gets new school
finance plan update
Chief Appraiser Betty Caudle Also approved was an
gave Gaines County Appraisal engagement letter for Davis, Ray
District board members an update and Company to audit the
of the recently-passed school appraisai district’s collection
finance legislation at the board s account,
regular meeting Tuesday.
New health guidelines
to affect food events
New guidelines released by
the Texas Department of Health
the end of May will have a direct
effect on food-related events in
Gaines County.
According to Cheryl Donovan
of the South Plains Public Health
District, all individuals, booths or
groups who propose the sale of
food at a temporary facility must
obtain a permit from the South
Plains Health Office.
An immediate effect would be
on the annual Independence Day
celebration scheduled for
downtown Seminole July 3.
A permit fee of $10 must be
paid by all temporary facilities,
unless the permit is for a non-
profit organization such as a
school, church or youth group.
The individual, group, or both
must contact the South Plains
Public Health District in advance
to secure a permit* and an
inspection of the Temporary
facility must be performed at the
toward the sponsor, but could
also lead to extensive financial
losses because of civil liability.
"For this reason," said the
Health Department, "it is of
paramount importance that
particular attention be paid to
maintaining a wholesome food
product in order to avoid the
potentially disastrous effects of a
food-borne disease outbreak."
Individuals or organizations
See HEALTH, Page 3
Lottery sales
in county hit
$4.6 million »
After one full year of lottery
games in Texas, a total of
$4,629,855 has been spent for
lottery tickets in Gaines County.
Mrs. Caudle said she, along
with Chief Appraisers from
counties with budget-balanced
school districts from around the
state, were called to a meeting
with the Texas Education Agency
(TEA) in Austin the day after
Memorial Day for the purpose of
explaining a timetable dealing
with implementation of the law.
Senate Bill 7, the law passed by
the Texas Legislature dealing
with school finance, mandates the
TEA to oversee the plan.
The Chief Appraiser said that
the TEA will require all appraisal
districts to deliver 1992 and 1993
appraisal rolls to them by July 1.
Although the consensus of most
people at the meeting said that
the law would probably be
declared unconstitutional by the
courts, it will probably be in
effect for at least a year.
Five options for school
districts are set out in the
legislation, three of them calling
for voter approval, and the school
boards of the various districts
must act on which option to use
for their district.
In other business, the board
began preliminary work on the
district’s 1994 budget, which will
be less that the current budget,
since legal service expense of
$150,000 will be eliminated from
next year’s document. The
budget will be further discussed
at the regular July meeting of the
board.
In addition, the board
approved setting a meeting with
Capitol Appraisal Group, which
appraises mineral properties for
the appraisal district, and
officials of oil companies to
New doctor
to practice
in Seminole
The Board of Directors and
Administration of Seminole
Memorial Hospital have
announced the recruitment of
Michael Quealey Watson, M.D.,
to Seminole. Dr. Watson will
begin his practice in July.
Dr. Watson, 46, comes to
Seminole from Brady Regional
Health Center where he has had a
very busy practice. His special
areas of interest and expertise are
family practice, obstetrics,
pediatrics, and various surgical
procedures.
He was reared in Louisiana,
and began is career as a chemist,
graduating Trom LSU in
biochemistry in 1977 and in
1978. He graduated from Texas
A&M where he received a degree
in Chemical Engineering. In
1983, he attended Tulane School
of Medicine in New Orleans
where he earned his medical
degree.
Dr. Watson was associated
with San Jacinto Mejhodist
Hospital, Baytown, where he
served his internship in the
specialty of family practice and
did his residency at Moss
Regional Hospital in Lake
Charles, LA, also specializing in
family practice.
He has four children: Mary
Virginia, 14; Anna, 12; Quealy,
10; and Patrick, 7.
The Board of Directors and
Administration encourage the
community to give Dr. Watson, a
warm welcome. He will be
opening his practice during early
July at the Medical Arts Clinic,
located at 208 NW 8th Street.
feed site before opening to the
public.
According to a release from
the South Plains Health
Department, several fund-raising
events state-wide are ofteh food
related, taking such forms as
pancake suppers, chili suppers,
bake sales and the like.
Although the department said
they realized such fund-raisers
were "an excellent way to foster
good public relations, while
earning money at the same time,"
they also said that an outbreak of
a food-borne illness attributable
to an event of that kind would not
only destroy good will generated
Final figures as of May 29,
showed $3,239,000 in instant
ticket sales in the county for the
full year. Lotto ticket sales which
began November 7, reached
$1,390,855 in the county by May
29.
Much of the lottery ticket sales
in the county come from nearby
New Mexico, from outlets
located just across the state line.
During the first few months of
the scratch-off ticket sales,
Hester's was the leading single
outlet in the state. Jackie's
Exxon, also located at the state
line sold one of the winning
million dollar tickets.
discuss a settlement of values. Dr. Watson agreed to come to
The companies involved arc not Seminole following an interview
part of the San Andres Unit and with the Board of Directors
were not part of the recent during a special meeting last
settlement with Amerada-Hess. Wednesday.
Governor appoints Barrett
to Firefighters Fund board
ROBERT BARRETT
Robert Barrett of Seminole has
been appointed by Gov. Ann
Richards to the Firefighters
Relief and Retirement Fund
board of trustees.
Barrett, a member and former
chief of the Seminole Volunteer
Fire Department, will fill the
unexpired term of Benny Paul
Kennedy of Andrews, who
resigned from the board.
The current term will run
through Sept. 1, and Barrett is
eligible for re-appointment to the
nine-member board. Barrett is
one of only six firemen on the
board, which oversees the multi-
million dollar fund.
He is « graduate of Crosbyton
High School and West Texas
State University, is a member of
the State Firemen’s and Fire
Marshall’s Association and
serves as a member of Civil
Defense in Gaines County as well
as the Seminole fire department.
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NEWEST MEMBER-Phil Wallace (at left) was sworn In «* •
member of the Gaines County Appraisal District Board prior to
the start of Tuesday’s regular meeting by Betty Caudle (right)*
Chief Appraiser of the Appraisal District. Wallace was the
unanimous choice of those entities who recommended a
replacement for long-time board member and chairman Leon
Foote, who resigned in April. (Sentinel Photo)
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Dow, M. Gene & Fisher, David. The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 66, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 13, 1993, newspaper, June 13, 1993; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1049496/m1/1/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.