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2-LEVE LLANO A HOCKLEY COUNTY NEWS-PRESS, WsdnMday. August 11,1999
BUDGET continued from page 1
■kjc The 1999 values are used to
calculate tax rates in fiscal year
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namoling 1998 ^5*5
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_ ... ..... been higher if commissioners had
not agreed to use money from other
sources.
Commissioners agreed to spend
$360,000 in tobacco money and
$219,000 in general fund receipts
to keep the tax rate from going
higher
te appreciate it
Lcvelland’s schools were
surrounded by vehicles Tuesday,
Thursday. This summer seems to
have flown past It seems just
I youngsters
school for si
getting out ofi
We've received mixed
from young people
counting down the hours until they
have to report to classes Most
seem anxious to get
High school students involved
in athletics and/or band have been
reporting for practice for the past
two weeks so they are getting back
into the school habit. We just hope
our teachers are more anxious to go
back to work than many of our
youngsters.
While on the subject of school,
a physics teacher was giving a
lecture to his class on the subject of
friction.
"Does anyone know what keeps
a cork in a bottle?" he asked.
"Self control,” answered a bright
student.
Last year, the Court agreed to use
$232,000 from the general fund to
balance the budget.
The proposed budget will be dis-
played in the County Clerk’s Office
until Aug. 23, when commissioners
will hold a public hearing before
adopting it
Commissioners will meet Aug.
30 to set the ad valorem tax rate.
Some of the expenditures for the
new fiscal year are listed below by
department The figures in brackets
are for this year. They are:
* Sheriff’s Office - $706,456
($692,118).
* Maintenance
($272356).
* Tax Collector
($198,839).
* County Judge - $102,312
($99,425).
* County Attorney - $143,434
($114,087).
* County Clerk - $142,643
($138,53 ^
* Court - $137,018
$295,304
$202,347
cierk - $90,694 Board of regents
$78349 to adopt budget
We knew that it was only a
matter of time before we started
suffering from 100 degree plus
days, like we’ve experienced off
and on the past couple of weeks.
A while back, a friend handed
me the following summer
observations which seem to apply
this week.
—It’s so hot in Texas, the birds
have to use pot holders to pull
worms out of the ground.
—It’s so hot in Texas, the
potatoes cook underground and all
you have to do to have lunch is pull
one out and add butter, salt and
Pepper _ 4
—It’s so dry in Texas, the cows
give evaporated milk.
—It’s so dry in Texas, the trees
are whistlin’ for the dogs
—It’s so hot that the farmers are
feeding the chickens crushed ice to
keep them from laying hard boiled
eggs
—A sad Texan once prayed, "I
wish it would rain—not so much for
me; I’ve seen it—but for my 7-year-
old ”
—A visitor to Texas once asked,
“Does it ever rain out here?” A
rancher quickly answered, “Yes it
does. Do you remember that part in
the Bible where it rained for 40 days
and 40 nights?” “Yes, I’m familiar
with Noah’s flood,” the visitor
replied “Well, the rancher
continued, “We got about two and a
half inches that spell ”
You know you’re in Texas
when .
—You no longer associate bridges
or rivers with water
—You can say 110 degrees
without fainting...
—You eat hot chili to cool your
mouth off
—You can make sun tea
instantly
-You learn that a seat belt makes
a pretty good branding iron..
—You discover that in July, it
takes only two fingers to drive your
car
—You notice the best parking
place is determined by shade instead
of distance
—Hotter water comes from the
cold water tap
—It’s noon in July, kids are on
summer vacation, and not one person
is out on the streets
—You actually bum your hand
opening the car door
-No one Would dream of putting
vinyl upholstery in a car
—Your biggest bicycle wreck fear
is “What if I get knocked off and lay
on the pavement and cook to death"7”
—Yon realize that asphalt has a
liquid state
$185,100
Care -
($136
* District
($87,492).
* Extension Service
($75,681).
* Capital Outlays -
($162,433).
* Indigent Health
$257,947 ($356,642).
* Uncompensated Care
$400,000 ($400,000).
* Employees Health Insurance
$290,000 ($265,000).
* Hockley County Senior Citizens
- $22,500 f$22,500).
* Jury Fund - $146,012 ($145,-
308).
* Road & Bridge Precinct 1 -
$457,820 ($414,400).
* Road & Bridge Precinct 2 -
$435,000 ($425,000).
* Road & Bridge Precinct 3 -
$437,823 ($437,000).
* Road & Bridge Precinct 4 -
$440398 ($447,000).
* Library -$ 105,005 ($ 101,656).
In other business, commissioners
voted to lease a computer workst-
ation that would allow the operation
of an electronic sub-station in
Anton.
Currently, Anton City Secretary
Annette T y ler registers vehic les and
file liens. The new system will
allow her to offer additional ser-
ANNIVERSARY
director for the older adults, and he
is currently chairman of the ushers.
Involvement in the church has
been for Kemp, “a foundation for
living, a home base.” “We could
not live without it,” agrees his
wife. “It is our life, our lifestyle.”
Their son, Howard Kemp, Jr., also
grew up in the church.
Earline McDonald’s parents,
C.C. and Mary Lewis, farmers
from Winters, Texas, joined the
church the first Sunday in January,
1926. “We had bench seats,
straight seats with splinters in
them, ” she recalled. “When we
had revivals, our folks would bring
quilts for the kids to sit on or lay
on, whatever was necessary. That
was a fun time for me,” she noted,
“when I was 12 or 14, I began to
take a greater part in things and
began to play the piano some at 15.
I was converted in 1938. There
was a revival going on at that time.
Brother Hughes was the preacher
then, ” she recalled.
She later married Verdell
McDonald (now deceased) and
continued to be active along with
her husband in the church
throughout the years. They reared
a daughter, now deceased, and a
son, Carroll of Wolfforth, and she
has four grandchildren. “I was
brought up in the church. I love my
church,” she says.
Ken Sheppard, a longtime
church member and a retired
Amoco employee, has been active
vices, including title transfers.
The new service will spare Anton
residents from having to drive 27
miles to Levelland, said Tax
Assessor-CollectorChristy Cleven-
ger.
"This is kind of like a pilot
program,” Clevenger told commis-
sioners. "It could be very benefibaL"
If the system works as expected,
the county might open sub-stations
in other towns, she said
The cost of leasing die equipment
on an annual basis will be $1,500.
Acting on a motion made by
Commissioner Billy Thetford, the
Court approved the measure 4-0.
The Court also voted to buy a new
Caterpillar motor grader from West
Texas Equipment for use in Precinct
2.
With a trade-in, the net cost to the
county will be $36,195.
West Texas guaranteed a mini-
mum repurchase price of $110,000
and offered a warranty of five years
or 5,000 hours of operation on the
new machine.
The company was the only one
to enter a bid.
Commissioners accepted the bid
by a vote of 4-0.
The county officials also re-
troactively approved two public
assistance requests.
Commissioners OK’d nine assis-
tance requests that totaled $422. They
denied a $171 request for help on
shelter and a request for $28 toward
an electric bill.
They agreed to rent the Women’s
Building to the Hockley County
Sheriff’s Posse on Aug. 14 and 15.
The facility will be used for a dance.
COWBOY BALL PREPARATIONS — These five volunteers donated their time Monday afternoon to set
up items that are now up for auction during the annual Cowboy Ball’s silent auction. They were setting up
tables and hay bales at Sundown State Bank in Levelland to display the items, which may be viewed by the
public during business hours. The ball is scheduled Aug. 21 at the Spanish Spur Ranch. From the lefi are Barbra
Pinner, Rose Gavino, Delores LeBlanc, Judy Broussard and Iris Keeling. (Staff Photo)
Silent auction ongoing
for annual Cowboy Ball
Unique jewelry, tickets to
football and hockey games,
game
ificate
South Plains College’s board of
regents will hold a public hearing
on the 1999-2000 budget Thursday
before adopting it and setting the ad
valorem tax rate.
Citizens may attend the meeting
and offer input.
Regents will also hear reports on
finances and taxes.
SPC President Dr. Gary McDa-
niel will report to the board. The
vice presidents for Student Affairs
and Academic Affairs will also
make reports to regents.
The meeting will start at about
12:30 p.m. in the Regents Room at
the Administration Building.
Ropes ISD sets
budget hearing
The Ropes school board will
hold a public hearing Aug. 23 on
the proposed 1999-2000 budget.
The public is welcome to attend
and participate in the meeting.
Trustees will adopt the budget
afterwards. The meeting will start
at 8 p.m. in the Board Room.
continued from page 1
in the sanctuary and senior adult
Sonshine choir, men’s ensemble,
as a Sunday school teacher,
director of various departments,
VBS and other roles. “The church
gives me a reason for being. I
don’t know how to get along
without it,” he says. His wife, Sue,
is active in the handbell program
and department director of third
grade. The church has provided
fellowship and support for them.
“We know we can always depend
on those people to be there, and
they can depend on us when they
have a need in their life,” Sheppard
says.
They have three children,
Kenda Hurst, also active in the
handbell program, Larry Sheppard
and Debbie Moore.
When a community church
they had attended disbanded in
January, 1939, Bill and Eleanor
Clark, who farmed 16 miles south
of Levelland, began attending First
Baptist Church. Clark served as a
longtime church treasurer, was an
ordained deacon and taught junior
high boys, while Eleanor Clark
worked with the youth, served as
president of Woman’s Missionary
Union, taught a women’s Sunday
school class and served as a
training union director. She also
served on the building committee
that helped to organize a mission
forth ‘
original art, gift certificates,
automotive services, home
accessories and collectibles are
among the nearly 70 items which
will quietly go up for auction this
week to benefit the American
Cancer Society.
The 1999 Cowboy Ball Silent
Auction is now open for viewing
in the lobby of Sundown State
Bank, 1102 Austin, during regular
bank hours.
“We have had a tremendous
response from merchants and
individual volunteers in donating
items for this year’s auction,” said
Barbra Pinner, co-chairperson of
the event. “TTiis year’s auction
includes a wide variety of
interesting and unique items.”
The silent auction is being held
in conjunction with the Sixth
Annual Cowboy Ball which is
scheduled for Aug. 21 at the
Spanish Spur Ranch. Tickets for
the ball are $50 per person and
now available at all Levelland
banks through Aug. 18.
The Western-theme gala will
include dinner, dancing, fellowship
and a lot of West Texas fun, say
event organizers. Headlining the
evening’s entertainment is Darrell
McCall and the Tennessee
Volunteers, a San Antonio based
dance band which plays in a
traditional country style.
In addition to the silent
auction, the Cowboy Ball will
include a live auction of original
art, unique jewelry and prized
collectibles, a drawing for a trip for
two to Las Vegas and a variety of
door prizes.
Guests will be transported to
the Spanish Spur Ranch, owned
and operated by Rink and Dorthy
Bownds, beginning at 5:30 p.m.
from Citizens Bank.
Among the more unique items
in the silent auction is a two-day
dove hunt for four hunters in Cottle
County. Collectible items include
Beanie Babies, a replica of the
gavel used by the Texas Speaker of
the House, print reproductions of
classic movie posters, an official
ice hockey stick autographed by
players for the Lubbock Cotton
Kings, and a t-shirt autographed by
country recording artist Lee Ann
Womack.
Original art by local artists
Jack Douglas, Pat Reed, Janet
Bybel and John Hope are also
featured in the showing.
“There is something for
everyone,” said Mrs. Pinner.
Among the items are 10 gift
boxes which contain merchandise
valued at approximately $35
provided by 10 local merchants.
One of the boxes will contain a
Weekend Get Away for two to Old
Mill Trade Days in Post, including
hotel accommodations at Hotel
Garza and gift certificates to local
shops. A second box will contain
$50 in Mall Money provided by
South Plains Mall.
Items can be viewed and bids
be made on any item at
can
Burglars broke into the Cactus
Food and Gas Store early Saturday
morning, making off with cigarettes,
cigars, Lottery tickets, soft drinks
and an undisclosed amount of mo-
ney, a report said.
The culprits caused $2,000 in
damage by breaking out two win-
dows at the store.
The break-in occurred between
the hours of 1:50 a.m. and 5:18
a.m.
Vandals smashed a window in the
500 block of Avenue I on Sunday,
resulting in a $1,000 property loss
to Harold Powell, a report said.
Vandals also damaged the con-
cession stand at the Girl’s Softball
League Field over the weekend.
Several teen-agers are suspects in
the case. Damage tallied $115.
A 17-year-old Levelland boy was
jailed on a charge of minor in con-
sumption Saturday afternoon.
The youth, who was arrested in
the 2000 block of West Houston
Street, was identified as the suspect
who had earlier tried to steal a mo-
torcycle, police said.
Police arrested a 33-year-old
Littlefield man Saturday for
allegedly stealing two pairs of pants
at Wal-Mart.
The man was detained after he
left the store without paying for the
items, according to a report.
A 20-inch boy’s bicycle was
stolen Saturday morning from out-
side the 10th Street home of Angie
Grant.
The bike, worth $189, was taken
from the front yard.
A $250 cellular telephone was
stolen from atop the hood of a
man’s vehicle Friday.
The victim said he left the phone
on the hood of his vehicle while
stopping at a business on College
Avenue. It was missing a short time
later.
A lunch box containing insurance
checks, a $ 1,500 wedding ring and
other items was stolen from a
couple’s vehicle overnight Aug. 4.
Tbe vehicle was parked outside
the couple’s Fifth Street home at the
time of the burglary, police said.
Officers investigated an incident
Sunday in which a man restrained
another man who supposedly had
punched him, a report said.
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church for the Hispanic population,
Primera Iglesia Bautista.
First Baptist Church also
helped organize two other mission
churches, Trinity Baptist and
Morning Side Baptist, which
combined to form Second Baptist
Church of Levelland.
The Clarks’ children, Connie
Mack and Rex, were also active in
the church. The Clarks have three
grandchildren and a great-
grandchild.
The church has served in a
spiritual and social role for Mrs.
Clark. “Largely it has been my
spiritual source. I have grown
from a young Christian to a more
mature person during this time,
and the church has also been a
large part of my social life.”
Keeping an eye on Texas
More than 529,948,148 meals served
In a single school year, more than half a billion cafeteria meals are
served: 389 million lunches and 140 million breakfasts. Each day, on
average, 2.2 million students, or /-———--
57.8 percent, ate lunch in 6,377 / School Menu
school cafeterias statewide, and
6,241 school cafeterias served
breakfast to about 800,000
students, or 16.1 percent.
/ fnmSions)
Lunch
Breakfast Total M
/ Free
222
109
331
1 Paid
132
20
152
Reduced Price
35
11
46
TOTAL
389
140
529 ■
•Augu* 1998—May 1999
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Sundown State Bank during
regular lobby hours 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Monday through Friday until Aug.
20.
The silent auction items will
be taken to the Cowboy Ball where
bidding will continue until 11 p.m.
the night of the gala.
In addition to Mrs. Pinner,
other volunteers who have put
together the auction have included
Delores LeBlanc, co-chair, Iris
Keeling, Stephanie McCulloch and
Joe Dee and Lisa Brooks, and
Chris Roberts.
For ticket information for the
Cowboy Ball, contact Linda
McCormick at 894 7678.
Y2K
continued from page 1
its computers.
"We’ve checked out all our
systems and they’re OK," he said.
The city has only one traffic light
- at the intersection of Slaughter and
Richardson.
"I’ve got extra signs for that
intersection," he said.
The county is Y2K ready, said
Linda Barnette, assistant auditor.
The county did a computer up-
grade in 1998 and is ready for
possible contingencies, Mrs.
Barnette said.
"Everything is Year 2000
compatible," she said. "Everything
went online for Y2K."
Levelland ISD
to OK budget
A public hearing on the Levelland
school district’s proposed 1999-
2000 budget will be held Thursday
night.
School board members will adopt
the budget and also review infor-
mation on summer school and end-
of-course testing results.
Trustee?, will vote on seeking
proposals l or the repair and replace-
ment of roofs damaged in the May
hailstorm.
The board will also:
* Vote on seeking proposals for
two new buses.
* Review soft drink bid propos-
als.
* OK personnel recommendations
and classroom teacher appraisers.
* Approve an interlocal agree-
ment with the Texas Cooperative
Purchasing Network.
* Accept financial reports.
The meeting will start at 7:30
p.m. in the Administration Building.
Smyer slates
budget talks
Smyer aldermen will hold a
budget workshop Thursday and
evaluate the water/wastewater
superintendentinexecutivesession.
The board will also take action
to suspend a proposed Energas rate
increase and vote on an interlocal
agreement with the Houston-Gal-
veston Area Council of Govern-
ments Cooperative Purchasing Pro-
gram.
Aldermen will approve a financial
report and hear reports on wa-
ter/wastewater operations and the
Smyer Volunteer Fire Department.
The tneeting will start at 7:30
p.m. at City Hall.
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