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STAMFORD, JONES COUNTY, TEXAS 79553, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1987
American Vol. 65, No. 48
Insurance bids draw
long discussion, but
no action by Council
Although a major portion of
their time Monday night was
spent in discussing liability in-
surance for the city, city coun-
cil members made no decision
on awarding a bid pending fur-
ther information about one of
the policies. According to City
Manager Rick Holden, a spe-
cial meeting of the council will
be called later in the week to
take final action on the in-
surance bid.
The city had received only
two bids for the complete in-
surance package. One bid came
from Upshaw and Upshaw and
the other came from the Texas
Municipal League.
Glade Reed and Joe Smith
Upshaw were present to ex-
plain their policy and bids and
to answer any questions the
council might have. Represen-
tatives from TML were unable
to attend the meeting which
caused several councilmen to
ask for the tabling of bids until
they could meet with someone
from the league.
Upshaw stepped down from
his council seat and joined the
audience before the discussion
about the insurance began.
Action on the insurance bids
must be made by midnight Sat-
urday as the current city poli-
cies expire February 28.
In going over-the city’s finan-
cial reports Holden noted that
the revenues and expenses for
both the General and Enter-
prise funds were within the
33.3% optimum level. In fact,
expenditures from the Enter-
prise are at 26.5%.
Holden noted, however, that
revenues in the Enterprise
Fund are still down about 3 per-
cent — due in large part to the
rainy weather. The sale of
water from Lake Stamford,
which is the major contributor
to the fund, decreases when
nature provides abundant rain-
fall. He further noted that the
budget was designed with rainy
weather in mind, but that the
shortfall still exists. -
On a better note, the City
Manager told the councilmen
that the city had paid for the
holding pond required by the
state and that final costs were
below estimated expense. The
pond has gained engineer’s cer-
tification which was the last re-
quirement of the state.
Council members approved a
slate of appointees to various
boards and commissions
throughout the city. People ap-
pointed to two year terms ex-
piring Dec. 31, 1988 included:
Sandra Rhea, Jenny McClen-
don and Ron Holloman, Library
Board; Raymond Hilscher,
Phyllis Davis, Tony Thompson
and Ricky White, Parks Board;
Also, James Barnett and
Fareed Hassen, Social Service
Board; Buddy Jones, Louise
Massey and Larry Moreno,
Cemetery Board; Bill Mayes,
Martin Blackburn, Margie
Barnett and Virginia Loop,
Museum Board; and Don Book,
Sandy Clark and Sam Tankers-
ley, Planning and Zoning
Board.
Those appointed to one year
terms expiring Dec. 31,1987 in-
clude: Rick Etheredge, Parks
Board; Phil McClendon, Social
Service Board; John Terry and
Bingo Bolin, Museum Board;
and Jimmy Wilhelm and Jerry
Schuchert, Planning and Zon-
ing Board. Robert Duggan and
Lanny Ford were named alter-
nates to the Planning and Zon-
ing Board.
In the event Tankersley wins
a seat on the council during the
April 4 election, he will have to
relinquish his seat on the Plan-
ning and Zoning Board.
The council voted to send let-
ters of appreciation to retiring
board members.
Because there are three can-
didates running for Place 5 on
the council, the possibility for a
runoff election exists. The
council passed a resolution
establishing guidelines for such
a runoff election. The city
charter calls for an election
“not less than ten (10) nor more
than twenty (20) days” after
the first election. Date for a
possible runoff election would
be Saturday, April 27.
Holden reported to the coun-
cil that he and Mayor Prichard
had surveyed the situation at
Arledge Field and found that
the problem there may be re-
solved for the time being. He
said that some planes in the
hanger had been removed and
those remaining had been rear-
ranged to allow access to each
airplane. Holden also said that
Howard Thatcher had agreed
to monitor the situation for the
city.
Although he cited the need for
a formal lease agreement bet-
ween the city and those using
the hanger, Holden said he saw
no need to limit the number of
planes or raise rental rates at
this time.
In other action, the council
approved the transfer of two
lots at Lake Stamford and ap-
proved a Chamber of Com-
merce request to close the
south side of the square for the
Jest Amusement carnival June
24-27.
Cowboy Reunion dotes
set for July 1-4 this year
The calendar has smiled on
the 1987 edition of the Texas
Cowboy Reunion providing op-
timum dates for the 57th reun-
ion and rodeo. This year’s show
will be July 1, X, 1 and 4, which
will fall on Wednesday, Thurs-
day, Friday and Saturday, with
an evening performance each
day at 8 p.m.
Gervis Galbraith in charge of
First Aid. Traditionally local
physicians rotate the medical
chairmanship of TCR.
Named to 7-AA All District teams—
Kelley Thompson (left) and Teresa Davis (right) were named
to the 7-AA All District basketball squad earlier this week.
Kelley, a senior, was named to the first team after earning
second team honors during her sophomore and junior years.
Teresa, a junior, earned second team honors this year after
being chosen for Honorable Mention last year. The girls are
the daughters of Grace Thompson and Lavonna Davis. The
Lady Bulldogs are coached by Tony Thompson . (Photo by John Lopez)
Commissioners award
bid for county insurance
In a special session Monday
morning, the Jones County
Commissioners’ Court awarded
the bid for insurance on county
buildings, automobiles and of-
ficials to Upshaw and Upshaw
Insurance of Stamford. Up-
shaw and Upshaw, the only
firm to submit a bid, had a bid
of $21,154.
County Auditor Gene Spurgin
told commissioners that the
total revenue for the county
from the special $5 car tax was
$69,357.75, with each precinct
road and bridge fund getting
$17,339.44 of that total.
Following the lead of Com-
missioner Reagan Hay, who
said the road in question was a
“good road,” the court ac-
cepted the subdivision plat and
took over maintenance of that
road in the Bowlin Subdivision
south of Funston. Hay, who is
precinct commissioner for the
subdivision location, said the
road was caliche and right of
way on it had been expanded to
the necessary 60 feet.
Owpers of the subdivision
hope to market it through the
Veterans Land Program which
requires commissioners’ court
approval of the plat.
Local Commissioner Jerry
Manske named the two people
from Precinct 2 who will fill
spots on the Child Welfare
Board for the county. They are
Valerie Brock and Harley Mc-
Casland. The full board will be
named at the March 9 commis-
sioners meeting.
Pct. 4 Commissioner Steve
Lollar and Manske both pre-
sented plans for exchange of
some of their old equipment for
newer models. Lollar proposes
to get rid of two old trucks and
replace them with a newer
truck with a Lufkin dump at the
cost of approximately $7500.
Because the truck and the
dump unit will come from two
separate places, the per each
price will be great enough to re-
quire bids. However Lollar
said, “I just wanted to let the
commissioners know what I
had in mind.”
Manske proposes to trade in
an aluminum trailer for a new
dump box. The trade-in allow-
ance on the trailer will be $4600
with cost of the dump box being
$4428 with an additional $600
possible if extension work is
needed.
Continuing a traditional court
policy, the commissioners
voted to donate $200 to the coun-
tywide Hamlin Singing Conven-
tion.
Most of the rest of the court
session was spent in going over
the quarterly report from the
County Treasurer.
All city races contested;
Parker files for hospital
In a last day rush, contested
races were created for all four
City of Stamford positions up
for election on the April 4
ballot. Prior to the Wednesday,
Feb. 18, deadline, only the race
between incumbent Police
Chief Duayne Medford and Don
Glasgow was contested.
Camille Combs, head lab
technician at Stamford Memo-
rial Hospital, has filed to run
against incumbent Bob Prich-
ard for the post of mayor.
Eugene Olson, local farmer,
and Carrie White, assistant
VP/loan officer at Commodore
Savings, filed after press time
Wednesday for Council Place 5.
Jonnte Lawson had filed eariter
that day for that council sent
which to new Md by Martin
City voters will also have a
non-binding referendum about
the disposition of the Stamford
Fire Department.
All four seats up for grabs on
the Stamford Memorial Hospi-
tal Board of Trustees now have
candidates. Jimmy Parker,
president of First National
Bank, has filed for Place 4 on
the board, the place now held
by Joseph High.
Incumbents Dorrace Haynes,
Eugene Swenson and Raymond
Hughes had earlier filed for re-
election to their seats on the
board.
Two-way races remain for
Stamford schools name
fall semester honor rolls
The Superintendent’s and
Principal’s Honor Rolls for the
first semester have been an-
nounced for students in Stam-
ford public schools.
The Superintendent’s Honor
Roll is made up of students who
have made all A’s with no more
than one B. The Principal’s
Honor Roll has students with a
mixture of B’s and A’s or all
B’s.
A student must score be-
tween 90 and 100 to receive an
A. Grades of B are received for
80-89 scores.
Junior and Senior High
School students on the Superin-
tendent’s Honor Roll include:
Eric Clark, Steve Morgan,
Tai Nguyen, Michael Rodri-
quez, Melanie Cedillo, Bridget
Griggs, Stephanie Haterius,
Laurie Marugg Perez, Ursula
Richards, Anna Riffel, Lori
Shelhamer, Kelley Thompson,
Seniors;
Kevin Carlton, Dirk Martin,
Michael Phillips, Alan Shel-
hamer, Lee Ann Gray, Hanh
Pham, Maralee Barrett, Shawn
Morgan, Stella Moreno, Amy
Rangel, Nina Underwood, Jun-
iors ; t
Vance Faulks, Melodie Gal-
lardo, Carrie Haterius, Misty
Kohout, Jessica Oman, Angie
Rodriquez, Brenda Rothell,
Cayce Schubert, Melanie Shel-
hamer, Shanna Sojourner,
Stacey Swoyer, Tom Walker,
Sheila York, Sophomores;
Kelly Blackstock, April Lore,
Judith Oman, Betty Pham,
Parul Sevak, Freshmen;
Leslie Bayouth, Jefry Hill
Jr., Jeremy Howe, Cody
Mathis, Matt Mueller, Teresa
Clinton, Misty Detamore, Cara
Etheredge, Jana Gilbreath,
Wendi Martin, Jennifer Muel-
ler, Pam Smith, 8th Grade;
Darren Hall, Mark Rangel,
John Walker, Stephanie
Acosta, Marci Lovvorn, Priti
Patel, Jennifer Swoyer, 7th
Grade.
The following students are on
the Superintendent’s Honor
Roll at Reynolds:
Scott Davis, April Thane,
Toby Teichelman, Christy Gon-
zales, Crissy Mueller, Kevin
Cobb, Raquel Perez, Molly Mc-
Kee, Craig Carter, Cecilia
Delgado, Mrs. Etheredge’s
class;
Johnna Oman, Julie Ethe-
redge, Amanda Faulks, Mrs.
Lovvorn’s class;
Vickie Padron, Misty White,
Gretchen Book, Jason Duggan,
Denise Dudensing, Justin
Livengood, Mrs. Redwine’s
class;
Jonathan Lammert, Lien Lea
Cox, Rupga Seval, Mrs. Smith’s
class;
Nicole Zeitler, Ryan Gomez,
Candida Acosta, Trudi Bounds,
Lynn Sanchez, Tory Norred,
Tiffany Proctor, Mrs. Gray’s
class;
Eleda McKee, Jenny Doan,
(See 'Honor Roll’ page 7)
ADDRESS
The 1986-87 United Way drive has collected a total of
$7140. Due to existing needs, the Stamford Rotary Club is
AARP to offer tax help at VIP Cantor
The Stamford VIP Center will again offer a free income
tax service to senior citizens. AARP Tax-Aide volunteers
will be at the Center each Tuesday through April 14 from 9
a m. until noon. You should bring your last year’s income
tax return and current tax information.
NEWS BRIEFS
REMINDER: City landfill to close Monday
In accordance with action by the Stamford City Council
the city’s landfill will closed to the public beginning Mon-
day. The landfill will be open from noon to dusk on
Tuesdays and Thursdays for Stamford citizens who pre-
sent a current city water bill with the charge for garbage
indicated on it. The landfill will be closed to all other peo-
ple.
The closing has been scheduled for a 90-day trial period
beginning March 2 and continuing through May.
B& PW Club plans voter registration drive
The Stamford B&PW Club will have a voter registration
drive next week. Club members will be at Lawrence Bros.
Saturday from 10 to 6 and Tuesday from 10 to 4. Members
will also have registration materials available at
M-System Saturday from 10 to 2. Wednesday, March 4, is
the last day to register to be eligible for the April 4 elec-
tion. .
Blue and Gold Banquet set tonight
The annual Cub Scout Blue and Gold Banquet will be
Thursday night (tonight) at 6:30 p.m. at St. John’s United
Methodist Church. This is for Stamford Pack 139 Dens 1, 2
and 3 which are made up of second, third and fourth
graders. The younger Tiger Cubs, first graders, are being
invited as guests. Approximately 150 Cubs, parents and
leaders are expected at the awards banquet.
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