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The Panola Watchman
Wednesday, September 1, 1999
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Bush family
plans reunion
Blood drive slated
for Friday at GHS
NO FEES Portrait Offer
Now Backgrounds Available
At Wal-Mart
This Year
$37,654
$15,121
$1.65000
$249 50
Descendants of George Hillary
and Margaret Ella (Davis) Bush
will meet for their annual family
reunion on Sunday at the Texas
State Bank Community Room in
Timpson at 10 a.m.
Everyone is asked to bring a
covered dish. Meat, paper products
and ice will be provided.
By Paul McComack
THE PANOLA WATCHMAN
Maintenance
A Operation!
$1.29000
$0.29500
Mathematics proved to be an
international language.
Bledsoe and his wife, Sandy,
Total
$1.49400
$0.29500
I .oct I Revenue
Per Student
$13,371
$0
State Revenue
Per Student
$340
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In the August-29, 1999 edition
of 77te Panola Watchman, Diane
Harp was inadvertently printed Di-
ane Hays in the Marriage License
Issued.
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elderly persons every day, ran
across a lady that needed a fan.
Karen let us know and we were
able to get the fan to her," Harris
noted.
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County
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Comparison of Proposed Rates with Last Year's Rates
Interest A
Sinking Fund*
$0.20400
$0.00000
Odessa-Permian school district in
1963 as a classroom teacher. He
quickly moved into the position of didn't take long to make up our
minds. It took longer to go through
the interviews 1 promise you," be
reflected.
Bledsoe
need fans and we ll keep up the fan
drive."
I'hough interested persons may derly Names may be submitted to
vice Enterprise at 693-2766.
Fans may also be delivered to
the County Commissioners office.
" Ibis program was very suc-
cessful last year. We found that
some of the homes were so hot that
the police officers who were help-
ing to make deliveries would have
to change their uniforms after go-
ing in some of the houses.
Like last year, said Harris, sev-'
oral taw enforcement agencies are
helping to identify those persons
who might benefit from the pro-
gram.
"People in taw enforcement are
out in the community and have the
opportunity to run across individu-
als who are in need of help cooling
their homes,” said Harris.
In fact, he noted, it was through
the sheriffs TRIAD program that
one lady was found to be in need of
a fan.
Sheriffs Department employee
_____________ Karen Willis, who is responsible
"We had a few of the fans turn for calling and checking on certain
up in pawn shops, so have insti-
tuted a tagging system this year and
the local pawn brokers have been
notified not to take them," stated
Harris.
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options HoHmn wilh no obligation to purchase Alt ages welcome Imieors under
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When President John F.
Kennedy was assassinated. Chuck
Bledsoe was teaching a geometry
class a few hours west of Dallas
with only a few months experience
under his belt The Beckville
educator reflected on the beginning
of his career as be faced his
retirement Tuesday after 36 yean
in Texas education, which was
interrupted only briefly by the
crisis in Grenada.
"I was eating lunch when some-
one told me about the president; I
thought they were joking" Bledsoe
recalled. "My kids were extremely
upset all afternoon, so we didn't
have much of a class."
Guessing about the reaction of ful."
students in today's world to such
news, Bledsoe suggested their up-
set would be of a "different nature.”
Bledsoe began bis career in the spent one year in Beaumont and
were soon ready to leave.
"When Beckville called us, it
Fund Balances
The following estimated balances will remain at the end of the current fiscal year and are not encumbered with or
by a corresponding debt obligation, less estimated funds necessary for operating the district before receipt of the
I first state aid payment: Maintenance and Operations Fund Balance(s) $0
Interest & Sinking Fund Balancc(s) $70,911
WAL*MART
Portrait Studio
Photographer Will Be Available These 5 Days Only:
Thursday, September 2 through Monday, September 6
Photography Hours: 10:00 a.m. • 7:00 p.m.
423 Ml. Loop 436
693-8881
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Joshua McComack photo
Local oil and gaa producers worked together to support the county fan drive. Hero, county _
commissioner Joo Harris moots with company representatives Brent CoIoman (Union Pacific
the time, returned to active duty
during the Grenada crisis. To make
things simpler for the district, he
resigned his post in Brenham.
purchase box fans at any store for
distribution to the needy, Wal-Mart
has agreed to sell fans at a dis-
counted price especially tor the
event
"We have spoken with Wal-
Mart and they agreed to help again
this year and have ordered extra
fans, above the number that were
available last year," said Harris.
Itast year, said Hanis, approxi-
mately 140 fans were distributed
locally, and some of those had to
be purchased elsewhere by individ-
uals, SWEPCO and local banks.
Those persons wishing to pur-
chase a fan for donation, should
pay the Wal-Mart cashier and leave
the fan at the store. 'Hie fans will be
kept at the store's service desk,
where they will be picked up for
delivery to the Carthage Citizens
Service Enterprise,
Once at the Citizens Service
Enterprise, the fans will be tagged
and inventoried before being deliv-
ered to each home.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TO DISCUSS
BUDGET AND PROPOSED TAX RATE
The Beckville Independent School District will holdVpublic meeting at 7:00 PM, September 13, 1999 in
THE BOARD ROOM, OF THE BECKVILLE ISD ADMINISTRATION BUILDING. 4398 STATE HWY
149, BECKVILLE, TX.
The purpose of this meeting is to discuss the school district's budget that will determine the tax rate
that will be adopted. Public participation in the discussion is invited.
The tax rate that ix ultimately adopted at thia meeting or al a separate meeting at a later date may not exceed the propoxed rate xhown below
unless the district publishes a revised notice containing lhe same information and companion! set oul below and holdi another public meeting
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UM Year’s Rate AdJuMed
for Tas Relief
Rate te Maintain Same
Level of Maintenance &
Operations Revenue h
Fay Debt Service ••
Froposed Rate $1.34836 $0.30164 * $1.65000
* The Interest and Sinking Fund tax revenue it used to pay for bonded indebtedness on construction, equipment, or both lhe bondi, and the
tax rate necessary to pay those bonds, were approved by the voters of this district
•• The Rate to Maintain the Same Level of Maintenance A Operations Revenue A Pay Pcbt Service docs not reflect revenue available to the
district in the 1999-2000 school year for lhe pay raise for classroom teachers, full-time librarian!, full-time counselors, and full-time school
nurses enacted by the 76th Legislature The estimated cost of the pay raise for the 19^9-2000 school year is $132,000
""Comparison of Proposed Levy with Last Year's Levy on Average Residence
Last Year
Average Market Value of Residences $34,000
Average Taxable Value of Residences $12,200
Last Year's Rate Versus Proposed Rate per $100 Value $1.49400
Taxes Due on Average Residence $ 182.27
Increase (Decrease) in Taxes —- — —— —— $67.24
Under Mate taw, the dollar amount of school taxes Imposed on the residence homestead of a person OS yean of age or older or of the
surviving spouse of such a person, If the surviving spouse was SS yean of age or older whea thr person died, may not be Increased
above the amount paid la the first year after the person turned OS, regardless of changes In tax rate or property value.
Notice of Rollback Rate: The highest tax rate the district can adopt before requiring voter approvnl at an
election Is $1.91686. This election will be automatically held If the district adopts a rate In excess of the
rollback rate of $1.91686. .
Latest donations from oil and gas businesses
County fan drive continues
Local low-income and elderly
resident* still benefit from donated
fans in the county fan drive that
continues ns long as the beat index
ta up. The latest influx of cooling
devices came from area oil and gas
producers.
"Connie Wester of Duke Energy
really put it all together," said
Panola County Commissioner Joe
Harris, who is beading up the drive.
"She contacted the oil companies
and got them all to contribute."
Wester's efforts resulted in
about 50 fans to help county resi-
dents survive the heal.
"We want to thank ail the oil
companies and all the others who
have donated fans. So far, we've
given away about 130 fans," Harris
said.
Phones are still ringing from
county residents in need of the
fans, Harris pointed out.
"Monday I got a call from a
Gary grandmother with several
kids in her home and (hey didn't
have a fan in the house," Harris
continued.
Harris has also been busy keep-
ing fans stocked at the Senior Nu-
trition Center in the Turner Com-
munity Center. By Friday morn-
ing, the nutrition center's inventory
had again run ouL
Harris emphasized, "As long as
the heat stays in the high 90's, we'll
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Raaourcaa), Doyla Harris (Taxaco), Dannie Nations (R. Lacey, Inc.), Martha Nuttar (Enron Oil 4
Gas), Robert Thompoon (Glassall Producing), Rodney Fllllnglm (Texaco) and Connlo Wostar
(Duke Energy).
Gary High School will host a
blood drive September 3 from 10
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to benefit a GHS
student's mother.
v Held in conjunction with Stew-
art Regional Blood Center, the
drive, said local organizer Gayta
Wilson, will benefit Vickie I-ank-
ford, a Panola County resident who
is being treated at Good Shepherd
Hospital for cancer.
Lankford's daughter, Natalie,
attends school at Gary.
Earlier, Stewart officials issued
a call for as many donors ax possl- ■
ble In an effort to offset current low
blood supplies — especially during
a holiday period when accidents
often tax available blood supplies.
There is no age limit to giving
blood. Any healthy person at least
17-yeors-old or over may donate
blood.
Ry more tafonnatioo, contact
the blood cmmt at 535-5400 or I
800-252-5584.
His Grenada experience? "1
never got any closer than Key
West."
Later, he retired from the mili-
tary reserves as a Navy Captain.
He returned to East Texas when
be accepted the position as assistant
principal and math teacher at West
Sabine Schools.
"I had the most interesting
Trigonometry class while I was
there," Bledsoe recalled. "There
were two students from the
Netherlands, three from Japan, and
two from East Texas. Other than
the language barriers, it was a great
class; their attitudes were wonder-
had taken the couple's RV to Mar-
tin Lake and the Bledsoe home has ‘
already been put on the market.
"We plan to spend our retire-
ment seeing the country," Bledsoe
surmised.
He traces his decision to be an
educator to his military experience
"It was my feeling that if
mankind could ever learn to live
successfully with itself, education
would be the answer," Bledsoe
reflected.
BISD Superintendent John
Booth honored Bledsoe with a
plaque and kind words at the
I district's board meeting Monday.
, Booth said that after Bledsoe re-
tired from full-time work two yean
ago, the district asked him to come
back on a half-time basis.
"Even though be came back
half-time, he's been working full-
time," Booth said.
He added that Bledsoe was re-
ally retiring this time.
"The highest compliment I can
give someone in our business is
that they are a teacher and profes-
sional," Booth continued. "Chuck
Bledsoe is the supreme teacher and
professional."
Bledsoe read an original poem
which was a take on Bob Hope's
"Thanks for the Memories.
He concluded, "When I took this
job, they asked me bow long I
would stay; I told them I would
I stay until I retire. So long." ,
grade-level dean at the school, fol-
lowed by coordinator for special
education.
After that, he served as vice Bledsoe has considered
principal in Pampa and moved to a Beckville a great place to spend the
post as assistant principal in remaining six years of his career.
Brenham's junior high and high Sandy plans to stay on another year
schools. as counselor at the elementary
Then duty to bis country called school campus before joining her
once again and Bledsoe, a com- husband in retirement. But by
manderintheU.S. Navy Reserve at Tuesday afternoon, her husband
To be eligible for a free fan, a
person must be low income, or el-
A.C. Thompson, with Citizens Ser-
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