Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1992 Page: 1 of 8
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prepared to leave for Lake
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Monday morning. They will
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participate in Bible study and
the usual camp activities.(StafT
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OFF TO CAMP approximatley
thirty-five young people from
the Bogata Baptist Church
Summer Band Schedule Is Set
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PEOPLE N THINGS
There will be a summer band
kickoff party. August 1, behind the
Rivercrest cafeteria. Bring your
Bogata News
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PuMalwd Ever, Thurede,
By Thunder Prairie Publishing. P.O. Boe M.
Deport. TX 75435
Entered Ao Second Cleee Metier, Nov. 1,1(11
etBogeU TX 75417
Nanolee Nichole Publreher Editor
Thom.. Nichol. Itawging Editor
Oenioe Wood Bogel. New. Editor
SUBSCRIPTIONS
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State 01 Te.ee
S1S.00 A Yeer For Out-of-State.
DEADLINE:
For Newe And Advertielng. Tueedoy At Noon.
Poetmoewr Send Change of Addreae To:
Bogata Newe
P.O. Box 310
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LIONS HOLD INSTALLA-
TION BANQUET on July 16 to
install the officers for the new
year. From left to right they
are:Dr. Robert White, Johnny
Ragsdill, Jack Dodd, Jack Crane
, Billy Daniels and Kenneth ~
Vickers, (photo by Neil Rozell)
"Story Lady" Presents
Library Program
Mrs. Doylene Young of Mt. Pleas-
ant visited the Bogata School Library
Summer Reading Program last Tues-
day, July 21st.
She was dressed as Martha Wash-
ington and told those present many
interesting things about her life as the
wife of the first President of the United
States, George Washington. Every-
one present enjoyed the presentation.
Anyone who thinks they would ning at 10 a.m. All friends and fam-
like to write Varsity football and /or ny urgcd to attend and bring a
Junior Varsity and Junior High sto- covered dish,
ries should contact Donna Rozell at
632-5322, or Nanalee Nichols at 652-
4205 or talk to Nancy Brown at 379-
4445. This is an opportunity for stu- music,
dents who may be going anyway, or
a parent who wants to help promote
the teams and earn a small fee in
addition.
The Screws family of Bogata will
have a family reunion at the Bogata
community center August 8 begin-
Rivercrest summer band schedule 10:30,10:30 to 12:00 second session,
is will begin August 3 through August lunch from 12:00 to 12:30, afternoon
13. The sessions will be as follows: session will be from 12:30 to 2:00.
8:30 to 10:00, break from 10:00 to Students are asked to bring their own
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LOOKING BACK-Missy Mer-
ritt looks over some of the ads,
mementoes and pictures of her
father. Wayne McLaren was an
actor, rodeo rider and stunt
man. He was also one of the
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well-known "Marlboro Men".
After beingdiagnosed with lung
cancer he began an active anti-
smokingcampaign. Hedied July
22.
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Kip Stansell submitted his resig-
nation, and the board accepted with
regrest.
Kelly Stansell was hired as a sci-
ence teacher to replace Johnny Gable,
who left to become principal on the
Talco campus.
The remainder of the meeting was
spent in budget study.
They adjourned at 10:15 and the
next meeting will be August 13 at
7:30 p.m.
Talco-Bogata Trustees
Takes Bids, Hires
The Talco-Bogata CISD Board of
Trustees melon July 23, first dealing
with general business, taking bids for
food supplies. The milk and juice bid
went to Oak Farms Dairies; ice cream
went to Blue Bell; bread went to
Wonder, Redfeam Bakeries, Mt.
Pleasant.
Lunch prices were set at K-8 $1.20;
9-12 $1.40.
The board accepted gasoline and
oil bid from Clarksville Oil and Gas
of Clarksville.
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Wayne McLaren of Costa Mesa,
California is dead. He was better
known as the rugged, handsome
"Marlboro Man” in cigarette ads. He
was the father of Missy Merritt of
Pattonville, and he died as an anti-
smoking crusader after developing
lung cancer.
McLaren was a rodeo rider, actor,
Hollywood stuntman, and one of
several dozen models hired in 1975
to appear in Marlboro magazine and
billboard ads, evoking a tht and hand-
some smoker's image for the brand.
He was diagnosed with lung can-
cer about two years ago, and died in
Newport Beach, California on July
22.
He fought a hard battle, and daugh-
ter Missy says that some of his last
words were "take care of the chil-
dren. Tobacco will kill you, and I am
proof of it".
Last spring he appeared before a
meeting of stockholders of Phillip
Morris, Inc., maker of Marlboro and
asked them to limit their advertising.
He made other public appearances to
warn about the dangers of smoking.
He testified before the combined
Senate and House of Representatives
Committee on Health for the Com-
monwealth of Massachusettes, "I
know that all of you can act pretty
quickly when there's a need to...just
as in the serious situation of silicone
breast implants; and, I know that I'm
here to answer some of your ques-
tions, which I'll do the best I can to
do, but I'd like to close with a ques-
tion of my own for your considered
"If it's true, as our Federal Govern-
ment tells us, that460,000people die
every year from tobacco-caused dis-
eases, isn't that serious enough to do
the same kinds of things you would
for any other product with lethal
consequences?''.
On Wayne's last trip to Pattonville
he met with a few people and ex-
plained the risk he felt they were
taking when they decided to smoke.
He was also able to visit with ;an old
rodeo buddy from Deport, Frank
Rhoades.
He told his six year old grandson helped others in his final days.
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Bogata. It was thought that
lightening from the afternoon
storm had casued the fire.(Staff
photo by Donna Rozell)
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BOGATA VOLUNTEER
FIREMEN are shown prepar-
ing to deal with a fire in the Earl
Humphrey home north of
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Jake to "always remember to say no
to smoking. Jake said "I say no to ■
drugs and now no to smoking"
Now, when young Jake is asked ,
what smoking will do to you he says
"It will kill you like it did to Pa
Wayne".
Missy Merrit wants to help carry
on her fathers work, urging family
members to truly try hard to quit the
habit, reminding them that it could
add years to their life.
"In the case of my father, he didn't
stop soon enough and smoking ended
his life at an early age. It is hard to
lose a loved one who is addicted to
such a habit...smoking. I realize that
it would make my father's passing a
whole lot easier if our government
would really act to help his kind, our
young adults, and even our older citi-
zens to never think about or experi-
ment with or use tobacco again." she
says.
The rugged cowboy image that
was Wayne McLaren is gone, but his
daughter hopes that he will have
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By Nanalee Nichols
The dictionary defines extor-
tion as "the act or practice of
extorting money or other prop-
erty by force or illegal power or
ingenuity". It's illegal. Isn't it?
It doesn't seem so in the case
of insurance companies! What
they do sure bears a close resem-
blance, and they have lots of
tricks to boot.
I begin this by saying 1 mean
nothing against the friendly
insurance agent, who is pretty
much at the mercy of the big
insurance companies just as we
are.
But the insurance
comoanies-now that's another
matter.While extortion may be
a harsh word, I know no other
that fits the situation as well.
Very few of us are unfamiliar
with the practice insurance
companies are currently using
of cancelling insurance policies
unless the amountof the policy
is raised. Of course, that means
that the premiums are raised too!
Yet, when something happens
they are very prone to say "oh,
sorry, that's not worth what you
have it insured for...we’re only
going to pay half of that".
Another wonderful practice
is to take insurance premiums
for many, many years, then,
when they have to pay off ,
cancel the policy. Of course, at a
higher rate, (much higher) in-
surance CAN be had!
Here's an example.
For twenty years Mr. & Mrs.
Premium have kept full cover-
age on their vehicles. They had
no tickets...no accidents, no
claims.
Then, within the space of one
and a half years they two broken
windshields and a damaged
fender when a limb fell on it
.Insurance paid out $350 in
claims.
At the end of the premium
year the couple is notifed that
they were not going tohave their
policy renewed because of too
many claims! .
Furious they call around to
other companies, and are told "If
you've had three claims in that
length of time you better be glad
they kept you...I wouldn't try to
switch".
They are told by one agent
that if he got a windshield broken
there was no way he would file
on his insurance....it just wasn't
worth it!
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r in premiums they are cancelled
because of $350 in claims!
We all know that this problem
extends into health care...into
home owners policies, into lia-
bility and so on.
We know of another case
where a church was told if they
didn't double the amount of their
insurance they wouln't get in-
surance.
I'm sure everyone out there
could writea story or twoof their
own.
I know that there are those
people who cheat insurance
companies. Burning one's house
■lown for money is pathetic. It
*also results in higher premiums
for us all. It's disgusting.
But big companies blame all
the high rates on that type of
thing. They whine that they ;make
no money. (They also manipu-
late those figures, leaving off
things like the amount they earn
onpremium money by investm
ents). They have very, very
powerful lobbies at both state
and nationwide levels.
We all say "there is nothing
we can do about it".
I disagree. We need to write,
i protest, complain... to Austin, to
Washington, to insurance com-
: panies, to anyone we can.
; It's for certain that nothing's
; going to change if we DON'T do
; something!
Come on, let's make a differ-
ance. Let's do a little fighting
back!
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Nichols, Nanalee & Nichols, Thomas. Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1992, newspaper, July 30, 1992; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1281136/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.