The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1982 Page: 1 of 17
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“As I understand it, there are
two entitites that would like us to
begin collecting as soon as possi-
ble, and the rest of them want to
leave it like it is,” Pedigo told the
board.
While Pedigo, Booth and Chief
Appraiser Wanda Russell discuss-
ed the additional employee needs
of the Appraisal District if it
should begin collecting taxes for
the two entitites, Coffield and
Rogers questioned the need to do
so at the present time.
“I don’t personally see any ad-
vantage for them to switch,”
Rogers told the board.
“I’d hate to see us get into the
collection business until we get the
Hillbillies held a shotgun wedding to marry off
the Ugly (Wo)Man winner, Miss Nocona Hills,
third from right, as well as grandma.
great amount of money,”
commissioner criticized.
A couple of unfortunate passers-by were faced
with the question of which would they prefer —
to be wed, or to be dead as the Nocona Hills
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fairs of the county’s roads and
bridges to him instead of the four
commissioners.
"' We’ re going to get nothing for
our tax dollar,” he first said, later
modifying “nothing” to “less.”
Incensed over the issue and
what he stated he felt was slanted
reporting on the feelings of the
court, Parker said he would have
facts and figures to back up his op-
position to the unit system — facts
and figures he would release after
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MONTAGUE - The idea of
letting the County Appraisal
District collect taxes for some of
the local tax entities went back to
the discussion stage when two of
the Appraisal Board members ex-
pressed opposition to the concept.
At the urging of Chairman
George Pedigo, the board sought a
response from all 14 tax entities in
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By Tracy Mesler
MONTAGUE - Co. Comm.
Gene Parker of Saint Jo will give
the proponents of the unit system a
fight — though he intends to hold
his ammunition if and until an
election is called.
Discussing the proposed peti-
tion to seek a change in the coun-
ty’s form of administering the
roads and bridges, Parker pro-
claimed, “I’ll fight it with every
ounce that I have. This is not what
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MONTAGUE - Bids will be
sought to expand the county's use
of a microcomputer purchased last
year to handle the county’s ac-
counting needs.
Monday morning the Mon-
tague County Commissioners
Court approved a request that the
county and district attornies’ of-
fices be given permission to patch
into the computer located in the
county auditor’s office.
The only expense to the county
would be cost of a multi-terminal
patch which would, in the future,
allow as many as three other ter-
minals to be patched through the
computer and printing unit in the
auditor’s office.
Descritionary funds from the
state administered by the two pro-
secutors’ offices would be used to
pay for the purchase of a terminal,
programs and the necessary wiring
to connect the terminal with the
computer.
" ‘ It would help me, and it would
help them,” said Auditor Mike
Johnson.
Dist. Atty. Jack McGaughey
and Co. Atty. Roger Williams
“would like to set up their hot
check funds on it,” Johnson add-
ed.
“That would mean I would
have to expand what I’ve (present-
ly) got,’.’ he added.
Patti Poe, McGaughey’s
secretary, explained she would lat-
ter add other data from the pro-
secutor’s office to the computer
after the hot check fund was placed
on line.
Johnson estimated the cost of
the multi-terminal patch at
$1,500, though competitive bids
will be sought on the item.
“They are willing to purchase
the terminal and software (pro-
grams).”
J ohnson did explain that the ad-
ditional terminal would have to be
tied to the third, spare program
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the county to the idea of a cen-
tralized tax collection service
similar to the st ate-mandated pro-
perty appraisal service the Ap-
praisal District provides.
The responses ranged from two
“yes, now’s” from Bowie to a
“not ever” from the Nocona
Hospital District.
But the responses that count,
the board members, were a pair of
no’s and a pair of let’s see’s.
Pedigo and Kenneth Booth of
Bowie were both in favor of conti-
nuing to explore the idea, but
County Judge Charles Coffield
and Nocona Supt. Jim Rogers
were opposed to such a measure at
this time.
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disc drive. As a result, if any other
county offices desire to be con-
nected with the computer, a new
disc drive to hold the program disc
would have to be purchased at that
time.
“Let’s say (County Tax
Assessor) David (Moyer) wanted
to use it. We would have to buy
another terminal which is about
$700, and another disc drive,”
Johnson explained.
‘" I think this is probably a good
thing utilizing our computer up
there,” commented Co. Comm.
Gene Parker of Saint Jo.
As a result, the court approved
the request and instructed
J ohnson to take bids on the patch.
In other action, the county
finally received some bids for a
new patrol car for the Sherif s
Department. But after attempting
for three months to secure a bid,
the court was forced to postpone
awarding the bid until next week
— the item was not listed on the
agenda.
In April, the court was forced to
table the matter when no bids were
received.
In May, no advertisements
were run to seek any bids.
Now in June, the ads were run
and the bids received and opened,
but the contract can not be award-
ed until next Monday after being
listed on the agenda.
James Woods Motors of
Decatur bid $9,206.66 on a 1982
Oldsmobile Delta 88 while Larry
Slack Ford of Bowie bid $8,981.19
on a 1982 Ford LTD.
The court agreed to meet
Wednesday morning, June 16,
with a representative of the Texas
Water Commission to discuss the
pros and cons of the county enter-
ing into the federal flood insurance
program. It was to be an informa-
tional meeting only with a decision
to be reached at a later date.
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the roads.
When quizzed about that
analogy, Parker asked, “How
many engineers are you going to
find that's going to use the equip-
ment we have?”
Parker criticized a news story
appearing in the Wichita Falls
Times 9 Record-News which stated
Commissioners Dean Johnson of
Forestburg and Orel Wall of
Nocona were neutral on the unit
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Apology
During the past several
months, problems with strip-
ping in the photographs in
The Nocona News have
resulted in what appears, to
the reader, to be switched
cutlines.
While the first time it was
amusing, the second time it
was annoying and the third
time, for the readers as well
as the publishers, it was ag-
gravating.
The most recent, and
most noticable, of these far
to frequent occurences oc-
cured last week when the two
pictures on the front page of
The News were transposed.
That placed the photograph
of the Central Christian
Church’s groundbreaking
over the cutline concerning
the delivery of the first load
of wheat in Nocona.
Unfortunately, for both us
and for you, the photographs
are stripped in by another
party at the printers. And
equally unfortunate , when
they make a mistake, it is a
highly visible one, and for
us, a highly embarrassing
one as well.
We take pride in our
publication, just as we take
pride in our town, and just
as we hope others take pride
in their work.
To our readers, who have
chided, chastized and
criticized us during the past
week, we offer our apology.
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appraisal district well in hand.”
Coffield told the board.
“I’ll go along with that,”
Rogers added.
Pedigo then suggested sending
Mrs. Russell back to further
discuss the details with the two en-
tities — especially the fact that the
Appraisal District has no idea
what the service would cost other
than “whatever the expenses
are.”
“Maybe an interlocal agree-
ment between the two of them
would be the solution until the
time the Appraisal district is ready
to handle it,” Coffield responded.
“I think ultimately centralized
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If a civil engineer is
unavailable, “Then you go hire
anybody who has ever dug a
ditch.' ’
" .Y ou’ve already got four men
on the job,” Parker said asking
why anyone would want to hire
another.
The commissioner added that
taxes would go up as a result of the
unit system explaining that a
county engineer would require all
new heavy machinery to maintain
Montague County needs.”
A group of residents from across
the county, spearheaded by J ames
Parmer of Saint Jo, have cir-
culated a petition seeking the
signatures of a sufficient number
of county voters to force an elec-
tion on the unit system.
The basic change in the unit
system would be to place a county
road engineer, or suitable alter-
native, under the four commis-
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The Option Road Law of 1947,
commonly referred to as the unit
system, calls for the hiring of a cer-
tified civil engineer or in the alter-
native someone familiar with
roads and bridges.
Parker attacked both parts of
that proposal.
“You’re going to hire an
engineer, and you will pay him a
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Nocona school officials survey the damage from Friday’s storm middle of Poplar Street as winds of between 50 and 80 mph blasted
which saw the metal building encasing the track equipment lifted through Nocona.
over the swimming pool and dropped, twisted out of shape, in the
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Mesler, Tracy R. The Nocona News (Nocona, Tex.), Vol. 77, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1982, newspaper, June 17, 1982; Nocona, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1493850/m1/1/: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Friends of the Nocona Public Library.