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Kara Koen takes third
in Nashville competition
One of Kara Koen's dreams at the historic Hermitage Suite
came true last week when she Hotel in Nashville. This hotel is
sang before a packed Ryman a story in itself. It was
Auditorium in Nashville, Ten- Nashville's first million-dollar
nessee. She sang "Daddy's hotel. For decades, it was the
Hands". Kara was the second preferred gathering place for the
talent to perform out of a field of city's socialites. It was the site of
85. She was also the youngest to the national platform for both
perform - she is 13 years of age. pro and anti-suffrage forces. A
The next youngest was 15 years national radio program origi-
of age and then 18 and then nated from its famous dining
adults and groups. She placed room. And when Nashville
third overall! hosted famous visitors, it was
Kara Koen is the daughter of their favorite refuge.
John and Teresa Koen of Gold- It was the Koen s favorite ref-
thwaite. Her grandparents are uge during their stay there also.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cornelius of They relaxed on the Veranda,
Brownwood and Mr. and Mrs. overlooking Sixth Avenue, billed
Campbell Koen of Abilene. as the most sophisticated oa-
She is an eighth grader at sis" in Nashville. They learned
Mullin School and is a Junior some of this hotel s history. It
High Cheerleader. She is also was designed in 1908 by archi-
secretary of the Mullin 4-H Club tect J.E.R. Carpenter, a native
in which she is very active. She of Columbia, Tennessee, who
is already well known in the studied at the Ecole des Beauz
area showing steers in the local Arts in Paris. Carpenter s archi-
tectural legacy in Nashville in-
Golothi
Established in 1894
Single copy
Price: “UC
(No sales tax)
and the Mullin Enterprise
Volume 103, No. 2 • Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas 76844 • Thurs., July 25,1996
Mills County Court works on next year’s
proposed budget at session Mon. morning
Mills County’s Commissioners
Court spent most of its time on
and major stock shows. Besides tectural legacy in Ivasvilie in- Monday deliberating over the
her many school activities, she eludes St. Thomas Hospital, 1997 budget for operations of the
is also active in the MYF at the Kirkland Tower at Vanderbilt governing body.
- First United Methodist Church University, the Stahlman Build- County Auditor Charles Miles
in Goldthwaite. ing and the private home known told the court that if the county
Kara, who has been singing as Lynmeade. would collect the same dollar
since she was three years old, The hotel has just been com- amount of property taxes next
has performed before, and in pletely renovated at a cost of year as it did this past year, it
1992 was selected to sing on a $3.5 million. . would be about $32,000 in the
tape that was produced in San On with Kara sexciting week. hole. That figure was projected
Antonio entitled "Kids Coun- After her performance the group after a preliminary budget for the
* try". She is pictured on this tape watched several other perform- next year was calculated by Miles,
cover. i ers and groups but having spent it included a $100 salary increase
Kara and her parents stayed the day sight-seeing they were for all county regular employees
exhausted and went out for din- and about $50 for part time hands,
ner and then back to their hotel Other items of increase in the
room. Upon arrival there was a new budget were the inclusion of
message from Don Reed Pro- another county extension agent,
ductions saying they wanted to with $8,000 in salary and $3,000
meet with her and her parents in travel from the county trea-
to discuss their working with sury. This position was vacant for
Kara in the future to produce this year. Emergency Medical
songs in the Kitty Wells Studio Service budget items increased
and a video tape with Scenic some $17,000 and included pay-
Sound Productions. . ments for the proposed purchase
This was a wonderful experi- of a new ambulance next year.
ence, said Teresa Koen. We Budget figures from the four
got to meet a lot of people in the precincts were raised some
music industry, but it's very fast $30,000 over last year. Projected
paced and we were happy to be expenditures from the county for
back home to a slower life-style repairs on the Regency Suspen-
here in Goldthwaite, U.S.A, she sion Bridge are $18,000 out of the
continued.new budget.
Kara will perform on Satur- Jail funds were increased by
day. August 3 at The Johnnie about $9,800, and included an-
KARA KOEN.—. High. Country Music Revue in. . other vehicle. - —......
Fort Worth, Texas. Notable decreases in the new
Kara, and her parents, will budget were in the areas of equip-
return to Nashville August 29th ment purchased by the precincts,
through September 1st for the and a one time refund from the
International Country Music appraisal district. Workmen’s
Expo. They will be staying at Compensation insurance also de-
n the Opryland Hotel and will be creased by some $14,000.
John Sharp, State Comptrol- the guests of Larry Butler, a
ler of Public Accounts, reported Grammy Award winner
on Friday, July 12,1996 a total songwriter. Mr. Butler is a
of $143 million in July sales tax songwriter for Kenny Rogers,
rebates to 1,080 Texascities and Lee Greenwood, and many oth- Miles had the appraisal dis-
115 counties were delivered ers. He won Producer of the Year trict figures on the new tax roll
This report shows a 6.7 percent with 65 gold and platinum record with him, and he said the total
increase statewideovertheJuly awards. ABC, MCA, Capital’ roll of county taxable property
1995 allocations. Mercury, and other record com- was increased from $133,054,000
This months sales tax rebates panies wiii be at this Expo. ^0 $136 707 395.
include taxes collected on May Kara will perform at the In 1996 the county levied a to-
sales and reported to the Comp- Grand OldOpry on Sunday, Sep-. tal tax of $.6040 per $100 of valu-
troller in June by businesses tember 8th. She plans to sing ation. If they used the same fig-
filing monthly tax returns. Hurt Somebodies, Feelings, an ure on the new levy, it would
The fact that local s ales tax original song she wrote recently, increase county revenues by some
refunds statewide have aver- While on their visit to Nash- 86 000- , :
aged 8.6 percent ahead of the ville Kara and her parents vis- $15,000. order to keep from
first seven months of last year is ited Planet Hollywood, Hard operating with a deficit budget,
an excellent indicator of the Rock Cafe, Opryland Theme the court would have to raise
state's continuing healthy eco- Park and Hotel, Andrew taxesby about two cents,
nomic climate," Sharp said. Jackson's home, plantation,A tax rateof $.60 per $100 was
Goldthwaite's check for this museum and tomb, plus other tossed around by the group. It
pay period was $4,727.10.The places of interest. money Due not en ougn to erase
(Please see TAX, Page 10) the deficit figures. This rate would
also be under the 3% figure in
increase that would necessitate
public hearings on the tax in-
. crease.
“I don’t want to raise taxes, but
this (the salary increases) is a
good reason to raise them,"
County Judge Randy Wright said.
Commissioner C arroll Bunting
intimated that he did not want to
raise taxes for any reason. Com-
missioner Joe Karnes said that
the salaries need to be adjusted.
City Receives
. 10% Less Tax
This Pay Period
APPRAISAL DISTRICT
NOTES VALUE INCREASE
Area Youth Receive Musical Honors
JP SEEKS SECRETARY
SALARY ADJUSTMENT
• Sherry King
Mark Dowell
Two area youth received top honors by being selected to the
Texas Baptist All-State Youth Choir. Sherry King and Mark
Dowell auditioned for the 400 voice choir in January and, out
of around 750 applicants, were selected to participate. The
group met from June 24 through July at Wayland Baptist
University in Plainview, presented concerts in Amarillo,
Glorietta Baptist Encampment near Santa Fe, New Mexico,
and various other sites in New Mexico.
Markis the son of Lanny and Annette Dowell. "I enjoyed the
performances and I met many new people. It was a great
experience for me. I have never done anything like this
before," commented Mark. Sherry is the daughter of Bobby
and Judy King. This is Sherry's second year to be selected for
the choir. She also advanced to state the last two years at the
National Federation of Music Clubs contest held at Howard
Payne University.
Justice of the Peace Bob Wil-
cox asked the court that his
secretary’s salary be adjusted up
to a level with the lowest paid
secretary in the courthouse. That
would amount to about $37 per
month. This will be in addition to
the $100 per month in salary
increase proposed in the new
budget.
It was the consensus of the
court that uniforms for county
employees be dropped from the
budget this year, because of the
deficit.
All the ups and downs of the
budget will be taken back to the
calculator by Miles and he will
offer new budget projections at
the next meeting on August 12.
Discussion was also under-
taken on the employee that has
been splitting time between the
county clerk’s office and the
sheriffs department. Salary for
that position has also been split
between the two departments.
County Clerk Patty Roberts said
that some misunderstanding has
arisen and that the situation was
not working. Voter Registration
will be moved to the office of the
License and Registration Office
in the near future, she said.
Bids were opened on a new
piece of computer equipment for
the Voter Registration office. It
was necessary because of the net-
working with the State of Texas.
Low bid was received from Oak
Hill Computers of Goldthwaite in
the amount of $3,718.
An agenda item dealing with
the closing of the roadside park
south of Goldthwaite along High-
way 16 was not approved the
court. The commissioners wanted
the park to remain open. State
officials said that a lot of dumping
of household trash in the bins
there prompted their desire to
close the site. The property is
owned by the county and any
decision to close it has to come by
court mandate.
Conservation on the ranch of
D. V. Harris was unanimously
approved by the court. It will be
done by Precinct 3 workers at a
rate of $45.00 per hour.
fredatoY ASSOClallOI
slates important meeting
Mills County's Predator Association has scheduled a
meeting on Thursday, July 25 at 6:30 p.m. at Oliver's
Restaurant north of Goldthwaite.
“Thi tir i xtr ly in rt it to the futur of
our organization, Chad Anderson, president said.
“Funds are running low and we need to decide on how
to raise more money to help the ranchers of Mills
County,” he added.
Livestock producers are urged to attend and the
Association asks that everyone to pay for their own
meal
e bin a bring along your ideas for fund
raising Anderson said
Mills County Little League All Stars
Pictured above are the Mills County Little League All Stars and their coaches for 1996.
They are, back row, left to right, Coach Steve Patrick, Coach Darrell Wilkins, and Coach
Carson Padgett. Pictured in the third row are the sixth graders on the team that played
their last ’little league' game. They are, left to right, Clayton Gist, Derek Sutherland,
Jason Covault, Scott Patrick and Darrell Wilkins. On the second row, left to right, are
Blake Padgett, Bryan Temple, Jared Gist, and Jake Proffitt. Seated in the front row, left
to right, are Brad Bufe, Robbie Russell, and Brett Scott.
Mills County Minor League All Stars
Pictured are members and coaches of the 1996 Mills County Little League team. They are,
front row, left to right, Kia McCarty, Zach Duncan, Chaplin Dela Rosa, Laramie Lindsey,
Tobby Bosquez, Justin Stegemoller, and Christopher Gist. Middle row, left to right, Chase
Love, Justin Woolverton, Andy Hart, Bobby Womack, Tyler Schmidt, Richard Major, and
David Scott Miller. Coaches at the back are, left to right, Heath Schmidt, Gary Wiede-
busch, and Glen Stegemoller.
Photos courtesy of Leon Sutherland Photography
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