The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1998 Page: 1 of 14
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Established in 1894
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and the Mullin Enterprise
Volume 104, No. 47 • Goldthwaite, Mills Counts Texas 76844 • Thurs., June 18, 1998
County EMS, General Fund beneficiary of
special funds from Council of Governments
Mills County has received funds
totalling $109,867.19 from the
Central Texas Council of Govern-
ments. The money comes from
the sale of a tract of apartments
near Belton and was the county’s
pro-rata share with the other six
counties in the COG region.
County Judge Randy Wright
told those at the Commissioners
i 7 7Court meeting last week that
Handmade (PULI $30,904.50 of the money was ear-
11 vee 2marked to re-pay the General
Fund for the purchase and re-
1497/7 ho o190 7 7714971 modeling of the new Emergency
wollW 6 €& &W& Medical Service Building on
. j j . .Fourth Street. The remainder will
A beautiful handmade quilt will be given away to benefit the be left in the General Fund to be
Mills County Historical Commission. It was donated by the dealt with later
Courthouse Quilting Club of Goldthwaite. The lovely red and Wright said some ofthe money
; blue quilt is being displayed by Historical Commission mem- might be used for some form of
: ber Lee Ruth Campbell in the photo above. A good number of economic development effort.
Mills County looked forward and matter will be considered during
formed the district to take care of the regular budget process later
our own water management, this year.
Folks in San Saba and Lampasas In other court matters, the ac-
Counties did not vote to enter counts payable segment of the
into the district. agenda was handled. Several late
$10,847.86 and billing for the
month was $12,751.37.
Judge Wright said the new
ambulance was now back in ser-
vice, after a series of major re-
pairs, most of which were under
Fox Crossing will need to be arriving bills were added. County warranty from Ford Motor Co.
certified by the Texas Water De- bills totalled $42,540.15 for the
velopment Board. If the district is month of may.
found to be inactive, it may be Report of the Mills County
declared null and void by the state Emergency Medical Service was
and all control of water under presented. The EMS made 65
local folks will be gone, according responses in May and had 19 no
to Henry. transports. The group travelled
County Judge Wright said the 3448 miles. Receipts were
He thanked the EMS services of
Brownwood and Coleman for as-
sistance while the local unit was
in the shop.
Report of Bobby Wilcox, Jus-
tice of the Peace, was also ap-
proved. His office handled 93 traf-
(Please see CO UNTY, Page 14)
Project 2000 has regular session June 9;
review of recent activities is presented
■ tickets have already been sold on the quilt, with many being Commissioners considered Project 2000 met at 12 noon on
‘ sold at the Cabrito Cookoff recently. The quilt will be given changing toone meeting a month Tuesday, June 9, 1998 at Mills
away at the annual Arts and Crafts Show in November. at the regular session last week. County State Bank Community
Tickets may be purchased from R. C. and Della Edmondson. Under the present guidelines, the Room. President John Ricci called
Courthouse Quilting Club members who worked on the beau- courtmeets the second and fourth the meeting to order and wel-
tiful spread were Nan Pesch, Ruby Nell Berry, Donna Berry, Mondays of each month. Com- comed everyone present. He ex-
Verba Lee Auldridge, Ramona Corona, Patty Johnson, Pat missioner Dale Henry had sought pressed the group's thanks to the
Karnes, Gertrude Brim, Faye Leonhard, Shirley Reed, LaRay to combine the two into one and Mills County Retired Teachers
Kelley and Ruby Sykes. asked that the item be placed on for preparing a wonderful lunch
----------------------------------—--•------the agenda. for the noon meal and for the
c91 “Our second meetings are lovely flowers on each table
D CnI S 0095 C IIUC pretty routine and it really isn’t A letter was read from Mills
. any problem to have a special . County Judge Randy Wright giv-
formation training set - Ena north AlaP of the Court®
. that the contact between the com- housefor Christmas nJuly. This
/ Tow O + Ton o larc Off on mi ssioners and the acces sibility will be held on July 14,
PA HOUX CU ICguA DCDOIUR to the public is better served with
two regular stated meetings. Both
forward to a wide variety of ac- Commissioners Hawley Jernigan
tivities this summer including and Carroll Bunting echoed those
trail rides, participation in pa- sentiments and both said they
rades and rodeo Grand Entries, preferred the present meeting
trainingin search and rescue and arrangement.
possibly a dinner ride. Anyone The matter was finally brought
interested in joining the Sheriffs fo a vote and was unanimously
Posse may attend the June meet- turned down by the court,
ing or may pick up an application Another agenda item requested
at the Sheriffs Office in Goldth- by Henry, that of providing funds
waite. for the operations of the Fox Cross-
Submitted by Janie Wooley ing Water District, was brought
-------------------------- before the court.
Because ofthe county’s involve-
ment in the Lower Colorado Re-
gional Water Planning Group, as
mandated by the Texas Senate in
Gene Autrey, President of the looking into options on activities
Mills County Sheriffs Posse, was for the area youth.
in attendance and reported on Yvonne Sutherland reported
the playday recently held in Gold- the Chamber sponsored street
thwaite. He invited everyone to dance was a successful endeavor
the next playday to be held on with approximately 350-400
June 28 beginning at 6 p.m. people in attendance.
Project 2000 will furnish a con- Phil Duren gave the treasurer's
cession stand for this event. report.
Vicki Holcomb reported no in- The Girl Scouts were com-
formation has been received on mended for their upkeep of the
the "free swim" event previously gazebo corner lot.
discussed. A state representative Fund raising activities were
from the Boys and Girls Clubs discussed.
will be visiting with her later on The July meeting is scheduled
thismonth. Her committee is still for juiy 21 at 7 p.m. in the City
Park.
The Mills County Sheriffs
Posse will hold the June meeting
at the T.A. Head arena at 7:00
p.m. on Thursday, June 18. Mem-
bers are encouraged to arrive
early for formation riding prac-
tice. Items on the agenda include
the June Play Day, equipment
upgrades, and plans for a roping
event and an "All Trophies" Play
Day to be scheduled later in the
summer. Contributions of tro- '
phies (recycled, new, or in need of
repair) are appreciated and may
be dropped off at Fireside Crown
or the Sheriffs Office.
' The June Play Day is sched-
uled for Sunday, June 28 at the
T. A. Head Arena in Goldthwaite.
Ribbons will be awarded in each
age group for each of four events:
Pole Bending, Flying W Poles,
Straightaway Barrels, and Clo-
verleaf Barrels. Books open at 4
p.m. and will remain open until
the beginning of each event. The
Grand Entry and first event will
begin at 6 p.m. All riders will be
timed and eligible for ribbons.
Entry fee is two dollars per event.
The Mills County Sheriffs
Posse is family oriented and looks
SUE ’
Star ISD to Open
Computer Lab
Mr. Jim Ethridge, Star ISD the last session, money will be
Superintendent, has announced need for postage, telephone and
that the computer lab will be copy expense, according to Henry,
open to the community for six He said it would be a simple
consecutive Wednesday evemngs matter ifthe taxing entities ofthe
beginningJuly 1 from 7:00-9:00 county would contribute a very
p.m. Margaret 0 Neill, computer small amount of money to cover
teacher will be present to help these costs, instead of the water
anyone learn to use the internet : . .. -
: . 1 district going to the trouble and
or familiarize themselves with 1 • 1
1 hassle of assessing the taxes
computers. Each person will need ,. 11 1
. 11 themselves, which they were
to sign an acceptable use agree- 1
ment at these meetings. There is empowerd to ofthe necessary
no charge or fee for these ser- TT 8 04 Poop 2
vices Henry proposed that about. 5%
of the county’s general fund bud-
get be allocated to the district.
That would be about $2,736.00.
Henry stressed the need to have
a regular source of funds for the
district, to maintain a creditable
status as a water district, if they
needed the money or not. He said
he will also visit with the Goldth-
waite City Council on the same
matter.
A review of the progress of the
Little League Gators
Team members of the Gators, Mills County Little League, are shown above. Kneeling, left
to right are, Kia McCarty, Laramie Lindsay, James Warlick, Chase Love and Justin
Stegemoller. Back row, left to right, Coach Glen Stegemoller, Russell Wiedebusch,
Joshua Reinert, Jacob Johnson, Blake Padgett, Andy Hart and Coach Carson Padgett.
I Lower Colorado Water Planning
I group was covered by Henry. He
I said the committees were meet-
1 ing and he was also included in
I the county special interest group.
I The large committee is divided
1 into about 15 special interest
groups to get input about water
I needs for various segments of so-
£ ciety in the region.
I “Our basic scope of work will
2= *1* include mapping of all existing
program snapshot storage vessels, including lakes
Youngsters of MiUs County are invited to attend the weekly and pennies for’bo th “undw-
reading program sessions held at the Jennie Trent Dew ground and surface waters; and
Library every Wednesday afternoon from 3-4 o'clock. The proposing and planning expan-
story time last week was handled by Regina Seward and her sion to meet the future water
raccoon “Rebel.” Also shown in the photo are, left to right, needs of the region,” Henry said.
Garrett Mullins, Kimberly Nowell, Myranda Mullins and All of this information from all
Connie Nowell. Regina is holding her daughter Allison. The of the regions will be put into a
library is located at the corner of Fourth and Hutchings in 50-year water plan for Texas.
Goldthwaite. Henry said that the people of
Little League Falcons
Team members of the Falcons, Mills County Little League, are pictured above. Front row,
left to right, Jason Inglet, Jonathan Grady, David Scott Miller, Mitchell Fletcher and
Brian Allenbrand. Back row, left to right, Coach Gerald Hale, Billy Owens, Jake Proffitt,
John William Hale, Tony Jasso, Chase Yarborough and Coach Owen Yarborough.
Photos courtesy of Leon Sutherland Photography
Mills County Little League All Stars
will play San Saba, other tourneys
A practice game has been scheduled by the
Mills County Little League All Stars for
Thursday, June 18, at 7:00 p.m. The team will
be playing the San Saba Little League All Star
team. This will be a practice game as the teams
will be entering post-season tournaments.
Tournament action begins with the Early
Tournament on June 25-26-27. A tourna-
ment at Hico will follow on June 29-July 4
and then the final season tournament will be
at Dublin on July 16-17-18.
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Bridges, G. Frank & Bridges, Georgie. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 18, 1998, newspaper, June 18, 1998; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1658694/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.