The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 52, No. 9, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 3, 1977 Page: 1 of 8
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It is announced elsewhere in the
Wildcat that the bill to create a har
pital district in Reagan County has
passed in the Texas House of Repre-
sentatives and will soon be presented
in the State Senate.
Briefly, in plain language, here
is what the act would provide. The
act would provide a hospital district
with the boundaries to be the same
as those used in the Reagan County
Independent School District. The
governing body of the hospital dis-
trict would be a hospital board and
they would be elected just like a
school board is elected.
The hospital district would have
the authority to tax and that tax
could not exceed $ .75 per $100.00
valuation. The hospital district
wi uld have the power to issue bonds
for construction, repair, renovation
of buildings, and improving and
equipping the hospital including
but not limited to the establishment
maintenance and operation of a
nursing home. The full resolution
was dated December 13, 1976 and
was signed by County Judge and the
County Commissioners.
1 would like some letters to the
editor stating both positions pro and
con on this subject. Why should we
have or not have a hospital district
in Reagan County0
Golf Tourney Will
Benefit Cancer Society
Big Lake’s first golf tournament
of the season will be a One Man-
One Woman Best Ball Scramble
March 19 and 20 for the benefit of
the American Cancer Society. The
scramble is open to all adults and
high school students, Mrs. Richard
Conaway, American Cancer Society
fund drive chairman, stated.
Trophies will be given as prizes,
and entry fees are donations to the
American Cancer Society. There
will be four flights with three troplies
given in each flight. Each team
•„;ill consist of one male and one
female golfer.
* lifers should t?e q/f on Saturday
before 2:00 p.m. in order to finish
before dark. Teams will be flighted
for Sunday's play with a shotgun
start on Sunday with the time to be
announced.
A covered dish supper will be
held on Saturday evening at 7:00
p.m., sponsored by the Big Lake
Ladies Golf Association.
Council And School
Board Elections
Stacy Becknell added his name
to the City Council race to join
six others seeking three positions on
the council, i’ne deaaune tor mug
for the city and school board elec-
tions was Wednesday afternoon the
school board incumbents had drawn
no opposition in that contest.
Incumbent Mayor G. R. Solomon
has filed for that position and he is
joined in the mayor's race by Bill
Schneemann and David Short.
Don Dittman, Norman Guess,
Mark Stovall, David Ward, Rudy
Winchester, Donald Young, and
Stacy Becknell have all filed for
Alderman positions.
Pittman, Winchester, and Young
are incumbents.
The school trustee election will
also be held April 2, 1977. There
will be a trustee elected from the
Texon-Best-Santa Rita District,
the Big Lake District, and Stiles
District. Terms expiring this year
are Martin Kirkpatrick, Texon; Dr.
C. S. Nunnally from Big Lake; and
Buford Rackley from the Stiles Dis-
trict. As of 2:00 p.m. Wednesday
afternoon they had drawn no oppo-
sition in that contest.
Big Lake Elementary School and
El Paso Natural Gas Company Re-
creation Hall in Midkiff have been
designated polling places in the
school trustee election.
RCHS Class of '57
Plans 20th Reunion
Reagan County High School
Class of 1957 plans a 20th class
reunion Saturday, June 18 at the
Community Center.
Mrs. Doc Dodson of Midland,
the former Gayle McMullan, is
the organizer of this reunion and
previous reunions which have been
well attended. She is assisted by
Billie Whitehead Sherman, also of
Midland, and Barbara Stiles Han-
cock of Odessa. Mrs. McMullan’s
address is 1004 Standlind and her
phone number is 915/682-3376.
Letters announcing the Saturday,
June 18 agenda will be sent out by
Mrs. Dodson in about two weeks.
Early replies will be appreciated,
especially those concerning charts
in address. She reported hearing
from Clarence Davis, recently dir
charged from the U.S. Navy after
more than 19 years service. He nov
lives in Goliad with his family, and
plans to make this reunion.
The class had a five, ten, and if-
teen year reunion with the remark-
able record of no loss in member-
ship or the faculty associated with
it. Past reunions have been welL.
attended by parents of former stu-
dents as well as members as the
parents are urged to participate.
A morning coffee hour at the
Community Center begins the days
activities with the entire family
attending. The evening closes
with a dance at the center.
Girls Place rive Gii
9-A All-District Team
Reagan County Girl’s Varsity
Basketball team placed two mem-
bers on the first team and three
honorable mention choices on the
all-district s-a team.
Jill Schneemann, Junior forward,
and Michelle Wood fin, senior guard
were picked to the 9-A all-district
first team.
Karri Page, junior forward; Ja-
netta Watson, senior guard; and
Kathy Johnson, sophomore guard
were named to the 9-A all-district
honorable mention squad. The
Girls Varsity finished their season
with a 22-8 record. They won two
tournament championships, runner-
up in another tourney and placed
fourth in district play.
Jill Schneemann finished the sea-
son with 499 points scored for a
game average of 17.2 and Michelle
Woodfin was outstanding in a de-
fense that allowed the Owls to out-
score the opposition by 241 points.
Karri Page had 260 points on the
season for an average of 9 points
per game. Kathy Johnson was an
all tournament selection at the
Anson tournament, Janetta Watson
was placed on the honor team at
McCamey and Michelle Woodfin
gained all tournament honors at
Iraan.
Next Weekend In Iraan
Tracksters Will Open Season
Reagan County Owls track sea-
son gets underway Saturday, March
12 in Iraan as the Owls participate
in the Cactus Relays for their first
outside competition. They started
practice last week.
Coach John Hickman, assisted by
Jack Kiser and Wilburn George,
has tentatively entered Owls in the
following events:
12o high hurdles--Gary Eggleston
Mic!' :y Owens.
33C intermediate hurdles--Gary
Egglesi’m, Mickey Owens, Johnny
Mitchell.
100 yd. dash--Mario Hernandez,
Bobby Woodard.
220 yd. dash—Mario Hernandez,
Don Thompson, Adrian Mendez,
Mitch Kiser.
440 yd. dash--Don Thompson,
Mitch Kiser, Adrian Mendez.
880 yd. run--Jr. Subia, Johnny
Mitchell, Paul Bailey, Eddie Subia.
Mile Run--Arthur Vargas, John
Baker, Eddie Subia, Elbert Hall-
mark, David Anderson.
440 yd. relay--Mario Hernandez,
Don Thompson, Jennings Teel,
Bobby Woodard, Adrian Mencjpz.
Mile Relay--Mitch Kiser, Don
Thompson, Jennings Teel, Adrian
Mendez, Bobby Woodard.
High Jump--Jennings Teel (De-
fending district champion), Bobby
Woodard, Mickey Owens.
Pole Vault--Jr. Subia
Shot Put, Discus--Dennis Kruse,
Frankie Moreno, Mike Schwertner,
Mark Noland, Roy Levario, Simon
Jacobo, Travis Black, Lynn Hyman.
Coach Hickman tentatively set
the Owl’s track season schedule as
follows:
March 12--Cactus Relays, Iraan
March 19--Rankin Relays
March 26—Crane Relays
April 1 & 2--San Angelo Relays
April 8--Sul Ross Relays
April 15-16--undecided
April 19--District 9-A meet at
Mason
April 29-30--Regional--Stephen-
ville
May 13-14--State Meet--Austin.
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VOLUME 52
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS (76932) MARCH 3, 1977
Single Copy 150
NUMBER 9
Local Stockmen Attend Meeting
A group of ranchers from Reagan
County were among the more than
1, 000 producers from across Texas
participating in the Governor’s Con-
ference on "Mission '77: Stamp
Out Screwworms, " in Austin on Feb-
ruary 24.
The special conference was called
by Gov. Dolph Briscoe to launch a
campaign to eradicate screwworms
from Texas in 1977, points out
Tommy E. Everett, Jr., county
agent with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service. The conference
began at 9:30 a.m. in the Munici-
pal Auditorium.
Local producers attending the con-
ference included Max Schneemann
Jr., Hamilton Scott, Jay Scott,
Max Schneemann, III, and Bill
Schneemann.
The conference program featured
a welcome by Gov. Briscoe, remad«
by a representative of the U.S. Sec-
retary of Agriculture and the Mexico
Secretary of A riculture, and dis-
cussions on various phases of the
screwworm eradication program by
officials of the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, the Texas Ani-
mal Health commission, the South-
west Animal Health Research Found
ation, the USDA Animal and Plant
Health Inspection Service and the
Mission Screwworm Lab.
The special campaign is being
launched this year because the po-
tential is high for dealing a final
death blow to screwworms, those
flesh-eating pests that cause millions
of dollars in losses to livestock pro-
ducers each year.
Three factors exist that can make
this special eradication effort a re-
ality:
--The cold winter will reduce the
number of screwworm flies this
spring.
--The new screwworm plant in
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico, which
opened last July will double the
sterile fly production capacity.
—A new strain of sterile flies has
been developed which should be
a significant improvement over
earlier flies.
Overall, the campaign is designed
to create a new bigilance of the part
of livestock producers in handling
and treating livestock so that the
screwworm can be completely eli-
minated from Texas. The goal is
within reach if everyone does his
part, contends Tommy E. Everett,
Jr., Reagan County Extension Agent.
News From The Chamber of Commerce
Eig Lake Chamber of Commerce
tooard of directors met for their
March meeting at noon Tuesday at
Garland's Steak House with Tim
Sellman, president, presiding.
Business included a motion apprised
to pay for the bi-district football
trophy given last November at the
Marathon-Blackwell football game.
Another motion was approved to
pay the timekeeper if necessary
for the Imperial-Eden bi-district
basketball game here Tuesday
night.
Jack Schulze reported on meet-
ing with the Big Lake City Council
last month in regards to the forth-
coming Clean Up Drive. He advissl
the Council on the State Law con-
cerning abandoned property and es-
jecially old junk cars. Further de-
tails of the Clean Up Drive are
being formulated.
President Sellman said that a town
meeting is being planned to form-
ulate a master plan for Big Lake.
A date will be set soon, and every-
one interested will be invited to
attend to present and hear ideas
for the future of Big Lake.
Those present included Sellman,
Schulze, Mrs. Elizabeth Reisner,
Mrs. Charles Jackson, Mr. and
Mrs. Mike Werst, Wally Johnson,
Wade Daugherty, Mrs. Mike Georgp
and Mrs. Mark Kohutek.
The Weather
Hi Low
February 24 68 35
February 25 87 45
February 26 83 33
February 27 50 25
February 28 58 25
March 1 63 27
March 2 65 39
In Regional Game At Denton
Itasca Defeats Owls, 69-59
Imperial Longhorns
Whip Eden Here
The Reagan County Owls were
defeated in the Region II-A play-
offs in Denton last Friday night by
a good Itasca team 69-59. The
Owls got off to a good start out-
scoring the Wampuscats 21 to 13 in
the first quarter but Itasca unleashed
a twenty-seven point second quartr
barrage while, the Owls managed
only seventeen, and the score was
Reagan County 38, Itasca 40 at the
end of the first half.
The second half saw a tightening
of defenses on both sides but Itasca
outscored the Owls by two points
13-15 in the third period. The
Wampuscats consistently held a 6
to 8 point lead over the Owls in
the third quarter.
The Owls fought back at the
start of the fourth quarter and tied
the score 57-57 but cold shooting
led to their downfall. The Reagan
County five had several chances
to take the lead but they could not
make the ball go in. Itasca had
good luck during the Owl slump
and hit three quick baskets for a
six point lead with a little over a
minute and one half to go.
Mitch Kiser and Dennis Kruse got
into foul trouble and left the game
with just over one minute left. The
Itasca team took advantage of the
situation and scored several baskets
and went on to the victory 69-59.
Jennings Teel was the top Owl
point producer with 20 followed by
Don Thompson with 12, Dennis
Kruse 9, Mitch Kiser 8, Bobby
Woodard 8, and Larry lleintzlelman
2.
Whitewright defeated Sanger in
the other Class A game and then
defeated Itasca to gain a state
playoff berth.
Coach Jack Kiser's Owls finished
the season with a 25-7 record.
Hospital District Bill Passes
House Of Representatives
Rainfall for Year
1.30
Legislation that would provide
for the creation of a hospital dis-
trict for Reagan County today passed
the House of Representatives and
will now be sent to the Senate for
final approval.
H.B. 876, sponsored by Rep. Tom
Craddick of Midland, provides for
an election to be held on the ques-
tion of the creation of such a hos-
pital district and the levy of an
annual tax at a rate not to exceed
seventy-five cents (750) per $100
valuation on all taxable property
situated within the district that is
subject to hospital district taxa-
tion.
This bill also provides the hos-
pital district with the power to
issue bonds for the purpose of pur-
chase, construction, repair and
renovation of buildings for hos-
pital purposes and for equipping
these buildings for hospital pur-
poses.
The Buena Vista-Imperial Long-
horns were hot at the free throw
line as they defeated the Eden Bull-
dogs 53-49 in Class B bi-district
play here Tuesday night.
Buena Vista-Imperial outscored
Eden by 10 points in the first quarts:
and, with a tough defense, helf off
Eden to take the win. The victory
put the Longhorns in the regional
tournament to be held in Levelland
this weekend.
Herb Heflin and Daniel Field had
13 points each for the winners and
Alex Rogers had 16 points for Eden.
Lions Sponsor The
Ken Griffin Show-RCHS
Tiles., Mar. 8, 8 P. M,
The Reagan County Lions Club
will present the Ken Griffin show
here Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
in RCHS auditorium. On the bill
will be the girl with the x-ray eyes
with an amazing demonstration of
extra-sensory perception. Also on
the bill you will see the Juggling
Jackson with his famous violin,
comedy, audience participation
stunts as well as rabbits, doves,
and an acrobatic guinea pig. All
this in addition to the magic and
illusions presented in the grand
style of the old masters.
The cast is headed by Ken Griffith
known as America's great touring
Owls Place Five On
All-District 9-A Team
The Reagan County Owls, Dis-
trict 9-A champions and Bi-District
champions, dominated the All-Dis-
trict basketball selections, placing
two on the first team, two on the
second team, and one honorable
mention.
Mitch Kiser, 5'10" senior guard
and Jennings Teel, 6’2" senior
forward-post were named to the
first team.
Dennis Kruse, 6'0" senior, and
Bobby Woodard, 5’9" sophomore,
were rained to the second team.
Don Thompson, 6T" senior, was
named honorable mention. Thomp-
son was plagued by ankle injuries
during a good deal of the season.
Others on the first team were
Jimmy Bosmans, 5’ll " senior from
Eldorado; Clayton Weishun, 6'2"
junior from Wall; and B. Miller,
5’9" senior from Mason.
Joining Kruse and Woodard on
the second team were Craig Whit-
ley, 6T" junior from Wall; Lynn
Whitaker, 6’2" senior from Eldorado;
Ricky Smith, 5’10" sophomore from
Junction; and Shell Williams, 6'1"
senior from Robert Lee.
Joining Thompson in honorable
mention honors were Barry Broadnax,
6T" junior from Wall; Mickey Bale,
5'9" junior from Robert Lee; Ernie
Martinez, 5'9” junior from Eldoradq
and Pat Ziriax, 5'H" senior from
Mason.
Coaches from the district made
the selections at a meeting Tuesday.
illusionist and Master Magician,
presenting the largest mystery revue
touring the country today.
The performance will be held in
the RCHS auditorium and advanced
tickets at a reduced price may be
purchased from members of the
Lions Club.
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