Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), Vol. 104, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 6, 2012 Page: 1 of 12
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Thursday
September 6, 2012
Issue 36
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Serving Archer County Since 1908
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Author to visit Archer
Elemetary School
* Page 2
Oodles Specials
*Page 3
Archer County Sher-
iff’s Report
*Page 4
Nick Thomas’ new col-
umn, Along These Lines
*Page 6
High School football
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Register for
Shortgrass
Scamper by
September
7th for t-shirts
and extras
Registration is open for the
3rd annual Shortgrass Scam-
per which will be held on Sat.,
Sept. 22 to benefit the Archer
City Salvation Army. The
event will include a Quarter
Marathon(6.55 miles), 5K run/
walk and a 1 mile fim run/walk.
Strollers are allowed in the runs
but start at the back of the pack.
No pets are allowed. The pro-
ceeds from this event will be
used for our community out-
reach programs which provide
emergency aid to families and
individuals in need.
Forms may be download-
ed from the website at www.
acshortgrassscamper.com or
picked up from Cobwebs in Ar-
cher City. Cost for registration
is $25 for those 13 and up and
$15 for those 12 and under. If
registered by Sept. 7, each par-
ticipant will receive a goody
bag and t-shirt.
Medals will be awarded to the
top male and female finishers in
the Quarter Marathon and 5K
and to the top three in age divi-
sion. Medals will be awarded to
the top 3 male and female fin-
ishers in the 1 mile. To make
this a great experience for the
runners, the following will also
be provided at the school: water
stations on the routes, post-race
refreshments and music, awards
ceremony following the events,
and certificates for those 10 and
under. In addition, drawings
will be held for give-aways of
prizes before the awards.
At this time, runners have
registered from Archer City,
Wichita Falls, Euless, Little
Elm, Longview, Henrietta and
Marshall. Don’t put it off! Get
your registration in soon. Chal-
lenge your family, friends and
coworkers to join you in this
cont’d on page 2
Texasville Opry to
feature rock and roll
show this Saturday
This Saturday night, The Tex-
asville Opry will feature the al-
ways popular “Rockin’ Golden
Oldies Show” at the historic
Royal Theater. Performers
will sing classic songs from
the 50’s-80’s rock and roll and
golden oldies era and the show
will feature a "Salute to Rocka-
billy."
Performers scheduled to ap-
pear on the Golden Oldies Show
will be Melisa Huff, Dee Mor-
rison, David Levy, Carlos Fity,
Vemer Hayhurst, and Tammy
Armstrong of Archer City, Brad
West of Grand Prairie, Lauren
Miller, Roger Watson and Zoie
Lynn of Burkbumett, Tx, In ad-
dition, Gene Everitt of Bedford,
David Conrady and Chris Wha-
len of Wichita Falls will also be
there. The house band will be
the Royal’s “Texas Pride” with
special guest saxophonist, Da-
vid Levy of Archer City .
Tickets to the Opry can be
purchased by calling (940) 574-
2489 . All tickets are $12.00.
Tickets can also now be ordered
online with PayPal at www.roy-
altheater.org.
There were only about 50
seats left at press time, and Gary
Beesinger, producer for the
show urged everyone to hurry
and order the tickets before
they’re gone as a sellout is ex-
pected.
Editorial
Do we need massive high
school stadiums?
Holliday Eagles had a unique oportunity to play in Allen, Texas’
new $60 million dollar stadium Saturday.
BY BARBARA PHILLIPS
The Holliday Eagles were
the second team to ever play
in the new multimillion dollar
stadium in Allen, Texas last Sat-
urday. I hear it was a thrill for
all that attended, and apparently
the Holliday football players
were not intimidated by its size
and magnificence as they pulled
off the only win of the three Ar-
cher County high school teams
last week.
My question is, “Why does
a high school need a $60 mil-
lion stadium? As an ex school
teacher, I continue to hear about
the woes of our educational sys-
tem, yet these types of stadiums
are popping up all over Texas.
There is no dispute that Al-
len’s old stadium was so dilapi-
dated and the need for a new
stadium was obvious. But a
$60 million dollar stadium with
18,000 seats, a golf simulator,
wrestling area and a weight
room under the stadium?
I guess it is just hard to wrap
my mind around the idea that
over 21,000 people would at-
tend a high school football
game, but on opening night that
is the number they packed into
the elite new stadium when Al-
len played South Lake Carroll,
over twice the population of Ar-
cher County.
No, I don’t get it and I don’t
want to hear that the Texas ed-
ucational system is suffering
from economic woes. What I
do get is that football in Texas
takes precedence over good
sense, but I have to admit, I love
the game too.
My husband reminds me that
football stadiums have come a
long way for the better. He gives
away his age just a little when
he tells me that he and many of
his contemporaries have played
some football games in rodeo
arenas.
There are probably a lot of
politics involved with these new
schools and stadiums popping
up all over Texas that will keep a
district’s money at home instead
of sending it to the state for the
poorer districts (Robinhood).
But that is okay by me. There is
nothing like a small town foot-
ball game in a small stadium.
I’ll take that any day!
Archer City water
conservation surcharges
Per the Drought Contingency
Plan and Stage 2 water restric-
tions, when the level of Lake
Kickapoo fell below 50%, the
following water conservation
surcharges were applied, begin-
ning with the September 1 wa-
ter bill. When the level of Lake
Kickapoo falls below 40% the
surcharges will increase to $.50,
$1.00 and $2.00 respectively.
$.25 per 1000 gallons for water
usage over 11000 gallons
$.50 per 1000 gallons for water
usage over 23000 gallons
$1.00 per 1000 gallons for water
usage over 35000 gallons
LroR; William Petit, Archer VFD, Bill Sokora and Mark Hale, Archer Ambulance, Julie Loop-
er, Program Director ofWFCAF and Misty Cameron, Executive Director of Archer Service Center.
Kinder legacy lives on
BY SHELLEY LEWSI
In last week’s issue of the Ar-
cher County News, there was
a report on the Wichita Falls
Area Food Bank and the ways
and means of providing food
for residents who need a hand
in Archer County. This week,
we would like to show how the
Wichita Falls Area Community
Foundation (WFACF) helps
Archer County organizations
with grants, scholarships and
funds.
There are several ways that
scholarships help out Archer
County youth. The Royal C.
“Bingo” Kinder Scholarship
is given to Archer County se-
and two from Holliday received
one-time scholarships.
This year, a new scholarship,
named the Archer City ISD
Wind Energy Scholarship, pre-
sented five Archer City seniors
with one-time scholarships of
$2,000. This scholarship comes
from the Horn Wind Farm and
OWN Energy specifically for
Archer City students.
Another scholarship, The
White’s Fine Arts/Agriculture
Scholarship, is presented to one
senior from Archer County and
one senior from Wichita Coun-
ty. A Windthorst senior received
Misty Cameron poses next to new airconditioning unit with Ju-
lie Looper which was made possible through the Bingo Kinder
Fund.
niors, eight of them one-time
scholarships of $2,600, and two
of them renewable scholarships
of $5,000 up to four years. This
year, one Archer City senior and
one Holliday senior received
renewable scholarships, while
six seniors from Windthorst
this renewable $5,000 scholar-
ship this year.
Scholarships are just one way
that the WFACF helps Archer
County. Grants are given to
many Archer County organiza-
tions as well.
WFACF relies on donations
Free Estate Planning Semi-
nar sponsored by Windthorst
Federal Credit Union
Windthorst Federal Credit
Union will be hosting a FREE
Estate Planning Seminar for
their members. The seminar will
be held Tuesday, September 11,
2012 at St. Mary’s Parish Hall at
7:00 p.m. All members are in-
vited and encouraged to attend.
C. Dan Campbell, PC. will be
the guest speaker. Mr. Campbell
is Board Certified by the Texas
Board of Legal Specialization
of the State Bar of Texas in two
specialty areas: Estate Plan-
ning & Probate Law and Civil
Trial Law. He is an accredited
attorney with the Veteran’s Ad-
ministration and is currently on
the Board of Directors of Work
Services Corporation and the
Board of Directors of the Na-
tional Academy of Elder Law
Attorneys, Texas Chapter. Mr.
Campbell has extensive experi-
ence in asset protection plan-
ning, including assisting clients
in legally protecting assets when
long term care (nursing home
care) is needed.
Call the office at 940-423-
6776 for more information or if
you have any questions.
and endowments for the grants
they present to organizations.
Their spend rate is 5% of these
endowments. They have un-
restricted grant cycles twice
a year that are available to
non-profit organizations, and a
volunteer fire department fund
that is available on a quarterly
cycle. Their service area for
the VFD fund covers 18 coun-
ties in Texas, and 6 counties
in Oklahoma. They have 175
active funds that are donor ad-
vised, agency and scholarship
funds.
The Royal C. “Bingo” Kinder
Donor Advised Fund presents
grant awards to organizations
each year. This year, the Archer
Service Center, the Archer City
Ambulance Service and the Ar-
cher City and Bowman Volun-
teer Fire Departments benefit-
ted from these grants.
The AC Ambulance Ser-
vice applied for and received
$28,431.75 for a defibrilla-
tor this year. The AC VFD
received $8,280.14 from the
Bingo Kinder Donor Advised
Fund, and another $7,500 from
the volunteer fire department
fund. These dollars were used
for a new Jaws of Life. The
Bowman Volunteer Fire De-
partment is receiving $5,160
from the VFD fund, and an-
other $3,600 from the Bingo
Kinder Fund for new pagers
and to purchase Archer City’s
refurbished Jaws of Life. They
will be receiving these dollars
in the near future.
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Publisher: Jerry Phillips
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