The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 97, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 2, 1988 Page: 1 of 12
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SOUTHWEST MICROPUBLISHING
2201 BROOKHOLLOW PLZ DR SUITE 300
ARLINGTON TX 76006
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City of Seminole
Gaines County
EMS I
Deadline to
register to
vote nearing
Persons wishing to vote in the
Nov. 8 general election in Gaines
County must register by
midnight Oct. 9 at the Gaines
County Tax Assessor-Collector’s
office if they are not currently
registered.
If registration is made by mail,
it must be postmarked by
midnight, Oct. 9, a Sunday, while
those registering in person must
do so by 5 p.m. Friday.
The tax office is open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through
Friday and during the noon hour
for the convenience of those
wishing to register during that
period.
Application forms are
available at the tax office, most
convenience stores and at Wal-
Mart in Seminole.
Tax office officials also said if
persons have changed their
address since the time voter
registration cards were mailed
in December of last year, they
need to come into the tax office
and make the change known in
order to be registered in the
correction location.
4-H banquet to
highlight week
Gaines County 4-H members
are gearing up for this week’s
observance of National 4-H
Week, slated Oct. 2-8 and
carrying a theme of “4-H for
Youth for America.”
The annual 4-H banquet, which
will highlight the National 4-H
week observance locally, will be
held at 7 p.m. Saturday at the
Elementary School cafeteria
Guest speaker will be Pat
Porter, a humorist from Quail.
Gaines County boasts some 325
members who are among
more than 388,000 in Texas and
4.5 million across the country
who will participate in the week-
long celebration.
In celebrating National 4-H
Week, officials recognize that 4-
H is truly a people development
program, said Terry Millican,
county 4-H program coordinator
with the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service, the parent
organization of 4-H.
4-H helps young people develop
skills that will be useful in the
real world, Millican said. It helps
them discover their strengths
and weaknesses and exposes
them to activities in a variety of
career fields and helps them to
Duild positive self concepts for
directing their lives. And, most
importantly, he said, 4-H’ers
learn and have fun doing it,
enhanced by the ability of
families learning and growing
together.
“Learning doesn’t stop with
the 4-H member and family,”
Millican said. “Volunteer
leaders learn new skills while
sharing their expertise with
young people. Through ^network
of volunteer leaders, state
landgrant universities, state and
local governments and the U.S.
Department of Agriculture, 4-H
has been able to stimulate youth
to develop life skills.”
Some 60 adult volunteer
leaders work with 4-H boys and
girls in Gaines County through
five different 4-H clubs. 4-H’ers
can choose from some 70
different 4-H projects and
program areas designed to help
‘hem prepare for the future.
Additional information about
4-H can be obtained from the
county extension office at the
courthouse in Seminole.
Pumping it out
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By MARSHALL DAY
Money is a wonderful thing, but
it is possible to pay too high a price VOL. 81
for it.
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The 1989 edition of “The Old
Farmers Almanac”--the real
one-was sent to us by the
publishers last week for an
advance look, and, as usual, it
contains a great number of
things that fall into the “almost
useless” information category.
It has its usual lengthy look at
astrology, which we have no use
for. However, we’re quick to
admit there are many people
who live and breathe by the
same.
It’s got the usual time and tide
correction tables--again for
which we have no use.
But, buried among the pages
are smatterings of other bits of
information that, while they
probably don’t serve any useful
purpose, do provide a
scrambling columnist with some
stuff to stick between the column
widths.
To which we address ourselves
this time.
Under the heading of
“Consumers Guide to 1989,”
there is a variety of information
about what we can expect in the
year ahead as consumers.
Among those things are:
-Resealable aluminum soft
drink cans.
-Flavored milk, such as
boysenberry, peach and
strawberry.
-Scented newspaper ink.
-Romance will replace sex as
the advertising sales gimmick.
-Three-dimensional home
videos. *.
-Full service gas stations are
on the way back.
-Airlines’ “frequent flyer”
promotions will be on the way out
because too many people are
taking advantage of them.
-Texas, with the exception of
its major cities, can expect a
worse-than-average growth
period during the year.
-A new holographic contact
lens that allows focusing without
eye movement.
-Legal euthanasia.
-Eggs that have lower
cholesterol.
-Baby watermelons about the
size of cantaloupes, but ready to
eat.
And the list goes on...
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We don’t mean to be a
pessimist or a “Doubting
Thomas,” but we’re still waiting
on “The Rapture.”
Millions of the faithful were
supposed to be called to heaven
on Sept. 13, according to Edgar
C. Whisenant in his book entitled,
‘88 Reasons The Rapture Will Be
(USPS 489-400)
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2,1988
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NO. 97
SEMINOLE (GAINES COUNTY) TEXAS
Top auxtrd
Members of the Seminole Emergency Medical Service (EMS) proudly
display the plaque they received as the state’s top health care
provider. The award was presented Sept. 23 in Austin. Pictured are,
front row, from left, Gary Roberts, Monika Roberts, EMS director Joe
Hunter, assistant director Marion “Hack” McCoy, Beverly Gressett
and Jody Fitts, all members of the full-time staff; back row, from left,
Dannette Fleckenstein, Bryan Taylor, Sharon Taylor, Cathy Kelly,
Toni Rocha, Ricky Purcell, Stacy James and Judy Allen, all members
of the EMS Volunteers. Not pictured are volunteers Tommy Sager,
Darrell Todd, Bill Wallace and Cathy Hale. (Sentinel Photo)
VIS earns honor
Named Texas9 outstanding unit
In a continuing effort to find new sources of
water for the City of Seminole, a previously
abandoned water well on Southwest 7th Street
was pumped out recently. During the four
days of testing, the well pumped as much as
1,100 gallons of water a minute, surprising
city officials, who estimated that only about
500 to 600 gallons would be seen. Drilling
depth of the well was just over 100 feet.
(Sentinel Photo)
In 1988.
We’re still awaiting our own
personal call, although there are
many who cluck their tongue at
the prospect of this writer ever
getting one-on Sept. 13 or any
other day.
Anyway, Whisenant, a former
rocket engineer, predicted the
Rapture would come on Sept. 13.
He based his prediction on
mathematical calculations and
biblical intrepretations. He fully
expected to be taken to heaven
on Sept. 13, but apparently his
call never came either.
Perhaps his mathematical,
calculations were off somewhat.
That’s been known to happen.
And, besides, his book s title left
some room for error-we still
have 90 days remaining in 1988,
so chances are still there...
Our one-and-only offspring
can eat pizza with the best of
them. However, we’ve
occasionally questioned his total
commitment to his education.
Pizza is a mainstay of his.
Breakfast, lunch, dinner,
midnight snack-you name '
time of day, and he’ll take
pizza. Large, hamburgef
pepperoni, thin and crispy,
couple at a sitting.
We realized the degree of his
commitment to pizza and lack of
same toward his education when
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The Seminole Emergency
Medical Service (EMS) received
state-wide honors at the annual
Emergency Medical Service
convention in Austin Sept. 23
when it was named the outstand-
ing EMS unit in the state.
The award, presented by the
Bureau of Emergency
Management of the Texas
Department of Health, singled
out the Seminole EMS as the top
public health care provider
among all such services in the
state.
Awards also were given for the
top private and top volunteer
health care providers.
Director Joe Hunter said the
Seminole EMS was nominated
for the award last year, but did
not win it. This year, he said,
“we didn’t realize we were even
nominated.”
Although Hunter did not know
had been, since that was the
number nominated last year.
To receive the award, a health
care provider muft be
nominated by the egional
Department of Health office,
with the nomination receiving
close scrutiny by regional and
state officials.
Hunter said the award was
made possible not only by the
full-time staff, but by the
how many other public health volunteers as well, with aTT
care providers were nominated,
he speculated that “nine or 10”
personnel putting in long hours in
the performance of their duties.
Statements to be mailed
Process set to begi n Monday
The Gaines County Appraisal
District office will begin sending
out tax statements Monday to
area property owners, it was
announced this week by office
officials.
The officials remind those
persons who do not receive a
statement to contact the
appraisal district office. Some
homeowners, they say, have
their personal property taxes
figured into their house
payments and will not receive a
statement for that.
In that case, officials say, the
statement is sent to the mortgage
company.
If the mortgage company does
not notify the appraisal office,
then the statement will be sent to
the taxpayer, who in turn must
then send it to the mortgage
company. In any case, taxpayers
should check with the mortgage
company to make sure the
statement has been received,
officials remind.
Persons who pay taxes early
will get a discount, as has been
the policy of the past. Persons
who pay their taxes in October
get a 3 per cent discount, while a
2 per cent discount is offered if
paid in November and a 1 per
cent discount if paid in
December.
Taxes become delinquent on
Feb. 1,1989
SADIE schedules gathering
The Seminole Alcohol &
Narcotics Education (SANE)
group will hold a meeting at 11:30
a.m. Wednesday at The Steak
Place.
The group will be discussing
several projects, but Will
primarily concentrate on a
November program aimed at
combating substance abuse.
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The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 81, No. 97, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 2, 1988, newspaper, October 2, 1988; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth636161/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.