The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SIXTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1990 Page: 2 of 12
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Locals address world hunger
Aprti 2ft, 1990
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Dear 1***1
There are wi» in the Wildcat xnd
lac* campaign* from ume lo tune
encouraging pc»ip*e to dvip Big
lake FIRST Why ihoukl *e do
thxtwhemhe example of our elected
offcilb mffflti a B heu to do
otherwise ev en when r com more.
Jim before the end of the year, a
county employe* came to u* for a
pnee on putting p»» carpeting
«wnd the North Puol to help bnng
a up It' meet safety cote W c
hun a prve of 5W 14 uwulled
Jint after the first of the year, carpet
•as instailcd ft* S4115.70 by an out
of tints company
I hive no objection* totaling out
•hen someone else can offer a bet-
ter pnee. BUT »hen my price a
tower WHY does the county com-
missioners choose to go out of to*n
to buy a higher priced ncm'* Espe-
cially »hcn those services can be
obtained here in our own town,
(•here »* all spend os* money to
pay county uses) far lens.
It is nut my intention to cause
trouble I just think our elected
officials should stop and think be-
fore making these kinds of deci-
sions Is the only way far a local
business person to get fair treatment
to force the commissioners to get
tads on All items, not jsist those for
sen ices of $ 10.000 or more?
Linda Clark
*rprtmltdfr*m T%t Mftmt fmtaf
There a an old saying among
some Baptists. * If I weren't a Baptist
•hat would I be? I would be
ashamed* After rcadmg the April 4
Baptist Standard's news article en-
titled. Texas Baptist hunger gifts m
downward sprial.* 1 am an
'ashamed Baptist*
With no axe to grind and pouu-
ing a finger at no one, I simply share
my rsumony and that of our church
family concerning this serious
world problem
Primarily through the educa-
tional literature of the Christian Life
commission m 1981.1 became con-
victed to lead our church to give
generously to world hunger through
our home and foreign missions pro-
grams
Since then our gifts have in-
creased from zero to S18.S0 per
resident member last year
What did we do? We placed
world hunger m our budget. We
give *nce bowls* to our church
families four weeks before receiv-
ing our offering on ‘World Hunger
Sunday * Four years ago we jomed
other Christian denominations in
our city far a "Palm Sunday Devo-
uonal/Hunger Walk.* For four
yean our city of 3,400 population
has given mare than S1.2S per per-
son lo world himger.
Texaa Baptists gave less than 50
cents per person in 1989
In view of Matthew 23. John
3:16. Galatians 6:9. I Corinthians
15:58 and many other New Testa
meiu passages, our church family
encourages and challenges other
Southern Baptist churches to do
something about world hunger
J.B. Bitncr. Pastor
First Church. Big Lake
Read his lips.
Dear Editor
Tates. Taxes. Tates Even our
local school board president Mikel
Jones and School Superintendent.
Joe White have succumbed ID the
cry of more Tates To maintain the
tutus quo. we have to raise tates
The article on the front pugc last
week sounds like a death CO 1" our
public school if we do not raise
u-tes But. listen, these men are not
fjr ratting our local laser (which by
their own admits*wi have gone up
51ft) but slate uses Sounds good
to me. but wait a minute, who pays
the stale tates'’ We do Get the idea
I believe it is lime ID return the
local schools lo the communities
who built them How about return
mg them to us1 Eliminate the State
School Board, as it docs not work
I believe that the voters, (you do
vote, dot you'’) should nx up and
demand that our elected and ap-
pointed officials do with what they
have I can only spend what I cam
What afoul you'*
Do you remember what Presi-
dent Bush said ’ 'Read My Laps,
NO NEW TAXES* I hj^pen to
agree NO NEW TAXES
Write Senator Bill Sims and
Representative Troy Fraser and tell
them alio. NO NfcW TAXES. W'c
elected them, and it's past ume that
we tell them what we want and do
me want NO NEW TAXES
Thank you
Richard L Martin
P S. -1 am also against a lottery
Dear David.
I would like to take this opportu-
nity to congratulate Mr Phy and the
Reagan County High School Band
of the early 1950's on their achieve-
ment of the 'sweepstakes* award in
band
1 have heard from several former
band members and it is great that we
have (Jus kind of interest m our band
program both past and present
Living really is ‘Great in Big lake*.
We are going to continue lo pro-
vide a quality music education for
our young people We would I ike to
thank Mr. Phy for his dedication in
those early years. W'c also would
like to thank all of die former and
present hand students for making
Big lake a ‘Band Town*.
Yours Truly.
Robert Vcuer,
Director of Band. RCHS
Thinking of buying
a new air conditioner
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or furnace?
Today many
home owners
are buying
neither one
because the smartest
unit to buy is
an all season
heat pump.
A heat pump cools your home in the summer and
heats it in the winter And not only that, it'll pump
savings bade into your pocket because it's one of the
most energy efficient cooling and heating systems you
can buy
As a WTU customer, you can quality for $500 cash
wh«n you install an electric heat pump and your home
meets WTtT* Energy Soring Plan requirements
VfcT-ST TTXAA t Til ITU S COMPANY
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For more information on an all season hoot pump.
call four cooling and hooting dealer or WTU
Dear David.
Maybe Mr Edwin Phy remem-
bered the Sweepstakes woo by hu
Great Owl Bands of 1950 and 1951.
The Annual went to press before the
context in die spring of these years
w no listing of these awards are in
the Annuals Members of those
bands who still live in Reagan
Couity are Dale Calley. Bcva lee
Reed Em men. Man an Sue Roach.
Shirley Swan/y Miller. Billie Wat-
kins Havts. Ann Way Schnccman.
Helen Norwood Atwood, and Joyce
Nunn Stokes.
About 12 or so years ago I found
•our* trophies on the top shelf, at the
back, of the RCHS Trophy Case.
Sincerely.
Joyce Nunn Stokes
Prepayment hopes
The local question now te: Since
the legislature wont make the
court-ordered May 1 deadline, w«
the Texaa Supreme Court dose
puMc schools before the semester
ends
The answer depends in pen on
how teat a school dutnet prepay-
ment Ml Mows the tax Mi through
the house
Tha Mi authorises Comptroller
Bob Buttock to prepay school da-
tncts for summer months thereby
keaptng them from dotmg tor leek of
money
But if the partisans want to trap
Clements, why would they stow turn
this out? The NTs late, whether t
passes or dies, probably signals the
Democrats real intentions
That taking, a state district judge
has said ha wd on May 1 consider
extending the court ordered deed-
Ina
Thus, lawmaksrt have at least
two ways to squirm out of passing a
school finance Ml this month
Third session Inevltibls
Perhaps the wisest heeds knew
el along that a thud special session
was nevxtote
As Speaker Gfc Lewis said last
week. "The Governor wil do what
the governor has to do.* end so must
pro tax democrats. Whan Clements
threw down the veto gauntlet, nevt-
tibty they had to answer
Now. i lawmakers squirm past
the deadline, who's to say that it
won? take a fourth or fifth special
session for lawmakers to equalize
school finance?
Some other options
•The Senate may breathe new
life into the state lottery issue next
session, thought dead when the
House refected it last week as a
means to raise school revenues.
*Gov Bill Clements suggested
layoffs Some state agencies have
heed employees above the Leg ala
live Budget Board levels
Lewis and Hobby sato they knew
of no place where cuts could be
made
Bullock blamed Clements for
"balanang a school budget on the ft
backs of the workers who asset the
poor, the sick, and those in nursing
homes
The state employees union re-
buffed Clements and celled lor a
state tocoma tax
Teachers to march
Before the floor debate on Ns
sales tax MI. state Rap Jamas
Hury. D -Galveston, invited teach-
ers to march on the Caprtol "Let 'em
march. I they've got nothing else to
do ITs good exercise,* responded
Clements |
Ol course, they had something
better to do: Teach in the dess
room. But a teacher group spokes
man sard theyII march this summer
in the tNrd special session.
Afta reading Lyndclls column
you arc cither fascinated or ex-
hausted and disgusted. But you
have to admit that politics played on
the state level with high stakes are
interesting.
Lyndcll’s column appears in the
Wildcat nearly every week. If you P
want to know more dun w hat you
read in the daily papers and a w hole
lot more than you sec read by a tele-
vision new s reader, then Slate Capi-
tol Highlights is for you.
Tha anewnt Graaks awardad crowns
mada of laural laavaa to victorious f
athletas while The ancient Romans
decorated their war haroea with
crowns of oak leaves
REPORT OF CONDITION
Consolidated Report of Condition ol REAGAN STATE BANK of Big Lake, Texas and Domestic
Subsidiaries, a member of the Federal Reserve System, at the close of business on March 31,
1990 published in accordance with a call made by the Federal Reserve Bank of this District
pursuant to the provisions ot the Federal Reserve Act
ASSETS
Thousands of Dollars
16,798
508
_Q_
Cash and balances due trom depository institutions
Noninterest bearing balances and currency and coin
interest bearing balances ................................................
Securities ....................-...................................................
Federal funds sold .............................................................
Securities purchased under agreements to resell................
Loans and lease financing receivables
Loans and leases, net of unearned income ...................
LESS Allowance tor loan and lease losses...................
LESS Allocated transfer risk reserve.............................
Loans and leases, net ot unearned income, allowance, and reserve
Assets held in trading accounts...............................................................
Premises and (ixed assets (including capitalized leases).......................
Other real estate owned...............................................................
investments tn unconsolidated subsidiaries and associated companies
Customers' liability to this bank on acceptances outstanding
Intangible assets ..................................................................................
Other assets............................................................................................
Total assets ...........................................................................................
Losses deferred pursuant to 12 USC I823(j).....................................
Total assets and losses deterred pursuant to 12 USC I823(j)
16,290
0
329
119
0
0
0
1,126
27.374
N/A
27.374
LIABILITIES
Deposits
In domestic offices..........................................
Noninterest bearing...................................
Interest bearing.........................................
Federai tunds purchased ...................................
Securities sold under agreements to repurchase
Demand notes issued to the U S Treasury.........
Other borrowed money
3.178
22,376
25,554
Mortgage indebtedness and obligations under capitalized leases
Bank's liability on acceptances executed and outstanding
Notes and debentures subordinated lo deposits...........................
Other liabilities...............................................................................
Total liabilities ...............................................................................
Limited life preferred slock ..........................................................
EQUITY CAPITAL
Perpetual preferred slock....................................................................
Common slock ..........................~......................................................
Surplus ....................................-........................................................
Undivided protits and capital reserves................................................
LESS Net unrealized toss on marketable equity secunties..............
Total equty capeaJ ............................................................................
Losses detened pursuant to 12 U S C I823(j)..................................
Tot* equty captfal and tosses deterred pursuant lo 12 USC. 1823(j)
Total liabilities. kmiled We preferred slock, equity capital and tosses deferred
' pursuant to 12 U S C. 1823(j) ..........................-.............................................
I Susan D Gunnels. Cashier, of the above-named bank do hereby declare that this Ropoh °J
Condition has been prepared in conformance with the instructions issued by the Board ot
Governors ot the Federal Reserve System and is true to the best ot my knowledge and belief
Sgnxtur# ol ofticwr authorized to aign report
We. the undersigned directors, attest to the correctness of th*s Report of Condition and declare lhat
it has been examxied by us and to the best of our knowledge and belief has been prepared in
conformance with the instructions issued by the Board ot Governors ot the Federal Reserve
System and is true and correct jfW n rl
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SIXTY-FIFTH YEAR, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 26, 1990, newspaper, April 26, 1990; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658674/m1/2/?rotate=270: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Reagan County Library.