The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SEVENTY FIRST YEAR, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 25, 1996 Page: 1 of 12
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Festival of
Faith meeting
There w ill be a meeting of the
general committee of the Com-
munity-wide Festival of Faith
Monday night, January 29 at 7:00
p,ro. at the FBC fellowship hall.
Everyone is urged to attend.
There will be several committees
needed and hopefully many will
volunteer. The Festival of Faith
will be held this year March 3-6.
Billy Hanks will be the evange-
list along with several others who
win be here to direct music and
youth activities. . „.,
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There has been a fund estab-
lished for Howard Morris,
brother of Louise Matthews and
Jay Dobbs. The fund is at Big
Lake Bank. There will be nu-
merous fund raisers to help fund
a possible heart transplant.
Junk busters
You can join Keep Big Lake
Beautiful in helping keep Big
Lake cleaner and a better place
to Uve. KBLB is compiling a
list of dilapitated buildings,
abandoned vehicles and trashy
: lots and areas. Call any KBLB
i committee member orcaU Keith
j Floyd at 884-3375 to put your
junk nomination on the list.
Keep Big Lake Beautiful com-
mittee members include Karen
Gore, Glenda Eggleston, Jana
i Freeman, Danny Reeves, Eddie
Subia, John Walts.Lynn White,
and Louise Matthews.
New maps
; The Big Lake Chamber of
Commerce has received the new
city and county maps. This
attractive brochure is available
tothe public. Anyone wanting
one of the new maps should
contactthe Chamber offcc dur-
ing regular hours.
Weather
This Year
Dote Hi 1
Am
Rain
Jan. 18 69
17
.00
Jan. 19 33
13
.00
Inn. 20 44
15
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Jan. 21 60
20
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Jan. 20 60
31
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)m. 23 66
33
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Jan. 24 57
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(Readings taken at 8:00 urn.
dally).
Rainfall for January .10
Rainfall for 1996 .10
last Year
Total rainfall for 1995 ...13.65"
(Jan. .57: Feb. 1.05; Mar. 33; Apr.
1.80; May 3.01; June 1.03; July .18;
Aug. 1.23; Sept. 3.43: Oct.. 12; Nov.
30; Dec. .40; total for 1995,13.65.)
(Official records maintained by the
Natural Reiotvcec Conservation
Service.)
Heart Fund
Council names Marfa man City Secretary after search of several months to fill position
Council names Chavez City Secretary
After several months of delibera-
tion and numerous meetings, the
Big Lake City Council has named
David T. Chavez as City Secretary
for the City of Big Lake effective
February 29. Most recently City
Administrator/Personnel Office of
Marfa, Chavez will move to Big
Lake as soon as possible to begin
familiarizing himself with his duties
here.
The Council had reviewed the
applications of over 30 individuals
for the City Secretary’s job here. In
their January 16 meeting, the coun-
cil had personal interviews with five
out of town candidates for the job as
well as two local candidates..
The Council interviewed
Chavez, Kenneth L. Neal of Anson,
Thomas E. Donaldson of Llano,
Thomas H. Caffall of Kcrrvillc, and
Wilma L. Miller of Midland. Local
applicants Mark Kohutck and Tim
Turner were also interviewed
Mayor H.F. Ritchie said, "Most
of the candidates interviewed hold
professional degrees in manage-
ment and/or public administration.
They were all involved in city man-
agement in thcircurrcnl jobs and we
had a good pick of persons inter-
ested in the job here. Chavez
seemed to be a good fit for what we
needed and what he is looking for.”
David T. Chavez holds a Masters
degree in Public Administration
from Governors Slate University;
University Park, Illinois. He also is
a certified paralegal and he holds a
Headin' for the Hills is this year's production by local actors and actresses
Tickets on sale now
for Lions Club play
Lions Club cooks are already
buying briskets and fixin's in prepa-
ration for the 2nd annual Reagan
County Lions Club dinner and play.
The event will take place February
3.
Local actors and actresses are
practicing their parts several times a
week and the play is another rip
roarin' comedy which should be
great entertainment.
Tickets will be available for the
play at the door and the dinner will
be held in the Reagan County Com-
munity Center preceding the play.
Dinner will be served at the Com-
munity Center from 5-7 with the
play starting at 7:30 P.M.
Headin'for the Hills is the name
of this year's production.
Cast members include Tina
Noland as Cornelia, N ida Chambers
as Dorthea, J im Bob Solsbcry as Cy
Goolus, Kim Sexton as Betty Belle
Goolus, Dcann Randle as Happy
Goolus, Robin Russell as Skccts
Goolus, Barry Riggs as Newt
Goolus, Janet Wilburn as the
Widow Squiggins, Rhonda Holt as
Aunt Sukey, Alicia Worst as Miss
Oggic, Danny Reeves as Slim
Hawkcnshaw, Nancy Jackson as
Miss Winslow, Mike Massey as
Horscfacc Dilly, Byron Bitner as
Jake Slasser, Trudy Jcpson as
Emmyjcan, Helen Kirkpatrick as
Zekc’s Maw, Nancy Lieficsle as
Aunt LeRoy, Pat Hodge as Aunt
LcRoy, James Jepson as Shorty, and
Tim Eiscnhour as Lefty.
Janet Wilburn’s character,
Widow Squiggins, has 10 children
and they will be named later.
The Gore Brothers Band will
also perform in the play as well as
during intermission.
Long time piano instructor Mr.
LcRoy Moore will play selections
during the meal served at the Com-
munity Center before the play.
Adult combination tickets are
$10 and may be purchased at Big
Lake Bank or Security State Bank
starling next week. Play only adult
tickets are $5 and all student tickets
are $2. Dinner tickets at the door at
$6 and dinner only children's tickets
are $3 at the door.
All tickets will be available at the
door.
Kirk Braden showed the Grand Champion lamb at the 64th Reagan County 4H Livestock Show last weekend.
bachelors degree with a hydrology
major from Utah State University.
In his summary of qual ificalions,
Chavez described himself as a pro-
active manager, consensus builder,
problem solver, team builder, client
focused and highly organized. In
his duties at Marfa, he exercised
general duties in the formulation of
policy changes, redefined purchas-
ing procedures, restructured the
budget, authored successful grants
garnering the city over $400,000 in
less than four months, and demon-
strated an ability to amicably re-
solve most citizen concerns.
He has also been town manager
for the City of Chino Valley, Ari-
zona and was the Chief Administra-
tive officer of the County of Quay in
Tucumcari, New Mexico.
In submitting his resume to the
Council, Chavez stated, "As you
can readily discern from my re-
sume, the preponderance of my pro-
fessional experiences have been in
an executive capacity in the public
sector. I also have relevant experi-
ences as a public works director, a
military engineer, and an economic
development director. As a result, 1
have developed significant experi-
ences in the areas of budget prepara-
tion, personnel management, grant
writing, economic development,
and community planning. More-
over, I have extensive technical ex-
perience in the areas of street con-
struction, water distribution sys-
tems, fleet maintenance, infrastruc-
ture maintenance, and planning, and
intergovernmental relations. In this
regard, 1 am fully prepared to offer
the City of Big Lake the total com-
pliment of my experiences, ener-
gies, and educational experiences in
return for an opportunity to return to
my profession. If selected, 1 have
every confidence that I could step
into the posi lion in a very competent
manner with a minimum of intro-
duction."
Chavez is a U.S. Marine Corps
and Vietnam Vet.
Good voter turnout is expected in local elections
Early voting starts
less than a month
Early voting in the primary elec-
tions is less than one month away
and candidates in elections from
president on down have started
working harder on their campaigns.
Early voting in the primary elec-
tions will begin February 21, 1996
and early voting ends March 8.
Election day is March 12, 19%.
Locally, offices open for consid-
eration include Reagan County
Sheriff, Reagan County Tax Asses-
sor/Collector, County Commis-
sioner precinct 1, County Commis-
sioner precinct 3, County Attorney,
and District Attorney.
Candidates filing for office in the
democratic primary include incum-
bent Commissioner precinct 1 Jim
O'Bryan, incumbent Commissioner
precinct 3 Bill Schneemann, and
assistant District Attorney James
Jcpson who is filing for County At-
torney of Reagan County.
Candidates who have filed for
office in the republican primary in-
clude Frank Gonzales for Sheriff of
Reagan County; Terry Warrincr,
Sheriff; Roy Raney, Commissioner
of precinct 1; Venitta Terral,
County Tax Assessor-Collector,
and Russell Ash, County Attorney.
The Sheriff race in the republi-
can party will pit incumbent Sheriff
Frank Gonzales against former
Constable Terry Warrincr.
Warrincr was elected to the con-
stable position and served for one
term before resigning following a
county-state wide vote to abolish
the office of Constable in Reagan
County. Warrincr has attended po-
lice academy and is a certified law
enforcement officer.
The office of Commissioner,
precinct 1 is also a contested race
pitting incumbent Commissioner
Jim O’Bryan against local oilfield
contractor Roy Raney. This is Mr.
Raney's first try at a county office.
The County Attorney race will
pit incumbent County Attorney
Russell Ash against James Jcpson.
However, the two will not meet in
elections until the November gen-
eral elections as Mr. Ash is running
in the republican primary and Mr.
Jcpson in the democratic primary.
Mr. Jcpson currently serves as As-
sistant District Attorney for the
112th judicial district.
The District Attorney race is also
a contested race this year. Incum-
bent 112th District Attorney J.W.
Johnson is being challenged by Fort
Stockton attorney Ori Tucker
White. The DA's race is in the
democratic primary.
Albert Gonzales, District Auor-
ncy for the 83rd Judicial District is
running unopposed.
The primary elections will also
take on a lot of national, state, and
local interest this presidential elec-
tion year.
Sales Tax rebates to city
show increase for January
^aura Raney exhibited the Grand Champion meal goat at the 64th Reagan County 4H Livestock Show.
The City of Big Lake received its
monthly sales tax rebate check
January 12th in the amount of
$ 14,877.43. This was an increase of
16.84% over the $12,732.97 re-
ceived for the same period in 1995.
This month's rebates were for taxes
collected by monthly sales tax filers
in November at the start of the holi-
day shopping season, and reported
to the State Comptroller in Decem-
ber.
Other cities in this West Texas
area showed the following monthly
amounts received and the percent-
age of increase or decrease from last
year's same period:
Crane $11,990.66, up 9.07%;
Odessa $624,432.05, up 3.29%; Big
Spring $251,708.48, down 2.85%;
Mcrtzon$ 1,828.67, down 15.77%;
Stanton $5,461.97, up 23.18%;
Midland $760,545.84, up 1.93%;
Fort Stockton $61,533.44, up
4.65%; Eldorado $5,573.11, down
7.17%; Sterling City $2,357.08,
down 44.40%; Sonora $28,847.44,
up 6.39%; San Angelo
$592,789.38 up 0.99%; McCamey
$6,115.37, down $13.52%; and
Rankin $1,585.95, up 20.37%.
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