The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1986 Page: 1 of 4
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1986.
4 PAGES - 25 CENTS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
1986 Stew winners
Hard work paid off for Mary and Charlie
Charles of Sulphur Springs, left, as they were
selected as the 1986 Hopkins County Stew
winners. The couple and their grand-
daughter, Shelbie Charles, also of Sulphur
Springs, were awarded the winning plaque
by Ann Roach, representing the Chamber of
Commerce. The winning pot of stew was
sponsored by M&W Feed Company.
— Staff photo by Ann McAdams
Lightning bolt kills worker
at Cooper construction site
Br MICHAEL PELRINE
A 43-year-old Arkansas man died
shortly after being struck by light-
ning Friday at the Big Creek
Reservoir construction site in
Cooper, the Delta County Sheriff's
Office reported Saturday morning.
Maurice Moore, an employee of a
construction company working at the
site, was standing within 50 feet of a
large me^al crane late Friday af-
ternoon vfyien he was struck directly
by lightning, according to a
spokesman from a Paris ambulance
service
Weather conditions were rainy, and
thunder and lightning w as-reported in
the area much of the late afternoon
and early evening Friday
The accident w^ reported to the
sheriff's office in Cooper and an
ambulance was dispatched to the
scene. An EMS vehicle with
paramedics on board was dispatched
from Paris and met the ambulance 10
miles south of Paris, the ambulance
service spokesman said.
Moore was transferred to the Paris
EMS vehicle and taken to the St.
Joseph's Hopital emergency room in
Paris where he later died.
Charles stew takes
top honors for '86
By BOBBY BURNEY
Same song, third verse.
For the third time in the past five
years, Charlie and Mary Charles won
the coveted Hopkins County World
Championship Stew Contest Saturday
at the Fall Festival. m
Sponsored by M&W Feeds and
Fertilizer, the winning team was
awarded a plaque and $150 cash,
virtue of Sulphur Springs Vision
Center.
In another competitive Fall
Festival contest, Lana Vaughn, a
junior at North Hopkins High School,
was named as the 1986 Cover Girl.
She was also named Miss
Congeniality.
Vaughn beat out eight other county
girls in 10 timed events such as
cutting up a chicken, milking a cow
and backing a trailer.
She was awarded a $500 scholarship
to the college of her choice.
Donna Weir \vas named first
runner-up, Shawn Nowlin was second
runner-up, and Teresa Gammill was
third runner-up. Tenny Turner won
parade conveyance, Shawn Nowlin
sold the most tickets, and Teresa
Gammill won the window display.
As the sun boiled up 90-degree
temperatures, the Charles team
brewed up the winning recipe of
chicken stew, which was the same
recipe they won with in 1982 and 1983.
"Basically, it's the same recipe,"
Charles said. "We always do our best
to make the best pot of stew we can.”
The secret to winning the contest is
going to remain a secret, he added
We've got an extra spice or two
that other people don’t use," he
confided. "But, I can't tell you what
they are — then it' wouldn’t be a
secret."
The couple, who have lived in
Hopkins County for 27 years, have
been in the stew contest for six years
and received honorable mention once
in addition to their three cham-
pionships.
A quart of the winning pot of stew
was auctioned to Pratt Packing Co.
for $225.
The second place recipe was
cooked by Nell and J.D. Sparkman
and Donna and Robert Reed. The
third place team of Kim Key, Sharon
Scott, Libby Godwin and Joan Owens
were cooking for the first year.
Best dressed campsite award was
won by Mike and Robin Hada way and
Robert and Joann Grant.
Honoring the Texas Sesquicen-
tennial, the Optimist Club sponsored
a time capsule, which was sealed by-
club members at Saturday afternoon
and prepared for burial on the
Chamber of Commerce grounds.
Included inside the capsule, which
will be unearthed and opened in 2036.
were several letters written by
Hopkins County residents to their
descendents to read when the capsule
is opened.
Footballs from Friday night’s
-games involving Sulphur Springs and
Cumby were also placed in the
capsule along with the Sunday edition
of The News-Telegram.
Literally thousands of participants,
workers and spectators mingled
among the dozens of displays and
booths in and around the Civic Center
Saturday morning, eating stew,
riding rides at the carnival and
catching a glimpse of the livestock
shows and auction.
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He had been severely burned and
had undergone cardiac arrest at the
accident scene, according (to the
Paris ambulance service spokesman,
and cardio-pulmonary resuscit^tiot^
was begun by ambulance personnel
and continued through the trip to the
hospital.
Two construction- companies are
working at the Big Creek site — H.F.
Company, which is building the
reservoir, and Four Thirteen Inc.,
which is building the water treatmenj
plant. Moore was employed by H.F.
Company.
Big Creek is located just north of
the city of Cooper
Woman dies
jn accident
72-year-old Pickton woman
was pronounced dead at Hopkins
Jounty Memorial Hospital
londay following a vehicle
collision with a tractor-trailer rig
on FM Highway 269. the
Department of Public Safety-
reported.
According to the DPS report.
Iva Gunn, a Pickton resident,
was traveling southbound at 7:45
a.m. when she apparently lost
control of her vehicle, crossed the
center stripe and collided with a
tractor-trailer milk truck driven
by Raymond Miller of Pickton.
New Fall Festival queen
Lana Vaughn, a junior at North Hopkins School, was named
the 1986 Fall Festival Cover, during coronation ceremonies
Saturday afternoon. The coronation ceremonies wrapped
up a week of timed competitions including milking a cow.
Lana, who was one of nine contestants vying'for the title,
had two minutes to milk the cow and then her container of
fresh milk was weighed.
—Staff photo by Karen Turpen
County plans $5.3 million budget, same tax rate
By MARY GRANT
News Telegram Staff
The cost of operating Hopkins
County government continues to
grow, up more than $1 million in a
three-year period.
I,ast week the Commissioners
Court, in a split decision, authorized a
proposed 1987 $5.3 million budget
while unanimously retaining a tax
rate of 30.14 cents.
The increase follows similar action
taken in earlier years, including $4
million budgeted for 1984, $4.8 million
budgeted for 1985 and $5 million
budgeted for 1986.
While county oil and gas values
dropped, new construction and
revalued property took up the
balance for a total of $902 million
countywide value. Taxpayers whose
property retained its 1985 values can
expect to pay the same tax as last
year. Those whose property was
increased in value will get a higher
tax bill.
During the meeting, the court
received criticism from a local
businessman, Jim Masters, of the
proposed $302,000 increase over last
year’s budget and the carryover of
more than $1.3 million, an amount
that remains despite the retention of
last year’s tax rate.
Commissioners said cuts in federal
funding coupled with possible losses
in property valuations because of the
H.D. Lee Co. plant closing and other
local economical setbacks influenced
their decision to maintain the
carryover in an effort to continue a
buffer for future unprojected costs.
Voting for the proposal were
Commissioners Elton Stewart,
Delbert Tully and County Judge
Wayne Scott. Voting against the
proposal were Commissioners H.W.
Halcomb and Wayne Mobley.
The budget increase, according to
County Auditor Donald Rea, is
scattered throughout the various
departments. Budgeted in a new
category is the solid waste disposal
fund, totaling $236,631, that will be
used to operate a state-mandated
garbage disposal station.
Areas where expenses have in-
creased from last year include
County Clerk, District Court, District
Clerk, Justice of the Peace
i Precincts 2,3,4), County Attorney,
elections, County Auditor, County
Treasurer, Constable (Precinct 1),
Sheriff's Department, Civic Center,
revenue sharing, District Attorney,
and debt service.
Departments with thejjame or lejs
expenses projected than last yeaTare
County Judge, Commissioners Court,
Veterans Service, non-departmental,
County Court, Justice of the Peacfi
(Precinct 11, Tax Collector, Data
Processing, Building Maintainence,
Constable (I^ecinct 2, 3, 4), Ex-
tension Service, FM road, special
fund, adult probation, juvenile
probation, road and bridge special
maintenance, and road and bridge
(all commissioners precincts.)
An increase in spending for
revenue sharing (about $259,000)
depicts funds not yet used that must
be spent within a two-year period.
Expenses increases are also
related to costs for housing out of
county prisoners in the local jail,
costs that are repaid by the using
counties when the prisoners are
removed. Those costs boosted the
Sheriff’s Office budget up more than
$70,000.
Salary costs for all departments
$1.4 million,
were authorized
total approximately
although no raises-wi
with the exception of the Precinct 1
Constable, one County Treasurer
employee and one road and bridge
mechanic.
Employment numbers increased,
including a part-time secretary for
the District Court, an assistant for-the
District Clerk, a secretary for the
District Attorney, a supervisor for
the new solid waste disposal plant-,
and an investigator, a jailer and a
secretary for the Sheriff's Office.
"Other assistants may be needed at
the solid -waste dispoal plant as the
year progresses;County Auditor
Donald Rea noted.
According to Rea, expenses by
accounting divisions include public .
transportation, 29 percent;-judicial,
legal and public safety, 27 percent;
administration, 17 percent; capital
outlay, 11 percent; debt service, 5
percent; conservation, 4 percent;
environmental protection, 4percent;
and elections, public facilities and
law library, 2 percent. (See ac-
company ing graphic). .
Rea noted that although costs for
road and bridge maintenance
decreased $33,675, that amount ap-
pears in capitol outlay targeted for
Precinct 2.
^ —(5*)
(27%)-
-11%)
.o'"*'
—(4%)
This graphic, created using figures provided by County
Auditor Donald Rea, shows how fiscal 1987 expenditures of
$5,303,588, rounded off to the nearest percentage, are
divided up among eight different funds.
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, September 26, 1986, newspaper, September 26, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775494/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.