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Seminole (Texas) Sentinel, Wednesday, August 29,2001, PAGE 3
New traffic-related laws to
begin in Texas this Saturday
; Effective this Saturday, Sept. 1,
Several traffic and driving-related
jaws will take effect in Texas.
House Bill 5 makes it a Class C
misdemeanor to have open containers
alcohol in tta
passenger
compartment of a motor vehicle,
i The new law also increases
penalties for repeat DWI offenders. If
ja second DWI conviction takes place
within five years of die first, there is
an automatic one-year driver license
suspension-and die driver must have
an ignition interlock installed on their
vehicle for the year following the
, suspension. During the suspension,
•the offender is not eligible for an
: occupational license.
■ House Bill 63 increases the driver
; license suspension period for a
• person who refuses to take the breath
; test or fails that test-and requires the
i arresting officer to confiscate their
| driver license on the spot.
\ The suspension periods and
enhanced punishments for repeat
offenders were also increased.
For example, for a first offense, the
• suspension period for refusing a
: breath test will double, from three
• months to six months. The house bill
; also applies the Administration
; license Revocation laws to boating
; while intoxicated if the suspect
I refuses a breath test.
' Senate Bill 399 prohibits children
j under 18 from riding in the back of ,a
; pickup or Qatbed truck,
v There are several notable
exceptions, including if it is the only
family vehicle or it is a government-
sanctioned hayride. The old law
applied to children under 12 years of
age, and only if the vehicle was
traveling more than 35 miles an hour.
Senate Bill 113 requires children
under four, or less than 36 inches, to
be restrained in an approved car seat.
County Oil
& Gas News
Two pumping oilers with
combined ability to yield 46 barrels
of crude per day have been completed
in the North Robertson Field of
. Gaines County, approximately 11
miles southwest of Seminole.
-Seaboard Oil is the operator.
' ’' Wells included the Nos. 3 and 5
’Sam C. Jenkins “B.”
They pumped 26 and 20 barrels of
per day, respectively, on open
choke.
Overall, production ranges from
6354 to 7,198 feet in the Clear Fork
•Formation.
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'•. Also in die North Robertson Held,
Texaa Exploration has brought the
No. 51 Syco Unit on line in a lease
about six miles southwest of
Seminole.
.. Gauged on an open choke, the well
yielded 42 barrels of oil per day.
Texaco took the hole to a 7,250-
foot bottom and perforated for
production ranging from 6,330 to
-7,233 feet into the wellbore.-
The old law required car seats for
children under two years of age.
The same bill also requires itil
children, ages 4-16, to use seat belts
anywhere in the vehicle. The old law
only required seat belts for those 4-
14 years of age. ^
Also in the same bill, it specifies
that all seat belt laws apply to trucks,
including one-ton pickups.
House Bill 1739 increases the
minimum fines for violating the car
seat law from $25-$100. If a judge
opts for probation, the offender
would have to take the special TEA-
approved child seat and seat belt
education course.
Senate Bill 215 and House Bill
2798 both increase the penalties for
fleeing and evading arrest in a motor
vehicle. A first offense is now a state
jail felony as opposed to a Class A
misdemeanor. The senate bill also
outlines provisions for testing
suspects for communicable diseases
if an officer is exposed to bodily
fluids during certain arrests.
House Bill 299 authorizes the
TexasTransportation Commission to
establish a daytime speed limit of 75
miles per hour on highways located
mnniinrit-g with a population dingily
of less than 10 persons per square
mile.
Senate Bill 968 establishes a sixth-
month driver license suspension for a
second conviction of gas theft.
Senate Bill 214 abolishes the
statute of limitations for leaving the
scene of a fatal accident.
House Bill 2134 creates a specific
offense for operating a motor vehicle
emitting excessive smoke, visible for
at least 10 seconds.
House bill 1544 makes it a Class B
misdemeanor to directly solicit
business or employment based on
information derived from accident
records or related records.
The legal driving age in Texas
remains 16, but a graduated licensing
bill goes into effect Jan. 1,2002.
MOP AND BROOM SALE
Seminole Uons Club members Randy Clay, Justin Scharf, Shane Wimmer, Francis See and Eric Fitzhugh, along with
Bob Dunn of Lighthouse for the Blind, are pictured with a sample of the merchandise sold during the club's annual mop
and broom sale Saturday on the courthouse square. According to Wimmer, who was chairman of this year's event, sales
amounted to just over $7,000, with more expected in the next two to three weeks. Lighthouse for the Blind manufactures
the items and splits the profits with the club.
Obituaries
Johnny Atchley Biggs
1913-2001
Services for Johnny Atchley Biggs, 88, of Seminole, will be held this
Thursday, August 30, at 11 a.m. at Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home Chapel
in Lubbock with the Rev. Leslie Lewis, chaplain of Covenant Medical Center
officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Cemetery under direction
of Franklin-Bartley Funeral Home.
She died Monday, August 27, following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Biggs was bom March 18,1913 in Childress County and married
Duke Biggs Dec. 24, 1932 in Childress County and they moved to the
Ropesville area in 1938. She retired from Methodist Hospital in Lubbock in
1977 and moved to Seminole in 1979. She was a member of First Baptist
Church of Seminole.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Duke, in 1961 and a sister in
1995.
Survivors include, two daughters, Betty Darby and husband, Doyle
of Seminole and Sharia Zorns and husband, Janies of Phoenix, Arizona;
two brothers, Ross Atchley and wife, Mary of Sherman and Aubryn
Atchley and wife, Blanche of Camp Hill Pennsylvania; one sister,
Frieda Taunton of Lubbock; five grandchildren; nine great-
grandchildren; and one great-great grandson.
Pallbearers will be Doyle Darby, James Zorns, Rex Darby, Ken Darby,
Ryan Darby and Anderson Upton. y
The family suggests memorials to the First Baptist Church Building Fund
or the person’s favorite charity.
Rigo Madrid
2001
Graveside services for Rigo Madrid, infant son of Esmeralda and Joel
Madrid of Denver City, was held Tuesday, August 28, at 11:00 ajn. at the
Denver City Memorial Park-Baby land in Denver City with Rev. Andres
Mendoza officiating. Services were under the direction of Boyer Funeral
Home of Seminole.
The infant died Saturday, August 25, at Memorial Hospital in Seminole.
Survivors include his parents, Esmeralda and Joel Madrid of
Denver City; paternal grandparents, Eustolia and Vicente Garcia of
Denver City; paternal great-grandfather, Pablo Madrid of Denver City;
maternal grandparents, Juana and Rito Villegas of Denver City; and
maternal great-grandparents, Ester and Jose Truillo of Mexico.
Ratliff Funeral Homes
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Texas Ag
Commissioner
in Stanton
Texas Agriculture Commissioner
Susan Combs will host an open town
hall meeting Thursday, Sept. 6,
beginning at 3 p.m. at the Martin
County Courthouse in Stanton, 301
North Sl Peter.
All West Texas agricultural
producers, agribusinesses,
community leaders and citizens are
encouraged to attend to provide input
on the best ways to address the area’s
agricultural and rural issues.
Combs will also discuss topics
such as rural economic development,
the new farm bill, trade, agricultural
marketing, transportation, rural and
agricultural financing, water and the
status of Texas agriculture.
A pair of unitized oil wells has
been completed in the North
Robertson Field, 12 miles southwest
of Seminole, with Seaboard Oil as
operator.
Pumping 11 and 34 barrels of oil
per day, respectively, the wells are
known as die Nos. 207 and 2Q8
North Robertson Clear Fork Unit.
Both bottomed at 7,298 feet and
produoed overall from 6,318 to 7,212
feet into the wellbore.
Loop school board
ito hold regular
^meeting Thursday
■ Tin; Loop school bond will hold
tits regular meeting this Thursday,
[Aug. 30, beginning at 7:30 pm in
;the Loop Resource Center.
* The board will consider budget
'amendments for the 2000-2001 year,
of the 2001-2002 budget
tax rate, consider discounts for
early payment and hear reports on
•board training, a board convention,
! 8taff appraisal and an overall school
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
ON GAINES COUNTY APPRAISAL
DISTRICT BUDGET
The Gaines County Appraisal District will hold a public hearing on a
proposed budget for the 2002 fiscal year.
The public hearing will be held on September 12,2001 at 3:30 p.m.
A summary of the appraisal district budget follows:
The total amount of the proposed budget.
The total amount of increase o\ er the current
year’s budget.
The number of employees compensated under
the proposed budget.
$625,700
$36,600
The number of employees compensated under
the current budget.
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The appraisal district is supported solely by payments from the local taxing
units served by the appraisal district.
If approved by the appraisal district board of directors at the public
hearing, the proposed budget will take effect automatically unless disap-
proved by the governing bodies of the county, school districts, cities and
towns served by the appraisal district.
A copy of the proposed budget is available for public inspection in the office
of each of those governing bodies. A copy is also available for public
inspection at the appraisal district office.
Gaines County Appraisal District
302 S.E. Avenue B
Seminole, Texas 79360
915-758-3263
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Dow, M. Gene & Fisher, David. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 94, No. 91, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 29, 2001, newspaper, August 29, 2001; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth804546/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gaines County Library.