The Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 79, No. 80, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 6, 1986 Page: 1 of 14
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Lottery favored
Popular deficit solutions revealed
Gaines County residents
narrowly favor a lottery as a
means to help solve the state s
deepening deficit problem, a
survey conducted by The
Sentinel and requested by State
Dist 77 Rep Jim Rudd shows.
The surveys, which will be sent
to Rudd, chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee, show
the lottery favored by a small
margin over the implementation
of pari-mutuel betting on horse
racing and spending cuts in state
services as the best ways to
reduce the deficits.
Based on a point system that
ranked choices in the order of
importance, giving one point for
a choice listed first, two points
for a choice listed second, three
points for a choice listed third,
four points for a choice listed
fourth, etc through the nine
choices, the lottery was the most
popular choice with 78 points,
compared to 79 points tor the
pari-mutuel betting on horse
racing and 82 points for the
spending cuts in state services
The state lottery was listed as
the first choice by six persons,
and second by seven more
persons
The pari-mutuel betting for
horse racing proposal was listed
as the top choice in the survey by
two persons and second by nine
persons while the spending cut in
state services choice was listed
first by 12 persons and second by
one person.
The survey also listed a space
for other ideas, opinions and
comments by persons filling the
survey out.
Comments included:
“Fire two-thirds of the state
employees
“Lower the governor’s salary
Pay him w hat he is worth instead
of w hat he thinks he is worth Sell
his jet He can take the bus!!
“Many states do well with a lot
less Waste! Always a way to
stop waste. Like cut relatives
from payroll. See how much is
paid for what on purchases and
See lottery Page 2
The 'eyes have it
Joe Castillo, a member of the Seminole High School “Band of
Gold,” concentrates on a warm-up exercise as the first day of
band practice commenced Monday. Castillo was one of
approximately 90 bandsman who will participate in the band
this year Sectional rehearsals, as well as full band rehearsals,
will continue for the next couple of weeks. (Sentinel Photo)
W ilhoul . \|M-ri« n<*r. ho* would
«. rt-co^niu- mir mi-lak«« whi n
make ihrm a -rniml limr.'
The following was passed
along to us under a dubious
heading that follows the course of
piking fun at a certain Southwest
Conference school that has been
the brunt of jokes for so many
sears We won t name the
school, because we think it s
unfair- and besides, we don t
think we passed the “entrance
exam this quiz is supposed to
The Seminole
Sentinel
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it sps wmimm
FMINOI
Set* how many you can get
right It's somewhat tricky The |
answers follow at the bottom ot
this portion
l How many outs are there in
an tuning of base* tail
2 If you divide:«) by 1 -< and add )
>'4P9>
10, what is you answer ’
3 You are tired It is H 00
p m \ ou set you .alarm !<*r 9 oc
a m How many hours sleep will
this permit you to have”
4 How many birthdays does
the average man have in his
lifetime'’
5 How far can a dog run into
the w oods”
6 Where do they bury p*t>ple
living west of the Pecos'*
7 A man builds a house with
four sides Kach side has a large
l,ay window with a southern
exposure A tH*ar walks by, what
color is the bear”
H What can you fill a bucket
full of to make it lighter”
9 How much dirt is in a hole
one yard deep, throe feet long
and 38 inches wide”
U) What is Smokey the Bear's
middle name”
11 An appendectomy is the
removal of your appendix, a
tonsillectomy is the removal of
your tonsils What is tlie name
used for the removal of a grow th
from your head * ,
12 Which wTtt burn longer, a
blue candle or a red candle”
-13 If you had only one match
and entered a room which had a
kerosene lamp, an old heater and
a wood stove, which would you
light first”
14 Some months have 30 days,
some 31, how many have 28
da vs?
15 1 have two U S coins m my
hand They total 55 cents in
value One is not a nickel W hat
are the tw o coins'*
16 A farmer had 17 sheep and
all but nine died, how many did
he have left”
17 Two men are playing
checkers They played five
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Funds disbursed here
In effort to eradicate hunger
lliose summer
(lays
Those carefree days of playing softball on
a warm summer afternoon are drawing
to an end. with some school activities
beginning this week and more planned
next week. School, however, doesn t start
for almost another month.
(Sentinel Photo)
Possible prehistoric
skeleton discovered
Skeletal remains found this
past week at a site northwest of
Seminole have been termed as
"probably prehistoric,
definitely human,” by
spokesmen at the Archeology
Department at the Texas Tech
Museum in Lubbock.
The remains were found last
week and turned in to the
sheriffs department, who in turn
sent the remains to the
university.
The museum spokesman said
that since no artifacts were found
with the remains, that the period
could not be determined, but that
archeologists from the museum
would come to the site to
investigate it further Among the
remains sent were a lower
jawbone, pelvis bone, several leg
bones, and a vertebra
The remains were found in a
shallow grave by hoe hands
Few issues arouse more
political and social controversy
than hunger in America Over
the past twenty years, the federal
government has made
substantial efforts to eradicate
hunger in the United States.
During fiscal 1985. a total of $18 7
billion dollars was expended on
various federal programs
designed to provide food
assistance to the poor Most of
these programs disbursed funds
in Gaines County.
The federal government has
budgeted $18.8 billion dollars for
food assistance during fiscal 1986
and some $19 4 billion dollars is
projected for federal nutrition
programs in the budget for fiscal
1987. At the same time, several
recent studies have suggested
that hunper continue* ln ^ j—
problem in the United States
The issue of hunger in America
has led to considerate
dissension between the Reagan
Administration and its critics
President Reagan's recent
statement that existing federal
programs were sufficient to
almost entirely eliminate hunger
in the United States was sharply
disputed.
At the same time, it is a matter
of fact that federal spending for
programs designed to eliminate
hunger increased from $10.8
billion dollars during fiscal 1979.
the last full fiscal year of the
Carter Administration, to $18.8
billion dollars during fiscal 1985
or by 7.41 per cent. Overall
federal spending increased by
92.7 per cent from fiscal 1979
through fiscal 1985
The only other major items in
the federal budget that increased
at a greater rate than nutrition
assistance programs over this
period Were defense spending,
interest payments on the
national ; debt, and support
payments of agricultural
commodities.
The largest and hriost
important federal nutrition
program is the Food Stamp
program. During fiscal 1985,
expenditures throught the Food
Stamp program were $12 6
billion dollars or 66.6 per cent of
all spending for federal food
___2 _ A TKn f AAr) ktumn
program directly allects more
Americans as well as more
residents of Gaines County than
any other federal nutrition
program. Food stamps are
provided to individuals and
households using a formula
largely based on income
Virtually all individuals or
households with incomes less
than the poverty level qualify for
food stamp assistance as do a
number of individuals and
households w ith incomes greater
then the poverty level Under
these circumstances, many
analysts consider that w henever
the poverty level in the nation or
See fund- Page 2
TECAT proves trying
experience for writer
i editor's Note One of the
thousands of p«rsnns to tmVrt* the
teacher competency test this year
was The Sentinel staff writer
Handel Brvant. )
The very sound of it made an
Pfhiratnr’s hi nod run raid.---
First, of all, 1 have to qualify the
taking of the test by noting that 1
didn't have to pass it to maintain my
job, like educators had to do.
That fact made for a less
pressurized atmosphere in both
preparing for and completing the
exam then educators were forced to
deal with.
That fact made for a big
difference. Ask any educator that
had to embrace that added
pressure.
TECAT.
Ag, OU day set
for Sept.
The Oil & Ag Appreciation Day
committee of the Seminole Area
Chamber of Commerce set the
annual fete to farmers and
oilmen for Sept 23 at a meeting
Tuesday afternoon
The day will begin with a tour
of area farms that will leave the
Civic Building at 9 a m Activity
for Ag & Oil Appreciation Day
See il«> Page 2
It was very hard to feel cold,
though, w hen the sun was haking my
car-at 7 a m.-on the drive to take
the test at Brownfield High School.
The test was going to be tough
enough, but I didn't know w here the
high school was and I m terrible at
taking directions.
Turn right at Taco Villa tl think)
and then go until you see the church
(I hope) and then turn north and you
can’t miss it. 1 was told.
1 hate it when they say you can’t
miss it because it is always an omen
that I will miss it.
Luckily finding the school was no
problem, even for someone that was
concentrating heavily on possible
TECAT questions and lightly on
directions to the school.
“Is that the front door.” I gestured
to a guy sitting in a pickup next to
where I parked.
Yeah, right in there,” he said
pointing. “My wife's taking the
test.”
“And you're going to sit out in
this blooming heat and wait for
her”” 1 wondered. Such devotion.
Inside, I got to stand in line (I was
early) and then finally entered the
do-or-die area with approximately
two dozen others, including Jerry
L!)on Foote.
We faced another wait while the
proctor explained that he got paid
well to proctor and then told some
survey stories while waiting for the
official starting gate of 8.30
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