The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1987 Page: 1 of 8
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Most Local Sales Tax Shows Decrease
State Comptroller Bob BuUock Fri-
day sent checks totaling *48.5 million
in local sales tax to 1,038 cities that
levy the one-percent city tax. Bullock
said that the first payments for 1987
were down almost nine percent as
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By: Nanalee Nichols
The other afternoon, a kid with a
jam box on his shoulder went by the
office, music blasting away, feet mov-
ing to the beat.
The thought crossed my mind just
how great one of those noisy little con-
traptions would have been back when
I was a teenager. (Yes, folks, I know
I’m showing my age.)
SotmAwstems weren’t in existence
bactuflle late sixties. In fact, tran-
sistor radios were the newest develop-
ment, along with eight track tapes!
Thanks to my brother, I had one of
the smallest transistor radios around.
It was a Sony, black, about the size of
a hand-held calculator and an inch
thick. It was popular with all the kids
because of its extreme portability. Of
course, it only received AM stations
(FM...what was FM?) and those
sounded absolutely AWFUL coming
from that tiny speaker.
But it was portable, and had a pret-
ty good volume. t
The only other alternative back
then was the car radio. That was
great, but sure could run the battery
down as we all sat around at the park,
lake, etc. listening to the latest hits.
More than one poor soul let it go too
far and ended up having to be push-
ed or boosted off before going home.
Teenagers are all the same, they
haven’t changed much over the
years. We loved volume above all
things, just like today’s kids do.
To achieve it, we sometimes would
have four or five transistor radios
blaring away, all tuned in to the same
station.
Nowadays, there isn't a problem,
one good jam box will provide enough
sound level to shatter the toughest ear
drum.
Sound systems in cars now are
fabulous...multiple speakers, great
tuning, digital read-outs. Compared
to the old push button AM radio in the
cars we drove, there simply is no
contest.
Back then, some electronic
'‘genious’’ could always rig up a
speaker system tied into a radio. This
provided the desired volume, but
sacrificed audible lyrics, the tiny
vibrations usually managing to over-
come the coherence of the song. (Of
course, there wasn’t always a lot of
coherence to begin with.)
All in all, today’s teenagers have it
across the board better when it comes
to listening to music. How we would
have loved all those neat cassette
players, AM-FM systems, compact
discs, etc. etc. back then. Progress
marches on!
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Publimhcd Every Thurwl»y
By Thunder Prnlrle Vubllthln* Co.. P.O. Box
M. Deport. TX 7S43*
Entered A. Second linen Metier. Nov. I. Itl I
M Bogota, TX 7MIT.
Nanalee Nlchol. Puhtteher-EdKor
Ttiomai Nkhola Managing Editor
Mollk Willie mi Bogala Newt Editor
SUBSCRIPTIONS
II* M A Year Per Red River. Lamar and
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ll2.Se A Veer Far Om of Above Cmmllea and
In State ofTeana
lll.ee A Year Far Oat-Of-Blate
DEADLINE
Far Now and Adverttataig. Tneaday At Noon.
Poetmaater and dna'Nrl addreaa to:
The Boga %e
P.O. Bo- A
Bogota. TX 7MI7
compared to last year’s payments.
Houston’s check for $7.6 million was
the largest, down eight percent from
last year’s payment of $8.4 million.
Dallas’ payment was $6 millionn, a
six percent decrease from last
January’s payment of $6.4 million.
Blossom received $769.05 for this
period, compared to $703.02 for the
same period last year, for a 9.39%
increase.
Deport received $798.20 for this
period, compared to $563.65 for last
year, for a 41.61% increase.
Paris received $111,622.95 for a
3.34% decrease over the 1986 payment
for the same date.
Bogata received $1,141.14, com-
pared to $1,161.35 for last year for a
1.74% decrease.
Clarksville received $6,318.18,
marking a 43.47% decrease over last
year.
Talco received $976.28, compared to
$1,099.18 for last year, for an 11.18%
decrease while Mt. Pleasant marked
a 22.64% decrease with their payment
of $54,351.87.
PEOPLE m THINGS
CitiS| of Bogata are asked to
REP^Br any street LIGHTS not bur-
ning to City Hall of Texas-New Mex-
ico Power Company and new bulbs
will be put in....
Rosalie Lodge No. 527 will meet
Thursday night (TONIGHT),
January 22 at 7:30 p.m....
1987 is the Girl Scout’s 75th AN-
NIVERSARY YEAR. All former Girl
Scouts and Girl Scout leaders are urg-
ed to contact Alice Ann White at
632-5681 or 632-5218 or Linda Eilers at
632-4530....
The Johntown Missionary Baptist
Church will have a BAKE SALE on
Friday, January 23 at 4 p.m. in front
of the First National BANK in
no JOHNTOWN NEWS
this week because no one called Eva
Weisinger at 632-5629 . please call in
your news to her...
The Bogata N ews
76th YEAR. No. 17
BOGATA. RED RIVER COUNTY. TEXAS Thursday. January 22, 1M7
2 5 Cents
BBS
NUMBER 14, Kenneth Kelly,
takes possession of the ball after
a down-court pass as the River-
crest Rebels played ball against
the Chisum Mustang* last week.
The Rebels were defeated 67-65.
(Staff Photo by Stan Anderson)
RACHEL SMITH of the River-
crest Rebelettes scored two points
from outside against Chisum, but
lost the game to Chisum 64-44.
(Staff Photo by Stan Anderson)
Bogata City Marshall Resigns
Bogata Mayor W.T. Harbison
reported that the City of Bogata has
received a letter of resignation from
City Marshall, Ted Byndas.
According to Mayor Harbison, due
to an increase in cost for insurance
coverage for Law Enforcement, the
City had to put Byndas on “off duty
without pay" until a solution could be
worked out with the insurance com-
pany At the City Council meeting
which was held Tuesday, January 13,
the council discussed ways to offset
the insurance increase. The council
Rivercrest Loses Consecutive Games
By Stan Anderson
The Rivercrest basketball teams
lost ground against the district
leaders last week in consecutive
losses to Honey Grove and Chisum.
The Reb teams traveled to Honey
Grove last Monday night with the
Rebelettes slated for the first varsi-
ty contest of the evening.
Rivercrest found the going touch,
early in the contest. The Warriors
jumped on the Rebelettes at the start
and rolled up a 15-2 lead in the first
period. The only Reb score coming on
a jumper by forward Lori Alford. The
second quarter was not much better,
as the Rebelettes only managed three
field goals and a total of 9 second
quarter points. While Honey Grove
widened their lead, 25-11, to end the
half.
Rivercrest opened the second half
looking inside to post players Cynthia
Thompson and Barbi Rackliff. But
the tandem had their work cut out
against the taller Honey Grove team.
Both players combined for 11 hard
earned points in the third quarter, on-
ly to have the Warriors forge ahead
40-22. The fourth quarter scoring
equaled out, with each team canning
12 points. But any Rebelette rally
would be near impossible, with Honey
Grove holding an 18 point advantage
and eventually taking a 52-34 win over
the Rebelettes.
Cynthia Thompson led the Reb
scoring with 15 points, Lori Alford
followed with 8, Barbi Rackliff was
next with 4, and Rhonda Collins finish-
ed with three. Kim Clark and Rachael
Smith had two each.
The Rebel men were faced with the
tough task of stopping a high scoring
Warrtor team. The Rebs used a stingy
defense to slow the Honey Grove
cagers and play to 7-7 first quarter tie.
The second quarter continued the
defensive struggle as both teams ef-
fectively shut down each other’s of-
fense. Rivercrest managed only five
points during this quarter, while the
Warriors streaked to a 16-12 halftime
lead.
Both teams opened up their of-
fenses during the third quater with
Reb post Chris Anderson bearing
most otthe’ioaft, scoring dighVof the
Reb’s 14 points in this quarter. But
Honey Grove edged a little father
ahead, taking a 31-26 lead going into
the fourth quarter. The final period
proved to be the Rebels undoing as
they only scored four points to the
Warriors seven. Honey Grove’s
defense turned back a strong Rebel
charge late in the game as they held
on to win 38-30.
Reb postman Chris Anderson led
the Rivercrest attack with 14 points,
followed by David Bush with five.
Brad Wood with four and Russell
Rozell with three. Brad Anderson and
Craig Savage finished with two points
each.
Friday’s action pitted the Rebel
teams against another top-ranked
basketball power, the Chisum
Mustangs.
The Rebelettes appeared to be
ready for the Mustangs, playing
Chisum to a 12-8 difference in the first
quarter with the Mustangs holding the
advantage. Rivercrest opened the se-
cond quarter with forward Rachael
Smith connecting on three long
distance jump shots during the
quarter, only to see the Mustangs
retaliate by unleashing powerful run-
ning attacks that netted Chisum 24
points in the second quarter, giving
the Mustangs a 36-20 halftime lead.
The second half had Rivercrest
playing catch-up to a 20-point
Mustang lead. Rachael Smith con-
tinued dropping her long range bombs
as the Rebelettes hurried to get back
Bogata Lioness Club Proposed
There has been some interest
shown by several ladies in the com-
munity for a Lioness Club.
The Bogata Lions Club proposes to
sponsor this club, if enough interest
is shown. The sponsoring Lions Club
is responsible for organization of the
Lioness Club and for seeing that it
operates within the policies of Lions
Clubs International. The women will
have their own club officers and
directors and their own constitution.
They will be responsible for plann-
ing the activities of their own club.
Thay may participate in the Lions
projects, or they may elect to have
separate projects of their own. The
husbands of the ladies do not have to
be in the Lions Club.
There will be an organizational
meeting held sometime during
February for all interested ladies.
The time and place will be published
later. For further information, please
contact Mary Jo Porterfield at
632-4421 or Regan Bell at 632-5885.
First Baptist To Rebuild
At New Location
The First Baptist Church in Bogata
has purchased land on North Main
Street, across from Huddleston's
Grocery, to build their new church.
According to Building Committee
Chairman, C.D. Glass, the members
will vote on a building’plan this Sun-
day, January 25.
into the game with Chisum holding a
49-29 lead going into the final quarter.
Rivercrest picked up the pace during
the fourth quarter, scoring 15 points
behind Rhonda Collins’ 7 point effort,
only to have the Mustangs answer
with a 15 point effort of their own and
eventually take a 64-44 win over the
Rebelettes.
Rachael Smith and Rhonda Collins
shared the scoring honors with 12
points each, Barbi Rackliff followed
with 8, Julie Stewart came off the
bench for six, Kim Clark, Lori Alford
and Cynthia Thompson each finished
with two points.
The nightcap featured the Rebel
varsity against the turn ranked
Chisum Mustangs, undefeated in
district play for the past nine years.
The first quarter started fast as
both teams used the running game ef-
fectively, scoring 12 Reb points and
13 for Chisum. The second quarter
proved almost identical to the first.
Coach Wake Wood utilized almost his
entire bench as he ran 10 players in
and out during the second period of
lay, only to have the Mustangs pull
ahead 29-24 at the half.
The second half opened with the
Rebs looking inside to senior postman
Russell Rozell, who single-handedly
ripped off the first eight points of the
quarter and a total of 10 for the third
period, only to have Chisum keep
pace and maintain their five point
lead and a 47-42 advantage going in-
to the fourth quarter.
The final period opened with River-
crest staying with the inside game,
but saw the Mustangs pull farther
ahead with an eight point lead at the
5:00 mark. Coach Wake Wood called
time out at this point to discuss the
comback bid. Three minutes later,
the Rebs had pulled within two points,
59-57, when Chisum called time out.
Seconds later Rivercrest tied the
game at 61, sending the game into
overtime.
Rivercrest gave up two quicK
baskets and quickly found themselves
playing catch-up ball again. Reb
postman Chris Anderson had the op-
portunity to tie the game with a pair
of free throws, but misfired on the
front end of a 1-1, and connected on
the second shot. A Reb foul gave
Chisum one more free throw and a
6785 lead. A last second mid-court
shot by Anderson fell short as the
Mustangs hung on to win 67-65.
Russell Rozell led the Reb attack
with 22 points, Chris Anderson had 13,
guard David Bush finished with 8,
Craig Savage and Brad Wood chipped
in four each. Marvin Anderson finish-
ed with three points and Danny
Brown had one point.
Rivercrest will be on the road this
week as they travel to Cooper Tues-
day and Wolfe City Friday night, try-
ing to improve their records in the
district races.
Precinct 1 Expenditures Provided
Precinct 1 Commissioner of Red
River County, H. Drue Pirtle, has pro-
vided a statement of the expenditures
for the first quarter of the fiscal year,
which includes the period October 1,
1906 through December 31, 1986
Commissioner Pirtle said “I am
furnishing this statement as a service
to the people of Precinct 1.”
The statement reflects the
budgeted amount of $225,283.72 for the
fiscal year ending September 30,1987.
It also, Pirtle says, shows expen-
ditures of $14,920.98 for the month of
December, 1986, and a total of
$48,947.89 expended for the three-
month period.
Pirtle stressed that he will be hap-
py to answer any questions that
anyone might have about the
statement.
8TATFMENT Of- EXPENSES FOR DECEMBER
voted in favor of asking Byndas to cut
his hours to take a cut in pay for his
services. This solution was presented
to Mr. Byndas. The letter of resigna-
tion was received a few days later.
"I’m real sorry we could not work
things out with Ted,” stated Mayor
Harbison “We really hate to lose
him."
According to Mayor Harbison,
council members were to meet Tues-
day afternoon, January 20, with an
applicant for the position of City
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ACCOUNT NAME
BUDGEl
ENCUMBRANCE
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PERCENT
COMMISSIONER SALARY
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1,453.74
5,113.84
25.77
SALARY-ROAD CREW
47,S47.V5
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3,870.24
11,778.80
23.77
SOCIAL HCtlftlTY
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1,207.84
24,34
RETIREMENT
A,030*00
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251.44
142.55
25.25
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OFFICE: SUPPLIES
50.00
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25,000.00
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2,432.14
4,737.24
18.75
MACH. ft. VEHICLE GAS ft,
12,000.00
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724.25
1,742.13
14.34
CULVERTS
5,000.00
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424.44
1,174.50
39.15
MACHINE. HIRE
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40.84
1.02
ROAD OIL
US,000.00
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14B.88
3,157.77
14.37
TELEPHONE
600.00
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57.71
117.13
17.52
TRAVEL
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TRAINING ft, EDUCATION
500.00
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22.44
22.44
7.48
UTILITIES
J,200.00
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51.04
204.10
17.01
MACHINERY REPAIR, MAIN
10,000.00
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4.1R3.20
4,724.80
47.25
INSURANCE ft. BONDS
2, *500.00
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100.00
4.00
OTHER
40,454.77
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104.30
4,173.17
15.31
VEHICLES
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DEBT SERVICE
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FUND TOTAL
225,283. r?.
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14,720.78
40,741.87
21.73
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Nichols, Nanalee & Nichols, Thomas. The Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1987, newspaper, January 22, 1987; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth911423/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.