Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1997 Page: 1 of 8
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Member of
Texas
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Association
1997
Archer County News
Issue 35 • Thursday • August 28,1997
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Subscribe at:
104 E. Walnut
Archer City, TX
76351
County Adopts Budget And Sets Tax Rate
The Archer County Comniis & Commissioners Court(which
sioners Court Adopted its bud include expenses for the court-
get for 1997 98 during its regu house, activity buildings
lar meeting Monday and also throughout the county, ser
set the tax the fund that bud vice centers, lire departments,
get. District Attorney and District
Proposed expenditures total court, 911 addressing, etc.) the
$2,937, 568 with available re- two largest expenses are the
sources expected to be indigent health care at $61,500
$3,246,143. The proposed end and appraisal district pay
of year balance of $308,575
4*7
would be down from the this
years beginning balance of
$603.816. Salaries ai id wages
will account for $1,113,639
with benefits adding another
$437,862. Other operating
items total $1,271,937 with
capital outlay accounting for
$ 114.130. Proposed expendi-
tures by departments include
$524,340 for the County Judge
ments at $57,086: $401,201
fertile Sheriffs office. $124,513
for the county and district clerk,
$125,821 for the Tax Asses
sor-Collectors office; $54,032
for the Treasurer's office,
$41,703 for the County Exten-
sion Service office; $3,553 for
the Historical Committee &
Museum; $213,256 for other
departments including justices
County to Collect Taxes
For Several Jurisdictions
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The Prowlin' Growlin' Wildcat Band of Archer City High School took to the practice
field during Monday Night Band Practice. Area bands are gearing up not only tor
the upcoming football season but for the annual U.I.L. Marching competitions.
New Alcohol And Tobacco Laws Set Higher
Punishments For Minors And Their Parents
by Justice Court Judge
C. T. McDaniel
Many new laws go into affect
September 1, ,1997. The ones
which will impact our youth
and their parents the most are
the revised Texas Alcohol Bev-
erage Codes and the new To-
bacco Codes.
Youth under 18 years of age
will commit an offense under
these new Tobacco Codes if
they accept, purchase, possess
and/or consume any tobacco
products. A fine will be im-
posed on their first offense not
to exceed $250.00 along with a
court ordered Tobacco Aware-
ness school with one parent or
guardian.
If in the event the subject
does not meet all the require-
ments of the court (fine and
Tobacco Awareness Class
within 90 days from the date of
conviction) the subject faces
drivers license suspension
through an administrative
hearing. A suspension will not
exceed 180 days on the first
offense or, in the event they
have not yet received a license,
an additional 180 days post-
ponement.
With regard to Alcohol Law
changes, the fines are greatly
increased. As of Sept. 1st, they
are not to exceed $500.00 on
the first offense, along with 20
to 40 hours of community ser-
vice (courts discretion) and a
mandatory court appointed
Alcohol Awareness Course that
must be attended with a par-
ent or guardian. (The Alcohol
Awareness and the Tobacco
Awareness classes are held in
Wichita Falls and Henrietta.
Neither of the classes are of-
fered in Archer County.)
If, in the event, the subject
does not finish the Alcohol
Awareness Class within 90
days of the date of conviction,
the court shall notify the D.P.S.
to suspend the drivers license
for 180 days (6 months). Also
note that with the new codes
there is an automatic suspen-
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sion of drivers license upon
conviction for a 30 day period
and 60 days on the second
conviction, etc.
Also with the onset of these
new codes (September 1. 1997).
the court reports all violations
(alcohol and tobacco) to the
D.P.S. for their computer
records. Therefore each suc-
cessive violation is recorded as
a second offense or third of-
fense. For instance the third
violation of any of the alcohol
Beverage Codes (Accepting -
Attempting To Purchase, Pur-
chase, Possession, Misrepre-
sentation of Age, Consuming
volved. the inconvenience of
the alcohol awareness classes,
and the loss of drivers license
on each violation for some pe-
riod of time.
The reason for the passing of
these new laws is that Texas,
Holliday ISD, Windthorst ISD,
Archer City ISD, City of Holi-
day. and City of Lakeside City
are in the process of singing an
interlocal agreement with the
Archer County Tax Assessor-
Collector's office to begin col-
lecting their property taxes.
Eddie Trigg, Chief Appraiser for
the Archer County Appraisal
District, and Teresa Martin. Tax
Assessor-Collector for the
County of Archer, recently
worked out a proposal that
should benefit taxing jurisdic-
tions and the taxpayers by con-
solidating tax collections. The
proposal should result in a mini-
it 1 exas mum savings to the taxpayers
ranks the highest in Alcohol, /fre^r County of $17,000.
related deaths in the United
States. Texas is 48% higher
than second place California.
The other new feature of these
laws is that now all offenses
must go on the state record.
Before they were reported only
in the county in which they
were committed.
sentation ot Age, Consuming TT . .
or d.u.i.) would be a fine of not Budget Adopted-Tax Hearing Set
to exceed $2000 (This is up
The proposal also allows a tax-
payer that has property in one
of the above mentioned taxing
units to pay their taxes in one
location.
"With computerized technol-
ogy, a consolidation of taxes is
the logical step to improve the
collection system," stated Trigg.
The appraisal District will be
able to lower their overall bud
get from $236,270 to $205,830.
All functions that the appraisal
district handled i regards to
collections will be changed to
the County Tax Assessor-Col-
lector effective September 1,
1997. Taxpayers currently in a
payment agreement will be sent
correspondence explaining the
change. It is important to con-
tinue to make payments as the
attorneys are working payment
agreements in default. All ques-
tions can be answered by call
ing the appraisal district at 574-
2172 or the County Tax Asses-
sor-Collector's office at 574-
4224.
The appraisal district will con-
tinue to appraise the properties
and any questions concerning
values, homestead exemptions,
agricultural special valuations,
or ownership of properties
should be directed to the ap-
praisal district staff.
from the $500 limit set before
and stands with a $1000.00
minimum) and/or confinement
in County Jail for a term not to
exceed 180 days, 40 hours of
Community Service, Alcohol
Awareness class with one par-
ent or guardian and an auto-
matic suspension of drivers li-
cense for a period of 180 days
(6 months). Also with the third
offense the charge is enhanced
from a class "C" to a class "B"
misdemeanor and is then
moved into county court.
If a parent or guardian
chooses not to attend the
awareness classes and send
only the minor, it will be con-
sidered constructive contempt
with a fine not to exceed
$100.00 and/or one day in
County Jail.
This notice is posted with the
intent to inform and enlighten
both parents and minors and
juveniles of the serious nature
of the new laws affective Sep-
tember 1. 1997. the monetary
considerations, the time in-
It's Official! ACISD Is An Exemplary School District
The ACISD Board of Trustees
received official word from TEA
that the district TAAS scores,
excellent attendance, and 0%
drop-out rate have generated
an accreditation rating of Ex-
emplary. Superintendent
Randel Beaver commended the
board, community and school
58% of the revenue is from the
state, 3% is federal and 39% is
locally generated funds. The
net taxable property values af-
ter granting an additional
$10,000 homestead exemption
is $109,984,940. ■
The board, with Gary Rowe
absent, unanimously voted to
system for working together to adopted the budget and voted
have a quality school system, their intent to set the 1997-98
Only 6.1% or 64 of the 1043
school districts in received the
Exemplary rating.
The board conducted a public
hearing on the 1997-98 bud-
get. Grand total revenues from
local, state, and Federal sources
are projected at $3,833,161.
Expenditures in all functions
total $3,830,513. This com-
pares to $3,534,297 revenues
and $3,610,355 expenditures
budgeted in 1996-97. The bud-
get includes over $110,000 in
state mandated teacher raises,
a large bus, two additional
teachers, and one additional
teacher aide. Approximately
Archer City Homecoming
Festivities Announced
WEATHER
August 18 - August 24, 1997
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Monday
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T ucsday
96
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Wednesday
98
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Thursday
100
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Friday
101
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Saturday
97
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Sunday
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Archer City School an
nounces Homecoming 1997,
planned for September 19th
and 20th.
The festivities begin on Fri-
day with a tea from 2:00-3:00
p.m. in the Home Economics
room on the first floor of the
High School building. Every-
one is invited to the pep rally at
3:10 p.m. in the old gymna-
sium. Kick-off for the football
game between the Wildcats and
Petrolia is at 8:00 p.m. at the
stadium. After the game the
American Legion Building will
be open to anyone who would
like to go there to visit.
On Saturday, a golf touma
ment will be held at the Archer
tax rate at the current rate of
$1.24. A public hearing on that
$1.24 rate will be held Septem-
ber 8, 1997 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Board room.
In other action the board
unanimously adopted changes
to the Code of Conduct and
approved a teacher appraisal
calendar for the school year.
The Code of Conduct changes
included: citizenship grade be-
low "B" = Level II offense: re-
moval from any type of school
gathering = Level III offense;
earrings for girls only, and only
in ears (no body piercing); no
pony tails for boys; no dread
locks on boys or girls; no
Mohawk haircuts: afi tapered
shirts to be worn tucked in; no
tank type tops for boys or
girls...this also includes hal-
ters, anything backless, and
sun-type dresses; no sagging.
the Telecommunications Infra-
structure Fund (TIF) grant re-
ceived by ACISD will be a col-
laborating project with Megargel
ISD. Archer City will be receiv-
ing 45 new computers, library
automation, T-l line (direct
access to the Internet), com-
plete networking of at least one
computer per classroom, the
creation of a local area network
(LAN), computer upgrades
where needed, and extensive
teacher, administrator and staff
training. Megargel will receive
Sty Country Club with 8:30 ^
a.m. registration and 9:00 a.m
tee off time. Entry fee is $5.00,
plus green fee and cart fee.
The tournament is being
hosted by Eddie Trigg. His of-
fice phone number is (940) 574-
4224 and home number is
(940)574-4478.
Dinner Saturday night will
be served by the Junior class in
the school cafeteria from 5:30-
8:00 p.m. Tickets are $5.00 for
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shirts designed to be worn on
outside cannot hang down fur-
ther than middle of buttocks
area (Exception: girls matching
outfit designed to be worn in
this manner) principal’s dis-
cretion; and visible tattoos must
be covered.
The board received a written
technology update from tech-
nology coordinator Bethann
Oswald. Oswald reported that
20 computers, library automa-
tion, and local area network-
ing. The two schools will share
library resources, and Megargel
will benefit by connecting to
Archer City's T-1 line via and
ISDN digital based telephone
line which will allow 10-15
Megargel students to access the
Internet at once through the
use of digital modems.
The board heard recommen-
dations from Mr. Beaver on how
to correct facility issues of ADA,
Fire and Safety, energy conser-
vation, and classroom and pro-
gram space needs. Enrollment
has increased to 613 and class-
room space is needed. TEA has
given the district 30 days to
provide a plan of how it will
correct ADA deficiencies. The
board agreed upon a tentative
facility improvement plan and
asked Beaver to bring more in-
formation to the September 8
meeting.
In addition to routine mat-
ters, the board voted io add a
part time teacher to assist with
the large 4th and 5th grade
classes and made budget
amendments to close out the
year.
of the peace, constables, civil
defense, librarian, court re-
porter. etc.; $313.110 for Pre-
cinct 1; $334,880 for Precinct
2: $306,432 for Precinct 3. and
$300,202 for Precinct 4.
The proposed^budget passed
on a vote of 3-2 with Commis-
sioners Durward Stone and
Richard Shelley voting no and
Commissioners Ben Buerger
and J im Wolf voting yes. Judge
Paul Wylie broke the tie.
Included in the budget is a
$130 per month across the
board pay raise for all county
employees. County employees
have not received a pay in-
crease in five years. Disagree-
ment on the budget centered
around a $5,000 per year pay
increase that the state has
passed for all county judges
who spend at least 40% of their
time in judicial duties. The
proposed increases will set the
county judges salary at
$31,938, the county attorney
at $26,937. and the other
county-wide elected officials at
$24,130.
The court voted unanimously
to set the tax rate at $0.5309
which is down from last years
rate of $0.5379. Of that
amount $0.3063 is for general
levy with $0.0707 for regular
Road and Bridge, $0.0511 for
special Road and Bridge, and
$0.1028 for Farm to Market
and Lateral Road. The tax levy
would account for $1,688,157
of the receipts with $200,000
coming from the 1/2 cent sales
tax, and $754,170 from other
receipts.
In other action, the court ap-
proved the Appraisal District
Budget, a computer contract
for the tax office with Pritchard
& Abbot, and election judges
for the new year.
Coaches
Approve Of
Scrimmage
Results
The head football coaches in
Archer County liked what they
saw during the first scrimmage
action of the 1997 football sea-
son last week.
Windthorst traveled to
Holliday where they were
outscored by the Eagles 3-0.
Holliday Coach Matt Robinson
stated that the Eagles got bet-
ter as the scrimmage pro-
gressed. "Our fundamentals
needed a lot of work. They
improve throughout the night,
but we were able to really work
on them this week after seeing
the film."
Trojan Coach Bill Green said
that the scrimmage gave the
Big Blue an opportunity to get
a good look at their offense and
defense. "We need to improve,
and we'll have to be in excellent
shape." Most of this years Tro-
jans are playing on both of-
fense and defense.
Archer City and Bowie played
to a 0-0 tie. "We were very
pleased with our kids effort,"
stated Wildcat mentor Tommy
Sloan. " We were flying to the
football and swarming the ball
carriers. We will have to get the
kinks worked out on offense in
order to be more consistent."
All three schools will scrim-
mage Friday night with Holi-
day going to Jacksboro.
Windthrost hosting Chico, and
Archer City traveling to Nocona.
Varsity action will get under-
way around 7:15 with JV’s
starting at 6 in Windthorst and
5 in Archer City. Holliday's JV
will scrimmage Iowa Park to-
night, and the freshmen will
kick off the Friday scrimmage
at 6:00 p.m.
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