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STAMFORD AMERICAN
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Thursday, February 15, 2001
Leader Vol. 101, No. 16 American Vol. 80, No. 48
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The abandoned Stamford Inn is one of the focal points of a historical project being considered by a group
called HISTORE. (See related story below)
Public meeting planned to address
renovation of historical areas
After reading in the Abilene Re-
porterNewsof the town of Thurber,
Texas (population 8), receiving a
state grant for the construction of a
visitor’s center, some residents of
Stamford have asked the question,
“If Thurber can do it, why can’t
we?”
After some basic research,
Matilda Bolin with the Chamber of
Commerce discovered a grant pro-
gram called the The Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century,
sponsored by the Texas Depart-
ment of Transportation, that would
pay for renovation of some of
Stamford’s historic points of inter-
est.
Interested residents have thought
that, with the financial support of
this grant, the Stamford Inn (the
dilapidated building next to City
Hall on McHarg Street) could serve
as a historical visitor’s center facil-
ity, including meetings rooms open
to the public. In fact, it would be a
good idea to get historical designa-
tion for all of McHarg Street from
the Stamford Inn down to the Stam-
ford Carnegie Library and establish
a walking route through this his-
toric district.
These ideas arc not set in stone.
That is why Bolin and other inter-
ested residents are calling a public
meeting to be held in the Stamford
High School cafeteria on Thursday
evening, March 1, at 6 p.m.
They would like for all citizens
interested in bettering our commu-
nity to to attend to contribute ideas,
experience, or help to the cause of
writing and receiving this grant.
The Texas Department of Trans-
portation grant required evidence
of community-wide support. And
indeed, in order to succeed al such
a great project, every little bit of
support would be appreciated. From
making telephone calls and writing
letters to lending expertise, every
resident can in some way contrib-
ute to achieving the goals of this
project.
Thecommittee for this grant pro-
posal (although not yet formed) has
been named HISTORE, for His-
toric Tourism Renovation Project.
Anyone with the least bit of interest
in the community is encouraged to
attend HISTORE’s initial meeting
on March 1.
Food Pantry
Sims Chapel Thy Kingdom Come Food Pantry, 107 N. Swenson,
will be open on Thursday, February 15, from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Sophomore Parent Meeting
There will be a meeting of sophomore parents at the Media Center
on Monday, February 19, at 6 p.m.
AARP Helps with Taxes
The AARP in cooperation with the IRS is offering free income tax
preparation for middle and low income tax payers with special
attention to senior citizens. For an appointment in Stamford call
773-2337 and in Anson call 823-3219.
Handmaidens
Handmaidens will meet Thursday, February 22, at 7 p.m. at Calvary
Baptist Church in Stamford. The special speaker will be Ginger
Zeigler of Embracing His Grace Ministries in Fort Worth. A
babysitter will be provided.
Class Reunion
The 1947 Class Reunion of Stamford will be held again in San
Angelo (March 30-April 1, 2001.) If interested in attending call
Mary Frances Kemp at 915-949-7269.
Baseball
The Stamford Bulldogs will travel to Jim Ned on Friday and host
Baird on Monday.
Deadlines
Remember the deadlines for all news and advertising in the Stamford
American is at noon on the Tuesday prior to publication.
Subscription Rate Increase
Subscription rates forthe Stamford American increased on February
1. New rates are $18 for subscriptions in Jones, Haskell and
Stonewall Counties, $20 for subscriptions elsewhere in Texas and
$22 for subscriptons out-of-state.
Monday is
first filing
date for May
5 election
The City of Stamford, Stamford
CLISD and Stamford Memorial
Hosnital elections have been set
for Saturday, May 5, 2001.
In the city and school election,
the dates to apply for a position on
the ballot is Monday, February 19
through Wednesday, March 21. The
last day to apply for write-in candi-
dacy is Monday, March 26.
The Chief of Police, Mayor and
two council member positions will
be decided in the election.
Chief of Police Glenn Smith,
Mayor Louis Johnson and Counci 1-
men Dennis Rodriguez and Rick
Lindsey have not yet announced
their intent to run for re-election.
Three positions of the SCLISD
Board of Trustees will be decided
in the school’s at-large election.
These positions are currently held
by Fareed Hassen, Leigh Naucrt
and Gary Decker
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Bond Election set March 31
The Stamford CLISD Board of
Trustees voted to hold a bond elec-
tion on Saturday. March 31, in the
amount of $2,950,000 for the pur-
pose of building a new high school
and making necessary renovations
at other campuses.
If passed. 77 percent of the bond
would be paid for by the state. The
school district is allocating $2.6
million of their budget surplus to be
used toward the $5.2 mi Ilion project.
(For more details, see Bond Pro-
posal story).
Plans are to move the 4th and 5th
grade students to Oliver, designate
Reynolds as a middle school with
6th, 7th and Sth grades and build a
new high school
The entire district will vote at
the High School Auditorium on
Saturday. March 31, from 7 a.m.
until 7 p.m.
Early voting will be held March
14-March 27 at the
Superintendent's Office. 507 S.
Orient Street. The board has also
designated special early voting lo-
cations on the following dates:
March 19- Media Center (5:30-8:00
p.m.), March 22- Media Center
(5:30-8:00 p in.), March 24- High
School Weight Room- ( 10 a.m - 4
p.m). March 26- Oliver Elemen-
tary- 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.) These
special times coincide with Open
House at the various campuses and
other school activities.
•In other action, the Board of
Trustees engaged the First South
west Company as the Financial
Advisor for the bond election.
• Administrative contracts were
reviewed and approved
• The board voted to purchase
the property al 31 3 E. Moran tor an
amount not to exceed $22,(XX).
•The board approved tax prop-
erty bids by John S. Davis and
Lonnie Applin.
•The property bid from Joe and
Charlotte Becker was rejected Two
property bids at 4(X) W McHarg
and 6(X) W. McHarg were tabled
because the exact location was not
determined.
• Susan Graham, assistant su-
perintendent. addressed the board
concerning about state and federal
special programs providing enroll-
ment numbers and funding figures.
TEA has notified the district of
increased funding for Title I and
Title VI and amendments would be
submitted to apply for the funds.
•Jimmy New. SHS principal,
discussed several classes that are
implementing community service
projects into the curriculum. He
also announced that he has been
collaborating with other area prin-
cipals on providing summer school
’ for students who have failed a core
subject via the Distance Learning
Lab. Details are being worked out
and New is hopeful that it will be
implemented this summer.
• Susan Mueller. SHS assistant
principal, told the board that she
has been working to bring the
PEACE program to the Jr/Sr High
campus. This is a conflict resolu-
tion and pcefrnediation training
program that will hopefully de-
crease fights and conflicts espe-
cially among junior high students.
• Eddie Richardson touched on
the highlight^ of the boys and girls
basketball seasons. He distributed
spring sports schedules and noti-
fied the board that Stamford will be
hosting a girls basketball playoff
game between Crowell and Baird
on Tuesday. February 13.
•Wetherbee principal, Larry
Bills, updated the enrollment num-
bers at the Wetherbee campus and
briefly discussed the exit level
TAAS. Students were adminis-
tered a released version of the exit
test in January and remediation is
being provided to those students
who scored below 75 percent in any
subject area. The actual test will be
given in mid February.
• Reynolds principal Russell
Roberts commented that enrollment
was steady at the Reynolds cam-
pus. The greenhouse nearing
completion and a composter has
been purchased and installed. It is
hoped that the ribbon cutting can
take place in March.
•GailHaterius.Oliverprincipal,
told the board that she had applied
for Cycle 8 of the Academics 2000
grant forthe upcoming year. There
are still several projects that staff
would like to continue and com-
plete with this grant. The Texas
Primary Reading Inventory instru-
ment was administered in January
and the results were,very good.
• Damron then updated the board
on the band trip scheduled April
27- April 30 when the band will
participate in a music festival.
Stamford ISD Bond Proposal
by Don Cobb, SCLISD Board of Trustees
Stamford ISD is rapidly moving
forward with plans to realign our
campuses and make substantial
improvementstoourfacilities. Last
week, the board voted unanimously
to call for a bond election as a step
toward that goal.
Our children and their education
will directly benefit and are the
most important consideration. They
are .the basis and driving force of
every decision
We know today that facilities do
affect education. Test scores have
proven it. While physical environ-
ment is not the most important fac-
tor, reading, writing and arithmetic
improve with better surroundings.
The most important factor in a
chi Id's education is the teacher. We
have been blessed for decades with
talented and dedicated teachers and
staff. They are the centerpieces of
the whole educational process and
were arc committed to continuing
to attract and retain the very best.
They have done a magnificent job
teaching in and maintaining the'60
to 80 year old buildings we have.
Better facilities will allow us to
improve both education and oper-
ating efficiency.
The Board in conjunction with
the District Level Committee (par-
ents, community members and staff)
proposes to move the 4th and 5th
grades to Oliver This would re-
quire some new classroom space
and improvements to the cafeteria
and library
We propose to create a 6th, 7th
and 8th grade Middle Schtxrl at the
Reynolds Campus. Most educa-
tional research agrees that the
middle school concept resolves
many problems associated with
educating students at this critical
age. This arrangement allows the
educator to focus on educational,
social and maturity issues that arise
at this developmental stage in a
child's life.
We propose to build a new’ high
school. The current structure has
served us well since 1922, but it is
simply no longer adequate. High
school is no more important than
any other level, but it is our most
inadequate facility. Due to the
building’s lack of compliance for
handicap accessibility, the very real
possibility is (hat the high school
structure, it not replaced under fa-
vorable conditions, may have to be
replaced or again renovated at some
future date without such generous
state aid.
Due to past aid. Stamford ISD
has been able to accomplish some
of this task by building the Media
Center. Cafeteria and renovating
several other structures The Audi-
torium, practice gym and band hall
are still excellent facilities.
We can accomplish the current
facility needs at all campuses for a
reasonable cost of $5.2 million
Over the last ten years we have
accumulated and designated for this
purpose about one-halt of this
amount ($2.6 million.) The other
one half($2.6 to $2.9 million) would
come from the bond issue
Under the current State funding
formula for facilities, the great thing
about a bond issue of this size for
districts like ours is that the State
would pay over 77 percent of our
bond payment for the life of the
bond. Of the annual debt service
payment of $191,(XX), the State
would pay $ I48,(XX). That would
leave $43,(XX) for local revenue to
pay If we don't act now, there is no
guarantee the State facility funding
will be available for future bond
issues.
The state requires that the local
district must pass a bond in order to
receive the State facility funding
allotment. The local district por-
tion would require an additional tax
levy of about 7.2 cents per $ I (X) of
property value. What docs this
mean to you?
Homeowners over 65 who have
a homestead exemption (practically
everyone over age 65) will not pay
any additional taxes.
The average value of a home in
Stamford is valued at $26,891 after
exemptions and would have a tax
increase of $20. A $50,000 home
or property with no homestead ex-
emption would have a tax increase
of about $36.
The average agricultural prop-
erty in Jones County/Stamford ISD
is valued for tax purposes at just
over $125 per acre. The additional
tax burden per acre would be about
9 cents. That would mean an aver-
age I (XX) acre property would have
a tax increase of about $90.
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