Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1985 Page: 1 of 21
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Study, purchase
of irater for city
okayed at meet
The Seminole City Council
addressed city water needs
Monday night at a called
meeting as it gave authorization
for an engineering study of a plan
to draw water from the city's
ground water leases west of town
to Seminole and also for the
purchase of water from the
Great Plains Water Injection
System in Andrews.
The council authorized the
engineering study, to be handled
by Jim Glaser, the engineering
firm of Parkhill, Smith and
Cooper, Inc., of Lubbock, after
viewing an evaluation of the
city’s leases in sections 430, 431,
432,468, and 482, Block G, located
13-17 miles west of Seminole in
two separate tracts.
The $25,000 study is expected to
be completed before the city’s
next fiscal year begins in
October.
Joe Reed, president of Ed L.
Reed and Associates, Inc.,
consulting hydrologists in
Midland and Corpus Christi,
which prepared the evaluation
report for the council, noted that
the ground water leases
possessed a “substantial amount
of water” that would last the city
approximately 26 years under
the city’s current water usage
rate of 14 million gallons of
water per day.
“It’s good water,” said Reed,
“some of the best in West
Texas...you’re really blessed to
have it.”
Reed said the well capacity for
the western-most tract of land,
located north of the Hobbs
Highway near Seminole
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public school land was
“consistent and productive.”
Test wells drilled on the property
showed well capacity to be
consistently over 1,000 gallons
per minute, Reed said.
Well capacity on the eastern
portion of land, which runs both
north and south of the Hobbs
Highway is “more variable,”
Reed said, with capacity ranging
from 2,000 gallons a minute to the
hundreds of gallons per minute.
Reed noted that the only
problem with the water supply is
the amount of flouride present.
The flouride is the result of the
dissolvation of volcanic ash beds
at the base of the water supply.
Reed noted that with the
completion of the hydrolic study
of the water supply, the next step
for the city will be the
engineering study, which will
more closely define the routing
direction of the pipeline to the
area, the location of wells on the
property and the cost of the
entire operation of pumping
water from the area into the city.
Reed guesstimated the total
cost of the operation at 2-24
million dollars, noting that the
pipeline woulcL probably cost
from l‘2-2 million dollars, each
individual well approximately
$60,000 and a pumping station
around $100,000.
In advising the council
members on the proper time to
develop the ground water
supplies, Reed noted that the city
would have to engage in a
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Friday at 4 p.m. is the deadline
for registering for gift
certificates to be given away
immediately following the
annual Seminole Area Chamber
of Commerce Easter Egg hunt
Sunday.
The tickets are given away at
the participating merchants and
have been distributed since
March 25. Drawing will be held
at the conclusion of Sunday’s
annual Easter Egg Hunt at the
MS Doss Memorial Park
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SEMINOLE (GAINES COUNTY! TEXAS
(LSPS 489-400)
VOL. 78
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3,1985
20 PAGES
NO. 14
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Elections set Saturday
13 candidates vying for eight positions
Deadline looms
for egg drawing
Seminole Thriftway, . Ray’s
Men’s Wear, Teepee Athletics,
Whites Auto, the Gift Shop and
Wal-Mart.
The hunt will take place at the
MS. Doss Memorial Park,
formerly known as the city park,
beginning at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
In addition to almost 4,000 eggs
that will be furnished, prize eggs
will be donated by Expressions,
IGA, Dee’s Hallmark, Seminole
Thriftway, Sonic Drive In, KIKZ,
By MARSHALL DAY
A person who losrs his hnul is
usually tho Iasi to miss it.
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There will be three local
elections here this Saturday, and
a bunch,of men have indicated an
interest to serve their
community by having their
names placed on the ballot.
That, in itself, is reason enough
to take the time oi|t^*rf your
schedule Saturday to go to the
polls and cast a ballot.
Many communities the size of
Seminole run on an unseen
undercurrent of volunteer people
■who serve on boards just like the
hospital, school and city. They
get little, if any, pay for the hours
and hours they will be required to
put in in the name of service to
the community. They don’t run
for the prestige or ego, just pay
back a little that their town has
given to them.
So, be sure to vote Saturday.
See ya at the polls.
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If you think one vote doesn’t
make a difference, just consider
the following:
King Charles I of England lost
his head in 1649 by one vote.
Elizabeth II is queen of
England today because some 250
years ago the British House of
Commons voted in favor of the
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Absentee voting in advance of
Saturday’s city, school and
hospital elections ended Tuesday
afternoon at 5 p.m with 232 votes
cast. The Seminole school
election attracted 106 cabsentee
votes, the city election included
72 votes and the hospital district
election attained 54 early votes.
The polls for the election will
be open from 7 a m. to 7 p.m at
three voting locations.
A total of four candidates are
contesting for three city council
seats. Appearing first on the
ballot will be incumbent Dave
Davis, a certified public
accountant, seeking his second
term; incumbent George Braun,
a painting contractor also
seeking his second term;
challenger Carl Cox, a
brickmason; and incumbent
Jerry Hewett, a school teacher
who is seeking his fourth term
Voting for the city council will
take place at the council
chambers of city hall.
The school board race will
feature five candidates for two
seats. Appearing first on the
school ballot will be challenger
Mickey Owens, an insurance
agency owner; incumbent Jerry
D. Foote, vice president and
assistant manager of Gaines.
County harm Supply who is
seeking his second term.
incumbent Glen Fleming, a
farmer, seeking his fifth ’ term;
challenger Jackie Earl, the
owner of an oilfield contracting,
firm; and challenger H t art
Turner, co-owner of* OPI, Inc
Voting for the school board will
take place at the commissioners
courtroom at the courthouse.
1 The hospital board will feature
four candidates for three seats
Appearing first on that ballot vfoll
be incumbent - Paul Condit.
principal owner _ Condi I
Implement, and Condit
Chemical and Grain; challenge i
Jimmy Pierson, a serviceman
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Date Precip. High Low
26 T 81 43 '
27 82 43
28 82 49
29 61 28
20 I 80 34
—31---54-3J
1 68 41
(kring up
Work continues on the new Seminole elementary school, which
is being constructed on the north side of the block which houses
the present elementary school. The building is expected to be
completed sometime in the spring or early summer of 19&5
(Sentinel Photo>
Construction continues plunge
ypar in the quartpr nt 1084
Dnrinp thp month
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Persons wishing to get their
free tickets should go by
Anthony’s, Curtis Mathes Home
Entertainment Center, Gaines
County Farm Supply, H&D
Foods, Sentinel Office Supply,
Jim’s Superette, Lowrie Drug,
and
Oswalts
Anthony's
Pharmacy.
The park will be roped off in
four areas for the hunt, and will
feature separate hunts for
children in four age categories:
ages 1-3; 4-6, 7-9; and 10-12.
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24 hour maximum &
minimum temperatures
rend at 7:30a.m. daily.
Precip to date 2.47 inches.
construction in Seminole
continued through March, with
just $109,150 worth of valuation
yielded during the month *
The total expands the year’s
building figure to $400,150 for the
year, less than half of the $973,934
total posted after the first
The March figures, released
by city officials Monday,
featured a single family
residence valued at $45,000,
another permit also for $45,000,
for a commercial building, and
nine alterations to dwellings
covering $19,150.
officials issued 13 electrical
permits, 12 plumbing permits
and two mechanical permits.
In March, 1984. city officials
issued six electrical permits, six
plymbing permits and no
mechanical permits.
To ascend .8 per cent
Food stamp funds rise
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A 1982 White Freightliner truck sustained moderate to heavy
damage Sunday when it jacknifed in attempting to avoid a
collision with another vehicle. There were no injuries reported,
but the tanks on the truck ruptured, sending Seminole firemen
to the scene to hose down the fuel. (Sentinel Photo)
Estimates by the Office of
Management and Budget
indicate that expenditures for the
Department of Agriculture’s
food stamp program will
increase from slightly less than
$12.6 billion during fiscal 1985 to
slightly more than $12.7 billion
during fiscal 1986 or by
approximately 0.8 per cent.
These figures do not include
funds appropriated for any other
food and nutrition programs.
Some observers have predicted
that the actual total needed for
the food stamp program may
exceed this amount. Since the
inception of the food stamp
program, budget estimates have,
often underestimated the total
funds necessary for the
program’s operation.
Difficulties in estimating the
total of lunds necessary for the
food stamp program provide an
excellent example of the
difficulty in accurately
estimating funds for many
federal programs. The
legislation providing for the food
stamp program established
certain income (means)
qualifications for food stamp
recipients.
According to law, those who
qualify for food stamps are
entitled to them. Congress
authorizes the amount of money
estimated to be necessary to
accomplish this. If these funds
prove to be insufficient, the
Department of Agriculture does
not stop providing food stamps.
It requests a supplementary
appropriation for the necessary
funds from Congress.
This partially explains the
growth of the food stamp
program over the years. During
fiscal 1967, the first year that
most observers consider the
program to have become fully
operational, expenditures for the
food stamp program were
$173,142,000 or approximately
$0.2 billion.
Actual expenditures for the
food stamp program during
fiscal 1983 were $12.8 billion
Food stamp expenditures during
fiscal 1967
Total federal expenditures
during fiscal 1983 were lour and
one half times as great as those
of fiscal 1967 Even after the
decline of the dollar over the
period is taken into
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Day, Marshall. Seminole Sentinel (Seminole, Tex.), Vol. 78, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 3, 1985, newspaper, April 3, 1985; Seminole, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1127718/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gaines County Library.