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Vol. 91, No. 28
w The Wells News TV Views
Thursday, November 20,1986 — Alto, Texas 75925
8 Pages
Student Attendance Policy,
Best Bus Routes Discussed
ALTO HIGH SCHOOL health class will be doing Us best to help the American Cancer Society promote the
Great American Kmokeout on Nov. 20. Class members, from left, Arlene Poole, Leigh Ann Cleveland, Chris
Wainwright and Angela Kasley are shown with some of the materials they will have on display during lunch
break Thursday, Melody Witt is the sponsor for the program to help educate students to the dangers of
smoking. -staff photo
At the Alto Independent School
District Board of Education
meeting last Thursday night, mem-
bers approved the second reading
of a change in the local attendance
policy. Students at Alto High School
may now be excused to obtain or
renew a driver’s license with the
following provisions: the students
must give prior notice to and get
approval from the principal;
students cannot miss a major test in
any class; and students must have
proof upon returning to school that
they have been to the driver’s licen-
se bureau.
Appearing as a visitor and ad-
dressing the trustees in the time set
aside for community comments,
the Reverend Odis Bryan said that
he was there as a parent, a school
system worker and a pastor in the
town. He said that as a pastor, it
was difficult to be there, but as a
parent he had to make his op-
WISD Schedules Graduation Dates
Dates for two graduation
ceremonies this spring were set by
the Wells School Board during its
regular monthly meeting last Thur
sday night
Members voted to set Thursday,
May 28, for eighth grade graduation
and Friday, May 29, for high school
graduation
Superintendent Michael Moehler
reported that a representative from
Georgia-Pacific inspected the roof
on the rock building and indicated
that the shingles met specifications.
Trustees instructed Moehler to get
information on needed repairs to
that roof in order to stop leaks in
rainy weather
A discussion of the bills presented
by several contractors regarding
reroofing the elementary building
followed with the board indicating
that additional information was
needed regarding some of the
payments
A textbook committee was named
with Moehler as its chairman Ser-
ving on the committee will be
Richard Hawthorne, Perry Muse,
Bea Glover, Hazel Pitts, Connie
Moehler, Beverly Milner, Paul
Goforth, Alice Fatheree, Sandra
Rowland, Carla McAvoy, Norma
Braden, Pete Sanford and Debbie
Raker
Permission was given the Wells
Lions Club to use the school
auditorium for a program Nov. 22
featuring the Lowe Family Country
Music Show.
School auditor Richard Stone
presented the 1985-86 audit and it
was approved unanimously.
The budget for the current school
year was slightly modified as to ac-
count numbers assigned to various
Area
Action
Lowe Family Concert
Tickets are available from Wells
Lions Club members for a return
engagement Saturday, Nov. 22 of
the Lowe Family Country Music
Show from Branson, Missouri.
The show begins at 7:30 p.m. and
will be in the high school
auditorium.
Advance tickets are $6 for adults,
|8 at the door. Children 14 and un-
der pay $3 each.
AHS Annual Deadline
The deadline for buying the Alto
High School 196G-87 annual for $18
with name embossed free has been
extended to Nov. 25. After that date
the cost will go to $25 without im-
printed name.
Checks should be made payable
U> AHS Stinger stall.
monies.
Trustees instructed that the
school continue doing business with
Tatum Sanitation
Update 27, a policy dealing with
teacher appraisal, received a
second reading and passed.
Revisions to policies concerning
substitute pay rates, amendments
to the time and period in which
students will be released from
school on the work program, con-
tinued enrollment of any child who
has moved from the district to at-
tend Wells for the remainder of the
school year, honor roll categories
and the fact that the Wells School is
an equal opportunity employer
were all discussed by the board and
revisions accepted.
Board members voted to pay $358
in tuition cost to Pete Sandford to
enable him to attend SFA for three
courses. These courses would cer-
tify him to t *ach in chemistry and
physics, two courses which the
Commissioners
Cancel Meeting,
Re-set Nov. 24
Cherokee County Commissioners
did not meet Monday morning The
meeting was cancelled oecause
there was not enough business to
justify the meeting, according to
county officials
Commissioners will meet again
on Nov. 24 for consideration of
county business.
scnooi needs to add next year to its
curriculum. Money will be reim-
bursed to the school if a passing
grade is not achieved.
TASB has instructed that schools
shall allow citizen input during
school board meetings. The Wells
School Board already allows for
this both at the beginning of its
regular meetings and by placement
on the agenda.
Trustees attending the meeting
were Richard Hartless, Jerry
Rogers, Ferril Hicks, Carol Smith
and Gene Carrier. Absent were
Danny Higginbotham and Larry
Bailey.
Visitors were Stone, Sharon Har-
tless and Vira Poole.
Administration members present
were Moehler, Muse and Debbie
Johnson.
position concerning the bus routes
proposed. He said that his children
are to be put on a bus that is already
full. ‘‘I do not have the answer to
the problem,’’ he continued. ‘‘I
have a bus route, too. There is no
way that bus route can stand any
more people without somebody
standing.”
In his report on transportaion,
Jim Duty, in charge of buses,
stated “I’m in full agreement with
Brother Odis. I don’t think the route
should be changed.” Board mem-
ber Charles Dean Davis questioned
Superintendent John Cook, “Why
hasn’t this decision been made?
You’re the boss.” Following a short
discussion on the problem, mem-
bers agreed for Cook to handle the
problem Friday, to get together
with people involved and find the
“best and safest route" to schedule
the buses
In his transportation report, Cook
gave members schedules for 85-86
with a cost figure of 81 cents per
mile. He recommended that the
AISD not purchase a new bus this
year or completely rebuild one. The
system currently has eight routes
with the oldest bus 11 years old He
went on to say that with the laree
tax collection in October the school
board can pay off all three buses
currently financed and save in-
terest which amounts to almost
$6,000 a year. The tax report
showed approximately $400,000
collected in October.
Band director Jon Lawles was
present to report on the band trip to
LOCAL FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED to two residence fires in the bitter cold Thursday night. Coming less
than an hour apart, the two calls really kept the local volunteers on the move. They are shown here at the Cur-
tis Jackson home where an overheated woodstove touched off a smoky fire before all equipment had returned
to the station from a chimney fire at Ronnie Hendricks' home. Damage to both homes was very slight.
-staff photo
Ruston, La. He said that he took six-
th, seventh and eighth graders; it
was a good trip and the students
learned a lot.
The superintendent said that ex-
tensive repairs to the wall between
the cafeteria and band hall will
have to be done during the holidays
as there is a water seepage
problem.
Alto Elementary School Principal
James Grammer spoke on the
PEIMS, which is a three-year
process to put all reports from the
schools on an accountability
program, mandated by House Bill
72.
Cook also reported that Mr.
Wilson is in the process of getting
bids to insulate and air condition
the school gymnasium. School of-
ficials are also working on a
building needs study to be presen-
ted at a later date.
Faye Nell Rogers, assistant prin-
cipal, reported that she has com-
pleted 47 of 52 teacher appraisals
Final payment on the elementary
classrooms was not approved as
they were not completed. Grarnmer
said the contractor planned to pour
concrete on the walkway Saturday,
that the awning had been removed
and the carpet cleaned so that no
color variations remained. t
In other matters, a textbook
committee was approved consisting
of teachers because school officials
felt that they would be more
familiar with the material and they
were the ones who would be
teaching with it. A substitute pay
policy discussed at the board
meeting on October 23 was ap-
proved with all substitutes earning
at the same rate, depending on the
amount of time they filled in for
one teacher.
On a motion by Trustee Harold
Parker, members agreed to pay for
charter buses to the Hull-Daisetta
game in Mont Bel view. They fur-
ther agreed to set a policy in the
future concerning transportation of
student to extracurricular ac-
tivities
Wells Churches
Plan Joint
Worship Service
The Cal/ary Baptist and the
Falvey Memorial United Methodist
Churches will have a joint
Thanksgiving worship service Sun-
day, Nov. 23 The service will be
held at Falvey Memorial United
Methodist beginmg at 6 pm
Pastor Fred Neal and church
choir from Calvary will present the
worship service after which there
will be a snack-supper-fellowship
time in the fellowship hall
The offering of the evening will go
to the Wells Community Fund, and
the public is invited to this once-a-
year worship event.
’86 Season: ‘Better Than Expected’ Says Coach
A successful 1966 football season
ended on a disastrous note last
Friday at Barber's Hill High
School. The Jackets were beaten 34-
13 by a very average Hull-Daisetta
team. Hull had lost three games
coming into the contest; one to a
class A school, but proved too tough
for the Jackets.
Coach Jim Fitzhugh tried to ex-
plain the loss this way: "First, it’s a
shame a team that had to play as
hard all year as we did to get where
we were, would have a terrible let
down like we had. We were not
sharp in any phase of the game and
we didn’t play hard enough to offset
our ability difference this week We
could have beaten Hull with the ef-
fort given in 8 of the 10 previous
weeks but that mental toughness
just wasn’t with us this time.”
The game started with Alto
receiving and having to punt. After
holding H.D. tor three downs Steve
Lofton took the punt and sped 55
yards to make the score Alto, 7 HD
0 following the conversion. Hull
could move the ball for a couple of
first downs and the Sting defense
would stiffen and force a punt or
turnover
Without about six minutes in the
half. Alto moved to the Hull eight
yard line. On the first down Lofton
gained six to the two then on 2nd
and goal. Then with excellent
blocking at the corner, the Jackets
committed an unforced turnover,
fumble, that pumped new life into a
ready to die H D team. “I have no
doubt, had we scored at the end of
the first half, we'd have gone on to
win. But, for some reason, when we
failed from the three then had the
turnover down close in the last
minute, we went flat, flat, flat.”
said Coach Fitzhugh.
Hull connected on a 50-yard half-
back pass that bounced off the han-
ds of an Alto defensive back and
was caught and carried to the one.
H.D. had evened the score with less
than two minutes to go in the half.
The second half saw Hull move
the ball at will and score 14 points in
each of the final quarters. The
Jackets were able to answer with
only a 55 yard pass for a TD from
Steve Lofton to Paul Holland, who
made an excdlent rntrh takina the
ball away from a defender
"lam extremely disappointed,”
said the Coach, “We could have
gone further than any Alto team in
history. There is no real
powerhouse team in East Texas
this year. The team that wants to
win Regionals and go to the semi-
finals the worst will make it. It
would be very unfair to remember
this team from their last game,
although that is how most people
will remember them ’ ’
“I can still see and remember the
feelings we had early, when no one
thought we would win but a hand
full of games and the Harris Poll
picked us fourth in District. We
struggled against ourselves for 10
games and got better every week,
except the Garrison week.
“We never played a game we
couldn't have won minus mistakes.
We graduate 12 seniors who have
left a fine winning tradition in tact.
It’s just a shame it had to end on
such a poor note.”
Alto will return 13 lettermen next
year including all the running backs
and four starting offensive linemen
The defense must be almost com-
pletely rebuilt as only two starters
will return.
Congratulations to the 1986 Mean
Sting for a better than expected
season, said the Coach.
MARSALLES ANDERSON LEAPS for a pass in the StinR defeat at
the hands of Hull-Daisetta Bobcats Friday night. The loss ended
Alto's hopes for a state playoff berth. -photo by wendi travers
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