Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 18, 1990 Page: 1 of 14
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Mrs. Wilson has experience
in the floral business having
worked in Wichita Falls and
Electrfa since 1978.
Assisting her will be Denise
1981 working in Burkburnett,
Iowa Park and Electra.
Hayers was elected to the board
at that meeting and will serve on
the legislative committee.
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Attendance in the three Elec-
tra schools dropped to 96 per-
cent for the week of Oct. 8, of-
ficials said Tuesday.
This means the district had
an average daily attendance of
568. Last week’s attendance
rate was 97 percent.
A reduced version of the
map is on page four of this
publication as a public service.
Chamber officials are spon-
which will be held Nov. 3 at
Memorial Stadium. A panel of
three judges rates each band as
it performs during the contest.
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to advise the board in estab-
lishing and reviewing educa-
tional goals, objectives and ma-
son,
Boberg., Dwight McNew, Don
Windham and Billy Clark were
appointed as a textbook com-
mittee for 1991-92.
Budget amendments were ap-
re-
ports and monthly bills. The
1990 tax roll of 1,265,974.70
was approved as
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Floral Firm
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Mary Helen and Russell
Wilson have purchased'Electra
Floral and Gifts from Sarah
Barker.
Mrs. Wilson said Tuesday the
purchase was effective on Oct.
1. Some remodeling is underway
and a formal opening will be held
in the near future.
She will be operating the
shop at the same hours 8 to 5,
Monday through Friday, and 8
soring this event in response to to 12 on Saturday,
requests from several local resi-
dents. If it proves successful, it
will be considered as an annual
project of the chamber.
Sellers promise to have
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Guidelines for eligibility, as- an invitation from the Gov-
signment and maintenance. The ernor’s Educational Excellence
Garage Sale Day
Is Saturday, Oct. 20
Saturday is Garage Sale Day
here in a project promoted by
Electra Chamber of Commerce.
There are 22 separate loca-
tions listed on the special maps
prepared for the event by the
chamber.
Maps are free and arc avail-
able at the Chamber of Com-
merce office from 9 to 1, the
the first touchdown of the game, newspaper office and Joe’s and
The PAT kick was unsuccessful
and the Tigers led 6-0 with 5:56
still to play in the first quarter.
Quanah took the Electra kick
Continued On Page Seven
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The Tigers are now 3-3 for
the season and 0-1 in district
while the Indians are 3-3 for the
season 1 -0 in district.
Game time in Archer City and elected to kick to the Indi-
will be 7:30 pan. The remainder
of games on the regular season
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yard line.
Joseph Robeson recovered a
Quanah fumble on their first
play in the next series to give the
Tigers the ball on the Quanah
38. A pass from Travis Box
to Clark Jones was good for a
first down at the Quanah 28,
and a pass to Trent Gibson was
complete for a first down at the
Indian 12 yard line. Brandon
Lynn caught a pass moving the
ball to the seven, and Jones was
over from the five yard line for
Boosters may order them at the
newspaper office.
The top two judged bands in
each class will be certified to
Monroe, Toby Reynolds, Casey Reynolds, Mikey Hutchinson, Anthony Monroe, Cloritha
Tubbs, Stehanie Coleman, Jackie Coleman, Chris Whisnand, Tomas Flores, Anita Flores,
Matthew Chambers, Mark Brockreide, Mark Britt, Wendy Williamson, Curt Southerland,
Wendy Hutchinson, Durwin Simmons, Rusty Ballard, David Byrd, Jennifer Robeson,
Denise Leviston, Mark Morgan, Laura Malone, Andy Ketchersid, Corey Thames, Troy
Mathis, Bryan Aubin, Kerrie Smith, Misty Fillmore, Michael Terry, Amber Boston,
Zachary Rodgers, Melissa Lowe, Christi Miller, Melissa Oliver, Kelli Light, Teannette
Miller, Andra Kelly, Robin Anderson, Michelle Stutzman, Selena Nettles, Melissa
Robeson, Leigh Jennings, Laura McIlroy, Natalie Fisher, Heather Gibson, Jennifer
Boberg, Rodney McCaleb, Shawn Graves, David Jetton, Steven Staley, Page Price,
Hayes Lowe, Standing, Julie McMurtrie, Holly Windham, Maggie Nichols, Nicole Fisher,
Crystal Gee, Anniginette Beisch, Tina Sawyer, Ed Wiggins, Band Director, Mike Lunney.
Not pictured are Rochelle Mimms, Michael Robertson, Jason Cranford.
Underway
Absentee balloting for the
Nov. 6 General Election got buttons requested by the Band
underway Wednesday October
17.
Site for absentee voting in
Electra is the Eicctra Public
Library. For absentee voting by advance to the regional contest
Each of the three campuses is j^y writing County Clerk Vernon
offering incentives to encourage Cannon at the courthouse in
good attendance. Wichita Falls.
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the elementary school.
Absentee
rate was 9/ percent. Vntinrf Iq
& The district’s enrollment stood VUUliy Io
at 589 as of Friday, Oct. 12.
Each time a student is absent,
the district loses $90 in state
money. The amount of state fi-
nancial assistance is determined
by attendance during the four
week period in October.
The district’s budget was
calculated on an attendance of
□85 students.
Tigers On The Road Friday,
Lose 9-AA Opener To Quanah
and Archer City and Holliday schedule will be played at the
play to a 16-16 tie. earlier time.
Joseph Robeson, Hardy Shel-
nutt, Jose Flores and Chris Lu-
cas were captains for the game
in Quanah. Electra won the toss
Sellers promise to have ev-
erything from “antiques to col- Wilson who has experience since
lectibles to junk” available for
this special sale.
Volume 84 Number 10 USPS No.»1 U-340 ,
will be competing in the uil
District Marching Contest on
Eicctra High School Tigers
will travel to Archer City
Friday night to continue 9-AA
district play following a 35-27
loss to Quanah last week.
It was the district opener
for both the Indians and the
Tigers— Other district^ action
saw Oln^y defeat Seynfolir 29-6,
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Harry Wallace
New Appointments
Made At NATCO Here
Harry Wallace and Dan Smith Wallace transfers from Tulsa
have received new appoint- where he served as Vice Pres-
Tncnts at National Tank Com- id^nt Engineering. He has as-
pany (NATCO), in Electra. sumed responsibility for the
•‘Wallace has been named manufacturing and sales of
6 Vice President of Operations at NA1CO products in Eicctra.
the Electra manufacturing and Tie joined the company in 1971
service center, and Smith has as a project engineer, progress-
ion named the Senior Manager in8 rapidly to his most recent
§ales and Distribution for the assignment as vice president,
local sales, service and repair An Okmulgee native, Wallace
operations. Continued On Page Two
Attendance Drops In
¥Three Local Schools
Last week’s campus atten-
dance rates were 96 percent at
high school, 97 percent at the seeing
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at the local level and a dis-
trict level decision process pol-
icy having to do with estab-
’ lishing a Districtwide Educa-
tional Improvement Council of activity in Wichita Falls and the
mpus based professional staff trophies .won by the classes.
The superintendent also called
upon Administrative Assistant
Clark who presented informa-
jor classroom instructional pro- tion of school dropouts. He said
grams. , the state average was six per-
Cathy Goodwin, Janice Carter cent and the region a 3 per-
Virginia Felts, Marlene McPher cent rate for 1989-90 while Elec-
Mary Jane Clark, Judy tra had a 3.90 which represents
nine dropouts from an enroll-
ment of 231 in grades seven
through 12. He said the rate for
1990-91 was 2.5. Highest in the
state for 1989-90 was Galveston
with 21 percent.
Board President Hayers and
Trustee Marilyn Johnson re-
presented by ported to the board on the state
Tax Assessor-Collector Rodney convention of Texas Associa-
Smith. tion of School Administrators
Kindergarten Teacher Edith and Texas Association of School
Miller spoke briefly to the Boards held in September. Mrs.
morning for board members and board regarding the “We Care”
workshop series she is organiz-
ing for parents. She said the
first workshop in the series dealt
with drugs and future topics
will include stress and satanism
among others.
During his report to the board
Supt. Windham called on Dins-
District Marching Contest on
Saturday, Oct. 20, at Memorial
Stadium in Wichita Falls.
The band is .scheduled -to
perform at approximately 7p.m.
Band Director Mike Lunney
expressed hopes that a large
group of supporters will attend
the contest. He believes that
j a crowd supporting a
junior high and 97 percent at band may havc>an impact on its
performance and the judges.
Special red shirts screened
with the band’s 1990 theme,
“Cruising In The 50’s” ordered
by Band Boosters will be
available on Friday. They may
be picked up at Creative T-
Shirts. Band Boosters desiring
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other two polices were a com- Committee, to the awards cer-
pensation and benefits policy erniony on Saturday to receive
the Performance Gains Award
won by Dinsmore School. Mrs.
Davis also discussed the school’s
participation in the Basal Ball
administration. A date for such
a meeting had not been set on
Tuesday night.
In other business the trustees
approved first readings for five
polices including three pertain-
ing to career ladder for teachers.
These three were Level III As-
The rnuiansHdltoncd the ball' sj8>™ent.'Third-Appraiser,and■ ' more Principal Davis who read
to their 21 and four plays
later punted in to Electra.
The Tigers’ first possession also
ended in a punt from their 44
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Thursday, October 18, 1990
Cd m put e r Ass is te d In s t r u c t i o n
Considered For Dinsmore
Discussion of a computer as-
sisted instruction lab for Dins-
more Elementary School was
held during.the October meet-
ing of school district trustees
on Tuesday night in the board
room of the Administration
Building.
Supt. Don Windham, Admin-
istrative Assistant Billy Clark,
Principal Fran Davis, .Board
President Jannis Hayers and
Trustees Charles Nichols and
Ronnie Day reported observ-
ing such a system in operation.
These officials along with teach-
ers in the elementary school
have made trips to Burkbur-
nett where a system is in use in
Hardin Elementary School.
The superintendent said such
a system costs approximately proved along with financial
$100,000 plus about $24,000
annually for operation. He
added that a special meeting
of the board may be held
for further consideration after
Jostens Learning Corporation
made a presentation Wednesday
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Pass Reception — Jimmy Hernandez, No. 21 for the Electra Tigers, takes the ball to
the 20 yard line following a pass reception from Travis Box in the game with Quanah in
Quanah on Friday night.
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