De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1991 Page: 7 of 12
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De Leon Free Press, De Leon, Texas 76444
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The legislature has enacted a statute on school funding to comply
with a court mandate enforcing the state constitution. Under prior
statutes (SB 1) the tax rate for last year provides $3,970 per student
in state and local revenues.
rate now provides $4,349 per student in state and l<
The legislature has enacted a statute, SB 351, on school funding
that will increase the amount of money that local districts must raise
in order to increase the state funding; but they have not relaxed any
of the costly mandates that have been enacted in the past.
The board of trustees of the De Leon School District hereby gives
notice that it is considering the adoption of a tax rate of .17 that will
provide $4,297 per student in state and local revenues.
NOTICE OF COMPARABLE
TAX RATES AND REVENUES
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It was moved by Jimmy Johnson
and seconded by Tresa Gilbert to
approve the inservice workshop for
teachers as presented by Nelda
Priddy. Dr. Lee Hannel will present
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Corey Keith of De Leon exhibited
the Champion ABC Steer at the West
Texas Fair Prospect Show on
Saturday.
Corey’s animal was the champion
heavyweight.
Craig Mahan had a second place
lightweight Charolais and a second
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residents" suffered severe or fatal
home, highway and recreation
accidents last year, most of which
were preventable.
cause of work-related
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16:14 p.m
It was moved by Jimmy Johnson
and seconded by Tresa Gilbert to
adjourn the meeting at 10:20 p.m.
Motion carried.
UNOFFICIAL SCHOOL
BOARD MEETING
MINUTES
NOTICE
You will note in the notice below that De Leon will have less
money per student. The reason that De Leon ISD will have less
money per student in the last figure is that the school district’s
taxable values have decreased several million dollars for tax year
1991.
Mr. Mark Shambeck, Secondary
Principal, presented his report. Mr.
Shambeck reported on student
illness and accidents. He reported
on watermelon being furnished by
Jimmy Farley for students. He
reported on scholl news that is being
reported daily of KCOM.
Mr. Dwain Bills, Superintendent
of Schools, presented his report. Mr.
Bills reported on the new storage
and office building that is being
constructed and discussed the TASB
convention held in Houston.
Mrs. Nelda Priddy, Middle School
Principal, presented her report.
Mrs. Priddy reported 137 students in
grades six through eight. She
reported on the dance that was held
recently.
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A BOY!
Terry and Jamie Mathis are so
happy to announce the arrival of
their baby boy, Colton Ray, born on
September 4,1991, weighing 7 lbs. 10
oz.
Maternal grandparents are Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Tucker of
Desdemona. Paternal grandparents
are Mr. and Mrs. Ray S. Mathis of
Lake Pftctor. Maternal great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Creek and Mrs. S.D. Conner of
Coleman. Paternal great-
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Gerald Hanson of Lake Proctor and
Iva Wayne Mathis of De Leon.
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the workshop,
unanimously.
It was moved by Ruby Park and
seconded by Tresa Gilbert to
approve the collection contract
with the Comanche County
Education District. The contract is
for the collecting of taxes. Motion
carried unanimously .,
A letter was read from the Cross
Timbers Health Clinic concerning a
change in the cost for student
services.1
A letter was read from Kenny and
Max Keith concerning property that
is for sale.
Under this statute (SB 351) that same
locjil revenues.
State law only requires a minimum tax rate of $.83 for county
education districts. State law does not require a school district to
adopt additional taxes. Neither does state law require a school
district to adopt a tax rate that maximizes the receipt of state funds.
Governor Proclaims
Texas Farm And Ranch
Safety Week
Governor Ann Richards has adults. Likewise, many people
proclaimed the week of September continue to farm well past the
15-21 as Texas Farm and Ranch standard retirement age of 65, which
CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS....
89th birthday and his sister, Flora Holdridge (right) of Odessa, her 81st
birthday on September 1. They were surprised with a reception at the
Morris home on Sunday, September 1, and 100 friends and relatives
registered. Bom and raised in De Leon, the pair always celebrate their
September 1 birthdays together.
The president declared the
meeting back th open session at
It’s A Boy!
Steve and Brenda Tucker
announce the arrival of their new
son, Nathan Randall, who arrived at
4:10 a.m. on August 30, 1991, at De
Leon Hospital. He weighed 6 lbs. 14
ot. and was 21 inches long.
Grandparents are Bob and
Delores Tucker of Desdemona and
Gerald and Ina Scitern of Gorman
Great-grandparents are Mr. and
Mrs. Ben Creek and Lula Connor of
Coleman and Merle Lasater and Mr
■nd Mrs. Alvis Scitem of Gorman.
The De Leon Board of Education
met in regular session in the board
room of the Perkins Middle School
on September 10,1991, at 6:00 p.m.
Present were: Sherman Sides,
Ruby Park, Jimmy Johnson, Tresa
Gilbert, Franklin Loudermilk,
Dwain Bills, Nelda Priddy, and
Mark Shambeck. Guests were Betty
Terrill, Frances Howard, and Linda
Burlison.
The meeting was called to order
by Franklin Loudermilk and
prayer was offered by Mark
Shambeck.
It was moved by Jimmy Johnson
and seconded by Tresa Gilbert to
approve the minutes of August 13,
1991 and approve minutes of August
27, 1991 with the following
correction: On the August 27th
meeting, Franklin Ixiudennilk was
present at the meeting; also Jimmy
Johnson voted for the motion to offer
a letter of reasonable assurance to
Freda VanZandt and Suzanna
Vasquez in the position as aides
Motion carried unanimously.
It was moved by Tresa Gilbert and
seconded by Ruby Park to accept
and approve the financial report and
payment of bills as presented by
Betty Terrill,
unanimously.
It was moved by Ruby Park and
seconded by Jimmy Johnson to set
the dates for the TTAS appraisal
period as follows: 1st
Semester. October 1, 1991 to
December 13, 1991, and for the 2nd
Semester..January 27,1992 to May 1,
1992. Motion carried unanimously.
It was moved by Tresa Gilbert and
seconded by Jimmy Johnson to
appoint the following personnel as
TTAS appraisers: Larry Nabors,
Nelda Priddy, Mark Shambeck,
Barbara Nowlin, and Dwain Bills.
Motion carried unanimously.
It was moved by Jimmy Johnson
and seconded by Tresa Gilbert to
appoint the following to the Student
Attendance Committee:
Nabors, Nelda Priddy,
Shambeck, Dick Senter,
Frank, Dennis Otwell, and Natalie
Files as the student representative.
Motion carried unanimously.
It was moved by Jimmy Johnson
and seconded by Tresa Gilbert to set
the date for special meeting on
September 24,1991 at 8:00 p.m. This
meeting is to set the tax rate for
1992. Motion carried unanimously.
“Some simple steps for reducing
risk on farm acre for a fanner to
was 42 per 100,000 workers^ among take good care of his health,
the highest compared with the maintain his equipment and read
composite rate for all industries of instruction manuals and product
nine per 100,000. labels in order to use them safely
Thousands of farm and ranch and effectively,” Valeo says.
Another overlooked, yet important
aspect of farm safety is that each
individual on a farm or ranch should
The leading be trained in basic first-aid and
of work-related illness CPR. Farms are usually a long
suffered by fanners is excessive distance from a doctor or hospital,
exposure to toxic gases, chemicals, especially if the accident happens in
dust, sun, noise, and other fanning a remote field. Many lives could be
hazards. saved if farm personnel were
"Fanning also has the additional trained in emergency response
hazard of the combination of techniques,
workplace and home. In most work
situations, people leave their home
and families to go toasoek...families
are not exposed to workplace
hazards,” says Valeo. “Farm
families are exposed to workplace
hazards around the clock and safety
should be a part of every day life.”
Another factor contributing to
high risk in production agriculture is
that a minimum or mandatory
retirement age doesn’t exist. Ages
of persons working on farms and
ranches range from eight to 80,
instead of the usual 16 to 65 age
range in most occupations. Children
often begin helping with farm work
at an early age, even operating
machinery and vehicles, such as
tractors, which are meant for
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Safety Week. The State of Texas increases their chances of illness
joins the entire nation in recognition and injury. As a result, farm
of the 48th annual observance of accidental death and injury rates
National Farm Safety Week in order rise at the upper and lower ends of
to help make Texas farms and the age spectrum.
ranches safer places to live and In order to combat this problem,
work. Valeo recommends that children be
“Preventable accidents, fires and assigned Jobs suited to their age and
work-related illness cost farm and capability with proper supervision,
ranch families dearly in b^’h human Older fanners need to draw on their
suffering and dollars loss,” said experience and recognize their
Thomas D. Valeo, Extension physical limitations. Farmers need
Agricultural Engineer. According to realize that as people age, they
to Texas Agricultural Extension are less likely to recover quickly or
Service preliminary estimates, completely from severe trauma and
agricultural work accidents resulted a longer recovery period will result
in 1,300 deaths and 120,000 disabling in lost time and money.
injuries naturally in 1990. The
agricultural accident death rates
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Wilkerson, Gayle E. De Leon Free Press (De Leon, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 19, 1991, newspaper, September 19, 1991; De Leon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1244268/m1/7/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Comanche Public Library.