The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 84, No. 16, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 1979 Page: 1 of 10
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In a called meeting on August 23.
the Wells Independent School District
Board of Directors met to consider
accepting the 1979-80 School budget.
The board approved a budget of
$460,651 for the coming school year
Superintendent John Fuller explained
that this represents a 10 percent
increase over the budget for the
proceeding school year.
He said that the majority goes into
salaries and some will be held in a
special fund for the purchase of a new
school bus, possibly for the 1960-81
school year
Board members present were
Lewey Thompson, David hopper,
Carol Smith, Merkle Hopper and
Bobby Jackson Absent were Jerry
Rogers and Charles Grayson
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The 1979 Mean Sting will travel to
Chester Friday for a controlled scrim
mage in preparation for the season
opener Sept. 7 with Cayuga.
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During workouts this week the Alto
coaching staff have made some
changes, moved some people and
have set new goals for the Chester
scrimmage
‘‘We want our defense to perform
this week against Chester,” the head
coach said, "and we want to win this
scrimmage ”
Coach Cooper reports that the Yel-
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To Go Up
our multiple offense and had not
stressed defense.” Cooper said “We
were successful in both running and
passing on offense.”
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Saturday, Sept 15 is the deadline set
for entering the Third Annual Alto
Country Fair slated for Oct. 19-21 at
the Lions Club Building in Alto
There is no entry fee and cate-
gories include arts, crafts and home-
making. *
In the arts category divisions in-
clude all types of painting, sculp-
ture and wall hangings Divisions of
the crafts category include china
painting, dolls and toys, wood work-
ing. weaving, basketry, macrame,
quilting, crochet and knitting Divi-
sions in homemaking are sewing,
canning, baking and decorations.
Market Place booths are also avail-
able for those wishing to sell their
homemade items Booth space must
be reserved by Sept. 15 and secured by
the $10 rental fee All items sold must
be made or produced by the person
reserving the booth Set up. sales,
clean up and display tables or racks
are the responsibility of the exhibitor
All food items must be handled in a
sanitary manner
In the exhibit portion of the lair, all
entries to be judged must be made by
the person entering the item. No
exhibit item may be taken down or
removed before the close of the show.
All entries must be clearly labeled
with owners name, address and phone
number using labels provided by the
show committee
Entries will be limited to three in
each category Exhibitors must check
out and pick up entries at close of
show.
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Judge Jones said the biggest cause
of the county's financial problems is
that there has not been a tax increase
since 1971, while items such as gaso-
line and road oil have increased up to
five times in price
He said most of the open land in the
county is on the books at a valuation of
$13 and $15 per acre (at 25 percent
ratio) He said all big timber com-
panies have been paying on $18 an
acre since 1971
“Every place we turn, we are losing
money,” Judge Jones told the court
“The only place to turn to is taxes.”
Some property owners were on hand
at Monday’s commissioners court
meeting to ask questions about 20-day
notices they had received Some
claimed their property had been
appraised at a higher value than it
will bring on the market
Judge Jones told the property own-
ers that the court will meet as a board
of equalization during the first part of
September, and that if they determine
then that someone’s property has
been “appraised out of line," the
proper adjustment will be made
Dates on the notices sent to property
owners as a time to appear before the
board of equalization have been stag
gered so as to give the board ample
time to consider each situation, Judge
Jones said
After lengthy discussion on taxes,
the commissioners took quick action
on the only two items on the agenda
The court accepted a bid from
George Pane of Tyler, who offered a
motorgrader for $26,000 plus the
trade-in The motorgrader will be
used in Prec. 4 Pane was the only one
to submit a bid
On the other item on the agenda, the
commissioners voted to raise the
salary of Jim Duty, who was
promoted
Coach Steve Cooper and his squad
scrimmaged Diboll last Friday at
Student Field
“Winning was not a goal in the first
scrimmage,” said Cooper “We set
out to hustle and to move the football
offensively and we accomplished
that.”
Diboll scored one time against the
Yellow jackets. “We had worked on
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County taxpayers can expect to pay
more taxes for the coming year, but
will not know for sure just how much
more until the tax rate has been set.
County Judge Orvan Jones told the
county commissioners Monday
Judge Jones said the tax ratio has
been set at 25 percent, but that the tax
rate has not yet been set
Last year's tax rate was $1 25 per
$100 valuation on a 25 percent ratio
Should the tax rate be the same
again this year, revenue for the
county would be greatly increased,
Judge Jones said, due to the re-
evaluation program which has just
been completed
Judge Jones said the county will
need a great deal more revenue from
county taxes next year than in previ-
ous years because of a decrease in
federal grants, in revenue sharing and
in the amount of fines being collected
in the justice of the peace office
He said in the past county taxes
were needed to meet only about
one-third of the county budget, where-
as in the future a much larger
percentage of the budget must lie
provided by county taxes
Judge Jones said the present finan-
cial situation of the county is so
serious that the county plans to start
spending next year!, funds Oct 1 of
this year rather than waiting until
January as in the past
He told the commissioners that, as
of July 31, the county had $68,125 45 in
the bank, with $1,498 56 in outstanding
checks He said this money can keep
the county operating until October at
best
Citing an example of lost federal
revenue, Judge Jones said, “This time
last year, eight road hands were being
paid out of federal funds Now we
have none being paid from federal
funds ”
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The Alto City Council will meet at
5:30 p m., Sept 10, in the council room
of the City Hall
Items of business on the agenda will
include the public hearing for the
1979-80 budget, discuss the imple-
mentation of S B 621, the new Prop-
erty Tax Code, consider a resolution
prescribing that rj’tles I and II
(agriculture values) will apply to
property taxes imposed for 1980 and
subsequent years. Beautification
Committee request for the Fire De-
partment to wash the city streets,
fence on property adjacent to new
housing authority and discuss the
garbage department.
James R Osborne has been hired
by the Wells Independent School
District to coach baseball, according
to John Fuller, superintendent
Osborne's experience includes 14
years with the Dallas Independent
School District and three years with
Caddo Mills just east of Dallas He
comes to Wells with a record which
includes two district titles in the last
three years
A graduate of Corsicana High
School. Osborne received his BS
Degree from Sam Houston State
University and his Master's in
Education Degree from North Texas
State University
He is a past member of Phi Theta
Kappa and is listed among Who's Who
in American Universities and
Colleges for 1958
Alto Mini Mall Wins Beautification iward
The Alto Mini Mall was the final recipient of the Alto Beautification Award this past week. I he mall was all
decked out” for their grand opening last week. Employees and children of the five-business establishment are
pictured in front of the award sign. --staff photo
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lowjackets are on schedule and that
he is pleased with the performances of
the players and the Mean Sting is
looking forward to a good year.
The Athletic Director com-
mended the fine job of the Alto
Quarterback Club in supporting the
team. “They had a very successful
barbecue last Friday and lots of folks
were working hard.” said Cooper He
praised the work of officers Charles
Dean Davis. Will James and Mr and
Mrs Don Henley as well as Mike
Wallace, Carlton Jones, George Cov-
ington and Mrs Earl Hicks
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