Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 122, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 29, 1996 Page: 2 of 14
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Page 2, Section A. Mount Vernon Optic-Herald, Thursday, August 29.1996
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Sincerely, Neal H. Parrott
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Loans For
Young Farmers
Kelly Stretcher presents a loan iheck to Dustin Stephens for his
next calf pun luise. Dustin was t he owner of 1996 Grand Champion
Steer at the Mount Vernon - Saltillo FFA 14-H Project Shene
Contact one of the lenders at First
National Bank for your project show loan.
Not out of line with other schools
Dear Editor:
Because of the bond issues before the voters, several
people have asked me about how the tax rate for MV1SD
compares with other districts. The following are the current
rates being presented for the schools in our UIL district:
Pittsburg, 1.44; Mineola, 1.55; Winnsboro, 1.31; Quitman,
1.425; and Rains, 1.55.
If our bond issues do not pass, our rate will be 1.294. If
the Fine Arts Building only passes, our rate will be 1.3358.
If the high school bond issues passes, the rate will be 1.511.
And if both issues pass, our rate will be 1.553.
As you can see, even if both issues pass, we are still not
out of line with other schools like ours. If the issues are both
defeated, we will have the lowest tax rate in our UIL district
with the prospects of our tax base increasing each year
because of new homes and an expanding industry.
Furthermore, I might add that along with a competitive
tax rate, according to the most recent TA AS scores, we are
in the top quarter of all Texas schools academically.
Help the pride of Franklin County continue. Vote FOR on
Sept. 14.
Sincerely, Floyd Kaiser, Trustee MVISD
Mount Vernon
Call 537-2228
TODAY!!!
Simply call and
apply by touch-
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your vehicle loan!
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PAINLESS!
First National Bank offers a loan program for students
participating in the local Mount Vernon - Saltillo Young
farmer Project Show. The program is outlined as follows:
• 4% annual percentage rate
■ Maximum loan of $1,250
• Loans for the purchase of livestock & supplies
• No payment required until 30 days after show
• Loan applicant must be a member in good standing
with 4-H or I H A
• Verification will be required
• Parent or guardian must co-sign for borrowers
under 18
• A written projection of project expenses
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We cannot afford tax increases
Dear Editor:
We understand that teachers and other school employees
got a salary increase. We are farmers and didn't get a salary
increase, but we are supposed to pay for the school increases.
We are just barely getting by now and if our taxes continue
to increase year after year to pay for the school's salary
increases, we will be out of business.
My father-in-law is a retiree and he didn't get an increase.
There was no increase in my mother-in-law's social security
check. My neighbor is a dairy farmer and he got a decrease
because of rising feed costs. Yet we are all supposed to pay
for the school's salary increases. Doesn't anyone on the
school board understand our economic situation? We just
cannot afford these continuing tax increases.
Then comes the school bond election, which will increase
our taxes even more and for the next twenty years. Some
folks think it is needed and some folks don't. It really doesn't
matter to us, we cannot afford more tax increases. We are
voting NO on the school bond election.
Sincerely Yours, Jack Kemp
Scroggins
Brookshires donates $2,000 to M.V. Fire
Department
Brookshires donated$2,000 to the Mount Vernon F ire Depart-
ment at an informal ceremony Friday, Aug. 23, 1906 Donny
Moore, Manager of Brookshires, represented Brookshires at
the ceremony and presented Nelson Dean, Mount Vernon b ire
Department Chief, with a check. Eddie Turner, City of Mount
Vernon Administrator, was also present.
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purchase by the cooperative,
which chose to honor the re-
quests.
Mount Vernon's petition and
voting requesting ELC for 23
exchanges resulted in citizen
approval for the service to nine
of those requested. The service
began for Mount Vernon to
Pittsburg on Oct. 4, 1995, and
to Talco, Mount Pleasant and
Winnsboro on January IO,
1996
Customers are not required
to take any action to take ad-
vantage of the new service of-
fering. It is no longer necessary
for customers to dial "I-903"
before the number when plac-
ing calls between these com-
munities.
Persons with automatic dial-
ing features on their phones
and / or telecommunications
services and equipment may
need to reprogram their ma-
chines for phone numbers in
these exchanges
Customers with questions
about the ELC service should
call one of the following toll-
free numbers with GIF? I-8(H)-
483-4400 foi residential
customers or 1-8OO-483-54OO
for business customers.
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telephone bill.
Bogata customers' petition
and voting requesting ELC for
12 exchanges resulted in citi-
zen approval of all 12 exchang-
es requested. The service to
exchanges requested by the
Bogata petition to exchanges
within their own LATA went
into effect Thursday, May 11,
1995. Toll-free calling began
on that date to Paris, Deport,
Detroit, Cooper, Birthright, and
Sulphur Springs.
The Peoples Telephone Co-
operative chose to exclude it-
self from such services
requested by both Mount Ver-
non and Bogata petitions. The
exemption is permitted under
an option within the state law
excluding small companies
(serving under 10,000 lines) if
they specifically request exclu-
sion.
However, Bogata to Talco
(379) EAS service is set to be-
gin September 30, 1996, when
equipment changes are com-
pleted by Peoples Telephone
Cooperative, which is buying
the Talco exchange from GTE.
The EAS service to and from
Talco was approved priortothe
I doubt the need to spend $18,500 per student
Dear Editor:
For the past several weeks 1 have been reading the various
articles, both pro and con, concerning the upcoming school
bond election with great interest
Being a Franklin County, tax paying, voting property
owner with no children of school age, 1 find it difficult to
justify the expenditure of $14.8 million for new school
facilities in a small county such as Franklin County with a
relatively light population count.
I can understand all the positive letters to your publica-
tion from the people on the school board and/or associated
with the school system. They have little choice except to
justify a positive approach.
I doubt anyone in the county desires to deny an excellent
education to its young citizens but I do doubt the need to
spend $18,500 per student, based on 800 students, when
other schools in the Northeast Texas area are spending far
less. For example a school system near Greenville, Tex.,
recently completed new school facilities for $3.2 million
which included 19 classrooms for 300 additional students or
$10,700 per additional student. This information was re-
cently published in an area paper.
The estimated additional taxes of $100 to $150 per year
for a $50,000 residence doesn't sound bad if you say it fast
enough but after the recent Franklin County appraisal
district's increased evaluations how many people now have
only a $50,000 evaluation?
When you consider the increased costs are forever going
to be in our tax base and what keeps the appraisal district
from increasing our tax base each year and who sets the tax
rates, not homeowners. History is well in favor of higher
evaluations and tax rates, remember this is a lifetime
commitment.
I understand that a portion of the proposed $14.8 million
will be allocated to upgrading some of the existing school
facilities which is probably needed.
I am not familiar with specific details of the proposed
money far into the future with out a reasonable probability
of needing the facilities. Money doesn't grow on pine trees,
especially for the older generation.
Some of the articles refer to 100 plus houses being built
in Franklin County each year which is probably true but in
the area around my property, out of 45 to 50 new homes in
the past six years, only three children have lived in those
homes. I feel sure this same situation exists all over the
county to some degree.
For those people who might read this letter, 1 would
suggest you vote "NO" on the proposed $ 14.8 million school
bond election causing those responsible for the school
system to take a more reasonable approach to the future and
devote their time and energies to providing a quality educa-
tional atmosphere for the children in the Mount Vernon
School District rather than a Disneyland environment that
is beautiful and lots of fun but doesn't improve their
education.
1 would suspect the facilities needed could be built in the
$8 to $9 million range since the school system already owns
the property.
Vote "NO" Sept. 14,1996 and we may be surprised at what
people can do when they have a mandate from the property
owners of Franklin County.
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Area electric co-ops
sign contract
A group of six area electric ber cooperatives who will pass
cooperatives, including Farm- these savings on to the approxi
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serve in north central Texas.
LG&E was one of 20 com
serve
ernment operations. The panel
recommends a two year state
budget to the full Senate for
Bill Ratliffs integrity,dedi- consideration in regular ses-
cation and record of distin- sions of the Legislature and rec
guished service in the Texas ommends budget revisions
Senate makes him an outstand- when necessary in special ses-
ing choice for the Finance Com- sions
mittee chair, "Lt. Governor
Put Your
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"You re First With Us"
FIRST NATIONAL BANK of MOUNT VERNON
ers Electric (FEC) in Green- mately 100,000consumers thi
ville, have signed a long term
power supply contract begin-
ningin May 1998 that will mean panics bidding to
lower bills for area consumers. Raybum's power requirement
Rayburn Country Electric needs, which are currently be
Cooperative, a rural electric ing generated by TU Electric
generation and transmission LG&E Power Marketing Im
the second largest power mar-
keter by sales volume in the
with LG&E Power nation and the top ranked util
ity affiliated power marketer.
Franklin Co.
Feed & Supply
305 Main - Mount Vernon
(903) 537-4516
SPECIAL PRICES GOOD AUGUST 28 - 31
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cooperative, signed the all re-
quirements power supply con-
tract
Marketing Inc. to supply elec-
trical power to Rayburn's six is a wholly owned subsidiary of
member cooperatives which
includes FEC. The action was
taken at their Board of Direc-
tors meeting August 14, 1996. tered in Fairfax, Virginia
The agreement concluded sev- Raybum is now preparing ;
eral months of intensive study Request for Proposals for an
ciliary services to control the
movement of power from gen
erators selected by LG&E into
Rayburn’s service area.
- Aimee Geeslin
Ratliff named chair of
Senate Finance Committee
Lt. Governor Bob Bullock Bullock said. I have no doubt
announced that he has named he will provide strong leader
Senator Bill Ratliff of Mount ship in the critical area of state
Pleasant to chair the Senate Fi- finance."
nance Committee. The Senate Finance Com-
Senator Ratliff, R-Mount mittee reviews budget requests
Pleasant, replaces Senator John by state agencies, public schools
Montford, who resigned his and universities and other gov-
Senate seat to become Chan-
cellor of the Texas Tech Uni-
versity System.
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