The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1988 Page: 4 of 12
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Page 4—THE GROOM NEWS
Thursday, April 14, 1988
Groom Track Teams
Gear Up For District
Meet In Sunray
Groom will travel to Sun-
ray Friday and Saturday to
compete in the district track
meet. Teams in the district
in addition to Groom are
Lefors, Claude, McLean,
Miami, Channing, Vega,
Sunray, Texline, Adrain and
Hartley.
There is little chance of
either the boys or girls team
winning the District meet
because of the low number
of entries Groom will have
competing.
The girls team has eight
members this season. Coach
Eric Erwin explained that
the Groom meet was a good
example. “We won first in
the events we entered but
that only garnered the team
93 points, not enough to win
first place. We’ve also not
been healthy throughout the
season.” The 1600 M Relay
team which has the fastest
time in the district has only
been run full speed in two
meets. Erin Eschle who has
been hampered with a
strained leg muscle has not
been able to run in every
meet. Coach Erwin says
Eschle is a probable conten-
der for the District meet but
workouts this week will de-
termine who runs the re-
lays.
Members of the 400 and
1600 M relays are Heather
Patterson, Karen Bohr, Lez-
lie Sweatt and Erin Eschle.
The 400 should also win
district as their 52.00 is the
fastest time posted by a
district relay team. The fast-
est time for the 1600 M relay
is 4:25.5.
Other events to be enter-
ed by the girls will include
Heather Brown and Jenni
English in shot and discus.
Shannon Fields will triple
and long jump.
Running event entries
include Karen Bohr in the
100 and Heather Patterson
in the 200, both have times
to qualify them among the
top runners in the District.
Eschle will compete in either
the 200 or 400. English will
run the 1600, Fields the 200
and Carlene Britten will be
Groom’s entry in the hurd-
les.
The boys team will also
carry a number of hopefuls
to the district meet.
The 400 and 1600 M
Relays are also strong possi-
bilities to win the District
title. Members are Brice
Ruthardt, Bruce Thornton,
Brent Thompson and Rocky
Crump on the 400 and 1600
relay members are Brice
Ruthardt, Brent Thompson,
Bruce Thornton and Stoney
The
Crump.
Thornton will also
compete in the 200, a race
he’s continually done well in
during the season. Ruthardt
will compete in the 100.
Representing Groom in
the field events will be
Daniel Hinson and Jason
McCoy in shot. Hinson has
been a standout this season
in discus. Brent Thompson
will compete in the long
jump and Rocky Crump in
the high jump.
zritag
Postal Hike To
Up State Budget
By $8.6 Million
State Comptroller Bob
Bullock said Friday this
week’s hike in postal rates
will cost the state an addi-
tional $8.6 million during the
current budget.
“When the cost of stamps
goes up, housekeeping costs
to the state go up just like
they do for everyone else,”
Bullock said.
He said that more than
$2.7 million in additional
postage will be needed to
cover state postage costs
through the end of the fis-
cal year in August and about
$5.9 million will be needed
for additional costs next fis-
cal year.
The new postal rates will
increase the state’s first-
class costs by 13.6 percent,
first class pre-sort costs by
16.7 percent and third class
costs by about 24 percent.
The overall cost to the
state should average about
17 percent during the next
17 months.
“The cost of doing busi-
ness for the state has just
gone up and there won’t be
any relief from these post-
age increases,” Bullock
said.
He said that during fis-
cal 1987 the state spent
about $35 million on post-,
age.
The state’s eleven largest
agencies account for about
65 percent of the postage
costs or about $23 million a
year.
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The Groom News (Groom, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 14, 1988, newspaper, April 14, 1988; Groom, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1706514/m1/4/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Carson County Library.