The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1983 Page: 1 of 12
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Schneemann announces for commissioner, precinct 3
Big Lake Mayor Bill Schnee-
mann has authorized the Big
Lake Wildcat to announce this
week his candidacy for...Reagan
County Commissioner of Precinct
3. His candidacy is subject to
action of the Democratic Primary
Election May 5, 1984.
Schneemann said he will file
at the earliest time possible with
Mrs. Imogene Jackson. County
Andrews
wins girls
tourney
Democratic chairperson to have
his name placed on the primary
ballot in 1984.
Bill Schneemann is currently
serving as Mayor of the City of
Big Lake. He was first elected
mayor in April of 1977 to fill the
unexpired term of Don Johnson.
After tilling the unexpired term
for one year, Schneemann ran
unopposed in 1978 and was elect-
VOLUME58 NUMBER 49
ed to a full two year term. He
won the 1980 mayor's race in
which he defeated Jim Barton,
Sr. 579-90 and he was re-elected
in 1982 in an unopposed race.
Schneemann and his wife Ann
reside in Big Lake at 1005 Plaza.
He has several ranching opera-
tions in Reagan County and has
served as president of Texas
Sheep and Goat Raisers Associ-
ation and on numerous National
Wool and Lamb Advisory organi-
zations. Schneemann is a direc-
tor of Reagan State Bank, a Ma-
son, and a member of the First
United Methodist Church of Big
Lake.
In announcing his candidacy
for commissioner, Schneemann
said, "It has been my genuine
pleasure to serve as Mayor of Big
Lake and we have accomplished
many positive things through the
people, council, and mayor's
office. 1 have had an opportunity
to visit with some of the residents
of Precinct 3 and I believe I can
be attentive to many of their
concerns including county roads
in North Reagan County."
Schneemann said he would
run a positive but active cam-
paign for the Precinct 3 Commis-
sioner's position. 'My tenure as
Mayor has taught me to be re-
sponsive to people as individu-
als and in a large part that is my
main objective-to listen to what
people say and act on their con-
cerns in a business like manner.
1 will continue to work for the
people of the county and com-
munity if elected commissioner
of Precinct 3.
ilbcal
'A Strong Voice For Big Lake And Reagan County‘
BIG LAKE, REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS DECEMBER 8,1983
(USPS 055-860)
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Andrews captured the champi-
onship of the Reagan County
Girls Basketball Tournament for
the 3rd year in a row. Andrews
won the Championship Game
with a 68-46 win over the RCHS
Girls. To get to the champion-
ship, Andrews wiped out the
Midland Lee J.V. 87-13, and then
in the semi-finals defeated
Greenwood 51-37.
Reagan County opened up
with a 66-42 win over Denver Ci-
ty. Three Owls hit the double
figures with Jackie King and Les-
lie Gooch with 16 points each and
Sheila Sellman with 13. Also
scoring for the Owls were Shelley
Bitner with 8, Danna Schaefer
with 5, and J 'Lee Havis, Connie
Aguilar, Cynthia Reyes, and Isa-
bel Portales with 2 each.
In their next game the Owls
came back from being down
26-15 at the half with Pecos. In
the 2nd half the Owls scored 28
points to Pecos' 15 to come out
ahead 43-41. Leslie Gooch led
the scoring with 17 big points.
She was assisted by Shelley Bit-
ner with 10, Jackie King with 7,
Sheila Sellman with 6, J'Lee Ha-
vis with 2, and Kathy Smith 1.
Andrews proved to be the best
team of the tournament although
the Owls stayed close until just
before the half. The first quar-
ter had Andrews leading by on-
ly 2 points, 17-15. By halftime
they had an eleven point lead at
38-27. After halftime the talent-
ed team from Andrews pulled
ahead for a convincing 68-46
championship game victory.
Andrews took championship
honors followed by second place
finisher Reagan County. The
^Greenwood Rangeretts came in
third and the Coleman Blue
Katts were consolation winners.
Charlotte Jones of Andrews
was named Most Valuable player
of the tournament. Other mem-
bers of the All Tournament Team
were Kathy Caldwell of Cole-
man, Wendy Suire of Denver
City, Belinda Duke of Green-
wood, Jackie King of Reagan
County, Traci Bowers of Pecos,
Shelley Bitner of Reagan Coun-
ty, Marla Morgette of Green-
wood, Layana Matie of Andrews,
Ivy Christian of Andrews, and
Leslie Gooch of Reagan County.
Leslie Gooch of the Owls had
50 points in 3 games. She scored
16 points her first game and 17
each in the next 2 games.
In the Junior Varsity Division
of the bracket, the San Angelo
Central Bobcats won first place,
Andrews won second, Denver
City third, and Midland Bull-
dogs won consolation. Jill Fish-
er of Reagan County J.V., and
Rachel Vargas of Reagan Coun-
ty freshman teams were joined
on the All Tournament Teams by
the following: Bonnie Flores of
Andrews, Diane Wilson of Odes-
sa, Melissa Reynolds of An-
drews, Rosemond of Denver Ci-
ty, Pam Rose of San Agelo, Na-
dean Hill of Midland, Anita All-
good of San Angelo, and Shawn
Sweeten of San Angelo.
Two county candidates have made plans known
Local politics arrives one month early
1984 politics on a local level
has arrived one month early in
Reagan County. The traditional
January filing for office for coun-
ty, and district posts has already
seen at least two local candidates
(si far) announce, with more
district and state-wide candi-
dates expected to announce be-
fore the month is over.
Locally, Paul Weatherby has
announced that he will run for
Sheriff of Reagan County, and
this week Bill Schneemann an-
nounced his intent to run for Rea-
gan County Commissioner Pre-
cinct 3.
Reagan County Sheriff Vick
Atwood has not formally an-
nounced his plans nor has incum-
bent County Commissioner Pre-
cinct 3 Ralph Duesing.
Other county posts which will
come up on the ballot in 1984 in-
clude County Commissioner Pre-
cint 1. Reagan County fax As-
sessor-Collector, and Reagan
County Attorney. Incumbent
Lester Ratliff has indicated he
will be a candidate for re-election
and Mrs. Christine Gardner also
has said she will run for re-elec-
tion to her post. Jack Schulze is
the present County Attorney for
Reagan County.
A district race to be watched will
be that of the 83rd District At-
torney. Aubrey Edwards of Big
Lake has served several terms as
83rd District Attorney and he has
indicated that he will not be a
candidate for that position in the
Reagan County Owl Isabel Portales has been seeing against Andrews who won the tourney. The RCHS
a lot of action this year and contributed to the Owls girls will see action next in the Iraan Tournament De-
win over Denver City and Pecos during the RCHS cember 8,9, and 10.
Girls Basketball Tournament. Portales is pictured
Christmas lighting contest will
be held on December 19th
The annual Christmas Lighting
Contest for Big Lake, sponsored
by Reagan Garden Club begins
at 6:30 p.m. Monday evening,
December 19.
Residents are urged to leave
their homes lighted thru 12:00
midnight for the convenience of
judges who, through the years,
have made repeated trips around
town.
A decision for each of the sev-
en awards given are often diffi-
cult.
Awards will be given in the
following categories: Best Over-
All, Best Door, Best Window,
Best Religious, Best Christmas
Scene, Best Use of Lights, and
Best Mobile Home-Over-All.
Judging will be based on a
scale of 100 points as follows:
Unity of Theme, 30 points; Orig-
inality and Ingenuity, 25 points;
Use of Color and Lights, 35
points; and Condition and Suita-
bility of Materials, 10 points.
Those decorating for the contest
should keep in mind not to mix
themes, such as Santa Claus with
Religious, or vice-versa. Main-
tain a single theme in decorating.
Award signs will be placed in
the yards of the winners follow-
ing the judges' decisions that
night.
Reagan Garden Club chairmen
of the Christmas Lighting Con-
test are Mrs. J. L. Werst, Jr. and
Mrs. W. A. Glasscock. If further
information is desired or ques-
tions about decorating, Mrs.
Werst may be contacted at
884-2309, and Mrs. Glasscock
at 884-2487.
next election. Fort Stockton At-
torney Phil J. Pollan has official-
ly announced for the DA's po-
sition. No other candidates have
announced. District Attorney
Aubrey Edwards will make his
political plans public within the
next few weeks.
Bill Schneemann's announce-
ment for Commissioner means
that the City of Big Lake's May-
or's post will be vacant at the
next city election which will be
held April 7. Also up for election
are the positions occupied by
Wayne Jones and Louise Matt-
hews. Mayor Schneemann said
' me Mayor's job is a seriou
position that requires a lot of
time along with long range plan-
ning. Anyone considering run-
ning for Mayor should have
enough time to devote to the job
because it is a very time consum-
ing elected job."
The 1984 school board elec-
tions will be held on April 7 al-
so. School board members
whose places will be up this next
year are Mike George and Aria
Mae Schwertner.
Owls drop two games
Reagan County Owls Boys'
Varsity Basketball team travels
to Greenwood next week end,
Dec. 15-16-17, to enter the annu-
al Greenwood Basketball Tourn-
ament. The Owls will play Co-
ahoma Thursday, Dec. 15, at
5:00 p.m.
Other first round games on
Thursday will be Greenwood JV
vs. Colorado City, 11:00 a.m.;
Slaton vs. Permian Basin Acad-
emy, 2:00 p.m.; and Midland
Christian vs. Greenwood, 8:00
p.m.
If the Owls win their first
round game, they play at 8:00
p.m. Friday, or if they lose they
play at 11:00 a.m. Friday. In the
winner’s bracket Saturday, the
third place game is at 5:00 p.m.
and the championship game at
8:00 p.m. In the consolation
bracket, the consolation losers
meet at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, and
the consolation winners meet at
2:00 p.m.
RCHS Owls are 3-3 for the sea-
son following Tuesday night's
loss to Greenwood here, 56-43.
Marrow and Williams led the
Owls with 11 points each. Havis
and Evans had 8 each, McBee
and Thompson 2 each, and
Woodard 1. Greenwood also
won the JV game, 53-44.
Greenwood defeated RCHS in
the varsity girls' game here
Fair entries
The first prize ribbons will be
up for grabs on January 14 when
contestants in varied divisions
compete in the Reagan County
Fair. Entries are open to Reagan
County residents and resident of
all surrounding counties.
Divisions included this year
are: art, photography, hobbies
and«crafts, textiles and foods.
Youth entries are all on a separ-
ate division. Each division is
broken into sub-divisons and rib-
bons will be presented winners
luesday night, 53-35. Scoring
for the Owls were Bitner 12,
Gooch 8, Havis 6, Sellman 5,
and King 4. RCHS girls' varsity
is 4-3 for the season. RCHS JV
girls defeated Greenwood
35-32.
RCHS Boys Varsity played in
the Crane Tournament last week
end. They lost their first game to
Coahoma, 77-61, won the second
one over Greenwood, 49-39,
and lost to Van Horn, 42-30,
in the consolation game.
Against Coahoma, Owls scor-
ing were Williams 6, Marrow 11,
Thompson 13, McBee 9, Rodri-
quez 3, Woodard 4, Evans 8, and
Havis 7. Score by quarters:
Owls 8-19-16-18, total 61; Coa-
homa 19-18-18-22, total 27.
In the Greenwood game, Mar-
row scored 15, Woodard 12, and
Williams 6. Score by quarters:
Owls 12-10-11-16, total 49;
Greenwood 11-9-6-13, total 39.
Williams had 8 points. Marrow
and McBee 6 each, and Thomp-
son 4, against Van Horn. Score
by quarters: Owls 7-11-4-8, to-
tal 30; Van Horn 11-11-10-10, to-
tal 42.
In the first game of the season,
the Owls beat the San Angelo
Central Sophs 73-57. The Owls
defeated Rankin 37-28 in their
second game of the season.
expected
in the sub-divisions with an over-
all winner.
Entry cards must be in or post-
marked by January 7, 1984. To
receive entry forms, rule books
or information those interested
may write to: Madge Weatherby,
P.O. Box 116, Big Lake, Texas
76932 or call 915/884-2854 from
9:00-6:00. The Reagan County
Fair is sponsored by the Reagan
County Extension Homemakers
Clubs.
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 8, 1983, newspaper, December 8, 1983; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth656357/m1/1/?q=j+w+gardner: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.