The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1983 Page: 1 of 10
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glancing
around
with
david
werst
Methodist car?
Baptist car?
I am sure that somewhere
there is an old saying or truism
that says something to the effect
that there are two things you just
don’t mess with, and those
things are ‘people’s kids’ and
‘people’s religion’.
Now I’m sure as heck not
going to mess with anyone’s kids
as far as correcting them, and
I’m probably too much of a hea-
then to speak with any authori-
ty on religion, but two local
preachers are running classi-
fied ads to sell their cars and I
would like to make some com-
ments about that situation.
I feel I can write with immuni-
ty, if not authority, on both prea-
chers and cars because every-
one is an authority on how prea-
chers ought to conduct them-
selves and nearly everyone
drives a car.
My job here at the newspaper
requires me to notice things
which seem a little unusual.
Last week one local preacher
ran a classified ad in the news-
paper offering his car for sale.
This week, another local prea-
cher put his auto up for sale in
the classified ads in the news-
paper.
“What an opportunity to do a
little sermonizing," I thought to
myself.
Both ministers have cast their
bread upon the waters using the
classified ads in the town's fine
little weekly newspaper. They
are both acting as examples to
their flocks and they will reap
great benefits.
The preachers, realizing the
greater good of things in life,
will advertise their cars in the
newspaper, reach a large audi-
ence, and sell their cars at a
fair price. Conversly, those who
do not advertise their items in
the weekly newspaper will surely
languish in despair.
The ministers realize that the
way to sell cars and to save souls
is to advertise in the town's
weekly newspaper and who am I
to doubt their wisdom. The mini-
sters have chosen the one nar-
row path and all you non-adver-
tisers have selected the wide-
easy path.
I would love to join with the
preachers in urging you citi-
zens to warm the coldness of
your hearts, to reach your minds
somehow, to have you pay at-
tention to such small details as
advertising your products in the
newspaper that the local mini-,
sters put so much faith in. Think
of your families, your communi-
ty, your eternal futures.
My bringing this matter to
the attention of all you fine
readers is surely not aimed at
bringing any personal gain to
myself or to this town’s fine
newspaper. It is simply my
highest aim to bring matters of
concern into public view where
the light of truth and justice
may shine brightly. It is my
hope that our townspeople, like
our ministers and newspaper,
will always be on the side of
honor, uprightness, and purity,
and place their advertisements in
the newspaper as shining bea-
cons to their character. People
of good character everywhere
will stand shoulder to shoulder
and hand in hand with the mini-
sters in endorsing advertising in
this town’s newspaper.
But . . . let’s get down to the
nitty gritty of the two cars in
question. Yes, they really are
selling their cars. You can buy
the Methodist preacher’s car
or the Baptist preacher’s car.
Methodist Car? or Baptist Car?
That is the question.
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'Citizen of the year' to be named at Chamber banquet
Everyone invited to Tuesday night event
Ticket sales are in full swing
for the 1983 Big Lake Chamber of
Commerce Annual Awards Ban-
quet. Tickets for the banquet,
meal, speaker, fellowship, and
awards are only $7.50 per person
and may be purchased from
chamber members, Reagan State
Bank or the Big Lake Wildcat.
The banquet is slated for Tues-
day, October 4, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Community Center.
The awards to be presented
include (1) outstanding organi-
zation of the year (2) employee
of the year (3) retail business
person of the year(4) oil-related
business person of the year and
(5) agriculture business person of
the year.
The keynote ipteker for the
evening will be Jim Savage of the
Zig Ziglar Corporation. The Zig-
lar Corporation is the nation’s
leading motivational speaking or-
ganization and Zig Ziglar is a
best-selling author and world
renowned motivational speaker.
Jim Savage attended Ziglar’s
school in Dallas to develop his
direct sales skills and later joined
the Ziglar Organization. Zig
Ziglar called on Savage to work
with him directly in developing
manuals, field testing programs,
assisting as a teacher at the ‘born
to win’ course, and speaking on
the Ziglar philosophy. These pre-
sentations and others have taken
Jim Savage all across the Uni-
ted States sharing the Zig Zig-
lar concepts with business lea-
ders, educators, clergy, lay
groups, and service clubs.
Popular presentations that
Savage makes are: “How to
Stay Motivated”, “Foundations
for Your Success”, “The Gold
in Goals”, “How Can I Fly
Like an Eagle When I’m Sur-
rounded by Turkeys?”, and "Set
Yourself on Fire and Others Will
Gather to Watch You Burn"
(the magic of enthusiasm).
Everyone in the area is invi-
ted and encouraged by the
Chamber to come and partici-
pate in this awards banquet.
“Living’s Great in Big Lake”
1923-1983 is the theme of this
year’s Chamber of Commerce
Awards Banquet Tuesday even-
ing. Honored guests will be resi-
dents who have lived in Big Lake
or the surrounding area for 50
years or more. A special table
will be reserved for "area pi-
oneers” and they will be recog-
nized during the evening. Please
contact the Chamber of Com-
merce if you have lived in the
Big Lake area for that length of
time.
JIM SAVAGE
"A Strong Voice For Big Lake And Reagan County"
VOLUME 58_NUMBER 39__BIG LAKE,.REAGAN COUNTY, TEXAS SEPTEMBER 29,1983 (USPS 055-860) 25*
Gas purchases remain 'big ticket' item
City council adopts record 1983-84 budget
The Big Lake City Council
adopted one more record budget,
but the increase this year is on-
ly a 3% increase over last year's
budget. The new fiscal year bud-
get which will go into effect in
October will total $1,865,000.
Last year's budget was
$1,808,000.
City Secretary Tony Wille said,
'We are pleased that the larger
increases of the past have not
shown up in this new budget.
Also, we are happy to report
that with one month to go when
we last figured where we were,
the city was right on target with
revenues and expenditures ac-
cording to our 1983 budget. We
are pleased to see that our pro-
jections have been accurate.*
Taxes amount to only 6.7% of
the new budget. The tax rate
was set at 414 per $100 valua-
tion and the total city value has
been appraised at $31,929,690.
The 1% city sales tax revenue
projections are down from last
year's projection. The projected
income from sale tax during the
new year is $165,000. Last
year's projection was $210,000.
The projection was downgraded
because of the general decline in
business activity.
The tax money, sales tax re-
ceipts, garbage fees, permits and
other charges generate money
into the general fund. The total
general fund is $553,500. In the
water and sewer fund, revenue
is derived from water sales, sew-
er charges, water and sewer
tapping fees and loading rack
charges for a total of $560,000.
This figure is up by $50,000 ov-
er last year's expected revenues.
The increased expectations
come from the new water field
the water district will put into
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The last school class1 at Stiles Bottom Row L-R: Little Bozo (Hor-
was in 1946-1947. Teacher: Miss ace Jr.) Hartgrove, Nancy Boyd,
Bowers May. Pupils were Top Jerri Kay Mills and Sandra Cope.
Tow L-R: Ginger Lane, Lou Ann On ground L-R: Teed Boyd and
Lindley and Gene Clay Mills. Jim Tom Mills (not students).
Stiles reunion is all set
for Saturday, Octoberl
All former Stiles residents and
their descendants, present
Stiles and nearby Stiles resi-
dents, friends, relatives, and
anyone interested, are all invi-
ted to attend the Stiles Reunion
which will be held this coming
Saturday, October 1, from 9:00
a.m. until 5:00 p.m. in the Rea-
gan County Community Buil-
ding in Big Lake. Registration
and coffee will be served, star-
ting at 9:00 a.m. A catered lunch
will be served at 12:30 p.m.
Anyone planning to attend the
luncheon who has not already
informed the reunion committee
that he or she will be there,
please call Christine Gardner at
884-2131 today (Thursday) or
by noon Friday. The committee
will need to inform the caterer
Friday afternoon of how many
people to prepare for.
Remember, call by noon Fri-
day, 884-2131 to get your name
in the luncheon pot.
Anyone interested is cordial-
ly invited. Visiting will be the
order of the day.
operation by next year. The city
has had to curtail water sales
because the water district could
not deliver the water in suffici-
ent quantity to serve all city
needs.
Expense items in the water
and sewer fund include bond
payments and interest, water
purchased from Reagan County
Water Supply District, and lines
and connections.
The Gas Fund Revenue is still
the big cost item to the city and
the revenue generated by city
gas sales and tapping fees will
total $751,500. The cost to the
city for gas has been budgeted at
$537,500.
One major change in the bud-
get is the credit the city will be
giving to the county for their
city services. In return, the
county will provide money for
paving streets in Big Lake. Oth-
er major equipment expenses
budgeted will be a garbage truck
at $57,500 and new dumpsters at
$18,000.
Salaries for city employees
total $314,360 for 19 full time ci-
ty employees.
In Owl stadium at 8:00 p.m.—--
Owls-Bucksto collide Friday night
Reagan County Owls host the
Alpine Bucks Friday night in
Owl Stadium in the last game
with non-district opponents this
season. Kickoff time is 8:00 p.m.
Alpine scored a 28-14 victory
over Gadsden, N.M. last Friday
for the Bucks first win this year.
Alpine is 1-3 for the season. The
Bucks represent District 5-3A
which also includes Kermit,
Fabens, and Canutillo. Alpine
lost to Marfa 19-3 in its first
game. Fort Stockton swamped
the Bucks 28-0 in their second
game. The Wall Hawks defeat-
ed the Bucks 27-15 in their third
game.
The Owls' season record
stand at 1-3 also. The Owls have
lost to three strong teams-Crane,
Ozona and Coahoma while win-
ning easily over Sanderson 27-6.
The losses have been to 3A
schools, and none of the scores
have been overwhelming, 7-12 to
Crane, 13-28 to Ozona, and 14-19
to Coahoma.
Last Friday the Owls jumped
out to a 14-0 halftime lead and
held the lead until late in the
fourth quarter with 1:51 left be-
fore Coahoma surged ahead.
The Owls scored in the first
quarter on their second posses-
sion of the ball. Coahoma's
Richard Seals fumble and the
Owls recovered on the Coahoma
41 yard line. Howard Williams
carried three times for 11, 2, and
4 to the Bulldogs' 24 yard line.
Timothy Thompson raced around
the right side for a 24 yard touch-
down with 3:46 left in the period.
Emmit Baker placekicked the
extra point.
As the first period ended the
Owls took over on downs from
Coahoma at the Owls' 34 yard
line. Thompson gained 2 yards
as the quarter ended. From
there it was Williams 3, Bobby
Gunnels 10 and Coahoma as-
sessed a 15 yard penalty for a
personal foul. The Owls drew a
5 yard penalty for illegal use of
the hands. Gunnels ran for 5,
Thompson no gain, a pass from
Gunnels to Mitch Woodard
gained 16. Thompson lost 1.
Coahoma drew a 5 yard penalty
for offside. Williams carried for
4, 2, 2, Coahoma 5 yard offside
penalty, Williams 3, and Willi-
ams 1 yard off the left side for
the Owls' second touchdown
with 6:35 left in the second quar-
ter. The drive covered 66 yards
in 15 plays. Baker's placekick
was good.
To start the third quarter,
Coahoma received at the Bulldog
23 and drove to the Owl 21 be-
The annual meeting of the
Overall Program Building Com-
mittee of Reagan County was
held Tuesday evening in the Fel-
lowship Hall of the First United
Methodist Church. The program
was preceded by a dinner with 28
members of the committee and
guests present.
The Program Building Com-
mittee plans projects and sear-
ches out the need for improve-
ments for the benefits of all the
people of Reagan County. The
committee has at its disposal the
resources of the Texas A & M
University Extension Service, its
specialists, and the two county
agents serving Reagan County.
Big Lake Mayor Bill Schneemann
presided over the meeting.
fore losing the ball on down. The
Owls ran three plays with a yard
loss, and on fourth down the
Bulldogs blocked Baker's punt
with Coahoma recovering on the
Owls' 9 yard line. Todd Engel
carried two times to the Owl 1.
Richard Seals carried over from
the one for the Coahoma touch-
down. Seals'run for extra point
failed with the clock showing
3:58 left in the third quarter.
Score: Owls 14 - Coahoma 6.
In the fourth quarter, Coa-
homa took over on downs on their
own 39.
The Bulldogs drove 61 yards in
10 plays with the second Coa-
homa TD coming on a 5-yard
pass from Qb Jolen Swinney to
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Committee reports were given
by the following chairmen:
Executive Program Building, Bill
Schneemann: Crops, Andy
Perez; Range and Livestock,
Jack Ham; 4-H and Youth, Paul
Weatherby; Horticulture, Mrs.
J. L. Werst, Jr.; Family Living,
Mrs. Lawrence Schwertner; and
Community Development, Mike
Elkins.
A special guest was Charles
Neeb of Fort Stockton, District
Director, Far West District IV,
Texas A & M Extension Service,
who complimented the group on
their accomplishments and ex-
plained help and resources avail-
able through the Extension Ser-
vice.
Building committee
has annual meeting
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 58, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1983, newspaper, September 29, 1983; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658069/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.