The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1987 Page: 1 of 12
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sixty second year big lake, Texas (usps 055-860) January 15, 1987
NUMBER 3 _______
Reagan County — birthplace of the fabulous Permian Basin
Decision could be made at January 20 meeting
Special meeting is set on Detention Center
After approving the minutes
of previous meetings, Reagan
County Commissioners started
to work Monday morning on their
first meeting of 1987. Items
covered in the first meeting of
the year included planning a
special meeting for January 20,
discussing road maintenance,
discussing the proposed Reagan
County Detention Center, and
paying the county's monthly
bills.
Mrs. Ed Guy Branch met with
the court to discuss maintenance
of a county road in the north part
of the county. She explained that
the road was badly deteriorated
in certain areas. "The main
thing is maintenance," said
Mrs. Branch. "1 think it's just
a big mess. I just want the same
attention the others get." Com-
missioner Tom Strube explained
to Mrs. Branch that the county
road crew would work on areas
that had been washed out and
that the county had experienced
higher than usual rainfall which
has damaged numerous county
roads.
glancing around
...by the editor
Advertising. He who has a
thing to sell and goes and
whispers in a well, is not as apt to
get the dollars as he who climbs a
tree and hollers.
1 have fun with advertising. I
enjoy helping customers increase
their business through the
medium of the local newspaper.
The newspaper and the adver-
tisements within reflect the state
of economy of local businesses
and I have chosen this high road
as my life's profession.
That is why 1 was deeply
wounded when I learned that
some in our community have
accused the Wildcat of deceptive
advertising.
I am referring to an advertise-
ment that ran last week and is
being run again this week on
page 2 of this newspaper. I
have heard it said that the
boxes upon which the local
editor and West Texas' Coach
of the Year are standing—are
loaded with bricks.
Untrue I
But, I know a little back-
ground on this story is necessary.
I had originally planned for two
ladies in my employ to stand on
the boxes and I would put
essentially the same information
in the ad. That would have been
hilarious. Can you imagine two
dainty females standing on
boxes in the ad. I would have
been flooded with orders and
would have possibly , become
rich. However, my suggestion
that these ladies stand on the
boxes was met with total disdain
and they refused a direct order.
They then proceeded to instruct
me what to do with the boxes,
(continued « Page 2)
Commissioners then moved
their discussion down the agenda
to discuss the proposed Reagan
County Detention Center.
County Clerk presented to the
court a petition signed by 227
Reagan County voters. The
petition stated "The following
citizens of Big Lake, Reagan
County, Texas do hereby pro-
test the issuance of Certificates
of Obligation to build the pro-
posed detention center in
Reagan County. We request
the commissioner's court to call
for a board election to allow
voters to decide the issue. " The
court accepted the petition as
valid.
Commissioner Bill Schnee-
mann then introduced Larry
Skiles to the court and suggested
that the court might want to
retain Skiles as financial con-
sultant to the county, at no cost
to the county. Skiles then ex-
plained that his firm often
The Future Homemakers of America and the
National Honor Society of Reagan County High
School and their sponsors are beautifying Reagan
County High School, with the planting of a live
oak tree near the homemaking cottage. The stu-
dents are participating in the observance of Nation-
al Arbor Day on Friday. The two groups will be
planting pecan trees around the high school
campus at a later date. The planner for this land-
scaping project is Paul Deusing, a former RCHS
student, now an architecture student at the Uni-
versity of Texas.
RCHS girls to play for first place
RCHS girls varsity basketball
team will play the iraan varsity
girls here Friday night at 6:30
p.m. for the first-half title of
District 6-2A. Both teams are
undefeated in district play with
6-0 records. The Owls are 10-2
for the season.
In district play, the Owls have
defeated Ozona 60-42, Stanton
48-40, Rankin 70-23, McCamey
50-45, Forsan 63-36, and El-
dorado 57-48.
Monday night in Eldorado,
Rachel Vargas led the Owls with
18 points. Sheba Minnick
followed with 14 points and
Stacie Beam with 10. Jene
Freeman had 8 points, Patricia
Valadez 5, and Jennifer Nelms 2.
Against Forsan, Beam and
Vargas had 15 each, Valadez 11,
Nelms and Dena Sutton 5 each,
and Freeman, Minnick and Slade
Harleroad 4 each.
In the McCamey game, Beam
had 15, Valadez 10, Minnick 7,
Freeman 6, Sharon Floyd 4,
Vargas 3, Sutton and Harkle-
road 2 each, and Nelms 1.
Against Rankin, Beam hit 12,
Harkleroad 11, Valadez 10,
Freeman 8, Nelms 7, Vargas 6,
Sutton, Floyd, Minnick, and
Janie Robledo 4 each.
In the Stanton game, Beam led
with 15, followed by Valadez 12,
. Vargas 11, Freeman and Minnick
4 each and Nelms 2.
In their district opener against
Ozona, Valadez led with 14,
followed by Vargas 11, Minnick
10, Beam 8, Freeman 6, Sutton 4,
Nelms, Harkleroad, and Floyd
2 each.
Vargas has scored 145 points
in 12 games for a 12.1 average.
Beam is next with 141 points
for a 11.8 average per game.
Valadez has 107 points, an 8.9
average.
RCHS JV girls have a record
of 9-2 for the season. Against
district JV teams, they are 6-0.
They defeated Ozona 39-31,
Stanton 51-31, Rankin 49-29,
McCamey 32-23, Forsan 42-27,
and Eldorado 31-28.
In the game Monday night
against Eldorado, Shannon
Lawler led the Owls with 9
points. Amanda Rees had 8
points, Julie Bray 6, Amber
Harkleroad and Jennifer Rees
4 each.
Other girls on the Owls JV
team are Crystal Nelms, Paulette
Marrow, Misty Poynor, Regina
Weise, Lisa Benson, Mary
Reyes, and Jennifer Farmer.
RCHS Freshmen girls have a
4-0 season record. They de-
feated Sonora 58-22, McCamey
46-28, Coahoma 52-37, and
Sonora 33-28. Freshmen girls
include Terri Veazy, Pam
Hodge, Mady Stovall, Christy
Monzingo, Tammie Bull, Jenni-
fer Lynch, Tonya Lennox,
Michele Pettit, Berta Saldibar,
and Tesha Watson.
RCHS boys are tied for 2nd
Reagan County Owls boys
basketball team is tied with
Stanton for second place in dis-
trict standings, each with a 3-1
record. Ozona leads the district
with a 4-0 record going into
tomorrow night' s games. Iraan,
McCamey, and Forsan each have
a 2-2 district record. Eldorado is
1-3, and Rankin 0-4.
Iraan and McCamey are in-
cluded in District 6-2A basket-
ball, along with Reagan County,
Ozona, Stanton, Forsan, Rankin,
and Eldorado to make an eight-
team district in basketball.
The Owls play Iraan here
Friday night following the RCHS
girls varsity game. The Owls
JV game starts at 5:00 p.m.
In district play the Owls de-
feated Rankin 54-47, McCamey
70-47, lost to Forsan 47-46, and
defeated Eldorado 66-50. The
Owls are 6-6 for the season, 3-1
in district.
In the game played in El-
dorado Monday night, Scott
Lispey led the Owls with 16
points, followed by Sam Thomp-
son with 14. Joel Griner hit 12,
Keith Bitner 10, Shane Mc-
Cutchen 9, Roland Saldibar 3,
and R. Garcia 2.
Thompson led the Owls with
12 points against Forsan, Lipsey
had 11, Bitner 10, Griner 6,
McCutchen 4, F. Martinez 2,
and Saldibar 1.
Against McCamey, Thompson
scored 26 points, Lipsey and
Bitner 12 each, McCutchen 8,
Griner 5, J.D. Garland 4,
Saldibar 2, and Kelly Baggett 1.
In the Rankin game, Bitner led
the Owls with 13 points, Griner
hit 12, Lipsey and Martinez 8
each, McCutchen 9, and Thomp-
son 4.
RCHS JV boys have a season
record of 4-3. They started with
an opening win over Rankin
56-46, lost to Stanton 60-41, lost
to Coahoma varsity 50-37, lost to
Coahoma JV 37-35, defeated
McCamey 40-39, Forsan 58-27,
and Eldorado 50-49.
In the Eldorado game last
Monday night, Rubio led the
Owls with 14 points, followed by
West with 13, Valadez 10,
Levario 8, and Turner 5.
assists governmental entities
obtain financing to build certain
projects. Skiles then reviewed
an agreement he would enter
into with the county to act as
their financial advisor.
The court also met with Mike
Harling of Correctional Funding
Corporation. Harling's firm has
been working with the com-
missioners on financing the de-
tention center since the project
was first discussed. Harling in-
formed the court that the Texas
Attorney Generals office was
reviewing a letter from his
attorney asking for clarification
of the original lease-purchase
method of financing the project.
Harling said he was cautiously
optimistic and that he would
know within a week if the lease-
purchase financing arrangement
would be a viable way to finance
the project.
Several visitors met with the
court to ask questions about the
detention center, including E.G.
Cauble, Douglas Cauble, and
Mr. and Mrs. John McMaster.
Sheriff Paul Weatherby, Michael
Harling and commissioners
answered questions concerning
the starting of the center, in-
mate population, cost per diem
to house prisoners, and local
control of the facility. Com-
missioner Lester Ratliff asked
the group their feelings about the
project after hearing more facts
about it. One of the visitors
commented that they were not
necessarily opposed to the
center, but they did want to
know more information about it.
Sheriff Paul Weatherby ex-
plained that he planned to have
meetings in the county to answer
any questions the public may
have on the detention center.
Commissioner Mike Elkins
said, "After we receive more
information this week on the
lease-purchase option, it looks
like we will have three options.
We could go ahead with a lease-
purchase plan as we originally
planned, second we could call
for a bond issue or third, we
could drop the project altogether.
Commissioner Bill Schnee-
mann pointed out that the word-
ing on the petition indicated to
him that the people who signed
the petition wanted a bond issue.
The court will have a special
meeting on January 20 at the
courthouse to consider the
options after Michael Harling
receives more information con-
cerning the lease-purchase
method of financing.
In other business, commission-
ers set holidays that will be ob-
served by the county. County
holidays are New Years Day,
January 1; Good Friday, April
17; Memorial Day, May 25;
Independence Day, July 4;
Labor Day, September 7;
Thanksgiving, November 26-27;
and Christmas, December 24-25.
The court appointed the county
salary grievance committee.
Citizen appointees include
W.F. Hale, Esther Aten, Larry
Settle, and Mary Ann Meroney.
County officials on the committee
are treasurer Nancy Ratliff,
tax assessor-collector Christine
Gardner, county and district
clerk Hazel Carr, and sheriff
Paul Weatherby. County judge
Frank Sandel is the presiding
officer of the grievance
committee.
Hospital board accepts
bid on doctors building
Reagan Hospital District met
Tuesday evening and discussed
physician recruitment, accepted
the low bid on a new 3 doctor
clinic building, and named
depositories for the hospital
districts funds.
Hospital district directors
accepted the low bid of Modern
Home Builders of San Angelo
subject to architect Jack Meeks
approval of subcontractors. The
low bid was in the amount of
$299,000. Other bids considered
were those of Wilbur Brown
Const. Co. $310,070, N.C.
Sturgeon, Inc. $313,868, DLS
Const. Co. $313,870, Pharr
Const. Co. $310,000, and Motl
Construction $341,987.
The clinic building will be built
using money accumulated by
the N.W. Hickman Estate trust
fund. The late Mr. Hickman
specified in his will that he
wanted to provide facilities for
the medical care of the people
of Reagan County. Hospital
administrator Ron Galloway
stated there was ample money
in the bank to construct and
equip the facility and to provide
for its maintenance.
Architect Jack Meek said the
process of checking out details
could take two weeks or more
and construction could begin
within a month. Construction
time on the project is expected
to take approximately five to six
months. The clinic building
will be located across the street
from the hospital near Eighth
Street and will utilize the present
hospital parking area as well as
parking on Eighth Street.
The hospital board opened
sealed bids from Reagan State
Bank and First National Bank-
Big Lake for a depository for
hospital district funds. After
reviewing bids, the board
voted to name both Reagan State
Bank and First National Bank-
Big Lake co-depositories.
In other business the board
discussed physician recruitment.
The board was advised by ad-
ministrator Ron Galloway that
Dr. Clifton Pierce had not yet
come to a decision as to where he
would set up family practice.
However, Galloway advised the
board that he had contacted two
other prospective physicians and
will have more information at
a later date.
The board voted to advertise
for bids for a Coming model
blood-gas analyzer to be used in
the hospital lab. The board also
reviewed the act which created
the hospital district and agreed
that several revisions in the act
should be made. Board mem-
bers were given copies of the
act and will review them and
approve revisions at the next
board meeting. One specific
revision discussed was a current
requirement that candidates who
wish to run for a place on the
hospital board must obtain the
signatures of 25 local voters on a
petition.
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SIXTY-SECOND YEAR, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 15, 1987, newspaper, January 15, 1987; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658733/m1/1/: accessed July 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.