The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SIXTY SEVENTH YEAR, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1992 Page: 1 of 12
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THURSDAY May 21,1992
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SIXTY SEVENTH YEAR
Number 21
"Birthplace of the fabulous Permian Basin "
'Big Lake's Best Seller'
(USPS 055-860)
50 Cents
Column 1
May 21, 1992
500
12 pages
Inside....
Deaths
...O'Bryan
please see page 3
Power T's
Big Lake Power T's tumbling
students and team competition
members will hold their annual
exhibition on Tuesday, May 26
at 5:30 P.M. at Reagan County
Middle School. The Power T's
will hold summer classes again
ihissummcrand the exercise and
coordination benefits tochildren,
both boys and girls, is great.
Contact Pearly Mcacham at 876-
5141 or Sandra Thompson at
884-29 78 for more information.
4 days
It's tomorrow and then three
more days 'till school's out for the
summer. School's out this year
on May 28. Graduation exer-
cises are scheduled for James Bird
Stadium on Sunday, May 31 at
8:(X) P.M.
Make a date
Sports camps and Vacation
Bible School dates have been
set for this summer. A tennis
camp is set for June 8-12 and
basketball camp will be held
June 22-26. Coach Tatum will
announce sign up dates later.
First Baptist Church Vaca-
tion Bible School will be held
June 15-19.
First United Methodist
Church of Big Lake w ill hold
their popular VBS July 20-24.
The Texon Reunion will be
held June 6-7 and of course the
Chamber of Commerce July 4 th
celebration will be held....guess
when. If you or your organiza-
tion has summer dates to list,
please call the Wildcat.
Weather
This Year
Date
Hi
Low
Rain
May
14
94
60
.54
May
15
83
61
.00
May
16
82
59
.00
May
17
85
56
.00
May
18
86
59
.00
May
19
83
62
.00
May
20
82
61
.05
> a.m.
daily).
1.82
Rainfall for January
Rainfall for February
4.01
Rainfall for March
1.16
Rainfall for April
1.13
Rainfall for May
.59
Rainfall for 1992
8.71
Last Year
Total rainfall forl991 ... 30.30"
(Jan. 2.31; Feb. .01; Mar. .14;
Apr. 2.20; May 1.98; June 4.40;
July 2.26; Aug. 4.89; Sept. 7.10;
Oct. .33; Nov. .71; Dec. 3.97;
total for 1991, 30.30.)
(Official records maintained by Soil
Conservation Service. Big Lake.)
Texas lottery starts next Thursday at 6
Three stores will
sell lottery tickets
There will be three outlets for
lottery tickets in Big Lake starting
May 29 at 6:00 A.M. according to
the state comptrollers office in Aus-
tin. Big Lake's lottery outlets in-
clude T & C Village Market, Shot’s
#1 and Kent Kwik. Lottery sales
begin around the state at 6 A.M.
with a scratch off game offered by
the state.
"With an independent Auditor
on hand to ensure absolute fairness,
the Texas Lottery's first instant
Grand Prize millionaire will be
picked on June 18 in Dallas," Lot-
tery director Nora Linares said to-
day.
"Seven contestants will vie for
the SI million cash Grand Prize in
the first of 12 drawings that will
create an instant Texas millionaire
every Thursday through September
3. The rink at Americas Ice Garden
in the newly renovated Plaza of the
Americas in Dallas will provide the
backdrop for the biggest giveaway
in Texas history," Linares said.
"The 12, $1 million Grand prizes
make the Texas lottery the nation's
first to award so many large prizes-
in cash during it's first two games."
The seven finalists' path to the
skating rink begins with their pur-
chase of one of 500,(XX) entry tickets
in "Lone Star Millions," the
Lottery's first game. Those tickets
goon sale at 6:00 A.M..Friday May
29.
Players scratch the latex cover-
ing off of all six Lone Stars in the
front of the ticket. Each scratch
reveals a prize amount. Any ticket
Athletic awards presented
at RCHS All Sports banquet
Reagan County High School
athletes were honored Tuesday
night with an awards banquet by the
Reagan County All Sports Booster
Club. Special athletic awards were
presented by the various high
school coaches. Those honored in-
cluded:
Baseball - LaloLeija - presented
by Coach Walker and Coach
Harrell.
Basketball - Jose Avalos - pre-
sented by Coach Franco and Coach
Harrell, Alicia Thompson - All
State 1st Team, TGCA; All Region
1st Team, TABC; All State 3rd
Tcam.TABC - presented by Coach
Tracy Tatum and Coach Harrell.
Golf - Chad Armstrong and
Michelle Salazar - presented by
Coach Shelton and Coach Harrell.
Football - Defensive Player,
Nuno Rivero - presented by Coach
Harrell and Coach Whiddon; Line-
man, Doug Garner - presented by
Coach Kelso and Coach Harrell;
Backs, Nuno Rivero, Michael
Goodloc, Jackie Hill, and Shi Flow
- presented by Coach Steele, Coach
Marrow and Coach Harrell.
Tennis - Grant Cuba, Amber
Dittman, and Dawn Prince - pre-
sented by Coach Mary Tatum,
Coach Tracy Tatum and Coach
Harrell.
Track - Joseph Johnson - pre-
sented by Coach Marrow and
Coach Harrell; Alicia Thompson -
presented by Coach Carrigan and
Coach Harrell.
Owl Pride Award - Boy, Pedro
Rodriquez - presented by Coach
Harrell; Girl, Lezlic Neill - pre-
sented by Coach Tatum and Coach
Harrell.
All State Academic - Kim Gregg
- presented by Coach Tracy Tatum.
All State Gold Medal - Alicia
Thompson - Presented by Coach
Carrigan and Coach Harrell.
Joalice Pochler Award - Kim
Gregg, 4 years tennis, 4 years bas-
ketball - presented by Richard
McRcavy, high school principal.
Ralph O’Bryan Award - Jason
Ketchum, 4 years football, 2 years
basketball, 2 years track - presented
by Richard McReavy, high school
principal.
Owl baseball
team is ready
for f92 playoffs
On Monday the 18th, the RCHS
Owl baseball team made the trip to
Coahoma to play their last regular
season game of the year. The Owls
came out on top of the hard fought
contest by a final 4 to 1 score. The
win extended the Owls ' winning
streak to 9 straight games and im-
proved their overall record to 17
wins and 3 losses. The Owls are to
play San Elizario for bi-district on
Friday the 22nd at 7:00 in Pecos.
Against the Bulldogs, the Owls
had a big 5th inning to break the 1
to 1 deadlock up to that point. Jose
Bonilla, who had 2 hits in the game,
and Robert Barrera started the in-
ning with consecutive singles and
Lorenzo Florez also reached base
on a fielders choice. Jose eventu-
ally scored on a passed ball and
Lorenzo crossed home on John
Marc Henderson's long double to
the left center field. Pat Christen
scored an insurance run in the 7th to
wrap up the scoring for the day.
Lalo Lcija had a first inning single
for Reagan County's first hit of the
game. Ronald Reyes was the start-
ing pitcher for the Owls. Ronald
pitched 3 complete innings and
gave up 1 run on 3 hits with 3 walks
and 4 strike-outs. Junior Soto
pitched the next 2 innings and gave
up 0 runs on 2 hits with 2 walks and
1 strike-out. Junior was credited
with his 6th win of the season
against 0 losses. Lalo pitched the
last 2 innings and was credited with
his 7th save of the season to go
along with his 8 wins and 2 loss
record. Lalo gave up 0 runs on 1 hit
with 0 walks and 2 strike-outs.
Overall, the Owls played a solid
game and seem ready for the play-
offs.
with three matching prize amounts
is a winner, and any ticket with the
word "entry" appearing three times
is eligible for the Grand Prize
drawings. Eligible tickets must be
mailed to the address listed on the
back of the ticket to be placed in the
drawing. That address is:
Grand Drawing
PO Box 149777
Austin, Tx 78714-9777
Players are urged to keep pho-
tocopies of both sides of their tick-
ets. Lottery officials will check the
tickets validity. Each week, up to
the first 80,000 eligible tickets re-
ceived will be placed into the 126-
cubic foot mixing drum at lottery
headquarters. Entries received later
will have a chance at the next week's
drawings.
"The drum is so big-it would
hold about 80,000 golf balls-it's
actually caused some problems for
us," Linares said.
A preliminary drawing from the
drum will be held-at Lottery Head-
quarters and open to the public-10
days before each Grand Prize event.
The preliminary draw for the seven
finalists who will appear at the Plaza
of the Americas, for example, will
take place on Tuesday, June 9.
"Lottery security and an inde-
pendent auditor will make sure that
the entire process is absolutely fair
and above board," Linares said.
"Whoever selects the lucky seven
tickets, for example, must wear
short sleeves or roll up their sleeves
and must be blindfolded."
The first Grand Prize drawing
will begin at 12 noon on Thursday,
June 18 when the seven finalists arc
escorted onto the custom built lot-
tery set in the middle of the rink at
Americas Ice Garden.
After five of the contestants win
prizes of $10,000, $10,000,
$15,000, $15,000 and 525,000, the
attention focuses on the two re-
maining grand prize finalists. One
will win $50,000 in cash of course-
and the other will be the Texas
Lottery's first instant millionaire,"
Linares said.
Linares added the Grand Prize
drawing is a part of the lottery's plan
to involve as many Texas as pos-
sible in the games.
"We know that folks from all
over the state will 'compete' for the
million dollar prize, but we're also
trying to bring fun and excitement
of the drawings to all comers of
Texas," Linares said.
"For example, on June 25 we ll
be at the Ranching Heritage Center
in Lubbock, and on the following
Thursday the drawing will be in
Corpus Christi."
The complete schedule for the 12
drawings is as follows"
Preliminary June 9, final June 18
at Dallas, preliminary June 16-final
June 25 in Lubbock; prelim June 23
final July 2 in Corpus Christi; pre-
lim June 30 final July 9 in Fort
Worth; prelim July 7 final July 16 in
El Paso; prelim July 14 final July 23
in San Antonio; prelim July 21 final
July 30 in Rio Grande Valley; pre-
lim July 28 final August 6 in
Longview; prelim August 11 final
August 20 in Victoria; prelim Au-
gust 18 final August 27 in Laredo;
prelim August 25 final September 3
in Houston.
"The Grand Prize drawings will
continue through the end of the
'Lone Star Millions' and into the
lottery's second scratch off game,"
Linares said. "Between those two
games, more than 1 million tickets
will give Texas a chance to enter the
12 drawings.
Photo by )ohn W«ri»t-Auslin, TX
Alicia Thompson, Reagan County High School's 15 year old sophomore
sensation, repeated this year as class 3-A state champ in the shot put. She
had a winning throw of 43'-5 1 /4". Herclosest competition was also a member
of district 6-3A, Shanna Paehl of Kermit threw 40'83/4" to place a distant
second. Alicia Thompson capped off a good year of competition and
academics by being namedfirst team all state in basketball and winning a gold
medal at the state track meet as well as maintamg a straight A average, Alicia
was coached by Pat Carrigan and was accompanied to Austin by her mother
Patricia, other family members, and a host of fans from Reagan County.
Thompson wins
Alicia Thompson, Reagan
County Owls defending Class
AAA shot put champion, left no
doubt as to her ability at the State
Track Meet in Austin last Saturday
morning. Her winning throw was 43
feet, 5 1/4 inches.
All six of her throws were better
than her last year's winn i ng throw of
40 feet 6 1/4 inches. Her throws
were consistent with No. 1 going 41-
5 3/4; No. 2,43-5 1/4, No. 3,43-4;
No. 4,42-111/2; No. 5,43-0 1/2; and
No. 6,40-10 3/4. In between her first
three and last three throws, she had
a practice throw which landed near
the 45 foot mark, but practice
throws are not measured for the
competition.
Second place winner was
Shanna Paehl of Kermit with a
throw of 40-8 3/4 to give District 6-
3A a one-two finish.
State meet shot put results : 1.
Alicia Thompson, Reagan County,
43-5 1/4; 2. Shanna Paehl, Kermit,
40-8 3/4; 3. Shanna Peteet,
Alvarado, 38-0 1/4; 4. Sophia
White, Coldspring Jones, 36-11 1/4;
5. Sonia Aleman, San Diego, 36-7;
6. Rebecca Whaley, Madisonville,
36-5 3/4.
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SIXTY SEVENTH YEAR, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1992, newspaper, May 21, 1992; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658773/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.