The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 3, 1981 Page: 1 of 12

                                
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“A Strong Voice For Big Lake And Reagan County”
(USPS 055-860)
Local team has more experience this year
Owls will open 1981 season against Crane
"We are a much improved foot-
ball team over last year,' said
Richard Davis, head football coach
at Reagan County High School.
Davis, his coaching staff, and
members of the 1981 Reagan
County Owls football team will
open the new football season
against Crane this Friday night in
Crane at 8:00 p.m.
The Owls won over Crane last
year by a score of 13-7. * We hope
to start the year off the same way
as last year, said Coach Davis,
and then go on to a more success-
ful season.' The Owls won the
game against Crane, but then lost
the remaining games of the year
to post a 1 -9 record in 1980.
The local footballers have had a
successful preseason scrimmage
year with scrimmage victories ov-
er Rankin and Van Horn. The
Owls beat Rankin 1-0 in a scrim-
mage in Big Lake and then last
Friday night, the Owls bopped
Van Horn 5 scores to 1.
In the Rankin scrimmage.
Gregg Fisher ran for the only Ow l
score. Fullback Torin Burleson
ran up 46 yards in 7 carries, Mich-
ael Ortiz 7 yards on 2 carries.
Gregg Fisher 28 yards on 9 car-
ries, Perry Cox 17 yards on 6 car-
ries and Bradley Armstrong 1 yard
on 2 carries.
In the Van Horn scrimmage, the
Owls outscored Van Horn 5-1.
Gregg Fisher, who has switched
from quarterback to tailback this
year, had 14 carries for 85 yards
and 3 touchdowns. Fullback Torin
Burleson went 6-38, Perry Cox
7-23. Michael Ortiz 5-25, Donnie
Sanchez 3-4, and Bradley Arm-
strong carried 3 times for 14 yards.
The Owls total rushing went for
189 yards on 38 carries.
In the passing department,
Quarterback Michael Ortiz com-
pleted 4 of 6 passes for 89 yards.
Duane Edington hauled in a 55
yard touchdown pass from Ortiz
in beautifully executed play. Af-
ter catching the long throw, Ed-
ington outran several Van Horn
defenders in for the score. Jack
Blakely caught 2 passes for 20
yards and Blakely also caught a
touchdown pass from Ortiz. The
Owls had 278 total yards in the
scrimmage.
Probable starters on offense for
Reagan County are: Quarterback
a
Glancing around........
by david werst
Andrews News Publisher James Roberts recently penned
a column which could partly explain some of the misunder-
standings between the Washington media and the West Tex-
as oilfields. Here is a reprint of Robert ’ s column.
"Is this Mr. Roberts?"
'Yes.it is.'
'I'm with AP here in Dallas and
1 have a note about Andrews cele-
brating pumping two billion gal-
lons of gasoline and to call you
about it.'
'It's barrels-not gallons.'
'Okay, barrels, but it's a lot of
pumping. Was this pumped by
stations there in Andrews or from
stations all over the county?
'Not stations-it was the total
cumulative production from all the
Fields in the county.'
'Fields? You mean like fields in
the country? I don't understand-
maybe we're not talking about the
same thing.'
'Oil fields-oil wells in the vari-
ous oil fields have yielded two bil-
lion barrels of crude oil in 52 years
-that's what we were celebrat-
ing.'
'Oh, I see-it's the raw stuff
you're talking about. Well, that
is different. What has all that pro-
duction meant to Andrews?'
'Well, we 'probably have the
largest concentration of pulling
units of any county in Texas and
perhaps the nation."
"Pulling units?"
"Yeah, pulling units, service
rigs. They remove the head off the
walking beam and pull the well.'
"I thought an oil well was a hole
in the ground. Where do they pull
it to?"
'They don't pull it anywhere.
They service the well. They pull
the rods, change the pump,
swab it, work over, kick it off, frac
it, acidize it, plug it, or whatever.
They do maintenance work on the
oil well to keep it producing."
"So the pulling units are main-
tenance units. Are they your prin-
cipal work force?'
'They account for a big part of it
but it takes hundreds of contrac-
tors to service the oil patch. We
have a number of rental tool out-
fits..."
'You mean like wrenches and
hammers...
'No-outfits that rent out slips,
tongs, elevators, packers, tanks,
blow-out preventers, fishing tools,
Christmas trees..."
'Fishing tools? Uh-h-h, Mr.
Roberts, I'm from Washington. I
haven't been down here but three
weeks. Do you mind if I get my
friend Bob on the line to help me
with the language?"
'No, go right ahead!"
"Bob. this is Mr. Roberts and
he's telling me about the oil field
business in West Texas and the
pumping of two billion barrels.
Now where were we?'
'Hi, Bob! We're talking about
the different kinds of contractors
involved in servicing a well-
cementing, fracing, coring, cas-
ing pullers, acidizcrs, perforators,
tubing testers, loggers..."
'Loggers? In the oil patch? Do
you understand that Bob?'
'I think, maybe. Mr. Roberts,
what field produced most of that
two billion barrels?"
'We have over 127 fields but
most of it came from the giants-
the Mabee, the Means, Fullerton,
Fuhrman-Mascho, Dollarhide,
and Midland Farms...'
"Giants are working the farms
near Midland?...Uh-h Mr. Roberts
let...'
"No, giants are fields that are
expected to yield over 100 million
barrels and the Midland Farms are
not farms but a multipay field that
has Ellenburger, Fusselman,
Grayburg, Devonian, and Wolf-
camp-all on top of each other..."
"All on top of each other, huh?
Uh-h, Mr. Roberts, let us get back
to you later, all right?
"Sure, if that's what you want.
But I haven't told you about the
Queens, Pennsylvanian, San An-
dres, Clear Fork, or Mississip-
pi..."
'Uh-h-h, thanks, Mr. Roberts...
click-click...Migawd, Bob, I told
you 1 should have stayed in Wash-
ington where they speak Eng-
lish..."
Michael Ortiz; Fullback, Torin
Burleson;tailback, Gregg Fisher;
and wingback, Bradley Arm-
strong. Starters on the offense
line will be: tight end, Mitch Dor-
sey; strong tackle, Danny Schwert-
ner; strong guard, Thomas Baker;
center, Scott Britton; quick guard,
Joe Nichols; quick tackle, Joe
Armstrong; and split end, Jack
Blakely.
Tackle to tackle, the Owl offen-
sive line will average 182 pounds.
The Owl backficld will average 164
pounds. As a team, the offense
for RCHS will average 172 pounds.
Probable defensive starters
are: left end Bradley Armstrong or
Perry Cox; left tackle, Joe Nichols;
noseguard, Scott Britton-Joc Arm-
strong; right tackle, Danny Sch-
wertner; right end, Gregg Fisher;
left linebacker, Torin Burleson;
right linebacker, Thomas Baker;
left cornerback, Robby Clark; left
safety, Jack Blakely; right safety,
Donnie Sanchez; and right comer-
back, Michael Ortiz. The defen-
sive line will average 175 pounds.
Other Reagan County players
that should see a lot of action this
year are Jeff Gamer, quarter-
back; Duane Edington, split end;
Allen Johnson, guard; Emmit Bak-
er, tackle; Bill Miley tackle; and
Kenneth Collins, split end.
Reagan County coaches and
fans are excited about this year's
season even though the Owls are
picked low in the pre-season polls.
Tight end Mitch Dorsey has good
size and can do a good job in
both receiving and blocking. Split
end Jack Blakely saw a lot of ac-
tion last year and has drawn good
improvement every year he has
been involved in any sport at
RCHS.
The potential is present for Rea-
Farm tour
scheduled
gan County lineman from tackle
to tackle to have a great year.
Danny Schwertner, who weighs in
at 190 can move quickly and he
should be able to open good holes
and provide pass protection.
Strong guard Thomas Baker, 200
pounds, could be one of the best
offensive and defensive players in
the district. Center Scott Britton,
170, is coming into this season
with a year's varsity experience
and the coaches are expecting that
experience to pay off for him this
year. Quick guard Joe Nichols
added a lot of strength over the
summer and has the potential to
shine in his position. Joe Arm-
strong is also coming into this
year with more experience and he
is always long on enthusiasm.
The 1981 Owl Football Team
will play the role of the underdog
most of the season, but the pre-
season poll pickers did not take in-
to account the individuals that
make up this year's team. 'We'll
know something about our line
and backficld after this Friday
night, said Coach Richard Davis,
but our main objective is to have a
winning season and give 100% out
on the field."
Reagan State Bank President Wayne Smith (R) made
good on the bank' s promise and presented a $100 cheek
to Butch Lands for a hole-in-one at Big lake Country
Club. Lands recently dropped a 170 yard shot on hole
number 4 in front of five witnesses. It was Lands'sec-
ond hole-in-one in his golfing career. Reagan State
Bank has a standing offer of $100.00 prize for a hole in
one at the local golf course.
Texas livestock producers
Hole in one$$$
The Texas Pest Management
Association will be touring several
Reagan County-St. Lawerence
area farms next Tuesday and
Wednesday as part of the West
Texas pest management tour.
Reagan County extension agent
Tommy E. Everett, Jr., said "the
tour will be looking at several
farms in our county and area that
have cooperated with the exten-
sion service in helping find pest
and disease resistant strains of
cotton.
The farms of Robert Michael-
awicz, Alfred Schwartz, Gary
Sidenbuger, and Tex Halfmann
will all be involved in one way or
another    in the upcoming
tour. Robert Michaelawicz has
used a variety of disease and pest
resistant strains of cotton seeds
and the tour will be stopping at his
farm for a close inspection.
State    representative Tom
Craddick and state Senator Pete
Snelson are planning to participate
in the tour along with the director
of the Texas Agricultural Ex-
tension Service and the director of
the experiment station at Lubbock.
The pest management program
is trying to combat the cotton boll
worm, boll wevil, and flea hop-
pers. The research done on the
project has been done in coopera-
tion with USDA research station,
Texas Agricultural Research Sta-
tion and the Texas Agricultural
Extension service.
must re-register their brands
Reagan County and Texas live-
stock producers must do a little
paperwork to insure that the
brands they have been using for
many years will be the same after
the end of February.
All livestock brands and marks
registered between August 30,
1971 and August 30, 1981 must be
re-registered at County Clerk
Hazel Carr's office by the end of
February 1982.
After Feb. 28, 1982, any unre-
corded brand becomes available
for use on a 'First-come' basis.
The Texas brand law, passed in
1971, was the subject of a recent
ruling by Texas Attorney General
Mark White that says owners of
marks and brands must re-register
them during the same six-month
period every 10 years, without re-
gard to when they originally
recorded them.
A small fee is charged for each
re-recording by the county clerk.
The law also notes that it is il-
legal to brand livestock without
first properly recording the brand"
with the county clerk in the county
in which the livestock are held.
The primary objective of the
brand law is to provide the county
clerk with an accurate, updated re-
port of marks and brands every 10
years. Producers operating in sev-
eral counties must re-record their
marks and brands in each county
because the county clerk has the
responsibility for recording this in-
formation in his or her county
only.
In the event it cannot be deter-
mined from existing records who
first recorded the mark and brand
in a county, then the person who
has been using such means of live-
stock identification the longest
shall have the right to have them
recorded in his or her name.
There is no limit to the number
of marks and/or brands a person
can record in a county as long as
the requirements of the law are
met.
Minors may have marks and
brands separate from that of the
father, mother or quardian but
they must also be re-recorded.
When the marks and brands are
re-recorded or recorded for the
first time, the location on the
animal where the brand is applied
must be shown.
If the brand is applied to more
than one location of the animal,
it must be recorded as a separate
record of that brand.
The county clerk of each county
will publish a notice announcing
the re-recording of livestock
brands order in some newspaper
of general circulation in the county
for a period of 30 days.
The county clerk also must make
sure that no more than one brand
of a kind be recorded on the same
location of the animal.
This eliminates the chance of
two or more people in the county
duplicating the same brand and
location.
Further, the county clerk must
make certain that the brand loca-
tion on the animal be designated.
Failure to do so is punishable by
a fine of not less than $10 or more
than $50.
King encouraged all livestock
produces to use marks and brands
and to re-register these marks and
brands promptly.
"The marks and brand informa
tion collected through the Texas
county clerks and through brand
inspection at livestock auction
markets and terminals in the state
on a weekly basis has proven in-
valuable in the recovery of stolen
and strayed livestock," said Don
KingofTSCRA.' "
In 1980, TSCRA field inspect-
ors, working with, the TSCRA
computer in Fort Worth and other
state and local law enforcement
agencies, recovered or accounted
for livestock and ranch property
with an estimated total market
value of $1.13 million.