The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1995 Page: 1 of 10
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January 5,1995
500
^ 10 pages
Inside....
Deaths
...Acosta...Vogt
McDaniel...Morrow
Please see page 3
^ Livestock show
The annual Reagan County
4H Junior Livestock Show and
sale will be held January 20-21.
this annual event always draws
a crowd and youngsters pul their
animal projects on display for
the judges.
Headin' for
a weddin'
^ Lions Club members and vol-
unteers? arc already reading the
scripts and working on their lines
to make a late January curtain
call few a comcdy-play. The en-
| tire community is invited to at-
. tend this comedy and laugh at
I and with their fellow actor-citi-
zens and they put on this winter
production of Headin' for a
I weddin. Some of the cast mem-
I bers include Janet Wilburn,
4 Byron Bilner.Jim BobSolsbery,
j David Wcrst, Tina Noland, Kim
1 Sexton. Sharon McReavy, Barry
Riggs, DcAnn Randle, Nida
| Chambers, Rhonda Holt, Mike
• Massey and others.
RCHS Annuals
Orders will be taken for this
year's annual on January 10th at
all three campuses. Parents may
pay with credit cards or students
can make pay arrangements for
I later on.
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Weather
This Year
Date Hi Low
Ruin
Dec. 29 4 7 41
.08
Dec. 30 44 38
.02
Dec. 31 49 39
.00
Jan 01 60 28
.00
Jan. 02 35 26
.00
■ Jan. 03 35 28
.28
Jan. 04 4 1 31
.04
I (Readings taken at 8:00 ajn.
daily).
1 Rainfall for January
2.42
' Rainfall for February
.03
Rainfall for Mwch
.09
1 Rainfall for April
1.19
Rainfall for May
2.82
Rainfall for June
.15
Rainfall for July
.72
Rainfall for August
.00
Rainfall for September
1.08
Rainfall for October
155
Rainfall for November
52
Rainfall for December
.97
Rainfall for 1994
11.49
Last Year
Total rainfall forl993 ...11.81"
(Jan. 1.13; Feb. .74; Mar. .42;
Apr. .05; May 1.77; June .63;
July 1.09; Aug. 2.51: Sept. 1.62;
Oct..68; Nov. .24; Dec. .75; total
(for 1993,11.81.)
| (Official records maintained by the
[Natural Resources Conservation
} Service.)
Drug Abuse Resistance Education program is funded by Twentieth Century Club
D.A.R.E. program to start in local schools
Reagan County students are
about to take a big dare.
RCISD students will be involved
in a nationwide Drug Abuse Resis-
tance Education program thanks to
Reagan County Sheriffs Depart-
ment and a local civic organization,
the Twentieth Century Club.
Reagan County Deputy Kirk
Pullig recently attended a certifica-
tion course at Southwest Texas
State University in San Marcos and
Reagan County students take a D.A.R.E.
Reagan County students will have a positive means of learning about Drug Abuse Resistance Education through the
new D A R E, program initiated by Reagan County Sheriff's Department. The new program was made possible by a
grant from local civic organisation, the Twentieth Century Club, TFWC. Sherifl Frank Gonzales along with DARE
coordinator Deputy Kirk Pullig hold out DARE'S flag with local youngsters Lauren Heintzelman, Valerie Gonzales, Josh
Hernandez. John Luxton, Nick Subia, and Brandon Pullig.
Hazel S. Carr has a 'trail beaten out'
Longtime County and District Clerk Hazel S. Carr was honored with a retirement reception Friday afternoon at Reagan
County Courthouse. Mrs Carr served as County Clerk of Reagan County for "29 years and some odd months'. She
related that she had quite a trail beaten out from her house to the Courthouse as she first went to work there as secretary
for the County Agent in 1945. "I have been coming to work here since I worked for Woodrow Munn when he was a
part time County Agent in 1945 * She then worked for County Agent E.O. Dusty'Nevills when he took over as County
Agent. Mrs Carr took over for Ruth Brown at the AAA in late 1946. Later she worked for County Clerk Richard
Spnngston starting June 16 of 1956 Mrs. Carr was named County Clerk on September 1, 1965 and has held that
position for the last 29 years She has served along five County Judges including W.D. Hudson, S.E. Stout, W.T Mills,
Frank Sandel. and Mike Ekins. Also, she has served with five District Judges including C.E Patterson, Wm. Earney,
Troy Williams, Brock Jones, and Alex Gonzales. "I have met some interesting people and have worked with some very
good people over the years.* she sa>d It has been real enjoyable and it has been a good career. I know Billie Havis
will do a good pb as County Clerk * The Reagan County Clerk's office is a model of efficiency according to out of town
landmen that do business he e Shown with Mrs Carr are Mike Elkins, Brock Jones and Billie Havis.
ELC to San Angelo, Mertzon, and Ozona from Big Lake is set for April
Extended local calling will
start in January to Barnhart
Implementation for Extended
.xxal Calling will be coming soon
viih some dates set more firm now
hat the issue has passed. ELC is set
o start from Big Lake to Barnhart
)nly starting January 25. ELC from
8ig Lake to San Angelo, Mertzon,
tnd O/ona Ls planned for late April,
iccording to Charles Watkins, Pub-
ic Affairs manager for GTE. All
•csidential customers will pay an
additional S3.50 and business cus-
tomers will pay an addiuonal $7.50
per month for the extended local
coverage.
Big Lake resident Larry Stroud
got the ball rolling on the Extended
Local Calling project back in June
of this year. Stroud put the petition
in motion and local GTE customers
were sent the ballots starting Octo-
ber 18 to vote on having Extended
Local Calling along with the in-
creased fee for the service. The
ballots were returned November 2.
In order to pass. 70 percent of
those voting were required to be in
favor of the change. Alsoaccording
to Public Utility Commission rules,
if 70 percent are in favor of the ELC.
all customers will incur the charges.
"Every customer in the exchange
will receive the service and will be
required to pay for it unless all pro-
posed ELC routes fail to meet the
requirements of the ballot. In that
casc, service would not change and
monthly charges would have re-
mained the same."
Bam hart was notified that ELC
to Big Lake. Mertzon, and San
Aneclo has also been approved.
he is now a certified D.A.R.E. in-
structor. The Twentieth Century
Club put up $1,000 to fund the pro-
gram for local students.
The D.A.R.E. program was
started in Los Angeles in 1983 and
has grown to be a nationwide pro-
gram. Lessons focus on providing
accurate information about alcohol
and drugs; teaching students deci-
sion making skills; showing them
how to resist peer pressure, and;
gives them ideas for alternatives to
drug use.
The local program will involve
kindergarten through high school
students. Deputy Pullig will begin
as early as next week al Reagan
County Elementary School to leach
the program.
Reagan County Sheriff Frank
Gonzales said, "We are very grate-
ful to the Twentieth Century Club
for their investment in the D A R E,
program and Reagan County youth.
Deputy Pullig will be a good in-
structor in the program and the
community will benefit from this
generous grant to the young people
from the club."
D.A.R.E. program instructors
arc pul through a thorough training
program. "Not everybody passed,”
explained Deputy Pullig. "We had
to gain a thorough knowledge of the
program and then had to be able to
present the information. Several of
the officers in my class were not
certified to be instructors. I feel this
is a very worthwhile program for
our young people to be involved in
and they will learn about decision
making and how to resist pressure
from bad influences that can pre-
vent drug use in the first place.”
D.A.R.E. has programs in all 50
states as well as Australia, New
Zealand, Canada, and Puerto Rico.
Over 5 million children in over
150,000 c lassrooms will receive the
core curriculum.
There are 17 lessons to be pre-
sented to elementary school chil-
dren, 10 lessons to junior high stu-
dents, and 6 high school lessons
with three follow up lessons by
classroom teachers.
Starting next week, local 5th
graders will begin a series of age
appropriate lessons, along with
some homework. Materials include
student workbooks, and informa-
tion pamphlets for citizens and
community groups.
Sheriff Gonzales added, "Inde-
pendent evaluations show students
have learned to resist drugs and
combat peer pressure In addition,
school vandalism, truancy, and
gang activity have decreased. Rela-
tions between ethnic groups have
improved Students have developed
a more positive outlook toward po-
lice and school.”
Deputy Pullig said the training
was extensive. Prior to entering the
DARE program as a certified
DARE officer, a law enforcement
professional undergoes 80 hours of
specialized training in areas such as
child development, classroom man-
agement, learning cycles, teaching
techniques, and communications
skills.
What is D.A.R.E?
DARE lowers demand by teaching children to never start
During the 17 week curriculum, children are taught by spe-
cially trained, uniformed law enforcement officers why and
how to resist the negative peer pressure involved in drug
abuse. Focusing on building children's self esteem and self
confidence, DARE uses role-playing and other techniques to
equip kids with specific skills for refusing drugs and alcohol
when they are mast vulnerable to peer pressure.
Results D.A.R.E. Students exhibit
’significantly less substance abuse, including alcohol and
tobacco
•reduced gang activity
•sharply decreased school vandalism and truancy
•better rapport with teachers
•improved work habits and better grades
•more positive attitude toward police
10-digit dialing
is now required
As of Sunday, January I, Big
Lake callers making long distance
calls will have to dial all 10 digits of
a telephone number, even if they are
calling within their own area code.
For example, a Big Lake resident
who wants to call Midland will have
to dial 1-915, plus the phone num-
ber.
The 10 digit dialing is pan of a
national numbering plan that will
accomodate new area codes and
phone numbers, which arc needed
because of the proliferation of fax
machines, pagers,and cellular
phones.
Charles Watkins, GTE public
affairs manager explained, "The
national network is growing so rap-
idly, were running out of local num-
bering capabilities. This has been
brought about by the explosion of
technology."
Dialing all 10 digits will also
help worlwide telephone networks
prepare for the future, Watkins said.
By dialing 10 digit phone numbers,
a person may eventually be able to
take that same number anywhere in
the world and still be reached
While such uses for telephone
numbers is still in the future, the 10
digit dialing rule has been in effect
since the summer for other Texas
area codes.
Future technology
Future technology will allow a
person to take their cellular phones
anywhere in the world and still be
reached with the same number.
GTE and other major telephone pro-
viders are expanding the base of
numbers to allow that technology to
work as soon as it is available.
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Werst, David. The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 5, 1995, newspaper, January 5, 1995; Big Lake, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth739484/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Reagan County Library.