The Big Lake Wildcat (Big Lake, Tex.), Vol. SEVENTY-SECOND YEAR, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 11, 1997 Page: 1 of 12
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Sept. 11, 1997
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Deaths
Altenbaumer
Please see page 3
Notes
Hunter Education
There will be a hunter educa-
tion class September 21 and 22.
Formore information, please call
884-2475.
Class of '92
The RCHS Class of 1992 will
have a barbecue reunion dinner
Homecoming weekend, Satur-
day, September 13, at 6:00 p.m.
Cost is $10 per person and $15
with guest. For more info con-
tact Kevin at Rt. 10, Box 180,
! Lubbock, Tx 79404 806-745-
4767 or Tony 141 RuklcRd., lot
30, New Braunfels,TX 78130
(830) 629-1307 and work# (830)
606-5494.
Blue & Gold Cards
Reagan County School Su-
perintendent John Walts reminds
senior citizens they are eligible
for Blue and Gold Cards for ad-
mittance to RCHS sports events
at reduced prices. For more in-
formation on B lue & Gold Cards,
contact the Superintendent's of-
fice at 884-3705.
Child Find
; Child find is an ongoing pro-
cess of finding children who need
special services. Every child in
Texas deserves hope. They do
not all learn the same \yayjjnt.|
they do all learn. You can trea-
sure and respect every child and
help them find hope and assist
them in learning. CHILD FIND
is supported by the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education. Doyouknow
a child who may be disabled and
is not receiving special services?
You may refer this child to Re-
agan County ISD Special Ser-
vices, 501 Texas or call the Spe-
cial Education Director at 884-
2016.
Public Forum
There will be a public forum
on Thursday, September 25 af'3
p.m. at the dining room of Rea-
gan County Care Center. Russell
Ash, attorney at law will cover
topics including living wills,
advance directives, durable
power of attorney, and out of
hospital DNR orders. The pub-
..
lie is invited to attend.
Weather
This Year
Date
Hi
Low
Rain
Sept.
04
94
66
1.85
Sept.
05
89
67
.00
Sept.
06
89
67
.00
Sept.
07
90
65
.00
Sept.
08
91
67
.00
Sept.
09
94
69
.00
Sept.
10
97
68
.00
(Readings taken at 8:00 a m. daily).
Rainfall for January . 13
Rainfall for February 3.75
Rainfall for March .80
Rainfall for April 4.13
Rainfall for May 1.12
Rainfall for June 2.39
Rainfall for July .15
Rainfall for Aug. 2.10
Rainfal for Sept. 1.85
Rainfall for 1997 16.42
Trace of snow for 1997
Last Year
Total rainfall for 1996 ...18.77"
(Jan. .10; Feb. .11; Mar. .18; Apr.
2.94; May 1.26; June .82; July 1.04;
Aug. 4.91; Sept. 3.83; Oct. .74; Nov.
2.84; Dec. .00; total for 1996,18.77.)
(Official records maintained by the
Natural Resources Conservation
Service.)
KBLB starts major recycling push
Keep Big Lake Beautiful coordinates School, City, and County efforts here
Keep Big Lake Beautiful direc-
tor Jana Freeman wants to "talk
trash."
The kindof trash that has become
a million dollar year problem for the
State of Texas. Now, with the addi-
tion of a new recycling trailers, and
the schools and part of the commu-
nity in the full swing of recycling,
the City of Big Lake and Keep Big
Lake Beautiful needs your help in
curbing our "TRASH" problem.
Keep Big Lake Beautiful and the
City of Big Lake are proud to an-
nounce the arrival of a new Recy-
cling Trailer, provided by a grant
from the Concho Valley Council of
Governments. Keep Big Lake
Beautiful and the City of Big Lake
will operate the recycling trailer.
Mrs. Freeman said, "Right now in
Texas, we bury about six million
tons of paper each year and over a
million tons of glass. An astonish-
ing 15 percent of the trash heap is
nothing more than leaves, grass and
tree trimmings added to our land-
fills, costing approximately $50
million a year state wide." With the
recycling trailer, we can do better
than that here. We will have an
effective way to deal with part of the
problem."
KBLB is a proud member of
Clean Texas 2000 and Clean City
2000, whose goal is to cut in half the
amount of trash communities send
to landfills by the year 2000. Citi-
zens can do this through reducing,
reusing and recycling. As a means
of reducing our landfill waste, the
recycling trailer will serve as a local
collection point for aluminum cans,
tins cans and computer/office pa-
per. KBLB is not able to collect
newspaper, magazines or green bar
paper at this time.
Mrs. Freeman further explains:
What Trash Will We Be Ac-
cepting?
Tin and Steel Cans: Food cans
and pet food cans are in this cat-
egory. Labels and glue may be re-
moved if possible or they will burn
off in reprocessing. These cans are
smashed and used in many metal
products, including the rebar being
used in the Houston Harte Express-
way in San Angelo. Cans should be
rinsed out and free of food residue.
Aluminum Cans: Aluminum
beverage cans are accepted at the
recycling trailer also. These can are
turned into other cans. A can you
turn in today can be back on the shelf
in six weeks. Cans should be empty
and free of dirt.
Computer & Mixed Paper:
Computer paper is a higher grade
and can be used to make recycled
office paper. Mixed office paper
consists of copier paper and other
similar papers. Paper in this cat-
egory can be white or any pastel
color or "fine" paper.
Automobile Motor Oil & Fil-
ters: Don't forget the oil-recycling
center that is located at the City of
Big Lake yardlocated on first street
and Plaza. Motor oil and oil filters
brought to the recycling center are
reprocessed. Collected by oil recy-
clers and processed into heating oil
or car oil. The filters are drained,
crushed and the paper inside burned
out and the metal saved for scrap. It
is very important that you remem-
ber to sign in when using the oil-
recycling center. This is our only
way of keeping records on oil col-
lected. We thank you in advance.
What Happens To Your Trash
Keep Big Lake Beautiful has
made arrangements with recycling
centers in San Angelo and Midland/
Odessa to buy our recyclable items.
The proceeds will be funded back
into our community in beautifica-
tion, education and recycling
projects. We are aware that you
can't get "rich" on recycling, thus
our main objective is to reduce or
solid waste and to be better manag-
ers of our landfills.
How Is The Recycling Center
Funded?
The recycling center and trailer
are provided to the City of Big Lake
and Keep Big Lake Beautiful
through a Solid Waste Management
Grant from the Council of Govern-
ments. The center primarily gener-
ates income by selling some of the
recyclable. We also receive dona-
tions of time and materials from
citizens and local businesses. The
center will be run by KBLB with the
assistance of the City of Big Lake.
Keep Big Lake Beautiful cooperates with the City of Big Lake and Reagan
County elementary school to get students into recycling.
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,1397
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SEVENTY -SECOND YEAR
Number 37
"Reagan County - Birthplace of the fabulous Permian Basin"
'Big Lake's Best Seller'
(USPS 055-860)
50 Cents
Homecoming parade will be held Friday afternoon starting at 4:00 p.m.
Owls Vs Wall for homecoming
With both the Reagan County
Owls and the Wall Hawks smarting
from losses in the season opener last
week, one team will be 0-2 after
Friday night's homecoming tilt in
Big Lake Friday night. The Owls
lost for the first time in 10 years to
Ozona and Wall lost to Sonora 8-24.
Wall runs a multiple I offense
with the quarterback Cory Braden
being the key to their running of-
fense. #33 Nick Kadlacek is the
primary receiver for the Hawks and
they do vary their attack. Last week
against Sonora they ran the ball 55
times and threw the ball 45 times.
The two tackles weigh in at 190
and 175 and the two guards are 170
each. The front four on defense are
Nick Kadlacek, 180, senior at de-
fense end. Josh Edwards, 200 .jun-
ior, Brian Hooper, 170 senior, and
Blake Wilde, 170 senior. On of-
fense the Hawks will start 7 seniors
and 5 juniors.
Wall is a member of district 8-2A
which includes the Hawks,
Eldorado, Roscoe, Winters, Ozona,
Forsan, and Coahoma. Pre-season
picks have the Hawks finishing 4th
in their district race. Last year the
Hawks beat the Owls 21-14 in Wall
behind the running of Casey Baize.
Baize is not playing this year.
Wall is coached by former Rea-
gan County coach Jason Herring.
Herring is in his 2nd year as head
coach and he compiled a 3-7 record
last year.
The Owls will be without the
services of lineman Paul Jones ,
possibly for the rest of the season.
Jones broke his collarbone in a
bullriding accident last weekend at
the Reagan County 4H High School
Rodeo. Also, receiver Garrett
Gandy is doubtful this week due to
mononucleosis.
"We still have a game and we
will play with what we have," ex-
plained Coach David Steele. "Cer-
tainly we will miss these two play-
ers, but others will just have to step
up and do a better job. We have
made a few changes this week and
hopefully those changes will help us
generate more offense."
Game time is 8:00 p.m. at James
Bird Stadium.
Parade starts at 4:00 Friday
Homecoming Royalty
The Homecoming Queen 1997 will be chosen from senior students. Candidates this year include l-r Wendy Thompson,
Jesenia Morales, and Sparkle Stenix. All girls are very active students at RCHS.
Reagan County High School Ex-
students are headed to Big Lake this
weekend for the annual coming
home of ex-students, teachers, and
friends of Reagan County High
School. The annual Homecoming
weekend will feature a football
game between the Wall Hawks and
Reagan County Owls and dances
and visiting all over town.
The highlight of activities will
take place at the football field as the
Reagan Owls play the Hawks of
Wall in a non district game starting
at 8:00p.m. at James Bird Memorial
Stadium.
The Homecoming Queen will be
crowned during halftime activities.
1997 Homecoming Queen candi-
dates include RCHS seniors Wendy
Thompson, Sparkle Stenix, and
Jesenia Morales. Duchesses this
year include Amy Levario, junior;
Diana Morales, sophomore; and
Lyndsay Siegenthaler, freshman.
Please see parade page 2
Southside League to hold annual
menudo cookoff Sept. 13-14
Homecoming Duchesses
Duchesses representing their classes at RCHS include l-r Amy Levario, junior; Diana Morales, sophomore- and
Lyndsay Siegenthaler, freshman.
The Southside League Associa-
tion of Big Lake will be hosting its
4th Annual Menudo Cookoff this
Saturday and Sunday at the Reagan
County Southside Park.
The menudo cookoff coincides
with the celebration of the 16 de
septiembre which commemorates
Mexico's Independence from
Spain. There will be various activi-
ties and food booths available
throughout the weekend. Activities
will include the menudo cookoff, a
washer pitching tournament, sand
volleyball, and games for the chil-
dren. Big Ed and Co. will provide
music during the two days.
On Saturday, the judging of the
menudo will be held about 5 p.m.
and a dance will be held that night at
the Rancho Grande Complex fea-
turing the sounds of "Los Bravos de
la Region," a band which is very
popular with the local crowds, "El
Ultimo Tren," and Big Ed and Co.
On Sunday, the coronation of the
Jr. King and Queen will be held at
the Southside Park. The contestants
will be appearing in the Reagan
County High School Homecoming
Parade on Friday.
The Southside League invites
everybody to attend the activities
and to have fun.
To Advertise or Subscribe - Call 884-2215 - We're Big Lake's "Best Seller"
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