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No big surprises in Archer County elections... favorites, incumbents win easily
The favorites, with only a few
exceptions, came away with victories
in the May 2 elections which saw
incumbents retaining their positions,
for the most part, in Archer County
races.
George Huffman and Tex Cox
won places on the Archer City city
council while Pat Martin III, Steve
Stults and Jerry Phillips garnered seats
on the Archer City Independent School
District Board.
Holliday has a new mayor in Cody
West, who ran unopposed, replacing
Bootie Cummins.
The Place 4 HISD seat went to
Scott Finch who defeated Clint Lee
and T.W. Struck.
Incumbent Megargel Mayor
Danny Fails won another term by
defeating J.W. Perkins and David
Crockett.
The four-person contest for three
city council memberships in Megargel
were claimed by Joel Guthrie, Glen
Tatum and Kimberli Cuba. Cuba won
by a single vote (46-45) over Boyd
McWhorter.
Three spots on the Scotland city
council were won by Steven
Honkomp, Allen Pennartz and Nancy
Cotton.
In Windthorst, Tim Humpert and
Lawrence Schroeder were elected to
the the school board.
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Issue 19*Thursday*May 7,1998
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Who is this kid?
Heather Schreiber .. . ‘Superstar!’
By Sonny Armstrong_
In this age of youthful sports stars
every fan seems to hang onto, and be
captivated by, such young heros as
Tiger Woods, Kara Lipinsky, Jeff
Gordon, etc. etc.
But one of the young lions who
may be roaring the loudest is right
here in Archer's backyard.
It's a rare day that a local newspa-
per doesn't print the name Heather
Schroeder in reference to her making
some "all-something-or-other" team
or setting a new record in her sport-of-
the-day.
About the only thing she hasn't
achieved yet is a hole-in-one in golf,
a 300-game in bowling or qualifying
for the Indy 500.
But, give her time.
THE KID’S ONLY A 15-YEAR
OLD FRESHMAN!
The pride of Windthorst High
has ammassed an amazing record of
honors and successes in only her first
year of competition on the high school
level.
She qualified for the state meet in
Austin with her record-setting high-
jump effort at the regional meet last
weekend.
She was named to the all-district
7-2A softball team at first base.
She was named all-state in bas-
ketball and volleyball.
She was named MVP in basket-
ball.
All of this for a freshman?
"From the 7th grade on I knew
she was a standout," Coach Diane
Conrady said. "But, we also have a
very special bunch of kids here who
support her (Schreiber) and she has
never looked down on those who
couldn't do what she can."
Track and Softball Coach Scotta
Schroeder was also praising of
Heather.
"She makes our (coachs') jobs a
lot easier," Schroeder said. "Not only
is she a good athlete, she's a good
student and a good person. The up-
perclassmen actually look at her as a
leader."
Schreiber comes across as a typi-
cal 15-year-old, perhaps a bit on the
shy side.
"I'm pretty excited about it all,"
she said, "but, it's kinda weird, too."
see "Heather", pg. 5-—
Heather Schreiber clears the barto set a new regional record
in the high-jump at last weekend's qualifying meet. The
Windthorst freshman is on her way to the state track meet in
Austin where she plans to keep on setting records, (photo
by Phil Majors of the C/ay County Leader)
State Representative Charles Finnell (left) presents a Texas
flag to Karen Cameron(center) and Thelma Bradley (right).
The flag, which flew over the state capitol in April was
donated to the Archer City Service Center by Finnell in a
special ceremony, (photo by Sonny Armstrong)
Finnell fIies flag over
A.C. Service Center
The Lone Star is waving proudly
in the breeze over the Archer City
Service Center thanks to the generos-
ity of State Representative Charles
Finnell.
This (the 68th congressional) is
the most patriotic . . . and windy
district in Texas," Finnell stated. "It
seemed like the appropriate place to
fly the state flag from."
The flag is one that flew over the
state capitol in Austin April 17, 1998
and was purchased by Finnell at his
own expense.
Finnell was in Archer City week
to dedicate the flag during a special
ceremony also attended by an honor
guard from the American Legion.
Finnell said he has been to every
senior citizen center in district 68 and
see "Flag'pg. 5__
Conference Speakers and Singers
Lift Hearts and Spirits Again
Zola Levitt, nationally-known inspirational speaker and en-
tertainer, delivers a powerful message to a packed house at
the First Baptist Church of Archer City, (photo by Shelley
Lewis)
by Shelley Lewis hours of teaching.
Nationally-known Bible scholar, The North Texas Evangelism Con-
Zola Levitt, spoke to a packed house ference, in its ninth year, was founded
last weekend at the North Texas Evan- by the pastor at First Baptist Church,
gelism Conference, held at First Bap- Roger Deerinwater. He was a new-
tist Church in Archer City. comer to Archer City at the time, only
Levitt is a born-again Jewish Chris- having been with First Baptist for a
tian who was fully trained in the syna- year, and recalls standing in front of
gogues, but now is a member of First his empty church at five minutes till
Baptist Church in Dallas. His manyr seven that first night, looking up and
books, songs, radio talk-shows and down the street,
television programs have made his "I wondered if anyone was corn-
name a familiar one to Christians across ing," he said,
the country. He spoke about the Na- But come they did, and the people
tion of Israel, the basis for salvation have filled the church the first week-
and the Tribulation in three different end of every May since.
Past speakers include Jon Randles,
Ken Freeman and Malcolm Ellis.
Many Christian music evangelists
have been at the Conference, too, in-
cluding Richard Campbell.
This year's conference began Thurs-
day, April 30, with another past
speaker, Paul Burleson. Music was
provided by Debbie Walker, a favor-
ite from Wichita Falls. Local singer-
songwriter Gregg Martinez opened
Friday night's meeting. His youth-
oriented Martinez Ministries reaches
far across the South, from Texas to
Louisiana. Gregg has a powerful tes-
timony that he takes into public schools
everywhere.
He was followed by Paul Vick, from
Beaumont, Texas. Vick has an ex-
tended ministry that includes schools,
prisons and foreign countries. In Rus-
sia recently he actually preached in
the schools. He says you can't do that
in America because, "we're free!"
He had a strong message about apa-
thy in the Church and shedding the
"grave cloths" that bind us.
The conference came to a close Sun-
see "Conference"pg. 2_
Schroeder 'hangs up' afte
Jerry Schroeder is taking the
phone off the hook in hopes of hook-
ing a big one at the lake as he retires
from Community Telephone Service
in Windthorst after completing 35
years of service to the local company.
In a ceremony Friday at the
company's office, Schroeder said he
plans to, "stop running so hard, go
fishing and play golf."
CTS began as an independent,
incorporated company in 1955 and
went to work for them in 1963.
"We used to be right next door (a
small building to the east) and we
only had a 160 sq. ft. office to operate
out of," he reminisced. "We were so
samll we didn't even have a restroom,
we still had an outhouse back then."
Schroeder said there were differ-
ent problems in the early years such
burned lines due to lightning storms
before the lines were buried.
"We did what had to be done to
keep the phones on," he said. "We
were on cal round the clock."
Schroeder said his retirement
plans include lots of fishing and golf
and enjoying his family.
His wife, Mary Ann, is a teacher
at Windthorst High School and they
have four children: Sandra, ofWichita
Falls; Mark, of Dallas; Matthew
"Matt," a senior at Midwestern State
University and Susan, a sophomore at
MSU.
Jerry Schroeder, (left), is congratulated by State Represen-
* tative Charles Finnell upon Schroeder's retirement after 25
years service to Community Telephone Service, (photo by
Sonny Armstrong)
Lions Club Golf Tourney
This Weekend
The Archer City Lions Club will
be conducting their third annual golf
tournament this Saturday, May 9th
at the Archer City Country Club.
The tournament will be a three man
scramble and entry fees will run $30
per person, which will include a free
meal to be served by the Lions.
Prizes will be awarded and there
will be contests including putting,
longest drive and closest to the hole.
Proceeds from the tournament will
be used to help with the Walsh
Brother's renovation project as well
as supporting the crippled children's
camp in Kerrville, Texas, and to
purchase eyeglasses for local school
children. For more information, con-
tact Paul Wylie at (940)574-4826.
Entry forms are available at the Ar-
cher Country Club.
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