Archer County News (Archer City, Tex.), No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 20, 1987 Page: 1 of 20
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MEMBER
1987
TEXAS PRESS
ASSOCIATION
her County News
ISSUE;
THURSDAY, AUGUST 20,1987
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ACISD Ador
15 Tax Rate
"Our proposed 1987-88 expenditures are
down almost $10,000 from last year,"
explained Archer City School Superin-
tendent Don Shearmire to representatives of
the Archer County Taxpayers League dur-
ing the regular meeting of the Board of
Trustees Monday night. The taxpayers
were in attendance to request that the Board
hold die line on the 1987-88 budget and the
tax rate necessary to fund that budget.
The Board, with member Danny Powell
absent due to a meeting of the Hospital
Chapter I (federal), $18,781; Compensa-
tory, $27,036; Vocational, $59,560; and
Special Education, $184,215. Capital Out-
lay accounts for $374,085 (15%), but
$253,396 of that amount is for the addition
of seven elementary classrooms. (Editor's
Note: No new taxes will be needed for the
expansion as $90,000 will come from time
warrants with the remainder coming from
the $275,000 balance on hand at the end of
August, 1987.) Contracted services ac-
count for $202,990 (9%); supplies,
taxable value of property in the school dis-
trict, the effective tax rate (the amount need-
ed to generate the same amount of revenue
as last year) would be .801. That rate
would produce $911,509 if 100% of the
taxes were to be collected. A collection
rate of 93% (as was this year's) would
produce $847,703, which would be short of
the $871,686 needed in local tax monies by
nearly $14,000.
The Board approved a tax rate of $.825 for
1987-88, which would produce $938,820
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Board, unanimously approved a budget of
$2,360,251. The budget as approved calls
for payroll expenditures of $1,490,658
(63%) with teachers and classroom instruc-
tion accounting for $813,818; Instructional
computers, $7,192; Library, $26,186; Prin-
cipals' offices, $105,205; General Adminis-
tration (superintendent's office, tax collect-
ing, etc.), $68,100; Plant maintenance oper-
ation, $80,000; Transportation, $27,900;
Cafeteria, $27,400; Co-curricular, $45,265;
$157,800; travel and insurance, $69,932
(3%); and loan principle and flowthrough
money, $60,786 (3%).
Funding for that budget would be broken
down (see the accompanying chart) as fol-
lows: state money, $1,057,457 (45%); fed-
eral money, $49,312 (2%); local available
monies (cash on hand, cafeteria income, co-
curricular incomes, etc.), $381,796 (16%);
local tax money needed, $871,686 (37%).
Due to a loss of over $20,000,000 in the
of revenues. A 93% collection would
generate $873,102.
After a short executive session, the Board
accepted, with regret, the resignation of
board member Billy Burks. Teaching posi-
tions were offered to Mark Applewhite as a
6th grade teacher and Sherry Hoff as high
school special education and resource teach-
er. Burks tendered his resignation so that
Hoff, his sister-in-law, could be considered
for the faculty position.
Registration Set For Holliday
Holliday I.S.D. registration for the 1987-
88 school year has been set for Wednesday,
August 26, with the following schedule:
Freshmen, 8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.; Sopho-
mores, 9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.; Juniors,
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.; Seniors, 11:00
a.m. -12 noon.
All new students in grades 9-12 are to
report from 1:30 - 3:00 p.m. All new stu-
dents in grades K-8 are to report from 1:00 -
3:00 p.m.
All students are required to have health
records up to date and a social security
number.
High school students must also have
$5.00 for lock/locker deposit, and 600 for
parking permits.
School will officially start September 1,
1987 at 8:10 a.m. All high school
students are to report to the auditorium. All
junior high students (grades 6-8) are to
report to the cafetorium. All elementary
students are to go to home rooms.
School will be dismissed at 2:45 p.m. on
September 1, 1987.
It is not necessary for former junior high
or elementary students to pre-register.
Kindergarten will be all day - all year.
First school holiday will be Labor Day,
Monday, September 7, 1987.
Season football ticket holders may pick up
their tickets in the middle school office
August 17-21. Tickets will go on sale to
the public on August 24 for $15.00.
Trades Day Winners Announced
Archer City's First Tradesday was
pronounced a success by Chamber of Com-
merce officials, sponsors* for the event
A number of individuals set up shop on
the courthouse lawn. A Western Band, led
by Jake Sheppard, entertained the crowd,
and the concession stand was open through-
out the day to help visitors quench their
thirst.
Mike Parrick, Chamber president stated,
"The event drew about a dozen individuals
with special booths, and we hope that nexit
Holliday City Council C
Selects Chief Nominee L
The Holliday City Council voted Monday,
following an executive session with two
applicants for the position of Chief of
Police, to employ one of the men, if
negotiations and other matters can be
worked out. An announcement will be
made at that time.
The Council also voted to hold a budget
workshop on Saturday, Aug. 22, at 8:30
a.m. in the City Hall.
Prior to the executive session, council
voted to move the next meeting to Sept. 8,
in observance of Labor Day.
Council voted to purchase a guemey for
the city ambulance from a firm in Sanger
in the amount of $1104. The equipment
should arrive in about six weeks.
Street repair was on the agenda and
County Commissioner Evon Carter was
present to discuss the subject of materials.
Carter told the council that the city had a
contract with the county to supply
materials, but the contract expired in April,
1987, and had not been renewed. Council
members seemed unaware of the existence
of such a contract.
The commissioner said Archer County
would deliver materials after the city had
prepared the streets to receive the repair ma-
terials. But, the materials must be ordered
early in the year. The city will pay for the
materials, the hauling, and the labor
involved.
Carter noted that formerly the labor had
been donated, but since the city was charg-
ing the county bam for water, labor would
now be added to the cost of the materials.
The council meeting was held in the Hol-
liday School Cafeteria because some com-
plaints had been voiced about the acoustics
in the Community Building. However,
citizens present stated they were unable to
hear or understand the actions of the
council during the meeting because of the
noisy airconditioners in the larger room.
Archer City
Approves Budget
year more will participate by bringing mer-
chandise into town for our garage sales.
We appreciate all the work done by city
business people, as well as the many items
. donated for the drawings. The cooperation
of our citizens was a joy to behold."
Sidewalk and special sales were held by
Beall's Dept. Store, Archer Flower and Gift
Shop, Dinner Bell, Archer City Pharmacy,
Murphy Chevrolet, Kids Komer, M & T
Schlegel, Beall's Jewelers, The Country
House, Movie Round-up, and The Archer
County News.
Winners in the morning Tradesday drawing
were: Texet Supply - Nita Lewis, exten-
sion cord and Irma Adams, vinyl pillow;
Oilfield Services - Tennessee Purcell, coo-
ler; BerendBros. - Lucille Thornton, 6 doz.
eggs; Archer City Pharmacy - R. Robert-
son, fire extinguisher; Armstrongs - Jean
Graham, box of bacon; Murphy Chevrolet -
Laveme Cameron and N. Cox, lube and
wash; AMPI - Kirby Andrews, cheese;
Beall's Dept, store - W.W. Robertson and
Kirby Andrews, $25 gift certificate;
Huffman's - Phyllis Frost, oil and filter
change; Olney Savings - Laveme Cameron,
$50 savings bond; Dinner Bell - Betty
Lewis, two ribeye dinners; Country House -
Mrs. Bennett, $20 gift item; Coors Caps -
Wilma Bertrand and Kristan Phillips;
Budweiser - Jerry Phillips, T-shirt; Coca
Cola - Kirby Andrews, T-Shirt.
Afternoon drawing winners were: Berend
Bros. (Burk, store) - six dozen eggs to
Frank Moon, Thyra Robertson, Nora
Stone; City Cleaners - Rose Scheaffer, dry-
cleaning; Murphy Chevrolet - Julie Lo-
wack, carwash, and Betty Reynolds, car
wash and lube; Huffman Bros. - Lisa Pe-
ters, wash and lube; First State Bank -
Donna Dickey, $50 savings bond; Dinner
Bell - Kelly Smith, two ribeye dinners; Ar-
cher County News - Brian Reis, classified
advertising; Movie Round-up - Ryan Phil-
lips, Katherine Holt, and Renee Cameron,
movie rentals; M & T Schlegel -Dale Scha-
effer, cool cushion; Coors Cap-Nora Stone.
The City Council of Archer City approved
a general fund budget of $345,139 during
its regular meeting of August 6. Major
expenditures include $107,421 for salaries
and wages; $40,000 for materials and
supplies; $37,299 for insurance; $29, 051
for the county deputy and vehicle for city
law enforcement; $27,500 for utilities and
telephone; $34,399 for withholding and
social security; and $15,000 for fuel and
vehicle repairs.
Proposed receipts will come mainly from
ad valorem taxes collected at a rate of .3527
per $100 of value. That amount is
anticipated to be $119,697. City sales tax
wil account for $55,500; street and alley
tax, $43,500; sanitary hauling, $78,326;
and miscellaneous income of $44,952.
The revenue fund calls for expenditures of
$189,032 and receipts of $196,571. The
major expenses are salaries, $43,415;
material and supplies, $30,284; chemicals,
$25,373; utilities and telephone, $17,628;
transfers to the 1969 interest and sinking
fund, $25, 075; and withholding and social
security, $14,928. Water and sewer repairs
are expected to be $7,557, and the cost of
water from Lake Kickapoo (paid to the
City of Wichita Falls), $5,500.
Revenue fund receipts are expected to be
$149,103 from water collections; $43,032
from sewer collections; $3,262 from meter
deposits; and $1,175 tapping fees.
The general and revenue fund combined
budgets aref$15,385 le|s than last year's
budget of $1362,857. Last year's tax rate
was slightly higher at .3529.
Archer City Elementary
Sets Class Times
The 1987-88 Archer City Elementary
School year will begin September 1,
1987. Classes will begin and end at
regular times.
Kindergarten class sessions will be 1/2
day for the entire 1987-88 school year.
Morning session will be 8:00 - 11:00
a.m. and afternoon session will be 1:00
to 3:40. Grades 1-3 will begin classes
at 8:15 a.m. and end at 2:40 p.m.
Grades 4 and 5 will begin at 8:15 and
end at 3:40. Buses will run at regular
times.
Any Kindergarten student not pre-
registered or any new student not pre-
viously enrolled in Archer City School
should come by the Elementary Princi-
pal's office between 8:30 and 3:30 be-
Friday Scrimmages
To Open Fall Campaigns
The competitive level of high school
football in Archer County will step up a
notch tomorrow (Friday) evening when
Archer City, Windthorst, and Holliday
conduct their first scrimmages against
outside teams.
Archer City will entertain Perrin
beginning at 7:00 p.m. "They do not have
enough players to field a junior varsity,"
stated A.C. mentor Mike Wood Tuesday.
We will have a junior varsity scrimmage at
6 p.m. Thursday (tonight) with Throck-
morton's JV."
Windthorst will travel to Chillicothe
Friday for a 6:00 p.m. encounter. "We’ll
start off with the varsities," said Trojan
Head Coach Leonard Schenk, Jr. "Then
we’ll give the second units some playing
time before going back to the starters."
Holliday will travel across the county line
to face Iowa Park Friday. "We'll start with
the freshmen at 6 p.m.," commented Eagle
Head Coach Don Lucy Tuesday morning
after workouts. "The JV's will scrimmage,
and then, the varsities."
Archer City and Windthorst will open the
regular season in Archer City in September
after August 28 scrimmages with Throck-
morton and Chico respectively. Holliday
will scrimmage Munday next week before
their season opener with Jacksboro.
State Farm Bureau President
Speaks At Annual Dinner
Farm Bureau State President S.M. True of
Waco was guest speaker for the annual
dinner meeting of the Archer County Farm
Bureau on Tuesday, Aug. 11, in the cafe-
teria of the Archer City School.
Mr. True was introduced by county pres-
ident Glen Wolf. Others on the program
were Jason Berend of Windthorst, Angela
Roberts of Archer City, and Dale Bullock
of the state FB office.
Berend and Roberts represented Archer
County at the annual Citizenship Seminar
held in San Angelo in June.
Bullock spoke on the work of the bureau
. and stated that an increase in membership
dues was to take effect in November. This
is due in part to the increase in national
dues.
One hundred and seventy nine persons
were present for the catered dinner.
NEWS BRIEFS
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Sr. Citizen
Dance Tonight
The monthly Senior Citizen's Dance will
be Thursday (tonight) at 7 p.m. in the
American Legion Hall. A western band
will provide the music and all senior
citizens are invited to attend.
Commodities
Distributed Today
USDA commodity distribution for Archer
County will be Thursday (today), August
20, in the fellowship hall of the First
United Methodist Church in Archer City.
Persons receiving aid to families with
dependent children, food stamps, Medicaid
or SSI are automatically eligible. Other
eligibility is determined by family size and
household income. Written evidence of
residency in Archer County is required for
all applicants.
Holliday distribution took place yesterday
(Wednesday) at the First Baptist Church.
County Budget
Hearing Monday
A public hearing for the proposed budget
for Archer County, for Oct. 1, 1987 to
Sept. 30, 1988, will be held Monday, Aug.
24, at 10 a.m. in the Archer County
Commissioners Courtroom in Archer City.
The proposed budget has been filed with
Archer County Clerk's office, and taxpayers
are invited to attend the hearing.
Immunizations
Offered Tuesday
The Texas Department of Health will
conduct an Immunization Clinic at the
Archer County Courthouse on Tuesday,
August 25, 1987 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00
noon in Archer City.
Immunizations against DPT, Polio,
Measles, Mumps, and Rubella will be
offered. Please bring immunization records
with you to the clinic. A parent or legal
guardian must accompany a minor.
fore September 1 and be enrolled. Kin-
dergarten students will need to bring
immunization record and birth certifi-
cate for enrollment.
September 1, all 1st grade boys will
report to Mrs. Barton and 1st grade
girls will report to Mrs. Davis. Second
grade boys report to Mrs. Buerger and
2nd grade girls report to Mrs. Spurgers.
Third grade boys will report to Mrs.
Ashton and third grade girls will report
to Mrs. Hilbers. Fourth grade boys
will report to Mrs. Holcomb and fourth
grade girls will report to Mrs. Rod-
erick. All fifth grade students will
report to the elementary library. Assign-
ments to homerooms will be made at
this tune.
Early Bird
Sets Deadline
Registration is underway for the 3 and 4
year old students of the Early Bird Pre-
school in Archer City.
Tami Crowley wants to remind everyone
that the registration deadline is August 24
and that scholarships are available. To
register or for more information, please call
Pam McCord at 574-4206.
Classes Offered
At Friendship
Friendship Day Care in Windthorst will be
offering pre-school classes for 3 and 4-year
olds. Classes for 3-year olds will be on
Mondays and Thursdays, while classes for
the 4-year olds will be on Tuesdays and
Fridays from 9:00 - 11:30 p.m.
For more information, call Suzette Schrei-
ber at 423-6384 or 423-6301.
Telephone Co.
To Expand
Floyd Humpert, president of Community
Telephone Co., Inc., has announced that
his firm has let a contract to Butterfield
Construction Co. of McPherson, Kansas
to replace 140 miles of buried cable and add
43 route miles. .
. When complete, this will, make a total of
565 miles of line to serve the 1500 subscri-
bers to the service. Communities served
are Windthorst, Scotland, Joy, Bluegrove,
Lake Kickapoo, and Lake Arrowhead.
The $1,024,000 project will require about
180 days to complete, and work is
scheduled to begin within 60-90 days.
Humpert said the project was being
undertaken to update and improve the
communication service.
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