Wellington Leader (Newspaper) - January 14, 1988, Wellington, Texas EMPIRE MICRO PUBLISHING BOX 816423 TX 75234 BEST AVAILABLE COPY 12 Pages Volume For SeventyEight Years a Builder In Collingsworth County Collingsworth Texas 79095 January 50 Cents Number 26 WISD Reviews Personnel Studies Annual Evaluation Extremes The extremes of weather in County in the past few days is evidenced by this drain pipe on a downtown At left it is frozen solid as temperatures dipped to as as 2 degrees last but just five days later water flows freely R from melting snow on the roof after a warming trend appeared Monday and But residents neednt cold weather is in the Rockets On AllState Team Long Earn Defensive Positions Two football players and have completed their high slot and second team defensive line Wellington have earned school while Del Smith of Panhandle won additional selected Standing 64 and tipping the a wide receiver spot on the first Class 2A team of scales at 220 Pennon was V among the leading in An evaluation of Wellington Independent School District Lawrence business and other employees with February dates has been continued by trustees for another week when a special session will be conducted to complete the The evaluations began Monday at a regular meeting of the school board following completion of several other items including acceptance of the annual performance building renovations and accepting a grant for library Wards evaluation and those of other personnel were conducted in an executive session which lasted approximately four hours before trustees decided at 2 to extend the meeting to 18 at when another executive session will be held to complete the The who is being evaluated for the third said approximately half the session was conducted without his presence and during the remainder of the time he discussed items with the board and responded to their We must talk about a whole year of Ward and it is not unusual for these discussions to take a considerable amount of Details of executive sessions arc not public information although trustees will use information from the closed meeting to determine board actions when acting on contract renewals extensions during a later open all members reviewed with Ward the annual performance report mandated by suite laws and which included a comparison of WISD with other school districts in Texas of a similar The evaluation includes statistical reports on each school curriculum and financial Ward told the board before the report was unanimously that the local school district is performing below capabilities and numerous changes had been implemented to help the district better achieve its Of approximately school WISD should be ranked above 600 to Ward but this is not the case at the present We arc in the lower half but arc working hard to change the superintendent Were not a bad school by any but theres room for Counselor Wanda also presented a report on the Texas Assessment of Minimum Skills TEAMS testing for students in 11 th the test which determines if they have learned enough of the basics to graduate next The test includes sections on mathematics and the language arts and students must attain passing grades before they receive high school Of the 48 students tested in 65 percent or 31 students passed both tests while 11 failed at least one test and six failed both Arthur Pennon and Brad Long were among those elite from Texas selected by coaches to have a spot onthe Texas 2A announced last were selected to defensive team positions on the second team although both also served time on the offensive unit of the 1987 District 22A Championship Skyrocket football The WHS seniors said they found out about their selection Sunday when the all district list to an Amarillo a real Long said learning of his a comment which Pennon said he agreed with as I knew I had been nominated but didnt think 1 would especially second Were sure proud of Coach James Williams They deserve the honors and this recognizes our 1987 team and its members for their accomplishments in the past Pennon and Long arc seniors Olan Shorty Lowe Announces For Constable Shorty Lowe filed as a candidate for the office ol Constable of Precinct 1 during the recent filing Lowe said that he lias had experience in law as he is a former jailer and dispatcher and as a reserve having served under former Sheriff Kenneth He is now night watchman for the City of he was a truck driver for Cudd for Kenyard and for an auto transport company out of Kansas Lowe said he was born and raised in Collingsworth County and has lived here most of this 1 invite the voters of Collingsworth County to discuss my and to discuss any question they about the he Lowe also said began contacting all voters of the starting as soon as the weather Constables Precinct 1 includes all of Collingsworth County except three small areas designated as precincts 3 and District 22A lulling the century mark in that department including 25 sacks of the opposing team a 140 was cited for his quickness and ability to diagnose plays from his defensive back as well as his knack for picking off key interceptions knocking passes away from intended The Wellington players were the only District 22A on the allstate squad which finished second in District placed two members on the team which knocked the Rockets from playoffs with a last minute errant touchdown Tommy who did not play against was named to the first team quarterback Livestock Show Set For 23 The Collingsworth County Junior Livestock Show will be held The swine show will start at 1 This will be followed by the steer There will be three classes of market All the hogs will be weighed and then divided into three There will be three classes of There will be one class of American The other steers will be weighed and divided into two Ronald county judge of Donley County will be the He has judged many state and regional slock shows including the shorthorn cattle at the Dixie National Show at last and ihc steer show at the Tulsa Suite This year arrangements arc being by a slock show which includes Mark president of Wellington Frank executive vice president of City State Martin and Earl plus help from numerous adult The show will be at the indoor Wilson one mile north of Wellingtons selections to the 198788 AllState Class 2A football Arthur Pennon L and Brad share a football and each other congratulations on their selections to he team which was announced early this Volunteer Ambulance Service Lost Per Call During 1987 For the first time in its 16 years of Collingsworth Volunteer service ended 1987 with its finances in the Marshall Peters told members and guests at the annual meeting and The largest crowd in a number of years was The loss amounted to approximately per ambulance Peters then pointed out that this is largely dueto the number of transients and other needy who were transported but simply did not have the pay for the The ambulance service made 176 runs during Corky Bowen went on the most ambulance County Judge Zook speaking in behalf of the to the ambulance service for what is has done for the A musical program was presented by the made up of Joe Shane Smith and Jeanice with Louise Peters as Three directors were reelected Morene Jimmie and Peters was elected president to succeed Jimmie Barber and Margaret Vines was reelected Five new members were introduced Deputy Sheriff Tim Margaret Joe The David and Rosemary There are two things our people need to Peters One of these is the per run loss after all expenses are Our equipment needs and we will have to get a new ambulance some time during the next During the coming year the ambulance service will place emphasis on the financial situation of the It will also address the addition of members and a new This is down from last year when 29 of 41 or 71 percent received passing grades on both tests with seven failing only one and five failing This is consistent with state wide results released for the same by the Texas Education Scores were up but ihc statewide passing average had dropped 14 points on ihc maih icsl bul were unchanged on the Cardwell pointed lhal the students with failing grades will have another chance lo ihc failed lesls in May and two more chances as They must pass Ihe lests before graduation and most in the local schools have in the past managed lo allain passing grades on laier also accepted a n agreement on the Amarillo Area Foundation grant for the library building fund This can only be used for construction of the a lo which Ihe board readily What hope is Ihe final adjustment to an honor graduate policy was also possibly pulling lo rest a problem which has been discussed at most board in the past eight also agreed lo Ihe next regular seeking bids on and repair of Ihe high school building where brick has become will be drawn up before lhal meeling and a lisl of so bids can be approved for the February Chamber Seeking Nominations People of Collingsworth County will nominate the recipients of the 1988 Chamber of Commerce Sales and Service Award and the directors decided in their regular meeting Those who know someone they would like to honor with one of those two annual awards should write a sketch of the nominees activities which the nominator believes would make him or her the right person for this Specific examples of Ihe persons work or his activities or his cither to individuals or to the county should be The sketch of the persons life should be mailed to the Chamber of These awards will be given at the annual chamber of commerce and the deadline for making nominations is The chamber board will make the final selections from among those The chamber board also set the dale of the annual banquet as March in Bura Community The chamber gives a third the Outstanding The recipient of the award is selected by Salt Fork Soil and Water Conservation The board voted Monday that there will not be a banquet but entertainment will be drawn from within the It is a good time to showcase Collingsworth the board members The banquet meal will be provided by Country owned by Juliana and The price of tickets will be Tommy Hudson will bein charge of the speaker A tentative list of 1988 officers and three directors to servo terms was drawn up and will be announced as soon as
