HOUSING LENDER 18 ALL AROUND WISE, Decatur, Texas, Thursday, December 11, 2008 BUSINESS WISE COUNTY Sales tax revenue up for most of county Only one city in <strong>Wise</strong> ounty is experiencing a deline in sales tax compared o a year ago and just two ities showed a decline in ctober. Lake Bridgeport’s sales ax, at $19,897 for the year, s 20 percent less than the ity had received this time ast year. However, the city’s ctober rebate, $3,594, is p 59 percent over October 007. Chico’s October payment f $59,357, is 32 percent less han the October 2007 reate. For the year, Chico is p 41 percent, at $577,036. ewark’s October payment f $6,542 is down 4 percent rom this time last year but he city’s year-to-date payent of $63,595 reflects an 8 ercent increase over 2007. Bridgeport continues to ead the county is sales tax ebates with $439,239 in ctober, a 30 percent inrease over last October. or the year, Bridgeport is p 34 percent at more than BOYD $4 million. Decatur earned $355,745 in October, up 8 percent over last year. The city’s year-to-date total is $3.5 million, up 9 percent over 2007 at this time. <strong>Wise</strong> <strong>County</strong>’s share of the sales tax amounted to $488,057 in October, up 16 percent over a year ago. The RAY AARON INSURANCE AGENCY ocation: 430 W. Rock Island, Boyd hone: (940) 433-8470 ours: 8:30-5:30 wner/Management: Ray Aaron roducts/Services: complete line of insurance including ome, auto, commercial, life and health county’s year-to-date total is $4.7 million, up 19 percent over last year. October sales tax collections and November allocations represent September sales reported to the state comptroller in October by monthly tax filers and July, August and September sales reproted to the comptroller in October by quarterly tax filers. Statewide, sales tax collections grew in the first two months of fiscal 2008 but at a slower rate than seen over the past three years. RAY AARON — The South <strong>Wise</strong> <strong>County</strong> Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting Dec. 3 for Ray Aaron Insurance Agency in Boyd, represented by (from left) Rusty Aaron, Ray Aaron and Tricia Lampkin. John Winder, D.D.S., Inc. F A M I L Y D E N T I S T RY 5 0 1 S . W A S H B U R N • D E C A T U R 940-627-2514 Twilight Left to right: Roy Kindrick, D.D.S., M.S.D Travis Caddell, D.D.S. Paige Winder, D.D.S. John Winder, D.D.S. Timothy Casey, D.D.S. Movies START Friday, Dec. 12 Movies & Times Subject To Change!!! Movie Line 940-627-5522 Fri .................................................................. 4:30 ........... 7:00 ........9:30 Sat .............................................. 2:00........... 4:30 ........... 7:00 ........9:30 Sun ............................................. 2:00........... 4:30 ........... 7:00 Mon - Thurs. ................................................. 4:30 ........... 7:00 The Day the Earth Stood Still Fri .................................................................. 4:30 ........... 7:10 ........9:30 Sat .............................................. 2:10........... 4:40 ........... 7:10 ........9:30 Sun ............................................. 2:10........... 4:40 ........... 7:10 Mon - Thurs. ................................................. 4:30 ........... 7:00 Bolt Fri .................................................................. 4:30 ........... 7:15 ........9:30 Sat .............................................. 2:15........... 4:45 ........... 7:15 ........9:30 Sun ............................................. 2:15........... 4:45 ........... 7:15 Mon - Thurs. ................................................. 4:30 ........... 7:15 Coming Dec. 19 “Yes Man” FM 51 South, Decatur • 940-627-5522 • Box Office Opens at 1:30 p.m. $7 Adults ~ $5 Seniors, Children 11 & under & Matinee • www.geocities.com/plazacinema3 WEATHER R O Mortgage rates are on the EFI PPORTUNITY move. This could be an excellent opportunity to refinance your existing mortgage. Potential home buyers could also benefit from the current low mortgage interest rates. North Texas Bank offers N a local, reliable, trusted A source for all of your mortgage needs, including home purchase and refinancing. N Let one of our experienced lenders – Dwight Reeves, CI Andrew Rottner or Mortgage Specialist Missy McKinney-Johnson – review your specific situation to determine if a refinance makes financial sense for you. N Hometown G Lending At Its Best 940.627.8767 661 W. Thompson at Hwy. 51 South in Decatur www.northtxbank.com 6-DAY 7-DAY FORECAST FOR WISE COUNTY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Fast, Responsive, Helpful, Cloudy, a little rain; cooler www. Local! northtxbank 54° 27° RF: 46° RF: .com 10° RF: 44° RF: 18° RF: 56° RF: 24° RF: 57° RF: 24° RF: 60° RF: 40° RF: 63° RF: 43° RF: 61° RF: 39° RF: The exclusive AccuWeather.com RealFeel Temperature® is an index that combines the effects of temperature, wind, humidity, sunshine intensity, cloudiness, precipitation, pressure and elevation on the human body — everything that affects how warm or cold a person really feels. Shown are the highest and lowest values for each day. UV INDEX Daily Highest Forecast 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low 3-5 Moderate 6-7 High 8-10 Very High 11+ Extreme WEEKLY ALMANAC Denton through Sunday, December 7 Temperature Last week’s high/low 72°/22° Normal high/low 58°/37° Average temperature 42.3° Normal average temperature 47.9° Precipitation (in inches) Total for the week 0.00” Total for the month 0.00” Total for the year 27.26” Normal for the month 0.63” Normal for the year 35.86” LAKE STAGES As of 7 a.m. Sunday (in feet) Lake Full Pool Elevation Change Possum King L. 1000 997.67 -0.01 L. Bridgeport 836 828.54 -0.01 RIVER LEVELS As of 7 a.m. Sunday (in feet) River Flood stage Level Change West Fork of the Trinity Jacksboro 20 3.80 -0.02 near Boyd 16 5.46 -0.03 Big Sandy Creek Bridgeport 12 2.67 -0.19 SUN & MOON Plenty of sunshine 47° 27° The Sun Rise Set Tuesday 7:22 a.m. 5:23 p.m. Wednesday 7:23 a.m. 5:23 p.m. Thursday 7:24 a.m. 5:24 p.m. Friday 7:25 a.m. 5:24 p.m. Saturday 7:25 a.m. 5:24 p.m. Sunday 7:26 a.m. 5:24 p.m. Monday 7:27 a.m. 5:25 p.m. The Moon Rise Set Tuesday 2:39 p.m. 3:52 a.m. Wednesday 3:24 p.m. 5:04 a.m. Thursday 4:19 p.m. 6:19 a.m. Friday 5:24 p.m. 7:31 a.m. Saturday 6:36 p.m. 8:36 a.m. Sunday 7:51 p.m. 9:32 a.m. Monday 9:04 p.m. 10:17 a.m. Full Last New First Dec 12 Dec 19 Dec 27 Jan 4 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2008 Brought to you by... Milder with plenty of sunshine 59° 33° WICHITA FALLS 51/28 GRAHAM 52/25 JACKSBORO 52/26 Shown is Tuesday’s weather. Temperatures are Tuesday’s highs and Tuesday night’s lows. NATIONAL OUTLOOK HENRIETTA 51/28 FRIDAY Sunny to partly cloudy 61° 40° SATURDAY Very windy; mostly sunny 66° 50° DECATUR 54/27 MINERAL WELLS 54/28 FORT WORTH 54/30 WEATHERFORD PALO PINTO 54/29 55/29 STEPHENVILLE 55/26 COMANCHE 59/29 WAURIKA 49/25 <strong>BRIDGEPORT</strong> 54/28 MONTAGUE 52/29 GLEN ROSE 54/29 RHOME 56/30 MERIDIAN 62/28 627-8767 www.northtxbank.com EQUAL CLEBURNE 59/30 ARDMORE 52/30 GAINESVILLE 53/29 DENTON 54/28 HILLSBORO 65/30 WACO 63/35 SUNDAY Very windy; cloudy, showers around 68° 49° DALLAS 57/31 SHERMAN 55/27 MCKINNEY 59/28 WAXAHACHIE 62/31 DURANT 54/29 30 MONDAY Cloudy, a shower in the afternoon 65° 44° BONHAM 58/27 KAUFMAN 64/31 CORSICANA 63/32 Temperatures 12/9 - 12/15 Precipitation 12/9 - 12/15 GREENVILLE 61/29 ATHENS 65/31 FAIRFIELD 68/31
Carrier Route Presort BULK RATE U.S. POSTAGE PAID Decatur, TX Permit No. 88 THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2008 WISE COUNTY MESSENGER NEWARK Cookies with Santa The Newark Volunteer Fire Department hosted Cookies with Santa Saturday, inviting the community to come enjoy some sweet treats and a chance to go over their Christmas lists. At right, Angelina Sanchez of Saginaw, in town to visit her grandparents, Billie and Martha Jennings of Newark, picks out some chocolate chip cookies. Below, Rocky, owned by Amy Cromer, dressed in festive attire for the event. <strong>Messenger</strong> photos by Julie Duty ALVORD • AURORA • BOYD • <strong>BRIDGEPORT</strong> • CHICO • DECATUR • GREENWOOD • NEWARK • NEW FAIRVIEW • PARADISE • RHOME • RUNAWAY BAY •SLIDELL
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