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PAGE TWO—CHEROKEEAN/HERALD OF RUSK, TEXAS—THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1989
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Propositions reviewed
This is the second in a series to
provide voters with information
about the 21 proposed constitutional
Amendments which will be on the
ballot for decision Nov. 7. First five
of the proposed amendments were
reviewed in last week's paper. This
week, we are reviewing proposed
amendments 6-11.
Proposition 6: This amendment
is for those areas, located within
hospital-districts. It would let the
Legislature tell local hospital dis-
trict boards whether they would
serve two year or four year terms.
Seven years ago, voters gave the
Legislature the same power over
water districts. Another hospital-
district item, Proposition 16, will be
discussed in a later issue.
Hospital district board members
serve two year terms under the
requirements of the Constitution.
ThiB proposed amendment provides
a specific exception by authorizing
the Legislature to set the terms of
board members at not more than
four years.
Supporters for the amendment
say the amendment would allow
hospital district to hold its elections
at the same time elections of other
governmental entities (governing
bodies of comities, water districts
and most municipalities) with terri-
tory in common with the district are
held, therefore saving money.
Those againBt the amendment say
that by increasing the board mem-
bers' terms to four years, it would
decrease the public's control over a
district and decrease the members'
accountability to the public. The
constitutional two-year limit on
terras of office should be completely
removed rather than adding to the
extended list of exceptions to that
provision.
Proposition 7 will shorten the
oral oath of office taken by elected
officials, but require a separate
sworn no-bribery statement. The
ballot la nguage makes it sounds like
something new. The written oath
will be filed by prospective officers
with the Secretary of State before
taking office.
Those in favor of the amendment
say the denial ofbribery provision is
outdated and inappropriate for the
spoken oath taken in settings such
as opening day ceremonies in both
chambers of the legislature and the
official convening of presidential
electors to cast Texas' votes for
president and vice-president. The
proposed amendment would en-
hance the dignity of swearing in
ceremonies for Texas officials while
preserving in a written statement
the substance of the bribery denial.
The proposed oath would be half as
long as the current oath and similar
to the 35 word oath taken by the
president of the United states and
the oaths taken by officials in most
other states.
Those against the amendment
maintain that the denial ofbribery
has been a part of the official oath
for more than 100 years and there is
no cogent reason to change a tradi-
tional oath that has served the public
well for that time. They say in times
of increasing concern about the in-
tegrity of public officials, retaining
an oral oath that denies bribery
serveB to reassure the public and to
remind elected and appointed offi-
cials of their duty to preserve the
integrity of their offices.
Proposition 8 will provide an
additional $400 million in General
Obligation Bonds for new construc-
tion or renovation of prison, youth
correction and mental-health facili-
ties, plus giving the Department ol
Public Safety the money to pur-
chase the Austin school District's
next door administration building.
An amendment adopted in 1987,
authorized the legislature to pro-
vide for the issuance of up to $500
million in General Obligation Bonds
for the same purpose.
Supporters say the bonds would
allow the state to comply with fed-
eral court orders and avoid costly
penalties and perform duties neces-
sary to provide an efficient and
coordinated statewide law enforce-
ment program. The bonds would
reduce the amount of general reve-
nue spending for the current fiscal
biennium. The state must meet its
obligation to provide adequate fa-
cilities for inmates and mentally
retarded patients for the general
welfare of the state and must pro-
vide its residents with an efficient
law enforcement program. The pro-
ceeds of the general obligation bonds
would provide the necessary re-
sources to help the state meet that
obligation.
Those against the amendment
maintain that the state is relying
too heavily on bonded indebtedness
to solve its fiscal responsibilities at
the present and this may lead to
financial problems in the future.
Interest that the State will have to
pay on the general obligation bonds
sold under the provision of this
proposed amendment will increase
the revenue responsibilities of the
state which is experiencing serious
financial difficulties. Reforms en-
acted during the 71st legislature
may reduce the need for expanded
facilities.
Proposition 9 will allow the Leg-
islature to combine state agencies
that confine or supervise criminals,
set standards for or gather informa-
tion about the administration of
criminal justice.This will allow for
the separation of powers doctrine to
be eliminated in the organization of
criminal related agencies.
Supporters say this will replace
bureaucracies with one central
criminal justice authority and im-
prove coordination, planning and
accountability in the criminal jus-
tice system. Those against the
amendment maintain that the
criminal justice division provides
checks and balances to protect the
rights of persons convicted of crimes.
This will weaken those safeguards.
Proposition 10 will allow the
legislature to enact laws requiring
courts to inform juries about the
effect of good conduct time and eligi-
bility for parole or mandatory super-
vision on the period of incarcora-
tion served by a defendant convicted
of a crime.
Supporters say that juries are
often influenced by their percep-
tions about parole and good conduct
time laws and based on misconcep-
tions, impose prison terms that are
too long or too short. This will allow
for more rational sentences.Those
against the amendment say this
information will do nothing but
confuse juries, leadingto more hung
juries or to efforts to impose longer
prison sentences and contribute to
prison overcrowding. Under Texas
law, a conviction can be reversed on
appeal if jurors discuss the possibil-
ity of parole when they determine
the length of the sentence.
Proposition 11 will replace the
existing per diem payment of $30
for members of the legislature when
the legislature is in session with a
provision tying the amount of the
per diem payment to an amount
equal to the maximum allowed a
legislator as a deduction for living
expenses during a legislative day
for federal income tax purposes.
Those for the amendment say
living expenses in Austin have in-
creased dramatically, as well as
inflation.By tying this to the federal
tax deduction allowance for legisla-
tors' living expenses, the per diem
should reflect a more realistic ac-
commodation to actual living costs.
Only 14 states pay less than Texas.
Those against the amendment say
the existing law is satisfactory to off
set ordinary living expenses during
the legislative session At $30 a day,
a legislator receives approximately
$900 per month in addition to the
regular salary. The amendment
would increase the salary to about
$2,430 per month.The amendment
would remove voter approval over
future increases and will allow the
per diem to be set by federal law.
. (For the benefit of those who
leek more information, a de-
tailed analysis of the 21 propos-
als is available at this publica-
tion's office. Next week, a re-
view of Amendments 12-16 will
be presented.)
—Cherokee County—
Sheriff's Report
Cherokee County Sheriff Jimmy
Dickson stated that the Cherokee
County Sheriffs Department an-
swered 83 calls during the report-
ing period of Oct. 8 through 14, and
filed 25 offense reports.
Offenses reported were five bur-
glary of habitation, one burglary of
building, one burglary of vehicle,
three theft, one assault/family vio-
lence, three criminal trespass, two
criminal mischief, one aggravated
assault, one terroristic throat, one
forgery, one telephone harassment,
one runaway, one stolen vehicle,
one theft of service, one missing
person, one indecency with a child,
and one evading/resisting arrest.
Sheriff Dickson stated that dur-
ing the reporting period, the Chero-
kee County Sheriffs Department
recovered a 1980 Ford pickup that
had been stolen from Nacogdoches.
This vehicle was recovered in the
Wells area.
In other activity, the Cherokee
county Sheriffs Department .ar-
rested Paul Taylor of Jacksonville
for felony criminal mischief, evad-
ing and resisting arrest. Mr. Taylor
was charged after he did more than
$750 damage to a New Hope resi-
dence. When officers attempted to
arrest Mr. Taylor, he rah into the
woods. When officers caught him,
he fought officers as they were trying
to arrest him.
In other activity, the Cherokee
County Sheriffs Department recov-
ered a 1984 Ford Mustang GT that
had been stolen from L&L Ford of
Rusk in March, 1988. This vehicle
had been buried, with approxi-
mately two feet of dirt over the
vehicle, in a rural area off FM 13
near Troup.
Sheriff Dickson stated that Dep-
uty Tom Haddock had completed
training of the Drug Abuse Resis-
tance Education (DARE) program
and efforts will be made to get the
program underway.
Singletary
Memorial Library
By: Peggy McArthur
LIBRARY HOURS: Monday 1-6
p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday 12 a.m. - 5 p.m.
STORY TIME ¡Wednesday 10:30
- 11:15, preschoolers, ages three to
five. The Oct. 25 program will be
"The Vanishing Pumpkin."
NEW BOOKSi
A novel, Louisa Elliott, Ann
Elizabeth Roberts - a love story that
takes place in nineteenth-century
England.
Majestic, Whitley Strieber - Fact
and fiction blend reconstructing
what might have taken place in a
New Mexico UFO incident.
The Blood Star, Nicholas Guild
- A novel of grand adventure, love
and war set in ancient Assyria.
Hearts and Hands: The Influ-
ence of Women and Quilts on
American Society, shows us how
women crated an art form from the
fabric of their lives. These stitched
fabrics are a history of American
life. My mother taught me to quilt,
it was a yearly ritual in her family.
Memories were brought back to me
of sitting around those wooden
frames listening to the talk of kin-
folk events, and taking breaks to
eat the best coffee-cakes anyone
could ever bake.
It is now well past last
weekend...and we hope you're still
smiling! The cool crispness of fall
air puts a bounce in the walk in the
UT victory over Oklahoma added
its bit of 'happy' for football fans
Saturday in Dallas!
"Annie" concluded with mixed
emotion. Participants are ex-
hausted. But...now comes the ad-
justment of trying to figure out
what to do with all that
time...and getting back to the
original, familiar routine.
Theirs was a magnificent con-
tribution to this area's Indian
Summer Festival entertain-
ment. Again, to all Cherokee
Civic Theatre participants,
"well donet"
Wrapping the memories of our
recent successes around us, like a
blanket, it is a cozy, warm, good
feeling. It puts one in a philosophi-
cal mood.. .for thinking thoughts that
inspire even greater creativity.
To share some works of wis-
dom given to us by others, let
me begin with the following. "He
who has begun his task has half
done it." Credit this to Horace.
Like me, are you stiU putting off
"spring" housecleaning? Maybe
the garage?
"Begin difficult things while they
are easy. Do great things when they
are small. The difficult things of the
world must once have been easy;
the great things must once have
been small...a thousand mile jour-
ney begins with one step." These are
the words of Lao-Tse.
"There are many who are liv-
ing far below their possibilities
because they are continually
handing over their individuali-
ties to others. Do you want to be
a power in the world? Then be
yourself. Be true to the highest
within your soul and then allow
Thaddeus Beall Chapter
of DAR reviews resolutions
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Spring Fónimi. ÍbUBaek!
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yjtSet ready to re-set your clock8...bacg0ct 28 j
By: John Allen Templeton
Resolutions adopted by the Na-
tional Society, Daughters of the
American Revolution (NSDAR)
during its 98th Continental Con-
gress were reviewed for the Major
Thaddeus Beall Chapter of the or-
ganization in its meeting Thursday
in the farm home of Mrs. Philip
Pavletich near Jacksonville.
Mrs. George Cravy reviewed the
resolutions, explaining that the
Congress expressed rededication to
George Washington who, on April
30,1789, placed his hand on a Bible
and took the oath of office as Presi-
dent of the United States. He swore
to preserve, protect, and defend the
Constitution. "At the Bicentennial
of the Inauguration of this great
man, the first President of the
United States, and 200 yeare after
the first Presidential inauguration,
we, hiB beneficiaries, look back in
gratitude to him for his sacrifices,
his determination, and his leader-
ship as our nation took its first steps
as a Constitutional Republic," Mrs.
Cravy said.
The resolutions adopted by the
Continental Congress and reviewed
by Mrs. Cravy:
For Salo; United State? of Amer-
ica — Delegates resolved to protest
federal deficit spending and to call
for limitations on foreign owner-
ship of America, realizing that an
insolvent nation vulnerable to the
will of foreign interests is a nation
no longer in control of its financial
destiny.
Medicare Catastrophic Coverage
Act of 1988 — Inform themselves
and alert others to the financial
burden the act will impose on the
elderly, contact their Congressmen
demanding that it be amended to
make enrollment voluntary or that
it be repealed.
1990 Cenaus-Redistricting — In
an effort to protect the Constitu-
tional right of lawful citizens to fair
representation, oppose same-day
voter registration and demand that
the Census Bureau terminate
immediately all plans to include
illegal aliens in the 1990 Census for
the purpose of Congressional reap-
portionment.
History and Geography - Not
"Social Stadfea" — Advocate a re-
turn to high educational standards
with a core curriculum of tradition-
ally-required subjects and texts that
emphasize world Geography and
history of the United States of
America and Western civilization.
Financing Soviet Eire Nations—
Urge Congress to prohibit United
States taxpayer-guaranteed insti-
tutions from granting credits and
unsecured, unrestricted loans un-
der preferential terms to Soviet Bloc
countries, and to deny Most Fa-
vored Nation status and member-
ship to Western financial organiza-
tions.
Strip Mining the Sea — Inform
Congressmen of the economic and
ecological destruction caused by the
illegal interception of marine life on
the high seas by Afliandriftnetfleets,
urge a strong stand to protect the
fishing of the Pacific Coast and the
resources on which they are based,
and urge the strict enforcement of
laws to halt the devastating strip
mining of the seas.
II. a. Technology Giveaway —
Recognize that high-technology
supremacy is essential to national
security and support legislation and
executive otders to halt all loans,
grants, technology sales and trans-
fere to the Soviet Unicn and its
comrades in arms; and examine
carefully all high-technology exports
to countries which might prove to be
a conduit to the Soviet Union; and
cancel the proposes FSX fighter
plane co-development project with
Japan.
Government-Premedi-
tataxl Merger — Members should
inform themselves and alert others
to the insidious aims of America's
unelected "shadow government,"
Council on Foreign Relations, and
Trilateral Commission whose inter-
nationalist goals are directed con-
sistently toward the destruction of
the United States of America as a
sovereign nation.
Immigration - the Silent Invasion
—Urge Congress to strengthen and
tighten laws relating to the influx of
aliens, commitsufficient manpower
and resources to enforce the law in
order to reclaim control of our bor-
ders, and adopt a foreign policy
which encourages a free market
economy in Central America to al-
low those citizens to remain in their
native lands.
Glasnogt/Pwegtroika — Urge
members, friends, and elected rep-
resentatives to remember that all
previous periods of Soviet reform
have cost the Untied States of
America dearly and those who fail
to heed the errors of the past are
condemned to repeat them.
Save SDI — Alert the public to
the fact that eminent scientists warn
that without any defense against
missileB we are imperiling our free-
dom and risking surrender to nu-
clear blackmail, and insist that the
United State Congress restore nec-
essary funding for testing and de-
ploying the Strategic Defense Ini-
tiative.
Support for the NSDAR National
Pefenag Committee — Recognize
and recommend the contributions
of the National Defense Committee
to the DAR members and to the
nation to further the objectives of
this Society; to perpetuate the
memory and spirit of the men and
women who achieved American in-
dependence; to promote an enlight-
ened public opinion; and to foster
patriotic citizenship.
Reaffirmation of past resolutions
of the Society included (1) Soviet
Expansion in the Arctic-Continued
Encirclement (1988); (2) Panama
(1988); (3) South Africa - Strategic
Prize in the East-West Struggle
(1987); (4) Parental Rights (1866);
(5) Federal Day Care (1988); (6)
Mandated Parental Leave (1988);
(7) the United States Constitution
vs. Constitutional Convention
(1985).
Discussing the United States
Constitution vs. the Constitutional
Convention in her National Defense
Reports, Mrs. Seymour Todd urged
members to inform themselves and
others of the subversive intent of
groups such as the Committee on
the Constitutional System; to warn
the public that the desired goal of a
balanced budget does not justify
risking our Constitution; urge that
any amendment to the Constitution
be adopted by the traditional proc-
ess which has resulted in 26 amend-
ments; to oppose the call for a Con-
stitutional Convention, recognizing
that the real issue is not a Balanced
Budget Amendment but that the
real issue for such a convention is
the integrity of the Constitution.
Mrs. Todd is National Defense
Committee chairman of the Chap-
ter.
Mrs. V. F. Tolbert, chaplain,
opened the meeting with Scripture
reading and a prayer. Mrs. M. A.
Hartman read the President
General's message from the current
issue of the PAR Magazine.
Miss Ruth Alexander led the
Pledge of Allegiance to the United
States flag, the Preamble of the
Constitution of the United States,
and The American's Creed. Mrs.
Jimmie H. Cone led group singing of
"The Star Spangled Banner."
The Chaffer's next meeting will
be on Nov. 9 at the Staton Family
Center when Mrs. Gary Arnett, Mrs.
H. E. Waldrop, Mrs. H. L. Bell, Mrs.
J. L. Faulinberry, Mrs. Cecil Terry,
and Mrs. Claude Wilson will be
hostesses. Hostesses for the Thurs-
day meeting were Mrs. Pavletich,
Mrs. Hayden Brown, Mrs. Raymond
West, Mrs. Roland Offord, and Mrs.
0. E. Sparkman.
you:-self to be governed by no
customs or conventionalities or
arbitrary man-made rule* that
are not founded on principle."
This is the advice of Ralph Waldo
Trine. Mr. Trine must have been
close kin to, or at least his par-
ents admired, Ralph Waldo
Emerson...and thus his name!
Here's one from a contemporary
that bears remembering. Robert H.
Schuller says, "You didn't think
when you got up this morning that
this would be the day your life would
change, did you? But it's going to
happen because the only thing that
stands between you and grand suc-
cess in living are these two things:
Getting started and never quitting.
You can solve your biggest problem
by getting started, right here and
now."
"The rung of a ladder was
never meant to rest upon, but
only to hold a man's foot long
enough to enable him to put the
other somewhat higher," Tho-
mas Henry Huxley.
President Theodore Roosevelt íb
well recalled for his "speak softly
and cany a big stick" philosophy.
But did you know he said this: *lt is
not the critic that counts; not the
man who points out how the strong
man stumbled or where the doer of
deedB could have done them better.
The credit belongs to the man who is
actually in the arena; whose face is
marred by dust and sweat and blood;
who strives valiantly; who errs, and
comes short again and again, be-
cause there is no effort without error
and shortcomings, who does actu-
ally try to do the deed; who knows
the great enthusiasm, the great
devotion, and spends himself in a
worthy cause; who, at the worst, if
he fails, at least fails while daring
greatly.
"Far better it is to dare mighty
things, to win glorious triumphs
even though checkered by fail-
ure, than to rank with those poor
spirits who neither enjoy nor
suffer much because they live
in the gray twilight that know
neither victory nor defeat."
Now...that should provide enough
food-for-thought-motivation for us
to finish the week! So until next
week? -mw
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Chamber
reports
festival's
success
By: LOUISE MORRISS
The Annual Indian Summer Arts
and Crafts Fair is over for another
year. Even after 21 yeare it seems to
be more successful each year. This
year waB no exception in spite of the
rain that fell through out the day on
Saturday.
Only three of the 71 exhibitors
who had registered, failed to be on
hand for the event. All of the exhib-
itors were very complimentary of
the hospitality shown to them by
the people of Rusk. The Arts and
Crafts Fair is the major fund rais-
ing project that the Chamber of
Commerce has each year. An excess
of $4,000 was made to help fundV
other programs and projects through
out the year.
It takes a lot of time and effort
from a great group of people to put
the fair together. There was just
such a group this year. Robert
Gonzalez, Arts and Crafts Fair
chairman, kept things rolling on
schedule. Virginia Penney did a
great job of keeping the office under
control. The foot booth was success-
fully managedby Anita Ocker. Patti
White had a great line-up of enter-
tainment. We want to thank each
and every person who helped with
the arts and crafts fair.
Several people went beyond the
call of duty, working in the rain to
make the fair the success that it
was. These brave people were Gay
Powell, Del Cox, Sylverine Cleve-
land, Linda Beard, Marilyn
Campbell, Estell Ham, Charlotte
Dixon, Nancy Minns, Carmen Dot-
son, Margaret Speck, Opal Fitts,
JackMorriss, James Campbell, Ken
Smith and Laura Smith.
Others who so graciously helped
were Margaret Porter, Linda Tosh,
Mary Rasberry, Glenda Johnson,
Candace Reneau, Marie Sales,
Marie Paul Cox, Bessie Lunsford,
Ethel Pledger, Pollie Maneas, Mary
Littlejohn, Will Cumbee, Irma Von
Doenhoff, Connye Guy, Flossie
Nixson, George Dodd, Glen Stanley,
HaroldPorter,AllenGilchrest,Jack
White, Ken Miller, Carolyn Webb,.
Zane Webb, the servicemen from
Southwestern Electric and several
individuals from the Texas High-
way Department.
A ladies watch, a pair of sun
glasses and a necklace were found
on the fair grounds. These items
may be identified at the Chamber
office.
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