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Rusk:
Home of the
Texas State Railroad
State Historical Park
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Established Feb. 27, 1850 as the Cherokee Sentinel — Texas' Oldest, Continuously Published Weekly Newspaper
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Caddoan Mounds
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Vol. 142, No. 33 - 16 Pages
Thursday, September 20, 1990
Rusk, Texas 75785 25 cents.
Committee asks City's help on Main St. project
Members of the Make It Happen
Committee met with the Rusk City
Council Thursday evening to ask
for the city's three-year commitment
to allow the committee to apply for
Main Street status and to hire a
full-time Main Street Coordinator.
The request will be on the agenda
for the next council meeting on Oct.
11.
"We are asking for a commitment
at this time," Steve Guy told the
council. "It may be the next budget
year before it's time to hire a coordi-
nator," he said.
"Those of you who have worked
with me on various projects know
that I admire history and those who
carefully study the past. You know
that I believe history repeats itself
and that the person who under-
stands this is the one best prepared
for the road ahead.
"But, there is a danger created by
that old saying, because another old
saying is that 'memory dims with
New flags
will be
presented
New United States and Texas
flags for the flag pole on the court-
house lawn in Rusk will be prv
sented to the Cherokee County Com-
missioners Court in a brief cere-
mony Sept. .24 at 10 a.m. by the
Cherokee County Historical Com-
mission.
The new flags will replace those
given to the count^it the same time
'the flag pole was presented in a
vceremony Feb. 19, 1986, as part of
the historical commission's Texas
3psquicentennial observance. The
flag pole atop the courthouse was
abandoned when radio equipment
was installed on the courthouse roof
years earlier.
The old flags from the flag pole
will b£ given to the Rusk Museum
by the historical commission.
Mrs. L. E. Martin of Jacksonville,
project chairman for the historical
commission, will present the new
flags to County Judge Emmett H.
Whitehead in behalf of the histori-
cal commission. George Dodd of
(Jacksonville, Commission vice
chairman, will give the invocation.
Rusk Boy Scout troop members will
raise the new flags immediately
after the presentation.
When the flag pole and flags were
presented in 1986, Mrs. Henry Rose
of Alto, a Commission member,
made the dedicatory address em-
phasizing the history of the flags
and the fact that the presentation
was being made on Texas Statehood
Day, the anniversary of the date on
which Texas entered the United
States as a new state after having
been a Republic. That ceremony
attracted more than 1,000 people.
Mrs. Martin, Dodd, and James H.
Cromwell of Rusk, Commission
aecrataiy, have arranged the pres-
entation ceremony.
time.' We all know that the sharp-
ness of pain is never fully remem-
bered after the cut heals. Anger felt
in the heat of an argument cools and
is then forgotten.
"I wish to remind you today of two
recent events: First, the end of a
maximum security MHMR facility
in this town and Second, the loss of
a summer train season after spring
floods. The two events demonstrate
crisis decision making. Our commu-
nity had to react quickly, instinc-
tively and grab for whatever life
preserver was available.
"Our leaders secured a commit-
ment from the State to build a psy-
chiatric prison facility to replace
MHMR, and this was good. It was
also lucky.
"Our leaders secured a commit
ment from the State to rebuild Texas
State Railroad and this was good.
But it, too, was lucky.
"During the transition phases of
these two situations, many of our
people came within months, weeks
and even days of losing their shirts
financially.
"You say—'Do not remind me of
thiB. I was here. I remember.' But I
fnust remind you because as we
discussed, time dims the sharpness
of the image and takes the jagged
edge off the pain. And I must re-
mind you because history will re-
peat. We will again face the loss of
an employer or the hardship of
storms.
"What can we do? We can antici-
pate the future and prepare our-
selves. We all recognize the need to
diversify, thus allowing areas of
strength to absorb the weakness of
another. The real question is 'how
do we implement a plan?"
"One tried and true way is a 'Main
Street Project.' We have heard of
this concept for some time, but per-
haps we Bhould review some of its
basic goals. You know the name
'Main Street Project' has scared
away some people. So I want to tell
you right now, it is not limited to
downtown. It is community wide in
scope. It does not have as its pri-
mary goal the construction of his-
torical or old timey looking store-
fronts. It is not a beautification
project. Instead, its goal is economic
By Mary Ann Patterson
The Rusk High School varsity
football team is soaring high this
week as team members prepare for
the Fairfield Eagles. The Rusk
Eagles discovered that victory is
sweet as they came back in the sec-
ond half to defeat the Trinity Tigers
last week 25-12.
Fairfield, 2-0 for the early season,
will face Rusk in Eagle Stadium at
8 p.m. Fairfield beat Hillsboro 16-
12 in their opener and last week
. defeated Mabank 14-12. Rusk lost
INSIDE
THIS ISSUE:
Photos from Russia, p. 2
Farm, Ranch Safety Week
Proclaimed, p. 3
'George M' director, p. 3
3Ws work, lunch, fellow
ship, p. 11
Classifieds, p. 3
their opener to Madisonville and
won over Trinity last Friday.
According to Athletic Director
Ronnie Bickham, Fairfield plays
good, solid, fundamental football.
"They have good technique and they
don't gamble,'' he said. Rusk will
have to drive the ball on them to
gain yardage. Fairfield uses the
Wishbone offense lead by a good
option quarterback. "Fairfield has
good speed in the backfield and they
are well-coached on defense," Bick-
ham said.
Fresh from last week's victory,
the Eagles of Rusk will not be in-
timidated by Fairfield. "We've got to
play good sound football," Coach
Bickham said.
Of the Rusk come-back victory
last week, Coach Bickham said. "It
was a case of our playing up to
potential in the second half. We all
knew we were better than we were
playing," he said. The Eagles made
some errors in the first half with
Trinity, however Coach Bickham
reported that after gradi ng the film,
"we didn't play as poorly as we
thought we were."
Duri ng halftime the coaching staff
made some changes. "We just took
the ball right at them, we got good
field position and it paid off for us,"
Bickham said.
In the first half Trinity scored
firston a 34 yard reverse play. "They
got outside on us and we missed a
couple of tackles and as a result
they scored," the coach said. "We
had the people to make the tackles
and they missed."
In the second half Rusk "ame back
to play more intense foot all. Rod-
ney Simmons scored tw > touch-
downs; a 45 yard run and a SO yard
run. Larry Walker had a " yard
touchdown run and kicked one point
after. Travis Edwards got the other
Rusk talley on a three yard run.
Simmons had six carries for 126
yards for two touchdowns; Walker
had 89 yards on eight carries with
one touchdown; Patrick Session car-
ried eight time for 85 yards. Xenon
Ragsdale had three receptions for
49 yards and provided the Eagles
with good blocking down field. Coach
Bickham was pleased with Shan-
non Langston, center, who had a
good night; Heath Peloquin who
came in to play 3/4 of the game on
defense with a cast and Greg Loden,
who gave 100 percent while fighting
a stomach virus all day.
"We had a good team effort in the
game," said Bickham. "This was
evident with the nine gang tackles
we had." Gang tackles are when six
or more players, are in on the ball-
carrier.
Defensively, Chris Roberson,
senior, led the Eagles with 14 tack-
les. Walker, Edwards and Johnny
Patterson each had 12 tackles.
"Despite the disappointing first
half, we played a more error-free
ballgame than we did at Madison-
ville," said the coach.
"We needed the win and I think
well see a turnaround now. All that
hard work is paying off and the
team has developed some confidence
in their abilities."
progress and development for the
whole community. It can focus on
small business and tourism and it
can coordinate with the Industrial
Foundation for large business and
industry.
"The plan is implemented by you
as the leaders of the community. We
request that you resolve yourselves
to an initial three-year commitment.
This will allow our city to qualify as
an official 'Texas Main Street Proj-
ect.' Official qualification entitles
the city to receive the benefit of
state data bases, research informa-
tion, grant information, consultant
services and many other resources
on a coBt-free basis. The three-year
commitment requires hiring a Proj-
ect Coordinator, we suggest that a
budgeted amount of $28,000 annu-
ally would allow you to recruit a
■killed, experienced coordinator.
The coordinator would full time
promote all aspects of Rusk eco-
nomic development, coordinate
growth and expansion efforts, as
well as develop tourism, assist ex-
isting businesses in marketing to
their potential and many other
tasks.
"I will note that a qualified, expe-
rienced coordi nator will be one well-
versed in grants and could assist
the city with all its grant applica-
tions and save potentially large
•urns that otherwise might be paid
to a consultant. The coordinator,
beingyour employee, will be subject
to following the city's overall goals
and directives.
"This type of economic develop-
ment has been very successful in
Kilgore, Center, Daingerfield and
elsewhere. The costs of the project
are small compared to the return.
Many functions of government show
no direct measurable financial re-
turn to the City. In contrast, this
project should pay for itself for an
increased tax base.
"One of the simplest goalB of the
project is to get business back into
empty buildings and to get occupied
building on empty lots. In putting
property to prosperous use, there is
the generation of tax revenue, the
employment of citizens and the
making of a payroll. Also, psycho-
logically it creates a push. People
want to be involved with success
and associated with winners.
"We have said that cri sis decision-
makingis waiting until disaster and
then mobilizing to find a life pre-
server. We have said that the alter-
native is advance planning.
"For some years, an ever-growing
number of local people have been
working to avoid crises by planning
for the future of this community.
"These fine people under the name
of 'Make It Happen,' have worked
long and hard. We have seen their
vision grow from a few small out-
ings to a large variety of well-organ-
. See CITY, p. 3
LARRY WALKER and Patrick Session combine their efforts to bring down a Trinity
player Friday night at Eagle Stadium. The Eagles defeated the Trinity Tigers 25-12.
-photo by mary ann patterson
Eagles soar; defeat Trinity
Area News Briefs
AirFest set Sunday
AirFest'90 is planned for Sunday
at the Cherokee County Airport.
Sponsor of the event is the Jackson-
ville Jaycees. Gates will open a 110
a.m. There will be displays and food
booths. The Confederate Air Force
will have a booth. Radio Control
Flyers Plane Folks will fly from 1 to
2 p.m. A group of skydivers will
entertain from 2 to 2:30 p.m. Mike
Frey Bube Hering, DuWat Cissna,
Tom Hamlett, and Airobatic are
scheduled from 2:30 to 4 p.m. From
4 to 5 p.m. Fly by Statics will be on
display, as well as Gyrocopter.
Helicopterrides and airplane rides
will be available for $15 per person.
Methodist choir
to present music
program Sunday
The Chancel Choir of A. Frank
Smith United Methodist Church in
Alto will present a Southern Gospel
Music program at their church at 7
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23. Director íb
Marcia Hassell.
"The public is invited," states Rev.
Don Lewis, pastor.
Alto Art League sets
first meeting of season
The Alto Art League will have
their first meeting of the new sea-
son on Sept. 27th at 6:30 p.m. in the
old fellowship hall of the A Frank
Smith United Methodist Church.
AAL President, Corinne Moore,
extends an invitation to any person
in the community interested in the
arts to come and visit the first
meeting which will be an organiza-
tional meeting. Plans for the up-
coming year will be discussed..
Alto rips Hemphill 56-0
ALTO SR. MARCUS MARTIN (#3)
make the tackle. Seniors Reed Underwood
Augustine Friday
ie quarterback so Sr. Brian Walley (#71) can
(HMD and Howard Richardaon (#7) aaalat. The
Alto will be on the road agalnat San
-photo by kert tsaacka
The Alto Yellowjackets ripped the
Hemphill Hornets Friday night by a
acore of 66-0. Howard Richardson
opened the scoring for the Yel-
lowjackets on the second play from
scrimmage on a 69 yard run. Randy
Tullis kicked one of his six extra
points after the score. Richardson
■cored again on the next series on a
36 yard interception return.
Richardson scored his third touch-
down of tha first quarter on a nine
yard run to end the scoring at 21-0
Alto.
i Reagan ended the scoring
in tha flrct half with a 29 yard run
with 59 seconds remaining in the
second quarter. Reagan added an-
other score in the third quarter with
a 60 yard run. Derrick Blakemore,
Arthur Bruton, and Nikito Hodge
rounded out the scoring for the
Jackets making the final score 56-0.
Defensively, the Jackets were led
by Brian Walley and his 15 tackles,
lite Hornets were held to only 83
yards of total offense. Offensively,
the Jackets had a total of 517 yards.
Alto meets Han Augustine Friday
night in Han Augustine. Game time
is 7:30 p.in
JV goes to Fairfield
The Rusk High School Junior Var-
sity will play this week in Timpson
and the Freshmen will travel to
Farifield. These games are sched-
uled for Thursday. Game time in
both places will be 6 p.m.
The two teams combined last week
at Trinity to win 15-0.
Reklaw Baptist
Church hosts revival
Reklaw Baptist Church will host
a revival beginning Sept. 23 and
continuing through Sept. 28. Bro.
E. R. McCreary, former pastor of
Beall Chapel in Jacksonville and
now of Houston, will be the guest
evangelist. Davy Sanders will di-
rect the music at each service. Serv-
ices will begin at 10:50 Sunday
morning and continue at 7 p.m. each
evening. Everyone is urged to at-
tend!
Friendship Club
schedules meeting
The Alto Friendship Club wiil
meet tonight (Thursday) at 6:00 p.m.
in the Lions Club building for a cov-
ered dish dinner and program to
follow. Newcomers to the commu-
nity are cordially invited to
attend,according to the President,
Lillian Landrum.
Ticketsr'George M'
Tickets went on sale Monday for
the Cherokee Civic Theatre produc-
tion oPGeorge M." Ticket price is $6
each.
Ticket purchases can be made at
the Cherokee Theatre from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Monday
through Friday. MasterCard and
Visa will be accepted. Ticket pur-
chases are non-refundable.
Tickets can be reserved by calling
683-2131.
Day declared
Rusk Mayor Maurice Higgins has
declared Oct. 1 as Health Fair Day
in Rusk. A proclamation has been
signed by the mayor on behalf of the
council in appreciation of those who
make the health fair possible.
The proclamation recognises the
Second Annual Health Fair, "Turn
Your Life Around" from 12:30 to 7
p.m. Sunday, Sept. 30 at the Rusk
Civic Center. The fair is sponsored
hy the Rusk Seventh Day Advent-
ists. The event is being coordinated
by Kathy MUtgand
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