Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 142, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1991 Page: 1 of 16
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Established Feb. 27, 1850 as the Cherokee Sentinel - Texas' Oldest, Continuously Published Weekly Newspaper
Vol. 142, No. 50 - 10 Pages Thursday, January 17,1991 Rusk, Texas 75785 25 cents
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ETCOG contract is approved
County begins redistricting
Cherokee County Commissioners
met most of the day Monday to
discuss with a representative of the
East Texas Council of Government
and sign a contract with the agency
to begin work on county redistrict-
ing project; approve a county holi-
day calendar, appoint a county sal-
ary grievance committee and the
County Historical Commission;
discuss airport improvements, in-
digent health care costs and county
employee health insurance costs, as
well as discuss and act on a number
of other items.
The meeting was the ñrst for the
new year and the agenda included
ome 30 items.
Tom Smyser Director of Regional
Development and Services for the
East Texas Council of Governments
told commissioners that ETCOG
has already contracted with Ander-
son County, Rusk County, Raines
. County and the City of Palestine
for redistricting work. With the ad-
dition of Cherokee County, the
agency's work load will be com-
pleted. Cost to the county will run
less than $7,000. Members of the
court were told that the cost proba-
bly will be Bomewhere around
$5,000.
Correspondence with law firms in
other counties li.nl revealed that
the firms would lo the work for
around $17,000.
The East Tóxub COG will have
other grants to help in the absorb-
ing the cost of the project. "This is
just another service to local govern-
ments," Smyser told the comrnis-
News Briefs
SARAH MAHONEY takes an order for Girl Scouts
cookies from Diantha Miller. Members of the Rusk
Girl Scouts and Brownie troops are soliciting
cookie orders from area citizens. -staff photo
Chain saws,
radio found
by police
Two of the five chain saws and a
two-way radio have been recovered
following the theft of a 1985 pick-up
stolen from the Precinct No. 1 barn
in Rusk earlier last week, according
to Rusk Chief of Police Barry
Campbell.
Marcus E. Glenn of Rusk was
arrested in Lufkin several hours
after he broke into the Precinct No.
1 bam and stole the pick-up, saws
and radio.
"We have two saws and the radio,
and are still running down leads on
the other three saws," explained the
Rusk Chief of Police.
Glenn was out on bond after being
charged with the theft of equipment
from the pick-up belonging to Ralph
Johnson of Rusk Dec. 9.
What price mandates?
One month's legal fees $20,814,50
Wells youth cheer again
The Wells High School Cheerlead-
ers hosted a Youth Cheerleading
clinic on Dec. 1. The clinic consisted
of cheers, chants, jumps, tumbling,
and a routine.
Those who participated performed
at the boys game on Dec. 11.
They all did such a great job the
High School Cheerleaders invited
them back to cheer again on Janu-
ary 18.
Alto Athletic
Department plans
'Parent Night*
The Alto High School Athletic
Department will present "Parent
Night" Ht 6 p.m. on Jan.. 26. All
parents of the Ladyjackets and Yel-
lowjackets Varsity Basketball teams
are urged to attend.
Buck Out is planned
The Rusk Riders Club will spon-
sor a Buck Out every Sunday at 2
p.m. at the Rodeo Arena on FM
343.
W1SD Board to meet
The Wells I.S.D. board will meet
at 7 p.m. Jan. 17 at the school li-
brary. This is an invitation to all
interested parties to attend.
Civic Theatre meeting
The January board meeting of
the Civic Theatre has been resched-
uled for 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 28 in
the Chamber of Commerce office in
Rusk.
DAR group will meet
in Rusk Jan. 17
William Roark Chapter of the
Daughters of the Republic of Texas
will meet at 11:30 a.m. Thursday,
Jan. 17, at the Southern Inn Res-
taurant for a Dutch treat luncheon.
Mrs. Floyd Rogers will present the
program:Thomas Stuart McFarland
and His Journal.
Alto Friendship Club
will meet January 17
The Alto Friendship Club will
meet at6 p.m. tonight, Jan. 17 for a
covered dish dinner in the Lions
Club building. Election of new offi -
cer* will be held The public is cor-
dially invited, according to the Presi-
dent, Lillian Landrum.
Craig Caldwell, who became
Cherokee County Judge Jan. 1, was
the big winner in collecting court
appointed fees for the period ending
Nov. 30, according to records in the
county auditor's office. Caldwell was
paid a total of $4,052 for his services
to defend alleged criminals in Judge
Morris Hassell's 2nd Judicial Dis-
trict Court, Judge Bascomb
Bentle/s 369th District Court and
Judge LeRue Dixon's County Court-.
at-Law.
State law forbids him from draw-
ing court appointed fees after Jan.
1.
"The question is, were the three
judges making*brownie points' with
the new county judge," commented
one observer of the scene.
Charles Morton of Bullard came
in second with big checks. His total
fees for services in the two district
courts amounted to $2050.
Here is what was paid the other
lawyers, according to records in the
county auditor's office.
Jim Cromwell of Rusk, $1562.50;
Gary Minton of Jacksonville, $1,475
and Leland Sutton of Jacksonville,
$1725;
Also, Dave Sorrel] of Jacksonville,
$900; Steve Guy of RuBk, $650 and
Michael Cummins of Jacksonville,
$300;
Also, Forrest Phifer ofRusk, $300;
James WilliamB of Jacksonville,
$1000; Dan Childs of Jacksonville,
$300; Ricky Richards of Jackson-
ville, $250; and Randy Crispen of
Jacksonville, $150 and Eldridge
Moake of Jacksonville, $1700.
Total of these fees amounted to
$16,414.50.
In addition to these fees, a num-
ber of lawyers were paid a total of
$4,400 for their services in mental
health commitments for the same
time period.
Those collecting mental health
fees were: Gary Minton of Jackson-
ville, $2,500; Dan Childs of Jackson-
ville, $1,600; Larry Sinclair ofRusk,
$200and Bill Holland ofRusk, $100.
The bottom line is that taxpayers
paid county lawyers a total of
920,814.50 when the Cherokee
County Commissioners —ourt paid
bills in December.
County gets emergency program
Cherokee County has been cho-
sen to receive $24,543 to supple-
ment emergency food and shelter
programs in the area.
The selection was made by a
National Board made up of affili-
ates of national voluntary organi-
zations and chaired by the Federal
Emergency Management Agency
(FEMA). United Way of America
will provide the administrative staff
and function as fiscal agent. The
Board was charged to distribute
funds appropriated by congress to
help expand the capacity of food
and shelter programs in high-need
areas around the country.
A local board made up of the
county judge and representative of
local organisations will determine
how the funds awarded to Chero-
kee County are to be distributed
among the emergency food and
shelter programs run by local serv-
ice organizations in the area. The
local board is responsible for recom-
mending agencies to receive these
funds and any additional funds
available under this phase of the
program.
Under the terms of the grant
from the National Board, local gov-
ernmental or private voluntary or-
ganizations chosen to receive funds
must: be non-profit, have an ac-
counting system and conduct an
annual audit, practice non-dis-
crimination, have demonstrated
the capacity to deliver emergency
food and/or shelter programs and if
they are a private voluntary or-
ganization, they should have a
voluntary board, qualifying or-
ganizations are urged to apply.
Cherokee County has distributed
Emergency Food and Shelter funds
previously with Jacksonville Min-
isterial Alliance, the Rusk Good
Samaritan and Alto Ministerial Al-
liance participating.
Further information on the pro-
gram can be obtained by contact-
ing the County Judge's office at
903-683-2324.
Li
left are
sioners.
Census information should be
available on April 1, he said. An
advisory committee of either five or
nine county citizens will work with
the agency in compiling the infor-
mation for the redistricting process.
Also, to be named to the advisory
committee will be the county judge,
county attorney and one commis-
sioner. A court recorder will be
required for all meeting where re-
districting is discussed and voting
maps will be provided to ETCOG.
Additional voting boxes will be one
of the areas addressed by the redis-
tricting project
The regular county schedule of
holidays will include Presidents
Day, Texas Independence Day to be
observed on March 1; Good Friday;
Memorial Day; Independence Day;
Labor Day; Veterans Day; Thurs-
day and Friday for Thanksgiving;
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
December 25, 26 and 27 for Christ-
mas; and New Year's Day.
Ray Davis, Cherokee County Air-
port Coordinator said the county
has received a letter from the Texas
Department of Aviation authoriz-
ing a grant of approximately
$294,700for airport improvements.
The county will be required to pay
$14,735 in matching fiinds for the
grant and the remainder will be
financed by the Federal Aviation
Agency. The TDA Board is expected
to approve the project in August.
Engineers will begin working on
the project in January, 1992, and
work is expected to begin in late
1992 or early 1993.
Judge Craig Caldwell said the
court should express appreciation
to Davis, former Judge Emmett
Whitehead and Commissioner Bob
Gregg for their work on thiB project.
Commissioners authorized expen-
ditures of up to $200 a month to
finance mileage of up to 800 miles
for each of the four constables.
The county salary grievance
committee will include Andy Dor-
man Phillips, Lucille Wells, Don
Darby, Tipton M. McLeod of
Jacksonville; Tommy E. Mabry,
Janet Cummins and James G.
Thompson of Rusk; Johnny Davis
of New Summerfield and Gloria
BickeretafF of Bullard.
Appointed to the Cherokee County
Historical Commission were Mrs.
Henry Rose and Grady Singletary
of Alto; Miss Connie Snodgrass of
Dialville; George Dodd, Bernard
Mayfield, Mrs. Raymond Huttash,
Mrs. J. B. Good son, Mrs. L.E. Mar-
tin, Mrs. Jack Chandler, Dr. John
Ross and John Allen Templeton of
Jacksonville; Jim Cromwell, Judge
J. W. Summers, Mrs. John McCarty,
Irvin Conley ofRusk; Terry Guinn
of Lake Stryer, Mrs. Earla Clifton,
Mrs. B. J. McCutcheon of New
♦see county page 10
Alto plans
chili cookout
The Alto Anti-Drug organization
D-FY-IT will sponsor its annual fund
raiser on Saturday, Jan. 19 from 11
a.m. until all the chili is gone. The
annual Bowl-O-Red Chili Cook-off
will be judged by the county com-
missioners and the county sheriff.
The decision of these judges will be
final unless they change their minds.
Last years Champ Jamie Bowen
and the First Baptist Team of the
Rev. Snidow and Leo Hicks will
enter their prize winning concotions.
It has been, loudly said by other
entrants that they will not prevail
again this year.
There will be three winners in-
cluding the judges choice, the
People's Choice and the Student
Champ. Advance notices indicate
an abundance of good chili.
The contest will be held from 11
a.m. Saturday at the Alto Lions
Club Building. Admission will be $4
per adult and $2 for those under 12.
This will be the last fund raiser this
year for D-FY-IT so the success of
the program depends on the turn-
out Saturday.
Radio-TV personality
to speak at banquet
"Life is what happens to you while
you're making other plans," says
Suzie Humphreys, guest speaker
for the 7 p.m. Jan. 31 Rusk Cham-
ber of Commerce banquet.
Mrs. Humphreys, radio and tele-
vision personality, has spanned the
boundaries from administrative
secretary totalkshows. Dallas radio
listeners know her as the unpre-
dictable suburban career woman,
wife and mother who lends humor
and a slice of life on the Ron
Chapman's morning radio show on
KVIL-FM.
As the driver of the station's yel-
low van, she travels to small towns
outside the Dallas-Fort Worth met-
roplex to visit with town characters
or take her turn in the neighbor-
hood carpool—driving her son and
friends to school.
Her homespun wit and humorous
chats with Chapman have helped
her become part of one of the most
successful radio shows in the coun-
try.
For five years, she was seen each
morning on the Dallas ABC affili-
ate program "News 8 Etc." She has
talked with everyone from Billy-
Graham to Clint Eastwood. She
brought Lillian Gish, John Wayne,
Warren Beatty, Carol Burnett (to
name just a few) to North Texas
living rooms. She has co-starred in
"Crisis at Central High" with
Joanne Woodward and debuted in
her first movie role at the Corsi-
cana "Drive In." She has acted with
Donald O'Connor and Sid Caesar
and has done musical comedy.
Mrs. Humphreys is responsible
for hundreds of commercials and
industrial shows for Southwestern
Bell Telephone, Honeywell, Old-
smobile and 7-11 Stores.
Robert Gonzalez, outgoing Cham-
ber President says banquet goers
will meet her as an endearing, in-
spiring and motivating speaker.
She will lead her audience from
laughing until their sides hurt to a
serious side of life that will leave
them grateful for what they have
and what they can do for others.
During the evening festivities,
last year's Citizens of the Year will
name the current honoree. Nell
McNatt, executive vice-president,
will assume the reins of office from
Gonzalez.
Banquet tickets are $10 each and
can be purchased at the Rusk
Chamber office, Rusk banks or
from any chamber director.
Miss TSR pageant is
planned for March 9
RUSK GIRL
Mall Saturday. Girls
Garner
KelUe
-staff photo
The planners of the Annual Rusk
Chamber of Commerce sponsored
Miss Texas State Railroad Pageant
are making plans for the pageant to
be the biggest and best ever, accord-
ing to chamber spokespersons.
The pageant committee met Jan.
7 to diecuse the upcoming event,
which will be held on March 9.
Winner of the Miss Texas State
Railroad Pageant will advance to
compete at the Miss Texas Pageant
later this year.
All young women interested in
entering the Scholarship Pageant
this year are asked to contact the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce at 903-
683*424 2 or write P.O. Bos 67. Rusk
75785
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