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Vol. 144. No. 48 - 1() Pages
Thursday, December 31, 1992
Rusk, Texas 75785 25 cents
1992 had ups and downs;
leaders strive for better
A CHECK FOR $331.87 is presented to the Rev. C. Wayne Clute by Sheriff Jimmy
Dickson, president of the Cherokee County Peace Officers Association. The
money was collected and given to the Rusk Ministerial Alliance by members of
the Peace Officers Assn. and employees at Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Skyview Unit. In addition to the funds to benefit the Ministerial Alliance
Scholarship Fund, two four-foot boxes of food and toys were raised by the Skyview
employees. The food was donated to the Good Samaritan and the toys to the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce. From left are the Rev. Clute, the Rev. Everett McCollum,
Dickson aind Dr. Terry Cook, Skyview dentist. -staff photo
By Gloria Jennings
The year 1992 came and went
almost before most of us realized it
was here.
The year was similar to many
others for area citizens as they ex-
perienced ups and downs, anticipa-
tion and joy, as well as pain and
hurt with the year's offerings.
In many instances citizens have
continued to do their best to make
1992 a much better year and to ,
guarantee a future for the commu-
nity.
By the year end, renovation was
near completion on the old Baskins
Building and civic leaders were seek-
ing a business to provide depart-
ment store merchandise for the com-
munity.
Community leaders continued
their plans for the construction of a
new 1,000 bed unit for the Texas
Cherokee County will get
emergency program funds
Cherokeé County Judge Craig D.
Caldwell has announced that Chero-
kee County will receive $19,730 to
supplement emergency food and
shelter programs for the area.
The selection was made by a Na-
tional Board that is chaired by the
Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) and consists of rep-
resentatives from the Salvation
Army, American Red Cross, Coun-
Area News
Briefs
'Birdie' auditions
are scheduled
Auditions are scheduled for Sun-
day and Monday, Jan. 3 and 4 for
"Bye Bye Birdie," according to Jill
Swink, director.
Mrs. Swink says auditions will be
at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 3 and 6
p.m. Monday, Jan. 4 at the Chero-
kee Civic Theatre.
This is the spring student pro-
duction and calls for a cast of one 10-
12 year old boy and a number of
junior high and older students.
Those who audition are asked to
take a current photo or snapshot.
The show will be presented Feb.
25, 26, 27 and 28 at the theatre.
Mrs. Swink is the director; Gloria
Dotaon, music director and
Marcelette Broussard, assistant to
the director.
AARP WILL MEET -The regu-
lar monthly meeting of AARP will
be Thursday, Jan. 7 in the fellow-
ship hall of the Rusk First United
Methodist Church.
Those who want to play games
can come at 11 a.m. with a sack
lunch. '
All other members will attend the
2 p.m. program. The Rev. Dr. Bill
Everett will present a program on
Wit, Humor and Philosophy.
NEW YEAR S EVE OPRY-The
Sacul Opry will be held Dec. 31, at
7:30 p.m. Admission is $2 per per-
son. There will be Bluegrass and
Downhome music with the P-Trap
band. The Sacul Vol. Fire Dept. Will
give away 1/2 beef at 8 p.m. Tickets
will be available for the beef draw-
ing.
Watch-Night
to be held
JEBES**"***
evening at the transported
cil of Jewish Federations, Catholic
Charities, USA, National Council
of Churches of Christ in the USA
and United Way of America which
will provide the administration stafT
and function as ñscal 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.
This is a good program and a neces-
sary program in this county," said
Judge Caldwell.
A local board will determine how
the funds awarded to Cherokee
County are to be distributed among
the emergency food and shelter pro-
grams run by local service organi-
zations in the area. The local board
is responsible for recommending
agencies to receive these funds and
any additional funds available un-
der this phase of the program.
Under the terms of the grant from
the National Board, local govern-
mental or private volunteer organi-
zations chosen to receive funds must
be non-profit, have an accounting
system and demonstrate the capac-
ity to deliver emergency food and or
shelter programs and if a private
volunteer organization, must have,
a volunteer board. Qualifying or-
ganiz ation must apply no later than
5 p.m. Jan. 15,1993.
Cherokee County has distributed
emergency Food and Shelter funds
previously with HOPE of Jackson-
ville, Alto Mission Center and The
Good Samaritan-Rusk Cares par-
ticipating.
Additional information is avail-
able from Caldwell's office at 903/
683-2324.
Four are killed
Christmas Éve
in accident
Four persons have died and an-
other is in critical condition as a
result of a Christmas Eve accident
about two miles south of Alto.
State Trooper James Campbell
says the accident occurred around
7:45 p.m. Thursday when a north-
bound pickup truck driven by James
Ray Sollers, 30, of Cotulla veered
into the path of a south bound auto,
driven by Ola Faye Armstrong, 39,
of Dallas.
Both Ms. Armstrong and 13-year-
old Takesha Johnson, her niaca,
were pronounced dead at the scene
by Justice of the Peace Ray Patton
of Precinct 3. Sollers was pro-
nounced deed at East Texas Medi-
cal Center-Rusk. Marcus Johnson,
9, a nephew of Ms. Armstrong was
' to Tyler's East Texas
Medical Cantar Hospital, where ha
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DAN MCBRIDE WILL BRING A MINISTRY of music,
humor and inspiration to Alto First Baptist Church
at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, Jan 3. The community is
cordially invited to come and enjoy the special
program, according to Pastor Jerry Carroll.
Jacksonville Chamber/Extension
Service sponsor seminar on labor
laws for agricultural producers
Ttie only survivor Kendrick
Johnson, 14, is litlTii in fair condi-
tion at EffMC-Tyier.
to Tyler to
and Ma
Wayne R. Planta,
Extension Horticulturist-
Cherokee County
On Thursday, Jan. 7, at 7 p.m., a
seminar reviewing labor laws for
agricultural producers will be held
at the Norman Activity Center on
Commerce St. in Jacksonville. Dr.
Richard Edwards, agricultural
economist with the Texas Agricul-
tural Extension Service in College
Station will be the featured speaker
in a program that is being hosted by
the Cherokee County Extension
Office and the Jacksonville Cham-
ber of Commerce.
Wayne Pianta, County Extension
Agent explained why the seminar
should be of interest to all agricul-
tural employers. "With agricultural
enterprises being such a strong com-
ponent of the Cherokee County
Economy it is important that the
producers be aware of the complex
regulations and requirements fac-
ing agricultural employers. The
Jacksonville Chamber ofCommerce
has shown a strong interest in de-
veloping the agricultural economy
of the area and we are pleased to co-
sponsor this program with them.
Dr. Richard Edwards will inform
agricultural employers about tho
proper hiring procedures and forms
which must be completed by em-
ployers aa well as discuss tax ro-
tated matters affecting agricultural
employers He is an expert in this
field and will bo able to answer
of the questions agricultural
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eanpUyers may have.*
This is not the ftret em
on federal and state unemployment
tax situations unique to agriculutral
employers. It was well attended and
very sucessful in that it identified
areas where certain employers were
entitled to refunds to taxes paid
inadvertently to farm labor. Later
this month, the Cherokee County
Extension Office will co-sponsor a
program on Farm Income Tax and
Estate Planning to be held in
Nacogdoches on January 27. Dr.
Wayne Hayenga will be featured
speaker for that meeting. Through
programs like these in addition to
our normal production oriented pro-
see Seminar p. 2
Department of Criminal Justice
Skyview Unit at Rusk. Construc-
tion is expeSted to begin sometime
this spring.
Area citizens saw the almost clos-
ing of Jim Hogg State Park. Later
plans revealed that the park would
be opened on weekends and by ap-
pointment only. Also, the Caddoan
Mounds Historical Site Park and
Texas State Railroad received cut-
backs in operational times.
Community and county leaders
worked hard to get the 911 emer-
gency system installed and working
for the entire county.
New faces were elected to public
office and a new administrator, Bill
Barnes was named for East Texas
Medical Center-Rusk. Rusk City
Council appointed Assistant Police
Larry Robertson as Police Chief to
replace Barry Campbell, who re-
signed to move to Las Vegas, Nev.
Paul and Del Cox were named
Rusk Ciflzens of the Year by the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce.
Local citizens saw the resignation
of Bill Curtis as Rusk Junior High
principal. Louis Caveness was
named as his successor. In other
county school administrative ap-
pointment, Carol Boyd was named
Alto High School principal and Sam
McElroy, Alto High School Athletic
Director.
Alto City Council fired its Police
Chief and removed the mayor from
office. Appointed were James
Orammer, mayor; and Jerry Jones,
poli&e chief
Southern Cherokee Federal
Credit Union moved to a new home
at the site of the former Rusk Fed-
eral Savings and Loan Association.
Dr. Chappell Temple was named
president of Lon Morris College to
replace Dr. Faulk Landrum.
Landrum was named President of
the United Methodist Foundation.
Area schools produced winning
teams and several local youths were
named to All District teams.
The birth of a new church the
First Congregational Methodist
Church of Rusk was announced.
Other churches announced new
pastors and staff members.
Cherokee Civic Theatre presented
Anne of Green Gables, Steel Mag-
nolias, Hello Dolly and the annual
Christmas Dessert Readers' The-
atre. The Cherokee Civic Chorus
presented a Patriotic Music Festi-
val complete with TJC Apache
Drumline and dancers from Jill
Swink Studio, the Navy Color
Guard and a Christmas Cantata.
Texas became a lottery state this
year and Lorene Brinkley of made
the news as a $20,000 lottery win-
ner.
Area residents, always known as
caring persons, went all out to help
those in need during the year.
Trucks were loaded and supplies
collected to help hurricane victims
on the Texas and Louisiana coast.
Alto citizens donated the proceeds
from the Country Fair to help with
medical costs for an Alto teenager.
As the holiday season approached
citizens manned the Salvation Army
kettle to help with Ministerial Alli-
ance expenses of providing food for
the needy. More than 150 young-
sters were provided with new cloth-
ing and toys from the Christmas
Dream Tree. Employees of Texas
Department of Criminal Justice and
the Cherokee County Peace Offic-
ers Assn. aided in the call to share
with donations of food, toys and
cash to help those in need.
A summary of the year's activi-
ties follows:
January
History began early in the Year
1992 for Cherokee County citizens.
The first week senatorial and repre-
sentative districts for the state were
announced with Cherokee County
to remain in State Senator Bill
Haley's Third District and State
Rep. Elton Bomer's District 11.
A task force visited Lufkin State
School to consider recommendations
for its closure. After much hard work
by area persons, plans to keep the
facility open were announced later
in the year.
Rusk State Hospital was an-
nounced as the recipient for grant
funds for $50,000 in FY92 and
$75,000 for FY93. The funds are a
part of $22.1 million appropriated
by the Legislature for an innovative
children's mental health program.
Rusk Baptists said good-bye to
the Rev. and Mrs. Jim Goforth and
family as they planned to move to
upper New York State on Jan. 2.
Auditions for Anne of Green
Gables were held on Jan. 4 and 5.
Tho production was set for late Feb-
ruary.
Expansion was announced by
Dorothy Jackson, owner of Jackson
Restaurant in Rusk. Mrs. Jadtkaon
announced that her serving space
had been doubled to more conve-
niently served her customers. •
The retirement of the Rev. Jenny
Bell of Bethel United Methodist
Church was announced- The Rev.
Charles Nunnally was named to the
position. Nunnally, who served the
Adams Chapel UMC, was named
pastor of both Bethel and Adams
Chapel.
Officers for the Rusk Fire Depart-
ment were installed at the annual
Firemen's Banquet in January. Of-
ficers include Clifford Harris,
chief; Thomas Parsons, fire mar-
shal and secretary; Jack White,
first assistant chief; Wayne Mor-
gan, second assistant chief and re-
porter; Doyle Rasberry, treasurer;
Larry Robertson, assistant fire mar-
shal; Larry Miller, trustee and Ricky
Cleveland, membership and atten-
dance.
The Cherokee Community Men-
tal Health Services Clinic moved to
5656 North Jackson, Jacksonville,
from Rusk State Hospital to the
Jacksonville location.
Del and Paul Cox were named
Rusk Citizens of the Year at the
annual chamber banquet. Ray
Stone, producer of the Cowboy Re-
port was guest speaker for the Jan.
16 event.
Cherokee County Peace Officers
Assn. officers were announced to
include Sheriff Jimmy Dickson,
president; Rusk Lt. Ronnie Miller,
vice-president; and Deputy Geneva
Miller, secretary.
Andrea Easley, Alto High School
student, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Anthony Easley, was named as one
of five teenagers from East Texas
high schools to produce a KLTV
news report.
•See Year end p. 2
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