Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 148, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1996 Page: 1 of 28
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Jury finds Busby guilty
in capital murder trial
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Jasen Shane Busby (right), who was found guilty of capital murder last
Friday, exits the rear of the court houss on a lunch break Monday with Sheriff
James Campbell (center). The door is held open by an unidentified bailiff. The
Jury Is in the punishment phass of the trial, and will be considering the death
penalty or life imprisonment Busby has remained in custody at Cherokee Co.
Jail, with bond set at $150,000.
Panel considers
death penalty,
life imprisonment
in deliberations
A jury in the 2nd Judicial District Court
was hearing testimony in the punishment
phase of the Jasen Shane Bushy trial at
presstime Tuesday. A capital murder ver-
dict was returned shortly after 10 am.
Friday.
Bushy is charged in the April 17, 1995,
capital murder of Brandy Gray, 16, of Jack-
sonville and Tennille Thompson, 18, of New
Summerfield. He is also charged with the
attempted murder of Christopher Lynn
Kelley of Jacksonville. Judge John Robert
Adamson said he believes this phase of the
trial will take about four days.
At the beginning of the punishment por-
Please see Busby Page 7
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April ^^95
Back to School
dents prepare to
the classroo
May -1995
June 23,1995
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Nov. 3.1995
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New Summerfield and Brandy Michelle Gray
of Jacksonville occur. Christopher Kelly is
wounded and left for dead. Jasen Shane
Busby is arrested, driving Kelly's car
Writ of mandamus is denied by Court of
Appsais In TVIer for examining trial by an
Independent Judge, LeRue Dixon
Busby is Indicted
Court grants motion to hire a psychiatrist
Bond Is set at $500 OOP
May 6,1996 Jury selection begins. More than 400
June 27,1996
summons mailed
June 28,1996
July 8,1996
Bond Is lowered to $150,000 by Court of
Appeal?
Jury selection completed
Jrlal begin*.
July iaaaae Jury finds Busby guilty of murder
July 22 1996
Deliberations on sentencing begin
-complied by tha Chorokocan/Horald
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down, and that means
around the corner,
youngsters are gearing up to
id new school year,
new students, parents must supply a
child's birth certificate, social
rd, immunization record and
rom former schools to register for
Individual school districts can
more information for new stu-
Registration for seniors is
3 p.m. Juniors register
mores register July 31,1
Freshmen register on A
tration will be Aug, 2-9.
Teacher In-service ~
For additional info:
superintendent's office at
Rusk, Wells pass first grant hurdle
the
ol supplies are usually listed in local
which carry the items.
following is a list of the
Alto,
hool
and Jacksonville Independent I
Districts' registration and first day of class
dates for the 1886-97 school year.
Rusk ISD
Rusk students will head back to the class-
room on Wednesday, Aug. 14.
The elementary and
have registration Aug.
3j)jn.
high will have
dy 29- Aug. 1 from 8 a.m. to 3
Aug. 2 will be from 8-
" Prom 12-1 p.m.
ickets will be
Alto IS
Alto students will begin on
Aug, 14.
Alto elementary does not pre-register,
but new students may come by the school
Aug. 5-8.
The junior high registration will be Aug.
7-8. Seventh graders register at 8 a.m. and
eighth graders at 10 a.m.
Rusk and Wells were among the
East Texas citiest and counties rec-
ommended for Texas Community
Development Program (TCDP)
grant fanding Thursday by a East
Texas Council of Governments
(ETCOG) Regional Review Commit-
tee. The state agency will met in
after Aug. 20 to determine who will
actually received the funding. Thir-
teen were recommended for fall fund-
ing and another application recom-
mended for partical funding.
Fifty-four applications were con-
sidered by the ETCOG Review Com-
mittee Thursday, which meet from
7:30 a.m. until 7:30 that evening.
Mayor Emmett Whitehead made
the presentation for Rusk. He was
assisted by Mike Murray, city man-
ager; Gary Traylor, grant consult-
ant; and Ralph Stokes, city engi-
neer.
The city received 262 points out of
the 350 points for a project to pro-
vide sewer service to an area on U.S.
Highway 69 North to L&L Ford. The
city has requested $247,000 in grant
fands and will match it with $37,250
in local fands.
Well Mayor Pro-Tem Lloyd
Richardson was the main speaker
for the Wells presentation. Com-
ments were made by Mayor William
Bailey. On hand for assistance were
Council members, Hank Bloom, Eva
Brown, Richard Burke and Floyd
Cartwright. as well as City Secre-
tary Lynette Bailey and Water Su-
perintendent Aaron Mesiroff. Also
at the presentation table were
Raymond Vann, grant consultant
i and Steve Baitiett, engineer.Walls
received 288 points out of a possible
350 for a water project. The city has
requested $250,000 grant fands and
will match the grant if approved
with $26,039 in local funds.
Wells was eighth on the list of
points received and Rusk was elev-
enth.
The 54 requests were the highest
ever requested by entities in the
ETCOG area, Regional allocations
totaled $3,330,543and some 13 grant
applications are expected to be
Please see Grant Page 10
County applies for church patrol grant
and primary will both
5-6 from 8:30 a.m.-
reffistration
m 8 a.m.
High school students will register Aug. 8
at the following times: seniors, 8 a.m.; jun-
mhomorea, 10 a.m.; freshmen,
closed from 12-1
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24. Packets must
iors,8a.m.;sopl
11 a.m.
For more information, call- the
superintendent's office at (408)858-4381.:
Wells ISD
Wells students start back to school on
Aug. 14. Registration is*
í J uly 29 and pre-can
t s can register. Please see Back to School Page 12
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Cherokee County will apply for a
grant to finance the patroling of ru-
ral churches. A grant of $4,600 has
become available to help with after-
hours patrol of areas where there
are rural churches.
Commissioners authorized the
grant application Monday morning.
Commissioners worked out a
"health increase contract with
Healthcare Partners, a PPO group
of East Texas Medical Center, which
includes a number of area hospitals
including all of the ETMC hospitals,
! Nan Travis Hospital and hospitals
' in neighboring counties.
They adopted resolutions to be sent
to the state Legislature in support of
increased fanding for the Texas De-
partment ofTransportation for high-
way improvements and increased
juvenile probation fanding for the
state. The North and East Texas
Association of Judges and Commis-
sioners meeting in Waco and the
South Texas group meeting in
Kerrville have both passed resolu-
tions in support of the increased
fanding for juvenile probation.
The county auditor was authorized
to advertise for bids for a motor
grader for Precinct 4.
The county treasurer and her as-
sistant were authorized to attend a
seminar in Tyler Sept. 16-20. The
county will assist the City of Rusk
with a boom axe mower.
All bids for the sale of a 1987
Grade-all were rejected.
i. schools struggle to meet state's
minimum standards on TAAS test scores
In an effort to let school districts
compare "apples to apples," the
Texas Education Agency imple-
mented the Texas Assessment of
Academic Skills exam
approximatley four years ago as a
barometer for determining whether
school districts were covering the
basics on key grade levels.
The chart at right includes Rusk,
Jacksonville,. Alto and Wells, and
compares TAAS test scores for the
1694-95 school year with the latest
1995-96. The
the state aver-
ted inside
state average
indicates
croes the
eighth graders
56 percent
to a 68 percent
is still two
below the state's
of expectations for
ith graders
statewide
portion of the
passed in
percent in
Alto and
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Writing - all students
Grade
AISD
AISD
WISD
Math - all students
3 62 73
4 64 63
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Boot camp gets
financial boost
Cherokee County's new boot camp
recently received a financial grant
from the Summers Norman Foun-
dation to help defray start-up costs.
Linda Ratliff, director and chief of
Juvenile Probation Services for
Cherokee County, confirmed the boot
camp received a grant for $10,000.
Besides the Norman Grant, the
boot camp has received $5,000 from
the City of Jacksonville, with an-
other $5,000 earmarked for the boot
camp.
"Our STAR Program (Day Boot
Camp) targets youthful offenders
ages 10 through 16," she said. "The
fands will be used to provide opera-
tional equipment, supplies, uni-
forms, training, travel, community
service support equipment and sup-
Please see Boot Page 12
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TAAS tsst Thsss statistics Includa all students
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Football 'Guru' places
Rusk, Alto in playoffs
Dave Campbell rates state gridiron
Rusk and Alto are picked to go far in the 1996 high school football
campaign, according to Dave Campbell's football magazine that just hit
the news stands.
Alto is picked as the number one Class 2A team in Texas, and Rusk as
Campbell's ninth team in Class 3A.
Alto coach Lucky Gamble has 15 lettermen, and 9-6 starters back from
last year's state finalist team.
Campbell's "gurus" predict that JefT DupUchain, center; Pat Pope,
defensive back; Jam mal Ward, running back; Brian Gamble, quarter-
back; and Charlie Robinson, linebacker, will be standouts for the
YeUowjacketa.
Please see Dava Paga 12
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Whitehead, Marie. Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 148, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 25, 1996, newspaper, July 25, 1996; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152278/m1/1/: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.