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CHEROKEEAN/HERALD of Rusk, Texas—Thursday, December 16,1999—Page 3A
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Letters To the Editor
Family Pet Brutalized By Shot To Face
I'm writing in hopes of saving another family the
anguish an¿ grief my family and I suffered this past
Saturday.
You see, my three girls and I just recently moved to
Alto, married a "hometown boy," and had planned to
spend many happy years on our beautiful farm.
However, some of its beauty was shattered this
weekend.
We have three dogs, two of which are usually kept
on chains the majority of the time. As they do not
enjoy their limited freedom, we allow them time off
those chains to run free and play with the girls. To my
knowledge, they have stayed pretty close to the
radius of our 75 acres.
They are all tagged with our name and address, so
if they were causing damage and/or being mischie-
vous, I am unaware of any such happenings.
Therefore, I am confused and sickened by the fact
that someone would injure one of our family's pets.
But Saturday, our Rottweiler, Gabby, was shot in the
face. This was done as a purposeful act or an unfor-
tunate accident.
I'm fully aware of the stereotype surrounding
Rottweiler's reputation, they are a large breed of dog,
known for aggression toward strangers and are very
frightening to those of you who have never had one as
a pet. That reason was behind my purchasing Gabby
a year ago.
Once being a single mom with three daughters, I
lived on a busy highway in Palestine. Having been
robbed on two occasions, I wanted a dog that would
keep unwanted strangers off our property. The mere
sight of a large German Rottweiler, was just the right
choice.
Howevei, of all our dogs, Gabby is the most gentle.
For this reason, I'm confused and upset that someone
might have intentionally tried to harm her.
I used the term "harm" lightly. They didn't just
harm her, they shot half her face off. Luckily, she was
strong enough to make it back home so we could take
her for help. Through the caring and meticulous
hands of Dr. Holcomb in Rusk, Gabby will survive.
She'll never be the same, however. All but a few of her
teeth are gone, some of her tongue was lost and a pin
will help the broken jaw to heal. With Christmas
approaching, many of you can understand that the
veterinarian bill was not one of the anticipated ex-
penses, therefore it will limit our spending over the
holidays.
Now, if this was done intentionally, I want to know
why? If it was an accident, then I would like to send
those of you hunters that are using pastures and
fields surrounded by homes with families living in
them a warning. Take better aim next time before
you pull the trigger, the one that you hit might be my
or someone else's child. As my girls love to romp and
play in our pasture, fields and creek beds.
I love my d )g, but if needed, she could be replaced.
But, I love my children more and they are irreplace-
able.
LEAH MCCOLLUM
Alto
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The Sanctuary Choir of First
Baptist Church, Alto, will present
their annual Christmas Cantata
on Sunday, Dec. 19 at 6:30 p.m.
The cantata is entitled "The Gift of
Christmas" and is written by Claire
Cloninger and Gary Rhodes. The
theme of this musical is that Jesus
is the gift of Christmas as well as
the giver of the gift!
Choir members include: Sopra-
nos: Teresa Crosby, Lisa
Duplichain, DeAnna Griffith,
Kathy Guidry, Frances Hicks,
Robin Hicks, Fay Hudson, Kerrie
Jones, Kristi Jones, Julie Jones,
Karen Kesinger, Patti Low, Erna
Lowry, Anna Mason, Nita Mitchell,
Birda Parker, Joyce Rogers,
Brenda Sulser, Irene Todd and
Wilma Williams. Altos; Alison
Carresquel, Betty Duplichain,
Betty Lowry, Pam Marin, Rhonda
Rice, Robin Rowley, Beth
Sheridan, Cam Tullis and Carla
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Morgan Guidry, Mike Low, Jamie
Rice, Hank Tullis and Floyd
Worley. Basses: Greg Duplichain,
Mark Jones, David Middleton,
Rich Rowley and Jack Sheridan.
Narrators are Kerrie Jones and
Jack Sheridan. The choir is under
the direction of Jason Duplichain.
First Baptist Church invites ev-
eryone to join in this Christmas
celebration. A nu.sery will be pro-
vided.
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Sheltered workshop
elects officers, directors
Directors and officers were re-
elected at the meeting of the Chero-
kee County Mental Retardation
Association, Inc. board at its meet-
ing Friday, Dec. 10 at the workshop
on Loop 456 in Jacksonville.
Directors are Woody Frazier,
Frank Waggoner, Rev. Hal McNeill,
Gene Brumbelow, Jim Cromwell,
Birda Parker, A. J. Rhodes, Marie
Whitehead, J. W. Carter, Billy
Watson, Valentine Waddleton, Dr.
R. H. Rodriquez, Sammie Attaway
and the Rev. Peggy Edge. Serving
as officers are Mr. Frazier, presi-
dent; Mrs. Whitehead, secretary
and Mr. Waggoner, treasurer.
The agenda included a report on
progress in the certification of the
Dogwood, Atchison and San Anto-
nio group homes under the ICF-
MR program. Jess Ramsey re-
viewed the Life/Safety survey re-
cently done and the program sur-
vey expected to be done in early
January.
"In the first Life/Safety visit, of
more than 450 items noted, all but
four were corrected by their depar-
ture," he said. These included the
recall of installers of a sprinkler
system, to move them to the high-
est point of a home's structure.
Another called for the widening of
a doorway from 26 inches to 28
inches. "Most of the citations were
minor and could be fixed immedi-
ately," he said.
The full certification of the homes
as ICF-MR will boost the income of
the facility's residential services,
said Elton McCune, executive di-
rector.
The shortfall of funds in MHMR
has had a trickle-down effect with
34 full time personnel volunteer-
ing to accept a 36-hour work week
for the past months.
"We are restoring these dedicated
people to a full work week as we go
forward with plans for ICF-MR cer-
tification," said McCune. As an in-
terim measure, he had visited with
Dr. John Gill, executive director of
ACCESS, seeking his assistance
with advances if a shortage be-
comes critical.
A review of the financial audit
conducted by Deborah Fisher was
presented by Carol Young, man-
ager of fiscal services.
Recommendations presented by
Jane Purtle revising the Personnel
Policy and Procedures Manual rela-
tive to client abuse and neglect
were adopted by the board. "We are
already complying with each point
but we need it in writing," she said.
The previous meeting's minutes
were approved. Directors present
were President Frazier, Mr.
Waggoner, Mr. Carter, Mrs.
Attaway, Mrs. Whitehead, Rev.
McNeill, Mr, Watson and Mr.
Cromwell. Jessie McClendon rep-
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Whitehead, Marie. Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 150, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1999, newspaper, December 16, 1999; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152455/m1/3/: accessed May 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.