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Wednesday, February 16, 2005
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Photo by
Don Wallace
STOLEN MARKER
RETURNED TO COUNTY
Sheriff James Campbell looks
over the marker stolen from the
Caddoan Mounds which will be
re-erected on Feb. 27.
See story, pg. 9
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TING STAR
The basketball season came
to an end for the Rusk Eagle
and Lady Eagle teams. Read a
report on their final games on
pg 10.
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
The Cemetery Club
Patron tickets now on sale
The Cherokee Civic Theatre's latest
performance promises to keep the audience
riveted. Patron tickets are now on sale, with
general admission sales starting Feb. 21
see pg. 5 for details
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Narcotics task force
investigates 47 cases
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Commander Curtis Bitz, a Texas
Department of Public Safety
employee working for the Dogwood
Trails Narcotics Task Force, pre-
sen Ied the agency's semi-annual
statistics report to members of
the Rusk City Council Thursday
evening.
Cherokee County had 47 cases
worked; Rusk, 44; Wells, two; and
Jacksonville, three.
Cases workedin Anderson County
include, 13 for the county; nine for
Frankston; 16 for Elkhart; 108 for
Please see CITY OF RUSK, pg. 6
Alto election set May 7
Funds also approved by council for new utility department pickup truck
By Don Wallace
Staff Writer
The Alto City Council approved
funds for a utility department truck
and called an election as part of busi-
ness conducted Monday night at the
regular monthly meeting.
The election was called on May 7
with Sharon Bregier to serve as elec-
tion j udge.
The council said Ms. Bregier will
conduct the election alone without an
assistant, due to the fact the election
was going to be for the city only and
not the city and Alto School Board as
it has been in recent years.
The motion for the date and Ms.
Bregier's appointment passed by a
unanimous vote.
Danny Christopher, utility supervi-
sor, was present to give bids to the
council concerning a pickup truck for
use by the utility department.
In an ear her meeting council mem-
ber s asked Mr, Christopher to get bids
for several different size trucks rang-
ing from the small pickups to the 8/4
ton trucks.
Mr. Christopher got all bids
requested and explained to the coun-
cil his specific needs for a 1/2 ton
vehicle.
"The 1/2 ton truck is the bid we
Please see ALTO COUNCIL, pg. 12
TODAY
Cherokee County
candidates begin filing
for city, school positions
Candidates for area school and
city elections will continue filing for
places on the May 7 ballot until
March 7.
Rusk school board members
Dr. Anthony Holcomb and Fran-
ces Long have asked for places
on the ballot. Incumbent Richard
Massingill is expected to resign
at the Feb. 21 board meeting.
No one has filed for his one-year
unexpired term.
Rusk Mayor Charles Horton
and District 1 incumbent Ruth
Ross have filed for re-election.
Incumbent Walter Session, Dis-
trict 2 had not filed by press time.
Filing for the District 2 position is
Gary Epperson.
Johnny Thacker has filed for a
place on the Alto ISD ballot. Terms
of David Middleton and G. L. Skin-
nerexpirewith the election. Neither
of the two incumbents have filed
for re-election.
Former mayor and council
member Garwin Baugh is asking
for election to the mayoral posi-
tion. Filing as a council candidate
is Jennifer Carter. Terms of Mayor
Tony Simms and council members
Margaret Little and Sandra Wal-
lace expire with the election.
Incumbent Wells ISD board
member T. Wayne Montes is
seeking re-election. No one
else has filed for a place on the
ballot. Donnie Carver is the other
incumbent.
Only one place on the Wells
council will not be up for election.
That place is held by Billie Petty,
whose term does not expire.
Three full terms of Rick William-
son, Rex Aycock and Eva Brown
are up for election. Also voters will
be asked to elect another person
to fill the unexpired term of Mayor
Jerry Ellerbee, who resigned
Dec. 31.
Three aldermen positions are up
See ELECTION, pg. 6
Weather Outlook
Testing the waters
Proposed reservoir
would supply
Dallas' water needs
By Don Wallace
Staff Writer
It seems like everybody
wants a slice of the Neches
River basin,
In July, a proposal was
introduced by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service
(FWS) for a game refuge
which would cover more
than 25 miles and protect
bottomland hardwood.
The proposed refuge also
was in both Cherokee
and Anderson Counties
and includes the Neches
River.
lease see
comparison
charts, pg. 12
Now, the Upper Neches
River basin is being
considered by the Upper
Neches River Municipal
Water Authority to build
a lake called the Fastrill
Reservoir.
The proposal for a reser-
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FASTRILL
RESERVOIR
Elkhart
Lake Fastrill, which is still on the drawing board, would flood 25,900
acres of bottom land along the Neches River at the Anderson and
Cherokee County line. Some 80 percent of the lake's cost would be
financed by the city of Dallas for drinking water.
voir in the area w ás fir st
discussed in 1953. The
lake was included in a
proposed reservoir sité
on all following water
plans prepared by and
for the state of Texas.
The dam would be
located on Texas High-
way 294 west of Alto,
The reservoir would
be 32 miles long and
have a maximum depth
of 45 feet.
To complete and fill
the reservoir some
31,000 to 32,000 acres
of land in Cherokee
andAnderson Counties
See FASTRILL, pg. 12
Commissioner
seeks financial
boost for parks
Parker wants full $100 million
from sporting goods tax
earmarked for state parks
By Terrie Gonzalez
Managing Editor
LUFKIN — For a job that pays nothing, John
D. Parker takes his pretty seriously.
As a commissioner serving on the Texas Parks
and Wildlife I )<>parl menl board, he spends
almost four hours daily study-
ing thick reports about spiked
antlers, the Battleship Texas
and perch limits. With a flip
of his wrist in his favorite note-
book, he can tick off the state
parks in State Rep. Chuck
Hop son's district (fiye) and in
State Sen. ToddStaples' district
(18). Piles of binders are neatly
arranged on the floor in a semi -
circle aroundhis chair, and each
is instantly at his fingertips to corroborate his
exceptional recall of numbers.
While digesting his self-imposed reading
material, the Lufkin homebuilder stumbled
upon a factoid, buried inside the language of
a legislative bill passed in 1993. If he has his
way, the bill will be re-written and the parks
department will receive a projected $70 million
windfall each year.
In the 73rd session of the Texas legislature , a
bill pas sed which authorized the state to collect
Please see PARKER, pg. 6
John D. Parker
TPWD Commissioner
THURSDAY
partly cloudy
20% chance of rain
High: 56
KWR
AM
Rusk explores
internet options
High-speed service needed for
industrial growth
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Various ways of providing internet service
to area businesses were discussed at a Feb. 9
meeting of the Rusk Economic Development
Corporation at city hall. Bob Goldsberry, Rusk
chamber executive director, presented differ-
ent services that local businesses could pursue
and others that the board could seek to offer
industrial prospects.
Mr. Goldsberry had checked with East Texas
Medical Center, Rusk State Hospital and area
business owners.
Among the services offered the Rusk area are
T-l, T-3. chai up and cable services, he said.
"Verizon will be happy to work with businesses
in obtaining DSL lines."
"There is a company in Jacksonville, Horizon,
that offers wireless broadband service, KT.\I('
Please see ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, pg. 6
league enjoys role
as mentor to youth
Jacksonville guidance counselor, shows
students success by example
Joe Teague hits all the right notes on
guitar and as a counselor. He plays in
Tyler Big Band group, but got his love
music while a sixth grader in Rusk.
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PHOTO BY DON WALLACE
By Don Wallace
Staff Writer
He's worn a lot of dif-
ferent hats in his
day, from musician to
teacher to band director and
guidance counselor.
He currently is a guidance
counselor at Jacksonville High
School, teaches at Lon Morris
College and is a member of
the Tyler Big Band, along
with being very active in his
church.
But the one hat Joe Teague
wears the best is when he's
himself, a mentor.
Mr. Teague takes the role of
mentor very seriously because
of another influential person's
impact on him some 40-plus
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years ago which changed his
life.
"I went to school in Rusk
at George W, Bradford," Mr.
Teague said with pride.
"It's because of the school
and in particular - band direc-
tor, Jesse Warner* that I am
what I am today. Mr. Teague
See MENTOR, pg. 6
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