Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 155, No. 52, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 16, 2005 Page: 3 of 16
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Wednesday, February 16,2005
Ray Kellerman
Rush
Thank you to all of the
sponsors and volunteers
who made the 2005 Kids
Fishing Day a great suc-
cess-.
A special thank you
is extended to Thomas
Northcutt and his staff for
all of their time and effort
on this annual project.
Please join us in thanking
the following sponsors:
Sponsors from Rusk
include: Austin Bank,
Brookshire Bros., Cherokee
Arms andAmmo, Cherokee
County Electric Co-op:
Cherokee County Teach-
ers Federal Credit Union,
Cherokeean Herald news-
paper, Citizens 1st Bank,
Crawford's Kwik Lube,
Dollar General, Family
Dollar, Flowers 'R Us, Good
Time Wood Products, Greg
James Country Motors,
Charles Horton, Harry's
Building Supply: KWRW/
KTLU radio stations,
Rusk Auto Parts, Southern
Cherokee Federal Credit
Union, Texas National
Bank and Wallace Thomp-
son True-Value.
Sponsors from
Jacksonville include Auto-
matic Gas and Discount
City.
Alto sponsors include
Duplichain Contractors and
Pearman Motor Company.
Busk-Palestine Park
Partners helped organise
the event. The group's presi-
dent is Mr. Kellerman, Greg
James serves as treasurer.
'Move-over law' authored with
DPS trooper Terry Roach in mind debbie white
Remembering Dallas Evans
state rep. chuck hopson
D-Jacksonville
Afew years back, officer Terry
Roach of the Department of
Public Safety was struck by
an automobile while ticketing
a driver he had pulled over.
Officer Roach spent several
months in recovery, and was
lucky he was not killed.
His story struck me as one
that should never, ever have
to be repeated. During last
session, I authored House Bill
252, designed to require driv-
ers to slow down and move
over for emergency vehicles
that have their lights on. The
companion bill. Senate Bill 193,
passed easily.
This new driver safety law
is known most commonly as
the "move-over'' law, but to
me it will always be known as
the Terry Roach law. The law
says that if you come up to an
emergency vehicle with their
lights on, you must move over
and leave an open lane between
you andthem. Iftheroadhasno
extra lane or if traffic is simply
to heavy to move over, you must
slow down to 20 MPH below the
speed limit. Failure to do so can
lead to a $500 fine.
Though this law has been in
effect for over a year and a half
now, it is still a law that most
Texas driver s don't know about.
I wanted to remind everyone of
this law, not only to save you
from paying a large fine, but
to hopefully make sure that
what happened to Officer Roach
never happens to another offi-
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cer again.
The "move-over" law rein-
forces a basic valué we can
sometimes forget on the road.
As East Texans, we enjoy
helping our friends and our
neighbors. The same care we
show for each other at our jobs,
in our classrooms, and in our
churches should be shown on
our roadways as well.
Let's save the left lane for
passing only. Aggressive driv-
ing may save us a few minutes
on the highway, but courteous
driving can save lives. Our
law enforcement officers do
a tremendous job day in and
day out keeping our roads safe,
and every time there is another
terrible traffic accident, we can
always count on firefighters
and emergency care vehicles
coming to help as quickly as
they can.
Please join me in moving
over for our law enforcement
and emergency care workers.
They're there to help us, and
they deserve all the respect we
can give them.
Alto
The Alto Chamber of Com-
merce and the Alto Lions Club
wish to remember Dallas
Evans, Some of his many
accomplishments include:
•worked to get the adopt-
a-highway sign on Highway
21 in Alto where the Lions,
Boy Scouts and the Leo Clubs
adopted two miles of the road.
• sponsored many members
into both the Lions Club and the
Alto Chamber of Commerce.
• originated idea for a contest
for the motto in Alto. He said
every town needed a motto
and ours is "El Camino Real,
the road from the past, to the
present and the future.''
•helped organize the com-
mittee for the first Alto Pecan
Harvest Festival. Dallas fur-
nished his train for the little
ones to ride.
•worked at the eyeglass
screening to furnish glasses
for the needy in Alto.
• he donated a TV/VCR to the
Shattered Dreams program so
youth will under stand the prob -
Jems of drinking and driving.
• was instrumental in help-
ing get the 501c6 ready for the
Alto Chamber of Commerce and
then helped with the grant for
the museum.
The Monday before he left us
Dallas brought two boys to our
scout meeting and was going
to sponsor them because the
family was not able to afford
to put them in scouts. The
Alto Lions Club has voted to
sponsor the two boys in Dallas"
memory and will purchase their
uniforms andbooks so that they
can join.
The last project that Dallas
was helping the chamber with
was the El Camino Real. The
day that Dallas passed away he
had gone with Cecil and Fran
Miles, Jimmy Payne and me
to San Augustine to get more
information on how to promote
our part of this historic road.
On the way back into town
they stopped so that Dallas
could see the new adopt-a-
highway sign that hadjust been
erected and he talked about
meeting the boy ScoutS at the
sign and having pictures made.
He laughed about how everyone
would throw their trash out at
the signs, knowing someone
would pick it up. Dallas was
always involved and working
on a project with someone and
he would always do what he
could to help, He would offer
suggestions to fix problems
whether they sounded good or
not. But most of the time he
had a good idea.
One unfulfilled project that
is still pending is the City of
Alto giving the local hotel,
motel tax to the chamber for
tourism . After Dallas presented
this to the city, our first little
hotel started being built so
hopefully before it opens, the
city will give the hotel, motel
tax to us. When you put it all
together, his contributions add
up to a huge amount of work.
There will be a large void in
boththeAlto Lions Club and the
Alto Chamber of Commerce and
we will misshim greatly. He will
be remembered at our district
convention in Nacogdoches in
April for being a dedicated
Lion.
We wish to express our con-
dolences to the family of Dallas
Evans.
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