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Wednesday, December 3, 2008
Clferokeeaif Herald ■ thecherokeean.com
CHRISTMAS
Cherokee County native publishes cookbook
Christmas is in the air and a recipe
book written by Cherokee County na-
tive Wanda Sessions Page Bamberg
will make a wonderful stocking stuffer.
The book is entitled "Moatleaf and
Tup-a-Toes, Recipes of a Lifetime."
The answer to the
name of the book is
hidden inside like a
mystery.
Mrs. Bamberg spent
J the past 20 years com-
piling recipes for her
children. After a cou-
Wanda Bamberg p|e 0p decades worth
of testing, research-
ing, collecting, typing, sorting and
remembering she has pubhshed a
book of 300 recipes and many, many
memories.
Mrs. Bamberg's children are not the
only benefactors. All proceeds from
the sale of the cookbook will go to
the eventual renovation of the Elkins
Library in Arkansas.
"I recall a memory about every one
of the 300 recipes and when each dish
was tested or who I collected it from.
My recipes came from cookbooks and
pamphlets I collected throughout my
life. I also have included recipes from
RECOUNT
friends, relatives and strangers," Mrs.
Bamberg said "I'm especially happy to
have old redpés from my family who
settledinEast Ifexas in the 1800s and
lived there for several generations. I
lived in Wells, Alto and College Sta-
tion, as well as the California Bay
area and Salt Lake City, Utah before
coming to Arkansas. Iincludedrecipes
in the book from all these places."
One of her prized recipes comes
from her friend, Clara Lee, who (lied
in 1962. The death came during the
time Mrs. Bamberg was expecting
her first child.
Twenty-five years after her death,
Mrs. Banberg received a recipe in
the mail from a mutual friend. It
was a fruit cake recipe in Mrs. Lee's
handwriting written on the inside
cover of a stationary pad probably
in the 1950s. It had a few misspelled
words and included a 10 cent bottle
of lemon extract.
Mrs. Bamberg grew up in Wells and
graduated from high school there in
1961."When Iwasalittlegirllwanted
to be like my grandmother. Kate 1 lop -
per of Wells, who said she was 'a jack
of all trades, master of none.''
After she married Charles Page,
she hvedin Alto and her three daugh-
ters were born at Rusk Memorial
Hospital.
She andher family moved to College
Station, where Mr. Page worked for
the Firemen's Training School.
After divorce and remarriage, she
moved to California and lived in the
Bay area for 13 years until she moved
to Fayetteville, Ark. She and her
husband will move to Anna, north of
Dallas, in the spring to be near their
children. Their children include her
daughters. Melody Page of Houston,
Connie Miserak of Prosper and Polly
LoweryofMelissa; andhis sons, Ron
Bamberg of Norfolk, Va. and Phil
Bamberg of Austin.
The cookbooks are being sold
through the end of 2008 at Pam's
Family Hair Salon, 2684 Hollybrook
Drive j u st inside the Elkins City Limit
sign on Highway 16.
The cost of each cookbook is $10
with a shipping cost of $2. Contact
Mrs. Bamberg at (479) 527-6463 or
email wbamberg@eox.net with any
questions or to purchase a copy of
the cookbook.
The cookbooks wereprintedat. G&R
Publishing in Waverly. Iowa.
Dream of Christmas
•1DD(
Loretta Springer and Nancy McKean, Citizens 1st Bank,
check out the Rusk Dream tree located in the bank lobby.
Similar trees are set up at Greg James Country Motors,
Austin Bank, Texas National Bank, Prosperity Bank, Chero-
kee County Teachers Credit Union, Southern Cherokee
Federal Credit Union. Each tree contains the names and
wish lists of disadvantaged children and senior citizens
who need assistance this holiday. Applicants may apply
through Thursday at the Rusk Lions Club.
continued from pg. 1A
was contactedathome at press
deadline Tuesday, said that
Mr. Walker lost 121 votes, and
that Mr. Hopson lost 29.
"We are shocked that there
were this many votes differ-
ent," said Mrs. Lusk. "I don't
know if this is from early
voting or precinct voting. I
won't know until we look at the
reports from election night.
"Tomorrow, we will go over
the numbers and see where it
came from."
The recount in Cherokee
County was overseen by a rep-
resentative of the Secretary of
State's office. Mrs. Lusk said
the SOSrepresentative agreed
with the final number on the
recount.
The recount process con-
cluded after 5p.m. Tuesday in
Cherokee County was the only
one which required two days.
It is also the only county that
returned results significantly
different from the first count
on election night.
Before the vote recount is
official, it must be certified
by county judges in Cherokee,
Rusk, Houston and Panola
counties and canvassed by
Gov. Rick Perry
The process could be con-
cluded by the end of the
week.
Following the Nov. 4 General
Election, Rep. Hopson held a
slim, 103-vote lead over Mr.
Walker out of 52,847 votes
cast.
Following the Cherokee
County recount Tuesday night.
Mr. Hopson spoke with the
Cherokeean Herald.
"In the other three counties,
I have a net gain of nine votes.
The Cherokee County votes
are not yet official, and I can't
comment on that.
"(In the other counties),
we've counted the votes. We've
recounted the votes, and I'm
still the winner/'
Recount summary
Mr. Walker carried Panola
and Rusk counties during
the General Election. In the
Monday recount in Panola
County Mr. Walker 's vote tally
remained unchanged. Rep.
I lopson's total was one ballot
less than the machine count
had originally indicated.
"Susan Potts, an attorney
for Brian K. Walker, requested
copie s of the provisional ballot
envelopes, rejected mail-out
ballot envelopes, applications
and rejection letters and 72
ballots that she had questions
about,'' said Cheyenne Lam-
pley, election administrator
in Panola County. "In the
majority of those ballots that
were requested, the voter had
voteda straightpartybutthen
voted in a difieren I parly in the
district 11 race. All 72 ballots
were counted and included in
the recount."
In the Rusk County recount
which concluded at approxi-
mately 4 p.m. Monday Mr.
Walker lost 14 votes during
the recount. The vote discrep-
ancy in that recount stems
from "limited ballots." Kathy
Wittner, election coordinator,
explained that those ballots
are designed to allow a voter
who moves to a new county
to vote during early on races
that include only federal and
statewide elections.
Ms. Witfner explained that
state law does not require
limited ballots to be counted by
hand. If the paper ballots are
scannedandifthe voter marks
local races, they are counted
like regular ballots. Only a
recount by hand can reveal
this type of discrepancy.
The Houston Countyrecount
concluded at approximately 7
p.m. Monday. County Clerk
Bridget Lamb said that in the
recount, Mr. Walker gained
four votes, Rep. Hopson had
no change and the Libertarian
candidate, Paul Bryan, lost
two votes.
She said she does not know
where the discrepancies oc-
curred or whether the differ-
ence involved limited ballots.
Ms. Lamb said the election
process went smoothly, and
she commended representa-
tive s fro m both p artie s for their
courtesy and helpfulness.
Houston County commis-
sioners will meet Dec. 9 to
canvass the votes.
After the recount
Whether or not Mr. Walker
plans to concede the election
was not clear atpress deadline
Tuesday. The Walker cam-
paign could not be reached for
a comment.
The official spokesman of
the recount, Cory Kennedy of
Ryan Erwin and Associates,
was unavailable. Campaign
manager Zach Vaughn saidhe
did not have recount number s,
and that he had been working
on other things. Mr Walker did
not return a phone call.
The only legal recourse is to
contest the election with the
Secretary of State's office.
According to state statute,
the House of Representatives
would convene and conduct a
tribunal hearing. The code
states, "The house of rep-
resentatives has exclusive
jurisdiction of a contest of a
general or special election for
state representative."
The scope of the inquiry is to
attempt to ascertain whether
the outcome of the contested
election, as shown by the final
canvass, is not correct because
either illegal votes were
counted or because an election
officer or other per son involved
in the administration of the
election made an error.
Examples cited in the stat-
ute include failing to count
legal votes, preventing eligible
voters from voting or engag-
ing in other fraud or illegal
conduct.
A possible legal point of
contention by the Walker cam-
paignis uncountedpirovisional
ballots. (See sidebar on who
is ehgible to cast a provisional
ballot.)
In each case, the election
Provisional ballots
Individuals who claim to be registered but whose names do not appear on
the voter registration list or voters who are unable to produce their certificate
or another form of required identification at the polling place are required to
vote provisionally. Provisional ballots are not counted until the voter registrar
and early voting ballot board verify the voter's eligibility. The affidavit which
provisional voters must sign also acts as a voter registration application,
ensuring that individuals, who are not on the list of registered voters, are
registered for future elections.
The following is a partial list of examples of people allowed to vote provi-
sionally:
• An individual who claims to be properly registered and eligible to vote,
but whose name does not appear on the list of registered voters and voter
registrar cannot be reached or whose registration status cannot be confirmed
by the voter registrar; or
• An individual who is registered to vote, but is trying to vote in a precinct
other than the precinct where the voter is registered (on election day); or
• An individual who does not have his/her voter registration certificate and
no form of identification; or
• An individual who has applied for a ballot by mail but has not returned the
ballot or cancelled the ballot by mail with the early voting clerk; or
DATA: SECRETARY OF STATE
GRAPHIC: CHEROKEEAN HERALD
judge reviewed the provisional
ballots and provided the voter
with written notice within 10
days of the local canvass as
to whether their ballots were
counted or not.
Statewide implications
Pohtical observers say that
therace in East Texas willhave
significant implications in the
balance of power in Austin.
Currently Republicans hold
77 seats in the house of rep-
resentatives, Democrats have
74 seats.
Current Speaker of the
House Tom Craddick is en-
gaged in a battle for his pohti-
cal future as speaker.
During the last session of
the Legislature in 2007, he
successfully sidestepped ma-
neuver s by members of his own
party to unseat him near the
end of the session.
The list of declared op-
ponents who plan to run for
speaker grows longer as the
Jan. 13, 2009 session draws
nearer. A similar tight race
is being watch in Irving.
UNEMPLOYMENT
ACCIDENTS
continued from pg. 1A
the state is going through
hard economic times, as is
the entire nation, the state
can be proud of its economic
performance.
"With the example we have
set here in Texas, we need to
encourage the pohticians in
Washington to pay more at-
tention to the Texas economic
model," he said.
The local picture
Two of the largest employers
in the county — Rusk State
Hospital and the Texas De-
partment of Criminal Justice
— are currently going on with
business as usual.
"At the pre sen I time, we
haven't seen any real change
in application or worker
numbers," said RSH superin-
tendent Ted Debbs. "We still
have the same numbers that
we've always had."
In fact, Mr. Debbs says that
the entire state hospital sys-
tem is in good shape.
"All the other state hospitals
are in the same shape that we
are; he said. "There's no real
impact (from the economy) on
our employment figures or our
patient figures. It's all still
status quo for us."
Mr. Debbsalsosaidthatun-
less there is a large problem
in the health care industry
as a whole, he does not see
Rusk State Hospital having
any issues.
"There's always a need for
healthcare," he said. "The
country already has nurs-
ing and physician shortages.
Since we're already short,
the health care system would
basically shut down if it went
further than that, and I don't
see that happening.
"Because we deal with in-
digent care, money has abso-
lutely no impact on whether or
not we take care of a potential
patient."
TDCJ is also seemingly
showing no ill effects of resent
unemployment numbers. On
Dec. 4, TDCJ will screen cor-
rectional officer applicants in
Jacksonville at Workforce So-
lutions starting at 7:45 a.m.
Job screenings were also
held in May and October in
Rusk. According to a report
in the October 29 issue of The
Cherokeean Herald, the 20
jobs offered in October would
add an additional $520,000
into the local economy.
In June, TDCJhired45new
workers at the Skyview and
Hodge units, which added
approximately $1.3 million
to the local economy.
Interested applicants should
TDCJ job screenings for correctional officers
scheduled Thursday in Jacksonville
Tomorrow, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) will screen
correctional officer applicants.
The screening will take place at Workforce Solutions at 2027 N. Jackson
St. in Jacksonville starting at 7:45 a.m.
Interested applicants will have to apply at the department's website:
wwi/v.tdcj.state.tx.us and select the "Employment" tab. From there, select
Request CO Screening, choose the location and date and download and
complete the employment application forms.
Applicants will need to bring the completed employment application form,
the TDCJ Employment Application Supplement, Statement of Availability
and all required documents and copies to their scheduled appointment.
apply at. the department's web -
site: www.tdcj. state. tx.us and
select the "Employment" tab.
From there, select Request CO
Screening, choo se the location
and date and download and
complete the employment
application forms.
Applicants will need to bring
the completed employment
apphcation form, the TDCJ
Employment Application
Supplement, Statement of
Availability and all required
documents and copies to their
scheduled appointment.
continued from pg. 1A
four-door.
At approximately 11:55p.m.
Sunday, an accident on State
Highway 21, some 0.3 miles
west of Alto, claimed the life
of a Nacogdoches man and
injured another man.
Blake Crisp, 23, of Na-
cogdoches, was pronounced
dead at the scene. Mr. Crisp's
passenger, Jacob Best, 22, of
Nacogdoches, was injured
andlifeflighted to East Texas
Medical Center in Tyler.
According to DPS reports,
Mr. Crisp was travehng west
on State Highway 21 at a high
rate of speed. As the vehicle
exited a left curve, it veered to
the right, entering a side skid
and striking a tree.
Neither Mr. Crisp nor Mr.
Best were wearing seat belts,
according to DPS reports.DPS
Trooper Steven Crosby inves-
tigated both accidents.
TXD0T
continued from pg. 1A
"It's good news that they're
doing the inside lanes, be-
cause that means the work is
clo se to being done since we do
the outside lanes first."
The project started last
summer when, during main-
tenance on the highway, crews
found water pooling under-
neath the road surface.
"Water that had been run-
ning off from rains pooled
(underneath the road) because
it had nowhere else to go," Mr.
Krantz said. "We needed to
find where the water was com-
ing from and mitigate it."
TxDOT placed drains un-
derneath the highway to keep
the water from puddling.
Originally the project on
Highway 69 was to grind old
pavement, lay down a coat
of hot mix, apply a seal coat
and another coat of hot mix to
finish the job.
Hot mix, a blend of asphalt
binder and mineral aggre-
gate, is mixed anywhere from
200-330 degrees Fahrenheit.
Paying and compaction must
be done while the asphalt is
stillhot. Crewsusuallypavein
the summer months because
in winter, the mix will cool
too much before it is packed
to optimal air content.
"It (finding the water) threw
a monkey wrench into our pro-
cess," Mr. Ivrantz said. "We'd
set things up to do the work
wehadplannedinthe summer
when the weather is nice and
there are few interruptions.
Clearly we blew through that
with the drainage issue.
"Once you cut open the road,
though, you may as well get
it right."
Crews are currently keeping
an eye on forecasts in order
to see if they have enough
time left in the year to apply
a seal coat and hot mix to the
highway.
"We'll do work on the center
turn lane, as well," Mr. Krantz
said. "We'll have to evaluate
where we are with the weather
to see if we'll have enough days
of war m weather for a seal coat
and the hot mix."
Should the weather hold up,
there will be a possibility of
lane closures for apphcation
of the seal coat and hot mix
as well as for striping the
roadway.
Mr. Krantz said if the
weather holds, he feels "pretty
good" about their chances to
finish the job on Highway 69
before the end of the year.
"It's not the way we. drew it
up, but if we get lucky with
the weather, we can have it
done by the end of the year,"
Mr. Krantz said. "If not, we'll
wait a few months for the
weather to clear."
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