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C) Vol. 161 ■ No. 52 ■ 16 pgs.
WEDNESDAY
February 16, 2011
Rusk, Texas ■ 50 cents
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
6 COUNTY TEAMS REACH BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS
OLD SHIP OF ZION' STILL ON COURSE IN JACKSONVILLE
SCHOOL FINANCE
Budget conundrum: March deadline for teacher
contracts looms w thout clear direct ion trom Austin
School districts in Cherokee County may end up cutting nearly $ 11
million in funding; examining situation in Austin closely
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Texas school districts are preparing to
tighten their budgets in anticipation of the
state shortfalls.
Approximately 15 percent of the state's
budget goes to education and districts do not
know what will be cut in their anticipated
state funding.
Some districts are holding off in offering
teacher contracts. J acksonville ISD ha s offered
an incentive to retiring and moving teachers
and paraprofessional staff members.
"If an employee plans to leave us, we want
to know now so we can make plans to fill or
eliminate that position,'' Dr. Joe Wardell,
superintendent, said.
The first 50 full-time teachers and the first
50 full-time parapirofessionals who resign
prior to Feb. 25 will receive a $500 bonus at
See SCHOOL BUDGETS, pg. 6A
Cherokee County School Districts
school district
JISD
RISD
AiSD
WISD
NSISD
operating budget
35,000,000
14,991,952
5,407,155
2,735,092
4,758,294
budget funded by state
30,500,000
10,017,200
3,670,476
1,524,090
4,558,998
total # district employees
900
330
123
55
89
total # district teachers
350
160
70
35
47
per student budget in 2005
5,000
6,317
4,815
3,856
n/a
per student budget in 2011
5,000
7,032
4,815
4,972
9,555
percent of budget to cut
8%
12-15%
10-15%
approx. 10%
no decision
JISD-Jacksonville; RISD - Rusk; AISD-Alto; WISD-Wells; NSISD ■ New Summerfield
GRAPHIC: CHEROKEEAN HERALD
CHEROKEE CIVIC THEATRE
"The Philadelphia
Story ' makes debut
in Rusk this weekend
By Sheilah O'Heaney
Special Contributor
ollywood legend Lauren
I "J Bacall once said, "An
old movie is simply one,
you haven't seen yet.''
She was responding to people
who disparaged mid-20th cen-
tury movies as having nothing
to say to us today, countering
that "the classics" can and do
still have meaning.Take, for
example, "The Philadelphia
Story." Starting
Feb. 18, Cherokee Civic Theatre
will present the live stage play
by Phillip Barry that was the
basis for the 1940 movie,
It is a classy romantic
comedy about a society heiress
trying to have a nice, quiet
wedding despite a number of
co mplicatio n s.
Just like every modern bride
with a wedding horror story to
share, this bride, Tracy Lord,
has to deal with a philandering
father she has "uninvited" to the
wedding, a brother who
brings home a tabloid
See PHILADELPHIA
STORY, pg. 6A
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Uncle Willie adds a twist of mistaken identity, to the dismay of Mrs. Thomas in this
scene from "The Philadelphia Story." Uncle Willie is played by Tim Howell and Mrs.
Thomas by Ann Kelley. The production will be presented Feb. 18-20 and Feb. 26-28
at the Cherokee Theater in Rusk. Showtime is 7:30 p.m. on Friday and Saturday
nights and 2 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
-< A breaking story:
Tabloid reporters Liz
Imbrie, played by Katie
Burt, and Mike Connors,
played by Caleb
Summers, call in the
news on the wedding
woes during "The
Philadelphia Story."
Really, why don't you
stop the wedding?
How?
Get smallpox.
-THE PHILADELPHIA STOW
Box Office Information
7:30 p.m. performances
Feb. 18-19
Feb. 26-27
2 p.m. performances
Feb. 20, 27
Price: advance tickets
$9 for adults and $6 for
children; $10 at the door
Reservations
(903) 683-2131
Weather Outlook
THURSDAY
cloudy
10% chance of rain
High: 67
Low: 60
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17 people plea in district courts
Persons pleading in Cherokee
County district courts include Paul
Dixon, 29, of Alto, charged with
improper relationship between
him, an educator at Alto ISD, and
an Alto student. He was sentenced
to 10 years in Texas Department
of Criminal Justice, probated for
10 years, He was ordered to serve
three days in jail.
Other persons pleading were:
•Brett Gonzales, •'! I. of Elkhart,
charged withfailure to register as a
sex offender, was sentenced to two
years in TDCJ.
• Gaylon Sessions, 47, of Jackson-
ville. charged with evading arrest
with a vehicle, was sentenced to two
years in the state jail.
• Michael Linville, 32, of J ackson-
ville, charged with possession of a
controlled substance, was sentenced
to five years deferred probation.
• Ignacio Martinez, 29, of New
Summerfield, charged with pos-
session of a controlled substance,
was sentenced to 10 years deferred
probation.
•Jimmy Chamberlain, 33, of
Granite Shoals, charged with pos-
session of a controlled substance
withintent to deliver-enhanced, was
sentenced to 10 years in TDCJ:
•Randy Dufiield Jr., 20, of Jack-
sonville, charged with possession
of a controlled substance, was
sentenced to five years deferred
probation.
• Billy McCarley, 18. of Gushing,
charged with possession of a con-
trolled substance, was sentenced to
five years deferred probation.
•Martin Trujillo, 29, of Jackson-
ville, charged with DWI for the
third or more time, was sentenced
to 10 years in TDCJ, probated for
10 years.
•Ivaneisha Boseman, 20, of
Jacksonville, charged with posses-
sion of a controlled substance, was
sentenced to four years deferred
probation.
• StanleyTilley Jr., 25, of Jackson-
ville, was charged with possession
of controlled substance with intent
to deliver, was sentenced to nine
years in TDCJ,
•David Diviney, 31, of Troup,
charged with burglary of building,
was sentenced to five year s deferred
probation.
• Ottie William*. 30, of Jackson-
ville, charged with retaliation two
times, injury to the disabled, inter-
fering with 911 call with previous
convictions, was sentenced to 10
years deferred probation.
• Casey Minchew, 24, of Jackson-
ville, charged withfailure to register
as a sex offender, was sentenced to
eight years in TDCJ.
• Joseph Whitaker, 22, of Jack-
sonville, charged with possession
of a controlled substance, was
Sentenced to five years deferred
probation.
• Dewayne Nelson, 60, of Frank -
ston, charged with possession of a
controlled substance, was sentenced
to two years in TDCJ,
•John Graham, 38, of Rusk
charged with burglary of a habita-
tion, was sentenced to six years in
TDCJ.
RUSK
Ground
broken on
McDonalds
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
The golden arch of a McDonald' srestaurant
is expected to rise this fall in Rusk.
The first building permit for the construc-
tion of the 5,050 square foot building owned
by the Stainback Company, was issued
Monday to Rusk Investors LP and Castle-
rock Construction Co. of Greenville. Target
date for the McDonald's opening is expected
sometime in October.
The building permit was issued Monday
at city hall for $800,000, which includes
See MCDONALDS, pg. 6A
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