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Texas’ Oldest Weekly - Cherokee County’s largest newspaper
WEDNESDAY
July 11,2012
75 cents
Commissioners renew health insurance
Cost per employee drops slightly to $624.57per month
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Cherokee County Commissioners met Mon-
day morning for approximately 15 minutes
to consider a 10-item agenda. During the
meeting, they approved renewal of county em-
ployees health insurance. County Judge Chris
Davis said the cost to renew county health
insurance is one percent less than what the
county paid last year. Price of health insurance
per employee dropped from $630.88 to $624.57
per month. The county pays for insurance for
county employees, and employees pay the cost
of insurance for their families.
Other health insurance costs will include
employee plus children, $889.10; employee
plus spouse, $1,311.92 and employee plus
family, $1,541.32.
The county will advertise for proposals for
actuary service on post-employment benefits.
These benefits include those for health care
services for retired employees.
Commissioner Katherine Pinotti presented
her annual
road report.
She asked
if commis-
sioners could
show her
where it is
written that
they are not required to file this report. Auditor
L.H. Crockett said, “I have checked with other
counties and I have been told that there is no
penalty if these reports are not filed.”
Commissioners accepted Mrs. Pinotti’s
report.
A contract renewal for fiscal year 2013-
14 with the state case registry of customer
services with the Texas Attorney General’s
office was approved. This contract is for child
support cases filed in the Cherokee County
Court-at-Law.
Commissioners discussed corrections for the
county road map.
See COMMISSIONERS, pg. 6A
goes
green
City adds recycling bin with
recent ETCOG grant for 7,600
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
Life in the city of Jacksonville just got a
little “greener.”
The city has installed a 30-yard recycling
bin at the Royal Oaks Landfill, 608 CR
4102 (Heath Lane). The bin is a joint effort
between the city of Jacksonville and Allied/
Republic Services.
The recycling bin will be available Mon-
day-Friday from 7 a.m.-4 p.m. and is open
to all Jacksonville residents.
“We had a lot of people tell us that they
wanted to recycle, but since there was
nothing close, they had to take their items
to Tyler,” said Jacksonville city manager
Mo Raissi. “Now that we have the bin here,
they’re excited, especially that it’s free of
charge.”
Items that may be recycled at the loca-
tion are:
• cardboard (all boxes must be broken
down)
• newsprint, including bundles and ties,
color inserts and magazines as long as they
are not wet)
See CITY OF JACKSONVILLE, pg. 6A
RUSK
Etech adds
new Dallas
call center
Dallas represents different
clientele with unique expectations
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
As Etech Inc. grows in stature and in
service, Etech’s Rusk location continues to
grow, as well.
Recent information of a new Dallas loca-
tion left some questioning Etech’s long-term
viability in its three East Texas locations in
Rusk, Nacogdoches and Lufkin.
However, vice-president of human re-
sources Veronica Ellison said the company
is strong in each one of its locations.
“The Dallas center won’t affect any of our
centers in East Texas, including the Rusk
location,” Ms. Ellison said. “The Dallas loca-
tion will serve a totally different clientele. We
appreciate the opportunities to provide jobs
and fulfill client expectations. It’s a matter
of growing our brand and branching out.
“The bottom line for Rusk is that we are still
looking for the right opportunities to grow
our base to 100 (workers) or more, and we’ve
got several campaigns that we are working
See ETECH, pg. 6A
INSIDE
Bankruptcy protection
filed by Lon Morris
Chapter 11 bankruptcy protec-
tion was filed last week in a Tyler
federal court by Lon Morris Col-
lege in Jacksonville. The school
is exploring options for restructur-
ing debt and reorganizing.
see page 7A
Rusk State Hospital
employees honored
Rusk State Hospital employ-
ees were honored justbefore the
Fourth of July with a barbecue
and picnic that included fishing,
a water slide for the kids and
paddle boat rides.
see page 10A
INDEX
Letters...........2A
All Things Historical. 3A
El Camino Real. . ... 3A
Dispatches from the
City Desk.......3A
Taxing Thoughts. ... 3A
Obituaries......4A, 8B
Jacksonville’s clean-up
date set.........6A
Run-off elections. . . . 7A
Boy Scouts........8A
Caddo Mounds.....8A
T’nT Camp........9A
Rusk State Hospital 10A
Summer ball teams. . 1B
Football analysis. . . . 2B
Cody Glenn’s camp . 2B
Classifieds.......7-8B
July 4 parade......9B
Weather Outlook
THURSDAY
scattered t-storms
40% chance of rain
High: 88
Low: 69
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COUNTY
Work squad saves taxpayers $20,560
From Rusk swimming pool to Jacksonville rodeo grounds, TDCJ
inmates give back to communities during May and June
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Work squads from the Skyview-
Hodge Texas Department of
Criminal Justice units in Rusk
have saved county agencies and
residents approximately $20,560
for services performed during May
and June.
From May 1-3, four offenders
spent 96 hours at Lon Morris
College doing work on the rodeo
arena to make it ready for the an-
nual Jacksonville rodeo. Two staff
members supervised for another 60
hours. This registered a savings of
approximately $1,560 to the Jack-
sonville Rodeo Association.
The Texas Department of Trans-
portation’s yard at Jacksonville
saw four offenders and two staff
members contributing 360 hours
during a period of six days. Inmates
painted the building and trimmed
the yard. This amounted to an
estimated savings of $3,600 to the
State of Texas.
The Rusk City Pool needed clean-
up and other preparation for the
summer swimming season. TDCJ
answered the call May 7-8 and
five offenders and two staff mem-
bers contributed 1,400 hours for a
financial saving of approximately
$1,400.
Five offenders and two staff
See WORK SQUAD, pg. 6A
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