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Cooper School News
Pittman, Horchem Students Participate In
Represent CHS In
UIL Cross-Examination
Cooper High School was repre-
sented at the University Interscho-
lastic League State Cross-Examina-
tion meet at the University of Texas
at Austin on March 16 and 17, 1992,
by Mark Pittman and Dutch Hor-
chem.
These students earned eligibility
for the State Meet by placing first at
the UIL cross-examination district
meet.
In participating at the State Meet,
Pittman and Horchem qualify for the
Texas Interscholastic league Foun-
dation scholarships. During 1991-92,
the TILF awarded more than
5660,000 scholarship grants to 543
college students who competed at
the UIL State Academic Meet. The
funds are made possible through
grants from foundations, individuals
and families. The TILF has over
$2,000,000 in endowed funds.
In State competition, the debate
team of Horchem and Pittman won
two rounds and lost two rounds in
the competition which involved
teams from 47 District AA schools
throughout the state. Attending as
alternates (placing third in district
competition) was the team of Karla
Wray and Stephanie Cregg. The
students were accompanied to Aus-
tin by their debate coach, Mrs.
Laurine Garrison and local sponsor,
Mrs. Judy Falls.
JUturto
Thursday, March 26, 1992
PAGE 4
St. Jude’s Fundraiser
Cooper students participated in an
educational and fun exercise for
fundraising for St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital by playing the
Trivia Challenge Game, a service
project sponsored by Cooper High
School Student Council.
The student team, made up of
Amy Petty, Christye Gunnels, Dutch
Horchem, Mark Pittman, Rodney
Gillen, and Delilah Greene was
challenged by the faculty team of
Judy Thompson, Bryan McKamy,
Rodney Rainey, Judy Silman, Rose
Ingram and Julie Kennimer.
Moderators for the Trivia Challenge
were Student Council President
Shelly Slaughter and High School
Principal Danny Pickering. Moder-
ators read questions, judged the
answers and kept score for the
participating teams. Questions
covered student and faculty know-
ledge in many subject areas such as
science, history, geography, arts,
and entertainment.
St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital has gained an international
reputation for steady and sometimes
dramatic progress in childhood can-
cer research. Their programs are
dependent upon the support of vol-
unteer organizations who help in the
fundraising efforts. The support of
students and faculty plays a major
role in St. Jude’s effort to bring hope
to all children stricken with catas-
trophic childhood diseases. St.
Jude’s achievements, particularly in
leukemia, have made it a world-
famous haven of hope that someday,
all the diseases it is studying will be
conquered.
Local Student Council Sponsors
are Mrs. Diane Stegall and Mrs. Gail
Hohenberger.
To The People of Delta County
I wish to express my appreciation for your votes and
support during my campaign for Sheriff of Delta County.
Sincerely,
Joe Don Maynard
THANK YOU DELTA COUNTIANS
Your vote and support for my re-election
District Judge, 62nd Judicial District, w
greatly appreciated.
as
was
Jim N. Thompson
District Judge
THANKS
The Officers and Directors of the
Delta County Chamber of Commerce
wish to express their thanks and
appreciation to the merchants of Cooper
and Delta County for items donated to our
Auction on March 7.
BUSTER CONCRETE
HIGHWAY 24 WEST COOPER, TEXAS
903/395-2108 or 903/395-2109
• FILL SAND
• MORTAR SAND
ROAD GRAVEL
i TOP SOIL
PROVIDING CONCRETE FOR
• RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL
Serving Cooper, Commerce and Surrounding Areas
STEPPING STONES, PARKING BLOCKS
Different Shapes and Sizes
DAVE ENSZ, MANAGER
Student Council To Sponsor SAAD Awareness Week
JTPA Youth Program Accepting Applications
Student Council members will be
sponsoring SADD Awareness Week
March 30 - April 3, 1992 in Cooper
1SD. This is a nationwide event with
the slogan "Cruise Control” select-
ed because it connotes the message
against impaired driving. Student
Council is taking the opportunity to
join school with SADD (Students
Against Drunk Driving) to help
young people celebrate life and to
focus attention on the issues of
impaired driving and illicit drug use.
Alcohol related car crashes are still
the number one killer of young
American people 15 to 24 years old.
Illicit drug use, which includes the
abuse of alcohol by young people, is
a complex problem -- one which can
only be solved if students and
educators work together to inform
youth and to raise their awareness of
the often tragic consequences of
alcohol and drug abuse. For ten
years, SADD, the largest youth
activist organization in America, has
been a leader in the movement to
save young lives.
On Monday, students will hand
out "Cruise Conrol” stickers to
students to create excitement and
awareness. They will have the
opportunity to purchase ‘‘Cruise
Control’’ shirts. On Tuesday, Stu-
dent Council members will provide
everyone in the school with a slip of
paper. Each student and staff mem-
ber signs their name on their piece.
A committee of students will loop
every slip of paper into an inter-
locking chain. This “Chain of Life”
will be hung in the center hall to
remind students “to not let an
accident from drugged or drunk
driving break this chain of life. ” As a
reminder that somewhere in
America, people are killed every 22
minutes by drunk drivers, a bell will
ring every 22 minutes to commemo-
rate all the Americans who will be
killed by drunk drivers that day.
Students will be reminded that the
disturbance of the bill every 22
minutes does not compare with the
feelings of friends and family of the
25,000 Americans who die each year
at the hands of drunk drivers.
Students will have Contracts of Life
that explain the dangers students
face and the opportunity to approach
parents about these difficult issues.
Cooper I.S.D. Menu
March 30-April 3
Breakfast
Monday • Juice, pancakes, syrup,
butter, milk.
Tuesday • Juice, breakfast pizza,
milk.
Wednesday • Juice, sausage, bis-
cuits, gravy, milk.
Thursday > Juice, cereals, pea-
nuts, milk.
Friday - Juice, cinnamon toast,
milk.
Lunch
Monday - Fish nuggets, French
fries, baked beans, blueberry cup-
cakes. bread, milk.
Tuesday - Bar-B-Q weiners, Tator
Tots, pinto beans, dill pickles, jelly/
butter, whole wheat rolls, milk.
Wednesday - Hamburger steak
with gravy, cream potatoes, English
peas, applesauce, bread, milk.
Thursday - Fried chicken, cheese/
macaroni, green beans, mix fruit/
topping, bread, milk.
Friday • Cheeseburgers, salad,
pickles, potato chips, fruit, milk.
The Ark - Tex Private Industry
Council’s Job Training Partnership
Act (JTPA) program is looking for
almost 1,000 youth in Northeast
Texas, who qualify as economically
disadvantaged, are between the ages
of 14 and 21, and who want to ‘’learn
and earn” in the 1992 Summer
Youth Employment and Training
Program.
“By the end of May, our Work
Experience Program will have at
least 551 young people, ages 16-21,
who are either already in other JTPA
programs or who can meet eligibility
economic guidelines,” said I _*ggy
White, Manager of Employment and
Training. “Employers for this pro-
gram are in the non-profit public
sector and include cities, counties,
schools, libraries, and other public
agencies, the program pays mini-
mum wage and worker's comp and
will run June 8 through August 15.
Enrollment is handled through
school counselors and JTPA
Employment and Training Special-
ists in each county.
“We also plan to serve 285
youngsters who have fallen behind at
least one grade level in our summer
Classroom Training program” Ms.
White continued. “Five Independent
School Districts (Texarkana, Paris,
Liberty-Eylau. Mt. Pleasant, and
Sulphur Springs) will hold both basic
and remedial classes on their cam-
puses.
“We will also have 60 students
from our nine-county region in our
Youth Opportunities Unlimited
(YOU) program.'' said Ms. White.
These youngsters, ages 14-15 have
been identified as potential dropouts
and will go to East Texas State
University in Commerce for an 8-
week residential program of study
and work with side trips to cultual
and sports events. This is one of our
most successful programs,” noted
"Almost 98% of the participants
who complete the summer session
stay in school until graduation.”
The Summer Youth Employment
and Training Program is part of the
overall JTPA program authorized by
the Ak-Tex Private Industry Council
and administered by the Ark-Tex
Council of Governments for nine
counties in Northeast Texas: Bowie,
Cass, Delta, Franklin, Hopkins, La-
mar, Morris, Red River and Titus.
For more information about the
program. contact Nita Fran
Hutcheson, ATCOG Communi-
cations/Marketing (903) 832-8636.
The employment and training
office for Delta County is: Employ-
ment Training Office, P. O. Box
256, 200 West Dallas (Courthouse),
Cooper, Texas 75432; telephone 903-
395-4162. EAT Specialists for our
county are Jerry Lawler. Sophie
Noiel and Laurene Russey.
James Wolfe Selected
To College Who’s Who
James Wolfe of Cooper is among
the twenty students from Kansas
Wesleyan University who have been
selected to the 1992 edition of Who's
Who Among Students in American
Universities and Colleges.
These students are recognized for
their academic achievement, service
to the community, leadership in
extracurricular activities and poten-
tial continued success.
Outstanding students have been
honored in the annual directory since
it was first published in 1934.
Social Security Notes
March Is Last Chance To Enroll
March is last chance this year to
enroll in Medicare Part B ... If you
didn’t enroll in Medicare Part B
(Medical insurance) when you first
became eligible, you have until
March 31st to sign up. Each year
between January 1 and March 31. a
Part B general enrollment period” is
available for people who didn't sign
up when they had the chance initially
or for those who signed up but
dropped their coverage later on.
Whether you sign up in January.
February or March of the current
general enrollment period, your Part
B coverage will begin on July 1. The
monthly premium is 10 percent
higher for each 12 months that you
could have been enrolled but were
not. The basic monthly premium for
1992 is $31.80.
Special rules apply to workers and
their spouses age 65 or older and to
certain disabled people under age 65
who have group health coverage
based on current employment. These
people generally can w ait to enroll in
Part B during a seven-month
“special enrollment period,” and
will not be required to pay the 10
percent premium increase. This
special enrollment period begins
with the month the group health
coverage ends, or the month em-
ployment ends -- whichever comes
first.
In addition to the 10 percent or
higher premium increases for late
enrollment in Part B, there are also
penalties for people who do not sign
up for Part A (hospital insurance)
when they're first eligible. But. this
only applies to people who have to
pay for Part A coverage. Because
everybody eligible for Social Security
gets Part A free-of-charge when they
turn 65 or have been getting dis-
ability for two years, there are very
few people (only those not eligible
for Social Security) who have to pay
for Part A coverage and worry about
penalties for late enrollment.
To enroll in Part B. or if you have
questions about Part A enrollment,
call your local Social Security office
or this toll-free number - 1-800-
772-1213.
Efforts To Locate Disabled Children
Our continuing outreach efforts to
locate children who may be eligible
for retroactive Supplemental Secu-
rity Administrtion. And it is one of
the most important.
More than 450,000 claimants are
involved. A Supreme Court decision
resulted in new rules for determining
if a child is disabled. Last summer,
we began our efforts to contact these
individuals whose claims for SSI
childhood disability benefits were
not approved (or suspended because
of medical reasons) between January
1, 1980. and February 27, 1990.
Notices were sent to 452,000
individuals and more than 200,000
responded to this mailing.
The notices explained that they
may request a review of their claims
by Ray Hudson, District Manager
Paris, Texas Social Security Office
under a new rule that takes into
account how a child's impairment
affects his or her ability to perform
everyday activities.
Social Security also printed more
than 175,000 posters in English and
Spanish and placed them with state
and local government agencies and
with nonprofit organizations. And a
multi-media information campaign
has been direcied to children with
disabilities and their parents and
caregivers.
Now Social Security is intensifying
its ongoing public information and
outreach campaign to reach these
individuals. The current effort is
focused on computer matching
activities with state and local gov-
ernment agencies and nonprofit
organizations. This will help us get
updated address information about
the approximately 250.000 potential
claimants who have not yet been
reached by our outreach efforts.
SSA is also continuing to work
with more than 300 organizations
that are involved or interested in
childhood disability issues to help us
locate potentially eligible individuals
We are also doing this at the local
level. For example, we contacted
the public schools and are coordina-
ting applications with Texas Depart-
ment of Human Services Foster Care
workers to obtain applications for all
potentially eligible children.
Hov/ever, I am a strong believer in
the value of word-of-mouth com-
munications. If you think that you
know someone whose child may In-
eligible for disability benefits under
the new rules, have them contact
their nearest Social Security office.
Sheriffs Report
Activities of the Delta County
Sheriff's Department during the past
week include:
Medical Runs - 16.
Disturbances - 10.
Suspicious persons - 16.
Arrests - 5.
Traffic stops - 21.
CivM papers served - 4.
Prisioners Transferred to Rains
County • 4.
VOTE
DAWN MADDOX CURTIS
TO BE YOUR NEXT
TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR
- I feel that I am qualified with my
Associate Degree from Paris Junior
College.
I have one year’s experience in the
Tax Office.
• I am dependable, reliable, honest, and
responsible.
I have completed 2 courses toward my
Certification as a Registered Tax
Assessor/Collector.
I feel that I am the person that you should vote for on
April 14 to be your next Tax Assessor/Collector. Your
vote will be greatly appreicated.
Thank you for your continued support.
DAWN Cl RTIS MADDOX
(Pol Adv Pd. by Dawn Curta, Cooper, Texas)
DELTA COUNTY CLINIC
395-2192
Physicians Available by Appointment
Richard Bercher, M.I).
Larry Walker, M.I).
Dan Baber, M.I).
181 G. Dallas Cooper, Texas
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