The Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 94, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 24, 1982 Page: 1 of 32
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]^ldtjVCCn ‘Wednesday, November24, 1982* Cleveland, Tx. • 77327 • to/. 63 •No. 94
THE CLEVELAND
ADVOCATEL
See basketball
projections on page IB
Senior citizens advanced funds
Judge authorized to borrow for operations
by FRAN RICE
Staff Writer
Liberty County commis-
sionersagreed to advance $3,000
for the nutritional program at
the Senior Citizens building in
Cleveland and authorized Coun-
ty Judge Dempsie Henley to bor-
row money for the county’s oper-
ational expenses.
Liberty County’s financial
difficulties stem from the pro-
blems the county’s Central Ap-
praisal District has suffered,
which included the stepping
down of Phil Keng as its ad-
ministrator. Cities, school dis-
tricts and citizens have pro-
tested the land evaluations
assessed by the Appraisal Dis-
trict, resulting in adjusted
values, downward in many in-
stances.
Although some school dis-
tricts have received their tax
rolls, the county has not, and
was told in October it may be the
first of the year before the tax
rolls get to the county. But until
then, the county cannot send out
tax statements, which means no
income for salaries, and opera-
tion.
On top of that, the state Jail
Standards Commission has is-
sued a directive to upgrade its
jail to relieve over-crowding.
Other matters taken up at
Monday commissioner’s court
session included voting to adver-
tise bids for county fire, general
liability and auto liability in-
surance, and to advertise bids
for three cars for the sheriff’s
department.
The first meeting tb imple-
ment the unit system recently
approved by the commissioners
will be Monday morning in
County Court. The unit system
allows the ‘county to hire an
• engineer to schedule all road
work for the county, relieving
the commissioners of the portion
*tf their duties.
Precinct 3 Commissioners
Marcelene Rhoden had voted
against the unit system, because
she felt the county could not af-
ford to set up the program at this
time.
The commissioners also re-:.
duced the speed limit in Oak
Shadows subdivision to 30 mph
WALLS UP--The walls for the Eckerds store in the new
shopping center located at the intersection of Highway
*9 arnd ’05 ore»up and V/1th in -the next two weeks the
walls for the large Safeway store will join these. The
^center will be completed in late spring 1983.
* Cleveland targeted
for future growth
by ANNIE ALEXANDER
Editor
“Cleveland is so visable as
a growth area now because
many corporate offices are be-
ing moved to the North Belt and
people can drive from Cleveland
much faster than they can drive
10 miles within Houston.’’
This is just one of the
reasons Jim Arnold, project
manager for Safeway gave for
the construction of a new major
shopping center on Highway 59
£in Cleveland.
The new center, which will
feature a 38,000 square foot
Safeway Store, ap Eckerds Drug
Store, Winn vanety store, Bur-
ger King and other specialty
shops is slated to open about the
first of May.
Site preparations have
been going for a couple of mon-
ths and within the last week the
tilt wall slabs for the Eckerds
store have been put into place.
Arnold said that the walls for the
Safeway store should be up in
place within the next two weeks.
“We are starting construc-
tion on a new store in Livingston
. the week after Thanksgiving and
there we chose to be on the by-
pass, but in Cleveland we chose
to be in the center of the city
where the people are. The, by-
pass should not affect the busi-
ness in the city proper.” said Ar-
nold.
“We should have been open
a year ago but could not get the
center developed because of the
high interest rates. So we bought
the land and sold it to a new
developer, Jack Truly of Grand
Prairie,” he said.
The Safeway store opening
is planned fdr May 8. The store
will include a pharmacy, deli
with seating area, natural foods
center; flower shop as well as
health and beauty aids, meat
and produce.
For elementary school design
Tarkington gets blue ribbon
by FRAN RICE
Staff Writer .
Tarkington Independent
School District won the architec-
tural blue ribbon for its elemen-
tary school at the Texas Associa-
tion of School Boards convention
in San Afitonio last month. The
high school won the first prize
award the year it opened, said
District Superintendent Gerald
McClure at the board of educa-
tion meeting Thursday.
Tarkington Independent
School District has gone on
record opposing the tax values
for land set by the Central Ap-
praisal District for 1981 in Cate
gory D (land only). The appeal
must be filed by Nov. 20 and sent
to the State Property Tax Board
in Austin.
The school district had ap-
pealed the Appraisal Districts’
value for vacant lots, $30,625,881
The adjusted value came back
as $16,705,026, a reduction of
$13,920,855.
Productivity values Index 2
was adjusted to $69,184,919 from
$76,093,201. The total reduced
land value for the school district
is $20,829,127. The appeal to re-
duce single family residential
values, averaging $14,000, was
denied.
McClure reported the stu-
dent enrollment is 1,372, up 54
more than at this time last year
“Last year we started with a big
enrollment and dropped toward
the end of the year,” McClure
said. “This year we kept grow-
ing, but the growth has slowed a
little.”
The employee-board mem-
bers Christmas dinner will be
Tuesday, Dec. 14, with famililes
invited, McClure said.
SUPERIOR-Proud directors hold the plaque
proclaiming the superior rating
Cleveland's Galaxy Manor Nursing Center
received from the Texas Department of
Health. Pictured left to right: Pat Newland,
director ot nurses; Margaret Zimmerman,
assistant administrator; Peggy Dunn, ad-
ministrator; Sally Faulkner, activities
director and Willow Baker, food service
supervisor.
Manor rates
superior
Galaxy Manor Nursing
Center in Cleveland has receiv^
ed the Superior Certificate from
the Texas Department of Health.
“There are over 1,000 nurs-
ing homes in the state of Texas
and approximately 10 percent
receive superior ratings,” said
Peggy Dunn, the nursing home’s
administrator. “A superior rat-
ing is awarded to Texas nursing
homes that go beyond minimum
state standards. The staff of
Galaxy Manor is very proud of
their superior rating.”
According to a letter from
Cesar M. Elizondo, chief of the
Bureau of Long Term Care, the
Parents informed
School attacking lice problem
Following the Thanksgiv-
ing vacation, students in
Cleveland grade schools will
have weekly headchecks be-
tuse of a growing lice problem
the schools.
"This is not just a local pro-
blem, it is a problem all over the
country. We are not trying to
alarm anyone but just providing
the information which will help
us solve the problem,” said
Charles Barker, superintendent
of Cleveland Independent School
District.
eradicate the problem if they
are discovered
If a child is found to have
lice or nits in their hair, the child
will be sent home with a letter of
explanation and will not be able
to return to school until the hair
is free of lice or nits.
If the child is sent back to
school with nits in their hair,
they must have a signed state-
ment from a physician saying
that they are not contagious
Regular checks will continue un-
til the problem is solved.
A check with three local
daycare centers revealed that
they have not yet been bothered
The U.S. Public Health Ser-
vice recommends treatment
with non-prescription anti-lice
shampoos which are available at
local pharmacies. There are al-
so stronger prescription sham-
poos available from physicians.
All persons in the house-
hold should be examined for the
presence of lice and nits, small
white eggs which cling to hair
and resemble dandruff, if any
member of the family is af-
fected.
The treatment should in-
clude the use of shampoo, then
the removal of all nits. AU
combs and brushes should be
soaked in a solution of anti-lice
One should reshampoo with
anti-lice shampoo in five days to
insure complete elimination of
infestation of lice.
All clothing, towels and lin-
ens used by the person with head
lice should be washed in very hot
water Articles of clothing and
hats that cannot be washed
should be dry cleaned. AU
upholstery and carpets should be
thoroughly vacuumed. There is
also a spray available at the
drug store for this purpose
Prevention of the spread of
headline is aided by persons not
sharing articles that come in
contact with the heed, neck or
shoulders such as combs, brush-
ed. hats, coats and scarves.
Cont. on page 2A
Will
tions should start makii
now for participation in
AU marching units, com-
mercial and civic floats must be
entered with the Chamber of
Commerce Secretary Roxie
trep<are for parade
Clubs and other organize- day beginning Monday Dec. 6.
_• a .a gJx 1100-certificates will be
given away to local shoppers.
Alf Vien, chairmen of the
Trade Promotion Committee of
the Greater Cleveland Area
Chamber of Commerce urges aU
shoppers to buy locaUy and
qualify for a great Christmas
with one of the $100 Shopping
Spree certificates which will be
given away.
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