The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. [83], Ed. 1 Sunday, October 22, 2006 Page: 2 of 28
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The Panola Watchman
Sunday, October 22, 2006
Editorial
On September 29, our
school suffered a great loss
with the crumbling of the con-
crete of Martin Stadium and
the engineer's opinion that it
was not stable. The years final-
ly' took its toll. Everyone is
thankful no one was hurt as the
walkway gave away We could
try to blame someone else —
some past administration or
the present one, but that does
not fix the predicament.
The problem is we stayed
too long. The reason we did
not do anything in the past is
because the decision was made
to put our money into other
mandatory renovatipns. We
built a new Baker Koonce
Intermediate School and a bus
bam Mold was growing in the
old Koonce building, and it
was not a healthy place for our
children. When we
(Americans) build schools, we
enter the British way of think-
ing, that they will last hun-
dreds of years They won't
The complex we refer to as
the new high school is now 25
years old. The air conditioners
and other working parts in that
building are wearing out —
roofing and parking were
needing repair.
On the financial side, we
are still paying on the bond for
Baker Koonce. We still have 8
years on that debt We are pay-
ing on the renovation bond
from last year, but it will be
paid off in a year. Our budget
each year seems to barely
make it with only replacing
what is a must.
One thought to help get a
new stadium is to get a corpo-
rate sponsor. Some stadiums
have been lucky enough to get
that support, like Mother
Frances in Tyler. Others say
lets bite the bullet and build a
new stadium at the high
school. Another opinion is to
replace the concrete bleachers
at Martin Stadium with metal
ones. All the suggestions have
major complications that go
along with them.
It is a tough decision for our
school board to make. Please
let the board members know
your opinion. They are:
Ken Andrus- 693-8797,
president, real estate agent at
Cold well Banker, Ken Andrus
and Associates, Inc.; Mary Ella
Sherman- 693-2206, home-
maker; Dr. Ben Donald- 694-
2300, optometrist; Claudene
Goree- not listed, retired;
Charles Holmes- 694-9575.
retired educator; Frank Willis-
693-8624, Sabine Mining
Company; Truman Shirey-
693-7578. administrator with
Devon Inc.
Justice system sends promise to
convicted felons about firearms
Claude Earl Carnes, 44, of
Longview, was arrested Monday,
October 31, 2005, by Texas
Department of Public Safety
Corporal David Tompkins, for
possession of a controlled sub-
stance, prohibited weapon and
unlawful possession of a firearm
by a felon.
A Department of Justice news
release on September r 7,
announced the conviction of
Carnes on the firearms violation.
United States Attorney Matthew
D. Orwig announced Carnes was
sentenced to federal prison. The
sentences were handed down by
United States District Judge
Michael Schneider.
Carnes received 81 months in
federal prison for being a felon in
possession of a firearm.
According to information pre-
sented in court, Carnes possessed
a short-barrel shotgun in Panola
County. Carnes has prior felony
convictions and is prohibited
from owning or possessing a
firearm or ammunition at any
time. Carnes was previously con-
victed of possession of a con-
trolled substance in Gregg
County.
Our Beaders Write.
Dear Editor:
"Lone Star Resident Raises
Water Contamination Worry"
read the headlines of the
Longview paper, September 24.
A state study into whether
Ellison Creek Reservoir in
Morris County is contaminated
with toxic metals would be ready
by the end of the year. Long Star
Steel owns the reservoir and uses
its water to wash ore and com-
plete other tasks in the manufac-
ture of steel. AEP SWEPCO also
operates a plant on the reservoir.
The reservoir's water isn't con-
sumed by people and is separated
by a dam on the creek that feeds
into Lake O' the Pines.
Water from Lake O' the Pines
is consumed by many East Texas
cities, including ^pngyi^w*.
AbQut a third of Longvrew^ stffg
ply comes from Laffe ■‘O' fm*
Pines.
An unidentified water man-
agement official says the lake is
safe, and Lone Star Steel offi-
cials say they have studies that
dispute earlier pollution analy-
ses.
A meeting of residents had
taken place and was designed to
urge the state to be more aggres-
sive and pressure the company
and governmental officials to
take action, and 50 attended the
meeting.
The Texas Dept, of State
Health Services issued an advi- '
sory last December to not eat the
fish caught in the reservoir.
Sampling of the water, fish sam-
ples and sediment showed an
average of six times the level of
polychlorinated biophenyls rec-
ommended. Some samples
ranged as high j.s 33 times the
recdffeneAdedTlrnus.
General rrt-anager of the’
Northeast Texas Municipal
Water District said he felt that
there was no danger to Lake O'
the Pines from the- upstream
reservoir. Longview Public-
Works Director Keith Bonds said
he receives regular updates on
the Cypress Creek watershed
reservoir and has been assured
that there is no danger to
Longview's water supply by rea-
son of the elevated PCB levels.
The Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality is evalu-
ating samples taken in 2005.
Lone Star has been sharply criti-
cal of the sampling by the state.
Where does the truth lie. The
answer is an important one. Lone
Star is a major factor in the
Northeast Texas economy, and
the water in Ellison Creek is
important to thousands of East
Texas residents.
JTie fight over water contip-,
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The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. [83], Ed. 1 Sunday, October 22, 2006, newspaper, October 22, 2006; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1202735/m1/2/: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Sammy Brown Library.