Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 31, 1998 Page: 3 of 14
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CHEROKEEAN/HERALD of Rusk, Texas—Thursday, December 31,1998—Page 3
and their family until their retirement
in 1970.
MHMR Commissioner Don Gilbert
was guest speaker for the annual Rusk
Chamber of Commerce banquet
Thursday, Jan. 29. Mr. Gilbert was
later named executive director of the
Health and Human Services Depart-
ment. Citizen of the Year Award was
given to Dr. Jim Hunter, who retired
in 1995 from Rusk State HospiU<" fter
almost 30 years of service. He wa&
credited with being a husband, father,
grandfather and friend. Connye Guy
assumed the duties of chamber presi-
dent. Outgoing President Louis
Caveness presented the President's
Award to Tom McDonald for his work
in downtown Rusk.
February
Ribbon cutting festivities were held
at the new facilities of the First
Church on the Hill (Rusk First United
Pentecostal Church). Leading the
congregation for the past 33 years have
been the Rev. T.E. and Glendale,
senior pastor. Pastoral duties are now
shared by their son and daughter-in-
law, the Rev. Jan and Susan Pate.
Attending the dedication and ribbon
cutting were members of the Rusk
Chamber of Commerce, the City
Council, other community leaders and
members of the church. The spacious
new sanctuary was used for a meeting
of Rusk High School graduates during
homecoming festivities Oct. 10.
Long-time Alto
Herald employee
Mamie Lee Carter
celebrated her 96th
birthday on Feb. 12.
She worked for the
Alto Herald for more
than 60 years as a
linotype operator.
Mrs. Carter now
resides at the Wells
Nursing Home.
Efforts resumed in
February to secure a
new post office for
Rusk. Congressman
Jim Turner was
instrumental in
getting a commitment from the Post
Office Department that a new facility
will be constructed in Rusk. An initial -fl;
meeting was held with Congressman
Turner and his district director J.
Huffman; Lewie Byers, James Perkins,
Charles Hassell, County Commissioner
Bob Gregg and Mayor Emmett White-
head. Word was received late in
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Mamie Lee Carter
r
October that Rusk had been approved
for a new post office.
John Canfield, assistant RHS band
director, was elected Feb. 12 to serve
on the Texas Association of School
Bands executive board of directors.
J.H. Arnwine celebrated his 100th
birthday on Feb. 19 with a party at
Austin Bank Rusk. He was 95
years old before he visited a
doctor for the first time.
Bishop Edmond Carmody of
the Diocese of Tyler cel-
ebrated Mass Feb. 22 with the
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
in Rusk. Property has been
purchased at the corner of
Loop 456 and FM 752,
adjacent to Butler Park.
Rusk city council member,
Gloria Jennings, was ap-
pointed to serve as a director
on the East Texas Economic
Development District
(ETEDD) Board of Directors.
She joined two other county
residents on the board. They
are Forrest Phifer and
Tommy Dement, who were
appointed by the commission-
ers court. Mrs. Jennings was
appointed by the East Texas
Council of Governments Executive
Board.
Joe Terrell, president of Austin Bank
Rusk, was named by Governor George
Bush to serve on the Statewide Rural
HealthCare System Board of
Directors. The appointment
was made pursuant to
legislation creating a private,
non-profit, health system,
governed and managed by
rural physicians, hospital and
community leaders. The
board administers the system
and adopts rules regarding
the provision of administra-
tive services by the system.
Mr. Terrell has served on the
advisory board of Rusk State
Hospital and has been a
_____ member of the board of
directors of the East Texas
Medical Center for more than
20 years.
March
Darrell Prcin, former area manager
for TU Electric, and Darrel Garmon,
previously Systems Engineer and
Manager of Technical Services for
Southwestern Electric Service Com-
pany (SESCO), have been named to
posts within SESCO. Mr. Prcin is now
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the SESCO Customer Service Manager
and Mr. Garmon is the SESCO Distri-
bution Manager.
Jammel Ward, Alto High School
senior signed a letter of intent to play
football at Cisco Junior College.
Marie Lloyd boxed belongings of her
late 13-year-old sister-in-law, who she
Marie Lloyd boxed belongings of her late 13-
year-old sister-in-law, who she never knew,
and carried them to the London School Museum,
which opened March 21.
never knew, and carried them to the
London School Museum, which opened
March 21. The belongings of Arzell
Lloyd were stored in a trunk by her
mother, the late Bessie Lloyd, in the
Lloyd home. Items stored in the trunk
included Weekly Readers issues of Jan.
28-31 and March 1-5. The January
issue featured a story of Amelia
Earhart's planned flight around the
world. The March issue featured a
story on President Franklin D.
Roosevelt. Other items included the
13-year-old's jacks, dolls, clothing, a
scarf she had made and a Mickey
Mouse watch, which she failed to wear
that day because the crystal was
missing. There was a poil tax receipt, a
sympathy note from the London school
trustees and cards from floral arrange-
ments at the funeral.
Rusk High School 1998 honor
students included Colleen Tucker,
valedictorian; Valerie Scott, salutato-
rian and John David Cunningham,
high honor student. Other honor
graduates are Sherette Jenkins, Tina
McBroom, Josh McElroy, Katy Penn,
Jennifer Nelson, Steven Dyess, Keith
Johnson, David Mitchell, Stacy Welch,
Kate Willeford, Jessica Cummins,
Michele Tillman, Jody Mixon, Holly
Holcomb, Shelby Vaught, Andrew
Francis, Katy Session, Katie McCarty,
Rubi Hernandez, Zach Powers, Brian
Downs, Misty Todd, Felicia Brock,
Miste Bolden, Leah Reece and Shelia
Fuller.
Rusk youth from First United
Methodist Church and Sacred Heart
Catholic Church participated in World
Vision's 30-hour Famine March 20-21.
During the weekend they did service
at the Good Samaritan/Rusk Cares
and served at the soup kitchen at the
Good Samaritan Outreach Center in
Tyler.
April
Baseball homecoming was staged
April 3. Rusk High School team
members and their families were
honored. Recognized were
all former Eagle players, as
well as members of the
1998 team.
Kay Harvey-Mosley of the
Texas Main Street Program
visited Rusk in April.
During her time in Rusk,
she worked with local
merchants on window
displays and merchandis-
ing display within the
business.
Martha Sturns signed a
letter of intent to play
basketball at Angelina
Junior .College. She aver-
aged 17 points per game
during her senior year
season.
Whitney Leigh Fillip of
Waco, granddaughter of Eva
Lee Sartain and the late
Tom Sartain and Joshua
Nichols, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Lee Nichols of
Jacksonville participated in the Waco
Cotton Palace Pageant April 24.
Edward N. Goldsberry, director of
International Tax Services of Pannell
Kerr Forster of Texas P.C. was ap-
pointed to a five-year term as an
Editorial Advisor to the "Texas Ad-
viser," a magazine of planning, trends
and techniques in certified public
accounting.
Bob Bowman was speaker for the
April 21 Cherokee County History
Dinner at the Jacksonville First
Baptist Church fellowship hall.
Rusk council met to tour the city's
new $1.678 million sewer plant. The
sewer plant was part of a $3.35 million
water ./wastewater improvement
project.
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May
Steven Dyess was named recipient of
the E.H. Whitehead outstanding male ;
athlete and Martha Sturns, the J.L.
Hassell outstanding all round female
athlete at the annual Rusk All Sports
banquet. They were among the more
than 35 persons recognized at the
annual banquet. Guest speaker was
Marshall Johnson, Jacksonville High
School and University of Houston
graduate, and former Baltimore Colts •
running back and wide receiver.
Rusk High School Band was named a
3A UIL Sweepstakes Winner. The
band won first division in marching, .
concert and sight reading.
Ten Rusk and Alto students took \
S.
Baseball homecoming was staged April 3. Rusk
High School team members and their families
were honored. Recognized were all former Eagle
players, as well as members of the 1998 team.
honors at the state track meet. Alto's
Andrew Poole won a silver medal in '
the triple jump with a 48' 8" jump.
Brian Gamble of Alto placed eight in
the shot put with a toss of 50' 9 1/2".
The Alto girls placed seventh in the
400-meter relay with a time of 51:14
and fifth in the 800 meter replay with
a time of 1:46:42. The relay team was
composed of Candid Hackney, Felicia
Pope, Monica Morgan and Shemekia
Hackney. Candid Hackney placed third
in the 200 meter dash.
Rusk's 1,600 meter girls's relay team'
placed seventh with a time of 4:07.
Nina Brinkley, Tameka Gardner,
Glenda Nelson and Martha Sturns
made up the team.
Please see 1999 PROMISES, page 5
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76th Legislature will likely be
„jlY
known as 'the education session'
Healthy economy generates budget surplus
State Rep. Todd
Staples
Austin, TX -- Now that the elections are over, it
is time to look toward the 76th Legislative Ses-
sion. Texas has been blessed with a healthy
economy and stable growth. With the legislative
session less than two months away, it is impor-
tant that all citizens take
an active role in the law-
making process. Govern-
ment is here to serve us as
citizens and not for citi-
zens to serve government.
I believe this year should
be the education session.
Over the past few sessions,
the legislature has accom-
plished tremendous im-
provements in the area of
juvenile justice, crime and
tort reform. While some
education issues have been
addressed, we have yet to
truly tackle the issues which are placing greater
burdens on our education system, and ultimately,
you, the taxpayer.
Most importantly, we must give our children
the proper tools to obtain proficiency and provide
support for those children who might need extra
help. We must spend more dollars in the class-
room and I will work to ensure we do not send
unfunded mandates from Austin which drain our
local school districts of much needed money.
Good qualified teachers should be rewarded
properly. Today, more teachers than ever are
leaving to go into the private business sector
where salaries and benefits are far superior.
Texas must realize equitable salaries and ben-
efits are a must to ensure we keep the best
teachers possible. I support increasing the teacher
multiplier for retirement and believe health in-
surance should be part of the benefits package. I
will file legislation that would allow school dis-
tricts to participate in the state employee health
insurance plan. Under my proposal, the state
would share in the cost of the premium for the
employee and the employee would be responsible
for the same deductibles all Btate employees pay
for dependents. The school districts cost would be
about 40% of the employees premium.
Tax relief will be a priority for the many fami-
lies and citizens who contribute their hard work
to make this state great. Our families are work-
ing twice as hard and benefitting less than they
did 30 years ago. Over the years elected officials
have pledged to cut government waste and make
better use of your tax dollars. Now it is time to
give back to tbe tax payer; because, ultimately, it
is you who have blessed us with the opportunity
to make government more accountable and effi-
cient. I believe tax relief is essential to give
families more time and money. While we have a
significant surplus coming into the legislative
session, we must realize that, in turn, we now
have a significant number of interests who want
to reap those rewards. Texas must be selective
and the legislature should decide what is most
important as we approach the 21st century. I
believe we should look at this surplus as a poten-
tial investment and an opportunity to give back to
those that created the surplus in the first
place...you. Education is an investment we can-
not afford to overlook and tax relief is your reward
for a healthy economy and a more efficient gov-
ernment.
While education and tax relief are two of my
goals, it is important to realize there are many
other issues which do need to be addressed such
as protecting our neighborhoods and families.
The greatest abuse of civil rights in this country
is the violation of an individual's right to be safe
and secure in their own home. I will support
legislation which will keep violent criminals off
the streets longer and give families peace of mind.
Our communities should not have to face these
offenders over and over again; mandatory jail
time and longer sentences for sex offenders and
drug dealers are essential. I will file legislation
which will prohibit a drug offender's ability to
receive deferred adjudication moro than one time
and will sponsor legislation which will keep the
most serious sex offenders off our streets and
away from our children.
Finally, accountability from all levels of govern-
ment and its citizens are essential in creating a
positive, productive environment in which public
policy can play a supportive, not oppressive role in
all of our lives. We must realize our local commu-
nities and our families can and do make better
decisions than anyone in Austin or Washington.
And with that in mind, all citizens should em-
brace the opportunity to work in their Communi-
ties, participate in their children's education and
partake in the governmental process. It is that
pro-active role which created, unified and pros-
pered this great country.
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