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WEDNESDAY
April 7, 2010
Rusk, Texas ■ 50 cents
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
NEWS
H1N1 vaccines still
available
H1N1 vaccine is still avail-
able free of charge at Cherokee
County Health Department. The
Rusk clinic is located at 593 North
Main and the Jacksonville Clinic is
located at 510 East Commerce.
Both clinics are open 7 a.m.
to noon and 1-6 p.m. Monday
through Thursday.
On-site clinics can be set up
for organizations that have at
sast 15 persons desiring H1N1
vaccinations.
The state's first wave arrived
last spring when H1N1 began.
The second wave was last fall.
While public health spokesper-
sons cannotpredict the future with
H1N1, a third wave is possible.
Contact Rhonda Jones at
(903) 683-6142, extension 23, to
schedule an on-site clinic.
Sardis Baptist plans
homecoming April 11
The annual homecoming
celebration at the Sardis Baptist
Church will begin with singing at
10 a.m. Sunday, April 11.
The Rev. William Snidow will
bring the message at the worship
service. A covered dish lunch will
be served at noon.
The public is invited to come
and join the congregation in this
special service.
Blacksmithing
demonstration slated
The blacksmithing demonstra-
tion at Mission Tejas State Park,
originally set for February and
postponed due to snow, has been
rescheduled for 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday, April 17.
Basic blacksmithing will be
demonstrated using coal forges
and hand operated tools.
The public is invited to bring a
picnic lunch and enjoy the day.
The park is located on State
Highway 21, between Alto and
Crockett.
17 arrested outside
park at Mud Nationals
More than 8,000 persons at-
tended activities at the 2010 High
Lifter ATV Mud Nationals March
25-18 at the Mud Creek Off-Road
Park near Jacksonville.
Special state troopers as-
signed to patrol the event were
stationed at the New Summerfield
City Hall.
Sheriff James Campbell said
16 persons were arrested for
driving while intoxicated and one
for public intoxication in the area
near the park.
"All were arrested outside the
park and no arrests were made
inside," Sheriff Campbell said.
County-wide, 19 persons were
arrested that weekend for driving
while intoxicated and three for
public intoxication.
INDEX
Letters 2A
The Q Factor 3/A
El Camino Real 3A
Fast Forward 3A
Obituaries 4 A
Classifieds 5-6B
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2nd Rebuild America
meeting set in Alto
Chamber, partners
seek input on
community priorities
The Alto Area Chamber of
Commerce andpartners will
host its second community-
wide priority meetings at 7
p.m. Thursday; April 8, at
the community center, 336
Wright Patman St. Another
meeting was held April 6,
The meetings were planned
to kick-off the Greater Alto
Area Rebuild America—
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Rural Community Building
Initiative.
The initiative goals are
to increase community
and economic development
through capacity building,
leadership, education and
workforce opportunities
benefitting the Greater Alto
area.
The Rebuild America Ini-
tiative started in 2006, with
a US.DepartmentofEnergy
planning grant awarded
to the Texas State Energy
Conservation Office.
See ALTO, pg. 6A
Proponents for wet,
dry hold lunch forum
Progress Jacksonville, Family First present 2 sides to voters
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
As lunch was served yes-
terday at Hong Kong Super
Buffet, two sides of a divisive
issue in Jacksonville presented
their cases to a portion of the
public.
George Douglas, chairman
of Progress Jacksonville, and
Matt Montgomery, treasurer
of Family First -Jacksonville,
spoke at a meeting of the
Cherokee County Conserva-
tive Women.
"I feel like a lamb being led
to slaughter," Mr. Douglas
said before making his pre-
sentation.
At the heart of the discussion
was the aj)proval of legalized
alcoholic beverage sales in
Jacksonville. That election will
take place May 8.
" This is not a moral issue and
this is not a religious issue,"
Mr. Douglas said. "This is an
economic issue,"
Mr. Douglas said that ap-
proximately 1,200 signatures
were collected in order to call
for the election. He said that,
should the measures pass on
May 8, Jacksonville would see
an increase in available jobs
and tax revenue,
"Jacksonville will bring in an
See WET-DRY, pg. 6A
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PHOTO: LYNN LITTLEJOHN
2nd half of district play begins m
county baseball, softball teams
Friday'
s games
Rusk softbali/baseball vs. Huntington
Alto softball vs. Cushing; baseball vs. Wells
Jacksonville baseball/softball vs. Lindale
A Rusk's Arika Minchew slides
in to beat the throw during Rusk's
12-1 win over Diboll last Friday.
The Lady Eagles are 22-3 (6-2 in
District 18-3A) on the season.
SPORTSWEEK PLUS QUINTEN BOYD'S RECAP B1-2
CITY OF RUSK
fuming blight into bright spots in city
By Cristin Ross
Special Contributor
Rusk crews began clean-
ing up and clearing several
spots around town early last
month. This came as part of
a push to remove unsightly
blights in various neighbor-
hoods.
Work began in February
with the removal of several
tree stumps and root-balls
across town. These were
left exposed by Hurricane
Ike. All debris removed was
See BLIGHT, pg. 6A
PHOTO: CRISTIN
ROSS
•< A Rusk
city crewman
uses a track
hoe to tear
down a dilapi-
dated house in
Rusk recently.
Owners of the
property took
advantage
of the city's
blight removal
grant to get the
unsafe building
removed.
1st corporate
political ads in
exas originate
in acksonville
Larry Durrett's KDR Development
uses Supreme Court ruling that
lifts ban on corporate advertising
in political races
By Ross Ramsey
Special Contributor, Texas Tribune
The first political ads bought by a corpora-
tion in Texas ajjpeared in East Texas news-
papers just weeks after the U.S. Supreme
Court effectively ended the state's ban on
that kind of spending.
The ads appear to mark the first instance
of a corporation directly playing in a Texas
election since the nation's highest court lifted
a century-old ban on pohtical spending by
corporations andlabor unions. That January
ruhng — in Citizens United v. Federal Elec-
tion Commission — doesn't affect contribu-
tions to candidates, whichremain restricted.
But it does mean corporations and unions can
spend money as they wish onpolitics andrun
all the ads they want, so long as they don't
coordinate their efforts, messages ;ind pl;ins
See POLITICAL ADS, pg. 6A
GALLATIN
6th annual
GopherFest
is Saturday
Entertainment, arts, crafts, chili
cook-off and auction planned
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
The sixth annual Gallatin GopherFest
will be held from 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday,
April 10, at the Gallatin Community Center
grounds.
Planners have scheduled family fun
including live entertainment throughout
the day. Entertainment will feature "The
Papers' and"SugarMountain, "Mr. andMiss
GopherFest pageant, Gallatin idol talent
search and chili cook-off.
"We will have plenty of food. There will be
games, arts, crafts, raffles, a live auction,
cake walk, dun kin booth and other events,'
said Terrie Sadler and Chaáe Palmers,
coordinators.
Entries to the chih cook-off are being
See GOPHERFEST, pg. 6A
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