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Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
WEDNESDAY
May 5, 2010
Rusk, Texas ■ 50 cents
For details,
see pg. 6B
Clip and save rabies vaccination clinic chart
PG. 8A
Rusk ■ Jacksonville ■ Alto
RUSK §IT§ KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION, P@„ 8A
NEWS
RSH governing body
meets May 12
The Governing Body of Rusk
State Hospital will meet at
the hospital Wednesday, May
12, beginning at 9 a.m. in the
Quality Management Department,
Building 501, Austin Room.
At the beginning of this
meeting, the public is invited to
make comments relevant to the
management of the hospital
Persons wanting to be on
the public forum portion of the
meeting can contact (903) 683-
7297 to be placed on the public
forum agenda. Public comments
are limited to three minutes per
person.
The remainder of the governing
body meeting will not be open to
the public.
TSR celebrates National
Train Day May 8
The Texas State Railroad will
observe National Train Day on
Saturday, May 8.
There will be a cab ride
giveaway, 15 percent gift shop
discount for all riders and live
musical entertainment during
lunch layover.
The Pineywoods Steam
Excursion departs at 11 a.m.
from the Rusk Depot and returns
at 3:30 p.m.
Tickets are $23 for children
ages 3-11 and $40.50 for adults
in coach and open air seating.
Climate controlled seating tickets
are $25 for children ages 3-11 and
$43.50 for adults. Infants two and
under ride free.
Forreservations.call (888)987-
2461 orvisitwww.TexasStateRR.
com to book online.
Rusk, Jacksonville
join in National Day of
Prayer
The annual Rusk National Day
of Prayer service willbe from 12 to
12:30 p.m. Thursday in the county
courtroom. Community leaders
will lead in prayer as citizens join
together. All area persons are
invited to join in the service. The
event is sponsored by the Rusk
Ministerial Alliance.
In Jacksonville, HOPE will
provide food for a prayer breakfast
from 6:30-8 a.m. at the Norman
Activity Center. Donations will be
taken for the food.
This service is sponsored by the
Jacksonville Ministerial Alliance.
California Baptist
University presents
concert in Rusk
The Rusk First Baptist Church
will host a concert presented by
the California Baptist University
choir and orchestra at 6:30 p.m.
Friday, May 7. The church is lo-
cated at 372 E. Fourth St. in Rusk.
The public is invited to attend.
For more information, see
page 5A.
Weather Outlook
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THURSDAY
mostly sunny
0% chance of rain
High: 90
Low: 64
CLASSIC HITS
KWRW - FM and KTLU - AM
TJC nursi ng school is coming to Rusk
REDCO, Rusk Industrial Foundation help with financing
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Tyler Junior College will
operate a new licensed voca-
tional nursing (LVN) school in
Rusk beginning in August-
Members of the Rusk City
Council unanimously ap-
proved a plan Monday to
operate the program at Rusk
Slate I lospilal. The school will
occupy classrooms formerly
used by Stephen F. Austin
State University for a regis-
tered nursing program.
Cost of the program will be
about $340.000 for the first
two years with $245,000being
contributedbyRuskEconomic
Development Corporation
(REDCO); and $95,000 from
Rusk Industrial Foundation.
The school will begin with 20
students. Already, 22 students
have verbally committed to
apply for the 20 seats in the
nursing program.
"We are excited about com-
ing to Rusk with this pro-
gram," said Paul R. Monagan,
dean of the School of Allied
Health and Nursing.
"The 20 students will be
able to go online with all the
programs offered students
in Tyler. We will have one
teacher for every lOstudents—
thus bringing two professors
to the Rusk campus."
The two professors selected
to teach in the school live in
the Rusk area and are excited
about opening the new facility,
Mr. Monagan said Similar
schools are located in Jack-
sonville and Lindale.
"We will have full-time
nurses connected with the
Rusk campus," Mr. Monagan
said.
"This new school will open
20 new opportunities eyery
year in Rusk."
"If these students make
See INCENTIVES, pg. 6A
Projected budget
2010-11
2011-12
Instructional, administrative
154,036
154,036
Operating expenses
6,400
6,400
Instructional equipment
19,230
Computer lab
32,279
Lecture classroom for 20
3,600
Faculty offices
3,900
Equipment
11,000
Cost for year 1
230,445
Cost for year 2
171,436
George Foreman visits SFASU
★
A champ comes home
Former heavyweight
champ Foreman
returns to East Texas
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
In his life, George
Foreman has been a
lot of things: a mugger
and I hid': an Olympic
gold medalist in boxing:
a two-time heavyweight
champion of the world;
a boxing commentator;
an advertising pitch
man best known for his
George Foreman Grills;
an ordained minister and
a man who turned his
hfe around to become a
physical embodiment of
the "American dream."
On April 29, he was
precisely where he wanted
to be: back home in East
Texas.
The 61-year-old former
champ, who was born in
Marshall and reared in
Houston, returned last
Thursday to East Texas
as the first speaker in the
annual Archie McDonald
See FOREMAN, pg. 6A
PHOTO: QUINTEN BOYD
East Texas native and former heavyweight champion of the world
George Foreman takes time to sign a few autographs as Stephen
F. Austin State University president Baker Patillo looks on. Mr.
Foreman spoke last Thursday at SFA to a packed crowd.
CITY OF RUSK
Library gets $60,288 grant to place 60
years of newspaper's archives on web
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By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
Stories... are trapped in microfilm,
much like the dinosaur DNÁ that
was encapsulated in amber rock
in the book, "Jurassic Park." It is
the Singletary Library's dream
to capture 57 years of history on
microf ilm, digitize the data and set
it free on the world wide web, so that
historians present and. future can
gase into the mirror that is Busk,
and. see the milestones of a small,
rural city that has shared some of
its best and brightest with the rest
of the world.
— from the Tocker Foundation
grant applicationfor the Cherokeean
Herald project
On April 27, Cherokeean Herald
managing editor Terrie Gonzalez
burst out of her office, a smile on
her face.
"We got it! We got it!"
After four months of waiting,
Mrs. Gonzalez and Singletary
Memorial Library head librarian
Amy Derrington received the news
V l HI
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they had been waiting for: the
library received a $60,288 grant
through the Tocker Foundation for
the digitization of microfilm of the
CherokeeanHeraldnewspaper. The
library currently has microfilm for
each issue of the paper from 1950
to the present.
"Microfilmispretty much obsolete,
so all of the issues will be digitized,"
Ms. Derrington said. "Once we
PHOTO: EARLINE
BAILES
-< Singletary
Librarian Amy
Derrington col-
lects 60 years
of microfilm
from the Cher-
okeean Herald.
The library
received a
grant to place
the back
issues on the
web.
get everything digitalized, we
won't have to do a manual search
of each microfilm. We can do one
Search online. It will be a great new
resource."
The grant was one of two given out
by the Tocker Foundation for their
first funding period which stretched
from January to May.
See GRANT, pg. 6A
Projected funding
Rusk Industrial Foundation 95,000
Rusk Economic Development 245,000
GRAPHIC: CHEROKEEAN HERALD
2 injured
in methane
gas ignition
Sarah Murray, 10-year-old daughter ofValerie
and Mike Murray, is c\|)(;cicd to be discharged
from Parkland Burn Center in Dallas by the end
of the week.
Sarah and her friend, Micah Stanley,"^, were
playing when they lit fire to a leaf and threw it.
into a sewer manhole. The methane gas in the
sewer ignited andcaused an explosion, lifting the
13-foot- concert manhole.
Micah received cuts from the fallen concrete
and debris. Sarah received second degree burns
on her back and arm. However, she will need no
skin grafts. Heighbors who witnessed the acci-
dent, said concrete from the sewer manhole flew
into the air. Sarah and Micah are fourth grade
students at Rusk Intermediate School.
Mr. Murray said, "We are so thankful that
the girls were not seriously injured. The falling
concrete could have hit them and caused life
threatening injuries. We are thanking God that
this was not worse.
"We want to thank everyone forwhatt.heyhave
done for us. The cards, goodies, toys have all been
generous andappreciatedverymuch. Wehavelots
offriends, many who have called and come by. We
appreciate everything. Rusk is a wonderful place
to live. We are all apart ofthe body of Christ and
love breaks down denominational walls."
A, VISA gift card will be purchased to help
with hotel, food or whatever the family needs,
Persons wanting to help with this may contact
Katie Kmsey at (903) 504-3156 or First Baptist
Church.
Relay lor life
raises over
$202,000
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
When Relay for life of Cherokee County
crossed the finish line at 7 a.m. last Saturday
after 12 hours of spreading a message of hope,
love and survival, the members and friends of
the organization found that they had run rings
around their initial projections,
RFL of Cherokee County chair Cynthia Kline
said that, as of Monday afternoon, this year's
relay event raised $202,583 with 50 teams and
200 survivorsregistering for the event, heldlast
Friday and Saturday at the Cherokee County
Exposition Center. The event was moved from
Mauldin Field due to the threat of rain.
"That's how much we've raised as of right
now, but we've still got money coming in," Ms.
Kline said.
"Cherokee Countyha s proven that the degree
of compassion knows no recession. It's not just
about the money but the generous donations
and the support given by the entire county
shows that there is an unwavering commitment
among the community."
Last year's event raised more than $165,000
See RELAY FOR LIFE, pg. 6A
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