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thecherokeean
O Vol. 161 ■ No. 25 ■ 16 pgs.
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
WEDNESDAY
August 11, 2010
Rusk, Texas ■ 50 cents
LADY EAGLES IN HANDS OF 'MAMA'WILBANKS1B TAXING TIMES AHEAD FOR CHEROKEE COUNTY
8-year-old local boy dies
>■ This Toyota was
involved in one of two
accidents Monday
night on U.S. High-
way 69 between Rusk
and Jacksonville.
The vehicle, driven
by Jamie Robinson,
was rear-ended by a
GMC truck driven by
Alexander Alvarado,
28, of Burleson. Ms.
Robinson's eight-year-
old son, Cameron, was
killed in the collision.
CITY Of RUSK
CCAD's properly values
p ost ups, downs this year
Pipeline expansion, natural gas and oil leases contribute to
changes in appraisal district's property values for 2010
Property values released last week by Lee
Flowers, chief appraiser at the Cherokee
County Appraisal District show a mixed
bag of increases and decreases.
Losses to natural gas values were the
major player in the county this year with
declines in both statutory natural gas prices
and production figures providing the basis
for the drop in lease values for Alto, Troup
and Wells schools. However , oilleasesinthe
Carlisle ISD area were up due to an opposite
movement in o i I prices andproduction. Mr.
Flowers said, "Mineral interests are taxed
only if they are in production."
School district values in Jacksonville,
Troup and New Summerfield were boosted
by the addition of a new 42-inch pipeline
owned by Eiiergy Transfer Fuel LP.
The pipeline contributed 3.9 percent of
Jacksonville's overall 5,2 percent gain and
See PROPERTY VALUES, pg. 6A
NEWS
Area high school
football teams set
to meet public
High school football season is
just around the corner, and two
teams are set to meet their fans
next week.
Rusk will kick off the festivities
with Meetthe Eagles Monday, Aug.
16 at 7 p.m. at Eagle Stadium.
Members of this year's football
and volleyball teams, the RHS
band and the coaching staff will
be introduced.
In Jacksonville, the Indian Pow-
WowwillbeheldThursday.Aug. 19
at 6 p.m. at the Tomato Bowl.
The Fightin' Indian football team
and Fightin' Maiden volleyball
team, JHS band and coaching
staff will be introduced.
Both events are free to the
public.
Alto's Meet the Jackets will be
announced at a later date.
The official date for Meet
the Jackets will be posted on
thecherokeean.com when it is
available.
Rusk will meet Huntington in
a scrimmage at Eagle Stadium
Saturday at 9 a.m. Jacksonville
will travel to Mabank and Alto will
meet Elysian Fields.
Fall beef cattle
program is Aug. 12
in Henderson
The Tri-County fall beef cattle
program will be held at 6:30 p.m.
Aug. 12 at the Rusk County
Exposition Center, located on FM
13 in Henderson.
Topicsofdiscussion will include
utilizing differentfeeding strategies
to make the most of your hay
supply as well as the results
from a recent chemical weed
control trial.
Dinner will be provided.
Attendees with a pesticide
license will be able to achieve
1.5 CEUs.
Weather Outlook
THURSDAY
partly cloudy
20% chance of rain
High: 99
Low:
78
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KWRW - FM and KTLU - AM
Local scouters help make National
Jamboree an event to remember
By Nikki Brown
Special Contributor
Local area Boy Scout leaders re turnedhome
from Fort A.P. Hill in Virginia after volun-
teering their time and expertise at the 2010
National Boy Scout Jamboree. With approxi-
mately 45,000 boys from all over the country,
this year's Jamboree celebrated the 100th
anniversary of Boy Scouts in a big way.
Many of the participants are members of
East Texas area Troop 1525.
Throughout the Jamboree, the boys had
the opportunity to see new sights, make new
friends and learn new skills while earning
merit badges.
The cinematography merit badge workshop
was being conducted by a team of East Texas
adult leader sincluding: Hugh Summers, Mike
Abrahamson, Michael Brown, Birda Gaskin,
Brad Newman and Foye West.
This team of volunteers cheerfully endured
heat, rain, long hikes and long hours, in order
to teach the boys what it takes to design and
produce their own short movies.
Examples of the boys' completed projects,
along with some other Jamboree activities,
can be viewed at: www.youtube.com/user/
cmbbsa2010.
While attending Jamboree, many ofthe boys
andleader s took advantage ofthe opportunity
to visit Washington, D.C, On July 29, several
ofthe cinematography leader s had the chance
to visit with Congressmen Louie Gohmert and
Jeb Hensarling.
They also visited several historical monu-
ments and toured the Smithsonian National
Air and Space Museum.
When asked about their Jamboree experi-
ences, Mike Abrahamson described it asgreat;
Brad Newman called it "a dream come true.''
The entire cinematography team expressed ap-
preciation to East Texans who have supported
a boy or staif member in some way.
"It is a hfe-changing experience for both boys
and staif,*' said Michael Brown.
"It would not have been possible without
the support of our volunteers and our com-
munity.''
See JAMBOREE, pg. 6A
PHOTO: NIKKI BROWN
Ohio parachutist Paul Mc-
Cowan dazzled the par-
ticipants at the 2010 Boy
Scout Jamboree with a giant
American flag. The morning
arena show was held July
28 at Fort A.P. Hill, Va.
CHEROKEE COUNTYSCH00IS
1EA releases final accountability ratings
Rusk, Wells, New Summerfield, named recognized districts
7 6 8
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Final Texas Educational Agency
school ratings stayed about the same
for Cherokee County schools.
After receiving preliminary ratings in
the spiring, officials at Jacksonville ISD
thought their scores would push the
dist rict into recognized status.
The scores were very close, but the
district didn't quite make it, in spite of
the fact there was only one acceptable
campus, four exemplary and two
recognized campuses.
Cherokee County schools received
three recognized ratings and two
acceptable ratings. There are eight
exemplary campuses, seven recognized
campuses and three acceptable campus
ratings.
Other rating changes from the
informal ion releasedlastspringwereAHo
Middle School and Jacksonville Nichols
Middle School both becoming exemplary
campuses instead of recognized.
Superintendents at Cherokee County
schools were encouraged with the
preliminary Texas Assessment of
Knowledge and Skills (TA KS) scores
received in early June and their final
results were released last Friday.
Rusk, New Summerfield and Wells
districts all received recognized
designations in last week's ratings.
Alto ISD
Alto ISD did extremely well in its
ratings this year.
The district received an exemplary
designation for the elementary school,
recognized for the middle school and
acceptable for the high school.
Dr. Ray DeSpain said, "fm very proud
of our test scores and academic ratings.
As I've said many times, they are a result
of teachers preparing students and
studentsperforming. For the fourth year
in a row, we have not only 'Met Adequate
Yearly Progress' standards, but we have
shown academic gains.
"We have improved scores in 16 of 17
TAKS tested areas overall, increased
our scores in our African-American and
low socio-economic sub-populations,
and raised our high school math and
science scores more than 14 percentage
points.
"For the first time the elementary
schoolreceivedexemplarydesignation.lt
hadbeenrecognizedfor the two previous
years. The middle school is honored
for the second year as a 'recognized
campus,'' Dr. DeSpain added.
Jacksonville ISD
Jacksonville ISD received the highest
See ACCOUNTABILITY, pg. 6A
Rusk ISD
tax hearing
Aug. 30
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
The Rusk School Board will
conduct apubhchearing ;it 6 p.m.
Monday, Aug. 30, for a proposed
$1.1575 district tax rate. The
meeting will be conducted in
the board room of the Rusk ISD
Administration Building at the
corner of Henderson and Seventh
streets. Following the hearing,
the board is expected to approve
a district ad valorem tax rate.
"This is the fourth year that
we have used the same rate of
$1,1575," Lesa Jones, executive
director of finance, told board
See RISD TAX RATE, pg. 6A
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Whitehead, Marie. Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 161, No. 25, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 11, 2010, newspaper, August 11, 2010; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152951/m1/1/: accessed July 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.