Citizens Journal (Atlanta, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 91, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 17, 1991 Page: 2 of 16
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2AWednesday, April 17,1991 Citizen* Journal
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Full slate of activities set for Wildflower Trails
With the theme "A Carousel of
Color," the city of Linden is gear-
ing up for its 20th annual
Wildflower Trails celebration April
26, 27 and 28.
The festival actually begins
Monday, April 22, with the
Wildflower Trails Treasure Hunt.
Clues will be printed in the Cass
County Sun, posted on the south
courthouse door and announced
on KALT/KPYN radio.
On Wednesday, April 24, D.D.'s
Silver Dollar Saloon will open for
business with entertainment and
refreshments. D.D. will be serving
sandwiches, drinks, cookies and
cake throughout the day.
On Thursday, April 25, D.D.'s
Saloon will again open for busi-
ness, serving homemade soup,
corn bread and crackers to hungry
patrons.
Friday, April 26, entrants in the
beans and cornbread contest are
asked to have their entries to the
saloon between 8:30 a.m. and 9
a.m. Plan to join the saloon girls
for beans and cornbread for
lunch.
Friday is also Western Day.
Everyone is advised to dress
western or face the conse-
quences. Anyone caught without
western or old-timey attire will be
sentenced to "sit a spell in the
jail." Violators will also be fined
and branded a "city slicker." Just
to make things interesting, the
best dressed man and woman will
be awarded trophies Friday after-
noon.
Friday evening, the Dixie Hot-
shots will perform at D.D.'s
Saloon.
On Saturday, the saloon will
again be open for food starting at
7 a.m. with a pancake breakfast.
Country music, saloon girls, bad
men and real live "shoot outs" will
make the day entertaining. At 1:30
p.m. the Clairbourne Cloggers
from the Sydni School of Dance in
Homer, La., will perform at the
saloon.
On Friday and Saturday, Glen-
na Grimmer, a wildflower
specialist from Carrolton, will ex-
hibit her work in the Commis-
sioners Courtroom of the Cass
County Courthouse. She will be
giving special presentations on
Saturday at 10:30 a.m. and 2:30
p.m. highlighting "The ABC's of
Texas WikJflosvers." a must-see
for all ages
Glenna and her husDand.
Gecge. a I a;sc z-e performing
their comedy routine, "The Clean-
ing People," during the sox hop,
50's costume contest and dance
competition Friday night at 7 p.m.
on the square.
Also on Friday and Saturday,
two Cass County natives, Albino
Hinojosa and Travis Whitfield, will
show their artwork in the First Na-
tional Bank lobby. Hinojosa's
artwork has been honored from
New York to San Francisco to
New Orleans; Whitfield is
renowned for his works and
shows in New York, Philadelphia,
Louisiana and Texas.
Local amateur artists will have
an exhibition on Friday and Satur-
day in the courthouse. Anyone
wishing to display their works are
asked to bring them to the court-
house at noon on Friday. The
amateur artworks will be judged
again this year, with prizes given
for first, second and third place in
each age category.
Also on the square will be
science fair exhibits by Linden-Kil-
dare students. An old picture dis-
play in the Linden City Hall will
depict interest of "years ago."
On both days in the First Baptist
Church Fellowship Hall, visitors
can view a reblooming art featur-
ing heirloom and modern quilts.
Also on display will be collectible
and marketable dolls.
Saturday is the biggest day of
the celebration starting with the
annual 5K run at 8:30 a.m. T-
shirts, trophies and excitement will
prevail.
The Wildflower Road Race,
U.S. Cycling Federation Sanc-
tioned, will start its course in Lin-
den at 10 a.m. and proceed to
Avinger, Hughes Springs and
back to Linden where cash prizes
and trophies will be waiting for the
winners.
On the parking lot behind the
First National Bank more than 100
arts and crafts booths will be set
up. Also, nearby will be the chili
cook-off (sanctioned) with winners
being announced in the afternoon.
A pet show featuring any kind of
pet — the more the unique the
better — will be held Saturday.
Trophies and prizes will be given
in several categories.
Ronald McDonald, the all-time
children's favorite, will make a
guest appearance at the pet show
and parade. He will present his
famous magic show and will have
lots of goodies for the kids.
An Armadillo Puppet Show by
professional puppeteer Joyce
Wilker of Longview promises to be
an extra delight for the young (and
old) I
Saturday at 1 p.m. "The Biggest
Little Parade in Texas" gets un-
derway with entries from floats to
clowns. Proceeding it will be a
tremendous tribute to the U.S.
Armed Forces with special recog-
nition to the men and women of
Cass County Serving in Operation
Desert Storm. Any returned troops
will lead the parade with Retired
General Willard Latham as Grand
Marshall. KSLA TV personalities
Bob Griffin, Shari Warren and Syl-
via Rachel will be in Linden that
day forjudging the parade, visiting
and spreading Ark-La-Tex charm.
There will be health fair screen-
ings by Linden Municipal Hospital
and by Mother Frances Hospital
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Atlanta council okays Arkla gas rate hike
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planes," he said. "We need to do
something like this in the worst
way."
Long said that the city's 10 per-
cent share of the total cost could
be budgeted in with next year's
fiscal year figures.
Gas rate approved
The council also voted to ac-
cept the recommendation of a
multi-city negotiating team on the
natural gas rate hike requested by
Arkla Gas Co. The committee,
comprised of representatives of
several Northeast Texas cities af-
fected by the proposed increase,
has suggested that the cities go
along with the compromise in-
crease reached during nego-
tiations with the utility.
Arkla was seeking a $0.0075 in-
crease per hundred cubic feet
(ccf) of gas used and a
reasonable Cost Of Service Ad-
justment (COSA). They were
seeking the rate hike for the unin-
corporated areas of 28 cities, in-
cluding Atlanta, Avinger, Bloom-
burg, Douglassville, Hughes
Springs, Linden and Queen City.
Prior to the meeting of the At-
lanta City Council Monday, the
cities of Linden and Queen City
had voted to accept the com-
promise, which granted the gas
company an increase of $0.0061
ccf and a 10-cent per month
COSA.
Under the terms of the rate
hike, residential customers would
see their minimum base bill go
from the present $10.10 to
$10.20. Commercial users will see
their minimum go from $11.35 to
$11.45 per month.
"The negotiations have been
going on for about four months
now and both sides say this is the
best they can offer," Mayor
McKelvey said. "Plus, it will
benefit the taxpayers."
The rate increases will go into
effect May 1.
Working with water
The council heard proposals
from three companies who bid on
the job of repainting the interior
and exteriors of the city's water
towers on Massey and Grandview
Streets. However, there was a
large discrepancy in some of the
bidding and some councilmem-
bers expressed a concern that
one of the contractors bidding
might not meet bidder specifica-
tions.
The council voted to table ac-
tion on the bids until the bidders
could be contacted for clarification
on the questions. The companies
are Environmental Products of
Queen City, T&L Service of
Texarkana, and East Texas Paint
in Domino.
The council voted to accept the
bid offered by Payless Cashway
of Texarkana to supply the
materials to erect fences around
the city's water wells on Reed
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Topping off the day will be an
outdoor musical concert starting
at 7 p.m. on the square and
featuring the East Texas Baptist
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Just after sunset, a splashy
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The bad men and saloon girls rehearse for the gunflghts to be held at D.D.'s Silver Dollar Saloon dur-
ing Wildflower Trails In Linden.
Street and S. West Street. The
fencing, which includes barbed
wire and gates, was bid by Pay-
less at $843.10, the low bid.
The two other bids received
were from R&R Fence Co. of At-
lanta, for $1,987, and from
Richardson Fence Co. of
Texarkana for $1,373.
New librarian sought
The council also granted a re-
quest from the Atlanta Public
Library Advisory Board to begin
advertising for a new librarian for
the city library.
According to board spokesper-
son Edna Joslin, head librarian
Patsy Ainsworth resigned on April
5 and the position has been
vacant since.
The board will place advertising
in the local media for applicants
for the position, she said.
The city council adjourned into
executive session to discuss per-
sonnel, but took no action after
reconvening in open session.
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