The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1986 Page: 1 of 4
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SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1986.
4 PAGES-25 CENTS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
contract for Cooper Lake
embankment below estimate
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
has given final approval to a $666,778
contract — approximately one-third
the estimated cost — to begin con-
struction of the Cooper I-ake em-
bankment, U.S Sen. PhfKJramm and
Rep. Jim Chapman announced
separately today
Caliber Construction Co. of Conroe
had been selected earlier to perform
the work, pending final negotiation of
the contract.
The contract is the first con-
struction effort toward' actual
creation of the dam at Cooper lake
Previous contracts covered road-
ways, clearing and fencimrwork
•'This award will be more than a
full month -ahead of schedule
Chapman stated ifc new; rek’asi
"Even better news for the taxpayer,
the contract is mor e than $332,000 less
than the government-estimated.
cost.”
•This vital project remains on
track and on time,” Gramm said
through a spokesman.
The announcement of-the Corps
approval on the construction bid
came as two of Gramm's aides —
John Savercool, special projects
director, and Steve Moss, East Texas
regional director visited the site of
the reservoir construction with
Walter Helm, president of the
Sulphur River Municipal Water
District, and representatives of the
Corps of Engineers.
The latest contract will provide for
construction on about 7,000 feet of the
28.000-foot dam, aTTH^vill be con-
centrated at the norther^end of the
d;Vin site near the propose^ Doctors
Creek Park ~
Christmas carolers
Community Players members sing Christmas carols on
Broadway Square Tuesday night after making rounds at
three It^cal nursing homes. The traveling troupe of
costumed carolers will be performing throughout the city at
Christmas functions during the holiday season. Pictured
clockwise from lower left are Jim Stanford, Linda Stanford,
Mary Beth Hulen, Gleffda Acker and Jim Stanford Jr.
Anyone wishing to have the carolers brighten a Christmas
event with song can call 885 3111.
Staff Photo by Karen Turpen
County authorizes
bidding advertising
Bid advertising for a backhoe for reappointment py the Civic Center
Precint 3 was approved Monday by "board at its last meeting, requested
the Hopkins County Commissioners his name be withdrawn from the
Court. board roster.
Commissioner Delbert Tully said Civic Center board president
his precinct is the only one of the four Jimmy Winfrey told the court a
in the county that does not currently replacement nomination for Stewart
have a backjioe. He has been sharing will be presented to the fourt at its
a backhoe with Commissioner Wayne next regular session.
Mobley, but, Tullev added there are The court approved the Civic
times when both'need to use the Center Board of Directors minutes
equipment at the same time
and burial of telephone cables in
"There is such a great need for a Precincts 1,3 and 4.
backhoe in a county precinct, Tabled until a 1:30 p.m. session
especially in wet weather,” Tully 4 Monday were approval of bills and
said. “I propose to get a backhoe on a financial statement and con-
lease-purchase plan and pay it out sideration of a professional services
over a period of three years ” ' contract for a recently awarded
The court also approved the $135,000 grant for the Northeast
reappointment of three members of Texas Industries sheltered workshop
the Civic Center Board of Directors The court will meet in executive
Millard Bennett, Lvnda Hager and session following consideration of
Judy Gilreuth Commissioner Elton these items to discuss ponding
Stewart, who was approved for litigation
Federal funding for this contract is
^ part'-of ffie $3.7 million the Cooper
Lake project received in
congressonal action this fall.
Chapman, a member of the House
Public Works Committee, which
recommends funding of the Cooper
I-ake Project, said that the contract
will have an estimated completion
date of September 1988.
Savercool, from Sen. Gramm's
Washington office, said his visit to the
construction site and visit with Corps
of Engineers representatives was
part of the preparation by the Texas
Senator to gauge how much federal
funds the Corps would be capable of
spending in Fiscal Year 1988. which
will be authorized next spring.
The senator’s aide also, said that
Gramm was pleased that the contract
awarded for the first construction on
the embankment came in well under
the original estimate tor the work,
pegged at more than $998,000 This
continues the trend of construction
costs running below estimates thus
far, Savercool observed.
The $140 million lake project is
expected to be completed in Sep-
tember of 1992.
The contract awards for the final
embankment, spillway and outlet for
the lake project are expected to be in
February of 1988.
| In other related action involving
the lake project, President Reagan
has signed a $14.8 million water
resources bill to lessen en-
vironmental concerns. The money
w ill be used to buy and manage about
25,000 acres downstream from the
lake.
To date, work on the south access
road and clearing in the dam area has
drawn to a close.
City planners discuss
needs on S. Broadway
Bv MICHAEL PELRINE
News Telegram Staff
problem if the area is allowed to grow
commercially without upgrading
« utilities."
('oihmercial development along Bolding said that a use such as the
South ''Broadway Street seems orie proposed by Carrier would not
inevitable, members of the Planning Put an.v more of a strain on water
at d Zoning Commission said Mon- pressure in the area than wopjjLg ^
day .-and while water seYvices are not residence; but if other, more w ater-
yet adequate to support such intensive commercial developments
.development on a major scale---the,*-W'.S.re allowed, to, move in, water
city needs to prepare for commercial ■‘f*‘«ssure for both normal use and for
Interests moving into the area fire fighting would drop below the
The '"Vehicle for the, commission's level allow ed by the state insurance
discussion Monday was a rezomng board.
request, which the commission ap- He added that if the-city is to
proved for recommendation to the continue rezomng the area to com-
City Council, from chiropractor Ro^ mercial districts, then larger water
Carrier. Carrier requested two lots on
South BWidway between McCann
and JoyceAqreets be rezoned from
single-family residential to multi-
family. which is a mild commercial
classification that permits hospitals
and clinics.
Carrier, who was present at the
meeting, said he wants to open a
chiropractic clinic on the site.
"It's probably the most ideal spot
for mild commercial use,” Com-
missioner Wayne Cooper said, ' and I
don't think we should turn people
away."
However, Fine Marshall Jerry
Bolding told the quorum of com-
missioners, "There could be a
Police arrest
two local men
following raid
Two SulpJiur Springs men were
arrested on drug related charges
following a Sunday evening raid at a
Church Street apartment complex by
members of the police department
tactical unit and a sheriff's deputy,
police said Monday.
Edward Emmons, 26, and Jackie
Wayne Garner, 27, were charged with
felony possession of dangerous drugs
and two related misdemeanor
charges, SSPD Sgt. Mike Pehl told
The News-Telegram.
Municipal Court Judge Roy
Johnson set bond for the felony
charge at $5,000 each. Both pleaded
guilty to misdemeanor possession of
drug paraphernalia and were fined
$170 each.
The pair were transferred to the
county jail where they were to be
arraigned before Justice of the Peace
William Bauman on charges of
misdemeanor possession of
marijuana.
Pehl said tactical unit members
Ron Plaxeo, Scott Sewell, Jerry Price
and he and Deputy Frank Hedrick
served a search warrant at an
apartment on Church Street at 7:47
p.m. Sunday.
Emmons and Garner were arrested
after officers discovered a quantity of
tablets and capsules believed to be
narcotics and a quantity of
marijuana, as well as various drug
paraphernalia, Pehl said.
The tablets and capsules were sent,
to the Department of Public Safety
laboratory in Garland for analysis,
Pehl said.
lines will probably need to be put in;
and he recommended that upgrading
utilities should take place before the
developments are built
"The city has a track record of only
djtfng things when they need to be
done, anyway ." Cooper said. "The
first stage of a plan is a need. We can
see a need here.”
Community Development Director
Andrew Mack reminded the com-
mission that budgetary contraints
and priorities in other areas of the
city may preclude any large-scale
utilities improvements.
Mack said decisions, on capital
improvements belong to the City
Council, but the decisions of the
Planning and Zoning Commission
should reflect the city's desired
direction of development.
Both Carrier and. Mark told thi
commission that residents in the area
had no objection to the rezomng
request.
White Christmas wishes
Six year-old Amanda Sullivan looks to the sky, wondering
when the White Christmas she has been dreaming of will
arrive. The temperature, at least, is appropriate, as is
evident by Amanda's clothes — all that's lacking is the
moisture. Light snow was reported in the Panhandle at
dawn Wednesday, and forecasters said there is a possiblity
of snow and freezing rain in portions of the state through
Thursday. Locally, overnight lows are expected to remain
in the 20s and 30s, but Amanda, a student at Travis
Elementary School, may have to wait a while longer for
sndto.
—Staff Photo by Richard Hail
SSISD move may
cut utility bill
Free holiday
concert set
on Thursday
The Sulphur Springs High School
and Middle School choirs have been
busy this week preparing for their
upcoming holiday concert.
Using the theme "Home For the
Holiday," the free concert is
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
Dec. 11, in the Civic Center
auditorium.
The concert will begin with the 40-
member sixth grade choir and
followed by the 100-member seventh
and eighth grade choir. The "festival
choir” will feature the sixth, seventh
and eighth graders combined.
Selections for the evening include
“Do You Hear What 1 ilear," "Little
Drummer-Boy," and Let It Snow."
Janie Caldwell will serve as the
accompanist
After the Middle School per-
formance; the SSHS choir will
present a variety of holiday tunes,
under the direction of Bethany Hill,
who invites the public to attend the
Christinas concert.
Selections will include Little
l.amb." "Sing to Him a Song of
Love," " Masters in This Hall," 'On
This Day Earth Shall Ring^,' and a
medley of Christmas tunes
By BPBBY BURNEY
News Telegram Staff
The, Sulphur Springs Independent
School District will save several
thousand dollars next year in utility
v-sts by switching from a com-
mercial gas rate to an industrial gas
rate with Lone Star Gas, the ad-
ministration announced at the SSISD
B ard of Trustees meeting Tuesday.
In switching from the commercial
t" the Level 1 industrial
classification, the district will save
penevery 1.000 cubic-meters of
gas the district buys. Paul Glover,
assistant superintendent of business,
estimated that the SSISD will save
several thousand dollars because of
the move.
The district is taking one chance by
moving in class. It will move up one.,
step oiythc ladder to have.gas cur-
tailed shout’d that become necessary.
The schools will now be m the third
group of m- titutions to have their gas
cut back in case of a gas shortage,
behind Levels 2 and 3 of the industrial
class.
However. Glover said that neither
he nor the Lone Star Gas officials he
talked to could foresee any gas
curtailment during the one-year
period the district will sign up for.
"If gas became in short supply
they would probably ask us to close
down for a few days anyway." Glover
said.
Memorable Christmas
Flora Huddleston Sulphur Spt ngs Nuts . q Home
When I was a little girl 9 y ears old, the first Christmas was so happy.
We had gone to a friend's Christmas where they had a large tree. It
reached the top of the ceiling. My mother got a big bag of sugar and I
started to cry.
I told Santa Claus 1 didn't want him to give me sugar that I wanted a
china doll. He said, "What is your name? ”
I said, “My name is Flora Lindsey.”
He said, "Bless your little heart. I have more than a doll for you. I will
fill that long black stocking of -yours- hanging on that tree with all the
goodies you can eat. ”
I said. "Can I hug your neck
He said, "Y'es."
1 think he went up the chimney and out of sight
. By Lena Purvis Sulphur Springs Nursing Home
We lived in a log house. 1 had one brother and two sisters We cut our
tree and truiuned it with homemade items such as popcorn m high hopes
that Santa would visit us
We hung our stockings on a nail the night before Christmas and would
get up early, even before sunrise expecting to find our stocking filled
My brothers always received firecrackers and stick horses We girls
got dolls Each of us received fruit, and of course. Mother cooked our
dinners on the old w ood stove
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Keys, Clarke & Hillsamer, Dave. The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 111, No. 50, Ed. 1 Friday, December 12, 1986, newspaper, December 12, 1986; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775767/m1/1/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.