The Hopkins County Echo (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 25, 1990 Page: 1 of 4
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VOL. 115—NO. 21.
SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 25,1990.
4 PAGES-25 CENTS PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY
Randles receives $55,700 in scholarships
By MARK KING
Sulphur Springs High School
senior Natalie Randles walked
away with over $55,000 in scholar-
ships during the SSHS Awards
Cerertlony Wednesday morning.
In all, Sulphur Springs students
received almost $400,000 in
scholarship money for their excel-,
lence in the classroom and in ath-
letics.
Randles received a $35,000
scholarship from Southern
Talents rewarded
Sulphur Springs High School senior Natalie
Randles, seated, received one of the few full 5-year
music scholarships awarded by Baylor University
Tuesday. Pictured with Randles are from the left,
Jack Chubb, SSHS principal, Miss Randles’,
parents Fred and Jane Randles, and Randy
Lofgren, Division of External AfTairs for Baylor
University. —Staff photo by Larry Barr
Methodist University, $20,000
from Baylor University, $500 from
the Hopkins County Dairy Festival
and the $200 Jerry Wertheimer
Scholarship. "
Kristi Jones also fared well
during the ceremony, receiving
scholarships totaling $31,000, in-
cluding $17,500 from Harding
University.
“We have a lot of people in our
community who think a lot of our
students and Our school,” High
School Principal Jack Chubb said,
as he surveyed the many faces of
those there to present awards.
Chubb, who is retiring from his
SSHS post before the beginning of
the new school year, said he had
taken “real pleasure” in seeing
students excel during his career in
Sulphur Springs.
Being a top student requires a lot
of stamina on honors day.
In all, 75 scholarships were in-
cluded in the program. Some of
them were last-minute additions.
Some students received more than
one, more than two, scholarships.
School District Assistant Super-
intendent-Curriculum Randy Reed
commented on the diverse group of
students being honored Wednesday
morning.
“They’re a very representative
body,” Reed said. “Through their
senior leadership, we’ve had a great
year. We’ve had a lot of success in
athletics, with their district cham-
pionships and with the district
championships of the UIL com-
petitors.” <
Indeed, the scholarship awards
were followed by a lengthy list of
Wilson honored at C-P awards day
By MARK KING
Como-Pickton High School
seniors found out the value of hard
work Tuesday as 260 awards and
scholarships totaling $27,000 were
presented to students at the school’s
1990 awards ceremony.
The school’s valedictorian,
Robert Wilson, came away the big
winner in the scholarship depart-
ment, receiving an $11,000
scholarship from Rice University in
Houston.
McCain opened the program by
citing “firsts” achieved by the
school’s students during the 1989-
90 school year. Among those
“firsts”: Six football players were
named “all-district;" the school
band was chosen as “all-district;”
the girls’ basketball team played in
Reunion Arena in Dallas; the Mock
Trial Team won district competition
and went on to compete at the state
level; and the baseball team ranked
fourth in the state.
• “That’s why the Eagles are soar-
ing high in 1989-90,” McCain said
to a cafeteria packed by students,
parents and faculty. “It's your
kids.”
McCain added that (he school
spent approximately $1,300 on the
various awards and certificates
presented Tuesday morning, but
“we arc still not doing enough for
academics.”
In addition to the scholarships
Wilson received from Rice Univer-
sity, he also received a $2,000
scholarship from Sulphur Springs
State Bank, awarded by Vice Presi-
dent G. V. Hughes.
The bank awards two $2,000
scholarships on an annual basis,
one to a graduating Sulphur
Springs High School Student, and
one to a graduating student from a
county school.
Also during the ceremony, Tom
Van Vranken, manager of Wal-Mart
Discount Store in Sulphur Springs,
presented a $1,000 scholarship to
Angie Carr and John Beines,
manager of Custom Shutters Inc.,
of Como, presented a $500 scholar-
ship to Student Body President
Debbie Mobley.
Wilson plans to major in
mechanical engineering at Rice
University, Carr plans to major in
business at the University of North
Texas at Denton and Mobley plans
to attend East Texas State Univer-
sity, but is undecided about a major.
Other scholarship awards in-
cluded: $1,000 from the Texas
Education Agency to Robert Wil-
son; $3,000 from East Texas Bap-
tist University to Kim Canagu
$4,000 from East Texas Statir
University to Shannon Bowen; a
full Pell Grant (a federal govern-
ment award) to Debbie Mobley;
$2,000 per year from Lubbock
Christian College to Rachel Brad-
ford; $1,250 from Gordon College
of Massachusetts to Sarah Wil-
liams; and $250 from the ETSU
Music Department to Jo Anna
Cline.
The latter recipients had been
notified of their scholarships prior
to the Tuesday awards ceremony,
but were recognized during . the
program.
To no
Inmates working their way
out of jail with county jobs
To note, high school students
were not the only ones recognized
by the school or businesses
Tuesday morning. Junior high
students were also recognized for
their achievements.
Customer Service Supervisor
C.A. Trent, of the Contel Corp.,
presented 8th-gradcr Letlie Beles
with a certificate, plaque, and
telephone for her performance
record. The plaque, inscribed with
her name, will remain at the school.
The recipients of the various
scholarships and awards were not
judged solely on an academic basis.
They were recognized for
academics, leadership and charac-
ter.
Some of the other awards in-
cluded special certificates, medals
and plaques. The school recognized
every class with two awards and
also recognized students for atten-
dance and University Interscholas-
tic League competition. Some
students also received certificates
of academic fitness from the Presi-
dent George Bush and Secretary of
Education Lawrence Cavazos.
Top students at each grade level
were recognized during the
ceremony, as well as all honor
students.
students being recognized for their
classroom, athletic and University
Interscholastic Leage academic
achievements.
In addition, the top two percent
of the class, as well as all the honor
students, were recognized.
The following is a list of the
non-athletic scholarships presented
during the ceremony. Look for
some names to appear several
times:
Classroom Teachers Association,
$500 — Robin Phillips; Ocean
Sprav, in Honor of Orville Moody,
$1,000 — Brandi Fuhrmann; Coca-
Cola, $250 — Christi Crowe;
Kiwanis, $500 — Dusty Boshears;
Business & Professional Women’s
Club, $500 — Chandra Griffin;
Newcomer’s Club, $500 — Shawn
Simpson; Farm Bureau Ag, $250
— Marti McKinzie; SSASIE, $500
each — Brandi Fuhrmafl, Leslie
Cook, Cory Benson; Anonymous,
$4,000 — Tracie Dirks; First Bap-
tist Church Women’s Missionary
Union, $650 each — Cory Benson,
Christi Crowe, Kerry Galyean;
HON, $1,000 each — Weldon
Beard, Lance Gammill; Student
Council Memorial, $300 — Joseph
Franklin; Black Women’s Coalition
for Community Awareness, $500
each — Afra Miller, Weldon Beard;
$250 each — Chera Clayton, Tracie
Dirks.
More scholarships:
Orville Moody, $7,500 — Jimmy
Chester; Sulphur Springs State
Bank, $2,000 — Bobby Korn; Air
Force ROTC, $28,000 — April
Johnson; St. James Women’s Guild,
$100 each — Brandi Fuhrmann,
Valerie Van Vranken; Hopkins
County Dairy Festival, $500 —
Natalie Randles; Miss Sulphur
Springs, $300 — Leslie Lawrence;
Aladdin Beauty College, $500 each
— Amanda Tfcnw, Michelle
Wingfield; Trinity University —
Richard Smith: Texas Tech Univer-
sity, $300 — Robin Phillips; Naval
ROTC, $20,000 — Michael Brun-
deen; Harding University?^,000
— Jason Hill; $17,500 — Xcist^
Jones; Hopkins County U.T. EX-
Students Association, $600 each —
April Johnson, Mike Brundeen,
Mike Adams; ETSU Presidential,
$4,000 each — Jennifer Crawley,
Jay Porterfield.
Additional scholarships:
Sam Raybum/William Mayo
Residential, $4,000 each — Jen-
nifer Crawley, Jay Porterfield,
Tammy Vinson; ETSU Academic
Excellence, $1,000 each — Dusty
Boshears, Tammy Vinson, Jimmy
Chester; ETSU Blue and Gold,
$500 each — Jason Hill, Jason
Hurley, Mark Patrick, Chris
Woodson; Sulphur Springs Flag
Football Association, $500 —
Elizabeth Cook; Brookshire’s, $750
— Allen Key; Navarro Jr. College
Music, $600 — Valerie Van
Vranken; Hardin-Simmons Univer-
sity Twirling, $400 — Christi
Crowe; Jerry Wertheimer
Memorial, $200 — Natalie
Randles; Baylor University Music,
$20,000 — Natalie Randles;
Southern Methodist University
Music, $35,000 — Natalie Randles.
Extra scholarships;
Cecil Tucker Memorial, $200 —
Marci McKinzie; Young Farmers,
$800 — Marci McKinzie; ETSU
Ag Science, $1,250 — Marci Mc-
Kinzie; $750 — Ruanne Hall;
Texas A&M University; $12,000 —
Kristi Jones; Robert C. Bryd
Honors, $1,500 — Kristi Jones; Al-
larea Black, $200 each — Leslie
Code, Lesa White; Kilgore Jr. Col-
lege, $15,000 — Johnny Wright;
Medical Auxiliary, $400 — Afra
Miller; Marion Teel Memorial,
$500 — Lance Gammill; Sulphur
Springs Area Council PTA, $500
— Stacey Vborhee.se; Edna
Johnson Memorial, $100 — Kelli
Johnson.
Lake Fork shooting victim
returns home from hospital
By TIM PARETI
Johnnye White, who was severely
beaten and shot four times last month
in her Lake Fork home, has been
released from a Tyler hospital.
White, who was shot twice in the
head, once in the neck and once in the
chest, is doing fine, according to
Wood County Chief Deputy Jim
Roberts.
’’She's walking around," Roberts
said. "And that's pretty good consid-
ering what happened."
Roberts, who is heading the in-
vestigation into the shooting of White,
indicated that several new leads have
developed in the case but he would
not elaborate since "it could impair
the progress of the investigation."
"We're looking at several possible
motives right now and we're not dis-
counting anything,” Roberts said.
"This case could open up a good can
of worms."
White's daughter and a friend
found Mrs. White in the back bed-
room of her home on April 27. Ac-
cording to Roberts, there was no sign
of Raced entry and there were no
valuable items reported missing.
"We're still looking for more in-
formation," Roberts said.
Investigators arc searching for a
small calibre weapon used in the
shooting.
Wood County Crimcstoppers will
pay a "large reward" to anyone giv-
ing information leading to the arrest
and conviction of the person(s) re-
sponsible for shooting Mrs. White,
Roberts said, adding, "the informa-
tion is confidential."
By MARK KING
Hopkins County Sheriff Bill
Dirks said that the county Jail’s
Inmate Work Program benefits both
the county and the prisoners, in
more ways than one.
Prisoners get reduced sentences
and the county gets free labor, a
pretty fair tradeoff according to
county officials.
“We’ve figured that we have
saved the county somewhere bet-
ween $3,500 and $4,000 just for the
work they’ve (county inmates)
done out at the Civic Center,’
Dirks said.
The work program is nothing
new, according to Dirks, who said
that the program was first initiated
by former Sheriff Mark B as sham
What is new about the program,
though, is that the inmates are
being used to police illegal dump
sites along county roads.
Most of (lie inmates who
volunteer for the work assignments
receive time off from their salien-
ces.
“If an individual has been sen-
tenced to serve time in jail by the
courts, and he wants to participate
in the program, we give him three
for one (three days credit far each
day worked),” Dirks said, “unless
it’s specified by the coiat that he
has to serve V amount of days in
But, Dirks said, some of the
county's prisoners are not eligible
for the three-for-one plan.
“Some of them are not given
credit for their work outside, be-
cause of the status of their cases. If
an individual was sentenced and if
his sentence was on appeal, and we
thought he was trustworthy, and he
couldn't make bond,” we could put
him to work, the sheriff added.
“But we don’t do that for
everybody."
Most of the inmates, though,
receive the double benefit of being
able to get outside, albeit under
close supervision, get some fresh
air and sunshine, or rain, and gel
time subtracted from their senten-
ces. And, the county saves money.
For example, Dirks said that the
time and tabor his charges have put
in at the Civic Center would have
otherwise cost the county, since the
work is there and someone would
have been paid to do iL
Recently, inmates helped set up
the stages for the Restless Heart
and Clint Black concerts and
repainted the bleachers in the Civic
Center’s arena
“The county doesn’t have the
budget to pay for everything that
needs to be done,” he aid. “It’s
helping the county. Thai’s what I
like about it.”
Obviously, the inmates like to
participate in the program, since a
90-day sentence can be cut to 30
days.
"We’ve got more people willing
to participate in the program than
we can provide supervision for,”
Hirks said.
Dirks and Hopkins County’s
licensed septic tank inspector and
official patrol against illegal dump-
ing, Earl Martin, originally intro-
duced the newest part of the work
program to county commissioners.
Martin is a licensed Texas peace
officer who supervises the inmates
while out cleaning up dump sites.
Hopkins County Judge Joe
Pogue also is an advocate of the
program.
“I feel good about the whole
program,” he said. “Instead of
spending their time lying up in bed,
we can get some production out of
them.”
Also, the judge said, “I think (he
public feels good about it”
Civic Center General Manager
Rod Henderson said that the paint
job the bleachers had received was
“excellent"
“I think the program is an excel-
lent idea, and it saves the county
money,” he said. “Any time you
can take those guys out of the cell
down there, it helps pay back the
county."
“I think loo, that those guys
want to be out working, in the sun
and fresh air," Henderson added.
Going to state
For the 5th year in a row, the Sulphur Springs Spe-
cial Olympics Team has hero selected to represent
their school at the state level in San Marcos May 22
through 25. Members of the 1989-90 state team are:
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Kleot Briscoe, John Straybora. Amanda Hatbcox.
Dale Humphrey, Robert Johnson. Greg Woods, and
Loren Voorhies. Alternates are Kori Johnson and
Dawn Dickey.
—Staff Lwti Barr
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