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Fresh water district
approves 38.5c tax rate
BY LEW VAIL
Enterprise staff
lewvail@eastex. net
ON ALASKA- Follow-
ing a brief public hearing
last week, the Polk County
Fresh Water Supply District
#2 (PCFWSD) passed a 2014
tax rate of 35.8 cents per
$100 in assessed value.
Vice chairman J.R. Jones
called the public hearing to
order with only one resident
in attendance, who thanked
the PCFWSD board for their
frugal spending. He noted
the new tax rate is lower than
when the district was created.
After adopting the rate, the
board conducted the regular
September meeting.
Jones reported that he.
Office Manager Loveearl
Hodge and Board Member
Johnny Burke met w ith First
State Bank officer Patti John-
son and decided to place the
majority of the district funds
in longer term CDs. They
have been renewing current
CDs every 40 days, but said
that investing them for a full
year w ill produce a slightly
higher yield. The board voted
to transfer the funds to CDs
and as the TexPol account is
used to pax bonds, they will
place new income in local
banks'CDs. They also voted
to add Johnny Burke to the
signature cards on First State
Bank accounts.
The board discussed the
pre- and post-65 retirement
plan and voted to renew
the present terms for the
2014-15 fiscal year. They
also renewed the liability,
auto liability and worker’s
compensation coverage with
Aqua Surance Company for a
premium of $39,797 yearly.
The board discussed the
August disconnect letters sent
to delinquent customers. The
district sends a letter when
the account is 30 days delin-
quent and can cut off service
after 60 days. They will work
with clients who come in and
discuss their situation with
the office staff.
The August report showed
41 letters were sent out, with
18 door-knocker reminders,
but only one customer actu-
ally had service disconnected.
Hodge asked about sending
bills for service to a mobile
home that does not have
water, but has been reported
bringing in water to the grav-
ity fed toilets in the house.
The board agreed that she
should be billed and will have
health a inspector decide if
living in a home without wa-
ter is a violation.
In August the district
served 2.218 users and 133
commercial accounts, made
eight change orders, added
two new connections and is-
sued three permits for sewer-
age.
The next meeting will be
in October, with the date to
be announced. Normally,
the board does not meet in
November or December,
unless there are issues to be
addressed.
Obituaries
COM RIBITED PHOTO
FISH IANK DONATED - The Piney Woods Lakes
Chapter of the Texas Master Naturalist program donated
a tish tank to the Onalaska Independent School District's
special education program. The tank will contain gambro-
sia. a freshwater pond tish that eats mosquito larva, the
same tish used in the outdoor aquatic plant tanks set up
at schools m Onalaska. Livingston and now Coldspring.
Students at those schools are growing American water
willow plants that will be transplanted into shallow areas
of I ake I ix liigston. Pictured above are the special educa-
tion students and their teacher. Jessica Graham.
RECORDS
CON I INI I I) trnm Page 5 3
ot I i\ mesinn assault on a
public SCO .mi
I .inner Jacob (iolian. 1 S.
ot I ixingston two counts ot
assault
Sept. 16
(iar\ I \ nn \dkms. 56. ot
I ix mgston criminal mis-
chiel. greater than or equal to
$500 but less than $1.500
Jill Bowen Burrows. 34. ot
I ax mgston two counts ot
violation of conditional bond.
Bxron Wide Caldwell. 33.
of lav mgston parole v iola-
tion.
Kristi Ann Delaxan. 34.
of I i\ mgston - prohibited
substance item in correctional
facilit\ . two counts ot posses-
sion ot a controlled substance
(penalty group 11. less than
one gram
Miranda Gayle Dixon. 32.
of I iv mgston - commitment
James Anthony Dowdell.
41 .of Cleveland - theft of
propem. greater than or
equal to $500 but less than
$1,500
Tommy I y nn Gibbs. 37. of
Livingston - criminal mis-
chief, greater than or equal to
$50 but less than $500
krxstall Renee-Flai Nel-
son. 24. of Marshall - - crim-
inal mischief, greater than or
Margaret Knight Blank David
Leslie Wayne Johnson
equal to $500 but less than
$ 1.5(H).
Devon Paige Shipper. 22,
of I iv ingston - parole v iola-
tion.
Parker Allen Simmons. 22.
of Liv mgston - criminal tres-
pass: theft of property. greater
than or equal to $50 but less
than $500.
Devonte Dashawn Becks.
20. of Livingston - assault
on a public servant; resisting
arrest, search or detention;
evading arrest detention; vio-
late city ordinance - loitering.
Joseph Zachery Kapel. 27.
of Trinity - driving while li-
cense invalid.
Cesar Reyes. 23. of
Livingston - sexual abuse
of child continuous: victim
under 14
Christian Roshuw n A hat-
tvs. 25. of Livingston - bond
forfeiture.
MARRI AGE LICENSES
Kenneth R Richardson. 64.
1 iv ingston and Anita N. Rich-
ardson. 59. Encinal.
Candelario Robles. 27,
Livingston and Aurora
Ramirez. 24. Livingston.
Rolan U Walker. 26.
Coldspring and Evelyn S Lit-
tleton. 22. Liv ingston.
Corry D. Jones. 27. Mos-
cow and Kristin L Casey. 26.
Moscow
Justin A. White. 27.
Livingston and Samantha N
Dickens. 26. Liv ingston.
LIVINGSTON - Margaret
Knight Blank David, 92, died
on Sept. 11,2014 in Houston.
Margaret was bom on Nov. 7,
1921, in Plano, to Margaret
Lois Knight and Paul Henri
Blank.
She was preceded in death
by her husband. Samuel
Conway David; her parents;
her brothers, Paul Henri and
James Ray; her sister. Gene
Morehead and her two sons,
Michael Henri Foster and Ste-
phen Craig Foster.
Margaret spent most of
her early years in Plano. Her
mother was a homemaker
and her father was a rural let-
ter carrier. When she was just
5 years old, in 1927, both of
her older brothers, ages 7 and
9 years, died within three
months of each other. Then,
in 1929, the Great Depres-
sion hit. When she was 15
years old, she was bitten by
the family’s pet collie, which
was discovered to have rabies.
Margaret had to undergo the
Pasteur treatment, requiring
upwards of 20 injections in
the abdomen. Despite numer-
ous sorrows and adversities
growing up, she graduated
from Plano High School with
a perfect attendance record,
having been neither absent
nor tardy during her entire
school history.
Following a short romance,
Margaret married J.T. Mose-
ley. Their marriage ended in
divorce before it really began
after he went off to fight in the
war overseas. Margaret went
to work for North American
Aviation, where she assem-
bled AT-6s, P-51 Mustangs,
and B-25 Mitchell bombers
during WW II. It was during
that time at North American
Aviation that she met and
married Alfred Lee Foster Sr.,
who was the father of her only
children. Their first son died
at just 6 months of age in 1945
from hydrocephalus, which
was thought to be caused by a
birth injury. They had another
son the following year and a
daughter a few years later.
Margaret was known as
smart, creative, fun-loving,
energetic and strong-willed.
She worked outside the home
as a legal secretary while rais-
ing her children in Houston.
She and Alfred Lee would
divorce and marry twice...
almost marrying for a third
time. Alfred Lee died in 1970.
and it was about that time that
Margaret bought a little cabin
in the woods on the outskirts
of Livingston, which was her
weekend getaway for years.
Margaret was active in Delta
Rho Delta Sorority, a national
service organization for busi-
ness and professional women.
For many years, her finished
garage was the staging place
for assembling duck Easter
baskets to benefit cancer pa-
tients at M D Anderson. Dur-
ing the mid-70s, she met and
married Arthur “Art" Lloyd
Seljos and, some years later,
they both moved to the cabin
in Indian Springs.
Margaret soon became in-
volved in many local projects.
She supported the Pine Cone
Festival and. as a member
of the hospital auxiliary, she
helped raise funds for schol-
arships to graduating students
entering a field in health care.
She became a member of St.
l.uke's Episcopal Church
and served on the altar guild.
Margaret also supervised the
landscaping for their sanctu-
ary. parish hall, parsonage
and bell tower. After her hus-
band Art died, she moved out
of the country and into town
where she found many more
opportunities to become in-
volved and volunteer. She
served on the Board of Direc-
tors of the Polk County Heri-
tage Society and chaired the
Tour of Homes in 2002. She
also served on the Board of
Directors of the Polk County
Emergency Health Board. As
president, she initiated the Fi-
esta De Amigos fund raiser,
raising thousands of dollars
for local low-income and un-
derserved families
In 1992. Margaret mar-
ried Samuel Conway "Dave"
MARGARET DAVID
... celebration of life held
David, a WW1I veteran and
local resident. They enjoyed
taking trips together and play-
ing bridge and dominos regu-
larly with friends. The other
thing they equally shared was
their love of Toby, the little
black poodle they welcomed
into their home. Margaret
and Dave were married until
Dave’s death in 2008.
Margaret was very active
in Polk County Garden Club,
holding offices in local, state
and district levels. She was in-
strumental in landscaping the
grounds of St. Luke's Epis-
copal Church, the Boys and
Girls Club, and the old hos-
pital before the new one was
built. She was chair of the
new hospital's Healing Gar-
den-named in her honor—a
place of therapeutic refuge for
patients, families, and staff.
More recently, she was chair
of the Courthouse Beautifi-
cation Committee, and she
spearheaded the plantings for
the gazebo on the courthouse
grounds. Margaret's vision
and dedication is manifest
around town, and the City of
Livingston is a more beautiful
place because of her efforts.
Margaret was probably
best known around town as
"the butterfly lady." She had
t-shirts and sweatshirts, pant
suits and dresses, scarves
and sweaters adorned with
butterflies. She wore butter-
fly jewelry and, if there was
a knick-knack with butter-
flies. she likely owned it. She
had a butterfly garden in her
backyard and, for years each
spring, would capture the cat-
erpillars to watch their ever
amazing metamorphosis to
Monarch butterflies. As an en-
vironmental consultant in the
garden club, she took her cat-
erpillars on the road to nearby
garden clubs to share that
wonderment with any and all
who were interested. On one
trip before perfecting her but-
terfly enclosure. Margaret's
“captives" emerged from their
chrysalis phase and escaped,
fly ing around inside the car en
route to her presentation.
Margaret was honored to
be named Polk Countian of
the Year by the Polk County
Chamber of Commerce in
2002 and Woman of the Year
by the American Association
of University Women in 2003.
She worked for the betterment
of her community until she
was no longer able to do so.
When she was unable to live
independently, she moved to
Houston in 2011 to be nearer
to her family.
Margaret is survived by her
daughter. Donna Foster Boyd
and husband Carter; grand-
daughter. Heather Boyd Mar-
tin and husband Scott; great-
granddaughters. Abigail and
Katherine; granddaughter.
Brooke Boyd Priest and hus-
band Ryan; great-grandchil-
dren. Jackson. Mason and Al-
lison; grandson. Joseph Craig
Foster; granddaughter. Kristin
Wheeler and husband Rob;
great-grandsons. Caden and
Bodi; and sister. Jon Paula
Ackley. Margaret was affec-
tionately known to her family
as "Honey."
A celebration of Margaret's
life was held on Wednesday .
Sept 17. at First United Meth
odist Church in Livingston.
Pace Funeral Home was in
charge of arrangements. To
sign the online guestbook, go
to pacefuneral.com
LIVINGSTON - Funeral
services for Leslie Wayne
Johnson, 31, of Livingston
will be held at noon Thursday,
Sept, 18, 2014, at Livingston
Church of God in Christ, with
Elder Robert Johnson offi-
ciating. Interment will fol-
low in Gracehill Cemetery in
Livingston.
Mr. Johnson was born on
Oct. 27, 1982 in Houston, to
Alma Jean Toliver and the
late Perry Lee Jr., and died on
Sept. 12, 2014 in Livingston.
He attended Livingston pub-
lic schools and was employed
with Polk County NDI.
Survivors include his
mother, Alma Toliver of
Livingston; son, Lloyd John-
son of Livingston; brother.
Lernard Taylor of Livingston;
sisters, Marvine Preciado (Je-
sus) and Monique Johnson
(Lynn Sr.), all of Livingston;
aunt, Frances Taylor ot
Livingston; six nieces; six
nephews; special friends, Oc-
tavia Wright. Lynn Johnson
Sr., Dean Frasch; John John-
son, Ray Phillipi. Frankie
Hartin, James Womack, Jus-
tine Wheeler. Billy Hill. River
Phoenix Harrell. Clarrisa and
Issae Randall. Justine Ovalle.
Wayne Williams, the Polk
County NDI work crew, Tony
Davis and Eddie Ray Robin-
son; a host of other relatives
LESLIE WAYNE
JOHNSON
... services on Thursday
and many other friends.
Pallbearers will be Michael
Taylor. John Taylor, Lamont
Taylor. Jarvas Taylor. Jacques
Tavlor and Marquest Wil-
liams. Honorary pallbearers
will be Lynn Johnson Sr., Le-
rnard Taylor. Gillett Toliver
Jr.. Willie Harris. River Phoe-
nix Harrell. Justine Wheeler.
James Womack and Dean Fra-
sch.
Duncan Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements.
Pauline Lilley Clark
LIVINGS ION - Pauline
Lilley Clark, beloved wite,
mother and grandmother, died
on Sept. 13, 2014 at the age
of 73. Pauline was born on
July 17. 1941 in Springfield.
Mass., to Robert McLeish
and Mary Elizabeth Lyons
McLeish.
Survivors include her lov-
ing husband. Onnie Dwayne
Clark: daughters. Valeric
Grogan and husband Ronnie
and Virginia Lilley; grand-
daughter. Michelle Grogan:
sister. Ann Barasa: brothers.
Laird McLeish and Edward
McLeish; numerous other
relatives and a host ol dear
friends.
Pauline was preceded in
death by her parents; two
brothers. William McLeish
and Ernie McLeish and sister.
Mary Hurd.
Pauline was a member ol
East Tempc Baptist Church
in Livingston. She came to
Texas when she was just 18
years old. Her children were
all born in Massachusetts.
Pauline worked as a waitress
in the W hite Kitchen for 18
years She became a Realtor
in 2000. Pauline was known
for her honesty and humor.
PAULINE LILLEY
CLARK
... celebration of life held
A celebration of Pauline's
life was held on Wednesday.
Sept. 17. at Pace Funeral
Home, with Pastor Wayne
Riekley and Pastor Mitchell
Murphy officiating. Interment
was in Whitehouse Cemetery
in Lufkin.
Pallbearers were Joey Re-
ntier, Buddy Reisner. Jerry
Sumner. Ronnie Sumner. Jim-
my Sumner and Clestel Ritte.
To sign the online guest
book, go to pacefuneral.com.
Regina Autumn Frazier McDonald
LIVINGSTON Regina
Autumn Frazier McDon-
ald. 28. daughter of Paul and
Charla Frazier of Onalaska,
died in the early morning
hours of Thursday. Sept. 11.
2014. from injuries sustained
in a car accident near Ingram.
She was born Nov. 13. 1985
and became a chosen member
of the Frazier household in
20(H). where she was the el-
dest member of the six sibling
family. She attended school
in Livingston and. in May ot
2011. married her now -es-
tranged husband. Dustin Mc-
Donald.
She is survived by two
daughters. Alexis and Addy-
son. living with their grand-
parents (Paul and Charla): a
brother. Terry; a sister. Lisa
and well as the other Frazier
children.
REGINA FRAZIER
McDonald
... memorial service Sunday
A memorial service will be
held from 2-4 pan. Sunday.
Sept. 21. at Onalaska First
Baptist Church.
Hayden Scott Paske
LIVINGSTON - Memo-
rial serv ices for Hayden Scott
Paske. 13.of katy vvill be held
at 11 a.m. Saturday. Sept. 20.
2014. in Parkway Fellowship
Church at 27043 FM 1093,
Richmond.
Hayden was bom Oct.
24. 2000 in Katy. to Paul
Way lie Paske and Sheree Kay
(Boulte) Paske. and died on
Sept. 13.2014 in Livingston.
Cochran Funeral Home is
in charge of arrangements. To
sign the online guestbook, go
to civhranfh.com.
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