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PAGE 2A - POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11,2005
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SCENIC LOOP LEADERS BRAVE DUNKING - Scenic Loop Volunteer Fire Department
held their annual Bar-B-Que and Auction on Aug. 20. One of the auction items was a chance to
dunk SI.VFD Chief Donald Marlow and Assistant Chiefs Marc Foisie and Kevin Fickey in the
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For food stamp assistance, call I-
800-500-4266.
Telephone numbers for the Texas
Workforce Commission are:
• Austin, 512-463-2222 or I-
800-735-2988
• Houston, 713-228-8848
• Dallas/Arlington, 817-804-
4200
• San Antonio, 210-822-7640.
Listed below are various
branches of the Texas Unemploy-
ment Office:
• Austin, 512-340-4300
• Dallas, 214-252-1200
• LI Paso, 915-832-6400
• Fort Worth, 817-420-1600
• I louston, 281 -983-1100
• McAllen, 956-984-4700
• San Antonio, 210-258-6600
• All others, I-800-939-6631
• To file a claim online, go to
www.laworks.net.
The telephone number for the
Emergency Management Assis-
tance Compact is 512-424-2208
and the fax number is 512-424-
7160.
The Texas Department of Insur-
ance Consumer Help Line is 800-
252-3439.
The Louisiana Department of In-
surance Consumer Help Line is
800-259-5300. Outside of Louisi-
ana, the number is 225-342-5900.
The website is
www.ldi.la.itov/HurricaneKatrma.
The telephone number for the
Louisiana Citizens Property Insur-
ance Corporation is 800-931 -9548.
The Mississippi Department of
Insurance Consumer Help Line is
601-359-2453.
The website is
www,doi.state.ms.us.
The Alabama Department of In-
surance Consumer Help Line is
800-433-3966. Outside of Ala-
bama, the number is 334-241 -4141.
The website is
www.aldoi.uov/currentnewsitcm.as
px?ID-594.
Finding loved ones
To find loved ones, call 877-568-
3317 or visit
vcww, familvlinks.icrc.org or
www.redcross.org.
For lost children, contact the
Children’s Assessment Center at
713-986-3300.
Additionally, the Next of Kin
Registry is www.nokr.org.
LD. (Kin) Murry
8-19-46*9-2-05
Thank you
I want to thank all of K.D. (Ken) Murry’s friends and
family for being at his interment to pray for his going to a
better place. I especially want to thank Pastor Debbie Dunn
for her beautiful and inspiring message and her wonderful
memories of him!
I want to thank my wonderful daughter and son-in-law,
Carleen and Gary Bunch for their large contribution to help
with the burial. Also, Thanks to sister Lonna Seagrove for
her generous contribution.
_God Bless Them All! ~ Fay Murry__
Court to eye memorial marker agreement
from page 1
Conservation District board mem-
ber. filling a vacancy.
Commissioners will consider ap-
proval of a community request for a
memorial marker highway sign
agreement with the Texas Depart-
ment of Transportation and will
also consider approval of a resolu-
tion designating limits of that sec-
tion of FM 943 to be identified
“Gean Hulin Roadway.”
A sheriffs department request
How to contact
Polk County’s
representatives
IJ.S. Sen. John Coi nvn:
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510-4305
202/224-2934 FAX: 202-228-2856
U.S. Sen. Kav Bailey Hutchison:
Room 284
Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
202/224-5922 FAX: 202/224-0776
senator@hutchison.senate.gov
U.S. Ren. Kevin Brady
428 Cannon Building
Washington, DC 20515
202/225-4901 FAX: 202/225-5524
State Sen, l odd Staules:
P.O. Box 2208 .
Palestine, TX 75802
903/729-7717 FAX: 903/723-0408
State Rep. John Otto:
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
512/463-0570
for the replacement of a damaged
patrol vehicle will be considered.
A renewal agreement with Net
Data Corporation for certain county
software maintenance will be con-
sidered for approval, as will a
county clerk’s request to renew the
agreement with Integrated Data
Services for imaging software
maintenance.
Commissioners will consider ap-
proval of supplemental work au-
thorization No. 2 to the existing
professional general service agree-
ment with Arcadis G&M Inc. for
engineering and other services re-
lated to county transportation pro-
jects.
Authorization for the veterans
service officer and the assistant
veterans service officer to attend
the statewide conference in October
will be considered for approval.
Commissioners will consider ap-
proval to accept Mockingbird Hills
(.6184 miles) in Forest Hills Subdi-
vision in Precinct 2 as a county
road and update the Master Street
Address Guide accordingly.
In routine business, commission-
ers will consider approval of
budget revisions as presented by
the county auditor and budget
amendments as submitted and re-
viewed by the court-appointed
committee.
During informational reports, a
representative of McCreary, Ve-
selka, Bragg & Allen will present
an update on the collection of de-
linquent court fines and fees.
Other items on the agenda in-
clude approval of the personnel
action forms, schedule of bills and
minutes of the Aug. 23 and Sept. 6
meetings.
Tuesday’s meeting will begin at
10 a.m. in the commissioners’
courtroom on the third floor of the
Polk County Courthouse.
CASINO TRIPS
jfcH* To Paragon Casino
Departures Every Thursday
MEW SHORTER 5 MM. STMT!
MAKKSVIUl, LA
Receive510 slot play cash perk upon arrival1
Onalaska-Senior Center
Hwy 190 east
8:30 a.m.
LivingstorvWalmart
on Hwy 59@190 East
9:00 a.m.
Conroe-7:30 a.m.
Huntsville-8:00 a.m.
Woodville-9:40 a.m.
Jasper-10:15a.m.
For reservations & information call:
1-800-479-5287
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The
FREEMEMBERSHIPS
Jhirlwind Club
Sports Bar & Grill
ON THE SCENIC LOOP • 967-0559 or 566-5533
Monday - Friday 10 am - midnight
Saturday 10 am -1 am Sunday 12 noon - midnight
THIS WFEKS LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
GRILL OPEN
Mon-Sat 10 a.m.
Sun, at noon
Serving Breakfast All Day!
Serving Food Late on
Friday & Saturday Night
Thursday Night
$2.00 Hamburgers
Friday Steak Night
Rick’s
Recreational
Vehicles
936-967-2332
4400 Hwy. 190 W.
Livingston, Texas
See our Web Mall ad at
www.EastTexasNews.com
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SHUFFLEBOARD
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Tuesday, Sept. 13
“DJ”
8 p.m.-close
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Thursday, Sept. 15 )
“Midnight
Storin’’
8 p.m.-close
Friday, Sept. 16
“Midnight
Storin’’
8 pan. • close
Saturday, Sept. 17
“James Garner
& Night Moves
9 p.m. - close
Sunday, Sept. 18
“Karaoke
w/JR”
8 p.m. • close
Monday, Sept. 19
“Monday Night
Football”
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 123, No. 73, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 11, 2005, newspaper, September 11, 2005; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788191/m1/2/: accessed June 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.