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ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY ALBERT TREVINO
9-11 TRIBUTE — The Livingston Volunteer Fire Department had a flag flying high over the Livingston City
Hall Thursday as part of the Day of Prayer and Remembrance honoring those who gave their lives on Sept.
11,2001 during the terror attacks. The city and the Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a ceremony
at city hall featuring music, speeches and the raising ot a special 9-11 flag.
Canceling election on USD board agenda
LIVINGSTON - The
Livingston IS I) school board
will assemble Monday to dis-
cuss approval of enlarging the
junior high weight room and
cancel November's school
tvoriTTLetmion.
The meeting will start at 6
p.m. in the Administrative Of-
fice at 1412 S. Houston Street.
The district's school board
election, which was set for
Nov . 4, will be cancelled with
no more than one candidate
per position.
In Livingston. Board
President Bea Ellis. Board
Vice President Casey Evans,
Frank Henderson and Board
Secretary Ben Ogletree will
all return, as each runs un-
arm tested. Jett Galloway will
relinquish his seat to the only
other citizen in contention,
Livingston Police Depart-
ment Detective Marty Drake.
Livingston Athletic Di-
rector Brian Brossard has
presented a plan with the
goal to increase the size ot
the weight room. Currently,
class sizes able outnumber
the number of people who are
able to utilize the facility.
The plan is for the equip-
ment room walls that con-
nect to the weight room to
be removed to expand the
space. The walls are non-
weight bearing and made ol
plywood, making removal
uncomplicated.
The new space w ill not
only increase the room's si/e.
but increase safety and al-
low the girls a place to lift as
w ell. The cost of the change
is estimated at $2,000 or less.
The board w ill consider a
resolution to make observe
Oct. 8 as Texas Education
Human Resources Day
throughout the district. The
board encourages students,
staff and parents to express
their appreciation to human
resources team members
for their dedication and
commitment to Liv ingston
ISD employees and students.
Onalaska council sets
2015 budget at $841,000
BY LEW VAIL
Enterprise staff
lewvail@eastex. net
ONALASKA - After no
citizens raised questions during
a brief public hearing on the
proposed $841 .994 budget, the
Onalaska City Council formal-
ly adopted their new spending
plan, w hich will go into effect
on Oct. I.
Because the city does not
collect a property tax unlike
other taxing entities, there was
no need to set a tax rate for the
current year.
During the meeting. Mayor
Roy Newport introduced
Sherry Brecheen. whom coun-
cil approved as the new city
library director. Brecheen. who
w ill begin work on Sept 15,
is a graduate of LSU and has
been a teacher, librarian and.
most recently, worked in the
banking industry . She is local
resident with a son in elemen-
tary school.
New port also recognized
three police officers who as-
sisted in a medical emergency
where an individual had be-
come unconscious and ceased
breathing. CPR was adminis-
tered until paramedics and am-
bulance personnel arrived and
he was transported.
Bert Sims, the v olunteer co-
ordinator for the Polk County
SAAFE House office, present-
ed a brief description of the ser-
vices and asked for volunteers
to assist the clients. Sims can
be reached at (936) 327-6427.
herbsims59(« gmail.com or
outreachCfli vingston.net.
Police Chief Ron Gilbert
reported his department re-
sponded to 150 dispatched
calls and 687 other incidents in
August. The officers made five
felony and 30 misdemeanor
arrests and issued 284 citations
and 34 warnings. Officers also
assisted the tire department one
time and Polk County Sheriff's
Office 16 times, drove 7,899
miles and opened 51 new
cases, four of w hich were DWI
or narcotics related.
Onalaska Fire Chief Jay
Stutts reported the department
responded to 31 calls, includ-
See ONALASKA. Page 5A
Livingston loses 2
longtime leaders
LIVINGSTON - Wednes-
day. Sept. 10. became a dark
day in Liv ingsion history
with the death of not one.
but two longtime civic and
political leaders.
Former Mayor Joe Pedigo.
92. and former City Council-
man Allen Peebles. 89. died
w ithin hours of one another.
In addition to overlapping
terms on the city council,
both men were friends and
neighbors for 50 years.
Funeral serv ices for
Pedigo were held at 10 a m
Saturday at Central Baptist
Church of Livingston while
services for Peebles vv ill
be at 2:30 p in. today (Sun-
day). also at Central Bap-
tist Church of Liv ingston.
Pedigo was buried in Pedigo
Cemetery in lx ler County
and Pebbles will be interred
in the Forrest Hill Cemetery
in Livingston. Full obituar-
ies for Kali men are on page
6A.
Pedigo, who was known
affectionately throughout
the community as "Papa
Joe." vvas a native of Ty-
ler County . He moved to
Livingston in 1949 where he
co-owned a cafe and bus sta-
tion w ith his father. In 1953.
he and his first wife,Gloria,
began Pedigo Furniture,
w hich continues to operate
today with second and third
generations of the family in
charge.
In 1962. Pedigo was
elected to his first term on
the Livingston City Council,
a post he held until 1968
w hen he moved over into the
mayor's chair. After retiring
as mayor in 1985 with a total
of 23 years of serv ice to the
city. "Papa Joe" remained
active in the civ ic life ot the
community.
Over the years he served
on the boards of a number
of organizations including
the Liv ingston Rotary Club,
the American Red Cross, the
First National Bank and the
Polk County Chamber of
Commerce_
See LEADERS. Page 5A
Livingston approves
$24.5 million budget
BY BRIAN BESCH
Enterprise staff
pcenewsroom@gmail. com
LIVINGSTON - The
Livingston City Council set a
budget of over $24.5 million
Tuesday for the fiscal year
beginning Oct. I. Because
total income for the city is
proposed at just over $31
million, barring unforeseen
events the city expects to
have about $6.4 left over at
the end of the coming budget
year.
No property tax has been
included for the 26,h consecu-
tive year. The sales tax rev-
enue, which accounts for 14.8
percent of the city's annual
operating revenues, is not ex-
pected to increase.
The budget includes 81
full-time positions, two part-
time positions and seasonal
positions as needed. The sala-
ry benefits for city employees
included a 1.5 percent cost of
living increase, a 2.5 percent
market increase for those eli-
gible. a 7 percent increase in
employee group health insur-
ance costs and a 5.7 percent
increase in retirement benefit
costs.
Several projects (see city
manager’s report) and equip-
ment has also been included.
Major equipment purchases
include two police units, two
police vehicles for detectives,
an extended cab pickup for
the water and sewer depart-
ments. and a mower for the
grounds maintenance crew .
A public hearing for the
fiscal year budget ol Oct
I - Sept 30. 2015 was con-
ducted aw part of the meet-
ing. Alderman Ray Hill said
he wished to see the budget's
S2().(MK) for the Liv ingston
Municipal Library specifical-
ly earmarked for genealogy
books and materials.
The library requested
that $3,000 of the total be
spent toward genealogy.
The library's committee had
planned to meet a few days
later to set priorities and
determine where the money
would be spent. Mayor
Clarke Evans and members
of council urged Hill to take
part in the meeting to voice
his concerns.
' I will attend and I will
make some recommenda-
tions." Hill said. "My first
recommendation to this com-
mittee would be that we need
to start in Polk County and
build up a good, solid Polk
County genealogy database
of research books and library
material."
The institutional version
of ancestry.com software has
been installed and there are
two computers, a laptop com-
puter. and a printer devoted to
the service. The serv ices on
ancestry.com can also be used
via Wi-Fi once in the library.
"We've got a fantastic
facility," Evans said. "It's
something that all of us are
proud of and there are so
many programs over there
that can be expanded. 1 think
the children's program is
fantastic that we have for our
young people. I think there is
a way that all of these needs
can be met We've got a lot
of priorities over there am!
a brand new building, and I
think we need to make the
best use of it." '
Since installation of the
equipment around the begin-
ning of August. 53 people
See COUNCIL. Page 2A
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GOODBA F — l tvingston lost two of iK leaders on
Wednesday. Former Mayor Joe Pappa Joe" Pedi-
go and former Citx Councilman Allen Peebles died
within hours of one another.
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Peak, Greg. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 132, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 14, 2014, newspaper, September 14, 2014; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788317/m1/1/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.