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EDITORIAL
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THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
THURSDAY, MAY 17,2007
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Letters to the editor
Military support appreciated
Ghost soldier
To the editor:
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We want to thank the community
for all your generous support of our
FAITH Military Support Group.
The turnout at our Celebrity Car
Hop at Sonic was amazing! Your
donations allowed us to collect
over $3,500 so that we can
its" continue to compile boxes of
n necessary supplies and ship them
i' * t. out to our service people around the
i{, world. We are sending 100 or
* more boxes each month and the
v V postage alone for each box is $9.15.
All of your generous
contributions will be used for either
supplies or postage and have
directly benefited our service
people.
We also want to extend a special
thank you to Greg and Vicki
Poynter. They graciously allowed
us to “take over” their restaurant
for our fundraiser. Additionally,
they gave us a generous donation
for our group.
Our group meets the second
Thursday of every month at 305 W.
Mill St. starting at 6 p.m. Our next
meeting is June 14, 2007. We
bring and share our potluck dinner
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and then we compile and pack the
boxes for shipment. ALL of the
Soldiers, Marines, Sailors, Airmen,
and National Guard on our list have
a local connection. It is truly
special to help our local men and
women! Anyone who has a loved
one that they would like added to
our list, please forward us their
name and address and we will
happily include them in future
mailings. Any and all donations of
supplies or money for postage are
always welcome and can be
dropped off at 305 W. Mill St.,
Livingston. If you have questions,
call 936-327-4084.
Our goal is to send our men and
women care packages monthly
until this war is over. Between care
packages, our love, our support,
and our prayers, we can make their
days a little easier!
Thank you again for helping us
to help our military service people
as they protect us. God Bless You.
To the editor:
Dan and Bea Ellis
Livingston
If you believe in motherhood.
To the editor:
As we celebrated Mother's Day
,v and the cherished bond between
mother and child, my thoughts
1 turned to dairy cows, world-wide
symbols of motherhood who never
IT.--; * even get to see their babies.
* The newborn calves are torn
.,»? from their mothers at birth and
$'■••• chained by the neck in tiny wood
crates They are denied mother's
*> j» — milk and love as well as natural
,v j '-food and water, fresh air and
fa?# sunshine, straw bedding, or any
movement. They suffer from
chronic anemia, diarrhea, and
respiratory disorders.
The sick product of this misery,
laced with saturated fat,
cholesterol, antibiotics, and
hormones, is sold in gourmet
restaurants as veal.
Because of consumers' revulsion
at these abuses, the infamous veal
crates have been banned by the
European Union. Yet the U.S. dairy
and veal industries have resisted
similar reforms.
If we truly believe in
motherhood, we should drop veal,
milk, and other dairy products from
our diet.
I am the ghost of man's good
reason
You sec, each and every
battlefield I've known
Yes, throughout every century
and season
I’ve cried for many man’s flesh
and his bone
But it seems man just will not
listen
He seems so blind and deaf in his
ears
Hasn’t he seen the cold
tombstone glisten
So often as his woman stands
there in tears
Palmer Cameron
Livingston
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Luck riding with them
Go on, soldier, I how hear a new
war calling
For still another reason to maim
and kill
Soon many more soldiers will be
falling
Against many good reasons of
will
To the editor:
On April 5 about 6:45 a.m. my
wife and I were going down Hwy.
190 east of Onalaska. At the
intersection where the vegetable
stand and the entrance to Forest
Hills subdivision, a Dodge van
turned in front of us.
At about 60 miles per hour, there
was no way 1 could have stopped.
We were very lucky we were not
killed. Also, we were very lucky no
tailgater was riding my bumper, as
I know they could not have
stopped.
We would like to thank all the
good people and the paramedics,
police and highway state troopers
who helped us.
Jack Miller
Onalaska
Will man ever ignore war’s
hungry voice
And its futility and it’s all
burning fire
Doesn't he know he has another
choice
That will be more of a heavenly
desire
That will be more of a heavenly
desire.....
Robert L. Stuart
He is the truth
To the editor:
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I m sitting in front of my living
room window, looking at the
beautiful greenery and wild flowers
a d rome t irly blooming garden
flowers, thinking how much God
cares for us to give to us such a
beautiful world to live in, and how
much He loved Adaru and Eve
’hen He placed them in the Garden
of Eden, telling them to enjoy
everything except the Tree of Good
and Evil, because if they ate of it
they would die To goodness, the
goodness of God and sin against
Him. Then comes Satan and tells
them that they would not surely
die, because God was a liar,
because if they ate of it they would
be as smart as God knowing good
and evil.
That’s like we hear the saying
today about something that is
wrong, “If it feels good, do it;
Everyone else is doing it.” Just do
your own thing.
But Satan is still a deceiver and
is still causing people to die and go
to hell instead of accepting God's
word as truth and Satan as a liar
and the source of all lies (John
8:44). God did not create this world
with wickedness in it like crime
and greed and all the snares of
Satan, but people have given it over
to him and he is going about as a
roaring lion seeking whom he may
devour (I Peter 5:8). Be sober, be
vigilant because your adversary,
the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh
about seeking whom he may
devour. I think he is not walking
about these days, but running full
speed, because he knows his time is
short and he wants to tnake hay
while the Son shines, and that is
why we Christians should pray
haider now than ever, because he
(the devil) is after our children and
grandchildren, because they are
generations of tomorrow,.. They
are dealing with drugs, alcohol and
other vices at an early age and they
are so vulnerable to things that
eem to help ther- have fun and
lace the peer pressure that
onffonts them.
The only hope for all these things
is our faith in God and praying and
seeking His face (God’s).... II
Chronicles 7:14 tells us what to do,
and greater is He (God) who is in
us that he (Satan) that’s in the
world, and if God be for us who
can be against us? Drugs, alcohol
and crime of all kind has to bow to
the mighty hand of God, because
every knee shall bow and every
tongue shall confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord and Satan and his
followers will bum in the
bottomless pit.
I pray that one day those I love
so dear can see what 1 see, and
repent and come back to God. If
you are a true Christian, please join
me, and claim (II Chronicles 7:14)
if my people, which are called by
my name, shall humble themselves
and pray, and seek my face (God’s)
and turn from their wicked ways,
then will I (God) hear from
Heaven, and will forgive their sin
and will heal their land. This is
truth - because God says it, and
God is truth.
Livingston
Touching tribute
To the editor:
I would like to thank from the
bottom of my heart Shannon
Hankerd for the tribute that was
purchased in my name (Carmen
Ramirez) for the Relay for Life,
that shined brightly on April 27,
2007 at 9 p.m. at Pedigo Park as a
contribution to the American
Cancer Society.
Thank you. Shannon Hankerd.
for your love and your
thoughtfulness. You are one special
person.
And I also want to add all my
gratitude and many thanks to all
who lifted me in prayer.
The Ghost Soldier
Soldier, how many soldiers now
lay dying
Well, sir, really there are quite a
few
Some arc now dressed in soft
Southern grey
And many others are in bold
Yankee blue
Soldier, why have the guns now
grown silent
Where now is the cannon’s loud
roar
Don’t they know they must be
violent
If we are to continue this war
Well, sir, the soldiers are only
resting
Until they see the next light of
day
And then again each side will be
testing
One another and then it's up and
away
State Capital Highlights
A
Special session may be called
By ED STERLING
Texas Press Association
AUSTIN — Texas voters
approved Senate Joint Resolution
13 in the May 12 election.
Unofficial results available May
13 revealed the statewide turnout
was only 7 percent, with 88 percent
of the voters casting ballots in favor
of the resolution.
SJR 13 amends the state
constitution to authorize the
Legislature to adjust the public
school ad valorem tax or tax rates
for taxpayers who are aged 65 or
older, or are disabled, and who are
owners of an exempted homestead.
The change benefits older or
disabled taxpayers who did not
receive tax relief as a result of the
school tax rate reduction passed a
year ago in the 79th Legislature,
3rd called session.
Guv threatens special session
The bill the Texas House and
Senate passed enacting a two-year
moratorium on private toll road
projects landed on Gov. Rick
Perry’s desk May 7.
The legislation. HB 1892
authored by Rep. Wayne Smith, R-
Baytown. and sponsored by Sen.
Tommy Williams, R-The
Woodlands, puts Perry's Trans
Texas Corridor on ice but grants
powers to certain county and
regional tollway authorities. Those
entities would have first option in
building projects within their
jurisdictions.
Perry said the moratorium is not
what bothers him the most about
the bill.
The big issues, he said, are
potential loss of federal funding
and the wording of the bill, which
he said would adversely affect the
Texas Department of
Transportation’s contracting and
oversight responsibilities. A letter
from the Federal Highway
Administration raises those
questions.
Perry suggested lawmakers
reconsider and rework the bill
before the end of the current
session. He hinted that the
alternative to that would be a veto
and then a special session.
In related news. Will Harrell,
executive director of the Texas
chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union, was named
ombudsman for the TYC,
contingent on passage of SB 103.
His job will be to evaluate and
secure youths ’ rights.
Agency would send border
funds
The House on May 7 passed its
version of the border security bill.
HB 13 by Rep. David Swinford,
R-Dumas, creates a border security
council to oversee distribution of
more than $100 million to border
law enforcement agencies.
Swinford’s bill encourages cities
and counties to cooperate with
federal agencies in immigration
matters.
The bill also provides for a study
to evaluate expedited deportation of
illegal immigrants held in state jails
and prisons for criminal offenses.
Speaker Tom Craddick said,
“This is one of the most important
pieces of legislation that we will
pass this session as it affects the
safety of every citizen of this state
and country.”
The bill moves to the Senate for
further consideration.
BUI ties teacher raise to tax
relief
Also moving to the Senate for
further consideration is HB 2785,
legislation reducing the school
property tax rate to 91 cents pit
$I(X) valuation in the 2008-200$
biennium.
An amendment to HB 2785 fcfy
Rep. Jim Dunnam, D-Waerf,
prevents the state from reducing
property taxes further without
giving school districts and open-
enrollment charter schools afi
amount equivalent to $6,000 for
every full-time teacher, librariati
and counselor.
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who
presides over the Senate, said
Dunnam's amendment "tacks on
$4.4 billion in other costs whieff
would likely gut tax relief that wfe
promised Texans last year.”
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House passes TYC reform bill
The House on May 7 tentatively
approved legislation to overhaul the
Texas Youth Commission, which
earlier this year was pat in
conservatorship after repons
surfaced of sexual abuse of inmates
and fiscal mismanagement at the
agency.
SB 103 by Sen. Juan “Chuy"
Hinojosa, D-McAllen, is crafted to
enhance transparency of its
operations, prosecute offenses
committed within the agency, and
improve the hiring practices of
guards.
The bill’s House sponsor. Rep
Jerry Madden, R-Richardson. said.
•The abuse and poor performance
identified at the TYC cannot be
allowed to continue. This bill
reforms the structure, management
and oversight of the commission to
provide true rehabilitation, not just
the punitive warehousing that
characterizes the system today. ’*
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 39, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 2007, newspaper, May 17, 2007; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788615/m1/4/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.