Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1999 Page: 1 of 54
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ENTERPRISE
Volume 117 Number 26
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According to state representative
Things are on schedule
By EMILY BANKS
Enterprise reporter
AUSTIN - “Things are just
about right on schedule,” State
Representative Dan Ellis (D-
Livingston) said Wednesday of the
76th session of the Texas Legisla-
tive currently underway.
“We had our first calendar last
Monday where you vote on non-
emergency bills. Everybody’s work-
ing pretty much together," Ellis
said.
“I should have my first bill on
the floor next week or the next,” he
said, adding that he will have four
bills hit the .floor almost consecu-
tively;
Ellis said he is “having a blast”
and definitely feels like he is mak-
ing a difference.
“The constituent work is enor-
mous, but I feel like we’re making
some good difference in people’
lives,” he said. “As far as legisla-
tion, we have some good bills on
the table.”
A member of the House Correc-
tions Committee and the House
State Recreational Resources
Committee, Ellis said each of his
committees meets once a week.
He said his last corrections com-
mittee meeting was dominated by
discussions regarding sexual preda-
tors.
“An interim study done by the
Senate proposes setting up a special
division with the Texas Department
of Mental Health and Mental Retar-
dation in conjunction with Texas
Department of Criminal Justice for
sex offenders who already have two
offenses,” Ellis said. “An interim
study done by the House determined
the costs would be prohibitive.”
Recent discussions in state recrea-
tional resources committee meet-
ings have dealt with parks and spe-
cial funding set aside by the state
for the creation of additional
“pocket parks", Ellis said, addi’ g
that obtaining some federal funding
may be available.
Although a lot of the legislative
work is conducted during the vari-
ous committee meetings, there is
still a lot of debate that ensues on
the floor, especially when it comes
to the bills considered “the big-
gies." y
One example is Senate Bill 7,
which would!deregulate the electric
utility industry in the State of
Texas.
The bill passed in the Senate,
was referred to the House, .and is
currently in committee. ,
“It’s going (o change drastically,"
Ellis said, due to “some problems
with it that really affect rural areas.
“It’s been refereed to State Affairs
and they’ll hear it on the 12th (of
April),” he said.
t
Another big item has been school
vouchers. Ellis said Senate Bill 10
was passed in the Senate and re-
ferred to the House Education
Committee.
“There will be a great deal of de-
bate on the floor on this one axl
lots of posturing,” he said, adding,
“It will be debated very, very heav-
ily in committee.”
Bridge work approved
LIVINGSTON -- Action pertain-
ing to an off-system bridge re-
placement project in Precinct 4 was
approved during a special called
meeting of the Polk County Com-
missioners’ Court Monday.
The Woods Creek bridge on
Midway Cemetery Road, one mile
east of Hwy. 190, will be replaced
as port of a bridge replacement sys-
tem through the state. The county’s
estimated portion of the project is
$26,240.62. The estimated total
cost of the project is $262,406.25.
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TIMES ARE CHANGIN' -- Cassie the beagle contemplates how to go about setting her
"wrist" watch ahead one hour as the start of Daylight Savings Time nears. Those who forget to
turn their clocks ahead one hour before going to bed Saturday night will awake on Easter
morning to find it's later than they think. Daylight Savings Time officially begins at 2 a.m.
Sunday and will remain in effect until Oct. 31.
Several hundred turn out
for Onalaska Easter parade
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■r PIIOTO BY GREG PEAK
FOUR TAKEN TO HOSPITAL -- Four people were taken to a Lufkin hospital late Monday
afternoon following a two-car collision on U.S. 59, two miles south of Moscow. According to
witnesses, Kolaunda Mosley, 20, of Nacogdoches was driving a Nissan Maxima north on
U.S. 59 when she lost control on wet pavement. The car spun around 180 degrees, cut diago-
nally across the grass median into the southbound lanes'of traffic and struck the right front of a
Honda Civic containing three people. A few moments after the crash— after Mosley had gotten
out of her vehicle -- the Nissan's gas tank exploded and the Corrigan Fire Department was
called in to extinguish the bla7.e.
ONALASKA - Several hundred
people lined the streets of Onalaska
Saturday morning for the city's
14th annual Easter Parade, which
was followed by the annual egg
hunt.
With 40 parade entries, it was the
largest parade ever hosted by the
city. Children and adults along the
roadside were hailed by candy
thrown from the many floats axl
parade participtuils.
Grand marshal for the ptirade was
Joe Winfrey of UPS. Brownie
Troop 8161 placed first in the float
contest, with The Crows Nest plac-
ing second and Jeans Water Depot
placing third. Winners will be
given their plaques at the Ontdaska
City Council meeting at 7 p in.
April 13.
Following die p;trade, ;ut egg
hunt was held on the school yard at
Onalaska Elementary School. Chil-
dren from toddlers to 8 years of age
made quick work of finding the
4,000 candy-lilled plastic eggs.
The sixth grade band from On-
alaska Middle School, under the di-
rection of Tim Hutto, performed a
30-minute concert. Miss Polk
County 1998 Becky Straut per-
formed several songs for people in
the food and craft area. This was
followed by a performance by the
Livingston Levis and Lace square
dance club.
The City of Onalaska and its
Beautification Committee has ex-
pressed their thanks to the spon-
sors, vendors, those with craft dis-
plays, parade participants and the
public for making the day a suc-
cess.
LISD to
receive grant
LIVINGSTON - The Livingston
Independent School District will be
receiving a $396,000 Gateway grant
to benefit at-risk students. Agree-
ment to participate in the grant
program - nvbich will help fund
summer sqkool, counseling and
other programs for at-risk students -
- was among the actions taken dur-
ing a special-called school board
meeting Monday night.
Following discussion in doted
session, the bored proposed non-
renewal of Livingston Junior High
School Principal Gary Campbell's
contract. The proposal is the first
step toward actual non-renewal. The
bored voted to renew contracts for
other professional personnel as pre-
sented.
Superintendent Janet Morris in-
formed the bored that LISD sixth,
seventh and eighth graders placed
second overall among six schtxils at
district UIL competition March 20.
The high school placed first.
Updating the high school teams'
progress, Morris said Wednesday
morning that Livingston High
School placed first overall in the
UIL academic meet that concluded
Tuesday night. Jasper placed second
and Dayton third. LHS's one-act
play group will advance in the
competition, along with Jasper.
Becky Straut was named best ac-
tress and Erin Bums and Chris
Woods were named all-star cast.
Also disarmed at Monday's bored
meeting was filling the curriculum
position previously held by Dell
Brown, formerly executive director
of secondary education. No action
was taken.
Morris also reported (hat she has
been meeting with City of Living-
ston officials concerning electricity
service to the new seventh, eighth
and ninth grade campus and the fu-
ture of Willis Street, and that no
bids were received on the removal
of the farmer Alternative Education
Building.
In other informational items, the
superintendent presented a scholar-
ship update, discussed the possibil-
ity of including an FFA truck in
the high school budget process Tor
next year and advised the board of
options pertaining to the district's
bank depositary contract, which can
either be rehiil nr remain unchanged.
The next regular board meeting is
scheduled for April 15.
County offices
to be closed
on Good Friday
Folk County governmental of-
fices and area schools will be
closed April 2 in observance of
Good Friday.
Post offices and banks will re-
main open on Friday. City of
Livingston offices will also be
open Friday and there will be no
interruption in curbside garbage
collection service for City of Liv-
ingston residents.
The Polk County Enterprise
office will also remain open on
Friday. ,
Polk County Solid Waste citi-
zen collection stations will be
closed on Easter Sunday.
Crash injures four, closes highway
MOSCOW - A two-car collision
two miles south of Moscow on
U.S. 59 sent four college students
to a Lufkin hospital and shut down
the southbound lanes of traffic for
more than a hour Monday.
The mishap, which occurred
about 4:15 p.m., injured Kolaunda
Mosley, 20, of Nacogdoches; Tikila
E. Thomas, 20, of Shreveport,
La.; Ladarrien Mosley, 22, of
Coushatta, La.; and Harold Brace
Colton II, 21, of Shreveport, La.
All four were taken to Lufkin
Memorial Hospital but were listed
as sustaining non-incapacitating in-
juries by Department of Public
Safety Trooper Bcfbby Perry.
According to Perry, all four were
college students. Kolaunda Mosley
is a student at Stephen F. Austin
State University in Nacogdoches
while the other three attend South-
ern University in Shreve-
port/Bossier, La.
Witnesses at the scene said Ko-
launda Mosley was driving a Nissan
Maxima north on U.S. 59 wlien
she lost control of the vehicle on
the rain-soaked highway.
“She began to hydroplane and the
car went completely out of con-
trol,” said one witness, a track
driver who stopped to render aid.
“The car turned around and went
backwards across the median into
the southbound lanes,” he said.
After crossing the grass median,
the Nissan almost immediately col-
lided with the right front of the
southbound Honda Civic driven by
Thomas. Both Ladarrien Mosley
and Cotton were passengers in that
car.
The impact spun the Honda
around and caused it to roll back-
wards down the outside embank-
ment of the highway. It came to
rest with its trunk resting against
the fence and tree line at the edge of
the highway right-of-way.
Witnesses at the scene said all
four of those involved in the crash
were able to exit their respective
vehicles on their own.
“After I stopped and ran over
here, the woman (in the Nissan) had
already gotten out and was trying to
pick up her stuff,” the truck driver
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WINNING FLOAT -- This float by Brownie Troop 8161 of Onalaska won top honors in Sat-
urday's 14th annual Onalaska Easter Parade. The parade drew 40 entries and hundreds of on-
lookers. It was followed by an egg hunt, where children made quick work of finding 4,000
candy-filled plastic eggs.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 117, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1999, newspaper, April 1, 1999; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth798666/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.