Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 89, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 5, 1989 Page: 1 of 48
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Jail fate
on agenda
LIVINGSTON - Confident that
they will be in Austin with other
prison site finalists on their next
regular meeting date, Nov. 13, Polk
County commissioners have
rescheduled their meeting for this
Thursday.
Items on the agenda including
canvassing of returns from Tues-
day’s amendment election, casting
ballots for Polk County Appraisal
District directors and consideration
of a request from the Livingston In-
dependent Schoql District for a bus
turnaround area on a route in
Precinct 2.
Commissioners are also slated to
discuss and tak4 action concerning
the fate of the old county jail
building, consider advertising for
ids on additional vehicles for the
jieriff’s department and discuss a
sheriff’s department request for in-
mate telephone service.
The court will also consider of
renewal of Interim Administrative
Services’ contract with the hospital
and approve the hospital’s Quality
Assurance Plan. An executive ses-
sion is also included on the agenda.
The meeting will begin at 10 a.m.
in the Commissioners’ Courtroom,
Polk County Courthouse.
Nominations
being sought
LIVINGSTON - The Polk County
Chamber of Commerce is accepting
nominations for Polk Countian of the
Year through Dec. 1.
The award will be presented at the
chamber’s 54th annual banquet on
Feb. 22,1990.
In addition to Polk Countian of the
Year, citizens will also be recogniz-
ed for work in the categories of
education and youth, civic affairs,
agricultural leader, beautification,
law enforcement, economic develop-
ment, tourism and senior citizen.
The Polk Countian of the Year
award will be given to the nominee
who best represents the county in
more than one of these areas.
Forms are available at the
chamber office and must be submit-
ted by Dec. 1. For more information,
call 327-4929.
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LIFESAVER - Thomas Moreno; Tino box” In which Florentine is standing protects
Florentino (in box); Clint Coleman, workers in case of a cave-in. Coleman called
foreman; and Robert Cocker, hoe operator, the device a “real man-saver/' He said work
continue work on sewer service along the on the sewer line could be complete in 45
U.S. 59 Bypass in Livingston. The “trench days, weather permitting.
LIVINGSTON - Several citizens
attended an infotmal public meeting
Thursday to hear Bill Ruzicka of
Whittle Communications give a
presentation on Channel One, a
12-minute news program for junior
high and high school student* bring
proposed for the Livingston Indepen-
dent School District.
For those school districts agreeing
to participate in the program, Whit-
tle Communications will install a
satellite dish, two central video
cassette recorders, system wiring
ami a 19-inch color television
monitor for every 23 students in the
junior high and high schools at no
cost to the district.
Channel One is just one part of a
three? rang network which offers
three channels via satellite
transmissions.
Channel One is a 12-minute daily
news broadcast with a teen viewer
focus. The broadcast includes cur-
rent events, national and interna-
tional, told from a teen’s point of
view and geared toward a teen au-
dience.
According to Ruzicka, surveys
Prison hearing set
LIVINGSTON - Monday, Nov. 13,
has been set as the date that the
Board of Criminal Justice will make
its final selection of prison rites.
Assuming Polk County makes the
“short list” of 12 rites, expected to
be announced Wednesday, the Polk
County Chamber of Commerce and
vounty and city officials backing the
project are hoping to have a large
contingent travel to Austin for the
Nov. 13 meeting.
The meeting is scheduled to begin
at 9 a.m. in the Senate Chambers.
According to guidelines establish-
ed by the Board of Criminal Justice,
each finalist community will be
given 15 minutes to present support
for its proposal and an equal IS
minutes will be afforded to opposing
comments.
Persons attending the meeting
will be given the opportirtty to
in-
dicate whether they support or op-
pose a prison site in their communi-
ty. *
Persons wishing to address com-
ments to the board wll be asked to
complete an information card in-
dicating their name, address, county
of residence, and whether they
desire to speak for or against the
proposed rite. Due to the overall
time limitation of 15 minutes for sup-
have shown that today’s educational
objectives are to enhance cultural
literacy, create a common
language, promote critical thinking,
provide relevance and motivation
and present positive role models.
Ruzicka said he feels like the
Channel One program accomplishes
these objectives.
The other two channels, which are
optional, are the classroom channel,
which is an additional 1,000 hours
that are educational in nature with
no commercials; and the educator’s
channel, which is a video magazine
for teachers and administrators.
Although tjie goal of Whittle Com-
munications is to have the Channel
One program implemented into 8,000
schools across the nation by early
March, there are a few aspects of
the project that have resulted in a
controversy with some educators.
One is that the program is funded
through national advertising, which
means the 12-minute broadcast in-
cludes two minutes worth of com-
mercials. Some people are worried
about the commercial content and
others have expressed concern that
a captive audience of teenagers
should not be subjected to commer-
cials.
Although Ruzicka readily admit-
ted that Whittle Communications is
not a non-profit organization and
does depend on advertisers for pro-
fits, he did assure the parents and
school administrators that commer-
cials would be geared toward the
teen audience, advertising such pro-
ducts as blue jeans, cars, soft drinks
and candy bars.
Products and services that will not
be considered for advertisement on
Channel One are: abortion clinics,
alcoholic beverages, contraceptive
products, firearms, ammunition,
fireworks, gambling, “head shops,”
lotteries, motion pictures with an R
See PRIOR pg. 4A
for each community, the board sug-
gests that persons with similar view-
points coordinate their presenta-
tions prior to the meeting.
GOODRICH - The Goodrich City
Council will cast ballots for the Polk
County Appraisal District Board of
Directors at its regular meeting
Monday at 7 p.m.
Garvey Jackson of Axley and
, , Rode will present a proposal for
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nerce, and will also be the due date on utility bills from the
Information cards have been pro-
vided to each of the communities
Commerce,
available at
the Nov. 13 board
10th of the month
The council will
to the Wth.
also discuss com-
munications from the Texas
Highway Department, charging for
building permits and vacation pay
for former city secretary Emma
Lawson.
There wfll be an engineer’s report,
a consultant’s report and a commit-
tee report.
Other iten on the agenda include
approval erf the minutes, financial
report and bills.
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Pros, cons of educational TV studied
Goodrich City Council
casts appraisal votes
Polls open Tuesday
LIVINGSTON - Absentee voting for Tuesday’s amendment elec-
tion ended Friday, with 247 persons casting absentee votes/ accor-
ding to County Clerk Martha Johnson. In addition, the clerk’s office
sent out 50 ballots by mail.
^ Polls will be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday at the following
The box numbers listed below correspond to the “precinct
number” listed on each voter registration card.
VOTING LOCATIONS
COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1:
Box 1....................................Segno Fire Department
Box 2...... ...................Ace Assembly of God Church, Ace
Box 3.................................Goodrich School, Goodrich
Box 4...............................Lutheran Church, Livingston
COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 2:
Box 5...............................Scenic Loop Fire Department
Box 6.........................................Onalaska City Hall
Box 7........................................Livingston City Hall
Box 8................................... .........Leggett School
COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 3:
Box 9.............. .....................Moscow Baptist Church
Box 10..................................Corrigan-Camden School
Box 11................................Pine Grove Church, Barnes
COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 4:
Box 12.......................Indian Village Presbyterian Church
Box 13............................Big Sandy School, Dallardsville
Box 14...........................Indian Springs Fire Department
Box 15...............................Schwab City Baptist Church
Box 16...........................VFW Hall, Livingston (59 North)
Voters will be asked to cast votes “for” or “against” the following
21 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution.
Proposition No. 1
“The constitutional amendment to limit the salary of the lieute-
nant governor and the speaker of the House of Representatives to not
more than one-half of the governor’s salary and to limit the salary of
a member of the legislature to not more than one-fourth of the gover-
nor’s salary.”
Preposition Ns. 2
“T>P amandmanf tn anthnHw tha ifumanr. td an .d-
ditional M00 million of Texas Water Development bonds for water
supply, water quality and flood control purposes.”
Preposition No. 3
“The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to pro-
vide for toe recovery and further development of the state’s
economy, with goals of increasing job opportunities and other
benefits for Texas residents, through state financing of the develop-
ment and production of Texas products and businesses.”
Proposition No. 4
“The constitutional amendment to authorize the legislature to ex-
empt property ffan nonprofit veterans organizations from ad
valorem taxation."
Proposition No. 5
“The constitutional amendment promoting economic growth, job
creation and fair tax treatment for Texans who export goods to other
states and nations by restoring and allowing, on a local option basis,
an ad valorem tax exemption for certain personal property that is in
Texas only temporarily for the purpose of assembling, storing,
manufacturing, processing or fabricating.”
Proposition No. 6
“Authorizing toe members of a hospital district governing board to
serve four-year terms.”
Proposition No. 7
“The constitutional amendment to require that a member of the
legislature, the secretary of state, and an elected or appointed of-
ficer, before assuming office, sign a written oath stating that the
member, the secretary of state or the officer did not engage in
bribery to obtain the office.” ,
Proposition No. 8
"The constitutional amendment authorizing the issuance of
general obligation bonds for projects relating to facilities or correc-
tions institutions, youth corrections institutions and mental health
and mental retardation institutions and for the expansion of
statewide law enforcement facilities.”
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“The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to
organize and combine various state agencies that perform criminal
justice functions”
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“The constitutional amendment authorizing the legislature to re-
quire or permit courts to Inform juries about the effect of good con-
duct tone and eligibility for parole or mandatory supervision on toe
period of incarceration served by the defendant convicted of a
criminal onensc.
Preposition No. 11
“The constitutional amendment to set toe amount erf per diem
received by a member of the legislature at the amount allowed for
federal income tax purposes as a deduction for living expenses incur-
red by a state legislator in connection with official business.”
ProposttioaNo. 12
“The constitutional amendment to provide for using the perma-
nent school fund and its income to guarantee bonds issued by the
state for the purpose of aiding school districts.”
PrepesMoa No. 13
“The constitutional amendment providing a bill of rights for crime
victims.”
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“The constitutional amendment requiring a district attorney serv-
ing in Port Bend County to be elected and serve a term in the manner
provided by general law for criminal district attorneys.”
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“The constitutional amentaentauthorizing the legislature to per-
mit and regulate raffles conducted by certain nonprofit organiza-
tions for charitable purposes.”
“Tbs constitutional amendment granting to the people the right to
decide whether to create and maintain hospital districts to protect
(he public well-being in a manner independent of the legislature.”
PrepesMsa No. 17
“The constitutional amendment authorizing the state to provide
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 89, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 5, 1989, newspaper, November 5, 1989; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth820331/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.