Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 34, Ed. 1 Friday, August 24, 1990 Page: 1 of 33
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Dateline 1991 tax adopted
REVIVAL: There will be a re-
vival through Aug. 25 at North
Cleveland Baptist Church, 202
Elk Street. Bro. Leon Pursley will
be preaching starting at 7 p.m.
each night. Everyone is invited to
attend.
MAGNOLIA REVIVAL: There
will be a New Beginnings revival
Aug. 24 and 25, 7 p.m., Aug. 26
afr 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. at Magno-
W- Baptist Church, located off
Hwy 945 in the Everitt Commu-
nity. Everyone is welcome.
BOOSTER TOURNEY: The
Tarkington Athletic Booster Club
will have a four-man jest man
scramble golf tournament Aug.
25 at the Cleveland Coupf
Club. For more informa
contact Paul Hendrix at 59
0323.
SBA SEMINAR: On Aug. 25, the
|j|Tvice Corps of Retired Execu-
tes and the Active Corps of
Executives, sponsored by the
U.S. Small Business Administra-
tion, will present a special semi-
nar, The Basics of Running a
Small Business. For more infor-
mation call the SBA/SCORE
desk at 660-4420.
GROUP MEETS: The Tarking-
ton Citizens Group will have a
jdketina Aug. 27, 7:30 p.m., in
me high school commons area.
Everyone is urged to attend.
TER MEETING: The South
veland Water System Coop
will have a meeting for all mem-
bers and prospective members
Aug. 27, 7 p.m., at the Apostolic
Lighthouse Church, three miles
south on Plum Grove Road.
Please bring your property de-
scription with you.
I^Y OUT: The First Baptist
^purch Parents Day Out pro-
gram begins Aug. 28. Classes
are held Tuesday and Thursday
from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. For
more information, call 592-3422.
BLOOD DRIVE: The Labor Day
holiday is approaching and the
Blood Center needs blood dona-
tions to help with the demand
during the period. First National
Bank, 908 E. Houston, will have
a blood drive Aug. 29, 10 to
11:45 a.m. and 12:30 to 4:30
p.m. The donor coach will be on
fj|nd. Walk-ins are welcome. For
rm>re information, contact Tina
McAdams at 593-1765.
4-H MEETING: The Tarkington
junior and senior 4-H clubs will
have their first meeting Sept. 4 at
the Tarkington Junior High
School cafeteria. You must at-
tend this meeting to show at
TVE.
PLAYDAYS: The Wrangler 4-H
Club will have a playday Sept. 8
in Dayton. The events will begin
at 5 p.m. with exhibition barrels.
The rainout date is Sept. 22. For
more information, call 592-0668
or (409)258-3614.
SOFTBALL TEAM: A girls soft-
b^j! team is forming in the
Cleveland area, including Lib-
erty, Montgomery, San Jacinto
and Polk counties, for girls ages
See DATELINE, Page 2A
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By JERREL FERGUSON
Advocate Reporter
CLEVELAND - During their reg-
ular meeting this week, the Cleve-
land Independent School District
Board of Trustees voted to adopt a
tax rate for the 1991 tax year.
Superintendent Linden Parrish,
Ed.D., recommended to trustees
that the district's tax rate be in-
creased to $1.15 per $100 of as-
sessed value. The rate breaks
down to $1.07 for maintenance and
operation and $.08 for interest and
sinking, Parrish said.
The new rate represents an in-
crease of just under three percent,
according to Parrish. On property
?d at $20,000 the new rate will
se the tax to $230, up from
ast year. The tax on an
oroperty will increase from
$ 20.
voted unanimously
lah Grimmet was ab-
the tax rate recom-
ish.
Tuesday's meeting,
.d also voted approval of the
amendment to the 1989-90
t. The final amount of last
year's budget was $9,618,341.
In another tax-related item, the
board voted a tax refund of
$5,263.96. on property which had
been deleted from the appraisal roll.
CISD Tax Assessor-Collector
Louella Copley told trustees the
property was mistakenly added to
the rolls when the Liberty County
Appraisal District took over in 1981.
Royal Bryant, of the CISD trans-
portation department, addressed
the board on behalf of the district’s
bus drivers. He said he represented
17 drivers who requested the dis-
trict provide them with hospitaliza-
tion insurance. The group also re-
quested an increase in the amount
paid to drivers on extracurricular
trips, with a minimum of $25 per
trip.
Bryant was informed the board
approved an increase in pay for
trips which was in excess of the
drivers’ request. No action was
taken on the other requests.
Trustees also voted approval of
Copley's certification for an antici-
pated 100-percent tax collection
rate for 1990.
The board then awarded a bid
See 1991, Page 5A
Water funds awarded
LIBERTY — The city of Liberty
has been given a $319,818 award
under the Texas Community De-
velopment Program to provide for
construction of an elevated water
tank. Funds from the program are
administered by the Texas Depart-
ment of Commerce.
According to William D. Taylor,
executive director of the Texas
Department of Commerce, these
funds are a part of 19 grants
totaling $2,840,914 awarded to
local governments for public
facilities and housing projects that
will principally benefit persons of
low and moderate income.
Funds for the award will be
made available upon completion
of negotiations between the city
of Liberty ana the Department or
Commerce.
The mission of the Texas De-
partment of Commerce is to en-
courage a climate that will
stimulate business and other
economic activities resulting in
the retention and creation of jobs
for Texas residents.
For more information, contact
Ruth Cedillo, manager, Texas
Community Development Pro-
gram at the Texas Department of
Commerce, (512)320-9507.
Fire season catching
Water system meeting set
CLEVELAND — The South
Cleveland Water System Cor-
poration will have a meeting for
all members and prospective
members August 27 at 7 p.m. at
the Apostolic Lighthouse Church,
three miles south on Plum Grove
Road.
Please bring a property de-
scription with you when you at-
tend.
By R.T. LOWE
Advocate Editor
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Flames leap from the eave of this house, occupied by Katy
Jones, Tuesday. The house next door, belonging to Ivory
Wilridge, sustained smoke damage and the siding was
damaged by the intense heat. The fire is believed to have
started from an unvented water heater. (Photo by R.T. LOWE)
CLEVELAND - Recent
scattered thundershowers may
have cooled temperatures,
however authorities believe little
has been done to reduce the fire
hazards which currently plague
the area.
This past Wednesday alone,
Cleveland Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment responded to at least four
fires including a house fire.
According to Cleveland Fire
Chief Steve Wheeler, the house
on Guinn Street was occupied by
Kathy Jones. Preliminary
investigation leads Wheeler to
suspect a hotwater heater not
vented out of the roof was the
probable cause. In addition to
the house involved which was
totally destroyed, the house next
door belonging to Ivory Wilridge
sustained damage from smoke.
Heat damaged the siding of the
neighbor’s house.
Tarkington volunteer firemen
have also battled many flare-
ups, including a blaze at a
mobilehome in Arnold Acres, this
week. The home, owned by
Homer and Becky Williams, was
destroyed.
Tarkington Fire Chief Nolan
Everitt suspects the fire was
caused by a problem involving a
clothes drier. Mr. Williams was
overcome by smoke arid had to
be transported to Charter
Regional Medical Center.
Although neither of the home
fires were caused directly by the
dry conditions, area fire chiefs
see a great many more blazes
occurring if people believe the
threat of fires has passed with
the recent rains.
Cleveland Fire Chief Steve
Wheeler sees both good and
bad sprouting as the result of the
storms. “This rain does put some
water on the ground and wets
the bottom layer of vegetation,”
Wheeler said. “But it doesn't do
much for the top surface layer. It
will still be dry, ready to ignite
like gasoline.
“Most of the rain from a storm
See FIRE, Page 5A
Report says county on rebound
By R.T. LOWE
Advocate Editor
CLEVELAND - Bordered by seven counties,
Liberty County occupies a special place both geo-
graphically and financially in Texas. According to a
recent report released from State Comptroller Bob
Bullock, that “place” is getting better all the time.
According to the report, the Greater Cleveland
Area and the rest of Liberty County is on the way to
recovery after the slump of 1986 and 1987.
Although not presently as strong as during the oil
boom times of the early 1980s, “there appears to be
a renewed sense of optimism in the community and
the general feeling that things are heading in the
right direction,” the report says.
An “aggressive industrial development effort”
See REPORT, Page 5A
Vehicle bids awarded
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By JERREL FERGUSON
Advocate Reporter
LIBERTY - Bids were awarded
for the purchase of vehicles for two
precincts and the indigent care pro-
gram during this week's Commis-
sioners' Court.
For the two precincts, bids were
submitted on the purchase of two
three-quarter pickups for Precinct 2
and one crew-cab pickup for
Precinct 3. Bids were submitted
from four firms on each.
On the purchase for Precinct 2,
Martin Chevrolet of Cleveland sub-
mitted two bids, $12,947.48 and
$13,525.02. Burnham Chevrolet of
Liberty bid $14,465.31, B.J. Ford of
Liberty bid $15,147.75 and Knapp
Chevrolet of Houston bid $13,524.
On the recommendation of Precinct
2 Commissioners Lee Groce, the
bid was awarded to Martin Chevro-
let.
The same firms submitted bids
See VEHICLE, Page 5A
Energy funds distributed
Don t fence me in
Jim Wade Bums, 21, of Cleveland escaped with minor injuries Tuesday when, according to
Department of Public Safety reports, he lost control of his vehicle on Pin Oak Road and went
through a fence, striking a tree. He was treated and released from Charter Regional Medical
Center. (Photo by JERREL FERGUSON)
LIBERTY — Emergency en-
ergy funds totaling $88,503 were
distributed to 1,234 households in
Texas during the first half of 1990
by Project CARE, Community
Assistance Relating to Energy,
reported a Gulf States Utilities
Co. spokesman.
North Liberty County citizens
have received $2,129 for electric;
$693 for natural gas; $100 for
bottled gas for a $2,922 total.
South Liberty County citizens re-
ceived $2,902 for electric; $1,051
for natural gas and $803 for bott-
led gas for a $4,757 total.
Project CARE was established
through the cooperation of Gulf
States and community leaders
throughout the GSU service area
in Texas and Louisiana. The pro-
gram provides emergency finan-
cial assistance on utility bills and
certain weatherization and repai
projects for the needy elderly
GSU customers and employee:
support the program through cont
ributions.
Throughout GSU’s two-stats
service area during the same six
month period, Project CARE dist
ributed $177,131.94 to 2,715
households, the spokesman ad
ded.
Since the program began ir
March 1983, nearly 34.00C
households in the two states have
received Project CARE payments
averaging $63, the GSU spokes-
man said. Total payment amounl
to $2.3 million.
Monitoring councils in
Louisiana and Texas oversee the
program and conduct annual
audits and spot checks to ensure
that funds are properly spent.
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