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□ei/iewirY Council Authorizes Rebid On Sewer Project
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MV O f ONN4 MORA
As the Cooper City Council meet-
ing broke up at midnight Monday, a
remark was made ‘‘We accomplish-
ed something tonight”. May we ask:
What?
For five hours the Council went
through periods of eager beaver-
ness, stone silence, pickiness, yawn-
ing, competing, snappinish. We
didn't mention the ever popular
attitude of putting off to later what
should have been done yesterday - in
other wjords tabling everything they
didn’t want to make a decision on.
And all this came before and after
they had been complimented for
being progressive minded.
We were told that some of the new
Council members were “shocked” at
being questioned about their actions
at a past Council meeting. They
should have expected that someone
at some time was going to object to a
decision, opinion or action. Mem-
bers of the Council are now fair game
and they should realize that they
cannot please everyone. Didn’t they,
themselves, criticize the actions of
past Councils, isn’t that why they
sought their present position?
It has always been our belief that
the City Council (and the Commis-
sioners Court and other elected
officials) should listen to their con-
stituents, and if possible do their
bidding if it was for the benefit of the
whole community. Being “gungho’
for their pet project, and “picky”
about someone else’s just isn’t good
business to our way of thinking.
And the city is a business, and
businesses do not have an unlimited
supply of money. Signing “a blank
check” for many thousands of dol-
lars with the hope that it will be
recouped later on, and then being
quarrelsome over a piddling amount
seems odd.
Should everything go according to
schedule, the City of Cooper’s sewer
mains improvement project could be
completed by the winter of 1987,
some 18 months after the construct-
ion was supposed to be finished.
The Council Monday night author-
ized Hayter Engineering to rebid the
construction contract, this coming
six months after Davis Brothers
defaulted and an equal amount of
time negotiating with UF&G, the
contractor’s bonding company.
City Attorney James Allison ex-
plained to the Council the latest
developments in the negotiations
with USF&G, stating “the bonding
company is aware that the City
cannot sue until the project has been
rebid.” After a discussion of alter-
natives, costs and procedures, Coun-
cilman Van Watkins presented a
motion authorizing Hayter Engineer-
ing to seek bids. Watkins, Council-
men Daymen Cunningham, Leonard
Mays and Ronnie Morgan voted for
the rebid, Councilman James Wes-
ley Scott, abstained. In answer to a
final question on the issue. Allison
said "In all likelyhood, the City will
have to sue!”
Hayter informed the Council that
the City is now in the position to start
the acquistion of land for Big Creek
Lake, however, this would not begin
until the city receives the 404 permit.
He also discussed correspondence
with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Department, in which the agency
mandated that an all-weather road,
parking area and a boat ramp be
constructed on the north side of the
lake; construction of an acquatic
habitat; the planting of seedlings on
Robertson, Ewing Top Graduates
Mariana Robertson, with an aver-
age of 95.8913 has been named
Valedictorian of the 1985 graduating
class of Cooper High School. Nicole
Ewing has been named the Saluta-
torian of the class with an average of
94.5745.
Aside from Robertson's academic
honors which include being on the
Honor Roll, a member of National
Honor Society, and student of the
month, she has excelled in extra-
curricular activities.
She has been a member of the
Band. Outstanding Bandsman her
Junior Year, Band Sweetheart her
Senior Year, in the Flag Corp, an
officer in Future Homemakers of
America, an officer of Junior En-
gineering and Technological Society.
She was voted Senior Class Secret-
ary, and has competed in University
Interscholastic League competition.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Harold Robertson.
Ewing, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Don Ewing of Cooper has
consistently been on the Honor Roll,
an officer of the National Honor
Society, and Student of the month.
She has been very active in extra-
curricular activities as well.
During her high school years,
Ewing has been a Cheerleader, a
Future Homemakers of America of-
ficer and member, a member of the
Tennis and Golf Team, a member of
the basketball team for two years.
She was voted Freshman Class Pres-
ident. Ewing has also competed in
University Interscholastic League
competition.
Commencement exercises will be
held Friday evening, May 24, at the
Civic Center.
the north side, and stocking fish.
Resolutions regarding these man-
dates were approved unanimously.
Earlier in the evening Maye Cunn-
ingham and Zelda Fisher of the
Sesquincentennial Committee pre-
sented to the Council, the organiza-
tional committee personal and mas-
ter plan for the 1986 event, request-
ing sanction and financial support.
An amount of $1000 requested,
however, the Council voted to au-
thorize $500 now and possibly an
additional $500 next year.
Jacqueline Huie, chairperson of
the Beautification Committee ap-
peared before the Council with a
landscaping plan for the city’s Har-
mon Park, prepared by Dwight Hass,
horticulturist with the Texas A&M
Extension Service. Mrs. Huie re-
quested financial assistance, sug-
gesting that the $2628 reimburse-
ment the city is expecting from the
original Parks Project grant, be used
for this purpose. Watkins voiced the
opinion that the baseball fields also
need work, and with Cunningham
suggested "We get figures before
we decide.”
Nell Hardy presented a request to
the Council from Harold Sloan that
an extention of time be granted on
his property at 1050 S.E. 5th Street
which had been condemned by the
city’s building inspector, stating that
the property is in the process of
being sold and the buyers have
indicated that the house will be
restored. A motion by Cunningham
that the extension be given for an
indefinite period of time failed on a
2-1-2 vote. A second motion by
Cunningham that the extension be
given until further action of the
Council, passed on a 4-0-1 vote.
Jerry Holcomb and Tim Gregory of
The Delta Bank complimented the
Council on the progress being shown
and offered the services of the bank.
Gregory spoke of the $75,000 loan
approved for the city last year for
street repairs, stating “It is still
there when you want it”....‘‘the
bank is there to help you.”
Mayor Richard Huie informed the
Council that the city needs to start
work on the streets in the CDBG
project, and asked for names of
persons to comprise the Advisory
Committee. Councilman Leonard
See ‘‘City Council” Page 4
Band Concert
Tonight At Pagoda
The Cooper High School Marching
Band and the Sixth and Seventh
Grade Bands will present their Sp-
ring Concert tonight (Thursday) at 7
P.M. in the Gazebo in the center of
the Cooper Square.
The program will include marches,
classical and popular pieces..
Immediately following the concert,
the Band Boosters organization will
sell ice cream and cold drinks.
Patrons planning to attend may
wish to bring lawn chairs for their
comfort. In the event of rain, the
concert will be held in the high
school gymnasium.
The Cooper Schools Band Booster
members are sponsoring a fund
drive, the proceeds of which will be
placed in a fund to purchase new
uniforms. Band students are now
selling tickets for a microwave oven
to be given away following the
Band’s Spring Concert tonight
(Thursday) at the Pagoda on the
square.
In addition to the microwave oven,
other items donated by local mer-
chants will be awarded.
CHS Golfers Win State Tourney
Cooper High School’s Golf Team
charged from behind on the last day
of the state tournament to win first
place in the 1985 State Class 2A
Championship.
With Brad Floyd. Bart Tatum, and
Malone Oats firing solid rounds in
the 70’s, the team finished the final
day with a 320. a score only two
strokes off their best round of the
season. This was the first time this
year that three Cooper players have
shot in the 70’s on the same round -
and they couldn’t have saved it for a
better day.
Cooper trailed Memphis by five
strokes after the first day, and
Weimar was only one stroke behind
Cooper. “We felt it was going to be a
three-way battle for the top three
County Water Usage Study Requested
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To use the vernacular, some of the
“spectators” minds were “blown"
w hen the long lists of costs related to
the rebidding of the sewer project
was read. It was noted that these
costs (in the neighborhood of
$70,000) would be paid, maybe, by
the bonding company (if an agree-
ment is reached), the grant or by a
loan, the same is possible for over-
runs if and when the project is
underway again.
But what if the bonding company
does not pay? Then what?
It was estimated that some
$300,000 remained in the project
fund, but with a few thousand
obligated this month, and another
five or six thousand next, added to
the related engineering and attorney
costs for the past six months, the
kitty is going to be dry before long. It
was also mentioned that to get
someone to bid on the sewer project,
some up front money may need to be
offered - like $219,000. As one
councilman asked ‘‘Where is the
money going to come from.
Except for the one Councilman, no
one else seemed concerned except
with the time lost and to be lost.
But then what is time lost...wait-
ing for something to happen is the
way of life around here.
Monday Storm
Damage Wide Spread
A severe thunderstorm roared
across Delta County Monday after-
noon leaving in its wake destroyed
barns, numerous houses and build-
ings with roof damage, missing
awnings, outdoor furniture, swing-
sets and such strewn around; broken
and/or uprooted trees from one end
of the county to the other.
At the height of the storm, many
residents throughout the county re-
ported seeing small twisters along
with gale force winds. Electrical
outages were also reported, and in
Cooper the electricity was off for an
hour or longer.
While Delta County was spared a
lot of major damage, the storm
played havoc in Greenville and Paris.
Although a tornado alert was
incffect until 7 p.m. Monday, the
skys had cleared by 5 p.m.
MARLANA ROBERTSON
Valedictorian
A request for a planning grant on
the distribution of water usages from
Big Creek Lake was presented to the
Delta County Commissioners Court
Monday morning by Morris Partain,
David Smith and Hays Stewart,
along with Bob and Bill Hayter of
Hayter Engineering.
The Court was told that a Texas
Department of Community Affairs
grant in the amount of $11,000
should be sought and if received, the
planning study would “solve prob-
lems involved in the MUD tax.
The Court was also informed that a
meeting was scheduled for Tuesday
night for representatives of the vari-
ous water districts in the county, and
that the grant application would be
discussed. The Court tabled the
request until resolutions of partici-
pation were received from all the
water districts.
Action was also tabled until Fri-
day, when the full court is expected
to be present (Commissioners Mick-
ey Goforth and Charles Allen were
out of town Monday) on a request
from Mr. and Mrs. Norman Messick,
Mr. and Mrs. A.D. Slover, Mable
Shepherd, Naomi O’Neal, Mr. and
Mrs. Bill Simmons that the road on
which they live be designated "Moss
Lane”. The petition presented stated
that the road was “located approx-
imately 1000 yards southeast of
county line road off of SH24” in the
southwest section of the county. The
property owners also requested that
they be allowed to post a “street sign
at the intersection of Highway 24 and
Moss Lane."
Maye Cunningham and Zelda
Fisher of the Cooper/Delta County
Sesquicentennial Committee pre-
sented to the Court for their approval
the Master Plan for the 1986 celebra-
tion. A request for monetary assist-
ance was also presented. On a
motion by Commissioner Tommy
Maddox, the Court sanctioned the
program.
Sheriff L. C. Talley presented to
the Court for payment a bill for
repairs to one of his department s
vehicles; a request that additional
office personnel be bonded; and a
request for a new vehicle. Action on
the purchase of a vehicle was post-
poned until the Friday session of the
Court.
The Court approved a request
from United Telephone Company for
underground construction of a cable
line in Precinct 4; but postponed
discussion on the County Treasurer
proposal, and the Delmar-West La-
mar School District Consolidation
Petition.
Local Sesquicentennial Planned
Planning for the 1986 Sesquicen-
tennial in Cooper and Delta County
is well underway, according to chair-
person Maye Cunningham, who
along with committee member Zelda
Fisher met this week with both the
Delta County Commissioners Court
and the Cooper City Council.
Among the planned events will be
a contest to design a Cooper Sesqui-
centennial flag to be flown during
1986, and if adopted by the City
Council become the permanent city
flag. A flag pole has already been
donated to the city, the pole to be
erected at the Pagoda.
Other projects include the compil-
ation of a cookbook to be sold during
the Sesquicentennial Year; a pictor-
ial and written histories of Delta
County; Cooper/Delta County to be
featured with artwork and commun-
ity profile in the telephone books.
Activities being planned include a
county-wide arts and craft fair for
local artists to present their works for
exhibition and sales; an exhibit of
products which are made by local
industries, businesses and profes-
sional people; planters in downtown
Cooper and Pecan Gap planted in
flowers with patriotic colors; and a
weekend of homecomings, family
gatherings, community get-togeth-
ers, tours and other events.
Mrs. Cunningham stated that
every club and organization in the
county will be requested to enter into
a Sesquicentennial project.
Members of the Sesquicentennial
organizational committee, in addi-
tion to Mrs. Cunningham and Mrs.
Fisher, are Judge Fred Potts, Joe
Blackwell. Alfred Conley, Terry Ann
Fisher, Lynne Gregory, Jacqueline
Huie, Richard Huie, Ellene Oliver,
V. G. Olson, Duane Olson, Morris
Partain, Dr. Mary Preas, Jimmy
Ray, Glenda Runnels, Karen Rush-
ing, Grace Swenson, Norvelle Stock-
ton and Sherwood Toon.
places,” Coach Davis Floyd com-
mented, “but our boys had confi-
dence all along that they could take
the No. 1 title.” “All our team
members can shoot respectable
scores, and all have performed well
in season tournaments. The key in
winning is to get good performances
on the same day. They did just
that.”
Cooper put together a 335-320-656
for its first State Golf Champion-
ship ever. Weimar overtook Mem-
phis on the second day with a
337-325-662 for a second place
finish. Memphis had to settle for
third place with a 331-334 -665.
"The Lions Municipal Course is
very tight, and there is not a lot of
room for error," Floyd remarked.
"We did not play our best round on
Thursday, but Bart Tatum had turn-
ed in a good round of 79 to lead the
Bulldog linksters for that day. The
boys did a marvelous job of handling
the pressure, and that’s probably
more difficult on the golf course than
in any other sport.”
Brad Floyd, number one player for
the Bulldogs, turned in his worst
round of the season on the first day
by flirting with disaster on Hole 12.
Floyd took four strokes to get out of
the roots of a tree. The result was a
quadruple bogey and the loss of a
chance at First Medalist for Brad. He
responded, however, with a three-
over par 75 on the second day to tie
for Second Medalist. A 30 foot birdie
putt on Hole 11 and a 45-foot birdie
putt on Hole 18 clinched his chance
for a medal with a 35 on the back
nine. His sudden-death playoff with
Gary Schoen of Hamilton ended with
a bogey for Floyd when his tee shot
on the Par-4 Hole 1 dogleg to the
right entered a cluster of trees.
Schoen took a par on the hole to win
the playoff.
Bart Tatum followed his first-day
score of 79 w ith a 78, completing two
of his best rounds of the season. Bart
was District Medalist at Webb Hill
Country Club in Wolfe City with a
77. “His three rounds in the 70’s in
district and state competition show
his composure and determination
See “CHS Golfers” Page 4
NICOLE EWING
Salutatorian
Health Clinic Slated
May 21 In Cooper
The monthly generalized public
health screening clinic for Delta
County citizens will be conducted on
May 21. between the hours of 2:00
P.M. and 6:00 P.M. at the Commun-
ity Center in Cooper.
Immunizations will be given from
2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. A parent
or guardian must accompany the
child and parents are requested to
bring previous immunization records
with them.
Sue Peters Ending 35-Year Teaching Career
Sue Peters, Special Education
teacher at Cooper schools, is retiring
at the end of the current term,
completing a career that spans 35
years. Her career began at View
Point, continuing at Fulbright, Del-
mar and East Delta schools.
When East Delta consolidated
with Cooper in 1959, Mrs. Peters
came to Cooper and began teaching
the first Special Education Class in
Delta County. During her years here,
she has taught head start and the
first four grades.
Mrs. Peters attended school at
Glory, graduated from Paris High
School, Paris Junior College and
holds B.S. and M.S. degrees from
Cast Texas State University.
With her interests in Special Edu-
cation, Mrs. Peters helped organize
the Delta County Association for
Handicapped Children, Inc., also
with Mrs. Bernice Cherry, Mrs.
Gwen Pickering, J. Curtis Pardue
and Davis Floyd. As an outgrowth of
the DCAHC, many items have been
received through grants for the
handicapped in this county.
Mrs. Peters is a member of
T.S.T.A. and N.E.A.; former secre-
tary of District VIII Council for
Exceptional Children, member and
corresponding secretary of Delta
Kappa Gamma; director of Red River
Valley Association for People with
Mental Problems, Inc.; a former 4-H
Club lender at Fast Delta: sponsor of
Teens Aid the Retarded; President of
Delta County Association for Handi-
capped Children, Inc.; and was
featured in T.S.T.A.’s magazine
"Advocate” as a “Special Teacher.”
The family of Mrs. Peters and the
late Eugene (Tommy) Trapp includes
Eddie Glenn Trapp, a member of the
Cooper I.S.D. faculty; Carol Ann
Hocutt and Larry Gene Trapp, both
teachers with the Paris school Dis-
trict. She also has ten grandchildren,
Rodney. Wade and Clint Hocutt;
Michael, Bret. Greg Williams and
Sheila Trapp; Leslie, Adrian and
Ryan Thomas Trapp.
Mrs. Peters was a daughter of
Tom Green and Annie Mae McFad-
See “Mrs. Peters” Page 4
SUE PETERS
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