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THURSDAY, JUNE 15,1989 - THE CHEROKEEAN/HERALD OF RUSK, TEXAS - PAGE THREE
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Hunters wed in garden at Zabriskies r
The children of Dr. James A.
Hunter and Kay Coleson Reynolds
announce the marriage of their
parents at 10 a.m. May 29 in the
garden at the home of Lyles and
Walley Zabriskie. All but two of the
Wells Nursing Home news
BEAUTIFUL PARK. BENCHES are being sold to be donated to the Make It Happen Committee. The
committee is asking that the benches be purchased in memory or in honor of loved ones. Cost of the
benches is $125. The lovely wood and wrought iron benches are to be placed at vantage places
around the square in Rusk. Showing off the sample bench are Barbara Montgomery, chairman of the
Make It Happen, and Louise Morris, Chamber of Commerce secretary. -staff photo
By : ROSE HODGES
Resident Council went to vote on
the first for Employee of the Month
and Resident of the Month. The vic-
tors were Cheryl Miller, Employee
of the Month and Dell Oliver,
Resident of the Month.
The residents with the most
visitors in May were Lilla and Doc
Pitts. This weeks jackpot bingo
winner with an accumulation of
four weeks was Exile Hughes.
The residents with a birthday this
month is Martha Maxey and her
party is set for Tuesday the 13th at 2
p.m. The hostess for the party will
be Rilla Maxey.
Father's Day Party is set for
Friday, June 16 at 2 p.m. Gifts will
be presented to all of the fathers.
June 21 we will be opening the first
day of Summer with a fishing trip to
Resolution submitted
continued from p. 1
court, get one for this county by it-
self.
Judge Emmett Whitehead said
"Mr. Swift said the new district
court would be a free court. The 2nd
Judicial District Court costs the
county $194,549. Anderson County
has the equivalent of 1.3 courts at a
budgeted cost of $337,450. This is
certainly not going to be a free
court."
Brown questioned the fact that at-
torneys fees should be included in
the cost of a court.
Whitehead said he had estimated
that the court would cost the county
in the neighborhood of $65,000.
Gregg said Swift has been quoted
in the Palestine Herald Press that
he had sent news releases to the
media and several members of the
Happy
Father's Day!
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Jennifer and Elizabeth
Cherokee County Bar Association
had talked with commissioners. "I
was the only one that was contacted
by a member of the Bar
Association. Before I was elected
one attorney wrote me and he said
he would like to be considered as
judge for the court."
McCutcheon said he had not been
contacted.
Whitehead said one lawyer told
him about the pay raise for the
court at law judge. "I called Swift's
office and talked with Clay Pope
and told him that I had talked with
each member of the court and we
did not want a district court.''
Whitehead said he was not op-
posed to court at law. "At the time I
took office the new court was
budgeted for $50,000. Dixon came to
me and said he would have to have
a salary of $38,000. Operation of the
Indigent Health office had been
budgeted at $56,000. I took over
management of that and amended
the budget, placing the $50,000 in
the court at law budget.''
Whitehead asked County Clerk
Deputy Laverne Lusk if there was
only one docket in the clerk's office.
Her answer was yes. Whitehead
said Fairy Upehaw, coiihty clerk,
had told him that there was no need
to have a second docket as Dixon
had volunteered he was going to try
all cases.
"He said he was going to try
cases in the hall or under a shade
tree," McCutcheon said.
Brown said he would like to see
the court at law judge paid as other
court at law judges.
"You would think that every
lawyer would be tickled to death to
get another system for defense at-
torneys," Brown said. The public
defender system hasn't worked in
other places, but it might work
here, he added.
District Attorney Charles
Holcomb encouraged members of
the commissioners court not to pass
judgement on the new district
court. The grand juries return 20 to
25 indictments every month. "You
can only dispose of four or five of
those by jury trial. The rest will
have to be plea bargained to get
them out of jail."
"If the new court is created, we
could utilize it with criminal cases.
We wouldn't need a court coor-
dinator and I don't see why we
would need another courtroom. The
county courtroom needs to be ex-
panded for 12 jury seats. I would like
to go on record that we could use
this court," Holcomb said.
Whitehead asked Holcomb that in
the event the new court goes
through was he going to be at the
next budget hearing asking for
another lawyer?
Holcomb said TDC has a special
prosecutor for this type of cases.
"They provide their own in-
vestigation and will take the case to
the grand jury."
John Ament, another Jackson-
ville attorney, said he knew all
members of the court were there to
serve the people and do what is best
for the community.
He said the court at law bill, which
failed in the senate would have in-
creased the limit for civil cases for
the court at law from $20,000 to
$30,000 and would have increased its
duties to include criminal and
workman compensation cases.
Whitehead said the bill mandated
that the court at law judge would
not only get the $18,000 increase in
salary, but would get a juvenile
board salary. The new district
judge would also demand a juvenile
board salary.
Ament suggested that the court
put personalities aside. "A judge
"Women's Reference Center
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The Women's Reference Center at Nan
Travis Memorial Hospital is committed to its
role as a resource center for information on
health and wellness. A series of informative
programs for the community will be held on
the following dates:
Saturday, June 17
9 a.m.
Seniors in Motion
This program was developed in cooperation with the
Cardiac Rehabilitation Exercise Physiologist. It em-
phasizes stretching, flexibility and overall conditioning.
Regular exercise class programs will be forming. Bring
your spouse or a friend.
Karen Adams, R.N. / Nanci Morgan, B.A.
Thursday, June 22
6 p.m.
Mastectomy Support Group
Women's Reference Center
Professional Building
Monday, June 26
1 p.m.
Healthy Heart
Conference Room,
Professional Building
Janet Blue, R.N.
Wednesday, June 28
12 noon
PMS - Premenstrual Syndrome
Summers Norman Conference Room
Mary Alice Bone, M.D.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE TOPICS OR ANY
OTHER PROGRAMS, PLEASE CONTACT THE WOMEN'S
REFERENCE CENTER AT 586-3000, EXTENSION 180.
NAN TRWIS
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HOSPITAL
should not have to come before the
court and bow down to ask for a
raise."
Gregg said he shouldn't have
gone to the state capitol.
Ament also suggested that the
commissioner ask the governor to
eliminate the district court for
Cherokee County in the special
session. The governor could add
criminal cases to the duties of the
court at law judge. "You could get
this all done in the special session,"
he said.
Judge Whitehead reported that
since he and Commissioners Alton
Hicks and Billy McCutcheon took
office, the county has received
some expensive state mandates.
The county has been mandated to
hire 11 extra employees at the new
Cherokee County jail to oversee a
jail population of up to 48 inmates.
The 11 additional employees will
cost the county some $171,000 in
salaries and benefits.
The county has been mandated to
put an amount equal to 10 percent of
the county budget into indigent
health care. The county will also be
required to provide for solid waste
disposal. All are handled by' the
county judge's office. Whitehead
said "All these mandates are eating
our lunch."
Ament said that he and Dixon are
good friends and former law par-
tners.
The commissioners passed a
resoluton declaring June as Far-
mers Market Month in Cherokee
County.
A new flood management plan
was adopted and the old one
abolished. Vote on the new plan was
four to one with Hassell voting
against the plan.
The plan calls for the county ad-
vising property owners if they are
in a flood area. No fine will be im-
posed and property owners will not
be carried to court.
Payment of $2,500 to Leland Sut-
ton was approved for representing
District Attorney Holcomb in
federal court. Whitehead produced
a letter from Sutton that he will not
bill the county for any additional
charges. Whitehead said that
Holcomb understands that no other
claims on the court can be made
without consulting the com-
missioners court.
Applications will be taken at 10
a.m. Monday to fill Justice of the
Peace, Precinct 3 position being
vacated by the July 1 resignation of
Buddy Lacy.
A bid from White Sand and
Gravel for installation of new road
signs was approved in the amount
of $11,648.13.
License to marry
Couples receiving marriage
license in the office of the county
clerk include:
Timothy Clifton Sansom, Racine
and Holly Suzanne Frazer, Reklaw.
Kelly Ray Gates and Melissa Kae
Creel, both of Rusk.
Bennie Earl Carlile and Dena
Lynne Stanford, both of Rusk.
Tommy Wayne Richardson and
Kimberly Ann Goff, both of Alto.
James Alston Hunter and Lynda
Kay Reynolds, both of Rusk.
Jason Mark Aultman and Toya
M'chele Turner, both of Jackson-
ville.
Donald Grant Smoot, Pleasanton
and Angela Lynn Porter, Jackson-
ville.
Steven Wesley Hight, Jackson-
ville and Lisha Denice Munsinger,
Rusk.
Hossameldine El-Moatassem,
Commerce and Tricia Ann Mur-
dock, Jacksonville.
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Lufkin and tnen over to the Ellen
Trout Zoo to have the fish cookout.
Volunteers are welcome to join in
the trip. For further information
call 867-4707.
Friday, June 23 we will beat the
heat with a Homemade lee Cream
Party at 2 p.m. We look foward to
seeing our friends and neighbors, so
bring your sweet tooth and join in
on the fun.
couple's 13 children attended the 10
a.m. ceremony. Absent were T.J.
Hunter, who is in the Panama, and
John Hunter, who is in Tracy, Calif.
Children of the couple are Molly
Strong of Bellevue, Neb.; Kirk
(Tex) Hunter. Waxahachie; Jim
Hunter, Houston; Lucy Murphy,
Arlington; Kathleen Lewis,
Nacogdoches; John Hunter, Tracy,
Calif.; Jo Ann Freeman,
Sacramento, Calif.; Robert Hunter,
Waco; T.j. Hunter, fanama; mary
Hunter, Rusk; Bill Hunter, Waco
Deborah Renneker, Houston; and
Donna Reynolds, Palestine.
Dr. and Mrs. Hunter invite their
friends to a reception at their home
and garden, 108 South Main, from 4
to 8 p.m. Sunday, June 18.
Sherrie Lloyd named to honor
The Board of Advisors for the
Outstanding Young Woman of
America awards program announ-
ced that Sherrie Murray Lloyd of
Gallatin has been selected for in-
clusion in the 1988 edition of Out-
standing Young Women of
America.
Now in its 24th year, the OYWA
program is designed to honor and
encourage exceptional young
women between the ages of 21 and
36 who have distinguished them-
selves in many fields of endeavor,
such as service to community,
professional leadership, academic
achievement, business advan-
cement, cultural accomplishments,
and civic and political par-
ticipation. Achievements in these
areas are the result of dedication,
responsibility, and a drive for ex-
cellence-qualities which deserve to.
be recognized and remembered.
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