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Vol. 141, No. 41 - 12 Pages
Thursday, November 16, 1989
Rusk, Texas 75785 25 cents
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Club cancels
The Alto Friendship Club will not
meet tonight (Thursday) Nov. 16.
The December meeting will be the
third Thursday of the month unless
rescheduled.
Meet slated
The Old Palestine Cemetery As-
sociation will meet at 7 p.m. Nov. 16
attheOldPalestine Baptist Church.
"Members and directors are urged
to attend," says J.D. Pearman, presi-
dent.
DRT sets meet
William Roark Chapter, Daugh-
ters of the Republic of Texas, will
meet on Thursday, Nov. 16,atll:30
a.m. in the Southern Inn Restau-
rant in Rusk.
The program, "Stephen F. Austin,"
will be presented by Mrs. Bobby P.
Roberts. Lunch will be Dutch treat.
Snack with Santa
Snack with Santa will follow the
Rusk Christmas parade, Saturday,
Dec. 2.
The parade begins at 2 p.m. and
snacks and visits with Santa are
scheduled for 3 to 5 p.m. at the First
United Methodist Church Fellow-
ship Hall.
Pictures with Santa, snacks, story
time and singing of Christmas songs
are scheduled during the appointed
hours. A $3 donation per child is
requested.
Reservations must be made by
calling the Chamber of Commerce
office at 214-683-4242 between 9
a.m. and noon and 1 to 5 p.m. before
Thursday, Nov. 30.
Soberfest
dance set
Saturday
Rusk High School students will
dance from 8 p.m. to midnight Sat-
urday at the Rusk Civic Center.
Only students in grades 9-12 can
attend the chaperoned event.
Those who want to bring a date
from another school must contact
either Melody at 683-5578 or Becky
at 683-5842 by Thursday evening.
Admission is $1 and cold drinks
will be available for purchase.
Parents, who want to donate
snacks can call either Melody or
Becky.
Wells Pirates
schedule
November games
Wells Pirates and Lady Pirates
face three opponents during the
remainder of November. Friday,
Nov. 17, girls and boys, A and B
teams, face Alto at Wellsi Starting
time is 5 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 21, girls and boys,
A and B teams travel to Central for
a contest which begins at 5 p.m.
Rusk ministers
s c h e (I u 1 e
turkey dinner
Members of the Rusk Min-
isterial Alliance will sponsor
a traditional "turkey"Thanks-
giving dinner from 11:30 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18 at
the Rusk Civic Center, for-
merly the Nat ional Guard ar-
mory, on Euclid Street.
Tickets are $5 for the full
turkey dinner with all the
trimmings. Of the ticket price,
$1 will go toward tlie fi^'ht
against drugs; $1 for t he Good
Samaritan; and the remain-
der will go toward the cost of
the meal. If there is any monev
left over, it will go into tin-
general fund of the Husk Min
isterial Alliance.
Tickets are being sold by
members of the participating
churches.
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At Rusk council meeting
Street repair report;
donations sought
MEMBERS OF THE RUSK Cub Scout Pact 406 aré out soliciting donations for the Good
Samaritan Food Pantry. From left are Tiger Cub Daniel Mlms; Ben Mlms and Jacob Parker,
Webelos; and Steven Wimer and Nell Jackson, Tiger Cubs. The boys and other members of
the pack are leaving bags at homes In the community. Persons, who do not receive an
empty bag are asked to call a Cub Scout or Nancy Mlms at 683-5707. staff photo
Caveness will step down;
asks for re-assignment
Rusk ISD Athletic Director Louis
Caveness plans to step down at the
end of the school year. Caveness
asked School Superintendent Tony
. Murray Monday afternoon to reas-
sign him to the classroom.
Murray reported Caveness' deci-
sion Monday night to members of
the Rusk School Board. No board
action was taken and the decision
was strictly Caveness', Murray said.
Caveness said Tuesday morning
that he had been in the coaching
profession for 27 years and now feels
it is time to try something else.
"Coaching is time consuming and I
feel I have had good years coaching
and would just like to dosome other
things. I have been planning and
thinking about finishing up with
coaching for some time. My yean at
Rusk have been very good. The
people are good, the school people
are good and we have had good
boards and good kids."
Caveness is state certified to teach
math and says he plans to continue
with the Rusk ISD.
In other personnel matter, the
board accepted the resignation of
JeffCannon, Vocational Agriculture
instruction and employed John
Griffith to fill his position. Becky
Brown was employed as a teacher's
aide.
Certified tax roll for the district
was approved by the board. The roll
showed that the total school 100
percent appraised value stands at
$297,338,055; the assessed value
after exemptions is $175,981,540.
Tax rate for 1989 is $1.039 making
the total tax levy of $1,771,508.94.
Some $56,941.57 is lost to the tax
ceiling.
The board cast the district's total
649 Cherokee County Appraisal
District Board election votes for Joe
Terrell.
Superintendent Murray reported
at the meeting that health insur-
ance for district employees vul be
increased. The anniversary date for
insurance is Nov. 1, he said. Right
now health insurance is $288.05
per month for a family and $98.85
for an individual. The district pays
$50 of that amount.
The projected insurance rate is
$40 for a family and $175 for an
individual.
If the district contributes more to
the trust fund, the rate could be cut
to $389 for a family and $149 for an
individual.
A street paving master plan for
the City of Rusk was presented to
the city council Wednesday e veni ng,
Nov. 8, by City Consulting Engi-
neer Ralph Stokes of the Henderson
firm of Stokes and Associates.
The council had authorized Stokes
to make the study at- a July 27
meeting. The report is the result of
studies, on-ground inspections and
recommendations determined after
review of all the streets in the city.
The document classified streets
according to the type of construc-
tion, street rating, other streets on
highways and total street mileage.
Other features included streets
needing signs, streets with timber
bridges, streets with obstructions,
streets with multiple names.
The report stated that the city is
typical of many of the rural cities
throughout East Texas and across
the country. Initially streets were
constructed and maintained to pro-
vide all weather transportation for
the immediate downtown and ad-
joining residential areas. Then,
came city limits expansions. These
annexed areas often included dirt
roads, narrow lanes and other sub-
standards means oftransportation.
Once annexation was accomplished
the city assumed the burden of
maintenance of all the roadways in
the annexed area. The report high-
lights streets needing repair, re-
placement, signs and cost associ-
ated with improvements.
Classification of streets is neces-
sary to determine which streets
carry the largest volume of traffic.
More heavily traveled streets should
always receive priority when their
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Thanksgiving Day..,
Thursday, Nov. 23
THIRD GRADE STUDENTS of Sandy Hoteomb at Alto Bementary School have been busy wtth
a study of an Trans-Antarctica Expedition. In the background at right Is a display on the study.
At left Is a Thanksgiving display. Students pictured from left are Evelyn Dickson, Kathy Shafer,
Terronce Mitchell, Kris Mettlen and Jason Miller. staff photo
condition is comparable to lesser
traveled streets, Stokes said.
Rusk streets can be classified into
major arterials, minor arterials,
collectors and residential and oth-
ers.
•Please see RUSK, p. 2
Chamber sets
light contest
for Rusk
Plans are underway to make this
year's annual downtown Christmas
parade one of the best. The parade
is set for 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 2.
Anyone wanting to participate in
the parade can do so by contacting
the Chamber of Commerce office as
soon as possible. Cash prizes will be
awarded for the best floats. Prizes
are $100, $75 and $50. Theme for
the parade is "The Best Christmas
Ever." Floats will be judged on
portrayal of theme, originality and
overall execution.
Cash prizes of$50 will be awarded
for the best decorated home and the
bestdecorated business. Persons can
enter their own home or nominate
someone else's home by calling the
Chamber office at 683-4242. There
is no entry fee. After viewing all of
the entries and nominations, a
committee will select the best, deco-
rated home and business. The win-
ner of the best decorated business
will be announced on Dec. 9 and the
best decorated home on Dec. 16.
Citywide
Thanksgiving
service is
scheduled
The First Presbyterian Church of
Ruskwill host the citywide Thanks-
giving service at 7 p.m. Tuesday,
Nov. 21.
The principal speaker will be Dr.
Gary Fitzgerald, pastor of Fjrst
United Methodist Church.
Special music will be provided by
choir members representing the
participating churches.
The traditional eventis sponsored
by the Rusk Ministerial Alliance.
Proceeds from the service offering
will be used to support the work of
the Alliance.
"We extend an invitation to all
persons to join us for this special
service of praise and thanksgiving,"
says Rev. Richard Gilmer, pastor of
the host church.
Farm City week proclaimed
Cherokee County Judge Emmett
Whitehead has proclaimed the week
of Nov. 16-22 as Farm/City Week in
Cherokee County. TTie eventis being
sponsored by the Cherokee County
Farm Bureau and the Jacksonville
and Rusk Kiwanis Clubs.
Activities planned for the week
. include a meeting Thursday of the
Jacksonville Kiwanis Club at the
Holiday Inn from noon to 1 p..m.
The event will be observed at the
* Tuesday, Nov. 21 meeting of the
Rusk Kiwanis Club at the Southern
Motor Inn.
All Farm Bureau members ara
invited to both meetings. The pro-
gram will include introduction of
the board an explanation ofthe Farm
Bureau Board's involvement in
agriculture'by the president Jack
White, extension agent, will give an
overview of agriculture in Cherokee
County, the Extension Agents role
and the Forest Service's roll in agri-
culture. Bill Cromer, Water and Soil
Conservationist, will tell ofthe soil
conservation's roll in agriculture.
John Ramey ofthe Cherokee County
ASCS will explain that agency's roll
in agriculture.
Wells holds hearing on U.N. fund
A public hearing on an applica-
tion to the Texas Department of
Commerce for an Urgent Need Fund
Project preceded the regular
* ^****ty
The project is under the Texas
Community Development Program
and the purpose ofthe public hear-
I ing was to inform dtisens of the
proposed project'Atppy of the final
application will be available for
public reading in the near tature at
the City Hall.
Councilman adoptad the resolu-
tion at their regular meeting.
An engineer with Everitt Griffith
and Associates gave a status report
on a recent meeting and discussed a
check list of planning on the project.
Coundlmen authorised the firm to
proceed with the grant request.
The Water and Sewer budget for
1990 was approved. .That budget
shows a total revenue of $126,260
for the coming year.
jOttincil accepted the resignation
ofiO. Pierce, volunteer fire chief
and appointed Joe -Mettlen to the
pott Installation of six new firs
plugs were authorised in the city.
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STUDENTS FROM SUSAN Sekuta's second grade room pose In front of thek mosaic Each cNId
was responsible for a special part of this colorful Indian design. Students Include Irish
Alexander, Tony Attaway, Courtney Beaty, Mason Blrdwell, Nina Brinkley, Wendy Crippen,
Rachael Hanks, Allison Holland, Bubba Klmbrell. Kathy Lusk, Nlckie Lusk, Jamie Meador, Holly
Moore, Brian Penka, Nicholas Session, Brent Slaton, Billy Stennett. Amanda Wilson and Kristi
Haney. staff photo
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