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PAGE TWO—CHEROKEEAN/HERALD OF RUSK, TEXAS—THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1990
Tlfe Cljerokeeaq/Herald
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A salute: Those who feed us
"When do we eat?" is a question most Ameri-
cans ask daily.
The week of Feb. 11-17, designated as Farm
Bureau Membership Week, salutes those respon-
sible for the food on Texas tables. This week is a
time for the Cherokee Farm Bureau to solicit new
members.
Texas Farm Bureau membership is composed
of four out of every five farmers and ranchers in the
state.
We can thank these farmers and ranchers for
the food on our table. Here in this country, we are
the best fed in the world. Dedicated farm and ranch
families raise our vegetables, ourgrains, ourmeats
and dairy products, as well as our fruits and nuts.
These agriculture minded citizens provide us with
lumber for our homes, business, schools and
churches.
Cherokee County Farm Bureau members are
doing their share to contribute to our well being.
These 2,567 member families work hard in the
areas of agriculture. Many hold other jobs, but all
have a love for the farm or ranch.
Membership in the Farm Bureau is not limited to
just farm and ranch families. It's for all those
interested in promoting ways to improve income
and living conditions of farm and ranch families, as
well as the general public.
Farm Bureau goals include achieving the kind
of economic climate and farm program to bring a
better life for farmers and ranchers and the Ameri-
can public.
These goals are to achieve the kind of eco-
nomic climate and farm programs that will permit
farmers and ranchers to obtain a high net farm in-
come.
To protect and preserve agricultural water right;
to preserve agricultural sales tax exemption, ag
use valuation of land, individual freedoms; pro-
mote expanded trade with other nations; work to
have economy in government at all levels; em-
phasize that local government can do it better;
work to eradicate plant and animal disease; se-
cure more effective research and education in ag-
riculture; reduce ad valorem tax burden; protect
agricultural water rights; improve public relations
for agriculture; and support balancing the federal
budget.
In addition to these national goals, members of
the Cherokee County Farm Bureau are involved
in supporting ag and 4-H programs in the county.
They support the Cherokee County Junior Live-
stock, are involved in promoting a candidate for
the State Miss Farm Bureau Contest and Talent
Search and are working to establish a Young
Farmer organization. A field day or meeting on
the Brucellosis program and how Cherokee County
will be affected if East Texas keeps a Class B
rating in the future will be held during the year. A
meeting of dairy couples will be held for partici-
pants to discuss common goals and solutions.
Support of the Texas Forest Service will be
continued.
Farm Bureau Membership Week is a good
thing. Let's all of us support their program and sign
up as a member today. gloria jennings
Roundabout.. .with Marie Whitehead
Thursday, Feb. 8 will surely go
down in history asa special "V-Day"
for Cherokee County. It was truly a
"victory" celebration throughoutthe
day, honoring State Employees. On
the one hand, we might say that this
special group works "for" ub. But
then, on the other hand, we might
say that we work "for" them!
At any rate, it is a demon-
strated example of what "we,"
meaning ALL of us, can do when
we put our heads to the pull,
harness in support of a common
wagon. This area has hitched
its wagon to a climbing, rising
star on the economic horizon.
But without State Employees,
there would be no wagon to pull.
Fittingly, we paused several times
during last Thursday to say in every
way possible how much the State
Employees mean to everyone. It is
hoped that this group understood
the gratitude to them which was
conveyed at the program in the Rusk
State Hospital Chapel and later at
the evening's banquet.
For the State Employees, this
marriage, if itmay be called that,
between RSH and TDCJ (Texas
Department of Criminal Jus-
tice) in Rusk represents more
than 1,700jobs. For the individ-
ual person, this translates into
a means of making a
living...here. It means that they
can hope their children, too, may
grow up with the possibility of
earning a livelihood right here.
The record shows what everybody
knows anyway, and that is, we ha ve
a very stable caliber of persons
working for the state. The turn-over
rate in employment is very low. The
rest of the community is delighted
and pleased to support in every way
possible. These attitudes from the
employees and all others of being
able to work in harmony bodes well
for us.
You see, TDCJ has not always
been "wanted" in some commu-
nities. Clearly, after last
Thursday's honor of all State
Employees, those persons who
are in decision-making posi-
tions must realize that we work
together and welcome all areas
of growth opportunities.
Other facilities will need to be
considered down the road. And so,
Farm Bureau membership week
underway in Cherokee County
W:
Cherokee County Judge Emmett
Whitehead has signed a proclama-
tion designating Feb. ll-17as"Farm
Bureau Membership Week" in
Cherokee County.
The week is part of a statewide
observance during which county
Farm Bureaus will make a special
effort to enroll new members, ac-
cording to Joe Ray Ocker of Rusk,
president of the Cherokee County
Farm Bureau.
Morris Dixon, also of Rusk, is
chairman of the membership com-
mittee which is responsible for mem-
bership acquisition and mainte-
nance.
"The Texas Farm Bureau, with
more than 325,000 member fami-
lies, is influential in both state and
national affairs on behalf of agricul-
ture," the proclamation reads.
"Farm Bureau is a grass roots or-
ganization. Its foundation is the
county unit. There are 214 organ-
ized county Farm Bureaus in the
state includingthe Cherokee County
Farm Bureau, Ocker says.
The local county Farm Bureau
has 2,567 member families and is
seeking to exceed that figure in 1990.
The Farm Bureau is a general farm
organization that seeks to improve
income and living conditions of farm
and ranch families. It represents
the farmer and rancher at the local
county courthouse, in Austin and in
the nation's capital, Washington
D.C.
The Texas and local Farm Bu-
reaus contributed more than
$160,000 in scholarships and to local
livestock shows and other youth
activities last year. The TFB pre-
sented $39,700 in scholarships to
state and district winners in the
Talent Find and Miss TFB Contests
are open to youths of 16 to 21 yearB
of age in Farm Bureau families. The
Speech competition, also for FB
youths is limited to those who have
attended the TFB Citizenship
Seminar and are a junior or senior
in high school.
The TFB presents a total of
$16,000 in scholarships each year
to a Future Homemaker of America
member, a Future Farmer of Amer-
ica member and two 4-H Club
youths.
County FBs donated a total of
$75,000 to local youth activities
including livestock shows. Counties
also presented scholarships worth
$30,000.
Cherokee County Farm Bureau
plans to increase its work in youth
activities. Support of the Cherokee
County Junior Livestock Show will
also be increased.
Plans are to send a contestant to
Miss Farm Bureau Contest and
Talent Find Contest. Persons want-
ing to enter themselves or someone
else are aBked to contact the Chero-
kee County Farm Bureau in Rusk
at 214-683-2576.
The Texas Farm bureau spon-
sored the "Agriculture in the Class-
room" program for fourth-graders
and has proven popular around the
state since the activities began,
Ocker says.
Cecil Richey of Reldaw is chair-
person of the county committee.
Schools at Jacksonville, New Sum-
merfield, Rusk, Alto and WellB par-
ticipate in the program.
Since 1963, more than 10,000
junior and senior high school stu-
dents have attended the annual
Texas Farm Bureau citizenship
Seminar each summer. The train-
ing schools are held to give selected
high school students in Texas a
better understanding ofthe various
forms of government and their re-
sponsibilities as citizens. Compari-
sons of the different kinds of eco-
nomic systems are outlined. Semi-
nars have been held for three years
at Sam Houston State University,
Huntsville; from 1966-82 at Baylor
University,Waco; 1983-89 at Angelo
State University, San Angelo. The
1990 seminar will also be held at
Angelo State University. Dates are
June 11-15.
Qualification for attending the
semi nars are that a participant must
be either a junior or senior; in the
upper 25 percent of their class and
recommended by the school coun-
selor.
k
whether it may be a new vision for
the treatment ofthe private sector's
menially ill, or the prison system,
all ofusin this county can be counted
on to spring forward, rapidly, in
support of proposed expansion.
To put on our Rusk Industrial
Foundation hats, or Chamber
hats, and rush off to secure new
facilities is one thing. Having
the high quality personnel to
fill the created jobs is THE
Thing! Therefore, all hats were
off Thursday to our fine folks
wh' wear State Employee Hats!
Especially a Tip-of-the-Tam to
Sandra Wright of New Summer-
field on winning the $1,000 door
prize at the banquet!
With fear and misgiving behind,
it is good that we may continue
forward with faith in the knowledge
that this area has been designated
as the site for rendering important
services. And that "OUR" State
Employees provide this service so
well! This kind of teamship is essen-
tial for a better life. And the victory
belongs to those who make it
possible...State Employees!
Until next week? -mw
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In The Mill...
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By: LINDA L. BEAR
County Extension Agent-H.E.
One of the greatest sources of
stress in families is the on-going
bickering between children.
Through a Communication Skills
Workshop "Siblings Without Ri-
valry" parents will have an opportu-
nity to learn how to help their chil-
dren learn to live together.
The "Siblings Without Rivalry"
Workshop will consist of seven ses-
sions Mar. 1 to Apr. 19, each Thurs-
day 1:15-3 p.m. at the Jacksonville
Public Library.
Instructors for the workshop will
be Billie Hopson, LPC. Janice Tay-
lor, Jacksonville Independent School
District Counselors and Linda Bear,
County Extension Agent. A $15
registration fee will be charged for
workshop materials and supplies.
It was not an idle promise, the one
that said I would not mention this
little episode in life out here on the
farm. But I've thought it over again
and again and finally reached the
conclusion that it should be told.
It is a little like Edgar Allen Poe's
Purloined Letter, I suppose, but I
don't remember all of the details. It
happened one day in February when
I took some mail out to the box in the
afternoon and left the four pieces for
the next day pickup.
Then Saturday I went out for that
day's arrival of the Cherokeean/
Herald. A few feet from the box in a
ditch was an envelope that looked
familiar. It had been ripped open,
the envelope to a letter written to R.
D. Owen with an Athens apartment
address. The personal note was
missing. My old friend Mule Owen,
born and reared among thé grass-
hoppers and tall grasses of LaRue
and New York, Tex4.
We used to go together to singing
conventions or to see the girls at a
party at the Morrow household.
There's no way of knowing what
goes through a youngster's mind
when he takes a letter out of a mail
box. It is, of course, a federal of-
fense, punishable by a stay in Fort
Leavenworth, if caught and con-
victed. If not caught, someone else's
mail box may be w victim.
One feels like his life has been
invaded. But that is not as bad as
invasion as one whose domicile has
been broken into in the middle of
the night. That's devastating. One
can smell fingerprints all around
the window he had smashed.
Gone is a big Curtis Mathes tele-
vision, made in Athens, a prized
possession. This burglar profes-
sional sold his ill-gotten wares at a
flea market, along with other valu-
able keepsakes. Missing on the
mantle was an old Westclock Clock
a man gave his blushing bride on a
wedding day in 1903.There's one
thing certain: A victim feels forever
like his soul has been invaded, his
privacy disrupted by a parasite
from the unknown. Life imprison-
ment would be too good. It should be
the death penalty.These are the
thoughts and feelings of a friend
who recently was the victim of such
an invasion. Tom didn't want this
correspondent to use hiB name. After
all, the burglar stayed in the county
jail for six months and is about to be
released to prey upon the privacy of
another.
Is this the result of high unem-
ployment, homelessness, low sala-
ries for dishwashers and inflation
thnts much higher than ever re-
ported by governmental authorities.
Could be! Scandals in Washington.
Singletary
Memorial Library
By: Peggy McArthur
LIBRARY HOURS: Monday 1-6
p.m.; Tuesday, Wednesday, Thurs-
day and Friday 12 noon - 5 p.m.
Phone 683-5916.
McKay family
concert is Feb. 18
The Jay McKay Family will be
presented in concert at 6 p.m. Sun-
day, Feb. 18 at the Hilltop Baptist
Church, Alto, according to the Rev.
Bill Morgan, pastor. The couple has
been in music evangelism for more
than 10 years.
McKay and his wife, Karen, will
have singing with them three of
their four children during the hour
long concert.
Both Mr. and Mrs. McKay come
from well known singing families.
He is the son of John McKay, a well
known music evangelist in the
Southern Baptist Convention and
Mrs. McKay is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Bob Griffin, a well
known singing family from Rusk,
the Rev. Morgan says.
STORY TlMEi Wednesday 10:30
-11:15 a.m.
FEDERAL TAX FORMS: The
library has a publication of repro-
ducible Federal Tax Forms. We may
be able to help you find that form
you have been looking for.
NEW BOOKS INCLUDE:
NOVELS: Hanover Place - Mi-
chael M. Thomas - The story covers
seven decades of two families di-
recting a Wall Street finance firm.
A Ruling Passion - Judith Mi-
chael - Valerie Sterling, a recent
widow, tries to make it in the world
of television broadcasting.
NON FICTION:
Aaimov's Chronology of Sci-
ence and Discovery - Issaac Asi-
mov - The significant events of sci-
ence from 4,000,000 B.C. to the
present are described.
Sports fans may want to read
Looking Deep, by Terry Bradshaw.
A delightful new and popular book
in the children section is The Great
Waldo Search - Martin Handford.
The reader must fl nd Waldo on each
page before he can continue on to
the next adventure.
FOR SALE: 1984 set of World
Book Encyclopedia, $100. Enquire
at the library.
During each session parents will
have an opportunity to practice
specific skills that will help reduce
friction and make family harmony
possible. Topics will include help-
ing siblings deal with their feelings,
effective alternatives to compari-
sons, skills that free a child to be-
come his or her whole self, and prob-
lem solving.
Participants will also have an
opportunity to take a fresh look at
their own adult sibling relation-
ships.
Dates for the workshops are Mar.
1,8,15, 29, Apr. 5, 12 and 19. You
can register.by calling the Jackson-
ville Middle School at 214/586-3686
or the Cherokee County Extension
Office at 214/683-5416. Registra-
tion is limited to the first 25 indi-
viduals. Tbe workshop is open to
people of all ages regardless of so-
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
A sociology professor presented a
simple question to hiB freshman
class. Who runs your City?
Well, everybody knows thatit has
to be the mayor. What a stupid
question. Well, wait a minute. The
professor alleged that we may be
surprised who actually runs the
town, if and when, we decided to do
some investigating.
Well let's see. Ifit's not the mayor,
who then? What would it require to
be the "Big Cheese," that calls the
important shots in a city. Would it
be someone with high intelligence,
media control or lots of money? Maby
(sic) it would be some other ap-
pointed or elected official.
Let's see. If a person has lots of
money in an official position and the
desire, would they have the power
to be the "Big Cheese?" Sounds good
to me. Do we have one of these
people in our city?
OK professor, let's have your
answer. I'm still puzzled. Remem-
ber, you must phrase your answer
in the form of a question. Please
send your response to our local
newspaper, so we can share your
wisdom.
Julie Raiborn
Route 4, Box 405
Oakland Community
Rusk. Tx. 75785
Editor's note: Miss Raiborn is
a 18th grade student at Rusk
h grade
School
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Political
Calendar
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CHEROKEE COUNTY FARM BUREAU OFFICERS and board members Include these
persons. Seated, left to right, are W. A. White, vice president; Joe Ray Ocker,
president; Cecil Richey, secretary-treasurer. Standing from left are Ross Hicks, A. N.
Walley, member and past president; Ron Frazer, and Morris Dixon, past president. Ngt
pictured are Board Members A. B. Massingill, Janet Cummins, J. G. Hobson and J
P. Walker. staff photo
Communication skills workshop set
cio-economic level, race, color, sex,
religion, handicap or national ori-
gin.
It is sponsored by the Jackson-
ville I.S.D., Jacksonville Public
Library and the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service.
These groups are joiningtogether
for the "Partners in Parenting"
programs currently being conducted
in Cherokee County.
Subject to the
Action of
Democratic/Republican
Primaries
March 13, 1990
The following candidates have
authorized the announcement of
their candidacies in the forthcom-
ing elections.
D - Democrat, R - Republican
State Representative
District 11
Elton Bomer (D)
Pol. Adv. paid by Elton Bomer,
P.O.Box 198. Montaba. Tx. 75853
Christian S. Reagan (R)
Pol. Adv. paid by East Texans for Reagan,
P.O. Box 1671
Palestine. Tx. 75802
County Judge
Emmett H. Whitehead (D)
Pol. Adv. paid by E.H. Whitehead,
P.O. Box 475. Rusk, Tx. 75785
District Clerk
Marlys Sue Mason (D)
Pol. Adv. paid by Marlys Sus
P.O. Box 66. Reklaw, Tx. 75784
Mary Lou Traylor (D)
Pol. Adv. paid by Mary Lou Traylor,
Rt. 2 Box 138, Jacksonville. Tx. 75766
Candía Blankinship (0)
Pol. Adv. paid by Candis Blankinship,
Rt. 2 Box 784, Rusk. Tx 757®
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