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Page Fourteen—CHEROKEEAN/HERALD of Rusk, Texas—Thursday, December 16,1993
RISD board authorizes school trips
The Rusk School Board approved
overnight tripa Monday night for
the High School Biology II claaa and
the school choir.
Biology II students will visit Sea
World and Southwest Texas State
University in an educational swing
into South Texas.
The Biology students will study
the animals at Sea World and ob-
serve their care and breeding hab-
its. They will visit SWTSU research
center and study the Arteaian Wells
and Edwards Aquifer. Samples will
be taken from the river for reeearch
in the lab. The students will be gone
March 1 and 2.
Choir students will attend the
Fiesta Texas Bluebonnet Classic
Choral Workshop and competition
POLITICAL
CALENDAR
DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
March 8,1994
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE-
PCT.1
Archie Cook, Incumbent
COMMISSIONER
PCT.2
Royce (Freddy) Johnson
May 6 and 7.
Karen Vaught, Julie Vining, Crys-
tal Vaught and Lynn Ramey met
with the school board to discuss the
location of the Junior-Senior Prom.
The board voted to continue to have
the event at the Rusk High School
Cafeteria.
In other mattera tuition for
driver's education waa $160.
Teacher appraisals wars set forjan.
3-May 6,1994. Resignation ofBecky
Walley waa accepted as a junior
high aide and Douglas Carter waa
employed. Concerns were heard
from a parent relating to student
diacipline-which preceded an ex-
ecutive aesaion when the high achool
principal and aaaiatant principal
diacuaaed the matter.
Alto City to rebid sidewalk
reconstruction project
The Alto City Council met Mon-
day night for a short meeting in
regular session, with all members
present, and considerad bida for aide-
walk reconstruction.
Only one bid had been received
and it was rejected. The council
decided to rebid the project and ad-
vertise in other papers. The work to
be done is for the area from the front
of Boyd's Pharmacy to the front and
the west side of the Lions Club build-
ing.
The council members also dis-
cussed the need for two handicap
parking spaces in front of Wood-
land Heights Medical Clinic and
decided to go ahead with it.
The council voted to write an or-
dinance establishing requirements
for the placement ofbanners or signs
over or across city streets or roads,
with a penalty for violation.
The problem of accidental alarma
being set off downtown and at the
achool, was discussed. The motion
was accepted to write an ordinance
to charge $25 for each call over
three in a 30-day period.
An annual electrical license fee
for electrical work done within the
city limita was aet at $10.
Police Chief Jerry Jones gave the
monthly department report and dia-
cuaaed with the council members,
the possibility of trading the old
police car in for a new one, rather
than using the $3,600aet aside to fix
it. Jones explained about a car that
he had found with a $5,300 incen-
tive. The members voted to go ahead
and buy the car.
The council members voted to give
Judge Bobby Germany leave with
pay for 90 days and voted to hire
Chris Davis for those 90 days at the
same aalary aa Bobby.
The motion waa accepted to ad-
vertise bida to update the electrical
system on the water tower. The bida
will be opened at the February meet-
ing.
The Accounts Payable for Decem-
ber and the minutea for the Regular
and Special meetings for November
were approved.
Rusk seek bids for city
employee insurance
City of Rusk will ask for bids for
employee health benefits. Members
of the Rusk Council agreed Wednes-
day evening to review the city em-
ployee health insurance and aeek
new bida. Bid spec will be worked up
and reviewed by Council members
Ken Smith and Gloria JenningB.
The council heard several propos-
als at the Wednesday evening meet-
ing.
In oher matters the council agreed
for Rusk Rural Water Corporation
to relocate pipelines within the city
limits at the designated locations.
A meeting will be called later in
the month to discuss funding for
laying of water and sewer lines to
the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice Skyview Unit and for the
renovation of the current city sew-
erage plant.
The council passed a resolution to
apply for Summers A. Norman
Foundation grants funds to be used
by the Rusk Lions Club for mqjor
repairs and renovations of the Rusk
Lions Club Swimming Pool and
Baseball park. The grant applica-
tion will not coat the city anything,
but any application for the grant
fiinds must be made through the
city rather than the Lions Club.
A police report showed that the
Rusk Police made 33 arrests dur-
ing the month. Arrests included 11
public intoxications, eight driving
while intoxicated, two minors in
possession of alcohol and two traffic
violations, as well as one each for
unlawfully carrying a weapon, ter-
roristic threat, theft, criminal tres-
pass, making alcohol available to a
minor, DPS warrant, possession of
marijuana, failure to identify, fail-
ure to maintain single lane and a
P.D. warrant.
Twelve accidents were investi-
gated by officers.
A total of 198 tickets were issued,
according to the Police Report. Tick-
ets issued included 56 speeding; 42,
failure to take truck route; 32 no
liability insurance; 18 expired in-
spection sticker, 11, expired license
plate; 11 for running stop sign or
red light; eight for no driver's li-
cense, five for expired driver's li-
cense, four for unsecured by safety
belt, two for minor in possession of
alcohol, two for failure to control
speed, and one each for failure to
drive single lane public intoxica-
tion, no motorcycle license, failure
to display driver's license, disor-
derly conduct, violation of city ordi-
nance and failure to yield right of
way.
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We have been pretty good this
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new bike, basketball goal and a
computer. Please don't forget my
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Love,
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Fees from p. 1
pass a state law mandating that the
Cherokee County Commissioners
Court nearly double his salary.
Rep. Swift passed the legislation
out of the House as a local and con-
sent bill, but the Commissioners
learned of the action in time to re-
quest that Senator Bill Haley kill
the bill in the Senate. Senator Haley
honored the request and killed the
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THE ALTO HEALTH CLINIC, located on Busy Bee street recently held a ribbon cutting
ceremony to make the public aware that the clinic Is now officially a rural health clinic.
It hay been inspected and is now certified by medicare and medicaid. Pictured left to
right is f Pierce (LVN), Gail Bryan (Boyd's Pharmacy Certified Technician). Dr. R.P.
Carroll, Ron Johnson (P.A.), Kim Bice (Clinic Secretary), Beth Huckaby (Clinic Nurse),
Carol Rozell (City Administrator). Teresa Ragland (Office Manager).
Commissioner discuss
changing office space
Cherokee County District Attor-
ney Jim Cromwell and County At-
torney Bob McNatt with member a
of the commissioners court Monday
morning to discuss the possibility of
separate quarters for their two of-
fices.
Cromwell said no other county
officials share the same office space.
"This causes a lot of conflict, as we
sometimes have undercover agents
information leaking out before the
investigation is completed. In addi-
tion, two sets of employees working
together always have professional
jealously."
McNatt explained to commission-
er^ that he had no problem of stay-
ing where he is or moving. He noted
that he did not know of any other
suitable space in the courthouse.
"Professionally, Mr. McNatt and I
get along very well," Cromwell aaid.
Commissioner Bob Gregg said he
would like to see McNatt and
Cromwell work out their own solu-
tion. Commissioner Alton Hicks
suggested that the county put a
wall between the two offices in their
present location.
Cromwell replied that would
make the offices too crowded.
The two attorney offices share
the same copier, law books and fil-
ing cabinets.
A committee composed of Com-
missioners Gregg and Hicks, Dis-
trict Attorney Cromwell and County
Attorney McN att and County Audi-
tor Frank Madden will study the
issue and come up with a recom-
mendation for the commissioners
court.
In other matters, commissioners
authorized required school expenses
for Peace Justice PoUy Kite, Pre-
cinct 3 and Chris Davis, Precinct 2.
Sheriff Jimmy Dickson reported
to commissioners that the county
jail had passed the recent certifica-
tion Burvey. He noted that the jail
was over populated, but the Jail
Standard Commission excused the
county because the overpopulation
was due to excessive TDCJ prison-
ers being housed here.
The county will advertise for bids
to sell the old Precinct 4 barn site.
The lease of land for Sam Balea to
construct a hanger at the Cherokee
County Airport was authorized.
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Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 16, 1993, newspaper, December 16, 1993; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152142/m1/14/: accessed April 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.