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Texas' Oldest, Continuously Published Weekly Newspaper - Established Feb. 27, 1850 as the Cherokee Sentinel
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Vol. 147, No. 12 - 14 Pages
Thursday, April 20, 1995
Rusk, Texas 75785 25 cents
Poisoned Investigation
Toll-Free Calls
Rusk seeks extended long
distance telephone service
THE COPS ARE THERE-Officer Klein and Officer Brophy are on hand for the investigation at
the nursing home In the Cherokee Civic Theatre production of "Arsenic and Old Lace."
Pictured are Office Klein, played by the Rev. Evan Campbell; Teddy Brewster, played by Jerry
Hassell; Officer Brophy, played by Jerry Parker; Betty Breen and Rita Anderson as the
Brewster sisters; and Dr. Bob Osborne playing the part of Rev. Harper. Show time Is 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday April 21 and 22 and 2 p.m. Sunday, April 23. . -staff photo
A New Beat
The Rusk City Council has passed
a resolution to petition the Public
Utility Commissicn to enlarge the
local calling area for the Rusk ex-
change.
A petition must be submitted with
the names of 100 Rusk area 683
exchange customers asking for the
election. Only one person per tele-
phone account can sign the petition.
After the PUC receives the peti-
tion, an election will be called.
The resolution adopted by the
council Thursday evening will ask
for toll free dialing to include sur-
rounding communities which are
currently long distance calls. Also,
Tyler, which is more than 22 miles
and less than 50 miles from Rusk
will be included in the toll free dial-
ing area as a community of interest
because of the hospitals located
there.
Cost will be $3.50 per residential
and $7.50 per business line, regard-
less of the number of communities
included in the service.
Communities approved at the
Thursday evening meeting include
Alto, Bullard and Mount Selman,
New Surnmerfield, Reklaw, Wells,
Henderson, Arp, Goodsprings,
Laneville, Minden, Mount Enter-
prise, Price, Turnertown, Neches,
Palestine, Slocum, Lake Palestine,
Rusk considers
extended long distance
Coffee City, Frankston, White-
house, Turney, Troup, Nacogdo-
ches, Appleby, Central Heights,
Douglass and Tyler.
City petitions PUC to
include 28 cities in
extended area dialing
However, City Manager Brenda
Williams told the council that the
communities listed might not all
be approved by the PUC. She said
the PUC mileage calculations
might not be the same as she had
used in deciding which would be
included in the 22 mile area.
Mrs. Williams reported some
96,000 tons of asphalt have been
ordered by the city for street re-
pairs. "We will start with the pot-
holes and then get started with the
clean up," she said. The asphalt is
the same kind as is being used by
the highway department and is a
better type than what has formerly
been used," she added. Money has
been budgeted to begin a resurfac-
ing program, Mrs. Williams said.
The Hill Street Bridge is 90 per-
cent complete, the city manager re-
ported at the meeting. Water Well
No. 3 is out and repair cost should
run between $10,000 and $22,000.
In another matter, the council
adopted a proclamation declaring
April as Fair Housing Month. The
proclamation stated the city en-
dorses and supports the principle of
fair housing and encourages all citi-
zens to support the law of the land in
regard to the right of every person to
have access to adequate housing of
his choice.
The council approved a housing
contract with Gary Traylor and As-
sociates in connection with a $21,600
grant the city is receiving for water
Please see Rusk Countil, page 14
Wells hires new police officer
through C.O.P.S. program Two persons are killed, one
injured in Antioch shooting
by Hank Bloom
SPECIAL TO THE CHEI^OKEEAN/HERALD
Lee T. Starling, 35, will join the
Wells Police Dept. through the new
federal COPS program which is add-
ing 100,000 officers in cities through-
out the United States.
"We are very pleased to add Star-
ling to our police department, which
now includes seven state-certified
reserve police officers who voluntar-
ily serve Wells during their time
away from their daily jobs," said
Mayor William Bailey.
The addition of a full-time paid
officer in Wells solidifies an ener-
getic and effective law enforcement
program established by Chief of Po-
lice Lonnie Baxter, who serves as a
reserve officer.
Bailey noted that Starling is a
1988 graduate of the East Texas
Police Academy at Kilgore College,
and a former Nacogdoches security
officer.
His portfolio includes 16 scholas-
tic achievements from the police
academy.
His training includes report writ-
ing, intermediate child abuse inves-
tigation, sexual assault, vehicle
drugs interdiction, vehicle theft and
arrest, search and seizure proce-
dures.
"Lee Starling is not new to the
Wells area," said Baxter. "He has
previously served as a reserve on
Lee T. Starling
our force, and did an outstanding
job."
A 19-year-old Tyler man has been
charged with two counts of capital
murder in connection with the shoot-
ing death of two Cherokee County
females.
Justice of the Peace Archie Cook,
Precinct 1, denied bond for Jasen
Shane Busby Tuesday afternoon.
Busby is being held in the Chero-
kee County Jail.
Sheriff James Campbell says he
expects an additional charge of ag-
gravated assault to be filed against
Busby in connection with the inci-
dent.
The shooting occurred just after
10 p.m. at a trailer house on the lot
adjacent to the Antioch United Meth-
odist Church near Lake Jackson-
ville.
Pronounced dead at the scene were
Tennill Thompson, 18, of Jackson-
ville and Brandy Gray, 16, of New
Surnmerfield. Each had been shot
once in the head. Their bodies were
transported to Dallas for autopsies.
Shot in the neck, but in stable
condition at Mother Frances Hospi-
tal in Tyler, was Christopher Kelley,
18, of Gallatin.
Kelley was airflighted to the hos-
pital following the shooting.
Early voting underway
for city, school elections
City, school
elections
Early balloting for the May 6 city
and school elections began Mónday
at the area city halls and school
administration offices. Absentee
balloting will continue until May 2.
Deadline for filing as candidates
was March 22.
In the Rusk City Election, a total
of nine persons had voted by mid-
afternoon Tuesday.
Candidates in Rusk for Mayor are
Frank Howell, Emmett Whitehead
and Mack Henderson. Council can-
didates are Jack Woody, Ralph
Johnston and
incumbent
Jerry Thomp-
son, District 1;
and incumbent
Walter Ses-
sion, District 2,
unopposed.
Mayor Mike
Crysupdid not
seek re-elec-
tion.
Voting in the
Rusk ISD elec-
tion by mid-af-
ternoon Tues-
day were 20
persons.
Three seats
on the Rusk
school board are up for election. Can-
didates for these positions are in-
cumbent Dan Lade, Mike Ross, Keith
Sunday, Bill Curtis, incumbent Billy
Joyce and incumbent John
Cunningham.
At Alto, two incumbents are seek-
ing re-election to their seats on the
school board. They are Odis Bryan
and Ray Penn. Other candidates are
Bob Grammer, Randy Sturrock and
Willie Brown.
At the Alto City Hall, Mayor Si
Williams is asking for re-election.
Jimmy Lee Hugghins is also a candi-
date for mayor. Candidates for
three seats on the City Council are
Kenneth Corn, Garwin Baugh,
James Harold Mason, incumbent
Herman Martin, and incumbent
Terry Black. A total of 11 had voted
by Tuesday afternoon.
At Wells, William Durham and
Danny Colbert are seeking re-elec-
tion. Other candidates are Sharon
Reeves, Larry
Bailey and Larry
Barlett. A total
of two had voted
by Tuesday af-
ternoon.
Both incum-
bent council
members at
Wells are seeking
re-election. They
are Floyd
Cartwright and
Hank Bloom.
Also seekingelec-
tion is Eva
Brown. No one
had voted at press
time Tuesday.
Candidates at
Reklaw are incumbent Amos
Gregson and Charlie Laughlin, city
marshal; incumbent Jim Kirk, Place
2; incumbent Hudman Akin, Place
4; and Mavis Parrott, Place 6.
Candidates at Gallatin include for
a one year unexpired term, Charles
(Buddy) Grimes; for three at larj
positions, Juanita Cotton, J.
Norton, and Don Folkes. Grimes,
Mrs. Cotton and Norton are cur-
rently members of the council.
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Staples will give keynote at
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Soil Conservation banquet
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átate Rep. Todd Staples will provide the keynote address at
the 39th annual awards banquet sponsored by the.Cherokee
County Soil and Water Conservation District,
The event will be held Friday, April 28 at 7 p.m. In the Norman
Activity Center.
"Numerous students who participated in various contests
sponsored by the district will be honored," said Roland Adams,
chairman of the event. "Other awards will be given to outstand
ing cooperators In Cherokee County."
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Other committee members include Cecil Pond, vice-chair-
man, Mortis Dixon, secretary-treasurer? Bill Poteet and Harold
Parker, members.
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Rep. Todd Staples
Senate Bill No. 1151
The 19-year-old suspect, driving
Kelle/s pick-up truck, was stopped
by the Jacksonville Police Depart-
ment at 11:40 p.m.
Añ SKS 7.62 rifle was believed to
have been used in the shooting.
Sheriff Campbell says the person
doing the shooting apparently had
left Kelley for dead. After he left,
Kelley ran to a neighbor's house for
help.
Campbell said he has not deter-
mined the motive and all of the
persons involved were believed to
have been friends.
Fire damage
minimal
Quick action by a neighbor kept a
potentially serious Are into a minor
one Tuesday afternoon at the Pin-
ewood Terrace Apartments on Hwy.
84 West in Rusk. Fire Chief Wayne
Morgan said that the preliminary
cause of the fire was a vent-a-hood
motor that short circuited.
Rusk volunteer firefighters arrived
shortly after the alarm was sounded
and found the fire already
extingushed. Kelly Kelton,second
assistant fire chief, said the apart-
ment was occupied by Dorothy
Barnett and that an unknown neigh-
bor was responsible for extinguish-
ing the fire with a home fire extin-
guisher. Kelton said that action
kept the fire from becoming a poten-
tially damaging fire.
Nixon proposes Ethics Package Area Brief
Senator Drew Nixon proposed a
comprehensive ethics bill, which
recently passed out of the Senate
State Affairs Committee and has
been recommended for the local and
uncontested calendar. The bill, SB
1151, strenthens ethics guidelines
for state agencies.
Undercurrent law, state agencies
are authorized to accept gifts and
donations of money, as well as prop-
erty, fi-om private and publics enti-
ties. TJie current statues only re-
quire agencies to use the gift for a
public purpose. Though some agen-
cies have adopted their own guide-
lines concerning the acceptance of
gifts, there is no uniform state guide-
line or law concerning the accep-
tance of gifts by state agencies and
their officials.
"Just as our Legislature has strict
ethical guidelines concerning the
acceptance of gifts, so must our state
agencies be guided by a similar clear
and uniform policy," said Nixon.
Current law allows state agen-
cies and their officials to accept sub-
stantial gifts from donors who are
involved in contested cases heard
before the agency.
"It is not acceptable that parties
in contested cases heard before state
agencies can legally give extrava-
gant gifts to the officials that are
hearing their case," said Nixon. "My
bill will close these loopholes and
requires stricter guidelines for these
state agencies."
Nixon's bill requires a state
agency to report the name of the
donor, a description of the gift, and
the purpose of the gift. It prohibits
a state agency from accepting any
gift or donation from a party to a
contested case before the agency
until thirty days after the decision
of the case becomes final.
Senator Drew Nixon
Alto baseball tryouts
Alto Youth Baseball registration
for boys ages 5-14 ends on Saturday,
April 22, with tryouts and draft.
Tryouts will Btart at 9am with the
five to seven year old T-Ball boys.
These youngsters must be five by
Aug. 31.
Senior Midget tryouts for eight to
10 year old boys will begin at 10am.
Eleven to 12 year old Freshman base-
ball hopefuls will tryout at 11am.
At one in the afternoon the 13-14
year old Sophomore players will try
out at the Alto High School Field.
All drafts will take place after try-
outs and players will be notified by
their coaches as to their teams'and
practice times. *
All interested boys are urged to
participate in summer baseball this
season. The season begins May 16.
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