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Cherokeean
500
HERALD
Vol. 154, No. 33-18 pgs.
Wednesday, October 8, 2003
Rusk, TX 75785
RICT ACTION
Football fever resumes
in Cherokee County Friday
• Rusk Eagles pg. 11
• Alto Yellowjackets pg. 12
• Jacksonville Indians pg. 13
Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
Pizza driver's
dough is
stolen by trio
Three Rusk men have been
arrested and face multiple
felony charges for the Sept.
29 robbery of a Pizza Hut
delivery man.
"It's a shame for just a little
bit of money and two pizzas,
these guys could face a long
time in prison. Roy Cavazoz,
Rusk assistant chief of police
said.
The trio of bandits arrested
wereidentiiiedby Cavaizoz as
Terrance Leon Thacker, 21, of
802 N. Main, Rusk; Jeremy
Jerome Shedd, 17, P.O. Box
679, Rusk and Kendrick
Dewayne Butler, 17, 200
Reeder St., Rusk.
All three face second degree
felony charges of robbery and
first degree felony charges
of engaging in organized
criminal activity according
to Cavazoz.
Bond has been set at
$50,000 per person on the
robbery charge and $75,000
each on the organized crimi-
nal activity.
All three remain in the
Cherokee County jail.
According to the report, the
men called in a bogus pizza
delivery call from a pay phone
to an address of a house on
Fourth Street where they
knew the occupants were
not home.: When the pizza
delivery driver arrived and
found no persons home, he
attempted to return to the
vehicle when he was report-
edly j ump ed by the trio, we ar-
ing shirts over their faces.
The delivery driver. Josh
Daniels, according to Cavazoz
was hit around the face and
headby the men who shouted
"(live us the money!"
Two pizzas, the money bag
and his cellular phone were
taken in the 9:40 p. m. robbery.
After taking the money and
items, the three men disap-
peared into the night.
Daniels suffered a bruised
eye and facial lacerations
along with a split lip.
Cavazoz said, "We made
arrests pretty quick on this
case. We had the first man in
custody about 18 hours after
the crime happened. "
Cavazoz was the principal
investigator on the case with
assistance from Sgt. Brad
George and patrolmen Josh
Jenkins and Dusty Lee.
Rusk sets cleanup
City of Rusk Fall Cleanup
days have been set for Satur-
days Oct. 11 and 18 from 7:30
a.m. until 5 p.m.
This is only for residents
who hve in the city limits or
customers outside the city
who are on city water ser-
vice, The dump site will be
monitored, with city workers
on duty.
A dumpster will be at the
city barn on Highway 69.
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Rural addressing moves
into final phase this week
Appraisal district
takes over
maintenance
By Terrie Gonzalez
managing editor
Rural addressing moves one
step closer to completion this
week when the maintenance
portion of the project is trans-
ferred to the Cherokee County
Appraisal District in Rusk.
Persons who build a new
home or move a mobile home
onto unincorporated property
will call a number which will
be fielded by the appraisal
(list riot: (90.3) 683-6259.
One of four appraisers will
be sent to the location and
a global positioning satellite:
(GPS) reading will be taken
to record the site. Then a new
street address will be assigned,
hopefully within 36 hours of the
request.
"Alot of folks don't know they
need to have a physical address
for 911," explained Lee Flow-
ers, Cherokee County chief
appraiser. "Before you can
get new utility service, for
example, you must first obtain
an address."
Cherokee County is provid-
ing the appraisal district with
$20,000 annually to handle: the
maintenance phase of rural
addressing and assign new
house and street numbers.
Persons who live and work
in unincorporated areas of the:
county will ultimately receive
new addresses that may look
odd at first. Instead of a route
and box number type address,
a typical address might be 5432
CR 1501, But the order and
placement of the digits tell
emergency responders how
to arrive at the scene of an
emergency.
"You would take the 5432
number, and add a decimal
point to the left three places,"
Please see RURAL, pg. 6
2 festivals, twice the fun
Rusk plans Heritage
and Pioneer Festival
this weekend
By Gloria Jennings
Cherokeean Herald writer
The annual Pioneer and Heritage
Festival in Rusk this weekend will
include a variety of entertainment
to please the entire family. An
arts and crafts fair will be staged
downtown Saturday and a pioneer
show at the footbridge park Friday
and Saturday. Texas State Railroad
will carry passengers from Rusk to
Palestine and from Palestine to
Rusk. Cherokee Civic Theatre will
be involved in the the event with the
presentation of the musical Annie
Get Your Gun.
The 52 crafters reserving booth
space include David Barnes of
Please see RUSK, pg. 6
Alto packs activities,
parade into
homecoming
By Gloria Jennings
Cherokeean Herald writer
Theme for this year 's Alto Home-
coming is "You can travel the world,
but there's no place like home."
Homecoming coordinators said
last week that former residents
and students will travel from near
and far to attend the festivities this
weekend in Alto.
Activities will begin at 7 p.m.
with the Alto-Shelbyville football
game at Yellowjacket Stadium.
The student council has announced
the 2003 homecoming court. In bal-
loting earlier this week each class
selected a senior girl to represent
them as queen nominee and also a
Please see ALTO, pg. 6
She was more or less a pistol packing woman when Frank Butler first
met Annie Oakley in this scene from Annie Get Your Gun. The show
opens at 7:30 p.m. Friday at the Cherokee Civic Theatre. Playing the
parts of Annie Oakley and Frank Butlerare Laura McWilliams and Mike
Brooks. See cast list on page 6,
More Inside This Issue
Duchesses
Alto High School's freshman,
sophomore and junior class
duchesses and queen nominees
are ready for Friday night.
pg. 9
Alio's calendar of events
Get a sneak peek of what's
planned in Alto this weekend.
This year's theme is You Can
Travel the World, But There's
No Place Like Home.
pg- io
Rusk's calendar of events
Food, entertainment and demon-
strations are just part of the fun
planned this weekend at Foot-
bridge Park and the downtown
square area of Rusk.
pgs. 14-15
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Homecoming queen candidates this year in Alto include (standing from
left) Sara Picard and Tawonia Mitchell. Seated are Demetria Thacker
(left) and Kari Middleton. Homecoming activities will be held just prior
to the 7:30 p.m. kick-off Friday night against Shelbyville.
Swink finds gridiron glory at TCU
By Don Wallace
Cherokeean Herald writer
Dr. Jim Swink seldom ran in
a straight line on the football
field.
The same can be said of his
path to greatness, Itwasapath
with crooks and turns.
The road to Fort Worth and
fame playing for the Horned
Frogs began in Rusk for Dr.
Jim Swink.
Swink will be honored Friday,
Oct. 17 with a reception from
4-6 p. m. in the lobby of Citizens
1st Bank in Rusk.
He will also be honored at
half time of the Rusk-Carthage
game at Eagle Stadium.
Having moved to Rusk in
1950, his talents on the foot-
ball field could not only be on
display, they could flourish.
Part 2 of a three-
part series
By the time Dr. Swink was a
senior he had grown into a 6-
foot-1,190-poundrunningback
with shifty moves, breakaway
speed and great hands.
Dr. Swink, always the one
with the ready smile, was a
class favorite andsports stand-
out long before Texa s Christian
University came calling.
But when they came calling,
they were determined to get
their man and see that, old No.
45 for the Eagles, traded in his
redandblackfor aHornedFrog
uniform bearing No. 23.
Dr. Swink said, "My first
thought of college was grow-
ing up in Sacul and Cushing. I
just hoped that one day I could
play basketball well enough to
earn a scholarship to Stephen
F Austin."
As Dr. Swink grew, so did his
aspirations and abilities and it
was football that earned him
a scholarship to TCU. Despite
what folklore might have been
reported.
"A lot of people think I went
to TCU on a basketball schol-
arship," Dr. Swink said with a
smile. "Butit was football. Ihad
been the MVP of a high school
basketball all-state game and
got a lot of notice for that."
But football was the ticket
to Fort Worth that would land
Dr. Swink on the Fort Worth
gridiron. The "Rusk Rambler5'
who was chosen as All-State
in football would earn Ail-
American honors and finished
Please see SWINK, pg. 4
Mayor: ' liings are
beginning to happen'
Rusk Industrial
Foundation hears
positive reports
By Marie Whitehead
A multitude of reports
made at the Rusk Industrial
Foundation meeting Friday
suggest all signals are "go" for
Rusk'sfuture. In the wordsof
Mayor Charles Horton, in his
report, "Things are beginning
to happen.
"It is most, exciting. The
city adopted a budget with
no new taxes or utihty hikes,"
he said.
His comments were pre-
ceded by the announcement
from Richard Saunders of
Oncor that his company will
begin a renovation of their
service lines in Rusk in the
near future.
"These improvements are
serious work and power will
be out for brief periods as we
replace poles, transformers
and lines," he stated. "In the
case of outage for businesses,
I will call in advance to give
ample notice."
Saunders distributed
marked maps to indicate
See Rusk Industrial, pg. 18
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