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No, 22 - 12 pgs.
www.thecherokeean.com
Rusk, TX 75785
Julv 25. 2007
©Iciest Weekly Newspaper
Open auditions will be held for the
Cherokee Civic Theatre's fall musical,
Seussical. See pg. 2B for details.
Her tage Park
A caboose will be move
soon to Heritage Park. 5
See pg. 5B for more.
„.on the move
LAKE COLUMBIA
Columbia awaits 404 permit
Reservoir will have $72 million
economic impact on area
By Leland Acker
Staff Writer
While the future of a potential
reservoir on the west end of Chero-
kee County hes in the hands of the
federal courts, plans to build Lake
Columbia on the northea stern end
of the county continue to move
slowly forward.
"The process is slower than
everyone would like," said Ken-
neth Reneau. general manager
for the Angelina and NechesRiver
Authority (ANRA). "We hope to
have the permit by the end of
the year.''
The ANRA sponsored Web site,
www.lakeeastex.org, reports the
Lake Columbia (formerly known
as Lake Eastex) project is still in
I lie Army Corps of Engineers Id I
permitting process.
Mr. Reneau said the ANRA
is currently finishing the Envi-
ronmental Impact Study. Once
that study is submitted to the
Army Corps of Engineers, public
comments will be sought. Plans
may be modified if comments are
legitimate, Mr. Reneau said.
"We re still confident we ll get a
permitfor the project,'' Mr, Reneau
said, adding that the ANRA will
keep the pressure on the Army
Corps of Engineers to issue the
permit by the end of 2007.
The Lake Columbia Newsletter,
published by the ANRA, said land
for the lake will be acquired by
hiring property appraisers who
are familiar with the local market,
The appraisal process will take
harvestable timber into consid-
eration and the ANRA will only
condemn property as a last resort,
according to the newsletter.;
An economic impact study,
conducted by RRC Inc. of Bryan,
showed an annual economic im-
pact of almost $72 million to the
area, according to the newsletter.
Of that $72 million. $31.2 million
will come from savings from not
having to import water from other
East Texas reservoirs. $26.2 mil-
lion will come annually to areas
within a 30-mileradiusofthelake
from recreational visitors, such
as boaters and campers. An ad-
ditional $7.2 million will be added
to the local economy annually from
See COLUMBIA, pg. 6A
Reservoir will be
14 miles long, 1.5
miles wide; cover
10,000 acres and
contain 187,839
acre feet of water.
Tecu la
New Summerfield
Jacksonville
GRAPHIC: CHEROKEEAN HERALD
Heritage Ceiíter
or Cherokee Coumty
the Past
Shaping the future
Heritage Center
pf Cherokee County ^
903-683-5643
www.hccc-museum.org
Heritage Center
distributes new
brochure
A new brochure, "Preserving
the Past, Shaping the Future"
is hot off the press.
For more information on the
Heritage Center of Cherokee
County, see pg 5B.
Church plans school
clothes give-away
Rusk Church of Christ will
have its school clothes give-
away day from 8 a.m. to noon
Saturday, Aug. 11. Clothes
are available in various sizes
for school age children. Sizes
range from approximately two
years to adult.
The church is also still taking
donations. Donors are asked
to make sure items are clean,
usable and suitable for school.
Persons can drop items off at
the church office from 8:30
a.m.-3:30p.m. Monday through
Friday.
MOPS to hold
membership drive
Jacksonville Mothers of
Preschoolers (MOPS) will hold
an early registration drive-thru
on Aug. 1 at Central Baptist
Church in Jacksonville. For
more information contact Jamie
McDonald (903) 586-1337.
Weather Outlook
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THURSDAY
scattered t-storms
40% chance of rain
High: 85
Low: 72
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Story: Leland Acker
Staff Writer
Photo: Robin D. Best
Special Contributor
experiences"
'close call' with 4-foot alligator
casual swim at Lake Stryker turns to
terror when a floating log turns out
to be an alligator. Cherokeean Herald
contributor Robin Best calls for his
aughter to get out of the water, and
no harm is done. After taking, several pictures of-
the alligator, Mr. Best contacts the TexaB'Parks
and Wildlife Department (TPWD). Monique
Slaughter, alhgator biologist for (TPWD), Port
Arthur office, said it is unusual for alhgator s to
approach people
"AlEgators.prgtty_much keeip to themselves, '
sKThsn i (I"" Th<-y~;i rfV ñesi m«■ right now. The fe-
males are aggressive in protecting their nests,
but théy give warning when you are too close.''
TPWD's Web site., www.tpwd.state.tx.us, re-
ports that no one in Texas has ever been killed
by an alhgator since records have been kept.
Some have been injured by alligators, though
the Web site said those instances arerare. When
confrontations between alhgators and humans
take place, there are usually several factors that
play into that situation.
"Alligators pan get acclimated to people feed-
ing them," Ms. Slaughter said. "We passed a law
outlawing that a couple of years ago, but people
still feed them indirectly."
Indirect feeding, according to the Web site, is
usually unintentional. Ms, Slaughter said ex-
amples of in direct feeding happens when people
clean fish by the laJj® or.skeam midjeavo t he
by-products oñm^hore or inthe water.Feeding
alligators is a Class C misdemeanor punishable
by a $500 fine.
See GATOR, pg. 6A
5 arrested
during drug
raid in ville
3 charged with evading arrest
after brief foot chase
An ongoing investigation by the Cherokee
County Sheriff 's Department resulted in five
arrests Friday in Jacksonville.
At approximately 8:06 p.m. Friday sheriff
deputies and Jacksonville Police Department
officers executed a narcotics search warrant
at a residence in the 400 block of Gillespie St,
in Jacksonville.
All five suspects arrested face drug charges
and three are also charged with evading ar-
rest and detention, according to the press
release.
Arrested atthe scene were: Gregory Charles
Franklin, 32, of Jacksonville, for manufac-
ture and dehvery of a controlled substance:
Chadwick Wanell Calhoun, 84, of Palestine,
for possession of a controlled substance, pos-
session of marijuana and evading arrest and
detention; Jeniqa Shameré Holman, 18, of
J acksonville, for po sse ssion of a controlled sub -
stance, possession of marijuana and evading
arrest and detention: Antonio Deban Minter,
17, of Jacksonville, for manufacture and de-
hvery of a controlled substance, possession of
marijuana and evading arrest and detention;
and Patrick Dervin Ross, 40, of Jacksonville,
for possession of controlled substance and
possession of marijuana.
Miss Holman, Mr. M i n I er and Mr, Calhoun
were located outside the residence when the
search warrant was executed. The sheriff's
department said they attempted to elude
officers on foot, but were apprehended after
a brief pursuit.
All suspects were transported to andbooked
into the Cherokee County Jail.
Klein shelter proposes
animal control help
No answers from FEMA regarding flooding disaster
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Angela Wallace of the Richard D.
Klein Animal Shelter presented a
proposal to the Cherokee County
Commissioners Court Monday
morning seeking $50,000 to care
for stray animals. Cost, to the
county would equal $66 per day
per animal.
The Klein Animal Shelter is
a 501c3 non-profit organization
funded by donations and housing
contracts with surrounding coun-
ties. The facihty was completed
in April 2005 with the support of
Cherokee County, City of Jackson-
ville and numerous donors.
Currently the shelter houses
approximately 2. 100 animals a
year. Qf the animals housed at the
shelter, 28 percent come from un-
incorporated areas of the county, Of
the animals at the shelter only 22
percent are adoptable at the time of
intake and another 32 percent will
need further evaluation. Roughly
46 percent of the animals at the
shelter are not adoptable,
Since the shelter opened in April
2005,627 animals have been placed
inhomes. Animals returned to own-
ers have increased 20 percent and
euthanasia lor space has decreased
almost 83 percent.
In other matters. Ken Hannah,
emergency management coordi-
nator, told commissioners that he
See COMMISSIONERS, pg. 6A
Sheriff's office installs roof-top air conditioning unit
A crane hoists a 20-ton air conditioning unit to the top of the
Cherokee County Sheriff's Office Friday. The unit is for the
general processing area and the general administrator's office.
Cost of $26,800 will be paid by the Texas Association of Counties
insurance with the exception of $500 deductible because the old
unit was recently struck by lighting. The new unit was purchased
from East Texas Refrigeration of Tyler.
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