Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 158, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 17, 2007 Page: 3 of 16
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Whitehead Enterprises Inc.
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Marie Whitehead
editor
Terrie W. Gonzalez
managing editor
Texas' Oldest Continuously
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Established as the
Cherokee Sentinel, Feb. 27,1850
Consolidation of The Cherokeean,
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cherokeean
HERALD
Page 3A
Wednesday, October 17,2007
www.thecherokeean.com
From The Top
Have you ever been
to the Canyon Lake
Gorge? Chances are.
you never have. . . or if you
have, it wasn't a canyon yet.
You see, the Canyon Lake
Gorge was formed in 2002
after flood waters sliced open
the earth's surface, exposing
rock formations, fossils and
even dinosaur footprints.
The 80-foot canyon was
carved in just three days.
On Saturday, Oct. 6. the
government opened the
canyon for the first time to
the pubhc. Isn't it amazing
that a canyon like this was
formed so quickly? In only a
few days?
Not really. According to
a story on www.yahoo.com,
which ran on Oct. 5, such
rapid formations of canyons,
while rare, is not unprece-
dented. A similar occurrence
happened in Iowa in 1993.
The article goes on to
state that, neither the Iowa
canyon, nor the one recently
formed in Central Texas,
compares to the magnificent
Grand Canyon, which is
6,000 feet deep and "took
around 5 to 6 million years
to form."
LELAND ACKER
chreporter@mediactr.com
Or (lid it? Let's do the
math.
Geologists Say that the
Canyon Lake Gorge was
formed in three days due to
a torrent of water from an
overflowing lake. In three
days, flood waters carved an
80-foot canyon. That means
the waters carved approxi-
mately 26.7 feet of canyon
each day.
The Bible says in Genesis
7 that, there was a worldwide
flood. Genesis 7:24 says the
waters prevailed upon the
face of the earth for 150
days. If the erosion rate of
the Grand Canyon during
the worldwide flood was the
same as Canyon Lake Gorge,
that means that 150 days of
Hooding would have resulted
in a 4,005 foot canyon.
I know what you're think-
ing... "But Leland, the Grand
Canyon is 6,000 feet deep.
When were the other 1,995
feet carved?"
Well, the first thing to
remember is that we don't
have all of the variables.
We don't know how deep
the Grand Canyon was to
begin with, neither can we
comprehend how soft the
ground would have gotten
under a Bibhcal flood of 150
days. Plus, 4,400 years have
passed since the flood.
It is not unreasonable to
think that the Grand Can-
yon, or the Royal Gorge, or
even the Palo Duro Canyon
could have been formed
during the flood of Genesis
7. That fact further implies
that it did not take 6 million
years to form these can-
yons, which also takes away
evidence that the world is
billions of years old.
I am not "simple" or "thick"
for believing God created the
world in six days approxi-
mately 6,000 years ago. Just
look at the evidence,
Jim Hogg
Historical Park,
Rusk
Caddoan Mounds
State Historical Site,
Alto
Texas State Railroad
American Heritage
Park, Rusk
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CNÍ DAY NEED
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Scene In Passing
What a weekend. The
trees of Gov. Hogg's
Mountain Home
rang with music and laugh-
ter of folks who attended the
Pioneer Festival Saturday.
This is believed to be the
biggest and best yet on all
fronts, not to mention the
smashing success from the
theatrical presentation of
"Seuessical, the Musical" at
the Cherokee Civic Theatre.
Performances were sell-outs
and wonderfully received.
For those who missed the
musical, repeat performanc-
es are slated this coming
weekend.
There was more cause
for celebration with the
announcement of Jim and
Margaret Perkins as re-
cipients of the T. B. Butler
award at the the Tyler
Chamber of Commerce
banquet last Thursday.
Those who keep track of
these two talented Ruskites
already know they wear
many hats, perform many
feats of accomplishment and
in general, work very hard
to make the world a better
place. They are in the bank-
MARIE WHITEHEAD
herald@mediactr.com
ing business in Jacksonville
and Nacogdoches, as well as
Rusk and Tyler.
The Tyler Morning Tele-
graph is to be thanked for
honoring two of our own,
while paying tribute to
them and recognizing the
birthplace of a great leader.
To that extent, all of the
Perkins' extended family
and friends can share his
recognition with honor.
While we're still waiting
at the depot for the train to
come in, we are doing it with
hope, faith and prayers that
earlier planning will pay off.
Among the diligent support-
ers of this rescue mission
have been our friends at
the Tyler newspaper. Last
week's Sunday front page,
lead story, brought a com-
prehensive review of events
since December, 2005. This
is drawing to the end of two
long years on the part of
Rusk and Palestine citizens.
It has gone forward with
positive mecha coverage,
especially the TMT. It is a
potential star in the crown
of the local economy and
promotion of tourism for
the state. As we wait for
the pohtical process to play
out, feel free to vent your
thoughts in letters to the
editor to all print mecha.
In other positive news
it is great to tell you that
Cooper Stanaland has been
released by the premie unit
in Shreveport. He is the
grandson of Lester and Fay
Hughes. His parents are
Jason and Adrien and he
has an older sister, Marilyn.
Cooper is special because he
only weighed one pound, six
ounces, when he was born
July 1 and has now grown
to four pounds plus. He
joins other miracle babies
of recent years. I saw one
of them Saturday with
her grandmother, Nancy
Morgan, and she is such a
bee-yu-teeful child. Another
is Ella Hoffman, the grand-
daughter of Sheriff and Mrs.
James Campbell, who is a
robust picture of health.
On the "continuing to
improve" hst we have three
in our neighborhood. Opal
Fitts who was refused more
surgery, Jim Turner who
may have surgery anyway,
one of these clays and Ike
Daniel who thrives, led by a
strong, stubborn will.
Have you seen the signs?
Drive out FM 2972 (admire
the herefords on your right)
and watch for the land for
< Mar-
garet and
Jim Perkins
recently
received the
T.B. Butler
award at
the Tyler
Chamber of
Commerce
banquet.
sale artwork. Our state has
posted three properties for
sale: Rusk, Round Rock and
Harris County (that's near
Houston). Approximately
383 acres owned by Rusk
State Hospital are up for
grabs. But it will probably
be expensive grabs. It is
a bid proposal and there's
no minimum amount for
the RSH property. If you're
interested, call the number
on the sign.
In the meantime, phi-
losopher William James
once saicl, "The art of being
wise is knowing what to
overlook." I probably should
overlook those signs? Keep
smiling.
High Points From El Camino Real
Folks along El Camino
Real are are grateful for an
early morning shower that
passed through the area.
It has certainly been a dry
fall, and the great rains we
had this summer are only
a pleasant memory. If it
stays this dry we may have
more clust devils roaming
the streets on Halloween
than our usual dressecl-up
goblins. You already know
its dry. so I'd best get to
telling you what you clon't
know and paid four bits to
find out.
We received news on Fri-
day that the Indian Mouncl
Nursery here in Alto will
be closing clown in August
of next year. The Indian
Mouncl Nursery has been a
big part of our community
since the 40s. You would
have to look pretty hard to
find a family in town that
hasn't had a family member
working there at some time.
In the 50s and 60s it was
a thriving business. The
state says that the nursery
isn't profitable anymore
since there are so many
private vendors growing and
selling tree seedlings. The
timber industry has been
going through some chang-
ing times and many folks
are apprehensive about
investing a bunch of money
in planting trees. I hope to
give you more history on the
Indian Mouncl Nursery over
the next few weeks. Please
keep those folks who depend
CHRIS DAVIS
elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
on the nursery for their liv-
ing in your prayers and let's
all clo our best to find them
new jobs before the nursery
closes.
Project Celebration for
the Alto High School Class
of 2008 is hosting "The
Alto Powder Puff Football
Game." The game will be
played at 6:30 p.m. Oct.
27. Senior and freshmen
girls will hne up against
junior and sophomore, girls.
Hamburger and hot clog
plates will be served along
with drinks and chips. All
proceeds from the event will
help fund the Senior Project
Celebration in May. These
games used to be a lot of fun
but it has been years since
I've seen one played. I hope
you will have a chance to
come out and see how our
Lady Jackets can perform
on a football field.
I think most folks will
agree that whether it's boys
or girls, there is no such
thing as Powder Puff Foot-
ball when the Yellowjackets
take to the field. Lots of
work goes into raising funds
for Project Celebration and
all your help is needed and
appreciated.
Friday night. Little
Mexico Mexican restaurant
in Palestine was full of Alto
folks who stopped by to fill
up before the Yellowjackets'
big game with the Oakwoocl
Panthers, You coulcl hardly
eat for visiting with all the
folks you see everyday at
home. I clon't' know what
makes us so much more
friendly to each other in
another town. I looked for
my friends Mincly and Kim
Scott at the restaurant, but
I think they had to get on to
the game because Kim hauls
the Mean Sting tunnel. I
bought Mincly a nice pecan
prahne since she didn't get
to stop and eat, but I ate
it in a weak moment dur-
ing the first quarter of the
football game. Kim bought
her a hamburger at the
half, so she didn't starve.
The Yellowjackets beat the
Panthers 48-0, but it was a
better game than last year.
The Yellowjackets will be
travehng to Grapelancl this
Friday night to take on the
Sandies in what, should be a
good district game.
Richard Pyle got a late
start on his backyard to-
mato crop, but it is paying
off now with some nice Octo-
ber tomatoes. Richard has
been nursing his pot-raisecl
i. ;- '.v ,■
Richard Pyle got a late start
with his tomato plants, but
his efforts are paying off
with a bountiful crop.
crop for the past few months
and he is enjoying the fruits
of his labors every time he
goes out and picks a big ripe
one. I had lofty plans for a
fall tomato crop, but the hot
weather and fast growing
grass quickly covered up my
ambitions. I jlist can't bring
myself to farm during hunt-
ing season. As a matter of
fact, I can't bring myself to
do much of anything but
hunt during hunting season.
Norma Jones has a new
addition at her house. A
rooster showed up a few
weeks ago and she started
feeding it. She calls it
"chick-chick." I guess that
is as good a name as any for
a rooster. Her mother, Omie
Jones, had a big old white
chicken clown at her house
when I was a teenager. The
big white chicken was really
mean and it wouldn't let the
clogs or cats eat their food.
The chicken would attack
them and run them away.
Omie finally got tirecl of the
mean chicken and askecl if I
would come down and take
care of it. I must admit that
I was a little scared since
the chicken was running
off some pretty big clogs. I
would have probably clone
a drive by on the psycho
poultry, but chive by's hadn't
been invented yet. I decided
to go as a sniper and sneak
around to the corner of the
house and take a shot from
there. That was the only
chicken I ever assassinated,
and I was paid with Omie's
good cooking. Even a bad
chicken can turn out to be
good when he's floating
in the dumplings. I hope
Norma s rooster doesn't go
bad, but if it does I'll be glacl
to volunteer for the job of
making him good.
This just about winds
up everything that needs
telling for now. I appreciate
everyone who takes time to
send me morsels of news. I
always clo my best to get it
spread around as soon as I
remember where I stuck the
httle scrap of paper I wrote
it clown on.
I'll see y a next week! And
remember. No time spent
with your children is
ever wasted.
Cljerokeeaij
HERALD
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