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SUBSCRIPTIONS
Rates payable in advance:
Cherokee County $19 per year
Outside Cherokee County $22 per year
Outside Texas $26 per year
Call (903) 683-2257
COMMUNITY
Cherokeean
HERALD
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Wednesday, October 17,2007
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A ckerson-Woodruff
&
Mr. and Mrs. David Ackerson of Flint announce
the engagement of their daughter, Emily, to J.D.
Woodruff, son of Danny and Weida Woodruff of
Rusk. They will be married at 2 p.m. Saturday,
Dec. 15, in a private ceremony at the Adams Cha-
pel United Methodist Church, Bulah community.
A reception will be held at 3:30 p.m. at Eastside
Baptist Church. Mr. Woodruff is the grandson of
Mary B. Hassell of Rusk and the late J.L. Hassell
and Robert H. Woodruff of Sulphur Springs and
the late Bess Woodruff. Miss Ackerson is the
granddaughter of Mary Cleaver of Tyler and the
late Rev. Odis Cleaver, Keith Ackerson of Edinburg
and Mary Taylor of Cedar Falls, Iowa.
Marriage licenses issued in the
office of Laverne Lusk, county clerk,
through Oct. 10 were: Phil Gill and
Frances Morrison of Jacksonville;
Bryan Whitaker and Shameka Pat-
ton of Alto; Scott Meazell and Amber
McMichael of Tyler; Efrain Montes and
Rosalinda Landaverde of Jacksonville;
Larry Bennett of Jacksonville and
Glenda Weatherall of Troup; Moisés
Rosales and Angelica Loera of Rusk;
Curtis Potter and Brandy Cox of
Jacksonville
Also, Charles Marshall and
Murrae Kennedy of Leesville, La;
Matthew Berry and Toni Countryman
of Jacksonville; James Malnar and
Casey Wilkie of Wells; James Meza
of Jacksonville and Maria Martinez
of Reklaw; Dale Burch and Kathy
Kelly of Alto
Also, Ronald McElroy and Ladonna
Loans or CDs
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rates 1st:
903-683-2277
Citizens 1st
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MARRIAGES
Ellis of Rusk; Russell Miller of Troup
and Maria Reyes of New Summerfield;
George Carraway of Alto and Alicia
Murphy of Nacogdoches; John Cook
and Bianca Medina of Jacksonville;
Silas Sam and Mary Gondran of
Bullard
Also, Jonathan Alexander and
Sonya Gates of Rusk; Jesus Villegas
and Kellie Boyd of Rusk; Caleb Buuck
of Cushing and Natalie Vanderveer of
Alto; Kyle Sipes and Theresa Burge
of Jacksonville; Samuel Martinez and
Kathryn Wooten of Palestine.
NEWS
Methodist women sell
cookbooks, CDs
The women A. Frank Smith United
Methodist Church have cookbooks
and CDs for sale. To order contact
Betty Davis, (936) 858-4708 and the
church office at (936) 858-4347.
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October 12, 13, 19 & 20 at 7:30 PM
October 14 & 21 at 2 PM
Reserved seats: $8 adults, $5 Students
$10 at the door, group rates available
Cherokee Civic theatre & Box Office -118 West Sth Street - Rusk
Information 903-683-2131 Reservations
Auditions for The Silent Bells will be Sunday, October 7 at 2 PM &
Monday, October 15 at 6:30 PM! Men, women & children (ages 8+)
BEALLS
NOW
THRU
MONDAY!
Transportation report
presented to Rusk board
Mark Turney, director of
transportation, presented a
department review at the Oct.
8 meeting of the Rusk ISD
board.
The Rusk ISD transportation
Department is to provide safe,
courteous, honest and efficient
service to the (list riel.
There are 22 regular bus
routes, three special needs
routes, one route for Nacog-
doches Deaf Education and
one route for the sheltered
workshop. The school fleet is
made up of 31 regular buses,
22 in regular use and nine
substitute buses.
There are thre^ regular
special needs buses and one
substitute bus. The district
has one activity bus, one band
bus, seven passenger vehicles
including five regular use and
two for very limited use. Also
there is one ag truck, eight
maintenance trucks and one
wrecker.
The average age of the bus
fleet is 6.9 years. The average
of the regular use buses is 4.8
years and the average age ofthe
substitute busesis 12.09years.
Buses range in age from one
bought in 1991 to one bought
in 2007.
The driving staff consists of
32 bus drivers; three bus aides
and one Nacogdoches Deaf Ed-
ucation driver. Average driver
age is 51. The youngest driver
is 21 and the oldest is 76.
During the 2006-07 school
year there was an average
daily ridership of 984 regular
students and 20 special needs
student. Eighty-two students
were transported between
schools.
Bus care includes more than
2,400exterior light bulbs, more
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Rusk ISD covers 320 square
miles, from near New Summer-
field to near Alto and from the
Neches River to the Angelina
River.
Buse s traveled 353,235 miles
during the 2006-07 school year.
This included 226,314 regular
route miles; 60,015 field trip
miles; 9,005 extended day
miles; 1,351 summer school
miles and 14,342 other miles.
The special needs vehicle
miles included 70,869 miles
with 37,516 on the bus and
33,353in a car; 1,555.extra trip
miles and 893 summer school
miles. Passenger vehicle miles
driven totaled 119,969. This
included 27,706 car miles to
Nacogdoches; 29,893 miles
driven transporting students
and 60,370 miles chiven to
workshops.
Fuel purchases included
$92,235 for 45,000 gallons of
che sel and $12,523 for 7,000
gallons of gasoline. Other
expenses included $10,179 for
contracted repair and main-
tenance; $4,906 for tires and
batteries; $13,297forbus23artg
and $135,982 for the purchase
of two buses.
The 2007-08 transportation
$851,445 department budget
includes the purchase of three
buses at a cost of $247,500; fuel,
$166,000; payroll, $399,145
and $38,800 remaining line
items,
"The greatest challenge I
have is finding, training and
retaining bus drivers. I ex-
pect to replace one long-term
driver this year and will have
to replace four more in the next
two years.
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Reg. 42.50-70.00,
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All U.S. Polo Assn.
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47.60
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Knit and woven sport shirts.
Reg. 36.00-42.00, Sale 21.60-25.20
250/o-400/o Off
GUYS TOPS & JEANS
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JUNIORS & GUYS SOUTHPOLE*
All tees, hoodies, jeans, more.
Reg. 22.00-60.00, Sale 13.20-48.00
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GIRLS 2T-16 SEPARATES
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Reg. 14.00-40.00, Sale 9.80-28.00
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ROBES & SLEEPWEAR
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MISSES CAREER
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Reg. 28.00-42.00
Sale 19.60-29.'
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Reg. 30.00-36.00, Sale 21.00-25.20
SALE 34.99
NEW DIRECTION* JACKETS
Misses jacket or trapeze style;
textured or patterned . Reg. 46.00.
SALE 39.99
COATS FOR HER
Misses and juniors rainwear, pleather,
corduroy, more. Reg. 50.00-60.00.
25°/ Off
DRESSES & PANTSUITS
By Sag Harbor, Sheri Martin* more,
Reg. 68.00-80.00, Sale 49.99-59.99
30°/ Off
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Reg. 34.00-95.00, Sale 23.80-66.50
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FINE JEWELRY
Diamonds, gold, sterling silver,
18K gold over sterling silver; some
crystallized with Swarovski*
SALE 12.99
BEAUTY BOUTIQUE
COLOR SET
Beautiful colors for cheeks,
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Whitehead, Marie. Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 158, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 17, 2007, newspaper, October 17, 2007; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152804/m1/5/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.