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HENDERSON
DAILYNEWS
86TH YEAR, NO. 142 © 2015
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2,2015 • HENDERSONDAILYNEWS.COM
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likely weren’t caused
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AUSTIN — The regulatory
agency overseeing Texas’ oil and
gas industry has determined
a series of small earthquakes
in North Texas likely wasn’t
caused by drilling operations by
an Exxon Mobil subsidiary.
The preliminary findings
mark the first decision by the
Texas Railroad Commission
since it was authorized last year
Staff photo by Ryleigh Salmon
State Rep. Travis Clardy took questions Tuesday during a town hall meeting in the
Justice of the Peace Precinct 5 courtroom.
country of people committing
gun violence,” Clardy said in
response to a question about
what types of gun purchases
are subject to federal back-
ground checks.
Clardy voiced support for
Peggy
McAlister
of the
Boys &
Girls Club
of Rusk
County
spoke to
Kiwanis
Tuesday.
Kiwanian
Jamey
Holmes
presented
McAlister
with a
$200 con-
tribution.
Rusk County commissioners
will hold a special meeting at
10 a.m. Thursday to begin the
process of building new airport
hangars as well as buying six
more trucks for two precincts
maintenance barns.
Last month, commissioners
gave the OK to Rusk County
Airport manager Ron Franks
to start planning the process to
upgrade runways, taxiways and
ramps and construct two new
hangars.
TxDOT Aviation surveyed
the airport and came up with
a list of projects for the airport
to begin. The airport will not
pay anything until the projects
are underway, but they have
NEW YORK — Energy com-
pany ConocoPhillips, which has
already cut 1,000 jobs this year,
says it will eliminate around
1,810 more positions following
a plunge that took oil prices to
their lowest levels in years.
The company said Tuesday it
is eliminating 10 percent of its
workforce. The biggest propor-
tion of the job cuts will be in
North America. ConocoPhillips
plans to eliminate more than
500 jobs in Houston.
In a statement, ConocoPhil-
lips said it’s making the cuts
about $600,000 sitting in an
account for construction and
renovation.
One hangar will be for air-
craft and the other will be a
multipurpose open hangar that
could, in the future, be used
as a business location, but will
house aircraft until that time.
The hangars will be rent-
ed out for $200 a month,
but Franks said he intends to
increase rates for both new
and existing renters for the
new hangars over the next few
years. The ground lease rental
rates have already been raised
and they will be raised as they
continue to be renewed to bring
in more airport income.
Commissioners will discuss
and possibly approve the coun-
ty to begin advertising for a
construction manager to build
the new hangars.
Commissioners will also
discuss Thursday a financing
See COUNTY, Page 3
Demoli-
tion of
Fire Sta-
tion No.
2 on U.S.
Highway
79 North
started is
now com-
plete with
only a pile
of dirt
where the
building
stood. The
city hopes
to have
the new
building
complete
before
winter.
YARN WORKS for knit-
ting and/or crochet enthu-
siasts will meet 1:30-3 p.m.
Sept. 9 in the Depot Museum.
Program is free, open to the
public.
SCHOOL NIGHT for
scouting 7 p.m. Sept. 10 at
Wylie cafeteria. Boys in first-
fifth grade from Henderson
and surrounding areas are
eligible to join. Pack 547
meets at 6 p.m. on Mondays
at First United Methodist
Church starting Sept. 14.
See BRIEFS, Page 8
HILL HIGH ALUMNI
(Henderson Chapter) month-
ly meeting 8 a.m. Saturday at
the Boys and Girls Club. For
more information call (903)
657-2370.
FARMER’S MARKET
is located at Fair Park and
South High Street. For infor-
mation, contact Pat Olson
(903) 863-5691 or (903)
404-3913. 7 a.m. until sold
out on Saturdays and 1 p.m.
until sold out on Tuesdays.
HHS CLASS OF 1957
meeting 11:30 a.m. Monday
at Denny’s Restaurant.
BRIEFS
ALL TICKETS for the
Henderson Lions, Atlanta
Rabbits football game on Fri-
day will need to be purchased
at the gate for $6. Atlanta
ISD does not have presale
tickets available.
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Staff photo by Ryleigh Salmon
OUR TOWN
Happy Birthday, Sher-
ri Baker, Rev. Robert
Jones, Jim Kelley, Wyatt
Mosley, Noble Welch,
Donald Whitehead and
Becky Wood.
SCRIPTURE
T y nless the Lord builds
I I the house, the build-
K-Z ers labor in vain.
Psalms 127:1
Oil company cleared
of causing TX quakes
Airport hangars,
truck purchases
on court agenda
Stocks up modestly
day after big plunge
ConocoPhillips to cut
10 percent of workforce
Clardy answers questions
during town hall meeting
Topics include gun
violence, education
among others
By LES UNEBARGER
HENDERSON DAILY NEWS
The Boys & Girls Club of
Rusk County is growing and
celebrating 15 years.
CEO Peggy McAlister vis-
ited Kiwanis Club Tuesday
to invite members to attend
B&GC’s 15-year anniversary
luncheon at noon Sept. 17. The
luncheon will be held at the
710 Robertson Blvd, club loca-
tion in honor of Sandy Siler
and the late Steve Siler.
Because of contributions
AUDITIONS for the
HHS Lionette boosters Lions
Laffs variety show will be
held from 4-7 p.m. Sept. 8
and 14 at the Lionette gym
at HHS. Show date is 6 p.m.
Oct. 3 at the HMS auditori-
um. Call Gina (903) 738-0113
to schedule an audition.
the financial health of Texas
has never been better in the
history of the republic,” said
Clardy, R-Nacogdoches.
Texas has about a $30 bil-
lion cushion of money, rang-
ing from the state’s Rainy Day
Fund for emergencies to other
accounts designated for water
and transportation, among
See TX, Page 3
or 0.8 percent, to 16,189 as of
11:09 a.m. Eastern time. The
Standard & Poor’s 500 index
climbed 13 points, or 0.7 per-
cent, to 1,927 and the Nasdaq
composite gained 44 points, or
1 percent, to 4,681.
The gains follow a volatile
Tuesday on Wall Street, where
the Dow fell 470 points in a
heavy trading.
Benchmark U.S. crude oil
fell $1.18 to $44.17 a barrel
on the New York Mercantile
Exchange. Brent Crude, a
benchmark for international
oils used by many U.S. refin-
eries, fell 61 cents to $48.93 a
See MARKETS, Page 3
ALZHEIMER’S SUP-
PORT GROUP monthly
meeting noon Sept. 10 at
Brookdale Henderson, 1000
Richardson Drive. Lunch
provided. (903) 655-1198 to
RSVP or for information.
WELCH CEMETERY
Reunion and business meet-
ing Sunday at the cemetery
pavilion at FM 840 and CR
368. Lunch will be followed
by a brief business meeting.
Cemetery is designated with
a Texas historical marker.
Texas has never been
better financial shape than
following the recently com-
pleted legislative session, state
Rep. Travis Clardy said Tues-
day prior to the start of a town
hall meeting.
“At this moment in time,
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GUN VIOLENCE
“There is a problem in our
VFW 8535 meeting
Thursday at VFW Hall, 1515
Whippoorwill.
because the energy industry is
in a “dramatic downturn.”
ConocoPhillips had 18,100
employees on June 30.
Oil prices have plunged
because of a supply glut
that built up as production
increased and growth in the
global economy slowed. The
health of China’s economy, the
second-largest in the world, is a
dominant concern. In response
to falling oil prices almost all
energy companies have either
cut spending on exploration or
cut jobs, often both, and many
have seen big drops in their
stock prices.
POSTSCRIPT
Our Today in History fea-
ture (see Page 2) tells us on
this date in 1901 Theodore
Roosevelt uttered his famous
advice, “Speak softly and
carry a big stick.” We’ve still
got a pretty effective armed
forces “stick” at our disposal
these days, but how many of
our elected officials in Wash-
ington, D.C., ever think to
“speak softly?”
State Rep. Travis Clardy
was asked questions Tuesday
on a number of topics during
a town hall meeting held in the
Justice of the Peace Precinct 5
courtroom.
Clardy, R-Nacogdoches,
represents House District 11
in East Texas, which includes
the counties of Rusk, Cherokee
and Nacogdoches.
First elected in 2012, Clardy
is in his second term in the
state house.
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HHS FOOTBALL
BOOSTER meeting 7 p.m.
Tuesday in the media room
of the indoor facility at HHS
campus.
Second Amendment rights
to bear arms. “I’m Second
Amendment pro guns,” he
said.
He also voted for a new law
that will allow college students
See CLARDY, Page 3
NEW YORK - U.S. and
global stock markets were
recovering in late morning trad-
ing Wednesday after a sharp
sell-off a day earlier. Investors
remain on edge after the latest
market plunge, which was trig-
gered by more signs of slowing
growth in China.
The Dow Jones indus-
trial average rose 126 points,
Boys & Girls marking 15 years
McAlister talks
anniversary at
Kiwanis Club
By RYLEIGH SALMON
HENDERSON DAILY NEWS
to consider whether seismologi-
cal activity was caused by injec-
tion wells, which store wastewa-
ter from hydraulic fracturing.
The commission ordered
hearings after a study suggest-
ed two companies’ wells were
responsible for quakes that
shook Reno, Texas.
Commission investigators
concluded that a well where
Exxon Mobil subsidiary XTO
Energy pumps millions of gal-
lons of the wastewater likely
didn’t cause the quakes, but
also said there wasn’t enough
evidence to demonstrate the
earthquakes were naturally
occurring.
Texas’finances in good
shape, says state Rep.
By LES LINEBARGER
HENDERSON DAILY NEWS
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Staff photo by Ryleigh Salmon
made by the couple, the club the Steve and Sandy Siler Con-
will rename its GED room to See BOYS, Page 3
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Linebarger, Les. Henderson Daily News (Henderson, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 142, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 2, 2015, newspaper, September 2, 2015; Henderson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1236218/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rusk County Library.