The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 11, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 6, 2000 Page: 13 of 16
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news with Wednesday and Sunday
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Happy Birthday, Bad!
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Our thoughts are also with the
family of Bobby Leon Southall III.
It was a busy time around the
sheriff's office during the danger-
ous road conditions last Thursday,
Friday and into the weekend. Dur-
ing times like those, the only thing
we can do is the best we can and
answer one call at a time. I don't
know how many calls we received,
but 1 can say that our communica-
tions officer and all officers had
their hands full.
Thankfully, things worked out
as well as they did, because it could
have been much worse. 1 wanted to
thank all of our citizens that helped
out where they did. Our fire de-
partments were especially helpful
as were all emergency responders
and citizens.
I had the privilege of going to
First Baptist Church in Clayton last
Tuesday at noon. 1 was given the
opportunity of enjoying great food
and sharing some thoughts with
some great people. I only hate that
my article last week was about cut-
ting down on food. Oh, well. I was
able to share some information on
crime prevention and other aspects
of my duties and responsibilities. If
the opportunity presents itself and
scheduling permits, I will be glad
to visit any of our churches in the
county.
by
Jack
Ellett
The International Miss 2000
Panola County Preliminary will be
held Feb. 19 in the Carthage Junior
High Auditorium. Registration will
begin at 2 p.m. followed by orien-
tation at 2:30 p.m.; close up ap-
praisal at 3 p.m.; and the pageant at
4 pm.
This first-time event, for Panola
County, is one of the world's most
prestigious youth development
programs directed by leaders with
more than 30 years of excellent
experience in youth development
fields.
Age groups for the pageant are
as follows:
Baby Miss (0-2), Petite Miss (3-
6), Little Miss (7-9), Young Miss
(10-12), and Teen Miss (13-17).
Participants from Panola County
and surrounding areas are invited to
enter the pageant by contacting Re-
nee McDaniel, Panola County
pageant director, at 693-6632.
Gifts will be presented to all
contestants, and the queen and
princess winners will receive an of-
ficial award, crown and banner.
Chosen national winners will be
awarded a trip to New Yoik City.
were. Are we asking that they be
treated cruel or unusual? Of course
we aren't. What is wrong with be-
ing required to produce everything
that is needed to live and exist
____Talk to someone who worked at the
fire on these numbere, butTbelieve Tcx“ Prison System years ago and
they will tell you they only pur-
chased electricity.
There are those with different
groups that would say that higher ’
education and counseling would be
the answer, rather than working at
manual labor tasks. Well, I have
seen the products of counseling and
providing higher education and it
has been a failure. Of course, Sun-
day would be a good day for rest,
church, counseling and education.
To those who say that working hard
would serve no good purpose, 1
think Scottie needs to beam them
up. At least they would, for the first
time in most of their lives, learn a
work ethic and what a day of work
is all about.
Well, I guess that's etkxigb, and
it more than likely won't help, but
at least it makes me feel better to
write it down. Do you ever do that?
Just write down exactly what you
feel and want to say and then tear it
up and throw it away? It works for
me. Just let me say this final thing.
Those of us who work in the sys-
tem do not make the rules. We are
however, responsible for following
the rules. The rules must change
before we can expect any help.
See you next week.
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that they are in the ball park.
There costs come from a total of
everything it cost to bouse an in-
mate. As I understand it, you take
the total cost of everything from
building cost, utilities, all employ-
ees, clothing, food, and everything
else and divide the number of in-
mates intn that
It seems absolutely absurd that
the cost of keeping a convict in a
state or federal facility is more than
most retired couples receive to live.
I firmly believe that almost every
law-abiding citizen thinks this is
wrong. What can we do? How can
we get the cost of keeping convicts
back to a reasonable level? You
have to go back to the message and
who creates the requirements.
Our lawmakers at state and fed-
eral levels are the ones who need to
be contacted. It is going to take
good people standing together and
One of the topics of our discus- demanding that changes are made,
sion was the high cost of bousing There is nothing wrong with pris-
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am not sure about (he exact cost of I know there was a time when they
bousing a prisoner, but the last time
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day for state prisoners and ap-
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The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 11, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 6, 2000, newspaper, February 6, 2000; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280478/m1/13/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.