The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 8, Ed. 1 Saturday, January 25, 1997 Page: 1 of 20
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one company, William Joiner Co., had submit-
ted a bid by deadline, and it was above budget.
Following an executive session, the board
voted to provide one-seventh of the estimated
$70,000 cost of a building for the county Alter-
native Education Program, Dr. Walton said.
Each of the seven school districts in the
county will provide $10,000 toward purchase
and renovation of a vacant building in Gilmer,
Dr. Bennett said. He said the building, which
formerly housed Gilmer Fitness and Racquet-
ball Club, is located on FM 49 across from
Gilmer Plaza.
The meetings are open to
the public, unless the court
goes into executive, or closed
session to consult with the
county attorney, discuss real
estate, or discuss personnel
matters.
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ter on their November bill. Mr.
and Mrs. Les Thurman said
that bill was about $800 above
normal.
Councilman Toney Putman
moved to have their November
bills for 1993, 1994 and 1995
averaged, and then have the
city split the difference be-
The council authorized seek-
ing the grant several months
ago. City Manager Scott Th-
ompson said that the project
will cost the city $7,795 in
matching funds.
They also approved a water-
bill refund which will amount
to $250 to $300 to the owners
of a laundromat who say they
were overcharged for city wa-
“and I just can’t get around to them all.”
The board accepted two bids for facility
projects, and voted to readvertise a bid on
another project.
The board accepted the low bid of $22,957
from All Seasons Co., of Dennison, for roof
repair at the elementary school. The school
had budgeted $30,275 for the work.
They accepted a low bid of $115,000 from
Patrick Construction of Mineola for construc-
tion of a handicap ramp with walkway at the
high school and a canopy/awning at the el-
ementary school.
The board voted to readvertise for bids for
insulation at the Intermediate school. Only
FCE Clubs chili luncheon
Upshur County Family and Community Education Clubs
will hold their annual chili luncheon Wednesday, Jan 29, at
the Yamboree building.
Serving hours will be 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tickets are $4, and
include chili, dessert, and drink. They are available from
FCE Club members or at the door.
turkeys have been released in
54 East Texas counties at a
cost of nearly $3 million. And
according to TPWD Eastern
Wild Turkey Program Leader
John Burk, the investment is
coining to fruition, with spring
gobbler hunting in 10 East
Texas counties to take place
this year.
Upshur County will not have
a turkey hunting season this
year.
Burk said he plans to visit
Upshur and reevaluate the
habitat and see how the tur-
key population here is doing.
He also said Upshur is not
slated to receive any birds in
the latest wave of restocking.
"Upshur County is a ques-
tion mark,” he said He said
six sites were stocked in 1991,
when 15 turkeys—three gob-
Grievance Committee.
• Consider accepting a road
in Pct. 2 for the 2-year waiting
period before it is accepted i nto
the lateral road system. Road
is to be known as Foote Trails.
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MRS. GLORIA MCLUCKIE (left) is presented with the UlL’s Genius
Award Tuesday night at the Norton Lovell Auditorium on the New
Diana School campus by Pat Wisdom, UIL representative
ager for six years, has been appointed assis-
tant superintendent of business and adminis-
tration.
Dr. Bennett also announced that Pat Clark,
who has been director of curriculum and in-
struction for the district since July 1, 1996
and who headed the county school cooperative
before that, has been appointed assistant su-
perintendent for curriculum and instruction.
Dr. Bennett said the new positions were
created Jan. 2.
“We’re a large enough district for this,” Dr.
Bennett said. “As it is, I can’t be everywhere
I need to be and do everything I need to do. ” He
said he had about a dozen evaluations to do,
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The Gilmer School Board reorganized Tues-
day night, electing long-time member Dr.
Jerald Walton as president by acclamation.
He replaces Dean Haws, who remains on the
board but asked to step down as president
because of demands on his time by his plumb-
ing business.
Normally, the board only reorganizes after
elections in May. Haws said he didn’t want to
step down at that time, because the school
was “in transition” at the time.
Superintendent Larry Bennett also an-
nounced that the school administrative office
had also reorganized. He said that Benson
Fowler, who has been district business man-
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Alma Wells, an employee of Gilmer Preschool, practices cardiopulmonary resuscitation techniques
Thursday on a mannequin under the instruction of trainer Lonnie Tarrant, as other Gilmer Preschool
employees look on. The CPR and First Aid Class, which the state requires day-care employees to
take every two years, is one of several Tarrant teaches through Upshur County Ambulance Service.
A basic EMT school will begin next week and run through May, and EMT-Paramedic training which
will begin in May and continue through December. For more information, call Tarrant at the
ambulance service.
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biers and 12 hens—were re-
leased per site. Five of those
sites were in the interior of the
county, he said, with one on
the Upshur-Gregg County line.
“In the northeast corner of
the county, they are seeing a
lot of turkeys,” he said. “Ob-
servations elsewhere are slim
or none.”
He compared the situation
to Rusk County, where nine
sites were stocked in 1991
“Today, only three sites still
have viable habitat.”
Burk said logging and ot her
factors had altered habitat in
Upshur.
He said, however, that in
general, the turkey popula-
tions were doing better in the
northern part of East Texas
than in the southern
This year’s restocking will
Miranda McCuller, Paul
Tatum, Melissa Waller, Brent
Duke, Brandon Pritchett, Will
Krienke, Kyle McKanna,
Monica Wallace, Dayna Sinnen
and Stephanie Sipes.
Mrs. McLuckie, a 10-year
veteran of New Diana Schools
whose students have won hun-
dreds of medals in UIL compe-
titions, was overcome with
emotion as she thanked all
those in her life who had made
the night possible.
She quoted from Martin
Luther King, Jr , in saying, “I
have a dream.”
She continued, “I have and I
continue to dream of teaching ”
She said her dream had been
encouraged by many, but most
of all she said she owed thanks
to “my Heavenly Father” and
to her family, which includes
but is not limited to the follow
ing folks she named
“Azure (her daughter),
George (her husband) and my
mother (Mrs Jo Ann Bowin) ”
. The honoree added that her
be done in southern counties.
“We just don’t have enough
birds to restock elsewhere this
year,” he said.
Charlie Muller, Texas Parks
and Wildlife biologist over 10
Northeast Texas counties, so-
licited the public’s help to find
out how turkeys are doing in
Upshur County.
“We’re still trying to get a
handle on it,” Muller said. “We
need to know about sightings
of gobblers, hens and poults
(young birds), and how many
are in each bunch ”
He said males will begin
gobbling in March, during
mating season.
Hens will be nesting the last
part of April and on into May,
with the poults hatched in late
By RUSS GREENE
Mrs. Gloria McLuckie, The-
atre/Speech Director at New
Diana Schools, received the
coveted Denius-UIL Sponsor
Excellence Award Tuesday
night at the Norton Lovell
Auditorium on the school’s
campus in Diana.
The presentation, made on
behalf of the University Inter-
scholastic League by Ms. Pat
Wisdom, carries y $1,000 sti-
pend with it Mrs McLuckie is
one of only 1 0 recipients of t he
award in the state of 'Texas
Following the present at ion,
Mrs McLuckie's middle school
students wowed the audience
with their acting ability as they
performed a One Act Play titled
“A Little Princess” by June
Walker Rogi■rs
Those in the cast and crew
included the following stu
dents Mandy Smith, Erin
Gray, Kymberli McKanna,
Jenna Stanley, Telisha
Mooney, Sunny Riddle, Tami
Hidalgo, Shelley Moore,
East Texas field biologists
with the Texas Parks and Wild-
life Department will be shift-
ing into high gear in the weeks
ahead as flocks of turkeys ar-
rive from out of state for their
new home in Texas.
Upshur County is not slated
to receive any turkeys in this
round, however, because state
biologists want to reevaluate
the habitat situation in the
county.
The birds won't be migrat-
ing the conventional way, but
by plane and truck after being
wild-trapped by biologists in
other states. Those states are
selling their surplus stocks of
turkeys to Texas for $525 each
to help Texas restore these
birds to their historic ranges
Through this concerted ef-
fort, since 1978, 5,386 wild
By MAC OVERTON
The Gilmer City Council
Thursday night approved ap-
plying for a $360,925 state
grant to help finance relocat-
ing of Dean Street.
The grant will be sought
from the Texas Department of
Housting and Community Af-
fairs under the Texas Capital
Fund Program.
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Spring weather follows storm
A perfect spring day Friday followed a thunderstorm that covered
Upshur County and much of East Texas Thursday. Afternoon tempera
lure hovered around 70 degrees but a new cold front was expected to
arrive by Friday night.
Weather Observer Charles Still measured 1 02 inches of rain for the
24 hour period ending at 7 a.m. Firday. He measured a high tempera-
ture Wednesday ol 74 degrees, a drastic change from the 19 degree low
recorded during the Jan. 10 14 period, when the temperature never rose
above 32 degrees
Other rainfall in the week totalled .14 inch measured on Jan. 21 and
05 inch on Jan 22. Total lor the month through Friday stood at 2.93
inches
she was also full of praise in
saying, “'They keep me moti-
vated and keep me striving for
excellence."
She paraphrased the old
African proverb, “it takes a
village to raise a child.”
In her own case, she said,
"It takesa whole village to raise
a teacher "
Dr Dan Noll, New Diana's
current superintendent, com-
mented that it took sound de-
cisions based on wisdom and
insight to bring the school dis-
trict to the award-winning
point where it is today.
He praised teachers like
Mrs McLuckie who take the
students enrolled in New Di-
ana Schools and make them
"really extend” their talents
and abilities.
He recognized Lovell for
having hired Mrs McLuckie
and praised all past and
present school board members
and members of the commu-
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Major items on the agenda wood Road in Pct. 4 from Bison
of the Upshur County Com- Road to Hwy. 154..
missioners Court when it • Accept bids on equipment
meets at 9 a.m. Monday on the for Pct. 4.
third floor of the courthouse • Discuss and take action
include: on allocation of available school
• Second-floor pay phone. funds.
• Discuss electronic jury • Discuss and take action
selection and take action if on agreement for services for
needed. Adult Probation.
• Hear Don Courson c in- • Appoint someone to the
cerning plans for the 1997 Economic Development Board.
Yul< fest. • Draw four additional
• Consider closing Arrow- names for the 1997 County
mother told her recently that
it looked like she had “just
griped just enough" to get the
kind of achievement out of her
daughter that was being hon-
ored
Mrs. McLuckie thanked
Norton Lovell, who was the
school's superintendent when
she was hired Lovell also was
recognized for having donated
a podium from which Ms Wis-
dom made her presentation to
Mrs McLuckie
“Mr Lovell gave me the
chance when my college grades
didn't show just what I could
do," she said
She also thanked I)on Gross,
New Diana High School prin-
cipal, for being a lot like her
husband, George, in that they
both let her do just what she
wants to do
She paid 11 ibute to all her
former students and all the
teachers and administrators
she has worked with, both past
and present
As for her current st ud nts,
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