The Cherokeean. (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 140, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 18, 1988 Page: 3 of 18
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THURSDAY. FEBRUARY IS. 19H—THE CHEROKEEAN OF RUSK, TEXAS—PAGE THREE
Gene Brown is manager
of Rusk Brookshire store
Gene Brown has been named
manager of the Rusk Brookshire
Bros, store. He replaces Ray Brown,
who was transferred to another
chainstore.
Gene Brown began working for
Brookshire Bros, in July 1969 when
Jack Fitts was manager. Brown
graduated from Rusk High School
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Gene Brown
and was transferred to the Madison-
ville store as stock crew leader. He
then returned to Rusk as an
assistant manager. Later Brown
went to Crockett as assistant
manager and later became store
manager. When the opportunity to
return to Rusk came, Brown said he
decided to take it.
Brown is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Charlie Brown of Rusk. He and his
wife, Becky, are parent of Christy,
14, and Justin, 7.
BOB
McNATT
for
County
Attorney
His Pledge...
[^F] Active prosecution of mis-
demeanor cases.
Courtesy & consideration of you
the taxpayer.
Hr] Cooperation with other elected
— officials.
County Attorney
1981
County Judge
1983-1986
HE WILL WORK FOR YOU
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Farming Right
-With Jack White
By JACK L.WHITE
CEA-Agriculture
Fruit Care Clinic Rescheduled
Area homeowners may want to*
mark their calendars for Saturday,
. Feb. 20. A fruit tree care clinic will
be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. at
the Joe Smith Plant Farm located on
highway 79 East of Jacksonville.
Time will be available to answer
individual questions about variety
■election, fertilizing, and pruning.
Landscape questions are also
welcome as we enter the season for
(danting around our homes.
Make plans now to attend!
Vegetable Clinic Planned
Commercial growers and
homeowners need to mark Thur-
sday, Feb. 25, on their calendars.
Marty Baker, Extension Hor-
ticulturist from Texas A&M will be
on hand to answer questions concer-
ning vegetables.
Possible topics might include
variety selection, fertilization, weed
control, and control of disease and
insects.
Though much of the presentation
will be addressed to commercial
producers it will apply to home gar-
dens as well.
There will be time available at the
close of the meeting for individual
questions or recommendations. The
meeting will be held in the County
Extension Office Meeting Room
beginning at 7j>.m. The meeting
room is located on the second floor of
the Courthouse Annex on the square
in Rusk.
Plan now to come by and visit with
Marty.
Land Management
for Deer Production
Many area landowner's are fin-
ding deer to be a valuable resource
to market. Deer leases are
becoming more profitable and could
be even higher if deer populations
are properly managed.
Landowners and deer hunters
alike may want to attend an up-
coming meeting that will discuss
managing lands for deer
populations.
Discussions will center around
habitat management, harvest con-
trol, and forage management.
Make plans now to attend. The
meeting will be Tuesday, February
23, beginning at 7 p.m. at the County
Extension Office meeting room. The
meeting room is located on the
second floor of the Courthouse An-
nex located on the square in Rusk.
Educational programs conduc-
ted by the Texas Agricultural Exten-
sion Service serve people of all ages
regardless of socio-economic level,
race, color, sex, religion, handicap,
or national origin.
VALENTINE HONORS last week at Leisure Lodge Nursing Home
went to Ruth Burnett of Dialville and John Kendrick of San Augustine.
The two were named King and Queen at the home's annual Valentine
party Friday afternoon.
Grand jury returns
25 bills of indictment
Unemployment taxes
jolt Texas employers
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Texas Employers numbering
300,000 received 1988 unemployment
tax notices this week. Over 60 per-
cent of those notices showed at least
a 200 percent increase from 1987. As
a result, the Texas Employment
Commission has literally been
besieged with phone calls concer-
ning the new tax rate.
"We've received over 1,000 phone
calls in the last 72 hours and em-
ployers are not happy," reports
Mary Scott Nabers of the Texas
Employment Commission. "In spite
of the advance warnings we sent out,
it just doesn't seem to hit home until
the notice is actually in the hands of
the employers."
Nabers attributes the large in-
Applications
being accepted
Applications for emergency farm
loans for losses caused freeze and
frost March 27 through April 3,1987
are being accepted at the Farmers
Home Administration (FmHA) of-
fice located on the second floor of the
Post Office Building, Jacksonville,
according to FmHA County Super-
visor Bobby Mobley.
Cherokee County is one of 09 in
Texas recently named by Secretary
of Agriculture Richard E. Lyng as
eligible for loans to cover part of ac-
tual production losses resulting
from the freeze and frost March 27
through April 3.
Mobley said farmers may be
eligible for loans of up to 80 percent
of their actual losses or the
operating loan needed to continue in
business or $500,000, whichever is
less. For farmers unable to obtain
credit from private commercial
lenders, the interest rate is 4.5 per-
cent.
"As a general rule, a farmer must
have suffered at least a 30 percent
loss of production to be eligible for
an FmHA emergency loan," Mr.
Mobley said. Farmers participating
in the PIK or Federal Crop Insuran-
ce programs will have to figure in
proceeds from those programs in
determining their loss.
"Applications for loans under this
emergency designation will be ac-
cepted until Oct. 3, but farmers
should apply as soon as possible.
Delays in applying could create
backlogs in processing and possibly
over into the new farming season,"
Mr. Mobley said.
FmHA is a tredit agency of the
U.S. Department of Agriculture.
The FmHA office in Jacksonville
is open from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5
p.m. Monday through Friday.
crease to the state's high unem-
ployment in 1986 and 1987.
Joblessness, which peaked in mid-
1986 at 11 percent put the insurance
trust fund in the red by $550 million.
This, in turn, required the Texas
Employment Commission to borrow
from the federal government in or-
der to pay unemployment benefits.
According to Nabers, state and
federal laws require the fund to be
replenished by employer taxes. The
debt to the federal government must
also be repaid by Texas employers.
"The recent tax increase ex-
perienced by employers is a perfect
example of the need for taxpayers to
become more involved with the
Texas Business Council," said
Nabers, one of the organizers of
the Council.
The Texas Business Council 1 , a
newly formed organization designéd
to reinvolve Texans in state gover-
nment. Meetings will be held
throughout the state with programs
designed to allow taxpayers a
chance to interact with six of the
state's taxing and regulating agen-
cies. Those in attendance will have
an opportunity to ask questions and
make suggestions. The program will
deal with ways to cut the cost of
doing business in Texas. Local and
state partnership projects for
economic development will be
discussed. Elected officials and
state agency experts will provide in-
formation that should save tax-
payers money according to Ms.
Nabers.
The 12-city tour begins in Corpus
Christi on Feb. 18 and will travel the
state throughout the next four mon-
ths. Advanced sign-up is necessary
and may be done by calling 1-800-832-
6279.
A Cherokee County grand jury has
returned 25 true bill indictments in
recent sessions.
Indicted are:
James Cook, in jail, charged with
burglary of a motor vehicle on Nov.
12; burglary of a building on Jan. 4;
burglary of a building also on Dec. 19
and 13.
Troy Fugitt, in jail, burglary of a
habitation (Milawskin residence) on
Dec. 28; burglary of habitiation
(Lightsey residence) on Dec. 28;
and burglary of habitation (Cun-
ningham residence) on Dec. 28.
Marie Tucker, charged with theft
over $750 on Dec. 28.
Tony McBride, charged with ar-
son on Dec. 20.
Vanessa Jo Sanders, charged with
forgery on Jan. 5.
Ronnie Lee Boyette, charged with
unauthorized use of a motor vehicle
on Dec. 19.
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Cynthia Whitehead, charged with
forgery on Jan. 1.
Stephen Russell Cotton, charged
with burglary of a building on Jan.
15.
Jack Allen Franklin Jr., in jail,
charged with sexual assault on Dec.
29.
Marcus Lavender, in jail, charged
with burglary of a habitation on Jan.
18.
Marcus Lavender, in jail, charged
with burglary of a habitation on Jan.
18.
Kenneth Whitesides, in jail,
charged with DWI subsequent on
Dec. 27.
Willie Ray Langston, in jail,
charged with DWI subsequent on
Nov. 28.
Mark Anthony Harris, in jail,
charged with burglary of habitation
and theft onAprilll, 1987.
William J.
(Jimmy)
Dickson
Sheriff
Cherokee County
In these times when respect for law and order seems to
have declined sharply, I will restore the Sheriff's office of
Cherokee County to its proper place of dignity and respect
and make it a department of which we can all be proud. I
will bring to this office the enthusiasm of a young man and
the experience necessary to conduct an efficient and
economical operation.
When I am elected to the office of Sheriff, I pledge to
operate the department of twenty-three employees having
a budget of $657,668.00 with the interest of you, the citizen
and taxpayer, always in mind.
I humbly ask for your vote and support
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