Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1998 Page: 1 of 14
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Texas' Oldest, Continuously Published Weekly Newspaper - Established Feb. 27, 1850 as the Cherokee Sentinel
Alto Football
Accolades
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Mickey Smith takes a long look at the
Yelbwjackets and soys good-bye to seniors.
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Vol. 149, No. 52-14 Pages
Thursday, January 22, 1998
Rusk, Texas 75785
25 cents
Alto High
slated to add
3 courses
By Randall Birdsonq
Special to the Cherokeean/ Herald
Members of the Alto Independent School
District board of trustees voted to proceed
with the implementation of three new
courses for the high school curriculum.
Briggs & Stratton's air cooled engine re-
pair course that makes use of Powercom
2000 software, Briggs & Stratton's Voca-
tional Educational Program 2 for grades
11 and 12, and a certified nurse's aide
program are to be implemented.
The nurse's aide program is scheduled
to be offered every Wednesday from 8 a.m.
to 5 p.m. beginning Feb. 25 and running
through May 13. The course will be taught
by instructors from Angelina College. The
cost of the course is $150 for tuition, $35
for the textbook and $67 for the certifica-
tion test. If the student agrees to and
signs a one year contract to work for Alto
Care Center the nursing home will pick
up the entire cost of the program.
Board members approved the adoption
of rules and regulations for the Discipline
Alternative School and In School Suspen-
sion (ISS). The rules start very strict. As
the student's behavior improves in the
alternative setting the rules ease progres-
sively until the student is ready for return
to a regular classroom setting. The rules
will be fully explained to the students
assigned to Discipline Alternative School
and ISS.
The district's policy on fighting in school
will remain as is with the campus princi-
pals having discretion in the implementa-
tion of discipline. A district safety and
accident prevention policy was approved.
The policy came upon the recommenda-
tion of the district's employee accident
administrator.
Two items concerning the Head Start
program were tabled until the February
meeting. Trustees voted not to erect 'a
fence around the Head Start playground
since the entire playground area is al-
ready fenced.
Trustees nominated Randall Birdsong
for the Cherokee County Appraisal Dis-
trict Board of Directors. Long time direc-
tor Grady C. Singletary has retired from
the board.
Board members voted to hire Dora
Albright as an aide to replace Sherry
Germany who was promoted to elemen-
tary secretary. Frank Green was hired as
an aide to provide a conference period and
lunch relief for the ISS instructor. Green
will also serve as an aide in the content
mastery area. In other business trustees
approved the minutes of the previous
meetings. v
The monthly financial statement tax
office report, student activity account and
accounts payable were approved. The next
meeting of the AISD board of trustees will
be Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the high school
cafeteria.
Morris Hassell
Alumni Center
opens at LMC
The Morris Hassell Alumni Center will
be officially opened at 2 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 24 at Lon Morris College.
Through the generosity of the Morris
Hassell Family, the renovation of the home
at the corner of Devereaux and Tilley
streets is underwáy.
This historic home
was once the home of
Dr. and Mrs. C.E.
Peoples, president of
Lon Morris College
from 1935-73 and for
many years the home
of Zula and Arch
Pearson and their
family until their re-
tirement in 1970.
One of the rooms will be decorated with
memorabilia from the past. Yearbooks,
scrapbooks, pictures on the walls and other
memorabilia will be displayed in the
room. Alums who have authored a book
have been invited to send a book and
information about the author to the
Alumni Center of Lon Morris College,
Jacksonville 75766.
There will be a conference room, a fully
functional kitchen and office Bpace. The
building will be equipped for the handi-
capped and the yard will be landscaped.
On a daily basis, alumni and develop-
ment offices will be housed there to stay in
touch with former students, plan reunions
and greet those who drop by for a visit to
the campus.
Judge Hattell
Commissioner keynotes
Rusk Chamber banquet
Commissioner Don Gilbert
Don Gilbert, Commissioner for Texas
Department of Mental Health-Mental
Retardation will be guest speaker for the
Rusk Chamber of Commerce banquet, said
outgoing chamber president, Lor is
Caveness. The banquet will be held at
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 29 at the Rusk
Junior High School cafeteria. Tickets are
$ 10 and may be purchased at the chamber
office or from any director.
James I. Perkins, who serves as a Texas
Department of Mental Health & Mental
Retardation Board member will serve as
master of ceremonies. The speaker will be
introduced by Buzz Parrish, Rusk State
Hospital superintendent. The invocation
will be offered by Dr. Bob Osborne. Enter-
tainment will be provided by John C.
Williams III.
Mr. Gilbert began his tenure as commis-
sioner with the Texas Department of
Mental Health and Mental Retardation
on Feb. 27,1995. He oversees an agency
with an employee work force of approxi-
mately 24,000. MHMR has an annual
operating budget of $1.8 billion for this
fiscal year.
The commissioner had held a number of
position within Texas MHMR before be-
ing named commissioner. He served as
executive director of Dallas County
Please see BANQUET, page 2
Property taxes due Jan. 31
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Cordelia Hassell collects taxes from C. L. Eilers of Jacksonville. Forty-four percent of the $12 million taxes have been
collected at the Cherokee County Appraisal District Office, Mrs. Hassell said. The CCAD collects for all six
independent school districts located in Cherokee County and for three cities. Deadline for paying taxes is Jan. 31.
After that taxpayers are charged penalties.
■ Late penalties
assessed after due date
Deadline for paying ad valorem taxes
is Jan. 31. Many area taxpayers took
advantage of discounts for early pay.
That is probably why the percentage
of county tax collections is higher than
those collected at the appraisal dis-
trict," County Tax Assessor-Collector
Linda Beard said.
The Cherokee County tax office had
collected 66.3 percent of its taxes by
Dec: 31. Forty-four percent of the taxes
collected in the Cherokee County Ap-
praisal District office were collected by
Dec. 31.
"Collections have increased this
month and I expect the majority of the
taxes due to be paid by the end of the
month," Cordelia Hassell, chief tax col-
lector at the CCAD said.
Cherokee County and the City of
Jacksonville collect their own taxes.
The City of Jacksonville had col-
lected 50 percent of its taxes by Dec. 31,
said Linda Pittillo, tax collector for the
City of Jacksonville.
The appraisal district collects taxes
for six school districts including Rusk,
Jacksonville, Troup, Alto, New
Summerfield and Wells. Also taxes are
collected there for the cities of Rusk,
Alto and Wells.
Taxes collected for those entities are
Rusk ISD, 43 percent; Jacksonville ISD,
46 percent; Troup ISD, 35 percent; Alto
ISD, 31 percent; New Summerfield ISD,
56 percent and Wells ISD, 35 percent;
City of Rusk, 47 percent; City of Alto,
48 percent and City of Wells, 45 per-
cent.
Rusk council continues discussion I Basketball
water balloon fights
Guidelines for water balloon fights on
thé square at Halloween will be estab-
lished at a later date. Members of the
Rusk City Council decided Thursday
evening to continue with the tradition.
The activity area will be blocked off so
persons driving into the downtown nwn
will be aware that something is g
council discussed blocking <
>utn ana west; í
¡ra also i
blocking off
are or maybe blocking off the south
and a block off the square. However,
that decision will be made at a later
. Alao time for the balloon fights Will
■ ihed after cl
businesses
A delegation from the Rusk Riders Club
met with the council to discuss getting
water to the club's rodeo arena on High-
way 343. Headed by spokesme
Halbert, the club as!
best way to get water to the sj
"I heard we could get a big)
pump the water up the hill," i
said.
"The line is too sme
strain on the pumps,"
director sftid.
the bottom of the hill ai
way ud the hill and I
m
council
so much better now,"
Computer
i last year.
twill be i
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it," he i
totaling $3.5
for water and
sewer plant into the old drying beds and
then dispose of it instead of running it
into the new drying beds.
A zone change was approved for David
Thompson to locate a welding shop in
the Cole Butler Subdivision, Block 1,
Lot 4&5. The planning and zoningboard
had previously approved the change,
l did not voice
i old railroad line will
t Rusk soon to look at the trestles on
. Luther King Diive and Jerome
. The city will remove the trestles
i the owner's permission.
r. Wick said work will be
iand the city can then
j for water and sewer
vay 69 and the
3 city has obtained a!
t for sewer e;
y 69. The
iter lines on^U.i
lines in
the i
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teams battle
to the top
Basketball teams from Rusk and Alto
have battled their way to state recogni-
tion.
Rusk's Fighting Eagles were named the
Number 9 class AAA basketball team in
the boys division, and Alto's Lady Yellow-
jackets were number 10 in Class AA in the
weekly Texas High School Basketball Poll
compiled by coaches in the state.
Rusk's Lady Eagles also have good rea-
son to be proud. They hold a victory over
Crockett's Lady Bulldogs, a team given a
number six ranking in the poll. Lufkin
Hudson won a double overtime game over
the Lady Birds in their second district
game in 20AAA earlier this month. Lufkin
Hudson was ranked Number 3 in the
BtAta in tho girl Hhnainn
More basketball, do 9
At the end of last week's action, Rusk's
Eagles had a record of 20 wins and only
one loss. They have five winB and no
losses in district play.
The Lady Eagles are 15 wins and sue
losses for the season, and have only the
Lufkin Hudson loss to mar their district
play.
Alto's Lady Yellowjackets' record is 20
wins and one loss for season play and
seven wins and no losses in district com-
petition.
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Whitehead, Marie. Cherokeean/Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 149, No. 52, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 22, 1998, newspaper, January 22, 1998; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152356/m1/1/?q=1966+yearbook+north+texas+state+university: accessed June 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.