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Texas' Oldest Weekly Newspaper
WEDNESDAY
June 23, 2010
Rusk, Texas ■ 50 cents
DAVE CAMPBELL'S TEXAS FOOTBALL W|Nll I)
Making the cut in 2010?
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quarterback
Trio of Cherokee County teams look to pile up wins this football season
Photo composite:
Alto: LeAnn Jones
Rusk: Lynn Littlejohn
Jacksonville: Mike Cummins
From left, Alto quarterback Javante Jones, Rusk quarterback Trey Thrash and Jacksonville quarterback Ryan Black look to lead
their teams to playoff berths in their respective districts. Alto is ranked seventh in the preseason state 1A Division I poll and
is touted as a possible state semi-finalist. Jacksonville is picked to finished fourth in 14-4A and reach the playoffs for the third
consecutive year. Rusk is picked to finish fourth in 17-3A.
Alto selected #7 in 1A Division I; J'ville picked to finish 4th in 14-4A, Rusk picked 4th in 17-3A
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
Cherokee County residents, as well as the entire state of Texas,
are set to descend into a special type of madness that comes
about in June and lasts through February. To some, football
season newer ends: there's only football season and weeks until
football season.
The table has been set with the release of the 2010 edition of Dave
Campbell's Texas Football. One Cherokee County team is picked to
reach the state semifinals in their classification while another is picked
to reach the playoff's for the third time in a row.
Rusk Eagles
The people at Texas Football see this upcoming season in Rusk as a
rebuilding year. With only five returning starters (two on offense, three
on defense). Some may ask: who could blame them?
With a young team, the onus is on underclassmen to hold the hne in
Rusk, and Eagle head coach Ted Patton feels that his younger players
can do that.
"We'll probably have a lot of sophomores and juniors who will need
to adjust to the speed of the game," he said. "Luckily for us, we have
six non-district games to do that.''
Texas Football selected the Eagles to finish fourth in the new 17-3A
behind Chapel Hill Athens and Brownsboro and ahead of Bullard.
"That's about where I expected them to pick us," Coach Patton said.
"We finished fourth the past two years and we don't return a lot of
lettermen, but I feel like we can get much needed game experience
prior to (listrict.
"They picked us fourth, but I don't expect us to finish fourth.''
One of the two returning offensive starters is quarterback Trey
Thrash. The senior-to-be proved to be a dual threat last season, throw-
ing for 487 yards and six touchdowns and running for 378 yards and
three touchdowns.
"Trey got some limited experience at quarterback as a sophomore
See TEXAS FOOTBALL, pg. 6A
CITY OF ALTO
Council, DPS compromise
on 18-wheeler weigh-ins
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
Ittookfour months of discussion,
but finally, the Alto City Council
has an answer about "no thru
truck" signs in the city limits that
satisfies everyone involved.
During Monday night's monthly
meeting, the Council met with
Texas Department of Pubhc Safety
(DPS) Op I. Matt McGinnis and
Trooper Scott Smith to discuss an
issue that has been on the minds
of the council since March.
Council members a sked the DPS
officers if there was a way they
could move their weigh-in site.
"The trucks are rolled off state
highways to get to the feed store
(Alto Feed)," said councilman Jerry
Flowers.
"We're running into problems
trying to keep repairs on the city
streets current. We just don't have
the money in our budget to repair
streets that overloaded trucks
damage."
Cpl. McGinnis explained DPS'
reasoning for making stop s before
offering a possible solution.
"The current way we stop and
weigh trucks is mostly a safety is-
sue for our officers and the people
we pull over ,' he said.
"We'llpuUthetruckin and weigh
it, then the feed store will submit a
bill to the county. The county pays
the feed store. We write tickets
with the Justice of the Peace, who
gets the revenue,
"If the city is willing to pay for
the scales, we can write tickets in
municipal court. This way, the city
can get the revenue."
Council members agreed and
voted to enact the method.
"That sounds like a viable solu-
tion," Mr. Flowers said,
"We just wanted something
coming in to offset the costs of
road repair. Wo weren't getting
anything from the state or the
county to cover repairs,"
The council decided that the
money received from these stops
wouldbe dedicated to street rep air.
See ALTO COUNCIL, pg. 6A
AISD board discusses
preliminary TAKS scores
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
The Alto School Board didn't
need a lot of time to go through
the agenda for their monthly
meeting Monday night , conduct -
ing open business in approxi-
mately 25 minutes-
Trustees viewed the prelimi-
nary TAKS results for last school
year. Alto Elementary and Alto
Middle School will likely both
receive recognized ratings from
the Texas Education Agency.
Alto High School is slated to
receive an acceptable rating.
AISD superintendent Dr. Ray
DeSpain said that preliminary
scores were up in economically
disadvantaged sub-populations
and among African-American
and Hispanic Students.
Road work to be done on and
around the Mean Sting Parkway
will start Monday, June 28 andis
expected to last a few weeks.
Board members also heard
an update on the new football
scoreboard. Installation began
on Tuesday. The $24,000 cost
of the scoreboard will be funded
by five sponsors — Austin Young
State Farm of Rusk, Duplichain
Contractors, Bancorp South,
Pearman Motor Company and
the Denum family, in memory
of Kyle Denum.
The boardacceptedthe student
code of conduct for the 2010-11
school year as well as an accept-
able usage policy for school com-
puters. The board also approved
milk and bread bids from Fore-
most Dairy and Flowers Baking
Company, respectively.
Trustees accepted the resig-
nation of coach Jerry Cobb and
approved the hiring of Paul
Gould.
Present at the meeting were
Dr. DeSpain, board president
Greg Duplichain, vice-president
Jay Jones, secretary Lee Pear-
man, board members Randy
Low, Crispin Skinner, Lionel
Whitaker and Britton Tilley
and superintendent secretary
Allison Threadgill.
Warden Todd
Foxworth
promotion
Todd Foxworth named warden
at Michael Unit near Palestine
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Skyview-Hodge Senior Warden Todd Fox-
worth has been reassigned to the Mark W.
Michael Unit in Tennessee Colony, located
near Palestine.
The Michael Unit has 3,300 inmates and
approximately 850 employees.
"I am sorry to leave my friends in Rusk,"
Warden Foxworth told the Cherokeean
Herald Tuesday.
"However , it is a
promotion, and I
amexcitedabout
the opportunity.
There are a lot of
positives."
Warden Fox-
worth said he
will assume his
new duties in
eight days. His
replacement
has not been an-
nounced.
"Life is very
fragüe, and I feel
fortunate to have
had the oppor-
tunity to lead this facility and its family of
employees, especially in an area known for
its hard work and community spirit."
Warden Foxworth has served the Rusk
unit since October 2001.
"It's been a great run — eight years and
nine months." he said.
A 23-year veteran with TDCJ Warden
Foxworth began his career as a correctional
officer. He hop-scotched up the career lad-
der as a psychiatric aide, case manager,
assistant chief of classification, and chief of
See WARDEN FOXWORTH, pg. 6A
County
chooses
Tyler
architects
County commissioners accept
Sinclair & Wright Architects
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Cherokee County Commissioners accepted
proposals Monday morning from Sinclair &
Wright Architects of Tyler for three upcom-
ing construction and renovation projects.
Mark Thacker, architect with the firm, dis-
cussed their proposal with commissioners.
Mr. Thacker and his firm were the ar-
chitect for the last county jail renovation
project.
Commissioners Kevin Pierce and Byron
Underwood expressed their appreciation to
Mr. Thacker and his firm's work on the jail
project.; "You were always willing to work
with the county," Mr. Pierce said.
Construction projects planned for the
county include:
Project 1, Renovation at the Cherokee
County Election/Historical Commission
building on W. 5th St. in Rusk, to include
replacing electricalwiring, lowering ceilings,
installing insulation and hghting to make
the building more energy efficient;
Project No. 2, Sheriffs department,
enlargement and renovation of dispatch-
See ARCHITECTS, pg. 6A
ALTO GRADUATE GETS 'STUCK AT PROM' WITH SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST p, .
INSIDE ■ LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 2A
VIEWPOINTS 3A ■ DEATHS 4A ■ CLASSIFIEDS 5-6B
SCHOOLS ■ WORDS OF WISDOM FROM RUSK'S VALEDICTORIAN AND SALUTATORIAN
pg. 4B
WEATHER
30% chance of rain
THURSDAY
87 high - 74 low
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