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C) Vol. 163 ■ No. 30 ■ 20 pgs.
WEDNESDAY
September 19, 2012
75 cents
Cherokee County
sales up, down
State sales tax revenue
increased in August, butthe
county’s rate saw a small
decline in the month.
Only Alto and Jackson-
ville saw increases in their
sales tax collections for the
month of August.
Find out how other Chero-
kee County cities stack up in
the comparison.
see pg. 8A for details
‘Outstanding Texans’
Citizens 1st Bank CEO James
I. Perkins served as master of
ceremonies forthe Rusk Industrial
Foundation’s Outstanding Texans/
Leo Tosh Award banquet. Honored
were Sen. Robert Nichols, Rep.
Chuck Hopson, Dr. Jim Swink,
Nancy McKean and Don Gilbert.
see pg. 9B for details
Important dates to remember
for the Nov. 6 elections:
• Last day to register to vote:
Oct. 9
• Last day to apply for ballot by
mail: Oct. 30
• Early voting: Oct. 22-Nov. 2
at the following locations:
ALTO: A. Frank Smith Method-
ist Church, 103 Cooper St., (936)
858-4347
RUSK: Cherokee County Elec-
tion Office,138 W. 5th (903)
683- 8409
JACKSONVILLE: Jacksonville
Public Library, 502 S. Jackson,
(903) 586- 7664
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JISD construction nears completion
By Quinten Boyd
Staff Writer
The Jacksonville School Board needed only 45 min-
utes to address their entire agenda during Monday
night’s meeting.
Jeff Edwards, architect with Claycomb and Asso-
ciates, gave the board an update on the remaining
construction projects at Jacksonville ISD.
“At Fred Douglass, the building still needs lockers,
a gym floor, bleachers and tack and marker boards,
but most of the brick is up,” he said. “Just about all
of that work doesn’t really affect the main building.
Things are really coming together. At
the high school, we have the (concrete)
slab in for the lab and we’re hanging
sheet rock in the cafeteria, as well as
installing mechanical (HVAC) units
on the cafeteria roof.
“At East Side, we’re working on com-
pleting drainage around the campus
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and some landscaping. At Joe Wright, we still have
some landscaping to do, as well as installing some
hand rails and connectors around the school before
we start cleanup.”
Of the two projects remaining, work at Fred Dou-
glass is 80.5 percent complete with an expenditure
of $4.96 million out of a guaranteed maximum price
(GMP) of $6,158,812. Work at Jacksonville High
School is 56.7 percent completed with an expenditure
of $6.2 million out of a GMP of $14,304,583.
Superintendent Dr. Joe Wardell said the district is
projecting the JHS cafeteria to be finished by Oct. 1,
and students are coping with the box lunches served
due to construction.
“I’ve tried some of those box lunches
and they were pretty good,” he said,
“but we do have some area businesses
that were willing to help out. We had
Chik-fil-A and Pizza Hut provide
See JISD, pg. 6A
By Becky Whisenant
Staff Writer
he worth of a smile is immea-
surable on the face of a loved
one, even when times seem
their worst.
His daughter’s smile keeps Officer
Michael Wolven of the TDCJ-Sky-
view/Hodge Unit in Rusk going. Mr.
Wolven has been employed there
since Dec. 6, 2011, but has spent
many of his days off in hospitals
and on the road between home and
Houston, Tyler or Dallas.
His daughter, Tiffany Reann, 22
months old, was born Nov. 27, 2010,
with a rare genetic birth defect
known as Arnold-Chairi malforma-
tion type 3, which involves the body’s
bone structure. The couple’s only
child, Tiffany Reann has had seven
surgeries in her life thus far, with
another scheduled soon.
Tiffany Reann’s mother, Tammy
Wolven was also an employee of
TDC J, but is now on disabil-
ity after barely surviving
the high-risk pregnan-
cy and birth. She is
insulin dependent
and has had 13
surgeries, most
for her back.
Through the
ordeal of the
last two and
one-half years,
Officer Wolven
has not given up
on his family.
His hand and
shoulder were re-
cently injured in an
See BABY TIFFANY, pg. 6A
V Tammy
Wolven
gently lifts
her daughter
Tiffany in the
NIC unit prior
to surgery.
ALTO ISD
Campus renovations reviewed by board
Student councils prepare for annual Pink night activities at ballgames;
proceeds will benefit cancer research in memory of Rebecca Corley
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Alto High School students are
happy about renovations on their
campus, Superintendent Kerry
Birdwell told members of the school
board Monday evening. “The rest-
rooms are finished, and the students
are excited about campus improve-
ments,^ Mr. Birdwell said. New air
conditioning has been added at the
high school campus. Mr. Birdwell
said, the district is looking forward
to the arrival of a new school bus
in October.
“We have a bunch of good kids and
a great staff at the highschool,” Ron-
ald Musgrove, high school princip al,
said. Attendance has been good at
97.5 percent. “We are having ap-
proximately 178 students in class
every day. Only two students have
been involved in disciplinary action.
One has been assigned to ISS and
another to Saturday school,” Mr.
Musgrove said. “Homecoming will
be on Sept. 28 and we are planning
for a bonfire. Ablood drive is planned
at the high school on Thursday,
Sept. 20.”
Kelly West, middle school princi-
pal, said, “We got off to a wonderful
start at the middle school. Teachers
know what they are doing and I
am really impressed with our new
ones. We are getting started on our
benchmarks, and progress reports
will go out soon. Attendance is good.
We have 195 students this year.
See AISD, pg. 6A
COUNTY
Cherokee
Co. won’t
death list
Secretary of State’s list contains
many living voters planning to
cast ballots on Nov. 6
Texas Secretary of State Hope Andrade
recently sent letters to each of the election
judges in Texas’ 254 counties, and provided
lists of registered voters that she believes
are deceased.
In Cherokee County, the list contained 115
names which the SOS office obtained from
raw data at the Social Security Administra-
tion.
The form letter was received by Cherokee
County Election Administrator Shannon
Cornelius on Aug. 24, which was entitled
“Verification of Voter Status.” The letter
states that it is the Cherokee County Voter
Registrar’s duty to maintain an accurate list
of registered voters in the county.”
The letter to county election administra-
tors included instructions to contact the last
known addresses of the voters believed to
be deceased. Letter recipients were given
30 days to respond on whether the named
person in the letter is deceased.
“...please respond to this verification no-
tice within thirty (30) days to prevent the
cancellation of the person listed above and
the removal of his/her name from the list of
registered voters.”
Ms. Cornelius said the list of 115 names
See VOTER ‘DEATH LIST’, pg. 6A
COUNTY
Commissioners
expected to set
59-cent tax rate
New rate is 2 cents per $100
valuation higher than last year
By Gloria Jennings
Staff Writer
Cherokee County Commissioners will meet
at 10 a.m. Sept. 24 to set a county ad valorem
tax rate of 59 cents per $100 property valua-
tion. Last year’s tax rate was 57 cents.
The second of two public
hearings was held Friday
morning in the county court-
room. The first hearing was
held Monday morning, Sept.
10, during the regular com-
missioners court meeting.
Bobby Tosh and H. V. Jones,
both of Rusk, spoke at the
Sept. 10 public hearing.
Appearing before the court
at the Friday morning hearing were Johnny
Banks and Mr. Jones, both of Rusk.
The proposed rate includes 40.34 cents
for the general fund, 1.16 cents for indigent
See TAX RATE, pg. 6A
Coming:
Next
county
meeting is
10 a.m. on
Sept. 24
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