Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 132, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 2014 Page: 2 of 44
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service, client relations man-
agement. and serv ice deliv-
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is a phenomenal idea if you
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educator tool and floral ar-
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"In terms of technology.
I would really like to see
them take some of their stu-
dents who are interested in
computers and ahead of the
curve and start to generate
programs to get students
certified in computer skills.
Entry level (information
technology ) positions like
networking and help desk
provide great paths to early
income generating positions
with a possible career. I teach
in the computer science de-
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see an emphasis on computer
science, web development,
programming, problem solv-
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The Coldspring graduate
believes there will be a mix-
Election, wastewater
on Goodrich agenda
BY BRIAN BESCH
Enterprise staff
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GOODRICH - Thurs-
day 's meeting of the City of
Goodrich will take action on
election items and the address
on Williams Street that had a
check valve failure.
The 6 p.m meeting w ill
take place in Goodrich City
Hall at 1003 U.S Highway
State Loop 303.
Council will hold an ex-
ecutive session to discuss
the residence on Williams
Street. The check valve fail-
ure just before Thanksgiving
at a home resulted in council
authorizing further investiga-
tion with costs to mediate
the damages in an executive
meeting in December.
Also m executive session
will be a discussion of en-
croachment on the city 's w a-
ter and sewer easement.
An approval of an interlo-
cal agreement will allow for
the use of e-machines for the
May election. A state require-
ment will have city hall open
for 12 hours on April 29 and
May 5 for early voting.
Council w ill discuss al-
legations of misconduct from
Mayor Jeremy Harper also.
The agenda does not specify
what allegations are being
made.
The city 's wastew ater
ponds have again made the
agenda. This month’s meet-
ing will decide the purchase
of a storage facility at the site
and w ill have a report of any
illegal dumping. There will
be approval of a pad site at
the ponds as well.
Council will consider the
authorization of a city council
member to "deal with or con-
tact the city attorney.”
In June of last year, for-
mer City Attorney Thomas
Deaton resigned his post in
a letter sent to then-Mayor
Pro Tern Susan Ryman when
council informed Deaton he
was not to speak to Harper
because of its policy .
Deaton, in a return letter,
informed council he would be
resigning, as it placed him in
"an intolerable situation."
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ture of students who continue
their education because of the
initiative and will produce
others who are viable work-
force participants.
“Some of them, with this
certification can make $15 an
hour, which fresh out of high
school is a lot of money,”
Bennett said. "They think
they’ll never need anything
else until two years later,
when it’s not as much as they
thought it was. Then, they
are like, ’wait, a bachelor’s
degree gets me how much
more?’ So, for some of them,
it is just going to be starting
off thinking that 1 don’t need
to go to college".and it will
provide them a pathway to
understanding what college
is really good for. Others
will go straight to college,
because it is going to show
them that they can do it and
it is not the dilemma they’ve
been told it was. As soon as
you can change the perspec-
tive to somebody pursuing
the knowledge instead of it
being pushed on them, the
world is their oyster in terms
of accomplishments. It might
be lofty, but that is my per-
sonal hopes for the program.”
The common goal currently
is to get programs online for
the fall of 2015. Items like
involving the community or
getting the workforce board
involved to manage the proj-
ect are also possibilities.
“We’ve made forward
progress and all the feedback
I got from the last meeting
was really positive,” Bennett
said. “I don’t know what's
going to come of the next
meeting, I just know that we
need to establish a baseline
for what kind of programs
we want to offer. I’m seeing
growing excitement and the
challenge is stay focused and
keep the group on the same
page. It’s been really good
and they have been a really
great group to work with."
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO JENNIFER BIRDWE1.L USD COMMUNICATIONS
PARTY TIME — With the end of the 2013-14 school year now in sight, stu-
dents from Livingston High School took to the dance floor Saturday night for
their annual prom. The masquerade event also featured a special “Prom” arch
(below) as they entered the dance area.
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POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Thursday, April 10,2014
ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY BRIAN BESCH
SCHOOL REMEMBERED - Dunbar High School, which closed in 1968 at the end of racial segregation,
was remembered Saturday by its former students when the Dunbar Alumni Association held its reunion. The
day opened with a parade through Livingston lead by the Livingston High School ROTC unit. It concluded
with a banquet at Livingston Junior High School. See related story and photos on pave 2B.
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fere nee CRC community
each month. Russo said Polk
County is the featured April
community and can be seen
at www.RetireinTexas.org.
Russo told commissioners
she also is updating the local
website and may redesign it
soon to give it a new look.
“I’m planning on designing
a ’retire in Polk County’ bro-
chure which will be at least
partially, if not fully, paid for
by sponsors,” she added.
In other business during the
short meeting, commissioners
approved the purchase of new
digital video recorders for the
courthouse security cameras
at a cost of $2,663.33.
They also received quar-
terly warrant service program
reports from the constables.
Polk Countv Judge John
Thompson noted written re-
ports were submitted by Pet.
2 Constable William R. “Bill”
Cunningham and Pet. 3 Con-
stable Anthony “Ray” Myers.
An email summary also was
provided by Pet. 4 Constable
Dana “Bubba” Piper and no
report was received from Pet.
1 Constable Scott Hughes.
Thompson noted the re-
ports were requested by com-
missioners to keep them up
to date on the warrant service
effort and that no action will
be taken until commissioners
begin looking at the constable
budgets for the coming fiscal
year.
Also accepted during the
meeting were certificates of
continuing education comple-
tion for Pet. 3 Commissioner
Milt Purvis and Pet. 4 Com-
missioner Tommy Overstreet.
Commissioners also re-
newed the county’s property
insurance through the Texas
Association of Counties.
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