Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 128, No. 70, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 2, 2010 Page: 1 of 24
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I Volume 128 Number 70
The Dominant News and Advertising Source in Polk County
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Price: 50 cents
Sports
Linebacker Blayne
Elster, a senior, and
his Livingston Lions
will open the season
Friday night at Jas-
per in a non-district
game.
See Sports, Pg. 9A
Living
Inaugural Out-
door Expo by the
Li vi ngston-Pol k
County Chamber of
Commerce makes a
splash Saturday in
Onalaska.
See Living, Pg. 1B
Quote for
the day
"Enquire not what
boils in another's
pot"
* — Thomas Fuller
(1608-1661)
English clergyman
& historian
Local Weather
Thu
94/70 /.S
9/2
Isolated
thunderstorms Highs in
the mid 90s and lows in the low
70s.
Fri
9/3
91/68 ■_Li
Timas ol sun and clouds Highs in
the low 90s and lows in the upper
60s
92/67
Sat
9/4
Isolated thunderstorms Highs in
the low 90s and lows in the upper
60s
93/69
Sun
9/5
Times ot sun and clouds Highs in
the low 90s and lows in the upper
60s
92/70
Mon
9/6 '
Isolated thunderstorms Highs in
the low 90s and lows in the low
70s
Fleeing suspect arrested Monday
CORRIGAN-A Corrigan
man who was observed
driving erratically evaded
officers in a high speed chase
for about a half-hour before
being detained by a game
warden at a residence off FM
942 near the Camden mill,
*, Polk County Sheriff’s
Office Del. Christopher Lima
attempted to stop a truck for
disregarding several stop
signs and driving erratically
at 2:15 p.m. Monday in the
Reilly Village subdivision in
Corrigan.
The driver of the vehicle,
Anthony Wayne Jones, 22,
of Corrigan, fled out of the
subdivision and down FM
SHEC0 OKs
$2.2 million
in credits on
Sept billing
LIVINGSTON - The Sam
Houston Electric Cooperative
Board of Directors recently
voted to approve the return of
$2.2 million to Co-op member-
owners. Returned as capital
credits* these refunds will be
issued as a credit on members'
September electric bills.
Capital credits are allocated
from revenues collected in
excess of operating expenses
during the previous yea*^.
Once the determination has
been made that the financial
condition of the Cooperative
is stable and adequate to
meet operating costs, debt
covenants and emergency
expenses, the Board can
elect to return a portion of
excess capital in the form
of capital credits to Co-op
members. Capital credits are
proportionate to individual
electric use.
“Unlike investor-owned
utilities that pay out dividends
to shareholders, SHECO
returns unused capital, or
monies collected in excess
of operating costs, to our
member-owners in the form of
capital credits,” says Kyle J.
Kuntz. Sam Houston Electric
Cooperative CEO. “We work
hard to find the best deals
on electricity and operate as
efficiently as possible in order
to pass savings on to our
members.” .
To date, SHECO has
returned $27,233,836 million
in capital credit refunds to its
member-owners.
Members with questions
regarding capital credits
are encouraged to contact
a SHECO member service
representative at I -800-458-
0381. f
ANTHONY WAYNE
JONES
... arrested after
high-speed chase
352 at times reaching speeds
in excess of 100 miles per
hour.
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Department Game Warden
David Johnson detained Jones
at the residence until Lima
and other sheriff's deputies
arrived on scene.
In addition to charges of
felony evading arrest with
a motor vehicle, Jones also
faces charges of possession
of a controlled substance
after methamphetamines
were found.
Jones is being held in the
Polk County Jail in lieu of
a $5,00 bond set by Pet. 1
Justice of file Peace Darrell
Longino. '
Forest service seeking
burn bans in East Texas
LIVINGSTON - With
Polk County’s average
drought index at 672
Tuesday, the Texas Forest
Service is recommending
county officials across East
Texas ban outdoor burning,
according to TFS Regional
Fire Coordinator Ricky
Holbrook.
If conditions are severe
enough to warrant an
emergency meeting, Polk
County Commissioners could
possibly hold ^ an emergency
meeting Friday.
Holbrook said Polk County
has so far been spared the
major wildfires his crews
have been battling in Hardin,
Tyler and Newton counties.
TFS officials have
determined several of those
fires to be arson-related.
“Afternoon showers have
helped this week — compared
to last week, but it will take a
couple of two-inch rains to
get out of this.” Holbrook
said Tuesday.
Livingstoncrewsresponded
to large fires in Jasper and
Trinity County last week.
“We were running ragged
through the whole area,”
See FOREST, Page 5A
Big changes at the Big House
BY VALERIE REDDELL
Editor
polk news @gmail com
LIVINGSTON - Next
summer, the Polk County
jail will be certified to hold
192 inmates, 48 of them
women. Construction crews
are beginning work on
exterior walls on the west
side of the complex, but
much of the work is now
going on inside the facility.
The larger detention
center will be equipped to
meet Polk County’s growing
vdemand to house inmates
^/awaiting disposition of
criminal cases or transfer to
a state facility.
Through much of 2009
and 2010, the county spent
thousands of dollars every
month to house overflow
detainees at other facilities.
Bed space runs about $40
to $50 per inmate-day. Polk
County jail staff also is
responsible for transporting
inmates to those facilities
as far away as Groesbeck,
which is about 140. miles
from Livingston.
The new facility alleviates
other growing pains
currently affecting the jail
and sheriff’s office. *■;
The fire-safe records room
will hold several movable*
sets of filing cabinets to hpld ’
the massive number of paper
records the department must
maintain.
A conference room can
accommodate up to . 125
people for. large training
sessions. Hammack said.
For smaller classes, the
room can be partitioned into
two areas to allow for multi-
tasking.
All law enforcement
officers have to complete 40
hours of training every two
years. \
See JAIL, Page 2A
Sheriff Kenneth Hammack shows
that a single jailer in the control
picket in the Polk County Jail will
be able to observe anyone approach-
ing the visitation area of the jail.
However, since inmate visitation is
limited to Saturday and Sunday, the
picket may be a lonely post, Ham-
mack said during a tour of the con-
struction site Tuesday. At right is a
small indoor recreation area located
near segregated cells.
ENTERPRISE PHOTOS BY VALERIE REDDELL
The visitation area of the Polk
County jail will have room for
many more visitors and will ac-
commodate inmates or family
members that use a wheelchair.
LVFD called to house, car
fires Sunday afternoon
BY VALERIE REDDELL
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LIVINGSTON - Fire
Chief Corky Cochran said
Livingston firefighters were
able to battle two blazes that
heavily damaged a mobile
home and destroyed a pickup
truck.
LVFD was called to a
mobile home on Turner
Cemetery Road at 12:55 p.m.
Sunday and found the home
filled with smoke after grease
ignited on the stove and
spread to the vent above.
“We realized we had fire in
the attic area that ran about
30 feet across the center of
,nao the house,” Cochran said.
Trooper Darwon Evans looks inside a Chevrolet pickup that skidded off FM 1988 ,.We had (0 tear <*,, a ^ of
, went through a fence and hit a utility pole. The driver suffered non- cej|jng material 4o put out
” the fire.”
Index
Bulletin Board........2B
Classified........8B-12B
Crossword..............8B
Community Calendar..3A
Obituaries..........,~.6A
Official Records.....5A
lion...................4A
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11 j|||| Tuesday afternoon, went through a fence and hit a utility pole, t he driver sunerea
J '/Hi « incapacitating injuries. Thunderstorms contributed to a series of crashes Tuesday.
Crews removed the smoke
from the home and put plastic
over the roof and furniture
to protect the property from
further damage, according to
Cochran.
While 14 firefighters were
battling that blaze,- LVFD
received a second call at
l:42 p.m. for a pickup truck
on fire at the Chevron service
station on U.S. 190.West.
Eleven firefighters
responded to the truck fire.
“It was so intense, the
column of sr
from downtown,'
said.
Firefighters a
extinguish the
and clear the scene i
30 minutes. Crews i
at the mobile home fire until
2:15 p.m.
smoke was visible
ntown,” Cochran
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