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COLEMAN COUNTY CHRONICLE
Coleman, Texas, August 4, 1983
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by Jim Parker
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Trickham
Report
Written by Mr*. Oscar Boenicke
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Since a large sum of
atate dollars is spent on the
incarceration of prisoners
I in the Texas Department
! of Corrections (T.D.C.) I
thought I would explain a
little about that agency,
some of which has been
mentioned in an earlier
article, and discuss some
possible alternatives.
There are now 20 T.D.C.
Units, most of which are
congregated around the
Houston and Huntsville
area. Texas is one of the
few, if not only, states
which has no true mini-
mum security state pri-
sons. All the state prisons
are designed and built as
maximum security units.
In 1980 one cell cost ap-
proximately $70,000 to
build. While this may well
be an excellent and needed
method for imprisoning
those convicted for assaul-
tive offenses, it is certainly
an extremely costly
method for imprisoning
those who are not a danger
to themselves or society.
Since Federal Judge Wil-
liam Wayne Justice has
ruled that T.D.C. is over-
crowded and that prison-
ers must be allowed more
space, Texas wu forced to
decide if we could afford to
incarcerate so many people
and build only maximum
security prisons.
This past session was
the first time the Legisla-
ture realised that the state
simply could not continue
to fund T.D.C. as we had
been in the past and start-
ed looking for alternatives
to incarceration. Many of
the dollars requested by
T.D.C. for new construc-
tion were diverted to the
budgets of other agencies
that deal with those com-
ing into contact with the
criminal justice system
prioc to their being sent to
TD.C. The Probation Com-
missions (both juvenile and
adult), Pardons and
Paroles, Texas Youth Com-
misson, and court systems
all had money added to
their budgets in the hopes
that new programs could
be developed and tried
which would divert of-
fenders from the T.D.C.
Many of the programs
which are now being tested
are community-based,
which means that small
group homes, half-way
houses, restitution cen-
ters or drug and alcohol
centers will be established
in communities close to
where the offender lives.
In the next few weeks
we will be discussing each
of these different com-
munity programs and I
hope you wifi let me know
what you think of them,
keeping in mind the dollar
savings from maximum se-
curity units, what you are
willing to pay for incar-
ceration of offenders, how
you would feel about hav-
ing such a minumum sec-
urity prison in your com-
munity and any other opin-
ions you might have
regarding these programs.
A quote from Dr. George
Beto, a former T.D.C.
Director and well-known
authority on the criminal
justice system was ex-
tremely surprising and in-
teresting to me and I
thought it would be some-
thing you, too, would find
eye-opening. According to
figures quoted by Dr. Beto,
of all felonies commit-
ted in Texas today only 3
percent will result in ar-
rest and of that 3 percent,
only half of those will
result in incarceration.
What that tella me is that
the people responsible for
97 percent of the crimes
are still out there.
I will leave you to think
on that and see you next
week.
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TURTLE LADY: South
Padre Island's Turtle
Lady, Ila Loetscher,
holds up one of her som-
brero-clad seaturtles for
a close look at a visitor.
At 78, she has been
taking care of injured
seaturtles and champion-
ing their rights for near-
ly 20 years; and respon-
sible for helping publi-
cize the plight of the
endangered Kemp’s Rid-
ley. (TTDA Photo by
Michael Murphy)
The 5th Sunday Singing
was good - not as many
singers or people to hear it
as usual, but the weather
has been so hot, people
hate to get out these hot
evenings. But the church
was pretty cool. The two derson Funei
new air conditioners were Coleman. Bi
Rice took her mother, Lil-
lie Featherston to the
funeral.
Minnie Craig Sparks
died Saturday and her
funeral was at 10:30.
Monday morning at Hen-
ome in
was in the
put in last week. Coleman Cemetery. She
Next Sunday, Rev. Gary and her first husband, Sam
Spraggins, the Baptist Craig, lived in our corn-
minister, will preach at 11 munity several years be-
a.m. fore he died. A number
Mr. and Mrs. 0. C. from our community went
Bertrand and daughter to the funeral.
Maxine Douglas visited the Mr. and Mrs. Joyce
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We’re Sorry,
Mrs. Boenicke
This newspaper wishes
to apologize to our faithful
correspondent from Trick-
ham, Mrs. Oscar Boenicke.
Under her last week’s
column head we inadver-
tently placed the name of
one of our Burkett report-
ers, Freeda Burkett.
Mrs. Boenicke has been
of great service to the
Trickham community, and
her news column has been
printed in this newspaper
for many, many years. We
would like to express our
appreciation to her for the
time and effort she has put
forth in serving her read-
ers.
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MONDAY, AUG. 8
Taco
Spanish rice
Pinto beans
Celery stick/peanut butter
Sliced peaches
WEDNESDAY, AUG. 10
Roast beef/gravy
Vegetable medley
Candied yams
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FRIDAY, AUG. 12
Oven fried fish
Cole slaw
Carrots
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Walter Stacys Sunday
evening after the singing.
Also Jo Grant and Lorene
' Wynn of Coleman visited
with them.
Thursday night the 84
party was held at the
Charlie Fleming’s. They
had a lawn party. It was
very nice. Twenty-four at-
tended and all had a big
time.
Ray and Minolta Mc-
Swain and James of Hico
spent the day Wednes-
day with her parents,
Howell and Gertrude Mar-
tin.
Sunday morning before
Sunday School I visited
Vera Shield and after
church t came home and
ate dinner and then at-
tended the singing and
after the singing I visited
Mrs. Artie Fry and grand-
son Jeff. ,
A number from our com
munity attended the REA
annual meeting at Coleman
Friday night. No ones
name was drawn, but the
Trickham Church got a
gift. We all got a nice door
prise.
The McClatchy reunion
was held Saturday and
Sunday at Mountain City
Community Center in San-
ta Anna with 36 present.
Those who went from here
were Joe and Ora Stacy,
Oma Lee Dockery, Daisy
and Tal McClatchy, Pete
and LaVeroe McClatchy
and two grandchildren,
and Hilburn and Leona
Henderson. Sug Stearns
visited Leona one evening.
Visitors with the Grady
Mclvers were Terry and
Orabeth Mclver's children
who visited during the
week and Doyne Mclver
ate Supper with them Sat-
urday night.
I visited Natalie Mclver
Saturday evening. Grady
and Genia Mclver visited
Rankin and Natalie after
the singing Sunday even-
ing.
.Visitors with Dene Hay-
nes were Mr. and Mrs. Ter-
ry Preeee, Tammy and
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m,nut# tors were Lou Vaughn,
Oma Lee Dockery, George
and Goldie Haynes. Mattie
and Jim Linebery, Billy
and Carole Haynes who
came Friday and Saturday
they took Dene to Round
Rock to help celebrate
Reba and Elvis Cotart's
36th wedding anniversary.
Sunday evening the J. E.
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Stearns Sunday evening.
Also Mr. and Mrs. Dutch
Campbell visited them.
Sherman Stearns spent the
weekend with them. His
son, Clint, came Sunday
evening and will stay until
Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs.
Cedi Ellis and Tommie
Watson also visited them. *
Russie James visited her
daughter, Roberta McShan
and family Sunday in
Brownwood and their
daughter and husband, ‘
Cindy and KeUy Hoffman
of Lubbock, were there,
also Pat Jr. and Sharron
McShan and Erica. —
Florence Stearns visited
Jo Grant Saturday morn-
ing. She went to Barbara
and Charles Kirkpatrick's
and ate dinner with them
and their two girls in
Coleman. In the afternoon
she visited her daughter,
Alice Wells.
Paul and Gay Martin
spent the day Sunday with
the Felton Martins.
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Coleman County Chronicle (Coleman, Tex.), Vol. 50, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 4, 1983, newspaper, August 4, 1983; Coleman, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth731889/m1/18/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Coleman Public Library.