Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 25, 1990 Page: 7 of 48
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1HE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY FEBRUARY 2$. IMtPAGE 7A
Race not reason
OFFICIAL RECORDS
i: I am a black,
mkidle-dass student attending the
University of Maryland. I live in the
city that has the highest murder rate
in the United States, the District of
Columbia. It also has the highest
school dropout rate. This city is ter-
rorised by 14- and 15-year-olds who
wear beepers, carry Uzi machine
guns and do not go to school. Who
says Russia is the enemy?
I am writing to you, because the
American middle data, both Mack
and white, has become apathetic to
the dangers that threaten us all.
Dropouts have an enormous impact
on society. In ISM, the government
spent over $200 billion on welfare. Of
those receiving Aid to Families with
Dependent Children, 27.4 percent
were mothers who did not have a
high school education. Dropouts not
only place a financial burden on
hard-working, taxpaying citizens,
they are also responsible for much of
the crime. Many teens who drop out
of school turn to drug dealing.
Our nation’s capital is not govern-
ed by the president or by Congress.
It is governed by fear. Fear of 14-
and 15-year-olds who might shoot
you if you look at them wrong. There
are certain sections in this city that
no sane person would venture into
after dark.
Many believe the problem is being
poor and blade. Wrong. It is much
more complicated. There is no
single answer, but the faihily,
church and black community must
play a larger role in making
America’s black youth proud of their
heritage.
Black children need role models.
We read and hear too much about
blade pimps and drug dealers and
not enough about blades who have
made it. Maybe this is what happens
when the press, radio and TV are
predominantly white.-D.C. Reader
Dear D.C. Reader: You’ve written
a provocative letter. I wish to point
out, however, that major problems
facing black youths are the same
(Hies white youths have - no core
family unit, no parental guidance,
inadequate education and
joblessness. A specifically black
problem, however, is that 84 percent
of crimes against blacks are com-
mitted by blacks.
You lose me when you complain of
bias in the field of communications
and an absence of black role models.
A few who come to mind are Oprah
Winfrey, Bill Cosby, Lena Home,
Sidney Poitier, Michael Jordan,
iMagic Johnson, tyafter Payton,
W to riKOS'i -
Ann
Landers
Sywjfratrd Column bit
Mike Singletary, publishing tycoon
John Johnson, Supreme Court
Justice Thurgood Marshall, Gen.
Colin Powell, attorney Marian
Wright Edelman, and Dr. Louis
Sullivan of Health and Human Ser-
vices. I could go on, but I’m sure you
get the idea.
Dear Ann Landers: This letter is a
blueprint for husbands who are sure
their wives would never cheat.
Pay attention to unexplained
absences, especially when she says .
she needs a vacation alone because
she must get a rest from the
children.
She needs diversion, and bowling
every Tuesday with the girls is
perfect.
Night classes at the local college
are so-o-o-o stimulating.
Be alert to changes in the way she
dresses, new makeup, a sudden in-
terest in losing weight or a younger
hairdo.
She suddenly buys new lace undies
and nighties but rarely wears them
with you.
Check the mileage on the car -
just to make sure.
I hated doing these things, but
that’s how I caught her .-Fooled No
More
Dear F.N.M.: What’s the'end of
the story? Tell me so I can print it!
What can you give the person who
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JUSTICE COURT
Precinct 1
Judge Mary Placker presiding.
Criminal Docket
Robert F. Pierce, public intoxica-
tion.
Bobby Ray Byrd, Livingston, no
driver’s license.
JUSTICE COURT
Precinct 4
Judge Howard Lilley presiding.
Criminal Docket
Robert Andrew Taylor, Liv-
ingston, no driver’s license.
Bonds set
Chester F. Sopczak, public intox-
ication, $200 p.r.
Victor M. Alfaro, DWI-lst, $1,000.
Albert L. Hopson, destruction of
county property, $5,000.
Albert L. Hopson, disorderly con-
duct, $200.
Albert L. Hopson, aggravated
assault with deadly weapon, $50,000.
Robert Paul Reinhardt, probation
violation (DWI), bond denied.
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Curtis Cecil Allemang, 41, Votaw
and Joy McClanahan, 34, Votaw.
Willie Sterling Jackson, 54, Cor-
rigan and Tammy Louise Whitaker,
24, Corrigan.
Daniel Wayne Fregia, 40, Daisetta
and Elizabeth Darlene Hicks, 38,
Liberty.
DISTRICT COURT
Ninth, Second Ninth and 2S8th
judicial districts.
Judges Lyun Coker, John Martin
and Joe Ned Dean presiding.
Criminal Docket
Jan Stigers, securing execution of
document by deception (welfare
fraud).
Linda Williams, tampering with a
government record (welfare fraud).
Clara Marie Wright, tampering
with a government record (welfare
fraud).
Von Marie Ware, tampering with
a government record (welfare
fraud).
Civil / Divorce Docket
In Re: Catherine Jean Lay, an
adult; petition to change name of an
adult
Melinda Jean Vanya and David
Allen Vanya Sr., suit for divorce.
Lisa Meeks and Timothy Eugene
Meeks, suit for divorce.
Timberwood Nursing Hone, Inc.,
vs. Charles Graphman, suit on debt.
Kathy Lasiter vs. Verna B.
Gamer, suit for damages - auto.
Pacesetter Products, Inc., doing
business as Pacesetter Corporation,
v». Rafael Rodrigues and Maxine
Rodrigues, suit on account.
First State Bank of Livingston,
Texas, vs. Ed Dewalt, suit on pro-
missory nolle.
Shirley Lee Squier and Wi' iam
Victor Squier, suit far divorce.
Red Bara Builders Supply of Liv-
ingston, Texas, Inc., vs. Glen Broad-
way, doing business as Lakeside
Contractors, suit on account
Leea M. Barber and James
Barber, suit for divorce.
Charles Parten vs. John Harrison
Weeks Jr., et ux, and Livingston
Christian Center, Inc., suit on sworn
account.
Deliaqueat Tax Docket
Polk County vs. Daniel Craig
Carter, et al, delinquent tax suit.
Polk County vs. Patricia Ann
Brown, et al, delinquent tax suit.
Polk County vs. Tommie Gray Jr.,
et ux, et al, dettaquent tax suit.
Corrigan-Cardden Independent
School District tft. Jeain Holcombe,
et vie, et al, delinquent tax suit.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 16, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 25, 1990, newspaper, February 25, 1990; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781616/m1/7/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.