Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 59, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 24, 1994 Page: 4 of 22
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PAGE 4A - THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY, JULY 24,1994
EDITORIAL
rat FOLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Weekly Special
Firefighter needs a break
By Jack As
aadM*
fkfcaet Bfetsteia
WASHINGTON - As the final-
sch begins for the 103rd Con-
ss, the crush of unfinished bust-
tndudes health care, crime,
elfare reform and Wade Bomar.
Wade Botnar?
Bomar v as a 26-year-oI J father
three children and an eight-tune
iMontana state arm wrestling cham-
pion when he volunteered to help
I the Bureau of Indian Affairs extin-
Igmsh a forest fire that threatened a
(nearby reservation in 1989. As he
I cranked up his chain saw to level a
■pine tree, it crashed down on
I Bomar, leaving him paralyzed from
■the waist down, incontinent and til-
lable to wort again.
Had he been injured just to
I months later, Bomar would have
I qualified for a S100,000 payment
I under the Public Safety Officers'
I Benefits Act, which was moving
I through Congress when the acci-
Ident occurred. Bomar took his case
[for retroactive relief to Congress,
■which routinely grants tax breaks
|and subsidies to the well-
connected. But this could hardly
I describe Bomar.
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mool, is
|twisting arms on Botnar’s behalf.
I Baucus has fired off tenets to die
|ciinton cabinet, engineered a
reliance" meeting between Bomar
land Attorney General Janet Reno,
I bird-dogged bureaucrats and even
■ introduced a private relief bill • a
I last-resort gambit to help one per-
In a letter to Reno, Baucus
I argued: "Wade Bomar is precisely
| the sort of person the PSOBA was
I amended to help: a public safety of-
I ficer permanently injured in the
line of duty...b was die clear intent
of Congress to avoid a situation
where these public servants are
forced to live hand-to-mouth - ex-
actly the situation Wade is in today.
Frankly, the system has failed this
I man."
Baucus' bill must be approved
I by the Justice Department and the
■Office of Management and Budget,
(passed by Congress and signed by
Ithe president. Only one of the 226
[private relief bids introduced dur-
ling this Congress has reached die
[president: Sen. Bill Cohen, R-
j Maine, introduced a bill to waive
[citizenship requirements for a Rus-
sian woman who had been ding-
I nosed with terminal cancer. The
bill passed in less than six weeks
land the woman was sworn in as a
|U.S. citizen three days before
| dying.
For his part, Bomar’s only spe-
Icial interest is his family. Since the
accident, his family has tost its
I primary source of income, and his
[children no longer have health in-
Tm praying this WH will
| get passed," Bomar told our as-
I sociate Andrew Conte. "If not. I’m
| just going to keep getting deeper in
I debt"
RED MENACE - Judging by
ICLA reports, Americans might find
[themselves longing far the good
[old days of the Cold War before the
| decade is out.
CIA director James Woolsey
[recently told a Congressional com-
[mittee that an estimated 5,700 or-
[ganized crime groups have cropped
■ up in Russia and threaten to auction
|off the former superpower’s
| nuclear arsenal to rogue Third
[World nations. With die dismantie-
Jment of approximately 2,000
| nuclear missiles every month under
| the START Treaty, there is a grow-
ling surplus of weapon-ready
| plutonium in Russia.
Unlike during the Cold War. die
[ enemy this time is not a foreign
! government, and problems cannot
be solved with summit meetings,
| diplomacy or hot lines. "The (or-
ganized crime groups) feed off of
societies’ weaknesses, corrupting
die normal come of life, and
destroying civic culture," Woolsey
said. Their quest for profit mocks
| all laws, mores and values. They
what hope is left in nations
aewly emerged from
If die United States i
to contain the m
by organized crime,
OF THE MONTH
of Housing a
crease in the quarterly parking fee,"
read a screaming flyer with
NOTICE" stamped six times.
"Please increase your quarterly
payment to $75.63."
One "hard-hit" HUD employee
said it costs "more money to Xerox
the flyer and pass i< out" than HU I
will recoup with the increase. A|
HUD spokesperson said the fly
cr cted a mistake and "it saved al
1 f confusion. The last thing you|
v am is to get some hassles."
e»M»aill l*H UMM raalan SyuRkaM, lac.
Letter to the editor
Sorry if florists offended
Ta the editor:
* -a.xite a letter which ap-
peared in last Sunday's paper
regarding the loss of flowers
from our loved ones’ graves. I
understand that there are people
in the local floral business that
are upset with my letter and I
would like to clarify one state-
ment that 1 made. I stated that
"local florists" are responsible. 1
would like to state that the
caretaker did not use the word
"local," but said that florists do
come in and remove the stands
and arrangements.
I did not in any way intend to
reflect on the many fine florists
which are in our area and do not
have any names to reveal;
however, this is happening and I
feel that the public should be
made aware of it If 1 had the
names of any florists, I would
personally speak with the
sheriff’s office so that they
could investigate the matter,
The (folk County Enterprise fetters brief and to the point
to submit Each letter should contain no
more than 650 words. Letters
__ exceeding that length will be
The fetters will be published subject to editing or withheld
in the Enterprise's "Letters to from publication.
on Thursday Letters will also be subject to
editing for libelous statements
« aay subject of Issue of
tasa
by a same and mailing address Arom the pnblc concerning
wB he subject to etUttog for campaign issues. Daring election
e telephone i
Readers *
Letters may be submitted fat
person or can he mailed to
"Letters to the editor," Polk
County Enterprise, P.O. Boot
1276, Livingston, TX 77351.
POLK COUNTY
ENTERPRISE
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are those of the writer and not
tr.
I are those of the Enterprtee.
. f
however, it is hoped that if
anyone in this immediate area
has ever removed things from
cemeteries, that they will realize
how devastating it is to the
families and it.will never occur
again. I am noi able to point my
finger at any one (or group) of
florists and state that they have
stolen from the cemeteries and I
sincerely hope that I wilt never
be able to do so.
For all of you who took of-
fense at my fetter because you
do not practice such acts - I
apologize to you; however, if
my fetter reaches one business
or individual who has done these
things and they take it to heart,
then I’m grateful. I feel sure that
our family is not the only one,
that has suffered such losses and
I hope that it will not happen
again to anyone.
Alice Brogden
P.O. Box 21
Leggett
WATERING AND SEEDING - About a
half dozen large water trucks were seen on
Scenic Loop Friday watering the seeding on
the right of way which was recently cleared.
Rob Bailey, assistant area engineer, said the
ENTERPRISE PHOTO RV DAN EAKIN
clearing on Scenic Loop in the last few
months was a safety project. Above, Bill
McDaniel handles the large hose as he
waters the area where trees and underbrush
stood only a few months ago.
LHS to launch Crime Stoppers;
board sets workshop for Tuesday
from page 1
vised against having a pad under
the carpet, preferring a polymer
backing instead. He also objected
to the 50 percent solution dye
method used on the alternate carpet
and the fact that the hallway carpet
would be thicker than that in the
classrooms, meaning there would
be a ridge going into each room.
"The major problem is price," he
said. "You could do 675 more
yards with the same dollar. As a
taxpayer, that’s my concern."
Even before Klodzinski’s warn-
ing, Trustee Janey West, noting
that carpet replacement is needed
throughout the district, had ex-
pressed concern that picking two
hallways in the high school for re-
placement was a "haphazard" ap-
proach.
Tacker said he is working with
Maintenance Supervisor Jim
Sewell to set up a carpet replace-
ment schedule and carpet standards
for the district.
The consensus of the board was
that they should work toward
replacing all of the carpet at a
single school at one time. Trustees
rejected all of the bids received on
the two-hallway replacement.
In other bid activity, the board
accepted bids on teaching and in-
structional supplies, basically ac-
cepting catalogs from which orders
will be made, funded from the
1994-95 budget; accepted a bid
from Sysco Food Services, the only
bid received after two attempts to
Music, the lowest of two received
on the purchase of choral sheet
music.
The board also accepted the bid
of Circle L Dirtworks, Inc. for
sidewalk construction at Lion
Stadium and repair of a junior high
sidewalk as part the Americans
with Disabilities Act compliance
project; accepted the bid of Watts
Carpet, which was the second
lowest bidder, but the "lowest
responsible bidder,” according to
Tacker, on replacement of high
school cafeteria carpet with tile; ac-
cepted bids from Swicegood Music
Co., the lowest bidder on band in-
strument repairs and purchases; ac-
cepted the lowest overall bid, from
Rabo Business, on the purchase of
various business forms; and ac-
cepted the lowest bids, from BSN
Sports and Complete Athletic, on
the purchase of miscellaneous
sports equipment.
In other business, the school
board:
•Approved creation of a Crime
Stoppers program at Livingston
High School to begin in the 1994-
95 school year;
•Tabled action on accepting a
Criminal Justice Tech-Prep grant
for the high school, pending receipt
of a letter of acceptance from the’
Texas Education Agency. High
School Principal Dell Brown is
hoping to add a second unit of
criminal justice training, to be
taught by a certified peace officer.
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the bid of Century Paper, which of-
fered the lowest overall prices of
the five bidders for paper toiletry
products, which the district is buy-
ing in bulk in order to save money;
accepted a bid from Virco, the
lowest of six received, on the pur-
chase of 35 trapezoidal tables with
an option to purchase 20 more; and
accepted- a bid" from Southern
Trustee questions
officer's presence
from page 1
ney and see if Dr. Leonard is abid-
ing by his agreement’
Graham also indicated that he
felt Yvonne Pixley, OISD ad-
ministrative secretary; is working
overtime on the 1994-95 budget be-
cause Leonard is not on hand to
help prepare the budget
Besides doing homework on the
budget Pixley also is serving as
school board secretary because
board members were unable to
agree on one among themselves at
the last regular meeting.
Also following the closed ses-
sion, the board accepted the resig-
nations of Lisa James, third grade
teacher. Susan Henderson and
Tammy Robinson were hired as
third grade teachers, and Jerry
Lozier was hired to teach social
studies, replacing Shirley Knight
who was promoted to the position
of middle school principal.
The smallest crowd in several
months was present at Friday
night’s board meeting. At the re-
quest of John Ackerman, board
member, an Onalaska police officer
was present at the meeting.
After the meeting, same ques-
tioned whether having an officer
present was necessary, but others
at mini
separate
handbook on sexual harassment
policies as soon as those policies
are adopted by the board.
•Tabled action on adoption of
district goals, pending further dis-
cussion at an upcoming workshop
session;
•Tabled action on adoption of
Policy Update No. 45 from the
Texas Association of School
Boards until after a workshop ses-
sion.
•Appointed Superintendent Ron
Preston to the Region VI Education
Service Center Advisory Com-
mittee.
•Tabled action on a facility use
policy, which proposes some in-
crease in the fees charged for use of
some school facilities.
•Adopted cafeteria prices for
1994-95, with no change in price
from last year.
•Tabled action on adoption of a
wage and salary plan, pending fur-
ther discussion at the upcoming
workshop session.
•Approved two amendments to
the budget, reflecting a shift in
funds within the community educa-
tion budget for a computer pur-
chase, which has no effect on the
overall budget total; and reflecting
special education grant monies.
•Tabled action on a lease of
Texas Department of Transporta-
tion facilities pending approval of a
change in the agreement by state at-
torneys in Austin.
•Appointed Tacker as the dis-
trict’s representative to the National
School Lunch and Child Nutrition
Programs.
•Approved an overnight trip by
athletic trainers to a summer in-
stitute.
Following an executive session,
the board approved the employ-
ment of Charlene Wofford, pre-
kindergarten teacher; Rebecca
Nicoll, third grade teacher, Becky
Martin, elementary school coun-
selor; Sarah Reagans, sixth grade
science teacher; Janan Bush, eighth
grade math teacher; Kathy Bick-
ham, junior high aide; Linda
Singleton, junior high aide; Kathy
Wilson, junior high assistant band
director; Ladon Matthys, high
school special education
leacher/crach; Darrell Rarbay, high
school health teacher/coach; Daniel
Parker, high school physical
science tcachcr/coach; Gale Ash-
ley, high school physical education
icacher/coach; and Julie Taylor,
special education motor lab teach-
ing assistant.
Resignations were accepted from
Betty Catoe, junior high LIFE
program teacher; Dcbora Strauch,
kindergarten teacher; and Lee Ann
Puckett, primary school teacher.
The school board will meet in a
special-called workshop session at
7 p.m. Monday in die Community
Education building. Trustees will
consider adopting Policy Update
No. 45 from the Texas Association
of School Boards, adoption of a
sexual harassment policy and ap-
proval of a wage and salary
schedule.
GISD addresses tax loss
from page 1
Tqx Division of the Comptroller of
Public Accounts, "requesting a
limited audit of Goodrich Inde-
pendent School District... to deter-
mine total taxable value for the
1993 study but limiting the scope
of the audit to include timber
productive value ot^g."
In reference to the recent Cham-
pion lawsuit, Burleson requested of
Vogel, "Please lower the value of
Category D in the property value
study from S8,840,524 to
57,933,614. This value reflects a
Ion brought about by a court or-
dered reduction of 5906,910. "Bur-
leson added, "If the value is not
changed to reflect das court or-
dered Ion .... this will seriously af-
fect state funding for Goodrich
I-SJD."
During the action portion of the
meeting, die board approved a bid
from Rainbow Bread for bread and
from Dixie Paper Company for
janitorial supplies. The board also
approved Oiapter II expenditures
of $1,871 for the 1994-95 school
year, amendments to the student
and faculty handbooks and the
Texas Association of School
Boards’ policy on sexual harass-
ment and sexual abuse.
The Goodrich board appointed
Tish Klock, business manager, as
the authorized representative to the
TEA's National School Lunch and
Child Nutrition Programs.
Following executive session, die
board hired the following person-
nel:
Tracy Abbott, high school math;
Rebecca Murray, first grade; Ar-
thur Wallace III, maintenance; Julie
White, elementary instructional
aide; and Glenda Valentine,
cafeteria worker.
The board accepted the resigna-
tions of Lana Smith, first grade
r, and Myra Green, cafeteria
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 59, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 24, 1994, newspaper, July 24, 1994; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth781998/m1/4/: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.