Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 23, 2007 Page: 2 of 48
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Polk County Newspapers and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Livingston Municipal Library.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
PAGE 2A • POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE • SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,2007
Trailer destroyed, by fire
at state park campsite
LIVINGSTON - Firefighters
were called to the Lake Livingston
Stale Park at 10:54 a.m. Wednesday
when a travel trailer caught fire in
site 38 of the campground area.
Fire Chief Corky Cochran said the
cause of the blaze is unknown, and
the trailer belonging to Livingston
businessman Billy Kimberlin was
totally destroyed.
Three fire trucks and 10
firefighters responded to the call.
Car Fire
Fourteen firefighters and two
trucks responded to a car fire
in the emergency room parking
lot at Memorial Medical Center
- Livingston at about 9 p.m.
Thursday.
Bystanders used a fire
extinguisher to put out the blaze
prior to the fire department’s
arrival, reports showed. No
injuries were reported.
Appraisal district
from Page IA
there had been no money budgeted
for online use and had no further
comment regarding the use of any
monies since budgeted for online
use.
In an interview following the
meeting, Barbara Clarke questioned
why the appraisal district will not
send faxes or emails in response to
requests and why the computer for
public use is rarely operable.
Clarke said the office has long
lines at the appraisal district after
Notices of Appraised Value are
sent out. Agents and appraisers
have to wait in that same line to get
information for pending real estate
transactions when the public access
computer is out of service.
At one point a complaint to
County Judge John Thompson's
office got the computer plugged in
and working the same day, according
to Clarke. However, the next day the
computer was unplugged and again
unavailable for use.
Carolyn Allen explained that the
computer has crashed and a new one
has not been purchased.
Allen also said that the appraisal
district does not accept signed faxed
requests. All staff members do not
have email access so it would be
logistically difficult for them to
process anything by email, she
said.
Both of these situations reflect a
key issue which is that the appraisal
district would have no way to
collect the fees it charges for release
of public information if email was
used.
Because the appraisal district
only accepts cash or check, and not
credit cards, as payment the person
Correction
An editing error in the From
the Archives column in Thurs-
day’s edition of the Enterprise
misstated the number of court-
houses that have been built in
Livingston.
Museum curator Wanda Bob-
inger pointed out that the cur-
rent courthouse is the county’s
fourth.
or entity seeking information must
either mail a request or appear in
person.
According to Clarke, this is
tedious enough if you live within
driving distance but ridiculous in
the internet age if you are an agent
from out of state or in El Paso, for
example.
The Polk County Clerk’s office
uses an honor system for research
copies and bills monthly, a plan
that Clarke feels would work at the
appraisal district.
Allen said she is willing to meet
with representatives from the board
meeting regarding the features and
data they would like to see on the
website. Allen also noted that she
has yet to have anyone (agent or
appraiser) come and sit down with
her and detail what information is
missing from the website and what
features they would like to have
added.
According to McCulley, the
'group of agents and appraisers who
appeared at the Appraisal District
board meeting have met and
appointed Stanton Marsh and Pat
McCulley as spokespersons for the
group. McCulley said that she and
Marsh will be meeting this week to
schedule time to meet with Allen.
Allen’s investigation of the
inaccurate square footage showed
that the second floor of my home
was not included in the listing. She
said that this was a problem with
the software company and other
homes with multiple stories could
have the same problem. Allen said
this problem highlights one of the
drawbacks to relying on online data
versus the original appraisal record.
Crash
from Page 1A
and pulled out in front of Jo Carol
Walton, 39, of Livingston, also
headed east on U.S. 190. Walton’s
vehicle struck Tate’s 1993 Ford
Thunderbird forcing both vehicles
off the road. Tate was taken by
ambulance to Memorial Medical
Center Livingston with unspecified
injuries.
LAKE LIVINGSTON
w Estate
( 4 Cfuik
X J
-x
Coming
Sunday
October 14th
in the
Polk County
ENTERPRISE
To Advertise
call
(936) 327-4357
DVD Select: Beauty, the beast and
an insigftlful story about family
By ROBERT J. HAWKINS
Copley News Service
“That’s the thing,’’ says director
Judd Apatow, trying to explain the
appeal of his movies, in particular
“Knocked Up” (Universal, 4 stars).
“It can go emotional, make you feel
something, maybe even have lean -
and get in a joke about doing crack,
in literally the same line.
“If you can do that, you’re in
good shape.”
Yeah, Apatow’s in good shape.
He did it on “Freaks and Geeks.”
He pulled it off in the “40-Year-
Old Virgin.” He certainly did it in
“Knocked Up.” And more recently
as producer of the surprise summer
hit “Superbad.”
The man’s got an uncanny knack
for floating an unfathomably bad
concept and then creating an en-
dearingly repulsive comedy.
Look at “Knocked Up.” No, I
mean really: Spend the darn money
and look at “Knocked Up.”
The concept? A hopelessly
dumpy, juvenile and classless teddy
bear named Ben Stone (Seth Rogen)
lucks into a one-night stand with a
gorgeous TV correspondent (well,
she works for E! - not really a cor-
respondent) named Alison (the gor-
geous Katherine Heigl).
As luck, or rather Ben's social in-
eptness, would have it, Alison gets
pregnant.
Alison decides to keep the baby
while Ben decides to go smoke a
few more joints with his socially
dwarfed roommates whili he tries
to decide if growing up is restlly his
next big step.
Funny? Well, no, not the way I
summarize it. But Apatow. he has •
gift. He makes this whole situation
both pathetic and hilarious, sweet
and sour, dramatic and juvenile -
and as he says, “in literally the same
line.”
That quote, by the way, comes
from the hefty extras on the two-
DVD “special edition” of the film.
And that’s the version you need to
go for • the unrated special edition.
It contains stuff that is way more
funny than the movie.
The best is a lengthy feature cal led
“Finding Ben Stone.” Apatow nar-
rates the fruitless and scaringly fun-
ny (and completely fictional) search
for a lead actor to play Ben. He tries
young Michael Cera (from “Ar-
rested Development”) who erupts
in plumes of volcanic ego. He tries
Orlando Bloom, who refuses to lose
the accent. James Franco still har-
bors resentments from his days on
the short-lived but beloved “Freaks
A Geeks.” David Krumholtz is ab-
surdly aggressive toward Hegel.
Justin Long insists on indeed creed
in commercial romantic comedy.
The choices get increasingly bad
(including Apatow casting himself
in the role):
Rogen. needltss to say, is the
perfect choice for Ben. And really
Apatow’s first and only.
For Apatow fans, the extras are an
incredible gold mine. The director’s
video diaries are bone-dry funny.
The outtakes and deleted scenes and
extended takes are priceless - es-
pecially those Of physician/comic
Ken Jeong as delivery-room doctor
Kuni. There is lengthy raw footage
of Rogen and Heigl shooting two
key restaurant scenes which really
show how the flawless timing de-
velops over time, say take 15 or 20.
In another mockumentary, ac-
tor David Krumholtz talks about
his brief stint as the "sixth room-
mate” in “Knocked Up” until he
bolts from the movie to take the
lead in a Woody Allen film in Eu-
rope. Krumholtz laments wrecking
the movie. Apatow insists, perhaps
a touch too acidly, that it is a far
better film without Krumholtz. (The
MARKET
CABNE FRESCA
Taqueria y fruteria
B*«r Sales ■,
TV* new accept Food Stamps
92*3 Hwy. 59 Ptv 936-398-2998
Leggett, TX 77350
Trias Heart It I
Receive '15 In coinsor‘12 hod coupon'
('Monday A MM only)
(J Qjjt
October 15 A 29
NEW LOW PRICE FOR THESE TPM
(includes hotel, bus ride & ports)
New Low Cost
Receive in coins -‘|3
Your octi/el cost
U 1W
Trim to Pangea Depart
min FrtmM
Racatva’IO In eaah parka
upon arrival!
October 10 A 28
(metudas hotel, bus ride A perks)
Com us
Cosh ports -US
Mesl Voucher -J 9
Breehtest Butfei -j
Pick-up location In Livingston:
Wahnart Hwy 89 Q Hwy 190
fWIWFWI
Must hv 21 yn. or older. Schedule* and /trkex inhfecl h» ihottyv wrihntH mu tee.
Woody Allen project never gets off
the ground.)
There’s also Heigl’s audition tape,
a remarkable performance.
The publicity says there are at
least three hours of extras. It flew by
in what felt like minutes - laughter
makes time fly like that.
“Next” (Paramount, 2 1/2 stars)
Smalltime Las Vegas magician Cris
Johnson (Nicolas Cage in his third
cool movie of 2007! “Ghost Rider”
and “Grindhouse/Planet Terror”)
has a special gift. OK. Call it curse.
He can see two minutes into the fu-
ture. The FBI (Julianne Moore as
the lead agent) needs his gift to track
down nuke-laden terrorists on U.S.
soil. The terrorists want to take him
down, so he won't foil their plot.
Cris just wants to meet the girl (Jes-
sica Biel) of his dreams (whom he
saw more than two minutes into the
future). The bad guys get to her first
and now he must stop them and save
her while saving the world. Life is
complicated. A real action-thriller
but as always with Cage, leavened
with wit. Based on a Philip k. Dick
story.
“The TV Set” (Fox, 2 1/2 stars)
Can we all agree that commercial
television is inherently mediocre by
design? Well, you will after seeing
this Jake Kasdan satire of the biz.
Writer Mike Klein (David Duclio-
vny) has a great TV script and stu-
dio boss Lenny (Sigourney Weaver)
wants it aired on the network. Done.
Ha! Not so fast. Mike and his script
must first pass through 13 studio
production circles of creative hell.
Clearly this is payback (Kasdan's
baby was the ill-treated cult fave
“Freaks and Geeks”). Go ahead and
collect.
“Black Book” (Sony, 3 1/2 stars)
A boat filled with Jews fleeing oc-
cupied Holland is ambushed by the
Nazis during World War II and only
Rachel Stein (Carice van Houten)
survives. She joins the resistance
movement and infiltrates the head-
quarters of Capt. Ludwig Mun-
tze (Sebastian Koch). The captain
uncovers her secret (among other
things) but does not betray her.
However, there is a rat in the re-
sistance ... fast-paced passion and
intrigue from the director Paul Ver-
hoeven will keep you on the edge
until the end.
Worth taking a risk: “Ten Canoes”
(Palm Pictures) Australian aborigi-
nal actor David Gulpilil helps tell
the tale of two brothers on a hunt,
the younger of whom covets one of
his brother’s wives. Insightful, en-
tertaining and transporting.
Legends become you: “Last of the
Breed” (A&E), 90 minutes. It’s the
tour I never heard of - Willie Nel-
son, Merle Haggard and Ray Price
at the Chicago Rosemont Theatre.
I would have paid double the ticket
price to be in on this one. DVD also
includes interviews with the coun-
try legends and a personal tour of
his bus by Willie himself. Cool.
Mill Creek Entertainment releas-
es its second wave of indie films
this week, two documentaries a
comedy and a mockumentary. The
documentaries are the Arctic tundra
turn “Being Caribou,” and “Born-'
bay Calling,” about the surpris-
ingly robust night life in India. The
romantic comedy “My Bad Dad”
and the pseudo-documentary on a
homegrown visionary “My Ameri-
can Messiah.”
DVD RATINGS
4 stars: Don't miss: rent it/buy it
3 stars: Worth the risk: rent it
2 stars: On the tipping point: if
nothing else is available
I star: Don’t bother: wait until it’s
in the $1 bin
© Copley News Service
Visit Copley News Service at
www.copleynews.com.
FITI1ESS For All
sweat-shop “
New Management • New Hours
NOW OPEN 24 HOURS - 7 1>AYS A WI.I K
Customer Assistance • Monday - Friday 8 AM - 8 PM
★ Senior Citizen Discount
★ Nice Clean Cool Facility
, ★ A Variety of Specialized Training Classes
★ Membership Packages
CHECK FOR DETAILS
412 N. Jackson^ Livingston, Tx ncro» from nmsute Bank)»936-328-4643
ASK ABOUT
ni id mrird
Sunday: Karaoke with Josh 8pm
OF THE
Monday: Mixed 3 Ball Tournament
DAY
SPECIALS!
Tuesday: Jared Wesney for Ladies
Night 8 pin-12am • Drink Specials!
Thursday: Free Fool 5pm ‘til close,
Open Jukebox 7pm
Grill
Fri. 11:30 am-11 30 pm
Friday: Coolwater Country 8pni
Aal. 11 .JU alll* I Z..)U dill
Check out our daily specials
Saturday: Coolwater Country 9pm
Tuesday S3.00 8oz hamburger
21 & Above on All Tournaments
University Cancer Center
Huntsville
• IMRT/lGflT Radiation Tharapy
* Chemotharapy . . »
• Prostata Implant*
■PUS
’ ..._ .
September is Prostate
Health Month
4$ Free screenings
_ for men 55+
State of The Art In Compassionate Care
936.438.8430
CALL TODAY FOR AN APPOINTMENT
Medicare, Medicaid and Most Insurance Accepted
6401-43 • Huntsville, Texas Hablamos Espanol!
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Matching Search Results
View seven places within this issue that match your search.Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Reddell, Valerie. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 74, Ed. 1 Sunday, September 23, 2007, newspaper, September 23, 2007; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth788406/m1/2/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.