Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 53, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 28, 1998 Page: 2 of 20
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: U • THE POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE, SUNDAY, JUNE 28,1998
Man in the middleawfoaip with short end of stick
Dear Asa
•in Texas
we coot system
how tough it is oa criminals. Now,
1 would like to leli yoa about my
experience in the Lone Star Siam.
tow to 40 years, I
•to so I could devote
a@E.saav
keeper turned out to be a coo art-
ist and as embezzler. He cleaned
Passenger trips total
nearly 100 each day
from page 1
Aa in-county trip is $1.50 each
way, with an extra 50 cents charged
for each additional stop. Out-of-
county trips are $2 .ach way, ex-
cept for the Houston/Galveslon
routes, which cost S2.25 each way.
Exact change is required, as driv-
ers do not curry cash and are not
permitted to make change.
While it is a demand and response
system, the demand is such that
some regular schedules have been
established, although the hours,
especially return times, may vary
depending on ridership and number
of stops.
Generally, the schedules are:
•To Lufkin: Monday through Fri-
day. Leaves at 6:30 a.m., 7:30 a.m.
and noon; returns at 8:30 a.m., 1
p.m. and 3 p.m.
•1b Galveston: Monday and
Werhiesdhy. Leaves at 7:30 a.m.,
returns at 5 pun.
•To Houston: Tuesday and Thurs-
day. Leaves at 7 JO a m., returns at
4 p.m.
•To Huntsville: Monday through
Friday. Leaves at 6:30 un., returns
at 2 p.m.
Anyone, regardless of income, is
eligible to ride the bus. To schedule
a trip, call 1-800-272-0039 or 409-
7784480.
Located in the old Fanner's Sup-
ply building on Pan American
Drive, plans ate underway to reha-
bilitate the facility.
“Ultimately, it will be a multi-
modal facility,” Nelson said.
He added that 120 service hours
are generated daily, with 90-100
passenger trips per day.
Hospital opening set
for January 2000
from page 1
•; hospital.
"Why should we give to the hos-
pital project?” Cochran asked.
■; "There are many good reasons. A
;; new hospital is essential to the
;• growth of our economy and a good
t* hospital attracts people and new
businesses.
( ' "We will be giving to a non-
£ profit entity. Memorial is a com-
munity-owned, community-based,
non-profit system which pours its
r«sb#* ii ;
it servfcs," Cocl
i a first-rate
rthe benefit of our
”1 challenge you to become a
partner in providing quality health
care throughout Polk County and
the surrounding area. I think you
will be pleased with the results,"
Cochran concluded.
The new 36-bed hospital, encom-
passing approximately 100,000
square feet, including an attached
medical office building, will be lo-
cated on a 41.3-acre site. It will of-
fer a full range of services, includ-
ing emergency, surgery, intensive
care/critical care, cardiopulmonary,
X-ray and women's health depart-
to the hospital, allowing physicians
easy transition from their offices to
the hospital far patient rounds and
acute surgical procedures.
The building itself will cost ap-
proximately $18.2 million, with
the remainder earmarked for other
capital costs such as professional
and healthcare equipment
Construction is expected to be
completed in late 1999, with the
opening slated for January 2000.
put
be-
fore the district attorney would
agree to press charges. When the
DA checked this crook’s back-
ground, he discovered the guy had
been convicted of embezzlement
before.
His first conviction resulted in a
35-year sentence, but he was re-
leased early on parole. Believe it
or not, this con artist was then
hired to work ia the comptroller’s
office for the Slate of Texas.
It look prosecutors six years to
prove he was embezzling from
the state. For that conviction, he
received a 99-year sentence.
However, because he helped the
D.A. catch another embezzler in
the system, he served only one
year and then walked.
When my case came to trial, I
discovered the D.A. had allowed
this criminal to plea-bargain the
embezzlement on the grounds
that it was his first offense. He
was sentenced to five years but
served less then 10 months before
he was allowed to walk out, a
free man.
This con artist admitted in writ-
ing that he took $60,000 from me.
He was told to reimburse me at a
measly $32.95 a month, with no
interest or late charges. The
DA’s office also conveniently
lost the paperwork on this case,
including three years’ worth of my
company records. Try explaining
THAT to the Internal Revenue
Service. Somewhere in Cen-
tral Texas
Dear Somewhere,: I have
been writing this column for 43
years, and I cannot recall hearing
about a case that equaled yours
for outrageous injustice or made
me angrier. Unfortunately, some-
times the man in the middle ends
up with the short end of the stick.
Dear Ann Landers: I’m
writing about people who believe
that sex has nothing to do with
lore and __
and degrading."
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it is “unhygienic
In particular, I
woman who said,
“Why do yon assume that if a
woman doesn't like sex, some-
thing is wrong with her? You’d be
surprised how many wives go
through life faking it."
Rom my own experience and
from close observation of many
married couples, including my
parents, I know this woman is not
exaggerating. Besides disliking
sex, many wives subtly discour-
age it altogether. Others are less
subtle. They simply say, “I don’t
want any more sex," and there’s
no more after that.
I spent many years away from
home when I served in the mili-
tary and later as traveling sales-
man. I can tell you that when
some husbands are on the road,
they almost automatically feel a
strong desire for a woman. These
men actively seek out lonely fe-
males or even prostitutes at bars
and restaurants, and there is no
Ann Landers
SfnUnHU flumnitt
shortage of either. Is there a con-
nection? You bet there is. Men
who are married to women who
don’t like sex will most assuredly
find it somewhere. The husband
who is satisfied at home is not
likely to go on the prowl when he
is away. Sign me - A Southern
Gentleman
Dear Southern Gentle-
man: I’m sure you speak for
northern gentlemen, as well.
Thanks for a letter that just might
alter the bedroom behavior of
women whose theme song is
“Sorry, dear, not tonight. I have a
headache.”
Gem of the Day:” thrift is a
wonderful virtue - especially in
an ancestor.
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CUSTOMER NOTICE
Livingston Telephone Company (Livingston or the Company) has filed a request
with the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) seeking approval to provide two
new Integrated Services, Advanced Digital Service - Basic Rate Interface (BRI) and
Advanced Digital Service - Primary Rate Interface (PRI). ISDN is a digital network
architecture that offers a variety of services, a standard set of network messages,
and integrated access to the network. Access methods to the ISDN are the BRI and
PRI This request has been assigned Tariff Control No. 19430.
Advanced Digital Service-BRI is a public Network based communications service
that can be used in conjunction with a customer's individual (single party) residential
or business line. It provides end-to-end digital communications and gives me aoility
to transmit data and voice over the same telephone line simultaneously. Aovanced
Digital Service-PRI is a digital business service that provides 1 544 Mbps access
from a customer premises to the Company's serving central office. The services will
be offered to all customers within the Livingston service area except multi-party,
public, semi-public and customer owned coin-operated access service connections
The following rates have been proposed for the new service: Monthly Rate: Basic
Rate Interface $31.00. Primary Rate Interface $470.00.
The proposed effective date of this change is September 6,1998. The annual net
revenue increase associated with the establishment the service is $7,128.00.
If the PUC receives a complaints) relating to this proposal signed by at least 5%
or 1,500 of the affected local service customers, to which this proposal applies, by
August 3,1998, the application will be docketed. The 5% limitation will be calculated
based upon the total number of customers of record as of the calendar month pre-
ceding the PUC's receipt of the complaint. As of May, 1998. the 5% limitation equals
341 customers
Persons who wish to intervene or otherwise participate in this proceeding should
notify the Commission as soon as possible, but not later than July 29,1998. A re-
quest to intervene, participate or for further should be mailed to the Public Utility
Commission, P.O. Box 13326, Austin, Texas 78711-3326, or you may call the Public
Utility Commission's Office of Consumer Affairs at (512)936-7120. Hearing and
speech impaired individuals with text telephons (TTY) may contact the Commission
at (512)935 36.
For a copy of the proposed tariff or for further information regarding this applica-
tion, customers should contact Livingston Telephone Company at 701 W Church
Street, Livingston, Texas 77351-3198 or call (409)327-4309 during business hours
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 116, No. 53, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 28, 1998, newspaper, June 28, 1998; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth789578/m1/2/: accessed April 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.