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On U.S. 190 West
Van crash kills one, injures three others
Fatal crash
ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY RICKY TAY1/OR
Officials were unsure Saturday as to why this van veered off
U.S. 190 in the early morning hours. The van struck a large
pine tree, killing one passenger and Injuring three others. The
Uvingstou Volunteer Fire Department’s “Jaws of Life” equip-
ment was called to help free the victims.
LIVINGSTON - A 17-year-oid Liv-
ingston High School student was killed
early Saturday morning in a one-
vehicle accident which injured three
other youths.
Chance Parker was pronounced dead
at Livingston Memorial Hospital by
Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace Mary
Placker after the Dodge van in which
he was a passenger veered off the
highway and struck a pine tree, accor-
ding to Texas Highway Patrol Trooper
Larry Pitts. Parker, a senior, was a
member of the school’s varsity baseball
team.
The accident occurred at approx-
imately 2:15 a.m. on U.S. 190, just east
of FM 2457.
Injured was the driver of the van,
18-year-old John Marshall Morgan;
Kelly Nash, 18 and Kenneth Miller, 16.
Nash was taken to Houston’s Hermann
Hospital Ijy Lifeflight helicopter and
was reported to be in stable condition in
Impala Woods
vote passes
By SAM PENDERGRAST
Contributing editor
ONALASKA - Onalaska City Council
is usually one of the more good-natured
bodies around, full of quips, pleasant
asides, and warm greetings among
elected officials and their constituency.
A lot of the fun went out of the council
Tuesday night as it voted quietly and
soberly but unanimously to annex Im-
pala Woods subdivision to the city.
The vote was enacted at 7:15 p.m. as
the first item of business after reading
of proposed Ordinance No. 79 by Coun-
cilwoman Irene Hamann.
Half the near-full-house audience,
some 20 new Onalaska citizens former-
ly of Impala Woods, sat for a moment in
shocked silence, then quietly filed out of
the room as the mayor stood with gavel
poised and the council sat stony-faced
and silent awaiting order to resume.
In the remaining 20 minutes of the of-
ficial meeting, there was not a smile or
a quip or a warm informal word.
Lew Vail, one of the pro-annexation
activists, spoke during the later public
forum to thank the council for its action
and to promise “those of us who worked
to petition the council will try to work as
hard to heal the wounds. ..”
Some 900 property owners are said to
be involved in the large older subdivi-
sion, but there has never been an of-
ficial word on how many of them are
local residents, how many local voters,
and how many will willingly acquiesce
in Onalaska citizenship.
See ANNEXATION pg. 3A
the intensive care unit Saturday after-
noon.
Both Morgan and Miller were taken
to Livingston Memorial Hospital by
Cochran Ambulance Service. No report
on their condition was available from
the hospital.
“Jaws of Life” equipment from the
Livingston Volunteer Fire Department
was used to free Parker and Nash from
the wreckage, with Nash the last to be
removed. It took firemen approximate-
ly one and a half hours to free Nash
from the van, Pitts said.
The highway patrol trooper said the
cause of the accident is still under in-
vestigation.
Parker’s body was taken to Cochran
Funeral Home, where services were
pending Saturday afternoon.
CHANCE PARKER
... high school senior killed
Court to consider road maintenance requests
LIVINGSTON - Polk County com-
missioners will face a lengthy agenda
when they convene in regular session
Monday, with the regular meeting to be
followed by a public hearing on the pro-
posed issuance of $1.2 million in bonds
through the Polk County Health
Facilities Development Corporation for
the construction a nursing home in Cor-
rigan.
Payment of the bonds will be the
responsibility of Angelina Nursing
Home, Inc., the Lufkin firm which is
proposing to build the Corrigan facility,
with no liability to the county. The com-
missioners’ court formed the health
facilities development corporation to
allow for the issuance of tax-exempt
bonds to finance the nursing home con-
struction.
The public hearing will begin at 1
p.m., following the regular court
meeting, which is scheduled to begin at
10 a.m.
Road and bridge matters dominate
the agenda for the regular meeting.
Commissioners are slated to consider
a petition by residents in Crystal Creek
Forest subdivision, asking that the
county assume and maintain Crystal
Creek Drive. The court will also con-
sider a petition requesting that the
county assume upkeep of a road known
as “Old Hickory Lane.”
In other road matters, the court will
consider authorizing emergency
By city, highway department
Railroad crossing work ahead
LIVINGSTON - A $100,000 railroad
signal project for the Abbey Street
crossing is expected to get the go-ahead
vote by members of the Livingston City
Council during their regular monthly
meeting Tuesday night.
Signal installation at the crossing will
be a joint project between the city and
the State Department of Highways and
Public Transportation, with the city to
pay for 10 percent - approximately
$10,000 - of the cost. In addition to ap-
proving the project, the city council is
also scheduled to authorize Mayor Joe
Pedigo to sign a certification statement
concerning the signal program.
Council members are also slated to
continue their annexation efforts by
considering a petition for annexation of
the U.S. 59 Bypass route.
Also on the agenda for Tuesday’s
meeting is consideration of a
hospitalization insurance provision for
city employees. Under consideration is
a policy whereby retired employees
will be permitted to remain on the city’s
group hospitalization policy provided
the employee pays the total premium.
In other employee-related matters,
the city council will discuss holiday
closing hours and Christmas gifts for
employees.
Bids are slated to be opened on a hole
digger for the electric department.
Council members will also consider a
payment of $9,500 to Lupton Painting
Co. for labor and materials involved in
painting the city’s 45,000-gallon
overhead water storage tank.
An executive session is also on the
agenda, for the discussion of personnel
matters.
The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5
p.m. in the Council Chambers, Liv-
ingston City Hall.
Grand jury returns indictments
LIVINGSTON - Felony indictments
specifying charges ranging from ag-
gravated assault to aggravated perjury
were returned against 10 people last
week by a Polk County grand jury.
James Edward Wyatt, 26, of Liv-
ingston was indicted on aggravated
assault charges stemming from a Nov.
9 stabbing incident that sent one man to
the hospital.
According to police reports, Wyatt
was arrested following an altercation in
the 400 block of Leopard Street in Liv-
ingston. Don L. McGowen reportedly
was stabbed when he attempted to in-
tercede in an argument between Wyatt
and Theresa Hayes.
McGowen was taken to Livingston
Memorial Hospital following the inci-
dent but was transferred to Lufkin
Memorial Hospital where he was
treated and released.
Also indicted on aggravated assault
charges were Jose Gomez, Jose
Galaviz and Plaisdo Delgado Guzman.
The three men are each accused of
“causing serious bodily injury” to Juan
Vera. According to the indictments,
Vera was beaten and kicked during an
incident Sept. 30.
A fifth man indicted on an ag-
gravated assault charge was Marvin
Robinson, 34, of Livingston. According
to police reports, Robinson is charged
in connection with an incident Nov. 23
during which a number of shots were
fired at R.C. Adair.
At the time of the incident, Livingston
Police Chief Larry Macomber said that
two shots were fired from a handgun at
Adair as he was driving away from the
1200 block of Colita Street. The police
chief said the shots shattered the rear
window of Adair’s pickup truck.
Indicted on a charge of aggravated
perjury was Jim Miller of Soda Oaks.
According to the indictment, Miller
knowingly filed a false criminal com-
plaint in justice of the peace court. Tne
complaint, filed under oath on Nov. 26,
accused Robert Fitzgerald of operating
Miller’s 1^76 Ford van without the
owner’s permission.
In addition burglary indictments
were returned Tuesday against two
men arrested late last month. Elmer
Smith Jr., 17, and Nigel Thompson, 17,
both of Livingston, were each indicted
on burglary of a building charges.
Smith has been charged in connection
with the Nov. 26 break-in at P*S
Grocery and with the Sept. 27 burglary
of the Polk County Childhood Develop-
ment Center.
Thompson also was indicted in con-
nection with the P*S convenience store
burglary and a third suspect is being
sought in connection with another
break-in.
Smith was arrested Nov. 26 by Liv-
ingston Police Lt. Mike DeVilleneuve.
The police officer, on routine patrol,
noticed the back door of the conve-
nience store had been pried open. Upon
entering the store, the police lieutenant
took the suspect into custody.
A second suspect fled the scene and
police later arrested Thompson on a
warrant issued by Precinct 2 Justice of
the Peace Calvin Wells.
According to Macomber, the arrests
may clear up more than two dozen
burglaries involving local churches,
school facilities and businesses.
In addition, the grand jury also in-
dicted Randolph C. Elkins on a charge
of burglary of a habitation in connec-
tion with the Nov. 24 break-in at the
James E. Elkins residence in Goodrich.
According to reports, $10,000 in cash
was taken during the incident.
repairs to two bridges on Binehorn
Loop and Bering Road in Precinct 3.
Items slated for discussion include
policies relating to county acceptance
of subdivisions and possible installation
of a security system in the courthouse,
the latter matter being prompted by
several recent burglaries of county of-
fices.
Other items on the agenda for Mon-
day's meeting include approval of a
lease with Charles Walker for a tax of-
fice and justice of the peace office in
Onalaska, appointment of Dr. Bill In-
gram as county health officer and ap-
proval of a bond for the county tax
See TOPICS pg. 3A
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One person was injured Thursday afternoon in this two-vehicle collision at Tyler and
Milam streets. A 1984 Ford driven by Brenda Louise Chalker, 17, of Livingston was
northbound on Tyler when it collided with a 1981 Ford pickup driven by William
Bryant Miller, IS, also of Livingston. The Livingston Police accident report in-
dicated the car failed to yield right-of-way to the truck. John Ener was the in-
vestigating officer. Chalker was taken to Livingston Memorial Hospital with “non-
incapacitating” injuries.
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