Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1989 Page: 1 of 54
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Businesses target
of bomb threats
ONALASKA - Hilton on the Lake
and Onalaska Motel were the targets
of several bomb threats Sunday.
According to Onalaska Police Of-
ficer WHl Young, someone called
HUtoo on tee Lake at approximately
1:35 pan. and told the manager that
a bomb would go off at 3:30. The
manager said die caller sounded like
a white male.
Young said the premises were
evacuated as two units from the
Pdk County Sheriff’s Department
and three units from the Onalaska
Volunteer Fire Department
responded to the call.
"Wo stayed around until three
o’clock or so and nothing
happened,” Young said.
Young said the man then called
the Livingston Police Department
and said he had seen the officers and
was going to make them wait until
late at night when more people were
there.
Meanwhile, Young said Onalaska
Volunteer Fire Department was
responding to a house fire in Yaupon
Cove at approximately 8:30 p.m.
when the person called the Liv-
ingston Police Department again,
saying there was a bomb planted in
Onalaska Motel and claiming that he
started the fire at Yaupon Cove.
The rooms at Onalaska Motel
were checked and nothing was
found.
At approximately 7:30 p.m.,
Young said the man called Hilton on
the Lake again, claiming a bomb
had been planted.
The preanises were evacuated and
the management sent the customers
away as law enforcement aigencies
looked around and saw no sign of a
bomb.
Young said there are no suspects
at this time.
Cause being investigated
House burns again
LIVINGSTON - A house in
Nugents Cove which sustained
minor damaged in a fire late last
month caught fire again early Sun-
day and, this time, was completely
gutted by the blase.
lbs house is owned by Paul Mc-
Clure of Pasadena and no one was at
home at the time of the fire, accor-
ding to Scenic Loop Volunteer Fire
Department Chief Terry Hicks.
The fire was discovered by next
door neighbors, Junior and Debby
Nichols, who were awakened by
ft* Imfcfcg dsns shortly after 8
a jo., Hicks safcLThe Nichols’ look-
ad lihdis. saw the 8imwi and call-
ed the fire department.
“The flames had already vented
through the roof and the whole back
of Am house was involved when we
got there,” Hicks said. “The roof
was gone when the neighbors called.
We made a good Mt on it" The kit-
chen, living room and bedroom
structures are intact, but the entire
house was gutted by the flames, ac-
cording to the SLVFD chief.
The intensity of the fire caused
soma hast damage to the Nichols’
house. Hicks said nine windows were
cracked by the heat and some of the
Nichols’ Venetian blinds were also
partially melted.
Notified oftbe fire atsaisjn.,the
first SLVFD units were on the scene
at 5:14 a.m. The fire was reported to
be under control by 5:311a.m. Beks
■aid most of the fire trucks were
Body found
inside car
. MOSCOW - What was reported
Tuesday mendug as a suspicious
vddatopnrhod >hi * logging
off FM 82, turned ant to contain the
body of a 33-year-old Moscow man.
Pronouaced dead at the scene was
J. Michael Byrum. Precinct 1
Justice of the Peace Mary Placker
ruM Byrum died of carbon monos-.
ids poisoning.
The car, parked on McSpadden
Road about three-quarters of a mile
off FM 63, bad been noticed by
aaaietaby between 1MI:J0 p.m.
inmA«y fdgtrt, b*it ujga not reported
to the sheriffs department as a
peered to be a man lying in the front |
seat of the car. Sheriff Leaman Cain,
Detective Sgt Eddie Butler and an
to tho
■cent. Texas Highway Patrol
Troopy Bobby Perry was te tee
waa^ vi,»t la arrive.
haveb®Mde«lDoraor«tnfiveto
headed back to tee station by about 8
am
Investigation into tee cause of the
fire is continuing and is a joint effort
of tee SLVFD, Polk County Sheriff’s
Department and State Fire Mar-
shall’s Office. Leads are few, since
most in tee neighborhood were
asleep when the fire started, Hicks
said. “We’re still putting pieces
together from the last one (fire).”
On Sunday, Oct. 29, the McClure
house was damaged by a fire teat
appeared to have started in the attic.
Damage in tee first fire, which was
reported by neighbors at 8:23 p.m.,
was confined to the attic, according
to Hicks.
Six trucks and 12 firefighters from
the SLVFD, as well as Sheriff’s
Deputy Deryl Oates, responded to
this week’s blaze.
ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY KENN SCHMIDT
HO HO HO! - City employee Billy McPike installs a putting up Christmas decorations earlier this week. Santa
Christmas bell over the entrance of Livingston City Hall. Claus will arrive in town during the second annual “Liv-
Ready or not, Thanksgiving marks the official beginning of ingston is Alive with the Christmas Spirit” celebration on the
the Christmas season and the city got a jump on things by courthouse square, to be held Nov. 30.
Two-year terms start Jan. 1
Entities elect appraisal district directors
LIVINGSTON - Five people have
been elected by the voting entities of
tiie county to serve as Polk County
Appraisal District Directors for
19984)1.
B.L. Dockens, Ann Standley,
Lewis Vail, Martha Watson and
Robert C. (Bob) Willis will serve
their two-year terms beginning Jan.
1,1990.
Each voting unit was given the op-
portunity to nominate a candidate
for each of the five positions to be
filled. Nominees were submitted by
written resolution to Chief Appraiser
Jay V. Snook Jr. by Oct. 16,1989.
Polk County nominated Willis,
Corrigan-Camden Independent
School District nominated Standley,
Goodrich Independent School
District nominated Wayne Coker
ter., Livingston Independent School
District nominated Dockens and
Watson and Onalaska Independent
School District nominated Vail.
Each entity is alloted a certain
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number of votes according to its 1988
tax levy.
Polk County had a 1988 tax levy of
$3,648,279 and was alloted 1,531
votes; Corrigan levied $113,845 and
was given 48 votes; Goodrich levied
$29,453 and had 12 votes; Big Sandy
ISD levied $550,061 and had 231
votes; Corrigan-Camden ISD levied
$1,759,812 and had 739 votes;
Goodrich ISD levied $445,797 and
had 187 votes; Leggett ISD levied
$423,939 and had 177 votes; Liv-
ingston ISD levied $3,700,015 and had
1,553 votes and Onalaska ISD levied
$1,244,409 and had 522 votes.
Polk County gave 834 of its 1,531
votes to Willis, 627 to Coker and 70 to
Dockens. Corrigan gave all of its 48
votes to Standley. Goodrich gave all
of its 12 votes to Coker. Big Sandy
ISD gave all of Its 231 votes to Vail.
Corrigan-Camden ISD gave afi of its
739 votes to Standley. Goodrich gave
all of its 187 votes to Coker. Leggett
gave 25 of its 177 votes to Dockens, 47
to Standley, 81 to Vail and 24 to Wat-
son. Livingston gave 741 of its 1,553
votes to Dockens and 812 to Watson
and Onalaska gave all of its 522 votes
to Vail.
“The duties of the directors are to
set policies for the district, approve
the budget and hire and fire the chief
appraiser,” Snook said, adding that
the directors have nothing to do with
values. “Some people think they
do,”he said.
One of. the qualifications for.the
directors is that he must reside in
the appraisal district for at least two
years immediately preceding the
date he takes office.
The person may serve on the
governing body of a taxing unit in
tee district and still be eligible to
serve as a director. Holding offices
that have conflicting demands does
not prohibit the same person from
holding bbtii offices. There is no
limit to the number of elected of-
ficials teat may serve on the board.
A new law change prohibits an
employee of a taxing unit in the
district from serving as a director.
Beginning with this new term of of-
fice, the only time that a taxing
unit’s employee may serve is if that
employee is also an elected official
or member of the governing body.
Bonds approved
ONALASKA - The Onalaska City
Council approved ordinance No. 126,
which authorizes the issuance of gas
system revenue bonds, series 1989,
at its regular meeting Tuesday.
According to Mayor Robert C.
Goodson, tee council’s approval of
the ordinance is “to get everything
ready for the bond attorney.”
During a public forum, John
Patrick Casey, a new resident of
Twin Harbors subdivision, question-
ed why the petition filed for disan-
nexation was invalid.
Representatives from Twin Har-
bors, Ponderosa Ridge and Impala
Woods presented petitions for disan-
nexation to the council at the Sept. 19
meeting. Reasons cited included
failure to provide services. The peti-
tions were then given to city at-
torney Jim Wright to study.
Consideration of the petitions was
on the agenda for the Nov. 7 meetirtg
of the council. Council took no action
however, because the petitions were
found invalid under Local Govern-
ment Code 43.141 by not containing
the elements required.
City Secretary Sheriy Newport
told Casey the petition was a xerox
copy and the signatures could not be
checked. In addition, the code re-
quires that the resident’s address,
not a post office box, be listed.
Casey also asked how to go about
obtaining a liquor license.
Goodson told Casey he would have
to go through the Texas Alcoholic
Beverage Commission.
During a report from the mayor,
Goodson stated that bids for the road
and street project, which will be
funded by a grant through the Texas
Commerce Department, will be
opened and read on Dec. 14.
Goodson also said that be has
begun to take a few applications for
supervisory personnel for the
natural gas project. Y ‘
Other business included approval
of tiie minutes and vouchers. -
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JUST THE OPPOSITE - These days it is
more common to see workers replacing
gnus with concrete, but just the onpesite is
happening at Heritage Square. Ernest
ENTERPRISE PHOTO BY KENN SCHWOT
Reuter (on front-end loader) and Ernie
Mistrot are tearing up the small parking lot
Ln front of the Jonas Pavls cabin and replac-
ing it with a lawn and sidewalk.
Nomination deadline Dee. 1
LIVINGSTON - The deadline
for nominating outstanding
citizens fir the title of Polk Coun-
tian of the Year is Dec. 1.
More nominations are needed,
according to Roger WiegreL>,
chairman of tiie Polk County
Oountian of tiie Year Committee
of the POlk County Chamber of
Commerce.
The Polk Countian of tel Year
will be named luring the
chamber’s 54th annual banquet
on Fib. at, lMk
Outstanding contributions in
tbe arias of education and youth,
civic affairs, beautification, law
enforcement, economic develop-
ment, tourism and senior citizens
will also be recognized during the
banquet.
Tbe Polk Countian of tee Year
title will be awarded tbe aomfawe
who best represents the county in
one or more of these areas.
Nominations will reviewed by
the committee, tiien passed an to
the chamber’s board of dtreoteri
wfcfch wfll mate the Bml Mtoc-
Nomination forms are
available at the Pote County
Chamber of Commerce office.
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White, Barbara. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 107, No. 93, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 23, 1989, newspaper, November 23, 1989; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth819949/m1/1/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.