The Alto Herald and The Wells News 'N Views (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 85, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 2, 1981 Page: 2 of 12
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That's the motto of Lions Club Inter-
national, and its purpose could not have
been carried out in a finer fashion than the
action taken by the Alto Lions Club last
week.
Without a dissenting vote from any mem-
ber, the club voted to open its club facilities
so that the program which provides hot lun-
ches to elderly residents five days per week
can be continued.
Between 40 and 50 persons have been
relying on the program for balanced meals
since it was initiated a few months ago. A
somewhat surprisingly quick acceptance by
the elderly residents soon made it evident
that space in a church on Highway 09 North
of Alto was far from adequate.
In fact, leaders in the government-
sponsored nutrition program were told that
unless suitable quarters could be found the
program would be phased out by Septem-
That meant that the majority of the
elderly who depend upon the luncheon as
their "meal of the day" would face a har-
dship in getting the proper food. Some could
afford to eat at other places, but many can-
not. Too, others living by themselves often
do not eat the proper food.
Those 60 and over pay 50 cents for their
luncheon. However, those who cannot af-
ford to pay receive free lunches.
Arrangements are to be worked out bet-
ween the nutrition program leaders and the
Lions Club to use the Lions Club Building
Monday through Friday. Lions members
have been assured that the club’s regular
Tuesday noon meeting will not run into any
difficulty while the elderly are eating in the
same building. Petitions will be installed to
give each group the necessary privacy.
The Herald salutes the Alto Lions Club for
its willingness to serve.
Education Evaluation
For AISD Is Reported
LETTER TO EDITOR
As a resident and taxpayer of Alto, I
would like to express my opinion on
the closing of Mr. Crosby’s business.
First, I cannot understand what
people mean when they say if Mr.
Crosby has the right to operate such a
business we all do.
There are such businesses all over
Alto. I have one within step6 of my
home and several not farther away. If
last week’s writer to the editor will
take a good look over town she will
find many which do not look much
better, if any.
If in my life I ever believed in one
thing that is fairness. Can we say we
are being fair by closing Mr. Crosby’s
business down and all the rest are
operating. They are all working for
the same thing and that is to make an
honest living.
Can we say we are fair when we
would let an outsider come in and put
in a plastic plant. Which it probably
would be harmful to anyone with a
lung problem and possibly to the rest
of us. Then close down a hometow ner
In this town and all the surrounding
towns we have plenty or. welfare who
could work. This is costing the tax-
payer plenty. Don’t get me down
wrong. I’m not referring to the ones
who can’t work and do reed assistan-
ce. To me when people want to work
and will work to make an honest living
they should be allowed to
In the City of Houston I was always
informed if one restriction was broken
they all were broken. How about it,
right or wrong?
Last, but not least, I have always
made it my business if I moved in a
neighborhood that was so undesirable
that I couldn’t tolerate it 1 moved on to
greener pastures rather than incon-
venience the other parties.
There must be other people who
would like to comment on the matter.
The editor said he welcomed letters
Dorothy Lenard
Route 1, Box 623
EDITOR:
When l wrote eai Her urging that in-
dustry be brought in to give our people
jobs, 1 mentioned industry that does
not pollute. But this proposed plastics
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plant comes under the heading of
pollution. Even if they could keep the
outside neat, and even if they don’t
pollute the air, there is another
aspect. They need our sewer. Why
else would they not pick a site out of
town that would have been cheaper to
buy?
They not only need our sewer, but
they will overload it. Then we will be
in the position of having to bond our
way to an auxiliary sewer. Let’s all
get to the City Hall at 5:30 on July 6
and let our civil authorities know that
we don’t want a plastics plant in our
pretty little town.
Betty Able
Rt. 1, Box 1157
Alto, TX. 75925
EDITOR:
On the crucial issue of rezoning a
part of Alto, right in the middle of
strictly zoned for residents only, to in-
dustry. If this is permitted, then any
part of town is libel to rezoning. A
small chemical plant or fertilizer
plant could be put anywhere. This
rezoning is not only a determent to the
health of the citizens but also will
lower the value of all real estate in the
vicinity, if you don’t think so just ask
any reliable real-estate agent.
Alto does need more industry but
not in the middle of oldest residents in
Alto. There are at least two other
places with utilities that are available
for industry. One is about 2 miles
south of Alto on U S. Highway 69 and
the other place is in the industrial
zoned part of Alto off of S.H. 21.
The man who said that he would be
the manager of the Plastic plant if put
in, seems very nice but had trouble
answering a lot of questions about the
operation of the plant and also made
some real nice promises, but who
knows how long he will be here; he
could be transferred or laid off, then
the person taking his place could tell
CORRECTION
An advertisement for Wilson
McKewen Treatment Center, Lufkin,
was inadvertently included in the
June 18 issue of this publication. The
Consumer s Message prepared by
Dennis M Kasum should not have in-
cluded the above named firm
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A. Frank Smith United Methodist
Alto Church of Christ
Calvary Baptist Church, Wells
Calvary Tabernacle United Pentecostal
Camp Ground Baptist
Church of Christ. Hwy. 69 North
Church of Christ, Wells
The Church Bv Christ Jesus
Church of the Lord Jesus Christ
Cold Springs United Methodist
First Assembly of God
F irst Christ Holy Sanctified
Falvey Methodist. Wells
F irst Baptist, Alto
First Baptist, Wells
F irst Pentecostal
F orest Baptist Church
Lynches Chapel
Missionary Baptist, Alto
Mt. Zion United Methodist
New Hope Baptist Church
Old Palestine
Pollok Baptist
St. Thomas Chapel A.M.E., Alto
Sweet Union
Wells Chapel
Williams Chapel A.M.C., Alto
Wee he* Primitive Beptiit
the people of Alto that he had not
made any promises and would run the
plant to suit himself.
At present, is there any city or-
dinances to govern the operation of a
plant of this kind? If there are fumes,
and they say that there will be, then
everyone will suffer sooner or later,
depending on which way the wind
blows. Lungs will suffer and also,
paint on houses.
If industry is wanting to come into
Alto, now is the time for the city to do
some long range planning in order to
preserve the city and not let one little
industry locate here and there out In
residental parts of the city. Now is
really the time for the citizens of Alto
to get together and let big business
and industry know where they stand
and try and keep the residental area
clean of big tin buildings, barrels half
rusted out and other such things that
goes along with plastic plants. Plastic
plants are also subseptable to ex-
plosions and fires which as a rule are
excessively hard to controll and put
out. There will be more trucks on the
streets which will cause more main-
tenance. If the plant was on the high-
way the state would take care of the
maintenance.
The people of Alto who are wanting
to keep a nice residental area in Alto,
should go to the council meeting Mon-
day, July 6, 1981 at 5-5:30 p.m. and
voice their opposition to rezoning the
residental part of the city to in-
dustries Now is the time to let the city
council know your feelings. Also, con-
tact your city council persons and let
them know that we want to keep in-
dustry out of residental part of town.
C.C. Waits
Alto, Texas
Following i» the second article on a
report presented board members of
the Alto Independent School Distirct
at their most recent monthly meeting.
The report fulfills the requirements
of the second phase of the self-study
project required by the Texas
Education Agency for the school
district’s continued accreditation.
PROGRAM DISCREPANCIES
DIRECTLY RELATED TO
PRIORITY STUDENT
LEARNING NEEDS
1. The analysis of the reading
program revealed the need for
adequate supplementary material,
with emphasis on higher and lower
achievers. A resource room needs to
be available for reinforcement of
skills. This would provide flexibility
for adjusting the instruction for
slower paced students as well as gif-
ted and/or high achieving students.
Lack of supplementary material and
a resource room were cited as con-
tributing factors to inadequate
student learning in this particular
area.
2. A self study of the math program
revealed the need for greater con-
tinuity in the organization of the stan-
dardized curriculum for grades K-12
in order that students proceed along a
continium to preclude gaps or
omissions and to provide flexibility
for adjusting the instruction of slower
paced students as well as gifted
and/or high achieving students. Lack
of material for the above average and
below average child, the need for
ability grouping of students and a con-
tinuing of standardized curriculum
was noted as contributing factors to
inadequate student learning in the
math area.
3. Students must develop good
study habits in order to be successful
in their classroom. Self evaluation
data indicated the study skills of our
students across the curriculum were
weak. Lack of emphasis in our
language arts program were cited as
a contributing factor to the
inadequate study skills.
4. The Alto 1SD lacks a coordinated
program for the understanding of the
basic principles of the free enterprise
system, including the importance of
meeting financial obligations, and the
desire to develop saleable skills
required to enter the world of work.
This need for a program to better un-
derstand the free enterprise system
was designated as a weakness by a
majority of the committees during the
program analysis. The absence of a
program designed to develop the un-
derstanding of the free enterprise
system was named as one of the con-
tributing factors to the lack of under-
standing our free enterprise system
by the students.
5. An evaluation of the K-12
curriculum by the steering committee
and the general curriculum commit-
tee indicated an absence of a coor-
dinated crime prevention and drug
education resulting in a lack of under-
standing and practicing principles of
good physical and mental health and
demonstrate knowledge about the
dangers of harmful drugs; and a
respect for self-discipline, high moral
standards, personal integrity, and the
rights and privileges of others.
SHORT TERM PROGRAM
DISCREPANCIES
1. Additional supplementary
material should be made available for
all reading levels.
2. Materials for the gifted students
should be acquired for all grade
levels.
3. Curriculum guides for Special
Education should be developed.
4. Scheduling of high school gym
classes should be alternated by
periods to prevent crowded con-
ditions.
5. Systematic assessment and
evaluation of job performance of em-
ployees along with job descriptions
are to be established on a regular
cycle, and employees are to have a
voice in the development, implemen-
tation, and refinement of the process.
6. Standard procedure should be
developed for determining a student’s
grades in all subjects.
7. The district needs to evaluate the
testing program; evaluate as to the
completeness and to the use of the
data made available as a result of the
program. Tests should be selected or
developed that would be criterion in
nature to evaluate the math program
of the district.
SUMMARY OF THE SELF-STUDY
REPORT
In August 1980, the Alto Indepen-
dent School District, with the support
of the Board of Trustees and the
assistance of Region VII Service Cen-
ter Consultant, began the Self-Study
Phase of the Texas Accreditation
Planning Process.
Initially, a perceived needs survey
using the goal indicators as reference
points was made. The respondents
consisted of 43 educators, 33 com-
munity representatives, and 40
students. The tabulation and analysis
of the completed needs inventory In-
strument was conducted by Region
VII Data Processing Component.
Utilizing the data from this analysis,
the preceived needs were ranked in
priority order. The district’s Steering
Committee reviewed the analysis of
the perceived survey and decided to
document 8 top-ranked perceived
needs. Various available date waa
used in documenting these perceived
needs.
During the same period the total
staff was involved in the analysis of
the Alto ISD program. The following
were selected to conduct the self-
study: Principles, Standards, and
Procedures for the Accreditation of
School District, TEA Bulletin AD7
82501 and Region VII Self-Study In-
strument. From the various commit-
tee reports, the district’s Steering
Committee reviewed the program
discrepancies identified and listed. It
submitted to the district’s Board of
Trustees an information report citing
the documented priority student
needs and program discrepancies,
and program discrepancies.
Site Needed
Efforts to find a new location for the
Alto head Start Program are being
made, but so far they have been un-
successful, according to Jim Elliott of
Henderson, executive director of the
Rusk-Cherokee Community Action
Program.
For the past two years the Head
Start Program has been operating in
the old high school gymnasium and
the home economics building.
The Alto Independent School District
is in the process of selling the site and
buildings to a manufacturing firm, 5
pending a favorable vote by the Alto p
City Council on a rezoning request
Some 17 children were enrolled in
the Alto program last school year and
at least that many are expected to be
eligible to attend starting with the
new school year It has been located
at the old school site for two years and 1
prior to that the Elementary School
facilities were used. There is not suf-
ficient room at the school for Head
Start anymore, a school official said.
Elliott said he would appreciate
assistance from anyone knowing of a
suitable facility for the Alto Head
Start Program
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For A Safe 4th!
Ministers’Message
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