Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 14, Ed. 1 Friday, April 6, 1990 Page: 1 of 44
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"Serving North Liberty County Since 1917"
Friday, April 6, 1990; Three Sections, 18 Pages
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CRIME WATCH: The Flowing
Wells Civic Club, located on FM
1127 in San Jacinto County, will
have a neighborhood crime
watch meeting April 6, 6 p.m., in
the Flowing Wells subdivision
club house. For more infor-
mation, contact Jerry Raymond
at (409)365-3004 after 6 p.m., or
Constable Ken Hammond at
(409)653-4367 or (409)767-
4686.
YARD SALE: Northside As-
sembly of god Church will have
a yard sale April 6 and 7, from
8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., at 701
Fenner.
CRAFT SALE: Friendship Luth-
eran Church, 307 W. Houston,
will have a craft sale April 6 and
7, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. There
will be all types of Easter crafts
and corsages. There will be a
drawing for a bear and an Easter
basket. There will also be a
garage sale with items for a
donation of money or a non-
perishable food item.
MUSICAL: Rev. F.C. Holiday
and the Women’s Bible Class
Number two of New Bethel Bap-
tist Church will sponsor a
musical April 7, 7:30 p.m. with
special guests the Stars of Har-
mony from Kennard.
SWEET HARMONY: The Souls
of Harmony and Brother Alvin
Turner wiii be singing April 7, 7
p.m., at Allen Chapel A.M.E.
Methodist Church in Shepherd.
MAGNOLIA WORKDAY:
There will be a special workday
at Magnolia Cemetery April 7 in
San Jacinto County of FM 945.
Bring tools to work with. Items
needed include gasoline, weed
eater, lawn mower, wheel bar-
row, axes and small tools. All
work will be greatly appreciated.
For more information, call 592-
8587 or 592-6832.
HUNTER CLASSES: The Texas
Parks and Wildlife Department
announces a hunter education
& class April 7 at the Coldspring
Community Center. For more in-
formation, call (409)653-3249,
592-2744 or (800)792-1112.
PARADE ENTRIES: The Sheph-
erd Founders Day Festival
parade will be April 7, 11 a.m.
Entry forms for the parade are
being distributed throughout the
East Texas area. Anyone in-
terested is urged to call
(409)628-6850 or (409)628-
658£.
HOMECOMING: Cleveland
Missionary Baptist Church will
observe its 18th homecoming
April 8. All former members,
Christian fiends and the public is
invited to attend. There will be
regular worship services at 11
a.m. will a fellowship dinner fol-
lowing. After the meal and re-
freshments there will be special
^ music and song services. All
^ * special gospel groups are invited
to attend.
CROSSROAD HOMECOMING:
Crossroad Baptist Church will
have their homecoming April 8.
Bro. E.N. Homes will bring the
morning message. The morning
and evening music and singing
wil feature the Gadskin Family.
Everyone is invited and they
hope to see all their past and
See DA TELINE, Page 3A
Show well guarded
CLEVELAND — If you have no-
ticed a distinct police presence at
Stancil Park this week, it's no acci-
dent.
Police Chief Rick Foxworth said
his department has been concen-
trating on Dairy Day activities. Fox-
worth said they devoted more time
there because of the large number
of children and the potential of
problems.
“We're devoting a large portion
of our time to Dairy Day activities to|
try and keep down any problems,"
he said. “We want to make sure I
these kids can go out and have a I
good time and not worry about|
anything.”
Foxworth said officers woulc
concentrate on the carnival ar
dance scheduled for last night. H<
said they just want to make Dair
Day a safe place to have fun.
Splendora ISD faces
second visit by TEA
R.T. LOWE
Advocate Editor
In appreciation
J.l. Crawford was presented a plaque, during the recent Dairy Day buyers’ dinner, for
“years of devoted service” to Dairy Day. Left to right are Speaker of the Texas House Gib
Lewis, Crawford, Dairy Day President Lloyd ‘Tookie’ Kirkham and State Representative
Mark Stiles. (Photo by R.T. LOWE)
Parade meets audience approval
CLEVELAND - The Cleveland
Livestock Show and Dairy Day
Parade was a rousing success if
you can believe the smiling faces of
those lining the parade route
Monday.
A crowd, believed to be larger
than last year's, turned out to see
the bands, floats and horses
traveling Cleveland streets Monday
afternoon. According to Parade
Chairman Larry Allen, there were
55 entries this year.
The parade went real good,”
Allen said. “Most everyone behaved
themselves and the crowd was
Warrants
mount up
on sheriff
By JERREL FERGUSON
Advocate Reporter
good. It was nice to see all those
folks out there.”
As is the tradition, trophies were
awarded to the top three floats in
the commercial category and cash
awards went to the top three in the
noncommercial category.
Trophy winners in the
commercial event were: 1st Place -
Corrections Corporation of America;
2nd Place - Eckerds Drugs; and 3rd
Place - First National Bank.
Bringing home the cash in the
noncommercial event were: 1st
Place ($150) - Cub Scout Pack 300;
2nd Place ($100) - Cleveland 4-H;
and 3rd Place ($75) - Tarkington
Junior 4-H.
“I want to thank all of those who
took the time to decorate their floats
or groomed their horses or just
walked along,” said Allen. “I know
.tU's not easy to get everything
together but it sure is worth the
work.
“And to the people who stood or
sat along the side of the parade
route, thanks for coming. There
would be no point in putting a float
together if no one came to see it.”
Judging from the reaction of
Monday's crowd, Cleveland’s
sidewalks should be full again next
year.
SPLENDORA — The Texas
Education Agency has scheduled
an accreditation visit of the
Splendora Independent School
District next week siting concerns of
continued “disharmony” within the
district's administration.
TEA'S last visit to SISD, in July
of 1989, resulted in the agency
lowering Splendora's accreditation
status from “accredited” to
“accredited, advised.” That lowering
of status, according to TEA, was
mainly due to “governance
problems” in the district.
Following a TEA technical
assistance team examination in
February, a report from the office of
TEA'S Assistant Commissioner of
Accreditation and School
Improvement Walter L. Chandler
was sent to SISD's new
superintendent, Jack Harris, in
which the district was severely
criticized for its continued problems.
The report says the TEA team
once again found “disharmony”
between individual elected officials
Index
SCHOOL............................
.. 3A
EDITORIAL........................
.. 4A
OBITS................................
.. 6A
CLASSIFIED......................
... 1B
HOMETOWN NEWS..........
... 1C
CHURCH...........................
... 2C
AMUSEMENT....................
... 4C
TV PAGE...........................
... 6C
LIBERTY - One action expected
to take place during this week's
meeting of Commissioners' Court
didn't happen.
Liberty County Sheriff O.J.
Stewart expected the panel to ap-
prove the hiring of three warrant of-
ficers for his department. Things,
however, didn't come off quite the
way he thought.
During a workshop meeting last
Friday commissioners tentatively
agreed to approve the officers, with
official approval this week. But that
approval wasn't forthcoming during
Monday's meeting.
As reported in the April 2 edition
of the Eastex News-Shopper, the
agreement was to allow Stewart to
hire three warrant officers on a six-
month trial basis. The officers would
also be used to cut down on over-
time presently worked by deputies.
Five of the county's six consta-
bles were present during the meet-
ing. Before the warrant officer issue
came to a vote, Precinct 2 Lee
Groce asked Stewart if he had any
objections to working with the con-
stables in serving warrants. Stewart
said his department already works
with the constables.
Stewart said the only problem he
has with the constables serving
warrants is they are not account-
able to him as the officers he re-
quested would. “I can keep track of
them on a 30-day basis so I can
see what's being done and what's
not being done, and make correc-
tions where needed,” Stewart said.
Groce said he hesitates on hiring
See WARRANTS, Page 2A
Food stamp raids continue
R.T. LOWE
Advocate Editor
HOUSTON - It started with Operation Cleveland
in January 1989 and the continued effort by law
j enforcement personnel to crackdown on the illegal
distribution and acquisition of food stamps has led to
; the arrest of some 13 business owners and
managers in the Greater Houston Area.
The Monday raid, termed Operation Houston, was
the third such undercover action taken in this general
area. Following the Cleveland effort in which more
than 30 sealed indictments were returned, Operation
Beaumont netted more than 90 suspects.
Unlike the first two raids which included arrests
for many types of alleged criminal acts, Operation
Houston targeted businesses believed to be trading
cash for food stamps. Authorities said the rate of
exchange varied from 25 to 60 cents on the dollar.
All three operations were headed up by the U.S.
Department of Agriculture under the direction of the
See FOOD, Page 2A
as well as between board members!
and the superintendent. The repc
says those problems “are|
continuing to hinder” the district's!
attempt to restore full accreditation.
The report came down hard on|
SISD Board President Donald Ipes.l
It accused Ipes of circumventing!
Harris' authority and telling the TEAl
team that Harris is a “liar.” The teaml
report said Ipes was asked tol
“clarify the word liar but Mr. Ipesl
was not able to provide the team!
with evidence or examples that the|
superintendent had lied.”
Ipes does not deny making the|
statement and has said he has “nol
problem classifying those who tell!
falsehoods,” according to anl
interview with a Gulf Coast News!
reporter.
Ipes as well as other board|
members signed a resolution,!
approved by TEA, promising a morel
“harmonious climate” between the|
board, superintendent, the faculty
and community. According to the|
report, however, “it was apparent tol
the (TEA) team that disharmony!
exists among board members and|
See SPLENDORA, Page 2A
Who’s got
center field?
CLEVELAND - Believe it or notj
summer baseball is at hand. The
Community Youth Baseball
Association will kick off its seasor
tomorrow with several events.
The day will begin with a parade
beginning at Southside Elementar
and proceeding to the Americar
Legion Park on State Highway 321.
The parade will start at 8 a.m.
Opening ceremonies will thar
See CENTERFIELD, Page 2A
Citizens file for area school board positions
Cleveland School District
Reggie Burrell
announces
CLEVELAND — Reggie
Burrell has announced his
candidacy for a third term on
the Cleveland Independent
School District Board of Trus-
See BURRELL, Page 2A
Clifton Wilridge
announces
CLEVELAND — Clifton Wil-
ridge Sr. has announced his
candidacy for the Cleveland
Independent School District
Board of Trustees.
Wilridge graduated from
See WILRIDGE, Page 2A
Tarkington School District
Robert Wilson
announces
TARKINGTON — Robert
Wilson has announced his
candidacy for Position 6 on the
Tarkington Independent
School District Board of Trus-
See WILSON, Page 2A
David Roberts
announces
TARKINGTON — David M.
‘Dave’ Roberts has announced
his candidacy for Position 7 of
the Tarkington Independent
School District Board of Trus-
See ROBERTS, Page 2A
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