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Page 2 - Section A, CLEVELAND ADVOCATE, Friday, February 26, 1988
Opinion
Viewpoint
Would you like to have 911 ?
“Yes. Sometime you need
to get emergency people in
a hurry.”— Beulah
Harrison, Cleveland
“Yes. I have relatives who
are ill and they need to
contact help easily.” —
Donice Meekins,
Cleveland
“Yes. With „ ,,T ____
number to call it would be
quicker.”— Ann Holifield,
Cleveland
Yes. It would help
people.” — Adell Nelson,
Conroe
“Yes. I have children that
could use it and they
couldn’t the regular
number.” — Marsha
Martin, Cleveland
“Yes. I don’t know the
emergency numbers. 911
would make it easy.” —
Wes Wilcox, Cleveland
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Yearbook staff concerned
Stiles welcomes editor
Have an opinion?
Send us a letter
Dear Editor,
As members of the Cleveland High
School Yearbook Staff, it has just
come to our attention that funds
from the school budget are being
used in a frivolous manner.
Mr. (Charles) 'Barker, Superin-
tendent of CISD, has informed us
that the pictures in the yearbook of
the school board members are to be
in color.
We do not have a problem with this
request, but the fact is that the
money for this will come out of the
school’s budget. The school board
has never alotted the staff any
money for funding the book. We
have had to do it alone with one fund
raiser.
This budget is set aside for school
purposes such as school supplies
instead of two pages of color to
satisfy someone’s ego. The amount
of $465 will be taken out for this
purpose.
This money could better be
utilized to purchase books and other
desperately needed school supplies.
For example, the senior classes do
not have enough books for every
student.
If the schoolboard must have their
picture in color, it should come out of
their own pockets, or they should
help fund the yearbook as a whole.
Young family
says thanks
Dear Editor,
The Family of Clark Young wishes
to express sincere appreciation for
all of the friendship and generosity
extended to us throughout the dif-
ficult times we have recently un-
dergone.
Our loss might have seemed more
than we could have endured had it
not been for the kindness and
compassion we felt from all of our
dear friends and neighbors. May
God Bless you every one.
Sincerely,
Mrs. Clark Young and Family.
Parker family
says thanks
Dear Editor,
The family of Carrie Parker
wishes to express their heart and felt
appreciation to the community of
Romayor for all that was done in our
family time of sorrow.
Thank You
Jack Parker
Cleveland___■
ADVOCATE
Serving the Cleveland Area Since 1917
Vol. 69, No S
CLINT RITTER................Publisher
DIANA COLE..........General Manager/
Advertising Director
R.T. LOWE.......................Editor
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We feel that the community should
be aware that the students and
teachers are being cheated out of
vital funds.
Sincerely, Pine Burr Staff :Shanda
Boyett — Editor,Bill Wells — Asst.
Editor, Karen L. Dean, John Burks,
Sheri Pike, Alissa Benson, Mike
Gilchrist, Laura Bailey, Mary R.
Kelly, Dow Oneal, Julianne Benson,
Michelle Primeaux, Mark Harris,
Terri Bauer, Steven Stevenson and
Clint Wilhang.
Note —
When contacted about this,
Superintendent Barker said he did
not instruct the Annual Staff to
publish the school board members’
photo in color. In fact, Barker says
he has not talked to the Annual Staff
concerning this at all.
Barker said, “One time when he
was over here, I told the high school
principal Lubbie Whitmire the
school board pictures were taken in
color this year. I told him, since
color pictures reproduce so poorly in
black and white it would be nice to
have them in color in the album.
“We have some money in the
budget for these kind of things. This
is money that can’t be used for other
supplies such as books. There was no
edict made about this though.”
Dear Editor,
I join the Advocate Publishing
Company in welcoming R.T. back to
Cleveland and the Advocate
newspaper. Your background
speaks ^very well of you. I know as
editor, you will be an asset to the
paper. I wish you only the best.
If I, or anyone in my office, can
ever be of assistance, please do not
hesitate to call.
Sincerely
Representative Mark Stiles
Commissioner’s Post
Nazis coming says reader
Dear Editor,
The congress of the United States
is trying to convert America to
another Nazi Germany by passing a
law to give illegal aliens “election
day voting rights” (Universal Voter
Registration Act, S.1888 and H.R.
3666).
This is another example of the
federal bureaucracy infringing on
the rights of states. If this bill is
passed, the constitutionality of it
should be challenged. The passage
of this bill would assure these politi-
cians that voted for it the loyalty of
these people in this presidential elec-
tion and all subsequent elections.
This would also assure these
traitorous congressmen lifetime
tenure in office.
It would grant to these illegal
aliens a privilege that we poor
citizens don’t have. A voting law in
just about every state requires that
a citizen must be on the registry to
vote months before you can vote in
any election. (This is a good law that
cuts down on election fraud.) These
illegal aliens are the new privileged
breed.
Write your congressman and
senators and demand that they vote
against this bill. Don’t let these elec-
tion day “ringers“ destroy our
freedom and our country. This is the
power grab of the century.
P.S. Since judges in election
booths couldn’t possibly check out
residency requirements of these
“ringers” on election day, these peo-
ple could travel from state to state
and vote in each state.
That outraged grandfather of
eight angels and veteran of World
Warll,
Cornelius U. Morgan.
In my article this week I am going
to write about the ‘Reese Bayou’
Project that was completed during
my first term.
Reese Bayou had been a much
anticipated project that was never
gotten off the ground. Speculation
and false estimates had put the cost
of widening and straightening Reese
Bayou at $2 million.
It was widely believed that state
and federal funds would have to be
obtained in order for this project to
be sucessfully completed. After
Precinct 3 had sucessfully com-
by Melvin Hunt
pleted the project, the cost was less
than $20,000, including labor.
The first step that was taken in
this process was to locate all of the
property owners who owned land
along the route of Reese Bayou. I
hired county surveyor Jim Belcher
to survey the route of Reese Bayou
to determine who the property
owners were.
After Belcher had completed the
survey, I began the task of locating
the property owners and obtaining
easements. After I had obtained the
easements, we were ready to begin
work. Payment for the survey was
divided equally by Liberty County
Precinct 3 and City of Cleveland.
We decided to use bulldozers to
widen and straighten Reese Bayou.
We were able to make better time by
using the bulldozers. We used three
different kinds of Bulldozers on this
project.The biggest bulldozer used
was a Komatzu wlpch was rented
from Houston Heavy Equipment,i||
We also used a Caterpillar D-6 which^
MELVIN HUNT
was loaned to the couny by the City
of Cleveland. The smallest
bulldozers we used was a Johiw
Deere 550.
The Bayou was widened and
straightened using a 3-1 slope.In
some parts, the old bayou was
buried and a new one was dug in
order to insure straightness.
The actual work took two and a
half months for completion.
Stronger bridges were built after
two major floods had destroyed the
old bridges. The new bridges were
built out of material that had for-
merly been base material for old
Highway 59.
The material was a mixture of
iron ore, asphalt and concrete, by
using this material, we were able to
raise Lilley Street four feet higher
and Fifth Street five feet higher.
We then put large peices of con-
crete on each side of the bridges.
These peices of metal are known as
“wings”. The metal an concrete^
prevent the bridges from being^
washed out by higher water.
Thanks to this drainage work, the
area has become very much im-
proved.
Jerrel Ferguson Reporter
Debbie Watson Advertising Representative
Janice Carleton
Fredia Cox
Judy Barr
Linda Shropshire
Catherine S Clay.
Classified Manager
Circulation Manager
Circulation Assistant
Composition Manager
Maintenance
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