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Local News Wednesday, May 27, 1992 7 Council eyes street work, Emergency Medical Services 4 EAST TEXAS LHS commencement to be held Friday Commencement ceremonies for the 1992 graduating class of Long-view High School will be held Friday at 8 p.m. in Lobo Coliseum. Valedictorian Michelle Davis and Salutatorian David Berryhill each will address the audience. Senior class officers Tra West, Todd Dauper, Myra Anne Shipp and Julie Baughman also will participate. Honor graduates in the upper two percent of the class include Terrina Anderson, Kendall -Mark Archer, Baughman, Keith Hughes, Eric Jones, Brian Payne and Tom The Longview Hiirh School By Ton! K.

Laxton Staff Writer Reductions to city services should not include Longview's Emergency Medical Services, said -sr an ems Advisory Board member. "We know that the city has to make budget Charles Rader told Longview City Council, but, "Keeping the (emergen ROTC Color Guard and the Long- view High School Band will be featured. Longview VFW Post 4002 Villi -Nl; win nost circus here Longview's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4002 is bringing Circus Valentine to town on June 26 Worn out utilities will still be replaced, city staff said, but the new proposal would rebrick only two intersections, with volunteers asked to help, sort bricks. Project manager Harold Barr told council' the intersections of Methvin and Center streets and Methvin and Fredonia streets may be bricked next year.

Downtown merchants earlier objected to delaying construction until after the Fourth ofJuly Parade, saying it woukLhinder business during back-to-school sales. Barr told council Tuesday that; construction could begin earljer and the parade rerouted away; from ongoing street work. Later in the meeting, Whitehead praised the city's emergency medical service and the work of its advisory board. She said the merger between EMS and the fire department, which was "one of the hottest topics" to come before council, has proved "one of the most successful." Rader told council about a program to educate residents on the 911 system and the need to monitor the program for inefficiencies. He also asked council for a fourth ambulance to improve response time.

A review on tax abatement was also addressed by City Attorney Larry Schenk. "A year ago, we explored tax abatement as an alternative to a sales tax for economic development," Schenk said. Council mieht want to rethink By Um UVrwfitaff photographer ed events surrounding the journey of Christopher Columbus to the New World in word and song. The first grade class sang a song and handed out paper fish to the. audience.

All grades participated In the musical presentation. Reliving history Sara Shorter, a first grader at Hudson PEP School, hands a fish to Susan Logue while her husband Keith looks on during Monday night's performance of "The Brave and the Bold" at T.G. Field Auditorium. The presentation recount- Parents plan to picket to protest Spring Hill's' treatment of teacher cy service) Hayes quality that's the main thing. We don't want it to fall down." At a Tuesday council work session, Rader stressed the importance of investing in and monitoring emergency medical services despite a reduced budget brought on by lower property values.

Also discussed at the 4:30 p.m. meeting was the possible elimination of city tax abatements, as well as ways to achieve more downtown improvements. The work session began with the appointment of Tom Hayes, senior council member, as Mayor Pro Tem. On Thursday, Hayes will act in Mayor Martha Whitehead's place. Whitehead said she will not be able to make the Thursday council session due to family business.

On the subject of downtown improvement, city staff likened it to the chicken and the egg dilemma. What comes first: Economic recovery or a new look to the downtown? The plan to remove bricks from streets, then asphalt streets and use the bricks in intersections was approved by voters in the fall. But plans, which included replacement of sewer and water lines under the streets, had to be scaled back when the price tag came up three times more than budgeted. There will be 4:30 and 8 p.m. performances that day at the Long-view Fairgrounds rodeo arena.

Tickets will be available at the arena box office. To order tickets Call 753-2148. VFW members this week are distributing tickets to schools in the Longview, Pine Tree and Spring Hill school districts. These tickets will allow youngsters ages 13 and under to attend the June 26 circus free of charge. For more information about the VFW fund raiser, call 753-2413, 236-7986 or 297-0460.

AlleyFest 'Quick Draw' slated June 5 The annual AlleyFest "Quick Draw" will be 7-10 p.m. June 5 on Tyler Street in downtown Long-view. More than 20 artists will be on hand for the event, which will see artists create original works of art in an hour's time. Each of the works then will be framed and auctioned to the highest bidder. With Longview Museum and Arts Center serving as host, the event is presented by KEES radio, A.G.

Edwards and Valu-Line. Tickets to the event are $25 per couple, $15 for an individual, and include drinks, red beans and rice, desserts and other foods. Reservations must be made by Friday. For more information about the June 5 "Quick Draw," call Long-view Downtown Development Corp. at 2374040.

Gilmer man pleads tax abatements "in light of the fact that the Longview Economic Development Corporation is now a tt n.t..L Turtle's attorney sought total questioning of witnesses. But after the hearing officer, Phillip Collier of San Antonio, ruled for brief cross-examination, Truman Dean, an attorney for the Texas State Teachers Association who is representing Tuttle, asked to speak with the board privately. Afterward, Fleming spoke with board members in executive session. About 30 minutes later they reconvened to adjourn without any testimony by witnesses or action by the Board of Trustees. "It appears this hearing has already served a good purpose.

It has gotten the parties talking on a level they haven't talked before," Fleming told the audience. "I expect there will be probably no further continuation of the hearing." Dean said without arbitration Tuttle couldn't have received a fair hearing. action is taken," said John Fleming of attorney for Spring Hill. Tuttle has been a SHISD teacher for 18 years. Neither side would delineate the specifics of the 18 accusations that co-workers brought against Tuttle in late August or say if the discussions included settlement talks.

After a meeting with Superintendent Mike Crossland on the allegations, Tuttle asked for a name-clearing hearing, which is part of the grievance procedure. The nine-month delay was due to Turtle's pregnancy and schedule conflicts. The Board of Trustees room overflowed Tuesday afternoon as teachers and parents turned out for what was scheduled to be an open hearing. But a point of contention over cross-examination of witnesses arose. The school district didn't want any cross-examination while By DeAnn Smith Staff Writer Spring Hill parents said they would picket the district's administration building this morning to protest the treatment of middle school teacher Carolyn Turtle.

"She's a good teacher and she cares about the kids," said Libby Blanchard, who has three children in Spring Hill ISD. "I want parents coming in and dropping off their kids to know what is going on." "It's wrong. I feel like they are railroading her," said Jean Walker, whose two daughters graduated from Spring HilL Turtle's name-clearing hearing Tuesday afternoon was adjourned without action to allow for further discussions between the school district's attorney and the teacher's attorney. "After further reflection, I think both parties now want an opportunity to explore the issues of this name-clearing hearing a little more carefully before any further mil, soiu. The corporation was formed in December after voters approved a sales tax increase.

Also, said Schenk, recent legislation barred county education districts (taxing entities only) from granting abatements. POLICE BEAT Overton man held in possession case The bag contained five rocks of "crack" cocaine, valued at $100, said Paul. Longview officers awaiting autopsy report Longview police are awaiting Gilmer's council reviews lake work OVERTON An Overton man was arrested Monday for possession of cocaine after police officers said they saw him holding a clear, plastic bag. they said was crack. James Emmitt Wilson, 43, of Overton was arraigned before Judge Bobby Richardson, who set bond at $30,000.

Wilson was still in the Rusk County jail Tuesday. Overton Police Chief Braxton Paul said Officers John James and Brandon Robertson were patrolling in the 100 block of Denman Road about 3:35 p.m. Monday when they noticed two men standing in front of a residence, one holding a bag. autopsy results on a 39-year-old man who was found dead in a whirlpool Monday night. The man's identity was being; withheld pending the notification-of family, said Sgt David Hazel of the Longview Police Department; The man, a residence of Pine' Knoll Apartments, was found in the complex's whirlpool at 20Q Village Drive about 10:30 p.m.

byl friends. There were no visible the man had a history of health problems, said Hazel. The man was taken to Longview Regional Hospital where he was pronounced dead. state highway department will seek bids on relocating FM Road 852 for the lake's construction. In other action Tuesday, the council voted 4-1 against closing dedicated, but unopened parts of six streets and offering them to owners of the property where they are located.

After the vote, City Manager Jim Mullins said he thought some of the streets should be closed. He said that if a street Could be put back on the tax roll and the city had "no use for don't know why we would be interested in keeping it." Councilmen Robbie Bruns, who By Phillip Williams Longview News-Journal Correspondent GILMER Engineering work on the proposed $12.5 million Lake Gilmer is in "fine shape," a consulting engineer told the Gilmer City Council Tuesday. James Rice of NRS Associates, a Texarkana, engineering firm, said he wanted to hire a contractor for the lake's dam and spillways by 1992's last quarter. However, the lake couldn't be put into use before the latter part of 1995, he said. Rice said design surveying for the dam and spillways is 90 percent complete.

He also said the had objected, to closing some of the streets, said after the vote he wanted a list of property the city wouldn't need. He suggested giving quit-claim deeds to property owners to get that property on the city tax roll. But Mullins responded, "It's just hard for us to look at an alley or a street and visualize if there's ever going to be a need" for the city to use it. Councilman Mike Waller, who voted against retaining the streets, suggested drawing a list of which should be closed and which shouldn't. He said some city officials favor closing some of them.

guilty in assault GILMER A Gilmer man was placed on four years non-adjudicated probation and fined $500 Friday after pleading guilty to aggravated assault on a peace officer. Robert Wayne Shaw, 33, admitted assaulting East Mountain Officer Phil Luchau. State District Judge F.L. "Tiny" Garrison sentenced him on a plea bargain, said a spokesman for Upshur County District Attorney Tim Cone. Classes forming for Model You School Classes are forming for the June July session of the Model You School of Poise and Etiquette.

The session will begin June 20 and will be held on Saturday mornings for six weeks at the Longview Community Center from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Class size is limited. During the six-week course, participants will learn how to sit, stand and walk in a graceful manner, proper table settings and mechanics, restaurant manners, introductions, grooming hints and everyday etiquette. The cost for the course is $75 per person. For more information, call Kerrie Medlin at 297-3960 or 759-1161.

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CM Gregg County Bar Auxiliary, Odayne Bamett; East Texas Baptist University, Amy Rosa and John Suina; Dent Kappa GammaKappa Mil Chapter, Brandy Masserfgakr, East Texas Chapter of American Institute of Banking, Paige Edmonson; Scholar Athlete Award, Chris McDowell and Jennifer Magee; Panola College Scholarships, Michael Moody, Tim Rlesman and Tukiana Seals; Men's Alpine God Association, DevM Baker; Spanish Club Scholarship, Shannon Giles and Stephen Shelby; TSTA ScholarshipJunior Achievement Award, Paige Edmonson; Student Council Awards, Amy Ross, Brian Red. Tanya Wilis, Clinton Alexander, Emily Verry and Stephen Shelby. GLOBE Scholars: Brian Fted, Jennifer Magee, Chris McDowell, Clinton Alexander, Stacy Bowie, Mllissa Cordey, Wendy Bullard, Allyson Duren, Shannon Giles, Tim Riesman, Stephen Shelby, Amy Ross, Tanya WHHs and Emily Verry, East Texas Scholars; Allyson Duren, Stephen Shelby and EmUy Verry; Texas Assoc. of Future Educators (TAFE), Brandy Massengale; TAFE Teacher of the Year, Coach Maurice Cook; National Honor Society Scholarship, Paige Edmonson; Army ROTC, Clinton Alexander; Masonic lodge, John Sutter National Merit Finalist, Emily Verry. All A Honor RoN Ave of five Times, Tiffany Barton, Robert Bradley, Casey Gathrtght, Shawn Giles, Jessica Lee, Jeryt Phillips, Tim Ross, Dana Symank, Holly Hedrick, Shirley Reeves, Joe Sanchez, Angela Wuthrich, Corle Grotheim and Stephanie Alt Honor Rd five of five times: Stacy Bechtofd, Cars Black, Cyomi Brock.

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