The Charleston Sun-Sentinel from Charleston, Mississippi • 1

StynaS(irtDoi) The Charleston hi "Serving Tallahatchie County' Thursday, August 13, 1987 Volume 64 Number 31 Charleston, Miss. CO Ct r-. CoMiTDtfy irestujiffli) 8dh)uS ft eO(sses sini 17 MP 4 SrJ uJ wan fit1, Winning at OleMiss Cheer Camp 3 Within the next two weeks, schools in Tallahatchie County will resume classes for the 1987-88 session. The Sun-Sentinel contacted school officials at both public and private institutions in the county to determine their plans. In the East Tallahatchie School District, teachers will report Monday, Aug.

17, for initial briefings. The session gets underway at 8:30 a.m. in the Charleston High School cafeteria. ETSD Superintendent Clyde Robinson said staff development sessions are planned for teachers next Monday and Tuesday, with about four hours scheduled each day. Students report for the first full day of classes at Charleston schools on Wednesday, Aug.

19. Buses will run and all cafeterias will be open at that time, Robinson noted. Students in kindergarten and grades 1-3 will report to Charleston Elementary School, where Shelby McCullar is principal and Elaine Venable is early childhood coordinator. David Hargett is the principal at Charleston Upper Elementary School, which houses grades 4-6. Grades 7 and 8 are located at Charleston Middle School, where David Alford is principal, and grades 9-12 are housed at Charleston High School under the direction of Principal William Miller.

The ETSD employs 122 certified staff and administrative members, 18 teaching assistants, 13 maintenance personnel and 27 cafeteria workers. Robinson noted that the district plans to implement a hot weather j. schedule for up to the first five weeksf classes. During this hot weather seheduIeTRobThson noted, classes will be held from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.

daily. He said the particulars of these plans will be announced later. Robinson cited a number of improvements which have been made to school buildings in the district, including the refurbishing of lockers at Charleston Middle School, a new treatment on the walls in the high school cafeteria, and the installation of vent-a-hoods in the elementary and high school cafeterias. Teachers in the West Tallahatchie a certified birth certificate and a blue slip (with immunization record) from the health department. In addition, all other students must present a blue slip, and any new students must have a certified birth certificate.

Students in both the east and west school districts will receive 'free lunch applications on the first day of classes. Parents are asked to fill these out and return them to the proper school as soon as possible. Strider Academy will begin the 198748 school year with registration on Aug. 21. The first full day of classes at the private institution will be Aug.

24. School officials stress that payment of registration fees and submission of applications should be completed before classes begin to avoid interruption of the students' classes. Joe Bradshaw is headmaster at Strider and Yvonne Fennell serves as principal and administrator. I.C.S. Head Start registration for both returning and new children at all centers will be from 9 a.m.

to 12 noon and from 2-6 p.m. on Sept. 2 and 3. A parent or guardian must come to registration to complete necessary forms and complete a parent orientation. Families who have not provided proof of family income, up-to-date immunization card, certified birth certificate or other required information, must bring this information at registration.

I.C.S. must obtain the child's family's AFDC or Food Stamp case number or Social Security numbers of the child'iparents and of anyone uelse in the household who is 21 years of age or older. Families who have not completed an application should contact their head start center's social worker to arrange for an appointment. The I.C.S. head start program serves children age 3 to kindergarten age.

A child care food program will be operated in each head start center, and all meals served to enrolled children will be free. I.C.S. head start classes will begin Wednesday, Sept. 9. J' .1.

These six members of the Charleston High School cheerleader squad attended the 1987 Ole Miss Cheerleader Institute held recently at The University of Mississippi. The CHS cheerleaders brought home the "Spirit Stick," four superior ribbons, two excellent trophy. Squad members are, bottom row from left," Tracy Lane Captain), "Michelle Champion, and Barbara Vance. Top row, from left, are Pam Arnold, Robin Johnson and Rhonda Burke. Clerk Mick Den ley supervisors' bank School District report at 8:30 a.m.

Aug. 20 for a formal staff meeting in the auditorium of West Tallahatchie High School, according to WTSD Superintendent Sam Billingsley. He said teachers will be involved in required staff development sessions on Aug. 20 and 21. Students in the district report on Monday, Aug.

24, for the first full day of classes. Buses will run and cafeterias will operate at this time, Billingsley noted. In the Tutwiler area, students in kindergarten and grades 1-6 will report to Hopson Bayou Elementary School, where Ruth Lewis is principal. In the Webb-Sumner area, kindergarten students and grades 1-2 will report to Sumner Elementary School, where Carolyn Murphy is principal. Black Bayou Elementary School at Glendora will house students in kindergarten and grades 1-6 who live in the Glendora area or south.

Rachel Scurlock is principal there. In the Webb-Sumner area, students in grades 3-4 will report to West District Elementary School, where Jimmy Cox is principal. Students in grades 5-8 will report to West District Middle School, where Elbert Burten is principal. C. M.

George is the principal at West Tallahatchie High School in Webb, which houses students in grades 9-12. The WTSD has 103 certified staff and administrative officials and 17 teaching assistants, Billingsley said. He noted that several improvements have been made at school facilities in the district, including complete renovation of the kitchen at die. high roof work at Black Bayou Elementary School and painting at Sumner Elementary and Hopson Bayou Elementary schools. Billingsley noted that a contract has been let to repave the bus area at West District.

Last-minute kindergaten registration is continuing in both the east and west districts for children who will be five years old by Sept. 1. "We do want to encourage all kindergarten-aged children to please come in," noted Robinson. When registering children for kindergarten, parents must present spray to combat the mosquito problems of these respective cities. The commission also took the following action: Voted, upon request from engineer Ben White, to erect a four-way stop sign at the corner of Chestnut Street and King Drive.

The board also moved to change the four-way stop to a two-way stop at the corner of King Drive and Gay Street. Voted to use $2,000 that is paid in rent contract to gravel the road accessing the Charleston airport farmlands. Voted to donate $100 to the Tallahatchie County Medical Foun 1986, while during the same cycle a year ago the total collection stood at $446,088.60. Three of the county's five reporting sites experienced June increases in the amount of sales tax collections reported to the state tax commission. Charleston merchants reported $25,276.59 in June, a slight increase of $10 from the figure of $25,266.59 in June 1986.

Fiscally, the city's collection of $256,409.98 is lagging behind by $16,234.10 from the collection of $272,644.08 reported during the same month in 1986. In the town of Sumner, merchants reported sales taxes of $6,960.51 in June, an increase of $2,171.39 from $4,789.12 a year ago. The town's fiscal collection of $47,477.30 lags behind by $3,809.70 the June 1986 figure of $51,287. Webb merchants reported sales tax collections of $6,900.53 in June, up by $524.69 from the June 1986 figure of $6,375.84. Webb's fiscal collection, however, like the others remains behind 1986 levels.

The fiscal total through the end of May was $72,949.59, a decline of $4,816.26 from the 1986 level of $77,765.85. Mosquito spraying put on hold The Charleston City Commission, during ther regular meeting Aug. 4, tabled a proposal for mosquito spraying in the city. The commissioners took the action after agreeing to check further into what spraying equipment might be available and at what cost. At the board's July meeting the commission discussed the possibility of spraying to combat the furious summer onslaught of the pesky flying creatures.

A number of surrounding municipalities, among them Cleveland, Greenwood and Water Valley, have for some time used a poisonous reports balances air condition units in the Tallahatchie County Health Department at Sumner. Ordered payment of $401.35 to Circuit Clerk Paul Eastridge for meals for jurors. Ordered payment of $21.45 to Day Fire Equipment Companyu, for supplies furnished to the county fire department. Tabled a decision on whether to appropriate $4,000 to the Tallahatchie Fair Association for roof repairs to the Woman's Building located at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds east of Charleston. Ordered to sell to Joe L.

Tennyson, for $1,000, a used house trailer which was being offered for sale by Beat 5. Employed William Sanders to represent Tallahatchie County in a lawsuit filed by Eddie Meeks against the Tallahatchie County Democratic Executive Committee, Joe L. Tennyson, James G. Pennington, president of the board of supervisors, and Tallahatchie County, all in connection with his disqualification from the race for justice court judge in District 2. The supervisors took the following action on Aug.

11: Ordered that David Alford be allowed to place under the Oak Grove Road, near the Neighborhood Facility building, a 4-6 inch sewer line. The Beat 1 supervisor is to furnish specifications for the job. Directed the clerk of the board to notify vendors that some claims cannot be paid due to an exhaustion of various county funds. These claims will be paid when funds are available. Ordered that the budget of the sheriff for the current year be amended to cover excess expenditures.

During the July meeting the supervisors discussed ah overrun in the sheriff budget of $27,300. Ordered to advertise for sale of a new Ford truck which is the property of Beat 5. Announced that the next regular meeting of the board will be Sept. 1 at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Charleston. Sales taxes climb during June Ordered payment of $289.92 to Union Planters National Bank, for interest on Beat 4 road bonds.

Ordered payment of $301.27 to South Central Bell for the sheriff's telephone. Ordered payment of $5,201 to Flautt-Tackett Insurance Agency for insurance on county properties. Authorized payment of $499.60 to Capitol Elevator Company, for repairs to the elevator at the Charleston courthouse. Voted to allow payment of $3,000 to the Mississippi Justice Information System, for network service through June 30, 1988. Ordered that James Townes be paid $214 for necessary travel in seeking a fire truck for the Enid area.

Ordered payment of $690 to Electric Company of Marks for installation of a five-ton air conditioner compressor in the Tallahatchie County Health Department office at Charleston. Agreed to pay a portion of the cost of a warranty to cover parts, labor and materials necessary to keep the clock in the courthouse tower at Sumner in repair for a term of 12 months. The county will pay $400 and the town of Sumner $200. Agreed to pay to Tallahatchie Valley Electric Association $474.37 for relocation of electric power lines at the Brushy Creek Bridge project in Beat 3. This project is being constructed for the county by the Soil Conservation Service.

Voted to postpone payment of some debts of beats 3 and 5 to enable payment of labor due employees of the districts for then-work during July. In Beat 3, the amount to be allocated for July payroll rather than to be applied to current indebtedness is $8,500. That figure for Beat 5 is $5,600. On Aug. 7 the board took the following action: Ordered $602.26 paid to North Delta Planning Development District in connection with an application for Community Development Block Grant funds.

Ordered $313 be paid to Delta Services for repairs to the central In a financial statement to the Tallahatchie County Board of Supervisors dated July 31, Chancery Clerk Nick Denley reported budget difficulties in several of the supervisors' districts. Denley noted that Beat 1 has a cash in bank balance of $32.30 as of Aug. 4, noting that "this fund does not have enough cash to pay the current expenses due against it." Beat 2, Denley reported, has a cash in bank balance of $23,203.22 with which to pay incurring expenses. He noted, however, that there is an outstanding note against the fund to Tallahatchie County Bank of $26,500 plus interest which is due in April 1988. Denley reported to the supervisors that Beat 3 has a cash in bank balance of $126.91 as of Aug.

4 to pay the current claims. He reported that this fund has an outstanding balance due on an interfund loan to the General County Fund of $6,518.14. Beat 4 has a cash balance of $59,380.78 with which to pay current expenses, Denley noted. He reported that Beat 5 has a cash balance of $1,152.43 in the fund. There is a note due to the Tallahatchie County Bank of $18,109.08 plus interest, due in April 1988.

There is also a balance due on an interfund loan to the General County Fund of $7,668.07. Denley filed his report with the supervisors during their regular Aug. 3 board meeting at the Tallahatchie County Courthouse in Sumner. On Aug. 3 the board also took the following action: Voted to pay to the Mississippi Employment Security Commission $2,608 in connection with the unemployment benefits of Jesse Young, Mark A.

Ballard and Jane T. Pugh. Accepted a bid of $8,500 from Jon's Truck and Equipment Sales of Rogersville, Missouri, for a 1955 GMC fire truck for the use of the Enid area. Ordered payment of $425 to Steve Smith Contracting of Charleston for cutting and removing a tree from the parking lot of the Tallahatchie County Health Department. dation.

Voted to check further into putting a fire hydrant on the corner of Elizabeth Street and Womble Alley. Mayor Robert Rowe brought board members up to date on the city's plans for purchasing a new fire truck in the near future. Rowe told board members that a physician who had been considering relocating in Charleston had chosen Yazoo City instead. Rowe gave a report on the Sarah Street ditch project. Tutwiler reported the only official monthly decline in sales tax intake among the five reporting sites in the county.

Merchants there collected and reported $2,717.01, down $172.27 from the June 1986 reported amount of $2,889.28. The fiscal collection of $34,181.35 lags by $1,501.59 behind the level of $35,682.94 from a year ago. The tax commission was unable to release monthly figures on the town of Glendora, therefore making comparisons impossible. Statewide, the amount of sales tax reported in June was $12,531,387.63, an increase of $369,669.06 from the June 1986 reported collection of $12,161,718.55. Fiscally, Mississippi's sales tax collections are lagging behind 1986 figures by $1,908,752.35.

Selected sales tax collections in other cities and towns in Mississippi in June are as follows, with 1986 figures in parenthesis: Batesville, $84,847.53 Clarksdale, $157,678.99 ($148,101. 71); Cleveland, $135,564.67 ($130,850. 56); Coffeeville, $7,533.22 ($6,230. 87); Oakland, $291.64 Halting an eight-month trend of lower collections, the sales tax intake in Tallahatchie County rose during the June cycle, according to a Mississippi Tax Commission report. The city sales tax collections contained in the report are based on taxes collected by merchants during May and reported to the commission in June.

The report shows that Tallahatchie County merchants reported $41,854.64 in sales tax collections in June, an increase of $1,643.13 from a reported collection of $40,211.51 in June 1986. The monthly increase was the first county-wide since September 1986, perhaps indicating a pickup in the local economy. Sales tax collections serve as one indicator of how well the local economy is faring. Despite the monthly increase, the fiscal collection remains $28,456.93 behind last year's pace. The five reporting sites in Tallahatchie County Charleston, Glendora, Sumner, Tutwiler and Webb reported a total of $417,631.67 in sales tax collections sine July 1,.