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V- MUENSTER Serving Muenster and Cooke County since 1936 ENTERPRISE VOL. IVIII NO. 14 16 PAGES 50 CENTS MARCH 4, 1994 Voters prepare to go to the polls Tuesday by Elaine Schad the Valley View First Baptist -Precinct 14: Ross Point Tuesday is primary election day Church. Community Center in Rosston across the state of Texas, as voters -Precinct 12: Fire Station in Era -Precinct 15: Myra Community will select candidates in primaries -Precinct 14: Rosston Fire Center from the local level all the way up Station. -Precinct 16: Lindsay Gun Club to the governors office in order to -Precinct 15: Myra Community in Lindsay set the ballot for November's Center. -Precinct 17: VFW Hall in general election. -Precinct 16: South Lindsay will Muenster Voters in Cooke County have vote at the Janet Bezner Home, 130 -Precinct 18: Sacred Heart until 5 p.m. today (Friday, March 4) S. Willow Street in Lindsay. Community Center in Muenster to cast early ballots in the County -Precinct 17: South Muenster, -Precinct 19: Lindsay Gun Club Clerk's Office, located on the VFW Hall, 113 S. Main Street. -Precinct 21: St. Peter's Parish second floor of the courthouse. As -Precinct 18: North Muenster, Hall of Wednesday, 410 ballots had been First Baptist Church, 1 I 1 N. Pecan -Precinct 33: Sivells Bend School cast either by personal appearance Street. Gymnasium or by mail at the county clerk's -Precinct 19: Frank Sandmann A large number of local races are office, with the bulk of those ballots Home in Lindsay. being contested in the Cooke being cast in the Democratic -Precinct 21: North Lindsay will County Democratic Primary. Primary, according to an official vote at Lindsay Town Hal Evelyn Walterscheid, assistant with the county clerk's office. -Precinct 33: Sivells Bend county clerk, is running unopposed Tuesday's voting will be held at School. in her bid for the County Clerk's various locations throughout the seat. County Clerk Frank Scoggins county. Muenster area boxes Republican Primary has decided not to seek re-election. MUENSTER ISD hosted their annual Open House and Arts and Crafts include: -Precinct 3: Cooke County Mrs. Walterscheid's name was Show Tuesday night in conjunction with Public Schools Wcck. Above, a College Library inadvertently omitted from an large crowd filled the old gymnasium to view students' projects. At left, Democratic Primary -Precinct 11: First Baptist Church election story in last week's edition Jill Wimmer goes through her son, Dustin's, papers in the Kindergarten -Precinct 3: Library at Cooke in Valley View of The Enterprise. class room. See page 14 for Best of Show pictures. County College. -Precinct 12: Era Community Please see sample ballots on Page -Precinct 11: Fellowship Hall of Center 2 for candidate lists. MISD students' work County Commissioners still viewed at Open House This is Public Schools Week and Apple, Chris Muller; Wire Welding, as a part of the celebration, Jill Reiter; Wood Work, Tommy considering ambulance service Muenster ISD hosted their annual Joe Dankesrciter, Computer Aided Arts and Crafts Show and Open Drafting, Charlie Luttmer; by Elaine Schad additional employee and equipment. to a proposal to make all the parking House on Tuesday. Each student Landscaping, Melissa Biffle; Cooke County Commissioners Russell said Nichols is seeking spaces on the west side of the from preschool through high school Mechanical Drawing, A. 1. Knahe; this week deferred action and possible federal funding sources for courthouse public parking. was invited to enter his or her work Foods, Lacey Endres; Plant discussion on taking proposals for the request. Commissioner Kenneth Alexander in the Arts and Crafts Show Collection, lames Klement. private ambulance service in Cooke Bob Summers from Government said the county would probably sponsored by the PTO. More than 150 visitors attended County until after the March 8 Records, Inc., addressed the court have to seek an interlocal agreement Winning Best of Show in each the Open House. All of the election. requesting that his company expand with the city of Gainesville to class was Julie Miller, 12th; classrooms were open. Member of Cooke County Judge Ray Russell their project of preserving county enforce any 20-minute public Christina Preg6 de Oliver, 11th; the Student Council greeted visitors abruptly recommended that the records. The company has parking. Judge Russell said he was none, 10th; Jennifer Sicking, 9th; to school. Refreshments were court take no action on the agenda contracted with the county at a cost unsure whether a time limit could Telisha Reid, 8th; Stephanie served by Mrs. Joni Sturm's Home item, which would have discussed of 52,500 to preserve the records of be placed on handicapped parking. Bierschenk, 7th; Douglas Knabe, Ec Classes. the feasibility of requesting the County Clerk's Office according In other business, commissioners: 6th; Megan Hennigan, 5th; Grant Tuesday the parents of K through proposals for private ambulance to regulations set down by the --Sold a surplus 1982 F-700 Hartman, 4th; Chris Rains, 3rd; second grade students were invited service Russell said recent letters to Texas State Library, which requires dump truck from Precinct 2 to the Kristi McAden, 2nd; Clint Miller, to have lunch with their children in the editor and other sources had that all records be in accordance high bidder Mike Beasley of 1st; Michael Eckart, kindergarten; the school cafeteria. insinuated that the agenda item may with those regulations no later than Lewisville. and Megan Felderhoff, preschool. Today, Friday, at noon there will have surfaced due to political January 1995. Summers said his --Approved a resolution Awards were given in the be a 15 minute program on NTEN motives, so he felt it would be best company does an inventory and designating March as American Red following categories: Interior about Public Schools Week. It is to defer any discussion of the item assesses all records, does all record Cross Month in Cooke County. Design, Jennifer Sicking; Newton's entitled "Primary School Live". until after Tuesday's primary scheduling, submits all pertinent election. Russell, Precinct 2 data to the state and then makes Commissioner Kenneth Alexander recommendations to the county for and Precinct 4 Commissioner Virgil efficient records management. Hess are seeking re-election to the Summers said his company would CCC Trustees say name change commissioners court. do all county offices, such as the The ambulance issue has been a district clerk, justice of the peace, hot item of discussion for years, commissioners court, for $1,000 per must be "in best interest of college" mainly because it is one of the most office. Commissioner Virgil Hess expensive line items in the county estimated it would cost about "This board would not even outset that the committee's work places this college in a different and programs, such as nursing, that the budget. Proposals have been made $12,000 to do the remaining county consider approving a proposal to "was not about a name change" and confusing situation. It isn't clear college probably couldn't offer over the years to turn the ambulance offices. change the college's name unless we that this issue was to be addressed right now how much this might put without them. Close to 90 percent of service over to a private company, County Clerk Frank Scoggins were convinced, without any only as it might relate peripherally our programs in these counties at the hundreds of 'slots' needed by our but Cooke County remains as one of said there was money collected qualification, that to do so would be to other, broader issues. risk, but we feel the potential for nursing students to do their clinical the few counties in the state of through fees in his office that is in the best interest of the college Working independently, losing pound is definitely there training are at hospitals and clinics Texas to retain a county-run designated for record preservation, and would serve a positive, fully however, all three subcommittees - unless the college clearly and and nursing homes in Denton ambulance service. The county had but he thought that money could justifiable purpose." on instructional programs, on vigorously demonstrates its County." budgeted $164,000 to place an only be used for the county clerk's So said Urban Endres, chairman legislative affairs and on marketing commitment to continue serving Woolfolk added that local additional ambulance and personnel office. County Auditor Gloria of the Cooke County College Board - strongly urged in their final reports these counties." citizens probably also need to be in service by April as well as Parrish estimated the fund has of Trustees, following a regular that the CCC trustees seriously One factor that could hasten such reminded that students attending renovate the ambulance station at a accumulated $55,000 over the last monthly board meeting last week at consider changing the college's change, he added, is that Senate Bill classes at out-of-county extension cost of $25,000. That was all put on three years. Judge Russell then which the matter was discussed at name to more accurately reflect the 642 also creates a much more sites pay higher tuition and fees to hold, however, following last deferred the item, saying the court length. He said the issue will likely kind of regionally-important competitive environment in which offset operational costs there and month's successful rollback had to make sure the money could be put to a formal vote at the institution it has become in recent community colleges like CCC will that no local tax dollars go outside election. be used for the other departments trustees' next meeting on March 28.