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Five contested races
involving Rusk
County officials
FROM DAILY NEWS STAFF REPORTS
CLASS OF 1963 meet-
ing 11:30 a.m. Jan. 5 at Don
Felix’s Mexican Restaurant.
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that MTC’s East Texas Treat-
ment Facility in Henderson
would accept probationers.
has declined in recent years.
The Texas Department of
Criminal Justice-Community
Justice Association Division
The names have been drawn
for the order on the ballot for
the March 1 Republican Party
Primary in Rusk County.
Rusk County Republican
Party chairman Charlie Wil-
liamson drew names on Tues-
day.
There are five contested
races in Rusk County in the pri-
mary. Sheriff is the only coun-
ty-wide race that’s contested.
Contested races and order of
ballot include:
Rusk County Sheriff: Darryl
Norris and Jeff Price; Precinct 2
county commissioner: Tammy
Pepper, Roy Boyd, Wendell
Moore, John L. Moore and Ron
Yandle; Precinct 3 county com-
missioner: Greg Gibson, Joe
Carl Davis, Matt Lebeck and
Barbara Strong Russell.
For Precinct 1 constable:
Charles A. Robinson Jr. and
Sammy Nichols; Precinct 2
constable: Chuck McDonald
and Mark Dickerson.
There are four candidates in
the race for state Senate Dis-
trict 1: James K. Red Brown,
Mike Lee, David Simpson and
Bryan Hughes. For House Dis-
trict 11: Tony Sevilla and Travis
Clardy.
For U.S. House District 1:
Louie Gohmert, Simon Win-
ston and Anthony Culler.
Other Rusk County can-
didates unchallenged in the
March GOP primary include:
Fourth District Judge J.
Clay Gossett; District Attorney
Micheal E. Jimerson; County
Clerk Trudy McGill; Precinct 1
commissioner Bill Hale; Pre-
cinct 4 constable David Guy;
and Precinct 5 constable Jimmy
Skinner.
In Precinct 3, Kenneth W.
Miley was the only candidate to
file for the primary. Incumbent
Tim Barton did not file earlier
this month for re-election.
RUSK COUNTY
CRIME STOPPERS open
carry Q&A, 6 p.m. Tues-
day in Pct. 5 Justice of the
Peace courtroom in the Rusk
County Justice Center. Sher-
iff Jeff Price, Police Chief
James Pierson and Assistant
District Attorney Modesto
Rosales will be present to
answer questions.
By RYLEIGH SALMON
HENDERSON DAILY NEWS
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Cunningham said.
“It was free of charge,” he
said. “We couldn’t pay any-
thing to [workers] or the cen-
ter.”
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If you think there are
too many bowl games,
you’re right. So far, we’ve
had games in Montgomery,
Ala., Albuquerque (actually,
that’s not too bad) and frigid
Boise. There are three games
in Orlando this season, and
three in the state of Alabama
(the aforementioned Mont-
gomery as well as Birming-
ham and Mobile). There’s
even talk of putting one in
Little Rock, just more con-
firmation there are too many
bowl games.
OUR TOWN
Happy Birthday, Adam
Head, Carolyn McGuire,
Dale McMillan, Joe Tay-
lor, Daniel Blevins, Luke
Briscoe, William Burns,
Ben Bynum, Patricia Col-
lins, Anita Hays, Whitney
Hicks, Jake Lee, Dr. J.P.
McClelland, Raymond
Mitchell, Barbara Mur-
ray, Clay Skelton, Con-
ner Dotson, Mack Glenn,
Kim Higgs, Savanna Lan-
drum, Brooklin Logan
and William Wilder.
“They helped with mowing
of the depot and other areas
of town. We’ll have to cover
Probationers assigned to
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1. Thursday, Dec. 31
2. Wednesday, Dec. 30
for diversionary programs and 3. Tuesday, Dec. 29
4. Monday, Dec. 28
5. Northeast Texas Treat-
ment Center closes
Hogberg also said the overall 6. Rain soaks East Texas
Audit produces
9 findings
An audit of Northeast Texas
in the city of Overton, Treatment Center in July pro-
ation.”
Alarcon said audits of
the facility were conducted
approximately every two
years. Findings included in
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“A lot of people still don’t
your weapon. The only two realize you have to have a hand-
treatment services.
Georgetown Healthcare
CEO Scott Alarcon said at the
time his firm was exploring
what happens from here.
“We’re still
options,” said Alarcon. The
firm, he said, has received
verbal affirmation from Rusk
County it would consider sign- treatment center, at
ing a waiver that would allow charge, have also provided
Georgetown to operate the lawn care services at the
treatment center in an agree- McMillan Library in Overton,
ment with another county.
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month at Founder’s Room,
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and other communities would
lose access to reliable volun-
teers that help out in a number
of ways, Rusk County Judge
Joel Hale said after the center’s
closing was announced.
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West Rusk ISD and Overton duced nine “significant find-
ISD,” Hale told the Henderson ings” days before the contract
that funded the center was
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of additional days clients
remained at the center dating
back to 2014 numbered 515
for 32 clients at a cost to the
tor Mark Hogberg notified state of $30,627 (at a per diem
Georgetown Healthcare Com- rate of $59.47), or about 1.5
munity Services, the vendor percent of the contract.
that operates the treatment
center, the $2 million grant
that funded operations was
being canceled.
Hogberg said last month
other options were available
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New gun rules
become law in
Texas on Jan. 1
Word comes
in August
After ending a
that will close the Northeast
Texas Treatment Center, Rusk
County Adult Probation direc-
tor Mark Hogberg said drug
offenders could be assigned
to other divisionary programs
such as MTC’s East Texas
Treatment Center in Hender-
son or D.E.A.R.
Recovery Center
in Gregg County.
In August,
Hogberg noti-
fied Georgetown
Healthcare Com-
munity Services,
the operator of the
Overton-based treatment cen-
ter, the contract was canceled
with the county’s Community
Supervision and Corrections
Department.
Hogberg said other options
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ary programs, and that MTC’s Staff photo by Tory Van Blarcum
treatment center in Henderson Northeast Texas Treatment Center in Overton closed earlier this year after Rusk
would accept probationers. County Adult Probation ended a contract that supplied funding.
Hogberg also said the overall
probation population in Texas
has declined in recent years.
The CEO of Georgetown
Healthcare confirmed today that some other way;
the letter of termination from
Hogberg cited a “shrinking the recovery center provided
probation population” and volunteer hours for a number
increased competition for of cities and school districts in
Rusk County.
Patients from the treat-
ment center provided janito-
rial services at Overton city
hall, city manager Charles
assessing Cunningham said at the time.
“They did a lot of mainte-
nance,” said Cunningham.
Work details from the
center, at no
canceled by the Rusk County probation population in Texas
Adult Probation Director.
The audit was conducted
July 28 by the Community
Justice Association Division of
Texas Department of Criminal manages adult probation
Justice. offices throughout the state,
The facility review pub- including Rusk County.
lished Aug. 21 called into “This report was the first
question the number of days we’ve heard of timely dis-
patients remained in the cen- charges,” Georgetown Health-
ier located in Overton once care CEO Scott Alarcon told
treatment was complete the Henderson Daily News
and estimated the state was on Sept. 10. “There was no
billed an additional $30,000 opportunity to rectify the situ-
because of the errors.
The review made no rec-
ommendation to cancel the
contract.
The TDCJ-CJAD monitors
the Community Supervision the July performance review
and Corrections Department indicate discharge dates that
(CSCD), which provides adult varied widely. The number
probation services in Texas
counties.
On Aug. 10, Rusk Coun-
ty Adult Probation Direc-
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The Precinct 5 courtroom is
on the third floor of the Rusk
Law enforcement in Rusk County Justice Center, located
County already has a leg up on at 210 W. Charlevoix St.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A
tornado touched down in north-
central Alabama, including part
of Birmingham, in the latest
wave of severe weather that’s
hammered the South during
Christmas week.
The funnel was spotted by
witnesses outside the city about
5 p.m. Friday. An hour later
the National Weather service
confirmed that first respond-
ers were on the scene along
Jefferson Avenue, a working
class neighborhood less than
10 miles from downtown Bir-
mingham.
Lt. Sean Edwards, a Bir-
mingham police spokesman,
said trees are down and people
were trapped inside damaged
houses, adding that several
people were taken to hospitals
for treatment of minor inju-
ries, but further details were
not immediately available.
Center provided
volunteer labor
The closing of the North- the treatment center cleaned
east Texas Treatment Center up Overton’s city park ahead
in Overton meant Rusk County of community gatherings
such as Fourth of July.
“It will be three days before others after attending a special
room for a special open carry the law goes into effect and open carry training session in
question and answer session. who better to answer those September.
The Texas Legislature questions than the sheriff, DA
approved the bill earlier this and chief of police,” Roberts will no longer be a concealed
year, and Gov. Greg Abbot said. handgun license offered, it will
signed it into law. “We’re going to talk about be called a handgun license.
Sheriff Jeff Price, Police the law, explain about the signs HL holders can then decide
Chief James Pierson and Assis- businesses have to post if they whether they want to carry
With open-carry set to tant District Attorney Modesto want to ban firearms, differ- openly or concealed.
become law Friday, Rusk Coun- Rosales will be present to take ent holsters and how to secure
ty officials are holding a public questions on the new law. _ ~ .
\ ‘ Crime Prevention Sgt. David legal ways to carry are in a gun license to carry,” Roberts
an effort to clarify a number of Roberts, with Rusk County belt and shoulder holster. We’ll said. “A lot of people think you
Sheriffs Office, is in charge of bring in holsters to show the can just carry a gun and go.”
For those who are curious Crime Stoppers and he thought difference between slide, reten-
and want to know more, the it fitting, for the last meeting tion and shoulder holsters.”
Rusk County Crime Stoppers before the law goes into effect,
will meet in the Rusk County to focus on the law’s changes.
 

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