Mexia Daily News, The (Newspaper) - November 19, 1998, Mexia, Texas The Mexia People Of The BiStone Area Since 1899 Index City Freestone News Pages 67 Good Afternoon John Keller Volume 99 Number 229 Texas November 14 Pages 50 Cents RAISE THE AND THE FLAG Whiterock Water Supply group hears about rate case petition Several items faced the Whiterock Water Supply Corporation membership at a special meeting held at the office in Forest Among the items attended to were approval for payment of bills and new with the corporation Sam in charge of the Charles Morris addressed the board to request a reduction in the number of directors on the His concerns were Mathews took the request under advisement and will place it onto the agenda of the annual membership meeting in April of Morris also asked for information concerning the hearing held at It was reported that the Corporations attorney noti fied the Corporation that the Administrative Law in a conference call with all par ties on stated she would issue a recommendation that the Commission dismiss the rate The reason given was o Cheryl Cockrell photo Mexia Middle School teachers and students are preparing lor their Parent Open House The Open House is sponsored by the involvement The program to assist ents in understanding and assisting their children with the A Spanish session Of will be Principal Bobby Anglin raises the Texas which hat flown over the state and which was recently presented to trie school by State Calm Starr begins laying out case to Judiciary Committee today WASHINGTON AP Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr opened the third presidential impeachment inquiry in the nations history today by charging before a bitterly divided House Judiciary Committee that President Clinton misused his authority and power to impede civil and criminal cases against Democrats assailed the prosecutors motives and Clintons actions over the last year constitute a pattern of obstruction that is fundamentally inconsistent with the presidents duty to faithful ly execute the Starr Facing his harsh est critics for the first the prosecutor laid out his allegations like a speaking Democrats immediately made their case before a national television audience that the president had not been treated They skewered the prosecutor whose investigation of a presidential affair prompted the impeachment Starrs appearance is a desperate effort to breathe new life into a dying John Conyers attacked Starrs ethics and Republican background and called him a federally paid sex policeman spending millions of dollars to trap an unfaithful He called Starrs report of 11 impeachable offenses against Clinton in the Monica Lewinsky matter as salacious and unnecessarily Starr sat emotionless through the The hearing today is not a It is not White House versus Nor is it Republican versus Chairman Henry Hyde exhorted his urging them to deter mine whether the nation should allow a who prosecutors have concluded lied under to remain in He promised to provide Clinton unlimited time if he chose to Starr was the leadoff witness for the historic because the customers petition was not timely filed with the water supply corporation in accordance with the statutory To this was all that was The hearing scheduled for may be can It was decided that the Manager will handle notification of agenda items with the news Development of a Finance was A representative of Rice Inspections report ed that 31 percent of the easements have been These easements are needed before work can begin on the system It was also reported that land acquisition from Christine Franklin should be completed within a After the Manager gave his the meet ing was Mexia School Board OKs tax roll By BOB WRIGHT Editor At their last Mexia school trustees reviewed the 1998 tax It was unanimously accepted by the Most taxing entities begin to realize more funds toward the end of the and school officials are pleased with the way in which col lections have begun to come The school board also has accepted a couple of bids to A used from Classic Round Rock of Round while a bid was awarded to Lawrence Marshall Dealership of Hempstead to purchase a new In other trustees whipped into an executive session heard reports from board members who attended the Texas Association of School of School Board held at Houston voted to pay and reviewed monthly reports from campus Larry and John Turpins Director of Curriculum Other agenda items included adoption of budget reviewing of District and Campus Improvement okayed hand book amendments for McBay Elementary and Sims Intermediate schools approved a waiver in lieu of taxes for the Mexia Housing and discussed the Mexia Middle School Food Service Concerning tHe studied some possible changes in the food ser vice for middle school including the cost of proposed No vote has come up concerning this which could conceivably be studied the future for next The meeting was held in the schools Administration 405 East Hospice Dove Tree to be at The Hospice of Mercy Foundations Dove Tree again will be set up at Grocery in from This is the one large fundraiser sponsored by the Hospice White paper which may be purchased for in honor or in memory of a loved one or will decorate the The money from this tree will be used exclu sively for patient care in Limestone The Foundation purchases Pharmaceuticals and medical as well as paying util ity bills and buying groceries and clothing for hospice patients and Please come by the tree and purchase a dove or requests Sara Director of Hospice of Mercy Foundation Doves may also be purchased by writing to the Hospice of Mercy 206 East with nine television networks carrying the hearing live from the same room where the last impeachment proceedings against Richard Nixon convened a quarter century On at least six different occasions from through 1998 the president had to make a Starr He could choose truth or he could choose On all six the president chose The hearings opened with rancor as Republicans thwarted a Democratic request to give the presidents lawyer more time to cross examine This is a grave disservice at a grave constitutional William After frequent interruptions by Hyde You are disrupting the continuity of this As Starr read his prepared Republicans followed his text closely while some Democrats chatted among Seeking to end the threat to Clintons presiden cy and prevent a permanent blot on his the White House sent Clintons private David to interrogate Starr and make a case on the presidents who has accused Starr in court of prosecutorial miscon sat with a squadron of White House lawyers facing taking notes and waiting for his chance to ask questions at days Clinton was far from the scene in where he began a Asian Asked generally about the pressures of his Clinton told a Tokyo townhall meeting Of some times you want to get away from Asked how he had apologized to his wife and daughter for his inappropriate relationship with Clinton replied I did it in a direct and straightforward Did they forgive him I believe they Jackets for Caritas Day set for Mexia The Mexia Ministerial Alliance has voted to designate the first Sunday in December as Jackets for Caritas With the colder weather fast to be in high demand by needy families are jack coats and other types of warm All sizes for all ages will be Search your closets for cold weather clothing no longer being and please donate to this worthy emphasizes the David pas tor of Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church and President of the Mexia Ministerial The Alliance also issues reminders of several other important including this Fridays Food for Families From 6 until 8 on the drive for Caritas of Mexia nonperishable foods will be Drop site is on the Guaranty Federal Bank parking lot at Carthage and North McKinney Another drop site is the WalMart parking from 9 until 9 with that drive sponsored by the Mexia Fire All foodstuffs will be turned over to For the drop site on the Guaranty Federal parking volunteers are needed to separate and box the You may contact Caritas for further Bolden reminds about the Community Thanksgiving scheduled for this Sunday night at 7 oclock in Mexia Civic Included in this service will be a com munity under direction of Marc First Baptist Church Minister of Area singers are invited to Call the First Baptist Church for further should you desire to sing in this community Let us set aside the time to attend this special com munity and join in the Thanksgiving to our Bolden The Ministerial Alliance also is asking help for holding Sunday services in the Mexia ing a practice for several under auspices of the in recent months only a few churches continue to serve in this The Alliance is asking churches of the Mexia area to assist in this project by teering time for a service or a Bible Please contact David Bolden at 5626125 to schedule your Ousted mayor files federal suit TYLER AP The ousted mayor of Seven Points has filed a federal lawsuit against the city and several of its claiming they to violate her civil the Tyler Courier Times Telegraph reported Named as defendants are 13 city including the police municipal judge and some city council Marian Hill accuses them of deprivation of civil conspiracy to violate civil intentional infliction of emo tional distress and deliberate action of a to deprive her of her rights and negli Hill claims her estranged Charles conspired with city She it asking for million in The lawsuit states that in November Hill was wrongly impeached for violating city including living in an area zoned far business In February or March 94 complaints were issued against Hill for ing residentially without a permit of According to the lawsuit Hill lost her ness and suffered severe mental pain aid The city has not yet filed an answer but riant to hire an attorney through the Texts
