09 Hire a Veteran Month
Joint City-County Proclamation
"Hire a Veteran Month"
Official Proclamation
Whenever called upon to defend our nation's security at home or abroad
the men and women who serve in the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard have responded immediately and effectively,
placing national interests above their own; and
The peace and accomplishments our nation today enjoys are due to the
efforts and sacrifices our military men and women and their families have
endured; and
Of the more than 48 million of these soldiers who have served the United
States of America, more than a million have made the ultimate sacrifice by
giving their lives, and another 1.5 million have been wounded; and
Today our men and women in uniform daily put their lives at risk, seeking
to secure the blessings of freedom and liberty for oppressed people
around the globe; and
In 1944 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the G.!. Bill into law,
he observed that more than anything else America's servicemen and
women wanted "the assurance of satisfactory employment" upon their
return to civilian life; and
Today's veterans desire the same economic opportunities as their
forebears; and have educational and leadership skills, maturity and a
dedication to service fostered by their military experience and want to
share these talents with Paris and Lamar County employers; and
Hundreds of Paris and Lamar County residents have military experience
and many of them are seeking employment within the City of Paris and
Lamar County; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Paris and the
Commissioner's Court of Lamar County, that the month of November, 2007 is hereby proclaimed to
be
"HIRE A VETERAN MONTH"
And encourage all Paris and Lamar County businesses to provide employment opportunities to
those who have served in the Armed Forces.
Jesse James Freelen, Mayor
City of Paris, Texas
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It's official
POLl.
r *-write
, M: the Reel
, FaIr?
Carruth takes on City Mana
OIARLES RIOWIDS
ch""-'icho,d.ilftl\ep...."""'",.Q'"
Marilyn Bdla"'llnce, 262
Northeast 25th St.: Chris
Brown, 4650 Deer I-TaRn
Lane; Bruce Fr'?i"r, 580
South",'est 25tb St.; Charles
Fulbright. 1008 Northeast
17th St.; John House, 1446
Clarhvi.lle St,; Oscar
Johnson, 719 Ash St.; Jim
la..'iter. 725 Southea,t 42nd
St.; Cherl't Moore, 3030
Northwest 19tb St.; Jerome
Pipkcl1s, 2205 Somheast 40th
St.; Zacb Saffle, 22J.3
Hubbard St.: and Don r.vlor,
515 Bunker St. '
All had expressed interest
at an ecoq>lorntorymeeting 'as1
month.
City staff plans to meet
with the task force, which
duting a period of week., will
revi"W cit}' ordinal1oes and
det
nee
Paris City Council official.
ly welcomed new city ma,nag-
er Kevin Carruth aboard
Monday night, thEu
appointEd R H-mernber
task fort;!! to work with
him on one of the
COWJcil's top priori-
ties during the next
12 months - cleal1-
ing up the city.
The council appoiI;lt-
ed to the task fora: 1] resi"
dents, pJU$ a tcpresen tative
each from Keep Paris
Beautiful (Bee Garl1lon).
Paris Economic
De,'elopment Corp. (Pete
lCa.mpfer) and the media
(Charles Richards).
Other selections arc
'T1ent 20.2%
mo
me:
(
Wll
fore
for
COt
and
WU
b'"
,;'" 14.6%
~5.6'"
pos:
forc
wiH
said.
,..
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ben
111er
that
the
II> 1,1%
N$wly hired Paris City Manager Kevin Carruth raises I
Monday nigfrt during the Paris crt)' COllncil meating.
sworn in by Municipal Judge ThomR~ HtJl1t III.
Fair
County Commissioners
set preliminary tax rate
o\ctivities
I Showcas~
)ibits
hibits
to the county. IiC'l: 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept,
"r think we should return 10, as the date to officially
at!east half that to the tax" adopt the new budget,
g~y. ers,.': Polla. rd.. "W. e. ue'''id1.llh~W~ av>.il.l~ funds,
5J~A~"'~','(f422 mitllon. making I'he
payers deserve some oh'liat . bJdget economically ;;ound.
money back." ' " The court aho re~
Because of II drop in the an earlier decision to cut
county's effective tax rate, paid ~ck time for county
keeping the county rtItI: the emplQ)'l'ES to five days per
same is cO~j;idered a tax Year.
i.ocrease for Lamar COmlly. '''That cut drastically
County Judge Chuck affected the morale of
Superville said half the county employees."
increase in taJCel; is coming Superville said. "I think we ;
from Dew property being should show the employees
added to the roIL. an d half we support them. I don't
from rev:i.ed property evaI- think this will affect the tax
uations. . rate or our expenditures
Pollard suggested the since mosl'of the empfoyees
county drop the tax rare do not take their sick leave."
from what it was last year to Commissioners then
allow laxpayers to share in returned the sick time to 12
tile good forttuH:s of the days 01" 96 hours per year
county,
Commi>1sionerg voted to COMMISSIONERS P"14
BILL HANKINS
biIlt>oo1ki"''''~op...i<n........m
~, ..' No, one stepped rorward
~;i\! <';'fff';" spea\ either' for or
.' '.' agginst Lamar County's
proposed tax rate and fiscal
yesr 2007-2008 cOllDtybud-
gel Monday when Lamar
County commissioners
met.
Commissioners hav.: set
a. prelim.inary lalC rate at
<M.29 t;ell!S per $100 evalua-
tion for a proposed 518 mil-
lion budget, and lID (al' have
received little attention
from the public regarding
~ither the rate or the brn:1-
'gd.
Commissioner Rodney
PoBlUd W8$ the only onoe ~
oppose the prc;lpo..~ed lU
raile, the same as I~t year
but expected to bring in
$560,000 additional money
leek-on
~Dts
etor Pull
ospcl Music
Capt. Holland Harper S1:<lnds befon
self in battJe fatigues and prowctiv
speaks to the Great..r Pari$ Rotary
ences in Iraq al1d his impressions 0
photo w~s 1:<Iken during hi~ tour 0
US Army.
etire
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Rotary salutes Pi
Caotain horr
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Rota ry
FROM p.,
"POlitical ju\'enUes."
"k, the Sunnis and Kurds
" come \n8Itther and as they get
stronger they will got more
dean," Harper ~aid of Iraqi
politics.
The soldier did not speak
of tl'QQp withdrawal oth<:r
than to say he belil!Wll u.s.
[orca will. be there ror some
time to come.
Harper 5J?<Ilce about the
prot'C5sionalism ciemonstrat-
ed by U.s. forces and the
resp<<t shown Americans by
most Iraqis.
"We set the standard,"
Holland said. "E~ those
that don't" like us, respe~t us,"
Harper expressed pride in
his oountry and in the mili-
tary.
"Nem in my Iik was J
mOre prond to be an
American," Harper .said o(
serving in Baghdad. "There is
no comparison to the United
States forces and everybody
else.
"When you talk about the
ICYtI of detail, it is amazi~g, it
is moclting," Ruper empha-
sj~d. "It is amuing how
good we are;"
"We are ~e for oil, but
not {or tb.. purposes the
media spins it;' Harper Mid.
'Oil means cash llow and
energy and if countries do
JlOt ha"" the ability to ha""
energy cnrything shuts
down."
"The media spins it. but it
is about securing our way of
life; Harper said.
The captain expressed
optimism the Iraqis ...1Il
come together politically but
termed leaders there as
Commissioner
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FROM ....1
mation declaring tbe
month of November 2007
to be "Hire a Veteran
Month" and to encourage
all city and county busi-
nessea to provide employ-
ment opportuni1ies to those
who have served in the
anned forces.
She told COmmiuioners
the Texas VeteUDa
Commission and Tm:;8S
Workforce Development
Board will plan and sponsor
the largest job expo Paris
has CVtt held.
"1b make this Illtpo suc-
cessful, [ IU that }'tIu tab:
awneuhip and partnership
with the city- and colJlmuni.
ty to make the first Veter
focused Job Fair the best
and make this Veterans Day
)J.\ November a day for all to
remember," Diclc;son said.
Commissione~ voted to
dedare November as "Hire a
Veteran Month'
uperv. e p1'C:!enr a et-
ter he had. sent Texas
Department of Transpor-
tatiem regarding a request
for $Z15,021 in county
fu.uds for right-of-way pur-
chases for US 271 SQuth and
US 82 &.5t proJects.
In the letter, Snpervilk
afked TxDOT to allow the
county to make incremental
payments over three years
for the projects.
"I asked they allow us to
pay $75,000 the flrst year,
$75,000 the second and the
remllinder in the third year,"
5uperviIle said.
CommissiOners received
a report flOm COUll.t)'
Treasurer Shitley Fults that
shows the count}' i. in good
.hllpe as it moves into the
final month of this fiscal
year. There are more than
$8 million in available
funds, she reported.
"How thankful we
shonld be as a countv for
tbe fund balances we 'have
now," she said. KSome other
counties have to wait for
funds to come in to pay
bills."
"Thank you for the pro.
grams you
and for you
SuperviUe 5i
Commiss
action in en
that it had been, witb th
start of the 12-day sick time
Oct. I - the beginning 0
the new budget year.
The side time had been
lowered because of alleged
abuse by at least one county
employee.
":Because one may have
abused the sick time, I don't
think we .hould punbh the
rest fOr that," Commissione
Lonnie Layton said.
"It was a busiuen deci-
sion and had IlOthing to do
with One perion: Fullard
aid
~ Susan DicIcson' of Paris
/' Workforce Center uked
l;orrunissioDers to declare,
along with the City of Parls,
a joint city-county proda-
J
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