East Texas News - Polk County Enterprise Legal Notices

The County of Polk will receive bids for the Flood Disaster Relief Grant Project ORCA Contract No. 727147 until 10:00 A.M. (CST), May 1, 2008, at County Judges Office, Polk County Courthouse, 101 West Church Street, Suite 300, Livingston, Texas 77351. The bids will then be publicly opened and read aloud.

Bids are invited for several items and quantities of work as follows: Construction of Roadway and Drainage Improvements for Swick Trail in Big Thicket Lake Estates Area for a length of approximately 3,500 linear feet, including reshaping and compaction of road, select fill, stabilization, asphaltic surface treatment, driveway turnouts and culvert replacement.

Bid/Contract Documents, including Drawings and Technical Specifications are on file at Goodwin-Lasiter, Inc., 1609 S. Chestnut, Suite 202, Lufkin, Texas 75901, 936-637-4900 (at which specifications can be obtained).

Copies of the Bid/Contract Documents may be obtained for $65.00 (non-refundable) with the Engineer for each set of documents obtained.

A Bid bond in the amount of 5% of the bid issued by an acceptable surety shall be submitted with each bid. A certified check or bank draft payable to the County of Polk or negotiable U.S. Government Bonds (at par value) may be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond. Cash currency is not acceptable as bid surety and is not to be submitted in lieu of the Bid Bond.

Attention is called to the fact that not less than the federally determined prevailing (Davis-Bacon and Related Acts) wage rate, as issued by the Office of Rural Community Affairs (ORCA) and contained in the contract documents, must be paid on this project. In addition, the successful bidder must ensure that employees and applicants for employment are not discriminated against because of race, color, religion, sex, age or national origin.

The County of Polk reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities in the bidding.

Bids may be held by the County of Polk for a period not to exceed 60 days from the date of the bid opening for the purpose of reviewing the bids and investigating the bidder’s qualifications prior to the contract award. County of Polk, John P. Thompson, County Judge, March 2008.

NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of twenty days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.”

TO: THE HEIRS AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OD CHARLENE LENA MITCHELL, DECEASED, JOHN CALDWELL COOGLER, DECEASED AND MARY ANN COOGLER MITCHELL, DECEASED.

You are hereby commanded to appear by filing a written answer to Plaintiff’s Original Petition at or before ten o’clock A.M. of the Monday next after the expiration of twenty days after date of service of this citation before the Honorable Justice of the Peace Court of Polk County, Texas, 411th Judicial District Court, at the Courthouse of said County in Livingston, Texas.

Said Plaintiff’s Petition was filed in said Court, by E.L. McClendon, Jr., Attorney for Plaintiff, whose address is 501 N. Washington, Livingston, Texas, on the 18th day of March, 2008, in this case, numbered CIV24279 on the docket of said Court and styled CYNTHIA JEAN COSNER VS. THE HEIRS AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OD CHARLENE LENA MITCHELL, DECEASED, JOHN CALDWELL COOGLER, DECEASED AND MARY ANN COOGLER MITCHELL, DECEASED.

The names of the parties to the cause are as follows: CYNTHIA JEAN COSNER is Plaintiff and THE HEIRS AND UNKNOWN HEIRS OD CHARLENE LENA MITCHELL, DECEASED, JOHN CALDWELL COOGLER, DECEASED AND MARY ANN COOGLER MITCHELL, DECEASED are Defendants.

This is a suit to partition the property described as follows, to-wit: 0.360 acre of land, more or less, in the M.L. Choate Survey, A-15, Polk County, Texas, and being the same as those tracts conveyed by Ray R. Marsh to J.C. Coogler and wife, Charlie Coogler, by deeds recorded at Volume 157, Page 26 in Volume 254, Page 111 of the Deed Records of Polk County, Texas.

The officer executing this writ shall promptly serve the same according to requirements of law, and the mandates thereof, and make due return as the law directs.

Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Livingston, Texas, this 19 day of March, 2008. Clerk of the Court, Kathy E. Clifton, 101 West Church Street, Livingston, Texas 77351. Attest: Kathy E. Clifton, Clerk, District Court, Polk County, Texas. By: Jayme Ingram, Depu

CITATION BY PUBLICATION- EITHER COURT, CLERK OF THE COURT, KATHY E. CLIFTON, DISTRICT CLERK, 101 WEST CHURCH ST., STE. 205, LIVINGSTON, TX 77351. Petitioner’s Attorney or Petitioner, William Lee Hon, P.O. Box 1717, Livingston, Texas 77351.

Notice to Defendant: “You have been sued. You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.” To: Harris, Charick Jermaine, and to all whom it may concern, GREETINGS: YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the Honorable District Court 259th DISTRICT COURT, Judicial District, Polk County, Texas, at the Courthouse of said County in Livingston, Texas at or before 10’clock a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this citation, April, 20, 2008, then and there to answer the petition of STATE OF TEXAS, Petitioner, filed in said Court on the 2nd day of October 2000, against $750.00 IN UNITED STATES Respondent(s), and the said suit being number CIV18762 on the docket of said Court and entitled STATE OF TEXAS and $750.00 IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY the nature of which suit is a request to• Forfeit the subject property under Chapter 59 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as is more fully shown by Plaintiff’s Petition in this suit. Issued and given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Livingston, Texas, this the 27th February A.D. 2008. Attest: Kathy E. Clifton, District Clerk, Polk County, Texas. By: Candace Brown, Deputy.

CITATION BY PUBLICATION- EITHER COURT, CLERK OF THE COURT, KATHY E. CLIFTON, DISTRICT CLERK, 101 WEST CHURCH ST., STE 205, LIVINGSTON, TX 77351. Petitioner’s Attorney or Petitioner, William Lee Hon, P.O. Box 1717, Livingston, Texas 77351.

Notice to Defendant: “You have been sued. You may employ an attorney. If you or your attorney do not file a written answer with the clerk who issued this citation by 10:00 A.M. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two days after you were served this citation and petition, a default judgment may be taken against you.” To: McCain, Wesley and Atkinson, Ronald Thomas and to all whom it may concern, GREETINGS: YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear and answer before the Honorable District Court 258th DISTRICT COURT, Judicial District, Polk County, Texas, at the Courthouse of said County in Livingston, Texas at or before 10’clock a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of 42 days from the date of issuance of this citation, April, 2008, then and there to answer the petition of STATE OF TEXAS, Petitioner, filed in said Court on the 22nd day of November 1996, against $1468.00 in U.S. CURRENCY. Respondent(s), and the said suit being number CIV16217 on the docket of said Court and entitled STATE OF TEXAS and $1468.00 DOLLARS, the nature of which suit is a request to* Forfeit the subject property under Chapter 59 of the Code of Criminal Procedure as is more fully shown by Plaintiff’s Petition in this suit. Issued and given under my hand and the Seal of said Court at Livingston, Texas, this the 27th February A.D. 2008. Attest: Kathy E. Clifton, District Clerk, Polk County, Texas. By: Candace Brown, Deputy.