MUENSTER - Muenster City Council approved Level 1 Paving for work on its city streets at cost of $164,800 for street paving and $2.50 a square foot for patching during its June 2021 meeting at Muenster City Hall. In addi-tion, Shane Huchton was hired to curb Cross Street at a cost of $28 per foot. Th e aldermen discussed a re-port which indicated the city waste water plan averaged 0.510 MGD in May and the city is only permitted 0.341 MGD. Th e increase is due to excessive rainfall. According to minutes from the meeting, a city crew has
been using a smoke machine to see where there are leaks in sewer lines and found 18 areas that re-quire repair and also found an old abandoned line in the city park that was never capped. A city crew dug down and capped the old line, the report stated. City Administrator Adam Dewe-ber stated that he had this item on the agenda in hopes that he would have the survey completed by the meeting. Th e survey is complete but has not been sent to the city as of this meeting and will be presented at the next council meeting. Th e council tabled an item re-lated to Article 10.3 Zoning Dis-tricts/Section 10.3.2 Summary of Dimensional Regulations/Sec-
tion 10.3.5 “R-1” Single Fam-ily District/Section 10.3.6 “R-2” Multi-Family District/Section 10.3.14 Accessory Buildings. During a public hearing, alder-men discussed that the size of the current lots noting 7,500 square feet is too small and should be made larger. Th e minimum size of single-family homes at 1,325 sq. feet should be raised as well, the council agreed. Deweber pre-sented comparisons from the city of Lindsay for reference. Adam is recommending that the size of the lots should be a minimum of 10,000 square feet, set back of 10 feet on the sides at a minimum, the 25 feet from the front was deemed acceptable. Th e council decided more discussion is re-
quired on the matter. Alderman Cliff Sicking made a motion to close the public hearing; Ald. Jeff Maas seconded the motion. Th e council tabled the item until the next meeting. Next the council discussed ac-tion regarding TxCDBG sewer line replacement. Charles Edwards with Hay-ter Engineering was present to answer any questions on a reso-lution to have Tim Felderhoff , Adam Deweber and Ammie Hennigan authorized signatory for the sewer grant project. Th e resolution was approved. Th e council also approved a resolution regarding civil rights for the TxCDBG sewer line re-placement.
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Requesting Four-Way Stop SignBy Delania RaneyTh e Weekly News
LINDSAY - Lindsay City Coun-cil met on June 1, 2021. Mem-bers present were Mayor Scott Neu, Mayor Pro tem Sam Spark-man, Klay Gilbert, Jeff Neu, Robert Sharp and Glenn Block. Visitors were William Colwell; Boy Scouts #668, Leigh Collins; Republic Waste Services Attending Remotely - Bradley Anderle; TOASE, Jay Grasso; G&G Municipal Consulting and Grant Writing. Th e council did not take action on an agenda item presented by Jennifer Kiesel requesting a four-way stop sign at the intersection
of 6th and Maple Streets. Th e council asked for a rec-ommendation from Lindsay Police Chief Jimmy Yarbrough. Th e chief stated he did not see a call for an additional four-way stop sign because there is a four-way stop at the intersec-tion of 6th and Pecan, which is one block away. Having two stop signs within two blocks would be too close together, council decided. Jennifer Kiesel also requested a dog barking/nuisance ordinance. Alderman Glenn Block veri-fi ed there is a barking dog in the neighborhood. Chief Yarbrough said the city can pass a barking dog ordinance but would need to
set standards on what would be considered a violation. Bradley Anderle said there are several ways to write the ordi-nance, based on noise or time barking. Th is item was tabled until a future meeting to allow time for an ordinance to be writ-ten, according to minutes from the meeting. Th e council also approved a request from Pat Fuhrmann to divide a property into two lots at 301 North Willow. Th e mayor advised the council that the plat does abide by the size requirements for the zoning and also verifi ed the setback re-quirement. In other business, Neu re-
minded the council of the need for a grant writer. Th ere is a siz-able USDA grant available, but the application process requires a grant writer. Th e grant would allow the city to purchase gen-erators for the water wells as well as a number of other items. Th e annual cost of G&G is $22,500 annually for a one year contract. Jay Grasso addressed the coun-cil providing information on his company and said that he would work with the city, fi re depart-ment and police department to write grants. Consider/take action on Ordi-nance 0621-1, amending the fee schedule: Mayor Neu explained to the council that after review-ing the fee schedule, there are several items that should be ad-justed to allow the city to regain expenses being charged. Th e council set July 27, 2021 for a budget workshop. Th e purpose of amending the budget is to provide a more accu-rate set of numbers for the 2021-2022 budget. Council also noted Dickerson Construction has begun its repair on 7th Street. Th e meeting was adjourned at 7:42 p.m. For more detailed information you may consult the recording of this meeting available at Lindsay City Hall.
Dog Depot Celebrates Fifth Anniversary - D & L Farm and Home sponsored the fi ve year celebration for the Dog Depot at Heritage Park. The event features con-tests, a pet fashion show and treats for sale at CAB Station in Gainesville. Pictured at left are volunteers who helped found the dog park. (The Weekly News Photos)
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Oh…my…gosh, our young-est daughter just turned 8 years old! I can’t believe it. It sure seems like yesterday that Nikki was complaining about
being pregnant in the middle of the summer heat and mak-ing me go fi nd corn nuts and gummy bears on a daily basis. Keeley Grice King (yeah poor girl inherited the Grice middle name) celebrated her birthday in the middle of our Fam-ily Trip to Galveston. She was surprised with some “Happy Birthday Keeley” donuts deco-rated with colors and sprinkles! I think she had a great time. We even brought all the gifts with us. Happy Birthday Keke, we love you so much and hope you had a amazing birthday!
Also, I think I only had one person fi nd the needle last week, great job Cass! Not go-ing to do the needle this week but will try and do it from time to time as space allows. Hope everyone has a great week! Here is some more of what’s happening around town this week.
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Th e Cooke County Fair Association is preparing for a Sesquicentennial Celebra-tion. Th at’s right, 150 years! With this milestone, they are planning a Gainesville Cham-ber ribbon cutting, a Din-ner ($50 ticket for two) with a chance for door prizes, a meal only purchase for $20 per individual, and a display for CCFA memorabilia. Th e ‘1871 to 2021 Sesquicenten-nial’ celebration is scheduled for Saturday, September 18 at
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Gainesville Municipal AirportGAINESVILLE – Texas Trans-portation Commission, at its June meeting, approved approxi-mately $4.3 million for Gaines-ville Municipal Airport. According to a news release, the funds will be used for planned airport upgrades including pave-ment improvements. A project bid is planned for this summer and project costs
will be funded through the city of Gainesville and TxDOTs Avi-ation Facilities Grant Program which is designed to preserve and improve the state’s general avia-tion system. Th is year, TxDOT expects to provide approximately $60 mil-lion in funding for planning, constructing and maintaining community airports, according
to the news release and approxi-mately 275 community airports in Texas are eligible for fund-ing. Arrivals and departures from community airports account for more than three million fl ight hours per year and provide air-craft facilities for agricultural, medical, business and commuter use, the release stated.
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Snapshots from 1885By Shana PowellContributing HistorianTh e Weekly News
In the past the Dallas and Ft. Worth newspapers of-ten printed notices or even entire columns sent to them about “happenings” taking place in Gainesville and Cooke County. To-day, those accounts provide snapshots into the past, a chance to see what was go-ing on through the eyes of the people who were expe-riencing it as it occurred. In October 1885 one such column ran in the Dallas Morning News un-der the headline “Gaines-
ville-Business Buoyant and Cotton Prospects Brighter-What the Roller Mills are Doing-Robbed on the Highway.” Inter-esting to begin a headline with business buoyant and end it with robbed on the highway and even more in-teresting to speculate about how many people hurried to get to the robbery news. According to the col-umn, the “business out-look for Gainesville had been rather blue for some time but is now bright-er.” Th e cotton crop was “thought at one time to be a failure, but if the frost does not come too early
the crop will extend that of last year.” Continuing, the story informed the readers that “the new roller patent fl ouring mills are turning out eighty barrels per day.” Much like today, “immi-grants, mostly from the Western States, are arriving almost daily and all want homes among us.” Personal items appeared as well. So that every-one would know, read-ers were told that “Major L.G. Grimes, president of the Red River National Bank, will reach home to-night after an absence of three months among the
northern lakes. Judge J.M. Lindsay reached home last night from a trip North.” In an era before air con-ditioning, those with the wealth and the opportuni-ty often fl ocked northward once summer and its op-pressive heat descended on the South. Th e Cooke County Building and Loan As-sociation at its regularly scheduled meeting “ad-opted a resolution allowing members to cancel their stock by receiving from the corporation the amount of money they had actually paid in. Fifty shares were canceled as soon as the res-olution passed.” A revival meeting was going on at the Southern Methodist Church. Con-sidering some of the other activities taking place in town and the surrounding area many people probably applauded the timing of the revival being held. For example, “Frank Murray, from the Indian Territory, passed through the city yesterday enroute to Sher-man to attend the examina-tion of his cowboys before Commissioner Ricketts. Last night the City Mar-shall had the calaboose (jail) full of boys caught playing craps. Th is species of gambling is getting to be quite common here.” Of course, then there was the robbery the head-line mentioned, a robbery that hopefully taught the individuals who took part in it that “crime does not pay.” Th e reporter wrote that “Mr. Rube Gassett, a citizen of Gainesville, was robbed yesterday about four miles east of the city, in open daylight, by two masked men. Th ey only got $8 from him. Th ere is no clue as to who the rob-bers were.” In many ways life in 1885 was not too diff erent from 2021.
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valuable workforce certifi -cations.” “We always accept walk-in registrations but having our partners from Work-force Solutions Texoma and the Texoma Council of Governments on-site for the day helps to eliminate enrollment barriers and better serve our students,” Executive Director, Center for Workplace Learning and Adult Education and Lit-eracy Dr. Djuna Forrester added. Th is fall, Grayson will of-fer seven, short-term, train-ing programs, focused on skills and technical knowl-edge essential for the work-place, in healthcare and in-dustrial technology fi elds. Programs include Certifi ed Nurse Aide, Clinical Medi-cal Assistant, Industrial Maintenance Technician, Patient Care Technician, Phlebotomy Technician, Pharmacy Technician and Programmable Logic Con-troller Technician. Th e pro-gram start dates range from August 9 to October 11. Representatives from Work-force Solutions Texoma and the Texoma Council of Gov-ernments will be on-site to assist students with applica-tions for tuition, childcare and transportation assis-tance.
High school equivalen-cy and English language profi ciency classes are of-fered free of charge thanks to grant funding from the Texas Workforce Commis-sion. Classes are currently being off ered online and in-person with a variety of class times available. Registration is also available by appoint-ment and can be completed entirely online according to the student’s needs and preferences. Due to the as-sessments required for class placement, students should be aware that it can take up to several hours to complete the registration process. Grayson College’s Center for Workplace Learning and Adult Education and Litera-cy divisions provide training to over 6,000 students, ages 8 to 80, annually. Th e Cen-ter for Workplace Learn-ing off ers a wide selection of noncredit courses that can help launch a new ca-reer, build skills, or expand knowledge. Grayson Col-lege Adult Education and Literacy serves residents of Collin, Cooke, Fannin and Grayson counties. Prospective students can learn more by visiting gray-son.edu/cwl or by calling Grayson College’s Center for Workplace Learning at (903) 463-8765.
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Virginia DellRobinson Crawford
Services Th e beloved heart and precious soul of Virginia Dell Robinson Crawford, passed from this life to the promised presence of her Redeemer on Th ursday morning, July 15, 2021. Graveside pavilion ser-vices and celebration of her life are scheduled for Sun-day, July 18, 2021, at 2:00 PM at Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville. Visitation to follow services and graveside placement.History Virginia passed through a short stay in hospice care, at Baylor All Saints in Fort Worth, TX. She was sur-rounded by a number of family members who were able to be by her side. In the days following the pass-ing of her husband in 1982, Virginia lived in McAllen, TX for a few years before returning to Gainesville to care for her aging father. She then lived with several diff erent grandchildren and their families, from Keller to
Itasca, TX. In recent years, she enjoyed the wonderful care of her attentive grand-son Warren Crenshaw, and his devoted wife Mechelle. Her two caregivers were ada-mant and purposed to give Virginia the very best days of life that they were able to provide to her. Just shy of 101 years old, her clarity of mind and amazing memory, blessed family and friends alike. Even as her eyes had recently began to grow dim and her hearing a challenge, she lived her life to her full-est, loving her family and friends at every opportunity. Virginia Dell Robinson Crawford was born on Sep-tember 3, 1920 to Roy Boli-var Robinson Sr. and Anita Gertrude Hall Robinson of Gainesville. She grew up in a farm rural setting and spent her growing years helping her father and brother oper-ate their family dairy. Vir-ginia would recount to her grandchildren of the days as a child, when she would ride in a horse pulled wagon to town with her father in or-der to bring their fresh milk to market. She also learned from a very early age, along-side her sister, the valuable life skills in homemaking, sewing, crocheting, garden-ing, canning, and cooking from her resourceful and talented mother. Virginia attended school from el-ementary through college in Gainesville, graduating high school in 1938. Virginia de-sired to complete her college education with a nursing degree, however her father
felt it would not be in her best interest, for which she respected his wishes. On July 13, 1940, Vir-ginia married William (Dub) Th omas Crawford of Gainesville. Th ey began their lives together in hum-ble beginnings. Dub, man-aged farm and ranch work for his uncle William Bon-ner, as Virginia managed their household, raising their two children, Th omas West Crawford and Anita Sue Crawford Cashon. Friends and family of Virginia have described her personality, talents, and amazing longevity, with the words beautiful, clas-sic, fashionable, trendset-ter, talented, creative, award winning, feisty, determined, caring, correcting, giving, generous, loyal, and hon-est. She had many amazing qualities. But, to her family she was all of these things, yet known as their Bama. While many loved ones and friends have already gone before her, she is pre-ceded in death by her par-ents, husband, daughter, sister and brother-in-law Dorothy Mae and Erwin Caldwell, brother, Roy Bo-livar Robinson, Jr. and his wife Pat and also a precious great-grandbaby, Amber Crenshaw.Survivors She is survived by her son Tom Crawford and wife Gladys of Leon, Oklahoma; son-in-law Mike Cashon of Gainesville; grandchil-dren: Shelley Crawford Darolf and husband Jimmy
of OKC, OK, Suzen Cren-shaw West and husband Danny of Gainesville, War-ren (Tucker) Crenshaw and wife Mechelle of Itasca, Katy Crawford Cliff ord and hus-band Eamon of DC, Mary-land, Jana Gayle Crawford Suddereth and husband Ron of Gainesville, and Schawn Cashon and wife Rhonda of Denton; great-grandchil-dren: Stephanie Mitchell Springfi eld and husband Casey of Sapulpa, OK, Lenzi Barthold Holmes and husband Justin, of Keller, John Price of Lindsay, Mer-rita Crawford of OKC, OK, Chasity Suddereth of Gainesville, Colin and Quinn Scoggins of Denton, Jansci West of Gainesville, Ashley Hall and Brandi Mullany of Monticello, IN, and Joshua Mullany of Dal-las; great-great-grandchil-dren: Gracie, Lynnly, and Josie Springfi eld of Sapulpa, OK, Savannah Holmes of Keller, Madison & Mullany Moseley of Monticello, IN, and Makell Hall of Monti-cello, IN. She is also sur-vived by many loved nieces, nephews, and cousins, that she also counted as treasured and precious family mem-bers to her. Pallbearers for her upcom-ing celebration of life are Tom Crawford, Kelly West, Warren Crenshaw, Schawn Cashon, Justin Holmes, and Danny West. You may sign the online register at www.geojcarroll.com.
Sarah Skaggs Services Sarah Lynette Skaggs, 47, of Callisburg, passed away peacefully on Sunday, July 11, 2021, with her family by her side. Visitation for Sarah is scheduled for 2:00 P.M. on Sunday, July 18, 2021, at Temple Baptist Church in Gainesville with the fu-neral service to follow at 3:00 P.M. in the same loca-tion. Interment will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Gainesville.History Sarah was born on Sep-tember 5, 1973, in Gaines-ville to Th omas and Glenda Watson. She gradu-ated from Gainesville High School in 1992. Sarah mar-ried Dewayne Skaggs on January 27, 1993. Other than her dad, Dewayne was the only man who ever held Sarah’s heart. Th eir love was one of a kind. Th ey had 2 children, Collyn and Kacy, who were always the light of her life. Sarah held a va-riety of jobs in various fi elds
which is a testament to the well-rounded person that she was. She never failed to make friends and pro-duce endless laughter and smiles wherever she went. She has been described as larger than life and for any-one who knew her this is undoubtedly true. She lived big and loved even bigger. Survivors Survivors include: hus-band Dewayne Skaggs, son Collyn Skaggs and his wife Madison, daughter Kacy Skaggs and her fi ancé Shelby Holderfi eld, mother Glenda Watson, brother Kenneth Watson and his wife Jamie, mother-in-law Barbara (Skaggs) Walker and her husband Mike, father-in-law Dewayne Skaggs and his wife Karin, sister-in-law Becky Scott and her husband Clay, sis-ter-in-law Rhonda Skaggs, nieces and nephews Brit-tany (Hurt) Nicholson, Cade Hurt, Tyler Schofi eld, Stormy Schofi eld, Carly Watson, Anna Watson, and Gabriel Watson, aunt Kelly Crow and her hus-band Andy, uncle Johnny Garrett and his wife Cathy, aunt Betty Lou Scott and husband JW, aunt Vada Wilson, and aunt Barbara Garrett. Mrs. Skaggs was pre-ceded in death by her dad, Th omas Watson, grand-parents: Emalene Garrett, Kenneth Garrett, Charles Watson, and Dorothy Wat-son, uncles: Larry Garrett, Don Garrett, and Randy Garrett, aunts: Rose Cra-mer and Jacqueline Davis, and cousins: Lori Johnston, Kimberly Garrett, and Christy Wilson. Serving as pallbearers are: Gary Hollowell, Aldo Valdez, Rheyce Childress, Drew Crow, Jason Bobbitt, and Matt Hagan. You may sign the online register at www.geojcarroll.com.
Herschell Eugene Hinson
Services Graveside services with military honors for Her-schell Eugene Hinson, 96, of Collinsville, are set for 1:00 PM Th ursday, July 22, 2021 at the Indian Creek Cemetery in Collinsville. No visitation is planned.History Herschell was born in Mineral Wells on May 26, 1925 in Mineral Wells to Emmett Earl Hinson and Ethyle Violet (Rush) Hin-son. He passed away on July 18, 2021 at his residence.Survivors Herschell is survived by his wife Patricia of Collins-ville; and numerous extend-ed family and friends. He was preceded in death by his parents; brotherEmmett Earl Hinson, Jr.; and sister Beth Hinson Harper. You may sign the online registry at www.geojcarroll.com.
Sheila Leann McBride
Services Graveside services for Sheila Leann McBride, 49, of Gainesville, are set for 11:00 AM Friday, July 16, 2021 at the Callisburg Cem-etery under the direction of the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. A visita-tion will be held at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home Th ursday, July 15, 2021 at 5:00 PM.History Sheila was born on De-cember 6, 1971 in Dallas to Forest Edward McBride and Brenda Joyce (Davis) Mc-Bride. She passed away in Denton on July 12, 2021.Survivors Sheila is survived by her husband Tino San Miguel of Gainesville; daughter Val-erie West of Lindsay; daugh-ter Jazmine West of Lindsay; step-son Daniel San Miguel of Gainesville; step-daughter Andrea San Miguel of Mari-etta, OK; step-daughter Vic-toria San Miguel of Sanger; and two step-grandchildren Charity West, and Johnny West. She is also survived by her parents Forest and Bren-da McBride of Josephine; sister Kim McBride of Jose-phine; sister Misty Morrison of Gainesville; niece Chelsie Murphy and her husband James; nephew Maverick Morrison; great-nephew Jacoby Murphy; and great-nieces Kayla Murphy, and Emma Murphy. You may sign the online registry at www.geojcarroll.com.
Mary KatherineRitchie
History Mary Katherine Ritchie, 66, of Gainesville, Texas passed away on July 17, 2021. She was born on January 30, 1955 in Mangum, Okla-homa to Curtis Ray McK-inney and Doris (Hogan) McKinney. Mary worked at Braums and Dollar Store and was a wonderful person and very easy to get along for every-one.Survivors Mary is survived by a sis-ter, Melinda Eddowes of Gainesville, Texas and nieces and nephews. She was pre-ceded in death by her par-ents.
Hazel DelaineMcDaniel
Services Hazel Delaine McDan-iel, 76 of Gainesville, Texas passed away on July 15, 2021. Visitation will be Mon-day, July 19, 2021 from 7:00-8:00 pm at Meador Funeral Home, 1204 E. Cal-ifornia Street, Gainesville, Texas. Graveside service
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Sentences Issued for Felony Indictments
GAINESVILLE – Gaines-ville Police Department received the following inci-dent reports. Craig Morton Tidwell reported theft of property less than $750. Robin Jean Mar, Michael Joseph Stevens reported burglary of a habitation
in the 1900 block of East Highway 82. Harineeraja Meda re-ported fraudulent prescrip-tion in the 1500 block of North Grand Avenue. First State Bank reported theft of less than $300,000 after a suspect or suspects forced open at ATM in the
800 block of East Califor-nia Street. Offi cers investigated an incident of possession of a controlled substance less than four grams and pos-session of marijuana less than two ounces in the 100 block of South Schopmey-er Street.
Max Von Joseph Eberhart reported theft of property less than $100 in the 1000 block of North Grand Av-enue. A representative for the city of Gainesville reported criminal mischief less than $30,000 at the Gainesville Municipal Golf Course in the 2000 block of Weber Drive. Offi cers investigated an incident of possession of drug paraphernalia, open alcohol container in the 300 block of West Broad-way. Adam Clint Epperson reported theft of property less than $100 in the 1000 block of Bella Vista Drive. Deana Christine Ste-phens reported theft of a fi rearm, burglary of a mo-tor vehicle in the 2000 block of Brentwood Street. Red River Truck Stop reported theft from a cash register in the 1200 block of North I-35. Arrest Log Raymond J. Butler, 39, terroristic threat. Donald J. Vaughn, 45, warrant arrest. Lindsay N. Spicer, 30, Cooke County Sheriff Of-fi ce warrant. Francis Kotay, 49, driv-ing while intoxicated. Porfi rio D. Ramirez-Juarez, 20, possession of a controlled substance less than one gram, possession of marijuana less than two ounces. Edward D. Sexauer, 62, criminal trespass/theft less than $100. Amy E. Franco, 44, theft. Gloria A. Tate, 59, crim-inal trespass.
COOKE COUNTY – Th e following sentences were is-sued for felony indictments and fi led in the 235th Dis-trict Court. Paul Bryan Fowler, 54, was convicted of the Sep-tember 22, 202219 second degree felony off ense of pos-session of a controlled sub-stance less than 200 grams and was sentenced to fi ve years suspended time, 10 years confi nement in a state jail facility, a $2,500 fi ne, fi ve years’ probation plus restitution and court costs. Michael Phillip Olsen II, 28, was convicted of the January 28, 2020 fi rst degree felony off ense of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver and was sentenced to 15 years confi nement in a state jail facility plus restitution and court costs. Courtney Paige Skaggs, 29, was convicted of the December 4, 2019 second degree felony off ense of bur-glary of a habitation and was sentenced to two months confi nement in a state jail facility and court costs. Patty Glynn Stevens, 46, was convicted on two counts of the March 9, 2020
state jail felony off ense of forgery of a fi nancial instru-ment and was sentenced to fi ve years suspended time, two years confi nement in a state jail facility, fi ve years’ probation, $1,000 fi ne and court costs. Jennifer Ann Leforce, 45, was convicted of the June 16, 2020 state jail felony of-fense of possession of a con-trolled substance less than one gram and was sentenced to eight months confi ne-ment in a state jail facility plus restitution and court costs. Alonzo Jashawn Sanders, 19, was convicted on two counts of the June 25, 2020 second degree felony off ense of delivery of marijuana to a minor and was sentenced to fi ve years suspended time, fi ve years confi nement in a state jail facility, a $2,000 fi ne, fi ve years’ probation and court costs. Crystal Kay Day, 51, was sentenced to three years’ probation deferred, a $500 fi ne plus restitution and court costs in connection with the March 20, 2020 state jail felony off ense of possession of marijuana fi ve pounds or less.
Santara Pearl Perez, 27, was convicted of the No-vember 11, 2020 state jail felony off ense of abandon-ing or endangering a child and was sentenced to eight months confi nement in a state jail facility and court costs. Marlaina Suzann Robin-son, 47, was convicted of the September 7, 2020 third degree felony off ense of pos-session of a controlled sub-stance less than four grams and was sentenced to four years suspended time, four years confi nement in a state jail facility, four years’ pro-bation, plus restitution and court costs. Chad Everett Hurt, 46, was convicted of a lesser charge in connection with the March 9, 2021 third degree felony off ense of ob-struction or retaliation and was sentenced to six months confi nement in a state jail facility and court costs. Jeff rey Brent Ivie, 41, was convicted of the April 5, 2021 state jail felony off ense of terroristic threat against a peace offi cer/judge and was sentenced to two years’ pro-bation deferred, and court costs.
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to Meet August 5COOKE COUNTY – Th e August meeting of Cooke County Republi-can Women will feature a program by Ashley Smith Th omas, the Founder and CEO of Freedom’s Fund USA. Th e meeting will be held on Th ursday, August 5, at 7 p.m., at the Fellow-ship Hall of First Christian Church in Gainesville. Ashley will discuss strate-gies used by the left to gain control, and how grass-roots conservatives can defend their communities against socialism and other leftist ideologies. Ashley started her career at media outlet Th eBlaze. In 2016, she moved on to manage a project to res-cue and resettle persecuted Christians and religious minorities targeted by ISIS. Th omas and her team rescued over 1,000 families and resettled them to host
countries. Her next assign-ment involved developing resettlement opportunities for recovered victims tar-
geted by a terrorist organi-zation in Africa. In 2019, she founded Freedom’s Fund USA to continue her work to protect free-dom and national security. Learn more about Free-dom’s Fund USA at their website, www.freedoms-fundusa.org. A graduate of Oral Rob-
erts University, Ashley re-ceived her Juris Masters in International Law from Liberty University School of Law. She has earned professional certifi cates in Project Management and U.S. Intelligence Analysis from Southern Methodist University. Ashley has briefed and continues to brief pan-els within the intelligence community, is an Acad-emy Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, and is a Politi-cal Strategist for Fox Radio. Republican women and men are invited to attend! For more information, fol-low Cooke County Repub-lican Women on Facebook, or online at cookegop.com/ccrw, or contact VP-Programs Tiff any Lester, 940-641-1107 [email protected], or President Kerri Kingsbery, 214-681-9916 [email protected].
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Grief Support Group Starting August 5GAINESVILLE – Home Hospice of Cooke County is happy to announce they will be hosting a new grief support group starting August 5, 2021! Journey Th rough Grief is a six-week group that gives those who are mourning a safe space to process their grief and help fi nd a new normal. Th ey will be hosting the group on Th ursday nights at their new resale store “At the Treehouse” located at 1311 N Grand Suite 100 Gainesville, TX! Join us Aug. 5, 12, 19, 26, Sept. 2, and 9 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. for a healing and
judgement free conversa-tion. Everybody is wel-come. “Experiencing the loss of a loved one always leaves a void in our lives” said Kelly Lamkin, LBSW, Support Group Leader. “As we go through grief and mourn-ing we change in many ways. It becomes a chal-lenge in understanding your grief and the many ways it impacts your life. Come and join us as we lis-ten, share and support each other.” To RSVP for the support group or ask for further details, call Paula Britain
at 940-665-9891. If you’d like information on indi-vidual counseling, contact Kelly Lamkin at 940-665-9891. Home Hospice of Cooke County is a 501(c)(3) community-based non-profi t hospice. Our mis-sion is to help you have the best possible Quality of Life. To learn more about Home Hospice and the other community outreach programs we off er, please visit our website www.homehospice.org or our Facebook page www.face-book.com/homehospiceof-grayson.
Cooke County Sheriff Logs Incident ReportsCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following incidents were reported to the Cooke County Sheriff ’s Offi ce. Offi cers investigated an incident of possession of controlled substance less than one gram in the 2600 block of East Highway 82. Pieter Francisus Vanes Jr. reported theft of property less than $30,000 in the 5300 block of FM 902. Julie Michelle Kocer re-ported theft of service less than $2,500 in the 900 block of Bloomfi eld Road. Offi cers investigated an incident of resisting arrest, search or transport in the 300 block of Broadway. Hilario Cruz Castillo reported theft of property less than $30,000 in the 5300 block of FM 902. Antonio Gomez Rodri-guez reported a terroristic threat causing fear of im-minent serious bodily in-jury in the 1000 block of County Road 352. Shelley Jean Jones re-ported burglary of vehicles in the 400 block of County Road 127. Offi cers investigated an incident of possession of a controlled substance less than one gram in the 2400 block of Texoma Parkway.
Offi cers investigated an incident of resisting arrest-ing arrest, search or trans-port in the 1200 block of County Road 178. A representative for Tex-as Pickup reported crimi-nal trespass in the 7500 block of East Highway 82. Rheta Elizabeth Gilmer reported theft of property less than $750 in the 300 block of East Circle Street. Offi cers investigated an incident of a false report or statement provided to an offi cer in the 300 block of County Road 451. Offi cers investigated an incident of criminal tres-pass in the 300 block of County Road 224. Kelly Don Geurin re-ported theft of material, aluminum, bronze, copper, brass less than $20,000 in the 3000 block of County Road 425. Barbara Ann Purcell reported the violation of a protective order in the 100 block of County Road 178. Sany Dash reported theft of property less than $30,000 in the 6500 block of South I-35. Offi cers investigated an incident of possession of a controlled substance less
than one gram in the 4900 block of I-35. Arrest Log James Michael Nor-wood, 51, driving while license invalid and two counts of failure to appear. Marie Allison Dawn, 50, possession of marijuana less than two ounces. Zachary Wayne Walker, 30, violation of parole. Catherine Elizabeth Lane, 55, motion to pro-ceed to adjudication, forg-ery, elderly individual. Jose Robert Rios, 35, fraudulent possession of identifying information. Stetson Tyler Rogers, 25, expired driver license, fail-ure to maintain fi nancial responsibility, failure to ap-pear. Shawn Terrell Smith, 23, attempted injury to child, elderly or disabled individ-ual, criminal negligence, motion to proceed to adju-dication. Wesley Pete Abbott, 31, public intoxication, pedia-trician. John Paul Garner, 57, driving while license in-valid. Jeanie Marie Massen-gale, 37, criminal trespass, obstructing highway pas-
sageway, possession of drug paraphernalia. Marshall Bennett Ad-ams, 33, possession of a controlled substance less than one gram, possession of drug paraphernalia, fail-ure to identify. Roxanne Kimbrell, 55, public intoxication, resist-ing arrest, search or trans-port. Allen John Worley, Jr., 42, aggravated assault date, family, household member with weapon. Amanda Diane Morgan, 32, possession of a con-trolled substance less than one gram. Taylor Lee Dooley, 33, public intoxication – pe-destrian, resisting arrest, search or transport. Kevin Trevor Martin-dale, 39, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Peggy Darlene Nelson, 63, theft of property less than $300,000, grand jury indictment. Shawn Chisum Price, 37, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon/failure to appear, unlawful posses-sion of a fi rearm by a felon.
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Cases Filed, DecidedCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following cases were fi led and decided in the 235th District Court.
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Tammy L. Condra vs Glenn E. Condra, divorce. Justin Caff ey vs. Joezy T. Caff ey, divorce. Derek Andrew Harris vs. Rachel Leigh Wilkins, di-
vorce. Darryl Heff ner vs. Timo-thy Heff ner, Matthew Hef-fner, Jonathan Heff erner, all other civil cases. Don Ray Bewley vs. Roxanne Gayle, divorce. Rita Rodriguez vs. Jesus Homero Lozano, divorce. Chadwick Lynn Hatcher vs. Laura Raquel Hatcher, divorce. Jazmin Oliva Garcia vs. Ricardo Sanchez Ramirez, divorce.
Cases Decided Makenzie Ann Jones vs. Taylor David Jones, agreed judgments, divorce.
Police InvestigateATM Burglary at FSBGAINESVILLE – Gaines-ville Police believe a vehicle was used to take an undis-closed amount of money from an ATM machine at First State Bank at 801 East California Street. Th e incident occurred at approximately 3:56 a.m. Th ursday July, accord-ing to a news release from Gainesville Police Depart-ment. Offi cers responded to an
ATM alarm at First State Bank located at on East California St. On offi cer’s arrival, they discovered the ATM open and the mon-eyboxes removed. Th e preliminary investiga-tion discovered parts from a vehicle that was possibly used to force entry into the ATM. No suspects have been identifi ed at this time and the case is under inves-tigation. Th e amount of cur-
rency taken was unknown at the time of the report. Th e investigation into this case is ongoing and anyone with information is asked to contact the Gainesville Police Depart-ment by calling (940) 668-7777, or through Facebook at Facebook.com/GTPo-lice. Th ose wishing to re-main anonymous can con-tact the Crimes Tip Hotline at (940) 612-0000.
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6:30 pm in the Cooke County Fair Grounds, 1901 Justice Center Bou-levard in Gainesville. Th ey are also looking for more pictures of their past and wanted to reach out to the public to see if anyone has some hidden gems they might want to share. If anyone has Fair Association photos or in-formation from the past and are willing to loan, please contact Evelyn Yeatts at 940-665-4472 or Phyllis Griffi n at 940-668-5416 or Donna M. Neu at 940-736-9439.
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Indulge at the 2021 Common Th reads Quilt Guild Show at First United Methodist Church, 214 S. Den-ton in Gainesville. Quilt show times are Friday, July 30 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and Saturday, July 31 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. Judge Show with ribbons, Antique Quilt Display, Vendor Mall, Quilt Appraisals, Mini-Quilt Auction and more! Purchase tickets at the door $8 each day. Appraisal appointments $50 each. Call or text 903-815-0497 to book appointment.
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“Let’s get Back to Work” Job Fair is set for Th ursday, August 12 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Eisenhower Business Center, 2415 S. Austin Ave, Suite 103, Denison, TX 75020. Be prepared, wear your best, bring resumes, prep for interviews and bring a pen! Brought to you by Workforce Solutions Texoma, Sherman EDC Grayson College, Texas Workforce Solutions, Texas Veterans Com-mission, Texas Veterans Leadership Program and Denison Development Alliance.
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By Froma Harrop
Antisocial behavior has reached pandemic levels. Disruptive airline passen-gers are punching fl ight at-tendants. Th ugs are attack-ing Asians, gays and other minority groups. Criminals have grown more brazen in bringing violence to the streets and into American politics as seen in the sav-age invasion of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Mental illness clearly
underlies a lot of these dis-turbing trends, with the cracks widening during the COVID-19 scourge. Th e pandemic deprived many of community, personal interaction and, for those on the edge of psychic breakdown, the in-person mental health services they relied on or need. America’s system for supporting good men-tal health has never been strong to begin with. Th e 2008 Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act did help expand coverage, but getting insurance to pay for treatment of seri-ous psychiatric problems remains problematic. And the need has risen. From March through Oc-tober of last year, hospital emergency rooms saw a surge of patients seeking urgent mental care, ac-cording to JAMA Psychia-try. Th e numbers were far
lower in the same months of 2019, right before the pandemic hit. Th e crises ranged from suicide at-tempts to drug and opioid overdoses to abuse of part-ners and children. Last year, a third of American adults displayed symptoms of clinical anxi-ety or depression, accord-ing to the U.S. Census Bureau. Th at was up from 11% in previous years. Many of the Capitol insurrectionists had a his-tory of mental illness and related social dysfunction. We made fun of several. Eric Munchel of Nash-ville, Tennessee, who brought restraints police use on hands, legs and arms to the Capitol, was dubbed the “zip-tie guy.” Actually, Munchel had been charged with assault-ing a man and woman in 2013. Recently fi red from his job at a bar, he entered
the Capitol costumed in paramilitary gear, his mother at his side. Sean McHugh of Au-burn, California, who attacked Capitol police with chemical spray, had accused the offi cers of “protecting pedophiles.” McHugh, it turns out, had done jail time for statutory rape of a 14-year-old girl. It was thought at fi rst that Rosanne Boyland had been crushed to death in the rush of stampeding vandals, but the medical examiner concluded that the Georgia resident died from an overdose of am-phetamines. Boyland had a history of drug use, includ-ing a charge of felony drug possession. Th e pandemic cut off her in-person group meetings of addicts. When you look at some of the creeps who had been attacking Asians, you fi nd something more than the
usual racial animus. For ex-ample, the homeless man seen viscously stomping on a 65-year-old woman of Filipino origin in New York is Black. He was on parole for having killed his mother in front of his 5-year-old sister. Another homeless man with 90 prior arrests was charged with slashing a gay man. Both the criminal and the victim were La-tino. You see madness in the faces of airline passengers throwing tantrums over demands that they wear masks. Videos show the protesters, usually women, making noisy and self-righteous stands for their right to break the rules. No matter how normally these disrupters dress, they radiate the look of the un-hinged. Th e mission here isn’t to solve the dearth of psy-
chiatric services for those barely hanging on. Others can better do that. Rath-er, it’s to note that fragile psyches often lie beneath the growth of appalling be-havior. And a society in the grips of fraying social ties is going to suff er more of it. We now have an evil mix of social isolation and ex-tremist rhetoric that some use to confer an air of re-spectability to their delu-sions. Th e social services that keep the mentally un-balanced in check need to be strengthened -- and soon. Follow Froma Harrop on Twitter @FromaHar-rop. She can be reached at [email protected]. To fi nd out more about Froma Harrop and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators webpage at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2021 CREATORS.COM
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Patrick J. Buchanan
Is Biden Really the Lincoln of Our Time?
By Patrick J. Buchanan
Traveling to Philadel-phia Tuesday, President Joe Biden laid out in apoca-lyptic terms the gravity of the “threat” to American democracy from Republi-can eff orts to reform and rewrite state election laws. “We are facing the most signifi cant test of our de-mocracy since the Civil War. Th at’s not hyperbole. Since the Civil War. Th e
Confederates back then never breached the Capitol as insurrectionists did on Jan. 6.” Biden is inviting a com-parison of what he faces with what Abraham Lin-coln faced when he took offi ce in 1861 with seven Southern states having vot-ed to secede and Fort Sum-ter a month away. Th e Republican “threat” to our democracy, implied Biden, is mortal. “I never thought in my entire career I’d ever have to say it. But I swore an oath to you, to God -- to preserve, protect and de-fend the Constitution. And that’s an oath that forms a sacred trust to defend America against all threats both foreign and domestic. “Th e assault on free and fair elections is just such a threat.” Republicans seek to deny
“full and free and fair elec-tions” and are engaged in “the most un-American thing that any of us can imagine, the most undemo-cratic, the most unpatriot-ic.” Un-American? Undemo-cratic? Unpatriotic? When Sen. Joseph Mc-Carthy challenged the pa-triotism of Truman Demo-crats in such terms in the 1950s, he was censured by the Senate. Is Biden really saying that minor alterations in election laws, all of which would have to pass muster with federal courts and the Supreme Court, represent an existential threat to our republic? Th is is beyond hyperbole. It is ridiculous. It is absurd. Such hype is a measure of just how far out of touch with the real world the rhet-oric of our reigning elites
has drifted. Yet, by casting himself and his party as today’s party of Lincoln, and Re-publican governors as Con-federates, with the stakes equal to the survival of the Union, Biden has raised the stakes of this minor politi-cal skirmish. And raised the political risk to himself, if he fails, as is likely. Biden has just shoved a large pile of his political chips into the middle of the table in a show of confi -dence that he can bring off Senate passage of the For the People Act and the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, when both pieces of legisla-tion look to be certain los-ers. Neither has the 60 votes needed for passage. Nei-ther has a single Republican vote. Nor is there evidence either can gain the 50 Dem-
ocratic votes in the Senate that would require a unani-mous caucus. And if either measure got the 50 votes needed for passage, Democrats would still need 50 votes to break a GOP fi libuster. Yet, Democratic senators such as Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are op-posed to abolishing the fi libuster. As six-term Sen. Joe Biden appears to be himself. Is Biden putting on a show of defi ance for the progressive wing of his party? For, again, what is at issue here so critical as to elicit comparison with a Civil War that cost 600,000 American lives? To prevent voting legis-lation from being enacted into law, Texas Democrats fl ed from the state legis-lature in Austin and from Texas itself -- to deny Re-publicans a quorum. And what do the liberal and progressive Texans fear? Two pieces of legislation, says Th e New York Times: “Both measures would ban 24-hour voting and drive-through voting; pro-hibit election offi cials from proactively sending absen-tee ballot applications to voters who had not request-ed them; add new voter identifi cation requirements for voting by mail; limit the types of assistance that can be provided to voters; and greatly expand the author-ity and autonomy of parti-san poll watchers.” Are such modest propos-als, all within the preroga-tives of state government under the Constitution, truly a threat to the republic as serious as the possibility of a second Civil War? Democrats are faking this, casting themselves in
the familiar role of progres-sives fi ghting heroically for democracy against neo-fas-cist forces of the right. Declared Biden at the National Constitution Center: “Th e 21st-century Jim Crow assault is real. It’s unrelenting.” Yet, with all his rhetoric placing himself in the tradi-tion of Lincoln, and cast-ing Republicans in the role of die-hard segregationists and vote deniers, Biden is promising something he al-most surely cannot deliver. What lies ahead? Having raised the stakes in this fi ght, Biden has raised the cost of his likely defeat. Th e probable ele-ments of that defeat will be a failure to bring about a unanimous Democratic Senate vote or the refusal of Democratic senators to break a Republican fi libus-ter. Out of this will come anger at Biden among pro-gressives for his not going public to demand suspen-sion of the fi libuster, rage at Manchin and Sinema and other Democratic senators who secretly back retention of the fi libuster, another victory for Sen. Mitch Mc-Connell, and more lost time for the bigger items on the Biden agenda. All the price of Joe Biden’s absurd rhetorical hype. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Nixon’s White House Wars: Th e Battles Th at Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.” To fi nd out more about Patrick Bu-chanan and read features by other Creators writers and cartoonists, visit the Cre-ators website at www.cre-ators.com. COPYRIGHT 2021 CREATORS.COM
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To the Editor,
Wouldn’t it be nice if politicians and the media told the truth. In 2020 Democrats in blue states and Democrat counties in red states loosened voting rules supposedly because of Covid 19. As a result in 2020 many people voted through the mail or in un-secured drop boxes rather than in secure polling places. Now that the pan-demic is ending the Dem-ocrats want to continue unsecure voting despite the fact that just a few short years ago Democrats agreed that mail-in-ballots opened the door to fraud. Of course it does. Th at is just plain common sense. Well we threw common sense out the window for sure in 2020 and it is car-rying over to 2021. In the July 7 edition of the Weekly News a reader
claimed that there was a grand total of one case of voter fraud pending in Texas from the 2020 election. Really? Really? According to the Texas Attorney General’s offi ce, 511 counts are in court and 386 additional cases are being investigated. And now the Demo-crats are leaving the state again to hide from voting on new voting regulations. When will they act like adults and do their con-stitutional duty instead of running away like chil-dren? By the way, you may re-member a media darling hot shot lawyer by the name of Michael Avenatti. In one week in March of 2018 he was interviewed 147 times by NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, and MSNBC because he claimed he was going to bring down Pres-ident Trump. While the media and Democrat lead-ers fawned all over him, some even suggested he would make a great presi-dential candidate for the Democrats. Only one TV network did their home-work and called Avenatti a fraud and that was FOX. Well he was just convicted for fraud and extortion and several more cases are pending against him. Wouldn’t it be nice if we
were told the truth?
Dennis HessMuenster
To the Editor,
I was recently elected to a community board to promote voter engagement in Cooke County, and I’m here to tell you how the Texas Legislature is ef-fectively trying to make it harder for elderly veterans to vote. I vote like it’s my job. And I live near a couple of our local nursing homes. So on occasion, I’ve been at my polling place when one of the nursing home buses stopped by to bring resi-dents to vote. I recall seeing residents going in to vote wearing a military hat - a symbol of the sacrifi ce they’ve made to ensure we remain a coun-try in which voters have the fi nal say. Some of them fought in Korea or Viet-nam, and I think I even saw a man wearing a hat with a WWII patch once. Th ese residents rely on nursing home staff to take them to exercise their right to vote. But under Senate Bill 1 fi led during the leg-islature’s special session this month, whoever’s driving
the bus would have to fi ll out paperwork providing their name, address and why they’re helping voters to get to the polls. Don’t believe me? Read the text for yourself. It’s in article 5, section 5.01, sub-section f of the proposed text of Senate Bill 1. It would require anyone to fi ll out a special form if they’re driving more than two peo-ple to the polls that they’re not related to. Eff ectively, the govern-ment is creating more pa-perwork for essential care workers, in an industry where they’re already over-worked, after a freaking pandemic that took the very lives of folks in their care. Why is the government adding unnecessary red tape to something as cour-teous as giving a few elderly voters a ride to their polling place? Elderly veterans didn’t fi ght for the last few de-cades just to have a stupid form interfere with their right to vote. You want your paper-work, Texas Legislature? Come and take it.
Sarah EinselenVoter Services andAdvocacy Offi cer,League of WomenVoters of Cooke County
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will be Tuesday, July 20, 2021 at 11:00 am at Cedar-lawn Memorial Park, Sher-man, Texas.History Hazel was born on August 15, 1944 in Belton, Texas to Victor Leach and Hazel Leach White. Her last resi-dence was Pecan Tree Nurs-ing and Rehab in Gaines-ville, Texas. She was a member of Christian Temple Church
in Gainesville, Texas. She retired from Texas Instru-ments. Hazel enjoyed cro-cheting and needle work.Survivors Hazel is survived by her sisters, Rebecca Devers of Valley View, Texas and Sha-ron Wilcox of Odessa, Tex-as; brother, Dale Leach of North Carolina and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by parents; Hazel White and Victor Leach, and her hus-bands; Johnny Grider and Jim McDaniel.
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272 Months FederalPLANO – A Gainesville convicted felon has been sentenced to federal pris-on for fi rearms violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei today. William Randall Bran-nan, 39, was convicted by a jury on Feb. 21, 2020, of being a felon in posses-sion of a fi rearm and two counts of possession of a fi rearm in furtherance of a drug traffi cking crime. Brannan was sentenced to 272 months in federal pris-on today by U.S. District Judge Sean D. Jordan. “Getting fi rearms out of the hands of prohibited persons is a critical part of the Department’s eff orts to reduce violent crime in our neighborhoods,” said Act-
ing U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. “Today’s sen-tence sends a strong mes-sage that violent criminals who utilize fi rearms to deal narcotics will be aggressive-ly prosecuted and held ac-countable to fullest extent of the law.” According to informa-tion presented in court, in January 2019, Brannan, while delivering metham-phetamine, discharged a fi rearm in a Gainesville resi-dence, and again outside the home, while attempting to intimidate others into re-turning methamphetamine which he believed had been stolen from him. On Feb. 28, 2019, Brannan was lo-cated in Arlington, Texas and fl ed as law enforcement offi cers attempted to arrest him. He then led police on
a high-speed chase before crashing the vehicle. Th e gun used in the Gainesville shooting was found in the vehicle. Further investiga-tion revealed Brannan was a convicted felon and pro-hibited from owning or possessing fi rearms or am-munition. Brannan was indicted by a federal grand jury on March 14, 2019. Th is case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Jus-tice’s violent crime reduc-tion eff orts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be eff ective at reducing violent crime. Th rough PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focus-es enforcement eff orts on the most violent off enders and partners with locally based prevention and re-entry programs for lasting reductions in crime. Th is case was investigat-ed by the Cooke County Sheriff ’s Offi ce, the Ar-lington Police Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Ex-plosives and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew Johnson and Chris Eason.
Gainesville Man Indicted
in Case of Stolen CattleCOOKE COUNTY - Any small business owner will tell you: It pays to hire the right staff . Unfortunately, hiring wrong can lead to signifi cant losses. A Cooke County ranch-er experienced the latter last year when an employ-ee sold more than $6,000 worth of his boss’ cattle in his girlfriend’s name and pocketed the proceeds. Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Associa-tion Special Ranger Troy McKinney said James Paul Woodard, a 55-year-old from Gainesville, was in-dicted by a Cooke County grand jury on June 23. He’ll face second-degree felony charges due to the victim’s advanced age. Th e grand jury determined Woodard’s girlfriend did not have knowledge of the illegal sales. In October, the victim reached out to the Over-brook Stockyards in Over-brook, Oklahoma, because
he had reason to believe some of his cattle had been sold without permission. Th e auction market’s secre-tary contacted McKinney, whose investigation proved Woodard had not only sold cattle there, but also at the Decatur Livestock Auction in Decatur, Texas. He always put the cattle in his girl-friend’s name to lower suspi-cion. While the couple owns four cows, it was not enough to produce the number of calves Woodard sold. McKinney said this case is a good reminder to thor-oughly vet out potential employees and to continue to monitor both them and your cattle. “Th eft is devastating for a rancher, who is also battling high input costs, weather and market vola-tility,” McKinney said. “But it’s always a little worse when it’s someone you trusted.” Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association’s
special rangers are an elite group of law enforcement offi cers who have extensive knowledge of the cattle industry. While they pri-marily investigate cattle theft and other agricul-tural crimes, they are well-trained in all facets of law enforcement. In all, the association has 30 special rangers stationed through-out Texas and Oklahoma who are commissioned through the Texas Depart-ment of Public Safety or Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation. Th e special rangers also oversee more than 80 mar-ket inspectors who collect data, such as brands and other identifying marks on about 5 million cattle sold at 100 Texas livestock mar-kets each year. Th at infor-mation is entered into the association’s recording and retrieval system, which is a vital tool for law enforce-ment when investigating theft cases
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Create NCTC ScholarshipDENTON – Monty and Victoria Fisher of Denton County have established the Monty &Victoria Fish-er Scholarship at North Central Texas College with
a $50,000 donation to the NCTC Foundation this week. Th e Fishers are no strangers to NCTC, hav-ing both attended the col-
lege at one point in time. Monty is a Cooke County native and graduated from Gainesville High School. Victoria grew up close by, in Montague County, and graduated from Saint Jo High School. “NCTC was a starting point for me, right out of high school,” said Monty. “We continue to be very excited about what the col-lege is doing in these com-munities and we’re excited to help out the students who need it most in our home counties.” Th is scholarship will be awarded to students liv-ing in Cooke or Montague County who show fi nan-cial need. For information on scholarships at NCTC, vis-it scholarships.nctc.edu or email [email protected].
Fisher’s Create Scholarship - Monty and Victoria Fisher provided the NCTC Foundation with a check for $50,000 this week to establish the Monty & Victo-ria Fisher Scholarship at the college. Pictured left to right: Monty Fisher, Victoria Fisher, NCTC Chancel-lor Dr. Brent Wallace, and NCTC Vice Chancellor of External Affairs Debbie Sharp. (Courtesy Photo)
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Callisburg ISD Is Cur-rently Accepting Applica-tions For Custodial Posi-tions. Applications Are Available At The Callis-burg ISD Administration Offi ce Located At 148 Dozier St. Callisburg, TX. 76240. You May Con-tact Cory Huddleston @ 940-736-4167 With Any Questions About The Po-sitions. 02/17
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
By order of the Commissioners Court of Cooke Coun-ty, Texas, a public hearing to deliberate and consider possible action on the replat of Long Branch Estates East, Lots 2 & 3, located on CR 375, Muenster, Texas in Pct. 3 will be held on Monday, the 9th day of August, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. in the Commissioners Courtroom, 1st Floor of the Cooke County Courthouse, 101 South Dixon Street, Gainesville, Texas.
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COOKE COUNTY – Th e following applica-tions for marriage were received by the Cooke County Clerk’s Offi ce. Taylor Th omas May, 31, Gainesville and Neva Ruth McGhee, 28, Gainesville. Dandy Lee Cronce
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Th e resolution includes citizens participation plan and grievance procedures, Section 3 policy, excessive force policy, Section 504 Policy and grievance pro-cedures, code of conduct policy, fair housing policy. Th e council also voted to hire Rod Abbott for a year-end audit. Th e audit contract for LaFollett and Company is up, and the city had to se-lect a new audit company. LaFollett provided a new bid of $15,000 for the city and $9,500 for the Water District. LaFollett will re-quire the city to hire some-one else to close out the books. Rod Abbott sub-mitted a bid of $11,600 for the city and $6,700 for the Water District, travel expenses estimated at $350, and he will come and help City Secretary Ammie Hennigan close the books. Th e Keep Muenster
Beautiful organization won the 2021 Governor’s award of $90,000. Steve Broyles with KMB explained a committee will need to be formed and a spokesperson to TxDOT will need to be decided as well. It was discussed that the board members would be Adam Deweber, Deb Klement- Park Commis-sioner, Steve Broyles and three other members from the Park Board. Sicking made a motion to approve Deweber, Klement, Bro-yles and three park board members to be on the board. Th e council approved the members. Th e city of Muenster is also set to increase the costs of some food ser-vice permit fees related to increased fees for inspec-tions. An amendment to ordinance No. 390 ap-proved by the council will allow a new food service permit fee schedule. Information from the
city of Muenster indicated the new food inspector charges the city $100 per inspection for a temporary food permit inspection un-less there are more than fi ve vendors in which case the fee is $150 an hour. Th e inspectors charge $150 per food establishment and for schools in the city. Th e schools are inspected twice a year. Th e proposed change is as follows: Temporary Food Permit change from $50 to $100.Permit for schools should change from $150 to $300 a year to cover two inspec-tions. Daycare facilities, mo-bile food units, roadside food vendors, snow cone stands and other food lo-cations selling limited items with limited hours should remain the same at $150 per year. Any business that must have a second inspection will be charged $150 per inspection. Th e council also ap-
proved a change to cyber security coverage. Th e coverage would move from 1M to 2M in Information Security and Privacy Liability Aggregate Limit and would only in-crease the coverage price $30 a year. Th e alderman also ad-dressed a drainage issue in a city easement in block 70. Deweber recused him-self from the meeting since he is one of the property owners for the discussion. Th e alley which runs be-hind the homes in the 900 block of North Maple is prone to drainage prob-lems and can fl ood the property at 908 N. Maple and backs often up onto the property at 909 North Cedar. A resident at 909 N. Cedar St. constructed a concrete drain in the easement that drains the water runoff into the alley, according to information from the city of Muenster. Several years ago, city workers extended the con-crete across the alley to the property line of 908 North Maple and the natural silt at the end of the concrete has caused the drain to not function properly. Public Works Director, Gary Hacker, noted the city would like to tie in a 12-inch drain line with a grate and cement box to an existing drain line in the alley. Th is should help with the fl ooding issue in the alley and Hacker rec-ommended that the city move forward with the project. Th e estimated cost of the project will be $2,500. Klement made a motion to approve the monthly bills totaling $127,527.54 and the motion carried. Th e meeting adjourned at 8 p.m. Present were Mayor Tim Felderhoff , Aldermen Cliff Sicking, Nick Walters-cheid, Deb Klement, Steve Taylor, and Jeff Maas. City employees in attendance were City Administrator Adam Deweber, City Sec-retary Ammie Hennigan, and Public Works Director Gary Hacker, and Police Chief Tom Barr.
Muenster Council Approves Company for Street Paving
GAINESVILLE - Th e following locations have planned closures on I-35 and surrounding roads. Modifi cations are related to the Interstate 35 expan-sion project, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Transporta-tion. Nightly closures on I-35/frontage road for barrier and detour work from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. July 18-July 20 - North-bound I-35 right lane at Spring Creek Road and exit ramp. July 19-July 22 - South-bound frontage road [northbound direction] down to one lane with fl ag-ging operation. U-turn at Elm Fork and southbound I-35 exit 495. July 22-July 23 - South-bound I-35 exit ramp to FM 1306. July 26-July 27 - North-bound exit ramp to FM 1306 and northbound
frontage road [south-bound direction] down to one lane with fl agging op-eration between FM 1306 and Spring Creek Road. July 27- July 28 - South-bound I-35 entrance ramp from FM 1306. Nightly closures for lead abatement from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. July 18 – July 22 – Spring Creek Road down to one lane alternating between westbound and eastbound with fl agging operation. July 22-July 23 - North-bound frontage road right lane at FM 1306 with fl ag-ging operation. July 25-July 26 - I-35 right lane and northbound frontage road left lane with fl agging operation at FM 1306. July 26-July 27 - North-bound I-35 left lane and southbound I-35 left lane at FM 1306. July 27-July 28- South-bound I-35 right lane at
FM 1306. July 28-July 29- South-bound frontage road left lane at FM 1306 with fl ag-ging operation. July 29-July 30 – South-bound frontage road right lane at FM 1306 with fl ag-ging operation. Continuous Closure Northbound I-35 front-age road down to one lane from FM 51 to the new temporary northbound I-35 exit ramp to Highway 82 remains closed until Phase 3 Step 1- estimated at one to one and a half years with the right lane remaining open. A news release from the Texas Department of Transportation indicates all lane and road closures are subject to change due to weather or construc-tion processes. For the lat-est information visit www.My35.Org , on Facebook @TxDOTWichitaFalls, or Twitter @I35Travel.
