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Volume 12, Number 33
Cooke County, Texas
January 13, 2016
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King
Around
Town
by Grice King
Next Monday (Jan. 18) is
Martin Luther King, Jr Day.
Kids will most likely be out of
school and some offices will undoubtedly be closed. Try and
remember why we honor that
day and recount the courage
that people of the civil rights
movement had to face the challenges in front of them. He was
famous for his “I Have a Dream”
speech but his message went
much deeper. It can be applied
to our daily lives as we try treat
people as we wish to be treated.
Equality for all, it’s a tough concept but definitely one worth
believing in. Have a great week
everyone!
Here is some more of what’s
happening around town this
week:
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Chad Henderson wanted me
to pass along that GISD student-safety is of paramount importance, therefore, the GISD
athletic track at the current
GJHS campus (the old GHS)
will be closed to the public
from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm Monday through Friday during the
school year or if our studentathletes are present. The track
will be open to the public for
the entire day during weekends
and the Summer months. Student safety remains our number
one priority.
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The Gainesville Masonic
Lodge #210 AF&AM will have
its stated meeting on Monday,
January 18 at 7:30 pm. They
will have a program, fellowship
and a meal at 6:30 pm for those
wish to join.
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The Diabetes Support Group
will meet in the North Texas
Medical Center Classrooms on
Tuesday, January 19 from 7:00
to 8:00 pm. Theme for the
night is “Know Your Numbers
?” Are your Blood Sugar, Blood
Pressure and Lipids in the recommended range? Come find
the answer!
Individuals with diabetes, family members, or anyone interested in learning more about
diabetes, are encouraged to
attend this FREE program.
For information call Joan at
940.768.8120.
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Gainesville Receives
Improved ISO Rating
By Nikki King
The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – Fire Chief
Wally Cox was in attendance
for a regular City Council meeting Tuesday, January 5 where
he gave a presentation regarding the Insurance Services Office (ISO) Rating Improvement
for fire-protection services for
the City of Gainesville. The Insurance Services Office recently
improved the fire-protection rating for the City of Gainesville
from a Class 4 to a Class 2, with
Class 1 being the highest obtainable classification. This improved
rating will result in savings to
commercial and residential insurance customers in Gainesville
Fire-Rescue’s response jurisdiction. The new Class 2 rating also
puts the City of Gainesville in
the top 2 percent of communities in the United States for fire
protection. Chief Cox explained
that numerous factors positively
influenced the city in obtaining
the rating improvement, such
as improvements to the Public
Safety Center and the city water
system. Cox further explained
the details of the ISO assessment
and stated, “The last one (assessment) we had done was in 1998.
Obviously a lot of things have
changed since 1998 and for the
better for the City of Gainesville.
This wasn’t just a Fire Depart-
ment effort. This was a culmination of Police, Dispatch, Fire
Department, Water Department,
Gainesville First Lends a Helping Hand – Members of the Men’s Ministry group from Gainesville First got together on Saturday, January 9 to offer free oil changes to widows and single
mothers in need. This is a new service they hope to be able to offer several times throughout
the year for those in need. These men also wanted to give a special “Thank you” to Isaac’s
Well Service for letting them use their facility for this event.
(The Weekly News Photo)
Commissioners Honor Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
By Nikki King
The Weekly News
COOKE COUNTY – A regular meeting of the Cooke County
Commissioners’ Court was held on
Monday, January 11 where County Commissioners and County
Judge Jason Brinkley approved a
proclamation honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and declaring Monday, January 18, 2016 as
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
in Cooke County. The proclamation states, “Whereas Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. was nationally
recognized as a leader of the Civil
Rights Movement; and Whereas
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s voice
reached out and touched people of
every race, creed and color with a
message of racial equality and nonviolent social change; and Whereas
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. helped
organized the march on Washington in 1963, that influenced the
passage of the 1964 Civil Rights
Act, after which he received the
1964 Nobel Peace Prize for his
work; and Whereas Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. made the dream
of freedom, equality, opportunity,
and brotherhood a reality for millions of Americans; and Whereas
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is
a time to reflect on his life’s work
and to continue to practice the
ideals exemplified by Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr. on this day and
always.”
Commissioners and Judge Brinkley discussed the recommendations from the County Facilities
Committee regarding the relocation of several county offices relating to the Courthouse Annex
remodel. Some of the offices included in the recommendations
include the Juvenile and Adult
Probation Offices, the Emergency
Management Coordinator, Commissioners’ Court and several
other offices. This item was tabled
from the previous Commissioners’ Court meeting on December
28, 2015. Pct. 4 Commissioner
Leon Klement expressed concerns
about approving the recommendations without a cost estimate
and also voiced his displeasure in
moving the Commissioners’ Court
Offices out of the courthouse.
Pct. 3 Commissioner Al Smith
expressed concerns over the possible security issue with having the
Juvenile Probation Offices in the
same vicinity of the other offices
inside the Courthouse Annex. It
was ultimately voted to once again
table this item. Judge Brinkley and
Commissioners also approved a
motion by 3-2 vote to give Komatsu the task of generating a cost
estimate for the relocation of the
county offices specified in the rec-
ommendations.
Multiple public hearings were
held in regards to properties located in Precinct 2. Commissioners
unanimously approved a variance
of agriculture on 4.88 acres of land
off of St. James Road, approved a
site plan on Roberts View Estates,
Block One, Lots 1-2 and approved
a variance of agriculture on 6 acres
off of Harpole Road.
There was no action regarding
Parsons to Lead New
County K-9 Drug Unit
COOKE COUNTY – Cooke
County Sheriff Terry Gilbert is
proud to announce the recent
graduation of Deputy Marc Parsons and his canine partner, Lara.
The mission of the K-9 Unit is
to enhance our present abilities
and efforts in both our rural areas
and the smaller communities within Cooke County. The K-9 team
will assist area law enforcement in
traffic stops, search warrants and
service calls. While also supporting the Drug Enforcement Unit in
achieving its goals of combatting
drugs in our area.
Parsons has been a deputy with
the Cooke County Sheriff’s Office since May 2013, receiving
several commendations including
the Certificate of Merit Award
for achieving the highest number of drug interdiction arrests in
the rural areas of our county, thus
showing the need for a K-9 unit to
Patrol those areas. Prior to joining
the Sheriff’s Office, Parsons was an
officer with the Oak Ridge police,
beginning as a Reserve Officer in
2008 and graduating to Patrol
Sergeant by the end of his tenure
there.
Parsons says the bond between
him and Lara is crucial. They must
New K-9 Unit- Above, Deputy
with his new canine partner Lara.
Marc
Parsons poses
(Courtesy Photo)
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Annual Souper Bowl Set
GAINESVILLE - The
Souper Bowl of Caring is a
national movement that utilizes Super Bowl weekend in
America to mobilize people
to fight hunger and poverty
in their local communities.
This year, the Souper Bowl
of Caring is Sunday, February 7 and it takes place locally at the First Christian
Church in Gainesville, 401
N. Dixon St., from 11:30
a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Even
though this is the largest
fundraiser for VISTO outside of the annual Murder
72640 event, it is by donation only.
On Souper Bowl of Caring Sunday, crockpots
and roasters full of soups
come together to be shared
amongst our churches and
communities county wide.
In recent years, 20-30 differ-
ent kinds of soup have been
offered during this event.
Donations are welcome, of
which 100% will be given to
VISTO, the local food bank
in Cooke County.
This year, a challenge will
be issued amongst county
churches. The “Father John
Golden Spoon Award”, in
honor of John DeVito, the
father of the Souper Bowl
of Caring in Cooke County,
will be given to the church
having the largest attendance, host church excluded. The church with the
most attendees will proudly
take back to their congregation the coveted prize.
For more information regarding the Souper Bowl of
Caring luncheon and fundraiser, please contact Lucy
Sutton at 940-665-9707 or
[email protected].
Handling a New Year After Loss
GAINESVILLE - The holiday season is a difficult time
for anyone who has lost a
loved one. It can be a time
when you most need help
and support to cope. How
do you live with loss after
the holidays as you start a
new year of living? “Working through Loss” is a grief
sharing workshop. This
workshop is designed to provide specific ideas and tools
for overcoming the difficulties from the holiday season,
as well as ways to discover
hope, peace, and joy in the
New Year.
“Finding joy can be difficult for those who have
experienced the death of
a loved one,” said Jerry
Hudgins, Spiritual Counselor for Home Hospice. “This
workshop will provide you
with ways to understand the
grief process, identify changes you are experiencing and
interventions to help cope as
you move forward. Grief affects us in many ways and it
is not a problem to be solved
but an opportunity to help
us work through our new
reality.”
“Working through Loss”
is scheduled for Thursday,
January 14 from 5:30 to
7:00 p.m. at the Home Hos-
Commissioners Honor MLK
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the Texas Department of
Transportation’s
County
Transportation Infrastructure Fund Grant Program.
Commissioner Klement
had nothing new to report
on the Muenster Wind Farm
Project.
The following consent
agenda items were unanimously approved.
Approved the minutes of
the regular meeting on December 28, 2015.
Receive and file for record
departmental reports: County Clerk – Civil/Probate,
County Attorney, Constable,
Pct. 1, Constable, Pct. 4, Justice of the Peace, Pct. 1, Delinquent Tax Report, Court
Compliance, District Clerk,
Extension, and Library all for
the month of December.
Approved the FY2015 and
FY2016 budget amendments.
Approved the monthly
bills, payroll and all related
expenses.
Receive and file for record
internal quarterly audits of
Justice of the Peace, Pct. 4,
and Constable, Pct. 4.
Approved accepting auction proceeds in the amount
of $8,161.56 from the sale
of equipment from Road
and Bridge Pct. 4 and Cooke
County EMS.
Approved the amendment
to the affiliation agreement
between Cooke County
EMS and Emergency Medical Training Services.
Approved the surplus by
salvage or auction of three
2011 Ford Crown Victoria
patrol units and one 2008
Ford Crown Victoria patrol
unit and advertisement of
the same.
Approved the transfer of
a 2011 Ford Expedition to
Constable, Pct. 1 and a 2011
Ford Expedition to Constable, Pct. 4.
Approved the salvage of
approximately 100 chairs.
Approved a maintenance
agreement between Cooke
County and Cummins
Southern Plains for maintenance on the generator located at the Cooke County
Justice Center.
Approved a donation in
the amount of $50.00 to the
Cooke County Library from
Don Johnson and Beverly
Collier in memory of Nell
Hess.
Virginia Brannigan in memory of Nell Hess.
anonymous donors.
Approved a contract with
Mountain Springs Water
Supply for the installation
of a fresh water line across
Hemming Road, located in
Precinct 2.
Approved the salvage of a
non-repairable X26 Taser to
be salvaged by Taser International.
Approved a contract with
the City of Callisburg for the
installation of a fresh waterline on CR 136, located in
Pct. 1.
Approved the minutes
from the Lake Ray Roberts
Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on November 17, 2015.
Approved the minutes
from the Lake Ray Roberts
Planning and Zoning Commission Meeting on December 15, 2015.
Approved accepting the
Texas Department of Public Safety Public Assistance
Grant DR-4223 in the
amount of $139,693.13 for
the repair of roads and bridges damaged due to severe
flooding.
Approved accepting the
Texas Department of Public Safety Public Assistance
Grant DR-4223 in the
amount of $105,503.12 for
the repair of roads and bridges damaged due to severe
flooding.
Approved an interlocal
agreement between Cooke
County and Myra Volunteer
Fire Department.
The meeting was adjourned at 11:08 a.m.
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programs designed to support our community.
There is no fee to attend
the workshop but registration is requested by January
13. Please call Paula Britain
940-665-9891 or e-mail at
[email protected] to register or if you
have questions. For more
information about other
support groups and workshops, visit www.homehospice.org.
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greater Texoma area for over
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Area Obituaries
Brandi Dawn
Cavanaugh
Jane Julia (Beck)
Richroath
Services
Services Pending for Brandi Dawn Cavanaugh, 23,
and her unborn son, Kolten
Kie Lofton, are not available
at press time. Please check
with George Price Funeral
Home of Levelland, Texas.
www.georgepricefunerals.
com.
Services
Jane
Julia
(Beck)
Richroath, 85, of Whitesboro, entered into the Presence of the Lord January 6,
2016.
A memorial service for
Mrs. Richroath will be held
at 3:00 PM Sunday, January 17, 2016 at the First
United Methodist Church,
214 S. Denton St., Gainesville, Texas. The family will
receive friends immediately
following the service in the
church fellowship hall.
History
She was born to Theodore
and Augusta Beck, of Brooklyn, New York, on July 13,
1930. She married Henry
W. (Hank) Richroath on
December 24, 1949. They
became long-time residents
of Gainesville, Texas.
Jane was a member of
the First United Methodist
Church of Gainesville and
volunteered with the Red
Cross and Home Hospice.
She always enjoyed traveling in the R.V. and loved to
read. She also rejoiced in
serving others.
Survivors
Mrs. Richroath is survived
by her son and daughter-inlaw John W. and Martha
Richroath of Whitesboro;
son and daughter-in-law
Mark and Karen Richroath
of Whitesboro; daughter
and son-in-law Suzanne
Richroath and Robert Akins
of Denton; daughter-in-law
Gina Richroath of Collinsville; 13 grandchildren; 10
great-grandchildren; a cherished friend, who is like a
daughter, Greta Cuellar and
Jeff of Gainesville. She is
reunited in Heaven with her
infant son Kenneth; husband Hank; son Peter A.
Richroath.
Brenda Ann Murrell
Services
Celebration of Life Services for Brenda Ann Murrell, 71, of Whitesboro, will
be held Thursday, January
14, 2016, at 11:00 a.m. at
Meador Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Joe Patterson
officiating. Meador Funeral
Home of Whitesboro is in
charge of cremation arrangements. She passed away Saturday, January 9, 2016, at
her home with family and
friends by her side.
History
She was born to James
Robert and O’Dell (Phelps)
Renfroe on June 21, 1944, in
Whitesboro, Texas. She married Newell “Duce” Murrell
who preceded her in death.
She was a member of
Central Baptist Church and
was retired from Texas Instruments after 30 years of
service. She loved to sew
and make jewelry, as well as
creating arts and crafts.
Survivors
She is survived by her
mother, O’Dell Renfroe of
Whitesboro; 2 daughters,
Nikki Henley of Sanger
and Angie Lindenborn of
Gordonville; son, Matthew
“Bud” Chambers of Sarasota, Florida; 5 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren;
brothers and sisters, Tommy,
Carroll, Bruce, and Larry
Renfro, and Wanda Cunningham; loving friends,
Nancy and Charles Smith
and Martha and Janie Dutton.
She was preceded in death
by her father, James Robert
Renfroe; husband, Newell
“Duce” Murrell; brothers,
Micheal and Donnie Renfroe and sisters, Dolly and
Peggy Guynes.
To sign the online registry,
please go to: www.meadorfuneralhome.com
You may sign the online
registry at www.geojcarroll.
com.
Paul Edward Freeman
Services
Funeral services for Paul
Edward Freeman, 60, of
Gainesville, are set for 10:00
AM Monday, January 11,
2016 at the Geo. J. Car-
roll & Son Funeral Home,
with Jay Culpepper officiating. Burial will follow in the
Fairview Cemetery. A visitation will be held on Sunday,
January 10, 2016 from 4:00
- 5:00 PM at the funeral
home.
History
Paul was born on June 28,
1955 in Gainesville to S.M.
and Patsy Louise (Brizendine) Freeman. He passed
away on January 7, 2016 in
Gainesville.
Paul retired from the
Gainesville Fire Department
after 20 years of service. He
then went to work at the pro
shop at Gainesville Municipal Golf Course, and Turtle
Hill Golf Course. He was
also a licensed independent
insurance agent.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife
Lou Ann of Gainesville; sister Patricia Sharp and her
husband Pat of Gainesville;
sister-in-law Elaine Montgomery of Harrison, AR.;
sister-in-law Brenda Hall
of California; sister-in-law
Debbie Newton and her
husband Nelson of Valley
View; and numerous nieces
and nephews.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; and brother
Jerry Don Freeman.
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Grady Wayne Kidd
Service
Memorial services for
Grady Wayne Kidd, 73, of
Gainesville, will be held at
2:00 PM Saturday, January
9, 2016 at the Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home
with Rev. Hollis Parsons officiating.
History
Wayne passed away November 29, 2015 in Gainesville. He was born May 16,
1942, in Gainesville, and
was the fifth of five children
born to Virgil E., Sr. and
Ethel L. Maner Kidd.
Wayne was a talented athlete from an early age. In
1955 he led in every phase
of Cooke County Boys Baseball League averages when
he was 13 years of age. He
was pitcher for the Lumberman team winning 6 games
and losing 1.
Being a sports lover,
Wayne played quarterback
for the Gainesville Leopards
under Coaches Dub Wooten and Buddy Ryan. He
graduated from Gainesville
High School in 1960.
Upon graduation, he was
awarded a baseball scholarship to Oklahoma Christian University in Edmond,
Oklahoma and later attended North Texas State University at Denton.
He was an avid fan of
the Texas Rangers and New
York Yankee Baseball teams.
If one of those teams was
playing, we knew Wayne
would be watching. He was
the “go to” source for information about the game.
A fantastic memory was
one of the amazing things
about Wayne. He remembered the things we said
and did and would remind
us in great detail long after
we had forgotten. It was a
talent that served him well,
us too, we could go to him
for information long before
Google came along. He
never forgot a birthday.
Wayne spent many years
in the Dallas and Ft. Worth
areas working in the insurance industry where he was
a winner of several top sales
and leadership awards.
Being born and raised in
Gainesville, Wayne returned
to his home town roots in
Gainesville in 2009 and resided here until he went to
be with the Lord on November 29, 2015.
Wayne is preceded in
death by his parents and his
sister, Joyce Kidd Roberson
and sister-in-law Wanda
Pilcher Kidd.
Survivors
He is survived by his
brother and sister-in-law
Virgil, Jr. and Wanda Sluder
Kidd of Gainesville; brother
Earl A. Kidd of North Richland Hills; sister and brother-in-law, Ruby and Gene
Sebesta of Sachse; and is also
survived by numerous nieces
and nephews.
Donations
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may
be made to Solaris Hospice, 101 E. California St.,
Gainesville, TX 76240.
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James Holt
Services
Funeral Services for James
Holt, 90, of Whitesboro will
be held Thursday, January 7,
2016 at 10:00 a.m. at First
Presbyterian Church with
Rev. Wayne Bryan officiating
assisted by Rev. Neil Morgan. Interment will follow
at Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 7 from 6:00 to
8:00 p.m. at Meador Funeral
Home Chapel in Whitesboro. He passed away Sunday, January 3, 2016, at The
Homestead in Sherman.
History
He was born to John
Henry and Mary Isabell
(Morris) Holt on December
23, 1925, in Whitesboro,
Texas. He married Myra
Lucille (Reeves) Holt and
she preceded him in death.
He retired from Southwestern Bell Telephone after 37
years of service. He loved to
fish and spend time drinking
coffee and playing dominoes
with his many friends. He
was a member of the First
Presbyterian Church where
he served on the Board of
the Presbyterian Children’s
Home in Waxahachie. He
also served on the Whitesboro School Board for 18
years, as well as being a
member of the Booster Club
for many years. He loved
working with the youth at
church, gardening, hunting
and was married to the love
of his life for 53 years.
Survivors
He is survived by a son,
James Holt and wife, Sandra of Frisco; daughters,
Brenda Nunnally and Patricia Holt of Whitesboro; son
by choice, Lewis Cavin of
Whitesboro; grandchildren,
Chris Nunnally of Whitesboro, Dr. Stacey Nunnally
Polasek and husband, Aaron
of Katy, Texas; Kaylee Gendich and husband, Roland
of Roanoke; Shelby Holt
of Princeton, Jaimie Holt
of Stillwater, OK and Jacob Holt of Frisco; 2 great
grandchildren; and special niece, Yvonne Mills of
Whitesboro; sister-in-laws,
Angeline Holt of Austin and
Faye Holt of Ft. Worth.
He was preceded in
death by his parents, John
and Mary Holt and wife,
Myra Lucille (Reeves) Holt
(Tootsie).
To sign the online registry,
please go to: www.meadorfuneralhomes.com.
Reverend Monsignor
Thomas W. Weinzapfel
Services
Parishioners and friends
paid their respects on Tuesday, January 5 to Reverend
Monsignor Thomas W.
Weinzapfel. The Funeral
Mass was held on Wednesday January 6, 2016 at St.
Pius X Catholic Church
with Most Rev. Kevin J. Farrell, D.D. – Celebrant, Rev.
Msgr. Henry Petter, Homilist and Brother Priests of
the Diocese, Concelebrants.
Interment followed in the
Priest Circle of Calvary Hill
Cemetery in Dallas, Texas.
History
January 1, 2016 - Reverend Monsignor Thomas W.
Weinzapfel, a priest of the
Diocese of Dallas, having
just celebrated his 70th anniversary of his ordination.
Young Tom Weinzapfel was
ordained on December 23,
1945 at the Sacred Heart
Cathedral by Bishop Joseph
P. Lynch. Msgr. Tom served
east Dallas through St. Pius
X Catholic Church for forty
years from 1956 until his retirement from active priestly
duties in 1996. He continued to serve in various parishes throughout the Diocese.
Survivors
Msgr. Tom was preceded
in death by his parents Joseph & Julia Weinzapfel,
his brothers Ensign Robert
Weinzapfel and Reverend
Joseph J. (Fr. Joe) Weinzapfel, sisters Agnes Hellman
and Dora Jackson. He leaves
behind his sisters, Juanita
Bright, Medford, Oregon
and Mary Birden, Denton,
Texas and a brother Henry
Weinzapfel and wife Janie,
of Muenster, Texas, 29 nieces and nephews and many
great nieces & nephews.
Donations
If desired memorial contributions to support Catholic student education can
be made in Msgr. Tom’s
name through The Catholic Foundation @ www.
catholicfoundation.com.
Whaley UMC Begins New
Environmental Study Group
GAINESVILLE – On January 20 at 7:00 p.m. the
Whaley United Methodist
Church Wednesday night
study group will begin an
interdenominational exploration of environmental issues based on Pope Francis’s
Encyclical Letter, Laudato
Si’, On Care for Our Common Home. Denny Hook,
a retired Methodist pastor
and former District Superintendent in Oklahoma,
will facilitate the group’s
discussions. Dr. Pat Ledbetter will join him as co-leader. Everyone interested in
the environment, regardless
of church affiliation or religious conviction, is invited
to join in these conversations. The church address
is 701 Rosedale Drive in
Gainesville.
Issued on June 18, 2015,
Pope Francis’s Encyclical Letter is different from
most papal publications in
that it is addressed, not just
to Catholics but to every
person on the planet.
According to Hook,
“Our goal is to bring people
from different perspectives
together for a lively conversation.”
Ledbetter said, “The
group will also be open and
welcoming to the entire
spectrum of opinions on
environmental issues.”
Contact Denny Hook at
940-727-9355 or Pat Ledbetter at 940-665-2217.
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Gainesville Police Reports
GAINESVILLE – The following reports were received
by the Gainesville Police
Department.
Driving with an invalid
license, fleeing a police officer, possession of a controlled substance less than 1
gram, and tamper/fabricate
physical evidence with intent to impair were reported
in the 1500 block of N.
Hancock Street.
Robert J. Wallace reported burglary of a coin operated/collection machine in
the 1600 block of E. Highway 82.
Evading arrest/detention
was reported in the 1700
block of Mill Street.
Possession of marijuana
less than 2 ounces was reported in the 300 block of
S. Morris Street.
Ann S. Stone reported
reckless damage in the 1000
block of Myrtle Street.
Tamper/fabricate physical
evidence with intent to impair and possession of drug
paraphernalia were reported
in the 1500 block of Mill
Street.
Valero Corner Store No.
4503 reported criminal
mischief in the 1000 block
of N. Grand Avenue.
license was reported in the
300 block of N. Dixon
Street.
Holly L. Stenger reported
harassment in the 800 block
of E. Highway 82.
Courtnei D. Williams
reported criminal mischief
less than $750 in the 1000
block of Bella Vista Drive.
Arson was reported in the
500 block of S. Schopmeyer
Street.
Driving while intoxicated
block of N. Interstate 35.
Found property was reported in the 200 block of
Santa Fe Street.
Driving while license invalid was reported in the
1100 block of E. Pecan
Street.
Sidney R. Evans reported
theft of property less than
$150,000 in the 2100 block
of E. Highway 82.
Aaron’s Sales and Lease
Ownership reported theft
of service less than $2,500
in the 900 block of E. Highway 82.
Walmart Supercenter reported organized retail theft
less than $100 in the 1800
block of Lawrence Street.
800 block of N. Interstate
35.
Driving while intoxicated
block of Fair Avenue.
800 block of E. Broadway
Street.
Illegal dumping was reported in the 400 block of
Frasher Street.
less than 2 ounces and failure to identify a fugitive
intent to give false information were reported in the
4300 block of N. Interstate
35.
N. Interstate 35.
N. Grand Avenue.
Unauthorized use of a vehicle and criminal trespass
were reported in the 1600
block of Aspen Road.
An open alcohol container in a vehicle was reported in the 100 block of
N. Grand Avenue.
Walmart Supercenter reported theft of property less
than $2,500 in the 1800
block of Lawrence Street.
Driving under the influence was reported in the
2800 block of N. Grand
Avenue.
Santa Fe Street.
1300 block of N. Grand Avenue.
2100 block of S. Interstate
35.
Public intoxication was
reported in the 1000 block
of Moss Street.
Arrest Logs
Susan Lorraine Youngblood, 56, misdemeanor
warrant.
Lindsay Beth Collings,
34, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Cheri Ann Moore, 53,
possession of drug paraphernalia.
Sharay Denise Robinson,
28, possession of marijuana,
interfere with public duties.
Caleb Ryan Rodriguez,
21, driving while license invalid, fleeing police officer,
possession of a controlled
substance, tamper/fabricate
physical evidence with intent to impair.
Lila Nichole Tingley, 27,
evading arrest/detention,
misdemeanor warrant.
Julian Vigil, 55, driving
while intoxicated.
Tony Lynn Boaz, 29, driving while license invalid.
Shanna Darlene Lloyd,
38, driving while license invalid.
Malek Marwan Hweidi,
22, misdemeanor warrant.
Tommy Lee Kelly, 31,
driving while license invalid.
Jacob Edward McNeely,
29, driving while license
invalid, misdemeanor warrant.
Randy Dale Huneycutt,
60, driving while intoxicated.
Danny Allen Baker, 39,
Ellen Louise Noble, 50,
Christina Michele Harrington, 37, misdemeanor
warrant.
Jose Francisco Cervantes, 26, fail to identify
a fugitive intent to give
false information, possession of marijuana, felony
warrant.
Billy-Joe Crandall, 25,
possession of marijuana.
Michael Joseph Stevens,
Chelsea Renee Smith, 23,
Sandra Aracely Villarreal,
42, misdemeanor warrant.
Jeremy James Gillette, 36,
Piper Benae Tracy, 32,
public intoxication.
Natalie Lynn Links, 35,
theft of property.
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Sentences Issued for
Felony Indictments
COOKE COUNTY – The
following sentenced were issued for felony indictments
and filed in the 235th District Court.
Michael Dale Campbell
Jr., 21, pleaded guilty to the
third degree felony offense
of evading arrest/detention
with a vehicle Sep. 10, 2014
and was sentenced to 2 years
in a state jail facility, a $500
fine and court costs.
of forgery-issue of money
Jan. 30, 2014 and was sentenced to 2 years in a state
jail facility, a $500 fine and
court costs.
of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence Jan.
30, 2014 and was sentenced
to 2 years in a state jail facility, a $500 fine and court
costs.
Jose Asuncion Barrios, 56,
pleaded guilty to the third
degree felony offense of
driving while intoxicated for
the third time or more Nov.
to 2 years in a state jail facility and court costs.
Jose Leon Cansino, 32,
pleaded guilty to the first
degree felony offense of engaging in organized criminal activity – theft Jan. 24,
2015 and was sentenced to
7 years in a state jail facility
and court costs.
Sonia Gayle Johnson, 50,
pleaded guilty to the second degree felony offense
of possession of a controlled
substance less than 4 grams
with intent to deliver Apr.
to 2 years in a state jail facility, a $500 fine and court
costs.
Grand Jury Issues 8
Felony Indictments
Cooke County Grand Jury
issued 8 felony indictments
on December 10.
Steven Rex Eden, 50, was
indicted for the state jail
felony offense of possession
of a controlled substance less
than 1 gram July 16, 2015.
Stephanie Eltman, 30,
was indicted for the third
degree felony offense of
evading arrest using a motor
vehicle Sept. 10, 2015.
Kara Lee Keith, 28, was
indicted for the state jail felony offense of interference
with child custody Oct. 10,
2015.
Derrick Lamond McGary,
46, was indicted for the first
degree felony offense of aggravated robbery Oct. 18,
2015.
Kenneth Roy Wayne
Millhollon, 34, was indicted
for the state jail felony offense of possession of a controlled substance less than 1
gram Aug. 2, 2015; and was
indicted for the third degree
felony offense of possession
of a controlled substance
less than 4 grams Sept. 10,
2015.
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CCAD Encourages Homeowners to Take
Advantage of Homestead Exemptions
COOKE COUNTY - One
of the easiest ways a homeowner can lower his or her
property tax bill in 2016 is to
file a homestead exemption.
A homestead is generally the
house and land used as the
owner’s principal residence
on Jan. 1 of the tax year.
Homestead exemptions
reduce the appraised value of
your home and, as a result,
lower your property taxes.
To apply for an exemption
on your residence homestead, contact the Cooke
County Appraisal District.
Available homestead exemptions include:
• School taxes: All homeowners may receive a
$25,000 homestead exemption for school taxes.
• County taxes: If a county collects a special tax for
farm-to-market roads or
flood control, a homeowner
may receive a $3,000 homestead exemption for this tax.
• Age and disability exemptions: Individuals 65
or older or disabled as defined by law may qualify
for a $10,000 homestead
Commercial & Residential
exemption for school taxes,
in addition to the $25,000
exemption available to all
homeowners. Also, any
taxing unit may offer a local optional exemption of
at least $3,000 for taxpayers age 65 or older and/or
disabled. Older or disabled
homeowners do not need to
own their homes on Jan. 1
to qualify for the $10,000
homestead exemption. They
qualify as soon as they turn
65 or become disabled.
• Taxing units may offer
a local option exemption
based on a percentage of a
home’s appraised value. Any
taxing unit can exempt up
to 20 percent of the value
of each qualified homestead.
No matter what percentage of value the taxing unit
adopts, the dollar value of
the exemption must be at
least $5,000.
• Partial exemption for disabled veterans: Texas law
provides partial exemptions
for any property owned by
veterans who are disabled,
spouses and survivors of
deceased disabled veterans.
This includes homesteads
donated to disabled veterans
by charitable organizations
at no cost to the disabled
veterans. The amount of
exemption is determined according to the percentage of
service- connected disability.
• 100 Percent Residence
Homestead Exemption for
Disabled Veterans: A disabled veteran who receives
(1) 100 percent disability
compensation due to a ser-
vice-connected disability;
and (2) a rating of 100 percent disabled or of individual unemployability from the
United States Department
of Veterans Affairs is entitled
to an exemption from taxation of the total appraised
value of the veteran’s residence homestead. Surviving spouses of veterans who
qualified for this exemption
or who would have qualified for this exemption if
it had been in effect at the
time of the veterans’ death
are also eligible with certain
restrictions. The residence
homestead application must
be filed if this exemption is
claimed.
• Surviving Spouses of
Members of the U.S. Armed
Services Killed in Action:
The surviving spouse of a
member of the U.S. armed
services who is killed in
action is allowed a total
(100 percent) property tax
exemption on his or her
residence homestead if the
surviving spouse has not remarried since the death of
the armed services member.
For more details on homestead exemptions, contact
the Cooke County Appraisal District at 201 N. Dixon,
Gainesville TX 76240 or
www.cookecad.org.
The
homestead exemption applications are available at the
Cooke County Appraisal
District office and on their
website www.cookecad.org
or online at http://www.
window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/
taxforms/50-114.pdf.
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Appraisal District for agricultural productivity appraisal and for a lower appraisal of their land based
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The Texas Constitution
authorizes two types of
agricultural
productivity
appraisals, 1-d-1 and 1-d,
named after the section in
which they were authorized. For 1-d-1 appraisal,
property owners must use
the land for agriculture or
timber but the lands use
must meet the degree of
intensity generally accepted
in the area. Owners must
also show that the land
is being used for at least
five of the preceding seven
years. 1-d-1 appraisal does
not restrict ownership to
individuals and does not require agriculture to be the
owner’s primary business as
a 1-d application requires.
Most land owners apply for
the 1-d-1 appraisal.
Under 1-d appraisal, the
land must have been used
for this purpose at least three
years and the owner must be
an individual versus a corporation, partnership, agency
or organization. The land
must also be the owner’s primary source of income. Because of these restriction all
of Cooke CAD’s agricultural
use has been filed under 1-d1 appraisal.
Penalties in the form of
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the chief appraiser requests a
new application.
If you have received a letter
requiring you to re-file your
application you must do so.
Taxpayer assistance for
Agricultural
applications
will be available in the Cooke
County Appraisal District
Boardroom on February 25,
2016 from 8:00 am to 6:00
pm and Saturday February
27, 2016 from 9:00 am to
12:00 pm. Assistance with
wildlife management applications and a brief talk about
wildlife management will be
held on March 5, 2016 from
9:00 am to 12:00 pm at the
Hillcrest Church of Christ,
1712 O’Neal St. in Gainesville. Agricultural valuation
and wildlife applications are
available at Cooke County
Appraisal District office.
For more information
about productivity appraisal and application forms,
contact the Cooke County
Appraisal District at, 201
North Dixon, Gainesville
TX 76240.
Information is also available on the state Comptroller’s Property Tax Assistance
Division’s website at www.
window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/
proptax/.
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a rollback tax, or the difference between the taxes
paid under productivity
appraisal and the taxes that
would have been paid if the
land had been put on the tax
roll at market value, will be
imposed if qualified land is
taken out of agriculture use.
A rollback tax occurs
when a land owner switches
the land’s use to non-agricultural. These rollback taxes under 1-d-1 are based on
the five tax years preceding
the year of change.
Texas law also allows farmers and ranchers to use land
for wildlife management and
still receive the special appraisal, but the land must be
qualified for agriculture use
in the preceding year. Land
under wildlife management
must also meet acreage size
requirements and special use
qualifications.
The deadline to apply
for productivity appraisal is
April 30. If the last day for
the performance of an act is
a Saturday, Sunday, or legal
state or national holiday, the
act is timely if performed
on the next regular business
day. Owners of land qualified as 1-d-1 need not file
again in later years unless
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Opinions
Froma Harrop
Democrats Must Also Address Illegal Immigration
By Froma Harrop
As respectable Republicans
panic over Donald Trump’s
storm of insults against
Hispanics, Democrats may
be tempted to sit back and
watch the other party estrange millions of potential
voters. But they do so at their
own peril.
Democrats already have
the luxury of being far less
offensive, whatever position
they take on immigration.
But they must take a position, and that position must
draw a line between legal
and illegal. To do so, they
can’t flinch when advocates
of open borders unleash unpleasant accusations against
any Democrat who attempts
to honor that line.
Fear of uncontrolled immigration is not limited to
crazed right-wing white folk.
Blacks have long felt themselves unfairly replaced by
immigrants. As poet Toni
Morrison wrote, “whatever
the ethnicity or nationality of
the immigrant, his nemesis
is understood to be African
American.” The evidence remains anecdotal, but many
blacks have expressed support
for Trump over this issue.
Many immigrants also
have highly mixed feelings
about open borders. To my
surprise, a nonwhite nurse
from the Philippines, a
friend, has been sending me
pro-Trump literature.
Over half of Latinos in the
U.S. workforce were born in
this country. They are thoroughly American. And that
doesn’t count the huge number of foreign-born Hispanic
workers here legally.
Their wages and benefits
are also being depressed by
unauthorized migrants willing to work for less. And as
many states and cities raise
their minimum wages, some
employers will be even more
tempted to hire the undocumented under the table and
at lower pay.
Many Democrats who
honor and admire immigrants remain frustrated by
a surge of unskilled foreign
workers into the hard-hit
bottom rungs of the labor
market. It is one cause of
economic inequality. A Pew
Research Center poll has 79
percent of Democrats saying
that the immigration system
needs to be completely rebuilt. And just look at the
exasperated comments by
self-described liberals following opinion pieces praising
the benefits of immigration
without making any distinction between legal and not.
The reasonable path out of
the mess is to legalize most
of the undocumented while
stopping future unauthorized
migrants. President Obama
valiantly tried to win over
skeptics by demonstrating a
will to enforce. For these efforts, the open-border crowd
on the left condemns him as
“deporter in chief.”
Note the hostile reaction
to Obama’s recent move to
discourage a new surge of
illegal immigration from
Central America. Agents for
his Department of Homeland Security had arrested
for deportation 121 migrants
whose claims for asylum
were denied in the courts.
“Our borders are not open
to illegal migration,” Homeland Security Secretary Jeh
Johnson said. In any other
country, that would have
been an unremarkable statement.
But advocates for undocumented immigrants and
some Democrats in Congress
went ballistic. They accused
Obama of crimes against innocent families.
If powerful Democrats
can’t back deporting 121
people whose appeals for asylum were turned down, why
would the American public
trust them to respect a comprehensive immigration solution?
As the party of unions and
working people, the Democratic Party used to be more
hawkish on immigration
than the GOP -- and with
the support of its immigrant
members. At a certain point,
though, many leading Democrats replaced the labor
agenda with an ethnic one.
Because Trump’s magic
sauce includes a strong defense of the social security
net, Bernie Sanders thinks
he could attract some of the
populist’s working-class supporters. He or Hillary Clinton probably could. But each
must first make clear that our
national labor market can’t
be a global one. That means
defending the principle,
without apology, that who
and how many come into
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Guns: Bad Journalism and Bad Politics
By Mona Charen
Are you opposed to “common sense” gun laws? These
are what liberals like Hillary
Clinton are always proclaiming their support for. In their
telling, expanding background checks, closing the
“gun show loophole,” and
restricting Internet sales will,
in the words of liberal columnist E.J. Dionne, “(limit)
the carnage on our streets,
in our schools and houses of
worship, and at our movie
theaters.” That’s not an argument -- it’s moral grandstanding, and not a word of
it holds up under scrutiny.
As someone who doesn’t
love guns, and who believes
that the Second Amendment does not forbid (SET
ITAL) all (END ITAL) regulation of gun ownership, I
am open to the idea of gun
control. The facts, though,
are stubborn things. We’ve
always had plentiful guns in
this country, but we haven’t
always had the frequency of
random, mass shootings in
public places that have so
disturbed us over the past
couple of decades.
As many critics, including the fact checker at the
Washington Post, have observed, President Obama’s
suggestion that “A violent
felon can buy the exact same
weapon over the Internet
with no background check,
no questions asked” is rubbish. “A gun dealer must
comply with federal laws
that require gun sellers to
have licenses and perform
background checks ... without regard for whether the
sale is arranged on the Internet or in person,” quoth The
Washington Post.
None of the reforms proposed by President Obama
would have prevented the
awful mass shootings in
Newtown or Roseburg or
Aurora or San Bernardino.
As the AP showed, the killers in those cases legally purchased their weapons and
passed background checks;
or used straw purchasers (already illegal); or used weapons owned by family members. The Charleston killer
should not have passed the
background check (he had
a drug arrest on his record),
but government bungling
allowed the purchase to proceed.
Are we in the grip of an
epidemic of gun violence?
Writing in Reason maga-
zine, Brian Doherty notes
that the gun homicide rate
in 1993 (when there were
approximately 192 million
guns in circulation) was 7
per 100,000 Americans.
In 2013, the gun murder
rate had declined to 3.8 per
100,000, by which time
there were approximately
300 million guns in private
hands. More guns do not
seem to equal more gun
murders.
If we’re not awash in gun
violence, we are certainly
in the grip of bad journalism about gun violence. As
a 2015 survey published in
Preventive Medicine magazine showed, only a tiny
percentage of criminals purchase their guns from shops.
Most obtain them through
informal networks or gangs.
Is the “gun show loophole”
responsible for lots of guns
in the hands of bad actors?
Doubtful. A 2001 survey
of federal prisoners found
that only 1 percent had
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To the Editor:
I was driving east on
FM 902 on December 28
at around 9 a.m. when I
saw a pickup parked on
the north side of the road
about ¼ mile west of the
Lake Kiowa entrance gate.
I saw a man standing in the
ditch by his truck trying to
help someone up and out
of the wet ditch. I was pulling a trailer and had to go
to a parking lot near the
gate to turn around. Numerous vehicles were on
the road and I almost did
not return since I thought
that any number of occupants of the vehicles would
be helping he man before I
could get to him. Luckily,
I did turn around since no
one had stopped to help.
The person in the ditch
was an elderly woman and
an elderly man was trying
to get her up, but was having trouble, so I gave him
a hand and we got her up
and into the pickup. The
temperature was in the 30’s
and she was wet and cold.
We both departed. I was
disgusted with the situation. I have never seen so
many people so callus as to
not go to the aid of another
Texan in need of help in
my life time of 72 years. I
would expect to see people
act like this in New York
or Los Angeles, but never
in Texas. Some of those
people could have at least
called for help. The woman
could have been having a
life threatening illness and
could have died. I hope
that I never see this again.
I also hope that this is not
the direction that the people of this state are going.
God help us if it is.
Sam Montgomery
Gainesville, TX
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purchased their weapons at
gun shows, and as Charles
C.W. Cooke has patiently
explained, the “gun show
loophole” is a misnomer in
any case. FFLs (federal firearms licensed sellers) must
perform background checks
no matter where they transact business, and private sellers are under no obligation
to perform checks whether
they sell from their kitchen
or at a gun show.
About two thirds of gun
deaths in America are suicides. It’s possible that one
proposed reform, adopting
so-called “smart guns” that
could be fired only by the
owner, might be useful in
preventing some fraction of
gun deaths. One thinks of
teenagers who commit suicide with the gun belonging
to their parents, or children
who die in gun accidents.
Smart guns might make it
more difficult for criminals
who steal guns to use them
(though that Preventive
Medicine survey suggests
that only about 3 percent
of criminals’ guns are stolen). We can’t be certain that
the technology would work,
and we know that many of
the recent mass shootings
have been carried out by legal gun owners. So, guarded
optimism, maybe, but no
magic bullet there.
Showcasing one’s feelings about mass shootings
-- especially when you can
ratchet up your indignation
at the “gun lobby” and Republicans -- is emotionally
satisfying. But the truth is
that no one really knows
why we’ve suffered mass
shootings in such numbers
in recent years. It may be
partly the copycat effect;
or the lure of the publicity
shooters invariably receive
in a culture that has trouble
separating fame from infamy; the decline of character-building institutions like
churches and families (the
vast majority of mass shooters have been males raised
in divorced or single-parent
homes); or the failure of
our mental-health system to
provide treatment to those
who need it most.
But those explanations
don’t yield convenient villains. If you want to weep
about something, it should
be that.
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Gainesville Building Permit Requests
GAINESVILLE – The following permit requests
were received by the City of
Gainesville for the month of
December.
An accessory building
permit was requested at
1015 N. Taylor Street.
An accessory building
permit was requested at 303
Rosedale Drive.
A burn permit was requested at 4317 N. Weaver
Street.
A Certificate of Occupancy was requested at 903 W.
Highway 82.
A Certificate of Occupancy was requested at 101 N.
Grand Avenue.
A Certificate of Occupancy was requested at 2001 E.
Highway 82.
California Street.
Weaver Street.
Commerce Street.
A Certificate of Occupancy was requested at 334 W.
Highway 82.
A Certificate of Occupancy was requested at 1820
Oneal Street, Suite 5.
California Street.
A construction permit
was requested at 2532 E.
Highway 82.
was requested at 1211 N.
Dixon Street.
was requested at 519 Moran
Street.
Weaver Street.
A construction permit was
requested at 1603 Morningside Drive.
A construction remodel
E. Highway 82.
S. Rusk Street.
N. Denison Street.
A demolition permit was
requested at 1601 Aspen
Road.
An electrical permit was
requested at 903 W. Highway 82.
requested at 1403 E. Highway 82.
requested at 715 E. California Street.
requested at 1325 N. Grand
Avenue.
requested at 1041 N. Grand
Avenue.
requested at 202 N. Morris
Street.
requested at 1214 Whaley
Drive.
A fence permit was requested at 2532 E. Highway
82.
A fence permit was requested at 908 Oneal Street.
A fence permit was requested at 314 Hird Street.
A fence permit was requested at 1421 Culberson
Street.
A flatwork permit was
requested at 200 S. Weaver
Street.
requested at 821 S. Rusk
Street.
requested at 901 S. Dixon
Street.
A flatwork permit was requested at 940 Moss Street.
requested at 3106 Briarcliff
Circle.
A flatwork permit was requested at 402 S. Denton
Street.
A flatwork permit was requested at 900 E. Highway
82.
An
irrigation/sprinkler
235th District Court
Cases Filed, Decided
following cases were filed
and decided in the 235th
District Court.
Cases Filed
Cooke County et al vs.
Jackie Ater and Lynda C.
Ater et al – tax cases.
Charles Sims, Jr. – tax cases.
Anthony C. Powers et al –
tax cases.
Wayne Lynch et al – tax
cases.
Pilot Point Independent
School District vs. Joseph
Ermalovich – tax cases.
Pilot Point Independent
School District vs. Whitman Dillon et al – tax cases.
Geoffrey Michael Hellman vs. Cindy Janet Lara-
Hellman – divorce.
Frontrunner
Capital
2003, LLC. 1601 Elm
Street Suite 3700 Dallas, Texas 75201 vs. Basic
Energy Services, LP. 801
Cherry Street Suite 2100
Fort Worth, Texas 76102 –
contract.
Barbara Roberts vs.
Richard Carl Roberts –
protective orders.
Jose Gerardo Mireles vs.
Marisol Huerta Mireles –
divorce.
James Andrew Puckett
vs. Betty Ann Puckett – divorce.
Jennifer Smith vs. Vernon Dugger – injury or
damage with motor vehicle.
Cases Decided
Ariel Garcia and Rosa Garcia et al – non-suited or
dismissed by plaintiff.
Gainesville Independent
School District vs. Pedros
Torres – non-suited or dismissed by plaintiff.
Unknown owners – default
judgments.
Era Independent School
District vs. Shirley Ann
Miller – non-suited or dismissed by plaintiff.
Janet Blanton vs. Jason
Blanton – divorce.
Diana Karina Morales
vs. Frank James Morales –
divorce.
Wausau Underwriters
Insurance Company vs.
Forsythe Transportation,
Inc. – default judgments.
Oil Field Trucking Solutions, LLC. vs. Select
Energy Services, LLC. –
non-suited or dismissed by
plaintiff.
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A mechanical permit was
requested at 1801 S. Weaver
Street.
A mechanical permit
Howeth Street.
A plumbing permit was
requested at 1701 N. Interstate 36.
requested at 3707 E. Highway 82.
requested at 612 N. Weaver
Street.
requested at 703 S. Denton
Street.
requested at 610 N. Ritchey
Street.
requested at 1510 Rice Avenue.
requested at 1004 E. Garnett Street.
A
plumbing
permit
Howeth Street.
requested at 302 S. Denton
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 900 E. Highway
82.
A roofing permit was requested at 1100 N. Taylor
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 1311 Hillcrest
Boulevard.
A roofing permit was requested at 1215 S. Taylor
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 1114 N. Morris
Street.
A roofing permit was
requested at 2228 N. Clements Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 1100 Rosedale
Drive.
A roofing permit was requested at 502 Hannah
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 703 S. Weaver
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 328 N. Clements
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 633 S. Denton
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 1909 Woodlawn
Street.
A roofing permit was requested at 1804 E. California Street.
A siding permit was requested at 517 N. Dixon
Street.
Multiple sign permits
were requested at 1000 N.
Interstate 35.
A sign permit was requested at 1403 E. Highway 82.
A sign permit was requested at 117 N. Grand Avenue.
A sign permit was requested at 427 N. Grand Avenue.
A tent permit was requested at 2000 Zodiac Drive.
An underground construction permit was requested at 200 S. Rusk
Street.
A validate electric permit
was requested at 315 E. California Street.
A validate electric permit was requested at 917 S.
Rusk Street.
Interstate 35.
Weaver Street.
was requested at 1728 Rice
Avenue.
was requested at 1403 E.
Highway 82.
Denison Street.
A validate mechanical
2350 Airport Drive.
1728 Rice Avenue.
S. Dixon Street.
1124 N. Weaver Street.
N. Weaver Street.
A validate plumbing permit was requested at 315 E.
California Street.
A validate plumbing permit was requested at 917 S.
Dixon Street.
A validate plumbing permit was requested at 917 S.
Rusk Street.
A validate plumbing permit was requested at 4321
N. Interstate 35.
N. Weaver Street.
Rice Avenue.
It’s a
Girl!
LINDSAY - Dusti and Kacie Etter of Lindsay proudly announce the birth of
their daughter, Dusti Lou
Kindle Etter.
Dusti was born at 5:27
A.M., December 9 at
North Texas Medical Center in Gainesville. She
weighed 5 pounds and 4
ounces and was 19 inches
long. She joins brothers
Corigan, 9 and Leo Etter,
2.
Grandparents are Russell and Dorothy Etter of
Gainesville, Jack and Julie
Martin of Era, Andy and
Wanda Garcia of Bastrop,
and Sherrie Garcia of
Sanger.
Great-grandparents are
Tom and Fay Etter of
Gainesville, the late Oscar
and Opal Kindle of Otterville, Mo, Andy and Lyda
Garcia of Bishop, and Leo
and the late Mary Lou
Hess of Muenster.
New Training Classes
for Casa Start Feb. 1
GAINESVILLE – 2016 is
the perfect time for you to
become a Court Appointed
Special Advocate (CASA)
with new training classes
starting February 1, 2016.
CASA is in desperate need
of new volunteers, as there
are many children without a
CASA in Cooke County.
CASA of North Texas advocates for abused and neglected children in the court
system. CASAs are appointed by judges to help the
courts deal with the overwhelmingly difficult and
costly increase in child abuse
cases. The CASA volunteer
is an independent voice for
a child, assuring that their
needs are met.
The criteria are having
a passion for the safety of
children, having an average
of fifteen hours per month
to dedicate to the child, being able to pass CPS and
criminal background checks
(which must be clear), having good references, and being over the age of 21. Volunteers must complete 33
hours of training provided
by CASA before they are approved to serve as advocates
for children.
Classes meet ten times,
twice a week, for three hours
at a time. Classes can be
scheduled during the day, or
evening depending on the
volunteer’s schedule.
For more information
on how you can volunteer,
call the CASA office (940)
665-2244, or visit either of
the CASA websites, www.
casant.org, or www.becomeacasa.org. You may also
contact CASA’s Recruiter,
Jerry Metzler via e-mail at
[email protected].
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NO. PR17282
IN THE ESTATE OF BILLIE JO DYER,
DECEASED
IN COUNTY COURT AT LAW OF COOKE
COUNTY
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Notice is hereby given that Original Letters Testimony for the Estate of Billie Jo Dyer, Deceased, were
issued on December 8, 2015, in Cause No. PR17282,
pending in the County Court a Law of Cooke County,
Texas, to: Randy L. Nickerson.
All persons having claims against this Estate which
is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the
manner prescribed by law.
c/o: Randy L. Nickerson
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DATED the 4th day of January, 2016
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Texas Parks & Wildlife
Lewisville
Fishing report
Water stained; 49–53 degrees; 8.97’ high. Black bass slow on spinnerbaits and suspending jerkbaits. White bass are
fair on slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on trotlines and prepared bait. Please use caution
when navigating and please call ahead as some ramps are closed due to high water.
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Water stained; 8.13’ high. No report available. All ramps closed due to high water.
Texoma
Water stained; 5.93’ high. Black bass are slow on suspending jerkbaits, finesse jigs and football jigs. Crappie are fair on
minnows. Striped bass are fair on slabs and minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines.
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Gainesville Receives
Improved ISO Rating
Building Code Enforcement, and the City Secretary keeping our ordinances up.”
Klayton Cantrell of the
Gainesville Police Department Patrol Division was
named as the January 2016
Employee of the Month
and was recognized for
his hard work and dedication to both the Police
Department and the City
of Gainesville. In November 2015, Officer Cantrell
investigated a burglary and
made contact with the suspect, where he observed
illegal activity including
credit card fraud and theft.
Officer Cantrell was com-
mended on his diligence
in initiating the investigation from the burglary,
and putting an end to this
criminal activity likely prevented there being many
more victims of theft. City
Manager Barry Sullivan
presented Cantrell with a
certificate of recognition
along with a certificate for
an additional day of vacation.
Councilmembers unanimously approved a resolution which authorizes City
Manager Barry Sullivan
to enter into an advanced
funding agreement with
the Texas Department of
Transportation to rebuild
Weber Drive. This project
is to be completed when
TXDOT is working on
US Highway 82 at Weber
Drive. The Weber Drive
project is estimated to cost
$1,122,131.00 and will be
paid for from the Assigned
Fund using excess revenue
from last year.
Councilmembers also
unanimously approved the
minutes from the December 15, 2015 Regular City
Council Meeting.
All members of City
Council were present.
With no further action,
the meeting was adjourned
at 6:44 p.m.
Awards All Around - Pictured Right: Officer Klayton Cantrell is presented his certificate of recognition
by City Manager Barry Sullivan for being named Employee of the Month for January 2016. Pictured above:
Gainesville Fire Chief Wally Cox displays the plaque
from the Insurance Services Office (ISO) for receiving
an improved Class 2 rating for fire-protection services in
the City of Gainesville.
(The Weekly News Photos)
Cooke County Sheriff
Logs Incident Reports
following incidents were reported to the Cooke County
Sheriff’s Office.
Possession of a controlled
substance less than 4 grams
was reported at Interstate 35
and FM 1307.
Richard Kent Odom reported theft of property
less than $2,500 in the 500
block of CR 263.
James Timothy Plumlee
reported fraudulent use/
possession of identifying information in the 4300 block
of S. FM 372.
Avery Scout Vaughn reported burglary of a vehicle
in the 500 block of S. Denton Street.
Hailey Virginia Cooper
reported theft of property
less than $30,000 in the
500 block of S. Denton
Street.
Jacob Bradley Reynolds
reported burglary of a vehicle in the 1500 block of
Hawkins Road.
Amy Parker reported burglary of a vehicle in the 1500
block of Hawkins Road.
Bradley Scott Thurman
reported burglary of a vehicle in the 1500 block of
Hawkins Road.
Possession of a controlled
substance less than 1 gram
was reported at Highway 82
and CR 123.
Tamper/fabricate physical
evidence with intent to impair was reported at Highway 82 and CR 123.
Patsy Ruth Damron reported theft of property less
than $2,500 in the 1000
block of Kiowa Drive W.
CR 191.
Marriage License
Requests Received
following applications for
marriage were received by
the Cooke County Clerk’s
Office.
Edward J. Cosgrove, 48,
Whitesboro and Sarah E.
Emmert, 46, Whitesboro.
Barry Lane Hess, 41,
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Muenster and Elizabeth
Ann Barham, 45, Muenster.
William David Terrel, 62,
Perry, Okla. and Jo Beth Lynett, 61, Garland.
James Raymond Echevarria, 23, Sherman and Cheree
Nicole Kiser, 23, Gainesville.
Arrest Logs
Marsha Elaine Roberts,
49, tamper/fabricate physical evidence with intent to
impair, possession or delivery of drug paraphernalia,
substance.
Kelli Nicole Westbrook,
24, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Melissa Dawn Barefield,
21, criminal trespass, organized retail theft.
Robert Wayne Damron,
Joshua Fleming Fleeks,
25, disorderly conduct, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Jerome Tradell Mack, Jr.,
25, parked facing traffic.
Malik Demon Johnson,
18, walk on highway with
traffic no sidewalk.
Leobardo Pablo Heredia,
25, assault causing bodily
injury.
Jason Patrick Bamburg,
39, no driver’s license, failure to maintain financial
responsibility, failure to appear.
Todd Joseph Bezner, 22,
public intoxication.
Steven Ray Rohrer, 44, assault.
Crystal Sloop, 27, assault
causing bodily injury.
Jerrod Levi Jones, 30, assault causing bodily injury.
Robin Marshall Higgins,
33, possession or delivery of
drug paraphernalia, tamper/
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fabricate physical evidence
with intent to impair.
Jodee Michelle Dyer, 25,
impeding the flow of traffic,
no driver’s license.
Amanda Nicole Romo,
33, walking on wrong side
of roadway.
Darrell Lee Pace, 51, expired registration, no liability insurance.
Earnest Humphrey, 28,
driving while license invalid.
Brianna Rene Moore, 18,
no driver’s license.
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