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Weekly News of Cooke County
Volume 11, Number 30
Cooke County, Texas
December 24, 2014
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Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy Holiday season.
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CCAD board approves the
district’s bank depository
By Keith G. King
The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – The Cooke
County Appraisal District Board
of Directors chose the bank depository for the district by a 4-0
vote during the 6 p.m. Dec. 15
meeting.
According to CCAD Chief Appraiser Doug Smithson, two bids
for bank depository were received
– one from Muenster State Bank
and one from Landmark Bank.
Muenster State Bank has been
the CCAD bank depository since
2008.
Smithson said that both bids
were basically the same, but after
comparison, he recommended
Muenster State Bank.
Muenster State Bank Senior Vice
President Christine Weinzapfel was
present to answer any questions
from the board and to express her
appreciation for the district’s business during the past several years.
Board members present and
voting to approve Muenster State
Bank were President Larry Partain,
Beverly Snuggs, Ashley Clifton
and Jerry Fleitman. Board member
Randell Reed was not present.
Board members discussed what
to do with the 2014 reserves.
Currently the CCAD has ap-
proximately $88,000 in its reserves.
A projected amount of 2014 reserves is approximately $16,000;
however, the actual amount will
not be determined until the audit
is completed.
Partain said that in the past the
board capped the CCAD reserves
at $100,000, but that all of the reserves have been returned during
the past few years.
Smithson said that in order to
keep the reserves, letters to the
taxing entities will need to be sent
seeking approval to keep the 2014
reserves.
The board unanimously voted to
approve keeping the 2014 reserves
NCTC Holiday Classic
hits the court Dec. 29
Special to The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – The 27th edition of the NCTC Holiday Classic
will begin Monday (Dec. 29) and
will feature several teams who will
be making their ﬁrst appearance
at the tournament and the cast of
regulars.
The roundball tournament will
run through Dec. 31. All games
will be played in the Lions Fieldhouse on the North Central Texas
College’s Gainesville campus.
Schools that will be making their
Holiday Classic debut this year
include Anna, Bonham and Colleyville Covenant Christian. And
Sacred Heart Catholic School will
be making its 27th consecutive ap-
pearance.
This year’s tournament looks
to be wide open on the girls side.
Teams participating include Anna,
Aubrey, Callisburg, Colleyville
Covenant, Gainesville, Ponder, Sacred Heart and Valley View.
On the boys side, the tournament ﬁeld includes Bonham, Collinsville, Era, Gainesville JV, Pilot
Point, Sacred Heart, Trinity Valley
and Valley View.
Games begin at 9 a.m., each day.
The championship games will be
played at 6 p.m. Dec. 31 for the
girls and at 7:30 p.m. for the boys.
It’s not just the games that make
the tournament special.
In 1990, a tradition of recognizing the outstanding student-
athletes in the tournament was
started. The Academic All-Star
team includes senior boys and girls
who have maintained a three-year
high school average of 90 or higher. Each scholar-athlete receives a
plaque recognizing him or her for
their achievement. These awards
are sponsored by the Cooke County Bar Association and will be presented before the 7:30 p.m., game
Dec. 30.
For the 19th consecutive year,
the Bill King Memorial Sportsmanship Award will also be presented by the King family before
the 7:30 p.m., game Dec. 29.
Other special awards include the
All-Tournament team and MVP
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and instructed Smithson to seek
approval from the taxing entities
once the total has been solidiﬁed
and the audit is ﬁnished.
The board unanimously approved two Appraisal Review
Board (ARB) 2015 members
George Hardcastle and Sylvan
Walterscheid and appointed David
Estes as chair and Bill Dareing as
secretary.
Current chair Bill White has
served his allotted time on the
ARB during 2014.
Smithson said that he has a list
of names for potential ARB members for 2015 and will send applications to the prospects.
Also, anyone can serve on the
ARB. If you would like more information, contact the ARB secretary at the CCAD.
Anyone wishing to apply to serve
on the 2015 ARB should pick up an
application at the CCAD oﬃces at
201 N. Dixon St., in Gainesville.
Anyone who is appointed to
the ARB will be required to take
a two-day seminar oﬀered through
the Texas Comptroller’s Oﬃce.
Board members considered a
resolution to approve all of the
2015 contracts that included items
such as lawn care, building cleaning, accountants and any service
that is provided to the CCAD.
After a conversation about certain contracts, the board took no
action on the resolution to approve
the 2015 contracts.
Smithson told board members
about learning opportunities at
the Texas Association of Appraisal
Districts (TAAD) convention in
Austin in January.
The board recessed into executive session for the annual evaluation of the Chief Appraiser.
No action was taken after reconvening into open session.
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by Keith G. King
Merry Christmas and Happy
Holidays!
It is hard to believe that the
season is upon us and soon,
Santa will leave those gifts for
all of those good boys and girls.
And when they awake Thursday
morning, their eyes will go ‘boing!’
This is one of my favorite times
of the year and it is fun to watch
my ﬁve grandchildren open the
gifts from their PeePop (that’s
me).
The trees are trimmed and the
decorations are up and will be the
brightest of the season Thursday.
So I will leave you in the words
of Burl Ives:
“Have a Holly, Jolly Christmas!
It’s the Best Time of the Year.”
Thanks to Kenneth, Mary
and Diane at Kaden the Florist
for letting me drop by and take
the photo of the poinsettias that
Kenneth raises for the Christmas
season.
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December 24, 2014
Gainesville council approves funding
for a Leonard Park video board sign
By Keith G. King
The Weekly News
GAINEVILLE – The
Gainesville City Council
approved funding for a
new LED sign at Leonard
Park during the Dec. 16
meeting.
Gainesville Parks and
Recreation Director Patrick McCage presented
several options to council
members about the proposed sign.
McCage presented bids
from Casteel & Associates
and Eagle Eye Media.
After showing two concepts that combined the
style of the brick Leonard Park entrance and the
Gainesville Gateway on
California Street, council
members discussed the options and additional parts
to the sign.
The sign will have two
LED screens and will be
built in a “V” shape with
to allow for visibility from
both California Street and
the I-35 service road. The
site for the sign will be at
the corner of California
Street and the onramp to
I-35 – the southwest corner of that intersection.
Council members authorized Gainesville City
Manager Barry Sullivan
to spend no more than
$145,000 for the project and also left the ﬁnal
decisions to Sullivan and
McCage and any council
member that wanted to
participate.
Funding for the Leonard
Park sign will come from
the Hotel/Motel Tax fund.
Those funds may only be
used for tourism or the
promotion of Gainesville
for tourism. No property
tax money will be used for
the structure.
McCage said that with
the ﬁber optic installation,
programming of the LED
boards may be accomplished from anywhere on
the city’s network.
The council had discussed the possibility of
a sign during a previous
meeting.
After reconvening from
an executive session, council members unanimously
approved a one-year contract extension for Sullivan.
Council members had a
lengthy discussion about
whether or not to recommend to Texas Department of Transportation
(TXDOT) a change of the
ﬂow of traﬃc on the I-35
service roads from two-way
traﬃc to one-way traﬃc
from the BNSF Railroad
to the 1202 overpass.
Council members held
a public hearing about the
possible change Dec. 2 and
three people spoke – all
were against the change.
The three who spoke
during the public hearing
were Roland Serna, owner
of Serna’s Mexican Cuisine; Steve Orcutt, owner
of Hilltop Conoco; and
Brenda Mobley, 40-year
resident of the area.
Serna told council members during the public
hearing that he felt that his
business “will not survive”
if the change in traﬃc ﬂow
is made.
Sullivan said that the
resolution was brought to
council members because
of some accidents out
there.
He said that during the
last six years, there have
been 25 accidents in area
being considered for the
change and that there have
been two fatal accidents
with a total of three fatalities.
Sullivan said that during
the same time frame in the
section north of the 1202
overpass and the Red River, there have been 11 accidents and no fatalities, but
that it is hard to get a good
comparison because of the
businesses and amount of
traﬃc.
Council members discussed the information
they received from constituents weighing in on the
proposed change.
Mike Hallum from TXDOT told council members
that TXDOT already has
planned for getting driver’s
attention better, putting a
large yield diamond on the
pavement and the installation of rumble strips before
the yield.
“It’s a big decision,”
Gainesville Mayor Jim
Goldsworthy said. “Doing
nothing is not an option.”
Council members could
not reach a consensus
about the recommendation
and tabled the item.
Council members approved the appointment
of Cathy Brown and the
re-appointment of Debra
Beavers to the Gainesville
Main Street board.
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Area obituaries
Curtis Edward
Newberry
Services
Curtis Edward Newberry, 64, of Gainesville
died Dec. 10 in Decatur
from injuries sustained
in a car accident.
Services were held
Dec. 19 at the Meador
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Frank
Lorne oﬃciating. Burial
was in Sanger Cemetery.
Arrangements were under the direction of the
Meador Funeral Home
of Gainesville.
History
Curtis Edward Newberry was born Aug. 3,
1950 in Sanger to Laverne Thomas and David Newberry.
He worked as a welder.
Survivors
Curtis Edward Newberry is survived by
his son, Trent Royal of
Gainesville; sisters, Sharon Jones of Arlington,
Marva Rambo of Denton and Carlas Ragland of DeSoto; brothers, James Newberry of
Gainesville and Ricky
Newberry of Gainesville; and grandchildren,
Jacob Royal and Taylor
Royal.
He was preceded in
death by his parents;
three children; two
brothers; and one sister.
Jean Burrus
Services
Jean Burrus, 84, died
Dec. 16.
Services were held
Dec. 22 at the Meador
Funeral Home Chapel.
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Jean Burrus is survived by her children
and spouses, Sherry
and Ed Chase, Jim and
Barb Burrus and Barbara and John Gardiner;
six grandchildren; seven
great-grandchildren; sister and brother-in-law,
Darlene and Bill Burkhart; and brother and
sister-in-law,
Ronnie
and Peggy Long.
She was preceded in
death by her parents,
Lester and Bela Long;
husband, James Burrus;
and brother, Donnie
Long.
Donations
Contributions may be
made to Home Hospice
of Cooke County, PO
Box 936, Gainesville,
Texas, 76241.
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Friday (Dec. 26) and will
open again Monday (Dec.
29).
And our oﬃce also will
be closed Dec. 30 to Jan.
1.
Happy Holidays.
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Burial was in Fairview
Cemetery. Arrangements
were under the direction
of the Meador Funeral
Home of Gainesville.
Pallbearers were Ed
Chase, John Gardiner,
Jeﬀ Chase, Chris Burrus, Mike Burkhart and
Jeﬀ Burkhart.
Honorary Pallbearers
were Steve Burkhart and
Gregg Burkhart.
History
Jean
Burrus
was
born Dec. 29, 1929 in
Gainesville. She met her
husband James Burrus
in 1947.
They moved to Wichita Falls where she was
employed by the Wichita Falls Independent
School District. After retirement, they returned
to Gainesville.
She enjoyed reading,
travel, sports, friendships in diﬀerent settings including playing
in bridge groups, 42,
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Club.
Survivors
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Harold “Runt”
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Harold “Runt” John
The newly elected Cooke
County oﬃcials will be administered their oaths of
oﬃce at 10 a.m. Jan. 1 at
the Cooke County Courthouse.
This ceremony is open to
the public and a reception
will follow the oﬃcial business.
Those who will take
their oath of oﬃce include
Jason Brinkley, Cooke
County Judge; John H.
Morris, County Court at
Law Judge; Susan Hughes,
District Clerk; Rebecca
Lawson, County Clerk;
Patty Brennan, County
Treasurer; B.C. Lemons,
Precinct 2 Commissioner;
Leon Klement, Precinct
Schmitz, 91, of Gainesville died Dec. 19 in
Gainesville.
Mass of Christian
Burial was held Dec. 22
at St. Peter’s Catholic
Church in Lindsay with
Fr. Phil Petta celebrating. Burial was in St. Peter’s Cemetery. Arrangements were under the
direction of the Geo. J.
Carroll & Son Funeral
Home of Gainesville.
History
Harold “Runt” John
Schmitz was born Jan.
26, 1923 in Cooke
County to Theodore
and Pauline Loerwald
Schmitz. He married
Clara Mages June 23,
1949 in Muenster.
Harold “Runt” John
Schmitz served in the
United States Army during World War II.
He was a member of
the St. Peter’s Catholic
Church.
He worked for the
Clyde Fisher Distribution Company and he
owned and operated
Club 60 in Lindsay. He
also installed ceramic
tile, vinyl and carpet and
farmed and ranched.
Survivors
Harold “Runt” John
Schmitz is survived by
his wife, Clara Schmitz
of Gainesville; son, Doug
Schmitz of Gainesville;
daughters, Mona Finkbohner of Cedar Hill
and Carla Grahl of Santa
Rosa Beach, Fla.; grandchildren, Amber Rodriguez, Cara Tundidor,
Rusty Schmitz, Sean
Finkbohner and Evan
Finkbohner; four greatgrandchildren; and sister, Isabel “Sis” Klement
of Muenster.
He was preceded in
death by his parents;
four brothers; and one
sister.
Donations
Contributions may be
made to the St. Peter’s
Catholic Church Building Restoration Fund in
Lindsay.
4 Commissioner; Dorthy
Lewis, Precinct 1 Justice
of the Peace; and Carroll
Johnson, Precinct 4 Justice
of the Peace.
with the singing of “Silent
Night” and the lighting of
candles.
The Cooke County
Clerk’s Oﬃce and the
Cooke County District
Clerk’s Oﬃce will be closed
Dec. 24 to Dec. 26, opening again Dec. 29.
The First Presbyterian
Church invites everyone to
celebrate the birth of Jesus
Christ with two Christmas
Eve services at the church
in Gainesville.
The ﬁrst service will be at
5 p.m. and is a family-oriented service that includes
a lot of singing and fun.
The 11 p.m. service is a
traditional candle-light service with at lot of special
music.
Each service will end
The Johnson Branch at
Lake Ray Roberts in Valley
View will hold a free event
Saturday (Dec. 27).
“Flying
Feathered
Friends” will be from 8 to
9:30 a.m. at Pavilion One.
This event is a hike where
you will look and listen for
birds in the area. All levels
of bird watchers are welcome to attend. This will
be a short hike of about
one mile on cement and
unpaved trails. Binoculars,
sturdy shoes and water are
recommended.
The event is free. There
is a $7 entrance fee to the
park for those who are 13
years old and older.
For more information,
call 940.637.2294.
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Town Hall Forum – Texas Representative Drew Springer representing District 68 held two
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residents at the Gainesville Civic Center. Springer wanted to discuss the upcoming 84th
session of the Texas Legislature and find out some of the citizens’ questions about the session and what they would like to see accomplished. Springer represents Cooke County in
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Gainesville ISD board
approves an additional
security measure
By Keith G. King
The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – The
Gainesville Independent
School District Board of
Trustees approved an added security measure for its
campuses during the Dec.
15 meeting.
The board approved a
touch-screen intercom security system for all campuses by a 6-0 vote. Board
President Will Presson was
not present.
The new system costs
$36,000 and is oﬀered
through Four Feathers
Alarm, LLC.
The system will control
door access to a building.
Each of the seven Gainesville ISD campuses will
have the system.
The door will have an access intercom pad that includes a camera that will be
visible to the oﬃce personnel from a desktop handset.
Exit through the secured
door is not encumbered.
Someone will push the
access intercom pad and
oﬃce personnel can see
who is seeking entrance
and decide whether or not
to allow entrance through
the door.
Six of the seven campuses
will have one secured door
and one campus will have
two.
This system will help
control access to the buildings. The system has a oneyear warranty for materials
and workmanship.
John Palmer of Four
Feathers Alarm presented
board members with a look
at the hardware for the
doors and also answered
questions.
Board members unanimously approved EIKON
Consultant Group, LLC
of Sanger as the Gainesville
ISD architectural and engineering ﬁrm.
EIKON was recommended by a committee
that interviewed diﬀerent
companies for the position.
The board approved a
seven-year contract for
EIKON.
The committee consisted
of GISD Superintendent
Dr. Jeﬀ Brasher, Director
of Maintenance & Operations Jim Watson, Director
of Finance Alyce Hamman,
board member Corey Hardin and board vice president Mike Schmitz.
The committee interviewed Claycomnb, Corgan, EIKON and WRA
Architects before making
its recommendation.
The reasoning to have a
ﬁrm on staﬀ is to have a
company that is familiar
with the district and facilities and will be available
for future projects when
needed.
Chalo Valls, vice president of performance management from E3 Entegral
Solutions, presented the
savings to the district having completed the ﬁrst year
of energy conservation.
E3 Entegral Solutions
controlled the lighting in
GISD facilities and also
controlled the environment.
The goal in savings the
ﬁrst year was $107,935.
Valls told board members
that they actually exceeded
the goal – coming in with a
savings of $120,823.61.
Board members approved continuing with
E3 Entegral Solutions for
another year by a 6-0 vote.
The cost of the contract is
an annual cost of $11,600.
The board approved moving the January meeting to
5 p.m. Jan. 15, 2015.
The board approved
a budget update for the
2014-2015 budget.
Schmitz, who was presiding the meeting in Presson’s
absence, updated the board
about the completed board
training by members.
Presson has completed 5
hours, Schmitz has completed 11 hours, Mike
Rosenberg has completed
7 hours, Doug Wade has
completed 8 hours, Corey
Hardin has completed 14
hours, Ryan Green has
completed 25 hours and
David Moore has completed 8 hours.
The board honored Jamie
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at a disadvantage because
of the rigor of their courses.
He said that in the future,
students may not take the
advanced courses because
of a fear to have to take
their ﬁnals.
Caden Maydew and Robert Gomulak talked about
the requirements for the
TMSCA. They presented
guidelines that they would
like to see implemented
from the ﬁfth grade going
forward. The guidelines are
similar to what the board
approved for all TMSCA
earlier in the year. They are
concerned that people will
drop out and not be as well
prepared because of the
new guidelines that are in
place.
A public hearing opened
at 7:23 p.m. about the Texas Academic Performance
Report (TAPR) was held.
Lindsay ISD Superintendent Nora Curry updated the board about the
district’s results. Principal
Amber Fuhrmann discussed the elementary results and Principal Robert
Haynes discussed the high
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Curry updated the board
about the sports programs
and told the board that the
Lady Knights are showing
great improvement from
last year’s basketball season.
Curry presented Lorrie
Brooks with her Serv-Safe
Certiﬁcate. It was a twoday class with testing on
the third day. Curry also
said that a lot of those taking the class did not pass
their ﬁrst time like Brooks
did.
Lindsay ISD Assistant
Superintendent Tom Zimmerer updated the board
about the 2014 FAST rating. He said that Lindsay
ISD received a perfect
score of ﬁve stars and is
among the elite 46 districts/charters in Texas to
be in the Honors Circle.
He commended Director
of Finance & Support Services DeAnne Page for her
work and eﬀorts overseeing
and maintaining accurate
ﬁnancial records for the
district.
The board reviewed the
investment policy and approved budget amendment
No. 3 and approved the
Harper-Perkins architecture ﬁrm contract as presented.
Page provided ﬁnancial
updates for November. She
also informed the board
that Lindsay ISD will receive a $1.1 million payment Dec. 16. Page attended the Business Manager
Academy in November and
ﬁnancial transparency was
discussed.
Page told the board that
she will be working on a
new Web page for ﬁnancial transparency. She also
presented the results of the
Child Nutrition Survey
that parents completed the
week before.
Fuhrmann provided updates about the STAAR
math test date change for
ﬁfth and eighth grades
from March 30 to April 20.
She also reported about the
elementary UIL competition and distributed a list
of upcoming events.
Haynes told the board
that the FFA State Ofﬁcer Travel Team visited
Lindsay ISD and that FFA
has more than 50 animals
on feed and that multiple
projects were working in
the shop. He reported that
enrollment had been stable
with 234 students and provided the ﬁnal exam schedule.
No action was taken
about the federal lunch
program. The board had
discussed opting out of the
program in previous meetings.
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awards, presented by First
State Bank,and the Win-
ning Coach awards sponsored by Dustin’s Oﬃce
Machines.
Again this year, the tournament is sponsored by
First State Bank.
“For more than a quarter century we have been
very fortunate to have
some outstanding sponsors step up to make the
NCTC Holiday Classic a
success,” tournament organizer Darin Allred said.
“First State Bank has been
one of the sponsors of the
tournament for all 27 years
and the last several years,
they have served as the title
sponsor. They have always
supported the youth of our
area and we certainly appreciate the way they have
backed this tournament
over the years.”
There will be special
halftime performances by
Jump, Tumble and Cheer
Dec. 29 and the Lindsay
PIPs (Players in Progress)
Dec. 30.
Tickets for the three-day
tournament will be sold at
the door. Tickets are $5 for
adults and $3 for students
for all-day admission.
A concession stand will
be operated by the NCTC
Softball team. Hospitality room sponsors include Mom’s Donut Shop,
Rumpy’s, Chicken Express,
Cici’s Pizza and Sarah’s on
the Square.
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Business news
Nortex holds info luncheon
GAINESVILLE – Nortex Communications held
a informational come-and-go luncheon Friday at
the Nortex Technology Store to introduce business owners to the new ﬁber optic connections
that soon will be available in Gainesville.
Nortex Communications currently is installing
a ﬁber-optic network around Gainesville and will
oﬀer the fast data highway to businesses in the
area.
The new program will oﬀer superfast reliable
Internet connections and local customer service.
The project is expected to be completed in February 2015.
Nortex not only oﬀers Internet connections,
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computer support and repair and security/surveillance systems.
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Pulte as the December
Teacher of the Month.
Pulte is a teacher at
Thomas A. Edison Intermediate School. Her nomination cited her “active
teaching style, data results
and leadership skills make
her a great candidate for
this recognition.”
A short video was presented and then Pulte was
presented a certiﬁcate by
Brasher.
The board also recognized the GISD Educational Foundation and its
members. Several members
were on hand for the rec-
ognition.
A video highlighting
some of the grant awards
provided by the Foundation was presented.
The GISD Educational
Foundation has provided
more than $235,000 in
grant requests to diﬀerent
organizations and teachers
in the district.
The board approved the
2013-2016
technology
plan as required and approved the Policy Update
100 that aﬀected eight local policies.
No action was taken following an executive session.
Marriage license
requests received
GAINESVILLE – The following marriage license applications were received by
the Cooke County Clerk’s
Oﬃce.
Joe F. McCauley, 30,
Whitesboro and Kadi J.
Tolleson, 24, Whitesboro.
Travis N. Eckard, 51,
New Caney and Crystal D.
Romesburg, 40, Gaines-
ville.
Fabian Ybarraatayde, 31,
Oklahoma City and Susan
N. Henderson, 29, Oklahoma City.
Florentino R. Ruiz, 29,
Gainesville and Cynthia S.
Molina, 28, Gainesville.
Alan L. Miller, 45, Saint
Jo and Sonya K. Brimer,
37, Saint Jo.
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approved by the Muenster Independent School
District Board of Trustees
Dec. 10, according to the
unoﬃcial minutes.
The board unanimously
approved the new bell and
intercom systems for the
Junior High School, the Ag
building, High School, administration building and
Life Skills building.
The systems will be provided by Nortex Communications. The approved
systems cost $11,788 for
the Junior High and Ag
building and $23,570 for
the High School, administration building and the
Life Skills building.
Board members unanimously approved a $50
Christmas bonus for all
staﬀ. The $50 Christmas
bonus had previously been
cut from the 2014-2015
budget.
Muenster ISD may need
to rent 10 dumpsters to
remove storage items from
the old cheese factory that
were damaged in the micro-burst storm.
The FFA Junior Quiz
team members – Garrett
Bindel, Ryan Huchton,
Blair Waneck and Tom
Davis – were recognized by
John York for their performance at the Area V Leadership contest.
During the technology
report, Jeﬀ Presnall updated board members about
the new bell and intercom
system from Nortex Communications. He said that
once the ﬁber conduit
connection is completed,
Triple E. Summit Integration System will install the
SMART Boards. All equipment is ready.
Presnall said that the
use of Google Classroom
and Google apps by teachers and students has been
increasing. More than
27,700 documents have
been created, accessed or
shared by more than 500
users since school started
in August. Muenster ISD
averages 285 users daily
and currently store a little
more than 200 gigabytes
on Google Drive. Google
recently announced that
schools will have unlimited
free storage on their cloud
with a restriction of individual ﬁle size uploads of 5
terabytes each.
Elementary
Principal
Lou Heers reported that
enrollment is 289 at the
elementary campus. She
updated board members
about activities, including
the Littlest Angel Coin
Drive that raised $1,049.69
and about the Backpack
Buddy Program project
sponsored by the FCCLA.
And second graders Annsley Budish and Brisan
Hermes were the winners
of the food drive drawing
to ride in Santa’s Sleigh in
the Muenster parade.
High school Principal
John York reported that
enrollment is 200 students
and the junior high and
high school campus. He informed the board that the
junior high One Act Play
competed in the UIL competition and placed third
overall. He also reported
about the FFA Junior Quiz
Team’s performance at the
Area V Leadership Contest, FCCLA fundraisers
and community drives.
The board was updated
about the Muenster Hornet football season with a
10-2 ﬁnish, advancing to
the area competition for
the ﬁfth straight year. Individual awards will be upcoming. The board also was
updated about the girls and
boys basketball season.
Delinquent tax collections for November were
$1,177.09.
Era ISD approves new
computers and weight
room repairs Dec. 15
ERA – The Era Independent School District Board
of Trustees approved the
purchase of new computers
and repairs to the weight
room during the Dec. 15
meeting, according to the
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unoﬃcial minutes.
The board approved a
proposal from Dell for new
staﬀ computers at a cost of
$34,999.
A proposal from FieldTurf for repairs to the athletic weight room at a cost
of $18,108 also was approved by the board.
Era ISD Superintendent
Jeremy Thompson presented the Annual Academic Performance Report
for 2014-2015. He also
answered questions. For
results of the report, visit
http://eraisd.net/Page/62.
Alan Hucaby and Dave
Garnet, architects from
Callahan & Freeman and
construction superintendent Randy Toomer from
Speed Fab-Crete provided
an update about the con-
struction of the high school
addition project. The concrete foundation for the
addition has been poured
and walls were scheduled
to be put in place before
Christmas.
Jackie Brown, associate
deputy director of the Region 11 Education Service
Center, presented an annual executive summary
report for Era ISD detailing programs, services and
professional development
opportunities provided to
the district during the past
year.
Board members approved a grant application
to the CoServ Charitable
Foundation to seek grant
funding for technology upgrades within the district.
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school activities.
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and detailed recent professional development he attended. He also provided
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The board met in closed
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County Sheriﬀ logs
incident reports
GAINESVILLE – The
following incidents were
reported to the Cooke
County Sheriﬀ’s Oﬃce.
Devin McCall Rossi of
Gainesville reported interference with an emergency
call in the 1900 block of
Hospital Boulevard.
Stefanee Anne Flanagan
of Valley View reported the
burglary of a habitation in
the 1000 block of Oak Hill
Road.
James Arthur Kiser of
Gainesville reported the
burglary of a habitation in
the 500 block of CR 283.
Pumpco Energy Services
of Valley View reported the
theft of property more than
or equal to $1,500 but less
than $20,000 in the 100
block of Elm Grove Road.
Monica Elaine Webster
of Valley View reported
fraud in the 300 block of
CR 451.
Anthony Lee Price of
Whitesboro reported the
burglary of a building in
the 1000 block of CR
142.
Dennis Clem Hofbauer
of Muenster reported the
theft of property more than
$500 but less than $1,500
on CR 424.
Cooke County reported
an illegal burn in the 4300
block of FM 371.
Kenny Otto of Gainesville reported the theft of
property more than $1,500
but less than $20,000 in
the 5200 block of East
Highway 82.
Arrest log
Thomas Andrew Genelle, 30, possession of marijuana.
Joseph Carol Ragsdale,
29, warrant.
Travis Dean Jones, 20,
warrant.
Clayton Ethan Gallagher, 32, public intoxication.
Ramon Israel Calderon,
49, driving while intoxicated with an open container.
Jennifer Marie Kniss, 36,
driving while intoxicated.
Clay Michael Peterson,
31, driving with invalid license.
Gainesville receives
permit requests
GAINESVILLE – The
following permit requests
were received by the City
of Gainesville during November.
Zodiac Seats US, LLC –
Certiﬁcate of Occupancy
at 1311 N. Grand Ave.
Covington Credit – Certiﬁcate of Occupancy at
1000 E. California St.
Claxton Properties –
Certiﬁcate of Occupancy
at 108 E. Elm St.
LaVilla Meat Market,
LLC – Certiﬁcate of Occupancy at 3415 E. Hwy. 82.
Allegiance Ambulance
Station – Certiﬁcate of
Occupancy at 701 E. Main
St.
Walter Threadgill, et al
– construction permit and
mechanical permit at 3412
E. Hwy. 82.
Grand Avenue Pawn –
remodel permit at 522 N.
Grand Ave.
Longtide Property, Ltd.
– construction permits at
114 Candlewood, 3502
Austin and 3412 Columbus.
Broadway Production,
Inc. – construction permit
at 609 S. Taylor St.
BRS Properties, LP
– construction permit,
plumbing permit and mechanical permit at 605 S.
Denton St.
Longtide Properties, Ltd.
– curb cut permits at 114
Candlewood, 3412 Columbus and 3502 Austin.
Railroad – demolition
permit at 200 E. Hwy. 82.
Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter – fence permit at 2501
N. Weaver St.
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However, the trails and
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sunrise to sunset.
There will be some trail
closings this month for the
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For more information,
call 903.786.2826.
fence permit at 3333 N.
I-35.
Preston Jacoby – ﬂatwork permit at 216 E. Tennie St.
A&P Convenience Store
– mechanical permit and
sign permits at 5101 E.
Hwy. 82.
James Poteet – mechanical permit at 1218 N. Clements St.
Tim Van Tran – mechanical permit at 202 N. Morris St.
Longtide
Properties,
Ltd. – mechanical permits
at 114 Candlewood, 3412
Columbus and 3502 Austin.
Kenneth Kaiser – mechanical permit at 312 E.
Pecan St.
Rojas Gustavo – mechanical permit at 724
Culberson St.
Robert Middle – Moss
Lake dock permit at 11
Nevermind Lane.
Longtide Properties, Ltd.
– plumbing permits at 114
Candlewood, 3412 Columbus and 3502 Austin.
RND
Properties
–
plumbing permit at 713
N. Commerce St.
Traci Chapman – plumbing permit at 1302 E. Pecan St.
Syndelyn
Lowry
–
plumbing permit at 603
Walter Road.
George Nichols – plumbing permit at 917 S. Grand
Ave.
James Smallwood –
plumbing permit at 1413
Lindsay St.
Henry Kuhn – plumbing
permit at 1735 Rice Ave.
A.E. Shasteen – plumb-
ing permit at 416 Lindsay
St.
Raul Quevedo – plumbing permit at 1219 Fair
Ave.
Rutilio Rojas – siding
permit at 1805 N. Weaver
St.
Alice McCarley – sign
permits at 517 W. California St.
Daylite Donuts – sign
permit at 505 W. Hwy.
82.
Wilson Millan, 17, no
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maintain ﬁnancial responsibility.
Emerson Roberto Ferreira, 41, public intoxication.
Wayne Curtis Bingaman,
46, driving while intoxicated.
Michael Peter Howell,
32, warrants.
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Gainesville Police reports
GAINESVILLE – The following incidents were reported to the Gainesville
Police Department.
Stephanie Strand reported the fraudulent use
of identifying information
in the 2200 block of East
Highway 82.
Walmart
Supercenter
reported organized retail
theft of more than or equal
to $50 but less than $500
in the 1800 block of Lawrence Street.
Maryrosa Cochran reported damage to a vehicle
from a hit-and-run accident in the 1100 block of
North Grand Avenue.
Eva Dutson reported harassment in the 1000 block
of Bella Vista Drive.
First State Bank reported
a theft of more than or
equal to $20,000 but less
than $100,000 in the 800
block of East California
Street.
Letricia Williford reported the theft of property of more than or equal
to $1,500 but less than
$20,000.
State of Texas reported
counterfeit money in the
200 block of Santa Fe
Street.
Nah Vance reported the
burglary of a vehicle in the
1100 block of East Highway 82.
Martin Espinosa reported the burglary of a habitation in the 1200 block of
Moss Street.
JR Thompson, Inc., reported the burglary of a
vehicle in the 4100 block
of Weaver Street.
Claudette Robinson and
James Robinson reported
the burglary of a habitation
in the 900 block of Moss
Street.
Walmart
Supercenter
reported organized retail
theft of less than $50 in the
1800 block of Lawrence
Street.
Jerry Tatum reported the
theft of property more than
or equal to $500 but less
than $1,500 in the 1200
block of Aspen Road.
James Burtram and Randall Nix reported an assault
causing bodily injury in the
800 block of East Garnett
Street.
Dusty Johnson reported
the burglary of a vehicle in
the 1300 block of Leach
Street.
Arrest log
Jesus Rangel-Barboza,
39, misdemeanor warrant.
Sandra Michelle Picon,
23, misdemeanor warrant.
Blake Harlen McCoy,
20, organized retail theft.
James David McCoy, 38,
organized retail theft.
John Robert Sweeten,
46, misdemeanor warrant.
Phillip Wayne Rodriguez, 23, misdemeanor
warrant.
Sergio Pereda, 43, possession of a controlled substance.
Charlene Rene Thorpe,
42, possession of a controlled substance, posses-
sion of marijuana.
Lynda McDowall Medina, 41, driving with invalid
license, misdemeanor warrant.
Aaron
Christopher
Spicer, 27, driving while
intoxicated.
Robert Lynn Tittle, 30,
misdemeanor warrant.
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Christian Gomez, 21,
pleaded guilty to the third
degree felony oﬀense of
evading arrest/detention
with a vehicle Oct. 6, 2012
and was sentenced to 8
years in a state facility, a
$500 ﬁne, court costs and
$1,000 restitution.
Billy Wayne Whatley,
Jr., 36, pleaded guilty to
the third degree felony offense of possession of a
controlled substance less
than 1 gram in a Drug Free
Zone April 26, 2013 and
was sentenced to 5 years
probation, a $500 ﬁne and
court costs.
Jason Anthony Wells,
34, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of the ﬁrst degree
felony oﬀense of possession
of a controlled substance
more than or equal to 4
grams but less than 200
grams Dec. 18, 2013 and
was sentenced to 3 years
probation, a $500 ﬁne and
court costs.
Sean Michael Castoe,
37, pleaded guilty to the
state jail felony oﬀense of
possession of a controlled
substance less than 1 gram
March 13, 2014 and was
sentenced to 2 years in a
state facility, a $1,000 ﬁne
and court costs.
Sarana
Chavez-Cano,
39, pleaded guilty to the
state jail felony oﬀense of
possession of a controlled
substance less than 1 gram
May 9, 2014 and was sentenced to 3 years probation, a $1,000 ﬁne and
court costs.
Christian
Alexander
Gomez, 21, pleaded guilty
to the ﬁrst degree felony
oﬀense of aggravated robbery Aug. 26, 2104 and
was sentenced to 8 years
in a state facility and court
costs.
Christian
Alexander
Gomez, 21, pleaded guilty
to the second degree felony
oﬀense of burglary of a
habitation Aug. 26, 2014
and was sentenced to 8
years in a state facility and
court costs.
Christian
Alexander
Gomez, 21, pleaded guilty
to the state jail felony offense of possession of a
controlled substance less
than 1 gram Aug. 26, 2014
and was sentenced to 1 year
in a state facility and court
costs.
Probation was revoked
for Eddie Frank Brookshear, 57, who pleaded
guilty to the state jail felony oﬀense of possession of
a controlled substance June
7, 2013 and he was sentenced to 1 year 3 months
in a state facility, a $1,500
ﬁne and court costs.
Probation was revoked
Eddie Frank Brookshear,
57, who pleaded guilty to
the state jail felony oﬀense
of possession of marijuana
more than 4 ounces but
less than or equal to 5
pounds June 7, 2013 and
he was sentenced to 1 year
3 months in a state facility
and court costs.
Michael Dale Campbell,
Jr., 20, pleaded guilty to the
third degree felony oﬀense
of evading arrest/detention
with a vehicle Sept. 10,
2014 and was sentenced to
3 years probation, a $500
ﬁne and court costs.
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the third degree felony offense of forgery-issue of
money Jan. 30, 2014 and
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court costs.
Michael Dale Campbell,
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the third degree felony offense of tampering with
or fabricating physical evidence Jan. 30, 2014 and
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Mark Shields
The price of raising political money
By Mark Shields
Mark A. Hanna was a
wealthy Cleveland businessman who shrewdly
laid out the winning strategy and personally, out of
pocket, paid all the costs
required to secure the 1896
Republican
presidential
nomination for his fellow
Ohioan William McKinley.
Sometime after McKinley’s
election and re-election to
the White House, Hanna,
based upon his personal experience, oﬀered this timeless insight: “There are two
things that are important in
politics. The ﬁrst is money,
and I can’t remember what
the second one is.”
The New York Times’
Binyamin Appelbaum has
become the latest in a growing number of scholars to
argue that political money
is not that inﬂuential in
deciding the winners of
congressional elections or
even in aﬀecting how the
winners, once in oﬃce, will
vote on policy. We should,
Appelbaum writes, be less
anxious about cash in campaigns because “over the
past year, Americans spent
more on almonds than on
selecting their representatives in Congress.”
To borrow the immortal
phrase of Hollywood’s Sam
Goldwyn, “gentlemen, include me out.” Forget the
wealthy campaign donors,
who – please take my word
for it – almost always write
their checks not out of al-
truism but fully expecting
a “return” on their “investment.” Instead, think about
the typical House candidate, who – just to cover
the costs of her campaign
– has to raise an average of
$18,000 a week, 52 weeks
a year, every year. Beyond
raising that war chest, if a
congressman hopes to rise
to a position of leadership
within the House or to win
appointment to a powerful
House committee, then he
has to raise money for his
party’s campaign committee.
This means going to a
cramped cubicle at party
headquarters and, several
days a week, turning into a
telemarketer, calling a list of
people, most of whom you
don’t know, and begging
for money. Because you are
provided the information
on a sheet, you know what
the potential check writer’s
legislative and policy priorities are. You emphasize
how your voting record is
in harmony with the potential contributor’s values, and you are careful to
avoid any potential areas of
disagreement.
Because the member
of Congress does this for
hours on end every week,
it means that the member
is not spending his time
meeting with and listening to his constituents or
mastering a subject or getting to know personally his
congressional colleagues
and potentially collaborat-
ing on the public’s business.
Beyond all that fundraising lies more fundraising.
Why? Because of the legitimate fear that a misnamed
“independent” committee,
underwritten by anonymous big money, could
spend millions against any
at-risk incumbent, baselessly defaming and possibly destroying him politically for being sympathetic
to child pornographers or
worse. The one insurance
policy many members of
Congress believe they have
against that career-threatening “nuclear option” is
to stockpile millions in
their personal campaign
accounts – which means
more hours putting the
arm on everyone who lobbies you on any issue from
school lunches to bridge
repairs.
The casualties of the endless cycle of fundraising
are, too often, the independence, integrity and ideals
of those who become its
prisoners, and sadly, there’s
an even greater loss of public trust and conﬁdence in
our own self-government.
To ﬁnd out more about
Mark Shields and read his
past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page
at www.creators.com.
Copyright 2014 Mark
Shields
Distributed By Creators.
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Patrick J. Buchanan
Obama throws Fidel a rope
By Patrick J. Buchanan
The celebrations in Havana and the sullen silence
in Miami tell you all you
need to know about who
won this round with Castro’s Cuba.
In JFK’s metaphor,
Obama traded a horse for
a rabbit.
We got back Alan Gross
before his Communist jailers killed him, along with
an American spy, in exchange for three members
of a Cuban espionage ring.
Had we left it at that, the
deal would have been ﬁne.
But Obama threw in
an admission that all nine
presidents before him pursued a “failed policy.” Calling for recognition of the
Castro regime as the legitimate government of Cuba,
Obama said, “Isolation has
not worked.”
“Not worked”? What is
he talking about? Isolating Cuba during the last
30 years of the Cold War
helped bankrupt and bring
down the Soviet Empire,
which had to carry Cuba
on its back.
Obama’s admission is
being seen in Cuba as vindication of half a century
of hostility to the United
States. But with the new
Congress controlled by Republicans, it will be a while
before the U.S. embargo is
lifted, Cuban goods began
to ﬂow across the Florida
Strait, and U.S. dollars
ﬂow back to sustain one of
the last of the Leninist regimes in its terminal stage.
But why did Obama
choose now to bail out
Cuba?
With the Soviet Union
dead and gone, with Russia no longer able to buy
up Cuba’s sugar crop at inﬂated prices, with oil prices
having tanked and Venezuela on the brink of default,
unable to ship free oil to
Cuba indeﬁnitely, the Castro brothers were staring
into the abyss.
Then Barack Obama
rode to the rescue.
Nevertheless,
though
he has handed Fidel and
Raoul a diplomatic triumph, their regime is not
long for this world, as its
maladies are incurable.
Marxist ideology, the
political religion in which
the regime is rooted, is a
dead faith. The world communist revolution was a
god that failed. It is over,
ﬁnished. Outside of North
Korea and Cuba, who
preaches that Marxism-Leninism is the future toward
which mankind is heading?
Who still believes that?
Consider the record of
the regime with which
Obama wishes to restore
diplomatic relations.
Before Fidel, Cuba had
the fourth highest standard
of living in the hemisphere.
Today, her standard of living is not much higher than
that of Haiti and Cuba is
less free than under the
dictatorship of Batista.
Castro may go down in
history as one of the great
antagonists of the American superpower. But what,
enduring, did he accomplish?
In his youthful days, Fidel allowed Nikita Khrushchev to put ballistic missiles
on the island, and brought
about the gravest crisis of
the Cold War, perhaps the
gravest in world history.
For three decades his
homeland was a satrap and
strategic base of an odious empire that no one
mourns. For those same
decades, Cuba provided
troops to advance communist revolutions in Africa,
the Caribbean and Central
America. Now the whole
rotten enterprise has gone
to seed.
Who looks upon Castro’s
Cuba today as a model to
follow?
When Castro goes, his
monuments may remain.
After all, Lenin’s corpse
is still entombed in Red
Square, as is Mao’s in Tiananmen Square.
But how long can the
successor regime hang on?
Vladimir Putin’s Russia and Xi Jinping’s China
are nationalistic and autocratic. They have embraced
state capitalism. When the
Castro brothers pass on,
how will their successors
justify their police state
and permanent monopoly
of power – if U.S. tourists
are walking the streets of
Havana?
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To the Editor,
With all the depressing
things around the world
these days I thought we all
needed some Christmas
blessing information! This
year my community, and
your community, GAINESVILLE, TEXAS, showed the
true Christmas Spirit.
The Littlest Angel Program ﬁnished their 2014
season this week, with total
support of our community.
Several businesses went over
and beyond with their support, by purchasing gifts
for multiple families and/
or angels or by making a
donation to help purchase
gifts. Law Dogs – You Were
Amazing!! Thank you for
supporting our programs.
Complete Production, Select Energy, Corey Hardin
and your crew, Hillcrest
Church of Christ, The City
of Gainesville Civic Center
, Walmart, First State Bank,
NASCOGA Federal Credit
Union, Lake Kiowa Chapel,
Lindsay High School Boys
Varsity and Elementary
school, Bell Supply, Zodiac,
Gainesville Riding Club,
Suddenlink, Whaley United
Methodist Women, Alan
Ritchey, many, many individuals who bought great
gifts, and our volunteers
(you know who you are)
– without each of you we
would not succeed in putting smiles on the faces of
our young people in Cooke
County. This Christmas be
grateful that you live in such
a giving community.
Merry Christmas!
Melissa Wilson
Boys & Girls Clubs
of Cooke County
Littlest Angel Program
Current U.S. Debt
$18,035,910,353,526.43
Debt
watch
The estimated population of the United States is 319,649,711
so each citizen’s share of this debt is $56,423.98. The National
Debt has continued to increase an average of $2.43 billion per
day since September 30, 2012!*
U.S. Debt, July 12, 2004
$7,264,732,981,139.98
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When Cuban-Americans
travel all over the island,
Cuba’s young, who know
nothing of the revolution,
will surely ask: Why do we
not have what these Americans have?
This is not to say that
Cuba is headed for a
democratic future. There
remains the possibility, as
happens in Latin America,
of a new charismatic strong
man emerging. A Cuban
Hugo Chavez.
But, today, dictators have
to deliver. Or they, too,
have to resort to greater repression. Or they, too, have
to go.
Castro is a famous man
from the 20th century. But
consider the price the Cuban people have paid for
his fame.
Two generations of Cubans have lived without
freedom. Heroic Cuban
dissenters have gone to the
wall and died in the thousands in his jails and prisons. Refugees have been
machine-gunned oﬀ the
Cuban coast. The toxicity
of Marxism-Leninism has
polluted Cuba’s culture.
Some Cubans may remember Fidel with admiration. After all, even Stalin
still has his admirers.
There was once a time
in America in the 1960s
when useful idiots of the
New Left plastered posters
of Che Guevara in dormitory rooms and traveled to
Cuba to cut sugar cane to
identify with the revolution.
On seeing the adulation
Fidel yet receives, even
from some in our own land,
one begins to understand
how the ancient Egyptians
could have worshipped an
insect.
Patrick J. Buchanan is
the author of the new book
“The Greatest Comeback:
How Richard Nixon Rose
From Defeat to Create the
New Majority.” To ﬁnd out
more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by
other Creators writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.
creators.com.
Copyright 2014 Creators.
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(940) 665-4962
335 N. Grand Avenue, Gainesville, TX 76240
Lewisville
Water lightly stained; 48–52 degrees; 7.53’ low. Black bass are fair on Megabass 110 jerkbaits in
Table Rock Shad and football jigs. Crappie are slow on minnows. White bass are fair on minnows.
Hybrid striper are slow on slabs. Catfish are slow on trotlines.
Ray Roberts
Water clear; 48–42 degrees; 8.01’ low. Black bass are slow on umbrella rigs and heavy shakyheads
near brush piles. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on minnows. Catfish are
slow on trotlines.
Texoma
Water clear; 48–51 degrees; 5.84’ low. Black bass are fair on suspending jerkbaits and shakyhead
worms in green pumpkin and redbug. Crappie are good on minnows near brush piles. Striped bass
are fair on minnows. Catfish are slow on trotlines and prepared bait.
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OPERATION SANTA
Rednecks with Paychecks Gives Back to Local Communities
Rednecks with Paychecks Off-Road hosted its 2nd Annual RWP
Outreach Operation
Santa event Saturday,
December 7, 2014 at
Heritage Pavilion Park
in Muenster, Texas.
Operation Santa was
a huge success. More
than 1,100 pounds of
canned goods and hundreds of toys were collected to bene¿t local
communities and organizations.
Operation Santa is
a family friendly event
hosted by Rednecks
with Paychecks. Music
from several popular
bands ¿lled the air as
children enjoyed rock
wall climbing, face
painting,
bounce houses, giant
slides, and balloon animals. Santa also made
a special appearance
to hear Christmas requests from all the boys
and girls. There were a
wide variety of items
available for purchase
through the silent and
live auction held in the
early evening.
Not only does Rednecks with Paychecks
work hard and play
hard but they also have
big hearts.
Many children in
communities across
the area will be able to
enjoy a better Christmas because of the
hard work of this caring organization.
Canned goods, toys
or monetary donations
were made to the following organizations:
Callisburg ISD’s “Pennies from Heaven”
program, Sacred Heart
Outreach in Muenster,
students at Montague
ISD, students at Forestburg ISD, Bowie’s
Rural Fire Department
Toy Drive, Nocona
Volunteer Fire Department Fireman’s Toy
Box, North Central
Texas College Angels
in the In¿eld Scholarship Fund, Abigail’s
Arms in Gainesville,
Noah’s Ark Animal
Shelter in Gainesville
and the Littlest Angel
Program in Saint Jo.
Rednecks
with
Paychecks would like
to thank the Creekside
Drifters, Dolly Shine,
Stoney LaRue, Sam
Riggs and Mike Ryan
for providing enter-
tainment throughout
the event. RWP would
also like to thank Gary
and Whitney Eldred
with “Jump Haven” for
donating the bounce
houses, Texas National
Guard for donating the
rock wall climb for the
kids, Herkie BifÀe and
Scott Freeman for donating their auctioneering services, the
Muenster Jaycees and
the many volunteers
who donated countless
hours to working the
event. RWP is very appreciative of everyone
who donated items to
the silent and live auctions and to everyone
who purchased items.
Thank you to all
who helped make Operation Santa 2014 a
huge success.
Make plans now to
join us December 6th
2015 for our next Operation Santa event and
follow us on Facebook
to see what other great
events Rednecks with
Paychecks and RWP
Outreach have planned
for the future.