BY KATHY CRUZHOOD COUNTY NEWS

Every year has its headlines, some more dramatic than others.Perhaps the most striking headline in the HCN during 2018 was

“I’m not going to jail for anybody.” If you don’t remember who said that to whom and why, just read on.

But there were also headlines that were dramatic simply be-cause they represented tragedy. Every year has its share, but Hood County was hit pretty hard over the past 12 months.

There have been some positive things, too, though, such as more shopping choices on the horizon and a soon-to-open larger library.

Here are the HCN’s Top 10 stories for 2018:

1. TRAGIC LOSSESThe community – especially Granbury students – was affected

this year by tragedies that took young lives as well as the life of a man who had been a father figure to local youths for de-cades.

In May, Granbury High School seniors Julio Espinosa and Oscar Rios drowned in a lake in Wheeler Ranch Park north of Glen Rose during a non-school sanc-tioned “skip day.”

Just three days later, another GHS student, 16-year-old sophomore Abbig-ayle Fredrich, died after complaining of headaches and stomaches. She was found unresponsive by her mother.

September brought four more tragic loss-es – Buddy Wisdom, Garrett Hull and Des-tiny Yeager, who died along with her mother Kirsten Hamsher.

Wisdom died after being struck by a vehicle on South Morgan Street. He and his wife Doris built the Granbury Skating Rink and operated it for four decades, providing a place for kids to have supervised fun.

Hull, a Fort Worth police officer who lived in Hood County, was killed in a gun battle with rob-bery suspects.

Yeager, an Acton Middle School eighth-grader, and her mother, Hamsher, died in a house fire.

November brought more sorrow and loss. Jeremy Bowen, a GHS graduate and the school’s choir director, was killed along with his girlfriend Ashley Morrison in a single-vehicle accident near Weatherford.

2. SPURRED TO ACTIONAfter the fourth drowning at City Beach Park – the second in

three weeks and the second on a July Fourth holiday – Granbury city officials took action.

City Manager Chris Coffman briefly closed the beach after the death of a Cleburne man so that signage and depth-marking buoys could be installed.

A Fort Worth man drowned near the City Beach on June 16. Two teenagers – an 18-year-old girl and a 15-year-old boy – drowned there in 2015 and 2010, respectively. The girl, who lived in an-other town, was the other drowning that occurred on the Fourth of July.

Swimmers are now prohibited from swimming past the buoys, which mark 5.5- and 6-foot depths. That means that swimming is

no longer allowed in the area around the boardwalk, where water is estimated to be between 10-12 feet deep.

It is believed that the drownings occurred, at least in part, be-cause the boardwalk appears closer than it actually is, causing swimmers to tire while in deeper water.

3. LARGENT VS. LANGIt got nasty during the spring Republican primary when then-

Granbury School Superintendent Jim Largent attempted to unseat fellow Granbury resident Mike Lang from the House District 60 seat.

An undercurrent in the campaign was a bitter battle over pub-lic school funding and the possibility that state lawmakers could impose a voucher system that would put tax dollars in the coffers of private institutions. Lang, a Tea Party favorite, has supported some versions of the voucher idea.

The local Republican establishment – or at least its leaders – publicly denounced Largent.

In response, Largent pulled out of a scheduled candidates fo-rum at Granbury City Hall. Instead, he and his supporters orga-nized a Common Sense Conservative Republican Rally at Revolver Brewing.

Largent’s event had a significantly greater turnout, as evi-denced by photos taken at both events.

The Republican Executive Committee unanimously adopted and publicized a scathing no-confidence vote against Largent. A precinct chair who participated in that vote also happened

to be a paid Lang campaign worker.Lang won the contest handily in all eight of

District 60’s counties, including Hood, garnering 58 percent of the vote to

Largent’s 38 percent. A third, lesser-known candidate, Gregory Risse of Coleman, captured just a small percentage of the ballots cast.

Lang will start his second leg-islative session in Austin next week.

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4. PROPERTY TAX FIASCOPretty much from the get-

go, Tax Assessor-Collector Teresa McCoy’s attempts to collect property taxes that had once been managed by the Hood Central Appraisal District were a disaster.

Property owners were con-fused because they received two bills – one from McCoy’s office, the other from the HCAD.

Although McCoy was col-lecting the county’s portion of those taxes, the HCAD was still collecting property taxes on behalf of school districts and municipalities within the county.

McCoy did not send letters to property owners or mort-gage companies alerting them to the change.

Staffers in McCoy’s office were forced to deal with angry taxpayers who had waited in long lines. Other county employees and elect-ed officials who office in the same building also had that not-so-pleasant experience.

Before long, County Audi-tor Becky Kidd began report-ing to the county judge that an auditing nightmare had been created through the takeover. Payments from Mc-Coy’s office to the county’s coffers were late, threaten-ing the county’s ability to pay bills and make payroll.

In February, the Commis-sioners Court began sched-uling workshops to address the problems that had been created by the tax assessor-collector’s move. Members of the Commissioners Court had tried to talk her out of it but had not legally been able to prevent it.

For her part, McCoy said she felt that “tax collections for the county belong in my office.” She also told com-missioners she believed she could save the county money by handling those duties.

At another problem-solv-ing workshop in March, then-Precinct 4 Commissioner Steve Berry told McCoy that if she would hand collection duties back over to Chief Ap-praiser Greg Stewart at the HCAD, he would not say a “harsh word” against her.

“This is your one chance with me, ’cause I’m done,” Berry said. “There’s no rea-son to keep having these meetings and selling news-

papers... You don’t want to, you’ll never hear it out of me again until the auditor brings a (Texas) Ranger to my office or until the DA comes to my office... I’m not going to jail for anybody.”

Later that month, McCoy agreed to hand the duties back to the HCAD.

At a Commissioners Court meeting in April, Kidd reported that Mc-Coy had caught up on her payments to the state and county and was making steady progress in correct-ing other takeover-related problems.

5. PULLING THE PLUG ON VGISome believe it was poli-

tics. But City Council mem-bers who voted in Septem-ber to stop funding Visit Granbury, Inc. said it was about being fiscally respon-sible.

Regardless, VGI ended the way it had begun: in controversy.

Its creation three years ago left five city staffers un-employed.

The brainchild of then-council member Rose My-ers, the organization had an independent board but received 90 percent of the city’s Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) revenues as well as $50,000 from the General Fund.

Myers lost her bid for re-election in 2017, as did longtime councilman Mick-ey Parson, who had also sup-ported VGI.

By the time the organiza-tion was de-funded exactly three years after its doors opened, it had become the focus of complaints from stakeholders in the lodging industry.

Some on the council also questioned VGI’s number-crunching and claims of suc-cess.

As time drew nearer for the divided council to decide whether to fund VGI for an-other fiscal year, a belated performance evaluation by VGI board members of the CEO resulted, collectively, in a failing grade.

The die, it seemed, was cast. Nevertheless, support-ers of VGI angrily walked out of the council meeting the night the council voted to pull the city’s purse strings

tight.A month later, the council

created a new Convention and Visitors Bureau, putting tourism and HOT dollars back under the city’s control.

In November, Mayor Pro Tem Tony Mobly, who had questioned VGI’s methods and voted in favor of its de-funding, survived a re-elec-tion challenge by the hus-band of a former VGI board member who’d had a role in the organization’s creation.

6. CRESSON EXPLOSIONFirefighters and other first

responders raced to Cresson on Thursday, March 15 after an explosion rocked the Tri-Chem Industries plant and rattled the community.

It wasn’t long before grim news was reported from the scene. A worker was miss-ing. Another man suffered

serious burns in the explo-sion and fire that completely destroyed the plant.

It took six days for in-vestigators to find human remains that were later identified as belonging to the missing worker, Dylan Wayne Mitchell.

In December, Mitchell’s family, along with injured employee Jason William Speegle, filed a lawsuit against Tri-Chem, the Chi-nese chemical manufacturer Dongying Shengya Chemi-cal Co. Ltd., TR International Trading Company and Ac-cess Chemicals and Services.

7. ARMING TEACHERSThe Granbury School

Board began debating in May over whether to hire more officers or to arm teachers in the wake of school shootings that have continued to occur

across the nation.The elected officials were

split on which plan was best.School Board Vice Presi-

dent Mark Jackson favored the school marshal program in which trained educators have access to guns.

Under that program, edu-cators undergo 80 hours of training and guns are stored in a secure place in their classroom.

Others school board members, though – such as Rhonda Rezsofi and Micky Shearon, who stepped down in November after not seek-ing re-election – favored hiring more officers. Sheriff Roger Deeds and Granbury Police Chief Mitch Galvan also preferred that plan.

School board members ended up basically splitting the difference, but even then it was a 4-3 vote.

The panel agreed in June to have more officers but also to train up to 10 educa-tors to serve as armed school marshals.

8. NEW LIFE FOR OLD KROGERIn March, the city an-

nounced that a developer planned to renovate the old Kroger building, located off Hwy. 377 near Business 377/Pearl Street, bringing in sev-eral name-brand tenants.

In April, the City Council approved an incentive agree-ment to sweeten the deal and nudge the Granbury Lake-side Center closer to becom-ing a reality.

For months, crews have been working on the reno-vation, which will include a new facade, landscaping and a monument sign.

There will also be a sig-naled extension of Harbor Lakes Drive. The road will cut through the property where Mr. Sparkle Car Wash used to be, stretching to Crawford Court and provid-ing additional easy access to the shopping center.

Anchor stores will include Ulta Beauty, HomeGoods, Tuesday Morning and Five Below. According to the web-site for Segovia Retail Group, 8,000 square feet of small shop space is still available, as well as three outlying pad sites.

The shopping center is expected to open in the sum-mer.

9. GLENN REPLACES LARGENTIn March, shortly after

his defeat in the District 60 House primary race, Gran-bury School Superintendent Jim Largent announced that he would retire in July.

In August, the school board hired then-Waxa-hachie School Superinten-dent Jeremy Glenn to lead Granbury’s schools.

Glenn had guided Waxa-hachie’s school district for almost five years. Before that, he was superintendent of the Nacogdoches-Central Heights ISD.

After retiring, Largent started his own consult-ing company and recently wrapped up Season One of his new podcast, “Largent Unfiltered.” According to a Facebook post, the podcast has 1,000 subscribers and has had 5,000 downloads.

10. LIBRARY EXPANSIONIt was a year ago this

month that a groundbreak-ing ceremony was held at the Hood County Library on North Travis Street for a construction project that has added 10,000 square feet and a second floor to the back portion of the library.

Work on the almost $3.3 million project has not yet been completed, but it’s get-ting close. The deadline per the construction contract is the end of February.

Library Director Karen Rasco said Friday that she believes materials will be moved back into the facility and it will reopen to the pub-lic before then, but a firm date has not yet been set.

For now, a smaller version of the library is open to the public at American Town Hall, next door to the “real” library.

When it’s all said and done patrons will enjoy a library that has doubled in size, thanks in part to donations from the community.

There will be room for more computers and study carrels, and more spacious reading areas that will offer a view of scenic Shanley Park and the fountain by City Hall.

There will also be a larger children’s area, meeting/conference rooms and even a genealogy room.

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At the last regular Com-missioners Court meeting of the year – and the final one for departing commission-ers Butch Barton and Steve Berry – the Hood County Library Foundation offered a six-figure gift the day after Christmas.

Commissioners accepted a check for $318,000, bringing the foundation’s contribu-tion to the library expansion to $368,000.

The group hopes to ul-timately raise a total of $500,000 for the almost $3.3 million construction project.

County Judge Darrell Cockerham, who also left of-fice on the final day of 2018, was out of town and unable to attend the meeting last week. Berry, the court’s se-nior member and the county judge pro tem, presided.

Library Foundation mem-bers and other library advo-cates were present, including Dominique Inge. She and her husband Charles have donat-

ed $100,000 from their Inge Foundation to the library expansion project, which has added 10,000 square feet and a second story to the back end of the Hood County Library at 222 North Travis St.

Fifty thousand of the amount pledged by the Inges was included in the check that was presented at last week’s Commissioners Court meeting. The other $50,000 had been paid in January upon groundbreaking.

In addressing the court be-

fore the check was formally presented, Library Founda-tion president Susan Scott stated, “This donation is the result of the generous con-tributions from the many citizens of Hood County who support the expansion of the library.”

Although it was said at a Commissioners Court meet-ing three weeks ago that crews had been able to make up for time lost due to heavy autumn rains, architect Alan Magee stated that the wet weather had affected the ele-

vator shaft, possibly pushing the reopening to the end of February instead of the end of January.

He noted that the company installing the elevator is “a unique subcontractor” and indicated that construction crews are at that subcon-tractor’s mercy in terms of scheduling the elevator’s in-stallation.

Berry pointed out that Li-brary Director Karen Rasco needs to be able to pin down dates with the company that the county has contracted

with to handle the move back into the library.

Barton told the HCN after the meeting that he believes the move-in will occur prior to the contracted completion deadline of Feb. 28.

“It’s to everybody’s advan-tage to close (the project) out early,” he said.

A scaled-down version of the library has been available to the public at American Town Hall, located next door to the library.

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REVIEW: Arming teachers, safety at City Beach among 2018’s headlines FROM PAGE ONE

1. The community en-dures several tragic losses.

2. After four drownings near City Beach Park – two of which occurred three weeks apart in June and July – city officials act to increase safety by installing buoys and signage.

3. In the spring Repub-lican primary, then-GISD Superintendent Jim Largent unsuccessfully challenges state Rep. Mike Lang in a battle whose undercurrent is school funding.

4. Tax Assessor-Collec-tor Teresa McCoy’s brief takeover of property tax collections for the county causes anger, confusion and turmoil.

5. In a controversial 3-2 vote, the Granbury City Council defunds Visit Gran-bury, Inc., angering some tourism stakeholders but pleasing many in the lodg-ing industry.

6. An explosion and fire at the Tri-Chem Industries plant in Cresson leaves one

worker dead and another seriously injured.

7. Concerned over the growing number of school shootings, the Granbury School Board votes to hire more officers and also to train up to 10 educators to serve as armed school mar-shals.

8. The old Kroger build-ing off Hwy. 377, which sat vacant and boarded up for several years after a new Kroger Marketplace was built farther north, is brought back to life by a developer who begins to remodel the building and succeeds in drawing com-mitments from several name-brand stores.

9. The Granbury School Board hires then-Waxa-hachie ISD Superintendent Jeremy Glenn to take the reins from GISD Superinten-dent Jim Largent after Lar-gent’s July retirement.

10. The library expansion kicks off in January and the year closes with the project nearing completion.

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Circa 1930 playGranbury prides itself as being a town rich in histo-ry. The Bridge Street History Center’s mission is to preserve the history of the people of Hood Coun-

ty. Several old photographs have been donated to the center, including this image from a play at Granbury Elementary School, circa 1930.

COURTESY

My Uncle Mort’s sad scene

He stood there, gaz-ing at the Salvation Army kettle on the town square.

It was Christmas Eve, and my Uncle Mort – 106 and counting – solemnly offered a “mental salute” to the woman as she joyfully rang her bell.

Frail of body and warmed only by a tattered coat given to the Army last year, she seemed resolved to help the less fortunate.

Perhaps minding the kettle for last-minute shoppers as they joined the fray for final purchases was the noblest thing she could do.

Mort choked up as he de-scribed the scene. The kettle-minder’s ringing set him to thinking about moments in 2018 when he blew his stack, usually because he didn’t have all the facts. And when he did, they were somewhat dyslexic – backwards at best in his “fire/aim/ready” life...

■ His post-Christmas phone call was clearly mel-ancholy.

“My mind raced back to this time last year,” Mort confessed. “I was standing in line to exchange gifts that flat-out didn’t work. I felt nearly as sorry for the guy at the returns counter as I did this year for the bell ringer.”

He added that he is often flummoxed simply because he doesn’t understand. As the joke goes, most of his ex-ercise is logged as he jumps to conclusions. With pa-tience, he could avoid most lines...

■ He was determined to provide me with details on two returns. I could have done well with less informa-tion, knowing his tendency is to “dump the whole load.”

“I’m sorry about re-turning the dental strips,” he sobbed. “I was ugly to the returns guy, fuming that I wore the dental strips for a week, and my teeth were just as crooked as

when I first stuck them on. I wish I had read the label that the strips are for whitening, not straightening.”

I was flabbergasted, but less so than when he cited his second returned item...

■ “I want my money back for these memory foam shoes,” he ordered.

“I tried ’em out for three days, taking them off at dif-ferent places each night,” he explained. “And not once the following mornings did I re-member where they were.”

Is any further evidence needed?

Little wonder that the tin-kling bell reminded him of times in 2018 when he went off “half-cocked.” Truth to tell, he may often have been “quarter-cocked,” or maybe even eighth or sixteenth...

■ We can make the most of the New Year if we take ad-vice from Denver’s “Healthy Humorist,” Dr. Brad Nieder. He has long proclaimed hu-mor to be “the best medi-cine.”

Dr. Nieder, a friend since I emceed his program a half-dozen years ago, gave his stethoscope the “heave ho” in the dawning years of this century. He realized he’d rather practice humor than

medicine.I might first seek medi-

cal opinions from practicing physicians, but I’d trust him for “third” opinions, maybe even “seconds.” But, for “hu-mor fixes” – not for medical reasons – I’d trust him more than any other person on the planet...

■ Described as the “Jerry Seinfeld of Medicine,” he finds humor in the most un-likely places, and extracts it from daily experiences. (His website, healthyhumorist.com, provides proof.)

Who among us could find humor in a service station re-stroom, where management was making genuine efforts to maintain hygiene?

Noticing the usual assur-ances on signs that utmost hygiene is given highest priority on a scheduled ba-sis, he saw three buttons. Instructions called for him to press the green button if conditions were excellent, the yellow button if accept-able, or the red button if the restroom needed immediate attention.

Here was his chance! He left this note: “The bathroom was actually quite clean, but there’s no way I’m touch-ing those buttons, which are undoubtedly contaminated with nasty things like staph and gluten.”

I think he threw in another germ ID – perhaps salmonel-la – for good measure.

Let’s take deep breaths and relax as we take on 2019...

Dr. Newbury is a former educator who “commits speeches” round about. Com-ments/inquiries to: new-bury@speakerdoc.com. 817-447-3872. www.speakerdoc.com.

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Crime of the Week: Televisions stolenHood County Crime Stop-

pers and the Hood County Sheriff’s Office need help solving a burglary.

On Feb. 28, 2018, an un-known person or persons broke into a storage build-ing in the 600 block of Shady Grove Drive in Granbury.

The following items were stolen:

■ 55-inch LG television unknown model and serial number valued at approxi-mately $750.

■ 32-inch television un-known make, mode and seri-al number valued at approxi-mately $430.

■ Xbox unknown model and serial number valued at approximately $229.

■ Apple iMac computer unknown model and serial number valued at approxi-mately 1,100.

■ PlayStation unknown model and serial number val-ued at approximately $236.

■ 55-inch Samsung televi-

sion unknown model and serial number valued at ap-proximately $875.

■ Various video games val-ued at approximately $300.

To submit a tip call Crime Stoppers at 817-573-TIPS (8477) or go online to www.hoodcountycrimestoppers.com.

All tips remain anony-mous. Upon arrest and in-dictment you could receive up to a $1,000 reward.

■ Gary Lynn Adams, 54, Fort Worth, possession of controlled substance, penal-ty group one, under 1 gram.

■ Brian Alexander Gaskill, 44, Garland, violation pa-role; theft of property under $2,500 two or more previ-

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Indians win Tenaha tourney

BY GRANT MCGALLIARDHOOD COUNTY NEWS

The Lipan Indians won the Tenaha Holiday Hoops Tour-nament with a thrilling 62-55 win over Shelbyville, the No. 1 team in Class 2A, in the championship game Satur-day.

En route to the title clash with Shelbyville, the Indians had knocked off White Oak 63-33, Neches 61-35 and Te-naha 52-45. Neches was the No. 6 team in Class 1A, and Tenaha was ranked No. 5 in Class 2A.

Layton Sharp had 26 points in the first half of the title game for the Indians, who maintained their No. 1 rank-ing in the Texas Boys Coaches Association poll.

Lipan plays Lingleville at home tonight at 7:15, and will host Bluff Dale at 7:15 on Friday.

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Pirates go 2-2 in tourneyBY GRANT MCGALLIARDHOOD COUNTY NEWS

The Granbury boys split four games at the Fredericksburg Roundball Reunion Tournament last weekend.

The Pirates opened with a 49-39 win over Fredericksburg be-hind 20 points from Cade Dudley, 15 from Micah Tuckler and 10 from Zach McCreight. Granbury dropped its second game 38-36 to Dripping Springs and lost to Huffman 62-48 in the third game.

The Pirates finished on a high note with a 69-56 win over Hidal-go. Tucker had 23 points, six assists and six rebounds and Dud-ley added 20 points, seven boards and four assists.

Dudley and Tucker were both named to the All-Tournament Team.

The Pirates (6-13) will resume District 9-5A play against Crow-ley at home Friday at 6 p.m.

Lady Pirates play at Lake Travis

BY GRANT MCGALLIARDHOOD COUNTY NEWS

The Granbury Lady Pirates finished 2-3 at the Lake Travis Girls Basketball Tournament last weekend.

Granbury opened with a 28-point victory over Pflugerville Weiss before losing to Cedar Ridge 68-49. The Lady Pirates lost to Cedar Ridge in a rematch 53-39 and fell to Killeen 63-54.

In the final game of the tournament, Granbury ral-lied to beat Antonian Prep 54-46.

The Lady Pirates held a 10-14 (1-3 in district) re-cord after the tournament. Granbury will restart Dis-trict 5-5A play at home against Crowley at 4:30 p.m. Friday.

Rattlers runners-up at Eula Tourney

BY GRANT MCGALLIARDHOOD COUNTY NEWS

The Tolar Rattlers finished second in the Eula Tourna-ment Saturday, losing 57-32 in the title game to Martins Mill, the No. 4 team in Class 2A.

Tolar had beaten Eula 47-46 in a thrilling semifinal game behind 16 points from Matt Moody, 13 points from Mason Behrens and 11 from Seth Carroll. Moody also led the Rattlers in scoring in their 60-36 win over Clyde when he put up 17 points, includ-ing 10 in the first quarter.

In Tolar’s 41-32 win over Merkel, Carroll led with 14 points.

The Rattlers are now 14-7 and will resume District 7-3A play against Jacksboro at home Friday at 2 p.m.

If you can get out, the fish-ing is good on many area lakes including our own Lake Granbury.

Water temperatures are holding close to 50 degrees F, and winter patterns are in full force.

Water flows continue from Possum Kingdom to Whit-ney, which is bringing down debris and changing water clarity. One must be careful navigating the lake, especial-ly on the upper ends of the reservoirs.

Striped bass fishing on Possum Kingdom, Granbury and Whitney have been ex-cellent on most days.

Whitney main lake fishing is good under the birds near the State Park and near Ce-dron Creek. Whitney on the upper ends is also tremen-dous from Steel Creek to the Kimball Bend area.

Possum Kingdom striped bass are good mid-lake in Caddo and Cedar Creeks and also up-stream near the island. Possum Kingdom is more stained than Gran-

bury or Whitney, but if you can locate them typically under the birds, you can fill your cooler.

Granbury striped bass are good to 12 pounds from In-dian Harbor to near Bent-water. Fish are holding near channel breaks where the baitfish are holding. Work-

ing Flukes and Bass Assas-sins on a heavy jig head will put fish in the boat.

Crappie fishing is excel-lent as well on Granbury and Whitney. Many are in the riv-er on the upper ends on both Granbury and Whitney. Small jigs and small minnows are effective.

The crappie on Granbury in the main lake have been suspended in trees near deeper water. Many are being caught by the Peninsula and by Port Ridglea, but there are many areas holding crappie.

Crappie anglers frequent the river above Whitney near Hamms creek for winter crappie.

Catfishing has been good as well on Granbury near baited holes. Jug lines worked near the Hunter Park area I understand is good.

Largemouth bass on Gran-

bury continue to be good on most days. Fish are staged off of deeper docks and dropoffs near points on many areas of the lake. Soft plastics worked real slow are producing. Some good catch-es have been reported on the upper ends in the river near Tin Top.

Squaw Creek largemouth bass are good to excellent to 7 pounds on soft plastics. Bass anglers have been flock-ing to this power plant lake as they do every winter. The warm water is desirable for this species.

Don’t forget about the win-ter trout fishing at Big Rocks Park in Glen Rose. Corn fished under a bobber can put some of these tasty fish in your cooler. See you all on the water!

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GATHER ROUND: Tolar head coach Ethan Lunn dishes out instruction in the huddle during a game in the Eula Tournament last weekend. The Rattlers finished in second place after falling to Martins Mill in the championship game.

ON A TEAR: The Lipan Indians beat three ranked teams on their way to winning the Tenaha Holiday Hoops Tournament. Lipan’s Layton Sharp (pictured) had 26 points at halftime of the Indians’ title game victory over Shelbyville.

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You might think of the Hood County Senior Center as a place to eat lunch. You’d be part

right. A variety of activities take

place each morning be-fore the noon meal Monday through Friday. There’s bingo every Monday and Friday, health screenings several times a week and speakers who share information re-garding health and wellness.

The Meals on Wheels pro-gram is based at the center with volunteers delivering lunch to those who are home bound.

Through strong public support, the mortgage on the building was retired in 2018. Community members also stepped up to provide Christmas gifts for 58 seniors through the fifth annual Se-nior Angel Tree project.

Various seminars, games and crafts are offered each month, and the country west-ern dance on Thursday nights has been a tradition for years.

The Senior Center is at 501 E. Moore St. Call 817-573-5533 for information.

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LINED UP: Ray Crust (left) is ready for lunch at the Hood County Senior Center. Not only a good meal, seniors also enjoy time with others. For those 60 and older the suggested meal donation is $3.50. Call 817-573-5533 with 24 hours notice to reserve a meal.

INTERGENERATIONAL MATCH: Members of the Granbury High School track team learned to play Hand and Foot when they stopped by the Senior Center.

SQUARE DANCERS: The Hood County Senior Center recently hosted a group of square dancers with a few do-si-dos and round she goes.

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New pension rules will expand eligibility

A recent amendment to regulations gov-erning VA pension and other needs-

based programs has been published. It’s called Net Worth, Asset Transfer and Income Exclusions for Needs-Based Benefits.

The rule took effect Oct. 18 and makes the “asset” limit much less ambiguous.

In the past, the general rule was if a married veter-an had assets over approxi-mately $80,000 they would not qualify for Pension Benefits.

This amount was loosely given to us by Pension Man-agement so we didn’t really have a hard and fast num-ber until today.

MAXIMUM ASSETS NOW CLEARLY STATED

The new regulations stip-ulate a clear “bright line” of

$123,600 for the year 2018 based on the standard maximum Communi-ty Spouse Resource Allowance estab-lished by Congress.

It also in-creases the allowed

amount of “net worth” for married veterans by $43,600 so this will expand benefits to a wider number of VA Pension eligible vet-erans.

The regulation establish-es a 36 month “look-back” period to review asset transfers that reduce net worth to create an entitle-

ment similar to what Medic-aid does.

It also establishes up to a five year penalty period based on the portion of transferred assets that were part of the claimants net worth that was transferred for less than fair market value 36 months prior to applying for pension.

INVESTMENTS WILL BE CONSIDERED

The transfer also in-cluded the purchase of investments that reduce net worth. Basically, they are looking at any actions that reduce a veteran’s net worth that would ordinar-ily not be done had they not been applying for pension benefits.

I’ve stated this very strongly in the past. Hiding assets to qualify for Federal benefits is considered fraud

so be careful with trans-ferring assets, establish-ing trusts etc. in order to reduce net worth to qualify for Federal benefits.

This regulation establish-es a spend-down provision for claimants to decrease their net worth and qualify for pension through penalty period calculations.

It also clarifies the type of medical expenses that may be deducted from count-able income and updates medical expense definitions for better consistence.

ANNUAL INCOME LIMITThere is not only an asset

limit to qualify for pen-sion; there is also an annual income limit of $20,731, which is calculated by add-ing the total household income and subtracting any medical expenses not reim-bursed by insurance.

These medical expenses include custodial care, as-sisted living, day care, and any services provided for activities of daily living.

The VA will reimburse the married veteran up to $20,731 for any medical expenses that take their annual income below that amount.

The application for pen-sion, VA Form 21-527EZ, has been updated to include these changes and is much more detailed.

Make sure when apply-ing you have all financial information, income from all sources and assets not including your home so as not to cause any delay in processing your claim.

Normally, I can have these claims established within 30-90 days when everything is perfect.

Keep in mind the VA does

cross reference with IRS and Social Security records so if there is a discrepancy, it will delay the claim.

VA NOT AFFECTED BY GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN

Some veterans may have concerns regarding the par-tial government shutdown.

The VA is fully funded for the year 2019 so this shutdown will not affect VA services to our heroes.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

I want to thank all of my partners out there who work so hard for our veter-ans and I am very excited about 2019 and continuing to serve the greatest com-munity in America!

God bless you all and have a happy and blessed New Year.

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Community Pantry

food distribution FridayThe Monthly Community

Pantry will be at the Granbury First United Methodist Church (FUMC) distribution site Friday, Jan. 4, from 8:30-10:30 a.m.

Fresh food through the Tar-rant Area Food Bank is distrib-uted on the first Friday each month at Granbury FUMC, 301 Loop 567.

The Monthly Community Pantry provides fresh produce and dairy products that often are not available weekly at the community food pantries in Hood County.

BRAZOS RIVER BAPTIST CHURCH Location: 2201 Mitchell

Bend Highway. Sponsor: Granbury First

United Methodist Church, H-E-B and others.

When: Noon - 4 p.m. Tues-days; 3-6 p.m. Thursdays.

Information: Email Terry McNew at tdmcnew@gmail.com or call 817-408-5533.

BLUFF DALE AREA FOOD PANTRYSponsor: Bluff Dale United

Methodist Church. When: First and third

Wednesdays from 3-5:30 p.m.Information: 254-728-3286.

CHRISTIAN SERVICE CENTERLocation: 1903 W. Pearl St. Sponsor: Granbury Church

of Christ. When: Mondays and

Wednesdays, 1–3 p.m. Information: Email hdur-

ham@granburycoc.net or call 817-573-0316 or 817-573-2613.

GRANBURY FIRST UNITED METHODIST FOOD MINISTRY

Location: 301 Loop 567. Sponsor: Granbury First

United Methodist Church. When: Monday-Thursday,

noon-4 p.m. Information: Email stock-

dave44@yahoo.com or call 817-573-5573.

JOSEPH’S LOCKER OUTREACHLocation: 1612 Weatherford

Highway, Suite 100. Sponsor: Joseph’s Locker

Outreach Ministry. When: 9 a.m. until noon,

Monday - Thursday.Information: Send email to

josephs.locker@yahoo.com or call 817-579-1446.

LIPAN COMMUNIT Y PANTRYLocation: First Baptist

Church in Lipan. Sponsor: Lipan community. When: 3-7 p.m. on Fridays. Information: Contact Mattie

Taylor at 254-646-2981 or call 254-646-2649.

LOAVES & FISHES MINISTRYLocation: 3410 Glen Rose

Highway, at Contrary Creek. Sponsor: Lakeside Baptist

Church. When: Tuesday and Thurs-

day, 1-3 p.m. Information: Email jimetta-

tidmore@gmail.com or 817-243-9818.

MISSION GRANBURYLocation: 3611 Plaza East

Court, off Highway 377. Sponsor: Mission Granbury. Food Pantry for families & in-

dividuals with children: Tues-day from 9 to 11 a.m.

Food Pantry for families & individuals without children: Thursday from 9 to 11 a.m.

*Must verify Hood County residence*

Information: Email Nancy Nowlin at nnowlin@mission-granbury.org or call 817-579-6866.

PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLELocation: 306 Kings Pla-

za. Sponsor: People Helping People.

When: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Information: Email php-hoodcty@att.net or call 817-573-7801.

RUTH’S PLACE/OAK TRAIL SHORES

Location: 2723 Maplewood. Sponsor: Granbury First

United Methodist Church. When: Tuesdays, 3 -5:30

p.m. Information: Email rp_an-

gelitabest@yahoo.com or call 817-579-1521.

SHEPHERD’S FOOD PANTRYLocation: 3600 Fall Creek

Highway, Acton. Sponsor: Good Shepherd An-

glican Church.When: 24/7 accessible food

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TOLAR FOOD PANTRYLocation: 8812 Highway 377

West, Tolar (at Tolar United Methodist Church).

Sponsor: Cooperative effort in the community and with lo-cal churches.

When: Wednesdays, 3:30-5 p.m.

Information: 254-835-4005.

WARRIORS FOR CHRIST PANTRYLocation: 6109 Tin Top

Highway. Sponsor: Warriors for

Christ. When: 10 a.m. to noon

on the third Saturday each month.

Information: 817-964-5492.

Register by Jan. 8 for free adult education classes

Adult basic education classes are coming to Granbury First United Methodist Church and Forward Train-ing Center.

Barbara Yoder, program coordina-tor, said Tuesday and Wednesday morning classes are from 9 to 11 a.m. at the church, 301 Loop 567.

Evening classes are at FTC, 600 W. Pearl St.

Classes are free and include English

as a second language (ESL), Adult Ba-sic Education, high school equivalency instruction, workplace training and in-tegrated education and training lead-ing to employment, certification or a college degree.

The Texas Workforce Commission provides funding for adult education classes.

Registration is due Jan. 8. Call 817-202-1108 for more information.

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ainbows are beautiful to look at because they are made of many different colors. They have the power to make us feel happy, just by looking at them.

Martin Luther King, Jr. saw that there were many different colors of people in the world. He believed that these differences could make the world a better place to live. He spent his life helping people live together in peace and equality.

Each year on the third Monday in January we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday because of his great work and his important message: that all people are precious and that our differences, like a rainbow, can make the world a better place.

Color the one above with the real colors of a rainbow. Color each child in the rainbow

below a different color of people.

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What could be at the end of a rainbow of people? A pot of gold – or something better? Unscramble the letters on the coins to spell something you might find if all people appreciated each others differences.

– Jesse Jackson

Standards Link: Social Science: Students recognize the forms of diversity in their community and the benefits of a diverse population.

Standards Link: History: Students identify the people honored in commemorative holidays including the human struggles that were the basis for the events.

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Look through the newspaper and find an article and/or picture that shows people of different races working together. Glue the picture

or the article in the first box. In the second box, write what you think Martin

Luther King, Jr. would have said about these people.

Standards Link: Social Science: Students recognize the ways in which they are all part of the same community, sharing principles, goals and traditions despite their varied ancestry; understand ways in which groups interact with one another to try to resolve problems.

“Our flag is red, white and blue, but

our nation is a rainbow — red, yellow, brown,

black and white.”

Tell about someone who is your hero. Why is this person special to you?

Compound Word FishLook through the newspaper for words that can make compound words. For example: rain and bow; sun and light; etc. Cut out each word and glue it to a small card. Use the cards to make a card deck for a game of GO FISH. A match is two words that make a compound word.Standards Link: Vocabulary Development: Use knowledge of individual words in compound words to understand their meaning.

Standards Links: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written instructions.

Help the rainbow friends meet at the center of the maze.

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recongized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had dreams. He dreamed about changing the world for the better.

Martin Luther King Jr. skipped two grades and started college at age 15. He went on to earn two bachelors degrees and a Ph.D. His strong education and love of reading helped him to write powerful sermons and speeches.

He shared his dreams in his speeches. He inspired others to share his dreams.

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Weekend Food for Kids helps those who may go hungryBY DEBBIE SCHENIDERHOOD COUNTY NEWS

You can help children who don’t have enough to eat on the weekends.

Board President Thomas Lyssy, of Week-end Food for Kids, said a number of children don’t have adequate food on the weekends.

“We have students on the free or reduced meal program at school Monday through Friday,” he said. “But when they are home all weekend, there may not be any food in the house.”

Organizers hope to raise $25,000 by year’s end to fund the Weekend Food for Kids pro-gram, operated by the nonprofit Neighbors Feeding Neighbors.

Volunteers from various organizations and churches pack the food bags and communi-cate with their adopted school. The bags are discretely given to those in need.

“The school counselors and teachers know which kids need food. They help determine who will get the food bags each week,” Lyssy explained.

Food bags include two breakfast, lunch and snack items. The food cost is around $5 for each weekend bag. Monetary support keeps the program running.

Donations can be mailed to Neighbors Feeding Neighbors, P.O. Box 866, Granbury, Texas 76048.

Donation amounts for Weekend Food for Kids will be listed in the Hood County News each week.

Neighbors Feeding Neighbors is dedicat-ed to getting food to those in need through our Weekend Food for Kids program and a monthly food distribution.

On the first Friday of each month, the community food pantry is under the direc-tion of Neighbors Feeding Neighbors. The pantry may feature different food items than those available at food pantries across Hood County.

The next pantry is from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 4 at Granbury First United Meth-odist Church, 301 Loop 567.

Volunteers from various nonprofit agen-cies help with the community pantry.

DONATIONS

T.C. Daus $100Dorothy Boynton $100Kerry Kluck $25Jess & Shirley Moore $200Don Walske $50Anonymous $500Richard & Sandy Brazil $25Anonymous $100David & Judith Porcher $50John & Judy Crier $50Karen Rasco $100Jerry Elman $50Derrell & Denise Harmon $200 Gail Wells $25Jeremy & Shawndra Witte $50Ronnie & Lyn Tomlinson $50Janice Caldwell $100

William Clark & Mary Balint $100Victor & Carolyn Flatt $25Rita Hart $200Mike & Keena Donarumo $100Wanda Crossland $100Dianne Stark $25Jan Eric Barto $50Anonymous $20Walter & Joan Roberts $3,000Spruce & Denise Griffi th $200Vinnie & Pris Willameth $25Anonymous $500Anonymous $100Anonymous $500Anonymous $20Anonymous $150Anonymous $100Wanda Merchant $100David Cleveland $50Lester & Tolly $25Joan Knott $50KD & Charlotte Boyd $25Steven & Lori Vale $50Anonymous $250Anonymous $50Thomas & Julie Lyssy $300Judy Vetter $30Carol Link $100Anonymous $100Anonymous $50Folke & Lana Martensson $100Jerry & Janet Payne $50Anonymous $30B&M Martin $300Johnnie & Betty Jo Estes $25Anonymous $150John & Elizabeth Hubbard $100Ken & Juanita Morgan $100Ronald & Joanne Croft $25Tom & Janice Peeler $500Doris Selman $30Sam Winters $25Anonymous $60

Anonymous $200Jerry & Jane Harvey $200Anonymous $100Melba Anderson $500Connie & Mark Martin $25Jack & Teresa Sides $25Anonymous $100Phyllis & Howard Dickerson $100Sammie Williams $2,000CE & Isabell Flint $50Bill Fitzpatrick $100Dorothy Sipes $250Eleazar & Robin Vera $100Anonymous $100Deanna Haltom $1002-4 Monday Bridge $48Victor & Virginia Zemanek $150Anonymous $50Anonymous $1,000Nan Jones $50Virginia Conner $100John & Janet Bowen $100Larry Bowman $30Donald & Pamela Meyer $500Anonymous $50Anonymous $500Richard & Brenda Fotter $200Anonymous $25David & Claudia Southern $1,000Anonymous $50Shirley Wright $50Anonymous $100George & Peggy Bradford $20Betty Hayworth $100Kenneth & Lesley Borg $100Steven & Cynthia Brown $250Ronald & Brenda Norman $100Timothy & Nancy Bennett $250Jamie Timmins $100David & Wendy Moore $100Robert & Debbie Daugherty $25Damon & Donna Berry $100

TOTAL $19,388

The Glen Rose townspeo-ple were desperate after the boll weevil obliter-ated their cotton fields.

Cotton, after all, was their main economy. They had to find another way of making a living.

Welcome, moonshine.

Native Hood Countians remember hear-ing about the illegal operation, the whiskey stills tucked deep in the cedar breaks of neighboring Somervell County. Maybe they just didn’t know the whole story of the prohibition-era bootlegging business.

They will know now, after reading a frenzied paperbook titled “The Glen Rose Moonshine Raid.”

Detective Martin Brown uncovered a col-orful and tragic story in his debut book. It probably won’t be his last. The 100-pager is equally entertaining and educational.

“One of the most explosive confronta-tions in the annals of both bootleggers and Texas Rangers,” written in red ink on the back cover.

If that’s not a good enough hook, the smaller black type reads, “With hills stud-ded with whiskey stills and cisterns brim-ming over with beer, Glen Rose operated in concerted defiance of one of Prohibi-tion’s chief champions, Governor Pat Neff. In 1923, Neff dispatched Texas Rangers and undercover agents to do the job of the unwilling law enforcement. More than fifty men were arrested, including the sheriff and the county prosecutor. Outraged, the town’s most prominent citizens stalked the Rangers and their agents, assassinating

the primary operative in an ambush and further escalating the affair.”

Brown, a Somervell County transplant, wasn’t critical of the moonshiners. In fact, his pages soaked of empathy for men try-ing to put food on the table when times were hard.

“It wasn’t a matter being of bad guys and good guys,” Brown said. “These were just people doing the best they could.”

THE BOOTLEGGERNative Hood Countian James

Aaron “Dick” Watson was a well-built, good-looking young man who at 6 feet tall could pass for an All-American halfback.

He was a decorated World War I soldier and later a special law enforcement agent.

James Aaron Watson was also a bootlegger.

He ran illegal moonshine from Somervell County to speakeasies in Fort Worth and Dallas, and the oil boom towns in Breckenridge and Corsicana.

The law, however, finally caught up with him one night when he was driv-ing booze through Hood County, prob-ably on his way to supply thirsty oil field workers in Breckenridge.

The arresting agency’s chief, Sheriff Bud Larned, had a dilemma. He liked Watson and his family, and didn’t want to pursue charges.

But Larned had pressure from Gov. Neff and Neff’s temperance-backed campaign

to rid Texas of the sinful spirits.So Larned made a deal. He wouldn’t file charges if Watson

would guide officers to the hidden stills in Somervell County.

Watson agreed and helped lead the Texas Rangers on a massive moonshine raid on a Saturday morning in August.

The stills were rounded up and spilled on the Glen Rose courthouse lawn. The crowd downtown began seeing prominent members of the community, fellow church goers and even relatives escorted into the courthouse.

Methodist church women fed sandwiches and coffee to the tired Rangers who had been working with-out a break since before sunup.

However, not every-one was pleased.

Watson, the state’s key wit-ness, was gunned down just before he was to tes-tify against the moonshin-ers. He was killed by a shotgun blast while visit-

ing a friend in Glen Rose. No

one was ever charged.He was only 28.

Dick Watson is bur-ied in Marystown Cem-

etery in Johnson County.Not much was known about

the dark side of Watson, born 1895 and reared in Thorp Spring a few miles north-west of Granbury.

Even Watson’s own family members weren’t sure.

Brown, during research for the book,

reached one of Watson’s granddaughters in New Mexico. She fell into tears of joy after Brown enlightened her about her grandfather.

“All of my life,” she told Brown, “my fam-ily said he was the black sheep.”

She had no idea her grandfather was a special undercover agent for the Texas Rangers.

EARLY ONAs a boy Brown frequently visited the

Dallas County Courthouse where his fa-ther was a deputy sheriff. The young, wide-eyed Brown would listen to the deputies’ sizzling stories about the old gangs in Dallas.

He remembers hearing about Glen Rose being the main source of illegal whiskey sold in the big-city speakeasies.

Years later, one of Brown’s friends bought a ranch near Eulogy, south of Glen Rose. Brown’s detective agency was in downtown Dallas, and he gladly accepted his friend’s invitation to slip away to the country, relax and sip a little whiskey on the front porch.

It was there that Brown began hearing stories about Eulogy’s wild days of boot-leggers and dance halls.

“I had always wanted to write a book anyway,” Brown said. “I really wanted to write a book about the Depression-era

LifeWednesday, January 2, 2019 www.hcnews.com Hood County News 1B

Glen Rose

MOONSHINERAID OF 1923

‘It wasn’t

a matter of being bad

guys and good guys. These were

just people doing the best they could.’

– ‘The Glen Rose Moonshine Raid’ author Martin Brown

on the Somervell County moonshiners

Hood County bootlegger Dick Watson key player in Texas Rangers’ massive bust. However, Watson’s story would have tragic ending.

James Aaron “Dick” Watson

COURTESY OF STACEY BLANTON AND FAMILY OF JAMES AARON WATSON

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gangsters in Dallas.”But the more he heard about the

moonshining near Glen Rose the more he was intrigued.

He visited the Somervell County Heritage Center to research Eulogy. The woman was very helpful, Brown said, and produced “volumes of stuff about Eulogy.”

But the mood quickly changed when Brown asked if she had anything about when the Texas Rangers came to town.

“If you’re going to write about that you’re not going to find anybody that will talk about it,” the woman said.

Well, that really piqued Brown’s inter-est.

He couldn’t believe that almost 100 years later some Somervell Countians would still be sensitive about the sub-ject.

Brown started to dig. He Googled “Texas Rangers” and found a book about an undercover agent working for the Rangers in Glen Rose in 1923 and how the agent was murdered.

Brown went to the Glen Rose court-house but couldn’t find the man’s death certificate from 1923.

“I thought that was kinda strange,” Brown said.

Then he finally found one in 1937, 14 years later. “I thought, ‘Here’s a guy not only killed but nobody wants to record his death.’”

He then drove to the Texas Rang-ers Museum in Waco. The trip paid off. Brown solved the mysteries when read-ing a Ranger’s detailed account of the raid and bloody aftermath.

“I looked at (the Ranger’s) old notes and reports that pretty much told the story.”

Brown said he then lucked out at the Cleburne library, which had old newspapers on microfilm. Brown spent hours squinting at colorfully written stories about the moonshine raid, ar-rests and trials.

“In those days the writers took a great deal of pride in those stories,” Brown said. “The Rangers arrested nearly 50 people, including the sheriff and county attorney. That was big news. Day after day there were newspaper stories. That was a valuable resource.”

The reporters were skilled at taking precise notes, Brown said. “You could read exactly what the witnesses were saying,” Brown said. “It was like watch-ing a movie. It was so detailed.”

Brown has received no negative re-sponse about the book.

“They just love it,” he said. “Some-body said this is our history. They said

this is something that needs to be told.”

The list of supporters include Alan

West, the current sheriff of Somervell

County. His grandfather was one of the

men who allegedly shot Watson.

“I tried to make it as fair as I could,”

Brown said. “There is no bias in truth.

I had better tell it totally accurately be-

cause I was going to be called to task

for it.”

ACQUIRED TASTE Brown has had a taste of moonshine,

saying “it’s not bad,” but really has no

plans of making it.

“I thought about doing it, but it’s

easier to go to Spec’s and get a bottle of

Jack Daniels,” he said with a chuckle.

People still make moonshine, which is

legal if proper permits are obtained. But

there were no permits to obtain during

America’s prohibition in the 1920s and

early 1930s.

Brown believes the United States

made a mistake by passing the prohibi-

tion law.

“They felt if they got rid of alcohol

people would take care of their kids bet-

ter, and husbands and wives wouldn’t

fight.”

But the problems remained. And in

some cases grew even larger, Brown

believes.

America’s organized crime was born

because of it, he said, and “we’ve really

never recovered.

“The intentions were good, but you

just can’t legislate morality.

“It just doesn’t work.”

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Well, in the North of Carolina, way back in the hillsMe and my old pappy and he had him a stillHe brewed white lightnin’ till the sun went downAnd then you’d fill him a jug and he’d pass it

aroundMighty, mighty pleasin’, pappy’s corn squeezin’Ssh, white lightning

Well, the “G” men, “T” men, revenuers, tooSearchin’ for the place where he made his brewThey were looking, tryin to book him, but my pap-

py kept on cookin’Phoo, white lightning

Well, I asked my old pappy why he called his brewWhite lightning ‘stead of mountain dewI took a little sip and right away I knewAs my eyes bugged out and my face turned blueLightning started flashin’, thunder started clashin’ Fshhh, white lightnin’

“White Lightning”

by George Jones

THE AUTHOR: Martin Brown was a police offi cer in Garland before opening a private detective agency in downtown Dallas. He retired to a small ranch in Somervell County.

‘They just love it. Somebody said

this is our history. They said this issomething that

needs to be told.’– ‘The Glen Rose Moonshine Raid’

author Martin Brown on reaction to his book

Glen Rose

MOONSHINERAID OF 1923

Charles Robert Watson with sons Charles (center) and James Aaron (right).

COURTESY OF STACEY BLANTON AND FAMILY OF JAMES AARON WATSON

ROGER ENLOW | HOOD COUNTY NEWS

MOONSHINE: The day the Rangers came to townFROM PAGE 1B

Rangers with confi scated still at Somervell County Courthouse, Aug. 25, 1923.COURTESY OF THE SOMERVELL COUNTY HERITAGE CENTER

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William Arthur Larson Sr.William Arthur Larson Sr.,

70, of Granbury, passed away Sunday, December 23, 2018 at home. Service: Private.

William was born Septem-ber 10, 1948 in Waco.

He is preceded in death by his father George Larson. He is survived by his wife, Ginger Larson; mother, Ada Harkcom; children, William Jr., Robert, Corey, Bryant, William Russell and Nicole; numerous grandchildren and extended family.

Lyle D. Conyers Lyle D. Conyers, 82, of An-

drews, TX, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018.

Family and friends will gather to celebrate his life at a graveside service at 4:00 PM Friday, December 28, 2018 in the Andrews North Cemetery. Services are under the personal care of McNett Funeral Home in Andrews. Please celebrate his life by visiting www.mcnettfuneral-home.com.

Lyle was born on May 29, 1936 in Minden, Nebraska to Walter James Conyers and Esther Mildred Baker Cony-ers. He was raised in Minden and graduated from Min-den High School in 1954. He served in the U.S. Army from April 1955 – February 1957 and moved back to Minden, where he farmed. He attend-ed the Kearney State College in Kearney, Nebraska then moved to Denver in 1963, where he attended Univer-sity of Denver and later, the University of Colorado at Denver. He was studying ac-counting. He married Betty Marie Ferris on November 14, 1964 in Denver, Colo-rado. He started working for Chevrolet Motor Division of General Motors in 1963. He was transferred to Dodge City, Kansas in 1972, where he worked until 1975 as the District Manager for Chev-rolet Motor Division for the west and south part of Kan-sas. They moved to Andrews in 1975, where they owned and operated Holiday Motor Inn until 1982. They also owned the Beacon Lodge in Snyder from 1979 to 1986. Lyle enjoyed drinking cof-fee with his friends at B & J Restaurant in Andrews. The family moved to Minden, Nebraska in 1985, in order to be closer to his family. He earned his pilot’s license there, and enjoyed flying family and friends over the farms around Minden. They were members of the First Christian Church in Minden. They moved to Seminole, TX, in 1990 and to Midland, TX, in 1994. While in Midland, he earned his Texas Real Estate License in 1994. He was a past member of the Toastmasters International

Club. They were members of Green Tree Country Club and Green Tree North Home Owners Association. They moved to Granbury, TX, in 1999, choosing to live in Pe-can Plantation. Lyle spent a lot of time playing golf with friends. He tamed and fed his pet squirrel, named Molly. Other interests were collecting coins and watch-ing sports. Lyle and Betty recently moved back to An-drews in 2018 to be closer to son, Bryan, and his family. Lyle met many new friends at Permian Residential Care Center. His favorite thing to do was spend time with his family, and he adored his two granddaughters, Clary Jo and Cylee Joy.

Lyle was preceded in death by his parents, brother and sister in law, Duane and Mary Jane Conyers, brother in law, Frederick Thaut, and niece, Cindy Thaut.

Lyle is survived by his wife, Betty Conyers, of An-drews, son, Bryan D. Conyers and wife, Holly, of Andrews and their two daughters, Clary Jo and Cylee Joy. Also sister, Shirley Thaut of Min-den, Nebraska; nephew, Rog-er Thaut of Minden, Nebras-ka; niece, Donna Preisendorf of Grand Island, Nebraska; niece, Diane Bohl of Lincoln, Nebraska; niece, Nancy Keup of Kearney, Nebraska; niece, Debby Overleese of Minden, Nebraska; nephew, Dave Conyers of Heartwell, Ne-braska; and niece Dottie Buck of Kearney, Nebraska.

In lieu of flowers, memori-als may be sent to Permian Residential Care Center, PO Box 2108, Andrews, Texas 79714.

Earl R. Epperson Jr. Earl R. Epperson Jr., 97

years old, formerly of Pecan Plantation in Granbury, Tex-as, passed away at the Parkview Health & Rehabili-tation Center in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Decem-ber 4, 2018.

Born on April 1, 1921 in Kingsport, Tennessee, Earl attended Millsaps College and Louisiana State Univer-sity, where he was a mem-ber of the Kappa Alpha or-der. He began his flying ca-reer in the Army Air Corps at the outbreak of World War II, flying multiple air-craft and missions, and ulti-mately attaining the rank of Major by the end of the war. After the war he was employed as a pilot by Del-ta Air Lines, and remained with Delta until his retire-ment as a Senior Captain in 1981, finishing his career flying 747’s and L-1011’s. During his retirement years he continued recreational flying, and holds two flying world speed records from Dallas, Texas to Orlando, Florida in two different air-craft classes (one multi-en-gine jet record while em-ployed by Delta, and one propeller single engine re-cord while retired). Earl also served as a volunteer with the Pecan Plantation Volunteer Fire Department & Emergency Medical Ser-vice, and was active in the Tennis Association at Pecan Plantation.

Earl was an energetic and skilled tennis and golf play-er, and was known for mak-ing small wagers always to his advantage, but never se-riously complaining when he lost. He enjoyed his house on the Brazos River and his many friends at Pe-can Plantation and else-where. During his retire-ment years he continued playing tennis and golf at Pecan Plantation and other locations to which he would travel for tournaments and enjoyment.

Earl is preceded in death by his parents, Earl R Ep-person Sr (US Army) and Doris Epperson, Colonel (Women’s Army Corps), by his first wife and the moth-er of his three sons, Maxine P Epperson of Roswell Georgia, and by his second wife of fifty-two years, Joyce E Epperson of Gran-bury Texas.

Earl is survived by his three sons and daughters-in-law, Earl Russell Epper-son III and Mary Beth Ep-person of Atlanta Georgia, Stephen P Epperson and Katherine H Epperson of Gastonia North Carolina, and Timothy H Epperson and Lisa P Epperson of Cha-pel Hill North Carolina, and by his grand-daughters Courtney Epperson of Dur-ham, North Carolina, Brooke Epperson of Chapel

Hill, North Carolina, and Hallie Epperson of Mem-phis, Tennessee, and by a great grand-son Jake Coe of Hillsborough, North Caroli-na, as well as by his step-children Thomas Earl Davis of Sherman, Texas and Jan-ice Van Dyke of Kingwood Texas.

Also surviving Earl are numerous step grand-chil-dren, step great grand-chil-dren, and step great-great grand-children.

A special mention also to his step grand-daughter Ja-net Lynn Van Dyke, Lt. Col-onel, United States Air Force, in remembrance of the many hours they en-joyed discussing the chal-lenges and joys of flying jet aircraft.

The family will welcome friends at an informal re-ception in memory of Earl from 3:00pm to 5:00pm on March 13, 2019 at Atria South Point Walk located at 5705 Fayetteville Rd, Dur-ham, NC 27713.

In lieu of flowers memori-als may be made to the Pe-can Plantation Volunteer Fire Department and Emer-gency Medical Service (VFD&EMS), 9518 Montecel-lo Drive, Pecan Plantation, Granbury Texas 76049, or to the charity of your choice.

Walkers Funeral Home in Chapel Hill, NC is serving the family, online condo-lences may be submitted at www.walkersfuneralservice.com.

Victoria Giannelli Victoria Giannelli, 96, of

Granbury, passed away on Wednesday, December 26, 2018. Mass: 11:00 AM, Monday, December 31, 2018, St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church, Visitation: 6:00 PM, Sunday, December 30, 2018, Wiley Funeral Home Chapel, Granbury, with Rosary at 7:00 PM in the chapel. Inurnment will be at Dallas Fort Worth Na-tional Cemetery at a later date.

Victoria was born on No-vember 12, 1922 in Sicily, Italy to Rocco and Angela Ruggeri. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. She started out in the 1950’s in New York as a busy secretary. After her first child, she became a homemaker. She loved Ball-room dancing in her spare time and was a member of St. Frances Cabrini Catholic Church. She was preceded in death by her husband Val Giannelli.

Victoria is survived by her

daughter: Lucy Esposito and husband Carmine of Granbury, son: Raymond Giannelli and wife Carla of Massachusetts, grandchil-dren: Renee Tall, Jennifer Wade, Paul Esposito, and Pamela Giannelli, great-grandchildren: Izzy Wade, Grayson Wade, Jonah Wade, Braden Tall, and Ashley Tall, sister: Tina Borrelli of Florida, and numerous niec-es and nephews.

Rita Lynn Renner Rita Lynn Renner, age 60,

of Granbury, passed away Monday December 24, 2018. No services planned at this time.

Rita was born on October 5, 1958 in El Paso, Texas, to Virginia and Glenn Brad-dock. She was a wife of 40 years to John Roy Renner. Rita was a loving wife, mother and grandmother. She was preceded in death by her husband John Renner and father Glenn Braddock, Sr.

She is survived by her children: Jason Renner, Re-ena Negrete, Sarah Renner all of Granbury; eight grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; mother: Vir-ginia Braddock of Azle; sib-lings: Glen Braddock Jr of

Azle, Terry Holmes of Hot Springs, Arkansas, Jessie Parchment of Beaumont, Texas; numerous nieces and nephews.

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Calendar information runs as space is available in the Hood County News.

WEDNESDAY, JAN. 2OPERA GUILD meets at De-

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THURSDAY, JAN. 3LAKE GRANBURY NEW-

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TEXAS EXTENSION EDU-CATION CLUB with guest speaker Pat McNeely on driv-ing rural highways, 10 a.m., Hood County Annex 1, 1401 W. Pearl St.

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GRANBURY KNITTING GUILD gathers to chat, learn and knit, 9:30 a.m., First Presbyterian Church, 303 W. Bridge St.

HOOD COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL wel-comes CASA representa-tive Jean Cate, 10 a.m., GISD Administration Building, 817-219-3948.

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Appointments in Gran-bury will be on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, with the first beginning Tuesday, Feb. 5. Ap-pointments will continue through Friday, April 12.

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Pecan Plantation. Single retired busi-ness man would like a long termrental starting April/May 2019, flexi-ble. Previous Pecan resident. Wouldlike a well kept home and would keepit that way. 734-718-0216 Frank.

2040

Classic Automobiles

NEED HOLIDAY CASH? Im buyingclassic European cars in any condi-tion! Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar,Austin Healey (817) 659-6074

1070

Lots for Sale

One of a kind - high - forever view-looking over the "bend" on GranburyLake (views West and South to Co-manche Peak). 1.8 acres in Bentwateredition. 1610 Crow Creek Dr. For Saleby Owner, $199,000 (214) 632-7044

1510

Apartments for Rent

NEWLY RENOVATED

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Furnished and unfurnished 1-3-6-12 month lease terms available.LAKESHORE APARTMENTS

817-573-3381

Lakeside Apartments1 & 2 bedrooms availablePlease call 682-936-2610for more information.

TOWNE LAKE APARTMENTS

1&2 bedroom, unfurnished, furnishedand corporate apartment homes. 1-3-6-12 mo leases. Rent includes water/trash, cable TV w/HBO. (817) 579-1604

Real Estate for Sale

1010 Acreage for Sale1020 Cemetery Lots1030 Commercial for Sale1040 Duplexes for Sale1050 Homes for Sale1060 Waterfront Homes1070 Lots for Sale1080 Mobiles for Sale1090 Waterfront Mobiles1100 Real Estate Notes1110 Townhomes & Condos1120 Property For Trade1130 Want To Buy

Real Estate for Rent1510 Apartments for Rent1520 Commercial for Rent1530 Duplexes for Rent1540 Homes for Rent1550 Mobiles for Rent1560 Rooms for Rent1570 Roommates Wanted1580 Spaces & Lots1590 Townhomes & Condos1600 Want to Rent

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Farm & Ranch3010 Corrals & Fencing3020 Farm Equipment3030 Feed & Pasture3040 Stock Trailers3050 Related Items

Finance4010 Business Opportunities4020 Insurance4030 Investments4040 Mortgages & Notes

Home & Business Services5010 Adult/Elderly Care5020 A/C Heating Repair5030 Appliance Repair5040 Automotive Services5050 Bulldozer Services5060 Business Services5065 Carports5070 Cement/Concrete5075 Chimney Sweeping5080 Child Care5090 Cleaning Services5100 Computer Services5110 Construction5120 Clock Repair5130 Dock repair/Rebuild 5140 Electrical5150 Electronics Repair5160 Exterminating5170 Fencing5180 Floor Coverings5190 Health Care5200 Home Improvement5210 Home Services5220 Landscaping/Tree Service5230 Interior Design5240 Masonry5250 Mobile Home Service5260 Moving/Hauling5265 Plumbing5270 Sand/Gravel/Soil5280 Roofi ng5290 Painting5295 Pressure Washing5300 Septic/Sewer5310 Small Engine Repair5320 Secretarial/Offi ce5330 Storage5340 Tractor Service5350 Welding

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Livestock & Pets8010 Livestock8020 Livestock Lost & Found8030 Pets8040 Pets Lost & Found

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Public Sales9570 Auctions9580 Flea Markets9590 Out of Town SalesCresson Garage Sales 76035Granbury Garage Sales 76048Granbury Garage Sales 76049Lipan Garage Sales 76462Tolar Garage Sales 76476

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Homes for Sale

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Cement/Concrete

W&W Concrete& Dirt Work

Septic new/repair - Licensed Plumbing ServiceServing Hood County since 1976.

(817) 573-3066, (254) 835-4625

ALL CONCRETE & MASONRY Res-

idential Driveways

*Sidewalks *Patios *Curbs *Dirt/

Skid Steer Work*Leveling, Lot

Clearing/Removal *Fences

*Carports Small/Large Jobs.

Honest, Dependable!

Free Estimates. Senior Discounts

(817)776-2200 or (817) 776-2201

SINCE 1970

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

Slabs. Driveways. Patios.Retainer Walls.

Metal Buildings-RV CoversLicensed & Bonded817-279-8115

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Slabs & flat work, curbs, patios,sidewalks, driveway-bobcat work,demolition, post holes, piers; haul-ing base, sand, gravel. Sheet metalfencing-metal building slabs. 817-910-8518 office, 817-219-7483 cell

5090

Cleaning Services

ABSOLUTE DEEP STEAM CARPETCleaning 3 rooms, $75.Also tile, grout, stained

concrete, hardwood floor cleaning.(817)480-6275 or (817)559-0958

5100

Computer Services

NEED COMPUTER HELP?

Virus Removal/Repairs/Networks/

Upgrades/Programming/Training

andmore. Over 25 years exp,

Residential and Commercial

(817) 579-8450 (817) 579-8450

5110

Construction

JERRETT WELDING & CONSTRUC-

TION SERVICE. Todd Jerrett. MetalBuildings, House Roofs, Fences-alltypes. Commercial Farm and Residen-tial (254) 434-7360

5140

Electrical

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORTECL#22551 40+ yearsResidential/CommercialAZZ-IZZ Enterprizes, LLCNO JOBS TOO SMALL!

(817)613-1465, (817) 266-7239

5170

Fencing

THE LEEWOODWELDING &

FENCE SERVICE - All types fenc-

ing, barns & carports. No jobs

too small. (817) 597-6123

DOUG STULTS CONSTRUCTION

Since 1970.Quality cedar fences.

Redwood patio pergolas.Licensed & bonded. 817-279-8115

5200

Home Improvement

HOMEMAINTENANCE AND REPAIR

Remodeling *Porches *MEDIA

ROOMS *Garages *Decks *Arbors

*Painting *Trim *New Additions

*Roofing *Attic Insulation

*Total Window Replacements

*Handyman Services See Yellow

Pages (817) 578-8064

CONSTRUCTIONWERKS

New construction, remodel,

carpentry, paint, sheetrock, tile,

stone, cement, doors, windows.

Interior, exterior. Commercial,

residential. Insured.

817-363-7656

COUNTRY BOY HANDYMAN

HOME REPAIRS & IMPROVEMENTS.CARPENTRY, PAINTING & MORE.(682)936-2319 or (682)234-7852

THE COWBOY HANDYMAN

Home Improvement and RepairLocally owned

Brad Stone 806-676-9939 De-pendable & Affordable Choice!

T&J CONSTRUCTION Decks -Priva-cy Fence - Pergola -Sheds - Car-

ports - RemodelHome Repairs

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GENSCHEL’S REMODELINGHome repairs. Paint int. & ext.

Sheetrock repair. Custom decks.Run with Christian values, fairpricing. 35 years experience.

References available.Call Allen 817-776-3757.

SNODGRASS PAINTING

AND REMODELING

A-Z Construction & Painting.A+ BBB Member

snodgrasspaintingremodeling.com4400 Weatherford Hwy, Granbury.(817)578-8387 (817) 271-3324

5210

Home Services

SPRINKLER REPAIR Lawn sprinklers

repaired and installed. (817) 480-

6275

CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND DECORATIONTAKEDOWN Ready for your lights anddecorations to come down? Call us fortakedown/storage. (817) 964-5613

5220

Landscaping/Tree Service

MIKES LAWNCARE AND LEAF RE-MOVAL Have a yard that’s out ofcontrol? Leaves up to your knees?Contract Mike’s Lawn Care for freeestimates. Leaf removal, mowing,edging and weed eating. Satisfac-tion Guaranteed. Residential &Commercial, Insured, Free Esti-mates. (682) 229-0688Mikesaffordablelawn@yahoo.com

HERO'S LANDSCAPE SERVICES

Career Firefighter

Own/Operated

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*Licensed Landscape Irrigator

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Free estimates. TXLI 19583

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CALL FOR SPECIALS. Christmaslights. Flowerbed/gutter cleanup, treework, custom tilling. Brush hogging.Senior discounts. 817-793-2245

TEXAS TREE CARE

Proudly serving Hood Countylonger than any other tree service.Third generation arborist. Pruning,removals, sick tree diagnoses, rootzone fertilization, Oak Wilt injec-tions, stump grinding, tree hazardinspection and mistletoe removal.We are your tree care professionals.Free estimates and senior discount.Residential & Commercial, Free Es-timates.

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Masonry

ANYTHINGWITH STONE

*RetainingWalls *Patios

*Houses *Repairs *Flower Beds

*Planting *Bobcat Work

*Tornado Shelters

*20+ years *Senior Discount

Insured (817) 919-4487

AFFORDABLE ROCKWORK *Side-

walks *RetainingWalls

*Mailboxes *Fireplaces

No job too small. FREE estimates.

(817)279-3212

5250

Mobile Home Service

A.G.C.Rehab and Repair Mobile Homes

Fair PricesArthur Garcia 817-673-5201

5260

Moving/Hauling

JOE MOVERS - Call us for your fullservice moving needs. Pack/un-

pack, local/long distance Going on50 yrs. in business. Residential &Commercial, Licensed & Insured,Free Estimates. (817) 798-6403

5270

Sand/Gravel/Soil

SAND AND GRAVEL

Will haul sand, gravel, top soil,

road base, etc. Call Carroll,

(817) 219-2436, (817) 964-2228

5290

Painting

Tammy Sue’sPainting and Organizing Service LLC

936-371-2503paintingandorganizing.com

5340

Tractor Service

JOHNSON PRO SERVICES Tractorwork, brush hog, box blade, posthole, back hoe. Dump trailer ser-

vice. 2hr. min. Residential& Commercial. Free Estimates.

johnsonproservice.com817-902-3987

6050

Hunting/Fishing

SQUAW CREEK CATFISHING TRIPSWINTER SPECIAL: 20 fish guaran-teed or your money will be fully re-funded! (817) 243-5858

6570

Firewood

FIRE WOOD oak, pecan, full and halfcords. Delivered and stacked, and treeservice. 817-771-9535

6620

Miscellaneous

MARY KAY COSMETICS

Independent Beauty ConsultantVickie Fidler (817)910-2676www.marykay.com/vfidler

wagonyard.com We sell local hon-ey, Watkins, Howard Products,Mexican Vanilla. Repair BatteryClocks, Elec Lamps. 817-573-5321

WE BUY OLD US COINSOF ALL DENOMINATIONS.

Call 817-559-3131

8030

Pets

LOOKING FOR A COMPANION?

If you are looking for a compan-

ion animal to give a forever

home, OPT TO ADOPT!

Call or visit

Hood County Animal Control

1550Weatherford Highway,

Granbury, Texas 76048

817-573-4277

8040

Pets Lost & Found

IF YOU HAVE

LOST OR FOUND AN ANIMAL,

please contact

Hood County Animal Control,

1550Weatherford Hwy,

Granbury, Texas 76048.

817-573-4277

8510

General

COMET CLEANERSis now hiring pressers & frontcounter. Apply in person. CometCleaners esta ahora planchadoras.600 S. Morgan St. 817-579-9274

Mission Granbury is seeking a moti-vated, organized, dependable ap-plicant to fill one part-time ShelterAdvocate position at the Ada CareyCenter Shelter. The job will be amaximum of 24 hours per week, in-cluding nights and weekends withsome overnights and holidays. Du-ties include assisting with crisis in-tervention, answering the 24-hourcrisis line, safety planning, advoca-cy and other supportive services toclients of domestic violence and/orsexual assault. Must have reliabletransportation, the ability to pass abackground check and be able tolift 50 lbs. The position starts at$11.00 per hour. Send resume toawhiting@missiongranbury.org orcome by our office at 3611 Plaza ECourt and fill out an application.No phone calls please. Bilingualapplicants encouraged to apply.

MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

NEEDED

Responsibilities:- Responsible for apartment turns- General repair, appearance andmaintenance of the property- Appliance repair as necessary- Demonstrate strong professional-ism and integrity while represent-ing community

Qualifications:- 2 or more years of previous main-tenance experience required- Basic electrical, plumbing andpainting experience required- HVAC and EPA experience re-quired- CPO Certified preferred- Ability to work evenings andweekends and on-call is a must- Must provide your own tools- Valid driver’s license and insur-ance requiredPlease respond to: MaintenanceTechnician P.O. Box 879, Granbury,Texas 76048

PROGRAM ASSISTANT: Need 2Part-Time Program Assistants forCovenant Community Center.Hours: M-F, 2-6 pm & 3-7 pm, posi-tions available. Email resumes tosharla@actonumc.orgDrug screening & Backgroundcheck required. EOE

JANITOR FOR MEALS ON WHEELSHood County Senior Center- Look-ing for hard working organizedperson who is passionate aboutserving the community. Must pos-sess valid drivers licence and passbackground check. Bring resume to501 E Moore St. or email tosrcenter.director@gmail.com.

CHANEY TRUCKING IS NOW HIRINGFULL-TIME CDL DRIVERS FOR THEOIL FIELD, MIN 25 YEARS OF AGE &2 YEARS’ CDL EXPERIENCE. $1,000SIGN-ON-BONUS! New hire mustcomplete 60 days of employment,with no disciplinary action, and no

unexcused absences.3 WEEKS ON/1 WEEK OFF!

Complete benefits package avail-able within 30 days of hire, includ-ing Paid Time Off, Medical, Dental,Vision, Life & Aflac. $125 WEEKLYATTENDANCE BONUS. Training paystarts at $18.00 p/hr. On-Site hous-ing provided, as well as $25 perdiem for out of town nights.

Call Daniel at (817)636-9181 orvisit www.chaneytrucking.com

to apply!

Metal Building Erectors needed. Mustbe dependable, have own transporta-tion, and valid drivers license. Apply inperson. 5530 W Hwy 377 76476

Barron's Auto Enterprise, Inc.

Now Hiring: Lot Attendant/Me-

chanic. Must have valid DL. Ap-

ply in Person 2003 E. Hwy 377

Granbury,Tx 76049

8520

Construction

Construction cleanup work needed.Must have valid drivers license. Musthave experience hauling trailers. 817-219-1675.

Experienced floor covering in-

stallers needed for carpet, vinyl,

tile and wood. Must have refer-

ences, speak fluent English,

have reliable transportation and

have own tools. Apply at

Somervell Floors, 4575 N High-

way 144, Granbury 76048.

254-897-3097

8530

Food Services

Waterview Independent Living

is NOWHIRING

Servers and Cooks.

Please apply at

100Watermark Blvd, Granbury

817-573-3434

www.waterviewlife.com

8540

Medical/Dental

Lee Healthcare is accepting appli-cations for a part-time SpeechTherapist for our home healthteam in the Glen Rose area. Elec-tronic charting and rewardingwork. Call 254-897-7087, come by907 NE Big Bend Trail in Glen Roseor visit our website atwww.leehealthcare.com

The Cove Assisted Living@Waterview

CNA, Resident assistant.Full-time M-F 2p-10p shift,

weekend doubles(16 hour shifts) available.

Increase pay scale for Memorycare experience.

Benefits: Insurance, 401k, PTOSagora.com/WaterviewCove

Or in person 101 Watermark Blvd.Granbury. 817-573-9505

MEDICAL RECEPTIONIST

Full time front desk receptionistposition. Medical office experiencea plus! Must multi task well andwork well with the public. Must beable to work 1/2 day on some Sat-urdays.Fax 817-579-8636 or email resume.walcas@aol.com

Hiring for Hospitality Aides on Vari-ous shifts. Please apply within @The Oaks of Granbury 1017 LipanHighway Granbury, TX 76048. Payscale depends on experience.

8550

Offi ce Employment

OFFICE SECRETARY Secretary need-ed for small manufacturing compa-ny. Duties: answering phone, filing,data entry. Skills: organized, pay-roll, good computer skills, workclosely with small team. forrest.parker@southerninventions.com

- ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Admin-istrative assistant needed. Computerskills a must. Email resume totxreapplications@gmail.com.

8560

Professional

GUIDANCE COUNSELOR-Texas state teaching certificateand a Master’s in Education. Re-sponsibilities include creating andmaintaining the master schoolschedule, college guidance, includ-ing college scholarship informa-tion, administering standardizedtests grades K-12, interpretingstandardized test scores, providingstudent resources and maintainingrecords.High school science teacher-

Chemistry and Physics-Texas stateteaching certificate.Please download an application

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HOME & BUSINESS SERVICES

TOP HAND CONSTRUCTIONSpecializing in Home & Ranch

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Windows, Doors, Trim, Siding,Painting, Drywall, Cabinets, Design,Demolition, Boat Docks & Lifts,

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TOOL BOX Three-section tool box, $75.817-512-0110.

5200

Home Improvement

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LOT/LAND CLEARING

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Mobile Home Leveling.Quality Service. Free estimates.

BEECH CONSTRUCTION

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Public Notices

Notice of Public SalePursuant to section 59 of the TexasProperty Code, this is a notice of pub-lic auction in order to satisfy a land-lord’s lien of personal property. TheAuction will be held at All Seasons SelfStorage located at 1400 WeatherfordHwy, Granbury, TX 76048 on Friday,January 4, 2019 at 10:00 am. Storageunits are believed to contain generalhousehold items. Units to be auc-tioned include: Mike Hutcheson, Unit514; Gary Davis, Unit 201; Sidney Tun-nell, Unit 334. The sale is open to cashbuyers only. The facility has a right toplace a minimum bid on each unit. Allsales are final. Questions can be di-rected to the Property Manager at AllSeasons Self Storage. 817-573-2416

Granbury 76048

Garage Sales 76048

PEOPLE HELPING PEOPLERummage Room Open Tues, Thurs, &first Sat of month. 8am-2pm, 306

Kings Plaza. 817-573-7801.

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TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND

INTENT TO OBTAIN WATER QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL

PERMIT NO. WQ0002678000

APPLICATION. Monarch Utilities I L.P., 1620 Grand Avenue Parkway, Suite 140, Pflugerville, Texas

78660, which owns a reverse osmosis surface water treatment facility, has applied to the Texas Com-

mission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to renew Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

(TPDES) Permit No. WQ0002678000 (EPA I.D. No. TX0094412) to authorize the discharge of treated

wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 160,000 gallons per day. The facility is

located at 3227 Oak Hill Drive, Granbury, in Hood County, Texas 76048. The discharge route is from

the plant site directly to Lake Granbury. TCEQ received this application on October 23, 2018. The

permit application is available for viewing and copying at the Hood County Public Library, 222 North

Travis Street, Granbury, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is

provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For the exact location, refer to

the application.

http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=32.487777&lng=-

97.839166&zoom=13&type=r

ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administra-

tively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the

application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary

decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published

and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing

list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments.

PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public

meeting on this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit

comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ will hold a public meeting if the Executive

Director determines that there is a significant degree of public interest in the application or if requested

by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public

comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all

relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for

a contested case hearing, the response to comments, and the Executive Director’s decision on the

application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who

are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide

instructions for requesting reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting

a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state

district court.

TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING

ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name, address, phone number; applicant’s name and proposed

permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the proposed facil-

ity; a specific description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not com-

mon to the general public; a list of all disputed issues of fact that you submit during the comment

period and, the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing.” If the request for contested

case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s

representative for receiving future correspondence; identify by name and physical address an in-

dividual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity;

provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance

from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how

the interests the group seeks to protect are relevant to the group’s purpose.

Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward

the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Com-

missioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

The Commission may only grant a request for a contested case hearing on issues the requestor submit-

ted in their timely comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. If a hearing is granted, the sub-

ject of a hearing will be limited to disputed issues of fact or mixed questions of fact and law relating

to relevant and material water quality concerns submitted during the comment period.

TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing

an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a recon-

sideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific

application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you

may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit

number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent

and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the

Chief Clerk at the address below.

INFORMATION AVAILABLE ONLINE. For details about the status of the application, visit the Com-

missioners’ Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/cid. Search the database using the permit

number for this application, which is provided at the top of this notice.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All public comments and requests must be submit-

ted either electronically at http://www14.tceq.texas.gov/epic/eComment/., or in writing to the

Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, MC-105, P.O. Box 13087,

Austin, Texas 78711-3087. Please be aware that any contact information you provide, including your

name, phone number, email address and physical address will become part of the agency’s public

record. For more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the

TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website at www.tceq.texas.

gov/goto/pep. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040.

Further information may also be obtained from Monarch Utilities I L.P. at the address stated above or

by calling Mr. Tim Williford, Environmental Health and Safety Manager, Southwest Water Company, at

(512) 219-2294.

Issuance Date: December 11, 2018

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