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GAINESVILLE – A bond elec-tion may be in the future for Gainesville Independent School District voters and it could be as much as $92.5 million. Su-perintendent Dr. Des Stewart

provided, during the Tuesday, January 21 regular meeting, an update on fi ndings from the fa-cilities steering committee which has met multiple times to discuss the needs of the district. He re-minded board members the cur-rent total tax rate is $1.14 per $100 property valuation. Th e

GISD tax rate peaked at $1.32 per $100 valuation in 2012 and has dropped in subsequent years to the current rate, in part to ad-ditional money received from House Bill 3. He also compared the GISD tax rate to those of surrounding districts. Data indicates Gaines-

ville has a lower tax rate than some other area districts. Lake Worth, with $1.58, had the highest tax rate of the 14 dis-tricts Stewart highlighted in his presentation. Other districts in-cluded Wichita Falls, Bridgeport, Decatur, Pilot Point and Krum. “Th ese are just some like-sized districts and show where we fall as a tax district,” Stewart said. He also noted the maintenance and operation rate is $1.06 and the interest and sinking rate is $.08. He also said he’s sometimes asked why UIL area Districts have cam-puses which are diff erent from those of GISD. “You know, people are asking me the question, you know they may go visit other campuses. ‘Why don’t our facilities look like those facilities?’ Well, if we look here, and I think this kind of tells the story. Th ose school districts with the higher I&S tax rates, they are passing bonds, but also I think a big takeaway was ‘How will I be impacted fi nan-cially?’… I want to give people an idea of what to expect at all the diff erent price points. So, the price points we used were $29.5 million which was the amount of our last bond. $50 million, $72 million and $92.5 million which if we max out our I&S tax rate, $92.5 million would be the most money we could generate. So what I want to do is show people in attendance as well as our stake-holders is that if you have a house valued at $50,000 to $250,000 this is the projected increase that you would see in your mortgage.” He also said the numbers he pre-sented are based on taxable value growth of 2.50 percent per year for three years. He said the committee con-sidered all scenarios and that all fi nancial information is on the district’s webpage. He also reminded board mem-bers the committee agreed on a

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MUENSTER- Imagine eating nothing but dog food. Mitch Feldherhoff, a fourth genera-tion owner at Muenster Mill-ing Company, assigned himself the challenge to eat only his company’s dog food products

for 30 days. “So for 30 days I’m only eat-ing our dog food,” he said. His current diet consists of “foods that [Muenster Milling] makes with nothing added to it, no seasonings, no salt, no sauces.” He said he has also given up coff ee and alcohol. “I’m just eating dog food,”

he said. His quest hasn’t been easy. He said used to drink six or seven cups of coff ee a day. Th e idea for the challenge came after Felderhoff took a vacation with his wife. He said he won-dered if he was doing all he could as a business owner. His focus is less on production and more on

marketing, he said. “On the sales and marketing side you just get creative and pray about what you should be doing. Eventually a lightbulb went off and it said, ‘if you truly believe what are you doing, you need to show people.” At Day 22 of his dog food challenge Felderhoff said he feels “fantastic” but craves foods other than dog cuisine. “I’d eat iceberg lettuce right now,” he said. He said he hasn’t missed the caff eine from coff ee and is drink-ing a lot of water. He also said he’s lost more than 20 pounds but would love a burger or a pizza. He plans to end his chal-lenge February 2 in time for the big game. “I’m going to do 30 days and end it before the Super Bowl so that I can enjoy food again,” he said. He also noted some of his coworkers have been good na-tured about his dog food diet and join in with him for a handful of kibble from time to time. How does dog food taste? “About like it smells,” Felder-hoff said.

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My how time fl ies. Seemed like yesterday I held a little Addy in my lap wearing some baby Texas Tech gear watch-ing all the games of the season where she would help me root them on. Now she is 11! Where

has the time gone! Well the 11 year old got to celebrate her annual aging with a party for family and friends starting at the trampoline park and ended at the house with a chocolate fountain and tons of goodies to dip and dunk in the choco-late. Messy faces all around but none without a smile attached. Happy 11th Birthday to you Taytym Adelie King! We all love you and are proud of you!!

Here is some more of what’s happening around town this week.

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Attention to anyone over the age 55! Th e Stanford House has teamed up with GISD students to help you learn to use your cell phone. One on one tutoring with young people who understand. Th e cell phone tutoring is sched-uled for Monday, February 3 at 9:00 am and will be held thru May on the 1st Monday of the month. Space is limited. Please call 940-668-1452 for more information.

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Cooke County Republican Women’s 2nd Candidate Fo-rum for 2020 will be held on Th ursday, February 6. Th is fo-rum will feature candidates in the fi ve (5) local contested rac-es to be decided in the March 3 Republican Primary Elec-tion: District Judge, Sheriff , County Commissioner-Pre-cinct 1, County Commissioner


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Remembering Those Who Made the Ultimate Sacrifi ce - A crowd gathered Saturday, January 25 for the unveiling of Gainesville’s Gold Star Families Memorial at Leonard Park. The event included a mes-sage from Hershel “Woody” Williams, the last living Medal of Honor recipient from Iwo Jima and founder of the Hershel “Woody” Williams Foundation which helps develop Gold Star Families Memorial proj-ects across the county. Several Gold Star families attended the event, placing carnations on the memorial. (The Weekly News Photos)

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2/3 majority vote to support the eff ort and that there is “good support” at the $50 million mark.” Top projects would in-clude improvements, Stewart said. Participants assigned points to improve-ments. Among the sugges-tions are a new junior high at the high school site, a new auditorium on the high school campus, reloca-tion of Edison Elementary School, adding controlled vestibules for security, a new junior high school facility at the current site and CATE

building. Stewart also said prices for construction will only increase. “We went back to our committee and had them talk about building a bond package,” Stewart said. “What projects again are our top priorities?” He said four options were presented. Option one is an expansion of Lee and Chalmers campuses capi-tal improvements for a to-tal of $30.7 million which includes $3 million built in for the demolition of Gainesville Middle School. “If we don’t demo the middle school, we deduct that number by $3 million which I made sure to explain to the committee,” Stewart said. “If we demo Edison, we have to add $1.5 million back in.” Option 2, Stewart said, is just Option 1 with an audi-torium. Option 3 is a junior high building construc-tion and capital improve-ments and Option 4 seeks to downgrade some of those projects “because again the maximum bond is $92.5 million,” Stewart said. He said he asked the com-mittee what is the largest amount they think GISD

residents would support. Sixteen members preferred $50 million or below. Four-teen answered $50 million or more. Stewart also said there are additional options including Option 5 which includes all of Option 1 along with a CASE center and audito-rium and Option 6 which includes Proposition 1 with an auditorium. Decision time is February 14, Stewart said. No recom-mendation for improvement projects was reached because a supermajority agreement was not achieved, he added. Corey Fickes of Linbarger,

Goggan, Blair & Sampson LLP presented a report on delinquent tax collections from July 1 to September 30. He noted the agency has recovered $167,125 in collections on a base tax of $140,809 with penalties and interest at $26,316. “We’re up about 5 percent on our collection precincts,” Fickes said. Th e board also discussed improvements to play-ground areas on elementary and intermediate student campuses. “Some of our playground equipment had become so worn and torn that it became hazardous,” Stew-art said. “And as a result, building administrators had to shut down playground equipment to keep kids off of it. So of course, once that was brought to our atten-tion we quickly acted upon that and we took care of one piece of equipment last year but we still had several other pieces of equipment that needed to be taken care of.” No action was required on the information report, Stewart said, adding he’ll add an action item to next month’s agenda for the pro-curement of playground

equipment at elementary school sites. He also noted the playground at Edison Elementary School has been “totally shut down” and will require total replacement and the item will include adding an adaptive piece at Chalmers Elementary School. Stewart also mentioned the GISD board during School Board Recognition Month. “Of course, we are appre-ciative all the time and ef-fort that you give,” he said. “…You dedicate to GISD to ensure the future of our students so we publicly want

to go on board to say ‘thank you, again for the giving of your time, always your fore-sight and your vision for the students and the faculty at GISD and for all that you do.’” Gainesville Junior High School art teacher presented student art work. Employee of the Month was Dixie Harper of Edison Elemen-tary School. Elementary Teacher of the Month of the month is Julie Lang of Edison. Secondary teacher of the Month is Stephanie Lindenborn of Gainesville Junior High. Judy Smth of Schalk & Smith, Certifi ed Public Ac-countants presented the re-sults of the GISD Annual Financial Audit. “You can see we have the general fund and basi-cally this presentation is pretty much cash-basis,” Smith said. “Your fund bal-ance in the general fund is $15,619,000 at the end of the year.” Th e debt service fund balance is $633,565. Th e food service debt balance is $394,000, she said. “Net change in fund bal-ance increased $4.7 million last year,” Smith said. She

also noted the district ex-pected to increase its budget $593,000 with an actual in-crease of $4.7 million. During his superinten-dent report, Stewart noted last year the district had “almost, about 3,200” stu-dents. “As we do each and every month, I like to report what we’re looking at from an at-tendance standpoint but also from an attendance per-centage of our kids attend-ing school,” he said. “Of course, every year we always compare where we are at this moment and time to where we were this exact, same mo-ment last year… of course, our enrollment is down from that of last year…and those will continue to be down in comparison to last year. Last year was a big [en-rollment] year for us.” He also reported on at-tendance numbers, add-ing attendance is a priority. “You’re going to continue to hear that if kids are able to be at school and they’re not sick, that we want them at school, and so with that being said, looking at atten-dance from this year to last year, roughly you see about a .38 diff erence in that of last year to this year. We ex-pect that to remain kind of constant but we continue to push for that 97 percent [at-tendance].” Th e board also unani-mously approved action items including Acceptance of the GISD annual fi nancial audit, the 2020-2021 school calendar, board of trustees election for May 2, 2020, purchase of a new CTE truck and list of consent items which includ-ed minutes of the December 16, 2019 regular meeting, monthly bill list, fi nancial statement and Hellas Con-struction payment for the GHS baseball, softball and tennis facility. After an executive session, the board unanimously ap-proved the following profes-sional staff for employment and/or subject to assign-ment for the 2019-2020 school year: Tara Hartford, Assistant Principal, Gaines-ville High School.

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Services Lindsay Resident Chris-tine Louise Mozingo, 67, passed away on January 6, 2020 at Medical City in Plano. Celebration of Life scheduled for Saturday February 1, 2020 2-4PM at the Conrad Hall located in Lindsay, TXHistory Christine was born on August 13, 1952 in Gaines-ville, TX, to Al and Juanita Bengfort. She married Gary Mozingo in a beautiful New Year’s Eve ceremony long ago. A graduate of Lindsay High School, Christine worked doing a variety of jobs from catering, be-ing a stay at home mom, to owning a consignment shop with her daughter in Gainesville. She was a lov-ing mother, wife, sister & friend. She was witty, bril-liant, an exceptional cook, and always had a joke that was outside the box. She enjoyed working on jigsaw puzzles, reading books, and playing shoot the moon. On Saturdays she spent her time going to local and not so local garage sales with her daughter. You were cer-tain to fi nd at least one her grand dogs by her side, who seemed to always come home a little heftier.Survivors She is survived by her husband Gary Mozingo; daughter Megan Mozingo and fi ancé Wesley Campo; Siblings David, Gary, Rich-ard, Becky, Robert, Jennifer and James; her Aunts Fran-ces Julianna Yosten, Anna Regina Hale and Uncle Gordon Griffi th along with many cousins, nieces and nephews.Donations Memorial Contributions can be made to either of her favorite causes, Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter and Second Time Around Resale Shop.

Melvin (Jack)John Schumacher

Services Sunday, January 26, 2020 Melvin (Jack) Schumacher, loving husband and father passed away at the age of 88. Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Th ursday, Janu-ary 30, 2020 at 10:00 am at St. Mary Church, Gaines-ville, TX with Fr. John Pa-checo offi ciating. A Rosary and Visitation will be held on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 6 pm at Geo. J. Car-roll & Son Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Fair-view Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Melvin’s sons, son-in-law, and grandsons. History Melvin was born on June 9, 1931 in Muenster, Texas to Henry and Elizabeth (Schniederjan) Schumacher . In 1934 the Schumacher family moved to a farm south of Gainesville. Mel-vin graduated from St. Mary High School in 1949. On February 12, 1953 he married Patricia V. Grem-minger in Muenster, TX. He joined the Army in 1953 and served as a Corporal in the Army in Okinawa dur-ing the Korean War Con-fl ict until 1954 when he was Honorably Discharged. In 1956 they moved to the Dairy Farm where Melvin lived and worked up until his passing. Melvin enjoyed fi shing on the creek, bird hunting, farming, friends and his grandchildren. Survivors Melvin is survived by his wife., Patricia Schumacher, Son, Dale Schumacher, Gainesville, TX, Son, Ken-ny Schumacher, Gaines-ville, TX, Daughter, Karen Privett and husband Sonny, Gainesville, TX, Son Den-nis Schumacher and wife Diana of Gainesville, TX, Son Ronnie Schumacher of Gainesville, TX, Son Jerry Schumacher and wife Sandra, Gainesville, TX, Daughter-In-Law, Bonnie Schumacher, Gainesville,

TX. Nine grandchildren, Ashlie Privett, Kaylee Co-peland, Brandon Schum-acher, Shaun Schumacher, Delaney Schumacher, Haley Schumacher, Jerrad Schum-acher, Jaden Schumacher, and Justin Schumacher. 9 great grandchildren, Sis-ter, Mary Lou Schroeder, Windthorst, TX, Bother in-law Ben Miller, Dallas, TX and Sister In-law, Florence Schumacher, Gainesville, TX, many nieces and neph-ews. Melvin was preceded in death by his parents, broth-ers, Henry Schumacher, Jr. and Richard Schumacher, Sister Leona Miller, Brother In-law Billy Schroeder, Son Gary Don Schumacher and Grandson Jacob Joseph Schumacher. Th e Schumacher fam-ily would like to thank the staff at Pecan Tree Rehab and Healthcare Center and the staff at Heart to Heart Home Hospice for their lov-ing care and supportDonations In lieu of fl owers, me-morials may be made to St. Mary School, 931 N. Weav-er, Gainesville, TX 76240. We will miss our Hus-band, Dad, Grandpa and Papaw. May he rest in Peace. You may sign the online registry at www.geojcarroll.com.

Darrel Hale Services Funeral services for Dar-rel L. Hale, 40, of Gaines-ville, are scheduled for 1:00 PM on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home in Gainesville with Rev. Lonnie Dotson offi ci-ating. Interment will fol-low at Jackson Cemetery in Krum. Th e family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 PM on Monday, January 27 at the funeral home. Mr. Hale passed away January 24, 2020 in Gaines-ville.

History Darrel was born Novem-ber 6, 1979 in Denton to Frankie and Lucy (Cooper) Hale. He attended schools in Denton, Callisburg, and Gainesville, and enjoyed re-searching and selling collect-ables.Survivors Survivors include: father Frankie Hale and wife Les-lie of Whitesboro; sister Denise Davis and husband Ronnie of Krum; sister Daphne Hale of Great Falls, MT; sister Dale Anne Hale of Gainesville; nieces and nephews: Levi, Montana, Christian, Roslin, Rebecca D., Hogan, Chance, Frankie Anne, Rebecca C., and Brit-tany; grandmother Katie Woolsey of Denton; and numerous other beloved relatives. Mr. Hale was preceded in death by: mother Lucy Cooper; niece Abigail; and beloved grandparents.Donations Memorial contributions may be made to a hearing-impaired charity of one’s choosing. You may sign the online register at www.geojcarroll.com.

Darrell Peter Knabe

Services On Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, Darrell Peter Knabe, age 50, passed on from this world. A Vigil and Rosary service was held at Scott Funeral Home in Muenster at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan 21. Rev. Joe Keating, pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, led the service. Darrell’s life was cel-ebrated during a Mass of Christian Burial held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 22 in Sacred Heart Catholic Church. Rev. Joe Keating was the celebrant. Niece Deann Vaughan gave the Readings and off ered the Prayers of the Faithful. Pre-senting Off ertory gifts were Whitney Walterscheid and Samantha Muller. Music was provided by Diane Grewing, Christi Kl-ement, Doug Yosten, and Linda Flusche. Burial was held in Sacred Heart Cemetery following Mass. Services were under the direction of Scott Fu-neral Home of Muenster.History Born on Sept. 19, 1969, Darrell was the youngest of the six children born to Arnold William and Aileen Koelzer Knabe. He lived in Muenster all of his life. Darrell and Car-rie Covington were married on Dec. 29, 1995. Th ey had three children, Meredith, Bren, and Zayne. For most of his life, Dar-rell worked on the family dairy farm with his Dad and brother Gary milking cows. After injuring his back, he took care of his young chil-dren, doing all the cooking, cleaning, and laundry. He most recently worked in the kitchen of El Fenix Restau-rant at WinStar.

Darrell, a history buff , was an encyclopedia of dates and facts and he had a passion for talking politics. As a youth, Darrell loved to play outdoors, in the fi elds, and with the farm animals. From an early age, Darrell enjoyed puttering around the kitchen. He often cre-ated his own recipes. He en-joyed baking pies and made the best pot pies. On Sunday afternoons, Darrell and his Dad loved to spend their time hunting for arrowheads. Darrell was very knowledgeable about arrowheads, trees and plant-ing. He enjoyed writing short stories and even won an award. Darrell was designed by the same heavenly Father that we were all designed by. Some of Darrell’s design made some things in his life diffi cult to deal with, but in spite of his fl aws, he was a gentle person and enjoyed his children and cooking nice meals for them. Th ey especially liked going to the movies and out to eat. Darrell suff ered from mental illness and died as a result of it.Survivors He is survived by his daughter Meredith, sons Bren and Zayne, all of Little Elm; mother Aileen Knabe of Muenster, sisters and spouse Janet and Ross Felderhoff , Carol Sicking, all of Muenster, and Lorie Grewing of Bokchito, OK, brother and spouse Gary and Pam Knabe of Muen-ster; nieces and nephews Jody Felderhoff , Deann Vaughan, Toby Walters-cheid, and Corey Sicking, all of Muenster, and step-nephews Jeff Felderhoff of Denton, Chris Felderhoff of Pottsboro, and Vince Fel-derhoff of Muenster. Preceding him in death were his father Arnie Knabe, sister Margie Walterscheid, grandparents Albert B. and Anna Knabe and Pete and Gertrude Koelzer, and niece Amy Hilton. Serving as pallbearers were nephews Toby Walter-scheid and Corey Sicking, step-nephews Jeff Felder-hoff , Chris Felderhoff , and Vince Felderhoff , great-nephews Ethan Muller and Logan Muller, and cousin Steve Koelzer.

Ricky Beyer

Services A Mass of Christian Buri-al for Richard Mark Beyer, 67, of Denton, is scheduled for 10:00 AM on Wednes-day, January 29, 2020 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church with Fr. Matthew Tatyrek offi ciating. Interment will follow at St. Peter’s Ceme-tery. A Rosary, followed by visitation, will be recited at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, Janu-ary 28 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home.History Ricky was born Septem-ber 4, 1952 in Gainesville to

Frank and Bernice (Grew-ing) Beyer. He passed away January 24, 2020 in Den-ton.Survivors Survivors include: sis-ter Sharon Covington of Gainesville; brother Glen Beyer of Gainesville; sister Judy Secrest and husband Doug of Lind say; sister Debbie Sandmann and hus-band Damond of Lindsay; and many other beloved relatives. Mr. Beyer was preceded in death by: parents Frank and Bernice Beyer; grandparents Henry and Mary Grewing; grandparents Adam and Mary Beyer; sister Janell Shannon; and brother-in-law Ronny Covington. Serving as pallbearers are: Gary Beyer, A.J. Beyer, Doug Secrest, Jeff Shannon, Bryan Covington, and Josh Sandmann.Donations In lieu of flowers, me-morial contributions may be made to the family’s preferred charity support-ing special-needs: Pitch-In, 8911 N. Capital of Texas Hwy., Building 1, Ste. 1300, Austin, TX 78759. You may sign the online register at www.geojcarroll.com.

Don Patterson

Services A visitation for Don Pat-terson, 74, of Lake Texoma, will be held from 6:00 to 8:00 PM Th ursday, January 30, 2020 at Geo. J. Carroll & Son Funeral Home. Mr. Patterson passed away January 8, 2020 in Denison. He was born De-cember 3, 1945 in Salem IL.History Don was the son of Tru-man and Cozette Patter-son. He graduated from Gainesville High School in 1964. While at GHS he participated in many activi-ties. His senior year he had the honor of serving as Stu-dent Body President. He attended school at Cooke County College and Mid-western State University be-fore graduating from North Texas State University. His fi rst three years out of col-lege, he was the coach at Sadler-Southmayd High School. He decided against a career in coaching and began his career as an in-surance adjuster. Don was an avid sports fan and he enjoyed sailing. Around 2008, he retired and moved to his home at Lake Texo-ma.Survivors Don is survived by his brother Dean Patterson and sister-in-law Marynel Pat-terson. He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and brother, Gerald Patter-son. You may sign the online registry at www.geojcarroll.com.



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Th ere were two TVs on in the gym. Th e one in the front -- where all the train-ing goes on -- showed two teams from somewhere else battling for a ball. Th e one in the back, with no sound, no captions, was focused on the House im-peachment managers. No one was watching. “Boring,” one of my oth-erwise-very well-informed friends said. I think, from what I saw, the House managers put together a very strong case. As a Los Angeles local, I was especially pleased with Rep. Adam Schiff ’s advoca-cy. But I have to be honest. In the Anita Hill days, I never walked by a TV that wasn’t tuned to the Clar-

ence Th omas hearings with everyone in sight watching. As for myself, I stopped ev-erything, lest I miss a min-ute of outrage. I was old enough for the Watergate hearings, which changed history as the na-tion watched. Tapes? You had to see it. Th e Brett Kavanaugh confi rmation hearings? I never turned off the set. Glued -- a nation was glued. But something is wrong here. I was the only one at the gym looking at the screen. Th e man at the desk saw me looking. No, I didn’t really need headphones. Quiet is nice. Th ey’ll be counting how many people are watching these hearings but don’t be-lieve it. Even at my house, it’s playing in the back-ground, and while I get up now and then to see who is talking, I never stay very long. It’s not that there is no case for impeachment. How can President Donald Trump’s violating federal law by putting his partisan political interest ahead of foreign aid appropriation that Congress intended

for Ukraine not be a high crime and a misdemeanor? Actually, what he did was a

felony. As for high crime, I think most of us agree that whatever former President Bill Clinton’s other accom-

plishments, his impeach-ment will henceforth be known as the fi rst act in a

hypocrite’s quest for the spotlight. And as for my old friend Alan Dershowitz (I got my

start in brief writing with Alan when I was a young professor at Harvard, with

virtually no experience as a lawyer), I don’t know how you get yourself out of the pretzel of comparing a man who tried to split hairs too fi nely when asked about an extramarital relationship (surely the only man in his-tory to ever do so) with a president’s conditioning foreign aid for a desperate country on the country’s opening a public inves-tigation of former Vice President Joe Biden and his family. It was not because he developed a sudden con-cern for how the children of top offi ceholders profi t from Dad’s position. It was partisan politics. But we all know that. Th e Senate hearings are boring because they are only being held to try to create political moments that will help Democrats, including the future party presidential nominee. Th e Republicans may de-fect on witnesses to prove that they have been fair, but no one in that room is going to deviate from parti-san lines. And that’s what’s boring. You pretty much know what everyone is go-ing to say. And you pretty much know how everyone is going to vote. We are not watching a trial. Not one senator sit-ting there is listening care-fully so he or she doesn’t

miss a single word. So why should the folks at the gym, or friends with trying jobs

or families to raise, watch the Senate go through the motions? To me, that is what is so troubling about this pro-cess. It plays into the Repub-lican line that this is just a partisan exercise. It’s bor-ing because they have al-ready made up their minds, which is exactly what a jury is not supposed to do. Th e television blares on. Th e more days it blares, the more likely people are to catch some of it. Th e Re-publicans have made clear that they want this to be over, the Democrats that they want it to last. Th e hearings may not have the attention of a polarized na-tion, but there are actually people (unlike the sena-tors) who aren’t part of the polarized crowd, and many more who will be encour-aged or discouraged by what they see. Th at’s what Republicans are afraid of. Trump is vul-nerable. And somebody may be watching. To fi nd out more about Susan Estrich and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and car-toonists, visit the Creators Syndicate website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM

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By Mona Charen

In July 2018, Commentary published an article by Yu-val Levin that caused every-one who thinks about the balance of power among the branches in Wash-ington, D.C., to say: “Of course! Th at’s it exactly!” It had long been observed

that Congress had, over the course of several decades, relinquished its powers to the executive and the courts. Th at wasn’t news. Others had remarked that geographic sorting and ger-rymandering had increased the ideological polarization of the two parties. Th is spurs members of Congress to side with presidents of their own party more than with their fellow legisla-tors. Levin’s insight went fur-ther. Th e piece was titled “Congress is Weak Be-cause Its Members Want It to be Weak.” Dur-ing Obama’s presidency, Democratic members of Congress called upon the president to change im-migration law by execu-tive decree. Th e Repub-licans had majorities in both bodies in 2018 and a president who was willing to sign nearly anything, yet the Congress passed only tax reform and then elected to sit idle “waiting to see what the president will say next.” Even worse, despite unifi ed control, the Congress came close to a government shutdown, and neither body even considered a budget reso-lution -- the key legislative responsibility. “Congress,” Levin wrote, “is broken.” How was that possible? Aren’t politicians as ambi-tious as the Founders ex-pected? Th ey are, Levin ar-gued, but their ambitions have been poured into dif-ferent vessels. Th e story of Congress’s decline is also found in other institutions of American life -- the fam-ily, universities, churches and more, as Levin elabo-rates in a new book, “A Time to Build.” In the case of Congress, he argues, the weakness arises from members choos-ing to treat the institution not as a durable form for collective action, but rather as a platform from which to burnish one’s celebrity. Th us do we fi nd members of Congress eschewing their fundamental duties as legislators to grandstand

on cable TV or social me-dia. When members are mere performers, Congress becomes only a prosceni-um and this, in turn, robs the institution of legiti-macy and respect. Elected members frequently seek followers by heaping scorn on the institution they rep-resent, with demoralizing eff ects. Whereas 42% of Americans had confi dence in Congress in the 1970s, only 11% said as much in 2018. “A Time to Build” di-agnoses the decline of in-stitutions as the source of many social ills, includ-ing loneliness and despair, which have been attributed to other causes. Levin is unconvinced that eco-nomic stagnation explains the anomie that character-izes our time. Th e fi nancial crisis was traumatic, and doubtless had far-reaching eff ects, but the expansion that followed has now been underway for 12 years. Un-employment and interest rates are low. Wages are ris-ing, especially for the un-skilled. Yet the economic good times have not been accompanied by any dimi-nution in malaise and divi-sion. Institutions, Levin ac-knowledges, can be op-pressive. Any good can be abused. But at their best, institutions serve as molds of character. Th ey help to give life meaning by as-signing us roles to play. To accomplish their wor-thy goals -- educating the young, settling disputes, disseminating the news and so forth -- they must teach self-control and en-force standards. By their nature, their purposes are larger than the individuals who comprise them. Th ose aims are undermined when members neglect loyalty to the institution and its stan-dards in favor of personal display. “Th e discipline and reti-cence so essential to lead-ership, professionalism, responsibility, decency, and maturity,” Levin writes, “are forcefully discouraged

by the incentives of the on-line world.” Ours is a selfi e culture of “personalized micro-celebrity, in which we each act as our own paparazzi, relentlessly trad-ing in our own privacy for attention and affi rmation and turning every moment into a show.” Institutions channel our ambitions in more produc-tive ways. Th ough many American institutions re-main strong, Levin fi nds it signifi cant that the one institution that has not seen a decline in trust over the past several decades is the military. Perhaps that’s because the military is the most unapologetic “molder” of character in American life. “If you hear that someone attended Harvard,” Levin off ered at an American Enterprise Institute forum, “you may conclude that he or she is smart. But if you hear that they attended the Naval Academy, you’ll probably conclude that this is a seri-ous person.” Other institutions, from media companies to churches, could ben-efi t from greater discipline about their core responsi-bilities and greater loyalty from their members. More of us should ask: “What should I do here, given my role or position?” Tom Wolfe labeled the 1970s the “Me Decade.” Yuval Levin is arguing for an anti-me future. If more of us put a cork in our narcis-sism, pour ourselves into institutions and uphold their standards, our na-tional discontent might be much diminished. Mona Charen is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Her new book is “Sex Mat-ters: How Modern Femi-nism Lost Touch with Sci-ence, Love, and Common Sense.” To read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM

Mona Charen

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“To the People of Amer-ica” Th e Dem’s have for more than 100 days have been saying they are going to Impeach the President. Even before he was sworn in. I hope when you get to the pearl gate’s the Lord want say “you cant come in because you have become Impeached.” God Bless America.

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Gary Hollowell is a Republi-can and incumbent Precinct 1 Commissioner. He’s been married to Cathy Hollowell for more than 33 years. He’s lived in Cooke County 30 years. He resides in Precinct 1 on the south side of U.S. Highway 82. Th e couple have a daughter, Amber, who recently completed her PhD and is a clinical psychologist and lives in Springfi eld, Mis-souri. Th e couple also have an 18-month-old grandson. What are the duties of a Cooke County Commis-sioner? We serve and represent the public. We review and adopt the county budget which exceeds some $40 million. Th e budget process includes input and review with all the elected offi cial department heads. Th e Pre-cinct 1 Commissioner will have sole discretion of about $1.4 million in revenue each year. We’re responsible for funding law-enforcement, inmate housing, ambulance service, building mainte-nance, indigent healthcare, indigent defense, vital re-cords storage, library opera-tions and road maintenance to mention a few. We set the tax rate. Th at aff ects every-one’s tax bill. We interact with our legislators in Austin to ensure that we’re properly represented on issues like the Trans-Texas Corridor, water districts and fi re lines. Th e precinct one commis-sioner with a crew of eight is responsible for maintaining 180 miles of road from the [former] outlet mall on I-35 to the Grayson County line, east to west, and from the Red River to FM 678 north to south. Th at maintenance includes grading the roads, mowing the roadsides, re-placing signs, trimming the trees, installing and re-pairing culverts, cleaning ditches, patching potholes, maintaining equipment, removing fallen trees, fur-niture and appliances from the roadway. In addition to that, we support our fi rst responders with funding for fi re and catastrophes. As a licensed peace offi cer public servant, I occasionally get to provide support to our state and local law enforcement. What are the conditions of the roads throughout Precinct 1? How would you prepare and/or han-dle natural disasters that might impact those roads? Th e roads of Precinct 1 are in good shape considering the weather. Gravel roads are always going to have is-sues and potholes are always going to exist. We’ve had a tremendous amount of rain in recent years. We had over 80 inches of rain during the 2018-2019 time frame; over 80 inches within 12 months. We have a limited right of way to create ade-quate ditches and I’m not an advocate of taking a person’s property to take that space so ditches will also contin-ue to be an issue in places. We’ve addressed numer-ous disasters over the years and we’ve recovered well from each one. My guys are trained and they do a good job. Like the recent fl ood, it won’t qualify as a disaster,

but it will cost money and slow progress. We keep a va-riety of culverts. We stock. We stock over sized rock; access to dry materials for weeks until the crushers can produce new rocks. When we make repairs it remains soft for a few days. Our goal is always to reopen the road as soon as we can do so safely. We keep our heavy equipment in good shape. Our loader, our backhoes, our motor graders, even our dump trucks can be used in swift water rescues. We keep an adequate supply of fuels on site in case of emergen-cies. We keep fi re equipment well-maintained. We’ve al-ways got a chain and chain-saws available. Again. We re-spond as quickly as possible. What is the annual Pre-cinct 1 budget and how do you plan to allocate those funds? Th is year the budget for Precinct 1 is about $2.1 mil-lion. Revenues are only $1.4 million. In other words, if we spend the entire budget, we will deplete about $800,000 in savings. But in county government, if it isn’t bud-geted during budget cycle, you can’t add to it midterm. We’ve operated within bud-get every year and managed to save some money each year. It’s important to main-tain a signifi cant savings so we can fund disaster repairs while we wait to be reim-bursed by FEMA simply to be able to further aff airs like the recent fl ood or last years’ ice storm which didn’t qualify for FEMA. Our larg-est expense as far as allocat-ing funds from Precinct 1 is salary and benefi ts; gravel is a huge line item; road oil, fuel, equipment and equip-ment repairs. What makes you quali-fi ed to maintain a portion of the county budget as well a service the needs of its citizens? I have over 40 years of diverse management experi-ence, 19 years of that with Texas Instruments, the last 15 years at this job as your commissioner with a posi-tive performance record. I have a bachelor’s degree. I have good organizational skills. My law enforcement experience is added value because I better understand how the other offi ces in the courthouse operate and what their funding needs are. Roads are always go-ing to an issue. Again and I say we’re going to have potholes. We see the state repairing concrete roads daily. I’m better prepared to address issues in a timely manner because I under-stand the process. I know the vendors. I know our em-ployees’ capabilities. We’ve proven we can do mainte-nance and make improve-ments despite heavy traffi c and challenging weather. I understand this job’s about managing the county’s busi-ness including a $40 million budget to ensure we can fund our law-enforcement, our ambulance service, road maintenance and infrastruc-ture. Th ere’s much more to this job than maintaining roads. I understand that the county has fi ve budgets. I’ve operated within budget and I’ve challenged other offi -cials and department heads to do the same. Th ose fi ve budgets, of course, are the general fund budget and then each commissioner has a road and bridge bud-get. Utilizing my experience over the years, the county has recognized numerous accomplishments. We’ve re-duced the tax rate by 7 cents per $100 property value. You can see the results. You

Cooke County Candidate ForumCooke County Commissioner Pct. 1

Cooke County Candidate Forum highlights those candidates who are in a contested race in the March 3 primary election. Cooke County Can-didate Forum is presented by The Weekly News of Cooke County to help readers fi nd out more about the candidates. All candidates were asked the same questions. Candidate interviews were conducted by Delania Raney, Staff Writer of The Weekly News. The last day to register to vote is February 3. Early voting is set for February 18-28. The election is March 3, 2020.

Gary HollowellRepublican - Incumbent

Horace Jeff coat is a Repub-lican candidate for Precinct 1 Commissioner. He’s been in the welding business for several years and pursued a truck driving career. He is married to Kathy Jeff coat, his wife of 46 years. He has three sons and one daugh-ter. His oldest son is Terry Jason Jeff coat, assistant po-lice chief in Sherman. His son Shannon Jeff coat is a fi re marshal in Gainesville. Another son is an oil fi eld consultant who lives in Whitesboro. His daughter is a stay at home mother who recently adopted with her spouse, a baby girl. He said he has” “hands on expe-rience for being able to look at something and know if it needs repair.” He said he’s been in business for many years and has managed “45-50 peoplem at one time.” What are the duties of a Cooke County commis-sioner? Well, I think the duties of a Cooke County Com-missioner is fi rst of all, to take care of the voters in the precinct. And I think after that is infrastructure and then you’ve got to worry about commissioners court and you’ve got to make the right decisions on what the taxpayers want. It’s just not what you want. It’s what they want. I’d like to stay in good contact with them if I become county commis-sioner and let them know what’s going on. I think we need an open eye on what’s going on right now because everything is just staying the same. We’re not improving anything. My intensions are, and I know it’s a long reach, to see every county road paved or chipped. What are the conditions of the roads throughout Precinct 1? How would you prepare and/or han-dle natural disasters that might impact those roads? Th ere’s really nothing you can do but to get on top of it and get it fi xed as quick as possible so your people can get to their homes and with a big fl ood, you’ve got a drainage problem. So, you have to take care of that too. Some of the biggest complaints I’ve got is some

of the ditches are holding water, you know? [Th e pre-cinct] only has about a sev-en or eight man crew so it’s hard to deal with but it’s go-ing to have to be done in a little bit of time. Th e ditch-es are too deep anymore. If somebody was to wobble one way or the other, it could do some damage. I would do my best to take care of the [roads] that were damaged the most and then talk to the other [constitu-ents] and tell them I will get to you quick as I can, but the roads that in really bad shape, they need the help worse. What is the annual Pre-cinct 1 budget and how do you plan to allocate those funds? Th e budget is around $39 million. Th ere’s a little bit of money to do all that needs to be done. You know, of course, more money would be better to do what you need to do. What chang-es I would make? I don’t know what [commission-ers court] is doing. I mean I would talk with my voters in Precinct 1, not just the voters, everybody. I want to talk with people and I don’t know what I would do if it was laid on top of me right now. You have to learn. What makes you quali-fi ed to maintain a portion of the county budget as well as service the needs of its citizens? I think I’m qualifi ed be-cause I’ve been in business before and because I know how to work with people… One thing I’m going to do if I get elected, this is going to be a fulltime job. It’s not going to be a part time job, and I don’t mind getting in a truck if I’ve gotta haul grav-el. I want to talk to people. I want to know what they’re feelings are about what needs to be done. What are some of the changes that you plan to make if elected? If I were to get elected, I am going to take it very seriously. If elected Cooke County Precinct 1 Com-missioner I would fi rst have to observe, elevate, and prioritize any changes that I make. I would commu-nicate with the residents of Cooke County Precinct 1 and inform them of what’s happening with their taxes, roads, and any plans. Also I would make myself avail-able to the citizens of my Precinct to answer all of their questions, concerns, and try to solve the prob-lems they might have. Ba-sically striving to make a more effi ciently ran Pre-cinct.

Horace JeffcoatRepublican

Dwayne Arterbury, a resi-dent of Dexter, is a Repub-lican running for Precinct 1 County Commissioner. He’s a welder, owns an equip-ment operation business and is employed at Peterbilt Motors. What are the duties of a Cooke County Commis-sioner? Looking out for the future of Precinct 1 and Cooke County as a whole, to bring things that need to be here to keep people working, to improve our housing and help lower the cost of taxes. I would also try to the best of my ability to bring an emergency medical services facility to Callisburg. Th ere are fi ve EMS stations that I know of right now. Cal-lisburg needs one. I know it’s feasible for Callisburg to have one. It’s feasible be-cause you have Oak Ridge and Woodbine. Th ey can come and assist our volun-teer fi re department with their medical, ambulance but you look at the distance coming from Woodbine to Dexter to Walnut Bend that is a 30-40-minute drive give or take plus you have winding hill of Camp Swee-ney Road, those guys have to slow down on it. Walnut Bend has the winding roads through it. If you can make the middle where the high school is, you can do what they call a back country run from Callisburg High School to County Road 2383 and they can split off and go east or west. You have a lot of older generation and a lot of younger generation who have kids and acci-dents do happen from time to time. If you can save 10

or 15 minutes drive time, at least you can have [patients] stable and ready in case CareFlite has to come. What are the conditions of the roads throughout Precinct 1? How would you prepare and/or han-dle natural disasters that might impact those roads? Looking at the roads, that’s going to be with a natural disaster what you call uncontrollable issues. Yes, you do have to go back when you hear from county residents, ‘My road has been blocked or stopped up’ you have to go back and get to that point and get that cleaned up. Th at’s probably going to be one of the hard-est challenges when it hap-pens to keep people moving. What is the annual Pre-cinct 1 budget and how do you plan to allocate those funds? Well, I’d have to go in and look at the budget of the fa-cility of that precinct to give an answer of what’s going on. Right now, I am not an elected offi cial. What makes you quali-fi ed to maintain a portion of the county budget as well as service the needs of its citizens? Well, I’ve maintained my own budget since I was 16 years old, and my budget as an individual is limited. Tak-ing on a County Precinct 1 Commissioner’s budget for our area, that’s going to be a bigger challenge. What are some of the changes that you plan to make if elected? I would start by working with the people who hired me to do a job. I’d look at manufacturing and tech-nology jobs, look at the tax rate base to where it stays at a minimum without going into a maximum, housing development, new streets and roads under that area. Th ere are a lot of challenges maintaining an area of that size, but I’ll do the best I can on that job and I’ll work with the people and I’ll work with other elected of-fi cials to get our county into the growth area and look at generated jobs.

Dwayne ArterburyRepublican

can go review my conserva-tive voting record. I have the experience, the maturity and the stability to do the job and represent you into the future.

What are some of the changes that you plan to make if reelected? I think we’ve got a good job but there is always room for improvement. Cooke County is growing slowly but it changes daily. We have a lot of heavy truck traffi c. We’ve got inclement weather and those things have impacted our ability to maintain the roads. We need to continue to improve the roads, the infrastructure, our business practices. We need better communication. If people had a question, if they would just pick up the phone and call one of us on the court,

we’d off er an explanation. We need those that’s really inter-ested in Cooke County and government to better under-stand how the government operates and what it provides. We need better communi-cation with our state reps. County government is often a victim of unfunded mandate and revenue caps after our legislators have met. We need to emphasize local control. We need to share our con-cerns and our expectations with our state legislators. WE don’t need them dictating to Cooke County’s business. We need to continue to upgrade our technology so it will be more effi cient, so we can pro-vide a safer environment for our fi rst responders. We need radio towers, reliable laptops for the police offi cers and ev-

eryone needs access to high speed internet. I’ll continue to be available for discussions. I’ll share my logic. You know, I prefer to speak directly with the person rather than to dis-cover that they’ve been disap-pointed. Maybe they’ve been misinformed. We should continue our best to meet the needs of the people with little or no tax increase and be persistent in our eff orts to improve Cooke County. I’ll commit to providing the best customer service with the resources we have avail-able. I will conservatively manage the monies that you trust me to oversee at both the precinct and the county level. I’ll strive to reduce the tax rate because it’s relevant. If we don’t attempt to lower the tax rate and the apprais-

als continue to increase your tax bill will be even higher. We’ll continue to repair dam-ages caused by fl oods, ice, snow, wind, draught. Th at includes potholes and re-paving. We’ll continue to support fi rst responder with fi res and catastrophes. I will not promise everyone paved or dust-free roads because I understand how an uncer-tain economy and inclement weather can impact some-one’s property. Over the next four years, I’ll commit to using the same business skills, logic, work ethic that’s helped this county improve roads, infrastructure and se-cure fi nancial position. I am not naïve enough to believe I can make everyone happy, but I always enjoy the chal-lenge.

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GAINESVILLE – Gaines-ville Police Department received the following inci-dent reports. Michelle R. Ishmael re-ported credit card abuse in the 1800 block of Law-rence Street. Aora W. Sherman re-ported theft over $750 in the 1900 block of O’Neal Street. Patricia L. Alonso re-ported ID theft in the 700 block of North Morris Street. Stevie J. Green reported burglary of a motor vehicle in the 1400 block of Old Sivells Bend Road. Sailesh Th epa-Magar re-ported aggravated robbery in the 500 block of West California Street. George A. Kiser report-ed stolen dealer tag in the 600 block of North Taylor Street. Brandi J. Summers re-

ported unauthorized use of a motor vehicle in the 1000 block of East Star Street. Angie Aviles, Roy Bo-canegra and Rudolph M. Cuviellier reported aggra-vated assault with a deadly weapon in the 1900 block of Refi nery Road. John D. Cobb reported burglary of a motor vehicle in the 500 block of East California Street. Billy R. Flores reported credit/debit card abuse in the 900 block of West Highway 82. Betty Hernandez report-ed criminal mischief in the 2000 block of North I-35. Pamela P. Grimes report-ed theft in the 1000 block of South Clements Street. Alexia T. Britain re-ported duty upon striking unattended vehicle in the 1800 block of Lawrence Street. April E. Galvan reported

burglary of a building in the 500 block of Fair Av-enue. Sunset Village reported burglary in the 1400 block of Old Sivells Bend Road. Robert S. Callahan re-ported theft of property in the 1900 block of Hospital Drive. BNSF Railway reported graffi ti in the 800 block of East Main Street. Jennifer D. Crawley re-ported fraudulent use of identifying information in the 600 block of Medal of Honor Boulevard. Kristazia D. Overstreet, reported credit/debit card abuse in the 1300 block of Rural Ranch Road. Kevin S. Knighten re-ported theft from person in the 1500 block of North Grand Avenue.

Arrest Log Isaac G. Hillard, 36, ar-

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Offi ce Makes Drug BustCOOKE COUNTY – Th e Cooke County Sheriff ’s Offi ce eff orts to curb the drug traffi c in our county netted a large amount of marijuana last week. On Friday, January 17, 2020, at 3:30 p.m., while on routine patrol the CCSO K9 unit made a traffi c stop on North Grand at US 82 in Gaines-ville involving a 2004 Lin-coln 4dr, silver in color. During the stop proba-ble cause was obtained for a K9 search. Th e K9 was deployed for a free air sniff and alerted on the vehicle. Deputies searched the ve-

hicle for contraband. Lo-cated in the trunk of the vehicle was (2), large, black plastic trash bags. (1) bag contained (10) ten packages of a green, leafy substance with the odor of marijuana. Th e other trash bag contained (9) nine packages of the same material with an total weigh of approximately 20 pounds. Additionally, (2) two cartridges containing liquid THC was located in the vehicle along with $5800.00 dollars in cur-rency. Both suspects were placed under arrest and

transported to the Cooke County Jail. • Rodriquez, Eriberto , age 22 of Marrietta OK, was charged with Posses-sion of Marijuana <= 50 lbs >5 lbs, a 3rd Degree Felony and Possession of a CS PG 2 <= 4oz > 1oz a 3rd Degree Felony. Bond was set at $15,000.00 and $10,000 respectively. • Wade, Jesiah D , age 23 of Manchester NH was charged with Possession of Marijuana <= 50 lbs >5lbs a 3rd Degree Felony. Bond was set at $15,000.00. Both suspects have made bond at this time.

COOKE COUNTY – Th e following applications for marriage were received by the Cooke County Clerk’s offi ce. Robert Conrad Scruggs, 38, Gainesville and Melissa Nicole Fomby, 43, Gaines-ville. Lane Michael Hunting-ton, 22, Valley View and Shelby Lenae Huddleston,

25, Era. Miguel Barron, 37, Gainesville and Luz Ele-na Rodriguez Ayala, 35, Gainesville. Brett Allen Unsell, 31, Oklahoma City and C.J. Marlene Gay, 33, Oklaho-ma City. Phillip Benton Steinmetz, 22, Gainesville and Taylor Nicole Ortega, 21, Valley

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Cooke County Sheriff Logs Incident ReportsCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following incidents were reported to the Cooke County Sheriff ’s Offi ce. Possession of a controlled substance less than 4 grams was reported in the 12000 block of East Highway 82. Unauthorized use of a vehicle was reported at Spring Creek Road and FM 2071. AT&T reported burglary of a building in the 7000 block of West Highway 82. Possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram was reported in the 10000 block of FM 2071. Possession of a con-trolled substance less than 1 gram was reported in the 500 block of Pioneer Trail. Fraudulent use/posses-sion of a identifying infor-mation was reported in the 2000 block of CR 442. Evading arrest or deten-tion with a vehicle was re-ported on west U.S. 82 at FM 2739.

Arrest Log Justin Wayne Miller, 26, possession of drug para-phernalia. Donald Oland Jones, 46, possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram, tamper/fabricate physical evidence. Bailey Marie Rico, 17, public intoxication. Donelda Liz Ortiz, 34, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces, possession of a controlled substance. Dorothy Serena Bennett, 50, theft by check over $2,500. Tracia Tanay McDonald, 21, failure to maintain fi -nancial responsibility, fail-ure to appear.

Keon Jaquint Holland, 35, JP warrant failure to maintain fi nancial respon-sibility. Whitney Faustina Jones, 30, driving while license invalid, failure to appear. Jennifer Dawn York, 38, possession or delivery of drug paraphernalia. Harley Jackson Wolfe, 25, possession of marijua-na less than 2 ounces, driv-ing while license invalid, failure to maintain fi nan-cial responsibility. Allan Glenn Copling, 62, possession or delivery

of drug paraphernalia. Laura Nicole Palin, 31, abandoning or endanger-ing a child, no seatbelt, failure to appear. Zackary Todd McEwan, 22, possession of a con-trolled substance less than 200 grams, possession of a controlled substance less than 4 grams. Justin A. Bryce Mayo, 24, possession of a con-trolled substance less than 200 grams, possession of a controlled substance 4 grams. Jynna Deann Ware, 19,

possession of a controlled substance less than 200 grams, possession of a con-trolled substance less than 4 grams. Treilyn Nelson James, 29, possession of a con-trolled substance less than 200 grams, possession of controlled substance less than 4 grams. Joseph Avery Jarrell, 43, possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram. Valente Castillo Nevares, 37, unauthorized use of motor vehicle.

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Felony IndictmentsCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following sentences were is-sued for felony indictments and fi led in the 235th Dis-trict Court. John Michael Rodriguez, 22, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection with the June 2, 2018 third de-gree felony off ense of as-sault-impede breathing and was sentenced to 2 months, 11 days in a state jail facility and court costs. Darrick John Bittner, 36, pleaded guilty to the Janu-ary 24, 2019 second degree felony off ense of possession of a controlled substance less than 200 grams and was sentenced to 4 years proba-tion deferred, a $1,000 fi ne plus restitution and court costs. Randy Lee Frantz, 46, pleaded guilty to the April 16, 2019 third degree felo-ny off ense of possession of a controlled substance less than 4 grams and was sen-tenced to 4 years probation deferred, a $1,000 fi ne plus restitution and court costs.

Dandy Don Dimas, 39, pleaded guilty to the March 31, 2019 state jail felony of-fense of possession of a con-trolled substance and was sentenced to 2 years proba-tion, a $500 fi ne plus resti-tution and court costs. Jamie Danielle Shannon, 33, pleaded guilty to the April 25, 2019 state jail felo-ny off ense of abandoning or endangering a child and was sentenced to 4 years proba-tion deferred, a $500 fi ne and court costs. Marvin Th omas Gardner, 35, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge in connection with the third degree felony of-fense of assault against fam-ily member with prior con-viction and was sentenced to 10 months, 23 days confi ne-ment in a state jail facility and court costs. Wesley Allen Swaim, 46, pleaded guilty to the March 21, 2019 state jail felony of-fense of possession of a con-trolled substance less than 1 gram and was sentenced to 1 year confi nement in a state

jail facility, a $1,000 fi ne plus restitution and court costs. Jamie Danielle Shannon, 33, pleaded guilty to the October 3, 2019 state jail felony off ense of possession of a controlled substance less than 28 grams in a drug free zone and was sentenced to 4 years probation deferred, a $500 fi ne plus restitution and court costs. Richard Matthew Blake, 63, pleaded guilty to the December 31, 2018 third degree felony off ense of driv-ing while intoxicated third or more and was sentenced to 2 years confi nement in a state jail facility and court costs. Loretta Smith, 50, plead-ed guilty to the August 13, 2019 state jail felony off ense of possession of a controlled substance less than 1 gram and was sentenced to 6 months, 1 day confi nement in a state jail facility plus res-titution and court costs.

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is Set at First ChristianGAINESVILLE - It’s cold outside but with the ap-proaching pinnacle of pro-fessional football for 2020, it must mean the Souper Bowl of Caring soup chefs are brewing up their fi nest recipes to help the young-est of the hungry in Cooke County. On February 2nd from 11:15 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., everyone is invited to the Souper Bowl of Car-ing Soup Luncheon at First Christian Church. Th e free, fun and fi lling annual event will be held in the Christian Life Center, with over 30 homemade soups, loads of friends and lots of fellowship. Donations are accepted and appreciated, and all proceeds from this event benefi t the Backpack Buddy Program through VISTO, the emergency food bank and assistance program in Cooke Coun-ty. VISTO has provided backpacks full of delicious,

nutritionally dense mini-meals to children in Cooke County for over 10 years. Our Backpack Buddy pro-gram is another eff ort to reduce food insecurity in our community. Th e goal of the program is to deliver two days worth of meals to children in local schools who have been identifi ed by school offi cials has be-ing “at risk” for hunger. We know that if children are hungry they don’t perform well in school; if a child come to school on Monday morning with an empty belly...they have low ener-gy, they have poor concen-tration, and demonstrate diffi culty processing new information. When children have been fed well balanced meals over the weekend they arrive at school happy, alert, and motivated to learn. First Christian Church

has actively held the Souper Bowl of Caring Soup Lun-cheon for 10 years, raising almost $4,000 for VISTO in 2019. Hosted by the deacons of the church, the luncheon will run until 1:00 p.m. to make it pos-sible for all local church congregations to attend. All churches are welcome to participate by providing soup, as well. To participate with soup or for more information on the Souper Bowl of Caring luncheon, please call 940.665.2053 or email Rev. Mark Loewen at [email protected]. Wor-ship services immediately preceed the luncheon, be-ginning at 10a.m.; all are welcome to attend. First Christian Church is lo-cated at 401 N. Dixon in Gainesville. Th e Christian Life Center can be accessed via the Commerce Street entrance.

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4, 2020, free tax assis-tance will be off ered at the Cooke County Library. Th is service will be off ered weekly from 1:00 to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays from February 4, 2020 to April 14, 2020. There will be several AARP Tax-Aides to help provide free help with preparing tax returns, answering tax questions, and providing electronic tax return filing for low to moderate income tax-

payers. No appointment is necessary. However, people will be helped on a first come first serve basis. Senior citizens will have priority, but all tax-payers are welcome to seek help. For any general ques-tions regarding this free tax service call the Cooke County Library at 940-668-5530. Th e library is located at 200 South Weaver Street in Gaines-ville.



Cooke County Junior Livestock Show Results Continued ...Editor’s Note: Due to length, this is Part 2 the Cooke County Youth Fair Results. Part 1 was in last week’s January 22, 2020 edition.

GAINESVILLE - Th e Cooke County Junior Live-stock Show was held Janu-ary 4 through January 10 at 1901 Justice Center Boule-vard at the Cooke County Youth Barn with the buyer’s luncheon and premium auc-tion held January 11. Th e equine show took place January 4; the cattle show on January 8 and the lamb/goat, rabbit/poultry, FCS show was held January 9. Th e swine and shop show took place January 10.

DAIRY GOATS Champion Dairy Goat - Chayton Holley, Gainesville FFA.BREEDING GOATS 1st - 7-12 months - Valley View FFA, Lawson Links. 2nd - 7-12 months - Muenster FFA, Cooper Graves. 3rd - 7-12 months - Muenster FFA, Maddox Sewell.. 4th - 7-12 months - Muenster FFA, Ryder Hill-ard. 1st - 13-18 months - Muenster 4H, Alexa Waneck.1st - 19-24 months - 4H Livestock Club, Chanlin (Rosson) Smith.MARKET GOATS Class 1 1st - Muenster FFA Ry-der Hillard 2nd - Muenster 4H Alexa Waneck 3rd - Muenster FFA Kin-ley Dangelmayr 4th - Muenster FFA Jack-son Sicking

5th - Era FFA Jacki Groce 6th - Muenster FFA Abby Walterscheid 7th - 4H Livestock Club Sami Groce 8th - Valley View FFA Emma Tucker 9th - Era FFA Jacki GroceClass 2 1st - Muenster FFA Ste-phen Dangelmayr 2nd - Muenster FFA Maddox Sewell 3rd - Muenster FFA Katie Walterscheid 4th - Muenster FFA Kin-ley Dangelmayr 5th - Valley View FFA Brooklyn Bewley 6th - Muenster FFA Alex Hacker 7th - Valley View FFA Brayden Miles 8th - Muenster FFA Em-ily Harrison 9th - Muenster FFA Katie Walterscheid 10th - 4H Livestock Club Rosson (Chanlin) Smith 11th - Gainesville FFA Cecila Corona Lightweight Champion: Ryder Hillard Reserve Lightweight Champion: Stephen Dan-gelmayrClass 3 1st - Muenster FFA Coo-per Graves 2nd - Muenster FFA Kin-ley Dangelmayr 3rd - Muenster FFA Mad-dox Sewell 4th - Valley View FFA Chase White 5th - Muenster FFA Ka-rissa Harrison 6th - Callisburg FFA Des-tiny Atkins 7th - Valley View FFA Austin White 8th - Valley View FFA McKenzi King 9th - Lindsay 4H Zac GrewingClass 4

1st - Muenster FFA Coo-per Graves 2nd - Lindsay FFA Kade Branson 3rd - Muenster FFA Ste-phen Dangelmayr 4th - Muenster FFA Abby Walterscheid 5th - Valley View FFA Walter Miles 6th - Muenster FFA Ellie Hacker 7th - Muenster FFA Em-ily Harrison 8th - Valley View FFA Will Tarrant 9th - Era FFA Morgan Greer Medium Weight Cham-pion: Cooper Graves, Class 4. Medium Weight Reserve Champion: Kade Branson, Class 4.Class 5 1st - Muenster FFA Coo-per Graves 2nd - Muenster FFA Ry-der Hillard 3rd - Muenster 4H Alexa Waneck 4th - Muenster FFA Ka-rissa Harrison 5th - Muenster FFA Jack-son Sicking 6th - Muenster FFA Alex Hacker 7th - 4H Livestock Club Rosson (Chanlin) Smith 8th - Lindsay 4H Zac Grewing Class 6 1st - Valley View FFA Ja-cob Norwood 2nd - Muenster 4H Alexa Waneck 3rd - Muenster FFA Meadow Walterscheid 4th - Muenster FFA Luke Walterscheid 5th - Valley View FFA Mia Sutherland 6th - Muenster FFA Ellie Hacker 7th - Gainesville FFA Alex Medina

8th - 4H Livestock Club Chanlin (Rosson) Smith 9th - Muenster FFA Mar-lee Walterscheid Heavy Weight Champi-on: Jacob Norwood, Class 6. Heavy Weight Reserve Champion: Alexa Wanek, Class 6. Grand Champion Goat: Jacob Norwood - Heavy Weight. Reserve Grand ChampionGoat - Cooper Graves, Me-dium, Weight Champion. Senior Champion Goat Showman - Alexa Waneck, Muenster 4H. Junior Champion Goat Showman - Cooper Graves, Muenster FFA.BREEDING LAMBS 1st - Lindsay 4H Jessalyn Reiter 2nd - Lindsay 4H Lainie Reiter 3rd - Lindsay 4H Isaac Reiter Breeding Lamb Cham-pion Jessalyn Reiter, Lindsay 4H. Reserve Breeding Lamb Champion Lainie Reiter, Lindsay 4H.MARKET LAMBSSouthdown 1st - Lindsay FFA Kale Cope 2nd - Gainesville FFA Marian Motomochi Southdown Champion- Kale Cope. Reserve Southdown Champion - Marian Moto-mochi.FINEWOOLClass 1 1st - Lindsay 4H Lainie Reiter 2nd - Gainesville FFA Natalie Putnam 3rd - Gainesville FFA De-siree Stephens 4th - Gainesville FFA Joey StephensClass 2

1st - Callisburg FFA Rob-ert Baldwin 2nd - Gainesville FFA Ethan Young 3rd - Lindsay 4H Jessalyn Reiter Finewool Champion - Lainie Reiter, Lindsay 4H. Reserve Finewool Cham-pion - Ethan Young.FINEWOOL CROSS 1st - Lindsay 4H Madelyn Williams 2nd - Lindsay 4H Isaac Reiter Champion Finewool Cross - Madelyn Reiter, Lindsay 4H. Reserve Champion Fine-wool Cross - Issac Reiter, Lindsay 4H.DORPER 1st - Gainesville FFA Rea-gan Osterman 2nd - Gainesville FFA Ad-disyn Putnam 3rd - Gainesville FFA Bryce Johnson 4th - Gainesville FFA Kyleigh Chaff er 5th - Gainesville FFA Os-valdo Perez Champion Dorper - Rea-gan Osterman, Gainesville FFA. Reserve Champion Dor-per - Addisyn Putnam, Gainesville FFA.MEDIUM WOOL CROSSClass 1 1st - Lindsay 4H Isaac Re-iter 2nd - Lindsay 4H Jessalyn Reiter 3rd - Valley View FFA Ka-mden Crisp 4th - Lindsay FFA Kale Cope 5th - Lindsay 4H Bryson Craigie 6th - Lindsay FFA Katy BlantonClass 2 1st - Lindsay 4H Lainie Reiter 2nd - Gainesville FFA

Ethan Young 3rd - Valley View FFA Ri-ley Koskiniemi 4th - Valley View FFA Ri-ley Koskiniemi 5th - Gainesville FFA Brayden MackeyClass 3 1st - Valley View FFA Da-lan Smith 2nd - Valley View FFA Wylie Collins 3rd - Lindsay FFA Mi-chael Sprouse 4th - Lindsay FFA Lane FosterClass 4 1st - Valley View FFA Cierra Kemp 2nd - Valley View FFA Ryker Smith 3rd - Gainesville FFA Katelyn Murphy 4th - Lindsay 4H Bryson Craigie 5th - Valley View FFA Wylie Collins Class 5 1st - Valley View FFA Au-gusta Reding 2nd - Lindsay 4H Mad-elyn Williams 3rd - Lindsay FFA Lane Foster 4th - Valley View FFA Ryker Smith 5th - Callisburg FFA Rob-ert Baldwin Medium Wool Market Lamb: August Reding Val-ley View FFA. Reserve Medium Wool Market Lamb: Madelyn Williams Lindsay 4H. Grand Champion Market Lamb: August Reding Valley View FFA. Reserve Champion Mar-ket Lamb: Madelyn Wil-liams Lindsay 4H. Sr. Showmanship: Dallan Smith Valley View FFA. Jr. Showmanship: Mad-elyn Williams Lindsay 4H.

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Precinct 3, and Con-stable-JP Precinct 1. Th e forum will be held at the First Christian Church CLC Addition, 401 N. Dixon, Gaines-ville, with refreshments served at 6:30 pm, and the meeting starting promptly at 7 pm. Th e public is invited. Th is is a program intended to educate voters about their choices, and is not an endorsement of any candidate or campaign. For more information, contact Vice President-Programs Kimzie Moss, [email protected], 940-736-0836, and fol-low Cooke County Re-publican Women on Facebook, and at www.cookegop.com/ccrw.

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Come join First Chris-tian Church as they host Souper Bowl of Car-ing benefi tting VISTO’s Backpack Buddy pro-gram on Superbowl Sun-day from 11:15 am to 1:00 pm. First Christian has hosted this event for the past 10 years rais-ing almost $4,000 for VISTO in 2019 alone. Come help the hungry and try all the wonderful soups! First Christian is located at 401 N. Dixon in Gainesville. Call 940-665-2053 with questions or email mark Loewen at [email protected].

Hagerman Wild Life RefugePlans Events for FebruaryGRAYSON COUNTY - Hagerman National Wild-life Refuge has scheduled its slate of monthly events. Hagerman is located at 6465 Refuge Road, Sher-man. Th e Refuge off ers over 11,000 acres of wild-life habitat, with fi ve hik-ing trails, picnic areas, boating, fi shing and more. Th e Visitor Center at Hagerman is open Mon-day through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., on Sat-urday from 9:00 am to 4:00 p.m., and from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., on Sunday; Th e Refuge Offi ce and Visitor Center are closed most federal holidays, however, Refuge lands are open daily from sunrise to sunset unless otherwise posted. Friends of Hagerman NWR February 2020 Press Release For more information about these events, please email: [email protected] or call Patricia Crain (940) 391-5135. All events are spon-sored by the Friends of Hagerman and occur at the Hagerman National Wild-life Refuge Visitor Center: 6465 Refuge Road, Sher-man, TX 75092 unless stated otherwise. Outdoor Crew Tuesday February 4th and Saturday, February 22nd Do you enjoy working outside, mowing, sprucing up hiking trails, trimming and removing brush and general cleanup? Join the Outdoor Crew at Hager-man National Wildlife Refuge. Th e Outdoor Crew meets on the First Tuesday and Fourth Satur-day of every month. Please email friendsofhagerman@

gmail.com for details and to join our team. Scouts welcome! Second Saturday: East-ern Bluebirds Saturday, February 8th, 10:00am Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge’s esteemed refuge manager, Kathy Whaley, will present infor-mation about the Eastern Bluebird. She will focus on their characteristics and habits - both as individu-als and mating couples. Learn about our success-ful Bluebird nestbox trails at the Refuge, including their history, statistics, and maintenance. Insects on the Refuge: An Introduction to Ento-mology Saturday, February 8th and March 14th, 11:30 to 12:30, at Hagerman Na-tional Wildlife Refuge In 2020 HNWR will continue to expand it’s nat-ural science education ef-fort through the collection of insects on the refuge. Th e insects will be added to an ongoing curation and exhibition program that will highlight the diversity of insect species found on the refuge. For those interested in collecting insects for this project, an introduction to entomology will be off ered after the second Saturday presentation on February 8th from 11:30 –12:30. On March 14, another lec-ture will be off ered, again following the second Sat-urday presentation, detail-ing how to collect, prepare, and curate insects. After these two presenta-tions, we’ll start collecting bugs in the fi eld through-out the spring, summer, and early fall. Th e program

will be sponsored by the Bluestem Master Natural-ist Chapter, presented and coordinated by Texas Mas-ter Naturalist and Master Entomologist David Par-sons Landowner Education Programs Sponsored by the Bluestem Master Natural-ist Chapter February 14: Wildlife Exemption March 13: Conservation Funding May 15: Conservation Easements July 17: Habitat Im-provement Th e accelerating growth in Grayson County has resulted in rapid loss of open space and habitat for wildlife. Landowners who are interested in ways of preserving open space are invited to attend the Land-owner Education Series, sponsored by the Bluestem Chapter of Master Natu-ralist. Th e series brings to-gether several agencies that off er tax exemptions, fund-ing and technical expertise for preserving open space and wildlife habitat—all in one place. Classes will take place from 9:00 to 11:30am at the Eisenhow-er Room Texoma Council of Governments, 1117 Gallagher Drive, Sherman, Texas. Th e culmination of the Landowner Education Program will be a tour of the Austin College Sneed Prairie Restoration Proj-ect, conducted by Dr. Pe-ter Schultz, date to be an-nounce. Th is series is free and open to the public, but reservations are required. For more information, vis-it https://txmn.org/blue-stem/ Th e Refuge Rocks Chil-

dren’s Program: Backyard Birds One group: Ages 5-10, Saturday, February 15th, 10:00-11:30am If it weren’t for birds, how many of us would take notice of the natural world? Birds are all around us. In our back yards or driving across country, most of the animals we see are birds. Many birds en-tertain us with their cheery songs. Some birds hunt on the wing, and you’ll see one if you watch the sky. Th ey sometimes fl y in large fl ocks. Birds are unavoidable. And - imag-ine a world without the sweet sounds of beautiful songbirds. Come join us on February 15 for a free class to learn all about our beautiful backyard birds. Sign up (child only) on the Friends of Hagerman Facebook page: go to the Refuge Rocks event and sign up there using Event-brite. Calling All Eastern Bluebird Lovers! Nestbox Monitoring Team Kick Off Meeting February 19th at 2:00pm Would you like to par-ticipate in a project whose goal to bolster our area’s population of the Eastern Bluebird and educate oth-ers about the plight for their survival and other areas of environmental conservation? You may like to join our Nestbox Monitoring Team, where you will be paired with a teammate and, utilizing a refuge vehicle, go into the fi eld checking nestboxes and recording data along one of Hagerman NWR’s hiking trails. Email f r i e n d s o f h a g e r m a n @

gmail.com for more in-formation. Name Th at Tram!! Com-petition Th anks to the hard work of all the Friends of Hager-man board members and the kind generosity of many donors, we are on the verge of putting a new tram in service for Refuge tram tours. It is expected that the new tram will be in service soon and it does not have a name—yet. Th e old tram was named “Cardinal Express.” Would you like to be the one who names the new tram? If so, sub-mit your proposed name to [email protected] or [email protected]. Th e fi nal selection will be made by a panel of Friends of Hagerman Board mem-bers. Who knows, you may be the one whose proposed name is chosen and embla-zoned on the new tram! Van Tours Enjoy a 60 – 90 minute tour along Wildlife Drive at the Refuge. Enjoy learn-ing about the history of the displaced town of Hager-man while watching for wildlife. Lots of stops for bird-watching and pho-tography. Free (donations accepted). Guided van tours are off ered at 2 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, weather permitting. Seat-ing is limited: please call (903)786-2826 between 9:00am and 4:00pm, Mon-Sat, for reservations. Standbys are accepted if space permits. Tours are recommended for age 6 - adult. For more information, call the Refuge, 903-786- 2826, or see fws.gov/ref-uge/Hagerman or friend-sofhagerman.com.



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235th District Court Cases Filed, DecidedCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following cases were fi led and decided in the 235th District Court.

Cases Filed Cooke County et al vs. Norman Phillips also known as Norman A. Phil-lips and Pat Phillips, tax case. Cooke County et al vs. Lloyd W. Morris, tax case. Cooke County et al vs. Alice Weatherford Hold and Paris Holt, tax case. Cooke County et al vs. Peter Rodriguez, Jr., tax case. Cooke County et al vs. Hannah R. Williams also known a Hannah Wil-liams, tax case. Cooke County et al vs. Fernando Cabrera, tax case. Sandra Lanier Eustace us. Keith Wade Eustace,

divorce. Victoria Avila vs. South-ern Tire Mart, LLC, inju-ry/damage. Stacy Williams as next friend of Tyeler Shane Wil-liams, a minor vs. Tony’s Seed & Feed, injury, dam-ages. Craig Newton Taylor vs. Clint Bernard Garcia, di-vorce. Jacob Tyler Neal vs. Nal-leli Neal, divorce. Misty D. Goddard (Woodruff ) vs. Dwayne M. Goddard, divorce. Cases Decided Cooke County et al vs. Peter L. Bauerlein, non-suited or dismissed by plaintiff , tax case. Th e state of Texas vs. $900 in United States cur-rency, civil case related to criminal matter. Nancy Catherine Hart

vs. Kenneth Wesley Hart, agreed judgement, divorce. Sharon A. Rutledge vs Th omas A. Rutledge, agreed judgment, divorce. Walmart Real Es-tate Business Trust and Walmart Stores Inc. #185-2 vs Cooke County Ap-praisal District, agree judgement, all other civil cases. Bradly Ferguson vs. Whitney Ferguson, agreed judgment, divorce. Laura Kay Miller vs. Kenneth James Miller, agreed judgment, divorce. Th e state of Texas vs. Marlene Selene Falcon-Torres, agreed judgment, civil case related to crimi-nal matter. Th e state of Texas vs. Charles Dimas Moore, agreed judgment, civil case related to criminal mat-ter.


Services Donald Elsworth Wigren, 85, of Collinsville, TX was called home to his Lord and Savior on Sunday, January 12, 2020. Memorial services for Donald will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, February 2, 2020 at Meador Funeral Home of Gainesville. A vis-itation will be held one hour prior to service time at the funeral home. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Meador Funeral Home of Gainesville.History Donald was born on Au-gust 21, 1934 in Plainfi eld, Connecticut to Sven and Tynne (Allanen) Wigren.

He later married the “love” of his life Eila Fors in West-erly, Rhode Island on May 7, 1955. He retired from the military, having served during Desert Storm and spending countless hours in the National Guard. Don-ald was extremely proud of his Finnish heritage, build-ing his own authentic sauna, which he loved. Being a jack of all trades, he always found a way to provide for his family. In his younger years he was involved with the boy Scouts having estab-lished Troop 21 in Ashaway, R.I., which is still active and going strong 50 years later. He loved to fi sh, camp and work outdoors and was al-ways willing to lend a help-ing hand to anyone in need.Survivors

He is survived by his loving wife, Eila Wigren, daughter Lynda Rosaschi and husband, Rick, son, John Wigner and wife, Lorna, grandchildren, Jes-sica Wigren, John Derrick Wigren, Lydia Butler, Logan Rochell, great-grandchil-dren, Bella, Gabby, Madi-son, Kruze, Memphis, Khloe and Camden, nieces, Jane Bowman, Gaylee Donandt, and nephew, Marlon Taylor, as well as many other loving family and friends. He will be truly missed but never forgotten – forever in our hearts. Donald was preceded in death by his parents, and his sister, Pearl Schnieder. To sign the online registry, please go to www.meadorfu-neral.com.

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STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF COOKECOUNTY COURT AT LAW

IN THE ESTATE OF LARRY JACK KIRKPAT-RICK PR17761

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To all persons interested in the Estate of LARRY JACK KIRKPATRICK: On 1/13/2020, CHARLES KIRKPATRICK fi led a(n) [title of document] in Cause No. PR17761 in the County Court at Law of Cooke County, Texas. Said [title of document] may be heard and acted upon by said court after 10 o’clock a.m. on the fi rst Monday next after the expiration on ten days from the date of publication if this citation. All persons interested in said estate are hearby cited to appear before said court by fi ling a written answer contesting said should they desire to do so. Given under my hand and seal of offi ce in Cooke County, Texas, this 14th day of January, 2020.

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STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF COOKECOUNTY COURT AT LAW

IN THE ESTATE OF PAULINE MILDRED JONES PR17738

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“Th e diff erence between dog food and human food is that dog food has to be a complete balanced diet., meaning they can eat just that, I mean, people can’t eat just bread,” he said. “Honestly it makes life easy that I can eat some-thing that’s balanced and don’t have to worry about food. I just eat it. You’re eating to live not living to eat.” Felderhoff said he set about a 30-day dog food diet to educate others. “We’re always thinking of ways to educate our customers and our retail-ers more on our food and what we do and why,” he said. “I think really un-derstanding the why be-hind it is important. We are very passionate about animal health. We’ve been doing this for 87 years. We’re not in this for a quick five or seven year term. We’re in this for decades. Our goal is to put the animal first and what do we need to

do for the dog.” He said his company fo-cuses on partnering with local farmers and produces high fat, high protein, low carbohydrate foods. Th e food is available from area retailers but the company tries to avoid selling its product to mass market stores. “What we’re trying to show here is we’re mak-ing the right product for the dog,” he said. “We’re

not going to feed your dog something we wouldn’t eat ourselves.” Muenster Milling has also promoted programs to help feed shelter pets including those at Noah’s Ark Animal Shelter, Op-eration Kindness in Car-rolton and Our Pal Rescue Adoption League. “We’re always partnering with rescues and shelters,” he said. “We give a lot back.”

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It’s TwinGirls!

LEWISVILLE - Natasha and Ryan Millard of Lew-isville, TX announce the birth of their twins on Jan 3, 2020. Indie James Millard 6lbs4oz 19” and Clementine Grace Millard 5lbs 14 oz 19 1/4”. Natasha is the twin daughter of J.I. & Cindi

Johnson of Sanger, TX Paternal grandparents are Scott & Lynn Millard of Lewisville, TX. Maternal great grandpar-ents are James & LaWanda Young of Butler, OK. Indie and Clementine have a 4 yr old brother Oli-ver Scott Millard.

City Council Calls for

General, Special ElectionsGAINESVILLE- Gaines-ville City Council voted during its January 21 regular meeting to call for a general and special municipal elec-tion set for May 2, 2020 providing for the election of councilmembers for Ward 3, Ward 5, Ward 6, munici-pal court judge and coun-cilmember for Ward 2. Th e council also voted to allow the city manager to enter into an agreement with the Gainesville Independent School District and the North Texas Medical Center

to share a polling location for certain precincts during the election. Council also approved a resolution au-thorizing the city manager to enter into an agreement with Cooke County to pro-vide voting machines for the May 2020 general election. Next, the council ap-proved the investment poli-cy for 2020. “Th ere are no material changes,” City Manager Bar-ry Sullivan said. He said the adjustments to the policy are small and include a capi-

talization and changing the word “board” to “council.” Th e board also approved on second reading changing the code of ordinances to provide a new section pro-hibiting the sale of animals in public spaces. Th e action also required a motion to the suspend the charter. Sullivan said during a previous meeting, he and councilmembers discussed exemptions for animals sold at the Cooke County Fair-ground and livestock barn. “We just specifi cally put those as being exempt in the ordinance to make it clear so people wouldn’t be call-ing and trying to have us do something there on those grounds so…because the new Gainesville Livestock Auction is always regulated on what they can and can-not do and then the Cooke County Fair Association Fairgrounds, they have pe-riodic sales. Most of the time those happen in the buildings and stuff but we just didn’t want to be split-ting hairs. If someone’s 4-H kid sold a sheep out there. Th at was not the intent,” he said. “If they decide to have a big sale or something and maybe some of it happens outside.” Th e item is aimed at pre-venting “puppy mill type sales,” Gainesville Mayor Jim Goldsworthy said, add-ing he believes Sullivan did a good job clarifying the in-tention of the ordinance. Th e city has also been unable to reach an agree-ment for a tract of land to use for the expansion and rebuilding of the city’s solid waste transfer station but

unanimously approved a resolution authorizing the city attorney to initiate and complete condemnation of the land in question. “At this time we haven’t been able to come to a rea-sonable deal,” Sullivan said. Th e city is looking to ini-tiate commendation of the land. “Just because we start con-demnation doesn’t mean we have to end there,” Sullivan said. Finally, the council voted unanimously to authorize the city manager to sign a contract for the $416,250 sale of 55.5 acres of property south of Leonard Park from BRS Properties.

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