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Weekly News of Cooke County
Volume 11, Number 33
Cooke County, Texas
January 14, 2015
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Commissioners approve vendor
King
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pave
EMS
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Monday
Topics
by Keith G. King
Have you ever thought about
being a volunteer deputy voter
registrar who can register new
voters?
If you have and want to know
more, plan to attend a class about
volunteer deputy voter registrars.
The class is open to anyone older than 18 years old and will be
held from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday
(Jan. 15) in the Cooke County
Courthouse Annex at 112 S.
Dixon St., in Gainesville.
For more information, call
940.668.5425.
The North Central Texas Chorale is seeking more singers for its
2015 spring season.
The Chorale is a communitybased chorus that has been together for more than 39 years
and has presented music in Texas
and New York, as well as internationally.
The director is Clint Kelley. He
is a creative concert planner and
excels at motivating and inspiring singers.
The accompanist is Carolyn
Hook. Her music career includes
solo appearances with orchestras,
accompanist positions with civic
choirs, faculty accompanist at
colleges, concert performer and
adjunct and private piano teacher. She also has had many positions as church organist.
The theme for the spring season will be “Something for Everyone,” singing from Mozart to
Sondheim to Gospel.
The majority of the Chorale
members are from Gainesville,
but many other cities including
Denton, Decatur, Lindsay, Pilot
Point, Muenster, Sanger, Saint Jo
and Whitesboro have been represented.
No auditions are required to
sing with the Chorale, but oﬃcials ask that singers have experience singing in choirs, have the
ability to read music and sing on
pitch.
Rehearsals are held from 7 t
8:30 p.m. on Tuesday beginning
Jan. 20 in the Choir Room at the
First State Bank Center for the
Performing Arts on the North
Central Texas College Gainesville
campus.
For more information, call
Chorale President Phil Schenk at
940.387.1886.
The Cooke County Library
will be closed Monday (Jan. 19)
in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday.
The library will open at 10 a.m.
Tuesday (Jan. 20).
The Gainesville Area Habitat
(Continued on Page 5)
By Keith G. King
The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – The Cooke
County Commissioners Court
approved a quote to pave the
parking lot at the EMS Station
No. 1 during the Monday meeting.
EMS Director Kevin Grant
presented three quotes from concrete vendors to pave the parking lot and alleyway at the EMS
Station No. 1 on West Church
Street in Gainesville.
Commissioners approved the
lowest quote of $29,130 from
Brinlee Concrete. The other
quotes were from Sure Fire for
$29,367 and from Fahrlander,
Inc., for $31,900.
Grant said that the parking lot
paving was budgeted at $40,000.
Monday’s meeting was the ﬁrst
Commissioners Court for newly
elected Cooke County Judge Jason Brinkley.
Brinkley said that a tradition in county government has
been to issue a proclamation or
some type of presentation for
an outgoing elected oﬃcial. He
said that retiring Cooke County
Judge John Roane requested not
to have a proclamation and that
commissioiners would honor his
request.
“I would like to, and I know
I speak on behalf of all members
of the court, thank you for your
service to this county,” Brinkley
said. “I believe you served 17 and
a half years for Cooke County
and we thank you for your service. … On behalf of the whole
court we do wish him the best of
luck in retirement and future endeavors.”
Commissioners approved another Memorandum of Understanding between Cooke County
and the Bureau of Land Management Oklahoma Field Oﬃce and
the Bureau of Indian Aﬀairs Eas-
ter Oklahoma Regional Oﬃce
Southern Plains Regional Oﬃce.
The memorandum is an agreement with the Bureau of Land
Management (BLM) and Cooke
County for the BLM plan of revision of three current resource
management plans.
Commissions Court approved
a previous Memorandum of Understanding in April 2014, but
according to Precinct 4 Commissioner Leon Klement, the BLM
did not receive it.
Monday’s approval again
named Klement as Cooke County’s representative and Precinct 1
Commissioner Gary Hollowell as
the alternate.
The memorandum was approved 5-0.
Commissioners were notiﬁed
of the 2015 mileage rate, which
is the same rate allowed by the
Internal Revenue Service. The
new rate is $0.575.
Nathan Vajdos from OWN
Energy updated commissioners
about his company’s proposed
wind turbine farm north of
Muenster.
Vajdos told commissioners that
the project will be approximately
120 to 130 mega watts with approximately 55 to 60 turbines
spanning 12,000 acres. He said
that the engineering should be
completed by the end of January
and that bids could begin in February.
Callisburg Volunteer Fire Department Chief Mike Musick
spoke to commissioners during
public comments.
He said that since Oak Ridge
Volunteer Fire Department
closed, that his department and
two others (Indian Creek Volunteer Fire Department and
Gainesville Fire Department)
would now cover Oak Ridge.
Musick asked that commissioners consider the funds that
were budgeted by the county
(Continued on Page 4)
Sheriﬀ ’s Oﬃce
makes 2 drug
arrests Jan. 5
Kid Fishing Derby Postponed – The annual Kids Fishing Derby scheduled for Jan. 10 has been
rescheduled for 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday (Jan. 17) at Keneteso Pond at Keneteso Park in Gainesville. The unidentified family pictured braved the freezing temperatures to fish Saturday morning,
as did other families who were at the Keneteso Pond. They were fishing through the ice-covered
pond. Word of the postponement reached The Weekly News Friday afternoon. The pond will be
stocked with trout and the Kids Fishing Derby is designed for children 2 to 13 years old. The annual
event is sponsored by the Gainesville Parks and Recreation Department. For more information, call
940.668.4530 or email [email protected].
(The Weekly News Photo)
GAINESVILLE – Cooke County Sheriﬀ’s Oﬃce Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU) assisted by
other units made two drug-related arrests Jan. 5 in Gainesville.
The Sheriﬀ’s Oﬃce DEU was
assisted in the operation by the
Cooke County Sheriﬀ’s Oﬃce
CID and Cooke County Sheriﬀ’s
Oﬃce Patrol Divisions.
Oﬃcers were conducting an
ongoing marijuana distribution
investigation and executed a
search warrant in the 1300 block
of Belmont Street in Gainesville.
During the search, oﬃcers
seized approximately 2.5 pounds
of marijuana with a street value
of $1,650, 0.5 gram of cocaine
valued at $50, $600 cash and a
Hyundai passenger vehicle.
A drug-endangered youth was
removed from the residence by
Child Protective Services.
Kimberly Michelle Mitchell,
29, was arrested and charged with
endangering a child, possession
of marijuana more than 4 ounces
but less than 5 pounds and possession of a controlled substance
less than 1 gram.
Justin Craig Peters, 28, was arrested and charged with possession of marijuana more than 4
ounces but less than 5 pounds.
Martin Luther King celebrations
planned Monday in Gainesville
Special to The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – This year’s
celebrations for Martin Luther
King, Jr., Day in Gainesville will
begin Sunday (Jan. 18) and conclude Monday (Jan. 19).
Monday actually is the day that
will be celebrated throughout the
United States to honor the Civil
Rights leader Martin Luther
King, Jr.
The Sunday event will be a fellowship worship at Trinity Temple Church of God in Christ at
3 p.m. Sunday at 402 N. Weaver
St., in Gainesville.
The service will include a keynote speaker and youth expression, where youth will contribute quotes, statements and other
contributions.
Monday’s events will begin
with the annual Martin Luther
King Parade at 10 a.m. that will
begin at the Santa Fe Depot and
travel west on California Street to
the Gainesville Civic Center.
Organizers said that everyone
is invited to participate in the
parade in any form of transportation, from walking to roller
skates and cars.
Anyone who wants to partici-
pate in the parade should be at
the Santa Fe Depot by 9:30 a.m.
Tom Carson will emcee the
festivities at the Gainesville Civic
Center.
The celebrations will begin at
11 a.m. at the Gainesville Civic
Center with the reading of a
proclamation from Gainesville
Mayor Jim Goldsworthy.
Cooke County Judge Jason
Brinkley also will read a proclamation.
The featured speaker will be
Pastor Frank Lorne from Gainesville.
The presentation of student
scholarships and the winners
of the essay contest will be announced.
The Gainesville Community
Choir will perform.
Dinner will be served to everyone in attendance.
There will be an open gymnasium from 2 to 4 p.m. at the
Gainesville Middle School. This
will be a time for the youth to
play basketball, listen to music
and dance. Adult supervision will
be provided and James Hughes
will provide the music.
Snacks also will be provided at
the gymnasium.
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January 14, 2015
Springer talks about issues facing
Texas Legislature in new session
By Keith G. King
The Weekly News
COOKE COUNTY –
Texas State Representative
Drew Springer of Muenster
represents Cooke County
and 21 other counties from
District 68 in the Texas
Legislature – and the new
Legislature session began
Tuesday.
In a Friday interview with
The Weekly News, Springer
talked about some of the
issues that will be facing
the 84th Texas Legislature
this session.
Springer said that transportation will be the biggest issue statewide and
that this legislature will be
challenged to ﬁnd a way to
fund Texas Department of
Transportation (TXDOT)
longtime.
He said that GovernorElect Greg Abbott has indicated that he also supports
ways to fund TXDOT to
reduce the construction
of toll roads and the borrowing of funds. He also
said that the House will be
looking at several ways to
fund TXDOT.
Water will continue to
be a statewide issue for the
Legislature. Springer said
that they have made progress, but that he expects
some adjustments to what
already has been put into
place.
Springer said that the
“education front” will be “a
little tough” with the current law suit and the future
of House Bill 5.
The representatives will
be working with how to
change the funding transportation model. Springer
said that the model has not
been changed since 1984
and that has hurt some of
the rural schools.
He said that if they can
“get that formula changed”
it will “put more money
into rural schools.”
The last big statewide
issued Springer discussed
was the creation and organization of a permanent
Department of Public
Safety (DPS) force of 500
Troopers to work border
security.
Springer said that this
force would alleviate the
need for Troopers who already are working in counties across the state to leave
their positions to work on
border security.
A new DPS force also
would replace the need for
the National Guard force
on the Texas border, which
also would save the state
funding that currently is
being spent.
Some of the bills Springer plans to introduce include a bill that would allow a rural school to begin
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MUENSTER – When rehabilitation after surgery,
an incapacitating illness or
injury is required, Muenster
Memorial Hospital can provide the care needed to get
patients back on their feet
and back home.
MMH oﬀers a range of
exclusive services for area
residents.
For more than a decade,
MMH has provided extended inpatient care for patients
who require additional attention following a hospital
stay of surgery, providing
full therapy services to help
patients regain strength and
function to prepare for a return to normal activities.
Other qualifying conditions include a need for IV
medications following an
acute care hospital stay, additional training or education – for example newly diagnosed diabetics – and post
stroke or traumatic injury
care and rehabilitation.
Palliative care for end-of-
life patients that focuses on
pain and stress reduction
and wound care are also
available.
Services are reimbursable
to Medicare and some insurance plans. Medicare assists
for up to 100 days of care.
Extended care – sometimes referred to as swing
bed – can be utilized either
short or long term. Patients
may remain in extended care
as long as there is a documented need for the level of
care.
Adelia Wilson is the program coordinator and works
closely with case managers and discharge planners
at surrounding hospitals
to make them aware of the
service and also to screen for
eligible patients.
“Our facility oﬀers many
advantages for area families,” Wilson said. “Having
a loved one close to home
relieves so much stress for
caregivers, and the fact that
the patient is staying within
a hospital facility, with 24hour medical monitoring,
oﬀers additional peace of
mind.”
MMH has 18 rehabilitation beds and has a rehabilitation center with
state-of-the-art equipment,
a therapy pool and a functioning kitchen that allows
patients to practice activities of daily living, such as
cooking and laundry, before
returning home.
“The therapy services provided to extended care patients cover the gamut, from
physical and occupational
therapy, including hand
therapy, to speech,” Wilson
said. “The goal of our physicians, nurses and therapists is to make the patient
as whole as we can possibly
make them. Sometimes the
time allowed for a hospital
stay is just not enough.”
For
more
information about MMH’s extended care program, call
940.759.6125.
a week earlier if the district
wishes to, giving the districts a little more ﬂexibility.
Springer plans to introduce a bill to create a taxfree weekend for guns and
ammo. He will target the
last weekend in August and
it would function much
like the back-to-school taxfree weekend that already is
available for Texans.
Springer talked about
rural volunteer ﬁre departments. He said that there
is a push from some of the
ﬁremen unions to require
all volunteer ﬁremen to be
certiﬁed from day one.
“We are trying to put a
bill in that ends that debate
once and for all,” Springer
said.
Springer said that he
plans to re-introduce a bill
that will deny the creation
of more gun-free zones in
the state.
And he will introduce
a bill that will allow Economic Development Corporations to fund and
build housing.
Springer said that this
bill came from conversations with Gainesville and
GEDC oﬃcials.
“I work for all of the
citizens of Cooke County
and the other 21 counties,”
Springer said. “Anytime
they have an issue, I want
to hear from them.”
Springer’s Austin oﬃce
phone it 512.463.0526
and his Gainesville oﬃce
phone is 940.665.8400.
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Area obituaries
Kennith Wayne
“Porkey” Waters
Services
Kennith Wayne “Porkey” Waters, 71, of
Whitesboro died Jan. 6
in Whitesboro.
Services were held Jan.
9 at the Meador Funeral
Home Chapel with Bro.
Buddy Lindsay and Bro.
Clarence Jones oﬃciating. Arrangements were
under the direction of
the Meador Funeral
Home of Whitesboro.
Callisburg United
Methodist Church
We invite you to attend
Sunday school at 10 am and
worship at 11 each Sunday
morning. We are located
northeast of Gainesville in a
quaint, quiet and beautiful
setting. Just minutes from
anywhere in Gainesville, it
is well worth the drive to
visit with us and experience
God’s presence in the lives
and talents of this loving
and dynamic congregation.
We are located at 123 Oscar
Cole Street. For additional
information, please call the
pastor at 903-819-2776 or
just plan on stopping by to
join us this Sunday.
Honorary
Pallbearers were his lifetime
friends and members of
the Gordonville Baptist
Church Men’s Sunday
School Class.
History
Kennith Wayne “Porkey” Waters was born in
Sherman to Shirl Douglas and Mae Belle Cody
Waters. He married
Donna Snider Feb. 15,
2005 in Sherman.
Kennith Wayne “Porkey” Waters graduated
from S&S High School.
He was a member of
the Southmayd Baptist Church and most
recently attended the
Gordonville
Baptist
Church.
He won top sales
awards in cellular sales,
winning top honors in
the state and also placing No. 2 in the national
sales.
He was a farmer and
rancher.
He loved his grandchildren and enjoyed
attending the monthly
Southmayd Community Dinner. He also was a
John Wayne fan.
Survivors
HOMEMADE HEALTHY LUNCHES
are now being served M-F at
The Orchard
Kennith Wayne “Porkey” Waters is survived
by his wife, Donna Snider Waters of Whitesboro;
sons and daughters-inlaw, Bradley Wayne and
Lee Waters of Sherman
and Phillip and Rebecca
Johnson of Whitesboro;
daughters and sons-inlaw, Brenda Jean and J.
Trinidad “Trini” Peña
of Sherman and Diana
and Chris Bockman of
Whitesboro; daughter,
Tina Dawn Waters of
Sherman;
grandchildren, Michael Waters,
Douglas Waters, Jessie Peña, George Peña,
Marissa Waters, Kaylin
Miller, Logan Bockman
and Jack Bockman; sister and brother-in-law,
Shirley Water and Jim
Smith of Boerne; and
sister-in-law, Carol Waters of Florida.
He was preceded in
death by his parents,
Douglas and Mae Waters; brother, Douglas
Ray Waters; and grandchildren, Jennifer Peña,
Chance Waters and
Cody Waters.
Donations
Contributions may be
made to Home Hospice
of Grayson County, P.O.
Box 2306, Sherman,
Texas, 75092.
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Era
Mae McClung
Services
Era Mae McClung,
76, of Sherman died
Jan. 7 in Sherman.
Services were held
Jan. 10 at the Meador
Funeral Home Chapel
with Bro. Allen Phillips
oﬃciating. Burial was
Cooke County Appraisal District Of¿ce
Encourages Homeowners to Take Advantage
of Homestead Exemptions
One of the easiest ways a homeowner can lower his or her property tax bill in
2015 is to ¿le a homestead exemption. A homestead is generally the house and
land used as the owner’s principal residence on Jan. 1 of the tax year.
Homestead exemptions reduce the appraised value of your home and, as a result,
lower your property taxes. To apply for an exemption on your residence homestead, contact the Cooke County Appraisal District.
Available homestead exemptions include:
• School taxes: All homeowners may receive a $15,000 homestead exemption
for school taxes.
• County taxes: If a county collects a special tax for farm-to-market roads or
Àood control, a homeowner may receive a $3,000 homestead exemption for
this tax.
• Age and disability exemptions: Individuals 65 or older or disabled as de¿ned
by law may qualify for a $10,000 homestead exemption for school taxes, in
addition to the $15,000 exemption available to all homeowners. Also, any
taxing unit may offer a local optional exemption of at least $3,000 for
taxpayers age 65 or older and/or disabled. Older or disabled homeowners do not
need to own their homes on Jan. 1 to qualify for the $10,000 homestead
exemption. They qualify as soon as they turn 65 or become disabled.
• Taxing units may offer a local option exemption based on a percentage of a
home’s appraised value. Any taxing unit can exempt up to 20 percent of the
value of each quali¿ed homestead. No matter what percentage of value the
taxing unit adopts, the dollar value of the exemption must be at least $5,000.
• Partial exemption for disabled veterans: Texas law provides partial exemptions
for any property owned by veterans who are disabled, spouses and survivors of
deceased disabled veterans. This includes homesteads donated to disabled
veterans by charitable organizations at no cost to the disabled veterans. The
amount of exemption is determined according to the percentage of serviceconnected disability.
• 100 Percent Residence Homestead Exemption for Disabled Veterans: A disabled
veteran who receives from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (1)
100 percent disability compensation due to a service-connected disability; and
(2) a rating of 100 percent disabled or of individual unemployability is entitled
to an exemption from taxation of the total appraised value of the veteran’s resi
dence homestead. Surviving spouses are also eligible upon the veteran’s death
with certain restrictions. The residence homestead application must be ¿led if
this exemption is claimed.
• Surviving Spouses of Members of the U.S. Armed Services Killed in Action:
The surviving spouse of a member of the U.S. armed services who is killed
in action is allowed a total (100 percent) property tax exemption on his or her
residence homestead if the surviving spouse has not remarried since the death
of the armed services member.
For more details on homestead exemptions, contact the Cooke County Appraisal
District at 201 N. Dixon, Gainesville TX 76240 or www.cookecad.org. The
homestead exemption applications are available at the Cooke County Appraisal
District of¿ce and on their website www.cookecad.org or online at http://www.
window.state.tx.us/taxinfo/taxforms/50-114.pdf.
in Oakwood Cemetery.
Arrangements were under the direction of the
Meador Funeral Home
of Whitesboro.
Pallbearers were members of her family.
History
Era Mae McClung was
born Aug. 29, 1938 in
Dallas to Edward Lewis
and Era Bernice Dry
Smith.
She was a retired caregiver. She was a member
of the Assembly of God
Church.
She was very talented
at needlework and enjoyed sewing, crafts and
painting. She was family
oriented.
Survivors
Era Mae McClung is
survived by her children
and spouses, Lexton
and Victoria McClung
of
Sherman,
Mark
and René McClung of
Azle, Rheba and Raymond Davis of Whitesboro, Tammy and Bud
Hager of Fort Worth
and Kelly and Johney
Grimes of Whitesboro;
15 grandchildren; 16
great-grandchildren;
sisters, Dora Vickers of
Ore City, Ouida Yaws
of Jeﬀerson and Lela
Fay Daniels of Roswell,
N.M.; and several nieces
and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her husband,
Hilluard
McClung;
son, Joe McClung; parents, Edward and Bernice Smith; sisters, Earlyne Baldino, Zelmarie
Chapman, Evon Smith
and LaVoyce Wilson;
and brothers, James Edward Smith, John Joseph
Smith, Delbert Smith
and Charles Smith.
Elvin
Harvey Allen
Services
Elvin Harvey Allen,
42, of Gordonville died
Jan. 2 in Sherman after a
long ﬁght with diabetes
and heart problems.
A Memorial Service was held at 2 p.m.
Wednesday (Jan. 14) at
the Geo. J. Carroll &
Son Chapel in Gainesville with Gene Decker
and Larry Jones oﬃciating. Arrangements were
under the direction of
the Geo. J. Carroll &
Son Funeral Home of
Gainesville.
History
Elvin Harvey Allen
was born Jan. 15, 1972
to Joy Olan and Quida
Kaps Allen. He married
Emily Hawks April 20,
1996.
He was a member of
the Gordonville Church
of Christ.
Survivors
Elvin Harvey Allen
is survived by his wife,
Emily; children, Dustin
Allen and Maisie Allen;
sisters and brothers-inlaw, Marsha and David
Okay of Valley View;
Annie and Ricky Putman of Springer, Okla.,
and Judy and Keith
Hensley of Collinsville;
father-in-law, Raymond
Hawkins of Bryson;
sister-in-law and spouse,
Linda and Jason Harwell
of Bryson; aunts, Wanda Allen of Lubbock
and Evelyn Walker of
Gainesville; nieces and
nephews, Danny Okay,
Rebecca Okay, Laura
Putman, Randy Kaye
Putman, Trevor Putman, Robert Blake Bullard, Jenny McCroskey,
Michael Hensley, Sierra
Harwell and Jason Harwell; and other extended
family and friends.
Grover
Leo Railey
Services
Grover Leo Railey,
75, longtime resident of
Whitesboro, died Jan. 3
in Denison surrounded
by his family.
Services were held
Jan. 9 in the Meador
Funeral Home Chapel
with Mike Bentley ofﬁciating. Arrangements
were under the direction
of the Meador Funeral
Home of Whitesboro.
History
Grover Leo Railey was
born in Dallas to Eunice
Ferguson and David
Walt Railey.
After graduating high
school, he spent several years serving in the
United States Marine
Corps and later as a
tanker man in the Merchant Marines.
Grover Leo Railey also
held various jobs including driving trucks across
the nation, working for
Grayson County’s Precinct 4, as a mechanic
and as security and caretaker for Ross Perot at
Lake Texoma.
He was Ross Perot’s
campaign manager during the 1992 presidential campaign.
Before he retired, Grover Leo Railey owned
the Apple Blossom Art
Gallery in Sherman.
He enjoyed ﬁshing,
working, drawing and
playing with his grandchildren.
Survivors
Grover Leo Railey is
survived by his wife,
Martha Railey; sons and
daughters-in-law, Edward “Butch” and Lisa
Morgan of Bridgewater,
Va., and David and Lauri Johnson of Gunter;
daughters and sons-inlaw, Michele and Mike
Pierce of Bells and Leanne and Tony Wilson
of Denison; grandchildren and spouses, Sarah
and Cody Mills, Lynsee
Wilson, Justin Johnson,
Zayne Pierce, M’Kayla
Pierce, Kara McSwain,
Kolin McSwain, Kaylea
Johnson and Ty Johnson; two great-grandchildren; and several
nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in
death by his parents;
second mother, Betty
Railey; sister, Helen
Rice; and brothers, Jim
Railey and Jerry Railey.
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January 14, 2015
John Warren
Gainesville declares construction
contract completed at Jan. 16 meeting
By Keith G. King
The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – The
Gainesville City Council approved a resolution
to declare a contract with
S&J Construction, Inc., as
complete during the Jan.
16 meeting.
S&J Construction was
contracted for work as part
of the Northwest Water
Distribution System Improvements Project of the
City of Gainesville.
Gainesville City Manager Barry Sullivan said that
acceptance of completed
projects is usually accomplished in house, but
because there were grant
funds used in the project,
acknowledgement of the
completion by the council
was required.
The council approved the
resolution by a 7-0 vote.
Council members suspended the charter and
approved the ﬁrst reading
of an amendment to an
ordinance in the building
regulations dealing with
location and height requirement for on-premises
signs along the I-35 and
Highway 82 corridors and
commercial areas.
Sullivan said that the
amendment was a small
change that will match up
to the previous code. The
change was to limit signage
to 35 feet above the traﬃc
lane – the road surface.
The charter suspension
and approval of the ordinance was unanimous.
No action was taken by
council members following
an executive session that
was held during the regular
meeting.
After reconvening, the
council opened a public
hearing for an ordinance
to amend the zoning ordinance and the deﬁnition
of Beauty Salon to include
deﬁnitions for Permanent
Make-Up.
Gainesville
Community Services Director
Julie Smith told council
members that the topic of
permanent make-up was
started by a question from
a beauty salon owner who
wants to oﬀer permanent
make-up services in a salon
in downtown Gainesville.
Smith said that the proposed ordinance diﬀerentiates deﬁnitions between
tattoo zoning and permanent make-up.
Council members ap-
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proved the ﬁrst reading of
the ordinance but asked for
the second reading.
Council members had
the ﬁrst reading of a
Gainesville Economic Development
Corporation
(GEDC) one-year contract
with Site Location Partnership of $12,500 to market
the City of Gainesville as
a place to locate manufacturing and distribution
facilities. By Texas law, the
proposed GEDC contract
requires two readings.
The council had the ﬁrst
reading of a resolution allowing GEDC to buy property at 1514 W. California
St., in Gainesville at a cost
of $191,000. By Texas law,
the proposed GEDC action requires two readings
by the city council.
More patients arriving with
ﬂu symptoms at NTMC ER
Special to The Weekly News
GAINESVILLE – Oﬃcials
at North Texas Medical
Center report an increase
in patients arriving in the
Emergency Department
with signs of the ﬂu, according to a press release.
The Centers for Disease Control reports that
inﬂuenza is increasing in
frequency and spreading
across much of the country
and Cooke County is no
diﬀerent.
“The Texas Department
of State Health Services is
unable to provide countyspeciﬁc data regarding
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for Oak Ridge be proportionally divided among the
three departments that will
now provide coverage.
No action could be taken from the public comments.
Commissioners unanimously approved a proclamation making Monday
(Jan. 19) Martin Luther
King, Jr., Day in Cooke
County.
Brinkley said that the
proclamation will be read
during Monday’s events at
the Gainesville Civic Center.
Commissioners pulled
three of the consent agenda
items for discussion.
After discussion, the
three pulled consent items
as well as the remainder of
the consent items were approved by a by a 5-0 vote.
ﬂu statistics at this time”
NTMC Infection Prevention Coordinator Georgia
Holland, RN, said. “However, the hospital has performed over 406 ﬂu tests
since September 1, 2014
in the NTMC Emergency
Department and there have
been 84 positive results for
the Type A inﬂuenza.”
Holland said that NTMC
is diligent to provide a safe
environment for patients
and employees with 96
percent of employees who
have already received the
ﬂu vaccine this season and
she expects 100 percent of
employees to have received
the vaccine in the near future.
Inﬂuenza, or the ﬂu, is a
contagious respiratory infection caused by viruses.
Symptoms of the ﬂu can
include muscle aches, soreness, headache and fever.
The ﬂu virus enters the
body through the mucus
membranes in your nose,
eyes or mouth.
Each time someone
touches one of those areas
it presents an opportunity
for the ﬂu virus to enter the
body.
The best prevention is for
individuals and families to
keep their hands germ free
with frequent hand washing.
Flu virus “hot spots” include surfaces that an infected person has recently
touched or rooms where
an infected person recently
sneezed.
Three types of ﬂu viruses
are known – Type A, Type
B and Type C.
Both A and B are the
types that typically cause
the annual inﬂuenza epidemics that can result in
approximately 20 percent
of the population sniﬄing,
aching, coughing and running fevers.
Type C also can cause
the ﬂu, but with this virus,
the ﬂu symptoms are less
severe.
This year’s dominant ﬂu
strain is H3N2 which is a
type of ﬂu virus that tends
to be more serious according to the CDC oﬃcials.
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“drifted” from the strains
included in the ﬂu vaccine leaving the vaccine
not as eﬀective as oﬃcials
hoped. Diﬀerent strains of
the ﬂu virus mutate during
time and replace the older
strains of the virus.
NTMC oﬃcials are urging Cooke County residents who feel that they
may have the ﬂu to seek
medical attention from
the primary physician or
at one of the local clinics.
The ﬂu can lead to serious
upper respiratory diseases,
including pneumonia.
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Janunary 14, 2015
MMH receives‘unqualified’ audit;
auditor talks about operating losses
MUENSTER
–
The
Muenster Hospital District received a good audit
report during the Dec. 17
meeting, according to the
unoﬃcial minutes.
Brent Kimbrough from
BKD, LLP, presented the
annual audit for ﬁscal year
ending June 30, 2014 and
told board members that
the district received an
unqualiﬁed audit with no
problems listed.
Kimbrough told board
members that the district
had an operating loss of
$951,387, almost the same
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for Humanity will present “The Lion of Texas –
A Conversation with Sam
Houston” as a fundraiser to
support the group’s eﬀorts
to provide housing to those
in need in Cooke County.
The show will be presented at 7 p.m. Jan. 24 and at
as the previous year.
“… using up most of the
tax revenues collected in
the period, improvement
in performance is mandatory if the district is to survived the expected changes
coming,” Kimbrough said,
according to the unoﬃcial
minutes.
The unoﬃcial minutes
indicated that “the losses
continue and even grow in
the ﬁrst 5-months of this
current FY (ﬁscal year).”
According to the minutes, the ﬁnancial report
for November was “The
Operating Loss to date is
twice what it has been the
previous two years.”
The board approved
Medical Staﬀ privileges,
pending approval from the
Medical Staﬀ, for Tommy
Duncan, CRNA; Richard
Ammar, M.D.; Christopher Sidden, M.D.; John
Wohlwend, M.D.; and
Shiril Hombal, M.D.
The board was informed
that the Medicare Survey
that is required every four
years was conducted and
MMH received an excellent result with two minor
violations encountered.
Marketing
Director
Gayla Blanton updated the
board about the new efforts, contacts, visits with
physicians, nursing homes
and advertising media coverage.
Board members were
presented the Chief Executive Oﬃcer’s and Chief
Nursing Oﬃcer’s reports.
The executive session
agenda from Nov. 18 was
certiﬁed after board members reconvened from a
one hour executive session.
2 p.m. Jan. 25 in the Little
Theatre at North Central
Texas College in Gainesville.
Tickets are $15 for adults
and $6 for students younger than 16 years old. The
tickets will be available
at the door, from a Habitat for Humanity board
member or by calling
940.301.4019.
The play is written and
performed by a local resident who also is named
Sam Houston. The play
has received critical acclaim
for recent performances
throughout North Texas.
Three events are planned
at the Johnson Branch on
Lake Ray Roberts in Valley
View Saturday (Jan. 17).
Flying Feathered Friends
will be from 8 to 9:30 a.m.
at Pavilion 1. This is a hike
to look and listen for birds
in the area. All level of bird
watchers are welcome. Binoculars, sturdy shoes and
water are recommended.
The hike will be just more
than one mile and will be
on concrete and unpaved
trails.
Vanishing Prairie Guided
Hike will be from 10 to 11
a.m. at Pavilion 1. This is
a guided bird and tree hike
on the Vanishing Prairies
Trail. Sturdy shoes and wa-
ter are recommended.
Fishing with a Ranger
will be from 2 to 3 p.m. at
the Kid Fish Pond. Learn
about the basics of ﬁshing with a ranger. You can
bring your own pole and
tackle or borrow them at
the pond. Bring your own
bait – night crawlers, corn
or cooked hot dogs are recommended.
The events are free but
there is a $7 entrance fee
to the park for anyone 13
years old and older. For
more information, call
940.637.2636.
Sentences issued for
felony indictments
GAINESVILLE – The following sentences were issued for felony indictments
and ﬁled in the 235th District Court.
Robin Robert Wade
Pace, 43, pleaded guilty to
the state jail felony oﬀense
of evading arrest or detention with a vehicle March
28, 2008 and was sen-
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facility, a $1,500 ﬁne and
court costs.
Richardo Valero Huerta,
19, pleaded guilty to the
second degree felony offense of indecency with a
child Feb. 4, 2013 and was
sentenced to 4 years in a
state facility.
Probation was revoked
for Bryanne Nicole Barker,
20, who pleaded guilty to
the third degree felony offense of fraudulent use or
possession of identifying
information of the elderly
Sept. 8, 2013 and she was
sentenced 2 years in a state
facility and court costs.
Timothy Thomas Traf-
fanstedt, 31, pleaded guilty
to the state jail felony offense of burglary of a building Nov. 21, 2013 and was
sentenced to 6 months in
a state facility, court costs
and $1,415 restitution.
William David Hott, 50,
pleaded guilty to the third
degree felony oﬀense of a
terroristic threat Sept. 14,
2013 and was sentenced to
5 years probation, a $2,000
ﬁne and court costs.
Johnny Logan Hicks, 65,
pleaded guilty to a lesser
charge of the state jail felony oﬀense of burglary of
a building April 15, 2014
and was sentenced to 4
months, 27 days in a state
facility and court costs.
Joseph Brian Davis, 38,
pleaded guilty to the state
jail felony oﬀense of driving while intoxicated with
a child younger than 15
years old March 12, 2014
and was sentenced to 2
years probation, a $1,000
ﬁne and court costs.
Richie Deon Coleman,
45, pleaded guilty to the
third degree felony oﬀense
of possession of marijuana,
5 pounds or less Jan. 3,
2014 and was sentenced to
1 year in a state facility and
court costs.
Chasity Rene Raney, 33,
pleaded guilty to the state
jail felony oﬀense of delivery of a controlled substance May 21, 2014 and
was sentenced to 1 year
and 3 months in a state facility and court costs.
Chasity Rene Raney, 33,
pleaded guilty to the third
degree felony oﬀense of
possession of a controlled
substance more than or
equal to 28 grams but less
than 200 grams May 21,
2014 and was sentenced
to 5 years in a state facility
and court costs.
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Gainesville Police reports
GAINESVILLE – The following incidents were reported to the Gainesville
Police Department.
Brittany Collins reported
criminal mischief more than
or equal to $50 but less than
$500 in the 1100 block of
East Pecan Street.
Marler Used Cars reported
the theft of property more
than or equal to $20,000
but less than $100,000
in the 500 block of West
Broadway.
Josephine Barnes reported
the burglary of a habitation
in the 1000 block of Bella
Vista Drive.
Juana Aguilar reported
the burglary of a habitation
in the 400 block of South
Schopmeyer Street.
Walmart Supercenter reported the theft of property
more than or equal to $50
but less than $500 in the
1800 block of Lawrence
Street.
Comfort Suites reported
the theft of property more
than or equal to $50 but less
than $500 in the 1700 block
of North I-35.
Deadly conduct – discharge of a ﬁrearm – was
reported in the 600 block of
North Taylor Street.
Bobby Oglesby reported
the theft of property more
than or equal to $500 but
less than $1,500 in the 500
block of North Grand Avenue.
Charles Combs reported
the burglary of a vehicle in
the 1900 block of Floral
Drive.
Burkes Outlet reported
organized retail theft less
than $50 in the 4300 block
of North I-35.
Tommie Walls reported
the burglary of a vehicle in
the 100 block of West Garnett Street.
Glenn Polk Autoplex reported the theft of property
more than or equal to $1,500
but less than $20,000 in the
4300 block of North I-35.
Duane Heath reported the
theft of a vehicle more than
or equal to $20,000 but less
than $100,000 in the 800
block of North I-35.
Erin Ramsey reported a
theft less than $50 in the
1700 block of North I-35.
Walmart Supercenter reported organized retail theft
or more than or equal to
$50 but less than $500 in
the 1800 block of Lawrence
Street.
Amanda Bradshaw and
Paul Murphy reported the
burglary of a habitation in
the 1300 block of North
Weaver Street.
Jacob McNeely reported
an assault causing bodily
injury in the 1000 block of
North Grand Avenue.
Mildred York reported the
fraudulent use of identifying
information of the elderly in
the 1000 block of Oxford
Drive.
Check and Go reported
false statement to obtain
credit of more than $500
but less than $1,500 in the
900 block of East Highway
82.
Walmart Supercenter reported criminal trespass in
the 1800 block of Lawrence
Street.
Gloria Martinez reported
the burglary of a habitation
in the 1200 block of North
Weaver Street.
Walmart Supercenter reported organized retail theft
less than $50 in the 1800
block of Lawrence Street.
Berneice Denney reported
criminal and reported the
theft of property more than
or equal $500 but less than
$1,500 in the 800 block of
South Clements Street.
Walmart Supercenter reported criminal trespass and
reported organized retail
theft of more than or equal
to $50 but less than $500 in
the 1800 block of Lawrence
Street.
Walmart Supercenter reported two incidents of organized retail theft of less
than $50 in the 1800 block
of Lawrence Street.
Game X Change reported
the burglary of a building
in the 1000 block of East
Highway 82.
Carlos Hernandez reported the theft of a vehicle
valued at more than or equal
to $1,500 but less than
$20,000 in the 1800 block
of Lawrence Street.
Danial McClinton reported a terroristic threat in the
1000 block of North Grand
Avenue.
Arrest log
Anthony Deshon Jennings, 17, no driver’s license,
failure to maintain ﬁnancial
responsibility, possession of
drug paraphernalia.
Jeﬀery Thomas Sauerberg,
26, accident involving damage to vehicle.
Victor Hugo GonzalezGarcia, 31, organized retail
theft.
Preston Noel Gonzales,
19, possession of a dangerous drug, possession of drug
paraphernalia.
Arnoldo Cristan, 60, driving while intoxicated.
Stephanie
Christine
Hughes, 30, failure to identify, organized retail theft.
Martha Elizabeth Powell,
20, organized retail theft.
Calvin David Calhoun,
21, misdemeanor warrant.
James Harvey Hubbard,
39, driving while intoxicated.
Fabian Martinez, 19, public intoxication.
Mario Salcedo, 35, driving while intoxicated.
Tia Marie Bradley, 34,
failure to identify a fugitive,
felony warrant.
District Court case action
GAINESVILLE – The following cases were ﬁled in the
235th District Court.
Cases ﬁled
23, Ltd., doing business
as Bradsby Group, Inc. vs.
Synergy Energy Holdings,
LLC – contract.
Cooke County, et al vs.
Juan V Reyna and Audie V.
Reyna – tax case.
Cooke County, et al vs.
Philip York and Jennifer
York – tax case.
In Re: Melissa Penner
Johnson – foreclosure.
Martin Driscoll and
Karyn Driscoll vs. Gainesville Glass Co., Inc. – contract.
Sandra Kay Crenshaw
vs. Howard Thomas Crenshaw – divorce.
Donald Ray Brackeen vs.
Deborah Lynn Brackeen –
divorce.
State of Texas vs. Jimmy
Lee Petty and Able Bail
Bonds – judgment NISI.
Mitchell Westervelt vs.
Kellie Westervelt – divorce.
State of Texas vs. Kristopher Lee Clark – writ of
habeas corpus.
Martin Driscoll and
Karyn Driscoll vs. McCoy
Corporation – contract.
Joseph Matthew Olshefski, III vs. Paul Buckley
Sapp, III – damages.
Cases decided
Gainesville Independent
School District vs. Jessie
M. Purvey – dismissed.
Gainesville Independent
School District vs. Etta
Young – dismissed.
In Re: Peggy Suzanne
Tuck-Fogus
–
name
change.
Cooke County, et al vs.
Wenona L. Cagle, et al –
judgment for the plaintiﬀ.
Cooke County, et al vs.
Dorothy Beard – judgment
for the plaintiﬀ.
Cooke County, et al vs.
Foundation of Christian
Upreach Services, Inc. –
judgment for the plaintiﬀ.
Portfolio Recovery As-
sociates, LLC vs. Debra
Plumlee – dismissed.
State of Texas vs. $605
and a 2007 Chevrolet Tahoe – judgment for the
plaintiﬀ.
Discovery Bank vs. Stacey L. Blankenship – judgment for the plaintiﬀ.
Discovery Bank vs.
Courtney L. Jones – judgment for the plaintiﬀ.
Jessica Amber Hutto vs.
Eric Lee Hutto – divorce.
Candice Lou Moster vs.
Michael Joseph Moster
–divorce.
Brian Todd Powell vs. Ju
Xia Powell – divorce.
Cooke County, et al vs.
Chad Linn McConnell,
Sheriﬀ logs incident reports
GAINESVILLE – The
following incidents were
reported to the Cooke
County Sheriﬀ’s Oﬃce.
Natasha Sutton of Callisburg reported criminal
mischief more than or
equal to $50 but less than
$500 in the 100 block of
CR 111.
Gary Bernard Cron of
Collinsville reported criminal mischief more than or
equal to $50 but less than
$500 in the 10700 block of
FM 902 in Cooke County.
Dennis Edward Black
of Valley View reported
receiving a stolen check
in the 2100 block of CR
322.
Kelly Jordan of Coppell
reported the burglary of
a habitation in the 2000
block of Neely Trail in
Cooke County.
Arrest log
Cory Paul Neill, 19, warrants.
Sean Lee Cavener, 24,
evading arrest or detention
with a vehicle, no driver’s
license, possession of drug
paraphernalia.
Jamie Allen Leibert, 32,
criminal trespass.
Gabriel David Harrop,
27, criminal trespass.
John Daniel Schmid, 21,
criminal trespass.
Miguel Barron, Jr., 32,
public intoxication.
Justin Ray Espinosa, 22,
warrant.
Jessie Lyn Marie Parker,
23, possession of drug paraphernalia.
Loran Claire McConnell
and Damon Dalton McConnell – dismissed.
Harold Marcum and
Mazen Ghraizi vs. Mohamad Ajam – dismissed.
Joy Diane Waldon vs.
Glenn Henry Waldon, Jr.
–divorce.
State of Texas vs. a 2007
Ford F-150 XLT – judgment for the plaintiﬀ.
Melissa Ann Gulick vs.
Mason Laurel Gulick – divorce.
Allison Christina Stahl
vs. Keith Joseph Stahl – divorce.
Brittany Jeﬀus vs. Thomas Allen Hamilton – divorce.
State of Texas vs. Kristopher Lee Clark – writ of
habeas corpus.
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Jeromey Kane Dyches,
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Jose Esquio Ramirez, II,
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Tim Harrel Sharp, Jr.,
48, driving with invalid
license, no liability insurance.
Dustin Wayne Rushing,
51, warrant.
Nicholas Ryan Atwood,
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Mark Shields
You can delegate authority,
but not responsibility
By Mark Shields
Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., is
that refreshing, if too rare,
Washington type: a workhorse rather than a show
horse. Kaine has been
making a lot of his Capitol Hill colleagues uncomfortable by continuing to
publicly point out during
the six months U.S. troops
have been at war against
the Islamic State group in
Iraq and Syria that by refusing to even debate the
authorization of military
force, they are guilty of an
“unacceptable abdication”
of their “most solemn responsibility” as members of
Congress – to declare war.
Kaine, to his credit, reminds the country and
Congress that though you
may be able to delegate
authority, you cannot delegate responsibility, that
Congress’ cowardly delay
in meeting its constitutional obligation to vote on
what the perilous mission
to which they are committing our troops involves
“dishonors the sacriﬁce of
American service members
who are risking their lives.”
Nor should we mostly mute
citizens escape censure for
our failure to demand that
Congress – Democrats and
Republicans – respect the
Constitution and end the
practice of surrendering
all its power to the White
House under the pretense
of not tying the president’s
hands.
Let’s be blunt. Presidents,
including the current occupant of the Oval Oﬃce,
much prefer to have carte
blanche, without any interference or second-guessing,
to employ U.S. military
power as they deem necessary. The most recent time
Congress voted to declare
war was Dec. 8, 1941. But
the U.S. – especially since
1973, when both the military draft and the era of the
citizen-soldier were ended
to be replaced by an allvolunteer military – has
engaged in military conﬂicts from Panama to Bosnia and Kosovo to all over
the Middle East with Congress occasionally holding
headline-seeking hearings
but carefully ducking any
responsibility.
Without the draft and
every family’s potentially
having a son, nephew,
cousin or niece who could
be put in harm’s way by
military service, national
foreign policy has been
less and less a topic at the
American dinner table.
Citizenship has ceased to
involve an individual’s responsibilities but emphasized instead our personal
rights. Self-sacriﬁce is out,
and self-absorption and
self-fulﬁllment are very
much in.
Without civilians entering the military for a twoor three-year obligation,
as was the case under the
draft, members of Congress have not heard so often from constituents questioning or criticizing U.S.
military engagements. It
is easier for a congressman
just to issue a press release,
to surrender all the authority to the president, and to
demonstrate his complete
support of the military by
fawning on and deferring
to generals and admirals.
When Congress voted in
2002 – after an uninspired
debate – to yield the decision to invade Iraq to President George W. Bush, not
one of the 435 members of
the House of Representatives had a son or daughter
in the enlisted ranks of the
nation’s military.
Sgt. Brooks Johnson of
the Army’s 101st Airborne
Division was the only
American enlisted man on
active duty who was the son
of a member of Congress.
His father is Tim Johnson,
a Democrat from South
Dakota who was then a
senator. Congress and the
ﬁnancial, economic, media
and intellectual establishment have no skin in the
game.
There are two 1 percents
in the U.S. today. The richest 1 percent has more
than doubled its share of
the national income since
the Ronald Reagan years.
And an entirely diﬀerent 1
percent does all the ﬁghting, all the suﬀering and
all the dying in the nation’s
wars. We were a better and
stronger nation when national defense was every
American family’s responsibility.
To ﬁnd out more about
Mark Shields and read his
past columns, visit the Creators Syndicate Web page
at www.creators.com.
Copyright 2015 Mark
Shields
Distributed By Creators.
Com
Patrick J. Buchanan
The paralysis of Europe
By Patrick J. Buchanan
The massacre in Paris of
the staﬀ of the satirical
weekly Charlie Hebdo was
an act of terrorism, but
also a successful act of war
in the clash of civilizations
between Islamism and the
West.
Nor were we lacking for
warning signs.
In 1989, Ayatollah
Khomeini issued a fatwa,
a license to kill author Salman Rushdie for his antiMuslim novel “Satanic
Verses.”
Danish cartoons of the
Prophet with his turban in
the shape of a bomb caused
riots across the Middle
East. Charlie Hebdo published them. The vulgarian
Theo Van Gogh was carved
up alive on a street in Amsterdam for insulting Islam in his 10-minute ﬁlm
“Submission.”
Have we not known that
millions of Muslims now
take their faith so seriously
they will die for it, and kill
for it? Mock and insult Islam, ridicule and lampoon
the Prophet, and you risk
your life.
The editor and cartoonists at Charlie Hebdo knew
this. Their oﬃces had been
ﬁrebombed. They had
guards. There was a combination lock on their oﬃce
doors.
Shocked by the slaugh-
ter, we of the West have
been reasserting our belief
in freedom of speech and
freedom of the press.
“Je Suis Charlie!” read the
signs at the Paris demonstration for Charlie Hebdo
on Wednesday night – “I
am Charlie.”
One sees no such banners in the Islamic world.
Regimes there may deplore
terrorism in Paris, but
no one weeps for Charlie
Hebdo.
For across that region,
Islamism is rising, churches
are being burned, and the
remaining Christians are
ﬂeeing into exile. In Afghanistan, at the peak of
the U.S. presence, a Muslim convert to Christianity
was threatened with death
and had to leave his own
country in fear of his life.
If there is one goal that
unites Boko Haram in Nigeria, al-Shabab in Somalia,
al-Qaida in the Maghreb
and Arabian Peninsula,
ISIS in Syria and Iraq, the
Taliban in Afghanistan and
Pakistan, it is to cleanse
their societies of non-believers and Westerners.
The journalistic freedom
to trash Islam and the moral imperative to advance
gay rights may be sacred
causes in Europe. But one
should probably put them
on the back burner when
crossing the Med.
The diﬀerences between
a liberal secularized Europe
and the Islamic world are
irreconcilable. And it is
their world, not ours, that
is growing in numbers,
militancy, converts, crusaders and conﬁdence.
Yet, what was German
Chancellor Angela Merkel
bewailing in her New Year’s
message? Islamophobia.
Demonstrations in Dresden against the 200,000
asylum seekers who entered Germany from an
inﬂamed Middle East last
year, and the diﬃculty of
assimilating them and the
four million Muslims already in Germany have ignited weekly protests.
Do not go to these rallies
of Pegida – Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the West – railed
Merkel, for their organizers have “prejudice, coldness, even hatred in their
hearts.”
Immigration is a “gift for
all of us,” said Merkel.
Merkel’s attack on rising
anti-immigrant sentiment
in Germany was echoed
on New Year’s by President
Francois Hollande who denounced the “dangerous”
stances of the National
Front of Marine Le Pen.
In presidential polls in
France, Le Pen is now running ﬁrst.
Instead of demonizing
the right, Merkel and Hollande and other leaders of
Europe, if they do not wish
to be swept away, ought to
ask themselves: Why have
these populist and antiimmigrant movements exploded on the continent
in recent years at their expense?
Europe’s elites appear
frozen in a dead past, addicted to an idea of Europeans inexorably melding
into a single economic and
political entity, like the
United States, to become
the model for the world.
They seem in denial of
the new realities exploding
on the continent. Scots,
Basque, Catalans, Bretons,
Corsicans, Flemish and
Piedmontese now want to
separate from the nations to
which they have belonged
for generations; parties like
the UK Independence Party as well as the National
Front want out of the European Union.
In Central and Eastern
Europe, the autocratic
nationalism of Vladimir
Putin is being cheered by
many of these emerging
parties.
In Greece, the leftist
Syriza Party appears on the
precipice of taking power
this month. What unites
and propels it is hostility to
austerity policies imposed
by a German-dominated
eurozone. The same animosities spawned Podemos
in Spain. Rebellion against
Current U.S. Debt
$18,093,869,003,758.93
Debt
watch
The estimated population of the United States is 319,791,470
so each citizen’s share of this debt is $56,580.21. The National
Debt has continued to increase an average of $2.43 billion per
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the idea of One Europe is
rampant.
Europeans are asking direct questions of their governments, and demanding
answers:
Why, when our own economics are stagnant, do we
need all these new immigrants with whom we have
little in common?
Why are we altering the
identity of our people and
nation?
What gain is there for
our countries by bringing
in more Arabs, Muslims
and Africans to swamp our
native born and remake
our nations in their image
rather than our own?
Often, the response to
such questions from governments in Berlin, Paris,
London and Madrid is to
call the defectors xenophobes, racists, neo-fascists
and Nazis. The name-calling is no longer working.
Patrick J. Buchanan is
the author of the new book
“The Greatest Comeback:
How Richard Nixon Rose
From Defeat to Create the
New Majority.” To ﬁnd out
more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by
other Creators writers and
cartoonists, visit the Creators Web page at www.
creators.com.
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Margaret Jean
Jackson Ensey
Services
Margaret Jean Jackson
Ensey, 88, of Dallas died
Jan. 7 in Dallas.
Graveside
services
were held Jan. 12 at Perryman Cemetery in Forestburg under the direction of the Scott Funeral
Home of Muenster.
History
Margaret Jean Jackson
Ensey was born Oct. 18,
1926 in Hardy, Texas
to Albert and Ada Oral
Jackson. She married
Houston Ensey Oct. 14,
1944.
They lived in Bakersﬁeld, Calif., for 45
years where she worked
for Bakersﬁeld Credit
Union.
Survivors
Margaret Jean Jackson
Ensey is survived by her
daughter and son-in-law,
Beverly and Bill Eason
of Dallas; and several
nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her husband,
Houston Ensey; parents,
Albert and Ada Oral
Jackson; brothers, Ted
Jackson, Joe Jackson,
Hob Jackson and Hoss
Jackson; and sister, Eula
Steen.
Sharon Lynn
Skinner McCollum
Services
Sharon Lynn Skinner
McCollum, 48, died
Jan. 11 at Texas Health
Presbyterian Hospital in
Denton.
A Memorial Service
will be held at 1 p.m.
Saturday (Jan. 17) at
Tabernacle
Baptist
Church with the Rev.
Hollis Parsons oﬃciating.
History
Sharon Lynn Skinner
McCollum was born
May 9, 1966 in Gainesville to J.C. and Anita
Skinner.
She graduated from
Callisburg High School
in 1984 and graduated
from the University of
North Texas in 1990.
Survivors
Sharon Lynn Skinner
McCollum is survived
by her children, Wesley Kent and Allison
McCollum;
parents,
J.C. and Anita Skinner;
granddaughter, Sophie
McCollum; sister and
brother-in-law,
Angie
and Craig Wolf; nieces,
Lindsey Hammer, Rae
Ann Wolf, Sadie Wolf,
Halleigh Harmon and
Jayci Ray; grandmother,
Dell Bond; and aunt,
Stella Skinner.
She was preceded in
death by her grandparents, Ray and Elois
Brown and Robert Skinner; and former husband, Richard Todd
McCollum.
Donations
Contributions may be
made to Tabernacle Baptist Church in Gainesville.
Loucille
Hutcherson
Services
Loucille Hutcherson,
97, of Gainesville died
Jan. 12 in Gainesville.
Services were held
at 10 a.m. Wednesday
(Jan. 14) at the Meador
Funeral Home Chapel in
Gainesville with David
Gray and Ben Willingham oﬃciating. Burial
was in the Era Cemetery.
Arrangements were un-
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der the direction of the
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of Gainesville.
History
Loucille Hutcherson
was born July 24, 1917
in Fannin County to
Malcom “Mac” and
Mary Atnip Warren.
She married James Paul
Hutcherson in 1934
and they moved from
Fannin County to the
Hays Community in
Cooke County in 1941.
In 1950, they settled in
Era where they became
active members of the
Era Community.
She worked alongside
her husband who was
a dairy and beef farmer
for more than 50 years.
Loucille Hutcherson
remained active in the
Era Community for
many years while working as a sales consultant
for Home Interiors and
for Avon. She moved to
Gainesville in 1998.
She enjoyed spending time with her family and friends, cooking,
entertaining,
playing
cards and dominoes.
She was active in and
a lifelong member of the
churches of Christ in
Era and Gainesville.
Survivors
Loucille Hutcherson
is survived by her children and spouses, David
and Karla Hutcherson
of Gainesville and Don
and Fran Hutcherson
of Sanger; grandchildren, Greg Hutcherson
of Gainesville, Daren
Hutcherson of Gainesville, Bradley Hutcherson of Highland Village,
Brian Hutcherson of
Ponder, Barry Hutcherson of Denton and
Donna Hutcherson Lee
of McKinney; 13 greatgrandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
Marriage license
requests received
GAINESVILLE – The following marriage license applications were received by
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Oﬃce.
Kelly L. Hutson, 43,
Gainesville and Megan N.
Epting, 28, Gainesville.
Luis A. Camacho Alba,
19, Athens, Texas and
Cheyenne L. Heitz, 19,
Athens, Texas.
Ennis S. McKay, 45,
Whitesboro and Kellie M.
Holt, 45, Whitesboro.
James A. Rogers, 29,
Gainesville and Mary B.
Priddy, 25, Gainesville.
Jared B. Hatley, 26, Ardmore, Okla., and Emily
J. Radachy, 22, Ardmore,
Okla.
Anthony L. Harmon, 25,
Gainesville and Chandra
N. Toles, 24, Gainesville.
Edgar N. Ramirez Lopez, 21, Edmond, Okla.,
and Ivonne Sanchez Arenas, 35, Edmond, Okla.
Justin T. Hoaby, 21,
Gainesville and Taylor M.
Pyle, 21, Gainesville.
Jewell E. Hott, 47, Collinsville and Patsy S. Recer,
32, Princeton.
Christopher W. Wilhite,
34, Gainesville and Jordon
E. Rhodes, 28, Gainesville.
Heath R. Matheny, 25,
Bethany, Okla., and Marissa M. Tatum, 29, Bethany,
Okla.
Terence L. Cummins,
50, Noble, Okla., and Lynnette M. Huﬀstutlar, 51,
Lexington, Okla.
Jeremy W. Trammell, 33,
Gainesville and Pauline A.
Jones, 46, Gainesville.
William B. Hubble, 23,
Gainesville and Marissa C.
Lunsford, 23, Gainesville.
James B. Webb, 37,
Gainesville and Natalie C.
Guerrero, 26, Gainesville.
Andrew C. Koesler, 23,
Muenster and Kaytlynn S.
Safar, 22, Muenster.
David N. Johnson, 57,
McCloud, Okla., and Beverly D. Howser, 50, McCloud, Okla.
Aaron D. Piper, 31,
Gainesville and Melanie D.
Case, 36, Gainesville.
Larry B. Ingles, 40,
Gainesville and Tiﬀany D.
Renfroe, 29, Gainesville.
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death by her parents;
husband, Paul; brothers, Bob Warren and Joe
Warren; and sister, Frances Parten.
Donations
Contributions
may
be made to Hillcrest
Church of Christ or to a
charity of choice.
Anna
Vernice Coursey
Services
Anna Vernice Coursey,
96, died Jan. 9 at Beacon
Hill Nursing Facility in
Denison.
Graveside
services
were held Jan. 13 at the
Fairview Cemetery Pavilion with Deacon Gelacio Garcia oﬃciating.
Arrangements were under the direction of the
Meador Funeral Home
of Gainesville.
History
Anna Vernice Coursey
was born Jan. 22, 1918
in Gainesville to Edna
Purcell
and
Noble
Glenn, Sr.
Survivors
Anna Vernice Coursey
is survived by her son and
daughter-in-law, Robert
and Linda Coursey of
Gainesville; brother and
sister-in-law,
Edward
and Anna Glenn of
Sherwood Shores; and
several nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in
death by her parents;
ﬁve brothers; and two
sisters.
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