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GAINESVILLE - A work in progress. Th at’s how Gainesville Independent School District Chief Financial Offi cer Alyce Greer described the budget for the upcoming GISD school year. State revenue is $17,118,196 and federal SHARES money is at $95,000 for a total revenue of $30,620,905. She acknowledged the rev-enue refl ects a downward turn

from the 2019-2020 budget of $32,042,922. “It’s down a little over four per-cent,” Greer said. She said she’d like to discuss some of the reasons for the de-crease. Local revenue, she noted, was up this year compared to last year. Property values increased by approximately fi ve percent, she said. “But in state revenue, let’s talk about state revenue and the fac-tors there,” she said. “So this year, under the state template, we re-

ceived money for a fast growth allotment.” “We had been trending up in the previous three years,” she said. “So the state took that into consideration and gave us about $700,000 there for that fast growth allotment. Th is year our [average daily attendance] did not grow. It’s declined at a sub-stantial rate. So we’re not getting that for this year.” She also noted since local reve-nue grew, state revenue decreases. COVID-19 was also a “huge

facture in ADA,” she said. Greer also said the fund bal-ance is expected to be “a little over $14 million.” Stewart said as many as 300 students may not be on campus due to COVID-19 concerns. Th ey may utilize home school op-tions with the support of GISD. While still associated GISD, the students will help contribute to ADA numbers. “As long as we’re providing ed-ucation services, we can still col-lect full ADA on those students,” he said. Greer also said the interest and sinking fund balance is es-timated at $520,000 at the end of this year. “Right now, of course, we are kind of at mid-stream with the hopes of fi nal-izing the budget in the latter part of July, early part of August for approval so we can move on to the 2020-2021 school year,” Greer said. Local revenue is at $13,407, 709, she said. “Right now, this is just a pre-liminary budget discussion,” GISD Superintendent Dr. Des Stewart said. Th e district expects to receive certifi ed values from the Cooke County Appraisal District on Friday, July 24 and is looking at a projected budget workshop for late July. Th e board is scheduled to meet for its regular meeting Monday, July 20. Th e board is scheduled to meet again Monday, August 24 for a public hearing, to adopt a tax rate, to approve the 2020-2021 budget and to amend the fi nal 2019-2020 budget.

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I know circumstances sur-rounding 2020 haven’t been the best. Social distancing, quarantine, isolation … all these things in response to the COVID-19 pandemic have made normal traditions take on a bit of a diff erent look. I, for one, am going to try and keep our July 4th tradition of fi reworks and family fun go-ing. Not sure what form it will take but this holiday always brings out the little kid in me. We all love the anticipation as each round goes screaming off into the night then the surprise when you hear the pop and the light of colors light up the night sky. I can’t wait! Hope you all get a great holiday with your family as well. Whether it is just a BBQ with good company, watching a large fi rework display so or maybe just a handful of spar-klers. Whatever it is we wish you all a wonderful July 4th!

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“March to Remove the Stat-ues” is set for July 1st at 6:30 pm at the Cooke County Courthouse. Th ey are invit-ing everyone to come out and support the cause. “We’ve been quiet and still. Now we will move and shout.”

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Due to a number of diffi cul-ties in coordinating presenters and participants for this pro-gram due to the unique cir-cumstance, there will NOT be a public reading of the Decla-ration of Independence at the Courthouse this year.

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A Seat at the Table - Local offi cials and others met at the Boys and Girls Club of Cooke Coun-ty June 23 for a group discussion about issues of race and injustice. Participants sat at tables and were given questions to discuss for about 20 minutes prior to making their presentations on how best to promote healing for the community and how to end racial injustice. Gainesville Indepen-dent School District Superintendent Dr. Des Stewart was the moderator for the event. The dis-cussion was called “Let’s Take a Seat at the Table.” (The Weekly News Photo)


GAINESVILLE - Cooke County has no current plans to issue new emergency orders at the county level due to an increase in state-wide COVID-19 cases. Cooke County Judge Jason Brinkley said the county will continue to follow rules and recommenda-tions issued last week by Texas Governor Greg Abbott. He also noted the county has fi led an at-testation order under which the county meets certain criteria for

allowing individuals to access businesses at 75 percent capacity. “COVID-10 is now spreading at an unacceptable rate in Texas, and it must be corralled,” Abbott said in a June 22 news confer-ence. “We have several strategies to reduce the spread without having to shut Texas back down.” Th e fi rst measure calls for “all Texans to use the same protocols we’ve all come to learn.” Th ese strategies include staying at home whenever possible, sani-tizing hands, staying six feet away from others who aren’t in your

family or with whom you aren’t traveling and wearing a face mask or other facial covering in public places. Wearing a mask, Abbott said, “Will help us to keep Texas open because not taking action to slow the spread we cause COVID to spread, risking people’s lives and ultimately leading to the closure of more businesses.” He also noted other agencies including TABC are shutting down overcrowded bar facili-ties which are not in compliance with current regulations.

Other companies including stores may require the use of masks in areas in which individu-als congregate. Th e governor’s order stated the following: • All bars and similar establish-ments which receive more than 51 percent of their gross receipts from the sale of alcoholic bev-erages were required to close at noon beginning June 22. Th ese businesses may remain open for delivery and take-out, including for alcoholic beverages, as autho-rized by the Texas Alcoholic Bev-erage Commission. • Restaurants may remain open for dine-in service, but at a ca-pacity not to exceed 50 percent of the total listed indoor occu-pancy, beginning Monday, June 29, 2020. • Rafting and tubing business-es must close. • Outdoor gatherings of 100 or more people must be approved by local governments, with cer-tain exceptions. Th e state is also planning to ramp up testing in hotspot areas. “We are working with the Cen-ters for Disease Control on this eff ort,” he said, adding approxi-mately 3,500 Texas National Guard members are serving to help manage the pandemic. Th e state is also working to ensure it


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GAINESVILLE - Early voting is underway in the Cooke County joint primary runoff election be-tween 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. at the Cooke County Courthouse An-nex at 112 South Dixon Street in Gainesville. Voting began Mon-day, June 29 and continues until Friday, July 10. Last day to apply to vote by mail is Th ursday, July 2. Th e election is slated for Tues-

day, July 14. Hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at precinct polling locations. A key decision is the race for United States Representative to replace Representative Mac Th ornberry who announced last year he would not run for reelec-tion. Candidates on the Republi-can ballot for United States Rep-resentative are Ronny Jackson and Josh Winegarner. Republican Justice, 2nd Court of Appeals District, Place 7 can-didates are Elizabeth Beach and

Brian Walker. Democratic candidates for U.S. Representative are Gus Trujillo and Greg Sagan. Democratic candidates for United States Senator are Royce West and Mary “MJ” Hegar. Democratic candidates for Texas Railroad Commissioner are Chrysta Castaneda and Roberto R. “Beto” Alonzo. Th e May 2, 2020 election has been postponed until November 3, 2020.

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Confederate MonumentsGAINESVILLE - A grass-roots group is hoping to have two Confederate monuments removed from Gainesville. Th ree individ-uals discussed their con-cerns at the Monday, June 22, 2020 regular Commis-sioners Court meeting at the Cooke County Court-house. Tucker Craft was the fi rst to speak. He said he is a registered Republican in Cooke County and is the representative for the Pro-gressive Rights Organiza-tion in Gainesville. He said the organization calls itself the “PRO” and advocates for the “dismantlement, moving or rebranding” of the Gainesville’s two Con-federate statues one of

which is on the courthouse lawn. Th e other is in Leon-ard Park. He also noted or-ganization members have protested near the Confed-erate statue from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. daily. He said Cooke County has a diff erent history from other municipalities which backed the Confederacy during the Civil War area. “When the time came for the states to secede,” he said. “Our county, our populace voted against se-cession. Cooke County is one of the few coun-ties in Texas that said that they believed the Union is stronger than momentary confl ict…I urge everyone to stand up and fi ght for those who make the repub-lic strong. Th at make our city strong. Th at make our county strong.” Cooke County Judge Jason Brinkley said he is aware of the issue of the Confederate soldier me-morials and that a “com-

munity conversation is happening and will con-tinue to happen going for-ward” but the item was not on Monday’s agenda and public comments cannot be addressed. Th e court also approved the treasurer’s monthly re-port from Patilla, Brown and Hill LLP and fi scal year 2019 Cooke County annual report. It also approved spend-ing Chapter 59 or state asset forfeiture funds and adding a budget amend-ment to purchase body video cameras for the pa-trol department of the Cooke County Sheriff Of-fi ce. Next the commissioners heard a presentation about

creating an emergency ser-vices district by Denny En-gels and Barbara Fox of the Indian Creek Volunteer Fire Department Board of Directors. Engels said Indian Creek Fire Department was founded in 2012 and has some “fundamental needs” which require funding. He also said the department

has a high attrition rate and the service area has a large number of citizens who are elderly and would not be physically able to work as volunteer fi refi ghters. “On the resource side, the fi nance side, we simply cannot aff ord going for-ward, the sorts of vehicles and other equipment and the facility upgrades that we will be needing so those are the key factors in our desire to go forward,” En-gels said. He said the organiza-tion hopes to have a special election in May 2021 and is allowed to request a tax increase up to 10 cents per $100 valuation. “Th at would generate about $670,000 a year,” Engels said. Th e department had ex-penses of approximately $130,000 last year, Fox said. Th e department is also looking to replace an engine and a brush truck. Precinct 1 Commis-sioner Gary Hollowell noted taxes in that area could increase by $100 for a $100,000 home. “Th at could be a signifi cant in-crease for a lot of folks, es-pecially your fi xed-income folks,” he said. “…I don’t know of very many people who would sign up for a 10 cent increase on the $100 today but maybe I’m na-ïve.” Commissioners took no action regarding the annex building remodel project and the status and future needs of the CPS court. Th ey approved unani-mously action associated with the replacement of infusion pumps for Cooke County Emergency Medi-cal Services. “So you know we re-ceived a recall notice on the infusion pumps that we utilize,” EMS Director Kevin Grant said. “We had to pull them out of service immediately because they were off on their potential medication they were giv-ing the patients.” He said EMS has consid-ered its options and needs a pump suitable for ground transport. Th e agency pre-fers Sapphire infusion pumps, he noted, adding the normal price for an infusion pump is $1,995.

EMS requires 12 pumps- one for each ambulance, a backup pump and pumps at Station 4 and Station 5. Th e current CME pumps may be returned to provide approximately 20 cents on the dollar cash back to the general fund. Th e cost of the new pumps is $24,530. Th e pumps also require other equipment which would bring the total cost to slightly more than $30,000. Precinct 4 Commis-sioner Leon Klement asked Grant what EMS is doing in light of the defective pumps. “We have redone our protocols to where we can’t utilize certain medi-cations right now,” Grant said, adding under the direction of medical di-rector Dr. Doug Lewis, EMS has made signifi -cant changes. “Th ere are certain medications you cannot give without a pump,” he said. Th e turn-around for de-livery of the pumps after a purchase order is four to eight weeks, Grant said. Th e commissioners also approved an application for a $120,000 HAVA elec-tions grant. Commissioners ap-proved the treasurer’s monthly report. Commissioners also ap-proved a consent agenda which included the follow-ing items. Departmental records for County Attorney-May, District Attorney-May, EMS-May, Tax Collections-May and Li-brary-May. Fiscal year 2020 budget amendments. Payment of monthly bills. Payroll and related ex-penses. Indigent cremation of two individuals. Salvage of listed items from the Sheriff ’s Offi ce/Justice Center. Surplus by auction of 2 Dean fryers. Salvage of a hospital bed at the Justice Center. Insurance settle of $9,106.50 for Sherriff Of-fi ce for 2020 Chevrolet Tahoe damaged in May 24, 2020 storm.


Emergency Services District for Indian Creek - Indian Creek Volunteer Fire Department Board President Denny Engels addresses Cooke County Commissioners Court June 22 regarding the formation of an emergency servic-es district which would levy additional taxes on area resi-dents. The money would help the VFD and would provide required equipment for the department. The department serves the Lake Kiowa area. (The Weekly News Photo)

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Whitney Pierce

Services Whitney L. Pierce, 32, of Gainesville passed away on June 25, 2020. Th ere is be visitation on Sunday, June 28, 2020, from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at Meador Funeral Home Chapel, Gainesville, Texas. Service will be on Monday, June 29, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. at the Meador Chapel with Interment at Fairview Cem-

etery following the service.History She was born on May 26, 1988 in Gainesville, Texas to Stephen Pierce. Whit-ney was raised in Gaines-ville and worked at Winstar for 13 years. She loved board games and was a lov-ing mother to her daughter, Caydence. Her favorite va-cation was taking a cruise and had a competitive soul.Survivors Whitney is survived by her Daughter; Caydence Pierce, Fiance; Joel Lopez, Mother; Janie Robinson and husband, Jamie, In-laws; Armando and Mar-garita Hernandez, Sisters; Jacie Smith and Maurice Johnson, Paula Parkhill and husband, Marcus, Brothers; Josh Swirczynski and wife, Lindsey, David Johnson and wife, Nicole, Michael Johnson and wife, Kacye, Grandmother; Charlotte Swirczynski, nieces and nephews and a host of friends. Her dog that she loved Soldier. Preceded in death: Grandfather, Donny Swir-czynski and Dad, Steven Pierce. Pallbearers; Armando Hernandez, Alejandro Her-nandez, Maurice Johnson, Jimbo Fincher, Kyle Swir-czynski and Corey Boyd. Honary; Carlos Comanche.

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Fort Worth, Texas. Th e family will receive friends on Wednesday, June 24, 2020, from 6 pm to 8 pm at Coker Funeral Home, 403 Pecan Street, Sanger.History Born on September 18, 1945, Lynda was the daugh-ter of Floyd Lee and Nona Lou (McBride) Cryer. Lynda was a graduate of Valley View High School and obtained her cosmetol-ogy license. On November 12, 1965, she married Billy Gene Boggs in Argyle, Tex-as. She was a member of Pil-grims Way Baptist Church in Sanger, where Billy served as minister. He preceded her in death in 2013. Lynda was a hairstylist in Sanger

for several years and changed career paths and worked for XTO Energy until her re-tirement. She later married Buster Cousizan and moved to Fort Worth.Survivors She is preceded in death by 1st husband Billy; her parents; and one brother James Cryer. Lynda is survived by her daughter Mandy Peachee and hus-band Brad of Denton; three grandchildren Kyle Kastens and wife Mykelti, Tyler Kastens, and Ryan Peachee; and two great-grandchildren Adleigh Kastens and Billy Kastens. Online condolences may be made to www.cokerfu-neralhome.com.


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Marriage LicenseRequests ReceivedCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following applications for marriage were received by the Cooke County Clerk’s Offi ce. Abdul Rasool S. Noora-ni, 56, Gainesville and Crystal Lynn Beck, 41, Gainesville. Brandon Kyle Schum-

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Sentences Issued for Felony IndictmentsCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following sentences were issued for felony in-dictments and fi led in the 235th District Court.

Paris Kyncaide Calla-han, 24, was convicted of the March 10, 2020 second degree felony of-fense of tampering with

physical evidence and was sentenced to 9 months confi nement in a state jail facility, a $1,000 fi ne and court costs.

COOKE COUNTY – Th e following cases were fi led and decided in the 235th District Court.

Cases Filed Cooke County et al vs. James Henry Jackson, tax cases. Candace Florine Mat-

thews vs. Ronnie Luke Matthews, divorce. Jose Manuel Torres vs. Carolyn Deeanna Torres, divorce. Debbie Sue Jensen vs. Richard Wayne Jensen, divorce. Frank Salvatore Iacino vs. Jordan Ashlee Iacino, divorce.

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GAINESVILLE – Gaines-ville Police Department received the following inci-dent reports. Sergio A. Morin report-ed theft in the 1300 block of Lanius Street. Cortny J. Hart McNiff reported theft in the 400 block of South Morris Street. Jose A. Castor reported forgery of a fi nancial in-strument in the 100 block of East California Street. Maria D. Gutierrez report-ed duty upon striking unat-tended vehicle in the 1800 block of Lawrence Street. Laura S. Becker reported duty upon striking unat-tended vehicle in the 1800 block of Lawrence Street.

John T. King reported theft in the 700 block of West Highway 82. James C. McCann re-ported burglary of a build-ing in the 3200 block of East Highway 82. Lexington Apartment representative reported ordinance violation in the 2000 block of North I-35. Outdoor Power Sports representative reported forgery in the 900 block of North I-35. Alvaro M. Reyes re-ported criminal mischief less than $750 in the 4300 North I-35. Baylee J. Mauldin re-ported criminal mischief in the 1500 block of Eliza-beth Street.

Steppin Out Western Wear representative report-ed theft of property less than $750.

Arrest Log Edward D. Sexauer, 61, public intoxication with three prior convictions. Darlene J. Oldenburg, 51, fraudulent destruction, removal or concealment of price tag less than $750, failure to identify, giving false, fi ctious information. Kenneth J. Morrell, 55, possession of a controlled substance less than 200 grams. Tanner S. Auten, 30, public intoxication. John R. Davis, 31, pub-lic intoxication.

Brittany M. Leask, 24, warrant service. Stephen L. Porter, 25, warrant. Undisclosed 15-year-old, possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces. Dalston M. Barker, 18, possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces. Carlos A. Lopez-Ochoa, 23, unlawfully carrying a weapon. Kathy K. Kyle, 57, driv-ing while intoxicated third or more. Kimberly D. McNama-ra, 42, warrant arrest. Clayton J. Jones, 24, traffi c crash, DWI. Undisclosed 15-year-old, unauthorized use of a mo-tor vehicle.

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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. Driving while intoxi-cated was reported in the 1400 block of West High-way 82.

Mildred Moss Norris re-ported burglary of a build-ing in the 700 block of Cumberland Trail in Road Runner. Lela Marie Shelton re-ported burglary of a habit-uation in the 4200 block of

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Republican Candidate Jackson Visits Morton Museum - Retired Rear Admiral in the United States Navy Ronny Jackson, a Republican candidate for U.S. Congress, is pictured with Cooke County Historical Society President Elaine McHorse and his wife Jane at the Morton Museum of Cooke County. (The Weekly News Photo)

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A Summer TraditionBy Shana PowellContributing HistorianTh e Weekly News

Once upon a time there was a summer tradition called the drive-in movie theater. When school let out and the temperature started rising, parents would load the children into the family car and head for the near-est drive-in. As night fell the children, having run around the car and worn themselves out, hopefully would fall asleep in the backseat and the parents could then settle down in peace to watch the movie. For a few decades everyone spent time at the drive-in. In the 1930s drive-ins started opening-up with the third theater in the country being launched in Galveston, Texas in 1934. According to DriveInMov-ie.com, by the late 1950s Texas had nearly 400 drive ins, the most of any state. On June 5, 1948, Gaines-ville followed that trend when L.C. Dennis opened the Hi-Ho Drive-In movie theater with one screen on Hwy 82. Reports indicate that a big celebration was held with the Harmony Boys performing fi rst and then a special showing of the movie “Homestretch” starring Cornel Wilde was held for the public. Going to the drive-in was an economical outing for a family or for a teen-age boy trying to date on a budget. While concessions were available at the the-ater patrons could bring in treats in their cars to help cut costs and one young man remembered sneaking beer into the drive-in. On Tuesday night “Car Nite” was off ered with only 80 cents admission being

charged per carload. On one Tuesday night movie goers could see “Cobra Woman” in Technicolor starring Maria Montez. On another night, an ad indicated that customers could see the movie “All the Brothers were Valiant” starring Robert Taylor and Stewart Grainger. A few years later, a news-paper article from June 14, 1952 reported on upgrades that had been made to the drive-in during the winter months. Th e article related that there had been 165 new “individual automo-bile speakers” added bring-ing the total for the theater to 505. Th e projection room now was equipped with two large projectors and a sound system which “is the most powerful avail-able in the U.S.” Th e theater grounds “had been landscaped to provide unobstructed views of the screen from any location in the enclosure.” Interest-ingly, though the article does not explain how this was done, “artifi cial moon-light was utilized to cast a mellow glow over the entire area, permitting good visi-bility for walking or driving but not enough to interfere with the picture.” It was emphasized that “for the convenience and comfort of customers the modern concession stand at the Hi Ho always carries a complete stock of cold drinks, candies, cigarettes, and food items. An atten-dant was on duty through-

out the evening to provide prompt service to anyone requiring any goods at the stand.” It was a diff erent time as evidenced by the mention that cigarettes were sold at the concession stand. By that point, Eugene Winston (known as E.W.) Capps had been the owner and manager of the the-

ater for eighteen months. According to the article, Capps had been in show business for many years and “his wide experience in the business gives him a fi rst-hand knowledge of the desires of movie pa-trons.” In an interview, Capps stated that the “drive-in theater is becoming more popular every day because of the American love for informality, permitting an evening of relaxation and entertainment without having to obtain a babysit-ter or dress for the occa-

sion.” By the 1970s, the popu-larity of the drive-ins were fading. Television had taken hold and more peo-ple had air conditioning at home and oftentimes pa-trons would be frustrated with the car speakers that often did not work prop-erly. Th e Hi-Ho closed in 1977.

Today Texas only has eighteen drive-ins that are open and operating out of that high of nearly four hundred. Th ey say if you wait long enough fashions that were once popular and then went out of style will come back into style. So maybe that will work for drive-ins as well, with the COVID pandemic and the desire for social distancing, the drive-ins just might start looking like a good option again. Anyone for popcorn and a movie?

MUENSTER/ERA – Ra-chel Weber, an Era High School senior and the daughter of Joe and Betti Jo Weber of Era, Texas, won the PenTex Energy contest for a trip to Washington, D.C. and $500.00 in cash. As the winner of the Gov-ernment-In-Action Youth tour contest, Rachel was to travel to Washington D.C. this June with about 150 youths from electric coop-eratives in Texas and hun-dreds more from around the nation on what would have been a trip of a lifetime. However, COVID-19 and all the restrictions surround-ing the virus, forced the can-cellation of this trip. PenTex Energy has instead, awarded Rachel a $2000.00 scholar-ship in place of the trip. Th is is the 30th year Pen-Tex Energy has sponsored the Youth Tour Contest. Th is contest is open to all juniors and seniors from lo-cal area schools that live in homes served by PenTex En-ergy. Th e idea to send students to Washington DC came from President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Texan who advo-cated for rural electrifi cation and youth development. In 1957, when he was still a U.S. Senator, Johnson sug-

gested “sending youngsters to the national capital where they can actually see what the fl ag stands for and rep-resents.” Th is notion evolved in the 1960’s into a nation-wide eff ort to send young people on organized, fun and educational trips to the nation’s capital. Today, elec-tric cooperatives from nearly every state send more than 2000 youths to Washington, D.C., each June. PenTex Energy has been

upholding their commit-ment to the cooperative principles by educating youth and supporting their communities by sponsor-ing students on this trip. Th e trip shapes the lives of students and builds loyalty among the membership to-day just as it did at its incep-tion. We look forward to next year when once again we will send another deserv-ing PenTex member on this trip to experience.

Weber Named 2020 Youth Tour Winner

Weber Receives Award - Rachel Weber being presented with the 2020 Government-In- Action Youth Tour award by PenTex Energy General Manager, Neil Hesse. (Courtesy Photo)



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Biden’s Basement Strategy: Just Say Nothing

By Patrick J. Buchanan

Some polls now have Joe Biden running ahead of Donald Trump by 10 points and sweeping the battle-ground states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylva-nia. Th is vindicates the strat-egy Biden’s advisers have ad-opted: Confi ne Joe to his base-ment, no press conferences. Trot him out to recite care-fully scripted messages for the cameras. Th en lead him back to his stall. Th is enables Biden to avoid the blazing questions that are dividing not only Democrats and Republicans but liberals and leftists. And most of these issues touch on the explosive subject of

race. Consider. California’s legislature just voted to put to a statewide ballot in November a return to the racial preferences that were banned as discriminatory in a statewide referendum, 25 years ago. Th e proposal would re-verse the 1995 constitution-al amendment, approved by 55% of voters, which outlawed “preferential treat-ment” based on “race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin.” If the measure carries, California returns to a racial spoils system. Race preferences are be-ing pushed because they are needed to bring about great-er representation of Blacks and Hispanics in the student bodies of elite schools of the state university system like UCLA and the University of California, Berkeley. Asian students are today “overrepresented” in these prestigious schools, because of their superior test scores. Where does Biden stand on anti-Asian discrimina-tion? Earlier this June, the Cali-fornia Assembly voted to es-

tablish a task force to make recommendations for repa-rations for slavery. Now, California did not enter the Union until 1850, and slavery was outlawed in the state constitution, though several thousand slaves were brought there during the 1849 Gold Rush. Where does Biden stand on reparations for slavery? Many of the recent pro-tests in the wake of George Floyd’s death have involved the desecration and destruc-tion of monuments. What does Biden think about tearing down statues of Christopher Columbus and Robert E. Lee? Where does Biden stand on destroying statues of Presidents Wash-ington, Jeff erson, Andrew Jackson, Lincoln, Grant and Th eodore Roosevelt? What did Biden think of the removal of the statue of Caesar Rodney, Delaware statesman and slave owner, who, despite a grave illness, rode to Philadelphia to sign Jeff erson’s Declaration of Independence and cast his lot with the American Rev-olution? Understandably, Biden would prefer not having to

choose between Caesar Rod-ney and BLM. Black men are arrested and incarcerated more of-ten than whites because of the systemic racism of law enforcement offi cials, we are told. Does Biden believe white cops are congenital racists? In the great cities where the killing of Black men is today all too common, the regimes that have ruled them for decades have been almost wholly Democratic. Does Biden believe there is systemic racism in the rul-ing circles of all these Dem-ocratic-run cities? Over the last month, there has been an explosion of shootings and killings. In Chicago, over Memorial Day, 84 people were shot, 24 mortally. Last weekend in Chicago, 106 people were shot and 14 killed. New York City is ex-periencing the worst shoot-ing violence in a quarter century. Is there systemic racism in the police departments of our great cities? Again, who has been running those cit-ies, if not Democrats? Is there inequality in

wealth between Black and white America because of systemic racism? If so, why did that inequality persist through two terms of our fi rst Black president, with Biden as his VP? Does Biden believe, with Elizabeth Warren, in wealth taxes on the rich and wealth transfers to close the Black-white wealth gap? Is there systemic racism in American media? Our dominant media institutions include Th e Washington Post, New York Times, ABC, CBS and NBC. All are controlled by liberals. Is there systemic racism in our great universities and colleges? Yet, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, and the rest of the Ivy League have long been run by an entrenched liberal elite. Is our huge federal work-force permeated by racism? Th ough African Ameri-cans are 13% of the U.S. population, they occupy 18% of all federal jobs. Is there systemic rac-ism in our public schools? Who controls the teachers unions? Who fi lls almost all of the teaching positions?

Is there systemic racism in California? If so, who is at fault? Th e governor, both senators, both houses of the legislature, all statewide offi ces, and 46 of 53 U.S. House seats in California are held by Democrats. If Biden emerges, then he will have to answer why all these institutions where his party and people are predominant -- the media, Hollywood, the academic community, public schools, big-city governments, the big foundations, the federal bureaucracy -- are appar-ently shot through with sys-temic racism after decades of Democratic dominance. And, more precisely, what he intends to do about it. Perhaps it’s better to shel-ter in place in the basement. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “Nixon’s White House Wars: Th e Battles Th at Made and Broke a Pres-ident and Divided America Forever.” To fi nd out more about Patrick Buchanan and read features by other Cre-ators writers and cartoonists, visit the Creators website at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2020 CREATORS.COM

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To the Editor,

It is a huge mistake to try to judge historical fi g-ures by today’s standards. Th e recent destruction of historical monuments and statues is ridiculous and without purpose. History is simply history, good and bad. We can’t erase it by vandalizing memorials nor learn from it by tearing down statues. Let’s con-sider a few facts: • Th e Civil War was not begun solely to free the slaves. It began as most wars throughout history began – over money. In this case it was a con-fl ict between the heavily populated and industrial-ized North and the lightly populated agrarian South. Tariff s were involved. Just look at the facts: o President Lincoln in his inaugural address March 4, 1861 said: “I have no purpose, directly or indirectly to interfere with the institution of slav-ery in the United States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do

so, and I have no inclina-tion to do so.” o Th e Emancipation Proclamation, which freed only the slaves held in Southern states, was an Executive Order signed by President Lincoln Septem-ber 22, 1862, almost eigh-teen months after the war began. Th e President was losing support for the war and needed an issue close to the heart. • Few Confederate sol-diers, or their families, owned slaves. Th ey were fi ghting simply to save their farms from destruc-tion and their livestock from slaughter by Union soldiers. (With few excep-tions all Civil War battles took place on Southern soil.) So my point is this: the statue on the town square in Gainesville is NOT just a reminder of slavery. It is simply a representation of a Confederate soldier, a piece of our mutual history. It can lead to a discussion of slavery, or you may use it to show how good peo-ple can be drawn into evil doings, or simply to teach your kids a little American History. It’s been there a long time, with little oppo-sition. If you attach slavery to it that’s your personal decision, but there’s much more to it than that, and nothing to be gained by re-moving it.

Johnny BittickGainesville

To the Editor,

Never before in my lifetime, have I witnessed such numerous attacks on society, that have occurred since the death of George Floyd. George Floyd’s death was sad & NEED-LESS. BUT ALL these protests & demands are getting out of hand. I have a big issue with protesting monuments concerning THE Ameri-can History of this nation, which IS a history of ALL races in this country. Slavery did NOT cause the Civil War, 1860-1865. Th e majority of Afro Americans claim this war was started over slavery. WRONG & UNTRUE! PEOPLE NEED TO STUDY the TRUTH OF AMERICAN HISTORY. First of all, WE are ALL AMERICANS! Slavery did NOT be-come an issue in the Civil War until AFTER the war was two (02) years old. Th e Civil War, sometimes referred to Th e War Be-tween the States, began be-cause the Southern States demanded States’ Rights, & at that time, were NOT getting them. At that time, the U.S. Congress heavily favored the highly industrialized Northern States. Congress demanded that the South sell ALL its raw materials, such as cotton & other goods, ONLY to the fac-tories in the North, instead of foreign countries. In addition, Congress

heavily taxed goods & other fi nished materials that were manufactured in Northern Factories. Th is resulted in these products becoming unaff ordable for the South to purchase. IF ONLY the Northern States & their Congres-sional Representatives had paid attention to the prob-lems this was causing for the Southern States, the Civil War could have been avoided & shouldn’t have happened. Th ese taxes, levied by Northern States, was simi-lar in nature to the Taxa-tion Without Represen-tation this country had previously experienced with Great Britain. IF this issue had been resolved, the Southern States would NOT have seceded, & NO War Between the States would have occurred. Confederate statutes are about HISTORY, NOT SLAVERY. Slavery was a bad occurrence, but you can never erase or change United States History & History Textbooks. Plus, damaging or defacing such statues is a CRIME. Let it be known that ALL the protestors here in town ARE on camera & video. Th erefore, YOU who are protesting, smile while you are making a damned fool of yourself. STUPID IS AS STU-PID DOES.

Dean Smith Gainesville

Letter to the Editor...

By Mark Shields

New York Times/Siena College has Democrat Joe Biden at 50% and Repub-lican President Donald Trump at 36%; CNN has Biden at 54% and Trump 36%; Fox News has Biden at 50% and Trump at 38%. Th ese recent national polls have left Democrats almost giddy with anticipation.

But before Democrats put the champagne on ice, they would be wise to remember the prophetic words of an authentically wise Texan. Former Gov. Ann Richards said, on July 3, 1988, on CBS’s “Face the Nation”: “July does not a November election make.” After the Democrats’ successful convention in Atlanta in 1988 (when key-

note speaker Richards ex-plained Republican nomi-nee George H.W. Bush’s verbal bloopers with, “Poor George, he can’t help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth”), the respect-ed Gallup poll reported the Democratic ticket of Mas-sachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis and Texas Sen. Lloyd Bentsen trouncing the GOP team of Bush and

Indiana Sen. Dan Quayle 55% to 38%. On Nov. 8, Bush carried 40 of the na-tion’s 50 states, won 53% of the popular vote and became the fi rst sitting vice president since Martin Van Buren in 1836 to be elected president. It is true, as Trump-back-ers point out, that preelec-tion polls in 2016 predicted with 90% confi dence that Hillary Clinton would de-feat Trump and win the White House. Just to review that year’s fi nal preelection numbers and results of the three of the best-known polls: Th e Wall Street Journal-NBC News survey found Clinton with 48% of the vote; ABC News-Wash-ington Post predicted 47% for Clinton; CBS News gave Clinton 47% of the popular vote. Hillary Clin-ton did, in fact, win 48.2% of the popular vote to Don-ald Trump’s 46.1%. But as we all learned, presidential elections are about carry-ing states and their electoral votes, not just about win-ning people’s votes. So, what is to prevent Trump from duplicating his 2016 winning game plan in 2020? First, we must re-member just how unique that Clinton-Trump matchup was. Th e Gallup poll, which has been asking voters since 1956 whether their personal feelings were favorable or unfavorable to-ward the presidential nomi-nees, found that Trump’s 61% unfavorable score was the worst in Gallup history. By comparison, in 2008, Gallup had found Repub-lican John McCain at 67% favorable and Democrat Barack Obama at 62% fa-vorable. In 1984, Democrat

Walter Mondale, who won just one state against Ron-ald Reagan, was rated 66% favorable, and Reagan was rated 71% favorable. What was unique about 2016 was that Hillary Clinton’s 52% unfavorable score was the second-worst ever found by Gallup. So, it turned out, not sur-prisingly, that nearly 1 out of 5 on Election Day 2016, according to the exit polls, had unfavorable feelings to-ward both Trump and Clin-ton. But, as we were told repeatedly before that elec-tion day, Clinton was going to win, and Trump was go-ing to lose. So, voters who disliked both Clinton and Trump were able, they were told, to cast a “free vote” for Trump, who was not going to win, and against Clin-ton, who they did not want to have a landslide victory. Voters who disliked both 2016 nominees ended up voting by a 3-2 margin for Trump and almost certainly providing the margin for his electoral college victory. In 2020, Donald Trump is not a “free vote.” And in the respected judgment of Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll co-founder Peter D. Hart, Trump is a bad fi t for voters in this crisis year: “Sadly, Donald Trump is a ‘me president’ at a time when America needs a ‘we president.’” Can Joe Biden be that “we” president the country is looking for? To fi nd out more about Mark Shields and read his past columns, visit the Cre-ators Syndicate webpage at www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2020 MARK SHIELDS DISTRIBUTED BY CREATORS.COM

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IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776. Th e unanimous Decla-ration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of hu-man events it becomes neces-sary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the pow-ers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind re-quires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are en-dowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — Th at to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — Th at whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foun-dation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to eff ect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all ex-perience hath shewn that man-kind are more disposed to suff er, while evils are suff erable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are ac-customed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pur-suing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient suff erance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Govern-ment. Th e history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpa-tions, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world. He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.

He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless sus-pended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them. He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inesti-mable to them and formidable to tyrants only. He has called together legis-lative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures. He has dissolved Representa-tive Houses repeatedly, for op-posing with manly fi rmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from with-out, and convulsions within. He has endeavoured to pre-vent the population of these States; for that purpose ob-structing the Laws for Natural-ization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appro-priations of Lands. He has obstructed the Ad-ministration of Justice by refus-ing his Assent to Laws for estab-lishing Judiciary Powers. He has made Judges depen-dent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offi ces, and the amount and payment of their salaries. He has erected a multitude of New Offi ces, and sent hither swarms of Offi cers to harass our people and eat out their sub-stance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our leg-islatures. He has aff ected to render the Military independent of and su-perior to the Civil Power. He has combined with oth-ers to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:

For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us: For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabit-ants of these States: For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:For imposing Taxes on us with-out our Consent: For depriving us in many cases, of the benefi t of Trial by Jury: For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended off ences: For abolishing the free Sys-tem of English Laws in a neigh-bouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary govern-ment, and enlarging its Bound-aries so as to render it at once an example and fi t instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these ColoniesFor taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamen-tally the Forms of our Govern-ments: For suspending our own Leg-islatures, and declaring them-selves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases what-soever. He has abdicated Govern-ment here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us. He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people. He is at this time transport-ing large Armies of foreign Mer-cenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyran-ny, already begun with circum-stances of Cruelty & Perfi dy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally un-worthy the Head of a civilized nation. He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands. He has excited domestic in-surrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an un-distinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions. In every stage of these Op-pressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by re-peated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by ev-ery act which may defi ne a Ty-rant, is unfi t to be the ruler of a free people. Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emi-gration and settlement here. We have appealed to their na-tive justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kin-dred to disavow these usurpa-tions, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. Th ey too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acqui-esce in the necessity, which de-nounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends. We, therefore, the Represen-tatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Su-preme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Author-ity of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, Th at these united Colo-nies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace, contract Alli-ances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Th ings which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a fi rm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor.



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No. PR 17818IN THE ESTATE OF

LARRY WILLIAM ROUMELLDECEASED

IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAWCOOKE COUNTY, TEXAS

NOTICE TO CREDITORS

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Tes-tamentary for the Estate of Larry William Roumell, Deceased, were issued on June 16, 2020, in Cause No. PR17818, pending in the County Court at Law of Cooke County, Texas to Laura Jean Roumell . All per-sons having claims against said estate are hereby re-quired to present same to Laura Jean Roumell within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Tes-tamentary for the Estate of Frances Fern Shotwell, Deceased, were issued on January 14, 2020 in Cause No. PR17729, pending in the County Court at Law of Cooke County, Texas, to: DEVON K. WOOD. All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to pres-ent them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

c/o: Derrell L. Comer Attorney at Law P.O. Box 973 109 E. California Street Gainesville, Texas 76241

DATED the 14th day of January, 2020.

/s/ Derrell L. Comer Derrell L. Comer Attorney for DEVON K. WOOD State Bar No.: 24036386 P.O. Box 973 109 E. California Street Gainesville, Texas 76241 Telephone: (940) 665-4111 Facsimile: (940) 665-4114 07/01

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testa-mentary for the Estate of James N. Ware, Deceased, were issued on November 25, 2019 in Cause No. PR17720, pending in the County Court at Law of Cooke County, Texas, to: JAMES N. WARE.All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to pres-ent them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

c/o: Derrell L. Comer Attorney at Law P.O. Box 973 109 E. California Street Gainesville, Texas 76241

DATED the 25th day of November, 2019.

/s/ Derrell L. Comer Derrell L. Comer Attorney for JAMES N. WARE State Bar No.: 24036386 P.O. Box 973 109 E. California Street Gainesville, Texas 76241 Telephone: (940) 665-4111 Facsimile: (940) 665-4114 07/01

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Sacred Heart to Host One-Day ConferenceMUENSTER – Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Muenster, is excited to an-nounce they will be hosting a one-day conference, “You Are Made For More!” on July 18, 2020. Th e keynote presenter will be, author and international speaker, Ms. Monica Asher, MTS; M Hum. Amid the current sexual revolution, many peo-ple seek solutions to the growing trend of sexual disillusionment, gender confusion, and over-all generalized disrespect of the human body. Ashour is the author of 28 books, and founder of Th e Th eology of the Body Evangelization Team, and has devoted her life to bringing the good news that “We are Made For More” to adults and children alike. Ashour states, “About a year ago as my team and I were fi nishing Th e Body Matters, our Pre-school through 8th grade program based on St. John Paul’s wondrous Th eology of the Body, a priest from Chicago called me about Th e Body Matters, saying, ‘Monica, your team and you have created a dream-come-true for me! I had been ask-ing God to have someone do what you did. I would

have written it myself, but I couldn’t have surpassed what you have done.’” What is this “dream-come-true”? It is the per-spective that Christianity is not a pie-in-the-sky outlook on life; rather, it is a dream come true! EveryBODY - children, youth, and adults alike - ought to know that they are “made for more.” When we “live and move and have our being” (Acts 17:28) in Jesus Christ, we can actually live the truth of the body, which is the truth of love. While the focus is on hu-man persons made in God’s image and likeness, the Th eology of the Body is for anyBODY with a BODY which is everyBODY—those of any creed, back-ground, belief (or even non-belief ). Th at’s because this truth helps each person realize his or her greatness. So often people say regard-ing their sinfulness, “I’m only human.” In actuality, we should say about sin-ning, “I’m being less than human; I am not living out my authentic self.” Monica states. “Th is extends to the area of sexuality. In a world that says that everything goes, the Th eology of the Body helps us to know the sacred-

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GAINESVILLE – Months ago, the Cooke County Republican Women de-cided to hold a rummage sale to benefi t the Gaines-ville church that has been the long-time venue for their meetings. Th e sale morphed into a yard sale that was part of the Red River Valley Tourism As-sociation’s 350-mile Hwy. 82/287 Yard Sale, June 5-6. Everyone was amazed how quickly the dimes and dollars added up! On Tuesday, June 16, the club presented the entire proceeds from the sale, more than $1,000, to First Christian Church’s Se-nior Minister, Rev. Mark Loewen, and Rev. Gregory Chambers, Associate Min-ister. Th e project was the brainchild of Vice Presi-dent-Fundraising Peggy DeLancy, who was im-pressed by the way the church stepped up to help provide a large enough venue for candidate fo-rums in January and

February. Club members embraced the yard sale, and it became what the Republican Women’s Fed-eration calls a “Caring for America” project. In addition to sup-porting First Christian Church, which has a long history of caring for mem-bers of the community, and promoting tourism by participating in the RRV-TA’s event, the sale provid-ed kitchenware, linens and towels, clothing, shoes and purses, books, and a wide variety of other merchan-dise to the community at aff ordable prices. Th e club was also caring for one of its own, CCRW’s fi rst President and one of its founders, Shirley Newton, who donated an impres-sive amount of items for sale, as she prepared to sell her home. Club members helped clear the house, and hauled many loads of precious cargo from Cal-lisburg to Muenster. Th e caring continued after the yard sale ended. Th e remaining cloth-

ing, mostly women’s and children, was donated to ABBA. A huge collection of books was delivered to the Cooke County Li-brary’s surplus book ware-house, and the remaining merchandise was given to Brothers Serving Others Resale Store in Lindsay. Membership in CCRW is open to any woman at least 18 years of age, who believes in the ideals and goals of the Republican Party, is a citizen of the United States and is a reg-istered voter. Annual dues are $35, which includes membership in the local club, the Texas Federation of Republican Women and the National Federation of Republican Women. Men are welcome to join as As-sociate Members for $15 annually. Follow Cooke County Republican Women on Facebook for information about upcoming programs and meetings. Informa-tion about CCRW can also be found at www.cookegop.com/ccrw.

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