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Vol. 15 No. 7

PUBLISHED IN THE FREESTONE COUNTY SEAT, FAIRFIELD, TEXAS

Suspects Impersonate Law Enforcement

Assault on Hwy 14 I

n the late hours of Thursday, February 11, 2016, suspects identifying themselves as area police officers stopped a victim on South Highway 14 in Mexia and proceeded to assault and rob the victim of his property.

At approximately 11:30 p.m., Mexia PD officers received a report of aggravated robbery in which two Caucasian or Hispanic males and one female in a dark colored unmarked police-style vehicle

with flashing strobe lights, stopped the victim between the Cowboy Club in Mexia and the Mexia Airport.

They demanded to see the victim’s driver’s license and then assaulted him with a flashlight and stole his wallet and iPhone.

The victim, now identified as Jacob Harrison, a Navarro College student, was taken to an area hospital and later released. He had many bruises and lacerations from being hit repeatedly in the face.

Family members are determined to locate the suspects and reports say they are offering a reward to anyone who has information leading to the arrest and conviction of said suspects.

If you have any information on this crime, please contact Mexia PD at 254-5624150 or Limestone County Crimestoppers at 254-729TIPS. As always, you may remain anonymous.

Nicole Schaefer, Reporting

Based in Freestone County, Fairfield Company is

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groups and the EPA ight now, our country cannot function place increasing without fossil fuels, in some form,” pressure on coal states CETA Founder, plants, and others Roy Hill. that use coal as a “We are the bridge raw fuel source, to that will allow fossil substantially reduce fuels to continue, while sulfur and mercury air the other technologies are emissions or shut down. catching up to the future,” says Hill. Green “We took the dirtiest [fossil fuel] of them all technologies such as solar, wind and “other things to come, and others we have not even and turned it into a more profitable product,” states Hill. thought of, and are not ready to go yet.”

CETA has completed testing, development Clean Energy Technology Association, called CETA is expanding, intending to preserve and commercialization of its proprietary Coal thousands of jobs and economic benefits to Distillation Process, which separates raw coal many communities in Texas, including Fairfield into marketable products, including their trademark COALliteTM – a and Freestone County. CETA is now positioned to expand -Fairfield Expansion- cleaner, concentrated coal rapidly as environmental suitable for use by traditional Page 5-A

Browning Briley, Texas State Shoot & U.S. Open at Caney Shooting Sports

Three Major Events to Bring Thousands “T

his is the year we have worked for, trying to get our infrastructure ready,” says Justin Bounds of Caney Creek Lodge and Shooting Sports. He and Kitty Granger addressed council members during a workshop held prior to the Tuesday, February 9th council meeting.

According to Bounds, they will serve as hosts to 3 major clay shooting events: the Browning Briley (March 29 – April 3), the U.S. Open (May 31 – June 5) and the Texas State Shoot (September 6 – 11).

The third event was unexpected, as Caney Creek Shooting Sports had agreed to “pass” on this year’s Texas State Shoot if they were to win the bid for the U.S. Open.

“The first club in line couldn’t handle it, the next club wasn’t ready, so they contacted us,” says Bounds.

Several thousand people participate in these events, according to Bounds, filling hotels within a 50 mile radius.

Caney Creek has utilized local vendors, as listed in a report presented to the council,

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Benefit Dart Tournament February 18 - 7pm VFW Hall Proceeds for Rodgers Family

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spending over $160,000 for Shoot preparations.

Local workers are also tapped by the Shooting Sports venue, as they estimate giving about 30 adults part-time employment for each event and giving positions to over 100 local high school students as trappers and score keepers for each shoot.

“I make a motion to approve $37,500 to advertise all events,” stated Councilman Kenny Hughes, once the agenda item came up in the Open Meeting to follow.

“I just have a few questions,” said Mayor Roy Hill; each were confirmed by Bounds.

--City of Fairfield will be prominently displayed as a major sponsor on posters, programs, t-shirts, etc.

--Advertising will be approved

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Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Indoor - Outdoor

SHOPPING February 26-28, 2016

Fairfield Market Days Antiques, Collectibles, Tools, Toys, Produce, Arts & Crafts and more!

Come spend the day at the historic

W.L. Moody Reunion Grounds 839 E. Hwy. 84 in Fairfield, Texas Limited Vendors: Fri. 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.

ALL Vendors Open: Sat. 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.

Sun. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Vendor Inquires Welcome: 903-388-9845  903-389-2633 cedarcmc@hotmail.com RV Hookups Available

Monster Hunters in Town Have Your Seen the Lizard Man?

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sing Armadillo Emporium in Fairfield as a temporary headquarters last week, fellow Cryptozoologists Lyle Blackburn (middle) and Ken Gerhard (right) follow a few leads on the Lizard Man.

According to Fairfield artist and business owner, Andy Emmons (left), sightings of the creature were reported in

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February 16-26, 2015

Early Voting Begins This Week E

arly voting began Tuesday, February 16th for the Republican party and Democratic party primaries.

DON’T FORGET: Fairfield polling location has changed from the Annex II Building to the Fairfield Conference Center, in order to provide additional space and better voter privacy.

Dates and poll locations for early voting (February 16-26, 2016) are as follows: --Fairfield Conference Center, 839 East Commerce, Fairfield Open Tuesday-Friday, February 16-19 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, February 20 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.; and Monday-Friday, February 22-26 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

--Butler Community Center, FM 489 S. of US 84, Butler Open Wednesday, February 17 from 8 a.m.

– 4 p.m.

--Dew School, Hwy 179 & FM 489, Dew Open Saturday, February 20 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

--Donie Community Center, State Hwy 164 West, Donie Open Saturday, February 20 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

--Southern Oaks Clubhouse, North of FM 416, St. Elmo Open Saturday, February 20 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

--Teague City Hall, 105 S. 4th Ave, Teague Open Tuesday-Friday, February 16-19 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.; Saturday, February 20 from 8 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

--Wortham Community Center, E. Main Street, Wortham Open Saturday, February 20 from 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Primary Elections Day is March 1, 2016.

The “Times” will provide online coverage on election night, with results posted to www.

FreestoneCountyTimes.com as they are posted.

Candidates Mingle with Voters at VFW Hall Candidates ready to “duke it out” are (left – right) Wade Harrison, Constable Pct 4; Richard McGowan, Constable Pct 1; Jeremy Shipley, Sheriff; and Michael Carter, Constable Pct 4. Turn to page 1-B for news coverage of the event. (Photo by Nicole Schaefer)

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Illegal Marijuana Bale Stops Traffic In the early hours of Tuesday, February 9, 2016, Freestone County Sheriff’s Office Deputies recovered a large bundle of Marijuana from Interstate Highway 45.

The discovery was made around 3:00 a.m. while investigating a caller’s report of a large object in the roadway that had been struck by an 18-wheeler. It was located and found to be a very large bale of Marijuana.

Sheriff’s Deputies were assisted in recovery and investigation by Texas Highway Patrol and the Criminal Investigation Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety. DPS took possession of the Marijuana around 7:30 a.m. that same morning with a property release.

Freestone County Sheriff’s Office works closely with State, County, and local Law Enforcement to ensure the safety of the public.

Work in the Renaissance!

Job Faire February 27th

Among the law officials to recover and investigate a large bundle of Marijuana are Freestone County Sherriff’s Deputy Jack Wright, Sgt. Scott Shaw, Deputy Tony Gassaway, and Deputy Patrick Williams. The large bale was found in the roadway of Interstate Highway 45 in the early morning hours of Tuesday, February 9, 2016. (Photo Submitted)

Banff Film Festival Benefits Texas State Parks For the fifth year in a row, Whole Earth Provision Co. will donate the proceeds from the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour to Texas State Parks. This Texas-based travel, adventure and nature store has sponsored the film festival in Austin for over a decade and always selects a worthy organization to receive the proceeds.

As the designated beneficiary of tickets sales from the Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour, Texas State Parks will use the proceeds to help fund state parks’ day-to-day operational expenses and enhanced visitor programs.

The festival, held in Austin at the Paramount Theater, includes Banff Mountain World Tour Films, which are international documentaries about unique places around the world, on Sunday, Feb. 28. The Radical Reels Tour, a sampling of breathtaking outdoor adventure films, will be featured on Monday, Feb. 29. View the film lineup, event trailers and ticket information online at http:// wholeearthprovision.com/banff/.

“We are blessed in Texas with an excellent state park system that provides an unrivaled range of outdoor adventures,” says Jack Jones, Whole Earth Provision Company founder and lifelong Texas state park advocate. “These magical places belong to the citizens of Texas and are available for all of us to visit and enjoy.”

Cooler weather and early blooming wildflowers make February an ideal time of year to visit state parks, and most urbanites are closer to a state park than they might imagine. There are 12 state parks within an hour’s drive of Austin, nine within an hour’s drive of San Antonio, eight within a 60-minute drive of the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, 11 within 90 minutes of Southlake and seven an hour or less drive from Houston.

“There’s something for everyone to enjoy at Texas State Parks,” says Texas State Parks Deputy Director Russell Fishbeck. “Beyond hiking, swimming, picnicking, camping, appreciating the natural wonders and learning about our rich history, some state parks offer caving,

rock climbing and mountain biking.”

Later this year, Whole Earth will host the “April is Texas State Parks Month” event at Whole Earth Provision Co. stores.

Throughout April, customers at the nine Whole Earth locations in Austin, Dallas, Southlake, Houston and San Antonio will have the option at check-out counters to donate to Texas State Parks. They can also meet local park rangers, who will be handing out Texas State Park Guides at all nine locations, to find out more about the numerous recreational opportunities and cultural and historical lessons state parks offer.

“We depend on public-private partnerships with businesses such as Whole Earth Provision Co. to provide additional and much-needed funding to operate our state parks,” says Texas State Parks Director Brent Leisure. “The promotion at one of the state’s premier outdoor retailers helps us create a park experience that Texans expect and deserve.”

Looking for a unique job – try working in the Renaissance at Scarborough Renaissance Festival® this Spring! The Job Faire for part time and seasonal positions at Scarborough Renaissance Festival® 2016 is scheduled for Saturday, February 27, 2016 at the festival’s main office located at 2511 FM 66 in Waxahachie.

The Job Faire and interviews will take place between the hours of 9:00 am and 4:00 pm for positions during the eight weekends of the 2016 Scarborough Renaissance Festival® which runs Saturdays, Sundays and Memorial Day Monday, April 9 – May 30, 2016 as well as Student Days on Tuesday, April 26, 2016.

Scarborough Renaissance Festival® is looking for outgoing, energetic people 14 and older to fill the following positions: Food & beverage sales, wait staff, restaurant host/ hostess, restaurant/food service managers, alcoholic beverage sales, special event servers, souvenir sales, ticket sales, ticket takers/front entrance greeters, exit gate personnel, safety services, grounds crew, restroom attendants, kitchen help, cooks, dishwashers, exit surveyors, games personnel, and more. Many positions require costuming.

Details and applications can be found at SRFestival. com. Applications should be completed prior to attending the Job Faire. Applicants are also asked to bring two forms of identification including a valid Driver’s License, ID or Passport to the Job Faire.

Specific work hours will be discussed at orientation on Saturday, April 2, 2016. There will also be a “Costume and dialect” class offered prior to orientation to determine costuming and acclimate employees on the Renaissance terminology used at the Festival.

The 36th season of Scarborough Renaissance Festival® is interactive fun for everyone, 16th Century Style set in the days of King Henry VIII! Full combat armored jousts, Birds of Prey exhibitions, Mermaid Lagoon, 22 stages of Renaissance entertainment, human powered rides, games of skill, exquisite crafts, 200 shoppes and artisan demonstrations. Plus, food fit for a king and 10 pubs and taverns!

Scarborough Renaissance Festival® will be open on Saturdays, Sundays, and Memorial Day Monday, April 9 – May 30, 2016, rain or shine, from 10 AM to 7 PM. Located in Waxahachie, Scarborough is just 30 minutes south of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex off of I-35E at exit 399A. From Austin or Waco, follow I-35E north to Exit 399. Scarborough Renaissance Festival® is sponsored by Dr Pepper, Tom Thumb, Albertson’s, MetroPCS and Waxahachie Autoplex.

For more information please call 972-938-3247 or visit SRFestival.com.

History of Freestone County Constables Part 3 of a 4 Part Series Brought to You by

Buck Bonner

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for Constable Precinct One

Texas Constables of Freestone County Constable C.T. McGuire L.W. Pruie Jim Johnson W.T. Cole C.A. Till W.J. Loader C.E. Platt Fainsis Nash

Pct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Year of Service 1908-1910 1908-1910 1908-1910 1908-1910 1908-1910 1908-1910 1908-1910 1908-1910

C.F. McGuyer J.H. May L.H. Franklin W.T. Cole E.C. Crouch Paul Loony C.E. Plal T.L.Yerby

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1910-1912 1910-1912 1910-1912 1910-1912 1910-1912 1910-1912 1910-1912 1910-1912

David Terry Alf Aycock W.G.Duncan W.L. Powell E.C. Crouch Horace Owens J.B. Coleman S.H. Carish

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1912-1914 1912-1914 1912-1914 1912-1914 1912-1914 1912-1914 1912-1914 1912-1914

Lonnie Haydon A. Aycock R.R. French W.L. Powell EC. Crouch H.W. Owens J.B. Coleman Luhet McGee

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1914-1916 1914-1916 1914-1916 1914-1916 1914-1916 1914-1916 1914-1916 1914-1916

R.E. Harrison Joe Williams Brad Dunbar J.C. Richardson J.H. Wasson G.C. Petty H.L. Gibbert C.G. Johnson

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1916-1918 1916-1918 1916-1918 1916-1918 1916-1918 1916-1918 1916-1918 1916-1918

R.E. Harrison Joe Williams Joe Smith J.C. Richardson

1 2 3 4

1918-1920 1918-1920 1918-1920 1918-1920

Constable J.H. Wasson W.E. Manard P.C. Milner C.G. Johnson

Pct. 5 6 7 8

Year of Service 1918-1920 1918-1920 1918-1920 1918-1920

Henry Robinson George Huffman J.C. Ewaris Jim Sebbries C.W. Bounds Dr. J.C. Long Murray Craig O.L. Yerby

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1920-1922 1920-1922 1920-1922 1920-1922 1920-1922 1920-1922 1920-1922 1920-1922

Constable Dick (R.C.) Keaton W.H. Isham T.H. Killough J.S. Newman Roy Calame J.R. Sewell Jack Glass T.L. Yerby

Pct. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Year of Service 1930-1932 1930-1932 1930-1932 1930-1932 1930-1932 1930-1932 1930-1932 1930-1932

W.H. Robinson G.A. Huffman H.C. Crawford Jim Gibbins J.H. Wasson L.L. Deberry G.B. Anderson E.P. Hughes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1922-1924 1922-1924 1922-1924 1922-1924 1922-1924 1922-1924 1922-1924 1922-1924

R.C. Keaton M.E. White J.C. Robinson J.S. Newman Roy Calame E.R. Davis Jack Glass T.L. Yerby

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1932-1934 1932-1934 1932-1934 1932-1934 1932-1934 1932-1934 1932-1934 1932-1934

W.U. Robinson Lee Huffman B.F. Robertson Jim Gibbins J.H. Wasson L.L. Deberry W.M. Craig E.P. Hughes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1924-1926 1924-1926 1924-1926 1924-1926 1924-1926 1924-1926 1924-1926 1924-1926

W.H. Robinson O.C. Hughes Raymond Mobley Loyd Awalt Roy Calame E.R. Davis J.B. Steele R.E. Petty

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1934-1936 1934-1936 1934-1936 1934-1936 1934-1936 1934-1936 1934-1936 19344936

Unknown T.M. Despain W.W. Harding Jim Gibbins Roy Calame M.F. Longbotham J.B. Steele Unflown

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1926-1928 1926-1928 1926-1928 1926-1928 1926-1928 1926-1928 1926-1928 1926-1928

W.H. Robinson O.C. Hughes R.B. Mobley J.S. Newman Roy Calame E.R. Davis J.B. Steele E.P. Hughes

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1936-1938 1936-1938 1936-1938 1936-1938 1936-1938 1936-1938 1936-1938 1936-1938

Edd Lee L.H. Cooper Albert Smith Dellett Ivy Roy Calame Scott C. Johnson Jack Glass C.B. Armstrong

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1928-1930 1928-1930 1928-1930 1928-1930 1928-1930 1928-1930 1928-1930 1928-1930

Harry Robinson O.C. Hughes R.B. Mobley J.S. Newman Roy Calame E.R. Davis J.B. Steele W.M. Paton

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

1938-1940 1938-1940 1938-1940 1938-1940 1938-1940 1938-1940 1938-1940 1938-1940

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Freestone County

Sheriff’s Report

By Sheriff Don Anderson Deputy was dispatched to check on a report of smoke and fire in a field near Hwy 84 east of Fairfield. The fire was found to be a controlled burn.

Streetman VFD assisted Fairfield Medic 7 with a 75 year old female that was later transported to the E.R. for complications from a recent surgery.

Deputy was sent to CR 941 to speak with a complainant in reference to a mail box that had been pulled out of the ground by a rope.

Wortham P.D. was sent to N. 3rd on a theft report.

Fairfield Medic 6 transported a 53 year old female to the Heli-pad that was experiencing high blood pressure and exhibiting symptoms of a possible stroke.

Deputy was dispatched to the Hwy 84 W/Hwy 79 split on a caller’s report of a bull and calf that were out near the roadway.

Fairfield Medic 7 transported a 70 year old female to the E.R. that had injured her head from a fall.

Deputy, Trooper, Teague VFD and Teague Medic 3 responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Hwy 84 W. and FM 2777.

Deputy was sent to put up three red cows and one calf that were reported to be out near the roadway on IH-45 near the 201 mile marker.

Deputy, Trooper and Game Warden responded to a domestic dispute on CR 1080.

One subject had departed from the area.

Deputy was dispatched to a suspicious person report on CR 451.

Deputy booked one into jail on an outstanding warrant

Don issued Anderson that had been by the District Court for a motion to revoke probation on a felony Don Anderson DWI. Deputy was sent to an alarm call on FM 3285. The area was found to be secure.

Teague Medic 3 and Teague P.D. responded to S. 7th on a frantic caller’s report that she was unable to wake her sleeping mother.

TX DOT was notified of debris that was in the roadway on Hwy 84 E. Deputy booked one into jail on an outstanding warrant that had been issued by the District Court for possession of a controlled substance.

Deputy was dispatched to an alarm call on FM 1365. The high winds were found to have caused the false alarm.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a female resident to the E.R. that was bleeding from a surgical site.

Fairfield P.D. booked one into jail for DWI with previous conviction.

Deputy was dispatched to check on a suspicious person call on Kingswood Drive.

Deputies assisted Fairfield P.D. on a report of a fight in progress in front of the D&R Club on the west service road of IH-45.

Fairfield VFD responded to a report of a small grass fire near the 196 mile marker of IH-45.

Wortham P.D. was dispatched to Mary Street on a fraud report.

Deputy, Fairfield VFD and Teague VFD responded to a ½ acre grass fire two miles west of Fairfield on Hwy 84. The fire was determined to be a controlled burn.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported

Fairfield Police Report By: Chief of Police Kenny Bulger Monday, Feb. 8 8:16 PM-Officer Palacios on report of vandalism.

1:33 PM-Officer Palacios on suspicious person walking.

4:05 PM-Officer Palacios on civil stand by.

5:36 PM-Officer Palacios assist deputy on contact with subject wanting to harm their self.

8:25 PM-Officer Orms to PD to meet a complainant.

Tuesday, Feb. 9 7:52 AM-Officer Palacios and Sgt. Utsey on wreck on post oak road.

8:49 AM-Officer Palacios on report of suspicious vehicle.

10:10 AM-Officer Palacios to PD to meet a complainant.

4:04 PM-Officer Palacios and Chief Bulger on reported disturbance, subject carried to ETMC ER for evaluation.

7:30 AM-Officer Orms and Gallegos to ETMC ER on subject causing problems, subject jailed.

7:46 PM-Officer Orms to restaurant on subject refusing to pay, subject paid and left before officer arrived.

11:35 PM-Officer Orms on report of alarm going off.

Wednesday, Feb. 10 6:29 AM-Officer Frasier and Alexander on alarm going off.

7:00 AM-Sgt. Utsey on alarm going off.

7:45 AM-Officer Frasier and Alexander on alarm going off, was delivery company.

4:13 PM-Officer Frasier and Alexander to PD to speak to a complainant.

6:21 PM-Officer Hartley on alarm going off.

9:49 PM-Officer Hartley on suspicious person.

11:57 PM-Officer Hartley on reported disturbance, one subject jailed.

Thursday, Feb. 11 2:56 AM-Officer Weinmann and Hartley on subject causing problems at ETMC ER, subject jailed.

1:13 PM-Officer Frasier and Alexander on report of suspicious person.

6:00 PM-Officer Hartley to PD

to meet a complainant.

9:04 PM-Officer Hartley on report of unruly customer at restaurant.

11:42 PM-Officer Hartley on reported fight in progress at local business, no one wanted to file, all turned out of.

Friday, Feb. 12 8:19 AM-Officer Palacios arrest driver for driving on suspended driver license.

12:03 PM-Officer Palacios on minor wreck.

12:31 PM-Officer Palacios on report of verbal disturbance, one subject left before officer arrived.

5:32 PM-Officer Markham on alarm going off.

6:03 PM-Officer Markham on verbal disturbance.

9:44 PM-Officer Markham and Orms on reported that someone was breaking into vehicle, no one located.

10:24 PM-Officer Markham and Orms on report subjects in yard at same location as reported attempted vehicle break in. caller seemed confused.

Saturday, Feb. 13 1:07 PM-Officer Palacios and Sgt. Utsey on reported domestic, one subject jailed.

4:01 PM-Officer Palacios to meet a complainant.

4:06 PM-Officer Palacios on alarm going off.

4:17 PM-Officer Palacios arrested subject on disorderly conduct.

5:27 PM-Officer Markham arrest subject on assault.

8:05 PM-Officer Markham and Orms to ER on unruly subject.

8:10 PM-Officer Markham and Orms on verbal disturbance, parties separated.

9:41 PM-Officer Markham on reported suspicious vehicle.

10:39 PM-Officer Orms on alarm going off.

Sunday, Feb. 14 7:17 AM-Officer Palacios assist deputy with suspicious vehicle.

8:11 PM-Officer Orms on verbal disturbance.

a 66 year old male to the E.R. that had received injuries to his face from a fall.

Deputy was dispatched to a loud music complaint on CR 1270.

Teague Medic 3 responded to a report of an 87 year old male that had fallen at an address on Main Street.

Wortham VFD assisted Mexia EMS and Wortham P.D. on a deceased person call on S. 2nd.

Trooper responded to a report of a vehicle that had spun out of control near the 189 mile marker of IH-45.

Deputy assisted a motorist that was broke down and blocking a lane of travel on the west service road of IH-45 near Hwy 179.

Game Warden responded to a report of an injured deer in the roadway on Hwy 84 E. Wortham P.D. was dispatched to a welfare check on W. Riley.

Deputy was sent to IH-45 near the 201 mile marker on a report of several head of cattle that were out near the roadway.

Donie VFD assisted Teague Medic 3 with a 79 year old male that was having chest pains and difficulty breathing.

Teague P.D. booked one into jail on an outstanding warrant that had been issued out of Rusk County for driving under the influence of liquor.

Fairfield P.D. booked one into jail for public intoxication, evading arrest and resisting arrest.

Deputy was sent to CR 700 to put up cattle that were out near the roadway.

Deputy and Trooper responded to CR 603 on an assault report.

Deputy assisted Fairfield P.D. on a disturbance call on Oak Street.

Deputies and Trooper responded to a prowler call at a residence on FM 489 E. One subject was booked into jail on an outstanding parole violation warrant.

Deputies were dispatched to a domestic dispute on CR 530. The caller reported that they are on oxygen and having been dealing with a spouse that had been upset all day.

The parties were separated for the night.

Deputies and Trooper responded to a report of something suspicious near the roadway on IH-45. Deputies and Trooper located the suspicious item that was later determined to be 57 pounds of Marijuana. The Marijuana was turned over to the DPS Criminal Investigative Division for storage and disposal.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported an offender from the Boyd Unit to the E.R. that was unresponsive.

Deputy and Trooper responded to a report of an 18-wheeler, car-hauler that had struck the cable barrier near the 184 mile marker of IH-45.

Teague Medic 3 transported a 58 year old female to the Helipad that had recently returned home from the hospital and had passed out.

Deputy and Trooper responded to a report of a car that had struck a deer on CR 540.

Fairfield Medic 7 transported a nursing home patient that was having difficulty breathing.

Deputy was sent to CR 868 on a report of horses that were running loose near the roadway.

Deputy was dispatched to an alarm call on CR 934. The area was found to be secure.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a subject from the Courthouse to the E.R. that was exhibiting symptoms of having suffered a stroke.

Deputy was sent to FM 2777 on a report of several head of cattle that were out near the roadway.

Fairfield Medic 6 transported an offender from the Boyd Unit that was suffering from pneumonia.

Trooper booked one into jail for making a false report to a peace officer while investigating a one-vehicle crash on IH-45 near the 203 mile marker.

Fairfield Medic 6 transported a 37 year old female from the Love’s Truck Stop to the E.R. that was having severe pain in her side and abdomen.

Deputy was dispatched to a domestic dispute on CR 1080.

One party departed from the area.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported an employee at the Sanderson

Chicken Farm to the E.R. that was having chest pains.

Deputy met with a complainant in the Kingswood Addition on a caller’s report that someone had broken into a lake house.

Deputy was sent to a welfare check on CR 866.

Teague Medic 3 transported a nursing home resident to the E.R. that was running a high temperature and turning pale.

Deputy was dispatched to loud music complaint on CR 549.

Deputy assisted Fairfield P.D. on a domestic dispute at the Trailer Park on Hwy 84 W. Fairfield Medic 6 transported a female resident to the E.R. that was in extreme pain.

Deputy transported one from the E.R. to the Crisis Center in Waco for a mental evaluation.

Trooper booked one into jail for manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, and two counts of possession of a controlled substance.

Deputy apprehended one subject on felony warrants that had been issued out of Limestone County for Robbery and Interference with an emergency call.

Trooper booked one into jail on two counts of possession of a controlled substance and one count for Manufacturing/ Delivery of a controlled substance.

Deputy was assisted by Fairfield P.D. on a suspicious vehicle call on CR 111. Deputy booked one subject into jail for three counts of possession of a controlled substance. Deputy booked another subject, which was at the scene, into jail for possession of a controlled substance and possession of a dangerous drug.

Deputy booked one into jail of evading arrest/detention with a vehicle and unlawful carry of a prohibited weapon, (brass knuckles).

Deputy booked a second subject, in the vehicle, for giving a false/ fictitious name and unlawful carry of a prohibited weapon, (brass knuckles).

Deputy assisted Fairfield P.D. at the E.R. with a subject that was mentally unstable.

Deputy was sent to Hwy 84 E. on a report of a white cow that

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WORTHAM

POLICE DEPARTMENT By: Chief of Police Kelly Butler

Monthly Report for January 2015.

Total Calls For Wortham: Total Calls For Streetman: Total Calls For Service:

46 09 55

Total Offense Reports: 17 Thefts - (3), DWI - (1), Public Intoxication - (1), Assaults (3), Injury to Child/Elder Abuse - (1), Debit/Credit Abuse - (1), Burglary of Habitation - (1), Poss of Controled Substance - (1), Poss of Marijuana - (5) Total Arrest Made: 12 Arrest with Warrant - (3), Arrest without Warrant - (9) The following is a comparison of 2014 and 2015 year end statistics 2014 Year End Totals | 2015 Year End Totals Total Total Total Total Total Total

Citations: 1,080 | Total Citations: 1,520 Arrests: 55 | Total Arrests: 79 Offense Reports: 102 | Total Offense Reports: 121 Calls Wortham: 521 | Total Calls Wortham: 553 Calls Streetman: 90 | Total Calls Streetman: 144 Calls: 611 | Total Calls: 697

As you can see the Wortham Police Department has had a steady increase in all categories.

I would like every citizen to know that we are continually working to solve crime and protect the citizens we serve in order to keep this community a safe place to live and raise your children.

I would like to ask that you continue to assist us with any information you may have to crimes committed in our area.

Your tips and information could be the missing information we need to solve a crime.

Thank you for your continued support of the Wortham Police Department.

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A ROCKING CHAIR CONSTABLE Par t 1 of 2 1. Spent some $30,000 to $40,000 of my money on law enforcement equipment to help better serve the citizens of the county.

2. Put on a Peace Officer Penal Code update school for local and surrounding counties.

3. Presented film on bank robberies to 50-60 employees of local banks and savings and loan.

4. Helped rescue and save the life of Reverend Johnson, Pastor of Fairfield Baptist Church, who was drowning in a nearby motel pool. The doctor said by all theories of a man, Reverend Johnson should have been dead.

5. Had the only constable office in the last 40 years, and further, had a newspaper report for the citizens.

6. Spent 3 days and 2 nights in the Trinity River Bottom, during the winter time, helping hunt for three Coffield Prison escapees headed toward Fairfield.

7. Patrol Rural Roads against rural crime, i.e. cattle and farm equipment theft, illegal night hunting, etc.

8. Served civil process and made returns within a 98% two day period. Worked hot checks, picked juries and bailiff J.P. Court, put livestock back in pastures and repaired fence to keep them off roadways.

9. Worked as drug undercover agent in Limestone County with the arrest of eight persons selling drugs which could have come into Freestone County.

10. Further, have worked football games and assisted other law enforcement agencies.

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www.andersoncountylivestock.com SALE EVERY WEDNESDAY - 12 NOON Receipts from Anderson County Livestock Exchange showed a total of 222 head of cattle sold on February 10, 2016 with 37 buyers and 36 sellers.

Steers 200-300 lbs-----------------------------------180-250 300-400 lbs-----------------------------------167-227 400-500 lbs-----------------------------------150-200 500-600 lbs-----------------------------------145-175 600-700 lbs-----------------------------------127-150 700-800 lbs-----------------------------------110-145 Heifers 200-300 lbs-----------------------------------165-215 300-400 lbs-----------------------------------155-195 400-500 lbs-----------------------------------142-180 500-600 lbs-----------------------------------135-160 600-700 lbs-----------------------------------120-140 700-800 lbs-------------------------------------95-135 Slaughter Slaughter Cows----------------------------------55-87 Slaughter Bulls-----------------------------------80-105 Stocker Cows & Pairs Stocker Cows---------------------------950-2400 Pairs------------------------------------1250-2700 Goats By the Head-------------------------------45-150 This report is a GUIDE only. It is provided to show market trends and is not inflated to deceive Producers or the general public.

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Reward Offered: Freestone County Cattle Theft A reward is offered as Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association investigators look for leads in the theft of cattle and equipment in Freestone County.

TSCAR Special Ranger Jimmy Dickson and Freestone County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a series of cattle and equipment thefts over the past several months, the

association said Friday.

Some of the thefts occurred in or near Donie, the association said.

Cattle were taken from pens and a red OK Corral portable pen trailer was also taken, the association said.

The association is asking anyone with information to call the Operation Cow Thief hotline at 888-830-2333 or Dickson at (903) 586-8733.

Land Stewardship

Workshop for Texas Land Contractors

Contractors conducting soil and water conservation / vegetation management operations for landowners to improve range, aesthetics, wildlife habitat, or facilitate mineral extraction can benefit from information on land stewardship.

This information can enhance contractor’s profitability and landowner satisfaction.

Attendees will hear information about water resource protection, wildlife management, and invasive species. In Russell L deCordova Cody deCordova Ty deCordova addition, contractors will also learn about pipeline safety and P.O. Box Drawer P, Buffalo, Texas 75831 financial incentive programs available to landowners that (903) 322-4940 implement conservation practices.

Continuing education SALE EVERY SATURDAY - 12 NOON credit for non-commercial pesticide applicators license will be offered.

Receipts from Buffalo Livestock Marketing showed a total of 844 cattle February 13, 2016 with 175 sellers and 51 buyers.

This workshop is modeled after the “Professional Logger” program administered by the Texas Forestry Association Slaughter Cows Cutter Cows---------------------------------------65-87 (TFA). Since 1995, TFA has worked to increase environmental Fat Cows-------------------------------------------55-84 Canner Cows--------------------------------------44-65 awareness, promote sustainable forestry practices, and foster Slaughter Bulls safe and responsible operations. This widely successful program Heavy Bulls---------------------------------------90-107 Light Bulls----------------------------------------87-115 has provided training to over 3,000 contractors, effectively Pairs enhancing land conservation and stewardship throughout the Choice Pairs---------------------------------2100-2700 Good Pairs-----------------------------------1550-1900 12 million acres of commercial timberlands in East Texas.

Plain Pairs-----------------------------------1275-1525 The event will take place on March 10th at the Stephens Bred Cows 3-6 yr old----------------------1100-1800 Steer/Bull Calve & Yearlings County Ag Barn, 146 CR 245, Breckenridge, TX with a field 150-200 lbs-------------------------------------225-350 tour on a local ranch. Registration is $10 with lunch and 200-300 lbs-------------------------------------245-345 300-400 lbs-------------------------------------215-260 refreshments included. Please join Texas Wildlife Association, 400-500 lbs-------------------------------------165-225 Texas Forest Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife and the 500-600 lbs-------------------------------------155-197 Waco Stockyard 600-700 lbs-------------------------------------140-165 Earthmoving Contractors Waco, Association TX of Texas for this great 2316JodyMarlin Hwy.254-223-2958 6 East 700-800 lbs-------------------------------------135-150 Office 254-753-3191 Thomas opportunity.

For questions, please contact Clinton Faas at Heifer Calves & Yearlings 76705 lbs-------------------------------------235-330 Jody Thomas 150-200 254-223-2958 cfaas@texas-wildlife.org or 210-826-2904.

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400-500 lbs-------------------------------------145-195 Waco, TX 76705 500-600 lbs-------------------------------------135-170

600-700 lbs-------------------------------------130-160 700-800 lbs-------------------------------------120-136 These prices reflect the GOOD and CHOICE cattle, and the plainer cattle would be 25 to 40 dollars behind these figures.

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Goats 9:00 a.m. SALE EVERY TUESDAY Cattle 12:00 p.m.

Receipts from Waco Livestock Auction on February 9, 2016.

No. 1 Steers Under 300 lbs--------------------------------175-230 300-400 lbs-----------------------------------165-220 400-500 lbs-----------------------------------160-205 500-600 lbs-----------------------------------150-185 600-700 lbs-----------------------------------145-170 700-800 lbs-----------------------------------130-155 No. 1 Heifers Under 300 lbs--------------------------------165-220 300-400 lbs-----------------------------------165-205 400-500 lbs-----------------------------------155-175 500-600 lbs-----------------------------------145-165 600-700 lbs-----------------------------------130-150 700-800 lbs-----------------------------------125-145 Slaughter Cows High Yielding--------------------------------70 to 85 Low Yielding---------------------------------60 to 70 Fats-------------------------------------------65 to 75 Thin & Shelly--------------------------------45 to 60 Packer Bulls (1250-2075 lbs) Yield Grade 1&2 --------------------------85 to 103 Cow & Calf Pairs Young Choice--------------------------1850 to 2200 Young Fair------------------------------1400 to 1850 Aged Pairs------------------------------900 to 1400 Young Pregnancy Test Stocker Replacement Cows 700 to 1650 Sale Every Tuesday Selling Feb. 23, 2016 10 head of 2-3 was old Angus Bulls. Bulls will be fertility and trichomoniasis tested. Bulls are ready for breeding.

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Reflections from Red Oak Ranch

by Jan Fielden

Freestone County, Texas

Talking with my sister on Sunday evening made me realize how fortunate we are to live in Texas! It was a perfectly wonderful day here especially after the wind died down. The sunset was absolutely beautiful with all the different shades of blues and a couple of different shades of pink. It appeared to be a painting that you could make anything out of it you wanted.

Not so in Missouri where my sister lives.

Snow, ice, cold temperatures was what she was experiencing. To make matters worse it was to get “warm” tomorrow and be 40. Of course some of the snow and ice would melt only to freeze again tomorrow night and make things even worse.

She has been recuperating from an illness and said that even if she could have gotten out she wouldn’t have. Everything was an accident waiting to happen. Roads, sidewalks, even the yards were slick and held the possibility of slipping, sliding, and falling down.

I talked with my brother (through texting) a few days ago. He lives in Minnesota and mentioned to me that his wife had left work at 3:30 p.m. and had just gotten home at 5:30 p.m. They live only 18 miles from where she works. I asked him what had taken so long and he replied SNOW!!!! Yes, with all the exclamation points.

So, for anyone who says they are tired of the “cold, dreary, icky weather here…remember it could be worse.

I am so glad the Red Oak Ranch is a Texas ranch and not a “Yankee” ranch.

Youth Cattle Conference The Texas Beef Council (TBC) is proud to announce the inaugural Texas Youth Cattle Conference has been set for June 13 – 15, 2016 in San Antonio and South Texas regions.

The conference is designed for youth who have a desire to expand their knowledge about the Texas beef industry.

Attendees will explore the beef industry by focusing on beef’s role in the food industry, nutrition, beef cattle science, management and marketing. Students will

hear from industry experts and have the chance to learn through hands-on activities throughout the conference.

“The Texas Beef Checkoff recognizes the importance of investing in the next generation of beef producers,” Jason Beyer, TBC board member and cattleman from Stephenville said. “The Texas Youth Cattle Conference will empower our young men and women with the knowledge and tools needed to become successful members and advocates of the beef community.”

This checkoff-funded program is free of charge. Students will only be responsible for their travel to and from San Antonio. Texas youth involved in junior cattle breed associations are encouraged to apply online at http:// www.texasbeefcheckoff.com/ texasyouth.

Applications are due March 4, 2016. A limited number of students will be accepted to attend the Nominations for the LOTY Awards may come conference. Applicants must from natural resource agencies, conservation be at least 16 years old as of organizations, the general public, or from the Fairfield Farm & Ranch January 2016. ranches/landowners themselves. Nominees must have current entries in the TBGA program, as well as have their ranch listed as an awardee through the official TBGA entry forms.

Considerations will also include the number of TBGA awards the ranch/landowner has It’s Time To Stock Your Pond! produced, number of youth and first-timers Delivery Will Be: experiencing the outdoors, habitat and wildlife management projects related to the property, Thursday, March 3 and more.

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The objectives of the LOTY Awards are to: •Recognize TBGA landowners for excellence in habitat management and wildlife conservation on their lands; •Recognize their encouragement of youth and adult education; •Promote best stewardship practices in the TBGA’s eight regions; •Illustrate the important role of Texas’ private landowners in the future of our natural resources.

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Receipts from Groesbeck Auction & Livestock Co. LLC showed at total of 402 head of cattle on Thursday, February 11, 2016, with 59 sellers and 46 buyers.

Slaughter Cows & Bulls Bonner-------------------------------------------------78-84 ---------------------------------------------------------77-82 Breaker------------------------------------------------82-86 Canner Cows-----------------------------------------68-70 Thin----------------------------------------------------60-66 Bulls Yield Grade 1 & 2 -------------------------97-105 Grade 3 &as4well, ---------------------------93-97 me adjustmentsBulls andYield corrections since Judy is actually Jody. Sorry about Stocker Cows sticky note from an employee who has since moved on.

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fossil fuel.

In fact, in development CETA Continued from 1-A discovered that only 50% of power plants. fuels using new technologies the raw lignite coming out of “It converts into a bottom ash, that are commercially viable. the mine is heat producing which is very transportable,” It became apparent to the fuels.

The other half are says Hill, explaining that founders of CETA in 2006other valuable materials such particle dust, associated with 2007 that there was an as water, crude oil, chemicals traditional coal burning, is not organized push to shut down and SynGas trapped in the an issue with COALliteTM. “We coal plants, like the Big Brown coal itself. just don’t put anything into power plant near Fairfield, All of these products turned the air ourselves. Any fly- resulting in a massive loss of out to be valuable, but are ash is caught and captured in jobs and economic downturn wasted as they are traditionally existing bag houses.” across Freestone County and burned in power plants today.

(Bag houses are air pollution areas in Texas.

These so-called byproducts control devices, designed to “It was clear that using coal can be sold, substantially capture and separate dust in a traditional sense of taking increasing the value of the raw particles and other particulate raw coal out of the ground coal versus simply burning it matter.) and burning it in a power all up in a power plant or other CETA was formed in 2008 plant was not sustainable, and industrial plant, substantially to develop innovative energy some kind of new technology improving the economics technologies to reduce must be developed to use of coal and immediately reducing emissions from these emissions from traditional fossil coal in a more efficient and traditional power plants.

“Every piece of that is actually getting used,” says Hill. “You’re recycling it all.”

CETA is also working on developing many other innovative environmental technologies, including one that absorbs and converts carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, from stationary sources like power plants, into useful products. This will be important in the future as the World grapples with the challenging Global Climate Change issue.

The founder of CETA, Roy W. Hill, is the current Chairman and President, along with being Mayor of Fairfield.

In addition to being his hometown, Fairfield is, according to Hill, almost dead center, geographically, of the BUILT IN 2011, CETA’s first commercial Coal Distillation Unit, has been fully tested, modified, primary coal belt of Texas. By and optimized for use as a commercial plant that produces a more efficient, cleaner fuel utilizing Freestone County’s for coal power plants that will help them meet new environmental requirements. (Courtesy raw lignite reserves, along with photograph) existing rail transportation, CETA can provide a product to

-Fairfield Expansion-

environmentally friendly way,” says Hill.

CETA passionately believes that improving our environment and our economy are not mutually exclusive, and CETA has proven that this can be achieved.

“Unlike the other 382 technologies that have attempted to do this, from around the world, this is the only one that is possible, and can function without government subsidies – the ONLY one that exists,” says Hill. “And, we designed it that way on purpose.”

CETA started from scratch by analyzing and understanding that coal is a unique mixture of a lot of different compounds and materials, not just a raw

Setting Priorities for City Projects more contractors available.”

In other words, lower priced-bids can be expected for the city projects.

TCEQ requires a design evaluation for the aerators at Mims Creek Wastewater Plant, explained City Administrator Looney to the council, before bids can be posted for replacement.

Council gave the goahead to Tibbets of Hayter Engineering.

Once design specifications have been resolved, options for aerators will be presented to the City. Bid process will begin, once the Council determines the best design option.

Other items approved by Council include: --Four vehicles to be traded in to purchase three new works trucks for Public Works --Agreement with Fairfield Girls Softball Association --Agreement with Freestone County Fair Association --Plan of Action for Scheduled Hearing regarding Dilapidated Houses --Agreement with Fairfield ISD to hold a Joint Election --Acceptance of Letter of Resignation from City Secretary Jana Taylor --Introduction of new police officer, Weldon Alexander Karen Leidy reporting.

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CETA’s Coal Distillation Process uses heat to separate raw coal into four marketable products: • •

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(45%) COALlite™ -- a cleaner, concentrated coal that produces less sulfur and mercury when burned in a traditional power plant (8%) Crude Oil – a portion of the liquids that are extracted from the coal is a low-sulfur, heavy crude oil that can be further refined into many different products (32%) Solvent – the remaining liquids that are extracted from the coal is a water-based solvent that has many uses as an industrial solvent, enhanced oil production fluid, and CO2 capture medium (15%) Synthetic Gas – a hydrogen-rich, clean SynGas that makes a great chemical feedstock for making plastics and/or fertilizers

power companies that is both clean and economical.

Hill has over 40 years of experience in the energy industry, and is using his expertise to develop CETA. He has slowly and carefully assembled the best team of experts to accomplish its mission of improving the environment and growing the local economy.

“We’ve got some really special people that work for us,” says Hill.

This team includes power company executives, contract and procurement specialists, business development and telecommunication experts, design and fabrication innovators, field operators and trouble-shooters. CETA is also using a diverse array of consultants and contractors to commercialize and expand its technologies.

But, the real story began in the 1960s when Texas Utilities was looking for a place to build its first modern coal plant in Texas.

Several prominent families in the area, including the Hill Family, encouraged Texas Utilities to build its first coal plant in Freestone

County.

The power company, now called Luminant, brought much needed economic development to Fairfield and the surrounding communities with good paying jobs, and provided electricity to the larger cities of Dallas, Waco and Tyler/Longview areas.

There is no question that the Big Brown Power Plant and lignite mine have been great for the Community and the State.

Unfortunately, due to new Environmental Protection Administration requirements, along with low natural gas and electricity prices, it is on the verge of shutting down if something doesn’t happen.

CETA is trying its best to make sure that a shut-down doesn’t happen, and eventually even increasing economic growth and adding new jobs across Texas and the United States.

“The concept of this whole thing is to bridge the gap to the next generation of power sources in this country,” says Hill. “We designed it here in Fairfield, with Fairfield folks.”

Karen Leidy reporting.

PROPANE 3 8 9 - LY L E

Council Discusses Streets, Sewer & Fire Dept.

“Our new Fire Chief has an idea…and, I think we should give him a commendation for what he is in the process of doing,” stated Mayor Roy Hill, as Fairfield City Council returned from a nearly hourlong executive session.

According to Mayor Hill, Fire Chief Matt Foree presented a plan to the Council for transitioning from a volunteer department to a full-time paid City Fire Department. The proposal includes a federal grant that, if awarded, could provide financial assistance for such an undertaking.

Although no action was taken, the Mayor and Council seemed to agree that the time has come to turn City priorities toward the Fire Department.

After several presentations

by City Administrator Jeff Looney, approval was given to rebid street projects from 2015, as well as the Reunion and Ray Street Sewer projects.

“Is the market better now?” Mayor Hill asked.

Last year’s projects had been postponed, when contractors turned in higher than normal bids.

“Yes,” said Michael N. Tibbets of Hayter Engineering, Inc. “It’s a better construction season now. The economy with the oil shut down; there are

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POLITICAL CALENDAR Showing last year’s event t-shirt is Kitty Granger as Justin Bounds presents Caney Creek Shooting Sports proposal to City Council during last week’s workshop. (Photo by Karen Leidy)

-Shooting Sports-

Continued from 1-A by the City --Offering a unified package for lodging for the weeklong events is the main issue in fully booking hotels in Fairfield (Councilman Hughes agreed to work with Bounds and Hotel owners to address) --Lunch during the day and a Saturday-only dinner party

will be offered at Caney Creek, with the City providing large tents for the events (participants will eat in town, all other evenings) Fairfield Council approved the hotel/motel funds to be given.

Karen Leidy reporting.

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Freestone County Attorney Andrew M “Drew” Wolf (R) Chris Martin (R) Brian Evans (R) Freestone County Sheriff Don Anderson (R) Jeremy Shipley (R) Monte Doty (R) Robert Willis (R) Tax Assessor Collector Lisa Foree (R) Freestone County Commissioner Pct. 1 Andy Bonner (R) Chad Morgan (R) David James (R) Luke Ward, Sr. (R) Freestone County Commissioner Pct. 3 Bodie Emmons (R) Michael Daniels (R) Ricky Allen (R) Kurt Kropp (R) Freestone County Constable Pct. 1 Buck Bonner (R) Richard McGowan (R) Freestone County Constable Pct. 2 Lynn Clary (R) Freestone County Constable Pct. 3 Diana Willis (R) Jacob Day (R) Pamela Brackens (R) Freestone County Constable Pct. 4 Michael Carter (R) Roger S. Brooke (R) Tomas Echartea (R) Wade Harrison (R) List your candidacy by contacting The “Times” at 903-389-NEWS(6397) Pol. adv. pd. for by individual candidates.

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Elect

Michael Wayne Daniels, Sr. FREESTONE COUNTY COMMISSIONER, Pct. 3 Isn’t it time for precinct 3 to have a full time commissioner working for you?

Three years ago, precinct, 3 were given roads that were up to standards, ditches that were clean of debris, bridges that were in working condition and a commissioner that answered your calls when you needed him if trees were down across the roads or there were some road related emergency.

My opponent have chosen not to come out to hear what are your concerns about the roads, bridges and areas that have flooding issues. I felt it is important to hear from you the voters your concerns. This is why I have knocked on over 700 doors. I appreciate you taking the time to show me ditches that need to be cleaned out, trees that have fallen, that you had Michael Daniels, Jr., Navlet Daniels, Michael Daniels, Sr., and to personally cut yourself, Fruncheska Daniels remove and placed in the ditch, which you should not have to do and is still there to this day.

I realize that there are ditches, roads and trees that need immediate attention.

So I have personally come out to ask for your vote. When I am elected, as a full time commissioner I will hit the ground right away to deal with treacherous road concerns, repairing your roads, ditches and clean up fallen trees and debris A vote for Michael Wayne Daniels, is a vote for a full time Commissioner, integrity, leadership and experience. I am asking for your vote and support as I seek the position of County Commissioner Precinct. 3 in the 2016 election.

Kirvin VFD

Chili Supper Kirvin Volunteer Fire Department will host their Annual Chili Supper Fundraiser on Saturday, February 20th at the Fire Station in Kirvin.

There will be door prizes and a cake auction.

Event will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m. Take out is available.

Come and enjoy the fun and help support the Fire Dept.

Air Evac Representative will be available for new members and renewals.

No. 1 C.O.G.I.C. Presents

‘Preventive vs. Cure’ February 22nd

Fairfield No. 1 Women’s Dept. presents “Preventive vs. Cure� on February 22, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. 8:00 p.m.

Presenters include Dr. Mary Sorial, DO and Marilyn Burwitz, RN. Event will be held at Fairfield No. 1 C.O.G.I.C., located at 1321 S. Fairway in Fairfield, Texas. Elder David Algood is Pastor and Teacher.

For more information, contact Mother Aldessa Bass at 903-389-3232.

-Lizard Man-

Landscape Demo Sat., Feb. 20 The Freestone County Art League will meet on Saturday, February 20, 2016, in the Fellowship Hall at the Church of Christ. 1001 North 8th Avenue, Teague, TX, at 10:00 a.m. until around noon.

Guest artist will be Mr. Larry Prellop from Salado, TX, and he will demonstrate painting a landscape or seascape scene using oils.

We would like to invite anyone who would like to

Continued from 1-A local newspapers in the late 1980’s.

If these two monster experts look familiar, you may have seen them on recent television shows.

Ken is co-host for the tv series “Missing in Alaska,� that airs on the History Channel.

He has been featured in several shows, a few of which include “Monster Quest� and “The Real Wolfman.�

Ken has investigated cryptids and mysterious animals all around the world, and has authored several books.

Lyle has served as consulting producer and special epidsode host for the tv show “Monsters and Mysteries in America,� which airs on Destination America.

As a cryptid researcher, Lyle has explored some of the remote reaches of the Southern United States.

He has authored several books, serves as a staff writer for the monthly horror magazine, “Rue Morgue,� and is founder of the rock band Ghoultown.

If you have a monster story to share, send an email to lyle@lyleblackburn.com Both celebrity monster hunters may be found on Facebook.

Karen Leidy reporting; Photo courtesy of Andy Emmons.

come to our meeting and see a beautiful scene unfold as he explains his work. Hostesses will furnish refreshments and the meeting is open to the public.

Members are encouraged to invite and/or bring guests, and we hope to see everyone at the meeting to enjoy great fellowship and to view a beautiful work of art unfold as Mr. Prellop paints his picture.

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Southern Oaks VFD will host their annual Chili Supper and Cake Auction on Saturday, March 5th from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m. at the Fire House, located at 120 Southern Oaks Drive.

This event is one of their major fund raisers. “We have 11 new members, who need equipment and training,� says Susan Ander, The parents of Kelsie Renee Archer and Jacob Ryan Cain who added that the department would like to announce the couple’s engagement and has recently refitted a truck that had been purchased approaching marriage.

Kelsie is the daughter of Donna and Tracy Archer of Killeen last year to replace a tanker.

Texas. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Dance from Sam “[It] is vital to responding to Houston State University. She is currently employed at Killeen grass fires and assisting other departments with mutual aid,�

Serving Fairfield with Honesty & Integrity ISD. Locally & Operated Jacob is the son of Carroll and Lesley Owned Cain of Fairfield Texas. she says.

Everyone is encouraged He received a Bachelor in Science in Kinesiology from Sam to come out and support Houston State University. He is currently employed at Belton their local volunteer fire ISD. department.

Tickets are $7 The wedding will be held at Camp Lucy, Dripping Springs, for adults and $3 for kids.

Texas on June 24, 2016.

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Letters to the Editor do not necessarily reflect the views of the Freestone County Times Dear Editor:

Definition: Garage Sale; selling a garage. Yard Sale; selling your yard Sound silly don’t it? Especially when you’re not selling your garage or your yard, but that’s what the signs will say when you put them out.

Now back in the day when you had a garage sale, all items you were selling were in your garage and in the yard sale, all items were out in your yard.

So why is it if I see a sign that says Garage Sale, there is no garage? Shouldn’t that be a yard sale? If I see a sign that says Yard Sale but nothing’s there, it’s all in the garage; shouldn’t that be a Garage Sale?

I wonder if there’s a sign that says: “Items for sale” if you’re doing both.

Don’t confuse an old person.

I’m just being silly.

and city to pray for the Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church family, that we can get rid of this situation, and that our former members will come back and help build up our church, and such should be saved.

If you would take time to read, Revelations 2: 18-23, “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write, ‘These things says the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and His feet like fine brass: 19 “I know your works, love, service, faith, [a] and your patience; and as for your works, the last are more than the first .20 Nevertheless Nanette Piotrowski, have a few things against you, Fairfield, Texas because you allow [b] that ______________________ woman [c] Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess, to teach and seduce [d] My servants to commit sexual immorality and eat things sacrificed to idols. 21 I gave her time to repent her sexual immorality, and she did not repent. [e] 22 Indeed I will cast her into a sickbed, and those who commit adultery with her into great tribulation, unless they repent of their [f] deeds.

23 I will kill her children with death, and all the churches shall know that I am He who searches the minds and Senior Citizens (65+)...$26 hearts. And I will give to each one of you according to your Within State of Texas...$30 works.

It seems that Alisha is Out of State/Overseas..$32 trying to hold the church until Anthony Thibodeaux is released.

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About the Fairfield Missionary Baptist Church in Fairfield, Texas, located on Huckaby Street, a church that is 138 years old.

I brother Troy Solomon have been in this church for 67 years, and I have never seen this church have a woman pastor especially a woman that was called by her husband, Anthony Thibodeaux. The bible says I will send you pastors after my own heart, and the deacons that are there are afraid to challenge her. This woman has violated soul winning by voting people out of the church when they challenge her, moving people off of different auxiliaries when they speak out against her. She believes that she has to have full control of everybody and everything at the church. She even signs the checks for the church.

The deacons are not spiritual nor do they have the wisdom of God. She has her fatherin-law, her mother-in-law, Anthony Thibodeaux’ s first cousin that has children, and a few friends from Teague and Mexia that are keeping her at this church. There are over 50 former members that would love to come back to their home church but they refuse to return as long as Alisha Thibodeaux is performing as pastor. She have asked that one member leave the church because supposedly this member was hindering the growth of the Bro. Troy Solomon church, but it was okay for Fairfield, Texas FreestoneCountyTimes.com that one member to assist ______________________ her in gaining the position as pastor of the church.

1 Timothy 3:2 says that a bishop (pastor) must be the husband of one wife. How can Alisha Thibodeaux (female) be husband of one wife? If you have an opportunity, drive by Freestone County Title Company has been providing title to see how the church building insurance, examinations, and closing services in East Central Texas for twenty years. Our office is conveniently and grounds look. Or, con on located in the Freestone County seat, allowing us to Sunday morning to see what provide customers with fast, reliable service in a friendly, kind of attendance we have, technologically advanced atmosphere. Call us today and let us handle your real estate transaction. less than 30. And, there are many pastors and churches that are supporting her.

When Anthony Thibodeaux was sentenced for molesting a child in our community his wife should have exited, 121 E. Commerce, Fairfield 903.389.5357 but she is trying to stay to prove to the people that he is innocent.

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by Charles Krauthammer

The New Hampshire results have solidified the reigning cliche that the 2016 campaign is an anti-establishment revolt of both the left and the right. Largely overlooked, however, is the role played in setting the national mood by the seven-year legacy of the Obama presidency.

Yes, you hear constant denunciations of institutions, parties, leaders, donors, lobbyists, influence peddlers.

But the starting point of the bipartisan critique is the social, economic and geopolitical wreckage all around us. Bernie Sanders is careful never to blame Obama directly, but his description of the America Obama leaves behind is devastating -- a wasteland of stagnant wages, rising inequality, a sinking middle class, young people crushed by debt, the American Dream dying.

Take away the Brooklyn accent and the Larry David mannerisms and you would have thought you were listening to a Republican candidate. After all, who’s been in charge for the last seven years?

Donald Trump is even more colorful in describing the current “mess” and more direct in attributing it to the country’s leadership -most pungently, its stupidity and incompetence. Both candidates are not just antiestablishment but anti-status quo. The revolt is as much

about the Obama legacy as it is about institutions.

Look at New Hampshire. Hillary Clinton had made a strategic decision, as highlighted in the debates, to wrap herself in the mantle of the Obama presidency. Big mistake. She lost New Hampshire by three touchdowns.

Beyond railing against the wreckage, the other commonality between the two big New Hampshire winners is in the nature of the cure they offer. Let the others propose carefully budgeted five-point plans. Sanders and Trump offer magic.

Take Sanders’ New Hampshire victory speech. It promised the moon: college education, free; universal health care, free; world peace, also free because we won’t be “the policeman of the world” (mythical Sunni armies will presumably be doing that for us). Plus a guaranteed $15 minimum wage. All to beachieved by taxing the rich. Who can be against a “speculation” tax (whatever that means)?

So with Trump. Leave it to him. Jobs will flow back in a rush from China, from Japan, from Mexico, from everywhere.

Universal health care, with Obamacare replaced by “something terrific.” Veterans finally taken care of. Drugs stopped cold at the border. Indeed, an end to drug addiction itself. Victory upon victory of every kind.

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How? That question never comes up anymore. No one expects an answer. His will be done, on earth if not yet in heaven. Yes, people love Trump’s contempt for the “establishment” -- which as far as I can tell means anything not Trump -- but what is truly thrilling is the promise of a near-biblical restoration. As painless as Sanders’.

In truth, Trump and Sanders are soaring not just by defying the establishment, but by defying logic and history.

Sanders’ magic potion is socialism; Trump’s is Trump.

The young Democrats swooning for Sanders appear unfamiliar with socialism’s century-long career, a dismal tale of ruination from Russia to Cuba to Venezuela. Indeed, are they even aware that China’s greatest reduction in poverty in human history correlates precisely with the degree to which it has (BEG ITAL)given up(END ITAL) socialism?

Trump’s magic is toughness -- toughness in a world of losers. The power and will of the caudillo will make everything right.

Apart from the fact that strongman rule contradicts the American constitutional tradition of limited and constrained government, caudillo populism simply doesn’t work. It accounts in a large part for the relative backwardness of Africa and Latin America. In 1900, Argentina had a per capita income fully 70 percent of ours. After a 20th century wallowing in Peronism and its imitators, Argentina is a basket case, its per capita income now 23 percent of ours.

There certainly is a crisis of confidence in the country’s institutions. But that’s hardly new. The current run of endemic distrust began with Vietnam and Watergate.

Yet not in our lifetimes have the left and right populism of the Sanders and Trump variety enjoyed such massive support.

The added factor is the Obama effect, the depressed and anxious mood of a nation experiencing its worst economic recovery since World War II and watching its power and influence abroad decline amid a willed global retreat.

The result is a politics of high fantasy. Things can’t get any worse, we hear, so why not shake things up to their foundation? Anyone who thinks things can’t get any worse knows nothing. And risks everything.

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Deputy transported one from the E.R. to Tyler for a mental evaluation.

Trooper assisted a stranded motorist near the 205 mile marker of IH-45.

Teague VFD assisted Teague Medic 3 and Teague P.D. with an 87 year old male that was not breathing. Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Judge Archibald was called to the scene to conduct a death inquest.

Wortham P.D. booked one into jail for possession of a controlled substance.

Trooper booked one into jail for Driving While Intoxicated on Hwy 84 E. Fairfield Medic 6 transported an offender from the Boyd Unit to the E.R. that was having chest pains.

Teague P.D. booked one into jail for possession of a controlled substance.

Deputy was dispatched to a commercial alarm call on Hwy 84 W. The area was found to be secure.

Fairfield Medic 7 was dispatched to a residence on Hwy 75 N. for a lift assist.

Trooper responded to a report of a Donkey that was out near the roadway near the FM 488 and FM 2570 split.

Fairfield Medic 6 transported a 46 year old male to the E.R. that was having chest pains.

Deputy booked one into jail on outstanding warrants that had been issued out of Anderson County.

Fairfield Medic 6 transported a 42 year old offender from the Boyd Unit to the E.R. that was having chest pains and an abnormal EKG. Deputy and Game Warden assisted an Investigator of the Office of the Inspector General at the Boyd Unit with a visitor that had brought “K2” into the Boyd Unit. Deputy transported the subject to the jail where the subject was booked into jail for bringing a prohibited substance into a correctional facility.

Deputy was dispatched to CR 1241 on a caller’s report that a neighbor’s dogs had attacked the caller’s dogs earlier in the morning.

Fairfield P.D. booked one into jail for assault/causes bodily injury to a family member.

Fairfield Medic 7 transported an offender from the Boyd Unit to the E.R. that was complaining of chest pains after a fall.

Trooper booked one into jail for Driving While Intoxicated, first offense.

Fairfield medic 6 transported a male from Cole’s One Stop to the E.R. that was having a seizure.

Deputy assisted Butler VFD on FM 489 on a caller’s report that they had observed a light behind their residence. The caller reported that the light was emitting from flames that were coming out of the ground near the new pipeline construction area.

Teague Medic 3 transported a 72 year old female to the E.R. in Waco that was throwing up blood.

Deputy was dispatched to a domestic dispute on CR 434.

Wortham P.D. was sent to E. Concho on a caller’s report that they wanted another subject removed from a trailer and warned away from the property.

Trooper responded to a motorist’s report that furniture had fallen off a vehicle in front of her and had struck her vehicle on Hwy 84 W. Deputy assisted Fairfield P.D. on N. Keechi on a report of a male and female that were fighting in their backyard with sticks.

Fairfield Medic 6 transported a 59 year old female to the E.R. that called in to report that she had fallen and had hurt her knee. The injured caller advised that she would be waiting on her front porch for the ambulance.

Fairfield VFD and Southern Oaks VFD responded to a grass fire in a field near the intersection of FM 833 and FM 488.

Butler VFD assisted Fairfield Medic 8 on FM 489 with a 56 year old female surgery patient that was incoherent and having difficulty breathing.

Deputy was sent to put up two donkeys that were out near the roadway on FM 1365.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a 91 year old female to the E.R. that had fallen and injured

her knees.

Deputies were dispatched to a domestic dispute on CR 530.

The subjects were separated for the night.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a senior citizen that to the E.R. that had injured her hip after a fall in the parking lot at the Pizza Hut. Deputy gave a courtesy ride to a motorist and her dog after the motorist’s vehicle broke down on IH-45 near the 205 mile marker.

Deputy was sent to a residence on Hwy 84 W. to speak with a subject that was firing a weapon carelessly near the caller’s place of residence.

Deputy was dispatched to a report of stray puppies that were running loose near the Dew Methodist Church.

Deputy assisted Teague P.D. on E. Main on a domestic disturbance call.

Jail Population – 62 And so it goes…

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hEAR app Developed by Texas A&M Researcher Could Replace Formal Hearing Tests Imagine your job site is 300 miles from the nearest city and the nearest audiologist, yet federal government regulations still require you (and all other workers exposed to high levels of noise in the workplace) have to have an annual audiogram.

That’s why Adam Pickens, Ph.D., MPH, an assistant professor at the Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Public Health, is developing a mobile hearing screening application called hEAR. This app, which is self-administered and requires only a set of headphones and an Android device, could take the place of a formal hearing testing in an audiologist’s office.

“What makes us stand out from other apps on the market right now is our adherence to best-practices for selfadministered tests,” Pickens said. The hEAR application is built on the premise of Bekesy audiology, which is identified by the World Health Organization

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(WHO) as a best practice for self-administered hearing screening examinations.

“There are other hearing screening apps on the market, but they require an individual to administer the test, which tends to introduce more error in the data collected,” Pickens said. “This is a clinically relevant screening tool that doesn’t require a trained professional to administer it.”

All an audiologist needs to do is interpret the results, which the app will automatically e-mail to him or her.

“It’s as easy as can be,” Pickens said. The hEAR application asks the subjects to press their finger to the device’s screen for as long as they hear the test tone and release contact with the screen once they can

no longer hear it. “I’m very proud of it,” Pickens said. “I think we’re moving in the right direction.”

The hEAR app is an example of mobile health technology that can benefit any number of underserved groups, from schoolchildren to elderly adults. Developed in collaboration with Sejun Song, a computer engineer at the Texas A&M Dwight Look College of Engineering in the Department of Engineering Technology & Industrial Distribution before moving to University of Missouri-Kansas City, the hEAR app was one of six app contest finalists at MobiCom 2015 in Paris Sept. 7-11, 2015 and the only winner that wasn’t submitted by a large company. “It was

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Future research is planned for hardware and software testing to find combinations that allow for optimal hearing screening across multiple populations in sub-optimal testing facilities and rural communities among high-risk populations. The team also recognizes that it would be valuable for the app to work in multiple languages, so they are developing a Spanish version, with other languages planned for the future.

“Several companies have shown interest in the app,” Pickens said. “We hope to bring it to market within next three years.”

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Board-certified family medicine physician Dr. Joseph Berger III focuses his practice on providing personalized care to patients and their families.

Dr. Berger is an osteopathic physician, a doctor with a specific outlook on patient care: “As an osteopathic physician, I was trained to treat the whole person, not just individual parts. I’m not just treating patients for their cold and ignoring the stress factors in their lives. I talk to my patients, and I really listen to what they have to say. I think people appreciate that.”

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VFW Hosts Candidate Meet & Greet Fairfield VFW welcomed the public to meet area candidates at a chili supper held Friday evening, February 12, 2016.

The twenty-six candidates in attendance were given five minutes each to explain why they should be considered for their respective positions.

Participating candidates were: State Representative - Thomas McNutt; County Attorney - Chris Martin, Brian Evans and Andrew Wolf; Sheriff - Don Anderson, Jeremy Shipley, Monty Doty, and Robert Willis; County Commissioner Pct. 1 - Luke Ward, Sr., Andy Bonner, Chad Morgan, and David James; County Commissioner Pct. 3 - Body Emmons, Kurt Kropp, Michael Daniels, and

Ricky Allen; Constable Pct. 1 - Buck Bonner and Richard McGowan; Constable Pct. 3 – Diana Smart Willis, Jacob Day, L.J. McAdams, and Pamela Brackens; Constable Pct. 4 – Robert Brooke, Michael Carter, Thomas Echartea, and Wade Harrison.

Prior to candidate speeches, a dessert auction was held with proceeds benefitting the VFW Scholarship Fund. A total of $3,660.00 was raised with 25 different sweets, several of which were donated back to the auction or as door prizes. Top bidders in the auction were Robert Willis, Richard McGowan, David James, Jeremy Shipley, and Chad Morgan.

Nicole Schaefer, Reporting Fairfield VFW welcomes the public to a Meet the Candidates Forum on Friday, February 12, 2016. (Photo by Nicole Schaefer)

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A second Candidate Forum was hosted by the Freestone County TEA Party on Monday evening, February 15, 2016.

Invited to address voters, and answer their questions, were candidates for U.S Representative – District 17, County Commissioner – Pct. 3, Constable – Pct. 3 and Constable – Pct. 4.

News coverage of the event did not make this week’s edition, as The “Times” goes to press early Tuesday mornings.

Readers are encouraged to look for the article online, later this week, as well as in the February 24th print edition.

Let your voice be heard; exercise your right to vote!

Filing Ends Soon for City & School Positions Filing ends this Friday, February 19, 2016 for candidates interested in running for City Council or School Board positions.

Positions up for election this year include the following: City of Fairfield – Mayor and two councilmen, Place 1 and Place 2 City of Teague – Mayor and two aldermen, Place 1 and

Place 3 City of Wortham – three councilmen-at-large City of Streetman – Mayor and two commissioners Fairfield ISD – three at-large trustees Teague ISD – Place 2 and Place 4 Wortham ISD – Place 3 and Place 4 Dew ISD holds their elections

in November.

An updated list of candidates was not available at press time, as many government offices were closed for the President’s Day holiday. A complete list will be published next week.

For more information, contact your local city hall or school administration.

Elections will be held May 7, 2016.

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RE-ELECT ROGER S. BROOKE for CONSTABLE PRECINCT The right experience...the right choice.

My key platform is service and strengthening community involvement What can I do to serve YOUR community?

WHAT CAN I DO TO SERVE WORTHAM? I can volunteer to teach DARE at no cost to the school or City. I support Operation Graduation and War on Drugs and I am there anytime I am needed.

WHAT CAN I DO TO SERVE STREETMAN? I work closely with the Mayor on Civil and Criminal Issues. I have obtained a non-paid Deputy Constable who helps me provide even greater service and protection for this community.

As Deputy Constable, Johnnie Robinson has a great knowledge of the people in this area.

WHAT CAN I DO TO SERVE RICHLAND-CHAMBERS? I propose a Constable substation at Southern Oaks for area citizens to contact me regarding civil and Criminal matters. This facility would be available as a substation for the Sheriff’s Department as well.

WHAT CAN I DO TO SERVE TEAGUE? I have extensive experience working school related incidents, crowd control and building searches and have spoken with the T.I.S.D. resource officer about my availability to serve in this area.

WHAT CAN I DO TO KEEP YOU INFORMED? I will begin making my monthly report available through media outlets to better keep my constituents apprised of my efforts to enforce civil and criminal laws in Precinct 4.

WHAT DOES A CONSTABLE DO? As one of four Constables in Freestone County, I work to enforce Civil and Criminal Laws. We each patrol in marked units with lights, sirens and identifying decals on the side of our vehicles. Our units are not equipped with moving radar because we do not have cameras.

These marked vehicles are owned by the individual constable and we provide insurance and maintenance on these vehicles at our own expense. We do not have transport cages, so are limited in this respect. We serve as bailiffs in JP Court and serve all Civil Papers in our precinct. It has been my honor and pleasure to serve each of you these last 4 years. I look forward to the opportunity of serving you the next 4 years as well!!

THE CHOICE IS CLEAR! VOTE ROGER S. BROOKE for CONSTABLE PCT 4 "Proactive in the pursuit of serving You, the Citizens of Freestone County...."

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to continue serving you as County Commissioner for Precinct 1.

During my first term, our county road infrastructure was dismal. People told me that it could never be fixed.

I knew that it was possible but it was going to take a full time, Working Commissioner dedicated to making a change. It would also require a person who was knowledgeable in both business and construction; moreover, not someone who could write a laundry list of relatives or someone who just needed a job. At this time, I told the citizens of this precinct that I would be their Full Time working commissioner and I have held true to that promise. Today our roads are the best they have ever been, our county equipment is top notch and I am your conservative voice on the County Court.

It has been said that when a new product come on the market you should wait a while before you buy it because a new product often has problems until it is perfected. This same goes for your county commissioner. Go with Luke Ward, a proven leader. Please don't take a chance on someone who is unproven, unskilled and may just feel they need a job but place your vote on the tried and proven candidate, your current Commissioner, Luke Ward.

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--Obituaries Lydia Ruth Pfister

A funeral service for 91year-old Lydia Ruth Pfister of Mineola is set for Wednesday, Feb. 17 at Beaty Funeral Home with Rev. Al Dusek officiating. Visitation will be at Beaty Funeral Home on Tuesday, Feb. 16 from 6-8 p.m. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery.

Lydia Ruth died peacefully in her sleep Sunday, Feb. 14 at the Hospice of East Texas in Tyler. She was born Sept.

28, 1924 in Fairfield to Ruth and Tolbert Smith and was the oldest of five children.

She was preceded in death by her husband, LeRoy Pfister; an infant child; a step-daughter, Cheryl Cruitt; a sister, Doris Sevier and a brother, Buddy Smith.

A kind and gentle soul, Lydia Ruth was devoted to her family. She loved country music videos, and in her younger days spent time reading, embroidering, sewing and with her late husband Roy fishing and playing pinochle.

She worked for Chance Vaught during World War II and was a Rosey the Riveter, saying her employer liked her because she was small enough to fit in tight spaces and do soldering on the airplanes. Her homemade banana pudding, pear pies, “yellow cakes” and homemade fried chicken will be sorely missed.

Lydia Ruth is survived by daughters Vickie Oyer of Lawrenceville, Georgia and Doris Newman of Mineola and sons Gene Rader of Tyler and Johnnie Rader of Dallas. She is also survived by four stepdaughters, Sharon Strickland, Pat Finley and Rogina Breakall of Xenia, Ohio and Carol Beckett of St. Petersburg, Alaska. She is survived by her brother, Bill Smith of Conroe and sister, Ann Melder of Diamond Head, Mississippi.

She is also survived by grandchildren, Bridget Jimenez; Amanda Smith; Jeremy Brooke; Chris Brooke; Gene, John Paul and Daniel Rader and Deidre McDowell.

She is also survived by stepgrandchildren Vonda Hess, Richard and Daniel Strickland; Chuckie, Jimmy and William Cruitt, Lydia Andrews, Karen Cruitt, Rebecca Mullens, and a combined 35 greatgrandchildren; 21 great-great grandchildren and two greatgreat-great grandchildren.

Ella Marie Roblow The Funeral Services for Ella Marie Roblow were held on Saturday, January 30, 2016 at 11:00 a.m. at the First Baptist Church, 209 North 6th Avenue, Teague Texas, 75860. Elder Billy Ray Jackson, officiated, Minister Dorsey Roblow, Jr was the Eulogist.

The Interment was at Antioch Cemetery, North 1st Avenue, Teague, Texas.

Ella Marie Robinson Roblow was the fifth child of J. V. Robinson, Sr. and Pauline Taylor Robinson and was born in Freestone County.

Ella went to be with the Lord on January 25, 2016 in Temple, Texas.

She grew up in Teague and graduated with Teague High School Class of 1966. Ella married Lewis Roblow, Sr. on May 24, 1975. She attended Temple Junior College where she enjoying walking to school.

Ella was employed by Teague Sewing Factory, Teacher Aide for Adult Education and a Home Health Care Worker.

She held membership in First Baptist Church South Teague.

Ella enjoyed collecting porcelain dolls and crystal pieces. Her favorite movies

were: “Driving Miss Daisey” and “Guess Who Coming To Dinner” with Sidney Poitier whom she had a crush on. She enjoyed listening to Soloman Burke and Etta James who were her favorite musical artists. Her favorite color was red. Ella’s favorite food was asparagus and beets. She will be missed for her loving kindness, giving spirit and the love of other children in addition to her own.

She was preceded in death by: her parents and brother, Bobby Lynn Watts.

Those who will cherish her memory most are: Her Husband: Lewis Roblow, Sr., Teague, Texas; Her Sons: Lewis Roblow, Jr., Teague, Texas, and Damien Roblow and wife Sidra, DeSoto, Texas; Her Daughters: LaShawn Harbert and husband, Roy, Mexia, Texas, Toni McClenon and husband, Oscar, Teague, Texas, Kenyata Anglin and husband Howard, Mexia, Texas, Shigetta Gibson and husband, Patrick, Teague, Texas and Myeshia Roblow, Teague, Texas; Her Sisters: Paulette Evans and husband Donald Ray , Teague, Texas and Annie Marie Lee, Chicago, IL.; Her Brothers: J. V. Robinson and wife Norine, and Wilie Robinson, all of Temple, Texas. Her Sister-in-Law: Marilyn Watts, Los Angeles, CA.; Her Grandchildren: Ty’Rashaad, Shamaria, Kiarhi, Djarion, Tionna, O’jhanae, Thailan, Olecia, Kamiyah, E’Leyshia, E’Liyah, Zinyah, Damien, Jr (Baby D) and Zade; Her Special Friend: Charlene McDonald and a host of other relatives and friends.

Professional Services were under the direction of Moore’s Angelic Funeral Home, 406 Monroe Street, Teague, Texas 75860.

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Income Tax Service Offered for All Ages Again this year, Tax Aide will provide free federal income tax preparation services to area residents. The dates and times are every Thursday from February 11th to April 14th, from 9am to 2pm, at First United Methodist Church, 201 North Mount St, Fairfield. Interested area residents should bring their tax paperwork (W-2s, 1099’s for income, self employment details, deduction details), picture ID for taxpayer and spouse, and social security cards for all family members, and 2014 return if available. The 2015 returns will be prepared while you wait and efiled each evening.

Tax Aide volunteers are sponsored by AARP and trained and certified through IRS sponsored programs. Tax Aide now has over 35,000 volunteers at 5,000 sites nationwide who assist in preparing tax returns. For information, go to www.aarp.org/taxaide

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Washington on the Brazos: Cradle of the Texas Republic

Captures the Spirit of Texas’ First Capital The Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), the state’s longest running publisher of books about Texas history, is proud to announce its newest publication, Washington on the Brazos: Cradle of the Texas Republic by noted Texas historian Richard B. McCaslin.

In Washington on the Brazos: Cradle of the Texas Republic, McCaslin recovers the rich history of an iconic Texas town, which served as the epicenter of the nascent Texas Republic. In March of 1836, Texas leaders gathered in the new town on the west bank of the Brazos to establish a new republic.

After approving a declaration of independence and constitution, they fled as Santa Anna’s army approached. The government of the Republic of Texas returned there in 1842, but after the United States annexed Texas in 1846, Austin replaced Washington as the capital of the Lone Star State.

Author Richard B. McCaslin speaks to the uniqueness of his book, stating, “Texans will be very interested to learn the entire story of Washingtonon-the-Brazos. In many ways, the story of Washington-onthe-Brazos is the story of Texas.”

“While Santa Anna marched, the founders of the Republic met in Washington to declare independence and write a constitution. There, too, the Congress of the Republic later

accepted annexation to the United States, Know Nothings launched a rebellion against antebellum Democrats, the Dixie Blues mustered for the Civil War, and Black Republicans made a last stand.”

The town of Washington became a thriving river port in the 1850s, when steamboat cargoes paid for many new buildings.

After the turmoil of the Civil War and Reconstruction, German immigrants and African American residents kept the town alive. Later, Progressive Era plans for historic tourism focused on Washington’s central role in the Texas Republic brought renewed interest, and a state park was founded. The Texas centennial in 1936 and

the hard work of citizens’ organizations beginning in the 1950s transformed this park into Washington-onthe-Brazos, the state historic site that serves today as the primary focus for preserving the history of the Republic of Texas.

Richard B. McCaslin, chair of the History Department at the University of North Texas, is the author or editor of sixteen books, including At the Heart of Texas: One Hundred Years of the Texas State Historical Association, 1897–1997, which received the Award of Merit from the Texas Philosophical Society.

Washington on the Brazos: Cradle of the Texas Republic is available at the TSHA online store for $10.99.

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Everyone is invited to participate in self-directed meditation while listening to instrumental versions of traditional hymns as performed by; Rozanne McKinney, piano & Rich Macleod, guitar.

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City-Wide Bake Sale Benefits Local Family A bake sale will be held Friday February 19 in order to raise money for the family of the recently deceased community member and loved father Jamie Rodriguez.

Leaving behind a disabled wife Rita and their two children Jamey and Isella, Rodriguez worked in the oil field until several months ago when he began suffering from serious heart and lung problems.

He was then admitted into a hospital in Tyler in November. Several months later on January 29th, Jamie Rodriguez passed away. Under the weight of DriveofOne uncertain hospital bills, this family is in need the community’s love and support.

After hearing their Come story, community members By and See Our Friendly Sales decided to become involved withNo a Pressure city-wide Staff for a Great Deal! bake sale. The event will be held at the First Baptist Church of Fairfield’s dining area. The sale begins at 5:00 p. m.

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The Great Struggle of Our Day There are so many very serious issues confronting the follower of Jesus today that it is a terrifying proposition to make an attempt to identify one as the greatest. Surely the biblical illiteracy among church leaders and church members is a huge problem.

Finding Christian leaders who invest the time and effort on rightly dividing the word of truth is not easy. Surely the absolutely abysmal state of Christian prayer time is a tremendous concern. Finding Christians who will truly come into the presence of God concerning kingdom matters is no simple task. Finding a prayer meeting that is much more than a medical report is difficult.

Confronting the killing of innocent unborn children is surely a monumental and important task.

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It is moving at ever increasing speeds with ever increasing boldness. I speak of religious syncretism.

All across my county, my state, my country, and my world, politicians, celebrities, and false religious teachers are joining together to proclaim a message that could not be more completely opposite to the Christianity espoused by the Bible. They are becoming bolder and more aggressive with each passing day. Their false message that would never have been tolerated in years past is becoming ever more acceptable day by day. Biblically illiterate

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people all around the world, many of them think they are Christians, are swallowing a lie that “being spiritual” is a legitimate avenue to God. People with no discernment are accepting teaching that any or no religion or any combination of religions is an acceptable path to God. It is getting increasingly more difficult to share the exclusive glorious gospel of Jesus the Christ because of the pervasive and relentless promotion of the false notion that all religions are equal and compatible. The Bible is not ambiguous about that idea.

The Bible leaves no room for debate on that. One cannot believe the Bible and also believe that.

God has declared that He alone is God; there is no other. (Dt. 4:35,39; Isaiah 45:5,6 etc.) God has declared that He is a jealous God and that He will not share His glory with another. (Isaiah 42:8) Jesus told His disciples that He alone is the Way, the Truth, the Life and that no one gets to heaven except through Him. (John 14:6) Peter filled with the Holy Spirit put it very plainly in Acts 4:12 “And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved.” (NASU) Paul made it very clear in 1 Timothy 2:5-6, “For there is

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(NASU) Galatians 1:6-9 states, “I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ.

But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to

you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!” (NASU) If Christians do not awaken and recognize this pernicious evil for what it is, and confront it, we will soon not recognize that which was once the church of the Living Christ. This is the great struggle of our day. ..………. pastorsteve8800@gmail.com

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“I don’t want to die. Please don’t let me die,” he whispered in desperation.

He was a world leader loved by many, dreaded by some, questioned by others. He was a prominent figure on the world’s stage having great power and prestige, wealth and control that could not be denied.

But in his final moments everything that he had or had accomplished could not extend the life of Hugo Chavez one moment nor release him from his fear of dying. David wrote of a life that could end this way.

“Here now is the man who did not make God his stronghold.”

Another man came to the end of his life who was also a world leader. His résumé describes him as a ruler with great power and authority, vast wealth and owner of beautiful buildings, a soldier, a poet, one who cared deeply for others and was “a man after God’s own heart.”

When he faced death he said, “When I walk through the dark valley of death I will not be afraid.”

Two different men, two different destinies because of two different choices.

One lived his life with no fear of God. He sought fame and the favor of man.

The other lived his life in fear of God and sought His favor, often His forgiveness but always His approval.

All of us have these same choices. We can live for ourselves, as Hugo Chavez did, seeking recognition and power and die in fear as he did. Or, we can choose to live for God as David did, serve Him faithfully with great love and passion and die as he did in peace.

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Lady Eagles Head Into Post Season The Fairfield Lady Eagles lost the final district game of the season and finished third in the standings and will head into the playoffs.

The Madisonville Lady Mustangs edged the Lady Eagles 33-26 on Tuesday night at the Johnson Activity Center and completed the season with a 4-4 district record.

The Lady Eagles were consistent throughout the district play portion of their schedule. They played eight games and were swept by the Mexia Ladycats, losing by six

points in each of the district games. Mexia protected home court in the first meeting with a 44-38 win and they travelled to the Johnson Activity Center to claim a 39-33 win.

Madisonville had a sweep of the Lady Eagles and the scores were again close in both meetings. The defensive contests had a Mustang win in Madisonville 32-24 and the final regular season win over the Lady Eagles 33-26.

Fairfield claimed double digit wins over Palestine and Groesbeck to finish a solid

third in the district standings.

Palestine had wins over the Lady Goats take the last playoff spot.

Mexia won the district title with a perfect 8-0 record and Madisonville suffered their only two losses in district play to the Ladycats.

Fairfield moves on to take on the Waco Conally Lady Cadets

in the bi-district round of the state playoffs. The Lady Cadets finished their season at 33-4 and were second in the district behind last year’s state finalist LaVega. The game was played in Groesbeck on Monday night so the recap will be in next week’s section.

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Dr. Trice, a member of the American Board of Orthopedic Surgery, was educated at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. He has extensive training and experience in all aspects of orthopedic care, including: Adding to the score with his free throws is Fairfield Eagle David Ransom. (Photo by Melissa Lee)

Eagles Claim an Important Victory The Fairfield Eagles had Goats in the regular season timely shooting and thirty trips finale on Tuesday. to the free throw line to edge Fairfield led through most the Madisonville Mustangs of the first quarter and made 54-52 Tuesday night at the a little room with a pair of Johnson Activity Center. three pointers by Dominic The Eagles lead the Brackens on two consecutive Groesbeck Goats by one possessions. Jase Oliver hit game in the a shot but standings and the Mustangs -Eagleswill host the made their Page 2-C

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Wortham Honors Seniors IT WAS SENIOR NIGHT on Tuesday, February 8th for Wortham Lady Bulldogs Kirsten Chambers(13), Brooke Salisbury(22), Kalob Bowden(3) and Jordan Lansford(14). (Photo by Jennifer Lansford)

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The Eagles regained the lead on a Brackens and foul that set up the rare four point play. A Mustang three got the lead back at 19-18 and a driving lay up by E. J. Ransom put the score at 20-19. Oliver had a reverse lay up and foul and that three point play kept the game close. Madisonville would take the lead into the locker room on a pair three.

The Mustangs led 29-24 into the half.

The Mustang lead grew to 11 early in the third period on a couple of back to back scores. The Eagles missed their first five shots from the field and the lead grew to a game high 12 at 41-29 late in the third quarter. Terrance Rischer scored and Tatum hit a shot and Michael Hudson hit a three when Rischer kicked the ball out to him for the open shot. The Eagles closed the quarter on a 7-0 run and closed the gap back to the halftime deficit at 41-36.

Brackens hit his fourth three pointer of the game to offset the Mustangs making their first four from the field. He pulled up on another three, his fifth of the game and the lead was a 50-46 Mustang

lead. Tatum would take over the remainder of the game when he scored the final seven points of the game. He had a steal and lay up twice on back to back possessions.

The second came on a steal of a throw in under the Mustang basket. The final shot put the Eagles up 53-52. He hit a free throw to ice the game late and preserve the 54-52 win.

Madisonville was 6-11 from the free throw line and the Eagles are normally not the best foul shooting team. They were 18-30 from the charity stripe and 6-10 in the final period. Madisonville made only one of their final six free throws.

Brackens scored 20 points to lead all scorers ad Tatum scored 12 and added in three assists.

Fairfield will finish the regular season at home against the Groesbeck Goats. There are serious playoff implications on the line as the season winds down.

Scott Batts reporting.

Districts Realigned in UIL Football Competition Texas UIL has once again realigned districts for Texas football. This new alignment is effective for the 2016-2017 and 20172018 school years.

Fairfield Eagles are part of Class 4A, Division II, Region III, District 9.

Competitors are Lorena, Mexia, Robinson, Salado, and Waco Connally.

Teague Lions are a 3A

team in Division I, Region III, District 9 and will compete against Elkhart, Eustace, Groesbeck, Malakoff, Palestine Westwood, West, and Whitney.

Wortham Bulldogs will compete in Class 2A, Division II, Region III, District 11. Fellow teams include Grapeland, Mount Enterprise, Overton, Tenaha, and Timpson.

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The Texas Brigades program needs you! We are on the hunt for youth and adults that would like to be a part of a once in a lifetime opportunity as we prepare you to be conservation ambassadors for the future of Texas’ wildlife.

This will be the 24th year of the Texas Brigades programs, so help us fill each and every camp to make this the best year yet!

The 2016 summer camps include Rolling Plains Bobwhite Brigade, June 11th15th in Coleman; South Texas Buckskin Brigade, June 12th16th in Uvalde; South Texas Bobwhite Brigade, June 24th28th in McCoy; Bass Brigade, July 6th-10th in Santa Anna; Waterfowl Brigade, July 17th21st in Tennessee Colony; Ranch Brigade, July 18th22nd in Santa Anna; North Texas Buckskin, July 24th28th in Santa Anna. Brand new this year, we have the Coastal Brigade, July 26th30th in Galveston!

Texas Brigades is excited to add a new Coastal Brigade Camp to the mix in 2016. This Go online to see all our 5-day program will encompass photos, even the ones that coastal habitat management, didn’t make the paper. fisheries management, (just click "Photos" at the top) coastal ecology and saltwater fishing. The tried and true Brigades model of leadership www.freestone development, education, and countytimes.com empowerment will continue at Coastal Brigade.

Our mission is to educate and empower youths with the BEATING 3 TEAMS (Madisonville, Mexia, and Wortham) to win leadership skills and knowledge the Fairfield JH tournament are members of the 8th Grade A in wildlife, fisheries, and team. (Submitted Photo) land stewardship to become

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The 5 day camps are held on beautiful private ranches across the state.

“These landowners open their gates to us for five days, allowing us to utilize the land as a living laboratory. Natural resources professionals give their time to mentor the youth,” says Aimee Carrasco, Executive Director. The cost of the camp for youth applicants accepted into the program is $500, but scholarships and financial assistance are available. “We do not want the fee to be a barrier to anyone.

We have donors who are willing to support the youths’ educational experience,” adds Carrasco. Adult volunteers who are accepted do not have a fee, and we also provide free lodging and free meals!

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Marks 180th Anniversary of Texas Independence 2016 will be an especially important year for Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site: not only is it the 180th anniversary of the signing of the Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico in 1836 at Washington on the Brazos, but it will also be the state park’s 100th birthday. It was March 2, 1836 when 59 delegates bravely met in Washington, Texas to make a formal declaration of independence from Mexico. From 1836 until 1846, the Republic of Texas proudly existed as a separate nation.

To commemorate the 180th anniversary of Texas Independence, the three entities that administer and support this site—Texas Parks & Wildlife Dept (TPWD), Blinn College and Washington on the Brazos State Park Association—are planning some Texas-sized celebrations.

“Texas Independence Day Celebration” (TIDC) is an annual two-day celebration from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday, March 5 and Sunday, March 6, 2016 on the expansive 293-acre park grounds and its three incredible attractions: Independence Hall (replica of the site where representatives wrote the Texas

Declaration of Independence); Star of the Republic Museum (collections and programs honoring history of early Texans, administered by Blinn College); and Barrington Living History Farm (where interpreters dress, work and farm as did the original residents of this homestead).

The birthday celebration features live music, food, traditional crafts, living history presentations, historical encampments and commemorative programs so guests can experience life in Texas in 1836.

Admission fees are waived for the site’s attractions (Independence Hall, Star of the Republic Museum, and Barrington Living History Farm) during the TIDC weekend celebration. Admission to the grounds, on-site shuttles and parking are also free.

In 2016, TIDC will be expanded to include some special guests and entertainment on both weekend days, including Texas A&M University Singing Cadets; the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band performing three times (on Saturday only); Professor Farquar’s Great American Medicine Show with Polecat Annie; a historical play titled “The

Birth of a Republic” about the signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence; unveiling and book signing of “Washington on the Brazos: Cradle of the Texas Republic” by author Richard B. McCaslin (fellow of the TSHA and professor of history at the University of North Texas); family reunions of the descendants of the 59 men who signed the Declaration; wreath laying ceremony at the Children’s Monument; the Masonic Flag Raising Ceremony; and additional historical reenactments.

The Star of the Republic Museum at WOB will celebrate the 180th anniversary with its new exhibit “A Legacy of Leadership: The Signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence.” Elected as delegates to the Constitutional Convention in 1836, these men determined the future of Texas.

Amongst them were 12 lawyers, five physicians, four surveyors and three each of planters, empresarios and merchants. The exhibit will focus on their roles as leaders and includes personal artifacts such as Sam Maverick’s buckskins, a cameo of Michel Menard, oil portraits of Stephen Blount and his wife, and many others items. The Museum will also preview its new Pioneer Playroom which will simulate a Texas frontier homestead, with inside and outside features. It will allow children to immerse themselves in the role of pioneers through role-playing, interactive experiences and a variety of learning styles such as loading a covered wagon; dressing in period clothing; or building a log cabin.

“Ride for Texas Independence,” And—just as they did 180 years ago—riders on horseback will make their way down La Bahia Road and into the Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site to deliver letters from Alamo commander William Barret Travis to Washington on the Brazos, timed in conjunction with the annual Texas Independence Day Celebration at this state park.

Called the “Ride for Texas Independence,” interpretive staff from area historical sites—led by Scott McMahon, Director, Presidio La Bahia—will retrace on horseback the route the couriers traveled in 1836 as closely as possible, while dressed in period clothing and using riding tack authentic to that used during the Texian War for Independence. The 12-day ride will begin on February 24, 2016 on the grounds of the Alamo and travel through towns including Seguin, Gonzales, Shiner, San Felipe, Belmont, Sublime, Altair and Beard until reaching WOB on Saturday, March 5, 2016.

The horsemen will deliver reproductions of two of the eight letters that Travis sent out while the Alamo was under siege. The well-known “Victory or Death” letter was penned on February 24, 1836 to “The People of Texas

and All Americans In The World” in which he declared “I shall never surrender or retreat. Then, I call on you in the name of Liberty, of patriotism, & everything dear to the American character, to come to our aid, with all dispatch……

If this call is neglected, I am determined to sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who never forgets what is due to his own honor & that of his country –VICTORY OR DEATH.” The second letter was written on March 3, 1836 to Jesse Grimes, delegate at the Convention of 1836 and signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence, in which he declared “Let the Convention go on and make a declaration of independence, and we will then understand, and the world will understand, what we are fighting for. If independence is not declared, I shall lay down my arms, and so will the men under my command.”

Other events and programs throughout the 180th anniversary year are being finalized at the seven historic sites associated with the Texas Revolution: Gonzales, San Felipe, San Antonio Missions, the Alamo, Washington on the Brazos, Goliad and San Jacinto Monument.

Washington on the Brazos State Historic Site: This TPWDrun state park has many onsite amenities open daily, as well as an incredible schedule of events and programs. On-site attractions include Independence Hall; the Star of the Republic Museum and Barrington Living History Farm.

The site’s Visitor Center features interactive exhibits which present a timeline of the Texas Revolution and highlight the historic attractions located within the park; it also houses the spacious Washington Emporium Gift Shop, which offers snacks and a wide range of Texas-themed items and keepsakes. The Fanthorp Inn State Historic Site is an authentically preserved example of a 19th century stagecoach inn, located nearby in Anderson, TX. Entrance to the park grounds, Visitor Center and parking is always free. The Park: The expansive park grounds along the Brazos River also provide a beautiful setting for picnicking, sightseeing and bird watching, as well as four geocaching sites—two each from TPWD and the Brenham/Washington County Chamber and CVB. It also features a Conference Center for meetings, weddings and reunions.

The Education Center with two classroom-style spaces are perfect for smaller groups. An outdoor amphitheater and two pavilions are also available for rent. Park Association membership levels are available for individuals, families and businesses and include free admission to the Site’s attractions for a year, including—for some levels—private parties during the park’s special celebrations.

Recreate History with a Literary Party!

Agatha Christie Murder Mystery Sat., March 5th Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site invites volunteers to participate in an Agatha Christie Murder Mystery on Saturday, March 5, 2016.

Come solve a mystery and recreate some history. Admission is FREE. Registration is limited to 12 individuals. Call or e-mail to get on the list!

The Confederate Reunion Grounds SHS is located approximately six miles southwest of Mexia at the intersection of FM 1633 and FM 2705 Information and Schedule of Events can be found at www. visitcrg.com.

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WHO DO YOU TRUST TO SECURE OUR BORDER? BYRON COOK 61 years old • Married with two daughters and two grandchildren • Local businessman and rancher • Republican leader in Texas House • 2014 Chamber Citizen of the Year Award, 2015 Champion for Life Award, and 2014 True Texas Taxpayer Hero Award Champion For Border Security Last session, Byron helped Governor Abbott pass the toughest border security package in Texas history to stop drug cartels and human traffickers and to stop illegal immigration.

THOMAS MCNUTT 25 years old • Single • Moved to Corsicana in 2013 Hires Illegal Immigrants In Business In 2013 (age 22) moved from Dallas to Corsicana to become VP of family owned Collin Street Bakery which also owns Navarro Pecan Company- both companies hire illegal aliens. Source: The Dallas Morning News.

Involved With Cover Up Of Immigrant Death At Business In 2014 (age 23) as VP of Collin Street Bakery was involved in sealing court records to cover up death of immigrant at company owned business.

Source: Morales vs Navarro Pecan Company.

Byron Helped Governor Abbott pass Texas-sized Conservative Agenda

Champion To Ban Sanctuary Cities This past December, Byron called for and chaired a special interim legislative hearing to help prepare legislation called for by Governor Abbott to stop sanctuary cities in Texas.

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Part-Owner Of Marijuana Smoking Head Shop In 2016 (age 25) was exposed for being an investor in an online marijuana paraphernalia head shop that targets students. He immediately had all online evidence scrubbed and removed. Source: Quorum Report Caught Cheating In College Election In 2012 (age 21) caught cheating in Texas A&M student election. He was found guilty and fined by a student judicial body. He lost the election.

Source: Texas A&M student records.

Voted Illegally In 2014 Dallas GOP Primary In 2014 (age 23) after moving his residence to Corsicana, he returned to Dallas to vote ILLEGALLY in the Republican primary. Source: 2014 Dallas County voting records and 2015 sworn statement filed with Republican Party of Texas.

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Continues To Profit Off Illegal Alien Hiring And Refuses To Use E-Verify In His Local Business In 2016 (age 25) he refuses to have his business use E-Verify because they make a profit off hiring illegal immigrants. Source: Quorum Report

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Dew ISD Announces Homecoming Court IN CELEBRATION OF HOMECOMING, Dew ISD crowned its Homecoming Court at a special ceremony on Thursday, February 4th. Representing their class are 6th - 8th grade students Waylon Johnson, Aiden Allen, Lauryl Clark, Lyndi Lane, Wes Hagen, Colt Hardwick, Skylar Randle, Kaylee Pickering, Hayden Hardwick, Cody Fowler, Araya White, and Jenna Swinburn. (Photo submitted)

Come Join the Confederate Reunion Grounds on February 26th

Campfires and Stories!

Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site invites children 5-10 to participate in Campfires and Stories, a new quarterly program, from 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. on February 26, 2016. Gates will open at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free. Sit around a campfire and listen to stories while eating s’mores and drinking hot chocolate! Stories will be different every time, so feel free to come back and listen to more.

“I am really looking forward to starting this new event,” said Julianna Lindsay, site educator. “I think it will be a fun activity for families.”

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In case of inclement weather, alternate locations will be chosen and a felt campfire will be used. Neither rain nor snow nor sleet will keep us away from stories and s’mores! Additional information and Schedule of Events can be found at www.visitcrg.com.

Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site in one of 20 historic sites operated by the Texas Historical Commission. The site tells the real story of Civil War Confederate veterans in Texas, at the real place where they gathered from 1889 to 1946. These veterans perpetuated memories of fallen

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Elkhart, TX 75839 Since 1961 (903) 764-2773 Today, the site remains a gathering place for living history events and family reunions and features an 1893 dance pavilion, a Civil War-era cannon, and ruins of structures from the “Roaring ‘20s” and Mexia Oil Boom. The site Freestone County 4-H is 29, April 5 and April 12th from also offers recreational opportunities for offering a four week dummy 5:30-7pm. fishing and canoeing. and tie down roping clinic.

Limited spots are available For more information, visit www.

Youth that live in Freestone so call the Freestone County visitcrg.com. county get to learn to head, Extension Office at 903-389heel and tie down rope with 3436 to get signed up by March Trent Turner at the Cowboy 18th. The cost is $25 and with Heritage Church of Freestone enrollment in the Roping clinic County. each youth will get all the This four week short course benefits of being a Freestone will take place March 22, March County 4-H member.

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Weather Whys: Mist and Drizzle

Q: What’s the difference between mist and drizzle?

A: The real difference is only a slight one, says Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University. “Mist is composed of tiny droplets of water, so tiny they are suspended in the atmosphere,” he explains.

“Mist reduces visibility, but not as much as fog, which it closely resembles.

Technically speaking, during mist, visibility is one-half mile or more. Drizzle, on the other hand, is fairly uniform precipitation and is composed of small water drops that fall to the ground. The only real difference between drizzle and actual rain is that the droplets in drizzle are much smaller.”

Q: So how much bigger are rain drops in drizzle compared to those in mist?

A: Much larger, says McRoberts. “Drizzle contains drops that are .02 inch or smaller,” he adds. “There are even levels of drizzle -- light drizzle (meaning visibility is about one-half mile); medium drizzle (visibility less than onehalf mile) and heavy drizzle (visibility less than one-fourth mile). Mist is thinner than fog and the drops are so tiny that many float in the air, reducing visibility to between one-half mile and up to 1.2 miles. For purposes of measuring, the U.S. Weather Service does not regard fog, dew or frost as precipitation. There is also Arctic mist, which is a mist of ice crystals and is a very light type of ice fog.”

Home Country

by Slim Randles

Billy slowly raised one eyelid and looked around. Boots and Desdemona, Aunt Ada’s cats, were curled up, one against his belly and one against his back. Billy hated to wake the cats, but when a guy has to go find a tree, well, call it collateral damage.

He got up, stretched and yawned and trotted out to the kitchen.

Aunt Ada greeted him with ear rumples and a bowl of kibble, and then opened the door so he could go to work.

Being the official town dog isn’t always the easiest job, Billy thought. I mean, not if you take it seriously.

Billy went down to where his dog house was by the elementary school. He cleaned up some scraps that some good soul had left for him, then rested his chin on his paws and waited. The blue car came, and Martin´, the crossing guard, emerged with his smile, his sign and his whistle.

Billy greeted Martin´ and the two of them waited. Two third graders arrived. Martin´ walked to the center of the street, held up the sign and blew the whistle. Billy walked the children across the street, then returned. Martin´ returned to the safe shore with his paddle.

There wasn’t a car in sight, but you never can tell.

Half an hour later, all the kids were safely at school and the blue car went away.

Billy wasn’t sure, but he thought this might be sale day down at the cattle auction. It … seemed … like that kind of day, so he headed toward the edge of town. He stopped at the back door of the Soup ‘R Market and scratched. Sure enough, Annette opened the door, gave him an ear rumple and a bone, and went back in.

Yes, it felt like sale day. You know, something David Monique & Joseph White in the air. But what if it isn’t sale day? What if none of the Family Owned & Operated other dogs show up today? Oh well, there’s always a nap at the dog house and before you know it, the kids would need his help crossing the street to go home.

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Chamber Surprises Business of the Week CONGRATS TO Chris Christensen, Fairfield Chamber’s Surprise Patrol Business of the Week. On hand for the “welcome” mat exchange are William Barlow – Customer Service, Gail Farish – Chamber Secretary, Tony Abram – Customer Service, Mike Harper – Chamber Director, Lisa Schick – Chamber Admin. Asst., Jana Gunter – Chamber member, Chris Christensen – Owner, Teresa Duke – Chamber member, Christie Harper – Chamber Ambassador, Jason Hullum – Chamber Vice Chair, Brenda Gonzales – Sales Dist.

Mgr., Christina McClellan – General Manager, Whitney McKinley – Administrative Assistant.

For information about becoming a Chamber member, call 903-389-5792.

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Presidential History Program at Monthly NARFE Meeting The National Active and Retired Federal Employees (NARFE) Chapter 1191 held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, 9 Feb 2016, at the Sirloin Stockade in Corsicana.

The guest speaker was Dr. Tommy Stringer, retired administrator with Navarro College in Corsicana. In recognition of the upcoming President’s Day, as well as the current political campaigns, Dr. Stringer provided a very timely, informative and interesting history of the presidency including some noteworthy characteristics of the incumbents.

Elections for president have been held every year as scheduled, even in the midst of national crisis, such as the Civil War in 1864 and WW II in 1940. The very important idea of the “loyal opposition” was addressed wherein the candidate, or parties, losing the presidential election supports the decision of the electorate.

This concept has been essential in maintaining a peaceful transition of power.

Ratliff The current term length, number of terms, and powers of the president are READY MIX provided in Art. II of the U. S. Constitution, as amended, which was written in 1787 in response to the initial Articles of Confederation which were deemed to provide inadequate powers for the central government. The 22nd Amendment was passed in 1951 limiting the presidency to two terms. James Madison of VA was the primary drafter of the Constitution.

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Nomination Forms Accepted for Gifted, Talented Program

Kindergarten students in Fairfield ISD may be nominated for the Gifted and Talented Program by parents or community members until February 23rd.

Parents or others from the community may nominate students for consideration for the program by completing a nomination form in the elementary office. The gifted program is designed to meet the needs of students who are able to perform at a remarkably high level of accomplishment compared to others their age.

Is your child quick to see solutions and new ways to solve problems?

Does your child love to learn something new? Will she stay interested in that new subject?

Is your child deeply sensitive to the feelings of others?

Does your child think of unique ways to express ideas?

Does your child show strong

determination and persistence?

When your child is working in a special area of interest, is he/she able to work for long periods of time without getting tired of it?

When faced with difficult or complex work, does your child enjoy the challenge?

If this describes your child, he/ she may be showing characteristics of giftedness.

For additional information, please contact Rachel Bossier at 903.389.2148 or rachel. bossier@fairfield.k12.tx.us.

Estudiantes de jardín de infantes en Fairfield ISD pueden ser nominados para el programa de talentosos y dotados por sus padres o miembros de la Comunidad hasta el 1 de febrero. Los padres u otras personas de la comunidad pueden nominar a estudiantes para el examen del programa completando un formulario de nominación en la Oficina elemental. El talentoso programa está diseñado para satisfacer las necesidades de los

estudiantes que son capaces de realizar en un nivel notablemente alto comparado con otros de su edad. ¿Es su hijo rápido ver soluciones y nuevas formas de resolver los problemas? ¿Su hijo encanta aprender algo nuevo? Permanecerá interesada en ese tema nuevo? ¿Su hijo es profundamente sensible a los sentimientos de los demás? ¿Piensa su hijo de formas únicas para expresar ideas? ¿Su hijo muestra persistencia y determinación fuerte? ¿Cuando su hijo está trabajando en un área especial de interés, es capaz de trabajar durante largos períodos de tiempo sin llegar cansado de ella?

Si esto describe a su hijo, puede mostrar características de Sternberg.

Para obtener información adicional, contacte con Rachel Bossier en 903.389.2148, rachel.bossier@fairfield.k12.tx.us.

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Friday February 19 the community’s youth will host a bake sale at Fairfield First Baptist. Sales begin at 5:00 at the church’s dining area.

Profits from sales benefit the family of the recently deceased Jamie Rodriguez, who leaves behind a loving wife and two children. ________________________

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Publisher’s Notice: All real estate advertised herein is subjected to the Federal Fair Housing Act, which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or intention to make any preference, limitation or discrimination.”

We will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law. All persons are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised are available on an equal opportunity basis.

TEAGUE HOUSING AUTHORITY has apartments available for those who qualify. Applications may be picked up at 205 S. 5th in Teague, or call 254/739-2011 to have one mailed to you.

These apartments are for elderly/handicapped, disabled, family and/or singles. All are welcome to apply.

USDA & HUD

Equal Housing Opportunity

USDA Rural Development is an Equal Opportunity Lender, provider and Employer. Complaints of discrimination should be sent to: USDA, Director Office of Civil Rights, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410

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Five Good Reasons to File Taxes Early At this time of year, filing tax returns ranks right up there with public speaking as among the scariest things we have to do in life.

Taxpayers are advised to take a deep breath and dive into tax preparation early.

Here are five good reasons: Get money back Taxpayers who believe they have a tax refund coming, shouldn’t let the government keep their money any longer!

According to the IRS, early filers who use direct deposit can expect their refund within 21 days. Last year, the average refund topped $2,500.

Fraud or identity theft Becoming a victim of identity theft has crept into the top five fears most of us have, and technology advances have escalated those concerns. Taxpayers who file

their tax return early are less likely to become a victim of a fraudster trying to collect a refund in their name. Here’s why: Criminals tend to file fraudulent returns early, so they can get to the IRS before you. If a taxpayer files a return and the IRS notifies the taxpayer that more than one return has been filed using his or her personal information, the taxpayer should contact the IRS and talk with their tax preparer.

The IRS recommends that taxpayers also follow these steps: 1. File a police report; 2. Have a fraud alert placed on your credit file; 3. Contact your bank or financial institution and discuss whether to close existing accounts.

Family matters Taxpayers who have experienced a life-changing

Taxpayer Reminder: Breaks for Job Hunting Liberty Tax Service reminds taxpayers hunting for a job that there may be tax breaks that can help. As long as a taxpayer is seeking a job in his or her current profession and can file a Form 1040, some job search expenses may be tax deductible and claimed as a miscellaneous deduction.

The IRS allows the following job-hunting expenses to be claimed as deductions: • Online job search fees • Employment and agency fees • Costs of resume printing • Costs of mailing resumes • Legal fees related to doing and keeping your job • Some travel expenses to and from job interviews Typically, travel expenses to and from the job interviews are deductible. Taxpayers can claim the standard mileage rate of 57.5 cents for the round-trip mileage to the interview. Taxpayers may also deduct travel expenses, such as airfare or train tickets. It’s important to document the time spent looking for a job and the amount of time spent on vacation or other pursuits in these cases.

Some expenses are not allowed as job-hunting expenses. If a taxpayer just graduated from college and is seeking a first “real job,” the expenses cannot

be deducted. Additionally, taxpayers cannot deduct the expenses of looking for a job in another field or if the taxpayer has taken too long to start the job search.

There may be other job expenses a taxpayer can claim due to layoffs. If legal fees were paid to fight a non-compete clause, a taxpayer may claim the expenses as a job-related expense. Some employers offer “income aid packages” to employees laid off solely due to lack of work.

Employees who do receive “income aid packages” and must declare it as income in one tax year, can repay the amount and deduct it in the following tax year.

On the flip side, if a job search is successful and the taxpayer lands a job in their current profession, they may also be able to claim moving expenses. Taxpayers should complete Form 3903 Moving Expenses, and attach it to their Form 1040. Allowable moving expenses include transportation, cost of storage, travel, and lodging expenses.

However, the cost of meals cannot be claimed.

Also, the move must be over 50 miles, and the taxpayer must reside in the area 39 weeks of the last year.

family event in 2015, such as marriage, divorce, a baby, or other family transition, will have a very different tax return this year. Getting professional advice early can help taxpayers get their return prepared well in advance of the April 18 deadline.

Taxes due Surprised you on this one, right? We’re not suggesting that taxpayers file early if they owe money. Instead, it makes sense to get the tax preparation out of the way so taxpayers know precisely what they owe and can figure out how they’re going to pay before the tax deadline.

Stress reliever!

Here’s the bottom line ... the sooner a taxpayer files his or her income tax return, the sooner the taxpayer will be free of the responsibility.

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Continued from 1-D born citizen and have been a resident of the U. S. for 14 years.

Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6’ 4” and James Madison was the shortest at 5’ 4”. William Howard Taft was the largest at 340 lbs. Nine presidents did not have college degrees and Andrew Johnson never attended school. Woodrow Wilson had a PHD in political science. The longest inaugural address was by William Henry Harrison, and there was one president, James Buchanan, who never married.

John Tyler had the most children at 15, 8 with Letitia Christian Tyler and 7 with Julia Gardiner Tyler. There were a number of presidents, elected in a year ending in zero, who died in office; Abraham Lincoln, elected in 1860; James Garfield, 1880; William McKinley, 1900; Warren Harding, 1920; Franklin Roosevelt, last elected in 1940; and John Kennedy, 1960. Ronald Reagan broke the pattern in 1980.

NARFE Chap. 1191 covers Ellis, Navarro and adjacent parts of the surrounding counties.

Membership in NARFE is open to all active and retired federal employees and their spouses, former federal employees, and former spouses who are entitled to a federal survivor annuity. For more information, please call Midlothian at 972-268-5793 or 972-775-2463, Waxahachie - 469-939-8102, Ennis - 214949-6197, Red Oak - 412722-6307, or Corsicana - 903-874-3092. You may also go to www.narfe.org or http://www.dfwnarfe.net/ Chapter1191/ChapterPage. html or see NARFE Chapter 1191 on Facebook.

#77 REDUCED! Oakwood-1/2 frame home on slab and 1/1 cabin on +/-10.080 acres, perimeter fenced, pond, 30 x 40 shop on slab, covered front porch, laminate flooring, wood burning stove, appliances included, rolling hills

135 FCR 244

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This lovely 1 or 2 bedroom frame home has a beautiful rolling hill view from the front porch with ceiling fans. The 1,200 square feet per FCAD is heated cooled by electric central heat and air and there is a water softener. You’ll enjoy the low maintenance laminate flooring throughout and the beautiful paneled wood walls, wood burning stove, and cathedral ceiling in the 29’3” x 14’1” living room. The kitchen measures 10’3” x 9’4” and has a dishwasher, drop-in smooth top electric range, and a refrigerator. The laundry room has space for full sized washer/dryer, a freezer, and the water heater (freezer not included, but the washer/dryer are included). The master bedroom (15’6” x 14’11”) has a private bath with tub/shower combo. A second room that could be used for a bedroom (10’2” x 10’, no closet) is across from the hall bath with tub/shower comb.

The home has a conventional septic system and composition roof that are approximately 7 years old. The property is perimeter fenced and there is one small pond. The cabin is a 1 bedroom/1 bath with a shower stall. There is a 30’x40’ shop on slab behind the house. Service providers are Navarro Electric, Butler Water, private trash pickup. Seller has no mineral rights. Taxes are $1,184.52 with Over 65 exemption.

With close to one hundred listings to choose from, you’re sure to find one that will meet your needs. In addition to our own listings, we are happy to show any property listed with any real estate company.

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