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Phil Gramm and Gary becoming friends, he applied for the Marshal job again, went to Washington, DC to meet with Gramm, who had been a professor at Texas A&M before being elected. Gary asked how A&M was going to do that year in football.

Gramm responded, “I hate to rush you off, but I have a committee meeting and I really need to go. I appreciate you flying up here. We’ll get around to looking at this as soon as we can. So stay alert and we’ll get back with you.”

They walked to the door of the office. Gramm reached over and took him by the elbow and said, “You know what? With your background, there’s no need to interview anybody else. As far as I’m concerned, you’ll be our Marshal.” So he went back to the Marshal job in Tyler and spent eight years doing that.

In 1994, he decided to retire and return to Grayson County. Gary and wife Uva tried to buy a lot in Howe, but couldn’t find one and finally found a builder for a house in Sherman. He was approached about being Sheriff of the County, ran for Sheriff and was the first Republican to be elected.

At the end of his days as Sheriff, he said he was most proud of the fact that the jail eventually had 97 jailers and every position was filled and 200 additional beds had been built. For the last 96 beds, they didn’t have to pass a bond issue to make additional room. Not a penny was owed because they found innovative ways to add beds. Gary said he wishes we didn’t have to lock people up, but there are people who are dangerous to society that have to be corralled.

The low point in his career was when five violent inmates escaped from Grayson County jail. The leadership team is constantly reassessing the security in the jail, so that type of incident will never happen again. He believes it is a much better agency now.

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NASCAR, NCAA, PGA, all gone. Basic Survival is a definite challenge. I vow to persevere to the end, I am a survivor! Please, if there is life out there, communicate!” **** Someday, people will be looking back on our publication today and wondering what life was like during the Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020. Therefore, we probably should tell them. Dear future reader: When panic gushes The U.S. Marshal Service is the oldest law enforcement agency in the country, founded in 1789. The President appoints, Senate confirms. At age 34, he was the second youngest Marshal in the U.S. The first time he was a Marshal, Richard Nixon was in office. There are only 94 Marshals in the United States and four in Texas. He retired from Marshal service in 1994.

One of his most memorable times was during his first time as a Marshal 1969-1977. The U.S. Marshals had an annual conference in Washington, D.C. and he had been chosen to be on a 10-member advisory board to the Director of the Marshal service. Patricia Nixon, when Nixon was Vice President, held a tea party in the Rose Garden for the 94 Marshals and he had the privilege of speaking with her and reported that “she was a very quiet lady, but easy to talk to”.

A public reception for his retirement was held on August 31, 2016 in the West Courtroom of the Grayson County Courthouse.

The family will receive friends from 6:00-8:00 PM Tuesday, March 17 in the Family Life Center at First Baptist Church Sherman. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM Wednesday at First Baptist Church Sherman. Burial will follow at West Hill Cemetery.

Special thanks to Gay Brennan for contributing to this article.

throughout the streets and people go out and buy all of the toilet paper they can buy, we can tell you that it originated here in 2020. Why toilet paper you might wonder? Some of us ask the same question. If a diarrhea pandemic takes place in the future, I wonder if everyone will go out and clear the aisles of nasal spray?

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Meeting to be held Tuesday, March 17 at 6 pm at 700 W. Haning St, Howe, TX. CONSENT AGENDA Consider/approve consent items which are marked by an *. * Minutes of February 18, 2020 * Finance statements February 2020 * Election- Order of Cancellation of General Election * Election- Certification of Unopposed Candidates- General Election * Election- Order of Special Election for Unexpired terms * Grayson County Library Services Contract 2019-2020 Discuss, consider and act upon consent agenda. PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE NO. 774 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF HOWE, TEXAS, GRANTING TO SIENERGY, L.P. A FRANCHISE TO FURNISH AND SUPPLY GAS TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE CITY OF HOWE, GRAYSON COUNTY, TEXAS, AND TO TRANSPORT, DELIVER, SELL, AND DISTRIBUTE GAS IN AND OUT OF AND THROUGH SAID MUNICIPALITY FOR ALL PURPOSES; PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF A FEE OR CHARGE FOR THE USE OF THE STREETS, ALLEYS, AND PUBLIC WAYS; AND PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, A PENALTY CLAUSE, AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. END PUBLIC HEARING Discuss, consider and act upon Ordinance No. 774. Discuss, consider and act upon acceptance/awarding of bid for water line. Discuss, consider and act upon renewal of Loan No. 6071671, at the Independent Bank of Howe for the payments on two (2) police vehicles and authorize City Administrator Joe Shephard to sign and execute all related documents. Departmental Reports: Police Department. Utility Department. Code Enforcement. Municipal Court. Administration. Fire Department. Economic Development. ADJOURN For the week of March 8, 2020 Report by Homesnap.com New listings: 12 Homes for sale: 16 Condos for sale: 0 Detached for sale: 16 Townhouse for sale: 0

City Council Agenda Weekly home sales for 75459

Median List Price: $359,900 Median Sales Price: $210,500 Median Sales Price Change: 25% Price Changes: 14 Months of Inventory: 10 Contracts: 11 Sales: 6 Sales Change: 0% Average Days on Market: 154