WALKER COUNTY
PRESS
VOL 4 • ISSUE 29 PRSRT STD US Postage PAID Permit #60 WINNIE, TX
Thursday May 28, 2020
Huntsville Re-Opening......Slowly H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum Hosts Remembrance Ceremony
A good crowd was on hand for the opening day of the Downtown Farmers Market. By Wade Thibodeaux have 50% occupancy er light on what would Huntsville and Walk- and bars able to have have normally been jam er County are slowly 25% occupancy, life is packed nights, but the showing signs of get- slowly starting to come owners are grateful to ting back to some sort around and people are get back open and greet of normalcy after going starting to circulate their customers as they through a two month in their old stomping trickle into the food esvirtual shutdown of the grounds. There hasn’t tablishments. The annueconomy and life as seem to have been a al Downtown Farmers we had known. With rush on restaurants as Market (contd on page restaurants now able to crowds have been rath- 10)
City Council Spends L o t s o f T i m e o n a Tr e e By Wade Thibodeaux The Huntsville City Council met in regular session on Tuesday, May 19, 2020 at 6:00 pm. by teleconference and spent an extraordinary amount of time discussing a single tree. The tree in question was
in response to a citizen request from Marianito Bitara who said the tree was in danger of falling on his house and asked the City to remove the tree. The tree was located on the Wynne Home property and was leaning towards Mr. Bitara’s
house with a branch actually touching his house. The issue was further complicated by a bucket truck having to run over a children’s play area with a garden located inside the play area in order to (contd on page 10)
A wreath was placed in honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our Country last Monday during a Memorial Day Ceremony. By Wade Thibodeaux President Kenneth Lee the wreath on the ea The H.E.A.R.T.S. and Executive Direc- sel. Marina Trevino, Veterans Museum tor Tara Burnett giving a bugler, played Taps hosted a Memorial Day a welcome. Pastor Ke- followed by a closing ceremony in honor of fentze Risher, Sr. of St. benediction and the those who made the Paul United Methodist short but very meanultimate sacrifice to Church gave an invo- ingful ceremony was keep our Country free. cation and then while completed. A small The ceremony began the song Wayfairing crowd of mostly veterat 7:00 pm. at the flag- Stranger was playing, ans was assembled for pole of the museum Donald Genwright had the outdoor (contd on with Museum Board the honor of placing page 10)