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by Grice King

Ever feel that you look at this column and go “Man, seems like they have a birth-day every month in that fam-ily?” Well you would be pretty close. Birthdays in 7 months out of 12. Seems like it’s always something. Our oldest daugh-ter Paytyn turns 12 today (Wednesday). She probably thinks she got out of me put-ting a mention in here because we celebrated her birthday this past weekend with a bowling party and goodies. Good times had by all.

Happy Birthday Paytyn! We are proud of you!

Here is some of what’s hap-pening around town this week.

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Cooke County Democrats will host guest speaker, Kay Parr of Parker County on Th urs., Aug. 2 at its regular monthly meeting. Parr is the Chair of the Democrats of Parker County, the Represen-tative for Senate District 30 to the State Democratic Party Executive Committee and on the Board of Directors of the County Chairs’ Association. She will provide guidance on preparing for phone banks and block walks/canvassing. In addition to Parr’s pre-sentation, CCDems will dis-cuss Texas election laws as the group prepares for campaign action leading up to the No-vember election. Th e meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. at 1100 Lawrence St., Gainesville. All are welcome.

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NTMC Delays Facility Lease to

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Motorcade for Dallas Offi cer Stops in Gainesville – Dallas Police Department offi cers park their motorcycles out-side Quik Trip in Gainesville Thursday, July 26. The group was part of a motorcade escorting a fallen Dallas police of-fi cer killed by a suspected drunk driver to his fi nal resting place in Purcell, Oklahoma. Sr. Cpl. Earl “Jamie” Givens was a 32-year veteran of the force who died last week after an SUV struck him while he was blocking an entrance ramp on Interstate 20. His memorial service was held in Plano. The motorcade stopped for a break in Gainesville. (The Weekly News Photo)

By Delania RaneyTh e Weekly News

GAINESVILLE - Th e Gaines-ville Hospital District board of directors met at 6:00 p.m. Mon-day, July 23 in the board room of North Texas Medical Center. Following an executive ses-sion, the board took no action on the matter of a potential lease of NTMC to current management

company Community Hospital Corporation. Th e board voted unanimously to approve the minutes of the June 19 special meeting and the June 25 regular meeting. Brian Doerr, senior vice presi-dent of security and privacy with Community Hospital District pre-sented an overview of cyber secu-rity and risk management. Doerr spoke via a video conference call.

“We have a new focus in IT cyber security,” Doerr said. “And IT cyber security is really not just about buying new tools. It’s really protecting the confi dentially. It’s about maintaining the integrity and making sure the data is com-plete and accurate.” Cyber security is critical, he said. “If our data is not accurate you could provide patients with in-

correct diagnoses, incorrect data charges, including patient harm and patient death,” Doerr said. “We could have delayed surgery or delayed discharge and diagno-sis. Th e stakes are high. We have to be very careful and keep our focus on patient safety.” Chief Executive Offi cer Th omas Sledge presented a volume report. He said, “inpatient admission

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Tax Rate, Lower TaxesBy Delania RaneyTh e Weekly News

COOKE COUNTY -- Cooke County Commissioners Court set the eff ective tax rate at 0.4611 dur-ing the Monday, July 30, 2018 spe-cial meeting at the Cooke County courthouse. Th e eff ective tax rate is the amount required to derive the same amount of money as in the previous year. Th e current eff ective tax rate is 0.4938 so the new rate will lower Cooke County taxes. Th e court also set a date for a public hearing on the fi scal year 2019 budget. Th e general fund bud-get is expected to be around $25,019,501. Last year’s budget was $24,600,000. Th e amount is not set in stone. “Th e budget amount during the year can vary from items such as FEMA and insurance reimburse-ments,” County Judge Jason Brin-kley said. Commissioners also took action on a number of other items on the special agenda including replacing an air conditioning unit at the De-partment of Public Safety offi ces on East California Street. Th e commissioners voted unani-mously to replace, at a cost of $9,975, the HVAC unit at the DPS building. “Th ere are three units on the roof there,” maintenance director Ricky Kerr told the commission-ers. “[Game Warden] Darla Barr has an offi ce up there. Th at unit has two compressors in it. One of

the compressors is burned up. It will cost about $6,000 to replace the compressor and the coil or you can replace the entire unit for $9,975.” Th e second story offi ces aren’t being cooled at all and the unit is 12 years old, Kerr said.Commissioners also discussed

some changes to the FY2019 bud-get. Changes include the addition of a raise for the court coordina-tor position for the District Judge Janelle Haverkamp’s offi ce. Th e pay increase will be paid for by cutting some money out of the department’s budget, Brinkley

said. Commissioners set a date for a public hearing on the budget for 10:00 a.m. Aug. 27. Since the eff ective tax rate of .4611 is less than the current rate of .4938, two public hearings for the tax rate are not required, Brin-kley said.

Students Learn to Fly Drones at NCTC - A group of students attending a STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) summer program at North Central Texas College listen to their instructor Shannon Fargo, (far right) during a test fl ight in a fi eld outside an NCTC building. Also pictured from left are Jayden Vongradeth, Lane Foster, Gabriel Hellman and River Kirk. (The Weekly News Photo)

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increased in June by 33 percent.” NTMC Home Health visits are “one of the defi -nite bright spots we’ve talked about here,” he said. “Th ey, at this time last year, they did 832 visits. Th is year they did 1,139.” Word of mouth is pow-erful, he said. “Strategies to market-ing and growth is best done through verbal word of mouth,” he said. “You know. Th e billboard on the highway may look nice but, a lot of their growth has been the home health patient and that pa-tient will go to their clubs, their organizations, their church and talk to people about how great an experi-ence they’ve had with the home health. Th at’s what’s building the home health, so I challenge them to be great. Now that same kind of quality care that they’re delivering is the same kind of care at the hospital.” Hospital employees shouldn’t hesitate to en-courage residents to visit NTMC, Sledge said. “A banker asks for your business,” he said. “A real estate guy asks for your business. You know. Ev-erybody asks for business. We’re not asking for busi-ness. So I said, ‘When you have somebody that’s had a good experience, tell them ‘next time you need a hospital visit come see us.’” Emily Lewis reviewed the quality report with a focus on rapid adminis-tration of critical patient

care. “Some of the things that we went over were the mean time from the time a patient comes in the emergency room un-til they get an EKG,” she said. “As you can see in May it was 28 minutes. In June it was down to nine minutes.” In the labor and deliv-ery department, 23 de-liveries were recorded last month. Staff members are also encouraging mothers to breast feed. “We talked a little bit last month about breast feeding,” she said. Mothers who exclu-sively breast fed, increased from 40 percent to 44 percent, Lewis said. “Th ey are continuing to work on that with the lactation consultants to educate mothers.” Th e marketing and pub-lic relations department is undertaking a patient satisfaction campaign, ac-cording to marketing di-rector Kristi Rigsby. Th e eff ort includes a quiet time and “Kudos” cards. “We have one hour a day now and we began that today where we have signs on the doors and noise is to be kept to a minimal,” she said. “Nurses won’t enter the rooms unless they’re asked to. Th e trash carts aren’t being rolled down the fl oor. Th e nurses at the nurse’s station keep their voices to a whisper. So that’s the fi rst thing and it really helps in [pa-tient] recovery. Th e other thing that we’re doing is we have kudos cards. Th e main thing that is impor-

tant is that we’re thanking our patients. Th is card can be fi lled out on the back by either a patient or staff member. Th is will be something entirely that we’ll use to recognize peo-ple who’ve done a good job and it may be a house-keeper. It may be a nurse. It may be whoever. Any-one can fi ll these out and return to the front desk.” Chris Janning of Hill-top Securities discussed options for the hospital district bond fi nancing plan. He used an electronic data presentation to show board members the diff er-ence between remaining a nonprofi t facility and switching to for profi t sta-tus. Th e presentation in-cluded information about the hospital’s current debt. “Right now, as of this morning we think that, Aug. 6 we’re gonna have to sell about $3,465,000 mil-lion in additional bonds,” Janning said. “Th e bottom line is again, you may not do any of the bankruptcy in the tax-exempt. It must be taxable,” he said. “Debt that is outstanding which would even be eligible for consideration, is the origi-nal hospital debt, the $18 million.” Janning said in a tele-phone interview, he’d been asked by some board members to compare the tax-exempt status with for profi t status to see if the hospital could save money with tax-exempt bonds. “Th e bottom line is be-fore they [IRS] can even consider giving you the tax exemptions you have to do a lot of things,” Jan-ning said. “You have to get into a permanent lease that you could tell the tax lawyers that you are happy with it, that you would, that you have no intention of changing your mind or going a diff erent direction. To be tax exempt, it has to either be a governmental purpose or it has to be a qualifi ed management agreement with a qualifi ed nonprofi t and you have to

have those terms for those tax attorneys to look at and review before they can give you the opinion you need to sell the tax-exempt law. Right now we cannot do that.” If the hospital enters into an agreement with a management company they’d have to switch to taxable bonds. Janning suggested the hospital district stay with taxable bonds. “So it costs you about a million and a half dol-lars today for our recom-mended plan versus if you could be tax exempt,” Jan-ning said. “Considering the risk and considering what you may still face, we believe the right, pru-dent decision, certainty to the taxpayer, sell the bonds, get done, taxable market.” Board members unani-mously approved the fi -nancial statements for June 2018. Th e also board unani-mously approved a capital expenditure request for a phone system for Dr. Bhupinder “Bill” Khaira’s offi ce. Th ey tabled an engage-ment agreement for dis-trict consultant services and a settlement agree-ment with PHS lab man-agement. Th e board approved de-laying quarterly reports from BKD. Chief of Staff Dr. Lar-ry Sears recommended the board approve reap-pointment for two years for Ashley Logan, Family Nurse Practitioner; Kha-waja Anwar, MD; Harold Claver, D.O.; Susan Moss, Women’s Health Nurse Practitioner; Gregory Burchett, Certifi ed Reg-istered Nurse Anesthetist and Shawn Zarr, M.D. Th e board unanimously approved the reappoint-ments.

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Services Michael Wayne Frost passed from this life on July 29, 2018 at the age of 69. Th e family will hold a private burial at a later date.History He was born to James Th omas Frost and Lorene Bloxham on September 1, 1948 in Gainesville, TX. Mike lost both of his par-ents at a very young age. Mike married Carol Grewing on June 12, 1971 at Sacred Heart Church in Muenster, TX. Th ey are the parents of three children: Jason, Scott and Loren. Th ey also have fi ve grandchildren: Annal-iese Cisneros, Danni Shea Paulin, Seth Paulin, Lucas Frost, and Trenton Frost. Mike loved the outdoors, especially hunting, fi sh-ing, camping, and boating. He also enjoyed carpen-try work and working on miscellaneous projects in his shop. He loved to cook outdoors with family and friends. He will be greatly missed. Mike was preceded in death by his grandparents, parents, J.T and Lorene Frost, sister, Frances Par-rish, niece, Donna Parrish and numerous aunts, un-cles, and cousins.Survivors He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Carol; sons: Ja-son Frost, and Scott and wife, Misty Frost; daugh-ter, Loren Frost, brother, James and wife, Jan Frost and fi ve grandchildren.

David James Tynes

Services Funeral services for Da-vid James Tynes, 51, of Gordonville, Texas will be held at New Beginnings Church in Madill, Okla-homa on Th ursday, August 2, 2018 at 2:00 PM., offi -ciated by Rev. H.H. Davis, Rev. Travis Williams and Rev. Don Williams. Inter-ment will follow at Lone Cedar Cemetery in Manns-ville, Oklahoma. Th e fam-ily will receive friends and

family at Meador Funeral Home in Whitesboro on Wednesday, August 1 ,2018 between 6:00 and 8:00 PM. David passed away Sat-urday July 28, 2018 at his home in Gordonville.History He was born on Au-gust 8, 1966 in Ardmore, Oklahoma to James David and Mary (King) Tynes. He married his wife of 30 years, Teresa Davis, in Ar-dmore on March 12, 1988.

He worked as a grocery store manager since 1984. David was a member of the New Beginnings Church in Madill, OK. He was an avid sportsman who loved to hunt and build guns. He was an amazing hus-band, father, brother, son and son-in-law, he loved and cherished his family.Survivors David is survived by his wife, Teresa Tynes of Gor-donville, daughter, Cait-lynn Tynes of Gordon-

ville, mother, Mary Tynes of Ardmore, OK, brother, Jimmy Tynes and wife, Tania of Lone Grove, OK, brother, Shawn Tynes and wife, Kayla of Jones, Ok, as well as nieces and nephews, Bria, Matthew, Noah and Isaac. He was preceded in death by his father, James David Tynes. To sign the online reg-ister, please go to www.meadorfuneralhomes.com.


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auditions for Greetings! August 6-7, from 7-9 p.m. at 110 South Wash-ington Street, Pilot Point (also known as the Pilot Point Opera House). 3 male and 2 female parts are needed. Please contact Char-lene Ledbetter, direc-tor, with any questions. Show dates are October 19-20 & 26-28.

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Final Market Day at Mt. Springs Community Center is set for Satur-day morning, August 4, 2018. If you have any ques-tions, please contact the Market coordina-tor, Shauna Fisher at 903.522.9721 or send email to [email protected]

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Circle J Cowboy Church of Grayson County is hosting a Back 2 School Bash on August 11 from 6:00 to 10:00 pm. Free kids hair cuts, school supplies, water-slide, hamburgers and hotdogs. Th ey are located on 888 Henry Snow Rd in Collinsville. For more information or to donate, please con-tact Jolene Mayo at 903-819-0677.

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COOKE COUNTY - Cooke County United Way is proud to announce the 2019 Campaign Pace-setter companies as follows: Callisburg I.S.D., City of Gainesville, Cooke Coun-ty offi ces, Cooke County Electric Cooperative, First State Bank, Gainesville I.S.D., Molded Fiber Glass Companies Texas, Muen-ster State Bank, Nortex Communications, North Central Texas College, North Texas Medical Cen-ter, and Zodiac Seats U.S. Th ese companies start their United Way cam-paign eff orts on August 1, creating the momen-tum for the remainder of the annual campaign season. “As Pacesetters, we hope to inspire other businesses and individu-als to help meet the needs of the entire community. Th e money donated to the CCUW helps all Cooke

County residents,” com-mented John Walterscheid of Cooke County Electric Coop and Past-President of Cooke County United Way. Returning this year to plan and prepare for the launch of the 2019 Unit-ed Way Campaign were the 2018 Campaign Co-Chairs, Amanda Riley of Nascoga Federal Credit Union and Chandra Mc-Mahan with the City of Gainesville. Amanda Riley will continue on as the 2019 Campaign Chair and is joined by Honorary Chair Gainesville Fire Chief Wayne Twiner. Riley, Campaign Chair, added “Campaign Pace-setter companies conduct their workplace campaign in August prior to the be-ginning of the commu-nity campaign that kicks off with the September

6 luncheon at the Civic Center. Th e giving totals from Pacesetter compa-nies are announced at the luncheon thus “setting the pace” for the community businesses and residents as they encourage others to participate and support the annual United Way campaign.” “Our Paceset-ters are integral to the cam-paign’s success, and I’m just so thankful for their leadership in the commu-nity,” emphasized United Way Board President Lynn Switzer. Th e September 6 kick-off luncheon for the 2019 Cap-ture the Spirit Campaign is open to the public. Tickets are $10 each, available on-line at cookeuw.org or by phone at 940-665-1793. Amanda and Wayne have recruited two Junior United Way Campaign Co-Chairs for the 2019 Campaign who embody

this year’s theme, Capture the Spirit. Junior Co-Chair Payton Twiner is a student and cheerleader at Era High School and the daughter of Wayne Twin-er. Junior Co-Chair Ry-lie Dean is a student and cheerleader at Era Junior High and the daughter of Cyle and Melinda Dean. View this year’s Cam-paign video at cookeuw.org, and check us out on Facebook at Cooke County United Way or #cookeuw. Capturing the spirit of gen-erosity can be even easier with United Way “DipJars”. If your company is interest-ed in “hosting” a DipJar, for instant credit card enabled giving, or for more infor-mation about United Way call 940-665-1793 or email [email protected] or come by 114 E. Main Street in downtown Gainesville on the corner of East Main and South Rusk.

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2019 Cooke County United Way Pacesetter Representatives - From back left to right: Co-Chair Amanda Riley, CCUW Executive Director Marlene Phillips, GISD & Luncheon Chair Leslie Crutsinger, FSB Pat Zimmerer, GISD Paula Moore, MFG TX Jasmine Rodriguez, Cooke County Co-op Carolyn Powell, Zodiac Seats, U.S. Amy Henry, NCTC Lynn Peters, GISD Dave Glancy (obscured), NCTC Shella Lewis, Cooke County Cathy Lloyd, Callisburg ISD Don Metzler, Cooke County Kim Ward, NTMC & CCUW Board Member Leaha Sweeney, Nortex Chris McNamara, Nortex Joey Ander-son, MSB Kevin Sebade, Co-Chair Chandra McMahan, Honorary Chair Wayne Twiner, CCUW President Lynn Switzer, MFG TX Allison Tunheim, NCTC Lynn Garrett, CCUW Board Member Justin Wheatley, NTMC Kristi Rigsby, Cooke County Co-op Chance Huddleston, and City of Gainesville Caitlyn Huddleston. (Courtesy Photo)



COOKE COUNTY – Th e following incidents were reported to the Cooke County Sheriff ’s Offi ce. Heather Rasco reported interference with emergen-cy request for assistance in the 3000 block of County Road 308. Virginia Grace Johnson reported burglary of a ve-hicle in the 9700 block of East Highway 82. Possession of controlled substance penalty group 1 less than 1 gram in the 3000 block of East High-way 82. Frances Lones Pilcher reported the burglary of a building in the 9600 block of FM 902. Possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces in the 700 block of West Broad-way.

Arrest log: Arron Scott Copeland, 30, driving while license invalid. David Jones, 50, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia. Avery Nicole Wilson, 20, possession of drug par-aphernalia. Benette Wakeman John-ston, 62, motion to pro-ceed possession of con-trolled substance penalty group 1 less than 1 gram.

Eloy Villareal Rodriguez, 30, parole violation. Amber Lashawn Hill, 41, public intoxication. Tammy Nell Roe, 44, capias pro fi ne – posses-sion of marijuana less than 2 ounces, display expired license plate/registration, violate promise. Anthony Davis Walden, 29, failure to maintain fi -nancial responsibility. Gregory Allen Wool-sey, 45, assault – impede breathing. Paul Venton Martin, 49, theft of service less than $30,000. Bailey Starbuck Jarvis, 31, conspiracy to distrib-ute methamphetamine. Darryl Allen Blowers, 37, possession of drug par-

aphernalia. Brandon Pettie, 28, pos-session of controlled sub-stance penalty group 1 less than 1 gram. Timothy Darrell Jones, 56, manufacture/delivery of controlled substance penalty group 1 less than 4 grams; possession of dan-gerous drug; tampering with identifying identifi ca-tion numbers. Dustin Paul Jones, 28, manufacture/delivery of controlled substance pen-alty group 1 less than 4 grams, possession of dan-gerous drug. Justin David Jones, 28, possession of dangerous drug, possession of drug paraphernalia. Lucinda Jo Lewis, 46,

aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Kyle Ray Powers, 29, possession of controlled substance penalty group 3 less than 28 grams, driving while intoxicated. Ricky Lee Williams, 37, theft of service less than $300,000. Jason Wayne Taylor, 34, assault family/household member with previous conviction. Matthew John Fleitman, 33, assault causing bodily injury, interfere with emer-gency request for assis-tance, abandon endanger-ing child. Calvin Davis Calhoun, 25, driving while license invalid with previous con-viction.

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Stabbing IncidentGAINESVILLE - On July 22, 2018 at approximately 7:00 p.m. the Cooke Coun-ty Sheriff ’s Offi ce received a report of a domestic dis-turbance at a residence in the 14000 block of FM 678 near Callisburg where a male subject had been stabbed. Upon arrival Dep-uties found Wylie Lee Lewis Jr., 55, had been stabbed in the stomach area. Cooke County EMS transported Lewis to the Callisburg High School to meet with an air

ambulance for transport to a Denton area hospital. Deputies arrested Lu-cinda Jo Lewis, 45, at the scene for allegedly stabbing her husband during an ar-gument. She was trans-ported to Cooke County Sheriff ’s Offi ce jail and charged with Aggravated Assault Family Violence with a weapon A 1st degree Felony. She was arraigned the next day by Justice of the Peace, Carroll Johnson with a $50,000 bond. She remains in custody as of July 27, 2018. Th e victim underwent surgery at a Denton hospital and is presently still hospi-talized recovering from his wounds. Th e case once completed will be fi led with the Cooke County District Attorney’s for prosecution.

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

Cases Filed Karen Joanna Gaona vs. Luis Alfonso De Jesus, di-vorce. Olivia Florance Page vs. Matthew Scott Page, di-vorce. Th e state of Texas vs. nine hundred twenty-eight dollars, civil case related to criminal matter. Th e state of Texas vs. four hundred sixty-one dollars, civil case related to criminal matter. Th e state of Texas vs. 2002 Mercedes Benz, civil case related to criminal matter. Th e state of Texas vs/ 2004 Hyundai, civil case related to criminal matter.

Cases Decided Laura Sunday Becker vs. Jason William Becker – fi -nal judgment. State of Texas vs. Chance Kirkpatrick – non-suited or dismissed by plaintiff . Yolanda Ann McBath vs. Destini Capri Bishop Bruce – non-suited or dis-

missed by plaintiff . Ally Financial Inc. vs Rayford P. Lee – default judgment.

Caleb Franco vs. Joshua Mueller – non-suited or dismissed by plaintiff .

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COOKE COUNTY – Th e North Central Texas Chorale is looking to add more singers for the 2018 fall season. Th e Chorale is a community-based chorus that has been in existence for over 38 years and has presented quality music in Texas, New York, and abroad. Th e fall season will fea-

ture the very popular Viv-aldi Gloria. Th e Gloria will be performed with an or-chestra and organ in early December. Th e Gloria is a joyful hymn of praise and worship and is one of sa-cred music’s most uplifting choral works. Th e Gloria will be paired

with Christmas classics to round out the concert. New singers are always invited. Mr. Clint Kelley is our Director. He has been the Junior High and High School Choir Director at Sacred Heart School for many years. He received his Bachelor of Music from Th e University of Texas at

Tyler. From 2006 to 2007 he worked with the Uni-versity of Nevada Reno Community Chorus prior to coming to Texas. Mr. Kelley is a creative concert planner who excels at mo-tivating and inspiring sing-ers. Shirley Hatfi eld will be

our accompanist this sea-son. She has been the Or-ganist-Choirmaster of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Gainesville since 2009, and has recently relocated to our community from Oklahoma. Shirley is also the accompanist for the Weekday Masses at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Muenster, and the ac-

companist for the Sacred Heart High School Cho-ral Department. Prior to coming to Gainesville, she served as Organist-Choirmaster of St. Phil-ip’s Episcopal Church in Ardmore, Oklahoma for 40 years. Although a majority of

Chorale members are from Gainesville, many other cities including Deca-tur, Denton, Lake Kiowa, Lindsay, Muenster, Pilot Point, Sanger, and St. Jo have been represented. Th ere is no audition re-quired to sing with the Chorale. We do ask that singers have experience singing in choirs. Th e abil-

ity to read music and sing on pitch is also very impor-tant. Rehearsals are on Tues-days from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. in the Choir Room at the First State Bank Center For Th e Performing Arts. Th is building is on the NCTC campus in Gaines-ville. Rehearsals will begin on August 28. Th e Chorale is look for-ward to adding more sing-ers. If you have any ques-tions, please contact Phil Schenk, Chorale Publicity at 940-387-1886.

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By Mark Shields

It’s a safe bet that when President Donald J. Trump was a younger man, he nev-er read “To Kill A Mocking-bird,” Harper Lee’s Ameri-can classic about a young child’s awakening to racial prejudice in a sleepy little town in the pre-civil rights South. Th e admirable Atti-cus Finch teaches his young daughter, Scout, about em-pathy, saying: “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view ... until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” Otherwise President Trump would have been able to put himself in the shoes of the more than four dozen Republican House candidates who, because national polls show an

overall advantage to Demo-cratic challengers for the 2018 midterms, are ner-vously running in the four dozen House districts that have been rated toss-ups or worse, trending from Re-publican to Democrat. If you’re a Republican running in one of those battleground races, you want the 2018 campaign to be about how you and the GOP, over the opposi-tion Democrats, continue to do such an obviously great job as stewards of the booming U.S. economy whose unemployment fell to an 18-year low in May and whose second-quar-ter growth, powered by a comeback in consumer spending, grew at an infl a-tion-adjusted annual rate of 4.1 percent. You want to be able to taunt your opponents who remind us that the current economic expansion that began in mid-2009 under then-President Obama is prob-ably a lot closer to its end than its beginning: “Cheer up. Eventually, things will get worse.” But if you’re a Republican on the ballot in 2018, you don’t always get what you want from Donald Trump.

For some irrational rea-son, Trump selfi shly wants to make his dubious rela-tionship with Russia and President Vladimir Putin the October non-surprise, thereby putting Republican candidates squarely on the political defensive, forced to explain and justify why their president continues to be such an unassertive and deferential wooer of the Russian dictator’s approval. Trump cohorts with ac-cess to the Oval Offi ce and some steel in their back-bone could tell the presi-dent about the most recent Wall Street Journal-NBC News poll, which asked voters to rate how positive or negative feelings their feelings toward prominent individuals are with the categories “very positive,” “somewhat positive,” “neu-tral,” “somewhat negative,” “very negative” and “don’t know name/not sure.” Somewhere in these United States lives the 2 percent of Americans who give Pu-tin a “very positive” score and their soul mates, the 3 percent of us who give the Russian boss a “somewhat positive” score. On the oth-er side, 19 percent of vot-ers rated Putin “somewhat

negative,” and 46 percent gave him a thumbs-down score of “very negative,” for an overall total of 5 percent positive and 65 percent negative. Sadly, that means that approximately 30 per-cent of those interviewed do not know who Putin is or have no opinion of the man. It was obvious from the

publicly cold shoulder House Speaker Paul Ryan and Senate Majority Lead-er Mitch McConnell gave to Trump’s initial autumn homecoming invitation to Putin that they know an-other summit of sorts this fall is bad news for their embattled Republican col-leagues. But as one wise GOP wise man explained:

“Trump has spent more than seven decades think-ing fi rst, foremost, and un-interruptedly about Trump. It is unrealistic to think he would begin thinking about others.”

Copyright 2018 Mark Shields. Copyright 2018 Creators.Com.

By Patrick J. Buchanan

“Make America Great Again!” will, given the as-tonishing victory it pro-duced for Donald Trump, be recorded among the most successful slogans in political history. Yet it raises a question: How did America fi rst be-come the world’s greatest economic power?

In 1998, in “Th e Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Jus-tice Are Being Sacrifi ced to the Gods of the Global Economy,” this writer sought to explain. However, as the blazing issue of that day was Mon-ica Lewinsky and Bill Clin-ton, it was no easy task to steer interviewers around to the McKinley Tariff . Free trade propaganda aside, what is the historical truth? As our Revolution was about political indepen-dence, the fi rst words and acts of our constitutional republic were about ensur-ing America’s economic in-dependence. “A free people should promote such manufactures as tend to render them in-

dependent on others for es-sentials, especially military supplies,” said President Washington in his fi rst mes-sage to Congress. Th e fi rst major bill passed by Congress was the Tariff Act of 1789. Weeks later, Washington imposed tonnage taxes all foreign shipping. Th e U.S. Merchant Marine was born. In 1791, Treasury Secre-tary Alexander Hamilton wrote in his famous Report on Manufactures: “Th e wealth ... indepen-dence, and security of a Country, appear to be ma-terially connected with the prosperity of manufactures. Every nation ... ought to endeavor to possess with-in itself all the essentials of national supply. Th ese compromise the means of subsistence, habitation, clothing, and defence.” During the War of 1812, British merchants lost their American markets. When peace came, fl otillas of Brit-ish ships arrived at U.S. ports to dump underpriced goods and to recapture the markets the Brits had lost. Henry Clay and John Calhoun backed James Madison’s Tariff of 1816, as did ex-free traders Jef-ferson and John Adams. It worked. In 1816, the U.S. pro-duced 840 thousand yards of cloth. By 1820, it was 13,874 thousand yards. America had become self-suffi cient. Financing “internal im-provements” with tariff s on foreign goods would become known abroad as “Th e American System.” Said Daniel Webster, “Protection of our own la-bor against the cheaper, ill-paid, half-fed, and pauper labor of Europe, is ... a duty which the country owes to its own citizens.”

Th is is economic patrio-tism, a conservatism of the heart. Globalists, cosmopo-lites and one-worlders re-coil at phrases like “America First.” Campaigning for Hen-ry Clay, “Th e Father of the American System,” in 1844, Abe Lincoln issued an impassioned plea, “Give us a protective tariff and we will have the greatest nation on earth.” Battling free trade in the Polk presidency, Congress-man Lincoln said, “Aban-donment of the protective policy by the American Government must result in the increase of both use-less labor and idleness and ... must produce want and ruin among our people.” In our time, the aban-donment of economic pa-triotism produced in Mid-dle America what Lincoln predicted, and what got Trump elected. From the Civil War to the 20th century, U.S. econom-ic policy was grounded in the Morrill Tariff s, named for Vermont Congressman and Senator Justin Morrill who, as early as 1857, had declared: “I am for ruling America for the benefi t, fi rst, of Americans, and, for the ‘rest of mankind’ after-wards.” To Morrill, free trade was treason: “Free trade abjures pa-triotism and boasts of cos-mopolitanism. It regards the labor of our own people with no more favor than that of the barbarian on the Danube or the cooly on the Ganges.” William McKinley, the veteran of Antietam who gave his name to the McKinley Tariff , declared, four years before being elected president: “Free trade results in our giving our money ... our

manufactures and our mar-kets to other nations. ... It will bring widespread dis-content. It will revolution-ize our values.” Campaigning in 1892, McKinley said, “Open competition between high-paid American labor and poorly paid European labor will either drive out of exis-tence American industry or lower American wages.” Substitute “Asian labor” for “European labor” and is this not a fair description of what free trade did to U.S. manufacturing these last 25 years? Some $12 trillion in trade defi cits, arrested wages for our workers, six million manufacturing jobs lost, 55,000 factories and plants shut down. McKinley’s future Vice President Teddy Roosevelt agreed with him, “Th ank God I am not a free trader.” What did the Protection-ists produce? From 1869 to 1900, GDP quadrupled. Bud-get surpluses were run for

27 straight years. Th e U.S. debt was cut two-thirds to 7 percent of GDP. Commod-ity prices fell 58 percent. U.S. population doubled, but real wages rose 53 per-cent. Economic growth av-eraged 4 percent a year. And the United States, which began this era with half of Britain’s production, ended it with twice Britain’s production. Under Warren Hard-ing, Cal Coolidge and the Fordney-McCumber Tariff , GDP growth from 1922 to 1927 hit 7 percent, an all-time record. Economic patriotism put America fi rst, and made America fi rst. Of GOP free traders, the steel magnate Joseph Whar-ton, whose name graces the college Trump attended, said it well: “Republicans who are shaky on protection are shaky all over.” Copyright 2018 Creators.Com.

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Gainesville Police Receive ReportsGAINESVILLE – Th e fol-lowing reports were received by the Gainesville Police Department. Bridgette Y. Clemons reported a hit and run in-cident in the 700 block of West California Street. Gerry M. Laymance, 49, reported theft of property less than $750 in the 2000 block of Weber Drive. Phoenix Services, LLC re-ported burglary of a motor vehicle in the 300 block of North Interstate 35. Susan L. Gillis reported theft less than $2,500 in the 1700 block of Old Denton Road. Christopher B. Albro re-ported burglary of a vehicle in the 900 block of South Rusk Street.

Wireless 4U reported or-ganized retail theft less than $750 in the 900 block of East Highway 82. Mary E. Maupin reported violence bond/protective order in the 1600 block of Morningside Drive. Shatavia L. Livington and Selina A. Santos reported harassment in the 1300 block of Olive Street. Angie Aviles, 37, report-ed criminal mischief in the 900 block of South Morris Street. Possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces, evading arrest/detention in the 1400 block of North Grand Av-enue. Hats Off Towing reported theft of property in the 800 block of Grand Avenue.

Arrest Log: Stephanie L. Pilcher, 27, misdemeanor warrant. Christopher S. Rich, 19, misdemeanor warrant. Lee J. Yarbrough, 65, public intoxication. Samuel Cano, possession of a controlled substance penalty group 2 less than 4 grams, possession of mari-juana less than 2 grams. Rodney W. Conner, 36, possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces, possession of drug paraphernalia. Vicki D. Apollos, 38, warrant arrest. Daniel W. White, 29, possession of controlled substance penalty group 2 less than 400 grams, posses-sion of marijuana less than 2 ounces, unlawful carrying

weapon, possession of drug paraphernalia. Taylor R. Carr, 22, war-rant arrest. Stefanee B. Broyles, 30, possession of controlled substance penalty group one less than 1 gram, possession of drug paraphernalia. Claudia G. Covarrubias, 39, warrant arrest. Noel Gonzales, 48, war-rant arrest. Stephany N. Robles, 22, public intoxication. Eugene E. Molett, 46,

possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces in the 1900 block of North Interstate 35. Th omas J. Mitchell, 38, warrant arrest in the 4000 block of East Broadway. Charleston L. Mims, 30, warrant arrest. Tyler J. Burkett, 26, war-rant service. Elmo J. Murphy, 63, pub-lic intoxication. Hudson L. Howell, 20, possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces, possession of

drug paraphernalia. Soul Lopez, 20, public in-toxication. Daniel Benites, 32, failure to identify, no driver license/warrants. Gregorio A. Barcenas, 18, possession of marijuana less than 2 ounces, possession of drug paraphernalia, war-rants. Jayton R. King, 27, public intoxication. Samuel H. Giger, posses-sion of marijuana, posses-sion of drug paraphernalia.

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GAVA Fall Art Expo Looking for ArtistsGAINESVILLE - Th e Gainesville Area Visual Arts (GAVA) Fall Art Exhibi-tion is looking for artists in North Texas and South-ern Oklahoma to join us for a great show. True to the Colors is the theme for this year’s annual show was chosen because Gainesville is the only Medal of Hon-or Host City in the USA and the theme also refl ects the new branding for the City of Gainesville “Totally Texan, All American”. Th e theme is open to a wide in-terpretation which should provide for some interesting and beautiful work. Artists in all visual mediums are en-couraged to submit their art from traditional to ‘way out there’ - 2 or 3 dimensional - it’s all welcome! Th is is an open juried show. Original art only - that has not been shown in the GAVA Fall Art Show in the last four years. GAVA reserves the right to exclude any item deemed in-appropriate. Art submission is Sep-tember 9 and 10 from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Santa Fe Depot. GAVA members pay $15 per entry, non-GAVA members $20 per entry – only 4 pieces can be submitted per artist. Stu-dents are encouraged to en-ter their art. For entry forms and additional information please visit the GAVA web-site www.gainesvilleareavi-sualarts.org.

Gainesville Area Visual Arts will be presenting awards in four categories – Traditional, Contempo-rary, 3D & Photography/Digital Art and local busi-nesses have stepped up and contributed with their own unique awards & prize money. GAVA is honored that First State Bank is once again presenting our Best of Show Award. Over $3,000 in cash awards will be pre-sented at this year’s Fall Art Exhibition. Th ere will be a People Choice Award too! Th e True to the Colors Fall Art Exhibition will be in the Historic Santa Fe Depot located at 605 E California St. in Gainesville. Th e show is free to the public and runs from September 15 through the 23. Th e free Public Reception is September 15 and will be the perfect time to experi-ence all the art and meet the artists. Join them from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. for art, light hors d’oeuvres and libations. Lots of the en-tered art will be for sale and there will also be an original art raffl e with four gorgeous pieces of art for you to win. GAVA will announce more details on the True to the Colors Raffl e very soon! Be sure to like the Gaines-ville Area Visual Arts on Facebook for more updates on the True to the Colors Fall Art Exhibition.

Sentences Issued forFelony IndictmentsCOOKE COUNTY – Th e following sentences were is-sued for felony indictments and fi led in the 235th Dis-trict Court. Anthony Markeith Dele-on, 30, pleaded guilty to the Dec. 18, 2017 fi rst degree

felony off ense of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, pen-alty group 1, less than 200 grams and was sentenced to six months confi nement in a state jail facility, court costs and $180 restitution.

Zodiac Donates to Help Gainesville PD Obtain New K9 - Members of Gaines-ville Police Department, Gainesville Fire-Rescue and a Zodiac Seats U.S. employee were at Saturday’s “Battle of the Badges” benefi t softball tournament at the Edison ball fi elds in Gainesville. The event helped the Gainesville Citizen Police Academy and Boys and Girls Club of Cooke County. Participating in a check presentation prior to the tournament were, left to right, Cpl. Chris Burr of Cooke County Sheriff’s Offi ce, Gainesville Police Chief Kevin Phillips, Offi cer Randy Jones, Brent Ivie of Gainesville Fire-Rescue, Gainesville Fire-Rescue Chief Wayne Twiner and Amy Henry of the com-munity involvement committee with Zodiac Seats U.S. (The Weekly News Photo)

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