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Cooper Review - Page 2A
Sheriff's Blotter
By Delta County Sheriff Ricky Smith
From January 23 - January 29, 2015, the
Delta County Sheriff’s Office handled 43 calls
for service, 385 telephone calls, and 5 9-1-1
calls. Deputies made eight (8) arrests, and
filed two (3) offense/incident reports. Of the
43 calls for service, deputies were dispatched
to the following:
Precinct 1 -2 calls, Precinct 2 -3 calls, Precinct
3 -4 calls Precinct 4-2 calls, City of Cooper
-32 calls.
Arrests
2 - Court commit
1 - Criminal mischief
1 - Forgery financial instrument; evading arrest
w/previous; resisting arrest; harassment
1 - Hindering apprehension
1 - Hold for Safe P
2 - Possession of drug paraphernalia
Incident Reports
1 - Hindering apprehension or prosecution
1 - Resisting arrest, search or transportation
Citations:
1 - Failure to maintain financial responsibility
2 - Speeding
If anyone has information about any felony
criminal offenses occurring in Delta County
please contact the Lake Country Crime Stoppers
Tip Line at (903) 885-2020. Information leading
to the arrest of individual(s) involved in the
offenses may result with cash for tips.
Investing in Delta County...
By Cindy Roller
Editor
In this article of the series
“Investing in Delta County,”
the focus is a quaint starter
home located in Pecan Gap,
Texas. This three bedroom
and two bathroom home sits
on three acres in Fannindel
Independent School District.
The country-style vinyl
siding house has large porches
for enjoying the view of the
unique firepit, workshop,
detached garage, fenced yards
and full stocked pond on the
property. The metal shop
includes concrete slap flooring
and electricity complete with
all weather road entrance.
The 1,380-square foot house
has been recently refreshed
with new coats of paint both
inside and outside accented
by decorative lighting. The
sellers are including all of the
appliances (gas cooktop/oven,
microwave, dishwasher and
window air conditioning units)
making it easy to move in and
be right at home.
To view the property look
for the Century 21 sign in the
yard in front of the property
at 11673 Farm-to-Market
Road 64 or contact listing
agent Brenda Stewart, noting online. She can be reached at
additional photos can be found 903-243-0379.
Country living can be found just off FM 64 in Pecan Gap.
This perfect starter home is listed by Century 21 agent Brenda
Stewart and includes a unique fire pit. courtesy photos
Cooper FFA
Cooper FFA
participants Clay
Ingram, Logan
Lair, Skylar
Sharpton, Travis
Darden and
Tanner Phifer
created projects
entered into the
Fort Worth Stock
Show and Rodeo
Ag Mechanics
Contest.
Courtesy photo
Southern Soul has local roots
Continued from Front Page
ever since,” said Hall, who
enjoys most enjoys the “no
pressure” practices. “It is
all unchartered territory. We
come from a diverse musical
background. We all listen to
everything [metal, country,
rock, old school], but we are
still just trying to find our
sound. We are just trying to
make good music.” For now
they fall under the Southern
Rock/Soul/Texas Blues genre.
It has been nearly six
months since they found their
fame - small town fame as
it may be for the time. They
have been busy creating a
Facebook page, Twitter fol-
lowers at @SouthernSoulTx,
scheduling events and writing
new songs. Since their debut
in Sulphur Springs, South-
ern Soul has set gigs for The
Drunken Mule in Commerce
at 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 20 (over
18 audience), the Mardi Gras
event at 8 p.m. on Friday,
March 20 at Mardi Gras Sea-
food in Mount Pleasant.
“I love the shows,” Mazoch
and Castro said in unison.
Mazoch is the lead guitar-
ist and backup vocals while
Castro holds the bass.
“The fans are great. The
fan base is already starting
to form,” said Brown, band’s
drummer. “They are making
their own band shirts and
following us to shows and
showing up at our prac-
tices [in Hopkins and Delta
counties]. They have been
extremely loyal in the small
amount of time we have been
together. It has been really
nice.”
The most of the guys have
known each other since
attending Sulphur Springs
High School but it was
Muddy Jake’s that brought
them together - two Delta
County deputies, Mazoch,
office manager at family-
owned Sunbelt and Castro, a
Saltillo graduate and a sales
representative at McKay Mu-
sic Company. They haven’t
forgotten their favorite pub as
they have even played some
indoor acoustic shows.
“I think it is something they
really enjoy, and I support
it,” said Delta County Sheriff
Ricky Smith. “They are doing
a great job, and I’m pleased
with their work [both on and
off the stage].” Many of the
local law enforcement depart-
ment can be found in the audi-
ence at any given show. Some
of their most popular songs
are “All Wrong,” “Your Heart
is Mine,” “In my Dreams,”
“Tell Me,” and “Feeling
Free.”
“I am actually enjoying
most of our new songs we
have been writing,” added
Brown, in agreement with the
others. “It is all original stuff
and flows really well.”
Short term goals for South-
ern Soul are just trying to
get a record produced. Long
term is, of course, what every
garage band dreams of - get-
ting paid to do what they love
- make music.
“We are just trying find our
permanent groove ... It is great
having a good, solid group of
guys that are supportive and
push you to do better,” said
Hall. “We just slid in and fit.”
Thursday, February 5, 2015
On The River
With ET
Jots and Tittles
Recently I heard someone say that something
“suited them to a T.” My little brain got to won-
dering where that phrase came from. Was it like
a tight fitting T-shirt? I just had to go to the trusty
internet and found there are disagreements on the
origin of the phrase. Some thought it was from the
T-shirt idea. Others said it came from a T square
used to make perfect right angles. But, the ma-
jority agreed it was used as far back as Biblical
times, much previous to T-shirts and T squares.
In Matthew 5:18, “jot and tittle” are mentioned.
Jot refers to the tiniest letter in the Greek alpha-
bet. A tittle is a tiny stroke of the pen above He-
brew letters to help tell some letters from others.
Think of the tiny mark on our “Q” that tells us
it is not an O. So when we say something fits us
to a T, we are actually saying it fits us to a tittle.
Maybe we should say it fits us to a jot and a tittle,
or at least say it fits us to a J and T. Nevertheless,
it means “to the tiniest detail” or perfectly.
Outdoor news. Jackrabbits are fairly rare
around here these days. Once there were lots
of them here. Several of us would go with Doc
Watson at night. The jackrabbits were located
with a spotlight. Doc had some greyhounds and
even a rough staghound or two. The dogs rode
in a cage in the back of his pickup and when we
saw a jackrabbit or a coyote, Doc would jerk a
rope, the cage door would swing open, and the
chase was on. There were a lot of jackrabbits up
on the Scott land north of Charleston. Some of
the pasture land must have been farmed at one
time because there were a few terraces around.
As we rode in the pickup trying to stay up with
the chase, the pickup would come off the ground
sometimes as we crossed a terrace. There are still
a few of the jacks around since we see sometimes
see one or two east of the “S curve” on 895 near
Post Oak Creek. What brought all this on was I
saw one run over near that curve this weekend.
Hopefully it wasn’t the last one.
Saturday I was at the grocery store in Coo-
per gathering supplies to make a stew. My phone
rang and it was a man wanting a quick hog hunt.
Six men from Iowa had hunted two days near
Corsicana without dogs. Just walked around or
sat in deer stands. None of the six had even seen
a hog. By 3:30 they were at my house and we
caught our first hog at 4:15. Hog number two at
4:30. They were fired up. Unfortunately all hunts
are not this successful but we did have a good
afternoon. Thanks to Ty Oliver, Trenton Jones,
and Casey Williams for helping me.
From my ledger. In 1987, I was doing my
regular five year clean out of my billfold. (Wallet
if you prefer.) Scribbled on a tiny piece of paper
were some notes I jotted down while talking to
Paul Trapp and Houston Elmore back in 1985.
Paul said all the kids walked to school back then
and for a lunch bucket almost all of them had a
small lard bucket with a wire handle. In the morn-
ings on the way to school the buckets would be
packed full and there was no rattling. Along with
other kinds of food was invariably a snuff glass
with syrup or honey in the bottom. A biscuit or
two was pushed down on top of the syrup. They
would talk with each other about what they had
for lunch. (Mama was a teacher and after house
cleaning and teaching didn’t have time to make
a lot of cakes and pies. Many days I would swap
my store bought dessert to one of the Kensing
kids for homemade fried sugar pies. Lots of but-
ter and sugar. Maybe I could get a recipe from
the internet.) Paul said when Nick Boyd was
young he couldn’t talk plain. They would ask
him what he had for lunch and he would say,
“Peanut butter and kackers.” On the way home
everyone’s lard bucket would really rattle as the
snuff glass hit the sides of the bucket.
Houston’s maternal grandfather’s last name
was Ryan. He asked Houston to go to the riv-
er with him one day to check trotlines. When
Houston got home his dad, Al, wasn’t too happy
and gave Houston a spanking. Maybe Houston
left some chores undone before he left.
More from my ledger. Friday, January 30,
1987. Spring like weather for the last several
days. Buds on elms are about to bust open. A
few mosquitoes are flying around. Went by Son
Chandler’s after school and got two T bone
steaks. $2.80 each. After watching Miami Vice
I went to the southeast corner of the Woodard
Place at Longridge and set up my tent. Fried
potatoes and T bone steak for breakfast. Water
in the nearby river rippled and sang through the
shallow water crossing.
Saturday, January 31, 1987. About a mile
northeast of where I camped last night there is
a shed, open on one side. Ronnie Green, Lex
Huie, Jason Toon, Benton Preas, and Michael
Worden spent the night there and shot guns until
almost daylight. I rolled up my tent a little after
sun up getting ready to go home. There was a
huge frost and I forgot to cover my windshield.
My heater has not worked in about three years
so I set a can of lit Stemo on the dash to melt the
ice. To be continued.
Retirement jokes. An older guy told some
friends he had to go home and do some mechan-
ic work. They said they didn’t know he was a
mechanic. What kind of mechanic work are you
going to do? He answered, “I’m gonna put a rear
end in my recliner.”
One retiree was asked what he did the day
before. He said, “Nothing, and I didn’t start that
until dinner.”
Sam asked, “What you gonna do today?”
Bill answered, “Nothing.” Sam continued, “I
thought that’s what you did yesterday.” Bill said,
“I didn’t get through.”
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Delta Hope House Report
Submitted Report
Those of you who have so
graciously donated food and/
or money to us in 2014 will
shortly be receiving the tax
receipt from us for you to use
in doing your taxes. For that
we are deeply grateful.
The children in our
elementary school are having
a food drive for us. They are
helping your neighbors and
learning a valuable lesson at
the same time. Thanks kids
and teachers.
Wouldn't it be a good idea
if all our County clubs and
organizations decided to have
a food drive for the Delta Hope
House. One more step up the
hill of eliminating hunger in
Delta County.
Bring a can or bag of food to us
and see our facility sometime.
We're there on Wednesday
mornings unloading the North
Texas Food Bank truck from
about 10 a.m. to noon or after.
We would even let you help us
stock the shelves if you'd like.
We serve our clients each
Thursday morning from 9 a.m.
to noon. We also serve working
families on the fourth Tuesday
of each month from 5:30 p.m.
to 8 p.m.
Calendar of Events
February
Silver Leos Writers Guild
will hold its monthly meeting
on Wednesday, February 11th,
from 1:30-4:30 PM in the
TAMIJ-Commerce Alumni
Center. The Alumni Center is
located on the west side of the
campus on Stonewall Street
in Commerce. The Guild is a
chapter of TAMU-C Alumni
Association. Anyone interested
in honing the craft of writing,
whether novice, professional,
or anywhere in between, is
welcome. Annual dues are $15.
The Guild meets on the second
Wednesday of each month.
Refreshments will be served.
* * *
Kiss It To Cancer-Relay
for Life Fundraiser will be
Friday, Feb. 13 from 6 to 9
p.m. on Celebration Plaza,
Downtown Sulphur Springs.
This Valentine’s-themed
fundraiser benefits Relay for
Life of Hopkins County and the
American Cancer Society. Send
your Love Grams & TV Grams
to powerofloverfl@yalioo.
com or contact Josh Wilburn
at 903-689-6250 or e-mail:
po werofloverfl @y alioo. com.
* * *
The Commerce GriefShare
group begins its spring semester
this coming Monday evening,
Feb. 2, at 6 p.m., in the Parlor
of First Baptist Church of
Commerce, located at 1401
Washington, just southwest of
downtown Commerce. F or more
information, call the church at
903-886-3189. Other nighttime
groups meet on Tuesdays at
First United Methodist Church
in Wolfe City, Wednesdays at
First Baptist Church in Sulphur
Springs, and Thursdays at
Highland Terrace Baptist
Church in Greenville. For
more information about
those locations and the
GriefShare program, see
www. Gri efShare. org.
* * *
Delta County Youth
Baseball and Softball will be
hosting a fundraising supper
at Three Rusty Nails Church
on Saturday, Feb. 28 at 5 p.m.
All-you-can-eat tickets are
$5 in advance and $7 at the
door.
Telephone: 903-395-2175 Fax: 903-395-0424
Owners - Jim and Sally Butler
Publisher - Jim Butler
Jimb@Cooperreview.com
Editor - Cindy Roller
CRoller@Cooperreview.com
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