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Published nt Cooper, Texas Thursday, September 2,2004
Vol. 124, No. 36
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The Cooper Review Office Will
Be Open Labor Day, Monday,
September 6 from 8:30 to Noon.
We will resume regular hours
on Tuesday, September 7.
been
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churches are allowed to visit a food
pantry that is located in Sulphur
Springs. Items are picked out,
weighed and then a small bill is sent
to the churches for payment on their
account.
the east wall of the building.
Sometimes there is a need to
gather other varieties of staple
once every six weeks. 3) There are
no restrictions as to church or non-
church affiliations All persons who
live in Delta County are eligible to
come to the Hope House However,
they must be adults.
should see Ms. Collard in the
Courthouse basement.
2) The person wanting food is
county.
Like everything else the Hope
House does have a few simple rules
1) That the person must get a
signed sheet from one of two
sources. From Pam Collard, whois
with NETO and she is located in the
basement of the Delta County
Courthouse. Ms. Collard is the
that small building looks like.
The Hope House is open only
two days a week. Those days are
Wednesday and Thursday of each
and every week. The hours are 10
a m. to noon, both days. The house
is manned during those 4 hours
Everyone is welcome to stop by
one day and see who is in there
gladly accept donations of food
items or perhaps even cash, from
those who want to come by and see
In addition to the morning
activities, at 7 p.m. September 2
The extra point was good and
Pewitt led at that point 14-6
After Pewitt’s kick, Aaron Eaton
received the ball and was
possession, a nice hit by Eaton
caused a fumble and Brian Jones
Pewitt. They recovered the ball
at mid-field and 10 plays later
Harrison scored on a six yard run
making the score Pewitt 20-12
institutions in Texas,” McFarland
says.
In case of rain, the breakfast
but one good catch was out of
bounds and the other pass was
broken up by a Pew itt defender.
Dougherty recovered a fumble.
Cooper scored its first TD on a
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the classroom every day.
It is important that we
recognize the efforts that the
staff puts into making our
children successful. There are
and our past achievements, but
we look to the future. This is
reflected in the tremendous
amount of activity taking place on
campus. And, of course, we
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Faces Crackdown on Drunk Driving From the Scene
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First United Methodist Church in
Cooper to keep their pantry items in
the building. The little building has volunteeringand what the inside of
a front and back door. It has shelves
on one side of the single room
dwelling. There is a refrigerator,
where all kinds of goodies are kept
cool and fresh It has lights, a fan
and an air conditioner in the
window. There is also a small radio
for folks to listen to as they wait for each week by volunteers from the
folks to come by.
The shelves are loaded with can
goods. These range from tuna fish,
to stew, to soup of various kinds.
There are bags of pinto beans ready
to be cooked and enjoyed. There
are sometimes items in the house
that are for small children.
Sometimes the house has drinks,
juices, cereal, crackers, and lots of primary referral source In the event,
other good things to eat.
There are cans of pork, chicken,
tomato sauce, chili.and fruit. There
are containers of peanut butter,
packages of crackers, packages of behind the Hope House. Primarily
cookies, extra large diapers, there is folks needing food assistance
some baby wash containers.
Recently the local post office had
their food drive The net results were
a wide array of canned goods being al lowed to return to the Hope House
donated to the house. At one time
there were mounds of sacks all over
the place.
But as different volunteers came
by, the sacks were all opened and
placed in a variety of boxes around
Hope House On West Dallas
Recently we have understood
that there are those folks who know
nothing about the Hope House. It
is a small building located just west goods. To that end, the local
of the small City Park, the one that
Linda Barnes and helpers clean up
as needed throughout the year The
one that the late Foy Bums had a
mural of Delta County painted on
the North Side of the building
The small building is actually
owned by Ted and Lyn Alley. We
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to more than 17,000 traffic
fatalities in the United States
every year, and that’s why we’re
Hope House
getting tough this Labor Day
weekend,” said Georgia S.
Chakiris, regional administrator
for the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration. “With
intense support from law
enforcement, chances are if you
drive drunk, you will get caught.
Don’t turn your holiday into a jail
stay.”
First-time DWI offenders can
lose their license for as much as
a year, pay a fine of up to $2,000
and serve a maximum of 180
days in jail.
Delta County Sheriff Mark
Bassham stated, “The Delta
County Sheriff’s Department
will increase patrols in the County
during the Labor Day Holiday.
The deputies have received
training in DWI laws and field
sobriety testing and enforcement
of Water Safety Laws from the
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
We have a good working
relationship with the Department
of Public Safety, Texas Parks
and Wildlife Dept, and the Texas
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
so I expect with their additional
personnel in addition to ours that
Delta County will enjoy a Safe
and Happy Labor Day Holiday.”
Arthur David Chancellor, 34,
of 700 SE 2n,i, Cooper was
arrested Tuesday morning.
August 17,2004 by Delta County
Sheriff Mark Bassham and
Chief Deputy Kenneth Peters
arrested Chancellor at his
residence on a Federal Warrant
for Felon in Possession of a
Firearm The charges stem from
a recent arrest July 23, 2004 by
SherifTs Department Officials
when Chancellor was arrested
for Possession of Controlled
Substance and Unlawfully
Carrying a Weapon. He had
currently been free on bail for
those charges.
Chancellor was transported
Thursday morning by two
Federal BATF Agents August
19, 2004 to Sherman to appear
before a Federal Magistrate on
the federal charges. Bond was
denied'and he was remanded to
Federal Custody pending trial.
Sheriff Mark Bassham
commended the Agents of the
BATF for assisting his
department in the prosecution of
Chancellor for Felon In
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Cooper ISD is a great place
to work. When I was hired as
the principal at Cooper Jr/Sr High
School, 1 knew that the most
important resource
transforming the school into an
exemplary campus was the
teachers, and I have not been
disappointed. Over half our
teachers have graduated from emailing
Cooper ISD and they want to
pass on the quality education
they received when they were
students. The way that our staff
cares for students and wants to
see them succeed reaffirms my send into Disney. There
belief that Cooper is a great place many outstanding teachers
to learn and to work. The working at Cooper ISD, and I
students at Cooper High School encourage you to tell at least one
can take a wide range of courses of them how much you
that prepare them for college, appreciate them teaching your
work, and a successful life.
Their success is a direct
- correlation to the attitude and
With thousands of Texas
mm motorists expected to hit the road
this I abor I )av to enjo) the last
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MEy season, the Texas Department
of Transportation (TxDOT)
’iJi announced recently that state
troopers and local
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Morris. The two point
conversion failed and Cooper
trailed 14-12 with 2:38 left in the
breakfast buffet to be followed at
about 7:40 a.m. by a program in
which notables, including A&M-
Commerce President Keith emerged stronger than before.
McFarland, will address the We are proud of our great heritage
audience. Special guests will
include 115 alumni, each of
whom will represent a year of the
university's existence.
At 8 a.m., chimes will ring to
commemorate university founder continue to be one of the most
William L. Mayo ringing the affordable quality higher education
school bell to open classes on
September 2, 1889, at the new
East Texas Normal College in
Ms. Collard is not available, then nearby Cooper in Delta County, and program will be in the Texas
folks can go see the church In addition to the morning Ballroom of the Sam Rayburn
secretary. Dee Sifuentes the FUMC activities, at 7 p.m. September 2 Memorial Student Center,
secretary. The church is located just
troopers and local law
enforcement will be stepping up
enforcement of the state’s DWI
laws between August 27 and
September 12.
“Our Drink. Drive. Go to Jail
campaign is about saving lives
and preventing injuries,” said
Carol Rawson, TxDOT’s deputy
director for Traffic Operations.
“Thanks to the almost 60,000
Possession of Firearm. “We are troopers and officers who’ll be
taking a more serious approach out in full force, we’re optimistic
by working with the Federal that drivers will get the message
Authorities on Narcotic and not to get behind the wheel if
Weapon Offenses that occur in they’ve been drinking.”
Delta County. Criminals fear the As the national leader in
stronger Federal Sentencing alcohol-related traffic fatalities,
Guidelines when it comes to drug T?xas is a low key player in the
trafficking with the use of national crackdown on drunk
firearms. I plan to send some of driving which combines highly
the deputies to an upcoming visible law enforcement with a
training class in September being $14 million national advertising
sponsored by the United States campaign. “Alcohol contributes
Attorney's Office to better
educate them in the detection
and prosecution of Federal
Crimes. We are in the process
of looking at several other
defendant’s cases whom have
cases pending and are currently
on bail for Narcotic and
Firearms violations to see if the
Federal Government is
interested in adopting those
cases. I think that will send a
strong message that we do not
tolerate dealing drugs in our
community and we certainly
don’t tolerate the use of firearms
when possessing or selling of
drugs,” stated Bassham.
child and maybe even you as
well. Cooper is a great place to
work because of the great
work that our teachers bring to community support. Thank you
in advance for all you do. Go
Bulldogs!
Michael Ramsay
Principal
Cooper Jr/Sr High School
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many ways to
appreciation: a simple thank you,
a short note, or by nominating
them to receive a wider
in recognition. One of those
programs is sponsored through believe it was formally known as the
Disney. Disney has a program Burger Bam. However, they have
that allows anyone to nominate graciously allowed the members of what the place is all about,
an outstanding teacher by
them at
www.disneyhand.com. or you
can call toll free at 1-877-282-
8322. The nominated teachers
receive a congratulatory letter
and an application for them to
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Dawgs Fall to Paul Pewitt 34-18
The Cooper Bulldogs fought the Cooper 36. Seven plays later,
a hard battle, but came up on the Matt Hall scored from 7 yards
short end Friday night in Omaha, out and put Pewitt further ahead.
The 2004 season started with a
familiar opponent. It was a
typical summer evening and a
good crowd. There were no
serious injuries on either side and stopped on the Cooper 30. After
both teams seemed to be several good runs by Gunn and
physically ready for the game, sophomore Ron Morris and two
The Captains for this year's team nice Lewis pass completions to
are Brian Jones, Kolt Pederson, Nichols, the Dawgs got on the
Ross Scholta, and Marquis board again on a 10-yard run by
Gunn. Pewitt won the coin toss
and went 75 yards to score on
their first drive. With the extra
point good, the Dawgs trailed 7- first half. On the next Pewitt
0. After the kick, the Dawgs'
Gunn received the ball on the
Cooper 36. Coach Angel started recovered the ball on the Pewitt
Randee Lewis at Quarterback 49. After a pass to Scott
and it took the first four plays to Reynolds, a couple of passes to
get the “bugs” out. Tommy Nichols and some good running
Dougherty punted the ball to the by both Gunn and Morris, the
Brahmas. Three plays later. Dawgs found themselves on the
Pewitt 15 yard line with 10
second left. Lewis tried two
35-yard pass play from Lewis to passes to Nichols in the end zone,
wide receiver Daniel Nichols.
The extra point by Dougherty
failed and the Dawgs trailed 7-
6. And that’s the way the first The half ended with the score
quarter ended. Pewitt 14-Cooper 12.
The first two possessions in The second half began with a
the second quarter by both teams questionable onside kick by
ended with punts. Scott
Reynolds came in for several
plays during the second quarter.
After Cooper was stopped on
their second drive, Dougherty with 6:49 left in the third quarter,
punted and the ball goes out at Continued on Page 3
TA&MU-Commerce to Celebrate 115th
Anniversary on September 2
Texas A&M University- the new Morris Recreation Center
Of course, the volunteers will Commerce will be celebrating its will celebrate its first anniversary.
115* Anniversary on Thursday, There will be music by A Hard
September 2. The university will Night’s Day, a Beatles tribute
be holding special band from Dallas, food and free
commemorative activities to mark give-aways. The public is invited,
the occasion. These activities on Looking at A&M-Commerce's
the lawn north of the Heritage history, Dr. McFarland noted.
House on the A&M-Commerce “This university has a legacy of
campus will begin with a 7 a m. triumphing over adversity. The
campus was destroyed three
times by fire in its 115-year
history, but each time we
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