Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1987 Page: 3 of 20
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This space contributed
as a public service.
Scott Holt with Bucher,
Willis and Ratliff engineer-
ing firm, and Airport Board
Chairman Bob Wright. The
ed Saturday, and covered
with dirt Sunday. The dies
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it won’t involve the loss of a
breast.
But no matter what it involves,
take it from someone who's been
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DRAINAGE TILES that
Will carry water under the
funway at the Franklin
County Airport were install-
AAAERKAN
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f SOCIETY
Get a checkup. Life is worth it.
City officer made 93 calls,
issued 13 citations, investigated
three offenses, one incident and through it all
plus the change and newspapers made one arrest, a white male, age
which it contained, valued at $50. 35, for driving while intoxicated.
HERE'S YOUR
site will be brought up to
grade by the contractor so
construction of the building
can begin. (Optic Photo)
SURVEYING for the
Franklin County Terminal /
Community Hall was com-
pleted Tuesday, March 10 at
Franklin County Airport by
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A lot of women are so afraid of
breast cancer they don't want to
hear about it.
And that’s what frightens me.
Because those women won’t
practice breast self-examination
regularly.
Those women, particularly
those over 35, won’t ask their doc-
tor about a mammogram.
Yet that's what’s required for
“YES, THERE IS
LIFE AFTER
BREAST CANCER.
AND THAT’S THE
WHOLE POINT.”
-Ann Jillian
Life is just too wonderful to
give up on. And, as I found out,
you don’t have to give up on any
of it. Not work, not play, not even
romance.
Oh, there is one thing, though.
___________ You do have to give up being
Mrs. Minnie White attended the to take care of yourself.
with her Eastern Star regular monthly
mother ,’m7s7‘Hess' jumper, and meeting at Saltillo last Thursday
returned home Sunday. school at Old Saltillo Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hendrix morning. , , u
” . Cotton Miller attended the
week in Paris where Mr. Eastern Star meeting at Saltillo
received medical treat- last Thursday night. He is Worthy
Patron there.
Three Arrested For
Kawasaki Theft
The individuals charged with March 9 burglary of the Ray
stealing two Kawasaki three- Maples residence in Panther Pass
wheelers were apprehended in which a stereo and accessories
Wednesday, March 4, while riding were taken,
the vehicles on FM 115 by Lake The loss of $6,600 worth of hay
Patrolman David Laine. to a fire, possibly arson, was
Laine observed Tim Dewayne reported by Mike Slaughter. The
Sweetman, age 19, and Gary Scott round bales were on the Slaughter
Starr, age 23, riding the vehicles at Ranch.
6:58 p.m., and discovered they Officers investigated an inci-
had been taken from the Dell Orr dent in which a dog was run over
residence in Kings Country on by a pickup, the theft of a social
Feb- 27. security check, the theft of a
Also arrested and charged in quarterhorse, the theft of pay-
connection with the theft was ment receipts and bill of sale
Paul Joseph Fisher, age 17. The tickets, and an assault,
trio remained in Franklin County Arrests made last week include
Jail Monday, March 9, charged a white male, age 21, Van
with burglary of a building. Bond Alstyne, for disorderly conduct; a
was set at $10,000 each. Sweet- white male, age 20, Leesburg, for
man and Fisher were also charged probation violation; a black male,
with three counts of burglary of a age 29, Dallas, for possession of
vehicle in connection with the marijuana; a white male, age 35,
theft of gasoline from Texas Mount Vernon, for driving while
Highway Department trucks, intoxicated; a black male, age 34,
Bond was set on each of those Mount Vernon, for issuing a hot
counts at $3,000. check; and a white male, age 21,
Officers are investigating the Mount Vernon, for public intox-
ication.
News Stand Stolen
The blue news stand in front of Local police recovered a stolen
the Optic-Herald office on South 1978 Chevrolet pickup which had breast cancer to be detected
Kaufman St. was taken Thursday been abandoned and towed to early. When the cure rate is 90%.
night or early Friday morning of Teague’s Chevrolet. An investiga-
last week, according to a com- tion is continuing in the matter,
plaint filed by publisher Bob
Wright.
The stand is valued at $224,
plus the change and newspapers
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Mrs. Sybil Miller of Mesquite
spent several days u’.l. 1—
sister, Mrs. Marie Prather. She night. She also •ttendcd Sunday
returned home Sunday. C±“! -* — ' 7
Mount Vernon Optic-Horold, Thursday. March 12,1987, Page 3
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Ponds may be stocked at the
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Feeding should begin im-
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Do not stock any other fish in a feeding beginning in March. A
catfish pond other than fathead floating ration is recommended so
minnows which make a good diet that pondowner can have
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OPEN DECEMBER 31
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Ag Enterprises Have New Beginning
By Herb Brevard
Spring is the time for a new
beginning in many agricultural
enterprises in East Texas. Farm
pond catfish production is no ex- _
ception and according to Dr. Joe for the catfish. Also, if the pond some method of monitoring the
Lock, fisheries specialist for the has catfish that average about two amount of feed being consumed.
Texas Agricultural Extension Ser- pounds each, tilapia may be
vice, now is an ideal time to stock stocked as fish food for the cat-
farm ponds with catfish fingerl- flsh.
ings.
Either channel catfish or blue
catfish are available from com-
mercial fingerling producers and
both do well in farm ponds if pro-
perly cared for. By stocking
fingerlings now, they will have the
entire growing season, until about
the end of October, to gain
weight. With daily feeding, the
one-ounce fingerlings should
weigh approximately one pound
by the end of October.
Lock says that if any bass are
present in the pond to be stocked,
use catfish fingerlings at least
eight to ten inches long. If the
fingerlings are any smaller, many
of them will be eaten by the bass.
This is the primary reason it is
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Wright, Pat. Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 12, 1987, newspaper, March 12, 1987; Mount Vernon, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1330386/m1/3/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Franklin County Library.