Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 79, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 7, 2015 Page: 1 of 8
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Former resident up for spot on
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By MARCIA DAVIS
Managing editor
By ANNETTE WHITE
Tribune staff writer
By ANNETTE WHITE
Tribune staff writer
The Chapel Hill ISD
Board of Trustees has called
a school board meeting for
6 p.m. Thursday, May 14, in
the High School Library.
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Texas Supreme Court
Justice Eva Guzman
keynoted the Republican
Women of Northeast Texas
spring luncheon Wednesday
at the Mount Pleasant
Country Club.
Guzman said she brought
a message of hope. She
framed her remarks around
Texas pioneer women.
Guzman thanked the
Republican women for
supporting her and for
helping her get elected.
Construction of the
16,500 square-foot addition
to Harts Bluff ISD is
moving along nicely, Dr.
Lyle DuBus, the district’s
superintendent, said
Wednesday.
The expansion will allow
the district to accommodate
more classes, since the
district has seen increased
enrollment in the past few
Thank our veterans and
military every day!
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The Mount Pleasant
Fire Department reports
responding to the following
calls on Monday, May 4:
an emergency medical
services call at 204 East
9th Street, an EMS call at
602 School Street, and an
authorized controlled burn
at 674 Stark.
Jail
Roundup
The Titus County
Sheriff’s Office had 99
inmates in jail Wednesday
morning: 15 females and
84 males. There were 10
arrests: three for theft, two
for evading arrest, one for
fail to ID as a fugitive,one
for disorderly conduct,
one for criminal mischief,
one for a probation
violation and one for
drug-related charges.
Obituaries
• Rev. Lonnie Charles Bell, Sr.
• A.N. “Russ” Purcell, Jr.
• Joy Camilla Torres
See Obituaries page 3A
Dance Team and an art
show with the work of the
MPJH Art II class.
The tickets are $10 each
and can be purchased at the
door or in advance from
Crystal Francis at MPJHS
(903-575-2110).
Chapel Hill
board to meet
Contributed photo
Colby Hanks has returned from London and is a
fan finallist to be chosen for the Dallas Cowboys
cheerleader squad.
GARY BORDERS/Daily Tribune
Workers lay brick on one of the exterior walls of the addition to the Harts Bluff Middle School. If the weather permits, construction will be completed by the
time school starts next fall.
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“As Texas women, we
are the beneficiaries of a
rich legacy, forged from
remarkable women who
helped build this country
you love,” Guzman said.
In her remarks, Guzman
posed four pioneer women
as “exceptional women,”
who boldly persevered,
overcoming hardship and
struggles; set her mom
as an example of a strong
woman of faith and hope,
and mentioned another
modern-day music pioneer
whose song gives meaning
See Guzman, Pg. 3A
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Texas Supreme Court Justice Eva Guzman spoke
about Texas pioneer women at the Republican
Women of Northeast Texas spring luncheon
Wednesday.
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DuBus also credited the
construction company
working on the expansion
for their dedication to the
project.
“Our construction
company has been working
a lot of Saturdays and
Sundays trying to get things
done,” he said. “They’ve
worked very hard around
all of the storms. They
deserve a lot of props for
their hard work.”
Email awhite@dailytribune. net.
years.
Last August, the
district added two new
kindergarten and first grade
classes to accommodate
the growing number of
students. The addition will
house the middle-school
grades, allowing room for
the elementary classrooms
to grow.
“We’re a little behind
because of the rain,” DuBus
said. “But we’re moving
pretty good.”
Growing up, Colby
Hanks said she remembers
watching Christy Van
Meter and Brooke Emerson
Jakubik perform as Dallas
Cowboys cheerleaders
during the 1990s.
“Those girls were
cheering in the Super Bowl,”
Hanks said. “Christy was a
hometown girl, and Brooke
was from Sulphur Springs,
but it was amazing getting
to live that dream through
them as a little girl.”
Hanks said she has always
felt like a cheerleader, and
that perhaps that feeling
is one of the biggest
motivations for deciding
to try out for the Dallas
Cowboys cheerleading
squad.
“Growing up, I never
really thought one could do
this as a part of your career,”
she said. “But that dream
came back to me. It all
happened so fast.”
Hanks, the daughter of
Tom and Karen Hanks of
Blodgett, graduated from
Mount Pleasant High School
in 2002. She was a MPHS
cheerleader her freshman
year before becoming a
Tiger Doll her sophomore,
junior and senior year.
the building.
“We’ll have the driveway
and some new paint on the
front,” he said.
He said the progress
has already built a lot
of enthusiasm from the
students and parents.
“They’re starting to be
able to see things coming
together,” DuBus said.
“We’ve got a lot of people
anticipating the final
product, and the kids are
getting really excited.”
“I have to say, Tiger Dolls
helped me a lot in this,” she
said. “The one thing that
came back to me and felt
pretty natural were those
kicks.”
Hanks also graduated
from the University of Texas
with degrees in finance and
Spanish. After completing
college, Hanks traveled back
to Mount Pleasant to work
for her former dance studio,
the Academy.
“I had been a part of the
pom squad at college, and
I had grown up dancing
at the Academy there in
Mount Pleasant,” Hanks
said. “Around the time I
graduated, the studio sold
to a group out of Dallas and
I was able to come in and
help run the dance program
my first year out of college.
It had been a long-time
dream to be in a studio
environment.”
Hanks recently moved
back to America after living
in London for the past seven
years.
“I was working for Estee
Lauder Companies as an
online marketing analyst,”
she said. “I actually have
my British citizenship. I just
felt like it was time to come
home.”
The decision to leave
See Hanks, Pg. 3A
Sports
Rangers
sweep Astros
See Page 8A
Local News
More early
voting totals
Early voting counts are
in for Camp and Morris
counties, as reported by
NTCC election official Pat
Tailant, on the Northeast
Texas Community College
proposition to raise the tax
cap.
Tailant reports that Camp
County had 167 early voters
marking the proposition
ballot; and Morris County
had 213 voters casting a vote
on the proposition.
Saturday, May 9, the polls
are open from 7 a.m. to 7
p.m. for the city election,
the Tri Specialty Utility
District election and the
NTCC proposition to raise
the tax cap. Call the election
office at 903-575-0902, or
consult Wednesday’s Daily
Tribune (May 6 edition)
for information on polling
locations.
Benefit for
Sally’s Hope
Mount Pleasant Junior
High School holds their
5th annual Sally’s Hope
Benefit Dessert Theater
beginning at 7:30 p.m.
today (Thursday, May 7)
and Saturday, May 9 in
the Mount Pleasant High
School auditorium.
The benefit features a
performance of the play
“To Date or Not To Date,” a
comedy about blind dates,
and includes performances
by the MPJH Advance
electrical is just about
complete,” DuBus said.
He said the district is still
pushing to be complete by
the Aug. 5 deadline.
“We’re keeping our
fingers crossed for no more
substantial rainfall,” DuBus
said.
He also noted that as
soon as the school year
ends, the company will
be completing site work,
including a new drive and
finishing the front face of
DuBus said he is
expecting the roof to be
dried in within the next
few days, which will allow
the construction company
to begin dry-walling the
interior.
In the meantime, he said,
the team has been working
on the mechanical and
electrical tasks that must be
completed.
“We’ve got some
plumbing done, and all
of the mechanical and
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