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Weekend Edition
Daily Tribune
Mount Pleasant, Texas
142ND Year, No. 239
2 Sections, 18 Pages
Saturday & Sunday, January 9-10, 2016
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officer today
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With all the confusion
over the new open carry
laws, one Mount Pleasant
couple is trying to help
set the record straight.
Kenneth and Beverly
Amerson have been
educating Mount Pleasant
residents on handgun
safety for over 20 years.
The married couple wants
to help Mount Pleasant
residents understand
what the new laws mean
and what is required of
people in order to obtain
and carrying license.
Kenneth Amerson
explained that it takes
four hours of classroom
time followed by two
hours of range time in
order to qualify for your
license. Of course, that is
all after you have passed
the background checks
that look at everything
from unpaid state taxes to
your criminal history and
Following the holiday rains, water
covers the roadway on County
Road 4765 in Titus County
Precinct 4.
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LONE STAR
that some people don’t
understand just how
stringent the background
checks in order to get a
carry license already are.
“What some people
don’t understand
is that these strict
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• Knitting for Fun, be-
ginning Jan. 26. Tuition
is $57.
Learn more about
course offerings at ntcc.
edu/continuinged. Call
903-434-8134 to register
or for more information.
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Beekeepers
to meet Monday
The Caddo Trace Bee-
keepers Association will
meet Monday, Jan. 11 at
the Agri Life Building,
1708 Industrial Rd. A
question-and-answer
session starts at 6:30 pm
and the meeting starts at
7 p.m. Davis Whitehurst
will speak on beekeeping
equipment. The meeting
is open to the public.
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County Road 2710 in Titus County Precinct 2 had a 5-foot deep drop off where the roadway
washed away. It was reopened on Wednesday afternoon.
Continuing
education
classes
begin Jan. 12
The Northeast Texas
Community College
Continuing Education
Department offers a
variety of training and
personal enrichment
opportunities for all ages
and educational goals.
Below is a list of upcom-
ing classes:
• Evening Police Acad-
emy: beginning Jan. 19,
Monday through Thurs-
day, 5-10 p.m. and every
first and third Saturday
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Call
for tuition pricing.
• Smart Phone and
Tablet Basics, Jan. 12-21,
Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 6-7:30 p.m. Tuition
is $63.
• Private piano lessons,
beginning Jan. 19, days/
times vary. Call for tui-
tion pricing.
• Private string (violin
or cello) instrument les-
sons, beginning Jan. 19,
days/times vary. Call for
tuition pricing.
• Personal Trainer Cer-
tification, beginning Jan.
By MARCIA DAVIS
Managing editor
Today marks National
Law Enforcement
Appreciation Day.
On January 9,
Concerns of Police
Survivors, Inc. and
partnering organizations
unite in support of law
enforcement officers
nationwide to promote the
national appreciation day.
Posted on the
promoting Concerns
of Police Survivors
website are national
statistics about the rigors
of law enforcement.
By JORDAN MOSS
Tribune staff writer
Class B misdemeanor there
is a five-year period form
the deposition date until
you can get a license.
A license will cost $145
for those under the age
of 60 and $75 for those
over the age of 60 for
a four year period.
Kenneth Amerson feels
The costs to repair flood
damage to county roads
continues to rise, following the
Christmas weekend deluge.
Commissioners, especially
in Precinct 2 and Precinct 3,
are carefully documenting
their expenses in case federal
disaster assistance might be
made available to help.
County Judge Brian Lee
initially said he felt the damage
in Titus County didn’t warrant
a local disaster declaration,
although Camp County Judge
Thomas Cravey did just that on
Dec. 28 after his county received
widespread severe damage
from the flooding following
more than eight inches of rain
in portions of the county.
“Commissioners are still
assessing the damage and
keeping track of expenses and
manpower so we have a paper
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The stats are sobering.
On average, between
105 and 203 officers die
in the line of duty each
year, 50,000 officers are
assaulted in the line of
duty each year, 14,000
officers are injured in the
line of duty each year,
and over 300 officers
commit suicide each year.
“There is no other
profession in the
world, except possibly
the military, where
you will find these
kinds of statistics,”
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trail in case we are able to be
eligible for funding,” Lee said.
“We are making inquiries about
that, about the procedures and
whether we would qualify.
We hope we will be able to
get some compensation.
We are not expecting it, but
we will sure ask for it.”
According to the Texas
Department of Public Safety
Communications Office,
in order to be eligible for
the Federal Emergency
Management Agency Public
Assistance program, the
county must be on the
Major Disaster Declaration
issued by the President.
The Emergency
Management page on the
Texas DPS website, clarifies the
procedures for governments
not already included in a
presidential declaration:
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Kenneth Amerson train s residents on the shooting range to qualify for their
carrying license.
history of mental illness.
Things like a history
of domestic disputes or
unpaid child support can
disqualify you from being
eligible for a license. In the
case of the child support,
once it is paid you can be
deemed qualified. If you
have had any Class A or
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By LYNDA STRINGER
Tribune staff writer
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TxDOT hosts
public transit
Sports workshops
Next week, the Texas
Chapel Hill teams Department of Trans-
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WIIT tn Fillers of pUblic outreach meet-
See Page 9A ings regarding public
transportation in rural
communities around
Texas.
The meetings are
hosted, with two session
opportunities, scheduled
for Thursday, Jan. 14,
beginning at 10 a.m. and
5:30 p.m.
Public transporta-
tion provides mobility
options, reduces traffic
congestion, conserves
fuel, improves air quality,
reduces greenhouse gas
emissions and supports
emergency preparedness
in the areas it serves.
Staff will be on hand
to answer questions and
provide information
about the federal 5310
grant program for the
special needs of senior
citizens and individuals
with disabilities.
The meetings will
be held at the TxDOT
Atlanta District Office,
Room 26, 701 E. Main
St. in Atlanta.
For more information,
persons may email Mar-
cus.Sandifer@txdot.gov
or call 512-799-1306.
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Davis, Marcia. Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 142, No. 239, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 10, 2016, newspaper, January 10, 2016; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1428825/m1/1/: accessed July 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.