Mount Pleasant Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 145, No. 44, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 8, 2019 Page: 1 of 12
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Lady Devils invited to capitol
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145th Year • No. 44
Mount Pleasant,Texas
Wednesday, May 8,2019
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Voters approve city-wide liquor sales
and 662 people voted you a true believer in shop Chapter 111 of the City s
local because now we can
against.
sition allowing beer and good thing for the city’s have to go to other places package store is, describes
wine sales within the city benefit, as far as the rev-
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Mayoral runoff election anticipated
Ratliff
Craig
OBITUARIES
Thank a Veteran or a service
Buster Sunday Walker
Morris Justice, Jr.
member every day!
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Nationally ranked by U.S. News & World Report
MPISD passes
$55 million bond
Stamp
out
Code of Ordinances. The
amendments define what a
night,” said Manish Amin,
who started the petition
According to City Man-
ager Mike Ahrens, the
votes from the election will
be canvased May 14, and at
that time a runoff election
vying to be Mount Pleas-
ant’s next mayor. But after
all the votes were counted,
ByTRACY FARR
tracy@tribnow.com
By TRACY FARR
tracy@tribnow.com
By TRACY FARR
tracy@tribnow.com
Jerry Dell Walker beat
Robert Nance 799 to 598
to take Place 1.
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Long-time Mount Pleas-
ant Mayor Dr. Paul Meri-
weather chose to retire
instead of run for office
again.
Now it looks like he’ll
be holding down the job
a little longer than expect-
ed because the outcome of
Saturday’s general election
wasn’t conclusive.
f
won only around 44 per- days after the canvas.
There are a lot of happy faces in Mount Pleasant ISD
today.
A little less than four months ago, the MPISD Board
of Trustees chose to put a $55 million school building
bond in front of voters.
On Saturday, those same
voters decisively approved
the bond by almost 56
percent.
Three gentlemen, Thom-
as Ratliff, Tracy Craig,
and Cory Amerson, were
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Marshall
tion.
Runoff elections occur
when neither candidate
wins more than 50 percent
of the vote.
Amerson ended up with
163 votes.
were tallied that Mount
Pleasant residents wanted
to see a bit of change on
the city council.
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Mount Pleasant vot-
ers gave the thumbs up
Saturday to the sale of all
alcoholic beverages for
off-premise consumption
within the city limits.
The proposition, which
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“We are very proud that
our community has sup-
ported our bond efforts,”
said MPISD Superinten-
dent Judd Marshall. “With
these bond dollars, we will
be able to provide a more
shielded environment for
our students and staff and
we can now improve a fa-
cility that is 52 years old.”
“This should be a real buy [alcohol] here and not
process in August 2018 by limits by eight votes, but a enue it could bring,” said
The bond will address safety/security concerns at all
MPISD campuses as well as include major renovations
at the high school.
The last time MPISD called a bond election was in
2001. At that time, the public approved a $41 million
bond to build three new elementary schools and add ad-
ditional classrooms To Corprew Intermediate, P.E. Wal-
lace and the junior high. The capital improvement plan
provided the high school with a new cafereria, a multi-
media library and co-ed athletic facilities. In a separate
proposal, voters approved building a new high school
football stadium.
“Our athletic facilities are in good shape,” said Mar-
shall. “This [bond] has nothing to do with athletics.
We’ve got to address the academic needs of our kids.”
According to Marshall, the high school wasn’t de-
signed to hold the amount of students that are currently
on its campus.
Construction will include an expansion of the Career
Tech facilities and cafeteria, an auditorium renovation, a
new fine arts center, and a new addition across the front
of the high school that will include new classrooms as
well as offices for counselors, security and administra-
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Saturday marks the
27th anniversary of the
National Association of
Letter Carriers Stamp
Out Hunger Food Drive.
Letter carriers walk
through the community
every day, often face to
face with a sad reality for
too many - hunger.
So, each year on the
second Saturday in May,
letter carriers across the
country collect non-per-
ishable food donations
from their customers. The
donations they collect go
directly to local food pan-
tries to provide food to
people in need.
Last year, the National
Association of Letter Car-
riers collected 71.6 mil-
lion pounds of food. Over
the course of its 26-year
history, the drive has col-
lected 1.67 billion pounds
of food, thanks to a postal
service universal delivery
network that spans the
entire nation, including
Puerto Rico, Guam and
the U.S. Virgin Islands.
The need for food do-
nations is great. Almost
50 million Americans - 1
in 6 - are unsure where
their next meal is coming
from. Among them are
millions of children, se-
nior citizens and military
veterans.
The food drive’s timing
is crucial. Food banks
and pantries typically
receive the bulk of their
donations during the
winter holiday season. By
springtime, many pan-
tries are depleted, enter-
ing the summer low on
supplies at a time when
many school meal pro-
grams are not available to
children in need.
Participating in the Let-
ter Carrier Stamp Out
Hunger Food Drive is
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TRIBUNE PHOTO /TRACY FARR
Cinco de Mayo
Two-year-old Leyla Garcia and her moth- de Mayo on the Square. The day-long event
er, Daniela, stand in front of the bandstand featured a variety of bands, carnival rides, a
in downtown Mount Pleasant, listening to beauty pageant, soccer games, and food ga-
Longview-based band "Rigido" during Cinco lore. For more photos, see Page 12.
was added to the general gathering more than 1,000 similar proposition passed Amin. “The Chamber al- proposition passing, the
election through the ef- signatures. “It was one of in 2016. In Saturday’s gen- ways believes in shop lo- Mount Pleasant City
forts of a local business the best feelings I’ve had. eral election, 760 people cal, and with this partic- Council voted April 16
owner’s petition, passed But I’m glad the election’s voted for the proposition ular election, it will make to make amendments to
with 53 percent of the over.”
vote. In 2015, Mount Pleasant
“I felt good Saturday voters rejected a propo-
to 622 lead over Ratliff. will be ordered. The runoff and 2 on the council, it was
Because each candidate election has to occur 24-40 quite clear after the votes
2500 6
Craig only had a slight 628 cent of the vote, that trig- As to who won Place 1
—maa---m gered a future runoff elec- ■------------------■
Sherri Redfearn Spruill easy. Just leave a non-per-
beat Danny Muskrat 711 ishable food donation in a
to 651 to take Place 2. bag by your mailbox May
11, before mail delivery,
The swearing in cere- and your letter carrier
mony will take place at the will do the rest.
May 14 city council meet- Help fight to end hun-
ing. ger.
to get it.”
In anticipation of the ■ page 2
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