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Thursday, January 6,2005
Covering southern Fannin County and the surrounding area
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P.O. Box 1108 Leonard, Texas 75452
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1048-0013 Vol. 115 No. 1
jif ‘So Help Me God’s
New Fannin County officials take oath of office in standing room only ceremony
By Beth Anderson
Assistant Editor
Nichols and James Nichols; Com-
missioners Dewayne Strickland
Banderson@LeonardOnline.net and Ronnie Rhudy; Tax Assessor
- Collector Pam Sweet Richardson;
At least one new official in Sheriff Kenneth Moore; and 336th
Fannin County had his swearing District Judge Lauri Blake all took
in sealed with a kiss Thursday, their oaths of office Thursday.
Granted, it’s not the usual way to Before those oaths were admin-
end such a thing, but when you istered. Hall addressed the crowd,
swear in your own husband, such saying, “They’ve asked to work for
things get to happen.
Just ask Sue Hale.
you and they’re anxious to do so."
Moore was sworn in by Corinne
Up until last week, when Mason, a Collin County judge who |
Hale resigned to take a position has known Moore since his years as |
in newly elected County Attor- an investigator in that county. 1
ney Richard Glaser’s office, she Hall administered the oath to |
was the Justice of the Peace for the three constables, Rhudy and I
Precinct 2 and ran an office at Strickland, and to Sweet-Richardson. |
Leonard City Hall.County Clerk Polly Gilbert handled 1
On Thursday, after Precinct 2 the swearing in of Blake and Glaser. |
Commissioner Stan Barker rec- Moore said that he planned to 1
ommended her husband, Alan, to hit the ground running, and was |
replace her, Hale was the one to planning a mass meeting Saturday |
administer the oath of office. Continued on page 6
. “So help me God,” Alan Hale
finished. A scant second later,
his oath was celebrated not with
a celebratory handshake or hug,
but a kiss from his wife.
“Is that how we’re going to
do all of them?” someone asked
County Judge Derrell Hall, caus-
ing the gallery to chuckle.
"I love you guys, but I’m
not gonna do that," Hall said,
laughing.
If the packed courthouse
Thursday afternoon seemed
to take on a familial air, it was
really no coincidence at all
- many attending the swearing
in ceremonies for the newly
elected Fannin County officials
were indeed family. That would
include retiring Sheriff Talmadge
Moore, who in addition to being
sheriff for 16 years is also Fan-,
nin County Judge Derrell Hall’s
brother-in-law..
In addition to Hale, Con-
stables Bob Clemons, Craig
St Beth Anderson, staff photos
| Clockwise, from top, Precinct 2 Constable Bob Clemons takes
g ‘his oath of office. Sheriff Kenneth Moore gives his first television
U interview after being sworn-in minutes earlier. Judges are called
upon to solve conflicts of every sort, as 336th District Judge
/ Lauri Blake did Thursday with her own daughter after she had
a a minor disagreement with her brother.
Reason for Tiger Pride
44th Annual Leonard Holiday Tourney a success
By Bobby Richardson
Graphic sports correspondent
six in the fourth stanza (18-6) and Lady Tigers got good scoring with
pulled out a 60-50 win over the three in double figures. Macy Boggs
co-favorites of District 9-3A. The led all scorers with 17 while Holly
The Leonard Holiday basketball game had numerous lead changes Henderson and Amanda Meares
tournament has come and gone, and the Bulldogs led by 48-46 with each chipped in 13. Lindsey Pearce |
and as usual, it gave’the fans who 2:15 to go, but could get no closer, was high for Gunter with 12.|
attended more than their money’s Britton Smallwood topped all Boys Third Place - Wills Point 3
worth.. Thirty-two boys’ and girls’ Farmers with 14 points. Cameron came back from a 54-53 loss to 1
) teams from 21 high schools played Holliness had 15 in the title game Farmersville to claim the Third |
50 games in the three day tourna- for the Bulldogs while. Gary Free- Place trophy over a tough Scurry-
ment. When the dust cleared, two man and Jeremy Alexander each Rosser 77-54. Chris Booker had 20
state ranked teams held sway. contributed 12. to lead the Tigers while Chris Cun-
The Winnsboro Lady. Raiders The Leonard Lady Tigers took nigan contributed 15.
dominated the girls’ bracket for the the Fifth Place trophy with a con-
second year in a row while the Bull- vincing 63-46 win over Gunter. The Continued on Page 4
■ dogs of Royse City took the First 1
Place trophy for the boys’.
Winnsboro faced the Rains Lady I
Wildcats, also for the second straight
year, and dominated the action for, 1
a convincing 80-41 win. Alison 1
Nelson led all scorers, tallying 20
points on 9-of-14 shooting and two
free throws. Whitney Huffman, 14,
was the only other Lady Wildcat in
double figures as Winnsboro spread
the remaining 46 points among seven
scorers. Alisha Thomas had 14 and |
Carla Branch 13 to lead the Lady 1
Wildcats.
The Royce City Bulldogs out- 1
scored the Farmersville Farmers by
Beth Anderson staff photos
| The Leonard Tigerettes, left, took home the fifth place trophy at
I their own tournament, with Amanda Mears being named to the
1 All-Tournament team. The boys championship game was played
1 between Royse City and Farmersville, above. Royse City took
I the game, 60-50.
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Family
experiences
Christmas
miracle
Graphic staff reports
Every Christmas has angels, and
one Christmas angel in particular
has helped a local family when they
. needed the help the most.
For the Davis family of Celeste,
2004 was a year of worry. Greg Da-
vis, husband of Carla Davis, father
of Meagan and Cody and stepfather
of Lauren, Zachary and Tyler, was
diagnosed' with a congenital heart
problem that resulted in congestive
heart failure. His only hope, the
doctors said, was a heart transplant.
Without one, he would likely only
live another two years.
For a 35-year-old man with chil-
dren to raise and a lifetime ahead of
him, two years was not enough.
• His wife Carla and his family
began the arduous task of raising
Continued on page 7
Graphic to
hold tsunami
relief drive
In the wake of disaster, media
can greatly assist relief efforts by
letting the public know that the most
effective way to help is to make cash
donations to known organizations.,
This point is always emphasized by
relief workers, national voluntary
organizations active in disaster,
the U.S. Department of Homeland
Security’s Federal Emergency Man-
agement Agency (FEMA) and the
Governor's Division of Emergency
Management (GDEM).
Locally, those who would like
to contribute can do so through the
Leonard Graphic’s Tsunami Relief
Drive. The Graphic will be taking
donations for victims throughout
| the month of January, and will pass
those donations on to the Red Cross.
Cash isaccepted and checks should
. be made payable to the Red Cross.
Donations may be dropped by the
’ Graphic office on the south side of
the downtown square, or mailed to
P.O. Box 1108, Leonard, TX 75452.
This is provided as a courtesy to .
make it easier to donate, and 100
percent ofthe money will go-direct-
ly to the Red Cross for the victims in
, southeast Asia. More than 155,000
people were presumed dead after
last week’s deadly tsunami.
. Cash donations are more effi-
cient and effective than donations
of goods for many reasons:
• Cash donations provide flex-
ibility to help victims in situations
that may be changing rapidly.
• Cash donations minimize
problems involved in‘transporta-
tion, delivery and storage. This
is especially important for areas
where infrastructure have been
destroyed.
• Cash donations keep' relief
workers focused on their work with
survivors, instead of diverting their
efforts to sorting, storing, tracking
and distributing goods.
: • It is important to have cash to
buy food, clothing and other materi-
als that are culturally acceptable.
Voluntary Organizations Active
in Disaster for Texas can be reached
at: www.txvoad.org.
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