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Tuesday, December 10, 2013
New rules to fight mussels in effect today
In the state’s ongoing effort
to combat the spread of inva-
sive zebra mussels, new rules
0 reqi
that all boats operating
public water in 17 Northf
least
take effect Dec. 10 requiring
that
publ
Texas counties be drained af-
ter use.
Under the new regulations,
persons leaving or approach-
ing public water in the af-
fected counties are required
to drain all water from their
vessels and on-board recepta-
cles. This applies to all types
and sizes of boats whether
powered or not, personal
watercraft, sailboats, or any
other vessel used to travel on
public waters.
The rules apply on all public
waters in Collin, Cooke, Dal-
las, Denton, Fannin, Gray-
son, Hood, Jack, Kaufman,
Montague, Palo Pinto, Park-
er, Rockwall, Stephens, Tar-
rant, Wise, and Young coun-
ties.
Applicable in all areas
where boats can be launched,
the regulation requires the
draining of live wells, bilg-
es, motors, and any other
receptacles or water-intake
systems coming into contact
with public waters.
Under these rules, live fish
ter that comes
body where they were caught,
personally caught live bait
can be used only in the wa-
cannot be transported in
from
sy wer
ught
mly in
ter body where it was caught,
and no off-site tournament
weigh-ins would be allowed
if live fish are being trans-
ported in water from a water
body in one of the affected
counties. (Anyone planning
a tournament should check
with Texas Parks and Wild-
life’s Inland Fisheries Divi-
sion.)
Anglers are allowed to
transport and
dally purchased live bait in
water provided they have
a receipt that identifies the
source of the bait.
Any live bait purchased
from a location on or adja-
cent to a public water body
that is transported in water
from that water body could
only be used as bait on that
same water body.
Movement from one ac-
cess point to another on the
commer-
same lake during the same
day does not require drainage
and there is an exception for
governmental activities and
emergencies. Marine sani-
tary systems are not covered
by the new regulations.
Lakes Belton and Stillhouse
Hollow are covered by an
emergency rule extending
these same water draining re-
quirements to all public water
in Bell and Coryell counties.
The department is consider-
ing expansion of the recently annoy
implemented rules to include compli
Bell, Coryell, and 28 addi-
tional counties in North and
Central Texas. The depart-
prov -----J
ties f<
ment on any chan
Zebra mussels became es-
tablished in Texas in Lake
year,
i Ray
Roberts and the Elm Fork of
the Trinity River. More re-
cently, zebra mussels have
ment will provide notice and
opportunities for public com-
Texoma in 2009. Last
they were found in Lake
spreat
Lewis
3read to Lakes Bridgeport,
v'isville, and Belton.
They can expand their
range even farther by hitch-
ing a ride on trailered boats
that have been immersed or
moored in waters where they
have established popula-
tions.
The rapidly reproducing
mussels, originally from Eur-
asia, can have serious eco-
nomic and recreational im-
pact to Texas reservoirs.
They can clog public-water
intake pipes, harm boats and
motors left in infested wa-
ters by covering boat hulls,
clog water-cooling systems,
boat-dock owners by
pletely covering any-
thing left under water, and
make water recreation haz-
ardous because of their sharp
edges.
From an environmental per-
spective, zebra mussels are
filter feeders, which means
they compete with baitfish
such as shad for available for-
age. Any impact on baitfish
in turn can affect their preda-
tors — game fish such as
bass, striped bass and catfish.
Zebra mussels also threaten
native mussel populations
because they will colonize
on their shells and essentially
suffocate them.
80th birthday
Gwen Fitzgerald’s family is hosting an 80th birth-
day celebration Sunday, Dec. 15 at the First Baptist
Church of Jacksboro Fellowship Hall. The come
and go event will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Hosts request
cards only. No gifts, please. (Courtesy photo)
Housing—
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only think of two residential
construction permits issued
— one for a rebuild of house
following a fire and another
for construction of a new
home.
When local Century 21
real estate agent Kevin Wolf
was asked about the housing
market in Jacksboro, he said
he didn’t think there was a
shortage of homes for sale.
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that homes he sells are on the
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market is one to six months.
He said it depends on the
house; some sell quickly and
some don’t.
He also owns 12 rental
properties that are occupied
99 percent of the time.
“The rental market is real
strong. I get calls nearly ev-
ery day,” Wolf said. “Rental
property is short. We could
use more rental property. It’s
been that way since I moved
her in 1990. There’s always
been a shortage.”
He said he believes the mar-
ket could effect some com-
panies from moving into the
area because of a shortage of
homes, especially rentals.
Lynda Pack, director of the
Jacksboro Economic Devel-
opment Corporation agrees.
“It’s difficult to lure busi-
ness because of it,” Pack
said. “If I have someone that
I’m talking to that wants to
have a facility here that em-
ploys 100 people, they say
they want to hire in town and
they have 10 executives that
want to move here. I don’t
know if they could find 10
houses for them. Or say for
instance they want to bring
50 people in. That would for
sure be difficult.”
Pack has had trouble finding
Mural-
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Photos to commemorate the
event will be taken with ere-
Storm-
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road.”
City Manager Mike Smith
said the city did not have
housing in the five years that finding houses for teachers,”
she’s worked for the EDC, Bennett said. “It’s a chal-
even spending six weeks lenge. More housing would
staying at the Butterfield Mo- be nice. There’s not a lot of
“Housing — it's the same in a lot of the small
towns around here. There's not a whole lot for
sale, much less to rent. ”
Lynda Pack
Director, Jacksboro EDC
tel, and she says that’s hap-
pened for other professionals
moving to town.
“What I hear from people
talking is that several the
coaches who were coming in
were living over in Runaway
Bay because they couldn’t
find anything,” she said.
“Housing — it’s the same in a
lot of the small towns around
here. There’s not a whole lot
for sale, much less to rent. A
lot of people moving to town
don’t want to buy right way.”
Jacksboro ISD Superinten-
dent Dennis Bennett said the
district has been able to find
housing for new hires, but it
hasn’t always been easy.
“It’s not that there’s an
abundance of housing. It’s
not that it’s easy to do but
we’ve never had a problem
options to choose from.”
Pack said the new develop-
ment is up for rezoning from
agricultural to residential
with a small strip for small
commercial.
She said although the pro-
posed development will like-
ly not be rental properties the
housing need could be an op-
portunity for the right inves-
tor.
“It’s something that we’re
going to have to overcome,
so that’s why I’m excited that
this is coming,” Pack said.
“I think it would be a great
opportunity to build some
rental homes, but I under-
stand why people don’t. It
would take a long time to get
a return on investment to do
something like that.
My wish is that somebody
ators, contributors, leaders
and ranch or brand represen-
tatives standing next to their
brands.
For those who would like
to have their ranch or brand’s
story depicted in the compila-
tion, Tarpley said the chamber
requests that you type your
story in 500 words or less and
any problems reported. City
crews spread some sand on
roadways in key areas around
the city Friday.
“Fortunately, we haven’t
had a lot of traffic,” he said.
“People are staying home.”
He added that there were
no reports of power outages
in the city or of water issues
at some point builds some
nice duplexes suitable for
people with children. So they
can come to town and while
they’re looking to buy or
while building, have some
place to live for six months
or a year.”
She said there is no shortage
eople looking for rentals
ol peoj
in the a
“There’s just not very much.
It’s amazing to me, how
eople come into the
me, how
any people i
chamber office looking
rentals. The chamber I
list of people who owr
eople come in
eps a
ental
property
there all the time looking lor
something. I think there is a
definite market.”
She said those in the market
for renting suitable housing
are willing to pay well for it.
“A lot of people here can
afford even $1,000 in rent
because they don’t have the
down payment for a house
or they can’t qualify to buy
one,” Pack said.
“It just surprises me how
many people come in look-
ing for rental properties.
Might be, they’re not sure
they’re going to stay. They
might be in the oil field and
only going to stay a little
while.”
save it to a disk or flash drive.
Ranch representatives may
also submit up to five photos
to be included in the narrative
on the same CD or drive.
over the weekend.
“But that’s typical,” he said.
“Normally, you won’t see
any water issues until every-
thing starts thawing out.”
Death Notices
Rickey Davis
Rickey Davis passed away Thursday, Dec. 5,2013 in Perrin, Texas at the age of 59 years old. Services are to be held at a later
date.
Paul Adair
Ronald Alcorn
Richard C. Alexander
Amanda Arwine
Jerry W. Belcher
Alvin Bilby
Jesse Bolton Jr.
Kiley Bowman
Stephen E. Cassle
Christopher Cowley Louis
Daniel DePan
UNITED WE STAND
Following is a list of servicemen and women from Jack County who are serving in the war against terrorism.
To honor these men and women, this list will run throughout the military conflict.
We Salute You!
Brandon Draper
Jennifer (Sparks) Elliot
Caleb J. Fonville
Billy A. Fowler 11
David W. Franklin
Sophie Freeman
Jimmy Garcia
Joe B. Gastring III
Jeremy Gilbert
Cameron Gilbert
Matthew H. Graham
Monty G. Graham
Roy Glenn Graham
Ronald P. Gnstin
Cody Haak
Robert W. Hageman
Cole Haston
Alan S. Hearn
William R. Hearn
Kenneth Holman
Juan F. Horton
Cameron Hutton
Erica Hutton
Troin W. Jacoby
Brent A. Johnson
Kip Johnson
Nicholas L. Johnson
Travis L. Johnson
Alisha Jones
Stad Lawson
Josh Locke
Fidel Lopez
Jessie J. Martinez
Kelly E. McAnear
Robert McClaflin
Michael McGaughy
Danny McGee
Christina McLaughlin
George Montgomery
Stan Moss
Amy Mowrey
Curtis E. Myers
Martin Myers
Taylor Myers
Michael Nail
J.T. Nash
Jason A. Nash
Keith Norton, Jr.
Chris Ogle
Ralph L. “J.R.” Owen
J ohn Pacey
Michael Penney
Christopher Perrin
Shane Easley Read
Joel Reeves
Robert Richardson
Billy Robinson
Flex Salagard
Michael Slocum
Chris Smith
Trey Smith
Aaron Sparks
John Clay Tarpley
Olan Teague
Andrew Tenut
Joseph Tenut
Justin Epps
Sandra Tinajero
Edgar Trujillo
Shawn K. Varnado
Manuel Villa Jr.
Christopher Wade
Jonathan Walters
John Watson
Chester Zielinski
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Rushin, Cherry. Jacksboro Gazette-News (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 134, No. 27, Ed. 1 Tuesday, December 10, 2013, newspaper, December 10, 2013; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth707582/m1/2/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.