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The Dublin Citizen
Thursday, April 24, 2014
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Win a chance to see
a Rangers game
Raffle tickets are now on
sale by The Comanche
County Healthcare
Foundation for four Ranger
baseball tickets with your
choice of date after the
drawing date for a raffle
prize with a donation of $5
for one ticket, five for $20.
Tickets can be purchased
from any Foundation board
member. Members of the
board are President Margie
Gleaton, vice president
Wilma Fleming, Billy Ray
Evans, Chas Bayer, Doug
Erwin, Harold Adcock, Rick
Howard, Mac McKinnon,
Ellen Frsenrich and Debbie
Johnston.
The drawing will be held
on June 9 and the winner will
be notified.
The tickets are on the third
base side close to the field
and the date for the tickets
can be selected following the
drawing. Value is said to be
about $65 each.
The Foundation provides
equipment to the Comanche
County Medical Center that
relates to patient health
care.
Coming up on Sept. 20 will
be the annual major fund
raiser for the foundation
with a dinner and auction at
Evans Sale bam in Proctor.
EDC to meet in regular
session Monday
The Dublin Economic
Development Corporation
will meet in regular session
Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the
Chamber-EDC office.
The board will hear an
update on the lease of a
billboard just north of Dublin
near the relief route to
encourage visitors to “not
bypass” Dublin but to come
into town for shopping,
dining, lodging and five
museums. The billboard will
be jointly funded for a 12-
month period by the EDC
and the Chamber of
Commerce.
The board will also hear an
update on the Dublin Citizen
mural, created by local artist
Patty Sjolin, and on the
proposed point system for
determining eligibility for
EDC grants. Executive
Director Karen Wright will
also report on meetings
which she has attended
recentlyandontheproduction
of handout cards which
promote Olan Edible Nuts’ tie
to PayDay Candy Bars.
HOLLADAY
Cont’d from A1
was left. She left in a 1973
Chevrolet pickup.
The pickup was removed
from the location and
examined at the Sheriffs
Office.
Deeds said that a purse
with “identifying
information” was found in
the pickup, which was “half
buried in sediment.”
A Granbury city employee
spotted the top of the
pickup and reported it at
11:30 a.m. Thursday, Deeds
said. The lake level is down
a record 10 feet.
Asked if there was any
obvious evidence of a
possible cause of death,
Deeds said, “There is no
evidence to conclude
anything. No bullet holes
were found.”
A forensic scientist from
the University of North
Texas is scheduled to arrive
on Monday to work with
lead investigator Sonny
Frisbee and “go through all
the evidence we have.”
Deeds hopes this provides
some closure to Holladay’s
two daughters, who live in
the Metroplex,
“It’s a very good thing we
found the remains in the
truck,” Deeds said. “This
has been one of the cases
we’ve talked about many
times. Her daughter was
very happy she can put
some closure to this case.”
The sheriff said that
although the suspect is
deceased, “until we can
resolve it 100 percent, we’re
going to continue with the
investigation until we can
totally close the case.”
The City of Dublin will test its early warning siren
the first Monday of every month at 1:30 p.m.
Code of City Sirens:
1 blast- fire & rescue (grass fire)
2 blasts - structure fire
Continuous with pitch of variations-
bad weather.
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Calendar
an Event Calendar for Dublin
and its surrounding communities
Thursday, April 24
Freshman Orientation Mtg. and Supper
6:30 p.m. - DHS Cafeteria
Friday, April 2<5
CWJC Spring Fundraiser Luau
6 p.m. - Stephenville City Park Pavilion
Saturday, April 26
Book Club
1 p.m. - Dublin Public Library
Erath Co. Genealogy Society Meeting
2 p.m. - Dublin Public Library
Singing Supper
6 p.m. - Charity Full Gospel Church
Monday, April 2$
EDC Meeting
5:30 p.m. - 111 S. Patrick
Tuesday, April 29
Thursday, May 1
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DABC Athletic Banquet
6 p.m. - Dublin High School
National Day of Prayer
Candidate Forum
6 p.m. - 407 N. Camden
Observations
By Mac B. McKinnon
Site where Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered
So much to tell
I’ve been overwhelmed with the response to our (me,
my wife, Lea, and eldest daughter, Kim Benestante) trip
to Israel in March.
I’ve never heard many people talk about Israel or
traveling there but since we’ve been back, it seems almost
everyone is wanting to go or has thought about going. As
I have noted, it’s a tremendous experience.
I’ve made mention that this is not a trip for “enjoyment”
but one you take for inspiration and to learn more about
the life, times and travels of our Lord and Saviour. It’s
also a great experience for those interested in history.
Taking the trip also reaffirms the historical facts
contained in Bill O’Reilly’s Book, “The Killing of Jesus.” I
do wish his book was more religious and not just
historical but it is very informative and makes me
understand and appreciate more of what I saw.
Once you see the country, accounts in the Bible of
different events really makes you understand the stories
better. One such for instance is Qumran where the Dead
Sea Scrolls were found. It makes you realize that those
who penned the Bible - as inspired by God - had to hide
the scrolls from the Romans and other invaders to
protect them. And the caves in limestone formations
provided a perfect hiding place, plus the weather is such
they were perfectly preserved for thousands of years.
The story of their discovery is also incredible. Replicas of
those scrolls, written on parchment of sheep’s skin, are
on protected display at the Museum in Jerusalem.
Qumran is what is considered in the wilderness of
Judea near the Dead Sea. As Kim noted in her article last
week, the oxygen level there is higher than anywhere else
on earth due to the elevation being below sea level. The
scrolls were found by a shepherd boy looking for a lost
sheep in 1947. Scrolls were found in a number of caves
throughout that area. Everything about the Dead Sea
scrolls is extremely interesting. Briefly, the scrolls were
found in 11 caves and date back to between the third
century BC and 70 AD, including every Old Testament
book except Esther. Prior to the discovery of the Scrolls,
the oldest copies of books of the Bible were from the
10th century AD.
People have expressed their desire to read more and
want Kim and I to put our writings and photos in a book.
Others want us to have a slide show or power point
presentation with descriptions of what we saw. I don’t
know if any of this will happen but we are considering
how best to inform people of what we saw.
This trip is not for everyone as it is strenuous and mind
boggling. We are still trying to assimilate what we were
told.
All three of us made a presentation at Sunday School
Easter morning along with our pastor, Ben McCleery and
fellow church member, Dwaine Howell, both of whom
went to Israel two years ago on the same tour we took.
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STATE CAPITAL
HIGHLIGHTS
By Ed Sterling
Texas Press Association
West receives additional grant
Gov. Rick Perry on April 16 granted a request by the city
of West for an additional $4.8 million in disaster grant
assistance for recovery efforts in the West fertilizer plant
explosion that occurred April 17, 2013.
Fifteen people were killed in the explosion, more than 160
were injured and more than 150 buildings were reported
damaged or destroyed in the town of about 2,800 people,
20 miles north of Waco. Perry’s office said the grant is to
help the city of West repair and rebuild infrastructure
damaged or destroyed by the blast and assist with other
important projects in the affected area.
State takes possession of ranch
Texas Department of Public Safety on April 17 announced
the State of Texas on Jan. 6 obtained a final judgment of
forfeiture from the state’s 51st Judicial District Court in San
Angelo, directing the State to take possession of the
forfeited property known as the YFZ Ranch.
The final judgment, the DPS said, was the result of the
Attorney General’s Office filing for the seizure of the YFZ
Ranch property in 2012. The ranch, near Eldorado, was
owned by the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-Day Saints, a polygamist community raided by local,
state and federal agencies in 2008.
Schleicher County Sheriff’s Office and the DPS met with
current residents of the property on April 16 and provided
them with copies of the court orders applicable to the
forfeiture, and the residents have agreed to vacate the
property, the DPS reported.
Law enforcement personnel are working with the
occupants of the ranch to take all reasonable actions to
assist with their departure of the property, to preserve the
property7, and to successfully execute the court order, the
DPS reported.
Ethnic studies books requested
The State Board of Education on April 11 called for new
textbooks for Special Topics in Social Studies to include,
but not be limited to, Mexican American Studies, African
American Studies, Native American Studies and Asian
American Studies, the Texas Education Agency reported.
Report examines gang threat
An updated Texas Gang Threat Assessment was released
to the public by the Texas Department of Public Safety on
April 17. According to the DPS, the assessment provides
details about the state’s approach to evaluating and
classifying gangs in order to identify which organizations
represent the most substantial threat. The report reveals
current gang membership across the state may exceed
100,000 individuals.
Trafficking panel appointed
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, who presides over the state
Senate, appointed seven senators to the Joint Interim
Committee to Study Human
Trafficking.
Established in 2011 and
renewed by the Legislature
last year, the panel will build
on its previous work by
studying ways to further
combat human trafficking
and identifying services
available to its victims,
Dewhurst said.
Sen. Joan Huffman,
R-Houston, will serve as co-
chair. On the panel are Sens.
Brian Birdwell, R-Granbury,
Donna Campbell, R-New
Braunfels, Craig Estes,
R-Wichita Falls, Jane Nelson,
R-Flower Mound, Leticia Van
de Putte, D-San Antonio, and
John Whitmire, D-Houston.
House Speaker Joe Straus,
R-San Antonio, will name an
equal number of House
members to the joint
committee.
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News”
5 Ibis TX Rice wrote
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Chronicles”
6 distribute poker
cards
7 newspaper: “
Stockton Pioneer”
(abbr.)
8 TX George H. ran
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agcy, in 1976
9 "he blew a
(got angry)
5 TXism "no hill_
stepper” (simple)
6 dilemma
9 TXIam: “tie's
wound tighter than
__-day
clock”
1 ex-Cow boy Pat
Too may wrote “
_Given Sunday”
2 TXism: “plain as
the top line__
_chart”
7 TX Willie's "On the
Again”
8 mischievous kids
9 bicyclist problem
on 1-35? (2 wds.)
0 in Hunt Co. on 69
2 Olajuwon’s initials
when he was at
UH
3 TXism- "hot as
____July”
6 spy within a
country
7 _the season to
be jolly .. .*
8 Motown classic:
”1 Second that
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tax liability? (2 wds )
TXism: "let me chew
awhile'1
(ponder)
TX Nat who sang
"Sweet Thang" (init.)
TX Claire Chennault
was an advisor to
Chiang Kai-
Arlington univ,
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ice cream holder
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album: “I_ _
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10 TXism:-bend
elbow” (drink)
11 TXism: “mi casa
es casa”
(neighborly)
12 TX Foreman did
this to Joe Frazier
in 2nd round in
1973 (2 wds,)
13 seat of Jackson Co.
14 cable car
15 La Grange fs seat
of this county
16 in San Antonio:
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17 remove tattoos?
18 caramelized
Scandinavian
cheese
20 thug or ruffian
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24 vera
25 name of TX Lefty
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26 donates funds to
maintain a project
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31 TX Orbison’s 1st
hit:" Dooby"
34 TX Willie Nelson
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37 Dallas Japanese
restaurant
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you_a funeral
home”
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42 overacting actor
(2 wds,)
43 send up the flag
again?
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