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Daymon Cunningham and Wayne Pool received 10,000 pounds of soup that was donated to
the Meal-A-Day Program of Cooper by Campbell Soup of Paris.
Klondike volunter fire department
firehouse up and running
Mid-July marked the first
time Klondike Volunteer Fire
Department vehicles parked
in their new home. While the
Community Center portion
of the building is still under
construction, the firehouse is
up and functional and housing
five pieces of equipment
belonging to the Klondike
Volunteer Fire Department.
A key aspect of this move
was explained by Fire Chief
Jerry Wood, “Response time
is cut down by having all the
vehicles in one place”, said
Wood, “it is now centrally
located, making the response
time a lot quicker”.
With everything in
one place, Wood plans on
contacting the Insurance
Services Office to request a
re-evaluation of the current
insurance rating. The KVFD
is looking to achieve a 7 or 8,
which is considered good for
a volunteer fire department
with volunteers versus full-
time personnel. “We have
three to five people within
two minutes of this facility,
which will enable us to get
the equipment rolling faster,”
noted Wood. The centralized
location enables the KVFD
to have an instant flow of
water in the amount of time
that ISO requires to get a
better rating. Also affecting
the rating positively is the
availability of sustainable
water flow achieved with
the newest tanker, equipped
with a 2,100-gallon drop tank
that allows the department to
shuttle water while pumping
from the drop tank.
A target date of mid-
October to November is set for
completion of the Community
Center, complete with 3,000
square feet of meeting space,
stove, refrigerator and portable
serving station. The Center
will boast a 15 x 20-covered
patio with a grill and will
provide an “affordable and
economical meeting space for
the community to rent,” said
Wood. A firehouse meeting
room is to be completed on
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County health care tops
Commissioners agenda
With the closing of the
only local Pharmacy, County
Commissioners were faced
with a problem of how
prescriptions would be filled
for indigent health care
recipients, during the regularly
scheduled Commissioner’s
court held Monday, August
13, 2004.
Phyllis London, County
Treasurer and County official
in charge of Indigent Care,
explained to commissioners
that with Miller’s Pharmacy
closing, that indigent
care faced a problem. All
prescriptions were sent
to Wal-mart pharmacy in
Commerce, however Wal-
mart was not interested in
working with London on
indigent care. After some
searching, London found
Medicine Chest in Sulphur
Springs and Paris who were
both willing to help. She
presented the Commissioners
with a proposal to accept the
business from the county.
Commissioners agreed
to accept the proposal.
Commissioners also
questioned how all residents
of Delta County would be
able to get to Paris or Sulphur
Springs. Judge Carrington
told the commissioners that
the Trax bus was offering
transportation to pharmacies
in Paris and Sulphur Springs.
The bus wifi make the trip
on Monday and Wednesday
afternoons, and the cost is
$6.00 per person, round trip.
Trax is not allowed to go to
Commerce since Hunt County
is not in their service area.
Don Wall representing
Sulphur Regional
Mobility Authority gave
Commissioners and update
on a meeting held on August
17, 2007 in Commerce.
Wall also briefly updated
Commissioners on the
Highway 24 project.
Commissioners approved
and signed Collection
Contracts with the City
of Cooper, City of Pecan
Gap, Cooper Independent
School District, Fannindel
Independent School District,
and the Delta County
Municipal Utility District. All
entities are set for automatic
renewal with the exception of
Cooper ISD and the City of
Cooper who wifi review the
contracts after one year.
Commissioners also
agreed to change the number
of homes to be reconstructed
from 5 to 4 as part of the rehab
housing project.
In other business,
Commissioners also approved
renewing a yearly contract
with the Texas Department
of Family and Protective
Services. Also on the agenda
the commissioners agreed
to accept the resignation
of Emily Nichols County
Extension Agent Family
Consumer Sciences.
Friends to hold fish fry
The Friends of Doctors
Creek Park are giving away
$2,000 worth of prizes for
the price of $7 admission to
the First Annual All U Can
East Fish Fry on Friday,
August 24 at the First Baptist
Church Gymnasium. This is a
change from the Civic Center
and is intentional due to the
hot weather and lack of air
conditioning at the Center.
Door Prizes include
numerous gift certificates and
cards donated by merchants
in Commerce, Cooper, Paris
and Sulphur Springs. The
grand prizes include a new
Remington 12 gauge shotgun;
color television, DVD Player,
Ranger Baseball tickets, gas
patio grill, portable telephones
and portable propane cooker.
Kids are not left out
either. Door prizes for kids
include a Daisy BB Gun and
a Paint Ball gun. You must be
present to win.
Proceeds are dedicated
to the Christmas event at
Doctors Creek State Park.
Plans are underway this year
to decorate a portion of the
park and each year thereafter
to increase the amount of
lighting until the entire road
through the park is decorated
for you to enjoy during the
Christmas season.
Cooper resident hosts Brazilian cooperative members
Angus cattle and were a plethora of information. DNA testing. “We then had
given presentations from “We discussed the latest a discussion on everything
the Northeast Texas Co- technology used in the cattle from imports, exports, and
op, Accelerated Genetics, business and how it could be genetics to ethanol, which
and the American Angus used in Brazil,” he said. Those they produce from sugarcane,
Photo by Kari Kramer, Country World
(Right to left) Alford Echols, Darrell Dean (with Texas Department of Agriculture), and retired
Cooper veterinarian Robert Templeton share information during the recent event at Echols
Angus. Several of Echols’ friends and family members helped with the event.
By KARI KRAMER
Special to the Cooper
Review
Cooper cattleman Alford
Echols hosted a group
of Brazilian cooperative
members at his Angus ranch
Saturday, Aug. 11. The group
consisted of the presidents
(and families) of several
agriculture- and electrical-
based cooperatives from the
Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.
The members planned to
travel the United States for
nearly two weeks to learn
about American agriculture
and cooperatives.
Among their stops was
Echols’ ranch, Cox Angus in
Omaha, dairy and vegetable
operations in the state of
California, and an electrical
cooperative in New York
state.
Echols, who owns
Echols Angus and operates
the ultrasound agribusiness
Delta Cattle Service, became
one of the tour stops after
being recommended to event
organizers by the Texas
Department of Agriculture.
His family has been in the
Angus cattle business for
more than 30 years.
Visitors were able to
view many of Echols’ 100
Association.
Echols said the groups
came together to provide
the international guests with
topics included artificial
insemination, embryo
transfer, sexed-semen,
carcass ultrasound, and
and politics.”
Michael Tolbert, a
former member of the
Texas Agriculture Lifetime
Leadership (TALL) group,
helped organize the tour and
said visitors were also able
to learn specifically about the
Angus breed.
“(They learned) about the
benefits of the Angus breed for
beef quality, the opportunity
for obtaining quality Angus
genetics, and the success of
other Brazilian beef producers
(have obtained) with adding
Angus to traditional Nelore
herds,” said Tolbert. Nelore
are a popular breed of cattle
in South America.
Echols added that many
guests were intrigued by the
prospect of using the black
Angus genetics in their heat-
tolerant herds.
“Some of them were
surprised that black cattle
can thrive in the heat,”
explained Echols. “Some
Angus bloodlines are known
to shed early in the spring and
they are well-suited for Texas
summers, and should be for
(those in) Brazil.”
Echols said he felt his
cattle operation was selected
as a tour stop because it
serves as an example of how
selective genetics can build a
successful cattle operation.
“We do not have a
large operation, but we use
all available technology to
improve our cattle and try to
offer our customers the kind
of bull that wifi improve their
cattle,” he said.
Tolbert said the tour
at Echols’ ranch not only
provided the visitors with a
great deal of information to
utilize in their country’s cattle
operations, but also helped all
those involved with the event
to gain a better understanding
of another culture, which
helps to foster international
relations.
Echols added that the
visitors at his farm, who
were greeted by several of
Echols’ family members
and neighbors, were very
friendly.
“They were a great bunch
of people. Everyone enjoyed
themselves and was so happy
with the outcome,” he said.
“My family and I are very
honored to have been chosen
as a tour stop.”
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Weather
Scattered clouds with the possibility
of an isolated thunderstorm developing
during the afternoon. Humid. High 94F.
Chance of rain 30%.
lO Days until
School Starts
Area Dam Report
Cooper Lake
August 14, 2007
Current Elevation 440.51
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