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Thursday, May 16, 2013 ★ Joshua Star ★ Page 3
ELECTIONS: Hollorn earns second term as towns mayor
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Ironically enough, more in-
volvement was what both Hol-
lam and Smith called for dur-
ing their campaigns, especially
in the Joshua Star’s Vision For
the Future fomm held at the
end of last month.
“It’s always disappointing
when you see such a low voter
turnout, but it was really pretty
close to what we expected,” Hol-
lam said. “Unless something
controversial is on the ballot,
there’s usually a pretty low turn-
out. I expected the number of
people voting to be anywhere be-
tween 150 and 250 and that was
pretty close to what we had.”
Hollarn said that, now that
the election has passed, he is
ready to begin a new term
serving the citizens of Joshua.
It will be his final 3 year term
as mayor, as Joshua has two-
term limits. Connally will also
be starting her final term on
City Council.
“We still have a lot of work
to do in our city,” he said. “I
want to see us get our sales tax
revenue up and also see more
economic development in our
city. I also want to see us do
more to develop our downtown
area. You look at what cities
like Grandview and some oth-
er places have done with their
downtown areas and you’ll
see that what they are doing is
something that we could also
be doing in our city.”
Unlike the mayor’s race,
where voters selected sta-
tus quo, the contested JISD
tmstees race took a different
turn. Incumbent Rose lost his
seat to newcomer Moss. But
while Moss is a newcomer to
an elected position, he was
not a newcomer to Joshua.
Moss and his family moved
to Joshua when Moss was in
fifth grade and he’s lived in
the area since that time. He’s
also coached youth sports for
many years and parents and
supporters say he’s been an
excellent coach and role mod-
el for the youth of the city.
“It’s sort of a double-edged
sword growing up here,” Moss
said. ‘You’d hope that most peo-
ple you grew up with would have
nice memories about you but,
then again, you never know. All
the time I was running for the
school board seat, I kept think-
ing, ‘Gosh, I hope I wasn’t a kid
who made a lot of people mad.’
Thankfully, it turned out OK.”
MOSS: Longtime resident wins election to seat on school board
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“I wouldn’t say that I was
surprised, but it was sort of
hard to believe,” Moss said fol-
lowing the election. “I’ve lived
here in Joshua most of my life
but have never run for politi-
cal office or anything else, for
that matter. You never know
what to expect or how it’s go-
ing to go. But I’m very grateful
and thankful to all the people
who voted for me.”
Moss’ parents were also in
the area and, from them, he
got a strong taste of country
life.
CRIME:
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stall more and more of them
to homes and businesses,”
Smith said.
He first got the idea to start
installing and selling the cam-
era and surveilance monitors
when he got a knock on his
door at 10:30 p.m. one Sunday.
“I don’t know about most
people but, when I got that
knock on my door at 10:30 at
night and didn’t have any idea
who it might be, it made me
think about getting some kind
of surveilance system put in
so that I could see who was
out on my front porch at that
“I grew up fishing and hunt-
ing and I’ve always loved the
outdoors,” Moss said. “To me,
nothing is better than to raise
your kids in a small town.”
His mother and grand-
mother owned and ran a
beauty shop in Joshua and
also had a chicken restau-
rant in town. Moss played
shortstop on the high school
baseball team and free safety
during football season.
“My mom and dad knew
everybody in town and I
couldn’t get away with any-
thing,” Moss said, smiling.
“I was afraid to do anything
time of night,” Smith said.
As it turned out, the
stranger was at the wrong
house. Still, the incident
prompted Smith to install a
small monitor near the inside
his front door.
“Now, when a visitor
comes up to the door, we can
just look at the monitor and
see who it is,” Smith said.
“We can also switch it so that
the camera goes to our TV
and we see the visitor on our
TV while we’re watching our
favorite TV shows.”
Smith said these devices
also come with a DVR that
can record activity outside
too bad because I knew that,
if I did, my mom would hear
about it from someone at the
beauty shop the next day.”
Moss excelled at baseball
and, after graduation from
Joshua High in 1992, Ronnie
and Cara Moss were ready to
see their son Jason go on to col-
lege on a baseball scholarship.
But, like a lot of high
school students, Moss wasn’t
quite sure where he wanted
to go to college and wound up
at Hill College.
“Then I made a mistake
that I wish I could go back and
change,” Moss said. “I told my
the home, which is helpful
when making a case for the
police. The cameras Smith
sells and installs also has
night vision so that burglars
can be easily seen on screen.
“When coupled with cell
phones and social media, these
cameras are excellent at detering
crime and also, if a homeowner
has a recording of a burglary or
some other incident, it can help
us to make our case against the
suspect,” Lyon said. “And many
times, these cameras also have
bright orange or yellow stickers
that warn thieves that they are
being caught on camera. That’s
a great deterrent right there.”
Step up home security
COUNCIL: Elected to be seated
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Sharlotta Connally, the
Place 3 member of City
Council, will be seated for her
second term, along with Hol-
larn. The City Council will
now be composed of five men
and two women.
The Joshua City Council
will convene for a work ses-
sion at 6:30 p.m. and regular
session at 7 p.m.
In addition to the seating
of the new council, a mayor
pro tern must be selected.
That honor has been held for
some time by Glen Walden.
After all of that pomp
and circumstance, a resolu-
tion will be considered to
establish a Youth Leadership
Council and to approve its
bylaws.
“I think one of the more
exciting parts of Thursday’s
meeting will be approving
the Youth Leadership Coun-
cil and the Youth Leader-
ship Council bylaws,” Hol-
larn said. “This is going to
be a great opportunity to get
our youth involved in our
city. And, at some point, I
see some of these youth, the
seniors especially, getting ap-
pointed to some of our boards
and commissions and having
an active voice in our city.”
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parents that I wanted to take
a break from school. My dad
didn’t believe in taking any
breaks and said that if I wasn’t
going to go to school that I had
to go to work somewhere. That’s
when I became an electrician
and started doing that. When
you’re just a young kid and you
start getting a pay check it feels
pretty good. So I started doing
electrical work and never went
back to college. You can’t imag-
ine how many times I’ve wished
I would have gone back to
school and gotten my degree.”
It wasn’t long, though,
until Moss found his true
calling: taxidermy.
“I was working part-time
here at the taxidermy shop
and pretty soon I was offered a
full-time job here,” Moss said.
“It’s really been enjoyable.
To me, it’s a way to respect
the animals and preserve the
memory of the way they were
when they were alive.”
Moss and his wife, Steph-
anie, have five children:
Cayden Chambers, 16; Ra-
leigh Moss, 15; Wyatt Moss,
13; Cayse Chambers, 13; and
Rhett Moss, 3. The couple has
been married for six years.
“Stephanie has enough edu-
cation for both of us,” Moss said.
“She has a master’s degree and
is a counselor at Smith Middle
School in Cleburne. We both
went to Joshua schools grow-
ing up and started doing things
together when we were in sixth
grade. She’s a great wife and has
been very supportive of me.”
Moss said he has no par-
ticular agenda as the JISD’s
newest trustee.
“I’m looking forward to
working with all the school
board members and mak-
ing improvements wherever
we can,” he said. “The JISD
is a great school district and
I just want to do my part to
help it to keep getting better
and better.”
FIRE REPORTS
Following are calls reported
by the Joshua Fire Depart-
ment from May 5-12.
Sunday, May 5
EMS call, W. FM 917
Canceled call, Tepar Lane
Monday, May 6
Natural vegetation fire,
County Road 705
EMS call, W. FM 917
EMS call, Rosewood Place
EMS call, N. Main Street
EMS call, Willow Creek
EMS call, S. Baker Street
EMS call, Rosewood Place
Combustible material, N.
Broadway Street
Lock-out, Linda Drive
Canceled call, County Road 803
False call, Mountain Valley
Smoke detector activation,
Mountain Valley
Tuesday, May 7
Canceled call, N. Main Street
Wednesday, May 8
Canceled call, FM 1902
Canceled call, W. FM 917
Thursday, May 9
EMS call, Regal View
Motor vehicle accident, E.
12th Street
Friday, May 10
Canceled call, Horseshoe Trail
Canceled call, N. Broadway
Street
Canceled call, S. Broadway
Street
Saturday, May 11
EMS call, County Road 1022
EMS call, Overbrook Farms
Lane
EMS call, Briarwood Trail
Gas leak, N. Main Street
Canceled call, County Road 803
False call, County Road 1016
Sunday, May 12
EMS call, Royal Wood Circle
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