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City Learns
Offline
Well Can
Be Utilized
By Terry Britt
Staff Writer
It appears the city of Van will get some help for
increasing water demand from a preexisting well.
Van Public Works Director John Beall, reporting
to the Van City Council last Thursday, said recent
tests on the well showed returned good results.
Beall said the cost of work that would have to be
done to bring the well back onto the city’s system
looked reasonable.
“What we have been given as an estimate is a
pretty decent set of numbers, actually,” he said. “All
things considered, $128,000 is not bad.”
He did point out a couple of areas — the place-
ment of and renovations to the chlorine building at
the well site — that could bring the overall cost
down further.
“I believe that $128,000 (estimate) will come
down closer to $100,000 before all is said and done,”
Beall noted.
“If we’ve got a good, usable water well for
$100,000, that’s really a pretty cheap price for it,”
Van Mayor Billy Wilson commented.
The city will pursue bids for the work on the well.
Beall later added that he felt bringing the existing
well back onto the city system should prevent the
.need for an additional city water well “for about
four to five years.”
The water well testing was done by J.L. Myers
Co., Beall said after the meeting.
He said the well was originally drilled in 1964 to
supplement the Van City Lake. However, it was taken
offline sometime in the late 1970s and has been used
sporadically since then.
Also in the meeting, the council took no action on
a request by Van Community Ministries’ Loaves and
Fishes program to request free Internet service from
See WELL, Page 4A
Photo by Terry Britt
A new art piece for the children’s section of the Van Community Library was unveiled last week.
The art was created by Krista Fasig. Standing by it are library director Jane Lewis, left, and new
president of the library board Peggy Hawkins, who was introduced at last Thursday’s Van City
Council meeting.
Dallas Holm Concert To Benefit
Van Community Ministries
Internationally ac-
claimed Christian vo-
calist Dallas Holm will
appear in a concert for
Van Community Minis-
tries at Van ISD Audi-
torium on Feb. 24.
The concert will be-
gin at 6 p.m. The ad-
mission will be free,
with a love offering to
benefit Van Community
Ministries.
Van Community Min-
istries (VCM), origi-
nally founded as Loaves
and Fishes Food Pantry
in 1996, was incorpo-
rated as VCM in 2007
and moved into its own
building last year.
It is a 501(c)(3) non-
profit and currently pro-
vides supplemental
food to approximately
200 households in Van
ISD twice monthly, as
well as free produce to
anyone in need.
Volunteers are in the
process of expanding
services to provide edu-
cational programs for
clients.
Holm, perhaps best
known for “Rise
Again,” is a member of
the Gospel Music Hall
of Fame, a winner of the
Dove Award and a
Grammy Award nomi-
nee.
The auditorium is lo-
cated at 349 E. Texas
Street in Van.
Anyone needing fur-
ther information may
call the ministry at
(903)963-1616, or Joan
Driver, food pantry di-
rector at (903) 521-
0122.
Courtesy photo
J.E. Rhodes Elementary’s Stand Out Students for December in the Early Childhood program are,
from left to right, Bailey Hopkins, Starla Zarate, Siomara Landaverde, Arturo Salazar, Noah Hartman,
River Black, Guadalupe Sanchez and Keily Romero.
Elementary Names
"Stand Out Students’
J.E. Rhodes Elemen-
tary recently recognized
its Stand Out Students
for the month of De-
cember.
Rhodes Elementary
Principal Jonnie Smith
said students were
nominated by their
classroom teachers for
exhibiting various types
of positive behaviors.
Those behaviors in-
cluded being a good
friend, a hard worker, or
a good listener; or be-
ing responsible, courte-
ous, helpful or consid-
erate. Students were
recognized in a special
reception for family
and friends and received
a medal.
Stand Out Students for
Early Childhood were:
Bailey Hopkins, Starla
Zarate, Siomara
Landaverde, Arturo
Salazar, Noah Hartman,
River Black, Guadalupe
Sanchez and Keily
Romero.
Stand Out Students for
kindergarten were:
Brynly Lewellen, Ashley
Hudgens, Zandy Moore,
Vanessa Villanueva,
Levi Huff, Caleb Busch,
Brya Rusk, Alan
Rosales, Isabelle
Stanford, Sophia
Johnson, Lainey Parish,
Ansley Cassell, Nallely
Elizondo, Cameron
Mueller, Hayden Clark,
Seth Starling, Megan
Mayne, Chloe Green,
Phillip Ayers, Jackson
Reed, Cooper James,
Randy Posey, Cooper
Hullum and Hayley
Baccus.
Stand Out Students for
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