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Photo courtesy of News-Telegram
By Cindy Roller
Editor
n a warm sunshine-filled
I 1 East Texas Saturday
morning over 200 partici-
pants laced up their running shoes
to compete in the Tanner Hig-
gins Warrior Run at Cooper Lake
South Sulphur Unit Park.
Some ran for a classmate, some
for a friend and others for a lov-
ing husband, a son, a brother.
However he was more - he was
an American soldier, who lost his
life defending his country and
protecting all he loved. Tanner
Stone Higgins, a 2007 Sulphur
Springs Graduate and Army
Ranger, lost his life fighting in
Afghanistan last April 2012.
He was posthumously awarded
the Bronze Star Medal, Meritori-
ous Service Medal, and Purple
Heart among many other ac-
colades. Higgins is survived by
his wife Shelby Lynn Higgins of
Yantis, Texas, his father Danny
R. Higgins of Hurst, Texas, and
his mother Patti D. Sells of Tybee
Island, Ga.; and two brothers,
PFC Dillon Heneger, stationed
with the l/75th Ranger Regiment,
Hunter Army Airfield, Ga., and
Noah Sells of Tybee Island.
The Warrior Run was estab-
lished to fund a scholarship in his
honor. It will benefit a Sulphur
Springs High School graduate
enlisting in the U.S. armed forces.
Kody Waters, South Sulphur
Unit Manager, said, “It was a
very, very awesome event, and
we were glad to be a part of it.
Tanner was well known and a
super guy. I see this event grow-
ing each year.” Waters said they
are already organizing next year’s
run. There were also coordinating
runs being held in other locations
across the U.S.
The event collected over $7,000
and was coordinated by Sandy
Brown.
"It was such a special day! God
blessed us with a beautiful day
and a great turn out. Thank you to
all those who made it possible,"
said Tanner's mother, Patti Sells
Stone.
Last Saturday’s event began
with local vocalist Lou Ann Petty
of Cumby singing the National
Anthem and a gun salute by the
Hopkins County Military Coali-
tion. The event T-shirts honored
the local soldier with the quote,
“The only way you fail, is if you
quit,” imprinted on them serv-
ing as additional inspiration to
runners.
See Warrior Run
Continued on Page 5A
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A Fairly Nice Weekend...
By Jim Butler
Owner/Publisher
Saturday on the Square in
Cooper was an outstanding day
with perfect weather, a large
turnout and 65 entrants in the
Second Annual Steve Fisher
Car Show. Over 40 awards
were presented. In honoring
Steve Fisher, Paulette Fisher
presented the Best of Show
and Mayor’s Choice awards.
Paulette had two award
winning cars in the show.
Best of Show and Mayors
Choice: Best of Show Car
- Gary and Karen White,
Sherman, Texas, 1969
Pontiac Firebird 400
Best of Show Truck - Jim
Helfferich, Sulphur
Springs, Texas, 1956 Ford
COE Truck
Best of Show Corvette
- Roger Elliott, Sulphur
Springs, Texas 1961
Corvette
Mayor’s Choice - Tina
Wilkins, Reno, Texas, 1968
Chevrolet CIO Custom
Truck
See Car Show
Continued on Page 2A
Austin Hall (far left) accepts his First Place Award for
the 2nd Annual Delta County Fair Car & Truck Show
Steve Fisher Memorial (seen below). Jack Murray (right)
balances on the inflatables at the Fair. Cordell Walker
(below) gets his opportunity to feed Kozmo, a two-year
white tiger of the Zoo Dynamics Exhibit.
Staff photos by Jim Butler and Cindy Roller
Patterson
Memorial
Museum
opens on
Saturdays
The Delta County Pat-
terson Memorial Muse-
um located at 700 West
Dallas Avenue is again
open for its Saturday
spring hours, 10 a.m.- 3
p.m.
This museum was
founded in 1968 with
the goal of preserving
Delta County history. It
features artifacts from
as long ago as the late
1700’s when Dr. Mo-
ses Hoge and his father
came to Texas bring-
ing a medicine pot with
them. They settled in
Virginia but the younger
Dr. Hoge came to the
Ben Franklin area.
The Board of Directors
serves as the governing
body. These members
serve on a voluntary ba-
sis and keep the museum
open on Saturdays.
Last Saturday vol-
unteers worked on the
West side yard, clean-
ing and mowing. Stu-
dents from Texas A&M
University-Commerce’s
fraternity Alpha Gamma
Rho helped in the clean-
up as did young people
from New Hope Baptist
Church. Janell Parker
keeps the front yard
mowed.
The museum needs,
not only funding, but
Delta County citizens
active participation in
preserving the museum.
Anyone willing to help
should call Shirley Smith
at (903) 395-2202.
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Many local firefighters and emergency personnel were on the crash scene on State Highway 24 for most of the day last
Thursday. The highway reopened late that night. staff photo by Cindy Roller
By Cindy Roller,
Jerrod Knight and
Mark Haslett
Cooper Review
and KETR News
An accident occurred around
7:30 a.m. last Thursday near
Cooper, close to the intersec-
tion of State Highway 24 with
County Road 2000.
The drivers of two large
trucks were killed this morning
when their vehicles collided
head-on and burst into flames
in Delta County, according to
Texas Department of Public
Safety reports.
George Eugene Smith, 45,
of Ada, Okla., and Terry Dean
Johnson, 62, of Bonham, died
in the crash on State High-
way 24, about one mile south
of Cooper. Johnson was re-
ported to be driving a truck
southbound on the highway
when his truck crossed into the
northbound lanes and collided
with Smith's truck, which was
carrying 6,600 gallons of un-
leaded gasoline and 1,500 gal-
lons of diesel fuel. Both men
were pronounced dead at the
scene and next of kin have
been notified, DPS said.
The highway remained
closed through Thursday af-
ternoon for Haz mat company,
TAS Environmental, to clear
the debris. Traffic was rerouted
onto FM 1528 through Klond-
ike into Cooper.
Later that evening another
two-vehicle accident occurred
also on State Highway 24 and
Farm to Market Road 3132.
Two citizens were transported
via ambulance to an area hos-
pital with non-life threatening
injuries.
Last Tuesday, at approxi-
mately 4:10p.m. a Cooper ISD
school bus driven by Becky
Sampson was involved in a
minor fender bender with mo-
torcycle near State Highway
24. Fortunately, no injuries
were reported. CISD Superin-
tendent Denicia Hohenberger
reported the school quickly re-
sponded as well did emergen-
cy personnel and the situation
was quickly cleared.
Community feedback not as high as expected
By Cindy Roller
Editor
The Cooper ISD Board
of Trustees led off Monday
night’s regular meeting by
reading the dozen comments
(and four emails) submitted
after the 50-75 citizens who
toured the “old” High School
building.
Some of those comments
offered suggestions like mak-
ing it a class reunion build-
ing, museum, or apartment
building and some included
thoughts such as, “a build-
ing full of memories, but we
must keep looking forward,”
“tear it down,” “heartbreak-
ing for all and the thousands
that walked through the halls,”
“lots of memories and lives
were changed here...my class
was my family,” “it is a liabil-
ity ... save any pieces for a me-
morial,” “all good things must
come to an end, say goodbye
and tear it down.”
Board members discussed
the day conducting the tours.
They sympathized with those
that did not want to see it go,
but most understood it would
cost a great deal of money.
“Lots of thought will go into
this decision,” said Board Pres-
ident Thomas Darden. “How-
ever it sitting there empty will
not help the condition of the
building.”
For so many it was one last
walk down memory lane. Some
even drove from the Dallas area
just to see the building they
haven’t seen in many years.
“We are happy we have been
able to give citizens this av-
enue,” said CISD Superinten-
dent Denicia Hohenberger on
the tours.
Board member Darren Brad-
dy summarized, “It is what we
thought we would hear.”
With an out with old, in with
the new theme the Board voted
4-0 to accept the capital outlay
project which will allow the
school to purchase much need-
ed new school desk for the high
school classrooms for a cost of
$5,800.
The District received no bids
for the five buses and is look-
ing into the scrap metal option.
See School Board
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