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Volume 135 Number 6 SERVING DELTA COUNTY SINCE 1880 50 cents
Fleeing
felon
nabbed
Community
tips help solve
foot chase
Quades Williams
FFA students impress Lions Club
Lions members Delta County Judge Jason Murray and
Sue Hommel examine the workmanship of the Cooper FFA
projects (welding trailer by Clay Ingram) during a meeting.
Staff photo by Cindy Roller
By Cindy Roller
Editor
After two days of fleeing
from local law enforcement
Quades Williams was caught
and arrested by the Delta
County Sheriff’s officers on
Wednesday, Jan. 28. He is be-
ing charged with felony forg-
ery, felony evading arrest and
Class A misdemeanor resisting
arrest as well as harassment
warrants from Lamar County.
Reports state he was also cur-
rently on parole, warrants for
violation are anticipated.
During Wednesday chase
occurring near Southwest First
Street in Cooper, Devona De-
nise Dysart was also taken into
custody for felony hindering
apprehension of a known felon
and she also has delinquent
child support warrants out of
Missouri.
According to reports, the
suspect escaped from authori-
ties on Tuesday running across
several neighborhood yards
despite being pursued by Dep-
uty Roque Villarreal. On the
following day Deputy Zach
Steward and Constable Ben
Snow located Williams in an
attic of a residence on South-
west First Street in Cooper,
and again he evaded arrest.
Several buildings and homes
were additionally searched in
the effort to locate Williams.
At approximately 5:30 p.m.
a Delta County Sheriff’s Of-
fice employee, Brent Beshear,
saw Williams hiding behind
a fence off of Sherman Street
and again several officers re-
sponded with the foot chase
on again. Sergeant Investiga-
tor Ryan Brown and Deputy
Wesley Mayeux were able to
comer Williams off Southeast
Third and take him into cus-
tody.
“I am proud of all of our of-
ficers -they were alert, respon-
sive and showed persistence in
staying with this search until
the felon was apprehended.
Unfortunately several were
exposed to unanticipated ex-
ercise during three separate
foot chases. We also received
extensive assistance from resi-
dent citizen witnesses during
these pursuits. In the end our
guys prevailed and the felon
was apprehended,” said Delta
County Sheriff Ricky Smith.
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By Cindy Roller
Editor/Lioness Reporter
Not only was the Lions Club
impressed by the home cooked
meal served by the Cooper
High School students, but they
were equally awed by the dem-
onstration the Cooper FFA stu-
dents gave along with a tour of
their recent projects.
Thursday’s lunch meeting was
a show and tell event as mem-
bers were shown a slideshow
of photos detailing the work
the FFA agricultural students
did but were given a walking/
talking tour of the welding and
work of the projects tucked
away next door to the Bulldog
Cafe.
Cooper ISD Superintendent
Denicia Hohenberger intro-
duced Cooper High School In-
structor Welton Pickering.
“I have people in the com-
munity approach me all the
time and ask why can’t stu-
dents do the things like we did
in school,” said Hohenberger.
“That is exactly what we are
going to demonstrate here to-
day.”
“I want to teach them to be
able to work with their hands
[real life skills] and sell them-
selves,” added Pickering on
the Ag department skills taught
through FFA. Students Logan
Lair, Tanner Phifer and Clay
Ingram all described the steps
it took to finish their various
projects (smoker, truck bed,
welding trailer). The students
competed with all different size
schools during recent competi-
tion.
Club President Diane Stegall
presided over the regular busi-
ness expressing thank to Mr.
Keith Cook for his assistance
with the holiday parade float.
Club Treasurer Sue Hommel
provided a statement of financ-
es. Member Carol King gave
an update stating they opted to
give a monetary donation to the
Delta Hope House since it was
in greater need for funds to pay
utilities.
Stegall updated the Club on
the upcoming need for a new
banner as the current one is full
with patches. She also incorpo-
rated the help of Hommel and
King to help establish some
easy fundraising opportunities
for the Club.
The CHS students under
direction of Heather Murray
provided the Club with a la-
sagna meal, garlic bread and
brownies.
The Club will meet again on
Thursday, Feb. 12 at noon at
the Bulldog Cafe at the Cooper
High School building.
Two-vehicle accident on a cold Monday morning on State Highway 24 slowed
traffic in both directions due to the construction zone. staff photo by Cindy Roller
Two-vehicle accident
slows SH 24
construction traffic
By Cindy Roller
Editor
A two-vehicle accident
slowed traffic through the
construction zone of State
Highway 24 between Klond-
ike and Commerce this morn-
ing at approximately 7 a.m. in
the 24 degrees temperatures.
Responding was Cooper
Fire and Rescue trucks, En-
loe Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment, Delta County Sheriff’s
officers, Constable Ben Snow
and Highway Patrol Trooper
Archie Crittenden.
The accident occurred near
County Road 2040 in Delta
County with drivers of GM
and Toyota trucks collid-
ing, sending the driver of the
Toyota off in ambulance. The
scene was cleared at 7:45
a.m.
The secret side of lawmen
From garage to stag
By Cindy Roller
Editor
"X"t is a side many don’t
I see or are even aware.
-K. What do lawmen do
when they aren’t pinned to
a badge? In this case Delta
County Deputy Adam Hall
and Investigator Ryan Brown
it is forming a band - South-
ern Soul - along with friends
Jacob Mazoch and Salvador
Castro.
But not just any band
- within weeks of form-
ing, they won the Hopkins
County Fall Festival Battle
of the Bands held at Muddy
Jake’s Sports Grille and Pub
Backyard. They filled North
Davis street with fans and
impressed the judges.
“We were shocked,” said
Hall and the band on their
award, feeling like teenag-
ers again. “We were really
thankful for our friends and
family that supported us.
They made that show for us.
... As a whole package, we
performed to the crowd.”
They wanted to win but were
not expecting it.
They are the definition of a
garage band - formed from
a simple philosophy of “just
having fun.” To better set the
scene, among the old license
plates and neon beer signs, is
where their “magic” hap-
pens. It is a cool East Texas
evening with dust from the
nearby county road rolling
into the garage. The band
members slowly begin the
Delta County Investigator Ryan Brown and Deputy
Adam Hall are lawmen by day, band members by night.
commenc-
es. Joking
over amus-
ing text
messages
and some
process of
setting up
for prac-
tice. The
heckling
Southern Soul
Sal Castro, Adam Hall, Ryan Brown and Jacob Mazoch
surgery
(requiring
duck tape,
of course)
to equip-
ment, they
work out
the cord kinks and get down to
business.
Lead singer Hall straps on
his guitar adjusting the law
enforcement badge on the
strap, hoping his microphone
doesn’t deli ver a shock. A loud
pop and a few choice non-lyr-
ics - alright, well, all the kinks
not quite worked out. Some
troubleshooting later, consult-
ing Google, the guys solve the
electrifying case. This is all
On lead guitar Adam
Hall along with Sal
Castro on bass and
drummer Ryan Brown
compete and win at the
Battle of the Bands.
part of the fun adventure.
“This is what we do. We
yell at each other for three
hours and maybe play one
song,” joked Hall, during
their practice. Recalling they
found their love for music at
church, through being in the
school band and some self-
taught. “We had all talked
about playing together and
one night we got a wild
hair to come over and jam
together [Hall, Brown and
Mazoch] ... and it really
sunk in.” Hall explained
how their bass player had
conflicts and couldn’t make
Staff photos by Cindy Roller
it to Battle of the Bands
when Castro stepped in and
he stole their hearts after
only three rehearsals.
“Battle of the Bands hit,
and we have been running
See Soul
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Roller, Cindy. Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 135, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 2015, newspaper, February 5, 2015; Cooper, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1006915/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Delta County Public Library.