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Obituaries
At a Glance
i are proddad and pmi tor by town
MM Any imhMM *HM 0> MB
tom 10 • puMRto OM^ muM to approved to Vm
femrto horn* or pnvato party thto o*-g.na»y lutimdtod Vw
otouary Tha Ww maim to sincere oond
as persons affected by **• kraa of a loved ona
Guy Truman Cox
^ Cju v Truman Con. 76. passed away on Sunday.
^io services an* planned at this tune
While * funeral Home Weatherford
At a Glance
• THE MINERAL
WELLE ART
ASSOCIATION writ boat
its third annu-
al. ona-day-
only
'Clolbaaima
Art Sale' on
Saturday. July
20. 10 a m 3
p m at tha Amancan
Legion AH art ia by
area artiata and priced
under $100
• CONGRESSIONAL
UPDATE -US
Congressman Mike
Conaway will boat a leg-
islative update and town
haH maatmg m the
Mineral Walla City
Council chambers 9 30-
10 30 p m . Friday. July
26 The public is invited
and encouraged to
attend The address >a
115 SW 1st St
• BRAZOS
FOUNDATION grant
applications are avail-
able at Ritchie Law
Office. First State Bank
and First Financial
Bank Deadline for
applications »a Aug 30
Return applications to
PO Box 901. M nerat
Wells 76066
• PALO PINTO
OENERAL HOSPITAL
AUXILIARY is search
mg for vofuntaars for
our Home Health/
Hospice Department
Please contact Diana
Brown at (940) 326-
6419 for information.
• THE MINERAL
WELLS AREA
CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE is accept
mg nominations for
thrae board of directors
positions for tha term
Oct 1 2013 to Sept
30. 2016 Candidates
must be members m
good standing with tha
Chamber if interested
contact Executive
Director Beth Henary
Watson at (940) 325
2557
• PALO PINTO SCHOOL
M currently acfieptmg
2013-14 school
year Wa have
limited avail
aMNy tn _
grades pre km-
dergarten
through sixth
Please can (940) 069*
2745 to discuss tha poe-
sibsNty of your child Quai-
trying io intno k»*o
Pmto School
• OOSPEL LIGHT
BAPTIST ACADEMY la
accepting enrollment
for the new school year,
beginning m August
Tha academy is localed
on histone Fort Wolters
at 601 Country Club
Parkway m Mineral
Wans Information
about tha school cen be
found on our website
goepeiiightmw com. or
by calling our offtoaa
Monday through Friday
9am -5pm
REGULAR
HAPPENINOS:
• NOAH’S ARK THRIFT
STORE 206 NW 2nd
St. Mineral Walls. TX.
76067 Hours Of opera-
tion are 10 am to 4
p m Tuesday Saturday
AH profits returned to the
community
• FIRST CHRISTIAN
CHURCH FOOO
PANTRY hosts PPGH
Home Health on the
third Tuesday of each
month at *2 30 p m ,
performing blood-pres-
sure readings and blood
sugar checks We
appreciate their very
knowledgeable medical
advice The public is
mveed to come each
month
• FIRST UNITED
METHOOtST CHURCH
FOOO PANTRY has
axpandad its hours and
toapan r
- VFW Post 2389. 1400
8 E Veterans of Foreign
wars St (940) 325-
1470 Group saasions 1
m Provided by Fort
p m Provid
Worth MB'S
ago Tuoaday and Thuraday
mornings 9 a m -noon
Counting Sorvtot C
Miko Coufior tor appoi
Wa art atoo going to
moot* (817)821-909*
have a Thursday eve-
ning time from 9 p m
unto 8 pm Persons
needing food should
bring a picture identifi-
cation with them
Cituens are allowed
four vtarta per calendar
>eer We ere also offer-
ing limited assistance
funds ere available
•COCOON
PREGNANCY
RESOURCE CENTER •
open Mondays. 10 am-
3 pm Wa are located at
Leaning Tree
Church Wa help with
pregnancy verification
diapers, wipes, clothes
and larger items We are
currently m need of
donations of cribs, walk-
er* bassinets
swings and other large
dams CaH (940) 452-
2753 for more mforme-
bon
• The WORKFORCE .
SOLUTIONS (or North
Central Texas mobile
unit win be m Mineral
TvBHa t V ». y Ww(KJnBsUBy
at the Boyce Ditto Public
Library parking lot. local
ad at 2300 S E MLK Jr
St
• MINERAL WELLS
AMVETS POST 133
meets the second
Saturday of tha month at
11am at Holiday HiNs
Country Club AM veter-
ans welcome
• PTSO COUNSELING v
the first and third
Tuesday of each month
ART ASSOCIATION
paints every Tuesday 10
• m*2pm and
Thuredto 1-4 pm , at
Fuzzy s Taco Shop The
leguier meeting for die
group to tha third
Tuesday at 6 pm
• FOLKS AT MINERAL
WELLS HERITAGE
Mivfie ona and afi to
attend monthly meeting)
at Lima Rock School
Houae (behind old
lytivifrgl yy§n§
ritgn dcnooi on Wwii
MuuDAfQ Ovwm) WO
gather on the second
Thursday of each month
at 7 pm Of course visi-
tors am welcome.
• MINERAL WELLS
PHOTO CLUB
(QRBPMOTOS) meets
each Wednesday 6
pm. at jitter Beans
Coffee Roasting
Company 101 NE First
Avenue, tn Mineral
Weds This is a ckib for
photographers of aM skill
levels For information
call 940-682-5096 or
visit on Facebook at
www facebook com/
grSfotos
• OUST OFF THE
HOOKS A NO NEE-
DLES Untangle that
stash Finish that nee-
dlepoint protect you've
been putting off The
Happy Hooker Group
meats at tha County
Seat General Store mi
Palo Pmto from 6-fl p m
on Tuesday nights for
I Corns join
us CaH (940) 659-2706
tor N*Sd
• THI PALO PINTO
COUNTY
begtorang at 6 p m and
toe maatmg starting at 7
pm For more mforma-
bon. contact (940) 746-
5416
• WOOOMAN OF THE
WORLD LOOOfi 7S3
meats second Thursday
of each month at the
lodge haH. 306 H W let
Ava. at 7 pm Ptoass
coma jom ua CaH
<940) 669-3403 far any
•11 - located at 601 N
Oak Ava. meats die
second Tueedey of each
month Meal at 6:30
p m . meeting at 7 30
pm.
• MILL8AP MASONIC
LOOOE NO 1266 local-
ad at 106 Borden, m
MiHsap meats die fourth
Tuesday of every month
Eat at6 30pm . meet-
ing el 7 30 p m
• MINERAL WELLS
KNIOHTS OF PYTHIAS
meet every Tueedey
night el 7 30 p m at 610
Pythian Way and SE
14th Street Bmioo open
to public every Saturday
night
• MINERAL WELLS
ORDER OF THE
EASTERN STAR
Chapter No 44 meets
the second Monday
every month at 601 N
Oak Ave Meeting at
7 30 p m Visit mineral-
wettsmasons org
CODE
from pa$e 1
"Whet he* brought this
about i% thet we hev«r e
problem with the condi-
tion of our housing in this
town,” Howerton
explained "Wv heve en
innrdinetelv old housing
*nxk. in wmr mprth,
thet hasn't hwn mein
tamed ex it should Whet
we went to do with this
code »to address those
(hou**»| thet ere aging,
thet need to be worked
on end need to meet this
minimum aide before
they become substan-
dard fhat Vwhet this
aide wxiuld allow u* to
do. theft whet we really
don't heve in piece right
now *
Ihe Minimum
Housing Code program -
w hich it essentially a
local verttor of the
Internationa! Property
Maintenance Code -
would set up e cvrtihcete
of oerupanev inspection
program Such e program
would outline tpecihc
inttencet tn which the
city am Id inspect houtet
end meke sure thet they
ere up to code
"Vue re not nsng to
rutpsck everything to
death, but Just see if if»
heMcelly in good amdi-
twin end habitable."
Howerton teid "We heve
some houtet we're Rang
to go into. I heve no
doubt thet ere gang to
be e w reck end need to
be tvpeiied This gives us
the opportunity to get
inside thet house end tell
thet owner, be they e
rente! property owner or
an ownecocrupsnC
‘Here's whet you need to
do to meet tosic code.’
This will get those houses
upgraded, repaired end
in some kind of decent
condition
-It's not all thet coe-
metir. U you look at whet
will be inspected, it's (us*
bask things. Make sure
the roof's in good shape,
meke sure there's paint
on the outside (of the
house!. if window glees is
to the windows Instead of
cardboard, things like
ito pTN usnt fr tty*
sure| the systems in the
IKMMNr# UWV piumirtnjf,
stoctrtcsl gas. etc., are up
to bade code The idee is
if this house is basically
habitable, if if* some-
thin* neuoie should tv
ZVST
Many ettiasns were in
attendance ID voice their
gram One resident,
Rand\ Cover. said he was
concerned about the
ads erse effect this code
might have on elderly cit-
i/etvs on ti»ed income or
families with low sooo-
eoonamk status wi*o
might mV be able to
afford tines and repairs it
their homes were not up
to cod*- He worried that
the 'little guys' of
Mineral VNells might be
dnven out of tbrir homes
bv being held to teak,
w heives commercial
properties - he refer-
enced the famous. but
derelict Baker l lotel -
would not be beid
accountable
How erton did his hem
to assuage these concerns.
sa\ ing ow ner-occupied
homes would only be
inspected if the ow ner
w as selling the property
or if e formal complaint
was made about trie
house He further
espiemed that the com-
mittee sought Hi finan-
cially protect elderly
homeowners on heed
income, adding the!
homes such as these like-
ly would not need to be
inspected until the home
w as sold either after the
owner's deeth or if they
were to move into a nurs-
ing home, for example.
Mayor Milw Alien ww
cumpomentery of the
Minimum Housing Code
Committee.
*H takes a lot to
impress me anymore, but
this committee impressed
me gieetly with their con-
scientiousness. herd-work
end whet thee did,” he
said during the meeting
*1 just wanted to take a
minute to thank them. I
thanked them el reedy,
but they were great.”
Although another pub-
lic hearing ww set
Howerton said he
|Wa isesaj
oriift “ ine iww
Minimum Housing Code
would be the beet thing
for Mineral Wells in the
long run
J1 think we've come
up with a fairly good
program. I think It's a
starting point' he aaid.
"If there are araw we
have to tweak. I certainly I
will Bui I think thia will j
put us on die path to •
improve Tnia ia some-
thing that over an
rxicnoiHi prrHia ov am
10-20 yearn, we'll see a
improvement in the on
dition of our existing
In other real-estate-reiat
«xl business the council
• Denied the request
of Sheiee Douglas of
An/one to waive prop-
erty bens on .104 NF
14th Ave She inherited
the property from her
estranged father, who
owed taxes end propem
leans from cleanup and
demolition that tto otv
paid tor The council
did, however, advise her
that the cost of the liens
could be included in
w hatever pnee she sells
the property for
• l runtmoutlv
approved a request tor a
10-loot variance from the
City of Mineral Wells
Code of Ordinances
regarding residential
driveways in order to
expand a driveway and
its approach to 34 teet in
width at 1201 North Oak
Ave
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Cluett, Libby. Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 53, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 18, 2013, newspaper, July 18, 2013; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018255/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.