Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 62, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 2013 Page: 1 of 10
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iGE 10
STORIES
SNIPPETS
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i BACK TO SCHOOL FAM
w* taka ptooe Saturday
Aug. 10,0 am -noon,at
Mineral Wei* Junk* High
The fair helps provide afu-
dento w*h Mama May «■
nm>d lor toe school year,
beginning Aug 26 It wN
include school supples. a
vendor tea, sports physt
caia a blood drive, bounce
homea and ano-oooea
TNa year's to* hot>es to
serve nearly 1 000 students
and fsmaas In order to ■
accomplish tow tea are
naad of monetary dona-
tions from area busmaaaas
oroaoi/ations and mdtvtdu-
m wi rNNi a (jonmton
bar the year at $100 $290
1500 $750 and 11000
Anyone donafeng at Of
above tha $100 level «* be
featured on die sponaor
banner dial w* be hung at
toe fan and which reoognu-
aa those who made t poe-
asiS^Ma Ant^wsa ^^SBs rtnn a
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OeMy Index
Beating the heat
By CUNT FOSTER
Texas heat is s well-
documented reality As
relatively mild as this
summer has been.
August is fust around
the comer and with it
comes the risk ol heal
related injury
1 he National
Highway Traffic Safety
Administration has des-
ignated today as
National Heatstroke
Prevention Day to raise
awareness for the signs
and symptoms of heat-
stroke A* of July 2# an
estimated 24 rhlldnm
have died nationally ol
heat-rel.it.-d illness.- with
three of those deaths in
the lame Star State
Emergency and
Irauma IJirector lathe*
Fesser said Palo Pinto
Corner a I Hospital treated
related illness last year
He said it is impor-
tant that people know
the signs of heat stroke
heading into what is
know n as Texas' hottest
month
'Ty pically. August is
our heaviest month,"
Fesser said, whose facil-
ity treated a high of 16
cases of heat-illness last
August "We usually
•Today: 100 / 76
•Thursday: 100/75
•Friday: 10/74
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High-speed (hoses
race across Palo
Pinto County
PALO PINTO COUNT* - Since
Saturday, Palo Pinto County has
seen two high-speed car chases race
acK. a local roads.
According to Palo Pinto County
Chiaf Deputy Mike Sudderth. law-
enforcement located a vehicle on
Saturday in connection with a bur-
clary of items at a ranch un Fortune
Bend Road Police obtained a war-
rant for the theft of guns and at
least one flat-semen TV
Sudderth said police located the
car around 2 a m on US.
Highway 281 South, between
Santo and Ljpan, and the chase
was on. The suspects fled north,
up Farm-to-Market Road 4, and
turned west along Interstate 20.
on the north service road
sheriff's department report
stated the suspects, as they fled
west often drove in the east-
bound lane of traffic. The report
also stated deputies saw a shirt-
laaa white male, who was moving
around a lot in the back seat.
The driver readied speeds of
VCMo-105 mph dunng the pursuit
before the suspect crashed through
a fence and into a pasture between
1-20 mile markers 173 and 371.
according to the nrport Sudderth
•aid the suspects then escaped On
foot into the woods However, three
deputies involved m the puiMin
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See CHASES, page 3
iury indicts
IBlRWtimllB
prison contraband
By CMfttSTHf COYNE
Lon# Star News Group
WEATHERFORD - Eighteen
people were ind»«t*.d by a Parker
County grand (ury Thursday on
felony charges of bringing cir,
attempting to bring contraband
into tne Mineral Wells Pre-parole
Transfer Facility or possessing the
prohibited items inside the facility
Most of the contraband charges
involve illegally bringing or pos-
sessing cell phones or cell phone
chargers at tW facility cm ned by
Corrections Corporation of
America and operated tor the
Texas Department of Criminal
lustier
See CHARGES, page 2
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Holman tapped as new Lady Rams' head basketball coach
By UBBY CLUCTT
k.tut«gm„»s'*«H'H»< com
adding "But die came
m around'
Th*s will be Holman's fifth
After hunting much of the year at MW ISO. according to
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VW 114, No 62
summer tor a head
high school girls bas-
ketball coach, on
Tuesday evening
Mineral Wells 1ST)
trustees approved hir-
ing Leslie Holman to
hi) thf position
"She was our first Hotmail volleiball at Mineral
choice, but she didn't Wells I ligh School
apply because of family lea- Hatenu* said
sons," said MWISD "gwi* our .
Superintendent Gall Ha ten us. we want it to be."
Ffatenu* but she has 24
foul v ears in education
and I* certified in
Eng!. -h. Physical
Education and Biology.
Lari \ ear Holman
*d fumor vanity
girts basketball and
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Cluett, Libby. Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 114, No. 62, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 31, 2013, newspaper, July 31, 2013; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1018382/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.