Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 111, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 17, 2016 Page: 2 of 16
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Mineral Wells Index / Sunday, January 17, 2016 ♦ Call Classifieds at 940-327-0838
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Porcelain artist Pinnell featured at Tuesday MWAA meeting
COURTESY
Cynthia Pinnell, of Graham,
will be the speaker at
Tuesday’s Mineral Wells Arts
Association meeting to dis~
cuss porcelain art techniques.
The Mineral Wells Art
Association will hold its
monthly meeting on Tuesday,
Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. at the
Chamber of Commerce
Meeting Room, 511 E.
Hubbard St.
A demonstration will be
provided by Cynthia Pinnell, a
well-known artist specializing
in porcelain painting. She
resides in Graham with her
husband, Phillip, is a retired
pharmacist, who is now ranch-
ing and learning to make and
engrave spurs.
Pinnell is a graduate of
Lubbock Christian University,
earning an Associate of Arts
degree in 1962. She then
received a Bachelor of Arts
degree in 1964 from West
Texas State University and a
Masters of Teaching degree,
with a minor in Art, from
COURTESY
Shown are some porcelain art pieces by Graham artist
Cynthia Pinnell. She is scheduled to talk at Tuesday’s
meeting of the Mineral Wells Art Association meeting.
Southwestern Oklahoma State
University in 1967.
"I taught in public schools
for 17 years," states Pinnell. "I
taught first and second grades.
My last five years, I was assis-
tant to the principal and
taught Gifted and Talented
classes. I retired in 2004."
She is a member of Wichita
Falls PAC, Palo Pinto PAC,
past president of SFPAC of
Texas (2012-13),
Texas Teachers of Porcelain
Art, International Porcelain
Artists and Teachers, World
Organization of China
Painters, and Plains Art
Association, serving as presi-
dent in 2007-09.
She is a teacher of porcelain
art, watercolor and acrylic in
her home since retiring and has
provided instruction and dem-
onstrations on many occasions.
"I have taken workshops
from Paula White, Kay
Houston, Celeste McCall,
Brenda Morgan-Moore,
Cherryl Meggs, Barbara Jenson
and Jane Marcks, Nancy
Benedette, and Beatrice
Mazarolle," she said.
"I love wildflowers and
will continue to paint them.
Porcelain pendants are my
speciality."
Monday a
holiday
for many
Monday is Martin
Luther King Jr. Day,
a federal, state and
local holiday.
While Mineral
Wells ISD students
will be out of school,
the day is a staff
development day.
All federal offices,
including the U.S.
Post Office, will be
closed, along with
banks. State, county
and city offices will
also be closed.
For the first time
in observance of the
holiday, the Mineral
Wells Index will also
be closed Monday.
County continues to reduce delinquent tax numbers
By TODD GLASSCOCK
tglasscock@mineralwellsindex.com
PALO PINTO - The
county has fewer people
on delinquent property
tax rolls.
"You've turned over
3.2 percent of the roll
this year," tax attorney
Charles Brady told Palo
Pinto County
Commissioners Monday.
"It keeps getting lower
every year."
Brady said when his
firm took over collec-
tions on the county's
delinquent tax rolls
about six years ago, col-
lections were around 5
percent. The lower per-
centage means the coun-
ty is getting more of its
money on time.
Revenue from collec-
tions amounted to
1 v
$580,000, he said. Of the
county's original $18
million levy in 2014,
about $290,000 is left to
collect.
About 4 percent of the
remaining taxes are in
deferral, he said. These
deferrals are primarily
for those age 65 and
older and allow seniors
to get late taxes paid
without a hefty pinch on
often already limited
budgets.
"These are really
good numbers," he said.
The county is also
avoiding the expense of
litigation by working
out payment agreements
and installment agree-
ments, he said.
The county relies on
.
revenue from property
taxes, said Linda Tuggle,
county tax assessor-col-
lector. Once property
taxes are assessed, the
county drafts its budget
accordingly.
"When a tax goes
uncollected, then part of
a budget is unfunded,"
she said.
Each year on July 1,
unpaid accounts are
turned over to collec-
tions, she said. The
county uses the law firm
Perdue, Brandon,
Fielder, Collins & Mott
for collections.
This year, to avoid
penalties and interest,
2015 property taxes are
due by Feb. 1, she said.
Payments may be
made between 8:30 a.m.
and 4:30 p.m. weekdays
at the tax office in the
courthouse, or in a drop
box located in the Palo
Pinto County Annex/
Poston Building at 109
N. Oak in Mineral Wells,
Tuggle said. Mailed pay-
ments must be post-
marked Feb. 1 or earlier.
Additionally, credit or
debit card payments
may be made online at
the county Web site at
www.co-palo-pinto.tx.
us, she said. These pay-
ments are subject to pro-
cessing fees of up to 2.4
percent of the transac-
tion amount.
Those qualifying for
over 65 or disabled
homestead exemptions
may pay their taxes with
no penalty or interest in
four installments due
Feb. 1, March 31, May
31, and July 31, she said.
Under this exemption,
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May, David. Mineral Wells Index (Mineral Wells, Tex.), Vol. 115, No. 111, Ed. 1 Sunday, January 17, 2016, newspaper, January 17, 2016; Mineral Wells, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1099465/m1/2/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting East Parker County Genealogy and Historical Society.