The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 80, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 6, 1999 Page: 2 of 14
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2,900 children died in motor-
vehicle accidents, 950 children
drowned and more than 1,000 were
killed in fires.
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Uris past simmer, she toured
with Kenny Rogers to Europe and
will continue bringing her own
brand of country music to audi-
ences all over the Mid-Western and
Eastern states during her fall ran.
Pan of the tour is her stop in
Carthage, where Davis will be pre-
ceded by toed band, Rick Disco
and the Hayndm of the Country
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Altoowh ISD is appreda-
trwt of the hefo Davis is lending to
■■tang Setr scholarship a penna-
neat fund. Harris noted they are
mart ccncoued with giving the
one-one Gary student a fine
Pasols County welcome.
"We want Linda to know how
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Jeb Barney ropes
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is the increase to
accidental shooting deaths among
children, a mother's nightmare.
much she is suf
Panola jCounty.
seat to the auditorium hill of the
people she grew up with.
"She is a fine, fine lady. You
can! beat having a star of her cal-
iber here on Saturday night — es-
pecially when she Is one of our
own."
Tickets are on sale in Carthage
at the Panola County Chamber of
Cranmeroe. Advance tickets are
$20 until Friday at 4:30 pm. Tick-
ets can be purchased at the door
Saturday for $25.
Davis is married to Lang Scott,
also a county musician, and they
have a daughter, Hillary.
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firearms.
Without a doubt, any child's
death is tragic but the very rales
that seek to save lives may lead to
more deaths.
Lott potato out that President
Clinton has often argued that
society protects children from
accidents from aspirin bottles better
than from firearm accidents. Lott
also recounts the irony of the
argument
"Unfortunately, despite the best
intentions, evidence indicates tht
machines, child-resistant bottle caps actually
LINDA________
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college.
Last year was the first year the
scholarships were awarded to Gary
students from monies generated by
various student led fundraisers.
It is the school's hope, said Har-
ris, to utilize proceed s from Satur-
day nights performance to make the
scholarship an endowed fund.
Davis and her Nashville bond
will be performing many of the
songs that have made her name a
household word and earned her a
hsot of music awards
In her first major recording.
Davis won a Grammy for her
moving duet with Reba McEntire
entitled, Does He Love You.
Davis is making records on a
new label, DreamWorks. Ha
newest album, I'm Yours, reveals a
new side of the effervescent singer
in spirit and determination.
She said, "I feel like 1 have such
a great musical team behind me."
I'm Yours features some of
Davis' previously recorded songs
along with new ones.
Recently, Davis was a pot of
the duet with Randy Travis, Make
It Through from the Dreamworks
animated big screen production of
the Bibically-based, Prince oj
Egypt.
removed from life support and died
from her bead injuries.
Ova the next six years, Panola
County grand juries returned a se-
ries of seven indictments against
Boyta for injuring Cassie, bu the
case languished on the court's
docket.
Finally, in February, 1998, after
Gina married the man accused of
killing ha child, Boyta was
brought to trial and convicted by
local jurors qfter testimony pre-
sented in the case pointed to child
abuse.
The pathologist who performed
A Panola Count;
broken away from
arena of teaching ca
in the rodeo arena
novice cowboys an
their own living rood
Jeb Barney, a 19
Carthage High Schol
instructional calf-rod
the renowned J.Rj
Josey from Marshal
are famous .fpr thd
rodeo events. •„ I
The video, The I
Roping Part One J
will be available I
Octoba at westel
clothing stores aci
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Raised by ranchl
Barney has been I
horses and rodeos I
toddla. At age sej
his first barrel reel
Josey Rodeo Schorl
he switched overul
An avid hoi
Barney rodeoed ini
received a scholars!
State in Lake Charfl
transferred to bl
Natchitoches, lasfl
through the coiled
another scholarship
Barney traveled!
rodeo circuit fro J
when he married I
Sandi is also a pal
scene. She attend!
Slate University ail
rodeo club's rodcrl
In 1982, Bam!
J.R. Josey to com!
rodeo school witM
Barney started I
people. I
Since that til
taught his tricks!
others interested
expert calf ropersB
Two years agfl
in a new teachinl
Joseys came up ■
making a calf-rod
said, "I was ticklfl
part of the filmirU
ten page outlincB
soon after.” ■
The filming tU
lasted three days H
Josey told Jeb, "iR
you will be a ml
added. "Josey'sR
enough for me." ■
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with their two cM
and Bryce. 6. R
following in theM
and have alreatM
their efforts. H
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time together. ■
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other people ■
dribblers or flafl
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rodeoing. Horfl
family trailers. H
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sum," be said. K
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Barney has b<fl
the Piney Wfl
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an autopsy on Cassie's body, Dr.
* George 6. McComick, corona of
Caddo Parish, testified that Cassie
had suffered several blows of se-
vere magnitude to the front and
back of ba head.
Since 123rd Judge Guy Griffin
sentenced Boyta to the 55-year
prison term, he has remained incar-
cerated while waiting on his ap-
peal. ......
Delivered by Justice Roby Had-
den, the appeals judgement opinion
found no error and affirmed the
Panola County court's decision.
Boyter's attorneys had sought to
prove nine points of error, said
Davidson, but failed to prove even
one after oral arguments were pre-
sented in the appeals process.
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protecting themselves with a
"Don't do anything you cant
live with," Gee advised. "My main
concern is that people ga good
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To his knowledge, none of the
concealed carry permit holders who
have gone through Gee's class have
been involved in a shooting. He
expressed support for law-abiding
citizens owning guns and legally
carrying them fa pure logistical
reasons.
"There is only one police offica
for every 1-2,000 people. At some
point to time, citizens may need to
be prepared to protect themselves,"
Gee added.
Regarding the concealed cany
permit, instituted in Texas in 1995,
Gee said, "It's a good law and it's
gone ova well. From what I've
read, Texans have acted very
responsibly."
According to Gee and Davis,
taking guns away from responsible
people won't solve any problems as
Two U.8. Army floMtora In route to the Marshall rocniMno station wore among tho flrat on tho responsible people don’t cause the
ooono Tueodoy when o cement truck overturned on U.S. Highway 79 North. Carthago Volunteer problems.
- - - - - -- -- - Davis noted that as of July 31,
there were 193,158 Texas citizens
licensed to carry concealed
handguns in Texas. There are also
1^15 instructors.
"Since the law went into effect,
there have been 22 licensees
arrested for murda but only two
were convicted." Davis began bis
statistics. "Of the 144 licensees
arrested fa Aggravated assault,
only 30 were convicted. The Certainly, among the first
numba one reason fa losing the concerns expressed by gun control
license is alcohol." advocates
He added that some 2,000
permit holders were charged with
various misdemeanors, 720 of Panola County Sheriff Jack Ellett, a
which were DWl's. Only 538 of memba of the Texas Child Fatality
the arrests ended in convictions. Review, expressed his own
Debates in the legislatures of convictions about responsible gun
every state considering concealed ownership where children are
handgun licensing have portrayed
sharp increased crime rates and
accidental shootings but such has
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Morning Worship 10:50 am 1
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man was strangled to death aftw he
confronted a ba
this time without
Fred Hetokel, anaha concealed
handgun course instractor In
Panola County, noted that safety
and responsibility have been the
core of his tostructioo. In feet,
wanting to drive home the point of
responsibility, Heinkel reniaes to
call handguns "weapons" but
prefers the term "firearm."
"I think it betta conveys the
idea that they are
"Weapon' seems to indicate some
concerned.
"We still have too many
accidental shootings that happen to
Children. I think* we needw do
everything we can to keep guns out
of children's reach to keep them
safe,” Ellett surmised.
.^°‘roI aciearo^ectiveTn^iM Helping
exercise their right to
protect themselves while educating
them In all the potential
consequences.
Gee concluded, "There should
be a good rationale for carrying a
gun. It should be only fa
protecting you and yours."
Davis pointed to gun ownership
as an awesome privilege and
responsibility.
"Except for Pearl Harba, Our
country has neva been attacked on
American soil," concluded Davis.
"I feel that this is due in part to the
tact that private citizens have the
ability to defend themselves."
advocates is the very small change
in gun related deaths among
self defence. No permit holda has children since concealed handgun
ever shot a police offica, and there permitting came into effect
have been cases where, permit According to Lotts book, there
holders have used their guns to were a total of 1,400 accidental
save officers' Ilves." firearm deaths in the entire country
On the contrary, attempts by in 1995, with only 30 of these
authorities to protect law-abiding involving children up to age four
citizens from hurting themselves a and 170 involving children up to
others by taking away their gun, age 14. Meanwhile, Lott reported,
has backfired. Lott recounted a
story in which an 83-year-old
Baltimore man wounded a back-
yard intruda with a .22-caliba killed in fires. He added that
rifle and authorities took away the statistically, bicycles pose a greater
gun. Less than a yea later, the. threat by for to children than do
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cap. U the district had employed
more than 101 regula employees,
Pitts would have been entitled to
receive the full amount awarded
ba for the amount of mental
anguish she suffered following ha
termination.
Also reduced was $399,011 in
"front pay" awarded by the jury to
compensate fa the amount of
money Pitts could have earned ova
the remainda of ba teaching
career, which was calculated to be
nine years.
Instead of almost $400,000,
Hannah awarded Pitts $233,198 fa
what be calculated as a five-yea
period of time Pitts actually
suffered from the unemployment
gap in her resume.
Hannah also ruled Pitts was not
entitled to $95,420 in back pay
since she had not been unlawfully
terminated.
Still to be decided is the issue of
attorney fees. Hannah's ruling
stopped short of how much or bow
many hours BISD will have to
compensate Pitts' attorney, Jim
Garrigan, of Nacogdoches, fa time
spent on the case, both in and out
of the courtroom. Garrigan's fees of
$250 pa hour, BISD attorneys
argued, were excessive.
Although Hannah has delivered
his ruling on the case and
subsequent reduction in Pitts*
award, the case is not ova.
According to BISD
Superintendent John Booth, district
attorneys have filed papers with
Hannah asking for a stay of
judgement pending an appeal. They
have also requested a partial new
trial regarding the retaliation
portion of the trial that was decided
in Pitts' fava in July.
Should those requests be denied,
BISD atsaneys have said they will
most likely appeal the matter to the
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
in New Orleans.
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Lott, autha of More Guns, Less
Crime.
Lott writes, "There exists only
one recorded incident of a
permitted, concealed handgun
being used in a shooting following
a traffic accident and that involved
have resulted ta 3,500 additional
evil intent on the part of the poisonings of children unda age 5
machine," Heinkel added. annually from (aspirin-related
He is proud to point out that, to drugs)...(as) consumers have been
date, there have been no accidental lulled into a less-safety-conscious
discharges on his shooting range. mode of behavia by the existence
Heinkel continued, "Really, of safety caps.*”
there is no such thing as an
'accidental' discharge There oe Lott contends that while child
negligent discharge^ howeva, and >
Ites l^ithMld!ety man, ’’not’Tbe foMfog bicycles 8 m^° curtail
machine" bicycle accidents, lives would be
Gee corroborated the opinion. by bavtag few forms of
wiiwviMw w vgraawa^ exercise He applied (he same
SSTJKTiXSS
pJSS to the crtae’15!^S br?g,u about b>
i~concealed handgun laws.
Citing research that implies
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Heinkel pointed to the
Australian experience as evidence
of the law-abiding citizen in
possession of a gun as a deterrent defensive use of guns numbering
to crime. 760,000 to 3.6 million annually,
.... - Lott asserted that defensive gun use
"Australia confiscated 460,000 U voy common. He reported that
guns from citizens and violent tt¥» resulting decrease In crime
crimes have gone upa minimum of associated with concealed-handgun
i . ..„u going into effect was
very large.
"The results are also large,
indicating bow Important the laws
can be. When state concealed
handgun laws went into effect in a
county, murders fell by about 8
percent, rapes fell by 5 percent, and
aggravated assaults fell by 7
percent," Lott concluded.
Lott also discussed the "halo"
effect of concealed handgun laws:
citizens who do not carry concealed
firearms benefit from those who
do, because criminals, motivated
by self-preservation, cannot tell
which citizens are armed and which
ones are not
Even so, local concealed
handgun licensing instructors have
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The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 126, No. 80, Ed. 1 Wednesday, October 6, 1999, newspaper, October 6, 1999; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1279937/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sammy Brown Library.