Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1996 Page: 1 of 14
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on activities that encourage
children to read, which could
have an impact on individual
children that lasts even
Spore <Y Co., which audits increase
the city's records, "Yarbrough
received a total of 20 pay
checks during 1996 at the
incorrect salary amount.”
The amount overpaid on
each check was calculated by
the accounting firm to be
$210.67.
City secretary Rose
Chavez discovered the
overpayment on Sept. 16. in
the course of implementing a
2.5 percent cost-of-living
of the outcome.
“It's like angels
for each city
employee. When she accessed
Yarbrough’s file, she found
that he already was earning
more than he would have
with the increase.
Chavez stated that she
does not usually make an
adjustment on an employee's
master file unless it is at the
beginning of a budget year or
the employee has met
probation and has received
an increase.
HERO FOR THE DAY - Brett Bjomdal quickly acted to
save the life of his 4-year-old brother, Brian, after he
slipped into a fishing pond.
Sanger couple counts blessings
after son saves brother’s life
The Sanger Public Library
has ended what Library
Director Vicky Elleson has
termed a "banner year.”
The library moved into a
new building, and at the
beginning of June, the library
was presented with a $2,500
grant from the Jostens
Foundation, the majority of
which went into enriching
the Summer Reading Club
and supplying the library
with “much-needed” shelving
for the children’s books.
According to Mrs.
Elieson, the original shelving
in the library was planned to
be adequate for the next ft ve-
to-10 years, with room
allowed for growth. But.
while this planned projection
worked well in the other
areas of the library, it did not
work well in the children's
Ina memorandum to City
Administrator Larry Keesler
dated Oct. 4. 1996, Chavez
stated. “This employee
received these wages for 22
pay periods without letting
me or anyone know there
was an error in his wages . .
.I cannut begin to tell you
how upset I am over this.
"What really hurts me the
most is that this employee
had to have realized he was
gelling paid more every pay
A request has been made
by the city of Sanger to
involve the Texas Rangers in
an investigation surrounding
$4,859.52 that former Sgt.
Richard Yarbrough of the
Sanger Police Department
was overpaid beginning the
first pay period in January.
1996.
According to the
accounting linn William C.
The winner of the Beautification Board s Someplace Special Award for a business,
church or school was Sanger Florist, owned and operated by Mary Belle Sims.
as big an impact as had been
hoped, she said. "But those
that earned them were very
proud ol their eliorts and
encouraged that someone
re< oghized their achieve- ,
incut."
A swimming party was
held at the end ot the
summer for everyone in the
reading program who earned
a certificate, and refresh-
ments lor the event were
provided through the grant.
Another party was held
lor the 10 children who read
at least 40 hours. The party
marked the occasion of the
first "Sanger Public Library
Sleep-over.”
Money from the Jostens
grant also was spent on
Storytime programs. Accord-
ing to Mrs. Elieson. the
A Sanger couple is
counting their blessings this
holiday season after a trip to
a fishing pond almost turned
into a tragedy.
According to Keith and
Gail Bjomdal who have lived
in Sanger for three years,
their two sons. Brian. 4. and
Brett. 7. were walking
unsupervised around the
edge of a pond located on the
family’s ranch, when Brian
stepped in a hole and slipped
into the water.
Immediately. Brett Jump-
ed in to save Brian, who was
up to his neck in the water
and sinking farther down.
“The first thing that
popped into my mind was me
were
protecting them." Gail said.
"We were just very thankful. I
am very, very proud of Brett.
He didn't even think twice
about it. He Just jumped in.”
“We're most happy that
everybody was safe." her
husband agreed.
Gail said. "You count
vour blessings, because what
il the two of them weren't
together? I just feel kind of
blessed."
Award
ad justing Yarbrough's payroll
records, and computer
diagnostic* programs show
that attempts may have been
made between the hours of 3
a.m. and 4 a.m. to gain
access to the main office
comptiter.
The city is hoping the
Texas Rangers can help
investigate how the payroll
records were changed and
who was responsible.
Trego said, "it is such a
delight to drive around
Sanger and see all the work
and lime the people have
donated to help Sanger show
that we arc a proud town.
Thanks. Sanger, for your
cooperation."
Kcndrix Family at
Vernon Ct.
Honor Mention for the
Someplace Special Award
were: Burrus Supermarket.
The Pansic Patch and Radio
Shack.
"We (the board) always
love this particular job."
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saving my brother.” Brett
said. "1 just Jumped into the
water. I didn't think if I was
going to get stuck, or if 1 was
going to drown or if the water
was cold! I just Jumped in
and started pulling him to
the top."
According to the 7-year-
okl. his little brother can
only swim while wearing
"floaties." and although his
feet were touching the
bottom of the pond. Brian
could not get out and had
begun to cry.
Although the boys got in
a little trouble when their
parents found out that they
were at the pond without an
adult, both Keith and Gail
said they are both thankful
period. 1 can assure you that
it an employee fails to get
paid a mere half hour they let
me know it is not there on
their paycheck. It also upsets
even greater that he was a
police supervisor."
According to Keesler. the
city also has taken steps to
sue Yarbrough in order to get
back the amount which was
overpaid.
City officials suspect
someone was responsible for
The holiday season is
here, and Sue Trego,
chairwoman of the Sanger
Beautification Board is
encouraging residents to get
in their cars “and drive
around Sanger some night . Fairfield
and sec the great displays."
Board members, she said,
had their jobs cut out for
them on the night of Dec. 9,
when they judged homes.
The winner for the area
east of 10th Street was 224
Hillcrest, the home of the
Mike Henley Family. The
winner of the area west of
10th Street as 116
Southpark, the home of the
Teddy Barclay Family.
The Neighborhood Award
this year went to the 100th t
block of Eighth Street.
A new award, the -
Someplace Special Award for
a business, school or church,
was presented to Sanger
Florist. J
"The board expressed .
extreme pleasure at all ol the >
houses that were decorated 1
for our Christmas Holidays," f
Trego said. “And even though
they could not hand out
awards to everyone, they
wanted to list an Honorable
Mention’ category."
Honorable
winners were:
area, which already was well
stocked with books.
old library,"
"they (the children that
positively longer than the shelves.”
Part of the "activity
money" went to provide
incentives to readers. Prizes
were offered for each two
hours of reading. The
incentives. Mrs. Elieson said,
attracted 198 participants in
the reading program this
year, up 26 percent from last
year.
"Of these. 85 people read
for at least four hours and
earned a certificate. This is
39 percent higher than the
61 who earned a certificate
last year."
However, Mrs. Elieson
said that roughly the same
number of readers qualified
at the higher levels'as have
qualified ui piwiuus years.
"The prizes didn't make
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Elieson
books)
crammed,
number of additions we have
gotten in the past year have
caused the 15 sections of
children's shelves to seem
crowded. What a relief when
the eight sections of .Jostens
shelves came in!"
The library director said
that four sections already are
in use while the other half is
being saved for future
expansion, whic h may not be
too far away.
Carol Pitchford of
Jostens. who handled much
of the communication
between the library and the
corporation regarding the
grant, said that it is
customary for Jostens to
allot a certain amount of
grant money to different
locations in which
plants were located.
This year, she said, the
committee In charge of
allocating the grant thought
that the Sanger Library
"seemed like a really
worthwhile project." Com-
mittee members, she said,
were impressed by the fact
that the library had the
support of dedicated, hard-
working volunteers, as
opposed to a stall ol paid
personnel.
"Most of the Jostens
grant was spent on shelving
and books that will continue
to serve young readers in
Sanger for decades, or
longer." Elieson said. "The
rest of the money was spent
Sanger police have
obtained a warrant for a
suspect who allegedly
assaulted a woman during
the evening of Tuesday. Dec.
17.
According to police
reports. Sanger police arrived
at a residence on the 1200
block of Elm St. around 9:42
p.m., after receiving a
complaint from a woman
who said she was being
assaulted.
When the police arrived
at the residence, the woman
was found on the floor,
bleeding from her nose.
Officers also observed that
she had numerous scratches.
She told officers that she had
been hit and picked
numerous times, and she at
was taken by ambulance to
the hospital.
Police requested that the
suspect’s name not be
published due to the fact
that he had not yet been
arrested.
On Thursday morning.
Sanger police were called to
the scene
assault at
School.
Officers who arrived at
the high school were advised
of the circumstances
surrounding the assault by
Principal Tim Liberto and
Assistant Principal Linda
Tutt. Statements also were
taken from students who
were present when the
alleged assault took place.
According to the police
report, the incident, which
involved two Juveniles,
occurred in the boys'
bathroom.
One juvenile was removed
for assault and was detained
I the Denton County
Juvenile Detention Center.
The other youth reportedly
suffered no serious injuries.
Due to the fact that both
of the students arc Juveniles,
their names could be
released.
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Hardy, Lisa. Sanger Courier (Sanger, Tex.), Vol. 98, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 26, 1996, newspaper, December 26, 1996; Sanger, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1300043/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Sanger Public Library.