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Weekend Edition
Daily Tribune
Mount Pleasant, Texas 141ST Year, No. 66
2 Sections, 22 Pages
Saturday & Sunday, April 18-19, 2015
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CANCER SURVIVOR SPOTLIGHT
Early detection crucial to cancer survival
NTCC contributed photo
The cast of Harvey is pictured (from left) Kathryn Comer, John Chambers,
Elizabeth Griffin, Trace Lewis, Justin Mejia, Athena Hayes, Kelsey Reichman,
Lauren Shortnacy, Kaitlyn Currey, Cassia Rose, Corin Carter, Nick Derby,
David Harrison and Ariah Burkhalter.
additional shelter. For the
latter, a shelter must have
the capacity to hold at least
40 people, be handicapped
accessible and meet some
other requirements as well.
leader, said as of Friday 10
agreements had been signed.
The number of participating
hotels was doubled to six,
and six more restaurants
are on board, as well as an
By GARY BORDERS
Editor and publisher
By GARY BORDERS
Editor and publisher
By ANNETTE WHITE
Tribune staff writer
for over four years and 1,775
performances and being
honored with the coveted
positive relationships among
all children and adults; using
a comprehensive system
of formal and informal
• Georgia Lee Craddick
• R. L. Gerhart
• Lavell Jones
See Obituaries page 4A
of Transportation officials
are scheduled to discuss
traffic problems at the
north end of the new Hwy.
271 Loop.
A crew from the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency has been in town
more than a week, working
in partnership with the
American Red Cross to
add capacity for shelter
and meals in the event of
a disaster — whether it is
large or small.
Eric Cain, executive
director of the Red Cross
for this area, said 70,000
disasters occur every year
that displace people. The
vast majority are house
fires, but tornados are also
common, and the Texas
Gulf Coast has experienced
several hurricanes —
including two that made
it all the way through East
Thank our veterans and
military every day!
© 2014 Mount Pleasant Daily Tribune
acquired numerous medical
bills in her recovery.
Recently, a suit styled
Michael Kessler, individually
and as next of Christina
Kessler, a minor, was filed
against Kayla Beadle, the
driver, and Trinity Baptist
Church. Kessler filed the
suit pro se, meaning without
an attorney, but Larry
Greer, an attorney for the
insurance company, said
he drafted the document.
Greer said this is a routine
procedure whenever a minor
is involved in an insurance
MPISD contributed photo
Merari Vergara and Yair Cruz work at a learning
center at the Child Development Center.
The Mount Pleasant
ISD Child Development
Center (CDC) has received
a five-year renewal of its
National Association for
the Education of Young
Children (NAEYC)
accreditation.
The CDC is one of
only two accredited early
childhood centers in
Northeast Texas, the other
being at Kilgore College.
In announcing the
renewal, NAEYC said, “The
administration, teaching
staff and families of the
Mount Pleasant Independent
School District Child
Development Center are
to be congratulated for
continuing to uphold the
mark of quality represented
and at 2:05 p.m., Sunday,
April 26.
Running on Broadway
Council
to meet
The Mount Pleasant City
Council meets at 6 p.m.
Monday, April 20, in city
hall, 501 N. Madison.
The council agenda shows
consideration of: designating
two days each month
for regular city council
meetings; suspension of the
effective date for 45 days of
the proposal by Centerpoint
Energy Resources Corp,
Beaumont/East Texas
Division, and an increase
in rates under the Gas
Reliability Infrastructure
Program, and authorize the
city’s continued participation
in a coalition of cities
known as the Alliance of
Centerpoint Municipalities.
The council is also
scheduled to consider a
resolution for participation
in the Southwestern Electric
Power Company’s rate
proceeding to increase rates
through its transmission cost
recovery factor.
Hearing on
bypass set
In a public hearing
beginning at 6 p.m.
Tuesday, April 21, in the
Walnut Room of the Civic
Center, Texas Department
A lawsuit recently filed in
district court could easily
leave the impression that
a local minister is suing
the church that employs
him after his daughter was
injured in a bus accident
while on a church trip last
July. But as the attorney
representing the insurance
company explains, this is
a “friendly” lawsuit made
necessary in order for the
company to pay the claims
‘Harvey’ starts
on Thursday
at Whatley
From staff reports
GARY BORDERS/Daily Tribune
Members of a FEMA intern team in Mount Pleasant look over shelter application materials with Eric Cain,
second from right, executive director of the Red Cross for this area. From left are Cameron Kreager,
Tess Brain, team leader Malika Warner, Maureen Biship, Cain and Alex Erickson.
because the daughter is a
minor.
Last July 14, a Trinity
Baptist Church van headed
to Orange Beach, Ala.,
rear-ended another vehicle
on Interstate 20, as the
Rev. Mike Kessler, senior
pastor, explained in an
email to the congregation
after the suit was filed.
The van was totaled, and
Christina Kessler, his
daughter, was injured. As
previously reported, her
front teeth were smashed in
the accident, and the family
Pulitzer Prize, the celebrated
comedy reportedly became
See ‘Harvey’, Pg. 6A
Sports
Tigers lose to
Hallsville
See Page 10A
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Fire
Calls
Between April 13 and
April 16, the Mount
Pleasant Fire Department
responded to a smoke
detector activation on First
Street, three emergency
medical services calls,
excluding vehicles: one
on Crockett, one on South
Jefferson and one on Stark;
a false alarm on North
Edwards, two good intent
calls and one hazardous
condition at an intersection
on the north 271 loop,
according to reports.
Jail
Roundup
The Titus County
Sheriff’s Office had 100
inmates in jail Friday
morning: 18 females and
82 males. There were eight
arrests: two for traffic,
two for theft, two for
bond forfeiture, one for
tampering with evidence
and one for prohibited
substance in a correctional
facility.
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nutrition and health
of children; employing
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events began to unfold that
reaffirmed her faith.
“It was just like God had
a plan for that day; it was
wonderful and phenomenal,”
she said.
Elliott said her doctor
contacted Dr. Greggory
Angier, M.D., at Titus
Regional Medical Center
immediately.
See Elliott, Pg. 6A
said.
That day, May 1,
2014, would forever be
remembered as the day
Elliott’s life changed forever.
“I remember waking up
from the anesthesia, and
Allen was standing there. He
told me the doctor had found
a mass, and that he was 99.9
percent sure it was cancer,”
Elliott said.
volunteer partners.”
Cain said the Red Cross
depends on volunteers: For
every paid staff member
there are 14 volunteers.
See FEMA, Pg.4A
by the NAEYC accreditation
system. On behalf of
NAEYC, and specifically
the NAEYC Academy for
Early Childhood Program
Accreditation, we commend
your program’s outstanding
efforts in renewing NAEYC
Accreditation.”
“The NAEYC
accreditation is significant
to the Child Development
Center because it is a
nationally recognized
mark of quality,” said CDC
principal Jamie Cook. “This
mark of quality ensures
parents that their children
are receiving the highest care
available for children in our
community.”
To receive NAEYC
accreditation, an early
childhood center is evaluated
on ten criteria: promoting
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Texas — in the past decade.
“We put people in hotels
every day,” he said. “We
are preparing for everyday
disasters.”
The Ocean Six Team-
Individual Assistance is
based in Vicksburg, Miss,
and covers Louisiana, Texas,
New Mexico, Arkansas and
Oklahoma. The five interns
are between 18 and 24 years
old and receive educational
credit for serving one year.
They hail from California,
New York, New Orleans and
other locales.
In their time here, they
have been visiting with
local restaurant owners,
hotel managers and owners
of other facilities that have
the capability to shelter
or provide food service to
people. Malika Warner, team
She said the mass was the
size of a golfball, and was
diagnosed as Stage 2 colon
cancer.
“When you say the word
cancer, your whole world
changes. It wasn’t what I
was expecting. I wasn’t even
showing any symptoms,”
Elliott said.
While she attempted to
process the news, Elliott said
“These kids are getting
credit for being interns,
and they have worked
throughout Northeast Texas
doing volunteer projects like
this,” Cain said. “They are
claim, because minors
cannot sign the necessary
releases to settle the claim.
Thus arose the need for
a friendly lawsuit. Greer
said the district judge
will appoint an attorney
to represent Christina
Kessler and recommend
the proposed insurance
settlement be approved or
rejected. The settlement will
be binding on all parties.
“This is very common,”
Greer said. “It is all being
done at the request of the
insurance company.”
When high school
counselor Leia Elliott turned
50 last year, she said she was
feeling really good about
herself.
“Months before turning 50
I had made the decision to
get fit and healthy. I had been
losing a lot of weight and I
“Harvey” takes the stage
next week at the Whatley
Center for the Performing
Arts.
Theatre Northeast will
present Mary Chase’s 1944
Pulitzer Prize winning
comedy “Harvey” in the
Whatley Center on the
Northeast Texas Community
College campus.
Performances will begin at
7:30 p.m., Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, April 23-25,
was feeling pretty good about
myself,” she said.
Elliott said it was after
months of constant prodding
by her husband Allen that
she decided to have her first
colonoscopy.
“He kept pushing me to
get the screening. I just didn’t
think I needed it at the time,
but I went in and made an
appointment anyway,” she
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Davis, Marcia & Borders, Gary. Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 66, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 19, 2015, newspaper, April 19, 2015; Mount Pleasant, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1428641/m1/1/?q=Houston+County+Times+: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mount Pleasant Public Library.