Daily Tribune (Mount Pleasant, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 137, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Page: 3 of 10
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Wildlife groups say 41 tigers
have died in India this year
Liberty Hill Missionary Baptist Church will be holding a
revival at 7 p.m., Aug. 10-12. The evangelist will be Bro. Billy
Turpin and uplifting songs of praise will be sung throughout
gatherings. The church is located at FM 1001. For more
information contact Bro. Bob Griffith at 903-577-8773.
maintain the office and
would need part-time
help during elections. Lee
said the commissioners
should consider leaving the
elections administrator’s
position as it is and
designating someone to
take over that position at
the appropriate time.
Riddle said the position
should be eliminated.
Lee said the county
was going into a “serious
election year” and that
he had received a letter
recently from Aaron Gann
with Tri Special Utility
District cautioning against
eliminating the position.
Lee also referred to a
report Rockwell had given
earlier in the meeting that
the Titus County Elections
Office had received good
reports from the state
election inspector in the
information and to sign up, to participate or to donate, contact
Rubi Garcia or Norma Perez by Aug. 11 at 903-575-2000.
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FCA hosts youth summer workshop
Franklin County Arts will be holding the Youth Summer
Workshop from 10 a.m. to noon Aug. 15. Each day will
include a different activity in art, music and theater including
a picnic and performance by storyteller Elizabeth Ellis at the
Cultural Arts Center, 100 Rusk St. in Mount Vernon. To make
reservations or for more information call 903-434-9130.
In Mt. Pleasant Contact Keith Garner
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MPHS Class of 1956 Reunion, Aug. 15
The Mount Pleasant High School Class of 1956 will be
having a class reunion Dutch treat luncheon at 11 a.m.,
Saturday Aug. 15. All classmates are invited to attend
and to catch up with old classmates. The luncheon will
be held in the back room of Herschel’s Restaurant, 1216
Mitchell
Arthur Lee Mitchell,
87, died Friday, Aug. 7,
2015 in Dallas. Funeral
services will be held at 1:30
p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15,
2015 at Johnson Funeral
Home Chapel in Pittsburg
with Rev. John M. Brooks
officiating. Interment will
follow at Union Chapel
Cemetery in Pittsburg under
the direction of Johnson
Funeral Home of Pittsburg.
last election. He reported
only one negative report
regarding one of the
polling places not having
postings in the right place.
He said another negative
report by the inspector
was that some of the
polling places did not have
bilingual clerks, but that
the polling places that did
not were not required to
because only boxes that
have more than 5 percent
of their voters with what
is determined as a Spanish
sir names are required to
have bilingual clerks at the
voting locations.
Fields said it makes
sense, would be more
efficient and cost effective
to have the election office
- the one group - that runs
the election rather than
have the separate entities
run their own elections
Agency issues child find
Persons who know of a child, ages 0-21, who shows signs of
developmental delay, on-going learning problems, behavioral
or medical problems that interfere with learning, can contact
their local school district or the Titus County Shared Service
Arrangement office. The Titus County SSA is located at 2230
N. Edwards. The phone number is 903-575-2079.
Upward Flag Football League opens registration
Upward Flag Football League will be holding registrations
from 9 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Aug. 15. Boys and girls
from first through sixth grades can register. The cost for
registration is $75 and will be held at Hughes Springs
Junior High School practice field, 609 Russell. For more
information, contact Phillip Chapman at 903-918-6019.
school supplies and meet the teachers and staff. Classroom
lists will also be posted at this time. If you placed an order
for supplies through the school, they will be in your child’s
classroom. The first day of school will be on Monday, Aug.
24 and the bell will ring at 7:55 a.m.
MPISD seeking businesses for exhibit hall
Mount Pleasant ISD will be hosting a district-wide
staff development day on Monday, Aug. 17 and is seeking
businesses interested in setting up a promotional booth for
the event in the Mount Pleasant High School gymnasium.
Exhibits will have to be set up by 9:45 a.m. the day of the event
and stay up until 3 p.m. Businesses can also donate items as
door prizes for teachers who come in to the sessions. For more
M.O.M. Support group, Aug. 20
Ministering Our Military (M.O.M.) will have their
monthly meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 20. M.O.M. is
a group of military family members who come together
to support and minister to those who have loved ones
currently in the military. The group will meet at The Noodle
Grill, 1605 S. Jefferson Ave. For more information contact
903-884-8413, mommp2013@gmail.com or visit M.O.M.
Ministering Our Military Facebook page.
Doss and Caleb Johnson
helped unload paper reams,
folders and binders off the
vehicles after their football
practice that morning.
Johnson, a junior at
MPHS, wanted to show the
community that the football
Conservation efforts
began to pay off around
2010, when tiger numbers
began to slowly rise.
India faces intense
international scrutiny
over its tiger conservation
efforts as it has nearly
three-fourths of the world’s
estimated 3,200 tigers.
The illegal trade in tiger
skin and body parts still
remains a stubborn and
serious threat.
Tiger organs and bones
fetch high prices on the
black market because
of demand driven by
traditional Chinese
medicine practitioners.
India is also roping in
celebrities to promote
its tiger conservation
program. On Tuesday,
the western state of
Maharashtra announced
that it was appointing
Bollywood superstar
Amitabh Bachchan as the
state’s tiger ambassador to
create awareness about its
efforts to save the animals.
Gilmore
Ottis Lee Gilmore, 86,
of Simms, passed away on
Monday, Aug. 10, 2015 in
Mount Pleasant.
He was born on April 1,
1929 to R. J. & Ada (Hunter)
Gilmore in Daingerfield.
Mr. Gilmore is survived
by his loving wife, Bess
Gilmore; son, Roy
Gilmore and his wife
Janis; daughter, Cindy
McConn and her husband
Allen; grandchildren
and spouses, Tammy and
Keith Litchfield; Ricky and
Jennifer Boatright; Bobby
Boatright; Amy Griggers;
great-grandchildren, Jessica;
Randy; Emily; Travis; Jaci;
Brooklyn; Dillon; Landry;
Tucker; Hannah and Baylee.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; daughter,
Nancy Parks; and brothers,
Preacher, Morris and
Tommy Gene Gilmore.
Visitation will be held on
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at
Bates-Cooper-Sloan Funeral
Home in Mount Pleasant. A
graveside service will be held
on Thursday Aug. 13, 2015
at the Concord Cemetery
at 11 a.m. Pallbearers will
be Monie Adcock, Allan
McIntire, Doyle Stewart,
Matt May, David Mears and
Keith Litchfield. Bro. Steve
Minter will be officiating.
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NEW DELHI (AP) —
Six months after India
boasted that its tiger
population was growing
fast, conservationists on
Wednesday said 41 big
cats had already died this
year and worried that the
country was not doing
enough to save them.
Despite awareness
campaigns, India’s
National Tiger
Conservation Authority
and the wildlife group
TRAFFIC say only seven
of the cats died from
natural causes, one was
killed by authorities and
the rest were illegally
poached between January
and August.
In January, Indian
environment authorities
had claimed conservation
efforts were working as
the number of tigers in the
country had risen to 2,226
in 2014, up from 1,706
counted in 2010.
Experts say the partial
death toll proves India
was not doing enough to
protect the endangered
predators, noting 66 tigers
died during all of 2014.
Of those which died
naturally this year, two
were killed in tiger battles,
which experts say are
becoming more frequent
as the big cats vie for
territory while their
habitats shrink.
Wildlife experts
say tigers are facing
increasing threats to
their roaming territory as
their traditional forests
were being cleared to
make way for huge power
Hamilton
Lewis Deshaun Hamilton,
36, of Pittsburg, died
Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2015
in Oklahoma City, Okla.
Services will be held
Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015
at 11 a.m. at Franklin
Street Church of Christ
in Pittsburg. Interment
will follow at Macedonia
Cemetery with Bro. Dwight
Payne officiating under
the direction of J.C. White
Funeral & Cremation
Services of Mount Pleasant.
Viewing will be held
Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015
from noon to 5 p.m. at the
funeral home.
An online guestbook may
be signed at www.jcwhitefd.
com.
dependent coverage,
make a spouse ineligible
if that spouse’s employer
provides insurance; and
add incentives for annual
physicals, non-smokers and
for diabetes monitoring.
Riddle asked to look
at other options, and Lee
asked Riddle to get facts
and figures on coverage
and deductibles and co-
pays by the first of October,
when Capps Insurance
would need to know what
changes the county would
be willing to make on
employee insurance.
Regarding departmental
changes, Lee said that
Titus County Elections
Administrator Leonard
Rockwell would be
retiring Dec. 31, 2015, and
said Assistant Elections
Administrator Krissy Lytle
had told him she could
Kids Cafe provides free meals
Summer Kids Cafe, a program through Titus County
Cares, will offer meals from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mondays
through Fridays at Tennison United Methodist Church,
313 N. Church St. According to TCC officials, the cafe will
serve hot, nutritious meals and have games and activities for
children; and the program has no qualification process.
Williams
Bill D. Williams, 79, of El
Dorado Bay in Scroggins,
(Mount Pleasant area) went
to be with the Lord on
Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2015.
Mr. Williams was born
March 15,1936.
He is survived by his
wife, June Williams; and his
brother, Joe Rue Williams
of Ala. He is also survived
by his daughters, Tiffany
Williams of Conroe; Debbie
Williams of Longview; step-
daughter, Donna Frederick
of Seagoville; step-son,
Randy Rogan of Dallas; and
several grandchildren and
great- grandchildren.
A visitation for family and
friends will be held Saturday,
Aug. 15, 2015 at 1 p.m.,
followed by a memorial
service at 2 p.m. at the
Clearwater Baptist Church
in Scroggins, located at 4798
Farm Road 1448, Scroggins.
meet with a consultant to
be advised on the best way
to provide fire service for
all of Titus County.
The court also agreed to
have charities the county
contributes to turn their
audit reports into the
county auditor’s office,
and to continue to put
back $12,000 each year for
pay for a capital murder
trial, if the county needed
it, instead of paying
into the Regional Public
Defenders fund.
In the closing minutes
of the workshop Monday,
Riddle called for elimination
of the county investigator, the
Department of Public Safety
clerk, the veterans service
officer, the business manager
and the election office.
His comment received no
response.
Email: mdavis@tribnow.com
the 250 percent match is
reasonable. Our neighbors
(counties) have made
adjustments. It’s time we
made adjustments.
Riddle said he had talked
to some employees who
said the 7 percent (for
retirement) taken out of
their checks was too high
and they need to quit their
jobs to be able to pay their
bills; and he had talked to
some who don’t want it to
be stopped.
Lee said the county
would wait until they had
talked with their health
insurance consultants
Capps Insurance before
making any changes
in employee insurance
benefits.
He proposed that
the county increase the
deductible from $750,
increase the cost for
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Lee said, “In this budget,
I am not proposing
the cut of the elections
administrator position,
all I am asking for is your
okay to give it a try with
less fulltime manpower,
and if we find that is too
much burden, we can add
that other person.”
On the matter of the
construction projects, the
commissioners agreed to
get the corner of the annex
front facade repaired and
the parking lot of the Titus
County Justice Center
repaired and hold off on any
other construction projects.
The commissioners also
agreed to wait on purchasing
another haul truck.
Commissioner Parker
said the committee that
has been meeting on fire
protection had decided to
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“We wanted to help
the children with school
supplies just so they can go
to school with dignity and
be able to have what they
need,” Bristow said.
Mount Pleasant High
School football players Nate
team does care about the
kids in the community.
“We like putting a good
influence in the community
and our football team wants
to help the community
grow,” Johnson said.
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projects, roads and human
habitats as the country
pushes ahead with rapid
industrialization and
economic development.
“We are losing buffer
areas around the tiger
reserves every day and
this is worrisome,” said
Shekhar Niraj, the head of
TRAFFIC-India.
Coupled with the decline
in deer, wild boar and
other smaller animals that
tigers prey on, the loss of
buffer areas outside tiger
reserves was increasingly
driving the cats to move
outside their established
territory into human
settlements, Niraj said.
A century ago an
estimated 100,000 tigers
roamed India’s forests.
Their numbers declined
steadily till the 1970s,
when India banned tiger
hunting and embarked on
a program to create special
reserves and protected
areas in national parks
and wildlife sanctuaries.
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