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Officers responded
to a report of an alarm
on Highway 49 on
Sunday, records show.
A report of an assault
was received on Sunday on
Highway 67, records show.
Officers responded to a
report of a suspicious vehicle
on County Road 1200 on
Sunday, records show.
A report of criminal
mischief was received
on Sunday on Farm-to-
Market 127, records show.
Officers responded to
a report of an alarm on
County Road 1130 on
Sunday, records show.
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BURNET — A former
assistant high school
football coach was
sentenced to probation
Monday after pleading
guilty to assault for an
attack on a game referee
by two of his players.
Jack Breed, former
assistant football coach at
John Jay High School in San
Antonio, pleaded guilty to
the misdemeanor charge
in a Burnet County court.
County Court-at-law Judge
Linda Bayless sentenced
Breed to 18 months of
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Highs in the low
60s and lows in
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Birthdays Decembers, 2015
Actor-comedian Tim Conway is 82.
Singer Cindy Birdsong (The Supremes)
is 76. Rock musician Paul Simonon (The
Clash) is 60. Movie director John Lee
Hancock is 59. DNC Vice Chairwoman
Donna Brazile is 56. Actor Adam
Brody is 36. Actress Michelle Dockery
is 34. Actor George O. Gore II is 33.
Actress Camilla Luddington is 32.
Oscar and Elena Fernandez cling to each other
Sunday, Dec. 13, in front of the rubble left by the
EF2 tornado that destroyed their home the day
before.
had been shoved sideways
into the twisted metal of
fencing and equipment.
The hay was still inside.
The twisted bodies of
two calves lay outside of
what was left of the fence.
Livestock wondered about
the property grazing,
looking stunned or bawling.
The enhanced Fujita Scale
used to classify tornadoes
gives EFI as the weakest
category and EF5 as the
most violent, with winds
in excess of 200 mph.
Today is Tuesday, Dec. 15,
the 349th day of 2015. There are
16 days left in the year.
On this date:
In 1791, the Bill of Rights
went into effect following rati-
fication by Virginia.
In 1814, the “Hartford Con-
vention” began as New England
Federalists opposed to the War
of 1812 secretly gathered in the
Connecticut capital. (Americas
victory in the Battle of New
Orleans and the wars end ef-
fectively discredited the Con-
vention.)
In 1864, the two-day Battle
of Nashville began during the
Civil War as Union forces com-
manded by Maj. Gen. George
H. Thomas attacked Confeder-
ate troops led by Gen. John Bell
Hood; the result was a resound-
could have suspended
Breed for three years.
Breed also could have been
sentenced to up to a year in
jail and fined up to $4,000
for pleading guilty to the
Class A misdemeanor.
Franklin County Sheriff Ricky Jones leads National
Weather Service meteorologists Bill Parker, far
right, and Mario D. Valverde, center, along the
storm’s path Sunday afternoon, Dec. 13, at a
dairy off Farm Market Road 900.
54/34
Mainly sunny.
Highs in the
mid 50s and
lows in the mid
30s.
Amarillo
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Burnet County Attorney
Eddie Arredondo.
The two players hit
the referee during a Sept.
4 game at Marble Falls.
They said they did so at
Breeds direction. Breed
denied the allegation but
resigned from the Jay
coaching staff on Sept. 23.
The University
Interscholastic League,
which governs high school
sports in Texas, suspended
Breed for the rest of the
2015-16 school year and
placed him on two years of
FELONY ARRESTS
Bravious Trozell Burns,
36, of Longview, was
arrested by a Mount Pleasant
Police Department officer
on a notion to revoke for
criminal nonsupport. No
bond amount was available.
Benito De La Cruz, 23,
of Mount Pleasant, was
arrested by a Munt Pleasant
Police Department officer
on charges of tampering
with physical evidence and
possession of a controlled
substance. Bonds were
set at $15,000 for the
tampering and $5,000 for
the possession charge.
Eduardo Flores, 32,
of Mount Pleasant, was
arrested by a Titus County
sheriff's deputy on a
charge of possession of
a controlled substance.
Bond was set at $5,000.
Russell Wayne Gilmore,
34, of Mount Pleasant,
was arrested by a Titus
County Sheriff's deputy on
a violation of parole and a
release of surety for theft.
Bond was set at $3,000.
Valverde, walking away
from the twisted metal of
a dairy operation at CR
3190 and FM 900, said his
initial findings were that
the damage was caused
by one tornado, an EF2.
Nearby, the body
of a black-and-white
Holstein calf lay outside
the cattle fence.
Across FM 900, the stop
sign and road sign marking
3190 SW leaned toward
the roadway. A Guernsey
calf looked through the
fence at the base of a fallen
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afternoon
clouds, mainly
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chance of a rain
shower. High
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5 to 10 mph.
Sunrise: 7:15 AM
Sunset: 5:14 PM
Atlanta
Boston
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Houston
Los Angeles
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Times of sun
and clouds.
Highs in the
upper 50s and
lows in the mid
30s.
and ordered him to serve
120 hours of community
service and pay restitution
to referee Robert Watts.
Breed also must
forfeit his Texas teaching
certificate permanently
and attend anger
management sessions, said
Marcia Davis, Managing Editor
Tina Vincent, Business Manager
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COUNTY
Titus County Precinct
1, 3 and 4 Justice of the
Peace Kay McNutt filed
two county citations, one
justice suit case, two search
warrant affidavits and
complaints; issued three
orders of protective custody,
one justice suit citation, two
notices of hearing; held four
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license and weight fines,
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Safety fines, 10 county fine,
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essays on dangers of alcohol;
collected one executed
eviction citation, gave 21
magistrate warnings and
appointed three attorneys.
Titus County Precinct 2
Justice of the Peace Paula
Dyke filed one executed
warrant return, issued 11
misdemeanor warrants, four
failures to appear warrants,
three non-resident violators
compacts, cleared five cases,
filed one county citation,
disposed of six cases,
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The annual Cookies for Court Appointed Special
Advocates of Titus, Camp and Morris Counties
fundraising event was held on Friday, Dec. 4,
at Verizon on south Jefferson. The Pilot Club
of Mount Pleasant made cookie baskets, trays
and individual cookie goodie bags to help raise
money for CASA. Proceeds from the annual
Cookies for CASA directly support the work
of the local CASA program’s volunteers, each
trained to be a leading voice in advocating for
safe, permanent, nurturing homes for local
children in foster care. Pictured from left to
right during the event are: Sandra Screws, Amy
Adkins, Susan Old, Kim Holcomb, Nicki Roberts
and Kim Shumate.
Some of their friends
had come to help them.
Twisted metal hung
from the tops of trees,
standing and toppled.
The roar of bulldozers
cut through the air.
A pinkish ragged cloth
waved in the light wind
where it had caught on
the jagged peak of a
ravaged tree — as if to
mark the storms path.
Small items caught
the eye: Two gold-plated
doorknobs clung together
near a pine branch. No
trace of the door they once
secured was apparent.
On the ground not far
away, a framed drawing of
a little girl on a page with
a verse titled “Mi Madre
Dijo" lay in the rubble.
A passel of curious dogs
ran back and forth across
the ravaged site. One
black and white hound
limped and licked at a
deep cut on its hind leg.
A Purley Fire Department
truck, lights flashing, was
posted at the intersection
of county roads 3150 and
3190. Down the road,
on the other side of the
devastation, the warning
lights of another responder
vehicle flashed color against
the passive paleness of the
Sunday sky - quiet for now.
It was still raining, but the
fury of the storm had played
out the night before.
By 3 p.m. Sunday, the
American Red Cross had
made their rounds of the
storm victims and were
stationed at the Purley Fire
Station with volunteers.
Inside the fire station,
a line of forlorn-faces
waited their turns for
initial ARC case work
interviews. The Fernandez
couple stood in the line.
At a table in the fire station,
Eric Cain, the executive
director of the American Red
Cross-Texas and Southwest
Arkansas divisions, sat
keying in information to
a laptop and working cell
phone communication.
“The initial interviews are
to determine needs,” he said.
“That’s what we
are doing now.”
He motioned for Franklin
County Emergency
Management Coordinator
Robert Zinn to help him
with a preliminary report
of the scope of damage.
Zinn said initial reports
showed that between 10 and
20 families will need help.
“The crews are still
out doing damage
assessment,” he said.
Down a few miles
from there, on Farm-to-
Market Road 900, Franklin
County Sheriff Ricky Jones
was leading two NWS
meteorologists, Bill Parker
and Mario Valverde, across
the ravaged countryside
to allow them to assess the
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Thought for Today: “ “The world is moving so
fast these days that the one who says it can’t be done
is generally interrupted by someone doing it.”
— Harry Emerson Fosdick, American clergyman (1878-1969).
ing Northern victory.
In 1938, groundbreak-
ing for the Jefferson Memo-
rial took place in Washington,
D.C., with President Franklin
D. Roosevelt taking part in the
ceremony.
In 1939, the Civil War mo-
tion picture epic “Gone with
the Wind,” starring Vivien
Leigh and Clark Gable, had its
world premiere in Atlanta.
In 1944, a single-engine
plane carrying bandleader
Glenn Miller, a major in the
U.S. Army Air Forces, disap-
peared over the English Chan-
nel while en route to Paris.
In 1964, Canadas House of
Commons approved dropping
the country’s “Red Ensign” flag
in favor of a new design, the
“Maple Leaf” flag.
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