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KEEP IN TOUCH WITH MORRIS COUNTY - www.co.morris.tx.us
Thursday
June 7
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Volume 126
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Number 17
Hometown Newspaper of Irma Louise Franklin Page of Naples •
Special honors to be presented
Pewitt Alumni Gala set for Saturday
"Moments to Remember" will
be the theme for the annual Pewitt
Alumni Gala that is planned for
Saturday, June 9, at the high school
auditorium beginning at 6 p.m.
A highlight of the event will be
the honoring of two Pewitt distin-
guished alumnus and also this
year's Pewitt Friends of the
Alumni.
Honorees for the Distinguished
Alumnus awards will be Vicki
Tigert Davis PhD, from the Pewitt
Class of 1961, and James P. Grif-
fin M.D., from the Pewitt Class of
1973.
The Pewitt Friends of the
Alumni award will recognize John
and Janet Bryan.
With the "Moments to Remem-
ber" theme in mind, individual
classes are invited to participate
in a table decorating competition.
"That moment might be your prom
or some other memorable event
from your senior year," said a gala
spokesperson.
As in years past, the winner of
the People's Choice award for the
Monitoring
Main
Street
"This is amazing!" said
Ken Griffin, "even to think of
the idea and plan how to do
it."
A news report from Bruno,
Nebraska told the story —
In 1981, Herman Ostry
and his wife, Donna, bought
a farm a half mile outside of
Bruno, a small community
sixty miles west of Omaha.
The property had a creek
and came with a barn built in
the 1920s. The barn floor was
always wet and muddy.
When the creek flooded in
1988, the barn ended up with
29 inches of water covering
the floor. That was the last
straw. Ostry needed to move
it to higher ground.
He contacted a building
moving company and was
discouraged by the bid.
One night around the
table, Ostry commented that
if they had enough people
they could pick the barn up
and move it to higher ground
Everyone laughed.
A few days later, Ostry's
son Mike, showed his father
some calculations.
He had counted the indi-
vidual boards and timbers in
the barn and estimated that
the big barn weighed ap-
proximately 16,640 pounds.
He also estimated that a
steel grid needed to move the
barn would add another 3,150
pounds, bringing the total
weight to just under 10 tons.
He figured it would take
about 350 people, with each
person lifting 56 pounds, to
move the barn.
The town of Bruno was
planning its centennial cel-
ebration in late July of 1988.
Herman and Mike pre-
sented their barn-moving
idea to the committee. The
committee decided to make it
part of their celebration.
So, on July 30, 1988,
shortly before 11 a.m., a quick
test lift was successfully
made.
Then, as local television
cameras rolled and 4,000
people from eleven states
watched, 344 people grunted
and moved the barn 115 feet
south and six feet higher up a
gentle slope and set it on its
new foundation.
The reason most people
think that something cannot
be done is because they know
that they can't do it by them-
selves.
But things that seem im-
possible can be done if we
join together in the task.
Working together, we can
not only move barns, but
change the world.
best decorated table, will receive
the 'traveling trophy' and brag-
ging rights until next year's gala.
A banquet meal will be catered
by Big Daddy's Rear of the Steer
restaurant and tickets will be $25.
Tickets can be purchased from
Joan Cook, Echo Johnson, Junetta
Whitecotton, Darla Davlin and
other alumni association board
members or at Luckey-At-Law in
Omaha, or Morris County National
Bank in Naples.
The event will also feature a
silent auction as well as a live
auction of goods.
"This is our major fund-raising
event of the year," said the gala
spokesperson, "and proceeds go to
the Pewitt Education Fomidation
that sponsors classroom grants
each year for the teachers, and
they are especially invited to at-
tend to show their appreciation."
Read about the Alumni Gala Awards Recipients
On Page 2
Clair retains commissioner's spot
Republicans lean toward Romney
Morris County voters went to
the polls in the Democratic pri-
mary election Tuesday of last week
and returned one opposed candi-
date to office while giving the nod
to five others who were unopposed,
putting one in a runoff in the gen-
eral election in November.
The Democrats also leaned to-
ward Barack Obama in the presi-
dential primary vote. He led the
ticket with 296 votes. John Wolfe
was the closest contender with 115
while Darcy Richardson had 85
and Bob Ely picked up 77.
Republicans had Mitt Romney
leading the presidential vote with
325 with Ron Paul second at 51.
Rick Santorum polled 31 votes and
Newt Gingrich had 25. Four' other
candidates' votes ranged from one
to five.
In local voting, the Republicans
gave Miguel Larsen 306 votes to
put him in the general election to
face incumbent Jack Martin in the
county sheriffs race. Martin re-
ceived 670 votes in Democratic
polling.
Michael Clair won re-election to
his Precinct 3 commissioner's post.
Voters gave him 370 votes to 107
for challenger J. P. Cobb.
Another opposed race had Kerry
McCoy winning the Precinct 2
constable's place 264 to 242 for
Jim Grisham.
In unopposed voting for county
places, candidates and votes re-
ceived, included county attorney
Steve Cowan, 593; tax assessor-
collector Kim Thomasson, 578;
Precinct 1 commissioner Dennis
Allen, 96; and county chairman
Maudie Peters, 505
Paul Sadler led the U.S. Sena-
tor's race with 296 votes
Locally, Proposition 1 carried
453 to 137; Proposition 2 won 485
to 116; and Proposition 3 won 457
to 200.
Republicans gave the U.S. Sena-
tor nod to David Dewhurst with
202 votes. Ted Cruz was second
with 110.
Ralph Hall took the U.S. Repre-
sentative lead for District 4 with
256 votes, and Bryan Hughes had
345 votes as State Representative.
Unopposed, Charlene Irwin
polled 297 votes for county Repub-
lican committee chairman.
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IN THE
NAPLES
AREA
RAINFALL RECORDS KEPT BY
JOE IRA STACKS SR.
AMATEUR METEOROLOGIST
Month
2009
2010
2011
2012
Avg.
January
2.20
3.24
2.70
4.10
3.20
February
.85
5.00
2.90
3.74
3.40
March
4.83
2.72
0.41
5.30
4.20
April
5.55
1.70
3.21
3.40
5.40
May
5.62
1.87
3.12
4.50
June
2.17
6.80
1.10
3.50
July
9.35
4.54
0.50
3.00
August
1.20
1.00
1.25
2.50
September
7.96
3.70
1.15
3.90
October
20.90
2.85
2.15
3.30
November
2.05
4.32
1.38
4.10
December
5.85
1.90
7.60
4.20
TOTAL
68.53
39.64
27.47
16.54
45.20
1988 - 50.35 •• 1989 - 51.06 •• 1990 - 70.35 •• 1991 - 62.20
1992 - 67.90 •• 1993 - 49.45 •• 1994 - 58.65 •• 1995 - 39.40
1996 - 52.05 •• 1997 - 60.05 •• 1998 - 46.35 •• 1999 - 35.35
2000 - 57.36 •• 2001 - 87.53 •• 2002 - 56.58 •• 2003 - 44.49
2004 - 56.97 •• 2005 - 21.46 •• 2006 - 45.20 •• 2007 - 60.96
2008 - 51.36 •• 2009 - 68.53 •• 2010 - 39.64 •• 2011 - 27.47
Event to be staged at the Melon Patch
'Juneteenth Festival' planned by chamber
A "Juneteenth Festival", hoped
to become an annual event, will be
sponsored by the Naples Chamber
of Commerce on Saturday, June
16, at the Melon Patch in Naples.
The event will feature a day of
music and fun for everyone.
Activities will kick-off with a
parade on Main Street and will
include antique cars, pickups and
tractors along with motorcycles,
horses and riders and other well-
wishers.
The parade route will go through
downtown Naples on to Highway
67 and will end at the Melon Patch
on Front Street.
Chamber president Mike Rob-
erts said the celebration will have
live music all day beginning with
some of the area's finest gospel
choirs performing. Currently,
choirs from Union Chapel, Will-
iams Chapel, Mt. Moriah, and Mt.
Mitchell are planning to perform
All area choirs are invited to
participate in this musical celebra-
tion and those interested can call
Johnny Strong at 903-575-7312.
The "Street Smart Band" will
take the stage at 1 p.m., and will
provide festival-goers a taste of
rock and blues. Chris Mongognia
will host an open mike karaoke
contest beginning at 2:30. To top
off the day, "Lady Chazz and the
Tramps" will perform their unique
blend of soulful blues and rock
beginning at 5 p.m.
A motorcycle poker run is
planned for bike enthusiasts and
proceeds from this event will ben-
efit the Naples parks. Wade Cobb
and Alton Ross will be captains for
the ride which will feature some of
Morris and Cass County's delight-
ful back road highways.
The festival will have a play
area available for the kids with a
waterslide and bounce house.
Other afternoon games will in-
clude a horseshoe tournament, a
cornhole tournament, and 42 tour-
nament. Contact Anita Steadman
at 903-884-2005 to enter the 42
competition.
Booths will be available for arts,
crafts, and antiques and conces-
sions will be available all day. Con-
cessions will include barbecue,
watermelon, corndogs, hot dogs
and lemonade. For booth spaces,
contact Nancy Roberts at 903-806-
6576
"The Naples Chamber cordially
invites everyone to come and share
in the day of celebration, fun, and
community fellowship," said the
chamber president.
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Your tax dollars at work
Residents of the Westwood Park addition in Naples are seeing the results
of their tax dollars as Naples city street crews put new asphalt down last
week. "Street improvements have been in the works for several years,"
said Damiy Mills, mayor. "And now we are putting the plan into action."
Funds include tax dollars and budgeted money for the year 2011-12. A
total of 553 tons of street paving material will be laid in the area. Mills
said the city is leasing machinery and using city workers for the much
needed improvements. A new budget will be in place soon and the city
plans to improve many more streets in the future, by Amelia Granbery
PHP awards presented
Valeria Abigail Johnson and Joe Kyle Leeves were honored Friday
evening during the Paul H. Pewitt High School graduation commence-
ment ceremony when they were recognized as recipients of the annual
Paul H. Pewitt Awards. School superintendent David Fitts introduced
the two graduates as he told of each one's accomplishments during their
four years of high school and then presented the awards to the winners.
Miss Johnson is the daughter of Adriana and Laurence Johnson of
Omaha, and Leeves is the son of Jane and Jody Leeves of Naples. Hie
special awards are presented each year to two members of the graduat-
ing class and selection for the award is made from nominations by the
high school faculty. Winners are chosen by faculty voting. The honor is
presented to the girl and boy from the upper half of the senior class, who
has, in the judgement of the faculty, contributed the most to Pewitt High
School during their attendance. photo by Jeaiue Carpenter
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