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Page 4A • The Monitor - Thursday, May 16, 2013
903-432-0175
205 W. Cedar Creek Pkwy
(next to Dollar General)
Seven Points
WE ARE EXPANDING JUNE 1ST
Family Owned and Operated
• Furniture * Household • Jewelry
• Books • Electronics
• Clothes (1/2 OFF clothes sale
every month by color tag)
* Local Delivery (min. fee $25)
WE BUY ESTATES AND STORAGE UNITS
Boy Scouts lend a hand with food drive
Courtesy Photo
Boy Scouts from Troop 333 in Mabank help letter carriers unload vehicles for the Stamp Out Hunger
campaign Saturday.
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call us at 903-887-4511
Monitor Staff Reports
GUN BARREL CITY-
Originally incorporated as
Kaufman County Electric
Cooperative Jan. 5,
1938, Trinity Valley Elec-
tric Cooperative is cel-
ebrating 75 years in busi-
ness.
The Cedar Creek Lake
Area Chamber of Com-
merce president and
TVEC board member Jo
Ann Hanstrom read a
proclamation to chamber
members and TVEC em-
ployees at the Gun Barrel
City office declaring May
14,2013 as Trinity Valley
Electric Cooperative’s
Seventy-F ifth Anniversary
Celebration.
In 1997, Kaufman
County Electric Coop-
erative merged with New
Era Electric Cooperative
to form TVEC.
With 62,401 meters in
Kaufman, Henderson,
Van Zandt, Hunt, Ander-
son and Dallas countries,
TVEC has 48,419 mem-
ber-owners and employs
150 individuals.
Chief executive officer
Jerry Boze explained that
the Rural Cooperative Act
of 1935 called for the
process to electrify rural
America, paving the way
for the formation of elec-
tric cooperatives.
“This act had the big-
Monitor Photo/Susan Harrison
Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative celebrated 75 years of business at their Gun Barrel City location with
Cedar Creek Lake Area Chamber of Commerce members and TVEC employees, (in no particular order)
member service supervisor Cari Smith, member service supervisor Shirley Murphree, chief financial officer
Bryan Wood, public relations manager Bobbi Byford, chief communications officer Jeff Lane, director Jo
Ann Hanstrom, key account representative Dustin Tallant, public relations representative Kari Wilmeth,
public relations representative Joy Long, member relations representative Renee Nugent, cashier Linda
Hinson, cashier Amanda Jacobs, chief executive officer Jerry Boze, energy management advisor Trevor
Moeller and member service manager Shannon Steakley.
gest economic impact for most from the act. She washing machine.” Hensarling’s office pre-
America in the twentieth was able to cook with Congressional staffer sented Boze a certificate
century,” Boze said. “The electricity and wash Phillip Smith from United commemorating TVEC’s
farm wife benefitted the clothes in an electric States Representative Jeb anniversary.
City
$1,500 in sales. The
weekend, he depended on
three signs with no mer-
chandise on display
brought in only $50, he
said.
“I can‘t make a go of it
in Seven Points without
being able to display the
merchandise,” Kearns
said. “That’s what draws
them in.”
He also pointed out that
the building has been va-
cant for seven years and
not being anything but an
eyesore for the city.
The council learned that
the rule affected three re-
sale shops in the city. Other
properties pointed to with
merchandise displayed
outside were found to be
outside the city limits, in-
cluding Big Daddy’s Flea
Market.
Kearns admitted to not
being aware of the rule
before deciding to open a
resale shop.
“You made a mistake,”
councilman Bill Hash said.
Under the comments
portion of the meeting,
Mayor Kevin Pollock re-
sponded to remarks he’s
heard which suggests the
council was trying to make
the city into a version of
Dallas or some other big
city.
Pollock said city offi-
cials, who all serve as vol-
unteers, are standing by the
city’s ordinances, which
are there to make the city
a nicer place for everyone.
“We’re trying to clean up
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the city and make it attrac-
tive to businesses, like a
box store,” he said.
“We’re not trying to make
this into Dallas.”
A second variance re-
quest came from Justin
Holland, who recently
moved onto his property a
manufactured home that
has been refurbished.
However, another ordi-
nance adopted in 1989
doesn’t allow manufac-
tured homes of less than
1200 square feet or older
than five years. The city
ordinance was upheld and
his request for variance de-
nied.
In other business, the
council:
• agreed to renew its
maintenance contract with
the Economic Develop-
ment Corporation and the
Library at Cedar Creek
Lake. The EDC will con-
tinue to pay for materials
needed to repair or re-
place and the city agrees
to provide city workers to
affect any needed mainte-
nance work at the library.
• amended an ordi-
nance mandating that all
animals at-large must be
on a leash or secured be-
hind a fence, excluding
cats.
• tabled a discussion on
renewing a contract with
the city of Payne Springs
for inmate housing and
warrants.
• agreed to hire Anna
Breen on an as-needed
basis at the post office.
64 votes. Peace is the first
woman mayor the city has
placed into office.
On the council, incum-
bent Tommy McSpedden
lost to ChristiNeal, 65 to
77.
The vacant council seat
was claimed by Scott
Crow with 215 votes,
while Jerry Gilbert col-
lected 186 votes.
Voters also agreed to
continue the quarter per-
cent sales tax allocation to
fund street maintenance
for another four years.
The election results
were canvassed during
Tuesday’s city council
meeting and winners to be
sworn in. They will be tak-
ing up their duties Friday,
May 17.
In Eustace, the voters
returned Chris Wood (41
votes) to the council along
with challenger Randy
Johnson (30). Incumbent
H. A. Graves was the third
man out with only 22
votes.
Log Cabin mayor
Lawrence Nolan was re-
turned to office as was
councilman Fred Cheek
(40 votes). Joining him is
J.D. Helton (44 votes). A
field of five candidates
competed for two open
council seats.
Gun Barrel City voters
approved all eight propo-
sitions during a special
election to update the city
charter. The three candi-
dates running unopposed
will all be seated for two
years, including Marty
Goss, a returnee to the
council after sitting out for
a term. The other two
councilmen retaining their
seats are Curtis Webster,
Place 3, and Rodney
Bevill, Place 5.
In Mabank, nine-term
mayor Larry Teague
switches places with
councilman Jeff Norman.
Both ran unopposed for
new offices.
In Malakoff incumbents
Tim Trimble (64 votes)
and Jeanette King (24)
return to the council, de-
feating challenger Ricky
Lane Baker Jr. (11).
Votes
Monitor Photos/Pearl Cantreii
Choir mistress Catherine Lindsley (left) leads a mixed group of current and
former choir members in the traditional finale “Gracious Spirit” May 3,
completing her 20th year as Mabank High School’s vocal music teacher. The
front of the stage holds all the awards the various choirs earned this year. A
final free concert before the summer break is set for 7 p.m. Friday, May 17.
Fourteen students will sing and dance to music from The Lion King, Princess
and the Frog and the contest music that earned them second runner up in
the Lone Star Show Choir Competition in Keller this spring. A cake auction
will assist students in raising money for choir camp this summer.
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Clarification
In the Sunday,
May 12 issue of The
Monitor, the top
story may have mis-
stated the reason for
a visit from the
Governor’s Office of
Economic Develop-
ment and Tourism to
Gun Barrel City.
According to
Connie Holubar,
spokesperson for the
Gun Barrel City Eco-
nomic Development,
the East Texas Re-
gional representative
Laurie O’Neal was
invited by the EDC
months before the
city council passed its
resolution encourag-
ing firearms owner-
ship and without the
EDC’s foreknowl-
edge or input.
EDC board chair-
man Steve Webster
told The Monitor
Tuesday, that O’Neal
picked up on the
EDC’s “Boots to
Business” promotion
last November.
While here,
O’Neal visited the
city’s new park facili-
ties and discussed
marketing for the July
Fest and other sub-
jects related to eco-
nomic development.
She was not scouting
out possible locations
for gun sales or manu-
facturing, Holubar
said.
O’Neal did discuss
Gov. Rick Perry’s ef-
forts for “Second
Amendment”
projects, however
Holubar insists there
was no connection
between the visit by
the governor's repre-
sentative, the
governor’s recent
outreach to the fire-
arms and weapons
industry and the 5-
year-old plan by city
officials to make Gun
Barrel City a weap-
ons and ammunition
center.
TVEC celebrates 75 years in business
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