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LOCAL FORECAST
3" 70/43
Mostly Cloudy. Highs in the low
70s and lows in the low 40s.
Sat
3/8
52/31
Occasional
Highs
showers possible,
low 50s and lows in
®UP 57/35
3/9
Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
50s and lows in the mid 30s.
Mon
3/10
Partly cloudy. Highs in the low 70s
and lows in the low 40s.
Tue
3/11
73/45
Sunny. Highs in the
lows in the mid 40s.
70s and
At A
Glance
O’Shields Benefit
A benefit for Bobby
O’Shields will be from 2 -
10 p.m. Sunday, March 9
at the Jacksboro VFW, 220
Oakwood St. The cover
charge is $5. Live music,
dancing and karaoke will
run throughout the event
along with a prize drawing,
silent and live auction. BBQ
plates will be available
while they last. For more in-
formation, contact Delilah
Williams, (512) 864-4005.
County
Commissioners
Jack County Commis-
sioners Court will meet in
regular session at 10 a.m.
Monday, March 10 at the
courthouse. Commission-
ers meet the second and
fourth Monday of each
month.
Retired Teachers
Jack County Retired
School Employees Asso-
ciation will meet at 11:45
a.m. Monday, March 10
at the Concerned Citizens
Center, 400 E. Pine St.
JCRSEA meets the second
Monday of every month
excluding January, June,
July and August.
Jacksboro Council
Jacksboro City Coun-
cil will meet at 5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, March 11 in the
council chambers at City
Hall, 112 East Belknap St.
Weather
Date
High
Low
Rain
Feb. 27
56
22
0
Feb. 28
83
41
0
Mar. 1
79
46
0
Mar. 2
20
15
0
Mar. 3
28
9
.30
Mar. 4
52
24
0
Mar. 5 59
Year-to-Date
35
0
1.31
Rainfall measured daily at 7 a.m.
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Local incumbents win Primary Election
By Cherry Rushin
editor@
jacksboronewspaper.com
The local contested races in
Tuesday’s Primary Election
went to the incumbents.
The most contested race
was that of Jack County Jus-
tice of the Peace with four
candidates vying for the po-
sition.
Incumbent Nolan Dunlap
came out ahead with 498 out
of 882 votes or 56 percent.
Next in the race was Stacy
Spurlock with 254 votes or
28.8 percent. Peggy Ferrell
had 107 votes or 12 percent
and Chad Hooten received 23
votes or 2.6 percent.
Dunlap, Spurlock and Fer-
rell were on hand to see the
results come in.
Spurlock was disappointed
with the loss, but said she’d
give it another try in the fu-
ture.
“I tried. I did everything
I could do,” Spurlock said.
“I’m an outsider and it’s
hard. People knew him (Dun-
lap). They don’t know me. I
could’ve done a good job.”
Dunlap was glad the voters
renewed his contract for the
seventh time.
“I think it’s great. At least
I’ll still have a job,” he said.
“Anytime somebody’s going
to take your livelihood away,
Tinajero’s gift for customer service recognized
By Jenny Phillips
newsdesk@jacksboronewpa -
pers.com
The Jacksboro Chamber of
Commerce honored Jacks-
boro citizens with an awards
banquet last week. Banesa
Tinajero was among the win-
ners and received an award
for excellence in customer
service.
Banesa’s cheerful and sweet
temperament makes her a
natural at providing great
customer service, but she
said when her name was an-
nounced, she was surprised.
“At first, I was in shock,”
she said “I really thought
Banesa Tinajero receives
the Employee Customer
Service Award from Cham-
ber President Brad Burnett
during the chamber’s ban-
quet. Tinajero works as a
carhop at Sonic.
‘ going
helped .
Nancy Aston-Lott \
elped _|_
a customer at the bank who
fell. She personally drove
him to the hospital.
“I truly didn’t think I could
beat that. Then it sunk in and
I was really grateful and hap-
py"
Banesa said it feels good
to be acknowledged for her
hard work and to be recog-
nized for being friendly. For
her, it’s all about helping her
customers have a better day.
“You never know what t
of day someone is having
you could make their day a
little brighter simply by be-
ne is having ai
could make their day
brighter simply by I
ing nice,” she said.
B anesa’s superv i sors and
coworkers were excited for
her to win as well.
“They were very nice about
it and told me they appre-
ciated my hard work and
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“I
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help*
little nervous,
got this job way back
the Lord
years ago and
)ed me get it. I thought if
f it, L
I didn’t get it, He wanted r
to move on, but looks like He
wanted me to get it.
preciate the voters of
their
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Jack County and
help.”
Of the seven times Dunlap
has been elected, this was
only his second time to be op-
posed. The first was against
two candidates.
In the Precinct 4 County
Commissioners race, Terry
Ward came out ahead with
164 out of 207 votes or 79
percent. Robert “Tinker”
Barker received 43 votes at
20.8 percent.
Ward, a man of few words,
just wanted to thank the vot-
ers for their support.
Barker said the response
he received leading up to
the campaign did not pre-
pare him for how the election
Justice of the Peace Nolan Dunlap, seated left, is surrounded by his family as candidate
Stacy Spurlock, right, congratulates him on his victory Tuesday night in the office voters
chose for him to keep. Below, Shirley Kuhn, Precinct 2 election judg
box to be tallied into the courthouse.
on judge, carries the final
Photos / Cherry Rushin
the outcome. wonder why our streets are
“It’s sad that people of jacked up. It’s two reasons,
Jacksboro want change but the way people vote and peo-
ple don’t vote.
solutely, to- "It's sad that people of Jacksboro want change, I tried my best,
tally shocked when ^ comes ti,ne t0 do something about it, *a ™aign
come," they don t vote. lowed the rules
Barker said. Robert “Tinker” Barker and I got beat.
“With the re- _ Not much else
I got
5 people and all the
'ishim
when it comes time to do
something about it they don’t
vote. People sit back and
to say about it.”
• 20 percent or 989
See ELECTION page 2
Jack Talk How were you affected by the most recent winter storm?
Elizabeth Wyatt Moore Thomas Boone Russonna Jones-Briscoe Lela Taylor
“I live about three miles past the Y
on Highway 281 and my biggest con-
cern is BEING STRANDED. I was
unable to get up a somewhat steep hill
on Wyatt Road and was stuck at home
for three days. It’s on private property
so there weren’t any road plows going.
Four-wheel drive vehicles wouldn’t
have been able to get back up the hill
even if they tried.
“I ran out of pet food but had some
groceries so I had to improvise. I ended
up cooking meals for my pets. I don’t
think the pets minded that too terribly.
Next time, I will be better prepared.”
“My biggest concern was ALL THE
ICE. My road wasn’t too terrible, but it
took so long to get anywhere in town.
The city only plowed one lane on the
Highway. Throughout the day, we saw
quite a few really close calls with acci-
dents when cars and trucks would come
around that corner in front of our store
(Fred’s).
“We were pretty fortunate that all of
our employees who were scheduled to
come in, came in. Everyone was able to
get to work but the customers weren’t
able to get to us. Sales were down
about a third.”
“The weather CAN’T STOP US.
There is a shelf stable meal that is de-
livered to the elderly at the beginning
of the winter season, just in case it’s
needed. If they ever have to use it, a re-
placement is brought.
“There’s always one of us who makes
it to the center on icy or bad weather
days no matter what. If that means
someone with four wheel drive has to
come get us, we will get there. We will
also deliver extra meals if bad weather
looks like it isn’t going to let up. We
really try to keep ahead of it and not
fall behind.”
“I’m tired of being COOPED UP.
I live in the country pretty far on FM
2950 and this ice has made it difficult
to get to town and get out of the house.
“Luckily I keep my home pretty well
stocked since I only come to town a
couple times a week. I just kept myself
busy doing crosswords, quilting and
reading during this last one on Sun-
day. I did have some pipes break this
time though. I’m assuming all this bad
weather just wore them out.
“I’m happy to be out walking around
town and getting out and about today.”
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Rushin, Cherry. The Jack County Herald (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 40, Ed. 1 Friday, March 7, 2014, newspaper, March 7, 2014; Jacksboro, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth757141/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Gladys Johnson Ritchie Library.