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Cooper Review - Page 2
Thursday, February 18, 2010
Voices
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor:
I would like to restate some of the things
that were written in last week’s paper
The City of Cooper received a clean audit
for the year of2008-2009. Margaret Eudy was
presented a gift from the mayor and council
members crediting her with the good audit,
hard work and dedication to the city.
The emergency siren system was give to
the county and the city will have 2 of them.
The cost to the city will be for electric work
and setting up the poles for the sirens. This
was estimated at $1600 each for a total not to
exceed $3200. Mr. Watkins estimated the cost
of electricity each month to be around $10 but
said it would depend on how much the sirens
were used.
The State of Texas regulates the codes
for plumbers and it states that plumbers must
be licensed to work on new construction,
remodeling and repairs. There are exceptions
such as a person working on their own property,
maintenance at apartments and etc. and the
city working on their lines and meters.
The city does not need an ordinance
because the state will regulate and enforce
their law. This discussion will be on the
agenda for the March 8, 2010 meeting of the
City Council.
Mayor Scotty Stegall
Dear Editor:
On February 5, 2010, the Delta County
Chamber of Commerce hosted the Harlem
Ambassadors professional show basketball
team for a night of high-flying slam dunks,
hilarious comedy, and feel-good family
entertainment.
The Harlem Ambassadors would like to
extend a special thank you to event organizers
Gracie Young and Carol King who planned
and promoted the game. The Chamber Potts
proved to be an energetic and enthusiastic
challenging team and we thank all of the players
for their good sportsmanship. The event would
not have been possible without the support
and generosity of local community sponsors,
the Delta County Chamber of Commerce
members, and the event volunteers.
The Harlem Ambassadors thank the
community of Cooper for its warm hospitality
and look forward to returning to Cooper the
future!
Best regards,
Dale Moss
President
Harlem Ambassadors
In Years Gone By
From the files of The Cooper Review
Ten Years Ago
This coming Friday,
February 18, the offices of
The Cooper Review will
temporarily relocate to 181
Northwest First Street in
Cooper.
Cooper defensive back
Vernard Wilkerson signs
a letter of intent February
3 during National Signing
Day to play football fo the
University of Louisiana at
Monroe.
Mr. Foy Burns of Pecan
Gap passed away Tuesday
evening, February 8th at the
Hopkins County Memorial
Hospital in Sulphur Springs.
Technology is changing
and now the Fannindel ISD
has the opportunity to give
students the latest equipment.
Fannindel ISD has received
a Non-Competitive Grant
for Texas Public Schools in
the amount of $45,000 from
the Telecommunications
Infrastructure Fund Bond
(TIF), a state agency in Austin,
Texas.
Twenty Years Ago
Friday morning Delta
County ChamberofCommerce
Ribbon Cutting Ceremonies
were held at Murray’s
Barbecue, just off the square
on West Dallas Avenue.
Taking part of the event were:
Chamber Manager, L.E.
Bridges, Noel Bailey, Frank
Moore, Tom Wilson, Shane
Murray, Rick Murray, owner,
Vicki Murray, Delane Click,
Barbara Colvin, Allen Renfro,
and Ashley Colvin.
Thirty Years Ago
The first snowfall of
the year came Saturday and
covered the area in a blanket
of white. The beautiful scene
was gone Sunday afternoon
as the temperature rose to turn
roadways into a dirty, slushy
mess.
The Cooper City Council
appointed Fred Potts, former
appraiser with the Corps of
Engineers Real Estate Office
in Cooper to the Sulphur
River Municipal Water
District Board, succeeding Joe
Kitchens who recently moved
outside the city limits. Potts
wifi serve with Don Abernathy
as representative of Cooper on
the S.R.M.W.D. Board.
Wheels for Life wifi be the
theme of the 1980 Bikathon to
be sponsored by the Cooper
Lions Club this spring to aid
St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital located in Memphis,
TN.
Forty Years Ago
At the annual meeting of
the directors and stockholder
of Cooper Development Co.
officers of the company were
re-elected including Quinton
Miller, President, J.T. Toney,
Vice President, and George
Bolger, Secretary. Directors of
the company include Quinton
Miller, George Bolger,
J.T. Toney, Robert Stovall,
Truman Ratliff, Miss Frankie
Johnson, J.C. McKinney, Fred
Newman, Joe Chancellor, and
D.B. Baker.
In a regular meeting of
the Delta County Chamber
of Commerce Directors,
February 9 Gordon Ford was
appointed Chairman of the
Agriculture Committee.
Mrs. Bessie Harris, former
resident of Delta County
celebrated her 100th birthday
Sunday afternoon receiving
friends and family at the Curry
Nursing Home in Mt. Pleasant
where she resides.
Fifty Years Ago
The Cooper School Board
in a meeting Thursday ordered
an election for April 2. The
two board members whose
terms expire, Fred Newman
and Dale Stockton agreed to
have their names placed on
the ballot for re-election.
A new business firm in
Cooper to be known as the
Fabric Shop wifi open Saturday
at 170 SW 1st Street in the
location formerly located by
the Cooper Review.
Cooper iRntimt
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JimB@Cooperreview.com
Publisher/Editor - Roger Palmer
Roger@Cooperreview.com
Office Manager/Staff Writer - Kimberly Palmer
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CHANGE OF PLANS
Friday, February 5, 2010. South Sulphur
River was almost bank full at the Highway 19
Bridge. Lots of fun to ride up and down the
river in a boat at times when there’s plenty
of water. I needed to motor to my cabin and
see how all the rain affected it. The only place
I know to launch is at Kensing where water
from the high river “backs up” in Red Branch
all the way to a county road.
Jean needed to go shopping so I got
her to let me and Zack out at noon with my
boat at Red Branch. Told her to wait to see
if the motor would run before she left. We
would meet back later that afternoon. The
motor hadn’t been used in a month or more
but started right up so Jean left. It’s a quarter
mile out to South Sulphur and as I motored
along the narrow branch the motor died. Soon
it started again but I wanted to test it a little
more before getting in swift water. If a motor
dies in swift water the current wifi wash you
under a tree and you wifi flip.
The motor would crank then die so I
gave up the idea of getting out on swift South
Sulphur. What now? There’s about three hours
to kill. I tied the boat, got little Jack Russell
terrier Zack and my .22 magnum rifle, and
walked across a pasture to hunt hogs. Fresh
rooting looked like little bomb craters. Some
of the nose prints were three inches wide.
Recent heavy rains had filled all the low places
and several times I would have to back track
and go around to keep from getting water in
my rubber boots.
The plan was to stay as close to South
Sulphur as I could so the strong north wind
wouldn’t let the hogs smell me. As I was
walking north to get around high water I saw
two black spots out in the edge of a pasture. It
was hogs about three hundred yards from me
and the wind was just right. I made a leash out
of my belt and put it around Zack’s neck so he
wouldn’t go scare them away. I’ll try to get a
shot first then turn him loose. Maybe then he
can bay them and I can get a second shot.
As I moved into the woods to stay out of
sight while slipping closer I soon saw four
more hogs. Can’t get too close because some
of the six sets of eyes would spot me for sure.
As luck would have it the closest one was a
big boar. Now how is this little .22 magnum
going to get through that thick skin on a boar’s
shoulder? At a hundred yards I stopped and
went to one knee. Put the belt holding Zack
in my left hand. He had been smelling the
hogs for most of my stalk. My left hand also
held the forearm of the rifle. If he wiggles and
jerks my arm as I shoot, the bullet wifi miss
the target.
The crosshairs were behind the shoulder
enough to hopefully miss the thick shield as
I squeezed the trigger. Seemingly unaffected
the boar and all the others raced across the
open pasture. I turned Zack loose so maybe
he could bay them in a few minutes. Two
hundred yards out the big boar stumbled and
went down. Zack was on him like a June bug
on a duck. (Yeah, I know it’s supposed to be
a duck on a June bug but Zack weighs 15 and
the boar weighed close to 300.)
After calling Ronal Kennemer to bring his
four wheeler I checked with Jean and she was
on the way back. Ronal thought the boar would
weigh right at 300. As I field dressed the hog
we were surprised there was no strong smell
as it is with some boars. Might just cook part
of it for a Super Bowl party. It was too heavy
for us to load on the four wheeler so we tied a
rope on its nose and drug it to the gate where
Jean was waiting. Took all three of us to load
it in the pickup. Later, while skinning the hog
we did find the bullet and it had stopped just
before going all the way through. And that’s
how a plan for riding the river turns out to be
a walking around in a pasture hunt.
Information for future generations: There
is some argument about whether the snow
Thursday and Friday was the biggest on
record for this area. Either a record or very
close. Some places got about twelve inches.
Also for the record it is as muddy, or muddier,
and wetter, than I ever saw it.
Late Sunday afternoon, brother in law,
Junior Larkin and I rode around in the South
Sulphur Park at Cooper Lake. Saw 55 deer
and it is hard to believe at the amount of wild
hog rooting. Drive through a little before dark
and see a lot of deer.
Answers given on college tests: What do
Mahatma Gandhi and Genghis Khan have in
common? Unusual names. List one of the
Romans’ greatest achievements. Learning to
speak Latin. Name six animals that live in the
Arctic. Two polar bears and four seals. Name
the wife of Orpheus. Mrs. Orpheus.
Where was the Declaration of
Independence signed? At the bottom. What is
the highest note a human can hear? One by
Mariah Carey. Define free press. When your
mother irons your clothes. Malays come from
what country? Malaria. Where was Hadrian’s
Wall built? Around his garden.
Here are some husband and wife comments:
You can stay single and be miserable or get
married and wish you were dead. At a party a
woman told another she had her wedding ring
on the wrong hand. Yeah, I know. I married
the wrong man. A woman placed a “husband
wanted” ad in the newspaper. Next day she
got seventy nine calls from other women, all
saying she could have theirs. When a woman
steals your husband, there’s no better revenge
than to let her keep him. A little boy asked his
dad how much it cost to get married. The dad
said, “I don’t know. I’m still paying for it.” I
never knew what true happiness was until I
got married. By then it was too late. Ok, it was
just jokes. Don’t get stirred up.
etra327@embarqmail.com
That Wonderful Year 1965
According to the Thursday,
February 18, 1965 issue of the
Cooper Review:
The Cooper Junior High Girls Basketball
team ended the 1964-65 season last weekend on
a successful note, capturing the championship
of Rains Junior High Tournament.
The State Executive Committee of the
Texas Teachers Association has unanimously
reaffirmed its support of the “45 for 65”
teacher proposal now pending in the Texas
Legislature.
Capt. Robert R. Joyner of Ladonia,
Commanding officer, and Lt. Bobby R.
Dunavin local commander, have received
notification that Cooper’s National Guard
unit has been awarded an “excellent” rating
for its overall program of administration,
condition of physical properties, equipment
and training.
Joe Blackwell, president of the Delta
County Chamber of Commerce, appointed
a committee early in January of this year to
study the feasibility of a landing strip in or
near Cooper.
Bennett Mosley, farmer and machine shop
operator on RFD 1, Cooper, wifi assume his
new position as rural carrier out of the Cooper
Post Office on February 27.
The official entry list for the 1964-65
Texas Community Improvement Program
is now complete and stands at a record 264
entries, reports Reagan Brown, Extension
Sociologist at Texas A&M University. Among
these are Ben Franklin and West Delta, who
are the entries from Delta County.
Neal Solomon of Mt. Vernon, the
successful candidate in the Special
Representative election last Saturday, wifi
represent the counties of Delta, Franklin,
Hopkins and Titus, which comprise District
11, in the state legislature.
Texas Public Employees Association,
Chapter 14 of District 1, met in Cooper
Saturday for their annual business meeting.
Texas Highway Department employees were
hosts for the affair held in the maintenance
building of the local department’s facilities.
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