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Serving Franklin County Since 1874
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Vol. 140 - No. 6-1 Section, 12 Pages
Mount Vernon, Franklin County, Texas September 5,2013
Home Page: www.mt-vernon.com Periodical 50 cents
BLOOD DRIVE
RODEO
SCOUTING
Blood
drive at
Mission
Manor
By LILLIE BUSH-REVES
Optic-Herald Staff
Mission Manor Nursing Home
is sponsoring a blood drive from
1-5 p.m. today, Thursday, Sept.
5, at 501 Yates St. in the parking
lot.
Did you know thirty-eight per-
cent of the population is eligible
to donate blood at any given time,
but less than four percent actually
do?
Help the community bridge
the gap between eligible donors
and those who are actually giv-
ing. Find out if you are eligible
by visiting a community blood
drive. For more information or
to schedule an appointment time,
contact Pam Powell at 903-537-
4424.
There is never a shortage of
blood, just a shortage of blood
donors. The need for blood is
ongoing and growing. Eveiy
90 seconds a hospital patient in
the community requires a blood
transfusion.
Potential blood donors can vol-
unteer beginning at age 16 with
a parent’s consent, and 17-year-
olds can give independently.
There is no upper age limit for
giving. All donors must weigh at
See BLOOD Page 9A
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Wild, wild weekend in
Franklin County
By Susan Reeves
I don’t know about everyone
else, but I’m tired after the round
of activities this past weekend. It
seems that since school stalled last
week, I have been somewhere do-
ing something eveiy night. Then,
we added all
the rodeo she-
nanigans into
the mix, and I
am just plum
tuckered out.
The week-
end stalled with
volleyball and
football games
at the high school. The Lady Ti-
gers continued their domination
of the pre-season schedule. They
walloped 3A Mineola on three
sets. It is so much fun watching the
team work together. The football
team took the stands to elation,
down to dejection, up to elation,
down, and then finally up again
after two key turnovers in the
fourth quarter locked in victoiy
for the first game of the season. It
looks like they are shaping up for
a great season.
Saturday morning, we rolled
out early to help set up for the
Rodeo Festival downtown. I
hauled the Downtown Business
Association’s sound system to the
plaza and got it set up prior to all
the activities getting started. Once
that was finished, I moseyed along
See COUNTRY Page 4A
Posse event provides plenty of
competition and entertainment
By SUSAN REEVES
Optic-Herald Staff
The Franklin Comity Rodeo was
deemed a success by the sponsor-
ing Sheriff’s Posse with more than
2,000 people attending each of the
two nights to watch the more than
100 cowboys and cowgirls compete
at the annual Labor Day Rodeo.
The All American Cowgirl
Chicks performed their daring
trick riding routines and brought
the crowd to their feet when Sadie
Lynn lost her footing and dangled
precariously from her saddle dur-
ing the Saturday night performance.
Coty “Whizbang” Cooper provided
comic relief between the various
competitions.
On Sunday night, the team of
Jonathan Barker and Nathan and
Jonathan Wafford was the winner
of the Steer Saddling contest.
More than 30 children tried
their hand at “wool riding” during
the rodeo. At the Mutton Bustin’
Championship on Sunday, Hank
Nokes, age five of Denton, was the
overall champion and received a
belt buckle. Noah Holliefield, age
five of Dallas, finished second, and
Chase Eastman, age six of Mount
See RODEO Page 7A
Distracting the bull
Bull fighter Donnie Smith tries to distract
the bull’s attention so that Jacob Couch of
Paris can escape. The stock from the Wing
Optic photo by John Reeves
Rodeo Company were especially tough and
very few competitors were able to hang on
for the full eight seconds.
MOUNT VERNON
Sewer, smoking topics
at city council workshop
By LILLIE BUSH-REVES
Optic-Herald Staff
Sewer issues and a smoking ban
were passionately discussed at the
Mount Vernon City Council work-
shop Monday, Aug. 26.
J.C. Fountain and his wife, Bren-
da, came to the council asking for
relief with repeated sewer issues at
their house, built about 1999 at 408
Grady St. The couple reported about
being advised of where they could
build their new home by the city
manager at the time. After building
the home, they discovered that the
city could not provide sewer seivice
to the home due to the location.
“If we couldn’t get sewer where
we were planning to build, they
[city] should have told us when
we got our permit,” stressed Mrs.
Fountain.
The couple had to install a private
collection well and grinder pump to
push sewage from the home up hill
for disposal. They had been told
that they would be allowed to run
their line to the city ’ s collection well
east of their house. However, dis-
putes with the adjoining landowner
blocked that plan.
Mr. Fountain stated that they
wanted a definitive answer on the
matter. “Can the city provide some
relief to repeated issues,” Mr. Foun-
tain asked. He would prefer to tie
on to the city collection line and?
or have the city take over the col-
lection well and grinder pump he
installed.
“If they pulled a permit with the
city, at some point someone failed
them,” commented Councilman
Kenneth Shelton.
City administrator Tony
Stonecypher pledged to research
the matter further and to provide a
recommendation for the council at
their September meeting. At that
time, there will be an action item
on the agenda rather than a discus-
sion item, Mayor Margaret Sears
pledged.
A subsequent search of the city ’ s
minutes by the Optic-Herald found
a statement by an earlier council on
the matter. After discussion at the
May 25, 2010 meeting, the minutes
stated: “The Council was in agree-
ment that the grinder pump located
on his [J.C. Fountain] property is his
responsibility.”
Councilman Ralph Robertson
asked that the Council consider
proposing a no smoking ordinance
in most public buildings, includ-
ing restaurants and convenience
stores. “Certain businesses, like
Mr. Rhoades’ by its veiy nature
invites smokers,” commented Mr.
Robertson.
Bill Rhoades, who owns both the
Tobacco Rhoades tobacco shop and
the Daily Bar, an eating establish-
ment, spoke against the proposal.
“The Daily Bar has been there for
years, and we are the only one that
welcomes smokers. People who
come there like to smoke and drink
coffee. Without smokers, we might
as well close up. Business is bad
enough,” Mr. Rhoades concluded.
See CITY Page 9A
MUSIC HALL
Saslav headlines piano, strings concert
By LILLIE BUSH-REVES
Optic-Herald Staff
East Texas native and distinguished pianist Ann
Heiligman Saslav will be featured in concert this Sat-
urday, Sept. 7. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m. at the
Mount Vernon Music Hall, 408 Leftwich St., at the
Yates St. intersection.
Ms. Saslav has spent a lifetime giving concerts all
over the United States, in Austria and New Zealand,
including countless performances with her late hus-
band, violinist Isidor Saslav. She will perform Mo-
zart’s own chamber version of his Piano Concerto in
E-flat K. 449.
She will be joined by Mark Miller and Elizabeth
Eisner on violins, Ute Miller on viola, and Craig Lef-
fer on cello. The program will also showcase the Sere-
nade H. 216 by Czech non-conformist Bohuslav Mar-
tinu, and Quartet op. 80 in E-flat by Mendelssohn. The
piece is a gripping outpouring of emotion written after
the untimely death of the composer’s sister.
See MUSIC Page 2A
Scout
rally
Tuesday
By LILLIE BUSH-REVES
Optic-Herald Staff
The annual School Night Rally
to sign-up new recruits for Boy
Scout troops and Cub Scout dens
has been set for 6:30 p.m. Tues-
day, Sept. 10 at the Mount Vernon
Elementary School Cafetorium.
Scouting is fun, but it is fun with
a purpose.
The Cub Scout program is for
boys age six through 11 years.
They are grouped by ages, with
first grade as Tiger Cubs, second
grade as Wolf Cubs, third grade
as Bear Cubs, fourth grade as
Webelos I and fifth grade as We-
belos II.
Boy Scouts are for boys who
are between 11 and 18 years of
age. This portion of the program
is more individually oriented with
boys encouraged to use the merit
badge system to explore their in-
terests. More than 100 merit badg-
es are offered, including areas
of sports, crafts, science, trades,
business, and future careers.
Registration for the remainder
of the charter year is $20 for new
members. This includes their Roys
Life magazine for the next five
months and the age appropriate
handbook for their group.
See SCOUTING Page 9A
HANDICAPABLE RODEO
Participant,
volunteer
sign up
underway
By MARIE DACUS
Optic-Herald Staff
The date for the annual Handi-
capable Rodeo in Franklin Comi-
ty has been set for Friday, Sept.
20. Local families with special
needs children or adults who are
not active with either a therapy or
work group are urged to register
their family member to partici-
pate.
Deadline to register is Mon-
day, Sept. 9. Registration sheets
were sent to all past participat-
ing organizations in mid-August.
Families with individuals must
request a form from the local or-
ganizers.
Most participants are mem-
bers of school, therapy or work
groups, which provide transpor-
tation for the special needs chil-
dren and adults. Organizers do
not want to miss others who may
be having all their needs met by
one
of these special people who can
benefit from attending this event*
Barbara Crowston, secretary /
treasurer for the Handicapable
Rodeo organization said.
More than 800 participants are
expected at the event. Volunteers
for the event are always needed
See HANDICAP Page 9A
family members at home.
“We want to reach eveiy
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