Cooper Review (Cooper, Tex.), Vol. 133, No. 47, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 21, 2013 Page: 2 of 8
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Thursday, Nov. 21, 2013
Cooper Review - Page 2A
Sheriff's Blotter
By Delta County Sheriff Ricky Smith
On The River
WithET
From November 8, 2013 - November 14,
2013, the Delta County Sheriff’s Office han-
dled 49 calls for service, 485 telephone calls,
and 113 9-1-1 calls. Deputies made three (3)
arrests, and filed one (1) offense/incident re-
ports. Of the 49 calls for service, deputies were
dispatched to the following:
Precinct 1-6 calls, Precinct 2 -2 calls, Precinct
3 -6 calls Precinct 4-5 calls, City of Cooper
-30 calls.
Arrests
2 - Court commit; DWI 3r^ or more
1 - Aggravated assault w/deadly weapon
Incident Reports
1 - Credit card abuse
Citations:
1 - Expired motor vehicle registration
1 - Failure to maintain financial responsibility
1 - No driver’s license
4 - Speeding
If anyone has information about any felony
criminal offenses occurring in Delta County
please contact the Lake Country Crime Stop-
pers Tip Line at (903) 885-2020. Infonnation
leading to the arrest of individual(s) involved in
the offenses may result with cash for tips.
City to Cast Votes for Joann Preas
By Jim Butler
Owner/Publisher
In their regular monthly
meeting held on Tuesday
because of Veterans Day, the
Cooper City Council passed
a resolution to cast all their
619 votes for Joann Preas for
the Delta County Appraisal
District (DCAD) Board
of Directors. These votes
represent the City’s share
allocated to the various taxing
entities by DCAD.
The Council discussed a
complaint about the storage of
old tires by a local business. Pat
Grant had asked the Council to
include the agenda item, along
with concerns about the Delta
County Emergency Services
District (ESD), but wasn’t
able to attend the meeting.
Mayor Scotty Stegall told
the Council that the business
was properly handling the
storage and treatment of old
tires as required by the Texas
Commission on Environmental
Quality and that the City had
no jurisdiction over ESD.
Barney Bray, representing
Sanitary Solutions, spoke to the
Council about the transfer of the
Waste Management contract
to Sanitary Solutions for trash
disposal. He stated that Cooper
had previously utilized B & B
Sanitation, a company that he
had owned and that his son Josh
now owns Sanitary Solutions.
Bray informed the Council
that the company owns its own
landfill near Blossom, Texas
and that they are committed to
improving disposal service for
the City.
In other business, monthly
departmental and budget reports
were heard and payment of
accounts payable was approved.
Mayor Stegall reported that the
City is currently going through
their annual audit by outside
auditors and that everything
looks good. He complimented
Emily Howse on a job well
done.
The next Council meeting
will be Monday, Dec. 9 at 5:30
p.m. at Cooper City Hall.
County contemplates Website
By Cindy Roller
Editor
In a meeting of the Delta
County Commissioners Court
held last Tuesday due to the
Veterans Day holiday several
items were discussed while
the winds from the cold front
rattled the windows.
During the meeting the Court
agreed to authorize Arnold
InfoTech LLC to develop a
new website and additional e-
mail accounts. Roger Arnold
of Arnold InfoTech already
maintains the current site with
tech support.
“I want to highlight the
good things Delta County has
to offer,” said Delta County
Judge Herb Brookshire,
hoping to make it easier for
County officials to post items.
The Judge would like it to be
a “County-wide project” with
nice photos of the County
courtesy of the Cooper
Review and photographer
Cindy Roller.
Precinct 4 Commissioner
Mark Brantley also gave
his support. Precinct 3
Commissioner Loyd
Vandygriff stated his
only computer was at the
County Bam, and Precinct 1
Commissioner Rip Templeton
noted his home computer
currently lacks internet access.
Cost for these enhancements
will be roughly $800 which
is already in the budget. The
Judge was also impressed with
Arnold’s work based on the
research he has done on the
project the last two years.
Justice of the Peace Chuck
Reed gave his monthly report.
There were 70 new cases filed
and 64 cases disposed, seven
trials by Judge and one case
appealed. There were six new
juvenile/minor activity cases
filed and 17 Magistrate’s
warnings. The total amount
collected to be kept by the
County was $4,448, remitted
to the State was $2,083.
Delta County Sheriff Ricky
Smith reported on the recent
accident involving a deputy
and a citizen. He said insurance
will help pay to replace the
2011 truck involved.
The Sheriff also received
approved for a resolution for
an unmarked County vehicle.
Other approved reports
included the Tax Assessor-
Collector, County Attorney
and Treasurer’s.
During the announcements
Judge Brookshire commended
the County (including the
Sheriff’s Department),
American Legion Red
Henderson Post 483 and
Cooper ISD staff and students
for the awe inspiring programs
to honor Veterans Day.
Judge Brookshire also
reminded the burn ban is
currently off and the signs
need to be flipped back up on
the roadways.
Commissioners will meet
again Monday, Nov. 25 at 9
a.m. on the third floor of the
Courthouse.
Town and Country Garden Club News
The Town and Country
Garden Club met for their
November meeting on Tuesday,
the 12^, at the lovely updated
home of Jay Albright. Before
the meeting started, guests
got a tour of the many recent
renovations Jay has made to
her home-inside and out.
President Phyllis London then
called the meeting to order, and
hostesses Betty Wiggins and
Ruth Wigley served delicious
pumpkin cake (a “Southern
Living” recipe) and hot apple
cider.
A wonderful program was
given by Marva Sansing
explaining the many plants
used in the gardens of Thomas
Jefferson.
Several members participated
in the annual plant exchange.
The next meeting will be the
Christmas party held December
10th at the McKinney Home.
Lunch will be served and
members will hear a Christmas
story, sing carols, and exchange
Christmas ornaments.
Members attending were
Jay Albright, Sharon Banister,
Ophelia Banks, Barbara Calvin,
Virginia Collier, Ruth Crow,
Rebecca Gopffarth, Bonnie
Hobbs, Phyllis London, Lynne
Morris, Shay Rouse, Marva
Sansing, Wanda White, Betty
Wiggins, and Ruth Wigley.
The meeting adjourned with
members reciting the club
prayer.
Calendar of Events
November
DCCRC meeting will
be Saturday, November 23,
at 10:00 a.m. which is a week
later than normal and will be
moved to the courthouse. The
reason for this is that we have
several exciting guest that will
be running for state offices com-
ing in and we needed to accom-
modate their schedules. Since
the meeting will be held at the
courthouse, no breakfast will be
served. Joe Adams will post on
the DCCRC FB page the guest
that will be speaking as soon as
they are all confirmed. It should
be a great meeting with a lot of
information about these speak-
ers and a chance to get your
questions answered. Please
bring a friend and get them in-
volved in this process. The 2014
election is one of the most im-
portant elections we have had in
a long time.
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Please join the Ben Franklin
United Methodist Church for
our Thanksgiving Communi-
ty Luncheon on Sunday, Nov.
24 at 1 p.m. at the Ben Frank-
lin Garden of Memories Chapel
(located on Hwy 128/38). If de-
sired, you may bring a covered
dish of your choice.
* * *
Community Prayer Group
will be held every Tuesday
morning from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m.
at the New Life Baptist Church.
All are welcome.
December
Delta County Chamber of
Commerce’s annual lighted
Christmas parade will held
on Saturday, Dec. 7 with A
Dickens Christmas as this
year’s theme. For more infor-
mation contact Gracie Young
at the Chamber at 903-395-
4314.
* * *
Get ready for the Friends
Christmas in the Park at
Doctors Creek Park scheduled
for December 13 th and 14th
and be ready for the drive
through and for some beauti-
ful Christmas scenery in the
camp sites. Santa will also be
making a flying stop at the Pa-
vilion.
MRS. GLENNA’S STEW
Seems like nothing brings out a crowd as
much as a community fish fry or stew. Since
cold weather is here many folks dream of hot
and flavorful stew. Each year at the Charleston
Methodist Church’s Lord’s Acre at the East
Delta Community Center we have a big stew.
A recipe from the late Mrs. Glenna Scott hangs
on the wall and has been used for years. Many
groups have occasional fund raisings and serve
stew. Since this recipe has stood the test of time
I will present it here for those who may want
to try it. This recipe is for fifty five gallons and
will serve over two hundred people. Usually,
people are glad to carry any extra home with
them since stew is always better the next day.
Some of you may want to do some math and
cook a lesser amount.
According to Dolores Jackson, Mrs. Glenna’s
daughter, the Charleston Methodist Church’s
Lord’s Acre stew started in the 1950’s and was
usually held under the big oak trees (now gone)
east of the church. (Many a day I sat on the
Charleston Store porch and watched squirrels
play chase in those trees. David Elmore once
tied a paper sack on a stray cat’s tail and turned
it loose. The cat finally stopped at the top of one
of those trees but you could tell it wanted to go
higher.) Mrs. Glenna was always the main cook
until her health faded in the early 2000’s.
Mrs. Glenna’s Famous Charleston Stew: In-
gredients divided into four pots to make fifty
five gallons. Forty pounds meat. Eighty pounds
potatoes. Fifty pounds onions. Eight pounds
macaroni. Six of the six pound, ten ounce cans
of cream com. Six cans of the six pound, ten
ounce cans of tomatoes. Twelve cans of the for-
ty six ounce cans of tomato juice. Forty eight
ounces of cooking oil. Twelve pounds marga-
rine. Ten tablespoons black pepper. One ounce
cumin. One cup salt. Six ounces paprika. Two
cups garlic. Two cups chili powder. Three cups
sugar. Two cups fresh ground hot pepper.
Add just enough water to cover the meat
and cook until done. Add onions and potatoes
and cook until tender. (I always say the potatoes
aren’t done if they still have sharp corners.)
Add other ingredients except macaroni and
cream style corn which will be added last since
they stick and scorch. Stir to prevent sticking.
Season to taste.
Since it is cooked in more than one pot you
can make different pots spicy, mild, no maca-
roni, carrots, and more. I asked Mrs. Glenna’s
daughter Dolores why there were no carrots
in the recipe and she gave a perfectly sensible
answer, “Mama didn’t like carrots.” Good luck
and let me know when your stew is ready.
Thirty one years of teaching science sent
my mind wandering and wondering. How big is
our universe? Does it ever stop? If it stops what
is at the end? Maybe a brick wall? If there is a
boundary, what is on the other side? Our brain
is not programmed to understand how some-
thing could go on forever. Size is not the only
ponderable. Another is what about other life out
there? Years ago I gave an example of my opin-
ion. Say you are looking over thousands of acres
of land covered with jillions of rocks. You walk
out into the rocks and randomly pick one up.
Underneath you find a scorpion. Wouldn’t you
many of these could have life similar to ours? If a
planet is too close to its sun it is too hot for life. If
the planet is too far away it is too cold. The planet
has to be just the right distance from its star/sun.
Isn’t it amusing how the zone “just right” for plan-
ets is called “The Goldilocks Zone?” One bowl of
her porridge was “just right” and the earth is just
the right distance from the sun. According to the
November 5, 2013 issue of The Dallas Morning
News, there could be as many as 40 billion earth-
like planets just in our galaxy, The Milky Way.
Stars are not scattered equally in space but are
in groups called galaxies. Almost all the stars we
can see with the naked eye are in our Milky Way
galaxy and there are uncountable numbers of
galaxies. Astronomers believe one of every five
sun-like stars has earth-like planets. The nearest
earth-like planet to us is twelve light years away.
A light year is the distance light can go in one
year. To get an idea how far a light year is, you
need to realize that light takes eight minutes to get
from our sun to the earth. Light from the moon to
us takes about one second.
Hopefully this will give you something to
wonder about. Maybe some of those planets do
have life and could be thousands of years ahead
of us in technology. Just think how fast technol-
ogy is snowballing now. Every day seems like we
hear of an improved version of a smart phone or
tablet. Imagine the state of our technology in a
hundred years if our earth is still here. Do those
UFO’s seem a little more possible now?
At our weekly Monday Night, North Hopkins
Opry Ronny Glossup told a cute story last week.
You know how some preachers are like coaches in
a way. They sometimes move from town to town,
and hopefully to a bigger one. A man knocked on
a preacher’s door and his son answered. The man
wanted to speak to the preacher. The little boy said
he couldn’t since the preacher was in the base-
ment praying about whether or not to take a job
that had been offered to him by a bigger church.
The man then asked to speak to the preacher’s
wife. The little boy said that was impossible also
because she was upstairs packing.
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Williams gets Big
Buck near Charleston
Bret Williams with his 11-point buck with a
20-inch spread, it was killed near Charleston.
Courtesy photo
be inclined to reason that there
could possibly be scorpions
under more of the rocks? Now
substitute planets for the rocks
and replace the scorpion with
people. We only know there is
life on our planet. With unlim-
ited numbers of stars (suns) and
planets out there, how could we
be so naive to believe we are
the only ones?
Almost all stars have their
little family of planets. How
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Publisher - Jim Butler ~
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Editor - Cindy Roller ~
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