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REMODEL NOT 

FOOLING AROUND 

DISD’s oldest building 

is slated for a facelift 

starting April 1. 

See page 2A. 

GET YOUR REST 

Set your clocks forward 

one hour tonight. Daylight 

Savings starts at 2 a.m. 

Sunday and ends 2 a.m. 

Sunday, Nov. 3. 

SHE’S GOT 

THE POWER 

Decatur’s Gabi Buchman 

is returning to state 

competition in powerlifting. 

See page 1B. 

VOLUME 134 - NO. 20 SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013 DECATUR, TEXAS 20 PAGES IN 2 SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS 75¢ 

WISE COUNTY 

BOONSVILLE 

White 

Knights 

Bondholders 

ommit extra funds 

to NTCH 

BY BOB BUCKEL 

AND KRISTEN TRIBE 

Bondholders stepped up Friday and 

committed to providing funds to ensure 

North Texas Community Hospital in 

Bridgeport will remain open. 

The purchase of the hospital by Wise 

Regional Health System in Decatur is 

pending, but NTCH didn’t have enough 

operating funds to remain open until 

the transition later this month. 

Wise Regional CEO Steve Summers 

said he learned Friday bondholders 

were going to provide the money needed 

by NTCH. 

“There are at least four institutional 

investors (among the bondholders) who 

were able to figure out how to make that 

work within the structure we had,” he 

said. 

As approved by the federal court, Wise 

Regional’s bid called for a purchase price 

of $20 million, with $1 million of that in 

the form of a “debtor-in-possession” loan 

and the other $19 to go to the holders 

of the hospital’s nearly $60 million in 

bonds. 

Summers said the structure of the bid 

will remain exactly the same, and this 

money is separate from the bid. 

On Feb. 25, NTCH CEO Max Ludeke 

and board chairman Jimmy Horner 

came to a Wise Regional board meeting 

See Knights on page 7A 

JOE DUTY/WCMESSENGER 

SERIOUS ACCIDENT — Emergency responders wheel Edwina Norris of North Richland Hills to an ambulance Friday morning after a fourvehicle 

accident at the intersection of Farm Road 920 and Texas 199 south of Boonsville. She was the driver of the Buick Enclave pictured 

in the foreground. 

4-vehicle wreck injures 2 

BY KRISTEN TRIBE 

ktribe@wcmessenger.com 

A woman was flown to a Metroplex hospital 

with head injuries after a four-vehicle 

accident Friday morning south of Boonsville. 

Kay Lackey, 62, of Poolville was driving 

a van westbound on Texas 199 about 

10:40 a.m. when she attempted to turn left 

onto Farm Road 920. Department of Public 

Safety Trooper Mitchell Collins said Lackey 

turned in front of a Buick Enclave traveling 

eastbound on 199. 

The Enclave was driven by Edwina Norris, 

41, of North Richland Hills. 

Her vehicle hit the van on the passenger 

side, and both vehicles spun into 18-wheelers 

before landing in nearby medians. 

The van hit a truck, driven by William 

Mullally, 57, of Jacksboro, that was traveling 

westbound on 199, while the Enclave 

spun into a truck on FM 920, which was 

driven by Schuyler Long, 25, of Euless. Neither 

truck driver was injured. 

The van eventually came to rest in the 

median of 199. Lackey suffered severe head 

injuries and was transported via helicopter 

to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital 

Fort Worth. 

Norris’ Enclave ended up in the triangular 

median separating 199 and 920. She 

was taken by ground ambulance to Texas 

Health Harris Methodist Hospital Azle. 

There were no passengers in either vehicle. 

At least a dozen people from a neighboring 

gas station and nearby homes gathered 

at the wreck scene. Texas 199 was shut 

down for about 30 minutes so the helicopter 

could land. 

RHOME 

70-year-old arrested for 

allegedly molesting child 


NEIGHBORHOOD ON WATCH — A trusted and grandfather-like member of a neighborhood 

northeast of Rhome was arrested last Friday for allegedly molesting a 10-year-old girl at his 

home. The girl was one of many in the neighborhood who played and sometimes spent the 

night at the 70-year-old man’s home. 

BY BRANDON EVANS 

bevans@wcmessenger.com 

A 70-year-old man from 

Rhome, considered a trusted 

friend by many in his 

neighborhood, was arrested 

by officers with the Wise 

County Sheriff’s Department 

March 1 for multiple 

counts of indecency with a 

child by sexual contact. 

Hollis “Butch” Belcher, 

allegedly molested a 

10-year-old girl Feb. 26 and 

27 at his home on Private 

Road 4732 in the Diamond 

Ridge subdivision. 

Belcher was a close 

friend of several 

people 

in his neighborhood. 

He 

enjoyed barbecue 

cookouts 

with 

BELCHER 

neighbors, 

and children regularly 

played at his house, sometimes 

spending the night, 

according to an arrest warrant 

affidavit obtained by 

an open records request. 

After one of the sleepovers, 

a mother observed several 

red marks, thought to 

be hickeys, on her young 

daughter’s neck. 

The Sheriff’s Office was 

notified, and through interviews 

and the alleged 

victim, an investigator determined 

sexual contact 

had occurred. A forensic 

expert with the Children’s 

Advocacy Care Center in 

Denton assisted with the 

investigation. 

Belcher allegedly kissed 

and climbed on top of the 

victim and inappropriately 

touched her multiple 

times. The victim stayed 

at his house several times 

and allegedly slept in the 

See Belcher on page 9A 

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BACK TO THE FUTURE — Decatur ISD Superintendent Rod Townsend shows off some of the planned work at the district’s “1939” building. The district 

plan2s on restoring or preserving as much of the building as possible, including keeping the brick floors in the hallways and removing the dropped ceiling in 

the entryway to reveal the original ceiling and detail on the walls. 

Project will 

preserve past 

with future 

in mind 

BY BRIAN KNOX 

bknox@wcmessenger.com 

A Tarrant County jury 

Thursday found Jeremy 

Sturch of Chico guilty of intoxicated 

manslaughter and 

sentenced him to 10-years 

probation and a $10,000 fine 

after a one-vehicle wreck 

By the numbers 

Here’s a breakdown of the estimated costs 

presented to the school board at last Monday’s 

meeting: 

$119,262 — general conditions (supervision, 

trash, overhead) 

$115,000 — owner allowances (includes irrigation, 

landscaping, sound attenuation, a 

sign and monument plaque and contingency) 

$87,414 — demolition 

$2,500 — masonry 

$9,795 — structural steel (for HVAC support) 

$61,136 — millwork (restoration) 

$21,113 — exterior insulation and finishing 

system 

Work is expected to begin 

April 1 on the Decatur 

school district’s oldest building 

to turn it into future administration 

offices. 

The building, constructed 

in 1939 as a high school, is 

located near the corner of 

South Cates and East Ward 

streets. It was most recently 

the temporary home of 

Weatherford College Wise 

County but has served 

many uses to the school district 

over the years. 

The project is expected 

to take 225 days and cost 

an estimated $2.6 million. 

Mart Inc., the contractor for 

the project, will be paid $2.3 

million of that total. If the 

project remains on schedule, 

the restored building should 

be ready for the administration 

office move near the 

end of the calendar year. 

The technology department 

will then move into 

the current administration 

building. The department, 

which handles the estimated 

3,700 computers and 

iPads in the district as well 

as its network operations 

system, has outgrown its 

space in a smaller building 

next door to the current administration 

building. 

One of the biggest issues 

for the technology department 

is the lack of space for 

technology training. Seventeen 

people can squeeze into 

the current training area, 

but the group often includes 

20 or more. Other issues 

include a lack of parking 

and bathroom facilities for 

training, limited shop space, 

an aging building (which 

has flooded during heavy 

rains in the past), a storage 

bay that is not climate-controlled, 

security issues and 

the overall age of the building, 

which was once part of 

an old elementary school 

torn down in the 1990s. 

The restored 1939 building 

will provide enough 

space for current administration 

office requirements 

and also includes room for 

future growth, Superintendent 

Rod Townsend said. 

Perhaps the most noticeable 

change for visitors will 

be the interior front entryway, 

where the dropped 


NEEDING MORE ROOM — Decatur ISD Technology Director Troy Bagwell shows off the 

“shop” area where work is performed on computer equipment. The planned restoration of 

the “1939” building as a future home to administration offices will allow the technology 

department to move to the current administration building. 

$164,836 — roof replacement 

$72,243 — interior doors/frames/hardware 

$65,000 — storefront and glazing 

$118,200 — drywall/metal studs/ceilings 

$86,191 — flooring 

$73,000 — painting 

$12,148 — specialties (miscellaneous) 

$35,800 — plumbing 

$571,000 — HVAC (includes new chilling 

unit) 

$196,743 — electrical 

$11,900 — fire alarm 

$104,989 — overhead/profit 

$3,841 — insurance 

$28,495 — bonds 

ceiling will be removed, revealing 

intricate detail of 

the original building. Also, 

several rows of seats were 

removed from the front of 

the auditorium, which will 

be turned into a boardroom. 

The front of the stage will be 

removed, and the board will 

sit at floor level. The rest of 

the stage will be walled off 

and turned into a meeting 

room. 

The remodeled auditorium 

will be a much larger 

space than the current 

$157,000 — boardroom remodel 

$110,000 — exterior efficient windows 

$16,000 — waterproofing exterior 

$30,000 — additional engineering fees 

$28,000 — asbestos abatement 

$50,000 — parking 

$25,145 — Oncor 

$15,000 — building boardroom training 

room/technology for board 

$50,000 — furniture, equipment, kitchen 

items 

$105,000 — cost of moving technology department 

$5,000 — impact fees and permits for work 

by owner 

boardroom, where parents 

and educators often find 

standing-room only for the 

beginning of board meetings 

where school employees and 

students are recognized for 

their accomplishments. 

Part of the 1939 building 

has been used for administration 

offices before. At 

that time, the building was 

also used for part of the 

middle school. 

The district’s alternative 

education placement 

(DAEP) program will continue 

to use the bottom floor 

of the building. 

When the technology department 

moves into the 

current administration 

building, the department’s 

current home will most likely 

be used for storage. 

The building restoration 

and renovation will be paid 

for by money available in 

the district’s construction 

fund and a $250,000 transfer 

from the district’s general 

fund. It will not affect 

the tax rate. 

CHICO 

Man found guilty of intoxication manslaughter 

last year that fatally injured 

his passenger. 

Sturch, who was 28 at 

the time of the wreck, was 

the driver of a pickup that 

ran through a red light 

and slammed into a Tarrant 

County courts building 

on Belknap Street in Fort 

Worth around 2 a.m. Feb. 

19, 2012. The passenger, 

Michelle Lynne Lightfoot, 

31, of Boyd died three days 

later from brain injuries 

sustained in the crash. 

An officer who witnessed 

the accident said she was 

westbound on Belknap 

Street and, despite having a 

green light to continue west, 

had to slam on her brakes 

after she noticed the pickup 

northbound on Throckmorton 

Street traveling at a 

high rate of speed. The pickup 

proceeded through the 

red light, through the dead 

end and into the building. 

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WISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, Saturday, March 9, 2013 

3A 

Tower of 

power 

JOE DUTY/WCMESSENGER • Buy reprints at wcmessenger.com/reprints 

RIDING THE WIND — The towering line being built across north Wise County will carry wind-generated energy from West and 

Central Texas to the power-hungry Metroplex. It’s one of two such lines crossing through the county. 


FITTING IN — A worker fits together one piece of a 160- 

foot steel tower that’s part of a transmission line capable of 

carrying 345,000 volts. 

CREZ lines 

cross county 



Ironically the No. 1 reason 

a pair of high-voltage lines 

are being built through Wise 

County is the same reason 

construction of the lines is 

sometimes delayed. 

The Competitive Renewable 

Energy Zones (CREZ) 

transmission lines are designed 

to transfer wind 

energy created from giant 

spinning windmills located 

in the Panhandle and West 

and Central Texas to the 

highly populated Metroplex 

and other areas. And Wise 

County is directly in the 

path of the towering steel 

structures that rise like permanent 

oil rigs across the 

rolling landscape. 

High winds blowing in 

February and March across 

North Texas has stymied 

some construction, but on a 

calm and warm Thursday, 

a team of workers, found 

themselves installing a Goliath 

of a tower in north 

Wise County. 

“They were assembling 

a steel lattice tower,” said 

Sabrina Taylor, Oncor area 

manager. “It’s one of the 

most important types of 

towers we use in the project.” 

The monstrous 160-foot 

tower contains more than 

32,500 pounds of steel. It’s 

anchored in 42-foot deep 

holes held firm by concrete. 

The tower is part of a 

double circuit line that is 

capable of carrying 345,000 

volts of electricity along its 

swooping arcs over pastures 

and prairies, cows and cacti. 

The CREZ lines are a response 

to a directive passed 

by the state legislature. The 

directive was passed by the 

legislature in 2005 to meet 

the state’s renewable energy 

goals. The Texas Public Utility 

Commission determined 

the path of the lines. Oncor 

transmits electricity for energy 

companies. 

The line running through 

northern Wise County will 

end in the Krum area. It’s 

slated for completion sometime 

in May. Oncor is also 

building a matching line 

through south Wise County, 

scheduled for completion in 

June. 

NEWS BRIEFS 

WISE HOOPS — The 

Decatur Junior Woman’s 

Club’s 11th Annual Threeon-Three 

Basketball 

Tournament is Friday, 

March 22, at the Multi- 

Purpose Building at 

McCarroll Middle School. 

Play begins at 5 p.m., and 

divisions range from fifth 

and sixth grade girls and 

boys to men’s, women’s 

and co-ed. Registration 

is $140 per adult team 

and $100 per youth 

team. Deadline is noon 

March 21. Teams who 

register by March 11 

receive a free T-shirt for 

each player. Download a 

registration form at www. 

decaturjuniorwomansclub. 

com/wise-hoops.html. 

SAMANTHA ROGERS 

SCHOLARSHIP — 

Applications for the 

2013 Samantha Jill 

Rogers Scholarship are 

available online at www. 

samanthajillrogers.com 

or by emailing ebb6311@ 

gmail.com. The scholarship 

is open to all Wise County 

graduating seniors. 

SPECIAL NEEDS BASEBALL 

— Registration for the 

Wise County Special Needs 

Baseball spring season is 

10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 

March 9 16, at Bridgeport 

and Decatur public 

libraries. The registration 

form can be downloaded 

at www.wcspecialneeds. 

com. For information, email 

info@wcspecialneeds. 

com or call 940-577-1848. 

Games are 9 a.m. to 

noon April 6 to May 25 at 

Renshaw Park in Decatur. 

PAYING IT FORWARD FOR 

PROM — Donations of 

formal dresses, shoes, 

jewelry and cash are 

being collected at Patti’s 

Hair Parlor in Decatur 

through March for the 

second drive of Paying It 

Forward for Prom. Through 

the program, girls who 

couldn’t otherwise afford 

prom expenses volunteer 

community service hours in 

exchange for formal wear 

and accessories, hair-do’s, 

manicures and pedicures, 

facials and make-up 

application. This year, the 

program will expand to 

help boys with the cost of 

tuxedo rental. For more 

information, call Amanda 

at 940-536-8585. 

HOME AND GARDEN 

— Wise County Texas 

A&M AgriLife Extension 

is hosting a Spring Home 

and Garden Series starting 

later this month. The 

four-week program is 3 

to 5 p.m. every Tuesday, 

starting March 26 and 

running through April 16, 

at the Extension office 

in Decatur, 206 S. State 

St. Cost is $40 for the 

entire series or $15 per 

seminar. Topics that will 

be addressed include 

vegetable gardening, fruit 

and nut tree management, 

turf management and 

landscape trees. Sign up by 

Wednesday, March 20, by 

calling the Extension office 

at 940-627-3341. 

CLUB SCHOLARSHIP 

— The Desk and Derrick 

Club of Wise County is 

offering scholarships to 

Wise County high school 

seniors. Applications can 

be obtained from the high 

school counselors or by 

emailing Crystal Watkins 

at Crystal.Watkins@dvn. 

com. Application deadline 

is Saturday, March 30. 

NTCH SCHOLARSHIPS — 

The Volunteer Auxiliary 

of Bridgeport’s North 

Texas Community Hospital 

will award five $1,000 

scholarships to continuing 

education students, 

high school students, 

employees and children 

of employees of NTCH 

and individuals with a 

Wise County address. 

The Auxiliary encourages 

individuals to further their 

education in the medical 

field as physicians, nurses 

and laboratory technicians, 

as well as in hospital 

administration or social 

work. Applications are 

available at the hospital’s 

volunteer desk, Bridgeport 

and Decatur libraries and 

Wise County high schools. 

See Briefs on page 6A 

Memorial for 

Mike Atkins 

DHS Class of 1965 

Jan. 8,1947 - Feb.27,2013 

Family and friends of longtime Decatur resident 

Mike Atkins will gather from 2 to 4 p.m., Saturday, 

March 16, at Crossroads Church, 1400 Deer Park Road, 

Decatur (next to Rann Elementary). Please join us 

for a time of remembering and celebrating the life 

of our brother and friend. 

 

 

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OPINION 

Financial integrity crucial for public entities 

Y ROY EATON 

reaton@wcmessenger.com 

Wise & 

Otherwise 

Although Weatherford 

College has been a part 

of Wise County for some 

time, and we understand 

and value the new Wise 

County campus, we might 

not know much about the 

college administration. 

Recently I read an article 

in the college’s alumni 

magazine, The Hilltop, that 

gave a keen insight into 

how the college is managed 

and the integrity of the 

schools financial accountability. 

The story “Money Matters” 

written by Linda Bagwell 

shows 

that WC 

President Dr. 

Kevin Eaton 

is correct 

when he says 

“we are definitely 

good 

stewards 

of taxpayer 

money.” 

Since Wise 

County taxpayers send 

several hundred thousand 

dollars into the Weatherford 

College system each 

year to support our branch 

campus, I thought you 

would be interested in how 

the college manages its 

finances. 

“We continually strive to 

do the best we can with the 

money we have, and we do 

a good job,” Eaton said, referring 

to a report from the 

Texas Higher Education 

Coordinating Board. 

The report, based on 

2012 statistics, compares 

the financial strength of 

the state’s 50 community 

and junior college districts 

and Weatherford College 

stands at the top in the 

statistics. 

In the area of “financial 

vulnerability,” which measures 

unrestricted money 

versus operating expenses, 

Weatherford College was 

the top college in Texas 

with Grayson College and 

Paris Junior College in second 

and third positions. 

“Primary reserves” looks 

at how long a college could 

survive without new money 

coming in. On a ratio that 

should be at least .13, WC 

scored 1.06. Collin County 

College (McKinney) was 

the only institution to score 

higher. 

“Viability” is how much 

debt the college could pay 

off with the money it has 

on hand. The state recommends 

a score of at least 

.51, and WC received 4.79 

with only Tarrant County 

College and Central Texas 

College scoring higher. 

“Debt burden” measures 

how much of total expenses 

are for debt service. A 

healthy score is below 5 

percent, and WC was well 

below that at 1.1 percent. 

Only 12 out of 50 colleges 

scored below 2 percent. 

In a matter crucial to the 

school’s future, the college 

board of trustees, voted several 

years ago that at least 

20 percent of each budget 

be allocated for reserves. 

“We have met and exceeded 

that in the last five 

years,” said Andra Cantrell, 

vice president for financial 

affairs. 

“We have learned to 

stretch a dollar as far as it 

can, and we have dedicated 

employees who collaborate 

and cooperate to make it 

easier to continue to provide 

and service the needs 

of our students and community,” 

she said. 

All this is to say that 

Wise County voters have 

picked a good partner with 

a record of financial integrity 

that will assure that 

Weatherford College/Wise 

County will be on sound 

financial footing for many 

years in the future. 

That’s the kind of partner 

we can value. 

 

Roy Eaton is publisher of 

the Wise County Messenger. 

YOUR 

VIEWS 

WARM response 

helps agency, 

needy 

I have been a resident of 

Wise County now for nearly 

eight years, and I consider 

myself so blessed. This is a 

special place. On behalf of 

the board of directors of Wise 

Area Relief Mission (WARM), 

I want to thank you, Wise 

County, for your generous 

support. 

The Messenger ran an 

article recently detailing the 

fact that we finished 2012 in 

a deficit position for the year. 

Since that article ran, we 

have received donations that 

have more than covered that 

deficit. As a result, WARM 

will be able to continue the 

level of our commitment to 

helping to meet the needs 

of people in our community 

through food distribution 

and utility and emergency 

assistance. 

Thank you, Wise County. 

God is faithful. We at WARM 

are humbled and grateful. 

Rick Ross, Decatur 

President, WARM board 

of directors 

DST: it’s the 

minutes that 

really count 

Oh, no. It’s Daylight Savings 

Time. “Boo, hiss!” The 

original and still primary 

purpose of DST is supposedly 

to save energy. It debuted in 

1916 during World War I in 

Europe, was formally adopted 

in 1918 by the U.S. but repealed 

in 1919. America has 

wafted in and out of Daylight 

Savings Time since then. 

A great savings in energy 

seems unlikely to me when 

every major city is lit up “like 

a country church” 24-7. And 

will one more hour of daylight 

make my life fit into 24 

hours a day? There’s working 

9 to 5, exercising for health, 

chasing kids or grandkids 

with activities, church, grocery 

shopping, housecleaning, 

yard work, paying bills, 

keeping appointments. Lists 

are long, and days are not. 

I believe changing the time 

back and forth is a useless 

endeavor. Makes more sense 

to me to split the hour. Put 

30 minutes on each end of 

the day and leave it from 

now on. 

Every morning, getting 

up, a 24-hour span of time 

speads out before me. The 

day equals 1,440 minutes, 

calculating to 86,400 ticks of 

the clock. Those are allot- 

See Your Views on page 5A 

BY BOB BUCKEL 

bbuckel@wcmessenger.com 

More than a few years ago, when 

we were members of a church in 

Springtown, we got caught in a 

time warp. 

You know what a time warp is, 

don’t you? No? Obviously you’re 

not a fan of mid-20th-century science 

fiction, when characters frequently 

went through them and 

found themselves in the past or 

the future. 

Usually, they were hunky movie 

stars, and they landed (with arms 

out, feet spread and hair looking 

fantastic) in the O.K. Corral during 

a gunfight, or in the French 

Revolution at a guillotine party, 

or in the middle of a dinosaur 

fight, or on some planet in the 

future where all the girls looked 

like Miss America 1966, but lived 

in craters, wore rayon, and occasionally 

got eaten by hairy behemoths. 

As you can tell, I was a fan of 

mid-20th-century science fiction. 

Back to our own personal time 

warp. 

It was spring, and we knew that 

at some point very soon our government 

was going to ask us to 

Time warps us all 

BUCKEL 

“spring forward” by 

moving our clocks 

ahead an hour. 

Never mind that 

we’d all be better off 

if we literally did 

“spring forward” 

on a regular basis. 

I’d recommend 12 

springs forward, then 12 springs 

back, then rest awhile and repeat. 

Some people call them lunges. 

Unfortunately, most people (me 

included) are a lot more familiar 

with lunches than lunges, and 

our bodies show it. 

Anyway, anticipating that 

spring forward, but not bothering 

to take the time to find out when 

it would actually occur, my family 

fell victim to my ignorance. 

On Saturday, I was reading the 

church bulletin from my parents’ 

church (hours away) and took note 

of a small item that reminded 

members about the “time change” 

coming up the next Sunday. 

“Aha!” I told myself. “Glad I spotted 

that! Now we’ll be among the 

very small crowd at Bible classes 

who can ridicule (in a Christian 

way) those who show up for worship 

thinking they were going to 

be on time for class!” 

Even better was the chance to 

laugh (kindheartedly, of course) 

at those who would be arriving 

just as we were heading out the 

door. They thought they’d be on 

time for worship, and they missed 

it entirely. 

Not us, I said to myself. We’re 

smart. I’m smart. 

That night, I set all the clocks 

ahead after the kids were tucked 

in bed (early, I might add) and 

the next morning we got up, ate 

breakfast, got ready and hit the 

road. 

But as we approached the 

church building I noted that there 

were absolutely no cars there. 

Could it be, I asked myself, that 

no one but me took note of the 

time change? Could I not only be 

the smartest, but the only smart 

one? 

Not likely, my wife’s expression 

said. 

Puzzled, I drove around the 

parking lot for a few minutes. 

Then it occurred to me to drive 

past a bank that had one of those 

electronic signs that tells you the 

time and temperature. 

It was wrong, I said. Probably 

some junior vice president has 

to reset that thing, and he didn’t 

work on Saturday. 

(Note that this was before cell 

phones, which are now smart enough 

to take care of the time change without 

consulting their owners.) 

After driving around puzzled, 

like a character in a “Twilight 

Zone” episode, I finally took the 

family to a convenience store and 

bought the kids donuts. They’d 

need a little something to tide 

them over, since lunch was going 

to be an hour later than usual. 

We went to church at the old 

time, and everyone was there. I 

didn’t say anything, just noted 

that all of their watches, and all 

the clocks in the building, were 

also wrong. The whole world, in 

fact, was wrong. 

I called my folks that afternoon 

and asked them about this mythical 

“time change” their bulletin 

spoke of. 

“Oh, we moved our services 

back a half-hour,” my mom said. 

How smart! 

Daylight Saving Time begins 

this Sunday. If you’re early to 

church, it’s OK. You’re in good 

company. 

 

Bob Buckel is the Messenger’s executive 

editor.


5A 

Karen Ona Shelton Griffith 

1944-2013 

Karen Ona Shelton 

Griffith, 69, died Saturday, 

March 2, 2013, in McKinney. 

Funeral was March 5 at 

Coker-Hawkins Funeral 

Home in Decatur with Gerre 

Joiner officiating. Burial 

was in Oaklawn Cemetery. 

Pallbearers were Lynda Godowic, 

Mark Jordan, Peter 

Franco, Brian Knox, Andrew 

May and Pierre Moua. 

Karen was born Feb. 6, 

1944, in Detroit, Mich., to 

Clark and Donna Vivian 

(Rush) Shelton. She was 

preceded in death by brothers 

Robert, Sydney and Joseph 

Shelton. 

Karen was 

a member 

of the Pitman 

Creek 

Church of 

Christ in Plano. 

GRIFFITH 

She is survived 

by her daughter, Tiffany 

Griffith of Plano; son 

Todd A. Griffith and wife, 

Kim, of Decatur; and granddaughter 

Megan Griffith of 

Decatur. 

Wise County Messenger, 

March 9, 2013 

OBITUARIES 

Linda Louise Kirk 

1946-2013 

Linda Louise Kirk, 66, a 

homemaker, died Sunday, 

March 3, 2013, in Fort Worth. 

Linda was born Aug. 28, 

1946, to Clarence and Margarite 

(Garison) Riley in Los 

Angeles. She married Roy 

Kirk on March 13, 1965, in 

Huntington Park, Calif. 

Linda was preceded in 

death by her father, Clarence 

Riley; her stepfather, Mark 

Cullen; and her brothers, 

Jerry, Kevin and Craig Cullen. 

Those left behind to cherish 

her memory are her husband 

of 47 years, Roy Kirk of 

YOUR VIEWS 

Azle; son Christopher Kirk 

and wife, Anita, of Carson 

City, Nev.; daughter Nichole 

Johnson and husband, 

Richard, of Pomona, Calif.; 

grandchildren Mark Kirk, 

Abeygayle Kirk, Dylan Bolin, 

Justin Haas and Mathew 

Haas; her mother, Margarite 

Cullen of Azle; sisters Kathie 

Callahan and husband, Mike, 

of Azle and Jean Graves and 

husband, George, of Arkansas; 

other family members 

and a host of friends. 


March 9, 2013 

BRIDGEPORT 

OHV purchase delayed 

BY ERIKA PEDROZA 

epedroza@wcmessenger.com 

Pending review of an 

itemized list of projects, the 

Bridgeport City Council at 

its regular meeting Tuesday 

postponed a request to purchase 

two off-highway utility 

vehicles for use by the parks 

nd police departments at the 

orthwest OHV Park. 

The total $24,601 cost 

ould be paid for with funds 

rom a 2011 Texas Parks and 

ildlife National Recreationl 

Trails grant in the amount 

f $87,079. Although the city 

as to contribute a 20-percent 

atch, Ryan Nolting (director 

f parks and recreation) said 

hat $21,770 would be quantied 

by in-kind and volunteer 

abor, not actual dollars. 

However, actual grant dolars 

were to also be spent on 

erimeter fencing (estimated 

t $65,000), signage and hand 

ools. 

FRIDAY, MARCH 1 

NTERSECTION OF FARM 

OAD 920 AND COUNTY 

OAD 3736 — A man 

eported a septic company 

umping raw sewage into a 

eld. 

00 BLOCK OF PRIVATE 

OAD 4435 — Almost five 

onths ago, a Nintendo 

S (a handheld video game 

ystem) was burglarized 

rom a vehicle parked at a 

ome near New Fairview. 

ast week the victim found 

he game system for sale at 

nearby garage sale. 

00 BLOCK OF ROOK 

AMSEY — A man filed a 

eport with the Sheriff’s 

ffice that his ex-girlfriend 

exted him too much. 

SATURDAY, MARCH 2 

.S. 287 — A man was 

rrested after causing a 

uckus on a Greyhound bus. 

500 BLOCK OF COUNTY 

OAD 3591 — Copper wire 

as stolen from a transfer 

tation. 

“If we’re looking at about 

$65,000 for the fence and 

$24,000 for the vehicles, we’re 

already $2,000 over the cash 

we’re going to get,” Mayor 

Keith McComis said. “… I 

don’t want us to come up short 

on something we need, something 

more important … Let’s 

see what we’ve got, see what 

it’s going to cost and put it in 

order of necessity so we know 

how we’re going to spend the 

$108,000.” 

Nolting pointed out that the 

fence and utility vehicles were 

the priority when writing the 

grant and any leftover funds 

would go toward signage and 

tools. 

One vehicle would provide 

a police presence on the trails 

and another would replace a 

worn utility vehicle used “every 

weekend to make sure 

people are in the right places 

and to monitor littering and 

drinking” as the trail marshal. 

Once replaced, the older 

utility vehicle will be moved 

to the city’s parks department 

for use on the ball fields and 

for light park maintenance. 

“These vehicles are needed 

more than any of the signage,” 

he said, adding that any additional 

costs would be paid 

for from the Northwest OHV 

Park fund. 

“But the main priority is the 

fence,” McComis said. “I would 

like to see the bids come in on 

the fence, make sure we’ve got 

that all tied down and then go 

from there. We might not be 

able to get both, but maybe it 

makes more sense to get one. 

There’s a lot of unknowns. 

Personally, I would like to see 

where all this money is going 

to go before we start dispersing 

it.” 

Northwest OHV Park is a 

300-acre park with more than 

25 miles of trails ranging from 

graded gravel roads to wicked 

rock hills. The park is open 

Saturdays and Sundays. 

WISE COUNTY CRIME REPORT 

SUNDAY, MARCH 3 

100 BLOCK OF BRIGHTON 

OAKS — A copper theft was 

reported. 


ROAD 2225 — A well pump 

and copper wire was stolen 

from a site just west of Farm 

Road 51 north of Decatur. 


ROAD — A man consumed a 

mixture of pharmaceuticals 

and alcohol. He was 

transported to Wise 

Regional Health System in 

Decatur. 

3300 BLOCK OF TEXAS 101 

SOUTH — A man selling 

a pickup truck allowed a 

potential buyer to take the 

vehicle for a test drive. The 

man never returned. 

MONDAY, MARCH 4 

100 BLOCK OF THREE 

SKILLET ROAD — A guitar 

was stolen from a home 

northwest of Springtown. 


ROAD 4693 — A man got 

into an argument with his 

grandfather. 

100 BLOCK OF BRIGHTON 

OAKS DRIVE — An extension 

cord was reportedly stolen 

from a hose. 

400 BLOCK OF SANDY 

BASS LANE — Prescription 

medication was allegedly 

burglarized from a home in 

Newark. 

INTERSECTION OF HUDSON 

AND MAIN STREETS — Two 

men were seen fighting in 

the middle of the street in 

Alvord. 

TUESDAY, MARCH 5 


ROAD 4902 — A man was 

arrested after physically 

assaulting his girlfriend. 

100 BLOCK OF FOREST 

SERVICE ROAD 942 — Oil 

field equipment was stolen 

from a gas well site. 

INTERSECTION OF FARM 

ROAD 920 AND HUNTER 

TRAIL — A man reported 

that someone locked him in 

a field all night. 

INTERSECTION OF 

GREENWOOD ROAD AND 

COUNTY ROAD 2535 — A 

In other news 

Council members extended 

a contract with Gary R. Traylor 

and Associates to manage 

a grant that will fund the extension 

of a gas line from the 

intersection of 14th and Harwood 

streets to the future site 

of U.S. Ply Inc. at the Bridgeport 

Industrial Park. 

The city worked with Traylor 

on the 2011 Texas Community 

Development Block 

grant for the water treatment 

plant improvements, 

the 2009 Texas Capital Fund 

grant for sanitary sewer infrastructure 

improvements 

to Bridgeport Endeavor Industrial 

Park and the 2004 

HOME grant to rehab residences. 

As routine business, the 

board approved the minutes 

from the Feb. 19 regular 

council meeting and the 

Feb. 21 to March 6 payment 

report in the amount of 

$179,487.91. 

game camera was stolen. 


ROAD 4593 — A man fired 

from a job has refused to 

return the company vehicle 

to the office. 

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6 

200 BLOCK OF ROOK 

RAMSEY — Jailers found 

a bit of marijuana in the 

wallet of a man after he 

was booked into jail on 

another offense. 

100 BLOCK OF ASHLEY 

STREET — A woman 

reported that someone 

stole her Arby’s combo 

meal and some prescription 

drugs. 

THURSDAY, MARCH 7 

1800 BLOCK OF SADDLE 

RIDGE — A woman 

reported that one month 

ago someone ran her 

over with a car after first 

drugging her. 


ROAD 2217 — A woman 

reported that her boyfriend 

stole her cell phone. 

James Michael ‘Mike’ Atkins 

1947-2013 

Sandra Berneice Cagle 

1944-2013 

Sandra Berneice Cagle, 

69, formerly of Decatur, died 

Sunday, March 3, 2013, in 

Wichita Falls. 

A memorial service will be 

held at a later date. 

Sandra was born Feb. 22, 

1944, in Childress to Robert 

Aubrey and Berneice Lawanda 

(Miller) Lewis. She 

married George Iliffe Oct. 

31, 2012, in Henrietta. Sandra 

attended Slidell ISD 

and graduated from Decatur 

High School in 1962. 

She is survived by her husband, 

George Iliffe of Wichita 

Barry Dale Bentley 

Barry Dale Bentley, 55, 

died Saturday, March 2, 

2013, at his home in Decatur. 

A memorial service was 

held March 8 at Coker- 

Hawkins Funeral Home. 

Barry was born Dec. 22, 

1957, in Decatur to Henry 

Dale and Francis Dorris 

(Tribble) Bentley. He married 

Kathryn Gooch May 14, 

1989, in Colleyville and was 

an aircraft mechanic. 

1957-2013 

Memorial service for 

James Michael “Mike” Atkins, 

66, of Azle is 2 to 4 

p.m. Saturday, March 16, 

at CrossRoads Church in 

Decatur. 

Atkins, a devoted father, 

grandfather, brother and 

uncle died Wednesday, Feb. 

27, 2013, at his home. 

Mike was born Jan. 6, 

1947, in Fort Worth to 

George Douglas and Dorotha 

Bilyeu Atkins, and 

when he was four months 

old, his family moved to 

Decatur to begin a dairy 

farm. He graduated from 

Decatur High School and 

attended the University of 

North Texas and the University 

of Texas at Austin, 

where he earned a bachelor 

of arts degree in history. 

He married Jan Brummel 

and adopted a child, Nancy. 

Mike taught history, Spanish 

and English and coached 

football and basketball in 

Georgia, Jacksboro, Spring- 

also worked 

in construction 

and restoration. 

Mike was 

death by his 

He is survived by his wife, 

Jackie, and her three children; 

sisters Donna Eaton 

and husband, Dave, Judy 

Temple, and Mary Nunn 

ers Kenneth and wife, Carol 

Cates, and Steve and partner, 

Roillynne Van Buren; 

and sister-in-law Pat Atkins. 

her children, Melanie and 

Tony; nieces Jill and Chrissy; 

town and 

Chico. He 

ATKINS preceded in 

parents and brother Doug. 

Pouncey and husband, 

and husband, Max; broth- 

Mike is also survived by 

his daughter, Nancy, and 

and nephews Wes, Josh 

and Danny. 


March 9, 2013 

Falls; daughter 

Michelle 

Grant of 

Fort Worth; 

stepsons Ted 

Iliffe of Wichita 

Falls and 

CAGLE Gary Iliffe of 

California; 

stepdaughter Mary Grimes 

of California; grandson Mikel 

Grant; granddaughter Courtney 

Pack; and two greatgrandchildren. 


March 9, 2013 

Survivors include his wife 

of 23 years, Kathy Bentley of 

Decatur; sons Jared Bentley 

and Aaron Bentley of Decatur; 

father Henry Bentley 

of Grapevine; sisters Julie 

Bruns of Rhome and Jennifer 

Brown of Georgia; a niece; 

cousins; and a host of friends. 

He was preceded in death 

by his mother. 


March 9, 2013 

We honor most 

pre-arranged funerals. 

We honor most all funeral plans 

offered by any funeral home. 

1401 Halsell • Bridgeport 

940-683-1704 

Continued from page 4A 

ted, and it’s up to me to use 

them wisely. 

Authors write books, 

speakers hold seminars, 

magazines print articles 

and preachers proclaim it 

from the pulpit; time is precious, 

don’t waste it. I used 

to make lists for each day 

but lost them. Filled out a 

calendar, but wrote appointments 

on the wrong day. 

Personal planners became 

ineffective when I didn’t 

really plan. 

Personally, I don’t love 

Daylight Savings time. 

Losing or gaining an hour 

upsets my internal clock. 

For me, Daylight Savings 

Time is like using a blanket 

that’s too short — my head 

or my feet won’t be covered. 

I alone have to decide what 

is most important and give 

it my time. Ecclesiastes 3 

says, “To everything there 

is a season and a time for 

every purpose under the 

heavens...” 

Daylight seems short 

regardless of the hour the 

rooster crows heralding the 

beginning of morning or 

when the crimson horizon 

in the west swallows the 

sun at the end of day. In the 

book “The Time Keeper,” 

Dor makes a statement. 

“With endless time, we can’t 

appreciate what we have. 

God limits our time to make 

our days more precious.” 

I believe we fail to see 

the most important issue. 

It matters not how we arrange 

the hours in the day, 

but how we live the seconds 

God’s given us that counts. 

Irene Wilson 

Slidell


NEWS BRIEFS 


Download an application 

at www.ntchospital.org. 

Applications must be 

returned by April 2. For 

information call 940-683- 

0300. 

PRE-K PRE-QUALIFICATIONS 

— Prekindergarten prequalification 

packets 

are available at all NISD 

elementary schools and can 

be picked up through March 

25. For more information, 

visit www.nisdtx.org/prek or 

call 817-215-0198. 

FITNESS COURSE — 

Northwest ISD will offer 

an eight-week adult fitness 

course at Northwest High 

School Indoor Activity 

Center three times a 

week beginning Monday, 

March 25. Participants 

will receive an individual 

fitness assessment and 

personalized nutritional 

evaluations and do strength 

training and cardio circuit 

from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, 

Tuesday and Thursday. For 

information, call 817-215- 

0011. 

KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP 

— Children who are 5 years 

old by Sept. 1 are eligible 

to begin kindergarten 

this August and can be 

registered online beginning 

April 18. Kindergarten 

Round-up, an event to meet 

staff, tour the facility and 

provide the necessary 

documents to complete the 

registration process, is April 

29 to May 3. 

SAVING COINS — Wise 

County Animal Shelter 

volunteers are asking 

people to save their loose 

change to benefit the 

shelter’s spay and neuter 

fund. 

FOOD DRIVE — First 

Financial Bank in Decatur 

is collecting canned goods 

for Wise Area Relief Mission 

(WARM). 

CLAY SHOOT — The 6th 

Annual Barnett Shale 

Sporting Clay Shoot 

benefitting the Bridgeport 

Visitor Center is Thursday, 

April 25, at Northwest OHV 

Park, 2914 Texas 101, in 

Bridgeport. There will be 

a morning flight at 9 a.m. 

and afternoon at 1:30 

p.m. Lunch will be served 

at noon. Fee is $100 per 

person or $500 for a fiveman 

team. To sign up, 

call the Bridgeport Area 

Chamber of Commerce at 

940-683-2076. 

BUTTERFIELD BOOTHS 

— The Bridgeport Area 

Chamber of Commerce 

is accepting applications 

through May 3 for vendor 

booths for the Butterfield 

Stage Days Festival, which 

is Saturday, May 11, at 

Harwood Park. Fees for 

members are $50 for food/ 

drink spaces without 

electricity or $55 with 

electricity; and $20 for art/ 

craft/merchandise/game 

booths without electricity 

or $25 with electricity. For 

non-members, food/drink 

booths are $100 without 

electricity or $110 with 

electricity; and $40 for art/ 

craft/merchandise/game 

set-ups without electricity 

or $50 with electricity. 

For information, call the 

Chamber at 940-683-2076 

or email tiffanyevans@ 

bridgeportchamber.org. 

RANDYWILLIAMS 

WISE COUNTY 

DIRECTORY 

OF AREA CHURCHES 

RIVER CHURCH 

Church 

Briefs 

Trinity Baptist Church 

Boyd 

Pastor: Terry Phillips 

Traditional Workship Service 

Sunday Bible Study ....................9:30 a.m. 

Sunday Worship ........................10:45 a.m. 

Evening Worship ..............................6 p.m. 

Wednesday Prayer Service ...............7 p.m. 

455 W. Rock Island Avenue 

Boyd, TX 76023 • 940-433-5281 

Email: trinitybaptistboyd@embarqmail.com 

Pleasant Grove Cowboy Church 

4789 South FM 730 


940-627-2860 

Sunday Worship: 10:30 am 

www.pleasantgrovecowboychurch.com 

WISE COUNTY COWBOY CHURCH 

PLAY DAY - BREAST COLLAR SERIES 

Saturday, March 9 

Sign-up 2 pm • Start 3 pm • $3 per event 

BARREL/POLE EXPEDITION 

Sunday, March 10 

Sign-up Noon • Start 1 pm 

JACKPOT ROPING 

Sunday, March 17 

Sign-up 5 pm • Rope 6 pm 

2070 Old Denton Road, Decatur 

www.wisecountycowboychurch.com 

Bring Your Family 

Sunday School ...........9:45 a.m. 

Morning Worship .... 10:45 a.m. 

Children’s Church .........11 a.m. 

Evening Prayer ............... 6 p.m. 

Evening Worship .......6:30 p.m. 

Wednesday Night .......... 7 p.m. 

IMMANUEL BAP TIST 

106 S. Lane, Decatur 

Office 627-5248 • Bus Ride 627-3980 

Bro. Louis Horton 

* Fundamental * Old-Fash ioned * Missionary * 

Teaching & Preaching The King James Bible 

Bus Ministry, Christian School 

Tree of 

Life Church 

h 

Wisdom is a Tree of Life to those who embrace her; 

happy are those who hold her tightly. Proverbs 3:18 NLT 

Pastors 

Dr. Francisco J & Karen L Valenzuela 

Here at Tree of Life Church, we endeavor to make 

our conversation gracious and attractive so that 

we will have the right response for everyone. For 

we want everything we say and do, to be worthy 

of being kept in the memory of others. 

We invite you to join us for Sunday Services at 11 a.m. 

888 CR 4213 • Decatur 

940-273-9014 

www.fjvm.org • doctor@fjvm.org 

Where Faith and Adventure Meet! 

140 N. FM 730 - Boyd 

940-433-2607 

Visit our website at www.fbcboyd.org or 

Find us on Facebook - First Baptist Church of Boyd 

Sunday School - 10 a.m. Sunday Worship - 11 a.m. 

Pastor, Mark Autry 

Nursery Available all services 

“A Historic Church for every Generation” 

Sunday School ............................. 8:45 a.m. 

Worship ........................................... 10 a.m. 

1st & 3rd Thur. Bible Study ........ 6:30 p.m. 

Rev.Gerald Epperson 

www.trinitylutheranbridgeport.org 

940-683-5604 

1307 10th St., Bridgeport 

Sycamore Baptist Church 

Glorifying God Through His Word 

Sunday School 9:45am 

Worship Service 11:00am 

See website for Sunday Evening activities 

Wednesday Night 7:00pm 

Bible Study, Children In Action, Youth 

133 CR 2425 

Decatur, Texas 

940-627-2400 

GARAGE SALE 

FUNDRAISER 

Saturday, March 28 • 8 am - 1 pm 

1901 S. Trinity, Decatur 

PARADISE 

UNITED 

METHODIST 

CHURCH 

Pastor Patti Mahaffey 

Bistro: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. 

Sunday School: 9:45 a.m. 

Worship: 10:45 a.m. 

Wed: Bible Study/Choir 6 p.m. 

Active Women’s Group - Nursery Available 

301 Oak St., Paradise 

940.969.2069 

(From US 380 in Decatur, go 

north on FM 51 for 8 miles. 

Turn left on CR 2535, the 

church is 1/2 mile on the left) 

www.sycamoredecatur.com 

BALSORA BAPTIST 

CHURCH 

EASTER EGG HUNT 

Saturday, March 30 • 4-6 pm 

All Children Welcome 

EASTER SUNRISE 

SERVICES 

Sunday, March 31 • 7 am 

Breakfast Provided • 8 am 

Regular Services • 9:45 am 

No evening services 

First United 

Methodist 

Church of Boyd 

Sunday School 10 a.m. (All Ages) 

Sunday Worship 11 a.m. 

Wednesday Youth 6 p.m. 

Rev. Sara Hardaway 

940-433-5334 

540 S. Allen St. (FM 730 S.) Boyd 

First Pres by te ri an 

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1307 Newby St. • Bridgeport, TX 

940-683-4779 

Rev. Lucia McKee Kremzar 

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Sunday School…10 a.m. 

Sunday Worship…11 a.m. 

Come & Share The Joy 

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Bible Study - 10 a.m. 

Worship - 11 a.m. 

Evening Bible Study - 6:30 p.m. 

WEDNESDAYS 

Kidzone and Youth - 6:30 p.m. 

Prayer Gathering - 6:30 p.m. 

940-466-3990 

www.slidellbaptist.com 

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Services 

Sunday ...........................................10 am 

Tuesday Night Prayer ....................7 pm 

Wednesday Cowboy Church ........7 pm 

1201 FM 718 • Aurora, TX 76078 

For more information call 

817.995.8831 

or email revjeffwhite@yahoo.com 

An Independent Spirit-Filled Church 

Rhome 

Church of Christ 

170 W. 1st, Rhome 

Sunday Bible Class 

all ages .............. 9:30 a.m. 

Sun. Worship .............. 10:30 a.m. 

Sun. Evening ..................... 6 p.m. 

Wed. Bible Study .............. 7 p.m. 

817-638-5159 • 817-636-2325 

817-636-2496 

www.rhomechurchofchrist.org 

First 

United 

Methodist 

Church 

of Bridgeport 

SUNDAY 

Sunday School ................. 10 a.m. 

Worship .......... 8:45 & 10:55 a.m. 

WEDNESDAY 

Family Fellowship Meal .....5-6 p.m. 

Studies for all ages ............ 6 p.m. 

Sr. High Bible Study ......7:30 p.m. 

Nursery provided for all services 

Rev. Mike Miller 

940-683-2780 or 940-683-4193 

608 17th Street, Bridgeport 

Greenwood 

Church of Christ 

Sunday Bible Class ...............10 a.m. 

Sunday Worship ....................11 a.m. 

Sunday Evening Worship ....... 6 p.m. 

Wednesday Worship ............... 7 p.m. 

Minister Bob Ross 

FM 1204 • Greenwood 

Same location for over 100 years. 

940-393-3484 

2840 U.S. Hwy. 380 • Decatur 

(1.5 miles west of U.S. 287) 

940-627-1006 

www.ccdecatur.org 

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SUNDAY 

9:00 a.m ................Sunday School 

10:15 a.m .............. Worship Service 

6:00 p.m .................Home Groups 

MONDAY 

6:30 p.m .................Men’s Bible Study 

WEDNESDAY 

6:00 p.m ......... Youth (7th-12th grade) 

THURSDAY 

10:30 a.m & 6 p.m....Women’s Bible Study 

Looking for some spiritual nourishment in the middle 

of the week? Come join us in the Wednesday evening 

interactive Bible study at 

2347 FM 1204 

Greenwood, TX 

940-466-7338 

Other Services: 

Sunday School 10 a.m. 

Morning Worship 11 a.m. 

Sunday Evening 6 p.m. 

A Spirit-Filled Interdenominational Church 

Sunday School 9:30 a.m. 

Services 10:30 a.m. 

Wednesday 

TFH Youth 5:30 p.m. 

Call 940-627-5365 

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Directions: We are easy to find, located right off of 

Hwy 380. From Decatur head West 4 miles we are 

on the left. From Bridgeport head East 4 miles we 

are on the right. 

Greenwood Baptist Church 

7 PM Bible Study 

6:30 PM - AWANA 

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Fellowship 

Bible Church 

Bible Based Christ Centered 

Bible Study 9 a.m. 

Sunday Service 10 am 

John 15: 8-9 By this my Father is glorified, 

that you bear much fruit and so prove to be 

my disciples. As the Father has loved me, so 

have I loved you. Abide in my love. 

Directions: We are located on the north side of 

Hwy 380 just west of CR1110; 4 miles west of 

Decatur, 4 miles east of Bridgeport 

You will be welcomed! 

940-626-1575 

www.fellowshipbiblentx.org 

Twin Oaks 

Assembly of God 

300 Cates St. (Hwy. 920) • Bridgeport 

Pastor Gary Sessions 

Sunday School. . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. 

Morning Worship. . . . . 10:45 a.m. 

Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m. 

Family Night (meal served) 

Every 2nd Wednesday of the month 

940-683-3110 

Rhome 

United Meth od ist 

Church 

"A beautiful church, and 

friendly people" 

200 First St. 

at Dogwood 

Downtown Rhome 

817-636-2222 

www.rhomeunitedmethodistchurch.org 

Sunday School ............9 a.m. 

Sunday Worship ........10 a.m. 

Pastor, Fredric L. Utz 

Nursery & Children’s Church 

"Remember Jesus Christ, 

raised from the dead, a 

descendant of David - that is 

my gospel" 

2 Timothy 8 


940-627-5103 

615 CR 1280 • Alvord, Texas 

Sunday School ..................................... 10 a.m. 

Sun. Morning Worship ........................ 11 a.m. 

Sun. Evening Worship ...........................6 p.m. 

Wed. Evening Worship ..........................7 p.m. 

Pastor: Dr. Michael Feese 

CENTRAL 

BAPTIST CHURCH 

4793 FM 1810 • Chico 

940-644-5647 

Pastor Fred Ferren 

Sunday School (all ages).........10 a.m. 

Sunday Morning Worship.......11 a.m. 

Sunday Evening Worship.........6 p.m. 

Wednesday Evening Worship...7 p.m. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WISE COUNTY COWBOY CHURCH 

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Sunday Morning • 10:30 

Worship service • Children’s Church 

Wednesday evening • 7:00 

Bible Study • Youth 

2070 Old Denton Road 


(Off Hwy 380 Approximately 1.5 miles East of Decatur) 

Knights: NTCH 

to main open 


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Don’t wait another day to protect your family. 

Kim Peyton 

Property, Casualty Specialist 

7A 

to ask that the purchase be 

restructured to provide another 

$1.5 million in operating 

funds. The matter was 

not on the board’s agenda, 

and they were not able to act 

on it — but they did contact 

the counsel for the bondholders 

to see about the proposed 

solution. 

Summers acknowledged 

that the situation put NTCH 

in an “unknown position” for 

more than a week, but “the 

arrangement has been finalized 

and with these funds 

they’ll be able to remain 

open until the closing.” 

Summers said he doesn’t 

know when the funds will 

be available, but he assumed 

“pretty quick” considering 

the circumstances. The tentative 

closing date is March 

26. 

“They said they would find 

a way, and they did,” he said. 

“They found a way to get the 

money and are getting ready 

to pass it on.” 

Meanwhile, staff at Wise 

Regional and North Texas 

Community Hospital continue 

to work toward integration 

of the two facilities. 

NTCH held a “farewell” 

party Sunday to honor staff 

members for their loyalty 

throughout the hospital’s operation. 

Although the event 

had been planned for some 

time, it still sparked rumors 

that the hospital was closing. 

Some confusion may stem 

from use of the word “closing” 

in reference to finalizing 

the real estate transaction 

and transferring the title to 

Wise Regional. 

Summers said both sides 

are eager to get to that point 

as quickly as possible. 

When the ownership officially 

changes, he said the 

plan is to initially move 

all the patients to Decatur 

while some work is done on 

the Bridgeport hospital. 

“We fully intend for that to 

be a full-service facility,” he 

said. “But once we take ownership, 

for the time being, 

there’s going to be no ICU, no 

obstetrics — nothing where 

we have to have any ‘on call’ 

staff. 

“By licensure we’re required 

to keep the ER open 

and have beds available, but 

our intention would be to 

transfer the patients to our 

hospital in Decatur as quickly 

as we can, and keep the 

floors as patient-free as possible 

for at least two weeks. 

“There has to be a transition 

period, a time of minimal 

services,” he added. “There’s 

more to deal with than we 

anticipated, and it’s going to 

cost a little more money and 

take a little more time than 

we thought going in — but 

we’re content to do that, to 

get it in top-notch shape.” 

Staff orientation, the conversion 

to electronic records 

and other matters are already 

well under way. 

One issue that’s being 

dealt with is doctor credentialing 

— the request by 

several physicians for staff 

privileges at the unified facilities. 

Several Family Practice 

physicians at NTCH also 

handle obstetrical care — 

delivering babies. That procedure 

at Wise Regional is 

currently reserved for doctors 

who specialize in obstetrics 

and gynecology (OB/ 

GYN) and no current staff 

physicians who are not OB/ 

GYN specialists are allowed 

to do deliveries. 

It is one of the issues that 

brought about the establishment 

of NTCH a decade ago. 

Although there have been 

extensive meetings of the 

medical staff’s Ethics and 

any recommendation would 

have to be approved by the 

board, which does not meet 

ing on to try and come up 

with a solution that meets 

mers said. “They’re working 

Credentialing committee, 

again until March 25. 

“There are discussions go- 

everybody’s needs,” Sum- 

toward that.” 

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940-683-4037 

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Understanding 

What We Read 

WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BELONG TO CHRIST? 

There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male 

nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye 

Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise (Gal. 3:28, 29).” Paul clearly 

teaches us that no matter who you are or who your descendants are, you are 

received as being the seed of Abraham (True Israel) with one stipulation. Notice 

the words, “if ye be Christ’s.” What does it take to belong to Christ? Listen to Jesus: 

“. . . repent ye, and believe the gospel (Mark 1:15).” One of the most misunderstood 

men of his time and even up until today is the man, Christ Jesus. Listen and obey 

him and his Apostles and you have something. “Enter ye in at the strait gate. . . 

(Bible truth). . . Beware of false prophets . . . (Matt. 7:13-15).” Who is Jesus? “Behold 

my hands and my feet, that it is I myself, handle me and see; for a spirit hath not 

flesh and bones, as ye see me have (Luke 24:39).” Jesus is a man, a human being just 

like you and me, only now immortal. “And no man hath ascended up to heaven. . . 

(John 3:13).” “The meek shall inherit the earth (not heaven) (Matt. 5:5).” “And this 

is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth 

on him (his teachings) may have everlasting life (on earth) and I will raise him up 

at the last day (John 6:40).” Notice it says raise him up, not bring him down! Are 

we going to ignore these scriptures and follow after the tradition of man or follow 

what Jesus says? We all make a choice. Are you following the broad way or the 

narrow way? Remember the judgment natural man makes is different from the way 

God would have you go. “There is a way that seemeth right unto man, but the end 

thereof are the ways of death (Prov 14:12).” 

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BOYD 

School orders minis for kids 

MANY MINIS 

— As part of 

Boyd school 

district’s 

commitment to 

move to a oneto-one 

program, 

the school 

board approved 

the purchase 

of 1,200 

iPad Minis 

at Thursday 

night’s regular 

meeting. The 

district will 

hand out the 

tablets to 

students at the 

beginning of 

the 2013-14 

school year. 

JOE DUTY 

/WCMESSENGER 



Expect the load to lighten 

in students’ backpacks at 

Boyd next school year. 

After months of discussion, 

Boyd School Board 

members unanimously approved 

the purchase of 1,200 

iPad Minis for the district’s 

1,143 students at Thursday 

night’s meeting. 

The district’s decision to 

move to a one-to-one computer-to-student 

program 

proved the art of education 

continues to move toward 

a more digital form of instruction 

and away from the 

bulky textbooks of old. 

“We have been building up 

to this for months,” Superintendent 

Ted West told the 

board. “We’ve talked extensively 

about one-to-one and 

the benefits it would have 

for our students. We have 

put in a lot of hours into 

this, and I’m proud to bring 

you a recommendation.” 

After a series of questions 

and answers between the 

board and administration, 

members voted 6-0 (Ernest 

Partin was absent), for the 

initiative. Several parents 

and teachers in attendance 

at the meeting followed the 

vote with a round of applause. 

The tablets will cost the 

district $394,800, of which 

$300,000 will be paid from 

the general fund and more 

than $120,000 for additional 

costs will come from an 

instructional material allotment 

provided by the state. 

They cost $329 each. The 

tablets will be issued to students 

during registration at 

the beginning of the 2013- 

14 school year. 

The iPads are expected 

to increase student engagement 

and improve the 

scores of standardized tests. 

“From pre-K all the way 

through medical school, 

these devices can help students 

and teachers,” West 

said. “These are transforming 

the classroom. It’s revolutionizing 

education. This 

is what we are excited about. 

“We decided to go with 

(iPad minis) because of the 

price and the flexibility of 

all they can do. We feel it is 

a great project-use tool.” 

The district purchased 

iPad minis for all teachers 

and staff last month and 

handed them out to teachers 

this week. West stressed 

there will be staff development 

and training on using 

the devices in the coming 

months and throughout 

the summer so teachers 

will know how to make the 

best use of the tablets in the 

classroom. 

The district still has details 

to work out such as 

insuring the devices and deposits 

to be paid by students 

and at what grade level students 

will be allowed to take 

them home. 

Boyd is one of the last districts 

in the county to initiative 

a one-to-one program. 

Boyd technology director 

Shawn Bryans said that is 

an advantage. 

“The other schools are 

guinea pigs for this,” Bry- 

FINANCIAL FOCUS 

Get Ready for Some (Financial) Spring Cleaning 

Spring is in the air — or, at the very 

least, it’s on the calendar this week. 

And if you’re like many people, you 

may be looking forward to doing some 

spring cleaning around your house and 

yard. But this year, why not go beyond 

your physical environment and do 

some “sprucing up” of your financial 

situation? 

Here are a few possibilities to 

consider: 

• Clean your portfolio of 

“clutter.” When you go through your 

house, you may find some clutter in 

closets, storage areas, on top of desks, 

under beds or just about any other 

place. Your investment portfolio also 

may contain clutter, in the form of 

investments that no longer meet your 

needs. Consequently, it’s a good idea to 

“de-clutter” your portfolio periodically 

by selling those extraneous investments 

and using the proceeds to help purchase 

others that may be more effective in 

helping you make progress toward your 

financial goals. 

• Consolidate your investments 

in one place. As you clean your 

house, you may find that you have 

many common items, such as brooms, 

hammers, duct tape and so on, scattered 

among various rooms. It might be 

more efficient to keep all such objects 

in one central location; this can help 

prevent you from needlessly replacing 

or duplicating them. As an investor, you 

may have an IRA with one financial 

services provider, an old 401(k) 

with a different one, and some other 

investments with yet another institution. 

If you consolidated all these investment 

vehicles with one provider, you might 

be able to save some fees and expenses. 

Perhaps even more importantly, by 

uniting all your investments in one place, 

you may find it easier to follow a central, 

unified investment strategy. 

• Check for “gaps” in your 

financial strategy. Every spring, it’s 

a good idea to check your gutters for 

leaks, your sidewalks for cracks and your 

paint for chips. By doing so, you’ll help 

protect your home and surroundings. 

To help protect your family’s future, 

it’s important to have adequate life and 

disability insurance. 

• Plant seeds for growth. When 

spring arrives, it’s time to plant the seeds 

for your flowers and vegetables. As an 

investor, you also have to be concerned 

about growth. Specifically, you’ll want 

to consider investments that have the 

potential to grow enough to help provide 

the financial resources to meet your 

long-term goals, such as a comfortable 

retirement. Consequently, you should 

review your portfolio to determine 

if it contains an appropriate amount 

of growth-oriented vehicles for your 

individual objectives, time horizon and 

risk tolerance. 

• Seek professional assistance. 

When you’re tidying up for spring, you 

may find some jobs that you can’t do 

alone, such as cleaning a heavily stained 

carpet, unclogging a blocked drain or 

trimming the highest branches on a tree. 

For these tasks, you might need to call in 

trained professionals. It’s the same with 

investing: You can do some things on 

your own, but for complex tasks such as 

creating and maintaining an appropriate 

investment strategy, you may need to 

work with a financial professional. 

Consider putting these springcleaning 

tips to work soon. They may 

just help put some sparkle and shine into 

your financial “house.” 

This article was written by Edward Jones 

for use by your local Edward Jones 

Financial Advisor. 

ans. “We’ve been able to talk 

to other districts and see 

what works best and what 

doesn’t.” 

The state also recognizes 

the changing face of instruction. 

A recent policy 

update allows districts 

to use money from the 

state’s instructional material 

allotment fund, which 

has traditionally been for 

textbooks, to now cover 

technological equipment 

if it’s being purchased for 

instructional needs. The 

district must form a committee, 

or team, to review 

proposed purchases. 

Bryans added that textbook 

companies are also 

started getting the hint. 

“The textbooks companies 

are finally waking up 

to this,” Bryans said. “Now 

they see everyone is going 

digital, and the state’s textbook 

allotment is going to 

it. They are going to offer 

a Kindle-like bookstore. Instead 

of paying $90 for each 

textbook, it will be cheaper 

to purchase digital textbooks.” 

“There will still be pencil 

and paper, though,” Bryans 

added. 

“There will be some obstacles 

because we’ll be asking 

people to do something 

different from how they’ve 

always done things,” West 

said. “I’d argue from some 

of the (standardized) test 

scores we saw it’s not good 

enough to do things how 

we’ve always done things. 

This is about having something 

in place to improve 

student engagement where 

we need it to be.” 

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WISE COUNTY 

Parents indicted 

for leaving child 

home alone 

A Wise County couple has 

been indicted on state jail 

felony child abandonment 

charges after allegedly leaving 

their 18-month-old son 

alone in a locked trailer home 

for hours Jan. 19. 

Thomas Wade Harris, 29, 

and Tiffany Elizabeth Barnes, 

34, were both indicted by a 

Wise County grand jury on 

one count of abandon endanger 

a child with intent to return 

and abandon endanger 

a child criminal negligence. 

The two had previously been 

arrested on the more serious 

charge of abandoning a child 

and leaving in imminent danger 

to bodily injury, a seconddegree 

felony. 

Wise County Sheriff’s investigators, 

responding to a 

ip about a child being left 

lone in a home for hours, 

ound the small child in his 

rib in an “extremely hot” 

oom heated by an electric 

pace heater, according to a 

heriff’s Office press release. 

he indictment also indicates 

he child did not have adquate 

food or water. 

Medics transported the 

hild to Wise Regional Health 

ystem in Decatur to be 

hecked out. He was not injured. 

Barnes and Harris told investigators 

they had to make 

n emergency trip to the hosital 

but didn’t want to wake 

heir young son, who was 

leeping in his crib. The coule 

took their 5-year-old son 

ith them to the hospital. 

Investigators suspect the 

oung child was left alone at 

he home in the 1300 block of 

ounty Road 4797 southwest 

f Boyd for approximately 

ight hours. 

The grand jury met Feb. 27 

nd also returned the followng 

felony indictments: 

Stephen Ray Meek, unauhorized 

use of a motor vehicle 

Stephen Ray Meek, possesion 

of a controlled substance 

methamphetamine, less 

han one gram 

Malissa Ann Barry, possesion 



han one gram 

Brandi Jett Barber, possesion 



han one gram 

Gregory Allan Munoz, asault 

intentionally/recklessly 

mpeding breathing/circulaion 

family member 

Matthew B. Proctor, asault 

family/household memer 

impeding breathing/cirulation 

Justin Lee Robinson, injury 

to a child with intent to 

ause bodily injury 

Megan Khrystyne Suchazewski, 

injury to a child 

ith intent to cause bodily 

njury by omission 

Kinney Wayne Webb, 

ggravated assault with 

a deadly 

weapon (one 

count), assault 

family/ 

h o u s e h o l d 

m e m b e r 

i m p e d i n g 

breathing/ 

circulation 

(one count) 

Raymond 

Robert Grosiak 

Jr., assault 

family/ 

h o u s e h o l d 

m e m b e r 

i m p e d i n g 

breathing/circulation 

Patrick Wayne Lee, sex offenders 

duty to register for 

life/90 days 

Billy Gene Lock, sexual 

assault 

Clinton Dewitt Crowley 

III, unlawful possession of a 

firearm by a felon 

Jose Dolores Hernandez- 

Granados, evading arrest/ 

detention with a vehicle 

Christopher Samuel Mabee, 

evading arrest/detention 

with a vehicle 

Clinton Dewitt Cowley 

III, evading arrest/detention 


Thomas Earl McClendon, 



Shawn Anthony Oshaw, 

theft of material aluminum/ 

bronze/copper/brass less 

than $20,000 

Michael Wayne Parten, 

driving while intoxicated 

third or more 

Reid Landon Totty, driving 

while intoxicated third 

or more 

Craig Anthony Wood, 

driving while intoxicated 

third or more 

Steven Craig Paulson Jr., 

theft of property $1,500- 

$20,000 

Steven Wayne Counts, 



Kenneth Wendell Hall, 

prohibited substance in a 

correctional facility alcohol/ 

drugs/phone/tobacco 

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Belcher: Man charged with indecency 


same bed with him. 

“Our feeling is that he has 

apparently been grooming 

(the children) and grooming 

the parents, that he’s 

just a harmless 70-year-old 

man,” said Sheriff David 

Walker. “He did work with 

the investigators on Friday, 

and on one girl, he did 

admit to trying to molest 

her. I think there’s going to 

be more. It looks like he’s 

been living in this area for 

quite some time, grooming 

people.” 

Belcher was arrested 

Friday at his home and 

placed under $35,000 bond 

for each count. He posted 

BY BRIAN KNOX 

bknox@wcmessenger.com 

The Chico City Council 

will meet Tuesday to discuss 

and possibly approve 

moving forward with a 

street replacement project. 

The project, originally 

scheduled to be done last 

year, includes replacing 

and widening several 

streets around town. 

Mayor J.D. Clark identified 

Phase 1 of the project 

as East Jacksboro Street, 

East Decatur Street and 

Flower Lane. Phase 2 

will include South Hovey, 

South Buffalo, Blanton, 

Church and College. 

The council considered 

the item at last Tuesday’s 

meeting but decided to 

make sure city staff had 

fully reviewed the service 

agreement before giving 

their approval. Tuesday’s 

meeting is 6 p.m. at city 

hall. 

In other business from 

CHICO 

bail Saturday. 

“Our investigators had 

to bang on the door Friday 

when they went to arrest 

him because it was so 

loud in there with kids inside, 

playing,” Walker said. 

“They walked him around 

the corner to arrest him 

so they wouldn’t scare the 

kids, then we called the 

parents to come pick their 

kids up.” 

Some residents in the 

rural neighborhood northwest 

of Rhome aren’t surprised 

by the allegations. 

“I’m not surprised at all 

by what happened,” said 

a neighbor who wished to 

remain anonymous. “We 

always thought there was 

Street projects 

on Tuesday’s 

agenda 

last Tuesday, the council: 

renewed the city’s 

franchise agreement with 

Oncor; 

heard a positive report 

on the annual audit 

from Stephen Gilland; 

approved a part-time 

position in the water and 

sewer department; 

approved a couple of 

park board recommendations, 

including a 5K fun 

run on April 13 and revisions 

to the park board 

guidelines; and 

approved the annexation 

of property located 

on Business Texas 

101 on the north side of 

town. The property is already 

partially in the city 

limits, and the property 

owner wanted the whole 

property brought into the 

city. 

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something wrong with him 

hanging out with all the 

little girls in the neighborhood.” 

She said he treated boys 

in the neighborhood differently 

than the girls. 

“He would always start 

rumors about all the boys, 

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... I’m heartbroken for the 

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“I had concerns,” said 

Chris Seeton, who’s lived 

in the rural neighborhood 

northeast of Rhome for 

13 years. “As a mother, I 

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stay over there.” 

Another neighbor, who 

also wished to remain 

anonymous, doesn’t believe 

the allegations. 

“I still think he’s innocent,” 

she said. “He’s the 

most giving person that 

I’ve ever met. He’d do anything 

for anybody. It’s upsetting 

to me. If this goes to 

court, I hope a lot of people 

go to speak on his behalf.” 

The case is still under investigation. 

Investigators 

believe there are probably 

more victims. Anyone with 

any information is encouraged 

to call Investigator 

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CELEBRATIONS 

Megan Nicole Rae 

and Timothy Seth Woods 

Marriage vows to be exchanged March 16. 2013 

Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Jordan Geron 

bride formerly Dacota Deann Jankowski 

Vows exchanged Feb. 23, 2013 

Alicia Bermudez and Rigoberto Oliveros 

Marriage vows to be exchanged March 30, 2013 

Megan Nicole Rae of Euess, 

daughter of James Rae of 

ryson and Tracie Rae of Graam, 

will marry Timothy Seth 

oods of Euless, son of Keith 

nd Delana Barnett of Graam 

and Britt Woods of Boyd, 

arch 16, 2013, at The Alley 

ouse in Graham. 

TIMOTHY WOODS AND MEGAN RAE 

The bride-elect graduated 

from Graham High School in 

2010 and Ogle School of Hair, 

Skin and Nails in 2012. 

The prospective groom graduated 

from Chico High School 

in 2008 and Ranger College in 

2010. He works for NW Signs 

in Arlington. 

Dacota Deann Jankowski 

and Christopher Jordan 

Geron of Haltom City were 

married Feb. 23, 2013, at the 

home of the groom’s grandparents 

George Wayne and Diane 

Geron in Decatur. Ed Geron 

officiated the double-ring ceremony. 

DACOTA AND CHRISTOPHER GERON 

The bride is the daughter 

of Angela Johnson of Haltom 

City and James Jankowski of 

Port Charlotte, Fla. 

The groom is the son of the 

late Joey Geron of Decatur and 

Melissa Deihl Delo of Ohio. 

The bride was escorted by 

her father. 

ALICIA BERMUDEZ AND RIGOBERTO OLIVEROS 

Alicia Bermudez of Decatur, 

daughter of Martha 

Vargas and the late Adrian 

Bermudez of Palmas Altas, 

Jerez, Zacatecas, Mexico, 

will marry Rigoberto Oliveros 

of Douglasville, Ga., son 

of Ema Cabrera and the late 

Sylvano Oliveros of Zihuatanejo, 

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Brightyn Claire Taylor 

Feb. 15, 2013 

Matt and Allison Taylor of 

Boyd announce the birth of 

a daughter, Brightyn Claire, 

on Feb. 15, 2013, at Baylor 

All Saints Medical Center in 

Fort Worth. She weighed 7 

pounds, 10 ounces and was 

19 inches long. 

Grandparents are David 

and Sherri Taylor of Boyd, 

Charlie Beltram of Fort 

Worth and Tammy Richardson 

of Midlothian. 

Great-grandparents are 

Ola Taylor of Boyd, Dorothy 

Whatley of Paradise and 

Naomi Sipes of Boyd. 

Great-great-grandparents 

are Mary Sipes of Boyd and 

Sara and Aaron Beltram of 

Fort Worth. 

Amelia Leigh Faglie 

Feb. 26, 2013 

Dr. and Mrs. Brad D. Faglie 

of Alvord announce the 

birth of a daughter, Amelia 

Leigh, on Feb. 26, 2013, at 

North Texas Community 

Hospital in Bridgeport. She 

weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces 

and was 19 inches long. 

She has one sister, Olivia, 

3. 

Grandparents are Alisa 

Myers of Houston, Wayne 

and Sarah Hale of Clear 

Lake and Darrell and Donna 

Faglie of Forestburg. 

Great-grandparents 

are 

Bill and Evelyn Hale of 

Nederland. 

Wyatt Lane Rogers 

Feb. 28, 2013 

Cory Rogers and Amanda 

Worthey of Alvord announce 

the birth of a son, 

Wyatt Lane Rogers, on Feb. 

28, 2013, at Wise Regional 

Health System in Decatur. 

He weighed 7 pounds, 3 

ounces and was 18 inches 

long. 

Grandparents are John 

J. Rogers of Alvord, Shannon 

Corfagna of Killeen, Pat 

Worthey of Austin and Arlena 

Worthey of Georgetown. 


Linda Armstrong of Alvord, 

John Rogers of Denton and 

Bill and Joyce Westmoland 

of Georgetown. 

Lane Mitchell-Tyler 

Bruce 

March 1, 2013 

Trisha Bruce of Rhome 

announces the birth of a son, 

Lane Mitchell-Tyler Bruce, 

on March 1, 2013, at North 


in Bridgeport. He weighed 8 

pounds, 1 ounce and was 22 

inches long. 

Grandparents are Tina 

and Randy Bruce of Rhome. 


Alta Hodges of Bowie and 

Betty and Melvin Mullins of 

Kopperl. 

Nolan Brock Vaclavik 

March 2, 2013 

Evan and Stephanie Vaclavik 

of Decatur announce 

the birth of a son, Nolan 

Brock, on March 2, 2013, at 

North Texas Community 

Hospital in Bridgeport. He 

weighed 8 pounds, 12 ounces 

and was 21 1/2 inches long. 

Grandparents are Vickie 

Vaclavik of Carrollton and 

Clay and Terri Brock of Corsicana. 


Horace and Retta Heathman 

of Mount Calm. 

Jada Rose Seals 

March 3, 2013 

Katrina Graniczny and 

Micha Seals of Decatur 

announce the birth of a 

daughter, Jada Rose Seals, 

on March 3, 2013, at North 


in Bridgeport. She weighed 

7 pounds, 11 1/2 ounces and 

was 20 inches long. 

She has a brother, Brendan, 

11; and two sisters, 

Anna, 17, and Lilly, 5. 

Grandparents are Richard 

Graniczny of Decatur, Jimmy 

Seals of Fort Worth and 

Debi Hossikos of Arlington. 

NOTICE TO HISPANIC 

AND/OR WOMEN FARMERS 

OR RANCHERS 

COMPENSATION FOR CLAIMS OF DISCRIMINATION 

If you, or someone you know, believe the United States 

Department of Agriculture (USDA) has improperly denied you 

farm loan benefits between 1981 and 2000 because you are 

Hispanic or female, you may be eligible to apply for compensation. 

Claims MUST be postmarked by MARCH 25, 2013 to be 

considered for cash payment or loan forgiveness. 

If you think you might be eligible to file a claim, please access the 

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Tarango 

March 3, 2013 

Ivan Tarango and Jennifer 

Grantham of Springtown announce 

the birth of a daughter, 

Zoey Zofia Carmela 

Tarango, on March 3, 2013, 

at Wise Regional Health System 

in Decatur. She weighed 

5 pounds, 13 ounces and was 

17 1/2 inches long. 

Grandparents are Eduardo 

and Norma Tarango of 

Springtown. 

2013 Wise County 

Medical, 

Health & 

Wellness 

Directory 

In early spring, the Wise County Messenger will publish the 

county’s annual Medical Directory. The quarter-fold, full 

color, magazine-style publication will feature individuals and 

businesses that serve the medical needs of Wise Countians. 

Whether it’s a gynecologist specializing in high-risk pregnancies, a 

business that provides in-home oxygen, a duct cleaning service that 

keeps your home healthy or a cellular phone/pager service that offers 

help in an emergency, the directory will be THE source for all things medical in 

the county. 

A wide range of advertising opportunities is available, in every price range. 

Please see the enclosed information. 

We will print 30,000 copies of the guide. It will be inserted into the All Around 

Wise section of the Wise County Messenger and mailed directly to 28,000 homes 

in Wise County. The remainder will be distributed through the chamber of 

commerce offices and area businesses. 

Because some of the advertising opportunities are limited, such as the back, 

inside back and front cover and the center spread, you’ll want to call today and 

reserve your space. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Advertising deadline: March 15 

Publication: April 24 

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Scholarship deadline approaches 

March 15 is the deadline 

for students planning to attend 

Weatherford College in 

the 2013-14 academic year 

to apply for scholarships 

through the school’s Foundation. 

Scholarships are for 

first-time and continuing students 

alike. 

Brent Baker, vice president 

of institutional advancement 

and director of the Foundation, 

wants potential students 

to know that qualifying 

for some scholarships may be 

easier than they think. 

“Some students think that 

you have to have straight A’s 

to qualify for a scholarship, 

and that’s simply not the 

case,” said Baker. “Different 

scholarships carry different 

criteria, from area of study, 

geographic area, level of community 

service, etc.” 

More than $115,000 in 

scholarship money is awarded 

annually through the 

11A 

Foundation. 

“And with the success of 

our current capital campaign 

that number will be higher 

next year,” said Baker. 

To apply, visit www.wc.edu/ 

financialaid and click on “WC 

Online Scholarship Application.” 

“The best bet is to go ahead 

and apply regardless,” said 

Baker. “You might surprise 

yourself, and every dollar 

counts.” 

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Scott Bingham exhibited a single bale hydraulic trailer. They placed first in the Hay Handling 

Class and third in their division, Agriculture Machinery, walking away with nearly $14,000 

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EXPERIENCING AGRICULTURE — Young Elementary first graders are participating in the Egg to Chick program, which is 

outlined in a curriculum provided by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension, Wise County. (From left) Jaxson Holloman, Glossy.indd 1 Vondrick 

Singleton, Priscilla Ruiz and Harleigh Lemmons bond with their feathered friends Wednesday. 

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WIDE-EYED WONDER — Vondrick Singleton carefully cradles a chick in Tami Blythe’s classroom Wednesday. He and his 

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SPORTS 

SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2013 

SECTION B 

BASKETBALL 

Carley King named 

district MVP 

POWERLIFTING 

State bound 

TOP SPOT 

— Alvord’s 

Carley King 

was named 

District 9-2A 

MVP earlier 

this week. 

King helped 

lead the Lady 

Bulldogs 

back to the 

regional 

finals. 

MACK THWEATT/ 

WCMESSENGER 

District 9-2A recently announced 

their 2012-2013 alldistrict 

team. Below is a list 

of this year’s representatives: 

District MVP 

Carley King ................... Alvord 

Offensive Player of the Year 

Lexie Ducat ....................Brock 

Defensive Player of the Year 

Courtney Kerr.............Paradise 

Newcomer of the Year 

Sydney Herbel ..............Millsap 

First Team 

Ariel Rogers .................. Alvord 

Marissa Schedcik .......... Alvord 

Lauren Hart ................... Alvord 

Abby Harrell .................... Boyd 

Makenna Burt ............Paradise 

Makayla Neighbors .....Paradise 

Kaylee McConnell .......Paradise 

Rachel Smith ............... Peaster 

Madison Stout .............. Ponder 

Taylor Fulmer ..................Brock 

Cora Jenkins ..................Brock 

Taylor Wallace ................Brock 

Braylee Flaska................Brock 

Second Team 

Sam Hahn ..................... Alvord 

Kallie Tyner ..................... Boyd 

Amber Montgomery ......... Boyd 

Kenzie Elkins ................... Boyd 

Jett Preather ..............Paradise 

Kayley Harper ............... Ponder 

Emily Nicholson ............ Ponder 

Shayla Cozart ............... Ponder 

Bailey Ivey .....................Brock 

Rachel Williams ..............Brock 

Kylie Ducat ....................Brock 

Baylie Bradford ............ Peaster 

Olivia Seli .................... Peaster 

Lauren Power ...............Millsap 

MiKalyn Kruger .............Millsap 

Jolee Carswell ..............Millsap 

Honorable Mention 

Katie Claborn ................ Alvord 

Chelsea Elkins ................. Boyd 

BASKETBALL 

Hightower earns 

offense distinction 


BACK TO BACK — Gabi Buchanan is on her way back to the state powerlifting meet in Corpus Christi March 16. 

Decatur lifter heads 

to powerlifting meet 

in Corpus Christi 

BY CLAY CORBETT 

ccorbett@wcmessenger.com 

Gabi Buchanan is making a 

habit of spending her spring 

breaks in Corpus Christi. 

The Decatur junior is 

heading south for the second straight 

year, after earning a spot in the Texas 

High School Women’s Powerlifting 

Association state meet March 16. 

Buchanan qualified when she took 

second at the Region 6 Division II 

meet in Wylie. Her total of 925, competing 

in the 220-class, was her best 

overall finish. 

Last season, Buchanan came away 

with a sixth-place finish at the state 

meet, and she believes that experience 

will benefit her this time around. 

“It will help me quite a bit,” Buchanan 

said. “There will be some girls 

that haven’t been there before, and 

I’ll be competing against some of the 

same girls as last year.” 

She added that the atmosphere at 

the state scene was nothing like what 

she expected. 

“It was interesting. I expected it to 

be a lot more crazy, but it wasn’t,” she 

said. “It went a lot smoother than I 

thought.” 

Decatur coach Tim Mynarcik said 

the experience Buchanan picked up 

See State on page 2B 

TRACK 

OFFENSIVE 

MVP — 

Chico’s Dylan 

Hightower 

was named 

District 11-A 

Offensive 

Player of the 

Year recently. 

Hightower 

helped the 

Dragons win 

their first 

playoff game 

in 15 years. 

JIMMY ALFORD/ 

WCMESSENGER 

After leading the Chico 

Dragons to the area round 

of the state playoffs, Dylan 

Hightower was recently recognized 

for his efforts. 

Hightower was named the 

District 11-A Offensive Player 

of the Year this week after averaging 

18.1 points per game, 

10.1 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 

4.4 steals. He also sizzled from 

the 3-point line this season, 

averaging 42 percent and hitting 

10 in one game. 

Senior Hunter Clarke 

picked up first team honors. 

Clarke averaged 15.5 points, 

2.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 

2.2 steals. 

Chris Gilmore rounded out 

the awards for the Dragons 

as he landed on the second 

team. 

The Dragons reached the 

playoffs for the first time in 

11 years in 2013, and won 

their first playoff game in 15 

seasons. 

Alvord races to victory 

The Alvord Lady Bulldogs 

rolled to an easy victory 

at their own track meet 

Thursday. Alvord put up 

220 points to take the top 

spot. Paradise was second 

with 168. Boyd placed third 

with 80. 

On the boys side, Paradise 

took first with 146 points, 

while Boyd raced to second 

with 111. Alvord captured 

fifth with 76. 

All three teams will return 

to Alvord March 16 for 

the Wise County Meet. 

Below is a list of the area 

athletes that finished in the 

top six in each event: 

Team Standings (Girls) 

1. Alvord ........................220 

2. Paradise ....................168 

3. Boyd ........................... 80 

4. Brock.......................... 58 

5. Valley View ................. 52 

6. Ponder ........................ 25 

Long Jump: 1. Sides, Paradise, 

15-6 1/2; 2. Ponder, Alvord, 

15-1; 3. Beck, Paradise, 15- 

SETTING SUN 

— Runners 

take off from 

the starting 

line late in 

the day at 

the Alvord 

Track Meet 

Thursday. 

MACK THWEATT/ 

WCMESSENGER 

1/2; 4. Sparks, Paradise, 15- 

0; 5. Schedcik, Alvord, 14-10. 

Triple Jump: 1. Richards, 

Paradise, 31-10; 2. Schedcik, 

Alvord, 31-5; 3. Watkins, 

Alvord, 31-1 1/2; 5. Sparks, 

Paradise, 30-7; 6. Bradshaw; 

Paradise, 29-6. 

See Track on page 2B

2B WISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, Saturday, March 9, 2013 

The Decatur Eagles (4- 

8) dropped their first two 

games of the Princeton 

Tournament Thursday. The 

Eagles fell to Athens in 

their second game of the 

day, 7-3. 

After leading 3-2 going 

to the seventh, the Eagles 

gave up five runs in the final 

frame. Erik Elder took 

the loss. 

Cain Lowe, Christain 

Carrillo and Clayton Egle 

each had a hit. 

Decatur fell to Princeton 

in their opener, 12-2. The 

Panthers scored five in the 

second and seven more in 

the third to put the game 

away. Clayton Egle and 

Austin Givens each had an 

RBI. 

The Eagles will return 

home Wednesday to host 

Gunter. 

Chico 12, Poolville 5 

The Dragons (4-2, 1-0) 

plated six runs in the first 

two innings and never 

looked back en route to a 

12-5 district opening win 

over Poolville Tuesday. 

Dalton Tullos led the offense 

with three hits and 

three RBI’s. Hunter Clarke, 

Dustin Hardee and Tyler 

BASEBALL ROUNDUP 

Eagles drop in Princeton 

Melton all had two hits. 

Chase Long batted in two. 

Paradise 9, Millsap 6 

Jarrett Holt had four hits 

to lead the Paradise Panthers 

(5-5) over the Millsap 

Bulldogs Thursday. 

The Panthers trailed 6-4 

going to the bottom of the 

fifth, but scored five runs in 

the inning to pull away. 

Skylar Black finished 

with runs batted in Dillon 

Meadows and J.D. Pearson, 

each also had a two RBI’s. 

Tanner Valentine picked 

up the win going four innings 

and striking out two. 

SUBMITTED BY DAVID JENKINS 

TOUGH SLIDE — Decatur’s Christain Carrillo looks to 

make a throw during the Princeton Tournament Thursday. 

RODEO 

RESULTS 

From March 1-3 

Calf Roping 

Parker Slate ...................3rd 

Jake Cobb ..................... 6th 

Steer Undercoating 

Carolyn Spear ................ 7th 

Team Roping 

Parker Slate and Dakota Tawater 

......... 3rd and 7th places 

Chase Gasperson and Weston 

Podzemny...................... 6th 

Poles 

Carolyn Spear ................ 7th 

Bulls 

Cody Krahl .....................1st 

All Around Cowboy 

Parker Slate 

BASKETBALL 

Garrett named offensive 

play of the year 

TRACK 

JIMMY ALFORD/WCMESSENGER 

NICE SEASON — Slidell’s Trent Garrett was named the 

District 21-A Offensive MVP. 

After a third place finish 

in league play and birth in 

the state playoffs, the Slidell 

Greyhounds were well represented 

on the District 21-A 

all-district team this week. 

Below is a list of this year’s 

representatives: 

District MVP 

Brandt Cassetty .....Bellevue 

Offensive Player of the Year 

Trent Garrett ............. Slidell 

Defensive Player of the Year 

Broc Terry ..............Bellevue 

Newcomer of the Year 

Malaci Moore ..... Forestburg 

State: Back again 

Continued from page 1B 

can’t be underrated. 

“It’s an edge. It’s going to 

be a plus for her this year,” 

he said. “The facility is the 

same, nothing is going to 

look different, and any butterflies 

she had last year I 

don’t think will be there this 

year.” 

Since 2001, Decatur coach 

Tim Mynarcik has sent either 

a boy or a girl to state. 

He’s excited to keep that 

tradition going. 

“I tell our kids that our 

goal is to always get to 

regionals then to state,” 

Mynarcik said. “The other 

meets are just a process to 

get there. 

“They make it to regionals 

or state, and their name 

gets put up on the wall. I’m 

First Team 

Issac Davis ............... Slidell 

Brody Wilson ........... Midway 

Ben Forester ........... Midway 

Logan Harper ........... Midway 

Tyler Terry ..............Bellevue 

Matthew Belcher ....Bellevue 

Second Team (Slidell members 

only) 

Tyler Maynard ........... Slidell 

Gracjan Pietryka ....... Slidell 

Colton Perkins ........... Slidell 

Honorable Mention (Slidell 

members only) 

Scott Bingham .......... Slidell 

Jarrett Tinsman ......... Slidell 

Khristien Talamantes . Slidell 

excited to get back to that 

level that we strive for.” 

Buchanan and her family 

will make the most out 

of the situation. Her mom 

and sister have been cheering 

her on the past couple 

of months for the opportunity 

to get to back to Corpus 

Christi. 

Last year’s trip was the 

first time Buchanan had 

ever gotten to a beach. This 

time around she is going to 

spend a little extra time in 

the sun. 

“I’m going to fly down on 

Wednesday and spend time 

with my mom and sister, 

who will already be down 

there,” she said. “They are 

really excited. They had this 

planned out for months. I 

have a pretty exciting family.” 

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3B 

BASEBALL ROUNDUP 

Bridgeport squeezes out win 

The Bridgeport Sissies (6-3) 

squeaked past Perrin Tuesday 

for a 7-6 victory. Freshman 

Kensley Turner got her first 

walk off hit as she drove the 

ball deep to left field to bring 

in Hayley Davidson for the 

win. 

Kendall Vawter had the big 

bat on the night going 4 for 4 

with an RBI and a double. Davidson 

finished with three hits 

and Turner picked up a couple 

of knocks. 

Haley Guinn, Ryhan Read 

and Shiloh Weirich all had one 

hit each. 

Taylor Emola earned her 

fourth win, giving up two runs 

on four hits and striking out 

five. 

The Sissies will be hosting 

the second annual Bridgeport 

A+ Awards Invitational this 

weekend. 

Ponder 5, Paradise 2 

The Paradise Lady Panthers (5- 

7, 0-1) dropped their district opener 

to Ponder Tuesday, 5-2. 

Taylor Rector and Vanessa Guiterrez 

led the offense with a couple 

of hits each. 

Tiffany Stinnett took the loss 

giving up three hits and striking 

out seven. 

The Lady Panthers will travel to 

Alvord Tuesday. 

Sissies top out in Muenster 

The Bridgeport Sissies golf team 

captured first place at Turtle Hill in 

Muenster Tuesday after a team total 

380. 

Tiffany Hawkins fired an 81 and 

was the top medalist after rounding 

out her round with an eagle on the 

last hole. Lexi Read was the second 

place medalist after turning in an 

86. 

Haley Shinn fired a 106 and Cassidy 

Mckibben penciled a 107. 

The Bulls took third at Turtle Hill 

GOLF 

with a 358. Dylan Benham led the 

way with an 88 and Scott Trickel 

had an 89. 

“Everyone played consistent and 

kept it in play in tough conditions,” 

Bridgeport coach Alan Green said. 

“This is the third tournament in 

a row we have improved our team 

score. Hopefully we can keep going 

after spring break.” 

Brayden Garrett fired a 90, Ty 

Reed 91 and Josh Winnebrenner a 

113. 

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THROUGH THE AIR — Paradise’s Ashley Sparks takes fifth in 

the triple jump at Alvord Thursday. 

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VAULTING UP — Boyd’s Dalton Stidham takes fourth in the 

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NICE HANG TIME — Alvord’s Brianna Ponder gets plenty of air on her long jump attempt Thursday. 

Track: Panthers cruise 

Continued from page 1B 

High Jump: 1. Lindsey, Boyd, 

5-0; 3. Ponder, Alvord, 4-6; 4. 

Williams, Alvord, 4-6. 

Pole Vault: 1. Rector, Paradise, 

7-6; 2. Carlen, Boyd, 7-6. 

Shot: 1. Denny, Paradise, 33- 

0; 2. Moak, Alvord, 29-4; 3. 

Pritchett, Alvord, 28-5; 4. Rose, 

Alvord, 27-1; 5. Reid, Paradise, 

24-8; 6. Tipton, Paradise, 24-5. 

Discus: 1. Tipton, Paradise, 

89-5 1/2; 2. Rose, Alvord, 72-6 

1/2; 3. Looper, Alvord, 72-6 

1/2; 5. McKinnon, Alvord, 60- 

1/2. 

3200: 1. Calhoun, Valley View, 

12:41; 2. Colbert, Boyd, 13:11; 

3. Corbin, Paradise, 13:21; 4. 

Breashears, Alvord, 13:22; 6. 

Nichols, Alvord, 13:56. 

4x100: 1. Alvord, 51.29; 2. Paradise, 

52.26; 3. Boyd, 52.46. 

800: 2. Rogers, Alvord, 2:34; 

4. Reid, Paradise, 2:41; 6. Morrison, 

Boyd, 2:44. 

100: 1. Gillespie, Alvord, 13.29; 

3. Beck, Paradise, 13.70; 4. 

Williams, Alvord, 13.94; 5. R. 

Taylor, Boyd, 14.30; 6. Carwile, 

Paradise, 14.63. 

110 hurdles: 1. Watkins, Alvord, 

17.83; 2. Lamb, Paradise, 

18.44; 4. Smith, Paradise, 

20.54. 

4x200: 1. Alvord, 1:50; 2. Paradise, 

1:52; 4. Boyd, 1:55. 

400: 1. Buch, Boyd, 1:02; 2. 

Williams, Alvord, 1:03; 3. King, 

Alvord, 1:04 

300 hurdles: 1. Watkins, Alvord, 

49.59; 2. Paradise, 55.86; 3. 

Smith, Paradise, 56.04 

200: 1. Schedcik, Alvord, 28.52; 

2. Ponder, Alvord, 28.79; 3. 

Richards, Paradise, 28.92; 4. 

King, Alvord, 29.46; 6. Ashley, 

Boyd, 30.15. 

1600: 2. Rogers, Alvord, 6:00; 

3. Colbert, Boyd, 6:01; 4. 

Corbin, Paradise, 6:08; 6. Mitchum, 

Alvord, 6:10. 

4x400: 1. Alvord, 4:18; 2. 

Paradise, 4:22.58; 3. Boyd, 

4:22.77. 

Team Standings (Boys) 

1. Paradise ....................146 

2. Boyd ..........................111 

3. Ponder .......................106 

3. Valley View ................106 

5. Alvord ......................... 76 

6. Brock.......................... 51 

Long Jump: 3. Hill, Paradise, 

19-4 1/2. 

Triple Jump: 4. Bryant, Paradise, 

37-2; 5. White, Alvord, 

36-6 1/2. 

High Jump: 1. Tyree, Boyd, 5-8; 

3. Barclay, Alvord, 5-4. 

Pole Vault: 1. Torres, Paradise, 

12-6; 2. Lopez, Paradise, 11-0; 

4. Stidham, Boyd, 10-6; 5. 

Storm, Paradise, 10-0. 

Shot: 1. Edwards, Paradise, 

43-2 1/2; 3. Windham, Alvord, 

37-10; 4. Graham, Boyd, 37-10. 

Discus: 1. Graham, Boyd, 139-1 

1/2; 2. Woodruff, Paradise, 

108-8 3/4; 3. Windham, Alvord, 

101-6 3/4. 

3200: 4. Hammett, Boyd, 

11:18; 5. Ruhanan, Boyd, 

11:50; 6. Colbert, Boyd, 12:08. 

4x100: 2. Alvord, 45.67; 3. 


800: 2. Noel, Boyd, 2:07; 4. 

Alexander, Paradise, 2:22; 5. 

Watkins, Alvord, 2:27. 

100: 1. Randall, Alvord, 11.60; 

2. Gage, Paradise, 11.80; 3. 

Lowery, Paradise, 12.02, 4. 

Barclay, Alvord, 12.15; 5. Nichols, 

Alvord, 12.38; 6. Story, 


110 hurdles: 2. Carmichael, 

Paradise, 16.20; 3. Stidham, 

Boyd, 17.27; 4. Esquivel, Boyd, 

17.57; 5. Meadows, Paradise, 

17.94; 6. Bryans, Boyd, 19.51. 

4x200: 2. Boyd, 1:36.39; 3. 

Paradise, 1:36.90; 4. Alvord, 

1:37.00 

400: 1. Graham, Boyd, 54.30; 2. 

Nichols, Alvord, 55.19; 3. Ferrell, 

Paradise, 56.91; Edwards, 


300 hurdles: 1. Carmichael, 

Paradise, 42.76; 2. Stidham, 

Boyd, 43.03; 3. Meadows, Paradise, 

47.54. 

200: 1. Hill, Paradise, 25.05; 3. 

White, Alvord, 25.25; 6. Bryant, 


1600: 5. Hammett, Boyd, 5:15; 

6. Colbert, Boyd, 5:34. 

4x400: 1. Boyd, 3:39; 4. Paradise, 

3:47


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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE 

Acreage 

10 ACRES 

chain-link fenced, 2-story,800 

square foot shop, well and septic. 

As per owner. 1291 CR1470, 

Chico. $68,750. Trinity, 

(940)255-4684 

PENDING 

• Sunset - 19+/- acres, lot of road 

frontage. $3,500 per acre 

•NWBowie-118 acres, good hunting 

or cattle. $2,395 per acre owner terms 

•N.Sunset-150 acres, Denton Creek, 

good farm & hunting place. $3,500 per acre 

•N.Alvord-Prime Hwy. 287 & CR 

Frontage 16+ acres. $12,000 per acre 

•Sunset-167 acres, good cattle & horse 

place, 40x40 building, stock tank, well & 

septic. Reduced to $2,695 per acre 

•Decatur-5+ acres, good Hwy 380 

frontage. $145,000 

•E.ofSunset-Two 10 acre tracts, sell 

one or both. Reduced 4,000 per acre 

or good offer. 

•NAlvord-Two 6 acres Hwy 287. 

Reduced 8,000 per acre. 

Sell one or both. 

• ESunset-80 acres, good cattle & 

recreational place, pecan bottom. 

$3,500 per acre 

• NDecatur-Hwy 287, 270 acres $3,500 

per acre. With Production & Minerals 

$6,000 per acre 

•EDecatur–7.5 acres, small metal 

building, well & septic. $140,000 

•Sunset–32 acres, heavily wooded. 

$104,000 

PENDING 

Sun Set Realty - Jim Boyd, Associate 

940-845-2120 

940-393-0421 Cell 

BEAUTIFUL 40 ACRES 

8milessouthDecatur,offFM730 

South. Great homesites. Will possibly 

divide into 10 acre tracts. 

(817)929-2716. 

Old Denton Road - 14.5 

acres, great location to 

build your dream home. 

Just minutes from 

downtown Decatur. 

CMT REALTY 

Call Lorene Frazier 

817-268-3515 

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Decatur 

1606 W. Bus. 380 

940-627-3080 

Homes 

Sue Ann Denton, Inc. 

Rhome 

817-638-5100 

3/2 HOME & ACREAGE 

11.7 fenced (coastal hay), new 

metal roof, new 3 ton A/C, off FM 

2264. Call (940)507-1778. 

3/2 house for sale, 1701 Halsell, 

Bridgeport. $59,900. Call Donna, 

(940)389-1615. 

Jack Cannon 

Broker 

940-368-1811 

Let Us Help You Buy 

Your HUD Home. 

HUD Approved Realtors 

LAND 

RHOME -88ACRES.$345,735 

ALVORD -LOTFORSALE.$14,500 

DECATUR -MULTI-FAMILYLOTS. 

$20,000 

HOMES 

RHOME -3/2ON6ACRESWITH 

WORKSHOP. $129,500 

DECATUR -3/2CARPORT,9+ACRES 

AND WORK SHOP. $228,000 

ALVORD - 2/2/1. $52,900 

DECATUR -4/3.1/3WORKSHOP, 

BARN ON 48 ACRES. 

COMMERCIAL 

BRIDGEPORT -1.700SQ.FT.ON 

HOVEY ST. $125,000 

DECATUR -ROOMINGHOUSE 

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Home, 2/1.5/2 carport, large storage 

building, totally fenced backyard, totally 

fenced large garden area. Price 

includes all furnishings for living 

room, den and bedrooms. $85,000. 

Call (940)626-1166 or 

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FSBO 

Our beautiful home in Meadowbrook 

Addition. Many extras, great price. 

Show by appointment only. No sign. 

Call (940)627-3089. 

New construction! 4-bedroom w/attached 

carport on 2 acres. 0 down 

financing available. (940)202-7911. 

Bridgeport 

192 W. Hwy. 380 

940-683-3080 

FSBO, 3-BEDROOM, 2-BATH 

Beautiful custom built home on 2.83 

acres. 30x30 workshop, fenced 

yard. $240K. Decatur, 180 CR2195; 

(817)683-0231. 

HOUSE FOR SALE 

by owner, Decatur ISD, 1,200 sq. ft., 

3/1, brick/composite siding, electric, 

stove, refrigerator, FP. $112,000. 

(940)393-9177. 

HOUSE FOR SALE 

Paradise ISD. 2-bedroom, 1-bath, 

brick; electric stove, refrigerator, 

washer/dryer all stay. $78,000/firm, 

as is. (940)783-8387. 

NEW BRICK CUSTOM HOME!! 

$1,199/month. 100% financing and 

trade-in program. South Martin 

Branch/Decatur and Runaway Bay 

locations. (817)733-3444. 

New custom home in South Martin 

Branch, 3-bedroom, 2-bath, large island 

kitchen, handscraped hardwood 

floors, upgraded tiles, granite, 

stainless steel appliances. Call 

Cheyann, (817)733-3444. 

NO CITY TAXES 

Decatur ISD, open concept, 3/2/2, 

2.5 acres, 1,800 square feet, above 

ground pool, RV parking, 12x15 

storage, porches. $188,000. 

(940)626-1405. 

PRICE IS RIGHT! 

Large, immaculate brick home. 

3-bedroom, 3-bath, 2-living with fireplace. 

Decatur schools. Call agent, 

CeCe, (940)399-9141. 

Refurbished 5/3 on 2 acres. New 

paint, carpet, and appliance package 

included. No restrictions. Northwest 

ISD. (940)202-7911. 

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405 W. Walnut St. 940-627-9040 

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Lots 

2 LOTS 

at 1313 Edison, Bridgeport. Must 

sell together. $15,000 for both. Firm. 

(940)210-4522. 

NEW CONSTRUCTION 

4/2/2, Runaway Bay. $169k. 100% 

financing available. (817)691-6601, 

Dan. 

Mobile Homes 

16X66 SOUTHERN ENERGY 

3-bedroom, 2-bath, new appliances. 

In mobile park, Decatur. Excellent 

condition. Call (940)393-9335. 

HERITAGE MOBILE HOMES 

650 S. Main, Jacksboro. Year end 

clearance sale. Save thousands! 

Call (940)567-6111. RI36520. 

OWNER FINANCE 

Mobile home, 3/2, Newark. No 

credit needed. Low down, low payments. 

(817)975-1798. 

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Move, set-ups, re-levels. In & out of 

state. Licensed, bonded, insured. 

Repos. Free estimates. 

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Apartments 

Best of 

WISE 

RENTALS 

Cabins & efficiency apartments for 

rent, including some as low as 

$500/month w/all bills paid. Boyd 

area. Excellent location. 

(940)433-3133. 

EFFICIENCY APARTMENTS 

West of Boyd on Highway 114. All 

new interiors, new cabinets & appliances. 

Laundry room on site. No 

pets allowed. Call for pricing. 

(940)433-2738. 

MOVE-IN SPECIAL 

2/1 apartment in Chico. 

$500/month. No pets. Call 

(940)644-2713 or (817)929-1930. 

Business property 

• Apartments • Business 

Property • Condos/Town 

Homes • Duplex Housing 

• Homes • Mobile Homes • 

Rooms • Roommate Wanted 

• Spaces & Lots • For Lease • 

Wanted to Rent • Wanted to 

Lease • Facilities • Storage 

Buildings 

1,250 square foot commercial 

office/retail space for lease in shopping 

center complex. Highway 114, 

Paradise, TX. (940)393-2136. 

DECATUR 

North FM 51, 5,000 square feet with 

office on 1.5 acres. Cannon Realty, 

(940)368-1811. 

4,000 square foot commercial building 

for lease, Paradise, Highway 

114 frontage. Good for restaurant, 

office, retail, etc. Serious inquiries 

only. (940)683-4933. 

Condos, town homes 

Lake Bridgeport, lovely condo, 2/2 

plus office. All appliances, beautiful 

lake view, HOA, swimming pool. No 

pets/smoking. $800 plus deposit. 

Call Maria, (972)834-8111. 

RUNAWAY BAY 

lovely 1-bedroom condo, view of 

lake, appliances included, HOA 

swiming pool. $550/month + deposit. 

No pets/smoking. Call Maria, 

(972)834-8111. 

Townhome for rent, 3-bedroom, 

2.5-bath, 1,760 square feet. Decatur 

(Rann), 387 Emma Call. Available 

April. $1,350/month. No pets. Call 

(940)626-2060. 

Duplexes 

3/2/1 duplex in Runaway Bay, completely 

updated, small fenced yard. 

$900/month, $900/deposit. 

(940)577-0939. 

Bridgeport, for lease, 2 large units. 

3/2 and 2/2. Newer, best area, includes 

refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, 

central AC, separate laundry, 

huge closets. $850/$695 plus 

deposit. No pets/smoking. Credit, 

background, references required. 

By appointment, (940)627-5859. 

DECATUR/BRIDGEPORT 

Very nice, large 3/2 duplexes in 

great locations. Ready March 1. No 

pets/smoking. (940)627-9028; 

(940)393-9880, cell. 

For rent, 2-bedroom, 1-bath duplex 

in Alvord. Washer/dryer connections. 

$650/month. (940)393-0696. 

NICE, NICE, NICE! 

3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car garage, 

Runaway Bay. Available now. 

$900/month plus utilities, plus deposit. 

(817)247-0122 after 10a.m. 

Sunflower Duplexes, 2-bedroom, 

2-bath, all electric. No pets, Paradise 

ISD. $680/month, $500/deposit. 

(940)393-9657. 

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to advertise “any preference, limitation 

or discrimination based on 

race, color, religion, sex, handicap, 

familial status or national origin, 

or an intention, to make any such 

preference, limitation or discrimination.” 

Familial status includes children 

under the age of 18 living with 

parents or legal custodians, pregnant 

women and people securing custody 

of children under 18. 

1402 S. Hatcher 1304 S.Stratton 

PUBLISHER’S NOTICE: 

205 N. Lane 

NOT 

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Very nice duplex with laminate flooring, 

3/2/1. Great location in Decatur. 

$1,000/month plus deposit. No pets, 

no smoking. (940)627-0990, 

(940)389-5092. 

Homes 

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Decatur - 2/1 

$895/month $500/deposit 

402 E. Ash 

Decatur - 3/2/1 

$1,050/month $500/deposit 

817-825-4647 

3-bedroom, 2-bath home in Newark. 

15 minutes to Fort Worth, Northwest 

School District. Central heat/air, all 

appliances, living room, dining room 

furniture included, large master bedroom 

with master bathroom, his and 

her sinks, garden tub and seperate 

shower. All on large shady pecan 

tree lot. $675 month. 

(940)391-8306. 

3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car carport, 

brick, CH/A, fenced backyard. Decatur 

city limits. (940)627-6553. 

CANNON PROPERTY MGMT. 

Alvord: 2/1 duplex with fenced yard, 

$660. 3/2/2 on 4 acres. 

Cottondale: 2/2 with workshop or 

storage, $725. 

Runaway Bay: 1/1 condo with appliances, 

$550. 2/2, $735. 

(940)368-1811. 

CAROUSEL PROPERTIES 

Runaway Bay, 3/2, appliances, 

washer/dryer connections, CH/A, 

$850-$950/month, $1,000/deposit. 

Cuba Road, 2/1, appliances, no 

cats, $600/month, $750/deposit. 

(940)539-0738. 

Bridgeport, like new, great neighborhood, 

2206 Fairoaks, 3/2.5/2, game 

room, dining room, pool. 

$1,500/month, $1,100/deposit. 

(940)627-5651 after 5p.m. 

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real estate which is in violation of 

the law. Our readers are hereby 

informed that all dwellings advertised 

in this newspaper are available 

on an equal opportunity basis. To 

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Open Homes 

Saturday, March 9 • 1-3 pm 

Door prizes in each home and refreshments. 

Beautiful historic home at 1402 S. Hatcher, 

Grand Home at 1304 S.Stratton, and Cute 

Bungalow near the historic Decatur Square, 

205 N. Lane. Stop by all three. 

2009 

John Lanier 

Just reduced! Beautifully developed acreage south of Bridgeport. 

An energy efficient 5 bedroom, 3.1 bath home with granite counters, 

stainless steel appliances, wood floors, and other amenities too 

numerous to mention. Pipe fencing surrounds the house and leads 

to a 40x100 barn with a 1600 square foot 2 bedroom, 1 bath rental 

property. For the horse trainer there is round pen. 

Additional 10 acres available. 

SMARTER • BOLDER • FASTER 

•JanaBearden•JayConquest•RebeccaDavis•JoeyDuncan •NaomiDuncan•SueAnnDenton 

•CindyGrommesh•BobGrommesh•KimHolt •SteveJones•AngieKasner•JaneKasner•RobertMeek 

•SueMeek•TonyaShaffer•KayStanfield•AngieUselton 

Wise County’s#1 Real Estate Company 

(per MLS statistical data) 

www.century21sueanndenton.com 

Sherry Layton 

940-399-8246 

sherrylayton@embarqmail.com 

Lisa G. Caraway, 

940-393-2476 

lisagcaraway@yahoo.com 

Bruce 

Furgerson 

817-996-3202 

bfrealtor.com 

bfyeehaw@embarqmail.com 

Gussie 

Groves 

GRI ERS 

940-627-4397 

gussie@embarqmail.com 

Over 200 acres! Wildlife, lots of cover. fenced 

and cross fenced. Property has equipment 

storage shed with electric to water well. 

Cattle working pens. Two ponds. Clay County. 

CeCe Lisby 

940-399-9141 

cecelisby@yahoo.com 

For Information on All of my properties go to 

www.bfrealtor.com 

Don't make a move without Parker Properties. Call today for any of your real estate needs. 

BRIDGEPORT - Working Cattle Ranch 

on 93 acres with stunning home. This 

beautiful 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home is great 

for entertaining, with gourmet kitchen, 

granite CT inside and outside kitchen. 

Pull down Screen for outside movies. 

Garage has Heat/AC unit, tile floors for 

indoor gatherings. Enjoy a spa bath in the 

luxury master bath, with programmable 

heated floors. Outside comes complete 

with 35X75 barn with reinforced concrete 

and foam insulated walls and more...By 

Appointment Only 

Chico - 56 acres, 3/2/2/2CP. 

Beautiful country home. 

Separate tub and shower, his 

and her closets, fenced yard, 

no maintenance. Barn and all 

metal corral. Electric gate. Bring 

your imagination and make this 

one of a kind property for you. 

$355,000 

Four Individual Lots for Sale in The Homes of Briar 

Crossing - Build your Dream Home in one of Decatur’s 

Premier Subdivisions! 

2 homes on 5 acres Beautiful 3/2/2, 10 ft. ceilings, patio, 

much more in Decatur. $145,000 

52 acres and 58 acres for commercial/development 

Alvord – Duplex – 807 W. 

Lamar. 3/2 with extra lot. 

$152,500 includes both units 

Alvord - Duplex – 509 W. Live Oak – 3/2. $132,500 

includes both units 

Decatur - 202 W. Oak – City lot, 2 blocks from courthouse. $11,500 

940-627-9714 

jrlanier@gmail.com 

Sean Williams 

940-577-4484 

seanlmwilliams@yahoo.com


5B 

RENTALS 

EMPLOYMENT 

C & R 

Properties 

Decatur, TX 

HOMES 

FOR LEASE 

1631 Chenoweth 

3 BEDROOMS 

2 FULL BATHS 

2 CAR GARAGE 

Brick, total electric, 

wood/carpeting, tile, ceiling 

fans in all rooms, pre-wired 

for cable or Dish. Fenced 

yard, fully landscaped. 

Decatur city limits - 

Decatur ISD. 

PETS WELCOME! 

NO PET DEPOSIT 

We would love for you to 

LIVE in one of our homes! 

$1,300/month • $1,300/deposit 

6 months or month-to-month 

lease available. 

Please call 817-247-0246 

Alvord, 2/1/2-carport, CH/A, deposit 

& references required. 

(940)627-0098. 

Charming country home. Very 

clean, well kept. Yard service, water 

included. No pets, no smoking. 

$850/month. (940)642-9113, 

(940)366-2696. 

Chico, nice country home. 2-bedrooms, 

1-bath, CH/A, fenced yard. 

$850/month, $750/deposit. Referenced 

required. (940)393-2212 or 

(940)393-1180. 

Chico. Small 1-bedroom cabin 

$400/month, $400/deposit, water included. 

No pets. (940)255-5913 or 

(214)926-2613. 

FOR RENT, 2-BEDROOM, 

1-bath, CH/A, carport. 3 miles west 

of Decatur. References required. 

(940)627-5485. 

Ready now, 3-bedroom brick. 

Bridgeport, Stagecoach Addition. 

(940)969-6085, (940)393-1103. 

Mobile Homes 

1-bedroom park trailer, Bridgeport. 

Large covered deck, electric/water 

paid. $540/month. (940)683-2442, 

(940)393-9500 or (940)683-4166. 

3-bedroom, 2-bath mobile home. 

$700/month plus deposit. No pets. 

(940)389-0485. 

Decatur: 3/2, all electric double 

wide. No inside pets/smoking. References 

required, available March 

15. $650/month, $650/deposit. 

(940)627-1565 or (940)393-2144. 

Nice 3-bedroom, 2-bath, double 

wide for rent.. Call Becki Young, 

(817)307-3709. 

EMPLOYMENT 

• Business Opportunity 

• Employment Information 


• Childcare 

• Food Service • Medical/ 

Dental • Miscellaneous 

• Offi ce • Retail/Sales 

• Trades • Work Wanted 

EXCELLENT EARNING POTENTIAL 

PLUS... 

✔Be Part of a Growing Sales Team 

✔Commission 

✔Bonus Opportunities 

✔5-Day Work Week 

✔Paid Holidays & Vacation 

✔Sales Experience a Plus; Will Train 

Apply in person to Don Sandhop 

Employment information 

!!ATTENTION!! 

Advertising under this classification 

is normally not a bona fide 

opportunity. Typically, companies 

advertising here offer information 

about potential employment. 

Some are selling this information. 

We suggest that our 

readers thoroughly investigate 

these advertisers before investing 

any money. 

Adult/Elderly Care 

Elder care needed for woman, 

part-time, some evenings & overnight 

stays required. Call for appointment, 

(940)427-5555. 

Food service 

Double K Bar BQ now hiring experienced 

waitress, bartenders and 

cooks. Apply in person, 115 E. Rock 

Island, Boyd. 

Medical/Dental 

“WeAreLooking 

forYOU!” 

The 

Hills 

NURSING & 

REHABILITATION 

CNAs 

DietaryAide 

APPLY IN PERSON AT 

201 E. THOMPSON, DECATUR 

or FAX RESUME 

to940-627-3937 EEO/M/F/D/W 

The Residences at Senior Care 

Assisted Living Facility 

HIRING 

• CNAs 

Please Call 

940-683-5023 ext. 101 or 

Apply In Person At 

2108 15th St., • Bridgeport, TX 76426 

EEO M/F/D/V 

KLEMENTCHRYSLER JEEP DODGE RAM 

Equal Opportunity Employer 500 N. Hwy. 287, Decatur TX 

HIRING TRANSPORT DRIVERS 

Transport Transport 2 Years Verifiable Driving 

Drivers Drivers Experience, Clean 

Needed Needed MVR and 

Transport Drivers Needed 

Background, Class A License + Tanker Endorsement 

and age 22 or older. Locations in Cleburne, 

Weatherford, Bridgeport, Justin and Jacksboro. 

• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance 

• Drive locally only - 12-hour shifts 

• Company-Paid Life Insurance 

• Matching 401(k) 

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Family 

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health 

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bonus for your experience 

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• Night Shift Differential 

• Night Shift Bonus Annually 

• Safety Bucks Annually 

• Paid Vacations and Paid Holidays 

• Quarterly Driver Bonuses 

• Driver Referral Bonuses 

• Free Wellness Fair for Employees Annually 

ee and Family health insurance 

Senior Care Health 

& Rehabilitation Center 

Bridgeport 

NOW HIRING 

for the following position: 

Full-time LVNs 

$2,500 Sign-on Bonus 

PRN LVNs 

Double Weekend CNA 

CNA 

6 AM - 2 PM 

Apply in person at 2108 15th St. • Bridgeport 

940-683-5023 

EEO-M/F/D/V 

HEALTHPRO 

Needs home health attendant in Decatur 

area, must be 18 years old, 

pass criminal background check. 

Please call 1(888)922-0599. 

Miscellaneous 

Lube Tech 

Needed 

Must be dependable with a 

good driving record. 

Apply in person to: 

US Hwy. 287 South, Decatur 

Bay Landing is accepting applications 

for full-time maintenance, seasonal 

and Ranger positions with 

benefits. If you like working outdoors 

and are a people person, you 

can pick up an application at 

Ranger Station, 2305 West Highway 

380, Bridgeport, Texas 76426. 

Background checks are done. Must 

be able to work week-ends and holidays. 

Call (940)683-3016. 

Front counter help. Must have High 

School diploma or GED, have customer 

experience & neat appearance. 

Paid vacation, holidays. No 

phone calls. Pick up application in 

person, Comet Cleaners, 1400 S. 

FM 51, Decatur. 

Opening for delivery driver, customer 

service rep, warehouse. 

Full-time, part-time. Apply in person 

Tues.-Sat., Easy Rent, 909 W. Business 

380, next to Taco Casa, Decatur. 

Now Hiring 

Automotive F&I personnel, 

experience required. 

(Apply in person Derek Sugg) 

US Hwy. 287 South, Decatur 

Foreman & Helpers 

Needed for Tree Service 

Must have a valid TXDL & pass 

drug screen. 

Apply in person to Jodi at 

Karl Klement Properties, Inc. 

605 North Bus. 287, Suite 102, Decatur, TX. 

Legend Bank is seeking a 

Commercial Real Estate 

Loan Processor 

with a proven track record as a Commercial Real Estate 

Loan Processor to join our Bowie team. In this detail-oriented 

role, you will be responsible for facilitating the processing of 

real estate loans for all locations of the Bank from inception 

to closing. Our ideal candidate will have 3-5 years specialized 

training/experience in loan documentation procedures. 

We offer competitive pay and full benefits. 

To apply, please go to http://ejob.bz/ATS/jb.do?reqGK=674595 

BE PART OF A GROWING SERVICE TEAM 

Seeking Self-Motivated Individual for Service Adviser 

•Demonstrated Customer Service Skills 

•ExcellentVerbal &Written Communications Skills 

•Professional Appearance 

•5-DayWorkWeek with Rotating Saturdays 

•Paid Holidays &Vacation 

•Competitive Salary 

• $25/month Gym Reimbursement paid Quarterly 

rne Apply in person to Jamie McClain, Service Manager 

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area: 

area: 

817.925.5154 

Contact 940.393.5525 817.925.5154 

Scott 

Danny Scott KLEMENT CHRYSLER-JEEP-DODGE-RAM 

or 817.925.5154 Jon 

hift Equal Opportunity Employer at 500 N. Hwy. 287, Decatur 

eport premium 

EOE 

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area: 

area: 

940.393.5525 

940.393.5525 

Kirby 

Kirby 

EOE 

Full-time position for auto 

detailer/porter with ability to obtain 

state inspection license. Current 

state inspection license a plus. 

9a.m.-7p.m., Mon.-Sat. Send resume 

to: 

applications2job@yahoo.com. 

Maintenance worker. General mechanical 

skills/experience. Full-time. 

8a.m.-4:30p.m., Mon.-Fri. Location: 

FM 2264 in Decatur, Texas. 

www.papilio.com/employment. 

NOW HIRING 

Experienced Meat Cutter and other 

positions listed on our website. Apply 

at Market Place in Decatur or 

www.marketplacegrocery.com. 

Order processing and fulfillment. 

Full-time. 8a.m.-4:30p.m., Mon.-Fri., 

www.texascraft.com located on FM 

2264 in Decatur, Texas. 

www.papilio.com/employment. 

SLEEP INN & SUITES 

busca gente la limpieza de cuartos. 

Aplicar en persona a: Speedway 

Sleep Inn & Suites, 13471 Raceway 

Drive, Roanoke, Texas. (ubicado en 

la esquina sur este de la I-35W y 

SH 114) (817)491-3120 atte Irma. 

Today’s Touch Cleaning Care 

needs part-time evening help.1 year 

experience. (940)210-1726. 

Office 

Office clerk & assistant needed. 

Must be energetic and have positive 

attitude! Must be trained in Quickbooks 

and Excel. Please apply @ 

Black Sheep Oilfield, 911 S. State 

Highway 101 in Chico. 

(940)644-1720. 

Retail/Sales 

$17/HOUR 

Denton County manufacturing outlet 

accepting applications for customer 

relations representatives. Company 

offers paid vacation, benefits & 

sign-on bonus. Call The Human Resources 

Department on Sun., 

1-4p.m.; Mon., Tues., Wed., 

9a.m.-5p.m. at (940)498-2183. 

Buy Here/Pay Here car dealership 

seeking manager/sales position for 

second location. Used car sales experience 

required. Must be professional, 

have clean driving record 

and be able to pass drug screen. 

Serious applicants call Mitch, 

(940)683-1999. 

PHARMACY CLERK 

Gail's Pharmacy is looking for a 

front counter clerk with great customer 

service skills. Bilingual preferred. 

Retail experience required. 

Apply in person at 810 WW Ray Circle, 

Bridgeport. 

USED CAR DEALERSHIP 

BUY HERE/PAY HERE 

In Business Since 1999 

Seeking 

SALES/MANAGER 

POSITIONS 

for Two Locations 

Bridgeport/Azle 

Sales Experience Required 

Must be professional and have 

professional appearance 

with clean driving record. 

Salary Plus Commission 

Serious Applicants 

Call Mitch or Scott 

940-683-1999 

Corner Place needs dependable, 

flexible and friendly person. Sales 

experience a plus. Must be able to 

work some Saturdays. Apply within, 

202 W. Walnut St., Decatur or send 

resume: trick24@embarqmail.com. 

Sales person needed. Experience a 

plus. Apply in person, Gilco Lubricants, 

206 CR 4384, Decatur; or 

send resume to: 

customersvc@gilcooil.com. 

Trades 

Dustrol, 

Inc. 

Highway Construction Company 

817-430-3958 

NEEDS 

Equipment Operators 

for heavy equipment. 

CDL w/Hazmat and 

Tanker Endorsement 

a plus. 

Benefits include: 

• Competitive Pay 

• Health & Dental Insurance 

• 401(k) 

Apply in person 

2925 Hwy. 114 • Roanoke 

(next to Texas Motor Speedway) 

EOE 

Concrete finisher and form setter 

needed. Must have experience and 

speak English. Call Bill, 

(817)980-8050. 

Laborers Needed 

Residential Construction 

Full-Time Employment 

Call Jodi at 627-6362 

Karl Klement Properties, Inc. 

605 N. Business 287, Suite 102, Decatur 

Family-Owned Wholesale Greenhouse is seeking 

SEASONAL GENERAL 

LABORERS 

Duties include planting, watering, loading, 

unloading & greenhouse maintenance. Employees 

will work with a variety of flowers & vegetables. 

Please apply in person at 

4122 Cowling Rd., Sanger, TX 76266 

NITROGEN OPERATOR 

DRIVERS NEEDED 

• Experience preferred • Oilfield Experience a plus. 

• Minimum class A CDL with HazMat & 

Tanker Endorsement. 

Salary Based on Experience 

Apply at www.cetcoilfieldservices.com/careers 

For inquiries call 

817.523.5333 

EAGLE AGGREGATE HIRING 

CLASS A CDL DRIVERS 

Positions available for End Dump & Live Bottom 

Aggregate Drivers. Most Trucks are 2012’s. 

Great Settlement Checks. 

Experience preferred 

Call Jack @ 469-400-4971 

Join Our Team! 

(940) 825-3235 

WE NEED NIGHT RN’S. 

Hours will be 7p.m. to 7a.m. 

Looking for energetic nurses who are enthusiastic 

about patient care and EMR. Benefits after 90 days. 

Apply in person at 100 Park Rd., Nocona, TX or 

visit our website at www.noconageneral.com 

NOW HIRING 

FULL TIME CAREGIVERS 

• Day and Night Shifts Available 

• Serving Wise & Surrounding Counties 

Apply in Person 

Mon., Wed. & Fri. • 9 am - 2 pm • 1204 N. Bus. 287 • Decatur 

.


EMPLOYMENT SERVICES FARM AND RANCH 

HEATING/AC/REFRIGERATION 

IN WISE COUNTY 

xperienced commercial HVACR 

echnician needed. Minimum 

-years heating, air conditioning and 

efrigeration experience required. 

ood pay & benefits. Serious appliants 

only. Call Mann Refrigeration, 

nc., (940)683-6266; or email reume 

to: bmartin@mannair.com. 

DRIVER NEEDED 

for frac sand hauling. 2-years driving 

experience, will train for job. 

Need clean MVR and pass DOT 

drug and physical. For more details 

call (940)433-2519 or 

(817)996-9786. 

Immediate opportunity, CDL driver, 

heavy equipment operator experience 

helpful, MSHA certification is 

helpful, benefits package. Call 

(817)489-5299 for more information. 

Please fax resumes: 

(817)489-2326. 

Flatbed driver needed. Must have 

Class A CDL, clean MVR, pass 

pre-employment drug test, flatbed 

experience preferred. Apply at 

11049 S. Highway 287, Rhome, TX; 

(817)638-9053. 

Now Hiring 

• Journeyman Electrician 

• Experienced Electrical Helper 

940-627-5588 

IMMEDIATE HIRE AT PRONTO! STAFFING 

Is hiring for Imperial Group based in Decatur, TX. Imperial Group, a business unit of 

Accuride Corporation (NYSE: ACW), is a leading supplier of truck body and chassis 

components, primarily to Now heavy- and medium-duty Hiring truck manufacturers, including 

bus manufacturers. Imperial fabricates a broad line of truck body and chassis parts, 

including bumpers, battery and tool boxes, crown assemblies, bus component 

and chassis assemblies, fuel tanks, roofs, fenders, and cross members. In addition, 

Imperial provides a variety of value-added services, such as chrome plating and 

polishing and the kitting and assembly of exhaust systems. 

Imperial Group is growing! We want you to come grow with us! 

To apply applicants must go to Pronto Staffing! 

Or apply online at www.prontostaffing.com 

1816 S FM 51 Suite 500, Decatur, TX · (940) 626-4488 

Imperial is currently hiring for: 

SEEKING CDL DRIVERS 

CLASS A AND B 

&TRANSPORTDRIVERS 

• Competitive pay plus overtime 

• Paid insurance 

• 401(k) plan 

• Paid holidays 

• Paid vacation 

• Safety bonuses 

In Decatur, Texas 

DAY SHIFT: 

Press • CNC • Polish 

NIGHT SHIFT: 

Press • CNC • Polish • Assembly 

Universal Pressure Pumping Inc. currently has the following opportunity 

in our Chico, TX location: 

EQUIPMENT OPERATOR 

This is an entry level job in pumping service to work as one of the crew members assigned 

to a field job, either cementing, fracturing, acidizing, nitrogen, coil tubing or other, as 

required. Incumbent usually does not have prior related experience, but demonstrates 

safe work habits and is able to follow directions and work well as a team, and is subject to 

a 90-day evaluation period. 

Job duties include driving equipment to the well site, performing rigging up/rigging down 

procedures, operation and maintenance of well stimulation equipment, maintaining proper 

DOT logging, accurate mileage and fuel reporting, pre-trip and post-trip inspections. 

Requirements: A Class A CDL license (hazmat and tanker endorsements preferred), a 

satisfactory driver record, ability to pass a DOT drug test and functional capacity test, and 

the ability to work well with others in extreme climate and other working conditions. 

We offer a competitive wage based on experience and a full benefit package including: 

• Medical • Dental • Vision and Matching 401(k). 

Please send resumes to Tony.Waldrep@univpp.com. 

For questions, please contact us at: 

940-644-5977 

ATTN: Tony Waldrep 

Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc. 

705 Weatherford • Chico, TX 76431 

Universal Pressure Pumping, Inc. is a drug-free workplace/EOE 

Must be willing to travel 

If interested please call 

940-627-1005 

Now hiring Class A CDL drivers with 

2-years experience. Oilfield/environmental/construction 

transportation. 

Paid weekly, insurance, Aflac, 

paid vacations and much more. Call 

Daniel, (800)448-6323. 

NOW HIRING truck driver, full-time, 

Class A or B CDL required, experienced 

driver only. Hauling in Wise 

and surrounding counties. Apply @ 

Cox Ready Mix, 872 S. Highway 

101, Chico. 

PRE-CAST FACILITY 

looking for self-motivated individual 

with batch plant operations experience 

and knowledge of mixer truck 

operation & maintenance. Bilingual 

aplus.Applyat11049S.Highway 

287, Rhome, TX; (817)638-9053. 

PRE-CAST FACILITY 

looking for self-motivated individual 

for fork lift operation. Must have experience 

with lift truck operation that 

involves loads for 3,000-25,000 lbs. 

Must be fork lift certified. Bilingual a 

plus. Apply at 11049 S. Highway 

287, Rhome, TX; (817)638-9053. 

CDL drivers needed, sand/gravel 

hauling. (940)427-2033. 

For an exciting career 

in private sector 

corrections, consider 

the industry leader: 

CORRECTIONS 

CORPORATION OF AMERICA 

is seeking applicants for the 

following position at its Bridgeport 

Pre-Parole Transfer Facility: 

• Correctional 

Officer 

Excellent Benefits Package 

Full-time: 

Health, Dental and Vision Insurance 

Life Insurance • 401(k) Retirement Plans 

Stock Options • Personal & Sick Leave 

Paid Holidays • Service/Employee 

Recognition Programs. Career 

Advancement Opportunities 

Apply online at: 

www.ccajob.com 

940-683-2162 

CCA is an equal opportunity employer 

M/F/D/V-Drug Free Environment 

Haberman Trucking needs end 

dump drivers from Chico to Paradise. 

Pays 23% of the gross. Call 

Mike, (940)224-2601 

Hiring CDL drivers. Tanker endorsement 

and end dump. (940)389-2579 

or (940)427-4953. 

Immediate openings for people with 

metal building experience. 

(940)433-9970 or (817)988-7038. 

Mig Tig welders. Starting pay, 

$12/hour & up. Clean background, 

minimum 3-years experience. Fort 

Worth area. (817)759-0688. 

Rick's Auto Repair & Towing, 3280 

S. Highway 101, Bridgeport, TX 

76426. (940)683-3720. Now hiring 

qualified automotive technicians. 

Apply in person, Mon.-Fri., 

8a.m.-5p.m. 

SCHOOL BUS DRIVERS 

NEEDED. Training and full-time 

routes available. Weekend work 

not required, competitive pay and 

benefits. Prospective team members 

must be able to pass a D.O.T. 

physical, be drug free, and possess 

acleandrivingrecord.Contactthe 

Decatur ISD Transportation Department 

at 243 Buchanan Drive, 

Decatur; (940)393-7120. 

The City of Paradise is taking applications 

with resumes for the 

part-time position of water operator. 

AClassClicenseisrequired.Applications 

may be turned in at City 

Hall, located at 218 Main Street, or 

mailed to PO Box 314, Paradise, TX 

76073. For more information call 

(940)969-2114. (Equal Opportunity 

Employer) 

Business 

SERVICES 

• Childcare 


• Business 

• Housecleaning 

• Let Me Fix It 


• Tutoring 

BRUCE’S HOUSE LEVELING 

Foundation repair, sheetrock, tape 

&beddingrepair.Allworkguaranteed! 

Free estimates. 30 years experience. 

(817)690-2429. 

Family hair care, men, women and 

children. Walk-ins welcome, open 

Tues.-Sat. Jana Stack, Rhiannon 

Sweaza, 440 W. Rock Island, Boyd. 

(940)433-2355. 

JOE TUCKER DRYWALL 

& INSULATION 

(940)389-0029 

Sheetrock ✣ Texture ✣ Insulation. 

New construction, remodeling, 

add-ons, spray foam & attic insulation. 

(940)389-0029. 

UTEX 

CONCRETE 

Driveways, patios, 

sidewalks, shop foundations 

and handicap ramps. 

20+ years experience. 

Call Jim for estimates. 

817-908-8890 

Housecleaning 

Basic cleaning services for homes 

or small businesses, years of experience! 

Call (940)577-7731 for free 

estimates. 

Cleaning services for Wise County, 

home or business. Free estimates. 

Call (940)391-3858 or 

(682)229-4861. 

CLEANING UNLIMITED 

Free estimates, bonded/insured, 

Veteran owned. The leader in custom 

home and auto detailing. Now 

accepting new clients. 

(940)594-1537, (940)594-0262. 

HOUSE-CLEANING 

services available for Wise County 

area homes and businesses. 

7-years experience. We give free 

estimates. Call (940)210-2878. 

TOP NOTCH 

Quality commercial, contruction, 

residential cleaning. Serving Wise 

County. Licensed, insured, free estimates 

and references available. 

(940)273-9310. 

Let me fix it 

College Kids 

Landscape, Irrigation 

& Handymen 

LARGE ODD JOBS 

SPRINKLER SYSTEMS 

Repairs & New 

Systems 

Cleanups/Haul-offs 

Tree/brush Work 

940-255-1702 

Owner: Taylor Mclemore 

TX Lic 17498 

HOME LEVELING SOLUTIONS 

Pier/beam homes, mobile homes, 

small buildings, sub flooring, beams, 

columns, crack repair, masonry repair. 

(940)399-9616. 

PRO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 

(940)577-4135. Remodeling, 

interior & exterior 

painting, drywall, 

cabinets, trim, tile, 

handyman jobs. Quality 

work done right. 

pro-construction-services.com. 

PROFESSIONAL PLUMBING 

& Contracting. 1-stop shop for all 

your plumbing needs. 24/7. On-site 

estimates. (817)201-5949, 

(817)805-7537. 

REMODELING & REPAIRS 

for your home & rental properties. 

Call Barry, (940)389-4943. 

Miscellaneous 

LONGARM QUILTING 

starting at .01¢/inch, $45 minimum. 

Decatur area. (940)389-4150, 

(940)627-6968. 

FARM AND RANCH 

Farm Equipment 

• Farm Equipment • Fencing 

• Lawn & Garden • Livestock 

• Livestock Care/Training 

• Livestock Lost & Found 

• Livestock Stud Service 

• Livestock Supplies 

• Miscellaneous • Mowing 

• Pasture & Feed • Poultry 

2005 D40 CASE 

tractor, 4-wheel drive, 111 hours, 

loader, Rhino mower, box blade, 2 

hay spears. $18,000. 

(817)733-7587. 

NEED TO SELL YOUR 

FARM EQUIPMENT? 

Place your ad with a photo in the 

Wise County Messenger Classifieds 

for only $25 per week. 

(based on 20 word or less ad) 

Call 940-627-5987 for details. 

Looking for just 

the right job? 

Wise County Messenger Classifieds Online 

www.messenger.com/class 

Fencing 

3D FARM & RANCH SERVICES 

All types fencing, metal buildings, 

carports, custom gates, entrances, 

cattle guards, mobile & shop welding, 

general clean-up, skid steer 

work. YOU NAME IT, WE DO IT!! 

Credit cards accepted. 

(940)210-1242. 

AFFORDABLE FENCING 

All types, including chain 

link, wood privacy, vinyl, 

farm fencing. Installation 

or repair. (940)626-9290. 

www.affordablefencing.net 

AL SALINAS FENCING 

All types fencing. Braces, gates, 

cattle guards, livestock shelters, 

carports, pre-made braces. 

(940)577-0878. 

www.alsalinasfencing.com 

BOBBY’S FENCE 

All types fencing. Free estimates. 

Over 25-years experience. 

(817)444-3213. 

Lawn and garden 

Residential and Commercial 

Landscape Maintenance 

www.cutandgrow.com 

Ask About Tree Trimming 

and Spring Clean-Up 

42" CRAFTSMAN 

riding lawn mower with canopy & 

trailer. $650. (940)399-8208. 

ALL PRO LAWN CARE 

Spring clean up, get your yard 

ready! Lawn service, landscaping, 

tree trimming. Free estimates. Also, 

hiring. Dylan, (817)891-1600. 

Klean Kut 

Lawn Care 

Mowing • Edging • Trimming 

Commercial or Residential 

Brush Hog Mowing 

Insured 

Kenny Moran 

Cell 817-247-9965 

Office 940-433-5470 

TREES TRIMMED & REMOVED 

39 years in business, insured. All 

major credit cards accepted. 

(817)444-0861, Teater. 

Livestock 

ALL NATURAL BEEF 

No antibiotics or hormones. Whole, 

half, quarter or smaller packages to 

suit your needs. (940)210-9614. 

Buy, sell & trade all classes of 

horses, ponies, sheep, goats, cattle 

& livestock & flatbed trailers. 

(940)224-1470. 

LLAMAS 

weanlings (6-months-old), adults, 

bred females, guardians & pet quality. 

We provide training & support 

for new owners. (940)433-5897. 

Mowing 

ACREAGE MOWING 

Tractor services. Plowing, seeding, 

aerating, tilling, fertilizing available. 

Tommy, (940)482-6578. 

Cutting Edge 

LAWN CARE 

FULL SERVICE LAWN CARE 

&LANDSCAPING 

AT AN AFFORDABLE PRICE 

Spencer Pryor - Owner 

FREE ESTIMATES 

Residential & Commercial 

940-210-1683 

Pasture and feed 

67 BALES 

of fertilized & herbicided horse quality 

coastal. $75 each. Will load. 

(940)577-1662. 

BK FERTILIZER 

Liquid nitrogen, 32-0-0, for sale. 

Also, application service available. 

Call (940)393-9616 

COASTAL HAY 

4x5 round bales, fertilized and barn 

stored. $75/bale. Quantity discounts 

available. (940)433-3981. 

CUSTOM ROUND/SQUARE 

baling , mowing, plowing, 

grain drill, trees 

trimmed, gardens 

tilled. Hay hauling and 

hay for sale. Call 

(940)393-9616, (940)683-3148. 

EXCELLENT COW QUALITY 

4x5 coastal round bales, $65/each. 

(940)393-9958. 

Fertilized coastal. Horse quality. 

$70/roll. (940)627-5075. 

LONESOME DOVE FEED 

Authorized Bryant dealer, great feed 

at low prices! Round bales for sale. 

Located 1231 CR4380, Decatur. 

(940)389-2945. 

✭COASTAL HAY✭ 

Large round bales, heavily fertilized 

&herbicided.NearAlvord,willload. 

(940)872-2197. 

RYE/VETCH ROUND BALES 

$80/bale. (940)433-3966. 

SPRIGS & SPRIGGING 

Tipton, Alicia, coastal. 

(940)229-1045. 

Pets 

!!ATTENTION!! 

We suggest that our readers thoroughly 

investigate any advertiser 

before investing any money. 

CROSSBRED 

POINTER/BRITTANY 

8-months-old, 2 males, 1 female, 

both parents excellent hunters & retrievers, 

all shots, very active & eye 

pleasers. $100/each. Cell 

(817)903-9242; email 

bcjennings@gmail.com. 

Appliances 

Frigidaire electric cook stove, $75. 

Roper electric washer and dryer. 

Pair $200. (940)427-2285. 

Furniture 

PETS 

BEDROOM FURNITURE SET 

For sale. 8-piece plus king mattress 

and box spring. Good condition. 

$1,200/OBO. Local. (972)489-0043. 

Garage sales 

!!ATTENTION!! 

Garage sale ads must be called in 

BEFORE NOON MONDAY to run in 

the All Around Wise/Wednesday 

edition. As of Oct. 1, 2012, all classifieds 

are in All Around Wise. We 

do not run garage sales the weekend 

before the sale. 

Decatur: 176 CR 4195, 1/2 mile 

from Young Elementary, Fri.-Sat., 

March 8-9, 7a.m. Tons of kid’s 

clothes, furniture, miscellaneous 

items. 

Decatur: 400 Vick St., Saturday, 

March 9, 9a.m.-2p.m. Appliances, 

clothes, toys, furniture. Too much to 

list. 

ESTATE/GARAGE SALES 

We can handle all your selling 

needs: Auctions, Estate or Garage 

Sales. Patsy Pierce, #12790, 

(940)255-1075. We buy estates. 

ATTENTION GARAGE 

SALE ADVERTISERS: 

First, 

the Bad News... 

Midweek Classified Deadlines 

have moved to Mondays at Noon. 

Now, the 

GOOD News... 

All Classifieds are 

• Pets 

• Pets Lost & Found 

• Pet Care/Training 

• Pet Stud Services 

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 

• Appliances 

• Clothing/Jewelry 

• Furniture 

• Garage Sales 

• Firewood 


• Auctions 

Now Call 940-627-5987 before Noon 

Offering 

Update GOLD on Mondays to get your ad 

weekly in included in All Around Wise 

the Thursday 

Update! AND the Weekend Messenger! 

Fence Pipe and Supplies 

2 3 /8 -2 7 /8 -3 1 /2 -4 1 /2 -5 1 /2 

Square & Rectangle Tubing 

C-Purlin 

Domed Caps and Springs 

All Types of Steel 

Authorized Dealer 

Flusche Enterprises, Inc. 

940-759-2203 Muenster, TX


7B 

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE 

TRANSPORTATION 

NOTICES 

HUGE MOVING SALE 

Decatur: Sat., March 9, 7a.m., all 

under cover. Kitchen, linens, furniture, 

tools, tack, camping, games, 

books and holiday. 1 mile North of 

Decatur rest stop on Hwy. 287. 

Cash only. 

Auctions 

287 SELF STORAGE 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE 

Pursuant of Chapter 59, Texas Property Code, 

public sale to satisfy landlord’s lien to be held at 

287 Self Storage, 13340 Hwy 287, Haslet, Texas 

817-439-1900. 

The sale will begin at 10 am on Tuesday, March 12. 

Property will be sold to the highest bidder. Seller reserves 

the right to reject any bid. Sale will consist 

of furniture, misc. household, Christmas Decor and misc. 

belonging to the following persons: 

Mark & Mitzi Owens, Kyle Lott, Justen Smith Talley 

Matthew McAfee, Cindy Loya, Mia Talley 

STORAGE UNITS/COIN, SPORTS 

MEMORABILIA, COMIC & COLLECTIBLES 

Tuesday, March 12 • 10 am 

DECATUR SELF STORAGE 

1100 E. US Hwy 380 Bus • Decatur 

Selling 8 Storage Units 

Friday, March 15 • 6:30 pm 

206 ADRIAN DR • BRIDGEPORT 

Coins, Sport Memorabilia, Comics & Collectibles 

Monty Fitzgerald, Auctioneer, Texas License # 16960 @ 940-393-8907 

Melissa Fitzgerald, Associate Auctioneer, Texas License # 17092 

AUCTION 

Cocanougher Properties, Inc. DBA Decatur Self-Storage,wishing to avail themselves 

of the provisions of Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code, will conduct a public sale to 

the highest bidder for cash to satisfy the landlord’s lien against the following persons: 

Tera L. Jones 

Michael C. Warnick 

Michael Johnson 

James T. Hughes 

Sabrina Amy 

Christopher Miles 

Jose Sandoval 

Dennie Arnold 

(Cash or Cerified Funds Only). 

New Fairview: 160 Sky Way, off FM 

407. 1/2 mile from Hwy. 287. Thursday, 

March 7 and Saturday, March 

9, 9a.m.-3p.m. Living room furniture, 

treadmill, women’s plus size 

clothes, decor, jewelry, hitch haul 

and lots more. 

For more information check out our website 

montyfitzgeraldauctioneers.com or auctionzip.com 

10% Buyers Premium charged; All items sold “AS IS, WHERE IS”; 

Terms are Cash, Check or Credit Card. 

Baseball bats, tennis racket, bicycle, posthole digger, jig saw, wood 

step ladder, metal headboard, mattress & box springs, baby 

mattress, chest of drawers w/mirror, wood cabinets, wood tables, 

rocking horse, pet carriers, other household items, numerous boxes, 

bags and totes with misc. items 

Christmas tree w/stand, pickup ladder rack, Panasonic 5-disc stereo 

speakers, desk chair, leather bag w/camera and accessories, plastic 

toolbox tote and storage bin, boxes of glassware, assorted satellite 

wiring hardware and other misc. items 

Space heaters, wire welder, bicyle, sparring bag, 2 wood cabinets, 

carburetor, step stool, lamps, rug, Igloo cooler, lantern, tackle box, 

wood chest, numerous baskets and boxes of misc. items 

2chestofdrawers,4chairs,diningtable,2headboards,2setsof 

mattresses and box springs, utility cart, Bissel carpet cleaner 

2setsmattressesandboxsprings,recliner,sofa,rug,woodTV 

stand, exercise trampoline, stroller, child’s folding table, chair and 

rocker, dog kennel, wood end table and plant stand, numerous toys 

and various misc. items 

2wheeldolly,Colemanlanterns,Colemancampstove,coolers, 

gas cans, tractor jack, bottle jack, 19” TV, VCR, 4 large speakers, 

buffers, sander, jig saw, Craftsman roll around tool box w/assorted 

tools, auto transmission and fuel tank, tool box w/misc. tools, work 

bench, assorted yard tools, clay pigeon launcher, life jackets, scales, 

several boxes of misc. items, gun cabinet w/glass doors, BB gun 

and other misc. items 

TV stand, satellite receiver, Homelite weed trimmer, VCR, 

speakers, stereo receiver, pots and pans, assorted kitchen 

appliances, numerous household items 

Recliner, wicker rocker, Black & Decker battery powered hand 

tools, wood end table and stools, Coleman heater and lantern, 

ammo box, tackle box, small grill, computer desk and chair, 

sewing machine w/stool, golf clubs in bag, circular saw, typewriter, 

numerous boxes w/misc. items, many clothes and other misc. items 

Sale is to be held at Cocanougher Properties, Inc. 

DBA Decatur Self Storage 

1100 East Business 380, Decatur, TX 76234 • 940-627-6434 

Merchandise is sold “as is, where is” item by item or in batches • Public invited 

Sales by Monty Fitzerald Auctioneers #16960 

206 Adrian Dr. Bridgeport, TX 76426 • 940-393-8907 

Tuesday, March 12 • 10 a.m. 

Make 

your 

classified 

ad really 

Rhome: Highway 287 to Highway 

114 West, Bridgeport Exit, head 

west 2 miles, follow green signs to 

103 Aurora Vista Trail, Fri.-Sat., 

March 8-9, 8a.m. BIG MOVING 

SALE! Automotive, power & hand 

tools, yard equipment, furniture, 

household goods, Kenmore HE5 

washer & gas dryer. 

Cars 

TRANSPORTATION 

• Boats 

• Cars 

• Recreational Vehicles 

• Trucks 

• Accessories 

• Trailers 


Bishop’s 

Wise Car 

& Truck Co. 

1110 Hovey St. Bridgeport 

940-683-1999 

BAD CREDIT OK 

BUY HERE 

PAY HERE 

WWW.WISECARANDTRUCK.NET 

DEPENDABLE CARS & TRUCKS 

$3,500 or less. We finance! 

Cowgirl Auto 

Sales, 804 Business 

Highway 287, Decatur, 

TX; (940)626-0070. 

Let’s do business! www.cowgirlautosales.com. 

2005 CAMRY LE 

Leather seats, good condition, high 

mileage. $5,000/OBO. 

(817)929-5910. 

SELL YOUR CAR, BOAT, 

TRUCK OR RV 

with a photo ad in the Wise 

County Messenger Classifieds for 

only $25 per week or 4 weeks for 

$52. Call (940)627-5987 for details. 

(Price based on 20 words or less) 

107 S. Hwy 287 • Decatur, TX 76234 

940-626-8000 • 940-626-8003 

No Credit Check 

Bad Credit - No Credit 

No Problem 

Hassle Free Financing 

Report to Credit Bureau 

Many Clean & Reliable 

Cars, Trucks, SUVs in 

Inventory. 

Come By and See Us! 

Trade Ins Welcome! 

940-626-8000 

www.bmgautosales.com 

www.bmgautogroup.com 

bmgauto1@yahoo.com 

Recreational vehicles 

1999 HARLEY DAVIDSON 

Dyna Wide Glide, barn kept, great 

condition, less than 11,000 miles. 

$7,900. (940)626-4334, leave message. 

2004 CARDINAL 

BY FOREST RIVER 

32' 5th wheel, new refrigerator, new 

batteries, approx. 1,000 miles on 

new tires, always stored under 

cover. 2 slides, rear kitchen, fiberglass 

with rubber roof. Don't miss 

this one!! Selling below retail average, 

call 940-393-6464 leave message 

2004 HONDA SHADOW AERO 

(VT750C), WINDSHIELD, BACK- 

REST, CRASH BARS, AND LUG- 

GAGE RACK ADDED! Inspired by 

both the Shadow A.C.E. 750 Deluxe 

and Shadow Spirit 750, this classic 

machine features incomparable 

retro styling, shaft drive; a low, 26” 

seat height, 50 MPG, and best of 

all, full-sized looks and performance 

without the full-sized price. Maroon, 

7,095 miles. $4,000. (940)393-8663. 

Personal 

Call 940-627-5987 

for statewide advertising 

through Tex-Scan 

ANNOUNCEMENTS 

• Card of Thanks 

• Let’s Swap 

• Lost & Found 

• Personal 

• Wanted 

CHRISTIAN MINISTRY 

is offering free guitar lessons and 

music for children 8-18. Friday 

nights, 7-9p.m. For more information 

call (817)719-6075. 

Abandoned Property/ 

Vehicles 

NOTICE OF ABANDONED 

VEHICLE 

1993 FORD F150, WHITE, OK 

028EQU. VIN # 

1FTEX15Y0RKA37041. TOWED 

1/8/13, 900 BLOCK HWY 380. 

FEE AS OF 1/8/13 $416.50 

PLUS $21.65 PER DATE AFTER 

RICK'S AUTO REPAIR & TOWING 

PO BOX 1458 

BRIDGPEORT TX 76426 

940-683-3720 

0519829VSF 

Notice to Creditors 

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS 

HAVING CLAIMS 

AGAINST THE ESTATE OF 

ALLEN JAY ROTTER 

Notice is hereby given that original 

Letters of Independent Administration 

for the Estate of ALLEN JAY 

ROTTER, Deceased, were issued 

to the undersigned on the 1st day of 

March, 2013, in the matter styled 

below. This matter is at this time being 

administered in Wise County, 

Texas, and the undersigned currently 

holds such Letters of Independent 

Administration. All persons 

having claims against this Estate 

are required to present them to the 

Independent Administratrix named 

below before the date of closing of 

the Estate, before such claims are 

barred by the applicable Statute of 

Limitations, and within the time prescribed 

by law. 

DATED on the 5th day of March, 

2013. 

SANDRA MARIE KRALL 

Independent Administratrix 

c/o Rick Weaver 

SHANNON, GRACEY, 

MILLER & RATLIFF, L.L.P. 

Mailing: PO Box 559 

Physical: 501 S. Main St. 

Rhome, TX 76078 

Main: 817-638-9016 

Fax: 817-638-2500 

rweaver@shannongracey.com 

Cause No. PR3360 

County Court at Law of 

Wise County, Texas 

NOTICE TO CREDITORS 

Notice is hereby given that original 

Letters Testamentary for the Estate 

of Joseph Henry Paul, Jr., Deceased, 

were issued to Barbara 

Hughes, on February 25, 2013, in 

Cause No. PR3380, pending in the 

County Court at Law #2 of Wise 

County, Texas. 

All persons having claims against 

this Estate which is currently being 

administered are required to present 

them within the time and in the manner 

prescribed by law to the following: 

c/o: Anissa Satterfield, resident 

agent for Barbara Hughes, 500 

Sandy Oaks Road, Springtown, 

Texas 76082. 

DATED the 8th day of March, 

2013. 

Bonnie Sattawhite Bundens 

State Bar No.: 24068219 

304 West Walnut Street 


Telephone: (940)627-5800 

Facsimile: (940)626-4446 

ATTORNEY FOR THE ESTATE 

Public Hearings 

• Legal Notices 

• Public Notices 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

The City of Rhome Texas will hold 

aPublicHearingtoreviewtheperformance 

under its 2010 Texas 

Capital Fund Grant Program Contract 

#710112 with the Texas Department 

of Agriculture in which 

funds were used to assist Love's 

Travel Stop by providing street improvements 

allowing better access 

from Highway 114. 

The Public Hearing will be held as 

follows: 

Date: March 15, 2013 

Time: 5:00 p.m. 

Place: City Hall 

105 W. First 

Rhome, Texas 76078 

Agenda: 

1. Review of the 2010 TCF Contract 

#710112 

2. Citizens' views, proposals, questions 

and comments. 

Handicapped individuals who wish 

to attend this meeting should contact 

the City Hall to arrange for assistance. 

If you are unable to attend, please 

mail your views and comments to: 

Ramah Burns, City Secretary 

City of Rhome 

105 W. First 

Rhome, TX 76078 

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940-627-3657 

1201 NORTH HIGHWAY 81/287 

MONDAY - FRIDAY 7:30 A.M. - 5:30 P.M. 

SATURDAY 7:30 A.M. 12 - NOON 

A GOOD DEAL ON GREAT TIRES 

B.W. STONE - OWNER 

Baby Registry, 

Layaway & 

Tuxedo Rental 

Available 

Kids 

On Decatur Square 

108 W. Walnut 


www.sunshine-square.com 

Classic 

(940) 627-3394 

Monday - Saturday 

10 am - 5:30 pm 

FLOOR 

COVERINGS 

Serving Wise County and Beyond 

with over 30 years experience. 

• Wood • Ceramic 

• Carpet • Vinyl • Laminate 

• Stained Concrete 

• Luxury Vinyl Plank 

Visit Our Showroom at 

900 W Thompson • Decatur 

(behind Prada Shops) 

940-626-0014 

Financing and Late Appointments 

Available 

www.classicfloorcoverings.net 

Wise Feed 

LAWN & GARDEN 

SUPPLIES FEED 

Equine • Live stock • Pets 

940-644-1896 

502 S. Hwy 101 • Chico 

Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. • Sat. 8 a.m. - 2 p.m. 

4-STAR 

PERSONAL LOANS 

940.683.3030 

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• Payday Loans 

• Title Loans 

• We Buy Gold 

2202 US HWY 380E STE114 

BRIDGEPORT, TEXAS 76426 

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AUTO 

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SERVICE 

Farm • Semi 

Car • Truck 

New & Used Tires 

2762 North Hwy. 287 • Decatur, TX 76234 

OFFICIAL D.O.T. 

940-627-2106 

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THRU 

FREE 

DELIVERY 

Prescriptions 

Compounding 

Fast & Friendly Service 

Full Line of 

Adolescent & Adult 

Immunization 

1101 Eagle Dr. • Suite C 

Decatur 76234 • 940-627-5400 

MON. - FRI., 9 A.M. - 6 P.M. • SAT., 9 A.M. - 1 P.M. 

OUR PROMISE TO OUR CUSTOMERS 

At S&J Pharmacy, it’s our commitment to provide fast friendly service, 

compounding, convenient drive thru, gifts and even FREE delivery. 

Prescriptions • Compounding 

Fast & Friendly Service 

FULL LINE OF ADOLESCENT 

& ADULT IMMUNIZATION 

DRIVE 

THRU 

S&J MEDICAL CENTER PHARMACY 

1101 Eagle Dr. Suite C 

Decatur 76234 

940-627-5400 

Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 

Sat., 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. • Closed Sun. 

OTHER 

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• Sanger • Denton 

ALVORD PHARMACY 

115 E. Bypass 287, Suite B 

Alvord 76225 

940-427-2801 

Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. 

Closed Sat. & Sun. 

FREE 

DELIVERY 

CIRCLE S 

STORES 

HAMBURGER 

BASKET 

Special $5.19 

Includes 

Drink & Choice of Side 

More Basket: 

Bacon Burger • Cheese Burger 

1201 South FM 51 • Decatur 

Store Hours: Mon.-Sat., 5 a.m. - 10 p.m. 

Grill Hours: Mon.-Fri., 5 a.m. - 2 p.m. 

Pay At The Pump 24 Hours 

940-627-3637 

Silk Screen Printing 

Embroidery • Vinyl Lettering 

T-Shirts • Hoodies 

Caps • Apparel 

Letterman Patches 

Team Uniforms • “Bling” 

Fire Retardant Clothing 

Banners • Yard Signs 

Kelly Read & Gay Read 

940-969-3680 

328 Schoolhouse Rd. 

www.hometowntees02@yahoo.com 

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THE TARGET? 

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WE SAY 

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RICK’S ELECTRONICS 

940-627-6905 

DECATUR 

940-567-2205 

JACKSBORO 

Restrictions apply. Call for details. 

NEW CONSTRUCTION, 

RENOVATIONS & REPAIR 

• Custom gunite pools 

• Maintenance repair 

on all pools 

OVER 40 YEARS IN BUSINESS 

Colby Williams 

940-393-3944 

TAYLOR 

Septic Service 

We install all types 

of septic systems 

& repair old ones 

We Pump and Clean Tanks 

All Types of Dirt Work: 

House Pads • Roads • 

Driveways • Topsoil Hauling 

• Select Fill, Sand and 

Gravel • Storm Shelters 

Installed 

HAY FOR SALE 

Danny Taylor 

940-389-3068 

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Closed Sunday & Monday 

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940-627-8885 

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940-627-6700 

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Other restrictions may apply. Void where prohibited. See dealer 

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