GFA World and partners are ready to help feed local families at next event, with participation from Rep. Lance Gooden, Oct. 24
GFA World and partners are ready to help feed local families at next event, with participation from Rep. Lance Gooden, Oct. 24
Local law enforcement officials survey the damage of a single-vehicle accident along FM 751 that occurred at approximately 5 p.m. Oct. 19. According to preliminary reports, the driver left the roadway before rolling his pickup truck through a barbed wire fence. The man was possibly ejected from the vehicle but was alert when paramedics and officers arrived on scene. The driver was subsequently transported to an area hospital in unknown condition, and the accident was still under review as of press time.
Signs of fall’s long-awaited arrival continued to crop up in and around the Wills Point area over the past week with cooler temperatures moving in and the Rose Monument newly decked in colors of the season. Outside of a quick spike on Sunday, high temperatures are expected to linger in the low 70s during the week ahead.
County cities received a large dose of good news from the office of Texas State Comptroller Glen Hegar announcing that Canton, Edgewood, Edom, Fruitvale, Grand Saline, Van and Wills Point all posted gains in monthly sales tax revenue collections when comparing against October 2019 totals.
The Wills Point Volunteer Fire Department added another tool in its arsenal to fight fires last week, taking possession of a new large brush truck. Acquisition of the truck, which was made possible with a $200,000 grant from the Texas A&M Forest Service, has been a multi-year effort by Emergency Services District #4 and the WPVFD. The WPVFD is no stranger to working with the Texas A&M Forest Service, having previously worked together on a grant that was used to purchase lift bags, a cutter, spreader and computer, in 2018. Grant money and all other funds raised by ESD #4 can only be used for the purposes of procuring and maintaining equipment and other expenses related to the WPVFD. Photo by David Kapitan
Two Van Zandt County elected officials made a joint announcement Sept. 30 declining their three percent salary increases in the recently approved 2020-21 budget that went into effect Oct. 1.
Tensions were high during a special called meeting of the Canton City Council Wednesday, Oct. 14, as citizens from Canton and Van Zandt County gathered in the city hall’s meeting room to discuss the event dubbed “Slvtzgiving.”
The inaugural VZC Veterans Memorial Military Show drew large crowds as veteran support Groups from North and East Texas shared Jeeps, ambulances, military gear and unmanned drones dating back to the 1950s.
The Wills Point Tigers will have their hands full over the course of the next 16 days, playing a district gauntlet that’s set to include Farmersville, Sunnyvale, Caddo Mills and Nevada Community for a chance to compete in this year’s 4A playoffs.
Fall athletics and other extracurricular activities at the high school campus were abruptly put on hold last week with district officials announcing that multiple confirmed positive tests had been reported.
My friend JoAnn is a terrific cook, especially when it comes to baked goods. She made dessert for her family at least 4 times a week, and pies were the most well-received. Homemade pie crusts didn’t seem to faze her; she could whip one up in no time. I was always a little envious of that. Once she made a sweet potato pie for the first time and told her kids it was a new recipe for pumpkin pie, thus the different texture. It worked, and they loved it.
A friend emails a daily devotional to an educator membership group all over the state. His group is called Educators Christian Fellowship. For likeminded educators and friends, this daily devotional encourages teachers, administrators, and staff throughout the week. God is present in the classroom through the acts and deeds of educators every day.
A theme that (hopefully) becomes clear after reading a few of my articles is gratitude. I’ve thanked most folks who were big influences in my life, like my Papa, my Mom, my wife, Jocelyn, my wonderful church and others who befriended me when I was new to East Texas and knew no one here. But I’ve been thinking recently of folks I never got a chance to thank.
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Memorial services for Aletha “Diane” Fink, 63, of Grand Saline, were held Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020, at Caney Creek Cowboy Church, 1144 VZCR 1806, Grand Saline, TX 75140. Services are under the direction of Hiett’s LyBrand Funeral Home in Wills Point.
The Van Zandt County Genealogical Society will meet at 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 24, at the Senior Citizens Center, at 200 W. Groves Street, in Canton. The meeting is open to the public..
Mary Catherine Maurer Hobin, 91, joined her beloved husband, William Frank Hobin Sr., in heaven Oct. 4, 2020. Interment was in Calvary Hill Cemetery in Dallas.
Memorial services for Darryl Nelson Stone are scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, at Fellowship Baptist Church in Nederland.
