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City Beat 10-24-09
by By BOB WRIGHT Editor
(Posted 10/29/2009 10:49 am)
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PSALM 115:11 - Ye that fear the Lord, trust in the Lord: He is their help and their Shield.
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FIRST AMENDMENT QUOTE: “Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion” - Henry Steele COMMAGER, historian, 1950.
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Every once in awhile something very important to a story is unintentionally omitted from a story. Going rapidly on several stories, sometimes simultaneously, I sometime omit such a name or fact, etc. Such was the case in the Page 1 story about the school board in Thursday’s edition. The name of Roger BROOKE was left out, not intentionally. He was hired as a peace officer and is assigned to the alternative campuses. Apologies for the inconvenience...
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Good to hear from Teresa PRICE, who always sounds upbeat. Teresa, the new Limestone County Veterans Service Officer, telephoned Thursday, touching base with the media. A retired Military person, Teresa and husband Rick are back from their properties in Hawaii; Teresa is ready to go to work in her new position, and we’re happy to say she is planning to keep all veterans apprised of various situations with a weekly column in The Mexia News. Plans are that we’ll first “hear” from Teresa in Tuesday’s newspaper...
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The water barricades went up for awhile Thursday morning, in view of s consistent rains which caused some temporary flooding at the “Deep North Ross Avenue” underpass. That spot can be treacherous when rains are consistently heavy. Several years ago, a male motorist lost his life when his vehicle was swept away during torrential downpours. The Mexia Police Department keeps a watchful eye on the situation when the clouds start crying bigtime. Some school employees approached the underpass, at the intersection of North State Highway 14, and had to turn back for an alternate route early Thursday...
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Two and a half inches of rain fell on the west side of Lake Limestone, according to Jo BOYD, who reported from her rain gauge. Nobody with the City of Mexia keeps an official tab on rainfall, so we welcome anyone to call us and give a rain report from the past several days...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORNERS this week belong to Elizabeth WITHROW, who just turned 97 years young this past Monday; to Mellie Merle SCOTT, who will observe her 100th year on earth this coming Thursday; to Patti SMITH, whose special day is today, and to Ed COPLEY, our next-door gardening buddy, who turned 92 years young today. I can say unequivocally he raises some of the best hot peppers to be found. We wish continued blessings on these fine people, many of whom I’ve known for most of my life...
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David MOORE of Groesbeck is featured in the Summer edition of Docket Call, a publication out of the Baylor School of Law. It revolves around the story of how Moore finally took the cases of those he perceived as wrongfully arrested on drug charges in Hearne. It evolved into a movie (a feature about Moore appeared on Page 1 of this newspaper, long before the movie, American Violet, was released by Samuel Goldwyn Pictures. An interview with Moore for the Baylor publication is quite interesting and was shared with me by Moore’s wife Lori, who works in the Limestone County Judge’s office. Moore, now a Groesbeck attorney, had been out of law school a year when he was contacted to review the Hearne cases, and he finally agreed after reviewing aspects of the cases. David formerly worked for the Houston Police Department and the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office as an undercover narcotics officer. Will PATTON portrays Moore in the film, although fictitious names are used with all characters...
by By BOB WRIGHT Editor
(Posted 10/29/2009 10:49 am)
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FIRST AMENDMENT QUOTE: “Censorship always defeats its own purpose, for it creates in the end the kind of society that is incapable of exercising real discretion” - Henry Steele COMMAGER, historian, 1950.
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Every once in awhile something very important to a story is unintentionally omitted from a story. Going rapidly on several stories, sometimes simultaneously, I sometime omit such a name or fact, etc. Such was the case in the Page 1 story about the school board in Thursday’s edition. The name of Roger BROOKE was left out, not intentionally. He was hired as a peace officer and is assigned to the alternative campuses. Apologies for the inconvenience...
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Good to hear from Teresa PRICE, who always sounds upbeat. Teresa, the new Limestone County Veterans Service Officer, telephoned Thursday, touching base with the media. A retired Military person, Teresa and husband Rick are back from their properties in Hawaii; Teresa is ready to go to work in her new position, and we’re happy to say she is planning to keep all veterans apprised of various situations with a weekly column in The Mexia News. Plans are that we’ll first “hear” from Teresa in Tuesday’s newspaper...
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The water barricades went up for awhile Thursday morning, in view of s consistent rains which caused some temporary flooding at the “Deep North Ross Avenue” underpass. That spot can be treacherous when rains are consistently heavy. Several years ago, a male motorist lost his life when his vehicle was swept away during torrential downpours. The Mexia Police Department keeps a watchful eye on the situation when the clouds start crying bigtime. Some school employees approached the underpass, at the intersection of North State Highway 14, and had to turn back for an alternate route early Thursday...
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Two and a half inches of rain fell on the west side of Lake Limestone, according to Jo BOYD, who reported from her rain gauge. Nobody with the City of Mexia keeps an official tab on rainfall, so we welcome anyone to call us and give a rain report from the past several days...
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY CORNERS this week belong to Elizabeth WITHROW, who just turned 97 years young this past Monday; to Mellie Merle SCOTT, who will observe her 100th year on earth this coming Thursday; to Patti SMITH, whose special day is today, and to Ed COPLEY, our next-door gardening buddy, who turned 92 years young today. I can say unequivocally he raises some of the best hot peppers to be found. We wish continued blessings on these fine people, many of whom I’ve known for most of my life...
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David MOORE of Groesbeck is featured in the Summer edition of Docket Call, a publication out of the Baylor School of Law. It revolves around the story of how Moore finally took the cases of those he perceived as wrongfully arrested on drug charges in Hearne. It evolved into a movie (a feature about Moore appeared on Page 1 of this newspaper, long before the movie, American Violet, was released by Samuel Goldwyn Pictures. An interview with Moore for the Baylor publication is quite interesting and was shared with me by Moore’s wife Lori, who works in the Limestone County Judge’s office. Moore, now a Groesbeck attorney, had been out of law school a year when he was contacted to review the Hearne cases, and he finally agreed after reviewing aspects of the cases. David formerly worked for the Houston Police Department and the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office as an undercover narcotics officer. Will PATTON portrays Moore in the film, although fictitious names are used with all characters...
