Hopkins County Area Organizations To Participate In Full-Scale Disaster Planning Exercise June 21
In an effort to be prepared for emergencies, fire department, law enforcement and medical officials from Sulphur Springs and the Hopkins County area will take part in 4-hour full scale tornado disaster exercise June 21, according to Hopkins County Fire Chief and Emergency Management Coordinator Andy Endsley.
Below is the announcement to residents regarding the planned drill:
Austin Man Arrested In Cumby On Travis County DWI Warrant
A wanted Austin man, 24, had the luck to be a passenger in a Toyota Camry stopped about 1:40 p.m. May 13 by Cumby Police Officer Zack Steward for impeding traffic at mile marker 109 on Interstate 30 west.
The driver didn’t have a license and the passenger, the Austin man, was found to be wanted in Travis County for driving while intoxicated. The passenger was transported to the county jail on the charge, Steward alleged in arrest reports.
The Austin man’s bond was set at $10,000; his remained in the county jail Tuesday afternoon, according to jail reports.
SSPD: Man Who Pulled Out In Front Of Patrol Car Had No Driver’s License
A Sulphur Springs man who allegedly pulled out of a Gilmer Street parking lot about 7:30 p.m. Monday in a Ford F250 pickup in front of a police officer’s patrol car ended up in jail.
Police detained the truck for failure to yield. While he had the man stopped, the city officer discovered the 48-year-old did not have a driver’s license, resulting in the man’s arrest on the charge.
The man was taken to jail; his truck was released to his friend at his request, according to police reports.
Sulphur Springs Man Arrested After Reportedly Passing Out At Business
A Sulphur Springs man, 28, was brought to police’s attention after he allegedly passed out at a Main Street business.
Police found the man, not passed out in the 500 block of Main Street, but walking nearby on Texas Street. Observing the man, police believed him to be intoxicated to the point he was a danger to himself and others, and took him into custody for public intoxication, according to arrest reports.
Sulphur Springs Downtown Revitalization Board May 14 Agenda
CITY OF SULPHUR SPRINGS
DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION BOARD
201 North Davis Street
MAY 14, 2019 5:30 P.M.
AGENDA:
- Discussion/Action on Downtown Revitalization Board Meeting Minutes of April 30, 2019.
- Discussion/Action on a Facade Design Compliance Application for 313 Main St.
- Discussion/Action on a Sign Design Compliance Application for 313 Main St.
- Discussion/Action on a Sign Design Compliance Application for 109 College St.
- Any other business
- Adjourn
The City of Sulphur Springs will provide assistance to the hearing impaired if notice is given to the Downtown Revitalization Board Secretary 48 hours prior to the scheduled meeting date.
Pedestrian Stop Leads To Controlled Substance Arrest
May 14, 2019 – A pedestrian stop on Russell Drive Monday morning resulted in a controlled substance arrest.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Adrian Pruitt, in arrest reports, alleged the pedestrian appeared to him to be extremely nervous when contacted. A pat down allegedly revealed a bag containing a white crystal-like substance Pruitt believed to be less than 1 gram of methamphetamine in the 21-year-old Sulphur Springs man’s pocket.
Consequently, the man, identified in arrest reports as Blake Oliver Kizer, was arrested at 7:23 a.m. May 13 for possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
20 Personnel Decisions Approved for SSISD, 3 Trustees Sworn In Monday
Twenty personnel recommendations were approved, the new and reelected school board members sworn in, and officers elected by Sulphur Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees at their regular May board Monday evening.
Board of Trustees
Craig Roberts and incumbents Leesa Toliver and John Prickette were unopposed during candidate filing for three seats on the school board, thus no election was required for SSISD Board of Trustees. SSISD Election Officer Sandra Gibby administered the oath of office to the three to serve a three-year term on SSISD Board of Trustees during Monday’s meeting.
Roberts will serve in the seat most recently held by Clay Johnson, appointed in 2016 to serve out an unexpired term when a board member resigned, opted not to file for election to another term on the board. He had served nine years on the board and attained certification as a Texas Association of School Boards Master Trustee.
Toliver begins her third term on the school board and Prickette will begin his first full term on the school board. Prickette also served an unexpired term; he was first appointed in 2012 to serve the final year of Foy Williams’ term on the board. Toliver also is a TASB Master Trustee.
The seven trustees then voted which among them will serve as officers on the school board.
Toliver made the nomination, which was seconded by board member Kerry Wright, for Robbin Vaughn to continue serving as president of the school board. Vaughn was unanimously reelected by the trustees to the president’s seat on the school board.
A motion was made by Toliver and seconded by Prickette for Robert Cody to continue serving as vice president of the school board. Unanimous approval was given for Cody to serve as board vice president.
Toliver again made a nomination, seconded by Cody, for Jason Dietze to serve as secretary of SSISD Board of Trustees. The motion received unanimous approval as well. Johnson served as secretary of the school board until his term on the board ended this month.
Personnel Decisions
At the end of the night, following an executive session, SSISD trustees approved 20 personnel matters: accepting resignations tendered by seven district employees, hiring of 11 new employees and two job swaps at middle school.
Among the seven resignations were those of a district bus driver, two high school teachers, two special aides at the lower grades, a special services administrative staff member and an administrative technology specialist.
Leaving Sulphur Springs High School will be world history teacher Amber Perry and English teacher Cindy Graham.
Special education aide Ruth Fernandez will be leaving Douglass Early Childhood Learning Center and special education aide Jessica Hendricks is leaving Sulphur Springs Elementary.
At the district level, Larry Mahand’s resignation as technology specialist, Jeff Oppenheim’s resignation as bus driver were accepted. Tonda Bryant’s resignation as special services administrative assistant was also accepted.
Among the 11 new hires impacting four campuses are five teachers, three aides, a counselor, teacher/coach and a receptionist.
Approved as new staff members at Barbara Bush Primary are Valorie Frazier as a teacher and Cassidy Green as an aide in the special education self-contained classroom, Linzi Phillips as an instructional aide and Megan Postlewhait as a special education aide.
Shara Roden was approved to become the counselor at Bowie Primary School.
At Sulphur Springs Middle School, LaCrisha Shimp is to become the receptionist and Kylie Singleton will be a special education co-teacher.
At high school, Heath Gammill will teach the construction class, Melissa Peugh will teach English, Reginald Thomas will teach culinary arts, and Katelyn Webster will serve double duty as a math teacher and coach.
Two teachers will be switching job titles at SSMS. Science teacher Bryan Cole will be a STEAM teacher. Angie McCrary will be switching from special education teacher to Read 180 teacher.
Marine Corps League Tribute to Peace Officers Memorial Day 2019
The Hopkins County Detachment of the Marine Corps League will pay tribute to Peace Officers this Memorial Day. The ceremony with take place Wednesday May 15th at the Veterans Memorial in Sulphur Springs.
Service Flags will be lowered to half-staff at 0800 (8:00AM) followed by the Policeman’s Prayer. The large U.S. Flag in the center of the plaza will then be lowered as taps is played.
Coffee and donuts will be served. Flags will be raised to full-staff at 1730 (5:30PM) Wednesday evening. Please join us.
Proclamation on Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week, 2019
LAW & JUSTICE
Issued on: May 10, 2019
On Peace Officers Memorial Day and throughout Police Week, we express our unending gratitude to our Nation’s law enforcement officers. Those brave men and women selflessly confront danger to protect our families and defend our communities. We also honor those in blue who have been killed or disabled in the line of duty. We are especially mindful of the tremendous sacrifices of the 106 heroes who laid down their lives last year while protecting their communities.
My Administration is working on several fronts to enhance the health and safety of our Nation’s law enforcement officers. The Department of Justice (DOJ) continues to promote initiatives that provide funding for bulletproof vests, active shooter training, the National Blue Alert System, and other programs that bolster the physical and mental health of those who protect us. We are making surplus military equipment available to law enforcement agencies. We are implementing the Law Enforcement Mental Health and Wellness Act, which I signed into law last year, to improve the delivery of and access to mental health and wellness services. And when tragedy does strike, DOJ’s Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program stands ready and able to assist the families of the fallen and catastrophically injured.
The best way we can support law enforcement is to reduce violence crime. My Administration has secured $50 million in funding for one of the most effective crime prevention strategies in America, the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative. This results-based and data-proven initiative is reducing violent crime nationwide by leveraging local law enforcement and community partnerships, along with strategic enforcement efforts, to arrest the most violent criminals in the most violent locations. Through the combined efforts of all levels of law enforcement, violent crime in our country is falling.
Our Nation’s law enforcement officers serve with courage, dedication, and strength. They fearlessly enforce our laws, even at the risk of personal peril, safeguarding our property, our liberty, and our lives. We owe them, and their families, our full and enduring support.
By a joint resolution approved October 1, 1962, as amended (76 Stat. 676), and by Public Law 103-322, as amended (36 U.S.C. 136-137), the President has been authorized and requested to designate May 15 of each year as “Peace Officers Memorial Day” and the week in which it falls as “Police Week.”
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim May 15, 2019, as Peace Officers Memorial Day and May 12 through May 18, 2019, as Police Week. In humble appreciation of our hardworking law enforcement officers, Melania and I will light the White House in blue on May 15. I call upon all Americans to observe Peace Officers Memorial Day and Police Week with appropriate ceremonies and activities. I also call on the Governors of the States and Territories and officials of other areas subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, to direct that the flag be flown at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day. I further encourage all Americans to display the flag from their homes and businesses on that day.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-third.
DONALD J. TRUMP
Two 50-Year CNB Employees Honored in Austin by Texas Bankers Association
Phyllis Loyd and Sandra Phillips honored as 50-Year Bankers
Austin, May 7, 2019 – The Texas Bankers Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the Texas Bankers Association, honored Phyllis Loyd and Sandra Phillips of Sulphur Springs with the 50-Year Banker Award during TBA’s 135th Annual Convention on May 3 in Austin. This prestigious award honors bankers with a half century or more of service and dedication to the
banking industry. Loyd began her banking career as a bookkeeper at City National Bank in 1969; she has been with the bank her entire career. She has also worked the teller line, in the proof department and collections for car drafts and oil and gas leases. Loyd now serves as the bank’s assistant
cashier and accounts payable in the accounting department. She has served her community in a number of ways and has used her bookkeeping skills when she served as treasurer of the Mothers Culture club, the Salvation Army and the band booster club.
Phillips is an assistant vice president with City National Bank in Sulphur Springs. Phillips began her career in April 1967 in the bookkeeping department of City National Bank; she has been with the bank her entire career. She attributes her longevity in banking to enjoying the job
as well as enjoying her fellow coworkers. She says her favorite parts of working for a bank include meeting the customers, her co-workers and the banking industry in general.
Serving Texas banks since 1885, the Texas Bankers Association is the largest and oldest state bankers association in the nation.
