Another Tough Night For Wildcat Baseball
Lindale Sweeps District Series with Wildcats Baseball Winning at Home Friday, 4-1
The Lindale Eagles won all three district games they played against the Wildcats’ baseball team this season winning again Friday at home, 4-1. Lindale and Royse City have both swept the Wildcats during district play. Friday night Lindale won a game where hits were rare. The Wildcats managed only 4 hits while Lindale got 5. The Eagles got timely hits. A second inning single resulted in an RBI as Lindale went up 1-0. In a big 3 run third, the Eagles got a triple that drove home 2 runs and a sacrifice fly that drove in the third run. Lindale was up 4-0 after three innings. The Wildcats lone run came in the top of the seventh. Kamren Harrison scored the run and Jace Burchfield drove him in. Kaden Argenbright was 2 for 2. Will Sims and Burchfield also had hits. The Wildcats left 5 men on base. In a battle of pitching Chaney’s, Lindale’s Landon Chaney got the pitching win going 7 innings allowing only 4 hits and 1 run with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks. The Wildcats Jaxon Chaney took the pitching loss giving up 5 hits and 3 earned runs with 5 strikeouts and a walk over 6 innings. The Wildcats have now lost six straight games including 5 district games. They are now 2-7 in district play and are 10-9 for the season. Next week is Greenville week for the Wildcats. They play at Greenville Tuesday night and then at Wildcat Park next Friday. Earlier this season, the Wildcats took a district win over Greenville, 9-2 back on March 15 at Wildcat Park.
Sheriff’s Posse, DEA Host National Pharmaceutical Take-Back Day April 27
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse, in conjunction with the DEA will coordinate a collaborative effort with state and local law enforcement agencies focused on removing potentially dangerous controlled substances from our nation’s medicine cabinets.
A national take-back day, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, April 27, will provide a unified opportunity for the public to surrender expired, unwanted, or unused pharmaceutical controlled substances and other medications to law enforcement officers for destruction. This one-day effort will bring national focus to the issue of pharmaceutical controlled substance abuse, reports Hopkins County Sheriff’s Posse Lt. Lisa Hooten.
A Drug-Take Back Day, offered from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27 in the Hopkins County Courthouse Annex parking lot, allows people to dispose of unused and out-of-date prescription and over-the county medications.
With a few execptions, left over or unused medications may be disposed of in the Hopkins County Courthouse Annex parking lot from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 27. That’s the parking lot for the justices of the peace and tax offices, located at 128 Jefferson St. in Sulphur Springs, accessibel from both College and Jefferson streets.
Intravenous solutions, injectable items and syringes will not be accepted due to potential hazard posed by blood-borne pathogens.
Lady Cat Softball Has Another Huge Win
Lady Cats Softball Takes Ten Run Rule Win Over Royse City Friday
For the second time this week, the Lady Cats’ softball team won by the ten run rule Friday night. After beating Texas High 15-5 on Tuesday evening, the Lady Cats bested Royse City, 12-2 on Friday. The Lady Bulldogs actually led 1-0 as they scored a run when the Lady Cats threw the ball away at first trying to complete an inning double play. The Lady Cats went ahead to stay with two runs in the bottom of the first. Brinklee Driver hit a two-run home run scoring Sierra Smith who got on when her fly ball was dropped. The Lady Cats went up 5-1 with a 3-run second inning. Smith hit a double that scored Addison Caddell and Maddie Millsap, both who had singled. Later Kate Womack drew a bases loaded walk that scored a run. Royse City got back to within 5-2 with a run in the top of the third. They benefited from an error, then there were two ground outs and an RBI single. The Lady Cats put the game out of reach with a big 6 run bottom of the fourth. After the first two Lady Cats made outs, Driver walked, Womack singled and Sadie Stroud had an RBI single. Caddell got on by an error. Landri Bell singled. Maddie Millsap hit a three run home run and Nylah Lindley singled. The Lady Cats led 11-2 after four innings. They reached the ten run lead with a run in the bottom of the fifth. The Lady Cats loaded the bases when Womack got on on a fielder’s choice, Stroud singled and Caddell got on on an error. Landri Bell walked with the bases load and a run scored. Smith, Stroud and Millsap had two hits each. Millsap had 3 RBIs and Smith and Driver had 2 RBIs each. Womack, Caddell and Millsap each scored 2 runs. The Lady Cats had 11 hits. Bailey Haggerty got the pitching win working 5 innings allowing 4 hits and only 1 earned run while striking out 2 and walking 1. The win propelled the Lady Cats into a first place tie in district with their 5-1 record. Mount Pleasant lost to Lindale Friday to slip to 5-1. Lindale is 4-2. The Lady Cats are 19-5 for the season. They play next at Greenville Tuesday night.
Lady Cat Track Athletes Advance to Area
Thirteen Lady Cats Track Athletes Qualify for Area Meet and They Take Second at District
Lady Cats Track Coach Derek Tyson called the two-day District Track Meet exciting as the Lady Cats qualified thirteen athletes for Area, scored 151 points and finished second to Texas High. The 21 point margin was less than Coach Tyson had calculated. He said the girls did an awesome job competing. In the discus, the Lady Cats finished 1-2-3 with Danielle Godbolt first, Sable Erdmier second and Abbi Beggs third. All three qualified for the Area Meet April 17 at Pine Tree. Freshman Brooklyn Burnside took first place in the high jump to qualify. Two Lady Cats qualified in the long jump as Abbi Baier was second and Breasia Ivery was fourth. Aliyah Abron was fifth. Beggs was fifth in shot put and Tarayla Kelley was eighth. Claire Bybee tied the school record in the pole vault at 10-feet 6-inches as she placed second to qualify. Sydney Washburn was second in the 3200-meter run to qualify. The Lady Cats 4 x 100-meter relay team of Sadavia Porter, Ivery, Kiyonna Redman and Baier was first and they qualified for Area. Baier won the 100-meter hurdles to qualify and Faith Hatley was sixth. The Lady Cats went 1-2 in the 100-meter dash as Porter was first and Ivery second. Both qualified. Abron was fifth in the 400-meter dash. Baier won the 300-meter hurdles to qualify and Hatley was sixth. Porter won the 200-meter dash to qualify for Area. Washburn got third in the 1600-meter run to qualify. The Lady Cats 4 x 400-meter relay team of Dalanee Myles, Burnside, Kalee Malone and Abron placed fourth to qualify.
SSHS UIL Academic Update
Wildcats UIL Academic Team Ends Up Second Place in District
After all the District UIL Academic events were contested, Sulphur Springs High School ended up in second place. Lindale finished first with 540 points. The Wildcats had 462. Mount Pleasant was third with 430. Going into Speech and Debate events Thursday (April 4) at Mount Pleasant, the Wildcats led Lindale by 18 points and were 119 points ahead of Mount Pleasant. Wildcats UIL Academic Coordinator Gerald Grafton said Lindale and Mount Pleasant are powerhouses when it comes to speech and debate. He said Wildcats debaters gave great effort but could not top Lindale and Mount Pleasant debaters. On Thursday, Rachel Bramlett qualified for Regional with a second place finish in Prose Interpretation. Hannah Schultz just missed out finishing fourth. AllieGrace Woodard was fifth in Poetry Interpretation. Lesha Woodard is the coach for Prose and Poetry Interpretation. The Wildcats will be well represented at the Regional UIL Academic Meet at Prosper on April 12-13. Twenty-six Wildcats qualified in district events. A fifth team will also be going as a wild card as the best #2 team in the region. The Social Studies Team of Brandon Hodges, James Draper, Bracken Sant and Tatum Williams coached by Madison Millsap was a second place team at district but earned wild card status to advance to Regional. First place teams going are Accounting, Computer Science, Literary Criticism and Spelling and Vocabulary.
Wildcat Track Athletes Advance to Area
Wildcats Track Finishes Second in District, Nine Wildcats Going to Area
The Wildcats’ track team had their finest district track meet in years as they narrowly lost to Texas High by 4 points. Nine Wildcats, many in multiple events, qualified for the Area Track Meet in Pine Tree on April 17 at the two-day District Meet Wednesday and Thursday (April 3-4) at Royse City. Wildcats Track Coach Matt Young said it was the best district finish for the Wildcats in eight years. On the first day, Ryan Hammons took second in the shot put to qualify for Area. Jermond Bryant-Amos was fifth. In high jump, Jeremiah Roland had a 6-foot-6 inches leap to take first place and qualify. Landry Tyson was third clearing 6-foot to qualify. In the triple jump, Damiyon Dugan had a clutch final jump of 42 feet, 11 and a half inches that moved him from fifth place to fourth as he qualified for Area by an inch. In the 3200-meter run, Landon Thornton took second to qualify and Christian Palomino placed third with his personal best to qualify. Eli Sellers qualified for Area as he won the pole vault going over 13- feet. In the long jump, the Wildcats had two qualifiers: Tyson was third going 20-feet 7-inches and Dugan was Mr. Clutch again with a final jump that got him fourth place by a quarter of an inch. Coach Young said the Wildcats scored 64 points after day one as they led the meet. There was one negative as Kylan Wade was running well in a 110-meter hurdle prelim when he hit the ninth hurdle and ended up running under the tenth to get disqualified. On day two, the Wildcats 4 x 100-meter relay was disqualified for running out of their zone. In the 800-meter run, two Wildcats qualified for Area as Nabian Ramirez was third and Sellers fourth. Rhett Reid was sixth. Tyson won the 110-meter hurdles. The Wildcats 4 x 200 meter relay team of Nabian Ramirez, Brycen Lacy, Wade and Reid finished fifth. Ricardo Torres qualified with a fourth place finish in the 400-meter run. Tyson also won the 300-meter hurdles to qualify. In the 1600-meter run, Thornton was second and qualified while Palomino was fifth. Going into the night’s final event, the 4 x 400-meter relay, Texas High led the Wildcats by a mere eight points. The Wildcats finished second to qualify but Texas High ended up third to edge out the Wildcats for the district championship by 4 points. The Wildcats relay team of Torres, Sellers, Tyson and Ramirez ran a 3:28.
Dr. Mark Miller Celebrated At Retirement Reception
After more than 53 years of serving others Dr. W. Mark Miller is retiring from medicine.
The physician moved to Sulphur Spring in 1970, and says he’s “thankful for all the years I’ve been able to do something I enjoy so much. It seems the right time to me to stop.”
“I am thankful God maneuvered me to practice medicine and put me here in Sulphur Springs,” Miller said.
He explained that when he first started college, he never even considered practicing medicine. In fact, the sight of blood, trauma or pain made him nauseous and faint. However, after a college roommate talked up medicine, he began to consider it. He talked to the head of the chemistry department, who assured him that he had overcome similar squeamishness and was confident Miller could too. He changed his major that week.
After five years studying at Lubbock, Miller attend medical school at the University of Texas Southwest in Dallas. He then spent three years working at John Peter Smith Hospital, a charity hospital in Fort Worth, where he treated some of “the sickest you can imagine.”
Miller said he then had the option of serving in Vietnam or working on a Reservation. He opted to serve two years at Sioux Indian Reservation in North Dakota, where one month of the year, the temperature only reached 20 below zero and at its coldest was 50 below at night. He treated patients, who were sent 13 miles to the town hospital if additional medical care was needed.
He moved to Sulphur Springs in 1970, working at the clinic, which he recalled seemed big at the time, with two halls with four rooms each and one surgery room. Back in those days, general practitioners and family doctors did a lot more than they do now in terms of immediate care, he said.
“We fixed fractures. We really did it all. We did lots of things,” Miller told the crowd who attended the come and go celebration of his retirement, held Friday at CHRISTUS Trinity Mother Frances Plaza.
He said he felt prepared for any possibility thanks to his training, and that of the other doctors at the clinic, who also trained at John Peter Smith.
He felt historically, he practiced during the ”greatest time” in medicine, a time when antibiotics such as penicillin and tetracycline were available to kill any bacteria.
In addition to surgery and treating infections, Miller said he also enjoyed delivering babies. He noted that when he started working at the clinic in Sulphur Springs, the cost for a delivery was $150, regardless whether it was a Cesarean section requiring anesthesia or a vaginal birth.
Medical records are quite different today than when he first began practicing medicine. In his earlier days, patients would come in, they’d talk about their need, he scribbled his solution on paper, and that was the medical record.
Now, he says he’s very thankful for the “exceptional, young smart, beautiful nurses who rescue me daily from the computer. He said his office has had the current computer system for five years. He started out hating them, although he and the computers are now friendlier, it won’t be hard for him to say goodbye to them.
Miller said one thing he’s realized over the last few months of saying goodbyes is just how very fond of his patients he’s become.
“I like them. They’re friends. I love them. It’s been a bit of an emotional experience … especially the last couple of months,” Miller said.
“Dr. Miller is a very caring person,” said urology nurse Laura Duke, who has worked with Miller at different times over the years.
“We are losing one of the greatest doctors to ever heal. He is a blessing to so many,”said Leah Irving, a nurse practitioner who worked with Miller as a nurse and looked up to him as a mentor when she made the move to practitioner.
“He is the kindest, most gentle, humble man I’ve ever known,” said Mandy Kennedy, who was not a patient of Miller, but has had occasion to know him from church and community involvement, as well as opportunity to learn of the depth of commitment he shows to his patients.
“He looks out for his patients. He called me one day, concerned for a patient, asking for resources for the patient who had special needs,” Kennedy said.
“He’s wonderful. A lot of patients will miss him a lot,” said Peggy Dietze.
Dr. Ken Haywood credits the care he’s received from Miller for keeping him “still going strong” at 65.
“Thank you for being a role model. You are respected. We love you,” said Dr. Curt Cutrell, who works with Miller at CHRISTUS Trinity Clinic.
Lequida Jennings, who along with husband, retired Dr. Jerry Jennings, is Miller’s neighbor described Mark and Carol Miller as not just friends but “the nicest people.”
Another colleague of Millers described his a a “spiritually respected man.”
“It means so much to me to have so many here to bid me farewell,” Miller told the friends, family, patients and colleagues past and present who gathered at his retirement reception Friday.
Hopkins County Records
Posted Week of April 5, 2019
APPLICATIONS FOR MARRIAGE LICENSES
- Luis Alfredo Silva Cruz and Madison Brooke Rater
- Austin Bailey Corley and Hollie Lynn Lange
- Francisco Javier Melendez and Edith Perez Carcamo
- Jeremy Paul Blount and Rachel Ann Burns
- Edward Coke Phillips and Clarissa Antoinette Dial
LAND DEED TRANSACTIONS
- Carol Sue Singletary, independently and as executor for the Johnnie A. Adams Estate, to Sherry Brown Hammond; tract in the A. Caro survey
- Sitaram Hospitality Investments LLC to Siddhi Sai LLC; tract in the Elizabeth Mitchell survey
- James C. Bearden Sr. to James C. Bearden Jr. and Tanya R. Bearden-Turner; tract in the HN Quirk survey
- Lawana Powell and John Powell to John Jelinek; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Anthony Lynn Smith, Britney Smith, Jarrod Arnold Smith adn Tamra Rae Wilson Mason Smith to Balbina Romero and Jose Luis Romero; tract in the F. Carroll survey
- Randy Lynn Chambers to Everett Jennings; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Cedar Creek Preservations LLC to The Ranches At River Ridge LLC; tract in the S. Waggoner survey
- Alice Richey to Jose E. Bonilla and Olga M. Rios; tract in the Mary Ann Bowlin survey
- Eddy Bob Cody to Charles Hughes; tract int he J. Ybarbo survey
- Eddy Kwok-Hin Seto, Emily Seto attorney to Schober Outdoor Advertising LLC; tract in the RM Fant survey
- Esther Johnson to Deborah Bryd, Tammy Corey and Melissa Jefferson; tract in the HT Barclay survey
- Stephen Charles Mooney to William Darrell Lake and Lynne Marie Reynolds; tract in the J. Palvadore survey
- Everette Van Jennings and Lacie Mae Jennings to DE Property Enterprises LLC; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Glenda Christenberry to Danny Christenberry, Rocky Dale Christenberry and Sherrie Rutledge; tract in the William N. Baker survey
- Matt B. Petty to Kasey Berna; tract in the RC Graves survey
- Matt B. Petty to Hank William Douthitt and Jason Miles Douthitt; tract in the Edmond P. Gaines survey
- Beverly Gottfried to Robert Earl Garner Jr.; tract in the M.A. Bowlin survey
- Ken Ord and Susan Ord to Leslie L. Strifler and Stanley D. Stifler; tract in the Jason Clark survey
- Shelly Morris Anderson, Carla Morris, Harvey Grieg Morris, Marie Brodie Morris and Melissa Morris to CJP Properties LLC
- Raymond Edward III and Corey Hall to David Mills; tract in the Thomas Stewart survey
- Teresa Hooten Carpenter, Leota Jane Hooten McCauley and William Bryan Shultz to Mattie Hooten Jacobs; tract in the Haynes Crabtree survey
- Teresa Hooten Carpenter, Mattie Hooten Jacobs and William Bryan Shultz to Leota Jane Hooten McCauley; tract in the Haynes Crabtree survey
- Mattie Hooten Jacobs, Leota Jane Hooten McCauley and William Bryan Shultz to Teresa Hooten Carpenter; tract in the Haynes Crabtree surveyTeresa Hooten Carpetner, Mattie Hooten Jacobs and Leota Jane Hooten McCauley to William Bryan Shultz; tract in the Haynes Crabtree survey
- Linabeth H. Edwards, Rammie L. Gant attorney to XR4 Innovations LLC; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Cornerstone Family Homes Inc. to Brad Allen Zuniga; tract in the Jose Ybarbo survey
- Wayne Ray to Daniel Davis; tract in the JW Hatchell survey
- Daniel Daivs to Claudia Gamez; tract in the JW Hatchell survey
- Donald Libby and Jessica Libby to Michael Eugene Elliott and Pamela Stearns Elliott; tract in the Mary A. Bowlin survey
- Clarence G. Nash and Sandra Nash to Gloria Harrison and Walter Harrison; tract in the MA Bowin survey
- Perry Pillard and Stephanie Ray Pillard to Renee Miller and Stephen Miller; tract in the Thomas Proctor survey
- Jimmy Frank Horton as independent executor for the Judy Ann Price Estate to Tracy Jean McCormick, who is also known as Tracy Jean Price; tract in the RE Matthews survey
- Ashley Shire Booth also known as Ashley Wilson and David Booth to Lee Dial; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- The Ranches At River Ridge LLC to Jorge A. Hernandez and Paola Saibene; tract in the S. Waggoner survey
- The Ranches At River Ridge LLC to Suguna R. Patibandla and Sreenivasa R. Patibandla; tract in the AJ Butts survey
- The Ranches at River Ridge LLC to Committee of Friends LLC; tract in the S. Waggoner survey
- John K. Crain III trustee for The John K. Crain III Family Trust to John K. Crain III; tract in the Newman McGee survey
- Chelsey Leray Joslin and Dustin Lynn Joslin to Nations Lending Corporation; tract in the GW Russell survey
- Frank Prock and Martha J. Prock to Brianna Hammond and Jonathon Hammond; tract in the William Cannon survey
- Larry Thomas Cox and Tina Cox to Alice Mae Richey; tract in the JT Redding survey
- Garry D. Rose and Ramey L. Rose, independently and as attorney, to Don Wade Winterrowd; tract in the Richard Miller survey
- Amy Dawn Sustaire and Mark Brent Sustaire to Garrett Brent Sustaire; tract in the Ira Stevenson survey
- Evelyn Marie Pace and Walter Taylor Pace, attorneys, and Nelda Pace to Claudia Jones and Don Jones; tract in the Agaton Caro survey
- Gia Van Le and Phuong Thi Pham to Suraj Pandeya and Reena Pun; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- James Edward Speaker and Sherry Laverne Speaker to Baylee M. Thompson; tract in the E. Melton survey
- Francisco J. Melendez Estate, Francisco J. Melendez and Maria Contreras Melendez, both independently adn as co-administrators, to Maura Torres Don Ma; tract in the MA Bowlin survey
- Emanuel F. Alves to Natalino M. Alves; tract in the Jose Ybarbo survey
- Jennifer Menge and William Howard Menge to Jarred I. Pickett; tract in the JKH Pace survey
- Kelly Ann Haley also known as Kelly ann Scott to Christopher Michael Voorheese and Lori Dawn Voorheese; tract in the M Ballanova survey
- John C. Bradford to John C. Bradford Revocable Living Trust; tract in the Mathias Click survey
- The Ranches At River Ridge LLC to Lucky Buddha Investment LLC; tract in the S. Waggoner survey
- Brenda Kay Newby to Jimmy C. Aikin
- Jerry Wayne Aikin to Jimmy C. Aikin
- George Aikin to Jimmy Charle Aikin
- Margaret Barker to Jimmy C. Aikin
Enrollment Open For Basic Peace Officer Class Starting April 29 in Sulphur Springs
A Basic Peace Officer Course will be offered through East Texas Police Academy from 6 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday starting April 29 and continuing for about 7 months at Hopkins County Law Enforcement Center. Enrollment in the class is still open, and those attending should note there will be a physical fitness component. Cadets will be required to dress in uniforms and to attend a few special training sessions on weekends as well.
Currently, the course is 750 hours, but that could change depending on pending updates from Texas Commission On Law Enforcement to the BPOC curriculum.
Local instructors will be Hopkins County Sheriff’s Chief Investigator Corley Weatherford and Investigator Wade Sheets, and Texas Ranger John Vance. Students must be at least 21 years of age upon completion of the class in order earn basic peace officer certification, and can not have any convictions for Class B or above charges.
East Texas Police Academy also requires that all applicants have a sponsoring agency. A chief administrator from any law enforcement agency in the state of Texas may sponsor a student. Sponsorship must be maintained by the student throughout the entire program.
Agencies that sponsor a student are under no financial obligation and are not obligated to employ the student. The sponsoring agency is required to verify the eligibility of the student to attend the course, and to maintain certain required records.
Applicants must complete the appropriate cadet packet, personal history statement, be fingerprinted and in some cases have professionals complete medical and psychological forms.
Forms are available at ETPA. For additional information, contact Corley Weatherford at 903-438-4040 or Jamie Council at 903-983-8672.
