Oklahoma Vehicular Homicide Suspect Surrenders In Hopkins County
An Oklahoma vehicular homicide suspect surrendered to authorities in Hopkins County during the noon hour Saturday, May 29, 2021, according to arrest reports.
Jaime Arturo Weiselogel reported to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office about the warrant. Deputy Jason Lavender was called in from patrol to escort the 47-year-old into the county jail, after the McClain County, Oklahoma, warrant was confirmed by dispatchers using his ID information. The Bogata man was booked at 12:48 p.m. May 29, on the homicide, negligent vehicular/manslaughter warrant. The charge, according to arrest reports, is alleged to have occurred on April 15, 2021.
Weiselogel was held in Hopkins County jail until Sunday, May 30; bond on the charge was set at $50,000, according to arrest and jail reports.
Memorial Day 2021: Local Veterans, Community Remember Those Who Paid The Ultimate Price For Our Freedoms
The few trickles of rain that fell Monday morning did not deter Hopkins County veterans and community members gathered on the downtown square Monday morning, May 31, 2021, to honor those who paid the ultimate price for our freedoms – military personnel from all branches of service whose lives were lost during any US war.
The event began at 9 a.m. with the lowering of the flags from each branch of the military.
A prayer for strength, comfort and guidance for all who serve in the Armed Forces and the “walking wounded among us,” and blessing for them and their families was offered. Peace among nations and mercy upon this land, and thanksgiving for past goodness on the country, protection for the men and women defending the country, and to turn all to the Holy Word and true peace, were also prayed for.
The Hopkins County Marine Corps League Judge Advocate read a statement from a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Air Force about the importance of Memorial Day. While many will enjoy hot dogs and hamburgers with family and friends, or even time on the lake, Memorial Day’s true intent is about much more than a day off from work.
“Every hot dog, every burger, every spin around the lake with friends is a death purchased by others. This is not about all who served. That day comes in the fall. This one is in honor of those who paid in life and blood , whose moms never saw them again, whose dads wept in private, whose wives raised kids alone and whose kids only remembered them from pictures. This isn’t simply a day off. This is a day to remember that others paid the price for every free breath you take – and that’s freedom,” he read.
The judge advocate also shared some notices he’s received over the years from friends. Russell Cornish, who upon graduation from college with an MBA in the spring of 1967, then immediately enlisted in the Army, infantry training and arrived in Vietnam in Feb. 1968, and killed by enemy small arms fire two months later. He received two Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart.
“I’ve never known anyone with greater promise than Russ. Therefore, as we approach Memorial Day, and we appropriately consider the immense sacrifices made by some Americans to help ensure liberty for their fellow citizens, I’ll contemplate who Russ was, what he accomplished in his brief 25 years, what his future likely would have included and the potential he had for significant accomplishments enhancing the greater good,” he read.
AFC Corning never benefitted from the advantages his generation has enjoyed thanks to the freedom he and 58,000 of his comrades in arms never benefitted from.
“Let us be forever grateful for their service and sacrifices,” he said.
He recalled another friend’s account of his father, Arvin H. Messinger, a few years ago. At the age of 20, he enlisted in the US Marine Corps in 1942, was a forward scout and sharp shooter, who flew combat missions in Guam, Guadalcanal and other small islands in the Pacific, and afterward suffered from shell shock (now known as PTSD) and spent time in medical care due to a mortar shell landing in close proximity to him. He returned to California and was assigned as an MP at Camp Pendleton, before being mustered out December 1945.
Memorial Day, originally called Decoration Day, was held May 30, 1868, as a way to honor the fallen soldiers of the Civic War. A crowd of 5,000 gathered to decorate the graves of over 20,000 military personnel buried in Arlington National Cemetery with flowers. Ulysses S. Grant presided over ceremonies. Children of soldiers made their way through the cemetery putting flowers on Union and Confederate graves while singing hymns. Many in attendance at Decoration Day brought picnic lunches.
After World War 1, the observance was expanded to honor all veterans who died in any American War. In 1971, Decoration Day officially became Memorial Day and Congress passed an act declaring it a national holiday. It was moved from May 30 to the last Monday in May, in what became known as the Uniform Monday Act. New York was the first to adopt it, while Southern states had their own day to honor Confederate soldiers.
The HCMCL Judge Advocate also read from the proclamation issued by President Joe Biden designating May 31, 2021, as Memorial Day, “a day of prayer for permanent peace,” and designated 11 a.m. as a time for people to unite in prayer and reflection, then to observe the National Moment of Remembrance beginning at 3 p.m. Flags on all state buildings, grounds and naval vessels were to be lowered to half-staff until noon Memorial Day, and residents were urged to display flags at half-staff at their homes for the “customary forenoon period.”
“On Memorial Day, we honor and reflect upon the courage, integrity, and selfless dedication of the members of our Armed Forces who have made the greatest sacrifice in service to our Nation. Whether in the waters of the Pacific, on the beachheads of Europe, in the deserts of the Middle East, or in the mountains of Afghanistan, American service members have given their lives to uphold our Constitution and to defend the safety and freedoms of our citizens. These patriots embody the best of the American spirit. They put themselves on the line for our shared values — for duty, honor, country — and they paid the ultimate price. Our Nation can never fully repay the debt we owe to our fallen heroes and their families,” the proclamation reads.
Taps was played as the US flag was lowered, with those present saluting. A rider-less horse stood in front of a display of crosses, designated to represent the fallen soldiers from every US war.
Taps will also be sounded Nationwide at 3 p.m. during the National Moment of Remembrance. Locally, it is scheduled to be played on square at 3 p.m. May 31, 2021, by Kelley Fletcher. More tan 4,000 people, all over America, have registered to sound Taps at 3 p.m. Memorial Day 2021.
Some SSHS Sports Camps Get Started Tuesday Along With The Edge For Wildcats Tennis
The summer sports calendar at Sulphur Springs High School gets underway in a big way Tuesday (June 1).
There will be three sports camps starting as well as The Edge in tennis.
Camps include a combined volleyball and girls basketball camp for one price as well as baseball camp and softball camp.
All three camps will run Tuesday through Thursday.
The combo volleyball and girls basketball camp will take place at the Main Sulphur Springs High School Gym from 10 a.m. until noon.
Girls will spend one hour in each sport.
The combo camp costs $50 and is designed for girls entering grades 3 through 6.
Lady Cats Volleyball Coach Bailey Dorner will run the volleyball portion of the camp and Lady Cats Basketball Coach Brittney Tisdell will conduct the basketball portion of the camp.
Forms and info are available for all SSHS sports camps at the school district web site at www.ssisd.net. Campers can also get signed up by arriving early the first day of camp.
The three-day baseball camp will be run by Wildcats Baseball Coach Jerrod Hammack.
It will take place Tuesday through Thursday in the High School Multi-Purpose Building from 9 A.M. until 10:30 A.M. for boys entering the 1st through 3rd grades and from 10:30 A.M. until noon for boys entering the 4th through the 9th grades.
The cost is also $50.
The three-day softball camp will be conducted by Lady Cats Softball Coach David Carrillo.
It will take place Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at the Multi-Purpose Building.
The first session will take place from 1 P.M. until 2:30 P.M. for girls entering 2nd through the 5th grades.
Session two from 2:30 P.M. until 4 P.M. will be for girls entering the 6th through the 9th grades. The cost is $50.
Wildcats Tennis under Coach Tony Martinez will be the first SSHS sports program to start summer Edge.
The Edge is a strength and conditioning program that also sets aside time for sports-specific skills work.
The 8 week tennis program begins Tuesday and will run Monday through Thursday at the Wildcat Tennis Center.
Coach Martinez will have sessions from 9 A.M. until 10:30 A.M. Mondays and Wednesdays and from 7:30 P.M. until 9:30 P.M. Tuesdays and Thursdays.
Boys and girls tennis players entering the 7th through the 12th grades are welcome.
There is no cost for The Edge. The Edge for football, cross country, boys and girls soccer, boys and girls basketball and volleyball will be gearing up in weeks ahead.
KSST is proud to be the official Wildcat and Lady Cat Station. We broadcast Sulphur Springs ISD games year round live on radio. When allowed, we also broadcast games via our YouTube channel.
Oldest Registered Paint Horse in America Resides in Hopkins County, and He’s a ‘Ten’!
He’s a Ten! The Story of the Oldest Registered Paint Horse in America
by Enola Gay Mathews
American Paint Horse Association horses are truly ‘marked for greatness’, and this story is evidence of that. I had the pleasure of meeting the oldest registered Paint horse in the USA during the Spring of 2021. I didn’t have to travel far, as ‘Ten’ lives near me in Hopkins County, Texas and his owner is a friend of mine. At almost 40 years of age, he holds this unique equine distinction in the American Paint Horse breed registry while actually looking half his age!
Joy Martin Doss, Ten’s owner, is best known by her friends as an educator and a devoted horsewoman. She’s also an animal lover, nurturing and caring for any living thing that crosses her path, including her growing family of rescue cats. Joy and husband Charlie have a small horse farm near Sulphur Springs where they care for Ten and four more registered Paint horses. Now semi-retired, she teaches Science to pre-med students at Paris Jr College. Being predisposed to teach, not only people but equines, is inherent for both Joy and her brother Earl Martin, who trained horses for police work. The siblings are also blessed with excellent memories of the many ponies and horses they have owned, bred and trained together, including Mr. Mount Ten Man.
The sorrel Overo was foaled in March 1982, a product of Joy’s breeding operation. Eager to learn and with a good disposition, Ten had the makings of an all-around horse for herself. So as a 2-year-old she took him to the Ernest Wilson clinic at Aubrey, Texas where horse and rider were polished up for trail and Western Pleasure riding. That Fall, Joy and Ten won and placed at the State Fair of Texas in both events.
Their next challenge came two years later in 1986 during the Texas Sesquicentennial Wagon train, a traveling celebration marking Texas’ 150th year as a state. As an outrider, she and Ten made almost all of the long state-wide trek alongside her team of bay Overo paints pulling the family’s wagon with Earl at the reins. Ten took the new experience in stride, maintaining his cool and actually stopping the occasional runaway team. During one rescue, Ten tolerated the wagon wheel running up between his back legs as Joy held back on the lead rope of the team, trying to slow them down to a stop. According to Joy, Ten’s skill and agility in several ‘tight spots’ triggered numerous offers to buy him, but she turned them all down. She was loving the once-in-a-lifetime experience and was starting to see what kind of horse she had in Ten!
Next, the gelding became a ‘lesson horse’, carrying many of her riding students to blue ribbons in their first shows, creating new paint horse exhibitors. Joy and Earl were breeding and showing their Bar Mounts Dude colts when one year, Joy got the itch to trail ride. Soon she and Ten were traveling trails in many states and building up their mutual trust in every new situation. Over the years, he gave many of Joy’s friends safe rides both on trails and in show settings. As he matured, Ten also became the perfect teacher for a beginner who wanted to learn jumping. Always a safe mount, he assisted many a youngster to claim their first blue ribbon and gain valuable experience while also winning awards, cash prizes and earning career points along the way.
In later years, Ten’s job was to baby-sit the younger colts as Joy’s number-one pony horse. “He could just about keep those youngsters in line without any help from me!’ And as she put it, in every practical skill, from driving cattle to maneuvering unfamiliar ground to just putting up with ‘dumb stuff’, Ten seemed to understand and minimize any danger that arose. During his lifetime, he epitomized the ideals of the paint horse breed. Beyond their beauty, Paints are prized for their friendly easy-going temperament. The calm-natured and highly social horses possess natural intelligence that makes them unchallenging and rewarding to train.
In March 2021, Joy, Charlie, family and friends celebrated Ten’s 39th birthday, but kept the excitement low-key. She baked him a horse birthday cake, using his sweet feed in the recipe. Summing up Ten’s daily life as a senior horse, Joy shared, ‘he is taking it easy now. His eyesight is getting dim. He dozes in the warm sunshine. He gets pampered with warm drinking water in the winter. He is fed three times a day. And he is loved 24/7 by his one and only owner, me!”
In a call to the Paint Horse Association in Amarillo, Joy found that at age 25, registered paints are placed in a special ‘inactive’ registry, since they are likely no longer breeding or competing. An administrative employee of APHA’s Chrome Magazine helped Joy track down Ten’s inactive entry and confirmed that age 39 is actually the most senior age for a horse in the Registry, as of March 2021. Ten, at age 39, is shown below on his home range.
Drowning Reported Over Weekend
A drowning was reported over the weekend in a pond in Hopkins County.
The teen and three other juveniles were in a canoe at approximately 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 29, which capsized in approximately 14 feet of water in a pond along County Road 4712 at approximately 3:30 p.m. Saturday, May 29. The teen, who was reportedly not wearing a life vest, did not come back up with the three others, according to Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office reports.
Two sheriff’s deputies, upon arrival on scene, went into the pond in an attempt to locate the youth who was unaccounted for. After about 30 minutes the teen was located and body recovered, sheriff’s office officials reported Monday, May 31, 2021.
Precinct 1 Justice of the Peace B.J. Teer pronounced 14-year-old Demarion Sampson of Cooper dead at the scene at 4:08 p.m. An autopsy was ordered as is standard procedure in deaths of that nature.
Winnsboro Police Department Media Report 5.24.2021 – 5.30.2021
Arrests:
No Arrests
Calls for Service:
The Winnsboro Police Department responded to a total of 188 calls for service during this reporting period.
Citations:
The Winnsboro Police Department issued 57 citations and 50 warnings during this reporting period.
Breakfast, Lunch Offered At Bush Primary For Anyone 18 Or Younger Starting In June
Sulphur Springs Independent School District announces the sponsorship of the Seamless Summer Option.
Breakfast and lunch will be provided at Barbara Bush Primary, 390 Hillcrest, in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Dates for the program operation will be Monday through Thursday, beginning Tuesday, June 1, 2021, through Thursday July 22, 2021.
Children 18 years and younger, and enrolled students with disabilities up to 21 years old, are invited to attend. The cafeteria will serve breakfast from 7:45 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. and lunch will be served from 10:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. No meals will be served after 12:30 p.m.
‘Peace of Mind’ Seminar Set for Thurs. June 10 by Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home
A ‘Peace of Mind’ Seminar will be conducted on Thursday June 10, 2021 at Roma’s Italian Restaurant in Sulphur Springs. A light meal will be provided, with the informational meeting sponsored by Murray-Orwosky Funeral Home. You will learn how planning for your final wishes may shield your family from unnecessary emotional and financial burdens. Information will also be given on Veteran benefits, cremation, burial, pre-arrangements, payment plans and more. Please RSVP to 903-251-9093 to make a reservation. Or with questions, call Price Orwosky at 903-885-3133.
A Free ‘Turning 65″ Workshop Set for 11am Wed. June 2 at SS Sr’s Center, 105 MLK Dr.
You are invited to attend the Turning 65 Workshop, designed for persons who need to enroll in Medicare within the next few months. Various topics will be discussed and explained, including how to enroll, what are the supplement plans available, what are Advantage Plans. are all prescription drug plans the same, what about retirement supplement coverage from your former employer, and facts about your guaranteed insurability period following retirement. There will be a casual Q and A session. There is no charge or obligation for this workshop. To reserve a space for yourself and a guest, phone 903-571-6750 or email [email protected]. Seating is limited to 25 persons. Other workshops are being scheduled in the area if you cannot attend this one.
Man Accused Of Holding Knife To Woman’s Throat
May 29, 2021 – A 49-year-old Sulphur Springs man is accused of holding a knife to a woman’s throat during an argument.
Sulphur Springs Police Officer Shawn Albright responded at 5:09 a.m. May 29, 2021, on Georgia Street, after dispatchers received a 911 hang up call from a number associated with the residence. Upon arrival, officers contacted a woman inside the residence who was alleged to be the victim of an assault.
During their investigation Kurt Wayne Gant was accused of getting on top of her in their bedroom and of holding a knife to her throat while accusing her of different things during a verbal argument. He was taken into custody at 5:35 a.m. Saturday, May 29, for aggravated family violence assault with a deadly weapon. He remained in Hopkins County jail Saturday afternoon on the charge.
May 29 was the second time in two days that the 49-year-old man has been jailed in Hopkins County. He was arrested at 3:38 a.m. on May 27, 2021, for disorderly conduct-discharge or display of a firearm.
Thursday morning police responded at a local hotel to a report of a suspicious person with a gun. The man was alleged to be holding a gun, alarming a clerk when she went to check on him. He was allegedly holding a handgun in the direction of a hotel room, claiming the people inside needed help, when police contacted him. The officer, however, found no one needing help.
The man also had another handgun in his pocket. He was arrested for disorderly conduct-displaying a firearm in a public place. He was released later May 27 on a $1,000 bond, according to jail reports.
If you have an emergency, dial 9-1-1
The Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office is located at 298 Rosemont Sulphur Springs, TX 75482. You can reach them for non-emergency matters at (903) 438-4040.
