Paris Junior College Dual Credit Student Opportunities Growing, Regents Learn
Opportunities for dual credit students at Paris Junior College continue to expand, according to a report presented Monday evening, Nov. 23, to the PJC Board of Regents.
Dual credit provides high school students the opportunity to earn both college and high school credit while enrolled in high school. Course credit is awarded through the school district for high school academic requirements and through PJC for semester credit hours leading to a postsecondary degree or certificate. A brief video showed Sulphur Springs students saying thank you to PJC for making dual credit courses available to them.
“PJC currently has over 1,700 dual credit students attending 27 schools in the service area,” said Rob Stanley, Dual Credit Coordinator. “Those schools range in size from 1,500 to fewer than 100 students. Those students have very diverse needs.”
One of the most successful forms of dual credit is the Early College High School (ECHS) program funded through Texas Education Agency grants. The program creates a high school within a high school targeting high risk populations of underserved students. For the last several years, PJC has partnered with Greenville High School and Innovation First International for an ECHS leading to an associate of science degree in engineering for students who complete the program successfully.
Three other high schools are partnering with PJC to pursue an ECHS in 2021: Royse City, Cumby, and Clarksville.
In other business the Regents:
• Recognized outgoing Regent Jim Bell, who expressed appreciation for his time serving on the PJC governing board.
• Swore in Dr. Linda Kapp as new regent in Place 7. Her term will end in 2026.
• Approved the financial report presented by Controller Cody Helm. Despite reductions in revenue from the COVID-19 pandemic, PJC has kept expenses in line.
“The staff should be commended that we’re only down $178,000 under these circumstances,” said Curtis Fendley, PJC Board of Regents President.
• Approved the 2021-2022 Academic Calendar.
• Received the President’s Report, including an update on Dr. Pam Anglin coordinating a session on budgeting and financial indicators at a recent Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board leadership conference for new regents. Regents were also updated on the free mobile COVID-19 testing on campus. Dr. Anglin thanked Sen. Bryan Hughes, saying his staff assisted in making it happen. PJC is also researching two potential new programs: sonography and drone technology. Regents also learned that, per plans in place since August, students would continue classes virtually after the Thanksgiving Break. All administrative, student, and library services will remain open until the College closes for Winter Break on Dec. 18. Graduating will again be a virtual ceremony, due to COVID-19.
• Accepted employment of Upward Bound Advisor Amanda Snider effective Jan. 1, 2021.
Paris Junior College — located in Paris, Texas, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas — has been a part of the Lamar County community since 1924.
Paris Junior College offers Associate in Arts, Associate in Science and Associate in Applied Science degrees, as well as Certificates of Proficiency in technical/workforce fields. The college has expanded its academic curriculum through the years to encourage associate degree and university transfer candidates. Since establishing its first vocational program — jewelry and watchmaking in 1942 — the college has been aggressive in adding technical/workforce programs that will benefit students entering the workforce.
The campus of 54 tree-shaded acres includes 20 major buildings and residence halls and provides students a unique and pleasant environment for learning.
Paris Junior College also operates centers in Sulphur Springs, Texas, and in Greenville, Texas.
Vision
To be the educational provider of choice for the region.
Mission
Paris Junior College is a comprehensive community college serving the region’s educational and training needs while strengthening the economic, social and cultural life of our diverse community.
Semi-Pro Football Game Benefits Toy Drive
There is a new semi-pro football team in Sulphur Springs and their first game will benefit their local toy drive.
The North East Texas Dragons from Sulphur Springs will host their first ever Preseason game Saturday December 5th at 2pm. The game will be held at Gerald Prim Stadium against the Mesquite Warbirds. The local team is asking the community to show up in big numbers to support some of your own local area and hometown players and coaches.
Admission will be a boys or girls toy (value of at least $5). If you’re not bringing a toy the admission will be $5.00 for adults $2.00 for kids.
Hall of Famer Charles Haley, who played with the Dallas Cowboys will be in attendance speaking with the players and watching the game.
Hopkins County Inmate Accused Of Assaulting Three Corrections Officers
An Hopkins County jail inmate is accused of assaulting three corrections officers Wednesday night, according to arrest reports.
Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Justin Wilkerson reported being advised around 11:15 p.m. Dec. 2, 2020 of a request from staff in the county jail for assistance.
Upon arrival at the jail, Wilkerson was advised Jacob Wyatt Burgess began fighting with the three corrections officers who attempted to remove him from his cell in order to clean it.
The 28-year-old Yantis man allegedly struck all three with his hands and feet more than once, causing bodily injury to the officers. The corrections officers managed to “apprehend” Burgess and place him into a “V cell,” according to arrest reports. For his alleged violent behavior, three counts of assault on a public servant were added to the list of offenses Burgess is accused of.
Burgess has been in Hopkins County jail since his arrest March 22 on a criminal trespassing charge Deputies found him at a County Road 1441 address for which records show he’d been previously issued a criminal trespass warning.
At the time of his arrest, officials were reportedly investigating a report of an alleged sex crime by Burgess. After interviews, investigators received and served Burgess with a second-degree felony warrant alleging indecency with a child by sexual contact the next day. Burgess was also served later with a family violence assault causing bodily injury warrant. Bonds were set at $1,000 on the trespassing charge, $50,000 on the indecency charge and $5,000 on the assault charge.
Hopkins County jail records show Burgess has at least two prior misdemeanor assault arrests on his record as well, one on July 29, 2015 and the other on Sept. 5, 2018.
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.
Changes In SSISD COVID-19 Notifications Announced
Sulphur Springs ISD administrators Wednesday announced changes in the way SSISD COVID-19 notifications are communicated.
Starting this week, notifications will not be sent via Blackboard or email to students, parents, staff and teachers. Now, updates can be found on a chart posted on the district website, www.ssisd.net. Scroll down to the middle of the page until you see the blue “SSISD COVID-19 Dashboard” menu and click it to view the most recent update regarding the number of students and staff at each campus who were lab-confirmed to have COVID-19.
The most recent update for this week is from Monday, Nov. 30.
Cumulatively since school started, the district has had 89 students test positive for COVID-19. On Monday, one current active student case, one new student case from a prior week were reported at Bowie Primary.
Cumulatively, 70 SSISD staff members have tested positive for novel coronavirus 2019 since Sept. 1. As of Nov. 30 there were six active staff cases, new cases from a prior week: one at Bowie Primary, one at Travis Primary, two at Sulphur Springs Elementary, one at Sulphur Springs Middle School and one other district staff member.
Tira News: City Council Meeting Has Been Rescheduled For Sunday
By Jan Vaughn
The Tira City Council meeting has been rescheduled for Sunday, Dec. 6, 2020, at 4 p.m. at the Tira Community Center.
William and Joyce Dodd had a small gathering for Thanksgiving lunch on Thursday. Those attending were Jerry and Tonja Lucas, Robby Dodd, Brad and Matthew Dodd, Trenton, Melony, and Kanyen. Joyce reports, “We shared Thanksgiving with our son Michael McNiel, and our granddaughters Mandi Owens and Maegan and Matt Childress and children Alyssa, Gavin, and Ethan Shelton. Like most families, our Thanksgiving this year was a very different experience, but, at least, we were thankful to all be well and to be close in spirit.”
Also, Joyce shared that she and William became great-great-grandparents on Nov. 30. Brookelynn Rayne Foster, is he daughter of Alyssa, Joyce and William’s great-granddaughter, and Ray Foster. She weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces. Joyce comments, “She is a beautiful little girl. She makes five generations on our side of the family.” She adds, “Grandparents are Matt and Maegan Childress, and Johnathon Shelton. Great-grandparents are Jerry and Tonja Lucas, James and Jeannie Owens, and Jerry and Judy Shelton. Great-great-grandmother on her great-granddad’s side of the family is Charlene Owens, making five generations on that side of the family, also.”
Our family celebrated Thanksgiving on Friday evening. Our daughter Tiffany and all of her family were here, other than Morgan who had to stay in Tulsa and work. Our son, Delayne, and his friend, Edwin, came for the evening.
On Saturday afternoon Chip and I took our great-granddaughter, Dixie, to Mount Enterprise to meet her granddad and return to her home near Beaumont. She had spent the week with Landon, Laiken, Rylan, Brailon, and Slaiden Joslin. Grace, Chip’s mother, stayed with her granddaughter, Lana Hall, while we were gone.
I always need and appreciate input from my friends to help keep me informed of news in our community. If you have any news pertaining to Tira residents, past or present, please contact me, Jan Vaughn, at 903-945-2190 or 903-438-6688 or [email protected].
Dec. 2 COVID-19 Update: 1 Fatality, 11 New Cases, 80 Recoveries, 19 Active Cases
Hopkins County/Sulphur Springs Emergency Management officials, in the Dec. 2 COVID-19 update, reported a decrease in the patient count in the hospital COVID Unit and reported another nearly 4,650 people have been tested at the free testing site since it opened.
Texas Department of State Health Services’ COVID-19 dashboard and Fatalities Over Time By County reports on Dec. 2 showed a 54th COVID-19 death for Hopkins County and showed COVID-19 hospitalizations continued to account for more than 15 percent of the overall hospital capacity for the fifth consecutive day in Trauma Service Area F.
COVID-19 Case & Fatality Counts
The DSHS dashboard on Dec. 2 showed a total of 844 Hopkins County residents (2.28 percent of the population) have received positive molecular COVID-19 results since March, that’s 11 new cases reported on Dec. 2, bringing the total to a dozen new cases so far this month.
On the other hand, DSHS also reported some Hopkins County recoveries for the first time in 23 days. On Dec. 2, 80 of the Hopkins County residents who received positive COVID-19 results were reported to have recovered from the virus. That’s only two shy of the total number of recoveries reported during the entire month of November. COVID-19 recoveries were reported for Hopkins County only three times last month: 19 on Nov. 2, 21 on Nov. 6 and 42 on Nov. 9. The 80 recoveries reported Wednesday for Hopkins County increases the overall number of recoveries since March to 771.
Unfortunately, another Hopkins County COVID-19 fatality has been confirmed by death certificate, according to DSHS. That makes 2 Hopkins County COVID deaths reported this week. Both Hopkins County deaths were reported to have occurred in November, one on Nov. 20 and the other on Nov. 22. That makes 7 Hopkins County residents who are confirmed to have died in November from COVID-19 and 54 Hopkins County COVID-19 deaths since March. That’s a fatality rate of 6.4 percent among residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 since March, and 0.15 percent of the estimated population.
Texas Health and Human Services nursing facility reports attribute 38 Hopkins County COVID-19 deaths as being from nursing homes. Carriage House Manor has reported 24 resident COVID-19 deaths, while Sulphur Springs Health and Rehabilitation and Sulphur Springs Nursing & Rehab had reported seven COVID-19 deaths each through Nov. 18, the most recent data available for the facilities.
The 11 new cases, 80 recoveries and 1 death reported Dec. 2 reduce the overall active COVID-19 case count in Hopkins County from 90 on Tuesday to 19 on Wednesday, Dec. 2. That’s the fewest number of active cases on any one day since Sept. 9, when 16 active cases were reported. The next closest was 22 Sept. 10–11 and 29 on Sept. 16, according to the DSHS Active COVID-19 Cases by County.
According to the Dec. 2 Health and Human Services licensed child care centers, school-age programs, and before- or after-school programs report on facility in Hopkins County had reported one active COVID-19 case. Little Texans Learning Center on Dec. 1 reported one employee had tested positive for COVID-19.
HC/SSEM in the Dec. 5 COVID-19 update also reported a total of 4649 molecular COVID-19 tests have been performed at 128-A Jefferson St. since the free testing site opened on Sept. 25, including 118 on Tuesday and 150 on Monday.
Free COVID-19 tests will continue to be offered Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 128-A Jefferson St. To register for the free oral swab test, go online to www.GoGetTested.com, select the Sulphur Springs location and follow the prompts. Testing is free and available to anyone , adult or child, regardless of symptoms, exposure or county of residence. However, an adult age 18 will be required to register and sign a consent form allowing the specimen to be collected and evaluated at a lab and notifications made regarding results.
Hospital Reports
The number of patients in the COVID-19 unit at CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital-Sulphur Springs declined by two patients for the second consecutive day in a row, starting at 25 on Monday, 23 Tuesday and 21 Wednesday, HC/SSEM reported in the Dec. 2 COVID-19 update. CMFH-SS has the capacity to fill up to 35 beds as part of the COVID unit.
Trauma Service Area F, which includes Hopkins County and most of Northeast Texas, had a minor decline in COVID-19 hospitalizations on Dec. 2 as well. However, COVID-19 hospitalizations in December are the highest reported so far in TSA G. While 9,109 COVID-19 hospitalizations have been climbing steadily since September, they haven’t quite reached the 10,893 reported on July 22.
In TSA F, COVID-19 hospitalizations accounted for 16.32 percent of the total hospital capacity and 27.8 percent of all hospitalizations on Dec. 2. That’s down from Dec. 1, when COVID-19 hospitalizations accounted for 16.4 percent of the total hospital capacity and 28.5 percent of all hospitalizations in TSA F.
Dec. 2 marks the fifth consecutive day and sixth day out the last 7 in which the COVID 19- hospitalizations exceeded 15 percent of the total hospital capacity in TSA F: 15.01 percent on Nov. 26, 14.84 percent on Nov. 27, 15.76 percent on Nov. 28, 16.25 percent on Nov. 29, 16 percent on Nov. 30, 16.4 percent on Dec. 1 and 16.32 on Dec. 2.
Statewide, COVID-19 hospitalizations make up 13.8 percent of the total hospital capacity and 18.7 percent of all hospitalizations in Texas on Dec. 2. That’s come down a little from the the numbers posted the last four days, when COVID-19 hospitalizations accounted for 19.3 percent of all hospitalizations in Texas on Nov. 28, 19.6 percent on Nov. 29, 20 percent on Nov. 30, 19.5 percent Dec. 1. COVID-19 hospitalization accounted for 13.4 percent of the total hospital capacity on Nov. 28, 13.6 percent on Nov. 29, 14 percent on Nov. 30 and 14 percent Dec. 1.
The state monitors the total percent of COVID-19 hospitalizations out of total hospital capacity in each TSA. Those that exceed 15 percent for 7 consecutive days are subject to more strenuous measures, including scaling back certain business capacities from 75 to 50 percent, and could require some businesses that don’t meet certain criteria to close or reduce capacity even more in accordance with GA-32.
Currently, there are 6 TSAs, where for the last seven days, 15% or more of total hospital capacity has been COVID‑19 patients. Executive Order GA-32 does allow counties in TSAs with high hospitalizations to choose to operate at 75% capacity if the county has minimal COVID-19 cases, defined as fewer than 30 new confirmed cases in the last 14 days. Of the more than 70 counties in these six TSAs, only 20
Currently, there are 6 TSAs, where for the last seven days, 15% or more of total hospital capacity has been COVID‑19 patients. Executive Order GA-32 does allow counties in TSAs with high hospitalizations to choose to operate at 75% capacity if the county has minimal COVID-19 cases, defined as fewer than 30 new confirmed cases in the last 14 days. Of the more than 70 counties in these six TSAs, only 20 have qualified for and submitted an attestation to operate at 75 percent, according to DSHS.
6 Arrested On Unrelated Felony Warrants Over The Last Week
At least six people were arrested on unrelated felony warrants over the last week, Nov. 27-Dec. 2, according to arrest and jail reports.
Bryan Jermaine Bell was taken into custody at 6:33 p.m. Dec. 1 in district court in Hopkins County by Hopkins County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Elijah Fite for bond forfeiture on an assault of family or household member that impeded breathing or circulation.
The 36-year-old Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail on the warrant Wednesday, Dec. 2. The new bond for the charge was set at $250,000, according to jail reports. Bell, who is also known by the alias Cody James Wright, was arrested on a warrant for the assault charge on May 28 and remained in custody until his release Sept. 12 on a $150,000 bond, according to jail reports. His arrest record which dates back to 2003 shows he’s been booked into Hopkins County jail at least 25 times, including for six assault charges, a sexual assault of a child indictment in 2003 and a 7-year sentence for injury to a child in 2007.
Shawna Jean Clay was transported by Deputy Amanda Weatherford from Taylor County jail to Hopkins County jail Monday, Nov. 30. The 35-year-old Abilene woman remained in Hopkins County jail Dec. 2 on warrants for violation of probation on engaging in organized criminal activity and abandoning or endangering of a child/criminal negligence.
According to jail reports, Nov. 30 was the second time Clay as been jailed this year in Hopkins County for violating probation on the abandoning or endangering of a child charges. She was also jailed Jan. 18-June 1 for engaging in organized criminal activity and violation of probation on the criminal neglect charge. She was originally arrested on a warrant for the criminal negligence charge on Sept. 18, 2019 and released Sept. 19, 2019.
HCSO Cpl. Todd Evans and Deputy Richard Brantley took Michael Joe McPherson into custody at 11 a.m. Nov. 29 on a warrant for violation of probation on a third or more driving while intoxicated charge. The 49-year-old Dike man was observed at a Como store by deputies who were aware of the warrant and taken into custody. His vehicle was left in the parking lot for his girlfriend to get at a later time, according to arrest reports. He remained in Hopkins County jail Dec. 2 on the charge.
According to jail records, McPherson also spent Aug. 23, 2019-Jan. 17, 2020 in Hopkins County jail for violation of probation on the third or more DWI charge. McPherson has been booked into Hopkins County jail nearly 30 times since 1991, including DWI arrests on June 23, 1991; Aug. 22, 1991, Sept. 2, 1991; May 22, 1003; and felony DWI on Oct. 10, 2018. He also has at least two public intoxication arrests: one on Dec. 31, 1991 and another on Oct. 10, 1993.
HCSO Cpl. Todd Evans and Deputy Zack Horne located Jacob Cain Robinson at 6:40 a.m. Nov. 27 in bed at a room at a local hotel and took him into custody on a warrant for violation of parole on an evading arrest or detention with a vehicle charge.
The 27-year-old Sulphur Springs man remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020.
HCSO Deputy Drew Fisher and Sgt. Tanner Steward took Michael Anthony Huckabay into custody at 1:35 a.m. Nov. 28 at a local inn on a warrant for violation of probation on a possession of a controlled substance warrant.
Huckabay remained in Hopkins County jail Dec. 2 on the warrant. The Nov. 28 arrest was the third time he’s been jailed for violating probation on the controlled substance charge; he was also jailed Aug. 4-Oct. 23, 2018 and March 7-18, 2019 for violation of probation-possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.
Hopkins County jail reports also show Tacka Dashell Gotcher was jailed Nov. 28 by Deputy Drew Fisher on a warrant for violation of probation on an injury to a child, elderly or disabled person charge. The 33-year-old Sulphur Springs woman remained in Hopkins County jail Dec. 2 on the charge.
Nov. 28 was the third time Gotcher has been in jail for violating probation on the charge; she was also was jailed July 2-Oct. 7, 2019 and March8-May1, 2018.
Man Accused Of Consuming Contraband While Being Processed Into Jail
A39-year-old Sulphur Springs man arrested Tuesday night on a controlled substance charge ended up in the emergency room after allegedly consuming contraband while being processed into jail, according to arrest reports. A 27-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was also jailed on a controlled substance charge Nov. 27, 2020.
East Beckham Street Traffic Stop
Sulphur Springs Police Office Robble Acosta and Cpl. Chris Rosamond reported finding a BB gun that resembled a a revolver under the driver’s seat and a canister with a bag of crystallized substance suspected to be methamphetamine in the pocket behind the passenger’s seat of a Cadillac CTS stopped at 9:05 p.m. Tuesday in the 400 block of East Beckham Street for not signaling a turn. As a result, Cedric Dwight Mosley was arrested at 9:24 p.m. Dec. 1 for possession of less than 1 ounce of a controlled substance in a drug-free zone and transported him to jail.
Officers were called to the dress out room at the jail to provide back up for corrections officers who alleged finding Mosley in possession of additional contraband which he tried to consume to prevent it being retrieved by officials. Mosley reportedly resisted being searched and was secured on the floor in handcuffs. Additional suspected meth was located on the floor in a Ziploc bag and another bag containing a green leafy substance suspected to be marijuana were allegedly found on the floor.
The additional suspected contraband items were retrieved. Jail staff contacted EMS for Mosley. He was transported to the emergency room for evaluation due to the unknown amount of suspected contraband he was believed to have consumed. The suspected substances may have posed a detriment to Mosley’s health. Mosley was booked into Hopkins County jail at 1:54 a.m. Dec. 2, 2020.
Mosley, who is also known by Eric K. Morris, Edward Mosely, Edward Moseley, Cool Mosely, Edward Muscoy, John Mohiddi, Eric Moser, Edwin Mosley and CED remained in Hopkins County jail Wednesday afternoon Dec. 2. Bond on the felony charge was set at $10,000.
The arrest marked Mosley’s second time to be jailed in Hopkins County in 2020. He was arrested Jan. 29 and remained in jail until July 21 on a violation of parole warrant.
Locust Street Traffic Stop
Also arrested in the last week on an unrelated controlled substance charge was Leah Brooke Fisher.
She was reportedly stopped Nov. 27, 2020 for not having a front license plate, and allegedly told officers she didn’t have a criminal history, but a records check showed a prior controlled substance arres. Jail records show the 25-year-old Sulphur Springs woman was booked into, then released from Hopkins County jail, later June 5, 2014 on a $5,000 bond.
Deputy Drew Fisher’s police canine Maly gave a positive alert on her car for narcotics. A crystal-like substance that field-tested positive for methamphetamine was located in the car, resulting in the 27-year-old Sulphur Springs woman’s arrest at 5:45 p.m. Nov. 27. Leah Fisher was released from Hopkins County jail Nov. 28 on a $5,00 bond on a possession of less than 1 gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance charge.
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Sulphur Springs City Manager’s Report – December 2020
On Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, Sulphur Springs City Council received from City Manager Marc Maxwell the following monthly Manager’s Report:
COVID-19 Response
The number of active cases in Hopkins County increased 17% in November with a total of 169 active cases as of November 30. The state has tested 2,476 people at the Hopkins County testing site since the November council meeting. We have had 1,577 cumulative recoveries and 52 fatalities in Hopkins County. The hospital has 23 patients in the COVID-19 unit as of today (Dec. 1).
As a part of the City’s response to Covid-19 the City suspended the practice of cutting off water service for non-payment. Some of the balances are growing quite high. The total arrearage is $137,000 with 576 accounts (8.6% of all accounts) in arrears. I do not plan on reinstituting cut offs until after a vaccine is available. At that point we will have to decide how to bring the delinquent accounts up to a current status. I will likely propose requiring
residents to pay their current bill along with 1/6th or 1/12th of their arrearage to avoid being cut off. In this way their accounts would be brought current in either 6 months or 12 months.
Grays Building
Hawk Construction began erecting the steel yesterday.
Senior Citizens Building
Construction drawings are still being prepared by REES Associates. We have hired Tandem Consulting to oversee the construction just like the Grays Building.
Bellview Street
The street was just paved, and this project is now complete.
McCann Street
Texana Land and Asphalt plans to pave McCann Street late next week.
Woodlawn Street
The Capital Construction Division has replaced 75% of the sewer main. When the sewer main is completed they will replace the water main. After that they will replace portions of curb and gutter. Texana Land and Asphalt will then cement-stabilize the road base and pave the street with asphalt.
Claims
We did not have any workers compensation claims or liability claims in November.
Revenues and Expenditures
Finance Director Lesa Smith will present a report of revenues and expenditures.
Miscellaneous
Elsewhere around the city, employees:
- Installed Christmas decorations downtown.
- Swept the streets around town (contractor).
- Cut vegetation around Coleman Lake.
- Repaired sidewalks and parking lot lights at Coleman Park.
- Trimmed trees and undergrowth at Buford Park.
- Made 8 extensive street repairs following utility repairs.
- Repaired 802 potholes.
- Conducted 22 building inspections, 24 electrical inspections, 23 plumbing
inspections, 4 mechanical inspections and issued 17 building permits. - Sold 4,644 gallons of Jet A fuel and 3,066 gallons of AvGas.
- Responded to 221 fire/rescue calls including 1 structure fire, 2 vehicle fires and 5 grass fires.
- Performed preventative maintenance on 72 fire hydrants.
- Performed 5 fire inspections.
- Checked out 2,592 library materials and an additional 625 e-books.
- Responded to 186 calls for animal control, while achieving a 67% adoption rate.
- Made 4 felony arrests on the Special Crimes Unit.
- Responded to 28 accidents, wrote 618 citations, recorded 51 offenses and made 30 arrests in the patrol division.
- Ordered a generator for the new Grays Building.
- Treated wastewater effluent to a daily average total suspended solids reading of 0.47mg/L.
- Repaired 7 water main ruptures.
- Replaced 11 water meters.
- Unstopped 26 sewer mains.
- Repaired 6 sewer mains.
- Washed 78,000 feet of sewer mains.
- Flushed 36 dead-end water mains.
- Treated 140 million gallons of potable water.
Stats Show That Wildcats Basketball Team Overcame Slow Start To Get Road Win At Rockwall Tuesday Night
A look at the Wildcats and Rockwall basketball quarter by quarter box score shows that the Wildcats got off to a slow start on the road before continuing to plug away to get the win, 47-44, Tuesday night, Dec. 1.
The Yellowjackets jumped out to a 19-10 first quarter lead and they still were ahead 28-20 at the half. The Wildcats really made their move in the third quarter outscoring Rockwall 13-7 to trim the lead after three quarters to 35-33. The Wildcats outscored the Yellowjackets 14-9 in the last quarter to get the win.
The Wildcats got 13 points each from Lamodrick Johnson and Caleb Alexander. Boo Wilkerson and Justin Haire had 7 points apiece. Kordrick Turner added 5 points. Jake Whisenhunt had 2 points.
The win evened the Wildcats’ season record to 3-3. They have won two games in a row, both of them on the road.
Next, the Wildcats play host to Forney Friday night. The varsity game gets under way at around 7:30 p.m.
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