Gatesville Messenger And Star Forum (Newspaper) - June 19, 1999, Gatesville, Texas 50 Cents 1 01 Mil V F TX 7M PI I W 7 ne Volume 98 Number 84 One Section 12 Pages Meeting attracts 50 concerned citizens Group plans to help curb alcohol problem Providing activities for young people and community involvement can help to curb alcohol and drug problems in the according to one narcotics officer who hosted a drug awareness meeting Wednesday at the Hilltop Unit employees About 50 people attended the pro gram hosted by Coryell County Sheriffs Department narcotics of ficer Gary Medford has spent 11 of his 15 years in law enforcement as a nar cotics officer in the and he said the local drug and alcohol prob lem is getting out of He proposed monthly activities for young and urged organizations and schools to become It wont stop the drug but it can Medford A Texas Department of Criminal survey of 113 students at Gatesville High School seemed to support contention that a drug and alcohol problem exists lo The survey showed that 91 percent has drunk alcohol in some Out of the 113 students 94 said they had drunk beer and 88 had used wine Usage of other types of alcohol such as wine vodka and rum ranged from 54 per cent of the students to 73 Onethird of those surveyed re ported using drugs in some al though 51 percent said they had smoked Medford said many students do Depot due restoration The old railroad depot in will be restored after Felix Punk donated the building to the City of along with three acres of land that will be used for a He is shown with city secretary Diane Hamilton in front of the The city is seeking grants to help with the restoration and The Weather Information provided by National Weather Service official observer Nathan Cooper June This Year Information collected at 5 each day for previous 24 to test for perchlorate in water The City of will test of perchlorate in the citys drinking although aldermen do not ex to find any Earlier this perchlorate was found in Station Creek in Coryell County south of the Naval Weapons Industrial Reserve Plant in Smaller levels of the sub stance was found in other areas out side the Since that the Navy has continued to test water in area creeks as well as Lake Belton and Lake And while they have found perchlorate at Lake none has been found in drinking city officials Perchlorate is an inorganic similar to sodium chloride table salt used in solid rocket Thomas water quality planner for the Brazos River reported ear lier this Because the substance has a mod erate shelf life in military it must be washed out he Over the it appears Please see 12 And while they have found Please see 12 Minister prepares to tie the knot for third generation of family When the knot is tied at but I had nothing to do with Just short of thei When the knot is tied at todays wedding of Michael Brown and Adriana they can be as sured it has been tied as tightly as a preacher can make The will be married by the Bob Weathers of Fort who also married Browns Jon and Judy and maternal Blake and Dorothy It means a lot to Brown said of the third generation wedding cer emony by Ever since I found out they parents and grand parents were married by the same I always dreamed about be ing married by the same His was more than willing to have the retired Methodist minister for her Just since Ive know the its obvious that they have strong Stahlecker Hope he Weathers had something to do with Weathers says there is nothing special about his although he feels he has a good track record of couples who have remained married for many I have had some failures like any body Weathers But Ive had a real good record with the older There have been very few di but I had nothing to do with that the key is the Weathers was to meet with Brown and Stahlecker Friday for the re and to discuss marriage is He said his message to the couple would emphasize the meaning of com and being open and faith his premarriage speech has worked pretty well in the One of his first wedding cer was for Blake Lovelace and Dorothy Harrell at the Levita Meth odist Weathers was only 19 years old when he became pastor of the Levita church in I was a student preacher and Harrell always loved to have me Weathers And their kids were my so I likes to go One of the Harrells would soon marry Blake who attended the Ireland It was only the second or third wedding ceremony for the The wedding took place July hi The Lovelaces re member the candles melting in the steaming July not recognize marijuana as a In 31 percent said they had sniffed a such as paint or to get The survey also indicated that most began experimenting with drugs and alcohol around 1014 years of I could take a day and spend it on drugs within two hours in Medford In the Gatesville the drugs of choice include crack and Medford Drugs such as LSD and acid are Please see 12 Since Coryell Countys Favorite Home Newspaper ISSN 08944954 Whats Inside TV Copyright The Gatesville Messenger All Rights Reserved Grants sought to finance restoration Punk Morris donates property for city park Three acres of land and the former railroad depot have been donated for a park in the City of Former resident and McGregor Mayor Felix Punk Morris made the gift to the city with hopes of seeing the depot Its my desire to see the depot restored and kept in Morris Ive had offers to sell but everybody that wanted to buy it wanted to move it out of The city is also negotiating to pur chase additional land from Union Pacific including one por tion to be added to the land donated by According to resident Ken the railroad arrived in around 1882 and the depot was built soon The line was dis continued in 1972 and the tracks were removed in Warren Morris Mary Morris and the late had owned the property for about 50 years and Mor ris purchased the depot several years Although the building needs much Morris said the building is structurally The city will seek grants to pay for renovating the city secre tary Diane Hamilton As for the city officials en vision a fenced area that will meet the needs of young and old a secure place for residents to walk and picnic tables are among the items discussed in nary planning for the The City of has under taken a revitalization but Morris said the donation was in the works before revitalization project A new food store also may open soon in Residents of that eastern Coryell County city have had to travel to area cities to purchase groceries since the towns only store closed about seven months Former resident Rusty Ewing and his plan to open the grocery possibly by the first of Sexual assault trial ends with not guilty verdict for Fort Hood man Michael Wayne Anderson of Fort Hood was found innocent Tuesday of charges he had sexually assaulted a Copperas Cove A jury deliberated more than three hours before returning the not guilty ver The victim testified she had in Anderson to her home from a bar on because he needed a place to The who revealed she had been married several times and often went to the also testified she told Anderson that she did not want to have inter course with Police investigators reported the victim was calm and which they found to be unusual for an assault Investigator Lori Hix also testified Please see 12 Just short of their 45th wedding the Lovelaces still have the same interests and And shes very Lovelace Sweet and forgiv Hes very Lovelace He always does what he says he will Although there are no Lovelace had a word of advice for her grandson and his Put God in your she and always think of each other Youve heard that marriage is but if you both give 100 per it will work Weathers left but contin ued to preach in the Methodist Cen tral Texas Annual Conference for 48 Among the area churches he served were Pan and He also held revivals for many of the churches in Coryell When the Lovelaces decided to marry Jon Weathers was called upon to perform the ceremony on at the First United Methodist Church in I wanted to have him marry us because he had married my Please see 12 Success in marriage Dorothy and Blake have been married almost 45 years and their daughter and Judy and Jon almost 22 Both wedding ceremonies were performed by the Bob Weath now a retired Methodist minister from Fort Michael Brown and Adriana will also be married by Weathers today and hope they have the same success in marriage as Michaels parents and
