Grand Saline ISD Achieves Recognized and Exemplary Ratings
Superintendent Gerald Gilbert and Curriculum Director Danna Myers celebrate after Texas Education Agency awards Grand Saline ISD with recognized district status and Grand Saline Elementary School as exemplary. Three other campuses also named recognized. Region 7 notes Martins Mill Etoile and Douglas as exemplary districts among 97 in the region.
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Grand Saline
TAAS
Gilbert
Myers
Martins Mill
Etoile
Douglas
Grand Saline approves rezoning on West Frank block
Grand Saline City Council approved a zoning change for the 1400 block of West Frank from residential to general business. One protest came from Troy Marshall, on behalf of his father, who warned the move could hurt a landmark house and nearby value. The council also handled a grass and weeds ordinance and heard about City Lake renovation plans by Gerald Hawkins. Seismic data work by Shell Western requested, with no drilling planned.
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Jan Adamson
West Frank
Grand Saline
West Hwy. 80
Troy Marshall
Marshall
Ray Rucker
William Collier
Aldene Hill
Johnny Clower
Billy Davis Brown
Paula Teague
City Lake
Gerald Hawkins
Hawkins Nursery
Hawkins
George Bernardo
Scott Weatherington
Shell Western
Bernardo
Saline Scenes Ice Cream Supper Honors Local Athletes
Grand Saline football and volleyball players, cheerleaders and band members will be recognized at an ice cream supper sponsored by the Sports Boosters at Indian Memorial Stadium. The event on Thursday starts at 7 45 p m and the public is invited.
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Grand Saline
Indian Memorial Stadium
Saturday auction and events support Grand Saline football
The Grand Saline Youth Football Association hosts an auction at 6 p.m. Saturday at the pavilion with a 5 p.m. barbecue, admission three dollars. Donations can be arranged via Mandy Harris, Melissa Houser or Kevin Fowler.
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Grand Saline Youth Football Association
Mandy Harris
Melissa Houser
Kevin Fowler
First Baptists
First Baptist Church
Grand Saline Soccer Association
Salt Palace
Grand Saline sports boosters and board plan meetings
The Grand Saline Sports Boosters meet Monday at 7 p.m. in the middle school library. The Grand Saline ISD School Board convenes Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the high school library, open to the public. City budget workshops begin Monday at 6 p.m. in the council chambers, open to residents.
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Grand Saline
Van Zandt County Rejects Landfill Bond and Tax Interest
Van Zandt County voters backed higher homestead exemptions statewide, rejecting a $2.5 million landfill bond and a dedicated tax. The bond failed by 936 votes, the tax by 1187, across 3095 total ballots from about 28,000 registered voters. Local precinct results varied by Grand Saline Fruitvale Pruitt Corinth and Van as shown.
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van Zandt County
Grand Saline
Fruitvale
Pruitt/Corinth
Van
Sheriff pressed on reserve deputy bonds amid budget fears
Van Zandt County commissioners grapple with budget restraints as Sheriff Jery Cockerham pushes to pay bonds for 15 reserve officers. Auditor John Shinn notes non employees usually receive no bond payment. Judge Lawrence motions to cover one year for 15, but motion dies for lack of second. Precincts 2 and 3 seek extra funds after a flood damaged storage boxes.
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Jan Adamson
van Zandt
Jery Cockerham
John Shinn
Cockerham
Shinn
Precinct 4
Loy Dean Hutchins
Richard Lawrence
Lawrence
Budget Talks Open in Van Zandt County Budget Review
Budget work began in earnest Monday afternoon as the Van Zandt County Commission met with the district attorney and three constables in two of 19 meetings this week. District Attorney Leslie Poynter Dixon sought an eight percent salary bump for staff and an office supply increase to offset rising county insurance costs.
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Jan Adamson
van Zandt County
Leslie Poynter Dixon
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Council
Nancy Reynoso
Spencer
VZC
Justices of the Peace
Court
Ozelle Wilcoxson
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