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Newspaper
Grand Saline Sun
Location
Grand Saline, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1998
Page
1
Grand Saline High and all three Saline Scenes campuses dismiss at 1:30 p.m. today and Friday as semester exams occur. Buses run as scheduled.
The Indian basketball team sets a cancer fundraiser at Grand Saline High School gym on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. A free throw event allows each shooter 100 attempts with pledges per successful shot. Minimum donations run five cents per basket for students and ten cents for adults.
Van Zandt County Commissioners tabled three items until January including courthouse elevator repairs and a tax auditor-collector remodeling request. Judge Richard Lawrence aims to delay decisions until a new court with three quarters of new members is seated, facing opposition from Cary Hilliard on the elevator contract. District Clerk Nancy Young and the tax office also sought renovations, with moves postponed for the incoming court. A prior budget discussion referenced a citizen complaint about road maintenance.
Grand Saline Chamber of Commerce held its Christmas parade awarding Best Meaning of Christmas to Cheryl Brumfield's second grade class at Grand Saline Elementary School and Best Marching Entry to Grand Saline High School Indian Band. Other winners included Fun Until Mother Comes Playschool for Best Meaningful float and Lone Star Express as Best Motorized Entry. Wood County Riding Association won Best Equestrian, Dance Dimensions took Most Imaginative, and Tammy Quinn’s home won first in decorating. Advent concert series ends next Tuesday with Gail and Lana Longoria performing piano and flute, followed by lunch.
Grand Saline police Sgt. Chris Hinton and drug dog Rocky assisted DPS Trooper Bruce Dulme during a traffic stop on Interstate 20 east of Van. The search uncovered 30 pounds of marijuana in boxes, leading to the arrest of Marcus Leo Earles Jr., a Louisiana Grambling State University officer, on possession charges with a $30,000 bond and an estimated street value of $45,000.
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