County commissioners approve road material bid and flood plan
Van Zandt County Commissioners Court queued funding items with Moore Asphalt winning an AC-3 oil dirt bid at 4.75 per ton for road projects. An emergency budget amendment reallocated $25,262.50 from a motor grader sale to Precinct Three as a down payment on a new grader. The court also backed a flood plain management program to meet a 2001 deadline and heard beautification plans for the courthouse square with cost figures to follow. Hazel abstained on the flood plan vetoed state mandates.
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Precinct One
O.D. Hazel
Moore Asphalt
John Shinn
Precinct Three
Precinct
Hazel
Zackie Gutzke
CMA
Ject
Gutzke
Richard Lawrence
Pinks
Jim Wise
Shinn
Inmates Families Form Texas Inmate Families Association
Frances Chavez of Pine Mills explains how her son David, a capital murder convict, is a daily presence in her life. She helps lead a TIFA chapter in Mineola, seeking support for families while noting TIFA provides peer contact, information, and emotional relief rather than legal aid or money.
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Frances Chavez
Pine Mills
Chavez
David
Texas Inmate Families Association
Tifa
Mesquite
Texas Inmates Families Association
Mineola
Lake Country
Houston
Constable Brokers Breakup of $90K Stolen Bulldozer Case
Precinct One Constable C B Wiley reports the recovery of a $90,000 Caterpillar C 3 bulldozer stolen from Madden Construction in Minden Louisiana. The machine was found in Kaufman County and returned to Van Zandt County. The probe, aided by bloodhounds, surveillance photos, and FBI AFIS prints, names several suspects and follows multiple leads.
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C.B. Wiley
Kaufman County
van Zandt County
Wiley
David Madden Construction Company
Minden
FM 47
I-20
Canton
David Kirkland
Madden Construction
Kirkland
FBI
AFIS
Saline Scenes May gatherings at local post and library
The Ladies Auxiliary hosts a family night dinner at 6 pm on Thursday May 25 at the post. An intermediate end of year awards assembly is set for Friday May 26 in the cafetorium. Story time for May 26 at 10 am will be at the Van Zandt County Library.
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Grand Saline High School
Indian Memorial Stadium
Grand Saline Sun
Fruitvale High School
Ladies Auxiliary
van Zandt County Library
Union Hill to Perform at Silver Lake Baptist Church
Union Hill will perform at Silver Lake Baptist Church on Saturday May 27 at 7 pm. After the concert, attendees can enjoy food and fellowship.
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Union Hill
Silver Lake Baptist Church
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G. Alan Rowe
Sun
van Zandt County Commissioner's
Terry Britt
IFA
Chil
Austin
Justice System
Turner Hayden Road
Madden Construction Company
Talty
Kaufman
The
Grand Saline Sun Staff
First United Methodist Church
O'Hara
Weather Report
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