County budget adoption sparks questions after meeting
Van Zandt County commissioners' budget adoption faces challenges with County Judge Richard Lawrence calling it woefully inadequate and not meeting legal obligations. The Grand Saline Public Library gains $10,000 annually, while sheriff and jail funding faced last minute cuts that failed to gain support.
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Jan Adamson
Fat Lady
van Zandt County
Richard Lawrence
City of
Grand Saline
Precinct 1
O.D. Hazel
Precinct 4
Loy Dean Hutchins
Hazel
Fire destroys unoccupied GS house on Hickory Street
An unoccupied house near Spring Street in Grand Saline burned to the ground last Thursday at about 9 p.m. Fire units from the Grand Saline Volunteer Fire Department fought the blaze, with about 12 men on scene. Arson is suspected as police investigate the disassembled house prior to the fire.
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Hickory Street
Spring Street
Grand Saline
VIC trusty program ends in Van Zandt County
The Van Zandt County Justice Center will end its loan trusty program this month per Sheriff Jeryl Cockerham. The program supplied minimum security inmates to governmental agencies and civic groups for local work details. A letter to Canton mayors and police chiefs details the conclusion of the initiative.
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van Zandt County Justice Center
Jeryl Cockerham
Canton
Grand Saline board drafts city wish list
Grand Saline Economic Development Board held a five hour workshop with Jana Russell of SWEPCO to map goals for improving the city’s finances. They produced a wish list featuring a radio station daily newspaper several industrial and commercial ventures a hospital with 100 beds an attorney higher medical services a hotel a large civic center and an improved reputation. They also listed obstacles including weak small business development marketing gaps a labor force growing faster than jobs and an unattractive central business district.
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Jan Adamson
Grand Saline
Grand Saline Indians vs West Rusk tickets on sale
Advance tickets for the Grand Saline Indians football game against West Rusk are available through Friday noon at the high school office. Prices are 3 dollars for adults and 2 dollars for students. at the gate all seats are 3 dollars. The Friends of the Library meet at Grand Saline Public Library on Thursday at noon.
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Grand Saline Indians
West Rusk
Friends of the Library
Grand Saline Public
Eddie Smith Invitational Bull and Bronc Rodeo Opens Saturday
The 44 Bar Rodeo Company presents the Grand Saline Rodeo Associations second Eddie Smith Invitational at Grand Saline Rodeo Grounds on September 20 at 8 p.m. Proceeds add $1000 to bull riding and $500 to saddle bronc. Other activities include Mexican poker bull fighting and a postrodeo dance with Kenneth Horton. Admission is $7 for adults and $5 for children.
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44 Bar Rodeo Company
Grand Saline Rodeo Association
Eddie ‘Smith
Grand Saline Rodeo Grounds
Benny Donaldson
Kenneth Horton
Grand Saline drummer Thatcher to enter Wester Swing Society Hall of Fame
In October Tommy Thatcher will be inducted into the Wester Swing Society's Hall of Fame, recognizing a lifetime in music. The drummer from Grand Saline has played with Leon Rausch Tommy Allsup and the Tex: Playboys, learned drums after a near amputation, and built a career across Oklahoma Las Vegas and Albuquerque with bands that backed Ray Price and Hank Thompson.
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Jan Adamson
Tommy Thatcher
Grand Saline
Wester Swing Society
Thatcher
Leon’ Rausch
Tommy Allsup
The
Tex: Playboys
Oklahoma
Odessa
Harry James
Gene Krupa
Bob Wills
Lawson
Souther Club
Las Vegas
Reno
Lake Tahoe
Billy Gray
Hank Thompson
Tommy
Albuquerque
Ray Price
Perewbs
Chalpa
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Rick Sullivan
Wisconsin
Sheriff's Department
Sullivan
Hazer
VIC
Jana Russell
Swepco
Russell
Lynn Kitchens
Workshop
Tommy Atcher
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