Saline community events and reunions announced
The Grand Saline Youth Foundation hosts a benefit garage sale at the Grand Saline Pavilion to aid local youth. A Friendship Reunion follows at Grand Saline Elementary Cafeteria with doors by 2:00 p.m. and a 4:00 p.m. covered dish supper. Abney Pickens family reunion set for Edgewood and Providence School reunion at Providence Community Center with lunch underway around noon and dinner around 4:00 p.m. Next, Grand Saline Band Boosters meet at 7:00 p.m. in the High School Band Hall. Intermediate PTO gathers 7:00 p.m. to discuss the Fall Carnival and hear Randy Cunningham on building great kids. Additional community garage sale planned for Sand Flat area on October 7. call contacts Kelly Miller or Janie Maxfield to participate.
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Grand Saline
George and
Mary
Abney) Long
Robert
Isabell
Abney
Pickens
Jane
Providence
Sand Flat
Kelly Miller
Janie Maxfield
Local group to tour Fort Hood for Veterans Memorial display
Community members will tour Fort Hood on Tuesday October 3 2000 to view the Abrams and M60 A3 tanks to join the Grand Saline Veterans Memorial on Highway 80. The trip departs Salt Palace 645 am with limited space and participants provide their own transportation and meals.
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Fort Hood
Ft. Hood
Grand Saline Veterans’ Memorial
Highway 80
Joe Sellers
Sellers
Salt Palace
8Th Cavalry Regiment
Juan Hernandez
City of
Grand Saline
VFW Post 6635
VFW
Veterans’ Memorial Project
The
Post
County Budget Edits Spark Debate In Van Zandt Meeting
Van Zandt County commissioners debated fiscal year 1999 2000 budget amendments to cover carryover as tax receipts begin in January County Auditor John Shinn outlined transfers totaling 120 680 19 from Precinct Three road and bridge funds and 20 680 22 from Precincts One Two and Four that would be returned when taxes flow in Precinct Three Commissioner Jimmy Don Wilson objected to the larger draw while Precinct One Commissioner O D Hazel supported reallocating funds with a pledge to restore them once tax money arrives Hazel urged preserving a solid budget for the next commissioner and warned against continued pulls from road and bridge funds
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van Zandt County
John Shinn
Shinn
Precinct Three
Jimmy Don Wilson
Wilson
Precinct One
O.D. Hazel
Hazel
Tax statements to be mailed by Oct 15 in Van Zandt County
The Van Zandt County Appraisal District will mail the 2000 tax statements to county residents by October 15. Chief Appraiser Chris Becker urges taxpayers to verify property descriptions exemptions and addresses on their bills. He notes many residents have new 9-1-1 addresses and the post office will deliver to old addresses for up to a year.
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van Zandt County
Chris Becker
Becker
LaPrade seeks Van Zandt County Precinct One seat on a unity platform
Ricky LaPrade, 37, a lifelong Van Zandt County resident and Grand Saline High School graduate, is the Democratic candidate for Precinct One Commissioner. He aims to restore unity, improve roads in nine zones, improve county communications, and pledge not to raise taxes for four years while keeping in touch with residents and county staff. LaPrade lists his family, church, and 12 years of hay baling and seven years with the county among his qualifications.
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Ricky LaPrade
van Zand
LaPrade
van Zandt County
Grand Saline High School
Billy
Linda (Kinney) LaPrade
Sandra Denton
Marilyn Thompson
Carolyn Barnes
Danny LaPrade
Gloria
Grand Saline
Ricky, Jr
Kinney
Corinth Baptist Church
Wood County
Precinct One
Sherrff’s
Hawkins runs for Van Zandt County Commissioner Precinct One
Sid Hawkins, Republican candidate, vows full-time leadership to modernize Van Zandt County. He cites a $10 million budget, 1,200 miles of roads, a jail shortfall, and 43 years of business experience to promise long-term planning, efficient government, and tax-stable improvements without raising taxes. He emphasizes serving residents and creating a vision for the 21st century.
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Sid Hawkins
van Zandt
Ruth Ann
Grand Saline
Hawkins
van Zandt County
Precinct One
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Michelle Flanary
April Marshall
Michelle
Pete Flanary
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