Eastland Telegram

Thursday, January 12, 2023

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Eastland Fire Department will be holding their

The 91st Criminal District Attorney’s Office would like to update the citizens of Eastland County on the efforts and progress they have made in regard to handling the backlog of cases created by the COVID pandemic.

Brad Kimbrough, of Cisco, is finally hanging up his suit and tie and stepping away from his life’s work at Kimbrough Funeral Home; having retired on Friday, January 6th, 2023. After starting in the funeral industry at age 14 by digging graves in his hometown of Henrietta, TX, Brad worked through the business to learn all the ins and outs. At 17, he and his friend Doyle Davis, (who also grew up to work as a funeral director) drove the local ambulance for Hawkins Funeral Home, and did other jobs around the funeral home. During this time he met and married Sherry Nichols, and together they built their lives in service to others. During the Vietnam War Brad was drafted and stationed at Fort Benning, GA. Because of his many years of working in a funeral home in TX, he was given special permission to work off base for the Striffler- Hamby Funeral Home in Columbus, GA.

Attorney Stephenson added that he sees eye to eye on this issue with Mrs. Wilks.

The Eastland Lady Mavericks pounded out a pair of impressive wins this past weekend and rolled to the girls’ consolation honors at the Eula Holiday Tournament The Lady Mavs, who evened their record at 9-9, opened the threeday tournament on a sour note, falling to Hermleigh, 58-29.

The Huckabay Lady Indians weathered a tough start on Friday and then held on to claim a 45-24 victory in a showdown of two state-ranked Class A girls’ squads.

Not too many teams can drop two out of their last three games and walk off the floor feeling good about it. The Eastland Mavericks can as they played well in all three outings at the Eula Holiday Tournament.

The Eastland High School boys’ and girls’ basketball teams both endured tough outings last Friday by dropping a doubleheader to Comanche.

Event Date, Case, Style, Event Type, Disposition, Trial Court 12/30/2022 11-21-00095-CR Hai Phu Nguyen v. The State of Texas MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Williams AFFIRM Ector / 358th District Court 11-21-00171-CV Jarnail Sihota and GTHCC, Inc. v. City of Midland MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Trotter AFFIRM Midland / 385th District Court 11-21-00174-CR William Clifford Goble, Jr. v. The State of Texas MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Trotter AFFIRM Ector / 161st District Court 11-21-00192-CV Terri Thompson v. Gilbert Gonzales, III MEM OPINION ISSD by Justice Trotter AFFIRM Ector / County Court at Law 11-22-00304-CV Sean Carroll & Basin Roofing and Construction, Inc., derivatively through Sean Carroll v. James Turner Wilson MEM OPINION ISSD Per Curiam DISM Midland / 441st District Court 11-21-00033-CV Rustic Natural Resources LLC (f/k/a Rustic Resources, LLC), Rustic Land Holdings, LLC, and Tortoise Holdings, LLC v. DE Midland III LLC and Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.

Many Americans treasure the privilege of being born in the United States of America. My generation learned about its founding when we were in school. Those of us, who are Believers, support it in our prayer life.

A good example of revisionist historians is a 1997 book called The Godless Constituion, written by two professors at Cornell University. This book was used in many universities as a text book. According to the authors of this book, the framers of the constitution did not want statements of God because they (our framers) wanted to “create an utterly secular state” in which religion would be kept strictly private and separate from government. Reading some Oaths of public office does no support that falsehood.

The Bible says in 11 Timothy 3:1, 'But mark this: there will be terrible times in the last days.' Another translation says it this way; 'In the last days, there will come times of difficulty.' A third translation is, 'In the last days, grievous times shall come.' Because this is true, I have great concerns regarding my children's and grandchildren's future.

Heavenly Father, I believe you are God. You are the Creator of Heaven and Earth. You are the God of eternity. You are the ‘Lover’ of my soul.

SAN ANGELO, TX (01/03/2023)-- Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, has announced the students achieving the Dean's List for the 2022 fall semester.

SAN ANGELO, TX (01/03/2023)-- Angelo State University conferred 643 undergraduate and graduate degrees on 640 graduates during the 2022 fall commencement exercises on Dec. 10, 2022, at the Junell Center/ Stephens Arena in San Angelo, Texas.

Carbon 4-H Club Meeting Monday, January 9 at 6:00 pm at Carbon Christian Academy 515 Anthracite St. in Carbon.

Cisco Friendship Meal will be held January 17th .Join us from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at The Conrad Hilton.

Editor, I was at the Eastland County Commissioners meeting on Dec. 27. I was shocked at what I heard and saw. In updating the personnel Manual the Auditor had made changes to. One of the changes was to remove all reference to He and She in the Manual to keep the policy GENDER NEUTRAL.

The Bosque River Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas (DRT) will have their first meeting of 2023 on Tuesday, January 10, 2:00 PM at the First Presbyterian Church of Stephenville. The program, “Native Americans in Texas”, will be presented by Dan Young. Mr. Young is an educator and has been a member of the Stephenville Historical Board for 46 years. He is also an avocational archaeologist.

Friends, As 2022 draws to a close, I’d like to thank all of you that have supported our efforts to serve this district and the Great State of Texas!

All contests are open to all Eastland County residents, age 5 and up, including professionals!