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4A Mineola Monitor • Wednesday, April 13,2016
Mayor Watkins participates
in March for Meals 2016
March for Meals 2016 paign which activates program collectively
sent dozens of elect- programs and commu- serves a nutritious meal,
ed officials, including nity leaders around the a warm smile and the
Mineola Mayor Rodney nation. safety check that keeps
Watkins and local ce- Meals on Wheels Min- over 2.5 million seniors
lebrities into East Texas istry currently serves a year healthy and liv-
Tuesday, March 29 in 3,000 seniors and home- ing in their own homes,
an effort to raise aware- bound individuals in For more specific in-
ness of Meals on Wheels 30 communities across formation on your local
Ministry. six counties including Meals on Wheels func-
This annual event is Wood, Gregg, Hen- tions contact Zoe Law-
part of a national, Meals derson, Smith, Upshur thorn at 903-525-0906 or
on Wheels America cam- and Van Zandt. The emailzoe@mowmet.org.
Mineola Major Rodney Watkins was one of several community leaders who personally delivered Meals on
Wheels Tuesday, March 29. (Courtesy photo)
Students prepare for Wood County Junior Livestock Show
Jacob Lee puts some finishing touches on his wire spool table. He is working on his last coat of finish for the project that will be offered for
sale during the auction at the Wood County Junior Livestock Show this weekend. (Photo by Josh Land)
By JOSH LAND
The Monitor Staff
The Wood County Ju-
nior Livestock begins
Thursday and Mineola
students' education will
be showcased with ani-
mals and other projects.
The show will be at the
Lester Cole Livestock Are-
na located behind Mineola
Middle School. (For show
details, see separate story.)
Josh Lee has raised a
meat chicken, also known
as a broiler, in hopes
of finishing well at the
show since he began car-
ing for the animal in
March. "They are for meat,
they don't lay eggs." He
gives the broiler feed on
a daily basis and says that
the cleanup is the hardest
part.
Lee chose a broiler be-
cause he didn't have time
for the bigger animals.
"For these you don't need
very much time." He said
it takes him less than 30
minutes to care for the
animal each day.
MHS sophomore Ra-
chel Martinez is also rais-
ing a commercial heifer,
Beauty, that she has had
since November. Marti-
nez has no set goal on the
sale price of her heifer but
said the hardest part of
raising the heifer is the
training. "Sometimes they
can be stubborn and they
don't want to work with
you. If you slack up and
don't train them as often
as you should - you have
to go back and kind of
start over."
"I like animals. I got at-
tached to my first steer
and it was hard to let
it go," Martinez said.
When asked about her
best memory she said
it was her steer named
Frank. "He wasn't afraid
or anything so we got
close to each other. We
got third place overall
and it was great."
Mineola Agriculture
Teacher Glenn Dossett
said his students start in
the fall each year. "This
not only takes a lot of
time but it is expensive. If
a student sells their proj-
ect it's theirs. They put a
lot of time and effort into
it and I'm proud of each
of them."
There is a wide variety
of projects that students
put numerous of hours of
hard work and dedication
into.
Jake Lee built a picnic
table out of an old wire
spool and he has spent
around 20 hours and
a bit over $200 on the
project. He got his chairs
from First Monday and
fastened them down. He
created a cup holder out
of some horseshoes and
concluded it with several
layers of finish.
Regardless of your inter-
est, if anyone would like
to learn more visit the
show that starts Thurs-
day and goes through
Saturday, culminating
with an auction.
Fletcher
From page 1A
process," Fletcher said.
Lockhart ordered de-
fendant Gerald Laroy
Moore, 36, to submit to
a drug test. Moore is cur-
rently charged in con-
nection with possession
of a controlled substance
in connection with a Feb.
2 arrest in Bowie County
and was in court for a
pre-indictment hearing.
Court staff had informed
Lockhart that Moore had
smelled of alcohol.
Moore resisted Lock-
hart's order for an on-
site urinalysis, before
turning and fleeing for
the entrance to the first
floor courtroom.
It was at that time
Fletcher's Baylor Bear
defensive football in-
stincts took over. "I
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guess you could say the
old instincts just took
over. I was worried
about Donna and some
of the ladies who were
in the court near the exit
he was trying to get to,"
Fletcher said. "I just low-
ered my shoulder, hit in
the chest and kept him
from getting to that exit."
Fletcher was a punter
and defensive back for
Baylor.
However, Moore was
able to get away from
Fletcher. "I have already
been told by some old
buddies of mine that I
didn't wrap up prop-
erly," Fletcher noted.
""The defendant made
it to the other side of the
courtroom where the
bailiff Ballard chased
him as he darted through
the rows of seats. It took
three of us to finally sub-
due him, but we got it
done."
As Moore fought
against the three (Fletch-
er, Ballard and an offi-
cer), the judge and other
court staff retreated to a
secure area behind the
courtroom and called
for backup. "This won't
happen again," Lockhart
said later from the bench.
Moore could face added
time if found guilty of
assaulting a peace office
and resisting arrest.
Since returning to Quit-
man, Fletcher has been
interviewed, filmed, and
contacted by not only
Tyler area media, but na-
tional media about what
happened. "I just reacted
and did what had to be
done. I am just glad no
one got hurt," Fletcher
noted.
Fletcher has been
getting calls from old
friends and former mem-
bers of the Baylor Bear
teams he played on that
played in the Cotton and
Peach Bowls while he
was there. He had a note
posted on his office door
when he got to work
Tuesday morning. It sim-
ply read "Attorneys, par-
ties, and observers not
exhibiting appropriate
courtroom decorum will
be subjected to the Okla-
homa Drill. No pads."
The Oklahoma Drill is
a football drill coaches
use to see just how tough
a player can be. It has
several variations, but
basically it is one defen-
sive player going against
a blocker and a runner
in an area marked off
which amounts to a lane
about two to three yards
wide. NFL teams do not
use the drill anymore
because of the head
to head contact, but
the drill is still used in
some colleges and high
schools.
"I guess I am glad the
coaches at Baylor put us
through that drill. It is
one of those things you
do not so much with tal-
ent, but with instinct,"
Fletcher explained. "It
was just being in the
right place at the right
time."
Dairy team takes 2nd place
The Mineola Dairy Team won
second place at the Area VI
competition held in Sulphur
Springs last Tuesday. Left to
right are Caitlyn Hudson, Bre-
anna Holt, Rachel Martinez and
Spring Coleman. The group will
participate in the State Dairy
Judging Contest in Stephenville
on Wednesday, April 20. (Cour-
tesy photo)
Mineola M.S. staff picks Kelsey Brewington as this week’s Student of the Week.
This week's Student of the Week, Kelsey Brewington, is
a 14-year-old eighth grader at Mineola Middle School
and the daughter of Kim Karch and John Brewington.
She has two sisters, 19-year-old Kaela and her twin,
Meghan. Kelsey is a student who remains on the
A Honor Roll and is the co-captain of Fellowship of
Christian Athletes. During her free time she enjoys track,
volleyball, basketball, reading and hanging with friends.
MMS Science Teacher Karen Newkirk said, "Kelsey is
an incredible young lady who is always on top of her
class work. She asks probing questions that help her to
understand concepts at a higher level than an average student. She is able to
apply her knowledge to real-life situations and investigations developed in class.
Kelsey is involved in many activities from band, UN, athletics and excels at them
all. She is a wonderful lady with a fantastic future in store for her. It has been
wonderful having her in class." After graduation Kelsey plans on becoming a
pediatric oncology nurse.
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Newman, Doris. Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 141, No. 15, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 13, 2016, newspaper, April 13, 2016; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900042/m1/4/: accessed June 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.