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By Thomas Wallner

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The 32nd annual Graham High School Scholarship Pre-sentation will be held Monday at 7 p.m. at the Graham Memori-al Auditorium, and will continue a legacy that has benefited Graham seniors since 1972.

Last year, over 70 scholar-ship were handed out to the GHS graduating class of 2017 during the awards ceremony. Approximately $100,000 in local scholarship money will be presented to the GHS class of 2018, according to a GISD press release.

The public is invited to at-tend the event as seniors are

honored with scholarships by 80 different local benefactors, clubs and alumni. For any further information about the event, call the GHS counseling office at 940-549-1504, ext. 1008.

The GHS class of 2018 will have their graduation ceremo-ny Friday, May 25 at the GHS arena.

History The program began in Gra-

ham in 1972, according to his-torical information collected by former Dean of Students Pauline Guinn Jones.

In 1972, GISD Superintendent Garth Baker appointed Jones

Vol. 142, No. 74 • Single Copy $1 www.grahamleader.comWeekend Edition • Saturday, April 28, 2018

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InsideFun ranch fundraiser

Freedom Care Warrior Project hosts a raffle, catfish fry and clay shoot fundraiser Saturday, May 5, at the ranch, on Turtle Hole Road. The clay shoot begins at 9 a.m., while from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., the silent auction will be underway. A catfish dinner will be served beginning at 5 p.m., while at 7 p.m., the raffle takes place. Raffle prizes include a zero-turn mower or $5,000 cash option, a Beretta A400

shotgun or $1,500 gift certif-icate, a Ruger SR 1911 pistol or $800 gift certificate, and a Yeti Cooler or $500 gift certif-icate. Tickets are $100, good for two catfish dinners and a raffle entry. Single dinner tickets are $10. To buy tickets, visit J&N Feed, Paws Inc., Stewards Gun and Ammo or Graham Arms & Surplus Clear Fork, or call Tim Odom at 940-550-5086, Dana Lind-ley at 940-550-8015 or Larry Hamilton at 940-456-0743.

Weather Stats High Low Rain

Thursday, 4/19 72 41 0

Friday, 4/20 70 44 0

Saturday, 4/21 69 49 .38

Sunday, 4/22 69 47 0

Monday, 4/23 74 43 0

Tuesday, 4/24 84 47 0

Wednesday, 4/25 68 41 .20

Rain: April, .58 in.• 2018, 5.16 in.Lake Graham: Capacity: 1,075.00

Current level: 1,073.99Possum Kingdom — Capacity: 999.00

Current level: 997.84

News in BriefCalendar ................................2Classifieds...................... 12-15Dispatch Log .........................8Entertainment .......................6Obituaries ..............................2Opinion .............................. 4-5People & Places ....................7Sports ..............................11,15

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By Thomas Wallner

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Tuesday will be the one-year anni-versary of day that no one in Graham wants to recall, and a day that Lori Brown will remember for the rest of her life.

On May 1, 2017 Harrison Brown, a 2016 graduate of Graham High School and son of Lori and Dr. Kurt Brown, died of injuries sus-tained during a stabbing spree

by a fellow student on the University of Texas campus that also injured three other male students. Brown was murdered by Kindred J. White, 21, who is still facing trial for the murder and is attempting to plead not guilty by reason of insanity.

“When and if it goes to trial I will be there

to fight and represent Harri-

After son’s murder, Lori Brown works toward a safer society

By Thomas Wallner

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The National Park Service listed the old bridge off U.S. 380 crossing the Brazos River in the National Register of Historic Places on Feb. 22, joining some 3,183 properties in Texas with the designation.

A letter was sent to Young County Judge John Bullock March 15 from State Historic Preservation Officer Mark Wolfe informing the county of the decision.

In the letter, Wolfe said site could be eligible for assistance to care for the steel bridge.

“Various historic preserva-tion programs may be available to aid in the preservation of your property, including in-vestment tax credits for certain income producing properties,” he said. “Although funding is limited, grants may also be available to aid in the further preservation of your property.”

The bridge is a through truss bridge that was built by Buckner Bros. Contractors in

1932-33 and replaced a 1908 cable suspension bridge that collapsed in 1930.

The commissioners court of Young County at the time was made up of County Judge W.F. Parsley and commissioners A.C. Anderson, C.W. Akers, Sam Bird and Tom Rice.

The bridge was registered on Hwy. 120 because that is the road the bridge used to span on before it changed to U.S. Hwy. 24 and then to U.S. 380 where the new bridge, which opened in 1989, currently exists.

The request was not made by Bullock or the county, but by Rene Gomez, who took an in-terest in the bridge and wanted it the National Register, Bullock said. Gomez and Gregory Smith submitted the request to the Texas Historical Commission to place the bridge in the national registry.

“He (Gomez) is the one who did all the work to make that request and get that on the National Register, so he really gets the credit for that,” Bull-ock said.

Old 380 bridge earns national historic designation

The old bridge on US 380 crossing the Brazos River before it was cleared of it’s branches and cleaned up in March for the filming of a scene in an upcoming Netflix feature film The High-waymen. The National Park Service listed the bridge in the National Register of Historic Places on Feb. 22, joining some 3,183 properties in Texas with the designation.

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One of Texas’ sales tax holidays is coming up, just in time for potential severe weather in spring.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said Texans can purchase certain emergency preparation supplies tax free from April 28-30.

“The severe weather we had last year – particularly Hurricane Harvey – was a stark reminder that Texans should be prepared for emergencies at all times,” Hegar said. “This tax holiday allows people to save money while ensuring they have the supplies they need before an emergency situ-ation occurs.”

There’s no limit on the number of qualifying items you can purchase, and you do not need to issue an exemption certificate to claim the exemption.

Supplies that qualify• batteries, fuel containers and

flashlights priced at less than $75• hurricane shutters and emergen-

cy ladders priced at less than $300; and portable generators priced at less than $3,000

Purchases that do not qualify include:

• batteries for automobiles, boats and other motorized vehicles

• camping stoves and camping supplies

• chainsaws• plywood• extension ladders and steplad-

ders• tentsA list of emergency preparation

supplies that may be purchased tax free can be found on the Comptroller’s website.

The Comptroller’s office estimates shoppers will save more than $1.5 million in state and local sales taxes during the tax holiday, approved by lawmakers during the 2015 Texas Legislature.

Sales tax holiday covers disaster prep items

Scholarship program coming up Monday

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Harrison Brown

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS9am | Clay Shoot (Wolf Chase)

9am-7pm | Silent Auction

5pm | Catfish Dinner

7pm | Raffle Drawing

RAFFLE TICKETS | $100Good for Two Catfish Dinner Plates & One Raffle EntrySingle Dinner Tickets are $10 (does not include raffle entry)

Tickets can be purchase at J&N Feed, Stewart’s Guns & Ammo or Graham Arms & Surplusor from Tim Odom (550-5086), Dana Lindley (550-8015) or Larry Hamilton (456-0743)

RAFFLE PRIZES1st – Zero Turn Mower

(or $5,000 Cash Option)

2nd – Beretta A400 Shotgun(or $1,500 at Stewart’s Guns & Ammo)

3rd – Ruger SR1911 Pistol(or $800 at Graham Arms & Surplus)

4th – Yeti Cooler(or $500 at J&N Feed & Seed)

Freedom Care Warrior ProjectRaffle, fish Fry & Clay Shoot

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All animals are spayed/neutered, receive rabies shots, 1 booster, worming & microchip.

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Calendar of EventsSaturday, April 28

9:30 a.m. – The All in for Autism community work-out fundraiser takes place at the Graham High School track. All proceeds go to purchase sensory items for GISD schools. Workout tick-ets, which include a T-shirt, are $30. Workout-only tickets are $15, while T-shirts are $20 each. Donations are also accepted. Tickets and tees are available at Cliff Dental Clinic, The Wellness Center, CrossFit 1911, Anytime Fitness or your local school office.

Sunday, April 292 p.m. – First United Meth-

odist Church hosts Ringin’ in the Movies and invites the public to sit, eat popcorn, and enjoy hearing your fa-vorite movie themes rung by FUMC’s Celestial Bells handbell choir. The free event include special performanc-es by Christian Sanders, actor and managing director of Graham Regional Theatre; Matt Willis, playing uilleann pipes; and Sara Hill on the clarinet. The concert takes place at First United Meth-odist Church’s McCree Hall, 700 Third St.

•••6 p.m. – The Graford-Pos-

sum Kingdom Ministerial Alliance hosts Fifth Sun-day Singing at Community Church, FM 2353 North at PK Lake.

Tuesday, May 19:30-11:30 a.m. and 1-3

p.m. – The Department of State Health Services holds an immunization clinic at First United Methodist Church, McCree Hall, 300 Third St. in Graham. Vac-cines are available for kin-dergarten, seventh grade, and college entry. All infant immunizations will also be offered. Adult immuniza-tions are available to those who qualify. This clinic is for those on Medicaid, who have no insurance, are American Indian or Native Alaskan, or are under-insured. Those with private insurance or who have CHIPS or Medicare will not be accepted. No one will be denied service due to an inability to pay. For more in-formation, call 940-574-2159.

Thursday, May 36 p.m. – The Graford-Pos-

sum Kingdom Ministerial Al-liance hosts a National Day of Prayer event at Abundant Life Church, Hwy. 254 in Graford.

Friday-Sunday, May 4-6Graham Regional Theatre

presents Rumors by Neil Si-mon. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, at The Perry, 521 Elm St. in Graham.

Saturday, May 59 a.m. – Freedom Care

Warrior Project hosts a raffle,

Obituaries

Juanita Barnett, of Jack County, went to be with our Lord on Saturday, April 21, 2018.

She was born to R.Z. and Dona Ainsworth on Aug. 19, 1936.

She is survived by her two sons, Gregory Wayne Barnett and Glenn Melton Barnett.

Juanita was the epitome of wisdom, kindness and compassion.

The world is a more beautiful place for her hav-ing shared her light with all who knew her.

A memorial service will be scheduled at a later date.

Juanita Barnett

Well, we are happy to re-port that Dad has traveled across that great divide to be in glory land on April 22, 2018.

No more tears, no more pain, no longer tired. By God’s amazing grace he is finally at rest in the place we call Heaven.

Right now he is getting the tour around Heaven with a cup of coffee in his hand, laughing, cutting up and telling stories with his siblings, June, Laverne and Aubrey, and his son, James Mark Dobbs.

Well, what can you say about a Dad who taught his children to ride a bike, shoot a rifle, read a deer track, drive an old truck out on a dirt road?

Words can’t express all the lessons on working hard, giving 110 percent, sticking up for yourself or a brother/sister.

Or the times he showed us how to swing from a rope swing, lasso a sibling, hike a steep hill, or use that low gear in the Jeep on a steep hill. Looking out at the stars on a summer evening as only the stars can be so bright out on the New Mexico desert.

Lessons continued into our adult years as he set the example of being married to his one true sweetheart for 58 years, the patience, persistence and gentleness only he

could show.All those

that knew him were bless-ed to know a great person.

S o o f course , he was born at a very early age in Tularosa, N.M., to Mark and Gladys Ruth (Evans) Dobbs. He eloped to Juarez, Mexico to marry Bobbie Ruth Richards, also of Tularosa, on June 7, 1959.

Upon their return, both parents refused to recog-nize a marriage certificate they couldn’t read and demanded they marry again (June 10) so that a “proper” marriage certif-icate could be had. Dale and Bobbie sure showed ‘em – that elopement stood the test of time.

Dad loved to write, draw and do an occasional oil painting which adorns the walls of family and friends. He could tell a tale or two if one sat still and listened, of brothers, sons, and an occasional supernatural story if one dared ask.

Dad was an avid read-er. He also was an active member in his church. He served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher. He was a student of the

Bible. He worked

most of 49 years at White Sands Missile Range. When he had free time he loved to roam Lin-coln Nation-al Forest in s e a r c h o f fossils, arti-facts and the

awesome views with the forever cup of coffee in his hand.

The rest of us are await-ing the time when Jesus calls us home so that we, too, can give Dad a hug, and get our heavenly tour: wife, Bobbie Dobbs of Graham; daughter, Dawn Riley and husband Gary of Graham; son, Michael Dobbs and wife Melinda of Lebanon, Ill.; grand-children, Lauren, Donna, James, Dillon, Caroline and Aaron; great-grand-children, Kynsliegh and Weston, and numerous nieces and Steven.

One last thing: I think Dad would want you to know that John 3:16 is real and if you’re not 100-per-cent sure you’re going to Heaven, contact any of us and we’ll take the Bible and show you how.

A memorial service will be Sunday, April 29, at 1:30 p.m. in Westlake Chapel at Possum Kingdom Lake.

Laurence Dale DobbsAndrew “Andy” Dub

Howsley was born June 16, 1930 in Throckmorton. He was the youngest of nine children, six boys and three girls of Louis Albert and Grace Hester Howsley. He passed from this life peacefully at 3:58 a.m., Sunday, April 22, 2018 at the age of 87 after sustaining a critical injury in a fall.

His life will be forever cherished by his family. He is survived by his wife of 65 years, Addie LaVonne Dod-son, their four daughters and three sons-in-laws, Kathy Morgan (widow of Robert) of Lubbock, Kris King (Randy) of Lubbock, Lisa Fulenchek (Mike) of Fort Collins, Colo., and Lana Cawthon (Steve) of Lubbock. Andy has two surviving sisters, Evalynne Dunlap of Graham, and An-nelia Cross of Arlington,. He has 14 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren;

many nieces and nephews, in-laws and friends.

He loved his family and was known as “Dandy” to them. Al-t h o u g h h e only attended A&M for one year and grad-uated from the University of Texas Pharmacy School, he was a devoted Aggie all his life.

Andy was a pharmacist by vocation but a volun-teer and adventurer in the way he lived. He served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean Conflict as a Corpsman assigned to a Marine unit as a medic. He was a charter member of Redbud Lions Club, having served in all leadership ca-pacities. In addition to this club, he served in the Dis-trict Cabinet for Lions and

was elected to serve a term as director for the Texas Lions Camp. He was a long-time member of First Bap-tist Church, traveled to many coun-tries around the world, en-

joyed hunting, fishing, cooking, candy-making, watching football, old movies and family get-to-gethers.

A celebration of life memorial will be held in his honor Saturday, June 16. Contributions may be made in his honor to the Texas Lions Camp, P.O. Box 290247, Kerrville, TX 78029 or Texas Boys Ranch.

Arrangements by www.combestfamilyfuneral-homes.com.

Andrew ‘Andy’ Dub Howsley

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Gary Wayne Jennings, 66, passed away Tuesday, April 24, 2018 in Fort Worth. Visitation will begin Saturday, April 28, from 80 a.m. to service time at Morrison Funeral Home, 700 Oak St. in Graham, followed by a graveside service at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 28, at Veale Creek Cemetery in Stephens County. Arrangements are under the direction of Morrison Funeral Home.

Gary was born July 11, 1951 in Wichita Falls. He was an insurance broker in the Dallas-Fort Worth area for several years

and a mem-ber of Sam P. Cochran Ma-sonic Lodge #1335 in Dal-las.

Survivors include his mother, Kathy Hallgrimson and Jim Ken-nedy of Gra-ham; son, Ja-son Jennings and wife, Debbie of Azle; daughter, Ashley Franklin and hus-band, Jay of Holliday; son, Cory Jennings and wife, Heather of Midland; daughter, Leigha Balchus

and husband, Bobby of Mid-land; brother, Mark Jennings and wife, Bon-nie of Weath-erford; sister-in-law, Nicole Jennings of A r l i n g t o n ; four grand-children and several nieces

and nephews.He was preceded in

death by father, Don Jen-nings; stepfather, Merle Hallgrimson; and brother, Michael Jennings.

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Grammy winner!

Michael Dyson, also known as “Mr. Blue Shoes” visited students at Crestview Elementary Tuesday to perform an educational music program that was a collaboration between the Graham Concert Association and Graham ISD. Dyson won a Grammy award in 2007 for Best Traditional Blues Album for Last of the Great Mississippi Delta Bluesman: Live in Dallas, and has performed at over 1,000 schools nationwide.

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Letter carriers across North Texas are getting ready to Stamp Out Hun-ger.

On May 12, carriers in Graham, Olney, Brecken-ridge, Jacksboro, Wichita Falls, Burkburnett, Iowa Park, Henrietta, Bowie, Mineral Wells, Quanah, Vernon and Electra and will make it easy for anyone on their routes to donate non-perishable food to people in need.

Stamp Out Hunger cam-paign donations will go to the Wichita Falls Area Food Bank and food pantries in

the surrounding area. “We’re asking our com-

munities to help us Stamp Out Hunger by leaving a donation next to their mailbox before mail is delivered May 12,” said Keith Deason, organizer for the 26th annual food drive, sponsored by the National Association of Letter Carriers.

“Last year in our area about 200 carriers picked up 69,724 pounds of food.”

That’s enough food for more than 58,103 meals to feed families, children, seniors, the disabled and

veterans in the area who otherwise would go hun-gry.

“I hear from carriers all the time they feel they can work a little harder that week to see the benefit they’re providing to peo-ple who really need it,” Deason said. “And I love to see the back of my postal truck sagging down from all the food I collected that day.”

The best foods to donat-ed include:

• Canned tuna, chicken, chili, soup, stew, pasta sauce, vegetables and fruit

• Brown rice, cereal, beans, oats, pasta, peanut butter and juice.

Because daily schedules can be challenging, Deason explained there are other ways to donate to Stamp Out Hunger.

People can bring food items to any post office

“a week or so ahead” of May 12. Many apartment complexes allow residents to bring food to the main office in advance.

“We do appreciate do-nations on the day of so we can get the number of pounds in to NALC for a grand total,” Deason said.

As the nation’s largest single day food drive, in 2017 more than 75 million pounds of food were col-lected across the U.S. Since the first Stamp Out Hunger campaign in 1992, NALC has collected 1.6 billion pounds of food.

Annual food drive to take donations at post offices May 7-12

The Young County Hay, Beef & Forage AgriBusi-ness Tour takes place Thursday, May 17, with registration beginning at 9 a.m. at Young County Arena.

The group will then trav-el to locations in Brecken-ridge and Throckmorton.

Coffee and donuts will

be served at registration, which costs $15. A noon meal is sponsored by Ag Workers Insurance.

Three hours of TDA CEUs are available to at-tendees.

The program includes a facility and program tour at Turner Seed; a brush control update by James

Jackson, a Texas AgriLife Extension range specialist; and a ranch operation tour at R.S. Brown Ranch.

For more information, contact Justin Rogers, Young County Extension Agent for agriculture and natural resources at 940-549-0737.

Young County agribusiness tour set for May 17

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforce-ment reports.

The One That Got AwayOn Nov. 25, Terrell Coun-

ty game wardens received a phone call reporting sus-picious deer at a hunting camp.

When the wardens ar-rived at the location, they found three hunters. The trio claimed a bunch of deer showed up near their hunting blind that they assumed were white-tailed bucks, so all three individ-uals took shots.

When the hunters walked over to retrieve the deer, they found they had shot two antlerless mule deer.

Since they did not pos-sess the required per-mits, they panicked and attempted to hide the carcasses.

The third hunter, who failed to make his shot on the deer, gave no excuses

for his poor marksmanship and was just happy he missed.

The wardens educated the hunters about proper game identification and issued citations for taking antlerless mule deer with-out a permit. The cases are pending.

Can’t Fool Me TwiceEarlier this month a Na-

varro County landowner contacted game wardens regarding a second road hunting incident in as many weeks where some-

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I sleep in the bedroom that was once my daugh-ters’ bedroom. They hated the fact that they had to share a room, and several times took measures to make it different.

They taped off a bound-ary at one point until Num-ber Two Child realized that the only exit door was “owned” by Number One. The tape was torn up in a mad, whirlwind of duct tape and tears.

At one point, Number One begged to make the small basement/cellar room into her bedroom. When she found that the wallboards were loose, the ceiling tiles were flaky, and the skeletons of former residents were under some of the boxes, she changed her mind.

At the time the girls in-habited this room, a lovely miniature rose pattern decorated the wallpaper. Pink paint covered the woodwork. When they reached high school, the rose pattern wilted and pictures of handsome men, rock stars, and cereal

boxes covered one wall. When the girls left

home, I moved into the “big” room. The walls were painted a popular shade of autumn gold, and the carpet was pulled up.

That was 15 years ago. I was going to refinish the floors and put up crown moldings around the room. I ran out of au-tumn gold paint, leaving a 1-inch strip of white/red/pink trim at the bottom of the walls.

Because the floors need-ed refinishing, I never really finished the room. It was always on my list.

Well, it’s at the top of my list this week, and I have started the prep work. I’ve ordered the flooring and bought the paint. You’d think that would be a big step, but I’ve found that the most time has been spent on emptying the room to get ready.

On the television shows, “demo” is fast. “Clean-out” is easy. A team of healthy, young people come in and dance their way around the room, dragging out

couches and chairs, taking down curtains and sconc-es in about three minutes, real time.

Not one time have I seen them drag out five boxes of fabric which was accumulated over 30 years, remove faceplates from light switches which have six layers of paint, nor have they wrestled their grandmother’s buffet from one side of the room to the other, only to find that the roller on the back leg somehow got into the box of fabric they had planned to throw away.

I must have been collect-ing dust samples behind the curtains in preparation for some indoor gardening project. I found enough pins, needles and buttons under the sewing table to

outfit three 4-H sewing contests and a third-world orphanage. I found pieces of the patterns for my daughter’s senior prom dress, her brides-maid’s dress and four baby outfits. Some of the envelopes were empty, and some in shreds.

I have cleaned one-third of the room. The buffet and the sewing table are snuggled in beside my thousand-pound bed. The plethora of accumulated useless junk from that side of the room filled half of the living room. Much of it will not return to the bedroom. It will be out by the curb if you are interested.

Tomorrow, I will paint that third of the room. I will paint the trim the next day. Next week, after the paint has dried completely, and I come out of the rehab hos-pital for pulled muscles, or drug overdose, I will start the other part of the room.

The question is: Will it be finished before the new flooring comes in? Maybe. Maybe not.

As 19th century news-papers often said of mor-ibund individuals, George W. Franks realized he “could not live.” “Please,” he struggled for breath to say, “bury me with Tom.”

George wanted to share the same grave with Tom Jones because they were best friends. Not only were George and Tom good buddies, they enjoyed a profitable business rela-tionship. The two operat-ed a saloon in Cottonwood, then a thriving little town in southeastern Callahan County.

Born in Berryville, Ark. in 1857, Jones came to West Texas from Leaven-worth County, Kan., at some point before 1880. Not only did he and George soon go into partnership, Jones lived with George, his wife and their two children. For George, Tom

was like a younger brother.Everyone in town would

lament what ended up hap-pening, most particularly George.

Cottonwood dated back to 1875 or 1876, not long after the U.S. Cavalry and Texas Rangers cleared the frontier of hostile Coman-ches and Kiowa and in the process opened half the state to settlement.

J.W. Love, the first home-steader in the area, wisely chose acreage near Cot-tonwood Springs at the head of Green Briar Creek about 10 miles east of the first county seat of Belle Plain. (That place became a ghost town after the new town of Baird was estab-lished.)

Good soil and a reliable water source enabled Love to bring in a good crop his first year of farming. Since land only cost $5 to $15 an

acre, other farming fam-ilies soon arrived to put down literal and figurative roots in the vicinity of the springs.

By September 1882, Cot-tonwood had a post office with Lenson C. Helton as first postmaster. Not a year later, however, the govern-ment shuttered the facility in April 1883 and did not reopen the office until that August. Even then, the office only opened when mail arrived.

Few things are as peace-ful sounding as the wind rustling the leaves of a

cottonwood tree, but de-spite its pastoral name, Cottonwood soon earned a reputation as being tougher than a cotton boll.

Though he would not have opportunity to relish the honor, a man named Gabe Starr has the distinc-tion of being the first per-son to die at the hands of another in Cottonwood’s wild early days. Starr an-noyed someone at a dance and ended up doing one last jig on the floor with a bullet hole in him.

The second and third victims of gunplay in Cot-tonwood were Wash Brown and Jule Haggler. They had a falling out in one of the town’s two saloons and took their fight outside to Main Street. While it would seem logical enough in the days of the Wild West for

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By mike Cox

BeTh Beggs

A rotten day…“Ya can’t fix stupid.”

It’s a line tossed about daily with abandon.

In my case – and this is an admission made “frog-throated” and typed with shaky fingers – I plead guilty.

The sting is even greater when our judg-ment – in certain mo-ments when efforts are squeezed to save a few bucks – is sorely lacking, maybe totally absent. Sequentially, I “flubbed.” One would think I’d nev-er traveled before…

•••The account deserves

a “start at the very be-ginning,” as The Sound of Music lyrics suggest.

Ant ic ipat ing the need for a rental car after a flight to Denver, I scanned computer websites. “Aha,” thought I. “We can save a couple of dollars a day with this one (Call it “Henhouse,” or some other unlikely name). I reasoned that it would be at an “off-air-port” location, but nowa-days, aren’t they all?

On “take-off day” – in the vernacular of veteran fliers – a telephone call received en route to the airport should have served as a warning. “Henhouse Rental Car

is no longer in business at the Denver Airport,” a soothing, apologetic voice expressed. “But, your contract will be honored at nearby Fox Car Rentals.”…

•••Making sure I had

the rental contract in tow, we proceeded to Dallas. My wife Brenda asked, “Who was that?” I mumbled that it was simply our “rental car confirmation,” perhaps a truth stretch, but not an outright lie.

Upon arrival , we hailed down the Fox bus, paying little attention to other than our luggage. It was a sunny morning, and we went straight to the rental counter.

It wasn’t on the “main rental car street,” where the Budgets and Avises and Hertzes and Enter-prises gleamed in the

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Letter to the EditorA problem of visibility

I’ve lived in Graham for over 15 years of my 24 on the Earth. Moving here when I was around 3 years old, I don’t remember any part of my childhood outside of Graham.

I attended every grade level in Graham schools, apart from sixth and half of seventh grade, when my family was living in Granbury. I consider Graham my hometown and myself a Grahamite. I think it is fair for me to say that I know the town pretty well.

However, prior to seeing an advertisement for a job opening in the paper, I had no idea what Virginia’s House was and would not have been able to tell you what a Children’s Advocacy Center is.

I have been working at Virginia’s House for the last three months as a forensic interviewer. My job, as I tell every child I interview, is to talk to children, whether they are so young they can barely hold a conversation, or in high school and considering their options for what to do in their life after they graduate.

The children I talk to are children that have been abused, either sexually or physically, are suspected of being abused, or are at risk of being abused. I certainly knew, as I think we all do, that child abuse is something that happens, but I failed to grasp that it was and is hap-pening in my community, right now, as I am writing this.

April is Child Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month, and while both are important, I want to emphasize how important the awareness aspect of it is. Prevention is difficult to accomplish if we fail to be mindful and make the issue visible.

The difficulty in preventing child abuse is that it is happening in households, usually by individuals the children love and trust. It is virtually impossible to catch abuse in the act – it is not happening in public. Which means that we, as a community that wants to love, care for and protect our children, must be aware of signs and symptoms that suggest abuse of any kind and more importantly, have to be willing to push out the feeling of disbelief that abuse could very well be happening to someone we know and love.

It is so very easy to suspect abuse and discredit your own thoughts as hyperbole or an overreaction. Why would you not do that? Why would anyone want to believe something so terrible is happening? Besides, you didn’t actually see it happen, so it could easily be explained by a rosier picture than child abuse.

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AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on April 17 announced that the Federal Emergency Management Agency had granted Texas’ re-quest to extend the deadline for Hurricane Harvey survivors to apply for transitional sheltering assistance.

The deadline has been ex-tended from April 23 to May 31. The transitional sheltering assis-tance program helps displaced individuals who are unable to return to their homes find short-term shelter in hotels or other temporary housing locations.

“With many Texas families still unable to return home after Harvey, we are committed to ensuring they have a place to stay as the recovery continues,” Abbott said. “We will continue to do everything in our power to help Texans get back in their homes and get our communities rebuilt as quickly as possible. I thank our federal partners and FEMA for helping provide this important assistance for those in need.”

Officials discuss fundingGov. Abbott on April 20 joined

U.S. Housing and Urban Devel-opment Secretary Ben Carson, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, U.S. Rep. John Culberson, R-Houston, and local officials in Houston to discuss the $5 billion recently allocated by Congress to Texas for Hurricane Harvey and disas-ter recovery.

Provided through the HUD Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery Pro-gram, the intended use of the grant funding is for the rebuild-ing of housing, businesses and infrastructure following Hurri-cane Harvey and previous flood events.

“Though Hurricane Harvey was the worst of storms, it brought out the best in the people of Texas,” Abbott said. “In each community, so many lives were saved because of the courage and leadership of local officials and the efforts of our in-credible first responders. These funds will help give communi-ties the resources they need to continue recovering, and I thank HUD Secretary Ben Carson, as well as all of our federal part-ners, for their ongoing support

throughout this process.”The funding includes:• $652 million to help rebuild

damaged homes, businesses and infrastructure.

• $4.3 billion for elevating homes, property buyouts, and hardening structures from wind and water to help protect Texas families from future storms; and

• $62 million to Houston and $24 million to San Marcos for mitigation of 2015 floods.

Former first lady diesFormer first lady Barbara

Pierce Bush died in a Houston hospital on April 17. She was 92.

A funeral for Mrs. Bush, the wife of George H.W. Bush, 41st president of the United States, was conducted on April 21 at St. Martin’s Episcopal Cathedral

in Houston. Burial was in the family plot at the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library at Texas A&M University in College Station on April 22.

Mrs. Bush was the mother of George W. Bush, 43rd president and former governor of Texas, and Jeb Bush, former governor of Florida. She was the grand-mother of current Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush.

Gov. Abbott on April 17 said of the former first lady: “Bar-bara Bush dedicated her life to helping others. As only the second woman in history to be both the wife and mother of U.S. presidents, Barbara had a unique and profound impact on our country.

“Spearheading the fight against illiteracy, she created the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, working to improve the lives of those less fortunate through education. Her selfless devotion to service defines the inspiring legacy Barbara has left behind. Her impact on Texas and our nation will forever be treasured.

“Cecilia and I extend our

deepest condolences to Presi-dent George H.W. Bush and the entire Bush family during this difficult time. We ask that all Texans join us in keeping them in their thoughts and prayers as they mourn the passing of a devoted wife, mother and public servant.”

Solar industry is studiedIn the April issue of the Of-

fice of the Comptroller’s online digital publication, Fiscal Notes, the solar industry in Texas is examined.

According to the Comptrol-ler’s Office, 532 solar companies and nearly 100 solar product manufacturers are located in Texas.

“There are still unknowns that may affect the industry, including the fate of federal tax credits and a recent tariff on foreign-made solar panels, but the long-term prospects for this industry seem bright as com-panies work to meet our state’s ever-expanding energy needs,” state Comptroller Glenn Hegar said on April 16.

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sunlight. Fox, in back, had a “Sanford and Son” appear-ance, but hey, we all have to start somewhere, right?...

•••Please keep the word “sunlight” in mind. After a week

at Crested Butte, we opted to drive back to Denver in the afternoon before our flight. I got a great Priceline deal for a hotel just 15 miles from the Denver Airport, and we arose at 2:30 a.m. to make the 6 a.m. flight to Dallas. Checking out at 3:15, all we needed to do was fill the car with gas, then drive to the rental car return.

Topping off the tank at 3:15 a.m., we had almost two hours to find the rental car return.

Off we went into a sea of darkness, after noting the way well lighted to the Budgets and Avises and Hertzes, but Fox? Hidden in a lair, not to be found.

The smart phone went dumb on us, but we weren’t frantic – not yet, anyway. We called the help line, and the guy said if we were driving in front of the “rental car majors,” Fox should be across the street. “There’s an active runway across the street,” I answered. Turns out, the “help line guy” was in Oklahoma City…

•••When we found the return place, it looked like the

place where they impound cars. Our flight was “missed by a mile.”

The man at the counter “felt for us,” saying such happens quite often. “Did you bring the car back full of fuel?” he asked. I whimpered that it was full two hours earlier, but the needle had dipped a bit in our wanderings.

“I’m gonna say it’s returned full,” he smiled…•••

We boarded the rickety van, where three others were seated. The driver started the engine, but a guy urged her to stop; he had left his eyeglasses in his rental car. We waited, two more people boarded, and we headed for the terminal, last to get off, of course.

The lady at the Southwest counter could not have been nicer. “I’m gonna get you folks on our 9:30 flight,” she promised. Maybe the tears on our luggage, “frog-throat-edness” and shaky signature helped!

Whatever. When normal take-offs and landings come out even, does much else matter?

•••Dr. Newbury is a former educator who “commits

speeches” round about. Comments or inquiries may be made to [email protected].

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one of the men to have shot and killed the other, a recent arrival from Indian Territory – someone later remembered only as Moss – settled the argument by killing them both.

Why Moss felt com-pelled to intervene with double deadly force is not explained in what little has been written about

Cottonwood. Perhaps he was having a bad day. Or maybe he had been a party to the argument.

In December 1882, George Franks and Tom Jones threw a party at their saloon. Excessive sam-pling of their inventory led to a difference of opinion among friends. Alcohol seriously diluting their mutual regard, the two

compadres stepped out to Main Street to resolve the issue Dodge City-style.

Given the temporary chemical impairment of their reflexes, both men did some impressive pistol shooting. Each put a bullet or two into the other. Tom died on the street where he fell, but George lived long enough to become suffi-ciently sober to realize he had killed his best friend. That’s when he asked that they be buried together.

The two BFFs were homicides numbers four and five for young Cot-tonwood.

The sixth resident to die with his boots on was Jim Champion, stabbed to death by someone named Vaught. After the knifing the killer made for the brush where he hid out for a couple of days before committing suicide.

S o m e o n e n a m e d Thompson became the seventh homicide victim when a fellow named Scarf Daniels brained him with a wagon yoke over some matter or the other.

The town’s eighth mur-der victim was Martin Bow-en, who had a “difficulty” with George Hambrick while the two hoed cot-

ton in a field belonging to John Heyser. Not packing a pistol or even a knife, Hambrick did the best he could with what he had, beating Bowen to death with his hoe.

If anyone else died vi-olently in Cottonwood, it’s not mentioned in a history of Callahan County published in 1986. Despite eight killings in only a few years, the town continued to grow, reaching its peak population of 360 in 1890. Cottonwood lost its post office in 1975 and by 2010 the U.S. Census showed only 40 residents. The only remaining building is an old bank built in 1911.

Today, the once busy Cottonwood Cemetery is quiet as, well, a graveyard. Among 500 or so graves, there’s the weathered tombstone for George Franks, noting his birth on New Year’s Day 1848 and his departure from this world on Dec. 12, 1882. Next to it over their com-mon grave is the simple stone of Tom Jones. The narrow, white marble slab bears only his name with no mention of a friendship cut short by whiskey and lead.

– An award-winning author of more than 30 non-fiction books, Mike Cox is a long-time freelance writ-er and public speaker who lives near Wimberley in the Hill Country. To learn more, visit mikecoxauthor.com or contact [email protected].

as Dean of Students and gave her the job of finding more scholarships for the school. At the time, the only scholarship available for GISD students was the I.T. Kilmer Scholarship, for $250.

She worked fast to get together as many schol-arships as she could find from community organi-zations in Graham. She

visited the Rotary Club, Lions Club, Kiwanis Club and downtown business owners. By the cutoff time, she had accumulated 25 scholarships for presen-tation in the high school auditorium.

In order to encourage more scholarship dona-tions, Jones decided to publish a booklet and spent many hours orga-nizing the information and monetary amounts for

each scholarship. Jones said GHS was the first high school in Texas to publish a scholarship booklet, and over time the program grew to the point where they had professional printers publishing the scholarship booklet.

The program outgrew the high school auditorium by 1978 and moved into Memorial Auditorium, where it is still held today. Jones retired in 1997, and during that final year, the school gave away 100 scholarships amounting to $149,000.

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And what if you’re wrong? What if you are overreacting and report-ing it leads to a huge headache for a family you care about?

These are all concerns that justify one’s silence and willful ignorance when it comes to child abuse in any community. However, you have to ask yourself if the risk of inconveniencing a family is worse than let-ting a child suffer another day of abuse. If the risk of damaging someone’s rep-utation is more important than a safe home for a child. If the trauma and heartache that is shackled to a child for the rest of their life is worth explain-ing away that sign of abuse as anything but.

Child abuse happens in our community – it hap-pens in every community – but it is not very visible

to the public. As a commu-nity, we must be mindful and aware of abuse, knowl-edgeable of the resources our community has to help (like Virginia’s House) and be willing to be the person to step up and make a difference in a child’s life. You might just be the only one who can.

Signs of child abuse• Unexplained injuries• Changes in behavior• Returning to behav-

iors of earlier ages• Fear of going home• Changes in eating• Changes in sleeping• Changes in school per-

formance and attendance• Lack of personal care

or hygiene• Risk-taking behaviors• Inappropriate sexual

behaviors

If a child makes an outcry of abuse

Do:• Remain calm• Believe the child• Support the child• Take action

Don’t:• Panic or overreact• Press the child to talk• Promise anything you

can’t control• Confront the offender• Blame or minimize the

child’s feelings• Overwhelm the child

with questionsIf you suspect a child

is in immediate danger, call 911. In Texas, call the abuse and neglect hotline at 800-252-5400. For more information, contact Vir-ginia’s House at 940-549-9829, or visit our website at virginiashousetx.org.

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Car Classes• 1931 and Older Origi-

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ified: 1st place – Gary Rowe, 1931 Deuce Coupe, Graham; 2nd place – Ted Hess and Nicholas McAlpin, 1931 Ford, Min-eral Wells

• 1932-42 Original: No entries

• 1932-42 Modified: 1st place – Denton Brooks, 1935 Buick Coupe, Lake Worth; 2nd place – Ken Stringer, 1937 Ford Tudor, Fort Worth

• 1946-54 Original: 1st place – Don Kramer, 1949 Chevy, Graham

• 1946-54 Modified: 1st place – Earl Bullock, 1954 Chevy 2-door, Eastland

• Tri 5 – 1955-57 Original: 1st place – Edward Steele Sr., 1957 Ford Thunder-bird; 2nd place – Zackary Barnett, 1957 Chevy Bel Air, Lake Dallas

• Tri 5 –1955-57 Mod-ified: 1st place – K.C. Mathieu, 1957 Chevy Bel Air, Burleson; 2nd place – Jim Gary 1955, Chevy Bel Air, Lake Kiowa

• 1955-59 Original: 1st place – Ben McGee, 1957 Oldsmobile 98, Haskell; 2nd place – Ronnie and Debbie Robertson, 1958 Buick Limited, Graham

• 1955-59 Modified: 1st place – Freddy Riggins, 1958 (unknown model), Graham; 2nd place – Lynn Davis, 1955 Plymouth Bel-vedere, Graham

• 1960-69 Original: 1st place – Earl Deen Clayton, 1964 Chevy Chevelle SS, Bryson; 2nd place – Keith Goode, 1967 Ford Mustang, Weatherford

• 1960-69 Modified: 1st place – Kelly and David Gallop, 1967 Chevy Prost-reet Camaro, Godley; 2nd place – Robert Pickard, 1969 Chevy Camaro, Ne-vada, Texas

• 1970-79 Original: 1st place – Le’Ann Baker, 1976 Ford Maverick, Fort Worth; 2nd place – Gayle Godfrey, 1970 Chevy Chevelle, East-land

• 1970-79 Modified: 1st place – Tom Sims, 1970 Chevy Chevelle, Mineral Wells; 2nd place – Micheal Hernandez, 1978 Chevy Monte Carlo, Wichita Falls


• 1980-99 Modified: No entries

• 2000-Present Original: 1st place – Steve Rich, 2009 Ford Shelby GT550, Snyder; 2nd place – David McBride, 2010 Dodge Mo-par Challenger, Graham

• 2000-Present Modi-fied: 1st place – Robert Mann, 2012 Dodge Chal-lenger, Paradise; 2nd place – Scott Dixon, 2017 Chevy Camaro, Graham

Corvette Classes• Corvettes C1-C2 Orig-

inal: 1st place – Ed Arm-strong, 1960 Chevy Cor-vette, Graham

• Corvettes C1-C2 Mod-ified: No entries

• Corvettes C3 Original: 1st place – Cory Spencer, 1971 Chevy Corvette, Wichita Falls

• Corvettes C3 Modified: 1st place – James Askey, 1971 Chevy Corvette, Fort Worth; 2nd place – Larry England, 1972 Chevy Cor-vette, Arlington

• Corvettes C4-C5 Orig-inal: 1st place – Bob Geb-by, 2001 Chevy Corvette, Plano

• Corvettes C4-C5 Mod-ified: 1st place – Josh Lovinggood, 2003 Chevy Corvette, Odessa

• Corvettes C6-C7 Orig-inal: No entries

• Corvettes C6-C7 Mod-ified: 1st place – Steven Rodriquez, 2007 Chevy Corvette, Frisco

Best of Cars• Best Classic Car: Kelly

and David Gallop, 1967 Chevy Camaro, Godley

• Best Modern Car: Steve Rich, 2009 Shelby GT500, Snyder

Truck Classes• Pre-1939 Original: 1st

place – Mike McKinney, 1929 Ford AA, Graham; 2nd place – Lan Locker, 1928 Ford Roadster, Graham

• Pre-1939 Modified: 1st place Ricky Johnston, 1925 Ford pickup, Graham

• 1939-54 Original: 1st place – Charles Pitman, 1951 Chevy 3100, Scot-land; 2nd place – Darrel Williams, 1953 Studebaker, Loving

• 1939-54 Modified: 1st place – Buddy Caulder, 1953 GMC pickup, Graham; 2nd place – Scotty Henley, 1954 Ford, Graham

• 1955-59 Original: 1st place – Rodney Hawkins, 1955 Ford F-100, Graham; 2nd place – Scott Dixon, 1959 Chevy El Camino, Graham

• 1955-59 Modified: 1st place – Jack Little, 1958 Chevy pickup, Graham; 2nd place – Johnny Thorn-burg, 1959 Chevy pickup, Fort Worth


• 1960-66 Modified: 1st place – Tim Moreland, 1966 Chevy C10, Graham; 2nd place – Jack Brown, 1965 Chevy C20, Weatherford

• 1967-72 Original: 1st place – Polo Castillo, 1971 Chevy Cheyenne, Burkbur-nett; 2nd place – Robert Snyder, 1972 Ford Crew Cab, Albany

• 1967-72 Modified: 1st place – David McBride, 1971 GMC pickup, Gra-ham; 2nd place – Scott Dixon, 1968 Chevy pickup, Graham

• 1973-87 Original: 1st place – David Shifflett, 1979 Chevy C10, Graham; 2nd place – tie: Shane Doss, 1979 Ford F-150, Azle, and Alex Ball, 1973 Chevy ½ ton, Graham

• 1973-87 Modified: 1st place – Tim Smithson, 1974 GMC Jimmy, Wylie; 2nd place – Bobby Reagan, 1985 Chevy Silverado, Aledo


• 1988-99 Modified: 1st place – Les Wilson, 1988 Chevy V-30, Graford; 2nd place – Caleb Bravo, 1996 Chevy Silverado, Graham

• 2000-Present Original: No Entries

• 2000-Present Modi-fied: 1st place – Ryan Lew-is, 2014 Chevy Silverado, Wichita Falls; 2nd place – Ron Price, 2007 Chevy Silverado, Newcastle

• Jeeps Original: 1st place – Greg Pharis, 1946 Jeep Willys CJ2A, Graham; 2nd place – Harold Pankey, 1968 Jeepster Commando, Jacksboro

• Jeeps Modified: No entries

Best Of Trucks• Best Classic Truck:

Buddy Caulder, 1953 GMC pickup, Graham

• Best Modern Truck: Ryan Lewis, 2014 Chevy Silverado, Wichita Falls

Specialty Classes• Special Interest: 1st

place – Gary Fitzgerald, 1978 Ford Fairmont, Springtown; 2nd place – Tim Coufal, 1940 Chevy pickup, Jermyn

• Imports: 1st place – Brett Smith, unknown model

• Rat Rods: 1st place – Tony Sandoval, 1936 Chevy truck, Nocona; 2nd place – Scott Dixon, 1939 Chevy rat rod, Graham

• Under Construction: 1st place – Charlie Key Family, 1955 Chevy ½ ton, Graham; 2nd place – Ryan Biggs, 1968 Chrysler New-port, Wichita Falls

Motorcycles• Domestic: 1st place

– Freddy Riggins, 1963 Cushman Eagle, Graham; 2nd place – Kim Gibbons, 2015 Indian Scout, Graham

• Import: 1st place – Bradley Bryan, 2014 Ural Gear, Graham

• Custom: 1st place – Bri-an Rummans, 2007 Harley Sportster, Pilot Point; 2nd place – Kimberly Burcham, 2017 CanAm Spyder – Megargel

Other Awards• Kids Choice: 1st place

– Deborah Mann, 2010 Chevy Camaro “Bumble Bee,” Paradise; 2nd place – Buddy Caulder, 1953 GMC pickup, Graham

• Graham Fire Depart-ment Fireman’s Choice: Mike Dollahite, 1964 Pon-tiac Grand Prix, Azle

• Graham Police Depart-ment Policeman’s Choice: Harlin Wilson, 1988 Chevy V30, Graford

• Young County Sheriff’s Office Sheriff’s choice: Charlie Key, Family, Chevy ½ ton, Graham

• Cornelius Custom Ser-vices Choice: Ben McGee, 1957 Oldsmobile, Haskell

• K.C. Mathieu Choice: Edward Steele Sr., 1957 Ford Thunderbird

• RSB3 Best of Show: Denton Brooks, 1935 Buick Coupe, Lake Worth

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Marcella De Luna, holding scissors, and Amanda Joiner, in jacket beside De Luna, are co-owners of the new Momentum Nutrition store, and marked their opening with an April 19 ribbon-cutting ceremony with family, friends and Gra-ham Chamber of Commerce staff and Chamber Ambassadors. The shop, at 1221 S. Hwy. 16 in Graham, features meal replacement shakes and teas, and is open 6 a.m. Monday-Friday as well as 4-6 p.m. Monday-Thursday.You can learn more on Facebook by searching for momentumnutrition940.

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Conor Quen Wilson, the daughter of Prairie and Danny Freeman of Al-bany, and the late Brian Wilson, is engaged to be married to Brady Kevin Miller, son of Debbie and Dwayne Miller of Comanche.

The bride-to-be is the granddaughter of Connie Wood of Albany, Quay Parker of Gran-bury, the late Vickie Wilson, and Carl Wilson of Newcastle, and is the great-niece of Carol and Virgil “Butch” Willis of Graham. Conor is a 2014 graduate of Albany High School. In August 2017, she received her Bach-elor of Science degree in Nursing from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Conor is currently a graduate student at South Univer-sity. She will graduate with a Master of Science degree in Nursing with a specialization in Family Nurse Practitioner in December 2019.

The groom-to-be is the grandson of Geneta Miller of Stratford, the late Philip Miller, Joyce Nell Edwards of Clyde, and the late Charles Lyndon “Rabbit” Edwards. Brady is a 2011 graduate of Comanche High School. He graduated summa cum laude from Texas Tech University in 2014, receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology. Brady is currently a medical student at Texas

Tech University Health Sciences Cen-ter School of Medicine. He will graduate with a Doctor of Medicine degree in May 2019.

The couple is planning a July 7, 2018 wedding at The Grove at Denton Valley in Clyde.

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The Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Club had its last meeting for the 2017-18 year beginning with entertainment by the Graham High School choir. A won-derful luncheon preceded the installation of the officers for the next biennium 2018-20. From left to right they are Sylvia Overton, president; Weta Phillips, first vice president; Chris Key, second vice president; Betsy Casteel, recording secretary; Jo Ann Koberg, corresponding secretary; Judy Cypert, treasurer; and not shown is Nancy Pettus, reporter.

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one shot a deer off his property from the road. Wardens had investigated the first incident, but were unsuccessful in locating enough evidence to iden-tify a suspect. With backup from the Navarro County Sheriff’s Office, wardens were able to nab the individuals responsible after the second poaching incident.

Once alerted by the landowner, officers im-mediately converged on the scene.

Sheriff’s deputies made a traffic stop on a vehicle in the vicinity that did not match the description of the perpetrator, but did have a freshly killed deer in the bed.

As it turns out, the sub-jects had switched vehi-cles after making the kill, and stashed their hunting gear before returning to pick up the deer.

A full confession was obtained regarding both violations.

Eight Class A misde-meanor charges, along with restitution, are pend-ing.

The rifles were located and seized.

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To the registered voters of the County of Young, Texas: (A los votantes registrados del Condado de Young, Texas)

Notice is hereby given that the polling places listed below will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m., May 22, 2018, for voting in a joint primary election runoff to elect Federal, State, district, county and precinct officers. (Notifíquese por las presente, que las casillas electorales citados abajo se abrirán desde las 7:00 a.m. hasta las 7:00 p.m. el 22 de Mayo de 2018 para votar en la elecciones decisiva primarias conjuntas para elegir del federal, estado, distrito, condado y del precinto.)

On Election Day, voters may vote in any location.(El Dia de Elección, los electores pueden votar en cualquier lugar.)

For early voting, a voter may vote at any of the locations listed below:(Para Votación Adelantada, los votantes podrán votar en cualquiera de las ubicaciones nombrados abajo.)

Applications for ballot by mail shall be sent to:(Solicitudes de voto por correo se remitirá a:) Lauren Sullivan, Election Administrator 516 Fourth St., Room B1 Graham, TX 76450 Fax: 940-221-2104 Email: [email protected]

Applications for ballot by mail must be received no later than the close of business on: May 11, 2018.(Las solicitudes para boletas que se votación adelantada por correo deberán recibirse para el fin de las horas de negocio el: 11 de Mayo, 2018.)

Issued this the 9th day of April, 2018.(Emitada este dia 9 de Abril, 2018.)

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Wednesday, April 187 p.m. – Found property, S.

Hwy. 16, Graham.

7:07 p.m. – Miscellaneous fire call, FM 1191 at S. Hwy. 16, Young County.

7:51 p.m. – Suspicious cir-cumstances, Canyon Road, Young County.

7:59 p.m. – Miscellaneous fire call, south side of Medlan

Chapel Road, Young County.9:14 p.m. – But of course

even more livestock are misbehaving on this day. It’s a theme. FM 210 at D Davis Road, Young County.

9:32 p.m. – Graham Police Department officer arrested a woman at Gregory Road and Cherry St., Graham, on a municipal court warrant.

9:35 p.m. – Officer request-ed, 1st St., Graham.

9:43 p.m. – GPD arrested another woman on a munic-ipal court warrant at Gregory Road and Cherry St., Graham.

10:50 p.m. – Ambulance transfer at Graham Regional Medical Center.

Thursday, April 1912:14 a.m. – Suspicious

circumstances, Monroe St.,

Graham.2:40 a.m. – Burglar alarm

going off, W. Main, Olney.4:05 a.m. – Grassfire, Ave.

C, Graham.8:14 a.m. – Miscellaneous

fire call somewhere in the county.

8:52 a.m. – Disturbance, Old Jacksboro Road, Graham.

10:11 a.m. – Animal com-plaint, Tilda Jane Lane, Young County, offending animal not located.

11:17 a.m. – Hit-and-run wreck, Loving Highway, Graham.

11:52 a.m. – GPD kept the peace during a civil standby, Tennessee St., Graham.

12:54 p.m. – Young County Sheriff ’s Office deputy to an animal complaint some-where in Newcastle.

1:39 p.m. – Funeral escort, Graham.

2:06 p.m. – GPD arrested a man on Bobby Lane, Graham, on a charge of possession of marijuana.

2:42 p.m. – Medical emer-gency, S. Hwy. 16, Graham, taken to GRMC.

4:24 p.m. – Juvenile issue, Virginia St., Graham.

4:57 p.m. – Juvenile issue,

4th St., Graham.5 p.m. – Information shared

with YCSO, S. Hwy. 67, Young County.

5:54 p.m. – GPD kept the peace during a civil standby, Fawn Trail Circle, Graham.

6 p.m. – Reckless driver leaving shocked gasps in his/her wake, Cherry St., Graham.

6:04 p.m. – Suspicious human, S. Hwy. 16, Graham.

6:11 p.m. – Information shared with GPD at the sher-iff’s office.

6:19 p.m. – Harassment reported, E. Cherry, Olney, followed by a woman’s arrest on a charge of public intox-ication at the same address.

6:46 p.m. – Structure fire, 4th St., Graham. Graham Fire and EMS, County Fire, GPD and YCSO responded.

7:19 p.m. – Wreck with injuries, Eastside Lake Road, Graham. Graham EMS, DPS, Graham Fire, County Fire and YCSO responding.

7:49 p.m. – GPD arrested a man on S. Hwy. 16, Graham, on an out-of-county warrant.

9:18 p.m. – Juvenile issue, Elm at 4th, Graham, unable to locate.

9:20 p.m. – DPS arrested a

man on Eastside Lake Road, Young County, on a charge of driving while intoxicated.

9:34 p.m. – Suspicious human, Loving Highway, Graham.

9:52 p.m. – Loud music disturbing other humans, possibly household pets as well, Texas St., Graham.

11:10 p.m. – Suspicious human, Royal Lane, Gaham.

Friday, April 201:34 a.m. – Repo person

dropped by S. Hwy. 67, Young County, to tend to business.

7 a.m. – Medical emergen-cy, FM 2178, Archer County, no transport.

9:12 a.m. – Medical emer-gency, Corvadura St., Gra-ham, taken to GRMC.

8:30 a.m. – Theft of service, Self St., Olney.

8:46 a.m. – YCSO arrested a man at the sheriff’s office/ jail on a district/ county warrant.

9 a.m. – Two YCSO K-9s to Washington St., Newcastle.

10:24 a.m. – Suspicious hu-man, Virginia at 2nd, Graham.

11:25 a.m. – DPS arrested a man on Elm St., Graham, on a parole warrant.

12:25 p.m. – Found proper-ty in Fort Worth was reported to Olney PD.

1:10 p.m. – Funeral ecort, Graham.

1:21 p.m. – Grassfire, Ave. F, Graham.

2:23 p.m. – Suspicious human, 4th at Tennessee, Graham..

2:52 p.m. – Disturbance, S. Hwy. 16, Graham.

3:04 p.m. – Harassment reported somewhere in the county.

3:44 p.m. – Suspicious circumstances, Calaveras St., Graham.

5:38 p.m. – Theft of proper-ty, Texas St., Graham.

5:42 p.m. – Utility having some issues, to put it mildly, Ave. A, Graham.

6:07 p.m. – GPD arrested a woman on Texas St., Graham, on an out-of-county warrant.

7:28 p.m. – YCSO checked on someone’s welfare, Cole-man Road, Young County.

9:33 p.m. – Criminal tres-pass, Texas St., Graham.

9:52 p.m. – Miscellaneous fire call, Carolina St., Graham.

10:11 p.m. – Bridgeport PD arrested a man on a Young County warrant.

10:14 p.m. – Medical emer-gency, W. Elm, Olney, taken to Olney Hamilton Hospital.

10:34 p.m. – Loud music rattling windows on Ragland St., Graham.

10:35 p.m. – Medical emer-gency, Carolina St., Graham, taken to GRMC.

10:39 p.m. – Suspicious vehicle, U.S. 380 East, Young County, call canceled.

10:59 p.m. – Reckless driver ignoring reason, FM 1769 at Hwy. 114, Jean.

Graham Senior Citizen Center

Lunch Menu for April 30-May 4• Monday, April 30: Steak fingers with gravy,

corn, greens, roll, apricots, birthday cake• Tuesday, May 1: Meatloaf, mashed potatoes,

mixed veggies, roll, apple fluff• Wednesday, May 2: Chicken spaghetti, carrots,

zucchini, garlic bread, banana pudding• Thursday, May 3: Salisbury steak, diced po-

tatoes, English peas, roll, fruit salad• Friday, May 4: Barbecued beef on a bun,

smothered potatoes, pinto beans, apricot cobbler.

The Graham Senior Citizen Center is lo-cated at 825 Fairview St. and is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except for holidays.

catfish fry and clay shoot fundraiser at the ranch, on Turtle Hole Road. The clay shoot begins at 9 a.m., while from 9 a.m.-7 p.m., the silent auction will be underway. The cat-fish dinner will be served beginning at 5 p.m., while at 7 p.m., the raffle takes place. Raffle prizes include a zero-turn mower or $5,000 cash option, a Beretta A400 shotgun or $1,500 gift certificate, a Ruger SR 1911 pistol or $800 gift certificate, and a Yeti Cooler or $500 gift certifi-cate. Tickets are $100, good for two catfish dinners and a raffle entry. Single dinner tickets are $10 (raffle entry not included). To buy tickets, visit J&N Feed, Paws Inc., Stewards Gun and Ammo or Graham Arms & Surplus Clear Fork, or call Tim Odom at 940-550-5086, Dana Lindley at 940-550-8015 or Larry Hamilton at 940-456-0743.

•••5-7 p.m. – The annual Newcastle

Volunteer Fire Department’s all-you-can-eat fish fry with all the trim-

mings will be held at the Newcastle Fire Hall with an auction for many items after the meal. Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for ages 12-4, free for those ages 3 and under.

Sunday, May 62 p.m. – Cottonwood Cemetery

Association’s annual meeting/dec-oration day will be held. If we have inclement weather it will be held at First Baptist Church in Bryson.

Wednesday-Friday, May 9-11Pioneer Elementary hosts its

annual pre-kindergarten and kin-dergarten round-up. Parents should bring children age 5 by Sept. 1 who don’t already attend GISD, or chil-dren age 4 by Sept. 1 who want to qualify for the pre-K program. You will need an official birth certificate, current immunization record, proof of residency, the child’s Social Se-curity number, a copy of a parent’s photo I.D., and your EDG number if you receive SNAP or TANF. Hours are 7 a.m.-7 p.m. May 9, and 8:30 a.m.-2

p.m. May 10-11. Contact 940-549-2442 for more information.

Thursday, May 107 p.m. – VFW Post 8567 and its

auxiliary meet at the post at 1212 Packing House Road in Graham.

Friday, May 1110 a.m.-2 p.m. – Texas AgriLife

Extension Service holds Food Preservation Classes this spring, starting with Jams & Jellies on this day. Other upcoming classes are Fruits; Toppings and Syrups; Pie Fillings; Vegetables; and Soup and Stew. All classes, which are $30 each, are held at the NCTC cafeteria. Call 940-549-0737 to pre-register.

Friday-Sunday, May 11-13Graham Regional Theatre pres-

ents Rumors by Neil Simon. Show-times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, at The Perry, 521 Elm St. in Graham.

Friday-Sunday, May 18-20

Graham Regional Theatre pres-ents Rumors by Neil Simon. Show-times are 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, at The Perry, 521 Elm St. in Graham.

Recurring Notices• The Graham High School 55th class

reunion is being planned for Friday-Sat-urday, Aug. 10-11, and classmates are asked to get in contact and notify oth-ers. Contact “Bear” Young for informa-tion at 940-456-0891 or 940-549-0938, or [email protected].

• The Libby Fellows Memorial Scholar-ship Fund is now accepting donations. They may be mailed to PO Box 1385, Graham, TX 76450. Forty scholarships have been awarded in Libby’s name since 2004 to help students pursue their dreams of a higher education.

• The Graham Kiwanis Club meets every Thursday at noon at the American Legion Building.

• Mount Zion Baptist Church, 1031 Loving Highway, hosts Bible study at noon every Wednesday.

• Boy Scout Troop No. 1821 and Cub Scout Pack No. 1821 meet at 6 p.m. Wednesdays at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 740 U.S. 380 East. For information, call Ken McHenry at 817-403-2633.

• Boy Scout Troop 92 meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at First United Method-ist Church. For information, call Alex Heartfield at 817-901-9697.

• Cub Scout Pack 39 meets every Tuesday at 6 p.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church. For more information, call Cath-erine Delong at 940-456-6237.

• The Fresh Start NA Group meets at 601 Indiana St. in Graham from 7-8 p.m. Tuesdays, 7:30-8:30 p.m. Thursdays and 7-8 p.m. Fridays.

• The Unseen Masters 12-step spiritual recovery group meets at Faith Center, 1601 U.S. 380 Bypass in Graham, from 7-8 p.m. Wednesdays.

• Graham Group AA meets at 904 Smith St. from 8-9 p.m. Sundays, noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays and noon to 1 p.m. Saturdays.

• The Solution AA Group meets at 8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays in McCree Hall at First United Methodist Church, 700 Third St.

• Graham Al-Anon meets at 8 p.m. Tuesdays at 904 Smith St.

• A grief recovery group meets at 5 p.m. every fourth Wednesday at First Presbyterian Church of Graham, 1400 Randy Dr., in the church parlor. For more information, call 940-549-1008.

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son,” Lori Brown said. “I have really become aware of our justice system and really, the victim really has no rights at this point and it is very slow, very frustrat-ing and at times it has been very hard for me to stay quiet because I know this man murdered my son and they are concerned about his rights, where, what about my son’s rights?”

Only one month after the loss of her son, Brown was faced with another horrible tragedy, when on June 5, her husband, who was in the final stages of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis or ALS, also died. Though the family has been through unimag-inable suffering, Lori and her oldest son John are slowly recovering.

One year laterBrown taught at Graham

ISD for about 15 years, most of the time at Wood-land Elementary, teaching Science and Social Studies. She has returned to Wood-land after taking a break, but has taken on a different role than she used to have on the campus.

“It has been good for me. The routine has been good for me. I am still a teacher, but in a different position, so that’s worked out real well,” she said.

“I don’t have home-room. I don’t have grades. I am the challenge lab teacher/ gifted and tal-ented teacher, so by the end of the week every fourth- and fifth-grader has come through my door and that’s been good and the kids are really sweet and they make me laugh and they make me smile, so it has been good.”

On Monday, Harrison will be honored at the GISD Scholarship Ceremony when a student will be receiving a scholarship in his name. Brown will not be

present to give the award due to other plans.

“My son, John, gracious-ly volunteered and he is going to come and repre-sent our family to present the scholarship,” she said.

“I am so proud that his scholarship has grown so much and the interest and support that his scholar-ship has received is just overwhelming sometimes. The Graham community continues to envelop my family and I am very proud, and Harrison would be extremely proud and very, very happy that this schol-arship for a Graham High School student will help make higher education possible for them, and that’s awesome.”

John graduated from GHS and UT Austin and during the murder was taking a final at St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio. The school was already aware of his fa-ther’s condition and were understanding when it came to going to see his brother. Brown said that her oldest son’s outlook on the events is to move forward.

“He believes that his dad, whom he adored, and his brother would want him and I to live life like no other and make him proud,” she said.

So much money flowed in from around the world in support of Harrison – both to Brown family and UT Austin – that an en-dowment was established. Brown said she believes the impact this money will make on those receiving it is one that Harrison would appreciate.

“Of course, every moth-er thinks their child is a superstar,” she said. “I nev-er realized the impact he had on people’s lives and sadly, you hear about a lot of these things after they are gone, and I am proud and I know my husband is proud, too. You know, we are proud of both of our

boys. I am so proud of the young man Harrison was and the things he did in his short life and how he impacted people and how he continues to impact people.”

Community support

The scholarship in Har-rison’s name that will be presented for the first time to a GHS student at the scholarship ceremony had a surprise announcement back in February, Brown said.

“I am so thankful for the Graham community as a whole.” Lori Brown said. “I mean, there were just so many wonderful things that I can’t even begin to name them all, but the recent very large dona-tion from the President’s Charity Ball was pretty phenomenal and with a donation like that, it has since then been invested and hopefully this partic-ular scholarship will exist for a very long time and do good things.”

The scholarship fund was one of four organi-zations that split a check for $50,000 from the Pres-ident’s Charity Ball orga-nization in Graham. The giving didn’t start this year, but almost immediately after the Harrison’s death, people in Graham were looking to lend a hand to the Brown family.

“There were people calling, volunteering, and plans had already been made for me to get on Jack and Win’s (Graham) plane (to quickly go to Austin),” she said. “They both were UT graduates and both of my boys, John and Harri-son, were the recipients of the Edwin Graham UT (Memorial) Scholarship as well, and I have had their children in school, so that was pretty special and very meaningful for me. There were at least four other people, not

including the Grahams, that were trying to make arrangements to get their planes ready to get me down there.”

Brown said as her sons grew up, she hoped they had compassion towards others and kindness. Those qualities are seen in Harrison’s friends, who check up on Brown and tell her stories of her son, she said.

“When they are in town they come over to my house as a group and we just sit around and they tell me stories about Harri-son,” she said. “They could tell me those stories over and over again and I just love to hear them and they miss him, they do, they miss him and, you know, it makes my heart hurt for them too, because they have all known each other since preschool and their group, which was a very large group of students, just remained pretty close and to this day are still pretty close friends.”

North Central Texas College has also set up a scholarship in Harrison’s name, and the family re-ceived over $100,000 from a GoFundMe page set up for the Brown family. The family is using the funds on the scholarship as well as for a program called Hang-ers from Harrison, which provides dress clothes for those who need them for interviews and work after high school.

“It hasn’t stopped, you know,” she said. “I feel like I have so many little families here. I have my Woodland family, my Graham ISD family. I have my friends, my church – we belong to St. Mary’s Catholic Church – and all of Harrison’s friends, every time they are home they stop by to check on me or bring me something or text me and it is just a beautiful thing. It really is, and I am bless-ed to live in a community that cares for one another

the way that the people of Graham, Texas do.”

A call to actionSince the murder of

her son, Brown has a new path in life – she has to visit Austin for court dates and to push safety across campuses in Texas.

“Recently I was in Aus-tin visiting with some of Gov. Abbott’s employees and I am pushing towards public safety on college campus or university campuses and schools,” she said.

“I am going to start getting with our local legislators and also some reps in Austin, too, and try to poke some holes into this bill that was passed right after Harrison was murdered.”

That bill is HB 1935, passed by the Texas legis-lature Sept. 1, 2017, which is focused on the ability to wield knifes in many locations.

“A lot of Texans don’t re-alize what that bill means is, pretty much almost any-where, you can wield any type of a knife and it’s to-tally legal, you know, with the exception of college campuses and schools,” she said.

“So that knife is still il-legal on a college campus, but we have to figure out a way of keeping those knifes off of college cam-puses, whether it metal detectors or background checks, licenses, age limits or put some certain things into place.”

Brown is working with a Facebook group called Safe Horns, made up of par-ents of UT Austin students who are working to change campus response times, awareness and other safe-ty precautions. She is also working though the month of May on UT Austin’s Be Safe program, that was put in place after the events of May 1, and has increased police patrols by UTPD,

Austin Police Department and the DPS along with in-creased lighting, changes to vegetation, new security systems, monitoring of social media and increased proactivity.

“When Harrison was stabbed, it was in the mid-dle of the day at one of the busiest times on campus in the busiest spot on the campus,” she said.

“There were thousands and thousands of stu-dents there and I think a lot of them did know … they didn’t actually think it was what it was, and what was happening was actually happening, and unfortunately, after he was stabbed he was the one that went up to a friend and said ‘I have been stabbed, call 911.’”

When the legislature meets back in session in January 2019, Brown said she is will try to make a name for herself among those that will be a part of it.

“John and I always knew at some point and we thought when the legis-lature is back in session in January 2019 that we would try to get some changes made … When that happened in Flor-ida, and I really didn’t watch any of the footage, I couldn’t because I know what those parents are going through and what that phone call is like,” she said.

“I saw those students marching and they were in Tallahassee and I just thought, ‘Oh my gosh, the time is now for me to do this,’ so ever since then I have been pretty active, pretty busy making phone calls, doing my homework, researching, you know, trying to get my name out in front of people, get me in front of people and so maybe by the time the leg-islature is back in session they’ll go, ‘there comes Harrison’s mother.’”

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ASSEMBLY OF GODChristian Hope Assembly of God801 Lubbock St., 940-846-3508SS 9:30am; WS 10:30am

Faith Center1601 Hwy. 380 Bypass, 940-549-8730WS 10:15am & 6pm – Wed. 7pm

Loving Assembly of GodHwy. 114, Loving 940-549-8008SS 10am; WS 10:45am

Primera Iglesia Hispana1200 Alford, 940-221-0230SS 10am; WS 11am & 5pm – Wed. 7pm

BAHA’IBaha’i Faith1411 Roanoake Dr., 940-549-6769www.baha’i.org, 1-800-22-UNITE

BAPTISTBethel Baptist Church209 Tennessee St., 940-549-0619WS 10:55am & 6pm – Wed 7pm

Brazos Valley Baptist Church722 Oak St., 940-521-0844WS 10am & 6:30pm

Calvary Baptist Church2609 St. Hwy. 16 S., 940-549-4287WS 10:30am & 6pm

Country Road Fellowship Hwy. 16 S. at Rock CreekWS 10am

Cowboy Church of Young County237 W. Industrial Blvd., 940-549-8800WS 10am – Wed. 7pm

Cowboy Gatherin’4343 FM 1287WS 10am – Wed. 7pm

Eliasville Baptist Church940-549-5528SS 10am; WS 11am – Wed. 5pm

Faith Baptist Church1700 U.S. Hwy. 380 E., 940-549-0247WS 11am & 6:30pm

First Baptist Church620 4th St., 940-549-2360WS 11am & 6pm – Wed. 6pm

First Baptist ChurchHwy. 380, Bryson • WS 11am & 6pm

First Baptist Church501 Graham St., Newcastle, 940-846-3244WS 11am & 6pm – Wed. 7pm

First Baptist Church of South Bend940-362-4468 • SS 10am; WS 11am, 5 & 6pm

Grace Baptist Church1515 Old Jacksboro Rd., 940-549-2004

Iglesia Bautista Jerusalem1308 Ragland, Graham

Iglesia Bautista Nueva VidaNewcastle Hwy. • WS 9:45am & 6pm

Jean Baptist Church191 Buchanan St., JeanSS 10am; WS 11am – Wed. 6:30pm

Loving Baptist Church148 Hawkins St., Loving, 940-378-2261SS 9:45am; WS 11am

Morningside Baptist Church500 Indiana St., 940-549-2177WS 10am & 6pm – Wed. 7pm

Mt. Zion Baptist1031 Loving Hwy., 940-549-4946SS 10am; WS 11am

Oak Street Baptist ChurchFirst at Oak, 940-549-3313WS 9:30am; LIFEtime 11am

Tonk Valley Community Baptist1331 Medlan Chapel Rd., 940-549-8230

West Lake Chapel Baptist701 FM 1148, 940-549-2983SS 9:30am; WS 10:30am & 6:30pm

BIBLEGraham Bible Church118 FM 61, 940-521-0600WS 10:30am – Wed. 6:30pm

CATHOLICLiving Harvest Catholic Church512 2nd St., Ste. 1, 940-456-4052WS 11am

St. Mary’s Catholic Church1218 S. Rodgers, 940-549-4314WS 11am Eng., 1pm Span. – Sat. 6pm Eng.

CHURCH OF CHRISTBryson Church of ChristSS 10am; WS 11am & 6:30pm – Wed. 7pmDick Stovall, Min.

Bunger Church of Christ6 mi. S. FM 1287 • WS 10:30am

Church of ChristEliasville • SS 10am; WS 11am • Norman Carpenter, Min.

Eastside Church of Christ705 Indiana St., 940-549-0217SS 9:30am; WS 10:30am & 6pm – Wed. 6:30pm

Hillside Church of ChristNext to Graham Steers Baseball FieldSS 10am; WS 10:45am & 6pm – Wed. 7pm

Loving Hwy. Church of Christ1025 Loving Hwy., 940-549-0486WS 10:30am & 6pm – Wed. 7pm

CHURCH OF GODGraham Church of God1417 Remington Street, 940-549-3308WS 10:30am & 6pm – Wed. 7pm

EPISCOPALHoly Spirit Episcopal Church1102 Hillcrest Dr., 940-549-1931WS 10am

St. Peter’s by the LakePK Lake-Eastside, 940-779-3275Sun. Mass 8am – Wed. 7pm

GOSPELGrove Street Prayer Chapel815 Grove St., 940-549-0936 • WS 10:30am

Newcastle Assembly for GodLubbock St. • SS 10am; WS 11am & 6:30pm – Wed. 7:30pm

INTER-DENOMINATIONALCommunity Church of PK Lake251 Hwy. 2353 East Side PK, 940-779-2882 • WS 11am

Oasis of Grace2nd & Cherry, 940-549-2693 • WS 10:30am

Venture Community701 Oak St., Ste. A, 940-282-9648 • WS 11am – Youth 7pm

LUTHERANFaith Lutheran Church1618 380 Bypass, 940-549-5155SS 9:15am; WS 10:30am

METHODISTFirst United Methodist ChurchBryson, 940-392-2151 • WS 11am

First United Methodist Church700 3rd St., 940-549-0970WS 8:45 & 10:50am & 6:30pm

First United Methodist Church603 Monroe St., Newcastle, 940-846-3352

Jean United Methodist ChurchJean, 940-846-3935 • WS 9:30am

Murray United Methodist Church2nd & 4th Sun.

Salem Crestview929 Texas St., 940-549-9290SS 9:45am; WS 11am & 6pm

Tonk Valley CommunityBreckenridge Hwy.

MORMONChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints740 Hwy. 380 E., 940-549-5512 • WS 10am

NAZARENEChurch of the Nazarene404 Summitt, 940-549-3747SS 10am; WS 11am – Wed. 6pm

NON-DENOMINATIONALHighRidge Graham1545 4th St., 940-549-2273WS 10:30am; Wed. Youth 6:30pm

PENTECOSTALAbundant Life CenterOld Jacksboro Rd. & Tennessee, 940-549-4321WS 10:30am & 6pm – Wed. 7pm

True Life Church1319 Calaveras, 940-549-3731WS 10am & 6:30pm – Wed. 7:30pm

PRESBYTERIANFirst Presbyterian Church1400 Randy Dr., 940-549-1008 • WS 11am

Hudson Presbyterian ChapelCorner of Texas & Florea • WS 9am

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTSeventh-Day Adventist117 Cliff Dr., 940-549-3828SS 10:30am; WS 10am

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Saturday, april 28, 2018 The Graham Leader • 11

SportSLady Blues hold off 3A No. 12 Brock in playoff tuneup

By Travis marTinez

[email protected]

Chris Dickens allowed one hit over five innings with five strikeouts Tues-day night as Iowa Park defeated Graham 9-0 at Hawk Stadium.

The win caps off a per-fect district season by the Hawks, who are ranked No. 9 in Class 4A by the Tex-as High School Baseball Coaches Association.

The Steers, who saw their three-game winning streak snapped, had trou-ble getting the final out of the inning on several occasions. In fact, seven of the nine runs scored by Iowa Park came with two outs in an inning.

Adam Groves led off the game with a sharp single up the middle before being erased on a double play. Dickens retired the next

13 hitters before Seth Shook walked in the top of the fifth.

Graham starting pitcher Owen Loesch retired the first two batters of the game before the next six batters all reached with two outs to jump out to a 3-0 lead after the first inning. A Steers’ error with two outs helped lead to the big inning.

The Hawks (19-1, 8-0) added to their lead in the second when Trent Green hit a RBI single to center. Kaleb Gafford flowed with a double to extend their lead to 6-0 before Loesch got Justin Thornhill to fly out to left fielder Grant Bullock.

Graham (17-13-1, 3-5) had their best scoring chance on the night in the fifth when three straight batters reached base with two outs against Dickens.

Shook, Luke Stone and Daniel Gilbertson each drew walks to load the bases for Donovan Barrett. The senior worked the count before grounding into a fielder’s choice at second base.

Shortstop Tucker Horn came on in relief of Loesch in the fourth and allowed two runs in two innings with three strikeouts. Stone worked the bottom half of the sixth inning and allowed a run on a hit while striking out the side.

Loesch was credited with the loss. He allowed six runs, three earned, in three innings with three punchouts. Groves helped pace the offense by going 2 for 3 at the top of the order. Shook had the lone other hit. The offense manufactured four walks in the game but couldn’t find that timely hit.

The Steers will now turn their attention to the play-offs beginning next week. Graham got the tough draw of matching up with two-time defending state champions Abilene Wylie (19-3-1, 7-1).

Wylie, who will be a Class 5A school next sea-son, is currently ranked No. 2 in the Class 4A THS-BCA state poll.

Although it is a tall order, Graham should have plenty of momentum heading into the postsea-son after winning three of its last four contests. The bright spot has to be the job done on the mound the last week when Stone pitched a no-hitter against second-place Vernon, and the offense that came into Tuesday’s game and scored 28 runs in total last week.

The Bulldogs are com-ing off a 2-1 loss to Big Spring Tuesday night. The series will be a home-and-home matchup with Game 1 being in Graham May 3 at 7 p.m.

The series shifts to Abilene Saturday with Game 2 scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. and a Game 3, if necessary, to follow.

Steers fall to No. 9 Iowa Park; prepare to face defending state champions Good luck at regionals

ABOVE: Xavier Reyes (left) runs during the District 5/6-4A area track and field meet at Abilene Wylie High School April 18. Reyes competes in the Region I meet this weekend in Lubbock after earning fourth place in the 300-meter hurdles.

Leader photos by Travis Martinez

BELOW: Graham’s Rosie Schaffer competes in the 4x200 meter relay April 18 at the area track and field meet in Abilene. Schaffer, Claire Jones, Allison Lee and Summer Croxton earned first in the relay with a time of 1:45.38.

By Travis marTinez

[email protected]

The Graham Lady Blues softball team heads into the playoffs with plenty of momentum. After going undefeated in District 6-4A play, the team defeated Class 3A No. 12 Brock in a high-scoring affair, 12-11, on Monday at Graham ISD softball field.

Graham trailed 4-1 until the bottom of the third inning. The Lady Blues scratched across two runs on a two-out, two-run home run to left by Alex Husen. The drive was Husen’s second homer of the season.

Pitcher Emma South-erland responded with a shutdown inning by retiring the Lady Eagles in order in the top of the fourth. In the bottom of the frame, the Lady Blues put together a six-run outburst that proved to make all the difference.

The first five hitters in the inning reached against Brock (23-5) starting pitch-er Mattye Tyler. Aubree Beggs had an RBI single that tied the game at 4 after Maddie Morgan led off the inning with a triple.

Graham (21-7) regained the lead, for the final time in the game, later in the inning on a Tatum Trest-er fielder’s choice that scored Beggs from third.

Husen added her fourth RBI of the game on a single to center that scored Ni-cole King to give the Lady Blues a 7-4 advantage.

S a r a h B u n d r i c k ’s groundout and Morgan Patterson’s double extend-ed the Graham lead to 9-4 at the end of the inning.

In the fifth,the Lady Eagles attempted a rally that was nullified when King threw out a runner at first who was caught leaning off the base a little too far. The play seemed to motivate the Lady Blues as Beggs lead off the inning with an infield single and scored when fellow senior Elizabeth Routon laced an infield single to shortstop to open up a seemingly comfortable 10-4 lead.

However, Brock would not go quietly with six outs remaining. The Lady Eagles cut the deficit to 10-8 when head coach Adam Arrington removed Southerland for Husen. A wild pitch made it a 10-9 game but Graham got out of the inning when Kelsi Tonips hit a hard liner to left that Patterson hauled in to leave the bases loaded.

The freshman contin-ues to turn heads with her stellar play and that continued Monday. After her catch ended the in-ning, she doubled home a run in the bottom of the sixth. Routon added her second RBI on a single to left to give the Lady Blues a 12-9 lead heading into the seventh.

Husen retired two of the first three batters in the frame before the Lady Eagles saw three batters in a row reach to make the

score 12-11.Arrington re-entered

Southerland on the mound, and the move worked per-fectly. With the tying run on third and go-ahead run on second, she induced a hard groundout to the mound to end the game.

The Lady Blues were able to score 12 runs against one of the best pitchers in Class 3A. Tyler, the District 7-3A MVP from a year ago, threw a no-hit-ter the previous week against Breckenridge, but

had no answers for the hot bats of the Lady Blues. Graham pounded out 15 hits against the senior right-hander.

At the top of the order, Beggs led the way by go-ing 3 for 4 and three runs. Bundrick had a three-hit night with Routon, Trest-er, Husen and Patterson recording multi-hit games.

Texas Girls Coaches Association

2018 Girls Softball State Rankings

April 23, 2018Class 4A

1. Carthage 26-42. Paris North Lamar

22-2-13. Bushland 27-44. Robinson 24-35. Bridge City 25-7-16. Beeville Jones 27-27. Crandall 26-2-18. Decatur 19-29. LaVernia 26-310. Salado 20-411. Graham 21-712. Bay City 23-613. Van 20-7

14. Liberty Hill 20-515. Wimberley 24-416. Little Cypress Mau-

riceville 21-317. Rio Hondo 24-718. Seminole 21-1019. Bullard 21-4-120. Lufkin Hudson 23-521. Pearsall 16-722. Emory Rains 22-323. LaGrange 18-924. Lorena 17-425t. Cuero 17-525t. Fabens 24-625t. Mineral Wells 16-5

Alex Husen (3) is mobbed by her teammates at home plate after hitting a two-run home run in the third inning of Monday’s warm-up game against Brock. The Lady Blues opened the playoffs Thursday against Sweetwater. The winner of the series advances to play the winner of Stephenville/Springtown.

Leader photo by Travis Martinez

LEFT: Shortstop Tucker Horn fields the throw from second baseman Seth Shook during Tuesday’s District 6-4A contest at ninth-ranked Iowa Park. The Steers fell 9-0 to the district leading Hawks. Graham opens the playoffs against the two-time defending state champions, Abilene Wylie, on May 3 in Graham.


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News ReporterThe Breckenridge American is seeking an

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210 CARS

1980 Cadillac Deville, 4-door sedan, good condition, runs good, $5,500. 940-521-2465

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Helm Motor Co. • 940-521-62661200 Hwy. 380 Bypass • Graham, TX 76450

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230 TRUCKS

2001 Ford F250 Super-Duty, ext. cab, Triton V8, 4x4, good work truck, $3,500 OBO. 940-282-8277

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1951 Johnson TN 26 antique outboard motor, starts easy, runs good, $350 cash firm. 940-282-0975 9660

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16-foot Hustler bass boat, 115 HP Evinrude motor, $3,100 cash firm. 940-282-0975

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1980s International 584 Farm Tractor, loader & box blade, good shape, $6,500. 940-549-3602 or 512-922-4988

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Doctor’s off ice needs assistant, 7:30a-5:30p Tues & Fri. $15/hour. Apply at 709 Oak Street.Hiring part-time Breakfast Cook/Attendant. Apply in person at Wildcatter Ranch, 6062 St. Hwy 16 S, Graham, TX.PK State Park Store is looking to fill a part time position. Honesty, the ability to work with the public, ability to lift 50 lbs., and a good work ethic are a must! Call 940-549-5612Possum Hollow is now h i r i n g . D a y / e v e n i n g cook, daytime waitress, and even ing cash ie r . Apply in person or call 940-549-1873.Tig welder wanted. Pay based on experience. Apply at Young County Machine. YMCA Camp Grady Spruce is taking applications forCooks/Prep Cooks $10/hr., $200 sign-on bonus after 60 days, willing to train. Call 214-319-9944 or go to our webpage www. campgradyspruce.org

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Estate Sale, 1508 Fairway Dr., 8AM-5PM April 28. Furniture, mattress, bandsaw, drill, table w/ 6 chairs, TV, and lots more.Estate Sale, 4679 Hwy 16 S., Graham, TX, 7AM-4PM Saturday, April 28, and 1-3PM Sunday, April 29.Four Fami l y Sa le . Corner of Fourth & Tennessee St. 8AM-? Saturday, April 28. F u r n i t u r e , t o o l s , dishware, and much more.I ns ide Sa le , 921 P l um , 10AM -4PM Saturday, April 28. Do l l a r r a c k , new items, tops, dresses, shoes, men’s clothing, antique bedroom.N E V E R E N D I N G ESTATE SALE #1. 7 3 3 O a k S t , N O SALES BEFORE 1-6PM Thursday, April 26. 10AM-6PM Fr iday, April 27. 10AM-4PM Saturday, April 28. Collectors/antique dealer downsizing. FIRST of MANY sales. Tiny house FULL of 100s of goodie. Lots of vintage. Come get in line!W e s t s i d e L a k e Graham, Hwy 3003, Lot 222. Saturday, April 28 only. Nordic Track treadmill, small cook stove, furniture, etc.

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1946 Hwy. 380 – Graham, TX3/2/2 brick home on 2 acres M/L, den features ceramic tile fl ooring, WBFP, and lighted ceiling fan, kitchen is open to the dining area and both have ceramic tile fl oors, kitchen boasts a double SS sink, ceramic tile fl oors, kitchen boasts a double SS sink, built-in dishwasher, electric range, Formica countertops and white cabinetry, hall bath with shower/tub combo, vanity with sink and toilet, master bath has a step-in shower, vanity with sink, mirrored medicine cabinet and toilet, two large storage buildings with electricity, one of the storage buildings has an open loft area, chain-link fenced small dog yard, perimeter fenced on two sides, great location approximately 4 miles east of Graham ................................................................................................................................................................................ $139,900

FARMS, RANCHES, LOTS, ACREAGE31.07 ac. M/L - Stoff er Lane - Surface estate only, county road frontage, one (1) pond, very wooded with oaks, mesquites, elms, hackberry, cedar and live oaks, open area for food plots, utili-ties on property, fenced and partially cross-fenced, various topography, elevations, near the edge of town, excellent recreational and hunting, additional ten acres of BRA land to use ......$124,900Cresson, TX - 3 lots zoned commercial or residential with Hwy. 171 frontage, utilities available, situated in Hood & Johnson Counties ..............................................................................$110,0001403 Preston Trail - Graham - Beautiful residential lot located in a quiet cul-de-sac neighbor-hood, some trees, excellent building site, utilities available............................................$22,0001405 Preston Trail - Graham - Beautiful residential lot located in a quiet cul-de-sac neighbor-hood, some trees, excellent building site, utilities available............................................$22,000Lot #11 - Eastledge, Lakewood West - Beautiful wooded residential lot, 1.09 acres M/L, great neighborhood, excellent building site, utilities available ................................................ $18,5001407 Preston Trail - Graham - Beautiful residential lot located in a quiet cul-de-sac neighbor-hood, some trees, excellent building site, utilities available............................................ $16,5001000 S. Liveoak St. - Breckenridge - Six (6) lots, utilities available, 40x50 metal shop, corner lot. Priced to sell! ............................................................................................................. $7,500317.083 ac. M/L - south of Bryson - Excellent hunting for deer, turkey and hogs, two (2) stocked ponds, three (3) food plots, two (2) small buildings could be used for hunters' cabins or storage, many elevation changes, good perimeter fences and cross fenced, deed easement to property ...........................................................................................................................................$2,795/ac.187.16 ac. M/L - Indian Springs Rd. - Surface estate only, joins Wildcatter Ranch; 600’ from the Brazos River; excellent hunting; good fences; one pond; utilities available; 8 miles SE of Gra-ham; will divide in half, agent ......................................................................................$2,795/ac.93.51 ac. M/L - Indian Springs Rd. - Surface estate only, 8 mi. SE of Graham, joins Wildcatter Ranch, 0.5 mi. from Brazos River, excellent hunting, good fences, one (1) pond, utilities avail, will divide in half, agent ......................................................................................................$2,795/ac.228 ac. M/L - Corner of Cariker & Taylor Rd. - Surface estate only, native pasture land with some improved grasses, utilities available, county road access on two (2) sides, fi ve (5) ponds, water well in the Trinity zone with solar panels, good perimeter fences & cross-fenced, some cultivation in wheat, good dove hunting ..................................................................... $1,750/ac.

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Lot 179 - West Side Lake Graham - Perfect building site on lakefront. Mature trees . $29,900LAKE PROPERTY

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1023 Royal Lane - Spacious 3 or 4 bedroom, 3.5 bath, two-story stucco home in a great neigh-borhood, two (2) living areas, updated kitchen with granite countertops, smooth surface cook-top, wall of pantries, SS appliances include refrigerator, dishwasher, lighted microwave, double ovens, trash compactor, ice machine and desk, decorative lighting fi xtures, crown moulding, recessed lighting, wood fl oors and 18” ceramic tile, stately columns in the den, WBFP, vaulted ceiling and gorgeous staircase, open patio, fenced yard and storage building, sprinkler system, circle drive and beautifully landscaped yard. MOTIVATED SELLER...............................$275,500922 East St. - Beautiful 3/2/2/2cc Craftsman-style brick home in a desirable neighborhood, origi-nal hardwood fl oors, crown moulding, wide baseboards, newer windows, updated plumbing and electrical, living room has a fi replace (gas logs) and opens to the formal dining room, kitchen fea-tures granite, glass tile backsplash, breakfast table with granite top, free-standing 4-burner stove with griddle, dishwasher, garbage disposal, under cabinet lighting, lighted vent-a-hood, micro-wave and ample cabinets, split bedrooms, master bedroom with an adjoining bath, home offi ce or small bedroom, covered deck and fl agstone patio with rock fi repit, garage apt. (fully equipped), utility room, craft room, garage with work bench and openers, in-ground cellar, wood privacy fence with concrete curbing, too many amenities to list .............................................................. $239,9001439 Oak Hills Dr. - Very nice 3/2/2cc brick home in a desirable neighborhood, open concept den & kitchen are separated by breakfast bar, kitchen off ers double ovens, electric cooktop, dishwasher and pantry, dining room adjoins kitchen and home offi ce or 2nd living area, wide doorways and halls, master bedroom has an adjoining bath with step-in shower, toilet, vanity and linen closet (all handicap accessible), bedroom #2 has french doors that exit to the patio, landscaped yard with wood privacy fence (concrete curbing), sprinkler system and storage building, two storage areas under carport. Must see! ..................................................$183,0001020 Hillcrest Dr. - Charming 3/2/1/1cc home near high school, living/dining combination with WBFP, kitchen/breakfast nook off ers an oversized island/breakfast bar with double sink, gas stove, granite countertops, updated cabinets, refrigerator, built-in microwave (vent-a-hood) & dishwasher, CH/A & hot water heater (gas), master bedroom off ers an adjoining ensuite with a step-in shower, toilet, granite top vanity & built-in cabinet, partially covered deck, fenced yard with pergola, storage building, sprinkler & security system .................................. $174,9001600 Melissa Dr. - Beautiful 3/2/2 brick home on a large corner lot, den with WBFP and break-fast nook combination, split bedroom arrangement, galley kitchen featuring a smooth surface elect. cooktop, built-in oven, built-in microwave, built-in dishwasher, and double sink, new "wood-look" ceramic tile fl ooring in the kitchen, breakfast nook, hallway and both bathrooms, formal dining room or offi ce with carpet and built-in china hutch, master bedroom has two clos-ets along with an ensuite with a step-in shower, large vanity with vessel sink and toilet, hall bath has a tub/shower combo, vanity with 2 vessel sinks and toilet, metal storage building, wood privacy fence, covered patio, pergola ............................................................................. $159,9001301 Cliff Drive - Custom brick home on a corner lot with groupings of live oak trees, this 3/2/2 home has a den with a vaulted beamed ceiling, WBFP, slight step-down and brick planter, dining room with a deep window box, galley kitchen off ers a double oven, electric cooktop, vent-a-hood and dishwasher, master bedroom has separate vanities with walk-in closets, toilet and tub/shower combo, two other bedrooms share the hall bath, sprinkler system, rear-entry ga-rage, manicured yard .....................................................................................................$134,0001515 Avenue D - Exceptional 3/1.5/4cc brick home with a rare, large workshop with electric-ity on concrete slab, carpet in the living room, hallway and all bedrooms, kitchen features For-mica countertops, electric range, double SS sink, refrigerator (conveys) and a pantry closet, hall bathroom has a tub/shower combo, vanity with sink and toilet, master bedroom has a half bath including a vanity with sink and a toilet, spacious utility room with full size W/D connections and room for a freezer, patio with adjustable cover (conveys), workshop has a toilet and also features a 160 gallon capacity air compressor (conveys), along with a 3-car carport, double gate for alley access, wood privacy fence, in-ground storm cellar & more .......................................... $129,9001108 Cliff Drive - 3/2/2 brick home near Woodland Elementary, 2 living areas, open concept, WBFP, vaulted & beamed ceiling, carpet in living, formal dining, den & bedrooms, spacious kitchen with ample cabinet & counter space, dishwasher, range & breakfast bar, lots of storage space, wood privacy fence, metal storage building. Motivated seller! ...................... $129,9001418 Crescent St. - 3/2/2 brick home in a great neighborhood, huge den featuring a brick WBFP, spacious kitchen with vinyl fl oor, Formica countertops, ample cabinets, electric cooktop, built-in oven, built-in dishwasher & double SS sink with garbage disposal, CH/A, sunroom over-looking the fenced back yard, bedrooms boast carpet, lighted ceiling fans & walk-in closets, hall bath has tile fl oors, tub/shower combo, vanity with 2 sinks & toilet, master bath has ceramic tile shower, vanity with sink & toilet, separate utility room with full-size W/D connections, sprinkler system & more................................................................................................................ $129,900200 Pennsylvania - Very nice three (3) bedroom, two (2) bath, frame home with an attached two (2) car carport located on corner lot, split bedrooms, living/dining combo, kitchen with breakfast area, kitchen off ers a free-standing gas stove, dishwasher, double SS sink and walk-in pantry, large step-down den is located off the kitchen and features a brick WBFP, a built-in cor-ner bookshelf and lots of natural light, master bedroom off ers two walk-in closets and adjoining bath with a tub/shower combo, toilet & vanity, extra large utility room can serve as a craft room, home offi ce or sewing area, beautiful lot with mature trees, 24x14 metal storage/workshop, additional 16x8 storage building, in-ground concrete cellar, fenced yard .....................$128,5001501 Fairway - 3/2/2 brick home in desirable neighborhood, open concept dining and kitchen with a decorative “stair-step” diving wall, between the living room and kitchen, ceramic tile fl oor in entryway, kitchen, dining room & both baths, carpet in living room & bedrooms, ceiling fans throughout, kitchen boasts oven, electric cooktop, lighted vent-a-hood, dishwasher, refrig-erator, double SS sink w/ garbage disposal & breakfast bar, split bedrooms, CH/A, large covered patio, 2 storage buildings, fenced back yard, pecan tree & separate dog run ................$122,5001802 Lindy - Extraordinary 3/1.5/1/1cc brick home, updated to the max ........................$119,9001925 Crawford St. - Updated 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath brick home ..................................... $99,0001948 Allison St. - 3/1.5/1 brick home, updated kitchen with new cabinets, countertop & tin backsplash, S.S. appliances stay, laminate fl oors except bedrooms which have carpet, new win-dows installed in 2014, metal roof & CH/A approximately 6-years-old, large metal carport/patio in rear. Move-In Ready! .................................................................................................. $95,5001314 Corto St. - 3/2/1gar/1cc frame home in a settled neighborhood, combination kitchen/breakfast nook, galley kitchen has wood fl oors, ceramic tile countertops, backsplash, open pan-try, free-standing 5-burner gas range, built-in dishwasher & lighted vent-a-hood, open concept living/dining areas, step-down gameroom has decorative cedar walls & 2 rock accent walls, large utility room off ers ample shelves, storage & sink, detached garage, fenced yard .. $89,900926 Hillcrest Drive - Three (3) bedroom, two (2) bath frame home in great neighborhood, large living room, spacious combination kitchen/dining, split bedrooms, CH/A, laminate fl oors, fenced yard, metal storage building, well-maintained, near High School ..................................$89,900807 Tennessee St - Three (3) bedroom, two (2) bath home near Jr. High & High School, large living room with brick WBFP, open concept kitchen/dining area, split bedrooms, CH/A, four (4) car carport, detached garage apartment, fenced yard ....................................................$86,9001425 Avenue A - Beautifully renovated & updated 3/1/1cc frame home near Crestview Elemen-tary, CH/A, open concept kitchen/dining/living, second living area, laminate “wood look” fl oor-ing throughout, kitchen features new white cabinets, updated Formica countertops, double SS sink, new dishwasher & electric range, dark wood breakfast bar with faux brick design, fresh light grey paint, new baseboards & crown moulding, spacious bathroom with tub/shower com-bo, vanity with sink, mirrored medicine cabinet, ceramic tile fl oor & toilet, HUGE walk-in closet in master, metal storage building, chain-link fenced yard. Move-in ready! ................. $79,900722 Plum St - Very neat two (2) bedroom, one (1) bath frame home with large, detached two (2) car garage and two (2) car carport, living/dining combo, split bedrooms, CH/A and hot water heater (gas), kitchen has ample cabinets, counterspace, free-standing smooth top stove, refrig-erator, dishwasher, and corner hutch, large walk-thru pantry and washer/dryer connection in an adjoining full size utility room, small room next to kitchen could be a breakfast nook or home offi ce, hall bath has a tub/shower combo, toilet, vanity & linen cabinet, large covered patio with wheelchair ramps ............................................................................................................. $57,500800 Indiana St - 3/2 frame home on large corner lot near schools, CH/A, two (2) living areas, newer windows, laminate "wood look" fl oors and tile throughout, updated kitchen features a built-in microwave, refrigerator with ice maker (conveys), and new built-in dishwasher, ample cabinets and Formica countertops, updated bathrooms with tub/shower combos, vanities with sinks & toilets, large utility room with full-size W/D connections, built-in cabinets and exit door to back yard, chain link fence, sold "as-is" ........................................................................ $57,0001436 Avenue D - 3/2/2cc frame home located near Crestview Elementary ................... $39,900214 Texas St - 1/1/1cc frame home on corner lot, laminate "wood look" fl oors .............$20,000926 Third St - 2/1 frame home with CH/A and original hardwood fl oors in most rooms, large back yard with chainlink fence, needs work, sold "as-is" ................................................. $19,000

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COMMERCIAL2120 Hwy. 16 S. - Prime commercial lot with high visibility and traffi c, 1.023 ac. M/L, across the street from Walmart, surrounded by restaurants and strip shopping centers, level lot, utilities available .....................................................................................$225,0001403 Hwy. 16 S. - Commercial lot with high visibility & traffi c, utilities available, great location, 0.84 ac. M/L, Prime commercial building site! ........................................ $199,5003107 Hwy. 16 S. - Metal building incl. reception offi ce, conference room, restroom and lab. area, CH/A, security system, large warehouse with overhead lighting, roll-up door, two standard doors, chain-link fenced, gravel parking, on 2 ac. M/L ...........................$168,9001445 Fourth St. - Formerly Graham Donuts, prime commercial property, high visibility & traffi c, excellent location, dining section, food prep areas, serving bar, two restrooms, one (1) entrance into restaurant for customers, one (1) rear entrance for employees, handicap accessibility, two (2) drive-thru windows, three (3) air conditioning units, one (1) hot water heater, one (1) walk-in freezer ............................................................................... $135,000936 Pine Tree Rd. - Prime commercial property, located near Walmart, 3.03 acres M/L, utilities available .........................................................................................................................$124,9002.157 ac. M/L - Surface estate only, located just north of Walmart and east of The Wash-house carwash, an ingress and egress easement from Walmart Drive conveys, call for ad-ditional information ................................................................................................. $99,900Hwy. 380 E - 3.76 ac. M/L, high visibility, excellent site for building commercial prospect, across from Holiday Inn, utilities available, high traffi c ...........................................$89,9001037 Fourth St. - Former clothing boutique, well located for high visibility and traffi c, plumbed for a beauty shop or nail salon, excellent location ....................................$40,0001506 Old Jacksboro Rd. - Formerly used as a beauty shop and ladies clothing boutique, large room with laminate fl oors, paneling, one (1) restroom and spacious closet for storage, situated on 0.113 ac. M/L, near 4-way intersection ..................................................$32,900

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548 Timber Ridge Lake Rd. - Awesome 3/4.5/2 two-story stucco home on 3.818 wooded acres M/L, open concept great room, kitchen & breakfast area, gorgeous kitchen with granite breakfast bar, island, built-in refrigerator, double ovens, 6-burner propane stove with griddle, ice maker, dishwasher, warming drawer & pantry, formal dining room and home offi ce/study has wood fl oors, master bedroom with a corner fi replace adjoins an ensuite with a walk-thru rain shower, 2 walk-in closets, expansive vanity with dual sinks, jetted tub, water closet & fi replace, upstairs boasts a sitting area, fully equipped home theater and game room, two bedrooms with split arrangement off ers their own baths, utility room & mud room, city water, septic system, water well, detached motor home carport with hook-ups and bunk room with attached storage, situated on Timber Ridge Lake, amazing covered patio with outdoor WBFP and kitchen .................................$644,9006078 Hwy. 16 S - Custom 3/2.5/2 home with cedar exterior and metal roof built in 2012, situated on 10.1 wooded acres M/L, den features a fl oor-to-ceiling stone WBFP with a mesquite mantle, vaulted & beamed ceiling, decorative lighting fi xtures, recessed lighting, ceiling fans, window treatments and stained concrete fl oors throughout, spacious kitchen off ers a custom-made mesquite wood breakfast bar, free-standing gas stove, built-in dishwasher, farm sink, lighted microwave (vent-a-hood) and pantry, open concept den/dining area/kitchen, split bedrooms, master bedroom has a built-in desk, walk-in closet, adjoining ensuite with a custom dual sink vanity, step-in shower, toilet and huge walk-in closet, a half bath off ers a mesquite top vanity, with a vessel sink and toilet, covered patio spans the entire length of the house and overlooks a panoramic view of Kissinger Mountain, 40x40 metal building with concrete fl oors, electricity and plumbed for a bathroom, cross fenced, custom tree house, loafi ng shed with a pen, ornamental metal entrance gate, other surpris-ing amenities ....................................................................................................................... $499,900475 Kramer Rd. - Updated 4/2/2cc mobile home and spacious 1/1/1cc metal guest house on 77 acres M/L, located approx. 22 miles west of Graham, mobile home features laminate "wood-look" fl ooring throughout, CH/A, charming farmhouse kitchen with white cabinetry, gray Corian coun-tertops, smooth-surface electric range, built-in dishwasher, double sink, lighted vent-a-hood, split bedroom arrangement, master ensuite complete with a tub/shower combo surrounded by ceramic tile, grand vanity with sink & toilet, metal guest house boasts an open concept kitchen/dining area, huge den, bedroom with walk-in closet, CH/A, bathroom with tub/shower combo, vanity with sink & toilet, wide doorways for handicap accessibility, offi ce & laundry room, RV or boat port, indoor, heated in-ground gunite swimming pool, two large barns with electricity and water, four tanks/ponds, fenced and cross-fenced. Deer hunters' paradise! .............................................. $319,9001876 Hwy. 380 E - Spacious 4/3/1/2cc brick home near town, large den with a rock WBFP and french doors that exit to a covered patio, kitchen, breakfast area separated by a breakfast bar, kitchen features granite countertops, stained glass pendant lighting, ceramic tile backsplash, under cabinet lighting, dual dishwashers, free-standing smooth top stove & lighted vent-a-hood, dining room with built-in hutch, split bedrooms, master bedroom has large walk-in closet and adjoins the master bath which off ers a walk-in shower, jetted garden tub, dual sink vanity with granite, toilet and washer/dryer connections, hall bathroom serves two other bedrooms, bedroom #3 has its own bath with a shower, vanity, toilet & linen cabinet, 30x30 insulated metal shop/garage with electricity & concrete fl oor, sprinkler system, single metal horse stall and stor-age, situated on 0.92 ac. M/L .. $229,900 or with additional: 60x50 metal shop with 4 roll-up doors and a walk-in door, concrete fl oor & electricity situated on 1.021 M/L ................$299,900486 Gooseneck Cemetery Rd. - Spacious 3 bedroom, 1 bath home with 2-car carport, large living room, dining room & kitchen/breakfast nook combo, kitchen off ers ample cabinets, coun-ter space, free-standing electric range & dishwasher, updated bath has step-in shower, nice vanity, toilet & separate tub, large metal bldgs could be used for equipment maintenance and/or storage, situated on 4.5 ac. M/L w/ beautiful trees & county road frontage .............$229,9001946 Hwy. 380 E - 3/2/2 brick home on 2 acres M/L, den features ceramic tile fl ooring, WBFP, and lighted ceiling fan, kitchen is open to the dining area and both have ceramic tile fl oors, kitchen boasts a double SS sink, ceramic tile fl oors, kitchen boasts a double SS sink, built-in dishwasher, electric range, Formica countertops and white cabinetry, hall bath with shower/tub combo, vanity with sink and toilet, master bath has a step-in shower, vanity with sink, mir-rored medicine cabinet and toilet, two large storage buildings with electricity, one of the stor-age buildings has an open loft area, chain-link fenced small dog yard, perimeter fenced on two sides, great location approx. 4 miles east of Graham ..................................................... $139,900113 Wolf Road - Updated 3 or 4 bedroom, 2 bath brick home .....................................$224,900Dunn Rd. - Olney - 3/2/2cc frame home on fi ve (5) acres M/L, two (2) living areas, kitchen with a free-standing range, dishwasher, refrigerator and island, split bedrooms, den could be used as home offi ce, large metal barn for equipment, Baylor Co-op water, storage building or workshop, one (1) pond, nice farm home ..........................................................................................$84,500121 McCormack Rd. - Three bedroom, one bath frame home, two living areas, kitchen/din-ing combination, refrigerator stove (propane) & dishwasher stays, split bedrooms, CH/A, water well, Ft. Belknap co-op water, septic system, storage building, situated on 14.52 acres, M/L, very wooded and secluded ...................................................................................................... $83,950

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405 N. Ave. 0 - Olney - 3/2.5/2 brick home in quiet neighborhood ....................... $79,950701 W. Main St. - Olney - 4/2/2cc frame home on a large corner lot, spacious kitchen with built-in dishwasher, double sink, lighted vent-a-hood, Formica countertops & pan-try, carpet in all bedrooms, 3 refrigerated window units, 3 Dearborn gas heaters, window blinds, paneling, built-ins & ceiling fans throughout, large front porch, wheelchair ramp from carport to house is covered, workshop/storage with electricity (20x10) ........$72,500Lot #84 - Runaway Bay - Port-O-Call Drive, residential lot that backs up to the golf course, utilities available, great building site ..............................................................$7,950

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Brooker Real Estate600 Fifth St. – Graham, TX 76450 – 940-549-0062

Bob Brooker, Broker 940-229-9906Karron Gibson, Agent 940-232-3051

Dorothy Dawson 940-550-5546Carrie Hawkins 940-550-8746

COUNTRY HOMES13 acres - Plano St., Newcastle - 3/1.5, 2-car carport, 2,000 sq. ft. home, metal roof, metal siding ........................................................................................ $117,000REDUCED

COMMERCIALLoving RV Park - 2 RVs, 5 RV spaces, metal shop, cottage, apt., storm cellar, laundry room ..............................................................................................................$65,000N/L

RESIDENTIAL805 Plum - A&B - Brick duplex, A: 3/1, B: 2/1/2cc ..................................... $167,0001328 Hillcrest - Brick 3/1/1 home, large lot, storage bldg., storm cellar ... $118,500908 Brazos St. - 3/1½/2 carport, very nice, close to high school ..................$99,9001319 Fourth St. - Newly remodeled home has central heat & air, wood laminate fl oors, ceiling fans & new paint. MOVE-IN READY! .......................................$54,000REDUCED

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ACREAGE22+ Acres, 3.5 miles from Graham on FM 61 - Great place to build your dream home. Oak trees, great view, new 7 strand barbwire fence encloses property ................................................................................................................................ $6,000/ac.52 Acres, Cement Mountain Rd. - located east of Graham, great place features oak trees, mesquite, water & electricity services, an isolated hunter’s cabin, 1 BR, 1 bath, full kitchen & living room, has a 10x28 covered porch ................................. $185,00066 Acres, Upper Tonk Valley Rd. - Oaks, excel. building site, fenced 3 sides $2,500/ac.160 Acres, Proffi tt, Tx. - located west of Newcastle. Has elevation changes, two stock tanks, half in cultivation, deer, turkey & hogs................................... $2,150/ac.

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464 Acres - Palo Pinto Co. ...............................................................$1,482,000302 Acres - Stephens Co. .................................................................... $669,000208 Acres - Throckmorton Co. - High Fenced, 2/2 CP, Austin Stone ... $669,00093+/- Acres Tilda Jane Lane - 4 ponds, barn, cattle pens, water well, pavilion, excellent hunting ................................................................................... $249,500 104 Acres - Jack Co. - pond, electricity available, excellent hunting .... $338,00081.9 Acres - W Young Co. - great hunting, tanks, cabin & more .......... $234,90026.5 +/- Acres - FM 1148 - Near PK Lake .............................................. $125,00014.99 Acres FM 3329 - Olney - 3/1.5/1cp, 2,470 sq. ft., two story ......... $95,00030 Acres FM 1769 - Electricity, water, septic system, pond .................... $99,000129 Ragland - 3/2 brick .......................................................................... $73,90035+/- Acres FM210 Young Co. - Pond, mesquite, hunting, owner fi nance . $60,70010 Acres - Indian Chief Rd ................................................................... $42,000

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Darrell Gilmore, Broker/Owner940-521-1706

Adrienne Brown, Agent940-456-3323

Sue Gilmore, Agent940-521-8824

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Teresa Matney, Owner/Agent940-550-8283

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RESIDENTIAL1350 Hillcrest - 3-1-1, patio, shop, 2 car garage, updates ................................$69,000106 Tennessee - 1/1/1 . Property sells as is. ....................................................$50,000

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LAKE PROPERTYLot 245 Lake Graham - 4/3/2, new carpet & paint, dock ............................ $299,900Lot 73 Lake Graham - 3/2, large deck, furniture conveys ........................... $164,900West Side PK Lake - Bar and grill, plus 2/1 mobile home on 4.46 acres ....... $109,9009517 Private Rd. 3321 West Side PK - 2/1/2 cp, waterfront ...................... $149,900243 Rambling Oaks - 3/2/2, double lot, many trees new septic ................... $143,900

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LAND16 acres on Rosser Ranch Rd. - fenced, Fort Belknap water meter, possible owner fi nance .......................................................................................................... $3,950/ac.REDUCED

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••• RECENTLY SOLD •••310 Center Ridge Road - 3/2 sits on 2.45 +- acres ......SOLD!210 LC Young Road - 3 bedroom, 2 bath home .............SOLD!916 Lindy - 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath home .........................SOLD!1515 Oak Forest - 3 bedroom, 3 full bath home ...........SOLD!1508 Roanoake Dr. - 3 bedroom, 2 bath home. ............SOLD!FM 1974 - 1,813 ac. with mineral rights ........................SOLD!8001 FM 2652 - 55 ac. with 3/2 carport ......................SOLD!1315 Morado - 4/2 carport, spacious master suite .......SOLD!9265 Hwy. 380 - between Bryson & Jacksboro .............SOLD!113 Eastside Loop at Lake Graham - 1/2 cabin ...........SOLD!115 Eastside Loop at Lake Graham - 1/1 waterfront ...SOLD! 1205 Randy - 3/2/2, settled neighborhood ...................SOLD!1417 Hillcrest - 3/2 carport, quiet cul-de-sac ...............SOLD!

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••• COMMERCIAL •••401 Houston, Newcastle - 40x80 building with 3 big bay doors on 7 lots. Enclosed offi ce, spacious bathroom, washer/dryer hookups, extra storage area above offi ce. Includes large wood burning heater and 4000 lb. overhead hoist. Lights and 220 plugs. Water access on north and south ends of property. Roof is 3 years old with skylights and gutters. A 7’ fence surrounds the property ...............................................................$85,000NL

••• LAND •••Finis Rd. - 69 ac., adjacent to city .........................$7,590/ac.Cliff Dr. - 40 ac., 3000 ft. frontage. .......................$7,590/ac.

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••• RESIDENTIAL •••825 Elm - An extraordinary, beautifully landscaped oversized yard with large variety of shade trees, gardens, and fl ower beds surrounds this gorgeous 3 bedroom, 2 and a half bath home. The house features two living areas, two dining areas, a master bedroom with a large walk-in closet, and a basement. Plenty of closet space and storage. The backyard has a workshop or offi ce building and an additional storage building. The family den has large windows that look into the backyard with gazebo and gardens. This is a truly unique home in great neighborhood. Priced to sell ............................................................$243,500108 Chapparal - Recently remodeled inside, this 3 bedroom, 2 bathroom home features that hard to fi nd “open concept” with an open living, dining, kitchen combo with an island bar. It has an extra large master bedroom with French doors opening onto the backyard deck. Split bedroom arrangement with two bedrooms sharing a hallway bathroom. With new fl ooring and new paint, it feels brand inside! Reduced again by Motivated Sellers! ....................................................................$162,5001402 Thomas Lane - This home feels brand new inside! New fl ooring, new paint, and new tile in bathrooms in this open-concept three bedroom, two bath, brick home in a great neighborhood. Split bedroom arrangement. The kitchen, dining, and living area features a brick fi replace. Ceiling fans in bedrooms and living areas. New hardwood fl ooring in the living areas and hallways, new carpet in the bedrooms and closets. New tile in both bathrooms tub and shower. Fenced backyard with additional storage building. ............................... $149,0001502 Carolina - Well-maintained home conveniently located near the hospital and Walmart. This three bedroom, two bath home is move-in ready for a new family. Open concept living area with WBFP. Great for fi rst time buyers or as a retirement home. Beautiful hardwood fl ooring in living area, tile in the kitchen, carpets in the bedrooms. Fenced backyard for young children to play. Fenced-in dog pen. Plenty of parking with a double car garage and an additional circular drive in the front of the house. Reduced by Motivated Sellers! .........$125,0001315 Fairway - Nice three bedroom, two bath home in a quiet neighborhood near schools and shopping. Great for a fi rst time buyer, young family, retirement, or investment property. Living area has WBFP. Double car garage. Fenced-in back yard with a extra storage building. Motivated seller says, "Bring me an offer!" ......................................................................$125,000

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••• LAKE PROPERTY •••618 FM 3003 - This beautiful custom built two story home is nestled amid the oaks on the coveted west side of Lake Graham. Conveniently located just minutes from shopping in downtown Graham or golfi ng at Graham Country Club, this 3 or 4 bedroom, 2.5 bath home has been well-maintained by its original and only owners. Perfect for entertaining friends and family, the open living area with WBFP opens onto a covered deck and porch with a beautiful view of Lake Graham and the private boat dock. Updated kitchen and bathrooms. The Master bedroom suite is on the ground fl oor with two additional bedrooms upstairs. Another large room adjoining the Master bedroom suite presently being used as a fi tness room, could also be a study, den, library, infant’s room, or 4th bedroom. Bring your fi shing poles and lake toys!......................$335,000215 Crestwood - Immaculate home located in Lakewood West near Lake Graham. Flowing open concept design features a split bedrooms arrangement separated by an open living room with a wood burning fi replace, kitchen, and two dining areas. Designed for a large family, the Master bedroom suite and second bedroom that could be used as library or study is on one side of home. Two more bedrooms share a Jack and Jill bathroom on the opposite side. Granite countertops in kitchen. Custom tile and carpet fl ooring. Parking for three vehicles. Beautifully landscaped with sprinkler system and custom lighting .....................................................................$325,000606 FM 3003 (Lot #35) - This updated, well-maintained brick home on LAKE GRAHAM features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, and a double car garage. Remodeled with that hard to fi nd open concept living area, it has a living room with a WBFP, dining area, and kitchen combo. The house is situated on a large lot with an easy sloping backyard leading to the boat dock. Large covered back porch has a great view of the lake. Conveniently located on the west side of Lake Graham .................$244,900

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NEW LISTING: 150 Airport Hill Dr - located on 23.42 acres, family room with fi replace, bonus room, 3 BR, 2 baths, 2 car garage, detached 8 stall parking with shop, 360° panoramic view, large patio deck, sprinkler system, furnishings convey, adjacent to Young County Arena & 4-H barn, near Graham Airport, outside city limits ................................................................... $400,0001625 Rodgers Drive South - 2 story brick home, 5 bedroom, 5 baths, 3-car garage, formal living/dining room, study & library, 2 fi replaces, pool, covered patio ........... $339,9501402 Rodgers Drive S. - 3 bedroom brick home, 2 baths, 2-car side en-trance garage, family room with fi replace, split bedroom arrange-ment, sun room, privacy fence .............................................................$215,000111 Wolf Circle - Springwood Ad-dition - 3 bedroom brick home lo-cated on 1.7 acres, 2 full baths, 2 car garage, Kitchen has breakfast area plus dining room – Storage build-ing ............................................. $199,8501517 Dresser - 4 bedroom brick home built in 2012, 2 Baths, 2 car garage, family room with fi replace, split bedroom arrangement, large master bedroom with bath having separate walk-in shower, garden tub and large walk-in closet, kitch-en has granite countertops, center island and pantry, Back patio also has woodburning fi replace, pri-vacy fence, storage building .............................................................$177,5001501 Christi Lane – 4 bedroom brick home built in 2015, located on corner lot, 2 baths, 2 car garage, large family room, open concept arrangement, split bedrooms, lawn sprinkler, privacy fence .........................................................$179,5001403 Tanglewood Dr. – 3 BR brick home 1 3/4 baths, 2 car garage, family room with fi replace & cathe-dral ceiling, kitchen with breakfast room, also dining room, lawn sprin-kler ............................................ $129,950 905 Park - 3 bedroom brick home, 1¾ baths, 2-car garage, open con-cept family room, dining room & kitchen, fi replace, storage building, privacy fence ........................ $159,950107 Mustang - Alta Vista - 3 BR brick home, 1¾ baths, 2-car garage, LR/DR, den w/ fi replace, split bedroom, sprinkler .................................$140,0001904 Medora – 3 bedroom brick home, 2 baths, 2-car garage, family room w/ FP, split bedroom, fenced yard, covered patio .............$127,900Willis St., Jean, Tx – 3 bedroom brick home on 1.928 acres, 2 1/2 baths, 2-car garage, family room with fi replace, also formal living and dining room .................... $115,000104 Wolf Circle – 3 bedroom home on 1 acre, 1¾ baths, 2 car garage, large shop, extra carport .$119,950164 Berry – 3 bedroom brick home built in 2012, 2 baths, 1 car garage, open concept fl oor plan, split bedroom, fenced yard ......$115,000105 Lynnwood Dr. – located on 2.3 acres on corner of Hwy 380 E and Lynnwood – 2 bedroom brick home with 1 ½ baths, 2 car garage, family room with fi replace and ad-ditional den, separate dining room, hardwood fl oors, co-op water, extra storage, fenced ......................$80,000 NEW LISTING: 917 Brazos - Cottage style home, living room, den & bo-nus room, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 car carport, hardwood fl oors, car-pet & vinyl, CH & A, gas & electric utilities, side patio, wooden deck, fenced ..........................................$77,5001445 Ave B - 3 bedroom home with 2 full baths, 1 car garage, CH/Air, located on corner lot, fenced yard, storage building .................... $69,500 919 Brazos - 3 bedroom, 2 baths, 2 car garage, new fl oor covering & paint throughout, updated kitchen, corner lot ..................................$59,850

Residential508 Hall - 3 bedroom, 1 ½ baths, 1 car carport, two living areas - open concept fl oor plan, electric and gas utilities, composition roof, chain link fence ...................................$39,950100 Fawn Trail - .52 acre residential bluff lot, beautiful panoramic view, prime location to build ....$40,0001205 Calaveras - 2 bedroom, 1 car garage, updated bath with walk-in shower, home is carpeted through-out, spacious kitchen with cook stove and refrigerator ........ $34,800

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Lake Property145 N. Glen Abbey – PK Cliff s – 2 story home, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, detached 2 car garage, Home backs up to golf course, The Cliff s provides numerous amenities: golf course, clubhouse with pool & tennis courts, amazing marina and excellent restaurant – also a gated community .............................$337,500 Lake Graham, Lot 99 – 2 bedroom, 1 bath lake cabin, 2-car carport, covered patio overlooking Lake Graham, boat dock, cooking patio, all furnishings convey except a few personal items ...................... $125,000 1919 Eastside Lake Rd. #583 - 3 bedroom ..................................$79,8501679 Eastside Lake Rd. #566 - 2 bedroom, 1 bath home, CH/A, boat dock .......................................... $55,000

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NEW LISTING: 161 Hwy 380 E - Com-mercial property on 3.286 acres M/L, investment property provides an excellent cash fl ow from 3 sepa-rate offi ce buildings, outside city limits but has city water ...$295,000NEW LISTING: 1000 Hwy 380 E - 2.578 acres at corner of Hwy 380 E & Ten-nessee St., located east of Graham Post Offi ce, utilities available .................................................................... $158,500997 Hwy 380 E - Large offi ce build-ing with separate shop on 3.219 acres, outside city limits ....$177,600701 Hwy 380 E - Hwy frontage, large offi ce building, detached metal shop, 4-car carport, located on .791 acre ............................................ $159,8502400 Hwy 16 S - 2.02 acres adjacent to BRA property - presently Ponder-osa RV Park ............................. $125,000 Graham East Industrial Park - Craig St. - 2.34 ac. ML, located near Young County Arena, horse facility w/19 stalls, metal roof, fenced .....$55,000

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421 Cement Mt Rd - 10.61 acres, 3 bedroom with 1 3/4 baths, needs upgrading, co-op water, rain creek through property .................$59,8504938 Finis Rd. – on 31 acres, 3 bedroom with 2 baths, 2 car carport, kitchen built-ins, CH/Air, large family room with fi replace, formal dining room, bonus room, barn with working pens ...$160,0001587 Hwy 67 - Home located on 5 acres, 4 bedroom brick home with 3 baths, 2-car carport ......$159,8501022 Canyon Rd - 2-story log home on 3.47 acres, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, carport, covered porches, storage building, ...............$129,850NEW LISTING: 199.5 ac./ML - Young Co. ..................................................$2,195/ac.140 ac./ML - Young Co. .....$1,995/ac.46 ac./ML - Young Co. ........$1,900/ac.100 ac./ML - Young Co. .....$1,895/ac.73 ac./ML - Young Co. ........$1,895/ac.46 ac./ML - Young Co. ........$1,500/ac.200 ac./ML - Young Co. .....$1,675/ac.163 ac./ML - Young Co. - Brazos River front-age, hunting cabin ..................................$3,600/ac.79 ac./ML - Young Co. ..$1,850/ac.42 ac./ML - Jack Co..... $4,500/ac.

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