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Thursday, Wood County June 4, 2020 Vol. 5 No. 23 One Section 50 cents MONITORwww.woodcountymonitor.com Two more COVID-19 deaths reported for Wood County Wood County recorded As of Monday, the county range, 10 from 60-79, four of its second and third deaths had recorded 33 total cases, 80-plus and five from 21-40. from COVID-19 in the last with 16 of those reported as All three deaths are re- week. having recovered. ported as age 70 and up. The disease caused by the Most of the cases have According to state reports, novel coronavirus claimed been in the Winnsboro area, the county has had 420 res- its first victim in the county which has had 15. Other ZIP idents tested for the disease on May 18. codes include Mineola with as of Monday. The second victim was an- eight, Quitman five, Yantis The county reported its nounced on Friday, May 29 three and Hawkins and Big first case on March 31. It and third on Monday, June Sandy one each. reached 10 cases May 2 and 1. The cases are split with 16 jumped from 18 to 22 cases All three were located in males and 17 females, with on May 19. It climbed from the Winnsboro area. 13 cases in the 41-59 age 29 to 33 on Monday. Mineola schools take small steps to reopen By PHIL MAJOR sume workouts for student plans for students returning [email protected] athletes on Monday, June to the building on a small 8, under the guidelines es- scale that we might be able Mineola schools will be tablished by the University to transition this to our big- testing the waters with stu- Interscholastic League. ger plan in the fall when our dents returning to school The district will also be students are allowed to re- campuses in small numbers holding summer school on turn,” Superintendent Cody next week. a voluntary basis, also an- Mize said. The administrative lead- ticipated to start June 8. Those guidelines for ath- ership team met last Thurs- And high school band letic workouts include so- day to begin laying plans practices will also resume cial distancing and capacity for the possible resumption with percussion and color requirements, spread out of school in the fall. guard. drop off locations, daily The athletic department “Our thoughts are if we is completing plans to re- can get some really solid See MISD, Page 9A In what could be a sign of better times, Mineola youth begin workouts in preparation for baseball tournaments. Though local youth foundations have canceled the summer season, several traveling and tournament teams are gearing up for activity after youth sports restrictions were lifted June 1. See more photos Page 12. (Monitor photo by Sam Major) County business relief fund on hold By LARRY TUCKER WCEDC Executive Direc- said. [email protected] tor Roger Johnson brought After a discussion, com- the item to the commission- missioners decided to table Wood County commis- ers. until the June 16 meeting sioners tabled a request by “When I talk to the local to get guidelines for a pro- the Wood County Economic chambers of commerce and gram to be put together and Development Commission EDCs they let me know implemented. (WCEDC) to utilize county what is going on in their The request seeks use of funds for a business relief communities. This would the unclaimed capital credit program needed because of be for all Wood County the COVID-19 pandemic. communities,” Johnson See COUNTY, Page 11A There was a peaceful protest at the Wood County Courthouse Monday morning attended by several local citizens. Pictured are (left to right) Vernon Olmsted (Bohannon’s grandfather), Kimberly Bohannon (protest organizer), Ashley County judge challenges cities on census Lance and Milo Reed. See related story Page 12. (Monitor photo by Larry Tucker) County Judge Lucy He- Hebron will award the The state response rate is Pendergrass, Dailey top A-GHS grads bron has challenged Wood community with the best 55.1% and the national rate Valedictorian of the Al- County communities to get response to a dinner for the is 60.4%. ba-Golden Class of 2020 is on board with the 2020 Unit- mayor and city administra- “Everyone in the commu- Ann Marie Pendergrass. ed States Census. tor and their spouses at a lo- nity benefits when every- Salutatorian is Jacob Dai- The census activities, cal restaurant. one is counted properly,” ley. which normally target April The winner will be the city Hebron said. “So, please be The Class of 2020 will 1 for the once-in-10-years with the highest percentage sure to complete your 2020 graduate Thursday, June 4 population count, had to response rate by July 8. Census. Today, more than at Panther Stadium at 7 p.m. be curtailed during the Respondents can file cen- ever, it is very easy to do and Ann Marie has been ac- COVID-19 pandemic re- sus information online and takes very little time to com- cepted into the honors col- sponse. by phone, as well as by mail. plete. In addition, it is worth lege at Texas A&M Com- Census workers resumed As of Monday, response it to our community to take merce where she plans to in-person deliveries of cen- rates for cities included Alba- a few moments now so that get her bachelors in pre-vet. sus forms last week for 41.7% Hawkins-37.9%, Min- our area can receive its fair She then plans to attend Tex- households that did no re- eola-60.2%, Quitman-58.2%, share of more than $675 bil- as A&M University and earn spond to the initial and fol- Winnsboro-58.3% and Yan- lion per year in federal fund- a degree in advanced stud- low up mailings. tis-44.5%. ing.” ies of zoology and veteri- ANN MARIE PENDERGRASS JACOB DAILEY nary medicine. She has been A-GHS VALEDICTORIAN A-GHS SALUTATORIAN Alba-Golden superintendent search narrows awarded the honors college the 2019/2020 homecoming and his favorite, baseball. scholarship and presidential queen by her peers. Outside of his time com- The search for a new su- a three-day period, after Monday, June 8. scholarship from TAMU-C. She is the daughter of Wil- mitted to school work, sports perintendent for Alba-Gold- which that list was trimmed Following a state-mandat- She was the volleyball liam and Christy Pender- commitments and his work, en ISD was narrowed to to three candidates. ed 21-day waiting period, team captain and was grass. Jacob enjoys spending time three candidates last week. The board held one inter- the candidate then could be awarded 1st team all-district Jacob plans to attend the with his girlfriend, Hannah. The school district re- view each night this week, extended a contract at the and academic all-district. University of Mary Hardin He also enjoys hunting and ceived 57 completed appli- Monday, Tuesday and end of June. She has been a member of Baylor in Belton in the fall fishing with the guys and cations for the position, and Wednesday. Former Superintendent the National Honor Society to study engineering and to just hanging out. the school board decided The lone finalist is expect- Dwayne Ellis accepted an for four years and served as play Crusader football. He is the son of Chad and to interview six. Those in- ed to be named at the reg- early retirement agreement NHS secretary and class sec- His extracurricular sports Amie Dailey and Karla and terviews were held over ular school board meeting on Feb. 24. retary. She was also voted include football, basketball Brandon Crockett. 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The pandemic rush forced Cleanliness standards As the coronavirus began Johnson explained, “The the automated ordering were increased across all to make inroads to East Tex- office was empty, even the system to first flood the sys- stores. Many of the now fa- as, the largest grocer in the top level of executives – tem with new orders and miliar procedures were put area faced some difficult de- chief operating officer, chief then to grind to a halt when in place to mitigate virus cisions. Brookshire Grocery financial officer, etc. – were production could not meet transmission risks. Johnson Division Chief Brian John- stocking shelves or helping requirements. explained that many of the son recalled the moment out in some way at a local “We turned it off,” John- measures will remain, as Chief Executive Officer store.” son said, “we went back to the responsibility for safety Brad Brookshire realized “Those initial two weeks a manual ordering to put a and security will always be the severity of the situation.