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Vol. 142 | No. 15 Tuesday, February 4, 2020 ssnewstelegram.com | Hopkins County | Shooting VFDs 2 dead of gunshot injuries at TAMUC The sign at the Pride Rock 1 victim hospitalized battle Residence Hall where Monday’s Staff Reports shooting took [email protected] place at 20-acre Texas A&M- Two people are dead and one hospitalized from gunshot injuries Commerce. after an incident at one of the Texas A&M University-Commerce Staff photo residence halls Monday afternoon. grass fire by Taylor Nye See TAMUC, page 2A By TAYLOR NYE [email protected] Area VFDs battled a nearly 20- acre grass fire on Sunday evening that Closing the (skills) gap caused property damage and put one house in danger. At 3:01 p.m., two callers alerted sta- tions 20 (county), 17 (Arbala) and 13 (Brinker) to a possible grass fire at 740 County Road 1181, where callers could see and smell smoke, according to 911 call logs. “We would hit the head of the fire, and by the time we got around, the wind would pick back up and it would take off again,” said Arbala station’s Christy Fairchild. Although one home approximately 50 yards from the fire was in the path of the flames, the home was not damaged. Fairchild estimated the total damaged area of the fire to be greater than or equal to 20 acres. The Texas Forestry Service re- mained on scene after the fire was ex- tinguished to establish a cordon around the home and continue monitoring for safety, Fairchild said. “I just want to say thank you to each fire station that came out today to put out our pasture fire,” landown- Career and Technology Education Director Jenny Arledge (left) er Brandie English said. “It spread SSHS kicks off CTE Month and Mayor John Sellers display the CTE proclamation Sellers read from the back tree line in the matter to kick-off CTE month at Sulphur Springs High School. of minutes, and if the fire department By TAMMY VINSON “This is an important Staff photo by Tammy Vinson wouldn’t have gotten there so quickly, tammy.vinson month,” Sellers said. “It’s won- @ssnewstelegram.com I’m scared to think we could have lost derful what the school does employability skills necessary rience, which enables them to with these career programs.” our home.” for true career readiness by Sulphur Springs Mayor John Sellers read from the proc- make informed and beneficial English said she “can’t say thank providing students with career you enough,” because even though the Sellers officially kicked off Ca- lamation, “CTE programs of- decisions about their academic reer and Technical Education fer students the opportunity to exploration opportunities ear- fire “looks far away … the fact that it Month at SSHS Monday. gain academic, technical and lier in their educational expe- See CTE, page 3A moved so quickly and right for our house has me so thankful we were at home when we were. A few more min- utes and it may have not turned out so w e l l .” Hopkins County Jail | Education | Tragedy Inmates earn GEDs for 2nd chance By TAYLOR NYE abuse. Stephens is just starting taylor.nye to undertake the dentistry pro- @ssnewstelegram.com cess himself. For all, the pro- cess of bettering themselves has Maranda Miller, Jamie been transformative. Couple Dowell, Mary Wooten, Kyra Dunham and Robert “Big ’Un” GED PROGRAM Stephens are all currently or Wooten and Dunham took formerly incarcerated at the their GED tests on Monday at found Hopkins County jail. They’ve Paris Junior College and within also been given a second chance an hour knew their results. at life. “It’s been a blessing in my “It’s by the grace of God that life,” Wooten said. “Miss Nylan we got put in these positions to has taught me things I didn’t dead in go through these institutions need for the GED but things that they provide for us,” Ste- that I’m very grateful for.” phens said. “They don’t have to “It was basically how to From left, Hopkins County Sheriff Lewis Tatum, Jamie Dowell, give them to us.” think,” instructor Millie Nylan Robert Stephens, Millie Nylan, Maranda Miller, Mary Wooten, Kyra home Dunham and Wooten are noted. Dunham, and Hopkins County jail administrator Kenneth Dean By TAYLOR NYE the recent recipients of their Nylan volunteers her time celebrate the inmates’ accomplishments of earning their GEDs. [email protected] GEDs, which they trained for four hours a week at the jail and Staff photo by Taylor Nye while incarcerated. Miller is many more hours on top of that A Hopkins County couple was currently studying for her GED, developing curricula. course. … Waiting on the re- it was her [Nylan] giving us found dead in their home Friday eve- while she and Dowell also re- “I was confident going in, sults is nerve-wracking.” the test, I would have felt a lot ning, according to Hopkins County ceived specialized dentistry to knowing I had prepared myself more confident.” Sheriff’s Office. replace teeth that have been and had been working so hard,” “I have massive test anxi- Joedan and Melinda Edmond- damaged from years of drug Wooten said. “I was nervous of ety,” Dunham said. “I knew if See GED, page 2A son, ages 53 and 49, respectively, were found dead from apparent gunshot wounds in their home on Highway 19 at approximately 6:33 p.m. Friday, ac- cording to HCSO personnel. Family members called for a welfare This week’s online poll check after they had not heard from the pair in several days, HCSO said. Judge Weed B.J. Teer, Justice of the Peace Precinct 2, control in What do you do to ensure a pronounced the couple deceased. healthy start to your spring As of press time Monday, no fur- the cold garden? ther details were available, and HCSO continues the investigation pending re- Mario Villarino — sults from the Dallas County medical Page 5A Visit online at examiner’s office, HCSO said. ssnewstelegram.com Updates will be published in print and online as they become available. to cast your vote TODAY’S WEATHER INDEX FOLLOW $1.25 For the Record .......3A Obituaries ...............7A See the Slight chance T-storms forecast, Extension ................4A Classifieds ...............8A then chance rain page 4A Low: 36 °F Sports ......................6A Comics ....................9A ssnewstelegram.com Page 2A Tuesday, February 4, 2020 Sulphur Springs News-Telegram | Agriculture Education | Science Elected Officials Students take home U.S. Sen. John Cornyn 517 Hart Senate Office stock show ribbons Bldg. Washington, D.C. 20510 By TODD KLEIBOER mins also landed fifth in her Jersey class, [email protected] and Landan Cummins placed seventh in 202-224-2934 his Jersey class. Alex Holcomb placed 14th Kicking off with the Agricultural Me- in their Holstein class. Claire Jalufka placed The sixth grade winners of the Sulphur Bluff Sci- U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz chanics and Dairy Heifer show Jan. 17 and fourth in her beef Brahman class. ence Fair held Wednesday are (from left) Zaylee 455 Dirksen Senate Office hosting the Beef Heifer Show most recently, Peyton (made an electric generator), Madi Collette the Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo pro- MILLER GROVE (“How Many Rubber Bands Does It Take to Explode Blvd. vided opportunities for the Hopkins Coun- A gate constructed by K.C. Delcampo, a Watermelon?”), Emma Carr (“Turning Milk into Washington, D.C. 20510 ty FFA chapters to shine. Parker Dyer and Will Sallee won them a Plastic”) and Braxtun Espinosa (“O Ring Out of Dry 202-224-5922 blue ribbon, and welding instructor Jeff Ice”). COMO-PICKTON Gatlin said the team “impressed the judges At the Ag Mech show, Como-Pickton for the difficulty of their gate.” Congressman FFA’s team of Jackson Monk, Canyon Clayton Tackel and Braden Lennon John Ratcliffe Thomas and Braden Miller won first place showed off their dairy heifers during the in the Chutes and Head Gates category Dairy Heifer Show, and Tackel landed third 325 Cannon HOB with their cattle squeeze chute. The team of in his younger Brown Swiss class and sec- Washington, D.C. 20515 Maci Wright, Presley Cummins, Dori Sales ond in his older Brown Swiss class. Len- 202-225-6673 and Alayna Chapman won a blue ribbon non and his All Other Breeds (AOB) heifer for their picnic table. were named Champion, and Lennon won During the Dairy Heifer show, Baylee Champion AOB Senior Showmanship. Texas Sen. Bob Hall Bowen and her Jersey heifers won first, sec- Lennon also won second with his Brown P.O. Box 12068 ond and eighth in their classes, and Brooke Swiss Cow, and he placed first and fourth in Austin, Texas 78711 Barett placed fifth and eighth in her own different Open Milking Shorthorn classes. Jersey classes. Barrett also showed a Brown The fifth grade winners of the Sulphur Bluff Science 512-463-0102 Swiss heifer and placed fifth. Presley Cum- See Show, page 10A Fair held Wednesday are (from left) Holly Bassham (“Calcium in Our Lives”), Natalie Carrell (“Invention Texas Rep. Dan Flynn of Electric Toys”), Hank Hethcote (“Does the Size of a Paper Airplane Affect the Distance It Flies?”) and P.O. Box 2910 | Crime Kason Joslin (“How Does the Water Temperature Austin, Texas 78768 Affect Fish?”). 512-463-0880 Teen jailed on drug charge Gov. Greg Abbott P.O. Box 12428 By TAMMY VINSON out of the vehicle. He reportedly admitted Austin, Texas 78711 [email protected] to having marijuana on his person and re- moved a clear plastic bag containing sus- 512-463-2000 Sulphur Springs Police officers arrest- pected marijuana from the inside of his ed Dylan Cole Anderson, 17, of Sulphur pants.