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PRSRT STD US POSTAGE PAID Permit No. 00002 Gainesville, Texas The ECRWSS Weekly News of Cooke County © 2020 The Weekly News of Cooke County Volume 17, Number 19 Cooke County, Texas October 7, 2020 Cooke County’s LARGEST and MOST READ Newspaper! Gainesville Hospital King District Approves Budget Around By Delania Raney ating and capital budget for fi scal and the special called August 17, in February when we got it,” Th e Weekly News year 2020-2021. No one signed 2020 meeting. Th e board also CFO Shelle Diehm said. “Th ey Town up to speak during the hearing approved the July and August fi - said that should be booked as a GAINESVILLE – Gainesville and the board approved the bud- nancial reports. limited pay back to the district Hospital District Board of Direc- get with two negative votes. “If you look at page six on so based on the structure of all by Grice King tors held a hearing Monday, Sep- Th e board approved minutes line one that’s income from op- those agreements we had instead tember 28 on the proposed oper- of the July 27, 2020 meeting erations after we did the audit the district gave to the hospital certain assets receivable, etc. So they’re similar to repaying a loan of $7.5 million and we’ve already paid the second $2.5 million. So in the budget even though it says we’re short that money, that cash is in your bank, and I’ll show you where that is in the cash fl ow. If you look at the expenses you can see the big line item that’s sticking out is on line 15, that’s the indigent care that you do the IGTs for the hospital if you look at that year to date which is about the fourth column over, it’s $3.4 million. At this point I Among other things, Octo- think we have about $50,000 left ber is Breast Cancer Awareness to record. We had come back to month. We will start seeing the district in July and gotten pink all around as multiple that approved for $3.6 million. sports and activities try to help Th at is going to come in about raise awareness to this deadly $100,000 less than we anticipat- disease. More than 268,600 ed. Because one of the IGTs they people were diagnosed and told us was $107,000 has been 42,360 died from this disease reduced to $4,000.” last year in our country. Early “But overall when you look at detection is the key, so screen- GAINESVILLE - Gainesville father do picture framing work. an essay about the table which it, you had [$1.5 million] come Fire-Rescue Lieutenant Tony “I learned how to cut [wood] was posted on the Gainesville. ings and exams are a valuable Dresser spent about a year mak- and what have you,” he said. He tx.us website. “In summary, this in for the two months which is tool in helping us manage. ing a new table for Station 1 on carefully planned the project. He dining table is a symbol of the about $72,000 short of budget. Awareness helps save lives. Santa Fe Street in Gainesville. constructed the table using qual- department and the individuals We had $1.4 million of expens- “By traditional, every fi re sta- ity pine lumber and wood glue that have had the honor of work- es… We had a total use of funds Here is some more of what’s tion has a custom table,” Dresser and not much else, he said. He ing at Gainesville FD. Every- of $1.8 million compared to a happening around town this said. “It represents the depart- also used wooden dowels to hold thing you need to learn about a budget of $900,000. When you week. ment they work at and people the table together. Th e design fi refi ghter has been personifi ed in look at the change in the fund ++++++++ they work with.” He also noted features an American fl ag with this object. I spent over a year of balance, we came in at a loss of both Station 2 and Station 3 in stars suspended in epoxy, a fi re- my spare time learning the craft $965,000 cash outfl ow com- Whaley UMC is hosting Gainesville also have custom ta- hose, a Gainesville Fire-Rescue in order to tell this story. Many, pared to a budget of $91,000 so bles. Cameron Fisher did a table emblem and department chal- many times I was told “You’re their annual Garage Sale on for Station 3 and Jake Chambers lenge coins. Alternating stripes wasting your time.” or “Your’re a diff erence of $1 million. October 8, 9 and 10 from 9:00 built the table for Station 2, he on the fl ag are burned wood. He doing it the hard way.” And “No “But if you look at the year to am to 4:00 pm inside their said. When Station 1 was built said when he burned the wood one really cares if you do it old date and what I’d point out is Family Life Center, located at “it came with all furniture, of planks he didn’t want to see any school,” but I did. Th e day we back to $2.5 million that we’ve 701 Rosedale Drive in Gaines- course,” Dresser said adding, “It gaps. Th e epoxy which covers the fi nally brought it to the Gaines- paid even thought it’s not in the ville. Come see all the great had a pretty robust, hefty table table had to be poured 1/8 of an ville Fire Department Station 1, budget it’s in the cash and when items at a great price! Masks that came in when the station was inch at a time “or else it will boil everyone realized what it meant you look at the bottom number required. built.” But the table couldn’t last and it will blush,” he said. Th e and that’s all I will ever need. I year to date we’re about a use forever. Dresser said he already process was slow and laborious. love my department and those of funds of $936,000 compared ++++++++ knew a thing or two about wood Th e table is symbolic of team- that make it what other depart- to a budget of $981,000 for a working. He grew up helping his work, Dresser said. He wrote ments only dream of…..family.” (Continued on Page 10) Shop & Pop Sale is set around the square in Gaines- ville on October 9 and 10! Shop small and shop local. For more information, check out Early Voting for November 3 their website at www.down- towngainesvilletexas.com. ++++++++ Election Set to Start October 13 Hiring Red, White & You is set for Th ursday, November By Delania Raney voting is October 30. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, October Th e last day to receive a ballot 5 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Th e Weekly News from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Early vot- 24, by mail is Tuesday, November 3, ing will take place at the Cooke Th e last day to register to vote 2020 at 7 p.m. by mail. Job fair is provided virtually GAINESVILLE - Th e fi rst day of County Courthouse annex court- was October 5, 2020 while the last Th e ballot for the November 3, for your safety and brought to early voting in the November 3, room at 112 South Dixon Street. day to register to apply for ballot 2020 election is as follows: you by Workforce Solutions 2020 general election is October Late hours for early voting are by mail is Friday, Oct. 23, 2020. Texoma. For Vendor Regis- 13, 2020, according to informa- planned for 8 a.m. to 7 p.m, Oc- Th e last day to participate in Federal election, President and tration contact employerser- tion released by the Cooke Coun- tober 16 and October 23. early voting is Friday, Oct. 30, Vice-President [email protected] or call ty Clerk’s Offi ce. Last day for early Early voting weekend hours are 2020 by personal appearance. Donald J. Trump/Michael R. 903-463-9997. To register go Pence [Rep] to premiervirtual.com/event/ Joseph R. Biden/Kamala D. register-company/1979-hir- Harris [Dem] ing-white-virtual-fair. Jo Jorgensen/Jeremy “Spike” Cooke County Reports Cohen [Lib] (Continued on Page 5) Howie Hawkins/Angela Walker [Grn] United States Senator Seven COVID-19 Deaths John Cornyn [Rep] Mary “MJ” Hegar [Dem] By Delania Raney since the pandemic began. of 147,298. Dallas County has Kerry Douglas McKennon [Lib] Th e Weekly News Gainesville has the highest num- 83,178 and Tarrant County has David B. Collins [Grn] ber of local cases at 19. Callisburg reported 47,793 cases. United States Representative, COOKE COUNTY - Th ere have and Lindsay have logged one case Among the counties which bor- District 13 been seven COVID-19 related each; three cases were noted in der Cooke, Denton County has Ronny Jackson [Rep] deaths in Cooke County accord- Muenster and nine were reported 12,425 cases according to data ob- Gus Trujillo [Dem] ing to information released Fri- in unincorporated areas of the tained from the Texas Department Jack B. Westbrook [Lib] day Oct. 2, 2020 by the Cooke county.

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