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Wednesday, Wood County November 2, 2016 Vol. 1 No. 14 Three Sections MONITOR 50 cents www.woodcountymonitor.com Early voting ‘glitches’ human error, says elections admin By TOMMY ANDERSON or 30 in Wood County, who be voter error. [email protected] might not have had their bal- The fi rst day of early voting, lots recorded with all the can- Tuesday, Oct. 25, was a night- Polls open 7 a.m. - 7 p.m. Nov. 8 Election day is just around didates they wanted to cast mare according to Laura Wise, the corner – Tuesday, Nov. 8 – ballots for gett ing their vote. elections administrator for The fi rst ballots in Wood with Election Day fi nally ar- and early voting has been un- And, it is not because of some Wood County. County for Donald Trump, riving on Tuesday, Nov. 8. derway for over a week now. big conspiracy or voting ma- “We had quite a few peo- Hillary Clinton or third Early voting at the Wood Do you know if your vote chine glitch. So far as can be ple that had problems that party candidates Gary John- County Courthouse in Quit- will be counted the way you determined every case where fi rst day and someone put son or Jill Stein for president man continues through Fri- intend for it to be counted? the way a person voted has up something on Facebook have been cast as early vot- day at 5 p.m. So far there have been a been questioned the cause of ing in the general election See ELECTION DAY, Page 8A number, probably less than 25 any error was determined to See GLITCH, Page 8A continues through Friday Murder trial postponed fourth time Latest continuance granted due to illness The murder trial of Ja- son Russell Walters has been postponed once again. After the last contin- uance on the case the trial was to be held Oct. 31, but Jason Russell a continu- Walters ance was granted on a defense motion due to illness. Walters is standing trial for the June 15, 2014 shooting death of 18-year-old Christo- pher James Griffi n. He is being represented by Cynthia Kent and Buck Files. The shooting occurred An attendee of the Mineola Iron Horse Festival and Car Cruise tries his hand on the inflatable climbing wall provided by D & D Funtime! See more photos from the annual See TRIAL, Page 6A event on Page 10A. (Photo by Evan Dudley) Airport’s key role stressed at luncheon FALL By TOMMY ANDERSON [email protected] ‘Someone got up in Quitman, or another BACK In the eyes of David Fulton, di- area town, one morning and was in Moscow Daylight Savings rector of the Department of Avia- the same day without ever having to change Time officially ends tion for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the planes. That is just how important general 2 a.m. Sunday, Nov. Wood County Airport is going to 6, so be sure and set play a tremendous part in the cre- aviation airports are in today’s world.’ ation of jobs and development of your clocks back one the Wood County area during the WOOD COUNTY AIRPORT DIRECTOR JOHN WISDOM hour before you go to next 30 to 50 years. “I remember back when Sam bed Saturday. Walton was just starting to build took place in one of the modern that operate out of Wood County his Walmart empire he made the hangars that dot the grounds at Airport, private pilots who utilize comment that he wasn’t going to the facility. The airport is jointly the facility, businesses that have build a store in a town that didn’t owned by Wood County and the connection through use of the have a local airport, because, ‘I cities of Mineola and Quitman. facility or with airport-located am going to visit my stores and Users, supporters, and friends business, and of course a bevy of I am not going to drive,’” Ful- of the modern local aviation facil- political fi gures from across the ton told an enthusiastic group ity are honored annually with the county. of aviation backers at the annual luncheon and Friday saw a wide Airport Director John Wisdom Wood County Airport Apprecia- variety of guests at the aff air, in- tion Luncheon Friday. The event cluding local aviation businesses See AIRPORT, Page 6A Tom Castloo, who won the Republican primary for the sheriff’s office and is unopposed in the general election, was the guest of honor at a Meet the Sheriff-Elect event sponsored by the Lake Fork Chamber of Commerce Thursday evening. (Photo by Tommy Anderson) County comes out to meet sheriff By TOMMY ANDERSON in Wood County once [email protected] again. For three years, he served as chief deputy Tom Castloo grew up for Wood County Sheriff in Wood County, mar- Jim Brown. ried a Wood County girl, Chances are that most and after a successful ca- people in Wood County reer in law enforcement know, or at least know The Wood County Airport Board hosted the appreciation luncheon Friday in Wayne Collins’ hangar with everyone from pilots to politicians serving the U.S. Border attending. (Photo by Tommy Anderson) Patrol, returned to live See SHERIFF, Page 7A Church Directory .............................3C Obituaries ......................................9A Classifieds ..................................4-5B Opinion ..........................................2A Section B Section C Club News ............................Section C Police, Sheriff’s Reports ..................5A The Links at Land’s End Wood County features www.facebook.com/WoodCountyMonitor Community Calendar.......................2C This Week in Your Neighborhood ......2A one of area’s best-kept secrets diverse fall beauty 2A Wood County Monitor • Wednesday, November 2, 2016 Letters policy Corner Column Letters to the editor are opinions expressed by the writers and in no way re- fl ect opinions or policies of Mental driftwood this paper. Publication of a letter does not necessarily Ever wonder what the person away to peer at me. It was almost into the world? mean the facts have been who invented pump bott les was a companionable presence it There was one of the litt le pieces of art confi rmed. Letters must thinking? seemed - like a morning of com- that make the round of social media that be signed, accompanied Of course, if you’re like me and muning with squirrels. got a good laugh out of me sent out by with a telephone number believe in God’s plan, then one I wondered, if one communes someone who had every reason to sing for verifi cation and be no would think that God inspired with squirrels, does that make the blues that week. It had a picture of a more than 400 words long. the person or at least gave them one a squirrely person? No wor- delightfully ecstatic dog stretched out and The Monitor does not the brain creative enough to in- DORIS NEWMAN ries. We are all God’s creatures. airborne as it lept above a caption that accept letters of endorse- vent the thing. This seems logical My actual fi rst words that morn- said “Live like the gate is open.” ment for or against politi- because He may be the only one who sees ing were spoken to a squirrel. That may That would defi nitely be our granddog cal candidates. Letters of when someone is on the wrong end of the be reason to worry. Monkey’s mantra who has led my hus- a political nature will not pump bott le. The last time I refi lled my humming- band and me on at least one frantic chase be accepted for the last You know, when you press the pump bird feeder the large receptacle looked to across our neighbors’ yards. The accom- edition prior to the election down for a quick squirt or two of hand be empty. When I took it off the chain it panying photo was a contented look- as well. lotion. It’s not often my mind is thinking still had a few dregs in the bott om that ing puppy lying on a bed with blankets Letters should not be about that actual action as I’m mentally spurted out as I turned it upside down. around it and it said, “Unless the bed is personal attacks and must on my way to the next thing. So it never Smelling of it, I realized it had turned a still warm. Then stay in bed.” Laugh out not be libelous. The news- fails to startle me immensely when the litt le rancid. Those hummers were drink- loud. Always a good thing. paper has editorial discre- clogged litt le plastic device shoots out lo- ing it anyway. Rancid, fermented. Hmm, One more thing. This is to the fellow tion on publishing as well tion or soap 90 degrees sideways onto the wonder if I sent any drunk hummers out as editing letters. I saw walking with the tiny elderly lady Submit letters to the bathroom mirror or the bedroom curtains. into the grocery store a couple of week- editor to editor@wood- But annoyance fades to amusement that, ends ago. She was taking tiny, careful countymonitor.com or by once again, the squirt bott le got me. My actual first words steps in her tennis shoes and had a scarf mail to one of our offi ces One has to be able to laugh at one’s self. on her head, tied under her chin just like (see staff box at bottom of I feel sorry for people who don’t have that my mom used to do.