Vol. 141 | No. 94 Thursday, August 1, 2019 ssnewstelegram.com | National Trump nominates Unplugged Ratcliffe as new DNI Steve Everett to perform acoustic set Saturday By TAMMY VINSON from four countries and more than tammy.vinson@ 30 states, but our local turnout was ssnewstelegram.com relatively low. The weather was a big reason, for sure, but I also believe This Saturday, music lovers will that some find it difficult to com- have the chance to see musician mit to a two-day music festival of Steve Everett, whose recent release indie artists with whom they’re not “Pick Your Head Up” was named familiar,” Event organizer Leah Lair one of the 10 Best Country and Connor said of Saturday’s event. Americana Songs to Hear Now by “Texafied Unplugged…is an excel- Rolling Stone, when he plays in lent opportunity, on a much small- Sulphur Springs. er scale, to hear some of the music Everett will play Texafied Un- and feel the incredible vibe that this plugged, a live acoustic show, at event provides. The musicians for Heritage Park (Winniford House, Saturday are just incredible people the new indoor facility) on Sat- with incredible talent.” urday, Aug. 3. Local favorite Jeb Tickets are $30 in advance, Brooks will open the show at 6:30 $40 at the door, and include food Pop’N’Roll singer/songwriter Steve Everett will be the p.m. Jadon A. McGraw, Jay Mac and beverages. They’re available featured performer at Texafied Unplugged this Saturday President Donald Trump has nom- and Travis Schendel are also slated online at www.texafiedjamfest. at Heritage Park in Sulphur Springs. Proceeds from the event will benefit Texafied JamFest and Be The Match inated Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, to appear. com, and there is an option to buy (left) to replace Dan Coats as director “At last year’s Texafied JamFest national bone marrow donor registry. Courtesy of national intelligence. event in October, we had people in See Music, page 11A Courtesy/Texas Senate By MIRANDA OGLESBY Mount Pleasant Tribune President Donald Trump an- nounced Sunday his nomination of U.S. Rep. John Ratcliffe, R-Texas, to See DNI, page 2A | Infrastructure Broadway closed after gas line hit ATMOS caused earlier shutdown, Maxwell says Band students hit the field on the first day of marching practice for the fall football season, including (from left) Brooklyn Arneson, Destany Brown and Jackson Burnett. By TAYLOR NYE Staff photo by Quinten Boyd [email protected] The city experienced a gas leak on Tuesday when attempting a “small | Economy sewer project,” according to city man- ager Marc Maxwell. See Gas, page 4A California pet food business breaks ground Personal tragedy led owner to | Immigration produce line of victuals By TAYLOR NYE 3 nabbed My Perfect Pet owner [email protected] Karen Neola receives a commemorative Sulphur Springs’ business community is silver shovel from ready to welcome its newest member as pet food by ICE EDC president Tom company My Perfect Pet celebrated its ground- Sellers. breaking at Pioneer Park on Wednesday. Staff photo Saturday by Taylor Nye See Pets, page 5A By TAYLOR NYE [email protected] Sulphur Springs police arrested one This week’s online poll and handed over three undocumented individuals to Immgration and Cus- Under the toms Enforcement on Saturday, ac- Big Top Are you attending the Dixie cording to reports. Softball World Series? At approximately 4:32 a.m. in the 1300 block of Hillcrest Drive, SSPD Senior Citizen Prom officers Lieutenant Moon and Sergeant Visit online at Page 12A Shufeldt conducted a traffic stop on a ssnewstelegram.com See ICE, page 2A to cast your vote TODAY’S WEATHER INDEX FOLLOW $1.25 For the Record .......3A Obituaries ...............8A See the Partly sunny forecast, Opinion ...................5A Cartoons ...............11A High: 95 °F page 4A Sports ......................6A Classifieds ...............9A ssnewstelegram.com Page 2A Thursday, August 1, 2019 Sulphur Springs News-Telegram | Charity The report stated ICE that Moon and Shufeldt Elected then “contacted the Continued from page 1A Health Care Foundation, Lights [ICE] agent for this area, Officials the agent responded to black Dodge Challeng- of Life announces Gala chairs er for alleged failure to the SSPD where Espar- U.S. Sen. John Cornyn signal a lane change, re- za[s] were released into 517 Hart Senate Office Dr. David and Pam ports read. his custody.” Bldg. They transported José, Marco and Em- Washington, D.C. 20510 Black to head up to HCSO a 55-year-old manuel do not appear in 202-224-2934 Auburn, Georgia man, the ICE detainee locator 2019-2020 campaign who was the passenger online database at the U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of the vehicle, for failure U.S Immigration and 455 Dirksen Senate News Reports to wear a seat belt, the Customs Enforcement’s Office Blvd. report read. website. The Hopkins County Health Care Washington, D.C. 20510 Three additional According to ICE Foundation Board of Directors announced 202-224-5922 the 2019-2020 Lights of Life Campaign passengers were taken database call center em- and Gala chairs will be Dr. David and Pam into ICE custody, the re- ployee #52, Lucas, who Black. port read. stated he “did not have Congressman José Muñoz Esparza, “The Blacks have a longstanding com- a last name,” none of the John Ratcliffe mitment to this community and our hospi- 24, Marco Esparza-Ma- men have been entered 325 Cannon HOB tal, and they are truly the perfect choice to cias, 27, and Emmanuel Washington, D.C. 20515 lead the efforts of the Lights of Life Cam- into the ICE detainee Esparza-Macias, 25, all 202-225-6673 paign,” stated Meredith Caddell, executive of Mexico, “were found database. Lucas stated director for the Health Care Foundation. Dr. David and Pam Black will be co-chairs to have entered the U.S. they may not have been David graduated from Sulphur Spring for the Hopkins County Health Care illegally [undocument- processed yet, or they Texas Sen. Bob Hall High School and Texas Tech, and then re- Foundation’s 2019-202 Lights of Life may have been moved P.O. Box 12068 ceived a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine ed] and [were] being campaign. transported to Georgia out of the country, but Austin, Texas 78711 from Texas A&M University. He then Courtesy/HCHCF returned to Sulphur Springs and opened for $700,” the report he did not have access to 512-463-0102 Broadway Veterinary Hospital in 1985. stated. the information. In the past, David has served on the to have them as the 2019-2020 Lights of Texas Rep. Dan Flynn boards of Young Farmers, Rural Urban Life Campaign chairs,” said Caddell. P.O. Box 2910 Committee, Chamber of Commerce and This year’s campaign goal is $500,000. States,” Ratcliffe said in United Way. He currently serves on the Austin, Texas 78768 “The impact the Foundation has had a statement. “President boards of Hopkins County Hospital Dis- for our hospital has been tremendous with 512-463-0880 DNI Trump’s call to serve in trict, Hopkins County Dairy Festival, over $2.4 million in contributions. The Continued from page 1A NETBIO and Ag Workers Insurance Advi- projects and equipment that have been this role was not one I Gov. Greg Abbott sory. He is the co-chair of Dairy Airs Hot purchased in the past have allowed our could ignore, and I am replace Dan Coats as the P.O. Box 12428 Air Balloon Rally and serves on the Texas hospital to offer many additional services incredibly thankful to Tech School of Veterinary Medicine Steer- director of national in- Austin, Texas 78711 in order to provide better patient care,” him for this great hon- ing Committee. Caddell added. telligence (DNI). Coats 512-463-2000 Pam was raised in Corpus Christi but The Foundation Board has selected will officially step down or. I look forward to my new role with energy moved to Sulphur Springs after college to purchase several items with this year’s on Aug. 15. Atty. Gen. Ken Paxton and married David. They have two daugh- campaign funds, including: and focus.” Ratcliffe was elected 300 West 15th St. ters, Kaylene Black and Kaytlin Meadows; • a LUCAS CPR device to be housed to the state’s 4th Con- This isn’t the first Austin, Texas 78701 a son-in-law, Mark Meadows; and two in the Emergency Department for gressional District in time Ratcliffe has been granddaughters, Kelsey and Asa. patients that present in cardiac ar- 2014 after successful- said to be under con- 512-463-2100 Pam has served on the boards of Amer- rest and ican Cancer Society, Child Protective Ser- ly challenging the late sideration for a position • a Fluoroscope Unit and a Vascular Hopkins County Judge vices, CASA and United Way. She was on Ultrasound for the Radiology De- Ralph Hall, R-Rockwall. in the Trump adminis- the planning team and a leader for Kids partment. The district stretches tration. In November, Robert Newsom from the Dallas suburbs Kingdom, Leadership Class of Sulphur Each is expected to ensure the hospital he was on a short list of P.O. Box 288 Springs, Cattle Baron Inaugural Ball Com- east to Texarkana, cover- state-of-the-art tools to heal patients and possible replacements Sulphur Springs, Texas mittee, and the Initiating Committee for expand the services provided in Sulphur ing 18 North Texas and 75483 establishing Relay for Life in Sulphur Springs. Northeast Texas coun- for fired U.S. Attorney 903-438-4006 Springs. “It’s always exciting to see what will be ties, including Hopkins General Jeff Sessions.