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Thank a Veteran and Military person everyday for their service to our country. Inside Viewpoint ...................... 2 Community ................... 3 Marketplace .................. 6 Classifieds ..................... 7 www.facebook.com/ ChandlerBrownsboroStatesman CHANDLER & BROWNSBORO A closet chat with God Religious leaders loved to make theater out of their prayers. The show nauseated Jesus. In Matthew 6:6 He said, “When you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father who cannot be seen. Your Father can see what is done in secret, and He will reward you.” The words surely stunned Jesus’ audience. The people were simple farmers and stonemasons. They couldn’t enter the temple. But they could enter their closets. The point? He’s low on fancy, high on accessibility. You need not woo him with location or wow him with eloquence. It’s the power of a simple prayer. Every day for four weeks, pray four minutes…a simple prayer. Then, get ready to connect with God like never before. From Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer by Max Lucado (Used with Permission from Upwords and MaxLucado.Com) See Election, Page 6 See Road Repairs, Page 3 See Sales Tax, Page 3 Volume 43, No. 47 Celebrating 43 Years of Service to Eastern Henderson County Thursday, November 21, 2019 50 Cents Page 3 Daily Devotions From CES Recycling Rangers • 2008 • Week Cook of the COOKBOOK Have you pre-ordered your cookbooks yet? Call to order today! 903-849-3333 By Chad Wilson, Correspondent After seeking Request For Proposals in or- der to select a company to provide ambulance services for Chandler, the city is entering con- tract negotiations with UT East Texas EMS. “After speaking with John Smith with UT East Texas EMS, they are committed to plac- ing a static truck in the city of Chandler,” city administrator John Whitsell said. “With your approval, we will begin contract negotiations and bring a formal contract for you to approve at our December meeting.” Whitsell spoke before the city council as part of the Nov. 12 meeting. Council approved entering into negotiations. “The community has been heard that UT is the carrier the city wants, but it needs to be a negotiation,” Whitsell said. “I would like to UT, Chandler negotiating on ambulance service see us come back with something from the negotiation and present to the council with approval.” The original motion on the floor from coun- cilperson Angie Saxon was “Motion was made to enter a five-year contract negotiations with UT Health East Texas EMS for emergency am- bulances services with Janeice Lunsford as Mayor Pro-tem in all negotiations as she was on the ambulance committee.” Whitsell and mayor Libby Fulgham felt that specific motion was “jumping the gun a little bit” as it specified the length of the con- tract. The agenda item simply was for the city to enter negotiations. The motion was withdrawn before Saxon made a motion, seconded by Lunsford, for the city to enter negotiations. UT said their normal length of contract is five years and that they would have a draft sent to Whitsell for the city to review quickly. Earlier this year several ambulance com- panies spoke to the city about services which prompted several citizens to speak before council about UT, formerly ETMC. At the start of the Nov. 12 council meeting, Gene Giger spoke in favor of UT and how they have helped his family. In other action council approved the en- gagement letter submitted by Frank Campos for the FY 2019 annual audit work performed by Frank Campos and Associates; they ap- proved the commercial site plan for McDon- ald’s contingent upon the removal of the northern driveway on Sawmill Road and fi- nal approval by city engineers; and approved amendments to correct errors in a contract with Government Capital for technology needs. Just Passing Through The Union Pacific ran their Big Boy steam locomotive #22 close by over the weekend of Nov. 9-10. It was sighted passing through Jacksonville and Troup. It is in celebration of the completion of the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago. (Travis Tapley photo) By Chad Wilson, Correspondent An ordinance is expect- ed to be presented to the Chandler City Council in December that could alter the way elections are held in the city. During the Nov. 12 council meeting, city ad- ministrator John Whit- sell presented the council with options on the style of elections they city could hold for naming councilmembers. “When we had our last election the mayor spoke, talking about not only the low turnout, but the under votes that we had,” Whit- sell said. “A lot of people voted for one that didn’t vote for anyone else.” During the May elec- tion mayor Libby Fulgham and two councilmembers were up for reelection. The number of registered vot- ers who participated in the election was 13 percent. “Currently under our system when you run ev- ery time you basically run Chandler election style under review By Chad Wilson, Correspondent Repairs to Brownsboro roadways have taken longer than many would have expected, but they are in the final home stretch. Kenneth Fritcher, president of Fritcher Construction Services, spoke to the Brownsboro City Council Nov. 14 about the ongoing progress of Saylors Street. “We are finishing up concreate that is taking a lot lon- ger than we expected on the drives and that is what has been the big hold up for us,” he said. “Our current plan is to prime half of Saylor and Horton on Saturday, prime the other half Monday, and pave those Tuesday.” Brownsboro road repairs near final stretch Once the paving is complete, he expected another two weeks of work on the driveways before paving Joe B. Fulgham Street. “After that we should have everything good, drive surface wise. Then we will just have some clean up in the ditches or erosion,” he said. Fritcher said 900 tons of hotmix are being used on Saylors and Horton before a little piece of Fulgham will be done. The entire stretch of Joe B. Fulgham is expected to be completed the week after Thanksgiving. By Chad Wilson, Correspondent Business is good in Brownsboro and Chan- dler as Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Nov. 6 he would send cit- ies, counties, transit sys- tems and special purpose taxing districts $849.6 million in local sales tax allocations for November, 4 percent more than in No- vember 2018. These allocations are based on sales made in September by businesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in July, August and September by quarterly filers. Eastern Henderson County along Highway 31 Sales tax allocations increase once again was in the posi- tive in terms of sales tax allocations as Brownsboro led the way with a 25.5 percent gain. Brownsboro is set to receive $26,695.31 this period as compared to $21,270.47 from the same point last year. The $5,000- plus increase helps the city increase its yearly per- centage change to 14.76% moving from $205,221.74 in 2018 to $235,517.77 this year. Chandler continues to see yearly increases in sales tax allocations as city
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Thank a Veteran and Military person everyday for their
service to our country.
InsideViewpoint ......................2Community ...................3Marketplace ..................6Classifieds .....................7
www.facebook.com/ChandlerBrownsboroStatesman
C H A N D L E R & B R O W N S B O R O
A closet chat with God
Religious leaders loved to make theater out of
their prayers. The show nauseated Jesus. In
Matthew 6:6 He said, “When you pray, go into your room,
close the door and pray to your Father who cannot be seen. Your Father can see
what is done in secret, and He will reward you.”
The words surely stunned Jesus’ audience. The people
were simple farmers and stonemasons. They couldn’t enter the temple. But they
could enter their closets. The point? He’s low on
fancy, high on accessibility. You need not woo him with
location or wow him with eloquence. It’s the power of
a simple prayer.
Every day for four weeks, pray four minutes…a
simple prayer. Then, get ready to connect with God
like never before.
From Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer
by Max Lucado(Used with Permission from
Upwords and MaxLucado.Com) See Election, Page 6See Road Repairs, Page 3
See Sales Tax, Page 3
Volume 43, No. 47 Celebrating 43 Years of Service to Eastern Henderson County Thursday, November 21, 2019 50 Cents
Page 3
Daily Devotions
From
CES Recycling Rangers
• 2008 •
WeekCook
of the
COOKBOOKHave you pre-orderedyour cookbooks yet? Call to order today! 903-849-3333
By Chad Wilson, Correspondent
After seeking Request For Proposals in or-der to select a company to provide ambulance services for Chandler, the city is entering con-tract negotiations with UT East Texas EMS.
“After speaking with John Smith with UT East Texas EMS, they are committed to plac-ing a static truck in the city of Chandler,” city administrator John Whitsell said. “With your approval, we will begin contract negotiations and bring a formal contract for you to approve at our December meeting.”
Whitsell spoke before the city council as part of the Nov. 12 meeting.
Council approved entering into negotiations.
“The community has been heard that UT is the carrier the city wants, but it needs to be a negotiation,” Whitsell said. “I would like to
UT, Chandler negotiating on ambulance servicesee us come back with something from the negotiation and present to the council with approval.”
The original motion on the floor from coun-cilperson Angie Saxon was “Motion was made to enter a five-year contract negotiations with UT Health East Texas EMS for emergency am-bulances services with Janeice Lunsford as Mayor Pro-tem in all negotiations as she was on the ambulance committee.”
Whitsell and mayor Libby Fulgham felt that specific motion was “jumping the gun a little bit” as it specified the length of the con-tract. The agenda item simply was for the city to enter negotiations.
The motion was withdrawn before Saxon made a motion, seconded by Lunsford, for the city to enter negotiations.
UT said their normal length of contract is
five years and that they would have a draft sent to Whitsell for the city to review quickly.
Earlier this year several ambulance com-panies spoke to the city about services which prompted several citizens to speak before council about UT, formerly ETMC.
At the start of the Nov. 12 council meeting, Gene Giger spoke in favor of UT and how they have helped his family.
In other action council approved the en-gagement letter submitted by Frank Campos for the FY 2019 annual audit work performed by Frank Campos and Associates; they ap-proved the commercial site plan for McDon-ald’s contingent upon the removal of the northern driveway on Sawmill Road and fi-nal approval by city engineers; and approved amendments to correct errors in a contract with Government Capital for technology needs.
Just Passing Through
The Union Pacific ran their Big Boy steam locomotive #22 close by over the weekend of Nov. 9-10. It was sighted passing through Jacksonville and Troup. It is in celebration of the completion of the transcontinental railroad 150 years ago. (Travis Tapley photo)
By Chad Wilson, Correspondent
An ordinance is expect-ed to be presented to the Chandler City Council in December that could alter the way elections are held in the city.
During the Nov. 12 council meeting, city ad-ministrator John Whit-sell presented the council with options on the style of elections they city could hold for naming councilmembers.
“When we had our last election the mayor spoke, talking about not only the low turnout, but the under votes that we had,” Whit-sell said. “A lot of people voted for one that didn’t vote for anyone else.”
During the May elec-tion mayor Libby Fulgham and two councilmembers were up for reelection. The number of registered vot-ers who participated in the election was 13 percent.
“Currently under our system when you run ev-ery time you basically run
Chandler election
style under review
By Chad Wilson, Correspondent
Repairs to Brownsboro roadways have taken longer than many would have expected, but they are in the final home stretch.
Kenneth Fritcher, president of Fritcher Construction Services, spoke to the Brownsboro City Council Nov. 14 about the ongoing progress of Saylors Street.
“We are finishing up concreate that is taking a lot lon-ger than we expected on the drives and that is what has been the big hold up for us,” he said. “Our current plan is to prime half of Saylor and Horton on Saturday, prime the other half Monday, and pave those Tuesday.”
Brownsboro road repairs near final stretchOnce the paving is complete, he expected another two
weeks of work on the driveways before paving Joe B. Fulgham Street.
“After that we should have everything good, drive surface wise. Then we will just have some clean up in the ditches or erosion,” he said.
Fritcher said 900 tons of hotmix are being used on Saylors and Horton before a little piece of Fulgham will be done.
The entire stretch of Joe B. Fulgham is expected to be completed the week after Thanksgiving.
By Chad Wilson, Correspondent
Business is good in Brownsboro and Chan-dler as Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Nov. 6 he would send cit-ies, counties, transit sys-tems and special purpose taxing districts $849.6 million in local sales tax allocations for November, 4 percent more than in No-vember 2018.
These allocations are based on sales made in September by businesses that report tax monthly, and sales made in July, August and September by quarterly filers.
Eastern Henderson County along Highway 31
Sales tax allocations increase
once again was in the posi-tive in terms of sales tax allocations as Brownsboro led the way with a 25.5 percent gain.
Brownsboro is set to receive $26,695.31 this period as compared to $21,270.47 from the same point last year. The $5,000-
plus increase helps the city increase its yearly per-centage change to 14.76% moving from $205,221.74 in 2018 to $235,517.77 this
year.Chandler continues
to see yearly increases in sales tax allocations as city
