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Voters OK Poolville annexation BY NATALIE GENTRY Parker County voters took to the polls Nov. 3 and decided that the Emergency Service District 1 (ESD 1) will provide fire and emergency services for the Poolville area. According to unofficial totals, the annexation and related propositions were passed by more that 76 percent of voters in Poolville and ESD 1, with 119 of 138 Poolville votes in favor of the annexation. In addition, 89 percent – or 2,810 of the 3,133 voters within the ESD 1 area – voted to add Poolville. “We’re happy with the result and we look forward to working with the Poolville Volunteer Fire Department (PFVD), building upon the investment their firefighters and community have made as we go forward,” ESD 1 Chief Stephen Watson said. When asked about plans for 2016, Watson noted that one possible change would be to increase staff positions to 24 hours a day to cover the Peaster/ Poolville area together. Peaster currently has only two daytime staff positions. “The district will also help pay for Poolville’s recently purchased brush Springtown roughed up visiting Lake Worth Oct. 29 at Porcupine Stadium in a key district game. SHS Photo by Mark K. Campbell PLEASE SEE ESD 1, PAGE 4A. must only beat 1-8 Castleberry in the regular season finale for a playoff berth.
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Local man arrested for array of thefts BY NATALIE GENTRY Dylan Jacob Koenig, 21, of Springtown was arrested on two counts of theft of property between $2,500 and $30,000, and burglary of a habitation Sunday, Oct. 25. All charges are felonies. According to the crime report, Koenig’s burglary ended after the homeowner caught Koenig in the residence attempting to steal cigarettes. Parker County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched to the 100 block of Fair Haven Lane in Springtown at approximately 8:40 a.m. on a burglary in progress call. According to the report, Koenig said, “This is exactly what it is – breaking and entering – I knocked and then just walked in.” He reportedly then told deputies that he’d stolen a 2007 Infiniti G35 passenger car and wrecked it. After that, he stole a 2004 Ford F150 and drove it to the residence on Fair Haven Lane in Springtown. Upon arrival, deputies found the truck on the property. It was later released to its owner. The Infiniti had already been reported stolen and information was rePLEASE SEE THIEF, PAGE 2A.
Fund ponies up $10,000 to help county horses A badly-injured Quarter horse – one of three found in a roadway south of Azle on Oct. 13 – is recuperating nicely, thanks to a $10,000 grant from the Anita Berry Martin Memorial Fund. Ringo, a 10-to-12-year-old Quarter horse, was obviously neglected and had a cut on his right back leg believed to have been sustained in a
fence accident. According to officials with the Parker County Sheriff’s Office, Ringo had not had medical attention or treatment since the injury occurred, believed to be about two months prior. A local veterinarian, Dr. Craig Sweatt, performed surgery and Ringo is currently undergoing laser therapy to
stimulate the flesh growth around his injury several times weekly. Dr. Sweatt said he is hopeful for a full recovery for Ringo, but wants his new owner to expect several months of care. Ringo is just one horse that is benefiting from the Anita Berry Martin grant, Sheriff Larry Fowler said, and
he may not have had a chance other- grant from the Anita Berry Martin Memorial Fund for the benefit of horswise. es rescued within Parker County. “Like many Parker County resiAbout the grant Fowler said his office was notified dents, Anita Berry Martin was devotlast week by the Community Foun- ed to horses and wide open spaces,” dation of North Texas that the Parker said Nancy E. Jones, chief executive County Sheriff’s Office Equine Rescue Fund was awarded the $10,000 PLEASE SEE GRANT, PAGE 2A.
Four car wreck at 199/51 sends two to hospital BY NATALIE GENTRY Wet weather was a contributing factor to the four-car collision that occurred at approximately 2:48 p.m. Oct. 30, according to a Springtown police report. A tan 2011 Dodge 1500 driven by Michael Frazier, 61, of Jacksboro was approaching the traffic light at the intersection of State Highway 199 and Farm to Market 51 when he lost control of the vehicle on the wet pavement and slid into a gray 2007 Dodge 2500, driven by William Casey McCleery, 19, of Poolville, which was stopped in the left lane. The impact caused the pickups to become attached and they both slid sideways into vehicles in the righthand turning lanes. McCleery’s vehicle struck a green 2007 Toyota Camry – driven by Misty Burns, 38, of Springtown – stopped in the right lane. Frazier slid into a white 2014 Chevrolet Tahoe, driven by Julie Eyster, 46, of Springtown, sitting in the turning lane. Eyster, Burns, and Burns’ infant daughter who was also in the vehicle were all uninjured. However, both Frazier and McCleery were taken by LifeCare ambulances to Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital in Azle with unknown injuries. According to the report, Frazier was ESD 1 firefighters and LifeCare Paramedics remove Michael Frazier, 61, of Jacksboro from his vehicle after a collision on Highway 199 traveling at an unsafe speed for the Oct. 30. Four cars were involved in the accident. Photo by Sam Brownback road conditions.
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