The Rootseekers speaker for last month was Dick Bramblitt and his topic was the history of the Mabank Fire Department. The meeting was held at the Tri-County Library in Mabank where all of the Rootseekers meetings are held, which is just behind the Mabank Fire Department. It was a wonderful program with old pictures of Mabank and the fire department. It was wonderful to see how the department grew along with the town. Dick is a retired fireman himself and grew up in Mabank. He was always curious about just when the Mabank Fire Department came into existence so he began his research and we are the ones who benefited from this research. PHOTO: Skip Gustafson presents Dick Bramblitt a Certificate of Appreciation for his years of help to the fire department and to the Rootseekers Genealogy Society. (COURTESY PHOTO)
County Attorney Clint Davis presents an iPad to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Nick Webb.
County Attorney’s Office press release
The Henderson County Attorney’s Office purchased and presented to Henderson County Sheriff’s Sex Crimes Investigator, Nick Webb, a new iPad. The iPad will be dedicated and used in the investigation of crimes against children in the county.
With the increased popularity of social networking and use of the Internet, law enforcement investigators timely access to social media content has become paramount in solving and prosecuting cases. According to statewide statistics, 84 percent of rural Texas investigations involve some sort of online investigations. Investigator’s use social networking sites to gather corroborating evidence, locate or monitor a person of interests whereabouts, view statements made by suspects or by victims, review associates affiliated with persons of interests, use the information found to anticipate and prevent future crimes, and also use information obtained from social media as probable cause to obtain search warrants. Statistics also show that when challenged, warrants based upon social media are generally upheld. Texas courts have generally held that a person has no expectation or right to privacy over things that are transmitted over the internet and therefore, what can be obtained by law enforcement is generally admissible as evidence in criminal proceedings.
With respect to the County Attorney’s Office, investigators often gather and use evidence in misdemeanor crimes such as sexual assaults committed by juveniles, as well misdemeanor crimes which are committed by both adults and juveniles such as: stalking, harassment, threats, and the electronic transmission Continue reading “County Attorney purchases iPad for Sheriff’s Office”
Services with military honors for Chad Conaway, 40, of Athens are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 25, 2013 at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery.
Mr. Conaway died July 21, 2013 in Palestine.
He was born Aug. 10, 1972 in Athens. Chad was a 1991 graduate of Athens High School where he played football for the Hornets. He then attended Trinity Valley Community College. Chad served in the United States Marine Corp five years. He worked eight years for Texas Department of Corrections in Palestine and eight years for Seagoville Federal Corrections Institution. He was an avid outdoor sportsman enjoying deer hunting, dove hunting and fishing. Most of all watching football was his number one past time.
Survivors include daughter Courtney Leeann Conaway, Athens; father J. Alton Conaway, Winona; mother Glenda Conaway, Eustace; sister Melanie Conaway, McKinney; maternal grandmother Charlene Lusk, Jacksonville; numerous aunts, uncles and cousins.
Visitation for family and friends will be 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday at Carroll-Lehr Funeral Home.
Henderson County Healthy County Coordinator Amiee Bilberry shows off her pedometer. (MICHAEL V. HANNIGAN)
By Michael V. Hannigan
16,612,388 … Now that’s a number that will make you take notice. Particularly when you hear it while sitting in a Commissioners’ Court meeting.
And especially when it is coupled with the word “steps.”
More than 16.6 million steps — that’s how far Henderson County employees walked during this year’s Healthy County challenge, according to local Healthy County Coordinator Amiee Bilberry.
Healthy County is a program sponsored by the Texas Association of Counties (TAC). Methylsulfonylmethane, otherwise known as MSM, is a naturally occurring organic sulfur compound that is found in plants and animals. When most people think of sulfur, they think of matches and volcanoes. But it is essential to living a healthy life. Although it is relatively unknown, MSM is a supplement with a long list of benefits and few side effects. There is a reason that supplementation with MSM powder is so important. Sulfur exists in every single one of our cells and is needed for proper function. But we are not getting enough of it for two main reasons. First, many people have a poor diet and eat mostly processed foods that lack nutrition. The average western diet is high in things like meats and fast foods, but lack enough vegetables to sustain a healthy life. Secondly, improper farming has depleted the soil. In a article published in the journal Science, they said that use of things like fertilizer since the Industrial Revolution has removed most of the nutrients.(2) That is why a we must get our sulfur from MSM supplements. You can read more for The Health Benefits of MSM: Is Sulfur The Fountain of Youth.
“They offer us incentives to be healthier,” said Bilberry.
The incentives take the shape of points that can be used toward merchandise, such as the $280 Beats headphones Bilberry earned.
Marguerite Christina Harris, of Gun Barrel City, was born on Dec. 23, 1929 in Portland, Maine to parents William Moore and Dorothy Cummings Champlin and entered into eternal rest on July 17, 2013 at the age of 83.
Marguerite, known as Maggie, was a very disciplined and determined woman who enjoyed living life to its fullest. She was a Powers Model during the 50’s in New York City; she enjoyed working in her yard, loved traveling, and had a passion for oil painting. Maggie had a lot of friends she would spend time with and she absolutely loved eating lobster. She loved to sew and was quite talented. Maggie attended Bayside High School in Flushing, NY. She was a direct descendant of Stephen Hopkins who was a passenger on the Mayflower; and, Stephen Hopkins Continue reading “Obituary: Marguerite ‘Maggie’ Christina Harris”
