The Van Zandt County Genealogy Society will present the 37th annual Genealogy Seminar Sept. 23 at St. Teresa Catholic Church Fellowship Hall, Canton.
John Sellers will present informational and educational programs. Sellers has been working on the programs and Van Zandt County Genealogy is proud to make this information available to the public,” said Genealogy Society members.
Sellers will present "The Other Court in Texas," a methodology lecture on knowing and accessing records in the District Courts of Texas. The records include, divorce, civil and criminal cases and expert cases. Research procedures will also be discussed.
Sellers will also present "Women, That Gender You Can't Do Without In Your Research.
" Sellers said to “remember women are a half of your family tree. A methodology lecture addresses the ways to research your female lines. Different research strategies and methods will be highlighted. Case studies will also be used.”
Rylan Greene wants to be a police officer when he grows up and his favorite thing to do is to play outside and race his brothers from one end of the yard to the other. He is the youngest of Torrance and Amanda Greene’s sons, and is still very much the baby of the family.
This year, Rylan walked down the hallways of Wills Point Primary School to his first-grade classroom, to officially begin his first day of school Aug. 28.
Last year on the day he was to start kindergarten, Rylan was walking down a different hallway, the sixth-floor hallway of Children’s Medical Center in Dallas.
The Wills Point Chamber of Commerce hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for ASAP Books and Taxes Aug. 22. The business, located at 560 N. 4th St., specializes in tax returns, bookkeeping and payroll services. Business owner Tamara Rhoades cut the ribbon surrounded by members of the Wills Point Chamber of Commerce, family members and city officials.
Wills Point High School varsity cheerleaders helped to welcome parents and students to the primary campus during Meet the Teacher Night Aug. 22. Parents and students were able to familiarize themselves with the primary campus, get information needed for the upcoming school year, and drop off supplies to make the first day of school (Aug. 28) less hectic.
Several requests from the Van Zandt County Sheriff’s Department received approval from the VZC Commissioners Court Aug. 8.
A grant application through the Office of the Governor for rifle-resistant body armor was given the go-ahead following a presentation from Tim Scharfenberg of the VZC Sheriff’s Department.
“This is a no-match grant which means that it is fully funded by the governor’s office,” said Scharfenberg. “Last Saturday, we had to deal with an individual who was suicidal and had a rifle. I was standing there using my own protection. He was trying to get us to kill him. I was wearing my 22-year old panels which are pistol-proof that expired several years ago. What we are wanting to apply for is a grant that will provide our guys something safer and provide us more protection.”
The Texas Education Agency released its 2017 state accountability ratings Aug. 15, rating both districts and campuses on their performance in four separate areas.
Ratings for both districts and individual campuses are broken down into three levels: met standard, met alternative standard or improvement requirement.
According to the TEA, the Wills Point ISD, Wills Point High School, Wills Point Middle School, Wills Point Junior High, Earnest O. Woods Intermediate School and the Wills Point Primary School all received the highest possible designation – met standard – for the 2017 school year.
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Russell Memorial United Methodist Church, located at 201 S. 4th St., is hosting its monthly Neighbor to Neighbor Lunch this Saturday, Aug. 26. Anyone who wants a good meal is invited to the Deen Building (corner of 4th Street and Orville) for a free meal between the hours of 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
On Aug. 21, 2017, North America was treated to an eclipse of the sun. Anyone within the path of totality could see one of nature’s most awe-inspiring sights - a total solar eclipse. The path, where the moon completely covered the sun and the sun's tenuous atmosphere - the corona - could be seen. In this photo, cloud cover provided the perfect diffuser for photographing the sun directly.
The Wills Point Police Department, Wills Point Volunteer Fire Department, Texas DPS, Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office and representatives from Union Pacific rushed to the scene of an accident between an eastbound Union Pacific train and an 18-wheeler shortly after 7:30 a.m. Aug. 14.
According to reports the driver of the 18-wheeler, identified as Alvin Edward Hackett was attempting to use the railroad crossing connecting County Road 3805 with Highway 80 in the western portion of the city as the eastbound train was entering the city.
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The Wills Point ISD Board of Trustees held their second of three planned meetings in the month of August on Monday night, reviewing a series of administrative reports presented by school administrators before moving on to other items on the districts.
Assistant Superintendent of Operations and Student Services Damon Davis provided the first of two reports to the board, introducing an item regarding the safety and security audit report.
Davis noted, “state law requires each campus have a safety and security audit at least once every three years” before going on to explain that Region 10 has a group of security auditors that conducted the WPISD’s campuses, outlining both the positive elements already in place while also making recommendations on how each campus could improve.
“We were generally pleased with the findings,” said Davis. “We received several positive comments and commendations.”
