Hood County News from Granbury, Texas • Page 10

10A Hood County News Saturday, May24, 2008 www.hcnews.com ls)i are so proa Citizens to City Council: Back off! of you jBooe, and King's Plaza (near the old Sonic), including a portion of Mustang Trail and Western Hills Harbor. Southern said the sole purpose of the annexation is to create a parallel route to Highway 4 to help with traffic congestion. He said the city thus far has spent about $2 50,000 in engineering fees and, ultimately, an estimated $1.5 million will be spent on the project. "We're spending a substantial amount of money trying to help with traffic," he said. Paul Mayo, who said he represented the Western Hills Homeowners Association, said members have several concerns, including whether they would "have a problem getting in and out of the subdivision." Southern encouraged Mayo to address his concerns with community development director Scott Sopchak and city manager Harold Sandel.

kswindlehcnews.com 81 7-573-7066, ext. 258 eries were given to her by God and are her "only sanctuary." "I'm totally opposed to it," she said. "If you're going to try to take property and you will we're one step closer to the government taking over." At the Thursday hearing, Pat Bergeman spoke out against annexation of more than 27 acres along the Fall Creek and Acton Highway corridors, including the Acton Triangle and gazebo. City officials have said part of the reason for annexations is to preserve major corridors and enforce the city's stricter building codes on future development. "You are destroying any cohe-siveness or benevolence that 80 percent of the population that lives in the county might have toward the city of Granbury," said Bergeman, adding that the "city of Granbury treats the rest of the county like a red-headed stepchild." The council also is considering annexing more than 1 3 acres south of Highway 377 A nrarnn House 81 Topsoil om En ergy 7 Dirtwork Pads Driveways Tractor Service 279 9461 Gravel All Types of Sand The Benefits are Great Improve Comfort BetterEneigy Efficiency Healthier Environment Lower Energy BiDs Lifetime of Savings Call Today 1-866-99-ATTIC rnotOgrapny now ioervices saving energy one home at a Attic Insulation Radiant Barrier Spray LAKE GRANBURY ART ASSOCIATION Annual is SKulee Entry Information Skmley House Vhotoqmphu, Reception Open Show for the Arts, 224 N.

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Even though she doesn't live in the areas up for annexation, she came to the hearing because she is against all involuntary annexation. "What the rest of us see is that you want the money and the power," she said. Loretta Lewis Offutt, who attended both public hearings and "rebuked" Johnson, said her 35 acres near Guerin's Nurs ated from Abilene High school and earned her BS in Home Economics from Texas Tech Collage. She worked as a home economist and a county demonstration agent for several years in the north Texas area. She met her soulmate, Hughes, in 1947 and they married on Oct.

22, 1949. Shortly after, they moved to El Paso where she taught in the El Paso Independent School district. Together she spent over 2 5 years in and around the El Paso area. In 1979 they moved to deCordova Bend Estates where she enjoyed staying active with many adventures and friends. She was preceded into the arms of our Savior by her husband, Hughes Chambers.

She leaves behind her son, Jim and daughter-in-law, Edy; grandsons, J. Paul with wife, Valerie and Jeff; and niece, Jean Ann Dodge. She is missed by all. The service will be a private family gathering. In lieu of flowers donations maybe made to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 3700 Crownhill Blvd, Suite 407, San Antonio, Texas, 78209.

Joyce Lynn Clawson Joyce Lynn Clawson, 71, a Tolar homemaker, passed away Thursday, May 22, 2008 in Tolar. Graveside service will be 10 a.m. today (Saturday, May 24, 2008) at Friendship Cemetery. She was born March 6, 1937 in Energy to Edwin Dean and Vera Olean Middleton Howell. Her husband, Donald Ray Clawson, and a sister, Frances Juan ell Howell, preceded her in death.

Survivors are a son, Jeffrey Don Clawson of Tolar; daughter, Doris Deanna Walker of Fort Worth; three grandchildren; three step-grandchildren; WILEY FUNERAL HOME "Home owned and operated" GRANBURY 817-573-3000 Background Checks Obituaries Carpet Cleaning Upholstery Cleaning 24 hr. Water Extraction Residential Commercial Toll Free 1-866-416-8638 BY KATHY SWINDLE HOOD COUNTY NEWS The Granbury City Council held two public hearings on annexations this week and managed to sit stoically while they were called names, quoted Scripture and lectured for their alleged greed. Mayor pro tern Lisa Johnson, who presided over the Tuesday night hearing, was told by one woman that she was "rebuked" in the "name of Jesus." Mayor David Southern, who was present at the Thursday hearing after returning earlier than planned from an economic development trip to Vegas, may have wished he'd stayed there. After telling Lawrance Offutt that his three minutes to speak were up, Offutt said: "We all end up in a position where our time is up." The comment seemed to be a subtle reference to re-election bids. The areas involve land around Highway 4 and 167 South, down Gwayne Walker Gwayne Walker, 63, passed away Monday, May 19, 2008, in Garland.

Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. today (Saturday, May 24, 2008) at Wiley Funeral Home. Visitation was at 6 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home. Mrs.

Walker was born May 31, 1945, in Wayne County, N.C., to Floyd H. Huffman and Martha Frances Gillis Huffman. She married David Walker, Dec. 2, 1983, in Vernon. She worked as a contracting officer for the U.S.

General Services Administration. Survivors are her husband, David Walker; daughter, Timi Bledsoe and husband, Vince, of Altus, son, Erik Huffman and wife, Dana, of Oklahoma City, grandchildren, De-nia Fotenopulos and husband, Dylan, Ashley Bledsoe, Abby Bledsoe, Graceson Huffman, Colton Huffman; brother, Mark Huffman; sister, Denise Lam-ons; niece, Zoie Bartlome; and a nephew, Matthew Huffman. Final arrangements were by Wiley Funeral Home of Granbury. Lanell Chambers It is with a mixture of deep sadness and release that I an nounce the passing of my mother, Lanell Chambers. She left to join her lifelong love Hughes on May 18, 2008, in San Antonio.

We let her go with the knowledge that she enjoyed the past 6 months with her family who benefited greatly from her continued grace, smiles and constant example of strength during her loss of health and ability to communicate. Mom was born in Hawley, Texas, Feb. 10, 1919, to Leonard and Wanda Camp. Shegradu- MARTINS Funeral Home Cemeteries Employment Additional Services: Drug Alcohol Testing Process Service People Locates Surveillance Infidelity Investigations Bug Sweeps i-ra. Brazos Urology Clinic BUC Christopher Buchanan, MD 817-573-3272 I MILITARY BRIEFS LEW CHANCELLOR MILLER Lew Chancellor Miller, 20, is now in U.S.

Army Airborne School and will go to Ranger training at Fort Benning, Ga. Miller is a 2006 graduate of Granbury High School and the son of Steve and Yvette Miller. LEONARD T.BUDZINSKI Navy Seaman Recruit Leonard "Lenny" Budzinski graduated from Navy boot camp in Great Lakes, 111. on Friday April 11, 2008. Budzinski completed a variety of training which included instruction on naval customs, first aid, firefight-ing, water safety and survival, and shipboard and aircraft safety.

Budzinski will remain at Great Lakes Naval Station for the following 11 weeks for his training to become a steam and gas turbine engine machinist. Following school he will return to Granbury for 1 5 days and then will go to his first duty station which is to be determined. He is a 2006 graduate of Granbury High School, and the son of Daryl and Mony LaMotte of Granbury. will meet ox, heat Specializing in: daughter-in-law, Phyllis Costley of Tolar. Final arrangements by Martin's Funeral Home of Granbury.

Lucy Ethel Williams Lucy Ethel Williams, 95, of Granbury, passed away Tuesday, May 20, 2008, in Granbury. Funeral services today at 2 p.m. (Saturday, May 24, 2008) at the North Side Church of Christ in Robert Lee. Burial: Robert Lee Cemetery. Memorials maybe made to The Christian Appeal, A Devotional Magazine, 2310 Anna Street, Amarillo, Texas 79106; Southwest Bible Institute, 3200 San Antonio Street, San Angelo, Texas 76951; or South Houston Bible Institute, 14325 Crescent Landing Drive, Houston, Texas 77062.

Mrs. Williams was born Feb. 27, 1913, in Coleman County to Sidney Willis Smith and Mary Elizabeth Davis Smith. She married Thomas Vestal "Tommy" Williams, Oct. 26, 1937, in Robert Lee.

She was a member of North Side Church of Christ in Robert Lee, and a member of the Art Guild in Weatherford. Survivors are sons, Tom Williams and wife, Faye, of Granbury, Joe Williams of Robert Lee, Allan Williams and wife, Michelle, of Bozeman, grandchildren, Sherrinda Ketch-ersid and husband, John, Audra Lewis and husband, Nathan, Jennifer Polk and husband, Steven, Shannon Micheletti, David Micheletti, Gary Joe Williams, Amanda Williams, Kimberly McGriff, Abbie Williams; 12 great-grandchildren; one great great- grandchild; sister, Orlue Puett of Brownwood; and numerous nieces and nephews. Wiley Funeral Home of Granbury is in charge of final arrangements. A fiM tup 1 PDJIWDIIDV 817-573-8846 Toll Free 1-800-422-2402 1451 E. Pearl St.

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