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With the severe weather season upon us, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds Texans they can purchase certain items tax-free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 24.

Why do you feel that you are the best candidate for this position? First of all, “Thank You” to the Terrell Tribune for the opportunity to share my story. The strength of my candidacy can be summed up with one word: EXPERIENCE! Experience in being a longtime volunteer in our community, long before I ever considered running for or serving on the city council.

Why do you feel that you are the best candidate for this position? I am running for Terrell City Council District 5 to leave Terrell in better position for generations to come. Growing up here, a majority of my peers couldn’t wait to get out of Terrell, for myself, I chose to stay and invest in Terrell.

Terrell police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from April 12 to April 16: Arrests: Walter Coy Hollingsworth, Arizona City,AZ, theft of property >=$100=1G=1G=1G=.15 Yampier Pardo Ortiz, Forney, 34, obstructed view; speeding Incidents:

A Forney area man was taken into custody last week following an investigation related to a March incident at a local retailer. According to information released by the Terrell Police Department April 17, officers were called to the Ross Dress for Less March 23 in reference to “an Invasive Visual Recording of a customer.” The department’s narrative of the incident and subsequent arrest stated, “The customer reported that while at Ross cashing out at the register, a male individual slid his phone under her dress.

The 30th Upper Sabine Cattleman’s Cow Calf Clinic was held April 14 at the Gabriel Ranch owned by Ron and Lana Gabriel. This long-standing beef cattle educational program was planned and carried out by the Extension Livestock and Forage Committees from Van Zandt, Rains and Kaufman Counties.

Kaufman County Extension Agent The Kaufman County Extension Office of Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will be holding a Private Applicators training for all area agricultural producers May 19 at the Kaufman County Fairgrounds (4001 Washington, Kaufman, Texas).

The Terrell City Council found itself on familiar ground this week, continuing a push to annex thousands of acres outside the current city limits during a meeting held April 18 in the Terrell High School Auditorium.

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DAVID KAPITAN editor@terrelltribune.com The two month-long window between the close of candidate filing and the start of early voting will officially come to an end April 24 with one contested city council race on the ballot for local voters to consider. The filing period, which ran from mid-January to mid-February, proved to be relatively uneventful locally with only incumbents Ashley Carmona Fivecoat, Ann Kines McDonald and Dena Risinger returning candidate packets for a position on the Terrell ISD Board of Trustees.