Thanks Clark and Matt for starting this urgently needed public, communitywide, out-of-the-closet-finally, massive new tax conversation which we all start voting on this coming Monday, Oct 18th! An older brother came to to me in church this past Sunday morning and said something like this; “André, I MUST speak with you privately today on an urgent matter!” We slipped to the back of the church immediately and with a little more privacy between us, he continued with unabashed passion. “Did you know that there is a $33 million, 30-year hospital bond on the ballot next week, right here in Madison County? Do you know about this? Does anybody know about this!?” “Do you know that if this horrible proposition passes into law we have an 87-year-old brother, right here in our congregation, who will have to pay nearly $2,000 more taxes every year on his family property, with a very small fixed income for both him and his darli wife? They don’t have the money to pay for this enormous new tax burden and there is no grandfather clause to protect them! Nothing!” “Who is behind this ambush and how do we stop this cancer of unneede taxation? We don’t want a $33 million hospital in Madisonville when we have St.

Many years ago, we were asked to volunteer as part of a Healthcare Advisory Board to St. Joseph Madison Hospital. Through that volunteer service we began to see first-hand all the issues our facility faces and after much discussion agreed— we need a new hospital. We researched our options, sought the advice of legal experts and decided our best option would be to once again ask the voters of Madison County to support this community initiative.

• Armstrong, John, driving while intoxicated • Barton, Cedric, theft • Brisher, Scarlette Lane, bail jumping • Buckner, Timothy Allen, possession of a controlled substance • Byrd, Byron Sharrod aggravated assault • Carter, Adam Rex, murder • Cast, Bridget Nicole, blue warrant • Childress, Danny Ray, parole violation • Curby, Tracy Lynn, driving while intoxicated • Delacerda, Edward Dalton, driving while intoxicated • Delarosa, Adrian, possession of a controlled substance • Escobedo, Manuel Dejesus, aggravated sexual assault • Foster, Jeffery Rayshun, failure to comply • Gafford, Johnny Ray murder • Gunstream, Benjamin Cody Jr., possession of a controlled substanc • Guttierez, Juan, driving while intoxicated • Herd, Kevin Ndifon, possession of a controlled substance • Honaker, Kelly, resisting arrest • King, Waymon Ray, tampering or fabricating physical evidence • Ledbetter, Richard Wyatt, possession of a controlled substance • Love, Cedric Dwayne, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance • Lucas, Jade River, possession • Marks, Joshua Clay, unauthorized use of motor vehicle • McCracken, Travis The following persons were arrested or booked into the Madison County jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

The Madisonville volleyball team split a pair of district matchups last week with a loss to China Spring on the road Oct. 5 and a home victory over Connally Friday to conclude the first round of district 3-2. The Lady Mustangs began their second round of district Tuesday with a road matchup in Mexia.