By Tony Farkassjntnews@gmail.com SHEPHERD — After plenty of discussion and several workshops, Shepherd ISD will be able to pass a balanced budget for the coming year. However, Superintendent Jason Hewitt said there is the question of what the Legislature will do regarding new funds, tax rates, allotments and similar items, all of which affect school budgets. Hewitt said that regardless, the district operates under existing law, and the budget will be prepared accordingly. Within the budget is a 5 percent raise for staff and a $3,500 retention bonus targeting teachers in core curriculum subjects, as that’s the hardest to recruit and retain, Hewitt said. In other business, the board: •discussed the progress on the daycare center, and approved the name of Shepherd ISD Early Learning Center; •approved Katelin Nelson as a member of the Student Health Advisory Council; •approved a contract with a current Shepherd ISD police officer for drug dog detection services; •approved extending the…

Alan Shivers Library and Museum administrative staff, pictured left-to-right: Kay Timme, Roschelle Springfield and Carolyn Williams, gave a presentation on the library and museum’s history and its resources available to Tyler County residents to the Rotary Club of Woodville last Wednesday. MOLLIE LASALLE | TCB By Mollie LaSallenews@tylercountybooster.com WOODVILLE – The Rotary Club of Woodville heard from the staff of the Allan Shivers Library and Museum at their meeting last Wednesday at the Pickett House. ASLM Director Kay Timme began by giving a little history of the building’s origins. If you didn’t know, the museum began way back in 1881 as the R.A. Cruse home, a two-story Victorian mansion that originally was situated where the Woodville Inn is today. Former governor Allan Shivers purchased the home in 1962 and purchased the land and deeded it to the school district for the purpose of creating a library and museum. The museum’s objective was to illustrate and display Governor…

AUSTIN – The Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issues this consumer alert to help ensure that Texans are not deceived by companies appearing as though they may be government agencies. In particular, the OAG has received complaints against Texas UCC Statement Services. The company has recently been mailing consumers a solicitation that asks consumers to pay $90 to obtain a form that they are unlikely to need and is available from the Texas Secretary of State for a much smaller fee. The OAG is cautioning consumers that the company’s mailer is designed to mislead Texans to believe that it was sent by a government agency and that the $90 is already due. The solicitation discloses that Texas UCC Statement Services is not a government agency, but that disclosure is not clear and conspicuous, and the net impression is misleading. The OAG has recently seen several companies using similar deceptive solicitation tactics. The OAG encourages consumers to report when they receive suspicious…

Another class of students have graduated and are looking forward to the beginning of another chapter in their life. Little do they know what lies ahead of them and tomorrow is only a day away. It is amazing you can watch your child, grandchild, or neighbor’s child graduate from high school in the comforts of your own home. Tuesday, I will watch my last two grandchildren graduate from high school, and it will be from my daughter’s living room. If I am lucky, I might get to see some of my great-grandchildren graduate, but it will be by remote only. Thank God for technology. •The sixth month of the year, June is named for the Roman goddess, patroness of marriage and the well-being of women. Also, from the Latin word juvenis, “young people.” The third Sunday in June is Fathers’ Day but was not declared a national holiday until the year 1972 under Richard Nixon’s administration. Lastly, most first-time marriages take place in the month of June. More about this later. June is also the month…