Wise County on the Web

A tongue in cheek review of the news published this week regarding Wise County.
Normally posted every Sunday around 10:00 p.m.
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For the week ending 06/15/02:

The Story	The Rhome Police Force will be reduced to three officers after budget cut backs. "The officers will no longer be able to roam U.S. 81/287 or Texas 114."
News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5)	*******
The Spin	We'll miss that warm "here we go though the police state zone" feeling on the way to Fort Worth.

The Story	Denton Commissioners delay the vote on funding for a local homeland security coordinator. It may be several months before a decision is made.
News worthiness	**
The Spin	What? And leave Denton Mall exposed to Al Qaeda until this fall?

The Story	The South Wise County Chamber of Commerce invites governmental conspiracy guru Jim Marrs to speak at a June 20th luncheon. His topic "The War on Terrorism: Fact of Fiction?"
News worthiness	*
The Spin	Followed up with "The Sun: Necessity or Overrated?"

The Story	The City of Rhome declares an emergency in connection with its water problem since "some residents' water pressure enables a trickle of water . . . ." On the brighter side, state mandated water quality tests have revealed "no violations of levels this year compared to fecal coliform violations last spring."
News worthiness	**
The Spin	Last spring sounds like an emergency.

The Story	Several patrol deputies were called back to the Wise County Jail Wednesday night after a disturbance in one of the cell blocks. Chief Deputy Doug Whitehead said some of the inmates were soaking paper towels and throwing them from their cells. “We called in a show of force and things quieted down quickly,”
News worthiness	**
The Spin	The next uprising is rumored to involve short sheeting each other's beds and providing sneak attack wedgies to unsuspecting jailers.

**Special Highly Technical Research Project to be Conducted Throughout 2002:**
	New This Week	Year To Date
Number of new births announced in the Wise County Messenger	14	239
Number of new births announced by parents with different surnames (or no father identified):	4 (28%)	78 (33%)

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