| The Story | A Wise County jury sentences Damon
Chapman, 43, to forty years in prison for manufacturing
methamphetamine. |
| News worthiness (on a scale of 0 to 5) | **** |
| The Spin | "Now you tell me it's
supposed to be a clandestine meth lab." |
| The Story | Decatur ISD Superintendent
Gary Gindt had a Q and A with the Messenger
answering questions about "areas of improvement" and the
TAKS rating. |
| News worthiness | **** |
| The Spin | We do not know how he would
answer the following: (1) What do you think of H.D. Boswell? and (2) If
you could magically transform Decatur ISD into the #1 academically
ranked school district in the state would you do so if, as a condition
of having that wish granted, the the football team had to go 0-10. |
| The Story | From Thursday's Update: "CELEBRATE
— The Women and Infant Children (WIC) office in Decatur is celebrating
World Breastfeeding Month today from 10 a.m. to noon. All pregnant and
breastfeeding moms are invited to the celebration which will feature
refreshments and drawings for gift baskets and gift certificates. The
WIC office is located at Outreach Health Services, 2306 S. Farm Road
51. For more information, call (940) 627-5796." |
| News worthiness | ** |
| The Spin | For refreshment drinks, they will be serving . . . .
Oh, no. |
| The Story | County Commissioners learned that
the new EMS building has been halted due to a financial institution had
reportedly confiscated the equipment of a paving company working on the
site. |
| News worthiness | *** |
| The Spin | "Uh, I really liked that
county check ....but has anybody seen my bulldozer?" |
| The Story | The Commissioners and Pat Younger
call somewhat of a truce when Ms. Younger agrees to pay for future
advertisements that had been called by some of the commissioners as
"political". |
| News worthiness | * |
| The Spin | In looking at the ad, it
appears that the photo and one caption are
what caused the controversy. The Spin
suggests revamping the ad in this
manner to avoid future problems. |
