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CISD supt. submits resignation request

By Chris Edwards
news@tylercountybooster.com
COLMESNEIL – Colmesneil
ISD Superintendent Angela
Matterson submitted a letter
of resignation to the CISD
Board of Trustees last week.
Earlier this week, a mugshot
purporting to be Matterson,
surfaced on social media,
and referenced an arrest in
Colorado.
The mugshot does not list
any charges but refers to an
arrest that occurred on Oct.
21 and cites two different
agencies: the Sheriff ’s offices
of LaPlata and Archuleta
counties.
The resignation letter,
accompanied by an email
directed to faculty and staff,
does not specify why Mat-
terson is stepping down from
the position, in which she
has served since 2014. At
press time, calls to the dis-
trict had not been returned.
The letter states that Matter-
son’s final day as superinten-
dent will be June 11, 2020.
In the letter, Matterson
states a necessity to “move
forward in my educational
pursuits,” and indicates that
it was submitted in time
so that the school board
has ample time to select a
replacement.
The particulars of the
incident in Colorado are
not known as of press time,
but the Booster has reached
out to those aforementioned
agencies with an open re-
cords request.
A representative with the
Texas Education Agency
confirmed that an arrest was
reported, and TEA is in the
process of suspending Mat-
terson’s educator credentials
until the matter is resolved,
per TEA policy. According
to TEA, they were informed
of the arrest on Tuesday.
In Texas, the State Board
of Educator Certification,
which is a division of TEA,
is responsible for the cer-
tification and discipline of
Texas educators. There is a
wide range of behaviors that
the SBEC can take action
against, based on viola-
tions of the Texas Educator
Code of Ethics, or any other
grounds by law.
In the letter, Matterson
expressed gratitude for being
able to serve as CISD Super-
intendent and highlighted
some of the achievements for
the district under her leader-
ship but conceded “My work
at Colmesneil ISD is done.”

CALEB FORTENBERRY | TCB

Livingston Rotary Club member and “Don’t Meth with Me” volunteer Ann
McDonald poses with a young “scientist” during last week’s presentation of
the anti-drug program to Woodville ISD students. Part of the program’s edu-
cational content is to teach young people the dangers of methamphetamine
by explaining how it is made and of its dangerous ingredients.

Program educates
youth on meth dangers
By Chris Edwards and
Caleb Fortenberry
WOODVILLE – The Livings-
ton Rotary Club, in conjunc-
tion with the Woodville
Rotary Club, have begun
taking steps to implement
the “Don’t Meth with Me”
program at Woodville ISD to
fifth grade students.
The program seeks to
educate area youth on the
dangers of methamphet-
amine use. Currently the
Livingston and Cleveland
Rotary clubs have committed
to the ongoing program in
the area, and beginning next
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year, the Woodville club will
take over the program for
Tyler County.
Woodville Rotary Presi-
dent Jerry Springfield said re-
search has indicated that fifth
grade students are at an ideal
age to present the program.
“They are mature enough to
understand the consequences
and young enough, for the
most part, to not have had it
offered to them,” he said.
Woodville Rotary trea-
surer Murlin Barker said the
program speaks to a problem
the community needs to ad-
dress. “We saw a big need for
this to be brought to Tyler
County,” Barker said.
Dr. Blair McDonald of
Livingston lead the program
last Tuesday for Woodville
ISD fifth grade students to
learn the consequences of the
addictive drug. McDonald
said “It’s all over the world,
and the reason it’s all over the
world is because it works.”
“By large we are trying to
find some way to get the in-
formation to kids. We found
it stays with them,” he said.
McDonald said that a
CALEB FORTENBERRY | TCB
Last week, folks across the county celebrated Halloween, and Mario (or is that Joe Fortenberry?) and Princess Peach (an alias for Brandi Gulley) helped
the kids at Woodville ISD celebrate this most colorful of holidays. For more creative costumes, check out page 1B.
Annual ‘Tea
and Purse
Auction’
Saturday
By Chris Edwards
news@tylercountybooster.com
WOODVILLE – The Tyler
County Child Welfare Board
is hosting its annual fundrais-
ing event on Saturday, Nov.
9, the popular Tea and Purse
Auction at Our Lady of the
Pines Catholic Church.
The event, which begins at
10 a.m. and lasts until noon
is in its eleventh year. Last
year’s event managed to net
CHRIS EDWARDS | TCB more than $15,000. The event
Tyler County Leos, pictured left-to-right, front row: Aly Tullos; Madison Benthall; Annie Rayburn and Jasmine Mitchell. benefits the “Adopt an Angel”
Back row: Logan Tullos; Abby Wilson; Ken Jobe; Briana Kort and Payton Corona. Not pictured: Trey Spencer
program, Tyler County’s fos-

TEXAS PRESS
survey of students who have
seen the program remember
ASSOCIATION it three years afterward. “89%
BETTER NEWSPAPER CONTEST
of them say they remember
AWARD WINNER the program” “We don’t know
2018
how it happens. We don’t
Woodville, Texas know how it works, but it
75 CENTS does.”
USPS 645-560 Ann McDonald, of the
Livingston Rotary Club, vol-
unteers with the program and
said it is all about “stopping
the cycle in our community.”
She said of all the drugs
available on the black market,
meth is not only the cheapest
to obtain but the most harm-
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Leos get county youth involved in service
By Chris Edwards
news@tylercountybooster.com
WOODVILLE – In the wild,
a young lion is called a cub,
however, in Tyler County,
a group of young Lions is
committed to serving the
area under the name “Leos”. its sponsor. Jobe, who also
The Leos (which is an
acronym for “Leadership,
Experience, Opportunity”)
are the youngest members of valuable opportunity for the must live in or go to school
Lions Clubs International.
According to Lions Inter-
national’s website, “Leos
embody the best qualities
of our incredible organiza-
tion. They are devoted young money,” Jobe said.
people who realize the
power of action.”
Tyler County has had a
Leos chapter since Octo-
ber 2016, and Ken Jobe is
serves as president of the
Woodville Lions Club, said
the organization provides a
youth of the county to serve in Tyler County, Jobe said.
in various projects, as well as
earn scholarships.
“My goal is to always get
a graduating senior some
The Leos meet every
second and fourth Monday
at 6:30 p.m. at the Lions
Den in Woodville. Jobe
said the club currently has
nine members, but he hopes
those numbers will increase.
The age of Leos is 14 to 18,
and to be a member, one
The club members enjoy
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ter children and other proj-
ects sponsored by the Child
Welfare Board. “All proceeds
stay in Tyler County and will
be used to help needy ‘angels’
have a Merry Christmas,” ac-
cording to Kathy Harris, who
serves with the CWB and
is secretary of the Juvenile
Probation Department.
Terry Allen, the chief of-
ficer with the Tyler County
Juvenile Probation Dept. and
head of the CWB, said that
the event has gotten bigger
each year. Allen said “Our
board buys foster children’s
school supplies, helps with
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