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6 WISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, Wednesday, March 6, 2013BY BRANDON EVANSbevans@wcmessenger.comIt’s been a tough yearfor one man who in thelast two months allegedlytumbled down a cliff in FortWorth, fell off a bridge inWise County and was mostrecently bitten twice by arattlesnake in Jacksboro.Emergency respondersarrived at a home in JacksboroSunday and found25-year-old Jeffrey Curry,of Fort Worth, with snakebites to his right leg andleft hand.“The poor guy, he got biton the leg and then he gotbit on the hand,” said JeremyClayton, a Jacksboropolice officer. “He had twoBoyd to consider ‘one-to-one’When the Boyd ISDschool board meets Thursdaynight, they will discussand consider purchasinglaptops or iPads for studentsin the district.Administration has beendiscussing a move to a“one-to-one” program in theCOUNTY CLERK RECORDSWISE COUNTYSnakebittenMan not shy about calling 911schools. A one-to-one programmatches up each studentwith a computer to usefor instruction and projects.Most schools in the countyhave adopted some type ofone-to-one program.Boyd took a step in thatdirection last month whenMarriages filedJanuary 2013Fernando Medrano Diazand Cecilia Soto Villarreal,both of BridgeportAscencion M. Herrera andSonia A. Gonzalez, both ofBridgeportJerry Don Isbell and DonnaGayle Barnes, both ofMineolaJeremiah Martin Smithand Josie Lynn Moran, bothof BoydCharles Loynes Fountainand Carol Lee Giles, both ofAlvordJesse Tyler Brothers andJessica Lauren Pittman,both of Imperial Beach, Calif.Donald Nelson Davis Jr.and Rachel Ann Nichols,both of AuroraLyndon Ray Kerr ofBridgeport and CynthiaAnne Stutts of AlvordPedro Hernandez Contrerasand Heather DanielleKuni, both of BoydJose Gabriel Delgadilloand Jazmin Herrera, both ofBridgeportRobby Orin Shinn ofBridgeport and Rachel LealamariGasperson of DecaturHarry Eugene McAlisterJr. and Terry MichelleComiskey, both of WeatherfordSpencer Joseph Furstenbergof Dallas and JenniferLouann Greiner of DecaturJohn Scott Tucker of WichitaFalls and Tiffany NicholeGarrett of DecaturWilliam Landon Longleyof San Antonio and EliseAnn Dickens of BridgeportJoseph Kyle Waldrop andJacklyn Renea Starnes, bothof DecaturDouglas James Brown ofWalters, Okla., and StephanieMarie Beavers of AlvordStanley Ray Van Hooseand Julie Sue Edmundson,both of BridgeportCurtis Benjamin Baer andSamantha Ann Gardner,both of SweetwaterDavid Kent Jackson andTina Darlene Pierce, both ofSunsetMartin Lynn Gowins ofFort Worth and Angela FayeHays of ParadiseCurtis Dennison Record ofSanger and Jessica Ne’coleEllis of ChicoMiguel Angel Tovar andCrystal DeSantiago, both ofDecaturWhitmon Ray Stewart andBrandi Nicole White, both ofRhomeRicky Eugene Wreay andKiran Dasila, both of DecaturJames Wesley Walker andNacina Marie Cryer, both ofDecaturSteven Michael Shoen andpuncture wounds in hishand and in his leg. He wasreal calm. He walked out ofthe house and to the ambulance.He was a lot morecalm than I would havebeen if I’d been bitten by asnake.”After getting bit in theleg, Curry tried to grab thesnake and was struck againin the hand.Clayton said officerssearched all over the propertybut never found a snake.Curry was transported byhelicopter from Jacksboro toWise Regional Health Systemin Decatur. Photos takenat the hospital showedthe areas around the bitesswollen and discolored. Hesoon walked out of the hospitalon his own accord.The snake bites occurredjust two weeks after he’d reportedlyfallen off a bridgein Wise County.On the afternoon of Thursday,Feb. 14, Curry called911 on his cell phone andreported that he’d fallen offthe bridge on U.S. 380 crossingBig Sandy Creek. Hetold emergency respondershe’d fallen approximately15 feet onto the shallow,rocky creek bed below. Medicsfound him lying on theground on his back, complainingof back pain andnumbness in his legs. Hereceived a helicopter flightto a Fort Worth hospitaland was soon released.That was the second timeBOYDthe board approved purchasingiPad minis for allteachers. SuperintendentTed West said they wantedteachers trained and preparedin using the technologyso they could get themost out of it in the classroom.Ashley Nicole Gilbert, both ofDecaturPablo Antonio Salinas andDiamantina Iglesias Lomas,both of BridgeportJesus R. Pacheco and BeatrizA. Juarez Gomez, both ofRhomein less than a month thatCurry reported falling. OnJan. 20, Curry called 911 onhis cell phone to report thathe’d fallen off a cliff about 8feet high in a wooded areaon the south shore of LakeWorth.Fort Worth police andfirefighters found him lyingon his back. He told policehe’d been walking his dogwhen he lost his footing andfell off the ledge. His dogwasn’t at the scene.Last November, WiseCounty EMS were called toattend Curry after he complainedof chest pains whilesitting on a bench.“He probably needs tostay inside his house,” Claytonsaid.The board meets 6:30p.m., Thursday, March 7, atthe administration buildingboardroom at 600 KnoxAve.YEA.TEEN SCHEDULEFeb. 25 - Mar. 21Mar. 25 - Apr. 184 - 6 p.m. &6:30 - 8:30 p.m.Wise DrivingSchool at TheBridgeport Lions ClubDISTRICT CLERKDivorces filedJanuary 2013Jennifer Dyan Gibson andAllen D’Shane GibsonJanell Cartwright andGary Richard CartwrightAlexandria Reyes Coloradoand Victor Rodolfo ColoradoLorenza Valentina Oronaand Gregorio Orona Jr.Nathaniel Douglas Robertsand Cheryl Loreen RobertsClifford Paul Hughes andVictoria Leslie HughesKimberly Ann Reynoldsand Jim Alan JenningsZachary Martin Ellis andKelsey Denise BohannonGary Marett and AshleyMarettKallie June Stricklandand Justin Lee StricklandApril Ann Webb and KinneyWayne WebbRuben Godoy and GloriaGodoyRandall Wayne Atchleyand Bonita S. AtchleyGlenn Alden Scalf and JoannaGale ScalfLisa Dawn Hamilton andOlan Ray Hamilton IIMatthew David Stephensand Angela Marie StephensBaltazar Garcia Vidanaand Maria Teresa VidanaRECORDSJulie Anne Foshee andWesley Eugene FosheeLinda Carol Smith andWarren Vance SmithArlene Wolfe and WesleyKelvin WolfeKaren Allison Stutevilleand Gerald Rue StutevilleRandi Marie Moody andAlex Lurton MoodyFreida Solley and JeffersonSolleyLoretta Ann Draper Mc-Quillin and Ralph E. Mc-Quillin IIBrandon C. Ganus andSusie Q. GanusFlor de Maria Jimenezand Ramon Jimenez MartinezJr.Valerie Montgomery andDonald MontgomerySandra Lea Romines andTommy Lee RominesEdward Wayne Elam Jr.and Terri Lynn ElamMario Jose Servin andJennifer Tune ServinKlint Jared Kirkpatrickand Cathy Ann KirkpatrickNorma Montgomery andCharles MontgomerySteven McMurry Jr. andAmber Ryan McMurryRay Don Turner and JaniceTurnerTerrie L. Brooks and KennethBrooksWISE DRIVINGSCHOOLTeens and Adults Classroom InstructionTeens and Adults Driving Lessons1107 8th Street, Suite ABridgeport, TX 76424940-683-3911Adult 6-hour course for ages 18-24Begins March 2, 2013 • 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.Teen classes are Mon.-Thurs. for 4 weeksYOU’RE GONNA NEEDMORE PICTURE FRAMESWise County MessengerPhotoReprints940-627-5987 • WCMESSENGER.COM/SUBSCRIBEWCMESSENGER.COM/REPRINTS