On Friday, April 17, I got a text from my 77-year-old neighbor, Sharon. She was tired of looking across the street and seeing the yard of my other neighbor that resembled a jungle.
She was in the process of going over and clearing the area so people could access the sidewalk, and I couldn’t let her do it alone.
At 87 years old, I joined her.
Although the City of Whitesboro had received the complaint about two weeks prior, nothing was getting done, so us two old ladies worked and cleared the area ourselves, all the way from the street to the residence property.
After going back into my home, a young fellow knocked on my door and asked me about the house and yard next door.
He said nobody answered the door, and then proceeded to start cutting down the front trees and bushes that hide the front of the house. He said it looked like it needed help.
No one had called him. He just saw the need. You don’t find too many like that nowadays.
Sharon and I talked to him and learned he’s a Whitesboro High School student named Ryder Russell.
He worked ‘til it was dark and the whole easement was covered with shrubs and trees. Give honor to whom it’s due, the Bible states. Thank you, Ryder. God’s going to bless you.
Meanwhile, Whitesboro and TxDOT...who is responsible for the easement property from the sidewalk down to the street for the homes on Union Street? The City needs to hire a blight officer to take care of the ordinances that aren’t followed. City Inspector Dalton Fallaw was not hired for that portfolio.
Gloria Ayers
Whitesboro, Texas
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