Cattle Raisers name new Special Ranger for East Texas
 
FORT WORTH, Texas, July 7, 2007—Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association has named James W. “Jim” Vanover II Special Ranger for District 13, covering 12 East Texas counties. He will be based in Carthage.
      Jim has 26-plus years of experience in law enforcement and in that capacity has worked extensively with livestock sale barns.
      He was born in Nacogdoches, Texas, and graduated from Nacogdoches High School. After attending Nacogdoches High School, he went to work for the city fire department.
      After a short time, he transferred to the police department; it was there he found his calling. He attended the police academy in 1976 and, after graduating, joined the Nacogdoches Police Department. He worked as a patrol officer and detective in the criminal investigation division.
      Jim moved to Carthage in 1992 as a patrol officer and in 1993 was promoted to assistant chief. He retired from that position on June 30, 2007.
      He is active in several community organizations and in the past participated in team roping. Jim and his wife Mamie have a daughter, Sarah, and a son, Jake.
      TSCRA District 13 includes the following counties: Angelina, Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Marion, Nacogdoches, Panola, San Augustine, Shelby, Smith, Upshur and Wood.

      Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association is a 130-year-old trade organization whose 14,800 members manage approximately 3.7 million cattle on 96.5 million acres of range and pasture land, primarily in Texas and Oklahoma.