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INDEXClassified..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7Local History,,,,.........................6Neighborhoods...........2-3Puzzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4R e l i g i o n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5Obituaries.........................8S p o r t s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Grad fish fryDiboll Project Grad-
uation will be having a fish fry in Old Orchard Park on Saturday, March 23, beginning at 11 a.m.
Prairie GrovePrairie Grove
Cemetery will have its reunion at 11 a.m. Sat-urday, March 23. The cemetery is 6 miles from Diboll on FM 1818. Covered dishes are re-quested. Donations are appreciated. For more information, call Eddie Courtney at 936-829-3429.
Easter egg huntThe City of Diboll
and Diboll Civic Club members are having an Easter egg hunt at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 30, at Old Orchard Park. Organizers are seeking volutneers and donations for prizes. For more information, to vol-unteer or donate prizes, call Loretta Christmas at 936-829-4888.
Sunrise serviceThere will be a
Community Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. Sun-day, March 31, at Old Orchard Park’s pavilion. Everyone is invited.
Ryan Chapel Easter
Ryan chapel will have a Palm Sunday service at 9:30 a.m. March 24.
An Easter egg hunt will be held for all chil-dren at 10 a.m. Satur-day, March 30, followed
DatelineDiboll
Freed By Christ
Keeping news on a first-name basis2013, Issue No. 12 Diboll, Texas: Proud home of Geneva Spivey Thursday, March 21, 2013
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Jesus Christ has brought victory over death, the grave, over the penalty of sin to all those who will surrender their life and will to Him as Savior and Lord. Be-cause of what Jesus was willing to do for every person we can experience an eternal victory.
1 Corinthians 15: 55 – 57 says,” O death where is your sting? O Hades, where is your vic-tory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.” We all want victory in every aspect of our lives. Only Jesus can bring it to you.
Please don’t let this Easter go by without ex-periencing the life chang-ing power of Christ Je-sus. Easter is about what Jesus has done and what He will do in you and for you, in this life and all eternity.
-- Bro. Kenny Hibbs,First Baptist Church
See DATELINE, P. 8
The Diboll
Free Press
See DONOVAN, P. 8
City contracts with payroll company
DAR honors Donovan for conservation work
After tabling the decision in February, Diboll City Council approved March 18 a three-year contract with ADP for payroll and human-resources services.
Automatic Data Processing Inc. will provide a thumb-print time clock at the police depart-ment, the water-sewer service center and at the golf course. Most employees will clock and out at one of those locations. Time will be electronically tabu-lated into the payroll system.
The new system could save the city as much as 6 percent in payroll from the elimination of human error in a manual system, according to the American Payroll Assoc. If the city saves only 1 per-cent that would be about $10,000, according to an ADP estimate.
Also, an average of three to four hours each week is lost due to long lunches, tardiness and early departures -- about 46 minutes each day. If the city loses just 10 minutes each day, according to an ADP estimate,
the lost time recovered by us-ing time clocks could be about $14,000.
There’s also an estimated savings of about $3,000 in prep-aration.
After implementation and tutorials for department heads, the new system should be func-tioning by May 30.
In addition to biweekly pay-roll, ADP will prepare payroll tax deposits, quarterly and an-nual tax reports and W-2 forms.
The city’s cost for the first year, through the end of the 2012-2013 fiscal year Sept. 30, will be about $3,285. The next two years will cost $15,204 each.
In other action, council members:
Approved revisions to the city’s investment policy;
Appointed City Secretary Sarah Thompson as election judge for early voting and Billie Willmon as election judge for the May 11 municipal election; and
Approved an agreement with Diboll ISD to conduct a joint election.
Richard M. Donovan of Lufkin, author of Paddling the Wild Neches, was hon-ored Friday with a national award by the Daughters of the American Revolution. The DAR Conservation Medal was presented at a gala in Houston hosted by the Texas Society DAR. More than 800 people attended.
Pamela R. Wright, DAR State Regent, and Colleen L. Petosa, State Chairman of the Conservation Committee, presented the national award in recognition of Mr. Dono-van’s 16 years of tireless ef-forts raising awareness and promoting the protection of the Neches River watershed in East Texas. The medal reads, “Dedicated to the Preservation of the Natural Resources of Our Country, Its Soils, Minerals, Forests, Water and Wildlife”.
“There was never any question who we would nominate for the DAR Con-servation Award,” said Vir-ginia Welch, Chairman of the Conservation Award Com-
mittee for the Anthony Smith Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (Lufkin). Added Connie Es-tes, president of the Anthony Smith Chapter, “Mr. Dono-van is an exceptional nomi-nee for the award. His work affects such a broad area and so many people.”
The Conservation Med-al is awarded to men and women with a distinguished conservation record. Criteria
The blooms are out on the Diboll trees just in time for the first day of spring, Wednesday, March 20.
Left photo by Sandra PoulandAbove photo by Gary Gores
Bonnie and Richard Donovan show one of two certificates present-ed to him by the DAR.
From a child to a leaderMichaela Wagner, a Diboll High School senior, earned the bronze medal for her knowl-edge of Child Development at the FCCLA Region III Conference in Las Colinas. FCCLA is Family, Career and Commu-nity Leaders of America.
Photo by Richard NelsonDiboll Police Chief Ricky Conner reports the warrant roundup success Monday at the City Council meeting.
Police round up almost $70K
Blooms, welcome to Diboll
The recent Great Texas Warrant Roundup brought in almost $70,000 for the city of Diboll.
Law-enforcement agen-cies across Texas combined forces to search for people who had arrest warrants for unpaid traffic tickets. Munici-pal Court Judge Julie Alston reported $69,283 was collect-ed in Diboll.
“The (Diboll) Police De-partment was very helpful in
making a great effort to locate people,” she said.
Four residents were ar-rested, one with nine warrants who is serving 30 days in the Angelina County Jail.
“The goal was not to put people in jail,” Alston said. “We made some arrange-ments – payment arrange-ments, some who came in who could not pay we gave them community service.”
Law enforcement agen-cies and cities throughout the state conduct roundups at different times throughout
the year, focusing on viola-tors with outstanding Class C misdemeanor warrants; most of which are traffic related.
Alston reported that over the last six months alone, more than $225,000 in fines is outstanding -- and that does not include the red light tickets via cameras that are handled through a private company.
For more information on taking care of outstanding fines, call Alston at 936-829-4761 or email her at [email protected].
RICHARD [email protected]
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Diboll, TX
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While we have a lot go-ing on at our library, our main focus is still to provide quality reading material for our patrons. Each week we try to feature three books, which we have recently purchased, in this column. It is our hope, that you will read the description of the books and find something that you would like to read. When you come in to the library to check-out a book that you found in this col-umn, let us know. We love feedback!
* * *Don’t forget Family
Movie Day at the library is at 6 p.m. Friday, March 22. Popcorn and lemonade will be available; however, we encourage you to bring your own snacks and drinks to add to your fun. You may also want to bring a pillow and blanket. Admission is free and we hope you will all come and join in the fun. For the movie title please call 936-829-5497.
* * *New Large Print
Books:“The Middlesteins,” by
Jami Attenberg – For more than thirty years, Edie and Richard Middlestein shared a solid family life in the suburbs of Chicago. But now things are splintering apart. Edie is obsessed with food – and if she doesn’t stop, she won’t have much longer to live. When Rich-ard abandons his wife, it’s up to the next generation to take control. Robin, their schoolteacher daughter, is determined that her father pay for leaving Edie. Ben-ny, an easy-going family man, just wants to smooth things over. And his wife Rachelle, a whippet-thin perfectionist, is intent on saving her mother-in-law’s life. Through it all, they wonder: do Edie’s devas-
tating choices rest on her shoulders alone, or are oth-ers at fault, too?
“The Child’s Child,” by Barbara Vine – When their grandmother dies, Grace and Andrew Easton inherit her sprawling, book-filled London home, Dinmont House. Rather than sell it, the adult siblings decide to move in together. The ar-rangement is unusual, but ideal for them – until the day Andrew brings home a boyfriend. James is a dev-ilishly handsome novelist, but his strident comments about Grace’s doctoral the-sis puncture the house’s idyllic atmosphere. When he and Andrew witness their friend’s murder out-side a London nightclub, James begins to unravel – and what happens next will change their lives. Just as turmoil sets in at Dinmont House, Grace escapes into reading a manuscript – a novel from 1951 called The Child’s Child – never pub-lished, due to its frank sex-ual depictions. The book is the story of two siblings, John and Maud, born a few years after World War One – a story that eerily mirrors the present-day Andrew and Grace.
“Fox Tracks,” by Rita Mae Brown – Though a fierce snowstorm rages on Manhattan’s Midtown streets, nothing can damp-en the excitement inside the Pierre Hotel ballroom. Hunt clubs from all over North America have gath-ered for their annual gala, and nobody is in higher spirits than “Sister” Jane Arnold, Master of the Jef-
ferson Hunt in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Braving the foul weather, Sister and her young friend “Tootie” Harris go to a nearby tobacco shop and find themselves regaled by the colorful stories of its eccentric proprietor, Adolfo Galdos. Yet the trip’s fes-tive mood goes to ground later with the grisly discov-ery of Adolfo’s corpse. The tobacconist was shot in the head and found with a pack of American Smokes ciga-rettes laid carefully over his heart. When a similar murder occurs in Boston, Sister’s “horse sense” tells her something nefarious is afoot – and it seems to originate in southern tobac-co farms, Sister had better smoke out a devious killer – a killer who is much clos-er than she thinks.
“Don’t Say a Word,” by Beverly Barton – One by one, they will die. He has waited patiently, planning their final moments. Their tortured screams, their pleas for mercy – all will be in vain. Homicide detective Julia Cass has witnessed plenty of crime scenes. But the murder of a Chattanoo-ga judge is shocking in its brutality. Teamed with the Tennessee Bureau of Inves-tigation they soon unearth more bodies – all mutilated in the same way, all left with a gruesome souvenir of a killer’s ruthless rage. The only way to stop the slaughter is to figure out who the next victim will be. However, when you’re dealing with vengeance at its most ruthless, one wrong move can make you a target
– and the next word you ut-ter could be your last.
“A Bullet For Billy,” by Bill Brooks – Jim Glass is a drifter who soldiered for a losing cause, upheld the law as a Texas Ranger, and often has been mistaken for legendary gunman John Wesley Hardin. He’s a lost man on a trail to nowhere – and where he rides, death usually follows. Captain Gus Rodgers of the Texas Rangers is dying – and before he goes, he needs Jim Glass’s help to free his
grandson from a Mexican prison. Trouble is, the Fed-erale general holding him wants the head of the boy’s brother, Billy, who has al-ready confessed to murder-ing the general’s daughter. Gus believes Billy deserves to die, and the old Ranger is just worried he won’t live long enough to do the deed – which is where Jim Glass comes in. Gus’s wild grand-sons may be a lot of things – brutal, ignorant, and dan-gerous, to name three – but they may not actually be
guilty of this particular crime. And when the truth comes out, there’s bound to be a war – a war no one will escape unbloodied.
* * *Library Closing: The li-
brary will be closed March 29-30 for the Easter Holi-days.
* * *Spring Library Hours:
Monday, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Tuesday, Friday 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.; and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Have a great week!
Woody Ingram graciously supplied us with a photo of WWII veterans Frank Devereaux and John Richard Powers were both sitting at the round table.
Both were injured in March 1945 and each received a Purple Heart. Frank served in the U.S. Air Force as a bombardier. He was flying in the nose of a B25 over the Pole Valley River in Italy when he was in-jured. John Powers was only 18 years old (he had lied about his age to join the Ma-rines) and was on the island of Iwo Jima when he was injured.
Frank Devereaux’s 60th mission was dropping paper bombs instructing Ger-man solders how to surrender. On Feb. 26, 1945, John Powers actually witnessed the soldiers raising the American flag over Iwo Jima, a symbol of victory over Japan. That event has been immortalized from the famous photograph. To say “thank you” is not enough to these two and all our veter-ans and to all of those who serve to keep us safe. May God bless you all!
John Richard Powers returned to Di-boll a year later and married Mable Nevins on March 16, 1946. They just celebrated 67 years of marriage. Congratulations!
* * *Ronnie and Stacy (Ellison) Kilgore
celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary on March 15. On March 14 they became grandparents when Kolton Gage Kilgore was born weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces and was 19 inches long. His parents are Kraig and Candace Kilgore. Kolton’s great-grandmothers are Janet Kilgore and Louise Ellison. Congratulations!
* * *The Everything Store has a new cook-
book for sale from the Vocational Agricul-tural Teachers Association of Texas. It’s filled with good recipes from a lot of wives whose husbands teach Ag in Texas. The cost is $10 and proceeds will benefit their Scholarship Fund.
* * *Clyde and Linda Maxey enjoyed hav-
ing company during spring break when their daughter, Tracy Cox, came with her two children from north of Saginaw, near Fort Worth. Second-grader Gavin and fourth-grader Kelsey enjoyed playing a Monopoly marathon with their mother and grandmother; Gavin won every time. They also enjoyed going to eat breakfast with Clyde at the airport.
* * *This spring break, the Bobby Jones
family and Irvin McWilliams family trav-eled to Mount Nebo, Ark., for a few days of relaxation and enjoying God’s handy work with beautiful scenery! This is their story:
“We themed this trip ‘Survivor…Mount Nebo 2013… Mount Nebo will never be the same, but we are oh so glad we came!’
“All 30 of us wore matching T-shirts, from the 6 month old babies to the grand-parents! We knew a trip where the children almost outnumbered the adults could be a
little scary…we all just wanted to survive! “We left Diboll and headed to Murfrees-
boro, Ark., to enjoy the day at Crater of the Diamonds State Park! We all took lots of pictures as several of us dug through rows and rows of dirt looking for rocks and dia-monds! With buckets and little shovels in hand the kids dug for hours with the help of dads and moms. The most fun part was putting your ‘dirt samples’ in the sifter and washing away the dirt with water from an old fashion water pump! The tiny rocks re-mained and you had to inspect them to see if you had found a diamond. We all did this
for hours and left the park that day with souvenirs, dirty clothes and no diamonds! We then drove the short trip to
Arkadelphia, Ark., where we spent the
night and the kids got to enjoy the indoor heated pool and most had a nice dinner a Ta Molly’s Mexican restaurant. The next morning we were up and ready as we took a scenic tour through Hot Springs, Ark., and stopped for a friendly game of La-ser Tag at T-Rex gaming center! It was a great way to let the kids burn some energy! We then hit the road to our cabins on the edge of Mount Nebo. See, Mount Nebo holds a special place in the hearts of the McWilliams Family. Our grandparents, Johnnie and Armatha Maxey, loved the beautiful mountains of Arkansas and took many trips to these same cabins in years past. With both of them now walking the streets of heaven, we went to just celebrate their lives and look at the beauty that God placed there. It did make me wonder, if we see this now, an earthly view of the majes-tic sunsets and expansive views that go for miles and miles, what must they be enjoy-ing in heaven! What a sense of peace that gave me! My mom, Alice, even brought some pink rose petals and we released them off the side of the mountains in a special little moment to remember my PawPaw and MawMaw Maxey. It was a precious sight to see the grandkids throwing those petals off the side of the mountain behind our cabins and watching the petals catch in the wind and float all around. Great memo-ries made!
Library featuring books each week; try one
WWII veterans visit ’round the table
News from... T.L.L. Temple
Memorial Library
2 * www.DibollFreePress.com Thursday, March 21, 2013NEIGHBORHOODS
Zucchini is one of the most versatile vegetables out there. You can grill, saute, steam or bake it for some really delicious re-sults. We really know how to grow it in Texas; I read recently “don’t plant zuc-chini unless you have lots of friends.”
Here is our favorite way to prepare it at our house.
Favorite zucchini dish4 medium size zucchini, ends cut off and sliced about 1/4” thick2 medium size yellow squash, ends cup off and
sliced about 1/4”inch thick8 cups water2 tsp. salt 1 TBSP. margarine2 tsp. sugar or Splendasalt and pepper to taste.
Place sliced zucchini and yellow squash in water that has been salted with the 2 tsp. salt. Bring it to a boil and turn down to sim-mer until squash is tender (it won’t take long). When fork tender, drain in a col-
ander. Return to pot and mash with a potato mash-er. Add margarine, 2 tsp. sugar or Splenda, and salt and pepper to taste. Makes a great side dish.
You can also put it into a casserole dish coated with non-stick spray, sprinkle it with bread crumbs, drizzle the top with a little melted margarine, and bake it at 350 degrees until top is golden brown.
Send recipes or comments to Judge Esther Barger, 211 N. Temple, Diboll, TX 75941 or email to ebarger@angelina county.net.
Here’s a favorite zucchini dishJudicious
& DeliciousWith Judge
Esther Barger
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WWII veterans Frank Devereaux and John Richard Powers visit at the Round Table.
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Hummingbirds are coming. Patricia and Norm Fulford on Airport Road saw her first one about 11 a.m. on Saturday, March 16. She has out an Oriole feeder with grape jelly, oranges and apples. She has several finches that are in their winter coat. She also has bluebirds in her house with eggs that should hatch soon.
Jimmie Putnam had her first humming-bird on Friday, March 15. She had three sets of different dates this winter that pur-ple finches dropped in and out. Her white-breasted nuthatch was there for the win-ter. American goldfinches have come in waves from six up to 500 one day. March 14 she saw full breeding plumage Ameri-can goldfinch, some are partial plumage. The chickadee has five eggs in the nest box. She has new martin houses but so far one scout. There are two sets of cedar waxwings that have stripped the berries off all the bushes. She has an eastern Phoebe at her Peavy Switch Longhorn P Ranch at Hudson. Their Toledo cabin at Old Sabine has white pelicans that wintered and the cormorants have come back and eagles.
I checked with Patricia Brown and she has one hummingbird. Barbara Clark had seen one. I am going to have to sit still and watch my hummingbird feeder. I am jealous that those in the country beat me getting the hummers.
* * *The Quilt Guild of the Pineywoods
2013 quilt show was a big success. I went by on Friday afternoon and they had a busy
day. Jim Haley, Mary Needham, Bettie Ford, Cecile Braden, Gail Fuller and Verna Griffith were some of the quilters that I saw.
* * *I had to go by Bryan’s Smokehouse to
see the remodel. I am anxious to see it on the TV show. Maybe we can get the date.
* * *Ernie Rowe celebrated his 50th birth-
day with a crawfish boil at their house on Sam Rayburn. The crowd there included: Ernie and Barbara Rowe, Chad and Me-gan Rowe, Justin Rowe, Ashley John-son, Cordelia Gardner, Brian and Melissa McKinney with Garrett, Melvin Durham, Hughey Anderson, Clifford and Kippy Warren, Brittany and Josh Lowery with Hailey and Kadance, Chasity and Jacob Armstrong, Michael Stevens with Megan, Crystal and “Bubba”,
Gail and Whitney Husband with Ayden, Sidney and Holly Williams with Sydnie Grace, Gideon and John and neigh-bor Joe Adams. Ernest fried fish for those that did not eat crawfish.
* * *On my way to Huntington, I stopped at
Dickie’s Country Store where Dickie Dix-on has antique furniture in store rooms at the Homer Storage Units on Highway 69. Dickie is in the furniture business like his parents, Hershel and Kathleen Dixon, but his is antique and used.
* * *Winnie Graham was working in her
yard and I stopped and visited with her at her place on FM 2109 out of Huntington. She plans to have “yard beautiful” with the blooming things that she is planting.
* * *I called Bernice Maberry on her 95th
birthday on March 17 and played the har-monica for her like she plays for me on my birthday. My playing is “pitiful” but it was the thought. We love you Bernice. She said that she had people visiting her when I called.
* * *Happy Birthday: Charlie Deaton, Jim
Mewbourn, Vickie Boren, LaJune Bradley, Jay Jackson, Grayson Weiss, Tucker Ray Carswell, Sandy Martinez, Don Prender-gast, Jo Ann Hobbs, John Duncan, Jane Medlin, Patsy Hopper, Alannah Russell, Gene Havard, Linda Daniel, Chuck Hines, Nancy Carter, Charlie Poland, John Pope, Colby Greenville, Brax Turner, Dorman Forrest, Mary Russell, Catherine Rich, Chad Rowe.
* * *I had an email from Nancy Winston
that she has sold The Very Thing to Jaclyn Hults and her sister Shannon Horta. They
will take over April 15. Stop by and tell Nancy goodbye on April 5 when they have a trunk show of Jon Hart
* * *Linda and Mack Coward went with us
to New Orleans in our travel trailers where we ate our way around town. We enjoyed the French Market Muffulettas, Fezzo’s gumbo (in Scott and Crowley), New Or-leans Hamburger and Seafood Company, New Orleans Coffee and Beignet Com-pany, La Madeleine Country French Café, Café Beignet and Superior Seafood Res-taurant which was our favorite. We toured the Chalmette Plantation where the last Battle of New Orleans was fought in 1815. The Battle of New Orleans song made it fa-mous; but the park ranger said that this was between the British and Americans over control of the Mississippi River and New Orleans. General Andrew Jackson became famous for this battle. We did see some of the Katrina homes that had not been re-stored. We took a city tour and saw the Metairie cemetery with the tombs above the ground.
* * *Liz Cobb and I went to the Panther first
home baseball game Friday. The stands were full. I think that Hunter Wood had the most cheering for him.
* * *See you around.
Contact Janice Ann Rowe at [email protected].
Hummingbirds are boycotting one writer’s houseThursday, March 21, 2013 www.dibollfreepress.com * 3NEIGHBORHOODS
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There’s Huntington news ... if it can be put in the paperOur uncle, Cletus Rus-
sell, was in Loper’s Pharma-cy one morning and I asked about his better half, Gladys, who had a round with pneu-monia. Better enough she was and he had brought her to the grocery store earlier due to the fact that he could not buy groceries to please her. That is not unusual because some men do not frequent the grocery store much unless the main shop-per is laid low. One of Ran-dy’s top priorities is going to the grocery store. Beamon even said he could buy what was needed if I would make him a list. Maybe, maybe!
* * *At church John Garcia
was telling me that he reads my column in the paper and I asked which one, the Diboll, or Huntington paper. He reads the Huntington Her-ald when he meets with the other retirees from Lufkin Telephone Exchange. The group meets at Dean’s and he makes sure he gets a copy of the paper that comes out each month.
I told John, if I did not start getting some news, no column would appear in ei-ther paper. Too many of the news reports I get are fol-lowed up with “and do not
put that in the paper”.* * *E.B. Berry and Beamon
had birthdays within four days of each other. E.B. turned 80 and Beamon was ahead at 83. Almost half of their lives have been spent behind the steering wheel of an 18-wheeler. Trucking has come a long way in that many years and some of it is good and some bad.
When they started driv-ing for Keller out of Wood-ville they had some ragged old trucks, but that really did not faze them. The money was good and really the traveling was good. True enough there were not as
many interstates as now but there was not as much traf-fic either, especially going west. Beamon preferred go-ing to California and made many runs out there. Then he called a broker himself and there was always a good load back and many times it was a straight run to Florida.
You would think that would get old but it did not for Beamon. He always had some great stories about things he had seen or people he met. Like everything else, too many government regulations, too much ex-pense and not enough work might not make for a good job. I’m happy Beamon got
to drive when he did but am quite happy that he is not out there trying to make a living now.
* * *A memorial was given
to McMullen Memorial Library for Berdie Dom-iney by Marie and Weldon Miller.
* * *Huntington, Lufkin and
Diboll are so lucky to have nice libraries for the public to use. And many patrons do use them for reading material and the use of the computers. Remember we could live in a county where all our reading material is censored. That would be awful!
* * *Joyce Edwards and
Casey Kennidy were early working when I stopped by Dr. Terry Wells’ office.
* * *Spring break has cer-
tainly lessened the traffic on our road. Usually it is a busy county road all-day but especially early for work and school traffic. When school is out for the day, traffic picks up and at times some of the younger folks must think it is the Indy 500. School traffic does make a difference.
Sheila Scogin contributes this weekly column about Huntington-area residents.
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“But Mount Nebo was more than just a sentimental time…we definitely got our exercise! From Mountain bikes to bikes with train-ing wheels we rode several miles of trails and roads as we ventured out in the mornings despite the chilly 30 degree weather! We fol-lowed bike trails down to look out points, numerous trips to the “camp store” (the kid’s favorite place to go), and all around from cabin to cabin. The Jones family shared 2 cabins and the McWilliams family 3 that were all in a small area and were so close we could all walk back and forth! It was great to be so close when it came to the kids! The Jones family hosted home cooked breakfasts of biscuits, pancakes, bacon and sausage and also great home cooked dinners of Fried Fish, Ribeye steaks and Hamburgers! The food was delicious and everyone ate plenty.
“Each morning, the families would pack up and venture out on hiking trails! We hiked the 4 ½ mile bench trails of Mount Nebo stopping a few times to ad-mire the scenery and enjoy a few “picnic” breaks. The poor dads and grandpas on the trip spent most of their time carrying “all tired out” 2 and 3 year olds up rugged terrain! They definitely got their work outs! It was a leg workout to climb up the steep terrain as it was. The trails were adorned with carved out rock steps, simple little bridges, step-ping stones through small little brooks and streams and sweeping views of the Arkansas River Valley. We marveled at the wondrous sights of the sunsets at Sun-set Point. We even saw a comet the first night there! The colors that the sky cycled through as the sun dropped behind the moun-tains were absolutely awe-
ing! There was one waterfall that was gently running and bouncing off several rocks that also was so simple, yet so beautiful! The kid’s also were shocked to see 10-15 deer at a time through-out the trip. Trey McWil-liams was smart enough to bring a bag of corn and he spread it all around the place and the deer showed up in droves! The kids also enjoying playing with sling shots, building forts and hide outs and of course col-lecting rocks!
“Our trip was simple and so much fun. We had tired little legs on all 15 of the kiddos … and most of the adults! We all are so busy when we get back to our everyday lives, but this trip was so peaceful and to just enjoy the peace and stillness you find when you spend time in nature was great. Our cabins were quaint and cozy, the trip was fairly uneventful (only my Carter gets a little car sick!) but the memories made and the lives celebrated were worth more than any other vacation I can think of!
We are so thankful the Jones family went with us, it made the trip so much fun as we laughed, watched out for each other’s kids, ate and ate some more! With great Christian friends, the fellowship was a blessing. The Jones family took quite a crew! The Jones Family included Bobby and Gina Jones, their son Travis, his daughters Shalyn and Tay-lor, Travis’ girlfriend Laura and her son Carson. The Jordan family of John and Jodi with their sons Brady, Jaxon, Kade and Asa and the Smith family of Shea and Jamie with their chil-dren Raylei, Reyce and Ryane. Their ages ranged from 6 month to 12 years old! The McWilliams fam-ily included Irvin and Alice and the Williams family of Ray and Crystal their boys Lil’ Ray and Carter. The Nash family of Chris and Tiffany with their son, Kee-gan and their daughter, Ava and the McWilliams Fam-ily of Trey and his daughter Presley. Our kids ranged in ages from 18 month to 6 years old.
“Spring Break 2013 was definitely a trip we will al-ways remember. I know that I can speak for the Jones fam-ily too, as I say the memo-ries made and time enjoyed together were well worth the time. Mount Nebo … it may never be the same!
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Theme: SPRING IS IN THE AIRACROSS1. Father of Hector, Paris and Cassandra6. Young newt9. Perching place13. Fungal skin infection14. Tap order15. Less than right angle16. On pins and needles17. Bottom line18. Isabel Allende’s “Por-trait in _____”
19. *Say ______ to win-ter and hello to spring21. *Celebrated saint23. One of peeps24. Cobbler’s concern25. Mudbath site28. Cellist great30. *The ______ Spring, led by Alexander Dubcek35. Snaky swimmers37. *Daffodil or tulip, originally39. Yuletides40. Competitive advan-tage41. Skedaddle
43. Profit44. REM picture46. Fuzzy fruit47. Second-most traded currency in world48. Kinda50. One who speaks a Slavic language52. OB-GYN test53. Boor55. *These sox train in spring57. *Precedes May flow-ers61. Okinawa martial arts64. Great reviews
65. Lawyer group67. She turned to stone69. Amber _____70. “Family ___”71. Ar, atomic number 1872. Homework to a stu-dent73. a.k.a. Tokyo74. City on Rhone River
DOWN1. “Harper Valley ___”2. Sign of engagement3. A fan of4. Famous for his fables5. *Dance-around-the-pole holiday6. _____ button from Staples7. 1918 pandemic, e.g.8. Dancer’s beat9. Maple, to a botanist10. Brazilian indigenous people11. Relating to the ear12. Reach a high15. Rearward20. Splotches22. European peak24. Lonely musician?25. *Garden’s beginnings26. Peter in Spain27. Tattered Tom’s cre-ator29. Exclamation of dis-gust31. First rate32. “Faster!” to a horse33. U in UV34. To impede36. The Vatican to Catho-lics, e.g.38. B in BCS42. Miss America’s top-per45. Harass49. Either ___ or against51. *Occurring now54. Utilization or employ-ment56. Farm type57. 32-card game58. Maui dance59. Lyric poem, pl.60. W in W=Fd61. Boxer’s last blow62. Not for here63. Jet black66. *Spring Growth68. European Nuclear Society
Cellphone users should be more polite
Another busy, but productive week is in the books at your State Capitol. Spring Break was in full swing this week as several families from back home in the District were able to come by and visit our office. It was also a big week for public educa-tion, water legislation and rider amendment voting in the House Appropriations Committee.
Public EducationI was able to visit with
a large group of teachers from the District this past Monday, as thousands of educators made their way to the Capitol for a public education rally. I shared with them that I believe this session is going to be a good one for public education. I have coauthored House Bills 5, 85 and 640, each with the goal of curtailing testing, eliminating the 15 percent rule that would force a student’s score on End of Course testing to count for 15 percent of the student’s average, and freeing school districts to focus on more flexible graduation plans. Addi-tionally, I am reviewing several bills to ensure that the state is not passing unfunded mandates on to our local school districts and taxpayers.
FundingMyself and the other
members of the House Appropriations Committee unanimously voted this week to approve a rider amendment that would increase formula fund-ing by 3 percent for our community colleges. The committee also passed a rider that would put al-most $140 million into the Teacher Retirement Sys-tem in order to raise the state’s contribution rate. I was also proud that the committee adopted a rider amendment this week that would increase formula
based funding for public education by $1.5 billion and fund student popula-tion growth in schools across the state. I am very encouraged by the work that our committee has been able to accomplish thus far, but there is still a long way to go and a lot of work to do in order to get the bill signed into law.
LegislationThe House voted this
week to approved HB10, a supplemental spending bill, which was sent to and signed by the Gover-nor. This bill fully funds the state’s Medicaid IOU for the current biennium, as well as corrects an accounting gimmick in the Foundation School Program that helped the state balance the budget during the last session. Our House Committee on Natural Resources voted on Thursday to approve HB4, which establishes the State Water Imple-mentation Fund. If passed, this bill would work to strengthen water infra-structure and provide for future water demands across our great state.
Mobile officeOur District Director,
Linda Parker, has been able to visit with folks in Madison and San Augus-tine Counties so far this month, and she will be at the Leon County Court-house from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 20.
Linda will end the month at the Houston County Courthouse on March 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and be at the Trinity County Court-house that afternoon from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
As always, my staff and I are available during the week at (512) 463-0508 or (936) 634-2762.
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Isn’t it funny how our social mores concerning privacy have changed since the introduction of cellu-lar telephones? We used to have manners affecting privacy standards in res-taurants and restrooms that have morphed with the infil-tration of technology. Fifty years ago, we never would have considered talking on a telephone at the dinner ta-ble. Nor would we have one in a public restroom. These ideals have transformed now with the introduction of the cellular phone which is both privately owned and portable.
Call me old fash-ioned, but It still bothers me to sit down at a table of a fine restaurant and overhear someone else’s private telephone conver-sation. I also feel it is an invasion of my privacy to hear someone talking on a phone in a public rest-room. The person talking on the telephone may not mind sharing the sounds of toilets flushing, run-ning water, and air blow-ers with their listener on the other end, but I do. It is not my conversation; therefore, I resent being forced into a compromis-ing position.
The first time I heard someone talking in a bathroom was about three years ago when a young teen was in the stall next to me explaining to her young counterpart that she was going to ignore her mother’s vie to get her out of the restroom because their vacation was too boring. I was so shocked that I wanted to go tell her concerned mother that she had a spoiled child on her hands. I decided not to interfere.
Inconsiderate calls can happen anywhere, not only in a bathroom or res-taurant. One time while attending church, I heard someone answer a call while inside the sanctu-ary during the church ser-vice. That was a shocker! Another cellphone expe-
rience was while I was waiting in line at FedEx to make a shipment. The woman in front of me had some weird conversation with her friend speculat-ing why another male friend had taken a four hour long shower. I was forced to listen to scenar-ios about leg shaving, hair washing, hair coloring, as well as an assortment of insinuated unsavory top-ics. It was not a pleasant experience and highly uncomfortable for me and others in the line. When I think about it, I have en-dured countless grocery store line conversations and beauty shop gossip sessions (all one-sided of course.)
On the last trip we took, I had the most star-tling intrusion of privacy yet. My husband and I had stopped for gas at one of those half gas stations/half restaurant places. He proceeded to fill the tank with gasoline while I went inside to the rest-room. While taking care of business, I could hear that someone else was in the restroom washing hands and blow-drying them. Before they com-pletely exited the door, a voice sounded, “Welcome to Wendy’s! May I take your order?” It took me by surprise so much that I stayed quiet until the person taking someone’s drive-thru order was com-pletely out of the room.
Verbal conversations are not the only inva-sive use for the cellular phone. The news tells us that students have used cellphones to record vid-eos in school and sporting events. Some have been posted to the internet for all to see without consid-eration of consequence or privacy. People have used cellphone photos and re-corders for spying purpos-es, public exposure and exposition. We have even
condoned the dismissal of privacy with the use of cellphone recordings and photos in trials and public hearings involving celeb-rities and politicians. On the other side of the is-sue, cellphone photos and recorders have captured amazing acts of nature and random good will amongst people.
I can safely say that my generation knew life before cellphones, but my children have been around them since they were in grade school. They grew up knowing how to call, text, send a photo, and use GPS (global posi-tioning satellite). As part of teaching them social skills and manners, we also taught cellphone etiquette. Just the basics were covered like no tex-ting at the table, no calls during family events or
after bedtime (10 p.m.), no sending a picture with-out the person’s permis-sion who is in the photo and the like. I never had to cover things like talk-ing on a phone in a res-taurant or in the restroom because my children fig-ured those out for them-selves.
I am truly glad for the convenience of cell-phones, and the security of travelling with one is phenomenal. I only wish people would be more respectful of privacy of others when they consid-er calling or answering a call in a public place.
Dortha Jackson grew up in the Diboll/Lufkin area and has recently returned with her husband, Steve, and their dog, Bear. She spent the last thirty years as a music teacher and church musician in Laredo.
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Spring break has come and gone, but summer is just around the corner. So take heart!
My spring break was not what I had in mind. I figured that I would see kids and grandkids, but God had a dif-ferent plan. He decided that I should stay still and rest. To be honest, I be-lieve that God knew what was best. It wasn’t until Wednesday of that week that I did not feel tired! I had no idea that I was that exhausted! Do you think that age has anything to do with that?
I did not argue with Him that I needed to do this and needed to do that. I actually stayed put and rested. I am quite certain that God had some-one document that I actually stayed put for a period of time! LOL
Saturday, I attended a funeral for my niece’s daddy-in-law, Louie. Lou-
ie had a saying that he said to his kids and grandkids that he loved them from the top of the sky to the bottom of the sea. Louie’s mother had told him that when he was young also. I thought that was a cool thing to say.
I tell my kids that I love them to the moon and back. I also have thought that my love would be similar to what Buzz Lightyear would say, “To infin-ity and beyond!”
Yes, I love my family and friends so much, but let’s take a minute and look at the love of the Father. His love is truly like infinity and beyond. His
love is eternal. His love is everlasting. When you lose a loved one, you
experience grief. You may even get mad at God, or get mad at the one who died. We all experience it differently.
My mom and dad, as well as the rest of the family, are still dealing with that grief. Mom made a profound state-ment right after Steve died. She said that God understood her pain because He had lost His son too. Actually, He willingly gave His son for us. Yes, His son had victory over the grave so that we might have eternal life.
That victory was so that we could have that relationship with God and experience His love.
I honestly don’t know how other people get through the grief without God. I could not walk this valley if it were not for Jesus Christ. When we walk through the valley of the shadow
of death, we fear no evil for God is with us.
God is always with us whether we feel Him or not. He is so close, and all we have to do is call on the name of Jesus. When our hearts are too heavy or burdened to say a prayer, the name of Jesus is all that needs to be said. Je-sus, Jesus, Jesus.
One day during spring break, Mike discovered that we had bats in our attic. Six to be exact. He caught them and removed them from there. Now, what do bats like? They like darkness, right? Well, if there is no darkness when they try to roost, they will find someplace else, right?
Well, Mike set up a string of lights across the attic on a timer, so that when the bats want to go there, it is well lit. There is light in the darkness!
Isn’t that the way it is in our
lives? There are places of darkness that want to harbor things like bats or other icky secrets. If we don’t go inside and deal with the darkness, it will multiply and take over more and more of our lives.
Just as Mike strung out lights to shed light into the darkness of our attic, God wants to fill us with His Glory Light, King Jesus, and dispel the darkness. However, we have to give God permission to come in and do that.
Don’t you think that it is time to shed the Light on your situation? Ask God to come in and take over. Ask Him to pour His Light into your life. Won’t you do that today?
Jan Allbritton is a Diboll resident who teaches at St. Cyprian’s Episcopal School.
“Don’t let down your guard lest even now, today, someone - man or woman, clan or tribe - gets side-tracked from God, our God, and gets involved with the no-gods of the nations; lest some poisonous weed sprout and spread among you” -- Deuteronomy 29:18
Sweet little Jessie sat in her pretty new dress on the church pew in between Emma and me coloring on the marker boards. As they col-ored, Jessie put a pile of Tic Tacs right beside her. These were the or-ange ones, but who can resist a tic tac? There were several moments where Jessie became distracted
giving me the perfect opportunity to swoop in and take a tic tac. Of course I didn’t take the whole pile. I took one at a time. She never no-ticed until there were only 3 left.
She looked around confused (as I looked strait ahead like a perfect angel). She guarded them a little more carefully, but that only lasted a few minutes. Emma noticed me take one, giggled, and then whis-pered to Jessie. Jessie gave me a mean look and moved her tic tacs away... for a while. When she went to children’s church, she left that entire box of tic tacs right beside me. She knew I wouldn’t eat all of her candy, but she did let her guard down again.
Doesn’t this happen in our lives every day? We are just minding our business, and when we let ourselves get distracted, the devil swoops in
with something that attacks us, con-fuses us, or tries to lead us away from Jesus. It could be words some-one uses against you. It could be the way someone you love treats you. It could be an illness or loss. So many things can try to get us off track. That devil is constantly looking for those opportunities to swoop in on you. Keep your guard up for God!
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The First United Methodist Choir is looking for you! Join them for prac-tice on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the sanctuary. They perform each Sun-day at 11 a.m.. Come and join the fun.
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has much to offer. Youth, 6th grade - 12th grades, meet on Wednesdays and Sundays. YUMYS, (PK4-5th grades) meet Sunday afternoons. Sunday school for all ages and groups begins at 10 a.m. each Sun-day. Worship begins at 11 a.m. each Sunday.
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One Year AgoDiboll High School
Alumni Association plans to honor the graduating DHS Class of 1922 at this year’s Diboll Day/Home-coming. The Class of 1922 was the first graduating class at DHS and this will be the 90th anniversary of that special school event.
A recent contest was conducted at Diboll High School for a logo to go along with the DHS Class of 1922 honor and junior graphic designer D.J. Stan-comb was the winner.
The History Center in Diboll announces new ex-hibit, “Take Me Out to the Ballgame: Baseball in An-gelina County 1900-2012.
City of Diboll passes new tanning, tattoo and piercing ordinances. These businesses will require per-mit to operate.
East Texas Behavioral Resource Center, a subsidiary of the Burke Center is to purchase the Peavy Switch Recovery Center and to reopen as The Lufkin Dream Center.
Five Years AgoKathy Rodgers takes
over as director of Diboll Outreach Center, replac-ing longtime director An Sweeny.
First ever Diboll Tama-le Festival called success as over 3,000 attend the event. Biggest problem were not enough tamales.
Diboll High School power lifter (198 pound division) Tremicia Hadnot places second in State of Texas at state power lifting competition. Hadnot total lifts came to 825 pounds.
Joseph Horton wins first ever Tamale Eating Contest at Diboll Tamale Festival with 23, followed by Jesse Maldonado with 17 and Josh Smith with 16 tamales.
Diboll community, H.G. Temple Alumni As-sociation, Diboll Housing Authority and area church-es present annual tribute to Black History.
Ten Years AgoLufkin’s Atkinson
Candy Company honored by Texas Senate for their significant contributions it has made to the economy of Texas.
Angelina County Air-port receives recognition from the United States For-est Service for its disaster recovery efforts involving the space shuttle Colum-bia.
Fire departments in the Second Congressional District of Texas may now apply for the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Pro-gram.
Temple-Inland Foun-dation donates $5,000 to CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) of An-gelina County.
Diboll sophomore Jer-michael Finley, this year’s basketball District 20-3A MVP, has surgery to repair a partially torn leg muscle, an injury sustained during football season.
Twenty Years AgoAngelina College board
of trustees name former Lufkin Industries’ Presi-dent Frank Stevenson to fill the vacancy at its board cre-ated with the retirement of Dr. Ernest Seitz.
Christi Richardson of Diboll High School FFA shows the reserve grand champion steer at the An-gelina County Youth Fair. Ms. Richardson pockets
$4,125 for her work.Navy Seaman Recruit
Gregory Drake of Diboll completes basic training at Recruit Training Command, San Diego, California.
U.S. Congressman Charles Wilson (D-Lufkin) co-sponsors bill designed to encourage tree farmers by offering tax incentives to those who do not sell their lumber for export.
Diboll Detention Center names Judy Tobias Officer of the Month. Ms. Tobias works all areas of security at the DDC.
Thirty Years AgoThe new $1.5 million
Angelina County Exposi-tion Center in Lufkin nears completion.
Congressman Charles Wilson (D-Lufkin) submits statement before Subcom-mittee on Immigration sup-porting legislation to stop the flow of illegal aliens across U.S. borders.
Diboll High School bas-ketball standout Kevin Hur-ley is named District 18-3A Most Valuable Player.
Joint project of the City of Diboll and Hous-ing Authority is intended to improve Walter Allen Park. Domed posts will be erected around the park to discourage vehicle entrance to the park area.
The Free Press tied for Best All-Around Newspa-per at the annual Gulf Coast Press Association Conven-tion in Houston.
Cheryl Bell, fourth-grade student at Diboll El-ementary is the individual winner in the school spell-ing bee and will advance to the Junior East Texas Spell-ing Bee competition.
30 Years Ago: Cheryl Bell wins spelling bee30 Years of
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Thirty Years Ago This WeekThe Diboll Police Department has just received two new Ford LTD police cruisers bringing to three the number of LTD’s in the rolling stock of DPD. The new dark blue units, shown by Chief Danny Ray and Officer Ricky Conner, feature new radio units which are smaller and more powerful than their predecessors.
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Pre-K3 and Pre-K4Diboll Primary School
113 HendrickOpen Enrollment for Diboll residents.Students who qualify for Pre-K3 and Pre-K4 are free;Others will pay tuition established by the Board of Trustees.
Please bring the following items:• Proof of residency within the district
• Child’s offi cial birth certifi cate• Child’s immunization record
• Child’s social security card (if available)• Proof of income (food stamp or TANF or check stub)
• Picture ID of parent/guardian(If some of the above items are not available at this time, we want you to pre-register; and we will complete your
child’s fi le at a later date.)
We look forward to seeing you at Diboll Primary School for Pre-K3 & Pre-K4 Roundup for the 2013-2014 school year!!Contact: Diana Moore, Principal (829-4671)
KindergartenH.G. Temple Elementary School
1303 Lumberjack DrivePlease bring the following items:
• Proof of residency within the district• Child’s offi cial birth certifi cate• Child’s immunization record
• Child’s social security card (if available)(If some of the above items are not available at this time, we want you to pre-register; and we will complete your
child’s fi le at a later date.)
We look forward to seeing you at H.G. Temple Elementary for Kindergarten Roundup!Contact: Lara Kelley, Principal (829-6950)
for issuance include out-standing efforts in wildlife and nature centers, resource management, park establish-ment, youth leadership, the media, and education on the college, high school, or el-ementary level.
“I’m humbled and deeply touched that the DAR would honor me with this award,” said Donovan. “I’m espe-cially pleased because it puts East Texas and the Neches River in the limelight and lets people in other areas know what a treasure we have right here at home.”
Donovan has received numerous honors in recogni-tion of fifteen years of build-ing protection for the Neches River, and for his work to protect habitat on the Nation-al Forests in Texas. When Donovan began his efforts in the late 1990’s, proposals for three dams on the Neches River were making headlines. Donovan launched (literally) a canoe expedition, paddling more than 350 miles of the Neches to highlight its value to the region. The journal he kept and the dozens of news articles, including first page color coverage in the Hous-
ton Chronicle and a series of TV and radio interviews, led to his writing Paddling the Wild Neches (Texas A&M Press, now in its third print-ing). Paddling the Wild Neches chronicles the wild-ness, beauty and history of a river that flows through the heart of Texas Forest Coun-try, providing habitat for mi-grating birds and abundant wildlife, as well as recreation and sustenance for thousands of people.
In succeeding years, Donovan helped organize support for creation of the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge, formed groups that built trails and encouraged management for wildlife in national for-ests, promoted tourism in East Texas, and spearhead-ed a project to clear a boat path through logs and hur-ricane debris on the Neches to make it more accessible for recreation.
The result is a level of attention to the Neches un-dreamed of 15 years ago. The Neches River National Wildlife Refuge has been established in Anderson and Cherokee Counties and the
Pineywoods Mitigation Bank protects more than 20,000 acres of the middle Neches. Groups from all over East Texas support designation of the Neches as a National Wild and Scenic River. Many host programs on the Neches or display Neches photographs. Events like the Neches River Rendezvous draw huge crowds.
Donovan received both state and national certificates of recognition, along with the medal.
The DAR is a non-profit women’s service organiza-tion for any woman 18 years or older who can prove lin-eal descent from a Patriot of the American Revolution. The mission of the DAR is the promotion of historic preservation, education and patriotism.
The DAR Conservation Medal was presented at a ban-quet held in conjunction with TSDAR’s annual meeting at the Hyatt Regency in down-town Houston March 15.
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City of DibollPolice Dept.
(1)Full Time Police Officer
(1) Full Time Dispatcher
The City of Diboll is accepting applications for one (1), Full Time Police Officer and one (1) Full Time Dispatcher. Ap-plications will be taken until April1, 2013 at 5:00p.m. Salary depends on qualification. Job description is available at City Hall.
• Must have a high school di-ploma/GED
• Valid Texas Drivers License
• Licensed Peace Officer with State of Texas
• Police Of-ficer Applicant must meet re-quirements under Chapter 1 (1.04- 1.04.1 – 1.05 – 1.06 – 1.06.1) of the Diboll Po-lice Dept. Policy Manual (Physical Fitness)
Application available at City Hall, 400 Kenley, Diboll TX 75941, Monday - Thurs-day from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or www.cityofdi-boll.com
The City of Diboll is an Equal Opportunity Em-ployer
Notice to Creditors
Notice is hereby given that Letters Tes-
tamentary of the Estate of GALE BOYD FANT, Deceased, were issued on March 6, 2013, in Docket No. 035-13-PR, pending in the County Court at Law #2 of Angelina County, Texas, to: Ronald L. Fant.
The address of the Indepen-dent Executor is: P.O. Box 1435, Huntington, TX 75949.
All persons having claims against this Es-tate which is currently being a d m i n i s t e r e d are required to present them within the time and in the man-ner described by law. Claims may be presented in care of John Sloan, 305 East Frank Avenue, Lufkin, Texas 75901, and it is the representa-tive’s choice that claims be ad-dressed in care of the Estate’s attorney, John Sloan.
D A T E D the 7th day of March, 2013.
John Sloan, Attorney for the Estate
305 East Frank Avenue
Lufkin, Texas 75901
9 3 6 - 6 3 2 -8282
State Bar No. 18505000
ATTORNEY FOR ESTATE
The State of Texas
To all per-sons interested In the Estate of
ALFRED NEW-TON JARVIS, Cause No. 006-13-PR, County Court at Law #2 in Angelina County, Texas. ANDY ALFRED JARVIS filed in the County Court of Angelina coun-ty, Texas, on this the 11th day of January, 2013, the following: APPLICATION FOR PROBATE OF WILL AS MUNIMENT OF TITLE.
Said appli-cation may be heard and acted on by said court no sooner than 10:00 o’clock a.m. on the first Monday next after the expira-tion of ten days from the date of posting of this citation, that expiration date being the 28TH
DAY OF JANU-ARY, 2013.
All persons interested in the above men-tioned Muniment of Title are here-by cited to ap-pear before said Honorable court at said above mentioned time and place by fil-ing a written an-swer contesting such application should they de-sire to do so.
The officer executing this citation shall post the copy of this citation at the Courthouse door of the County in which this proceeding is pending, or at the place in or near said court-house where
public notices customarily are posted, for not less than then (10) days before the return day
thereof, exclu-sive of the date of posting and return the origi-nal copy of this citation to the
clerk stating in a written return thereon the time when and place where he posted such copy.
Given un-der my hand and seal of said office Lufkin, Texas, on this the 11th day of
January, 2013.J o A n n
Chastain, Coun-ty Clerk
A n g e l i n a County, Texas
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DiningBrisket House 1225 N. Temple 829-3434Church’s Chicken 208 N. Temple 829-4464Dairy Queen 204 N. Temple 829-3064Donut Palace 603 N. Temple 829-0229Jack In The Box 400 N. Temple 829-3344Los Jarritos Mexican Restaurant 903 N. Temple 829-0777Simple Simon’s Pizza 573 N. Temple 829-5959Sonic Drive In 512 N. Temple 829-3162Taqueria Y Rest. El Mexico Lindo 200 N. Temple
Industrial2B Trucking 1430 N. Temple 829-2826Andrews Transport 8640 Hwy. 59 S. 829-5533B & B Fabricating 1432 N. Temple 829-4177Campbell Timberland Mgmt. 700 N. Temple 829-6300DEMCO, Inc. 1121 N. Temple 829-4771Momentive Chemical 829-8036P & S Trucking 508 Burke 829-4000
RetailABC Auto 600 N. Temple 829-4952Alternate Parts & Components 1441 N. Temple 829-7278American Metal 9161 Hwy. 59 S. 829-0337Around the World Salvage 1441 N. Temple 829-7278Aundrea’s Originals 315 N. Hendrick 829-2345Brookshire Bros. 221 N. Temple 829-4366Diboll Depot 1605 N. Temple 829-1100Diboll Food Mart 500 N. Temple 829-2258Dixon Furniture 300 N. Hines 829-5813Dollar General Store 223 N. Temple 829-3499Drive Thru Tobacco 520 N. Temple 829-2203East Texas Tupperware 810 South Meadows 829-4817Family Dollar 406 N. Temple 829-2315Goodwill Industries 212 N. Temple 829-3311Grand Kids Motor Co. 1324 Temple 829-9464Herman Power Tire 1501 N. Temple 637-7511Polk’s Pick-It-Up Store 605 N. Temple 829-5308Polk’s Pick-It-Up Store 611 N. TemplePouland’s The Everything Store 611 N. Temple 829-4040Sarah’s Gifts 1319 N. Temple 829-2630Two Smitty’s Swap Shop 1303 N. Temple
ServiceAAA Self Storage 1517 N. Temple 829-4447Advanced Plumbing 1221 N. Temple 829-5226 Angelina Casualty Insurance 611 N. Temple 829-2633Baker Pest Control 632-6464Bonner Roofing 7997 Hwy. 59 S. 829-2866Commercial Bank 501 N. Temple 633-5890
Compro Tax/Basic Spanish Cl. 301 N. Hendrick St. 829-5260Conners Auto Service Center 211 Rutland 829-2477 Cuts & More 1095 N. Temple 829-3405Deer Trace Homeowners Assoc. 829-0035Diboll Custom Upholstery 1442 N. Temple 829-0900Diboll Free Press 101 Weber 829-3313Diboll Inn and Suites 910 N. Temple 829-2055Diboll Mobile Home Park 925 Denman 829-3611Diboll Motors 1312 N. Temple 829-4533Dr. Woody Ingram 308 Thompson 829-5589Duran Electric 212-1143E.T. Family Medical/Dr. Cathcart 202 S. Temple 829-4749Elite Cleaners 202 N. Hendrick 829-5980Extreme Collision 131 S. U.S. Hwy. 59 829-2252First Bank & Trust 104 N. Temple 829-4721Fleetwood Transportation Svcs. 7642 Hwy. 59 S. 829-4735Flowers Paint & Body 9171 S. U.S. Hwy. 59 829-3368H & R Block 105 Weber, Suite C 829-4388Ibarra Tire Shop 1511 N. Temple J.R.’s Party Barn 611 N. Temple 635-0462KST Day Care Center 101 Maynard 829-5783Leon Stricklen Insurance 105 WeberLSI Cleaning & Floor Care 1302 Brown 829-0149Melvin Linton Homes 635-8942Modern Cleaners 311 N. Hendrick 829-2752Morris Air Conditioning 1319 N. Temple 829-2630Moye’s Catering 1310 N. Temple 829-3040Neches Pines Golf Course 900 Lumberjack Dr. 829-5086Nirow Contractors 201 N. Temple 829-5100Peaceful Rest Mortuary 311 N. First 829-3774Palacio Construction 674-6898Pumpkin Patch Pre-School 211 Morris Rd. 829-2933Quick Change Oil and Lube 571 N. Temple 829-3970R & R Washateria 904 N. Temple Rodriguez Custom Paint 1224 N. Temple 829-3280Russell Ingram, DDM 308 Thompson 829-5589Sabine Storage Units 301 N. HendrickSandra Pouland Real Estate 611 N. Temple 829-4040Sara’s Beauty Shop 302 N. Hendrick 829-4900ServiceMaster Clean 1300 N. Temple 634-6982Speedy Ice L.L.C. 901 N. Temple S & S Transmissions 7883 S. Hwy. 59 829-4221Star Enterprise 1509 N. Temple Temple-Inland Fed. Credit Union 109 N. Temple 829-1616Terrell Insurance 902 N. Temple 29-2361Tha Spot Barber Shop 906 N. Temple The Car Wash 204 N. Temple T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library 300 Park 829-5497Tonya’s 1449 N. Temple Total Energy 1430 N. Temple Tracy Nails & Spa 404 N. Temple 829-4435Trinity Mission 900 S. Temple 829-5501Vanity Salon 305 N. Hines 829-5000
Other/IndependentDiboll ISD P.O. Box 550 xxxxCity of Diboll 400 Kenley 829-4757Diboll Housing Authority 702 S. First 829-5440April Lovelady 899-2269
Diboll-area businessesListed here are Diboll-area businesses, with those who have
joined the Diboll Businesses Association in bold.The Diboll Business Association’s next meeting is set for 5:30
p.m. Monday, March 25, at the TLL Temple Memorial Library. Come give your thoughts on how the association can promote Diboll businesses.
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Thursday, March 21DHS at Huntington
Friday, March 22BaseballDHS vs. Huntington, 7 p.m.SoccerDHS girls vs. Palestine, 5:30 p.m.DHS boys vs. Pales-tine, 7 p.m.SoftballDHS vs. Jasper, 6 p.m.TennisDHS at Hudson Invita-tional
Monday, March 25GolfDHS at Willis
Tuesday, March 26 BaseballDHS ByeSoftballDHS at Carthage, 6 p.m.TennisDHS at District (Center)
Wednesday, March 27TennisDHS at District (Center)
Thursday, March 28BaseballDHS at Carthage, 7 p.m.SoftballDHS at Central, 6 p.m.TrackDHS at Center
Monday, April 1DHS golf at district (Jas-per)
Thursday, April 4SoftballDHS vs. Hudson, 6 p.m.TrackDHS hosts Lumberjack Relays, 3:45 p.m.
Friday, April 5DHS at Jasper, 7 p.m.
Monday, April 8DHS golf at district (Jas-per)
Sports Briefs
Diboll soccer teams fallThe Diboll Lumberjacks fell 6-1 Tues-
day to Nacogdoches. Though the score doesn’t reflect it, the keeper Austin Dubose held the Dragons at 1-0 until the half.
Dubose was able to make a total of 17 saves during the game and kept it within reach until late in the second half. The Lum-berjacks had several shots on goal also, but could not make it in the net until late in the game with 6 minutes to play. The goal came off of Alex Chavarria with an assist from Leo Rodriguez. The last game of the season is in Palestine on Friday. It is a double head-er with the girls playing at 6 p.m. followed
by the Lumberjacks at 7:30 p.m.
Lady Jacks drop 2-1 decisionThe Dibooll Ladyjacks soccer team was
headed for an upset on senior night Tuesday at home.
The Ladyjacks went into the half with a 1-0 lead. Karina DeJesus scored the goal on a penalty kick. Late in the second half, though, they gave up the lead. The final score was 2-1 Nac.
Though they didn’t make the playoffs they had had one of our best seasons yet and plan on ending with a win.
A 10-strikeout effort by Sergio Castillo carried the Diboll Lumberjacks to a 7-0 win in seven innings over Center on Tuesday.
Castillo tossed a complete game and al-lowed only three hits.
The offense explod-
ed for the Lumberjacks in the second with five runs.
Alex Aguilar racked up two RBIs on three hits for Diboll Lumberjacks Varsity. He singled in the second and fourth in-nings and doubled in the seventh inning.
Photos by Richard Nelson
Rough on the diamondHuntington’s Erica Wright beaned Diboll leadoff hitter Abbie Cummings on the first pitch on Tuesday. It was Wright’s only gaffe as she pitched anear-perfect no-hitter in a 10-0 home victory.The Ladyjacks had no answer for Wright’s pitching prowess, striking out 13 times. They also had no answer for her bat, as Wright went 4-for-4.Above, left, Diboll centerfielder Kam Mott makes a play and then backs up rightfielder Breanne Leaster.
Castillo, Aguilar lead Jacks to win
DATELINE Cont’dby a hot dog lunch.
Easter sunrise service will begin at 7 a.m. Sunday, March 31, followed by breakfast in the fellowship hall.
Eastern Star dinnersThe Order of the Eastern Star
in Burke will have a plate-lunch scholarship fundraiser on April 5. Chicken & dumplings, yams, green beans, rolls and dessert will be $7 a plate. Delivers are available. For more information, call Mary Wells at 829-5059 or
671-9557; or, Sadie Jones at 829-5707.
Stop & ShopSign up now for the 2nd annual
Stop and Shop, April 5th and 6th.
Proceeds will go to the Peru Mission Trip for Fairview Baptist Church. Cost is $40 for both days. The sale will take place at the corner of FM 58 & FM 2108 in Diboll. For more informa-tion call Joyce at 699-4633 or Lucille at 829-4753.
Memorial services for Carl “Curtis” Willis, 65, of Diboll were held Thursday, March 7, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor John Greene and Brother Bob Harbuck officiating. Crema-tion arrangements were un-der the direction of Carroway Funeral Home.
Curtis passed away Saturday, March 2, 2013 surrounded by family at his residence. Curtis was the youngest of three children, born June 14, 1947 in Lufkin, Texas to Mitchell Willis and Mary Lee (Martin) Willis.
Curtis was a lifetime resident of Diboll and retired from Temple Inland after 42 years of employment. As an avid outdoorsman, Curtis en-joyed many years of hunting, fishing, and horseback riding. Curtis was an active mem-ber of Wakefield Fire Tower Hunting Club. Those that knew Curtis will miss his one of a kind sense of humor, rug cuttin’, cold beer drankin’, and “Shug” callin’ nature. Curtis’ favorite past time was riding his grandkids on his motorized scooter, with a big smile on his face. Curtis was a Christian and believed his greatest legacy is his 6 chil-dren, 11 grandchildren and 3 great-grandchildren.
Curtis, beloved hus-band, father, brother and grandfather, leaves the fol-lowing loved ones to cherish his memory: his loving and dedicated wife, Maye Wil-lis of Diboll; his children he was so proud of, Rodney Carl Willis and wife Candy of Deer Park, Patricia Lynn Matchett and husband Jerry of Huntington, Curtice Ha-ley of Panama City, Florida, Tanjela Finch and husband Bryan of Central, Tamela Snider and Nicole Brant-ley of Lufkin, and Beamon Snider and wife Teresa of Lufkin. He was an adoring grandfather and great-grand-father to grandson Kyle
Willis and wife Sommer of Huntington, great-grand Pae-tyn; granddaughters Makayla and Makenlee Willis of Deer Park; granddaughter Curstin Jones and husband Colton of Huntington, great-grand arriving in September; grand-daughter Caydence Smith and husband Robert of Deer Park, great-grand Chandler; grandchildren Hailey and Chandler Pippen of Panama City, Florida; granddaughters Taylor and Taryn Finch of Central; grandchildren Kay-lee and Maddox Snider of Lufkin; brother, Jerry Mack Willis of Lufkin; sister, Judy Gay Smith of Bastrop; neph-ews, Todd Willis of Diboll, Jerry Willis of Central, and Kevin Smith of Bastrop; and many other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by both parents.
Honorary pallbearers were Jaye Haley, Morgan Haley II, Joe Arriola, Bobby Conner, Charles Wayne Cole-man, Wayne Wright, Jimmy Dale Jones, Keith and Robert Filemon, and past and present members of the Wakefield Fire Tower Hunting Club.
The family extends spe-cial thanks to Dr. Karnati and staff, Dr. Benetiz, Dr. A. Cheriyan, Dr. Reddy, A Com-passionate Care Home Health and staff, PT Jason Minguez, Heart to Heart Hospice and staff, Memorial Hospital ICU and 6th floor Specialty Hos-pital.
In lieu of flowers, please send donations to help defray medical expenses to First Bank & Trust East Texas, ac-count number 8621350, Carl “Curtis” Willis Fund.
The family welcomed friends and loved ones from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Thursday evening prior to the memo-rial services.
Memories and condo-lences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.
Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.
OBITUARIESCarl “Curtis” Willis
