Athens Daily Review, General Excellence, March 11, 2012

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Members of the Trinity Valley Community College Beef Cattle Show Team celebrate after winning the Good Herdsman Award at the Houston Livestock Show. Theteam has taken home the award for 12 years in a row.

Special to the ReviewFor each of the past 11 years,

the Trinity Valley CommunityCollege Beef Cattle Show Teamhas brought the Charolais GoodHerdsman Award home from theHouston Livestock Show.

Earlier this month, the teambrought home another GoodHerdsman Award, marking thetwelfth time the team has wonthat honor.

The TVCC Beef Cattle ShowTeam was recently involved inthe Open Charolais Cattle divi-sion of the show.

“The students worked veryhard to win the Good HerdsmanAward. The competitors have tokeep their area perfectly-clean atall times, and their cattle perfect-ly-groomed, have a nice lookingdisplay, and demonstrate cour-tesy to all who come by,” saidshow team sponsor MarcRobinson.

While considering TVCC forthe award, Robinson said mem-bers of the judging committeestopped by the college’s stalls sev-eral times during the livestockshow to grade the students on avariety of factors, including:

· Orderliness and cleanlinessof exhibit, stalls, and animals;

· Promptness in cleaning ani-mal stalls as well as each individ-ual animal;

· Systematic and neat arrange-ment of equipment, feed and for-age;

· Personal appearance ofherdsmen and helpers; and,

· Cooperation with other ex-hibitors and exhibition of goodsportsmanship.

In addition to the GoodHerdsman Award, several indi-vidual members of the teambrought honors home from

Houston.Taylor Murphy of Spring,

showing TVCC MS Unlimited,earned first in class and reservesenior division champion femaleawards in the Early SpringYearling Females category.

Ryan Patton of Montalbaearned second place in the SpringYearling Bulls category. Patton,showing TR PZC Impressive Fire,also took the reserve junior divi-sion champion bull honor.

Other students who broughthome awards were:

· Third in class – Maci Corderof Mabank – Early Spring Heifer

Calves – TVCC MS Southland.· Third in class – Alexa

Williams of Gilmer – JuniorHeifer Calves – TVCC MSLegend 1104.

· Fourth in class – CodyBarnes of Malakoff – JuniorHeifer Calves – TVCC MSJacqueline.

· Fifth in class – SterlingKing of Robinson – JuniorHeifer Calves – TVCC MSLegend 1103P.

· Sixth in class – TaylorBrown of Palestine – SeniorHeifer Calves – TVCC MSCrystal.

Let’s make it a dozen!

TVCC brings home Good Herdsman Award 12th straight year from Houston Livestock Show

Special to the ReviewAll children need heroes,

but abused and abandonedchildren need Superheroes,according to CASAorganizations ofTexas.

The annual 5Krun sponsored byCASA of TrinityValley on April 14,will highlight Superheroes.Wear your superhero cos-tumes to the race, and comeout and join in the fun.

National and TexasCASA organizations willbe promoting theSuperhero runs to draw at-tention to the work of themany dedicated volunteerswho advocate for abusedand abandoned childrenthroughout the nation.

The 3rd annual Kid’sDay, sponsored by theHenderson County DistrictAttorney and CountyAttorney’s offices to pro-mote April as Child AbusePrevention Month will bein full swing with many at-tractions for kids to enjoy.

Athens Police will beavailable to create IDs for

all children, and there willbe popcorn and cotton can-dy available along withgames and entertainment

for the kids.The 5K run and

Kid’s Day eventswill take place atthe Cain Center,starting at 8 a.m.

There will be a5K run, 1K walk

for adults and a 1K forchildren. Children 12years-old and under in theKids 1K will receive amedal for participation inthe event, as they crossthe finish line.

Entree fees will be $10for the 5K, and $5 for eachof the other events.

You can sign up for theevents on-site the morn-ing of the run, beginningat 7 a.m., or online atwww.casaoftv.org underthe “register for eventhere” tab.

If you would like to be-come a sponsor for theevent you can contactCASA at 903-675-7070, oremail [email protected] more information.

We can be heroesCASA of Trinity Valley sets annual 5K run

Reset your clocks!Daylight Savings Time begins 2 a.m., Sunday, March 11.

Move clocks forward one hour.

By Rich FlowersNEWS EDITOR

The Henderson CountyRepublican and Democratic PartyChairs waited for last-minute filersFriday as the deadline passed for en-tering the May 29 primaries.

A few contested races haveemerged in the primary, notably inthe Precinct 1 CountyCommissioner election, where fourRepublican candidates haveemerged. The incumbent CountyTax Assessor Collector, MilburnChaney, has switched to the

Republican Party, where AnitaSmith has also filed.

In the Democratic Primary, long-time Precinct 1 Constable DarylGraham has drawn an opponent inDorothy Houston.

Houston is a certified police offi-cer who worked a Chief of Police atTrinity Valley Community Collegefrom 1989 to 2011.

The following is a list ofDemocrats who had filed in the pri-mary by press time, Friday.

• Sheriff - Bill Burton• Tax Assessor/Collector - Bryan

Barker• Commissioner Precinct 1- David

McLaun• Constable Precinct 1 – Daryl

Graham• Constable Precinct 1 – Dorothy

Houston• Constable Precinct 5 – Rick

Simmons• County Chair – Marsha Head

Republican Primary Candidatesfiled by press time Friday, include:

• Texas Senate District 3 - Robert


The City of Athens sawan almost double-digitdrop in sales tax alloca-tions in March, accordingto figures released by theTexas State Comptroller’sOffice.

Athens’ March check is$306,370.73, down 9.16 per-cent from the same month

last year. The drop leftAthens almost two percentbelow 2011 figures.

The county’s secondlargest municipality, GunBarrel City was allocated$214,400.63, representing agrowth of 5.35 percentover March, 2011.

Comptroller SusanCombs said sales-tax rev-enue in all major indus-

tries was up, indicatinggrowth in both businessand consumer spending.

“Rapid growth in taxcollections continuedfrom oil and natural gassectors, while revenuefrom retail trade, restau-rants and telecommunica-tions was also up signifi-cantly,” Combs said.

Combs will send March

local sales-tax allocationstotaling $473.6 million tocities, counties, transitsystems and special-pur-pose taxing districts, up9.3 percent, compared toMarch, 2011. The total ofall of the municipalities inHenderson County for themonth was $678,212.58,

Primary filing deadline passes

City faces massive sales-tax allocation drop

See DROP, Page 12A

See PRIMARY, Page 9A

Commissioners, Constables and Tax Assessor/Collector races set for May 29 elections

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YesteryearYesteryearMarch 11, 1992

• Henderson County Sheriff H.B. “Slick” Alfred saidhe is glad to be able to return to dealing with the county’scrime after months on the campaign trail.

Alfred successfjully defended his position against chal-lenger Larry L. Everett of Murchison. Alfred won 62.62percent of the vote in Tuesday’s Democratic primary.

• Now that the 500th anniversary, theQuioncentenary, draws near of the landing of ChristopherColumbus, Trinity Valley Community College is offering anexhibit on the man and his voyage.

The exhibit is entitled “New Spain: Frontiers of Faith.”• Michael Prewitt and Amy Lou Guidry of Athens are

recipients of Presidential Scholarships from TheUniversity of Texas at Tyler. They are among 46 studentswho have been awarded scholarships for this academicyear.

• The Athens Academic Renaissance Organizationand Athens High School drama department are sched-jled to sponsor a dinner theater production of “TheSecret Affairs of Mildred Wild at 7 p.m., March 27 at thehigh school.

ObituariesObituariesMarcella H. Wright

Marcella H. Wright, 91, passed away on Thursday,March 8, 2012 at Circle of Life Hospice in Springdale,Ark. She was born Oct. 24, 1920 to thelate Daniel Jerome and MarcellaBarbara (Toole) Hallisey in Aliquippa,Pa.

Marcy supported the war effort byworking in the shipyard in Tampa,Fla. during WW II. She eventuallymoved to Dallas, where she met JimSid Wright. They were married onChristmas Day, 1949.

In 1963, they took up residence in Albuquerque, N.M.,where they lived for 40 years. In 2003, they moved toWesley Woods Retirement Community in Newnan, Ga.Then in 2005, they moved in with family in Bentonville,Ark. She and “Jimbo” attended Calvary Chapel in theOzarks Church. Jimbo passed away in December, 2010.

Besides her parents and husband, she was pre-de-ceased by her brother James D. Hallisey and sister RuthHalterlein. She is survived by her sister-in-lawElizabeth J. Hallisey, niece Barbara Michael ShiraGreene and her husband Carl, nephew James P. Halliseyand his wife Genise, numerous great and great-greatnieces and nephews and some cousins.

On Jimbo’s side, she is survived by his brother JackWright and his two children, Wayne and MaryMargaret.

Marcy loved art, and toured many of the world’sfinest art museums. She was thrilled to visitBentonville’s Crystal Bridges Museum of AmericanArt three times after it opened in November, 2011.

A memorial service will be held at Calvary Chapel,2100 W. Perry Road, Rogers, Ark. on Saturday, March 31,2012 at 10 a.m. Jim and Marcy’s ashes will be interred atthe Santa Fe, N.M. National Cemetery at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests any desiredmemorial gifts be made to one of the following: Circle ofLife Hospice, 901 Jones Rd., Springdale, AR 72762; Boys& Girls Clubs of Santa Fe, 730 Alto St, P.O. Box 2403-87504, Santa Fe, NM 87501; Salvation Army, 504 N.Dixieland, Rogers, AR 72756; Calvary Chapel in theOzarks, 2100 W. Perry Rd., Rogers, AR 72758.

Ennis team wins group math competition at Navarro College

CORSICANA - The Navarro College MathematicsCompetition was held in February with approximately200 students participating from Blooming Grove,Corsicana, Ennis, Kerens, and Mildred High Schools.

The Navarro College Mathematics Department wantedto bring area high school students together and awardthem for their achievements in mathematics. TheNavarro Mathematics Competition allowed area studentsto compete at the level of math that corresponds to theclasses in which they are currently enrolled at highschool, and it also gave competitors a chance to preparefor their upcoming UIL competitions in mathematics. Thecompetition consisted of eight individual events, which in-cluded Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Precalculus,Calculus, Number Sense, Calculator, and Mathematics.Medals were awarded to the top three finishers in eachevent and ribbons to fourth through tenth places. Thewinners of the Precalculus and Calculus competitionswere also awarded a $250 scholarship to NavarroCollege from the Navarro College Foundation and pre-sented by the director, Dr. Tommy Stringer.

The competition concluded with a team competitionwith each consisting of three to four students. In an at-tempt to make the team competition fair to all studentsat all levels, logic problems and mathematics brain-teasers were included. Team plaques and medals to thefirst through third place winning teams were presented.

The Navarro College Mathematics Department faculty,consisting of Dr. Shari Beck, Mark Dillman, Rita O’Brien,and Dr. Brenda Reed, would like to thank Joe Guerra, as-sistant dean of Arts and Sciences, and his administra-tive assistant, Nancy Harwell, for their help in organizingand conducting the competition. The mathematics de-partment would also like to thank the area high schoolteachers who encouraged their students to participate,those who attended the competition with their students,along with the various other faculty and staff from the col-lege who also assisted. Lastly, the MathematicsDepartment would like to thank the Navarro CollegeFoundation for the funding that was provided, which al-lows this competition to be hosted by Navarro College.

Arrest closes cold caseCORSICANA - The Corsicana Police Department arrest-

ed Ronnie Raindle, 20, of Corsicana Wednesday in con-nection with cold-case murder of Carl Wiggins, 23, in2009.

Investigators have been pursuing the case since ithappened, and in late 2011 they got more informationthat helped lead to the break in the case.

The slaying took place at 2:09 a.m. June 15, 2009, ata home in the 1100 block of East G.W. Jackson Blvd.,where police responded to an assault. Upon arriving,Officers Scott DeChaume and Erin Raley found Wiggins,who had been shot in the head.

Although Wiggins was rushed to the hospital and thentransferred by helicopter to Parkland Hospital in Dallas,he was pronounced dead on arrival.

Raindle was charged with the murder while he was stillin the Navarro County Jail, where he was being held onunrelated charges. Justice of the Peace Kirby Hill issuedthe arrest warrant, and then arraigned Raindle, settingthe bond at $100,000. As of Thursday afternoon,Raindle remained in jail.

Chief of Police Randy Bratton credited the diligenceand teamwork of Detectives Michael Dockery and GregCloud, the leadership of Det. Sgt. Mark Nanny, and theinitial officers and investigators that responded and in-vestigated the murder, for the arrest and closure of thisnearly three-year-old murder case.

Anyone having information that could further assist inthe investigation should contact Sgt. Mark Nanny at theCorsicana Police Department at (903) 654-4911.

City to consider juvenile curfewPALESTINE — In an effort to combat a recent plague

of graffiti largely concentrated in the downtown area, thePalestine City Council is set to consider an ordinanceMonday establishing a curfew for persons under the ageof 17.

The meeting is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m.Monday at Palestine City Hall at 504 N. Queen St.

A public hearing will precede the council’s discussionof the proposed juvenile curfew ordinance. Citizens willhave the opportunity to speak in favor of or against thecurfew during the public hearing.

The proposed ordinance would apply to persons underthe age of 17.

Hours for the curfew would be 11 p.m. to 6 a.m.Sunday through Thursday and midnight to 6 a.m. Fridayand Saturday.

“What has happened over the years the city has beeninundated with graffiti,” Palestine Police Chief RobertHerbert told the Herald-Press Thursday. “What we’re try-ing to do is find a means to combat the issue. Of course,adults are not doing this.”

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Thomas Earl ‘Sonny’ TarkingtonServices for Thomas Earl “Sonny” Tarkington, 83,

Athens, are scheduled for 11 a.m., Tuesday at PrairiePoint Cemetery Pavilion in Navarro County with PastorMichael Bragdon officiating, under the direction ofCarroll-Lehr Funeral Home, Athens.

Mr. Tarkington died Thursday in Athens.He was born July 11, 1928 in Kemp to the late Ivan

Camp and Ruby Lee Sullivan Tarkington, and hadresided in Athens for 48 years. He was a World War II vet-eran, having served in the U.S. Army. He retired fromDelta Drilling Company in 1990. We will always remem-ber our father saying, “Do not drive anything but a Fordin my front yard.” In his younger days, he was an avidbull rider.

Mr. Tarkington is preceded in death by his parents,wife Mary Francis Tarkington, Feb. 29, 2012, brothersRoss Tarkington, Troy Tarkington, and sister JuanitaTarkington.

Survivors include sons Robert Dan Tarkington,Harold Ray Tarkington, daughters Tommie Jean “T.J.”Tarkington, Patsy Ann Richardson, all of Athens, fourgrandchildren, Robert Earl Griffin, Jay Tarkington,Sandi Toney, Charlie Tarkington, seven great-grandchil-dren, numerous nephews and nieces.

Pallbearers are Robert Earl Griffin, Jay Tarkington,Robert Dan Tarkington, Chris Pate, Charlie Tarkingtonand Jonathan Tarkington.

The family will receive friends from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.,Monday, at the funeral home.

If desired, you may sign the guest register or leave amessage of condolence for the family atwww.carrolllehr.com

Glynn Morris Duff ATHENS-A memorial service for Glynn Morris

Duff, 73, Athens, is scheduled for 2 p.m., Tuesday, inCarroll-Lehr Funeral Chapel,Athens, with the Rev. RichardFulton officiating.

Visitation will be 1 p.m., until ser-vice time.

Glynn passed away March 8, 2012in Athens.

He was born Nov. 19, 1938 inSherman to the late JamesStevenson and Una Dell V. JacksonDuff. Glynn graduated from Athens High School in1957, and was honored by being elected Mr. AHS. Hecontinued his advanced studies at SouthernMethodist University in Dallas, where he earned aBachelor’s degree. Following graduation, he movedto San Antonio, and served a long tenure withAmerica Security Systems.

In 2005, he moved back to Athens to become reac-quainted with his high school friends. Glynn was aregular visitor to the Cain Center, and enjoyed work-ing out there. He was a renowned conversationist. Inaddition to his parents, he was preceded in death by asister, Jimmie Sandra Wilson.

Survivors include sons Tracy Duff, Jason Duff,both of Athens, daughters Diana Duff, Athens, JonnaDuff, Denver, Colo., sister Phyllis Carol Nall and hus-band Don, McKinney.

Honorary pallbearers will be the Athens HighSchool Class of 1957.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to a fa-vorite charity.

You may sign the guest register or leave a messageof condolence for the family at www.carrolllehr.com.

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“The DogwoodJamboree was first con-ceived some eight yearsago and from that firstperformance back in2005 each show has justgotten better,” statedDan Manuel, producer ofthe show. “We celebrateour fortieth anniversary

with the Crockett RoadChurch of Christ thissame weekend, and I cel-ebrate my 65th birthdaythe night of the show.”

The venue in Marchthat takes place duringthe first weekend of theAnnual Dogwood Trails,will feature “ShakeRattle and Roll,” “TheBishop Sisters” and oth-ers, who will be perform-ing that night.

Three young artistswill compete for

“Dogwood JamboreeTalent Search Artist ofthe Year.” “For a longtime, we have wanted togive the young people ofthe area an opportunityto perform, and in someway help them to ad-vance their music ambi-tions. A number ofyoung people auditionedfor the show recently,and the judges selectedthose with the highestscore to perform on theMarch show.

“The winner onMarch 24 will advance tothe finals in December,

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By Sharon HumphriesSPECIAL TO THE REVIEW

Johnny Skiles is a collec-tor. Along the side ofPrairieville Street inAthens, part of his collec-tion of old farm equipmentand a buggy can be seen.He says all he needs to com-plete that collection is agood wagon.

“I’ve used all that stuff.The buggy is just like onemy granddaddy had. Heleft that buggy and hishorse to me when he died.”

Skiles said that while inthe process of explainingwhat each piece of eguip-ment was, and its intendedto be used for.

Skiles seems to know agood thing when he sees it,and definitely “has an eye”for a bargain.

“These things are expen-sive,” Skiles said.

That’s because they arevaluable. Some things arevaluable because they wereonce useful, and now, theydon’t make them anymore.

“Like me. They aren’tgoing to make any more ofme. and I’m valuable,” hesaid with a grin.

Johnny Skiles grew upon a farm in Colfax over inVan Zandt County. Hiswife, Dorothy, said, “At thattime, Colfax had a post of-fice and a school. It was anice little community.”

He added, “It’s all Vannow. When the oil came in,it all became Van.”

On that farm, Skiles’family grew about every-thing that will grow in EastTexas, such as cotton,peanuts, peas, watermel-ons and tomatoes. He saidthey also had horses, hogs,cows and a blacksmithshop.

“When I was just a littlekid, I learned to turn thecrank on the forge thatmade the fire real hot. Mydaddy would take the steel,and put it in that heat, andthen hammer and sharpenit. until it was really fine.

“We had the blacksmithstuff under a shed, and onrainy days, the farmersfrom all around wouldcome to have their plowssharpened. My daddycould do that.”

He said he did every-thing on that farm, butmilk those cows.

“After one hit me in theeye with her tail, I told mydaddy I’d do anything, but I

wasn’t going to milk thosecows. When I was 17, I litout. I left that farm.”

Dorothy said her fami-ly’s farm was out in theWalnut Creek Community.

“To get to Athens fromthat community and thefarm, you had to cross theold, wooden ThunderBridge,” Dorothy said. “I’vecrossed that bridge manytimes in a wagon.”

With some sadness,Skiles said, “They’ve tornthe old bridge down now. Itwas a railroad bridge.”

He hopes they will re-build but says it will proba-bly be concrete.

Skiles said when he lefthome, work was hard toget.

“You couldn’t hardly get

a job,” he said.But he went to work for

Busy Bee, which was atthat time, the largest van

line in Dallas. Through the years he

has driven lots of trucks,moving people’s belong-

ings, and even drove forBorden’s ice cream for awhile.

While he was drivingthose trucks, he metDorothy. They had a date,and he left on a long haul.He came back, and theyhad another date, and heleft again.

That was his life.However, after the thirddate, they just decided toget married. They havebeen married almost 67years, and have five chil-dren.

In 1962, 50 years ago,Johnny and Dorothy Skilesmoved back to Athens, andstarted their own movingand storage company.

Dorothy said, “He stillgets up, gets dressed andgoes in to work every day, at89.”

Skiles says he doesn’tdrive the trucks anymore.He just goes in to get theboys, and the trucks alllined up and ready to go.There are 14 trucks.

Their home is filled witha collection of antiques,most of which are familypieces, including his moth-er’s table, her grandmoth-er’s pie safe, her sister’slamp, the tin bucket hermother kept sugar in, and amirror that came out ofJack Ruby’s night club.

Each piece had its ownplace and story. Theywalked around the housedisplaying individualpieces, touching each onewith a kind of reverence,telling stories such as thelamp that had been boughtwith money made frompicking cotton, and how hecame in possession of thethings out of Jack Ruby’sclubs.

Dorothy smiled, and saidher first job was bailinghay. She said that when shewas 13, she had a summerjob sitting up on the haybaler with a stick, keepingthe mule reminded that itneeded to keep going roundand round to make thosesquare bales.

With good humor and ob-vious affection, Dorothyand Johnny Skiles sharedtheir home and their sto-ries.

He said, “I’ve been fortu-nate. I’ve worked hard.There’s been no drinking. Idon’t smoke, and don’t doanything except whatDorothy tells me to.”

Collector one of a Kind

SHARON HUMPHRIES PHOTOS

Above, Athenian JohnnySkiles shows part of hiscollection of old farmequipment, as well as abuggy. He said these aresimilar to the farminstruments his grandfa-ther had. At right, Skilesand his wife, Dorothy,stand near a mirror thatwas once in the club ofJack Ruby’s Dallas club.This is one of severalitems from that location.

Athens couple has a yard and a house full of history

Dogwood Jamboree to present ‘A Country Cavalcade’ March 24

See DOGWOOD, Page 9A


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Iadmit I don't cook. Thatfact is, I am not a good cook,so I just don't do it. I am not

into food, or how it is pre-pared.

Thursday night, The Taste ofHome Cooking Show was inAthens. I was there.

Okay, the only reason I wasthere was because The AthensDaily Review was one of thesponsors. The over 400 peoplewho attended were there for therecipes, or at least for the doorprizes. Most of them had theirTaste of Home Magazines out,and taking notes. Sounds toomuch like school for me.

I didn't understand a wordthe culinary specialist was say-ing. She could have been talkingGreek, for all I know. The crowdunderstood. I guess that was allthat counted.

To make this even worse, mysister Margie is a chef. Sheteaches cooking in Plano. She isso into food. My conversationswith her always come back tofood. I just listen to her. She too

sounds like she is talkingGreek. I try to be interested, butit's hard.

Margie can't believe what apicky eater I am. I neverthought of myself as picky, butthe things she cooks I can't evenpronounce. She is very familiarwith a lot of other cultures’foods.

I think it aggravates her thatI don't share that same interest.She just can't understand whyanyone would not want to talkfood.

What I did found interestingat the Taste of Home was thisculinary specialist cooked 10dishes in about two-and-a-halfhours. That's was amazing. Itwould take me 30 minutes justto figure out the directions.

I told Margie they cooked 10dishes, and she said at her cook-ing school they have a classwhere they teach cooking 12dishes in two hours. Why wouldanyone cook 12 dishes in twohours?

Margie graduated from the

Culinary Institute of Americain New York. When she talksabout her degree, she says “Igraduated from the 'CIA'.”

If you are into food, I guessyou would know that meansCulinary Institute of America.It would be more interesting ifit were the Central IntelligentAgency. Then we could havesome conversations.

After her graduation, shedid what she calls her externin Michigan. Best I can figureout an extern is similar to a in-tern.

Margie is a good culinaryteacher, because she knows allthe history of the food. And,she wants you to know it too.

She always wants to explainwhat you are eating, or where itcomes from. It kind of takes thefun out of a good meal.

Why she does this, I don'tknow. She is just really intofood. Explaining food to me is awaste of time, because I justdon't care. If it's good, I will eatit.

Patty, my other sister, and mybirthdays are coming up andMargie is coming to my houseto cook a whole pig in a 'La CajaChina' box. Don't ask how topronounce it, because I can't.

I can kind of explain it. Youput the whole pig, head and all,into a box, and put coals on topto cook the pig. This wasbrought to this country by theCubans.

The Chinese introduced thisbox to the Cubans. Margiemoved here a couple of yearsago from Miami, Fla. This ex-plains her Cuban interest.

Margie and I, and a friend ofmine, were discussing whetheror not to use a wild hog or a do-

mestic pig. They decided for mysake they better use a domestic.They can use whatever theywant. I am not sure I will be ableto eat this pig.

When I was researching this“La Caja China,” I found web-sites that showed the cooking ofthe pig in the box. Not a prettysight.

When I asked Margie whycook the head, she startedtelling me because the cheeksand jowls were really tasty. Shereally thinks I am going to eatsome pigs cheeks. Are you kid-ding me?

I just recently wrote a columnabout not eating a pig’s head.What happened to the tradition-al birthday dinner? A nicesteak, potato and salad?

I know Margie is trying to dosomething nice for us, but real-ly.

Stay tune for the aftermath ofthe “Pig in a Box.”

Kathi Nailling is a StaffWriter for the Athens DailyReview.

KathiNailling

Congratulations to our Hornets!Congratulations to our Athens High School

Basketball Team, and all those who had a part intheir very successful season!

Our Athens High School Basketball Team hashad a great year, lifted our spirits, and made all ofAthens very proud of its outstanding accomplish-ments, including their District Co-Championship,followed by a four-deep run in the 3A PlayoffGames with victories over Huntington, Mexia andFairfield.

Then, as they represented our city in theRegional Playoffs in Huntsville, they lost in doubleovertime to a very-talented Silsbee Team.

Our Basketball Coaches, Tracy Carter, KeithO’Brien and Gerald Anthony, Athletic TrainerTroy Scott, Student Assistants Robert Lenningtonand Nicole Till, as well as Athletic Director PaulEssary and our Athens High School Cheerleaders,gave their best efforts, as they worked very hard,and enthusiastically supported our team.

Our Superintendent, Robert Steeber, andAssistant Superintendent Blake Stiles, as well asHigh School Principal Stacey Loyless andAssistant Principals Deborah Baker and WinstonCowan, gave strong administrative support for theteam, and all who worked with them. All deserveour sincere appreciation for their dedicated andeffective work.

The Athens Daily Review’s excellent news cov-erage of our Hornet basketball games by SportsEditor Jayson Larson kept us all well-informed,encouraged us to attend games, and gave the team,as well as all of Athens, an upbeat, positive feelingof real joy.

Let’s all express our thanks to our players, ourcheerleaders, our coaches, our trainer, our studentassistants, our athletic director, our school admin-istrators and Athens Review Sports Writer JaysonLarson, as we show our Hornet Pride for ourteam’s tremendous 2012 Season.

We are always sad when we lose, and it was espe-cially painful to see outstanding young athletes wehave watched grow up in Athens, come so close be-fore falling a little short in the second overtimeagainst 4th-ranked Silsbee in Huntsville lastFriday night. But, as a wise person once said,“Don’t be sad it’s over. Be glad it happened.”

We love and appreciate each of our HornetBasketball Team members. And, although we area little sad, we are so very glad that we, and all ofour Hornet Fans, were privileged to watch andcheer our Athens Hornet Basketball, 2012, on tovictory.

We will always remember each of you in a posi-tive way, and we wish each of you well in the fu-ture. May God guide and watch over each of youin the days and years ahead.

The Fred and Marsha Head Family

Train engineers blast constantlyMany evenings, I sit on the beach beside Lake

Athens to enjoy the lapping of the waves on theshore, the rustling of the trees in the breeze, thebeauty of the heavens, and the distant calling of coy-otes, donkeys, geese and so forth.

An additional nightly sound is that of trains pass-ing through Athens with the rumble of the wheelson the track, and the blasts from the horn.

Most unfortunately, a very few engineers blasttheir engine's horn constantly as they pass throughour town. To me, 10 miles away, it is but a minor nui-sance.

However, to the people who live "on the other sideof the tracks," it must be pure misery. At that timethey are trying to get a good night's sleep, to be readyfor school or work in the morning.

I don't know if this inconsiderate behavior is donethrough ignorance or something worse. It sure

would be good if those engineers could "put them-selves in the others' beds" as they blast their waythrough Athens!

Thank you,Mark CarlsonLake Athens

Nuclear disposal process importantNuclear power would be good, IF the disposal

process would eliminate all radiation.I’m against burying it in the ground, storing it in a

barrel, or submerging it in the ocean.When scientists find a way of nullifying the dan-

gers in the waste, then I say go for it.What do you do with the radioactive wastes? Soon,

we will be a wasteland for nuclear waste.We need to be able to recycle all we can – paper,

metal, pastic and nuke waste. We need a facility herethat accepts and recycles everything except garbage.

I would recycle all this stuff, if it would keep it outof the landfill. But, Athens does not provide that ser-vice.

Sammie BrasherAthens

Assurance or danger?Oh, to have the blind faith Mr. P professed in "Obama

gives me assurance." He trusts completely that Obamawill take care of him and his family forever. Mr. P makesno mention of the $16 Trillion debt that Obama has piledup.

Obamacare has been proven to be devastating to oureconomy, and will leave us with compromised healthcaresimilar to Great Britain and socialistic countries. SocialSecurity will cease to exist in 2037, unless drastic mea-sures are taken.

Whenever Democrats or Republicans bring these mea-sures to the table, Obama refuses to hear them, or actual-ly vetoes any bills that make it to his desk. The country ofGreece comes to mind in this instance. Is that what Mr. Pcalls "assurance" for himself and his children?

And bully for GM. Any company could have "record-setting" profits if their government pumped millions ofdollars to their bottom lines, and supplemented their pay-ments to union workers. In fact, union workers were giv-en, free-of-charge, 20 percent of GM from Obama in returnfor their votes and financial assistance to his reelectioncampaign.

I find it hard to believe that in a republic such as ours, apresident can take charge of a private company, and dowith them as he pleases. Sounds more like an autocracy.

Obama has taken liberties with his office, and trampledour Constitution repeatedly. If any resistance is offered,we are considered "racist."

Mr. P maintains that he, and citizens like him, are in themajority. Sad, but true, that more and more citizens arewilling to trash the freedoms fought for by our forefathersfor a few paltry securities.

"Those who trade freedoms for security will soon haveneither." We'll certainly see come November.

Deanna DrabPayne Springs

Did the county do the right thing?The buzz word “redistricting” has been the blame or

credit for many things during these past few months.Every 10 years, after the census is taken, states and coun-ties draw new political districts, and precincts based onthe population growth and shifts.

This process must comply with rules, regulations, andthe law to assure there is no disparity of numbers in thesedistricts and precincts.

However, consolidation of election precincts and relo-cation of polling places in Henderson County had more todo with suitable accommodations for voters and ADA(American Disabilities Act) access than anything else.

The Henderson County redistricting study did bringout that there was disparity in the Commissioner Courtprecincts, and a need to achieve better representation inthe JP precincts.

Now, there seems to be a need to clarify: “Was the mi-nority vote diluted when the commissioners combinedPrecincts 4 and 4A, and 4F and 4P. The answer is “NO!”

By combining 4 and 4A, the block of Hispanic voters in-creased from 215 to 538, and the African-American num-bers increased from 166 to 394.

By combining 4P and 4F, African-American voters in-creased from 50 to 61, Hispanic voters increased from 3 to15.

Not only did the combining not dilute the minoritystrength, it provided a place to vote that had restrooms,running water, safe entrance, better parking, and in thecase of 4F, there were no restrooms, running water orheat. The best decision was made for the welfare of votersand taxpayers, as well as supporting the minority vote.

On the ethnic-analysis side, the minority content ofCommissioners Precinct 3, the precinct with the most mi-nority content, was virtually unchanged with a changefrom 8.78 percent African American to 8.79 percent andfrom 12.02 percent to 12.11 percent Hispanic.

The choices made were intended to make the electionsmore efficient to administer, and to increase voter partici-pation by moving the voters to more accessible, safe andcomfortable voting locations for both the voter and thosewho conduct elections.

When substandard voting locations are closed and saferlocations, with restrooms, adequate parking and wheel-chair entrances are provided, I would say the commission-ers we elected were looking out for all voters and taxpay-ers.

Saving money, and providing a better place to vote,while insuring the minority strength would not be dilut-ed, was the result.

Thank you Commissioners Court.Betty HollandCounty Chair

Republican Party of Henderson County

Jerry S. Phillips - Read my lips!Your president, not mine, B.O., has created the

largest national debt in less than four years, thanany of the presidents in the past 230 years. And, youwant him four more years.

Why did your president, not mine, veto theKeystone pipeline that would have created 1,000s ofjobs, and would make oil and gas cheaper forAmerican citizens?

Why did your president, not mine, wait until elec-tion year to get the troops out of Iraq? Why didn’t heget them out his first year?

Did you notice when your president, not mine,first took over, he was president for Democrats only?

But, I do have to thank you for asking God to saveAmerica.

God heard your prayers, and God started the TeaParty. The Tea Party in 2010, was able to kick out abunch of useless Democrats. Now, don’t get mewrong. There were some very good Democratskicked out because of B.O.’s backlash. My very goodfriend, Jerry West, was one of them.

Remember when your president, not mine, firsttook over, and when things were not going well forhim, all he could do was blame President Bush, mypresident, and the Republican Party?

Remember the old saying: If it gets too hot in thekitchen, get the hell out?

Also, your president, not mine, gave away millionsand millions of taypayers’ money to green solar in-dustries, and everyone of them went belly-up.

Also, remember that God wants a God-fearingPresident to lead our great nation, not a Muslim dic-tator.

Sgt. Jim Jezek, USAF728th Bomb Squadron

Korea, 1951-52



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Daylight Savings Timestarts March 11. To methat means instead of

me going to bed at 4 a.m., itwill be 5 a.m. I keep some oddhours.

This time last week when Iwas writing this, I had the ACwindow unit on, and this week,I am thinking about lighting theheater. Frank has the heater onin his room.

This afternoon when I left thehouse, it felt really good out. Bythis evening I thought it waspretty cold. The wind was blow-ing, so I guess that is why it feltso cold.

We do not get the local newsout of Tyler, but CherrlynWhitehead told me thatChannel 7 out of Tyler saidAthens had wind gusts of 34mph on Tuesday, and gusts to 40mph on Wednesday. I know ourchairs outside got blownaround, and for some reasonone of my glass hummingbirdfeeders was still up from lastyear, and it was blown down.

Mrs. Dickerson and I talked acouple of times this week. Herdaughter Wanda and her hus-band are here for a while rightnow. Mrs. Dickerson told meshe was down to her last pack-age of yeast, so when I went tothe store the other day. I boughther some. I hope to get it to herbefore this comes out in print.

Maybe this time when shemakes some homemade rolls, Iwill be there to get a couple. Ithas been a long time since Ihave had some homemade ones.

I called and talked to Clara JoDavis earlier in the week. I wasso sorry to read about her fall.We hope she is better soon.

Mrs. Wilna "Skeet" Cave and Italked on the phone for quite awhile this past Tuesday. OnThursday afternoon I stoppedby to visit her.

She looks really good, and ap-pears to be healing quite wellfrom her fall. While visitingwith Mrs. Cave, a dark cloudcame up, and it started to thun-der, so I left in a hurry to gethome.

While visiting with Mrs.Cave, her grandson JamesHarold came in, and he lit herheater. I told James that some-one just had a birthday. I couldnot remember if I was one yearolder then him or not. But as itturns out he is March to Juneolder then me. James told methat Golan Dickerson's birth-day is March 9.

James, Golan, KarlWhitehead and myself all turn52 this year. All four of us wentto school out here at Bethel.They got to finish out here, but Idid not.

Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Fosterhave not been feeling good. Icalled to just say hello to Mrs.Foster, and to tell her I am stillwanting to come meet her andBernie.

I usually do not talk aboutthings that I read in the paper,or hear on the news regardingpolitics and religion, but I amthis week. The man from SanAntonio that had filed the suit

against the County regardingthe nativity scene has now de-cided to drop the complaint be-cause of his medical problemswith his eyes.

There are some citizens ofHenderson County trying tocollect money for him to get themedical help he needs. I can un-derstand charity and wantingto help someone. But I feel char-ity and benefits should start athome, and in our communityand county.

There are many elderly citi-zens, disabled and unemployedin our county that need helpwith medical and food. I haveheard it said over and over thatif I buy my medicine, I will nothave money left for groceries.There are some that will cuttheir pills in half in order tomake them last longer.

Why not help the people inour county and let the people inSan Antonio help the people intheir county?

Our potatoes and onions arelooking good out in the garden.Dennis had said earlier in theweek that maybe he would puttomatoes out his next days off.

But I told him I think it is still alittle to early. And besides, hisdays off will be one day less thistime, due to a meeting he has toattend.

Happy Birthday to GolanDickerson and CherrlynWhitehead.

Cherrlyn turns 60 this week.I am going to bake her a cake. Ialso think one of her cousins,Dianne Ottaberry or KathyWilliams, will get her one, but Iam going to fix her a vanillaone, because I know that sheand Karl both will eat that one.Happy 60th, Cherrlyn.

Bethel Christian ChurchNews and Prayer List:

March 11 Daylight SavingsTime begins and BoardMeeting. March 17 CSI & MovieNight. March 25 Dinner Day.Don't forget the Food Pantry.

Individuals on the prayer listare Marie Baldree, Andy Burke,Lillian Beshears-repeated loca-tions of skin cancer, BarbaraBooth-problem with new "boot"and both legs troubling her, JanBrowning-kidney failure,Marsha Carmichael-cancer hasreturned taking chemo again,Slim and Cathy Cash-both haveheart problems, Wilna "SkeetCave- fall, broken ribs, KevinCrocker, Jackie Gates, B. H.Graham, The Hall Family-theyhave asked for our prayers tohelp the family, Matt andJennifer Havens-baby bornweighing only 1-1/2 pounds,Mike Kelly-lymphoma has re-turned, Gary Kerbs-stroke,Doug Kriz, Marylyn Latimer-

cancer stopped, chemo bloodwork good, Barbara Lewis-felland hurt leg, Ann Lewis, TerriStarr Martone, cancer treat-ment has damaged spleen –need to improve, so spleen canbe removed, Ann Mathes-can-cer, Gage Pilkington-congestiveheart failure-pacemaker, AnnRasco-more tests to locate rea-son for blood loss, ShilohRogers-Cherrie's son needs ourprayers, Jackie Snowden-felland broke hip-rehab in OlympicPlaza, Tyler-doing better, JamesSaylor-surgery to repair in-juries from wounds has beenpostponed to June, Susie Stout-brain tumor, and severe pain inmid-section.

Prayers also needed for theamily of Aaron Alexander,shut-ins - Naomi Cikanek-WestPlace Nursing Home, MinnieGraham-home, Mary Reppond-Cedar Lake Nursing Home,Malakoff-enjoys visits, CarolynShafer-home, Pauline Shinn-South Place-trying to regainstrength and get stabilized andAvinell Starr-home.

Prayers also to all our troopsoverseas and USA, Pete Coker,Trey Wilson, Shane Lindsey,Bryan Bleisch, Cody Byquist,James Duffner, James Saylor,Darren Page and AshleyRogers. Prayer and guidance forour government leaders.

That is all for this week. Hopeall of you have a good week.

Share a smile and some kind-ness with someone today.

Thanks for reading, and forsupporting the Review.

LauraGregoryRoberts

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Bethel Community NewsBethel Community News

Special to the ReviewHere's a quick look at

events and work planned inthe Texas Department ofTransportation TylerDistrict:

TxDOT plans work inMalakoff

HENDERSON COUNTY-- Texas Department ofTransportation mainte-nance crews this week arescheduled to perform pave-ment-repair operations onSH 31 in Malakoff, followedupon completion by thesame work in the curb-and-gutter section of SH 198 inMalakoff.

Datyime lane closureswill be in effect in each lo-cation while the work is inprogress, and flaggers willcontrol traffic in two-laneareas.

TxDOT plans in worknear Elkhart

ANDERSON COUNTY --Texas Department ofTransportation mainte-nance crews this week arescheduled to performresurfacing operations invarious locations on SH 294west of Elkhart betweenFM 322 and FM 1990.

Datytime lane closureswill be in effect while the

work is in progress, andflaggers will control traffic.

TxDOT continues workon FM 2868

SMITH COUNTY --Texas Department ofTransportation mainte-nance crews this week arescheduled to continue edgerepairs on FM 2868 be-tween SH 155 in Noondayand FM 346 in Flint.

Daytime lane closureswill be in effect while thework is in progress, andflaggers will control traffic.

Also in Smith County,construction crews arescheduled to return to

work on FM 2767 as early asMonday. Crews will resumework to add shoulders,make repairs and resurfacethe roadway between FM757 and SH 31 near CountryTavern on the GreggCounty Line.

Daytime lane closureswill be in effect on the pro-ject while the work is inprogress.

TxDOT continues workin Van Zandt County

VAN ZANDT COUNTY --Texas Department ofTransportation mainte-nance crews this week arescheduled to perform

resurfacing operations invarious locations on FM859 in Edgewood betweenUS 80 and FM 1395, on FM1395 north of Edgewood,and on FM 47 south of IH20.

A second crew is sched-uled to continue edge-re-pair operations on FM 314between FM 1995 south ofVan and SH 64 north ofEdom.

Daytime lane closureswill be in effect in each lo-cation while the work is inprogress, and flaggers willcontrol traffic in two-laneareas.

New traffic signal to beactivated near Liberty City

GREGG COUNTY -- TheTexas Department ofTransportation is sched-uled to activate a new traf-fic signal on Monday at theintersection of SH 135 andFM 1252 near Liberty City.

The signal is part of theongoing construction pro-ject to expand SH 135 be-tween Interstate 20 and FM2207.

Motorists are encour-aged to use caution in thearea.

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The saying, "Shop until Idrop" no longer has jest.No more big stores, over-

size clubs, super-duper sportsmagnums for me, unless a cot,pillow, orange juice and crack-ers await in the middle of thestore within a small tent.

My shopping blood rages still,but it quicky is used for energy inthe front part of the oversizeplants of merchandise for today.

If I get to the back of one ofthese circus tents, I see an item ofpossibility, and place it into thebasket. I won't go back that faragain.

If I'm seen again in the giantstores of America, I know the redcarts are for me, injury, handicapor not.

I'll ride one, and create doubt.When I chaufeeured my motherof the age of 80 to 90, she wouldnot ride on anything, as "peoplewill think I'm an old lady." At amuch younger age, I will ride one.I'm old and worn out.

In the time span mentionedabove, I would drive Mother toDallas, Tyler and all townsaround us. She could get out andshop in six or seven, then forgetsomething, and go back.

This Woman of Iron could out-

shop most younger women 3 to 1.Her beloved grandchildren stoodready with excuses, anything, tokeep from going on one of thesemega trips.

"I can't work all day, and do thaton Saturday," whined one.

I could, and kept my cool, evenif only one item was purchased.The only time anger built up wasthe day a dollar store and scooperdoopers were on sale for $1, no-ticed after we were in the cool car,ready for home.

I went in, made the buy, and gotbehind the wheel again. Motherexamined the scooper, decidedshe didn't need it, and said,"Return it."

I saw red and other colors. Ihad waited in line to buy Mr.Scoop, and now would wait in lineagain to get the dollar back.

Once in the car, I handed thebill to Mother, but said, "Mama,why didn't I just buy it for you asa gift?

She said quietly, "I guess I did-n't need it." This is probably whyshe always had the money sheneeded.

I won't be shopping at Mama'sage, even if most doctors, gurusand lecturers on disease, think alldaughters take after their moth-

ers. Not exactly true. Since noone wants to hear about mytriple-bypass surgery, the needpassed down by my paternal side.I feel the need to reiterate.

I chose a specialist after anginapain went from my arm to myneck, jaw, teeth and ear. For fouryears I had stress nuclear tests,blood analyzation, I took medica-tion, and was told my blood workwas fine.

Then in 2005, I demanded an-other stress test of the long kind.One day later, the phone was ring-ing in my home, with this doctortelling me to get back to the clinicfast.

Once there, he said, "How sooncan you go to a Dallas hospital fora stent? Your arorta is ready totop."

I said, "Now or tomorrow." The next day I was prepped for

the stent, which once applied,ruptured my arorta, caused a

heart attack, 30 seconds loss ofoxygen, surgery and two days“out of it.”

I had never hurt so bad all over,and don't ever remember being soill. One night I vomited all overmy hook-ups, shutting down thecenter for monitoring all heartpatients.

Arachaic equipment came out,and worked until the other wentback into action. Someone saidthis surgery was not "major" any-more.

If it was still done the sameway, with the sawing to separate acentral bone to get to the heart, Idon't know what major is. Thereare worse surgeries like thetransplants, but I will never for-get the heart surgery which mysurgeon said wasn't as bad thesecond time. I asked how he real-ly knew.

Back when I tried to be a super-mom, I would teach all day, driveto Town East, go to Joske's base-ment, and buy what someoneneeded for some important some-thing.

I was home in an hour prepar-ing a meal. This might accountfor my depletion of "get up andgo" now.

So, the "they" who created zoo-

sized establishments for shop-ping aren't all to blame for mydropping, but presently I have noheart problems, or so my new spe-cialist tells me.

When I shop, I must not be un-der pressure, which is difficultwith hubby napping in the car.

At five years my senior, thisman can still outlast me. Men arewonderful, and probably designthe mall-size stores. Incidently,mall shopping is gone for me. Toomany choices, confusion, andwalking.

And I guess I didn't purchaseenough from the catalogues,which come no more. My namehasn't made the mail-order listagain for some reason, but I'll findone, and make an order, paying inadvance. That should work.

Truthfully, I'll drive or ride bythe enormous American shop-ping stores, remembering the lifewhen I shopped and didn't drop.

EscapadesEmily Lundy

Shopping the big stores no longer something I do

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Also this week in GreggCounty, TxDOT mainte-nance crews this week arescheduled to perform pave-ment repairs on SH 322 be-tween FM 2011 and FM 1249in Rusk County.

Daytime lane closureswill be in effect in each lo-cation while the work is inprogress, and flaggers willcontrol traffic.

TxDOT continues workin Wood County

WOOD COUNTY -- TexasDepartment ofTransportation mainte-nance crews this week are

scheduled to continue pave-ment repairs on FM 3056between US 80 east ofMineola and FM 778. Thework is in preparation for aseal coat application thissummer.

A second crew is sched-uled to continue edge re-pairs on FM 2869 north ofFM 49.


TxDOT continues workin, near Mixon

CHEROKEE COUNTY --Texas Department ofTransportation mainte-nance crews this week arescheduled to continue

resurfacing operations invarious locations on FM177 and FM 3052 in theMixon area.


TxDOT continues workin Rusk County

RUSK COUNTY -- TexasDepartment ofTransportation mainte-nance crews this week arescheduled to perform baseand pavement repairs onFM between SH 315 and US84 east of MountEnterprise.

Also in Rusk County, asecond crew this week isscheduled to perform

pavement repairs on SH322 between FM 2011 justsouth of the GreggCounty Airport and FM1249.

Daytime lane closureswill be in effect in each lo-cation while the work is inprogress, and flaggerswill control traffic.

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Expanding feral hognumbers represent a signif-icant threat to agricultureand water quality in manyareas of the state.Wherever feral hogs arefound, they leave evidence,or sign, of their passing,and as feral hog popula-tions expand, landscapedamage increases.

While the most notice-able sign of feral hog activ-ity is damage caused bytheir destructive rootingbehavior, it is not the onlyindicator of their presence.

In times of drought, root-ing is minimal, and othersigns are more common.Hog wallows, rubs, tracks,trails, droppings and bedsare all telltale signs of theirpresence.

Hogs are very mobile,and in many cases may rou-tinely travel from one fieldthat offers cover to anotherfield that provides food.

To increase trappingsuccess, it is best to deter-mine key travel corridors,which frequently include

creeks, sloughs, ponds andother water sources.

Understanding feral hogbehaviors and signs is cen-tral to developing manage-ment strategies to reducetheir numbers.

As feral hogs feed, theyseverely impact nativeplant and animal commu-nities, as well as agricultur-al crops and livestock.

Extensive disturbance ofvegetation and soil occursbecause of rooting, andmay result in a localizedshift in plant communitycomposition.

This can be detrimentalto hay pastures, nativerange, lawns, and gardensalike.

Rooting can also reducethe number of plantspecies in an area. Feralhog diets shift throughoutthe year, depending onavailability of a wide vari-ety of food items, and dur-ing periods of drought, inmany cases putting them indirect competition for foodwith native wildlife

species.During warmer months,

feral hogs create wallowsin moist areas near ponds,creeks and sloughs to ac-cess cool mud, which helpsto avoid summer heat andward off biting insects.

Fecal material depositedin these locations is likelyto contribute bacteria andpathogens to stream sys-tems. In hot weather, hogsoften lie in wallows duringthe day.

After wallowing, hogsrub on fixed objects to re-move dried mud, hair andparasites. Trees, fallenlogs, fence posts, rocks andutility poles are commonlyused for rubbing, particu-larly if they are locatednear water or wallows.

Hogs have an affinity for

utility poles treated withcreosote, and many poleswithin a hog’s home rangewill have visible markings.

As is the case in manyareas across Texas, feralhog numbers appear to beon the rise in theHenderson County area.To prevent negative im-pacts to agriculture andwater quality, an integrat-ed management approachof multiple techniques of-ten yields the best potentialfor success.

Large corral traps haveproven extremely effectivefor reducing hog numbersquickly, and should be con-sidered in most manage-ment efforts.

Feral hogs typically trav-el in large family groupscalled sounders, and a largecorral type trap can be ef-fective in capturing the en-tire group.

Most corral traps areconstructed with 20-foot by5-foot sheep/goat panelswith 4-inch by 4 inchsquare mesh and steel T-

posts. This type of panelwill not allow smaller pigsto fit through the mesh, orlarger hogs to climb out ofthe trap. Shorter 40-footpanels may allow sometrapped hogs to escape.

If captured hogs will besold for processing, thesepanels also reduce damageto the animals’ nose, faceand mouth. As with boxtraps, many different doordesigns are available forcorral traps. The best de-sign for your managementefforts depends upon avail-able time, the number ofhogs present, the degree oflabor required, and materi-al cost.

Large sounders are sel-dom trapped using smalltraps, and hogs that escape,or are not captured, maybecome wary of encounter-ing them in the future.

While small traps docatch hogs of all sizes whenlimited space prevents us-ing larger traps, they arenot the most effectivemethod for capturing a

large number of hogs. For these situations, a

large teardrop-shaped trapis best. This design alsoserves as a chute for load-ing hogs onto a trailer, ifthey will be sold for pro-cessing.

For more informationcontact the CountyExtension Office.

IMPORTANT DATES:March 10 - Free

Vegetable Workshop - EastTexas Arboretum - 9 a.m. -noon.

March 23 - Large AreaLandscape ManagementWorkshop - The Library atCedar Creek Lake - 9 a.m. -noon.

March 29 - Cattleman’sCow-Calf Clinic - HendersonCounty Fair Park Complex,3:00 p.m. - $15/person - 1.5CEUs.

Rick Hirsch is theHenderson County ExtensionAgent - Agriculture for TexasAgriLife Extension Service.Visit our web page ath t t p : / / h e n d e r s o n -co.tamu.edu.

Feral hogs, with expanding populations, continue to be a problem

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stage of the Jamboreeadvance to biggervenues.”

Auditions for theJune show will be heldin mid-May, and audi-tions for the AugustJamboree will be heldin mid-July.

Those wishing to au-dition can call 903-729-5611 or 903-729-7080.

Those auditioningfor the talent searchcontest must be 18years or younger.

The show promises

to be a memorableevent, and one thatwill attract a lot offolks.

The theme for theshow in June is “LoneStar Country.”

“It is amazing howmany people comefrom the Metro-plexarea, Houston and oth-er parts of the state forthe Jamboree. Manypeople travel toBranson, Mo. orNashville, Tennesseefor similar produc-tions, and from the re-views we have re-ceived in numerouscountry music publi-cations, the quality of

the Jamboree and theperformers are equalin many respects,”Manuel said. “Wewant to encouragethose who have neverattended one of theshows, to make apoint to bring the fam-ily out, and enjoy themusic, artists andcomedy that fills thecivic center during theevening performanceand vote for your fa-vorite artist in the tal-ent search contest.”

Those competing onthe show that nightwill be selected by apanel of judges andaudience vote. Local

artists will take thestage with those fromother cities all over thestate of Texas.

The show is spon-sored by local busi-nesses, and is de-signed as “family en-t e r t a i n m e n t . ”Children often ap-pear on the show aswell as adults of vary-ing ages. begin ourseventh year of pro-duction.

The show starts at 7p.m., and doors openat 6 p.m. At the inter-mission, door prizesdonated by local mer-chants and business-es will be given away.

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As an investor, whatare your goals?You can probably

think of quite a few —but over the course ofyour lifetime, your objec-tives typically will fallinto five key categories.

And once you’re familiarwith these areas, you canstart thinking of whatthey’ll mean to you interms of your financial andinvestment strategies.

So, let’s take a look ateach of these areas, and seewhat they might entail foryou:

• Preparing for retire-ment — With advances inhealth care and a greaterawareness of healthy liv-ing practices, many of uscan expect to live two orthree decades in an activeretirement.

To pay for all those years,you’ll need to save, and in-vest early and often.

So, while you’re work-ing, take full advantage ofyour 401(k) or other em-ployer-sponsored retire-ment plan, as well as con-tribute to a traditional orRoth IRA.

After understandingyour desired retirementlifestyle, your financial ad-visor can help you deter-mine how, and how much,to save to provide for yourincome in retirement.

• Planning for the unex-pected — You can’t see intothe future, so you’ll need toprepare for anything thatcomes your way.

By building an emer-gency fund containing sixto 12 months’ worth of liv-ing expenses, you can pos-sibly avoid dipping intoyour long-term invest-ments to pay for things,such as a new furnace or amajor car repair.

And planning for the un-expected also means hav-ing sufficient life insur-ance to provide for yourfamily in case anythinghappens to you.

• Educating your chil-dren — College is already

expensive — and college ex-penses have been risingfaster than the overall rateof inflation.

If you want to help yourchildren, or grandchildren,pay for school, you maywant to invest in a collegesavings vehicle, such as the529 plan.

You can contribute largeamounts to a 529 plan, andearnings have the opportu-nity to grow tax-free, pro-vided withdrawals are usedfor higher education.(Withdrawals not used foreducation are subject to in-come taxes and a 10-percentpenalty.)

• Living in retirement —Once you reach retirement,your investment emphasiswill shift somewhat, fromaccumulating resources tomaking them last.

By working with a finan-cial advisor, you can devel-op a withdrawal strategythat can help make sureyou don’t outlive the in-come you receive from your401(k), IRA and othersources.

At the same time, giventhe possible length of yourretirement, you can’t ig-nore the need to invest forgrowth, so you may need toconsider some growth-ori-ented vehicles in your port-folio to help your incomekeep pace with inflation.

• Transferring yourwealth — When you’veworked hard your wholelife, you want to be able toleave a legacy — one that al-lows you to provide finan-cial resources to the nextgeneration, and to thosecharitable organizationsyou may wish to support.

So, when it’s time tothink about transferringyour wealth, you’ll want toconsult with your financial

and legal advisors to createan estate plan that’s appro-priate for your needs.

And because these planscan take significant time tocreate, you won’t want towait too long to start.

So, there you have them:five key financial areas onwhich to focus as you travelthrough life. By doing yourhomework, planning aheadand getting the help youneed, you can make thejourney a pleasant and pro-ductive one.

This article was writtenby Edward Jones for use byyour local Edward JonesFinancial Advisors, includ-ing Adam Piper, TonyKalawe, Colin Barrett andCliff Barrett.

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CNHI News ServiceLONDONDERRY, N.H. --

It felt like spring, but HankPeterson didn't feel like cel-ebrating.

Most other maple sugarproducers around NewHampshire probablyweren't enjoying the warmweather either.

The sap was running,but the recent warm weath-er wasn't helping maplesyrup production.

It's takes a combinationof cold winter nights andwarm days to get the sapflowing.

But 60 degrees in earlyMarch?

"It's too warm," saidPeterson, owner ofPeterson's Sugar House inLondonderry.

"That's really going tohurt."

Although 2011 was arecord-breaking year forsyrup production acrossthe state, with 125,000 gal-

lons made statewide,Peterson said this could bethe worst he's seen in 30years of sugaring.

"If we don't get any coldweather, we are only goingto get 50 percent of theproduct," he said. "It'sabout 25 percent of what itwas this time last year. I'venever seen it this poor."

Peterson said he usuallyproduces about 125 gallonsa season, charging $55 agallon.

Other Southern NewHampshire syrup produc-ers are anxious as well,though it's too soon togauge the rest of the sea-son, according to RobynPearl, spokeswoman for theNew Hampshire MapleProducers Association.

"It's kind of hard to saywhat kind of season it's go-ing to be," Pearl said.

Warm weather causesmaple trees to bud, termi-nating sap production.

It takes 40 gallons of sap

to produce a single gallonof maple syrup.

The season usually con-cludes in early April.

Maple sugaring is a $5million-a-year industry forthe state, Pearl said.

Details for this story wereprovided by The Eagle-

Tribune in North Andover,Mass.


SAT.-THURS, MARCH 10-15, 2012FIRST SHOW: 11:10 LAST SHOW: 10:15

JOHN CARTER (PG13) 12:30 (3D) 3:50, 7:00, 10:10

DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX (PG): 11:20(3D) 1:50, 4:25, 7:10 9:40

PROJECT X (R): 11:30, 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:50

THE VOW (PG13): 11:10(3D) 2:00, 4:50, 7:35, 10:15

COURTESY PHOTO

Mabank "Panther Edition" under the direction of Catherine Linsley, entertained for the Payne Springs UnitedMethodist Church Fellowship Night Wednesday. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the group, and was amazed atthe talent of these high school students. They are well-deserving of the awards, and the achievements theyhave accomplished.

Fantastic ‘Panther Edition’

Special to the Review A 56-year-old Athens man has pleaded guilty to federal

violations in the Eastern District of Texas, U.S. AttorneyJohn M. Bales said Friday.

Mark Eugene Thomas pleaded guilty to mail fraud onMarch 7 before U.S. Magistrate Judge Judith K. Guthrie.

According to information presented in court, from 1998to 2009, Thomas was employed by Argon Medical Devices,Inc. (AMD), an Athens-based manufacturer and supplierof specialty medical products utilized in the areas of car-diology, radiology and critical care.

From 2004 to 2008, Thomas, the Accounting Manager forAMD, provided fraudulent data to AMD's parent corpora-tion, and an external auditor, to make AMD appear moreprofitable in order to secure additional capital invest-ments for AMD, and the payment of performance incen-tives for AMD employees, including Thomas.

This fraudulent activity resulted in a financial loss ofbetween $1 million and $2.5 million.

Thomas faces up to 20 years in federal prison at sentenc-ing. A sentencing date has not been set.

This case is being investigated by the U.S. PostalInspection Service, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S.Attorney L. Frank Coan, Jr.

Athens manpleads guilty

Suspect, 56, accused of mailfraud while employee of localmanufacturer and supplier of

specialty medical products

falling about $6,000 belowlast year.

The following sales taxfigures represent monthlysales made in January.

• Athens - 306,370.73 -337,264.49 - (-9.16 percent)

• Berryville - 902.78 -943.70 - (-4.33 percent)

• Brownsboro -10,049.46 -10,631.90 - (-5.47 percent)

• Caney City - 2,306.72 -2,894.78 - (-20.31 percent)

• Chandler - 39,921.86 -29,338.42 - (36.07 percent)

• Coffee City - 10,938.64 -16,167.85 - (-32.34 percent)

• Eustace - 4,185.00 -

3,409.62 - (22.74 percent) • Gun Barrel City -

214,400.63 - 203,508.44 - (5.35percent)

• Log Cabin -1,537.93 -1,663.18 - (-7.53 percent)

• Malakoff - 24,096.27 -23,926.70 - (0.70 percent)

• Murchison - 2,210.12 -2,203.09 - (0.31 percent)

• Payne Springs - 5,675.74- 6,285.63 - (-9.70 percent)

• Poynor - 734.14 - 3,056.83- (-75.98 percent)

• Seven Points - 40,624.19- 33,530.18 - (21.15 percent)

• Tool - 5,065.25 - 5,581.17 -(-9.24 percent)

• Trinidad - 9,193.12 -3,847.81 - (138.91 percent)

• County Total - 678,212.58- 684,253.79 - (-0.88 percent)

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The Henderson CountySheriff ’s Office and AthensPolice Department combinedforces on a narcotics search onWilliams Street Thursday,making one arrest on a felony-drug charge and other offens-es.

Terrance Javon Hurd, 20,was booked into theHenderson County Jail, withbond set at $60,000. He re-mained in custody Friday on acharge of manufac-ture/delivery of a controlledsubstance, four to 200 grams.

The offense is a felony in thefirst degree, and is punishableby a prison term of five to 99years.

He was also charged withtampering with evidence, athird-degree felony, which car-ries a possible sentence of twoto 10 years. A third charge wasalso filed for possession of lessthan two ounces of marijuana.That offense is a Class B misde-meanor.

HCSO reports indicate thatNarcotics Officer WickGabbard obtained the warrantfrom Precinct 5 Justice of thePeace Tommy Barnett, autho-

rizing the officers to search forcrack cocaine.

Authorities executed thewarrant at about 2:25 p.m. atthe residence on WilliamsStreet. Inside, they seized aquantity of crack cocaine thathad been thrown into the toiletby Hurd in an apparent effortto destroy the evidence.

The materials were seizedand transported to the TexasDepartment of Public SafetyCrime Lab for analysis.Authorities are awaiting theresults of the analysis to deter-mine if additional criminalcharges will be filed.

Man arrested for drug offenses

PHOTO BY JAN SEEGER/THE EAGLE-TRIBUNE, NORTH ANDOVER, MASS.

Hank Peterson stokes the fire for the sap boiling vat at Peterson's Sugar House in preparation for theupcoming Maple Weekend.

Warm spell could hurt syrup production

Associated PressWASHINGTON — The

United States added 227,000 jobsin February, the latest display ofthe breadth and strength of theeconomic recovery. The countryhas put together the most im-pressive three months of jobgrowth since before the GreatRecession.

The unemployment ratestayed at 8.3 percent. It was thefirst time in six months it didn'tfall, and that was because a half-million Americans started look-ing for work. In the past twomonths, almost a million havestarted looking.

"I have more optimism," saidFreda Bratcher, 54, who hadworked as a substance abusecounselor but has been unem-ployed 16 months. She hadstopped searching, but showedup Friday at a Miami career cen-

ter after some of her friendslanded jobs.

"There's something out therefor me," she said. "And if otherpeople are getting hired, thenwhy not me?"

The Labor Department, in itsmonthly jobs report, said Fridaythat December and January, al-ready two of the best months forjobs since the recession, wereeven stronger than first estimat-ed.

January job growth was re-vised higher by 41,000 to 284,000.December job growth was raisedby 20,000 to 223,000. The overalljob growth for February of227,000 beat economists' esti-mate of 210,000.

"It's a very strong report,"said Bob Baur, chief global econ-omist at Principal GlobalInvestors, an asset managementcompany. "I could hardly findanything not to like in it."

Strong 3 months ofhiring as U.S. adds

277,000 jobs

Nichols• Texas Senate District 3 -

Tammy Blair• Texas House District 10

- Jim Pitts• Texas House District 10

– T.J. Fabby• Texas House District 10

– Linda Bounds• Texas House District 4 –

Lance Gooden• Texas House District 4 –

Stuart Spitzer• 392nd District Court –

Carter Tarrance• County Tax Assessor –

Milburn Chaney• County Tax Assessor –

Anita Smith• County Sheriff – Ray

Nutt• District Attorney –

Scott McKee• County Attorney –

Clint Davis• County Commissioner

Precinct 1 – Ken Hayes

• County CommissionerPrecinct 1 – O.B. SkipSmith

• County CommissionerPrecinct 1 – Scotty Thomas

• County CommissionerPrecinct 1 – Ron Welch

• County CommissionerPrecinct 3 – RonnyLawrence

• County CommissionerPrecinct 3 – Billy Van Voast

• County ConstablePrecinct 2 – RodneyHenderson

• County ConstablePrecinct 2 – Norman Terry

• County ConstablePrecinct 3 – Rick Carver

• County ConstablePrecinct 3 – David Grubbs

• County ConstablePrecinct 3 – James Lehman

• County ConstablePrecinct 4 – Rick Stewart

The Republican candi-dates were scheduled to filefor their ballot positionsFriday at 6:30 p.m. TheDemocratic Party willdraw Monday at 12:30 p.m.

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Special to the ReviewCHANDLER - On

Tuesday, March 13,from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.,the City of Chandlerwill host a City HallOpen House and meetand greet with theMayor and CityCouncil. At 5:30 p.m.the City will hold ashort ceremony to ded-icate the new city sealand display of theNational motto, “InGod We Trust” on theCouncil Chamber’swall.

In November, of lastyear the City ofChandler was the firstcity in HendersonCounty to adopt aResolution approvingthe prominent displayof the National Mottoof “In God We Trust.”

Since that time, theCity has been workingon a redesign of theCouncil Chambers,and the fabrication ofthe new City Seal,which is proudly dis-played, along with theNational motto.

“We look forward tohaving the citizens ofChandler and electedofficials of HendersonCounty join us for thisspecial dedication.”Mayor Ann Hall said.“It’s an honor to dis-play our new city Seal

and ‘In God We Trust’in our updatedCouncil Chambers.”


SOUTH PLACENursing Center

For Information Call Rae Priestleywith Admissions

150 Gibson RoadAthens, TX 75751www.spsnf.com

903-677-5864

South Place is letting their voice be heard by usingvoice technology for communication and docu-mentation for resident care. We have implementedthe ACCUNURSE program which is a system usedby nursing staff to review residents’ plans of care.

Pictured: Camashia Cofer, Stephanie Barton, and Veronica Wing

People are wondering. Willwe have more cold weath-er? If not, will summer be

worse than last year's days ofsweat, agony, tears, high electri-cal bills?

Someone has said those dread-ful words about time. DaylightSavings Time may occur nextSaturday night. I am not sure. Imay not change a clock.

What this time change does toordinary people past 70 is notpretty.

Mary Ellen Johnston ofTrinidad has been home severaldays, told not to drive and is rest-ing. She did not get a pacemaker.

Update on Mary: She has had astroke, and is back in ICU inAthens as this is written.

Barbara Wier will have a hipcorrection on Wednesday, andhas to be sterile-minded about

clothing, towels and everythingbefore the procedure, some newway of fixing a hip problem with-out surgery.

Next in for surgery will beBillie Jackson for colon prob-lems. This will probably be thelast of March, as complicationshave occurred.

The Blue Diamond performersof young girls, directed by KelliStanfield and Julia Airheart,went to San Antonio for a compe-tition with other high-kickersand dancers from across thestate.

Almost 15 cars were seen leav-ing Trinidad with their preciouscargo of girls. One of the dadsdrove a truck for equipment andbaggage.

Arriving back Sunday, the per-formers (middle school mostly)have many accolades, which will

be shared in a separate article.Mabel Graham is having phys-

ical therapy on her legs.Sometime the legs don't want towork. Mabel is an aunt to SandyLohman and her sisters. Mabelalways comes back to Trinidad tolive, but has tried at times beingnearer her daughter. Trinidad ishome.

Yesterday I found an earlier pa-

per with Mary Reppond's articleenclosed. I read it again, and real-ly do miss her and her keenwords.

Baseball games are beingplayed. Catch one!

Remember our veterans, andtry to do something nice for onethis week, especially someone ina nursing home.

On our prayer list are BethelKelly and her nephew, Sue Allen,Dorothy Lundy, Ginger Frasier,Evelyn Beaver, Dot Meadow'smother, Martha Perry, JerryCotton, Winston Thornburg, JoeMoser, Lawrence Moser, BarbaraThompson, David Lohman,James Looney, Billie Taaffe, DonWilbanks, Deanna Heickman,Barry Bryson, GeraldineStanfield, Pauline neeSmalling, Ruby Williams, AvonLane, Carol Ann Steveson,

Raymond Tubbs, VickiLooney's mother Helen, RosaleeColvin, Richard Colvin, HildredBessie Cartlidge, WrethaBarfoot, Minnie Morgan,Christopher Brown, GuyMonroe, and anyone I'vemissed.

Then there are our men andwomen in service: LaurenHebrank and husband, JeremyRoden and wife, Cord Smith,Miles Norris, Tyler Norris,Andre Andersn, JonathanCrocker, Mikey Warren, DarrellMobley, and I need help instraightening out these youngpeople's names.

Not so long ago some of thesewere kids playing sports, andbuying cold drinks at a station,laughing and having fun.

We ask for God's blessings onour nation for so many reasons.

Trinidad Community NewsTrinidad Community News

EmilyLundyEmilyLundy

City of Chandler plansCity Hall Open House

Special to the ReviewAthens Riding Club

Buckle-a-Day Spring Serieswill be held at 10 a.m. onMarch 31, April 28 and May12.

Events include barrels,straight-away, speed, polesand fluying W.

Buckles will be awardedeach day for the winner ofeach age group. Age groupsare 6 and under, 7-11, 12-17,18-39 and 40 and over.

Ribbons and other prizeswill be awarded to the top10 places in each age group.

High point winners ineach age category after allthree dates, will also beawarded gift certificates.

It’s great fun for the en-tire family. Beginning andseasoned riders of all agesare welcomed. Exhibitionrides are available.

For more information,contact Sarah at 903-681-4307 or [email protected].

Athens Riding ClubBuckle-a-Day Spring

Series plannedFourth six week Honor

Rolls are offered here forLaPoynor Elementary

A Honor Rolls

1st GradeEvan AlmeidaLaney AlmonAustin CarrJohnathan EstradaMelissa EstradaJack FosterCooper GraceyBrady HolcombTMia MitchellMarkayla HurdGarrett NuchollsKaitlyn RainwaterConner ReynoldsKasen RaynoldsCaleb RigsbyCaddin SmithBrianna WeikelBraidyn WheatAaron WelchAbigail WilliamsEmma Young

2nd GradeJake AntonMatthew BaileyElizabeth Coats

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3rd GradeKelsey BrooksDakota CoatsXander CreelSkylar FeaginEric GotcherLaura McClellandJeremy NicholsEmma RosenburgCaleb Solis Teallie TatumStaci Whitehead

4th GradeMackenzie BerryhillLayla CoatsDalton CreelTrent DukesKeryonna EldridgeHannah GraceyDamion HallRyan HolcombZane HudmanBethany Reichert

5th GradeWhitney BerryhillDevin BradshawSean CarterAustin DunnGunner GraceyLuke Mills

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3rd GradeMatthew DunnKam’ron EldridgePilar HernandezMark NegreteYamonica Street

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4th GradeRiley CrawfordMadison DeesChris DunnKinsey FeaginsEmily GraysonEthan HaleKendall HallKennison JohnstonBaiyleigh LittleShelby MasseyMelanie NessBrandon OwensKaitlyn SidesAlexis StanfieldTaylor Wimberly

5th GradeKiana EldridgeLauren EscueNathan HammondNatorie HurdZoe HebrankAustin McQueenJared Sanchez Jacob ShepherdDawson TurnerKourtney VaughnKatie Wilkey

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ETMC Auxiliary Report - MarchETMC Auxiliary Report - MarchBy Doris Gardenhire

SPECIAL TO THE REVIEW

Believe it or not, there is onething I haven’t told you about ourhospital. I realized while walkingthe halls doing my job that a lot ofpeople do not know that we alsohave an art gallery!

If you have been to ETMC, youknow that there are some pictureson the walls. What you may notknow is that EVERY hall is filledwith pictures.

If you love art, you should cometake a tour. Some are abstract,some are impressionistic, etc. Oneof our surgery-waiting familymembers was doing that to killtime, and she was so impressed.

So if you’re out there, don’t ig-nore the things hanging on thewalls! All walls!

Sadly, we lost two long-timemembers in February. RoxieFullington had been a volunteerfor years, working at the desk andin the gift shop. She was the onewho, until her eyesight failed,made the red hearts we have on

the backs of our vehicles. Thesehearts made it legal to park in thereserved spaces. Roxie had donat-ed her body to science, so we won’thave a traditional funeral.

Patsy McCall is the other auxil-iary member who passed away, af-ter a long illness. Even though sheworked a full-time job as secretaryat her church, she worked in theGift Shop on Saturdays. Severalmembers attended her funeral inuniform, and presented flowers tothe family.

You’ve missed the MasqueradeJewelry sale, but the quilt raffle isstill going on, with the drawing tobe March 16. Tickets, as usual, are$1, or six for $5, available in theGift Shop.

Denise Gabbert was speaker atthis month’s meeting. She ex-plained her duties as Director ofthe Surgery Department, andthanked us for our help.

Denise is special to us becauseshe is the daughter-in-law of oneof our volunteers, Leola Gabbert.

Some thank-yous are due. One

that is long overdue is to theAthens Daily Review for providingthe newspapers for our patients.In the past various organizationshave paid for the paper, but whenno one took on this project, theReview continued to send themanyway.

We really appreciate it, becausethe patients (or especially theirfamily members) always ask for apaper, and are upset when thereisn’t one (on Sunday and Monday).So thanks to you, Review.

Thanks also go to Mary AnnPerryman, who donated somestuffed toys at the end of the CainCenter’s garage sale. I know I havementioned before how the toyscan calm a rambunctious child orcomfort a sick/sad one, so we al-ways appreciate these donations.

Pat Herring also brought us atoy she won at an event. That’s anidea! If you win one somewhere,or find nearly-new ones at agarage sale, we’d love to havethem.

I just heard today that doing

something for others helps staveoff Alzheimer’s! Nuff said!

Oh, yes! If you missed the ETMCSystem-wide cookbook, the GiftShop now has some in stock.These are wildly-popular, andworth every bit of the $20 theycost, of which the auxiliary gets tokeep most. Thanks so much foryour support.

One of our favorite people,Louise Graham, has retired fromETMC. She was the InfectionControl nurse, and has installedour new officers for several yearsat the annual Awards Luncheon.

We hate to see her go, but aftershe gets her traveling bug satis-fied, she has promised to join us.

Speaking of the AwardsLuncheon, it will be held in Junethis year, after the StateConvention in San Antonio in May.

As usual, Tommie Avera is incharge of this meeting, so it willbe quite impressive. This iswhen members are awardedtheir bars for hours worked dur-ing the year, and new officers are

installed.We still have room for more

volunteers, especially inEmergency and SurgeryWaiting. These two positions arenot involved with care of patients(You won’t see anything gross,and you won’t have to care forsurgical patients), but rather, wetry to help family members byproviding coffee or other thingsto help pass the time in ER, or tokeep family members informedabout their surgical patients’progress.

We also help the Day SurgeryUnit (where patients go to getready to go home) by telling fam-ily when to get the car, and push-ing the patient out in a wheel-chair.

Remember that earlier quote?Doing something for others doeseven more for ourselves.

Several of our members areout sick. We hope you’ll remem-ber them in your prayers. Tillnext time, thanks for reading,and for your comments.


SportsSports Sunday, March 11, 2012 1B

By Jayson LarsonSPORTS EDITOR

The efforts of the Trinity Valley foot-ball coaching staff to improve for the up-coming season didn’t end on NationalSigning Day.

Head coach BradSmiley and his coachingstaff has worked to landsix more players to bringinto the fold for the 2012season.

On Friday, Smiley an-nounced the signings ofthe nation’s No. 3 tightend recruit, JohnThomas, and Mineral Wells quarterbackHunter McCoy (6-4, 205).

Thomas, of Class 5A Airline HighSchool in Bossier City, La., is 6-5 and 235pounds. He caught 30 passes for 575 yardsand seven touchdowns and had commit-ted to play at Louisiana State University.

TVCC also boosted its stock in thebackfield with a post-signing-day steal ofNew Boston running back ShakeemJefferson. The 5-9, 165-pounder wasnamed first-team Class 2A all-state by theTexas Sports Writers Association after

rushing 297 times for2,847 yards and 38 touch-downs for New Bostonlast season. His team fin-ished 10-3.

Other recent TVCCsignees are:

• Andrew Robinson (5-9, 190), running back,Pasadena Dobie;

• Adrian Bellard (6-5, 335), offensivetackle, Brenham;

• Jhaustin Thomas (6-5, 229), defensiveend, Decatur, Ga. Thomas, originally aUniversity of Georgia commit, is a two-sport standout who is expected to playbasketball for TVCC, as well.

Cardinals continue top recruiting haul

• JUNIOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL •

Thomas Jefferson

• HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL •

Dowell named 14-2ACo-Offensive MVP


Malakoff sophomore DaMontesDowell was named co-Offensive MostValuable Player on the recently re-leased 14-2A all-district basketballteam.

Dowell helped lead the Tigers to theplayoffs by averaging 14 points pergame, four steals and five assists.

Malakoff had two players make thefirst team — senior Garrett Airheart,who led the team in points (15), re-bounds (10) and blocks (six) per game;and sophomore Dariuhn Jackson.

Eustace senior Jacob McCarter, de-scribed by head coach Chad Martinezas a “phenomenal leader,” also madethe first team. McCarter averagednine points, five rebounds, six assistsand three steals per game.

Malakoff had one player named sec-ond team in freshman Marcus Dowell,and Eustace senior Jordan Foote alsowas a second-team selection.

Eustace had three players namedhonorable mention — junior Kyle

Wood, sophomore Steven Stine and se-nior Billy Key.

14-2A All-District MVP — Nic Shimonek, junior, MildredOffensive MVP — DaMontes Dowell, sopho-

more, Malakoff; Daryl Brooks, junior, TeagueDefensive MVP — Larry Busby, senior, TeagueNewcomer of the Year — Caleb Eagans,

sophomore, LeonFirst team

Daniel Folsom, senior, Mildred; Lane Scruggs,junior, Teague; Garrett Airheart, senior, Malakoff;Jacob McCarter, senior, Eustace; LandonLancaster, senior, Teague; Jacob Hulsey, senior,Leon; Daniel Pelzel, sophomore, Blooming Grove;Dariuhn Jackson, sophomore, Malakoff; JacobConger, junior, Blooming Grove; Tate Hartlet, ju-nior, Buffalo

Second teamDraylon Sterling, sophomore, Mildred;

Jonathan Harrison, sophomore, Mildred; VinceHale, senior, Leon; Marcus Dowell, freshman,Malakoff; Jordan Maggard, junior, Teague; JordanFoote, senior, Eustace; Jase Butler, sophomore,Mildred; Dalton Drake, freshman, BloomingGrove; Drake Jones, junior, Leon; CameronBurnham, senior, Mildred.

• REGION XIV CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT •

Score one for Mother Nature.The Athens Hornets Varsity

Baseball Tournament, afterlimping through a day and a halfof storms that hit the areaThursday, was finally canceledFriday when the rain didn’tleave.

The Hornets played only onegame in the tournament, grab-bing an 8-3 win over Kaufmanon Thursday. No games will beplayed Saturday, and games willnot be made up.

The Athens Lady Hornetssoftball team, likewise, sawtheir schedule altered by rain.Games scheduled for Friday andSaturday were postponed. TheLady Hornets are now sched-uled to face Chapel Hill Mondayat 2 p.m. at Peg Cain Field.

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TVCC’s Billy Johnson (31) drives and dishes with Blinn’s Dre Evans (5) in his face during Friday action at the Region XIV Con-ference Men’s Tournament at Tyler Junior College. Blinn defeated the Cardinals, 81-69, to end their season in the quarterfinalsfor the second year in a row.

Bye and byeAfter first-round pass, TVCC ousted by Blinn in quarterfinals, 81-69


TYLER — Trinity Valley headcoach Pat Smith has beenaround the game long enough toknow what matters.

As he paced the floor outsidethe home locker room at TylerJunior College’s WagstaffGymnasium and talked abouthis team’s 81-69 loss to the BlinnBuccaneers on Friday, he didn’tdance around what, to him, is anobvious fact.

“We’re 26-7 in our last 33 con-ference games over the past twoyears, but we’re 0-2 at the region-al tournament,” Smith said.“That’s what everyone remem-bers. It’s frustrating, but that’sjust the way it is.”

For the second straight year, animpressive regular season by theCardinals (21-10) ended in thequarterfinals of the Region XIVConference Men’s Tournament. Itwas TVCC’s first game of thetournament after it received afirst-round bye by finishing in thetop four among conference teams.

Smith was frustrated that histeam let an early 9-2 lead turn

into a 38-37 deficit by halftime,and he was equally as frustratedthat his Cardinals couldn’t seemto find the bottom of the netwhile Blinn almost couldn’t missto start the second half.

Miles Dixon’s jumper with14:38 left gave Blinn (26-6) a 52-40lead and capped a 14-3 run.Meanwhile, all the Cards had toshow for the first eight minutesof the second half was a layup byDominique Elliot and four freethrows.

The Bucs fared much better,hitting seven of 12 shots duringthat stretch.

“That run really hurt us,”Smith said. “Our defense couldhave been better, but we weren’tscoring. When you don’t scoreit’s hard to maintain any consis-tency.”

Even so, the Cardinals man-aged to make the Buccaneerssweat just a little bit near the sev-en-minute mark of the secondhalf. After Titus Rubles nailed apair of free throws to give Blinna 13-point lead with 7:40 left, D.D.Scarver broke through heavypressure and sank a three-point-

er to bring the lead back to 10with 7:07 to go.

Daniel Ehambe then trimmedthe deficit to single digits with athree of his own, making it 68-61with 6:23 left on the clock. WillBond then helped TVCC pull towithin five, 70-65, with 5:02 left.

The Cardinals turned the ballover twice in the final 2:32 with achance to cut the lead to one pos-session. Blinn then finished thegame out at the free throw line,hitting their final six shots.Blinn was 31-38 from the line.

Scarver finished his TVCC ca-reer with 28 points.

“I know a lot of people won’tunderstand this,” said Smith,noting his team has had toweather suspensions and dis-missals — leaving the team withnine players, “but I’m proud ofhow these guys finished downthe stretch.”

BUCCANEERS 81, CARDINALS 69

BLINN (81) — Miles Dixon 23; DreEvans 16; Daishon Knight 14; JoelWright 13; Titus Rubles 10; CraigSmith 4; Shamel Williams 1.TVCC (69) — D.D. Scarver 28;

Dominique Elliot 12; Will Bond 9;Daniel Ehambe 7; Billy Johnson 5;Abdul Ahmed 4; Jaywuan Hill 2;Devon Agusi 2.Halftime Score: Blinn 38, TVCC 37Three-Pointers: Blinn (6-14) —

Knight 2; Evans 2; Dixon 2. TVCC(7-25) — Scarver 4; Ehambe;Bond; Johnson.Turnovers: Blinn 14. TVCC 14.Free Throws: Blinn 31-38 (Evans

8-8). TVCC 20-21 (Scarver 8-8).Team Fouls: Blinn 19. TVCC 26.Fouled Out: Blinn-1 (Knight).

TVCC-2 (Ehambe, Scarver).Technical Fouls: Blinn-none.

TVCC-none.Records: Blinn 26-6. TVCC 21-10.

Friday’s scoresMen

(9) Jacksonville 96, (1) Paris 86(5) Blinn 81, (4) TVCC 69(2) Lamar St. 62, (7) Tyler 58(6) Navarro 78, (3) San Jacinto69

Saturday’s games Men’s semifinals

Jacksonville vs. Blinn, 6 p.m.Lamar St. vs. Navarro, 8 p.m.

Women’s semifinals(1) TVCC vs. (4) LMC, 1 p.m.(2) Tyler vs. (6) Blinn, 3 p.m.

Weatheraltersgames

The Athens boys and girlsvarsity soccer teams had atough evening on Friday.

The Hornets fell to JohnTyler, 3-1, in overtime, whileMabank continued its stretch ofstrong play with a 6-1 win overthe Lady Hornets earlier Friday.

Both were district gamesplayed at Bruce Field.

Mabank got four goals fromSavannah Henderson, whileMeagan Holyfield and AshtonNorman also scored.

The Hornets — who got theirlone goal Friday from EnriqueRodriguez off an assist fromJose Romero — are scheduled toreturn to action Tuesday on theroad at Chapel Hill. Playoff-bound Athens then closes outthe regular season atWhitehouse next Friday.Varsity action is scheduled tobegin at 7 p.m. in both matches.

The Lady Hornets host JohnTyler next Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.(JV) and 7 p.m. (varsity), thenhost Whitehouse Friday. Theyclose the regular season March23 at Lindale.

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