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Foster joins Hollarin mayor’s electionBy David LewisEditor Mark Foster, a former member of the Pilot Point city council and school board, filed as a candidate for mayor Friday, mounting a challenge to former mayor pro tem Pete Hollar. Foster filed for the May 12 election on Friday. Hollar filed for election to the position on Feb. 7. Mayor Janet Groff has announced that she won’t run for re-elec-tion.

F o s t e r s a i d he is running for mayor “to get all of the facets of the community work-ing together.”

“My concern has been, I would like to see more of a cohesive commu-nity,” Foster said in an interview.

“The term that always comes to mind is being inclusive. I think

we all need to make progress, and to move ahead we need to work together, and that might mean a little compromise among all the parties.” Foster, 55, and his family have lived in Pilot Point since 1981; he is a representative for the WBH Group, a company that represents manufacturers in the housing market. He served on the council from 1990-94 and on the school

AISDoffersexitfundsBy Rebecca HertzStaff Writer The Aubrey ISD has approved an exit incentive of 1 percent, up to $500, for teachers who give the district advance no-tice of their plans to leave. School board members approved the incentive during their monthly meeting on Feb. 22. “This is the easiest form of (staff) reduc-tion,” AISD Superintendent James Monaco said. “If people are considering moving and tell us of their plan, it will help us with budgeting.” With additional funding cuts from the state looming, Monaco said he hopes it is not necessary to reduce staff in the dis-trict’s 2012-13 budget. But, he said, “one or two positions could be eliminated.” “We are close on the budget and we didn’t get the enrollment,” he said. “We are now down about 12 students and we pre-dicted an ADA of 1807 and will probably come in at about 1,800.” The exit incentive will be offered to qualified, certified teachers, Monaco said. “If someone is going to retire or move and not planning to tell us until later, learning that information sooner would be helpful,” he said. “It’s easier for me to hire teachers in July. If I know the staff going in that will save other people’s jobs.” The board during its Feb. 22 meeting also approved retaining the existing fees for students transferring into the district. The rates will remain at $1,000 for one stu-dent, $1,250 for two students, and $1,500 for three or more students. Monaco said there is an economic im-pact for the district from transfer students and that the fees make up some of the difference in state and local funding. The district’s enrollment also has not grown as much as predicted, he said. “I wanted (an ADA) of 1817 to 1820 next year, and without those students you lose income,” Monaco said. “I expect to see classrooms packed even more.” In other business the board considered six charter school applications. Charter schools submitting state applications to the State Board of Education (SBOE) are required to send the information to school districts and open-enrollment charter schools likely to be affected. All applica-

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Billy Ray Pedigo, right, presented the Distinguished Citizen Award to Buster Chandler Friday night.

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As deadline nears,races draw interestBy Rebecca HertzStaff Writer The window to file as a can-didate in the May 12 local elec-tions will close Monday, and some positions still have drawn no candidates. In Pilot Point, one school board seat that will be on the ballot was without a candidate as of Wednesday. Candidates had filed for all of the council seats that will be open, however. Michael “Champ” Walker filed for re-election to Place 1 on the Pilot Point council this week

and will run against challenger Tracey Lane Huschke. Shea Pat-terson filed for election to Place 4, which was left vacant when incumbent Pete Hollar filed for mayor. Bobbie Jezek will chal-lenge incumbent Hunter Mc-Bride for Place 6. Mark Foster also filed to run for mayor. Incumbents Dan Flagg and Steve Klohn filed this week for re-election to the Pilot Point School Board. No one had filed for the seat held by Matt Har-

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Cayson and Madison Harris tried out the new playground equipment at Leslie Park in Aubrey Friday afternoon.


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By Rebecca HertzStaff Writer The city of Pilot Point will apply for a grant to help pay for construction of a new wa-ter well, but waiting for the funding could make it tight for the city to meet a state order to increase its water supply. City Council members vot-ed Monday night to apply for the Community Development Block Grant. While the grant would help the city’s financial po-sition, the funds won’t be awarded until early next year, City Manager Tom Adams said. The Texas Com-mission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has given

the city a deadline of July 1, 2013, to have a new well com-pleted. Waiting for the grant would slow down the comple-tion of the well project, and it may be necessary to request an extension of three to six months, Adams said. The city currently has about $300,000 in its water capital fund, “and that gets us a head start,” Adams said. “The question is, do we want to apply for the 2013 CDBG grant, which could be awarded up to about $350,000 to help with the project?” he asked the coun-cil.

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By Rebecca HertzStaff Writer Longtime Pilot Point businessman Buster Chandler received the Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Citizen Award during the organization’s annual banquet Friday night. Billy Ray Pedigo, who received the award last year, stepped up to recognize Chandler. “Tonight I would like to tell you …” Pedigo began as he reached into his pocket for his speech, “ … that I have Karen’s grocery list in front of me in-stead of my notes. “Tonight, for the person I get to talk about, I don’t need notes.” Pedigo outlined Chandler’s success as a businessman in the community and said he is known for his kind acts, good deeds and generosity. Chandler, a native of Pilot Point, owns Chandler’s Cabinets. Pedigo also praised Chandler for or-ganizing the first Soap Box Challenge during last year’s Bonnie and Clyde Days. “This year he orchestrated an event

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It is my honor to present Robert’s eu-logy today. He was my best friend.

At 66, Robert was taken way too young, but, like so many baby boomers, he lived life to the fullest — and we will celebrate his funeral to the fullest.

I’m still in shock over the freak ac-cident that claimed Robert’s life. He’d been living at a Buddhist monastery for only one month when it happened.

Instead of meditating and practicing yoga like the others, Robert, always the debater, peppered the monks on points of philosophy.

One morning, he was found dead in an alley with sandal-scuff marks on his robe and a small statue of the Buddha stuffed down his throat. Apparently, he’d fallen out a window. But that was Robert. Like so many in our generation, he always did things his way. I still laugh about the stunts he pulled in college. To protest man’s massacre of the Earth, he kidnapped the dean’s toupee and threatened not to return it until a local coal mine was shut down. Irememberhisfirstwedding.Heandhisbride-to-begot married at the top of Niagara Falls, then went over the falls in a barrel. When Robert had a son and daughter with his second wife—hisfirstwifehaddiedinatragicaccidentatNi-agara Falls — he shunned traditional names. He named his son Top Soil, because the rich dirt is vital to survival, and his daughter Oxygen, because he wanted others to “breathe in her beauty.”

Well,nowthatRoberthaspassedon,itisonlyfittingthat his funeral would also be unique. So many aging boomers are planning unusual funerals, in fact, that sev-eral media outlets have been reporting on the trend. Some boomers are having poems and inscriptions painted on their caskets. Some are being buried with their pets. Others plan to put on big presentations and broadcast them over the Internet for others to see. Now that boomers are nearing 70 and beginning to pass on in sizable numbers, the funeral industry is one of the few to thrive in our struggling economy. Smart Moneysays:“Afterfiveyearsoflosses,thefuneral industry is expected to see revenue rise almost 3 percent this year, and is projecting small but steady growthoverthenextfiveyearsaswell.” Lucky for us, Robert was happy to oblige! He carefully planned this, his last public event, well before his unex-pected demise. First, you may notice that Robert’s casket is unusual. It is actually a custom-made cryogenic freezer in which Robert will be preserved until advances in technology can bring him back. Second, Robert had planned a massive party after this funeral service that he referred to as his “Earth wake!” A Bob Dylan impersonator will perform and an open bar and buffet will be provided. There will be a $10 cover. Third, Robert has purchased a complimentary monk’s robe and sandals for everyone in attendance, to help each of you begin your own spiritual journey. Robert hopes you will one day become as enlightened as he. Last,bydyingsoyoung,Robertfiguredhewouldsaveour country hundreds of thousands of dollars in Medicare and Social Security costs. HefigureditwasOKtoraidhischildren’scollegefundto pay for this funeral — sorry, Top Soil and Oxygen. He figuredthegovernmentoughttopickuptheircollegetabas a sort of trade-off. That concludes this portion of Robert’s funeral service. Could someone please help me move Robert’s cryogenic casket to the concert area? Tom Purcell is a freelance writer and humor columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. His column is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syn-dicate. Email Tom at [email protected].

With his poll numbers rising and the oppositionflail-ing, little could cause President Obama’s reelec-tion bandwagon to run out of gas.

Except, per-haps, gas.

When gas hit $4 a gallon

last April, the president acknowl-edged the political impact by not-ing, “My poll numbers go up and down depending on the latest cri-sis, and right now gas prices are weighing heavily on people.” An analysis at the time by Real Clear Politics showed that gas prices affect a president’s standing even more than the unemployment rate. Now, unem-ployment is down, but gas prices are up: about 18 cents in the last two weeks. Voters don’t need the Bureau of Labor Statistics to tell them what they’re paying at the pump. And they don’t need an economist to explain that fuel prices affect virtually all consumer goods and services – from food to the family vacation. For politicians, few issues translate so smoothly into cam-paign rhetoric and tie-in so well to other issues. Republicans already are linking pain at the pump to the Obama administra-tion’soppositiontotheKeystone

XL pipeline, which would bring oil from Canada, and its backing of Solyndra, the failed solar en-ergy company. Rick Santorum recently blast-ed what he called a “radical agen-da” by Democrats to deny Ameri-cans “affordable energy.” Newt Gingrich launched a petition drive on his Website demanding a return to $2.50 a gallon gas. All four Republican candidates advocate expanded offshore drill-ing and an immediate permit for theKeystoneproject. In 2008, the price of gas was such a potent concern that candi-dates John McCain and Hillary Clinton proposed a federal gas tax holiday.” Republicans chant-ed “drill baby, drill!” In 2012. it’s a perfect storm. Fears over Iran’s nuclear pro-gram and a possible attack by Israel are driving up world oil prices.Meanwhile,severalrefin-eries in the U.S. have recently closed down. And while Ameri-cans drive more in summer, the pollution-controlling formula-tions for summertime gasoline are more expensive than those used in winter. Last summer, the Obama ad-ministration took the fairly rare step of releasing 30 million bar-rels from the nation’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve to combat ris-ing prices and address the Mid-dle East oil disruptions, which at the time were linked to strife in Libya. It was a limited and some-what symbolic gesture, and not

without political risk. A similar gambit this summer would surely provide fodder for the GOP nomi-nee. Unlike employment, which was in free fall when the presi-denttookoffice,gasolinepriceswere actually at rock bottom: under $1.90 a gallon. Ironically, the drop was caused primarily by lowerdemandduetothefinan-cial crisis. As things improved, oil prices rebounded. Yet, if the stump standard, “Are you better off today than you were four years ago?” is applied to gas prices, few voterswillanswerintheaffirma-tive. According to the latest Pew survey, the president’s approval rating among independent vot-ers has rebounded to 45 percent, after dipping to 37 percent just last month. This underscores the fact that the campaign remains as volatile as the economy. Gasoline prices could be a meaningful election metric. Un-der $3.75 a gallon on Labor Day and President Obama’s chances look solid. Over $4.00 and the president may be in trouble. A chicken in every pot won’t cut it unless there’s gas in every tank.

Peter Funt is a writer and speaker. His column is distrib-uted by Cagle Cartoons, Inc. newspaper syndicate. He can be reached at www.CandidCamera.com.

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tions were rejected by the board. “I am of the opinion they are taking state dollars from us that could go to what we need,” he said. “[Charter schools] are not on the same platform we are on. I will compete with anyone on the same platform, but they can do things we can’t and a lot of the schools are failing.” In other action, the academic calendar

for the 2012-13 school year met with the board’s approval. The first day of school next fall will be Monday, Aug. 27, although staff and teacher development will begin August 13. Winter break runs Dec. 24, 2012 through Jan. 4, 2013 with students returning to class on Jan. 7. Students will be out of class March 11-15 for spring break and school ends May 31. The total number of instruction days is 174.

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cluding three years as presi-dent. In a prepared statement, Foster said his philosophy is to govern “only what is absolutely necessary.” He said he wants to highlight Pilot Point’s strengths and preserve its history. “I think citizens need to take more responsibility; I just think we need to not govern and regulate,” Fos-ter said in an interview. “I think we need to interface with the citizens and they need to spend their time and money to make this a better city.” In particular, Foster said he sees no reason for the city to have a dedicated code enforcement officer. The council added a code en-forcement officer to the Po-lice Department last year, and Hollar has supported increased code enforcement. “I think a code enforce-ment agent might not be necessary in town,” Foster said. “I was ticketed for not having enough gravel in my driveway of 20 years. I thought that was a little over the top.

“I would like to see pas-sive regulation. If your neighbor has a pile of brush and there’s dead animals in it, of course. To have an of-ficial … I think people need to take their own respon-sibility. It needs to come through the citizens and not at the citizens in the form of regulation.” Foster said his goals as mayor would include breaking ground within 24 months on redevelopment of the south side of The Square; coordinating a plan to tie Pilot Point more to Ray Roberts Lake; initiating landscaping for the business loop; and continuing to grow the city’s financial reserves. “All of us have a lot of years invested in Pilot Point, and I think it’s time for all of us to grasp the now,” Foster said. “Yeah, we’ve learned from the past. Let’s get together today and go forward. I think if we’re inclusive with our attitudes and we’re compromising and compassionate, we can run miles together. If I can help with that, great.” Filing for the mayor’s race and three positions on the council remains open until 5 p.m. Monday.

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muth as of Wednesday. Elections will be held on May 12 for local city coun-cils and school boards, as well as the Mustang SUD board. The deadline to file as a candidate is 5 p.m. Monday. Following is a rundown of candidates who have filed for election to positions that will be on area ballots on May 12. Aubrey — Deborah Goin is running for re-election to Place 1 on the Aubrey City Council. Francis Carter has filed for re-election to Place 2 on the council and has drawn a challenge from Chris Rich. Pat Housden and Jeff Perry have reg-istered as candidates for Place 5. Aubrey School Board members Mike Sessions, Ron Bullock and Joey Saxon are running unop-posed for re-election to new terms. Tioga — Curtis Byler filed to run for an at-large seat on the City Council

along with incumbents, Ken Blanks, Heather Nesmith and Rebecca Binyon. Seek-ing re-election on the Tioga School Board are Shawn Nesmith and Kelly Lintner. Providence Village — Incumbent mayor Brian Robertson entered the race this week along with Place 3 incumbent Earnest Law and newcomer Kate Julian, who filed for election to Place 5. Cross Roads — No ad-ditional candidates filed for election to the Cross Roads Town Council this week. Steve Smith has entered the race for mayor. Kim Dickey and Tony Russo have filed for re-election to an at-large seat on the Town Council. Krugervi l le — In -cumbent council members Charles Brumley and Dave Hill are seeking re-election. Mayor Eric Ransleben also has filed for re-election. Mustang SUD Board — Dean Jameson is the only candidate to placed his name on the ballot for re-election to the Mustang SUD Board of Directors.


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Chris Porter cleaned a window Wednesday in preparation for the grand opening at the new McDonalds in Pilot Point. The new restaurant, located in the 1200 block of U.S. 377S, will open at 5 a.m. Tuesday.


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Northstar Financial Corporation of Denton this week announced that Carli-le Bancshares of Fort Worth has agreed to acquire the company and its subsidiary, Northstar Bank of Texas. The acquisition will be the largest for Car-lile, which plans to establish Northstar Bank as its flag-ship bank and continue to operate under the Northstar Bank name with its existing leadership team. Rob Gentry, Northstar Bank’s chairman of the board, will remain on the board and will join Car-lile’s board of directors. Tony Clark will remain the bank’s president and chief executive officer. “We believe this transac-tion is in the best interest of our shareholders, em-ployees, customers and the communities we serve,” said Gentry, Northstar’s chair-man. “We both share the same vision for community banking built on the tradi-tion of customer relation-ships, service quality and strong roots within the com-munity.” Northstar Bank operates a branch in Pilot Point. Carlile was established in 2009 by community bank-ers Tom C. Nichols and Don E. Cosby. Carlile ap-proached Northstar Bank in 2011 with an interest to structure a transaction that would enhance Northstar Bank’s ability for continued growth, said Nichols, Car-lile’s chief executive officer. “Northstar Bank is a successful community bank with the established lead-ership and brand that will add value to our holding company, and positions us strategically to continue growing throughout Texas,” said Nichols. Northstar Bank has 10 locations located throughout North Texas and almost $1 billion in assets. Carlile has two bank subsidiaries, Treaty Oaks Bank with five locations in Austin and Marble Falls and Bank of Broadmoor with four loca-tions in Colorado Springs.

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Dennis Anthony Nortman, Sr. Dennis Anthony Nortman, Sr. of Pilot Point passed away on Monday, February 27, 2012, at Denton Regional Medical Center. Dennis was born to Tony and Chris-tine Evans Nortman on February 22, 1949, in Fort Worth, Texas. He gradu-ated from Pilot Point Gee High School in 1967. He was a lifetime Pilot Point Bearcat fan and a lifetime resident of Pilot Point. He had a contagious smile and sense of humor which will be missed by all who knew and loved him. He will be remembered as a loving husband, fa-ther, grandfather, friend, brother and uncle. Dennis worked for Strittmatter Irrigation and Well Service for 42 years. He was a member of the Knights of Columbus for 11 years, having served as Grand Knight and Faithful Navigator. He achieved the 4th Degree in the Knights of Columbus. Dennis also served as a volunteer on the Pilot Point Fire Department and Pilot Point Volunteer Ambulance Service for 11 years. He also volunteered as a coach for women’s softball and little league baseball and helped build and install the original lighting for Pilot Point ISD Massey Stadium. A rosary for Dennis was scheduled for Thursday, March 1, beginning at 7 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church in Pilot Point. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday, March 2, begin-ning at 1 p.m. at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Church. Burial will follow at St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Cem-etery in Pilot Point. Dennis is survived by his wife Micky of Pilot Point; two sons, Dennis Nortman, Jr. and wife Diane of Pilot Point and Jeremy Nortman and wife Casey of Kruger-ville; one step-son, Chris Cobler and fi ancé Katie Lee of Austin; one step-daughter, Candis Eldridge and husband David of Roswell, N.M.; and grandchildren, Christopher, Paige and Payton Nortman, all of Pilot Point; Laynie Nortman of Krugerville; Taylor Camp-bell of McKinney; and Heather and Hannah Sneed of Roswell, N.M. Dennis is also survived by sisters, Mary Ann Adcock and husband Kenneth of Fort Worth; Mil-dred Burt of Itasca; Janice Holley and husband Bill of Tioga; Doris Short of Arlington; and Della Turner and Bob Middlebrooks of Lindsay. One brother, Charlie Nortman, and wife Fay of Whitesboro also survive. Dennis was preceded in death by his parents; one sister, Phyllis Billmeier; and one brother, Lee Roy Nortman. Services are under the direction of Terri Slay and staff of Huff/Slay Funeral Home.

By Rebecca HertzStaff Writer The Pilot Point City Council Monday night ap-proved a draft agreement that would enable the city to move the Eddleman log home from its present site on Morrison Street to city-owned property near the Bloomfield School on Wash-ington Street. City Manager Tom Ad-ams said the agreement is necessary because workers will be entering private property to lift the log home and separate it from anoth-er house for the relocation. “We do need to have an agreement with the family to enter the property and to remove the home,” Adams said, adding the city would need to agree to fill any holes or divots created by the moving process, as well as board up any openings created by the move in the existing house with ply-wood. “The city would need to do that and agree to that but beyond that we would want to limit any liability.”

R.W. Eddleman, one of Pilot Point’s first settlers, built the log home in 1852. In 1888, a two-story home was added to the south side

of the log home, and Eddle-man covered it with siding to match the new house. The log home has remained covered for more than 100 years, which has preserved the structure in much of its original condition.

In January 2011, Tom Crawford of Bedford said he was working with the Eddleman family to pur-chase the house, which sits on Morrison Street. He offered to donate the cabin to the city for $1 if the council would pay the cost of detaching and moving it. Council members said they

were interested. Adams said at a July

2011 city council meeting the city would work with the Eddleman family to acquire the log cabin. Craw-ford, he said, was working to relocate and restore the two-story part of the house, which sits on 94 acres, and is listed for sale for $1.4 mil-lion. Adams told the council Monday night that it is un-known exactly how the two houses are connected and that the city doesn’t want to be liable for any damage that results from moving

the log home. “The other home is not in the best of shape anyway,” Adams said. “But we do need to have an agreement that indicates what respon-sibility the city would have because we are going to en-ter the property and remove the home, then limit any li-ability for any other issues.” Mayor Janet Groff said she believes whoever buys that property will demolish the house. “Someone was looking at trying to save that home and move it,” Adams said. “I think once we remove the log home he would have an interest in moving that.” Adams asked the council to approve the agreement allowing for any additional language from the city’s at-torneys. In July, city officials identified at least $17,350 in costs associated with the project. That includes moving the cabin, $12,000; removing the back addition of the house, $2,500; new footings, $2,850; and adding a new wall on the remaining home, $1,800.

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The original R.W. Eddleman log home is located under the siding on the right side of this house on Morrison Street. File photo/The Post-Signal

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Thursday, Feb. 23 6:59 p.m. A car driven by Barbara Johnson, 51, of Celina struck a cow at FM 455 and Pelzel Road. John-son was not injured, but her Chrysler Sebring was not drivable due to damage and was towed from the scene. A passerby stated other cows that were out had gone back into a pasture across from Pelzel Road. The owner of the livestock responded to the scene, secured the gate and removed the cow from the ditch. Friday, Feb. 24 7:23 a.m. An officer ob-served a vehicle was being towed by another in the 1400 block of U.S. 377 S. without the proper towing equipment and conducted a traffic stop, which resulted in two arrests for outstand-ing warrants. Kenneth Roumillat, 34, of Ponder was arrested on a Denton County warrant for driving without a valid license with previous conviction and for failing to identify himself as a fugitive from justice; he was also cited for possession of drug paraphernalia. Ear-nest Prince, 34, of Denton was arrested on a Denton County warrant for posses-sion of a prohibited weapon. 9:24 p.m. A burglary of a motor vehicle was reported in the 100 block of McKin-

ney Street. A woman said her grandfather’s car ste-reo was taken from a 1992 Dodge between 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 20 and 10:50 am on Feb. 24. Sunday, Feb 26 5:52 p.m. A single-vehicle motorcycle accident with minor injuries was reported in at FM 455 and Fritcher Road. Mory Anderson, 60, of Saginaw stated he was traveling west in the 16000 block of East FM 455 when he lost control of his motor-cycle on loose gravel.Tuesday, Feb. 29 8:20 p.m. A girl’s bi-cycle was reported found in a ditch at the corner of Church and Division streets. The bicycle was taken into possession and secured at the animal shel-ter.

KRUGERVILLEWednesday, Feb. 22 1:53 p.m. During a traf-fic stop for no registration displayed on the vehicle, an officer observed the driver using a paper Texas DMV authorized e-Tag that was improperly displayed. It was determined the tag was issued to someone else and

was being used as registra-tion for the vehicle during personal use. The driver was issued a citation for the registration violation and failure to report a change of address within 30 days. The tag was confiscated. 8:41 p.m. Elsa Wheat of Krugerville was arrested for driving while intoxicated after failing a field sobriety test in the 100 block of Fair-crest Drive and transported to Denton County Jail. Sunday, Feb. 26 12:42 a.m. An officer responded to a report of a suspicious person in the 4300 block of U. S. 377. A woman said her vehicle had a flat tire and the officer provided a courtesy ride to her residence in Pilot Point and notified Denton County Sheriff’s Office of the loca-tion of the disabled vehicle. 3:30 p.m. Curtis Wilson of Krugerville was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of Tarrant County for failure to appear, contempt of court and non-payment of child support during a traf-fic stop for driving without a seat belt. Wilson received a warning for the seatbelt vio-lation and was transported

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AUBREYThursday, Feb. 23 Time unavailable. An officer responded to a report of a male attempting to sell magazines without a per-mit in the 500 block of East Blackjack Road. The subject and three partners were ad-vised to cease.Monday, Feb. 27 4:34 p.m. An incident of theft was reported in the 1000 block of Janet Street. The complainant stated she had sold a game on eBay and the buyer refused it and sent the package back after removing the contents.

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The city can proceed with the engineering with the $300,000 that is already set aside while waiting for the grant, Adams said. “If we are successful with a grant for the project, this schedule could be tight, depending upon timing re-quirements for the grant,” he said. Initial estimates have been between $600,000 and $1.4 million, depending on the size of the well and the necessity of water lines, pumps, storage and related improvements. When Mayor Janet Groff asked if the city would “still have enough water to get us through 2013,” Adams

explained that the city can pump enough water to meet present demand. The well is required for the city to com-ply with state regulations, he said. State policy sets a guide-line of 60 percent of the city’s well-pumping capac-ity – a total of 27.35 million gallons per month – as the maximum water use for the issuance of new taps. The most recent analysis revealed usage of 68 percent of capacity. “That (analysis) was in peak summer last August,” Adams said. “If we have a well down, we are still OK and if we have two wells down then we start to have a little bit of difficulty.” The question before the

council, Adams said, was whether to apply for the grant, even though it could impose some timing restric-tions as to when construc-tion would begin. “Once we find out about the grant we would either proceed with construction or we would have to issue some financing and then proceed,” Adams said. The balance of funding could come from a new debt issuance, from water fund balances or a combination of both. A debt issuance is planned for the spring of 2013, which could be used for the well. The engineering is ex-pected to take about six months. If the city is award-ed grant funding, construc-

tion would likely start about May 2013. “The state and citizens would know we are doing our job and we are starting (the project),” council mem-ber Robert Heuman said. Adams said he expects to learn if the grant money is available sometime this fall. “One of the criteria that scores you points is whether you are under a state man-date to do the project, and since we are under state mandate, we could get those extra points,” Adams said. “That puts us in very a good position and water projects tend to rank high. I think we are in the very best posi-tion we could be.”

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Monday through Friday• Pilot Point Senior Center, 310 S. Washington St., is open from 9 to 11:30 a.m. for dominos, exercise and lunch. Meal reservations must be made a business day in ad-vance. 686-2639.Friday, March 2• Moms in Touch International prayer group meets at 8:15 a.m. at Rancho de la Roca, 2459 W. Blackjack Road, Aubrey. Location sometimes varies. Call prior to attend-ing, 390-9184. Saturday, March 3• Closet of Hope, a community-clothing closet sponsored by the Faith Youth Group, is open from 9 a.m. to noon at Tioga United Methodist Church, 310 N. Porch St. 437-2500.• Loss Recovery Group meets at 10 a.m. at Calvary Baptist Church, 125 N. Jefferson St., Pilot Point. 686-2274.• Casino Night presented by Aubrey 380 Area Chamber of Commerce at the Aubrey Area Library community room. Dinner and reception from 5-6 p.m., casino play from 6 – 9 p.m. with auctions and raffles from 9 – 10 p.m. Advance tickets $20, admission at the door $25 – BYOB. Tickets include $1,000 in chips.Monday, March 5• Boy Scout Pack 686 meets from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall, 221 N. Prairie St., Pilot Point. 940-597-5394.• Boy Scout Troop 372 meets at 7 p.m. at the Lakeside Community Center, South Paloma Creek, 400 Lake Point Drive, Little Elm, Texas. Contact Jeff Clarke at 940-367-0890. www.troop-372.org.• American Legion meets at 7 p.m. at the Vaughn-Walling American Legion Post 550, 905 N. Foundation St., Pilot Point. 686-9901.• Aubrey Youth Sports Association meets at 7 p.m. at the Brockett Elementary School cafeteria, 900 Chestnut St., Aubrey. www.aubreyyouthsports.com. Tuesday, March 6• One on One computer tutoring is offered by appoint-ment at the Aubrey Area Library, 226 Countryside Drive. 365-9162.• Storytime for children – Babies up to 18 months at 10:30 a.m.; Toddlers ages 18 months to 3 years at 11 a.m.; Pre-school ages 3-5 at 11:30 a.m. Aubrey Area Library 226 Countryside Drive 365-9162. • Lake Ray Roberts Rotary Club meets at noon at Northstar Bank Community Room, 700 U.S. 377S, Pilot Point. Dick Bullwinkle, 214-704-4701, [email protected].• Classy Crafters meet from 1 to 3:30 p.m. at the Aubrey Area Library, 226 Countryside Drive. 365-9162.• Providence Players Theatre Group meets at 7 p.m. at the Providence Community Center, 9400 Waterman Drive. Dorothy Walker, 365-3463.Wednesday, March 7• One on One computer tutoring is offered by appoint-ment at the Aubrey Area Library, 226 Countryside Drive. 365-9162.• Pilot Point Fire Department will have a siren test at 1 p.m., weather permitting. 686-2444.• Little Listeners Storytime, for children age 3 and older, is from 2:30 to 2:55 p.m. at the Pilot Point Community Library, 324 S. Washington St. 686-5004. Thursday, March 8• One on One computer tutoring is offered by appoint-ment at the Aubrey Area Library, 226 Countryside Drive. 365-9162.• Thursday Club (Aubrey seniors) meets for activities at 10:30 a.m. and lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Aubrey Area Library Community Center, 226 Countryside Drive. 365-9162. • Joy Luncheon, a potluck event with a speaker, is at noon at Midway Baptist Church, 9540 U.S. 377, Pilot Point. The luncheon is for seniors but everyone is wel-come. 365-9612.• Denton County Historical Commission meets at 2 p.m. at the Courthouse on the Square, second floor, 110 W. Hickory St., Denton. 349-2860.• Opera House Singers of Pilot Point meet at 7 p.m. at the Pilot Point Community Opera House, 110 S. Washington St. 686-2454. • Support Group for Victims of Domestic Violence, RISING Ministries, meets at 7 p.m. at a confidential loca-tion in the area. 940-390-3911.

Community Calendar is published every week. To add or change a listing, contact Rebecca Hertz at 686-2169 or [email protected].

Aubrey Chamber sets Casino Night Cas ino Night 2012, Speakeasy VIII, presented by Aubrey 380 Area Cham-ber of Commerce is set for Saturday at the Aubrey Area Library Community Room. Dinner will be provided by Raphael’s Restaurante Mexicano with desserts provided by various local restaurants as well as mem-bers of the Casino Night Committee. Complimentary soft drinks and water will be available, BYOB. Dinner and reception will be from 5-6 p.m. Casino play will be from 6-9 p.m., with raffle and shot glass drawing and silent auction pay-out to follow from 9-10 p.m. Attendees are encour-aged to wear their best “gangster rags” to compete for the best costume. Advance tickets are priced at $20. Admission at the door will be $25. Tick-ets include $1,000 in chips. The Aubrey Area Library is located at 226 Countryside Drive.

Equipment sought for fishing event Take a Soldier Fishing is scheduled for May 19 at Ray Roberts Lake, and fishing equipment is being collected to present to the participat-ing veterans. TASF Team member Ron Olgin has agreed to take all equipment collected and do any necessary repairs. He said he may be able to use items from broken rods to make repairs. There are several drop-off points around Ray Rob-erts Lake: American Legion

Post 550 in Pilot Point; Rays Auto Repair, 4000 U.S. 377N, Pilot Point; Lake Ray Roberts Area Elks Club at the marina in Sanger; and Lake Ray Roberts Dry Boat Storage on FM 455 between FM 1190 and FM 2164. Contact Lyndee Prieskop at 940-458-0233 to arrange a pick up. A fundraiser to support the 2012 TASF event will be held March 17 at the American Legion Post 550. Events will include a fish fry, raffles and music from The Last Straw Band. The highlight of the event will be a Silent Heroes dedica-tion.

Scout to spotlight volunteerism Aubrey Girl Scout Kelsey Brawner is planning a Volunteer Fair for Satur-day, March 17, as her Gold Award project. The fair, which will pro-vide information about op-portunities for volunteerism in the area, will be held from 2-5 p.m. at the Aubrey Area Library. Non-profit groups that are in need of volunteers can arrange to participate by contacting Brawner at [email protected].

Greene completes another marathon Richard Greene of Au-brey completed the Cow-town Marathon in Fort Worth Sunday. Greene ran the race in 3 hours, 46 minutes, finishing 236th out of 1,421 runners. The marathon was the 16th completed by Greene, 34.

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‘Sound of Music’ auditions set North Central Texas Col-lege Department of Drama, Music and Dance announces auditions for “The Sound of Music.” Performances are planned for June 15-16 and June 21-24. Auditions for children ages 6-19 will be at 6 p.m., Monday and Tuesday, with callbacks on Thursday at 6 p.m. A special children’s workshop is scheduled for Sunday from 3-5 p.m. Auditions for adults ages 20 and up will be held at 7 p.m. Monday, March 19, and Tuesday, March 20. Callbacks for adults will be Thursday, March 22, at 7 p.m. All auditions, workshops and performances will be at

the First State Bank Cen-ter for the Performing Arts on the NCTC Gainesville campus. For a list of charac-ters and songs, visit NCTC Drama Facebook page.

Edible landscape heads up program Denton Organic Society will present a program on “Creating an Edible Land-scape” following principles covered in the video, “Urban Permaculture” Wednesday, March 21, at the Senior Center located at 509 N. Bell Avenue in Denton. The meeting is free and open to the public. A seed and information exchange begins at 6:30 p.m. and the program follows at 7 p.m. For information call Mike Mizell at 940-382-8551.

Round and roundA youngster stirs up some sand while pushing the merry-go-round at Pilot Point’s Old City Park.

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Good startWill Brock of Pilot Point received reserve grand champion commercial steer honors and was named Rookie of the Year in the Junior Steer Show at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. His win-nings included $900 in premiums, a $10,000 scholar-ship and a squeeze chute. Courtesy photo

Brooklin Housden of Aubrey, 14, won three gold medals at Trevino’s Trampoline & Tumbling Invitational in Lan-caster and two gold medals and a silver at the Metroplex Challenge at the Fort Worth Convention Center. Brianne Young of Pilot Point, 14, won a gold medal and two silver medals at the Metroplex Challenge. Courtesy photo

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Leading LadyBy Rebecca HertzStaff Writer Ronda Robinson is jug-gling dual personas these days. One minute, her na-tive Texas accent rings through, only to shift in mid-sentence to a Georgia mountain dialect. It is the same voice that wakes her from a peaceful slumber re-citing lines from her latest role as Annie Nations in the Butterfield Stage Players production of “Firefox” di-rected by John Rodgers. The Pilot Point business owner and part-time thespi-an is reaching new heights in community theater with her first leading role. Unlike Robinson’s previous roles in local melodramas, the part of Annie Nations is intense and emotional. She can’t help but carry the character into her daily life. “Foxfire” is a story about of a woman in the autumn of her life. Annie must de-cide for herself whether to hold on to what she has always known or follow her heart to the other side of the mountains. The story is set in Georgia. Robinson got involved with community theater

about five years ago with the first Pilot Point Com-munity Opera House melo-drama. “That was the first play at the Opera House in 100 years,” Robinson said. “I’ve always been typecast as an old lady. (In that produc-tion) John Rodgers was the villain, and I was Ma Brown. That’s how I met John.” Rodgers told Robinson about “Foxfire” and asked her to audition for the part while they were working on “Blazing Guns at Roaring Gulch” — another Opera House Players production — last fall. In November, she watched the movie starring Jessica Tandy and Hume Cronyn to gain insight on her character. “He gave me a script back in November and I started really memorizing it,” Robinson said. “I didn’t know if I would get the part, but I just thought, ‘If I do, I will have a leg up’ because there is a lot of dialogue.” For Robinson, being cast as an older woman is nothing unusual. But while there are familiar aspects to the character, Annie pre-

sented her with some new challenges. “One challenge is a scene where I’m supposed to be having a baby and I’ve nev-er had kids — that and for me to have an attachment to Dillard, which is my son, in the play,” Robinson said. The other actors in the

production have made it easy for Robinson to work through that unfamiliar ter-ritory. “When Dillard hugs me, he really hugs me,” she said. “It’s not one of those little patty things. He grabs hold of me and hugs me. It makes it easier to get into

the emotion.” The play’s second act is all emotion with extreme highs and lows and feelings that range from happy to sad and grief to anger, Rob-inson said. With rehearsals running four days a week, her days are running long and she said this play is not as much fun, but only because she puts so much pressure on herself. “I want to do the best I can. This is my first leading role and a lot of the time I am on stage by myself,” she said. Being the lone face of a successful enterprise has been a common theme for Robinson, who owns Signal Sign in Pilot Point. Origi-nally from Oklahoma, she grew up and graduated from high school in Amarillo. She has lived in Pilot Point for about 30 years and owned her business here for 28 years. “I was scared to death about starting the busi-ness,” she said, adding that when she went to the bank for a loan, she was laughed out the door. “My stepdad was a cor-porate pilot and he flew for

a bank and he got me a loan of $10,000 on his signature. And they said I could come back for another $10,000 when I needed it. I paid off the first $10,000 in two years and never went back for the second $10,000 and just kept on going.” Robinson earned a de-gree in commercial art from Texas State Technical In-stitute (TSTI) and worked for several sign companies before moving to the area. That was before the advent of computers when every-thing was hand-lettered. She said she has paid her dues and adapted to chang-es in the industry over the years. No matter what direc-tion life takes her, Robinson would like to continue with theater. She also hopes someday to publish a book of Christian writing. “In the past I was in-volved with prison ministry, but when I started acting, the rehearsal schedule conflicted,” she said. “After I retire, I will probably go into some sort of ministry. I will just leave it open and let the Lord lead me where he wants me to go.”

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Calvary Baptist Church. Northeast of The Square on Jefferson Street, Pilot Point. Dr. Philip Riegel, pastor. 686-2274. www.calva-rypilotpoint.com. Sunday: traditional service, 8:15 a.m.; Bible study fellowship, 9:30 a.m.; contemporary service, 10:45 a.m.; evening service, 6 p.m. Wednesday Bible study and KZ Kraze for Children, 6:30 p.m. Pilot Point Christian Academy, director Karrie Turk. Full-time day care, open to public, Monday-Friday, 686-KIDS. First Baptist Church. 201 N. Cherry, Aubrey. Sunday schdedule: Fellowship, 9:30 a.m., Sunday school, 10 a.m., Worship and Children’s Worship, 11 a.m. Wednesday schedule; Praise & Prayer, Youth Life, Children’s Life, 6:30 p.m. Rev. Harrol Bow-man, pastor; Frank Darnel, youth leader. 365-2445, www.aubreyfbc.org, [email protected]. First Baptist Church, Krugerville. U.S. 377S, Rev. Sam Redfearn, pastor, Fbckru-gerville.com. Sun. School, 9:45 a.m. Sun. morning worship, 11 a.m.. Sun. evening worship, 6 p.m. Tuesday Bible Study, 7 p.m., Wednesday, AWANAS & 24/7, 6:30 p.m. First Baptist Church of Pilot Point, 210 E. Main. Pastor Buddy Garland (903-429-3661). Sunday schedule: Praise & prayer time 9 a.m.; Sunday school 9:30; morning worship 10:30; evening 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting 7 p.m. First Baptist Church, Tioga. Gene Autry Drive. Rev. Michael Hermonson, pastor. Sun. School, 10 a.m. Sun. worship service, 11 a.m. Sun. Bible study, 6 p.m. Wednesday prayer meeting 6 p.m. Friendship Baptist Church. 220 S. Ray Roberts Parkway, Tioga. Jonathan Daves, pastor; Ed Carrigan, music director. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m.; Sunday worship, 10:45 a.m., 5-6 p.m. Bible study and visitations, Wed., 7 p.m.; 940-437-8208. Green Valley Baptist Church, 9901 FM 428, Aubrey; pastor, Ronnie Allen. Services: 9:30 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Sunday, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Phone: 496-688-5706, www.greenvalleybaptistchurch.org.

Midway Baptist Church. U.S. 377 between Pilot Point and Aubrey. Sunday Connection classes, 9 a.m.; Sunday Wor-ship, 10:30 a.m.; small group Bible studies, 6 p.m.; Wed. AWANA Bible clubs (children) 6:15 p.m; LIFE youth program, 6:30 p.m. Pastor, John Henry Theisen; Worship Pas-tor, Scott Harrison; Youth Pastor Kenny Guthrie. (940) 365-9312; web page: www.midwaychurch.org: e-mail: [email protected]. New Hope Baptist Church, Cross Roads, U.S. 377. Rev. Elmer Cummings, pastor. Rockhill Baptist Church. 3000 Rockhill Road, Aubrey. Rev. Christopher Walden, pastor. 365-1065. www.rockhillbaptist.com. Countyline First Baptist Church. 512 E. Walcott, Pilot Point. Rev. Reginald Brown, pastor. 686-2098. Antioch Baptist Church. FM 428W and FM 2931, Tom Campbell, pastor. 365-1918. Sunday services: Morning Worship, 10:45 a.m.; Evening Worship, 6 p.m. Mt. Carmel Baptist Church. FM 121, Tio-ga. Pastor, Bobby Hawkins. Sunday school, 10 a.m. Sunday worship, 11 a.m., 6 p.m. St. James Baptist, Pilot Point. Rev. Carl Lee Jackson, pastor. Mustang Baptist Church. FM 1385 at Mustang Road. Dr. Jimmy Law, pastor. 365-2223. Sunday School 10 a.m., worship service 11 a.m. Pilot Point Missionary Baptist, Plantation Pointe, corner U.S. 377 & FM 455, Ste. 300. Sunday School, 10 a.m., Worship Service, 11 a.m. 903-271-1116, Pastor Dennis Pace. Mt. Pleasant Baptist, 14777 S. FM 372, Valley View, 940-637-2371, David Hartwig, Pastor. Sunday school, 10 a.m.; Sunday worship, 11 a.m.

APOSTOLIC FAITH New Testament Church of Jesus Christ. 535 E. Walcott St., Pilot Point. John A. Wil-liams. pastor. 686-5022. Sun. School, 9:30 a.m. Sun. worship, 11 a.m., 3 p.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST Church of Christ. 408 S. Jefferson, Pilot Point. 686-5184. Craig Tullis, minister. Sun. worship 10:45 a.m., Sun. Bible class 9:45

a.m. and 6 p.m. Wed. Bible class 7:00 p.m. Church of Christ, Tioga, Gene Autry Drive. Sun. school, 9:30 a.m. Sun. worship, 10:30 a.m. Church of Christ, 910 S. Hwy. 377, Aubrey, 365-1082, 365-9596. Calvin Henry, minister. Sunday, Bible study 10 a.m., Wor-ship 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wednesday, 7 p.m.

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Church of the Nazarene. 611 E. Liberty, Pilot Point. Rev. Johnny Johnston, pastor. 686-2632.

CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Church of God in Christ. West Walcott, Pilot Point. Elder S.M. Hornsby Sr., pastor. Sunday worship, 10 a.m.; 6 p.m.

CHRISTIAN Central Christian Church. Corner East Liberty and Church, Pilot Point. Sharon Baker, pastor. Sunday School, 10:30 a.m. Sunday worship, 11 a.m. 686-2631. First Christian Church. North Main Street, Aubrey. Rev. Christal Fisher, pastor. Sunday school, 10 a.m. Sunday worship, 11 a.m.

ASSEMBLY OF GOD First Assembly of God. McKinney and Morrison Streets, Pilot Point. Rev. Carl Smith, pastor. 686-0067. Sunday School, 9:45 a.m., Sunday Worship, 10:45 a.m., Sunday Bible Study 5 p.m., PowerHouse Youth, 5 p.m. Wednesday Night Prayer 6 p.m. Aubrey Assembly of God. David L. Bruce, pastor. 365-2456. First Assembly of God, Tioga. Cutler Street. Rev. James E. Mayo, pastor. Sunday school, 9:45 a.m. Sun. worship, 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m. Wednesday worship, 7 p.m.

METHODIST First United Methodist Church, Church at Division streets, Pilot Point. Penny Mitchell, pastor, 686-2338. Sunday School, 10 a.m. Sun. worship, 11 a.m., [email protected]. Tioga United Methodist Church. Porch Street, Tioga. Jerry Mahle, pastor. Sunday school, 9 a.m. Sunday worship, 10 a.m. Aubrey First United Methodist Church. 113 W. Plum, one block west of Main. Joe

Gist, pastor. 940-365-3024. Sunday: youth and adult classes, 9 a.m., worship, 10 a.m., fellowship 11:15 a.m. Liberty Congregational Methodist, FM 2931, Aubrey, 365-2891. Elm Ridge United Methodist. Navo Com-munity, Old Fishtrap Rd. J.D. Allen, pastor. Sun. school, 9:30 a.m. Sun. Worship, 10:30 a.m. 972-467-7556. Oak Grove United Methodist Church, FM 720W south of U.S. 380, Aubrey. Rev. Liz Moen, pastor. 940-365-3027. Sunday school, 9 a.m. Sunday worship 10 a.m.

CATHOLIC St. Thomas Catholic Church. Charcut Street, Pilot Point. 686-2088. Mass sched-ule: Saturday, 5 p.m.; Sunday, 8 a.m., 11 a.m., 12:45 p.m. (Spanish). Confessions heard Saturdays, 3:45-4:15 p.m.

NON-DENOMINATIONAL New Life Worship Center, 11010 S. U.S. 377, Pilot Point. 686-9999, w w w. n e w l i f e o n 3 7 7 . c o m . c o n t a c t @newlifeon377.com. Sunday morning wor-ship, 10 a.m., Wednesday evening worship, 7 p.m. Green Valley Community Church. FM 2153, Aubrey, 940-440-9469. Wendell Lil-lard, pastor; James Grider, youth minister. Sun. School, 10 a.m. Sun. worship, 11 a.m. Faith Assembly 700 N. Harmon, Aubrey. Jerry & Kimberly Hayes, Pastors Sun. School, 9:45; Sun. 10:45 a.m., 6 p.m., Youth 5:30; Wed. 7 p.m. 940-365-9360. Cross Roads Chapel. Bible study, Wed. at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, two services, 9 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. www.crossroads-chapel.org. 940-365-1395. Cornerstone Church of Aubrey, 7850 FM 2931 (near Mustang Water office), Aubrey. Sunday, prayer, 10 a.m., worship, 10:30 a.m.; Thursday, Bible study, 7 p.m. Pastor: Dan Franke, [email protected]. www.ccaubrey.com.

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTPilot Point Seventh-day Adventist, 990 W. Walcott, Pilot Point. Tues. prayer meeting, 7 p.m. Sat. church service, 9:15 and 11 a.m. 940-239-2533.


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and hard work. Additional-ly, the company must have been in business for at least two years, provided a posi-tive economic impact and exhibited community spirit. “Our first Business of the Year is one of the oldest businesses in Pilot Point; it will celebrate its 90th anni-versary this year,” Bullwin-kle said. “They have been a

stable one who has given in many ways for many years. They have supported Cham-ber events, church function and school events.” Superintendent Glenn Barber and high school principal Lori Sitzes award-ed the Senior of the Year Awards to Abigail Watson and Thomas Glascock. Other senior nominees were

Taylor Johnson, Natalie Riegel, Will Allen and Jo-seph Mascari. Rotary Club President Dick Bullwinkle recognized Steve Giles as Firefighter of the Year and Mark White as Police Officer of the Year. Also recognized were 2012-2013 Chamber presi-dent James Parker, as well as officers James McIlroy,

vice president; Penny De-Jernett, treasurer; and Jodi Zambrano, secretary. Board members for 2012 include Tom Adams, Jerry Alford, Dr. Glenn Barber, Linda Bullwinkle, Monty Cham-bers, J. Raymond David, Sheryl Elrod, Tori Fowler,

Bobbie Jezek, Lynn Jordan, Brett Kuhn, Rene Scott, Donna Stephens, and Stu-art Tilley. The banquet address was presented by Mike Howard, a retired Secret Service agent who served the Ken-nedy and Johnson families.


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Nominees for Pilot Point High School Seniors of the Year — Abigail Watson, Thomas Glascock, Natalie Riegel, Will Allen, Taylor Johnson and Joseph Mascari — were recognized at the Chamber banquet Friday night.

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By Rebecca HertzStaff Writer The vision is taking shape in Tioga to phase in high school grades begin-ning this fall. Superintendent Charles Holloway is working with the school’s eighth-grade students to prepare a four-year plan for their high school career, a necessary step in finalizing the dis-trict’s high school curriculum. The district plans to offer a high-school curriculum to ninth-graders this fall. “The eighth-grade class is up to 23 and we wanted to start with 20 to 25,” Holloway said. “It will make the scheduling a lot easier. We are trying to narrow down our course offerings and offer as much as we can and fi-nancially afford.” The school board is expected to complete curriculum decisions and select a new principal from more than 80 applicants at its March board meeting. Holloway has been serving in a dual role as principal and super-intendent since he joined the district nine months ago. “Filling that position will help me out tremendously,” Holloway said. Holloway has jumped into planning for the new high school with both feet, not only in the planning and imple-mentation of the academic side but to prepare for athletic programs. The new school will offer six-man football, which requires creating the facilities from scratch. “It’s hard to find somebody to play

six–man around here, but coach Gage said we are going to be playing six home games next year,” Holloway said. “I planted the grass (on the future football field) myself. With my ag background, I planted the perennial rye and the Bermuda seed so we will have our own little field out there.” Goalposts, bleachers and equip-ment for players have been ordered and everything should be taking shape over the next month. “The county helped with the field,” Holloway said. “It’s one of those things where they talk about shared services we need to do more of – saves our taxpayers and everybody else. We couldn’t do this without help from other public entities.” Tioga School currently houses pre-K through eighth grade. The school’s enrollment is up to 181 from 150 at the start of the year. “That’s a 20 percent growth fac-tor – a lot for this size school district,” Holloway said. Holloway credits the school board, a diverse group of community mem-bers, for having the vision to bring high school grades back to Tioga. “I’m just doing what they said they wanted, and working together they are clearly on task with that mission,” he said. “This business is different than any other business. It is the most volatile business you can be in because you deal with people’s most valuable assets – their kids and their

wallet.” Tioga School Board President Rick-ey Kemp said the high school closed in the spring of 1961 and that it has been his goal since 1987 to bring it back. He has served almost 20 years on the board. “My father graduated in Tioga in 1934,” Kemp said, adding that his own children didn’t have the opportunity to attend high school in Tioga. “This will be new and unique to the community. They have never had a high school and that hometown pride.” Once Holloway sits down with each student to build their four-year plan he will have a better idea of what the course offerings will be. He said hav-ing a small group of students makes scheduling easier but that there can be complications. “It is hard to get all of that with the money, but that’s where my teachers have really kicked in and are taking different certification courses,” he said. Most of the school’s eighth-graders know what they want to do. Even though most are planning to go to col-lege, they want an insurance policy so they can always get a job if their college plans don’t work out, Holloway said. “That is what we call a saleable skill,” Holloway said. “You want every kid that graduates from your school to be able to survive. That is why we are so excited about getting this school for them.”

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By Brice CherryWaco Tribune-Herald The Texas Sports Hall of Fame is one of those unique places where legends never really die. Or, apparently, the war stories shared by those legends. Lovie Smith and G.A. Moore, two of the Hall of Fame’s latest inductees, couldn’t help but remi-nisce about their first meeting al-most 40 years ago while reuniting at Wednesday night’s induction ceremonies in Waco. Back in 1974 when Smith — the current head coach of the Chicago Bears — was a junior linebacker at Big Sandy, his team met Moore and his Celina Bobcats for the Class B state champion-ship. The teams tied 0-0, so they ended up sharing the title. Or did they? As Moore recalled, Big Sandy running back David Overstreet fumbled at one point, and the ball bounced into the waiting hands of a Celina linebacker, who ran about 70 yards to the end zone. “Only problem was, back then you couldn’t advance a fumble,” Moore said. “A bunch of those guys who played on that (Celina) team are going to be here tonight. So I was going to tell Lovie that we got together and voted that we won the game, because they later changed the rules on advancing a

fumble.” Smith chuckled at that notion, but he was proud to be joining Moore, Texas’ all-time winningest high school football coach, in the

new class of inductees to the Hall of Fame. “We have a history together,” said Smith, who ranks third in Bears history in wins, behind only

George Halas and Mike Ditka. “That was a great game, and he’s a great coach. That’s why he’s here.” Moore, a native of Pilot Point

and the current head coach in Aubrey, has compiled a record of 429-97-9 in 50 years of coaching. His coaching stops have included three different times at Pilot Point and twice at Celina. The other greats joining Smith and Moore in being inducted to the Hall of Fame Wednesday night included University of Texas football coach Mack Brown; PGA star Fred Couples; former Heisman Trophy-winning quar-terback Andre Ware; Texas A&M women’s basketball coach Gary Blair; former Texas Tech All-American receiver Dave Parks; and former Texas A&M softball pitcher Shawn Andaya. Addition-ally, Beaumont’s Bubba Smith and San Antonio’s Tobin Rote, a pair of former NFL all-pros, were inducted posthumously. Despite the litany of achieve-ments amassed among the new Hall of Famers, they sort of felt like rookies in their new sur-roundings. Joining the ranks of Byron Nelson, Nolan Ryan and Tom Landry will do that to you. “It’s humbling, because I was not great in anything,” said Blair, who has won more than 600 games at three schools and captured his first national cham-pionship with the Aggies last year. “I’m coming in with a lot of people who were great in athlet-ics. I was just a pretty good center fielder (at Dallas’ Adams High) who wasn’t good enough for col-lege. I grew up dreaming of being

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Aubrey came out on top in an early-sea-son meeting with Pilot Point in the Farm-ersville baseball tournament Friday. The Chaparrals broke open a tied game with the three runs in the top of the fifth and went on to win, 10-6, in seven innings. Pilot Point outhit Aubrey but committed seven errors, which contributed to five un-earned runs. “We had a good game going until the fifth inning,” Pilot Point coach Mike Gal-legos said. “We had some routine plays that turned into errors. We have to learn how to settle down after [an error] and play the game.” Aubrey led 4-1 after batting in the top of the second inning, but the Bearcats pulled in front with four runs in the second. The Chaparrals tied the score in the fourth and took the lead for good with three runs in the fifth. “Aggressive base running and hits in RBI situations is what won this game,” Au-brey coach Keith Peacock said. Pilot Point collected seven hits, with Britt Larson and Josh Stricklin turning in two-hit games. Michael Kister, Tanner Buxton, Trey Gomez and Trent Bell had two hits each for Aubrey. Beau Ewton started on the mound for Pilot Point, and Larson took the loss in re-lief. Tanner Buxton started for Aubrey and gave way to Kyle Even, who was the win-ning pitcher.

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McKinneyholds offLady CatsBy David HausmanContributing Writer The Pilot Point Lady Cats had their chances to get past McKinney Tuesday night but came up short in a 3-1 loss. Despite the loss, Pilot Point coach James Ramsey saw some signs of improve-ment in his team, which fell to 2-8 on the year. “It’s still early,” Ramsey said. “We still haven’t really had all our players healthy at the same time. We are still working hard and trying to improve every day. We are slowly doing that. We are close.” The Lady Cats had runners on base in six innings but left eight stranded. McKinney jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first inning and extended their lead to 2-0 with another run in their half of the fourth inning. Pilot Point answered with a run in the fifth. Lori Campbell drilled a one-out single to right field. One out later, she scored on a double by Chrystal Reese. Reese was left stranded when Skylar Cagle’s line drive was snared by the shortstop to end the in-ning. The Lady Cats threatened again in the top of the sixth with a two-out rally. Paige Nortman reached when she was hit by a pitch after fouling off four two-strike pitch-es. Natalie Larson then hit a single to right

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Pilot Point’s Chrystal Reese (3) watched the flight of the ball on a popup in Tues-day’s game at McKinney.

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Retired University of Texas football coach Darrell Royal, left, greeted G.A. Moore during a reception at the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Museum in Waco Wednesday.

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field, but pinch runner Alex Poss was gunned down at third on the play to end the threat. After the Lionettes added a run in the bottom of the sixth, Pilot Point had one last chance. Trailing 3-1 in the top of the seventh, the Lady Cats managed to get two runners on base. Campbell started the inning with a one-out single to left field and ad-vanced to second when the ball was misplayed in the outfield. Campbell moved to third on a wild pitch, which as also ball four to Reese. With the Lady Cats down to their last out, Cagle again made contact. The hard-hit ball was backhanded by the pitcher, and a soft toss to first ended the game. “It was a pretty clean game defen-sively for both teams,” Ramsey said. “Both teams really played well in all aspects of the game. They only had one more hit than us. The difference is that they were timely hits and we didn’t put enough of ours together.”

Pilot Point ran its record to 2-0 on the season with a victory over Cooper in the Farmersville tournament last Thursday before losing three straight. The Bearcats opened the tournament with an 11-6 win over Cooper, collecting 19 hits and breaking the game open with a five-run fifth inning. Josh Stricklen, who was named to the all-tournament team, and Ma-son Richey led the offense with three hits each. “We really came out swinging the bats,” Pilot Point coach Mike Gallegos said. “We talk about having big innings of three or more runs, and we had two of them. We just have to keep the other team from having big innings.” Devin Stuckley, Zach Bu-chmeier and Josh Stricklen handled the pitching duties for the Bearcats. They al-lowed four earned runs on seven hits. After beating Cooper,

Pilot Point suffered its first loss of the season, 12-2, to Commerce. The Bearcats managed only four hits and committed three errors. Commmerce, meanwhile, touched Pilot Point pitchers Stricklen, Chance Holman and Stuckely for 10 hits. Austin Trinklein (double), Travis Garrett, Buchmeier and Holman got Pilot Point’s only hits. Pilot Point ’s hitting slump continued in a 6-1 loss to eventual tournament champion Rains on Friday. The Bearcats managed only four hits again while Rains collected nine hits off Con-ner Camacho and Holman. Richey (double), Stricklen, Stuckley and Garrett picked up hits for the Bearcats. “Conner threw the ball well and had nine strike-outs,” Gallegos said. “His pitch count got up in the fifth, and I went ahead and pulled him. We had way too many strikeouts (8).” Pilot Point closed the tournament with a 10-6 loss to Aubrey. The Bearcats’ record after the tournament was 2-3.

Cats stumblein tournament

The Pilot Point Lady Cats broke through their season-opening losing streak in the Prosper tournament, taking their first two victories of the year. Pilot Point, which opened the sea-son 0-3, beat Sulphur Springs, 3-1, in the tournament opener last Thursday and went to beat Denison, 6-1. The

Lady Cats lost four games in the tournament, falling to Crandall, 5-4; Frisco Centennial, 12-1; Lindale, 6-1; and North Lamar, 2-0. Head coach James Ramsey said he saw improvement from the team’s first three games. He was particu-larly pleased with the performance of pitcher Skylar Cagle, who has gotten

off to a slow start. “This week was definitely better than the first week of games, so I feel we took a positive step forward,” Ramsey said. “Skylar is getting back to her old self. There were a lot of positives that we’re hoping to build on.”

McKinney slips by Lady Cats

Pilot Point shortstop Lori Campbell tries to get a McKinney runner at first. Davd Hausman/The Post-Signal

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Lady Cats win twice in tournament

Pilot Point openswith win, then

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The Aubrey Chaparrals couldn’t finish off a late rally and fell to Carrollton Ranch-view, 8-7, Monday. Ranchview led 8-2 after the fifth inning and held off the Chaparrals in the final two in-nings. Aubrey committed four er-rors in the game, which pro-

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Aubrey opened the 2012 season with a solid victory last Thursday, hitting the ball all over the park in a 7-1 victory over the host team in the Farm-ersville tournament. The Chaparrals collected 10 hits in Keith Peacock’s debut as head coach. Collin Scribner hit a home run, and Trent Bell slammed two doubles and drove in two runs. Charlie Radford hit a double, stole three bases and scored twice. “The kids played really well for our first games of the season,” Aubrey coach Keith Peacock said. “They came out against Farmersville with a fast tempo that got Farmersville out of their comfort zone, which helped us to win.” Tanner Buxton got the win on the mound with a four-inning performance. Buxton gave up one earned on two hits and struck out five. Kyle Even came on for Buxton in the fifth and pitched the final two innings. He allowed no runs on two hits and struck out one. Aubrey led 3-0 after batting in the top of the third before the Farmers managed to score on Buxton. The Chaparrals scored in each of the next three innings to pull away. The Chaparrals lost their next game in the tournament to Bon-ham, 8-3, before putting together victories over Blue Ridge, 14-9, and Pilot Point, 9-6, to finish 3-1. Bonham touched Aubrey pitchers Trevor Gomez, Kyle Even and Monte Radford for 14 hits. The Chaparrals responded with six hits. Aubrey’s offense came back to life with 13 hits against Blue Ridge. Kister drove in five runs with a three-hit performance that included a double and a triple. Scribner hit a two-run homer, and Radford drove in a run on three hits and scored four times.

Chaparrals win opener

Ranchview nips Chaps

Kaley Reding struck out 15 batters and went 3-for-3 at the plate to lead Aubrey to a 6-3 victory over Amarillo Tascosa in the championship game of the Little Elm tour-nament Saturday. The Lady Chaparrals won six straight games in the tournament, allowing no runs in four. “Overall, we played very well,” Aubrey coach Shon Ranton said. “This was a com-plete change from the emotion that we had in Callisburg (a 5-2 loss on Feb. 22). We did a great job of driving in runs when we were in scoring position.” Reding gave up two hits and one earned run to Tascosa. The Lady Chaparrals com-mitted three errors, which produced two Tascosa runs. Aubrey collected 11 hits against the Lady Rebels in the championship game. Melanie Funk matched Reding’s three-hit, one RBI performance in four trips to the plate. Logan Even went 2-for-4 and drove in three runs. Emily Torres, Marissa Per-kins and Kayla Sullivan (RBI) got one hit each. Aubrey opened the tournament with a 10-0 victory over THESA, a team composed of home-schooled players and went on to beat West Mesquite, 12-0; Frisco Lone Star, 10-0; Dallas W.T. White, 9-7; and Carroll-ton R.L. Turner, 11-0, before taking on Tas-cosa in the championship game.

Lady Chaps blank Lindsay The Lady Chaparrals extended their winning streak to seven games with a 5-0 victory over Lindsay Tuesday. Kaley Reding pitched a one-hitter and struck out nine batters. Aubrey’s offense provided plenty of support for Reding with nine hits and one walk. The Lady Chaparrals led 5-0 after the third inning. Reding herself hit two singles and a double and drove in a run. Melanie Funk also had two hits from the leadoff position. Logan Even hit a single and a double and drove in a run. Hayley Bortorff hit a home run over the center field fence, and Nikki Brogdon had a hit.

Lady Chapswin title intournament

Aubrey’s Tanner Buxton (10) called himself safe after sliding into second against Blue Ridge in the Farmersville tournament. David Hausman/The Post-Signal


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Moore joins Hall of Fame

Chicago Bears coach Lovie Smith looks at a picture of himself in the Texas Sports Hall of Fame Museum. Smith, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame Wednesday night, played on the Big Sandy team that battled G.A. Moore’s Ce-lina team to a 0-0 tie for the state Class B championship in 1974.

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AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PI-LOT POINT, TEXAS, A M E N D I N G O R D I -NANCE NO. 099-08-2011 PROVIDING FOR BUDGET AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR (4) IN ORDER TO AMEND THE 2011-2012 FIS-CAL YEAR BUDGET; PROVIDING FOR THE I N C O R P O R AT I O N OF PREMISES; PRO-VIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PROVID-ING A CUMULATIVE REPEALER CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR SEV-ERABILITY; PROVID-ING FOR ENGROSS-MENT AND ENROLL-MENT; AND PROVID-ING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.EFFECTIVE DATE The necessity for mak-ing and approving a budget for the fiscal year, as required by the laws of the State of Texas, requires that this ordinance shall take ef-fect immediately from and after its passage, as the law in such case provides. PA S S E D A N D A P -PROVED by the City Council of the City of Pilot Point, Texas this the 27th day of Febru-ary, 2012.M2-1tc

City of AubreyOrdinance No. 470-12

An Ordinance of the City of Aubrey, Texas, amending Ordinance number 459-11; Pro-viding for a revised schedule of fees for permits, requires regis-trations and other fees; Providing for savings, severability and repealer clauses; Providing an effective date and publi-cation clause.M2-1tc

LEGAL NOTICENotice is hereby given that the Aubrey Inde-pendent School District intends to accept and examine contract pro-posals and negotiate a contract for complete grounds service. Pro-posals shall be due at Aubrey Independent School District Admin-istration Office, 415 Tisdell Lane, Aubrey, Texas, 76227 at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday March 21, 2012.A copy of the Request for Proposal can be ob-tained by contacting:Dr. James MonacoSuperintendentAubrey Independent School District415 Tisdell LaneAubrey, Texas 76227

The Aubrey ISD re-serves the right to ac-cept any proposal which it deems most favorable in the best interest of the School District and to reject any or all pro-posals or any portion of any proposal submitted, which, in their opinion, is not in the best interest of the District.M2-2tc

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