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New subdivisions are breaking ground everywhere, depending on which subdivision there may be additional PID or MUD taxes. These are additional taxes that homeowners have to pay above and beyond the property taxes.

Make sure you know the difference! One major difference is PID is a one-time tax that can be paid all at once or amortized.

Once the amount is paid there is no longer a PID tax on that property. MUD, on the other hand, is a continuous tax every year that is assessed on the property. Make sure you have an experienced real estate agent to guide you through this process. If you have additional questions, please give me a call!

The City of Celina Wants To Hear From YOU! The City of Celina is in the process of initiating planning efforts for the future of Celina. We are excited to kick these planning efforts off with gathering some initial community feedback on what issues need to be addressed and what things we can build on to improve our quality of life. The feedback and ideas gathered from this survey will be analyzed to guide a new Strategic Plan for the City Council and to set a baseline for a future update to Celina’s comprehensive plan.

We anticipate that the survey will take about 10 minutes, but it could take longer if extra thought is put into the questions about Celina’s future. We sincerely appreciate the efforts of the community members in participating in this process with us, and we look forward to seeing the responses and ideas!

Visit the link below for the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/CelinaSurvey

Celina’s Historic Downtown Square is the cultural center of the city by blending traditions of the past with new visions for the future in a sustainable way. Join us on the Square for shopping, dining, and family-friendly events throughout the year.

Stay up to date on events, deals, and things to do by following us on Facebook: Celina Main Street and Historic Square or our website: www.celina-tx.gov/mainstreet Upcoming Events: Show Your Love Event Saturday, February 10th 11:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

First Friday Night Market of 2018 Friday, March 2nd 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.

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Cajun Fest Saturday, April 14th 12:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.

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Letter From The Publishers Welcome to the first issue of OurCelina!

Many families paved the way before us, but our Celina journey began in 2005 in a little house downtown. Since then, we have expanded our family and have grown to love the people and community of Celina.

As residents of Celina, we are so excited to be able to publish a monthly magazine centered around the people, history and community spirit of Celina, Texas. You are allowing us into your homes each month through the pages of our magazine so the stories you will read in OurCelina will be meaningful and relevant to life in our city. We have partnered with the City of Celina, Celina Independent School District, Celina Chamber of Commerce, Celina Economic Development and Celina Main Street so you will also find OurCelina to be a great resource for information as well.

We invite you to enjoy our February issue and share it with your family and friends. Celina is rich in history and traditions and our hope is that each person reading this publication will feel a genuine connection to the foundations upon which this city was built.

Sincerely,

Jimmy & Renee Marler Mexican Consulate Visits Celina To Meet With Cinco de Mayo Committee

From left: Guido Arochi, Diego Matehuala, Javier Martinez, Vasti Maldonado, Dago Rodriguez, Sandra Saltijeral, María Julia Saltijeral, Linda Shaw, Punk Carter. Not pictured: Santiago Rodriguez, Mayela Rodriguez

Members of Celina’s Cinco de Mayo celebration committee, including director, Jimbo’s Pizza proprietor Dago Rodriguez, center, welcomed Guido Arochi, left, and Vasti Maldonado, fourth from left, of the Consulado General de Mexico (Consulate of Mexico) during a meeting today at the Celina Public Library. Arochi and Maldonado were on hand to learn more about the celebration that has previously been held in the city’s square, as well as about scholarships the committee awards annually to local high school students. Also in attendance were Library Director Linda Shaw, second from right, and cutting horse-industry legend Punk Carter, right. A longtime supporter of Celina’s Cinco de Mayo celebration, Carter hosted a gathering at his home for the group following the meeting.

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FEATURED Celina resident Gary Don Moore relies on his faith and his family as he battles a recent diagnosis of ALS.

OURCELINA C OMMUNITY | P RIDE | T RADITION February 2018 VOL 1, Issue 1 Published By 4CMEDIAGROUP, LLC Editorial & Design Renee Marler Renee@4cMediaGroup.com Production Jimmy Marler Jimmy@4cMediaGroup.com Contributing Editor Lisa Ferguson Contributing Writers Renee Marler | Jill Roza | Lisa Ferguson Contributing Photographers 4CMEDIAGROUP | Ariana Trimmer| Lisa Ferguson

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Community Survey Information Main Street Calendar Letter from the Publishers Mexican Consulate Visits Celina Days Gone By On Th e Co ver Celina Chamber: New Members Local Fare: Toasted Walnut Celina Cajun Festival On The Offense School Zone: CISD CISD Campus Calendars The Wizard of Oz Memb e gathe rs of the C r with elina Bietsch Brace Bus comm Fire D Celina Poli unity ce epartm e nts to and Celina OurCe s upport lina m State of Celina Luncheon agazin e.

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Days Gone By...

By Lisa Ferguson

Growing up in the 1940s and ‘50s, Jane Willard spent more Saturday nights than she can recall watching movies at the Ritz, a theater that was near West Pecan and North Colorado streets on Celina’s then-bustling downtown square. Back then, “The stores stayed open until after the midnight show,” the 76-year-old lifelong resident said. At one time, the city boasted four grocery stores, about as many filling stations and several dry cleaners, among other merchants. “You didn’t have to leave Celina” in search of goods, services or entertainment, she said. “It was fun.”

“Everything was busy,” added Jane Huddleston, who has called Celina home for all of her 81 years. “You’d bring your car to town on a Saturday afternoon and park it, just so you’d have a place to sit” that evening.

In 1999, both Willard and Huddleston became founding members of the board of directors of the Celina Area Heritage Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to educating current and future residents as Photo by Lisa Ferguson Jane Huddleston, left, Bob McKnight and Jane well as visitors about Willard are founding and current members of the the city’s storied past.

Celina Area Heritage Association, which oper- “We decided that if ates the Celina Museum. we didn’t start recording the history (of Celina), it was going to be gone,” Willard explained of the board’s beginnings.

Operating solely on proceeds it receives as a charity of the East Plano Bingo facility in Plano, CAHA assists with preservation efforts at Celina cemeteries and hosts the city’s annual Memorial Day event. In the early 2000s, the group raised funds for the Veterans’ Memorial monument on Celina’s square; and with an organization known as the Alla Board, helped pay for the restoration of a statue of Alla Hubbard (namesake of the former school that in 1958 consolidated with Celina ISD) after it was vandalized at Cottage Hill Cemetery. The statue now stands in the library at Celina High School.

CAHA’s nine current board members, who are all volunteers, also acquire, research and help preserve the numerous documents and artifacts that are stored and exhibited at the Celina Museum, at 211 W. Pecan St., which is open to the public from 1-3 p.m. Thursdays.

The turn-of-the-century brick museum building has become a local landmark, courtesy of the original (albeit twice-restored) Coca-Cola advertisement that adorns its exterior wall and greets motorists traveling west into Celina’s historic square. For decades the building was home to the Celina Record newspaper, which began publishing in 1902. For a time, the newspaper office shared an interior wall with a local doctor’s practice, and later the Texas Power and Light Company office when it inhabited the building’s east-facing side. When CAHA purchased building in 2001, it also took possession of the contents which included the newspaper’s original presses that are now on display, as well as thousands of copies of the Celina Record dating back to 1911.

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“We have a few (issues) from the teens. We have a goodly bunch from the ‘20s, and a real good bunch from the ‘30s.

From ‘40 on, we’ve got them all,” said Willard, who for several years has been scanning copies of the newspapers into a computer. The uploaded images can be viewed via The Portal to Texas History, a website of the University of North Texas Libraries’ Digital Collection, at www.texashistory.unt. edu.

The museum is packed with a wide assortment of items, many of them donated by longtime residents of Celina and surrounding areas. Exhibit cases that line the walls are filled with everything from Photo by Lisa Ferguson photos and household items A stained-glass window from the former to painstakingly detailed ac- First Presbyterian Church on W. Walnut counts of notable events in St. is displayed at the Celina Museum. the city’s history. A pair of oldfashioned glass soda bottles from the former Celina Bottling Co. are displayed, as is the badge of Walter Stallcup, first chief of the Celina Volunteer Fire Department. The latter is just a few feet away from the WWII-era Navy uniform of his son, Dr. Vance Stallcup, a local dentist.

Military memorabilia and artifacts are numerous, especially those belonging Celina residents who served. Founding board member Bob McKnight, who in 2017 retired from a decades-long career as president of Independent Bank in Celina, built many of the museum’s display cases and has helped collect pieces for its military exhibits. Recent additions include a pair of Vietnam-era uniforms donated by the family of a late Celina serviceman. “Bob has done a terrific job on all of the military displays,” Huddleston said. “That’s his passion.”

Each year a collection of small white wooden crosses, constructed by CAHA board members and featuring the names of local servicemen who have died within the previous 12 months, are displayed. Using information culled from old newspaper articles, Photo by Lisa Ferguson Willard was able to create a Handcrafted white crosses featuring the booklet that includes photos names of local military servicemen who and biographies of most of have recently passed away are displayed the men whose names are on a table at the Celina Museum. on the city’s Veterans’ Memorial monument.

Another exhibit rotates to coincide with the theme of the annual Memorial Day presentation on the square. The event features guest speakers, a color guard ceremony and the playing of “Taps” by a lone bugler. “We honor not only the people who have passed away, but also those who are alive and have served,” McKnight, 67, explained. Last spring, the association commemorated the 100th anniversary of the U.S. entry into WWI with an exhibit that included a metal helmet, gas mask and other military equipment from the era. A theme for the 2018 program will soon be announced.

The centerpiece of the Celina Museum is a massive wraparound, wood-topped counter from the former Celina State Bank, which opened in 1910 at the corner of West Walnut and North Ohio streets (the space is now occupied by the offices of the Celina Economic Development Corporation and Celina Main Street department). Decades later, the counter was removed from the building and relocated a few “This is important for all of us,” Huddleston doors down the street to a former antique shop, in a storefront said. “We have to teach people that we currently inhabited by Movement Church. The counter remained there a while – that is, until Willard decided it was a prime piece remember our past, we’re in the present, for the museum. “I bought the building to get the counter,” she and we have to plan for the future.” explained, and eventually had it moved to the museum, where a roll-top desk also original to the old bank is displayed nearby.

Photo by Lisa Ferguson

The Navy uniform of Dr. Vance Stallcup, a Celina dentist, is displayed.

On a wall near the front of the museum is a massive stained-glass window. The intricate piece was removed years ago from the former First Presbyterian Church on West Walnut Street (better known these days as the Turquoise Firefly building, home of Jimbo’s Pizza). At the museum, a special case was built to house the window which is backlit to accentuate its detail.

“We’ve collected so much stuff over the years, it’s kind of hard to add” to the museum’s collection as space is at a premium, McKnight said.

However, what is needed is some “young blood” – people interested in preserving Celina’s past and who are willing to help guide it into the future by volunteering at the museum or joining the CAHA board. “The history comes from folks our age, and we need the younger ones to carry on and continue with it,” he said.

“This is important for all of us,” Huddleston said. “We have to teach people that we remember our past, we’re in the present, and we have to plan for the future.”

OurCelina will be publishing a historical piece each month. We invite you to follow along on this journey that formed the city we all call home today. If you have any stories or photographs that you’d like to share, please email Renee@4CMEDIAGROUP.com.

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TOASTED WALNUT CAFE HUMMUS 3 cans garbonzo beans drained (save the liquid) 3 tbs of Tahini paste 1 tbs sea salt 1 tbs smoked paprika 1 tbs white pepper 1 tbs cumin 1 tbs lemon juice ½ cup of olive oil

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Place all three cans of garbonzo beans in a food processor along with the rest of the ingredients. Process until all ingredients are incorporated adding the reserved liquid from the cans as needed until hummus is smooth.

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Add fresh Naan flatbread or cut veggies for dipping. Also goes well with a fresh Greek Salad.

6th Annual Cajun & Crawfish Festival Mark your calendar for the Celina Cajun Festival Saturday, April 14, 2018, 12pm-10pm. This free festival will feature a massive crawfish boil so you can delight in the savory tastes of authentic Cajun and Creole fare straight from Louisiana. Laissez les bons temps rouler with the five rocking Zydeco and Cajun bands including Grammy award-winner Wayne Toups, Ronnie Mathews, The Keith Blair Project, Jamey Bearb & Friends and Roddie Romero and the Hub City All-stars. So, if you want to listen to some great deep rooted Cajun music this is the place to be!

There will be plenty to do for the entire family including a custom truck show, a kid’s zone featuring a petting zoo, Home depot workshop, and bounce houses.

Come shop the rows of over 70 merchandise and craft booths, or visit our local boutiques all around our downtown square. As far as entertainment, see how the live alligators are caught with a live Gator show from the As seen on CMT and Animal Planet, Alligator and Reptile Adventure Park in Beaumont, Texas.

They will have an exhibit and shows on how alligators are caught in the wild.

Official Celina Cajun Fest t-shirts and posters from the previous years will also be for sale at the Information Booth near the pavilion. Come early to grab a seat under covered seating to enjoy your crawfish or grab your lawn chair to relax to some good ole Cajun music.

Celina is preparing for thousands of guests on the historic Main Street Square; the City is ready to become the heart of everything Cajun in Texas with plenty of Cajun cuisine and cold drinks. Crawfish plates will include corn and potatoes.

Want to enjoy the festival but not much of a crawfish eater? We will have other food options to choose from or you can visit one of our local restaurants within the festival grounds. This family friendly event offers free festival admission and parking. Follow us on Facebook for more information.

If you are interested in partnering with the City of Celina in this growing event to showcase your business please visit www.celina-tx.gov/cajunfest for sponsorship opportunities.

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On The OFfense Faith fuels Gary Don Moore and family following ALS diagnosis

By Renee Marler

If you’ve been around Celina for more than a few minutes, chances are you’ve heard about legendary football coach G.A. Moore, who first came to Celina High School in 1972 and won his first State Championship just two years later. He left in 1977, but returned in 1988 and coached the Bobcats for the next 14 years. G.A.’s only son, Gary Don Moore, was quarterback for the school’s 1995 State Championship-winning team.

Gary Don, who lives in Celina, followed in his father’s footsteps into coaching. Being a coach, he has always led a healthy and active lifestyle.

So, when he began to notice his voice getting hoarse, he sort of shrugged it off. But after a number of months, he realized the symptoms hadn’t gotten better, and were actually a little worse.

Gradually Gary Don and his wife of almost 13 years, Valerie, began noticing a few other small things like occasional muscle spasms and general weakness.

“When I would workout, I noticed it was taking a little longer to recover, and I was just a little weaker,” said Moore.

At the end of 2017, after a year of back and forth with doctors trying to figure out the root causes of the symptoms, the Moores met with a gastroenterologist and a radiologist who referred the family to a neurologist after suspecting the diagnosis might be a muscular disease such as Multiple Sclerosis (MS) or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS).

“I know you’re not supposed to google symptoms, but I wasn’t really that familiar with either of those diagnoses, so I wanted to see what we might be up against,” said Valerie.

The neurologist performed an MRI and within a couple of days the Moore family received the devastating news that confirmed the diagnosis of ALS, often referred to as Lou Gehrig’s disease.

After a long weekend full of family and prayer, the entire family including Valerie, Gary Don’s parents and his three sisters’ families headed to UT Southwestern Medical Center to discuss the diagnosis.

“That entire weekend when I wasn’t taking care of the kids, doing laundry or anything else, I was praying,” said Valerie.

Gary Don and Valerie have three children - daughters Faith (8) and Blakley (5), and son Trey (2).

The Moores said about three years ago they really began digging deep into their lives to focus on their relationship with God and their family. Valerie says if it wasn’t for that solid foundation, she is not sure how their family would have handled this situation.

G.A. said, “It took a while to grasp, because this is not something you expect.”

There are medicines on the market used to treat ALS. Rilutek was first approved in 1995 to reduce damage to motor neurons by regulating the body’s levels of glutamate, which transports messages between nerve cells and motor neurons. Radicava is new to the ALS game, but has been shown to slow the decline in clinical assessments of daily functioning in people with ALS.

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The Moores say they are blessed by the fact that Gary Don has already started on Rilutek, as well as Baclofen, which is a muscle relaxer that helps with the spasms. Rilutek is a great first step in the Moore’s battle, but they also desperately want to try Radicava, an infusion drug for which the dosage schedule is two weeks on and two weeks off. The cost per treatment is more than $1,000, bringing the yearly cost to over $150,000.

“Radicava isn’t a cure but preserving function longer, as well as possibly slowing the decline, would be incredible for our family,” said Valerie.

A fundraiser has been set for February 10 at 5 p.m. at Celina High School. The family is trying to raise $300,000 to cover two years of Radicava treatments.

The fundraiser will include a barbecue dinner as well as silent and live auctions.

Family and friends are asking for volunteers, as well as items that can be used in the auctions.

“Every little bit helps, and we appreciate it,” said Gary Don. If you would like more information about the fundraiser, please call Carol Lynn at 214-232-8300; Kenzie Taylor Ballard at 940-453-3533; or Patti Dellenbaugh at 214-236- 9503. You can also get information and order t-shirts and bracelets via the Facebook site Gary Don FundraiserAuction, where additional details about the event are available. Raffle tickets also will be sold.

“We don’t know what the future holds - none of us do - but we are at peace,” said Valerie. “Life is short. Whether you have two years or 50 years isn’t what’s important. It’s where you spend eternity that matters, and in that we have peace.”

#prayMOOREworryless BBQ DINNER & AUCTION February 10, 2018

Please come join us for a BBQ dinner at 5:00 followed by a silent and live auction at 7:00. All the money raised will go to help Gary's treatments and medical funds. Please help us spread the word by adding anyone you think may be interested. Thank you!

If you would like to donate items/goods/services please contact Carol Lynn (214)232-8300, myself (940)453-3533, or Patti Dellenbaugh (214)236-9503 and we would be happy to arrange for pickup/drop off locations! #prayMOOREworryless #garysALSjourney

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Celina Independent School District

SCHOOL ZONE

By: Jill Roza, Parent.Community Liaison & Director of CTOWN/Communications

In order to prepare students to meet the needs of the 21st century economy, Celina Primary School students are being exposed to an approach to teaching that blurs the lines between the disciplines. STEAM is a holistic approach that stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics, and works to bring the disciplines together to give students the ability to think critically and problem solve. The STEAM approach uses the organization of mathematics, the investigative skills of history and science, the processes of engineering, and last but not least, the collaboration with peers to analyze the data in order to communicate their findings.

On the secondary level, STEM/STEAM education is evident through Career and Technology course offerings that combine classroom learning with outside real world experience.

The fastest growing jobs through 2022 are estimated to be in the CTE fields to include marketing, IT, and health care. Realizing that it is never too early to prepare students for secondary education, Celina Primary Principal Nancy Alvarez wanted to capitalize on the high level of curiosity that prekindergarten and kindergarten level students possess regarding their world and created a STEAM Lab within the campus that provides an environment where all students are able to engage and contribute to the challenges presented.

The STEAM Lab addresses and strengthens skills such as creativity, communication, critical thinking, and coding through an innovative, collaborative, hands­ on approach.

Students entering the STEAM Lab are not “taught” the subject matter, but learn through experimentation, asking questions, and creating their own learning experience. Mrs. Alvarez created a site­based STEAM committee composed of administrators and teachers who are charged with developing lessons that are aligned to state standards, engaging to students, and open ended to allow multiple 14

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ways to solve each challenge, which gives all students a voice on the outcome of their inquiry.

“Each week, Celina Primary School students visit the STEAM Lab, rotating through different challenges that require them to use their STEAM skills,” said Celina Primary Principal Nancy Alvarez. The challenges they face will vary each week, presenting students with different scenarios to solve by collaborating and communicating effectively with their peers, while at the same time making real world connections. Mrs. Alvarez believes that through these STEAM challenges, “students will be exposed to the engineering design process, early coding, and creative expression,” all of which are a part of careers that will be in high demand in the future.

Why is a STEAM Lab important to the learning process of our youngest students? With just simple tools such as drinking straws students can design, construct, and understand the mechanics behind the creation of a roller coaster. The learning pyramid data shows that when students are actively engaged in their learning, mastery of the subject material rises to over 75%. This same percentage falls to 10% when students are only exposed to reading about the concept.

For many parents, this way of learning is much different from their childhood experiences and for that reason, Celina Primary School will be hosting Family STEAM Night on Monday, February 5, 2018. Evening festivities will provide parents with an opportunity to experience the STEAM Lab first hand.

From manipulating the magnetic wall to innovative lesson plans, Mrs. Alvarez believes that “by providing STEAM opportunities at such an early age, will create future innovators that will one day change the world!” Who knows….. We just might be witnessing the work of a future Nobel Peace Prize winner!

February 2018 CISD CAMPUS CALENDARs Celina Primary SCHOOL 2/5 2/19

Family STEAM night Holiday/Teacher Inservice School Board Meeting

Celina ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2/12

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CELINA MIDDLE SCHOOL 2/19

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Holiday/Teacher Inservice School Board Meeting Book Fair Pastries with parents Book Fair Book Fair Book Fair

Current 5th grader parent meeting for incoming 6th graders Holiday/Teacher Inservice School Board Meeting

O’DELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 2/2 2/6 2/7 2/8 2/12

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CELINA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL 2/2 2/7 2/13 2/15 2/19

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CJH Dance College Day Cheer parent meeting Parent registration meeting Holiday/Teacher Inservice School Board Meeting STAAR simulation (all week) Cheer practice/tryouts (all week)

F.C.A. Meeting Pasteries with parents - 1st Pasteries with parents - 2nd/3rd Pasteries with parents - 4th/5th Current 5th grader parent meeting for incoming 6th graders Class pictures Holiday/Teacher Inservice School Board Meeting

CELINA HIGH SCHOOL 2/1 2/17 2/19

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Cheer tryouts Drill team hosting competition Holiday/Teacher Inservice School Board Meeting Incoming 9th grade parent meeting Debate competition

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The Wizard of After months of preparation, the Celina High School Theatre department performed the musical The Wizard of Oz. Director Cynthia Baker said, “The message ‘There’s no place like home’ is so real for us this year.” Baker said she had no intention of putting on a musical this year, but said God knew what he was doing. The cast fed off the energy of each other, which was evident in the flawless performance.

Each character was cast perfectly. From Mackenna Campbell as Dorothy, Brooke Fleming as the delightfully wicked Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch, and Rachel Briner as Glinda to Ty Baker and Tucker Raymond as the the Scarecrow and Tinman. Rounding out the main cast of characters was Samuel Snyder who perfected the humor of the Cowardly Lion. In addition to the high school students, members of the Celina Junior High theatre as well as some younger children were also included in the performance as residents of Munchkinland.

Main Cast

Dorothy Gale - Mackenna Campbell Hunk/Scarecrow - Ty Baker Hickory/Tinman - Tucker Raymond Zeke/Cowardly Lion - Samuel Snyder Aunt Em/Glinda - Rachel Briner

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Miss Gulch/Wicked Witch - Brooke Fleming Aunt Henrietta/Guard - Lena Carlson Professor Marvel/Wizard of Oz - Collin Otwell Director - Cynthia Baker

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Rick DeMasters, Celina ISD Superintendent, speaks to the audience at the State of Celina luncheon.

Celina plans to build three more elementary schools and one more middle/junior high in fewer than ten years.

Celina Mayor, Sean Terry, speaks at the State of Celina luncheon about projects and community partnerships.

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Bobcat Alley Dedicated to Celina Athletics

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Varsity Ladycats Basketball #2 #3 #5 #10 #11 #12 #21 #23 #24 #32 #44

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McKinley Wright Caroline Morgan Diamond Lott Aubrey Jensen Colbie Balsamo Hannah Thompson Lexi Ford Kya Gastineau Summer Franklin Grace Gibbs Hannah Hodges

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Charlie Rose 6’2 Noah Ross 5’10 Karson Stastny 6’4 Bryson Brown 5’11 Hunter Watson 6’1 Garrison Williams 5’10 Jeremy Payne 6’8 Hayden Hollin 6’3 DJ Dell’anno 6’5 Kobe Ollison 6’7

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Varsity Ladycats Soccer Jr. GK Kinley Bishop Fr. FORW, MF Ashlyn Vana So. D, MF Abby Daniels Jr. D, MF Hope Galyon Fr. D, FORW Emma Short Jr. D, MF Kirsten Keller Jr. D, MF Jacqueline Keller Jr. MF, FORW Sierra Perez Fr. MF Jamie Ownby Jr. D, MF Alyson Cave Jr. MF Kaitlyn Vana Fr. D Lizabeth Mueller Jr. FORW, D Payton Maynard Fr. D, MF Azalia Martinez Fr. D, GK Jordyn Redden Jr. FORW Kaitlyn Zdrojewski Jr. D, MF Kensey Crysel Kailey Ownby Jr.

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Celina Football Banquet

2017 Celina Bobcat Quarterback Club Varsity Awards: Defensive Lineman - Kaghen Roach Defensive Back - Skylar Bohall Defensive Linebacker - Casen Heistand Offensive Lineman - Charlie Rose & Grant Smith Offensive Back - Logan Point Offensive Receiver - Major Martin

Sportsmanship - Caleb Elliott Fighting Heart - Rene Arroyo & Caleb Elliott Headhunter - Kaghen Roach Offensive MVP - Logan Point Defensive MVP - Kaghen Roach Most Valuable - Skylar Bohall & Casen Heistand 19

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O’Dell Elementary Students Pay Tribute to Veterans On Thursday, November 9th, 2017, fifth grade students from Donny O’Dell Elementary School paid tribute to our veterans during a special music program and a living museum.

The students worked hard for over eight weeks on the Veterans’ Vigil Program, incorporating singing and the playing of a variety of percussion instruments in a handful of patriotic songs.

The concert songs expanded throughout different times in our nation’s history of war: before the Revolutionary War, during the War of 1812, and during the Civil War. The finale was a medley of songs from all five of the armed force branches. Every veteran in the audience proudly stood, if able, and sang their branch’s song, and even shouted their battle cry!

During the Veterans Day Living Museum, the students in the gifted and talented program recognized a variety of veterans from many of the wars that impacted the United States. Each student conducted research regarding a specific veteran and created a Google Slide presentation that included a biography, photographs, timeline, and other pertinent information about his or her veteran. The students dressed up as their veteran and wore “press here” buttons on their shirts. Each student stood next to a laptop that played the presentation for visitors to observe. When someone pressed the button the students would “come to life” and recite a one-minute memorized script about the life and accomplishments of their veteran. The Veterans Day Living Museum was a huge success.

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“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters. If anyone has material possessions and sees a brother or sister in need but has no pity on them, how can the love of God be in that person? Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.”

1 John 3:16-18 Love is in the air and the stores are filled with hearts, some glitter, and all things red! The business of Hallmark is booming and many couples are anxiously awaiting date nights and specials gifts! Some hope to unwrap engagement rings and dream of their future that awaits with the one they love.

Love is a wonderful season to celebrate. Jesus has perfectly modeled for us how to love. Often we become so overcome with the constant demands of the world that we forget to love. Perhaps, we don’t have time to listen to every word of our children’s stories. We are in the midst of real life and simply trying to get dinner on the table. Or what about the 15 minutes we couldn’t spare that was spent standing in line trying to check out at the grocery store? Did we treat the cashier with love or were we resentful of our precious lost time?

Have we shown love to the new neighbors that moved in three months ago? Or is that the family we shut the garage door on before we even get out of the car? Have we disowned our own because they are not part of a church? Or did we decide to invite them to ours? Have we tried to live a life like Christ has shown us to do by loving in all situations? Have we turned our heads the other direction when crossing the path of someone in need? Or have we extended a hand of hope or an ear to listen?

In this season of love, I challenge you to be the one who loves and inspires others to love. I pray your hearts and homes are content with the love of Jesus and His promise to us all.

Many Blessings, Reverend John Baldwin Senior Pastor First United Methodist Church of Celina

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