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Volume 51 Number 3
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BY NATALIE GENTRY It’s decision time. Voters will head to the polls from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, May 10, to determine who will represent them in one place on the Springtown City Council and three places on the Reno Council. In Springtown incumbent Tony D. Smith will run against Tom Clayton for Place 3. Two seats went unchallenged. Annette Burk in Place 1 and Greg Hood in Place 5 are unopposed. In the city of Reno, incumbent Ken Parnell is challenged by Carol HouliPLEASE SEE ELECTION, PAGE 3A.
Hitting the road for Jesus Each Monday local folks walk and pray for Springtown BY MARK K. CAMPBELL The Tabernacle is an appropriate meeting place. Every Monday, without fail, Christians of all ages settle into pews downtown and prepare to fan out over Springtown, seeking blessings for the area. It’s called the Move, Pray, Obey prayer walking ministry and Mary Orms is a believer. Most of those that gather at the Tabernacle each Monday at 6 p.m. are from First Baptist Church of Springtown. But all are welcome to become part of “Team MPO,” Orms said. Beginnings Orms is a runner, and she said she became convicted when out for a jog in 2011. “The Lord just put it on my heart. I was asking: ‘How do I love people that I don’t know?’ “He said, ‘You pray for them.’”
During Springtown’s second bi-district game, a Graham Steer rumbles down the SHS base paths, but Porcupine fi rst baseman Russell Gideon made the putout by a whisker. STORY ON PAGE 13A. Photo by Mark K. Campbell
Orms prayed as she ran and she said she soon was shown that positive things were happening in those peoples’ lives because of the prayers. She then took what she believed was the next step. “When you take one step of obedience, you can then take the next step.” That sent her to Pastor Hal Kinkeade at First Baptist Church of Springtown. Orms attends there. “He told me to bring it as a ministry. He was very much in agreement with it, because the Lord had been putting similar things on his heart.”
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BY NATALIE GENTRY When it was all said and done, Heather Williams couldn’t believe she had sat still and allowed someone to shave her head. “I’m bald,” Williams said with a laugh. “I sat there looking at my daughter while they did it and just kept saying ‘I love you.’” For Williams, love is what the One Mission Kid’s Cancer Buzz-Off was all about. Expansion She said it was a chance to do On Aug. 26, 2013, Team MPO something to help others, and to started its town walks. continue to help even after the event Since then, the group has met every was over. Monday – with a single exception. “Words can’t describe how amaz“The ice storm,” Orms said. “I ing the experience was,” she said. went out to run that day and fell; it was just too bad. We made it up on
Springtown woman shaves head to support kids with cancer
“There were so many people there giving their hair and their time to raise money for such a wonderful cause.” Williams and the other “buzzees” – as those who have their heads shaved are called – have until October to continue raising money to help pediatric cancer patients and their families. “So far, I’ve raised $690,” she said. “But I’ve heard that now that it’s done a lot of people receive most of their donations. “Other people can see that it really did happen and that this is a legitimate event and they are inspired to give,” Williams continued.
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All in all, a total of $130,000 was raised and 211 heads were shaved on May 4 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington. The event was slated to raise awareness and money for patients and their families at the Pauline Allen Gill Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders at Children’s Medical Center in Dallas. When asked if she will do it again Williams said, “I’ll either do it again next year or help others raise money.” She said she’d like to wait until her hair is long enough to give as well. “I want to help in some capacity,” she continued. “My youngest daughter is determined to do it next year so maybe I’ll be helping her raise money.” To help Williams continue to raise funds, visit her personal Buzz-Off webpage at: http:// m y. e 2 r m . c o m / P e r s o n a l P a g e . aspx?registrationID=2198037.
Heather Williams had her head shaved during the Kid’s Cancer Mary Orms said God answered her question about how to help her Buzz-Off at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington on May 4. Williams participated in the event in honor of her mother who died of leukemia neighbors; she leads a local prayer walk group. Photo by Mark K. Campbell in 2010.
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