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On Monday, high schools across the state will find out what district they will be competing in for various sports. Lufkin knows it will be moving up to Class 6A, but it doesn’t know which district it will be put in.

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Burke offering Mental Health First Aid training to community

Classes help participants who wish to better understand how to handle mental illness situations they may encounter

By CASEY SIZEMORE The Lufkin News

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Hallie Edwards, 5, of Hudson, hugs the Hornet mascot after Hudson High School’s homecoming basketball games Friday night in Hornet Gymnasium in Hudson. Visit lufkindailynews.com/photos or our Facebook page to see photos from Hudson’s homecoming ceremony.

Since 2009, Burke has been offering Mental Health First Aid training for those who wish to better understand how to handle a situation in which they may be required to help a person who experiences mental illness.

Burke offers two separate classes, one that is geared toward adults experiencing mental illness and one for youth. These classes are offered once a month, according to Paul Jackson, the Burke community relations director. He said the youth and adult classes usually alternate from month to month.

The sessions follow both the adult and youth training manuals of Mental Health First Aid USA and its ALGEE model, according to Jackson.

ALGEE represents “Action A: Assess for risk of suicide or harm; Action L: Listen nonjudgmentally; Action G: Give reassurance and information; Action E: Encourage appropriate professional help; and Action E: Encourage self-help and other support strategies,” according to the Mental Health First Aid training manuals.

“Mental Health First Aid USA is designed to help recognize the signs and symptoms of mental health illness, and how to intervene during the early stages when a person is developing the condition or when they are in a crisis,” Jackson said.

The courses are eight-hour interactive and education programs, running approximately 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

“The classes are broken down into different sections, such as the different mental illness diagnoses, how to recognize the signs SEE MENTAL, PAGE 6A

mental illness by the numbers

1 in 4 adults One in four adults — approximately 61.5 million Americans — experiences mental illness in a given year. One in 17 — about 13.6 million — live with a serious mental illness such as schizophrenia, major depression or bipolar disorder.

1 in 5 children Approximately 20 percent of youth ages 13 to 18 experience severe mental disorders in a given year. For ages 8 to 15, the estimate is 13 percent.

Striking early One-half of all chronic mental illness begins by the age of 14, threequarters by age 24.

Source: Burke

Suicide and mental illness Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States. More than 90 percent of those who die from suicide had one or more mental illnesses.

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Family disagrees with sheriff about inmate’s death after his release from jail

By CASEY SIZEMORE The Lufkin News A Lufkin man died early Monday morning shortly after his release from the Angelina County Jail, and his family disagrees with Sheriff Greg Sanches about the circumstances surrounding his death.

Vernon Sparkman, 54, was arrested on warrants and a parole violation stemming from an Aug. 29, 2015, incident in which he and his common-law wife, Molly Langford Clark, 53, of Lufkin, were

arrested on charges of manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance and possession of a controlled substance.

An Angelina County grand jury on Jan. 21 issued indictments to Clark and Sparkman on the charges, according to a previous Lufkin News story.

Sanches said the Lufkin Police Department arrested Sparkman on Jan. 15, and upon arrival at the Angelina County Jail, he immediately began receiving his prescribed medication because the jail’s medical staff was aware of his condition.

Clark said Sparkman suffered from

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congestive heart failure, and she does day.” not believe the jail was giving him his Clark said she inimedication. tially took enough of “They had him up in the front where Sparkman’s medicine they could watch him, but they did not for several days to the do anything for him,” Clark said. “Bejail, but she claimed fore I took the medicine to the jail, the he did not receive it officer who arrested him said the sheriff for four days. Sanches would let him out on a (personal recogsaid he reviewed jail nizance) bond if I did not bring much documents that indimedicine to the jail.” cated Sparkman was sanches Sanches said the jail’s medical staff receiving his medicawas making efforts to ensure his health tion. by checking his vitals “at least twice a Clark said when it became clear

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Sparkman was not going to be released on a PR bond, she took the rest of the medicine to the jail. She said Sparkman was on “life-sustaining fluid medicine,” and because he missed so many doses, he developed pneumonia. She claimed Sparkman was not receiving breathing treatments on intervals of four times per day as he was prescribed, but twice a day.

Sanches said Sparkman was receiving all of the medications he was prescribed, SEE JAIL, PAGE 4A

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death notices George Allen Barringer Sr. Services for George Allen Barringer Sr., 73, of Lufkin, are pending with Carroway Funeral Home. He died Jan. 30, 2016, in Lufkin.

Doris Scott Brewster

Doris Scott Brewster, 84, of Nacogdoches, are pending with Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home, Nacogdoches. She was born April 12, 1931, in Silsbee, and died Jan. 30, 2016, in Nacogdoches.

Dorothy Kirby Services for Dorothy Kirby, 88, of Lufkin, are pending with Carroway Funeral Home. She died Jan. 30, 2016, in Lufkin.

James Thomas Lockhart

Services for James Thomas Lockhart, 53, of Corrigan, will be held at 10 a.m. Monday in the Corrigan Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will be in the Carmona Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at the funeral home. Mr. Lockhart was born May 19, 1953, in Pasadena, and died Jan. 27, 2016, in Corrigan.

Roland Miles

Memorial services for Roland Miles, 86, of Lufkin, are pending with Shafer Funeral Home. He was born July 30, 1929, and died Jan. 29, 2016, in Lufkin.

obituaries Bobbie Jo Hutson (Allen) North

Bobbie Jo Hutson (Allen) North, 84, who was born Nov. 22, 1931, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 9, 2015, in Floresville.

She was preceded in death by many loved ones, including maternal grandmother, Maude Herring (Atkinson) Adams; maternal grandfather, Robert E. Atkinson; brother, Louie Thomas Hutson; mother, Bobbie Atkinson (Hutson) Treadaway; and her stepfather, John “J.B.” Treadaway, who married her mother after Bobbie Jo’s father, Kimble, died in a car accident when she was 7.

Bobbie and her former husband, Harold M. Allen, whom she met and married in Galveston, last lived in Lufkin during the 1950s and early ‘60s on Ford Chapel Road. They were members of First Baptist Church, and Harold, now of Dickinson, worked at Southland paper mill.

The couple left Lufkin to help her parents with their new business in El Campo. They moved to Victoria later, and eventually to the Rio Grande Valley, where she served as San Benito City Secretary and City Comptroller 1967-1977. Harold and Bobbie parted ways in the mid-1970s, and she married Norman Theodore “Ted” North, now of Elmendorf, where they retired.

She was past worthy matron of the Harlingen Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star.

A family memorial service/celebration of life was held Jan. 8 in Galveston (where she graduated from Ball High School in 1949) by her two children — Harold Ray Allen of Glendale, AZ. and Sharon Lee Allen Toth (both born in Lufkin) — and son-in-law John Toth of Angleton. There was a beautiful view of the harbor and historical tall ship, the Elyssa.

Another service was held at the urn site at Sunset Memorial Park in San Antonio with a message delivered by their pastor, Rev. Jerry Caspar of Southeast Baptist Church.

Bobbie was loved by four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Rayford Earl Rice

Funeral services for Rayford Earl Rice, 77, of Angleton and formerly of Alto will be Tuesday at 10am at the O.T. Allen & Son funeral home chapel.

There will be a visitation Monday night from 7-9 pm at the funeral home.

Rayford Earl Rice was born April 30, 1938 in Alto, Texas. He completed his pilgrimage on January 29, 2016 in Angleton, Texas. He was preceded in death By his parents Claude David Rice and Delores Arrant Rice, his wife Peggye Truett Rice, and his grandson Curtis Carter. A second wife JoAnn Chatelain Rice. He is survived by six children. Eleven grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren. Two wonderful siblings Harold Rice and Sandra Brumley. Rayford Rice was born in Alto, Texas to Depression Era Farmers, Claude David Rice and Delores Arrant Rice. Life on the farm in Alto, Texas instilled the virtues which made the man we loved. Hard work was the first virtue that everyone observed about his life. From an early age until just days before his passing he worked a job. Retirement, though earned was not accepted, for he felt he needed to contribute to society not take from or be a burden to anyone. He instilled that same work ethic into his children, teaching them not to quit but to press on until the job was done. Loyalty, whether it was to his favorite sports team, coworkers, employers, or people he did business with, was profound principle of his life. He taught us all a lesson that loyalty was not a passing fad, but a necessary tool in a person’s life. A tool that in order to be used effectively, required a keen eye to see the worth of other people despite their station in life. A tool that needs selective hearing to filter out the bad and amplify the good. Broad shoulders and a strong back to bear the hardships of life’s difficulties. A tool that needs strong arms to give a firm handshake of acceptance, or a hug of affirmation. Honesty, not a virtue of the weak and feeble,was another admirable quality. We live in a time when honesty has been replaced with political correctness. Rayford was a honest man, when asked his opinion he often offended the inquirer. His opinions were molded by his Christian faith, observations of society, and a keen understanding of man’s nature. Do what is right regardless of the cost was his creed. Love, not in a self gratifying or pleasure seeking motive but in sacrificial deeds, done with a pure heart was an enduring trait of his. This is best expressed when Rayford married Peggye Truett a fiery redhead, divorcee, with four children. He took in all of them and gave them a home, purpose, discipline, and instruction for life. Together he and Peggye had two more children, but there was never a hint of favoritism. His house was not a house of yours or mine but it was ours. Rayford did not depart this Earth as a wealthy man but he was rich in love and respect. His name was not known among the movers and shakers of our time, but it is known by the maker of Heaven and Earth. On January 29th, 2016 cancer did not kill Rayford Earl Rice. It simply opened the door to his eternal reward. Even cancer, the dread of man could not inflict upon him it’s heinous agony, for he went to bed on Thursday night in the comfort of his own home, never to awaken in the flesh from his slumber. “O death where is thy victory? O grave where is thy sting?” The Psalmist wrote “Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.”

Rayford would ask you the following question. “What is following you, and where shall you spend eternity?’

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Funeral services for John James ìJ.J.î Griffin, 28, of Austin will be held Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Keith Woolf and Brother Dale Morton officiating. Interment will follow in the Berry Cemetery.

J.J. was born April 28, 1987 in Nacogdoches, Texas, and died Friday, January 29, 2016 in Austin. He had resided in Austin for four years and was employed with People’s Pharmacy and Health Foods, where he developed various organic health food products. J.J. enjoyed camping and gourmet cooking, and loved spending time with his daughter. He was baptized as a child at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in the Moffett Community.

Survivors include his daughter, Lillian Elizabeth Griffin of Lufkin; father and stepmother, Wayne and Rhonda Griffin of Nacogdoches; mother, Kathy Griffin of Irving; girlfriend, Jessica Gajdos of Austin; sisters, Shelby Elizabeth Griffin of New York, NY and Leslie Speaker and husband Isaac of Nacogdoches; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, John and Betty Lee Griffin and James and Annie B. Alexander.

Pallbearers will be Ronnie Richburg, Philip Shoemaker, Jacob Salazar, Clayton Wallace, Matthew Wallace and Joe Wallace.

Honorary pallbearers will be Gary Muckleroy, Shad Lout and Keith Brown.

Memorial contributions may be made to Susan G. Komen for the Cure, P.O. Box 650309, Dallas, Texas 75265-0309.

The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Monday evening at the funeral home.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Robert Lynn Jones

Funeral services for Robert Lynn Jones, 58, of Hudson will be held Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. John W. Greene and Brother Eddie Ballard officiating. Interment will follow in the Wallace Chapel Cemetery.

Mr. Jones was born October 2, 1957 in Brookeland, Texas to the late Charlie and Reba (Eddins) Jones, and died Friday, January 29, 2016 in Zavalla, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.

Mr. Jones had resided in Angelina County for 38 years. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was employed with Sunoco. He was a member of Harmony Hill Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife of 37 years, Cindy Jones of Hudson; sons and daughter-in-law, Brandon and Amanda Jones of Lufkin and Everett Jones of Hudson; granddaughter, Alexandra Jones of Lufkin; special nephew, Rusty Pitts and wife Ashley of Hudson; sisters and brothers, Charlene Willey, Kenneth Jones, Corbet Jones, Nelda Taylor and Isaac Jones; mother-in-law, Doris Stokes of Hudson; sister-in-law, Connie Harris; brother-in-law, David Stokes and wife Terri; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Charlie and Reba Jones; and father-in-law, Eric Stokes.

Pallbearers will be David Stokes, Rusty Pitts, Dusty Pitts, Brian Pitts, Brent Pitts and Terry Pitts.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Texas DPS Troopers Foundation, 5821 Airport Blvd., Austin, Texas 78752.

The family will welcome friends and loved ones from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.

Tuesday evening at the funeral home.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

Vernon Earl Sparkman

Memorial services for Vernon Earl Sparkman, 54, of Lufkin will be held Friday, February 5, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. at Cross Road Baptist Church of Lufkin, Texas with Brother Ty Phillips officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. The family will have a private burial of cremains Saturday in the Smyrna Cemetery in Winnsboro.

Mr. Sparkman was born December 15, 1961 in Lufkin, Texas to D.E. and Bettie Joe (Haley) Sparkman, and died Monday, January 25, 2016 in a local hospital. He was a lifetime resident of Lufkin.

Survivors include his wife, Belinda Renfro Sparkman of Nacogdoches; father, D.E. Sparkman of Lufkin; sons and daughter-in-law, Jason and Jeanna Sparkman of Wisconsin, Christopher Renfro of Hemphill, Jason Renfro of Nacogdoches and Casper Renfro of Lufkin; 13 grandchildren; sisters and brothers-in-law, Margarette Sparkman, Darlyne and Troy Wise, and Jody and Christi Sparkman, all of Lufkin; special friend, Molly Clark of Lufkin; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Bettie Joe (Haley) Sparkman.

Contributions may be made to a GoFundMe Account at www.gofundme. com/vernonsparkman.

Memories and condolences may be added at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

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Zavalla’s homecoming Taylor Hooks and Kade Burchfield were named Zavalla High School’s 2016 homecoming king and queen in a ceremony after the school’s varsity basketball games against Pineywoods Community Academy on Friday night.

Soraya Sallee (Hill) Johnson

Services for Soraya Sallee (Hill) Johnson, 52, of Diboll, will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 2, 2016 in Lufkin’s First United Methodist Church with Rev. Dr. Jerome Brimmage officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park in Lufkin, Texas.

Ms. Johnson was born January 15, 1964 in Perryton, Texas, the daughter of the late Joan (Golden) Paul and Melton L. Hill. She passed away Wednesday, January 27, 2016 in Diboll, Texas.

Ms. Johnson was a loving mother, grandmother, daughter, and sister and she was passionately active in the lives of her children. She was a registered nurse and worked with home health. She was a former member of Lufkin’s First United Methodist Church where she was very active. One of her endeavors included the directing of “An Evening in Old Bethlehem”, which she did for many years.

Survivors include her daughter, Holli Blake Johnson and fiancé Colten Chak of Houston; son, Jerrod Kennedy Johnson of Lufkin; daughter, Rebecca Ann Johnson of Lufkin; son, Christopher Samuel Johnson of Lufkin; son, Kevin Lee Johnson of Lufkin; 2 grandchildren, Elana Brooke Romero and Willow Isabella Chak, both of Houston; sister, Shannon Hill Morton and husband Wayne of Montgomery; brother, Samuel L. Hill and wife Beth of Dallas; stepmother, Juanita Hill of Perryton; nieces and nephews, Erin Farringer and Chris and their 3 children, Aleksander, Cera, and Baylee; Kristen Soraya Hill and her son Jackson Caddel; and Jordan Hale and her 3 children, Halle, Selah and Elijah.

In addition to her parents, Ms. Johnson was preceded in death by her daughter, Macy Lane Johnson; and nephew, Jonathan Tyler Hill.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Monday evening at the Gipson Funeral Home.

Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home. Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com

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Police arrest man ‘Spotlight’ wins best ensemble who left scene after at the not-so-white SAG Awards hitting utility pole

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer

By SHEMEKA THOMPKINS The Lufkin News Police arrested Mario Alberto Gonzalez, 31, of Lufkin, in the 700 block of East Laurel Avenue after he struck a utility pole in the 500 block of North First Street and left the scene early Saturday morning.

——— Someone discovered on Friday morning that a Kawasaki motorcycle in the 400 block of Atkinson Drive was stolen from Cherokee County.

——— A man in the 300 block of East Shepherd Avenue stated that someone opened an account in his name and applied for and received a loan in his name on Friday.

——— Someone reported that Febreze and Economax creamer were stolen from their car in the 100 block of North Timberland Drive on Friday morning.

——— Someone in the 3000 block of East Denman Avenue reported that someone out of state attempted to scam them Friday afternoon.

——— Police arrested Larry Shane Lahman, 39, on Paul Avenue Friday night for giving a false name and for warrants after he was stopped for a traffic violation.

——— A woman observed someone going through the middle console of her vehicle in the 1900 block of Old Mill Road on Friday afternoon.

——— A man was reported moving washing machines around in a laundromat in the 600 block of North First Street on Friday night.

——— A woman was arrested for driving while intoxicated in the 100 block of North Raguet Street early Saturday morning.

——— The Lufkin Police Department made four other arrests late Friday and early Saturday.

Arrests and charges included: Zarnoff Terrance Griffin Sr.,

54, of Angelina County, warrants for disorderly conduct/ language and failure to appear; Charles Wesley Ouchley, 53, of Lufkin, warrant for public intoxication; Julie Ann Farrell, 38, of Huntington, driving while intoxicated and possession of drug paraphernalia; and Robert Ray Hodge, 49, of Lufkin, warrant for motor vehicle inspection violation.

——— The Angelina County Sheriff’s Office made six arrests late Friday and early Saturday. Arrests and charges included: Arturo Cruz, 20, of Lufkin, warrant for failure to identify; LaChasidy Danne Robinson, 26, of Lufkin, warrant for theft; Jackarin Fitzgerald Morgan, 36, of Lufkin, warrant for possession of a controlled substance; Jaylon Carroll Wortham, 18, of Lufkin, warrant for assault against government contractor/employee; Raymond Maldonado, 19, of Lufkin, possession of marijuana, warrant for speeding; and Gerald Christopher Simoneaux, 46, of Huntington, public intoxication.

——— The Diboll Police Department arrested Percy James Taylor, 35, of Diboll, warrants for failure to maintain financial responsibility, violation of promise to appear and driving while license invalid.

——— The Angelina County Constable Pct. 1 arrested Johnnie Earl Sanders, 52, of Lufkin, warrants for parent/guardian permit unlicensed driver, defective or no stop lamps and failure to maintain financial responsibility.

——— The Angelina County Jail housed 208 inmates as of 2 p.m.

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Third annual Miles for Mission Run. 8 a.m. Brookhollow Elementary, 1009 Live Oak. Proceeds from 10K, 5K and 1 mile fun runs will fund missions in Haiti. For info: Sarah Vier, vier1@ consolidated.net or 635-6663.

February 1

5:30-7:30 p.m., Texas Forestry Museum, 1905 Atkinson Drive, Lufkin. Roast hot dogs around a campfire, crafts, games.

For info: 632-9535.

february 11

Sandi Patty. 7 p.m. Pines Theater, 113 S. First. The Pines Presents Contemporary Christian music “Forever Grateful, the Farewell Tour.” Tickets: $30/35. For info/tickets: 633-0349 or thepineslufkin.com.

february 13

Widows and Widowers Meet and Greet Social Club. 11 a.m. IHOP, 4400 S. Medford Drive. For info: Brenda Warren, 366-8160.

KML Book Club. 10:30 a.m., Kurth February 18 Memorial Library, 706 S. Raguet St. Lufkin/Angelina County Day. Honoring the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, their Reception, 5:30-7:30 p.m. The Austin Club, 110 E. Ninth St., Austin. For info: biographies will be discussed.

634-6644.

FEBRUARY 2 Angelina Photography Association.

Drug-Free Business Partnership 7 p.m., Museum of East Texas, 503 N. Luncheon. 11:30 a.m., Crown Colony Country Club. Guest speaker: Dr. Brian Second St. For info: angelinaphoto. org.

King, Deputy Director Research and February 20 Translation, Centers for Disease ConResidential Electrical Safety Semitrol. Tickets: $25. For info: 634-9308. nar. 2:30 p.m., TLL Temple Library, 300 Burgers & Bingo. 5:30 p.m. doors Park St., Diboll, presented By The Diboll open, Pitser Garrison Convention Center. Bingo begins at 6 p.m. Hosted Civic Club. For info: leegwoodward@ by the Angelina County Aggie’s Mother’s hotmail.com.

February 23 Club. For info: Maria L. Reyes, 240Angelina County Credit Union 3427.

Annual Meeting. 4:30 p.m. Lufkin High february 4 School cafeteria.

Better Breathers Club. 3:30 p.m.

Larkspur Rehabilitation Center, 201 S. John Redditt Drive.

Alzheimer’s Caregiver Support Group. 5 p.m., PineCrest Retirement Community. For info: Joy Rich at (936) 707-2458.

FEBRUARY 9

Angelina Retired Teachers. 2 p.m.

Pinecrest Retirement Community, 1302 Tom Temple Drive. Life TRTA members will be recognized.

Fun in the Forest After Dark.

The Screen Actors Guild Awards were not so white.

While the Academy Awards remain enveloped in a crisis over the diversity of its nominees, the 22nd annual SAG Awards on Saturday presented a stark antidote to the rancor that has overwhelmed Hollywood’s awards season. Awards were handed out to Queen Latifah, Uzo Aduba, Viola Davis and Idris Elba (twice), as the actors guild cast a loud vote in favor of diversity on big and small screens.

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to diverse TV,” said Elba in his third trip on stage as a presenter. His first two were to accept awards for his supporting performance in the Netflix child soldier drama “Beasts of No Nation” and for his lead performance in the BBC miniseries “Luther.”

The night’s top honor, best ensemble in a film, went to the newspaper drama “Spotlight,” which came into Saturday badly in need of some momentum. The ensemble award had seemingly come down to “Spotlight” or — the film with the wind at its back — Adam McKay’s high finance tale “The Big Short,” which last week took the Producers Guild’s top award.

“No way,” said Mark Ruffalo, one of the film’s stars.

He praised the writer-director Tom McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer for their purposeful accuracy in penning the journalistic procedural about the Boston Globe’s reporting on sexual abuse by Catholic priests.

The two, he said, “took every single opportunity to tell the truth.

They didn’t take any cheap way.

It was always the truth.”

Elba made no direct reference to the crisis that has swept through Hollywood in the last two weeks — which might have been far less severe had he been nominated by the Academy Awards, as many expected. But it was on the minds and tongues of seemingly everyone in Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium on Saturday night.

Accepting the most outstanding ensemble award, comedy series, for “Orange Is the New Black,” co-star Laura Prepon gestured to the cast of the prison

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A complete list of winners at Saturday’s 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards: MOVIES Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant” Actress: Brie Larson, “Room” Supporting actor: Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation” Supporting actress: Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl” Cast: “Spotlight” Stunt ensemble: “Mad Max: Fury Road” TELEVISION Actor in a comedy series: Jeffrey Tambor, “Transparent” Actress in a comedy series: Uzo Aduba, “Orange is the New Black” Comedy series cast: “Orange is the New Black” Actor in a movie or miniseries: Idris Elba, “Luther” Actress in a movie or miniseries: Queen Latifah, “Bessie” Drama series cast: “Downton Abbey” Actor in a drama series: Kevin Spacey, “House of Cards” Actress in a drama series: Viola Davis, “How to Get Away With Murder” Stunt ensemble: “Game of Thrones” ——— Life Achievement: Carol Burnett

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Idris Elba poses Saturday in the press room with the award for outstanding male actor in a supporting role for “Beasts of No Nation” and the award for outstanding male actor in a TV movie or miniseries for “Luther” at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. comedy standing behind her.

“Look at this stage,” said Prepon at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. “This is what we talk about when we talk about diversity.”

Individual actor SAG winners the last three years have exactly corresponded with eventual Oscar winners, which meant that SAG winners Leonardo DiCaprio (”The Revenant”), Brie Larson (”Room”) and Alicia Vikander (”The Danish Girl”) all appear to have cemented their status as favorites.

Each won, as expected.

“For any young actors out there, I encourage you to watch the history of cinema,” said DiCaprio, who is expected to land his first Oscar after four previous nominations. “As the history of cinema unfolds, you realize that we all stand on the shoulders of giants.”

But supporting actor will differ this year. The category’s perceived favorite is Sylvester Stallone for the Rocky sequel “Creed.” Stallone, though, wasn’t nominated by the screen actors.

Actors make up the largest branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, which is why the SAG Awards are a closely watched harbinger of the Oscars. But the Screen Actors Guild is massive by comparison: some 160,000 members to the academy’s 6,000-plus. Voting for the SAG Awards, which concluded Friday, also overlapped with the widespread debate over the industry’s inclusiveness that followed Academy Awards nominations that resurrected the “OscarsSoWhite” backlash of last year.

Latifah gave one of the evening’s most stirring speeches while accepting the award for most outstanding female performance in a TV movie or miniseries for HBO’s Bessie Smith tale “Bessie.”

“I hope that anyone out there who does not come in the package that people say you should, keep fighting for it,” said Latifah. “Flip those rocks over. Keep pushing, keep turning, you can do it. You build your own boxes, not people. So knock that thing away and do you!”

Backstage, Latifah said diversity was good business: “Hopefully our business will continue to supply the demand that people are asking for. The people want it.

Give it to the people.”

Aduba, accepting her second straight SAG Award for best actress in a comedy in “Orange Is the New Black,” didn’t address

the topic straight on. But she praised creator Jenji Kohan for making “a show that reflects and represents so many people.”

Best actor in a TV comedy went to Jeffery Tambor for the acclaimed Amazon series “Transparent.”

The great comedian Carol Burnett accepted the SAG lifetime achievement award from

Carol Burnett poses Saturday in the press room with the the Screen Actors Guild life achievement award at the 22nd annual Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Shrine Auditorium & Expo Hall in Los Angeles. presenters Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. Recalling the uphill battle she faced, Burnett remembered being warned that “comedy variety is a man’s game.”

She then dramatically shook her head and mouthed: “No.” Surveying the room, she concluded with a tug of the ear and her signature phrase: “I’m so glad we had this time together.”

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Taylor ■ Rachel Laura Byrd and Ron MitchMarriage licenses filed in the An- ell Byrd gelina County Clerk’s Office: ■ Lilybeth Luis Lopez and Jose ■ Casey Allan Scott, 29, and Kimberly Matilde Lopez Denise James, 29 ■ Leigh Ann Wiggins and Kathryn ■ Randy Lee Nash, 42, and Vaimaila Michelle Windsor Ivory Mageo, 33 ■ Cristina Torres and Felipe Leon ■ Michael Anthony Rather, 27, and Kyerrah Chan-Twyna Lewis, 25 Lawsuits ■ Robert Curtis Porter, 29, and ShirLawsuits filed in Angelina County ley Denise Burton, 38 courts-at-law: ■ Shannon Dale Yarbrough, 38, and ■ Midland Funding LLC vs. Barbie Joy Lynn Stanley, 41 Frankens ■ Jesus Eduardo Salaiz, 30, and Val■ BancorpSouth Bank vs. Nancy erie Fernandez, 29 Harvey ■ John Edwar Fendley, 64, and Maria ■ Merriman Investments LLC AsDelrefugio Day, 62 signee of Cach LLC vs. Wyatt Hight ■ Ernest Eugene Parker, 57, and ■ Midland Funding LLC vs. Laura P. Merida Moralez Munos, 59 Morado ■ Omar Gebara Yancey, 29, and Am■■■ ber Mariedanielle Moore, 29 Lawsuits filed in Angelina County ■ Rosendo Garcia Vazquez, 34, and district courts: Karla Patricia Deanda Monzon, 41 ■ Vanderbilt Mortgage and Finance Divorces filed in the Angelina County District Clerk’s Office: ■ Teresa Azamar and Remisio Ortiz ■ Shelley Gwen Dance and William Davis Firesheets ■ Shelby Leigh Mosley and Carl Brandon Pouland ■ K.A.B. and W.J.B. ■ Enia Lily Salazar and Jose Castillo Jr. ■ Justin Adam Hopkins and Maegan Danielle Hopkins ■ James Henry Tiner and Misti Michelle Tiner ■ Jack Harold Knapp and Juanita C. Rigers ■ Christina Taylor and Jonathon

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and though he could not give specifics due to privacy concerns, he said Sparkman was receiving his breathing treatments on “regular intervals.”

Clark said when Sparkman arrived at the hospital, he had already suffered two heart attacks and was diagnosed with pneumonia.

“The whole time he couldn’t breathe in jail,” Clark said. “He told me he was having to lay on the floor to get air because he could not get any air on his bunk.” She said when Sanches called her to inform her Sparkman was in the hospital, he did not inform her that he was on life support.

“When I got to the hospital, the

Assumed names Assumed names filed in the Angelina County Clerk’s Office Jan. 18-22: ■ Elite Cleaners, 1709 W. Frank Ave., Lufkin, Gary Bezanson, abandonment ■ Elite Cleaners, 1709 W. Frank Ave., Lufkin, D&L Rudd Enterprises Inc. ■ Regency Cleaners, 1709 W. Frank Ave., Lufkin, D&L Rudd Enterprises Inc. ■ Rudd Cleaners, 1709 W. Frank Ave., Lufkin, D&L Rudd Enterprises Inc. ■ Larkspur, 1705 Jackson St., Richmond, Tennessee, Oak Bend Medical Center ■ The Motivation Center, 1702 Culverhouse, Lufkin, Jeremie G. Berry ■ Newks Eatery, 47 Wa-

terford Court, Nacogdoches, Cassandra Stokes ■ Jimmy Hadnot & Associates, 212 Whitehouse Drive, Lufkin, Jimmy Hadnot ■ Popeyes, P.O. Box 151556, Lufkin, Borgefeld & White, P.C., abandonment ■ Sweet Ethel Mae, 206 S. First St., Lufkin, Jeannie Lowery ■ Harvill’s 7H Farm & Ranch Equipment Repair, 285 Harvill Road, Huntington, Michael Harvill ■ Centro Cristiano Roinonia, 109 Hawthorne Road, Lufkin, Maria Teresa Jasso, abandonment ■ Studio Fuego, 415 Billie St., Lufkin, Laura Hernandez, abandonment

warden and two deputies were standing outside his room, where they had just stepped out of, and they did not tell me he was on life support,” Clark said. “When I walked in and realized he was on life support, my knees buckled, and I would have hit the floor if it were not for a friend standing behind me who caught me. When they released him to us, by all intents and purposes he was already dead. They only released him to get him out of the county’s custody and out from under their responsibility.”

Sanches said his staff did everything they could for Sparkman. He said the jail’s medical staff “took the utmost care of Sparkman while in their custody.”

Clark claims Sparkman was not using methamphetamine prior to his arrest, and he should not be judged because of his arrest record. She also said she is going to do anything she can to ensure “this does not happen to anybody else in this county,” but she stopped short of saying she would file a lawsuit.

“It is not about money,” she said. “It’s about if someone is sent to jail who is on life-sustaining medicine, they need to have someone in their medical staff that is smart enough to know what life-sustaining medicine is.

Inmates should not miss a dose of that type of medicine.”

Sanches said Sparkman was released into the family’s custody at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 23, and he passed away at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial at 2 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 25.

Sanches said Sparkman had made comments indicating he was feeling “better” prior to Friday, Jan. 22, when he told the medical staff he was not feeling well.

“They kept checking his vitals, and because of them and his symptoms, they knew they needed to get him to the hospital quickly,” Sanches said. “They acted as they should and took him to the hospital.”

Sanches said it is not unusual for inmates to have medical problems, and of the jail’s annual $4 million budget, $300,000 is applied directly to medical needs with nurses on staff for 16-hour shifts on weekdays and a doctor who is on call and visits the jail

once a week.

“The main thing is we have to take care of our inmates’ health,” Sanches said. “If their illness is really severe and is going to put the county into a situation that is a financial burden, then it is better to release them earlier in the stage, but he was not at that point until Friday. We were watching him closely because we knew of his condition.”

Sanches said Sparkman’s family can request an itemized list of treatments Sparkman received inside the jail by contacting Southern Health Partners, which handles the medical department of the Angelina County Jail.

Sanches also said an autopsy has been ordered for Sparkman.

Casey Sizemore’s email address is csizemore@lufkindailynews.com.

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Girl Scouts ready to start delivering, selling cookies

By STEPHANIE STEVENS The Lufkin News Boxes and boxes of Girl Scout cookies were unloaded by parents, volunteers and young Scouts Saturday at the Girl Scouts of USA San Jacinto Lufkin center to be delivered to eagerly awaiting customers.

The Girl Scouts will deliver preordered cookies from now until Feb. 12, and those who haven’t made orders still have time to satisfy their cookie craving.

“Even if you missed buying cookies off the order form, Girl Scouts will be setting up cookie booths all over,” said Kimberly McElhany, Girl Scout cookie manager for the Lufkin area.

From Feb. 12 to March 20, Girl Scouts will be selling cookies at booths outside of grocery stores and other local retail venues.

To find a booth, customers can visit girlscoutcookies.org or enter their zip code in the Cookie Booth Finder App from iTunes or Google Play.

“Selling Girl Scout cookies is a lot of fun,” said Christina McElhany, Girl Scout Senior. “Yes, it can be stressful at times, but it raises money for our troops and gives girls more confidence knowing that they are doing a good job. I’ve sold about 400 packages already and am excited to sell more.”

Kimberly McElhany said the

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Parents and volunteers unload boxes of Girl Scout cookies Saturday at the Girl Scouts of USA San Jacinto Lufkin center. The cookies will be delivered to people who preordered them until Feb. 12. From Feb. 12 to March 20, girls will be selling cookies at booths outside of grocery stores and other local retail venues. To find a booth, customers can visit girlscoutcookies.org or enter their zip code in the Cookie Booth Finder App from iTunes or Google Play.

Pine Forest Girls Scout community is grateful to the local businesses and residents who support the girls.

“By supporting our girls, they are training them to be leaders in not only their community but in their financial endeavors,” she said.

As a parent to a “cookie-selling machine,” Kimberly McElhany said being a Girl Scout builds girls’ character because it keep them on budget and honest and fair, as they divide their cookies

up among themselves.

According to Christina McElhany, the money the girls earn is for their troop.

“We are in charge of it, not the adults,” she said. “Twenty-five percent goes back into community service projects. Fifty percent is used on activities, badge workshops, camps, and 25 percent goes toward fun activities. We learn a lot of skills we are going to need later on in life, like people skills and being financially responsible.”

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Girl Scouts gather on Saturday at the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Lufkin center, where boxes of cookies were unloaded to be delivered to customers. From the left are Jordan Walsh, Gentry Stewart, Christina McElhany, Kadence Stewart and Breannya Glen-Walsh.

Kimberly McElhaney said the Older Girl Scout Program is available for people who can’t find a cookie booth or can’t access one. Through the Older Girl Scout Program, Girl Scouts along with parents can drop off cookies at homes or businesses in their vicinity. For more information and

to order, call (713) 292-0300.

“We want to make it as easy as possible for consumers to buy and get cookies,” Kimberly McElhaney said.

So far this season, the Pine Forest area troops have sold close to 1,000 cases, equal to $48,000. Last year they made almost $200,000,

according to McElhany, and that is what they are aiming for.

“We like selling Girl Scout cookies,” Brownie Kadence Stewart said. “We really want people to buy them because they are delicious.”

Stephanie Stevens’ email address is sstevens@lufkindailynews.com.

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Manziel being investigated following altercation in DFW

By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND — Before Johnny Manziel was found “safe and in no danger,” police in Texas used a helicopter to help locate the Browns quarterback, who can’t seem to stay out of trouble.

Manziel is being investigated by police in Fort Worth and Dallas following a disturbance early Saturday during which he may have assaulted his ex-girlfriend.

Manziel, who has had two tumultuous seasons in the NFL, was identified by police after they were called at about 2 a.m. to investigate a report of a possible assault at an apartment complex in Fort Worth. The officers didn’t find the caller, but they spoke to an unidentified 23-year-old woman who said she

was involved in a disturbance with her exboyfriend earlier that night in Dallas.

Sgt. Steve Enright later said the man was Manziel, the 23-yearold former Heisman Trophy winner who has made far more headlines for his offmanziel field behavior since college than for anything he’s done for the Browns.

There were no arrests, and it’s not clear if Manziel has yet been questioned.

Police didn’t say if the ex-girlfriend was injured. An ambulance was called, but she was not taken to a hospital. The police report said the woman was unco-

operative with officers, who were unable to locate a crime scene. The woman told the officers she was involved in a disturbance with her ex-boyfriend earlier that night in Dallas and possibly other locations.

Fort Worth police are working with Dallas police to determine if a crime occurred.

According to a statement released by Fort Worth police, they used their Air One Unit helicopter to locate Manziel after his unidentified ex-girlfriend said she was concerned about his well-being.

Police called Manziel’s cellphone while searching for him before determining he was safe.

The Browns had no immediate comment. An email sent Saturday to Manziel’s agent, Erik Burkhardt, was not

immediately returned.

Beyond the legal matter, Manziel could face discipline from the league.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email the league is “aware and looking into it.”

This is the second time Manziel has been investigated by police following an argument with an ex-girlfriend.

In October, police in Avon, Ohio, received an emergency call after Manziel and Colleen Crowley were spotted fighting as they drove near the quarterback’s home on the west side of Cleveland.

Manziel was not arrested but the matter prompted an NFL investigation to see if he violated the league’s personal conduct policy.

Crowley had told police that Manziel hit her and pushed her head against a

car window. The couple told police they had been drinking alcohol earlier in the day.

Manziel was later questioned by a league investigator and cleared — on the same day he was named Cleveland’s starter for the final six games of the season — but it was another mark on his already tainted reputation.

Manziel spent more than 70 days in a Pennsylvania rehabilitation facility specializing in alcohol and drug addiction treatment last winter. He has never publicly disclosed why he was admitted to facility.

His latest off-field problem won’t help his standing with the Browns, who seem to be distancing themselves from the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner from Texas A&M.

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and symptoms, and what treatments work best for each condition,” Jackson said.

The classes are open for people in any field or industry. Past participants include social service workers, church members and staff, school staff and faculty, health care providers, concerned parents, mental health workers, Child Protective Services workers, law enforcement and many more, according to Jackson.

He said people such as schoolteachers usually take the youth version of the class, but he feels the adult version is also beneficial to them.

“Also in the past, we have done some training with Angelina College,” Jackson said. “It’s really just a lot of different agencies and individuals who participate in the program.”

Burke offers the program free of charge to the community in order to “further everyone’s understanding of mental health,” Jackson said. Participants get a free manual and a certificate of completion.

Continuing education is also provided for licensed professional counselors, social service workers and educators.

Jackson said there are several primary differences between the two classes.

“The youth class focuses on how young people are different from adults and how they have less resources and experiences than adults do — also how the children’s illnesses manifest and their different signs and symptoms,” Jackson said.

He said he was trained in the Mental Health First Aid program in 2009 and has been conducting the classes at Burke since.

“Last year, along with a contractor that helps me, we provided education to more than 500 teachers and educators,” Jackson said.

That contractor is Terry Bounds, a retired Lufkin ISD teacher and counselor whom Burke contacted to present Mental Health First Aid workshops to school personnel, since her background with the school district taught her the responsibilities and abilities of school staff. She was also a mental health worker before she was a counselor.

Her presentations included video clips made by a man who attempted suicide and talked about his experience, as well as exercises that presented different scenarios of interactions with people experiencing mental health illnesses and what should be done to help them. These exercises were designed to engage the school staff and increase their participation.

She said the program has had a positive effect within school districts.

“There is a Senate bill that requires all teachers to be trained in recognizing the signs of mental illness,” Bounds said. “It’s a first aid type of training that is not designed for them to provide therapy or services, but rather to help them recognize the signs of a mental health issue and to inform them of what actions they could take to help the students in pursuing the appropriate help.”

She said the school personnel were provided with reference manuals because the program provided “a lot of information to them,” including ways to help students access services.

“For example, one might simply be for the school counselor or psychologist, depending on the age of the child, to make a suggestion to the parents for them to

“Understanding what mental illness is, and understanding why people may be slow in responding or why sometimes they may not understand when a person is talking to them, has been very valuable to law enforcement and other agencies.’’

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Paul Jackson, the community relations director of Burke, teaches the Mental Health First Aid class at Burke on Friday. The next classes are Feb. 23 and March 31.

“All over the world, with the stigma, a lot of times people will not receive services,” Jackson said. “The median time for people to receive services after a problem is discovered is 10 years.

So about 50 percent get services within 10 years and 50 percent after that period. Also, the more people know about mental illness, the more likely they are to react and get their needs met, and the longer services are delayed, the more problems it causes.”

Issues that can be affected by that delay include education, relationships with family members, self-esteem, ability to find employment, conflicts with law enforcement and much more, according to Jackson.

He said he has seen positive results of the training in the community and gets feedback on a regular basis from former participants.

“Understanding what mental illness is, and understanding why people may be slow in responding or why sometimes they may not understand when a person is talking to them, has been very valuable to law enforcement and other agencies,” Jackson said.

Jackson said a person who is experiencing mental health illness is much more likely to have encounters with law enforcement; Angelina County Sheriff Greg Sanches agreed.

“We encounter these types of situations regularly in law enforcement,” Sanches said. “We get calls often and have to issue (emergency protection order warrants).”

Sanches said an individual who is in custody under an EPOW is not under arrest, but in custody for their own safety, and they are transported to Burke or a hospital for a mental health evaluation.

Angelina County deputy and mental health peace officer Charlotte Griffith, who is assigned to Burke, said she issues an EPOW about two to three times a day.

Griffith said she has been a mental health peace officer for eight years and still takes any mental health training or class health offered.

She said she encourages law enforcement officers to take training such as Mental Health First Aid because mental health illnesses have become a prevalent issue officers face on a daily basis, both out in the field and within jails or prisons. Citing state statistics, Griffith said 16 percent of all inmates in jails or prisons experience mental health illness.

“A lot of times, jail is not suit-

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pursue help in a certain area and what services were available,” Bounds said. “Also, the manuals provided them with 800 numbers they could give the parents for them to call and get more information.”

She said some of the training pertained to students who are imminently suicidal or displaying other symptoms of an “extreme mental health problem.”

“For example, if the student has a panic attack or is talking about suicide, we informed them of the immediate things to do, such as not leaving the student alone or to call for help,” Bounds said. “There were two components; one was immediate first aid, such as what to do right now if they are dealing with a critical crisis, or if it’s not a crisis, what to do if they have the suspicion of some problem. So, it covered both of these areas.”

She said a program such as Mental Health First Aid is important because a large number of students require mental health assistance, and the schools cannot provide all of them with help.

“So it is very important to get the parents involved,” Bounds said. “Also, it helps to have the student well informed in seeking the proper psychiatric care they need.”

She said teachers, counselors, janitors and other school faculty are the most likely to encounter mental health illnesses with youth, so it is important for them to know how to respond appropriately.

“I think that many of the parents who encounter mental health illnesses simply do not know what to do, and because children spend their days at school, the school is a good place for the recognition of a problem,” Bounds said. “If you recognize there is a problem, then you need tools to know what to do next.

Though the school staff are not mental health professionals, they certainly should be provided the information to help these students.”

Jackson said programs such as Mental Health First Aid are needed because of the “stigma” surrounding mental illness.

able for them,” she said. “I have Smith at 639-1411 or email her at gone to judges numerous times melody.smith@myburke.org. to say jail is not suitable for these people, and they need other forms of help. They will often set the charges aside so they can seek mental health assistance.”

Jackson encourages not only members of agencies and organizations to participate in the program, but also individuals beJon L. Anderson cause many of the mental health conditions addressed in the class easttexaslawyer.com are common in any community.

(936) 637-7422 “We deal with mental illness on an everyday basis,” Jackson said.

“The chances are that within a person’s lifetime, about half of us will experience one mental health condition or another. The most prevalent mental health conditions most people can identify with are anxiety, depression and substance abuse issues.”

The next youth class is scheduled for Feb. 23, and the next adult class is March 31. For more scheduling, visit the Burke website at myburke.org and click the calendar tab at the bottom of the home page.

For more information about the Mental Health First Aid program, visit mentalhealthfirstaid. org. To register for the program through Burke, call Melody

Casey Sizemore’s email address is csizemore@lufkindailynews.com.

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Center prepares for ‘Boots, Best Buddies and Barbecue’ gala

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he Friends of Kurth Adoption Center have been busy organizing the second annual “Boots, Best Buddies and Barbecue” gala/fundraiser to be held March 5 at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center.

The funds raised from this event benefit Kurth’s Vetting Fund, which enables incoming shelter animals, which may need medical attention, to be vetted so they’re able to be adopted.

Glenn Lenderman JANICE ANN ROWE will provide his awesome music to dance the night away, and barbecue sandwiches furnished by Briggs’ BBQ, chips and soft drinks also will be available. The generous businesses of Lufkin are making sure this event has more than enough raffles to help raise funds for the less fortunate animals of our area, as well.

The donation price of the tickets is $15 and may be purchased at the door or in advance by calling 634-7090. Lufkin is invited to join us for a night of great music, great food, and great raffles, all for a great cause.

Linda Ellis with the Anthony Smith Daughters of the American Revolution shared with me a message from member Ellen Huber Moreau, who works for Parker Hannifin Corp., a $13 billion company that manufactures motion control devices. She transferred from Nacogdoches to their facility in Elgin, Illinois, as the human resources manager. She oversees both human resources and safety for the Elgin plant as well as a plant in Marion, New York. The facilities that she is connected with manufacture seals — like what you would find in the engine of your car or on other types of equipment.

Her brag about Parker is that most people have their products somewhere in their home, office or transportation, but don’t know it.

Things like hoses in your washing machine or refrigerator, the mechanism for soda fountains or the seals at the bottom of blenders or in your canning jars. They also make medical devices like catheter tubes and IV tubing.

One of the items they made in Nacogdoches is a flexible element that connects an oil drill string to the bottom of the ocean floor and allows it to withstand the ebb and flow of the currents without detaching. One famous thing that Parker does is the Dancing Waters at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. They built the system that shoots the dancing waters into the air and keep three scuba-certified engineers in Las Vegas 24/7 to service the fountains. The jets are 40 feet below the surface of the water. The engineers have to dive down and unclog the jets from what people throw into the fountains. Surprisingly, the most common thing that people toss — cremation urns. That’s right, not just the ashes, but the entire urn. They have a room at the Bellagio dedicated to housing all of the urns that have been fished out of the fountains.

Donna and Pete Smart had a lunch date when Ernest and I did.

Jackie and Jerry Simms were in Grizzly’s getting a ticket to the Pineywoods Jamboree.

Then we saw them leaving Brookshire Brothers, where they had eaten lunch.

Elizabeth Hearne called me that grandson Chris Davis has officially signed with the Baltimore Orioles to a seven-year contract for $161 million. Chris is 29 years old and has been with Baltimore since 2011. He formerly was with the Rangers. Chris is the son of Karen Davis of Keller and nephew to Kathy and Cary Deal.

Chris and his wife Jill have a 2-year-old daughter, Ella; they live in Flower Mound. We know that Chris is originally from Longview, but we claim him because of grandmother Elizabeth.

“Kay Roberts Passion 4 Paws” is the Lufkin Association of Realtors project to honor Kay Roberts through donations to the Winnie Berry Animal Shelter now through Feb. 11. She was very involved with rescue and adoption of lost and misplaced animals. So the Advocacy Committee at the Realtor Board decided they would take money or gift cards to go toward things needed, or you can buy collars, all sizes; Clorox disinfectant, wipes, ODO Ban from Home Depot, bathroom cleaner, dogloo style houses, leashes, paper towels, copy paper and laundry detergent. They also will be collecting money to SEE JANICE ANN, PAGE 3B

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Less than 100 tickets remain for Corks & Forks

By STEVE KNIGHT The Lufkin News

If you go

Fewer than 100 tickets are available for Saturday’s 2016 edition of Corks & Forks, according to Tara Watson-Watkins, executive director of the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau.

The event, which will feature Lufkin’s finest chefs and caterers showcasing appetizers and desserts paired with wine and Champagne, takes place 7-10 p.m. on Saturday at Abram’s, at 112 S. First St. in down-

What: Corks & Forks When: 7-10 p.m. Saturday Where: Abram’s, 112 S. First St. Tickets: $30 per person, available by calling the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau at 633-0349 or stopping by the office at 1615 S. Chestnut St. town Lufkin.

Bryan Harkness is scheduled to perform live music.

“We’re really excited to continue

this event,” Watson-Watkins said. “It not only brings in our residents from Lufkin, but also people from all over Deep East Texas. I had a phone call from a lady from Livingston asking for six tickets and wanting to know what hotel to stay in. It’s great to know that people are coming back year after year.”

Sponsors include Brookshire Brothers, Abram’s and A-1 Party Rentals.

Participants include Apothic, Aruma, Austin Eastciders, Chateau Julien, Lufkin Coca-Cola, Small

Town Brewery, Smirnoff, La Marca Prosecco, Bodega Trivento Argentina, Korbel, Movendo Moscato, Guinness, Lindeman’s, Sean Minor and Jack Daniels.

Check visitlufkin.com for an updated listing of participating restaurants and wineries.

Tickets are $30. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau at 633-0349 or stop by the office at 1615 S. Chestnut St. Steve Knight’s email address is sknight@lufkindailynews.com.

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Theater group planning for ‘Dearly Departed’

By VICKY CAMARILLO The Lufkin News

Angelina Community Theatre is bringing affordable, family-friendly theater back to Lufkin with a production of “Dearly Departed” at 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday at Pineywoods Community Academy’s Naranjo Auditorium.

If you go What: “Dearly Departed” play When: 7 p.m. Thursday through Saturday Where: Naranjo Auditorium at Pineywoods Community Academy, 602 S. Raguet St. Tickets: $7 at the door; also available Monday through Wednesday, 6-8 p.m. at PCA’s Naranjo Auditorium The play is a comedy that depicts a dysfunctional Southern family’s struggle to pull together for their patriarch’s funeral.

“It’s about a sad subject, but it is such a raucously funny comedy that you will be hurting from laughing so hard throughout it,” said Teresa Ragland, president of Angelina Community Theatre and an actress in the play.

Although the play takes place in an unspecified part of the South, the script references the cities of Timpson and Tenaha. Ragland said the characters’ mannerisms and speech seem so local that audience members will “have a blast and identify with all of the characters.”

“The thing that I love the best about this show is that it reminds me of so many of my family members and people that I have known growing up in small town East Texas,” she said. “People are going to see relatives and people they know in every character, and that’s the joy of this show — it is so relatable for everyone coming to see it.”

Scotty Nunn, communications director for the Angelina Community Theatre board, said the cast members are “extremely diverse.”

“We have a guy who’s a pastor, we have people who have never been in-

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Members of Angelina Community Theatre pose together for a picture. From the left, Kristin Adams, Pat Baldwin, Teresa Ragland, Angela Duncan and Barrett Duncan. volved in theater before, and we have The cast of the play will also hold Angelina Community Theatre some seasoned actors and actresses a meet and greet at Restoration Wine was approved for 501(c)(3) nonprofit such as myself, Teresa Ragland, who Bar after Thursday’s show. status in May and held garage sales is the middle school theater director, Ragland said Angelina Commuto raise funds for copy and licensing and also Kristin Adams, who has nity Theatre has been several years fees associated with doing plays, and been involved before in community in the making after she and Don to provide props, tickets and protheater, as well as several others,” Glenn, a playwright and actor out grams, Nunn said. The group plans Nunn said. of Livingston, first decided to revive to hold multiple productions a year, Tickets are $7 each and will be sold community theater in Lufkin. and the board of directors will soon at the door, but tickets will also be for “Lufkin used to have community put together an affordable summer sale Monday through Wednesday, 6-8 theater with the Angelina Playhouse theater camp for kids and, eventup.m. at PCA’s Naranjo Auditorium. (in downtown Lufkin), and I think ally, an after-school program.

The tickets include a “10 percent they’ve been gone for over 10 years,” For more information, visit the off food” coupon at Restoration Wine Ragland said. “There’s actually quite group’s Facebook page at facebook.

Bar for this weekend “if people are a few people in town that have had com/AngelinaCommunityTheatre or wanting dinner and a show,” Ragland some type of theatrical experience … email angelinacommunitytheatre@ said. “We’re working toward dinner There’s been a desire to have someyahoo.com.

Vicky Camarillo’s email address is theater, but we’re trying to get every- thing, but just actually getting it off vcamarillo@lufkindailynews.com. thing up and going off the ground.” the ground has taken some time.”

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YouthBuild of the Pineywoods silent auction coming up Goodwill of Central East Texas

YouthBuild of the Pineywoods built this cedar doghouse for silent auction to raise funds for the YouthBuild program.

Minimum bid is $300, and the deadline to submit a bid is 7 p.m. Feb. 11. For more information contact Howard Smith at 6328838 or howard.smith@lufkingoodwill.org.

on top of treated four-by-fours.

The dog house is on display at Get a great, hand-built cedar the Goodwill store at 301 Hill St. dog house for your favorite pooch Bid forms are available on the and support at-risk youth who are YouthBuild Auction page on the working to improve their lives and lufkingoodwill.org website. learn the construction trade at the Sealed bids can be dropped off same time. at any Goodwill location in Lufkin, Students with YouthBuild of the Diboll or Nacogdoches. Minimum Pineywoods designed and built a bid is $300, and the deadline to large cedar dog house and are hold- submit a bid is 7 p.m. Feb. 11. The ing a silent auction to raise funds winning bidder will be contacted for the program.

Feb. 12.

The dog house is scaled from YouthBuild of the Pineywoods is actual house blueprints. It has a program that provides job traincedar siding treated with Thomping and educational opportunities son Water Seal, a wind-blocking for at-risk youth while assisting in entrance wall, window with acrylic the construction or rehabilitation insert and a joisted floor that sits of affordable housing for low-in-

come or homeless families in Angelina and Nacogdoches counties.

Operated through Goodwill of Central East Texas in Lufkin, YouthBuild is in its third year.

While it was started using grant funds, YouthBuild has operated the past year without grants or any other type of funding.

Proceeds from the auction will provide funds for transportation, necessary materials and certificates — all of which enable YouthBuild students to complete the curriculum and be qualified for the construction workplace.

For more information, contact Howard Smith at 632-8838 or howard.smith@lufkingoodwill.org.

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AROUND east texas Black Violin concert now at Temple Theater The Angelina Arts Alliance has announced that the location for the Black Violin concert scheduled for 7 p.m.

Feb. 9 has been moved to the Temple Theater on the Angelina College campus.

Part of the 2015-16 Schooltime Outreach Series, this is a family-friendly concert and promises to be as thrilling for parents as it is for children and students.

Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for children/students.

For more information visit the Temple Theater Box Office from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays on the Angelina College campus, call 633-5454, or go online at angelinaarts.org.

Museum hosts Fun in the Forest After Dark The Texas Forestry Museum invites all Kids’ Club members to attend Fun in the Forest After Dark from 5:307:30 p.m. Feb. 9 at the museum, 1905 Atkinson Drive.

At the event, kids will learn how to build a fire safely from Texas A&M Forest Service employee Jan Amen. They also will make a craft and ask Donna Work, a Texas A&M Forest Service employee, any questions they may have about nocturnal animals.

Children will have the chance to enjoy a hotdog dinner around a campfire.

Finally, the kids and their families will be able to take a night walk on the museum’s Urban Wildscape Trail.

Volunteers are needed for the event.

Please RSVP by Friday to 632-9535. Wear closed-toe shoes and bring a flashlight.

If you are not a current Kids’ Club member, you may join for $5. You must be a member to attend this event.

MET displaying art from rodeo competition Students from Lufkin, Hudson, Madisonville and Trinity school districts are displaying their artistic talents at the Museum of East Texas through Feb. 14.

The MET’s mission is education through exhibitions of art and history and to actively encourage art among youth.

It is honored to host the annual Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo School Art area competition.

The exhibition consists of art in a variety of mediums from students in grades K-12 with a common theme of rodeo events and agricultural heritage.

The show displays approximately 1,000 pieces of artwork, and students are competing for ribbons, medals and scholarships. Students finishing with a Gold Medal or Best of Show award will receive tickets to the awards program and the HLS&R events at the Reliant Center.

High school seniors will be eligible to apply for 15 four-year $18,000 scholarships.

High school students will also be eligible for the HLS&R Auction if they finish with a Special Merit, Gold Medal, or Best of Show award.

High School Best of Show, Gold Medal, and Special Merit winners are eligible to attend summer workshops at the Western Art Academy in Kerrville. Student winners K-12 are eligible to attend the Glassell Junior School of Art in Houston.

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More than 100 entries in this year’s Market Hog Show The Angelina County Market Hog Show entries has topped 100 this year.

Always the most popular and competitive of the livestock divisions, this year promises to be no different with 102 cary sims entries.

John and Lea Ann Holt from Huntington have their two kids, Rylee and Macy, showing hogs this year. Their son Rylee is 15 and in the ninth grade at Lufkin High School. This will be his seventh year to show. Their daughter Macy is now 10 years old and attends Huntington Intermediate School. This is her second year to show. Showing hogs at the county fair has become a tradition in the Holt family.

The daily routine at the Holts includes feeding between 6 and 7 a.m., and then again between 6 and 7 p.m. They work with the hogs three to five times a week by walking them in the pasture. They are also given baths frequently and oiled to condition their skin. Macy loves to scratch her pig on the belly so it will lie down like a dog.

Raising and showing a marketready pig that can make the auction at the County Fair requires dedication, hard work and a little luck.

Pigs raised for this year’s show were entered and ear tagged on Dec. 5, 2015, at the Central High School Ag Barn. From that point until the hog show on Feb. 26, families across the county have been carefully feeding and raising their projects.

Exhibitors usually select their

Rylee Holt works with his barrow in preparation for the hog show Feb. 26 at the Angelina County Fair. This is Rylee’s seventh year to compete. animals when the pigs are 8 to 10 weeks old and weigh from 40 to 80 pounds. The challenge is to try to predict what that feeder pig will look like at market weight, which is about 250 pounds or 6 months of age.

Once at home, pigs are given prime attention. The most important nutrient is clean water.

Checking the water is a daily task. Nutrients and feed intake are monitored closely and there is lots of competition among feed companies to provide the best blended feed to raise a champion.

Rylee’s hog was purchased in October. He is a cross-bred barrow that weighs approximately 190 pounds and is on track for a great entry weight.

This hog is already 6 months old.

Macy’s hog also was purchased in October. It is a light cross gilt that weighs approximately 150 pounds. Her hog is only 5 months old and will be the ideal

age at the show, one month away.

The Angelina County Fair allows exhibitors to show either a barrow (castrated male) or gilt (young female). If you watch the show, you’ll notice that gilts are favored by the exhibitors.

Hogs may weigh no less than 220 pounds and no more than 270 pounds at the official weigh-in.

Entries that fail to meet these weights will be disqualified.

Exhibitors practice walking them with a “bat” or “whip,” which they use to tap on the shoulders to direct which way the hogs will walk in the show ring. While it may look like chaos with pigs meandering around, the better showmen will keep their hog in front of the judge much longer than others so that they may get a better look.

The judge will be looking at several aspects before placing the class. You will hear him speak of things like soundness, condition and muscling.

Macy Holt scratches her gilt’s stomach as a reward for doing well during a work session in preparation for the hog show Feb. 26 at the Angelina County Fair. This year is Macy’s second year in the County Fair.

In order to place high enough to make the auction, a hog will need to be structurally sound and able to move around easily, have the right level of condition (read: “fat cover”) and have plenty of volume (or muscling) down the top and in the ham.

Rylee, Macy and the other

exhibitors in the hog show will compete in the show sponsored

by Allen Loggins & Sons on Feb. 26. Only the top 56 hogs will be sold at auction at 4 p.m. Feb. 27.

Cary Sims is the County Extension Agent for agriculture and natural resources for Angelina County. His email address is cw-sims@tamu.edu.

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“As many Texans will be watching football playoffs leading up to the big game, we strongly urge drivers to plan for a sober ride to attend watch parties,” said Carol Rawson, TxDOT traffic operations division director. “Crashes caused by drinking and driving are 100 percent preventable. Before you drink, make a game plan to get home safely. It’s a decision that could save a life.”

During the 2014 football season (Sept. 4, 2014 through Feb. 1,

2015), there were 10,676 alcohol■ Calling a taxi or using a related traffic crashes in Texas. transportation app on your Those crashes resulted in 492 smartphone. fatalities.

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Holly is a 6-month-old, pointer mix who is looking for a family that loves to have fun. She is intelligent and would love to learn new tricks. Her fun-loving play style has made Holly, popular with the kids who come to visit. Her favorite activities include playing with balls and stuffed toys. Visit Holly at the Kurth Memorial Animal Shelter and Adoption Center, 1901 Hill St. The shelter is open from 10 a.m.-4:45 p.m. Monday through Saturday. For more information call 633-0218.

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about. My children and grandchildren in the Northeast had snow. The Jumpers in Fairfax, Virginia, had 29 inches. Charlie had his machine out clearing drives and sidewalks. Grandson Tyler was shoveling drives for money. The Herde family in Hingham near Boston had four inches of snow. They hired a plow to clear their driveway.

Glad that we are in East Texas.

I lost my friend Cedric Orange Sr. and found him in El Paso. He is near his daughter, who is in college there.

Angier Peavy spent five days in isolation for a massive C. diff infection. She is home and fine. I found out that she was in the hospital when I called her mother, Frances Peavy, to see if Burkina Faso in Africa was where Angier had worked with the U.S. State Department. That was the hotel where she stayed while working there. She collected glasses for the weavers. Angier said that the Burkinabe were working so hard to keep the trouble in Mali from coming to them.

I got six pictures of Peck Bradshaw from his widow and sent them to the woman in Hawaii who is coordinating Fallen Heroes. I got on a roll and through “findagrave.com” I found SFC Hoover Morris, who is buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery, and Sgt. M.C. Page, buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery. Morris attended Dunbar and was the first from Angelina County to die in Vietnam. The other was Charles Quinten Polk, who is buried in Sims Rocky Hill Cemetery. He was a PFC in the Marines. Louis Landers at the Diboll History Center found Preston Ivey Russaw from Diboll, and the family of Daniel H. Tate sent his picture.

There were 18 from Angelina County killed in the war. We have a picture to go with all of them.

You can go to vvmf.org/ thewall and click “advanced search” and put in Angelina

County and Texas, and the pictures will be there.

Molly Colwell called to tell me that she had two bluebirds that were nesting. Ernest cleaned out our bluebird houses, and we had a bluebird that afternoon. She also had a yard full of cardinals.

She calls to make me jealous.

Shirley Jackson, JoAnn Bonner, Sandra McCarty and Lynda Zimmerman had lunch at the Restoration Bar honoring Shirley’s birthday. All are 1958 LHS graduates.

Sharon Kruk questioned the perfect poinsettia that Tonja Childers has on her desk. Tonja said that she sent Sharon a picture of it. Still looks good.

Charlene Cortines sent information about grandson John Cortines’ book titled “God and Money.” She is very proud of him and his journey. John and his wife Megan have two children Anna, 1, and Jack, 3, and have relocated to Orlando, Florida, after he completed his MBA from Harvard and accepted a position with Generous Giving Inc. Below is the link and information from Amazon for preorder.

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Scotty Nunn, along with several others on the board of directors, has been working on bringing community theater back to Lufkin for almost two years (including Hilary Walker, Pat Baldwin, Amber Wagnon, Teresa Ragland and several others in the community) and are a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit. They will ready for their first show at 7 p.m. Thursday. This play is a hilarious comedy about a dysfunctional family dealing with funeral preparations after the patriarch of the family passes.

The play has been performed in major cities across the U.S.

Julie (Jumper) and husband Rocky Morris are in town for the week to celebrate birthdays with Ernest on the 28th. Kids and grandkids will be here on Saturday. Wednesday, Julie, Carolyn New, Mary Jane West and Patsy Hines enjoyed a birthday lunch for Julie at MarTeres Tea Room.

Julie and I had a pedicure and manicure at Happy Nails and were put on Facebook. I met Auraelia Newton, wife of the new minister, Mark Newton, at First Baptist Church. I was impressed at the people she knew in just two weeks. Thanks for all of the birthday wishes for Julie and acknowledging that I am still around and kicking. Birthday dinner was at Cajun Oaks, their favorite Cajun food.

Margaret Purke told me her son, Matt Purke, and wife Sophie will be reporting to Glendale, Arizona, Feb. 21 to play with the Chicago White Sox. Matt will pitch one inning in the TCU alumni baseball game on Feb. 13.

Marietta Moreau was in the

post office trying to get us to move to PineCrest. She said that she and Bill are so happy there. I told her that I could not get rid of my “stuff” to move. She said that her daughters, the Rev. Elizabeth Moreau at the Kingwood United Methodist Church and Marcella Moss in Charlotte, North Carolina, had inherited her good things. She said that she enjoyed going to Elizabeth’s and seeing the china and silver that she was using.

Cheri Gandy Due was buying a dog house at Lowe’s when Julie and I were there getting plants for the patio.

We ate Tuesday at Which Wich on the day when they gave 40 percent to LHS Project Celebration.

Some dining were Diana Roche, Sumner and Donna Osgood; Polly Goodier had a take-out, Ginger Bates also had a take-out and so did Amy Corley.

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The tireless efforts of Kurth Memorial Animal Shelter’s staff and volunteers are evident in the center’s 2015 stats report, released last week.

The euthanasia rate for 2015 fell to 57 percent compared to 62 percent in 2014, 71 percent five years ago and 83 percent nearly a decade ago.

“We are excited to see the euthanasia statistics continue to trend downward, but we also realize there is still a lot of work to be done in the community and county,” Shelter Director Aaron Ramsey said.

Another success is the intake rate — down 13 percent compared to 2014 with 5,572 animals sheltered at the facility throughout the year. Ramsey said he attributes that number’s decrease to spay and neuter programs available through the city, county and private organizations.

“The more the community understands the importance of spaying and neutering pets, and the reality of what happens when people don’t alter their animals, is key to reducing the number of unwanted animals,” Ramsey said. “We believe raising awareness and education is vital.”

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“We are very grateful for the dedication and hard work our volunteers, staff and animal rescue organizations put in on a daily basis to reduce euthanasia and intake numbers,” he said.

“It’s a team effort and takes involvement from all of the community and not just animal welfare workers.”

The shelter’s Boots, Best Buddies and Barbecue event is set for 7- 11 p.m. March 5 at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center.

Guests can dance the night away to live music by Glenn Lenderman while enjoying barbecue sandwiches from Briggs’ BBQ. All proceeds will go into the shelter’s Vetting Fund, which will help the shelter continue its 2015 results into this year and beyond. Tickets are $15 and available at the shelter at 1901 Hill St. or at the door the night of the event. Call 634-7090 for more information or to learn how to get involved as a volunteer.

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By CAROLE FELDMAN The Associated Press

Filing electronically

Taxpayers increasingly are choosing to file electronically.

WASHINGTON — What’s new when Electronic filing was up 2.4 percent you file your taxes this year? Taxpayin 2015 from 2014. Similarly, the use of direct deposit for refund checks also is ers without health insurance will face gaining in popularity. Last year, more larger penalties, and those insured by their employers will get a new tax form. than 86 million tax refunds were paid through direct deposit, up 2.7 percent There also have been adjustments for inflation, and Congress extended expir- over 2014.

Overall, the average refund in 2015 ing tax breaks, some permanently. was $2,797, a slight increase over the “The good news is that we finally previous year. have some certainty,” said Kathy “Choosing e-file and direct deposit for Pickering, executive director of the Tax refunds remains the fastest and safest Institute at H&R Block. way to file an accurate income tax reThe arrival of the new year means it’s time to start thinking about gather- turn and receive a refund,” the IRS said on its website. ing the documents needed to file taxes.

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More time to file To combat the problem, the IRS Tax season opens Jan. 19, when the Internal Revenue Service begins accept- launched a public awareness campaign in November and began issuing a series ing returns. of tips on how to protect data online.

If you like to procrastinate, you’ll “The IRS and the states have been have four extra days — counting Feb. 29 working to get better at detecting these because this is a leap year — to file withfalse returns, but as the criminals steal out needing an extension. The deadline more and more personal data, they can is April 18 because of the celebration do an even better job of making a tax of Emancipation Day in the District of return look legitimate,” IRS CommisColumbia. If you live in Massachusetts sioner John Koskinen said in a stateor Maine, Patriots Day means you’ll ment. have still another day to file.

“In short, the criminals are evolving, Taxpayers will not see many signifiand so must we,” he said. cant changes when they start filling At an IRS security summit, tax out their forms, said Greg Rosica, tax preparers, software companies and partner at Ernst & Young LLP. the agency came together “to establish But do take into account any changes standards for authenticating tax filers in your personal life, he urged. Did you online, and sharing information with get married, have a child or begin carthe IRS and state departments of reving for an elderly relative, for example? enue on patterns of fraudulent behav“As things change in your personal ior,” Pickering said. life, so do taxes change,” he said.

Taxpayers filing electronically might Tax brackets, the value of each see requests for stronger passwords, exemption and the standard deduction and security questions to help validate have been adjusted for inflation. So have that they are who they say they are. the levels at which certain tax credits The extra security “shouldn’t be and deductions begin to phase out. burdensome,” Pickering said, and Fewer people are itemizing because could help taxpayers feel “a little more the standard deduction continues to protected.” creep upward, said Barbara Weltman, States also are taking steps, she said; a consultant and author of books on more than a dozen now require employtaxes, law and finance. ers to send copies of the W-2 directly to For 2015, the standard deduction is them by Jan. 31. The IRS also plans to $6,300 for single filers, $12,600 for marrequire that in the future. ried couples filing jointly and $9,250 for Taxpayers should know that the IRS heads of household. “does not initiate contact by email to Each personal exemption is worth request personal or financial informa$4,000, up from $3,950 in 2014, according tion,” the agency emphasizes on its to the IRS. website. “This includes any type of

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The deadline to file your taxes this year is April 18 because of the celebration of Emancipation Day in the District of Columbia. electronic communication, such as text messages and social media channels.”

If your identity is stolen, resolving the issue can take months, even longer.

“It’s very difficult for taxpayers as well as practitioners to effectively resolve issues,” says Joseph Perry, the partner in charge of the tax and business services at Marcum LLP.

Health insurance and taxes

“The Affordable Care Act has now made health care a tax issue,” Pickering said.

In a report to Congress earlier this month, National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson said the IRS faced “a few unanticipated challenges” last year regarding the tax-related provisions of the health care law. “In general,” she said, “the IRS has sufficiently addressed the issues as they arise in order to avoid similar issues in future filing season.”

Taxpayers will see some new forms, 1095B and 1095C, if they have employerprovided health insurance or got it outside the marketplace. Lisa GreeneLewis, CPA and editor of the TurboTax blog, called the forms a “non-issue.” She said they are informational only.

“The IRS computers are going to be able to verify your information that you and your dependents had the coverage,” she said.

Taxpayers who didn’t have coverage in 2015 or didn’t qualify for an exemption from coverage will face significantly higher penalties than last year, meaning a bigger tax bill come April or a smaller refund.

“The fee is calculated two different ways — as a percentage of your household income and per person,” according to the federal website healthcare.gov.

“You’ll pay whichever is higher.”

For those who don’t qualify for an exemption, the penalty for not having insurance in 2015 is generally the greater of $325 per person or 2 percent of taxable income over the filing threshold up to certain limits.

Last year was the first time penalties were collected. Recently released IRS numbers indicate that 7.9 million households paid fines averaging $210 apiece on their tax returns for 2014. The penalties then were lower — $95 for the flat fee, or 1 percent of taxable income.

Many lower-income people are exempt from the penalty, so taxpayers should check if they qualify for an exemption (use Form 8965 to do so).

About 3.5 million returns were filed that included the health insurance premium tax credit — a key part of the health care law.

Taxpayers can either get the credit in advance when buying insurance through the exchanges or receive it as a refund on their taxes. Either way, they need to fill out Form 8962 and attach it to their return.

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Greene-Lewis said that before the ruling, some couples had to prepare as many as five separate returns. Now, she said, “The process is as any married couple.”

Tax breaks extended

Congress acted in mid-December to extend about 50 expiring tax breaks for individuals and businesses. “Some of the credits and deductions which are pretty popular with people have been extended permanently,” Pickering said.

The American Opportunity Tax Credit, for example, provides eligible students with a maximum annual credit of $2,500 for the first four years of college. The congressional action making it permanent helps students or their parents plan four years out, she said.

Congress also made permanent the $250 above-the-line deduction for elementary and secondary-school teachers who use their own money to buy school supplies, as well as the deduction for state and local sales taxes, primarily designed for people who live in states without a state income tax.

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Area schools await Monday’s realignment news

By BRANDON OGDEN The Lufkin News On the first day of February during every even-numbered year, the University Interscholastic League decides to shake up high school districts and classifications.

On Monday, high schools across the state will find out what district they will be competing in for various sports.

Lufkin knows it will be moving up to Class 6A, but it doesn’t know which district it will be put in.

“With the UIL, you don’t plan on anything,” Lufkin athletic director and head football coach Todd Quick said. “You adjust when they send everything out. Nobody knows; it’s the best-kept secret in the nation. It’s hard to prepare, because when you think you know, they are going to throw you a curve.”

Projections on theoldcoach.com have Lufkin joining District 14-6A with The Wood-

lands, Conroe, Conroe Oak Ridge, College Park, Atascocita, Kingwood and Humble Summer Creek.

“That’s definitely an option,” Quick said.

“We know how to get there on a bus. They’re in a seven-team district, we would make eight, so that makes sense. But like I said, I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

The one thing Lufkin does know is that it won’t be in a district with rival Nacogdoches anymore, but the two schools will continue playing each other in football during nondistrict.

While many coaches will be visiting one of the multiple region sites on Monday, Quick said he plans to stay in Lufkin when the news is announced.

For Diboll and Huntington, the football district will change some, but it’s the other sports where both schools hope for some change.

“The best thing for me, as an AD, is hope-

fully we will be with the same teams for football, basketball, baseball and all sports,” Huntington athletic director Shawn Jones said. “It helps build school rivalries.

“Right now, football has its own district, basketball its own and volleyball its own. It’s very weird. As an AD, I would like to have one district that the school can rally around.”

For the past two years, Huntington and Diboll were in District 8-4A, Division II with Tarkington, Coldspring-Oakhurst, Madisonville and Shepherd.

For basketball and volleyball, Huntington and Diboll were in four-team districts, where every team advanced to the playoffs.

Hudson and Jasper were the other teams for basketball and baseball, while Jasper and Center were the other teams for volleyball.

As far as football is concerned, location and district size are all factors they are focused on

“With the UIL, you don’t plan on anything. You adjust when they send everything out. Nobody knows; it’s the best-kept secret in the nation. It’s hard to QUICK prepare, because when you think you know, they are going to throw you a curve.”

Todd Quick

Lufkin athletic director and head football coach

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HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

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Hudson hosting Hoops for a Cure

By BRANDON OGDEN The Lufkin News Hudson High School will be hosting its annual Hoops for a Cure on Friday.

The girls and boys will be hosting Jasper. All of the money raised will go to the V Foundation for Cancer Research, which was formed by ESPN and former North Carolina State basketball coach Jim Valvano in 1993.

“We want to do what we can to help raise awareness,” Hudson girls basketball coach Kirsten Hines said. “We’ve given all the money we have raised to them the past few years. Cancer touches everybody. The kids enjoy playing for the cause, because they all know somebody

who has some form of cancer.”

Hines said $1,473 was raised during the event last year.

Shirts for the event were sold and will be worn by some fans in attendance, and the players will also wear them while warming up before the game. All of the proceeds from the shirt sales will be added to the donations gathered on Friday to be sent to the V Foundation.

Also this week, Hudson will host Peavy/Bonner Night on Tuesday when the Hornets and Lady Hornets host Huntington. There will be multiple activities for students at Hudson’s primary and elementary schools.

Brandon Ogden’s email address is bogden@lufkindailynews.com.

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Lufkin Lady Panther Ashley Walker, shown here in a game against Longview, has been selected for the South Texas Youth Soccer’s State Olympic Development Team, an elite group that will train

throughout the spring with collegiate coaches while working toward participation in a regional camp scheduled to take place this summer in Alabama.

Lufkin sophomore Walker selected for Olympic Development Team

By GARY STALLARD For The Lufkin News

with collegiate coaches while working toward alk about a way to ruin a good participation in a regional night’s sleep. camp scheduled to take Back in December, Lufkin Lady place this summer in AlaPanther Ashley Walker learned bama. The regional camp from her mother, Rebecca, that Ashley had will consist of other select been selected for one of the biggest honors a players from such states high school soccer player could ever hope to as Texas, Oklahoma, WALKER achieve.

Alabama and others. The Ashley’s mom told her — just minutes be- group’s goal is to identify, fore midnight — that the Lady Pack forward train and showcase potential regional and had been selected for the South Texas Youth national players to represent South Texas Soccer’s State Olympic Development Team. and is considered an opportunity for the top “I found out in December at about 11:30 at players from each state in the U.S. night,” Walker said. “Mom came in and told Walker said her willingness to play any me, and I was just like, ‘For real? I made it?’ I position may have been one of the determinhad the jitters so bad I stayed up for a while, ing factors in her selection from a pool of but I finally went to bed. It took a while for it thousands. Along with her duties with the to sink in.”

Lady Panthers, Walker plays with a club The ODP team is considered an elite team, the LFC Dynamites, where she first group that will train throughout the spring displayed her abilities to play multiple posi-

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tions. Her open approach stemmed more from necessity than anything done intentionally.

“I think my versatility definitely helped me get selected,” Walker said. “My coach asked me what position I played, and I just told her I’d play anywhere she needed me.

On our select team, if a player wasn’t there, my coach would just move me all around.

I started out on defense, then I moved to forward and now I play a little of everything.

For my select team, I’ll play wherever my coach puts me.

“Basically, I’ve had experience in all of those positions. My preference is midfield because you get to control the game more, but it really doesn’t matter. As long as I’m on the pitch, I’m cool.”

Walker first began playing soccer at 4 years old, but realized at an early age the SEE WALKER, PAGE 3C

AC Press photo by DeShun Pham-Adams

Angelina College’s LaNeique Nealey (23) soars above Blinn College’s Jeliah Preston during Saturday’s game. Blinn held off a late Lady Roadrunner rally to win 72-67 at Shands Gymnasium.

Lady Roadrunner rally falls short against Blinn AC News Service Down by 14 points with just under six minutes to play, Angelina College’s Lady Roadrunners staged a furious rally, cutting Blinn College’s lead to three points with 1:23 to play in the contest.

They couldn’t close the gap, however, with the Lady Bucs hitting clutch shots down the stretch to hold off AC 72-67 Saturday at Shands Gymnasium.

Blinn’s Ebony Parker hit a three-point dagger with 1:02 to play, and teammate Ekiya

Gray followed up with three free throws in the final 30 seconds to seal the Lady Bucs’ win.

The Lady ’Runners dug themselves the double-digit deficit hole with an uncharacteristic rash of turnovers: AC lost the ball 21 times, leading to 22 points for Blinn. Much of the credit went to the Lady Buc defenders, who used their interior length to thwart the Lady Roadrunners’ attempts at entry passes in the paint. Blinn’s Penina Faumui SEE AC, PAGE 3C

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SFA basketball team has plenty of leadership B

rad Underwood takes Pinkney leads the offense at great pleasure in the fact the point guard position and the that he is able to defense by guarding coach the Stephen F. the opposing team’s Austin Lumberjacks. ball-handler.

As far as leading?

Although he does He said he is able not score much, to leave that up to his Pinkney is crucial to players. the scheme of things.

While points, He has 65 assists to defense, steals and lay only 12 turnovers and ups are all part of the is second on the team equation to playing in steals with 33. a winning brand of Walkup, last kevin gore basketball, Underwood year’s league MVP, said the one quality a team can- is the face of the Lumberjacks’ not lose sight of is leadership. program, with his tough, rugged Winning teams have it. Losing style of play and a beard that teams seek it. resembles a Lumberjack.

According to Underwood, SFA This dude can chop some has plenty of it. wood.

“We have a variety of different He leads the team in scorleaders, guys who are vocal and ing (16.4 ppg), rebounding (6.1 other guys who lead different rpg), steals, assists and minutes ways — guys who lead by explayed. ample,” he said. “Then, there are The 6-5 Walkup can go high for some rah-rah guys.” a wind-mill dunk to inspire his The players to start with teammates and excite the crowd. are seniors Trey Pinkney and He can also go up to the glass for Thomas Walkup, the only holdblocks against taller players. over players from former coach With SFA having won three Danny Kaspar’s era. straight league titles — one

under Kaspar and two under Underwood — Walkup and Pinkney have a shot to reach history at SFA and in the Southland. They would become the first players to win four league titles.

“Let’s understand the value of Tom and Trey because of what they have done, and everyone knows that,” Underwood said.

“That is the true value of having experience.”

Forward Clide Geffrard, who averages 12.7 points and 6.2 boards per game in 23.9 minutes per outing, has become a leader in the locker room.

“He commands the locker room in a lot of ways,” Underwood said.

Then, there are senior guards Demetrious Floyd and Jared Jones, guys who have never taken a shot they didn’t like.

Besides instant offense from the perimeter, these players have leadership qualities.

“Those guys work hard — they are complete gym rats,” Underwood said. “Before our summer workouts, Demetrious was getting up every morning,

running steps in the football stadium.

“He and Jared Johnson, those guys shoot the ball probably 1,500 to 2,000 shots a week, outside of practice.”

The non-senior leader of the team is junior guard Dallas Cameron, who has a nice 35 assists to nine turnovers ratio and values playing tenacious on the defensive end of the court.

No question, the Lumberjacks are the team to beat in the Southland. It’s not so much because of what they have done the last three seasons in winning titles. It’s because of how they do it.

Underwood said it’s pretty simple. He demands his players understand the importance of bringing their best every day and to every practice.

If all else fails, be the hardest worker, he said. Considering the talent that Underwood and his staff have assembled, working hard and having quality players equal success.

“We take great pride in our work ethic and the culture here,”

11-0 run helps SFA beat Texas A&M CC 66-61 CORPUS CHRISTI (AP) — Thomas Walkup scored 17 points and Stephen F. Austin charged back to beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 66-61 on Saturday.

The teams entered the game in a three-way tie with Houston Baptist for first place in the Southland Conference, each at 7-0.

The win extends the Lumberjacks conference win streak to 16 games and marks their third straight year with at least an 8-0 start. the coach said. “If the seniors don’t do that, then we have a chink in the armor. We want to be everyday guys. We want guys to show up and to work.

“The seniors have done that at a very high level. Tom and Trey

Clide Geffrard added 15 points and nine rebounds, and Demetrious Floyd had 11 points for the Lumberjacks (15-5, 8-0).

Ty Charles scored 10 with eight boards.

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi led 57-53 with 3:23 left, but a Walkup jumper sparked an 11-0 run, capped by a Geffrard dunk, to put Stephen F. Austin up 64-57 with 18 seconds left.

Bryce Douvier led the Islanders (16-4, 7-1) with 16 points and nine rebounds. Rashawn Thomas added 14 points. have positioned themselves to win four conference titles, which has never been done. To be able to do that, you have to work hard.”

Kevin Gore’s email address is kgore@dailysentinel.com.

PRO TENNIS

Kerber upsets Serena Williams to win Australian title

By JOHN PYE AP Sports Writer MELBOURNE, Australia — Serena Williams put up both hands after sending a forehand long and high over the baseline in the first set. She wanted nothing to do with yet another unforced error in her Australian Open final against Angelique Kerber.

For the second time in as many majors, Williams fell short of equaling Steffi Graf’s Open-era record of 22 Grand Slam singles titles.

No. 7-seeded Kerber had never played in a major final and had lost five of her six previous career meetings with Williams, but she responded with a stunning 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 upset win over the six-time Australian Open champion.

Williams had won the title every previous time she’d reached the final at Melbourne Park, and was overwhelming favorite to continue that streak against Kerber, who joked she was “one leg in the plane to Germany” when she faced match point in her first-round win over Misaki Doi. “I mean, every time I walk in this room, everyone expects me to win every single match, every single day of my life,” Williams said in her post-match news conference. “As much as I would like to be a robot, I’m not.”

The 28-year-old Kerber used acute angles to keep Williams guessing, tossed in two drop shots for a crucial break in the long sixth game of the third set, and continually tried to pass the 21-time major winner or forced errors at the net.

And she had five service breaks — two in the first, and three in third set — against the

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Angelique Kerber of Germany celebrates after defeating Serena Williams of the United States in the women’s singles final at the

Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday.

top-ranked Williams, who hadn’t dropped a set in the previous six rounds.

“My whole life I was working really hard and now I’m here and I can say I’m a Grand Slam champion,” said Kerber, who had only reached the semifinals twice at the majors and hadn’t been beyond the quarterfinals since Wimbledon in 2012. “It sounds really crazy and unbelievable.”

She is the first German woman to win the Australian title since Graf in 1994, and is projected to

It took her 33 majors to win the title — sixth on the list for longest waits that is topped by 2015 U.S. Open champion Flavia Pennetta’s 49.

Williams admitted previously she became nervous and was stalled for a while trying to get to 18 major titles, to equal Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova’s career marks in second spot in the Open era. For three majors, Williams didn’t reach the quarterfinals, but when she finally won her 18th, it triggered a roll of four straight major titles.

rise to No. 2 in the rankings next week.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was quick to respond, saying “It was fascinating to see how courageously and with such nerves of steel how you prevailed against arguably the best player in the world.”

And other congratulatory messages poured in.

“My phone is exploding right now,” Kerber said. “It’s so good also for German tennis. After Steffi, now somebody won a Grand Slam.”

Now she’s on 21.

“I was nervous before the match,” Williams said. “Once it got started, it was so intense ... I didn’t really have time to be nervous.”

Williams won the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon titles last year before losing to Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open semifinals.

After being so close to a calendar-year Grand Slam in 2015, she has no chance to push for that honor in 2016 after losing the season’s first major.

Despite a rash of uncharacteristic unforced errors, Williams pushed Kerber all the way. She had never lost a major final that went three sets, and she had only lost to three players — twice to her sister Venus (U.S. Open 2001, Wimbledon 2008), and once each to Maria Sharapova (Wimbledon 2004) and Sam Stosur (U.S. Open 2011) .

Kerber had a chance to serve for the match at 5-3 in the third but couldn’t hold. Williams had a chance to level but dropped her serve, too. It finished when she hit a forehand volley long on championship point, her 46th unforced error.

Kerber dropped her racket on the court and lay flat on her back as Williams walked around the net to embrace her.

“She had an attitude that I think a lot of people can learn from — to always stay positive and never give up,” Williams said. “If I couldn’t win, I’m happy she did.”

Kerber credited Williams with being an inspiration to a generation of players.

“You created history, you are a champion, you are a really an unbelievably great person,” Kerber said. “So congratulations for everything you did already.”

Novak Djokovic is chasing history on Sunday night, aiming to join Roy Emerson as the only sixtime Australian Open champion.

He’s 5-0 in finals at Melbourne Park, and will be meeting Andy Murray, who is 0-4 in finals here.

Murray was at Rod Laver Arena after midnight to see his older brother, Jamie, combine with Bruno Soares to beat Daniel Nestor and Radek Stepanek 2-6, 6-4, 7-5 for the men’s doubles title.

“Andy, you should be in bed,” the older sibling said.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Selden leads No. 4 Kansas past No. 20 Kentucky 90-84 in OT LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Wayne Selden Jr. scored a careerhigh 33 points, seven in overtime, and fourth-ranked Kansas beat No. 20 Kentucky 90-84 on Saturday night in the premier showdown of the Big 12/SEC Challenge.

Frank Mason III added 13 points and eight rebounds for the Jayhawks (17-4), who snapped a three-game losing streak to the Wildcats (16-5) by winning their 35th straight game at Allen Fieldhouse.

It wasn’t easy.

The Wildcats built an eightpoint lead midway through the second half before Kansas switched to a zone defense and mounted a comeback. Perry Ellis made the second of two free throws to tie the game 76-all with 9 seconds left, and Tyler Ulis coughed up the ball at the other end before Kentucky got off a shot.

In fact, the turnover gave Mason a chance for a half-court heave that he nearly made.

But when the game went to overtime, Selden simply took over.

He opened the extra session with a couple of free throws, and then on the next trip down drove to the rim and dunked over Ulis and 6-foot-11 freshman Skal La-

bissiere. Selden added two more free throws later in overtime to help the Jayhawks end the Wildcats’ three game winning streak.

■ No. 16 Louisville falls to No. 11 Virginia, 63-47 — Last year, Louisville overcame a slow start at Virginia to make it competitive in the final minute. Saturday’s first matchup was a runaway from the jump and never got any better for the 16th-ranked Cardinals.

Louisville (17-4, 6-2 Atlantic Coast Conference) had its worst outing of the year, scoring just 14 points in the first half of a 63-47 loss to No. 11 Virginia.

Louisville managed just 13 first-half points last season in Charlottesville but made it a onepossession game with 18 seconds left before losing 52-47 on Feb. 8, 2015. That was the last time the Cardinals had scored less than 50 points before Saturday, which was far worse, as they finished with more turnovers (18) than field goals (16).

“We turned the ball over too much and you can’t do that against a Virginia team,” Louisville coach Rick Pitino said.

“They played like an experienced basketball team. We played like a bunch of inexperienced guys that didn’t know what they were in for.”

Louisville shot a season-low 33 percent (16 of 49) from the field, including just 4 of 19 (21 percent) in the first half. The Cardinals made just six shots through 26 minutes, losing for the first time at home this season and having their four-game winning streak snapped.

■ Texas downs Vanderbilt 72-58 in Big 12/SEC Challenge — Game by game, Shaka Smart’s “havoc” style of play is taking shape at Texas.

The latest example: A 72-58 takedown of bigger and taller Vanderbilt on Saturday in the Big 12/SEC challenge, a win sparked by tenacious defense and aggressive play attacking the basket by Longhorns guards.

Kerwin Roach Jr. had 15 points and 11 rebounds and center Prince Ibeh added 13 points and 11 boards for Texas (14-7), which got its fifth win in six games in a mid-season surge in Smart’s first year with the Longhorns.

“Our guys are trying to play the way we’re asking them to play,” Smart said. “It’s a mentality.

Some people are born that way, some people it takes a year or two or three years in a program. The key to me, if I could say one word, would be aggressiveness. ... We had that edge today.”

■ Hannahs, Kingsley lead

Arkansas over Texas Tech, 75-68 in OT — Dusty Hannahs scowled with motivation, sighed out of frustration and in the end smiled with overwhelming satisfaction after putting together one of the best performances of his career against his former school.

The timing couldn’t have been any better for the Arkansas guard, who scored 21 of his 25 points in the first half as the Razorbacks (11-10) eventually pulled away in overtime for a 7568 win over Texas Tech on Saturday.

The game was the fifth overtime contest this season for Arkansas, but it was the first for Hannahs against the school where he spent the first two seasons of his career.

■ Prohm loses to mentor, No. 14 Iowa St falls to No. 5 Aggies — Iowa State coach Steve Prohm tried to filter out the emotion of facing his mentor.

It was tough to do, at least until tip-off Saturday against former boss Billy Kennedy and No. 5 Texas A&M. “Once you start the game, you’re more engaged with your team,” Prohm said after his No. 14 Cyclones lost 72-62 in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.

Danuel House scored 20 points, including a go-ahead 3 late in the

second half for Texas A&M (18-3).

■ TCU rallies 75-63 over Tennessee in Big 12-SEC Challenge — With a break from the brutal Big 12 schedule, Chris Washburn and TCU felt like they really needed to take advantage of the opportunity.

Malique Trent scored 14 of his 15 points after halftime, when the Horned Frogs had a pair of 10-0 runs and rallied from a 14-point deficit to beat Tennessee 75-63 on Saturday in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.

“We felt like this was a needwin game. We all came in here and played that way,” said Washburn, who had 14 points and nine rebound. “Just the way everything’s been going, we’d lost three or four straight games.

That’s why I felt like we needed to win this game.”

The Frogs (10-11), who get back into conference play next week at No. 1 Oklahoma and at home against No. 4 Kansas, had actually lost five in a row.

■ No. 17 Baylor surges past Georgia 83-73 in Big 12/SEC — Rico Gathers doesn’t really care if it’s the Big 12/SEC Challenge or just another challenging game in his difficult conference. The burly Baylor forward will throw his body around either way.

Gathers had 17 points and nine

rebounds, and the No. 17 Bears used a quick start to the second half to beat Georgia 83-73 in a break from the Big 12 on Saturday night, two days before what should be another home sellout in a showdown with rival Texas.

“It’s really no different,” said Gathers, the league’s active leader with 31 career double-doubles.

“As long as there’s a team out there to go play on whichever night it is, we just prepare the same.”

■ No. 13 SMU rebounds from 1st loss by beating Memphis 80-68 — Nic Moore scored 22 points and No. 13 SMU rebounded from its first loss of the season with an 80-68 victory over Memphis on Saturday night.

Freshman guard Shake Milton added 15 points for the Mustangs (19-1, 8-1 AAC), who led for all but 38 seconds back home in Moody Coliseum. They had their first double-digit lead only 8 minutes into the game.

While the Mustangs can win their second consecutive American Athletic Conference regularseason title, that is as far as they can go because of NCAA penalties that include a postseason ban this season. With 10 games left, they are still within reach of breaking the school record of 28 victories.

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PRO BASKETBALL

Rod Carew says he’s ‘not afraid to cry’ anymore Thunder get past

By Phil Miller Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Among the many changes in Rod Carew’s life since he nearly died twice last September from a major heart attack — from the machinery he must wear to keep his heart pumping, to the determination he has found to regain his strength and normalize his life, to the anticipation he feels over undergoing a heart transplant later this year — one new facet of the Hall of Famer’s life captured the emotions of a big crowd of Twins fans on Saturday.

“I’m not afraid to cry in front of people anymore,” Carew said through tears as he recounted twice being revived after his heart stopped on Sept. 20. He was hospitalized in five different hospitals until finally being released two days before Christmas, he said, and “I cried every day in that damn hospital.”

He was able to smile at Target Field on Saturday, though, as he acknowledged loud cheers and

several standing ovations from a large crowd of fans at TwinsFest, his first public appearance since the heart attack. LookCAREW ing thin but hardly fragile, the 70-year-old Carew thanked the public for getwell wishes, declared his resolve to take part in spring training next month, and announced a new campaign, “Heart of 29,” to raise money for the American Heart Association and awareness of heart disease.

“I’m living a bionic life. Wherever I go, this bag has to go with me. This is what runs my heart,” Carew said, lifting the backpacklike package that’s strapped around his waist and plugs into the wall at night. “I don’t want this to happen to anyone else.”

The 18-time All-Star and former AL MVP, accompanied by

his wife Rhonda — “my drill instructor,” he joked of her devotion to his recovery — held the crowd spellbound as they described what “this” meant: An attack with no warning signs, emergency surgery, and two complete stoppages of his heart.

“I lost my life twice that day,” Carew said as he recounted his memories of being revived by paramedics. He recalled seeing a light around the doctors as they prepared to use defibrillators on him, and wondered whether it was his guardian angel. “They brought me back to life, took me to the hospital, and at the end, almost lost me again. They had to paddle me again.”

Sometime in April, he hopes to be cleared to receive a heart transplant, a prospect that he said is far more exhilarating than frightening. “I’ve spoken to some of the guys who have had heart transplants, and they’re living normal lives and really enjoying themselves,” Carew said. “So I’m really looking forward to it.”

The seven-time batting champion is slowly regaining his strength, his determination and even his weight, now up to 187 pounds, not counting the eight pounds of batteries that his leftventricle assist device requires him to carry everywhere. He’s walking up to two miles a day at his Orange County, California, home, has returned to the driving range in hopes of resuming his golf game, and made it clear Saturday that no heart attack will keep him from Fort Myers, Florida, next month.

“Oh, I’m going to spring training,” he said to cheers and applause from the audience. His goal is to be walking seven miles a day by the time he arrives.

He’ll work with rookies on their bunting and baserunning, as he does every spring, and said he’s particularly looking forward to helping speedster Byron Buxton become a better bunter. Carew has even given some thought to how he can take his regular turn pitching batting practice.

scoreboard Area schedule TUESDAY, Feb. 2 High School Boys’ Basketball Lufkin at Whitehouse, 7:30 p.m.

Huntington at Hudson, 7 p.m.

Jasper at Diboll, 7:30 p.m.

Woodville at Central, 7:30 p.m.

Zavalla at West Sabine, 7:30 p.m.

High School Girls’ Basketball Lufkin at Whitehouse, 6 p.m.

Huntington at Hudson, 6 p.m.

Jasper at Diboll, 6:15 p.m.

Woodville at Central, 6:15 p.m.

Zavalla at West Sabine, 6:15 p.m.

High School Boys’ Soccer Jacksonville at Lufkin, 6 p.m.

High School Girls’ Soccer Lufkin at Jacksonville, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 3 Men’s College Basketball Angelina at Lamar-Port Arthur, 7:30 p.m.

Women’s College Basketball Tyler at Angelina, 6 p.m.

FRIDAY, Feb. 5 High School Boys’ Basketball Corsicana at Lufkin, 7:30 p.m.

Jasper at Hudson, 7 p.m.

Diboll at Huntington, 7:30 p.m.

Central at Garrison, 7:30 p.m.

Zavalla at Brookeland, 7:30 p.m.

High School Girls’ Basketball Corsicana at Lufkin, 6 p.m.

Jasper at Hudson, 6 p.m.

Diboll at Huntington, 6:15 p.m.

Central at Garrison, 6:15 p.m.

Zavalla at Brookeland, 6:15 p.m.

SATURDAY, Feb. 6 Men’s College Basketball Lee at Angelina, 6 p.m.

SFA at Houston Baptist, 7 p.m.

Women’s College Basketball

Pro basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 32 15 .681 — Boston 27 21 .563 5½ New York 23 26 .469 10 Brooklyn 12 36 .250 20½ Philadelphia 7 41 .146 25½ Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 27 21 .563 — Miami 26 21 .553 ½ Charlotte 22 25 .468 4½ Washington 21 24 .467 4½ Orlando 20 25 .444 5½ Central Division

W L Pct GB Cleveland 34 12 .739 — Chicago 26 19 .578 7½ Indiana 25 22 .532 9½ Detroit 25 23 .521 10 Milwaukee 20 29 .408 15½ WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB San Antonio 39 8 .830 — Memphis 28 20 .583 11½ Dallas 27 22 .551 13 Houston 25 25 .500 15½ New Orleans 18 28 .391 20½ Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 36 13 .735 — Portland 22 26 .458 13½ Utah 21 25 .457 13½ Denver 18 30 .375 17½ Minnesota 14 34 .292 21½ Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 43 4 .915 — L.A. Clippers 31 16 .660 12 Sacramento 20 27 .426 23 Phoenix 14 34 .292 29½ L.A. Lakers 9 40 .184 35 Friday’s Games Boston 113, Orlando 94 Cleveland 114, Detroit 106 New York 102, Phoenix 84 Miami 107, Milwaukee 103 Oklahoma City 116, Houston 108 Dallas 91, Brooklyn 79 Utah 103, Minnesota 90 Portland 109, Charlotte 91 L.A. Clippers 105, L.A. Lakers 93 Saturday’s Games Golden State 108, Philadelphia 105 Toronto 111, Detroit 107 New Orleans 105, Brooklyn 103 Indiana 109, Denver 105, OT Memphis 121, Sacramento 117 Washington 123, Houston 122 Cleveland 117, San Antonio 103 Sunday’s Games Chicago at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 5 p.m.

Boston at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Golden State at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, 8 p.m.

Charlotte at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

TODAY’S TV SCHEDULE AUTO RACING IMSA, Rolex 24 at Daytona, at Daytona Beach, Fla., FS1, 6 a.m.

IMSA, Rolex 24 at Daytona, at Daytona Beach, Fla., FS1, noon COLLEGE BASKETBALL Lehigh at Boston U., CBSSN, 11 a.m.

Villanova at St. John’s, FOX, 11 a.m.

George Washington at George Mason, NBCSN, 11 a.m.

Maryland at Ohio St., CBS, noon Temple at South Florida, CBSSN, 1 p.m.

Northwestern at Iowa, BTN, 2 p.m.

UConn at UCF, CBSSN, 3 p.m.

Wichita St. at Evansville, ESPNU, 3 p.m.

UTEP at Louisiana Tech, FSN, 3 p.m.

California at Colorado, FS1, 4 p.m.

Rutgers at Michigan St., BTN, 4:15 p.m.

Virginia Tech at Pittsburgh, ESPNU, 5:30 p.m.

Wisconsin at Illinois, BTN, 6:30 p.m.

Oregon at Arizona St., ESPNU, 7:30 p.m.

EXTREME SPORTS Winter X Games, Skiing and Snowboarding, at Aspen, Colo., ESPN, 11 a.m.

FIGURE SKATING ISU, European Championships, Men’s & Women’s Free Skates, at Bratislava, Slovakia (taped), NBC, 3 p.m.

GOLF PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, final round, at La Jolla, Calif., TGC, noon PGA Tour, Farmers Insurance Open, final round, at La Jolla, Calif., CBS, 2 p.m.

LPGA Tour, Pure Silk Bahamas LPGA Classic, final round, at Paradise Island, Bahamas, TGC, 2 p.m.

Pro golf

6. Villanova (17-3) did not play. Next: at St. John’s, Sunday.

7. Xavier (19-2) beat DePaul 86-65. Next: vs. St. John’s, Wednesday.

8. Maryland (18-3) did not play. Next: at Ohio State, Sunday.

9. West Virginia (17-4) lost to Florida 88-71. Next: at No. 14 Iowa State, Tuesday.

10. Providence (18-4) beat Georgetown 73-69. Next: at DePaul, Tuesday.

11. Virginia (17-4) beat No. 16 Louisville 63-47. Next: vs. Boston College, Wednesday.

12. Michigan State (18-4) did not play. Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday.

13. SMU (19-1) beat Memphis 80-68. Next: at Houston, Monday.

14. Iowa State (16-5) lost to No. 5 Texas A&M 72-62. Next: vs. No. 9 West Virginia, Tuesday.

15. Miami (16-4) lost to N.C. State 85-69. Next: vs. No. 25 Notre Dame, Wednesday.

16. Louisville (17-4) lost to No. 11 Virginia 63-47. Next: vs. No. 2 North Carolina, Monday.

17. Baylor (17-4) beat Georgia 83-73. Next: vs. Texas, Monday.

18. Arizona (16-5) vs. Oregon State. Next: at Washington State, Wednesday.

19. Indiana (18-4) beat Minnesota 74-68. Next: at Michigan, Tuesday.

20. Kentucky (16-5) lost to No. 4 Kansas 90-84, OT. Next: at Tennessee, Tuesday.

21. Purdue (19-4) beat Nebraska 89-74. Next: at No. 8 Maryland, Saturday.

22. Wichita State (15-5) did not play. Next: at Evansville, Sunday.

23. Oregon (17-4) did not play. Next: at Arizona State, Sunday.

24. Duke (15-6) did not play. Next: at Georgia Tech, Tuesday.

25. Notre Dame (14-6) did not play. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Sunday.

Women’s college basketball

Women’s Top 25 Fared Saturday 1. UConn (20-0) beat Memphis 83-40. Next: at Tulane, Wednesday.

2. South Carolina (20-0) did not play. Next: at No. 10 Texas A&M, Sunday.

3. Notre Dame (20-1) did not play. Next: at Duke, Monday.

4. Baylor (21-1) beat No. 24 West Virginia 71-61. Next: vs. Kansas State, Wednesday.

5. Maryland (19-2) beat Indiana 86-63. Next: at Purdue, Tuesday.

6. Texas (20-1) beat Kansas State 66-51. Next: at Iowa State, Saturday.

7. Ohio State (16-4) did not play. Next: at Illinois, Monday.

Top 25 Fared 8. Arizona State (18-3) did not play. Next: at No. 9 Oregon State, Saturday Monday.

1. Oklahoma (18-2) beat LSU 77-75. Next: vs. TCU, Tuesday.

9. Oregon State (17-3) did not play. Next: vs. No. 8 Arizona State, 2. North Carolina (19-2) beat Boston College 89-62. Next: at No. Monday.

16 Louisville, Monday.

10. Texas A&M (15-5) did not play. Next: vs. No. 2 South Carolina, 3. Iowa (16-4) did not play. Next: vs. Northwestern, Sunday.

Sunday.

4. Kansas (17-4) beat No. 20 Kentucky 90-84, OT. Next: vs. Kansas 11. Florida State (17-4) did not play. Next: vs. Virginia Tech, Sunday.

State, Wednesday.

12. Kentucky (15-4) did not play. Next: at Florida, Sunday.

5. Texas A&M (18-3) beat No. 14 Iowa State 72-62. Next: at Vander- 13. Mississippi State (18-4) did not play. Next: at Arkansas, Sunday. bilt, Thursday.

14. Louisville (16-5) did not play. Next: vs. Wake Forest, Sunday.

Men’s college basketball

NBA BASKETBALL Chicago at L.A. Clippers, ABC, 2:30 p.m.

Boston at Orlando, NBA, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Portland, NBA, 8 p.m.

NFL FOOTBALL Pro Bowl, Team Rice vs. Team Irvin, at Honolulu, ESPN, 6 p.m.

NHL HOCKEY NHL All-Star Game, at Nashville, Tenn., NBCSN, 4 p.m.

SOCCER FA Cup, Everton at Carlisle United, FS2, 7:25 a.m.

FA Cup, Chelsea at MK Dons, FS1, 9:55 a.m.

Men, International friendly, United States vs. Iceland, at Carson, Calif., ESPN2, 3 p.m.

TENNIS Australian Open, men’s final, at Melbourne, Australia, ESPN, 2 a.m.

WINTER SPORTS FIS World Cup: Alpine Skiing, Women’s Slalom, at Maribor, Slovenia, NBCSN, 5 a.m.

FIS World Cup: Alpine Skiing, Men’s Giant Downhill, at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, NBCSN, 6:30 a.m.

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL Minnesota at Michigan, BTN, 11:30 a.m.

St. John’s at DePaul, FS2, noon Kentucky at Florida, SEC, noon South Florida at SMU, ESPNU, 1 p.m.

Alabama at Tennessee, SEC, 2 p.m.

Missouri at Mississippi, SEC, 4 p.m.

South Carolina at Texas A&M, ESPN2, 5 p.m.

Purse: $30.18 million (Grand Slam) Surface: Hard-Outdoor Singles Women Championship Angelique Kerber (7), Germany, def. Serena Williams (1), United States, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4.

Doubles Men Championship Jamie Murray, Britain, and Bruno Soares (7), Brazil, def. Daniel Nestor, Canada, and Radek Stepanek, Czech Republic, 2-6, 6-4, 7-5.

Legends Doubles Men Championship Jonas Bjorkman and Thomas Johansson, Sweden, def. Thomas Enqvist and Magnus Norman, Sweden, 4-3, 1-4, 4-3 (5-3).

Junior Singles Boys Championship Oliver Anderson, Australia, def. Jurabeck Karimov (7), Uzbekistan, 6-2, 1-6, 6-1.

Girls Championship Vera Lapko (5), Belarus, def. Tereza Mihalikova (2), Slovakia, 6-3, 6-4.

Junior Doubles Boys Championship Alex de Minaur and Blake Ellis, Australia, def. Lukas Klein, Slovakia, and Patrik Rikl (8), Czech Republic, 3-6, 7-5, 12-10.

Girls Championship Anna Kalinskaya, Russia, and Tereza Mihalikova (2), Slovakia, def.

Dayana Yastremska and Anastasia Zarytska (6), Ukraine, 6-1, 6-1.

Wheelchair Singles Men Championship Gordon Reid, Britain, def. Joachim Gerard, Belgium, 7-6 (7), 6-4.

Women Championship Jiske Griffioen (1), Netherlands, def. Aniek van Koot, Netherlands, 6-3, 7-5.

Quad Championship Dylan Alcott, Australia, def. David Wagner, United States, 6-2, 6-2.

Wheelchair Doubles Men Championship Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer (1), France, def. Gordon Reid, Britain, and Shingo Kunieda (2), Japan, 6-3, 3-6, 7-5.

Women Championship Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot (1), Netherlands, def. Marjolein Buis, Netherlands, and Yui Kamiji (2), Japan, 6-2, 6-2.

15. UCLA (15-5) did not play. Next: at Utah, Sunday.

16. Stanford (16-5) did not play. Next: vs.Washington State, Sunday.

17. Miami (18-3) did not play. Next: vs. Syracuse, Monday.

18. Michigan State (15-4) did not play. Next: at Wisconsin, Sunday.

19. Tennessee (12-8) did not play. Next: vs. Alabama, Sunday.

20. South Florida (14-5) did not play. Next: at SMU, Sunday.

21. Oklahoma (15-5) beat Iowa State 77-71. Next: vs. Oklahoma State, Wednesday.

22. Missouri (17-4) did not play. Next: at Mississippi, Sunday.

23. DePaul (15-7) did not play. Next: vs. St. John’s, Sunday.

24. West Virginia (16-6) lost to No. 4 Baylor 71-61. Next: at Texas Tech, Tuesday.

25. Washington (15-5) did not play. Next: at California, Sunday.

Transactions BASEBALL American League KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Signed OF Travis Snider to a minor-league contract.

National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS — Traded RHP Chase Anderson, INF Aaron Hill, SS Isan Diaz and cash to Milwaukee Brewers for SS Jean Segura and RHP Tyler Wagner.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association HOUSTON ROCKETS — Assigned G-F K.J. McDaniels and F-C Donatas Motiejunas to Rio Grande Valley (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League LOS ANGELES RAMS — Named Skip Peete running backs coach.

Indoor Football League SPOKANE EMPIRE — Signed DL Harold Legania.

HOCKEY American Hockey League SAN ANTONIO RAMPAGE — Reassigned F Trevor Cheek to Fort Wayne (AHL).

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Alaska<s Garrett Haar one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his actions during a Jan. 29 game at Colorado.

SOCCER Major League Soccer NEW YORK RED BULLS — Transferred D Matt Miazga to Chelsea FC (EPL).

COLLEGE BIG TEN CONFERENCE — Suspended Wisconsin hockey player Jedd Soleway for one game for hitting a player from behind in a Jan. 29 game against Alaska.

Pro tennis Australian Open Results Saturday At Melbourne Park Melbourne, Australia

PGA-Farmers Insurance Scores Saturday San Diego Purse: $5 million s-Torrey Pines, South Course: Yardage: 7,698; Par: 72 (Host Course) n-Torrey Pines, North Course: Yardage: 7,052; Par: 72 Third Round Scott Brown 66s-71n-70s—207 K.J. Choi 68s-67n-72s—207 Jimmy Walker 69s-71n-68s—208 Gary Woodland 68n-67s-73s—208 Michael Kim 70n-69s-70s—209 Jonas Blixt 77s-66n-66s—209 John Huh 69n-69s-71s—209 Freddie Jacobson 69s-69n-71s—209 Hudson Swafford 70s-71n-69s—210 Jhonattan Vegas 72s-69n-69s—210 Hiroshi Iwata 69n-73s-68s—210 Ben Crane 71s-68n-71s—210 J.B. Holmes 70n-68s-72s—210 Kevin Streelman 69s-69n-72s—210 Martin Laird 69s-68n-73s—210 Dustin Johnson 70s-66n-74s—210 Aaron Baddeley 73s-69n-69s—211 Jason Kokrak 75s-67n-69s—211 Patton Kizzire 67n-73s-71s—211 Paul Dunne 69s-71n-71s—211 Derek Fathauer 74s-65n-72s—211 Colt Knost 70n-73s-68s—211 Billy Horschel 67n-70s-74s—211 Scott Stallings 68n-73s-71s—212 Bud Cauley 71s-69n-72s—212 Jason Gore 70s-72n-70s—212 Ollie Schniederjans 69n-72s-72s—213 Tony Finau 71s-71n-71s—213 J.J. Henry 70n-71s-72s—213 Greg Owen 73s-69n-71s—213 Brandt Snedeker 73s-70n-70s—213 Chad Campbell 72s-66n-75s—213 Si Woo Kim 70n-68s-75s—213 Charley Hoffman 75s-68n-70s—213 Erik Compton 71s-71n-72s—214 Charles Howell III 70n-71s-73s—214 Hunter Mahan 72s-70n-72s—214 Angel Cabrera 70n-70s-74s—214 Jim Herman 69n-71s-74s—214 Carlos Ortiz 69n-74s-71s—214 Shane Lowry 71n-71s-73s—215 Martin Piller 70n-72s-73s—215 Shane Bertsch 75s-67n-73s—215 Brendan Steele 68n-72s-75s—215 Smylie Kaufman 69s-71n-75s—215 Kelly Kraft 70n-72s-73s—215 Rob Oppenheim 67n-71s-77s—215 Danny Lee 71n-72s-72s—215 Henrik Norlander 70n-73s-72s—215 Andrew Loupe 66n-75s-75s—216 Kyle Stanley 69s-73n-74s—216 Harold Varner III 67n-76s-73s—216 Robert Garrigus 70s-72n-75s—217 Matt Jones 71n-72s-74s—217 69n-74s-74s—217 Kyle Reifers Ryan Ruffels 70n-73s-74s—217 Chesson Hadley 68s-73n-77s—218 Bronson Burgoon 72s-68n-78s—218 Brian Harman 69s-70n-79s—218 Robert Streb 71s-72n-75s—218 John Senden 73s-70n-75s—218 Jamie Lovemark 72s-71n-75s—218 Adam Hadwin 71n-70s-78s—219 Steve Marino 69n-72s-78s—219 Michael Thompson 70n-71s-78s—219 Harris English 70n-72s-77s—219 James Hahn 73s-69n-78s—220 Brandon Hagy 71n-71s-78s—220 Tyrone Van Aswegen 69n-74s-77s—220 Scott Piercy 73s-69n-79s—221 Graham DeLaet 72n-71s-82s—225

Rockets 116-108

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Russell Westbrook once again did a little bit of everything for the Thunder.

He finished Friday night with 26 points, 14 assists and 10 rebounds, his sixth triple-double of the season, the third in his past nine games and the 25th of the Oklahoma City point guard’s career.

It also was the seventh time in nine games Westbrook has had 10 or more assists as the Thunder took advantage of center Dwight Howard’s ejection and beat the Houston Rockets 116108.

“It’s part of my job, man,” Westbrook said. “Just trying to find guys, getting the ball where they can score, keep the pace up.”

Howard was ejected in the third quarter after picking up his second technical foul. Kanter scored 20 of his 22 points after that to help the Thunder gain control.

“Obviously, when you lose a guy of that caliber, they’ve got a guy they can counter with with Kanter, who’s a really good lowpost scorer,” Houston interim coach J.B. Bickerstaff said.

“With Dwight in there, we can shut that down. He can guard guys one-on-one in the post.

Kanter was able to get it going a little bit after Dwight went out.”

Kevin Durant had 33 points and 12 rebounds for the Thunder, who have won 10 of 11 and six straight at home.

James Harden had 33 points,

seven rebounds and seven assists, but he made just 2 of 10 field goals in the second half.

Corey Brewer added 17 points for the Rockets, who shot 38 percent overall and made just 9 of 39 3-pointers and 27 of 43 free throws.

■ LeBron powers high-octane Cavs to 117-103 win over Spurs — LeBron James scored 29 points and Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving added 21 apiece as the Cleveland Cavaliers finally took down one of the NBA’s elite teams, beating the San Antonio Spurs 117-103 on Saturday night.

The Cavs won their fourth straight under coach Tyronn Lue, who was promoted after David Blatt was fired on Jan. 22. Cleveland came in 0-5 against San Antonio, Golden State and Chicago, three toptier teams who figure to contend with them for a title this season.

Lue has the Cavs playing at a faster pace and the Spurs, who were again without center Tim Duncan, couldn’t keep up with them. Duncan missed his third straight game with a sore right knee.

Kawhi Leonard scored 24 and LaMarcus Aldridge 15 for the Spurs, who lost for just the second time in 16 games. They lost to the Warriors on Monday.

Cleveland’s 117 points were the second-most given up this season by San Antonio, which came in allowing a league-best 90.6 points per game.

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sport was more than a weekend activity.

“Around my fifth-grade year, I decided I want to continue this,” Walker said. “I don’t want to stop playing.”

She credited her high school coaches and teammates for pushing her to achieve the goals she set long ago.

“I truly believe my high school program keeps me in great shape, and we touch the ball a lot more now,” Walker said. “I get touches even if I’m off the select season.”

Naturally, she and her Lady Pack teammates dream of playing for a state title, but now, with such a unique opportunity awaiting her, Walker has to look even farther down the road.

“My ultimate goal is to make the Women’s National Team,” Walker said. “I want to go to the

World Cup and be on the Olympic team. I want to be like Abby Wambach and Carli Lloyd.”

Given the choice of a potential moment of glory, would Walker choose a Brandi Chastain-type penalty kick, a Wambach header or a Lloyd hat trick in 16 minutes — all classic moments in Women’s World Cup history?

“That’s a tough one,” Walker laughed. “I think I would want to score at least five goals in 16 minutes and top Carli. That was amazing.”

Walker also credited her parents for driving her all over the state to reach her soccer matches. She promised that, should her dream ever take her to the World Cup, her folks can leave the keys at home.

“If I ever make it that far, I’ll pay for their airfare.”

Gary Stallard’s email address is garylstallard@yahoo.com.

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swiped three of her team’s nine steals in the game.

Malachi McQueen led AC with 21 points, hitting nine of her 10 free-throw attempts. Caitlyn Lambert battled her way inside for 13 points, and LaNeique Nealey finished with 11 points and 10 rebounds.

Blinn’s Gray led the Lady Bucs with 20 points, with 10 of those coming at the free-throw

line. Jeliah Preston’s 19 points all came in the first half; and Ebony Parker shrugged off a slow start to finish with 14 points. Blinn moved to 17-6, 9-4 with the win.

The Lady Roadrunners (1410, 7-7) will host Tyler College at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Shands Gymnasium.

The email address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

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as realignment day approaches.

“There’s two things we are not sure about,” Diboll athletic director and head football coach Blake Morrison said. “Not only how many teams will be in our district, but what region we are going to be in. We’ve been in Region II the past two years (for football only), but Diboll has been in Region III before, and it’s a region I’m more familiar with.

“Looking at the big picture, I want to be in a six-team district.

We are prepared more for six teams. If it’s a five-team district, you’re scrambling to find another non-district game.”

“We hope to have a district that’s pretty local,” Huntington head coach Brian Gandy said. “Coldspring is dropping down, and Madisonville may get pulled away to Central Texas.

It’s possible that we add Jasper and Rusk with Tarkington and Shepherd. That’s wishful thinking.”

The projection on theoldcoach.com has exactly the district Gandy mentioned penciled in for District 9-4A, Division II, which would be in Region III.

If Diboll and Madisonville end up back in the same district, Diboll would have to find a new opening week opponent, Morrison said.

Gandy said Huntington is set to play Warren, Hardin, Westwood, Hemphill and Spring Hill. The only thing that would change that is if Hemphill and/ or Spring Hill get put in larger districts that affect scheduling or if Huntington is placed in a five-team district, which means the Red Devils would have to add a non-district game.

Gandy and Jones will both be going to Kilgore on Monday.

Morrison said he plans to go to Houston, while sending an assistant each to Huntsville and Kilgore.

Projections on theoldcoach. com have Corrigan-Camden going to District 11-3A, Division II with Crockett, Newton, Hemphill, Frankston and Garrison and Groveton going to District 10-2A, Division I with Joaquin, Alto, Lovelady and Cushing.

The announcement from the UIL is scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday.

Brandon Ogden’s email address is bogden@lufkindailynews.com.

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FROM GETTING THE ‘L’ OUT TO SUPER ODDS — THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE BIG GAME

SB 50 FACT SHEET Odds are …

Here is betting-line info on Super Bowl 50, as of Jan. 28:

• Carolina is now a 6 pt. fave over Denver • Carolina opened 4 point favorite, but action has since moved it up to 6 • Current moneyline on Carolina is -245. Denver is +205 • Over-under on the score after the first quarter: 9.5 • Over-under on the score at halftime: 22.5 • Odds on the Super Bowl going to overtime: 7/1 • Odds the Super Bowl winner returns to the Super Bowl next season: 7/3 • Odds a kicker misses an extra point: Graham Gano: 19/1 Brandon McManus: 25/1 • Odds on which team gets more sacks: Denver: 2/3 Carolina: 6/5 • Over-under total sacks: 4.5 • Over-under total turnovers: 3 • Odds on which team will force more turnovers: Carolina: 5/7 Denver: 11/10 • Odds of scoring a defensive TD: Carolina: 2/1 Denver: 8/3 • Odds to win Super Bowl MVP: Cam Newton: 8/11 Peyton Manning: 4/1 Jonathan Stewart: 12/1 Von Miller: 18/1 Luke Kuechly: 18/1 Greg Olsen: 22/1 Emmanuel Sanders: 22/1 Demaryius Thomas: 25/1 Josh Norman: 28/1 C.J. Anderson: 28/1 DeMarcus Ware: 35/1 Ted Ginn Jr.: 40/1 Aqib Talib: 60/1 Owen Daniels: 80/1 Peyton Manning props: • Over-under passing yards: 218.5 • Over-under TDs: 1 • Over-under “Omaha” calls: 7.5.

• Over-under number of overthrows: 2.5 • Odds this is Manning’s last game in NFL: 1/9 • Odds this is Manning’s last game as a Bronco: 1/13 • Odds Manning is part of the Super Bowl broadcast next season: 7/1 Odds on Peyton Manning’s future: • Odds that Manning becomes a broadcaster/TV analyst: 3/1 • Odds that Manning becomes an NFL coach: 15/1 • Odds that Manning becomes a college coach: 33/1 • Odds that Manning begins a movie career: 50/1 • Odds that Manning stars in a pilot on TV: 100/1 • Odds that Manning records a rap album with little bro Eli: 120/1 • Odds that Manning buys an NFL franchise: 300/1 Cam Newton props: • Over-under jump celebrations: 4 • Over-under rushing yards: 40.5 • Over-under passing yards: 245.5 • Over-under total TDs: 2.5 • Over-under number of towels on his body at once: 2.5 • Over-under time on screen with a smile: 3 minutes 15 seconds • Over-under number of Super Bowl appearances (career): 3 • Over-under number of Super Bowl titles: 1.5 — courtesy sbgglobal.eu

NFL gets the ‘L’ out of Roman numerals, but just for this year’s game

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he National Football League didn’t begin larding Roman numerals on to the Super Bowl until its fifth year, hoping to imbue its championship game with a certain chiseled-in-stone gravitas. The block letters were “one of the things that defined the Super Bowl for us,” a league official acknowledged.

So why ditch a signifier of the game’s identity on the occasion of its biggest blowout ever: Super Bowl 50?

It turns out the NFL dislikes the letter L, which is the Roman numeral for 50.

The league got its first taste of the Roman empire’s awkward number a decade ago at Super Bowl XL, and realized it faced a design debacle if somebody didn’t come up with a way to get the L out (see logo, above).

That somebody was Shandon Melvin, the NFL creative director, who devoted two years to the struggle.

Unlike most of the Roman system’s other block numerals, L had such a vertical shape it nearly disappeared into the equally upright Lombardi Trophy, awarded to the winning team every year.

If Roman numerals can be ditched for this game, why not forever? Melvin insists that everyone at the league office, from Commissioner Roger Goodell down, is “very committed” to reverting to the old system next year for Super Bowl LI. “They’re part of us,” Melvin said, “such a strong icon for the game. We just wanted to do something a little different for once.”

— Bruce Newman, San Jose Mercury News

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Newton has Panthers Manning’s magic has poised for the big W Broncos back in SB

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he storylines will be plenty leading up to Super Bowl 50.

How will the Panthers’ Cam Newton play in his first Super Bowl?

Carolina’s No. 1 offense vs. Denver’s No. 1 defense: Who will break first? Are we seeing a changing of the guard at quarterback from Peyton Manning to Newton?

While these storylines are fine, they will have no effect on the game.

That will be played on the field and not in the interview rooms.

If the Panthers want to beat the Broncos to win their first Super Bowl, here are four things they’ll have to do.

Stay opportunistic on defense

The Panthers led the NFL in takeaways this season with 39, six more than the second-best team. They stayed hungry in the postseason with seven takeaways against the Cardinals in their 49-15 win in the NFC Championship Game.

In Manning, the defense will face a quarterback who hasn’t thrown an interception this postseason, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t interceptions to be had.

With multiple neck surgeries and almost 40 years old, Manning isn’t the quarterback he once was. He never had a particularly strong arm, but his velocity has declined in recent years. Instead, he relies on his knowledge of the offense — and the opponent’s defense — to locate open receivers.

Manning threw 17 interceptions to just nine touchdowns in his injury-shortened season. Of the 35 quarterbacks since 1970 who have thrown at least 17 interceptions and no more than nine touchdowns, only three The Broncos (including Manning) had a winning haven’t been tested record.

Be smart when assigning help to offensive tackles

by someone close to Newton’s size (6-5, 245), strength and speed. He’s one of the best running quarterbacks in NFL history, averaging 5.3 yards per carry for his career with 43 rushing TDs.

Denver’s defense is the best Carolina will have seen all year. The Broncos have it all: great pass rushers, solid linebackers and a defensive backfield that rarely makes mistakes.

DeMarcus Ware and Von Miller form one of football’s best pass-rushing duos.

Both are outside linebackers in coordinator Wade Phillips’ 3-4 scheme and will chase the quarterback when called.

New England coach Bill Belichick rarely offered help to his offensive tackles in the 20-18 loss to Denver in the AFC Championship Game. Ware and Miller combined for 11 of Denver’s 17 quarterback hits and three of the four sacks on Tom Brady.

The Panthers have a much stronger running game than New England, and those running backs know how to pass protect. Jonathan Stewart and Fozzy Whittaker can do it as tailbacks, and fullback Mike Tolbert also excels at it.

Throw in a chip block or two from either tight end Greg Olsen or Ed Dickson, and the Panthers can help left tackle Michael Oher against Ware and right tackle Mike Remmers against Miller, who lines up about three-quarters of the time against the right side of the offense.

Vary the snap count

Another reason Miller and Ware were so effective against the Patriots was their speed at the snap of the ball.

It was as if they knew the snap count. And even if they were slow getting off the ball, the interior of the line wasn’t and didn’t allow Brady to step up into his throws very often.

To avoid that, Newton must change up his snap count. He has one of the best cadences in the NFL. The Cardinals were flagged twice for neutral-zone infractions and once for encroachment.

The offense, and most importantly the offensive line, has the advantage at the snap because it knows the count.

Get Josh Norman on Demaryius Thomas

Thomas has been an outstanding receiver for the Broncos since 2012, catching at least 90 passes for 1,300 yards in each of the past four seasons.

Meanwhile, Norman has been one of the league’s best cornerbacks.

According to Pro Football Focus, only one pass was caught every 14 times when quarterbacks targeted Norman, who’s had his hands on several passes but no interceptions since Week 4.

Norman will have the task of defending against Thomas, who is 6-foot-3 and 230 pounds, but Norman (6-0, 195) has faced big receivers before. He made a name for himself against the Falcons’ Julio Jones last year.

Thomas is coming off his worst postseason performance. He had two catches for 12 yards against New England, the second-fewest receiving yards he’s had in a game since 2012.

It’d be tough for Manning to endure another game where his top target is essentially erased.

— Jonathan Jones, Charlotte Observer

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eyton Manning has gone from backup to back in the Super Bowl.

Thought to be toast after he was benched and then sidelined with a foot injury, Manning has led the Broncos to their second Super Bowl in the past three years and the fourth of his career.

The future Hall of Fame quarterback missed six games with a torn plantar fascia in his left foot and it looked like the final memories of him might be his 5-for-20 passing performance where he threw for just 35 yards and four interceptions on a bittersweet night in which he set the NFL’s career passing yards record.

Instead, Manning rediscovered some of his old form and rode a powerful Broncos defense to a return trip to the Super Bowl and a chance to follow the path of another Denver star John Elway and go out on top as a champion — if this is indeed Manning’s final season.

Here’s what you need to know about the Broncos as they prepare for their record-tying eighth Super Bowl appearance.

Road to Super Bowl 50

The Broncos won their first seven games, even if it wasn’t always pretty for Manning and the offense. But the Broncos owned the best defense in the NFL and leaned all year on that group.

Brock Osweiler took over when Manning’s injury finally sidelined him and won his first three starts before a 15-12 home loss to the Raiders. New England and Cincinnati stumbled down the stretch and Denver was able to capture the No. 1 seed and home field advantage.

The Broncos gutted out a 23-16 win The Broncos will in the AFC Divisional Round over the Pittsburgh Steelers in Manning’s first have to slow the start in two months, then Manning league’s No. 2 improved to 3-1 lifetime against New ranked rushing at- England in AFC Championship games with a thrilling 20-18 win over the tack (Panthers aver- Patriots.

aged 146.2 yards in the regular season) and keep the Panthers from jumping out to a quick start like they did in both of their playoff wins.

Turning point

Manning’s struggles were obvious during the first half of the season with uncharacteristic mistakes and an inability to throw downfield. But the team’s success was making it nearly impossible for Denver to make a move.

That changed with Manning’s highprofile stinker Nov. 15 against the Chiefs.

It became clear — and he acknowledged after the game — that he was hurting and hurting the Broncos.

Enter Osweiler. The fourth-year backup still had the starting job going into the finale when Manning returned from the injury.

But with Denver struggling against a bad Chargers team, Manning was called upon in the third quarter and guided the team to a comeback 27-20 win that clinched the No. 1 seed. Coach Gary Kubiak didn’t reveal it at the time, but it also clinched Manning’s starting job again for the postseason.

He came into the playoffs fresher than could’ve been imagined and has survived on enough guts and guile and leaned on that tremendous defense to return for another Super Bowl.

Big game history

The Broncos have now matched the Patriots, Steelers and Cowboys with a record-tying eighth Super Bowl appearance and hope to avoid adding to their record five defeats.

Denver’s 2-5 record includes wins by John Elway in his final two seasons and two of the three most lopsided defeats in the game’s history. The worst was their 55-10 loss to the 49ers in Super Bowl XXIV. They also were thumped 43-8 by Seattle two seasons ago.

Impact players

Manning had the worst season of his NFL career, with just nine regular-season touchdowns against the 17 interceptions. But he’s yet to throw a pick in two postseason games and enters his possible final game as one of the best quarterbacks of the generation.

Outside linebackers Von Miller and DeMarcus Ware are monsters off the edge. Miller harassed New England’s Tom Brady with 2.5 sacks and an interception in the AFC title game. Chris Harris Jr. and Aqib Talib form one of the league’s elite cornerback combinations and those four defensive studs made up Denver’s Pro Bowl selections.

Wide receiver Demaryius Thomas led the team with 105 catches and 1,304 yards and Emmanuel Sanders caught 76 balls for 1,135 yards.

The Broncos will win if …

Denver’s defense creates havoc in the backfield for Carolina QB Cam Newton and can pressure the likely NFL MVP into making mistakes. Manning isn’t going to win this game for the Broncos, but he has to avoid losing it by taking big sacks or turning the ball over. He has a chance to add a final chapter to his legacy with a second Super Bowl title and has to seize that opportunity.

— Jimmy Durkin, Contra Costa Times

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On big rivers like the Sabine and Trinity, the best fishing often takes place in relation to underwater sandbars found in relation to definitive river bends.

Spring spawning run kicking in on East Texas area rivers

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White bass will pounce on assorted baits, but a 1/4 ounce Roadrunner can be hard to beat.

Getting a grip on the white bass run Like other freshwater sport fish, white bass spawn during the spring. The similarities end there.

Rather than building isolated nests in secluded pockets and coves like largemouth bass and crappie, white bass prefer some current when spawning. They also like plenty of company.

When the conditions are right, swarms of white bass point their noses into the current and begin finning their way upstream in rivers and creeks that feed major reservoirs. Many won’t stop for miles.

The males are the first ones to make the journey, then the females. There is not much organization once the actual spawning process gets underway.

Nor is there a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship established among the fish.

A female white bass may be in the company of several males when she releases her eggs. The males react by spewing milt that fertilizes the eggs, which in turn drift slowly downstream until they attach to a log, rock or some other underwater obstruction.

The eggs generally hatch within a few days and the juveniles continue the journey back to the lake proper. Those that survive the trip will grow to become the next generation of white bass for

anglers to catch.

Catching white bass isn’t rocket science. Nor does it demand expensive gear and extensive knowledge. With a little coaching, anyone who can cast a reel can become proficient at catching these brawny fighters.

One of the main keys is location.

On some rivers, white bass gravitate towards still-water eddies created by underwater sandbars and logjams, just outside the current of the river flow.

They use the still water as a place to rest. Plus, the eddies provide them easy access to forage that might wash by in the adjacent current.

Whites are voracious feeders, and any number of artificial baits will produce strikes. Among the best are a 1/4 ounce Roadrunner, crawfish crankbait or Rat-L-Trap. Roadrunners work best on a medium-action spinning rod set-up with 8-10 pound line. Baitcasting gear gets the call with crankbaits.

Live crawfish or minnows can be highly effective, as well. Especially toward the end of run after the fish have been beat up and numbers begin to wane.

— Matt Williams

udging from reports gathered from area anglers, it is just about curtain time for the 2016 white bass spawning run on a number of East Texas rivers. If you’re among the army of anglers who enjoy knocking around in a flat-bottom rig in search of these hard-fighting sport fish, it might be a good idea to pencil in a trip to the Sabine, Trinity, Angelina or Neches rivers sometime over the next 30 days or so.

According to Sabine River guide Jane Gallenbach, the curtain appears to have already fallen on the fishing at that fabled white bass hotspot. The lady guide says schools of whites began swarming in her neck of the woods during the first week of January, when the river was running out of its banks. Gallenbach pointed out that the annual spawning run isn’t going full tilt just yet, but it won’t be long.

“We’re catching good numbers of males and females up to 2.14 pounds,” Gallenbach said. “I had two groups catch limits last week. In one group we caught over 100 by noon one day and 50 by noon the next day. I had another day when we caught 42 by 2 p.m. The fish kind of shut off that day for some reason. We hit a lot of spots to catch those.”

Gallenbach said the river level on the Sabine has receded significantly since early January and is now flowing well within its banks.

“It’s probably dropped 6-7 feet,” she said. “The river is in really good shape and I’m thinking things are just about to level out. I’m guessing the bite will really turn on once that happens.”

Gallenbach said she has caught fish as far south as McFadden and as far north as the FM 2517 bridge near Deadwood.

“I’ve also heard some reports of fish being caught as far north as Highway 79, but I haven’t been up far,” she said. “I usually start out way

north around the The Shoals, but I didn’t bother this year due all the flooding.”

Similar stories are filtering in from the Angelina River above Sam Rayburn. A few good reports began surfacing a few weeks back when the river was flowing at flood stage, but the bite seems to have slowed since the water level has receded and the river has dipped back within its banks.

Shannon Hale of Nacogdoches says he has made several trips to the river thus far and has yet to catch more than 25-30 fish. He said close to 90 percent of the fish he has caught thus far have been males — a good sign the major schools of egg-laden females are still staged somewhere along the main river waiting for their biological tickers to beckon them to barrel farther upstream.

“The river looks like it has dropped two to three feet, maybe more,” Hale said. “I’m thinking the falling water has them sort of messed up right now, because we’re not finding those big groups where you can catch 15-20 fish out of the same spot. We’re just catching three or four here and there and we’re having to work hard to catch those. I think the meat of the run is running a little behind schedule, but it’s on the verge of busting loose. Once the river stabilizes and we get a few days of warm sunshine, it’s going to happen. Once it does, you can go from catching nothing to 100 overnight. I’ve seen it happen before.”

Like the Sabine and Angelina, the Neches and Trinity rivers have been blown out by big league floods throughout much of the winter, and the white bass action has been sporadic thus far. Lake Palestine fishing guide Ricky Vandergriff says the timing of the spring run on the Neches typically lags behind other area rivers.

“It is usually the middle to the end of February before the Neches gets going really good,” Vanderfgriff said.

“Once it starts, it will be good right on through March.”

Perhaps the best way for a passerby to tell if the white bass fishing is hitting on all cylinders at the Neches is by checking out the parking lot at the state Highway 31 boat ramp east of Chandler. When the parking jams with trucks and trailers this time of year, you can just about bet the spawning run is going full steam.

Vandergriff says the Highway 31 ramp offers easy access to some of the river’s best fishing, which usually takes place downstream from the ramp toward the railroad trestle. Anglers can access these waters in a full-size bass boat from ramps at West Berry or Kickapoo, but the guide says flat-bottom rigs are much better suited for navigating the brush-cluttered backwaters and sloughs along this scenic stretch of river bottom.

Water flows along the Trinity River have finally settled out somewhat in recent weeks as evidenced by a Jan. 29 water level reading of 131.64 for Lake Livingston, but reliable fishing reports upstream have been limited as of late.

Perhaps the best source for updates on the Trinity’s spring spawning run is the Lock-N-Dam Bait Shop at the state Highway 7 crossing between Crockett and Centerville. Sadly, however, the facility was hard hit by flooding in 2015 may or may not be fully open for business this spring.

I tried contacting the shop by phone on Jan. 29 for a current report, but got no answer. According to a Jan. 12 post on the Lock-N-Dam Facebook page, the park was flooded four times in six months, resulting in significant damage to restrooms, showers and skinning facilities. According to the post, “the Baithouse and trolley will re-open soon, but a date has not been set as we still have a lot to do.”

Look for updates here, or you can try contacting the facility direct at (903) 536-2248.

Matt Williams is a freelance writer based in Nacogdoches. He can be reached by email at mattwillwrite4u@yahoo.com.

OUTDOORS BRIEFS Major tours prepped to kick off 2016 season With spring just around the corner, pro bass fishing’s major tours are setting on ready to get their 2016 seasons underway.

The FLW Tour opens its season Feb. 4-6 on Lake Okeechobee in Clewiston, Florida. Pro anglers will cast for up to $125,000 cash; co-anglers, $25,000. The Costa FLW Series Southwestern Division (formerly the Rayovac Texas Division) also gets underway Feb. 25-27 on Sam Rayburn Reservoir east of Lufkin. First place in the pro division is $40,000 cash plus a Ranger Z518C bass boat, if the angler is contingency qualified.

On March 4-6, Bassmaster will host the 2016 Geico Bassmaster Classic on Grand Lake o’ the Cherokees in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Often referred to as bass fishing’s Super Bowl, the Classic is regarded by many

in the industry as the sport’s premier event.

The angler who wins it will walk away with a $300,000 cash prize. Classic winners also earn opportunities to cash in on lucrative endorsement deals if they play their cards right.

Texas will be represented by four anglers at the upcoming Classic. Among them are Albert Collins of Nacogdoches, Todd Faircloth of Jasper, Keith Combs of Huntington and Alton Jones of Lorena.

State of Fork meeting set Feb. 16

ning at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 16 at the Emory City Centre in Emory.

According to TPWD reports, the open meeting will address a variety of topics including the status of giant salvinia infestation, law enforcement issues and updates on game fish populations in the reservoir. The public is invited to offer comments and ask questions regarding these or any other issue regarding the popular East Texas lake.

Newberry/Dennis win ’Trap Open

Dicky Newberry of Houston and Bayou Outdoors 365 televiA contingent of lakeside sion host Patrick Dennis teamed business owners, fishing guides up to win the 2016 Rat-L-Trap and homeowners around Lake Open held on Sam Rayburn Fork are expected to attend an Reservoir on Jan. 24 with a fiveupcoming “State of Lake” public fish limit weighing 26.58 pounds. meeting that will be hosted by They won $3,500. the Lake Fork Sportsman’s AsThe Rat-L-Trap event is sociation and the Texas Parks unique from most other bass and Wildlife Department begin- tournaments in that anglers are

only allowed use Rat-L-Trap lures to fish with during tournament hours. The tournament drew 143 entries. The company will host another event on Toledo Bend Reservoir on Feb. 21.

Entry fee is $100 per boat with an optional $20 big bass pot.

Castledine grabs Ram Series win Todd Castledine of Nacogdoches topped a field of 86 anglers in the pro division of the Texas Southeast Division Ram Truck Open Series season opener held Jan. 23 on Sam Rayburn Reservoir. The East Texas pro weighed in a five-fish limit weighing 20.77 pounds, reportedly on Strike King Red Eye Shad and 6XD crankbaits. He won $5,325.

Second place went to Galen Bennett of Slagle, Louisiana, 20.57 pounds, $1,654. Bennett said he caught his fish by dragging soft plastics in 6-7 feet of

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Dicky Newberry (left) and Patrick Dennis with their 26.58-pound sack that won first place in the 2016 Rat-L-Trap Open on Sam Rayburn. water along the outside edges of torpedo grass. Kris Wilson took third with 20.14 caught on Carolina rigs and crankbaits.

Big bass of the tournament was a 9-pounder boated by Jerry Dubose of Silsbee.

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EAST TEXAS FISHING REPORT

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By MATT WILLIAMS For The Lufkin News

TOLEDO BEND: Water level is about four inches high and stained to clear. Water temp in the mid-50s.

Fishing guide Stephen Johnston says bass fishing has been good on soft jerk baits, light Texas rigs and swim jigs worked around shallow cover. Also bass to 12 pounds reported in deeper water using Carolina rigs.

Johnston says crappie fishermen are reporting some solid keepers around bridge columns down south using live shiners. Charlie Shivley at Bill’s Landing says catfish are slow on trotlines. White bass anglers boxing some solid limits up the Sabine using Roadrunners and crankbaits.

ATHENS: Water level is five inches high and stained to fairly clear. Water temp in the mid-50s.

Bass are fair to three pounds on ‘Traps worked around grass beds in 2-5 feet of water. Also some fish holding on deeper structure in 20-25 feet, hitting cranks, Carolina rigs and Alabama rigs.

Crappie are hit or miss around brush piles in 20 feet.

NACOGDOCHES: Water level is two inches high and stained. Water temp in the upper 50s.

Bass are fair around shallow grass beds in 2-6 feet of water using square bills, spinnerbaits and Chatterbaits. Deeper fish are spotty on points and drops using Carolina rigs, A-rigs and swim baits.

Crappie fishermen reporting partial limits around brush piles in 18-22 feet and along channel breaks with brush up north.

FORK: Water level is five inches low and stained to muddy. Water temp in the low 50s.

Tony Parker at the Minnow Bucket says black bass and crappie are slow. White bass are good on minnows fished on deep points around the dam. Channel cat are good on punch bait soaked in the shallows on points and around baited holes around creeks in 20-30 feet. ’PINES: Water level is about 11 feet high and stained to muddy. Water temp in the low 50s.

Local bass pro Jim Tutt says bass fishing has been slow; not many anglers out due high, muddy water.

A few fish reported on lipless cranks and swim baits worked around flooded grass.

Crappie fishing has been fair to good along the river and bridges using shiners. Catfish and white bass are slow.

CONROE: Water level is at normal level and stained.

Water temp in the mid-50s.

Fishing guide Butch Terpe says bass anglers are reporting a few keepers around rocks and docks using cranks, spinnerbaits and plastics.

Catfish are good on cheese bait soaked over baited holes in 20 feet of water.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water level is two inches high and stained. Water temp in the upper 40s, low 50s.

Crockett Family Resort says bass fishing has been slow. A few fish hitting Texas rig Brush Hogs tossed around brush piles in 8-12 feet of water near the pump station. Crappie and catfish are slow.

PALESTINE: Water level is four inches high and stained to muddy. Water temp in the upper 40s, low 50s.

Fishing guide Ricky Vandergriff says bass fishing has been fair on jigs, swim baits, Senkos and spinnerbaits worked around shallow cover and channel breaks up north. Kickapoo Creek is seeing plenty of traffic.

Crappie are good at the Highway 155 and Flat Creek crossings using small shiners and jigs. Deeper ledges around the dam also giving up some keepers.

Catfish are good on jug lines tipped with live perch and on rod and reel using night crawlers over baited holes. White bass are slow on points using spoons.

CEDAR CREEK: Water level is at normal pool and stained. Surface temp in the high 40s, low 50s.

Fishing guide Jason Barber says hybrids and whites are taking shad pattern plastics dead sticked over main lake flats in 25-40 feet of water, suspended 5-15 feet off bottom.

Crappie taking shiners soaked around brush in 20-50 feet and around bridge pilings. Catfish are good on fresh shad drifted over deep humps in 25-40 feet.

Shallow water up north also producing some solid cats. Black bass are good on points and humps in 10-24 feet using football jigs, drop shots and Carolina rigs. Docks and rocks also giving up some fish on spinnerbaits, Chatterbaits and ’Traps.

LIVINGSTON: Water level is three inches high and muddy. Water temp in the low 50s.

Fishing guide David Cox says catfish are good along the edges of the river using cut shad. Jug lines are producing some nice blues in the mouths of creeks up north.

White still slow, but conditions are shaping up for a strong run. Cox says black bass are slow.

MONTICELLO: Water level is seven inches high and fairly clear. Water temp in the upper 50s.

Fishing guide Gary Paris says bass fishing has been good to eight pounds on Senkos, lizards and swim baits fished around lily pad stubble and water hyacinth.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water level is about two inches high and stained. Water temp in the low 50s, upper 40s.

Larry Winters at Midway Landing says bass fishing has been fair in 4-6 feet of water using jigs along channel breaks. Catfish are the best bet along windy shorelines and over baited holes in 10-15 feet. White bass are slow.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water level about 32 feet high and muddy. Water temp in the upper 40s.

All fishing is slow due to high, muddy water.

SAM RAYBURN: Water level is 1.51 feet high and clear. Water temp in the low 50s.

Bass fishing has been good to six pounds on plastics flipped in willow bushes and torpedo grass in 2-4 feet of water. Also some fish reported on ‘Traps and cranks.

White bass fishing has been good up the Angelina River using Roadrunners and cranks. A few limits reported.

NACONICHE: Water level is at full pool and stained.

Water temp in the low 50s. Bass anglers reporting a few fish on shaky heads and jigs fished slowly around standing timber and main lake structure, but the bite as been tough overall. No report on crappie.

From staff and wire reports

Central baseball hosting alumni game Central High School will be having an alumni baseball game on Feb. 20.

For alumni interested in playing or for more information, contact Central baseball coach Jim Goldman at (979) 943-1802.

Braves’ Jenkins speaking at banquet

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Cam Newton, who has led the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50, played the 2009 season at Blinn College in Brenham.

How Cam Newton resurrected his football career at a Texas college

By Kevin Sherrington The Dallas Morning News

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RENHAM — In this quaint little town where the national ice cream of Texas only recently came off probation, it should be noted that its second-most famous export got a second chance here, too.

Cam Newton arrived at Blinn College in 2009 with more than just the usual student’s baggage. He’d left Florida, where he backed up Tim Tebow, amid charges he’d stolen a laptop. Rumors of academic fraud at Florida followed. The narrative was just as ugly on his return to the SEC, what with allegations that his considerable football skills had been for sale.

Whatever really happened in Florida or Alabama or Mississippi that helped shape a life that has led the Carolina Panthers’ quarterback to the Super Bowl, Newton’s brief interlude in Central Texas was anything but controversial.

Transformational, actually, which is what once prompted Newton to say, on camera, no less, “My fondest memories had to come from junior college.”

Of course, Blinn got a nice little bump out of it as well. Every time Newton’s story comes up, which is frequently these days, it bears the Blinn College tag.

They weren’t anticipating that kind of return on the investment. This picturesque, 133-year-old junior college simply couldn’t have afforded such evergreen marketing. Certainly helps recruiting.

Consider that, because of Newton, Joe Montana and his wife and son gave Blinn a look.

From a strictly historical aspect, visitors of that stature are usually looking for the Blue Bell plant.

——— The way Jeff Tilley remembers it, Blinn’s football coach at the time, Brad Franchione, gave him a heads-up about a quarterback they were getting from Florida. That in itself was a little unusual. Most of the 2,400 students on campus hail from the surrounding area.

The circle expands for athletes. Most of the latter either didn’t qualify academically for four-year schools or came up short athletically, and they don’t hang around long. The rosters at junior colleges churn like a hamster wheel.

Still, Tilley, Blinn’s marketing and communications director, won’t forget the first time he saw Cam Newton in person.

“Coach,” he told Franchione, “I thought you were bringing in a quarterback, not a defensive lineman.”

At 6-5, 240 pounds in the spring of 2009, Newton was as imposing then as he remains now. But there was something missing from that first impression.

“That’s the one and only time I’ve ever been around him that he was without that million-dollar smile,” Tilley said.

Newton was a long way from his Georgia roots. He’d gone to Texas, he told Alabama reporters, because that’s what his father told him to do. Cecil Newton

was in charge of his son’s relocation.

Franchione, whose father, Dennis, had been head coach at TCU, Alabama and Texas A&M, did his recruiting over the phone with Cam’s father.

In a Sports Illustrated story, Cecil called Blinn “a remote rehab process” and the site of his son’s “resurrection.”

The latter description certainly fit, given the location of the football dorms on the southeast corner of campus, next to a cemetery. Newton would testify for an Under Armour short film that, in his first semester at Blinn, he was lost.

Didn’t know if “this football thing” was for him. On top of all that, he didn’t have a car. No TV, either. And in Brenham, there’s no such thing as night life.

If not working out or in meetings, Newton generally could be found in class or his dorm room.

Sat on the second row, left side, of Amy Winningham’s English composition class in the Academic Building.

Showed up every Monday, Wednesday and Friday morning, 8 o’clock sharp.

“One time he was late because of practice, and a coach walked in with him to explain why he was late and to tell me it would not happen again,” Winningham said. “He apologized and the coach apologized.”

She paused, then smiled.

“It was a nice show of respect from both of them.”

Newton’s recovery effort sometimes caught Blinn officials by surprise. One of the lessons Franchione suggested was a book, Leadership Is an Art, by Max De Pree. Newton took it to heart. His second day on campus, he knocked on Franchione’s office door, plopped in a chair and proclaimed himself ready for his leadership session.

Franchione gulped, then started on a lesson plan.

Coach and quarterback grew together over their two semesters together, as Franchione likes to tell it. He could be tough. One of his team assignments that summer involved painting the ancient wooden bleachers of Spencer Stadium, across the street from lovely Old Main.

This provided yet another culture shock for Newton. Back in Gainesville, Fla., workouts didn’t include maintenance on the Swamp.

On the other hand, football is football, and the Buccaneers went 11-1 in the fall of 2009. Even as Newton attempts to join Joe Namath and Joe Montana as the only quarterbacks to win both a national title and a Super Bowl, he already holds this distinction from those Joes: He owns a national junior college title, too. Led the Bucs to a 31-24 win over Fort Scott (Kan.), when one of his best friends, Chad Froechtenicht, returned a punt 84 yards for a touchdown in the game’s last minute to give Blinn its fourth national championship.

For the record: Newton didn’t break out his Superman at Blinn. No dabbing, either. He was all business. Passed for 2,833 yards and 22 touchdowns and ran for 655 and another 16 touchdowns. The man who would win the Heisman the

next season at Auburn was first-team quarterback in the Southwest Junior College Football Conference, but he didn’t make league MVP. Chase Ford, a tight end who didn’t catch a single pass for Baltimore this season, can tell his grandkids about that one.

——— For the Under Armour shoot in ’14, Newton can be seen speaking to a room full of young men, framing his famous fall in blunt terms. “I done blew my opportunity,” he tells them. “Blew it.” He’s also said on other occasions that he has no regrets, because his mistakes led him to Blinn, which helped him grow up.

Anyway, in another scene, the camera follows him up a few steps and onto the playing surface of Spencer Stadium.

What the camera doesn’t record as Newton pans the field is a question he asks no one in particular: “Where’s my bleachers?”

Basically, they were deemed unsafe after Newton’s championship season and unceremoniously removed. Stadium looks like it’s been scalped. The Buccaneers play their home games these days at a local high school field, though officials hold out hope that, with help from a certain famous alumnus, football might yet return to campus.

Newton has helped in other cases.

When Montana’s son, Nick, was leaving the University of Washington, he called Newton to ask about his Blinn experience. Cam sold him, apparently.

Nick’s boxes arrived on campus, at least, before a change of heart led him to stay in California.

More than 40 Blinn exes have gone on to play in the NFL. The Miami Heat’s Chris Andersen — Birdman — was a Buccaneer. But for now and no doubt the next 133 years, too, Cam Newton will remain head and shoulders above them all.

Even teenagers, who, as a general rule, have no sense of history, grasp the significance. Keith Thomas, coming off his second year as head coach at Blinn, made sure of the connection when he hosted recruits on campus last week.

One of them was Ralphlauren McCauley, a Grapevine receiver who’d already been informed by his father that Blinn “is where Cam Newton came from.”

Ralphlauren — who naturally answers to “Polo” — said Newton’s story inspires him. As for whether it’s enough to sway his vote, it’s down to Blinn or Trinity Valley.

Any Trinity Valley guys playing in the Super Bowl, Polo?

“Great question!” Thomas said, slapping me on the back.

Thomas met Newton when he came through for the Under Armour special a couple of summers ago. His impression was the same as the one you get watching him on TV: “He’s a wide-open, happy-go-lucky guy.”

Cam gives little ol’ Blinn the credit for giving him his swag back. And in just one year, at that. Imagine what it could have done with two.

Central High School will be hosting its second annual First Pitch Dinner Feb. 6 at the Central High School cafeteria.

The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. The speaker for the event will be Tyrell Jenkins, a former Henderson High School standout, who was named the Atlanta Braves Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2015.

There will also be a silent auction that will include two autographed posters of MLB pitcher Philip Humber from when he threw his perfect game in 2012. There will also be autographed baseballs from John Smoltz and Tom Glavine, plus either an autographed glove or cleats from Jenkins. Tickets are $12 or tables for 12 can be purchased for $100. For more information, contact Central baseball coach Jim Goldman at (979) 943-1802 or Central baseball booster club president Shanna Wilson at 676-0270.

Diboll takes 6-1 win on road vs. Atlanta ATLANTA — Diboll took a 6-1 victory over Atlanta in soccer action on Friday.

Christian Barrera and Germain Schmidt had two goal each, and Christian Tamez and Alex Hernandez each added a goal.

Diboll (9-1) will play at Tatum on Tuesday.

Diboll girls take down Carlisle DIBOLL — Diboll took a 2-1 win over Carlisle in girls’ soccer action on Thursday.

Jasmine Montoya and Aubrie Arrello had the goals for Diboll, and Celeste Monrroy was the goalkeeper.

Wells tops Gary GARY — Tyran Morgan scored 11 points as Wells took a 44-41 win over Gary on Friday night in basketball action.

Dalton Herman scored 10 points. Daniel Ruby and Lanberto Aguillon had 9 points each, and Nathaniel Sessions added 5 points.

Central girls fall to Woden 46-40 WODEN — Karley McHenry scored 31 points, but Central dropped a 46-40 decision to Woden on Friday.

Jessica Harrison scored 6 points, and Makenna Bell added 3 points for the Lady Bulldogs.

No. 4 Baylor women top No. 24 WVU MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Freshmen post players Beatrice Mompremier and Kalani Brown are giving No. 4 Baylor a lift heading into the latter part of the Big 12 schedule.

Mompremier had 16 points and 15 rebounds and Brown had 11 points in the Lady Bears’ 71-61 win over No. 24 West Virginia on Saturday.

No. 6 Texas women beat Kansas State MANHATTAN, Kan. — Kelsey Lang scored 10 points off the bench as star forward Imani Boyette sat out with early foul trouble, and No. 6 Texas pulled away from Kansas State late to win 66-51 on Saturday night.

Brooke McCarty led Texas with 15 points. Lang scored eight in the second quarter and finished with six rebounds.

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Making the world a richer place

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here will future economic growth come from? With high debt and bad demographics, you may worry. But the world is brimming with more untapped potential than you may realize.

This is a thought exercise to show how much potential the world has but chooses not to unleash because of social norms. morgan housel It’s not a serious proposal, because it could never realistically happen, since people like their social norms.

Economic growth happens when 1) the working population grows, and 2) people share ideas and learn how to do things more productively. After practicing the two for several thousand years, the world has figured out how to produce about $78 trillion of goods and services every year.

That’s impressive. But it might be $100 trillion short of what we should be producing.

That shortfall comes from two social barriers: ■ Women make up a disproportionately low share of the workforce, especially in the developing world.

■ Immigration control prevents workers and thinkers from moving to where the opportunity is.

A bunch of different research added up how much these two social restrictions cost the world economy.

In aggregate, it could be more than $100 trillion per year.

To get to $100 trillion you have to envision a world where there are no borders and anyone can freely move to any country they want. You also have to envision a world where child care is universally a paid occupation, rather than provided by a nonworking parent.

Neither will ever happen.

But, again, this is an exercise in seeing what people are capable of, not what we should expect them to do. The benefit of this kind of exercise is realizing that the world has far more potential than it’s currently realizing, even if the opportunity is a fraction of $100 trillion.

Here’s how the numbers work out.

Gender equality Women make up half the world’s working-age population but generate only 37 percent of GDP, according to a lengthy report by the McKinsey Global Institute.

The gap comes from a lower share of women working outside the home, and wage inequality when they do.

It’s really extreme in parts of the world: Women contribute just 17 percent of the GDP in India, 18 percent in the Middle East and 24 percent in South Asia.

McKinsey calculated what would happen if all women participated in the workforce, worked the same hours and earned the same wage as men. The answer is that global GDP would rise by $28 trillion, or the equivalent of two United States.

Realizing how far-fetched this is, it calculated what would happen if every country achieved the same gender equality as the most equal parts of the world, like Western Europe.

Doing so would add $12 trillion to the global economy, which McKinsey points out “is equivalent to the current GDP of Japan, Germany and the United Kingdom combined.”

Japan is an interesting example itself. Its economy has been stagnant for decades, largely because its aging demographics mean a shrinking supply of workers. It also has a low share of female labor participation — 49 percent versus 57 percent in the United States. Goldman Sachs calculated that bringing Japan’s female labor participation rate up to that of males would add 8 million Japanese workers to the payrolls and boost GDP by 15 percent — enough to solve a lot of its slow-growth problem.

Open borders Remove all global borders and all immigration restrictions, and global GDP could literally double, adding about $80 trillion to the economy, according to economist Michael Clemens.

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Flight instructor opens aviation school

By STEPHANIE STEVENS The Lufkin News

Grab your aviator hat and glasses and zoom over to the newly opened Courtney Aviation flying school at the Angelina County Airport.

Courtney Aviation was opened Jan. 1 by flight instructor Matt Courtney.

A Federal Aviation Administration certified flight instructor, advanced ground instructor and instrument ground instructor, Courtney helps students reach their aviation goals by providing thorough flight and ground instruction for private and commercial pilot certification.

He also offers flight instruction, flight reviews, aerial photography, discovery flights, aerial tours and pilot services.

Instrument certification training is coming soon.

“I’m a third-generation pilot,” Courtney said. “My grandfather and father were pilots, and I’ve just grown up flying. It’s what I love to do, especially teaching.”

The school caters to the students’ pace in order to create a safe and confident pilot.

“It’s almost student-led,” Courtney said. “We establish where they are at. I have a syllabus, and that’s everything I have to cover for them to get their first private pilot license. So we will go through lessons at their pace. Some will take classes once a month, and then I’ll have some that fly three to five times a week.”

He said that because everybody learns at a different pace, he has to reorganize the syllabus and evaluate each person as he goes along.

“What I’m trying to do is make every lesson very beneficial and cost-efficient,” he said. “You have to have fun and enjoy it or you won’t learn.”

Students learn to fly in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk or Cessna 150. Classes typically last three hours — roughly two hours of ground where a student learns about navigation, fuel burn, etc. and one hour of flight.

Courtney plans to bring in pilots — like his father, Chad Courtney, who has been an instructor most of his life — to

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Flight instructor Matt Courtney stands next to a Cessna 172 Skyhawk that he uses to teach students. Courtney has opened Courtney Aviation, a flying school at the Angelina County Airport.

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Matt Courtney flies over Lufkin in a Cessna 172 Skyhawk. do a stage check, or an evaluation by dent’s training. another instructor to appraise the stu“This is so he can come in and re-eval-

uate from a different angle,” Courtney said. “Possibly he will catch things that are frustrating a student that he can fix or help. We are just trying to create safe pilots.”

He said these are services that had not been offered in this area or were scarce.

“We just want to come out to offer instruction and train pilots,” he said. “This is the county airport. The more pilots we have, the more revenue this place can generate to keep this place alive. This is a wonderful airport compared to the ones around, and we have an excellent spot.”

For more information and prices, visit flythepines.com or call Courtney at 2199155.

“Flying is incredible,” he said. “It’s something everybody should experience. Flying in a commercial airline is not the same as flying yourself. It’s getting to see the world from a different view.”

Stephanie Stevens’ email address is sstevens@lufkindailynews.com.

Soaring into the wild blue yonder a memorable experience A sense of weightlessness filled my body as the wheels lifted off the ground and the treetops shrunk before my eyes.

Never before had I experienced flying in a small aircraft like the Cessna 172, and I couldn’t have felt more alive.

I was lucky.

When I called Matt Courtney to inquire about stephanie stevens Courtney Aviation, I never thought it would end up with me soaring high above the rooftops.

The Cessna 172 sat four people, and when I first saw it, I had dubious thoughts of a little leaf blowing haphazardly in the wind. The ride was nothing like that. In fact, I couldn’t believe how smooth the ride was. It was almost like parasailing, gliding effortlessly — definitely more smooth than some commercial flights I have been on.

I settled into the seat and analyzed the fancy aviator headset I wore. Snug

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SEE STEVENS, PAGE 3D An aerial view of the Lufkin High School campus, including John Outlaw Memorial Field at Abe Martin Stadium.

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By STEVE KNIGHT The Lufkin News Officials with Burlington Stores will host a community job fair this week.

The job fair will take place from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites at 4404 S. First St. in Lufkin.

If you go What: Burlington Stores job fair When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday Where: Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 4404 S. First St., Lufkin Job seekers are asked to complete an online application at burlingtonstores.jobs/ job-search.aspx and bring a copy of their resume.

According to spokeswoman Clare Buse, a range of positions for the new Lufkin store, opening in March, are available.

“There are approximately 75 positions available, including full-time and

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This photo shows the under-construction to open in March. part-time positions such as supervisors, cashiers, customer service associates, receiving associates and front-end associates,” Buse said.

Prior to attending the job fair, candidates are asked to complete an online application at burlingtonstores.jobs/jobsearch.aspx and bring a copy of their resume.

The New Jersey-based national offprice retailer announced in June that it will open a new 50,000-square-foot store in Lufkin at 2902 Brentwood Drive. The

Burlington store in Lufkin, scheduled

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store is one of 58 Burlington locations in the state of Texas.

According to a statement, the store will feature ladies’ apparel, accessories, menswear, family footwear, children’s clothing, a broad assortment of furniture and accessories for baby at Baby Depot, home décor, gifts and a large selection of coats.

For more information, visit BurlingtonStores.com.

Lockheed Martin’s Missiles and Fire Control division, which includes the company’s Lufkin facility, saw an increase in net sales and operating profit in the fourth quarter of 2015, compared to the same period a year ago.

The division’s net sales for the fourth quarter increased about $106 million, or 6 percent, compared to the same period in 2014.

Company officials said the in-

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New year gets off to a quick, positive start I

don’t know about each of you but this first month of the year 2016 has just flown by and has been pretty positive from my point of view.

We had a great sales tax month and we have had more retail outlets expanding and opening. I know we all dwell bob brown on the surprise closings of retail industry but we continue to reap positive news and I pray the atmosphere will continue for the next 11 months.

Thank you, Eric Atkinson for believing in your home city and not only remaining in Lufkin, but expanding and growing in Lufkin. Atkinson Candy has been a very positive corporate citizen for more than 80 years and we look forward to the Atkinson brand continuing to tell the whole world that they come from Lufkin, Texas.

I still see a truck and trailer hauling a pumping

unit out of Lufkin from time to time. Seeing that “Lufkin” logo on the rocker arm of the unit, still gives me a sense of pride that we are the home of Lufkin pumping units.

It rattles me to reality that corporate America does not value our city with the same passion we have; but we must continue to present this great city in a manner that makes others not only want to stay here, but also grow here and relocate here.

Steve Floyd, Lufkin’s assistant city manager, has taken on the task of selling Lufkin as our economic development director. He has had at least three positive results so far in his time as director and there will be more celebration in the near future. Steve has created new life in Angelina Village Shopping Center and helped Eric Atkinson with all his decisions to remain in Lufkin.

City Manager Keith Wright knows our whole city and has given Steve a free hand to get things moving in Lufkin.

We have not given up on Project 800. They still keep us up to speed on their proposed power plant

and we still have faith that with all their approved permits that they will start construction this year.

One thing I have finally discovered and admitted: Nothing moves fast in government, local, state or national. Permitting and seeking approval for anything takes a lot of time.

The days of “here is what we want and here it is” are over. I would give anything for trust and a hard handshake to come back, but those days are long gone.

Our goal as a city is to maintain a strong working relationship with you, the citizen, our chamber of commerce, our county court, our community college and our public schools.

If we continue to graduate solid, flexible students, fine tune them and have work places ready to employ them, then we will continue to prosper.

Please help us make this happen.

Continue to watch out for each other and do something helpful without being asked to do so.

Bob Brown is the mayor for the city of Lufkin.

His email address is mayorbobbrown@cityoflufkin.com.

letter to the editor Thanks for support

Chamber awards recognize hard work and caring attitude for our community

Thanks to all who helped the Salvation Army during 2016 Christmas Kettles and Angel Tree. We want everyone who helped with the 2016 Christmas Kettles and Angel Tree to know that we really appreciate them. Thanks to Lufkin Mall, Belk, Outback, Big Lots, Olive Garden, Crown Colony, Walmart, Hobby Lobby, Kmart, Oncor Lufkin Service Center, Southland Federal Credit Union, Angelina Savings, Chi St. Lukes, Kiwanis Club, Lufkin and Angelina Rotary Clubs, Girl Scouts, Sweet/Sassy, Jr. League, Spring Leaf Financials Employees, Top Ladies of Distinction, Wells 4-H, Select Baseball Team, Ladies Lions, Hospice in the Pines, Urgent Doc, Lufkin Chamber of Commerce, Missy Perkins, Central Elementary, Hudson Middle School, Anti-Bullying Awareness, Lufkin High School FCCLA, Huntington High School and Young Professionals.

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or those of us who were among the 700-plus people at the Lufkin/ Angelina County Chamber of Commerce banquet on Thursday night, the message was clear: Even after a year of bad news on the industrial front, our county’s economic future doesn’t look so bad.

Positive vibes came from every corner of the Pitser Garrison Convention Center during the event, but incoming chamber chairman Gene Lee’s words were especially powerful. He spoke of the importance of the youth of our community, praising the work of Hudson students on a video that was presented at the banquet, but he also stressed the notion that the days of depending on industry as the backbone of our community are gone.

Small businesses, like the TransServices Inc. company that Lee owns and operates, are where we need to hang our hat as far as future job growth is concerned, he said.

We tend to agree. There’s a place for large-scale economic development efforts when opportunities present themselves, but for the most part we believe our chamber of commerce and local governments need to focus on helping existing businesses (both large and small) prosper and grow while encouraging the rise of new entrepreneurs here. We have no doubt that Jim Johnson, The Chamber’s relatively new president and CEO, is on board with that plan.

In that regard, we join in applauding Rufus Duncan Jr., the winner of the annual Golden Anvil Award, for his efforts to pave the way for LufTex Gears to begin operating here within the next couple months.

“This town has had some hard knocks over my lifetime,” Duncan said in accepting the award. “We lost our paper mill; we lost both our foundries; we’re having our jobs outsourced across the seas, but after every single one of these things, we have picked ourselves up and we have made the county better. … And if we work as a team, the next banquet is going to be great. I’m proud as a peacock to be part of this team.”

We are proud of Duncan for caring so much about his hometown and going to such great lengths to improve it. The same goes for Ellen Temple and her late husband, Buddy, who received The Chamber’s Angelina Award for a lifetime of service to their community. Specifically, they installed the Temple Urban Forest project on U.S. Highway 59, between Whitehouse and Tulane drives in Lufkin, and the T.L.L. Temple Foundation made it possible — through the Conservation Fund — to protect the 19,000-plus acres of forest and wetlands that we know as Boggy Slough. We appreciate all the good things the Temples (all of them) have done for Lufkin, Diboll, Angelina County and the Texas Forest Country as a whole.

Congratulations to everyone who earned awards Thursday night, including The Chamber’s Diplomat of the Year, Ray Ann Baker, of Texas State Bank, and to outgoing chamber chair Aimee Slusher.

Both the officials and members of our chamber of commerce seem to have a good grasp on what our community needs to be successful. At this point, it appears our communitywide goals are reachable with a little hard work and a continuing spirit of cooperation.

Here’s to a prosperous and productive 2016.

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magine that your employer informs you that a 25 percent tax will be withheld from your pay check, with that money going to help achieve world peace. While the sacrifice will be difficult, the cause is just and something you support, so you agree. You find bill hammond out later, however, that yours is the only company that has taken this action. As a result, you are now at a significant competitive disadvantage among your neighbors, and sadly, there has been no progress toward world peace. You now realize that world peace isn’t something you can achieve through unilateral action.

That is exactly what this country is doing in addressing climate change. Despite what the administration and others continue to say, the science of climate change is anything but settled.

But even if you accept, without questioning, the arguments put forth by climate alarmists, the plans to address climate change supported by the Obama administration will have no measureable effect – a fact the administration does not deny because it is in their own documentation supporting the EPA’s Clean Power Plan.

It may feel good to believe you are doing something to address the issue of climate change. But the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan will drive up electricity costs by double digit percentages, cost thousands of jobs, devastate local economies based on traditional fuels and reduce property tax revenues essential for the operation of local governments and school districts.

Here’s the problem: the Clean Power Plan, according to the models supported by the EPA, will affect less than 0.18 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, reduce the rise in the sea level by 0.016 inches and reduce global average temperatures by less than 0.02 of a degree C. Essentially the Administration is demanding that every citizen and business absorb significant costs to accomplish what will be so small it cannot be measured.

We truthfully don’t know whether all nations acting together can have a measureable impact on the climate. What we do know is that if programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are to be imposed, every nation must be part of the effort. Under the Paris Accord, designed to

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address climate change, China will continue to increase carbon emissions until 2030, and only then will consider a reduction. Without China and India and the other emerging nations willing to fully participate, the only result of this plan will be self-inflicted wounds on the U.S. economy.

Americans will face lost jobs, lost income and huge utility bills, with minimal impact on the actual issue. That seems like a high price to pay.

The only real answer to reduced emissions is reduced power consumption. There are many ways that electricity use can be reduced through voluntary, free market means. Texas has been a leader in those efforts, but we need to continue their development.

We also must continue to invest in fundamental research to find new ways to generate large amounts of power cleanly. Solar power and wind power have their place, but will only become relevant on a large scale when, and if, we can come up with new battery or other storage technology.

We must advance our development of improved nuclear power technology. The development and deployment of standardized nuclear power plant design in Europe is a model that should be expanded to the U.S. – not abandoned due to unreasonable fears that force us to consider only less cost-effective energy solutions.

This is one of those issues where there is not an immediate quick fix. We are going to have to be patient and let science and technology work at a careful and reasonable pace to find the best energy solutions instead of crippling our economy and becoming less competitive with the rest of the world.

Bill Hammond is the chief executive officer of the Texas Association of Business.

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By Bruce Tinsley

One year ago ■ Lt. Gen. Orren Whiddon receives the Angelina Award for his lifetime of achievements, and organizers of the Harmony Hill Baptist Church’s Life Outreach Center are honored with the Golden Anvil Award for outstanding community service at the Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce’s 95th annual banquet.

Ten years ago ■ City of Lufkin is profiting from a 5.24 percent increase in mixed beverages sales.

■ Lufkin police investigate rash of car burglaries in residential neighborhoods just west of downtown Lufkin. Six break-ins reported to police on Sunday.

Twenty years ago ■ Angelina County Sheriff Mike Lawrence announces he will be resigning in two weeks after nearly 12 years in office to take a construction job overseas.

■ Eight candidates are seeking 2nd Congressional District seat vacated by Charles Wilson discuss family issues at forum in Lufkin. Candidates include Dr. Brian Babin (Woodville), Ben Bius (Huntsville), Bob Currie (Kennard), Edgar Groce (Cleveland), Jim Turner (Crockett), Fred Hudson (Center), John Hughes (Newton) and Donna Peterson (Orange).

From the pages of The Lufkin Daily News, compiled

by The History Center, TheHistoryCenterOnline.com.

TODAY IN HISTORY

By The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Jan. 31, the 31st day of 2016.

There are 335 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: In 1958, the United States entered the Space Age with its first successful launch of a satellite into orbit, Explorer I. On this date: In 1606, Guy Fawkes, convicted of treason for the “Gunpowder Plot” against the English Parliament and King James I, was executed.

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Several factors impact business’ decision on incorporation In order to qualify for S-Corp status, the corporation must have only one class of stock, and must have no more than 35 shareholders (although husbands and wives are counted as one shareholder). In addition, all shareholders must consent to the election, and no shareholder can be a non-resident alien or another corporation.

There are also limits on the amount of corporate income that may be earned from investments. There are other requirements and limitations as well, so you may want to check with a business attorney to see if your business qualifies for this election.

A C-Corp is a “traditional” corporation that pays income tax on its profits.

If the corporation then pays a dividend to its shareholders, this dividend is taxed again as income to each individual shareholder. This, obviously, results in the classic double taxation issue of corporations, which is one of

its main disadvantages. However, if the “owner” of the company is working as an employee of the corporation, he or she will usually receive a salary, which is deducted from the corporation’s income, and is therefore taxed only once.

Depending on the nature of the business, these salaries may use up most or all of a company’s profit. Assuming the salary is not unreasonably high, the IRS will probably not challenge it.

Benefits such as health insurance may also be deducted by a C-Corp, but not by an S-Corp. In addition, profits in a C-Corp beyond salaries and expenses may be reinvested into the company for growth rather than distributed to shareholders. In an S-Corp, any reinvested profits are first taxed as income to the shareholders, a distinct disadvantage.

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Don’t do anything drastic, yet Dear Dave: My husband was laid off a month ago from a job making $80,000 a year.

We have no debt except our house payment. We owe about $82,000 on it, but it’s valued at approximately $300,000. We’ve also got an emergency fund of $30,000, and I work part-time making about $2,000 a month dave ramsey while he collects unemployment and looks for another job. Do you think we should sell our home? We’ve also got a boat that’s worth about $18,000 we could sell. — Sheila Dear Sheila: The first thing I want you to do is take a step back and breathe. Yes, you guys just hit a big bump in the road. But the good news is you’re in pretty good shape financially to handle things for a while.

At this point, I’d strongly recommend selling the boat over selling the house. Boats are a lot easier to replace than nice homes, and the process isn’t nearly as traumatic on the family. You can also dip into your emergency fund a little bit, but for the next little while you need to make sure you’re living on a really tight, bare bones budget.

I’d love to see you not have to touch the emergency fund, because he’s gone out and found at least a part-time position while he’s searching for something in his field. I know that’s tough to do once you’ve gotten used to making $80,000, but there are jobs out there that will help you guys get through this.

As long as he’s being diligent in seeking a new job, and you’re budgeting and watching what you spend together, I think for now you should keep

the house. God bless you both. — Dave Dear Dave: Do you recommend having people keep their W2 numbers as close to their tax return numbers as possible, even if they might have to pay at the end of the year or have more taken out?

Every year I get a big tax return. But after listening to you I began to think that if I did a better job of planning I would have more money throughout the year. — Charlie Dear Charlie: I like your thinking, and you’re absolutely right. That’s exactly what I recommend people do when it comes to their income taxes.

Of course, you don’t want to have to pay out a big chunk of cash. But a little number crunching and planning ahead of time can help you avoid those kinds of situations.

You really don’t want a big refund, and here’s why. If you get a fat tax refund every year, all it means is you’ve loaned money to the government interest-free for the entire year. Then, at the end of the year they gave it back to you.

Some people seem to think Santa Claus has shown up when this happens, and that’s completely wrong. You’ve had too much taken out of your check every payday during the previous year, and then you got it back.

Try to adjust your W2 so that you are hitting within $100 or so at the end of the year. Then you’ll have more of your own money in your own pocket throughout the entire year. — Dave The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 11 million listeners each week on more than 550 radio stations and digital outlets. Dave’s latest project, EveryDollar, provides a free online budget tool. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey. com.

building permits Building permits issued by the city of Lufkin from Jan. 22-29, listed by address, owner, contractor, description and value: Residential repair and addition ■ 301 Bartmess Drive, Allen Riddle, residential remodel, $4,000 ■ 101 Eastwood Place, Kristopher King, Kevin Poage Construction, roofing permit, $7,000 ■ 108 Joplin, Joyce Mae Thomas, M&M Roofing, roofing permit, $4,500 ■ 514 Sunset Blvd., Bipin and Meena

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For specific advice regarding legal matters affecting you, please consult an attorney.

To submit a question to be answered in this column, please send it via email to JeffreyPBates@aol.com, or via regular mail to Ask The Lawyer, 101 S. First St., Lufkin, Texas 75901.

Patel, Velvaro Homes, roofing permit, $2,800 ■ 2306 N. Raguet St., Rogelio and Jessica Bocanegra, roofing permit, $3,000 ■ 219 Bonita St., Armando Chacon, roofing permit, $2,500 ■ 2000 Champions Drive, Jesse and Ginger Jacobs, Southern Home Builders, residential remodel, $3,000 New commercial ■ 2500 Daniel McCall Drive B, Wal-Mart Real Est. 140, Prawl Inc.,

convenience store, $1,500,000 Commercial repair and addition ■ 206 S. Medford Drive, Freedom Homes, storage building, $15,800 ■ 300 E. Shepherd Ave., City of Lufkin, Tower Specialists Inc., new communications tower, commercial remodel, $108, 610 ■ 515 S. First St., Jeff Buchanan, commercial remodel, $4,000 Other ■ 205 Ford St., Patricia Anderson, mobile home permit, $5,000

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The federal government has agreed to stop approving oil fracking off the California coast until it studies whether the practice is safe for the environment, according to legal settlements filed Friday.

Separate deals reached with a pair of environmental organizations require the Department of Interior to review whether well techniques such as using acid or hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking, to stimulate offshore well production threatens water quality and marine life.

The practices have been conducted for years in federal waters and were revealed when the Environmental Defense Center filed Freedom of Information Act requests, the organization said.

“These practices are currently being conducted under decades-old plans with out-of-date or nonexistent environmental analysis,” said Brian Segee, an attorney for the Environmental Defense Center.

The agreements in Los Angeles federal court apply to operations off Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, where companies such as Exxon Mobil Corp. operate platforms.

Federal agencies have to complete the review by the end of May and determine if a more in-depth analysis is necessary. They will also have to make future permit applications publicly accessible.

A Department of Interior spokeswoman said the agency would comply with the agreement and is committed to safe offshore operations.

The American Petroleum Institute, which intervened in the cases as a defendant and did not agree to the settlement, issued a statement saying it did not think the environmental review was needed and did not think a permit moratorium was justified.

The Environmental Defense Center challenged 53 permits authorizing well stimulation at six offshore platforms. The group said use of chemicals such as acid to break up and dissolve rock poses risks at every stage of operation up through and including their discharge in the ocean.

The Center for Biological Diversity, which filed a separate lawsuit, said the government had rubber stamped permits without public input or analysis of the threat posed to creatures such as sea otters, fish and whales.

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ear cushions, nice black headband — I was feeling like a boss. My smug look was reflected off the window as I thought, “The name’s Bond.

James Bond.”

I cracked up and turned my attention to all the little toy cars and people on the ground.

Courtney, bless his heart, was extraordinarily patient when I proceeded to ask a million and one questions as we flew around Lufkin.

I learned that in a Cessna 172, you steer with your feet on the ground, which takes a long time to get used to because your natural reaction is to turn the wheel. You can also control the plane by turning the steering wheel or pushing it forward or pulling it back when you fly. When taking off, you push the throttle forward to go up and stay aligned with the centerline by steering with the rudder pedals.

I also learned that many students and pilots love to make breakfast or lunch runs. Appar-

ently, he and his students will fly to Tyler or Houston to grab lunch sometimes.

You can even take the doors off for an aerial photographer so he/she can get clear pictures. I opted to leave the doors on. Can you blame me?

Courtney flew over my house, Angelina College and Abe Martin Stadium. I even got to turn the steering wheeling and fly a bit. What an experience it was!

Never once was I nervous or uncomfortable. It was like extending an extra limb you never knew you had and never doubting its credibility.

Just the idea of flying is neat. The industry itself is constantly evolving, so a pilot never stops learning. It’s an ongoing education.

This is going down as one memory I will never forget.

Now I can cross this flight off my bucket list, but you can bet it won’t be my last.

Stephanie Stevens’ email address is sstevens@lufkindailynews.com.

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How? Consider two things: Google co-founder Larry Page was born and raised in Michigan. But he’s good with computers, so he went to college and started his company where likeminded people flocked: Silicon Valley. If Page were forced to stay in Michigan his whole life, there would be no Google, no techies wearing hoodies and we’d all be worse off.

Extend that logic throughout the world. But this time, it’s reality: Think of the number of people in one country who can’t move to countries with more opportunity because of immigration restrictions. It means new ideas and new businesses are restricted, even if immigration policies make sense for other reasons.

Combine that with another truth: There are tens of millions of smart, capable people in poor countries willing to move to rich countries and work for lower wages than native workers. But we don’t let them, again because of immigration control.

When you remove borders, jobs and wages are determined by skill and productivity, rather than birthplace. The economic machine works way more efficiently, and the whole pot

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Clemens writes: “The gains from eliminating migration barriers dwarf — by an order of a magnitude or two — the gains from eliminating other types of barriers. For the elimination of trade policy barriers and capital trade policy barriers, the estimated gains amount to less than a few percent of world GDP. For labor mobility barriers, the estimated gains are often in the range of 50-150 percent of world GDP ...

When it comes to policies that restrict emigration, there appear to be trillion-dollar bills on the sidewalk.”

Ironically, some of the same people who oppose the minimum wage are also the firmest supporters of tight (even closed) immigration quotas.

But, economically, the two are virtually the same. Both are politically determined subjective limits that prevent someone who wants to work for a low wage from doing so. Economist Ha-Joon Chang writes: “Wages in rich countries are determined more by immigration control than anything else, including any minimum wage legislation. How is the immigration maximum determined?

Not by the ‘free’ labor market, which, if left alone, will end up

replacing 80-90 percent of native workers with cheaper, and often more productive, immigrants. Immigration is largely settled by politics.”

(For those who argue more workers will always lead to lower wages for everyone and thus no progress, catch up on the lump of labor fallacy).

So, up to $28 trillion in gains from gender equality, and $80 trillion in gains from labor mobility.

That’s how you make the world richer.

These are complicated topics.

Some of our social norms are defensible and make sense outside an economic lens. Others aren’t. But even the ones that aren’t shouldn’t be expected to change overnight. It can take decades to implement a solution, even when most people agree on a topic. And no one is actually suggesting we remove all borders.

But maybe this stuff will make you a little more optimistic. If we’re not growing at our potential, it’s not because we’re running out of ideas, running out of workers or running out of resources. We’re just getting in our own way. And, maybe one day, we’ll step a little bit to the side.

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City officials still waiting for comptroller’s approval on hotel incentives

By PAUL BRYANT The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel NACOGDOCHES — Nacogdoches officials said they continue to wait for guarantees from a Texas agency that the city may temporarily own or lease part of the Fredonia Hotel to ensure Richard DeWitt receives rebates on state hoteloccupancy and sales taxes.

“Obviously, before you make monumental decisions, you want it in a formal letter that you can rely on,” City Attorney Rob Atherton said. “We sent a 14-page letter to the comptroller to make sure we can do the reimbursement method like we’re doing and guidance on whether the city has to own the land

or convention center, which makes for a complicated arrangement.”

The Texas Tax Code requires that for an eligible central municipality to qualify for a refund of state taxes, it must own the hotel or the land and the convention center that’s within 1,000 feet of the project, an official with the comptroller’s office has said.

“I don’t think it’s an issue about whether (DeWitt) is entitled to rebates,” City Manager Jim Jeffers said. “It’s about the mechanics on what must occur before he is eligible for them. The goal of the reliance letter ... is that we have some type of interest in the land but we don’t own the building. It is a very thorough, in-depth letter.”

A Nacogdoches restaurateur, DeWitt and his wife, Barbara, bought the nearly 61-year-old hotel in September. Using a 1950s motif, architect Army Curtis plans to restore the property to its original design while incorporating contemporary amenities.

“The city will have to own or lease the convention center or the hotel,” Jeffers said. “But it would be in name only and after the incentives are complete in 10 years, ownership would transfer back” to the DeWitts.

Four months ago, Nacogdoches City Council members approved an economic development agreement with the new owners that allows them to be refunded up to $150,000 a year in the hotel occu-

pancy tax revenue the business generates for 10 years.

Authored by state Rep. Travis Clardy, House Bill 1964 amended the Tax Code to allow the hotel’s owners to use the city’s portion of hotel occupancy tax and other revenue generated at the property on renovations and other expenses.

In Nacogdoches, the hotel occupancy tax rate is 13 percent. Seven percent belongs to the city, and 6 percent belongs to the state. Texas law requires hoteliers to collect hotel occupancy taxes and remit them to the appropriate taxing entities.

HB 1964 provides that the Fredonia Hotel’s owners must still collect and remit the taxes, which would then be rebated by the comptroller’s office.

As for receiving hotel occupancy and sales taxes from the state, that agreement “must be finalized before the Fredonia opens,” Jeffers said.

“It is a complex issue, so it will take some time for them to sort through it.”

In the DeWitts’ economic development agreement with the city, they are required to invest at least $9 million on the renovations and employ at least 40.

According to an economic impact report, the hotel is expected to generate $27.5 million in lodging sales over the first 10 years, including $2.4 million in the first year. Food sales are expected to reach $1.7 million a year.

Paul Bryant’s email address is pbryant@dailysentinel.com.

Business Connections CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin has announced three physicians have been elected to serve as the 2016 officers for the hospital’s Medical Staff Board.

The newly elected officers are internal medicine physician Hunt Huber, M.D. as president; cardiologist Musa Khan, M.D. as vice president; and obstetrician and gynecologist Kaywin Carter, M.D. as secretary.

Additionally, three physicians have been elected to serve as the 2016 officers for CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Specialty Hospital’s Medical Staff Board.

The newly elected officers are internal medicine physician Karl Krohn, M.D. as president; pathologist David Todd, M.D. as vice president; and cardiovascular disease specialist and cardiologist Robert Hallett, M.D. as secretary. The officers were sworn in Jan. 1 and each will serve one-year terms.

The staff at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial Lufkin would like to express its sincere thanks to George Fidone, M.D., who completed his term as medical chief of staff in 2015. The staff at Memorial Specialty Hospital would also like to express its sincere thanks to Karl Krohn, M.D. who is serving his second term as chief of staff.

New medical director CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial welcomes new medical director for the Lufkin emergency department, board-certified emergency physician Joshua Allen, D.O. Allen has provided coverage in the Lufkin emergency department since 2012. Previously, he worked at Good Shepherd Medical Center and with a variety of MRI and Emergency Departments and Urgent Care facilities.

Allen finished his residency and fellowship in Emergency Medicine at Christus Spohn Hospital-Memorial through Texas A&M University-Health Science Center in Corpus Christi in 2012. He received his doctorate degree from Lake Erie College of osteopathic medicine in Erie, Pennsylvania, and graduated from Stephen F. Austin State University and Angelina College.

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H&R Block on John Redditt Drive in Lufkin awards Brenda Mullin $1,000 in the ‘‘1,000 Win $1,000 Daily Sweepstakes.’’ Mullin, of the Family Crisis Center, was one of the first to file this tax season. The sweepstakes continues through Feb. 15. Also pictured are H&R Block associates Sandra Barbosa, Vickie LaPorte, Cindy Raines, Diana Smith, Diana Bryan, Earnest Delane, Sandra Jones, Jessica Contreras and Ann Speights.

The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program made a $100 donation to Winnie Berry Humane Society of Angelina County recently. From the left are Joyce Snell, President Sheila Seaman, C.L. Beck, Dale Snell and Humane Society Executive Director Mike Stephens.

“Dr. Allen is no stranger to our Emergency Department or the East Texas area. He brings a wealth of expertise to our facility Coalition’s Facebook page. and values urgency, efficiency Timber tax laws and quality of care. We look Timber tax laws have changed forward to working with him,” due to the new tax law passed by Shawn Barnett, CHI St. Luke’s Congress in December 2015.

Health Memorial COO and An upcoming workshop aims Lufkin president, said. to keep forest landowners and Drug-Free other professionals informed Business Partnership on the latest updates to tax laws The Coalition is hosting the regarding timberland properties. annual Drug-Free Business The 2016 Texas Timber Tax Partnership luncheon at 11:30 Workshop is scheduled from 8 a.m. Tuesday at Crown Colony a.m.-5 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Lottie Country Club. and Arthur Temple Civic Center, The luncheon will recognize 601 Dennis St. in Diboll. businesses in the community Registration is $75 and that recognize the importance of includes a workbook, lunch and being drug-free. refreshments.

The luncheon’s guest speaker The annual workshop hosted will be Dr. Brian King, deputy

by Texas A&M Forest Service director for Research & Transla- and Texas Forestry Association tion in the Office on Smoking & gives hundreds of foresters, Health at the Centers for Disease landowners and other profesControl and Prevention. sionals the training and educaCost is $25 per person and tion needed for applying new awards will be presented for tax rules, which could prove an new members and membership advantage in forest management upgrades. planning.

If you would like to attend Participating in the workshop the luncheon or if your busialso qualifies for continuing ness is interested in joining the education credits.

Drug-Free Business Partnership, For more information or to contact The Coalition at 634-9308. register, go to texasforestservice.

All new Drug-Free Business tamu.edu/timbertaxworkshop, Partnership members receive an or contact Jennifer Hayes at (979) updated No Smoking decal for 458-6630 or jhayes@tfs.tamu.edu. posting at their business.

Tax assistance For more information, visit Goodwill’s Volunteer Income The Coalition’s website at angelinacoalition.org and “like” The Tax Assistance Program (VITA)

Lufkin’s First United Methodist Church lent a hand Jan. 16 raking leaves and playing with and walking the dogs at the Winnie Berry Humane Society. Participants include, standing from left, Jake Sperry, Wes Weaver, Rily Self, leader Paul Spore, Kirsten Kindred; and kneeling, Matthew Gorman, Logan Armstrong, Kyrsten Ward, Sarah Anne Coggins, Madison Corley, Meg Harris, Natalie Kate and needs volunteers to prepare Courtney Hanks. income tax returns for low- to moderate-income community way, with weekday, evening and problem identified by employers members. was the need for workers with Saturday sessions. Self-paced No previous tax preparaonline training also is available. soft skills. tion experience is necessary.

A free, three-day, 18-hour For more information, call Volunteers will receive free tax course was designed to develop a Kelley Downey, Workforce Depreparation for themselves as wide range of soft skills through velopment director, at 632-8838. well as training and certification participative learning.

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For more information contact Workforce Solutions Deep Volunteers are needed to serve your local Workforce Solutions as greeters, screeners/interview- East Texas surveyed local office or Christina Cole at ccole@ employers earlier this year ers and certified tax preparers. detwork.org or Johana Coughlin and found the most consistent Training sessions are underat jcoughlin@detwork.org.

circuit card assembly, wire harness assembly and final assembly, integration and testing for the PAC-3 missile, as well as the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System guided missile, the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense guided missile and the Army Tactical Missile System guided missile.

Operating profit in the division increased by about $58 million, or 18 percent, compared to 2014.

Company officials said the increase was primarily attributable to higher operating profit of about $80 million for air and missile defense programs, including

lion, compared to $45.6 billion in 2014. Net earnings in 2015 were $3.6 billion, or $11.46 per share, compared to $3.6 billion, or $11.21 per share, in 2014.

“The corporation completed a year of exceptional operational accomplishments for customers and financial returns to stockholders,” said Marillyn Hewson, Lockheed Martin chairman, president and CEO, in a statement. “The successful closure of the Sikorsky acquisition and completion of the strategic review of our IS&GS businesses, coupled with our record backlog, position the corporation for fu-

During his recent travels in the Lufkin area, state Sen. Robert Nichols met with Burke CEO Susan Rushing to discuss the effects of state appropriations on local service delivery.

Burke is the local authority and provider of mental health and developmental disability services in East Texas.

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crease was primarily attributable to higher net sales of about $75 million in increased deliveries in the Hellfire tactical missile program and about $70 million of increased deliveries of the Lantirn and Sniper fire control programs.

These increases were partially offset by decreases in net sales of about $65 million for air and missile defense programs, primarily Terminal High Altitude Area Defense and fewer deliveries of the Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile.

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The division’s net sales in 2015 decreased $322 million, or 5 percent, compared to the same period in 2014, while operating profit decreased $62 million, or 5 percent.

The company overall reported fourth quarter 2015 net sales of $12.9 billion, compared to $12.5 billion in the fourth quarter of 2014. Net earnings in the fourth quarter of 2015 were $933 million, or $3.01 per share, compared to $904 million, or $2.82 per share, in the fourth quarter of 2014.

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Photos by ANDY ADAMS/The Lufkin News More than 100 people attended the first Daddy/Daughter Dance, hosted by the Lufkin Parks and Recreation Department, last Saturday night at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center in downtown Lufkin.

Scenes from Lufkin Parks and Recreation’s first Daddy/Daughter Dance More than 100 people attended the first Daddy/Daughter Dance, hosted by the Lufkin Parks and Recreation Department, last Saturday night at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center in downtown Lufkin.

Amanda and Armando Salas, of Hudson, dance during the Daddy/Daughter Dance last Saturday night at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center.

Abigail Hess, 7, of Lufkin, dances with her father, Kyle, during the Daddy/ Daughter Dance last Saturday night at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center in Lufkin.

Halli Kruse, 10, of Lufkin, dances with her stepfather, John Beauchamp, during the Daddy/Daughter Dance last Saturday night at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center in Lufkin.

Lots of fathers — and grandfathers — enjoyed time with the young ladies in their families during the first Daddy/ Daughter Dance hosted by the Lufkin Parks and Recreation Department last Saturday night at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center in downtown Lufkin.

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70th Anniversary

Howard and Maudell Christopher of Lufkin will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Feb. 1, 2016. They were married on Feb. 1, 1946 by the bride’s father, Rev. J.E. Harrell. They have lived in this area all their married life. Mrs. Christopher is the former Maudell Harrell of the Bald Hill Community. The Lord blessed them with four daughters, Margie Burton (deceased), Linda Horton, Carol Carnley and Tammy Christopher, all of Lufkin, 10 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Mr. Christopher was employed at a home builder and Mrs. Christopher was a secretary and homemaker.

May the Lord continue to bless Howard and Maudell.

90th Birthday

Nita Sweat will celebrate her 90th birthday on Friday, Feb. 5th.

Nita, born Juanita Mathis, was born and raised in East Texas in the Central/Clawson area. She was one of nine children born to Dovie and Murray Mathis. She met and married the love of her life, the late George Sweat, who whisked her away to faraway lands — they traveled the world and raised a family while doing it. Nita and George had six children, nine grandchildren and nine-great-grandchildren — she even has three great-greatgrandchildren!

Nita returned to East Texas in 1972 and settled in Clawson where she owned a local gas station/grocery store for a period of time. She and George moved to Houston for a period of time and Nita worked for Travelers Insurance Company. In 1994, they retired and returned to East Texas. Nita has been a friend to all and a mother to many. She loves her family and friends deeply and embraces the changes that she has seen over the years. An avid gardener, she is happiest working in the yard. She has the uncanny ability to grow anything — she can put a twig in the dirt and it will bloom. Recently, Nita sold her family home and relocated to the Austin area where her two daughters reside.

Family and friends will honor Nita on Saturday, February 6th with a birthday celebration at the Clawson Assembly of God in Pollok from 2 to 4 p.m. Nita is a true testament to living well, taking care of yourself and others! She is a shining star in our lives!

55th Anniversary

Martin and Levelle Glenn of Lufkin celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary on Jan. 28, 2016. The couple was married on Jan. 28, 1961, at First Baptist Church, Lufkin. Martin is a native of Greenbrier, Arkansas. He graduated from Greenbrier High School, graduated from Capital City Business College in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1952, served in the Air Force for four years during the Korean War and then graduated from the University of Arkansas in 1960. Levelle is the former Levelle Lester of Hudson. She graduated from Hudson High School in 1954 and was salutatorian of her class. Martin retired in 2001, from Bartlett, Baggett and Shands Insurance Agency after working there 41 years. Levelle retired from Lufkin Industries and later worked at Story Wright. The Glenns have two children: Randall (deceased) and Martye Glenn Fluth. Martye and her husband, John, live in Del Rio. The Glenns enjoy visits from their three grandchildren (Craig, Kent and Chad) when they are on breaks from college.

80th Birthday

You are invited to celebrate the 80th birthday of Christine Singletary Woods. Come and join us at Fuller Springs Baptist Church Fellowship Hall from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 6.

Weddings & Engagements

Wedding, engagement and anniversary announcement forms are available in the foyer of The Lufkin News and online at lufkindailynews.com — click on the “Customer Service” tab, then “Submission Forms” and select the appropriate form.

The charge for announcements are: weddings, $80, $95, $115 and $140; engagements, $70 and $90; anniversaries, $70 and $80; birthdays, 80 years old and older, $30; and generations, $30. Announcements are published on Sundays only. They also will be published on the website.

A signature and phone number are required to complete the form.

A good quality color photo up to 8-by-10 inches is acceptable and may be submitted to The Lufkin News. Polaroid photos and computer prints do not reproduce well.

For information, call Beverly Johnson at 631-2618 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday or write to P.O. Box 1089, Lufkin, 75902. Deadline for submissions is noon Tuesday before the Sunday publication date.

Emilee Anne Nichols and Logan Shane Smith of Nacogdoches announce the birth of their daughter, Brynlee Mae Smith, born Jan. 8 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 14 oz.

Brother is Hayden Lane Clark.

Grandparents are Charlene and James Nichols, Robert and Nesi Lott and Glenn Smith. Great-grandparents are Harold Holloway and Helen Smith.

——— Dyllan and Megan Guy of Hemphill announce the birth of their son, Ryder James Guy, born Jan. 8 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz.

Grandparents are Gary and Tammy Farmer, Leo Shane Guy and Maranda Neel. Great-grandparents are Gary and Dianna Farmer and Barbra and Timothy Clark.

——— Tara Dulaney and Ivan Lopez of Diboll announce the birth of their daughter, Aleana Renee Lopez, born Jan. 9 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 13 oz.

Grandparents are Wendy and Shawn Dulaney and Irene and Luis Lopez.

——— Juan A. and Teresa Ibarra of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Jade Artemis Ibarra, born Jan. 9 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs.

Sisters are Kaylee Giselle and Megan Alyssandra Ibarra and brother is Levi Zachary Ibarra.

Grandparents are Juan A. Ibarra, Nancy Rivera and Francisco and Leticia Lozano. Great-grandparents are Juan A. and Maria Alicia Ibarra, Primitiro and Paula Carrizales and Juan and Matiana Lozano.

——— Sarah and Johnathan Strain of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Owen Timothy Strain, born Jan. 11 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz.

Brothers are Jaxson John and Corbin Richard Strain.

Grandparents are Tim and Beverly Johnson and John and Jackie Strain.

——— Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Howard Garris Jr. of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Grant Howard Garris, born Jan. 11 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, Grandparents are Ernest and Tracy Murray of Lufkin and Tim and Sue Zelley of Groveton. Great-grandparents are Bob and Sandra Clemmons of Waco and Anna May Hubler of Burlington, New Jersey.

——— Patricia Orta and Antonio Cordero of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Maritza Cordero, born Jan. 11 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz.

Sisters are Nayeli and Janelle Cordero and brother is Angel Villanueva.

Grandparents are Liliana and Rafael Orta and Antonio and Maria Cordero.

Great-grandparents are Juana and Joe A. Pantoja and Carmelo and Paula Cordero.

——— Yasmir and Danny Rohweder of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Freddy Robert Rhohweder, born Jan. 11 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz.

Sisters are Brianna and Aleah Rohweder.

Grandmother is Maritza Figueroa of Lufkin.

——— Abdichakour Hourre and Fatima Yusuf of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Aboubakar Abdichakour Barkadleh, born Nov. 11 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs. 5 oz.

——— Jasmine Williams and Robby Louis of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Malaysia Aurianna Marie Louis, born Jan. 12 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 10 oz.

Grandparents are Jennifer Williams, David Williams, Robert Louis and Pamela Ritter. Great-grandparents are Rose Royal, Willie Royal, Ada Williams, Charles Williams, Esther Rushing and Meme Rushing.

——— Heather and Zachary Holmes of Pennington announce the birth of their son, Riley Wyatt Holmes, born Jan. 12 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs. 14 oz.

Brothers are Kane and Weston Holmes.

Grandparents are Schonda Myers, Brooks and Antia Myers and Calvin and

Pam Holmes. Great-grandparents are George and Sophie Tilotta, Josephine and Dean Thompson, Don and Sue Myers and Ola Mae Lowery.

——— Ashleigh Hilburn and Juan Meza of Alto announce the birth of their son, Noah Eli Meza, born Jan. 14 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz.

Sisters are Annabella and Adalie Meza.

Grandparents are April Hollis, Derrick Dickerson, Danielle Cooper and Carl Hilburn. Great-grandparents are Betty Sartin, Cliff Hilburn, Ruby Hilburn and Mignonne Smith.

——— Sandra and Miguel A. Gonzalez of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Emily Aleksandra Garcia, born Jan. 14 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 6 oz.

Brothers are Kevin Miguel and Angel Damian Garcia.

Grandparents are Joaquin and Maria Garcia and Silvestre and Sandra Leticia Gonzalez. Great-grandmother is Hortencia Gonzales.

——— Kevin and Mary Stidham of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Eli Weston Stidham, born Jan. 14 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 8 lbs. 9 oz.

Sister is Cheslee Stidham and brother is Easton Stidham.

Grandparents are Edna Burns and Charlie and Della Lewis.

——— Martin G. Segura and Gina M. Serrano announce the birth of their son, Damian Gerardo Segura, born Jan. 14 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 9 lbs. 12 oz.

Brothers are Ismael Roberto Delacruz and Xadrian Delacruz.

Grandparents are Martin Segura Rivera, Felipa Segura Jaime, Jose A. Serrano and Theresa Ferguson.

Great-grandparents are J. Luis Jaime Robledo, Maria Hernandez Pantoja, Manuel Segura Rodriguez and Paula Rivera Torres.

——— Delilah Locke and Chase Sowell of Diboll announce the birth of their daughter, Annalina Denise Sowell, born Jan. 14 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz.

Sister is Isabella Marie Sowell.

Grandparents are Shannon May, John Rios, Heidi Lanier and Danny Sowell. Great-grandmothers are Diane May and Cindy Lanier.

——— Brittany and Robert Falkner of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Lexxie Leighanne Falkner, born Jan. 14 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs. 11 oz.

Grandparents are Phillip and Pamela Richardson and Michael and Maryellen Falkner, all of Lufkin.

Great-grandparents are Thomas and Janie Nash of Lufkin and Robert and Elizabeth Miller.

——— Miranda Crustner and Weston Clark of Laneville announce the birth of their son, Gannon Delbert Clark, born Jan. 15 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 13 oz.

Sisters are Payton Crustner, Kaylee Clark, Kylee Clark and Ryleigh Clark.

Brother is Kyle Tucker.

Grandparents are Boyd and Linda Whitehead, Richard and Tammie Owens, Arthur Delbert Clark Jr. and Chrissy Clark. Great-grandparents are Arthur Delbert Clark, Margaret Patricia Clark and Nancy and Jerry Brownlow.

——— LaSashia Rose Wilkerson and Derrick Lamar Anderson of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Derrick Lamar Anderson Jr., born Jan. 15 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 15 oz.

Sisters are Emani Wilkerson and Christiuana Anderson.

Grandparents are Benita Wilkerson and Stephen Jones. Great-grandparents are Rozella and Ben Wilkerson, J.D. and Earnestine Jones.

——— Leopoldo A. Cortes Jr. and Yanelys S. Pulido of Diboll announce the birth of their son, Leonardo Elias Cortes, born Jan. 15 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz.

Sisters are Elena G. Cortes, Lorena Jaquest and Lilia Rojas. Brothers are Leopoldo A. Cortes III and Jeff Deanzo.

Grandparents are Elena Cristina Santana, Elias Gonzalez Pulido, Leopoldo Andreades Cortes and Raquel Arguello Luna.

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including when you were born, how long you contributed to Social Security, and how long National Trivia Day reminds you expect to live. The longer you us that knowledge about Social work, and the more money you Security empowers you and earn at Social Security-qualifyprepares you for retirement. ing jobs, the more Social Security Remember, the more you know retirement benefits you stand to about Social Security, the more receive. The longer you wait to control you have over your bright draw Social Security benefits, the future. larger your monthly payout will 1. What is the average number be. Past age 70, there is no longer of years someone has paid into any advantage to waiting.

Social Security once they start 3. How much money can I earn collecting disability benefits? and still receive Social Security A) 2 disability benefits?

B) 7 A) $500 per month C) 13 B) $750 per month D) 22 C) $1,090 per month Because the Social Security D) None Act sets out a strict definition of A worker who is disabled can disability, our beneficiaries are earn up to $1,130 per month among the most severely disand still receive benefits. If the abled people in the country. We worker is blind or has work provide modest benefit payments expenses, this amount is higher. to workers who contributed into More information about working the Social Security trust fund while disabled is available at before becoming disabled. The socialsecurity.gov/pubs/EN-05average disability beneficiary to- 10095.pdf. day paid into the disability trust 4. Who receives the largest fund for 22 years before they annual share of Social Security began receiving Social Security benefits? disability benefits.

A) Survivors of deceased 2. At what age can I begin workers receiving Social Security retireB) Disabled workers and their ment benefits? families A) 62 C) Retired workers and their B) 65 families C) 67 The answer is C. About 39.5. Of D) 70 the nearly 60 million people who The answer to this question is receive retirement, dependent, not the same for everyone. Dedisability, and survivors benefits pending on when you were born, in 2015, the largest share went your full retirement age will be to retirees and their families, between 65 and 67. You can draw totaling $53 billion each month. benefits as early as 62, but you We also paid $6.7 billion dolwill receive a lesser benefit. For lars in survivors benefits each more details and a handy chart, month, and $10.5 billion dollars visit socialsecurity.gov/planin disability benefits each month ners/retire/retirechart.html. in 2015.

Verlon Clifton is in Management Support for The best time for you to retire the Social Security Administration in Lufkin. will depend on several factors,

The fight against cancer

BY DEBBI SINGER King Features Syndicate Debbi Singer was in the midst of her first round of chemotherapy when she bravely decided to take action with the hope of reigniting her sense of strength and confidence. With the support of her daughter and closest friends, she discovered the depth of her courage and realized that nothing — not even a cancer diagnosis — could take away her power.

Debbi shares her inspirational story, “Unexpected Presents,” in our book about finding your inner strength. She writes: When I woke from anesthesia after surgery to remove a seemingly benign ovarian cyst, I received some unexpected and unpleasant news. My doctor told me that I had cancer. The dreaded “C word”! And worse yet, ovarian cancer, also known as “the silent killer.”

Questions and emotions overwhelmed me. Was I going to live?

What was going to happen next?

How would I tell my loved ones?

Would I lose my hair?

From there on out, it was a whirlwind. Everything happened so quickly. Chemotherapy began two weeks after my diagnosis. I learned that on days 14 through 17 of my chemotherapy treatments my hair would start falling out in clumps. I was a newlywed of only six months. I was terrified and felt powerless and alone. How could I regain my balance? Rather than watching my hair fall out day after day, I decided to take control. On the 14th day, I checked into a fabu-

lous oceanfront hotel, outfitted with an assortment of wigs and champagne. My beautiful daughter and my closest girlfriends met me there with scissors and Wahl Shaver in hand to have a head shaving party. I always love a party, and this certainly was an original theme.

Truthfully, I could not bear to see the shocked, fearful looks on their faces one by one when seeing me bald for the first time.

Instead, I wanted to have them be a part of creating my “new look.” We laughed and cried as each of them took turns cutting and shaving my head. We shared an intimacy that most people never share. It was one of the most profound, memorable days of my life. I stood before them more vulnerable and exposed than I had ever felt before. I stood on the balcony feeling the wind on my naked scalp while stealing a glance at my reflection in the window. To my surprise, it was liberating! Instead of feeling weak and insecure, I felt an inner beauty and unstoppable strength and courage!

I changed that day. I bared my head and my soul to them. I realized that none of us really knows what our future holds. All that is certain is now. So I mustn’t spend my time fretting or wallowing in my circumstances. I must spend it celebrating the love, friendship, beauty and joy that surround me. I choose to live fully each day, with or without hair. chickensoup.com.

ly do you do at these workshops?

“Every few months will have a theme. We are starting small and plan on expanding to all-day events with vendors and handson classes. The next theme will be love — loving yourself, caring for others, making someone feel loved. We will always have at least two motivational speakers, group discussions, and activities.

We are faith based, I like to let people know that ahead of time, but our main focus is helping girls become empowered to make an impact in their world.”

Mother and Plan-It team member Julia Moreno, said that Girlz with Goalz is already impacting her daughter’s life. “Since we first started talking about the workshops and helping to empower girls, my daughter (17)

has starting researching scholarships and looking up information on colleges more than she had previously. I am also delighted to say that although we have not attended a workshop yet, conversations with other Plan-It Girlz members and other team leaders, my daughter and I have been able to more freely communicate and openly discuss her goals for the future.”

Walsh said her own goals are, “Expanding to other areas, creating a resource book, and offering training to others who might want to host events. As a former teacher, I’d love to eventually speak to students at school assemblies. It would also be amazing for colleges and businesses to become sponsors and mentors.”

I have no doubt that this group

will impact hundreds of lives by 2017. My hope is that they will soon expand to Lufkin so that my own daughter may be impacted by this wonderful group.

To learn more about the “Girlz with Goalz” workshops, visit facebook.com/groups/girlzwithgoalz or contact Walsh via email girlzwithgoalz@gmail.com.

Impact Challenge: Discuss three goals for 2016 with your child, boy or girl, and take steps to ensure they will achieve those goals. Achieving small goals now, will ensure their ability to achieve greater goals later.

If you would like to reach out to Delgado about an article or share a story about someone in East Texas making an impact, email her at ImpactEastTexas@gmail.com or contact her via Facebook.com/ImpactEastTexasColumn.

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“Plan-It Girlz” was founded by Angela Walsh of Tyler in 2015.

Her and a group of close friends were trying to help their own daughters use planners and set goals for the year when it suddenly grew into something more.

Realizing the need existed outside their own homes, they began to plan their first workshop and decided on the name.

Walsh said, “Girlz with Goalz, came from the idea that planning, realizing your passions, and creating goals would benefit the younger generation.” I asked her about their first meeting, “December was our first meeting and I’ve been told that the girls were extremely excited and ready to do more. “ Still I was curious. What exact-

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“Mommy, when I grow up I to think she can just do somejust want to stay home and read thing without taking steps to all the time.” achieve her goals. I constantly set “I’m pretty sure you will prob- goals for myself, but sadly I am ably need a job or need to be in not a good teacher and knew I school.” I replied. would need some help.

“No no, I’ll just During my search on write books like you social media for mothand help people.” ers going through Oh dear me. If only similar situations, I the life of a writer came across a wonwere that simple. derful event, “Girlz This conversation with Goalz.” with my 9-year-old “Girlz with Goalz,” k.D. Delgado daughter last week is a workshop created got me to thinking a little more by “Plan-It Girlz” and is exactly about her future. I love the fact what I was looking for. The catch that she knows what she wants — it’s not in my area ... yet. to be when she grows up and I I am so impressed with this won’t pretend that her desire to group of amazing women, that follow my footsteps doesn’t make I knew I just had to share with me feel a little more proud. But, it you the impact they are making also worries me. I don’t want her in the lives of young girls and

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SUNDAY PUZZLER

Dad’s ragged appearance may follow him to grave DEAR ABBY: My father is 80. In his prime he was a businessman with lots of contacts. Most of his friends and siblings are gone now. He doesn’t take good care of himself. His hair is unkempt, he goes weeks DEAR ABBY without shaving, his pants sag, and worst of all, his fingernails are full of dirt. He doesn’t get out much, so I’m not sure it’s important to him.

My main concern is how to handle this with the funeral home when he dies. Is this something they would clean? I can’t imagine putting anyone through that. It would also not reflect who he really is.

I have never been comfortable confronting Dad about his appearance as he is sure to have his feelings hurt. I would appreciate your thoughts on this. — CAN’T CONFRONT DAD IN INDIANA DEAR CAN’T CONFRONT: Is your father in good physical health? If he is, could he be depressed or becoming demented?

Those could be reasons why he has let his

appearance go. From your description, your dad appears to have become very isolated.

Perhaps if you encouraged him to join a senior group, he’d be more inclined to fix himself up and visit a barber. But I digress.

If your sole concern is how your father will look in his casket, your concerns will be alleviated when you talk about it with the director of the funeral home you plan to use. Making sure a body is clean and presentable is standard procedure.

DEAR ABBY: In recent years, when I befriend women, we start off having things in common (husband, children). Then these women lose all other interests and talk about nothing else. I have a wide range of interests (sports, travel, work, church — you name it), and I’m willing to listen and learn.

Abby, I have never met these women’s families and I am so tired of hearing their children’s names that I’m starting to distance myself. I have dedicated most of my life to my husband and raising my children.

I do not want to spend the rest of it talking about them. How do I handle these ladies?

— STARVED FOR STIMULATING CONVERSATION DEAR STARVED: Birds of a feather flock together. If you want stimulating

conversation, you will have to find another flock to fly around with. Sign up for classes at a local college, join a political campaign, volunteer at a hospital, join a group that helps the less fortunate, go to a museum. Do this and I assure you, you WILL meet others whose interests more closely match yours.

DEAR ABBY: I’ve met a man with whom I get along well. He is a physical therapist.

We talk and joke during my therapy sessions. He makes them seem more like fun than work.

I think we could be friends if given the chance. When I have finished my therapy at the practice, would it be OK to ask if we could keep in touch? If so, how does one approach this? He’s married, but I’m not looking for a romantic relationship. I would just enjoy being able to talk with him occasionally. — ON THE MEND IN GEORGIA DEAR ON THE MEND: When your therapy is completed, tell him you enjoyed the sessions and how enjoyable conversing with him was. Then ask if you can talk occasionally because he has many of the qualities you would like in a friend. You have nothing to lose by asking.

Write Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, California, 90069.

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Timpson library full of genealogical resources

By Dickie Dixon For The Lufkin News From the Timpson Area Heritage and Genealogical Society via Keith Allred: Note to anyone looking for ancestors or relatives from Angelina, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rusk, San Augustine and Shelby counties — try the new library in downtown Timpson, where it might surprise you to find such a classy and sizeable genealogical facility.

Its focus is not limited to those counties, but it has acquired resources on this part of East Texas that not many libraries can claim, such as an extensive collection of alphabetized obituaries on cards that include East Texans dating back to the early 20th century. Along with a large collection of genealogy books, many of them unavailable elsewhere, the portion of the library dedicated to family research reaches out beyond this part of the state.

The library subscribes to and offers free to its patrons such Internet sites as Ancestry (including U.S. and also world

information) and Fold 3. The forward-looking Timpson Area Heritage and Genealogical Society, now headed by Jan Barrett, also has initiated a project to put historic copies of the local newspaper online, with reproductions already beginning to show up on the University of North Texas’ Portal to Texas History website.

Timpson is located off U.S. Highway 59 in Shelby County, about 55 miles north of Lufkin.

Perusing Old Obituaries: From the Daily Phone Newspaper, September 4, 1899: Mrs. B. Baker died yesterday in North Church Community. Buried North Church Community.

Buried North Church cemetery.

(Annie Baker, born 6 August 1871, died 3 September 1899, buried Old North Church.)

September 8, 1899: Charley Mitchell, who made his home at Lanana, killed himself accidentally discharging his gun. The accident occurred at Pine Oak Bridge on the H. E. & W. T. Railroad. He was raised in Nacogdoches and leaves a widow and seven children. He had been out

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hunting. (Charles H. Mitchell, born 21 January 1865, died 8 September 1899, buried Oak Grove Cemetery.)

Queries Received From Michelle Marberry: A Correction. She is looking for any genealogical details on Charles Shane Holmes, her step-brother, of Norristown, PA not Morristown, PA (936) 414-7842 gg.mcg2@gmail.com For Posterity’s Eyes: Mary Sheffield-Smith will celebrate her birthday on Feb. 9 and Stephen Hudson on Feb. 10.

Save the Date. Newton native Alana Inman, manager of the Sam Houston Regional Library, will speak at noon Feb. 12 at Eagles’ Landing on the Newton High School Campus to the Luncheon for the Newton Genealogy Conference 2016.

Though the all day conference is free to the public, the charge for the luncheon in $10.

Attendees are asked to RSVP by 3 p.m. Friday by calling John Jefferson at (409) 3819403 or Dickie Dixon at (936) 240-8378. John can be emailed at jeff75966@yahoo.com and Dickie at dickie.dixon@hotmail.

com. Checks or money orders should be made to Newton ISD and mailed no later than Friday to the Newton County History Center Museums and Genealogical Library, 213 E. Court St., Newton, TX 75966. Please put on the envelope: Attention: John Jefferson.

Another perspective on the Cordova Rebellion: Clarence R. Wharton has this to say: “As late as 1838 Cordova, along with Nathaniel Norris, the renegade American who had figured in the Fredonian Rebellion at Nacogdoches twelve years before, was still operating among the Cherokees and had gathered a reputed force of six hundred Cherokees and Mexicans for an attack upon the colonies along the Angelina. General Rusk, who was in charge of the Texas forces on this frontier, made a gesture to disperse these belligerents, and they scattered without bloodshed. This episode has been miscalled the Cordova Rebellion.” Texas Under Many Flags, p. 344.

Send your queries to dickie.dixon@ hotmail.com or by mail to 807 Fuller Springs Drive Lufkin Texas 75901.

Retired Senior Volunteer Program needs volunteers The following organizations in Angelina County have a pressing need for volunteers: Angelina Arts Alliance, Angelina County Senior Center, Area Agency On Aging, Brandon Elementary, city of Lufkin (Main Street), Community Reassurance Program, DETCOG Homeland Security (CERT), DETCOG Lufkin, DETCOG Ombudsman Program (Regional), Diboll High School, Family Crisis Center, Goodwill Industries, Habitat For Humanity — Lufkin, Hope Center of North Lufkin, Hospice in the Pines, Lufkin Adult Learning Center, Lufkin American Red Cross, Lufkin Police Department, Lufkin State Supported Living Center, Lufkin Veterans Admin-

istration, Museum Of East Texas, Pregnancy Help Center, RSVP Advisory Council & County ADV. COMM, RSVP Office — Angelina County, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Adult Day Center, Seasons Of Hope Center, Second Blessings Food Pantry & Thrift Store, Temple Elementary School — Diboll, Temple Memorial Library — Diboll, Texas Forestry Museum, The Meadows, Timber Point Apartment Homes, Woodland Heights Medical Center and the Women’s Shelter Thrift Store.

If you are 55 or older and interested in volunteering, call Marilyn Gardner with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program at 3626922. RSVP serves as a placement agency for these organizations.

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Company providing free hearing screenings at center

By NELL ADDINGTON For The Lufkin News

stroke. He’s a trooper and we miss him.

Kathy Williams who was a regular bingo player has had a stroke but assured me she will back as soon as she can. We have missed her and her Mom. ——— The Better Breathers Club will meet at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at Larkspur Rehabilitation Center. Come and learn more about COPD and other pulmonary diseases.

——— Robyn told me that Olivia who worked in our front office has moved to The Meadows.

Dalton and Rita Boyd have been out for quite some time and we miss them. Dalton always helped me with serving.

Hospice has been called in for Mary Hatchell. Also heard that Arnold Montes is not doing well. Mr. Sheeler was out most of last week due to dental work. We were glad to see him Monday.

Our prayers go out to all our seniors whether you are sick or not. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up with all of you.

I will be having hernia surgery on Tuesday, so I hope you will keep me in your prayers.

The most difficult part will be missing work.

——— I’m looking for some of you who have promised to get out here one of these days to eat with us. Friday is a good day to come for gospel music and a good meal. See you soon.

Good morning everyone.

Here’s an important announcement of an upcoming event on Wednesday.

We will have Audiological Services here for free hearing screenings. Any adult over 18 years of age will qualify. No appointment is needed for this community event.

Come to the Angelina County Senior Citizens Center at 8:30-11:30 a.m. Help us reach our goal of providing East Texas communities 1,000 f hearing screenings.

For every person screened, we will donate $1 to the LISD Educational Foundation that funds the Regional Deaf Education Program.

Also each individual screened will have a chance for a $25 gift card.

——— The Angelina County Senior Citizen Center will be hosting a public auction March 12 at the site located at 2801 Valley Drive in Lufkin. All proceeds will go to benefit the Senior Center.

All items will be available for viewing at 9:30 a.m. and the auction will begin at 10 a.m.

Cash sales only. Please mark your calendar for this important event and come out and support the center.

——— Gene Hedges is now in Larkspur after suffering a stroke last week. He gave us a scare Nell Addington is the site manager and when he got off the van, so we activity director at the Angelina County called his daughter and she Senior Citizens Center. She can be reached took him to CHI to be checked at bradysnonnie@hotmail.com. out and found that he had a

ASTROGRAPH If today is your birthday —Stick to your game plan this year and don’t let the things you cannot control dictate your actions. Your success will depend on your focus and desire. Anger is the enemy, and peace your salvation. Offer positive thoughts and deflect negative influences.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Above all else, you must keep the peace. Trouble is brewing, and if you aren’t willing to compromise, you will get more than you bargained for. Minor accidents and mishaps are likely, so be careful.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — If you push for what you want, you will come out a victor. A passionate can-do attitude will separate you from the crowd and bring you the recognition you desire.

Romance is encouraged.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Reflect on your experience to make sure you don’t make the same mistake twice. Offer love and compassion in order to get the same in return. Positive change can be accomplished.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — There will be plenty to do that excites you, but before you indulge in something, you should make sure your motives are honorable. Kindness and generosity will bring the best results.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Dealing with authority figures or institutions will result in difficulties. Don’t push your luck or take on something you know you shouldn’t do. Honor your reputation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — You can accomplish so much if you get off the

couch and start doing things that will make a difference to your surroundings and important relationships.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — Problems will develop if you are argumentative or fall short of your expectations. Try to find the best solution, instead of thinking about where to put the blame.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Take a short trip or spend time with someone who makes you happy. Activities that allow you to test your strength or intelligence will boost your confidence and promote friendships.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — A opportunity to pick up extra work you can do from home will help you make positive changes by giving you needed extra income.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — You’ll be on top of your game and ready for a challenge. Initiate change and let someone you love know how you feel.

Progressive action will bring positive results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t reveal personal information or be enticed by a bad influence. Unrealistic expectations and unfounded assumptions will be your downfall. Take time to gather accurate facts and figures before you make a move.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — The help you offer others will bring high returns. Someone who shares your integrity and tenacious attitude will propose a partnership. Celebrate your good fortune with someone you love.

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New book details dying doctor’s quest to find life’s meaning

By RASHA MADKOUR The Associated Press

The Associated Press

Visitors meander through the Bruce Munro “Water-Towers” Sonoran Garden, in Phoenix. The garden boasts more than 50,000 plants Light exhibition light-based installation at the Desert Botanical and five trails.

Phoenix fun: Dining, hikes, art and sun

By TERRY TANG The Associated Press PHOENIX — With hundreds of golf courses and 300 days of sunshine a year, it’s easy to cast metropolitan Phoenix as a retiree’s paradise that leaves everyone else out in the cold. But within the desert beats the heart of an actual urban core that has come into its own. There’s an emerging restaurant-and-retail scene along with classic attractions like the view from Camelback Mountain, plus newfound treasures like peeking inside a little-known house designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

What’s new A house built by Frank Lloyd Wright that dodged the wrecking ball is Phoenix’s latest tourist attraction. The David and Gladys Wright House, named for the architect’s son and daughter-in-law who lived there, is in the Arcadia neighborhood. There are free public tours daily. The spiral walkway offers a spectacular view of Camelback Mountain.

Events on the grounds range from an Easter egg hunt to yoga classes.

Changing Hands Bookstore, about 5 miles north of downtown near a light rail stop, opened in May 2014 but already feels like the place where everybody knows your name. Patrons can grab a book with some beer or wine at the store’s First Draft Book Bar. Next door, the Southern Rail restaurant, named for its proximity to the light rail and its “low-country” cuisine, serves tasty Southern and Creole-influenced food like red beans and rice and fried chicken.

Another new hub is DeSoto Central Market in downtown.

The property, once a vacant brick building and former car dealership, is now a market with food stalls, bar and patio.

It’s known for happy hour, live music and swing dance nights.

walk five minutes to Mekong Plaza. The shopping center is a smorgasbord of authentic Asian cuisine — dim sum, pho or Taiwanese specialties like simmered pig ear.

Also available: green Grid Bike Share bicycles all around central Phoenix. Download the app to find and reserve a bike.

Rescues of out-of-state visitors who aren’t accustomed to the heat are unfortunately not rare.

If you’re hiking, dress properly, go with a buddy, carry a fully charged cellphone and hydrate (pets too).

Every March, spring training brings 15 Major League Baseball teams to Phoenix suburbs as part of the Cactus League. Because the stadiums are relatively small, fans who arrive early have The Associated Press A cyclist pedals up an incline, past several saguaros, in the South a good chance of interacting Mountain Park and Preserve in Phoenix. Golf courses and sunshine with favorite players. make Phoenix a retirement paradise, but there are plenty of Hanging out options for active outdoor recreation in area parks.

Phoenix’s artsy Roosevelt Drool-worthy delicacies include want to drive 30 minutes to tour Row neighborhood is the best place for quirky people-watching fried chicken-skin po’boys at the his winter home and studio in along a seven-block stretch with Scottsdale. larder + the delta. restaurants, bars, galleries and Galleries at the Musical Classic attractions street art. The first Friday of Instrument Museum in north The 140-acre Desert BotaniPhoenix are organized by world each month, the neighborhood cal Garden boasts more than regions. Special headphones play hosts outdoor musicians, artists 50,000 plants and five trails that and vendors. music samples when you near illustrate the role desert plants For a respite from the desert the corresponding display. One play in the environment. The landscape, the 10-acre Farm at gallery spotlights instruments latest exhibit incorporates eight and clothes belonging to icons South Mountain in south Phoelight-based installations using nix feels like a country garden from Elvis Presley to Taylor colorful fiber optics. party. Onsite eateries include Swift.

With all the sunshine, take a breakfast-brunch cafe and Tips a hike. Two popular summits fine-dining restaurant serving Phoenix’s roughly 23-mile are the 2,704-foot Camelback locally-grown produce. You can light rail system makes the ideal also grab lunch in a basket and Mountain and 2,608-foot Piestewa Peak. Both are north of hop-on-hop-off tour bus with a $4 use picnic tables in the farm’s downtown and offer views of the all-day pass. Several stops have pecan tree grove. entire metropolitan Phoenix val- free park-and-ride areas too. The Mexican restaurants in Phoetracks run through downtown, ley. A less crowded alternative nix are like Starbucks: There’s is South Mountain Park 10 miles the college town of Tempe and practically one on every corner, south of downtown, where you’ll the suburb of Mesa. from gourmet taco houses to caIn Tempe, stroll around Tempe sual mom-and-pop joints. Barrio find ancient petroglyphs.

The Heard Museum is known Town Lake, popular for jogging, Cafe is a local institution known for art and artifacts showcasing fishing and even dragonboat for its collection of some 300 racing. Mill Avenue is lined with different tequilas and for dishes Southwestern tribal culture, shops, restaurants and bars. including Hopi katsina dolls, made from cochinita pibil (slow In Mesa, get off at the Main Navajo textiles and Zuni jewelry. roasted pork) flavored with sour Frank Lloyd Wright fans may Street/Sycamore stop and orange and a blend of spices.

the travel troubleshooter

Why am I getting billed for damage I didn’t cause?

Carol Amitin returns her Enterprise rental without a scratch. So why does the company want her to pay for damages to the vehicle?

Q: I’m being charged for damage to a rental car that I did not cause.

I recently had my car repaired at my dealership, which paid for a rental car from Enterprise.

I drove the rental home, parked it on my one-way street so that christopher elliott the passenger side was next to the curb and checked to see that I was close enough to the curb. I did not use the car again until the next day, when I picked up my repaired vehicle.

I arrived at the dealership at about 2:30 p.m. and was told by an employee that the rental car was “fine.” The rental remained at the dealership until early the next morning, when Enterprise picked up the car and called me to say that it was damaged. At no time while I had it was there an accident or the possibility of damage to the rental car.

The car dealership had the car for about

18 hours after I returned it. I’d like to have the charges dismissed. Can you help? — Carol Amitin, Baltimore A: You shouldn’t be charged for car damage that you didn’t cause, or that didn’t happen while you rented the car.

This is a fascinating case on several levels, including the timing, the circumstances and the resolution.

First, you returned the car to your dealership and were told that the car was “fine.”

When someone tells you that the car is good to go, you might want to get that in writing or take a picture of the “fine” vehicle with your phone. During a claim process, the word of a third party is of limited value.

Second, there were 18 hours between the time you returned the car and the time Enterprise took control of it, so it’s possible that you returned the vehicle in working order and it was damaged on the lot. Your responsibility for the car ended when you dropped it off — not when the car rental company took custody of the vehicle.

The final oddity was the circumstance of the claim. Enterprise, which has one of the most effective damage claim units in the car rental industry, limited its contact with you

to phone calls, by your account. I asked for a paper trail of correspondence between you and the car rental company, and the only thing you could show me was an email you sent to it, disputing the claim. No photo, no repair bill — nothing. I find that a little suspicious.

Eventually, Enterprise sent you photos of alleged damage and charged your credit card $317.

If you ever find yourself on the wrong end of a questionable damage repair claim, you can appeal your case to one of the Enterprise executive contacts I list on my website: elliott.org/company-contacts/enterprise.

The resolution of this was a little strange, too. You skipped the paper trail and the direct appeal to the executives, and went straight to a credit-card dispute. I don’t normally recommend card disputes, except as a last resort, but it worked for you. Your credit-card company sided with you and reversed the charges. Next time, don’t forget to take pictures of your rental.

Christopher Elliott is the ombudsman for National Geographic Traveler magazine and the author of “How to Be the World’s Smartest Traveler.” You can read more travel tips on his blog, elliott.org, or email him at chris@elliott.org.

parably demanding field of neurosurgery. His reflection on the practice, responsibility, In his posthumously pubidealism and fallibility of medilished “When Breath Becomes cine is a must-read for those Air,” Paul Kalanithi in the field and those gets straight to the touched by it. sudden turning point When facing brain in his life: the day the surgery, “the quesStanford neurosurtion is not simply gery chief resident whether to live or die,” looked at a scan showKalanithi writes, “but ing he had advanced what kind of life is cancer and likely little worth living.” Would time left. you trade your right “When Breath What follows is a hand’s function to Becomes Air” poignant account of (Random House), by stop seizures? Would his life, his quest to you trade your ability Paul Kalanithi find meaning, his efto talk for a few extra forts to retain his humanity in months of mute life? the grind of becoming a doctor In the gravest of cases, and, ultimately, his thoughts on Kalanithi writes: “I had to help dying. those families understand that As he and his wife, Lucy, the person they knew — the grapple with whether to befull, vital independent human come parents in their remain— now lived only in the past ing time together, she asks and that I needed their input to him: “Don’t you think saying understand what sort of future goodbye to your child will make he or she would want.” your death more painful?”

The book is full of sage dicHe replies: “Wouldn’t it be tums: “A tureen of tragedy was great if it did?” best allotted by the spoonful.

The heartrending exchange Only a few patients demanded captures Kalanithi’s full-throt- the whole at once; most needed tled approach to living. time to digest.”

In Kalanithi’s childhood and Despite his close contact with college years, one can see the death, it was a dizzying change seeds that created this ethos. from doctor to patient.

When Kalanithi’s family “As a doctor, you have a moved from New York to a des- sense of what it’s like to be sick, ert town in Arizona, his mother but until you’ve gone through it — fearing for her children’s yourself, you don’t really know. educational prospects — obIt’s like falling in love or having tained a “college prep reading a kid,” Kalanithi writes. list,” which then-10-year-old When cancer struck, he went Paul began to tackle. back to literature to under“Books became my closest stand his experience and make confidants,” Kalanithi writes, sense of death. Ultimately, he explaining the profound made a decision: “Even if I’m themes, rich lexicon and literdying, until I actually die, I am ary quotes peppered throughstill living.” out his writing.

He worked on building his One summer while in colstrength to go back to the operlege, he applied for an internating room. While working 16ship at a research center as well hour days, he battled “waves of as a job at a lakeside camp; he nausea, pain, and fatigue.” But was accepted at both and had to his calling as a neurosurgeon choose. “In other words, I could was a strong draw. “Moral duty either study meaning or I could has weight, things that have experience it.” He picked the weight have gravity, and so the latter. duty to bear mortal responsiBack on campus, Kalanithi bility pulled me back into the summarized his dovetailing operating room.” interests: “I studied literature A reader can’t help but feel and philosophy to understand deep regret that Kalanithi — what makes life meaningful, the unusually introspective studied neuroscience and doctor, the intellectually driven worked in an fMRI lab” — scientist and the compassionfunctional Magnetic Resonance ate humanitarian — no longer Imaging — “to understand how walks this Earth, sharing the brain could give rise to an his gifts. His book is faint organism capable of finding consolation. Doctors ought to meaning in the world.” learn from his compassion for It is no surprise, then, that patients; all of us ought to learn Kalanithi chose the incomfrom his passion for life.

mystery

‘Where it Hurts’ is a superb detective novel

By BRUCE DeSILVA The Associated Press

pain. So reluctantly, he finally agrees to poke into it.

As he digs into a case, Gus Gus Murphy was looking gradually uncovers a web of forward to retirement drug dealing and corafter a distinguished ruption that makes career as a Long him, and many of Island policeman, but the people who know when his son dropped about it, murder dead of an undiagtargets. nosed heart defect For Gus, the case during a pickup basturns into a cause, and ketball game, Gus’s in it, he finds a reason life all but ended, too. to go on living.

“Where It Hurts” His marriage That is the premise (G.P. Putnam’s couldn’t endure the of “Where It Hurts,” Sons), by Reed Farstrain, his daughter the beginning of a rel Coleman self-medicated with ilnew series by Reed legal drugs and Gus descended Farrel Coleman. into depression.

As the author of the Moe Now, two years later, he is Prager detective series and living alone, subsisting on what several fine stand-alone crime little he earns as a courtesy van novels, Coleman has long been driver for a crummy hotel and one of the best crime novelsleepwalking through life. ists in the business. But until That’s when Tommy Dela couple of years ago, when camino, a small-time crook he was chosen to continue the Gus used to arrest, shows up late Robert B. Parker’s popular looking for help. Tommy’s son series featuring a Massachuis dead, too, gunned down in a setts cop named Jesse Stone, mysterious murder the Suffolk Coleman wasn’t making the County police show little inter- best-seller lists. est in solving.

Now that he has inherited At first, Gus wants no part of Parker’s fans, a lot more readit and sends Tommy packing. ers are discovering how outBut Gus understands Tommy’s standing this writer’s work is.

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clubs and organizations

Mosaic Center accepting new students for job skills class The Mosaic Center is accepting new students for its job and life skills spring class. Classes begin Monday.

Interested ladies may come by the Mosaic Center, 601 N. First St., to complete an application.

Hours are 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday through Friday or call 639-5068 for more information.

The Mosaic Center offers education, guidance and hope for women in Angelina County through the job and life skills class. The program provides computer training, resume writing, money management classes, Bible study and goal setting classes to prepare women for long-term employment opportunities.

Lone Star Defenders Camp — SCV The Lone Star Defenders Camp 2234 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans held their regular meeting Jan. 11 at Golden Corral in Lufkin. Commander Thomas Anderson led the camp in prayer. Fred Preston led the group in pledges to the American Flag, Texas Flag and Confederate Flag. Walter Bates read the charge and then we had a role call of honor.

Bates officially installed Raymond Vann, Hal Davis and Ed Domingue as members of Camp 2234. Anderson presented their membership certificate and Confederate lapel pin. Present at the meeting were Anderson, Jimmy Cleveland, John Ralph Pouland, Vann, Davis, Ricky Barley, Domingue, Larry Cawley, Preston, Jimmy Freeman Jr. and Bates.

Approximately 30 friends and relatives turned out for Confederate veteran Robert “Kit” Barley dedication ceremony at Berry Cemetery. The ceremony ended with a three-gun salute to Barley.

Guest speaker, historian Jonathan Gerland, talked about the History Center in Diboll and the records they have. Many records are about the timber industry and the history of local railroads. They also have records of local citizens and their participation in WWII. They have many old records of schools, industry, etc. He encouraged us to check out the Diboll History Center for ancestors that lived in this area.

8th Brigade Texas Commander Dennis Brand and Past Texas Division Commander Johnnie Holley Jr. will be the speakers for the Feb. 8 camp meeting.

Norma Holley and Reta Brand will cover the Order of the Confederate Rose. Wives and friends are invited.

Guests are always welcome to visit the camp the second Monday of each month. The camp

Approximately 30 friends and relatives attend the dedication ceremony for Confederate veteran Robert “Kit” Barley at Berry Cemetery. Pictured are Lone Star Camp members, relatives and friends.

Far right is Commander Thomas Anderson and far left is Adjutant Walter Bates and Compatriots Jimmy Cleveland and Ed Domingue. will meet and greet at 6 p.m. and the meeting starts at 6:30 p.m.

For additional or membership information, contact Anderson at 635-5050 or email at ta2440@ consolidated.net or Bates at 699-3861 or email at wbates@ consolidated.net.

East Texas Genealogical Society The East Texas Genealogical Society will meet at 2 p.m. Feb. 13 in Taylor Auditorium of Tyler Public Library, 201 S. College Ave. in Tyler.

The program “Antebellum Southern Plantation Records” will be presented by Ari Wilkins.

Antebellum Plantation Records can offer great insight into many Southern families. This resource documents families’ personal and business correspondence, conditions of plantation life including the elusive names of slaves, and descriptions of slave relationships, plus much more.

Learn about the genealogical value of antebellum southern plantation records, how they are organized, how to search the collection, and how to apply it toward your genealogy research.

Wilkins is a genealogist, library associate, lecturer, and family historian. She has concentrated her interests in North Carolina and Louisiana research and specializes in African American genealogy and research. She serves as executive secretary of TSGS, and in 2016, will be the local chair for TSGS’s annual conference to be held in October in Dallas. For more information visit the website etgs. org or contact Scott Fitzgerald, First Vice-President & Programs Committee Chair at scottfitzgerald@tyler.net or (903) 539-5572.

Adult Coloring Club Are you 18 or older and still like to color? Come relax and destress with “The Adult Coloring Club” from 4-5 p.m. Tuesday at T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library.

You are welcome to bring your own supplies or use the supplies

Angelina Rotary Club President Demetress Harrell welcomes Senator Robert Nichols to the Thursday noon club meeting.

Senator Nichols is a Rotarian and provided an extensive update on the construction of Interstate 69. Harrell also discussed the healthcare industry and end-of-life care.

The Historical and Literary Club of Lufkin assembles in the Chamber of Commerce meeting room. Pictured are Jean Chapman, hostess, and Judy Winger, presenter. Other hostesses were Julia McKelvy and Lynnette Monk. Winger reviewed Philip Singerman’;s portrayal of Red Adair, renowned oil well firefighter.

provided by the library.

For more information call Mary Howell at 829-5497 or email mary@dibolllibrary.com.

Concerned Black Men It’s time again to ask for volunteers to work at the annual Concerned Black Men’s Teen Summit held every spring at Lufkin Middle School.

Organizers are seeking groups and business willing to set up booths encouraging students toward staying in school, vocational education programs, employment and job training. They are hoping civic groups, foundations and churches will have tables with information about avoiding smoking, drugs, gangs etc.

We are always very fortunate in our area to have multiple law enforcement agencies, the Concerned Black Men, Clover Ministries, Backwoods Entertainment, Lufkin Fire Department, Lufkin Coca Cola, Etech and Chick-fil-A, participating with the project in years past.

For more information contact

Benita Bennett at LISD Middle School or by cell at (903) 503-0121.

Kurth Adoption Center “Boots, Best Buddies and Barbecue” will be held from 7-11 p.m.

March 5 at the Pitser Garrison Convention Center. Doors open at 6:30.

Look forward to live music

by Glenn Lenderman, barbecue sandwiches provided by Briggs’ BBQ, along with chips and a soft drink. Bartenders will be available for anyone wishing to purchase a drink.

The event is a fundraiser benefiting Kurth Adoption Center’s Vetting Fund.

The fund enables adoptable animals coming into the shelter with a medical problem to have the necessary vetting in order for them to find homes. Tickets are $15 and may be purchased at the door or in advance. For more information call 634-7090.

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Roy Reyes, left, president of the Communities Cinco de Mayo organization, and Rene Guajardo, right, a member of the organization’s board, accept a $5,000 check from Ben Moore, president of the Lufkin Host Lions Club, to go toward scholarships.

The 2016 Cinco de Mayo celebration is planned for May 7 at Kiwanis Park in Lufkin.

Angelina Rotary Club welcomes two new members in December.

From the left are Membership Chairman Nancy Westbury, Sponsoring Rotarian April Turner, and new members Eric Gage and his wife Jennifer Gage.

Raymond Vann, Dr. Ed Domingue and Hal Davis on Jan. 11 are installed as members of Lone Star Defenders Camp 2234 of the Sons of Confederate Veterans. Commander Thomas Anderson presented their membership certificate and Confederate lapel pin. other seniors.

Morning or afternoon schedules are available with a daily hot meal, mileage reimbursement or local transportation available, uniforms and semi-monthly checks.

Enjoy a flexible 20-40 hour week. Use your talent and experience to help children learn and develop. For info: 633-3767.

Angelina County Master Gardeners Mark your calendars for the

annual Angelina County Master Gardeners plant sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 1 at the Angelina County Farmers Market off South Medford Drive in Lufkin.

Master Gardeners have a large selection of plants attractive to hummingbirds and butterflies including phlox, cone flowers, Turk’s Caps, buddleias, guara, hydrangea, salvia and more.

Proceeds from the sales are used for programs and projects for the community.

nonprofit needs Editor’s note: This weekly list indicates Angelina County nonprofit organizations’ item and volunteer needs. Call 6312618 or email news@lufkindailynews. com to add to the list.

Helping people ■ Love INC 113 W. Jackson Ave., 637-6637 Refers donations to Goodwill, does not accept them. Serves as a referral agency matching needs in the community with available providers.

■ Angelina Alliance for Children Harold’s House 109 Temple Blvd., 634-1999 Items are used to help sexually and physically abused children; underprivileged children noticed by counselors and teachers.

Needed: Diapers, underwear, clothing items, school supplies, toiletries, toys and more. All sizes for children, teens, and adults. Office supplies and snacks for kids are also needed.

■ American Legion Auxiliary No. 113 2801 Valley Ave., 674-7347 Because We Care troop support — Travel size toiletries, non-perishable snacks, Sunday Comics from local newspaper, blank greeting cards for all occasions. If you know of someone deployed, please send us their name and address.

“Sandwich Day at the VA” — Many veterans from surrounding counties as well as local veterans come to the clinic early for lab work and have been fasting.

Several days a month sandwiches are served to these veterans. Needed cans of tuna, chicken, mayonnaise, orange and apple juice.

“Sew & Sew” Sisters — A group of retired seniors at the Angelina County Senior Center make Christmas stockings that are sent to our deployed troops, given to veterans in local nursing homes and patients in the VA hospital in Houston. They always need fabric, batting, thread and ribbon.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit No. 113 is looking for sponsors for the 2016 session of Girls State. Registration is $375 per girl and neither she nor her parents are allowed to pay the regis-

tration. It has to be raised through donations or fund raisers. For more information on Bluebonnet Girls State, please visit irls-state.org/.

■ Family Crisis Center of East Texas 501 S. Timberland Drive, 639-1681 Items are used to help battered men, women and children.

Needed: sleep items, non-perishable food items, kid-friendly foods, cleaning items, personal care and toiletries, housewares, all sizes of clothing.

■ Women’s Shelter of East Texas 639-1681 ■ Boys & Girls Club 909 S. Angelina St., 632-3301 Donations go to disadvantaged kids and families.

Needed: Donations for clothes, books, school supplies, toys. Unused items are sold in garage sales and fund raisers to raise money for each facility ■ Drug Abuse Council 304 N. Raguet St., 634-5753 Providing hope, preventing abuse and restoring families. ADAC believes that chemical dependency is preventable and treatable when education and intervention techniques are used.

Needed: Prom dresses ■ Rainbow Room Child Protective Services 1210 S. Chestnut St., 633-3722 Needed: diapers, wipes, toiletries, personal care items.

■ Pregnancy Help Center 401 Gaslight Blvd., 632-9292 Participants of the center’s pregnancy and parenting programs can earn items for their babies.

Needed: Diapers (NB to size 4), wipes, bottles, pacifiers, socks (NB to 12 months), bottle brushes, thermometers, nasal aspirators, fingernail clippers, grooming kits, burp rags, bibs, blankets, lotion, wash and diaper cream.

Volunteers are welcomed for the following positions: Mom-to-mom mentor (time commitment of one or two days per week for at least one year); Resource Room coordinator (organize baby items in the Pregnancy Center’s Resource Room); and East Texas Vendor Mall booth coordinator (time commitment of two days a week, four hours per day).

■ Mosaic Center 601 N. First St., 639-5068 Women come to the Mosaic Center for lifestyle and career changes and typically need help with following through.

Needed: Office supplies: Notebook binders, 3 inch, 3 ring, white; notebook binders, 1½ inch, 3 ring, white; highlighters, assorted colors; pencil pouches, zippered, metal grommets; pocket folders, red, no clasp; notebook paper, wide ruled, index dividers, 8 tab; document frames, 8 ½ x 11, black; post it notes, 3 inch square; copy paper, white, letter size; card stock, white, letter size, Kleenex, Clorox wipes, paper towels, coffee, creamer. Donations of nice interview clothes made to The Rose Cottage in the name of Mosaic Center.

■ Buckner Family Place Buckner Foster Care and Adoption 3402 Daniel McCall Drive, Ste. 21, 637-3300 Needed: Donations provide safe homes and support to children; volunteers needed, shoe drive, become an adoptive or foster parent.

■ The Joseph House 5783 FM 841, 632-2288 Joseph’s House Thrift Store accepts donations and all proceeds go to their specialty care facility for end of life care.

The thrift store welcomes donations of usable clothes, household items, books and usable furniture. Arrangements can be made to pick up large items or large amounts of items but must be scheduled in advance.

The center always needs monetary donations, but its next biggest needs are regular household items, such as paper towels, toilet paper, cleaning supplies, light bulbs, batteries, washing powder, bleach, trash bags and birdseed. Pies, cakes and cookies are always wellreceived by residents and families.

The organization’s current volunteer needs are: handyman for two to three hours a week for light and preventive maintenance; mowers; office worker with computer experience; and someone to assist with production of quarterly newsletter.

■ Salvation Army 412 S. Third St., 634-7212

Accepts all items from clothing to pantry goods to furniture. Clothing and food are given to those with a need and are referred by the social services department. From every dollar, 83 cents goes to vouchers and people in need, with the remaining 17 cents going to Salvation Army’s expenses such as utilities and office supplies. Skilled volunteers such as plumbers, carpenters and electricians, are needed for building maintenance ■ Goodwill Industries 301 Hill St., 632-8838 Accepts all items from clothing to housewares. All sales of donated items go to providing funding for job training to help put people to work.

■ Lufkin Dream Center 3896 FM 2497, 875-4176 Concentrates on people with the desire to overcome drug/alcohol habits, emotional problems and/or behavioral problems.

Needed: Donations of clothing and household items.

■ JD’s Center for Hope Former HOPE Center of North Lufkin 1204 Cain St., 633-6867 or 633-6863 Donations for the reconstruction of the center, furniture, volunteers teachers for the after-school program/Tot’s on the Move child education center.

■ Junior League of Lufkin Museum of East Texas 503 N. Second St., 639-4434 juniorleagueoflufkin@hotmail.com Needed: Second Chance Rummage Sale donations of furniture, artwork and frames, lawn/garden, sporting goods, new merchandise, baby furniture, men’s, women’s and children’s clothing, toys, books, housewares, glassware, antiques, lighting, electronics, linens, jewelry, collectables, holiday and small/large appliances.

■ Habitat for Humanity of Angelina County 2425 Brentwood Drive, 632-8445 Volunteers are needed to help build the organization’s 19th house.

Helping animals In general, cleaning supplies, paper towels, newspapers, grooming supplies,

animal toys, dog/cat food, kitty litter ■ The Humane Society of Angelina County (Winnie Berry) 1102 N. John Redditt Drive, 639-1880 Needed: Gift cards to purchase dog and cat food from PetSmart, Brookshire Brothers, Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target and similar stores; collars in all sizes; leashes; copy paper; OdoBan from Home Depot; and “dogloo” style doghouses, medium and large.

Animal lovers are also invited to join Winnie Berry’s membership programs.

A form can be found at angelinacountyhumanesociety.org.

■ Kurth Memorial Animal Services and Adoption Center 1901 Hill St., 633-0218 Needed: Bleach, laundry detergent, dog and cat treats, dog and cat food, paper towels, Clorox wipes, small throw blankets, towels, dog shampoo, dog and cat toys, liquid dish soap and newspaper.

■ Stihl Saving Paws stihlsavingpaws.rescuegroups.org 465-0020 Needed: New collars and leashes, Pedigree dog food, blankets, towels.

Foster families and monetary donations always appreciated.

■ Ellen Trout Zoo 402 Zoo Circle, 633-0399 Needed: Blankets, towels ■ Habitat for Hounds, via Treasure Hounds Resale, 617 S. Bynum St., 6396300 Needed: Household supplies, furniture, sheets, blankets, dishes, books, children’s toys, costume jewelry and purses.

■ East Texas Paws 2881 FM 326, 676-2165 (text) easttexaspaws@yahoo.com No kill, care-for-life rescue sanctuary for dogs and cats, non-breed specific.

Specializing in abused, abandoned or left-behind (animals that have outlived their human companions) pets. Emergency care fund available for vetting.

Needed: Foster families! Monetary donations, cat litter and pans, wet and dry cat food, canned dog food, laundry detergent, bleach, dish soap, stainless steel feeding bowls, blankets, large Milk Bone dog biscuits.

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Good gardens start from the ground up, but to be a good soil steward you have to understand some basic terminology.

A few important terms associated with soil: Soil TEXTURE describes nothing more than the size ranges of the mineral particles that make up a particular soil. Those size ranges are defined in three broad classes: clay (smaller than 0.002 mm), silt (0.002 mm to 0.05 mm) and sand (greater than 0.05 mm). Rare is the garden soil that is pure sand, silt or clay, so textures usually have such names as “sandy clay” or “silty clay” to indicate the mix.

Texture is important because particle sizes reflect the sizes of the pores between them, and that influences how much air and water the soil can hold.

The smallest pores actually draw water in by capillary action, then hold onto it tightly. So clay soils can stay moist through long periods without rain.

Sandy soils have large pores, too large for capillary action, so gravity easily pulls excess water down beyond the root zone. Sandy soils tend to dry out quickly. On the other hand, they are well aerated because air fills those empty pores.

The ideal soil has a little of everything — sand, silt and clay — for both good aeration and good water retention.

Such a soil, with roughly equal functional contributions from clay, silt and sand is, texturally, a LOAM. You get what you’re dealt in soil texture, but fortunately texture isn’t the end-all when it comes to water and aeration. A soil’s mineral particles can clump together — or “aggregate” — into crystal-like, larger units, which give a soil STRUCTURE. A poorly aggregated clay soil, its small pores filled with capillary water, leaves roots gasping for air. However, when a clay soil has good structure, the small particles aggregate together to make large particles with large pores between them. At the same time, water can be held in the small pores between particles within the aggregates. A wellaggregated clay soils offers roots the best of both worlds.

While it’s usually impractical to change your soil’s texture, there are ways to manage soil so that it has good structure. (Hint: Organic matter — see below — is the key.)

FRIABILITY and TILTH, while not meaning exactly the same thing, are closely related from a plant’s point of view. A FRIABLE soil crumbles when you squeeze it gently. TILTH is the physical condition of the soil as far as plants are concerned. A soil that is friable is in good tilth. Good structure puts a soil in good tilth.

A soil that is WELL-DRAINED allows water to readily percolate through it.

Drainage, as you now know, is related to both texture and structure: Sandy soils generally have little structure but, with large pores, are well-drained. Clay soils, at the other extreme, are well-drained only if they have good structure, in which case they are also in good tilth.

Texture, structure and tilth aside, ground where there is a high water table cannot be well-drained; there’s nowhere for water to go.

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272307

1.074 aC lufkin – 3/2/0/2 $497,000 MlS 52448

272025

273395

0.13 aC Huntington – 3/2/0/0 $172,500 MlS 52445

271790

CEntral – 4/3/0/2 & 3/2/0/2 6.795 aC BrookHollow – 6/4/1/3 MlS 52407 $375,000 MlS 51554

271699

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271794

Crown Colony – 3/3/0/2 0.1015 aC Crown Colony – 3/2/1/2 MlS 52150 $229,000 MlS 52362

271900

0.918 aC HudSon – 4/3/0/2 $57,900 MlS 52142

271780

0.79 aC CEntral – 5/4/0/2 $360,000 MlS 50916

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rEntal ProPErtiES lufkin – 3+/4/1/3 $750,000 MlS 50972

275815

5 aC Crown Colony – 4/3/0/2 $339,900 MlS 52185

271853

271795

271699

0.3074 aC lufkin $239,000 MlS 52091

291566

5 aC Crown Colony – 3/2/1/2 $595,000 MlS 52380

271784

0.279 aC Crown Colony – 3/2/1/2 0.2893 aC lufkin – 3/2/1/2 $339,500 MlS 52255 $319,000 MlS 51763

291564

272027 271792

0.132 aC Crown Colony – 2/2/1/2 0.1086 aC $259,900 MlS 52351 $249,000

271831

277718

8.749 aC trailwood VillagE – 3/2/0/2 0.37 aC lufkin – 4/3/0/0 $169,000 MlS 51882 $169,900 MlS 51794

1 aC $469,900

271695

271698

4.5 aC Crown Colony – 4/4/0/2 $324,900 MlS 50658

271899

0.34 aC Crown Colony – 3/2/1/2 0.0895 aC BrookHollow – 3/2/0/2 0.2525 aC aPPlE SPringS – 3/2/0/0 $219,900 MlS 51129 $209,000 MlS 52432 $199,900 MlS 51816

271791

0.39 aC lufkin – 4/3/1/3 $489,900 MlS 52059

1.765 aC lufkin – 3/2/0/0 $135,000 MlS 51722

0.9780 aC $129,900

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274831 groVEton – 3/3/0/0 MlS 52205

271809

1.62 aC lufkin – 3/1/1/0 $129,500 MlS 52261

272131 arBor oakS – 3/2/0/2 MlS 52434

271782

271892

n/a aC lufkin – 3/1/0/0 $94,000 MlS 51726

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OFFICE: 936–632–1299 For information on available properties please visit our website at www.are.propertyware.com LAND EAGLE CREEK ESTATES—4.49 AC MLS 52305 $129,000 LAKE PROPERTIES – 2.44 AC MLS 48156 $125,000

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0.28 aC woodland HtS – 3/3/0/0 0.6026 aC lufkin $123,900 MlS 52403 $119,900 MlS 48675

0.75 aC lufkin – 3/2/0/0 $90,000 MlS 51457

326814

0.39 aC lufkin – 3/2/0/0 $84,500 MlS 52354

CROWN COLONY – .375 AC MLS 43132 $110,000 CROWN COLONY – 1.061 AC MLS 43117 $110,000 CROWN COLONY – 0.5748 AC MLS 44719 $99,000 CENTRAL – 9.65 AC MLS 51982 $94,500 CROWN COLONY--.535 AC MLS 52279 $87,500 CROWN COLONY – .436 AC MLS 43129 $84,500 CROWN COLONY – .426 AC MLS 43128 $84,500 CROWN COLONY – 1.393 AC MLS 43839 $79,500 CROWN COLONY – .421 AC MLS 43789 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .424 AC MLS 43131 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .712 AC MLS 43130 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .781 AC MLS 43126 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .353 AC MLS 43125 $58,250 CROWN COLONY – .304 AC MLS 43121 $53,000 CROWN COLONY – .312 AC MLS 43120 $53,000

0.1855 aC lufkin – 3/2/0/0 $119,900 MlS 51846

271788

0.37 aC EnglEwood – 3/2/0/2 $115,000 MlS 52194

318068

272130

0.9716 aC ZaValla – 3/2/0/0 $82,500 MlS 52409

n/a aC naCogdoCHES – 2/2/0/0 $67,000 MlS 52218

CROWN COLONY – .38 AC MLS 43133 $52,000 CROWN COLONY – .42 AC MLS 43135 $47,250 CROWN COLONY – .40 AC MLS 43134 $47,250 CROWN COLONY – .278 AC MLS 43141 $45,150 CROWN COLONY – .299 AC MLS 43175 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .30 AC MLS 43174 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .316 AC MLS 43173 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .311 AC MLS 43171 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .268 AC MLS 43140 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .278 AC MLS 43139 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .271 AC MLS 43138 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .278 AC MLS 43136 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .277 AC MLS 43145 $43,050 CROWN COLONY – .268 AC MLS 43142 $43,050 LUFKIN - .588 AC MLS 51645 $40,000

271785

0.32 aC diBoll – 3/2/0/2 $112,500 MlS 50210

271890

0 aC lufkin – 2/1/0/0 $55,000 MlS 51728

BROOKHOLLOW - 0.90 AC MLS 47379 $38,000 LUFKIN – 5.67 AC MLS 50868 $29,390 CROWN COLONY – .42 AC MLS 43137 $26,250 LUFKIN – 2.46 AC MLS 50872 $25,000 LUFKIN - .255 AC MLS 51643 $21,500 LUFKIN - .254 AC MLS 51644 $21,500 LUFKIN - .230 AC MLS 51646 $21,500 LUFKIN - .230 AC MLS 51647 $21,500 LUFKIN – 2.49 AC MLS 50870 $18,090 DIBOLL – 1.00 AC MLS 51193 $17,900 LUFKIN – 1 AC MLS 50873 $11,000 ETOILE – 1.5 AC MLS 51575 $10,500 LUFKIN - .50 AC MLS 50867 $5,000 LUFKIN – .265 AC MLS 50871 $5,000

277712

0.26 aC BrookHollow – 3/2/0/0 0.2909 aC $109,900 MlS 51577 $103,000

271894

0.16 aC lufkin – 2/1/0/0 $52,500 MlS 51723

COMMERCIAL LUFKIN – 2.515 AC MLS 51349 $1,200,000 LUFKIN – MULTIPLE RENTAL PROPERTIES MLS 52091 $750,000 LUFKIN – 4.36 AC MLS 52197 $395,000 CENTRAL – 3000 SQ. FT. & 1800 SQ. FT. 6.75 AC MLS 52408 $375,000 LUFKIN – 3.389 AC MLS 46905 $119,995 LUFKIN – .1855AC MLS 48675 $119,900

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Liz Jeffrey CRS, GRI 414-1835

Kathy Barrett CRS, GRI 635-9100

Lonnie Stone 465-6211

Jennifer Oliver FSP, CFS 366–1679

Peggy Lankford 635-1088

Tammy Citty 676–9573

Loretta David 635-6351

Joyce Bemus SRES 676–2541

Stacey Treadwell 414-6950

Charles Rhame 465-8895

Elizabeth Rhame 465-0031

Belinda Warren 635-9038

Pam Haskins 676–9425

0.34 aC $45,000

Camille Ellington 240-8014

Mendi McCall 676–0822

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Property is being sold to Satisfy Land Lords Lien.

Clean up and removal must be done in 24 hours of sale. AAA Self Storage reserves the right to refuse any and all bids. Property will be sold to highest bidder NOTICE OF EXEMPTION FROM USE OF ACCESSIBLE VOTINGfor SYSTEMS CASH only. No one under the age of 16 will NOTICE: As provided in Section 49.111 of the Texas Water Code, as amended, Four Way Special Utility District be allowed to attend theN Main sale.

Property located in Angelina County, Texas (the “District”), and having its administrative office at 411 Street, contents Huntington, Texas 75949, hereby gives notice of its intention to hold its May 7, 2016, general electionof(forspaces at following directors) without providing a voting station that meets the requirements for accessibilitythe wider 42 U.S.c. locations.

Section Most all units include 15481(a)(3) on election day and during the,penod for early voting by personal appearance. but are not limited to

Friday, February 19th, 2016 at 10:00am

Property is being sold to Satisfy Land Lords Lien.

Clean up and removal must be done in 24 hours of sale. AAA Self Legals Storage reserves the right to refuse any and all bids. Property will be sold to highest bidder for CASH only. No one under the age of 16 will be allowed to attend the sale. Property contents of spaces at the following locations.

Most all units include but are not limited to boxes, totes, furniture and household items.

Sale will start at the Hwy 69 location.

AAA Self Storage-4339 North US Hwy 69.

Lufkin, Texas 75904.

John Sigler, Josieph Jackson, Randy Matthews, Cody Cullum, Guadalupe Mondragon, Brandi Dotson, Carolyn Divens, Ricky Holt.

Hwy 94 location, 2513 Ted Trout Dr. Lufkin, Texas. , Shonna Oliver, Amanda Rhea, Latreasse Risby.

Southwood Dr. location. 2250 Southwood Dr. Lufkin, Texas.

Derrick Woodard, Rickie Taylor, Joseph Moore, Justice Hayter, Justin Conroy, Earlene Coutee, Eddie Guice, Charles McGraw, Willa Carroll, Neokie Lathan, Tammie Davis, Treva Ford, Sandra Baltrip, Audra Coffman, LaQuesha Thompson, JoCedric Lee, Austin Chapman, Crystal Gibson, Angila Criswell.

South Colony, 120 Whitehouse Dr. Lufkin, Texas.(NONE) Diboll Location- 1517 North Temple Dr. Diboll, Texas 75941.

James Wilson, Alisha Townsend. Marisol Rios, Ty-Nectia Kington, Percy Taylor, Jolena Stewart, Amanda DeJesus, Walter Beshears.

John Harvey - AAA Self Storage Manager will be conducting the Auction Sale according to Chapter 59 of the Texas Property Code.

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Whether you’re a seasoned professional with years of experience, a fresh college graduate, or have a high school education, if you have a heart for helping people lead full, productive lives, we want to hear from you!

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Services 503 Hill Street, has an opening in the Lufkin boxes, totes, furniture East Texas area for Any voter in the District may request the use of a voting station that meets the accessibility Send application and resume indicating the EOE andrequirements household for items.

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