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Lufkin Deputy City Manager Keith Wright, left, accepts congratulations after Tuesday night's city council meeting in which council members selected Wright as the new city manager.
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By STEVE KNIGHT The Lufkin News Construction on “Project 800,” a proposed gas-fired, electrical generating plant on 83 acres near state Highway 103 and Loop 287, is set to begin in the first quarter of 2015, company and Lufkin city officials announced Tuesday. Officials with Plano-based Coronado Power Ventures, parent company of the Pinecrest Energy Center, along with city officials, made the announcement at Lufkin Business Park where construction on the $700 million facility is set to commence. Officials hope the facility will be operation by summer of 2017. The plant is expected to produce 730 megawatts of electrical power, which can provide power to about 700,000 homes. According to officials, the facility will utilize the most recent advanced emissionscontrol technology, resulting in one of the cleanest natural gas-fueled power plants in Texas. “(Deputy City Manager Keith Wright), (City Manager) Paul Parker, Mayor Brown and everybody here have been such a big help to us throughout the process,” said Brandon Upchurch, director of business development for Coronado Power Ventures. “I know it’s been kind of quiet in the SEE PINECREST ENERGY, PAGE 4A
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Judge grants shock probation in case of man who burned bed By RHONDA OAKS The Lufkin News A judge granted shock probation on a 10-year prison sentence Tuesday to a Lufkin man who admitted to setting his girlfriend’s bed on fire. District Court Judge Barry Bryan sentenced Tristan Keon Ballard, 28, after attorneys agreed on the deal that could see Ballard released from prison in four months. Bryan told Ballard BALLARD that if he had no problems for the first 120 days of his sentence, he wanted to see him back in his courtroom, where he would consider probating the remainder of his 10-year sentence. Ballard was arrested on arson charges SEE ARSON, PAGE 4A
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More than 100 people packed into the Lufkin City Council's chamber — which seats 91 — for a council meeting at which the council selected By STEVE KNIGHT The Lufkin News In a 4-3 vote, members of the Lufkin City Council on Tuesday appointed Deputy City Manager Keith Wright as the new city manager. The council meeting began at 5 with an overflow crowd in the council chambers. Council members immediately went into executive session after the opening prayer, then returned at 5:26 p.m. to announce their decision. Mayor Bob Brown and council members Lynn Torres, Rocky Thigpen and Don Langston voted in favor of offering the job to Wright, who was in attendance. Council members Victor Travis, Robert Shankle and Sarah Murray voted “Nay.” Travis on Monday released a statement indicating he believed the city’s process to find the replacement for City Manager Paul Parker, who is retiring, was conducted in a way to make sure that Wright was the pick. “I definitely say ‘Nay,’” Shankle said, “because this process wasn’t a process.” Torres made the motion to offer a
contract to Wright, followed by the roll call vote. At the end of the council meeting, Wright asked to say a word. “I want to personally thank Paul Parker,” Wright said. “He’s been a great mentor to me, a great boss.” “I’m not gone WRIGHT yet,” Parker quipped. “I wanted you to know,” Wright said. Shankle continued to express his displeasure of the search process after the meeting, stating the process “wasn’t fair to anyone.” “The reason I said the process wasn’t a process was because there was some misleading information given by our mayor, Bob Brown,” Shankle said. “Mayor Brown left me a voicemail on Friday at 11:36 a.m. stating that we would offer Keith Wright SEE CITY MANAGER, PAGE 4A
Deputy City Manager Keith Wright to replace City Manager Paul Parker, who is retiring.
Council approves first reading of ordinance authorizing assignment pay for certain Lufkin Fire positions By STEVE KNIGHT The Lufkin News Lufkin City Council members on Tuesday approved the first reading of an ordinance authorizing assignment pay for certain positions within the Lufkin Fire Department. According to city officials, the assignment pay is an amount above regular pay received for specialized functions by firefighters. In addition to cleaning up the current assignment pay policy, the current assignment pay plan would add assignment pay for two new positions: primary care attendant, the emergency medical service provider in the rear of the ambulance, and secondary care attendant, the ambu-
lance driver. The proposed ordinance would provide assignment pay as follows: ■ Fire marshal — $618 per month ■ Deputy fire marshal — $304 per month ■ Training/safety officer — $618 per month ■ Emergency Medical Services coordinator — $304 per month ■ Logistics officer — $304 per month ■ Primary care attendant — $40 per day ■ Secondary care attendant — $20 per day Council members must consider and vote on a second reading of the ordinance before its enactment. SEE CITY COUNCIL, PAGE 4A
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Jack Cryer
Jack Cryer, 66, of Nacogdoches, was born August 7, 1948 in Zavalla, Texas. He passed away September 30, 2014 in a local nursing facility. He was the son of the late Jennie (Boykin) and James Cryer. Mr. Cryer was a graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University with a Bachelor’s degree in education. He was a “jack of all trades”, was a commercial fisherman, worked in construction, taught 3rd grade, was a Baptist minister, and loved preaching God’s word. He taught for a while, and then October 10 went into business as a computer repair technician owning his own busiEntertainment in the Park. Noon-1 ness and then became a commercial truck driver. p.m., Cotton Square Park downtown on Survivors include his wife Ciria Pilar Cryer; son and daughter-in-law, Lufkin Avenue. Music by local entertain- Jason and Tiphani Cryer of Lufkin; daughter and son-in-law, Amie and ers. Free admission. For info: pmetzRobin Gregory of Irving; son and daughter-in-law, Byron and Sheila Cryer inger@cityoflufkin.com or 633-0205. of Lufkin; daughter, Retha Lyles of Lufkin; grandchildren, Christopher, JorLufkin Art Guild Fall Show & Sale. 1-7 p.m., Abrams Building, downtown Lufkin. dyn and Amie Lynn Cryer, Heather, Cody, and Tessa Cryer, and Dustie and Hailey Lyles; and great-grandchild, Brentley. For info: cdw@consolidated.net. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by two brothers, october 11 Tommy and Gene Boykin; and sister, Mavis. Basic Life Support (BLS) Health Care For service information, please call Jason Cryer at (936) 645-4993. Provider Certification. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 Services are in the care of Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home. p.m., Memorial Medical Center – Lufkin Medical Staff Meeting Room, $45 registration fee, space is limited. To register: 639-7447. Habitat for Humanity/Goodwill Consignment Center Grand Opening. 10 a.m.-2 p.m. 301 Hill St. DIY training, activities, refreshments. For info: 632-8445.
Jose “PePe” Servin
Memorial services for Jose “PePe” Servin, 67, of Lufkin will be held Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 7 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Alejandro Gonzales officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Carroway Funeral Home. Mr. Servin was born May 20, 1947 in Piedras Niegras, Coahuila, Mexico to Jose and Maria DeJesus (Ortega) Servin, and died Monday, October 6, 2014 in a local hospital. Mr. Servin had resided in Lufkin since 1970. He was a machine operator at Texas Foundries for 25 years. He was one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and attended Central Congregation. Survivors include his wife of 42 years, Isabel Servin of Lufkin; daughters and sons-in-law, Lydia and Heberto Herrada, Sr. of Lufkin and Alicia and John Jordan of Houston; sons and daughter-inlaw, Jose Servin, Chris Servin and Carlos and Ana Servin, all of Lufkin; 16 grandchildren; one great-grandchild; sisters, Maria DeJesus of Carrizo Springs, Minerva Gonzales of Lufkin, Maria Elena Castellano and Rosalia Servin, both of Carrizo Springs; brothers, Gilberto Servin of San Antonio and Mario Servin of Lufkin; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his parents. Memories and condolences may be added, and live webcasting may be viewed, at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com. Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.
Dewey D. Underwood
Funeral services for Dewey D. Underwood, 88, of Houston, formerly of Lufkin, will be held Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 2 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Phil Lineberger officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Chaplain Underwood was born January 23, 1926 in Sanford, North Carolina to the late Sarah (Batten) and Lehman Underwood. He died Sunday, October 5, 2014 in a Houston hospice facility. Chaplain Underwood was an ordained minister and a retired chaplain for Memorial Hospital following 25 years of service. He was a member of the Ministerial Alliance and the College of Chaplains. Chaplain Underwood had previously resided in Lufkin for 40 years, and had lived in Houston for the past six years. He was a member of Sugar Land Baptist Church. Survivors include his son, Roy Underwood of New Braunfels; son-inlaw, Clif Adcock of Richmond; three grandchildren, Scott Adcock, Katy Underwood, and Jarrett Underwood; two brothers, Bobby Underwood of Raleigh, North Carolina and Norman Underwood of Winston-Salem, North Carolina; as well as several nieces, nephews and other relatives. Chaplain Underwood was preceded in death by his parents; his wife of 51 years, Ella May Underwood; daughter, Barbara Adcock; and brothers, Scott Underwood, Joseph Underwood, and Donald Underwood. Pallbearers will be Ronnie Gafford, Phillip Peavey, David Martin, Charles Morton, Josh Gafford, Bo Waller, Ernie Murray and Randy Holloway. Honorary pallbearer will be Carl Lively. Memorial contributions may be made to the Monarch Institute, 2815 Rosefield Drive, Houston, Texas 77080. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon at the funeral home. Memories and condolences may be added, and live webcasting of the services may be viewed at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com. Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors. Lotto Texas numbers drawn Saturday: 15-19-44-45-46-54 Cash Five numbers drawn Tuesday: 23-25-32-36-37 Pick Three numbers drawn Tuesday (morning): 8-2-7 Sum It Up: 17 Pick Three numbers drawn Tuesday (day): 9-5-5 Sum It Up: 19 Pick Three numbers drawn Tuesday (evening): 2-9-5 Sum It Up: 16 Pick Three numbers drawn Tuesday (night): 4-0-7 Sum It Up: 11 Daily Four numbers drawn Tuesday (morning): 3-6-3-3 Sum It Up: 15 Daily Four numbers drawn Tuesday (day): 4-3-4-5 Sum It Up: 16 Daily Four numbers drawn Tuesday (evening): 7-5-2-6 Sum It Up: 20 Daily Four numbers drawn Tuesday (night): 9-4-8-6 Sum It Up: 27 Texas Two Step numbers drawn Monday: 3-9-16-28 Bonus Ball: 7 Mega Million numbers drawn Tuesday: 16-29-46-48-55 Mega Ball: 2 Megaplier: 3 Powerball numbers drawn Saturday: 13-18-24-25-33 Powerball: 31 Power Play: 2
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Fredric “Red” Norwood Miner
Fredric “Fred” Norwood Miner, 67, of Lufkin, passed away peacefully in the presence of his wife and Goddaughter on Saturday, October 4, 2014 in a local nursing facility. Born September 5, 1947 in Topeka, Kansas, Fred was the son of the late John C. Miner and Julia A. (Pogson) Miner. A veteran of the Vietnam War era, Fred served two years in the United States Army and two years in the reserves before earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in Forestry in 1978 from the University of Montana at Missoula. Fred worked in the U. S. Forest Service for 33 years before retiring. For 44 years, Fred has been the loving husband of his college sweetheart Bette, also a coworker in the forestry service. Fred was an avid Dale Earnhardt fan and enjoyed playing his guitar and singing. He loved the outdoors – he worked in the outdoors and loved playing in the outdoors while hunting and fishing with his friends. He also enjoyed woodworking and dancing as well as spending time with family and friends. Survivors include his wife, Bette Miner of Lufkin; his sister, Julie Butler of Pine Bluff, Wyoming; his goddaughter, Yalonda Thompson and husband Eddie and their children of Lufkin; and numerous nieces and nephews. Fred was preceded in death by his parents; and his brother, Johnny Miner of Pine Bluff, Wyoming. A memorial service will take place at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations in memory of Fred may be made to Heart to Heart Hospice, 209 Christie Street, Lufkin, Texas 75904. Services are in the care of Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home.
Annie Maye Davis
Services for Annie Maye Davis, 98, of Tomball, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, October 9, 2014 in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Jim McDonald and Roy Truss officiating. Interment will follow in the Bennett Cemetery in Apple Springs. Mrs. Davis was born in Grimes County, Texas and was a resident of Apple Springs, Texas for seventy years before moving to a nursing home in Tomball, Texas in 2007. She was a member of Centralia Church of Christ. She passed away Tuesday, October 7, 2014 in Tomball. Survivors include her daughters, LaJuan Harding and husband Donald of Houston and Lea Vonne Wetuski of Tomball; 6 grandchildren; 11 greatgrandchildren; and 1 great-great grandchild; and a number of nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. Mrs. Davis was preceded in death by her husband, Harrison Davis; mother and father, Garland and Clara Woods; brothers, Edward Woods and James Alvis Woods; sister, Thelma Pyle; and son-in-law, Samuel Wetuski. Pallbearers will be Keith Harding, Kevin Harding, Kyle Harding, Aaron Harding, Brandon Harding, and Justin Day. Honorary pallbearers will be Jayden Wetuski and Jaxon Harding. The family wishes to extend special thanks to the nurses and staff at Grace Care Northpointe Nursing Home in Tomball and Season’s Hospice in Houston for the care given to her. Memorial contributions in Mrs. Davis’ memory may be made to Season’s Hospice, 333 N. Sam Houston Parkway E, Suite 333, Houston, TX 77060. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday evening at Gipson Funeral Home. Condolences may be offered at www.gipsonfuneralhome.com. Services have been placed in the trust of Gipson Funeral Home.
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Woman charged with disorderly conduct for using vulgar language By RHONDA OAKS The Lufkin News
parking lot in the 200 block of South Chestnut Street. ——— A disturbance inThe Lufkin Police side the Lufkin Police Department made Department Monfive other arrests late day afternoon landed Monday and early one woman in jail on Tuesday. Arrests and charges of disorderly charges included: Elaconduct. dio Hernandez MalLaw enforcement ofpica, 54, of Lufkin, asficials placed Shanna sault; Michelle Sarah Renea Davis, 27, in jail Thomas, 30, of Lufkin, under a $500 bond and theft with two or more DAVIS also gave her a re-apprevious convictions, pear slip. possession of drug A child custody dispute broke paraphernalia and walking into an argument between fam- with flow of traffic; Tonedrick ily members in the foyer of the Alejandro Evans, 24, of Lufkin, police station and, according to warrant/criminal mischief; a police report, spurred Davis Tiffany Lanetta Bogany, 33, of to shout obscenities at family Lufkin, assault causing bodily members. Bystanders with chil- injury/family violence; and dren could reportedly hear Da- Michael Quinn Williams, 47, of vis’ vulgar language. Officers Lufkin, warrants/driving while arrested her when she would intoxicated, assault/family not follow their directions. violence, acceleration of speed, This marks the fourth time failure to maintain financial reDavis has been arrested in An- sponsibility, no driver’s license, gelina County since 2006 on child not secured by seat belt charges including attempted and open container. burglary of a habitation/bur——— glary of a vehicle, public intoxiThe Angelina County cation and assault. Sheriff’s Office made five ar——— rests late Monday and early A man reported that an- Tuesday. Arrests and charges other man threw a brick at him included: Megan Nicole Tullos, during a fight in the 900 block of 25, of Lufkin, warrant/unauKurth Drive. thorized use of a motor vehicle; ——— Carolyn Michelle Plymale, 18, An outdoor air condition- of Livingston, public intoxicaing unit, valued at $5,000, was tion; Larry Wayne Renfro, 56, of stolen from a house in the 900 Lufkin, warrant/driving while block of Newsom Avenue. intoxicated (2nd); Wendell Lynn ——— Chance, 45, of Wells, theft by Tires were slashed and a check; and Fidencio MartinezDodge Ram pickup was bur- Morales, 41, of Lufkin, no drivglarized in the 2000 block of er’s license. Denman Avenue. Missing was ——— an in-dash CD player valued at The Texas Department $200, Kicker speakers valued at of Public Safety arrested $200 and a Kicker amplifier val- Mathew Thomas Havard, 50, of ued at $400. Lufkin, on a charge of expired ——— driver’s license. Someone had personal ——— checks stolen in the 2500 block Texas Parks and Wildlife of Daniel McCall Drive. arrested Casey Lane Turner, ——— 29, of Huntington, on a charge Unauthorized charges on of speeding over limit. a bank account were reported ——— Monday. The Angelina County Jail ——— housed 243 inmates as of TuesSomeone tried to cash sto- day afternoon. len checks at a bank in the 1400 ——— We listen to local police and fire block of South John Redditt departments’ scanner traffic, Drive. but sometimes miss crimes, wrecks, ——— fires or other incidents, especially if A Samsung Galaxy 5 cell they happen overnight. If you know phone, valued at $673, was reof something we’re not covering yet, ported stolen in the 1800 block please let our crime and courts reporter, of Ford Chapel Road. Rhonda Oaks, know by emailing her at ——— roaks@lufkindailynews.com. A debit card was found in a
death notices Lori Lee Anderson Services for Lori Lee Anderson, 3 months, of Lufkin, are pending with Colonial Mortuary. Lori died Oct. 7, 2014 in Lufkin.
Milton Ray Barber Services for Milton Ray Barber, 62, of Corrigan, will be held at 2 p.m., Friday at Watson & Sons Funeral Home Chapel in Center. Interment will follow at Sardis Cemetery in the Sardis Community of Shelby County. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mr. Barber was born August 17, 1952 in Porter and Oct. 6, 2014 in Lufkin.
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Bonnie Cope
Bonetta “Bonnie” I. Cope, 73, of Ohio, formerly of Texas, died October 4, 2014 in Ohio. She was born June 29, 1941 in Martins Ferry, Ohio, daughter of the late George F. and Ida Elliott Helt. Bonnie was a retired director of food services for hospitals in Texas. She was a member of First Christian Church in Lufkin. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Keith Cope in 2001; and a brother, Jere Helt. Surviving are her daughters, Meganne N. Cope of Flushing, Ohio and Betty (Richard) Landers of Pollok; a sister, Toni Kovacs of Flushing; a brother, George E. Helt of Mount Pleasant, Ohio; two grandchildren, Kacee and Jessica; several nieces and nephews. Family and friends are invited to attend a memorial visitation at Toothman Funeral Home in St. Clairsville, Ohio on Saturday, October 11th from 11 a.m. until time of Memorial Service at 1 p.m., with Rev. David Powell officiating. Burial will follow in Rock Hill Cemetery, Flushing. Bonnie requested that no flowers be sent and that memorial contributions be made to the American Cancer Society or the Judy Vincenzo Foundation, 67562 Pogue Rd., St. Clairsville, OH 43950.
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Services for Carey McCraw Hall, 63, of Nacogdoches, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors Sunset Chapel, Nacogdoches. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, Nacogdoches. Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the funeral home. Mrs. Hall born Oct. 16, 1950, in Raymondville and died Oct. 6, 2014, in Nacogdoches.
Margaret Ann Lazarine Services for Margaret Ann Lazarine, 89, of Nacogdoches, are pending with Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Directors, Nacogdoches. Mrs. Lazarine was born Jan. 13, 1925, in Nacogdoches and died Oct. 7, 2014, in Nacogdoches.
William S. “Billy” Poole Memorial services for William S. “Billy” Poole, 58, of Corrigan, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel. Mr. Poole was born May 9, 1956 and died Oct. 4, 2014 in Corrigan.
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ur weekly roundup of Toasts & Roasts: A toast to General Electric/Lufkin Industries and its employees who are union members for working out new three- and four-year contracts this past week. While we don’t know the particulars of the company’s deals with the three unions that represent about 1,200 workers at the company’s local plants, we were pleased that the negotiations concluded without incident and that there was no work stoppage at any of the facilities. We expect Lufkin Industries to continue to provide our community with good jobs — and the world with good products — in the years to come. A toast to Angelina County’s high school royalty, all of whom received their crowns on the last couple Friday nights — Huntington homecoming queen and king, Madysen Hutchison and Sean Powers; Diboll homecoming queen and king, Darbie Parks and Alex Aguilar; and Lufkin homecoming queen Tayla Mullins. The smiles on the faces of all the members of the schools’ homecoming courts were contagious, and we salute the students who earned the praise of
letters to the editor Time to aid our city
Now is the time for all true bornagain Christians to come to the aid of the city. Lufkin, our “City under God” meets for prayer every Saturday morning at 7 a.m. This month we meet at Chambers Park, 506 Pershing Ave. We, as true believers in Christ understand that there is only one way that those who do not believe will see the love of God; by looking at us, (Christians). Our prayer group is one. Eph. 4:4-6. Like Christ, we do not have any respect of person — Colossians 3:22-25, James 2:1. We pray not for one party, but for the will of the Lord be done. True Christians pray for those in authority — I Tim. 2:1-3. I truly believe that if we search our hearts and find anything that we know is not pleasing to God, ask as Ps. 51:10 and remember
their peers. Likewise, a toast to 2014 Diboll Day queen Kati Curtis and the other candidates for the title, Angela Concha and Sara Flowers, for helping raise $138,000 to support community events and organizations in their hometown. Diboll Day only comes around every two years, which makes its queen competition even more special. Thank you, Kati, Angela and Sara, for all the hard work you put into making Diboll Day 2014 a success. And a toast to the Lufkin boys’ cross country team, which has won three meets in a row. The Panthers — including Levante Williams, Noah Vier, Miguel Harvey, Kevin Tipton, Ryan Rayburn, Christian Guerrero, Thomas Berumen and Gage Calhoun — have captured titles at the Hallsville Invitational in Kilgore, the Pig Trot and Puddle Jump in Kilgore and the Ken Gaston Invitational in Grand Prairie. Their great times come at a great time, since they will host the Lufkin Coke Classic on Saturday morning behind Abe Martin Stadium and then the District 16-5A championship meet on Thursday, Oct. 23. Keep going, guys.
One year ago ■ Memorial Health System of East Texas and Abeldt’s Pharmacy team up to present 5th Annual Art Bra Contest in conjunction with Power of Pink! ■ Lufkin High School 1954 Girls meet at Cotton Patch Restaurant for quarterly luncheon. Girls include Billie Willmon, Edna McClendon, Marilyn Grimes, Wanda Walker, Sally Selman, Wanda Gibson, Barbara Davis, Doris Harkness, Jimmie Milligan, Shirley Ware, Charlene Cortines and Pat Brown. Ten years ago ■ Lufkin Lady Panthers keep within striking distance of a volleyball playoff berth with a three-game sweep of Klein Forest Lady Eagles,
Secular humanists The secular humanists had a conference Sept. 27. They have made a god of Darwin and science. Their talks are interspersed with “Darwins” instead of “Amens.” Religionists were ridiculed of espousing all kinds of nonsense. Those who believe in God were equated with those who believe 9-11 was an inside job. Willie Flores, Lufkin
25-12, 25-16 and 25-8. Lady Pack sits with 4-4 district record. Lufkin’s Tish Wilson and Tiffany Johnson highlighted the victory. ■ Feds spend $409 million in Angelina County, $189 million paid for retirement, disabilities. Twenty years ago ■ The halls of Lufkin Junior High School East are alive with the sound of music from the Region 21 All-Regional Choir tryouts. 1,100 area students attend the tryouts. ■ City of Lufkin receives $508,000 police grant from U.S. Department of Justice. The money will be used to put five more community officers on the streets. From the pages of The Lufkin Daily News, compiled by The History Center, TheHistoryCenterOnline.com.
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oak Casey & Associates released their newest version of “Tracking the Education Dollar in Texas Public Schools” on behalf of the Texas Association of School Administrators and Texas Association of School Boards. Contrary to public school critics, the 2013 school expenmary ann whiteker ditures reflected 60.8 percent of the $52.4 billion in state funds were spent on direct instruction for the 4.9 million children in Texas public schools. Direct instruction includes teacher salaries and benefits, instructional materials, teacher aides and librarians. Add another 21.4 percent for instructional support, which includes principals, counselors, and nurses. Approximately 14.9 percent of a district’s funds provide transportation, food service, student safety, technology support, building maintenance and upkeep, grounds maintenance, utilities and a vast number of ever increasing state mandates. The remaining 2.9 percent of a district’s revenue is budgeted for central administration, which includes all central office staff, legal services, audit and accounting services and the costs of tax appraisal and collections. Every school district must account for expenditures using codes that allow for extensive analysis of what is purchased, how it will be used and the source of revenue for the expenditure. The budget process and expenditures are subject to in-depth audits annually to insure compliance with all state and federal guidelines. “Tracking the Education Dollar” features the “average” cost for a typical
student per day with incremental costs equaling $1. ■ Bus ride to school $.03 ■ Clean and well maintained building $.09 ■ Heat/Cooling $.03 ■ Security/Health services $.02 ■ Classroom teacher $.49 ■ Instructional aides/instructional supplies $.09 ■ Curriculum, professional training, instructional leadership $.03 ■ Lunch in cafeteria $.01 ■ Counseling and guidance assistance $.04 ■ Well run campus with instructional support services $.06 ■ District support structures to insure effective operations $.03 ■ Bus ride home or extra-curricular activities $.03 The above illustration is based on the average state revenue per student of $8,695 (state funds plus local funds) with an average tax rate of $1.068. Angelina County schools are below the state revenue average, with the exception of Pineywood’s Charter, which is funded 100 percent by the state based on the average state revenue per student. District State Revenue Tax Rate Hudson $6,051 $1.17 Central $6,022 $1.17 Huntington $6,076 $1.17 Diboll $5,929 $1.17 Lufkin $4,292 $1.04 Zavalla* $6,836 $1.17 *Zavalla qualifies for additional state funds generated by the small schools formula. Education is labor intensive, salaries accounting for over 80 percent of a district’s expenditures. According to data released by the Texas Education Agency, in 2013, Texas Schools employed: ■ 317,000 teachers ■ 58,800 education aides
■ 5,200 central office staff ■ 4,600 librarians ■ 49,400 maintenance and operating employees ■ 37,600 food service employees ■ 22,600 bus drivers ■ 8,400 data processing, security ■ 7,200 campus principals ■ 9,000 assistant principals ■ 10,600 school counselors ■ 5,800 school nurses ■ 5,200 superintendents, assistant superintendents, business managers, human resource directors ■ 7,300 auxiliary office staff Years of legislation have resulted in mandates that require districts to provide the necessary staff to fulfill the intent of the various laws. The bills were written with the best of intentions; however, the unintended consequences have resulted in increased costs for educating the diverse population of students in our state. Over 60 percent of our students live in poverty, resulting in schools having to assume increasing responsibilities for not only educating students in the classroom, but providing services that go beyond the classroom. Schools cannot continue to meet the increasing mandates, academic expectations, and social challenges of our students without adequate state funding. The problem is not how schools spend the dollars, the problem lies in the lack of state funding for public schools. The 84th Legislative Session will begin in January 2015. It is imperative our state legislators remember that our children don’t attend red schools or blue schools. Elected officials must drop the partisan rhetoric and work together for all children. Providing a quality education is a Texas issue.
Mary Ann Whiteker is the superintendent of Hudson ISD. Her email address is mwhiteker@hudsonisd.org.
Isaiah 59:1-2 Just maybe it is time for us to remember how much women loved Jesus and who brought the message. Please read Matt. 28, Mark 16, Luke 24 and John 20. All I am trying to say that just maybe sometime the best man for the job is a woman. I hope to see you at the park. Love in His most high and holy name. Ann Shelton, Lufkin
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In 1934, Bruno Hauptmann was indicted by a grand jury in New Today is Wednesday, Oct. 8, the Jersey for murder in the death of the 281st day of 2014. There are 84 days left kidnapped son of Charles and Anne in the year. Morrow Lindbergh. Today’s Highlight in History: In 1944, “The Adventures of Ozzie On Oct. 8, 1914, the World War I and Harriet,” starring Ozzie and Harsong “Keep the Home Fires Burning,” riet Nelson, made its debut on CBS by Ivor Novello and Lena Guilbert Radio. Ford, was first published in London In 1945, President Harry S. Truunder the title “Till the Boys Come man announced that the secret of the Home.” atomic bomb would be shared only On this date: with Britain and Canada. In 1869, the 14th president of In 1956, Don Larsen pitched the the United States, Franklin Pierce only perfect game in a World Series to (puhrs), died in Concord, N.H. date as the New York Yankees beat the In 1871, the Great Chicago Fire Brooklyn Dodgers in Game 5, 2-0. erupted; fires also broke out in PeshtiIn 1957, the Brooklyn Baseball Club go, Wis., and in several communities announced it was accepting an offer to in Michigan. move the Dodgers from New York to In 1918, U.S. Army Cpl. Alvin C. Los Angeles. York led an attack that killed 25 GerIn 1967, former British Prime Minman soldiers and captured 132 others ister Clement Attlee died in London in the Argonne Forest in France. at age 84.
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tudents at several Jefferson County, Colo., high schools walked out to protest the school board’s recently proposed curriculum review committee that seeks to promote patriotism, respect for authority, free enterprise, plus the positive aspects of U.S. history. The teachers union, whose WALTER WILLIAMS members forced two high schools to close by calling in sick, is against the implementation of performance-based pay. The union has encouraged and applauded student protests against what it’s calling academic censorship. The average parent and taxpayer has little idea of what is being taught to our youngsters. In February 2006, I wrote a column titled “Indoctrination of Our Youth,” followed in March with “Youth Indoctrination Update.” Both columns focused on rants that a student secretly had recorded of a geography teacher at another Colorado school — Overland High School in Aurora. The teacher was Jay Bennish. He told his students that President George W. Bush’s State of the Union address sounded “a lot like the things that Adolf Hitler used to say.” He continued, “Bush is threatening the whole planet.” He then asked his students, “Who is probably the single most violent nation on planet Earth?” He shouted the answer, “The United States!” During this class session, Bennish peppered his 10th-grade class with
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other ridiculous statements, saying the U.S. has engaged in “7,000 terrorist attacks against Cuba” and telling his students capitalism “is at odds with humanity, at odds with caring and compassion ... (and) at odds with human rights.” Bennish reasoned with his class, “If we have the right to fly to Bolivia or Peru and drop chemical weapons (pesticides) on top of farmers’ fields because we’re afraid they might be growing coca and that could be turned into cocaine and sold to us, well, then don’t the Peruvians and the Iranians and the Chinese have the right to invade America and drop chemical weapons over North Carolina to destroy the tobacco plants that are killing millions and millions of people in their countries every year and causing them billions of dollars in health care costs?” This kind of antiAmerican teaching might help explain why some Americans have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Relevant to our struggle with ISIL is this observation by Bennish, reported by columnist Todd Manzi (http:// tinyurl.com/nv2hedm): “You have to understand something. When al-Qaida attacked America on Sept. 11, in their view, they’re not attacking innocent people. OK? The CIA has an office in the World Trade Center. The Pentagon is a military target. The White House was a military target. Congress is a military target. ... So in the minds of al-Qaida, they are not attacking innocent people; they are attacking legitimate targets.” This kind of teacher indoctrination is by no means restricted to Colorado. Many teachers, at all grades, use their
classroom for environmental, anti-war, anti-capitalist and anti-parent propaganda. Some require their students to write letters to political figures to condemn public policy the teachers don’t like. Dr. Thomas Sowell’s “Inside American Education” (2003) documents numerous ways teachers attack parental authority. Teachers have asked third-graders, “How many of you ever wanted to beat up your parents?” In a high-school health class, students were asked, “How many of you hate your parents?” We can’t tell whether Jefferson County teachers are giving their students the same kind of anti-American indoctrination, because if there is not recorded evidence, they will deny brainwashing. If they are brainwashing students, then it’s understandable why they are against the school board’s curriculum review demanding that they promote patriotism, respect for authority, free enterprise and the positive aspects of U.S. history. Parents should become more involved with their children’s education. They should look at the textbooks used and examine their children’s homework. Parents should show up en masse at PTA and board of education meetings to ensure that teachers confine their lessons to reading, writing and arithmetic and leave indoctrination to parents. The most promising tool in the fight against teacher indoctrination and classroom misconduct is the microtechnology that enables students to secretly record and expose academic misconduct by teachers. Walter Williams writes for Creators Syndicate.
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the job. Tonight we go in executive session and come out, and then they say they offered the job. It wasn’t done right. I have to vote my heart. (Brown) blatantly came and told the people we had not made a decision, but I have a voicemail on my phone if anyone wants to hear it. It’s not going to stop here.” When asked what further actions he might take, Shankle said he may consider talking to the Angelina County District Attorney’s Office. In response, Brown said there was a consensus in an executive session two or three weeks ago resulting in a 4-3 vote. At that time, he said, himself, along with Torres, Director of Human Resources Rodney Ivy and City Attorney Bruce Green were appointed members of a contract committee. The committee’s charge was to offer the job with specifications of a contract, according to Brown, and to establish perimeters for negotiations if Wright accepted the position when the council voted on the appointment. “(Shankle) asked Bruce (Green) that question (about the process) a while ago and Bruce said there were no violations at all,” Brown said. “They were just
City council looking for some way to hang this thing up.” Wright, a city employee since 1995, has served as deputy city manager and emergency management coordinator. He is a 1986 graduate of the University of Houston, a registered professional engineer and nationally certified floodplain manager. Wright has served as president for the Deep East Texas Chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Pineywoods Chapter of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers. He is serving as president of the Pineywoods Groundwater Conservation District. Immediately following the council’s vote, Brown congratulated Wright, and many people in the crowd applauded. Others, however, left the chambers disappointed. “From the information I received and what I read in the paper, there’s been some things that have taken place that shouldn’t have,” Lufkin resident Oscar Dixon said. “I think it would be (more fair) if everything is laid out on the table and give people a choice. What we’ll have to do is just pray that everything will work out for the better and trust God, and I believe it will.” Torres said she stands behind
the search process the council conducted. “I have been on the council since September 1999 and participated in the process that found and hired Paul Parker,” Torres said. “The same process that hired Paul has now hired Keith. I stand behind the process. Our challenge as a city and council is to move forward, work together, and fully support our new city manager, Keith Wright.” The search began in June, when council members discussed how to approach a search for a successor during a workshop at Kurth Lake Lodge. With assistance from a consultant, council members in July developed a city manager candidate profile that included information about the community and its governance as well as duties of the position. The profile also included a list of expectations of the next city manager and a list of discussion topics or questions as part of the interview process. Topics and questions include providing a 30-, 60- and 90-day entry plan; answering the question, “Why Lufkin?”; giving examples of accomplishments in the following areas: communication, innovation and financial; and providing examples of strengths
and weaknesses. The city narrowed the search to four final candidates after receiving applications from about 47 hopefuls. “We set the agenda in July,” Brown said. “Our profile was what we were interested in. We came to a consensus with a unanimous vote that we would seek a city manager. That’s the process that we did (Tuesday). Keith has never been assured of anything. Nothing was promised until (Tuesday’s meeting). It was an active search. We chose what we think, with solid waste, water, laid-down machines, all the gamuts of running a city, what package these 450 employees deserve — the best leader we can get, and that’s what we’ve done.” Wright’s salary is still under negotiation, Brown said. Brown declined to disclose names of candidates. Paul Parker, who announced his retirement in April, has served as city manager since 2004. Parker came to Lufkin from Mount Pleasant, where he served as city manager for five years. Prior to that appointment, Parker served for 15 years as assistant city manager and director of planning in Tyler. Steve Knight’s email address is sknight@lufkindailynews.com.
Arson Continued from Page 1A May 18, 2012, after a fight with his girlfriend. The two were reportedly arguing when Ballard poured gasoline on the girl’s bed and lit it on fire at a house in the 400 block of Lazy Oak Street. At the time of the fire, there were clothes scattered on the bed that also caught fire. Ballard reportedly walked into the living room and told the girl her
bed was on fire and then left the home. The girl was able to extinguish the fire and call police, who located Ballard a short time later. Ballard pleaded guilty to the first-degree felony in June 2014 and waived his right to appeal. Previous reports indicate that Ballard was out of jail on a $5,000 bond. “If there is a request for shock
probation filed, I will consider that in 120 days,” Bryan said. “There are some things that will destroy that like disciplinary problems that might occur during that time.” The sentence carried a maximum sentence of life in prison. Court-appointed defense attorney John Tatum II represented Ballard and explained the shock probation to him.
“Once he goes into the system and 120 days go by, I will file the motion for probation,” Tatum said. Ballard in 2003 answered to truancy charges on two occasions. Since 2010, he received three traffic citations prior to the felony arrest, according to county records. Rhonda Oaks’ email address is roaks@lufkindailynews.com.
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community, but we’ve been working hard on the permitting stage and the interconnect agreement and working to get this project to a status that we could start building. We’re finally there.” According to previous Lufkin News stories, the plant is designed with two natural gas-fired combined cycle turbines, two natural gas-fired duct burner systems with heat recovery steam generators, a firewater pump engine, an emergency generator and an auxiliary boiler. Thad Chambers, Lufkin’s economic development director, said the project is ready for the next step with approval of the final greenhouse gas permit in August and interconnection agreement with Oncor. “An interconnection agreement with Oncor means Pinecrest will be able to supply electricity to the grid,” Chambers said. “They had to determine how to get the power from the plant to the main grid. Having determined a specific line and worked out an agreement, Pinecrest has completed the final stages and can move forward.” Deputy City Manager Keith Wright, who served as interim economic development during negotiations to bring the plant to Lufkin, said construction of the facility will generate approximately $1.4 billion in economic output and plans call for 3,342 direct, indirect and induced construction jobs during the multiyear project, which will generate an estimated $379 million in salaries for area workers. “It has taken a lot of effort by many people to get to this point, and our goal will be to help facilitate the project anyway we can in order to complete the construction as soon as possible,” Wright said. “This is a great project for the city of Lufkin and Angelina County. This project will help to ensure that Lufkin will continue to grow and prosper for many years to come by increasing the property tax base for all taxing entities and by purchasing water and sewage treatment from the city of Lufkin.”
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Mayor Bob Brown makes an announcement regarding Pinecrest Energy Center on Tuesday at Lufkin Business Park, the site of a proposed gas-fired, electrical generating plant.
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Deputy City Manager Keith Wright, left, and Brandon Upchurch, director of business development for Plano-based Coronado Power Ventures, answer questions regarding Pinecrest Energy Center on Tuesday at Lufkin Business Park, the site of a proposed gas-fired, electrical generating plant. Once the plant is operating, Wright said, it will employ 25 to 30 workers with annual salaries in the $75,000 range. Mayor Bob Brown said the foresight of the city in its purchase of the Abitibi water rights and the 4B Corporation in purchasing land and developing the industrial park has resulted in a big payoff. “We’ve had paper mills. We’ve had foundries,” Brown said. “We’ve had all sorts of businesses that have employed a lot of people and had a great tax roll, but this power plant, Project 800, Pinecrest Energy Center, is going to go on the map as one of
Huntington ISD will hold a public meeting at 6:00 PM, October 27, 2014 in the Huntington ISD Administration Bldg. 908 Main Street, Huntington, Texas 75949. The purpose of this meeting is to present the FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas) Report.
the greatest things that has happened in Lufkin and Angelina County in forever. It’s going to set a standard that hadn’t been set in a long time. It’s been over 50 years since we’ve had an announcement like this.” The council delayed a proposed water rate increase because city leaders expect the plant’s usage will provide funds the city needed to pay for improvements to the system. Chamber said the plant’s water and sewer usage, expected to be
in the $2 million range, should prevent residents’ water rates from increasing for the foreseeable future. “The city should be complimented for being forward-thinking to work on a project that took several years to come to fruition,” Chambers said. “The city leaders built a solid infrastructure of water and sewer lines. And now, the electric transmission lines will be upgraded coming into Lufkin because of this project. It’s all beneficial for the city and residents.” Upchurch said the availability of surface water was a factor in Coronado Ventures selecting Lufkin as the site for their plant. “We do use quite a bit of water,” Upchurch said. “One of the great things about Lufkin is they have a lot of water. They have excess water, so we feel like with Abitibi leaving and another industry like ourselves coming, we can benefit from that and so can the city.” According to officials, the city has water capacity of 72 million gallons per day, with it’s summer peak usage about 14 million gallons per day. Lufkin City Council members last month approved a modification of a tax abatement agreement with the company. The agreement was modified to show a date of June 30, 2018, as a benchmark for completion of development and hiring of the required number of 20 full-time employees, a year later than originally agreed upon. The agreement includes a 10-year tax abatement on a 100, 100, 100, 100, 90, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40 percent schedule and would expire on Dec. 31 in the 10th year of the abatement. According to the Brownsville Herald, the company also plans a 690-megawatt natural gas power plant in Harlingen and a 700-megawatt natural gas power plant in Edinburg. Steve Knight’s email address is sknight@lufkindailynews.com.
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The proposed pay plan is part of the council’s attempt to improve the salary structure for Lufkin’s first responders. Council members recently approved a 7-percent raise for firefighter and police officer classifications and 4 percent for ranked positions as part of the new fiscal year budget, while all other city employees received a 2.5-percent pay increase. In a fire department-related item, council members approved accepting $457 from the Deep East Texas Regional Advisory Council for emergency medical supplies. As participants in the Deep East Texas Regional Advisory Council, the fire department receives annual distributions of state funds to use on local fire and EMS projects. In other action during Tuesday’s meeting, council members: ■ In a 4-3 vote, appointed Deputy City Manager Keith Wright as the new city manager, succeeding Paul Parker, who in April announced his intent to retire. ■ Authorized staff to proceed with annexation and development of a service plan for property adjacent to the city limits and north of Denman Avenue. ■ Approved participation in the Alliance of CenterPoint Municipalities for representation during rate case proceedings
before the Railroad Commission of Texas. ■ Approved a settlement and release agreement with Oncor. ■ Awarded a $678,495 bid to Nacogdoches-based Cox Constructors, Inc. for the Denman Avenue drainage project. The project, funded by a $1.2 million Community Development Block Disaster Recovery Grant, includes installation of a 500-kilowatt generator with a transfer switch, concrete foundation and electrical work and the drainage improvements on Denman Avenue between Timberland Drive and Conn Avenue, which consists of culverts, junction boxes, drainage inlets and headwalls. ■ Awarded a $141,607 bid to Alto-based Terry Black Construction for the Spur Plaza Sanitary Sewer Extension project at the intersection of North Timberland Drive and Loop 287. The project provides for the extension of 933 feet of an eightinch sewer line, 787 feet of a six-inch sewer line, a road bore under Timberland Drive and a railroad bore. According to officials, city staff were approached earlier this year by a local developer wanting to build a hotel at the location. ■ Approved the $101,250 purchase of an ambulance remount through the Houston-Galveston Area Council. Steve Knight’s email address is sknight@lufkindailynews.com.
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with cooked shrimp, chopped fresh cilantro, chopped scallions, snow peas and crushed peanuts. ■■ Tex-Mex cheeseburger: Brown a pound of ground beef in a skillet. Stir in 1 teaspoon kosher salt and 2 tablespoons chili powder. Add to hot pasta with a pint of halved grape tomatoes and 8 ounces of shredded cheese. Toss well, then season with hot sauce as desired. ■■ Spanakopita: Thaw a package of frozen chopped spinach. Drain the spinach very well, using a mesh strainer to help squeeze out any excess water. Stir the spinach into hot pasta with 1 cup ricotta cheese, 1 teaspoon dried oregano and 4 ounces crumbled feta cheese. Season with black pepper and lemon zest. ■■ Hawaiian: Stir 1 cup chopped deli ham, 1 can pineapple tidbits (drained), 1/2 cup crumbled cooked bacon and 1 cup chopped roasted red peppers into hot pasta. Top with shredded Parmesan cheese. ■■ Borscht: Brown 1 pound loose sausage meat. Drain and discard any excess fat, then stir in 8 ounces mascarpone cheese and a jar of drained and chopped pickled beets. Add to hot pasta and sprinkle with fresh dill. ■■ Shepherd: Microwave and peel a large sweet potato. Brown and drain 1 pound of ground lamb in a skillet. Mash the sweet potato and mix together with the lamb, 4 ounces of cream cheese and a small can of corn kernels (drained). Add 2 tablespoons finely minced fresh rosemary, salt, black pepper and hot pasta. ■■ Mediterranean blue chicken: Mix 1 cup chopped Kalamata olives, 2 tablespoons chopped capers, 2/3 cup crumbled blue cheese, 4 chopped scallions, 2 cloves minced garlic, 1 cup chopped cherry peppers and 2 cups
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heat, cook 6 cloves of garlic (chopped) in 3 tablespoons olive oil and 3 tablespoons butter for 3 to 4 minutes. Mix into hot pasta with a handful each of torn fresh basil, chopped fresh chives and chopped fresh parsley. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar, then season with salt and pepper. Top with grated pecorino cheese.
Think beyond Thanksgiving pies with canned pumpkin By MELISSA D’ARABIAN The Associated Press
stews or chilies for added richness and depth. — Layering it with Greek et’s talk about one yogurt, bananas, maple syrof the season’s most up and granola for a supericonic vegetables — charged morning breakfast canned pumpkin. parfait. Yes, canned, because — Blending it with coffee, that’s how 99 percent of us milk and spices for a homeget our pumpkin. Which is made fall latte. fine except for one thing — And let’s not forget that Americans overwhelmingly pumpkin is, after all, a associate canned pumpkin squash. Why not consider with just one dish (pumpkin making a pumpkin puree pie) and one day of the year soup? No laborious peel(Thanksgiving). But canned ing and cubing needed! The pumpkin actually has all sweet flavor pairs perfectly sorts of uses in the kitchen, with spices, but feel free to no matter what the season. use pumpkin puree in any of Pumpkin puree’s rich your favorite winter squash flavor and creamy sweetness soup recipes. work great in both sweet ——— PUMPKIN PEANUT and savory dishes. While CURRY BISQUE we are so busy topping our Start to finish: 25 minutes pies with whipped cream, we Servings: 4 have forgotten what a nutri■■2 tablespoons extra-virtional bargain this bulbous gin olive oil (or coconut oil) squash actually is, packing ■■1 small yellow onion, tons of fiber and vitamins. chopped (about 3/4 cup) And while it is naturally ■■4 cloves garlic, chopped sweet, 1 cup has only about ■■1 small Yukon gold as much sugar as milk. potato, peeled and cubed (1One good part about inch cubes) canned pumpkin’s associa■■1 Granny Smith apple, tion with Thanksgiving... It peeled, cored and cubed (1often goes on sale this time inch cubes) of year. Since it stores so ■■3 tablespoons Thai red well, this is the time to stock curry paste up. (True story: I just used ■■2 cups reduced-sodium my final can of pumpkin from last fall this week in or- chicken stock or vegetable stock der to make today’s recipe.) ■■1 cup water, plus more if Some of my favorite uses needed for pumpkin puree include: ■■15-ounce can pumpkin — Stirring 1/2 cup into puree brownie or chocolate cake ■■3 tablespoons smooth batter to add nutrients and peanut butter moisture. ■■Salt and ground black — Adding 1/4 cup to pepper smoothies for creaminess ■■Chopped fresh mint or and vitamins. cilantro, to serve — Slimming down baked In a large saucepan over goods by swapping out part of the fat for pumpkin puree. medium, heat the oil. Add the onion and cook until ten— Whisking a bit into
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Pumpkin peanut curry bisque is shown. Pumpkin puree’s rich flavor and creamy sweetness work great in both sweet and savory dishes. der, but not brown, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, potato, apple and curry paste. Cook, stirring constantly, until the curry paste is very fragrant, about 3 minutes. Increase the heat to high, add the stock and 1 cup of water. Once the liquid boils, reduce the heat to mediumlow, partially cover the pan, then let the soup cook until the potato and apple are very tender, about 15 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and let cool slightly. Stir in the pumpkin and peanut butter. Working in batches, transfer the soup to a blender and puree until
smooth, about 1 minute. The texture should be like heavy whipping cream. If the soup is too thick, whisk in a bit of water. Season with salt and pepper. Divide between 4 serving bowls and top with mint or cilantro. Nutrition information per serving: 250 calories; 120 calories from fat (48 percent of total calories); 13 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 28 g carbohydrate; 7 g fiber; 10 g sugar; 8 g protein; 770 mg sodium. ——— Food Network star Melissa d’Arabian is an expert on healthy eating on a budget. She is the author of the upcoming cookbook, “Supermarket Healthy.” http://www.melissadarabian.net
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Conservative states balk at gay marriage WICHITA, Kan. — Conservative officials in some of the six states where Supreme Court action this week likely cleared the way for samesex weddings say they won’t issue marriage licenses to gay couples until their hands are forced. Now, gay rights advocates are preparing to do just that. James Esseks, director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Project, called the court’s action a “watershed moment for the entire country,” and other gay rights activists described plans Tuesday to challenge remaining bans. On Monday, the Supreme Court refused to take up appeals from five states seeking to preserve their bans. Couples in six other states — Colorado, Kansas, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia and Wyoming — would be bound by those same appellate rulings that were put on hold.
DEA sued over fake Facebook account WASHINGTON — The Drug Enforcement Administration set up a fake Facebook account using photographs and other personal information it took from the cellphone of a New York woman arrested in a cocaine case in hopes of tricking her friends and associates into revealing incriminating drug secrets. The Justice Department initially defended the practice in court filings but now says it is reviewing whether the Facebook guise went too far. Sondra Arquiett’s Facebook account looked as real as any other. It included photos of her posing on the hood of a sleek BMW and a close-up with her young son and niece. She even appeared to write that she missed her boyfriend, who was identified by his nickname. But it wasn’t her. The account was the work of DEA Agent Timothy Sinnigen, Arquiett said in a federal court lawsuit.
Play about Columbine to open NEW YORK — A play about the Columbine High School massacre written from the perspective of the two teen shooters will make its world premiere in New York next month, penned by a playwright who was 9 at the time of the killings and calls it “a watershed moment.” Nathaniel Sam Shapiro’s “The Erlkings” will begin performances on Nov. 9 at Theatre Row’s Beckett Theatre. The play takes its title from a German poem found in a journal of one of the killers. The playwright said he uses the teen killers’ own words — culled from chatroom logs, homework assignment, teacher’s notes and diaries — to paint portraits of two troubled kids, not monsters.
Burglar caught in act offers to share heroin BILLINGS, Mont. — Prosecutors in Montana say a man caught leaving a house he had apparently burglarized apologized to the homeowner and offered him some heroin. The Billings Gazette reports Christopher Dayell Bittner made an initial court appearance Monday on felony burglary and drug possession charges. Authorities say the homeowner and his 7-year-old son came home as Bittner was leaving Saturday. Yellowstone County Attorney Paul Adam says Bittner apologized and offered the drug. He was found nearby, and court records say a search of his backpack turned up 31.5 grams of heroin. For more national news, visit LufkinDailyNews.com.
Health law waivers: Too complicated to claim? By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Millions of Americans may qualify for waivers from the most unpopular part of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. But getting that exemption could be an ordeal. Community groups are concerned about a convoluted process for waivers from the law’s tax penalty on people who remain uninsured. Not everyone is complaining, however: Tax preparation companies are flagging it as a business opportunity. The law’s requirement that Americans carry health insurance remains contentious. Waivers were designed to ease the impact. But while some exemptions seem simple, others will require math calculations. Some involve sending in the application — by mail — and supporting documents, such as copies of medical bills, police reports, obituaries, utility shutoff notices — even news articles. Consumers will have to dig up the documentation — it’s not like filing the W-2s they get from employers. Two federal agencies have roles, each with its own waivers and time schedules. Some people will apply directly to the Internal Revenue Service when they file their 2014 tax returns next year. They’ll use a new Form 8965. Others can start now and seek an exemption through HealthCare.gov. If it’s approved, they’ll get a number to put on their IRS form later on. It will all come to a head this tax-filing season. Hailed by Democrats as the
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In this photo taken Oct. 3, Health and Human Services Department forms listing the kinds of documentation people need are seen in Washington. It’s the most unpopular provision in President Barack Obama’s health care law: millions of Americans who didn’t get health insurance this year now risk fines from the Internal Revenue Service. But it turns out that half or more of them may be eligible for waivers. At least on paper. Community groups and tax preparation companies say the process for claiming exemptions looks really convoluted. fulfillment of historical aspirations for covering all Americans, the Affordable Care Act has turned out to have multiple issues. The debut of online insurance markets last fall became an embarrassment for the White House. It took two months to get the website working reasonably well. Waivers are part of the law’s complex relationship with the tax system, an area of potential complications just starting to emerge. “The process for claiming an exemption is confusing, even for people who do this every day,”
said Elizabeth Colvin of Foundation Communities, an Austin, Texas, nonprofit that provides services for low-income people. “If you are a do-it-yourself person who is going to try it on pen and paper, all I can say is, ‘God be with you,’” said Mark Ciaramitaro, vice president of health care services at tax giant H&R Block. At Intuit, maker of TurboTax, software engineers and tax lawyers teamed up to create “Exemption Check,” a free online tool for people to see if they qualify. Charges apply later if the taxpayer files through TurboTax.
“I would say that it is complex,” said Sacha Adam, Intuit’s team leader. “That is where we get excited.” The requirement that individuals carry health insurance took
effect this year, alongside the law’s major coverage expansion. Although an estimated 10 million people are no longer uninsured, “Obamacare” remains divisive in the congressional elections. Soon after election day, HealthCare. gov’s second open enrollment gets underway. From Nov. 15 to Feb. 15, people who don’t have access to jobbased coverage can sign up for private insurance that is subsidized by tax credits. As open enrollment winds down, tax filing season will go into high gear, and people will start seeing the new connections between health care and taxes. Those who got too big a tax credit this year through HealthCare.gov will have their tax refunds reduced to pay it back. And those still uninsured will be scrambling to check out penalty waivers. Of the roughly 30 million to 40 million uninsured people, about 20 million are estimated to qualify for one or more exemptions. That includes people in the country illegally. The penalty is sometimes dismissed as puny, just $95. But that’s an over-simplification. The penalty is actually the greater of two numbers, $95 per person in 2014, or 1 percent of household income above the threshold for filing taxes.
NOBEL PRIZE
LED there be light: 3 scientists share Nobel Prize for blue diode STOCKHOLM (AP) — An invention that promises to revolutionize the way the world lights its homes and offices — and already helps create the glowing screens of mobile phones, computers and TVs— earned a Nobel Prize on Tuesday for two Japanese scientists and a Japaneseborn American. By inventing a new kind of light-emitting diode, or LED, they overcame a crucial roadblock for creating white light far more efficiently than incandescent or fluorescent bulbs. Now LEDs are pervasive and experts say their use will only grow. “Incandescent light bulbs lit the 20th century; the 21st century will be lit by LED lamps,” the Nobel committee said in announcing its award to Japanese researchers Isamu Akasaki and Hiroshi Amano and naturalized U.S. citizen Shuji Nakamura. Their work, done in the early 1990s, led to a fundamental transformation of technology for illumination, the committee said. And when the three arrive in Stockholm to collect their awards in early December, “they will hardly fail to notice the light from their invention glowing in virtually all the windows of the city.” Nakamura, 60, is a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Akasaki, 85, is a professor at Meijo University and Nagoya University in Japan, while Amano, 54, is also at Nagoya. Akasaki and Amano made their inventions while working at Nagoya, while Nakamura was working separately at the Japanese company Nichia Chemicals. At a press conference, Nakamura said he is “happy to see that my dream of LED lighting has become a reality. Nowadays we can buy energy-efficient light bulbs in the supermarket and help reduce energy use. I hope this helps to reduce global warming too,” he said, reading from a prepared statement. Asked earlier if he realized the importance of his research early on, he told reporters, “Nobody can make a cellphone without ...
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my invention.” Akasaki told a nationallytelevised news conference in Japan that he had faced skepticism about his research bearing fruit. “But I never felt that way,” he said. “I was just doing what I wanted to do.” Before their work, scientists had long been able to produce red and green light with LEDs. But they needed a blue LED as well to make white light, a goal sought for about 30 years. The three new Nobel laureates created blue LEDs. It’s “a fundamental invention that is rapidly changing the way we bring light to every corner of the home, the street and the workplace,” H. Frederick Dylla, the executive director and CEO of the American Institute of Physics, said in a statement. For illuminating schools,
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Advocates want high court to block law AUSTIN — Abortion providers on Monday asked the Supreme Court to block a lower federal court ruling that allowed Texas to enforce tough restrictions effectively closing all but seven abortion facilities in America’s second mostpopulous state. The New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, representing Texas physicians and women’s health care providers, filed a 50-plus page emergency application with the high court Monday. It argued that “no credible evidence suggests that the challenged requirements would enhance the safety of abortion procedures.” The center is seeking to reinstate — until all appeals are exhausted — an injunction imposed earlier by a lower court judge against the sweeping law overwhelmingly approved by the GOP-controlled state Legislature in 2013.
SAT math scores fall to 22-year low AUSTIN — Texas’ average statewide math scores on the SAT college entry exam were the lowest in 22 years — 495 for the 2013-2014 high school graduating class, according to official results released Tuesday. The College Board, a nonprofit which administers the exam, said mean math scores dropped four points from the 2012-2013 academic year. The state’s performance on math hasn’t been that low since 1992, when the mean score was 493. Meanwhile, reading scores slipped by a point to 476 and the latest writing mean score was 461, the same as last year. A perfect score in each subject area is 800.
Defense: Science will clear man of deaths WACO — A defense attorney told a Central Texas jury that she’ll present expert testimony that will prove his client innocent of the 1986 fire deaths of his two stepsons. Michelle Tuegel represents Edward Graf, a 62-year-old man being retried in Waco on murder, capital murder and injury-to-a-child charges in the 1986 deaths. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports Tuegel told the McLennan County jury that Graf’s adopted stepsons, 8-year-old Jason and 9-year-old Joby, liked to play with matches. She said she will show they accidentally set the toolshed fire that killed them.
Police work to clear rape kit backlog HOUSTON — A $4.4 million effort to test rape kits dating back to 1987 by the city of Houston has produced more than 1,000 DNA databank matches and charges against 19 people. The Houston Chronicle reports 10 of those suspects have been arrested for the first time. Police officials gathered with politicians at City Hall on Monday to celebrate a task force of more than 40 officers who have worked to clear the nearly three-decade old backlog. The council made the multimillion dollar allocation in 2013 to test DNA samples from nearly 9,800 cases, including 6,600 rape kits. Authorities said the backlog is nearly cleared.
Man impersonates cop to real officer MIDLAND — A 41-yearold Midland, Texas, man got a surprise when he tried to impersonate a police officer and berate a fellow driver. The driver he chastised was a police detective. Eleazar Cisneros confronted a driver, said he was a police officer and complained about being cut off in the parking lot of a burger joint. When Cisneros was asked to show his police identification, he said he was working under cover.Cisneros subsequently said he was in a police academy, then acknowledged that his connection to policing was limited to taking some criminal justice classes, according to an arrest affidavit examined by the Midland ReporterTelegram. For more state news, visit LufkinDailyNews.com.
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Family: Ebola patient’s condition disturbing By EMILY SCHMALL The Associated Press DALLAS — The family of a man diagnosed with the first U.S. case of Ebola again visited him at the hospital Tuesday but declined to view him via video because the last time had been
too upsetting. Relatives of Thomas Eric Duncan glimpsed him using a video system at Dallas’ Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital on Monday. But when they returned anew, this time with the Rev. Jesse Jackson, they decided such images were too much.
“What we saw was very painful. It didn’t look good,” said Duncan’s nephew, Josephus Weeks. Weeks said he and Duncan’s mother were unable to sleep after seeing Duncan’s face. The hospital says Duncan is in critical condition and is sedated but stable. He is on a breathing
machine and kidney dialysis. Duncan’s liver function, which declined over the weekend, has improved, though doctors say it may not stay that way. David Lakey, commissioner of Texas’ Department of State Health Services, walked the hospital ward housing Duncan,
which is otherwise vacant. He said security and medical officials wear gowns, double gloves and masks, and are following protocols on removing them and showering when they leave the ward. “They are doing their work very safely,” Lakey said.
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Crew at Ebola home steps into national spotlight By JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press
DALLAS — The Fort Worth, Texas, company Cleaning Guys has dealt with hazardous spills. It has cleared bloody crime scenes, including some that involved HIV. But Garrett Eison, the company’s operations manager, said he was initially anxious when the company agreed to take on a job others were reportedly hesitant to do: cleaning up the Dallas apartment where an Ebola patient stayed. “This is definitely something that would make you a little more nervous,” Eison said, though he added that because he knew his company was prepared, “I don’t feel worried about it.” Eison was part of a 15-member crew that spent four days at the apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan stayed when he began showing Ebola-related symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea. They wore protective suits with gas masks as they filled about 140 barrels with items from the home for incineration, including mattresses, the patient’s sheets and the entire apartment’s carpet. By the end, logos on the company’s black and green trailers — televised nationwide by media camped outside the home — became a recognizable brand across Dallas, where Eison’s colleagues have been approached in public and thanked. The job wasn’t easy to fill. At a briefing last week, Texas Health Commissioner David Lakey said that “there’s been a little bit of hesitancy for entities to want to do that.” On Tuesday, a Dallas County official didn’t immediately provide information on how many businesses the county contacted before reaching Cleaning Guys, but the company said it understands that others turned down the job before they got the call. “They had called many companies,” said Tamara Smith, office manager for Cleaning Guys. Duncan arrived in Dallas last month from Ebola-ravaged Liberia and stayed in the apartment with Louise Troh, her 13-year-old son and two nephews until he developed symptoms several days later and was eventually hospitalized. The family was moved to an undisclosed location on Friday, the day the cleanup started. They have not yet shown symptoms. For the next several days, the crew cleared out the place, including a 26-hour final stretch lasting into Monday. The job required rotating two-person teams after they’d worked for 40 min-
have any specific training for Ebola, which is spread by contact with bodily fluids and has killed more than 3,400 people in West Africa. But he noted his company’s previous work prepared
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE
Diboll man charged with jumping counter, headbutting workers at Burke Center By RHONDA OAKS The Lufkin News
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A man became unruly in a local business Tuesday afternoon, jumped a counter and fought with employees until police arrived, according to Lufkin Police. Officers arrested Joshua Sterling Day, 21, of Diboll, on three charges
of assault causing bodily injury and one charge of resisting arrest, search or transport, according to Lufkin Police Sgt. David Casper. County officials set Day’s bond at $6,000. Officers responded to a report of an assault in progress at a Burke Center facility in the 100 block of Mayo Place shortly after noon Tuesday. When they arrived, officers saw
Day struggling with employees. Officers attempted to handcuff Day, according to initial reports, but he continued to “head-butt” the employees. Officers eventually took him into custody. Witnesses at the Burke Center told officers that Day was at the business and suddenly became angry. “He jumped over the counter
and began striking one of the employees,” Casper said. “Other employees responded to assist their coworker.” The employees wrestled Day to the ground and held him there until police officers arrived, Casper said. Day reportedly assaulted one of the employees during the struggle. He allegedly hit his original victim
multiple times. Day also had warrants for charges including no inspection sticker, expired license plates, failure to maintain financial responsibility, failure to control speed and possession of drug paraphernalia, with bonds totaling more than $1,800. Rhonda Oaks’ email address is roaks@lufkindailynews.com.
CENTRAL SCHOOLS
Five Central High School band students recognized at UIL contest By RHONDA OAKS The Lufkin News The Central High School Bulldog Band, in only its second year, has set the bar high for younger band students. Five students were recognized at last week’s UIL competition with three of them being named to All-Area Jazz Band and four included in the Association of Texas Small School Bands AllRegion Jazz Band. Those students recognized included Kourtney Gesford, sophomore bass trombone; Tressa Beatty, freshmen trumpet; Conner Willett, freshmen drum set/first chair all-region; Alyson Watson, freshmen trombone, second chair all-region; and Isaac Barney, second chair overall on jazz piano. Band Director David Lambert said the results are exciting and the growth in the CHS band has
been explosive. “It is exciting to see the hard work and dedication to excellence that our students put forth, resulting in such deserved recognition,” Lambert said. “Considering that they are all freshmen and sophomores, it makes the results even more remarkable. We certainly appreciate all the support and encouragement from the faculty and administration of Central High School, without which we never could help our students achieve such amazing successes.” Lambert started the Central band in 2009 with used instruments and no sheet music, but he had a few sixth-grade students who wanted to learn to play. The students who were in the 2009 band are now in high school, and have grown both in talent and music expertise. The CHS band has also won two first-division awards at
the Sound Post Music Festival and awards as part of the SFA Homecoming Parade and the SFA Auxiliary Group. This year, the band has grown to 80 high school band members with a total of over 230 students in the band program, sixth through 12th grades. The band now practices in a new band hall and has new instruments, thanks to the Central Band Boosters. In the first four years since the band’s organization, the group earned more than 90 medals prior to performing at the most recent UIL competition. “In only the band’s second year in high school, the Central High School Bulldog Band continues to bring home even more impressive musical recognition Contributed photo to the Central community,” LamFive Central High School band members returned from UIL band competition as winners last week. bert said. Rhonda Oaks’ email address is Pictured from left to right are: Conner Willett, Tressa Beatty, Kourtney Gesford, Isaac Barney and roaks@lufkindailynews.com. Alyson Watson.
NACOGDOCHES
Federal court orders mediation in Cutler’s lawsuit against SFA By Paul Bryant counteroffer of settlement that The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel might reasonably be expected to arise during such mediation,” reNACOGDOCHES — A federal cords from the U.S. District Court judge has ordered Christian Cut- in Marshall show. ler and SFA to mediation after an In September, the Fifth Circuit appellate court sent the case back in New Orleans ruled against to the U.S. district level. SFA after it appealed the district “Any representative attend- court’s denial of the university’s ing such mediation shall possess motions for summary judgment sufficient authority adequate to and qualified immunity in Cutaddress any good-faith offer or ler’s civil-rights lawsuit.
The former director of art galleries at SFA alleges in an October 2010 complaint that he was fired by the university in a violation of his First Amendment right to free speech after he refused to judge a high-school art show hosted by U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert. According to the complaint, President Dr. Baker Pattillo, Vice President Dr. Richard Berry,
Dean of Fine Arts Dr. A.C. Himes and former School of Art Director Scott Robinson — “cynically weighed their interests and determined it was more important to demonstrate their political fealty to Rep. Gohmert by terminating Cutler, an outstanding public employee, than it was to honor Cutler’s First Amendment rights to voice his political opinion and not personally associate
with a politician he does not personally support.” In its opinion, the Fifth Circuit dismissed SFA’s claim that it could not foresee the legal consequences of firing Cutler. The U.S. District Court in Marshall granted a stay in the lawsuit while it filed an interlocutory appeal with the Fifth Circuit — a method by which defendants may challenge a lower court’s
rulings before final judgment. Cutler and the defendants must meet with mediators Charles Babcock of Houston and George McWilliams of Texarkana by Nov. 14, court records show. Cutler’s attorney, Tim Garrigan of Nacogdoches, could not be reached for comment. Paul Bryant’s email address is pbryant@dailysentinel.com.
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ports editor Josh Havard held a question-andanswer session with Lufkin head coach Todd Quick on Tuesday afternoon. The Panthers moved to 3-2 on the season and 2-1 in district play with a 52-45 win over the Whitehouse Wildcats todd quick on Friday night. Lufkin will be back in action on Friday night when it travels to Tyler to face the John Tyler Lions. Does the team have any injuries headed into Friday’s game against John Tyler? We ought to be all right for Friday. Everybody is at full strength. What were you most pleased with about the team’s effort on Friday night? I thought the effort was there. They took a lot of snaps and the guys were still flying around out there. Our Lufkin’s Steven Sowell takes a handoff from Panthers’ QB Trey Cumbie during a Sept. 13 game at Shreveport’s Independence SEE Q&A, PAGE 2C Stadium against the John Curtis Patriots. The 10th-ranked
Panthers will resume district action on Friday night as they play the John Tyler Lions at Trinity Mother Frances Stadium at 7:30 Friday in Tyler.
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By GARY STALLARD For The Lufkin News After the Lufkin Lady Panthers rocked the Corsicana Lady Tigers back on their heels with a 14-point win in the first game of Tuesday’s district match, Corsicana recovered in time to take the match in five games, winning 25-11, 17-25, 25-19, 18-25 and 6-15 at Panther Gymnasium in Lufkin. Lady Tigers Caroline Biltz and Calie Bwicheilug teamed up for a combined 22 kills for the match, with Biltz leading the way with 12 — including four in the fifth and deciding game. Miyah Gipson led the Lady Panthers with 13 kills. Emily Jentz added six more for Lufkin. The Lady Pack stormed out with a 25-11 win in the opening game, with the defense keeping the ball alive long enough for the setters to do their work in moving the ball. Corsicana rebounded in the second game despite Gipson and Jentz teaming up for five kills and Endya Harrell and Lindsey Smith adding a kill each. Nikki Gesford served a pair of aces in Lufkin’s 17-25 loss. Lufkin extended the match with a 25-19 win in the third game. Gipson and Lindsey Smith combined for seven kills, Endya Harrell added two and Jentz another to lead the net play. Lauren Smith served back-to-back aces to put Lufkin to a 10-6 lead; and Jentz served three straight aces, adding a kill to the mix, to help the Lady Pack to the win. Facing a loss in the fourth
Lufkin gets past Nacogdoches The Lufkin News The Lufkin High School tennis team took a 12-7 victory over Nacogdoches in District 16-5A competition Tuesday night on the Pack’s home courts. The Lady Panthers’ No. 1 doubles team of Victoria Viet and
Caroline Chance dropped the first set in their match but rallied to win 3-6, 6-2, 6-2. Lufkin got three wins in boys’ doubles. Jace Mahan and Patrick Stokes won 6-1, 3-6, 6-2; Osvaldo Lopez and Will Kirby won 6-4, 3-6, 6-3; and John Ellis and Garrett Coleman swept their
match 6-0, 6-0. Lufkin’s mixed doubles team of Caleb Rocks and Amaya Greer won 3-6, 7-5, 7-5. In boys’ singles, Mahan won 6-0, 6-4; Stokes won 6-4, 6-4; Kirby won 6-4, 6-4; and Ellis won 6-0, 6-0. In girls’ singles, Viet won 6-3, 7-5 and Greer won 6-4, 6-1.
District 16-5A Football Team Overall District John Tyler..................................4-1...................2-0 Corsicana..................................3-2...................2-0 Ennis.........................................3-2...................2-0 Nacogdoches...........................4-1...................1-1 Lufkin........................................3-2...................1-1 Jacksonville..............................3-2...................0-2 Whitehouse...............................3-2...................0-2 Lindale......................................1-4...................0-2 Oct. 3 Lufkin 52, Whitehouse 45 Ennis 57, Nacogdoches 26 John Tyler 75, Lindale 13 Corsicana 30, Jacksonville 14 Oct. 10 Corsicana at Nacogdoches Ennis at Whitehouse Lindale at Jacksonville Lufkin at John Tyler District 8-4A, Divison II Football Overall District Team Cleveland Tarkington................4-1...................0-0 Shepherd..................................3-2...................0-0 Coldspring-Oakhurst.................3-2...................0-0 Huntington................................1-4...................0-0 Madisonville.............................1-4...................0-0 Diboll........................................0-5...................0-0 Sept. 25 Coldspring-Oakhurst 38, Rosenberg Terry 35 Sept. 26 Cleveland Tarkington 47, Houston Sterling 19 Liberty 36, Diboll 32 Elkhart 41, Huntington 20 Madisonville, bye Shepherd, bye Oct. 3 Corrigan-Camden 64, Diboll 35 Crockett 39, Shepherd 28 Rockdale 40, Madisonville 14 Huntington, bye Tarkington, bye Coldspring, bye
Inside the game From wire reports
Beltin’ with Brandon
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Lufkin’s Emily Jentz (12) rises for a kill over Corsicana’s Calie Bwicheilug during Tuesday’s match at Panther Gymnasium. The Lady Pack pushed the match to five games before falling 25-11, 17-25, 25-19, 18-25 and 6-15 to the Lady Tigers. game, the Lady Tigers held off a late Lufkin rally to win 25-18. Gipson and Jentz tallied three kills each; and C.C. Hodge, Harrell and Gesford each added a kill. Makayla Ross served an ace in the loss. In the final game of the match, the Lady Tigers were the aggressors, with Biltz hammering home four kills to close out the Corsicana win 15-6. Lufkin will travel to John Tyler on Friday, with game time scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Gary Stallard’s e-mail address is garylstallard@yahoo.com
sfa basketball ANDY ADAMS/The Lufkin News
THURSDAY, OCT. 9 High school football John Tyler at Lufkin JV, 5:30 p.m.; Lufkin freshmen at John Tyler, 5:30 p.m., 7 p.m.; Huntington JV at Tarkington, 6 p.m.; Diboll 9, JV at Madisonville, 5 p.m. FRIDAY, Oct. 10 High school football Lufkin at John Tyler, 7:30 p.m.; Tarkington at Huntington, 7:30 p.m.; Madisonville at Diboll, 7:30 p.m.; Crockett at Corrigan-Camden, 7:30 p.m.; Hull-Daisetta at Groveton, 7 p.m. High school volleyball Lufkin 9, JV, V at John Tyler, 4:30 p.m. SATURDAY, Oct. 11 High school volleyball Huntington 9, JV, V at Center, 9 a.m.; Jasper at Diboll 9, JV, V, 2 p.m. High school cross country Huntington, Lufkin, Hudson at Lufkin’s Coca-Cola Classic, 8 a.m. High school aquatics Huntington V at Lufkin USA Meet, Houston, TBA If you would like to have your schedule included in this list, email it to jhavard@lufkindailynews.com. Results of games may be called in to 631-2608 or emailed to jhavard@lufkindailynews.com. Women’s volleyball Mississippi at Arkansas, SEC Network, 6 p.m. Pro hockey Philadelphia at Boston, NBC Sports, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at L.A. Kings, NBC Sports, 9 p.m. Boxing Sollman vs. Taylor (middleweights), ESPN2, 8 p.m.
Lufkin starts fast before falling
afternoon on the Lufkin High campus. Chance and teammate Victoria Viet lost the first set 6-3 but rallied to take the next two sets 6-2 and 6-2 to win the match.
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Corsicana outlasts Lady Panthers
Lufkin High School tennis player Caroline Chance serves the ball during the first set of the Lady Panthers’ No. 1 doubles match against Nacogdoches in district action Tuesday
2-minute drill
SFA dreaming big yet again
By KEVIN GORE son are Jacob Parker and ThomThe Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel as Walkup. To understand that, consider NACOGDOCHES — Brad Un- this. derwood offered a telling stateParker was the Southland Conment in his assessment of his ference’s regular-season MVP second Stephen F. Austin Lum- last season. Walkup was the tourberajck basketball team. nament MVP. He said his two most improved SEE SFA, PAGE 2C players on his team since last sea-
How former Hudson High School standout Brandon Belt did for the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday night against the Washingbelt ton Nationals: 4 at bats, 0 hits. Belt is batting .278 in the postseason. The Giants will play at St. Louis Saturday at 7:07 p.m. on FOX in Game 1 of the NLCS.
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Peterson to plead not guilty HOUSTON — A spokeswoman for Minnesota Vikings running back Adrian Peterson’s attorney says the NFL player plans to plead not guilty to a child abuse charge during his first court appearance in Texas since his indictment last month. Peterson was scheduled to be in court Wednesday in Conroe, located north of Houston. Mary Flood, a spokeswoman for Peterson’s attorney, Rusty Hardin, said Tuesday that if asked at the hearing, Peterson will plead not guilty to a charge of injury to a child. Peterson says he never intended to harm his 4-year-old son by spanking him with a tree branch earlier this year. Prosecutor Phil Grant declined to comment Tuesday on whether the case could be settled without a trial. If convicted, Peterson faces up to two years in prison.
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scoreboard Pro football National Football League AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Buffalo 3 2 0 .600 96 89 New England 3 2 0 .600 123 107 Miami 2 2 0 .500 96 97 N.Y. Jets 1 4 0 .200 79 127 South W L T Pct PF PA Indianapolis 3 2 0 .600 156 108 Houston 3 2 0 .600 104 87 Tennessee 1 4 0 .200 88 139 Jacksonville 0 5 0 .000 67 169 North W L T Pct PF PA Cincinnati 3 1 0 .750 97 76 Baltimore 3 2 0 .600 116 80 Pittsburgh 3 2 0 .600 114 108 Cleveland 2 2 0 .500 103 105 West W L T Pct PF PA San Diego 4 1 0 .800 133 63 Denver 3 1 0 .750 116 87 Kansas City 2 3 0 .400 119 101 Oakland 0 4 0 .000 51 103 NATIONAL CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF PA Philadelphia 4 1 0 .800 156 132 Dallas 4 1 0 .800 135 103 N.Y. Giants 3 2 0 .600 133 111 Washington 1 4 0 .200 112 136 South W L T Pct PF PA Carolina 3 2 0 .600 104 120 Atlanta 2 3 0 .400 151 143 New Orleans 2 3 0 .400 132 141 Tampa Bay 1 4 0 .200 103 156 North W L T Pct PF PA Detroit 3 2 0 .600 99 79 Green Bay 3 2 0 .600 134 106 Minnesota 2 3 0 .400 101 126 Chicago 2 3 0 .400 116 131 West W L T Pct PF PA Arizona 3 1 0 .750 86 86 Seattle 3 1 0 .750 110 83 San Francisco 3 2 0 .600 110 106 St. Louis 1 3 0 .250 84 119 Thursday’s Game Green Bay 42, Minnesota 10 Sunday’s Games Cleveland 29, Tennessee 28 New Orleans 37, Tampa Bay 31, OT Dallas 20, Houston 17, OT Carolina 31, Chicago 24 Philadelphia 34, St. Louis 28 N.Y. Giants 30, Atlanta 20 Buffalo 17, Detroit 14 Indianapolis 20, Baltimore 13 Pittsburgh 17, Jacksonville 9 Denver 41, Arizona 20 San Francisco 22, Kansas City 17 San Diego 31, N.Y. Jets 0 New England 43, Cincinnati 17 Open: Miami, Oakland Monday’s Game Seattle 27, Washington 17 Thursday, Oct. 9 Indianapolis at Houston, 7:25 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 Jacksonville at Tennessee, noon Detroit at Minnesota, noon Baltimore at Tampa Bay, noon Denver at N.Y. Jets, noon New England at Buffalo, noon Carolina at Cincinnati, noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon Green Bay at Miami, noon San Diego at Oakland, 3:05 p.m. Dallas at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Washington at Arizona, 3:25 p.m. Chicago at Atlanta, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m. Open: Kansas City, New Orleans Monday, Oct. 13 San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. NFL Power Index Keith Glantz Russell Culver Through Games of October 6 CURRENT LAST TEAM RATING RATING Seattle 3-1-0 102 102 Denver 3-1-0 101 100 Green Bay 3-2-0 100 99 San Diego 4-1-0 100 100 Cincinnati 3-1-0 99 99 Indianapolis 3-2-0 99 98 New England 3-2-0 99 96 San Francisco 3-2-0 99 99 Arizona 3-1-0 98 100 Philadelphia 4-1-0 98 98 Baltimore 3-2-0 97 97 Detroit 3-2-0 97 97 Kansas City 2-3-0 97 96 N.Y. Giants 3-2-0 97 96 New Orleans 2-3-0 97 98 Dallas 4-1-0 96 96 Atlanta 2-3-0 95 95 Chicago 2-3-0 95 95 Cleveland 2-2-0 95 94 Miami 2-2-0 95 95 Pittsburgh 3-2-0 95 95 Buffalo 3-2-0 94 93 Carolina 3-2-0 94 94 Houston 3-2-0 94 94 St. Louis 1-3-0 94 92 Washington 1-4-0 94 93 Minnesota 2-3-0 92 93 Tampa Bay 1-4-0 92 92 Tennessee 1-4-0 90 92 N.Y. Jets 1-4-0 89 93 Oakland 0-4-0 87 87 Jacksonville 0-5-0 86 86 ——— The Power Index is a numerical value indicating the relative strength of each team based on this season’s performance, changes in personnel, coaching, strength of schedule and current form. The Index is purely a statistical and historical rating and does not take into account emotional factors. Add three points to the home team’s rating. ——— Copyright 2014 World Features Syndicate, Inc. AP Pro32-Power Rankings The Associated Press Pro32 NFL Power Rankings, as voted by a 12-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Oct. 7, total points based on 32 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 32nd-place vote, and previous ranking: W L T Pts Pvs 1. Seattle Seahawks (12) 3 1 0 384 1 2. Denver Broncos 3 1 0 371 3 3. San Diego Chargers 4 1 0 361 5 4. Philadelphia Eagles 4 1 0 323 8 5. Cincinnati Bengals 3 1 0 314 2 6. Dallas Cowboys 4 1 0 308 12 7. Indianapolis Colts 3 2 0 305 10 8. San Francisco 49ers 3 2 0 303 9 9. Green Bay Packers 3 2 0 300 11 10. Arizona Cardinals 3 1 0 287 4 11. New England Patriots 3 2 0 285 13 12. Baltimore Ravens 3 2 0 239 6 13. New York Giants 3 2 0 228 19 14. Carolina Panthers 3 2 0 225 17 15. Detroit Lions 3 2 0 214 7 16. Kansas City Chiefs 2 3 0 198 14 17. Pittsburgh Steelers 3 2 0 193 17 18. Houston Texans 3 2 0 187 15 19. Buffalo Bills 3 2 0 183 24 20. Chicago Bears 2 3 0 156 16
college football 21. New Orleans Saints 2 3 0 143 22. Cleveland Browns 2 2 0 139 23. Miami Dolphins 2 2 0 129 24. Atlanta Falcons 2 3 0 119 25. Minnesota Vikings 2 3 0 92 26. St. Louis Rams 1 3 0 71 26. Tampa Bay Buccaneers 1 4 0 71 28. Washington Redskins 1 4 0 67 29. New York Jets 1 4 0 52 29. Tennessee Titans 1 4 0 52 31. Oakland Raiders 0 4 0 19 32. Jacksonville Jaguars 0 5 0 18 ——— VOTING PANEL John Czarnecki, Fox Sports Tony Dungy, NBC Sports Herm Edwards, ESPN Bob Glauber, Newsday Rick Gosselin, Dallas Morning News Ira Kaufman, Tampa Tribune Pat Kirwan, SiriusXM NFL Radio/CBSSports.com Jeff Legwold, ESPN/ESPN.com Jenny Vrentas , Monday Morning Quarterback Alex Marvez, Foxsports.com Jim Miller, SiriusXM NFL Radio Charean Williams, Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Frey. Terminated the practice squad contracts of DE Roy Philon and WR Rashad Ross. CINCINNATI BENGALS — Claimed LB Khairi Fortt off waivers from New Orleans. Placed LB Sean Porter on the injured reserve list. CLEVELAND BROWNS — Signed DL A.J. Pataiali’i to the practice squad. Released LS Charley Hughlett from the practice squad. GREEN BAY PACKERS — Signed DE Joe Kruger to the practice squad. HOUSTON TEXANS — Signed LB John Simon off Baltimore’s practice squad. Placed LB Ricky Sapp on the injured reserve list. Signed LB Jason Ankrah to the practice squad. Released FB Toben Opurum from the practice squad. MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed WR Donte Foster, QB Chandler Harnish and S Pierre Warren to the practice squad. Released QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson from practice squad. OAKLAND RAIDERS — Claimed LB Ray-Ray Armstrong off waivers from the St. Louis. Placed LB Kaluka Maiava on the injured reserve list. SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Signed G Andrew Tiller to the practice squad. Waived OT John Fullington. Canadian Football League EDMONTON ESKIMOS — Signed QB Matt Scott to the practice roster. HOCKEY National Hockey League CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS — Placed F Brandon Mashinter on injured reserve, retroactive to Oct. 1. NASCAR Sprint Cup Points Leaders COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS — Placed C Brandon Dubinsky Through Oct. 5 on injured reserve. Claimed RW Adam Cracknell off waivers 1. Joey Logano, 3,048. from Los Angeles. Assigned F Jerry D’Amigo to Springfield 2. Kyle Busch, 3,042. (AHL). 3. Carl Edwards, 3,039. DALLAS STARS — Placed D Sergei Gonchar on injured re4. Ryan Newman, 3,039. serve. Designated F Rich Peverley injured non-roster player. 5. Denny Hamlin, 3,037. DETROIT RED WINGS — Assigned D Xavier Ouellet and G 6. Kevin Harvick, 3,033. Petr Mrazek to Grand Rapids (AHL). 7. Matt Kenseth, 3,031. FLORIDA PANTHERS — Announced D Shane O’Brien cleared 8. Jeff Gordon, 3,031. waivers and assigned him to San Antonio (AHL). 9. Kasey Kahne, 3,023. MONTREAL CANADIENS — Assigned C Jacob de la Rose to 10. Brad Keselowski, 3,009. Hamilton (AHL). 11. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 3,006. NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Placed F Matt Cullen and F Vik12. Jimmie Johnson, 3,004. tor Stalberg on injured reserve. Designated F Mike Fisher 13. AJ Allmendinger, 2,110. injured non-roster player. 14. Greg Biffle, 2,101. NEW JERSEY DEVILS — Signed F Jordin Tootoo. Assigned D 15. Kurt Busch, 2,075. Peter Harrold, F Steve Bernier and F Cam Janssen to Albany 16. Aric Almirola, 2,074. (AHL). 17. Kyle Larson, 901. NEW YORK RANGERS — Reassigned C Chris Mueller to the 18. Clint Bowyer, 843. Hartford Wolf Pack (AHL). 19. Jamie McMurray, 825. WINNIPEG JETS — Reassigned G Peter Budaj to St. John’s 20. Paul Menard, 816. (AHL). 21. Austin Dillon, 815. American Hockey League 22. Brian Vickers, 799. HAMILTON BULLDOGS — Signed F Sahir Gill to a tryout 23. Marcos Ambrose, 726. contract and G Franky Palazzese to a one-year contract. 24. Martin Truex Jr., 719. ECHL 25. Casey Mears, 669. ECHL — Approved the membership applications of the Allen 26. Tony Stewart, 666. Americans, Brampton Beast, Missouri Mavericks, Quad City 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 638. Mallards, Rapid City Rush, Tulsa Oilers and Wichita Thunder 28. Danica Patrick, 625. for admission to the league. 29. Justin Allgaier, 518. ELMIRA JACKALS — Released F Patrick McCadden, D Tom 30. David Gilliland, 460. Silber, D David Mead and G Joe Spagnoli from their tryout 31. Michael Annett, 442. agreements 32. David Ragan, 426. GWINNETT GLADIATORS — Signed F Will MacDonald. Signed 33. Cole Whitt, 422. F J.P. Labardo, F James McEwan, D Drew Baker, G Andrew 34. Reed Sorenson, 413. Loewen and G Chris Kamal to tryout contracts. 35. Alex Bowman, 357. IDAHO STEELHEADS — Announced G Henri Kiviaho was 36. Josh Wise, 349. been assigned to the team by Dallas (NHL). 37. Ryan Truex, 193. READING ROYALS — Announced the addition of F David 38. Michael McDowell, 187. Marshall and F Adam Hughesman. 39. Travis Kvapil, 173. SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Announced F Braden 40. Jeff Burton, 87. Pimm, D Garrett Haar and D Erik Burgdoerfer were assigned 41. Terry Labonte, 77. to the team by Hershey (AHL). 42. David Stremme, 75. LACROSSE 43. Bobby Labonte, 54. National Lacrosse League 44. Parker Kligerman, 54. COLORADO MAMMOTH — Signed F Eli McLaughlin, D Rob45. Michael Waltrip, 48. ert Hope, G Alex Buque, D Zach Rogers, F DJ Giacobbo, M 46. Juan Pablo Montoya, 47. Terry Ellis and A Mike Crampton. 47. Alex Kennedy, 47. SOCCER 48. Dave Blaney, 46. Major League Soccer 49. Brett Moffitt, 44. COLUMBUS CREW — Signed F Kei Kamara. 50. Timmy Hill, 43. National Women’s Soccer League SKY BLUE FC — Announced the retirement of G Jill Loyden. NASCAR Sprint Cup Schedule-Winners COLLEGE Feb. 15 — x-Sprint Unlimited (Denny Hamlin) EASTERN COLLEGE ATHLETIC CONFERENCE — Announced Feb. 20 — x-Budweiser Duel 2 (Denny Hamlin) Franklin Pierce, Gannon, U. of Indianapolis and Mercy have Feb. 20 — x-Budweiser Duel 1 (Matt Kenseth) been accepted as full Division II members of the ECAC. Feb. 23 — Daytona 500 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) PAC-12 CONFERENCE — Reprimanded and fined Colorado March 2 — The Profit on CNBC 500 (Kevin Harvick) coach Mike MacIntyre $10,000 for conduct toward the offiMarch 9 — Kobalt 400 (Brad Keselowski) cials following the Buffaloes’ loss to Oregon State on Oct. 4. March 16 — Food City 500 (Carl Edwards) CUMBERLAND — Fired volleyball coach Brittany Harry. March 23 — Auto Club 400 (Kyle Busch) Named Ron Pavan interim volleyball coach. March 30 — STP 500 (Kurt Busch) HOBART — Named Craig Whipple volunteer assistant laApril 7 — Duck Commander 500 (Joey Logano) crosse coach. April 12 — Bojangles’ Southern 500 (Kevin Harvick) KENTUCKY — Suspended freshman DE Lloyd Tubman April 26 — Toyota Owners 400 (Joey Logano) indefinitely after he was arrested and charged with firstMay 4 — Aaron’s 499 (Denny Hamlin) degree rape. May 10 — 5-hour ENERGY 400 (Jeff Gordon) RADFORD — Named Haley Marvine women’s lacrosse May 16 — x-Sprint Showdown (Clint Bowyer) May 17 — x-NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race (Jamie McMurray) coach. RANDOLPH-MACON — Announced the resignation of men’s May 25 — Coca-Cola 600 (Jimmie Johnson) June 1 — FedEx 400 benefiting Autism Speaks (Jimmie assistant basketball coach Jarell Christian to be a video analyst and assistant coach for Oklahoma City (NBADL). Johnson) June 8 — Pocono 400 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) June 15 — Quicken Loans 400 (Jimmie Johnson) Postseason Baseball Glance June 22 — Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Carl Edwards) x-if necessary June 28 — Quaker State 400 (Brad Keselowski) WILD CARD July 6 — Coke Zero 400 (Aric Almirola) July 13 — Camping World RV Sales 301 (Brad Keselowski) Tuesday, Sept. 30: Kansas City 9, Oakland 8, 12 innings July 27 — The John Wayne Walding 400 at The Brickyard Wednesday, Oct. 1: San Francisco 8, Pittsburgh 0 DIVISION SERIES (Jeff Gordon) (Best-of-5) Aug. 3 — GoBowling.com 400 (Dale Earnhardt Jr.) American League Aug. 10 — Cheez-It 355 at The Glen (AJ Allmendinger) Baltimore 3, Detroit 0 Aug. 17 — Pure Michigan 400 (Jeff Gordon) Thursday, Oct. 2: Baltimore 12, Detroit 3 Aug. 23 — Irwin Tools Night Race (Joey Logano) Friday, Oct. 3: Baltimore 7, Detroit 6 Aug. 31 — Oral-B USA 500 (Kasey Kahne) Sunday, Oct. 5: Baltimore 2, Detroit 1 Sep. 6 — Federated Auto Parts 400 (Brad Keselowski) Kansas 3, Los Angeles 0 Sep. 14 — MyAFibStory.com 400 (Brad Keselowski) Thursday, Oct. 2: Kansas City 3, Los Angeles 2, 11 innings Sep. 21 — Sylvania 300 (Joey Logano) Friday, Oct. 3: Kansas City 4, Los Angeles 1, 11 innings Sep. 28 — AAA 400 (Jeff Gordon) Oct. 5 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. (Joey Sunday, Oct. 5: Kansas City 8, Los Angeles 3 National League Logano) San Francisco 2, Washington 1 Oct. 11 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Friday, Oct. 3: San Francisco 3, Washington 2 Oct. 19 — GEICO 500, Talladega, Ala. Oct. 26 — Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Ridgeway, Va. Saturday, Oct. 4: San Francisco 2, Washington 1, 18 innings Monday, Oct. 6: Washington 4, San Francisco 1 Nov. 2 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 9 — Quicken Loans Race for Heroes 500, Avondale, Tuesday, Oct. 7: Washington (Gonzalez 10-10) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 8-13), (n), (FS1) Ariz. x-Thursday, Oct. 9: San Francisco at Washington, 7:37 p.m. Nov. 16 — Ford EcoBoost 400, Homestead, Fla. (FS1) x-non-points race St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 Friday, Oct. 3: St. Louis 10, Los Angeles 9 Saturday, Oct. 4: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 2 Tuesday’s Sports Transactions Monday, Oct. 6: St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 1 BASEBALL Tuesday, Oct. 7: St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2 American League LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Claimed OF Roger Kieschnick and LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES OF Alredo Marte off outright waivers from Arizona. Desig- (Best-of-7) nated OF Brennan Boesch and C John Buck for assignment. American League TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Claimed RHP Bo Schultz off waivers All AL games televised by TBS Friday, Oct. 10: Kansas City (Shields 14-8) at Baltimore from Arizona. (Tillman 13-6), 7:07 p.m. National League ATLANTA BRAVBES — Named Gordon Blakeley and Roy clark Saturday, Oct. 11: Kansas City at Baltimore, 3:07 p.m. special assistants to the general manager; Dave Trembley Monday, Oct. 13: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA director, player development and Jonathan Schuerholz Tuesday, Oct. 14: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA assistant director, player development. Promoted Brian x-Wednesday, Oct. 15: Baltimore at Kansas City, TBA x-Friday, Oct. 17: Kansas City at Baltimore, TBA Bridges to scouting director. CINCINNATI REDS — Approved the sale of a minority interest x-Saturday, Oct. 18: Kansas City at Baltimore, TBA in the club by The Louise Dieterle Nippert Trust to Frank National League Saturday, Oct. 11: St. Louis at Washington OR San FranCohen. cisco at St. Louis, 7:07 p.m. (Fox) BASKETBALL Sunday, Oct. 12: St. Louis at Washington OR San Francisco National Basketball Association PHILADELPHIA 76ERS — Signed F Drew Gordon and G at St. Louis, TBA (FS1) Tuesday, Oct. 14: Washington at St. Louis OR St. Louis at Malcolm Lee. San Francisco, TBA (FS1) FOOTBALL Wednesday, Oct. 15: Washington at St. Louis OR St. Louis at National Football League ARIZONA CARDINALS — Placed P Dave Zastudil on injured San Francisco, TBA (FS1) reserve and LB Matt Shaughnessy on the injured reserve/ x-Thursday, Oct. 16: Washington at St. Louis OR St. Louis at return list. Signed P Drew Butler from the practice squad. San Francisco, TBA (FS1) Re-signed LB Marcus Benard. 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Pro hockey National Hockey League EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Buffalo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Detroit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Florida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Montreal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Ottawa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Tampa Bay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Toronto 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Columbus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 New Jersey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Islanders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 N.Y. Rangers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Philadelphia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Washington 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Chicago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Colorado 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dallas 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minnesota 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nashville 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 St. Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Winnipeg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arizona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Calgary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Edmonton 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Los Angeles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 San Jose 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Vancouver 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Tuesday’s Games No games scheduled Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Toronto, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m. San Jose at Los Angeles, 9 p.m. Thursday’s Games Columbus at Buffalo, 6 p.m. New Jersey at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Anaheim at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Montreal at Washington, 6 p.m. Boston at Detroit, 6:30 p.m. Florida at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m. N.Y. Rangers at St. Louis, 7 p.m. Ottawa at Nashville, 7 p.m. Chicago at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. Colorado at Minnesota, 8 p.m. Calgary at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m. Winnipeg at Arizona, 9 p.m.
Pro soccer Major League Soccer EASTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-D.C. 15 9 7 52 46 34 New England 15 13 3 48 46 43 Sporting Kansas City 13 11 7 46 45 37 New York 11 9 11 44 49 46 Columbus 11 10 10 43 44 38 Toronto FC 11 12 7 40 42 48 Philadelphia 9 10 12 39 46 45 Houston 10 14 6 36 35 51 Chicago 5 8 18 33 38 46 Montreal 6 18 7 25 34 54 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L T Pts GF GA x-Seattle 19 9 3 60 61 47 x-Los Angeles 17 5 9 60 66 31 Real Salt Lake 13 8 10 49 50 39 FC Dallas 14 11 6 48 52 42 Vancouver 10 8 13 43 40 40 Portland 10 9 12 42 56 52 Colorado 8 15 8 32 42 58 San Jose 6 13 11 29 35 44 Chivas USA 7 18 6 27 26 58 NOTE: Three points for victory, one point for tie. x- clinched playoff berth ——— Thursday’s Games Philadelphia 1, Chicago 1, tie Friday’s Games D.C. United 0, Sporting Kansas City 0, tie Saturday’s Games New York 1, Houston 0 Vancouver 2, FC Dallas 0 New England 2, Columbus 1 Los Angeles 3, Toronto FC 0 Portland 2, San Jose 1 Sunday’s Games Seattle FC 4, Colorado 1 Chicago 0, Montreal 0, tie Chivas USA 1, Real Salt Lake 0 Wednesday, Oct. 8 Houston at Toronto FC, 6:30 p.m. San Jose at Portland, 9:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 Chicago at Sporting Kansas City, 7:30 p.m. Vancouver at Seattle FC, 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 New England at Montreal, 3 p.m. Toronto FC at New York, 6 p.m. Columbus at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 8:30 p.m. Colorado at Chivas USA, 9:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12 D.C. United at Houston, 2 p.m. Los Angeles at FC Dallas, 6 p.m. 2014 U.S. Soccer Schedule (Won 6, Lost 3, Tied 2) Saturday, Feb. 1 — United States 2, South Korea 0 Wednesday, March 5 — Ukraine 2, United States 0 Wednesday, April 2 — United States 2, Mexico 2 Tuesday, May 27 — United States 2, Azerbaijan 0 Sunday, June 1 — United States 2, Turkey 1 Saturday, June 7 — United States 2, Nigeria 1 a-Monday, June 16 — United States 2, Ghana 1 a-Sunday, June 22 — United States 2, Portugal 2 a-Thursday, June 26 — Germany 1, United States 0 a-Tuesday, July 1 — Belgium 2, United States 1, OT Wednesday, Sept. 3 — United States 1, Czech Republic 0 Friday, Oct. 10 — vs. Ecuador at East Hartford, Conn., 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 14 — vs. Honduras at Boca Raton, Fla., 8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18 — vs. Ireland at Dublin, 2:45 p.m. a-World Cup
College football Top 25 Schedule Friday No. 25 Stanford vs. Washington State, 8 p.m. Saturday No. 1 Florida State (5-0) at Syracuse, 11 a.m. No. 2 Auburn (5-0) at No. 3 Mississippi State, 2:30 p.m. No. 3 Mississippi (5-0) at No. 14 Texas A&M, 8 p.m. No. 5 Baylor (5-0) vs. No. 9 TCU, 2:30 p.m. No. 6 Notre Dame (5-0) vs. North Carolina, 2:30 p.m. No. 7 Alabama (4-1) at Arkansas, 5 p.m. No. 8 Michigan State (4-1) at Purdue, 2:30 p.m. No. 10 Arizona (5-0) vs. Southern Cal, 9:30 p.m. No. 11 Oklahoma (4-1) vs. Texas at Dallas, 11 a.m. No. 12 Oregon (4-1) at No. 18 UCLA, 2:30 p.m. No. 13 Georgia (4-1) at No. 23 Missouri, 11 a.m. No. 16 Oklahoma State (4-1) at Kansas, 3 p.m. No. 19 East Carolina (4-1) at South Florida, 6 p.m. No. 22 Georgia Tech (5-0) vs. Duke, 11:30 a.m.
Swoopes struggling after four starts By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN — Charlie Strong saw Tyrone Swoopes sitting down for lunch and the Texas coach quickly walked over to offer a big handshake and an even bigger smile before the small talk ended with a chuckle. This is how Strong wants to handle his struggling sophomore quarterback: Build him up. Don’t tear him down. Four starts into his career, Swoopes is in need of a big lift, coming off a poor performance in a loss to Baylor that sends the Longhorns(2-3, 1-1 Big 12) into Saturday’s rivalry game against No. 11 Oklahoma (4-1, 1-1) on a two-game skid. “You always want him to have confidence,” Strong said. “When you’re good on offense, it’s going to come from your quarterback position. When he has it going, then your offense is going to get
going.” Little has been going right for the Texas offense of late, and Longhorns fans who clamored for Swoopes to get on the field as a freshman last season are starting to wonder if he’s really their future. Swoopes took over for injured starter David Ash (concussion symptoms) after the first game. Since then, Ash has retired from football and Strong has shown no inclination to pull the redshirt from backup freshman Jerrod Heard. Texas ranks No. 114 nationally in total offense. Texas’ average of 18.4 points also ranks No. 114, but take away the 38 points in the season opener when Ash was the starter, and the Longhorns are scoring only 13.2 points over the last four games. Swoopes himself is ranked No. 97 nationally in the NCAA’s pass efficiency ratings. He has five touchdowns, three interceptions and 734 yards.
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“They’ve both had great off seasons,” the second-year SFA coach said. Underwood began putting his team through practices Sunday for the upcoming season, which begins Nov. 14 with a home game against Mississippi College. If Parker and Walkup — already established players for a program that was 32-3 and won an NCAA Tournament game last season — are the most improved players, then think about the possibilities of the season ahead. This season’s team definitley has a new look. Gone are three seniors — Desmond Haymon, Nikola Gajic and Deshaunt Walker. Those three players averaged a combined 35.8 points per game last season. Parker and Walkup highlight a list of returners that include another stater, point guard Trey Pinkney. Other veterans are Tanner Clayton, Conner Brooks, Dal-
las Cameron, Justin Dotson and Jason Martin. Newcomers are Demetrious Floyd, Jared Johnson, Ty Charles, Clide Geffrard, Bobby King, Jaxon Holden and Caleb Johnston. The goal is to surpass last season’s success, which included both regular season and tournament titles and a first for SFA, a victory in the NCAA Tournament, a 77-75 verdict over Virginia Commonwealth in San Diego, Calif. A lot has happened since that game, which was highlighted by Haymon’s four-point play in the closing seconds that forced overtime. Some players are gone. Newcomers have arrived. But the goal of the program is to progress. “As the program grows and moves forward, we will have our own identity,” Underwood said. “It’s too early to determine what that is.
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guys gave themselves a chance to win it and they got it done at the end. How tough was it to adjust to the fast pace of Whitehouse’s offense? They ran 96 snaps the other night and that can really put you in a bind. You have a lot less calls on defense because you don’t have time to line up. That keeps you pretty basic. I thought we did a pretty good job in getting a rotation going. The skill guys can go through it and play most of the snaps but we tried to rotate two lines in and out. We tried to sub when they were close to us so we could get them in on time. I thought that really helped at the end to keep our guys fresh enough to finish it off. What was your overall impression of the offense in scoring 52 points
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against Whitehouse? I thought we did a really good job of blocking up front. They put seven in the box and we blocked them with our six that were out there. We were still able to run when we were outnumbered and that’s huge. With the team being 3-0 at home this season, how important is it to take care of homefield advantage? There are certain stadiums that it’s really tough to win at. It’s tough to win here, at Rose Stadium, at Lobo Stadium. Good teams usually find a way to take care of business at home. We really needed that win. We were here at home and had a packed house for homecoming. You’re supposed to win those types of games.
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Giants top Nationals 3-2, return to NLCS By JANIE McCAULEY AP Baseball Writer SAN FRANCISCO — Joe Panik scored the go-ahead run in the seventh inning on Aaron Barrett’s bases-loaded wild pitch, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Tuesday night to return to the NL Championship Series. The wild-card Giants took Game 4 in the best-of-five Division Series and eliminated the Nationals by scoring on a basesloaded walk, a groundout and a wild pitch. Hunter Pence turned in a defensive gem in right field. Santiago Casilla put the potential tying run aboard in
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Cardinals sink Kershaw, head to NLCS By R.B. FALLSTROM AP Sports Writer ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Cardinals tagged Clayton Kershaw in the seventh inning for the second straight time, riding Matt Adams’ go-ahead, three-run homer to a 3-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday and a fourth straight trip to the NL Championship Series. Following their 3-1 win in the best-of-five series, the Cardinals await San Francisco or Washington with their rotation wellrested for the NLCS, which starts Saturday. They would open at home against the Giants or at the Nationals. At AT&T Park in San Francisco, fans broke into cheers when the rival Dodgers were eliminat-
ed. Trevor Rosenthal allowed two runners in the ninth before getting Carl Crawford on a gameending groundout for his third save of the series. Kershaw allowed one homer to left-handed hitters while going 21-3 with a 1.77 ERA in the regular season. He gave up two to the Cardinals, with Matt Carpenter connecting in the opener. The left-handed ace is 0-3 with a 9.72 ERA in his last three postseason appearances, including St. Louis’ clinching Game 6 victory in the NLCS last year. Kershaw pitched on three days’ rest for the second time in his career. He was dominant into the seventh, as he was in Game 1, but again started the inning with three straight hits.
The third hit Tuesday came when Adams drove a curveball into the right-center bullpen to put St. Louis up 3-2. Adams thrust his hands over his head in the batter’s box then jumped several times as he ran down the first base line. A stunned Kershaw bent over on the mound, head hung and hands on his knees. The likely NL Cy Young Award winner fell to 1-5 with a 5.12 ERA in 11 postseason appearances. Reliever Marco Gonzales earned his second victory of the series, after getting treated for a nosebleed. The rookie lefty got Adrian Gonzalez on a groundout to end the seventh and strand two runners. Pat Neshek worked a perfect eighth for the second straight
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Briles: Everything OK with wins WACO (AP) — Baylor coach Art Briles smiled when someone started to ask about quarterback Bryce Petty’s subpar game. As for the No. 5 Bears having to depend on their running game, needing some big special teams plays and scoring only half their previous season average in a grind-it-out 28-7 win at Texas, that doesn’t bother Briles, either. “I know that all that’s good talk about the points and everything, but we’ve been slowed down before,” Briles said Monday. “It’s not a deal to where we’re like something’s wrong. Everything’s OK as long as you’re winning.” Unlike so many other ranked teams, Baylor (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) survived the weekend of upsets and is now the Big 12’s highest-ranked team going into Saturday’s home game against No. 9 TCU (4-0, 1-0). The Horned Frogs pulled off one of those upsets last weekend, 37-33 at home against then-No. 4 Oklahoma. They moved up 16 spots in the poll, setting up only the second top-10 matchup ever in Waco. The other was Baylor losing to Texas A&M 19-13 in 1956. Only Michigan State has had a bigger jump in the history of The Associated Press rankings, improving 17 spots from No. 19 to No. 2 on Oct. 2, 1950. On the second Saturday in October, when Texas and No. 11 Oklahoma play their traditional game at the State Fair of Texas, the Red River Rivalry won’t even be the biggest game in Texas. The third game ever at Baylor’s
new on-campus stadium along the Brazos River, about 100 miles south of the State Fair of Texas, will leave the Big 12 with only one undefeated team halfway through the first season with the first four-team College Football Playoff. Briles still isn’t putting too much into the Bears’ standing, even though they are in a prime position if they keep winning. The three teams directly ahead of them in the poll — No. 2 Auburn and Nos. 3 Ole Miss and Mississippi State — all still have head-to-head matchups left. “It just means we’ve done OK up to this point,” the coach said. “We’ve got to play well against a really good TCU football team.” Baylor’s series with TCU dates to 1899, the Bears’ first season of football and when both private schools were located in Waco. They were later Southwest Conference rivals, and became league foes again in 2012 after the Frogs joined the Big 12. The series is tied 51-51-7, and they have split the two Big 12 games with both winning on the road. The Bears have a 12-game home winning streak since losing to TCU at their old stadium in October 2012. At Texas on Saturday, reigning Big 12 offensive player of the year Petty was 7-of-22 passing for 111 yards. Shock Linwood ran 28 times for 148 yards with a 1-yard TD in the fourth quarter. Petty did throw two touchdowns after halftime, the first making it 14-0 only three plays
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game and Rosenthal pitched the ninth for a second straight day, receiving two visits to the mound from catcher Yadier Molina and one from the pitching coach after a shaky start to the inning. Kershaw had yielded only one hit through six innings and struck out nine, including three in a row in the sixth. But Matt Holliday opened the seventh with a sharp single up the middle off second baseman Dee Gordon’s glove, Jhonny Peralta lined another single before Adams homered off a left-hander for the first time since July 7. The Cardinals, who had an NL low 105 homers this season, hit five homers against lefties in this series. They had just eight in the regular season.
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Lufkin ISD students receive honors as AP Scholars Sixty-three Lufkin ISD students have been named AP Scholars by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement test. The Advanced Placement is a collegelevel curriculum program that allows high school students across the nation the opportunity to receive placement and college course credit based on a high score of the examination. The honor is given to students who receive a score of 3 or higher on the AP test and have taken at least three exams. The curriculum for the AP course is derived from a panel of experts for the College Board. Students recognized as AP Scholars include Jacob Carr, Ashlyn Coleman,
Samuel Conlin, Ian Cox, Joshua Davis, Richard Galan, Sabrina Guerrero, Caleb Guzman, Brad Henderson, Brian Humphreys Jr., Sydney Latham, Matthew Lishwski, Maria Lopez, Michael Lynn, Zayra Madera, Jeffrey Martin, Donn Molina, Kristen Neal, Mikaela Neal, Long Nguyen, Marie Nickle, Fharid Reyes, Jacob Rose, Vanessa Saucedo, Ory Schultheis, Trevor Self, Laqwitha Thomas, Peyton Thompson, Thomas Tomasko, Mary Vann, Katherine Vanness, Jackson Vier, Noah Vier and Jose Villanueva. This honor is granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams. Students recognized as AP Scholars with Honor are Corinne Caraway,
Rachel Inselmann, Will Kirby, Katie Leach, Parth Patel, Jose Polanco, Nathan Powell, Thomas Powell, Joshua Rudis, Matt Smithhart, Joshua Streety, Brittany Tiemann, Jacob Williams. Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams. Students recognized as AP Scholars with Distinction are Courtney Aten, Cody Carter, William Chance, Edgar Escobedo, Hector Fraire, Katherine Gray, Sahiti Karnati, Osvaldo Lopez, Kimlang Ly, Mahnoor Nazeer, Juan Ortiz, Paul Spore, Madison Stephens, Amber Thurman, Jordan Verner and Sarah Youssef. Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5
on all AP Exams taken, and scores 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. Students recognized as National AP Scholars are Courtney Aten, Cody Carter and William Chance. Granted to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams. Lufkin High School currently offers 19 different AP courses. Among the 63 who were named AP Scholars, three Lufkin ISD students were recognized as National AP Scholars, an honor given to students in the United States who receive an average score of at least 4 on all AP exams taken and scores of 4 or higher on eight or more of these exams.
Dr. LaTonya Goffney, Lufkin ISD Superintendent, said, “Lufkin students do exceptionally well on the AP exams and receive many college credit hours and recognitions as a result of their success. Our teachers are well trained and maintain the rigorous standards required by the College Board.” Mark Smith, Lufkin High School Principal said, “I am extremely proud of our students and their performance on AP exams. Being named an AP scholar by scoring a 3, 4, or 5 on 3 or more exams is an honor for these students and for our school. These results speak to the rigor and the depth of our curriculum. I am proud of the focus, dedication, and hard work, not only by our students, but also by our teachers.”
Zavalla third graders receive donations of cabbage plants from Bonnie Plant Farm that they will take home to plant for their cabbage program. Pictured back row from left are Michael Blair, Haley Merriman, Carrissa Mcadams, Brayden Galvan, Cheyanne Mundy; front row, Logan Smith, Landon Duncan, Brant Hollis, Justin Onorato, Ariela Revia, McKayla Williams, Kasen Blair and Riley Holloman-Lum.
Three educators from Hudson ISD attended the Google Apps for Education (GAFE) Certification course hosted by Region VII in Kilgore. Participants learned about specific GAFE tools, gained integration ideas for the classroom and took five certification exams (Gmail, Calendar, Docs & Drive, Sites, and Chrome Browser). Successful completion of the course and a passing score on each exam earned each the title of certified “Google Educator.” Pictured from left are Misty Mitchell, Middle School science teacher; Joan Ragland, Instructional Technology; and Angie Stone, Integration Technology Specialist.
Education briefs Central PTO is hosting bingo in the high school cafeteria at 6 p.m. Oct. 18. Eighteen games of bingo valued at $50 plus and three blackout games valued at $100 plus are planned. Play all 21 games for $6 (one card). Prizes include Academy gift cards, Olive Garden gift card,s Younique, Scentsy, and much more. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. ——— Apple Springs High School will hold its first Eagle Cross
Country Color Run beginning with sign-in at 8 a.m., and the run at 9 a.m. Nov. 15 at the Apple Springs football stadium. Early registration will continue through Oct. 27 with cost for adults ages 17 and up $30 and children ages 5-16 $15. Tickets include a T-shirt and arm band to participate in the Color Finale. Children under 5 are admitted free with a registered adult, but do not receive a T-shirt. Late registration fee (after Oct. 27) is $35 for adults age 17 and up, and
Central ISD’s Curriculum Coach Susan Sanders is designing a curriculum utilizing energy efficiency and renewable generation of electricity using solar panels at Central ISD. The classroom structure in Central’s Outdoor Classroom is now solely sustainable on solar energy including lighting, air conditioning and hot water. $20 for children ages 5-16. The concession stand will be open. A portion of all proceeds will go to Apple Springs ISD to aid the school with upcoming projects for the campus, also a portion of all proceeds will be used by Eagle Pride for upcoming events for the students
of Apple Springs ISD as well as scholarships for outgoing seniors. For more information contact Meri Dickens at 831-3200 or 6358972 or Shona Lee at 676-2997. Check us out on facebook at facebook.com/pages/Eagle-Color-Run/291399267714740.
Zavalla third graders use donations from Bonnie Plant Farm for their cabbage program. The students were very excited to receive the plants and to take them home to plant. Pictured back row from left are Erin Keely, Kendyl Metcalf, McCoy Jordan, April Blankenship, Shyanne Gunn, Judy Atwood; front row, Colton Atwood, Anthony Niederhofer, Valerie Runnels, Cameron Blair, Kaylei Dykes, Gabriel Lee, Jonathan Vaughn and William Hilton.
This edition of Shortcuts is sponsored by Perry the Platinum-pus.
This cartoon has a familiar ring to it.
latinum is a silver-white metal that is actually more valuable than gold. It is used to make a variety of products, including pens, surgical knives, dentistry equipment and electrical contacts. Platinum’s strength, hardness and tarnish-free shine also make it a very popular metal for use in fine jewelry.
I spy, with my metal eye... What do you get if you are hit in the eye with a platinum bar? A shiner.
What is platinum’s favorite type of music? Metal.
Platinum is one of the most “malleable” and “ductile” metals. A metal is malleable when it can be Platinum melts hammered into thin sheets without at a high temperature of breaking. A ductile metal can be about 1,770 °C (3,218° F). During drawn into thin wires without the 1500s, Spanish explorers discovered breaking. Only gold and silver platinum in Latin American gold mines and are more malleable and ductile. thought it was worthless because they didn’t have the technology to produce enough heat to melt it. Platinum does not easily form compounds with other elements. Because of this, platinum found in nature is usually in a pure, metallic form.
Platinum does not corrode or tarnish. It also does not oxidize easily and is resistant to most acids.
Platinum is one of the densest metals. Platinum weighs about 21 times as much as an equal volume of water. How do you feel after getting hit on the head with a platinum bar? Plati-numb.
Platinum is sometimes called “white gold.” It is often found in areas where gold is located.
Can you find the hidden words? Search carefully because some words are backward or diagonal. PLATINUM SILVER GOLD CORRODE METAL RARE ELEMENT DENSE IRON JEWELRY CRUST MINE TARNISH WHITE BOB PLATINA HARD MELT L E A V E S F A L L I N G O D O R S B B A R T I V O
Platinum is one of the rarest metals found in the Earth’s crust. Nearly 75 percent of the world’s supply of platinum comes from South Africa.
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What do you get when you cross platinum with chocolate cake? Plati-nom nom.
In 1748, Antonio de Ulloa of Spain originally named platinum “platina,” a Spanish form of the word "silver."
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For more information, check out these books: “The Periodic Table: Elements With Style!” by Simon Basher & Adrian Dingle (Kingfisher) or “Francium to Polonium” by Brian Knapp (Grolier).
Platinum is harder than iron.
Almost half of the platinum mined each year in the world is used to make pollution-reducing devices called “catalytic converters” that are found in most modern automobiles. Distributed by Universal Uclick for UFS, Inc.
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The City of Lufkin will receive separate sealed BID PROPOSALS for approximately 7000 S.F. of epoxy flooring needs replacement at the City of Lufkin Kurth Memorial Animal Shelter located at 1901 Hill Street. It is the City’s intent to remove old epoxy and recoat substrate with like epoxy product. Bids will be received in Room 250 Lufkin City Hall, until 2:00 p.m., October 23, 2014 and then at said City Hall, publicly open and read aloud. The City of Lufkin Engineering Department City Hall, Room 250 300 E. Shepherd St. Lufkin, Texas 75902 FACSIMILE TRANSMIT TALS SHALL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Scope of Work: 1. Remove fencing/caging that will interfere with demolition and installation of epoxy flooring. 2. Demo existing epoxy coating system to provide a clean bare concrete substrate. 3. Patch holes and cracks as necessary. 4. Apply primer over freshly prepped substrate 5. Slurry broadcast pigmented epoxy and aggregate mixture onto flooring to achieve a nominal 1/8” thick epoxy flooring system up to existing cove of existing wall base. Color of Aggregate, epoxy and grout is to be blue. 6. Epoxy needs to be waterproof and withstand daily cleaning using bleach and chlorine based products. 7. Apply a grout coat (solid pigmented color) over entire epoxy flooring system and 4-inch tall vertical cove wall base. Wall is cinderblock. 8. Apply topcoat (solid pigmented color) over entire epoxy floor system and 4-inch tall vertical cove wall base. Topcoat to incorporate a slipresistant aggregate. 9. Re-install fencing/ cages where removed. 10. Remove waste. 11. Must be able to complete with work within in a 2 week timeframe, in either December 2014 or January 2015 – specific dates will be agreed upon between Director of Animal Control and Contractor. 12. Contractor will be responsible for all work required for completing the project. Proposal Security: No proposed security will be required. Payment Bond: If the amount of the contract exceeds $25,000.00, the contractor shall provide a 100% Payment Bond for the value of the contract that will be assigned to the City of Lufkin. The Owner reserves the right to waive the informalities or to reject any or all bids. Copies of the Bid Proposal Package may be
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Christine McVie’s return thrills fans on Fleetwood Mac tour
BRIDGE by Phillip Alder Gertrude Stein said, “We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.” When the opponents are in the bidding, they are giving you information about their hands. You may shut your eyes, but do not close your ears. Listen closely and use that data to your benefit. Do not sit there with earmuffs on. (Even a pass may provide positive information, but that is much less common.) In this deal, East had an interesting decision over two spades: double or three hearts? Double would have kept all three suits in play, but would have almost certainly resulted in a 5-3 heart fit being missed. Preferring to aim for the most likely game, East plunged in with three hearts. Then South understandably took a shot at four spades. West, less understandably, doubled for penalty, telling declarer that the spade break was very bad. West led the heart 10. East won with his king and tried to cash the ace, but South ruffed. There was a strong case for not touching trumps at all, but at the table
NEW YORK (AP) — Their “dream girl” is back. The members of Fleetwood Mac each took a moment Monday night at New York City’s Madison Square Garden to welcome longtime bandmate Christine McVie back to the stage after a 16-year hiatus, thus restoring the band to its mid-1970s and most successful configuration. In her trademark gypsy shawl, Stevie Nicks said the dream catchers she casts to the crowd each night finally netted christine mcvie her old friend. Lindsey Buckingham said her return marked “a beautiful, profound and po-
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etic new chapter.” Mick Fleetwood simply looked to the ceiling and shouted “Amen.” In between, they ripped through all their old hits with a fervor that belied their age. The McVie-penned and long-dormant “You Make Loving Fun” was back on the set list, and upon hearing her sing the opening line, “Sweet, wonderful you,” the crowd erupted in an approving roar. McVie, 71, looked comfortable and happy to be back. Her voice was strong and a welcome presence. During the band’s concert in New York City last year, guitarist, singer and songwriter Buckingham, singer and songwriter Nicks, drummer Fleetwood, and Christine’s ex-husband and bassist John McVie powered through their catalog of classics. But despite a purposeful performance, it was hard to not feel shortchanged by the exclusion of Christine McVie’s songs. With her return to the fold this time
around, however, the band was free to explore its entire repertoire, including McVie’s songs “Over My Head,” “Little Lies” and “Everywhere.” And the final encore Monday night belonged to only one: McVie. She performed her signature song, “Songbird,” solo on a baby grand piano, with a bit of help from Buckingham on the guitar solo. Her rendition brought the sold-out audience to a hush. The significance of her return was not lost on her. “I’ve been away quite a long time and you don’t often get a chance to do something you love so much twice in your life.” ——— Today’s Birthdays: Comedian Chevy Chase is 71. Rhythm-and-blues singer Robert “Kool” Bell (Kool & the Gang) is 64. Comedian Darrell Hammond is 59. Rock musician C.J. Ramone (The Ramones) is 49.
Woman who suspects abuse should resist accusations
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EAR ABBY: When I was 10, I faked an injury so I could quit playing soccer. I couldn’t articulate why the coach, who was clean-cut, friendly and fair, made me uneasy. After he died a few years ago, it came out that he had molested dozens of girls. Over the subsequent 20 years, those same instincts have screamed at me three more times — and twice I was proven DEAR ABBY correct. The third man to set off this alarm is in my social circle, along with his wife. Several of the couples in our group are starting families. I feel like I’m in a terrible position. Should I say something and risk destroying an innocent man’s reputation and the group dynamic, or remain silent and risk the kids being around a predator? I don’t have a shred of evidence, just a gut-punch feeling. I never said anything about the prior abusers, but I don’t sleep well wondering if I
should have — even if it was based solely on a sixth sense. What should I do? — NOSE LIKE A BLOODHOUND DEAR NOSE: Child molesters belong to every race, both sexes, and come in various age ranges. The problem with criminals of every sort — child abusers and con men included — is they look like the rest of us. I’m sorry you’re having sleep problems, but the solution to them is NOT to accuse someone about whom you have no proof. To falsely accuse him could destroy both of you, and I don’t recommend it. DEAR ABBY: I’m struggling in my marriage. I have asked my husband to treat me as an equal, but it falls on deaf ears. I work part-time, attend school full-time and care for our two children, basically on my own. I pay for almost everything. If I’m broke, he’ll pay one of the smaller bills. He refuses to help with any of the housework, and he has the freedom to go when and where he pleases. I’m only allowed to go to school or work; otherwise I must take the kids with me. He’s very controlling and, in the past, when I have threatened to leave, he said he would kill himself. He is verbally and emotionally abusive.
I no longer love him and want a divorce, but I’m scared of what he’ll do if I ask for one. I don’t know what he is capable of. The stress has taken a toll on me. I’m depressed, angry and bitter. I wish the kids and I could simply disappear, but that’s not an option, nor healthy. Is there an easy way to ask for a divorce, or somewhere I could turn for help? Is there financial help where someone could help pay for a divorce? — WANTS TO DISAPPEAR DEAR WANTS TO DISAPPEAR: There is no easy way to ask a spouse for a divorce, particularly one who is controlling and verbally abusive. If you are worried about him killing himself, please don’t. From your description, he is too selfish and self-centered ever to do that. Because I know of no individuals or organizations that pay for people’s divorces, talk to your family and see if one or more of your close relatives is willing to help. However, if you are afraid that your husband might harm you, contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline. The phone number is 800799-7233. Its counselors can help you form an exit strategy.
Diet, lifestyle changes can ease discomfort of GERD
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EAR DOCTOR K: Can lifestyle changes help relieve my heartburn? DEAR READER: Heartburn is an uncomfortable burning sensation that radiates up the middle of your chest. It results from a condition called gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), or “reflux.” With GERD, stomach acid surges up into the esophagus, the “swallowing tube” that connects our mouth to DR. anthony komaroff our stomach. Our stomachs make acid to help digest food. The lining of our stomachs is built to resist injury from the acid. The lining of the esophagus, however, is easily injured by acid. To protect the lining of the esophagus from acid, there is a circular ring of muscle where the esophagus joins the stomach. It’s called the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES. The ring opens to allow food we’ve swallowed into the stomach. Then it clamps down, preventing acid from reaching the esophagus. In GERD, the LES doesn’t clamp down
enough. As a result, stomach acid squirts up into the lower esophagus. This irritates the lining, causing the sensation of burning. (I’ve put an illustration of this process on my website, AskDoctorK.com.) Fortunately, diet and lifestyle changes can help prevent reflux. Here are some things you can try: ■ Eat several smaller meals throughout the day, rather than one or two big meals. A stomach full from a big meal (and acid) is more likely to cause GERD. ■ Relax when you eat. Sit down and eat slowly. Stress increases stomach acid production. ■ Remain upright after eating. Try not to bend over or strain to lift heavy objects for at least three hours after eating. This raises pressure in your stomach, which causes stomach contents to reflux up into the esophagus. ■ Avoid eating within three hours of going to bed. Do not eat bedtime snacks. Food (and acid) in the stomach refluxes more easily when you’re lying down. ■ Lose weight. Excess pounds increase pressure on the stomach and can push acid into the esophagus. ■ Loosen up. Avoid tight belts, waistbands and other clothing that puts pressure on your
stomach. ■ Avoid foods that can trigger reflux: highfat foods, spicy dishes, tomatoes and tomato products, citrus fruits, garlic, onions, milk, carbonated drinks, coffee (including decaf), tea, chocolate, mints and alcohol. They all relax the circular muscle and make reflux more likely. ■ Stop smoking. Nicotine stimulates stomach acid production. It also impairs the function of the muscle that keeps food and acidic juices in the stomach. ■ Chew (sugarless) gum. It increases saliva production, soothing the esophagus and washing acid back down to the stomach. ■ Discuss your medications with your doctor. Certain drugs, including aspirin and other NSAIDs, oral contraceptives, narcotics, certain antidepressants and some asthma medications can cause heartburn. ■ Raise your bed’s head. Elevate the head of your bed by placing a wedge under your upper body. Don’t elevate your head with extra pillows. That makes reflux worse by bending you at the waist. ■ Exercise wisely. Wait at least two hours after a meal before exercising. ■ Try herbal remedies. Certain herbs, including chamomile, ginger and licorice, may help relieve heartburn symptoms.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Tie up loose ends and do your best to close deals. Use your powers of persuasion to enlist the help necessary to finalize your plans and move forward. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Don’t be vocal about your financial plans. The additional funds you are looking to earn may disappear if you let others know about your ideas. Preparation, presentation and promotion are best done without partners. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Disagreements should be dealt with directly. If you involve other people, you will turn a minor problem into a major blowout. Don’t invite others to meddle in your private matters. ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Keep your cash and documents safe while traveling. Ensuring that your papers are in order before you go will reduce the chances for delays or difficulties. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — A successful partnership is heading your way. You have the knack of making
everyone around you feel at ease, and this will help you connect with influential friends. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Make the most of any chance you get to discuss a position of power. Make yourself a regular at events and trade shows so that you can cultivate future opportunities. CANCER (June 21-July 22) — An indoor sports regimen will help you unwind and get into shape. You will fall into bad habits and overindulgence if you don’t make an effort to keep fit. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — A short journey will encourage an interesting connection with someone beneficial. Don’t feel that you have to buy someone’s interest when your personality should be enough to form a worthwhile relationship. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Romance is in the air. You will be smitten with a new acquaintance if you are single, and in the mood to rekindle your love if in a longterm relationship.
ASTROGRAPH If today is your birthday: This will be a busy but exciting year. You will be spending much of your time in the limelight, presenting and promoting what you want to do next. You will show captivating flair that will drum up support. Experience will come from worthwhile collaborations. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Include the people you live with in your plans if there are to be any physical alterations at home. Avoid opposition by asking for input and hands-on help. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Romance is heading in your direction. You will come into some money through a lucrative financial deal, an investment, an old debt repaid or a gift for your services. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Make concessions for people in your life you deem important. A short getaway will give you the chance to devote your attention to someone special. Take a break from your responsibilities.
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CISC executive director says he’s not surprised by stats: ‘There are some days the line is longer than normal, but the line never gets short’
By STEVE KNIGHT The Lufkin News
between important basic needs, such as housing or medical needs, and buying nutritional ach morning, the line of foods. people waiting for food at Jerry Spann, executive directhe Christian Information tor of Love, Inc. and a CISC and Service Center in Lufkin board member, said he’s not surstretches out to the parking lot. prised by the Angelina County On this day, a man in the front statistics. of the line said he had been wait“There are some days the line ing since 5 a.m. to get in. He said is longer than normal, but the he visits the food bank weekly. line never gets short,” Spann “I’m on a fixed income,” said said. “What’s unique about the man, who did not wish to give Angelina County is the way the his name. “Sometimes, when it county works together to make comes time to pay the bills, it’s sure people are fed. This is one either food or medicine.” community where a person That man is one of an estialways has a place to go to sleep, mated 16,540 Angelina County food to eat and clothes to wear. residents that are food insecure, Those are the three things that about 19 percent of the populaare guaranteed.” tion, according to 2012 Feeding According to its website, America statistics. For children, CISC feeds more than 198,000 27 percent of the population residents annually with over under 18 years are food insecure. two million pounds of food. The That comes out to an estimated agency offers various programs 6,250 children here in Angelina throughout the year, such as County. the “BackPack Buddies” afterFood insecurity refers to the school feeding program, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Senior Food Box” senior citizen measure of lack of access, at program which feeds over 2,600 times, to enough food for an acseniors per year, and “21-Day tive, healthy life for all members Meal Program,” which aims at of the household and limited or feeding children who are on sumuncertain availability of nutrimer vacation. tionally adequate foods. According to Spann, most of Food insecure households are the center’s food comes from the not necessarily food insecure all East Texas Food Bank in Tyler. the time, but reflect a houseIn addition to CISC, the East hold’s need to make choices Texas Food Bank partners with
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People line up in front of the Christian Information and Service Center in Lufkin. the Huntington Food Program in Huntington, Mission Texas — Harmony Hill Baptist Church in Lufkin, the Salvation Army in Lufkin, Save Our Nations in Pollok and Zavalla Food Pantry — Grace Gospel Church in Zavalla. Other food comes from churches or businesses. Through Tuesday, Brookshire Brothers customers can purchase a pre-packaged $7
spaghetti bag or $12 tuna bag that contains many of the most requested items the East Texas Food Bank needs. Items in the pre-packaged bags include staples such as canned vegetables, pasta, tuna, peanut butter and rice. On the day of The Lufkin News’ visit, CISC staff and volunteers were serving about 100 people in a 30-minute period.
There were men, women and children. All ages. Some in wheelchairs. Some using walkers. One woman told employees she was going to give birth any day. “The process of when somebody walks through the door, from the time their number is called to when they go out the door is about eight to 10 minutes,” Spann said. “It’s amazing
to watch because we’re feeding anywhere from 10 to 12,000 people a month. The food bank is only open about two hours a day from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. It’s an amazing process to watch and it’s all done by volunteers.” Volunteer Roger Hightower was in charge of giving away meat products on this day. He SEE HUNGER, PAGE 2E
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hen bad things happen to good people, it’s easy to find yourself questioning everything. But Ashley Berry never lost faith. Instead, she showed others how to be brave — how to be strong in the face of peril — putting her full trust in God’s plan for her life. Just one month after her 30th birthday, Ashley was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer on March 4, 2014. And she was completely shocked by the news. “It’s crazy, because not only am I 30, but I’m a 30-year-old single parent,” she said. “So in the beginning, like the day I found out, I think it initially was just shock because I was like, ‘No way. This is not right.’” Once Ashley was able to absorb the news, she had to overcome her fears, she said. “It was kind of scary — simply because you hear the horror stories a lot (about) cancer and what it does to your body, and people dying from cancer,” she said. “It’s very real to die from a stage 3 breast cancer. I have a nine-year-old who desperately needs me, and I desperately need him. ... So after the initial shock of it all and fear of it all, I just got down to business.” Ashley began making a strong effort to take better care of her body, she said, and had tremendous support from family and friends. She began to change her mind-set, telling herself, “This doesn’t have to beat me. This is not going to kill me. This is not going to take me out. ... I’m going to win this battle.” “So that’s where I went mentally,” she said. “If you let it defeat you mentally, then that’s not good at all. Mental status is key — grounding yourself and believing you’re going to be OK is very vital to your health during that time. You can’t be stressed out. Yes, definitely there’s stress there related to it — going through chemo and blood draw every week. It was crazy. But you know, you get through it. God is good.” Ashley was able to catch the cancer early, since she regularly performs her “self-checks,” she said. “I had a small rash on the lower part of my breast where I had the cancer,” she said. “It didn’t really ever go away. And then I noticed just a little pebble as I was drying off one day getting out of the shower.” She went to her gynecologist and scheduled a mammogram and ultrasound. The doctors didn’t like what they saw, she said, so they scheduled a biopsy the following week. The day after the biopsy, she found out the news. “March 4 — I’ll never forget that day,” she said. “It was malignant.” What got Ashley through her battle with cancer was her unwavering faith, she said. “In beginning, there was a definite peace that came over me,” she said. “It was nobody
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According to her mother, Jacqueline Berry, when Ashley Berry discovered that her chemo treatments would result in hair loss, she wanted to throw a party and invite her hair dresser to come shave her head. “She said that of all the things about this diagnosis that she couldn’t control, this one thing was something that she could control,” Jacqueline said. “It was very emotional for all involved.”
“In beginning, there was a definite peace that came over me. It was nobody but God, definitely. And just feeling that peace, I knew at that point I was going to be OK.
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Ashley Berry was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer just one month after her 30th birthday. She battled the disease head-on and is now cancer-free!
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Ashley Berry reacts to seeing her head shaved for the first time.
but God, definitely. And just feeling that peace, I knew at that point I was going to be OK. It wasn’t easy to keep that faith. It fluctuated all the time, depending on how I felt, really. But God is God. The one lesson I learned through this entire experience — and it’s not over by any means. I still have a little ways to go. But it’s definitely ‘Don’t rush God.’ Whatever season you’re in, you’re in that season for a reason, and it may not necessarily be about you. I don’t necessarily feel like what I’ve gone through now is definitely just for me, but for people around me.” During her battle with cancer, Ashley and her supporters created a Facebook page called “Ashley Berry’s Healing Journey.” She would update her followers after almost every chemotherapy treatment or just when she felt compelled to share her thoughts. “To see others’ faith grow because of something that I’m going through — OK, God, if people are coming to you because of this, then I’ll endure it,” she said. “You kind of have
to be selfless and take on the pain for others sometimes.” On May 8, she posted about her seventh day of chemo, sharing positive thoughts and news with her followers. “The tumor had decreased 75 percent in volume,” she said in her post. “As my oncologist was doing my exam, he kept repeating, “I’m having trouble finding it.” ‘No, sir! You can’t find something that no longer exists.’ ... My God is working this out and I’m so very thankful. I still have treatments, but this is just the beginning of my victory! I could have been upset by my oncologist reporting only 75 percent, but the way I’m looking at, it is victory! It may not be complete victory, but I’ll take it. A lot of times we go through life not noticing all of the small victories in our lives. After last Thursday, I’ve challenged myself to have at least three victories by the end of each day, no matter how big or small.” Ashley encouraged her followers to find three victories in their lives as well, and to share their good news. Ashley’s mother, Jacqueline Berry, said she knows her daughter has inspired many people through her faith. “God uses his ‘vessels’ to show others the way to go,” she said. “He used her illness to show others how to be strong, how to carry on with a smile on their faces and how even in the face of what appears to be impending doom, He will carry
us. He will protect us. He will heal us.” Ashley encourages everyone to perform self-checks and keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary. “I just feel like I need to tell them, you know, ‘Hey, check your boobies. It’s OK to check them, because you might find something there,’” she said. “So if you do find something there, it’s definitely important to get it checked out.” Last month, Ashley received some fantastic news. She is now cancer-free! “I’m so excited!” she said. “My doctors are very pleased with the treatments. ... It’s definitely been a crazy journey, and I’m definitely excited that it’s coming to an end.” On Sept. 8, Ashley shared the news of her victory on her Facebook page. “I wanted to encourage someone who has been doubting God — someone who has been questioning if He really hears them. I want to remind someone who has recently walked away from God or someone who is on the verge of walking away. I want to speak directly to every unbeliever before I close my eyes for the night. I’m cancer free! Believe that,” she said. “God said ‘no more,’ and it was so!” To see Ashley’s journey documented on her Facebook page, visit facebook.com/AshleyBerryHealingJourney.
County, 21 percent of the general population who are food insecure and 27 percent of children are income ineligible for federal nutrition programs. About 9 percent of food insecure residents are eligible for reduced price school meals and the WIC program, a special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children, while 71 percent are eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as SNAP, free school meals and the Commodity Supplemental Food
Program for low-income elderly people. The Feeding America statistics also show that 76 percent of food insecure children in Angelina County are income eligible for free and reduced price school lunch and school breakfast as well as the WIC and SNAP programs. Food insecurity is not unique to Lufkin or Angelina County. The statistics show that the food insecurity rate among Deep East Texas counties range from 17.9 percent in San Jacinto County
to a high of 23.7 percent in San Augustine County. The child food insecurity rate in Deep East Texas ranges from 24.8 percent in San Jacinto County to 34.7 percent in Sabine County. In Texas, 18.3 percent of the general population, about 4,773,850 people, were food insecure while 27.4 percent of children, about 1,909,470, were food insecure. A USDA study in 2013 showed that 14.3 percent of American households — about 17.5 mil-
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Ashley Berry is shown receiving chemotherapy treatments with a positive attitude.
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Thirty-year-old Ashley Berry is shown with her 9-year-old son.
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said he’s been a volunteer at the center for about four years. “We try to put a little smile on their face,” Hightower said as he was placing chicken and beef products into baskets brought in by the center’s clients. “I see some of the same people come through. We try to treat everybody with the same respect that we’d like to have. We’re not having to walk in their shoes.” Not all people deemed food insecure are eligible for federal food programs. In Angelina
lion households — were food insecure. According to the study, these food-insecure households — those with low and very low food security — had difficulty at some time during the year providing enough food for all their members due to a lack of resources. In 2013, about 5.6 percent of U.S. households — 6.8 million households — had very low food security. In this more severe range of food insecurity, the food intake of some household members was reduced and normal
eating patterns were disrupted at times during the year due to limited resources. “We’re always going to have a need to feed people,” Spann said. “It’s something we wished we didn’t have to do, but it’s something we’re able to do. We praise God that we’re able to have the funding (from the Temple Foundation) and the churches and individuals give us donations. It’s a shame we have to do this, but it’s also a blessing.” Steve Knight’s email address is sknight@lufkindailynews.com.