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A FG-1D Corsair from the Commemorative Air Force flies during the Angelina County AirFest on Saturday afternoon at the Angelina County Airport.

Some of the thousands of East Texans who attended the Angelina County AirFest on Saturday watch the show in front of the Texas

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Raiders B-17 bomber. The show was held to benefit the Toys for Tots campaign for Angelina and Trinity counties

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A biplane takes to the skies during the Angelina County AirFest on Saturday at the Angelina County Airport.

Air show acrobatics thrill, delight crowd Event benefits the Toys for Tots campaign for Angelina, Trinity counties

By CASEY SIZEMORE The Lufkin News Organizers of the 2015 Angelina County AirFest said 10,000-12,000 spectators attended the event held Saturday to benefit the Toys for Tots campaign in Angelina and Trinity counties.

Randy Carswell, manager of the Angelina County Airport, said 6,000 wristbands were available for sale, and within two hours they were all sold.

“After we sold out of the wristbands, we were still selling admissions well into the afternoon,” Carswell said.

The number of spectators far exceeded what the organizers predicted, according to AirFest producer Brian Crews.

“I do not think we could’ve asked for a better turnout,” Crews said. “It was

amazing. At this time, we honestly have no idea what the numbers are.”

Crews said he was unsure as of Saturday afternoon how much money was raised for the Toys for Tots campaign.

“We will not know the hard numbers until later,” Crews said.

“We have had one of our security guys making regular drops to the bank today, so number-wise we just do not know yet.

We have knocked it out of the park — that is what we have done for Toys for Tots.”

Carswell said the airport will consider hosting more AirFests in the future.

“We may try and make it an annual or biannual event,” Carswell said. “Today, after everything wraps up, we will have a meeting and debrief to figure out how everything went. But that decision will have to go through the commissioner’s court.”

Angelina County Pct. 1 Commissioner Greg Harrison said the county benefits

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Aerobatic pilot Randy Henderson flies the Texas T-Cart during the Angelina County Airfest on Saturday afternoon at the SEE AIRFEST, PAGE 5A Angelina County Airport.

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pineywoods cattle baron’s gala

Community comes together to battle cancer

Alabama-Coushatta seeking to restart gaming operations

By STEVE KNIGHT The Lufkin News LIVINGSTON — Despite a 2003 recommendation from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that Congress compensate the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas $270.6 million for oil and gas production, timber harvesting and the loss of 5.5 million acres of its ancestral lands, the Tribe hasn’t seen a penny. Congress has yet to act on the more than decade-old recommendation.

“We thought Congress would act on it,” said Tribe spokesman Carlos Bullock. “Not one cent STEVE KNIGHT/The Lufkin News has been paid. That’s always been a big issue to us.”

However, the Deep East Texas tribe of around Carlos Bullock, left, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas media relations manager, and Tribal Council Vice Chairman Ronnie Thomas stand in front of the building that once housed the gaming SEE GAMING, PAGE 6A operation on the Tribe’s reservation in Polk County.

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More than 850 people attended the sixth annual Pineywoods Cattle Baron’s Gala at the Moore Farm Saturday night to support life-saving cancer research and patient services.

Amy and Jeremy Ross co-chaired the event benefiting the American Cancer Society. The Gala raised about $215,000 last year, totaling more than $1 million since it began in 2009, and Amy Ross said this year’s Gala outdid last year’s in ticket sales.

The Moore Farm was decorated with Westernstyle storefront facades to fit this year’s “Wild,

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Continued from Page 1A Wild West” theme, which Amy Ross described as “rustic and oldtimey.” The nationally famous country duo Bellamy Brothers, who have had numerous No. 1 hits on the pop and country music charts in the past 30 years, provided live music alongside Lufkin native Kendall Beard, who recently released her first album, “All Around Girl.”

Also featured in the gala were pig races, games and booths, live and silent auctions, a mechanical bull ride, and food — including brisket and chipotle beef enchiladas — provided by Eddie Deen Catering Co. Dana Smithhart of the American Cancer Society said that despite the festivities, the fight against cancer was the reason for the gathering. She said this is the second year that the Gala featured “Fund the Mission,” during which attendees can donate money directly to cancer research after the live auction.

“The main thing that we have to focus on is that it’s our party with a purpose, because we’re raising money for the American Cancer Society,” Smithhart said.

Ross said the cause is important to her because she has experienced losses of immediate family members to cancer.

“Every one of us is affected by cancer in one way or another, whether it’s in your family or not,” she said. “It affects all of us, but it hits everyone differently.

I’m proud to be part of this event … it brings us all together in the

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By SHEMEKA THOMPKINS The Lufkin News

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Lufkin veterinarian Craig Wood lassos a Lufkin native Kendall Beard performs during the mechanical calf during the Pineywoods Cattle Pineywoods Cattle Baron’s Gala on Saturday night Baron’s Gala on Saturday night at the Moore at the Moore Farm in Pollok.

Farm in Pollok.

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fight against cancer.”

Ross and Smithhart thanked the volunteers who set up the Gala and the Moore family, who offered to house the event at the Moore Farm.

James Guest, an attendee of the Gala who moved from Houston less than a year ago, said he was pleasantly surprised by the event.

“It’s a lot more festive than I anticipated,” Guest said. “Coming from a large town like Houston, I didn’t expect it to be such an extravagant event.

“People are very generous in Lufkin. It’s a great place. When-

ever there is a need, people in the community reach out to others. They take care of each other here.”

The local American Cancer Society office, at 212 Gene Samford

Drive, supports eight counties, including Angelina, Nacogdoches, Cherokee, Polk, Shelby, Houston, Trinity and San Augustine.

Vicky Camarillo’s email address is vcamarillo@lufkindailynews.com.

death notices Gwen O’Quinn Atteberry Services for Gwen O’Quinn Atteberry, 66, of Pollok, will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in the Whitehouse Cemetery. Visitation will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. Mrs. Atteberry was born June 13, 1949, in Lufkin, and died Oct. 9, 2015, in Lufkin.

Lucille Marie DeWitt

Services for Lucille Marie DeWitt, 90, of Nacogdoches, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cason Monk-Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel, Nacogdoches. Interment will follow at Sunset Memorial Park, Nacogdoches. Mrs. DeWitt died Oct. 9, 2015, at her residence. She was born Oct. 8, 1925, in Killingly, Connecticut. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to James D. ‘‘Jim’’ Holsomback went to be face-to-face with the Lord Oc- 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.

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James D. ‘‘Jim’’ Holsomback

tober 8, 2015. He was born August 20, 1929, in Maydelle, TX, to James Otis and Ethel Pryor Holsomback. He is survived by his wife, Rose Virginia Burnett Holsomback, their three daughters and sons-in-law, Cynthia and Roy McMullen of Huntington, TX; Susan and Mark Williams of Nacogdoches, TX; and Diana and Charles Throckmorton of Lufkin, TX; and his grandchildren, Shannon Throckmorton Benham and husband, Ken, James Hunter Throckmorton and wife, Sara; Charles Connor Throckmorton; and David Neil McMullen.

Mr. Holsomback was a strong Christian. His purpose in this life was to lead his beloved family to Christ, and he successfully fulfilled that goal.

He was a 1951 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University and a U. S. Navel officer. He loved traveling, hunting and fishing.

His family is very appreciative for all the support, thoughts and prayers of friends, relatives and the wonderful caregivers of Pine Crest and Hospice-in-the-Pines.

There will not be a public funeral, but rather a private family memorial at a later date. Cremation services were entrusted to Boren-Conner Funeral Home of Jacksonville, Texas.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Hospice-In-The-Pines, 1504 W. Frank, Lufkin, TX 75904 or Rocky Springs Baptist Church, P. O. Box 1840, Jacksonville, TX 75766.

To his parents he was James; to the U. S. Navy he was J. D. Holsomback, to his friends and family he was Jim, and to his enemies he was something else. But to us, he will always be Pap. He was the man who took us all on our first squirrel hunts, the man who gave us each our first rifle, and the man who could regale us with stories of his adventures from China to Africa and back again. He was a good man who lived a full life, and he always encouraged us to do the same. He taught us to be tough, to do the right thing no matter the consequences, and to never back down from a righteous fight.

The product of his efforts are a police officer, a CPA, and a lawyer who will affectionately remember hunting trips, his gun store, breakfasts with red eye gravy from scratch and summers and Christmases at Pap’s looking over the treasures and artifacts of his many great adventures.

“I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race. I have kept the faith.”

James Donald “Pap” Holsomback will be missed. Hunter, Scout and Tracker, The Grandsons.

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Marcelino Espino Mass of the Christian Burial for Marcelino Espino, 90, of Lufkin, will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Patrick Catholic Church.

Interment will follow in the Forest Haven Cemetery in Diboll. Rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel.

Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.

Mr. Espino was born June 2, 1925, and died Oct. 9, 2015, at his residence.

Angela R. (Ingram) McGhee Services for Angela R. (Ingram) McGhee, 49, of Lufkin, are pending with Colonial Mortuary. Mrs. McGhee died Oct. 10, 2015, in a local hospital.

Veta Rowin Barr

Funeral services for Veta Rowin Barr, 94, of Diboll will be held Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Mark Wilke officiating. Interment will follow in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park.

Mrs. Barr was born August 7, 1921 in Caddo Mills, Texas to the late John Thomas and Irene (Cody) Odom, and died Thursday, October 8, 2015 in Lufkin.

Mrs. Barr had resided in Lufkin since 1945. During the Big Band Era she sang with several of the great bands. She was a former Miss Lufkin and Miss Beaumont, and won Miss Congeniality at the Miss Texas pageant. Mrs. Barr served as Sales Service Director at KTRE-TV for over 20 years, worked in public relations at Lufkin Industries for five years, and was a realtor for Ford Real Estate. Mrs. Barr was a volunteer with the Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and the Adult Learning Center.

She was the Worthy Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star Lufkin Chapter, a member of the Pilot Club of Lufkin and a charter member of Carpenter’s Way Baptist Church.

Survivors include her son and daughter-in-law, John and Martha Rowin of Lufkin; daughters and sons-in-law, Suzanne and Jesse Bradford and Jan and Jerry Morgan, all of Diboll; eight grandchildren, 16 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild; and a number of nieces, nephews and other relatives.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husbands, Curtis N. ‘‘Buster’’ Rowin and Robert E. ‘‘Mutt’’ Barr.

Pallbearers will be Curt Rowin, David Rowin, Cole Morgan, Wes Morgan, Jerry Morgan and Jesse Bradford.

Memories and condolences may be added, and live webcasting of the services may be viewed at www.carrowayfuneralhome.com.

Carroway Funeral Home, Lufkin, directors.

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Police arrested Jahvincent Dwil Crain, 23, of Burke, in the 100 block of Hummingbird Lane on Saturday afternoon for a warrant and then found cocaine on him while booking him into jail.

——— Someone reported that their child left home on Thursday night and still has not returned in the 500 block of Sunset Boulevard.

——— Police arrested James Jeffrey Byrum, 36, of Lufkin, on Friday morning in the 500 block of South First Street for using a device to falsify a drug test.

——— Someone reported a theft of service in the 3000 block of South John Reddit Drive on Friday morning after a person received a manicure and left without paying.

——— Police arrested Mathew John King, 56, town unknown, in the 300 block of East Shepherd Avenue on Friday afternoon for felon in possession of a firearm after they received a call that a person was trying to sell a pistol.

——— Someone reported that a person had been sending them threatening messages on Saturday morning in the 300 block of East Shepherd Avenue.

——— Police arrested Courtney Selice Brown, 26, of Lufkin, on Friday afternoon in the 100 block of North Timberland Drive for driving while license invalid, failure to maintain financial responsibility and a warrant.

——— A woman reported that she lost luggage from the back of her truck in the 300 block of East Shepherd Avenue on Friday afternoon.

——— Police arrested Arturo Cruz, 31, of Lufkin, late Friday night in the 2700 block of South Medford Drive for driving while intoxicated with a child passenger after he was involved in a wreck.

——— Someone reported their son as a runaway but later located him in the 800 block of Carrol Avenue on Friday night.

——— Police arrested Bryan Carl Albro, 34, of Lufkin, early Saturday morning in the 100 block of West Denman Avenue for public intoxication.

——— A harassment charge was filed in the 200 block of East Denman Avenue.

——— Police arrested Jose Efrain Zamora-Calderon, 32, Lufkin, early Saturday morning in the 700 block of Montrose Street.

——— A burglary of a motor vehicle was reported in the 100 block of Miles Way and a wallet, credit cards and driver’s license were taken from the vehicle.

——— Someone was involved in an accident in the 1900 block of West Frank Avenue on Friday night and fled the scene in a Nissan.

——— A woman was unlawfully restrained by her boyfriend in the 800 block of Abney Avenue on Friday night.

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

Arrests and charges included:

Kimberly Oneila Horton, 29, of Huntington, warrants for no driver’s license and display of expired license plates; Orval Lee Edwards, 49, of Diboll, warrant for no driver’s license; Jethro J. Norris, age unavailable, of Lufkin, warrants for speeding, failure to report change of address on driver’s license, failure to maintain financial responsibility and display of expired license plates; Dayreion Donater Isaac, 34, of Lufkin, warrants for assault causing bodily injury/family violence; Christopher Lynn Spencer, 28, of Lufkin, warrants for traffic violations and public intoxication; Da’Various Jokeith Bradford, age unavailable, of Corrigan, no driver’s license; and Kevin L. Kruse, age unavailable, of Dallas, criminal trespass.

——— The Angelina County Sheriff’s Office made 13 arrests late Friday and Saturday.

Arrests and charges included: Jesus Zuniga III, 28, of Lufkin, warrant for assault causing bodily injury date/family or household member; Tina Louise Weisinger, 41, of Huntington, purchasing and furnishing alcohol to a minor; William Chunn, 37, of Diboll, driving while intoxicated and possession of drug paraphernalia; Joshua Mark Evans, 31, of Corrigan, warrant for DWI (third or more); Joseph Blain Free Tubbs, 24, of Lufkin, warrant for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; Amber Shante Pierce, 26, of Lufkin, warrants for theft; Devin Lee Sitze, 31, of Lufkin, wrong, fictitious, altered or obscured insignia and warrants for possession of drug paraphernalia and parole violation; Michael Jerome Teel, 27, of Lufkin, warrants for assault causing bodily injury/family violence and bail jumping and failure to appear; Billie Jean Cuttler, 19, Lufkin, warrant for capital murder for a person under 6 years of age; Jesse Dewitt Allen, 30, of Lufkin, drug court/ forgery of a financial instrument; Amber Dnan Lewis, 19, of Arlington, warrant for injury to a child/elderly/disabled reckless SBI/mental; Brittney Gail Lynn Gee, 23, of Lufkin, possession of a dangerous drug; and Eugene Montes Ganson, 39, of Zavalla, warrants for assault causing bodily injury to family member and false report to police officer/law enforcement employee.

——— The Texas Department of Public Safety made three arrests late Friday and Saturday.

Arrests and charges included: Gregorio Padillia Jr., age not available, of Lufkin, driving while intoxicated; Dominic Deandreau Thompson Sr., 33, of Lufkin, warrant for bond forfeiture/driving while license invalid with previous conviction or suspension; and Jose Juan Ramos, 24, of Diboll, warrant for sex offender’s duty to register life/annually.

——— The Hudson Police Department arrested Dayne Ray Bayless, age not available, of Lufkin, warrant for parole violation/sex offender.

——— The Angelina County Jail housed 212 inmates as of 4 p.m.

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on the record Marriages

Carmel Barlow, 27 ■ Hunter James Craig, 21, and Mindy Marriage licenses filed in the AngeAnn Bartek, 27 lina County Clerk’s Office: ■ Cy Calvin Perry, 54, and Sandra Ann ■ Adam Lee Coxwell, 19, and Courtney Cox, 45 Lyn Leblanc, 18 Divorces ■ James Robert Wilson, 37, and Divorces filed in the Angelina County Andria Parker Dickerson, 41 District Clerk’s Office: ■ Lanora D. Brown, 24, and Naquae ■ David Louis Mason and Tonya Arlene Lanette Davis, 34 Mason ■ Justin Corey Perimon, 33, and Lexi ■ Derrick Stewart and Susan Stewart Jo Palcer, 24 ■ Jason Grady Pope and Cheryl Lin ■ Darien Cordell Miller, 28, and JenPope nifer Leeann Rodgers, 27 ■ Leslie Kaye Peveto and Bryon Todd ■ Justin Paul Langley, 27, and Katie Peveto Marie Nicholson, 28 ■ Charity Nicole Ryan and Bradley ■ Richard Ashton Hill, 29, and Jima Scott Napier Lea Lowery, 25 ■ Lynne Barringer Orlov and Alexander ■ Patricia Jeanette Humphries, 53, Orlov and Tammie D. Blanchard, 50 ■ Leonel Zuniga, 37, and Noelia Her- Lawsuits rera Amaya, 28 Lawsuits filed in Angelina County ■ Joseph Scott Taylor, 19, and Jessica courts-at-law: Michelle Herring, 18 ■ The State of Texas vs. Ryan Patrick ■ Efrain Salinas, 22, and Rubi Tullos Gonzalez, 20 ■ The State of Texas vs. Ashley ■ Thomas Martin Young, 25, and Barnes, principal, and Lester Bellows DBA Amanda Lee Swan, 24 American Bail Bonds, surety ■ Matthew Maurice Haney, 25, and ■ Piney Woods Healthcare System, L.P. Kristen Lee Williams, 23 DBA Woodland Heights Medical Center vs.

■ Stacy Joe McKnight, 46, and Mech- Stephanie Bean elle Whiteman Bradberry, 57 ■ Piney Woods Healthcare System, L.P. ■ Isreal Lee Vasquez, 34, and Enedina DBA Woodland Heights Medical Center vs.

G. Rodriguez-Montelongo, 22 Geoffrey Gibson and Samantha Gibson ■ Lyndall Mark Ainsworth, 58, and ■ Nancy Avila, individually and as Lisa Lynne La Caze, 53 next friend of Edgar Nolazco, Jomaira No■ Brian Wayne Hopkins, 30, and lazco and Naylea Nolazco, minor children Cortney Lynn Locke, 22 vs. Luis Nolazco ■ Isiaih Murphy, 33, and Felishia ■ The State of Texas vs. Casey Lloyd

Smith, principal, and Lester Bellows DBA American Bail Bonds, surety ■ The State of Texas vs. William Jerome Johnson, principal, and Lester Bellows DBA American Bail Bonds, surety ■■■ Lawsuits filed in Angelina County district courts: ■ Order for foreclosure concerning 1305 Wildbriar Lufkin, TX 75904 ■ Chaunta Jolly vs. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company and JD Ruiz ■ Lufkin Palm Ventures Limited Partnership DBA The Palms Shopping Center vs. Sheila Thomas, individually and DBA Rave Salon ■ Daryl Hart vs. Andrew Mitchell Christopher ■ James Hilliard and son’s Landscaping LLC vs. Aspen Demolition Construction and Industrials LLC

Dispositions

Dispositions filed in Angelina County district courts: ■ Ronnie Benton, possession of a controlled substance, five years probation convicted ■ William Bryant Booth Jr., credit or debit card abuse, nine months jail convicted ■ Antonio De’Shunn Brown, robbery, 10 years probation probation revocation ■ Joshua Mark Evans, driving while intoxicated (third or more), eight years probation convicted ■ Bryan Robert Flowers, possession of a controlled substance, two years jail convicted; possession of a controlled substance, two years jail convicted ■ William Michael Francis Jr., burglary, 15 years jail convicted; unlawful possession of a firearm by felon, 15 years jail convicted ■ Angel Israel Garza, burglary, four years jail probation revocation ■ Richard Leroy Gilbert, engaging in organized criminal activity, five years jail convicted; obstruction or retaliation, five years jail convicted; theft, two years jail convicted; possession of a controlled substance, five years jail convicted ■ Clayton Westley Gilmore, assault (with priors), seven years jail convicted ■ Jamarcus Laray Hamilton, manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, five years jail convicted; manufacture and delivery of a controlled substance, five years jail convicted ■ James Robert Hand, theft (with priors), 180 days jail convicted ■ Shaquila Jenkins, assault (with priors), one year probation convicted ■ Jeremy D. Johnson, evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, three years probation deferred ■ Koty Joe Jones, possession of a controlled substance, 10 years jail convicted ■ Lee Covale-Willis McRae, possession of a controlled substance, three years probation deferred ■ Antywine Triall Oliphant, sex offenders duty to register, dismissed; criminal mischief, 12 months jail convicted; abandonment or endangerment of a child, 12 months jail convicted; abandonment or endangerment of a child, 12 months jail convicted; abandonment or endangerment of a child, 12 months jail convicted ■ Cory Cardell Pennywell, possession of a controlled substance, two years jail convicted ■ Joshua Colyn Pinner, endangering a child, one year jail convicted ■ Robert Lee Roberson, theft of wire, three years probation deferred ■ Paula J. Sanders, DWI (third or more), three years jail probation revocation ■ Jeremy Cody Strickland, burglary, 180 days jail convicted ■ Cynthia Reeves Thompson, possession of a controlled substance, 12 months probation pre-trial diversion ■ Chad Wayne White, indecency with a child, dismissed; bail jumping and failure to appear, three years jail convicted ■ Dana Leroy White, assault, dismissed; injury to a child, elderly or disabled, dismissed ■ Michael Donnell White, possession of a controlled substance, 10 months jail convicted; evading arrest with previous conviction, 10 months jail convicted ■ Milan Ramon White Jr., aggravated

assault with a deadly weapon, five years jail convicted; aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, five years jail convicted ■ Jordy Wimbush, robbery, five years probation; engaging in organized criminal activity, five months probation deferred; aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, dismissed ■ Quinton Lorenz Yarbrough, unauthorized use of a vehicle, 180 days jail convicted ■■■ Dispositions filed in Angelina County courts-at-law: ■ John Kyle Beauchamp, driving with an invalid license with previous conviction, six months probation deferred ■ Savinski Bogan, harassment, 120 days jail convicted; criminal mischief, 120 days jail convicted ■ William Bryant Booth Jr., burglary, 120 days jail convicted; possession of marijuana, 60 days jail convicted ■ Jeanna Eddings Cates, theft, nine months probation deferred ■ Darrell Vaughn Cullum, possession of marijuana, 30 days jail convicted ■ Walter Cody Derab, theft by check, one year probation deferred ■ Leslie Diane Davis, failure to identify as fugitive with intent to give false information, six days jail convicted ■ Kemone Jose Dickerson, possession of a controlled substance, 60 days jail

convicted ■ Brian Corey Durbin, evading arrest or detention, 90 days jail convicted; assault causing bodily injury, 90 days jail convicted ■ Reagan Shawn Golden, motion to revoke probation, dismissed ■ Zarnoff Terrace Griffin Jr., criminal trespass, dismissed ■ Timothy Brandon Grubbs, DWI, one year probation convicted ■ Rondallieus Vontreal Hall, assault against elderly or disabled, nine months probation deferred ■ Joshua David Havard, obstructing a highway passageway, one year probation deferred ■ Kayla Brianna Havard, theft, six months probation deferred ■ Gerald R. Hodges, motion to revoke probation, 180 days jail ■ Samantha Louise Holden, failure to identify giving false information, six months probation deferred ■ Leginald Ramaine Malone, accident involving damage to a vehicle, six months probation deferred; driving with an invalid license with previous conviction, six months probation deferred ■ Carlos M. Martinez, over 34,000 pounds tandem axle, 180 days probation deferred ■ Jeremy McEntire, possession of a dangerous drug, dismissed

■ Ashley Norsworthy, possession of marijuana, six months probation deferred ■ Dalton Mack Oates, possession of marijuana, 90 days jail convicted; criminal mischief, 90 days jail convicted; possession of a controlled substance, 90 days jail convicted ■ Richard Kinnie Poston, theft by check, dismissed ■ Dustin Curtis Quinn, possession of a dangerous drug, 60 days jail convicted ■ Etoyle Rigsby, burglary of a vehicle, 18 months probation convicted; burglary of a vehicle, 18 months probation convicted ■ Leonard Settler, assault causing bodily injury, 12 months probations deferred ■ William Herbert Sims, unlawful carry of a weapon, 180 days jail convicted; resisting arrest, search or transport, 180 days jail convicted ■ Joe Salinas Tamez, failure to identify as fugitive with intent to give false information, one year probation deferred ■ Noelle Jeanette Thomas, possession of a dangerous drug, dismissed ■ Miranda Louise Turner, theft by check, dismissed ■ Stacy Alan Vaughn, failure to identify as fugitive from justice, 30 days jail convicted ■ Jennifer Denise Walker, DWI (second), two years probation convicted

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Police vehicles respond after a shooting Friday at Texas Southern University in Houston. A student was killed and another person was wounded in a shooting outside a student-housing complex.

Administrators promised that campus security and university police will increase patrols following three incidents of gunfire in less than four days.

Houston campus to increase patrols after fatal TSU shooting HOUSTON (AP) — Authorities pledged increased patrols Saturday at Texas Southern University following three incidents of gunfire in less than four days, including the fatal shooting of a student.

Houston police spokeswoman Jodi Silva identified the student as 18-year-old Brent Randall, a freshman who died Friday en route to a hospital after being shot next to a student housing complex.

Another person was injured in Friday’s shooting and hospitalized. It remains unclear whether that person is a TSU student.

Two men were detained but Silva declined to say Saturday whether they’re still being held.

Police are searching for a third person who they believe was involved.

The gunfire that killed Randall was preceded hours earlier by another shooting near the same

housing complex. No one was believed harmed in that incident but afterward the university issued a statement saying the “shooting incidents on our campus have been extremely difficult and troubling for our entire university community.”

On Tuesday, university police said a shooting after a poetry slam on campus injured another man.

Administrators promised that campus security and university police will increase patrols. Silva said Houston police also will boost patrols around the campus.

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AUSTIN — An Army officer is recommending that Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl face a lower-level court martial and be spared the possibility of jail time for leaving his post in Afghanistan, his lawyer said Saturday.

Bergdahl was captured by bergdahl the Taliban after leaving his post on June 30, 2009, and held until last year, when he was exchanged for five Taliban commanders. His commanding officers in Afghanistan say a 45-day search for Bergdahl put soldiers in danger.

Military prosecutors charged Bergdahl in March with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy, a charge that could carry a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.

But defense attorney Eugene Fidell said Lt. Col. Mark Visger has recommended that Sgt. Bergdahl’s case be referred to a special court martial, which is a misdemeanor-level forum. It limits the maximum punishment to reduction in rank, a bad-conduct discharge and a term of up to a year in prison.

Fidell also said that Visger recommended that

there be no prison time or punitive discharge against Bergdahl. In light of Visger’s recommendations, the defense is asking that the case be disposed of non-judicially, rather than by any court martial.

Visger presided over last month’s Article 32 hearing in Texas that reviewed evidence against Bergdahl. Visger submitted a report with his recommendation on Monday, but the Army hadn’t said what Visger recommended.

Gen. Robert Abrams, the commanding general of U.S. Army Forces Command, will ultimately decide whether the case should be referred to a court-martial. No timeline has been given for a decision from Abrams.

“These are highly discretionary matters and, needless to say, I hope General Abrams does the right thing, but it’s his call,” Fidell said by phone Saturday.

The Obama administration’s prisoner swap was sharply criticized by many Republicans and some Democrats, who said it was politically motivated and counter to the U.S. policy against negotiating with terrorists.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Thursday that Bergdahl should have been executed for leaving his post in Afghanistan and called him a “no-good traitor,” which he also said in August.

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Officials unable to ID chemical that breached city’s treatment plant

By PAUL BRYANT The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

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Thousands of people attended the Angelina County AirFest on Saturday at the Angelina County Airport.

AirFest

Continued from Page 1A from an event like the AirFest.

“It is easy to see that this is a big crowd-pleaser,” Harrison said. “I think for the kids and the families, with the kids being first, this is a positive thing. I have seen a lot of smiles today, and lots of hoots and hollering. I think we need this every year. If these folks are interested in doing this, I think the community ought to back them.”

Kason Harris, 5, of Moscow, who attended the event with his father, Mason, his brother, Raylan, 1, and other family members, said he had fun at the AirFest.

Kason said his favorite plane was “the one that had rock ’n’ roll on it. It’s the big one.”

Mason Harris said he had “a real nice time,” and that he enjoyed looking at the vintage planes.

Braden Pate, 8, of Nacogdoches, who attended with his grandfather, Robert White, said his favorite part of the AirFest was all the “planes flying and doing tricks.”

The Angelina County Sheriff’s Office provided security during the air show and gave out water bottles to those who were working the event, according to Sheriff Greg Sanches.

“We had a very big crowd, and we have had no problems,” Sanches said. “Everybody seems like they are enjoying the show. It is a beautiful day, and the weather was great for the airshow. Everybody that we have talked to seemed to really enjoy it, especially the kids. Everyone seems to be real happy with the show, so it seems we may be doing it a little more often in the future — hopefully.”

Crews said he wanted to give appreciation to the sponsors and supporters of the AirFest for making the county’s “first air show in 32 years such a success.”

“If this is any indication of how the community supports some-

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A pilot in the Angelina County AirFest waves to the crowd on Saturday afternoon at the Angelina County Airport.

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Brian Crews, producer of the Angelina County AirFest, watches as “The Beast” catches the rope of a banner on its landing gear instead of a hook during the show Saturday at the Angelina County Airport. The plane was able to pull the banner and land safely. thing like this, we will definitely do this again next year,” Crews said.

“When you look at the quality of the acts that we had, it is just amazing. We have the best in the country, right here in Lufkin today. These are all of the top-notch pilots from around the country.”

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

LIBRARIES

Kurth Memorial Library and the T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library in Diboll and the McMullen Memorial Library in Huntington will be open Monday.

All federal, state and county offices will be closed on Monday.

MUSEUMS Lufkin city offices will be open Monday.

The History Center in Diboll, the SCHOOLS Texas Forestry Museum and the Naranjo Lufkin ISD and Diboll ISD will conduct Museum of Natural History will be open teacher/staff development Monday.

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Central ISD, Hudson ISD, Huntington The Museum of East Texas will be ISD and Zavalla ISD will be open Monday. closed Monday.

Angelina College administrative ofELLEN TROUT ZOO fices and library will be open Monday.

The zoo will be open from 9 a.m. to 5 St. Cyprian’s Episcopal School, St. p.m. daily.

Patrick Catholic School and Pineywoods NEWSPAPER Academy will be open Monday.

The Lufkin Daily News office will be GARBAGE open Monday.

Trash collected as normal.

LANDFILL

The landfill will be closed to the public on Monday.

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Lufkin Transit System will run Monday.

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Most local financial institutions will be closed Monday.

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No postal service on Monday.

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NACOGDOCHES —City Engineer Steve Bartlett said Nacogdoches officials still have not identified a chemical that limited functionality at the wastewater treatment plant three months ago.

“We don’t have any answers,” he said. “We’ve been unable to figure out a source, but it hasn’t happened again.”

On July 6, plant operators discovered the system was adding more chlorine at the plant — an indication that a foreign element had entered the sewer system.

Officials have said they believe someone intentionally introduced the chemical through a manhole or an industry accidentally spilled it into the system.

“I think it was so sudden and so concentrated it was a relief or dump or spill in some format,” Bartlett said. “It got to the plant in a large concentration, so I still believe it was a point source that caused it.”

Nacogdoches employees contacted all of the city’s industrial plants about whether they had any spills on or around July 6.

None reported any incidents.

“We have contacted a university chemist who specializes in environmental issues and asked them to take a look at the test results,” Bartlett said.

“Whether we are going to get a

lot of answers, I don’t know. At this point, we are grasping at straws.”

After the unknown chemical entered the treatment plant, it required an “over-chlorination” that killed off good bacteria used in the treatment process and reduced the Texas Commission on Environmental Qualityrequired residual chlorine at the plant’s discharge point. That was restored within days.

“We have upped our monitoring, keeping our eyes open on all major inlet points for industrial users to make sure we can head off any future accidental spills in a quick manner,” Bartlett said.

“We did contact TCEQ and had several discussions with them to keep them informed as we remedied the situation. TCEQ has not had any additional contact with us, and the city was not fined.”

But City Manager Jim Jeffers has said any company found to have contributed to compromising operations at the wastewater treatment plant could face civil litigation and fines.

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A TIMELINE OF THE ALABAMA-COUSHATTA TRIBES OF TEXAS 1829 Both Tribes appear on

Stephen F. Austin’s 1829 map of Texas, with the “Pueblos de los Alabamas” shown on the Big Alabama Creek, a western tributary of the Neches River, and the “Cusatte Village” on the east side of the Trinity River.

1807 The

Coushatta Tribe settles on the Trinity River. The Alabama Tribe makes the move from Louisiana to Texas, settling on the Neches River.

1954 President Dwight Eisenhower signs a law terminating the trust relationship between the Tribe and the United States and transfers all trust responsibility for the Tribe to Texas.

1854 The state purchases 1,110 acres for the Alabama Indians about 17 miles south of Livingston. Another 590 acres were conveyed to the Tribe by M.A. Hardin. In 1855, Samuel Rowe conveys 320 acres to the Tribe.

1856 The Texas Legisla-

1836 The

ture passes an act authorizing the state to purchase land for the Coushatta Indians in Liberty, Polk or Tyler counties. However, land was never located.

Alabama Tribe agrees to remain neutral during the Texas War for Independence and temporarily moves to Louisiana until the revolution ends. The Coushatta Tribe remains in Texas, and its members render service to Sam Houston and the people of Texas during the Runaway Scrape.

1840 The Texas Congress sets aside “two leagues” of land for each the Coushatta and Alabama tribes.

1859 The Alabama Tribe allows members of the Coushatta Tribe to live on the 1,289 acres purchased and awarded to the Alabama Tribe.

1928 The United States

authorizes the purchase of land for the Tribes in Polk County and creates initial federal recognition of the Alabama and Coushatta tribes.

The name “Alabama and Coushatta Tribes of Texas” was used to describe the Tribes.

2000 The U.S. Court of Federal Claims recommends Congress compensate the Tribe $270.6 million for the loss of about 5.5 million acres of land in East Texas. Congress has yet to take action.

1987

President Ronald Reagan signs the Restoration Act into law, restoring federal recognition to the Tribe.

2001 The Tribe opens

a gaming operation on its reservation.

2002 The state forces the Tribe to close its gaming operation.

2015 The Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas Restoration Act, which would repeal the prohibition against gaming activities by the Tribe, is introduced in the U.S. House and Senate.

1988 Reagan signs the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act into law, establishing the framework that governs Indian gaming.

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Sources: The Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas, Congress.gov, Indianz.com

Gaming Continued from Page 1A 1,000 members proposes to waive those claims for the right to operate a Class II casino on its 4,200acre reservation on U.S. Highway 190 east of Livingston. Class II games include bingo and bingobased machines.

The Tribe operated a casino on its reservation but shut it down in 2002 after litigation came from the state, resulting in the loss of jobs and revenue. The casino featured about 300 machines and some table games.

“Looking outside and remembering what I saw — it was packed every day,” said Tribal Council Vice Chairman Ronnie Thomas. “Every other day there would be a line of people waiting to go in.”

Now, the Tribe is pushing to restore those rights.

H.R. 2684, the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Equal and Fair Opportunity Settlement Act, would extinguish the land claim in exchange for restoration of its gaming rights by Congress.

The bill was introduced by Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) on June 4.

Co-sponsors include Reps. Brian Babin (R-Woodville), Joe Barton (R-Ennis) and Gene Green (DHouston).

A provision in the AlabamaCoushatta Restoration Act, signed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, bars the Tribe from engaging in gaming activities prohibited by the state. The bill would address that issue by removing the provision from the law and clarify that gaming on Alabama-Coushatta lands is governed by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. Leaders of the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas went to Washington in July to lobby the House Subcommittee on Indian, Insular and Alaska Native Affairs for restoration of gaming rights.

“Limited economic development opportunities combined with dwindling government funding sources place the Tribe in the same predicament facing many state, county and city governments that are struggling to provide basic services to their people,” Tribal Chairwoman Nita Batisse told subcommittee members.

“The potential loss of governmental funding will cause a reduction in essential services and an increase in unemployment.

Meanwhile, federally recognized tribes throughout the United States with gaming operations as a source of revenue have the means to offset these dwindling government funding sources.

This permits these tribes to continue to provide for the housing, health care, education and other needs of their members. This type of economic self-sufficiency is what our tribe is seeking, in requesting an amendment to its Restoration Act and in settling its outstanding land claims against the United States.”

Michael Smith, deputy director of Bureau of Indian Affairs, told members his agency endorsed the proposal.

A companion bill, S.1457, has been introduced in the Senate, but has yet to receive a hearing before the Senate Indian Affairs Committee.

The restoration of gaming would bring, according to Thomas, a large economic benefit not only to the reservation, but also to the area.

“With that would come the economic impact again that would help the surrounding area,” Thomas said. “It’s not just Polk and Tyler counties that would benefit, but also the five counties that surround us. It would give us a shot in the arm economically, and it would provide essential

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This welcome sign and marker greets visitors to the AlabamaCoushatta Tribe of Texas reservation in Polk County. services. We have law enforce- director of DETCOG, said he ment, health care, education, so- agrees with the assessment that cial services and various entities a potential casino would bring that we could increase funding extra dollars into the area. for. We could provide better ser“When we started dealing with vices to our tribal members.” this, it was very clear they had a According to Thomas, the 40-percent unemployment rate Tribe’s main sources of income on the reservation,” Diggles said. include declining oil and gas rev- “They had lots of sicknesses from enue, tobacco tax and sales tax diabetes and high blood presrevenue, and minimal timber sure, and some of it was related revenue. to unemployment. There are so “We’re also trying to address many tribes across the national a housing issue,” Thomas said. involved in the gaming industry “That’s a big problem.” that are creating jobs for the comBullock said it’s not uncom- munity. We think it’s only fair mon to see three or four genera- that it’s up to them to decide and tions of the same family residing for us to support what they want in a single home. themselves.”

“We have a shortage of housIt’s a battle that has already ing and a shortage of jobs,” Bull- lasted years, but the Tribe also ock said. “We want people to go to faces a unique hurdle in the Senschool and educate themselves, ate because Sen. John Cornyn (Rbut they don’t have anything to Texas) filed the lawsuit that shut come back to. They have to move down the casino when he served off the reservation. We can’t pro- as attorney general of Texas. vide them housing, and we can’t Cornyn did not respond to a provide them quality jobs. That’s request seeking comment prior what we’re focusing on — bring- to press time. ing our people back to the Tribe.”

As it stands, the AlabamaThomas said the Tribe has the Coushatta Tribe is at the mercy support of area county judges, of Congress. Tribal council memlocal business leaders, chambers bers are cautiously optimistic of commerce and the Deep East that they will take action soon to Texas Council of Governments. amend the Restoration Act and Walter Diggles, executive allow the Tribe to offer gaming.

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The inside of the building that once housed the gaming operation on the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas reservation in Polk County. The building is now used for meetings, receptions and ceremonies.

“We don’t know a timeline of what’s going on with it,” Thomas said. “It’s out of our hands now.”

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he LHS Panther baseball team is selling pork roasts for its fundraiser. Stephen Corley is the Booster Club president and wife Amy Corley is the contact for a ticket for the roasts, or you can get them from any baseball player.

The first cooking deadline is Friday to order for pick up on Oct. 24, at Morris Frank Ball Park. The second cooking deadline to order will be Nov. 13 with the pick-up on Nov. 22, at JANICE ANN ROWE the Expo Center. Roasts are $30 each. Amy can be texted at 635-1517 if you want a ticket.

Coach John Cobb has a contest going with the baseball boys, but I have not found out details. I was going to order mine from one of the boys. It will be a drive-thru and the boys will be there to help hand out roasts, wrap them and other duties.

Glenda and Gary Smiley’s friends Norma and Abel Olvera’s son is a Lufkin Panther linebacker, and they are so proud of him. Gary and Glenda are proud too and have been friends with their two sons Ariel (the Panther) and little brother Eric for years. Sometimes they will come over and swim in the Trailwood pool as the Smileys’ guest. The Smileys think that they are a super family and good friends.

The sixth annual Lufkin’s Bistro was a big success with 900 people attending in downtown Lufkin where the chefs showcased their talent paired with wines. We sat with Dianne and Mike Gibson, Martha and Ray Carswell and Charlotte and Dale Anderson. Visiting with our table were Linda and Gandy Oliver. Lynanne Alsbrooks looked up Ernest. She worked for Champion Paper Mill way back in her youth.

I visited with a couple from Dallas that rode in the 24th annual Garland L. Parise Pineywoods Purgatory Bike Ride for the 52 miles.

They were going to do the 72 but called his mother to come get them after the 52 miles.

They came for the first time to the Bistro and had no clue what it was about. I had the article from The Lufkin News about the vendors that included El Chico, Manhattan, Marco’s Pizza, Old Souls Food Truck, Brookshire Brothers, Hole in One, Grandough Baking Company and La Unica. Kristen Cooper was helping Justin and Jennifer Kezar at Grandough. Tom Boggs, owner of the Old Souls Food Truck, said he is at Shepherd and Second Streets Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Aaron Diggens is his “chef de partie.”

Thanks to sponsors Brookshire Brothers, we saw Phil Metzinger working hard and Buddy and Pat Colmer were lighting candles. Stephanie and Ty Shafer were taking pictures for Tara Watson-Watkins. Eva and Clyde Dickens with A-1 Party Rentals were there, as were Main Event Venues, Kwik Kopy and Coca Cola.

Mark and Callie Hicks had a table with Nancy and Steve Hicks, Will and Emily Hicks, and her parents Suzanne and Tom Auld. Also with this group were Dr. Josh and Sarah Allen, and Glenda and Marce Allen.

Carter Meyers and Aimee Weber were at the Bistro. Aimee is teaching at Herty, and Carter has taken the bar exam and waiting on results while he is setting up an office with his mother, Holly Perkins Meyers, in downtown Lufkin.

Dianne Gibson told me about Sylvia Mae’s Soule Food Restaurant in Jacksonville. She recommended it; it’s located at 564 N. Main St. Patsy Hines went to Round Top for the Antique Show where grandson Eron Horton had an exhibit of his signature wood furniture. Josh Whitworth was his helper.

Since it was Will Hicks’ birthday and they were in town, they celebrated birthdays for Caroline Hicks, daughter of Callie and Mark Hicks, and Luke Hicks, son of Bonny and David Hicks.

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4-H’ers plant tree at Kit McConnico Planting held in celebration of National 4-H Week, 100th anniversary of Texas A&M Forest Service

By STEPHANIE STEVENS The Lufkin News

Four-H members, Lufkin officials and nature lovers helped plant a bur oak tree Saturday at Kit McConnico Park in celebration of National 4-H Week and the 100th anniversary of the Texas A&M Forest Service.

Each year during National 4-H Week, more than 12,000 Texas 4-H youth participate in more than 350 service projects across the state.

“For the first time in the sevenyear history of One Day 4-H, Texas 4-H Youth Development will have a featured service project as part of the week’s celebration activities,” Toby Lepley, assistant state director

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Four-H members plant a bur oak tree Saturday at Kit McConnico Park. From the left are Elizabeth Dorsey, Harley Ledford, Dovie Murray, Mikayla Young, Grayson Sims, Brianna Puntch, Dalton Morton, Kevin Thornton, Aiden Hopper, Joseph Clark, Grant Ashby, Cade Milligan, Garin Ashby, Christian Dorsey, Katie Smith, Bryan Young, Texas A&M Forest Service and Ryan Merrel, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service, Angelina County. for Texas 4-H Youth Development, celebrate that agency’s 100th annisaid in a statement. “Texas 4-H Youth versary of protecting the citizens of Development is partnering with the Texas and the country.”

Texas A&M Forest Service to help The Forest Service provided one

bur oak tree — one of the only trees that can grow successfully in all 254 SEE TREE, PAGE 4B

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State officials slow the spread of salvinia at Lake Naconiche

By CHRISTINE BROUSSARD The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel

In the pumpkin patch

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Kylar Hannah, a 3K student, holds up a pumpkin she found in the pumpkin patch at St. Cyprian’s Episcopal School Oct. 9. Pumpkins ranging from $1 to $25 may be bought from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

Monday through Friday at the school. Proceeds go to fifth- and sixth-graders to visit Washington, D.C., in the spring. All may come anytime to take pictures in the pumpkin patch.

NACOGDOCHES — The spreading of salvinia on Lake Naconiche has been minimized as county and state officials continue to treat infrastructure and keep people informed.

“Our herbicide treatment efforts at Lake Naconiche, along with volunteer efforts to identify areas with salvinia present — efforts led by Anne Tindell — have minimized giant salvinia coverage to just trace amounts,” said Todd Driscoll, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department fisheries biologist based in Jasper. “Given this, complete eradication may still be possible.

Of course, re-introduction via boat trailers is always a concern.”

The floating fern from southern Brazil is one of the most problematic aquatic plants in Texas, according to TPWD’s website. It can damage aquatic ecosystems by outgrowing and replacing native plants that serve as food and shelter for native animals.

Efforts were taken to ensure salvinia was not introduced at the newest Nacogdoches County lake. Nature groups kayaked the Naconiche intermittently while parks and wildlife officials kept an eye on it.

Unfortunately, salivinia was first documented at the lake in April 2013.

In February, Driscoll announced the plant had established itself on Naconiche.

“In situations like that at Lake Naconiche, where giant salvinia has been recently introduced and coverage is minimal, eradication is the goal and this is done with herbicide treatments and manual removal of plants,” Driscoll said. “At lakes where giant salvinia is well established — Sam Rayburn and Toledo Bend, for example — herbicide treatments are focused on boat ramps to keep public access open and to minimize spread of plants to other lakes. Salvinia weevils are also introduced as a long-term bio-control.”

TPWD officials are aware that some giant SEE SALVINIA, PAGE 3B

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Power of Pink! 2015 luncheon taking place on Thursday Hot pink. Magenta. Fuchsia.

And all shades in between. The Pitser Garrison Convention Center will be overflowing with pink as nearly 800 women plan to attend the much-anticipated Power of Pink luncheon on Thursday.

As expected, this year’s event will provide entertainment, inspiration and educational awareness as CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial, the Temple Cancer Center, Brookshire Brothers and the community join together in the fight against breast cancer.

Individual tickets are still available for $25 a person and can be purchased at Studio 319.

As always, the seventh annual Art Bra Contest will be a featured component of the luncheon. Each year is a surprise to see who will walk the runway modeling the festively decorated bras. This year’s entries include Orange is the New Pink, Send the Girls to the Slammer; Peek A Boo, We Feel You; and Hey Cancer, Keep Your Paws OFF! — just to name a few.

at the event for $5 each or three tickets for $10. Raffle items include a custom-designed, rose and white gold cross pendant set with 2/3 carat diamonds from Lufkin Jewelry on the Square, a day of beauty (including color/ highlight, haircut and style, facial, make-up application and manicure) from Studio 319 and a $100 gift card from Brookshire Brothers.

Back again this year is breast cancer survivor and inspirational speaker Heidi Marble, along with breast cancer survivor and sister, Jen Curfman. Attendees should prepare for a wild ride of emotions as they laugh, cry and celebrate life.

The Power of Pink! LunThe 2015 Art Bra judges include Judy Sheffield, American Cancer Society; Megan Whitworth, Charm cheon began 20 years ago as the editor; Daisy Drinkard, American Cancer Society; Dr. Sid Roberts, medical director Temple Cancer Center; Caroline Manning, KTRE; Danny Merrill and Sean Ericson, KYKS; and Tina Alexander-Sellers, Jan Moore Memorial Lecture.

Moore lost her battle with breast director of community outreach, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial. cancer in 1993. Her courage and Official judges selected the Go to chistlukeshealthmemorial. win big. During the luncheon, determination won the hearts of winning Art Bra entries Wednes- org/community/poll to vote for we will draw for dozens of door her friends, family and hospital day, however, online judging your favorite. prizes from Studio 319 and other leaders, and as a result, those for the People’s Choice Award Anyone attending Power of local businesses. In addition, who knew her wanted to educate continues through noon Monday. Pink! has the opportunity to raffle tickets can be purchased others about breast cancer. What

began as a handful of women with sack lunches in the hall of CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial has grown to a luncheon that caters to hundreds of women from the community.

With the support of sponsors such as Brookshire Brothers, Beard Jewelers, Alene’s Florist, Studio 319, City of Lufkin, Kwik Kopy Printing, Sound Techs, Courtyard Marriott Lufkin, Lufkin Coca Cola, Abeldt’s Pharmacy, Angelina Surgical Associates, Consolidated Communications, David T. Price, MD, PA, Gipson Funeral Home, Southland Federal Credit Union, Alexander, Lankford & Hiets, Inc., First Bank & Trust East Texas, GE Oil & Gas, and Swain & Baldwin Insurance and many more, Power of Pink continues to reach women in the community by spreading the message of hope and encouragement.

You don’t want to miss this annual event. For more information, contact Lindsey Mott at lmott@memorialhealth.org.

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Will Hicks is a financial analyst with Wells Fargo Energy Group in Houston. Emily teaches third grade at the Woodlands.

They live in the Heights, so the commute is not too far for either of them. Emily is working on her LPC (licensed professional counselor) degree.

At First Friday, we sat with Martha Lopez Coleman. She told me that she received a scholarship when she graduated in 1997.

Boy, was I surprised that she remembered me from the Lufkin High School Alumni Association.

She is the principal at St. Patrick Catholic School, which has grades from pre-K to eighth. Also at the table were new Chamber members from Chala Sports and

Family Chiropractic, Collin and Lyndy Chala, both chiropractors at their location next to Carroway Funeral Home.

Terri Cawley, with Habitat for Humanity, came over and introduced herself and thanked our First Christian Church for helping with food and volunteers in their quest to build houses for deserving people here in Lufkin.

They are about to complete a house and pour a slab for a second one.

Grandparents Ray Ann (Nani) and Randy (Pop Pop) Baker took cupcakes to granddaughter Rylie Ann Skinner’s 5th birthday at the Presbyterian Early Learning Center. She is the daughter of Jessica Baker and the apple of Ray Ann’s eye.

Carolyn and Stanley New had grandsons Benjamin (3) and Hamilton (2), sons of Eliot and Bethany New, in town for the Lufkin vs. Nacogdoches football game. This was their first live football game and the noise bothered them. They made it to halftime for the Nacogdoches band but not for the Lufkin band. Their aunt, Lilian New, was in the percussion section of the band when she was in high school and this year they really put on a good show.

Suzi Powell sent me an email that I was wrong about just one from Lufkin in the Texas A&M Corps. Other Special Aggies Vaughn Lynn, a junior, and Nathan Powell, a freshman, are in the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Band.

I am sorry that I missed naming you. Gig ’em Aggies!

I know that Betty Havard and John Porter wondered what Bonnie Worley and I were doing in the parking lot of Axley & Rode. Bonnie had saved me some things from the estate sale of Joan and Bill Poplin.

I met Laura Barrett at the First Christian Church where she sang in the choir on Sunday and then we went on Monday night to Cotton Patch and she was working there. Paul and Peggy Draper were dining too.

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AROUND east texas Ramp closure set with night work in Redland

Angelina County Fair’s first deadline next week The countdown for the 2016 Angelina County Fair has begun, with the fair planned for Feb. 23-27, 2016.

Work has already begun to prepare for the Fair with many exhibitors having animals picked out or purchased.

Entry dates are approaching, including Oct. 17 for broilers, steers and commercial heifers. Entry date for market goats, hogs, lambs, foal futurity and breeding beef is Dec. 5.

Entry deadline for ACF scholarship applications, breeding rabbits, ag mechanics, arts & crafts, food and consumer science and peewee is Jan. 15, 2016. Entry deadline for market rabbits is Jan. 24, 2016.

Entry fees and rules are available at AngelinaCountyFair.com or call 465-5392 for more information.

Volunteers needed for Bream Buster

The national Wild Turkey Federation’s 13th annual Bream Buster Challenge will be held from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Lufkin State Supported Living Center’s Woodland Retreat.

Volunteers are needed to help make the event a success.

Volunteers can assist by becoming part of the planning committee, assisting with a learning station such as fishing, art, music, games and pet therapy or assisting residents as they visit the learning stations or help set up the day before the event.

To learn more or sign up to volunteer contact the Lufkin State Supported Living Center Community Relations Director Lynn Hopper at 8538262 or lynn.hopper@dads. state.tx.us.

Parade, celebration to salute veterans The city of Lufkin, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1836, and the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau will host the Pineywoods Veterans Celebration beginning with the parade at 10 a.m. Nov. 7.

Sign up today to show your support to our veterans by entering the parade. Themes should be representative of veterans and America. Entry is free. Individuals authorized to wear their uniform (active duty, reserve component, and retirees) are encouraged to do so.

For info: Tara Watson-Watkins, 633-0349 or twatkins@ cityoflufkin.com.

CHI St. Luke’s Health Cardiac Rehabilitation Center recently celebrated one year of making a difference in the lives of cardiac patients. Graduates of the program, physicians and community leaders were invited to help celebrate the milestone. Pictured are many graduates of the program, Ravinder Bachireddy, MD, FACC, third row, second from right; and the Cardiac Rehabilitation staff, front row.

The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association will host a ranch gathering Thursday at the home of Romy and Carl Ray Polk Jr. in Lufkin.

Registration will begin at 6 p.m. followed by a complimentary beef dinner. The ranch gathering is free and open to the public.

TSCRA Special Ranger Larry Hand will provide a law enforcement update and offer ranchers information on how they can keep their livestock and equipment safe and secure.

Additionally, TSCRA staff will update cattle raisers on legislative issues. RSVP to (800) 2427820, ext. 192, or rsvp@tscra.org.

To get to the ranch from Lufkin, head south on U.S. Highway 59 for four miles. Turn right onto Southwood Drive. After .8 mile, turn left onto Hoshall Drive. After .8 mile, turn right to stay on Hoshall Drive.

Emergency farm loans Applications for emergency farm loans for damages and losses caused by drought are being accepted at the Farm Service Agency offices located in

Hospice in the Pines honors longtime volunteer Brenda Stockman for her compassion as well as her unselfish dedication to volunteer service. Stockman has been in a dual volunteer role for Hospice in the Pines for many years working at both the administrative office and the Joe W. Elliott House. Demetress Harrell, CEO for Hospice in the Pines, left, recognizes the exceptional commitment of Hospice volunteers.

Nacogdoches, FSA Farm Loan tion and physical losses resulting Manager Lisa R. Burgay said. from drought that occurred Sept.

Angelina and Trinity are two 1, and continuing. of the 22 counties in Texas reBurgay said farmers may be cently named by the Secretary of eligible for loans of up to 100 Agriculture as eligible for loans percent of their actual losses or to cover part of actual producthe operating loan needed to con-

Maps, website make exploring Texas easier With the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s updated Great Texas Wildlife Trail driving maps, traveling on the wild side of Texas just got a whole lot easier.

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plant hidden on a trailer bunk salvinia has been introduced to potentially establish a new from boat trailers on Lake Nainfestation.” cogdoches. However, none is on According to TPWD, giant the lake. salvinia was first identified in “We have signage at most the Houston area in spring 1998. lakes where salvinia is present, The plant can double in size in stressing to boaters to inspect less than a week. trailers when leaving,” Driscoll Texas game wardens are said. “Given how widespread gi- authorized to issue tickets for ant salvinia is now in East Texas, transport of salvinia species and it should be common practice for other prohibited plants. Transall boaters to always thoroughly porting giant salvinia is a class inspect trailers when loading C misdemeanor punishable by a and launching boats. fine of up to $500 per plant.

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Killing hogs, making homemade sausage Pigs were brought to the new were historically useful as world first by Spanish they could fend for explorers as a food themselves with little source that could walk supplemental feed (if with them, reproducany) required. Those ing themselves as they feral hogs that we conexplored new lands. sider a pest today were Additional pigs were a valuable resource brought overseas by years ago.

European settlers and Each year at the onpigs continued moving set of cooler months, across the nation as hogs were harvested cary sims the pioneers moved and preserved for the west with their families. upcoming year.

Throughout the South, pigs This annual harvest was “hog

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killing time.” The preservation included smoking, curing and sausage making.

The routines and the recipes for preserving foodstuffs had changed very little over hundreds of years. This was to change dramatically with the advent of electricity and the many options for freezing and preserving foodstuffs that electricity brought.

In the last several decades, there has been a push to grow leaner hogs with less fat content.

However, fat hogs were desired for slaughter because the fat was rendered and used for cooking lard for the whole year.

Hogs that were to be slaughtered for meat were usually put in a separate pen for a month or so and fed corn and other food to increase their weight and particularly their fat content. Since this was the major meat used all year, hog killing day usually included the butchering of at least three and, more likely, four or five hogs.

At time of slaughter the hogs averaged from 500 to 600 pounds — more than double the current live weight at slaughter.

The weather had to be cold enough to keep the meat from spoiling until the curing process could take place. Friends around Lufkin that I have visited with say that anytime from mid-November through December were common times for the appointed day.

The smoke house had to be cleaned out, the roof checked for leaks, and the inside rafters were cleaned and checked for strength. Hard wood seasoned at least for a year was used for the fire.

Hams, shoulders, sides (bacon) and ribs were all seasoned and hung from rafters about six or seven feet off the ground.

Leaves from “bear grass” (which we now know as Yucca) were used to hang the meat. Its leaves have a needle-like tip and are very strong.

A leaf was threaded through the tendon of the ham and shoulders and through a hole punched in one end of the sides and then tied around the rafter for the smoking or curing process.

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circulate around each piece of meat, so care had to be taken.

Sausage stuffed into casings like long ropes were draped across the rafters.

The entire process required lots of labor, buildings, equipment, a fire, very large pots and an incredible amount of “common knowledge” that had been passed down for generations.

These days, I don’t personally know anyone who butchers and processes their own farm-raised hog. It is far more common for hunting enthusiasts to process their own harvests and make sausage.

Today’s widespread availability of refrigeration, quality equipment, meats, exotic ingredients and spices makes for endless sausage possibilities for a home sausage maker.

Home sausage making can be a fun, creative and practical family project.

There is no need for excessive, fancy equipment to get started.

It only requires a grinder, a good meat thermometer and some general household items to make excellent sausage.

If you do not have a grinder, you can purchase ground meat from the store.

Many products do not need to be smoked, but you can purchase a household smoker or make one. An old refrigerator converted to a smokehouse works quite well if you need to smoke the product. Smokehouses can be as simple as a tarp covering or as sophisticated as a commercial unit.

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service in Angelina County will host “Sausage Making 101” from 6:30-8 p.m.

Oct. 19. The seminar, part of the monthly Homegrown to Homemade series, will feature Texas A&M University meat specialists demonstrating proper techniques for making your own fresh and cured sausage.

Cost is $10 at the door and no advance registration is required.

For questions about the event, contact our office at 634-6414.

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

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counties of Texas — to each county so it may be planted in a courthouse square, on city hall grounds or at some other notable public venue where it can be seen and appreciated by those in the community.

“For 100 years, the service has been helping protect and save the lives of Texans and others through its many efforts,” Lepley said.

“We’re glad we can help them celebrate their achievements even as the Texas 4-H members and clubs celebrate their own. We hope we can make this a historical milestone for both agencies.”

Lepley said at this time, 4-H’ers in counties throughout the state have scheduled almost 200 tree plantings for either 4-H Week or One Day 4-H. Ryan E. Merrel, Angelina County agent over 4-H and Youth Development, said volunteers also helped clean up the park Saturday.

“This is a chance for 4-H groups to get together and give back to their community,” he said. “A lot of our 4-H families, myself included, use and enjoy our city parks. In addition to that, this is a neat opportunity for us to partner with the Texas A&M Forest Service to celebrate their 100-year anniversary and for us to perform

some community service at our parks.

“Hopefully, this tree that we are planting can be here for a long time for lots of people to enjoy.”

He thanked the city of Lufkin for finding a place where people will get the most enjoyment.

“There is a lot of people who go to Kit McConnico. In the past few years, the park has lost some trees that are around some picnic areas where it’s supposed to be a shaded area,” he said. “When the tree gets bigger, a lot of people will enjoy it and I certainly appreciate their help in that.”

Weston Reynolds, president of the Huntington All Around 4-H club, said he appreciated the chance to give back to the community.

“At the youth fair, we always sell our project and the community supports us,” he said.

“It really means a lot to us.”

He said being a part of 4-H is “something bigger” that enriches many children’s lives.

“Four-H allows you to travel, meet people and learn new things,” he said. “It has taught me how to become a better leader, citizen and to work better with others. It really helps build character.”

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Diboll’s Jesse Villanueva (holding portrait of brother Robert) sits with his family, including father Jesus (far left), mother Ana and nephew Angel.

Villanueva returned to playing football this season in memory of Robert, who died unexpectedly in January.

Diboll’s Villanueva returns to football in memory of brother By gary stallard For The Lufkin News Diboll esse Villanueva was never a huge football fan.

Unlike his older brother Robert, a mainstay at defensive end and linebacker for the Diboll Lumberjacks, Jesse’s favorite sport has always been basketball. Sure, he’d go outside at Robert’s request and toss a football around, but when Jesse completed his freshman season, he thought he was hanging up his cleats for good. He’d go to Lumberjack Stadium to watch his brother on Friday nights, and in turn, Robert would be in the gymnasium bleachers rooting for Jesse once basketball season arrived.

Then something happened to change Jesse’s mind. He’s wearing a helmet and pads here in his senior year, scoring touchdowns for the Lumberjacks in 2015.

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Diboll wide receiver Jesse Villanueva lines up outside during a recent game. With one armband reading “Rob” and the other inscribed “RIP,” Villanueva has dedicated this season to his brother Robert, a former Lumberjack who died unexpectedly in January.

He’s also wearing a pair of armbands. One side has “Rob” inscribed with a Sharpie; the other side reads, “RIP.” Jesse Villanueva isn’t playing football for himself. He’s playing for his brother.

——— Robert Villanueva died suddenly and unexpectedly in January of this year, just weeks before his 22nd birthday, leaving behind a stunned and grief-stricken family. Having lived his entire life with his older brother leading the way, Jesse found himself lost — and angry.

“I was mad at first,” Jesse admits.

“I was mad at everybody. I won’t lie. I was even mad at God for a while.

“I didn’t know what to do. I had to pull myself together and remind myself I’m doing what I do for him.

It’s not just about me anymore. I want everything I do to be for him.”

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“I never really liked football as much, but I wanted to play for my brother. He really liked watching me play football in the past, and I just wanted to honor him by playing this season for him.”

Jesse villanueva

Diboll senior receiver

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Lufkin girls, Hudson boys, girls win meet By brandon ogden The Lufkin News Schools all across East Texas gathered at Lufkin High School for the Lufkin Coke Classic on Saturday. In the end, Lufkin’s varsity girls and Hudson’s varsity girls and boys all captured team titles.

In the final race of the day, Lufkin’s Levante Williams finished more than 20 seconds ahead of the next runner as he recorded a time of 15:44 to earn a firstplace finish. Five of the next six finishers were all from Hudson with Lufkin’s Christian Guerrero placing fifth.

“It felt good to see the competition that’s out there and what I’ve got to work on to get better,” Williams said.

“Levante has been sick off and on and he’s been dealing with a hip flexor,” Lufkin head coach Rusty Stover said.

“This is the first time he’s been 100 percent, and I could tell. He looked strong.

He was running in first along, which is not always easy to do.

“Team-wise, Christian ran well today. But honestly, I thought we looked a little tired, minus Levante, just from the workload we’ve had this week. Our main focus is getting through district and regionals, that’s our ultimate race. That’s the one we’re really trying to peak for.

We want to go to state, and I think that’s

still a realistic goal.”

The Top 10 of the Class 5A-6A varsity boys race was all Lufkin and Hudson.

Williams was followed by Jesus Ramos, Hudson, 16:06; Tedron Ramos, Hudson, 16:24; Gerardo Rodriguez, Hudson, 16:25; Guerrero, Lufkin, Cristian Medina, Hudson, 17:03; Jonathan Day, Hudson, ANDY ADAMS/The Lufkin News 17:11; Demonte Coleman, Lufkin, 17:30; Hudson and Lufkin runners are among the leaders in the early part of the Oscar Ruiz, Hudson, 17:32; and Gage Cal- Class 5A-6A boys varsity race on Saturday. houn, Lufkin, 17:33.

The Class 5A-6A varsity girls race was all Lufkin as the Lady Panthers had the top three finishers, led by Jessica Medina with a time of 20:55.

“It was really great,” Medina said. “I didn’t get to race here last year because I was on crutches. It was good to make a comeback this year.”

“She’s still kind of hurt,” Stover said of Medina. “She’s learned to deal with it, and she ran well (Saturday). Our girls want to get first overall at district with no doubt, Last year, we tied, so our main goal is to be able to walk away from the race and know for sure that we won.”

Suzi Youssef finished second with a time of 21:05, and Emily Garcia was third with a time of 21:23. Tyler Tippit also finished in the Top 10 for Lufkin ANDY ADAMS/The Lufkin News with a time of 21:52 to place sixth.

From left to right, Lufkin’s Emily Garcia, Jessica Medina and Suzi Youssef SEE CROSS COUNTRY, PAGE 3C run in Saturday’s Lufkin Coke Classic.

When you play a sport, you hope to continue to play that sport at a competitive level as long as possible.

Some players have that chance, while others don’t.

The East Texas Timber Rattlers — an indoor football team here in Lufkin — are creating opportunities for players looking for a shot. The Timber Rattlers, who are gearing up for their second season of competition, held tryouts on Saturday at the Lufkin High School practice field.

“We have 15 guys here trying out and four veterans,” team owner Nancy Harvey said. “When all is said and done, we will have 25 active players.”

Most of the players in attendance come from the East Texas area, but there was a participant from Arkansas at the workouts for a little bit on Saturday morning.

“We’ve had guys come from all over, but there are a lot of local guys,” Timber Rattlers head coach Dave Tennison said. “We are trying to see where the guys’ best assets are to fill the positions that we are looking for. We had a good turnout of athletes that we’re going to be able to fill some spots on this roster.”

One of the veterans out on the field on Saturday was Larry Forney, a 1997 graduate of Lufkin High School. He went on to play at Trinity Valley Community College before enlisting in the U.S. Army. He’s been playing semi-pro football for the past eight years with stints on the East Texas Storm, East Texas Timberwolves and Pineywoods Stallions before joining the Timber Rattlers for the inaugural season.

“It’s great to still be playing,” said the 37-year-old Forney. “It takes a lot of work. I hope I can pass on the knowledge I’ve gained to some of the younger guys so maybe they can play as long, if not longer, than I am.”

Jordan Noel, of Tatum, was at the tryout on Saturday looking to play quarterback for the Timber Rattlers.

“I used to play semi-pro under Coach Tennison for the Crusaders in Longview,” Noel said. “He told me this was a better opportunity to make a little money and get more scout looks. This is a good chance for guys that didn’t get to go to school or didn’t get to finish out school to get another opportunity to play football.”

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PRO FOOTBALL

Brady, perfect Patriots visit Cowboys sans Romo, Bryant ARLINGTON (AP) — Tom Brady called it a “bummer” that New England was catching the Dallas Cowboys when they were missing Tony Romo and Dez Bryant.

The star quarterback for the Patriots didn’t say it was a letdown, though. Big difference.

“This team could easily be 4-0,” Brady said of the Cowboys (2-2), who instead have lost both full games without Romo and Bryant heading into New England’s first visit to their $1.2 billion stadium Sunday. “They’re playing at

No Dallas on Dish ■■ If you have Dish Network, you will likely

be unable to watch the New England Patriots at Dallas Cowboys today, because the company has blacked out CBS to its viewers as of Friday night. With the Cowboys hosting an AFC team, today’s game is scheduled to be on CBS at 3:25 p.m. home. They’ve got a lot of good players. Last year they were one of the best teams in football.”

The 38-year-old Brady is off to one of his best starts in his 16th season, the only quarterback besides Peyton Manning to have at least 1,110 yards passing and nine touchdowns without an interception in his first three games.

Coming off a bye, he’s trying to join SEE COWBOYS, PAGE 3C

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Texas wide receiver Marcus Johnson (7) is tackled by Oklahoma safety Steven Parker (10) during the second half Saturday in Dallas.

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Texas gets some Red River relief vs. Oklahoma

DALLAS (AP) — Charlie Strong put that gold cowboy hat on his head and flashed a huge smile filled with relief, joy and vindication.

If last week’s beat down at TCU was rock bottom for Strong at Texas, his first victory against rival Oklahoma might be what changes the trajectory of his program. Or maybe it was just a temporary respite for the beleaguered Longhorns and their coach. Regardless, the 24-17 win against the 10th-ranked Sooners on Saturday was no ordinary victory for Texas.

“We heard all week how the pride has been lost. How we don’t play hard,” Strong said. “And I don’t have an answer for last week (TCU 50, Texas 7), we go out and we kind of just lay an egg and this week we came out and we wanted to impose our will. We wanted to play physical and watch our team just go to work.”

The Longhorns (2-4, 1-2 Big 12) worked over Oklahoma’s defense with 313 yards rushing. Their D went to work on quarterback Baker Mayfield and the Sooners offensive line, blitzing and stunting their way to six sacks. Naashon Hughes and Poona Ford buried Mayfield for a 17-yard loss on a third-and-14 deep in Oklahoma territory late in the fourth

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Texas head coach Charlie Strong hugs safety Adrian Colbert (26) as they celebrate after their 24-17 win over Oklahoma Saturday in Dallas. quarter on what turned out to be a fitting last offensive play of the game for the Sooners. When Jerrod Heard and the Longhorns offense got the ball with 3:33 left and Texas leading 24-17, they never gave it back. The Longhorns churned out three first downs, took a knee and then stormed the field as if they won championship trophy.

“We needed this,” Strong said.

The linemen lifted Strong off the ground during the celebration and tossed him in the air before he got to lift the Golden Hat Trophy that goes to the winner of the Red River Rivalry. Strong doffed that cowboy hat proudly, then passed it to his players.

“I think they said they didn’t want to see me get fired so they

were going to step up and play for me,” Strong said with a laugh.

The Longhorns came to Dallas in the midst of the program’s worst start in 59 years and as 17-point underdogs to the Sooners (4-1, 1-1). It’s been nothing but turmoil and excruciating losses for Texas this season. After getting drubbed by the Horned Frogs last Saturday, the Longhorns made matters worse by sniping at each other on social media. Eighteen games into Strong’s tenure and his future in Austin was already being questioned.

“Watching ESPN and seeing everything in the media about coach, everybody attacking him, picking on him and stuff, a bunch of guys were like, this isn’t fair.

We’re not playing hard and it’s affecting him and his status,” offensive guard Sedrick Flowers said.

Heard led a scaled-down offense that threw only 12 passes, The quarterback ran for 115 on 21 carries. D’Onta Foreman made the biggest offensive play, a tackle-breaking 81-yard run that set up backup quarterback Tyrone Swoopes’ jump-pass touchdown to Caleb Bluiett that made it 2410 with 13:52 left in the fourth quarter. The 244-pound Swoopes played the role of closer for the Longhorns, with a 3-yard run TD to go with that scoring pass.

SFA pulls out first win of season NACOGDOCHES — The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks played like a winless football team for much of the game against another sad-sack opponent Saturday.

Two late touchdown drives, the last that included a wild thirddown scramble, a fourth-down conversion and then the touchdown that put them into the lead for the first time, washed away a lot of the misery.

Junior quarterback Zach Conque’s one-yard run with 26 seconds remaining capped a 13play, 84-yard drive and propelled the Lumberjacks to a 28-24 decision over Nicholls State at Homer Bryce Stadium.

That drive followed a 66-yard march that was finished by an 18yard run by Conque.

The win ended a five-game losing streak for SFA and dealt Nicholls one tough hand along the way.

A winless team last season that came into the game with just 17 points scored in four contests, the Colonels held a 21-7 halftime lead and had SFA staggering.

Instead, Conque’s late touchdown dealt the Colonels their 23rd straight loss.

A team that played pretty well against Abilene Christian two weeks ago and admirably in a 34-28 loss to Sam Houston last

weekend, SFA couldn’t get out of its own way much of the game against the Colonels.

SFA lost four fumbles, two that bounced into the end zone — one for a touchback and the other that was picked up and returned to about midfield.

Nicholls needed just two plays to score the game’s first touchdown, on quarterback Tuskani Figaro’s 30-yard run. It followed a 45-yard completion on the first play of the game.

“Sometimes, I think we’re trying too hard,” SFA coach Clint Conque said. “The effort is there, but the attention to detail is not.”

SFA was 3-of-8 on red zone opportunities. Besides the two fumbles into the end zone, the Lumberjacks missed a field goal.

“It’s better to win ugly than to lose pretty, I guess,” Conque said.

“Getting a win is tough. We’ve been in some tough trials here in the last month.”

At the end of the clinching touchdown drive, Zach Conque, who lost one of the fumbles, put the offense on his shoulders and carried it to the score.

On third and nine from the Nicholls 13-yard line, Conque looked to be sacked under heavy pressure from Colonel defenders. But he somehow escaped the tangle of players and gained eight yards, about a half yard short of the first down.

yard touchdown run, Brandon Harris passed for a career-best 228 yards, and LSU beat South Carolina in a game moved to Tiger Stadium because of flooding in South Carolina.

Fournette finished with a season-low 158 yards on 20 carries in three quarters. Freshman Derrius Guice rushed for 161 yards and a TD, fellow running back Darrel Williams scored twice and the Tigers (5-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) piled up 396 yards rushing.

■■ NO. 8 ALABAMA 27, ARKANSAS 14: TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Calvin Ridley caught an 81-yard touchdown pass from Jake Coker and Alabama rode its swarming defense to a victory over Arkansas.

■■ NO. 18 MICHIGAN 38, NO. 13 NORTHWESTERN 0: ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Jehu Chesson returned the opening kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown and Michigan scored on offense and defense to build a four-touchdown lead by halftime.

■■ NO. 14 MISSISSIPPI, NEW MEXICO STATE 3: OXFORD, Miss. — Chad Kelly threw for 384 yards and three touchdowns to lead Mississippi.

■■ NO. 15 NOTRE DAME 41, NAVY 24: SOUTH BEND, Ind. — C.J. Prosise ran for 129 yards and three touchdowns, two after Navy turnovers, and Notre Dame beat the Midshipmen.

Navy rallied to tie it at 21 late in the second quarter on fullback Quentin Ezell’s TD runs of 45 and 22 yards after quarterback Keenan Reynolds went down with a leg injury.

■■ TENNESSEE 38, NO. 19 GEORGIA 31: KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Joshua Dobbs threw for 312 yards, ran for 118 more and accounted for five touchdowns and Tennessee overcame a 21-point deficit to beat Georgia.

Georgia (4-2, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) lost star running back Nick Chubb to a left knee injury on the first play from scrimmage.

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Texas Tech gets first Big 12 win LUBBOCK (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 428 yards and five touchdowns, two to Jakeem Grant, to lead Texas Tech past Iowa State 66-31 on Saturday for the Red Raiders’ first Big 12 win.

Grant had a career-high 166 yards on nine catches. He caught TD passes of 75 and 37 yards for Texas Tech (4-2, 1-2). It was Grant’s third 100-plus-yard game this season.

DeAndre Washington had a receiving and a rushing TD, while Justin Stockton scored on a 54-yard rush.

The Red Raiders intercepted Cyclones quarterback Sam Richardson three times — two by J.J. Gaines — and Texas Tech scored touchdowns off two of them.

Mahomes was sacked for only the second time this season when he was called for intentional grounding.

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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Trevone Boykin threw for 301 yards and two touchdowns, the second a 55-yard strike to Josh Doctson with 1:10 left in the game, and second-ranked TCU rallied from a big halftime deficit to beat Kansas State 52-45 on Saturday night.

Boykin also ran for 124 yards and two scores for the Horned Frogs (6-0, 3-0 Big 12), who trailed 35-17 at the break. Aaron Green added 124 yards and two touchdowns rushing, while Doctson caught eight passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns. None was bigger than his catch-and-run just 30 seconds after Jack Cantele had connected on a 37-yard field goal for Kansas State (3-2, 0-2) to knot the game 45-all.

■■ NO. 3 BAYLOR 66, KANSAS 7: LAWRENCE, Kan. — Seth Russell threw three touchdown passes, Shock Linwood ran for 135 yards and a score, and Baylor romped past Kansas.

Russell threw for 246 yards, all in the first half. Two of the TD strikes went to Corey Coleman, pushing his nation-leading total to 13, and the other to 6-foot-7, 410-pound tight end LaQuan McGowan, helping the Bears (5-0, 2-0 Big 12) to a 52-7 halftime lead.

The Bears piled up 644 yards despite playing backups the entire second half. Second-string quarterback Jarrett Stidham was 9 of 10 for 217 yards and two touchdowns.

■■ NO. 1 OHIO STATE 49, MARYLAND 28: COLUMBUS, Ohio — Cardale Jones threw two touchdown passes, J.T. Barrett scored three times and Ohio State remained unbeaten — and mostly underwhelming — with victory over Maryland.

■■ NO. 6 CLEMSON 43, GEORGIA TECH 24: CLEMSON, S.C. — Deshaun Watson threw two touchdown passes, Wayne Gallman ran for two scores and Clemson surged past Georgia Tech.

■■ NO. 7 LSU 45, SOUTH CAROLINA 24: BATON ROUGE, La. — Leonard Fournette had an 87-

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SFA’s Fred Ford reaches for a Zach Conque pass as Ford struggles for the ball against Nicholls State defender Jeff Hall Saturday afternoon at Homer Bryce Stadium in Nacogdoches.

On the next play, he gained a first down with a four-yard run on a quarterback lead to push the ball to the one-yard line, where he scored on the next play.

Conque rushed for 134 yards on 20 carries to follow true freshman Loren Easly’s 148 yards on 31 carries.

Conque said after the game that running back Joshawa West has not played since being injured in the Abilene Christian game. Backup Fred Ford is out for the season with an injury, and another backup, Cameron Washington, recently

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SFA’s offense lost senior receiver Aaron Thomas for the remainder of the season with a broken collarbone Saturday.

Besides Conque and Easly, one other player — walk-on Jacolby Whitaker from Alto — carried the ball for SFA. He had 13 yards on two carries.

SFA rushed for 295 yards while Conque threw for 163 yards on 17 completions, including a 22-yard scoring throw to Justice Liggins in the first quarter that cut Nicholls’ lead to 14-7.

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scoreboard Pro baseball DIVISION SERIES American League Sunday, Oct. 11: Kansas City (Volquez 13-9) at Houston (Keuchel 20-8), 3:10 p.m. (MLBN) Sunday, Oct. 11: Toronto (Estrada 13-8) at Texas (Perez 3-6), 7:10 p.m. (FS1) National League All games televised by TBS Saturday, Oct. 10: Chicago 6, St. Louis 3 Saturday, Oct. 10: New York (Syndergaard 9-7) at Los Angeles (Greinke 19-3), late

Transactions BASEBALL American League TORONTO BLUE JAYS — Added RHP Ryan Tepera to the postseason roster replacing LHP Brett Cecil.

FOOTBALL National Football League DALLAS COWBOYS — Placed RB Lance Dunbar injured reserve.

Signed WR Vince Mayle from the practice squad.

DENVER BRONCOS — Released FB James Casey.

OAKLAND RAIDERS — Signed S Tevin McDonald. Released S Taylor Mays.

SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — Released CB Shareece Wright. Signed G Andrew Tiller from the practice squad.

COLLEGE HOFSTRA — Announced men’s senior basketball F-C Ibrahim Djambo will miss the fall semester to attend to a family matter in his home country of Mali.

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AUTO RACING Formula One, Russian Grand Prix, at Sochi, Russia, NBCSN, 5:30 a.m.

GOLF British Masters, final-round, at Buckinghamshire, England, TGC, 7 a.m.

Champions Tour: SAS Championship, final-round, at Cary, N.C., TGC, 2:30 p.m.

NFL FOOTBALL Cleveland at Baltimore, CBS, noon Washington at Atlanta, FOX, noon New England at Dallas, CBS, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, NBC, 7:20 p.m.

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MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL Playoffs, American League Division Series Game 3, MLB, 3 p.m.

Playoffs, American League Division Series Game 3, Toronto at Texas, FS1, 7 p.m.

SOCCER Euro Qualifying, Northern Ireland at Finland, FS1, 11 a.m.

Euro Qualifying, Republic of Ireland at Poland, ESPN, 1:30 p.m.

Euro Qualifying, Georgia at Germany, FS1, 1:30 p.m.

Finals, Game 4, Minnesota at Indiana, ESPN2, 7 p.m.

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Denver at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Dallas, 3:25 p.m.

San Francisco at N.Y. Giants, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, N.Y. Jets Monday’s Game Pittsburgh at San Diego, 7:30 p.m.

high school volleyball

Huntington sweeps Center; Diboll sweeps Jasper HUNTINGTON — The Huntington Devilettes swept Center (25-15, 25-12, 25-11) in District 20-4A volleyball action on Saturday.

Leaders for Huntington were Becca Modisette with 8 kills and 2 aces; Carsyn Ivy with 2 blocks, 20 assists, 7 digs and 5

kills; Lisa Nuckols with 2 blocks and 5 kills; Torie Comeaux with 7 kills; Jordan Richardson with 5 aces and 6 digs; Callie Evett with 6 digs and 2 aces; Mackenzie Kenner with 5 digs; and Chandlyr McGaughey with 2 aces.

■■ DIBOLL 3, JASPER 0: JASPER — Diboll

swept Jasper on Saturday (25-23, 25-19, 25-19).

Leaders for Diboll were Mia Williams 13 kills and 5 blocks; Destiny Oliphant 20 digs; and Tiffany Simmons 14 assists.

Huntington will host Diboll at 7 p.m.

Tuesday.

Jesse dedicated the remainder of the basketball season to the memory of his brother. But when the season ended, the empty feeling amplified itself. For a few months, there was nothing to motivate Jesse; worse, there was too much time to sit around and think.

“Jesse dedicated the last part of basketball season to his brother, but once basketball season ended, Jesse kind of went downhill from there,” his mother, Ana, says. “I just knew he needed some kind of motivation. His pediatrician, Dr. (Jeff) Glass, told him that just like Jesse let Robert motivate him for basketball, let him motivate Jesse in other parts of his life, whether it’s school, graduation, college, whatever.”

At that time, there was no talk of football. Jesse hadn’t played since his freshman season. His mother and father had no reason to believe the gridiron would be part of Jesse’s plans.

Then the summer’s 7-on-7 season arrived, and Jesse told his parents he wanted to play.

“I never really liked football as much, but I wanted to play for my brother,” Jesse says. “He really liked watching me play football in the past, and I just wanted to honor him by playing this season for him.”

His dad, Jesus, was skeptical at first.

“He told me he was going to play, but he was talking about playing last year and he changed his mind,” Jesus says. “I just told him, ‘When I see you on the field, I’ll believe you.’ Then he went to practice one day, and I was just like, ‘Well, I guess he is going to play.’ I’m excited. Ever since he was in the seventh grade, you could see he had great hands and great speed.”

Ana says she, too, experienced some doubts — not about Jesse’s ability, but about his true desire to play a game he’d given up two years before.

Keuchel looks to help Astros take lead in ALDS over Royals

HOUSTON (AP) — Dallas Keuchel has been asked why he pitches so well at home so many times that on Saturday, when it was posed yet again, Houston’s ace had a little fun with the answer.

“Maybe it’s the temperature,” he said. “I don’t know the AC ... set on 71.”

Keuchel went 15-0 with a 1.46 ERA at Minute Maid Park this season, which is the best such mark in modern Major League history, eclipsing two pitchers for the Boston Red Sox, Boo Ferriss and Tex Hughson, who both went 13-0 in 1946.

On Sunday when the Astros host a playoff game for the first time since the 2005 World Series, Keuchel will try to extend the mark and give Houston a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five AL Division Series against Kansas City.

His franchise-record home winning streak is actually 16 games after he won his last home start of 2014, and his ERA in Houston is the lowest home ERA in the AL since former Astro Nolan Ryan had a 1.07 ERA in 1972.

This will be Keuchel’s second start in this postseason. He pitched six scoreless innings in a 3-0 win over the Yankees in the wild-card game to put the Astros in this series. Royals manager Ned Yost is well-acquainted with Keuchel and his work. He must think a lot of him, since as manager of the AL All-Star Game he named the 27-year-old his starter. Yost was also asked why he thinks Keuchel has been so dominant in Houston.

“He’s just good,” Yost said. “I mean, he’s just good. But you look at his home and away record, there’s quite a big difference in

that. But ... he just pitches good here. And sometimes there’s just no reason for it.”

Keuchel is one of the few remaining players who were around for the really tough times, playing through two of Houston’s 100-loss seasons before the Astros started to turn things around last year. Though they’ve already played three postseason games, suiting up for the first one at home adds a little something extra to Sunday’s game.

■■ CUBS 6, CARDINALS 3: ST. LOUIS — Kyle Hendricks and Addison Russell had successful squeeze bunts and Jorge Soler capped a five-run second with a two-run homer, and the Chicago Cubs held off the St. Louis Cardinals 6-3 on Saturday night to even their NL Division series at a game apiece.

the second half of Weeden’s first start after Romo’s injury. Then Drew Brees beat the Cowboys with an 80-yard touchdown on the second play of overtime for New Orleans.

Now Dallas gets the defending Super Bowl champs and their sixgame winning streak including the playoffs last season.

“We’ve got a resilient group of guys in this room, that last week’s last week,” said Weeden, who turns 32 next week but is making just his 24th career start; the four-time champ Brady completes

his second streak of 100 straight regular-season starts for the Patriots. “We’re on to the next one. This is another big challenge for us. We know that.”

While Romo lost Bryant to a broken right foot in the opener before sustaining his injury a week later, Brady and high-scoring favorite target Rob Gronkowski are at it again. They’ve connected on four touchdowns through three games for the league’s top offense in yardage and points. New England’s 88 first downs through three games are the most in NFL history.

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Manning and Fran Tarkenton as the only quarterbacks to get off to a 4-0 start at least four times in a career.

The Cowboys are just trying to find a way to win without Romo, who will miss at least four more games after this one with a broken left collarbone. Brandon Weeden is making his third start in Romo’s place, and has a personal 10-game losing streak that goes back to his time in Cleveland.

Dallas led Atlanta by two touchdowns three times before fading in

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Continued from Page 1C “I always wanted him to play just because I knew he had talent, but I also knew his passion for basketball,” Ana says. “I knew he didn’t have the same passion for football. I didn’t see the point in making him play something he didn’t want to play.

“The passion he had for basketball was the same passion Robert had for football.”

When the summer evolved into those brutal two-a-day practices, Jesse continued to surprise his family with his commitment. He kept pushing himself, eventually earning a starting position at wide receiver. Even now, through the mundane routines of practices, Jesse says he won’t allow himself any slack time.

“If I feel like that, I think of my brother, and how much he’d love being out there and how hard he’d be going,” Jesse says. “I push myself because of that.”

And rather than going through the motions, Jesse has made an impact in helping the ’Jacks to a 4-1 record. He has four touchdown catches in five games, including two scores last Friday against Corrigan-Camden. After each score, Jesse points to the sky — a gesture plenty of athletes perform, but few with the same meaning behind it.

It started with his first TD catch of the season, which Jesse says was his best moment among many this year.

“The first touchdown was an amazing feeling, and I pointed to the sky hoping Robert saw it,” Jesse says. “From that moment on, I knew I could do it.”

Jesse laughs, thinking of how his brother would likely talk some smack over the fact that as a defensive player, he never scored a touchdown, while his brother — the one who “didn’t really like football” — has scored four times already.

“Yeah, he’d probably give me a hard time about that,” Jesse says.

Another thought: With Jesse playing at such a high level, the

possibility exists for a potential scholarship offer to play a game he’d prefer not to play. What then?

“That would be a tough decision,” Jesse says. “I might have to tell Robert, ‘I gave you this one year, and that’s it.’”

——— There was never any danger of Robert’s memory fading around the Villanueva house. Not with Jesse spending every day — and every Friday night — paying tribute. Not with a beautiful piece of furniture created by one of Robert’s friends; it’s a table, and on the top, the hundreds who showed up for Robert’s funeral left their signatures, over which the friend placed a permanent finish. Not with the large portrait of Robert standing in the living room.

Not with 2-year-old Angel, Robert’s son, who Ana says looks and acts just like Robert. Not with daughter Christy Drayton and the other grandchildren: Jalen Drayton and Grantley Robert Villanueva.

Certainly not with the family’s faith, which Ana says has steered them through the worst of storms.

“One thing I know for sure, and what’s kept us all going, is God’s strength,” Ana says. “He’s given us the strength not to move on but to move forward, to live Robert’s memory out. We’ve learned to trust Him through everything, and it’s the only way we can get through it.”

Midway through the season, Jesse says keeping his brother close while trying to concentrate on the task at hand often proves a different type of challenge — one he hopes he’s both accepted and met.

“It’s hard,” Jesse acknowledges.

“I’m thinking about him the whole time I’m out there, wondering if he’s around watching me. I hope so.

“I pray he is, and I hope I’m making him proud.”

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

Tyler Luttrell, a former defensive end and linebacker at Langham Creek and Sam Houston State University, is another one of those players who is just looking for a way to keep playing football.

“One of the guys I played with at Sam Houston is on the team, and he told me about it, so I came and tried out,” Luttrell said. “I wanted to play at the next level, and obviously everybody wants to go to the NFL, but this gives me an

opportunity to keep playing even if I don’t make it to the league.”

The Timber Rattlers will hold anther tryout on Nov. 14. The season will begin on March 19, 2016.

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

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In the Class 1A-4A varsity girls race, Christina Hernandez easily cruised to a first-place finish with a time of 12:12, more than a minute less than the next closest runner.

“I know there is going to be bigger competition when it comes to regionals and state, so I was just trying to finish hard and act like I was running against them,” said Hernandez, who had to hurry to get to a band competition in Bridge City immediately following the race.

Hudson’s Emma Godfrey placed second with a time of 13:14. Hudson also had the fourth and fifth-place finishers — Natasha Carcano (13:32) and Tiffany Vargas (13:35).

Huntington’s Tamaar Humphries placed sixth with a time of 13:38. Zavalla’s Makaela Eastwood was ninth with a time of 13:59, and Hudson’s Tara Bentley placed 10th with a time of 13:59.

In the Class 1A-4A boys race, Warren’s William Pelt took first place with a time of 17:16.

Goodrich’s Isaih Garzon finished second with a time of 17:21. Goodrich also won the team title, edging out Huntington and Diboll.

Diboll’s Caleb Stewart was third with a time of 17:45, followed by Billy Poindexter, Broaddus, 17:52; Brad Simmons, Huntington, 17:58; Blain Quinney, Broaddus, 18:08; Cadebro Frank, Kirbyville, 18:13; Davante Hughes, Goodrich, 18:14; Patrick Flores, Zavalla, 18:17; and Jair

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Hudson’s Christina Hernandez gets ready to cross the finish line in first place in the Class 1A-4A varsity girls race in the Lufkin Coke Classic Saturday morning at Lufkin High School.

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Diboll’s Caleb Stewart gets ready to cross the finish line in third place in the Class 1A-4A varsity boys race in the Lufkin Coke Classic Saturday morning at Lufkin High School.

Ruiz, Diboll, 18:23, to round out the Top 10.

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

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Thursday, Oct. 8 Thursday’s Game Indianapolis Houston 8:25 p.m.

Indianapolis 27, Houstonat 20 Sunday, Oct. 11 Sunday’s Games Chicago atCity.

Kansas City 1 p.m.

Chicago at Kansas .........................................noon Seattle at Cincinnati 1 p.m.

St. Louis at Green Bay...........................................noon Washington at Atlanta 1 p.m.

Buffalo at Tennessee.............................................noon Jacksonville at Tampa Bay 1 p.m.

Seattle at Cincinnati..............................................noon New Orleans at Philadelphia 1 p.m.

Washington at Atlanta...........................................noon Baltimore 1 p.m.

JacksonvilleCleveland at TampaatBay. ....................................noon St. Louis at Green Bay 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Philadelphia................................noon Buffalo at Tennessee 1 p.m.

Cleveland at Baltimore..........................................noon Arizona at Detroit 4:05 p.m.

Arizona at Detroit..........................................3:05 p.m.

New England at Dallas 4:25 p.m. p.m.

Denver at Oakland........................................3:25 at Oakland 4:25 p.m.

New EnglandDenver at Dallas. .................................3:25 p.m.

SanatFrancisco at N.Y. Giants 8:30 p.m.

San Francisco N.Y. Giants.........................7:30 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 12 Minnesota, N.Y. Jets Open: Carolina, Miami, Pittsburgh at San Diego 8:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game Pittsburgh at San Diego................................7:30 p.m.

Bye: Carolina, Miami, Minnesota, N.Y. Jets

CAN’T MISS MATCHUPS Seattle (2–2) at Cincinnati (4–0) Perhaps beating the two-time defending NFC champs will convince critics these are not just the same old Bengals. Cincinnati gave up a lot of yards but kept Kansas City out of the end zone last week and never trailed. Seattle has struggled on offense, especially up front, but does it matter if the opponent can’t score?

The Seahawks defense has allowed just one field goal and no touchdowns in the two games since safety Kam Chancellor ended his holdout. In its last 20 defensive possessions, Seattle has forced 18 punts.

New England (3–0) at Dallas (2–2) The Cowboys are reeling without Tony Romo, and it doesn’t get any easier with a rested Patriots team coming to town. Brandon Weeden has actually been decent replacing Romo (108.8 passer rating), but the defense has let Dallas down. Opponents have ripped the Cowboys for 438 yards in each of the last two games. Tom Brady leads a New England offense that averages 446 yards and nearly 40 points per game.

DeMarcus Ware (94), Von Miller (58), Malik Jackson (97) and the Denver defense have keyed a 4–0 start.

FLIPPING THE SCRIPT While Manning struggles, defense keys fast start for Denver

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uick, name that NFL team: happening. And leading the charge on the field is veteran outside lineThey came into the season with big expectations, and they backer DeMarcus Ware, who leads the NFL with 4.5 sacks. are living up to them with a 4–0 start. They are undefeated deWare made the Pro Bowl last season after recording 10 sacks in his spite ranking 28th in total offense. The running game has been first year with Denver. In the nine seasons before that in Dallas, he went a huge disappointment (29th in the NFL), and the passing game hasn’t to seven Pro Bowls and four times was a first-team All-Pro — and he did been much better (25th). The quarterback was doubted by many coming some of his best work under Phillips. In the four seasons that Phillips was into the season and has done little to answer his critics, head coach of the Cowboys (2007-10), Ware averaged 15 ranking 25th in passer rating and 31st in yards per attempt. sacks and led the NFL twice.

The defense, on the other hand, is dominating. It ranks This season, Ware has at least one sack in every game first against the pass and first in total defense. It leads the and is on pace for his most tackles since his last All-Pro NFL with 18 sacks through four weeks, and only one team season in 2011. But he hasn’t been a one-man show. has forced more turnovers. In the season opener, the defense Linebacker Brandon Marshall is among the league leadscored this team’s only touchdown on an interception return. ers in tackles. Corner Aqib Talib has two interceptions and In Week 2, it produced the winning score on a fumble return. is among the top 10 in passes defensed. Safety T.J. Ward So, which team are we talking about? Before the seahad two sacks against Minnesota, including one that forced son, the above scenario seemed possible for several teams a fumble and sealed the three-point win in the final minute.

John Gworek ... Carolina, Buffalo, St. Louis, the New York Jets, maybe.

The Denver defense has smothered opponents consistently.

Athlon Sports Senior Editor The offense, on the other hand, is still trying to find its But the Denver Broncos? With legendary quarterback @JohnGworek way. Kubiak’s history suggested he would build a strong runPeyton Manning and new coach Gary Kubiak’s running ning game to take pressure off of Manning, but it hasn’t hapscheme that was supposed to open things up for the aging pened. While the Broncos appeared to finally bust out for 144 Manning? Yes, the Orange Crush is back. yards rushing against the Vikings, half of it came on one play.

Make no mistake, the Denver defense was far from a Take away that 72-yard touchdown by Ronnie Hillman, and Denver has weakness a year ago. While the Broncos finished in the middle of the 243 yards on its other 89 carries this season — 2.73 yards per rush. Startpack (16th) in scoring defense, they ranked third in total defense and tied ing running back C.J. Anderson, who averaged 104 yards in his last seven for ninth with 41 sacks. But, of course, Manning led a top-five offense games including playoffs last season, has 117 yards total so far in 2015. and threw 39 touchdowns; Denver’s identity was tied to his right arm.

As for Manning, he is on pace to throw for the fewest touchdowns in If that was going to change in 2015, most figured it would mean a more his career and his most interceptions since 2001. His yards per attempt is balanced offense under Kubiak with a strong running game. Few predictlower than it has ever been, and he’s on pace to be sacked more than ever ed that the defense would have to dominate while the offense struggled before. It’s only four games, but considering how 2014 ended, it’s fair to badly to adjust to a new system. wonder if he will ever produce like the Manning of old.

Under new defensive coordinator Wade Phillips, once fired after two Fortunately for the Broncos, he may not have to. seasons as Broncos head coach in the mid-1990s, that’s exactly what is

NUMBERS GAME

15.23 It doesn’t just seem like there are more flags on the field this season; there actually are more flags. Through three weeks, there were a record 733 penalties accepted according to NFL Penalty Tracker (nflpenalties.com). Teams kept up the pace with 227 more in Week 4, bringing the average to 15.23 accepted penalties per game. During the 2014 regular season, NFL games averaged 13.22 accepted penalties per game, the most for a full season since NFL Penalty Tracker began tracking flags in 2009.

POWER RANKINGS

OUTSIDE THE HUDDLE The Miami Dolphins became the first team to make a coaching change this season, firing Joe Philbin after Sunday’s 27–14 loss to the N.Y. Jets in London. The Dolphins have lost three in a row after winning their opener and have their bye this week before hitting the road for four of their next five games. Philbin departs with a 24–28 record in three-plus seasons. Tight ends coach Dan Campbell was named interim head coach. ...

On a Sunday when four PATs and six field goals inside of 40 yards were missed around the league, Kansas City kicker Cairo Santos had a career day. Santos went 7-for-7 on field goal attempts, including two 51-yarders, to account for all the Chiefs’ points in a 36–21 loss in Cincinnati. ... Then there was Pittsburgh’s Josh Scobee, who missed two field goals in the final three minutes Thursday

Pittsburgh (2–2) at San Diego (2–2) Is it too early to call this an important game in the AFC Wild Card race? Maybe not with these teams chasing unbeatens in their respective divisions. The Steelers especially need a win with Ben Roethlisberger still hurt and an 0–2 AFC record at this point. Philip Rivers and the Chargers must take care of the ball: San Diego ranks third in yards per game, but only three teams have more turnovers.

night against Baltimore. That allowed the Ravens to tie the game in the closing seconds and win in overtime. Scobee was released the next day. ...

One week after gaining just 9 yards on six carries in his NFL debut, Todd Gurley showed why the Rams chose him 10th overall in the draft. Gurley gashed the Cardinals for 146 yards on 19 carries as St. Louis handed Arizona its first loss. Gurley was at his best late, rushing for 106 yards in the fourth quarter, including 48 on the game’s final drive as the Rams ran out the clock on a 24–22 win. ...

Houston’s DeAndre Hopkins leads the NFL in receiving targets with 60 after being thrown to a whopping 22 times on Sunday in Atlanta. He caught nine of those passes for 157 yards. The last receiver targeted more than 22 times was the Falcons’ Roddy White (23 vs. Pittsburgh, Sept. 12, 2010).

Ready to cash in?

Carolina Panthers cornerback Josh Norman is slated to become an unrestricted free agent after the season, and it seems his price tag is getting higher with every game he plays. In Week 3, he preserved a 27–22 win over New Orleans with a late end zone interception. In Week 4 against Tampa Bay, Norman returned a first-quarter interception for a score — his second pick-6 of the season — and then added another interception in the fourth quarter. He leads the NFL with four interceptions and ranks second in passes defensed with eight.

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OUTDOORS Sharing your lunker

by Matt Williams For The Lufkin News Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Toyota ShareLunker program launched its 30th season on Oct. 1, summoning anglers to loan qualifying bass to the state for selective breeding and genetics research.

The high-profile program runs through April 30 each year.

Anglers who enter big bass are awarded free replica of their catch, ShareLunker memorabilia and nationwide recognition. The angler who turns over the biggest fish of the season is named Angler of the Year and wins a nice fishing tackle package including rods, reels, line and other gear. The AOY also wins a Lifetime Texas fishing license valued at $1,000, if he or she is a Texas resident.

Fish must be big to qualify for entry. That’s big, as in 13 pounds or more. Bass that size are mature females.

Additionally, the heavyweight bass must be deemed healthy enough to survive the rigors of relocation to the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens for spawning in a controlled environment. Biologists make the judgment call based on the condition of the fish when it is retrieved from the angler.

Love me tender Scientists have learned that survival odds are highly dependent on how a fish is handled after it is caught. Big bass weighing upwards of 13 pounds are the senior citizens of the water world, usually around 10 years old. Tough as they look, most big fish are very feeble and cannot take much abuse.

How long a fish is hauled around in a livewell, the position in which it is held for photos, and the amount of time that passes between when it is caught and turned over to well-trained hands can all have a huge bearing on survival chances.

And just because a fish appears healthy when it is picked up doesn’t mean it really is. Sometimes problems don’t begin showing up for several days after a fish is caught.

“These big bass are a lot like older people,” says TPWD fisheries biologist Tony Owens. “Some of them are really feeble and others are extremely tough. Each one is different. It’s best to handle them as little as possible and to contact us quickly as possible after the fish is caught.”

Last season was one of the worst years on record for ShareLunker.

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Only six fish were turned in. Sadly, four of them died at the TFFC. One of the casualties weighed 15.18 pounds and another weighed 14.3 pounds. Post-mortem exams showed both fish had broken jaws, which likely contributed to the stress of the whole process.

The right genes TPWD isn’t picky about where it gets its ShareLunkers so long as the fish are caught legally between Oct. 1 and April 30 from Texas waters, public or private. However, the agency is super choosy about the genetics of its hatchery brood stock.

The only fish used for selective breeding are those with pure Florida genes. The belief is that pure Florida bass provide the best potential for producing offspring with superior genetics.

Each fish undergoes genetics testing soon after it arrives at the TFFC. If DNA testing determines a ShareLunker to be an intergrade (Florida/native cross), the bass is promptly returned to the lake from which it was caught without any attempt to spawn it, regardless of how big it is.

Several fish weighing upwards of 14 pounds, including two 16 pounders, have been turned away from the spawning phase of the program over the last few years because they were not pure Floridas. Former inland fisheries director Gary Saul once told me he’d rather have a 6-pound pure Florida bass for a brood fish than 15-pound intergrade, any day.

TPWD says it is important not to contaminate their pure Florida brood stock with hybrid genes.

Plus, the department claims hatchery space is already too cramped to keep intergrades and their offspring segregated.

I’ve often wondered if the department might change that stance to accommodate a new state record that turned out to be an intergrade. Interestingly, TPWD inland fisheries chief Craig Bonds says no.

“Our current policy is to only spawn pure Florida largemouth bass ShareLunkers, even if a new state record was donated,” Bonds said. “The science clearly demonstrates that offspring of pure Floridas have much greater chance of attaining the largest sizes.

However, we would want to learn as much as possible from a fish of that size and promote her visibility in the eyes of the public.”

Anglers who donate fish to the program have a say in what is done with their fish after the spawning process is complete.

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Left: Veteran fisheries biologist Tony Owens is the current point man with the TPWD ShareLunker program as the search is underway for a new TFFC director and hatchery manager. Above: Between now and April 30, anglers are encouraged to turn over Texas-caught big bass to the state for spawning and genetics research. Currently in its 30th season, the program is coming off one of its worst years ever as six entries were turned in, four of which died at the program headquarters. Among the casualties was Shannon Elvington’s 15.18 pounder caught from Lake Ray Roberts.

Most choose to release the fish back into its home lake; a few elect to display the the fish at TFFC. The selective breeding of ShareLunkers takes place in indoor raceways. The female lunkers are paired with hand-picked males whose ancestors were ShareLunkers.

Once fertilized, the eggs are removed and hatched in separate raceways. The fry are temporarily placed in growing ponds. Some of the fish are retained for research purposes, while the remainder are divided among the lakes that produced fish for the current year.

Looking for answers TPWD has attempted several research experiments with ShareLunker prodigy, but not all of them have been well received.

The department got itself into somewhat of a public relations pickle in July 2014 when word leaked out that ShareLunker crews stocked more than 7,400 of the state’s rare fish in a intensively managed private lake in Webb County that in no way simulates a public reservoir setting. While there was nothing illegal about the deal, it certainly didn’t look very good that the stocking was authorized without advertising it to

TPWD constituents beforehand.

The program took another hit when Dallas Morning News outdoors writer Ray Sasser penned a follow-up story exposing the fact that ShareLunker offspring had been released for research in two private lakes owned by a former TPWD Commission Chairman.

One of the meaningful ShareLunker studies was initiated in 2005, when the department released a bunch of advanced growth offspring into six public lakes including Mill Creek, Pinkston, Meridian State Park, Raven, Purtis Creek and Marine Creek. The purpose was to compare four-year growth rates between the ShareLunker offspring and wild resident fish.

The ShareLunker offspring were tagged for easy identification. The six lakes were evaluated in 2009-10 using electrofishing gear to collect fish.

Nearly six years later the full results of the five-year study have yet to be published, but Bonds says they are coming.

An executive summary of the study indicates that the ShareLunker offspring weighed about about seven ounces heavier than wild fish of the same age and were slightly longer. Researchers called

the weight difference “statistically significant,” but pointed out that they were unsure if the advanced growth of the ShareLunker fish may have given them a competitive advantage over wild fish while feeding.

The summary also points out that ShareLunker offspring are typically pure Florida fish, whereas resident fish are usually hybrids. In time, a new research project launched in 2013 should resolve whether ShareLunker offspring perform any better than the pure FLMB fish produced in TPWD’s regular hatchery production, according to the document.

“Finally, we do not know if the four-year-old ShareLunker offspring in this study will maintain their size advantage and ultimately reach larger maximum sizes than resident wild fish,” the paper says. “Genetic testing of fish donated to the ShareLunker program will be able to identify whether any of the ShareLunker offspring used in this study are returned through future donation to the ShareLunker program.”

If there are, it won’t be the first time a fish with ShareLunker DNA has been documented.

In 2013, Lane Kruse of Garrison caught a 12.54 pounder from Lake Naconiche that scientists identified as the prodigy of a 14.28 ShareLunker caught from Lake Falcon in 2004. The Naconiche fish was stocked in 2009.

In July 2013, a 10.3 pounder was caught from Marine Creek Reservoir. The eight-year-old bass was traced back to a 14.48 pounder caught at Lake Conroe in 2006.

Leadership changes coming Only time will tell what type of season the ShareLunker program will have in 2015-16. In a normal year entries begin trickling in during early winter with the biggest flurries in spring, when large females move shallow to spawn.

March has produced 239 of the 563 ShareLunker entries since 1987, more than any other month. February is second with 130 entries. October has produced only 7.

In the meantime, TPWD leaders in Austin are busy conducting job interviews that will ultimately bring in some fresh faces to the TFFC to replace the ones that are no longer there as the result of retirement or dismissal.

TFFC director Alan Forshage retired last April and hatchery manager Jim Mathews announced his retirement in June.

The most recent change in personnel came on Oct. 2, when fisheries biologist and ShareLunker caretaker Juan Martinez separated from the department.

Owens, a 28-year veteran fisheries biologist, is currently working in unison with freshwater hatchery chief Todd Engling to conduct day-to-day operations at TFFC until a new facility director and hatchery manager are hired.

Hopefully, help will arrive before the fat girls come rolling in.

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

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Warm with plenty of sun Winds: S 4-8 mph Probability of Precip: 0%

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Partly cloudy Winds: S 3-6 mph

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Location

Partly sunny, very warm and more humid Winds: SSW 6-12 mph Probability of Precip: 25%

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RealFeel: 63°

Winds: NNE 6-12 mph Probability of Precip: 0%

RealFeel: 88°

WEDNESDAY

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Probability of Precip: 5%

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RealFeel: 55°

Very warm with plenty of sunshine Winds: ENE 4-8 mph Probability of Precip: 5%

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RealFeel: 92°

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Henderson 89/67 Jacksonville 89/70 Palestine 91/71

Center 88/65

Rusk 89/69

Nacogdoches 88/62

Full

Crockett 91/68

San Augustine 87/63 LUFKIN 89/63

Trinity 91/69 Huntsville 91/70 Livingston 89/65

Diboll 88/65

Jasper 88/64 Woodville 88/65

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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Oct 12

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Current

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RealFeel: 55°

Very warm with plenty of sunshine

RealFeel: 93°

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Winds: ENE 3-6 mph

THURSDAY

Sam Rayburn Res. B.A. Steinhagen Lake Nacogdoches Toledo Bend Res. Lake Tyler Lake Palestine Lake Livingston Cedar Creek Res. Lake Conroe

Sunrise today ............................ 7:19 a.m.

Sunset tonight ........................... 6:52 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................... 6:05 a.m.

Moonset today .......................... 6:19 p.m.

Mostly sunny

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REGIONAL CITIES

Statistics as of 7 a.m. Saturday

RealFeel: 64°

RealFeel: 96°

Lufkin through 7 p.m. yesterday Temperature High/low temperature .................. 85°/63° Normal high/low ........................... 82°/57° Record high ........................... 97° in 1931 Record low ............................. 35° in 1908

LAKE LEVELS

Probability of Precip: 5%

MONDAY

REGIONAL MAP Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Precipitation 24 hours ending 7 p.m. yest. ........... none Month to date .................................. none Normal month to date ...................... 1.33” Year to date ................................... 48.75” Normal year to date ....................... 36.00”

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The solunar period schedule allows planning days so you will be fishing in good territory or hunting in good cover during those times. Major periods begin at the times shown and last for 1.5 to 2 hours. The minor periods are shorter.

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Round Rock Cedar Ridge 38, Pflugerville 9 SA Johnson 39, SA Roosevelt 13 SA Northside Clark 41, SA Northside Marshall 6 SA Northside Taft 42, SA Northside Jay 7 SA Reagan 56, SA Madison 27 SA South San Antonio 34, CC Ray 31 San Benito 22, Harlingen 21 Schertz Clemens 20, New Braunfels Canyon 17 South Grand Prairie 38, Grand Prairie 6 Southlake Carroll 52, N. Richland Hills 21 The Woodlands 28, The Woodlands College Park 0 Wolfforth Frenship 30, Lubbock Monterey 17 CLASS 5A A&M Consolidated 30, Bryan 21 Aledo 35, Everman 14 Alice 42, CC Moody 0 Amarillo Caprock 42, Amarillo Palo Duro 35 Angleton 55, Rosenberg Terry 18 Austin Reagan 27, Bastrop 15 Austin Vandegrift 63, Cedar Park Vista Ridge 55 Azle 27, Wichita Falls 23 Bastrop Cedar Creek 23, Austin Lanier 7 Baytown Goose Creek 38, Baytown Lee 25 Beaumont Ozen 34, Vidor 21 Boerne-Champion 63, SA Kennedy 0 Brownsville Pace 26, PSJA 22 Burleson 69, Joshua 24 Burleson Centennial 34, Crowley 0 Canutillo 52, EP Andress 7 Canyon Randall 49, Hereford 0 Carrollton Creekview 31, North Dallas 0 CC Calallen 57, CC Miller 6 Cedar Park 51, Leander 14 Cleburne 65, Granbury 37 College Station 86, Livingston 23 Corsicana 35, Nacogdoches 17 Dallas Adams 53, Dallas Hillcrest 9 Dallas South Oak Cliff 77, Dallas Samuell 7 Dallas Wilson 35, Carrollton Smith 28, 2OT Dayton 41, Humble Kingwood Park 35 Denton 47, FW Brewer 37 Donna 28, Mercedes 21 Dripping Springs 56, Georgetown East View 21 Edcouch-Elsa 49, Donna North 10 El Paso 28, EP Irvin 20 El Paso Eastlake 42, EP Bel Air 28 Ennis 43, Whitehouse 21 EP Chapin 59, EP Bowie 6 EP Del Valle 33, EP Ysleta 17 EP Jefferson 35, EP Austin 7 EP Parkland 28, Clint Horizon 13 Fort Bend Elkins 21, Fort Bend Willowridge 0 Fort Bend Ridge Point 49, Santa Fe 7 Frisco Heritage 66, Frisco Independence 7 Frisco Liberty 28, Little Elm 0 Frisco Lone Star 28, Frisco Centennial 14 Frisco Wakeland 56, Lewisville The Colony 21 FW Carter-Riverside 34, FW Polytechnic 0

FW North Side 15, FW Western Hills 7 FW South Hills 35, FW Trimble Tech 7 Georgetown 45, Marble Falls 7 Grapevine 55, FW Dunbar 13 Greenville 21, Sulphur Springs 13 Hallsville 24, Mount Pleasant 7 Houston Strake Jesuit 36, Katy Taylor 26 Houston Stratford 38, Brenham 14 Huntsville 56, Conroe Caney Creek 0 Kerrville Tivy 52, Lockhart 17 Lancaster 50, Red Oak 6 Laredo Martin 24, Laredo Cigarroa 17 Lindale 35, Jacksonville 28 Lubbock Cooper 59, San Angelo Lake View 20 Lucas Lovejoy 27, McKinney North 20 Magnolia 42, Tomball 28 Manor 57, Elgin 22 Mansfield Lake Ridge 49, Mansfield Timberview 24 Mansfield Legacy 51, Arlington Seguin 41 Mansfield Summit 43, Waxahachie 42 Marshall 28, Longview 25 McKinney 42, Sherman 18 Mesquite Poteet 58, Forney 34 Nederland 35, Beaumont Central 20 New Caney 58, Galena Park 25 Port Neches-Groves 42, Lumberton 35 Richmond George Ranch 35, Richmond Foster 28 Rockwall-Heath 48, North Forney 16 SA Alamo Heights 42, Seguin 7 SA Edison 17, SA Lanier 6 SA McCollum 48, SA Jefferson 28 Saginaw Boswell 26, Saginaw 21 San Marcos 34, Floresville 14 Seagoville 55, Dallas Adamson 7 Somerset 23, SA Southside 16 South Garland 62, Royse City 34 Temple 69, Pflugerville Connally 14 Terrell 30, West Mesquite 9 Texarkana Texas 38, Longview Pine Tree 16 Texas City 29, Galveston Ball 22 Tomball Memorial 23, Waller 20 Tyler 41, Lufkin 38 Victoria East 49, Gregory-Portland 21 Victoria West 42, CC Tuloso-Midway 0 Waco 35, Hutto 28 Weslaco East 28, Edinburg Economedes 7 WF Rider 37, FW Chisholm Trail 29 Willis 52, Bryan Rudder 20 Wylie 31, Denison 21 Wylie East 32, Prosper 31 CLASS 4A Andrews 42, Clint Mountain View 8 Argyle 63, Carrollton Ranchview 7 Athens 33, Van 28 Atlanta 53, Texarkana Pleasant Grove 31 Aubrey 41, Bonham 23 Beeville Jones 32, Robstown 14 Bellville 33, Brookshire Royal 0 Borger 27, Lubbock Estacado 7 Brownsboro 29, Tyler Chapel Hill 14 Brownwood 33, Stephenville 6 Bullard 47, Emory Rains 10 Caldwell 56, Salado 13 Carthage 35, Henderson 15 Celina 52, Anna 0 Center 56, Longview Spring Hill 10 China Spring 42, Burnet 20 Cleveland Tarkington 41, Huntington 20 Clint 24, Fabens 22 Coldspring-Oakhurst 48, Shepherd 38

Cuero 28, Yoakum 18 Dalhart 27, Iowa Park 21 Dallas Lincoln 44, Dallas Roosevelt 0 Dallas Madison 35, Venus 34 Decatur 55, Burkburnett 27 Devine 40, Crystal City 8 Diboll 28, Madisonville 21 El Campo 56, Needville 26 EP Hanks 32, EP Riverside 25 Fairfield 49, Waco Connally 35 Fredericksburg 34, Bandera 20 Geronimo Navarro 70, Lytle 0 Gilmer 60, Melissa 0 Gladewater 51, Tatum 12 Godley 20, Ferris 13 Gonzales 46, Pleasanton 28 Graham 42, Gainesville 0 Houston Kashmere 64, Houston Scarborough 0 Houston King 35, Barbers Hill 31 Houston North Forest 69, Houston Austin 0 Houston Wheatley 40, Houston Furr 20 Huffman Hargrave 45, Splendora 14 Jasper 48, Bridge City 47 Kaufman 40, Crandall 0 Kennedale 51, Springtown 7 Kilgore 51, Palestine 0 Krum 40, Bridgeport 14 La Feria 27, Rio Grande City Grulla 7 La Grange 56, Smithville 13 La Vernia 51, Rockport-Fulton 12 Lake Worth 21, FW Castleberry 7 Levelland 62, Seminole 0 Liberty Hill 31, Fischer Canyon Lake 7 Little Cypress-Mauriceville 55, Cleveland 6 Lorena 17, Groesbeck 14 Mexia 47, Rusk 21 Midland Greenwood 53, Lamesa 0 Mineral Wells 64, WF Hirschi 37 Mission Memorial 34, Roma 3 Monahans 48, Pecos 28 Navasota 70, Houston Sterling 6 Orange Grove 65, Raymondville 0 Orangefield 24, Sour Lake HardinJefferson 23 Pearsall 34, Carrizo Springs 13 Perryton 34, Bushland 28 Pittsburg 49, Paris North Lamar 28 Port Isabel 33, Progreso 13 Princeton 50, Quinlan Ford 7 Rio Hondo 26, CC West Oso 0 Robinson 21, Lampasas 14 Sanger 38, Dallas Carter 12 Sealy 55, Houston Washington 6 Sinton 35, Jourdanton 8 Snyder 49, Big Spring 41 Stafford 34, Bay City 14 Sweetwater 44, Fort Stockton 0 Taylor 42, Boerne 28 Texarkana Liberty-Eylau 52, Paris 38 Waco La Vega 42, Gatesville 21 West Columbia 21, Freeport Brazosport 14 West Orange-Stark 49, Liberty 0 Wharton 49, Columbus 21 Wills Point 17, Mabank 7 Wilmer-Hutchins 38, Dallas Pinkston 0 Wimberley 24, Llano 0 Zapata 27, Hidalgo 13 CLASS 3A Alba-Golden 14, Edgewood 13 Altair Rice 30, Hempstead 26 Aransas Pass 20, Falfurrias 6 Ballinger 61, Coahoma 7 Banquete 40, Skidmore-Tynan 25 Big Lake Reagan County 28, Alpine 20 Big Sandy Harmony (Gilmer) 39,

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sunday, october 11, 2015 the lufkin news

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business the motley fool

The triumph of the abused and useless

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very innovation that changed the world started out with people asking: Why would I ever need this?

When the Wright Brothers built the first airplane, few were impressed. Same with the steam morgan housel engine, the car, penicillin, the computer, the Internet and the laser. Everything is obvious in hindsight, but what becomes life-changing usually looks ridiculous at first glance.

Take the telephone, invented in the 1870s. It seems crazy that anyone could look at an early telephone and not instantly see it as groundbreaking and useful. But that’s exactly what happened.

In his excellent book “At Home,” Bill Bryson wrote: “When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876, no one anywhere, Bell included, saw its full potential. Many didn’t see any potential for it at all. Executives from Western Union famously dismissed the phone as ‘an electrical toy.’ ...

All Bell did really was put together existing technologies. The components necessary to make telephones had existed for thirty years, and the principles were understood.”

This is common with inventions.

Most inventors are impassioned tinkerers. Rarely do they have a map outlining exactly what they’re after, especially in the early years. Thomas Edison was “so smitten with the idea of progress that he invented things without having any idea whether or not those things would be of any use,” Bryson writes. “Nobody was better (or worse, depending on how you choose to view it) at inventing things that had no obvious need or purpose.” Building is done by trial and error. Breakthroughs come serendipitously and in ugly, rickety stages. That’s almost how it has to happen when there’s no instruction manual for what you’re doing.

The result is a lot of early inventions look like toys, because in the early stages that’s exactly what they are. It leaves them prone to ridicule by those lacking the imagination to see past the toy stage.

Even when an invention is refined and starts to look like something useful, its power is rarely appreciated.

Here’s how the early telephone was received, according to Bryson: “Displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in the summer of 1876, (the telephone) attracted little attention. Most visitors were far more impressed by an electric pen ...

Phones were originally seen as providing services — weather reports, stock market news, fire alarms, musical entertainment, even lullabies to soothe restless babies. Nobody saw them as being used primarily for gossip, social intercourse or keeping in touch with friends and family.

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STEPHANIE STEVENS/The Lufkin News

Pilot Flying J opened its newest travel center Sept. 18 at 1920 E. Denman Ave. in Lufkin.

Pilot Flying J opens Lufkin travel center

By STEPHANIE STEVENS The Lufkin News Pilot Flying J, the largest operator of travel centers in North America, opened its newest travel center Sept. 18 at 1920 E. Denman Ave. “We’re thrilled that our new travel center will serve the Lufkin community, as well as contribute to the local economy,” Pilot Flying J CEO Jimmy Haslam said. “We hope local residents and those traveling through the Angelina County area and along U.S. highways 59 and 69 will enjoy the convenience and ameni-

ties of our Pilot Travel Center.”

The new Pilot Travel Plaza, located off Loop 287 and U.S. 69, features many amenities, including five gasoline and seven diesel lanes with high-speed pumps for quicker refueling; Cinnabon; PJ Fresh; casual food offerings, including roasted chicken, meatloaf, pizza, soup, salads, sandwiches and hot dogs; coffee and cappuccino selections; and everyday products for quick shopping needs.

The Plaza also brings a new restaurant to Lufkin — Moe’s Southwest Grill, the fast-casual restaurant best known for creating burritos to order with fresh,

dining

flavorful ingredients.

“We are excited to offer travelers a dining option that can be created to order with quick service for our rest stop guests who are on the go,” Kane Summers, assistant manager, said.

Summers said there are three things Moe’s newbies should know: The crew will cry “welcome to Moe’s” when you walk in the door (don’t be jolted — it’s normal), the most popular burrito is lovingly called the Homewrecker, and Moe’s Famous Queso is famous for a reason.

With ingredients like all-natural

chicken, grass-fed steak, organic tofu and handcrafted guacamole, Moe’s offers a wide variety of burritos, tacos, quesadilla, nachos, stacks, taco salads and more. With every meal, guests are served free chips and salsa.

The Lufkin Moe’s will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week. For more information, guests may visit moes.com.

The Lufkin Pilot Travel Center honors the MyRewards loyalty card, through which members can earn in-store retail and restaurant discounts.

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

health care

Lufkin urologist performs first-of-its-kind surgery CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial

McDonald’s makes all-day breakfast a reality for fans

By STEPHANIE STEVENS The Lufkin News Customers have been asking for allday breakfast for years, and the McDonald’s Corp. has finally decided to make it a reality.

As of Oct. 7, the two freestanding McDonald’s restaurants in Lufkin serve specific breakfast items all day.

The items include: sausage muffin, sausage egg muffins, egg muffin, breakfast burrito, hotcakes, hotcakes with sausage, oatmeal and the big breakfast, which includes eggs, sausage, hash browns and hotcakes. The restaurants also have hash browns, orange juice and coffee.

This is the soft launch, according to Troy Schuster of T. Schuster Enterpris-

es.

“They will run this and as they slowly get the system acclimated, they will add more menu products,” he said. “We use real whole cracked eggs, and so we have to break it into the system slowly. ... This is a big project and big investment for us.”

The McDonald’s inside Walmart is not currently serving all-day breakfast items.

“It is too small and it became a food safety issue to try and do, though corporate is working on a solution for a smaller footprint,” Schuster said.

Schuster said some customers have been asking why they are not serving biscuits all day.

SEE BREAKFAST, PAGE 3D

Through a first-of-its-kind surgical procedure, a Lufkin urologist has given quality of life back to an Angelina County woman and hopes to provide others with the same kind of relief. Using an innovative procedure, an amniotic membrane and robotic technology at CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial, Dr. David Price, a board-certified urologist, successfully repaired a complex bladder problem in a way no one has done before.

After being diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014, Julia Hardin, 66, suffered for more than six months from constant, uncontrollable urinary incontinence following a complete hysterectomy, chemotherapy and radiation. The embarrassment, odor and stress were taking a toll on the Huntington woman.

“I didn’t want to go anywhere; I couldn’t go anywhere because I was always worried about leaking,” Hardin said. “I have a son, and he’s into football and taekwondo. I wanted to go, sit and watch him like any other mom, but I was always self-conscious.”

The patient had developed a vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). A VVF is a hole located between the bladder and vaginal wall allowing a continuous involuntary discharge of urine. VVFs can cause emotional trauma and severe

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The First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Good manners, politeness are learned traits A good friend of mine posted something on her Facebook page the other day that really got me to thinking. She wrote, “When did drivers stop waving thank you when you let them cut in front of you?”

My first thought was, “Well, maybe they aren’t from neice bell Texas.”

I’m just saying that I have found that the majority of Texans are pretty polite and have better manners than most. I can say that because I’m a Texan. However that’s not really the answer.

What has happened to manners, politeness and common courtesy everywhere?

I was taught from a very early age to say “yes ma’am” and “no sir” to my elders and my superi-

ors and I still do.

If I didn’t say it as a child, I was quickly reminded by my mom or dad to correct my mistake, which was usually followed by a swat to my backside.

Enough of those and you don’t forget too often.

I’ve been told that it’s a Southern thing or a military thing — both of which I grew up with.

I always thought it was just being polite.

Unfortunately I don’t hear to many kids using it anymore — but when I do I think their parents must be doing a good job raising them.

My husband has always opened my car door for me, without fail. He has also taught our two sons to do the same. My daughters tell me that guys just don’t do that anymore. Why? Mostly I blame this trend on the parents. If you aren’t practicing manners and politeness neither will your kids. They are watching your every move and want to be just like you.

So if you’re a big jerk, it’s a good possibility that

The Associated Press Today is Sunday, Oct. 11, the 284th day of 2015. There are 81 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Ot. 11, 1890, the Daughters of the American Revolution was founded in Washington, D.C. On this date: In 1779, Polish nobleman Casimir Pulaski, fighting for American independence, died two days after being wounded during the Revolutionary War Battle of Savannah, Georgia.

Neice Bell is the publisher of The Lufkin News.

Her email address is nbell@lufkindailynews.com.

Stopping school shootings

Now that the Benghazi Committee has succeeded in debasing Hillary Clinton, could they help reduce the frequency of mass shootings of school students?

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your kids will be the same.

The entertainer, Fred Astaire, once said, “The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.”

Manners and politeness are learned, they aren’t hereditary. You are not born knowing to say thank you or to open a car door or to give your seat to a lady. Common courtesy says a lot about the type of person you are. It’s easy to be rude. It take some effort to be kind and polite.

I think we all need to put a little more effort into the type of person we are and the example we are setting for our children.

Good manners are appreciated by most everyone — not just Texans.

This world would be a better place if drivers would just wave thank you when you let them cut in front of you.

LETTERs TO THE EDITOR

Ride-share companies seem ideal for city like Lufkin, which could use more transportation options

here’s a reason you don’t see many taxis driving the streets of Lufkin.

There aren’t many.

As far as we can tell, there are just two single-driver taxi companies in Lufkin — Hughes Cab Company and Genesis Taxicab. And while the service those two companies offer may be fine, the truth is that neither is available at all times.

Lufkin is fortunate, for a city its size, to have its own public transportation system, with two Brazos Transit Authority routes that cover most of the major shopping and medical spots across town, along with a route that goes to Diboll and back. The buses are a great deal at $1.50 each way, but they too are limited in the times they run (weekdays only, 5 a.m.-7 p.m.) and the places they go.

For a number of reasons — from people who stay out drinking too late and don’t have a designated driver to people who fly into Angelina County for business meetings or come here for events like the Neches River Rendezvous — it seems clear that Lufkin could use more transportation options. And, for a number of reasons — namely, the ease of setup, use and payment — it sure appears to us that Lufkin could benefit from a service like Uber or Lyft.

You may have seen commercials for one of the services. As someone needing a ride, you simply use an app on your smartphone to look for a driver and say you need a ride.

The GPS in your phone tells the driver where you are and helps calculate the cost of the ride before you even take it; and, of course, you can pay directly on your phone without having to exchange with the person.

The ride-share services, as they’re called, have gotten a bit of bad press, typically in regard to upset owners of taxi companies but also because of some alleged criminal activity. Both Uber and Lyft, however, have worked out deals to operate in most of the nation’s big cities, and both claim to do rigorous criminal background checks.

The ride-share companies seem perfectly suited for New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Houston, Austin and other metropolises across the nation, but we believe at least a handful of drivers could make a living — or even a side job — in a place like Lufkin, where so many people need rides to see the doctor, go out to eat, go to the grocery store or get home from the bar.

That’s why we encourage anyone to whom the prospect of offering others a ride sounds fulfilling will look into becoming a driver for one of the big ride-sharing services. You can find much more information online at uber.com or lyft.com. At some point, we believe, one of those companies will be operating here; the sooner, the better.

“Uber is expanding to new cities nearly every day,” Uber, which was founded in 2009, states on its website. “We’re currently in more than 100 cities worldwide. If Uber isn’t in your area yet, the simple act of signing up will help bring us to you even faster.”

Even as the kinks are still being worked out, ride-sharing is wildly popular in America’s urban areas. We see no reason why the service can’t be successful in its rural ones, as well.

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A few days ago someone removed the “Jesus is Lord” cross from my front yard. I placed it there several months ago as my statement of faith in Jesus, and in what He did for me through His death and Resurrection.

The cross has been replaced. I hope this one is left where I placed it. I’m praying that those who see it will discover the hope and joy that they too can find by placing their trust in Jesus.

Also, I want to thank the people who are making and distributing these crosses. They are available free at most churches in our area.

Dianne S. Kondroik, Lufkin

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he calendar has rolled over to October, and October has brought with it welcome relief from the heat of the past few months. The Capitol is mostly quiet during these fall months, as most legislators are back in their districts.

However, the constitutional trent ashby amendments election is right around the corner, on Nov. 3, and as we look forward to that, here is an update from your Texas Capitol.

A bill and some change. In the recent past, there have been a handful of high-profile instances in which certain state agencies have had their contracting practice brought into question.

In an effort to guard against future fraud, waste and abuse in state contracting, the Legislature passed Senate Bill 20 during this past session.

This bill will ensure that large government contracts are audited regularly, thereby helping the public know that their tax dollars are being spent efficiently and effectively.

These audits will be submitted to the Legislature for oversight, and will be made available to the public for those who are interested. I believe this bill will help make our state’s agencies more lean and efficient, and will help state government better serve all Texans, and I am proud to have supported it.

Your elected officials Let your elected officials know what you think. Here is contact information for each.

(202) 224-5922 U.S. White House cruz.senate.gov Comment Line (202) 456-1111 U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert 2234 Rayburn HOB Gov. Greg Abbott Room 200, State Capitol Washington, D.C. 20515 (202) 225-3035 Austin, TX 78701 gohmert.house.gov (800) 252-9600 (512) 463-2000 State Sen. Robert Nichols gov.texas.gov/ P.O. Box 12068 Austin, TX 78711 Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (512) 463-0103 Capitol Station robert.nichols@senate.

P.O. Box 12068 state.tx.us Austin, TX 78711 202 E. Pilar, Room 208 (512) 463-0001 Nacogdoches, TX 75961 ltgov.state.tx.us (936) 564-4252 U.S. Sen. John Cornyn State Rep. Trent Ashby 517 Hart, Senate Room E2414 Office Building Capitol Extension Washington, D.C. 20510 P.O. Box 2910 (202) 224-2934 Austin, TX 78768 cornyn.senate.gov/ (512) 463-0508 Tyler office: house.state.tx.us/ (903) 593-0902 members/memberpage/?district=57 U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz Dirksen Senate Building, 2915 Atkinson Drive Lufkin, TX 75901 Suite SDB-40B (936) 634-2762 Washington, D.C. 20510

Constitutional amendments: Part 6 of 7.

Continuing our seven-part series, we will be taking an in-depth look at the sixth proposed constitutional amendment leading up to the constitutional amendments election on Nov. 3.

Proposition 6 on this November’s ballot constitutionally guarantees the right to hunt and fish in Texas. Throughout the country there are a few groups who have made it their singular effort to limit and ban hunting wherever possible. While these extremist groups have found limited success in other states, Prop 6 will ensure that they cannot find any success in Texas.

This constitutional amendment will not affect any current hunting, fishing or trespassing laws, but it will protect the rich hunting and fishing heritage that Texans have enjoyed for generations. I was proud to author the legislation, which ultimately passed to put Prop 6 on the ballot. I believe this is an important issue, and one which we should all support.

Early voting will be from Oct. 19 through Oct. 30. If you have any questions regarding any of the proposed amendments, please call my office at (512) 463-0508. We will be glad to help you navigate the process.

Reminders. The mobile office will be back for this month, from 8:30-11 a.m. Oct. 21 at the Houston County Courthouse Annex and then from 1:30-4 p.m. at the Trinity County Courthouse Annex. It will then be in San Augustine from 8:30-11 p.m. Oct. 28 at the San Augustine County Courthouse. We hope to see you there.

Trent Ashby is the state representative for District 57 that includes Angelina, Houston, Leon, Madison, San Augustine and Trinity counties. His email address is trent.ashby@house.state.tx.us. He and his staff are available during the week at (512) 463-0508 or 634-2762.

Have your say To submit a letter to the editor, bring it to us at 300 Ellis Ave. in downtown Lufkin, mail it to P.O. Box 1089, Lufkin, TX 75902-1089, or visit an easyto-use form at lufkindailynews.com/letters. Or you can email your letter to aadams@lufkindailynews.com.

Please limit your letters to 350 words.

Be sure to include a daytime telephone number on your letter.

All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity, and unsigned letters will not be used. We will only publish one letter per writer during a 30-day period.

MALLARD FILLMORE

I just want to thank all those who came out to answer the call for the church to pray for the workers in the Angelina County courthouse. I was not disappointed when not man showed.

I remember (Gen. 18: 23-32) attest there were more than 10 and I have faith that God heard and will bless those that work there.

The church calls out believers in Jesus the Christ of God. There are many buildings that people attend, but the church is one body in Christ made up by those who have repented and been baptized in the name of Jehovah the Father, the name of Jesus, the Son, and the name of Christ, the Holy Spirit. (Ps. 83: 18) (Matt 1:21) (I Peter 1:11).

All those that know me know that I am a devout Christian and although the world can’t see the church that it is still alive because Jesus said so. (Matt. 16-18). I must admit some that attend the building do just like the world says that they dress, smoke, drink gamble, shack, steal and cheat, but they keep going to the building and we the church keep lifting up Jesus. (John 12-32) Now to our government the Constitution didn’t have guns with the firepower they are using today to kill our men, women and children. My father in 1900 had a rifle that shot one bullet at a time and he killed enough game for us to eat. Nor was gays out of the closet to force Christians to do things against their belief. God is not pleased. You don’t want to make God mad, remember Sodom and Gomorrah. Please stop before it is too late. God please bless the United States of America. Guns can’t protect you if it is your time ( Ps. 127:1).

Ann Shelton, Lufkin

headlines IN Local HISTORY October 11

One year ago ■ Angelina County Jail initiates Ebola screenings. The plan is designed to prevent anyone from being admitted who displays symptoms or has fever.

■ Lufkin Art Guild’s Fall Show opens at Abram’s in downtown Lufkin. Community members and artists peruse a room full of masterpieces.

Ten years ago ■ The Crimestoppers of Lufkin golf team wins first place in the Rusk Crimestoppers Golf Tournament. Team members include Connie Kennedy, Greg Denman, Roy Reyes and Travis Strickland.

■ With an additional five screens and a seating capacity of 1,389, Lufkin Mall 9 is ready for the holidays.

Thirty years ago ■ Marvin Hahn is named chief appraiser of Angelina County Appraisal District.

■ Lufkin Junior High School West Band twirlers of the current school year include Holly Freeman, Jennifer Lawrence, Julie Hawkins, Katrina Dunkin, Misty Smith, Amy Rush, Kim Wright, Stacey Campbell and Heather Roberts.

From the pages of The Lufkin Daily News, compiled

by The History Center, TheHistoryCenterOnline.com.

By Bruce Tinsley

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Man can’t take grandsons hunting because of old felony conviction Dear Jeff: I got a felony charge in 1982 for possession of a controlled substance. I was guilty and served 90 days in a Texas correctional facility. I have been clean ever since JEFFREY BATES and would like to be able to take my grandsons hunting. Is there anything that can be done? Thanks, “Looking for

Quality Time” Dear “Quality Time”: Unfortunately, there is very little that I can do to help.

As you probably know, a felony conviction cannot be expunged unless you received deferred adjudication for your offense. Under the Texas Penal Code, you are allowed to own a gun in your home, but that does not allow for hunting.

Your only real option, and it may not be an option in your situation, is to apply for restoration of your civil rights.

The application can be submitted directly to the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, or directly to the sheriff in the county in which you live.

Dear Jeff: We are at the end of our rope. We sold an automobile to a person who agreed to make monthly payments and pay for insurance. The vehicle’s title is still in our name, and we are still making payments on it as well. Now, the buyer has stopped paying, although he still has the vehicle.

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Dear Dave: I’m having issues with my youngest brother, and I need some advice. He’s 25, divorced and has two kids. He only wants to play dad when it’s convenient for him, and he’s very irresponsible with money as well.

Our parents passed away a dave ramsey few years ago, so this leaves me to be the big brother and dad at the same time. I worry about him, but I’m not sure how to help him grow up. Any advice?— Jeremy Dear Jeremy: One of the bad things about these situations is watching people you love do stupid things to themselves and the people around them. And I don’t know that there’s really a lot you can do without becoming the enemy to some degree.

You can always try to hold him to a higher standard and refuse to tolerate immature, irresponsible behavior when you’re around him. You might even look for opportunities to use yourself as an example. Point out areas in your life where you made mistakes in the past and how you fixed the problems. But to go out and directly intervene in his life, trying to force him to be a man, would be a tough thing to pull off.

When I help people on my show, I have the benefit of them calling in and actually looking to me for help. These people actually care about what I think. I don’t just walk up to folks and say, “You

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know, what you’re doing there is really stupid. Let me fix you.” I think that’s kind of the situation you’re in right now. I would also begin to pray for him, and ask God to bring people into his life who will have a positive impact.

You never know what might happen, and asking Him for help is never a bad idea. Who knows?

He might even start dating some strong, mature young woman who’ll jerk a knot in his tail and straighten him up. — Dave Dear Dave: Our family has an account at a movie rental store. I rented a movie the other day, and forgot to take it back on time. The late fees add up to $20. I’m in college and have a part-time job, so my parents think I should pay the late fees.

They started the account, so shouldn’t they have to pay the fees? — Angie Dear Angie: Technically, I’m sure your parents are responsible for the account. But think about this. You’re the one who rented the movie and forgot to take it back on time. If you have a job and access to money, I think you should be the one to make things right.

Chalk this one up as a learning experience, Angie. If you’re grown up enough to be in college and have a job, then you’re grown up enough to start cleaning up your own messes. That’s the way life works. It doesn’t mean that your parents don’t love you. In fact, it means that they love you enough to teach you a valuable lesson in responsibility. — Dave The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 8.5 million listeners each week on more than 550 radio stations. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

us forest service surgical repair is known to be a complicated procedure with significant morbidity and a high rate of failure due to the effect of radiation.”

However, after much research and dedication to finding a solution, Price invented a procedure never before performed on this kind of condition.

The veteran surgeon used a fragile, dehydrated amniotic human membrane as a graft to patch the hole and assist in

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Due to the internal damage done by radiation, there were only few treatment options to repair the 1-centimeter hole and none proved very successful, said Price.

“The high failure rate of these kinds of repairs for patients like Mrs. Hardin is primarily caused by the destructive effects of radiation which results in poor wound healing,” Price said. “This

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Price reports there were

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the world tomorrow? What amazing innovation sounds so ridiculous that no one is even talking about it, walking right past it at the equivalent of the Centennial Exhibition?

There’s no easy answer, almost by definition. I asked some friends. They said self-driving cars, wearables and green energy. But these innovations have already won.

Few people are actually laughing at them. The fact that they instantly sprung to mind shows the technologies are already accepted.

A lot of people look at new, exciting technologies and wonder how they’ll change the future. It’s fun, and normal. But the history of innovation shows it’s more complicated than that. Some of the biggest future breakthroughs look absurd and useless today.

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Music in the Park We invite you to a free concert every Friday in October from 12-1 pm at Cotton Square Park.

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“Since we bake our biscuits and they hold for a limited time, nationwide they chose not to do biscuits now,” he said. “We fought hard for biscuits, but nationally the corporation asked us to hold off on that until they could find a way to control the quality a little bit better.”

The corporation is getting positive responses from customers. Schuster welcomed everyone to come down and enjoy all-day breakfast.

“We’ve been in business here since 1975, and we appreciate the market and community’s continued support,” Schuster said.

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

no operative or postoperative complications, and Hardin was discharged the first day after surgery. Three weeks later, an imaging procedure demonstrated total healing.

Open surgical approaches have been the preferred procedure to repair VVFs for more than 50 years; however, they can be associated with significant morbidity and can result in prolonged hospitalization. While the benefits of minimally invasive surgical techniques in decreasing morbidity and hospital length of stay are well recognized, there have been few attempts to utilize these techniques, Price said.

“The da Vinci surgical robot provided improved visualization and technical advantages which allowed the procedure to be performed successfully,” Price added. “Human amniotic membranes have been used for decades on a variety of difficult to heal wounds. The membranes act as a barrier and promote tissue growth.”

Hardin said because of Price’s dedication, she’s gotten her dignity back and hopes this will pave the way for others like herself.

“I’m still feeling great. I hope this works for everyone like it did for me,” Hardin said. “I want this to be a stepping stone for others to be able to have a life they can be proud of.”

USFS offering temporary jobs to qualified veterans The U.S. Forest Service is seeking qualified veterans for paid training in prescribed burns and wildland fire suppression for temporary jobs.

Veterans selected for the eight-week program must be 18 years or older with an honorable military discharge and able to complete a firefighter training course on the Ocala National Forest in Florida during the first two weeks of employment.

According to Peter Goetzinger, fire management officer for the National Forest and Grasslands in Texas, there is potential for the temporary work to become full time. Salary will be a GS-3 level at $12.19 an hour.

Other qualifications include, meeting VRA eligibility requirements, passing a work capacity test and having transportation to and from a duty site in either Zavalla, Milam, Kennard, New Waverly or Decatur.

Resume, including desired duty station, and a DD-214 copy 4 should be sent to USDA Forest Service, Attn: Deidre Smith, Equal Opportunity Specialist, 1720 Peachtree, Suite 862S, Atlanta, Georgia 30309-2405; or email to dwsmith@fs.fed.usbefore Nov. 27. Also, send a copy of your resume to Goetzinger, 2221 N. Raguet, Lufkin, TX 75904; phone 936-639-8543; or email to pgoetzinger@fs.fed.us.

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The idea that you would chat by phone to someone you saw regularly anyway would have struck most people as absurd.”

This is another underappreciated phase of progress. People today can’t comprehend how anyone lived without cars, air conditioning or computers. But those who lived without these things were pretty happy with their lives. You don’t miss what you can’t imagine. So breakthroughs are met with more ridicule, especially by older generations. Why would I need a car if I already have a horse?

Why would I need a phone when I can already send a letter? Why would I need email when I already have a phone?

These questions sound bizarre in hindsight, but they’re asked every time a life-changing invention is unveiled.

To me, a fascinating question is: What are people ridiculing

The column above is meant for general information and educational purposes only, and neither this column nor the transmittal of a legal question via regular mail or email constitutes the creation of an attorney/client relationship between the reader and Jeffrey Bates and/ or Southern Newspapers.

For specific advice regarding legal matters affecting you, please consult an attorney.

To submit a question to be answered in this column, please send it via email to JeffreyPBates@aol.com, or via regular mail to Ask The Lawyer, 101 S. First St., Lufkin, Texas 75901.

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On behalf of the American Cancer Society and the Pineywoods Cattle Baron’s Gala Committee, we would like to say a big THANK yOU to the East Texas community for their generous support of this event. The funds from the Gala support local cancer education programs, services, materials, and lifesaving research for those diagnosed with the disease.

THANK YOU to our amazing donors, supporters, vendors, friends, and volunteers.

Hats Off to our Hosts

A heartfelt thank you to the Moore Family for graciously hosting this year’s Gala, The Wild, Wild West.

American Cancer Society Staff

Letha Tullos – Senior Director, Relay for Life Melissa McKnight – Senior Manager, Relay for Life Judy Sheffield – Senior Market Manager, Community Engagement Daisy Drinkard – Health Systems, Hospitals Dana Smithhart – Senior Development Manager, Distinguished Events Paige Reynolds – Community Manager, Relay for Life Rachelle Frankens – Specialist, Relay for Life Leslie Faulkner – Senior Coordinator

CHAIRMEN: Dr. Amy and Jeremy Ross CO-CHAIRMEN: Jennifer and Daniel Webster EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT: Marcy Weibe ACS STAFF: Dana Smithhart, Event Specialist MASTER OF CEREMONy: Danny Merrell; Mike Martin ADVISORy COMMITTEE: Terri Self, Brigettee Henderson, Kelley Moore, Becca Chance, Shelli Ellis, Robin Flournoy VOLUNTEER ADVISOR: Dr. Sid Roberts RANCH ADVISORS: Andrew Moore, David Moore, Brian Moore GUEST LIST/INVITATIONS: Val Dobrec TREASURER/FINANCE: Dr. Kelly Noe, Chair, and Michelle Richardson, Co-Chair UNDERWRITING/SPONSORS: Ray Ann Baker, Chair, Lynne Haney, Trey Henderson, David Moore, Van Watson, Jay Jackson, Mary King CLAy SHOOT: Randy Baker, James Flournoy, Chairs, Kevin Smithhart, Scott Ross, Shelli Ellis PIG RACES: Brent Slaton and Nathan Gann, Chairs PRIZE SOLICITATION – LIVE AUCTION: Lisa George, Sarah Alvis, Chairs, and Judy George PRIZE SOLICITATION – SILENT AUCTION: Kim Ogden & Robyn DeVore, Chairs, Nancy Devore, Alexis Pigg, Chasity Gauthier, Kim Pember, Crystal Capps, Rebekkah Koch, Kari Spurgeon, Becca Henderson, Deanna Wallace

The SocieTy AwArd

Angelina Radiology Oncology Association – Dr. Sid and Catherine Roberts Brookshire Brothers & Brookshire Brothers Charitable Foundation Wright Buick GMC

The SpiriT of hope AwArdS

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UnderwriTerS

ADRA Medical Imaging – Troy T. Coleman, MD , Hal Levine, MD, Jason May, MD, & Thomas B. McLaurin, MD Alene’s Florist Alexander Valley Vineyards Angelina Excavating Angelina Savings Bank Angelina Surgical Associates Austin Bank BancorpSouth Bank / Insurance Services, Inc. Beard Fine Jewelers Carroway Funeral Home Kay Carter, MD Cavender’s Chance Law Firm

Live AUcTion

Bid BoArd

Angelina College Women’s Softball & Basketball teams, Men’s Baseball & Basketball Teams; Coaches Byron Coleman, Mark Mattson, Todd Neighbors, & Jeff Livin Denise Barclay Hannah Barnette Cullen Brewster Melissa Campbell Alan & Robin Carter Shelli Cole Davida Donalon Maci Dover Denise Faulkner

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Mary King, Chair, Stephanie Oliver, Megan Whitworth PRINT COORDINATORS: LeAnne Anderson, Chair and Marian Corley, Co-Chair, Emily Jordan, Deanne Gabriel SOCIAL MEDIA: Hilary Haglund Walker, Chair VIDEO PRODUCTION: Starla Bickerstaff, Chair PHOTOGRAPHERS: Sarina Musick DONOR APPRECIATION: Cissy McCarroll, Martha Bates, Julie Castleberry, Jan Deaton, Ellen Hollis, Patsy Lawrence, Debbie Lloyd, Linda Poland, Sylvia Ricks, JoAnne Roquemore, Donna Spore, Christi Stage DONOR APPRECIATION PARTy: Laci Driscoll and Crystal Gann, Chairs ENTERTAINERS: The Bellamy Brothers, Kendall Beard, Bryan Harkness FOOD: Eddie Deen and Company Catering

Steel, AR Services, Bancorp South, Bartlett, Baggett & Shands, Cook Saw Shop, Inc., David Palmer, D.D.S./Palmer & Ross Dental Group, Deep East Texas Crime Stoppers, Due’s Wrecker Service, Ellis Chiropractic, Gann Medford Real Estate, Inc. HEB, Hughes Dozer & Dump Truck and Hughes Petroleum Products, Inc., J.A.M. Distributing Company, Joseph Koch, M.D., Jeffrey Dental Lab, Langston Construction, Liz Jeffrey – American Real Estate, Lee TranServices, Lufkin Printing Company, Oak Creek Homes, Peltier Chevrolet, Randall and Kelly Noe, Ray’s Drive In, Richard Byler, DDS, Rollin Bone Outfitters, Ross Motorsports, Security & Guaranty, Stafford’s Liquigas, Inc., The Advanced Financial Group, USA Landscaping wiLd weST cLAy ShooT EVENT SPONSOR: Taylor McKewen, D.D.S., IN-KIND DONORS: A-1 Johnny Portable Vince Treadwell-Edward Jones, Lufkin Toilets, AAA Trophy, Brookshire Brothers, Creosoting Co., Inc., Texas State Bank Scott Davis, Whataburger, William George AMMO SPONSOR: Lufkin Creosoting Co., Inc. Co., Inc. FOOD SPONSOR: East Texas Monument Co. PRIZE SPONSORS: Air Cooled Engine, Amy SIGN SPONSOR: Lufkin Printing Company and Jeremy Ross, DuPree Tire, Ferguson, T-SHIRT SPONSOR: AAA Trophy Home Depot, USA Landscaping SPONSORS: AAA Trophy, Amy Ross, D.D.S., PIG RACES: Whataburger Angela Hafernick, AAA Trophy, Abney Raffle Items: Beard Fine Jewelers & Integra & Sons Hardware, Alexander, Lankford, Insurance Service & Hiers, Angelina Excavating, Angelina

underwriters and sponsors

CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial City Wide Directories Commercial Bank of Texas Tom Darmstadter Davis Insurance Agency Dolphin Chemicals & Services Marianna & Rufus Duncan East Texas Asphalt Fast Track Construction Faust Distributing First Bank & Trust of East Texas Law Offices of Lisa Flournoy Deanne & Stan Gabriel Bettye & Murphy George Foundation Goodwin-Lasiter-Strong Haglund Law Firm George H. Henderson, Jr., Family Simon & Louise Henderson Foundation Integra Insurance Services Raymond James Jerry Johnson, MD Jordan Family Dentistry J. E. Kingham Construction Company Lee TranServices Lufkin Coca Cola Louise & Harold Maxwell Taylor McKewen, DDS Merrill Lynch Raymond Moore Family Morgan Insurance Agency Morgan Stanley

Appleby-Sand Mercantile Cafe, Angela Bradford Best Buy Marion Brown Brookshire Brothers Bryan Harkness Chick fil A, Julie Walker City of Lufkin Contractor’s Supply, Shawn Kaemmerling Crown Colony, Len Lentz El Chico Faust Distributing Diane Dunbar Dunagan Warehouse Everitt & Griffith, Jr & Associates MediA SponSorS Faust Distributing JM Billboard Advertising Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting KTRE 9 Company Lufkin Printing Company Fish & Still Equipment Smith Koenig Radio Golf USA The Lufkin News/CHARM Grandough Baking Company TJ Mag & Co. Hammer Equipment Townsquare Media Hampton Inn & Suites, Victor Patel James Hilliard & Son’s in-kind donorS Landscaping, LLC A-1 Rentals Burt Hairgrove A-1 Smith Portable Toilets Jay Jackson State Farm Alexander Valley Vineyards KTRE-TV Americare Clay Keath Angelina Excavating, Joe McCleskey The Love Family Angelina Hardwood Joe Loving

Nacogdoches Eye Associates Rhoads Oilfield Services Peltier Chevrolet Romy & Carl Ray Polk Amy Ross, DDS Secure Documents & Retrieval Security & Guaranty Abstract Co. Wayne Stone GG & Troy Tiemann Vince Treadwell-Edward Jones Jennifer L. Webster, CPA Whataburger Julie and Craig Wood Woodland Heights Medical Center

auction and prize donors

Bob Keith/ Barnes Keith Ranch Alexander Valley Vineyards/ Stan and Deanne Gabriel Morrison Eddie Deen & Company Catering Moore Family Joe Loving James Hilliard & Sons Landscaping, LLC Mike Love & Associates Law Firm Bruce Love and DP Solutions Alvin Stanaland Construction, LLC Ferguson Bath, Kitchen & Lighting Company Massingill’s Meat Market, Chris and Lendy Ward Bobby Nichols, Lufkin Jewelry on the Square Jeremy & Amy Ross Daniel & Jennifer Webster Joe and Laurie McCleskey Gann Medford Real Estate Kylie White Swank Baby Boutique Jeff and LeAnne Anderson Jeremy and Amy Ross Mary Duncan Air U Arely’s Cakes & Arrangements

2015 gala Committee

PRIZE SOLICITATION – Bid Board: Stacy Squyres, Chair, Laney Henderson, Sharon Hunter, Reba Squyres PRIZE SOLICITATION – SMALL PRIZES: Mandy Hamilton, Chair, Jennifer Bassin SOUVENIR BAGS: Dr. Jennifer McCarroll, Chair RAFFLE: Katie Stewart, Chair, Valena Spradley REVENUE ENHANCERS: Lorraine & Michael Dorman & Bryan Cyr, Chairs, Todd Stafford HONARIUMS/MEMORIALS: Linda Stafford and Jennifer McCall Cyr, Chairs HOSPITALITy: Brianna and Bryan Harkness, Chairs BARON’S RECEPTION: Jennifer Webster, Chair FOOD: Kimberly Graham, Chair, Romy Polk, Robin Flournoy BEVERAGES: Cassi y’Barbo, Chair ENTERTAINMENT: Dr. Roger Self, Chair RESERVATIONS: Kelley Moore, Chair LOGISTICS: Andrew Moore and B.J. Viet, Chairs, and Joe McCleskey DECORATIONS: Tracie McCleskey, Chair, Crystal Sepulvado, Angela Hafernick, Emily Duke, Cathy Stubblefield, Raegan Williamson, Ashley Lynn King, Courtney Head, Krista Brown, Tonja Rice, Lacey Martin, Shanna Crew, Lynanne Alsbrooks VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Shelly Slaton, Chair

Suzy Childers Studio 319 Blowdry Bar Restoration Wine Bar Horseshoe Casinos Brandon Belt Johnny Cardenas SFA Baseball Camp Angelina Steel, Inc. Adams Crawfish Reagan Cassels Natalie Oates Amy Ross, DDS Dick and Vicki Rudasill Texas Heritage Furniture

Dr. Amy and Jeremy Ross Dr. Cooper and Kristi Buschemeyer Dr. John and Ann Wood Dr. Matt and Kim Rowley Excel Car Wash HAAS Athletics Houston Symphony Jeff and LeAnne Anderson JoAnne Lancaster Josh and Misty Zeleskey Just V Photography, Valena Spradley The Very Thing, Jackie Hults Koshy Alexander, CPA LHS Panther Pride SiLenT AUcTion Lilly James Jewelry, Kim Ogden American Cancer Society Luckett’s Hole In One Café Lufkin Med Spa, Dr. Angela Hafernick Maddux Building Materials Angelina Eye Center Mike Love Anonymous Nancy DeVore Asthetic Concepts by Caroline Nancy Manning Hurst Oaklawn Stables, Karen Gay Boys and Girls Club Ordinary Citizen, Wally Dunks Bricks 4 Kids, Erin Lopez Quality Pest Control CASA of the Pines Regency Cleaners Cavender’s Boot City S&W Expert Collision Repair Chad and Kim Ogden Scott Droddy Changing Lives Dance Center, Skate Ranch Rudy Flores Studio 319 Chris and Robyn DeVore The Children’s Clinic of Lufkin Crave The Painted Clock, Jenny Blackledge Crown Colony Country Club, Ben Wanda Wesch, Mama Tried Burns Warthan Dermatology

Sarah Ferguson Autumn Finchum Bonnie Follis Rhonda and Scott Foster Wendy and Hailey Gersbach Martha and Cynthia Gonzales Gina Green Louise Halyard Angie Haney Carrie Hawkins Jessica Hayes Brigettee Henderson Hudson Henderson Michelle Hodges Melody Hollister

Wishing Well, Joann Roquemore Trailwood Storage, Mike and Diana Hineman Brown’s Shoe Fit, Steve Vandivort Laine’s Hallmark Macy May Healy’s Frameworks, Tim Healy Pamper My Nails, Danny Stella & Dot, Michelle Briley Petunia Bottoms Permanent Cosmetics by Lynanne, Lynanne Alsbrooks Carrington’s Locket’s & Lace Twisted Sister

Volunteers

Hudson High School Robotics Team Hudson High School Softball Team Darla Johnson Erin and Ronnie Kay Jacki Kopycnski Jaime Landrum Janie Lee Debbie Lee Patrick Lewis

SMALL prizeS

A Rustic Touch Arely’s Cakes and Arrangements Bancorp South Becker Art Studio Bodies N Balance CBTX Changing Lives Dance Center Chick-fil-a Chipotle Clear Springs & Auntie Pastas Collective Studio Cotton Patch Café East Texas Eye Clinic Fit & Firm Heritage Land Bank

Lufkin High School Cheerleaders Lufkin High School Panther Pride Drill Team Lufkin High School Ignite Mentor Group Lufkin High School Student Council Lufkin High School National Honor Society Rob and Amy Jo Looney Clyde Marze Bob McCarroll Jennifer and James Murray Judy Perry

James Pickle Vicki Pinner Kelly Pinner Karen Poiencot Elizabeth Rachal Marca Ramsey Nick Reynolds Rachel Ridings Greg Sanches Sheila Sanches Krystal Sanches Carley Shelton Danette Snyder Becky Spencer Jessica Spencer

Lufkin Coca Cola Lufkin Jewelry on the Square Lufkin Printing Maddux Building Materials Louise and Harold Maxwell McCleskey Enterprises, Troy McCleskey Moore Building Associates, Andrew Moore Alan, Brian, and David Moore Morrison Outback Steakhouse Payne Electrical Contractors, Craig Payne Phillips 66 Popeye’s, Todd & Linda Stafford R & K Distributors, Inc. Real Graphics Amy and Jeremy Ross Shelton’s Place Sherwin Williams Alvin Stanaland Construction Starbucks Stevenson Dist.

Texas State Bank TRex Outdoors United Rentals Whataburger Dee Winston Woodland Heights Medical Center

Hole in One Restaurant Houston Museum of Natural Science Jewelry by Adell Keep Collective Kelly Williamson Towing & Transport Little Caesar’s Lucky Puppy Lufkin Armature Works, Inc. Lufkin Coca Cola McDonald’s Panda Express Petunia Bottoms Posados Premier Kia Quality Bargains Candles Restoration Wine Bar Rose Nail Spa Scholtzsky’s Sew Junkies Shelley’s Bakery Starbucks Studio 319 The Loft Boutique The Pink Leopard The Very Thing Tsubaki Japanese Restaurant Texas Rangers Baseball Club Which Wich Wild Flower Woodland Heights Medical Center Wright Salon

Lauren and Caleb Stacy Todd Stafford Deidra Stanford Lindsey Suggs Lacey Summers Sarah Tatum Kim Teer Elizabeth Turner Kathy Turner Jan Viet Lendy Ward Mollie Wilson Laura Zylstra

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Brazyn Brazyn Smith is an inspiration as he overcomes the many obstacles of living with Spina Bifida

By MEGAN WHITWORTH The Lufkin News

S

onia Smith laughs and smiles with her 10-year-old son, Brazyn, as they talk about his favorite basketball player, Kevin Durant, and what he wants to be when he grows up.

“Brazyn can be anything he wants to be,” she said proudly.

Laughs and smiles have not always been on the path for the young boy and his family.

Brazyn was born with spina bifida, which happens when a baby is in the womb and the spinal column does not close all the way, Sonia said. As a result, the spinal cord and the nerves that branch out of it may be damaged. Children who are born with the birth defect may have problems with mobility, learning disabilities, tendonitis, bladder and other health issues, according to the Spina Bifida Association.

After birthing three healthy children, Sonia and her husband Clint went with their family to see the sex of the baby during her pregnancy with Brazyn. With excitement filling the room, the couple found out they were having a boy. However, the X-ray tech at the time acted strange, Sonia recalled. Her husband took the family out of the room as the doctor told the pregnant mother that something was wrong with the baby’s brain.

“The doctor said, ‘I want you to go to the women’s health clinic in Houston.

It might say that the baby’s brain is perfectly fine, or they might want to watch it every week.’ So I called Clint and told him to not tell the kids, but that there was something wrong with our baby,” Sonia said. “We went to our doctor’s appointment in Houston. I told her exactly what the doctor said, and she said that is not the problem.

She said, ‘Do you see this opening right here?’ And we said, ‘Yes.’ She said, ‘Your baby has a neural tube defect, which is spina bifida.’ She really wanted me to have an abortion, and I only had one or two weeks before I could have it. I kept shaking my head no. And she finally said, ‘Stop shaking your head. These are things I have to tell you by law and your life is about to change forever. Your life will never be the same. He’ll never move his legs; he’ll never have a normal life. There are a lot of things that come along with this.’”

Sonia and Clint decided they wanted their son to be “whatever he needed to be.”

For the next few weeks, the couple went to Houston every week to check on their son.

“I cried of the unknown and had anxiety, but we were always excited about having our Brazyn boy. We had dreams of teaching him how to do things even if his legs didn’t work,” Sonia said. “We knew that Heavenly Father had everything in control and loved our family and trusted us enough to be Brazyn’s cheerleaders.”

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The Smith family poses together for a family picture. Back row, from left to right, Baylon Smith, Clint Smith, Brisha Grebe and Bristen Smith. In front, from left to right, Brazyn Smith and Sonia Smith.

“Brazyn brings the best out in everybody he meets. He is a testimony of strength, and when doctors and people around him have doubts, he somehow can always prove them wrong.”

Sonia Smith

Brazyn Smith’s mother

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Brazyn Smith, left, and his mother Sonia Smith pose together for a picture. Brazyn was born with Spina Bifida and his mother has been his biggest cheerleader as they have fought through illnesses and surgeries together.

Sonia was very sick throughout her pregnancy, and was diagnosed with ketosis. She was admitted back and forth from the hospital, and she also kept going into early labor. Finally, when the doctors decided the baby was at a healthy weight, she delivered Brazyn via cesarean section at 33 weeks.

“During my pregnancy, the doctor continued to say that Brazyn could not move his legs, but he was my most active kid I ever had,” Sonia said. “As soon as I had him, they pulled him out and took him back, and about five seconds later a little nurse ran back and said, ‘He’s moving his legs.’”

The following morning, a team of doctors went into surgery to close the hole in Brazyn’s back. A team of plastic surgeons had to assist with the larger-than-expected hole. Next, the doctors needed to perform brain surgery to place a shunt into Brazyn’s brain. The shunt is a narrow piece of tubing that is inserted into the brain in the fluid-filled ventricle, which is a result of spina bifida. The tubing is then passed under the skin into another area of the body, most often into the abdomen. The shunt allows the fluid to be released from the brain into the abdomen.

The surgeries were completed and the couple took Brazyn home.

However, they were soon back in the hospital after discovering he had a heart murmur. After testing, the family learned their young son was not getting any blood flow to the bottom half of his body; his aorta was blocked and the doctors needed to perform emergency surgery. Within the next few days, Brazyn went through a 17hour surgery. They had to cut through muscle tissue on the side of his chest to get to his heart, so after surgery he had to learn how to use those muscles again.

“One day I tried to feed him and he snatched on to the bottle. I knew right then he was definitely mine and God had sent him to me, not to the hospital for everyone else to figure it out,” Sonia said. “And that was really the breakthrough. Up to that point, you’re in survival mode — do whatever you can do to keep him alive. But at that point I knew he was mine and my job was to advocate and be his protector how I knew best.”

The next following months, shunt revisions happened along with a battle of meningitis. When he was 3, he broke his neck and had to get his neck fused together, a tricky operation for a

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Brazyn Smith lays in the hospital bed after his ninth shunt revision surgery a couple of years ago. child that has spina bifida. Even with illnesses, broken bones and shunt replacements over the past 10 years, the family kept battling and moving forward together.

“We have fought that battle for 10 years trying to get the medicines right, trying to figure out the right surgeries, and we are still fighting those battles,” Sonia said. “I learned that I was spiritually aware of my child. I have had so many doctors tell me we have a special connection. I know God sent him to our family for a special reason.

Sometimes we don’t always feel qualified. Learning to be a nurse and doctor overnight has not been easy.”

Not only surrounded by a family full of love, the Smith family has also seen the support of their hometown of Wells.

“With his first little Christmas program at our school, the summer before, the high school agriculture class had built a wheelchair ramp up to the stage for Brazyn,” Sonia said.

“We love that old rookie wheelchair ramp. It’s not perfect, but it is because the community loved a little kid.”

Days are not easy for the young boy as he still deals with health problems, but Sonia said they try to make every day as normal as possible.

“But the point is he still has spina bifida, so there are still things we have to take care of at home and school. He takes seven different medications, but he goes to regular classes at school

and has lots of friends,” she said.

“Brazyn is usually smiling and happy.

He actually has an I-can-do-anythingin-a-different-way attitude. He doesn’t see himself different than other kids.”

Sonia said she wants to bring awareness to the lifelong birth defect.

“We didn’t know what spina bifida was; we had to do our own research and we had people teach us about it,” she said. “It feels like there is so many other things people know about; spina bifida is a big thing and it is a common thing. It is the No. 1 permanently disabling birth defect, so where is awareness? I want to educate people about spina bifida.

“Brazyn is way more than spina bifida. It does not define him at all, but I do think that, even young people or people who are just starting to have a family, they need to know about spina bifida. I had three kids with no ultrasound at all. Thank goodness that I chose to have that ultrasound with Brazyn. It was lifesaving for him.

“Brazyn brings the best out in everybody he meets,” she continued.

“He is a testimony of strength, and when doctors and people around him have doubts, he somehow can always prove them wrong.”

For more information on Spina Bifida and how to get involved in advocacy, visit spinabifidaassociation. org.

Megan Whitworth’s email address is mwhitworth@lufkindailynews.com.

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Suzanne Clayton Guy & Jeffrey Holloway Fain August 28, 2015

Suzanne Clayton Guy of Winnetka, Illinois and Jeffrey Holloway Fain of Nacogdoches were married Friday, August 28, 2015 at 4 p.m. in the Winnetka Congregational Church.

The bride’s parents are Jennifer Guy and the late Kenneth Guy of Winnetka, IL. The grooms parents are Jamie and Ferris Fain of Nacogdoches. The ceremony was officiated by Rev. Jennifer Gleichauf.

Grandparents of the bride are Helen McLellan and the late Robert McLellan of Sun City West, AZ, and the late E.M. and Mildred Guy of Chicago, IL. Grandparents of the groom are Gaynell Griffith and the late James W. Griffith of Garrison, Texas, the late Tennie O. Griffith of Nacogdoches, and the late Victor and Lucille Fain of Nacogdoches.

Attendants for the bride were her brother Robert “Mac” Guy and her sister in law, Alicia Guy of Chicago, IL., Elizabeth Thornton, of Cary, N.C., Whitney Augustine of Chicago, IL and Lauren Cardick of Washington, D.C. The groom’s attendants were his sister, Jennifer Fain of Houston, TX, Tim James of Orlando, FL., and Joseph Bouley of Chicago, IL. Ushers were Charles Zhang of Evanston, IL., Aaron Thornton of Cary, N.C., and Samuel Cardick of Washington, D.C. Readers were Samantha Guy, cousin of the bride and Jennifer Fain, sister of the groom.

Musicians for the ceremony were Joshua Guy playing guitar, Stephanie Yoshida playing violin, and Elaine Clemens playing the piano and organ.

Following the ceremony, a reception and dinner were held at the Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe, IL. After a honeymoon in Costa Rica, the couple makes their home in Bozeman, Montana where Jeff works as an engineer and Suzanne works as a registered nurse.

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October a perfect month for gardening October is here, one of the prettiest months in East Texas.

Skies are blue, sunlight has softened after the autumnal equinox, and the hummingbirds, butterflies and bees are making the most of every ELAINE CAMERON sunny hour.

It is perfect weather for gardening and I spent three days redoing containers, planting a fall salad garden, and thinning out perennials. Life is good in the sunshine.

Our third annual Native Plant Sale was a success and we enjoyed visiting with many of you.

The Master Gardeners appreciate your support and proceeds will be used to fund educational gardening events.

We had two groups of young people who added so much to the day. Jamie Mahan, a teacher at Dunbar Primary, brought her second grade students who had a butterfly display. They have a butterfly garden outside their classroom window.

Diana Hineman, a member of the Junior League, brought 13 members of the MVP, a volunteer group from Lufkin Middle School. We were so impressed they got up early on a Saturday morning and were enthusiastic helpers. They helped our customers carry their plants, helped us clean up and then donated their tips back to the Master Gardener program. We thank Diana, the other two ladies from Junior League, and all the awesome MVP members. Your parents and teachers must be proud of you.

There is good news for those of you who didn’t find the plants you wanted at our sale. Angelina

A bee harvesting pollen from zinnias makes the Gold Star Esperanza puts on a show during the most of every sunny hour making ready for winter. fall season.

Beautiful/Clean invites you to their Native Plant Sale to be held from 7 a.m.-noon Oct. 17 in the Etech parking lot, 106 N. John Redditt Drive. It is will take place during Etech’s community garage sale. Visit their website to see a list of the native plants that will be available.

October is an ideal time to plant perennials. They will have a few weeks to grow before frost and then they will have all winter to develop strong root systems. Prepare the beds by adding a few inches of organic matter.

Place a layer of composted leaves and add composted humus, which is available in bags at garden centers. Work it into the top several inches of soil. The organic matter will enhance drainage and add nutrients to feed the plants. Mulch with pine straw or another mulch of your

choice to even out soil temperature, conserve moisture and give a finished look to your bed.

Containers are a great way to get color in areas where there is no room for a bed. Always use potting soil in containers, because garden soil is too heavy and will become compacted.

Place containers on bricks or paving stones to keep out fire ants. This week I was replanting a container and I discovered why the ferns grew so poorly in it this summer. There was a tree root about half an inch in diameter that grew into the drainage hole, and the tree stole water and nutrients from the container plants. That is another good reason to elevate the pots on a paving stone.

Veterans Day is coming up next month. The Pineywoods Veterans Celebration will be

held beginning at 10 a.m. Nov. 7, sponsored by the City of Lufkin, Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau and VFW Post 1836.

There will be a parade in downtown Lufkin to Louis Bronaugh Park, followed by a free lunch for veterans.

Food trucks will be available for other folks to purchase a great lunch. To be a part of the parade call the Lufkin Convention and Visitors Bureau at 6330359. Visit Pineywoods Veterans Celebration on Facebook.

The Angelina County Veterans Parade will be held in Huntington at 10 a.m. Nov. 7.

For more information contact Marilyn Davis at 414-1733 or see Angelina County Veterans Parade on Facebook.

Elaine Cameron is a member of the Angelina County Master Gardeners. Her email address is elainecameron@suddenlink.net.

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Neiman Marcus publishes the ultimate gift catalog (its 89th) NEW YORK (AP) — Out of ideas for the perfect six-figure gift? Then today (even more than most other days) is your day with the arrival of the 89th annual Neiman Marcus Christmas Book. The catalog may prove to be wistful window shopping for 99 percent of shoppers, but for the remainder, you may find just the thing you didn’t know you had to have.

Here’s a look at some of the stocking stuffers: Whiskey a go go The perfect grab bag for a close circle of five whiskey-loving buds with a spending limit of $25,000 each. For $125,000, The Orphan Barrel Project puts you and your pals in the driver’s seat (not literally!) at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. There, you’ll go “barrel hunting” for bourbons recently discovered at old rickhouses and distilleries. And you get 24 bottles of eight different Orphan Barrel bourbons, never to be tasted again, including two variants you and your tight circle dreamed up during your tour.

Wild horses Have you seen the 2015 Neiman Marcus limited-edition Mustang Convertible? No? Well, $95,000 gets you in it with people looking at you as you look over its steering wheel and feel the 700-horsepower

supercharged engine under the hood of this TG40 heritage road demon. The sparkly bow on this gearhead bling is a Ford racing school course. Oh, yeah.

Not your every day diary Oh, what to get for the couture fashionista with a passion for journaling. Neiman Marcus makes that yesterday’s dilemma with the $10,000 Couture Diary. Artist Abigail Vogel will hand paint 20 ensembles from the gift’s recipient. The hand-bound book will include 60 custom-made sheets of calfskin. The artist’s husband, Paul Vogel, will bind this personal tome in red or black Scandinavian calfskin and really make it personal using hand-tooled 24-karat gold.

Supercharge your child’s imagination Is your child/grandchild a superhero or princess at heart, but needs to up their dress-up game? Bless their heart, but also get them the boys or girls MacKenzie-Childs trunk, filled with a selection of the Chasing Fireflies Ultimate Collection costumes. The “Blue” version gets you superheroes, the “Pink” gets you Elsa, Aurora, Cinderella, and all sorts of ballgowny stuff. Or mix it up ... the pinks and blues, boys and girls.

It’s $5,000. You can do whatever you want. Each trunk comes with hand-painted initials of the lucky cherub.

Leadership Lufkin Class No. 34 takes a break at Lufkin Coca-Cola Bottling Company. Class members include Sherri Anthony, First Bank & Trust East Texas; Mendi Brent, Georgia-Pacific; Kayla Campbell, Huntington State Bank; Rebecca Dilday, Hospice in the Pines; Tiffany Elder, Lufkin State Supported Living Center; Jeff Fatheree, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial; Burt Hairgrove, George H. Henderson Jr. Exposition Center; Ben Honeywell, Jay Jackson State Farm; Jay Jelinek, Brookshire Brothers; Jim Johnson, Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce; Phillip LaCorte, Heart Institute, East Texas;

Gary Litton, Angelina County & Cities Health District; Stephanie Love, Regions Bank; Becca McMahon, Skelton Slusher Barnhill Watkins Wells PLLC; Keldon McPherson, Lockheed Martin; Velta Page, Communities in Schools; Wayne Ramsey, Opes One Advisors; Jill Roberson, Lufkin/Angelina County Chamber of Commerce; Lauren Stacy, Lufkin First United Methodist Church; Sarah Vest, Lee TranServices Inc.; Julie Warren, CHI St. Luke’s Health Memorial; and Emily Welch, First Christian Church.

Leadership Lufkin learns about business, our economy Sept. 10, marked the first session for the Leadership Lufkin Class, 2015-16. The day began at 8 a.m. with Leadership Lufkin Co-Chairmen Mary King, Woodland Heights Medical Center, and Dana Smithhart, American Cancer Society. The first segment of the day was an introduction to the Lufkin/ Angelina County Chamber of Commerce by Jim Johnson, president and CEO, including the history, the operation, and introduction, the Chamber staff.

Before departing for a day of exploring some of the industry Lufkin has to offer, Thad Chambers, the city’s economic development director, met with the class regarding what economic development provides for the businesses in the city, as well as the operations.

The class began the Business & Economy Day exploration with a visit to Precision In-

tegrated Diversified Services Inc., 404 Southpark Drive. PID owner Scott Slusher shared how he started the business 14 years ago, how it has grown, and how the operations include designing and making tool models to make parts for various machines and objects, including planes, helicopters, and large industrial machines, to name a few.

Next the class made a visit to the Brookshire Brothers Distribution Center where Chad Murray, freezer facility manager, shared information regarding the industrial side of the grocery business. Murray shared how the distribution center is an important link to ensuring the stores receive supplies, customers receive goods, and their part in community involvement.

The last stop during the Business & Economy Day session was a tour of the Lufkin Coca-Cola Bottling Company, 704 Webber St.

The tour was guided by General Manager Jim Watkins, who shared the history of the company, current and new products, and how the business is keeping up with moving innovation to provide refreshing beverages to the community.

The day ended at the Chamber with a business meeting and a discussion of potential Leadership Lufkin class projects.

Leadership Lufkin, a program designed to identify and educate the existing and potential leaders, Lufkin and Angelina County, consists, a nine-month program that includes an opening retreat with a ropes course, a three-day trip to Austin to study state government, a class project that must provide something back to the community, and much more. For more information, visit leadershiplufkin.com or email Susie Cardwell at scardwell@lufkintexas.org.

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There’s always a reason to smile

BY KATRINA ANNE WILLIS King Features Syndicate You have a choice. Every moment of every day you can choose to focus on what’s wrong, or you can focus on all that is right in your life. Katrina Anne Willis is lucky enough to have a mother-in-law who exemplifies this way of thinking as she writes in her story titled “It Doesn’t Hurt to Smile” in our book about “thinking possible”: The last time my 83-year-old mother-in-law visited, I asked how she was feeling. It’s a valid question. She has, after all, had two knee replacements, a metal rod inserted in her femur and a liver transplant. Pins hold her wrist together, and arthritis is settling into her bones so thoroughly that she can no longer roll the dough to make her famous cinnamon crisps. She moves slowly and with precision to avoid another fall.

But she hasn’t stopped moving. In fact, she and my father-inlaw attended their first Jimmy Buffett concert this summer ... where they sat on the lawn.

Here’s the thing about my inlaws: They never say no to an

invitation or a new adventure. If they can make it work, they’re willing to try just about anything. When we need them to come stay with the kids, we have to get on their calendars far in advance.

They inspire us daily.

When asked how she was feeling, my mother-in-law responded without an ounce of self-pity: “Well, most everything hurts every day. Some days are better than others. But you know what I’ve discovered? It doesn’t hurt one bit to smile. So that’s what I’ve decided to do ... smile at everyone I see. I may not be able to do all the things I used to do, but I can at least brighten someone’s day.”

It is such simple wisdom, and such a profound shift.

Moving the focus from what we don’t have, from what we’ve lost, from how we’ve been burdened to what we can offer others is the difference between living in the dark and radiat-

ing light. And illumination, of course, makes traveling so much easier for us and for others.

The key to a life worth living, I think, is to change perspective.

From inward to outward.

From giving up to giving back.

From self-consciousness to global awareness.

From closing our minds to opening our hearts.

From “No, thanks” to “Yes, let’s!”

From judgment to acceptance.

From self-importance to humility.

From things to people.

From indifference to love.

You don’t have to cuddle babies in a faraway orphanage or underwrite the expense of a much-needed surgery. It’s not necessary to start a foundation that supports victims of domestic abuse or to ride your bike across the country while raising money for undernourished children. Of course, if you have the time and the means and are able-

bodied to do those things, then by all means, go! Do them! Ride like the wind! Start something important! Write giant checks!

But my point is this: Sometimes change arrives in a brownpapered package much smaller and less dramatic than the one with the glitter and the shiny pink bow. Sometimes change looks uncannily similar to everyday kindness and empathy.

Sometimes change begins with letting a driver merge in front of you, with holding the door for a mother juggling an armful of groceries, with graciously acknowledging the curmudgeonly store cashier (even though he’s much more comfortable mumbling and frowning than accepting a word of encouragement), with tipping your server extravagantly, with giving a hungry stranger something to soothe the rumble in his belly.

In chaos theory, the butterfly effect maintains that the smallest breeze from a butterfly’s wing can change the path of a hurricane halfway across the world.

Imagine, then, the possibilities that exist within a single smile. chickensoup.com.

birth announcements Sergio Valdez Jr. and Victoria Valdez of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Ezequiel Maximus Valdez, born Sept. 14 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 8 lbs. 7 oz.

Sister is Skyla Valdez and brother is Julian Valdez.

Grandparents are Sergio and Glenda Valdez of Lufkin and Rosalio and Maria Ibarra of Corrigan.

——— Mireya and Alejandro Lozoya of Diboll announce the birth of their son, Elias Alejandro Lozeya, born Sept. 15 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 2 lbs.

6 oz.

Grandparents are Imelda and Rodolfo Lozeya of Diboll and Rosario and Omero Ortiz of Mexico.

——— David Andrew Crockett and Heather Marie Whitworth of Wells announce the birth of their daughter, Isabelle Marie Crockett, born Sept. 15 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs.

1 oz.

Brother is Zachary Dalton Conner of Crockett.

Grandparents are Charles and Angela Whitworth and John and Mary Cessna.

Great-grandparents are Joyce Whitworth and Charles Whitworth Sr. ——— Julian and Morgan Rios of Diboll announce the birth of their daughter, Khloe Grace Rios, born Sept. 15 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs.

5 oz.

Sister is Laney Rios and brother is Ryder Rios.

Grandparents are Dwayne and Stephanie Standford and Maria Rios, all of Diboll.

——— Avalon O’Neal and William Beers of Nacogdoches announce the birth of their daughter, Kaitlynn Pandora Zelda Rayne Beers, born Sept. 15 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz.

Sister is Willadean O’Neal.

Grandparents are William and Donna O’Neal of Houston and William Beers Sr. of Hamburg, Pennsylvania.

Great-grandparents are John and Carolyn Jakino of Diboll.

——— Austin and Tayler Hartman of Hudson announce the birth of their son, Jaxson Scott Hartman, born Sept. 16 at CHI St. Luke’s Health, weighing 8 lbs. 2 oz.

Grandparents are Mary and Dennis Sellers of Hudson and Bobby and Sandra Morphis of Whitehouse.

Great-grandmother is Carolyn Welch of Hudson.

——— Mr. and Mrs. Enrique Alejandro Fernandez of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Mateo Leonel Fernandez, born Sept.

16 at CHI St. Luke’s Health, weighing 6 lbs. 6 oz.

Brother is Enrique Alejandro Fernandez Jr. Grandparents are Alma and Aldredo Riojas and Maria and Jaime Fernandez, all of Lufkin.

——— Justin and Brittni Miles of Wells announce the birth of their son, Brynton Garrett Miles, born Sept. 16 at CHI St. Luke’s Health, weighing 8 lbs. 6 oz.

Brother is Brycen Miles.

Grandparents are Joe and Tammy Hodges of Wells and Berlin and Calay Bryan of Huntington.

——— Ashton Bonner and Michael Dillard of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Shane Michael Dillard, born Sept. 16 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz.

Grandparents are Jimmy and Sabrina Bonner, Leshia Brookshire, Angie Dillard and Brent and Tracy Dillard, all of Lufkin.

——— Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Allen Davis of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Jace Lemuel Davis, born Sept. 17 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs. 15 oz.

Grandparents are Yvette Davis of

Groveton, Bobby Davis of Apple Springs and Michael and Sarai Ener of Lufkin.

Great-grandparents are Belinda Ener of Corrigan, Brenda and Paul Lakey of Lufkin and Kenneth McCool of Groveton.

Great-great-grandmother is Alice Lorene McCoslin of Corrigan.

——— Federico and Carmen Badillo of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Natalia Badillo, born Sept. 17 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 9 lbs.

2 oz.

Sisters are Alexis and Nayelie Sarabia.

Brother is Isaac Badillo.

Grandparents are Rene Ramirez Sr. of Corrigan and Maria del Buen Consejo Garcia of Mexico.

——— Juan Orozco and Selena Briones of Lufkin announce the birth of their son, Juan Damian Orozco, born Sept. 18 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs. 10 oz.

Grandparents are Benito and Juana Orozco of Lufkin.

——— Meagan Wallace of Broaddus announces the birth of her son, Maddox Kylar Wallace, born Sept. 18 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs.

9 oz.

Grandparents are Thomas Wallace and Christy Holloway of Broaddus.

Great-grandparents are Billy and Doris Williams and Ovis Wallace, all of Broaddus.

——— Casey and Marlee Burgess of Hudson announce the birth of their daughter, Paislee Burgess, born Sept. 18 at CHI St. Luke’s health, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz.

Grandparents are Mardy and Ericka Guidry of Lockport, Louisiana and David and Michelle Burgess of Lufkin.

Great-grandparents are Judy and Delwin Burgess of Lufkin and Barbara Smith of Houston.

——— Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Nerren of Pollok announce the birth of their twins, son, Randall Wayne Nerren and daughter, Harper Rose Nerren, born Sept. 19 at Woodland Heights Medical Center. Randall weighed 7 lbs. 9 oz. and Harper weighed 6 lbs.

Brother is Kutler Shane.

Grandparents are Randy and Sabrina Nerren and Cindy and Charles Aldredge, all of Pollok.

Great-grandparents are Rose and Lindy Hinson of Alto and Liddie and Wayne Nerren, Gertrude and Norval Aldredge and JoAnn and Robert Townsend, all of Pollok.

——— Danny and Jillian Harris of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Lyla Julianne Harris, born Sept. 21 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs.

14 oz.

Sister is Laken Jade Harris and brother is Landon Evan Harris.

Grandparents are Judie and Phillip Glawson of Hudson and Evan and Melissa Davis of Lufkin. Great-grandparents are Charlene Davis of Lufkin and Albert and Helen Harris of Crockett.

——— Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Moore of Lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline Jane Moore, born Sept. 21 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 9 oz.

Grandparents are Tracy Johnson and George and Cindy Moore, all of Lufkin, and James Johnson of Crosby.

——— Larry and Julie Christensen of Nacogdoches announce the birth of their daughter, Charleston Kate, born Sept.

21 at Woodland Heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 6 oz.

Brothers are Jack and Carter.

Grandparents are Larry and Betty Christensen of Mont Belvieu and David and Jill Uptegrove of El Dorado Springs,

MO. Great-grandparents are R.J and Helen Acheson of Stockton, MO. ——— Joel Ortiz and Jeannie Parks of Nacogdoches announce the birth of their son, Ethan Nathaniel Parks, born Sept. 22 at CHI St. Luke’s Health, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz.

Grandmother is Jeanie Casper of Lufkin. Great-grandparents are Wilna and Haskell Casper.

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reunion

Ivy reunion set for Oct. 17 A reunion of the descendants of Cyrus K. Ivy (1814-1890) and families of others buried in Ivy Cemetery will be held from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Oct. 17. Bring a sack lunch for your family and lawn chairs.

In case of inclement weather the reunion will be held at the home of Ted Ivy, on the corner of West Walnut and North Second streets in Huntington.

To reach the cemetery, take FM 2109 from Huntington to Palmer Ivy Road

(approximately 4 miles), turn right onto Palmer Ivy Road and travel 1.7 miles to the cemetery entrance on the right.

In September 2007, the Ivy Cemetery in Huntington was recognized as a State Historical Cemetery by the Texas Historical Commission. In October 2008 the historical narrative plaque was dedicated.

Everyone is encouraged to attend.

For more information contact Ted Ivy at 876-3333 or Rex Ivy at 876-4412.

astrograph If today is your birthday — Believe in yourself and your abilities. Your intuition will lead you in the right direction. You can achieve your dreams and fulfill your goals if you are hardworking and persistent. Don’t be daunted by those who say you can’t.

Prove you can with relentless courage.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — You will be opinionated today. Don’t play with fire by upsetting someone you love or want to do business with. Let matters unfold naturally and be willing to listen to what others say.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Before it becomes too difficult to manage, deal with financial, legal or health matters. Don’t let confusion set in. If you ask questions, you will get favorable results.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — You can tilt the scales in your favor if you devote your time to charitable or benevolent organizations. In addition to helping needy people, you will attract new opportunities.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Someone will try to lead you astray. Go over agreements or contracts thoroughly to avoid costly errors. Keep your assets and valuables in a safe place.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Love is prominent. Others will see your value and boost your confidence. If you have done something wrong, admit it and move on.

Punishing yourself will not change the past.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Don’t assume that everyone is as honest as you.

Refuse to contribute to a dubious cause or

unrealistic investment. Joint ventures and lending or borrowing money or possessions should be avoided.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Anxiety or self-doubt will keep you from realizing your full potential. Take stock of your good qualities in order to realize that you have a lot to offer. Personal and professional opportunities are evident.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Use your imagination to come up with novel ways to increase your bank account. Mentoring, tutoring, teaching a course or sharing your skills can be a lucrative sideline.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — If you’ve been denying your own needs in order to accommodate others, it’s time to put yourself first. Love is on the rise, and special plans that encourage romance are favored.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Emotional outbursts or aggressive tactics will not win you points with family or co-workers. Treat others as you wish to be treated, or prepare to face unhappy consequences.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — You can use your powers of persuasion to bring your talents to the attention of someone influential. Don’t be shy. You have the qualities necessary to succeed.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Look for ways to increase your earning potential.

Ask people with entrepreneurial abilities to help you develop an idea that you want to market. Savvy investment or real estate strategies will prove beneficial.

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SUNDAY PUZZLER

Quick-thinking ‘cowgirl’ heads off Halloween embarrassment DEAR ABBY: My dear friend “Iris” is having her annual Halloween party. Each year I wear a costume I pull together without spending extra money. This year I’ll be dressing DEAR ABBY as a cowgirl, and I have arranged to borrow a few items for the costume.

As a rule, I keep my costume a surprise and don’t ask others what they’re going to wear. By chance, Iris and I ran errands together and she wanted to pick up her husband’s costume while we were out. She chose a cowboy

costume.

I considered changing my costume, but then I started wondering why I should, when I had already made arrangements. Before Iris paid for the costume, I told her about mine. She put her husband’s costume back and said she’d select something else later.

There was no argument, but I wonder if I was obligated to tell her. Would it have been bad if I had just gone ahead and shown up as a cowgirl without saying anything? — WONDERING IN THE WILD WEST DEAR WONDERING: It would only have been “bad” if Iris had planned to dress as a cowgirl to complement her husband’s costume. Personally, I think you did the right thing by being

up-front.

DEAR ABBY: I have been with my husband, “Elliot,” for six years, married for two. We’re financially stable and have great, supportive families.

One of our biggest issues is that Elliot needs to be emotionally coddled, and I give in to it. It’s taxing to be the strong one all the time, and the result is I don’t feel as attracted to him. He complains that I’m “not fun” anymore or that I’m a “prude.”

Now that I’m pregnant, things have gotten worse. I expected to be treated like a pregnant goddess, but Elliot feels no emotional attachment to our baby and is afraid of becoming a father. I find it hard to deal with because we planned this pregnancy.

We have been fighting a lot lately, and while he was out, I read his journal. It stated that he knows he doesn’t love his wife anymore. Since that day I have been a wreck, but I have been unable to talk to him about it.

Every morning he tells me he loves me. Now I ask him, “Are you sure?” to which he replies, “Of course!” Is he lying? Should I confront him about the journal entry even though I invaded his privacy? — PREGNANT GODDESS IN PHILADELPHIA DEAR PREGNANT GODDESS: Recognize that Elliot is less emotionally mature than you are, which is why you have been stuck in the role of being “the strong one.” Once the baby comes, you will have less time to coddle him, which

senior news

may make him jealous. People have good days and bad ones. Your husband may have been having a bad one when he wrote what you read.

This may seem like blasphemy, but not all fathers-to-be are excited when faced with the reality of impending parenthood. Some are intimidated, which may be what Elliot is feeling. You may find that once the baby arrives he will bond with him/her. However, if it doesn’t happen, or if you continue to feel emotionally isolated, you both should start marriage counseling. Then he can explain to you and a counselor why he would tell you one thing and be writing the opposite in his journal.

Write Dear Abby at DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, California, 90069.

Hudson schools

Fall decorations make center look nice Reception on Friday to recognize Whiteker

By NELL ADDINGTON Contributing writer

the others, so please only one prize per win.

We do have rules and must go by them in all fairness.

The center looks so nice with fall decoraThanks for complying with the rules and tions, thanks to Sheila Seaman and her Dad, make it fun for all.

C.L. Beck. They decorated after exercise Also, we are getting new bingo cards and and line dancing Wednesday. Thanks so we do not want anyone writing their names much. on them or carrying them home with you.

——— We know how many we have so it will be Stephanie with Lufkin Skilled Nursing easy to know if one is taken. Thanks to one called bingo for us and we had a great time. of our own “jewels” for buying the new And a great big thank you for a large cards. donation to bingo prizes by one of our own ——— gentlemen. It is really appreciated.

Bob Tucker celebrated his 88th birthday Also Jennie came in with several prizes and on the same day, he and Mary celone day this week. Couldn’t have come at a ebrated their 66th wedding Anniversary on better time.

Sept. 30. His family was here to help them Please, please bingo players. We are hav- celebrate — “Bird” and Larry and Jan Seling some discrepancies about some of you man. picking up too many prizes. That is unfair to The picture taken can be seen on mine

or Jan’s facebook page. A great picture of a sweet couple.

Bob is one of our volunteers who cleans the tables every day after lunch. And if you see Mary with a handful of the little stickers or silverware wrappers, it’s because she has a special place at home where she keeps them. You go, Mary.

——— In case you have not noticed the large box in the foyer, it is for “Toys for Tots.”

If you can see it in your heart to donate unwrapped toy gifts for a child, please bring them as soon as possible. The toys will be collected by Nov. 1. Let’s make a child happy.

I wish you all a blessed week.

Nell Addington is the site manager and activity director at the Angelina County Senior Citizens Center. She can be reached at bradysnonnie@hotmail.com.

social security

Social Security disability helps people who work

By Tiffany Christoferson Contributing writer

benefit for millions of disabled individuals, and we can assist them in going back to work.

People with disabilities are The Social Security disability challenged with both overcominsurance program, or SSDI, ing barriers and with convincis perhaps the most misuning others that those barriers do derstood program of Social not define them.

Security.

That’s why we wanted to Some people may think that mark this October’s National SSDI recipients have never Disability Employment Awareworked and are taking advanness Month by reminding you tage of the system by receiving that Social Security is an earned money for minor impairments.

SUNDAY CROSSWORD ANSWERS

Nothing could be further from the truth.

First, anyone who qualifies for SSDI must have worked enough to pay into the system and be “insured.”

Second, Social Security has some of the strictest requirements in the world for disability benefits.

To qualify, a person must not only have an impairment that will last one year or more, or result in death, but they must be unable to perform any substantial work.

Consequently, Social Security disability beneficiaries are some of the most severely impaired people in the country, and they greatly depend on their benefits.

You can learn more by visiting the Faces and Facts website at socialsecurity.gov/disabilityfacts.

At the website, you will find many personal stories of those who have benefitted from Social Security when they needed it most.

We also have incentives that give beneficiaries with disabilities — who are able — the opportunity to return to work.

These work incentives include continued cash benefits for a period of time while you work, continued Medicare or Medicaid coverage, and help with education, training and rehabilitation to start a new line of work.

In some cases, we may even be able to deduct certain impairment-related work expenses from your countable income, making it possible to earn more and also remain eligible to receive benefits. Examples of these expenses are wheelchairs, transportation costs, and specialized equipment needed for work.

Social Security also offers the Ticket to Work program, which gives participants a “ticket” to go back to work while keeping their disability benefits.

This program is free and voluntary. Ticket to Work gives access to an employment network, which offers assistance with job searches and placement, and vocational rehabilitation and training.

Those who enroll find the Ticket to Work program makes it easier to explore whether going back to work is right for them. Some even find that they are able to eventually get back to work and earn far more than the disability payments they once received.

Visit socialsecurity.gov/work for more information on the Ticket to Work program and work incentives. You may also call (866) 968-7842 (TDD 866-8332967).

Tiffany Christoferson is assistant manager for the Social Security Administration in Lufkin.

By Kathy Mahr Contributing writer

A Powder-Puff Football game is scheduled for Oct. 20.

——— District news: We are The Lady Hornet Basketball hosting a reception to honor Team will be hosting its third Mary Ann Whiteker for being annual washer tournament selected Superintendent of the fundraiser on Oct. 27. The Year by the Texas Association tournament will start at 6 p.m. of School Boards at its annual and will be held in the auxilconvention. The reception iary gym. The cost per team is is from 3-4:30 p.m. Friday at $25. By providing a three-hole the Peavy Primary Campus washer board set, your team Library. The public is invited will receive a $5 discount on the to attend. entry fee. All washers will be ——— provided. Prizes will be awardThe Hudson ISD school ed to the first and second place board will meet at 6 p.m. teams. There will be a food and Thursday in the board room. drinks available for purchase.

The meeting will also include a If you are not into the whole public hearing on the district’s washer thing, come out for FIRST Report (Financial Integ- a fun night of some friendly rity Rating System of Texas). competition. For more info you ——— may contact Coach Hines at Friday is an early release for kirstenhines@hudsonisd.org. students. School will dismiss at ——— 1 p.m. and students will have a Peavy Primary news: long weekend since they do not Peavy Primary will have Rego to school on Oct. 19. It is a port Card Night from 4-6 p.m.

Teacher In-service Day. Oct. 22.

——— ——— Hudson hosted a One Mile Cafeteria news: The month Fun Run on Sept. 29. The of October the Hudson School results listing the top few run- Child Nutrition Department ners in each category were: will be participating in “Farm K-2nd grade Boys: 1. Miler Fresh Fridays” to create exciteStewart, 7:29; 2. Rocco Farment and appreciation for rell, 7:44; 4. Brodie Oliver, 8:09. Texas farm products. Products Girls: 1. Laney Peterson, 7:48; like Texas watermelon, or2. Maddi Fountain, 8:52; 3. Addi anges, grapefruit and tomatoes Courtney, 9:35. will be featured.

3rd -4th grade Boys: 1. ConThrough Friday, the Hudson ner Graves, 6:26; 2. Jake Davis, School Child Nutrition De6:54; 3. Cameron Hamilton, 6:59. partment will be celebrating Girls: 1. Caelyn Williams, National School Lunch Week 7:53; 2. Jayden Dickerson, 8:08; as we discover the Great Plate 3. Anna Hancock, 8:17. of Texas with a healthy school 5th -6th grade Boys: 1. lunch. The school cafeteria Kanaan Holder, 6:34; 2. Collin is a great place to explore the Ross, 6:34; 3. Carson Courtney, variety of foods Texas has to 6:45. offer. We will be highlighting Girls: 1. Cullen Merrell, 7:02; and serving foods that include 2. Payge Mathena, 7:20; 3. Han- Texas ingredients and prodnah Slusher, 7:26. ucts.

——— Peavy Primary and Bonner High school news: For Elementary will have daily proseniors only — if interested in motional giveaways during the Liberal Arts and Applied Arts week for each student that eats at SFA you can sign up on the a healthy school lunch. Middle GO Center door for a trip to School will have a Healthy SFA that will be Tuesday. If “Selfie” photo activity to proyou are interested in Fine Arts mote healthy eating. Check out at Angelina College you can our menus on the Hudson ISD sign up on the GO Center door website and explore the variety for a trip to Angelina College of foods Texas has to offer in that is scheduled for Oct. 30. your school cafeteria.

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thriller

‘Saturn Run’ a gripping, futuristic tale

night

By JEFF AYERS The Associated Press

Artifact Images Haunt Photography/Haunted Overload/The Associated Press

A scene from Haunted Overload in Lee, New Hampshire. Haunted Overload light. The attraction was also named America’s scariest display in ABC’s tops this year’s list of best attractions published by HauntWorld.com. The “Great Halloween Fright Fight.” outdoor haunt in an eerie forest setting includes monsters, sound and

Haunted houses, creepy mazes and other Halloween attractions

By BETH J. HARPAZ AP Travel Editor Escape rooms, zombie fights and carnival sideshow freaks are a few of the themes popping up at this year’s Halloween attractions.

But if you’re not up for extreme frights offered by hard-core haunted houses and nighttime theme park events, there are lots of low-key alternatives, with some venues avoiding scary stuff altogether. Disney World in Florida hosts Mickey’s Not-SoScary Halloween Party, with a similar Mickey’s Halloween Party at Disneyland in Anaheim, California.

Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana, offers 12 acres of corn mazes, a talking pumpkin, a laser light show and more. An overnight stay at Great Wolf lodges includes Howl-O-Ween activities like trick-or-treat trails and a Monster Bash dance party.

SeaWorld San Diego’s Halloween Spooktacular includes “Sesame Street’s Who Said Boo?” Some theme parks host family friendly activities on Saturdays and Sundays, then ramp up thrills and chills at night on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. Many Six Flags parks have child-friendly activities during the day, then transition to nighttime Fright Fests, with creepy roaming creatures, haunted houses and scare zones.

At Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, HalloWeekends include daytime family friendly activities like the Great Pumpkin Fest, a parade and hay-bale mazes. On Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights, the park becomes a more intense experience, with outdoor scare zones, haunted houses and edgy shows.

Great America in Santa Clara, California, also offers family friendly activities during the day, while nighttime thrills include roving monsters, nine mazes, scare zones and the park’s thrill rides.

Carowinds park in Charlotte, North Carolina, recommends its Scarowinds extravaganza — including a homecoming at Zombie High — for guests age 13 and older.

Busch Gardens Tampa partnered with Robin Cowie, producer of “The Blair Witch Project,” to create “Unearthed,” about a woman named Scarlett who comes back to life after a construction crew digs too far.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg gets scary with five Terror-tories and

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Visitors at the Los Angeles theme park encounter a creepy character, part of Universal’s Hollywood Horror Nights extravaganza. Halloween is one of the busiest times of year at Universal parks in California and Orlando, Florida, with thousands of visitors coming out to experience elaborately themed scare zones, haunted houses and mazes. Many of the attractions are inspired by horror films and sci-fi shows, and include movie-quality costumes, makeup, technology and special effects.

Falls, Tennessee, Haunted Cavern includes one haunt in the mind of a madman and one in a cave featuring creepy night creatures.

Enigma Haunt in Boca Raton, Florida, includes a blackout maze, The Abyss, and themed chambers in the Realms of Terror.

Attractions at Spooky World Presents Nightmare New England in Litchfield, New Hampshire, include a tractor ride through the woods to a spider-infested campground, plane crash scene and torture compound, along with a showcase of “rejected carnival misfits ... clowns to demented sideshow freaks.”

Finally, the annual New Hampshire Pumpkin Festival isn’t supposed to be scary, but last year’s was marred by alcohol-fueled parties and 100 arrests. It’s relocating this year from Keene to Laconia.

Universal’s Halloween Horror Nights

At Universal theme parks in Orlando, Florida, and Los Angeles, Halloween Horror Nights draw thousands of visitors, ranking among the parks’ toric former prison in Philadelphia, busiest times of year. The experience seven haunted houses. is celebrating its 25th season hosting is worthy of Hollywood, inspired by Hauntworld’s top 15 Halloween madness. Its massive famous horror films, sci-fi shows and HauntWorld.com’s list of top 15 haunted house, “Terror Behind the stories, with movie-quality special haunted houses is topped by Haunted Walls,” has been redesigned for the effects, technology, sets, costumes Overload, in Lee, New Hampshire, anniversary. and makeup. described by HauntWorld as “an origIn Reading, Pennsylvania, ShockAt Universal Hollywood in Los inal outdoor haunt in a class of its toberfest offers Zombie World and Angeles, the extravaganza includes own” with “handmade sets, gigantic Prison of the Dead Escape, which a new “terror tram” experience monsters and spellbinding costumes requires guests to escape from through Universal’s film studio with spectacular sound and lighting multiple rooms. Because November’s back lot themed on “The Purge,” ... set in an eerie dark New England calendar has a Friday the 13th in it, a film about a 12-hour period in forest.” Haunted Overload also won the attraction will stay open through which crime is legal. There are also a $50,000 prize, named America’s that date. six themed mazes based on movies scariest display by ABC’s “The Great In Pittsburgh, ScareHouse atand TV shows: The Walking Dead, Halloween Fright Fight.” tractions include The Summoning, Insidious, Crimson Peak, HallowThe other 14 listed by HauntWorld a haunted attraction set in October een, This Is The End and Alien vs. are Headless Horseman, in Ulster 1932 that tells a story of secret societ- Predator. Crimson Peak, for example, Park, New York; The 13th Gate in ies, rituals and demonic inhabitants. is inspired by a horror movie being Baton Rouge, Louisiana; the Dent Sixteen miles west of Detroit, the released in mid-October by director Schoolhouse in Cincinnati; NethHush Haunted Attraction’s Detroit Guillermo del Toro, taking visitors erworld in Atlanta; 13th Floor, San Experiment Facility brings vision a journey with the main charAntonio, Texas; Bennett’s Curse, tors through the collapsed ceilings, acter, Edith Cushing, to a haunted Baltimore; Erebus, Pontiac, Michiovergrown greenery and flickering estate in the English countryside. gan; Bates Motel, Philadelphia; The dungeons of a science facility where The Walking Dead maze is based on Darkness, St. Louis; Cutting Edge, experiments have gone wrong. season five of the AMC series.

Dallas; Spookywoods, Greensboro, Freakshow in Wabash Valley, IlUniversal Orlando, which is markNorth Carolina; House of Torment linois, introduces guests to sideshow ing its 25th year of Halloween Horror in Chicago; Hex House, Tulsa, freaks including evil magicians, Nights, has nine haunted houses, Oklahoma; and Fear Experience in mimes and clowns. including “Freddy vs. Jason,” ‘‘The Cleveland.

Wisconsin FearGrounds in Wauke- Purge,” ‘‘An American Werewolf in sha, Wisconsin, just outside Milwau- London” and “The Walking Dead.”

Regional kee, offers three haunted houses.

The Florida park also has five scare Eastern State Penitentiary, the hisAt Lookout Mountain in Ruby zones.

John Sandford, known for his thrillers featuring police Detective Lucas Davenport, teams up with photographer and sci-fi fan Ctein for “Saturn Run,” a gripping, “Saturn Run” futuristic tale.

It’s just over 50 years in the (Putnam), by John Sandford and Ctein future. The space program has been stagnant for some time, but now the Chinese are sending a mission to Mars. The United States is ready to sit back and watch, but a discovery on a telescope in orbit changes all that. A massive object near Saturn shows signs of being manufactured, and the technology involved and the sheer size of the object would be impossible to create on Earth. The U.S. utilizes a space station in orbit, and soon a design for a craft to go to Saturn has been created.

A team of astronauts, scientists and civilians is given the opportunity to initiate the first contact with aliens from another world.

The diverse group will have to juggle everything from hormones to treachery on the long journey to the ringed planet. The Chinese learn about the object, and now their mission to Mars is aborted to make a run at Saturn as well.

The overall experience of “Saturn Run” is like a mixture of Arthur C. Clarke’s “2001: a Space Odyssey” and “Rendezvous With Rama.”

Readers looking for a great sci-fi story won’t be disappointed. At almost 500 pages, the pace and compelling characters keep things moving and nothing seems padded.

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‘A Line of Blood’ delves deep into family dynamics

By OLINE H. COGDILL The Associated Press A supposedly tight-knit family becomes torn apart after the death of a next-door neighbor in an intense debut by author Ben McPherson.

“A Line of Blood” delves “A Line of Blood” deep into family dynamics for (William Morrow), by a psychological thriller with Ben McPherson realistic twists that builds to a surprising denouement.

TV producer Alex Mercer is quite proud of his “little tribe,” which consists of his wife, Millicent Weitzman, who is launching a radio show based on her self-help books, and Max, their precocious 11-year-old son. They “set clear boundaries and applied rules” in their house that “was full of love.” The couple believes they are “the classic good-enough parents,” despite Alex’s uncontrollable rages and Millicent’s frequent absences from their rented house in an economically depressed section of London’s Finsbury Park. The willful Max watches his parents closely, acutely aware of his father’s temper and his parents’ infidelities.

The family is upended when Alex and Max discover their next-door neighbor electrocuted by an iron in his bathtub. It seems to be a clear case of suicide, but the police treat the death as a homicide.

McPherson’s elegantly constructed plot reveals the secrets that bind these characters as well as pull them apart. Letters stashed in hidden boxes, furtive relationships and even sneaking cigarettes during the middle of the night contribute to the situation. Each character has something to hide, including the emotionally fragile Max, whose concerns are easily dismissed because of his age. The characters’ motives are cleverly revealed through a series of seemingly meaningless domestic situations.

McPherson has constructed an engrossing — and very dark — domestic thriller.

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Delta says we need passports for Puerto Rico, is that true?

Stephanie Merck is told she needs a passport to fly to Puerto Rico. It’s not true. Who should pay for the passport?

Q: I wanted to let you know about an interesting situation we encountered while booking a trip to Puerto Rico.

When I went to purchase airline tickets for my husband, my 3-year-old son and myself, I spoke with the U.S. State Department via phone and email about passport requirements to fly from Atlanta to San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was told that no passport was required.

But three different Delta Air Lines agents told us that passports are required to fly to Puerto Rico. They also

told us that they do not consider it part of the U.S. So we spent the money for a rush passport for our son. We are currently at the airport, and my son’s passport was not required. This christopher elliott is very confusing, and I feel like we wasted money on the rush passport.

What is going on? — Stephanie Merck, Alpharetta, Georgia A: The State Department is right, and

Delta is wrong. If you’re a U.S. citizen, you don’t need a passport to enter Puerto Rico, which is a U.S. commonwealth.

The strange thing about this case is that it wasn’t just one Delta representative, but three, who gave you incorrect information that your son needed a passport.

It’s not clear where Delta is getting its information, but I know that back in 2012, a number of press reports indicated that you needed a passport.

The State Department had to issue a rare clarification, noting that passports were not required (state.gov/r/pa/prs/ ps/2012/07/195219.htm).

But don’t be too mad at Delta. This

is one of those times when bad advice leads to a good outcome. Most Americans don’t have a passport, but they should. If you’d wanted to take a day trip to another island or a vacation in Europe next summer, you’d need that passport. So this wasn’t necessarily money misspent.

I might have sent a brief, polite email to Delta asking for clarification in writing. (Here are a few contacts: elliott.org/ company-contacts/delta-airlines/). That would have forced the airline to offer a more thoughtful written response, and perhaps one it would have researched.

There’s no provision in Delta’s terms

and conditions, or in its contract of carriage, for covering the cost of your son’s passport. But you would hope that the airline would take responsibility for inaccurate information it gave you on three separate occasions.

I contacted Delta on your behalf. It responded to you with an apology and agreed to reimburse you the $270 you spent for your son’s rush-order passport.

Christopher Elliott is the ombudsman for National Geographic Traveler magazine and the author of “How to Be the World’s Smartest Traveler.” You can read more travel tips on his blog, elliott.org, or email him at chris@elliott.org.

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Genealogy Downtown will discuss early Lufkin photographers “The Photographers of Lufkin” will be the topic when Dickie Dixon speaks at Genealogy Downtown at noon Oct. 19 in Room 102 at Lufkin City Hall, 300 E. Shepherd Ave. Names like Heifner, Herbert, Logue, Ray, Cottle, Allen, Windham may not be as recognizable as Merrill, Mowan and Glenn Armstrong, but nevertheless they were here and photographed Lufkin. Come hear a survey of these men who plied the streets and studios of our home town. If you have information pertaining to any of these photographers, or if you have pictures made by them, contact Dixon at 240-8378 or email him at dickie.dixon@hotmail.com.

Daughters of the American Revolution Today marks the 125th anniversary of the founding of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. Building upon 125 years of service to America, today’s DAR is vibrant, engaging and more important than ever before. Members from coast to coast will come together today to show their continued dedication to service by participating in the National DAR Day of Service.

Nearly 950,000 women have joined the DAR since its founding and it is their — and your — patriotic devotion that has sustained us for 125 years. Now we have the opportunity to honor each and every one of our members through The Daughters Tribute. Anthony Smith is the local chapter.

American Legion Post 113 The American Legion Post 113 Family invites all to come out and show support for our local veterans. American Legion Post 113 has decided to represent our veterans by having a float in both the Huntington and Lufkin Veterans Day parades. We feel that it is very important for us to show our support for all cities in our county. We are blessed and very proud to have been invited to participate in both.

There will be two parades Nov. 7 and representatives from American Legion Post 113 Family will attend both parades.

Participants will line up for the parades at 9 a.m. and the parades

finding, registering and honoring U.S. military veterans who began serving his or her country at an age while many others were simply trying to survive high school.

Life membership is $25. For information, contact Gerald M. “Jerry” French at (936) 238-2204.

Deep East Texas Area Agency on Aging If you are concerned about the needs of older people, become a volunteer ombudsman and learn to advocate for people living in nursing homes and assisted living facilities.

Ombudsmen work with 42 nursing facilities throughout the Dr. Ed Domingue presents Deep East Texas region.

The Mary Hall Mantooth Chapter of Daughters of the Republic a program on the Battle of Each volunteer is paired with of Texas held a Memorial Service at their September meeting Mansfield Louisiana during a facility, and visits that facility for Mary Thompson and Judy Kellow. Pictured are family and the Civil War at the September two hours every week. friends — Paula Rusk, sister of Judy Kellow; Melba Graves, friend meeting of the Lone Star Training to become a volunof Judy Kellow; Mary Ann Thompson, daughter of Mary Stanaland Defenders Camp 2234 of the teer ombudsmen is provided free Thompson; and DRT chaplain Janie Slack.

Sons of Confederate Veterans. of charge by DETCOG’s Area will begin at 10 a.m.

Regiment.” He will discuss the Veterans of Underage Agency on Aging of Deep East After the Lufkin parade meet famous Texas Cavalry regiment’s Military Service Texas. Volunteers are mentored at Louis Bronaugh Park across formation, training, battles from The Veterans of Underage on how to speak with residents from City Hall for a celebration the beginning of the war through Military Service organization and handle complaints working with food vendors and activities the end. was incorporated in 1991 to at their own pace. for children. After the HuntingNew members of the club honor Americans who entered For more information or if ton parade meet at The Centeninclude Domingue, George Chan- military service to their country you need assistance in solving a nial Park on Main Street in dler, Jimmy Freeman Jr., Raywhile underage. problem in a nursing home, conHuntington with food and gift mond Vann, Christopher Callas, VUMS enlisted under age 17 tact Charlotte McGalin, Managvendors as well as activities for Hal Davis and returning charter for men, and under age 20 for ing Local Ombudsman with the the children. See the car show, member John Nolan Wilson. women during World War II, the Deep East Texas Area Agency on get raffle tickets and enjoy lots Guests are always welcome Korean War and beyond.

Aging at (800) 256-6848 ex 5305 or of local talent singing gospel and to visit the Ccmp on the second More than 20,000 VUMS served (409) 384-5704 ex 5305. country music.

Monday of each month. The in the U.S. Armed Forces. Only a Retired Senior Lone Star Defenders camp will meet and greet at 6 little over 2,000 are left.

Volunteer Program Camp 2234 — SCV p.m. The meeting starts at 6:30 The Veterans of Underage The following organizations in The Lone Star Defenders p.m. For more information Military Service is dedicated to Angelina County have a pressing Camp 2234 of the Sons of Confed- contact Commander Thomas erate Veterans held its regular Anderson at 635-5050 or by email meeting Sept. 14 at Golden Corral at ta2440@consolidated.net. in Lufkin.

Lufkin Community Partners Dr. Ed Domingue spoke to a Lufkin Community Partners is record crowd of members and hosting the 5th annual Reindeer visitors on various aspects of the Run, 5K and Kids Fun Run at 8 Battle of Mansfield in Louisiana a.m. Dec. 12 at the Ellen Trout during the Civil War. The overall Zoo, 402 Zoo Circle. view dated the war in LouisiThe Kids Fun Run is a oneana between 1862 and 1863 that mile loop around Ellen Trout included the charge of Mouton’ Zoo. The 5K will begin at 8:30 Division and the Battle of Pleas- a.m. and is a combination of ant Hill. He outlined the Yankee pavement and trail running that escape after they burned the circles around the zoo and the town of Alexandria and ended surrounding lake behind the zoo. with the conclusion of the Red Registration begins at 7:15 a.m.

River Campaign.

Online registration onestoprace.

On Tuesday, Second Lt. com. The Reindeer Run benefits Commander Marc Robinson Lufkin Community Partners and of the East Texas Brigade from the Rainbow Room.

Palestine will present a program For more information or to covering the overall history of register visit lufkincommunityp“Parsons’ 12th Texas Cavalry artners.org.

Health.

Tuesday, October 13 9 am – 2 pm Lufkin Pitser Garrison Convention Center

Get to know more about yours.

If you want to learn more about your health, our free Special Diabetes Discussion Series is for you. These sessions can be very helpful if you have diabetes or live with someone who does. Sessions will be held on consecutive Thursdays from Noon-1 p.m. in the second floor classroom.

A complimentary lunch will be provided.

Exhibitors A Caring Touch Home Health Gentiva Hospice A Compassionate Care Gipson Funeral Home Advantage Homecare Goodwill Aerocare Home Medical Heart to Heart Hospice Agape Home Health The Heart Institute Angelina County & Cities HEB Health District Hospice in the Pines A Pineywoods Home Health Care Dr. Brian Humphreys & Home Services Integra Insurance Services A Daily Prayer for You Larkspur Audibel Lehmann Eye Center Audiological Services Lufkin Skilled Care Bethany Home Health Morgan Insurance Bristol Hospice Oceans Behavioral Hospital Brookshire Brothers Pharmacy Parkwood Place Carroway Funeral Home Pepsi Castle Pines Quality Care Services The Center for Sight The School Marm Century 21 Bryan Realty Coming Soon: Shafer Funeral Home Chala Chiropractic Snead Linton Funeral Home Cigna Healthspring Southland Rehabilitation Colonial Mortuary & Healthcare Center Complete Nutrition Tex Air Industries, Inc. Corrigan LTC Nursing & Tomé Catering Rehabilitation Center Walgreens DETCOG Wells LTC Nursing & Rehabilitation East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind Wright Choice Home Health East Texas Monument Co. Edward Jones / Ashley Bratton Encompass Home Health

Special Diabetes Discussion Series October 1 | October 8 | October 15

Call 936-699-CARE (2273) to register for the Special Diabetes Discussion Series.

hostEd by: Woodland Heights Medical Center is directly or indirectly owned by a partnership that proudly includes physician owners, including certain members of the hospital’s medical staff.

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need for volunteers: Angelina Arts Alliance, Angelina County Senior Center, Area Agency On Aging, Brandon Elementary, city of Lufkin (Main Street), Community Reassurance Program, DETCOG Homeland Security (CERT), DETCOG Lufkin, DETCOG Ombudsman Program (Regional), Diboll High School, Family Crisis Center, Goodwill Industries, Habitat For Humanity — Lufkin, Hope Center of North Lufkin, Hospice in the Pines, Lufkin Adult Learning Center, Lufkin American Red Cross, Lufkin Police Dept, Lufkin State Supported Living Center, Lufkin Veterans Administration, Museum Of East Texas, Pregnancy Help Center, RSVP Advisory Council & County ADV. COMM, RSVP Office — Angelina County, Salvation Army, Salvation Army Adult Day Center, Seasons Of Hope Center, Second Blessings Food Pantry & Thrift Store, Temple Elementary School – Diboll, Temple Memorial Library — Diboll, Texas Forestry Museum, The Meadows, Timber Point Apartment Homes, Woodland Heights Medical Center and the Women’s Shelter Thrift Store.

If, you are 55 or older and interested in volunteering at any of the organizations listed, call Marilyn Gardner with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program at 362-6922. RSVP serves as a volunteer placement agency for these organizations.

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Ouch! Who would have thought that vegetable with the demur green skin could contain such bite?

But that’s just a myth about peppers, that red means hot and green means not. Red just means ripe and green means unripe. Hot or not, ripe means more flavorful. Peppers, like tomatoes, taste best fully ripened.

Hot peppers’ hotness comes from compounds called capsaicins, which have no flavor themselves. Capsaicins merely stimulate pain receptors, and the body’s response is to speed up the heart and metabolism, and induce salivation and sweating. The two dozen or so different capsaicins vary in their effects: A habanero, for instance, bites you right away, then fades, while a jalapeño sneaks up on you with its hotness.

Why would any sane person eat something that produces pain? The reason might be that while the heart is racing and sweat is pouring out, the brain is also releasing endorphins to block the pepper pain. Endorphins induce a mild euphoria.

Sometimes peppers’ hotness can, of course, be downright unpleasant. The fire can be quelled a number of ways — water or beer not among them.

Sugary or acidic compounds can moderate the heat, which makes a case for eating something sweet and sour along with something fiery. Capsaicins are fat-soluble, so the quickest way to turn down the heat is to shove some fatty food into your mouth. Milk protein also quells the fire, making full-fat dairy products useful to have on hand. Thus the use of sour cream and avocado in Mexican cuisine, yogurt in Indian cuisine and coconut in Thai cuisine.

The cool, green exterior of a green chili isn’t the only thing that could fool a person unfamiliar with it. Your first, tentative nibble of a pepper is usually at its tip, which often isn’t hot at all. Don’t be fooled: A hot pepper’s fire is mostly in its ribs and near the seeds. Some of that hotness also bleeds into the seeds themselves. So if you want to be spared the full hotness of a hot pepper, strip out the ribs and seeds before eating it.

Make sure to wash your hands thoroughly after you’ve worked with peppers because the capsaicins can cling to your fingers and be carried to your mouth, eyes or other sensitive parts of your body. And don’t try to wash the hotness away with water. Milk is a convenient treatment, either as a wash or just patted on with a milk-soaked paper towel.

In 1912, Wilbur Scoville came up with a method for quantifying pepper heat. He diluted a pepper and noted at what dilution hotness could still be detected. So a bell pepper chalks up zero Scoville units because it’s not hot even eaten straight up. Poblanos are mildly hot (1,000 Scoville units), jalapeños are hotter (4,000), Thais hotter still (100,000) and habañeros top the scale with about 200,000 Scoville units. Mix one part habanero in 200,000 parts of water — equivalent to one drop in more than 2 1/2 gallons of water — and you’ll still taste some hotness!

Scoville units are averages. Growing conditions can turn a pepper thermostat up or down, with more stress — hotter temperatures, or soil that is too wet or too dry — resulting in hotter peppers.

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%Difference -13% -13% -9% +26%

3B/2B $199,000

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HOuSTOn CO. 4B/2B MLS 51911 $154,900

BROOkHOLLOW 3B/2B MLS 51962 $159,900

CROWn COLOny 3B/2B MLS 51964 $199,900

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3B/2B $165,000

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CenTRAL MLS 51952

MAnTOOTH MLS 51934

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COMMeRCiAL MLS 51948 $240,000

4B/2.5B $299,000

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271791 Lufkin – 4/3/1/3 MLS 52059

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271858 Crown CoLony – 4/3/1/2 MLS 51590

271790

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271850

289589 Lufkin – 3/2/0/0 MLS 50238

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RENTAL PROPERTIES

OFFICE: 936–632–1299 For information on available properties please visit our website at www.are.propertyware.com LAND LUFKIN – 46.29 AC MLS 51951 $255,000 LUFKIN – 47.78 AC MLS 51953 $253,000 LUFKIN – 37.13 AC MLS 51954 $197,000

0.4586 AC Lufkin – 3+/4/1/3 $699,000 MLS 50972

271784

5 AC Lufkin – 3/2/1/2 $339,900 MLS 51763

272027 275814

291564

271899

5.86 AC PoLLok – 3/2/1/0 $329,000 MLS 51992

0.239 AC four SeASonS – 3/2/0/2 $169,900 MLS 52014

271857

0.3714 AC Lufkin – 4/2/1/0 $194,500 MLS 51330

318065

LAKE PROPERTIES – 2.44 AC MLS 48156 $125,000 CROWN COLONY – .375 AC MLS 43132 $110,000 CROWN COLONY – 1.061 AC MLS 43117 $110,000 LUFKIN – 13.37 AC MLS 49254 $99,900 CROWN COLONY – 0.5748 AC MLS 44719 $99,000 CENTRAL – 9.65 AC MLS 51982 $94,500 CROWN COLONY – 1.311 AC MLS 51635 $89,900 CROWN COLONY – .436 AC MLS 43129 $84,500 CROWN COLONY – .426 AC MLS 43128 $84,500 CROWN COLONY – 1.393 AC MLS 43839 $79,500 CROWN COLONY – .421 AC MLS 43789 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .424 AC MLS 43131 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .712 AC MLS 43130 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .781 AC MLS 43126 $79,250 CROWN COLONY – .353 AC MLS 43125 $58,250

271700

291568

0.28 AC Crown CoLony – 3/2/0/2 0.22041 AC Lufkin – 3/2/1/2 $167,000 MLS 51573 $162,500 MLS 52004

1.653 AC Lufkin – 4/2/0/2 $159,000 MLS 51751

CROWN COLONY – .304 AC MLS 43121 $53,000 CROWN COLONY – .312 AC MLS 43120 $53,000 CROWN COLONY – .38 AC MLS 43133 $52,000 CROWN COLONY – .42 AC MLS 43135 $47,250 CROWN COLONY – .40 AC MLS 43134 $47,250 CROWN COLONY – .278 AC MLS 43141 $45,150 CROWN COLONY – .299 AC MLS 43175 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .30 AC MLS 43174 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .316 AC MLS 43173 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .311 AC MLS 43171 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .268 AC MLS 43140 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .278 AC MLS 43139 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .271 AC MLS 43138 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .278 AC MLS 43136 $44,100 CROWN COLONY – .277 AC MLS 43145 $43,050

CROWN COLONY – .268 AC MLS 43142 $43,050 LUFKIN - .588 AC MLS 51645 $40,000 BROOKHOLLOW - 0.90 AC MLS 47379 $38,000 LUFKIN – 5.67 AC MLS 50868 $29,390 CROWN COLONY – .42 AC MLS 43137 $26,250 LUFKIN – 2.46 AC MLS 50872 $25,000 LUFKIN - .255 AC MLS 51643 $21,500 LUFKIN - .254 AC MLS 51644 $21,500 LUFKIN - .230 AC MLS 51646 $21,500 LUFKIN - .230 AC MLS 51647 $21,500 DIBOLL – 1.00 AC MLS 51193 $18,900 LUFKIN – 2.49 AC MLS 50870 $18,090 DIBOLL – 1.4720 AC MLS 50665 $18,000 ETOILE - .5 M/L AC MLS 51350 $14,500 LUFKIN – 1 AC MLS 50873 $11,000

277718

Liz Jeffrey CRS, GRI 414-1835

Tammy Citty 676–9573

Lonnie Stone 465-6211

Jennifer Oliver FSP, CFS 366–1679

Peggy Lankford 635-1088

Loretta David 635-6351

Stacey Treadwell 414-6950

Joyce Bemus SRES 676–2541

Pam Haskins 676–9425

Charles Rhame 465-8895

Elizabeth Rhame 465-0031

Mendi McCall 676–0822

0.13 AC $173,900

289588

1.765 AC Lufkin – 3/1/0/0 $139,000 MLS 51455

0.2185 AC $64,500

ETOILE – 1.5 AC MLS 51575 $10,500 LUFKIN - .50 AC MLS 50867 $5,000 LUFKIN – .265 AC MLS 50871 $5,000

COMMERCIAL LUFKIN – 23.52 AC MLS 51303 $4,200,000 LUFKIN – 2.515 AC MLS 51349 $1,200,000 LUFKIN - .4586 AC MLS 51604 $699,000 CENTRAL – 3000 SQ. FT. & 1800 SQ. FT. 6.75 AC MLS 50817 $375,000 LUFKIN – 3.389 AC MLS 46905 $139,000 LUFKIN – .1855AC MLS 48675 $129,900 LUFKIN – .628 AC MLS 51623 $129,000

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Kathy Barrett CRS, GRI 635-9100

0.947 AC $189,900

272306

5.44 AC Lufkin – 3/2/0/2 $174,000 MLS 51805

0.3325 AC Lufkin – 4/3/0/0 $144,500 MLS 51794

4.4 AC $299,500

272134

271891

277709

5 AC $595,000

291567

272304

4.5 AC Lufkin – 3/2/1/2 $339,000 MLS 51018

0.26 AC trAiLwood ViLL – 3/2/0/2 0.37 AC APPLe SPringS – 3/2/0/0 8.749 AC Crown CoLony – 3/2/0/2 0.2369 AC CentrAL – 3/2/0/0 $179,900 MLS 51882 $177,500 MLS 51816 $175,000 MLS 50152 $174,900 MLS 51961

278967

275817

0.743 AC HudSon – 4/2/0/2 $170,900 MLS 51395

23.52 AC Lufkin $4,200,000 MLS 51604

0.75 AC Crown CoLony – 3/2/0/2 0.2812 AC Crown CoLony – 3/2/1/2 0.0895 AC HudSon – 3/2/0/2 $229,000 MLS 51656 $224,900 MLS 51129 $209,000 MLS 51685

271792

272301

0.34 AC Lufkin – 3/3/0/2 $184,500 MLS 51550

CommerCial

271699

0.146 AC Lufkin $30,000 MLS 51303

271780

272299

0.51 AC BrookHoLLow – 4/2/1/3 $249,900 MLS 51821

CommerCial

272131

0.504 AC Lufkin – 3/1/0/0 $55,500 MLS 52063

271695

272308

0.132 AC BrookHoLLow – 4/3/0/0 $259,900 MLS 51130

271787

Crown CoLony – 3/2/0/2 0.2686 AC diBoLL – 3/2/0/3 MLS 51504 $187,000 MLS 51283

0.3706 AC HudSon – 3/2/0/0 $109,000 MLS 52051

0.79 AC CentrAL - 4/3/0/2 & 3/2/0/2 6.795 AC Crown CoLony – 4/4/1/2 0.3625 AC CentrAL – 5/4/0/2 $375,000 MLS 50820 $375,000 MLS 50749 $349,995 MLS 50916

271698

3.932 AC Crown CoLony – 4/4/0/2 $299,500 MLS 50658

New PriCe

272129

310854

0.1491 AC Lufkin – 3/2/0/2 $199,000 MLS 52052

0.337 AC BrookHoLLow – 6/4/1/3 $495,000 MLS 51554

HudSon – 5/3/1/2 MLS 51793

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Pursuant to Chapter 13.2502 of the Texas Water Code, Angelina Water Supply Corporation hereby gives notice that any person who subdivides land by dividing any lot, tract or parcel of land, within the service area of Angelina Water Supply Corporation’s Certificate of Convenience and Necessity No. 10359, in Angelina County, into two or more lots or sites for the purpose of sale or development, whether immediate or future, including re-subdivision of land for which a plat has been filed and recorded or requests more than two water service connections on a single continuous tract of land must comply with the Non-Standard Requirements contained in Angelina Water Supply Corporation’s tariff.

Angelina Water Supply Corporation is not required to extend retail water service to a service applicant, in a subdivision where the developer of the subdivision has failed to comply with the Subdivision Policy.

Applicable elements of the Non-Standard Service Requirements, depending on the specific circumstances of the subdivision service, may include: (1) Evaluation by Angelina Water Supply Corporation of the impact a proposed subdivision service extension will make on Angelina Water Supply Corporation’s water supply and payment of the costs for this evaluation; (2) Payment of reasonable costs or fees by the developer for providing water supply service capacity; (3) Payment of fees for reserving water service capacity; (4) Forfeiture of reserved water supply service capacity for failure to pay applicable fees; (5) Payment of costs of any improvements to Angelina Water Supply Corporation’s system that are necessary to provide service that are necessary to provide service; (6) Construction according to design approved by Angelina Water Supply Corporation and dedication by the developer of facilities within the subdivision following inspection.

Angelina Water Supply Corporation’s tariff and a map showing Angelina Water Supply Corporation service area may be reviewed at Angelina Water Supply Corporation office at 5978 FM 841, Lufkin, Texas. The Corporation’s tariff and service area map also are filed on record at the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality in Austin, Texas and may be reviewed by contacting the TCEQ, c/o Utility Rates and Services (Certification and Rate Design) Section, Water Utilities Division, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas 78711.

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Bids may be submitted by mail to Greg Lowe or Julie Davis, PO Box 349, Huntington, TX 75949 or by e-mail to glowe@ cityofhuntington.org or jdavis@ cityofhuntington.org.

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Georgia-Pacific in Corrigan, TX

Now Hiring at Bradshaw State Jail!

is hiring Production Utility workers who will adhere to all plant safety and environmental guidelines, policies and procedures - Operate machinery to expected performance levels Work in a team environment - Meet or exceed safety, production and quality goals - Maintain cleanliness in assigned areas.

Angelina College is accepting applications for the following positions:

New Correctional Officer Starting Wage!

Correctional Officers Academic Instructor Academic Instructor Sub

Full-Time Technology Support Technician Part-Time Fine Arts Secretary Competitive salary and excellent employee benefits for full-time positions. Complete job descriptions and application information can be found at the Angelina College website at http://www.angelina.edu/hr-jobs/.

“At CCA, I’m part of a team that’s dedicated to making a difference. I feel honored to serve my community by helping individuals get the tools they need to turn their lives around.”

If you would like to be considered, please go to www.gpcareers.com, review the qualifications and apply for Job#037880

We take care of our people with competitive wages and great benefits, including:

We are an equal opportunity employer.

Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran Except where prohibited by state law, all offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please visit the following website for additional information: www.kochcareers.com/doc/Everify.pdf

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Land/Timber • Pine/Hardwood • Logs/Pulpwood Thinning & Clearcut (Plantations) References Available

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SPORT, INC. Landscaping, Tree Service Lot Cleaning, Demolition & Crane Service

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Chimney Cleaning Professional and Experienced Chimney Cleaning • Chimney Repair Gutter Cleaning Lufkin • Corrigan • Huntsville Call Terry at 936-933-0867

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Clerical/ Administrative Part/Full Time Accounts Receivable Rep/ Collections NO PHONE CALLS Salty’s Auto Sales 1010 N. First Street

Engineering/ Architecture SURVEYORS

RPLS, Party Chiefs, Rodman.

E-mail resume to admin@glstexas.com

Healthcare Phlebotomy Certification Class

(Blood Drawing) October 17 &18th in Nacogdoches. $300.00.

To Register: Call 505-410-7889 or go to:

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Positions Available

Registered Nurses Openings in our hospice homecare program and inpatient unit.

Seeking clinical professionals with sincere compassion and comprehensive communication skills with excellent documentation abilities. Prior home health, hospice, or hospitalization nurse experience preferred.

Hospice in the Pines offers excellent benefits competitive pay, flexible hours, paid holidays, and a great work environment!

Join our exceptional team today!

Apply at 1504 W Frank Ave Lufkin, TX 75904 (936) 632-1514

Skilled Labor

Healthcare

CDL Drivers, Class A w/1yr Exp. driving bobtail & Bellydump Dumptrucks Drewery Construction .No phone calls! Apply in person!

902 SE Stallings Dr, Nac.

Registered Dental Assistant Needed

Looking for a committed Dental Assistant to join our team. If you are a team player, enjoy interacting with patients and want to make sure they have an amazing experience at our office then you may be our new team member!

Must have strong communication, and organization skills with the ability to thrive independently in an excellent work environment. We are a busy, well-established Family Practice providing complete dentistry, including Endodontics, Orthodontics, Cosmetic, and Implants. We don't just love what we do, we believe in what we do, and that makes all the difference! Previous dental experience required. Bilingual (Spanish) a plus.

Please send your resume with salary requirements to TXjobopening15@ gmail.com

Transportation/ Logistics Put Your Career In Motion!

Lufkin Truck Driving Academy S0904

Cash Discounts and Scholarships (If Qualified)

Jobs Available After 4 Weeks Training With Placement Assistance.

Local, Regional, Home Weekly, & OTR runs are available! First Yr Potential Income is $40,000 with Benefits 2006 N. Timberland Dr.

Lufkin

888-255-6351 or 936-639-4660

Other Christian Couple Needed to Live in & Care for Invalid Woman in Hemphill, TX. 936-201-5178

Maintenance Installation

Now Hiring!

House Leveling Helpers w/at least 2 yrs Experience. 936-676-5050

Huntington ISD Full Time

HVAC Technician

McDonald’s Self Storage & Carwash

Applications may be picked up at the Administration Building 908 North Main Huntington, Texas Or call Glenn Frank 936-876-4287 Ext. 2102

located at 9509 S. Hwy 69 in Huntington, TX is accepting carwash & self-storage attendant applications. These would be great positions for a retired person or couple!

Please call 409-384-2548 or 936-876-9061

Restaurant/ Food Service Exp. Waitstaff & Cook Help Needed for busy New Restaurant on 69N 936-853-5514 or 281-513-5500

Need extra copies of the newspaper?

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Business Opportunity

Other

Week Day Editions $1 Sunday Editions $2

Museum of East Texas seeks part time person for RECEPTIONIST Hours: Friday 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Saturday and Sunday 1:00 pm to 5:00 p.m.

Duties: greeting guests, museum shop sales and answering telephone.

Please send resumé and three references: Museum of East Texas 503 N. Second Street Lufkin, TX 75901 No phone calls or emails Equal Opportunity Employer The City of Huntington is hiring for two full-time positions –

Code Enforcement Officer and Utility Superintendent

Please see our website at www.cityof huntington.org or come by our office for a full job description and employment application. The City of Huntington is an equal opportunity employer.

Work On The Bright Side

LaQuinta Inn

Immediate Openings for both Lufkin & Nacogdoches

* Front Desk & *Room Attendants

Ability to work in fast pace, multitasking enviroment.Excellent benefits offered, Medical/ Dental/ Vision, Life Insurance, 401K, Paid Vacation / Sick Time,Employee discounts at LaQuinta’s Nationwide.

Housekeeper PRN (Sign on bonus for full time LVN/CNA)

No Phone Calls Please!

Criminal Background Enforced!

Please apply in person at: 201 S. John Redditt Dr. Lufkin, TX

Free kittens to good home. 6 wks, Use litter box. 936-569-1216

Cadillac ‘99 Seville As is. $1,280. Leave msg 936-615-4304 564-3335

Septic Vacuum Business w/ Truck. 2,000gal. tank. $20,560 936-552-1112

Chevrolet 2012 Sonic, 36K Miles, Great Condition, New Tires, Alignment, Oil & Filter Recently Changed. (cell) 936-553-2319

SUV

Garage Sales

Baby Grand Piano for Sale in Crown Colony. See Pics Online. $1800. 713-560-5733

Framed Stained Glass 20”x34” $75 936-637-7118

Classified Attic 7 Inch Tablet Computer $75, Works Good 936-824-9868 Baby Doll Nursery Center $25 936-631-2170 Hardcover Photography Books (3) $15 for all 936-564-0196 Homelite Electric Push Mower, Like New, $75 936-229-1316 Keurig K-cup Coffee Maker w/Samples New $40 936-240-5515 King Headboard Cherry Finish $30 936-875-3677 Pinestraw/Needles for Mulch Free. You Pick Up. 936-645-7889

Medical Equipment NEW Electric Pill Crusher With 50 Cups. $150 OBO 936-569-8719

Miscellanous For Sale

Furniture/ Household

Fresh PEAS, purple hull, crowder, Ruby-Farm.com 936-225-2969

Lincoln 2000 Gold Town Car- Executive.

Under 107K mi. $$3,400 Call 281-610-0007 Cushing

EZ-GO 2009 Golf Cart, Stereo, Extras, $2700 936-707-1035

Nissan 2006 Sentra SE, Bright Yellow,107,235mi $3900 936-615-9304

Boats/ Marine

1.5 hp Heavy duty pump. 230v, Used once, Great Cond. Paid $350, Only asking $250 OBO 936-560-4892 556-0893

Good Things to Eat

2015 Can-Am Renegade Built by Rogue Offroad Low hrs/miles. $8,500K OBO Call/Text 936-652-2222

JEEP 2000 Grand Cherokee Laredo, All Pwr, New Mtr/Tires $1200 Needs Minor Transmission Work. 936-637-7723

NEW Red Luggie Scooter with battery. $750 936-569-8719

White Christmas Tree $10 936-240-5515

Table w/ 6 Chairs, Maroon Wood. $180 Call/Txt 936-240-6175

Chevy 2009 Cobalt (Red) 4DR, 91K, Tinted MUST SELL: 2008 Windows, New Tires, & Hyosung GV250 Scooter Super Clean, Asking EXCELLENT CONDITION $5400. 936-635-7804 2100mi, w/2 Helments 936-875-3853 $2K Please no calls after 8:30p 936-569-4756 Lexus 2014 IS 350C F Sport, Hard Top ATV / Golf Convertible, 9800 miles, performance Carts package, navigation, 2009 Can Am Renegade heated and cooled 800x, low hours with seats, 18 inch Alloy upgrades. NEW 1K rear wheels, $43,500 dif. $4500 936-585-3431 936-559-3663

Wood Building, built on-site. 10X12 for $1299, and 12X24 for $2250. Free Delivery.

832-231-8675

Queen bed, headboard frame & mattress. $70/all 936-564-0484

Nice Dining Room Suite.

Dining Table, pedestal, 6 chairs(2 Capitan,4 Reg.) $2500/all 903-822-3368

‘08 HD Ultra Classic Tryke 105 Anniversary Ed. 8,400mi. $20K 936-615-5372

Portable Buildings

Trailer Mounted BBQ Pitt made from Large Propane Tank $650 936-875-2724

Domestic Services

Motorcycles

Lawn/Garden

Musical

15ft Oldtown Kayak.

Very good condition w/ paddles, Carries 2 adults + gear comfortably.

Garage Kept, can be launched from small boat trailer. $450 936-591-0037 2013 Bass Buggy Pontoon, 60HP, Remote Trolling Motor, Only Run 12 Hrs, Garage Kept, Like Brand New. Asking $14,900, Paid $23,000 936-707-1061 Alumacraft Bass Boat 17ft, 70hp Evinrude, Clean, Garage Kept. $4000 936-876-3740

Dogs Older Shizu-roamed up & can't keep him-needs grooming-936-347-3119

Toyota 2003 Camry 88k, Electric Windows, Cold Air, Good Tires, Runs Great. $5000 o.b.o.

Call 936-635-7804 936-875-3853

2000 Coachmen Leprechaun 305MB 30.5 ft RV $16000.00. 66,710 Miles, V10 Triten Gas Engine, Newly rebuilt 4K Onan Generator, like new tires, Queensize Bed, Microwave, Stove/Oven, Refrigerator/Freezer(Ele ctric/LP gas), Electric (2Gal) & [LP Gas (6 Gal) needs module replaced] Water-heaters, BathTub/Shower bathroom, 19' TV, Radio, AC. plenty of basement space 936-205-4463.

L U F K I N D A I LY N E W S. C O M

27ft Bumper pull. Sleeps 6. A/C & Heat. $8,500 Call 214-738-1145

Cars BMW 2008 528i Series, 124k Mi, Charcoal Gray, Black Leather, Sunroof, Loaded. Priced $2000 Below NADA Book Value, Asking $11,200.

936-707-9376

Hyundai 2014 Santa Fe Sport, Excellent Condition, Payoff 936-831-3308 936-633-7639

Land Rover 2002 Discovery, V8, 4x4, 134K mi. $5500 936-632-6997

Trailers 2013 7’ x 14’ EZ Hauler cargo trailer. Finished interior, E Track tie downs, lock-n-load motorcycle tie down.

Used once in Seattle to Nacogdoches move, $5,500, 425-444-7131.

Lightly Used 5’x10’ Trailer w/ Ramp Gate $800 936-707-1035

Toyota 2012 Camry SE $14,900,Red,Power seat,Moon Roof,No smoking.

Excellent, 52,600 mi 936-615-0743 Toyota 2014 Camry LE 3.7K miles. Leather. $19,350. 936-564-0558

Trucks

1996 Kountry Star by Newmar 5th wheel.

36ft w/super slide, microwave, 2 Ac units , Washer & Dryer and NEW water heater $6,700 936-560-4083

Precious Yorkie Puppies with Pedigree. Cash Only. Never Kenneled.

936-554-0043

Ford 2009 Explorer, Eddie Bauer Edition, V6 SUV, Tow Package, 3rd Row Seat, Leather, Well Maintained, Clean.

112k Mi. $10,500.

936-569-9842

Toyota 2011 Camry LE, 4 Cyl, Auto Trans. GAS Saver! Black 4 door, Alloy Wheels, All Elec, Keyless Entry.

Some Cosmetic Damage, 134K Mi, $9000 obo. 936-404-3327

RV/Travel Trailers/Campers

Free Mixed 2 Year Old Dog To Good Family 936-637-4856

H HTHE HHHHHHHHHHH H H H H is now hiring H H for the following position: H H PACKAGING H H DEPARTMENT H Driver/Inserter to work nights, days and weekends. H Must possess the following: H Valid Texas drivers license • Clean driving record H Be able to pass drug screen H H Be able to lift 40 to 50 lbs.

Staring pay $8.00/hour H H 40 hours per week.

H H Packaging Applicants Apply at: 300 Ellis Ave. H H No Phone Calls please.

H H EOE HHHHHHHHHHHHH (936) 632-6631

MED AIDE 2-10 M-F FT & Wknd Double Cook PT/PRN

46in Sony TV & Stand with 3 drawers &shelves $250. EXCELLENT COND 512-422-8844

LUFKIN NEWS

Nursing Shift Differential for 2-10/10-6 Nursing Staff LVN PRN CMA PRN CNA 6-2, 2-10, 10-6 FT & PRN

Trucks

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Matching Coffee & TV table. MINT COND. $250/both. Txt for pics 936-552-4976

936-225-1010

Cars

Contact The Lufkin News at 936-637-NEWS

Brown Leather Lift Chair LIKE NEW!! $400 936-558-8496

• Great Rates • Dependable Service • Free Consultation

Cats

Huskavarna Riding lawn mower. 46in cut, runs great. Needs tire & battery. $500.936-556-0625

Apply online at lq.com/jobs No phone calls

Residential Cleaning Service

Looking for dedicated, compassionate people to take care of our loving patients.

$$$$$$$$ Need A Fundraiser to Make Lots of Money $$

Electronics

2005 Dodge 2500 2WD SLT Q-CAB 5.9 Cummins Diesel 124k Miles, 1 Owner, $15,000. Call 936-414-1413 Chevy 2004 K2500. 4x4 Crew cab w/tool box.

162K miles, good tires $11,900 936-564-1696 903-808-7514 Chevy 2006 Silverado, Silver Ext Cab Truck, V8, Cloth Bucket Seats, Good Shape, Spray In Bed Liner, New Tires, $11,000. 936-676-0291 GMC 2005 Sierra 1500, Crew Cab, White,Loaded 88K mi., Excellent Condition $14,995 936-560-1625 Nissan 1998 Ext. Cab Truck. 4cyl, 5 spd, 2wd, well maintained, AC converted to R134A, 202K miles, $3,400 936-554-9296

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