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Pressure builds for civilian drone flights at home By JOAN LOWY Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON — Heads up: Drones are going mainstream. Civilian cousins of the unmanned military aircraft that have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle East and Asia are in demand by police departments, border patrols, power companies, news organizations and others wanting a bird’s-eye view that’s too impractical or dangerous for conventional planes or helicopters to get. Along with the enthusiasm, there are qualms. Drones overhead could invade people’s privacy. The government worries they could collide with passenger planes or come crashing down to the ground, concerns that have slowed more widespread adoption of the technology. Despite that, pressure is building to give drones the same access as manned aircraft to the sky at home. “It’s going to be the next big revolution in aviation. It’s coming,” says Dan Elwell, the Aerospace Industries Association’s vice president for civil aviation. Some impetus comes from the military, which will bring home drones from Afghanistan and wants room to test and use them. In December, Congress gave the Federal Aviation Administration six months to pick half a dozen sites around the country where the military and others can fly unmanned aircraft in the vicinity of regular air traffic, with the aim of demonstrating they’re safe. The Defense Department says the demand for drones and their expanding missions requires routine and unfettered access to domestic airspace, including around airports and cities. In a report last October, the Pentagon called for flights first by small drones both solo and in groups, day and night, expanding over several years. Flights by large and medium-sized drones would follow in the latter half of this decade. Other government agencies want to fly drones, too, but they’ve been hobbled by an FAA ban unless they first receive case-by-case permission. Fewer than 300 waivers were in use at the end of 2011, and they often include restrictions that severely limit the usefulness of the flights. Businesses that want to put drones to work are out of luck; waivers are only for government agencies. But that’s changing. Congress has told the FAA that the agency must allow civilian and military drones to fly in civilian airspace by September 2015. This spring, the FAA is set to take a first step by proposing rules that would allow limited commercial use of small drones for the first time.
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Montgomery County, texas, sWAt team members with a shadowHawk drone. unmanned military aircraft have tracked and killed terrorists in the Middle east and Asia. their civilian cousins are now in demand by police departments, border patrols, power companies, news organizations and others wanting a bird’s-eye view that’s too impractical or dangerous for conventional planes or helicopters to get. Until recently, agency officials were saying there were too many unresolved safety issues to give drones greater access. Even now FAA officials are cautious about describing their plans and they avoid discussion of deadlines. “The thing we care about is doing that in an orderly and safe way and finding the appropriate ... balance of all the users in the system,” Michael Huerta, FAA’s acting administrator, told a recent industry luncheon in Washington. “Let’s develop these six sites — and we will be doing that — where we can develop further data, further testing and more history on how these things actually operate.” Drones come in all sizes, from the high-flying Global Hawk with its 116-foot wingspan to a hummingbird-like drone that weighs less than an AA battery and can perch on a window ledge to record sound and video. Lockheed Martin has developed a fake maple leaf seed, or “whirly bird,” equipped with imaging sensors, that weighs less than an ounce. Potential civilian users are as varied as the drones themselves. Power companies want them to monitor transmission lines. Farmers want to fly them over fields to detect which crops need water. Ranchers want them to count cows. Journalists are exploring drones’ newsgathering potential. The FAA is investigating whether The Daily, a digital publication of Rupert Murdoch’s News
Corp., used drones without permission to capture aerial footage of floodwaters in North Dakota and Mississippi last year. At the University of Nebraska, journalism professor Matt Waite has started a lab for students to experiment with using a small, remote-controlled helicopter. “Can you cover news with a drone? I think the answer is yes,” Waite said. The aerospace industry forecasts a worldwide deployment of almost 30,000 drones by 2018, with the United States accounting for half of them. “The potential ... civil market for these systems could dwarf the military market in the coming years if we can get access to the airspace,” said Ben Gielow, government relations manager for the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, an industry trade group. The hungriest market is the nation’s 19,000 law enforcement agencies. Customs and Border Patrol has nine Predator drones mostly in use on the U.S.-Mexico border, and plans to expand to 24 by 2016. Officials say the unmanned aircraft have helped in the seizure of more than 20 tons of illegal drugs and the arrest of 7,500 people since border patrols began six years ago. Several police departments are experimenting with smaller drones to photograph crime scenes, aid searches and scan the ground ahead of SWAT teams. The Justice Department has four
drones it loans to police agencies. “We look at this as a low-cost alternative to buying a helicopter or fixed-wing plane,” said Michael O’Shea, the department’s aviation technology program manager. A small drone can cost less than $50,000, about the price of a patrol car with standard police gear. Like other agencies, police departments must get FAA waivers and follow much the same rules as model airplane hobbyists: Drones must weigh less than 55 pounds, stay below an altitude of 400 feet, keep away from airports and always stay within sight of the operator. The restrictions are meant to prevent collisions with manned aircraft. Even a small drone can be “a huge threat” to a larger plane, said Dale Wright, head of the National Air Traffic Controllers Association’s safety committee. “If an airliner sucks it up in an engine, it’s probably going to take the engine out,” he said. “If it hits a small plane, it could bring it down.” Controllers want drone operators to be required to have instrument-rated pilot licenses — a step above a basic private pilot license. “We don’t want the Microsoft pilot who has never really flown an airplane and doesn’t know the rules of how to fly,” Wright said. Military drones designed for battlefields haven’t had to meet the kind of rigorous safety standards required of commercial aircraft. “If you are going to design these
things to operate in the (civilian) airspace you need to start upping the ante,” said Tom Haueter, director of the National Transportation Safety Board’s aviation safety office. “It’s one thing to operate down low. It’s another thing to operate where other airplanes are, especially over populated areas.” Even with FAA restrictions, drones are proving useful in the field. Deputies with the Mesa County Sheriff’s Office in Colorado can launch a 2-pound Draganflyer X6 helicopter from the back of a patrol car. The drone’s bird’s-eye view cut the manpower needed for a search of a creek bed for a missing person from 10 people to two, said Ben Miller, who runs the drone program. The craft also enabled deputies to alert fire officials to a potential roof collapse in time for the evacuation of firefighters from the building, he said. The drone could do more if it were not for the FAA’s line-of-sight restriction, Miller said. “I don’t think (the restriction) provides any extra safety,” he said. The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, north of Houston, used a Department of Homeland Security grant to buy a $300,000, 50-pound ShadowHawk helicopter drone for its SWAT team. The drone has a high-powered video camera and an infrared camera that can spot a person’s thermal image in the dark. “Public-safety agencies are beginning to see this as an invaluable tool for them, just as the car was an improvement over the horse and the single-shot pistol was improved upon by the six-shooter,” said Chief Deputy Randy McDaniel, who runs the Montgomery drone program. The ShadowHawk can be equipped with a 40 mm grenade launcher and a 12-guage shotgun, according to its maker, Vanguard Defense Industries of Conroe. The company doesn’t sell the armed version in the United States, although “we have had interest from lawenforcement entities for deployment of nonlethal munitions from the aircraft,” Vanguard CEO Michael Buscher said. The possibility of armed police drones someday patrolling the sky disturbs Terri Burke, executive director of the Texas chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. “The Constitution is taking a back seat so that boys can play with their toys,” Burke said. “It’s kind of scary that they can use a laptop computer to zap people from the air.” A recent ACLU report said allowing drones greater access takes the country “a large step closer to a surveillance society in which our every move is monitored, tracked, recorded, and scrutinized by the authorities.”
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East tExas janice ann’s journal
LHS, LMS pick cheerleaders for 2012-2013
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re we ready for football for 2012? The 2012-13 Lufkin Cheer Varsity squad members are cocaptains Clarke Cromartie and Bailey Watson. Seniors are Hannah Bennett, Sydney Luce, Summer Szafran, Calianne Teutsch and Marcus Williams. Juniors include RaeLee Caddenjanice ann rowe head, Jacie Cates, Ashlyn Coleman, Hannah Harris, Makenzie Harris, Mikaela Neal, Chancey Sanders, Reagan Sheffield and Sydney Sheffield. Junior Varsity squad members are Hannah Abner, Flora Avant, Alli Bartlett, Randi Berger, TyTiana Denman, Hannah Dunkin, Haley Futch, Taylor Green, Kelly Haney, Katie Leach, Maci Moore, Dakota Morgan, Kaitlyn Mundt, Emily Stafford and Madie Stewart. Freshman Squad is Timiya Allen, Katelyn Anderson, Kelsey Bowers, Samantha Brazeil, Chelsea Henderson, Madison Hodges, Jenae Hyde, Jessica Medina, Sekela Minor, Callie Minshew, Paige Mundt, Natalie Navarro, Preslie Perry, Abbigail Sandidge, Gisel Santos, Emily Stubblefield and Kaci Waggonner. Lufkin Middle School Squad members are Briana Alexander, Sara Beth Bates, Haley Carlile, Caroline Chance, Camille Cumbie, Maya Deason, Caroline Deaton, Lucy Gabriel, Sydney Gustafson, Sara Kate Harris, Abby Horn, Kaylee Jones, Rebecca Johnson, Lauren Johnson, Kendall LaForge, Emily Lopez, Stephanie McClain, Rachel March, Ashlyn Parham, Mary Grace Polk, Jaida Price, Haley Shurley and Mattie Wesoloski. Coaches are: T.J. Patterson, Varsity Cheer Coach, T.J. and Abby Root are the JV coaches, Abby Root is the freshman coach, Caron Cook is the Middle School coach and Emily Meisel is the LMS assistant coach. Congratulations to all of these cheerleaders. Jay Brittain’s exhibition at the Museum of East Texas of photographs “Through the Lens” of landscapes taken throughout Texas, New Mexico, Alabama and Georgia will be open through May 7. Woodie Hicks and I went to the reception and visited with Jay, his wife Diana and son Jordan. Jay has been a photographer and graphic designer for 28 years. While you are at the Museum of East Texas, you can see the photos of old Lufkin, Black history photos and the Angelina Photographic Club’s “Traveling through Texas” exhibit of photographs. Charlie Mae and David Dolben have returned from a three-week trip to China, with stops in Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo. Frances Atkinson has another great-granddaughter, Jayden Carey Bell, born Feb. 2. She weighed 8 lbs., 2 ozs., and was 20 inches long. Parents are Don and Joetta Bell, who, with big sister Trinity Carol Bell, live in Weatherford. Grandparents are Rick and Marijo Meredith of Granbury. Uncle Mark and Aunt Amanda Johnson, with cousin Macie, live in Stephenville. Donna Gardner’s niece, Jennifer Cotton Thompson, and her son Nathaniel, have been in town visiting from St. Mary’s, Ga., where her husband Trey Thompson is stationed in the U.S. Navy as a submariner. Jenni is the daughter of Donna’s sister, Dawn Cotton. Trey shipped out before Christmas so she and Nathaniel did not have a “real” Christmas dinner. They left all the decorations up and had a second Christmas Jan. 15 after they got to Texas. Nathaniel is almost 2, so he really enjoyed opening gifts and celebrating. Jenni and Donna spent one day in Tyler shopping for a formal for her first Submariner’s Ball, then found her a dress right here at Lesa’s Bridal. (Many thanks to Wendy for all her help. This is a first so we needed expert advice — in the Navy, formal means formal!) Nathaniel is an excellent traveler and shopper, so they were really able to enjoy the shopping trips! Jenni and Nathaniel visited Don Hudnall several times, and he always brightens up when he sees them,and Nathaniel got to know his Texas family a little better (Donna is his favorite). They are returning to St. Mary’s this week and will be missed. Darlene and Joe Loving and their daughter Rachele Loving went to Orlando for Christmas after securing niece Sarah Blaylock to babysit with nine puppies that were 5 weeks old. They met daughter Amy and her husband Brad Jackson who still live in Orlando. It was a great trip, the weather was warm, almost hot while they were there, and nothing like the cold, wet weather Lufkin was having at the same time. They saw Sea World’s Christmas decorations for the first time and had a great time. The lights were beautiful, and they had a special Ice Capades show. They visited the Disney World parks, enjoyed seeing the “snow” on Main St. at Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios and watching the Candlelight Processional at Epcot. Amy and Brad brought a small decorated Christmas tree for the Beach Club villa and strung lights on the balcony railings. They went to the Yachtsman Steakhouse at the Yacht Club for Christmas dinner, and then went back to the villa to have Christmas together. As soon as they were back in Texas, the three of them went to Dallas to see “Les Miserables” at the new Windspear Opera House. Larry Bills called me from Georgia trying to SEE JANICE ANN, PAGE 2B
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angelina beautiful/clean
Residents dispose of hazardous waste By CHASITY MONSCHEIN The Lufkin News During the 3rd Annual Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day on Saturday, more than 500 Angelina County residents disposed of refrigerators, automobile batteries and other hazardous waste from their homes for free. The event was hosted by Lockheed Martin, Angelina Beautiful/Clean and the city of Lufkin in an attempt to safely dispose of hazardous materials so they don’t end up on the sides of local highways. “This is one of my favorite events we do because of the impact it makes,” said Amanda Anderson, executive director of Angelina Beautiful/Clean. “We hope to make a difference from an economic and environmental standpoint. When we have an event like this, it makes it so there is no reason for items to be illegally disposed of around Angelina County.” Accepted items included household cleaners and chemicals, flammables, pesticides, paints, automobile batteries, refrigerators, stoves and hot water heaters and electronic waste. Tires, biological and radioactive materials, infectious and medical wastes, ammunition, fire extinguishers, and smoke detectors were not accepted. “We work hard to make sure we can take as many items as possible to be properly disposed of, because they cannot be taken to landfills,” she said. “We didn’t accept a few items, like tires, because we have other days where we get rid of those. I encourage people to look at our website, angeli-
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Collected paint is placed in large drums to be safely disposed of during the 3rd Annual Household Hazardous waste Collection Day on Saturday at Lufkin Middle School. nabeautifulclean.org, and see what events we offer where they can drop off other items.” Anderson said people disposed of televisions and old paint more than anything else this year. “Televisions and computers have mercury in them, so we always want people to bring those to us,” she said. “Most people bring old paint because they move into a new place and they find old paint in a garage and don’t
know what to do with it. Or they have paint from home improvement projects they never finished.” The event wouldn’t be possible without the help of 70 volunteers from around Angelina County and numerous sponsors, Anderson said. “I want to thank our sponsors for their support, because the event is expensive but they make it possible for it to be free to the community,” she said. “I also want to thank the
volunteers and those who made private donations. People can donate by including a $1 donation in their city utility bill, or becoming a member of Angelina Beautiful/Clean.” Upcoming Angelina Beautiful/ Clean events in which community members can get rid of items include Shred Day in March and Medication Day in April. Chasity Monschein’s email address is cmonschein@lufkindailynews.com.
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eastview church celebrates 50 years of spiritual service By CHASITY MONSCHEIN The Lufkin News This weekend the Eastview United Pentecostal Church, formerly the Herty Pentecostal Church, had several services open to the community to celebrate spiritually serving Lufkin for 50 years, and Rev. David Hunt being a pastor at the church for 10 years. The celebration began Friday with a service honoring Hunt and his wife, and will end at 6:30 tonight with “Believing for a Greater Future.” “This is a place for people to come that need spiritual healing and friends,” Hunt said. “This is a friendly and understanding church. This group of people have been a pleasure to serve for the last 10 years, and I will continue to be here as long as the Lord will allow me. While I’ve been here, I have seen good growth in the number of people who attend the church and our ministries.” More than 100 people attended the services provided on Friday and Saturday, Hunt said, and he hoped to continue to see the community come out. He said the Sunday morning service would focus on what Eastview has done throughout the years. “For 50 years we have focused on the spiritual needs of families in the community and have served them through ministries,” Hunt said. “For years we had a Christian school that taught preschool to 12th grade. The school is no longer in existence, but it was an important part of Eastview’s past. At 10 (this morning)
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The Eastview Youth Ensemble sings during a celebration concert marking the 50th anniversary of Eastview United Pentecostal Church Saturday evening. we will have several community members, including guest speaker Rev. Danny Russo, at the church and a presentation. (Tonight) we will have a sermon focusing on believing in God for a great future.” Hunt said his Sunday night sermon would focus on a part in Genesis when Joseph the Dreamer sees the fulfilment of his dreams that he had when he was younger. “I will also focus on the Apostle
Paul in the New Testament,” he said. “Paul talked about forgetting about the things behind us and reaching forward to the rewards God has for us.” The sermon is fitting because soon the church will be expanding, which Hunt said has been a dream of the congregation from before he was there. “The plans for a new Family Life Center have been submitted for ap-
proval,” Hunt said. “It would include a youth ministry and gymnasium, and have a place to have banquets and fellowship. This will meet our growing needs. It’s been their dream for so long, so I’m looking forward to it being fulfilled.” For more information about the church’s 50th anniversary, call Rick Martin at 632-3525. Chasity Monschein’s email address is cmonschein@lufkindailynews.com.
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Azalea enthusiasts gear up for blooming season By ROBBIE GOODRICH The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
NACOGDOCHES —If Mother Nature cooperates, brilliant hues of purple, orange, yellow, red, pink and white blooms will soon blanket the Ruby Mize Azalea Garden, making it the centerpiece of the Nacogdoches Azalea Trail. The garden on the Stephen F. Austin State University campus is the largest of its kind in Texas. But it’s just part of the 25-mile self-guided azalea trail through Nacogdoches neighborhoods, which draws more than 1,000 visitors to town every year. And while parts of this year’s trail, slated for peak blooming time of March 10 through April 7, may show signs of last year’s drought, the Mize
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Bryan Davis of Nacogdoches takes a walk through the Ruby Mize Azalea Garden on North University Drive in Nacogdoches. Azalea Garden promises to be exceptional, accord- were frugal. It’s a shaded site, and that helps quite ing to Barb Stump, research associate for develop- a bit. ment for the SFA Gardens. “We have a few blooms now,” she said, “but the “We are looking forward to a really good seaSEE AZALEAS, PAGE 4B son,” Stump said. “We had water last year, and we
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AC men finish with win, ladies fall
2-minute drill area schedule Monday, March 5 High school baseball Huntington at Hudson, 7 p.m.; Diboll at Jasper JV, V, 4:30 p.m. High school softball Huntington JV, V at Hudson, 4:30 p.m. High school soccer Atascocita at Lufkin JV, V boys, 4 p.m.; Lufkin JV, V girls at Atascocita, 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 6 Junior college baseball Henry Ford CC at AC, DH, 7 p.m. High school softball Lufkin JV, V at Atascocita, 4:30 p.m.; Henderson at Central JV, V, 4:30 p.m.; Diboll JV, V at Jasper, 4:30 p.m. High school baseball Tyler Lee at Central JV, V, 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 7 Junior college softball AC softball at Blinn, DH, 3 p.m. Thursday, March 8 Junior college baseball Wharton at AC, 3 p.m. High school baseball Lufkin, Hudson, Huntington in Pete Runnels Tournament, TBA; Central, Huntington, Diboll in Diboll tournament, TBA High school tennis Lufkin in Kilgore tournament High school Lufkin girls at Jasper Invitational Friday, March 9 Junior college softball AC at Trinity Valley, DH, 3 p.m. High school softball The Woodlands at Lufkin JV, V, 4:30 p.m.; Hudson JV, V at Center, 4:30 p.m.; Central at Huntington JV, V, 4:30 p.m.; Central JV, V at Huntington, 4:30 p.m.; Kirbyville at Diboll JV, V, 4:30 p.m. High school baseball Lufkin, Hudson, Huntington in Pete Runnels Tournament, TBA; Central, Huntington, Diboll in Diboll tournament, TBA High school soccer Lufkin JV, V at The Woodlands, 4 p.m. High school track Lufkin boys at Lobo Relays in Longview; Lufkin girls at Viking Relays in Bryan If you would like to have your schedule included in this list, email it to jhavard@lufkindailynews.com. Results of games may be called in to 631-2608 or emailed to jhavard@lufkindailynews.com.
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Angelina College’s Carlette Wyatt dribbles the ball against Lon Morris’ Cha’Zaye Wright in the second half of play at Shands Gym Saturday afternoon.
Roadrunners to play for spot in conference tournament Monday against Coastal Bend AC News Service Angelina College’s basketball teams split with Lon Morris College Saturday in the regularseason finale for both teams, with the Roadrunners getting a career high from a freshman on Sophomore Day to win 86-78, and the Lady Roadrunners getting beaten on the boards in an 80-73 loss to the Lady Bearcats.
The Roadrunners will host a play-in game against Coastal Bend College on Monday to determine the 12th seed in the upcoming Region XIV tournament scheduled to begin Wednesday in Tyler. Game time for Monday’s game is 7 p.m. at Shands Gymnasium. Roadrunners 86, Lon Morris 78 — “Man, did Jaylen get hot, or what?”
Those were AC head coach Todd Neighbors’ words following his Roadrunners’ 86-78 win over the Bearcats — a game that saw Kentucky freshman Jaylen Daniel hit a collegiate-career high 35 points that included five three pointers in nine attempts. Daniel had 16 points by the end of the first half — a 20-minute span in which AC built a 20-point lead — and continued his torrid shoot-
ing the remainder of the game. Mike Myers added yet another double-double, his 15th of the season, with an 18-point, 10-rebound night. Andre Crear returned from an injury to post 15 points off the bench. LaDerrien Jackson hit three treys to tally 11 points; and Victor Mbachu dished out eight assists while committing just two turnovers. Kyle Preston led the Bearcats
with 28 points, hitting six three pointers; and Aaron Olvera added three treys to finish with 12 points. The Roadrunners (13-17, 4-15) will attempt to play their way into the conference tournament against Coastal Bend College at 7 p.m. on Monday night. Lon Morris 80, Lady RoadSEE AC, PAGE 2C
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Roadrunners roll to sweep of Alvin lapeze tosses shutout, AC allows 1 total run AC News Service The Angelina College Roadrunner baseball team finished a best two-out-of-three series with Alvin by sweeping the Dolphins Saturday at Roadrunner Field. Cory LaPeze tossed a completegame shutout in AC’s 2-0 win in the nightcap after the Roadrunners took a 5-1 win in the opener. The ’Runners (11-12, 7-7) will open a three-game series with Wharton with Thursday’s nineinning game beginning at 3 p.m. The series will conclude in Wharton on Saturday with a doubleheader scheduled to begin at 2 p.m. Angelina College’s softbal team will be in action in Longview today as it faces Northeast at 1 p.m. and Trinity Valley at 3 p.m.
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area standings District 14-5A boys soccer Team Overall Kingwood 11-3-5 Lufkin 9-4-6 Conroe 11-6-4 The Woodlands 12-3-4 College Park 4-11-2 Atascocita N/A Oak Ridge 6-10-1 Friday Lufkin 1, Conroe 0 The Woodlands 1, Atascocita 1 Oak Ridge 3, College Park 2 Friday Atascocita at Lufkin Conroe at Oak Ridge College Park at Kingwood District 14-5A girls soccer Team Overall The Woodlands 11-3-3 Kingwood 15-2-1 College Park 10-6-3 Lufkin 12-5-2 Oak Ridge 8-3-5 Atascocita 4-9-5 Conroe N/A Tonight Lufkin 2, Conroe 0 The Woodlands 1, Atascocita 0 Oak Ridge 1, College Park 0 Monday Lufkin at Atascocita Oak Ridge at Conroe Kingwood at College Park
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District 6-1-0 5-0-1 3-3-1 2-3-2 1-2-4 1-4-2 0-5-2
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the email address for AC’s sports information Angelina College’s C.J. Jarvis shows the ball to the umpire after tagging out Alvin’s Cole Coakley as Seth Spivey looks on during Region director is gstallard@angelina.edu. XIV action at Roadrunner Field Saturday afternoon. The Roadrunners swept Alvin.
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Marion hits game-winner as SFA downs Northwestern NATCHITOCHES, La. — Tammara Marion hit a game-winning jumper with nine seconds remaining and the Ladyjacks claimed their 21st win of the season with a 70-68 victory at Northwestern State Saturday afternoon. SFA (21-8, 11-5) enters the Southland Conference Tournament as the No. 4 seed and will officially play Lamar Tuesday at 8:30 p.m. in Katy.
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The Ladyjacks defeated Lamar 61-51 on Feb. 22, the only meeting this season between the two teams. Marion scored a team-high 19 points on 5-of-12 shooting and was helped by another solid performance from freshman Porsha Roberts, who scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds. Northwestern State (6-23, 2-14) received a tremendous performance from Jordi James, who
came up one point shy of tying her career high with 31 points on 10-of-21 shooting and made five of eight from three-point territory. Trudy Armstead (16 points) and Ronikka Drake (12 points) also scored in double-figures for the Lady Demons. The Ladyjacks dominated Northwestern State by winning the points in paint battle 34-18 and won the rebounding war 4125. SFA won despite committing
20 turnovers of which the Lady Demons converted into 19 points. After allowing Northwestern State to shoot 54 percent from the floor in the first half, SFA tightened their defense and limited the Lady Demons to just 35 percent in the second half. After jumping out to a quick start and developing a 10-point lead, the Ladyjacks quickly found themselves in a dog fight as Northwestern State’s offense
came to life. The Lady Demons shot 54 percent from the floor in the first half, including 60 percent (6-of10) from three-point territory to close out the half trailing just 42-40. Roberts had a monster first half with nine points on 4-of6 shooting , followed by eight points from Marion and seven points a piece from Brittney Matthew and Ashlee Mells.
The Lufkin Sideliners Club will hold a meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the Lufkin High School athletic department.
Texas A&M falls to Oklahoma, 65-62 NORMAN, Okla. — Romero Osby scored a career-high 24 points and Oklahoma held off Texas A&M for a 65-62 win Saturday in a preview of the first round of next week’s Big 12 tournament. The Sooners (15-15, 5-13 Big 12) led by as many as 14 early in the second half before A&M rallied and had a chance to take the lead in the final minute. Khris Middleton missed a jumper that would have put the Aggies (13-17, 4-14) ahead with 53 seconds left.
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SFA rolls to 9-0 victory BY BRANDON OGDEN The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel
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Northwestern State junior forward James Hulbin, top, shoots as SFA defender Jacob Parker defends during a game Saturday in Nacogdoches.
’Jacks lock up No. 2 seed with win By KEVIN GORE SFA (19-11, 12-4 in SLC) won The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel ugly in a lot of respects, going 1-of-10 from the 3-point line and NACOGDOCHES — Before 17-of-38 the free throw stripe. they took the court, the Stephen But the Lumberjacks dominatF. Austin Lumberjacks had al- ed in other areas, outrebounding ready clinched the No. 2 seed in the Demons 44-31 and holding the the upcoming Southland Con- visitors to 39 percent shooting. ference Tournament, when Mc“I didn’t think we played a real Neese lost to Lamar. good game — we shot just 40 perBut that didn’t keep the Lum- cent and 45 percent from the free berjacks from going out and throw line,” SFA coach Danny dominating an opponent to im- Kaspar said. “But a win is a win. prove on a nice run to end the We’ll take it.” regular season. “Stephen F. Austin did a great Junior guard Antonio Bostic job,” Demon head coach Mike scored 18 points and three other McConathy said. Lumberjack players reached “Danny Kaspar does a great double figures in their 62-52 job. Stephen F. Austin is lucky to mashing of Northwestern State have him. at William R. Johnson Coliseum “They play basketball the way Saturday. Danny wants them to play. They
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UNC rocks Duke, 88-70 DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Kendall Marshall felt dissed by Duke. The Blue Devils played the highlights of their last-second win over North Carolina on the video scoreboard and Marshall didn’t like it, so he brought his Tar Heels into a quick huddle. “I told my teammates I thought that was disrespectful, and we need to go out here and prove a point,” Marshall said. Did they ever. North Carolina never trailed in an 88-70 rout of No. 4 Duke on Saturday night, claiming the Atlantic Coast Conference regular-season title behind 20 points and 10 assists from its motivated point guard. “It left a bad taste in our mouths,” Marshall said, “and we wanted to be able to come out and play well today.” Tyler Zeller had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and Harrison Barnes added 16 points for the Tar Heels (27-4, 14-2). For the second straight year, they rolled in a winner-take-all season finale with the ACC tournament’s top seed — and possibly one in the NCAA tournament, too — on the line. “My team’s had some bounceback to them all year long,” North Carolina coach Roy Williams said. “We go down to Florida State and lose by 3 million and everybody’s jumping off the bandwagon.”
play so hard. They are hard to deal with.” Besides having the No. 2 seed in the tournament, SFA now has 19 wins and is riding a fivegame win streak heading into the Southland Conference Tournament. The tournament begins Wednesday in Katy, when SFA plays No. 7 seed Sam Houston at noon at the Merrell Center. SFA is entering the tournament having won seven of its last eight games, the lone loss coming to Texas-Arlington. “The big thing is we’re playing together,” Bostic said. “We are trusting each other at crunch time.” Sophomore guard Desmond Haymon added 14 points, and
posts Jereal Scott and Taylor Smith each scored 12 points. Smith had a double-double, also hauling down 12 rebounds. Northwestern State (16-15, 8-8) had nine players score, led by center William Mosley’s 17 points. But no other Demon player cracked double figures, the closest being Tyler Washington with 8. The Demons missed eight free throws and turned the ball over 17 times. The game was tied at 35-35 with 11:46 remaining, when SFA seized control with a 14-5 run to lead with 6:17 remaining, after a layup by Bostic. The Lumberjacks dominated scoring inside (28-16) and with
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Pro basketball National Basketball Association EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L Pct Philadelphia 22 15 .595 Boston 18 17 .514 New York 18 18 .500 Toronto 11 25 .306 New Jersey 11 26 .297 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 28 8 .778 Orlando 24 14 .632 Atlanta 22 15 .595 Washington 8 28 .222 Charlotte 4 30 .118 Central Division W L Pct Chicago 30 8 .789 Indiana 23 12 .657 Milwaukee 14 23 .378 Cleveland 13 22 .371 Detroit 12 26 .316 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 25 11 .694 Memphis 22 15 .595 Dallas 22 16 .579 Houston 21 16 .568 New Orleans 9 28 .243 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 29 8 .784 Denver 20 17 .541 Portland 18 18 .500 Minnesota 18 19 .486 Utah 17 19 .472 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 21 13 .618 L.A. Lakers 22 14 .611 Phoenix 16 20 .444 Golden State 14 19 .424 Sacramento 12 24 .333 ——— Friday’s Games Memphis 102, Toronto 99 Atlanta 99, Milwaukee 94 Boston 107, New Jersey 94 Chicago 112, Cleveland 91 Denver 117, Houston 105 New Orleans 97, Dallas 92 Philadelphia 105, Golden State 83 San Antonio 102, Charlotte 72 Utah 99, Miami 98 L.A. Lakers 115, Sacramento 107 Phoenix 81, L.A. Clippers 78
second-chance points (15-7). Kaspar’s team showed good ball movement against the Demons’ defense, several times freeing up cutters to the goal for lay ups after nice passes from teammates. The Lumberjacks needed those scores, because their shooting eyes were crossed from the 3-point and free throw lines. Despite their mis steps, the Lumberjacks continued to roll toward Katy, an NCAA Tournament appearance in reach if their solid performance and effort persist. “We have to keep the ball rolling,” Bostic said. “We want to win a championship.”
NACOGDOCHES — The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks got a strong pitching performance from senior Colton Eubanks and an eight-run third inning to take a 9-0 victory over South Alabama in Game 2 of the three-game set Saturday afternoon at Jaycees Field. “I think the last couple of games, we have struggled offensively, but we’ve been able to get some good pitching,” SFA head coach Johnny Cardenas said. “Our defense has been making plays behind our pitchers. We’ve also got some timely hits.” SFA timed its hits perfectly on Saturday. After Hunter Dozier led off the bottom of the third inning with his fourth home run of the season to give the Lumberjacks a 1-0 lead, they picked up six more hits in the frame to plate seven more runs for an 8-0 lead. “Anytime you score eight runs, whether it is one per inning or all in one inning, it’s a good thing,” Cardenas said. “It helped us put the game away early, and the guys rose to the occasion to hold onto the lead the rest of the way.” Rene’ Moreda had an RBI double in the third inning. Dozier also picked up an RBI double in the inning as the Lumberjacks were able to bat around. SFA (47) scored its only other run in the fourth inning on a sacrifice fly by Michael Ruiz to score Bobby Loveless, who reached on a walk. The big story, though, was the performance of Eubanks, who allowed just five hits and one walk in seven scoreless innings. He struck out five batters, and when South Alabama managed to get multiple runners on with two outs in the fifth inning, he forced a ground out to first baseman Max Lamantia to avoid damage. Kevin Bishop and Fabian Arcizo pitched the final two innings for the Lumberjacks, allowing a total of three hits and a walk, but he kept the shutout intact. After the game, Cardenas talked about the play of Ricardo Sanchez, Moreda and Ruiz, who have recently been inserted into the Lumberjacks’ starting lineup and combined for four hits on Saturday. “They have been great,” Cardenas said. “The numbers might not always show it, but they’ve had great at-bats. They do a good job of moving runners over and have helped us win.” All three have started during SFA’s current three-game winning streak, which it will look to extend on when it goes for the sweep of South Alabama at 1 p.m. today. Sanchez had three hits and the game-winning RBI on a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 11th inning in SFA’S’ 5-4 win over the Jaguars Friday.
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Saturday’s Games Atlanta 97, Oklahoma City 90 Orlando 114, Milwaukee 98 Washington 101, Cleveland 98 Indiana 102, New Orleans 84 Memphis 100, Detroit 83 Dallas 102, Utah 96 Minnesota at Portland, (n) Sunday’s Games New York at Boston, noon Miami at L.A. Lakers, 2:30 p.m. New Jersey at Charlotte, 5 p.m. Golden State at Toronto, 5 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Houston, 6 p.m. Chicago at Philadelphia, 6 p.m. Sacramento at Phoenix, 7 p.m. Denver at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m. Monday’s Games Utah at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Orlando at Toronto, 6 p.m. Golden State at Washington, 6 p.m. Indiana at Chicago, 7 p.m. Dallas at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. L.A. Clippers at Minnesota, 7 p.m. Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Sacramento at Denver, 8 p.m. New Orleans at Portland, 9 p.m.
June 24 — Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. June 30 — Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. July 7 — Coke Zero 400, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 15 — Lenox Industrial Tools 301, Loudon, N.H. July 29 — “Your Hero’s Name Here” 400 at the Brickyard, Indianapolis Aug. 5 — Pennsylvania 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 12 — NASCAR Sprint Cup Series at The Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 19 — Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Aug. 25 — Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Sept. 2 — AdvoCare 500, Hampton, Ga. Sept. 8 — Wonderful Pistachios 400, Richmond, Va. Sept. 16 — Geico 400, Joliet, Ill. Sept. 23 — Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H. Sept. 30 — AAA 400, Dover, Del. Oct. 7 — Good Sam Club 500, Talladega, Ala. Oct. 13 — Bank of America 500, Concord, N.C. Oct. 21 — Hollywood Casino 400, Kansas City, Kan. Oct. 28 — Tums Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, Va. Nov. 4 — AAA Texas 500, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 11 — Kobalt Tools 500, Avondale, Ariz. Nov. 18 — Ford 400, Homestead, Fla. Driver Standings 1. Matt Kenseth, 47. 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 42. 2012 NASCAR Sprint Cup 3. Greg Biffle, 42. schedule and standings 4. Denny Hamlin, 42. x-non points race 5. Jeff Burton, 40. Feb. 18 — x-Budweiser Shootout, Daytona 6. Paul Menard, 39. Beach, Fla. (Kyle Busch) 7. Kevin Harvick, 37. Feb. 23 — x-Gatorade Duel 1, Daytona Beach, 8. Carl Edwards, 36. Fla. (Tony Stewart) 9. Joey Logano, 36. Feb. 23 — x-Gatorade Duel 2, Daytona Beach, 10. Mark Martin, 35. Fla. (Matt Kenseth) 11. Clint Bowyer 33. Feb. 26 — Daytona 500, Daytona Beach, Fla. 12. Martin Truex Jr., 33. (Matt Kenseth) 13. Marcos Ambrose, 31. March 4 — Subway Fresh Fit 500, Avondale, 14. Bobby Labonte, 30. Ariz. 15. Dave Blaney, 30. March 11 — Kobalt Tools 400, Las Vegas 16. Tony Stewart, 29. March 18 — Food City 500, Bristol, Tenn. 17. Kyle Busch, 27. March 25 — Auto Club 400, Fontana, Calif. 18. Terry Labonte, 27. April 1 — Goody’s Fast Relief 500, Ridgeway, 19. Tony Raines, 25. Va. 20. Ryan Newman, 23. April 14 — Samsung Mobile 500, Fort Worth, Texas April 22 — STP 400, Kansas City, Kan. BASEBALL April 28 — Richmond 400, Richmond, Va. American League May 6 — Aaron’s 499, Talladega, Ala. CLEVELAND INDIANS—Signed OF Michael May 12 — Southern 500, Darlington, S.C. Brantley, RHP Carlos Carrasco, OF Aaron May 19 — x-Sprint Showdown, Concord, N.C. Cunningham, INF Jason Donald, RHP Jeanmar May 19 — x-Sprint All-Star, Concord, N.C. Gomez, LHP David Huff, RHP Corey Kluber, INF May 27 — Coca-Cola 600, Concord, N.C. Matt LaPorta, OF Thomas Neal, INF Cord Phelps, June 3 — Dover 400, Dover, Del. RHP Danny Salazar, C Carlos Santana, LHP Tony June 10 — Pocono 400, Long Pond, Pa. Sipp, RHP Josh Tomlin and OF Nick Weglarz to June 17 — Heluva Good! Sour Cream Dips one-year contracts. 400, Brooklyn, Mich.
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National League ARIZONA DIAMONDBACKS—Agreed to terms with RHP Sam Demel, RHP Barry Enright, RHP Daniel Hudson, RHP Brett Lorin, RHP Yonata Ortega, RHP Bryan Shaw, LHP Zach Kroenke, LHP Wade Miley, LHP Joe Paterson, RHP Mike Zagurski, C Konrad Schmidt, C Craig Tatum, OF Cole Gillespie, OF David Winfree and INF Paul Goldschmidt on one-year contracts. Re-signed RHP Josh Collmenter, RHP David Hernandez, RHP Ian Kennedy, OF Gerardo Parra. COLORADO ROCKIES—Signed RHP Jhoulys Chacin, LHP Rex Brothers, C Wilin Rosario, INF Tommy Field, OF Charlie Blackmon, RHP Tyler Chatwood, LHP Edwar Cabrera, INF Hector Gomez, OF Tyler Colvin, RHP Edgmer Escalona, LHP Christian Friedrich, INF Jonathan Herrera, OF Jamie Hoffmann, RHP Guillermo Moscoso, LHP Drew Pomeranz, INF DJ LeMahieu, OF Eric Young Jr., RHP Juan Nicasio, LHP Matt Reynolds, INF Chris Nelson, RHP Josh Outman, INF Jordan Pacheco, RHP Zach Putnam, RHP Josh Roenicke, RHP Esmil Rogers and RHP Alex White to oneyear contracts. MILWAUKEE BREWERS—Agreed to terms with RHP John Axford. PITTSBURGH PIRATES—Agreed to terms with SS Chase d’Arnaud, 1B Matt Hague, 3B Josh Harrison, OF Gorkys Hernandez, RHP Jared Hughes, RHP Chris Leroux, RHP Brad Lincoln, LHP Jeff Locke, OF Starling Marte, OF Andrew McCutchen, RHP Daniel McCutchen, RHP James McDonald, C Michael McKenry, RHP Kyle McPherson, INF Jordy Mercer, RHP Bryan Morris, LHP Daniel Moskos, SS Yamaico Navarro, INF Gustavo Nunez, LHP Rudy Owens, OF Alex Presley, 2B Neil Walker, LHP Tony Watson, RHP Duke Welker and LHP Justin Wilson on one-year contracts. SAN DIEGO PADRES—Agreed to terms with OF Cameron Maybin on a five-year contract. FOOTBALL National Football League NEW ORLEANS SAINTS—Designated QB Drew Brees as a franchise player. HOCKEY National Hockey League BOSTON BRUINS—Recalled G Michael Hutchinson and F Lane MacDermid from Providence (AHL). FLORIDA PANTHERS—Recalled D Tyson Strachan from San Antonio (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES—Recalled D David Rundblad from Portland (AHL). COLLEGE TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN—Dismissed men’s basketball junior F Earl Jefferson for violating the department code of conduct and team policy as well as for conduct detrimental to the team.
Texas, Baylor fall LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Thomas Robinson had 25 points and 14 rebounds in his likely Allen Fieldhouse finale, Tyshawn Taylor added 22 points and No. 3 Kansas rolled to a 73-63 win over Texas on Saturday night. Robinson scored 18 of his points in the second half as the Big 12 champion Jayhawks (26-5, 16-2) tuned up for the conference tournament in style. Kansas has won eight straight overall, 22 in a row at home and improved to 20-7 all-time against the Longhorns. J’Covan Brown scored 29 of his 33 points in the second half for Texas (19-12, 9-9), which missed out on a chance to help its own NCAA tournament resume
against the Jayhawks. Iowa State 80, No. 9 Baylor 72 — In Ames, Iowa, Scott Christopherson had 23 points in his final home game and Iowa State rallied to beat No. 9 Baylor 80-72 Saturday night for its second win over a top-10 opponent this season. Melvin Ejim added 15 points for the Cyclones (22-9, 12-6 Big 12), who also secured the No. 3 seed for next week’s conference tournament. Baylor led by as much as nine late in the second half, but the Bears went nearly 5 minutes without a point down the stretch. Baylor pulled to 66-64, but Tyrus McGee drilled a 3 with 1:24 left and the Bears followed with a crushing offensive foul.
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runners 73 — A physical game that saw more than 40 fouls called went against the Lady ’Runners, with AC’s ladies dropping an 8073 loss to Lon Morris Saturday at Shands Gym. Lon Morris beat the Lady Roadrunners on the boards to the tune of a 54-32 margin, led by Byronesha Santiago’s 12 rebounds and 18 points. Dominique Edwards scored 17 points, Demetria Foreman 16 and Arianna James 10 to lead the Lady Bearcats, who will enter Thursday’s conference tournament as the sixth seed. The Lady ’Runners will be the
seventh seed and will play No. 2 seed Tyler on the Lady Apaches’ home court. That game will start at 6 p.m. at Wagstaff Gymnasium on the campus of Tyler Junior College. Brittney Jefferson scored 20 points to lead the Lady ‘Runners (12-17, 8-11). Diamond Webb added 19, Carlisha Wyatt 17 and Carlette Wyatt 12 for AC. Saturday’s game marked the final home appearance for sophomores Nia Bradford, Brittney Jefferson, Breann McMillan, Danielle McNealy, Elizabeth Marrero, and Carlisha and Carlette Wyatt.
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Guillen, Valentine put stamps on new teams JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — It’s a lock the Miami Marlins’ new man in charge will be more boisterous than his predecessor. Or any of the other 29 current managers, for that matter. Boston’s first-year manager has already made noise, banning booze in the clubhouse and jabbing the rival New York Yankees. And what about the trio of rookie managers in other spots? Pretty quiet so far, and likely to stay that way. In contrast to the volatile Ozzie Guillen in Miami and cocky Bobby Valentine with the Red Sox, the White Sox have laid-back Robin Ventura in the dugout. Unlike Tony La Russa, cool and composed Mike Matheny does not seem like a guy who will blow his top with the St. Louis Cardinals. And Dale Sveum opened Cubs camp with, of all things, a bunting competition. Baseball 2012 is already about big-time managerial shake-ups, with new faces — and styles — in new, marquee places. On a daily basis, Matheny finds a way to recast his response to the assumption that his first managerial job will be a monumental task. He follows a man who retired third on the career victory list behind only Connie Mack and John McGraw, and has a fellow rookie in pitching coach Derek Lilliquist. Oh yes, Albert Pujols is gone, too. Matheny counters that late last August, when the Cardinals were 10½ games back in the NL wildcard standings and not World Series champions, they were considered an underachieving team. “There’s other people telling us we can’t do better than last year,” Matheny said. “As you look at what happened last year,
if any of these guys can sit here and tell me that the team can’t have a better season or each individual can’t have a better season, then we’re probably not thinking on the same page.” With Valentine and Guillen, it’s a virtual guarantee the copy will be livelier. “I think it will be a fun, refreshing change,” Marlins president of baseball of operations Larry Beinfest said. “I don’t know that anybody can be as loud and provocative as Ozzie.” Guillen also is much more profane than a pair of Marlins predecessors, professorial Edwin Rodriguez and 80-year-old Jack McKeon. Left fielder Logan Morrison joked that he counted 107 curse words in Guillen’s introductory speech. The fiery manager takes charge of a beefed-up roster as the Marlins move into a new stadium. He has two rules: Be on time and be with the team for the national anthem. “He’s fantastic, he’s super energetic,” outfielder Scott Cousins said. “He’s a players’ manager to the core.” The Red Sox seized the opportunity for a crackdown in the wake of last season’s September collapse in the AL East, a meltdown that included reports of starting pitchers drinking beer in the clubhouse on off-days rather than supporting teammates in the dugout. Always outspoken, Valentine has laid down his own law. His years as an ESPN analyst may have conditioned him to be even more opinionated. “Will there be differences?” team president Larry Lucchino said. “You bet there will be differences.”
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NFL teams facing tough decisions By BArrY WiLNer AP Pro Football Writer Decisions, decisions. The Indianapolis Colts have a doozy, of course, and if they don’t pay Peyton Manning a $28 million roster bonus by March 8 or renegotiate it, a long shot the four-time league MVP becomes a free agent. If they do ante up, and Manning’s neck problems prohibit him from playing in 2012, or ever, Indy’s salary cap structure is shot. “Peyton has to be healthy, it has to be something that’s spoken on, investigated and talked about,” new Colts GM Ryan Grigson said last week at the scouting combine. “But right now, like I said, it’s a process that we’re waiting for things to happen and doing the things that we have control of.” Lots of teams will have tough choices when free agency begins March 13, whether it involves resigning a quarterback who could reach the open market (Alex Smith in San Francisco, Jason Campbell in Oakland, Kyle Orton in Kansas City, Rex Grossman in Washington, and a guy named Brees in New Orleans); holding on to a franchise performer at another position (running back Ray Rice in Baltimore, defensive end/linebacker Mario Williams in Houston, receiver Wes Welker in New England); or keeping players who made timely contributions in 2011 (receiver Mario Manningham with the Super Bowl champion Giants, cornerback Carlos Rogers in San Francisco, placekicker Matt Prater in Denver). With the salary cap unlikely to increase much, if at all, over 2011 (approximately $123 million, including a cap credit negotiated at the end of the lockout), and more than 500 players becoming available, a strange dichotomy has been created: lots of places to spend money, but not a lot of money to spend. “The assumption is the market won’t be that great,” says Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert, whose team rarely is a major player in free agency. “But the market for the very valuable players will still be a high market. “It is a bigger class than usual and some of it is a carryover from
the uncapped year (2010). The players who did not have the ability to move and were restricted that year, that whole group that went from needing four years (for unrestricted free agency) to six have become free.” A few of the biggest names become free agents because they have been given franchise tags, or will be. Does anyone believe the Saints will allow Drew Brees to escape the Big Easy, or that Rice won’t be the workhorse in Baltimore for years to come? Some decisions that would appear easy actually are complex. Take, for example, Super Bowl star Manningham. As the No. 3 receiver on the Giants behind Hakeem Nicks and Victor Cruz, he isn’t likely to command anywhere near the money from New York that another team not so strong at the position might offer. But Manningham also might not be worth the amount normally paid to a No. 2 wideout. Or even a No. 1. Houston has to pony up big time to retain Williams, the top overall draft pick in 2006 and the best defensive player in franchise history. But Williams missed all but the first five games even as the Texans were ranking second in overall defense and several young players emerged.
Williams will command top dollar, and might not be the critical component he once was for Houston. Some decisions already have been made despite hefty costs. Oakland retained veteran defensive lineman Richard Seymour, hoping he will provide leadership so desperately lacking in the Black Hole. The Raiders will pay him $15 million this season even though Seymour is closer to the end of his career than the prime. The Jets opted to pay flamboyant and often disruptive receiver Santonio Holmes more than $15 million over the next two seasons and allowed Holmes’ roster bonuses to kick in. Lacking a true No. 1 wideout beyond Holmes, their hope is the receiver and quarterback Mark Sanchez can mend their torn relationship and that Holmes shows the maturity he was lacking down the stretch in 2011. One of the teams facing the biggest potential losses to free agency is San Francisco, coming off a 13-3 season and a trip to the NFC championship game, an overtime loss to the Giants. In addition to Smith, who comes off a breakthrough season and, according to AP Coach of the Year Jim Harbaugh is the long-term answer at quarterback, the 49ers
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The Lufkin Hoyas 7- to 8-year-old boys team won first place in the Lufkin Youth Basketball Association. Pictured are, from left, Isaiah Bennett, Nicholas Moore, Trenton Lee, Caleb Pinkney, Christian Mumphery, Jacoby Watts, Carter Jones, Jordan Moore and coach Charles Bennett.
By KEVIN GORE His team won a national chamThe Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel pionship, a Big 12 regular-season and two tournament titles. He NACOGDOCHES — Former has led the Aggies to the NCAA Stephen F. Austin Ladyjack bas- Tournament for six straight seaketball coach Gary Blair was in- sons. A 1963 graduate of Bryan ducted into the Texas Sports Hall Adams High School in Dallas, he of Fame at Baylor’s Ferrell Cen- won three state championships ter Wednesday. at South Oak Cliff High School Blair, who was 210-43 from in Dallas. His first head collegiate 1985-1993 with the Ladyjacks, led coaching job was with the LadyTexas A&M to the women’s na- jacks. tional championship last season. He led SFA to seven consecu“I’ve got the best job in the tive 210-win seasons, one 30-win whole world,” he said at the in- campaign, six straight Southland duction ceremony. “This has al- Conference titles, six NCAA tourways been one of my dream jobs nament appearances, four Sweet (coaching at Texas A&M). I teach 16s, two top 10 rankings an a and I coach every day and most WNIT berth. days I wear short pants to work. After eight seasons at SFA, “It’s an honor to go into the he compiled a 198-120 record at Hall of Fame with all of these Arkansas, where he led his 1998 honorees and with all that team to a Final Four berth. they’ve done and accomplished.” He is one of only three all-time He took over a women’s bas- NCAA Division I women’s basketball program that was at the ketball coaches to lead two differbasement and has lifted it into ent teams to the NCAA Women’s one of the nation’s elite pro- Final Four (Texas A&M and Argrams. kansas).
Crimson Christian Academy Tournament champions
The Texas Stampede beat out eight other teams to win the Spring Shootout in Tyler Feb. 25-26. Team members are, front, from left, Ryan Havard, Kyle Lovelace, Kyle Guevara, Chandler Reece, middle, Weston McKinley, Andrew Wood, J.T. Penick, Kotie McClendon, Casey Boston, Manual Garcia, back coaches Mike Lovelace, Justin Penick and manager Bud Maddux.
Pictured above is the 2011-2012 Crimson Christian Academy boys basketball team. Pictured from left are Coach Allen Whitaker, Austin Whitaker, Dalton Rapsilver, Jeremy Kliman, Jordan Collard, Chaston Coon, Noah Carnes, Beny Rapsilver, Jay Whitaker, Jake Evans, Levi Rapsilver, and Coach Charlie Herrington.
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Chipper not ready for retirement
KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) — After another of those spring training workouts that are increasingly tough to get through, Chipper Jones pulls off his jersey to reveal an undershirt that says, “Slow it down, boys.” Sounds about right for a guy approaching his 40th birthday. Even with a boyish nickname and a still-youthful-like passion for the game, there’s no getting around the fact that in less than two months April 24, to be exact, a few games into his 19th season with the Atlanta Braves Jones will reach the age that is like 65 to everyone else. Retirement will be staring him in the face. “Never in my mid-20s would I have given myself a snowball’s chance to be in a camp and have a job at 40 years old,” Jones said Wednesday. “But I like to think I’ve kept myself in pretty good shape over the years. The skills The Zavalla 13- to 14-year-old boys basketball team won the Little Dribblers Backwoods Tournament are still there to go out and get it done. I don’t know for how much on February 9-11 at Zavalla. The team finished in first place in the six team tournament. Team longer, but we’re gonna ride it as members in the tournament picture from left to right are Cade Birchfield, Ashton Hogan, Thomas long as we can.” Boulware, John Taghan, Garrett Lee, Jacob Jordy and Coach Simon Lee. Jones doesn’t need to look at his birth certificate to remember his age. His body tells him every day. “There’s not a day I wake up that something doesn’t hurt,” Jones said. “There’s not a day goes by that I don’t take some kind of pill or injection, whether it’s an anti-inflammatory or a pain killer or cortisone, whatever it may be, to help me go out there on the field.” He’s not ready to discuss the r-word, which he came so close to carrying out two seasons ago. He’s got two years left on his contract, and the plan for now is to play it out at third base. “Mentally, I believe I’ve got two years left,” he said. Then he chuckles. “But mentally and physically are two different things.” It gets tougher and tougher to make it through the offseason workouts, to get through the daily grind of game after game after game. He never had any need to The Brookeland 13- to 14-year-old boys basketball team took second place in the Little Dribblers soak in an ice bath until a year or Backwoods Tournament on Feb. 9-11 at Zavalla. The team finished in second place in the six team two ago. Now, it’s a regular part tournament, playing one game on Thursday and five games on Saturday. The boys defeated Broaddus of his routine. twice, Zavalla “B” team, and Chireno, before losing to Zavalla “A” team 42 -35 in the championship “This could very well be my game. Team members in the tournament picture from left to right are Tyshun Bennett, Ryan last spring,” Jones said. “So I’m Whitmire, Moises Alvarado, Dylon Williams, Stephen McCugh, Brodey Warner, and Scott Reaves. cherishing every chance I get
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Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones hits live batting practice during spring training baseball, Monday in Lake Buena Vista, Fla. down here, soaking it all up. The baseball clubhouse, the baseball fraternity, is a unique one. It’s been my second home, my second family for 23 years now (since he was drafted No. 1 by the Braves out of high school). When I do finally to decide hang it up, I’m gonna miss that camaraderie.” He’s already plotted how he wants to go out. Or, more specifically, how he doesn’t want to go out. He was there for the ugly departures of longtime Braves stars Tom Glavine and John Smoltz, who received pink slips rather than retirement parties. Both wanted to play on with Atlanta, only to learn their services were no longer desired. Jones had frank talks with general manager Frank Wren over the winter, wanting to make sure that he was still a useful member of the team rather than an over-the-hill player trying desperately to hang on. “I’ve always said as long as I’m
productive, I would play. I still feel like I am,” Jones said. “When the day comes (that he’s not), hopefully I will realize it before they do. The last thing I want is what happened to Glav and Smoltzie, where it becomes a P.R. thing. I’d much rather bow out gracefully.” A year ago, despite being sidelined for essentially a month by minor knee surgery, he managed to hit .275 with 18 homers, 70 RBIs and his highest slugging average (.470) since 2008. He wound up playing 126 games, about what the Braves are hoping for this year even if he doesn’t spend any time on the disabled list. “Those are fine numbers,” manager Fredi Gonzalez said. “To me, if you said he would duplicate those numbers right now, I would take them. But the main thing is to keep him healthy, keep him there the whole year. There’s one number I don’t want. I don’t him to spend any days on the DL. That’s the key.”
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texas-size sharelunker caught from t-Bend gets lost in the shuffle by Matt WilliaMs Outdoors Writer If you like big fish stories, you will love the tale behind Texas’ newest Toyota ShareLunker. This one has got more twists and tangles than a Texas-size backlash. So many, in fact, that it culminated in a bizarre mixup that ultimately ended with the wrong fish getting hauled 175 miles to the ShareLunker headquarters in Athens, while the right fish was left finning around in a minnow vat at a tackle store in Many, LA. The fish in question was a whopper of a bass caught on the afternoon of February 25 from Toledo Bend Reservoir by Ryan Pinkston of Center. The bass, which weighed in at 14.20 pounds, ate a Jewel football jig that Pinkston tossed to one of his sweet spots on the lake’s Texas side. He described it as a place where a small drain collided with an underwater ridge that jumped from 12 to four feet of water. It took some doing, but Pinkston managed to wrestle the fish into the boat all on his own. Admittedly, however, he had no idea what he had. “I honestly couldn’t tell if it was an 11 pounder or a 15 pounder,” Pinkston said. “I just knew it was big.” Amazingly, Pinkston’s big bass mojo wasn’t done yet. His next cast produced an 8 1/2 pounder. The two fish couldn’t have come at a better time. Pinkston was competing in a Bass-N-Buck team tournament. In back-toback casts, he upgraded his limit by about 18 pounds and won the tournament singlehandedly with a five-fish limit weighing 36.06 pounds. He was fishing alone because his partner, Scooter Clark, was out of town attending a funeral. “I fished tournament alone just hoping to catch 15-18 pound and keep Scooter and I in the hunt,” Pinkston said. “To go out and have a day like that by yourself…. it’s impossible to explain how it feels.” Pinkston, 31, has to be feeling pretty good about his pocketbook these days. The win earned him $6,000. Plus, he won an extra $820 for catching the biggest bass of the event. Here is where the story begins to get twisted. Hoping to turn the 14 pounder over to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s ShareLunker program, Pinkston took it to Toledo Town and Tackle in nearby Many, LA., following the tournament weigh-in. There, he conversed with two store clerks, weighed the fish on certified scales and placed it in a large aerated vat. The clerks told Pinkston there were already two big bass — a 10 pounder and an 11 1/2 pounder - inside the vat. The fish were caught that morning and brought to the store for entry in the Louisiana Toledo Bend Lake Association Big Bass Program. The workers also informed Pinkston that both fish had been marked with numbered tags for easy identification.
A case of mistaken identity A fews hours later, Toyota ShareLunker caretaker David Campbell and TPWD media specialist Larry Hodge arrived to retrieve Pinkston’s 14 pounder. After Pinkston explained about the two tagged bass, Campbell went to work with the dip net in an attempt to fish the untagged lunker out of the tank. “The first one he caught in the net had a tag sticking out of its back,” Pinkston said. “The second one didn’t have a tag, so we assumed it was my fish.” After Pinkston posed for a few pictures, the bass was transferred to the ShareLunker truck and taken to the program headquarters in Athens. There, it was placed in a holding tank until the next morning. That’s when Campbell discovered something strange about the
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ryan pinkston of Center displays the 14.20 pound toyota sharelunker he caught on Feb. 25 at toledo bend. the fish was lost in a mix-up that ultimately ended with an 11.74 pounder getting hauled to the texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in athens. deal. “We weighed it and it only weighed 11 1/2 pounds,” Campbell said. “I contacted Ryan immediately and told him we had apparently picked up the wrong fish.”
Call to Toledo Town Pinkston followed up with a quick phone call to Toledo Town owner, Curt Carver. Carver had two counts of bad news. First off, he explained that the two clerks Pinkston spoke with unknowingly relayed some misinformation. “Both the 10 pounder and the 11 pounder were brought in early that morning,” Carver said. “The 10 pounder was tagged, but the 11.74 pounder wasn’t. It was having some stress problems, so we decided it would be better off if we didn’t tag it.” Carver also explained to Pinkston that the two clerks he spoke with did not work the morning shift, when the 10 and 11 pounders were brought in. “We had a shift change and the two clerks that he (Ryan) spoke to were not there that morning. They thought both fish had been tagged, but only one of them had. That’s what caused the confusion.” Pinkston got more bad news when he asked Carver about the whereabouts of his 14.20 pounder. “He told me he had already released it back into the lake,” Pinkston said. According to Carver, the Louisiana big bass program is run differently than ShareLunker in that it isn’t run by the state. Nor are fish retained for spawning. “We don’t like to hold these fish any longer than we have to,” he said. “We weigh the bass, tag them, hold them overnight and release them back into the lake the next day.” Carver said he realized TPWD had retrieved the wrong fish the second he pulled the 14 pounder out of the water to release it. “I knew right then what had happened,” Carver said. “I didn’t know how to get in contact with anybody and I was reluctant to take the fish back to the store. Our best interest was in getting that fish back in the lake healthy, so that’s what I did. What I don’t understand is why they (TPWD) didn’t weigh the other fish before they took it.” Campbell said he chose not to weigh the fish, because it had already been weighed twice (once at the tournament and once at
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pinkston actually held the 11.74 pounder up for the camera, but no one noticed the significant weight difference between the two fish. Toledo Town and Tackle) the same day. “Toledo Town’s scales are certified and I don’t question certified weights,” Campbell said. “Plus, I didn’t want to take the chance of stressing the fish any more.”
Sizing up a 14 pounder You might think it would be easy tell the difference between a 14 pound and an 11 1/2 pound bass just by looking. But Campbell says that isn’t always true, unless the two fish are held side-by-side. Keep in mind, Campbell has handled more than 500 fish in excess of 13 pounds since the inception of the ShareLunker program in 1986. “I’ve held enough of these big fish that I can usually tell within a few ounces of what they weigh when I hold them,” Campbell said. “But judging their weight by looking can be really tricky, unless you look really close. The thickness of the body and the tail area can really fool a person.” Pinkston said it never crossed
his mind that the 11.74 pound fish he snatched out of holding tank at Toledo Town was not the 14.20 pounder he had weighed in during the Bass-N-Bucks tournament several hours earlier. “I haven’t had the privilege of holding a lot of fish in the 9-10 range, much less anything like this,” Pinkston said. “I just assumed I was holding my fish, since I was told that the other two fish in the tank had been tagged. I honestly couldn’t tell the difference. I didn’t know.”
ShareLunker leader What Pinkston does know is his 14 pounder makes him the frontrunner in the race for 201112 Toyota ShareLunker title. The title goes to the angler who catches the heaviest ShareLunker entry of each season. It comes with some neat prizes, including a free Texas Lifetime Fishing license and fishing gear. If there were an award for good ShareLunker tales, Pinkston would be a shoo-in to win it, as well. Without a doubt, his story is the most bizarre in the history of
the program. “This was an unfortunate error, but because the angler (Pinkston) legally caught the fish and it was weighed on certified scales, it is a valid entry into the Toyota ShareLunker program,” said Allen Forshage, director of the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens. Lane wins Bassmaster Classic — Alabama’s Chris Lane is $500,000 richer these days. Lane won a war of a Bassmaster Classic last weekend on the Red River out of Shreveport, LA. I say it was a war because it was a battle played out on a watery field so muddy that it forced many anglers to fish right on top of one another in competition for the better areas. In three days, Lane seined the river for consecutive limits that weighed 51 pounds, six ounces -more than four pounds heavier second-place finisher, Greg Vinson, also of Alabama. He relied primarily on flipping with a Luck “E” Strike tube and a Gambler Ugly Otter paddle tail bait to notch the biggest win of his ca-
reer. Not only did the victory earn Lane a six figure pay day, it also won him a championship title and trophy that are the dreams of pro bass anglers all over the world. He credited his win with good decision making, a sound game plan and some big time help from above. “I’ll never again second-guess a decision I make when fishing,” Lane told reporters. “I listened to what my instincts told me, and it was right.” Waco’s Alton Jones finished the highest of seven Texas anglers who qualified for the 2012 ‘Classic. He finished fourth, $30,000; Todd Faircloth of Jasper, ninth, $20,500; Takahiro Omori of Mineola, 15th, $13,750; Keith Combs of Huntington, 16th, $13,000; Matt Reed of Madisonville, 19th; $12,700; Andrew Upshaw of Hemphill, 31st; $10,000; and Tom Jessup of Dalhart, 45th; $10,000. Matt Williams is a freelance writer based in Nacogdoches. He can be reached by e-mail, mattwilliams@netdot.com.
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Johnson’s crew chief surprised by suspension By JohN MArshALL AP Sports Writer AVONDALE, Ariz. — Jimmie Johnson’s car failed inspection before the Daytona 500 and he didn’t last long in the race, collected in a wreck on the second lap. His crew chief was suspended six races and fined $100,000, and his car chief will have to watch for six races, too. Johnson also was docked 25 points and heads into this weekend’s race at Phoenix International Raceway last in the Sprint Cup standings. He’s hoping to have a good race just so he can get out of the red in points. Coming off his worst year in NASCAR, this isn’t how the five-time champion wanted to get his season started. “It’s certainly not a position we want to be in,” Johnson said Friday. “But there’s a lot of racing between now and September.” Johnson wasn’t much of a factor last season in his bid to win six straight Sprint Cup championships. He made the Chase after winning just one race and finished sixth in the final standings, 99 points behind champion Tony Stewart. Johnson vowed to turn it around in 2012, but it didn’t get off to a very good start. First, his car failed inspection the opening day of Speedweeks on Feb. 17 after NASCAR ruled the No. 48 Chevrolet had illegally modified sheet metal between the roof and the side windows, an area known as the C-posts. Johnson qualified eighth for the Daytona 500. But after nearly two days of rain delays, he was knocked out of the race on the second lap when Elliott Sadler nudged him from behind and triggered a multi-car wreck. Johnson didn’t return to the track — missing the jet blower fire and the laundry detergent cleanup — and finished 42nd, earning just two points in Monday night’s season-opening race. Two days later, NASCAR announced its steep penalties for Johnson’s team. Crew chief Chad Knaus was fined $100,000 and suspended six races, and car chief Ron Malec was told he’d have to sit out six races. Hendrick Motorsports appealed, so both chiefs will be allowed to attend races during the
sions” with the same configuration and that they didn’t anticipate any problems heading into Speedweeks. He also said the failed inspection was based on an eyeball test, not anything technical. “It was all visual,” he said. “The templates never were actually put on the car. We never got the opportunity to present it on the templates. That definitely will come up during the appeal and we’ll talk about it. NASCAR has a good set of standards that are black and white and others that are not.” Knaus has been in this position before. He’s been suspended four previous times, the first coming in 2001 while serving as crew chief for Stacy Compton, who NASCAR said had an unapproved shoulder harness in his car. Knaus teamed with Johnson at Hendrick Motorsports at the end of that season, the start of a run that includes 54 victories and five titles. Knaus also was suspended when Johnson won the 2006 Daytona 500 with Darian Grubb filling in and sat out six weeks in 2007 when NASCAR said he had flared out the front bumpers of Johnson’s car at Sonoma. Knaus also had a two-race ban in 2005 overturned on appeal. “It’s a fine line to balance there
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Jimmie Johnson prepares for practice for sunday’s NAscAr subway Fresh Fit 500 auto race in Avondale, Ariz., Friday. process. we like to do with the 48 team,” hard to take, but unavoidable, Johnson also was penalized, Knaus said. “It seems some- one of those tough-luck breaks dropping him to minus 23 points, how or another we seem to get that come with racing. 70 behind Daytona 500 win- through adversity pretty well. So, The failed inspection and subner Matt Kenseth in the season I’m not saying we like a challenge sequent suspension caught the standings. like this but I’m pretty sure we’ll team off-guard. “It’s going to make things rise to the occasion.” Knaus said the car had passed exciting and that’s something The wreck at Daytona was inspection on “multiple occa-
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Montoya improving after Daytona wreck AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Driving under caution at the Daytona 500, Juan Pablo Montoya felt the back end of his car break, sending it into a spin. Unable to stop and bearing down on a safety truck, he didn’t panic. He treated it like going over a speed bump a little too fast. “You don’t think ‘oh my God, I’m going to kill myself,’” he said Friday while recalling the accident. “You go ‘oh, this is going to hurt a little bit.’ It wasn’t that bad.” It could have been much worse. Trying to catch up to the field during a caution, Montoya slammed into the back of a jet dryer when his car broke late in the race. His car burst into flames and jet fuel from the dryer spilled onto the track and ignited, creating a fireball that damaged the track and delayed the race. Although the driver of the jet dryer was OK, officials at several tracks said they will mandate fire suits and helmets for all jet dryer drivers, including this weekend at Phoenix.
because I’m one of those guys that thinks innovation made this sport what it is,” driver Kevin Harvick said. “There’s a fine balance where you cross the line and where you don’t, and the only way to find is to push things to the limit and see if you get away with it.” Johnson’s team has been one of the front-runners in pushing things to the limit; they wouldn’t have won five straight titles without having an edge on the rest of the field. That aggressive approach has occasionally gotten the team in trouble — all those suspensions for Knaus — and, along with all the winning, garnered extra attention for them. “As successful as we’ve been over the course of the years, obviously it goes through a little bit more scrutiny — it’s inspected more,” Knaus said. “It goes to the (inspection center) more because we win more races and more top fives, You get somewhat numb to it.” Still, no matter how many times they’ve been through it, opening what they hoped would be a bounce-back season with such a debacle will be tough to overcome. But there’s still plenty of time to make up ground, with more than two dozen races left before the Chase begins Sept. 16.
“I’m really glad to see they are already taking measures,” said Jeff Gordon, who went out with engine trouble at Daytona. “I couldn’t believe that guy got out of the truck without a helmet and a fire suit on. Don’t know what kind of harness he had on, but trying to take measure to make that aspect of it safer will be a good thing.” Four days after the bizarre wreck, Montoya was relaxed and poked fun at the mess he made. Montoya’s left foot, bruised when it hit the clutch upon impact, is sore but good to go for this weekend’s race at Phoenix International Raceway. His psyche after one of the strangest crashes ever in NASCAR? Didn’t even put a dent in it. “The way I’ve always looked at it, ‘Either you’re going to be OK or you’re not,’” he said. “I don’t think anyone could hit anything harder than I did.” Montoya’s did-that-just-happen crash came during a caution with 40 laps to go in Monday night’s race.
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By BEN TINSLEY gan production. The Nacogdoches Daily Sentinel Aspen owner Danny Vines has said the current price set by the SACUL — Area officials said regulatory commission is too low no one needs to be inviting com- to make it lucrative to continue parisons between Southern production. Power’s biomass electrical genOne of the main differences erating plant north of Sacul and between the two companies is Aspen Power in Lufkin, which the way it sells power, Southern recently went idle. Power officials point out. Sacul “These are two entirely dif- sells theirs in a 20-year bulk. ferent projects,” cautioned Bill Company officials said they King, CEO and president of the also are secure in the fact the Nacogdoches Economic Develop- massive system in Sacul will conment Corporation, vert what is now waste from the The 100-megawatt Southern timber production industry and Power Nacogdoches Generating similar, clean biofuels into elecFacility has an iron-clad contract tricity. to serve the city of Austin for the Steve Higginbottom, media next 20 years, officials said. relations specialist for Southern Aspen Power has shut down Power said officials don’t see the for a few months because of low situation Aspen encountered demand for electricity during the having any impact on company winter. The Aspen plant is ex- plans to bring the plant online in pected to stay idle until May. mid-2012. King said the Sacul plant and “We are moving forward with its roughly 40 employees will stay this long-term contract with quite active. Austin Energy,” Higginbottom It was first reported in Febru- said. “We are fully committed ANdrEw d. BroSIg/The Nacogdoches daily Sentinel ary that Aspen Power will sit idle to meeting the conditions of the The tower at the South Power Nacogdoches generating Facility near Sacul. The 100-megawatt until May, in response to low en- contact.’’ Ben tinsley’s email address is Southern Power Nacogdoches generating Facility has an iron-clad contract to serve the city of Austin ergy prices. The shutdown comes btinsley@dailysentinel.com. for the next 20 years, officials said. shortly after the Aspen plant be-
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hospital luncheons to highlight women’s health concerns By JESSICA CooLEY The Lufkin News In conjunction with National Women’s Health Week, Memorial Medical CenterLufkin is joining with local obstetricians and gynecologists to present a luncheon series highlighting some of the most common health concerns among women today. During the month of April, Memorial will host a series of free luncheons ad-
dressing common health issues that affect women 35 and older, cancer and how Memorial’s da Vinci robot can offer a new option to traditional surgical procedures. Among those scheduled to speak include Lufkin-based obstetricians Dr. Carolyn Moyers, Dr. Kaywin Carter and Dr. Jerry Johnson, according to hospital spokeswoman Yana Ogletree. “We are so pleased to join this national campaign to help empower women right
here in Angelina County to take control of their health and maybe even learn a little more about their own bodies,” Ogletree said. Campaign spokeswoman and actress Andie MacDowell will deliver a specially taped message at each event to encourage women to make health a top priority and get their annual checkups. Guests will also receive patient education brochures and a women’s health diary, according to Ogle-
tree. The luncheons will take place from noon to 1 p.m. April 5, 11, 18, and 26 in the Medical Staff Meeting Room in Memorial Medical Center-Lufkin. There is no cost to attend. To sign up, contact Melissa Crager at 631-3099 or at mcrager@memorialhealth. org. Jessica Cooley’s email address is jcooley@lufkindailynews.com.
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BP expects to pay $7.8 billion in Gulf spill suit deal By HArrY r. wEBEr and MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press Writers NEW ORLEANS — BP’s settlement of lawsuits filed by more than 100,000 victims of the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history goes a long way toward resolving pending claims. But the question remains, will Americans who live along the Gulf of Mexico go for it? BP expects to pay out $7.8 billion and anticipates that a separate claims fund run by Ken Feinberg will cease at some point. New vehicles will be set up and supervised by the court to pay claims as part of Friday’s settlement. People waiting for money from Feinberg’s Gulf Coast Claims Facility can take what the settlement vehicles offer them or opt out and make a claim directly to a BPrun entity. If they don’t like what they get from that entity, they can sue. And many just might. The U.S. Justice Department said Friday’s settlement is not the end of the road. “The United States will continue to work closely with all five Gulf states to ensure that any resolution of the federal law enforcement and damage claims, including natural resources damages, arising out of this unprecedented environmental disaster is just, fair and restores the Gulf for the benefit of the people of the Gulf states,” the agency said in a statement. BP’s payout estimate includes what the company internally predicts legal fees for the numerous plaintiffs lawyers in the case will be, though the issue has not yet been discussed between the two sides, according to a person with direct knowledge of the settlement terms who spoke on condition of anonymity because those details are confidential. That could be a deal-breaker for people who have spent nearly two years trying to get money directly from BP or through the Feinberg-run fund that took over the claims process in August 2010, four months after the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Many have been pursuing their claims without a lawyer and therefore have not had to pay such fees. They also
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Fire boat response crews spray water on the blazing remnants of BP’s deepwater Horizon offshore oil rig in this April 21, 2010, file photo. BP agreed late Friday to settle lawsuits brought by more than 100,000 fishermen who lost work, cleanup workers who got sick and others who claimed harm from the oil giant’s 2010 gulf of Mexico disaster, the worst offshore oil spill in the nation’s history. The momentous settlement will have no cap to compensate the plaintiffs, though BP PLC estimated it would have to pay out about $7.8 billion, making it one of the largest class-action settlements ever. could balk at the idea of potentially having to start their entire claims process over again, or at least the prospect of delaying the compensation they desperately need. And the government could weigh in. That’s because the $20 billion fund run by Feinberg was set up not only to pay claims by individuals and businesses, but also environmental damages and state and local response costs. It is not clear if such damages have already been covered. One positive development: Pending offers before the GCCF will be honored, according to the person with knowledge of the settlement terms. Feinberg said the announcement of the settlement was good news and he was happy with the work of the fund he ran. “I point with significant pride and satisfaction to the achievements of the Gulf
Coast Claims Facility: reviewing over one million claims submitted by 573,000 claimants and paying some $6.1 billion to approximately 225,000 individuals and businesses in just over 18 months,” he said in a statement Saturday. “I believe the GCCF has successfully fulfilled its mandate, and urge an orderly transition to the new proposed claims program.” The trustees that oversee the fund’s assets have not yet weighed in publicly. The spill soiled sensitive tidal estuaries and beaches, killed wildlife and closed vast areas of the Gulf to commercial fishing. The suits consolidated in federal court in New Orleans were filed by fishermen who lost work, cleanup workers who got sick and others who claimed harm from the oil giant’s April 20, 2010 Gulf disaster. The momentous settlement will have no
cap to compensate the plaintiffs, though BP PLC estimated it would have to pay out about $7.8 billion, making it one of the largest class-action settlements ever. After the Exxon Valdez disaster in 1989, the company ultimately settled with the U.S. government for $1 billion, which would be about $1.8 billion today. BP still has to resolve claims by the U.S. government, Gulf states and its partners on the doomed Deepwater Horizon rig, which exploded and sank 50 miles off Louisiana after a BP oil well a mile below the ocean’s surface blew out. Eleven rig workers were killed and, according to the government, more than 200 million gallons of oil spewed before the well was capped nearly three months later. The remaining claims from the government could add billions more to BP’s tab, and BP has already paid out billions in cleanup costs and to compensate victims. BP said it expects the money for Friday’s settlement to come from the $20 billion compensation fund that it previously set up and that Feinberg has been administering. According to the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Trust, current total trust assets are approximately $9.5 billion. The spill exposed oil industry failings and forced BP chief executive Tony Hayward to step down after the company’s repeated gaffes, including his infamous statement at the height of the crisis: “I’d like my life back.” He was jettisoned off to work for a BP affiliate in Russia and has since left that company. BP’s environmentally-friendly image was tarnished, and independent gas station owners who fly the BP flag lost business from customers who were upset over the spill. The disaster also created a new lexicon in American vocabulary as crews used innovative attempts to plug the spewing well, such as the top kill and the junk shot in which they tried to plug the well with pieces of rubber. As people all over the world watched a live spill camera on the Internet and television, the Obama administration dealt with a political headache, in part because the government grossly underestimated how much crude was spilling into the Gulf.
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Aspen Power Idling of North Lufkin plant hopefully will not become common occurrence
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spen Power, much less its employees, can’t seem to win for losing. The company late last year began producing electricity at its North Lufkin biomass power plant, after a long struggle by the company to satisfy demands by the Environmental Protection Agency and a handful of neighbors who were opposed to it. The company’s president, Danny Vines, and local economic development officials heralded the number of jobs and the positive impact the plant would have on our community’s tax base and overall economy. Those things may yet come to fruition, but here we are, just a couple months after the plant began pushing power into the state’s electricity grid, and the company has already shut it down. Vines said this past week that the price for power, as set by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC), is low for the company to even make a profit on its product. As a result, 33 local workers now face the prospect of filing for unemployment. Aspen plans for its Lufkin facility to be offline until May. The irony of the Aspen plant’s plight is that Texas is just months away from what — if it’s anything like last year — could be a power-hungry summer. Even with natural gas prices at historic lows (the reason for PUC’s price drop), the electricity demand during the hot months will be so high that profits shouldn’t be a problem for Aspen and all of Texas’ traditional power plants. Aspen Power is not a major electricity supplier, in the grand scheme of things, but the power that will come from its Lufkin plant might help guard against the threat of rolling blackouts in Texas during the state’s high-usage periods. That’s a good thing, and so is that the fact that, in the short time it was running, the facility produced no visible or audible pollution into the North Lufkin air. We hope the plant can, in fact, start operating profitably in the near future and provide to Angelina County the benefits that were promised. Lufkin Economic Development Director Jim Wehmeier said in response to Aspen’s shutdown that idling plants is a common business strategy for biomass plants, but we can’t see how shuffling employees between the ranks of the employed and the unemployed is a good thing for our community. We hope it’s a strategy that is used sparingly.
TodAy in hisTory The Associated Press Today is Sunday, March 4, the 64th day of 2012. There are 302 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 4, 1789, the Constitution of the United States went into effect as the first Federal Congress met in New York. (The lawmakers then adjourned for lack of a quorum.) On this date: In 1681, England’s King Charles II granted a charter to William Penn for an area of land that later became Pennsylvania. In 1858, Sen. James Henry Hammond of South Carolina declared “Cotton is king” in a speech to the U.S. Senate. In 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th president of the United States. The U.S. Government Printing Office began operation. The Confederate States of America adopted as its flag the original version of the Stars and Bars. In 1912, groundbreaking took place in New York for Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1917, Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana took her seat as the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1952, Ronald Reagan and Nancy Davis were married in California’s San Fernando Valley. In 1960, an explosives-laden French freighter, La Coubre, exploded in Havana’s harbor, killing at least 75 people. In 1977, some 1,500 people were killed in an earthquake that shook southern and eastern Europe. In 1981, a jury in Salt Lake City convicted Joseph Paul Franklin, an avowed racist and serial killer, of violating the civil rights of two black men who’d been shot to death. (Franklin received two life sentences for this crime; he is currently on Missouri’s death row for the 1977 murder of a Jewish man.)
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othing the Supreme Court deals with is not political. But a case over affirmative action in college admissions has arrived at an especially political time. This is an election year. Working-class whites are considered swing voters, and the president running for re-election is both African-American FromA hArroP and a beneficiary of the finest higher education our country offers. Come early fall, the Supreme Court will probably hear a case in which a white student, Abigail Fisher, claims that a race-conscious policy for admissions to the University of Texas violated her constitutional rights. The case, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, centers on the 14th Amendment guaranteeing equal protection. A resident of Sugar Land, Texas, Fisher now attends Louisiana State University. As for President Obama — regardless of whether affirmative action served him, he clearly had the right stuff. Obama graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude and runs a highly competent presidency in tough economic times. If anything, he’d be an argument for affirmative action. Nonetheless, I hope the Supreme Court declares an end to race- and ethnicity-based preferences, and pushes the whole matter out of our lives.
If Republicans have a pulse, they’ll be whipping up resentments among working-class whites hit hard by the new economy. In recent years, Democrats have wisely moved away from specifically helping “minorities” to helping the middle class. This case could breathe life into an old wedge issue Democrats thought was mostly over. Twelve years ago, two liberal scholars produced an important book titled, “Why the White Working Class Still Matters: America’s Forgotten Majority.” Authors Ruy Teixeira and Joel Rogers urged Democrats to trade race-based programs for classbased ones. They held that economically depressed whites, a group that includes office and retail workers, saw their values of equality, fairness and reward for effort under attack in racial preferences. And politics aside, they had a point. ‘’It is very difficult intellectually,” Teixeira and Rogers wrote, “to justify giving a break of hundreds of points on SAT scores to the daughter of upper-middle-class, highly educated blacks and giving nothing remotely similar to the daughter of poor white high school dropouts.” Since then, America’s churning demographics have seen a flourishing black middle class and Latinos overtaking both whites and blacks in population growth. Asians, meanwhile, rapidly added to their numbers. The changes have been so fast that a 2003 Supreme Court decision seeking a middle ground on affirmative action may be obsolete.
In Grutter v. Bollinger, the justices ruled 5 to 4 that the University of Michigan Law School could not use a point system to favor “disadvantaged minorities” but could consider race in efforts to achieve diversity. Writing for the majority opinion, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor speculated that attention to race would no longer be necessary 25 years hence. But are they necessary in today’s multiracial society? A class-based approach — giving preferences to students from low-income families — would disproportionately help poor minorities while not discriminating against others from similar circumstances. The University of Texas had already gone some of the distance with its 10 percent rule: The top 10 percent of grads in every high school are automatically admitted. That benefits students from struggling district schools. Fisher placed below the 10 percent at her high school, which put her into another pool of applicants for which race became a factor. If today’s more conservative Supreme Court throws out racial preferences, that could be to the good. O’Connor was right that they should be temporary. Only her timing may have been off. And though Democrats may deem the case’s timing unfortunate, they too should want this issue in their past. Froma harrop writes for Creators Syndicate.
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How Republicans win by losing “The beginning of wisdom is the fear of the Lord. ing control of the House and winning control of the The next andmost urgent counsel is to take stock of Senate. reality.” Several possible Supreme Court nominations — William F. Buckley, Sept. 11, 1964 and the staffing of the regulatory state are among the important reasons conservatives should try to ASHINGTON — On that evening 48 elect whomever the GOP nominates. But conservayears ago — it was still summer, early tives this year should have as their primary goal in the presidential making sure Republicans wield all the gavels in campaign — Buckley, whose Congress in 2013. National Review magazine If Republicans do, their committee majorities had given vital assistance to will serve as fine-mesh filters, removing President Barry Goldwater’s improbaObama’s initiatives from the stream of legislation. ble capture of the Republican Then Republicans can concentrate on what should nomination, addressed the nabe the essential conservative project of restoring tional convention of the consomething like constitutional equipoise between servative Young Americans the legislative and executive branches. for Freedom. Buckley told his Such a restoration would mean that a re-electfervent acolytes that “when ed Obama — a lame duck at noon next Jan. 20 — GeorGe will we permit ourselves to peek would have a substantially reduced capacity to up over the euphoria” of Goldwater’s nomination, do harm. Granted, he could veto any major conwe see that it occurred “before we had time prop- servative legislation. But such legislation will not erly to prepare the ground.” even get to his desk because Republicans will not He then sobered his boisterous audience: “I have 60 senators. In an undoubtedly bipartisan speak of course about the impending defeat of Bar- achievement, both parties have participated in inry Goldwater.” He urged “the necessity of guarding stitutionalizing an extra-constitutional Senate suagainst the utter disarray that sometimes follows permajority requirement for all but innocuous or a stunning defeat.” Goldwater’s doomed campaign uncontroversial legislation. This may be a dubious should, Buckley said, be supported because it achievement, but it certainly enlarges the power plants “seeds of hope, which will flower on a great of a congressional party to play defense against a November day in the future.” They did, 16 Novem- president. bers later. Three years ago, conservatives were particularly Buckley understood the possibility of construc- focused on stopping two of Obama’s principal goals tive defeat. He also understood the need to econo- — a cap-and-trade climate policy and “card check” mize conservatism’s energies. to abolish secret ballots in unionization elections. Today, conservatives dismayed about the Repub- He still speaks incessantly but no longer speaks lican presidential spectacle may write a codicil to about either. And were it not for grossly corrupt what is called the Buckley Rule. He said that in any conduct by Justice Department prosecutors in the election, conservatives should vote for the most trial of Republican Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska, electable conservative. The codicil might be: Unless which cost him re-election, Obamacare would not the nomination or election of a particular conser- have passed. vative would mean a net long-term subtraction Beginning next January, 51 or more Republican from conservatism’s strength. senators, served by the canny Mitch McConnell’s If nominated, Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum legislative talents, could put sand in the gears of an might not cause such subtraction. Both are con- overbearing and overreaching executive branch. servatives, although of strikingly different stripes. This could restore something resembling the rule Neither, however, seems likely to be elected. Nei- of law, as distinct from government by fiats issuing ther has demonstrated, or seems likely to develop, from unaccountable administrative agencies exeran aptitude for energizing a national coalition that cising excessive discretion. translates into 270 electoral votes. From Louisiana’s Gov. Bobby Jindal to WisconIf either is nominated, conservatives should vote sin’s Rep. Paul Ryan, Republicans have a rising for him. But suppose the accumulation of evidence generation of potential 2016 candidates. This does eventually suggests that the nomination of either not mean conservatives should be indifferent to would subtract from the long-term project of mak- the fate of this year’s nominee, and it is perhaps ing conservatism intellectually coherent and po- premature to despair of Romney’s and Santorum’s litically palatable. If so, there would come a point political aptitudes. Still, the presidency is not evwhen, taking stock of reality, conservatives turn erything, and there will be another election in the their energies to a goal much more attainable than, next year divisible by four. George Will writes for The Washington Post. and not much less important than, electing Romhis email address is georgewill@washpost.com. ney or Santorum president. It is the goal of retain-
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I read the editorial in The Lufkin News about the closure of the postal sorting facility being a painful step, but needed. To that: I say “yes” and “no.” It was a shame that the post office was orphaned during the Nixon Administration. The Office of Postmaster-General, which was once a Cabinet Position, was relegated to that of a glorified CEO of a quasi-public/quasi-private institution. The article correctly noted that the U.S. Post Office currently receives no taxpayer money; yet its existence is authorized by the U.S. Constitution — whereas FedEx-Kinkos and UPS are not. Granted, we are in “the Electronic Communications Age.” However, I still do a lot of “snailmailing” while I still can — I even send postal letters abroad to relatives in the Czech Republic and in the United Kingdom. It amazes me that if a comparatively small country (such as the Czech Republic) can keep its post offices financially viable... why can’t we do so in America? The Czechs are technologically advanced, too. I get emails from them, too. I enjoy postal letters for the ‘joy’ of a handwritten letter and also for the ‘beauty’ of unique postage-stamps. I just purchased some Danny Thomas “forever stamps” because Mr. Thomas was a Roman Catholic and a Freemason, just as I am, which is something of a rarity. Mail processing centers may need to be streamlined — yet this country needs to create jobs too. Perhaps curtail the posh perks and lush pensions. But, we need jobs. Rural America needs post offices and prompt turnaround times with deliveries. Let’s urge our congressional lawmakers to fund the post office (at least partially). If the post office goes extinct: we will become weaker than a backwoods Third World nation. James A. Marples, Longview
Stop removing signs
I am Charles (Chuck) Ellisor and I am running for Commissioner of Precinct 3. All my signs in the Rocky Hill community are being removed from places where I have permission to place them. My lovely wife, Brenda Thomas Ellisor, the daughter of Austin Thomas, can’t believe people there are messing with other people’s stuff — he didn’t raise her that way. One person removed Mr. Loggins’ sign from their yard (he did not have permission) and removed mine. I told the person to replace his sign and mine. I’m not going to play that silly game. Austin Thomas always said to keep your hands off other peoples’ stuff. Stop messing with my stuff. Charles and Brenda Ellisor, Lufkin
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What is sales tax rate stores in Pollok should be charging? Q: A store in Pollok is collecting sales tax at the Lufkin city rate of 8.25 percent instead of the Angelina County rate of 6.75 percent. Is this within the law? A: Local sales and use tax should be reported based on the physical location address of the store and not a postal address. There is a tax rate locator on the comptroller’s website, at http://ourcpa.cpa.state. tx.us/atj/addresslookup.jsp, which allows a user to enter a specific address to determine the local sales taxing jurisdictions at that address. However, according to the comptroller’s website, the sales tax rate in Pollok is 6.75 percent. Stumped? Ask us. The FYI column is designed to let readers email (to newsroom@lufkindailynews.com) or call in (to 637-NEWS) questions you want answered, whether about road construction, how-to tips, trivia or other information. You do not have to leave your name. You also can use that email address or phone number to give us a news tip — anonymously, if you’d like. (We do not have Caller ID on the phone line.)
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Making sure all your social networks play nicely together Does anyone remember how things social media outlets as well. were done before the Age of the Social If you’re linking the two most Network? prominent social networks, When we went to get Facebook and Twitter, you coffee, we simply drove may want to reconsider. to Starbucks, ordered our The reason behind this coffee, and drank it. Then is simple: Their purposes, we went back home or work while similar, are also and on with our lives. very different. Facebook Now, we tweet that we’re showcases what a user is inin desperate need of a cup volved in over time by using of coffee. When we get to photo albums, a Timeline Starbucks, we “check in” for each user, “Likes,” and lauren azioS using Facebook Places or more. It keeps your friends Foursquare. Then we take and family updated on your a photo of our coffee and put it on life as a whole. Instagram with a vintage photo filter. If you’re using it as a business, it We might even browse Pinterest for keeps customers involved by building a recipe of a knock-off version of our a relationship. favorite caffeinated concoction so that Twitter is more about a conversanext time, we can make it ourselves tion and what is happening in that instead of paying $5 for it. Maybe we’ll moment. Twitter can be one-sided; post a blog about how much we love that is, you may follow someone who coffee. doesn’t follow you. The social network possibilities are Both tools are useful, and can be virtually endless. used similarly, but identical inforWith so many social tools at our mation should not be posted, and fingertips, it can be tempting to link accounts should not be linked. When them all together. If you’re having a this happens, the result is a case of magical cup of coffee, shouldn’t every- users getting too much of the same one know it? information across all their social If your Twitter and Facebook are mediums. linked, meaning that when you Tweet If you’re a business owner who something it posts on your Facebook links your accounts, this poses a as well (and vice versa), isn’t that just specific risk for you. Instead of apdoubling your audience? preciating information about your In theory, that works well. Social company and products coming from networking, and the Internet in many different directions, users could general, is all about linking. But when instead become irritated with the repyou mash your networks together in etition and frequency of your posts, an attempt to reach everyone, your especially if your posts to Facebook networks lose their individuality. and Twitter are identical. Each network has a specific purpose, This could lead to them unsubscribwhich means that certain types of ing from these feeds, which results in posts may not translate across all a loss of followers and potential sales social media platforms. leads. Also, it leads to repetitive and Whether for business or pleasure, overly frequent posts, which leads to social media is a great tool. Differannoyed followers. These followers ent networks can work well together are never ideal; either they are ignor- when properly implemented. ing you or unsubscribing from your Remember to steer clear of linking feeds, thus defeating the purpose of a accounts when possible and to avoid “social” network. posting overly similar or repetitive For example, linking your Pinterinformation on multiple platforms. est account with your Facebook and By making your social networks Twitter accounts can be unnecesplay nicely together, you will create sary. Chances are, the people who are a better experience for yourself, your interested in what you are pinning are customers, and your fellow users. lauren Azios is a blogger, social media geek, already following you on Pinterest. and crazy dog lady. she works for MasseyMedia as a By pinning items to multiple places, you’re adding items from Pinterest to social Media Consultant. Visit her online at masseymedia.com, follow her on twitter @laurenfromtexas the feed of those who may be lookand @masseymedia, or shoot her an email: lazios@ ing to use Facebook for its original purposes. This same idea spans other masseymedia.com.
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what’s difference between traditional, Roth iRAs? Dear John: I am considering converting a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA. It looks like a good deal. Can you give me some guidance please? Signed: DM Dear DM: Certainly. There are some general questions that will John kennedy help qualify you. Do you expect your tax bill to stay the same or be higher in the future? Income level doesn’t matter. If income is low, you may convert all or a portion of the IRA at a low tax rate. If income is high, your tax bracket in the future is likely to be higher as the Bush tax cuts expire. To maximize savings, only convert the amount that would take you to — but not over — the next bracket. Regulations allow you to convert any portion you choose. Do you have the assets in non-retirement accounts to pay the tax bill you are creating by converting? If the answer to this is no, then do not do it. You
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insured. With that being said, there are only two situations that warrant even are giving up all your advantage gained considering buying “specified disease” in the conversion by taking funds from coverage, and those are if you have a the IRA to pay the taxes, especially if much higher than normal risk of havyou are not 59½ and have the 10 percent ing cancer, and the amount you spend hickey for early withdrawal. on the policy doesn’t make a difference One item to note is that you have in the lifestyle you lead. until Oct. 15 of the next year to “reThe first priority is to have medical characterize,’’ or undo the conversion. coverage that covers you for anything, If the account had a large drop in value not just a specific disease. If you have within this time frame, you would possi- that, then you probably have a limit, bly want to return it to its original form or stop loss on the amount of out of because the tax bill is calculated on the pocket expense you are liable for each account value at the time of the conver- year. Cancer many times seems to run sion. Also, I suggest you seek profesin families, and if the premium is no sional help from your accountant. big deal to you and it gives you peace of Dear John: I have an insurance mind, then I have no problem with it. I agent (who is very persistent) that is have never had a client that had a policy trying to get me to purchase suppleand had cancer say they regretted havmental cancer coverage. The statistics ing the policy. this is not a solicitation to buy or sell securities. he gives makes me afraid to not have John kennedy is a Registered Representative of woodit. What do you think? Signed: “Over lands securities Corporation, member finRA and siPC. Insured Already” to submit a question to be answered in this column, Dear ‘‘Over Insured”: Every person I have ever talked to about insur- send it via email to jtkiii@yahoo.com, or in writing to kennedy at the Advanced financial Group, 1101 s. ance believes they are over insured, and most of them were woefully under Chestnut st, lufkin, tX 75901.
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may very well be that you could sell the home, increase your capital by $150,000 and very likely have less expense than paying taxes, insurance, upkeep and so forth in your present home. Putting aside the value of the home,
you have half a million dollars. If you were to spend $25,000 a year without any return and had no income whatsoever, you would have to live to be 100 to spend all the money. Clearly, there will be some modest return. I am not a fan of the annuities you
describe, and the expenses are considerable. If you are persuaded that you do not wish to go into the marketplace, one of my choices would be an FDICinsured bank Bruce williams writes for newspaper enterprise Association.
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The “Hop into Spring” collection from Philosophy combines three spring fragrances: Frosted Cookie, Sugar Chick and Chocolate Bunny. The collection will be available later this month at Makeup Junkies in the Fashion District.
fresh fragrances welcome in warmer weather By DENISE HOEPFNER the Lufkin news
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lthough spring doesn’t officially arrive until March 20, it’s not too early to welcome in the scents of the season. Whether you’re looking to air out those dusty, musty wintery smells in your home or change your signature fragrance to something less heavy, springtime is all about fresh, clean and light scents.
For the home, look for citrusy, fruity, clean or light floral scents that can create an uplifting atmosphere, advises Independent Scentsy Consultant Dustee Knapp, of Lufkin. “Scentsy’s spring and summer catalog was released March 1, and there are new scents and warmers to give our senses and living spaces that renewed feeling,” she said. Knapp, who sells the Scentsy line of
to put away those heavy, musky scents and replace them with something light and easy, said Kellsey Smitherman, makeup artist at MakeUp Junkies. “As the seasons change, so should your choice of fragrance,” Smitherman said. “Lather yourself in lighter, sweeter scents, like those in our Philosophy line.” Philosophy, which boasts fans of all ages,
For 2012, Clinique has released its latest version of “Happy in Bloom,” a floral fragrance with green notes perfect for spring. Available at Belk.
Fragrance diffusers from Jardin de Rochelle are as pretty to look at as they are to sniff. With different blooms and fragrances, you can pick your favorite. Diffusers are available at Expressive Images Salon and Day Spa in The Fashion District and at downtown shop, Mama Tried.
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wickless fragrance warmers through home parties and on her consultant website at scentsy.com/dusteeknapp, says the company released new warmer designs to complement the season, along with fresh fragrances. “Just a few of the scents sure to brighten your spirits are Sunlit Morning, Enliven, Sunkissed Citrus, and Lemon Coconut Chiffon,” she said. “Some of the new warmers that will add a fresh burst of color to your home are Daphne, Ashbury, Heartfelt, and those from the new Silhouette Collection.” Another popular way to freshen up a room is by using diffusers, which have come a long way since the standard reed diffuser hit the shelves. Topped by a porcelain flower sculpture, room diffusers by Jardin de Rochelle combine a fresh look with a fresh scent. The diffusers are as beautiful to look at as they are to sniff and come with a variety of blooms to choose from. Available locally at Expressive Images Salon and Day Spa in The Fashion District and at downtown shop Mama Tried, scents include peony, rose, narcissus, poppy and more. For personal fragrances, spring is the time
releases scents each season, as well as offers its familiar standbys. One of the company’s hottest spring fragrances is “Field of Flowers,” which is available in a 3-in-1 shower gel, shampoo and bubble bath. A limited edition set, called “March Into Spring,” will be released later this month and features products with an Easter theme. Perennial favorites are “Unconditional Love” and “Amazing Grace,” both clean fragrances that are the shop’s bestsellers, Smitherman said. One of the most anticipated springtime releases is the newest limited edition of Clinique’s “Happy in Bloom.” The first edition debuted in 2006, with later versions released in 2008, 2010 and 2011. With its bright packaging and green notes, this year’s version is already receiving rave reviews on online beauty message boards. Experts say the most important factor when choosing a personal fragrance is not how it smells in the bottle, but how it works with your body chemistry. Denise hoepfner’s email address is dhoepfner@lufkindailynews.com.
Stop and smell the flowers with “Field of Flowers” from Philosophy. This shampoo/shower gel/bubble bath combination products is available at Makeup Junkies in the Fashion District.
The newest Scentsy warmers add a touch of spring and summer to your home décor. Combine with a light and clean scent for a breath of fresh air. Shown is “Daphne.” Available from local independent Scensty consultants or at scentsy. com.
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60th Anniversary
On Friday, Feb. 24, friends and family of Arden L. and Rita Jinkins gathered to celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary at a celebration given by their children, the Rev. Dr. Michael and Dr. Deborah Jinkins of Louisville, Kentucky; their grandson, the Rev. Jeremy Jinkins, his wife, the Rev. Caroline Jinkins of Virginia Beach, Virginia; and their granddaughter, Ms. Jessica Jinkins of Austin. The celebration was held at Redland Baptist Church.
Cranford & Shepherd
Eneree Cranford Sr. and Patricia Ann Cranford of Lufkin announce the engagement of their daughter, Joneshia LaShone Cranford of Lufkin, to Michael Paul Shepherd of Lufkin, son of Joe Lewis Suell II and Rena Vivian Shepherd of Lufkin. The wedding is planned for 5 p.m. April 14 at First Missionary Baptist Church. Invitations are extended through the press. A private reception to follow, by invitation only.
50th Anniversary
James and Ruth McCaa of Wells will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on March 10. They have lived in the area since the early 1940’s and Mrs. McCaa is the former Ruth Ann Brown. The couple has three children, Phillip and Sherry McCaa of Lufkin, Darren and Tammy McCaa of Pollok and Stephen and Monica McCaa of Wells, 10 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
60th Birthday
Carolyn Blackburn of Pollok will turn 60 years old on March 6. A party in her honor was held March 3 in the home of Melba (Fenley) and Rusty Sims, hosted by family and friends. Carolyn is the daughter of Theda Craft of Pollok, and has one daughter, Cristi, and two grandchildren, Trent and Jayci Allen.
Hudson ISD observing School Breakfast Week By Kathy Mahr Contributing writer
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tennis team will play in Jacksonville at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. The everything they do including varsity team will play in WhiteDistrict news: National sports. Each day we will reward house at 4 p.m. on Thursday. School Breakfast Week is being students who eat breakfast at Hudson Middle School track celebrated at Hudson’s Peavy school with a Team Breakfast team will participate in the Primary and Bonner Elemenitem including pencils, backpack Diboll MS meet on Monday. tary. Encourage your child to eat tags, puzzles, activity books and Hudson HS track team will breakfast at school March 5-9. wrist bands. Your child can “Go participate in the Bullard High We will be promoting breakfor Gold” in 2012 by eating a School Relay Meet on Thursday. fast with an Olympic theme to healthy and balanced breakfast ——— remind students the importance every day. Hudson ISD will be closed for of eating a nutritious breakfast. ——— Spring Break March 12-16. Students who eat a nutritious Come out and support the ——— breakfast do better in school and Hudson teams. The Hudson JV High school news: Don’t
forget to order your 2011-2012 high school yearbook. Deadline to order for a cost of $60 is March 30. ——— Peavy Primary news: Peavy is inviting students and past students to purchase a paver stone with their name and year at Peavy. Posters are located on all campuses and area businesses. Paver stones may be purchased for $25. For more information visit Hudson’s website or contact Peavy Primary at 875-9344.
Library holding ‘Pet Food for Fines’ drive By Julie Massey Contributing writer
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In non-fiction: “Extreme Paranormal Investigations” by Marcus F. Griffin and “The Horror! The Horror!: Comic Books the GovThe library will be holding a Pet Food for Bilingual Family Pajama Story Night is ernment Didn’t Want You to Read” by Jim Fines drive through March 31. Simply come from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. March 12 for “Let’s Trombetta. On DVD: “Night at the Museum” to the library during the month of March Eat!/A Comer!” By Pat Mora — Taco Craft, starring Ben Stiller and “How to Marry a and donate puppy or kitten food and we will for all ages. The family movie “Rio” will be Millionaire” starring Marilyn Monroe.CD waive late fees on your account. shown from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. March 17 Audio: “Death’s Mistress” by Karen Chance. Check our website for details on what food and is suitable for all ages. In the Juvenile/YA Collection, Young can be accepted and how much each item is Coffee & Conversation for ages 55 plus is Adult Fiction: “Firelight” by Sophie Jordan worth in waived fees. Only late fees can be from 10 a.m. to noon March 21 for scrapand “Beautiful Darkness” by Kami Garcia. waived, not bills for lost or damaged items. booking. Adult Programming: “Email for In Juvenile Fiction: “Nate the Great and the We will also accept donations from those Beginners” is from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Lost List” by Marjorie Weinman Sharmart who wish to donate but do not owe fines; March 26 for ages 18 and up. Space is limited. and “Guys Read: Funny Business” edited by however, no future credits will be applied to Call 630-0566 for more details. Jon Scieszka. On CD Audio: “Charlie Bone patron’s account. Weekly story times for all ages are held and the Red Knight” by Jenny Nimmo and All pet food brought in during this period from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on Wednesdays “Junie B. Jones: Books 1-24” by Barbara will be donated to the Kurth Memorial and Thursdays, Stories and crafts vary. Park. kurth Memorial library is open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Animal Shelter in Lufkin. Please take this Schools, day care and home schoolers are Mondays, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tuesday through thursday, 9 a.m. opportunity to help the shelter while clearalways welcome. Children under the age to 5:30 p.m. on friday, and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on saturdays. we ing fines from your account. of 13 may not be left at the library without do not charge for membership if you live in Angelina County, See our website at http://cityoflufkin. adult supervision. however, you must have a valid iD with current address in com/library or call 630-0560 for more infor——— mation. New books at the library this week in the order to apply. Parents or legal guardians must apply for library cards for children under 16. Replacement cards are ——— adult collection, fiction, include: “Mr. G” $1. Children under the age of 13 may not be left at the library Teen Adventure Hour for ages 10-17 is by Alan Lightman, “The Hero of Ages” by without adult supervision. from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Monday. The acBrandon Sanderson, “All I Did Was Shoot Julie Massey works in technical services at kurth tivities is treasure boxes. Teen programming My Man” by Walter Mosley, “Against All Memorial library, 706 s. Raguet st. she can be reached at for ages 10-17 is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Things Ending” by Stephen R. Donaldson, 630-0560. March 10 for a No Tech Game Day. and “Sister Queens” by Julia Fox.
Chadlee P. hill and Casey B. Dixon announce the birth of their daughter, nevaeh lea’Ann hill, born feb. 5 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 14 oz. sister is Maddison Rain Robertson. Grandparents are Johnny P. and kasaundra l. Jones of Pineland and tina A. and Greg Dixon of lufkin. Great-grandparents are Joanne and Archie Dixon of lufkin and Carnelia Poland and hubert Pittman of Pineland. ——— Jordan nicole fuller and Zachary Don Baker of lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, kit elizabeth Baker, born feb. 9 at woodland heights Medical Center, weighing 4 lbs. 9 oz. sister is Audrey Renée smith. Grandparents are Craig and lisa fuller and Don and shay Baker, all of nacogdoches. Great-grandparents are Glenn and Judy fuller of nacogdoches, Conley and Pat williams of Mineola, louise Baker of nacogdoches, the late James Baker and the late Claude Odom. ——— Joe Dee and tara Cole of Diboll announce the birth of their son, Mason kyle, born feb. 13 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 6 lbs. 9 oz. Grandparents are Arthur Murrell and linda Jones of Diboll and Bobby Joe and Melenda Cole of lufkin. Great-grandparents are Murrell and louise Jones and sue Mooore and J.w. knight, all of lufkin, Gene and JoAnn Moore of san Marcos, Jerry and linda Vineyard of huntington, the late Claude and eva Mae Cole and the late Rosie Vineyard. ——— Cody and Angela Dew of lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Madeleine Dew, born feb. 13 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. sister is Chloe Dew and brother is hunter Dew. Grandparents are steve and theresa Dew of lufkin, larry walker of texarkana and Joelle walker of lufkin. Great-grandparents are sonny and Billie Renfro of lufkin, Marcel and Genevieve hue of Caen, france and elbert and Retha Dew of wells. ——— Adrienne Pixley of lufkin announces the birth of her son, Charles D. Pixley, born feb. 15 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 5 oz. Brother is Julian. Grandparents are Charmaigne Mott of Jacksonville and Rex Mott of lufkin. ——— emma flores and Bobby Ramos of lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Anahlee Dariana Ramos, born feb. 15 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 7 oz. sister is Xiomara Ochoa. Grandparents are sandra and Ramiro DeJesus and Victoria Ramos and Jose torrez, all of lufkin. Great-grandmother is socorro lopez of lufkin. ——— shanie Patterson and Jeremy sanford of lufkin announce the birth of their son, Valen James Ray sanford, born feb. 15 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. sisters are Madison sanford and Brooklyn Carroll. Grandparents are suzanne Clary of lufkin, lester Ray Patterson of indiana and James and lorenda sanford of Corrigan. Great-grandparents are tracy sanford and lehman and Jean Booher, all of lufkin. ——— Adam and Brittni neely of Jasper announce the birth of their daughter, kambri ella, born feb. 16 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 6 oz. Grandparents are terry and Christina watson and wynda harvey and tommy neely, all of Jasper. ——— Des-A-Ray white and wesley Black of lufkin announce the birth of their twin son and daughter, landyn and londyn Black, born feb. 16 at Memorial Medical Center. landyn weighed 4 lbs. 13 oz. and londyn weighed 4 lbs. 10 oz. Grandparents are Bridgette Jefferson and steven white of Corrign and shannon Jones and Randy Black of Diboll. Great-grandparents are Brenda and terry Bell of Diboll, Brenda and terry scott of lufkin and linda and James Jones of hillister. ——— Annastasha Ross of lufkin announces the birth of her daughter, A’kyree lafaye
Ross, born feb. 17 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz. Grandparent are sonya and larry Ross of lufkin. ——— Mr. and Mrs. Rusty Pitts of hudson announce the birth of their daughter, kyleigh Pitts, born feb. 17 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 15 oz. sister is kynlee Pitts. Grandparents are Connie harris of hudson, terry and kristi Pitts of huntington and Jo Ann Bentley of lufkin. Great-grandparents are Billy and Johnny Pitts of lufkin and Doris stokes of hudson. ——— Andres flores and Virginia Ortega of lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Amaya Celeste flores, born feb. 17 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. Grandparents are Reinaldo and nelida flores and Guadalupe and Virginia Ortega, all of lufkin. ——— Jimmy Del toro and krista Alexander of lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Aaliah leighan Del toro, born feb. 17 at woodland heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 3 oz. Grandparents are Amber and Aaron knight and ethel and fred Burt. Great-grandparents are Robert and nancy lout and Robert and Doris Carver. ——— Jonathan Gassiott and Andrea Acord of hudson announce the birth of their son, Jacob wayne Gassiott, born feb. 18 at woodland heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 2 oz. sister is Annabelle tessitora and brother is Ryan Acord. Grandparents are nathan Gassiott of Corrigan, Judy Becket of hudson and tim and Johanna Becket of katy. ——— Craig and Melanie tanksley of lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, kadie sue tanksley, born feb. 20 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz. sister is hannah e. Goff. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Robert McMeans of Corrigan and Mr. and Mrs. Allan tanksley of lufkin. ——— Angel Diosado Jr. and Claudia Perez of lufkin announce the birth of their daughter, Jazelle Adriana Diosdado, born feb. 20 at Memorial Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz. sister is Alliyah and Audrey Diosdado and brothers are Christian and Christopher Perez. ——— John and shelia Davis Dill of woodville announce the birth of their son, John’tavion Da’juan Dill, born feb. 21 at woodland heights Medical Center, weighing 5 lbs. 15 oz. sister is t’zariah Zónae Dill and brother is John’kevion Alexander DavisDill. Grandparents are Mary Rodriguez of Avondale, AZ, Joel Davis of lufkin and Mae and elisha Dill of woodville. ——— Justin Agers and Misty herrington of huntington announce the birth of their son, westin eli Agers, born feb. 21 at woodland heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 6 oz. sister is Carlie Jo herrington. Grandparents are Richard and Bette Agers of lufkin, the late Daphne taylor and Andy herrington of huntington. Great-grandparents are the late Glenda “Dinky” and Glenn”tuffy” herrington. ——— Justin and Brandi Cochran of Brookeland announce the birth of their son, weston Marshall Cochran, born feb. 21 at woodland heights Medical Center, weighing 8 lbs. 1 oz. Brother is easton Matthew Cochran. Grandparents are Paul and Debbie Baillio of Brookeland, Michael and Bonnie Baiamonte of houston and B.f. and sue Cochran of Jasper. Great-grandmother is florence lynch of huntington. ——— Mr. and Mrs. keith McCroskey of Bronson announce the birth of their daughter, Aubri sue Ann McCroskey, born feb. 22 at woodland heights Medical Center, weighing 7 lbs. 8 oz. sister is stormi McCroskey. Grandparents are Mike and laura McCroskey of hemphill, Gene R. McBride of Bronson and the late Beverly McBride. Great-grandparents are Richard and Patricia of lufkin.
Weddings & Engagements
Wedding, engagement and anniversary announcement forms are available in the foyer of The Lufkin Daily News and online at lufkindailynews.com — click on the “Customer Service” tab, then “Submission Forms” and select the appropriate form. The charge for announcements are: weddings, $80, $95, $115 and $140; engagements, $70 and $90; anniversaries, $70 and $80; birthdays, $30; and generations, $30. Announcements are published on Sundays only. They also will be published on the website. A signature and phone number are required to complete the form. A good quality color photo up to 8-by-10 inches is acceptable and may be submitted to The Lufkin Daily News. Polaroid photos and computer prints do not reproduce well. For information, call Beverly Johnson at 631-2618 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday or write to P.O. Box 1089, Lufkin, 75902. Deadline for submissions is noon Tuesday before the Sunday publication date.
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What? You saw it in an old newspaper? April 11, 1913: “Lufkin has eight cold drink stands and a fine opera house.” Take a dreary, rainy, cold Saturday. That’s when yellowing, brittle layers of forgotten newspapers beg for readers to check their MarGie kirkland pages. And I’m happy to oblige. So why not start at the beginning of the stack? After that, news items fall into place more easily — and you never know what might pop up next. Lufkin first formed a city commission and Junior League of Lufkin Volunteer of the Month for February is Lora Huerta, center. Also pictured are Gina Green, vice president, government in 1890. It was a different era and different town. membership, and Jennifer Webster, president. Aside from taxes and ordinances, the welfare of residents was of key importance, and many of the early ordinances related to animals: ■ Nov. 27, 1890: Commissioners passed a law making it illegal for persons to leave a horse, mule, cow, ox or jackass tied to one of the posts along Cotton Square. On another subject, one 1890 ordinance made it for anyone to shoot a firearm or fireworks within 300 feet of the public square. Anyone caught with a slingshot in that area could be fined $1 to $5. ■ Monday, July 19, 1937: Notice: Let us vacuum clean your car free with every tank of gas. Wash & lubricate car, $1 — Porter’s Pure oil Company, 216 N. First. Phone 1047. Flash! 29 Silk Dresses, $5, your choice. 3 Beall Brothers. ■ Dec. 24, 1939: With World War II in its early stages, Lufkin‘s newest theater, the Junior League of Lufkin “Pat on the Back” award recipient for February is Renée Robertson, center. Also pictured are Gina Green, Lynn, featured “South of the Border” with Gene Autry and Smiley Burnette. (10 cents vice president, membership, and Jennifer Webster, president. until 6 p.m.) Holiday dances were advertised at Hotel
American Legion Auxiliary Unit 113 is proud to be a part of a Salute to our American Military Veterans Feb. 14 at the Charles Wilson VA Outpatient Clinic. Pictured from left are Maryanne Theriot, Joyce Trojan, Pat Harkness, Theresa Sabin, Rita Redd and Teresa Myaryska.
club newS Deep East Texas Archeological Society Archaeologist Tom Middlebrook will speak about finding Mission Concepcion at 7 p.m. Monday at the Newton County Museum History Center and Genealogical Library, 213 E. Court St. in Newton. Mission Concepcion was one of the Spanish missions archeologists and historians have had trouble locating. Middlebrook is a native of Nacogdoches and has studied and worked in a wide variety of disciplines such as geology, theology, psychiatry and archeology. He presently serves as a steward of the Texas Archeological Society’s Archeological Stewardship Network and is a practicing psychiatrist in Nacogdoches. The Deep East Texas Archeological Society was founded more than 15 years ago under the aegis of the Newton County Historical Commission to preserve and protect the early history of Newton County and to preserve and protect the history of Native Americans in Newton County and its environs. For more information, call Pam Wright at the Newton County Museum History Center and Genealogical Library at (409) 379-2109 or Dickie Dixon at 2082627 or 639-1411 or email him at sjpauszek@gmail.com. Junior League The Junior League of Lufkin presents “Sprint into Spring” 5K Fun Run and 1 Mile Kids Run beginning at 8 a.m March 24. The race is a chip-timed event
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Emma Lee Wilson, president of the Mary Hall Mantooth Chapter Daughters of the Republic of Texas presents a copy of “Crosswire” which was last year’s DRT June Naylor Award Winning Book, to Robin Collmorgen, librarian at Bonner Elementary School, for their library. and the course highlights the Crown Colony neighborhood. The course will feature two aid stations for the 5K race and 1 aid station for the 1 Mile Kids Run. Awards will be presented to the top male and female finishers and medals for the top three finishers in each age group. Medals will also be provided to the top three male and female finishers for the 1 Mile Kids Run (ages 5-12). The first male and female to cross the finish line for the 5K Run will win an iPod Nano. Also, the first boy and first girl to cross the finish line for the 1 Mile Kids Run will receive a $50 gift card to Best Buy. For more information contact Julianne Greak at jcgreak@ yahoo.com.
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Angelina with Raymond Rhone, his trumpet and orchestra appearing Christmas Day. (9:30 until...) For New Year’s, the Kurth-Collins Orchestra was scheduled to help welcome in 1940; admission $1.50, tax paid. ■ Sunday, Jan. 14, 1940: Lufkin Girls Give Leap Year Dance: The girls of Lufkin ‘“turned the tables” on the boys Saturday night in Lufkin, when a group of girls here gave a Leap Year dance at the American Legion Hall. The femmes made the dates with the males, took them in their own cars, sent them boutonnieres, paid the admission, and took care of all tips. Approximately 100 people attended the topsy-turvy affair. Lufkinites Literary-Minded: Lufkin citizens seem to have taken literally “a little learning is a dangerous thing,” according to the number of books circulating from Kurth Memorial Library. A total of 42,492 books were circulated during 1939. Ad: Lufkin Grows Under the leadership of such men as E.L. Kurth. Congratulations from Howard Walker, Real Estate. ■ Sunday, Jan. 15, 1967: Dr. Frank Leathers, LISD superintendant, was guest speaker at the Central Elementary P-TA meeting. He spoke on “Education Is a Must.” ■ Sunday, Feb. 28, 1982: G.W. Davis & Sons: Grocery Shopping! In 1932, the G.W. Davis & Sons Grocery Store, located on First Street, Lufkin, was not only the first to combine a grocery store with a meat market, it was also the first self-service grocery store in East Texas, with a feed store upstairs plus a restaurant downstairs serving lunch and short orders. This news item reported that economic hard times killed the store. ■ Sunday, Feb. 28, 1982: Central Girls JV Team: Members of the Central High School Lady Bulldog junior varsity squad, who went 17-1 on the season, were Anita
Smith, Regina Williamson, Phylesa Kerr, Vicki Reagan; Coach Elmer Brumble, Beverly Sue Arriola, Julie Flowers, Melissa Choate, Tammy Crawford, Stephanie Redd and Rhonda Anderson. Backroom Medicine: It was noted that Dr. C.A. Franklin practiced medicine in the back of a drugstore on Lufkin Avenue in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. And now, extra news items hiding in the pages... ■ Jan. 15, 1967: Style Show Plans Are Announced: The Rotary Anns met January 9 in the Grecian Room of Hotel Angelina for luncheon and an interesting program on creative hat design by Lucille Henderson. ■ Sunday Morning, Sept. 22 1968: Constitution Week was sponsored locally by the Anthony Smith Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Several members were shown with Mrs. Talley McCall, librarian at Kurth Memorial Library. Looking over the nation’s history were Mrs. Harry J. Adams, Mrs. Arthur Bresie, Mrs. Gaylord F. Rhodes, vice regent and Mrs. C.H. Shepherd, Jr., regent. Mrs. L.H. Jennings was Constitution Week Chairman. ■ Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004: Labor of Love — A look at four of Lufkin’s women in the work force: Jolene Alsbrooks, hair stylist, Marie Stephens, head nurse at Angelina Animal Hospital; Maria Olivarez, HEB Grocery, and Iona Peacock, a “food person” for most of her life. ■ Sunday, July 30, 2006: “The Great Pumpkin” — Marshall Capps of Beulah raised a pumpkin weighing 442 pounds at his residence on Old Burke Road. Margie kirkland, named lufkin’s Poet laureate in 1976, is a columnist for the lufkin news. through the years she has won awards from the Poetry society of texas for her poems, had several books published and loves doing free-lance work for magazines and newspapers, especially she says, “My hometown paper, the lufkin news.”
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Widow seeks new purpose after retirement An affinity for place names DEAR ABBY: I am a 64-year-old healthy widow with no children. I retired a year ago after a successful 42-year career. I am financially sound. I couldn’t wait to retire because my job was demanding, and toward dear aBBy the end it had become extremely stressful. About two months into retirement — and after taking a few trips — I began feeling worthless and guilty for being nonproductive. I tried a part-time job, but it wasn’t my thing. I’m now considering another part-time job, volunteering or returning to school. I have always wanted to further my education and get a graduate degree, but I don’t know if I’m too old to meet the demands. I feel like I lost my identity when I stopped working. I know it had to end one day, but I still have a lot of energy and want to engage in some activity that will revive my selfworth.
At this point, I don’t know what that will be. Your thoughts and guidance would be greatly appreciated. — SEARCHING FOR “ME” IN TEXAS DEAR SEARCHING: Not everyone ages at the same rate. Some people wear out faster than others do. Today, for various reasons — not all of them financial — many seniors choose to remain in the business world. Their work ethic and experience are valuable assets. If you think a graduate degree would be challenging and would help you in a new career, then by all means, go for it. When people tell me they are thinking of retiring, I always ask, “And what will you be retiring TO?” because I am convinced that retiring to “nothing” is neither physically nor emotionally healthy for individuals who are used to being active. DEAR ABBY: I bought my aunt, uncle and two teenage cousins gift cards from an online retailer a year and a half ago. I checked with them in advance to see if this might be something they’d use. Six months ago, I noticed in my order history that only one of the cards had been redeemed. I hate
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to see the money go to waste. Should I call my relatives? If I do, what do I say? It’s possible they just haven’t gotten around to using the cards. Should I reprint the cards and send them with a reminder note? (Maybe the cards were lost?) Should I send my relatives a check and use the cards myself ? Chalk it up to a loss? That one kills me! I suppose if I hadn’t seen the order history, I would never have known whether the cards had been used. What do you think I should do? — CONFLICTED IN CONNECTICUT DEAR CONFLICTED: Use the direct approach. Contact your relatives and tell them that while reviewing your account history, you noticed that three of the four gift cards you sent have not been used. Ask if they would like to have them printed out again, if by chance they were lost — or if they would prefer you send them a check for the value of the cards. To contact them isn’t rude, and it shouldn’t be awkward. In fact, it may be appreciated. write Dear Abby at dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, los Angeles, CA 90069.
Women’s history and Social Security
March is Women’s History Month — a time to focus not just on the past, but on the challenges women continue to face in the 21st century. Social Security plays a vital role in the lives of women. With longer life expectancies than men, women tend to live more years in retirement and have a greater chance of exhausting other sources of income. With the national average life expectancy for women in the United States rising, many women will have decades to enjoy retirement.
can find it at socialsecurity.gov/estimator. You should also visit Social Security’s financial planning website at socialsecurity. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, a gov/planners. It provides detailed informagirl born today can expect to live more than tion about how marriage, widowhood, di80 years. As a result, experts generally agree vorce, self-employment, government service, that if women want to ensure that their and other life or career events can affect retirement years are comfortable, they need your Social Security. to plan early and wisely. If you want more information about the What you can do: The best place to begin role of Social Security in women’s lives is by knowing what you can expect to receive today, Social Security also has a booklet from Social Security, and how much more that you may find useful. It is called Social you are likely to need. Security: What Every Woman Should Know. You can start with a visit to Social SecuYou can find it online at socialsecurity.gov/ rity’s Retirement Estimator. In just a few pubs/10127.html. Peggy Buchanan is the district manager of the social minutes, you can get a personalized, instant security Administration in lufkin. estimate of your retirement benefits. You
A get well wish for our absent friends By NELL ADDINGTON Contributing writer
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Thursday we learned that one of our regular “42” players fell and broke her ankle. She has gone to Castle Pines for rehab. And another of our regular bingo players, Olena Ayers, had shoulder surgery and is also at Castle Pines for rehab. Billie Phelps, one of our former employees is still in Grace Care for rehab. Jim Harkness
had surgery recently and is going to be out for a while. Hope he mends well and will soon be back eating with us. Our prayers go out to all our sick folks and their caregivers. We miss all of you. ——— Our diabetic class ended Feb. 28 and we gained some valuable information from our instruc-
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tors Bobbie Stotts, Christie King, and Wayne Morrow. We learned about meal planning — did some “brainstorming” exercises, and action plans (homework) for each lesson. We also learned how to read the nutrition labels on packaged foods, caring for our feet, what we should do in case of sickness, managing diabetes, fitness and exercise, and much more important information. All in all the classes were very interesting. We received a meditation CD and a T-shirt at the last session. Our thanks goes out to our instructors. You were great and we appreciate your taking the time to help us. ——— Barbara Pruett has been helping me wrap the silverware in preparation for lunch time. I appreciate that. Wrapping silverware is an art, and Barbara got the hang of it right off. Thanks, Barbara. Many times when I’m strolling around, I pass Barbara’s table and she has a picture drawn on a napkin lying in front of her. She is quite an artist and just draws what she sees in her head. Beautiful flowers, crosses, birds, etc. ——— Sandy Schmidt is hard at work in the quilting room these days. When you come to the center, be sure and go see the beautiful
quilt Sandy is working on. I don’t know much about the patterns of quilts, but this one looked like a maple leaf in the center of each block. Her new found friend, Katherine Bentley was watching and visiting with her when I happened back there. Betty Ray donated material for Doris Harkness and Evelyn Watkins to “sew up” which should keep them busy for a while. Thank you so much Betty. The material will go for a good cause. ——— The county mowed and used the weed eater on our grounds during one of our beautiful sunshiny days recently. It smelled so good and looked so pretty afterward. Thank you guys. You did a great job. ——— Celebrating a March birthday with me will be James Springfield on March 6 and Joe Ulicnik, whose big day is March. 9. Some people say they do not have birthdays any more. Not m. I’m proud of every one of mine. I once heard someone say, “my age is a number and it is unlisted.” If you are coming to the center, we know you are still having birthdays. Be thankful for each year God has given you.
When settlers from the U.S. poured into Texas following its independence and later statehood, they starting slapping names on the places where they put down BoB BowMan roots. Most of the names are still around and just as colorful as they were decades ago. Bloody Hollow in Delta County was named for a disagreement at a brush arbor revival. Buggy Whip Creek in Hopkins County was named for local switch cane often used as buggy whips. Looneyville in Nacogdoches County is near Loco and Crazy creeks, but the name comes from the Looneys, a stable local family. Buck Naked lies in Parker County and, contrary to rumor, is not a nudist colony. Crush in McLennan County, west of East Texas, is famous for the Crash at Crush, where two locomotives were pointed at Crush on the same track, and their throttles tied open. The result was perhaps the only deliberate train crash in Texas. In Lipscomb County, the folks who named five local creeks apparently couldn’t find any colorful names, so they named them First, Second, Third, Fourth and Fifth creeks. Cut ’n Shoot in Montgomery County was apparently named for the disposition of the local menfolk. There are a few other supposed reasons. There’s a Deadwood in Panola County, a Dime Box in Lee County, a Dollarhide in Angelina County and a Day Duck Creek in Kent County. Four Notch can be found in
Walker County and Five Notch lies in Harrison County. Byspot in San Jacinto County got its name when O.H. Bennett of Conroe spelled his wife’s name Topsy backward and added a B from his own last name. Can’t ’Cha Get Over That Creek lies in Kaufman County. The creek flooded after the smallest rain, blocking the way of travelers. Chicken Creek in Walker County was named for wild chickens who occupied the area. Fair Play lies in Panola County and was named for the community’s concern for a child from a wagon train who died in the community. Uncertain on Caddo Lake in Harrison County has several origins, and the most popular is that it was named for the difficulty steamboat captains had mooring their vessels at the site. There are hundreds of places where people have deliberately chosen short names, probably because they were easy to remember. Among them are Abe (Houston County), Art (Mason County, Dull (LaSalle), Dew (Freestone), Drop (Denton), Enon (Upshur), Fife (McCullough), Fink (Grayson). Cash (Hunt) and Eli (Hall). Bob Bowman of lufkin is the author of more than 50 books about east texas history and folklore. he can be reached at bob-bowman.com.
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if today is your birthday — the year ahead appears to be a promising one in two unrelated areas. the first, which isn’t as important as the second but is still vital, has to do with your social life. the second pertains to your career, and it could be your greatest blessing. PiSceS (feb. 20-March 20) — Victory might not go to the swift but to the persevering. thus, you’d be better off stolidly plugging away instead of trying to do everything as quickly as you can. arieS (March 21-april 19) — if you allow another to run the show, you’re not likely to have an easy row to hoe. everything will be done to the benefit of that person instead of to the benefit of the majority. TauruS (april 20-May 20) — Being both patient and persevering allows you to make progress on a difficult endeavor in yards instead of inches. if you allow yourself to become hasty, nothing will get done. GeMini (May 21-June 20) — Make sure there is parity regarding what each has to offer and what each will receive when involved in a joint venture. if equality is absent, what you’re trying to do won’t fly. cancer (June 21-July 22) — step up, be firm and defend your basic rights, or persons with whom you’re involved are likely to take advantage of your good nature. Don’t nell Addington is the site manager and be left holding the bag. activity director at the Angelina County leo (July 23-aug. 22) — Owing to your senior Citizens Center. she can be reached at negative attitude, your possibilities for srcitizen@consolidated.net.
success aren’t apt to be as strong as they might be otherwise. if you can’t see yourself as a winner, no one else will either. VirGo (aug. 23-Sept. 22) — A friend who is a very nice person but continually forgets to repay what he or she has borrowed might put the touch on you once again. if you give in and help, you’ll be sorry. liBra (Sept. 23-oct. 23) — it might be difficult but important to guard against your inclinations to do everything the hard way. Making things tougher on yourself can be needlessly self-defeating. ScorPio (oct. 24-nov. 22) — if there is a specific individual who would have the answer you’re seeking but whom you haven’t been able to reach, you might be better off looking elsewhere. SaGiTTariuS (nov. 23-dec. 21) — the old saying “we can never have too many friends” might be impressed upon you when someone whom you always depended upon isn’t available anymore. caPricorn (dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Provided you handle it properly, a major unsolicited change in a project could turn out to be advantageous for you. if treated improperly, however, its impact could be negative. aQuariuS (Jan. 20-feb. 19) — there’s a chance that you might have to operate under conditions that are less than optimal. Although what you want to do can still be effected, its payoff might be meager.
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chool violence, which was little heard of until the 1999 Columbine, Colo., school shootings in which 12 students and a teacher were killed, is in the headlines again. Now the nation is dealing with shootings at an Ohio high school, as well as other incidents, like a recent elementary school shooting in Seattle. As terrible and frightening as incidents like these are, they are rare. Although it may not seem that way, the rate of crime involving physical harm has been declining at U.S. schools since the early 1990s. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), fewer than 1 percent of all homicides among school-age children happen on school grounds or on the way to and from school. The vast majority of students will never experience violence at school or in college. Still, it’s natural for kids and teens — no matter where they go to school — to worry about whether this type of incident may someday affect them. How can you help them deal with these fears? The experts at KidsHealth.org offer advice on talking with kids about these tragedies, and what they watch or hear about them, to help put frightening information into a more balanced context.
REACHING OUT TO YOUR KIDS It’s important for kids to feel like they can share their feelings and know that their fears and anxieties are understandable. Rather than wait for your child to approach you, consider starting the conversation. You can ask what your child understands about these incidents and how they make him or her feel. Share your own feelings too — during a tragedy, kids may look to adults for their reactions. It helps kids to know that they are not alone in their anxieties. Knowing that their parents have similar feelings will help kids legitimize their own. At the same time, kids often need parents to help them feel safe. It may help to discuss in concrete terms what you have done and what the school is doing to help protect its students.
WHAT SCHOOLS ARE DOING Many schools are taking extra precautions to keep students safe. Some schools have focused on
Parents can help children deal with their fears in the wake of recent school tragedies
share their fears. Encourage them to talk openly about what scares them. Older kids are less likely to accept an explanation at face value. Their budding skepticism about the news and how it’s produced and sold might mask anxieties they have about the stories covered. If an older child is bothered about a story, help him or her cope with these fears. An adult’s willingness to listen will send a powerful message.
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An 8-year-old girl, who was shot by another student at her Bremerton, Wash., elementary school, arrives at Seattle's Harborview Medical Center on Feb. 22.
keeping weapons out by conducting random locker and bag checks, limiting entry and exit points at the school, and keeping the entryways under teacher supervision. Other schools use metal detectors, such as those used in airport security. Lessons on conflict resolution have also been added to many schools’ courses to help prevent troubled students from resorting to violence. Peer counseling and active peer programs have also helped students become more aware of the signs that a fellow student may be becoming more troubled or violent. Another thing that helps make schools safer is greater awareness of problems such as bullying and discrimination. Many schools now have programs to fight these problems, and teachers and administrators know more about protecting students from violence.
HOW KIDS PERCEIVE THE NEWS Of course, you are not your child’s only source of information about school shootings or other tragic events that receive media attention. Kids are likely to repeatedly encounter news stories or graphic images on television, radio or the Internet, and such reports can teach them to view the world as a confusing, threatening or unfriendly place. Unlike movies or entertainment
programs, news is real. But depending on your child’s age or maturity level, he or she may not yet understand the distinctions between fact and fantasy. By the time kids reach 7 or 8, however, what they watch on TV can seem all too real. For some children, the vividness of a sensational news story can be internalized and transformed into something that might happen to them. A child watching a news story about a school shooting might worry, “Could I be next? Could that happen to me?” TV has the effect of shrinking the world and bringing it into your own living room. By concentrating on violent stories, TV news can also promote a “mean-world” syndrome, which can give kids a misrepresentation of what the world and society are actually like.
TALKING ABOUT THE NEWS To calm fears about the news, parents should be prepared to deliver what psychologists call “calm, unequivocal, but limited information.” This means delivering the truth, but in a way that fits the emotional level of your child. The key is to be truthful, but not go into more detail than your child is interested in or can handle. Although it’s true that some things can’t be controlled, parents should still give kids the space to
Keeping an eye on what TV news kids watch can go a long way toward monitoring the content of what they hear and see about events like school shootings. Here are some additional tips: ■ Recognize that news doesn’t have to be driven by disturbing pictures. Public television programs, newspapers or newsmagazines specifically designed for kids can be less sensational — and less upsetting — ways for them to get information. ■ Discuss current events with your child on a regular basis. It’s important to help kids think through stories they hear about. Ask questions: What do you think about these events? How do you think these things happen? Such questions can encourage conversation about non-news topics as well. ■ Put news stories in proper context. Showing that certain events are isolated or explaining how one event relates to another helps kids make better sense of what they hear. ■ Watch the news with your child to filter stories together. ■ Anticipate when guidance will be necessary and avoid shows that aren’t appropriate for your child’s age or level of development. ■ If you’re uncomfortable with the content of the news or it’s inappropriate for your child’s age, turn it off. For more health information for parents, kids and teens, visit kidshealth.org. KidsHealth is from the health experts of Nemours, a nonprofit devoted to children’s health. © 2012, The Nemours Foundation/KidsHealth I L L U S T R AT I O N B Y PAU L T R A P / M C T
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Contemporary decor gets a makeover with modern country By KIM COOK For The Associated Press Browse through old Country-oriented shelter magazines and you’ll see a lot of what designers used to call “duck and basket” decor: calico-print-filled rooms, The dramatic living room has cathedral ceilings, plenty of built-ins and a The kitchen has been updated with gorgeous cabinets, counter tops and Colonial furnishings, walls stenciled wood-burning fireplace. stainless steel appliances. with flowers and ducks. It was a homey, well-loved style. Now a new generation of home decorators and stylemakers is updating the look. Country Living magazine fills pages with bright colors, crisp graphic prints, tag-sale side tables and smart mid-century sofas. There are still great This pretty traditional home baskets, but nowadays the duck’s more at 347 Copperfield Loop in the likely to be part of a hip new wallpaper. Copperfield subdivision has four Call it Modern Country or Farmbedrooms and two baths in 1, 995 house Chic — it’s sparer and less cluttered than the old Country, but no square feet of living space. The less welcoming. It honors Country’s home is situated on a .5769 acre lot homespun roots without sending us too with established landscaping. literally back to the past. Well-worn, often utilitarian elements from the farm house, barn and smalltown store blend with contemporary furnishings and finishes, making it all look fresh and interesting. Becky Cunningham, a home decorator near Shreveport, La., fell in love with vintage stuff during her first visit to a flea market in Canton, Texas. That’s where she found an old cowboy’s bathtub that now holds extra blankets This open concept home has a in her bedroom. large living room with cathedral The room’s transformation, which ceilings, ceiling fans and a woodincludes snowy white paint, a chandeburning fireplace with an insert. lier and luxurious white bed linens, is The room has great natural light, chronicled on her blog, “Buckets and built-in shelving and cabinets Burlap.” An unusual focal point is a and tile flooring. The formal dingray, weather-beaten headboard. ing room features wainscoting, “We used 100-year-old lumber taken from an old shack on my husband’s hardwood flooring and a lovely aunt’s farm,” says Cunningham. chandelier. This pretty brick traditional at 347 Copperfield Lane has been recently updated throughout. Redoing a bathroom in Ojai, Calif., The kitchen has been updated Kelley Davis-Motschenbacher used a a very large walk-in closet and a space. drive. The spacious laundry room with raised panel cabinets and timeworn pine table as a vanity, but Special features include a gener- includes custom cabinets providSilestone counter tops. The kitchen private bath with jacuzzi tub and dropped in a sleek modern washbowl ous, covered front porch and a ing plenty of extra storage space. has stainless steel appliances, a gas separate shower. The bedrooms and tap. She fronted a new closet with a Offered at $169,900, more inforcook top and gorgeous tile work. A are arranged in a split plant for pri- covered patio and deck. A storage scraped-up vintage door, embellishing mation about this home may be pretty bay window is located in the vacy with the additional bedrooms building is also located on the it with a cast-iron bird knocker. Glossy sharing a bath. Each bedroom is property. The home has a two-car obtained by contacting any Realtor breakfast area. white subway tiles and marble flooring good-sized with plenty of closet attached garage with a concrete with MLS No. 45655. The master bedroom includes blend with harvest baskets and vintage artwork to make a luxurious yet homey bathroom that was mostly sourced from garage sales, Home Depot and the Internet. Rie Sterling of Apex, N.C., is another Modern Country blogger. “One of the things I love about this style is how unpretentious it is,” she says. “Nothing’s too precious, which is ideal if you have children. It’s hard to mess up something that’s already chipped or faded.” She adds: “There’s a certain restfulness about it that appeals to so many, and it’s refreshingly attainable.” Garage sales, flea markets and online sites are good sources for Country items, but you can also find newly made pieces that evoke the vibe. Dustin Glasscoe’s furniture studio, Vermont Farm Table, is filled with The covered back porch open to an extensive deck in the back yard. bar stools, benches, dining tables and bookcases made of reclaimed pine. The The formal dining room features hardwood flooring and large windows. patina of the wood, coupled with Glasscoe’s craftsmanship, makes for furniture that’s warm and approachable. “We’re really celebrating the true character and qualities of the wood,” he says. BY LEE REICH Two other comApplication for the long haul has rock powders for sale, you could pay Urbanites may not have ready access For The Associated Press monly used rock Because they are merely ground-up as much or more for shipping as for the to vintage goods, but the look’s easy to powders — granite rocks, rock powders do not readily dismaterial itself. replicate with stuff from stores — WisIf you feel like getting out in the and glauconite — solve in water to give up their goodness More to the point is whether rock teria’s iron cabinet bins and World Margarden, now is as good a time as any to are rich sources of to plant roots. powders are superfluous. If you conket’s woven reed baskets make great spread rock on the ground. potassium, another Release of their nutritional goodstantly feed your soil an abundance storage; IKEA’s got flat-woven, striped Or not (more on that later). of the “big three” ness takes time, as well as the work of and variety of compost, leaves and cotton rugs; Pottery Barn has antique You say your ground already has nutrients needed by bacteria, fungi and roots. Freezing and other organic materials — as any good glass pickling jars, wooden dough bowls enough rocks in it? True enough, but plants. (The third, thawing opens up cracks in the soil gardener does — your soil already is and grain-sack throw pillows. the rock I’m talking about is a powder, nitrogen, is not found in rocks.) so rock powders applied now at least rich in phosphorous, potassium, and Sandy Chilewich’s Faux Bois placeand is likely a different kind of rock Glauconite is also called greensand, get into the soil, even if they don’t yet micronutrients. mats have a digital image of a real wood from what you already have. or Jersey greensand if that’s where it dissolve. This is especially true if you use plank printed on Plynyl. But why put down more rock of any was mined. And it is greenish. There’s no rush, though, to run plenty of compost made from all sorts Schoolhouse Electric recreates early kind? The reason is that rock powders Besides the major nutrients phospho- outside and start spreading. What rock of materials, including kitchen scraps. 20th century light fixtures and iron sold for garden use are particularly rous and potassium, these rock powders powders lack in quick action they make Orange rinds from Florida, old bread bedsteads. high in minerals. are also sources of micronutrients. up for in long-term effect; they release from Kansas-grown wheat, and banana Repurposing is the watchword here: For example, rock phosphate is, as Micronutrients are needed in only their goodness over a decade or so. skins from Costa Rica each contribute Put bath items in jars; magazines, the name implies, rich in phosphorous, minuscule amounts by plants, but noneA typical application would be about to the smorgasbord of micro- and mac- towels or toys in tubs or wooden crates; one of the “big three” nutrients needed theless are essential to their health. A 10 pounds per 100 square feet. ronutrients contained in homemade and turn that great jam cupboard into a by plants. In fact, rock phosphate is the soil can be naturally deficient in Are ground rocks really needed? compost. compact home office. stuff, after being treated with sulfuric micronutrients: For example, pockets of There’s also no rush because you So, do I ever use rock powders? Yes, If you’re looking for additional inspiacid, that becomes the phosphorous in molybdenum deficiency exist in Nevada might have no reason to apply them in about every decade or two, mostly as ration, check out Houzz.com. It’s a kind synthetic fertilizers. soils; natural cobalt deficiencies exist the first place. insurance and to supply micronutrients of home-design-centric Pinterest, where Colloidal phosphate, also known as over much of Iowa and parts of the Rock powders are relatively expenaround trees and shrubs that don’t get homeowners and professionals post soft phosphate, is a similar product, this Northeast. sive for the amount of phosphorous or annual dressings of compost. But I’m photographs, articles and advice; you’ll one ground up finer than rock phosSynthetic (“chemical”) fertilizers gen- potassium they offer. not saying that using these rock powfind great examples of Modern Country phate. erally supply no micronutrients at all. And unless some local garden store ders is really necessary. style here, as well as design help.
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Open House Sunday1:30–3pm 936-632-7000 Sat. 9:30-1:30 OpEn HOusE
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102 mission Hills dr / neW priCe Crown CoLony – 3/2/1/2 0.31 AC MLS 45985 $309,900
1517 lotus lane Lufkin – 5/6/2/0 0.56 AC MLS 46072 $280,000
Hwy 59 S to 2nd Entrance Crown Colony. Right on Champions, right on Rancho Mirage. House on corner of Mission Hills and Rancho Mirage.
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Inside Loop 287, right on Frank, left on Hill, left on Lotus Lane, House on left, see sign.
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Loop 287 to Hwy 94. Turn right on FM 706. Left on Hunters Glen. House on left.
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108 Westridge HudSon – 3/2/0/2 0.34 AC MLS 45926 $129,500 Highway 94 West. Left into Cedarridge, first right. Straight into driveway, see sign.
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10.22 AC Crown CoLony – 3/2/0/2 0.1484 AC Lufkin – 4/2/0/2 $165,000 MLS 46415 $149,900 MLS 46413
275 Hunters glen / neW HudSon – 3/2/0/2 0.45 AC MLS 46445 $199,900
Temple Blvd into Crown Colony. Right on Champions. Left on Augusta. Left on Pine Valley. Right on Innisbrook. Sign on left.
106 autumn lane Lufkin – 3/2/0/2 0.25 AC MLS 46419 $145,900 Loop287; Turn Outside Loop on Copeland into Brookhollow; Left on Woodland; Right on Bending Oak; Left on Autumn Lane.
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0.4297 AC Lufkin – 2/1/0/0 $187,000 MLS 46437
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303 innisbrook Crown CoLony – 3/2/1/2 0.277 AC MLS 46096 $259,900
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Old Union Road; right into Copperfield Subdivision; right on first street; property on right, see sign.
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Crown Colony main entrance to Crown Colony Dr. Right on Augusta. Right on Pine Vallley. House on corner right on Innisbrook.
347 Copperfield loop HudSon – 4/2/0/2 0.5769 AC MLS 45655 $169,900
Loop 287 to Wildbriar, House on left after sharp curve. See sign.
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302 innisbrook Crown CoLony – 3/3/0/0 0.3872 AC MLS 45418 $269,900
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1004 Wildbriar drive Lufkin – 4/3/1/3 1.38 AC MLS 46378 $199,900
Lufkin – 4/2/0/2 MLS 46434
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2.822 AC HudSon – 3/2/0/0 $575,000 MLS 45853
30.74 AC nACogdoCHeS $559,900 MLS 44435
1.016 AC diboLL – 4/3/1/0 $499,000 MLS 46304
6.81 AC $439,900
1.89 AC Lufkin – 4/3/2/2 $169,900 MLS 46125
0.45 AC Lufkin – 3/2/0/2 $169,900 MLS 46321
0.5 AC Lufkin – 4/2/0/2 $134,900 MLS 46318
0.289 AC $132,500
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Crown CoLony – 4/2/1/2 goLf CourSe Lufkin – 4/3/1/2 MLS 45374 $352,500 MLS 46338
0.53 AC Lufkin – 3/2/0/2 $269,900 MLS 45270
0.16 AC brookHoLLow – 3/2/0/2 $189,900 MLS 44788
0.19 AC Lufkin – 3/2/0/2 $189,900 MLS 46276
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brookHoLLow – 3/2/0/2 MLS 45199
0.710 AC Huntington – 2/2/0/1 $124,900 MLS 46328
8.67 AC Lufkin – 3/2/0/2 $124,900 MLS 46251
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0.21 AC HudSon – 3/2/0/2 $112,000 MLS 46173
4.4 AC Lufkin – 2/2/0/0 $119,900 MLS 46319
0.859 AC Lufkin – 3/2/0/0 $79,900 MLS 45836
1.07 AC etoiLe – 3/2/0/0 $54,900 MLS 46298
0.5 eSt AC Lufkin – 2/1/0/0 $31,000 MLS 46256
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Liz Jeffrey CRS, GRI 414-1835
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LUFKIN - Enjoy sipping on Lemonade in your screened in back porch, this 3BR/1.5 home is a real treasure – updated and move-in-ready! Corner lot with privacy fence. MLS 46439 $119,900 - Bryan Team
DIBOLL - Room for everyone in this 4BR/2B country charmer. Offers an office/study/media room and the fourth bedroom would easily serve as a cozy den. Large fenced. MLS 46427 $114,900 - Bryan Team
LUFKIN - Great family home w/4BR/2.5B on 4 acres. Featuring WBFP, formal dining room, breakfast room, scored concrete flooring, huge master closet & covered back patio. MLS 46252 $256,500 - Hollie Cherry
CrOWN COLONY - Don’t miss this spectacular 4BR/3.5B beauty! Open floor plan great for entertaining with wet bar, formal dining, spacious island kitchen. Incredible storage! MLS 46339 $249,900 - Bryan Team
LUFKIN - Beautiful 4BR/3.5B home that sit on 2 acres. Great outdoor living w/a wonderful deck for entertaining, watching an outdoor TV or deer eating in the backyard. MLS 46011 $234,900 - Stephanie Hemphill
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606 SPrINg LaKe Dr.
1182 gLeNN MaSSINgILL
POLLOK - 2 m/l Acres Country Cedar Home-A breezeway with living quarters on either side. All wood floors-fireplace in kitchen and dining area. Front porch all across front. MLS 45166 $199,900 - Sarah Holland
LUFKIN/hUDSON - Spacious 4BR/2B home with split bedroom floor plan, formal dining room, WBFP, ceramic tile, fenced backyard in a very desirable neighborhood. A Must See! MLS 46288 $184,500 - Connie Hugon
LUFKIN - Beautiful 3BR/2B w/large family roome, open to island kitchen, built in cabinets in kitchen, new tile floors, carpet, fresh paint, deck and a awesome workshop! MLS 46279 $182,500 - Becky Stanbery
LUFKIN - This 3BR/2B home on 2 acres has a nice kitchen w/granite countertops & all stainless steel appliances, Comes w/extra beautiful home for mother in law or rental income. MLS 45867 $159,500 - Loretta David
LUFKIN - On 8 acres, this 4BR/2B home is a GREAT INVESTMENT! All it needs is a little help to meet its potential. Priced below assessed value – nice open floor plan! MLS 46371 $145,500 - Marilyn Fischer
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532 rOPer rD.
304 eChO LaNe
1103 BILLINgSLeY
113 rIDgeWOOD
hUNtINgtON - Remarkable 3BR/3B home! All new flooring, formal dining & living, den area, built-in hutch in breakfast room, huge master bedroom, workshop & close to schools. MLS 46280 $144,500 - Becky Stanbery
LUFKIN - Large corner lot in a very desirable Hudson location! This 3BR/2B has a great floor plan w/2 living areas or possible game room or even a fourth bedroom. MLS 45697 $125,900 - Denise Davis
LUFKIN - Perfect home to start a family, this cute 3BR/2B home has been freshly painted and has new flooring in the living room & kitchen. Utility room & Covered patio. MLS 45954 $115,000 - Stephanie Hemphill
LUFKIN - Very nice updated 3BR/2B home. Featuring a breakfast room & comes w/all appliances & covered patio. Special feature, a drip system in lower bed and garden. MLS 45843 $114,500 - Marie West Foster
LUFKIN - Neat & Clean-always ready to show! 3BR/2B w/ WBFP in family room, formal dining room, remodeled bathrooms & utility room. Appliances remain. Storage bldg. MLS 45558 $112,500 - Sarah Holland
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501 rOSeWOOD CIrCLe
417 LYNN
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810 SaNDYBrOOK
LUFKIN - Enjoy country living in this nice 3BR/2B home just minutes from town. Just under 1 acre this 1626 s1.ft. has a lot to offer. BRING ALL OFFERS-SELLER MOTIVATED! MLS 45955 $109,000 - Marilyn Fischer
LUFKIN - Private location, this 3BR/1.5B home has an open concept. Baths are connected like a Jack & Jill. Fenced backyard with a 2 car attached carport. Great find. MLS 45516 $97,500 - Connie Hugon
LUFKIN - Great Rental Property – This 3BR/2B home is currently rented month to month for $1,000 per month. With fenced backyard, carport and storage building. MLS 46285 $89,900 - Connie Hugon
LUFKIN - Nothing to do but move into this well-kept recently updated 4BR/2B spacious brick home w/many extra touches. Covered front porch, fenced yard & close to schools. MLS 46300 $89,000 - Bryan Team
LUFKIN - Conveniently located this 3BR/1B home has been well maintained with many improvements and updates. With covered deck & a storage shed. A must See! MLS 46283 $85,900 - Brent Horton
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295 PreStON
2214 N. ragUet
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hUNtINgtON - Nice quiet neighborhood is your perfect get-a-way! Enjoy this 3BR/2B lake home w/covered patio, deck, fenced yard & triple attached carport. New septic & well. MLS 45752 $75,000 - Holly Weems
hUNtINgtON - Wonderful 2BR/1B starter home on 2 beautiful acres. Large family room open to kitchen and breakfast area. bedroom or gameroom upstairs, utility room – some fencing. MLS 45994 $73,500 - Becky Stanbery
LUFKIN - This 3BR/2B home on just over a half acre comes AS IS! With large deck out back, portable storage building and a covered single attached carport. A must see! MLS 46249 $72,100 - Loretta David
LUFKIN - Very nice 2BR/1B older home. Beautiful wood floors, WBFP, stunning french doors separate living room & formal dining room. Huge fenced back yard w/pecan trees. MLS 45891 $69,900 - Marie West-Foster
LUFKIN - Move in Ready! 2BR/1B home w/numerous updates-windows-ceramic flooring in Kitchen, Utility & BathExterior doors front & back-interior paint & security system. MLS 45861 $58,900 - Marie West-Foster
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Becky Stanbery CRS, gRi 676–8771
Connie Hugon CRS, gRi 414-0530
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Travis Carrington 635–4511
Donnie Carroll SRES 366–7809
Hollie Cherry AHS 674–8133
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Stephanie Hemphill 671-0106
Sarah Holland 635–5879
Brent Horton 635-4246
Steve Hulsey 635-3428
Billy McClendon 366–8122
Mike Norton ABR 366–4900
Holly Weems 240–0250
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MLS 44724 • $115,000 • 3B/2B MLS 46055 • $93,900 • 3B/2B Mobile home, 1,568 sq. ft. on 1.339 ac. Affordable new construction in the heart of Huntington, Open concept, close to everything, must see.
Divinely Elegant! Absolutely beautiful two-story 4B/2B and 2 half baths! Island kitchen with breakfast bar plus breakfast area. Lots of cabinets, uniquely designed and spacious. Fireplace wrapped in wooden display. Plenty of room for a mid-day tea with friends or evening dining with family and friends. MLS #46436 $239,000
A MUST SEE! Your very own cabin in the woods! Peaceful country living in this very spacious 3B/3B 1½ story log cabin. Two bedrooms located upstairs. At the top of the stairs one can look over the beautifully designed kitchen and spacious living room with wood burning fireplace and mantle. All of this sits on 47 acres. Unbelievable!!! MLS #46323 $429,000
House with Acreage! Very spacious ranch style 3B/2B home on over 5 acres. Lots of major amenities such as RV parking, a workshop, and metal building. Family room with WBFP, formal dining, and breakfast room. MLS #46110 $149,900
Great Style, Great Buy – Completely remodeled 3B/2B home including new plumbing and wiring. Extra room could be 4th bedroom, 2 living areas, and attached carport. Delightful kitchen with ample cabinet space. MLS #46205 $119,900
Attractive and Desirable Country Setting – Cozy 3B/1B with woodburning stove in den, nice family room with open kitchen and lots of room for entertaining the whole family or your close friends. Covered porches provide even more room for cookouts and relaxing on those clear starry nights. MLS #46356 $89,500
Country Atmosphere – 3B/2B newly painted. House completely remodeled throughout. Gourmet kitchen has commercial appliances, cozy den area, and screened in porch. Located close to schools and shopping. Pleasant area! Possible Owner Finance with substantial down payment. MLS #45351 $189,900
MLS 46015 • $52,900 • 2B/1B Functioning HM Park • $279,000 Great starter/investment home w/ some ATTENTION INVESTORS, Great opportunity, handicap accessible upgrades, corner lot, HISD MH park with approx. 30 MHs and 1 house.
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attention investors or first time Home Buyers! 2/1 on nice corner lot. A little TLC can make this a nice home. 2-05/46408 $29,900
fantastiC CurB appeal! Very appealing 4BR/2.5B in Autumn Lake Estates. Hudson Schools. Excellent condition, floor plan & style. Large FR w/FP. Great breakfast nook w/built-in hutch. Open floor plan, flows well, neutral decor. Tall ceilings, lots of natural light. Wonderful corner lot, beautiful landscaping. Unfinished bonus space with 2 rooms. Outbuilding. 10-142/46438 $269,900
paCk your family and move on into this immaculate 4BR/2.5B home situated on a quiet cul-de-sac in Brookhollow. Enjoy the large family room and cozy deck with a beautiful fully fenced back yard. Call today and don’t let this jewel pass you by! 46367 $189,900
so muCH to offer! So many updates in the split floor plan 3/2. Open floor plan, crown molding, granite countertops & solid wood cabinets, slate & wood laminate flooring. Instant water heater, gas log corner FP, gas range, all SS appliances, master has marble counter top, jacuzzi tub w/sep shower. Well insulated-you won’t believe the utilities. Sec. sys. 46448 $145,500
3Br/2.5B Home with covered 123 sq. ft. open brick porch(glassed in). New gas range/oven. 400 sq. ft detached 4 car garage with concrete floor. Two storage sheds. 240 sq. ft concrete patio. 1,915 sq. ft is approximate size & Buyer should have inspected. 46170 $125,000
Custom Country Home on a private 12.9 acres setting - a daily retreat. Energy efficient with multiple a/c units, tankless water heater, RV hookup, surround sound and much more! 1037/46108 $319,900
neW ConstruCtion outside city limits of Lufkin. Roomy 3BR/2B split bedrooms, formal dining, formal living room or great office/media room. Granite counter tops, open floor plan. Completion about 30-45 days out. 10-136/45529 $219,900
main House Has spiral stairCase to 1BR/1B upstairs. Back of house has large glass windows to overlook lake. Large wood deck. Guest home w/2BR/2B, 2 kitchens, living area and 2 car garage. Barn & pond. 10-110/45882 $349,900
Country living Close to Huntington. 3/1 brick home on 4.03 acres. Updated throughout. New flooring throughout. 24 X 48 shop building with office and AC. Room for family & animals. New roof in September 2011. 10-113/45924 $129,500
immaCulate 3Br/3B w/formal living & dining rooms. Split floor plan w/indoor heated pool off master suite. Great corner lot in Crown Colony w/almost 1/2 acre. Nice deck and beautifully landscaped back yard perfect for entertaining. 1053/45970 $224,900
WoW! Curb appeal plus so much more in this 3BR/2B BV in Chalk Branch. Open floor plan, split BR, neutral decor. Hardwood floors and FP in beautiful family room. Formal DR, attractive kitchen, breakfast nook & bar. Big porch and covered patio. 1 acre near end of cul de sac. 10 X 20 storage building. 10-74/46073 $192,500
spaCious 4Br/2.5B Home that is just like new. Open concept, split bedroom plan, super sized pantry. Top of the line appliances, big island, granite countertops. Fireplace with gas logs. Huge master bedroom closet-master bath has double sinks. jacuzzi tub & shower. Nice sized yard. Garage & deck. 10-40/46075 $229,900
Captivating Custom! 3 yr old beauty w/all the upgrades you can ask for! Lg FR, FP w/gas logs. Frl DR. Stunning kit. w/granite, stainless appl. custom cabinets, gas cooktop, island. Study/Media Rm. Split BR, tall ceilings, open floor plan, crown molding. Romantic master w/FP & sitting area. Computer nook w/desk. Big Lot. Oversized 3 car gar. Sprink. & sec. sys, tankless WH 10-68/46127 $359,900
Captivating Custom on 2 lots! This very warm and inviting home offers a formal LR & DR, spacious FR open to a wonderful kitchen and breakfast area & pantry. Lovely first floor master suite with sitting area & FP. Tall ceilings, big deck with great views of golf course. 10-60/46133 $249,900
Country CHarm! Great 3BR home with mother in law quarters. Beautiful updates throughout. Wbfp, cozy outdoor living area w/outdoor kitchen. 30 X 50 shop on slab. Nestled on 2 acres w/fenced yard. May 2010 new roof, windows, siding and insulation. Many extras-too many to list. 10-47/46240 $179,000
Beautiful neW ConstruCtion on 1.7 acres. Great floor plan, split bedrooms. Huge master bath w/large walk-in closet. Great island kitchen. Neutral colors. 10-30/46269 $169,000
great opportunity! 3BR/1B frame house. Some TLC, elbow grease and a few repairs can make this property a great starter home or investor property. Corrigan. 2-04/46277 $17,999
very Convenient and spaCious 3BR/2B w/a country feel on .5 acres. Family room, formal DR w/built-ins & huge game room. Office, storage. Double carport. 46411 $119,000
fresHly painted & move in ready! 3BR/2B 1285 sq.ft. home in Central. Huge-fenced back yard perfect for entertaining with covered patio and above ground pool 10112/46307 $114,900
3Br/1B BriCk and stucco home with new metal roof. 7-08/46316 $75,000
priCed to sell! Spacious 4BR/2B on one acre. Large den, pretty family room w/FP open to kitchen and breakfast nook. Split bedrooms. Great lot, fened backyard, detached double garage/workshop. 10-31/46344 $169,900
aBsolutely stunning! Updated and packed with character 3BR/2B + study/play room. Inviting family room, FP, formal DR, remodeled kitchen. Lushly landscaped back yard, flagstone paths. You will fall in love with this home as soon as you pull in the driveway. 10-92/46345 $104,900
nearly neW! Great floor plan with plenty of extras. Open concept offers spacious living room, formal dining and breakfast nook. Master bedroom is sure to please with separate sitting area/office. Must see this 4BR/3B-Great price! 10-150/46355 $239,900
investors dream! 3 houses on 5 acres in Zavalla. #1 is 2,275 sq. ft, #2 is 1,280 sq. ft, #3 is 1,131 sq. ft. Property being sold AS IS. 10-149/46386 $179,900
great Custom in Wonderful setting. 3/4BR (bonus room or 4th BR)Jack & Jill bath plus guest bath. Massive family room, w/cathedral ceiling & FP. Cute kitchen, dining room, laundry room, double garage. Fenced lot, storage building. Nicely situated on 3.499 ac. 46312 $209,900
neat Completely updated house in quiet neighborhood island kitchen. Laminate flooring, new light fixtures, wood burning stove. Landscaped yard w/covered patio and fenced back yard. 10-152/46401 $127,500
aBsolutely stunning Custom! 4/5BR-3.5B, study or 5th BR! Inviting entry opens to sunlit FR, formal dining room, beautiful island kitchen with granite, pantry, breakfast area. Eye catching staircase. Long list of upgrades. Refreshing & relaxing pool w/heater and hot tub. This home is great for entertaining inside and out. 2 lots(.70) 10-154/46407 $499,500
very Convenient and spaCious 3BR/2B w/a country feel on .5 acres. Family room, formal DR w/built-ins & huge gameroom. Office, storage. Double carport. 10-155/46411 $119,000
Huge lot, 3/2 older home with living room-dining room combo. Double attached garage, covered deck. 8-11/46380 $89,900
aBsolute Country CHarm! Cute as can be 3/2 with fresh paint and wood flooring throughout. Large kitchen w/tons of cabinet space. Sits on quiet 1.5 acres in Diboll. Fenced back yard. A must see! 10-50/46387 $115,000
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Pursuant to Chapter 59 Texas Property Code, A 1 Self Storage, which is located at 1701 Feagin Drive, Lufkin, TX, 75904, will hold a public sale of contents to satisfy a landlordís lien. The sale will be at 9:00 AM on Mon day, March 26,2012 1701 Feagin Drive, Lufkin, Texas, 75904. Property will be sold to the highest bidder for cash. The seller reserves the right to reject any bid or with draw any item from the sale. The public sale will be conducted by Auc tioneer Mack Carnes #P8058 Property being sold in cludes contents from the following tenants, and is primarily household items: April Spencer, Chasity Wade,Constance White, Cynthia Hawkins, Cynthia Jabbour, Cynthia Jolly, Daniel Jenness, Derrick Hall, Margaret Logan, Patricia Cranford, Patricia Holloway, Rhea Richardson, Subrinda Hunt, Teona Penson, Terry Lanning, Tony Erwin PUBLIC NOTICE OF BID The Region 7 Educational Service Center is soliciting bids on behalf of one hundred and twenty-nine (129) education entities & two (2) education service center in the Region 7 Purchasing Cooperative. Bids are solicited for the following category: CATEGORY General Office Supplies & Furniture OPENING DATE/TIME Mar 29, 2012/1:30 PM Itemized specifications, estimated quantities, or estimated expenditures may be accessed at: https://purchasing.esc7. net/a/pages/2 or re quested by contacting the: Purchasing Cooperative Department, Region 7 Education Service Center, 1909 N. Longview St., Kilgore, Texas, 75662, phone numbers (903) 988-6859 or (903) 988-6786 or FAX (903) 988-6852. Bids will be opened at the Education Service Center on each opening date at designated time. Late bids will be returned unopened. The Board of Directors reserves the right to make final decisions as to the recommendation by the Purchasing Committee.
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This house in the Settlement has great potential. Some new floors, large Master BR & BTH with jacuzzi & separate shower. Formal Dining & breakfast, Bonus room upstairs, Over sized double garage. MLS 45907 $149,900 Directions: Hwy 59S, Turn right into the Settlement, House on right near the back.
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ADOPT: Loving 1st time parents promise to give your baby a safe, happy home. Expenses paid. Olivia & Matt, 1-866-664-1213
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Opening for Auto Body Technician. Email your name, address, phone number, years of exp., certifications achieved, and present employer (if not currently employed, last employer) to: autobody.lufkintx@ gmail.com
VALVOLINE EXPRESS CARE IS NOW HIRING FOR FULL TIME LUBE TECH. APPLY AT 309 S TIMBERLAND.
W&B Service Company is looking for a Service Manager, top pay commersurate with experience. Also hiring for Experienced Heavy Duty Diesel Mechanics. Competitive wages & a full benefits package. Pre-Employment Drug Screening and Background Check is required. Please send resume to carrieh@wbservice.com or Apply in person with Carrie Hale at 3015 East Denman Ave, Lufkin
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East Texas Professional Credit Union Part Time Teller Must have at least 6 months cash handling experience. Basic math and computer skills required. Ability to work in a fast paced environment while providing excellent member service. Bilingual helpful, but not required. Email humanresource@ etpcu.org or apply online at www.etpcu.org EOE
— Clerical — Spherion is accepting applications/resumes for FT Sales/ Customer Service position. Must have cash handling experience and sales experience, pass a drug screen, clear criminal background and have good work history. Please apply in person at 818 N. University Suite 101, Nacogdoches. EOE.
Clean out your attic and make money by selling your finds in our Classified Section Call 637-SELL
Be a Better Bargain Hunter. Shop the Lufkin Daily News Classifieds
Health Horizons of East Texas is now accepting resumes for the position of Prevention Specialist. The individual must be a certified phlebotomist with dependable transportation. Responsibilities will include providing HIV education, testing, and counseling in compliance with Texas Department of State Health Services standards. Training for HIV education, testing, and counseling will be provided. Bilingual a plus.
NO PHONE CALLS! Send resume to: Health Horizons of East Texas Attn: LaTonica Coutee PO BOX 635022 Nacogdoches, Tx 75963
Medical Assistant Physician Office Excellent salary, benefits, 401k & vacation Please fax resume to:
936-632-8832 OPENING
Web Press Operator The Lufkin Daily News has a full time position open for a web offset press operator. The candidate should posses a working knowledge of cold set web offset printing and the following skills: 1. Four color registration 2. Setting ink and water balance 3. Running reels/pasters. 4. Waste managemant 5. Press maintenance The candidate should have the ability to follow instructions, work well with others, and work nights, holidays and weekends. Pay based on experience. Apply @ 300 Ellis Ave. or e-mail bricks@lufkindailynews.com THE
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ABILITY CONNECTION TEXAS IN-HOME LVN AND/OR RN LUFKIN, TX/12-HR SHIFTS REQ’D: current TX LVN or RN license; 1 yr working w/accepted nursing procedures for disabled individuals; MS Word/Excel literate; reliable transportation. Must pass criminal/driving back ground check. For complete details, contact Becky Adams @ 214-247-4505 or visit our website at www.abilityconnection texas.org/ employment.php
IMMEDIATE OPENINGS All Shifts PRN and contract. Send resumes to resumes@ CapstoneRx.com
506 Carriage Drive
Glenda Duke 635-9006
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Beautifully updated home in Lufkin’s Historic District. Large open living, dining, kitchen area. Italian tile flooring, stainless appliances, gameroom, craft room, 2 bedrooms-2 baths downstairs & 2 bedrooms -2 baths upstairs. New roof in 2010, outdoor kitchen, workshop. mlS#46094 $269,000
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IMMEDIATE JOB OPPORTUNITY The Family Health & Wellness Center has an immediate opening for a Full-time Certified Family Practice Physician’s Assistant with 3-5 years experience, hours: 8-5, M-F, clinic only---no call & no weekends. Experi ence with OB preferred, but not required. Competitive salary and benefit package. Send your CV with references to Dr. Richard Pham, 492 Springhill Street, Jasper, TX 75951; fax to 409-384-2018; email to ehendrickson5750@ gmail.com.
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National Petroleum Company Needs CDL Class B drivers, with Hazmat & Tank End. DOT Med. with X End.,Clean MVR. Good Pay & Benefits. Send resumes: resumes4180@gmail.com EOE
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Now Hiring. Local Hotel currently looking to fill the following positions: General Manager, Asst. General Mgr. Sales & Marketing. Experience preferred but not required. Send resume along with salary requirements to lufkinhotel@ gmail.com
L aw E nforcement / 380 S ecurity Full time & Part time Security Position with flexibility on Nights & Weekends. Must be 21 yrs. or older, pass background check and drug test. 936-634-2218
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The City of Huntington will be accepting applications for a Water Distribution Plant and System Operator. To apply, applications are available at Huntington City Hall located at 802 US. Hwy 69 South. Hours Monday thru Thursday 7:30 am to 6:30 pm. Contact Jack Carter (936) 422-4195. Job Description: To perform routine technical activities in the operation and maintenance of the City’s water treatment plant and distribution system, and to perform related duties and responsibilities as assigned. Job Requirements: Class C Water Operator License. Water treatment plant and distribution operator experience is desirable. Paid Health Insurance, Retirement, Holidays, Four day work week.
STONELEIGH ESTATES
OTR DRIVERS Quality Carriers/AFFIATE-CLETEX TRUCKING, INC. Houston, TX Now hiring OTR CO. Drivers and O/O. Must have a Class A CDL w/Haz Mat Endorsement, Tanker Endorsement, TWIC card. 1 year verfiable OTR exp req’d. Assigned units/No Slip Seating. Benefits & Sign On Bonus. Good miles & pay/Good home time.
Contact Linda Loney 281-452-3230 Ext. 300 lloney@cletextrucking.com for applications or details.
St. Giles Living Centers, Inc. Residential Coordinator
St. Giles has an immediate opening for a fulltime Residential Coordinator (RC) position. The RC is responsible for the supervision of Residential Assistants, full-time, part-time, and PRN staff, to ensure compliance with St. Giles Living Centers, Inc., policies and procedures. Detailed job responsibilities will be discussed in the interview or applicants may pick up a Position Description at the office location listed below. Qualified Applicants must be at least 21 years old, have Supervisory Experience, HCS experience, a High School Diploma/GED, Valid TX Driver’s License, an insurable driving record and be able to pass a variety of Background checks. Qualified applicants may apply on-line at www.sglctx.com, or may apply using the kiosk station at the Lufkin Office Location listed below. Please note, faxed and/or mailed resume’s will not be accepted. Please no phone calls.
St. Giles Living Centers, Inc. 3010 South First Street Lufkin, TX 75901 www.sglctx.com E.O.E.
The District
Now hiring for the following positions:
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For 10-6 Shift With Med-Surg Exp.
Position Title: PT Operator Location: Lufkin/Nacogdoches Salary: $9.25 hourly Position Available: Immediately
For 2-10 Shift With Med-Surg Exp.
Qualifications: Must be able to pass DOT physical and drug screen. Must have Class B CDL with passenger endorsement and airbrakes.
For All Shifts & PRN
All applications must be sent to: The District, Attn: Linda Shirley 1759 N. Earl Rudder Freeway Bryan, Texas 77803
RN
CNAs
Housekeeping Staff Full Time
Posting Date:
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Criminal Backgrounds Enforced
Closing Date:
Until filled
Posting#:
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Apply in person No Phone Calls Please
1712 N. Timberland Dr. • Lufkin
The District is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, gender, age, marital status, national origin or physical disability unless based upon a bona fide occupational qualification. If you believe you have been discriminated against, you should notify the EEO Officer or the EEO Commission. The District is a Drug & Alcohol Free Workplace.
Now Hiring Sales and Customer Service positions available Benefits: Health • Dental • Vision • Tuition & Child Care Reimbursement • Bilingual Pay Differential
Apply Today!
106 N. John Redditt Dr. Lufkin, TX. 75904 936-559-2034 www.etechtexas.com
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Trinity Mission of Diboll, LLC
“Every Day of Life Counts” We are a Dynamic skilled nursing facility seeking energetic individuals.
Experienced LVN’s - All Shifts CNA’s - Full-time, Part-Time - All Shifts Apply online at www.covenantdove.com NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE 900 South Temple, Diboll, TX 75941-2725 “What are your dreams?” EOE
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Full Time Service Technician/ Installer Needed. At least 4 years exp. 204 N. 6th St. Huntington 936-876-5489
M anufacturing / 386 O perations !!!!!!!!!!!!
Spherion Staffing is
accepting applications for Various Industrial Assignments Must be able to work rotating shifts/any hours, pass a drug screen & have a clean criminal background. Please apply in person @ 2714 S. Medford Dr. EOE
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F ull -Time E mployment Whether you’re a seasoned professional with years of experience, a fresh college graduate, or have a high school education, if you have a heart for helping people lead full, productive lives, we want to hear from you! Burke Center is a non-profit, community-based behavior healthcare center serving a 12 county area in Deep East Texas. Providing services for people with mental illness, intellectual and developmental disabilities, and babies with developmental delays, Burke Center is looking for employees as diverse as the counties we serve and the programs we provide.
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STYLISTS WANTED AT SPORT CLIPS! Mgmt, full and part-time postions available. Starting wages $10/hr+comm+tips. 4919 North St Nacogdoches. Call (936)462-1424 or sportclips.com/stylists
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All About You Salon now hiring!! Three Booth Rentals Available Immediately. Call 936-635-8006 or Come by and ask for Brandi at 513 S. Timberland Dr. CONTRACT CLINICAL professional to conduct Kinship assessments, stellar writing skills, Bi-lingual a +. Bachelor Degree Req'd Human Services field. Email resume
lgibson@covenantkids.org
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Cyndi’s Visual Images Hairstylist 936-632-1100
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Warehouse Spherion Staffing is accepting applications for warehouse positions. Must be able to pass a drug screen, criminal background and have a good work history. Please apply in person. EOE
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Live In Sitter. 18+. Up to $925/mo. + car & tuition assistance. 713-647-0460
Clean out your attic and make money by selling your finds in our Classified Section Call 637-SELL
Huntington Health & Rehabilitation
Large 4 Family Sale. Sat 3/3 & Sun 3/4 8am -128 Myria St. Lufkin. 3.3 mi from Lowe's on FM 58. Lots of boys and girls cloths and toys. Dishes, furniture, men and women's clothes.
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Please apply in person at: 220 E. Ash, Huntington, TX
Our current job opportunities and a printable application are always available on our website at www.burke-center.org
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(2) Formal Dresses/ Prom size 12. $50ea 936-645-0652 1996 Mint Set. Dime w/ W on it. $38 936-615-8440 1998 Silver Eagle MS60 $50 (936)615-8440 20” Girls bicycle, single-spd, nice, $35 936-564-4412 2009 Silver Eagle MS60 $50 (936) 6156-8440 2011 Silver Eagle MS60 $50 (936) 615-8440 26” Ladies Schwinn Bicycle. 3 speed. $75 936-564-4412 30" Panosonic High Def TV $75 call 936-560-6759 6qt Crockery Chef Elect Slow Cooker. $50 936-560-6743 7 Sports action figures in original boxes. $70. 936-676-6059 8 hp Snapper Riding mower. $75 936-564-0357
Licensed Nursing Home Administrator
Burke Center offers excellent benefits, including health and dental insurance, paid life insurance, paid retirement plan, vacation, holidays, and more!
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House Keepers. Days – Mon-Fri Lufkin & Nacogdoches area. Competitive wages plus tips. Car with insurance a plus. 936-225-5004 Option3
sssssssssss Free Rent for 2BR MH in exchange for work in Kennel 936-897-3431
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Alcatel Mobile Phone. Brand New, never used. $35 936-564-2509 Antique Children’s Books. $5ea (936) 615-1580 Antique hand painted tole tray.10.5”x22” $60 (936) 615-1580
Send application and resume indicating the position number you wish to be considered for to:
Floating Merchandiser
Antique rocker with caneback/seat $75. 936-632-5640 Antique Thomas Edison Phonograph. $25. 936-676-6059 Antique Tilttop table. $60. 936-632-5640 Bed Liner for Longbed Dodge 95-01 Ram $45 936-553-1837 Beige recliner with wooden arms $75 call 936-560-6759 Better Built Bait Traps. $40 936-564-7898 Big Wheelbarrow no rust hardly used $35 936-553-1837 Butcher block with drawer and doors, $75 call 936-560-6759 Camp Stove $10 936-553-1837 Chainsaw Homelite 33CC 14in bar. Good condition! $70 936-564-4412 Christmas tree stand. $5. 936-676-6059 Coke Clock. $60. 936-676-6059 Daybed w/mattress looks new, w/recliner $75 936-671-3675 Dear Borne Heater. 3 grate. NG. $45 936-564-4412 Dryer $50. 936-829-5152 Fenton Footed Cake Plate. Signed. $40. 936- 699-4391 Flask. Nerver used, unopened. $10. 936-676-6059 Folding mini camo chair. $5. 936-676-6059 FREE Upright Piano. Needs minor repairs 569-1427, 556-2122
Gun Case. Holds 2 telescope rifles. $60 936-553-1364
Lufkin Coca-Cola Bottling Co. has an immediate opening for a floating merchandiser to work at designated vendor accounts. Applicants must be at least 18 years of age, have high school diploma or equivalent, clean driving record and reliable transportation. Applicant should be customer serviceoriented and able to work alternate shifts, including weekends. Stocking Experience a plus. Interested individuals need to leave application at 804 Webber St., Lufkin, Texas. EOE
For more information, call 936-633-5608, or email info@burke-center.org Follow us on:
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Environmental Services Director Please visit our website to apply online and for additional available positions. www.mrcaff.org MRC PineCrest 1302 Tom Temple Dr., Lufkin “Serving those who cared for us!” Equal Opportunity Employer
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Heater. Hearth Glow. 6 grate. NG. $55 936-564-4412 Kenmore Dishwasher 5yrs old, works great $75 936-465-9383 Kenwood KD 3070 Turntable $40 936-553-1837 Ladies Med Rabbit Jacket. $75 936-615-1580 Lawn tractor, Sears, good parts machine. $75.00 936 564-6816 Leather Recliner. Taupe color. Good Cond. $75. 936-639-1821 Lg. Projector Type TV Works $75 936-671-3675 Lib. Blue Old North. Church bowl. $25. 936-632-5640
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505 S. John Redditt Dr. Lufkin, TX 75904
Now hiriNg for the following positions:
Choose well.
OR (PACU) CATH LAB
Dietary Aide
RN–PRN–experience required
NURseRy
2 days 5:30a-1:30p 2 days Noon-8p
ICU
Apply in person at Human Resources (no phone calls please) Must be 18 years or older.
RN–FT–Cath Lab/Critical Care exp. req.–Days w/ rotating call RN–PRN–Nights–ACLS & NRP certification, w/BLS and 2 years exp. all required RN–FT–Nights–2 years exp. required
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RN–FT–Mid Shift–2 years emergency dept. exp. required
PHysICAL THeRAPy
Rehabilitation Tech.–PRN–HS Diploma req., CPR cert pref. OTA–PT–Texas OTA License, degree from accredited school & CPR all required
sKILLeD NURsING FLOOR
LVN–FT–Days Activity Director/Unit secretary–FT–Days–CNA cert. a plus, 2 years unit secretary a plus
BUsINess OFFICe
Apply in person at The Lufkin News 300 Ellis Ave. Lufkin, TX 75902
EEO Employer
Castle Pines Health & Rehabilitation Center is East Texas’ Premier Care Facility
CNA–FT–Nights
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Nights - 12 midnight to approx. 5am. Must Have: Reliable Transportation Current Drivers LIcense Proof of Insurance
2414 W. Frank Ave. Lufkin, Texas 75904
RN–FT–Nights
RN–PRN- Nights–ACLS & NRP certification, w/BLS and 2 years exp. all required
Part-Time Dock Help
CNA - 2p-10p
4 on 2 off rotation Must have CNA Texas License
LABOR AND DeLIVeRy
Lot of 6 vintage games. $25. 936-676-6059
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Magnavox VCR $20. 936-639-3602 Mason Bow Bell’s large plate. $25. 936-632-5640 Mini slot machine. $10. 936-676-6059 Misc Canvases and Frames. Call for sizes. 936-326-4329 Morgan Silver $$ 1879, 1880, 1882, $60ea, Uncirc MS60 936-615-8440 Morgan Silver $$, 1883O, 1884O,1885Uncirc.,MS60 $60ea 936-615-8440 Morgan silver $, 1886 1887 1904O, 1902O. Uncirc.$60 (936) 615-8440 Norman Rockwell dominoes. $10. 936-676-6059 Oak desk with drawer and hinged lid $75 call 936-560-6759 Old English Childs Bed No mattress $70 936-553-1837 Pancake Compressor 100PSI New in Box $60 936-553-1837
LUFKIN STATE SUPPORTED LIVING CENTER
Peace Dollars - 1925. MS60 $45ea (936) 615-8440
If you’re looking for a job where you make a difference, your work is rewarding, smiles are regular & great benefits are just a cherry on top . . . THIS IS IT!!!
Pine Straw Mulch. FREE. You load you haul. Call after 6pm 936-569-6167
RN IV CaSe MaNageR SupeRVISoR Requires Bachelors Degree $4,845.75 To $5,184.95 RN III CaSe MaNageR 8a-5p • Mon.-Fri. $4,555.75 LVN II – 2p-10p $3,133.07 NURSING SALARIES REFLECT A 15% ShIFT DIFFERENTIAL FOR EVENING AND NIGhT ShIFTS
RegISTeReD THeRapIST IV auDIo $2,229.25 To $3,566.79
Playstation 2 - Games Mixed Ratings $40. for all 936-637-1801
pT RegISTeReD THeRapIST V $5,596.08 – $6,462.83 per month
RCA Victor Victrola Cabinet Re-purposed Nice $60 936-553-1837
0T RegISTeReD THeRapIST V $5,596.08 – $6,462.83 per month
Recliner $50. 936-829-5152
BCBa pSyCHoLogIST I $5,416.83 DSp III – $2,094.33
Schwinn Bicycle Man’s 26” 5 speed collegiate $75 (936) 564-4412 Sheets of peg board. 8’x4’ White/brown. Good cond. $5ea 936-560-1115
Customer service Rep.–FT–Days–Excel spreadsheet knowledge preferred
pHySICIaN II $14,413.43
DSp II – aLL SHIFTS – $1,881.75
DOCTOR’s OFFICe
NuRSe pRaCTITIoNeR $6,824.27
DSP SALARIES INCLUDE 8% ShIFT DIFFERENTIAL FOR 2p-10p ShIFT
Star Trek VHS, 30 episodes, 5 unopened $20. 936-676-6059
opeN HouSe FoR NuRSeS MaRCH 7 • 8a-7p
Storage for Anique Stove White enamel $75. 936-553-1837
Physician Assistant (PA) needed please call Kim 637-8509 Nurse Practitioner needed please call Kim 637-8509 Phone: (936) 637-8509 Fax: (936) 637-8609
To apply for these positions, go to: www.woodlandheights.net: “Job Opportunities” Equal Opportunity Employer
pSyCHIaTRIST III – 1 poSITIoN $10,942 – $18,054.33 per month RegISTeReD THeRapIST II CoTa/LpTa $3,401.33 To $5,442.16
DSp I – aLL SHIFTS – $1,711.00
FoR INFoRMaTIoN CaLL 853-8463
Must Pass Drug Screen and Criminal Background We offer: State retirement & 401K options, Vacation leave, Sick leave, 12 paid holidays, Blue Cross Blue Shield Insurance. You may also visit the website at https://accesshr.hhsc.state.tx.us/ Equal Opportunity Employer and Provider
Small drop leaf table with with 2 chairs. Like new. $75. 936-238-2393
TexasWare Plate Moon Landing $10 936-553-1837 TV (kitchen), RCA with remote $25.00 936 564-6816 Twilight Books. All four editions. $30 936-205-5354
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Twin headboard $25 call 936-560-6759 Upholstered Armchair Oak arms $10 936-553-1837 Vintage 1977 Darth Vader Halloween Mask. $5. 936-676-6059 Vintage Cast Iron Nutcracker. $10. 936-676-6059 Vintage Johnny Appleseed puzzle in orig. pack age. $10. 936-676-6059 Vintage Mini Roulette Wheel & Tablecloth $20. 936-676-6059 Vintage Sasporilla carton. 6 bottles. 1 unopened. $10. 936-676-6059 Vintage style standing gumball machine. $55. 936-676-6059 Waterbed Heater for Softside Waterbed $20. 936-632-4852 Windberg Print 21”x25” (Bluebonnets) Framed $60. 936-639-3602
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Windberg Print. Old. Signed. Limited Edition. $75. 936- 699-4391
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Antique Sofa, 76” Floral Design. Excell cond. $400 936-564-4880
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For Sale: Kenmore Frig. Like New. Bottom drawer freezer. Ice Maker. $350 816-332-2276 Frigidaire Refrigerator, excellent condition, 4 years old, 16.5 Cu. Ft. Located near Appleby Will accept ice maker (not included) CASH ONLY! $150 936-585-1680 Washing Machine / Whirlpool Duet Front load. Great cond. $400 903-822-3443
Bill Marlin’s
Auction Warehouse
Complete Maple Full size Bed, skirt & shams $150, cash only 936-205-4841 Dining Room Table & 6 chairs $250 936-632-6078 936-414-9356
Kincaid Cherry Mountain Queen Ann Dining Set Pristine cond. Set includ. table w/ leaf, 8 chairs, Hutch, side board table. Pure cherry wood. Org $10,000 NEW. Reduced from $4,000 to NOW $2,900 Must Move. Call for Appoint. 936-572-1962 Moving! Bunk beds, desk, couch, dresser. Pics at http://wisdomlikeastone. com/house/ Contact bandh@thebeals.net
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Oak Entertainment Cabinet. W/ storage, holds 32” TV. Excell cond. $150 936-615-2011
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TV 55 inch Hitachi and 3 piece Oak Entertainment Center $500. 936-414-2643
Beutiful hand made red cedar coffee table $170....936-715-9102 Brand New King size Pillow top Restonic mattress set. Paid $1,030, want $700. (936)585-2682
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Twin bed, love seat/bed, & more. (936) 250-1974 (936) 205-5312 for price.
E lectronics
Wireless Guitar and game for PS2 Guit Hero3 $25 936-553-1837 XL Twin bed with frame and sheets $75 call 936-560-6759
F urniture / H ousehold
L awn /G arden
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PRICE REDUCED: Finish Mower by Frontier, Model GM1060R, 4 ft. cut with extra belt and blades. $950. Call 936-875-2671. If no answer leave your name and phone number.
M usical
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Wood Building. 12X24 for $2,250.00 and 10X12 for $1,250.00. Free Delivery. 832-231-8675
F irewood
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Red Oak Firewood, Cut to Your Length, Split, Delivered, Stacked $165 Cord 936-676-7514
S tore /O ffice E quipment
Xerox Document Centre 425ST copier/fax, 4 trays plus envelope tray, well maintained, xerox service contract optional. $500 936-637-1145
M edical E quipment
Antonio Stradivarius Violin, made in Germany, dated 1715. $550. 936-465-6886
635
Hammond Church Organ w/ Leslie. $2,495.00. 936-371-9031
591
Ladies 24” Street Cruiser, Wide W/W tires. Fat seat. $100 936-564-4412
Jet2 Power Chair, works great. $500 call 936-676-8821
M isc. for S ale
M isc. for S ale
640
Dearborne Heater 30,000 BTU 6 grate. Thermostat cont. Natural Gas $140 936-564-4412 New Full size Gallery Furniture bed. $375. Call Sat. &Sun. Only. 832-681-1860
Prom Dress, Jovani, size 10, worn once, full length w/strapless sequin top. Peach/green/gold. Paid $425, asking $225 (936)674-6159 Woodworking tools. To many to name. $495. Lynn George 936-897-2314, 240-2270
H ay /G rain /F eed
640
12,000 gallon upright stainless steel tank for sale. Please call 936-590-2041. $2,000 4, 6 hole Chevy Truck wheels w/tires. 17”. $150. 936-639-4598 6500 Honda Generator Very low hrs. Call before 9pm 936-326-9034
F arm E quipment / F arm E quipment / 720 Trailers 720 Trailers
Chanllenger 24 volt wheel chair w/ 2 new batteries. $375. 936-639-4598
630
Hoveround 1 yr. old, good cond. $900 936-853-5498
5ft 7in, Schumann Grand Piano. 936-615-9221
B icycles
P ortable B uildings
700
Horse quality Bermuda Hay. 936-560-3263
L ivestock
710
2-1/2 year old Quarter Horse Stud. Green broke, Well Maintained. $100. 936-876-5304.
830
Stainless Steel Elevator, for fertilizer & seed. Used very little. $10,000 936-590-2041 2007 New Holland TD 95 4WD Cab Tractor. Has 820TL heavy duty loader. Comes with bucket. Global Euro style loader attachment connection. Tractor has 676 hours. AC. AM/FM Stereo. Has 3 service remote hydraulic outlets. Michelin Ag Radials at 95%. Custom front steel bumper. Tractor is in perfect condition, needs nothing. Ready to work. 936-635-0602 or 936-824-2252
PETS
05 Ranger 521vx bass boat-tourn rigged-merc 250 verado-all lowrance-extra graph-all map chips for entire country-lots of extras $26,000 936-875-6214
D ogs
740
Chihuahua’s Pek-A-Poo’s • Mini Dach 936-212-2042 FREE Male Cute Pups 936-208-7900
Ford 6600 70HP Tractor W/LDR, about a 1976-78 model in good shape for it’s age, including clutch and brakes. Comes with dirt bucket and hay spear. Has three spool remote hydraulic valve for running batwing mower. Has Rops & Canopy. Front tires are foam filled (flatproofed). $9500. 936-635-0602 or 936-824-2252 Ford Tractor & Bushhog 5610 w/new rear tires, good condition. $8000. 936-676-7514
Yorkies, Shih Tzus, Shih Poos & Peek-a-poos. $275 and up. 936-897-3431
M isc. P ets
760
Farm raised Rabbits for Sale. Rex New Zealand and Californians (breed) 936-615-9436
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F arm E quipment / 720 Trailers
(1) 21’ Low Boy Trailer. Dove Tail. W/ ramps. Ideal Car Hauler. $1,500 (1) 18’ Tandem Tilt Trailer. Like New. $1,000 936-569-1164
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800
1999 Buel 1200cc. $3,500 (936) 564-5625 2008 Harley Davidson 1200 Black Nightster. Vance & hines short shot pipes, windshield, engine guard w/ pegs, 7055 milage, good condition. 936-414-1088 or roadking1062@ gmail.com
B oats /M arine New WW 6ft x 16ft livestock trailer, elec. brakes. Never Used. $5600. 936-635-4677 Stainless Steel Used Adams pull spreader. $2,500. (936) 590-2041
830
15 ft. Raycraft, 40 HP Evinrude, foot operated troll motor, depth finder, & galvanized trailer. $995.00 936 564-6816 after 5 P.M.
1989 Monark Pontoon Boat, 60hp Mercury, Runs Good, See Or Call Terry's Marine 936-564-8130. $5000.
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840
'03 Dutchmen Sport Lite Q bed,2 bunk beds ref/frzr stove microwave tv/dvd toliet tub shwr Good tires, new canopy, lots of storage. $6500. Call 936-615-1012
06 Raptor Toy Hauler-3 slides-550w onan gen-2 a/c-12' toy box-sleeps 7 adults comfortablyincls all accessories for camping-from silverware to towels-outdoor tables,chairs,etc-$28,000 936-875-6214 1975 Travel Trailer, bumper pull $750.00 936-875-5834 2006 Lite Weight 28’ Grand Surveyor 5th Wheel by Forest River. Great cond., good floor plan, 1 large slide out, Sleeps up to 7 w/ bunk beds. Can be pulled by 1/2 ton PU. $13,995 936-569-4016 or 936-462-1409 2007 Cameo 35 ft. 5th wheel, 3-slides, 4-season, 2-ACs, W/D, Full SnapOn Skirting, 1 owner, non-smoker, Exc. Cond., $34,000. 936-897-2057 or 936-635-8147 Dometic RV 10’ roll up awning. NEW. $600 Call Paul 936-569-8526
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875
2011 Cadillac Red CTS-V, The fastest sedan in the world 556hp, loaded with everything that was available, also has the Recaro seats and package, 3800 miles, $59,998.00. Call 936-240-8823.
880
009 blue Scion XD with 48,000 miles. Great condition and runs perfectly. $12,500 936 645 0506
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05 Nissan Altima in good Cond. $4,500 04 Dodge Stratus auto, 4 doors,ac pw $ 4,500
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2003 Cadillac DeVille 4dr, 71K, Loaded, Super Nice. $8300. 936-635-9050
06 Chevy Silverado w/ Bose Stereo. 72K miles. $14,500 936-564-6651 936-715-7275
2008 Chevy Impala LTZ 59K miles. Loaded: Remote Start. Heated Leather. XM radio. 18” rims. New Tires. $13,900 (936) 554-3447
1980 1/2 ton Chevy PU. Runs good. New tires. Needs trans. work $2,500 936-559-8892
2008 Shelby GT convert. premium. 40th Anni. 4.6 L. 3V O8C V8 engine. 5 speed manual trans. 8,400 mi. Garage kept. No rain. Lady driver. Vista blue w/ white stripes. Shaker 1,000 audio sys tem. Shelby-plack. Shelby CSM#08SGT1527. Shelby apperance package. $28,500. 936-897-9821 or windsorbudbon@aol.com
1981 El Camino. VERY good cond. $8,500 936-462-8496 1982 Ford F150 Larriat 51K actual mi, Small V8 Blue & white, garage kept, 2 dr. Runs. $4,500 936-564-3234 1986 Ford F150, 167K mi. V8. Tan, good body, 2 dr. Runs, needs engine work. $2,500. (936) 564-3234
2009 Honda Civic Hybrid, Navy Blue, Excellent Condition, 37000 Miles. $17,000. 936-414-1956 or 635-3126
2008 Dodge 2500 w/Hemi. New tires, regular maintenance, clean. $16,500 OBO. Call 936-635-5679 or 936-462-0743
1995 Ford F450 7.3 Diesel 5-speed, Flatbed. Good work truck. $5,400. 936-560-3602 2001 Dodge 1500 4x4 PU. Ext Cab. Bed liner. Rebuilt Trans. 138K mi. $4,400 936-569-2702 or 936-556-2000
2010 Camero Synergy Green Edition. Sun roof, Rock Star rims, Car cover, Injeten Cold air intake. 10” sub woofers, Org rims & tires, 22K mi. $23,000 936-552-7886 or 409-201-4160
2001 Ford Explorer Sport Truck, 279K mi., runs, cold AC & Heat. $3,200. 936-422-5931
‘99 Ford Taurus, Clean, New Air, Runs Great $3900 936-422-5583
2002 Toyota Tacoma 4-dr 200K miles, $6,000 936-462-3080
Trailers
Antique 1965 Chevy 1/2 ton Pickup. Factory Air, Power Steering, Steel bed w/ tommy lift. Has rust, V8 engine. Best Offer (936) 615-7115
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50 gal Fuel Tank w/ New 15gpm pump. $500 903-754-4462 DIESEL ENGINES - Ford 7.3, 6.0, 5.9 Cummins & GM 6.6. Remanufactured with warranty. Will deliver. 713-918-5811.
2000 Honda Odyssey, New Tires, Transmission & Brakes. $3700. OBO 936-853-2626 – 212-2626
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940
1984 I/R Gas Air Compressor. 185 CFM. Runs good. $1,650 (936) 560-3602 2000 Yale 6,000lbs Propane Phnumatic tire, Fork Lift. Side shift. 4400hrs. $6,000 OBO 936-560-3602
2004 Chevy Tahoe. Very clean. 152K mi. Lots of extras. $9,950/ 635-5534
580D Case Back hoe. $6,500 (936) 564-6643
2006 Blazer, 4wd, V8, Leather seats, DVD, 6 CD changer, Bose speakers, 3rd row seating. 93k mi. $12,500. 936-707-0220 2008 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited 4x4. 3.8 V6 Engine. 4-In. Pro-Comp Lift. 325/65R18 Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ 18 in. Eagle Wheels. Flow Master 40 Series Exhaust. Power locks and windows. Removable top and doors. 33441 Miles. $28,000 or OBO. 936-634-3124
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Trailer, 2010 Kearney 32’, includes 5ft dove tail. Good tires. Ramp. Hinges. Jack works like new. goose neck, $7,000. 936-554-3413
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'68 Ford F100 longwheelbase. 351 Windsor Automatic,Disc Front Brakes. A/C (not working). Center Line Wheels. Running and Driving. $2895.00 Firm. Only Serious Inquries. 936-205-5920
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2011 dodge challenger srt8 392
41,685
$
6,000
$
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*
stock# d1210
MSRP $47,685, Discount $6,000
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HH 2012 raM 1500 HH
5,770
$
OFF MSRP
HH 2012 dodge charger HH
17,995
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stock# d2000
*
3,820
$
OFF MSRP
+TT&L
5,320
OFF MSRP
30,995
$
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HH 2012 jeep wrangler HH
1,895
$
OFF MSRP
+TT&L
4,165
OFF MSRP
23,995
$
*
+TT&L
MSRP $28,160, Rebate $1,000, Free 3rd Row Seat $995, Discount $2,170
21,995
$
*
stock# J2027
HH 2012 chrysler 200 HH
2,350
$
OFF MSRP
*
+TT&L
HH 2012 jeep coMpass latitude HH
2,555
$
OFF MSRP
20,595
$
stock# J2034
*
+TT&L
MSRP $23,150, Rebate $1,000, Discount $1,555
HH 2012 raM 1500 quad cab heMi HH
17,495
$
stock# c2021
36,995
$
stock# d2057
MSRP $46,480, Rebate $2,000, Truck Month Bonus $1,000 Trade-in Assistance $1,000, Discount $5,405
MSRP $23,890, Discount $1,895
HH 2012 dodge journey sxt HH
$
OFF MSRP
+TT&L
MSRP $36,315, Rebate $1,000, Minivan Trade Assistance $1,500, Discount $2,820
stock# d2156
9,405
$
MSRP $26,515, Rebate $2,000, Discount $1,820
HH 2012 chrysler town & country touring HH
$
*
+TT&L
MSRP $23,765, Rebate $1,500, Truck Month Bonus $1,000, Trade-in Assistance $1,000, Discount $2,270
stock# c2014
22,695
$
stock# d2021
HH 2012 raM 3500 crew diesel HH
*
6,980
$
+TT&L
MSRP $19,845, Trade-in Assistance $1,500, Discount $850
OFF MSRP
23,995
$
stock# d2168
*
+TT&L
MSRP $30.975, Rebate $1,500, Truck Month Bonus $1,000, Trade-in Assistance $1,000, Discount $3,480
Wright Jeff Baker, General Manager
Aaron Hicks, Sales Manager
Jim Carlisle, Finance Manager
Greg Hubbard, Sales
Dempsy Compton, Sales
Brett Weisenburn, Sales
1858 TENAHA ST. • CENTER, TX
*to receive trade assistance a vehicle must be traded in. to receive minivan trade assistance a minivan must be traded in. all prices plus tt&l. pictures for illustration purposes only.
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