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FROM THE EDITOR tedwards@localcommunitynews.com

Trump victory is a media wake-up call

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onald Trump’s victory in the presidential race says a lot about the country and how Americans feel about the press. During his run to the White House, Trump castigated the media for biased coverage, while his supporters yelled at reporters to do their jobs.

The election should be a wake-up call for the press. Not only did most of the media and the pollsters get it wrong, but mainstream journalists misread the mood of the country. That’s because many national pundits, network talking heads and staffers at the big daily newspapers are not in step with the rest of America.

The press is no longer seen as the watchdog of the country, but its enemy. People don’t trust the media.

LOCAL Community News doesn’t take sides or endorse politicians, and that helps build trust with our readers.

For other media outlets, it’s time to get back to basics, to write impartial and unbiased stories, to step down from ivory towers, to stop acting like an ennobled elite and to cease championing wasteful experiments in social engineering.

The press must remember that it serves the public, not rules them.

The reporting surrounding the Trump campaign and the reality of what really happened shows a great disconnect in the press. Big media is out of touch with its audience. Way out of touch.

THOMAS EDWARDS EXECUTIVE EDITOR ON THE COVER From the Windcrest Light-Up to zip lines and a Christmas landscape at Natural Bridge Caverns, folks can find plenty of sights and sounds reflecting the season across the Metrocom. For more, check out Happening Local or read the story on page 19. File photo

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’Tis the season for good memories

by SUSAN YERKES

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he holiday season is upon us, with all kinds of merry and bright attractions and distractions.

After the last election cycle, that’s a gift in itself.

Maybe that’s why this year I started thinking about gifts earlier than my usual last-minute rush to find the perfect present.

However, it wasn’t so much about gifts in the here and now – it was remembrances of Christmas past, Yuletide wishes and offerings longed for and unanticipated.

My first recollections of Christmas are of a solitary nighttime vigil I held in the wee hours in our home, standing mesmerized in my footie pajamas before a little lighted Nativity scene on the table in our front hall. I found something profoundly sweet and comforting about the peaceful family, surrounded by sheep, donkeys, shepherds and angels, and the big star hanging over them all.

Here in San Antonio, I discovered a world of crèches in folk-art nacimientos, or Nativity scenes. The late, great Marshall Steves Sr. and his wife Patsy collected (and donated) many from Mexico and South America to form a section of the San Antonio Museum of Art’s old holiday market Bazar Sábado.

The late Gloria Cadena was the city’s nacimiento champ. Her 3,000-plus-piece “Nacimiento – A Fantasy Christmas Village” was many years in the making, and eventually included everything from a tiny Alamo to a bullfight scene.

There are plenty of living nacimientos around town, too, mostly in front of area churches. My favorite is San Fernando

Cathedral’s annual La Gran Posada, a candlelit procession in the heart of downtown re-enacting the story of Joseph and Mary seeking shelter in Bethlehem.

This year’s free event took place Dec. 18 in Milam Park and trekked through the streets to the historic church.

December also brings the commemoration of Hanukkah, Judaism’s Festival of Lights.

Hanukkah has its own beautiful ceremonies. One of the coolest is Chabad Lubavitch of South Texas’ annual “Chanukah on the River,” this year at 4 p.m. Dec. 28 at Arneson River Theatre and La Villita. From river barges adorned with big menorahs to a concert and traditional festival, it’s a great place to observe a treasured ritual.

Even the most commercial aspect of the holidays can evoke marvelous memories. Many folks still remember the 40-foot tall Santa Claus waving tirelessly atop the old Joske’s downtown, and briefly experiencing a resurrection above Dillard’s. Joske’s also was Christmas-wish central for thousands of kids in the 1950s

and ’60s, with its spectacular fourthfloor Fantasyland. Long lines snaked through a fantastic, snowy forest full of singing animals on the way to asking for presents from Santa in his “Texas home.”

The only gift I ever recall requesting was always the same – a horse. While the real thing never materialized, I did amass dozens of plastic equines and horse books, particularly “The Black Stallion” series. The best substitute was the trail rides from the old stables by Brackenridge Park, and the Sunday polo matches in the fields there.

In the ’80s, when I returned to San Antonio after years of being away, the stables still stood and I found a patient trainer, Marty Allen Wernle, and finally learned to ride. I got to know the late Dr. Leo Cuello, and his magnificent Arabian stallion Cass Ole, star of “The Black Stallion” movie. A couple of years later I found a horse of my own – a beautiful Arabian named Potential.

That’s the thing about Christmas wishes. You never know when they might come true. syerkes@localcommunitynews.com

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Elected officials need to follow the lead of the state Supreme Court, which this past May issued a ruling calling on the Legislature to repair school funding.

The court indicated the process remains inadequately subsidized while the tax burden on residents is unfairly weighted.

Especially hard hit are the Chapter 41 school districts classified as property wealthy.

Superintendents there are nearly uniform

in condemning the procedure they say bleeds too much money in the form of local tax dollars slated for their schools, which are in turn collected by the state and then redistributed to property-poor districts.

No small wonder this share-thewealth measure is more commonly known as the Robin Hood plan.

Fiscally supporting the state’s public school system benefits all students, but the process also should be fair.

For decades, Texas has struggled to get it right and continually fails.

In addition, according to some accounts of recent hearings, portions of the taxes collected for school finance are instead being redirected to other programs. How is this fair to pupils, their teachers and the taxpayers?

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DEC. 19, 2016 - JAN. 16, 2017 Santa Claus and wheelchair-accessible rides and other attractions. The theme park’s holiday program, “A Wonderland Christmas,” is 5-9 p.m. daily. For more, visit www.morganswonderland.com.

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CONVERSE CITY COUNCIL The council regularly meets the first and third Tuesday of each month from 7-10 p.m. in chambers, 402 S. Seguin Road. To confirm dates and times, visit www.conversetx.net.

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CHRISTMAS EVE SERVICES 5:00 PM Family & Children Worship 7:00 PM Contemporary Worship

SCHERTZ CITY COUNCIL DEC. 20 City leaders regularly convene & JAN. 10 at 6 p.m. in the Hal Baldwin Municipal Complex Council Chambers, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Building No. 4. For more, visit schertz.com.

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A portion of ticket sales benefits the San Antonio Food Bank. For more including exact show times, visit www.naturalbridgecaverns.com.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL Wonderland, 5223 DEC. 23 Morgan’s David Edwards Drive in San Antonio, will host sparkling lights, carolers,

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YULETIDE WORSHIP Candlelight Christmas 24, 25 Services at Triumphant Lutheran Church, 21315 Bat Cave Road in Garden Ridge, will be 5-9 p.m.

Christmas Eve; Christmas Day Service is at 10 a.m. For more, call 651-9090 or visit www.triumphantlutheran.org.

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LIVE OAK CITY COUNCIL The council regularly convenes at 7 p.m. on the second and last Tuesday of each month in Live Oak City Hall, 8001 Shin Oak Drive. Everyone is welcome. For more and to confirm dates and times, call 653-9140, ext. 21.

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HAPPENING continues from pg. 07 between Texas Light Opera and Texas Hill Country Opera & Arts. To purchase tickets, visit brauntex.org/Information/ Tickets/Default.aspx. For more details, contact info@texaslightopera.org.

SCHOOL BOARD MEETINGS JANUARY Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District trustees meet Jan. 17 at 6 p.m. in the boardroom at 1060 Elbel Road in Schertz.

The public is invited. For more, visit www. scuc.txed.net. Judson Independent School District trustees gather at 7 p.m. Jan. 19 in the ERC boardroom, 8205 Palisades Drive in Live Oak. For more, visit www. judsonisd.org. North East Independent School District trustees assemble at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 9 at 8961 Tesoro Drive in San Antonio. To confirm dates and times, call 407-0533. Comal Independent School District trustees convene at 6 p.m. Jan. 26 in the Support Services boardroom, 1404 Interstate 35 North in New Braunfels.

For more, visit www.comalisd.org.

DEC. 19, 2016 - JAN. 16, 2017 SCHOOL’S OUT – DEC./JAN. HO, HO, HO! The Metrocom’s school campuses will be closed for winter break. Comal Independent School District students receive time off Dec. 19-Jan. 2; Schertz-CiboloUniversal City pupils vacation Dec. 19-Jan. 3; North East and Judson independent school districts are shuttered Dec. 22-Jan. 4. For more, visit your local institution’s website.

WINDCREST LIGHT-UP The DEC./JAN. annual Yuletide decorations celebration culminates Jan. 5 with awards for the 2016 theme of holiday safari. Beforehand, everyone is invited to drive by and observe the illuminating neighborhood spectacle through New Year’s Eve. For further details, visit www.windcrest-tx.gov.

CHAMBER EVENTS The JANUARY Chamber (Schertz-CiboloSelma area) has the following activities. For more, call 619-1950 or

visit www.thechamber.info. Chamber offices are closed Dec. 26 and Jan. 2 for the holidays. The first Chamber luncheon of the year, featuring the annual State of the Chamber Address, reviewing 2016 programs and goals for 2017, is 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Jan. 17 at Schertz Civic Center, 1400 Schertz Parkway. Admission is $28, $18 for Chamber members who RSVP by Jan. 10. The Jan. 19 mixer is 5:30-7 p.m. at TruCare Living Center, 16550 Retama Parkway in Selma. Admission, featuring networking, food and refreshments and Chamber Cash Drawing, is $10; free for members. The fifth annual Baptist Emergency Hospital/Chamber Health & Wholeness Fair is 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 28 at Schertz Civic Center. The city of Schertz, Northeast Methodist Hospital and Schertz Cibolo Emergency Clinic are co-presenters for the free event, which promotes nutritional, physical, mental and spiritual values of attaining complete health. The Chamber’s Toastmasters convene 6:45 p.m. each Monday (except Jan. 2) at Comfort Inn & Suites’ meeting room, 5571 Interstate 35 North in Selma.

TRI-COUNTY CHAMBER JANUARY EVENTS Texas Tri-County Chamber of Commerce, cultivating business alliances across Bexar, Comal and Guadalupe counties, has several upcoming events. For details, including membership and event information, visit www. txtricountychamber.org or call Lisa Jubela at 830-305-6926.

ST. PAUL’S CHURCH SUPPER During the first Wednesday 4 of each month, St. Paul Evangelical Church, 108 S. Main St. in Cibolo, hosts a free dinner from 6-7:30 p.m. For more, call 658-5874.

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MOMS’ COFFEE AND CONVERSATION Visit 6, 20 Morgan’s Wonderland, 5223 David Edwards Drive in San Antonio, where mothers and tykes gather the first and third Friday of every month from 9-10 a.m. at The Wharf. Price is

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MORNING MEAL American Legion Missing Man Post 8 No. 667, 504 Bowie Drive in Universal City, hosts “Second Sunday” each month from 8-11:30 a.m. A breakfast buffet can be purchased. Cost is $7 for adults, $3 for children 4-10, free for younger kids. Free parking available. For more, call 658-3731.

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HOLIDAY MAGIC THROUGH FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS JAN. 8 Enjoy a daily Yuletide celebration at Retama Park, 1 Retama Parkway in Selma, from 5:30-11 p.m.

Experience giant Chinese lanterns, a 36-foot tall Christmas tree, a carnival, pictures with Santa Claus, live reindeer, international foods, Asian arts and crafts, fireworks, parades and more. Cost is $25 for adults, $20 for ages 4-17 and free for kids 3 and under. For details, visit holidaymagicfestivaloflights.com.

SELMA CITY COUNCIL City leaders regularly meet 12 the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at 9375 Corporate Drive. For more and to confirm dates and times, visit www.ci.selma.tx.us.

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FARMERS MARKET South TUESDAYS Texas Farmers Market occurs weekly 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at 8300 Pat Booker Road in Live Oak, from the Alamo University Center’s parking lot. Purchase healthy fruits and veggies, plus jars of honey, jams and more. For more plus other area farmers markets, visit www.gotexan.org.

SAN ANTONIO NORTHEAST TUESDAYS ROTARY MEETINGS The club gathers at 6:30 p.m. at The Lion & Rose British Restaurant & Pub in The Forum shopping center, 8211 Agora Parkway, Suite 112 in Live Oak. For more, visit www.sanortheastrotary.com.

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DEC. 19, 2016 - JAN. 16, 2017

LOCAL LOWDOWN Take a quick look at what’s new in the community from opening and closings to news tidbits.

Open and Opening Soon 1. SAN ANTONIO NURSE MIDWIFE,

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18771 FM 2252 (Nacogdoches Road), Suite 11 in Bracken Village, offers holistic women’s health and wellness, family planning, Pap smears, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, prenatal care, birth care, postpartum care and neonatal care up to 28 days of age. Office hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and on-call 24/7. Payment plans are available. For more, call 901-9082 or visit www.sanantonionursemidwife. com. (See story on page 23)

IN OTHER NEWS LIVE OAK’S MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY announced all regular council, Economic Development Corp., Planning & Zoning Commission, Board of Adjustments, and Parks and Recreation Commission meetings will be streamed live at liveoaktx.net. The broadcasts will provide residents access to sessions from home, an official said.

Recorded meetings will also be available on DVD upon request, and archived on the website. Contact Debby Goza at 653-9140, ext. 213 with questions.

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Paul Lukich is also serving as an alternate board member for adjustments. Gary Woppert was tabbed for both the Planning & Zoning and Parks and Recreation commissions. The Ethics Review Board will now have Terence Jenkins in Place 2 while he also sits on the Board of Adjustments.

SELMA DELIVERED a 15-year service plaque to Lt. Shane Rominger of the Police Department, a 20-year service award to Capt. Mario Troncoso of the Fire Department, and a 10-year service award to Robert Klaerner.

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Bexar County representatives and Ikea officials participated in a joint news conference Nov. 29 at the Hilton Garden Inn and Conference Center. “(The store) is not just for us, it’s for all this region. It’s for South Texas,” Dennis said.

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Live Oak also has begun or finished major infrastructure projects, such as Lookout Road reconstruction and Bridlewood Park neighborhood improvements.

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Converse also has seen the completion of 2015 bond projects — new construction such as City Hall, a fire station and an animal-control facility, plus library expansion and park upgrades.

Mayor John Williams said Universal City knows continued retail development is critical due to its landlocked status.

The Wal-Mart Supercenter opened on Kitty Hawk Road in summer 2016.

“That was a major shot in the arm,” Williams said, adding the city always seeks ways to redevelop viable commercial or industrial zoned parts of town.

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The town received a grant to improve East Aviation Boulevard, and local officials will update Universal City’s comprehensive plan.

Williams praised groups who raised funds to develop the town’s dog park and a park dedicated to veterans.

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Selma’s economy continues strong, officials said. Ben E. Keith is developing a 325,000-plus-squarefoot distribution center/regional headquarters in Titan Industrial Park.

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Audi North Park began renovations on the old Fiat dealership, which will serve as a temporary building while a new 41,000-square-foot permanent structure rises.

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Mayor Pro Tem Kimberly Wright was recalled with 69 percent of the vote. She drew media attention after she attributed Windcrest Elementary School’s academic challenges to enrollment “from undesirable neighborhoods outside of our city.”

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Scott Larson edged David Scagliola for Place 3.

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DEC. 19, 2016 - JAN. 16, 2017 Take a drive through Windcrest, which is transformed each Christmas into a winter wonderland during the annual Light-Up. Open to the public through Dec. 31, awards for the most creative light displays will be announced Jan. 5. The theme is holiday safari. For more details, visit www.windcrest-tx. gov. File photo

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NEW BRAUNFELS DEC./JAN. Texas’ oldest dance hall, Gruene Hall, 1281 Gruene Road, features “Two Ton Tuesday Christmas Shows” Dec. 20 and Dec. 27, with the band Two Tons of Steel performing live at 8:30 p.m.; swing dance lessons 6-7 p.m. For more, visit www.GrueneHall. com or call 830-606-1281 or 830-6295077. For a complete event list, visit www.gruenetexas.com/holidays.php.

Santa’s Ranch, 9561 Interstate 35 North, is a drive-thru venue with more than 1 million Christmas lights and 100 holiday displays through Jan. 1. Cost is $28 per vehicle; season pass is $56.

Refreshments, including hot chocolate, kettle corn and flavored peanuts are available. No trailers, buses or recreational vehicles allowed; visitors must remain inside while enjoying the scenery. Park hours are 6-10 p.m. Sunday through

SELMA Retama Park, 1 Parkway, features a JAN. 8 Retama multicultural experience in this year’s “Holiday Magic Festival of Lights,” displaying an East-meets-West theme of Chinese lanterns and a 30-foot tall, 50-foot long dragon. Millions of holiday lights and fireworks shows will illuminate the park. Yuletide attractions include Santa Claus, live reindeer in real snow, and a nightly lighting of a 36-foot Christmas tree. Plus, carnival rides, food and artistic performances. Hours are 5:30-11 p.m. daily, and 5:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. New Year’s Eve. Cost is $26 for adults, $21 for ages

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WINDCREST The town’s THROUGH annual Light-Up, now more DEC. 31 than a half-century old, returned Dec. 10 and continues through New Year’s Eve. Drive its neighborhoods for sights and lights. Many residents once again decorated and illuminated their homes with holiday bulbs and scenes. The Windcrest Economic Development Corp. and Windcrest Women’s Club sponsor the event. For

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SAN ANTONIO Morgan’s 5223 David DEC. 31 Wonderland, Edwards Drive, has transformed into a winter landscape; rides and attractions are accessible to people of all abilities all year. This holiday theme is “A Wonderland Christmas” featuring many Christmas lights, a petting zoo, pictures with Santa Claus, skating on a simulated ice rink and more.

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Now she’s preparing to represent a diverse region that includes Converse, Kirby, Live Oak and Windcrest when the Legislature convenes Jan. 10.

“The reality is that every section of District 120 is different, the needs are different, the demographics are

different,” Gervin-Hawkins said.

In March, Gervin-Hawkins emerged from a crowded field of Democratic candidates to win a tough primary for the spot held by Ruth Jones McClendon from 1996-2016. McClendon stepped down in January 2016 in the wake of an illness.

In the May primary runoff, Gervin-Hawkins garnered 56 percent of the vote to advance to the November general-election ballot.

Then, Gervin-Hawkins had to fight off interim Rep. Laura Thompson, an Independent who won the District 120 seat during a special election in August.

Nevertheless, Gervin-Hawkins finally prevailed with a landslide victory over Thompson, garnering 77.7 percent of the vote.

Now, Gervin-Hawkins said she is ready to tackle issues she repeatedly heard about while campaigning – including education, jobs, annexation and gentrification.

All of these will be priorities when she starts work as a freshman legislator.

The district also includes San Antonio’s

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DISTRICT 120 continues from pg. 21 East Side in addition to the Metrocom communities, with a population of 177,650 and more than 50,000 households.

“The core East Side residents in the district have voiced their concerns about the issue of gentrification,” Gervin-Hawkins said. “Residents in the outlying areas of the district are concerned with annexation.”

In a year in which national politics have dominated headlines, Gervin-Hawkins said she is staying focused on local issues.

“I look at District 120 and there are so many aspects to it,” she said. “We have Brooke Army Medical Center, Freeman Coliseum, Fort Sam Houston, the Alamodome and St. Philip’s College.”

Gervin-Hawkins added, “We have access to all the major freeways in the district. I want to string together all those assets … in a way that lets folks take advantage of them.”

Gervin-Hawkins, 62, is originally from Detroit. When her brother, NBA Hall of Famer George “The Iceman”

Barbara Gervin-Hawkins celebrates with supporters after her victory in May toward the Texas House District 120 seat. Photo courtesy of Barbara Gervin-Hawkins’ campaign

Gervin, moved to San Antonio to play for the Spurs, Gervin-Hawkins relocated with him to work as his accountant.

In 1991, Gervin-Hawkins and her brother co-founded the George Gervin Youth Center. Initially, the program focused on summer jobs.

The organization has grown into a charter school and nonprofit.

Gervin-Hawkins said her

background in finance and education are just two parts of a diverse resume she will bring to the Statehouse.

“I consider myself a conduit for the people. Let’s stick together and come up with solutions,” Gervin-Hawkins said.

On local issues such housing and traffic, Gervin-Hawkins said she would like to look for redevelopment solutions, including infill housing, by promoting growth and construction in District 120 closer to downtown.

“We could look at ways of developing infill housing, maybe for military families, so people don’t have to spend an hour on the freeway every day getting back and forth,” Gervin-Hawkins said.

On statewide issues, she is very concerned with the potential circumstances of some of the gun law approved in 2015.

“We need to dig deeper into the ramifications of this law,” GervinHawkins said, adding she is “concerned” about handguns on college campuses.

Texas’ campus-carry law, which went into effect Aug. 1, allows concealed

carrying of handguns by individuals who are properly licensed.

Other issues Gervin-Hawkins wants to consider include Medicaid, minimum wage and education. She plans to advocate for continued state funding for Medicaid programs, as well as continue to push for charter schools.

“I am a true believer in one size does not fit all in education,” GervinHawkins said. “We need to discuss how traditional public and charters schools can coexist for the greater good, to create a win-win for everybody.”

When she takes office in January, she will be one of three San Antonio Democrats to reclaim seats in the House. The other two include Philip Cortez to represent District 117, and Tomás Uresti, who won District 118.

Gervin-Hawkins said she will begin with her eyes open to different views, including “urban views” and “rural views” from constituents.

“I have no agenda. I came to this position with an open mind and open heart,” said Gervin-Hawkins.

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