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DAYLIGHT SAVING TIME

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Latane Speer was recognized with a plaque for her years of service to KC at Wednesday nightâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s basketball game in Masters gym. Speer is retiring at the end of this school year after serving KC for more than 40 years.

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Sunday, March 11.

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FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2012

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Paris Junior College 4 p.m.

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Junior College 6 p.m.

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THURSDAY, March 8 Q Region XIV Tournament Tyler Junior CollegeWagstaff Gymnasium

FRIDAY, March 9 Q Campus closes at 2:45 p.m. for Spring Break Q Region XIV Tournament Tyler Junior CollegeWagstaff Gymnasium

SATURDAY, March 10 Q Region XIV Tournament Tyler Junior CollegeWagstaff Gymnasium

SUNDAY, March 11 Q Region XIV Tournament Championship Games Tyler Junior CollegeWagstaff Gymnasium Q Daylight Saving Time begins at 2 a.m.

(Set clocks forward one hour.)

Anup Bhandari / THE FLARE

Leona and Fred Beach, grandparents of Caren Beach, stand by a poster featuring Caren and greet donors at last week’s campus-wide blood drive in the Devall Student Center. Fifty-three units of blood were collected for Caren who is hospitalized with acute myeloid leukemia. Caren is also the daughter of Dan Beach, KC internal auditor.

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Faculty names 31 sophomores to ‘Most Outstanding’ -$+.(2.,-')+"# %."/0('1"$%&'()* !"&+%8?*.#$ (*B"*'*+#($ "-3#$ 4##.$ .-'#/$$ L0_($ [,*(%$ 7:%(%-./&.56]$ V-1:2%8$ (#2#1%#/$ (%:/#.%($ 4-(#/$ *.$ 1*.%+&4:%&*.($ '-/#$ %*$ %"#$ /#B-+%'#.%eB+*5+-'$ %"#8$ +#B+#(#.%D$ &.12:/&.5$ $ &.3*23#'#.%$ -./$ -1-/#'&1$ -1"&#3#'#.%(6 !9*$ /-%#($ "-3#$ 4##.$ (1"#/:2#/$ )*+$ %"#$ *:%(%-./&.5$ (%:/#.%$ B"*%*5+-B"(6$ X%:/#.%($ 1-.$ '##%$ -%$ %"#$ L0?M*.53&#9$ 1-'B:($ K><R;$ -6'6$ !:#(/-8D$ ,-+1"$ ED$ &.$ %"#$ G#./+&H$ I:&2/&.5$*+$*.$%"#$L&25*+#$1-'B:($K><R;$-6'6D$ KK$ -6'6$ *+$ KK<K;$ -6'6$ !":+(/-8D$ ,-+1"$ @D$ &.$

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Q Shelby Greathouse - Accounting Q Billy Joe Heath - Engineering Q Bas Hoppenreijs - Mathematics Dept Q Bas Hoppenreijs - Chemistry Q Brittany Knowles - Visual Arts Q Kenneth Knowles - Physics Q Michael Krieger - Physical Therapist Assistant Q Tara Lundy 6MÄJL 7YVMLZZPVUHS Q Melanie Martin - Occupational Safety & Health Q Erica Martinez - Child Development & Education Q Jane Metz - Spanish Q Chelsey Moore - Surgical Technology

Q Mary Pennington - Business Administration Q Wendy Price - Dance Education Q Rebecca Proffer - History Q Kami Rutherford - TRIO Q Aigul Shakesheva - General Business Q Toby Silvertooth - Associate Degree Nursing (RN) Q Anthony Skinner - Air Conditioning/ Refrigeration Technology Q Joseph Sparks - Geography Q Mark Tippitt - Management Q Elizabeth Wisdom - Photography Q Hon Si Wong - Music Q Yin-Yoke Wong-Perry - Radiologic Science

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Photos by Jamie Maldonado / THE FLARE

PEP BAND STRIKES (Clockwise from left) Matt Jackson, Longview freshman, Sean Howard, Longview freshman, Taylon Sharer, Powder Springs, Ga., sophomore and Brittany Edwards, Gladewater freshman, perform with the KC Pep Band at a recent basketball game.

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Lady Rangers eye No. 3 Paris after upsetting TJC SHENIECE CHAPPELL Staff Writer The Lady Rangers will face off against Paris, the No. 3 seed in the conference, at 4 p.m. Saturday in Masters Gym, but regardless of the outcome KC will compete in the playoffs March 8-11 at Tyler Junior College. For more information on the Region XIV Tournament, visit the official website at www.region14hoops.com.

KC vs. TJC The Lady Rangers ended their three-game losing streak beating the No. 2 conference seed Tyler Junior College Lady Apaches, 63-57, Wednesday night in Masters Gym. Biance McGee led the Lady Rangers in scoring with 18 points. Aundrea Gamble and Lauren McKinney both had 11 points. Taylor Tucker, Cieara Jimmerson and Victoria Billingsley added nine, six and four points, respectively.

Following were Tanisha Winston and Demetrius Heard with two points each.

Gamble led the Lady Rangers in assists with five and in rebounds with eight.

Billingsley followed with six rebounds and two assists.

McGee also contributed three assists and four rebounds. Tucker had two assists and five rebounds.

KC vs. Blinn The Lady Rangers traveled to Blinn Saturday with hopes to keep their No. 4 spot in the conference standings, but the Lady Rangers fell short, 77-64, to the Lady Buccaneers.

McGee was the Lady Rangersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; leading scorer with 34 points. Gamble followed with nine points, four rebounds and two steals.

Tucker added five points and led the Lady Rangers in assists with four. Tucker and McGee led the Lady Rangers in rebounds with six. Winston and Jimmerson contributed four points each.

Coming off of a two-game suspension, Billingsley had four points, two rebounds and three steals. Heard had two points, a rebound, an assist and a steal.

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Lady Ranger Aundrea Gamble faces the Tyler Junior College defense in the Lady Rangersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; 63-57 victory against the Lady Apaches Wednesday night in Masters Gym. Gamble and Lauren McKinney scored 11 apiece for KC, and Bianca McGee led the team with 18.

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After loss, Rangers look for momentum in home finale JESSICA STOVALL Staff Writer The Rangers will play their last regular season game 6 p.m. Saturday, March 3, in Masters Gym. They will be looking to defeat the Paris Junior College Dragons in hopes of gaining momentum going into the Region XIV Basketball Championships Tournament. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re looking for another well-fought game,â&#x20AC;? said head coach Brian Hoberecht.

A well-fought game is exactly what the Rangers received Wednesday night against the Tyler Junior College Apaches.

The men added another loss to their season with a final 66-53, making them 16-

12 on the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t think we beat ourselves tonight,â&#x20AC;? said Hoberecht. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We got beat by a good team.â&#x20AC;?

The Apaches held the Rangers to a slow start, and started their lead early and went full force throughout.

The men went into the locker room 31-26 at the half, with only two players to finish with double digit scores.

Travis Betran and Fred Mattison scored a combined 30 points, but it wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t enough to add a win to the season. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We were never in sync offensively,â&#x20AC;?

Hoberecht said.

The team was able to guard the Apaches, having 37 defensive stops for the night, but the offensive

battle was a struggle throughout each minute. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This game was a little bit frustrating,â&#x20AC;? Hoberecht said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We tried to shoot through big boys.â&#x20AC;?

The Rangers were coming off Saturdayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loss to the Blinn College Buccaneers in Brenham.

Four players scored in double digits. Jaylon Washington and Chinedu Amajolyi scored 11 each and Braylon Lazare and Fred Mattison each scored 10, but the men still couldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hold on in the last minutes.

A hard fought, 72-67 loss, the men didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t make enough plays down the stretch. â&#x20AC;&#x153;At the end, we got two really good looks at the basket,â&#x20AC;? Hoberecht said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of making plays is making shots.â&#x20AC;?

Football team hedges funds for support SHENIECE CHAPPELL Staff Writer The KC football team is participating in the programâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second annual â&#x20AC;&#x153;Kilgore Spring Cleanâ&#x20AC;? to help raise money for the football program.

The work is free, according to head coach J.J. Eckert, but donations are appreciated.

Football players are available on certain dates this semester to complete outdoor yard work for the East Texas community.

Services include mowing, edging, trimming hedges, raking leaves, clearing debris and other lawn duties within the reason.

For more information and available dates, contact Chris Smith, co-offensive coordinator, at 903-983-3734.

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t was just another dusty book on the shelf that he had walked past dozens of times. It had a simply designed cover with a black and white photograph of a cowboyâ&#x20AC;&#x201C;

nothing too eye catching. But when Rex Hamilton, Avinger freshman, began to read â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noah McCuistion: Pioneer Texas Cattlemanâ&#x20AC;? by Carleen M. Daggett, he discovered family history linking him to the beginning of the Republic of Texas.

From 1835-1836, Texas and Mexico battled in the Texas Revolution. The Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna overthrew Mexicoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s constitutional government and abolished state governments, provoking Texans to rebel.

On March 1, 1836, a group of men met at the fourth convention at Washingtonon-the-Brazos to decide the fate of Texas. Here delegates declared Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; independence and established the Republic of Texas. This convention adopted the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836.

Also at the convention delegates wrote a constitution for the new republic and elected a government to control Texas until regular fall elections.

Later, Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.

As president, Houston had the responsibility of overseeing the stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s finances; moreover, Texas had bills to pay, but no money to pay them. Hereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s discovery and book fit in.

Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lineage traces back to Alexander McCuistion, a somewhat wealthy man in the 1600s who never married or had children. When he died at the age of 93 in 1740 he â&#x20AC;&#x153;left his considerable estate in kegs of gold coins to the three granddaughters of his brother Benjamin McCuistion.â&#x20AC;?

Robert McCuistionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mother, Ann Moody, was 8 years old when a keg of gold was delivered to her. The book says that â&#x20AC;&#x153;she was taught that it was her responsibility to protect it and that secrecy was the keynote of her protection; that it was never to be mentioned outside of the family. Ann was worthy of that trust.â&#x20AC;?

Luckily for Texas, Robert inherited Annâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keg of gold and he moved to Texas and settled about 100 miles westsouthwest of Nacogdoches.

Upon a visit with Andrew Jackson, Sam Houston learned that Congress would not be helping Texas in any way so in order for the republic to survive help would have to come from within. Houston

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Naturally, Houston wondered if Robert still had the keg after 17 years. Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s book quotes Jackson as saying, â&#x20AC;&#x153;His mother kept it for 79 years, and when she died at age 87, she had never taken one coin from the keg. Yes, Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d wager that Robert still has it.â&#x20AC;?

This is how Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s relative Robert became Texasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; first financier.

After that, Houston invited these 17 men to a dinner where the book quotes him in asking for their help by saying: â&#x20AC;&#x153;â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I know how every man here feels about his gold, however much or however little he may own. Robert, I know yours is an old family legacy, I know the story from your kinsman, Andrew Jackson, and I know that yours represents by far the greatest amount here, but gentlemen, these are grave times, and Texas, the land we love, must stand or fall on what we do here today; gentlemen, Texans, how many of you will give your all...will give your gold to Texas?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; And they all sprang to their feet with a shout of â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Aye.â&#x20AC;?â&#x20AC;&#x2122; While each man had a special connection to his gold, without their contributions Texas would not have been able to pay for the Texas revolution. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The keg of gold was a very treasured family heritage and he (Robert) gave it to the state of Texas to help fight the war,â&#x20AC;?

Hamilton said.

It was only about a year and a half ago when Hamilton was introduced to the book. â&#x20AC;&#x153;My mom had handed it to me one day and I saw Noah on the cover and it was really appealing to me,â&#x20AC;? Hamilton said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve always been interested in history.â&#x20AC;?

Without Hamiltonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s keg of gold, the Republic of Texas would not have survived as it did. With every turn of a page, Hamilton reconnected with his ancestors as he learned of his family ties to Texas.

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Rex Hamilton, Avinger freshman, holds â&#x20AC;&#x153;Noah McCuistion: Pioneer Texas Cattlemanâ&#x20AC;? by Carleen M. Daggett, a recount of his family history that dates back to the Texas Declaration of Independence.

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by Houston starting at 4:30 p.m.

The battle lasted approximately 18 minutes. Discipline was hard to maintain as Texan soldiers rallied to cries of â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remember the Alamo!â&#x20AC;? and â&#x20AC;&#x153;Remember Goliad!â&#x20AC;? Houston reported that 630 Mexican troops were killed and 730 were taken prisoner. Of the Texas troops, nine of a force of 910 were killed or mortally wounded.

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Spring Break ideas FROM PAGE 1

Q Make homemade headbands Q Relax with a cup of coffee at Goodday Coffee Shop Q Have a scavenger hunt around town Q Get funky with a craft night and then pass out your creations at the local nursing homes Q See a movie at 4 Star Cinema Q Read all the cards at Wal-Mart Q Slide down the rocket slide at Kilgore City Park

Q Catch up on lost sleep Q Play a round of horse shoes Q Swing for awhile at Kilgore City Park Q Go bowling at the Kilgore bowling alley Q Facebook stalk Q Volunteer at the Boys and Girls Club Q Have a progressive dinner: Visit three or more restaurants in Kilgore for your appetizers, main course and dessert

Q Go workout at Parks Fitness

Q Host a video game marathon

Center or Anytime Fitness

Q Play hide and seek in WalMart

Q Volunteer at Helping Hands Q Shop downtown Q Try karaoke Saturday night at the Back Porch Q Play basketball or soccer at Meadowbrook Park Q Play board games with friends Q Bake a batch of homemade cookies Q Spend an entire day without using technology Q Go on a picnic Q Try ultimate Frisbee Q Eat at a different Kilgore restaurant every day Q Rent a movie at the Redbox or Blockbuster Box

Q +DYH D ZDWHU EDOORRQ ÀJKW Q Have a skating day at Interskate of Kilgore Q Go to the Lone Star Speedway on March 10 Q Drive by some of the old houses in Kilgore Q Count the parking spots on the college campus Q Have a relay race on the crosswalk bridge above Henderson Blvd.

Q Paint your nails completely random colors Q People watch and create your own narrative commentary Q Look for a four-leaf clover

Q Visit Whataburger for a latenight meal Photo illustration by Matthew Blanchard / THE FLARE

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South by Southwest revs up Texas Triangle SARAH SULLIVAN Entertainment Editor

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n such a demanding society, convenience is a must.

What’s convenient about living in East Texas? We are so close to what we like to refer to as “The Texas Triangle.”

Our Northwestern neighbor, Dallas; the home to the Astrodome, Houston; and the music Mecca itself, Austin, all form a glorious triangle of metropolitan goodies.

A beautiful part about cities is the musical draw that they have. The big concerts happen in the big cities; it’s that simple. March holds much promise for a frequent concert attendee or just somebody who has been looking to fill a live music void.

Dallas and Houston have a nice line-up for this month with a little bit of

everything to satisfy any desired genre. With the aid of Ticketmaster, we have compiled a list of concerts happening throughout March in Dallas and Houston. However, Austin is a bit unusual with its talent line-up. But hey, “Keep Austin Weird.” Right?

Austin is home to the now well-known annual South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) which started in March 1987. Event organizers projected for 150 people to attend the first festival, but more than 700 came. Twenty-four years later, SXSW 2011 drew a crowd of more than 19,000. In its history, musicians like Hanson, John Mayer and James Blunt have been discovered, and many sister festivals have sprouted from SXSW. If more than 5,000 bands flocking from across the globe doesn’t satisfy you enough, interactive and film portions are featured in the SXSW festival. The SXSW 2009 featured the U. S. premiere of “The Hurt Locker” which won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 2010.

For more information, visit sxsw.com.

Katie Kuykendall / THE FLARE

March’s Texas Triangle line up DALLAS

Sat., 03-24-12, 8 p.m. @ The Palladium Ballroom Mindless Self indulgence

Sat., 03-24-12, 7 p.m. @ House of Blues Houston The Naked and Famous

Sun., 03-04-12, 7:30 p.m. @ House of Blues Dallas Flogging Molly, The Devil Makes Three, Sean Wheeler & Zander Schloss

Wed., 03-28-12, 8 p.m. @ House of Blues Dallas Hot Chelle Rae

Thurs., 03-29-12, 7 p.m. @ House of Blues Houston Bret Michaels

Mon., 03-05-12, 7:30 p.m. @ American Airlines Center Radiohead

Thurs., 03-29-12, 8 p.m. @ The Palladium Ballroom TECH N9NE

Sat., 03-31-12, 7 p.m. @ Reliant Arena H-Town Blues Festival

Sun., 03-11-12, 8 p.m. @ House of Blues Dallas Boyz II Men

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Sun.-Mon., 03-11-12, 03-12-12, 7:30 p.m. @ House of Blues Houston Heart

SXSW Music Festival

Wed., 03-14-12, 8 p.m. @ House of Blues Dallas George Thorogood & The Destroyers

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