Issue 10A 11-21-14

7 class days to exams; graduation set for Dec. 12 FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE

VICTORIA WHITWELL Staff Writer

TUESDAY OR THURSDAY CLASSES

Monday, Dec. 8 – Thursday, Dec. 11

As the semester is coming to an end and finals are approaching, graduating students are patiently waiting to walk across the stage in their caps and gowns. Fall 2014 Graduation will take place at 6 p.m., Friday Dec. 12, in Dodson Auditorium.

As of this week, 248 people are expected to be participating in the ceremony. In all, 426 certificates and degrees are to be awarded.

Carolyn Fox-Hearne, 2014 Piper Professor Award nominee and Beason Award winner, will be speaking at the graduation ceremony.

Caps, gowns and tassels are on sale for $30 in the KC bookstore and will be available until the bookstore closes at 2:30 p.m. Friday Dec. 12.

MONDAY, WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY CLASSES CLASS TIME

EXAM TIME

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7 or 7:30 a.m.

8 or 8:30 a.m.

9 or 9:30 a.m.

10 or 10:30 a.m.

11 or 11:30 a.m.

12 or 12:30 p.m.

1 or 1:30 p.m.

2 or 2:30 p.m.

3, 3:30 or 4 p.m.

5 or 5:30 p.m.

7-9 a.m.

8-10 a.m.

9:30-11:30 a.m.

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

Noon - 2 p.m.

1-3 p.m.

3:30-5:30 p.m.

3:30-5:30 p.m.

2:30-4:30 p.m.

5-7 p.m.

Mon., Dec. 8 Wed., Dec. 10 Mon., Dec. 8 Wed., Dec. 10 Mon., Dec. 8 Wed., Dec. 10 Wed., Dec. 10 Wed., Dec. 10 Mon., Dec. 8 Mon., Dec. 8

CLASS TIME

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6, 7, 7:30, 8 or 8:30 a.m.

8-10 a.m.

9, 9:30, 10 or 10:30 a.m.

8 a.m.-10 a.m.

11 a.m. or Noon 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

12:30 p.m.

10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

1 or 1:30 p.m.

1-3 p.m.

2 or 2:30 p.m.

1-3 p.m.

3, 3:30 or 4:30 p.m. 3:30-5:30 p.m.

5 or 5:30 p.m.

5-7 p.m.

Thurs., Dec. 11 Tues., Dec. 9 Thurs., Dec. 11 Tues., Dec. 9 Tues., Dec. 9 Thurs.,Dec. 11 Tues., Dec. 9 Thurs., Dec. 11

EVENING CLASSES EXAM TIME

DATE

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

Mon., Dec. 8 Tues., Dec. 9 Wed., Dec. 10 Thurs., Dec. 11

7:30-9:30 p.m.

6:30-8:30 p.m.

6:30-8:30 p.m.

7:30-9:30 p.m.

*Classes beginning at 6 p.m. or later

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All Friday only classes will test at regular class time on Friday, Dec. 5.

All Saturday classes will test 8:30-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6.

Flex classes (classes that than the regular semester) See course syllabus or date/time.

Grades will be available Monday, Dec. 15. Grades may be accessed and printed at www.kilgore.edu – click on the Campus Connect link.

Grades will not be mailed.

INSTRUCTORS: Grades must be submitted through Campus Connect by 10 a.m. Friday, Dec. 12.

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top Electric Power Technology hosts lineman rodeo

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LEAH BRYCE Staff Writer

howcasing the graduates of the 12th class, the KC Electric Power Technology hosted a Lineman’s Rodeo on Nov. 14 at the completion of their 10 week course.

Demonstrating what the 13 graduates learned throughout their course, the rodeo let the graduates show off pole climbing, hurt man rescue and insulator changing exercises.

The rodeo was from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from there they headed to their graduation ceremony.

At the ceremony, other achievement awards were presented such as: The Danny Belcher Walking the Wood, Outstanding Student and Most Supportive Teammate.

The statewide electric distribution companies, municipalities and utility companies are expecting a large shortage of workers in the next five to seven years, so potential students are advised to attend information sessions set for 6 p.m. on Jan. 22 and Feb. 12 in Bert E. Woodruff Adult Education Center in Kilgore.

The next course will run from March 2 through May 8.

The following student graduates were also participants in the lineman’s rodeo: Nathan Brent Clark, Tioga; Logan Craft, Maybank; Daniel Craig, Bronson; Cody Davidson, Linden; Hunter Holder, Gladewater; Alberto Almaguer-Martinez, Athens; Colton Ponder, Gilmer; Antonio Razo, Mt. Pleasant; Denise Macon / THE FLARE Mauricio Robles, DeSoto; Julian Saldivar, Mt. Pleasant; Paden Skidmore, Pattonville Alberto Martinez, participates in the lineman rodeo on Nov. 14.

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Kody Hughes was awarded as one of 207 students to receive the Coca-Cola Scholar.

Juggling act pays off for PTK scholar Sophomore receives Coca-Cola Scholarship LEAH BRYCE Staff Writer

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adviser. In 2011, the two PTK advisers stepped down from their positions.

Former head of the KC Communications and Journalism Department Bettye Craddock recommended her to apply for one of the available positions. She and Paul Buchanan have co-served as the PTK advisors for the past three years.

What she enjoys most about being a PTK adviser is working with the honor students and helping motivate and guide them. “The 2014 team is so incredible and on top of things,” she said. “I love to see the students grow and become strong leaders.”

PTK has a couple of tried and true ways to earn money for their organization. “Our biggest and most successful fundraisers have always been our bake sales,” she said. They also sell decorative blingy pins and PTK t-shirts, and are known for them at the conferences they attend.

dim lamp light adds a low glow to the otherwise black room, a young college student huddles close to the light with her head bent over a pile of books, eyes squinting through exhaustion from a day of classes and hours of homework.

Although, struggling to stay awake she continues working for her future. A future, filled with hard work.

Long time Phi Theta Kappa member, Kody Hughes, Gladewater sophomore, is one of 207 students nationwide and the only KC student, to receive the Coca-Cola Leaders of Promise scholarship.

“I was really surprised and really confused because I didn’t understand why everyone has been making a big deal,” Hughes said.

“I did not expect that at all, but I was excited and honored.”

After KC, Hughes plans to transfer to either University of Texas at Tyler or the University of North Texas in Denton and major in biochemistry. Despite her belief that she didn’t qualify as a leader, Hughes applied for the leadership scholarship and several others.

“A running trend throughout all the ones I applied for is that I talked about how my dad had gotten cancer and it was difficult taking care of him and his elderly grandmother and the house and also going to school at the same time,” Hughes said. “You were supposed to write about things that you lead and I wrote about how when my dad got sick it made it difficult to do volunteer work and be away from the house anymore than I already was for class. What I did do is when he had to go into the nursing home I helped out a lot there.

Family situations dominated a large portion of her life, but she still maintained her grades. Hughes’ father passed away this past summer due to cancer. Juggling family and school work is a difficult thing for everyone, but with her added responsibilities it became a more difficult task.

“I think the only thing that saved me was I never really needed to study. I pay attention in class and then before a test I scan over the material,” Hughes said. “I still take care of my grandmother and the house. It’s really difficult that every time I sit down to try and study then it’s ‘go buy me cigarettes,’ or ‘go to the store and get this,’ I have managed to keep my grades up but it’s very stressful.”

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Power of communication Instructor chosen as PTK Honor Society 2015 Faculty Scholar KATHRYN AGEE Staff Writer

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broad smile appears on Michele Daniels’ face as she relives the memories over the years of her surrogate children - her students. Growing up as a shy person, she has managed to find a way to connect with people through the power of communication, and relishes in sharing that with others. “There’s a lot of power in being able to share your thoughts with other people, if you can just get past the hurdles.”

Daniels has another success story to add to her lengthy list of life accomplishments.

She has been chosen as a Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society 2015 Faculty Scholar. She is among 28 out of 3,000 PTK community college chapter advisers chosen for this achievement. The advisers were chosen based on an application process based on knowledge of the 2014-2015 Honors Study

Topic, Frontiers and the Spirit of Exploration, and also on their excellence in teaching or administration.

She will attend the Faculty Scholar Conference at PTK’s Center for Excellence in Jackson, Miss., Jan. 29 to Feb. 1, MICHELE where the advisers DANIELS will prepare to lead discussions on an Honors Study Topic for the annual Honors Institute which will take place June 15 thru 20 at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM. During Honors Institute, the Faculty Scholars will lead groups of 15 to 20 students in seminar discussions of issues on the Honors Study Topic.

Michele Daniels is a natural fit as a PTK

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Holiday sweets can turn sour KATHRYN AGEE Staff Writer Having diabetes does not mean you are allergic to sugar, that you will die if you eat sugar, or that diabetics don’t take care of their health. The only way to combat these ignorant stereotypes is through awareness and knowledge.

November is American Diabetes Awareness Month.

The American Diabetes

Association has programs designed to focus attention on issues surrounding diabetes and people affected by the disease. The ADA will have online tips weekly on how to stay healthy throughout the holiday season and cook low-carb, healthy holiday meals the whole family can enjoy.

Diabetes affects each person who has it differently.

People with type 1 diabetes require insulin daily to

maintain their blood sugar levels, and do not have a functioning pancreas.

Most people with type 1 were diagnosed as young children.

Type 2 diabetes usually occurs during adulthood and is accompanied by high blood pressure, inactivity, heart disease, and weight gain, and can be prevented or improved by changing or improving lifestyle habits.

These people are not insulin

dependent, though insulin can still help lower their blood sugar levels.

Some of the most important things to do to help combat onset of type 2 diabetes are having healthy eating habits, exercising about three times a week, and knowing your family’s health history and the signs of stroke and heart attacks.

Nearly 30 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. Over 86

million Americans have pre diabetes and are at risk for developing type 2 diabetes.

Researchers predict that in the near future, 2 out of 5 Americans will have diabetes. By maintaining good health and being informed on how the disease affects people, there is hope for these statistics to lower.

For more information or to donate money for Diabetes research, visit www. diabetes.org.

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30 Payment deadline Dec. 3 KATHRYN AGEE Staff Writer Next semester is right around the corner. If you are looking for a way to earn some more credits quickly, the Christmas mini-mester is a great option to get ahead.

Nov. 25, is the registration deadline for the Spring semester and the Christmas mini-mester.

The Christmas mini-mester begins on Dec. 15 and ends on Jan. 9. Classes offered will provide a semester’s worth of information in about four weeks worth of classes. A course costs the same as it would in a regular semester.

Dec. 3, is the payment deadline for both the Spring Semester and Christmas mini-mester.

Payment is due by midnight on the 3rd. Web registration and web payments also must be completed by midnight Dec. 3.

All unpaid classes will be dropped. For more information, contact the financial office at 903-983-8211.

Turkey day with Wesley Bible chair KEVON PRICE Staff Writer

FACE IN THE CROWD THE FLARE

Grethel May What are your hobbies? Hunting What is your major? Nursing Why did you choose KC? Mostly because the classes are small and reasonably priced. KC is a good start for those who aren’t ready to jump to a four-year university just yet. I also appreciate the donors who generously give scholarships to students at KC. Where do you plan on transferring to when you are done at KC? University of Texas at Tyler Who inspires you? My daddy, he’s the most amazing person ever. He taught me how to hunt.

What your favorite animal to hunt and with what

’Rette, White and Blue on Dec. 7

Age: 18 Hometown: Ventura, California Freshman weapon? My absolute favorite animal to hunt is deer and I either use my cross bow or 30-06 rifle.

If you won the lottery, what would you do with the money? I would buy myself a house in Seoul, Korea. Traveling to another country has always been a big dream of mine.

Do you participate in any organizations on campus? No Tell us something nobody knows about you. I’ve been trying to learn how to speak Korean.

Texas band Cody Wayne to take Back Porch stage Nov. 22 HUNTER LOHR Staff Writing This weekend, check out Cody Wayne and Westbound 21 at The Back Porch Patio Stage on Broadway at 8 p.m. Nov. 22. The band states on their Reverb Nation Page, “What if Zac Brown

and Lynyrd Skynyrd formed a band? That would be epic, huh?

Well if the thought of such merger excites you, then Cody Wayne and Westbound 21 is the band for you.” Every member of the band is talented in several instruments, singing and writing, which they say makes

them different than a band that is led by one person. The band has won awards such as 2012 Country Band of the Year, 2014 Male Vocalist of the Year (Cody Wayne) and Vocal Group of the Year (Westbound 21) at the East Texas Music Awards. Cody Wayne and the Westbound 21

For those who can’t go home for the holiday, the Wesley will be hosting a Thanksgiving meal. The meal will be hosted at noon on Thursday, Nov. 27.

There will be lots of great homemade food from turkey, ham, dressing and even pies. “The homemade food is donated by people who support the ministry of the Wesley foundation here at Kilgore College,” said Amy Hodge, Wesley director.

“Every year I have noticed students who are not able to go home, or don’t have a home to go to. Its just important for us to offer a loving community where people feel at home and we can do that by offering this meal and giving student a holiday experience in the Wesley family,” Hodge said.

Everyone is welcome to come eat, and should contact Hodge if planning to come. For more information contact Hodge at 903-261-5130.

is a Texas country band, citing influence from southern rock as well. If you like bands and artists such as Neal McCoy, Eli Young Band, Kevin Fowler, JB and the Moonshine Band and Trace Adkins, Cody Wayne and Westbound 21 is probably right for you.

HUNTER LOHR Staff Writer The Rangerettes will host their fourth annual Christmas show on Sunday, Dec. 7.

“A ’Rette, White and Blue Christmas,” the one-day-only Broadway-style show, will feature the world-famous Rangerettes and several local dance groups.

Show times are set for 2 and 5 p.m. in Dodson Auditorium and all seating is reserved. Tickets can be purchased Nov. 24-25 and Dec. 2-5 by calling the ticket office at 903-983-8179 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. A maximum of ten tickets per person may be ordered. Remaining tickets will be sold 45 minutes before to each show.

Local dance groups will be featured in the show such as the Kilgore High School Co-Ed Dance Class, Elite Dance Center, In-Step Dance Co., Tap ‘N’ Toe Dance Studio and the KC Dance Department.

For more information or to reserve tickets, call the Rangerette Box Office at 903-983-8179.

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PTK host inductions KATHRYN AGEE Staff Writer

O. Rufus Lovett / Special to THE FLARE

Killer Drama

The cast of 12 Angry Jurors acts out a scene of the ongoing play.

12 Angry Jurors is a raging success on the stage

VICTORIA WHITWELL Staff Writer

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ust a few days are left to see the KC theatre department’s production, 12 Angry Jurors. The play is being presented at 7:30 tonight and Saturday; and 2:30 p.m. Sunday in the Van Cliburn Auditorium.

General admission tickets are $10 for adults, $7 for students and $5 for KC students with a student ID. The play is appropriate for all ages but

children under the age of 7 will not be admitted.

Late arrivals will also not be admitted.

The box office will open one hour prior to each performance.

Tickets can be purchased online at kilgore.edu/drama or by phone at 903983-8126.

For more information e-mail the KC Theatre Box Office at boxoffice@kilgore.edu.

Twelve Angry Jurors is the story of 12 jurors who hold in their hands the fate

of a 19-year-old man accused of killing his father. At first, it appears to be an open-and-shut case until one of the jurors begins opening the others’ eyes to the facts.

As deliberations transpire, each juror begins to reveal his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted and a new murder threat is born before their eyes. Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry men and women.

Hughes: Coca-Cola scholar overcomes adversity From Page 1A The elite Coca-Cola scholarship was only one of three scholarships that she received from the PTK spring application process.

However, this was the last to arrive and is still won’t be completed until December after Hughes participates in three activities from a list the company sent.

“It was a really confusing email and that’s why I wasn’t sure if I had won it for a while or not,” Hughes said. “It didn’t sink in until they put me on the website and I was like, ‘oh I did this and that’s really cool.’

It didn’t really sink in for

awhile because I was still pretty confused about it.”

Between cigarette runs and studying, Hughes has a very limited amount of spare time, and generally uses that playing video games and reading.

According to Hughes, video games are the best way for her to relieve the built up stress she has and even plays them while she is studying.

“I like MMORPG Fantasy games like Runescape, Mammoky and Arc age. My favorite type of literature is probably fantasy like the video games,” Hughes said.

“I think the best series I have ever read is Wheel

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of Time, but I do really, really love Harry Potter. I would be Hermione, hands down. I even have the hair and I went as Hermione for Halloween.”

Despite her love for science, Hughes’ worst subject is math. According to Hughes, literature and history are much easier than math. However, she pushes through the math classes for her biggest life goal of getting her PhD. “I do have several life goals, but probably getting my PhD is my biggest life goal,” Hughes said. “I haven’t decided in what yet.

I know I want it in a stem field, science or technology.

I like all science. So at the moment I’m planning on going into biochemistry, but that’s mainly because I don’t know what I want to do and so I just threw a dart and picked one.”

Phi Theta Kappa’s free membership scholarship winners for 2014 are Lauren Christian and Aleyda Aguirre.

They are the two KC students who were chosen to receive this award out of four potential candidates.

All four applicants had to have a qualified GPA. They also had to submit two essays anonymously.

Candidates had to also commit to being an active member of PTK, which includes attending at least one meeting per month.

Current PTK officers then had to vote on the essays and picked two winners.

Final submissions were calculated by current President Troy Townsend.

Both Christian and Aguirre have been notified of winning via email.

PTK inductions took place Friday Nov. 7 and the following were inducted:

Aleyda Aguirre, Edinburg Brande Attaway, Rusk Sable Bass, Overton Jennifer Bassett, Longview Jay Baxter, Kilgore Leslie Perryman Bethune, Nacogdoches James Brumley, Kilgore Audrey Burke, Gladewater Karina Castillo, Overton Erin Conrad, Kilgore Lanna Davis, Henderson Daniel DeGrasse, Longview Courtney Houze, Tyler Justin Johnson, Kilgore Amanda Jordan, Longview Naina Kishore, Henderson Garrett Klein, Gilmer Charity Mezzell, Longview Melissa Moreno, Longview Jennifer Morris, Diana LaTuria Nelson, Beckville Regina Nester, Longview Judith Nwosu, Nigeria MiKayla Patterson, Gilmer Victoria Ray, Marquez , Longview Kimberley Scott, Longview Flor Slemons, Longview Megan Stagner, White Oak Morgan Stanton, Kilgore Michelle Stokes, Longview Paul Thompson, Longview

Daniels: PTK adviser looks forward to upcoming event From Page 1A Being a PTK adviser has been a huge benefit to her life. “I love sharing the joy of their successes. You get to know different kinds of people, and I learn just as much from them as they do from me.” She loves working with students who are “inspiring and driven,” and is proud of seeing how they grow professionally and personally.

One of her favorite memories from being a PTK adviser still moves her today. “Two years ago, the winners of the CocaCola Scholarship were a married couple. They both won the award, and walked across the stage to accept it together.” She also likes when last minute plans come together and the students step up and work together.

At the 2015 Honors Institute, Daniels is most looking forward to “working with a variety of colleagues for a common goal.” The advisers from all over the world will work

together to brainstorm ideas to help students be successful in the coming year.

Daniels has always wanted to be a teacher and wants to continue teaching for the rest of her life. In the future, she “may like to do speaking tours or motivational speaking.”

She intends on staying as a PTK adviser for a long time and to help it grow as an organization. In the future, she would like to possibly get a Doctorate degree. At Kilgore, she wants to move into more of an administrative role at the school and help KC grow.

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Operation Christmas Child TORY VAN BLARCUM Executive Editor

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he KC Baptist Student Ministry surpassed their goal to pack 200 gift boxes as part of Operation Christmas Child on Tuesday. The organization shipped 207 boxes, in conjunction with partner churches First Baptist-Kilgore, First BaptistDanville and One Church - Tenaha.

“This was our very first mission project together,” said Jaymi Blankenship, director. “It was such a blessing of a day at Kilgore BSM!” The shoeboxes feature gifts for children around the world who may not otherwise receive anything. For more information, visit www.SamaritansPurse.org.

The BSM will be taking a group of students to the Dallas Processing Center to finish serving OCC in the processing of the shoe boxes and packing them for shipping to travel around the world.

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Students show their boxes

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During BSM lunch

Boxes raise homeless awareness More than 25 KC students gathered in the Lee Mall lawn to raise awareness for homelessness on Nov 14. The Cardboard Box City event, hosted by the KC Ranger Ambassadors, raised more than $2,000 for the Habitat of Humanity of Longview and the Friendship Community Richard House, run by Nguyen KC English instructor Gus LaFosse.

I attended the event myself to experience first hand what it was really like to be homeless. Opening my eyes to a world that I had blocked from my memory. I was never homeless for a long period of time, but I had experienced it prior to this.

The stories that people shared at the event really brought to light that everyone comes from a different background. KC students gathered in circles around boxes sharing stories from testimonies to life stories.

The fact that so many people truly cared about the cause that they were promoting was astonishing to me. Many people will donate to a cause and attend fundraisers to show support. Not many people will actually take action to promote awareness for a cause. Temperatures reached as low as 28 degrees along with a nice wind chill.

Students stayed warm by playing soccer and football under the lights provided by the Ambassadors.

LaFosse shared his stories of how he started Cardboard Box City when he came to Longview.

It did not take me long to remember that being homeless is something that no one should experience in their life. Although I left the event earlier than most, I knew that the students that attended had a true passion to raise awareness for the cause that they were supporting.

Want to become a member of an elite team?

The Ranger Ambassadors are accepting applications for new members. Pick up applications in the Devall Student Center at the Visitor Center and submit by 2 p.m. on January 23, 2015.

Write your story Flare alumni enjoy success at ESPN, Dallas Morning News,

Seeking friendly, energetic, dedicated, enthusiastic student leaders with Ranger Pride to promote Kilgore College.

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student journalists have won hundreds of individual awards, dozens of Sweepstakes and Best of Show awards and several national honors.

With alumni at scores of newspapers, TV news outlets and on the cutting edges of cyberspace, success doesn’t stop when a new plaque goes

up on the lab wall.

Students working on The Flare, The Ranger Yearbook or The Flare Magazine have a chance to make an immediate impact with writing, photography, design and illustration.

KC journalism students are also eligible for a number of scholarships.

For more information, contact Rachel Stallard, Flare adviser, at 903-983-8194 or by email at rstallard@kilgore.edu and O. Rufus Lovett, Flare photo adviser, at 903-983-8192 or by email at rlovett@kilgore.edu

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DEVIN BROOKS Sports Writer The KC Ranger basketball team split their contest in their annual Kilgore Classic that was held Nov. 14-15 at Master’s Gymnasium.

KC thrashed Lone Star College of Tomball 107-51 on Friday and than they were narrowly defeated by Arkansas Baptist College 59-55 on Saturday. That lone loss ends KC’s five game winning streak to start off the season.

On Friday KC got off to a slow start against LSCTomball. They were losing 10-2 early in the first half due to the sharpshooting of LSC’s Tomball Tomas Henderson. He made three long-range shots early to put LSC ahead, but from there KC took over and never looked back.

KC led 51-27 at halftime shooting an impressive 67 percent from the field. LSC attempted 18 three-pointers in the first half and connected on five of them giving them a 28 percent rate from long distance.

They also shot 32 percent from the field as a team. KC continued their accurate shooting in the second half posting 56 points and shooting 74 percent from the field. They held LSC to only 24 points in the second half and a low rate of 29 percent from the field.

KC played as a team the whole game getting easy buckets for the majority of the game which resulted in them getting over 100 points.

Kilgore posted 65 points off the bench and had 29-second chance points. They had four players in doublefigures. The lead scorer was Alassane Kah, Columbus, OH freshman who posted 15 points and grabbed four rebounds.

On Saturday KC played catch-up for most of the game against ABC. They trailed at halftime 28-19, but took their first lead of the game midway through the second half. KC biggest lead was four points, but than ABC battled back to regain the lead and seal the deal with some free throws in the clutch to secure the victory.

KC was simply outplayed in this contest. They shot 30 percent from the field from the entire game while ABC shot 38 percent. ABC had better bench production with 27 bench points to KC’s 21 and ABC shot 77 percent from the free-throw line while KC just shot a mere 62 percent. KC missed some crucial free throws in the clutch while ABC made theirs and that was the ultimate key in the game.

Ranger guard Jonathan Milligan was the only player in double-digits for KC. He had 14 points and posted 5 assists while playing the entire game. He was the only KC player who played the whole game.

KC battled with Hill College on Tuesday. KC will travel to Baytown to play in their first conference game against Lee College.

This game will be the start of many conference games for KC this season and they will be looking to get a good jumpstart in conference play. That game will be at 6 p.m. on Saturday Nov. 22, in Baytown.

Lady Rangers win one, lose two in Tyler DEVIN BROOKS Sports Writer

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Sophomore post Michael Thomas stretches over three LSC-Tomball defenders for the basket.

The KC Lady Ranger basketball team participated in the Sleep Inn Suites Classic on Nov 13-15, and they won one game and dropped two during the tournament. KC defeated Brown Mackie College 89-55 in the first game while they lost the second game to Cisco College 66-52 and the third game to Odessa College 66-61. The Lady Rangers have a 1-4 record on the season.

KC dominated Brown Mackie College from start to finish on the first day of play. They led BMC 49-25 going into halftime while holding them to a low 19 percent shooting from the field and 15 percent from the three-

point line. KC shot 49 percent from the field going into halftime, which is one of their best shooting percentages for them in this young season. The second half KC was no different for KC. They shot 46 percent from the field making their total shooting percentages at 48 percent, but they struggled from long distance only shooting 12 percent.

KC held BMC to 30 percent shooting in the second half and zero percent from the three land. BMC attempted 10 three pointers and did not make any of them. KC had 39 bench points, 19 second chance points and they scored 26 points off of BMC’s 22 turnovers.

Guards Imabong Akpan and Adrianna Edwards

scored 18 points each. Akpan had four assists while Edwards had five. Also sharpshooting guard Robin Smith had 14 points while center Pre’Franz Dominick scored eight points and grabbed 10 boards.

KC lost their next two games in two closely played games. KC made some mistakes down the stretch that ultimately resulted in their defeat, but nonetheless they competed the entire game.

KC will play their first conference game his weekend against Angelina College.

KC will look to get their first conference win of the season and gain some early momentum in the conference standings. That game will be at 4 p.m. Saturday Nov. 22, at Master’s Gymnasium.

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Excellence inTeaching

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Coy Lothrop, graphic design instructor, wins “Excellence in Teaching”

Students choose Lamouroux, Lothrop as outstanding teachers of the year CHRISTINE RITTER Feature Editor

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ancy Lamouroux, radiologic instructor, and Coy Lothrop, graphic design instructor, are the winners of this year’s “Excellence in Teaching” award.

This award lets students voice their favorite teacher by voting for them, and recognizes the hard work and dedication teachers put in each day.

“We get evaluated by the deans and our colleagues, but the real feedback comes from the students,” Michele Daniels, Phi Theta Kappa advisor, said.

Lothrop has been working at KC for the past 15 years. He feels honored for receiving this award and takes it as confirmation of the skills he brings to the classroom everyday.

“It’s always great to get positive feedback on your performance, and when it comes from the student body it means even more,” Lothrop said.

Lothrop loves teaching because of the connection that can be made between a mentor and their mentee; a connection he considers could last a lifetime.

“I get to live on through their creative minds and talented hands as my past professors had lived on through me,” Lothrop said.

Lothrop prepares his students for life after college by treating his classroom like the workplace, but keeps work on their current level. He works with his students as a creative director and the students are his design team.

“As their director I do everything in my power to see them prosper, to protect them, to build them up, and then later, help them do it all without me,” Lothrop said.

When students leave his program, Lothrop believes his

students exit as leaders ready to take the next step in their career.

The second receiver of this award is Lamouroux. She was surprised but honored when she found out she won this award.

Since Lamouroux started teaching at KC 10 years ago, her teaching style has changed from lecturing at the students to bringing more activities into the classroom. She considers her style to be a work in progress and each year she adds more activities in the classroom.

“There is a huge feeling of pride similar to a mother whose child has accomplished great things,” Lamouroux said “It is very satisfying to see many of them thrive, blossom and excel in careers that I myself very rewarding.”

While growing up Lamouroux wanted to become a teacher, but that changed and she choose a different path.

Lamouroux earned her Associate of Applied Science in Radiologic Technology at KC. While Lamouroux was a student at KC, she had wonderful instructors who encouraged her and rekindled her passion for teaching.

After graduating from KC, Lamouroux worked as a radiographer for 10 years, but when a teaching position became available at KC, she took it.

“I was able to combine my two loves, radiology and teaching. I was finally doing what I had always wanted to do, teach,” Lamouroux said.

For Lamouroux the most enjoyable moment is watching student finish the program and move on to work in clinical sites as Radiologic Technologists.

“My hope is that once they get out in the workforce they will always strive to be the best that they can be,” Lamouroux said.

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Nancy Lamouroux, radiologic instructor, wins “Excellence in Teaching.”

Students give

to toddlers

On Tuesday the Ag program spent the day the Early Childhood Center and worked on the toddler playground.

The students took care of soil drainage problem,

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Sean Combs and Ag students work on the toddler playground.

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Gunner Pannell and Sean Combs cut some 4x4s while toddlers look on.

Shane Quinalty, right, and Sean Combs, left,

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YOUR VIEW What is this most valuable lesson that a teacher has taught you?

How have you applied this lesson to your life?

dreams.

I am 56 years of age still trying to get my degree at KC.” Marion Murphy Kilgore, Freshman

“Never doubt yourself. You can do anything you put your mind to.

I apply this everytime I have a seed doubt about my abilities to perform in school or in the real world.”

Elijah Owings Kilgore, Freshman

Educators deserve more than received Rain Cohn/ THE FLARE

OUR VIEW “Better study habits. Increase my ability to study.”

Charles Scott Longview, Freshman

“The most valuable lesson that a teacher has taught me is that studying really does I study hard to get better grades.”

Brandon Jackson Longview, Freshman PHOTOS BY E’Lexus Hodge, Jon Nieto, Teamekia Franklin and Denise Macon

Time magazine cover discredits teachers for hard work they put into educating

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s a student, you will encounter many teachers who will share their knowledge with you, whether it is a skill for a major exam or a life lesson they teach you personally. Most students probably don’t realize the impact that teachers make on their lives until way after they have finished their school career.

Teachers give up so much of their lives to help the everyday student improve themselves and help shape their future.

Teachers do this out of the goodness of their hearts and because they enjoy working with students.

Time magazine recently used the Nov. 3 edition’s cover to blame teachers for every problem in America’s schools.

The cover had nothing to do with the main goal of the millionaires and billionaires who are sponsoring these attacks on teacher tenure claim.

They want to get great teachers into schools that serve high-need children, although this is a noble goal, stripping teachers of their protections won’t help solve this.

Time’s cover doesn’t do a good job at supporting its own reporting because it questions the motives of these wealthy sponsors.

The cover is disappointing to readers because inside the articles present a much more balanced view on this issue.

But, for millions of Americans, all they will see is the cover

and how misleading the attacks are on innocent teachers.

These are very serious challenges that we are facing within the education system, but blaming teachers for the issues is not solving anything in the meantime.

In places like New Haven, Conn., Lawrence, Mass., Los Angeles’ ABC school district and many others, union district collaboration is leading us to real change.

Instead of causing teachers and students to be against each other, these districts are showing Americans how we can build welcoming, engaging schools to give students the education they deserve. This approach has resulted in turning around those once struggling schools all over America.

Instead of a real debate and a story that will be informative to its readers, Time is using its magazine cover to sensationalize the issue to sell more copies.

There needs to be a substantive, facts-based conversation about the challenges that schools face in America and real solutions should be formed in order to help our educators and students succeed.

Students take the value of a teacher for granted and don’t really realize the impact they have on our lives.

Next time you encounter a teacher, do not let their efforts to educate you go unnoticed.

Teacher sparks interest for future D

uring my junior year, I decided to go and sign up for journalism, since it was said to be a blow off class and I had met all my requirements for my graduation. What I didn’t realize was that it would wake something up inside of me that I had never known existed: a penchant for writing. Chris Craddock, now coordinator of public and sports information at KC, was the journalism teacher at Longview High School at the time and he

helped me foster my new found love for writing.

Craddock was a relaxed teacher who didn’t DUSTIN stand on TAYLOR f o r m a l i t y.

He was my Copy Editor teacher, but he was more than that. He was my mentor.

Thanks to Craddock, I have

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written countless prose and poetry, am pursuing a career in journalism and hope to be a published novelist one day.

My entire future is in thanks to a high school teacher who taught me about journalist integrity and the inverted pyramid. When some of my poetry started to be a bit dark, he was worried if I was okay (I was). When there was a journalism UIL competition, he encouraged me to enter and compete. Not just me, but he encouraged several of us to go to a

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competition out of town and try our hand at competitive journalism.

Craddock taught because it was his job, but he treated it as more than a job. He laughed and joked about life just like the students.

In many ways, he was like an older student to us than a teacher. He was one of us.

From assigning us stories to cover, to teaching us about the proper writing style of journalism, Craddock came at it with the same level of enthusiasm.

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No matter their level of interest in journalism, he taught all of us with the same level of passion.

If they showed more than the average amount of enthusiasm, then he was there to foster and encourage their interest in journalism, photography or yearbook.

He helped me to focus and shape my passion for the written word. With his help, I found something that I could actually do as a career and enjoy.

Over the course of my junior year and my senior year, Craddock had a huge impact on my life. For that, I will forever be thankful to him. Now, close to ten years later, I’m still in contact with Craddock and will occasionally stop by his office and chat with him. He is no longer my teacher, but now I can gladly call him my friend.

Dustin Taylor is a sophomore journalism major from Kilgore.

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Thanksgiving

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’m grateful for the extreme generosity of Bob and Hillary Cole in Hallsville, who have opened up their home and hearts to my family. After hearing of our need, they quickly responded with an offer for us to live on their property for free, so we could pay down all our debt. For this, I am thankful for our friendship with Bob and Hillary.”

Jon Vashey

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y father passed away this year. He had been in a nursing home for three years. I miss him a lot, but I’m thankful he isn’t suffering anymore. That happening also brought me to Texas. I’ve met lots of good people since being here.”

Jason Whitlow

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’m so thankful for my folks.

I’m pretty sure the Shel Silverstein’s book, “The Giving Tree” was written about them. I’m grateful for my students, they make me laugh, cry and age prematurely but I find myself learning more from them than I think they learn from me.”

Micah Goodding

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am thankful for my three grown children; Amy, Sara and Jay. I am so proud of all of them. I am also thankful for my two grandchildren; Rory Mae and Parker. They are all blessings to me.”

Janet Baxter