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The Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society will meet on Wednesday, March 21 at 2:00 p.m. at the Genealogy Library, 191 S. Bremond Street.

Noted author Bill O'Neal will speak on "The 1950's, A Spectacular Decade". O'Neal is a very popular lecturer and speaker to historical associations and civic groups. The author of more than thirty books and more than three hundred articles and book reviews on the American West, he is a member of the Western Writers of America and has appeared in television documentaries on the Discovery Channel, Turner Broadcasting System, The History Channel, and the British Broadcasting Corporation. Though he is retired from teaching history at Panola College, he maintains a very busy writing and speaking career.

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College Station - An important but often over-looked part of Texas his-tory can be found by fol-lowing the footsteps of early Extension educators — home demonstration agents who began teaching practical information and household management skills to Texas families a century ago this year, said Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts.

“We owe a great debt to educational pioneers like Edna Westbrook Trigg, who was hired in 1912 to bring hands-on instruction to people who otherwise would have had little or no access to it,” said Nancy Granovsky, AgriLife Ex-tension family economics specialist in the family and consumer sciences pro-gram. “AgriLife Extension is an educational outreach agency of The Texas A&M University System. To-day the agency and other system entities have hun-dreds of professionals and paraprofessionals who have followed in Trigg’s footsteps and now serve hundreds of thousands of Texas residents each year.”

The education Edna Trigg and other home dem-onstration agents and their successors provided to-ward improving the quality of life for Texas families is significant and fits perfect-ly with this year’s National Women’s History Month theme of Women’s Educa-tion – Women’s Empower-ment, she added.

Granovsky said the National Women’s His-tory Project has desig-nated March as National Women’s History Month. According to organization materials, the project is a “clearinghouse providing information and training in multicultural women’s history for educators, com-munity organizations, and parents – for anyone want-ing to expand their under-standing of women’s con-tributions to U.S. history.”

“Through the f i rs t

half of the 20th century, these home demonstra-tion agents went to homes throughout rural Texas and provided practical demonstrations and advice on vegetable gardening, canning, sewing, cooking, household management, family health, poultry-raising and other aspects of daily life,” Granovsky said. “This all started with Edna Trigg, who served a the state’s first home dem-onstration agent.”

Granovsky said prac-tical demonstrations in homes were often one of the only ways women in rural Texas could acquire the information and skills needed to improve their lives.

“In those days, women were not only responsible for maintaining the house-hold and raising the chil-dren, but also taking care of other chores, maintain-ing family health, tend-ing the vegetable garden, feeding the chickens and collecting the eggs,” she said. “Some women were able to apply skills they learned from home dem-onstrations toward starting a home-based business, like selling eggs, in order to supplement household income. This gave them an even greater sense of accomplishment and self-worth.”

According to the Texas State Historical Associa-tion, Trigg, who passed away in 1946, was a teach-er and principal of the small rural Liberty School when approached in 1911 by a representative of the U.S. Department of Agri-culture to serve as a home demonstration agent for Milam County, west of Bryan.

The duties of the posi-tion, which would start the following year, were to be conducted during evenings and weekends in addition to her existing school re-sponsibilities. Her salary would be $100 per month, out of which she would

pay work-related expenses, including room and board.

“Much of Edna’s work involved traveling alone to remote areas of the coun-ty by horse and buggy and staying overnight in strangers’ farmhouses,” said Dr. Jennie Kitching, who retired as AgriLife Extension’s associate di-rector for human sciences in 1998. “A lot of what she demonstrated was self-taught or came through personal experience.”

Kitching said over the years Trigg served as a role model for numerous home demonstration agents and their successors with the present-day Texas AgriL-ife Extension Service.

Trigg’s appointment as “collaborator” for Milam County was approved and signed by Dr. Bradford Knapp, who would later become president of Texas Technological College, now Texas Tech Univer-sity. Knapp was the son of Seaman K. Knapp, known as the architect of the na-tional cooperative exten-sion movement. Trigg’s appointment by the USDA and New York Board of Education preceded by two years the official estab-lishment of the Coopera-tive Extension Service by an act of Congress – the Smith-Lever Act of 1914.

Her primary duty as collaborator was to coor-dinate, organize and super-vise Girls’ Tomato Clubs throughout the county and put on practical demonstra-tions about the production and canning of tomatoes. Club members, consisting of girls 10-18 years of age, grew tomatoes on small plots of land and sold or canned them.

Initial efforts were so successful that in the sum-mer of 1912 the Milam County girls’ clubs coordi-nated with area Boys’ Corn Clubs – both clubs precur-sors to present-day 4-H clubs – and presented the first-ever exhibit in Texas to show girls’ agricultural products, which included tin cans and glass jars of tomatoes and peaches. The exhibition drew more than 3,000 people, and the following year the girls exhibited their agricultural products at the state fair in Dallas, as well as at the Waco Cotton Palace.

“One of the biggest challenges for early home demonstration agents was being accepted by the fam-ilies and the community,” Kitching said. “But since Edna Trigg was a married adult and a mother, as well as a school teacher and principal, she was finally accepted as a respected and trustworthy individual.”

Kitching said demon-stration agents also pro-vided a social outlet for many women who lived in rural Texas by visiting their homes and form-ing home demonstration clubs and organizations in which women throughout the community could par-ticipate.

In 1918, Maggie Barry, an Extension specialist in rural women’s organiza-tions developed the first clubs of home demon-stration women. In 1926, club women attending a farmer’s short course at Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College, now Texas A&M University, formed the Texas Home Demonstration Associa-tion.

The home demonstra-tion association was re-organized in 1931 with the mission to promote and provide community instruction on diet and health, food production and preservation, land-scaping, fitting garments, poultry production, mil-linery and sewing. Accord-ing to Humanities Texas, at their zenith around 1940, these clubs boasted more than 57,000 women in almost 3,000 clubs state-wide.

Kitching noted that early home demonstration agents were often viewed as community role models due to their knowledge and self-sufficiency.

“They did the same

thing today’s family and consumer sciences county agents do, which is to teach families how to make the most of their time, money and resources,” she said. “But they had to do it by themselves, independently, and often under difficult circumstances. For ex-ample, Edna Trigg was also raising a family while traveling and providing home demonstrations and classes, some of which took her away from home the entire week.”

The role of Trigg and other early home dem-onstration agents was highlighted in a travel-ing exhibit called “Rural Texas Women at Work: 1930-1960,” which was displayed in museums, universities and other ven-ues across Texas for sev-eral years. The display, which used archival infor-mation and photographs from AgriLife Extension, was developed through the Cushing Memorial Library at Texas A&M and funded by Humanities Texas.

“Mrs. Trigg also was a proponent of education, frequently encouraging

Girl’s Tomato Club mem-bers to start college savings funds and look for scholar-ship opportunities at col-leges and universities,” Kitching said. Historical documentation notes that after Trigg’s first year of working with these clubs, four members started bank accounts and began saving for their education.

All four received their degrees and became teach-ers, and two held important positions at Texas univer-sities.

Trigg’s daughters also took her advice about edu-cation, and one of them, Eloise Trigg Johnson, followed in her mother’s footsteps by becoming a home demonstration agent in Eastland County. In her 20-plus year Extension career, Johnson also served as a family life education specialist at Texas A&M headquarters.

In 1915, funding ran out for the Milam County position. In 1916, Trigg was hired by Extension as a home demonstration

Women agents demonstrated their importance to Texas historyCentennial anniversary of first home demonstration agent fits Women’s History Month theme

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During its meeting on March 6th at SoSo Park Community BuildingBlair Garden Club members enjoyed learning about how to decorate seasonal wreaths. Showing some of their handiwork L to R: Martha Duck, Ellizabeth Biles, Linda Askins, Hildred Dempsey, Syvilla Long, and Joy Coble, Visiting Instructor. In attendance but not shown are Marilyn Corder and Helen Pate. Visitors attending: Tammy Marlowe, Martha Duck and Ms.Coble of Lufkin. (Photo furnished by J.E. Biles)

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We received a note from Barbara Sapp, a new subscriber. She said that she takes the paper and reads it to her mother, Lolette Balkam, who is in a Huntsville Nursing Home. She said that her mother lived in Tenaha all her life until a few years ago and really loves hear-ing about all that is go-ing on in her hometown. Thank you, Barbara, for being a caring daughter to your Mom!

The wild hogs have finally invaded FM1970 South. Our neighbor across the road shot one tearing up the right of way alongside the road. Barbara Cook and Buddy Adkison also say the hogs have torn up their pas-tures. I haven’t been in

our pasture, but I’m sure they’ve done some damage to our land, too. A team needs to come out our way and round up some for the Wulf Outdoor Sports An-nual Wild Hog Round Up (See Page B4).

Rick Anderson, Pastor of both Timpson & Garri-son FUMC had a scare last week. Although he looks like a picture of health, he went to the Doctor for a checkup and had to be put in the hospital for a heart cath. He had 3 stints put in. One artery was 90% blocked. We are so glad the doctor caught this early. Rick is home now and do-ing well.

Got a note from Adele Hartless of Longbranch, TX. She said that she missed Corinth News. Is

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We’re located on Hwy. 59 and Jacob St., in Timpson, Texas 936-254-2423The Tenaha Business-

men’s Club met on Thurs-day, March 8th. President Robert Barton announced the new Business of the Month is J&D Enterprises. They will receive a plaque and be the guests of honor at the next meeting.

Larry Terry reported there had been no fires since the last meeting. The fire department assisted the Highway Department

in cleaning up a chemical spill under the red light on February 28th.

Natalie Nelson reported to the group that 5 Loaves & 2 Fish are preparing for a Meet the Candidate program on April 28th. They are in the process of lining up local and county candidates to speak at the program. They will also be serving a spaghetti supper before the program. As

the plans progress more information will be given to the public.

Robert Barton informed the Club he had received a letter from Project Gradua-tion. Mrs. Carolyn Hooker made a motion to give them a donation and Mrs. Doyce Bailey suggested $100. The Club voted to give them this amount.

B u s i n e s s m e n ’s Club of Tenaha makes donation t o P r o j e c t Graduation

there anyone out in Corinth who wants to take this column on? We are also missing Rambling. The last time I spoke to June, she said that she would resume her column as soon as her chemo treatments allowed. I haven’t heard from Mrs. Dorris at Arlam. We’ve missed her column for the last 3 weeks. Don’t know her status. Pat Pratt at GNH has been out again, I think due to surgery. That column will resume when she is able.

The Timpson FUMC is certainly glad to have Morris & Peggy Perkins back from their sojourn in the Valley. They’ve been down there for 3+ months.

Larry Reiger, 51, of Joaquin was traveling southbound in a green dodge truck on Woods Street at the intersection with East College, when a 1996 Saturn traveling westbound driven by Jose Elorza T-Boned the dodge on the driver's side. No injuries were reported as a result of the crash. Elorza was cited for not having a current driver’s license, failure to change his driver’s license within 90 days, and an expired driver’s license.

Two vehicle collision occurs in Tenaha at intersection

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DATE NAME AgE ADDRESS ChARgE ARRESTINg AgENCy

MARCH MADNESS

DUMPSTERTenaha & Timpson will NO longer

be getting a dumpster on the first Sat-urday of each month.

PICkIN-N-gRINNINWednesday, Mar 14 -Woodland Christian

Church…. will be hosting our 4th annual ‘pickin-n-grinnin’ at 6:30 PM at the Fellowship Centre of WCC at the corner of Hwys 84 & 59. The host

for this event is Branson, MO. performer, and dear friend of WCC, George Geiser who has performed

for many years in Branson. All we do is just sit there nibblin’ on somethin’ as George and his lo-cal Timpson area friends perform one diddy after

another and do so completely unrehearsed. It is low key, relaxing, and you get to hear your favorites. So there’s no reason why you just can’t come out and

chill for a while. Ya’ll just come on in.

TIMPSON AREA COCThursday, Mar 15 - monthly meeting will be at 5

PM at the Timpson Public Library.

TIMPSON MASONIC LODgEThursday, Mar 15 - Timpson Lodge #437, will

hold their regular monthly meeting. Covered dish supper at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to follow.

MEMORIAL BENEfIT TRAIL RIDESaturday, Mar 17 - There will be a Memorial

Benefit Trail Ride for the family of Jerry “Rooster” Lovett at the Bolesfield Camp Grounds out of

Shelbyville,TX. Rooster Lovett was one of the 16 men who rode on the first Old Spanish Trail

Ride to Houston,TX. There will be a trail ride,live auction,bar-b-que supper,and a dance. All money raised will go to pay for Roosters final expenses.The ride will leave from Bolesfield at 9:00am and

be about 18 miles.The bar-b-que supper and auction will start around 6:00pm. All ride participants are asked to bring an item for the auction.For more information contact: Chasity and Will Lovett at 936-590-9802 or Stacy Taylor 936-572-0566

COUNTRy MUSIC hAyRIDE

Saturday, Mar 17 - presenting, “Country Gents & Ladies .” Show starts at 7 PM -- admission is $6.

Located in the Esquire Theater - one half block off the Carthage square.

TUTT ORDINATION SERvICE

Sunday, Mar 18 - Hour of Prayer Ministry will hold an Ordination Service for John Tutt, Jr., at 12 Noon at 3906 N. Hwy 69, Lufkin, TX. Come and

have a glorious time in the LORD.

TENAhA COUNCIL MEETINgMonday, Mar 19 – regular monthly meeting will

be at 5:15 PM at the Tenaha Community Center.

TENAhA ISDMonday, Mar 19 – regular monthly meeting will be at 5:30 PM at the Administrative Building.

TIMPSON ORDER Of EASTERN STAR Monday, Mar 19 - Timpson OES #1144 will

have our regular Stated Meeting. Meal at 6:30 p.m. with the meeting to follow.

TIMPSON COUNCIL MEETINg

Tuesday, Mar 20 – regular monthly meeting will be at 5:30 PM at City Hall

TIMPSON ISDTuesday, Mar 20 – regular monthly meeting will be at 6:30 PM at the Administrative Building.

TIMPSON AREA gENEALOgICAL

& hERITAgE SOCIETyWednesday, Mar 21 - monthly meeting will be

held at 2 PM in the Chamber Office.

EASTER CANTATA Sunday, March 25 -Timpson First Baptist Church

invites you to “O WHAT A SAVIOR” Created by Russell Mauldin and Sue C. Smith, Arranged and

Orchestrated by Russell Mauldin, A.M. SERVICE - 10:45 am. Everyone is invited .

SENIOR CITIzENS’ LUNCh & gIfTO

Tuesday, Mar 27 - Timpson First United Method-ist Church will hold its regular lunch for senior citi-zens at 11:30 AM followed by GIFTO games. Open to all senior citizens, please come for a free lunch,

fellowship, & games.

MEET ThE CANDIDATESSaturday, Apr 7 - the Timpson Civic Club will

host Meet the Candidates for local and county of-fices at Ray’s Place on FM 947 at 7:00 PM. For more info: Call George Grace at 936-572-0154.

TIMPSON AREA ChAMBER Of COM-MERCE BBQ COOkOff

Saturday, May 5 - BBQ Cookoff, Arts & Crafts, Entertainment, MEET ThE CANDIDATES, Pie Auction. Food, Talent Auditions for Frontier Days

at Frontier RV Park on US 59. Gates Open to Public at 10:30 AM. Ya’ll plan to come and enjoy

the day.

Trivia

ACROSS1. Frosting on a cake, e.g.6. Heat or energy unit9. *School with most championships13. Love intensely14. Dr. Cornelius in sci-fi movie classic, e.g.15. Like dragon after knight's conquest16. Copperfield's domain17. Eating of forbidden fruit, e.g.18. Total amount

19. *Game tracker21. In an open way23. Not vertical, abbr.24. Be sick25. Emergency responders28. Home to Stags Leap and Wild Horse30. Superlative of "yare"35. Reluctant, usually followed by "to"37. A tall one is not true39. The present occasion40. U.N. civil aviation agency

41. Rossini's opus, e.g.43. It travels through air44. Pulsating pain46. At a great distance47. *Final ____48. Some give this when upset50. Drug abuser52. Dry, as in humor53. Eagerness55. Clinton ___ Rodham57. Famous for its coffee60. *Goes with March64. NBC's "The _____"65. "___ to Joy" by Friedrich Schiller67. Become one68. On the move69. Julie Andrews in "The Sound of Music"70. Holy See's administering body71. *Ranking72. Apollo to ancient Greeks73. LevelsDOWN1. Its fleece was white as snow?2. Sixth month of civil year3. Downward and upward dogs are part of this4. _____ Maria Remarque5. Suppose6. *Georgetown's conference, "The Big ____"7. *Ranking based on strength of schedule8. Major Italian seaport

9. ____ Bator, Mongolia10. Collect telephone _11. Monet's water flower12. "___ day now"15. Novelist ______ Zweig20. Muse of love poetry22. Be nosey24. Deadly or sinister25. *Like last eight26. Sweet coffee drink27. A Beatle29. Daddy31. Over your head?32. To give an income or property33. Scrub or purge34. Towel cloth36. Ungulate's foot38. Victorian or Elizabethan ones, e.g.42. *Kentucky's Rupp _____45. *______ beater49. "Big Island" flower necklace51. Simplify54. Movie "_____ Came Polly"56. Boredom57. Speaker type58. Baptism, e.g.59. Important battery component60. "Cobbler, cobbler, ____ my shoe"61. Republic of Ireland62. Done in a pot63. Ligurian one and Adriatic one64. Military hospitals66. Simon & Garfunkel,

e.g.

1.) How many people in the United States have Irish roots?

a.) 36.5 million b.) 32 million c.) 27.5 million d.) 19 million

2.) Was St. Patrick really an Irishman?a.) yes b.) no

3.) What year was the first St. Patrick's Day parade held in the U.S.?

a.) 1865 b.) 1776 c.) 1737 d.) 1689

4.) Which American city dyes a river in their city green?

a.) San Francisco b.) Bostonc.) Chicago d.) Detroit

5.) St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th because:

a.) It's the first day of Spring b.) It's the first day of harvestc.) It's the day of his birth d.) It's the day of his death

6.) St. Patrick drove out what?a.) snakes b.) leprechaunsc.) weasels d.) demons

03/12/12 McCollister, Shadrick 27 Center Burglary of Habitation Center PD 03/12/12 McCollister, Shadrick 27 Center Arson Center PD 03/12/12 Rubio, Felix 19 Houston Possession w/intent to distribute Meth DPS 03/12/12 Rubio, Felix 19 Houston Conspiracy to Possess w/intent to distribute Meth DPS 03/12/12 Rubio, Jovanny 26 Houston Poss w/intent to distribute Meth DPS 03/11/12 Vo, Jason 24 Athens, AL Possession of Marijuana Center PD 03/11/12 Vo, Jason 24 Athens, AL Poss of Contr Substance Center PD 03/11/12 Barcenas, Guillermo 19 Center Minor in Poss of Alcohol SCSO 03/11/12 Barcenas, Cuillermo 19 Center Public Intoxication SCSO03/11/12 Apolonio, Pablo 33 Center Failed to ID SCSO Fugitive Intent to give Fake Info03/11/12 Apolonio, Pablo 33 Center Violation of Probation (DWI) SCSO03/10/12 Cartwright, Christopher 26 Shelbyville Terrorizing DeSoto Parish SO03/10/12 Cartwright ,Christopher 26 Shelbyville Phone Stalking DeSoto Parish SO03/10/12 Cartwright, Christopher 26 Shelbyville Cyberstalking DeSoto Parish SO03/10/12 Denby, Brent 18 Center Violation of Probation (DWI reduced to Reckless Driving) SCSO03/10/12 Diaz, Juan 28 Corpus Christi Intoxicated Assault Center PD 03/10/12 Hagler, Stephen 45 Center Resisting Arrest SCSO03/10/12 Hagler ,Stephen 45 Center Threat on a Peace Officer SCSO03/07/12 Hubbard, Timothy D. 29 Center Resisting Arrest Center PD 03/07/12 Hubbard, Timothy D. 29 Center Possession of Marijuana Center PD 03/04/12 Hubbard, Timothy D. 29 Center Felon in Possession of Firearm Center PD 03/07/12 Hubbard, Timothy D. 29 Center Poss of Controlled Substance Center PD 03/06/12 Tatum, Willie 69 Garrison Drivg While Lic Suspended Timpson PD 03/06/12 Heaton, Fredrick 32 Timpson Burglary of Building Constable PCT 5 03/06/12 Wallace, Michelle 43 Center Unauthorized Absence from Correction Facility Center PD 03/06/12 Bushue, Kaylin 21 Timpson Burglary of Building Constable PCT 5 03/06/12 Norman, Richard 26 Pearl, MS Failure to Appear (Bail Jumping) Timpson PD 03/06/12 Norman, Richard 26 Pearl, MS Possession of Drugs Timpson PD 03/06/12 Warmack. David 45 Shreveport, LA Failure to Appear (DWI) SCSO03/06/12 Warmack, David 45 Shreveport, LA Failure to Appear (DWI) SCSO03/06/12 Clifton, Wallace 56 San Augustine Violation of Probation (DWI) SCSO03/06/12 Horn, Dalvin D. 27 Tenaha Assault Family/Violence SCSO03/06/12 Moore, Kachasmon 26 Center Vio of Prob (Prohibited Substance) PO03/06/12 Brown Thomas Justin 27 Center No Insurance DPS 03/06/12 Brown Thomas Justin 27 Center Driving While License Invalid w/priors DPS

The William Carroll Crawford Chapter of the Daugh-ters of the Republic of Texas thanks everyone who made our Fourth Annual Republic of Texas Celebration a success.

Without our sponsors, local and corporate, vendors, performers, re-enactors, Children’s Center volunteers, quilt show participants and judges and Dinner Theater actors and anyone who helped in any way, the Celebra-tion could not occur. Most of all, we want to thank you, the public, who came out to share the fun and honor our Texas heritage. See you next year.

William Carroll Crawford Chapter says “thanks”

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Ramah Baptist Church

View From The Back Porch Swing By Maggie Casto

Round My TableBy Marilyn Corder

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S t r a n g e S t o r i e s , Amazing Facts of America’s Past

Anne Royall, Scold (She may not have caught the president skinny-dip-ping, but it’s almost all she didn’t do) – President Harry Truman once told novelist John Hersey a tale about a “shrew of a newspaperwoman named Anne Royall. It seems that she followed John Quincy Adams to the Potomac River, where he customarily took an early morning swim in the nude. She sat on his clothes, trapping him in the water until he agreed to an interview. Later, Truman said, “she was tried in a court in Wash-ington and caught a big fine as a common scold.”

Truman had the story partly right. Anne New-port Royall was a news-paper editor, perhaps America’s first woman editor, and she was fined $10 at the age of 60 for be-ing a common scold—she is the only American ever convicted of the charge.

But the story of her coerced interview is dubi-ous. Not that she would have been daunted at traping the president in the buff—she wouldn’t

have had to. Adams was a longtime friend of this courageous woman, whom he called in his journal “A virago errant in enchanted armor.”

Forced at the age of 55 to earn her own living, Royall produced 10 travel books, a novel, and a play, and ran two newspapers before she died 30 years later.

When she was a teen-ager, she and her wid-owed mother had become servants in the house of Maj. William Royall. He took an interest in her and educated her. In 1797 they married; he was 47, she 28. He died in 1813, making her his heir, but 10 years later his family broke the will and Anne was left penniless.

With Adam’s help, she tried to get a pension as a veteran’s widow. When it was refused, she turned to her pen. For eight years she traveled through settled and frontier America by stagecoach, steamer, and on foot, collecting material for the volumes of travel sketches that made her nationally known. Royall signed up subscribers as she went and she always carried a trunk full of her many books to sell.

She was an outspoken

We're getting a lot of much needed rain. Water is over the road in places, be-fore you get to my house. We're suppose to get more this week, so the man says. I hope it's not as hot and dry as it was last year, if it is we'll be wishing for some of this rain.

We had a good crowd in church on Sunday morn-ing. We had quite a few

visitors. We were glad to see Chad Sherrod, his wife and children. And the Lam-pley were back with us. We had several out. We missed Ronny, Rhonda, and Jacob Samford due to sickness. Also Grayson Arwine. Our birthday people this week was: Robin Perry, Alyce Mendez, and Buddy Carter.

On our prayer list this week we put: David Boyd,

Shirley Boyd, Traistan Nelson, Pat Hardy Family, and Ricky Wiggins Family. Pastor V made it to Tenaha. He was with us for our Bible Study on Wednesday night. The Toledo Bend Baptist Church invited him to their church on Sun-day morning, and Sunday night he was at Hilcrest in Center. He has several churches to go to while he

is here, but there are a few nights he has open. Pastor V is the missionary from India, that our church sup-ports. He is very dedicated to the ministry. He is doing a great work for his people, telling them about Jesus.

Sunday morning we were blessed with a special song from Judy Agnew. Bro. Keith took his mes-sage Sunday from Revela-

tions 3:20. INSIDE THE CHURCH The people are the church.

Things that we could see in the church and do in some churches are: divided people, dead leadership, and defeated people, when we stop living by faith. And things that we should see in the church are: Dem-onstration of God's power and Delight of Gods pres-

ence in our church. Thursday, the Ramblers

rode over to Joaquin to the Lone Star Cafe. Joy went with us to eat, then went on to check on her Dad. The rest of us went to Retha's to play our game. Had fresh Coconut Pie and coffee.

Until next week, may God be with you and keep you safe.

foe of the evangelical, anti-Masonic Protestants who wanted to make their church a political force. In 1827, in Vermont, one such “blueskin” (as she called them) threw her down the steps of his store, breaking her leg. In 1829 a local congregation came to her Washington home to con-vert her. She drove off the hymn-singing rock throw-ers, who then took her to court as a scold. Royall was convicted, and news-papermen paid her fine.

In 1831 she launched her first newspaper, Paul Pry. A voice of conscience, it exposed graft and sup-ported free speech. When it failed, she launched The Huntress, which ran for 18 years, until just before her death, at 85, in 1854. Truly, she earned the title later bestowed upon her, Grandma of the Muckrak-ers.

BOOKS ON REVIEW

Title: Outlaw Platoon Author: Sean Parnell

In this vivid account of the U.S. Army’s legendary 10th Mountain Division’s heroic stand in the moun-tains of Afghanistan, Cap-tain Sean Parnell shares an action-packed and highly

emotional true story of triumph, tragedy, and the extraordinary bonds forged in battle.

At twenty-four years of age, U.S. Army Ranger Sean Parnell was named commander of a forty-man elite infantry platoon—a unit that came to be known as the Outlaws—and was tasked with rooting out Pakistan-based insurgents from a mountain valley along Afghanistan’s east-ern frontier. Parnell and his men assumed they would be facing a ragtag bunch of civilians, but in May 2006 what started out as a routine patrol through the lower mountains of the Hindu Kush became a brutal ambush. Barely sur-viving the attack, Parnell’s men now realized that they faced the most professional and seasoned force of light infantry the U.S. Army had encountered since the end of World War II.

What followed was sixteen months of close combat, over the course of which the platoon became Parnell’s family: from Staff Sergeant Greg Greeson, the wise, chain-smoking veteran who never lost his cool; to Specialist Robert Pinholt, a buttoned-down conservative with the heart of a warrior and the mind

of an economist; to Staff Sergeant Phil Baldwin, the platoon’s voice of calm and reason, a man who sacri-ficed everything following the events of 9/11—career, home, financial stability—to serve his country. But the cost of battle was high for these men: Over 80 percent were wounded in action, putting their casu-alty rate among the highest since Gettysburg, and not all of them made it home.

A searing and unforget-table story of friendship in battle, Outlaw Platoon brings to life the intensity and raw emotion of those sixteen months, showing how the fight reshaped the lives of Parnell and his men and how the love and faith they found in one another ultimately kept them alive.

Title: Power DownAuthor: Ben Coes

A tightly coordinated series of attacks shatters America’s energy pro-ducing capacity—a major hydroelectric dam is blown up and the largest offshore oil field in the hemisphere is destroyed—bringing the country’s largest energy company to its knees. But when the terrorists struck the Capitana platform off the coast of Columbia—

slaughtering most of the crew and destroying the oil field—there was one factor they didn’t take into account: Dewey Andreas. Crew chief of the platform, Dewey Andreas, a former Army Ranger and Delta, survives the attack, over-comes the team of terror-ists, and rescues as many of his men as possible. But with that battle, the war has just begun.

Determined to find and bring to account the men who planned the attack, Dewey must call on his long-dormant skills and overcome waves of in-creasingly deadly assaults as he follows the trail of terrorists and operatives sent to stop him.

Meanwhile, the myste-rious Alexander Fortuna—an agent embedded into the highest levels of American society and business—pre-pares to launch the second stage of his long-planned attacks. With Dewey An-dreas coming ever closer, the two men are locked in a deadly race against time: Fortuna to finally unleash the broader assault against America that has been his life’s mission, and Dewey to find and stop Fortuna, to protect the country and the people he loves.

Good morning! This is the day the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.

We definitely had “the days that the rain came down” last week. By the time the sun came out

Monday the rain gauge had collected over four inches. It was so relaxing to hear the rain falling on the roof at night. I’ll admit a couple of those claps of thunder got a little loud, the lightning a little close, but

before complaining, I’ll refer back to the first line of this piece. Everything looks so clean and fresh now and full ponds and creeks are a blessing.

Last week I mentioned that spring is upon us.

Well, we’re about half way through March and spring is charging in. Purple wis-teria is rampant and red bud trees and wild plum trees give the byways a red, white and blue feel. And if redbud is blooming, can dogwood be far behind? We hung one hummingbird feeder by the dining room window yesterday, prepar-ing for the scouts or the first wave of hummers. Ac-cording to back calendars, they arrive around March 15 and they arrive hungry. I think we have half a dozen bags of sugar in the pantry, so that ought to keep them happy for awhile.

As you know, the Wil-liam Carroll Crawford DRT Chapter just held our Fourth Annual Republic of Texas Celebration. Well, if the Fourth Annual Celebra-tion is over, that means the Fifth Annual Celebration is less than a year away. Next March 2, in fact. We’re already discussing what to change, what to keep. The Dinner Theater on Friday

night is a keeper, as are the Bevil’s Rangers, the Children’s Center and the quilt show. One change or addition: five or six of my friends (and me) have been “gonna” learn to play the dulcimer for longer than I like to admit. Terri Lacher and her husband played this year and she’s offered to work with us, so we’ve decided to choose a few songs, practice, and play next year. On the stage. In front of an audience. Maybe a public commit-ment to play will force me to get going. I think I’d already told Fannie Watson I’d play “The Little Drum-mer Boy” for the Paxton Methodist Church Christ-mas program in December. Maybe I can talk the group into playing with me.

My aunt, Fern Chris-tensen, and her daughters, Cheri and Donna went back to Arizona Monday morning, almost kicking and screaming. They’d been here for two weeks, and the time just flew by.

They worked in porch sitting, yard work, visit-ing friends and fireplace gazing down at our house. We had a pizza supper here Friday night and had more cousins, George and Patricia over to eat and reminisce with us. There’s something about being in “Granny’s house” that gets the memories flowing. And as George remarked, we used to come listen to the older generation share their stories of growing up. Now, we are the older gen-eration. Our family circle gets a little smaller every year. Cheri and Donna went to the Celebration on Saturday and Donna wants to make her a period dress and join in the festivities next year.

Until next week, this is Maggie wishing you wildflower days, starry nights and lots of hugs and lots of good memo-ries. Share them with the next generation.

It was the first practice with my basketball team, which consisted of eight girls that were six and seven years old. Every girl received a basketball with her fee, so we started practice by dribbling in place. Laura had already lost her basketball, so she showed up with a tennis ball instead.

As the girls started drib-bling, basketballs were rolling everywhere. Only two girls could bounce the ball halfway straight: Kathy, the most experi-enced girl, and Laura with her tennis ball. Finally I stopped the chaos. I had them all put the balls away, except for Laura, and we practiced dribbling the ten-nis ball. It took a while, but they were finally getting it straight up and down. I was just thinking we were

making some progress, when we had a major ca-tastrophe. Leslie broke a finger nail. She showed me her hand as big tears poured down her face. I was shocked to see that all of her other finger nails were about the size of rail-road spikes. “Why don’t you just trim the rest to match?” I suggested.

She looked at me with great disdain and disbe-lief. “Are you crazy?! You know how long it took me to grow these?! My mom is going to be so, so, so mad about this!” She sniffled a minute and then she glared at me. “You are in such big trouble!”

Next, we tried to dribble from one end of the court to the other. I was in the pro-cess of dividing them into two teams for a relay, when Leslie complained. “But what if we get sweaty? If I get sweaty I lose the

curl in my hair and it’s so totally gross.” I looked at Leslie, who could pass as a Munchkin Miss America, and just shook my head.

Shara, who never wor-ried about anything femi-nine, demanded, “I want to be on the opposite team from Leslie.”

I finally had the teams formed and all of the girls, with the exception of Kathy, would take off down the court, and within a couple of steps, they outran the ball, leaving it far behind. Kathy was able to dribble the length of the court, but she was a bit out of shape - in fact, she was lot out of shape. Once she got to the opposite end, she would have to sit down and rest for a couple of minutes before she could dribble back.

It took more than two

A B a s k e t b a l l Coach’s Dilemma

Cont’d on Pg 7

Hello everyone. Thank you Lord for all the rain. I know it's easy to complain, because there are some things I need to do right now and can't because of the rain. However I have not forgotten how I was begging for rain last year, our pond is once again about full, and it reminds me every day of how low it got this past year and how thankful I need to be now. So if you happen to hear me start to complain, remind me of why I shouldn't!

Hope you find something this week to enjoy.

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8 thin slices white bread (crust removed)1 can (7 oz.) tuna1 tsp. minced parsley1 tsp. finely chopped onion1 tsp. lemon juice1 tbsp. mayonnaise4 slices American cheese2 eggs1/2 tsp. dry mustard1/2 tsp. salt1 cup milk

Place 4 slices of bread in greased baking dish. Mash tuna and blend in parsley, onion, lemon juice, salt, mayonnaise, and dry mustard. Spread over bread. Top with a slice of cheese, top with remaining bread slices. Beat eggs and milk. Pour over all. Let stand in fridge for 40 minutes. Bake at 350 degrees for 30-40 minutes until all is puffed and golden brown. Serve at once.

BROCCOLI CASSEROLE

2 pkg. frozen, chopped broccoli2 cans cream of mushroom soup1 pkg. seasoned stuffing mix (you won't need the whole pkg).1 can French fried onion rings

Cook broccoli and drain. In a baking dish spread a layer of broccoli, layer of soup, layer of stuffing crumbs. Repeat layers. Bake at 350 degrees until bubbly. Add onion rings to top layer and bake until crisp and golden brown.

APPLE NUT SQUARES

2 cups flour2 cups sugar2 tsp. baking soda1/2 tsp. salt1 tsp. cinnamon1/2 tsp. nutmeg4 cups raw apples, finely diced1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened1/2 cup nuts, chopped 2 eggsConfectioner's sugar

Combine flour, sugar, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg. Add the apples, butter, nuts, and eggs and beat until just combined (batter will be thick). Grease a 9x13 pan; turn batter into pan and spread evenly. Cook at 325 degrees for 50 minutes. Cut into squares and just before serving, top with confectioner's sugar.

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Good Hope Baptist Church (Blair) Bro. Ronnie Sowell,Pastor, SS10 am, Ser. 10:45 amHi-wayTaber nacle, Hwy 84 - Douglas McDonald, PastorMt. Gillion Baptist Church, Rev. C.L. Cotton ministerMt. Olive Baptist Church (Silas) Cliff Hughes, Min.Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist, 2667 Lake Timpson Rd., Rev. Carlos A. JohnsonNew Columbia Missionary Baptist, Rev. Kyle Morris, Pastor.New Hope Hwy 84 CME, Pastor, W.G. Morris, TimpsonNew Prospect Missionary Baptist Church-FM 2026- Rev. Rayford Caraway, pastorSmyrna Baptist Church, Inc., 100 Church, Timpson, Pastor Rev. Cedric Grace, 254-3613, SS 10 a.m. WS 11:30United Pentecostal Church,Troy Jordan, Pastor.- 254-9119 Stockman U. Methodist Church- Charles Weeks, PastorTennessee Presbyterian Church- Sermon 9 a.m. - SS 10:30 a.m. Rev. Kenneth Verner, Robert Adamson, MinistersTimpson Missionary Baptist Church, Justin Coburn, MinisterWallace Chapel Baptist Church, Pastor Rev. Vertis Norman II. 109 S. Marcus, 254-9868 Woodland Christian Church - Bro. Roy Platt,SS 10 Ser. 10:45 a.m 6-6/6:45p.

TENAHABright Morning Star BaptistBenford Chapel Baptist Church Hwy 8 near Timpson-Bro. Cory-Williams-PastorEnterprise ChurchFirst Baptist Church- Bro. Russ Atwood-PastorFriendship Baptist Church - BoboFirst United Methodist-Tom Ramsey - PastorIglesia Bautista Monte SinaiOld Center Baptist ChurchThe Lighthouse Holiness Church-Rev. A.G. Odom-PastorPaxton Missionary Baptist Church Paxton United Methodist Church - Randy Smith, PastorSt. John’s Baptist Church - Rev. PettisRamah Missionary Baptist Church- Keith Keele- PastorTenaha Church of ChristWoods New Hope Church, Woods CommunityWoods United Methodist Church -

GARRISONCold Springs Bap Church, Bill Jones, Pastor, SS 10 a.m. Ser. 11 am, Wed 6:30 Garrison First United Methodist - SS 9:45 am, Ser. 11 am, Rick Anderson, PastorChurch of Christ- SS 10 am, Ser. 11 am & 6 pm, Wed - 7 pmSpirit of Life Apostolic-Rev.M.D. Caloway, Pas., Ser 10am&6:30pm & Wed. 7:30PM

JOAQUINChurch of Christ, Hwy 84First Baptist Church, Haslam, Bro.Jody Hooper, PastorFirst Baptist Church, Paul Silvey, Min.Friendship Baptist Church, Bill Martin, Min.Fellowship Baptist ChurchJackson Missionary Baptist Church-David Long, Min.Joaquin Community Church, Hwy. 84 at Hwy. 7, Jody Hooper, Min.Lone Cedar Baptist Church- Sam Glover, min.Old Home Missionary Baptist Church - Bro. Holllis Bass, min.Pine Ridge Missionary Baptist - Pastor Mark WoolfUnited Methodist Church, Rrandall K. Smith, PastorA New Beginning Church, 531 N Hwy 96, Center, Texas 75935 - 936/598-8165 - Rev. Eugene Doan, pastor Word of Faith Outreach, Hwy. 84, Haslam

CENTERArcadia Church of Christ - Arcadia Rd-Tom E. Barthel, minister.Center Christian Church- Timpson Hwy. Jim Wheeler, MinCenter Christian Fellowship - Tenaha Hwy. Don C. Murphree, Min.Church of Christ- Jeff Kidd, min.Church of Christ, Hurst St., CenterHillcrest Baptist Church- 901 Southview, Gordon Vaughn, Min.James Church of Christ- Hwy. 7 East, Elton Hughes, min.Mt. Herman Church of Christ, Hwy. 7 WestMt Pleasant Church of Christ- H.B. Bounds, Min.

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TIMPSONBuena Vista Baptist Church-James Hall, pastorMessiah Baptist Church, Bro. Ray BestChurch of Christ - Dwayne Sowell, min.County Line Missionary Baptist Church, Bro.Derrick Meis, Pastor, SS 10 a.m., S. Eve. 6 p.m. (FM 1971)Corinth Missionary Baptist Church - Bro. Carroll Jones, Min. FM 1970East Legion CME ChurchEphipany Catholic Mission-Sat. Mass . - 4 pm), Sunday Spanish Mass 8 AM, located 3 mi. S Hwy. 59, Father Jose LuisFirst Assembly of GodFirst Baptist Church-Dr. Josh Walters, SS 9:30 am, Ser. 10:45 am.First Christian Church-1/3 N. 2nd, SS 10 am, Assem. 11, Preston Vickrey, min.First Smyrna United Missionary Baptist Church - SS 10AM, WS 11AM -Pastor Charleston Johnson - (936)254-4989First United Methodist- Min., Ch. Sch. 10:30 am, worship 9 am,Rick Anderson, PastorHouse of Refuge Ministeries, Rev. Wm. Earl NashInspirational Temple Christian Crusade Centre-N 2nd, Rev. Clift-Mergerson

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Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”

God’s Feet are in my Sandbox

R i n g … … . R i n g … . .Ring. “Honey would you get that durned phone?!?” Ring…. “Ah, never mind I’ll get it myself. Danged telemarketers. Always interruptin’ somethin’. I’ll give’m somethin’”. Ring…. “Hold on you impatient whatever I’m comin. HELLO, for crying out loud!! This is who?? The Lord?!?! Look, I ain’t got no time for no prank calls. You’ve got just two secs to identify your com-pany or there’s gonna be a monster click in your ear. Oh, really!! And I’m just stupid enough to believe that!!?? Ok, Mr. Know-it-all Lord phony, what did I have for lunch yesterday? How’d you know that? No,

you don’t know everything about me. I know a lot of people who eat jalepeno donuts with ice cream and ketchup for lunch. That ain’t nuthin. OK, well, here’s one I know you’ll never get. How much money did I take out of mama’s purse when I was 6?? Holy Cow!! What were the coins?!?? Saints of Heaven. Who did my homework to fool mama in the 4th grade??? Well….Mr. Lord…(cough) it is so nice for you to give us a call. To what do I owe the privilege. About 6 months ago. Well….we haven’t been goin…cause…uh…well the price of gas has really gone up and….yeah, I know it’s only a mile to

church…yes sir my tank is full, but you see…no, I’ve never run out of gas on the way to church… but. Well, I told the wife we needed to start goin last week cause it was the right thing to do and as soon as I get over….. what’s that? … get over it?….Ok Lord, we’ll be there this next Sunday. But you’ve got to understand Lord about that preacher he’s…what’s that…your messenger??...and your gonna give him a call too? Well I appreciate that Lord cuz sometimes he hits a little too close to home and I don’t appreci-ate…What’s that??...Lord are you sure you wanted him to say those things??...yes sir…yes sir…Well I

was commenting last week to the wife how I appreci-ate his messages. What’s that?? Oh, we earned about $54,000 last year. Why? Well, we gave just under $200… but…but…that was 50% better than the year before!! Yes sir…Yes sir… it needs to be more??? TEN PERCENT!!! But Lord how will we eat??? …5’6” …250 lbs. No, I’ve never been hungry. No, you’ve never forgotten me and I promise from now on I won’t forget you. OK…I’ll make sure we take the check book to church from now on. What’s that?? When was the last time I what??? Prayed?? Well, um…uh…I can’t remem…You’ve been waiting to

hear from me?? Well, Lord…hum…it’s been awful busy and my knees really start hurtin late in the day and…what’s that?? Pray in the mornin’s??? Yes sir. Yes sir. What’s that?…my soul is more valuable than my knees…Yes sir. I’ll make sure you hear from me. What Bible?? Ooohhh… that Bible. Well, I was just about to pull it out and read my favorite scripture just right before you called. Sure, I’ve got it memo-rized. Really?? You want to hear it?? Ok… give me a sec. “For God so flooded the world that Noah gave his sons to build a zoo in Jerusalem for all the inhabitants, therefore…”

What’s that??? Well no, I haven’t read it for a while. Yes sir. Start in Genesis??? UUHH…Where’s that??? Oh yeah, I knew that. I’ll start just right after we hang up.

Ok Lord, you’ll see me there this Sunday, I’ll pay attention, I’ll make sure the check book goes, I’ll start in Genesis, and you will be hearing from me in the mornins’. Well, I appreciate you callin’. Call back anytime. And we love you too. Bye Bye.

Whew. I can’t believe that. Honey!! Honey!! Is there a way to check to see if we were charged minutes on that last call??!!”

NO BETTER TIMEThe sound of the Apos-

tles Creed washed over us as Kim and I stepped into the side door of the church out of the rain. Every-one was standing in the crowded sanctuary as they affirmed their faith in the Father, Son and Holy Spirit together as Christ’s church.

Looks of surprise fol-lowed us as we made our way into the church and

found a seat in the back. The kids came in and fol-lowed us as we settled into the last pew. Shock registered on every face as they didn’t expect to see us after my heart procedure this past Thursday.

Kim and I looked at each other with confusion as we knew that we had gotten to church a few minutes before service started but found that they

were almost finished with the service.

Then Rev. Charles Danheim, who was fill-ing the pulpit for me, said something about the time change. That’s when it hit me…we had forgotten to advance our clocks last night. It wasn’t a few min-utes until 11:00 but rather, a few minutes to 12:00! We had just arrived for the

end of the worship service! I would have been em-

barrassed except for the dozens of folks who came up to us as the service end-ed, to shake our hands and say how good it was to see me. It was a great blessing to see everyone, to hear that they had prayed for me and to see their relief as they saw that I was okay.

Isaiah 61:3 says; “To

all who mourn in Israel, he will give a crown of beauty for ashes, a joyous bless-ing instead of mourning, festive praise instead of despair.”

Regardless what believ-ers have to face in this life, God will continue to be a source of beautiful blessing to them, the same way that He has been to me and my family in all of our trials,

including our most recent. If the trials of life are

getting you down, you can always turn to Christ, who will give your life purpose and a deep sense of joy that you are loved by God who gives everlasting life to those who believe in and follow His Son. Regard-less what time that your watch says, there is no bet-ter time for you to follow Christ than right now.

Happenings at Joaquin/Paxton FUMCRandy Smith, PastorSunday was the Third

Sunday in Lent. The Gos-pel Lesson came from John 2: 13-22 in which Jesus clears out the Temple. In John’s Gospel, this scene takes place toward the be-ginning of the Gospel and is a defining statement of who Jesus is and how he envisioned the Kingdom of God. The rain Thursday and then again on Sunday is greatly needed. I hope everyone remembered to change their clocks so they could “spring forward.”

I went to Dallas last weekend to help celebrate my mother’s 88th birthday. Mom received many cards and gifts. She and her fam-ily went out to dinner and had a really good meal and good conversation.

We had a really nice crowd at Paxton. Mike and Liz as did their daughter Tracy and husband Collin. Three of Mike and Liz’s grandkids, Luke, Colin, and Max also came. I know Ms. Lillie enjoyed having so much family

around. Gene filled in for Mr. Fielder in selecting the hymns and leading the singing. Ms. Hilda report-ed that “Pickin’ & Praisin’ was a great success. Ms. Fannie and her family have already started working on the Easter Sunrise Service at the Watson home. Ev-eryone is invited to this wonderful annual event.

We had a nice crowd at Joaquin. Nolan and Gail had grandsons Tyler and Cameron. Tyler helped Ms. Sue prepare commu-

nion and both helped get the altar prepared for our morning service. It was nice to see Austin this morning. Everyone was very happy because Nolan and Gail joined the church. Our small congregation has been truly blessed. After church the Church Council met. The Scholar-ship Committee will meet after April’s Family Night and look over the applica-tions for a local Methodist Scholarship.

Wednesday our Bible

Study will start on Chap-ter 9 of our study of the Psalms. The last several studies have really been thought provoking. Bible Study begins at 6:00. On Thursday at 8:00 we will meet for Prayer Breakfast. During the month of March we will collect cans of chili for Christian Services.

Services at Paxton Unit-ed Methodist Church begin at 9:30 with Sunday School at 10:30. Spanish language services are at 11:00 with the Rev. Carmelo Domin-

quez delivering the mes-sage.

Sunday School at Joa-quin Methodist is 10:00 and worship service begins at 11:00.

Our website is at joa-quinumc.com. Our web master is Jason Gill.

Our email address is at joaquinumc@hotmail.com and prayer requests may and we will post them on our website.

Take care and God’s Speed.

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And be a friend to man.” When you enter the Weaver Community, the first house you see is just what this quote reminds me of. It is a big country – style house with trees and shrubs all around. This is the home of Mrs. John Brown known to her friends as Renee. She lives here alone or at least you might think this until you visit her and then you will see that this little lady is never alone. She has plants all over the place that she talks to and between us, I think they talk to her. When she is not busy with the plants and house cleaning, she is on the telephone as it rings itself off the wall from her friends and relatives check-ing on her. I get to visit this little lady once a year to help with her annual report and I always leave with the feeling I have been walking on air as her kindness and neatness along with fresh smell of those plants just does something to me. I was well acquainted with her husband, John, and he too was as good as they come. When I left she told me a secret about the plants and why they look

so good. When one does not act right, she tells it, to get right or she will feed it to the cows. She also has a big smoky cat that likes company.

12 Aug 1966 - Blanken-ship Hotel. The caption under a photograph of the Blankenship Hotel, on page 26 of the Timpson Area Genealogical and Heritage Society’s book Around Timpson, reads: “Recognized as the larg-est, nicest hotel in East Texas for many years, the Blankenship Hotel was a favorite stopping place for railroad men and traveling salesmen. Built in 1904, it was owned or managed by a Lenora Fenn (Mrs. Wil-liford Fenn), J. M. Weaver, and Evie (Burns) Motley (Mrs. J. H. Motley) before becoming the Blankenship Hotel in 1929. Located on Railroad Avenue, it faced the depot. The hotel was demolished in 1960.”

Last Friday, Barry Hor-ton stopped by the geneal-ogy library to discuss and clarify the information in this caption. He remem-bered that the hotel was being dismantled, brick by brick, during Frontier Days in 1966. By recheck-ing The Timpson Times newspapers for 12 Au-gust 1966, we found the following article entitled

“Timpson Landmark for Sixty Years Demolished” that supports the 1966 date. It reads: “The last wall of the Timpson landmark for over 60 years was pulled down last week by Parker and Bacon contractors of Mexia.

Built around 1904 by some stockholders includ-ing the late Dr. Dan Bussey and Dr. Forrest Whiteside, Blankenship Hotel was completely demolished by the construction company, a job that took several weeks. The stockholders who built the hotel didn’t have the money to finish it so the contractor took it over. W. G. Ragley turned it over to his son, Frank Ragley, who in turn turned it over to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Fenn. Later Mr. J. M. Weaver (Mrs. Gordon Weaver’s father-in-law) owned it and sold it to Mrs. J. H. Motley in the ‘20’s. Mr. J. E. Blanken-ship bought it in the ‘40’s and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Green operated it. Others who operated it were Mr. and Mrs. Farris Wallace and Maggie Hollis, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Witherspoon.

Located facing the Southern Pacific railroad across Railroad Street, the railroad men stayed there when in Timpson. Travel-ing salesmen all would

come there and sell their wares in what they called the “Sample Room.” The merchants from all around would come and buy. At one time it was the largest and nicest hotel in East Texas. Big dinners and community social events were held frequently in the big dining room. The land on which the hotel stood is now owned by Barnes Equipment Company, who purchased it from Albert Burns of Tenaha.”

Whether by typo or oversight, TAGHS regrets the mistake made on page 26 of About Timpson. If you have purchased the book, you might want to add a notation to the caption. We thank Barry Horton for bringing our attention to this, and invite anyone that finds an addi-tional error to let us know so that we may correct it. Tempie Green Pike

20 Jan 1967 - Ron-nie Brannon Accepts SFA Scholarship. Ron-nie Brannon, halfback for the Timpson Bears during the 1966 football season, has received a scholar-ship with Stephen F. Aus-tin State College. Ronnie signed with the Lumber-jacks Tuesday and will work out with them for the 1967 football season. This past season he rushed

for a total of 1248 yards and scored 14 times. Ron-nie has been All District in 20-A for the past two years. Both years he was chosen unanimously by the coaches of the district. Last year he played end, but was moved to the back field this year when the Bears found themselves needing help in this spot. Ronnie is not only active in football, he has also been an outstand-ing basketball player and makes a good showing in track. He has been going out for sports since he was in the sixth grade. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Brannon and was elected Mr. Personality of Timp-son High School recently. He also served his class as president during his Fresh-man and Sophomore years. During his Junior year he was Class Favorite.

30 Aug 1968 - School Board Administration Thanks Teachers. The School Board and admin-istration wish to take this opportunity to thank the teachers who have worked so hard on their classrooms the past few weeks. The hard work and enthusiasm on your part is greatly ap-preciated. Never have I seen a more enthusiastic and cooperative group of teachers. I am looking forward to a most pleas-

ant and productive year as your superintendent. Once again, thank you for your cooperation and hard work. Sincerely, R. V. Higginbo-tham, Superintendent.

13 Feb 1986 – Just Re-membering. By Neuville Bogard. The real good days that I recall was when com-ics and funny papers used to carry such characters as Maggie and Jigs, Mutt and Jeff, Joe Palooka and Little Abner, and such characters that made you laugh and live their problems from one edition till the next. Radio to me was at its best when we had Lum and Abner, Eddie Cantor, and Will Rogers. Those fellows sure knew how to make you lend an ear. Televi-sion had me all hung up till Gunsmoke played out and since then I have been existing on ball games and news reports. I used to like politics but lately it seems like we know who is going to win before they even have the election and it really does not matter and it is the same old stuff warmed over. I hope this article does not make you think I am griping because that is not true. I am only day dreaming of the days that used to be. I sure don’t see any harm in that.

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Sidney Rickey Wiggins, 48, of Joaquin, passed away Saturday, March 10, 2012 at his residence in Joaquin. He was born Au-gust 6, 1963 in Carthage, Texas to Roger Wiggins and Billie Sholar Wig-gins. Mr. Wiggins was welder and a member of Old Home Baptist Church.

Visitation was held from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Saturday, March 10, 2012, at Watson & Sons Funeral Home in Center. Funeral services were held at 2:00 pm, Sunday, March 11, 2012, at Watson & Sons Chapel with Rev. Hollis Bass officiating. Interment followed at Cool Springs Cemetery in Logansport, LA.

Pallbearers were Larry Pipes, Roy Cheatwood, John Sho la r, Mar l in Spears, Richard Sholar and Jedediah Smith.

He is survived by: Wife, Sheila Wiggins of Joaquin; Daughters: Miranda Wig-gins of Logansport; Ali Fields and husband Paden of Logansport; Ami Dur-ham and husband Harold of Logansport; Step-Son: Ryan McGee of Joaquin; Grandchildren: Eli Fields of Logansport; Ryan Mc-Gee of Logansport; Sis-ter: Teresa Stephens and husband Rodney of Lo-gansport; Brother: Randall Wiggins and wife Zada of Gary; Father: Roger Wiggins of Galloway; Nieces:Cierra Stephens

and Katlyn Stephens of Logansport; Nephew: Phil-lip Wiggins and wife Tara of Nacogdoches.

Preceded in death by: Son, Bradley Wiggins; Mother, Billie Sholar Wig-gins.

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JAMeS RAyMOnD KILLGORe

James Raymond Killgo-re, 47, of Center, passed away Friday, March 9, 2012, in Nacogdoches. He was born December 7, 1964, in Galveston to Jerry Killgore and Patricia Weaver Ousley Killgore. Mr. Killgore owned and operated Creations Jewelry in Center for many years. He was a member of Sam Samford Masonic Lodge #149 in Center, Center Noon Lions Club, and Word of Faith Outreach Center in Joaquin.

A memorial service was held at 10:00am, Monday, March 10, 2012 at Word of Faith Outreach Center in Joaquin with Bro. Chris Welch officiating.

He is survived by: Mother, Pat Ousley of Joaquin; Brother, John Killgore and wife, Leigh of Houston; Aunt, Carol Randall of Houston.

Preceded in death by: Father, Jerry Killgore.

Online condolences & tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsonsfu-neralhome.com

By John Krueger news from Lake Timpson By: Rebecca Dillon

The Shelby County Fresh Water Supply Dis-trict #1 held its regular monthly meeting on Sat-urday, March 10, 2012. Board members Sandra Beard, Doye Crump, A.J. Koteras, Harmie Smith and Mike Thrift were present. Visitors were Willis Black-well, Kevin Bradford, Mike Crouch, Robert Dil-lon, Les Matthews, Carol and John Phillips, and Lasa and Arlan Renfro. Willis Blackwell, who is running for Shelby County Sher-iff, addressed the Board and visitors and answered several questions. The Board approved the min-utes from the February meeting. Shawna Walker, bookkeeper, reviewed cur-rent balances, monthly income and expenses and gave the bookkeeper’s report. Board members discussed the May 12,

2012 election for the three supervisor positions. The three candidates are: Mike Crouch, Les Matthews and Mike Thrift. Board mem-bers discussed the dam and spillway and decided that some spot burning is needed on the dam. A.J. Koteras, Board President, recently met with Precinct 4 Commissioner, Bradley Allen. Mr. Allen wants to assist Lake Timpson to repair culverts, drag ditches and continue with road improvements. Board members discussed the pros and cons of adding a railing or curb to the bridge on East Lake Timpson Rd. Mr. Koteras reported that according to Nancy Smith, TxDOT bridge engineer, a railing is not required, but a 4x6 or pipe slip rail could be added. Board member, Harmie Smith, suggested installing re-

flective markers on the bridge and on culverts. The Board tabled this until additional information can be gathered. There has been lots of activity at the boat ramp. We received 4 inches of rain last weekend and the lake is full, with the spillway handling the overflow. Board member Doye Crump reported that he has not seen any Giant Salvinia in Lake Timpson so far this year, but we will continue to monitor this. During open session Board members and visi-tors discussed what to do about dead trees that fall and take out power lines. Many of these trees are on lake residents’ property and when they fall they could cause structural dam-age to their own property or a neighbor’s property, as well as cause a power outage.

We are all so grateful for the rain we have had since November 2011. It is won-derful to see the lake full and to see water cascading over the spillway. People who repaired or built new piers and seawalls are en-joying the full water levels. The water comes up to the top of the retaining wall that Lasa and Arlan Renfro built in their cove. Some Lake Timpson neighbors have already been working on their property. Joe and Nell Hughes have remod-eled their home and paint-ed the exterior a sunny yellow. Linda Beavers and Harris Weaver have been good neighbors by doing litter pick-up along East Lake Timpson Rd. Larry Campanello has planted potatoes and onions in his garden. Doye Crump has been feeding the wood ducks corn and plans to

build some wood duck houses for next year. Mike Crouch added a floating boat house for his pontoon boat. Dena Holman has added new siding, a new roof and a stone path and landscaping to her place. John and Carol Phillips finally have water under their new gazebo and say that the sunsets are spec-tacular from their pier. Allen Ross cleaned up his property with a controlled burn and the new growth should start coming out soon. Kevin Bradford has proven that “if you build it, it will come” by building a pond during a drought. His pond is now full and beautiful. There is so much energy and improvement in the neighborhood! This unseasonably warm weather makes most of us anxious to get out digging in the dirt and getting our

gardens planted. Don’t get too excited. I remember that it snowed on Easter a few years ago!

Would the person who took the Meeting Notice sign from the west side of the lake please return it. Thanks to lake visitors who made donations of $13.72 last month. Please remem-ber to donate when you come to Lake Timpson to fish or enjoy water sports.

The next meeting of the SCFWSD#1 Board of Su-pervisors will be on Satur-day, April 14, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. in the Timpson Rural Water Office on FM 2667. Thanks to everyone who makes the effort to attend. We invite Lake Timpson residents and community members to come enjoy the discussions the second Saturday of each month. Hope to see you there!

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agent for Denton County, at which time she relin-quished her additional du-ties at the Liberty School.

Some of Trigg’s most important work in Denton County was during World War I, when she played a key role in helping make the county agriculturally self-sufficient by working with area farmers to grow more vegetables She also did in-home demonstra-tions and held canning schools to show rural resi-dents how to properly pre-serve and protect the food they had grown.

Trigg later added nu-trition education to her efforts, developing a fill-in card that allowed women with limited resources to schedule the foods they planned to serve to ensure their children received adequate nutrition.

“During the 1920s and ‘30s, proper nutrition was a problem for many rural Texas families,” Kitch-ing said. “By the mid-1930s, home demonstra-tion agents also started providing information and instruction on par-enting, family resource management, child devel-opment and family life. As society and conditions changed, Mrs. Trigg and other home demonstration agents adapted and taught the knowledge and skills needed to help families function more effective-ly and efficiently using their own resources and strengths.”

Kitching added that home demons t ra t ion agents also helped rural Texans get through The Depression when more families were forced to produce and preserve more of their own food, stretch their financial re-sources and make their own clothes.

“During World War II, they were often out in

the community helping with scrap drives and as-sisting with establishing home victory gardens, food budgeting and promoting sound nutrition,” she said. “In the 1960s, they were in the forefront of addressing senior issues and helped start many community groups and partnerships with the objective of im-proving senior care.”

Kitching said home demonstration agents also frequently obtained books, pamphlets and other educa-tional materials and made them available to rural residents through county offices, which often served as ad hoc community lend-ing libraries working in cooperation with local mail carriers.

“Today, AgriLife Exten-sion family and consumer sciences agents still do some of the same things Edna Trigg did in her day, including working with youth, providing food preservation and safety programming and nutrition education,” said Cheryl Walker, the current AgriL-ife Extension family and consumer sciences agent for Milan County, where Trigg began her career.

“We also provide in-struction on diabetes awareness and education, child vehicle passenger safety instruction, parent-ing, financial literacy and a variety of other family-centered topics,” Walker said.

Walker said today’s AgriLife Extension pro-grams are designed for both rural and urban audiences but still focus primarily on community-based, small-group learning. Most pro-gramming is done in com-munity centers, churches, schools, businesses and at AgriLife Extension county offices, but also through webinars and other means of distance learning.

She added that even though Extension educa-tion has changed and ex-panded over the years, the profession will always owe a great debt to Trigg.

“She set the pattern for other home demonstration agents and those of us in the family and consumer sciences profession who came after them, setting the bar pretty high for the rest of us,” Walker said.

According to current data, there are 169 AgriL-ife Extension family and consumer sciences agents in counties throughout the state who serve both rural and urban communities, as well as dozens more associated specialists and paraprofessionals within agency. In addition, the Texas Extension Education Association, formerly the Texas Home Demonstra-tion Association, has more than 3,700 members state-wide and are a key group among the 100,000 trained volunteers who today help extend the reach of AgriL-ife Extension agents.

“In my opinion, the value of the home demon-stration agent to Texas his-tory cannot be calculated,” Kitching said. “They were instrumental in the devel-opment of a middle class in the state, as their work was vital in showing fami-lies how to improve their everyday lives. You also can’t underestimate their self-confidence in traveling alone to rural areas to bring information, social contact and a better way of living to women and families throughout the state.”

In October 1970, cer-emonies were held at the Milan County Courthouse to dedicate a historical marker commemorating Trigg as the first home demonstration agent. In December 1991, Trigg was inducted into America’s Agricultural Hall of Fame.

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I had the girls line up in front of the basket. The first girl threw the ball into the air using an underhand throw and it went straight up and came down on her head. That took her out of play for half the season. The next girl threw the ball as hard as she could and it didn’t even hit the

bottom of the net. With the exception of Kathy, no one even came close to the rim. Kathy could sometimes make a basket if she was not flustered, if she was given about three hours to stare at the basket, if the wind was blowing just right, and if the stars were all aligned and the cosmos was happy. I was desperately thinking of suggesting to the youth league that we let the girls play basketball with ten-nis balls, and lower the basketball rim to five feet, but I thought for sure they would laugh at me.

I was also sure that ev-ery other coach had teams that could dribble and shoot. I had never seen a young girls’ basketball team play, but I knew I must be the world’s biggest failure as a coach and, as the day of their first game approached, I wondered what I had gotten myself into. I could just imagine a score of 40 to 0, or some-thing like that, because a team can’t score points if they can’t even hit the basket.

But, like it or not, game day came, and though I wanted to pretend that I was sick, I knew I needed to be there with my team, especially if Leslie broke another finger nail.

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Dr. and Mrs. Russell D. Marshall of Mabank are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Jordan Deneen Marshall,

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Baptist Church of Mabank. Jordan is the granddaughter of Ben and Claudia Goolsby and the late Rayburn and Vivian Marshall all of Timpson. She is a 2007 graduate

of Mabank High School, and a 2011 graduate of Stephen F. Austin State University with a bachelor of science in nursing. She is employed

as a registered nurse with John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth. Zach is the grandson of Sue Gafford and the late Donald Gafford of Kemp and Clint and Billie Costlow of Mesquite. He is a 2007 graduate of Mabank High School, and a 2010 graduate of the University of Texas

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day BirthdaysEunice Pena Hazel Dillon

Regional expressions. Standing in line for a

movie a few days ago, I overheard a middle-aged man tell a friend, “Lord, I’ve been busier than a bee in a tar bucket.”

Having written a couple of books on East Texas ex-pressions, I thought I knew them all, but the bee in the tar bucket was new.

But, then again, East Texans have always been inventive when it comes to expressing themselves.

My wife often chides me about calling our re-frigerator an “ice box.”

But it’s an expression I find hard to drop. Grow-ing up in Diboll in the early forties, we had in the kitchen a tall box-like enclosure where my mom kept perishables such as meats, eggs and cheese.

To keep the box cool, an ice truck made its rounds around Diboll on a regular basis, leaving a block of ice in the box. Since he was a trusted delivery man, he walked through the kitchen door on the back porch and dumped the ice in the “ice

box.”I am not sure, but I

think this was one of those services provided without charge by Southern Pine Lumber Company.

But woe be unto the kid in the house who forgot to hang the “ice card” on the front porch. The card had different amounts and the ice man delivered the amount at the top of the card. If the card wasn’t present, we likely went without ice until my father went to the ice house and picked up a block.

East Texas expressions seem to be making a come-back. I recently heard a man say that his wife “has a biscuit in the oven,” re-ferring to the fact that she was pregnant.

Other expressions deal-ing with biscuits include these:

• “Burn the biscuits and feed the devil.”

• “If you drop a biscuit, you’ll likely marry a poor man.”

• “If you take the last biscuit on the plate, you’ll marry the cook.”

• “Those biscuits are so big that it only takes nine to make a dozen.”

The best delicacy in many rural households was ‘nanner puddin’ which, of course, is banana pudding.

Some people who come to East Texas have dif-ficulty understanding our way of speaking.

A few years, ago, while we were having guests for dinner, my wife instructed me to “run to the store” and pick up a loaf of bread. One of our guests looked at me and asked, “Instead of running to the store, why don’t you drive your car?”

“I’m fixin’ to go” or “I’m fixin’ to do that” is another expression some people don’t understand.”

Here are a few other popular expressions:

“I’m so broke I can’t buy dust.”

“To tame a mule, bite him on the ear.”

“He’s so lazy he won’t hit a lick at a snake.”

“If your nose itches, you will kiss a fool.”

“He’ll charge hell with a bucket of water.”

Magda Garza is a proud new citizen. Congratulations, Magda. Timpson is proud of you, too!

Old Spanish Trail Rider recognizedJerry Green (left) of BoBo receives a plaque from Morris Brown, Trail Boss, for being the Oldest “All the Way” Rider on the Old Spanish Trail Ride. 50 years ago, Mr. Green, received a plaque for being the Youngest “All the Way” Rider on the trail ride. That’s remarkable endurance - especially in the saddle. Congratulations, Mr. Green! (Photo furnished by Barbara Cook)

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February 28th saw the Lady Bears travel to Chi-reno High School to take on the Lady Owls in their first 21- 1A District contest of 2012.

Timpson led much of the first four innings but were overtaken by the start of the fifth inning when the Lady Owls held Timpson scoreless in the top of the fifth. The Lady Bears did manage two runs in the top of the sixth but found themselves trailing 12-9 in the sixth inning.

Due to walks, an error and a hit batter, eventually Chireno won 17-14 at the conclusion of the game.

The Lady Bears offense was rolling well this game but with 13 errors, 9 walks and 7 runs scored due to homeruns, it was obvious that if Timpson could get the defensive miscues cor-

Lady Bears Softball Evens up 2012 District Recordrected they could be tough to deal with.

March 6th the Lady Bears hosted the Gary Lady Bobcats for their sec-ond District 21-1A contest.

Both teams entered at 0-1 and were seeking their first District win. Lady Bear Caitlyn Smith was definitely the biggest bright spot on this night as the Timpson squad won their first District contest 15-2.

Smith struck out 8 Bobcat batters while only allowing two hits and 2 walks. Lady Bear Brit-tany McSwain went 4 for 4 at the plate; she had 3 doubles and a single. Kay-lie Bush went 3 of 4 for Timpson with 2 doubles and a single. Teammate Maggie Bush went 2 for 3 with a double and a single. Caitlyn Smith helped the

Lady Bears herself with a double and a single as well. Timpson’s Christin Lind-gren, Sarah McCracken and Emma Curran had a single each.

The Lady Bears were able to minimize errors and the infield was able to make several plays to get the win. The Lady Bears now stand at 1-1 in District play.

The Lady Bears will match up with Garrison’s Lady Bulldogs on Tues-day, March 20th in Gar-rison and they will host the Shelbyville Lady Dragons on Friday March 23rd. Both games will begin at 6:00pm.

D i s t r i c t 2 1 1 A standings:Timpson 1-0, Douglass 1-0, Cushing 1-0, Shelbyville 1-0,Gar-rison 0-1, Gary 0-1, Alto 0-1 & Martinsville 0-1.

Goings-on at Timpson ISD

Read the Most from Coast to Coast On March 2, 2012, Timpson Elementary participated in National Read the Most

from Coast To Coast. There was a record to be broken nation wide of 2,177,586. Timpson Elementary students did their part in helping break the record. TISD had 123 students participate. These students took a total of 301 Accelerated Reader (AR tests). The record nation wide was broken with a total of 3,581,992 AR quizzes taken. We are proud of Timpson Elementary students and teachers. Great Job!

The week of March 2nd, Mrs. Wagstaff's class made made a tower as tall as they could, and named it after their class (Wagstaff building). The children are very proud of their work, and so is Mrs. Wagstaff.

Also, Tuesday, March 6th, Ms. Penny Ramsey's Pre-K 4 class celebrated Texas History Week by riding and racing stick horses! The children really enjoyed it and had fun doing it.

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Happenings at Tenaha ISD

Mrs. Brenda Farmer, center left, presented Natalie Harris, head of the 5 Loaves and 2 Fish program, with a $200 cash donation from the Tenaha High School Beta Club. The Tenaha Junior High and High School Beta Club and the Tenaha High School JCCs worked hand in hand with the Tiger Nation to collect can goods. The community donated 1,521 items and $200 in cash during the month of February for the 5 Loaves and 2 Fish program which provide meals for elderly and disabled in the Tenaha community. “This just shows what can happen when we work together,” Mrs. Farmer, Beta Club sponsor, stated. Mrs. Farmer would like to thank the community for their outstanding support and generous donations to this project.

TIGERS CARE!!!!!

Mr. Shupe, Director of Education at the Kentucky Reptile Zoo and award winning naturalist, displays reptiles for Tenaha Kindergarten through 5th Grade for a very educational and entertaining day on Monday, March 5, 2012, at 2 pm in the Tiger Gym. Mr. Shupe spends his winter traveling throughout the southeast performing his reptile program for school age children.

Ewwww...Reptiles!

First baseman Maggie Bush gets this Lady Bobcat OUT!! (Photo by Amber Parks).

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Sports & School News SectionSports Coverage By: Ronny Samford

Caitlyn Smith struck out 8 Bobcat batters while only allowing two hits and 2 walks in this 1st District win over the Gary Lady Bobcats! (Photo by Amber Parks).

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1st – 2nd GRADE GIRLS DIVISION1st Place Center Comets (Spencer Hubbard)2nd Place Timpson Silverstars (Freda Richards)3rd Place Center Sparks (Tara Polley)

1st – 2nd GRADE BOYS DIVISION1st Place Center Bulls (Andre Evans)2nd Place Center Clippers (Tony Willoughby)3rd Place Tenaha Heat-Black (Donnell Washington)4th Place Timpson Thunder (Robert Osby)5th Place Center Lakers (Keith Hinson)6th Place Tenaha Heat-Red (Jay Moore)7th Place Center Celtics (Elijah Cotton)

3rd – 4th GRADE GIRLS DIVISION 1st Place Center Sparks (Genera Bolton)

2nd Place Tenaha Liberty (Donnell Washington) 3rd Place Center Mystics (Shannon Hubbard) 4th Place Timpson Silverstars (Harold Malone)

Shelby County Youth Basketball League Season ResultsCongratulations Timpson & Tenaha Teams!

Timpson Thunder 1st-2nd GradesCoached by Robert Osby

3rd – 4th GRADE BOYS DIVISION 1st Place Center Clippers (George Hicks)2nd Place Center Lakers (Greg Hubbard)3rd Place Timpson Thunder (Billy Tutt)4th Place Tenaha Heat (Orinthia Mitchell)

5th – 6th GRADE GIRLS DIVISION 1st Place Tenaha Liberty (Ken Muckelroy)

2nd Place Center Mystics (Veronica Berry) 3rd Place Timpson Silverstars (Jacob Duke) 4th Place Center Sky (Shalanda Walker)

5th – 6th GRADE BOYS DIVISION 1st Place Tenaha Heat (Desmond Steadman) 2nd Place Center Spurs (Joseph Mitchell) 3rd Place Center Clippers (William Nash) 4th Place Timpson Thunder (Charleston Johnson)

Timpson Thunder 3rd-4th GradesCoached by: Billy Tutt

3rd Place!

Tenaha Liberty 3rd-4th GradesCoached By: Donnell Washington

2nd Place!

Timpson Silverstars 5th & 6th GradesCoached By?Jacob Duke

3rd Place!

1st PlaceTenaha Heat

5th-6th Grades

Coached By:Desmond Steadman

Congratulations!

1st PlaceTenaha Liberty5th-6th Grades

Coached By:Ken

MuckelroyCongratulations!

Photos furnished by Veronica Berry. Photos of all teams were not available.

4th Place!

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March 7, 2012 – USDA Rural Development Under Secretary Dallas Tonsag-er announced today that USDA is seeking applica-tions for loans and grants to help rural businesses create jobs and spur eco-nomic development.

“President Obama em-phasized in his recent State of the Union address that we need to continue to do more to create jobs to sus-tain the current economic recovery,” Tonsager said. “With the loans and grants we are making available, USDA Rural Development will work closely with cooperatives and utilities that in turn help local busi-nesses access capital and technical assistance. Our support leverages addition-al private investments and demonstrates the positive impact that public-private partnerships can have on rural communities and economies.”

The funding is being provided under the Rural Economic Development Loan and Grant (REDLG) program. Eligible recipi-ents are rural utilities pro-gram borrowers that pass the funds to local organiza-tions. The money must be used for projects to retain and create jobs, upgrade public infrastructure, im-prove service delivery or improve the quality of life for area residents and visitors. The maximum

USDA Seeks Applications For Economic Development Funding To Create Jobs In Rural Areas

amount of funding for any one project is increased to $1,000,000 for loans and remains at $300,000 for grants. For more informa-tion on this program, visit http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/BCP_redlg.html.

“Our mission at USDA Rural Development in-cludes the creation and preservation of jobs in rural Texas,” said State Director Paco Valentin. “The REDLG program supports this mission by promoting entrepreneur-ship and stimulating busi-ness expansion.”

USDA plans to award up to $33 million in loans and $10 million in grants under this notice and has an additional $46 million in loan funding available from previous fiscal years for a total of $79 million in loan funding. The deadline for submitting applications is 4:30 pm CST on the last business day of each month during FY 2012. Completed applications must be postmarked and submitted to the Texas USDA Rural Develop-ment Office, 101 South Main, Suite 102, Temple, Texas 76501 or submitted electronically at http://www.grants.gov by the provided deadlines. An application must contain all the required elements to prevent negatively impact-ing the overall score. For further details about eligi-

bility rules and application procedures, see the March 2, 2012 issue of the Federal Register, http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-03-02/pdf/2012-5043.pdf, page 12792.

Since taking office, President Obama’s Admin-istration has taken historic steps to improve the lives of rural Americans, put people back to work and build thriving economies in rural communities. From proposing the American Jobs Act to establishing the first-ever White House Rural Council – chaired by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack – the President wants the federal govern-ment to be the best possible partner for rural businesses and entrepreneurs and for people who want to live, work and raise their fami-lies in rural communities.

USDA, through its Rural Development mis-sion area, administers and manages housing, business and community infrastruc-ture and facility programs through a national network of state and local offices. Rural Development has an active portfolio of more than $165 billion in afford-able loans and loan guar-antees. These programs are designed to improve the economic stability of rural communities, busi-nesses, residents, farmers and ranchers and improve the quality of life in rural America.

4th Annual Croppin’ for a Cure Scrapbooking Night

The Timpson ISD Relay for Life team will be sponsoring the 4th Annual Croppin’ for a Cure scrapbooking

night on Friday, March 23, 2012 from 6:00 p.m. to midnight. The crop will

be held at Woodland Christian Church in Timpson.Scrapbookers of all levels, from beginners to experts, are invited

to spend the evening scrapbooking with us. The registration fee includes

crop space, free make & takes, an evening meal, snacks, door prizes,

games and contests. Creative Memories, Close to My

Heart, and Stampin’ Up consultants will all be in attendance. In addition to the scrapbook consultants, there

will be a representative from Thirty-One and Kathryn’s Creations.

All the proceeds from this worthwhile event will go to the American Cancer Society. The cost of the crop is $25 or $20 if you pre-register by March 9th. Space is limited so register as early as possible. Join us for an evening of fun as we raise money for the American

Cancer Society. For more information contact Tammy

Sparks at 554-5444 or tsparks@timpsonisd.com.

“Brilliant,” “virtuoso” and “sensational” are just a few of the adjectives critics and colleagues use to de-scribe the performances of The StepCrew, a company of six dancers/musicians with a five-piece band and vocalist who bring together three dance forms — Irish step, traditional tap and Ot-tawa Valley step dancing.

The group will present its Celtic-inspired show at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 22, in W.M. Audito-rium as part of the Stephen F. Austin State University College of Fine Arts’ Uni-versity Series.

“The StepCrew is a bril-liant visual and musical display of the most talent-ed dancers I’ve seen,” said Paddy Moloney, found-er and member of the six-time Grammy Award winning Irish band The Chieftains. “(They do) not simply draw their audience

in, they take them by the hand and remind us what dance is meant to be about — fun.”

And Moloney speaks from first-hand knowl-edge; three members of The StepCrew have per-formed with The Chief-tains for over a decade.

Jean Butler, former dance star of “Riverdance” and “Dancing on Dan-gerous Ground,” echoes Moloney’s praise: “The focus, energy and sheer virtuosity on display from the entire cast is nothing short of mind-boggling.”

“Don’t miss this fantas-tic show!” exclaimed Dr. John W. Goodall, associ-ate dean of the SFA Col-lege of Fine Arts. “You’ll be absolutely amazed by the talent and infectious energy emanating from the stage.”

Prior to the perfor-mance, Elizabeth Rhodes,

SFA professor of kinesiol-ogy and co-director of the SFA dance program, will give an informative talk at 7 p.m, in Griffith Gallery, across the hall from Turner Auditorium. The audience is invited back to the gal-lery for a post-performance reception to meet the cast and honor the event's cor-porate sponsor, Bancorp-South of Nacogdoches.

Turner Auditorium and Griffith Gallery are located in the Griffith Fine Arts Building, 2222 Alumni Drive.

Tickets range from $35 to $17.50, with discounts available for seniors, stu-dents and youth. For tick-ets or more information, please go to www.finearts.sfasu.edu anytime or call (936) 468-6407 or (888) 240-ARTS during business hours after the university’s spring break (March 12 through 16).

Acclaimed Celtic fiddlers, dancers to perform at SFA

The StepCrew, with its fusion of Irish step, traditional tap and the loose-limbed Ottawa Valley step dancing, w i l l present its Celtic-inspired show at SFA

Panola College Profes-sors Mike and Teresa Bea-sley will lead a group on a nine-day journey through England and France, de-parting June 18, 2012. In-terested participants have until April 2 to sign up for this Panola College course with field trip to Europe.

Students may earn course credit in English 2332, English 2333, Hu-manities 1302 or Commu-nications 1318 (photogra-phy.) Participants may earn up to six hours of college credit in any combination of these four courses. Col-lege tuition and fees are in addition to the field trip cost. Offered in the first summer semester in 2012,

Europe trip deadline April 2

the courses will be offered online, culminating in the field trip.

Participants have the option of taking the course-work for college credit or taking only the field trip portion of the package. The field trip portion of the trip is available for those individuals who are not students but would still like to participate.

Tour highlights include London, Stonehenge, a ferry crossing the Eng-lish Channel to the D-Day Beaches, Mont St. Michel Abbey, a motor coach tour through the Loire Val-ley and the Palace at Ver-sailles. The tour concludes with two days in Paris.

The package includes transportation, hotels, two meals a day (breakfast and dinner), entry fees and the services of a Passports courier throughout the trip. The tour is being coordi-nated through Passports Educational Group Travel, the same company Panola College professors select-ed for the 2004 course with field trip to Great Britain.

Interested students should see Mike or Teresa Beasley to pick up a trip itinerary and an enrollment guide that provides de-tails about the trip. Email mbeasley@panola.edu or tbeasley@panola.edu for more information.

Texas Hill Country Dorper Association Schol-arships

News ReleaseThe Texas Hill Country

Dorper Sheep Association will award two college scholarships for the first time this fall in memory of one of the state’s pio-neers in the Dorper sheep industry.

The scholarships, val-ued at $1,000 each, are open to any Texas resident. One will be awarded to a high school senior gradu-ating this spring and the other to a college student who will be at least a ju-nior in any Texas college or university this fall.

Scholarship require-ments include involve-

ment in agriculture, and especially the Dorper sheep industry in Texas. Recipients with agricul-ture-related majors in col-lege will be given special consideration.

The scholarships have been launched in memory of Brad Bernhard, who died of cancer at the age of 48 in 2011. Bernhard, who lived in Fredericksburg, was one of the original founders of the THCDA and one of the earliest owners of Dorper sheep in Texas.

Dorpers and White Dor-pers are hair sheep devel-oped in South Africa in the 1930s as a breed that would thrive in a low-rainfall environment and

produce a high-quality carcass. The THCDA was organized in 2007 to pro-mote Dorper and White Dorper sheep in Texas.

Deadline for applica-tions to be received is April 15, 2012. Applicants may complete a scholarship application form online or find out more about the two scholarships by going to the THCDA website at thcdorperassociation.com.

For more information, interested students may contact THCDA scholar-ship committee chairman Garet von Netzer at 830-997-3210 or gvnppb@gmail.com or scholarship committee liaison Connie Bernhard at 830-864-4695 or at bernhardranch@ctesc.net.

Texas Hill Country Dorper Association Scholarships

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The National Forests and Grasslands in Texas is accepting applications for summer employment with the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) Program, according to Acting Forest Supervisor JaSal Morris.

YCC is a summer employment program for young men and women ages 15 to 18 who work, learn and earn together for eight weeks on projects that help conserve the natural resources of the National Forests and Grasslands in Texas.

Projects may include building trails, building campground facilities, planting trees, collecting litter, clearing streams, building fences, office work and many other tasks.

Since much of the work will be in the woods away from towns, enrollees receive instruction on how to work safely and handle tools. Gloves, protective eyewear and hard hats are provided when required by the work activity.

Enrollees will work 40 hours per week and be paid minimum wage. Deadline for applications is April 30, 2012.

Applications are available at the Forest Supervisor’s Office, 2221 N. Raguet St., Lufkin, and on the web at www.fs.fed.us/recreation/programs/ycc/index.shtml

For more information, contact Youth, Volunteer and Hosted Programs coordinator Donna Hightower-Thomas at 936-639-8673.

N a t i o n a l F o re s t s a n d Grasslands in Texas accepting Youth Conservation Corps applications

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SFA Early Childhood Research Center - Letters from 5th Grade Students - Jill Hines, Teacher

Theses pieces were written by the students in response to articles in magazines and books. Topics such as “Someone who influenced our lives” and “Prized Possessions” and free choice writing subjects.

Colors of Our World There are many colors of our world. There is the slimy green of the lima beans on your fork. There is the blazing red of your rain boots. There is the glowing silver of the stars at night. There is the honored red, white, and blue of the American flag. There is the faded blue of your favorite jeans. There is the cherry red of your "lollipoppedJl tongue. There is the screaming yellow of your hilighter pen. There is the snowy white of your blank sheet of paper. There are many colors of our world and sometimes you make the colors of our world. Jessica Mozingo

Dad My dad has had an impact on my life by helping me overcome my fears and

improve my courage and bravery. I have also gotten my writing abilities from him and my sense of words, too.

Whenever I have trouble with something, he’s always there to help me. Even though he’s not going to be there for me all my life, I will always keep him in my heart.

I think he’s the best dad ever. He has taught me a whole lot of things so that when I have kids, I will know how to help them.

Caleb Anderson

Wooden Green Derby RacerI have looked back at that day at my grandpa’s house lots of times. Even though

my car lost I still kept that little green Girl Scout toy derby race car. It has thin lines like the leaf it was modeled after, a pipe cleaner steering wheel, and two sets of plastic glittery ladybugs pretending to drive their car.

Every time I see that green wooden derby car on the corner of my shelf, I re-member my grandpa and I building it from a block of wood and plastic wheels. I remember how my grandpa brought out his big saw and told me to stand back, and he made a big show of cutting of about 2 inches of wood. Once the front of the leaf car was cut like an arrow, we glued the triangular pieces on to the body of the car to look like seats.

Twenty minutes passed before the final product sat on the workbench before us. In those 20 minutes we painted the whole thing a light green, and added the sparkly ladybugs. The smell of paint and super glue hung in the air hours after we finished. I do remember , that, but the only thing that I remember-that I really want to remember-is the fun my grandpa and I had that day. That is why I keep it on my shelf. Not because it was a champion car, because it was not ...it lost every race. I kept it so I can remember the fun that I hope everyone will have soon. So they can have the same wonderful memories that I have.

Sarah Hutchison

Note from Publisher: We will be glad to publish student’s work for any school who wishes to submit material for our consideration. Send to ttnews@ttnewsinc.com.

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The Panola College Student Government As-sociation (SGA) is prepar-ing for one of its biggest fundraisers yet. This year the SGA is organizing a 5k (3.1 miles) fun run and a strong man competition to be held on April 21 at the main campus in Carthage, Texas. These two com-petitive events will give students a chance to have fun while competing and raising money for various College organizations.

The 5k run will begin in front of the Gullette Technology Building. Par-ticipants should arrive by 7:30 a.m. to sign-in. Pro-ceeds from this event will be used to help support the Panola College Founda-tion. Those interested in running in the 5k run can download entry forms by visiting the Panola College SGA website (www.pa-nola.edu/sga) and clicking on link titled "Download 5k Run Forms.”

“Last year the SGA 5k run raised over $18,000 for the Panola College Foun-dation,” said Brian Naples, Government Professor and SGA Sponsor. “This year the SGA will also be sponsoring its first ever Strong Man Competition. With the addition of the

2nd Annual Panola College 5k Fun Run Set for April 21

strong man competition our students look forward to breaking their previous fundraising record.”

This event will begin at 9:30 a.m. following the 5k run. The competition will be divided into student competitors and overall competitors with catego-ries for men and women in each section. Entry fee in the overall competitors division is $100. The entry fee for students is $20. The proceeds from the strong man competition will sup-port the Panola College Academic Conference and Panola College Athletic Teams.

The Strong Man Com-petition will be comprised of five events designed to showcase each com-petitor’s muscular prow-ess. These events include the Iron Cross, an event in which each contestant must hold two car bat-teries stretched directly out from their sides; a car pull which involves contestants attempting to pull a vehicle 100 feet; the barrel carry, where each competitor must lift and carry four kegs of various weights various distances; a tire toss with contestants tossing a car tire as far as possible; and the tire flip

which will require the con-testant to flip a tire that is at least 300 pounds as many times as they can within a 60 second time frame. The person who completes all five events with the most points wins the competi-tion. The top three places in each weight category will receive an award. The first place winner in each category will win half of the entry fees collected by SGA for that class.

“I hope the community will support the efforts of our students by either par-ticipating in one of these events, making a donation, or helping with a sponsor-ship. These projects, the 5k run in particular, help stu-dents understand what is involved in raising money for a worthy cause. Last year many commented that they had no idea how much work was involved or how difficult it was to ask for a donation,” said Naples. “A growing and healthy College Foundation helps all of our students, and I’m hopeful that this year’s event will be a huge suc-cess. If you would like to participate in any of these events or need additional information, please contact me at bnaples@panola.edu or 903-693-2043.”

Last year’s Panola College SGA 5k run was a great success!

Attention Land Own-ers in Anderson, An-gelina, Cherokee, El-lis, Freestone, Gregg, Henderson, Houston, Kaufman, Leon, Nacog-doches, Navarro, Panola, Rusk, Sabine, San Au-gustine, Shelby, Smith, Trinity, and Van Zandt Counties.

According to the Texas Department of Agriculture-Feral Hogs in Texas are responsible for approximately $400 million in direct dam-age to Texas every year. There are nearly 2.6 mil-

F e r a l H o g R e m o v a l - Attention Land Owners

lion feral hogs in Texas and feral hogs are found in nearly every county across the State of Texas.

Wulf Outdoor Sports East Texas Premier Out-door Sporting store will be hosting their 2nd Annual Wild Hog Roundup April 11th-21st. Hunters from across East Texas will compete for $28,000 in cash prizes for harvesting hogs across 20 East Texas Counties. Land Owners who are interested in hav-ing hunters from Wulf Outdoor Sports Wild Hog Roundup come and hunt

hogs on their property can be added to a Land Owner contact list for hunters. Please contact Virginia Solgot or Jerrad Parsons at Wulf Outdoor Sports in Center, TX at 936-598-8310.

The Wulf Outdoor Sports Wild Hog Round-up was created to encour-age counties and hunters across East Texas to make a concentrated and co-ordinated effort to help reduce the feral hog popu-lation and damage done to property across East Texas.