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Vol. 115 No. 125

Saturday, October 18, 2014 — Mexia, Texas

Jail time given to Mexia tax preparers City may up By Brenda Sommer Managing Editor

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Three Mexia tax preparers indicted on federal charges that they filed false claims to the IRS on behalf of staff and customers for years were sentenced Tuesday after making plea agreements. According to documents from the U.S. District Court in Waco, the government alleges people who owned and/or worked at A-Kind Bookkeeping and Tax Service in Mexia, roughly between Jan. 1, 2007 and at least April 15, 2010, filled out tax forms with fake claims, often involving bogus farm or business losses. A-Kind owner Patricia “Sissy” Foley, who pleaded guilty in June to one count of conspiracy to commit tax fraud, was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. In addition, she was ordered to pay $842,815 restitution to the IRS. Foley’s daughter, Cassandra Renee Egbert (aka Cassandra Renee Foley), also worked at the business. In June, she pleaded guilty to the same charge as her mother and was sentenced Tuesday to 18 months in prison, followed by three

years of supervised release. She also was ordered pay the same amount of restitution. A-Kind employee Lana Renee Catalena (aka Lana Rene Venable) was sentenced Tuesday to three years probation and ordered to pay a $4,000 fine after pleading guilty in August to one count of aiding or assisting false or fraudulent tax returns. She admitted in her plea to taking more than $42,000 in false business and farm losses on her 2008 tax return, as well as false deductions in 2007, including claiming her Cadillac CTS car as a farm expense. A fourth defendant in this case, Joshua Duane Stifle, was to have been sentenced on his plea agreement Tuesday, but instead filed a motion to withdraw the guilty plea he made in August, to one count of aiding or assisting false or fraudulent tax returns and one count of making a false statement. U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr., Judge Smith has taken that motion under advisement. “These sentences are a reminder that all tax professionals have to respect the law and protect the interests of their clients and the taxpaying public,” said IRS Criminal Investigation Acting Spe-

cial Agent in Charge William Cotter. Foley, as the business’s owner, and her daughter Egbert, as a tax preparer, agreed in their guilty pleas that they conspired to use an electronic filing number belonging to someone who didn’t work at the company, to falsify deductions, income and expenses on their customers’ tax returns, and to fail to fully explain to their customers what they had done. Examples of how this worked were cited in the plea agreements, and include: • Depreciating a couple’s RV as 100 percent farm use and 100 percent business use, when in fact the couple don’t have a farm and use the RV as a residence, not for business. • Deducting a couple’s swimming pool as 100 percent farm use. • Deducting/depreciating a couple’s $70,000 Cadillac Escalade SUV and another couple’s Harley-Davidson motorcycle as 100 percent farm use. • Deducting a couple’s personal swimming pool as 100 percent business use. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SEE PLEAS

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Five people were transported to hospitals after a head-on wreck in front of Mexia Junior High School Wednesday. According to Mexia Police reports, the crash occurred when Ashley Lanette Hudson, 21, was driving a gray 2005 Buick Le Sabre and pulled out of the Mexia Junior High School parking lot in the 1100 block of Bailey. It was on Oct. 15 about 5:30 p.m. that Hudson turned right, or north, but turned too widely and went into the southbound lane. Driving southbound on Bailey was a 16-year-old girl in a green 2005 Chrysler Pacifica van, There was extensive front-end damage to both cars involved in a head-on which then hit Hudson head wreck on Bailey Street near Mexia High School Wednesday. Five people were on. Both car and van went taken to hospitals, two by air ambulance. airborne and came to rest on Contributed photo the southbound shoulder of Bailey. According to the fractures in one leg. She and sengers between the ages of in the middle of the street,” report, neither vehicle the toddler were both flown 15 and 16. She and one pas- said Mexia Police Chief showed signs of the driver by air ambulance to Scott & senger were both taken by Richard Hawthorne. White in Temple. Jody Hall EMS to Parkview Regional As of Friday morning, applying the brakes. no citations had been issued, Hudson had two passen- was taken by EMS to Lime- Hospital. “Right now we’re not but Hawthorne noted that gers, Jody Tyrone Hall, 24, stone Medical Center. The teen driver of the sure exactly what happened the accident is still under and a 3-year-old. Hudson was said to have multiple Chrysler van had four pas- except that they hit out there investigation.

Early general election voting starts Monday By Brenda Sommer Managing Editor

Voters may cast ballots on a number of state races and a proposed state constitutional amendment regarding money for highways when early voting for the November general election begins Monday. Locally, there is only one candidate for each county race, with the exception of the battle between Republican W.A. “Sonny” Baker and Democrat incumbent William “Pete” Kirvin for the Precinct 2 county commissioner's seat. Coolidge ISD voters will decide if they want to approve $1 million in school building bonds for rehab, expansion and improvements to existing buildings and to buy new school buses. Axtell ISD voters living in Limestone County will choose four trustees from among six candidates. The Nov. 4 general election in Texas

features races for governor, state and federal House and Senate seats and major Texas statewide offices. The proposed constitutional amendment would allow transfer of some general revenue fund to the state highway fund and the economic stabilization fund. Money transferred to the state highway fund would be used only to build and maintain roads and to buy rights-of-way for road construction. The money won't be used for toll roads. There are two polling sites for early voters: the county courthouse in Groesbeck or the courthouse annex in Mexia. For voting at the annex in Mexia, located at 205 S. McKinney St., the hours are: • Monday-Friday, Oct. 20-24, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. • Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Monday-Friday, Oct. 27-31, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The schedule for voting at the court-

house at 200 W. State St. in Groesbeck is: • Monday-Friday, Oct. 20-24, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Saturday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. • Monday-Friday, Oct. 27-31, 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. This will be the second election in which Texas’ new Voter ID law will be enforced. To vote, one must show one of the following: • A Texas driver’s license • A Texas Election Identification Certificate issued for free by the Department of Public Safety • A Texas personal I.D. card issued by DPS, • A Texas concealed handgun license • A U.S. military I.D. card containing the person’s photograph • A U.S. passport • A U.S. citizenship certificate containing photo.

fort funding By Brenda Sommer Managing Editor

Mexia City Council will consider increasing funding for Old Fort Parker during their regular monthly meeting Tuesday evening. The cities of Mexia and Groesbeck and Limestone County jointly own and fund the fort, and had been paying about equal shares for its operations: Mexia and the county contributing $14,000 each annually and the city of Groesbeck, $15,000. Old Fort Parker has two employees, a full-time director and a part-time helper. The fort’s board asked for $20,000 from eeach of the entities for the current fiscal year, which began Oct. 1. The county voted to pay the same $14,000 amount, but includesd an additional $6,000 from a private donor. The city of Groesbeck raised its annual fort funding to $20,000. The city of Mexia did not raise the amount given to the $20,000 sought from each entity, staying with the annual $14,000 donation. At the time, the city noted that because it funds the fort from the city’s hotel/motel tax, fort officials could ask for that amount to be increased at any time. Mexia City Council meets at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 21 in the Municipal Court, 211 N. Sherman. Meetings are open to the public.

Loans, buses top MISD agenda By Mike Eddleman Publisher

The Mexia ISD Board of Trustees will consider approving a local loan as it continues to look for new ways to fund a portion of the long list of infrastructure and maintenance projects identified in the district's 2012 facilities study. The loan, and consideration of the purchase of as many as four additional new buses, highlight the board's agenda Monday for its regular monthly meeting. The meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. in the board room at the MISD administration building. The loan proposal is to finance $2.3 million, to be repaid with maintenance and operations (M&O) funds to reduce the amount needed in a bond issue, which would require additional taxes. Projects identified to be funded with the monies include general HVAC work, CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 SEE MISD

Smith, Rothrock earn MHS alumni honors Mexia News Staff Report

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Two members of the Mexia High School class of 1964 were given special honors during Homecoming festivities last weekend, recognized before the audience at Blackcat Field just before the game began. This year’s Coming Home Queen is Gail McCullough Smith. Smith attended Texas Tech University where she was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. At Texas Tech, she earned a bachelor of science degree in

education. She is the daughter of V.A. and Sophie McCullough, and has two siblings, Caroline McCullough Goodman and Bill McCullough. She married J.V. Smith in 1966 and they celebrated their 46th anniversary in August. Gail taught eighthand ninth-grade math until 1970, when she had her first child. She has three children and six grandchildren. Smith is very active at Grace Bible Church, Dallas Theological Seminary’s Luke’s Closet and Mercy Street, in west Dallas, where she has mentored a young

girl, as well as the girl’s mother and grandmother, on a weekly basis for more than 10 years. Also, she serves in Grace Bible Church’s weekly luncheon and Bible study ministry to the mothers of the children involved in Mercy Street. In addition, for many years, she volunteered in numerous and time-consuming ways at Trinity Christian Academy in Addison. Laura Rothrock was named Distinguished Alumnus of the class of 1964. Rothrock earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education, and did

post-graduate work at Baylor University and The University of Texas at Austin. She worked as an educator for 30 years, and is a member of numerous education-related associations. She is heavily involved in the Mexia community, serving on City Council from 1986 to the present, and is board president of the Mexia Ex Students Association. She has been a member and treasurer of the board of the Greater Mexia Area Habitat for Humanity, a volunteer for Providence Hospice since 2004, a member of the Limestone County Retired Teach-

ers and on the board of the Mexia Schools Museum. Her works include volunteering with First Baptist Church, Girl Scouts, the annual Chamber of Commerce 5K run, the Mexia Rodeo and in a variety of roles, including president, of Texas Municipal League Region 9. Rothrock was named Providence Hospice Volunteer of the Year in 2007, a Jefferson Award Nominee in 2009, Mexia Citizen of the Year in 2012 and was recipient of the Texas Municipal League Excellence Award for 2004-2007.

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History of Nakona baseball gloves has Mexia connections Bob Wright Brazos to Mexia Pipeline

PROVERBS 22:4 – Humility and the fear (respect) of the Lord bring wealth and honor and life. —AMENDMENT FIRST QUOTE: “We librarians know that there is a vast difference between information and the acts or events it describes. We must help society separate information and views with which we disagree from the deeds that we fear.” – John N. BERRY, editor-in-chief, Library Journal. —I apologize, readers!! In last week’s column I had Keith GUTHRIE, a Mexia High graduate, still on the staff at Connally ISD. Not so. Longtime friend Wendy SIMMONS straightened me out on this one. Keith is now at Teague where he is assistant principal at the

the future father-in-law of Storey, in 1926. He actually didn’t establish the company, but had his bank to foreclose on a factory, paving the way for Buddie and McCall’s daughter to own the factory after marriage. They were engaged at the time, and McCall didn’t want his daughter, Mary Nell, to be an “oilfield wife.” Buddie was at the time taking jobs in the oilfields, including the Mexia oilfields. Ina COOPER, who was raised in Mexia, and is a niece of Buddie STOREY, shed more light on the situation by sending along requested information to me this week. I knew Ina when she attended Mexia High School, from where she graduated in 1959... —Buddie, who was listed in 1983 as a member of the National Sporting Goods Hall of Fame, made the “Hall” for several reasons, including his “innovations to the baseball mitt, for continuing to make Americanmade products and for never unionizing his plant in Nocona.” However, the plant provided opportunities for employees to unionize although

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the employees never chose to do so. Storey’s baseball gloves feature the image of Comanche Chief Peta NACONA, for whom the town was named and who was the father of great Comanche Chief Quanah PARKER. Now, there’s another big connection for ya’!!! Quanah was also the son of Cynthia Ann PARKER, the little girl kidnapped by the Comanche Indians at what today is Old Fort Parker. “The rugged fearlessness of Nacona (the spelling has evolved over the years) Chief of the Comanches, was the most stirring inspiration we could use,” according to a release by the company which manufactures the sporting goods. Today, the company is operated by Robby STOREY, grandson of Mexia’s late Robert (Buddie) STOREY... —Son Jim’s email was the first communique which sent me scurrying for further information about the Nokana baseball gloves and their Mexia connections. After queries to Pat CROWDER, longtime Mexia High School secretary to confirm

Storey’s attendance at MHS, and Bob CRIDER, longtime friend and historian in Mexia, Crider sent along more information about Buddie STOREY. He even forwarded pictures and accompanying info about Storey from the 1922, ‘23, and ‘24 Mexia High yearbooks. Among the photos and writings were those of Storey, an end on the Mexia 1922 football team. Buddie weighed in at 135, bringing the observation, “...he will be a valuable end next year...handicapped by lack of poundage, but was a regular on the Mexia High eleven. Few opposing plays baffled Buddie, and he made pretty tackles during the season. He was exceptionally good at breaking up opposing teams’ most complicated fake plays.” Thomas McNATT, brother of JoNell McNatt TRUMBLE, was in his third year on the MHS football team, and the coach said, “Tom put all he had into the game, which was a lot.” He and Storey were buddies at high school... CONTINUED ON PAGE 3 SEE BOB

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Anna Pearl Williamson

Anna Pearl Williamson, 84, of Seguin, passed away Sept. 21, 2014 with her family by her side. Funeral services were held Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at 11 a.m.; Rev. John Rabon officiated. Graveside services will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014 at 11 a.m. at Mexia Cemetery. Anna was born Feb. 26, 1930 to Carson and Lillian Carter. At a very early age, Anna was deemed a headstrong spitfire who could do anything she put her mind to. Anna married Bernie Lloyd Williamson on Sept. 19, 1947, and they were known as the “best dancers in Limestone County.” Together they had four daughters. Anna loved to read which is how she taught herself to do many things, including cooking and sewing, as a young bride. Anna spent her life caring for others, and no one ever left her house in need or hungry. She was famous for turning a snack into a meal and creat-

ing a dress from a cloth sack. Anna loved fishing and shared that love with all of her grandchildren. She spent many hours with a fishing pole in her hands and a child or grandchild by her side. Anna loved gardening and could put anything to soil and make it grow. She loved bingo with her friends and early morning coffee on the patio with a friend or family member. She is preceded in death by her loving parents; brothers, Conrad and Dalton Carter; sisters, Eunice Clen-

dendon and Jessie Bea Ward; and her youngest daughter, Patricia Nell Williamson. Survivors include her daughters, Carolynn Thornton and husband Will, Jennifer Crawford and husband Mike, and Bernadean Matthews; grandchildren, Yancy Thornton and wife Patricia, Matthew Thornton and wife Diane, Rebecca Franks and husband Brent, Christopher B. Wright and wife Dr. Deedra Wright, Audrey M. Watson, Leah McDonald and husband Mike, Tracie Pike and husband Scott, Hollie McDonald and Ashley O’Hare; 21 greatgrandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews. Memorial contributions may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 Michigan Ave., FL 17, Chicago, IL 60601. Visit porterfuneralhometx.com to sign the guestbook and leave a memorial message for the family.

John Edward Strangmeier

John Edward Strangmeier, of Beach City, entered into eternal rest Oct. 15, 2014, at the age of 79 years, 8 months and 15 days. John was born to William Frederick Carl and Willie Mae Bussey Strangmeier on Jan. 30, 1935 in Baytown. John and his bride, Helen Margaret (Miller), celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on Oct. 14, 2014, reminiscing about their elopement, their first apartment, the five burgers they would get for $1 (John would eat 4.5 and Helen would eat the other half), and the many wonderful years together rearing their three children and enjoying their wonderful large family. John was preceded in death by his parents. He is survived by his wife, Helen; his children and their spouses, John David Strangmeier and Kim, Deborah Strangmeier McDonald and Cory, Rosanna Strangmeier Reuter and David; grandchildren, Johnathan and Shannon Strangmeier, Courtney and Dustin Lindley, Nicholas Berry, Rebecca and Thomas Sharpe, Catherine Reuter, Ryan Reuter, Carl Reuter, Caroline Reuter, John McDonald, Jacob McDonald, Michael Berry, Jeremy Berry, Dex Greer and Drew Greer; great-grandsons, Bryce Lindley and Hudson Sharpe; great-granddaughters, Chloe Strangmeier, Caitlin Strangmeier, Reagan Sharpe and Kelsey Lindley; brothers, William Kimbal Strangmeier

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junior high school. His wife Amanda is the theatre teacher at Teague High School... —Many kids who played sandlot baseball have played with those good Nokana gloves, all the while daydreaming they were Ted Williams, Pee Wee Reese, Hank Aaron, Enos Slaughter, and maybe even Babe Ruth, Jackie Robinson and Lou Gehrig. As you might suspect, the Nokana baseball gloves have a Mexia connection. In connecting up with information about the Nokana Athletic Goods Company, located in Nocona in northwest Texas, it is one of the relatively few American companies left that still make baseball gloves. According to the “info” online, the company was started by Robert Edwin (Buddie) STOREY who played football and baseball for Mexia High in 1922. He later played baseball for Rice and is credited with starting the company in the 1930s. In another segment of the “Nokana information,” it was said that the company actually was established by Cad McCALLS, then

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and wife, Anne, and Dr. James Strangmeier and wife, Nelda; many precious nieces and nephews; great nieces and nephews; and dear friends, including Gill Herrick of Dallas, Larry and Laura Sladecek, and the Butler and Spencer families of Wortham. John retired from Lyondell Petrochemical in Channelview and became a fulltime rancher in Wortham on his ranch – the Bar$. John and Helen enjoyed traveling to bluegrass festivals and listening to bluegrass gospel music. He was an active member and past master of the Longbotham Lodge, as well as a member of both the Scottish and York Rites and a Shriner. John was a charter member of the Lyons Club of Channelview. In his youth, John was a member of Boy Scout Troop 255, where he received his Eagle Scout award and The Order of the Arrow. John helped build the Grace United Methodist Church in Baytown, where he attended in his earlier years, and attended the First United Methodist Church of

• Claiming an $8,000 First Time Home Buyers Credit for someone who didn’t buy a home but instead lived in a trailer house. People whose returns included fake deductions or false information will owe the IRS any difference between what they paid and what they really owed the government, should they be audited. Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Gloff prosecuted the case on behalf of the government.

Wortham. “Always set goals: daily, weekly, monthly, yearly and for life. You may not reach the life ones, but each one you reach, you can always tell yourself you did a good job and won’t need anyone else telling you that.” Our Dad was a wise and generous man. We will miss him tremendously in this life. One of the hardest working people we know. He did so much for our family to give us an idyllic life and provided such wisdom and guidance. He and Mom have done so much for so many, asking nothing in return except to take care of what has been given. The family received friends at Crespo and Jirrels Funeral Home on Friday, Oct. 17 from 5 to 8 p.m. Funeral services will be held Saturday, Oct. 18, at 2 p.m., in the chapel of Crespo and Jirrels, with Rev. David Pryor officiating. Interment will follow at Cedarcrest Cemetery. You may view his tribute or send a condolence to the family at crespoandjirrels.com. Arrangements by Crespo and Jirrels Funeral Home of Baytown.

Listen to your guardian angel

Pope Francis in his homily (sermon) for the Feast of the Guardian Angels told those gathered to be like little children who pay attention to their “traveling companions.” The doctrine of the angels, the Holy Father stressed, is not imaginary, but “reality.” He cited what Jesus said: “I sent an angel before you to protect you, to accompany you along the path, so that you do not make mistakes.” According to the tradition of the church, each of us has a guardian angel who protects us and helps make us aware of things, the Pope said. Oftentimes, we have the felling that “I should do this; this is not right; be careful.” This, he said, “is the voice of” our guardian angel. Our guardian angels will “carry us” throughout our entire lives. For this reason, he said, we should “listen to his voice; don’t rebel against it.” “No one walks alone, and none of us can think that he is alone,” the Pope said, because “this companion” is always with us. Not listening to our guardian angel’s advice, the Pope said, is like telling him to go away. “it is dangerous to chase away our traveling companion,” he said. “The Holy Spirit advises me. The angel advises me; this is why we need him.” God has given us angels to protect us, the

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lighting at McBay Elementary and ventilation at the high school. The district also hopes that if M&O funds are spent on projects like these, which could increase energy efficiency, that more money would be available in the future due to those savings. Last month, the district hired engineer Jim Hanks to help guide it through the planning and management of these projects. Rather than call a bond election for November, the board decided in August to

Pope said. “If one of us were to believe he could walk alone, he would make many mistakes,” the Pope said. Such a person would succumb to “that most ugly mistake, which is pride,” focusing on one’s own greatness and “self-sufficiency.” Recalling the gospel scene in which “the disciple argued over whom among them was the greatest,” the Pope described this “internal dispute” as “careerism.” In contrast to “careerism” mentality, Jesus teaches the disciples to have the attitude of children: “docility, the need for guidance, the need for help.” Those whose attitude is more like that of a child are “closer to contemplation of the Father.” Concluding his homily, Pope Francis put forward the following question: “How is my relationship with my guardian angel? Do I listen to him? Do I wish him good morning? Do I say: ‘Protect me during my sleep?’ Do I speak with him? Do I ask his advice? - He is at my side! “We can respond to this question today, each and everyone of us: How is my relationship with this angel who the Lord has sent to protect and accompany me along the way and who always sees the face of the Father who is in heaven?”

postpone it to next May and explore these other options. The district's current interest and sinking (I&S) tax rate is .0716, down from .0819 last year. The district has $1.3 million in outstanding I&S debt. When the board approved the purchase of a new bus last month, the idea of buying multiple buses was discussed. A bid from Longhorn Bus Sales will be considered Monday that would allow the district to add four more buses for $379,960. The district has been working to update an aging bus fleet with one new bus each year, but board members wanted the option to speed that process with additional new buses now. If approved, the purchase would be paid for out of the district'’s fund balance.

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—In baseball, Buddie played shortstop at Mexia on the 1923 team. He was known for his ability to hit and to field. The yearbook listed Buddie, who was destined to win fame with the popular Nocona glove, as “Best All Around Boy in 1924.” —Just had to call the Nokana Company to talk with Robby STOREY, current operator of the firm, and the grandson of Buddie. Robby explained to me that many believe it to be the “Nocona glove.” However, the spelling had to take a twist from the town where it originated. It seems like incorporated town names cannot be used for a patent, because the name is already copyrighted; hence, the company name, “Nokana.” —Robby, who refers to Buddie STOREY as “Bob STOREY,” said he never knew about the nickname, “Buddie.” I told him that’s what the yearbooks had and they indeed did refer to him as Buddie in Mexia. The grandson said originally, the plant produced purses, billfolds, and things like that, but the manufacture of baseball gloves didn’t come along until 1934. For the ex-Mexiaite, the innovations just kept coming. “In 1937, my grandfather began making footballs,” Robby said. The demand on the market dictated this new turn of events, although the baseball gloves continued to roll off the assembly lines in Nocona. “Coaches Matty BELL of SMU

and L.D. (Dutch) MEYER at TCU, along with other football coaches, wanted a conversion of the shapes of footballs – from the rugby-style of ball to today’s version,” Robby said. This was due to the longer ball’s design being more conducive to the passing game, whereas the rugby style was used by offenses which primarily had running attacks. Mexia’s Roberts Edwin (Buddie) STOREY complied and saw that his plant made the smooth transition. Roberts is correct, since his mother’s maiden name was Roberts – Ina Roberts STOREY. According to Ina COOPER, “All the ‘Robert’ names in the family ended up as ‘Roberts’.” —In 1938, the shape of footballs were standardized.” According to Robby STOREY, this standardization was one of the reasons his grandfather was inducted into the National Sporting Goods Hall of Fame. “He was in some pretty lofty company,” Robby said. Also in the Hall of Fame are names like Remington and Winchester and Evinrude (the boat maker)... —When the plant began in Nocona, it was known as the Nocona Leather Goods Company, explained Robby, who said as a child he visited each summer in Mexia. This was in the home of Roy and Margaret Storey COOPER, who lived on East Commerce Street on the corner at North Red River. The Cooper home was just a little bit west of the now-demolished Rogers Mercantile Store. The Cooper home was also also on the north side of East Commerce, and across the street from where Sparks JENKINS’

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Florist was located. Mr. and Mrs. Jenkins were the parents of Virginia BOUNDS of Tehuacana. Margaret COOPER was Robby’s great-aunt. Roy was a candy salesman. “I was about 6 or 7 years old when I visited them in the 1960s,” Robby explained. Being a kid, he liked the idea of being around all that candy. “I would make the rounds in the candy wagon with my great-uncle, Roy COOPER. It was a lot of fun.” —Ina COOPER, raised in Mexia and the second cousin to Robby STOREY, distinguished herself in the space program, working with NASA as a computer programmer in the 1960s. “My mother taught school at Nocona until she and my dad (Roy) married in 1931. We visited there often while I was growing up.” One big thing she remembers about those trips is getting to meet Enid JUSTIN (does Justin Boots ring a bell?!), who owned and operated the Nocona Boot Factory, until her death.” Ina said that Enid and her brother had a falling out, prompting him to move to Fort Worth. There he started up the Justin Boot factory. Enid continued living in her home at Nocona, near to Buddie STOREY and wife Mary Nell... —COLUMN CLOSER: A mother asked her daughter, “Did you thank Mrs. Porter for the lovely party she gave?” “No,” the little girl replied. “The girl right in front of me thanked her and she said, ‘Don’t mention it’, so I didn’t.” – From my American Legion magazine. —Bob may be contacted via email at bobwright59@gmail.com.

Mexia PD Activity Log

Sunday, Oct. 5

9:21 a.m. – An officer gave assistance with a Child Protective Services matter. 11 a.m. – A person reported being assaulted the night before, over a matter of $20 possibly owed for deejaying services. The one who owes the money allegedly began demanding aggressively money from the deejay, but not any longer, because he’s been criminally trespassed from contacting the deejay. 11:43 a.m. – A report was made of evading arrest and possession of less than 2 ounces of marijuana after an officer stopped a vehicle and the two occupants took off running. 12:24 p.m. – A church festival participant blocked access to an ATM at a nearby bank. A quick shout-out by the festival’s announcer got the car moved immediately. 1:58 p.m. – An assault report was taken after a woman walked up to a soccer referee and punched him. 5:38 p.m. – A caller said a specific neighbor was trying to break into his house. Except she hadn’t. And she didn’t match his description. And word is, he’s a druggie

with a mental problem. He was told not to call 911 when he’s imagining things. 6 p.m. – A 30-year-old man was arrested on a charge of assault family violence causes bodily injury and taken to county jail. 6:56 p.m. – Caller reported a speeder driving all over Hwy. 14, then a 16-year-old boy was arrested on charges of resisting arrest, search or transport, failure to identify giving false information and minor in consumption of alcohol. He was taken to juvenile jail. 7:50 p.m. – Caller said a man tried to break her windshield before leaving after an argument. Unable to locate him. 8:07 p.m. – Her ex-mother-in-law keeps driving around her apartment complex, and that needs to stop, the caller said. Caller was advised to have the apartment manager start the criminal trespass notice process, which she did. Ex-mother-in-law said she’d never even been to those apartments. 9:18 p.m. – An officer kept the peace while a woman moved out of her parent’s house, having tired of all their questions about her friends.

Community Calendar

Sunday, Oct. 19, 3 p.m. – Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church, 105 Parker in Coolidge, hosts its annual family and friends service with guest speaker, Rev. Elizabeth Jones, of Union Baptist Church in Mexia. All are welcome. ••• Sunday, Oct. 19, 3:30 p.m. – St. James P.B. Church will celebrate its 113th anniversary and homecoming at 606 Bell St., with the Rev. Claude Jackson and Sardis PB Church as guests. ••• Monday, Oct. 20, 1 p.m. – Limestone-Falls Soil & Water Conservation District 501 meeting at the NRCS office, 1213 E. Yeagua St. in Groesbeck. ••• Thursday, Oct. 23, 9-11 a.m. – Confederate Reunion Grounds State Historic Site hosts Miss Mamie Parlor Days, a free morning of fun and old fashioned games. Additional information can be found at visitcrg.com. ••• Thursday, Oct. 23, 10 a.m. – Residents of Limestone County and other interested parties to an unveiling/dedication ceremony for a Texas Historical Marker for the Kimik Kiln. The ceremony takes place 8.3 miles east of Kosse on Hwy. 7, on the right just past the entrance to the Kosse Mine. ••• Thursday, Oct. 23, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. – The Mexia Peer Support Center, 700 Hwy. in Mexia, invites veterans and their families to hear Kenneth Nowak discuss employment, sharing the most current employment information and a variety of useful handouts. The presentation will include a Q&A period and will be followed with a luncheon for all who attend. ••• Thursday, Oct. 23, 7:15 p.m. – Wortham Schools Homecoming bonfire will be held in the ditch behind Wren Field. ••• Friday, Oct. 24 – Wortham Homecoming continues with a pep rally downtown at 2:30 p.m., alumni Tailgate party at Bulldog Field at 6 p.m. and Wortham vs. Dallas Gateway football game with kickoff at 7:30 p.m. The alumni queen will be introduced and Mr. and Miss WHS presentation will be held at halftime. ••• Saturday, Oct. 25 – The annual Teague Police Department/ War on Drugs 5K/10K run/ 1K fun walkrun takes place at Teague City Park on N. 8th Ave. in Teague. Go by the police department to pick up an application or send an e-mail to carolhenderson@ cityofteaguetx.com. •••

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Saturday, Oct. 18, 8 a.m. – Volunteers are needed for a workday at the Habitat house, 604 E. Titus. No particular skills are required, just a willingness to work. ••• Saturday, Oct. 18, 10 a.m.-noon – The Freestone County Art League will meet in the Church of Christ Fellowship Hall, 1001 N. 8th Avenue in Teague. The meeting is open to the public. ••• Saturday, Oct. 18, 11 a.m. – The Personville Community homecoming takes place at the church, with lunch about noon. Please bring a dish for lunch; friends are welcome.

PERSPECTIVES

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Mexia News Editorial

Being prepared is priceless

Prior to the past couple of months, most of us knew nothing about Ebola, and few showed much concern over it. It was a foreign virus, infecting and killing people half a world away – until it wasn't. Today, Ebola seems like the only thing we can talk about. With confirmed cases less than 100 miles from Mexia and the fear of it spreading, we are glued to news on the virus and feeling the angst of an unknown situation. It didn't have to be like this. As is part of the problem-solving process in America, amidst the reactionary planning and preparing, the government has showcased its partisan bickering and finger-pointing regarding who is at fault in this mess. The fact that Ebola is here and we are reacting so late to the threat can be traced back to everything that is wrong in our government today. Three issues – a lack of vision, politicized funding and government waste – have brought us to this point. Between the leadership at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Congress and the presidency, we can see a clear failure in identifying this threat early on and focusing resources to be prepared for it. Maybe we buried our heads in the sand, or perhaps we misjudged the virus. It is possible we just made poor choices in prioritizing where to focus our attention. Whichever of these is true, and perhaps they all are to some degree, we failed to demonstrate the vision necessary to be ready. It falls on the president by virtue of his position, but if we think for a moment that one leader can effectively monitor and make decisions about all the issues

we must cope with then we are overestimating his ability or underestimating the threats around us. The CDC failed to make this an issue early on, Congress failed to push for action and the president failed to make it a priority. Funding is also an issue. The CDC received a bawdy budget of more than $6 billion last year, a number that has fluctuated from just under $6 billion to more than $7 billion annually over the past few years. While this is a huge amount of money, changing priorities and a push for austerity has threatened our ability to consistently prepare for future threats, just as a lack of funding for roads and infrastructure have put us in a bind in those areas. If we are less willing to invest when the threat is minimal, it will always cost us more to catch up when the threat becomes the reality. In addition to a tightening budget and lack of vision, wasteful government spending practices also hinder preparedness. According to watchdog groups, the CDC has engaged in questionable spending on facilities and outreach programs as well as research that does not always have a clear end goal. This is not to say these expenditures prevented the CDC from doing its job, but when you don't get the job done – and when it comes to being prepared to deal with Ebola we have not – then the scrutiny of how the money is spent will always follow. Whatever the real reasons are we are not prepared to deal with Ebola now, we know that reacting to the threat will cost much more now, than being prepared for it six months ago would have.

Nothing but a malicious, twisted sense of humor Mike Eddleman Publisher

There are few media frenzies in our quiet area of Texas and we like it that way. Contrary to popular theory about newspaper people, we don't all run around looking for dirt or concocting headlines that shock in the name of selling more papers. Wednesday, though, we were faced with a report of an Ebola-infected family just up the road in tiny Purdon, Texas. The report was not widespread, but it did appear on a national “media” website and managed to create a bit of a stir in Navarro County which spilled over into the local rumor mill. The “National Report” website – identified by other online sources as a “satirical news site” – published a story claiming that a family in Purdon had the Ebola virus and

the entire town was quarantined with Center for Disease Control (CDC), state and local law enforcement officials on-site and encircling the community. The report left officials in Navarro County scrambling. Not to respond to the threat, but to respond to all of the fearful callers and concerned residents who either read the report or heard it through the grapevine. The reaction even prompted our own school district to reach out to parents to quell fears of the virus in our area. Could this be more irresponsible? Is it funny? It is nothing but a malicious, twisted sense of humor. There is really nothing in the “article” or its follow up the next day that can be seen as an attempt at humor. In fact, it is reported so straight forward that it very much appears to be legitimate. I guess the humor and fun in it is for those who created it as they watch fearful locals react. The news has become so convoluted today with opin-

ion that poses as news, or just entertainment that people treat like news, that we barely know what we can rely on today. This was no laughing matter for the people in the area that had to dedicate precious, limited resources to combat a bad joke. The “National Report” has a long list of communities and people it has disrupted with its dumb brand of humor or attempt to gain readers. It neither identifies itself as a humorous site, satirical or meant to be a parody. It throws out information it finds amusing and lets everyone else worry about the consequences. It is sad for those of us who take our jobs as journalists seriously and view it as a public service as much as it is a business. Do we need to operate as a profitable business? Absolutely. But if we cease to be a source of legitimate, reliable information then we cease to be that special part of the community everyone relies on. We are all prone these

days to believe what we want to believe, rather than researching and filtering through information to learn the facts. It is easier and much more comforting to simply reaffirm what we believe to be true, rather than question it. Unfortunately, with so much information – both true and false – at our disposal today, the need to look at it more critically is more important than ever. Let's not let the Internet and the Facebook and social media rumor-mill be our source of factual information just because it is more exciting. It is embarrassing enough when a publication scandalizes our world for entertainment – see two-headed alien babies in “The National Enquirer” – but it becomes a dangerous thing when “news” lives right on the edge of believability and intentionally misleads us all. The “National Report” is a national embarrassment and should remind us that more information is not always a good thing and we should be very careful in what we choose to believe.

Rulings prevent, then allow, new state voter ID law Ed Sterling State Capital Highlights

AUSTIN — An Oct. 9 ruling by U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzalez Ramos of Corpus Christi prevented the state from enforcing the voter identification law passed by the Texas Legislature in 2011 as Senate Bill 14. However, that ruling was set aside Tuesday by a federal appeals court in New Orleans. In the case, Marc Veasey et al. v. Rick Perry et al., Ramos ruled the law was enacted with a discriminatory purpose and an impermissible discriminatory effect against Hispanics and African-Americans. Ramos said the law places an unconstitutional burden on the right to vote that is, in effect, a poll tax. “Plaintiffs,” she wrote, “have thus demonstrated that every form of SB 14-qualified ID available to the general public is issued at a cost.” Supporters of the law said the law, which requires each voter to present an official photo ID card, is needed to combat voter imperson-

Troy Miller , Mayor of Mexia 562-7054

Limestone County Judge Daniel Burkeen 729-3810 200 W. State St., Ste. 101 Groesbeck, TX 76642

Precinct 1 Commissioner John McCarver

P. O. Box 353 Kosse, TX 76653 Phone: 254-375-2570 Email: rcmcarver@yahoo.com

Precinct 2 Commissioner William "Pete" Kirven 200 W. State St., Ste. 101 Groesbeck, TX 76642 Phone: 254-729-2101

Precinct 3 Commissioner Jerry Allen 200 W. State St., Ste. 101

ation fraud, to build public confidence in election results, and to increase participation in elections. State Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, who fought against the passage of SB 14 and testified in the district court proceedings, commented: “As the court ruled, the voter ID law is essentially a modern day poll tax and has the same effect as other laws used in decades past to keep scores of lawful, legal Americans from voting. It was wrong then, it is wrong now, and I’m pleased the court stood up to protect the right to vote for all Texans.” Ramos further ordered, “Any remedial enactment by the Texas Legislature, as well as any remedial changes by Texas’s administrative agencies, must come to the Court for approval.” Lauren Bean of the Office of the Texas Attorney General on Oct. 9 said, “The State of Texas will immediately appeal and will urge the Fifth Circuit (Court of Appeals in New Orleans) to resolve this matter quickly to avoid voter confusion in the upcoming election. The U.S. Supreme Court has already ruled that voter ID laws are constitutional so we are confident the Texas law will

be upheld on appeal.” Tuesday's ruling, by the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, temporarily blocks last week's ruling. The appeals court didn't rule on the merits of the law, but rather decided it's too close to the fall general election to change the rules. Early voting starts Oct. 20. Election day is Nov. 4, with early voting to be conducted Oct. 21-31. The last day for Texans to register to vote was Oct. 6.

Thomas Eric Duncan, the first individual diagnosed with Ebola virus in the United States, died in the isolation unit of a Dallas hospital on Oct. 8. And now, a hospital worker who had contact with Duncan has been diagnosed with the disease. According to the Department of State Health Services, Ebola is not contagious until symptoms appear, which can occur two to 21 days after exposure. Early symptoms include fever, headache, abdominal pain and weakness. Gov. Rick Perry on Oct. 6 Sales tax revenue increases announced the creation of the Texas State Comptroller Susan Combs Task Force on Infectious Disease on Oct. 8 announced state sales tax Preparedness and Response, to revenue in September was $2.17 bil-

Texas prepares for Ebola

Making contact

Groesbeck, TX 76642 Phone: 254-729-2101

Precinct 4 Commissioner Bobby Forrest

P. O. Box 807 Mexia, TX 76667 Phone: 254-562-2884 Cell: 254-747-0075 Email: bobbyforrest @remax.net

Congressman Bill Flores 1030 Longworth HOB Washington, DC 20515 Phone: (202) 225-6105 http://flores.house.gov

Sen. Ted Cruz

Dirksen Senate Office Bldg., Ste. 185 Washington, DC 20510 (202) 224-5922 http://www.cruz.senate.gov

“assess and enhance the state’s existing capabilities to prepare for and respond to pandemic disease, such as the Ebola virus.” He publicized a list of state agency heads, medical researchers and other prominent people to serve on the task force. The task force is to issue its first report by Dec. 1 and a second report by Feb. 1, 2015. Perry, who called on the federal government to increase screening efforts at all points of entry to help prevent the disease from entering the country, toured the Galveston National Laboratory at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston on Oct. 7. One of two national biocontainment laboratories in the U.S., the facility’s personnel study infectious diseases such as Ebola. There also are 13 regional biocontainment laboratories in the U.S. Perry visited Fort Hood on Oct. 9 to encourage a brigade of soldiers being deployed to Liberia to build Ebola treatment units.

Sen. John Cornyn

517 Hart Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 Main: 202-224-2934 http://www.cornyn.senate.gov

Texas Senate Dist. 5 Charles Schwertner

P.O. Box 12068 Capitol Station Austin, TX 78711 (512) 463-0105 http://www.schwertner.senate.st ate.tx.us

Texas Rep. Dist. 12 Kyle Kacal

Room E2.704, Capitol Extension P.O. Box 2910 Austin, TX 78768 (512) 463-0412 http://www.house.state.tx.us/me mbers/memberpage/?district=12

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lion, up 7.9 percent compared to September 2013. “Significant growth in sales tax revenues occurred across all major economic sectors, reflecting strength in both business and consumer spending. The gains were led by remittances from the oil and natural gas-related and manufacturing sectors, as well as from restaurants and retail trade,” she explained. Combs said cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts will receive October local sales tax allocations totaling $621.7 million, up 7.2 percent compared to October 2013.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers made 1,175 drivingwhile-intoxicated arrests during a special enforcement period from Aug. 15 through Sept. 2, which included the Labor Day holiday. The enforcement effort, abetted by a Texas Department of Transportation grant, also resulted in 18,615 speeding citations, 2,840 seat belt/child safety seat citations, 838 fugitive arrests and 665 felony arrests, DPS Executive Director Steven McCraw said.

Holiday arrest total comes in

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Mission Pentecostal Church

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Bethsaida Missionary Baptist Church 3422 Hwy 84 W., Mexia 562-6777

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Presbyterian

First Presbyterian Church 209 E. Carthage St., Mexia 562-3344

Other

Alexander Chapel

Beulah Missionary Baptist Church

Catholic

North Avenue A, Wortham 765-3513

Saint Mary’s Catholic Church

Calvary Full Gospel Church

506 E. Sumpter, Mexia, 562-3619

Camino de Salvacion

Calvary Baptist Church 519 S. McKinney, Mexia 562-2269

137 Kollman Road, Mexia 562-3163

Hwy. 171

Canaan Baptist Church

Church of Christ

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Church of Christ

First Missionary Baptist Church

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First Christian Church

Church of Christ

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104 St. John Street, Coolidge 786-2407

First Baptist Church

Hwy 39 at Fallon

307 Bell, Coolidge 786-2232

Northcrest Church of Christ

First Baptist Church

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111 E. Palestine St., Mexia

Christ the King Fellowship

God’s Cathedral of Praise and Worshlp 1866 Hwy. 171, Mexia, 562-0425

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First Baptist Church

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Ford Chapel Primitive Baptist Church 800 W. Palestine St., Mexia 562-6275

Forest Glade Baptist Church 4275 N. Hwy 14, Mexia 562-2426

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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints 1209 Hinchliffe Rd., Mexia

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Christ Episcopal Church

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Little Zion Baptist Church 1214 E. Commerce, Mexia 562-7598

Mexia First Baptist Churh 304 N. Denton St., Mexia 254-472-0940

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Mt. Zion Primitive Baptist Church

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New Home Baptist Church Highway 14 North, Mexia 562-3376

Northside Baptist Church 910 N. Kaufman, Mexia 562-6341

Prairie Grove Baptist Churh Hwy 1953 - 562-3730

Methodist

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Life Fellowship

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Mexia Revival Center

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Unidos En Cristo

Thornton Methodist Church

Victory Full Gospel Fellowship

1302 Marshal St., Thornton

620 S. 3rd St., Wortham, 765-3002

St. Luke United Methodist Church

Wortham Christian Fellowshlp

405 S. Belknap St., Mexia

Wortham

562-3162 Rev. Robert Campbell, pastor

Unlimited Praise Church 115 E. Commerce St., Mexia

Union Memorial United Methodist Church

254-472-9383

Sandy Community

Yahweh’s Rock Community Church

Shiloh

Grove Island AME Church

Smith Chapel Primitive Baptist Church

561 CR 901, Mexia, 254-739-2266

1126 E. Sumpter St., Mexia 903-388-8296, 254-855-0918

Gipson Chapel AME Church

Christ Gospel Fellowship Full Gospel Church

CR 501, Mexia, 254-739-2266

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Allen Chapel AME Church

First United Methodist Church

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Mexia Christian Fellowship Nondenominational

Prairie Hill First Baptist Church

Sandy Grove 353-2367

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Union Missionary Baptist Church

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St. James Primitive Baptist Church

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Baby Blues

Comic Corner

Beetle Bailey

Blondie

Hagar the Horrible

Marvin

Sally Forth

Sherman’s Lagoon

Comics for Kids

Snuffy Smith and Barney Google

Zits

DIVERSIONS

DRYER LINT IS FOR THE BIRDS? Dear Heloise: I keep a cardboard oatmeal can near my dryer. When I remove the LINT FROM THE DRYER, I place it in the can. When the birds return in the spring, I place some of it in small, empty tuna cans, and put them around the yard or in a tree, where the birds can get it for their nests. — R.E. in Nebraska Backyard birds are our friends, and they are just lovely to watch! However, this old and very common hint is no longer safe. All bird experts tell us NOTto use dryer lint. Dryer lint is made of fibers (many man-made) from material, and may have detergent or softener residue, which is not good for our feathered friends. If you want to help birds out, set out natural materials, such as human or animal hair, twigs, moss and leaves. Now I have a good use for Chammy’s (our silken wheaten terrier) and my hair that collects in our brushes. — Heloise P.S.: Next is a brilliant bird hint. I’m watching my hummingbirds right now! HUMMINGBIRD HANGOUT Dear Heloise: I have noticed that hummingbirds like to sit and watch over their food supply. I made a hummingbird swing of my own with a metal clothes hanger. I bent the middle of the clothes hanger upward, toward the hook on top, to make two loops, and hung it over the feeder. They love it! —

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Hints from Heloise

Jordan Gray sent this picture of a friendʼs German shepherd, Anya, lying in the grass enjoying the sunshine.

Shirley Davis, Lisbon, Ohio FRUIT STAIN Dear Heloise: I bit into a beautifully ripe strawberry, and juice dripped down the front of my favorite sweater. Can you help? — Wilma, via email Don’t stress over a strawberry stain! Dampen the sweater (if it’s washable, of

Horoscope BY FRANCIS DRAKE

What kind of day will tomorrow be? To find out what the stars say, read the forecast given for your birth sign. For Sunday, Oct. 19, 2014 ARIES (March 21 to April 19) This is a wonderful day to schmooze with others, and it’s also a lovely day to enter into a partnership or to get married. You feel strong affection for those you love. TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) This is a positive day for you at work, because you know that others appreciate your efforts. This is why some of you will get a raise, or at least praise. GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) Romance and love affairs are stirred today! Passion is strong! This is the kind of day when love at first sight might occur. (Be still, my beating heart.) CANCER (June 21 to July 22) This is a wonderful day to redecorate where you live or entertain at home. You will truly enjoy the company of guests and family members. LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) This is a strong day for writers, actors, teachers and those in sales or marketing, because you can make money with your words. Many of you will marvel at the beauty of your surroundings.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) If shopping today, you will want to buy pretty treasures for yourself and loved ones. Some of you will come up with excellent moneymaking ideas! LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) This is a good day to buy wardrobe items, because you like what you see in the mirror. Your sign is the sign of fashion, which is why you know what color is “in.” SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) Secret love affairs will flourish for many of you. (Scorpio likes recreational sex.) In addition, other secrets are romantic. Oh my. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) You feel genuine affection for friends and people you’re involved with in groups today. You sense that a collective effort will bring about something worthwhile. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) A crush on your boss or someone in a position of authority might start today. Others might want your creative input or advice about design, layout and creative matters.

course) with cool water, and rub a drop or two of liquid laundry detergent into the spot (from the back of the sweater), then wash. Do not put it in the dryer. Check the stain, and treat again if it’s still there. The next time this happens, try to dab the spot with cold water to help dilute the juice. More maddening stains? Want to know how to save that shirt? Just send $5 and a long, self-addressed, stamped (70 cents) envelope to: Heloise/Stain Guide, P.O. Box 795001, San Antonio, TX 78279-5001. Stains are going to happen, so be prepared! Remember, to prevent pilling on sweaters, wash them inside out. — Heloise PANTRY PACKAGES Dear Heloise: I put my extra shoe holder on the inside of the pantry door to hold all those packets I buy. The individual cornbread mixes, soups, taco mixes, etc., are all at eye level and stay organized, instead of falling off the shelf. — Jeannie G., Abilene, Texas (c) 2014 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) Do what you can to travel for pleasure or promote your best interests in publishing, the media, medicine and the law. You want to expand your world! PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You will aggressively go after your fair share of something today. You also will defend your best interests in disputes about inheritances, insurance matters and shared property. Anyone can see that you mean business!

BORN TODAY You speak your mind, which is why you energize any group you are in. People admire your independence and chutzpah. You will always champion the truth. This year, something you’ve been involved with for about nine years will end or diminish in order to make room for something new. Take it easy and learn to serve others. This is a good year to travel. Birthdate of: Jose Bautista, baseball player; Trey Parker, actor/producer; John Lithgow, actor. (c) 2014 King Features Syndicate, Inc.

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RENTAL

031 Houses for Rent

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053 Garage Sales

FRIDAY AND Saturday, 502 S. McKinney. Four wheeler, 525 W. Hunt. 3/1 holiday decorations, brick. $600/mo, plus- hamster. deposit and applicaFIVE FAMILY tion. 281-794-6852 Garage Sale- Sat. NICE 3/1 house for Oct. 18th, 8 to ?, rent at 809 E. How- 1625 and 1631 LCR ell. CH/A, $700 per 377 @ Lake Mexia. month, 562-6491 or Look for our hot pink 254-422-1353. signs, Xmas decorations, fall/winter clothes, dishes, 033 Apartments books, menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s stuff, jewelry, sewing maVERY NICE 1 br, chine, 10â&#x20AC;? colored ch/a, w/d conn., 709 portable TV/tape. E. Commerce. $450/ mo. 562-6491 or 057 Pets & 254-422-1353.

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051 Items for Sale

DINING ROOM set, solid wood includes table with 3 extension leaves, six upholstered chairs, dry sink and hutch. Also a very nice antique table and dining chairs. Call John Posey at 254-6250589.

053 Garage Sales

GARAGE SALEThursday - Saturday, 735 Alice.

ESTATE SALELake Limestone, 407 LCR 824. Boats, motors, trailers, tools, furniture, household items. October 8th thru October 22nd.

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High School Scoreboard

Mexia Waco Connally

82 53

Lorena Rusk

47 13

Hubbard Wortham

50 0

Fairfield Groesbeck

38 0

Teague Palestine Westwood

63 19

Milford Coolidge

58 56

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SPORTS

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34-points in fourth quarter secure 82-53 win for Mexia

Blackcats crush Waco Connally

Mexia Connally

By Stephen R. Farris Mexia News Sports

Matron Gerald ran for 239-yards and three touchdowns and Draeshaun Hanna carried the ball 25 times for 215-yards and five scores as the Mexia Blackcats blasted the Waco Connally Cadets, 82-53, Friday night. Mexia outscored the Cadets 34-14 in the fourth quarter and 54-26 in the second half. Connally's defense did all they could to keep on their feet in the second half as Mexia seemed to score every time they put their hands on the ball, especially after turnover on downs and kickoffs. The Blackcats led at the half by only two points, 2826. At the beginning of the third quarter, the outburst of scoring started when Mexia's Karon Tatum returned the opening half kickoff 85-yards for a touchdown to give the Blackcats a little breathing room. With 6:16 to play in the third, quarterback Jaylen Gipson hit Damian Stoner on a long pass from their own 43yard line. Stoner dodged a couple of Connally defenders, with the last one grabbing a handful of Stoner's jersey, but he somehow managed to get away and into the end zone for the touchdown to make it 42-33, Blackcats. The Cadets quarterback,

82 53

Kristian Brown, answered back with a 40-yard touchdown pass to receiver Israel Williams, but the kick failed and Mexia held on to a threepoint lead, 42-39. Gipson took matters into his own hands as he found daylight for a 76-yard score to increase the Blackcats lead to 48-39. Gerald scored his final touchdown of the night on a 54-yard run to give Mexia a 10-point advantage with still a ton of time left on the clock. Brown scored his sixth touchdown of the game and the two-point conversion to inch Connally to within two points, 55-53, with 7:52 to play in the game. Defensively for the Blackcats, Dauius Oliver recovered a fumble in the third quarter. Decovan Echols stepped in front of a Connally receiver in the fourth quarter to break up a pass, forcing the Cadets into a fourth-andseven situation in which they ended up turning the ball over on downs. Curk Harris intercepted a Brown pass late in the fourth quarter and the top defensive play of the night had to be Ronald Jackson's pick in the first quarter, catching the ball off the leg of a Cadet receiver that was down on the ground and returned it for a 28-yard touchdown. Mexia moves to 4-3 on the season and 2-0 in district play. The Blackcats travel to Lorena next Friday night to play the Leopards.

Ronald Jackson picks up a dropped pass off the leg of a Cadet receiver for the interception in the first quarter. Jackson returned the ball 28-yards for a touchdown on the play.

Navarro College Roundup

Football Carson Earp had another great game at quarterback for the No. 15 ranked Bulldogs as they beat Northeastern Oklahoma A&M in Miami, Oklahoma, 65-30, last Saturday. Earp completed over 60 percent of his passes (17-26) for 264 yards and two touchdowns in the game. In the previous game against Arkansas Baptist, Earp threw for 337 yards and four touchdowns and it seems he is settling in as the main quarterback for the team thus far. Saturday, the Bulldogs jumped out to a 28-14 lead in the first quarter. NEO scored first, but Navarro answered back quickly when Ke’Aun Kinner scored from 10-yards out to tie the game at seven. Earp threw his first touchdown pass of the game to Austin Collins for a 12-yard

score to push the Bulldogs ahead, 14-7. NEO came back to tie the game on a touchdown pass from three-yards out. Navarro scored back-toback touchdowns within a three minute time frame, one on a Kinner single yard run and the other on a 36-yard pass from Earp to receiver JaBryce Taylor. NEO opened up the second quarter with a passing touchdown, but the kick failed, making the score 2820. Kinner finished out the quarter with a 60-yard run and a 14-yard scamper for touchdowns to give the Bulldogs a 41-20 lead at halftime. Carlos Macias field goal with 12:17 to play in the third quarter gave the Bulldogs a 44-20 lead. Navarro added a defensive touchdown when Kyron Minter returned a fumble for a 29-yard touchdown. NEO added a field goal

Draeshaun Hanna runs over a Connally defender in the first quarter as teammate Matron Gerald comes over to help out. Hanna and Gerald both rushed for over 200-yards on the night for the Blackcats. Mexia News photos/ Stephen R. Farris with 6:10 left in the quarter to to get a little closer at 58-30, close out the scoring in the but the Bulldogs fired back to frame as Navarro still held on close out the game for the win when Bivins hit Taylor to the lead, 51-23. Backup quarterback for a 69-yard touchdown. Navarro improves to 5-2 Bivins Caraway came in for the Bulldogs in the fourth overall and 2-2 in conference quarter, connecting with play. The Bulldogs will host receiver Josh Simmons on a nine-yard pass to increase the No. 11 ranked Tyler Apaches (6-1, 3-1) this Saturday at lead to 58-13. NEO scored their final Corsicana’s Tiger Stadium touchdown a short time later with a 3 p.m. starting time.

For even more coverage of this game, see Tuesday’s edition of

The Mexia News

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