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Hackers leak documents they Cushing, Nac give say were stolen in SFA breach teachers EDUCATION

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Increase met with mixed emotions after ‘disheartening’ inaction at Capitol

BY STUART BEAL Sentinel Correspondent

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People walk past the Ed and Gwen Cole STEM Building at Stephen F. Austin State University on Friday. Hacking group Rhysida this week took responsibility for a cyberattack on the university and leaked more than two dozen documents it says were stolen in the attack.

University’s looted data will be auctioned off soon, group says

Rhysida, which was behind the recent hack of Chile’s army, claims responsibility

Cushing ISD and Nacogdoches ISD recently passed teacher pay raises amidst a national teacher shortage and failed attempts by the Texas legislature to increase funding for public schools, resulting in feelings ranging from gratitude to disappointment among teachers.

On June 14, the Cushing ISD school board voted unanimously for a 3% pay raise for all employees except for the superintendent, bus drivers and substitute teachers. The next day, the NISD trustees voted unanimously for a budget that included a 4% to 15.45% pay Enos raise for teachers, nurses, librarians and counselors.

Raises at both districts go into effect at the start of the 2023-2024 school year.

Cushing ISD decided to implement the raise because the Texas Legislature failed to increase funding during its regular session, Superintendent Dr. Brandon Enos said.

“Our lawmakers have over $32 billion in additional funding and have decided not to give even a small pay raise to our dedicated teachers and support staff.”

DR. BRANDON ENOS CUSHING ISD SUPERINTENDENT

BY JOSH EDWARDS Staff Writer

International hacking group Rhysida this week leaked more than two dozen documents it says it stole from Stephen F. Austin State University in a cyberattack and announced plans to auction off other sensitive information harvested in the attack.

“We downloaded about 1.2 terabytes of data from their network, including SQL databases,” Rhysida said in an email to The Daily Sentinel claiming responsibility for the attack.

The message included 28 files most y dated from August to December 2022, though some went back as far as 2013.

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The Thomas J. Rusk Building at Stephen F. Austin State University is seen Friday morning.

Data » 3A Hackers have leaked more than two dozens documents they say were stolen during the cyberattack earlier this month on the university.

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“It is a disheartening time for public education in Texas,” Enos said. “Our lawmakers have over $32 billion in additional funding and have decided not to give even a small pay raise to our dedicated teachers and support staff.”

Toward the end of the regular legislative session in Austin, a bill passed the House that increased minimum salaries for teachers, as well as the amount of money given to schools per student. But, the bill died shortly after when lawmakers in the Senate amended it to include a private education voucher program.

Erin Wyatt, a teacher at Cushing Elementary, said the failure of this bill

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CALENDAR OF EVENTS Today

■ Judy McDonald Public Library presents Sensory Friendly Movie Night featuring the film, “Puss in Boots: Th Last Wish” at noon for all ages. Free but registration requested. 1112 North St. nactx.us/library or call 936559-2970.

■ The Texas National Art Exhibit enter its final week a the Cole Art Center downtown, presented by the SFA School of Art. Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday, closed Mondays. Free admission.

329 E. Main St 936-468-5500.

■ Nacogdoches Farmers Market offers seasonal produce, baked items, handmade gifts and more. Food trucks, live entertainment and ready-toeat meals. 9 a.m. to noon rain or shine. Free parking and entry. 107 Pearl St. nacogdochesfarmersmarket.com.

■ Mission Dolores State Historic Site hosts two presentations from historian Dr. Francis X. Galan, author of “Los Adaes: the First Capital of Spanish Texas.” Suitable for ages 14 and up. 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Free. 701 S. Broadway St., San Augustine. 936-275-3815.

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AROUND THE COMMUNITY Library offers Google apps classes

PRIMETIMERS

Introductory classes on Google Sheets, Google Docs and Google Slides will be offered free at the public library this summer.

The apps are cloud-based products that allow users to share spreadsheets and word processing documents. Google Docs will be offered June 27 and July 27. Google Sheets will be July 11 and July 25, and Google Slides will be July 18 only. All class times are 7:30 to 8:45 p.m.

Classes are open to ages 19 and up and registration is required through eventbrite.com or by calling 936-559-2970.

SFA presents children’s musical Assistant Chief of Police Dan Taravella, center, met with the Nacogdoches Primetimers Group to discuss the state of the local police department. Information included changes in technology, current scams, the drug problem, K-9 program, SWAT, traffic control the 911 Center, Citizens Police Academy and support from the community and city. He is shown with Primetimers President Emily Hester, left, and vice president Dr. David Shows. Primetimers is an open to all Fellowship Group of those aged 50 and above from multiple churches meeting in the Parlor at First United Methodist Church normally the second Monday of every month with table games at 10:30 a.m. and program and lunch at noon. For information, call Emily Hester, 936-362-2154. Next month’s speaker will be Michael Brown, Interim Fire Chief of Nacogdoches Fire and Rescue.

Monday

■ City of Nacogdoches Capital

Needs Advisory Committee hosts a community input meeting about merging fir station No. 2 at 1900 Main St. and No. 5 at 214 E. Pilar St. 8:30 a.m. 1112 North St. ■ Nacogdoches Quilters Guild meets on the second Monday of the month at Redeemer Lutheran Church. New members and visitors welcome; dues are $20 annually. 6:30 p.m.

2306 Appleby Sand Road.

Email nacogdochesquiltersguild@gmail.com.

■ Grief support group for men and women meets at Trawick Presbyterian Church, 4410 State Highway 204 in the Trawick. Meetings are 1 to 2:30 p.m. every other Monday. 936-585-2847 or email stempleman@sfasu.edu.

Tuesday

■ Nacogdoches County Com-

missioners meet at 9 a.m. in Suite 170 on the first floor the courthouse, 101 W. Main St. Public forums are held at each meeting. Recordings of meetings are posted later on the county website, www. co.nacogdoches.tx.us.

■ Rotary Club of Nacogdoches mobile library will be at Carpenter Elementary during lunch when NISD offers free meals to anyone 18 and under. 11 a.m. to noon. 5209 Southeast Stallings Drive.

■ Judy McDonald Public Library’s presents “Field Day” at 10 a.m. for ages 11 and under, and “Learn to Make: Blue Zones Recipes” at 5:30 p.m. for ages 19 and up. Free, but registration requested. 1112 North St. nactx.us/library or call 936-559-2970.

Wednesday, June 28

■ Nacogdoches City Council

holds a special meeting at City Hall to discuss the city’s speed hump policy, safety concerns at the Douglass Road Durst intersection and city manager search. 5:30 p.m. 202 E. Pilar St. Livestream at nactx.us/21.

■ Citizenship Study Group has resumed at the public library and cover the civics exam, English reading, pronunciation and writing practice. New members welcome any time. 5:30 p.m.

Free. 1112 North St. 936-5592970.

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LAW ENFORCEMENT HIGHLIGHTS Theft, 3200 block of North St. A salon customer paid for services with a credit card, then called the credit card company and reported the charges as fraud.

Incident report, 200 block of Old Tyler Road. An employee fired from a business called and threatened to “shoot up this location.”

Harassment, 5300 block of Northway Drive. A person with a previous harassment warning and a prior conviction for harassment continued to call a man and his mother.

Theft, 2800 block of Pearl St. A woman reported her car window was broken and a gun stolen from the glove compartment.

Burglary of vehicle, 200 block of W. Seale St. Valuables were stolen from a vehicle parked at a home.

Controlled substance, 100 block of S. Shawnee St. A driver stopped for a traffic offense was found with marijuana and issued a summons.

Theft, 900 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. A theft was reported at a business.

Extra patrol, Highway 21 East and CR 419. A resident requested extra patrol “due to suspicious vehicles in the area.”

Assist complainant, 18000 block of Highway 21 West.

A deputy gave a caller advice on how to remove a vehicle from his property.

Suspicious circumstance, 6200 block of Highway 21 East. A caller reported “juveniles hanging out at a cemetery.” The juveniles were located and identified but no offense was committed.

Animal problem, 4100 block of CR 230. A caller reported “previous tenants moved out and abandoned their dogs on the property.”

Theft, 200 block of CR 785. Fishing rods were stolen from a boat.

Criminal trespass, 2000 block of CR 779. A caller reported “somebody was doing donuts on his property” and then followed them as they left. Deputies caught up with the group and identified the trespassers. No charges were filed, but they were warned to stay off the propert .

Assault, 100 block of Pitman St. A woman taken to a hospital after an apparent assault had “injuries to her face and no memory.”

Burglary of a vehicle, 500 block of Pearl St. A burglar smashed the window of a woman’s vehicle and stole property.

Burglary of a vehicle, 16600 block of U.S. 259. A gun was stolen from a vehicle.

Assault, 3900 block of NW Stallings Drive. A man reportedly shoved his girlfriend.

Harassment, 200 block of CR 258. A man’s exgirlfriend called from Arkansas to harass him.

Assist complainant, 200 block of Schulze Lane, Cushing. A trailer was reported missing from a neighbor’s property.

Criminal trespass, 300 block of CR 6108. Two people attempting to collect a debt were asked by a deputy to leave a property.

Found property, Pearl St. at Parrott Drive. Police collected lost property for safekeeping.

Theft, 4900 block of NE Stallings Drive. A wallet was reported stolen at a hospital.

Controlled substance, 3800 block of North St. Drug paraphernalia containing a small amount of marijuana was seized.

Assist complainant, 800 block of CR 890. Three men in a black sedan forced their way into a home looking for a woman’s grandson.

Agency assist, 5800 block of US 59 South. The highway patrol investigated a crash while deputies controlled traffic Harassment, 900 block of CR 389. A woman received a harassing letter from someone who had been warned not to do so.

Disturbance, 4900 block of FM 2259. People involved in a disturbance were separated.

Controlled substance, Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office. Drugs were found as deputies picked up a person on a mental health warrant.

Suspicious circumstance, 2250 CR 486. A resident heard glass break behind their house.

Found property, Nacogdoches Police Department.

A wallet found in a road was handed over to police for safekeeping.

Criminal mischief, 300 block of Ellington St. Property was reported damaged.

Assault, 600 block of Egret Drive. One family member threatened another.

Arrests included: Jason Bradley Davis, 40, of Center, criminal mischief, continuous violence against the family, aggravated assault; Victor Sebastian Gutierrez, 20, of Lufkin, possession of marijuana; Sean Lyle Stoddard, 32, public intoxication; Larry Dewayne Skinner, 38, public intoxication; Ronald Zykedrian Trev Brooks, 19, sexual assault of a child; Naaron Bryton Hood, 31, motion to revoke probation, felony drug possession; Caleb Paul Kersh, 37, family-violence assault by threat; Frankie Lynn McCarty Sr., 59, burglary of a habitation; Dontrel Jermane Pruitt, 41, misdemeanor theft; and Marcelo Beltran Silva, 42, intoxication assault with vehicle.

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AROUND THE STATE

Infowars ‘War Room’ host Owen Shroyer pleads guilty to entering restricted area during Capitol riot WASHINGTON (AP) — Infowars host Owen Shroyer, who promoted baseless claims of 2020 election fraud on the far-right internet platform, pleaded guilty on Friday to joining the mob of Donald Trump supporters who rioted at the U.S. Capitol.

Shroyer, who didn’t enter the Capitol but led rioters in chants near the top of the building’s steps, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge of illegally entering a restricted area. The charge carries a maximum sentence of one year behind bars.

U.S. District Judge Timothy

Kelly scheduled a Sept. 12 sentencing hearing for the 33-yearold Shroyer, who has hosted a daily show called “The War Room With Owen Shroyer” for the website operated by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones.

Outside the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, Shroyer stood in front of a crowd with a megaphone and yelled that Democrats are “tyrants.”

“And so today, on January 6, we declare death to tyranny!

Death to tyrants!” he shouted.

Near the top of steps on the

Capitol’s east side, Shroyer, who’s from Austin, Texas, led hundreds of rioters in chants of “USA!” and “1776!” He later said in an affid vit that he stood with Jones as Jones tried to deescalate the situation.

But, prosecutors wrote in a court filing, “Ha kening to the last time Americans overthrew their government in a revolution while standing on the Capitol steps where elected representatives are certifying a Presidential Election you disagree with does not qualify as deescalation.”

SFA’s School of Theatre and Dance will stage the children’s musical, “The Wind in the Willows” opening this Wednesday and running through July 1.

Based on the book by Scot Copeland, W.S. Gilbert and Kenneth Grahame and music by Paul Carrol Binkley and Sir Arthur Sullivan, “The Wind in the Willows” is adapted from the book by Kenneth Grahame and the songs of Gilbert and Sullivan.

Performances will be held in SFA’s Kennedy Auditorium. Show times are 10 a.m. Wednesday, June 28; 10 a.m. and 6:30 p.m. Thursday and Friday, June 29 and 30; and 2 p.m. Saturday, July 1. Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for senior adults 62 and older; $8 for SFA faculty and staff; and $5 for youth.

To purchase tickets, visit boxoffic .sfasu.edu or call 936-468-6407.

For more information about “The Wind in the Willows,” call the School of Theatre and Dance at 936-468-4003 or visit sfasu.edu/theatre-dance.

SFA Presidents Honor Roll released

SFA recognized 832 students named to the President’s Honor Roll for the spring 2023 semester, including area students.

To qualify, a student must have earned a 4.0 semester GPA while a full-time undergraduate.

Honorees from Nacogdoches are: Hadley Watts, Mathilde Coquillaud-Salomon, Michael Bayley, Linh Le, Callie Neumann, Lindsey Cox, Kendall Cooksy, Olivia Payne, Adam Leaman, Iris Christopher, Sylvia Butler, Jeremy Brittain, Dan Nguyen, Gracie Bedford, Robert Kershner, Victoria Donoway, Bryan Pace, Citori Helveston, Andrew Collette, Amber Smith, Ta-Mia Robertson, Lance Albritton, Ngoc Pham, Shelby Ady, Mason Phillips, Maggie Moore, Victoria Lee, Landon Thompson, Miriam Chavez, Kayla Criddle-Cunningham, Brittany Ammons, Natalie Schulz, Malinda Morgan, Lillian Williams, Susana Pham, Paige Reeds, Abigail Mounger, Han Nguyen, Blake Wilson, Curtis Tran, Sarah Reilly, Ashley Young, Julio Aguilar, Sammy Kaoud, Brayden Jones, Caitrin Dalton, Alyssa Patton, Riley Floerke, Sarah LeBlanc, Jacob Grayson, Elizabeth Carpenter, Brad Fults, Caitlyn Shrewsbury, Rachel Welch, Rhoni Ray, Shelby Abshire, Joshua Hager, Marshall Jones, Jacob Conner, Agafi Bowden, Lauren Beasley, Molly Miller, Robert Baker, Tranh Tien Dao, Brittany McLaughlin, Henry Gibson, Sera Do, William Kennedy, Roxana Soto, Katie Howard, Tristan Meadows, Ana Pena, Emily Le Blanc, Kimberly Fos, Eri Kawamura, Desirea Spiecher and Tra Tran.

Garrison students on the list were: Morgan Malott, Teri McFadden, Heriberto Castaneda, Talon Wright, Kobi Smith and Justin Malnar.

Honorees from Cushing were: Zoe Dawson, Alexis Moore, Hailey Gordon, Kaden Harman and Shea Clews.

Also making the list were Hope Dailey of Chireno, Oscar Garcia and Emily Pearson of Douglass, Madison Gartman of Etoile, Allison Bennett of San Augustine.

Clardy to address Republican Party

Nacogdoches County Republican Party will meet its 6 p.m. Monday featuring Rep. Travis Clardy, R-Nacogdoches speaking on activities of the House during the legislative session.

The meeting will be at the county courthouse annex, 203 W. Main St.

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Severe weather kills 4, hurts 9 in West Texas town AP — A line of severe storms produced what a meteorologist calls a rare combination of multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail in west Texas, killing at least four people, injuring nine and causing significant damage around the town of Matador, a meteorologist said Thursday.

The storms produced strong winds that swept across Texas, from the Panhandle to Houston, causing damage north of the city, weather officials said Gov. Greg Abbott added six counties in the region to a disaster declaration on Thursday. The declaration was first issued June 16 and amended three times in response to severe weather. His statement said the declaration will help state authorities respond swiftly to devastated communities.

Storms were forming again Thursday afternoon, and National Weather Service meteorologist Alex Ferguson in Amarillo said they were possible into the night, with a chance of more

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large hail — up to 3 inches (7.6 centimeters) in diameter — and winds up to 70 mph (113 kph). Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued Thursday afternoon in parts of Oklahoma and Texas while tornado warnings were issued in parts of Texas and Colorado.

About 8 p.m. Wednesday, a supercell developed near Amarillo before striking the small town of Matador, said senior forecaster Matt Ziebell with the National Weather Service in Lubbock. He called it “certainly rare to see all at the same time — killer tornadoes, hurricane-force winds and softball-sized hail.”

The damage was concentrated on a 1-mile (1.6-kilometer) stretch with businesses and homes demolished along the west side of Matador, a town where “everybody knows everybody,” said Brandon Moore, Matador’s water superintendent who is also a volunteer fi efighte .

“It was supposed to move east of us, and within a five-minute timespan, it all changed and switched directions

University Police Department file , W-9 and contractor applications and passport documents were included in the leak.

“I also inform you that this data will soon be auctioned off on our website,” Rhysida said in the email.

University officials ould not confi m whether Rhysida was behind the attack or whether the group had demanded a ransom for file .

“These are criminals, and we aren’t interested in engaging them inappropriately,” said Graham Garner, the chief marketing officer or SFA. It was also unclear whether the larger amount of data might contain files f om law enforcement agencies from around Nacogdoches County that use software on the university’s servers.

The university notified aculty, staff and students of Rhysida’s leak Friday evening.

“Friday morning, June 23, we received information that the threat actors behind this incident claimed to have acquired some data, which might include sensitive or personally identifi ble information of some current and former employees and students,” interim university president Gina Oglesbee said in the email.

Rhysida was first observed in May, but it has hit some large targets including the Chilean army. The group commonly uses ransomware — a type of virus that holds computer files host ge while hackers ask for a payment as a form of extortion — according to cybersecurity experts.

Rhysida and other groups often engage in double extortion, meaning that they hold files or ransom and then auction them off to the highest bidder.

Chilean military documents were recently sold through the group’s website.

Annie Rice/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal via AP

Search and rescue teams look for survivors in a former Dollar General after a tornado Thursday in Matador. and came straight through Matador,” Moore said. “We probably had about two minutes of warning to get everybody together and get to safety.

There’s a few people that didn’t make it out of the house, but we did rescue several people and they made it out all

“These are criminals, and we aren’t interested in engaging them inappropriately.”

GRAHAM GARNER CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER FOR SFA

After the attack, which was discovered June 12, Garner said no services were “knocked out or taken over.”

“We have said throughout that we have not had any indication that any sensitive information had been accessed inappropriately and that we would notify any individuals if that were to change at that point. With the information we have today, that is something we are reevaluating and will do exactly what we said,” Garner said Friday.

The email from Oglesbee indicated that “we have no evidence that central information, such as payroll or employee records or banking or student financial d ta, has been inappropriately accessed.”

Rhysida said that denying sensitive information was taken was “brazenly deceiving the public.”

The attack has spawned a large-scale investigation from SFA’s informational technology department, other cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies including the FBI, Garner said.

FBI officials in Dallas de lined to comment, citing the ongoing investigation.

The university has strengthened security efforts in the aftermath of the attack and increased the use of multi-factor authentication when accessing its network, Garner said.

SFA’s computer network remained largely offline une 12 through June 16.

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“Teachers in Cushing make 9.82% less than they did in 2010 when you adjust for inflation. In Nacogdoches, they make 18.58% less. That is a huge difference.”

NICOLE HILL TEXAS AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS

The raise starts off around 15.45% for new teachers, increasing their starting salary to $50,000, but the percentage lowers from there for teachers with more experience. The most experienced teachers will receive around a 4% raise.

One NISD teacher, who asked to remain anonymous out of fear of retaliation, said that even with the raise they expect to earn less next year than they did this year.

For many experienced teachers, the semesterly retention bonuses the district started handing out during the COVID-19 pandemic are larger than this recent raise in their salary. Those retention bonuses are expected to stop before the 2023-2024 school year, resulting in a net loss in pay for some teachers.

“I’m thankful that the district is final y giving teachers a raise and I’m thankful that

new teachers do get a raise,” said Roya Dinbali, a teacher at Nacogdoches High School.

“I just wish they would look at the teachers who’ve been there and putting in their time and stuff forever.”

Nicole Hill, the director of communications for Texas American Federation of Teachers, sees attempts to raise teacher pay that only focus on new teachers as a misdiagnosis of the problem at hand.

“We need to understand that we are not in a teacher recruitment crisis. We are in a teacher retention crisis. It is not just about getting new teachers in the door,” Hill said.

Hill added that she doesn’t think districts can solve problems like these without help from the state.

“We have looked at salary data for teachers specifical y for the last academic year and

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Publisher Rick Craig. “Today’s newspapers are much more nimble when it comes to staff and production needs.”

The Daily Sentinel is long regarded as one of the best Texas newspapers in its class and won Sweepstakes in the Texas Press Association contest earlier this month.

Craig believes the new home will allow the newspaper to better serve our community for years to come.

“The one thing that won’t change is our commitment to the Nacogdoches community,” Craig said. “We are not going anywhere but forward.”

Craig visited with some local leaders and community members about the upcoming plans.

“Those community leaders see it as a positive transition for us, Craig said. “Some even expressed an interest in knowing more about the property.

“We see the change as a positive for Nacogdoches with a new owner that can fully utilize the building and possibly create new job opportunities.”

The current Daily Sentinel property is being listed by a fi m that specializes in newspaper production facilities. Craig and the staff will work with a local fi m to find a new location for the newspaper to call home.

The Sentinel staff is excited to find a new location to do business that is even more convenient for readers and advertisers to visit, Craig said.

“Having a new home in Nacogdoches was never a question mark — we are here for the long run,” said Craig.

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Road s » From 1A conditions on Old Lufkin Road.

The projects are part of an estimated $1.36 million in paving work awarded Tuesday to Drury Construction, the lone bidder that completed the city’s 2022 street paving project.

Work is slated for West Spradley Drive and Old Lufkin Road south of Southern Oak, both of which are on the southern end of town near U.S. 59. City staff initially planned to wait until the state completed its reconstruction of the U.S. 59 and South Loop interchange before redoing the adjacent city streets, City Engineer and Public Works

Director Steve Bartlett said.

“We were trying to keep this heavy traffic off it,” he said.

“But we can’t go any further.

If it gets a little torn up, we will just have to keep it repaired.”

Base repair and new asphalt is slated for Bryan Street, Millard Drive, South Ritchie Street and part of Warren Drive. Mill and inlay work is planned for the rest of Warren Drive along with Hollywood Street, Memory Lane, Justin Drive, Lenwood Drive and Parkwood Drive.

The Drury contract includes patching and paving roads in Oak Grove Cemetery and installing concrete swales on Es-

ther and Boulevard and Jade Street for better drainage.

“We’ve got old streets where the grades are terrible and they hold water,” Bartlett said.

“Some of our solutions are to make some concrete swales to get the water across the street.”

The work will be funded through both the city’s street maintenance fee that’s added to water bills and funds set aside in the budget for street work.

“Every bit of this is budgeted. Every one of these funds are available,” Bartlett said.

“We’ll still have some funds left to do some more paving in the near future.”

compared it to 2010. Teachers in Cushing make 9.82% less than they did in 2010 when you adjust for infl tion,” said Hill.

“In Nacogdoches, they make 18.58% less. That is a huge difference. And districts can’t make all of that up on their own.”

As a member of the Association of Texas Professional Educators, Dinbali traveled to the state capitol during the recent legislative session and spoke to Rep. Travis Clardy, R-Nacogdoches, and Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, about funding for public education and voucher programs. “[Senator Nichols’ office did some research and they say that vouchers aren’t good for East Texas because, of course, we’re so small,” Dinbali said. “And then, when I talked to Clardy, he was saying that he also agrees.”

Many expect Gov. Greg Abbott to convene a special session in September during which the debate over public school funding and voucher programs will continue.

This upcoming session is going to be crucial for teachers

across the state, Hill said.

“Every teacher in the state needs to be aware of what is happening in Austin and needs to be loud and proud

and say, we’re not going to just settle for crumbs anymore,” said Hill. “We can’t do this.

And you can’t run this state without us.”

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made her feel “unseen and unappreciated.”

“Texas has asked teachers to do a lot,” said Wyatt. “And so to stay in the field, when so many people are leaving, to choose to stay, and then to hear that Legislation didn’t pass. It was a blow.”

Wyatt and Laurie Williamson, another teacher at Cushing Elementary, voiced excitement about the recent Cushing ISD pay raise.

“To have a superintendent that’s willing to put himself out there and a district that’s willing to support us when the state’s not makes me feel very appreciated and valued,” said Williamson.

Les Linebarger, NISD’s chief marketing and communications office , said the NISD pay raise was not necessarily related to what happened at the state level.

“I don’t know that it was strictly a result of what the Legislature did or didn’t do,” Linebarger said.

While NISD teachers did express some happiness with the pay raise, a couple of experienced teachers felt that it didn’t do enough for them.

right.”

The city is receiving lots of help from people arriving from outside the community, he said.

“Everybody in the world is offering to come help, which is good,” Moore said. “We’re trying to clean up

the mess now and go from there.”

The storm produced 109 mph (175 kph) winds in Jayton, as well as hail more than 4 inches (10.2 centimeters) wide, Ziebell said. The weather service reported a 97 mph (156 kph) wind gust — the strongest recorded at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston since data collection began there in 1969. The previous record there was 82 mph (132 kph) during Hurricane Ike in 2008.

Much of the wind damage near Houston — downed trees and knocked down power lines and fences — happened north of the city.

The weather service sent crews to survey the damage in west Texas on Thursday and determine the strength of the tornadoes, but the team had not reported its findings as of early Thursday afternoon, according to meteorologist Robert Barritt in Lubbock.

Wednesday “was definite y a rare combination of high-end wind shear and storms of extreme instability,” Ziebell said.

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Obit uarie s John Hampton “Hamp” Miller, M.D.

John Hampton (Hamp) Miller, M.D., 85, of Chattanooga, TN died peacefully Friday, June 16, 2023. He was the son of Wade Hampton and Gladys Bell Miller of Jackson, MS. Happily married to Clarice Townes Miller for 61 years, Hamp’s wife, four children, nine grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren were the joy of his life.

Born in Natchez, MS, Hamp was raised and educated in Jackson, MS. He always liked to say “I got all of my education in one square mile.” After his primary and secondary education, he attended Millsaps College and University of Mississippi Medical School.

Hamp was an active leader in his community through his medical practice, his involvement in his church, and his civic interests.

After completing his residency at Parkland Hospital in Dallas, TX, Hamp practiced as an OB/GYN in two communities: Grenada, MS (2 years) and Denton, TX (22 years). He loved his patients well and was honored to help bring multiple generations into this world. Along with his practice of medicine, Hamp served as a clinical professor of OB/ GYN at the University of Texas Health Science Center in Dallas. His second medical career was at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, TX (19 years).

He served in several capacities at SFASU: health clinic physician, professor for the Graduate Athletic Training Education Program, Medi-

cal Director of Graduate Program, and Director of the Health Clinic.

Hamp lived out his faith through acts of service. He was an active member of congregations of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) in Grenada, Denton, Nacogdoches, and Chattanooga. He was an ordained Deacon and Elder and also enjoyed serving the church through outreach, committee work, and teaching Sunday School.

In Denton, Hamp served his community through two main organizations. He was on the committee that established the Jane Marshall School for Children with Learning Differences and later served as President of the Board for this organization. Hamp also served on the board of The Children’s Place in Denton.

His civic interest in Nacogdoches involved the SFASU students. He was the team doctor for all the SFASU sports.

In this role, he was able to mentor many undergraduate students. While he loved all the sports, he especially loved the football team!

His hobbies were gardening, traveling, history, reading, cooking, jigsaw puzzles, and visiting with friends.

He loved a good story and to laugh. Part of his heart was always atop Lookout Mountain where he served on staff at Lookout Mountain Camp, Alpine Camp, and Camp DeSoto.

Hamp’s organizations included the following: Kappa Alpha Fraternity, “M” Club

Varsity Football, Phi Chi Medical Fraternity, Diplomat and Fellow of American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Denton County Medical Society, Texas Medical Association. He was also the recipient of the SFASU President’s Service Award.

He is survived by his wife, Clarice; his children John Hampton Miller, Jr. (Wendy), Andrew Leigh Miller (Martha), Bryant Hewes Miller (Denise), Jennifer Miller Sheffield (Ca l); his grandchildren, Mary Lauren Miller, Nick (Madeline) and Tate Brons, Lydia and Anna Clare Miller, Jacob and Andrew Miller, Travis Cavazos (Sammie), Ashley Rogas; and two great-grandchildren, Casen Cavazos and Braxton Shaw.

In lieu of fl wers, donations can be made to the following: SFASU Foundation, Inc. Designated to the John Hampton Miller Memorial Scholarship P.O. Box 6092 Nacogdoches, TX 75962 Love, In the Name of Christ 917 Ruby Street Nacogdoches, TX 75961 Westminster Presbyterian Church Designated to the Mission Committee 903 North Street Nacogdoches, TX 75961 A Celebration of Life Service will be held at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Nacogdoches, TX on Saturday, August 5, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.

Visitation will be from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Friday August 4, 2023 at the church.

Arrangements by Heritage Funeral Home and Crematory, Battlefield arkway.

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CUM CONCILIO CLUB AWARD

Stone Fort Museum seeking nominations for preservation award

BY ANDREW HODGE Staff Writer

The Stone Fort Museum is seeking nominations for the biennial Cum Concilio Club Heritage Preservation Award.

The award, given by the museum in honor of the CCC’s preservation efforts, recognizes individuals or groups who have “made significant contributions to the preservation of East Texas history and Nacogdoches’ heritage,” according to a press release by the Stone Fort Museum.

Carolyn Spears, director of the museum, pointed to the Cum Concilio Club as being the start of a long tradition of historic preservation. While the club was originally founded in 1894 as a women’s literary club, it quickly expanded their mission to include conservation and community service. Their first major project was the preservation of Antonio Gil Y’Barbo’s stone house, also known as the Old Stone Fort.

Built between 1788 and 1791, Y’Barbo’s stone house served a variety of functions throughout Nacogdoches’ long history: it acted as a public building, hosted numerous businesses, and served as the headquarters for the Magee-Gutierrez, Dr. James Long, and Fredonia Rebellion fili usters.

During the mid-1800s, it became the home of the Old Stone Fort Saloon, a name that eventually became synonymous with the building itself.

In 1901, the Perkins brothers bought the property for the purposes of tearing the Old Stone Fort down. It was at this point that the Cum Concilio Club stepped in and attempted to save the building from destruction.

These efforts were historic for the state, Spears said.

“We have evidence to suggest that this was the first preservation effort in Texas,” she said.

While they were unable to preserve the original Old Stone Fort, they were able to use the stones from the original building to erect a one-story memorial building in 1907.

The memorial served as a library, museum, meeting place for clubs, and a classroom for the Stephen F. Austin State Teachers college.

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A portrait of Peter Samuel Davenport is seen inside the Stone Fort Museum.

The museum is seeking nominations for the biennial Cum Concilio Club Heritage Preservation Award.

While the memorial would eventually fall into disrepair, the CCC built the Stone Fort Museum—a recreation of the original building located on SFA campus—and donated it to the university.

The Cum Concilio Club has continued their mission of preservation to this day, and celebrated their 125th anniversary in 2020.

The Stone Fort Museum’s inaugural award in their honor was presented in 2015 to Ab Abernathy.

In recent years, the Stone Fort Museum’s biennial award has highlighted efforts from various community members such as Drs. James Corbin and Tom Middlebrook, Mable Hall, and Steve and Sheryl Hartz.

The award has celebrated a variety of efforts.

“Recipients of this prestigious award demonstrate the many paths for individuals and groups to help save our history, art, architecture, music, cemeteries, archives, floo ways, and much much more,” Spears said.

This year, Spears hopes to see an increase in nominations from the community.

“We only get a few nominations every year, maybe because people think that someone else will do it,” said Spears. “We want people to talk about the award, think about preservation, and make a nomination.”

For more information, contact Spears at 936-468-2408 or stonefort@sfasu.edu Andrew Hodge’s email is andrew.hodge@ dailysentinel.com.

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Council to discuss speed humps and intersection

BY NICOLE BRADFORD Staff Writer

A confusing intersection at Douglass Road and Durst Street is up for discussion during a special city council meeting Wednesday.

Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 202 E. Pilar St. with a livestream available at nactx.us/21.

On the agenda is discussion about the intersection of Douglass Road with Durst and Sanders streets. Durst and Douglass are not city streets and are maintained by the state.

Still, Councilman Chad Huckaby said he wanted to hold a conversation after complaints from drivers, and possibly open a dialogue with the Texas Department of Transportation. A mix of strange angles among the three roads with a pedestrian crosswalk, the intersection has

been in its current configur tion for nearly a century, city documents state.

Also planned Wednesday is a discussion on possibly updating the city’s policy for installing speed humps. The current policy was approved in 2005 and requires a petition signed by 75% of affected residents, among other stipulations.

The council will also hear an update on a search for a permanent city manager, which is being conducted in house by the city’s Human Resources manager Bonita Hall. The position has been posted since June 15. Fire chief Keith Kiplinger has been serving as interim city manager since the February departure of Mario Canizares, who left for a similar position in North Texas.

Nicole Bradford’s email is nicole.bradford@ dailysentinel.com.

PUBLIC SAFETY

New York City leans on public for e-bike crackdown

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials called on the public to help with a crackdown on unsafe e-bike shops after a spate of deadly fi es caused by lithium ion batteries, the latest of which killed four people in Manhattan’s Chinatown on Tuesday.

In the days since, fi e officials have issued citations to 10 e-bike shops for unsafe handling of the batteries. The inspections followed tips from members of the public, the media and local politicians, officials said Daniel Flynn, the chief fi e marshal of the FDNY, encouraged New Yorkers to report “hazardous conditions” inside repair shops, such as batteries being charged in close proximity, damaged-looking devices, or shops using extension cords for charging.

“These fi es go from zero to 100 in a second,” Flynn said. “If you feel within yourself that there’s a dangerous situation, give us a call.”

New York City has seen over 100 fi es and 13 deaths this year linked to e-bikes, more than double the total number of fatalities from last year, officials said. The bikes are popular with delivery workers, but can overheat if defective or improperly charged, leading to fast-moving blazes that are difficult to extinguish. The dangers are especially grave in cities like New

York where people live in close quarters.

On Tuesday, four people died of smoke inhalation and two others were hospitalized after a fi e in the HQ E-Bike Repair spread to upper floor apartments. City officials said they’d previously fined the shop for its e-bike charging practices, though inspectors reportedly did not check to see if the store was selling reconditioned batteries on a recent visit.

Under new guidelines, fi e officials will be directed to respond to complaints about e-bike batteries within 12 hours, rather than the previous policy of three days.

Flynn said the goal was not to criminalize repair shops, but to go after the ones that aren’t properly handling the batteries. “We want to be clear that we support the use of these devices, we just want them to be used safely,” he said.

The city has issued nearly 500 summonses related to e-bikes, which can result in fines between $1,000 and $5,000.

The latest strategy, which will also include educational outreach to repair shops, comes on top of a raft of other proposed reforms that aim to attack the cause of e-bike fi es. Later this year, the city will ban the sale of e-bikes and scooters that don’t meet certain safety standards.

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Hunter Biden talks with guests during a State Dinner for India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House in Washington on Thursday.

WASHINGTON

Attorney general denies whistleblower claims of interference in Hunter Biden investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland pushed back Friday against claims from IRS whistleblowers that the Justice Department interfered with the investigation into Hunter Biden, saying more broadly that attacks on the department’s independence are corrosive.

The Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee on Thursday released a transcript of testimony from Gary Shapley, an IRS official who, among other things, claimed that Garland had denied a request from U.S. Attorney David Weiss of Delaware to be appointed special counsel. That designation would have would have given Weiss the same status as the prosecutor leading the investigation into former President Donald Trump.

Weiss never made such a request, Garland said Friday, and always had full au-

thority to file charges wherever and however he saw fit against President Joe Biden’s son. And Garland added that if Weiss — firs appointed U.S. Attorney by Donald Trump — agrees to testify before Congress, the Justice Department will not stand in the way.

“He was given complete authority to make all decisions on his own,” Garland said. “I don’t know how it would be possible for anybody to block him for bringing a prosecution given that he has that authority.”

More broadly, Garland forcefully rebutted criticism from Republicans that a plea agreement for the president’s son on tax and gun charges made public this week reflects political influence in the American justice system. Republicans have denounced the deal as evidence of a “two-tiered system of justice.”

“Some have chosen to

attack the integrity of the Justice Department … by claiming we do not treat like cases alike. This constitutes an attack on an institution that is essential to American democracy and essential to the safety of the American people,” Garland said. “Nothing could be further from the truth.”

In a separate statement Friday, Biden’s lawyer denounced the idea that the investigation cut any corners, and said it would be “dangerously misleading” to make conclusions based on the Shapley transcript.

The transcript included a message Hunter sent to a business associate alluding to “sitting with his father,” seemingly suggesting that his father was aware of his business dealings. Shapley acknowledged the investigation didn’t turn up evidence to prove that, instead finding that it was likely untrue.

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Supreme Court upholds Biden’s immigration enforcement Texas lawsuit is tossed out DAVID G. SAVAGE Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a key part of President Joe Biden’s plan for targeted immigration enforcement, ruling the administration may focus its efforts on arresting and deporting those who pose a current danger.

In a 8-1 decision, the justices said Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to sue in order to require a more aggressive federal policy of arrests.

Writing for the court, Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh invoked the conservative principle that judges should not make government policy through politically driven lawsuits. Moreover, enforcing the immigration laws has been understood to be the job of the executive branch, not the courts, he said.

“The states essentially want the federal judiciary to order the executive branch to alter its arrest policy so as to make more arrests,” he said in United States v. Texas. But the states and their attorneys have not suffered a personal injury that would give them standing to sue, he said.

“If the court green-lighted this suit,” federal judges would soon be asked to decide whether the government must make more arrests to enforce the drug laws, gun laws and many others, he said.

The decision tossed out a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton before a conservative judge in Corpus Christi, Texas. U.S. District Judge Drew Tipton, a Trump appointee, issued a nationwide order declaring the Biden administration’s immigration policy was illegal and could not be used.

The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals refused to lift the order in July of last year, and the Supreme Court did the same by turning down an

emergency appeal filed by Biden’s lawyers.

But after hearing arguments in the case, all but Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. voted to toss out the lawsuit and allow the administration to proceed as planned.

Texas Gov. Gregg Abbott tweeted that “this decision is outrageous.

SCOTUS gives the Biden Admin. carte blanche to avoid accountability for abandoning enforcement of immigration laws. Texas will continue to deploy the National Guard to repel & turn back illegal immigrants trying to enter Texas illegally.”

But David Leopold, former president of the American Immigration Lawyers Association, called the decision “a victory for common sense over chaos and a blow against Republicans’ reliance on the anti-immigrant judicial pipeline. We hope today’s ruling is a signal that on immigration, judges should follow the law and not impose their own politics.”

Friday’s opinion is the fourth in recent weeks to sound the theme of judicial restraint and deference to Congress or the White House.

With Kavanaugh casting the key vote, the justices earlier this month upheld a provision of the Voting Rights Act in an Alabama case, ruling that Congress required states to try to draw compact election districts that give Black voters a chance to elect a candidate of their choice.

Last week, they upheld the Indian Child Welfare Act that seeks to keep Native American children with relatives or tribal members. Justices Clarence Thomas and Alito dissented in both cases and said they would have overturned those laws.

On Thursday, the justices tossed out a lawsuit brought by Navajo Nation seeking more water rights and

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An immigrant considered a threat to public safety and national security waits to be processed by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at the ICE Metropolitan Detention Center in Los Angeles, after an early morning raid, June 6, 2022. The Supreme Court said Friday, June 23, 2023, that it will no longer stand in the way of a long-blocked Biden administration policy to prioritize the deportation of immigrants who are deemed to pose the greatest public safety risk or were picked up at the border. ruled the issue is one for Congress, not the courts.

But that trend may not last. Next week, the justices are due to hand down the final decisions of this term.

They include challenges to college affi mative action policies and to Biden’s plan to forgive millions of student loans.

The immigration case decided Friday does not involve the tens of thousands of migrants who arrive at the border or the millions of those who live in the country without legal documentation.

Instead, it concerned immigrants with past crimes on their records and whether the government is required to seek them out for arrest and deportation.

Republican state attorneys and the Democratic administration have been locked in a dispute over immigration enforcement. Last year, the Supreme Court by a 5-4 vote refused to allow Biden’s immigration enforcement guidelines to take effect, but the justices agreed to hear arguments on the legal dispute.

At issue was whether the law requires mandatory detention for immigrants who have a serious crime on their record or instead allows the administration to focus on arresting and deporting those who pose a current danger to public safety.

Often, immigrants serve years in state prisons for crimes such as drug traffi king. Upon release, they may be taken into custody by federal im-

migration agents, but that is not automatic.

Biden’s Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro N. Mayorkas said the government had no choice but to set priorities for enforcing the immigration laws. He said the government did not have the staff or the space to seek out and arrest tens of thousands of non-citizens for past crimes.

“It is well-established in the law that federal government officials have broad discretion to decide who should be subject to arrest, detainers, removal proceedings and the execution of removal orders,” he said last September. He said enforcement should focus on “noncitizens who pose a current threat to public safety,” not all those who have a criminal record.

POLITICS

Pence calls for rivals to back a 15-week federal ban on abortion

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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the owner of the Wagner Group military company, addresses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday, March 3 asking him to withdraw the remaining Ukrainian forces from Bakhmut to save their lives, at an unspecified location in Ukraine

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Russian mercenary says his forces are rebelling AP — The owner of the Wagner private military contractor made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet on Friday, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security services reacted immediately by calling for the arrest of Yevgeny Prigozhin.

In a sign of how seriously the Kremlin was taking the threat, security was heightened in Moscow and in Rostovon-Don, which is home to the Russian military headquarters for the southern region and also oversees the fightin in Ukraine.

While the outcome of the confrontation was still unclear, it appeared likely to further hinder Moscow’s war effort as Kyiv’s forces were probing Russian defenses in the initial stages of a counteroffensive.

Prigozhin claimed early Saturday that his forces had crossed into Russia from Ukraine and had reached Rostov, saying they faced no resistance from young conscripts at checkpoints and that his forces “aren’t fighting against children.”

“But we will destroy anyone who stands in our way,” he said in one of a series of angry video and audio recordings posted on social media beginning late Friday. “We are moving forward and will go until the end.”

He claimed that the chief of the General Staff, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, scrambled warplanes to strike Wagner’s convoys, which were driving alongside ordinary vehicles.

Prigozhin also said his forces shot down a Russian military helicopter that fi ed on a civilian convoy, but there was no independent confi mation.

And despite Prigozhin’s statements that Wagner convoys

had entered Rostov-on-Don, there was no confi mation of that yet on Russian social networks. Videos showed heavy trucks blocking highways leading to the city, long convoys of National Guard trucks were seen on a road outside Rostov-on-Don and armored vehicles were roaming the streets.

Prigozhin said Wagner field camps in Ukraine were struck by rockets, helicopter gunships and artillery fi e on orders from Gerasimov following a meeting with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, at which they decided to destroy Wagner.

The Wagner forces have played a crucial role in Russia’s war in Ukraine, succeeding in taking the city where the bloodiest and longest battles have taken place, Bakhmut.

But Prigozhin has increasingly criticized Russia’s military brass, accusing it of incompetence and of starving his troops of weapons and ammunition.

Prigozhin, who said he had 25,000 troops under his command, said late Friday his troops would punish Shoigu in an armed rebellion and urged the army not to offer resistance. “This is not a military coup, but a march of justice,” Prigozhin declared.

The National Anti-Terrorism Committee, which is part of the Federal Security Services, or FSB, has charged him with calling for an armed rebellion, which carries a penalty of up to 20 years in prison.

The FSB urged Wagner’s contract soldiers to arrest Prigozhin and refuse to follow his “criminal and treacherous orders.” It called his statements a “stab in the back to Russian troops” and said they amounted to fomenting an armed conflict in ussia.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence used a Friday gathering of some of the nation’s leading Christian conservatives to urge his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination to support a 15week federal abortion ban at minimum.

The exhortation at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s annual conference, coming a day before the first anniversary of the Supreme Court decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, amounted to a challenge for the GOP front-runner, Donald Trump, who has been reluctant to endorse a federal abortion ban. The former president is addressing the evangelical assembly on Saturday night.

“We must not rest and we must not relent until we restore the sanctity of life to the center of American law in every state in this country,” Pence said.

“Every Republican candidate for president should support a ban on abortion before 15 weeks as a minimum nationwide standard.”

Pence was among a number of 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls — including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina — to speak Friday before a ballroom of about 500 attendees. All of the candidates emphasized their anti-abortion credentials while urging like-minded activists to stay on the political offensive, even as leading Democrats insist their party’s defense of abortion rights will be a 2024 boon to them.

DeSantis, who signed a law in Florida banning abortions after six weeks of pregnancy, touted the measure with a nod

toward Trump’s veiled criticism last month that it is “too harsh.”

“It was the right thing to do,” DeSantis told the crowd. “Don’t let anyone tell you it wasn’t.”

DeSantis has been less clear on where he stands on a federal abortion ban.

Not far from the conference site in Washington, President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were rallying Friday with abortion rights supporters to mark the anniversary of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization decision.

That ruling, issued June 24, 2022, ended federal constitutional abortion protections and paved the way for near-total bans in some Republican-led states. Democrats have vowed to codify the right to an abortion in federal law, but don’t have the votes in Congress to do so.

“Since that dark June day last year, each one of you has worked tirelessly to fight back,” Biden told activists from reproductive rights groups. “You ain’t seen nothing yet.”

Referring to supporters of Trump’s Make America Great Again movement, the president added, “What’s really remarkable is despite the will of the American people, MAGA Republicans made it clear that they won’t stop with the Dobbs decision.”

After stronger-than-expected results in last year’s midterm elections, Democrats believe issues surrounding abortion access can energize their base, attract moderates alienated by GOP hardliners and help the party hold the Senate, flip the House and reelect Biden

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103/74

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100/80

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98/78

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100/76

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99/77

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96/75

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LAKE LEVELS As of 7 a.m. Friday Location Normal Current Sam Rayburn Res. 164.5 163.91 B.A. Steinhagen 85 82.62 Lake Nacogdoches 279 278.58 Toledo Bend Res. 172 171.38 Lake Palestine 345 344.99 Lake Livingston 131 131.15

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HEALTH

Report on COVID-19’s origins rejects some points raised by lab leak theory WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials released an intelligence report Friday that rejected some points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab, instead reiterating that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began.

The report was issued at the behest of Congress, which in March passed a bill giving U.S. intelligence 90 days to declassify intelligence related to the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

Intelligence officials under President Joe Biden have been pushed by lawmakers to release more material about the origins of COVID-19. But they have repeatedly argued China’s official obstruction of independent reviews has made it perhaps impossible to determine how the pandemic began.

The newest report angered some Republicans who have argued the administration is wrongly withholding classifie information and researchers who accuse the U.S. of not being forthcoming.

John Ratcliffe, who served as U.S. director of national intelligence under former President Donald Trump, accused the Biden administration of “continued obfuscation.”

“The lab leak is the only theory supported by science, intelligence, and common sense,” Ratcliffe said in a statement.

There was newfound interest from researchers following the revelation earlier this year that the Department of Energy’s intelligence arm had issued a report arguing for a lab-related incident.

But Friday’s report said the intelligence community has not gone further.

Four agencies still believe the virus was transferred from animals to humans, and two agencies — the Energy Department and the FBI — believe the virus leaked from a lab. The CIA and another agency have not made an assessment.

Located in the city where the pandemic is believed to have began, the Wuhan Institute of Virology has faced intense scrutiny for its previous research into bat coronaviruses and its reported security lapses.

The lab genetically engineered viruses as part of its research, the report said,

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Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans’ Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Oct 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. A new U.S. intelligence report rejects several points raised by those who argue COVID-19 leaked from a Chinese lab. It instead reiterates that American spy agencies remain divided over how the pandemic began. including efforts to combine different viruses.

But the report says U.S. intelligence “has no information, however, indicating that any WIV genetic engineering work has involved SARS-CoV-2, a close progenitor, or a backbone virus that is closely-related enough to have been the source of the pandemic.”

And reports of several lab researchers falling ill with respiratory symptoms in fall 2019 are also inconclusive, the report argues.

U.S. intelligence, the report said, “continues to assess that this information neither supports nor refutes either hypothesis of the pandemic’s origins because the researchers’ symptoms could have been caused by a number of diseases and some of the symptoms were not consistent with COVID-19.”

Responding to the report, the Republican chairs of the House Intelligence Committee and a select subcommittee on the pandemic jointly said they had gathered information in favor of the lab leak hypothesis. Reps. Mike Turner and Brad

Wenstrup, both of Ohio, credited the U.S. Office of the Director of National Intelligence for taking a “promising step toward transparency.”

“While we appreciate the report from ODNI, the corroboration of all available evidence along with further investigation into the origins of COVID-19 must continue,” Turner and Wenstrup said.

But Alina Chan, a molecular biologist who has long argued the virus may have originated in the Wuhan lab, noted the public version of the report did not include the names of researchers who fell sick or other details mandated by Congress.

The bill requiring the review allowed intelligence officials to redact information publicly to protect agency sources and methods.

“It’s getting very difficult to believe that the government is not trying to hide what they know about #OriginOfCovid when you see a report like this that contains none of the requested info,” Chan tweeted.

CONGRESS

Speaker McCarthy supports expunging Trump’s impeachments

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Friday he supports the idea of expunging the two impeachments of Donald Trump as hard-right Republican allies of the former president introduce a pair of proposals to declare it as though the historic charges never happened.

McCarthy told reporters that he agrees with Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Elise Stefanik who want to erase the charges against Trump from the former president’s impeachments of 2019 and 2021.

“I think it is appropriate,” said McCarthy, the Republican from California. “Just as I thought before — that you should expunge it, because it never should have gone through.”

Pressed on his views, McCarthy said he agreed with expunging both of Trump’s impeachments — the abuse of power charges in

2019 over pressing Ukraine’s president to dig up dirt on rival Joe Biden and the 2021 charge that Trump incited the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol as Trump supporters tried to overturn Biden’s election.

In both cases, Trump was acquitted by the Senate after his impeachment by the House. But expunging the charges from his record would be an action he could further tout as vindication as he seeks another term in the White House.

The effort is the latest by Trump’s allies to rewrite the narrative of the defeated president’s tenure in offic . And it underscores the pressure McCarthy is under from his right flank Just this week, McCarthy beat back a proposal from Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., to impeach President Biden, sending it instead to committees for review.

In explaining his views, McCarthy said the first Trump impeachment, in 2019, should have never happened, confl ting it with a separate investigation by the Justice Department into Russian interference into the 2016 election.

As for the 2021 trial that was conducted swiftly in the week after the riot at the Capitol, he said: “The second impeachment had no due process.”

The speaker gave no indication he would move quickly to bring forward the proposals from Greene, R-Ga., and Stefanik, R-N.Y., who is the fourth-ranking GOP leader, for House votes. Pressed if the proposals were a priority, he shifted to listing other GOP goals.

Asked if he had spoken to Trump about expunging the impeachment record, McCarthy said he had not.

Trump, who is campaigning to return to the

White House, is the first president in U.S. history to be twice impeached by the House, though he was acquitted by the Senate of all charges.

Democrats have defended their decision to quickly impeach Trump a second time after the mob attack at the Capitol in 2021. They argue that the evidence played out for the world to see as the defeated president rallied his supporters to Washington and encouraged them to march to the Capitol as Congress was certifying Biden’s election.

Trump was first impeached in 2019 after it was disclosed that he encouraged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to dig up political dirt on then-White House rival Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential campaign — while Trump was withholding U.S. military aid to Ukraine as it faced Russia.

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SFA ATHLETICS

Gipson rewrites record book

Standout receiver’s remarkable career lands at No. 8 on Top 10

BY NATHAN HAGUE Staff Writer Editor’s Note: The following is the fi st installment of a 10-part series looking back at the biggest stories at SFA for the 2022-2023 school year.

——— To say Xavier Gipson left a mark as SFA’s wide receiver would be an understatement and that’s evident by looking at the school’s record books.

On Oct. 22, the Gipson and

the Lumberjacks were on the road against Southern Utah when the senior wide receiver set a single-game record with 256 yards and two touchdowns on 10 receptions in an effort to help his Lumberjacks defeat the Thunderbirds 41-38.

A week later, in a 47-44 loss at home to Utah Tech, Gipson caught eight passes for 151 yards, breaking the old school record of 3,191 receiving yards. Gipson went on to

finish his college career with 4,321 receiving yards.

He helped guide the Lumberjacks to an overall record of 6-5 and a Western Athletic Conference record of 3-1.

SFA came away with the WAC Championship.

Gipson was selected by the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent.

“He’s the most decorated WR in SFA Football history, who stayed true to this team

his entire career,” FA head football coach Colby Carthel told SFA’s sports information department.

“I truly believe he will have a long and productive NFL career. And it will be fun cheering him and JFM (John Franklin-Myers) together, since we now have two ‘Jacks on the Jets team.”

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Xavier Gipson (2) lands at the No. 8 spot on the countdown after setting SFA receiving records.

DOUGLASS ATHLETICS

Keeling proud of Douglass landmarks

Programs reach top levels in several sports

BY NATHAN HAGUE Staff Writer Douglass ISD superintendent and athletic director Justin Keeling said he’s pleased with how the 2022-2023 school year went for Douglass sports.

“We’re very excited about how the year went. We always have high expectations,” Keeling said. “At the end of the day, you want to go as far as you can but you don’t always measure success on wins and losses. We’re very, very pleased with our athletic program, the time that the coaches put in with the kids and the kids’ willingness to work.”

The success started in the

fall.

“I would have to say, I think our school and our athletic program need to be recognized, especially in cross country. It’s all been overlooked,” Keeling said. “Both of our boys and girls teams made it to the state meet at Old Settlers Park in Round Rock. For us, it’s a sport that takes a lot of guts and a lot of training and that’s what our kids have. Not always do you have to be the most talented to win at a sport that just takes a lot of guts.”

The Indians lost seniors to graduation who left their

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Both the boys and girls cross country teams of Douglass High School competed in the state meet. Picture are back row from left: senior Cade Fuchs, junior John Stover, junior Dillon Johnson, junior Noah Jones, senior Wrangler Johnson, junior Luke Jones, senior Garrett Karns, junior Drake Freeman, junior Kelton McKay, freshman Tristan Ball, sophomore Kolton Karns, sophomore JT Davis (Manager), front row: Korenna Johnson(manager), senior Addie Rose Sinz, freshman Leah Roach, sophomore Izzy Ball, sophomore Georgiana Burns, sophomore Tessa Reeves, senior Abigail Richardson, freshman Anahi Mayes, senior Lexi Poskey, freshman Douglass » 2B Kayleen Shackelford, Ariana Neal (Manager).

CHIRENO ATHLETICS

King considers 2022-2023 school year a success for Chireno

BY NATHAN HAGUE Staff Writer Chireno superintendent and athletic director Brian King couldn’t be much more pleased with how the 2022-2023 school year in sports went for the Owls.

“Man, this was a really successful year for us,” King said.

“This was our first year in 2A after spending the last several years in 1A. So we overcame a lot of doubters. Every sport that we offer, we sent somebody to post-district.”

There were several moments that stand out that helped make the year a success, King said.

“In softball, our girls went to the playoffs and finishe fourth in district. We ended up playing Evadale, a really talented group of girls,” he said.

They beat us in the first round but again, we had some really young softball players step in after last year’s senior group left us and they proved their mettle. They’re going to be really good moving forward.

“Also our baseball team, we got to the playoffs this year,” King said. “We had some Nathan Hague/The Daily Sentinel freshmen and sophomores Chireno Lady Owls head basketball coach Tray Turner talks to his team in a huddle during a timeout. Turner earned Coach of the Year honors for District 24-2A. kind of leading the way for us even though we had about four and have really put in some a “good group of seniors,” third on our boys side. We experience. Even though we along with some juniors and were also able to incorpo- lost some leadership with a sophomore too who are just or five seniors who were really hours to build that program to across the athletic program.

“They were veterans,” he rate some young players who our seniors, we’ve got a good good and have been with our where it is.”

King added the Owls had said. “We ended up finishin didn’t have a lot of varsity group of seniors coming back, program a really long time Chireno » 2B

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Where Are Th y Now: Terrance Shaw

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Former Stephen F. Austin defensive back Terrance Shaw (1991-94) spoke at an annual Meet the ‘Jacks fundraiser dinner, which was held at the Fredonia Hotel in 2021. Shaw was a First-Team Division I-AA All-American and a two-time Super Bowl participant.

Super Bowl Champion proud path came through SFA

BY NATHAN HAGUE Staff Writer Super Bowl Champion proud path came through SFA Former SFA defensive back Terrance Shaw is enjoying life as a dad, watching his kids compete in sports.

“I’ve got a freshman who will play (football) at Bishop Lynch,” Shaw said. “Then I’ve got an eighth grader and a seventh grader going to school in Rockwall. I’m geeked up to see what they’re going to do. They look good so far.

“Last year, all my boys transferred to Rockwall from a private school where they’ve already broken all the private school records,” he said.

“Then at a UIL school with all the big 6A teams, they broke the records there.”

The former Lumberjack said he enjoys doing whatever he can to help his kids and others make it to the collegiate and professional levels.

“Find something you love playing for other than just yourself,” he said. “Play for something else. Play for the love of the game. Play for your grandpa. Play for your uncle.

Play for your nephew. Play for somebody other than making money. If you play for money, you’ll come up short. If you play for yourself, you’ll probably come up short. You have to play for a bigger picture.”

Shaw knows a thing or two about making it to the next level.

It started in high school when he was taking part in a track meet at SFA where the football coaches took notice.

“I was a hurdler,” he said.

“So when I went down for the meet and they were like, ‘Man, that’s our dude right there.’ I ran fast. I ran really fast. I won the 300-hurdles. So they were really excited about getting me.

“All the area kids, like kids from Garrison, anybody in the area running the 300-hurdles for the regionals were there

Terrance Shaw stands next to his locker at SFA.

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rival New England.

On Sept. 21, 2001, Patriots starting quarterback Drew Bledsoe took a hit that changed the game.

“I was standing right in front of him. It happened on the sideline right in front of us,” Shaw said. “If we hadn’t moved, it would have probably blown out someone’s ACL. Me, Ty (Law) and Lawyer (Milloy), we were standing right there.

I was like, ‘Shoot, I know he’s going to slide,’ and man, Drew was trying to run the corner and he (Moe Lewis) lit him in half.”

Bledsoe was replaced by a young quarterback out of Michigan by the name of Tom Brady.

“He was just a cool guy, doing his job,” Shaw recalls of Brady. “Keep it simple. Don’t make hard throws and that’s what he did. That’s what (Bill) Belichick was good at.”

The Patriots lost that game to the Jets to start off the season at 0-2. The following week, Brady picked up his first career win. On Nov. 18, 2001, New England suffered its fina loss of the season against the

St. Louis Rams.

“We wanted to see them again,” Shaw said. “The only way to see them again was in the Super Bowl.”

Fast forward to Saturday Feb. 3 and that’s exactly what happened. The two teams went head-to-head in a rematch for Super Bowl XXXVI. Shaw’s underdog Patriots defeated a Rams team that had won the Super Bowl two years prior and had been dubbed, “The Best Show on Turf.”

“I was like, ‘Man, I just won a Super Bowl coming out of Marshall,” he said. “I wasn’t even a starter until my senior year. I wasn’t a highly-coveted guy but here I am, starting in a Super Bowl.’ That’s big, man.”

Shaw is thankful that his path brought him through Nacogdoches.

“Nacogdoches was a great place to play football,” he said.

“It was a great place to go to school. It’s a university town.

All my teachers knew me. Everybody knows you. I would ask anybody who’s living in Nacogdoches, ‘Why leave Nacogdoches? ’ I would send my kids to SFA tomorrow.”

said. “We’re very proud that we can celebrate them as well.

There’s a lot to be proud of.”

Keeling added that the community did a good job in traveling to watch the Indians compete.

“I’m so glad they did,” he said. “We don’t have a lot going on at Douglass but when there’s a ballgame, everybody

wants to get there.”

Going forward, expectations are high for the future of Douglass sports, Keeling said.

“For Douglass sports, we expect both cross country teams to go back to state again,” he said. “That’s just the way it works at Douglass. We get there a lot in that sport. As far as boys basketball is con-

cerned, we’re replacing a lot.

We’re excited to see some of the new faces get some playing time. For the girls, we have a lot of returners and the expectations are high. Also, we need to remember the season we had in baseball. We were only one series away from making it to the state tournament.

We’re very proud of those

guys. I think graduation is going to hit that group heavy as well but once again, we’re looking forward to seeing some new faces out there and some great kids representing our school.”

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ally good that we have over 50 percent of the capacity there because of our fans. They just love our kids.”

Boys basketball coach Darren Cook recently retired.

Stepping in to fill that spot will be David Graves.

“Just like our players real-

ly loved Coach Cook, I think they’ll love Coach Graves,” he said. “He brings a lot of energy to our program. We’re really excited about our upcoming basketball season for both boys and girls.”

King is proud of his students’ success in competitions

across the board, adding they went two rounds deep in a oneact play and produced a state championship in UIL LD debate. Overall, however, when it comes to sports, he’s excited about the work the student athletes have put in so far this summer.

“A lot of our kids do a volunteer summer workout program and we’ve got some good participation there,” he said.

“They buy into the program and buy into their coaches. It’s exciting to see what the future is going to hold.”

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Terrance Shaw is joined by teammates after defeating Northwestern to win Chief Caddo his senior year.

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“The senior class had somewhat of a presence on the girls side with cross country and we had one senior girl who did both, she played basketball as well,” Keeling said. “Her name is Abigail Richardson. I can remember her coach speaking about her at the athletic banquet. She’s the only girl

was cut short due to an injury.

“I had like 20-something tackles and two picks in threeand-a-half games and I tore my ACL in ‘92,” he said. “I had a good start. Then I had to sit out. I came back my junior year and I was still iffy but I made all-conference honorable mention. I was pissed off because I had to play that year with a knee brace. My senior year, I made all-American and the one thing I did right, I didn’t play in any senior bowls because why play in the senior bowls when I can let them come see me?”

On Saturday, April 22, 1995, the NFL Draft was taking place before Shaw went to a room in the back of the house to play video games.

“I didn’t know where I was going to go in the draft,” he said. “I was nervous so I went to the back room and played

video games. Then I heard the phone ring and everybody was screaming. The Chargers called me letting me know they were fixing’ to draft m .”

After arriving in San Diego, Shaw’s teammates give him a hard time about being from SFA. “When I got there, they were like, ‘Man, where is SFA? Is that a nursing school? ” he said. “They kept skiing where my scrubs were. We had so much fun. Coming from Stephen F., helping continue a legacy and putting Stephen F. on the map, that was really cool, man.”

Then in 1998, the Chargers drafted another SFA Lumberjack, Mikhael Ricks.

“We had two players from SFA,” Shaw said. “We were really good friends. We’re still really close.”

After spending five seasons with the Chargers, Shaw was traded to the Miami Dolphins.

“We had the best secondary in the league that year, in 2000,” he said. “We won the AFC East.”

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for that warmup meet at Stephen F. Austin,” Shaw said. “It was awesome, man. I was able to beat everybody in front of my new school.”

During his freshman year, Shaw played against Jimmy Smith, a wide receiver drafted by the Dallas Cowboys before spending 11 years with the Jacksonville Jaguars.

“They kept throwing and I kept catching,” said Shaw, who had three interceptions against the future NFL wide receiver.

That was when he realized he was good enough to play in the NFL. “Jimmy Smith was Dallas’ second pick,” Shaw said.

“When I got all those interceptions off of him, I knew that if he was going (to the NFL), then I could go too. I just believed.”

His sophomore year at SFA

who has played basketball in her grade since she was in seventh grade. When you think about Douglass basketball, you think about Abigail Richardson. She was a huge part of what we do.

“On the boys side, in basketball, we had three 1,000-point scorers graduate, the Bobo kids and Jaidyn Davis,” he

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fantastic. We’re going to be right there in the mix for another district championship we think.”

The superintendent and athletic director credits the support of the community, saying “They’re the heart of the success that we’ve had.

“Our community travels really well,” he said. “That’s the way we’ve always been at Chireno. I’m going into my 23rd year and every year, our crowd has traveled and followed our kids. If you go to basketball games and we’re at a neutral site, chances are re-

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Bass fishing good early on Raybur

BY MATT WILLIAMS For The Daily Sentinel ATHENS — Water level is 3 inches high and clear. Water temp in the upper 80s.

Fishing guide Jim Brack says bass fishing has been fair on main lake humps in 15-22 feet of water using Carolina rigs, jigs and small flutte spoons. Also some fish on outside grass edges taking shaky heads and jigs. School fish are suspended. Not much surface activity yet. Crappie are slow.

Fish are around brush piles in 30 feet, suspended at 15-20 feet down, but reluctant to bite.

CEDAR CREEK — Water level is 3 inches low and fairly clear. Water temp in the low 80s.

Fishing guide Jason Barber says white bass are good on humps in 10-20 feet using slabs.

Also some fish caught trolling.

Crappie are best around brush piles andbridges in 12-20 feet, fish are suspended 8-20 feet.

Catfish are good on main lake humps in 12-20 feet using fresh cut bait. Good numbers of 1- to 3-pounders and an occasional 10-pounder.

FORK — Water level is 6 inches low and fairly clear.

Water temp in the low 80s.

Fishing guide Brooks Rogers says bass fishing has been hit or miss. Best early and late action coming on frogs, buzz baits and topwaters fishe shallow around flooded vegetation. Move to humps and other structure in 8-12 feet at mid-morning and throw Texas rigs and cranks. Fishing guide Gary Paris says crappie are good around brush piles and bridges in 15-20 feet, hitting

jigs. Forward sonar is a plus.

PINES — Water level is 1 inch low and fairly clear to to lightly stained. Water temp the mid 80s.

Jim Tutt says bass are slow up north with a few small fis coming on Senkos and Flukes tossed around shallow grass.

South end fish are much better in 12-16 feet on points and drops using crankbaits and Carolina rigs. Crappie fis ermen reporting keepers 5-8 feet along channels using minnows.

NACOGDOCHES — Water level is about 3 inches low and lightly stained to clear. Water temp in the upper 80s.

Fishing guide Stanley Gresham says bass fishing has been decent. Fish are hitting wacky worms and Senkos early and late. Topwaters producing a few hits late in the day.

Some deeper fish around hard bottom structure in 10-25 feet, hitting Carolina rigs, cranks and drop shot rigs. Some fis beginning to chase shad on the surface. Crappie are fair on 1724 feet, suspended about 7-12 feet down.

NACONICHE — Water level is at full pool and mostly clear. Water temp in the upper 80s.

David Russell says bass are good in the 4- to 5-pound range using under spins, Chatterbaits and square bills worked around timber near channels and other contour changes.

No report on crappie.

PALESTINE — Water level is about full pool and stained up north, clear down south.

Water temp in the low 80s.

Fishing guide Ricky Van-

dergriff says bass fishing has been good, but bigger bites are hard to come by. Best areas are on main lake points using Carolina rigs and deep diving cranks in shad patterns.

Crappie are good under the 155 bridge on minnows and jigs. Also some fish along the river, holding around natural timber and brush piles in 17-25 feet.

White bass are fair early in the day on main lake points using tail spinners, spoons and lipless cranks in 4-8 feet.

Catfish are very good on jugs and trotlines using bream or shad. Baited holes along the river giving up some limits of channel cat on night crawlers and shad.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS — Water level is about full pool and fairly clear. Water temp in the mid 80s.

Fishing guide Royce Simmons says white bass are fair with some schooling action early off the 309 Flats and over shallow points along the south shore between Ferguson Point and Fisherman’s Point. Lots of undersized hybrids in the mix. Large hybrids are holding in 25-30 feet off Pelican Island and the 309 Flats. Good numbers of eating-size blue cats are mixed with the white bass, hitting shad and punch bait on bottom. Crappie are holding around bridges and brush piles in about 20 feet, hitting jigs and minnows.

SAM RAYBURN — Water level is about 2 inches low and clear. Water temp in the upper 80s.

Fishing guide Brian Branum says bass fishing has

been good early in the day around grass beds and bream beds in 3-6 feet of water. Midday bite is good flipping heavy grass in 10-13 feet using heavy jigs and creature baits. Frogs and weightless plastics also producing some shallow fis around matted grass. Branum is also picking up some fis around drops, standing timber and brush piles in 25-35 feet using Carolina rigs, weighted swim baits, drop shots and tail spins. Intermittent schooling action happening on the main lake, hitting topwaters.

Fishing guide Randy Dearman says crappie fishing has been good targeting brush piles and stumps in 22-25 feet, suspended at 10-12 feet. Numbers have fallen off, but some good quality fish are showing up. Minnows and jigs working equally well at times.

TOLEDO BEND — Water level is about 8 inches low and fairly clear. Water temp in mid 80s Rhonda Shivley at Bill’s Landing says catfishing has been hit or miss with the spawn in full swing. Bigger fish in the 30- to 40-pound range coming on river sets.

Fishing guide Ben Matsubu says bass fishing has been hit or miss.

Best bite coming on Carolina rigs, big worms and cranks around main lake structure in 8-17 feet or 25-35 feet. Grass bite has been slow.

Crappie fishing is best around natural lay downs in 20-25 feet, suspended about 12 feet. Brush piles also holding fish, but there is lots of traffi around the piles.

PRO BASKETBALL

Wemby top pick with expectations of stardom NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Wembanyama was the presumed No. 1 pick for months, the rare certainty in an NBA draft process that’s often a guessing game.

Yet as the clock above the stage he was facing ticked all the way down to zero, butterflies set in “Longest five minutes of my life,” Wembanyama said.

The San Antonio Spurs are confident he will be worth the wait.

The Spurs took the 19-yearold from France who arrives with enormous expectations to become basketball’s newest sensation on Thursday night, triggering chants of “Wemby! Wemby” from a group of Spurs fans waving signs from the first row of seats in Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Wembanyama comes with far more height and hype than most No. 1 picks. Listed at 7-foot-4, he dominated his French league in his final season there, leading all players in scoring, rebounding and blocked shots.

Now he makes the move to the NBA, perhaps as the best prospect since LeBron James came out of high school in 2003. Wembanyama brings a package of skills that seem perfect for the modern NBA and too vast for one player, with the size of a center and the shooting and ballhandling ability of a guard.

He teared up as he left the stage with his Spurs cap on and hugged his siblings, then joked afterward about how quickly he was handed a white-and-black No. 1 jersey with his name already on the back.

“Someone knew this was happening somehow,” he said.

Just about everyone did.

Wembanyama was the center of attention throughout the draft process and sat in the middle of the green room — for the short time he was there, anyway. He smiled for young fans who screamed “Victor!” as he walked around the arena, even encouraging

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Boulogne-Levallois’ Victor Wembanyama dunks the ball during the playoffs against Monaco at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris June 15. one to throw him a basketball that he signed and tossed back up into the stands.

The Charlotte Hornets took Alabama freshman forward Brandon Miller with the No. 2 pick.

Scoot Henderson of the G League Ignite, whose blingfilled jacket stood in sharp contrast to Wembanyama’s solid green look, was the No. 3 pick by the Portland Trail Blazers.

It was during a two-game series between teams featuring Wembanyama and Henderson last October in Las Vegas that Wembanyama solidified himself as the main man in this draft, scoring 37 and 36 points in front of scouts and some future opponents. His highlights, such as a follow dunk of his own missed 3-pointer, became can’t-miss content for basketball fans during the past season.

Wembanyama is the Spurs’ third No. 1 pick and the firs since Tim Duncan in 1997, which led to a stretch of five NBA championships through 2014 before they struggled in recent seasons.

He became the first international player drafted No. 1 without playing any college basketball since Andrea Bargnani in 2006 and ended a

run of 13 straight years where a college freshman went first Blake Griffin, a sophomore in 2010, was the last No. 1 who wasn’t a one-and-done.

Henderson was originally considered the likely No. 2 pick before Miller passed him after his outstanding season for the Crimson Tide. But the 19-year-old believes the two years he played in the NBA’s minor league has him more ready for NBA success.

“I’m the most prepared player in the draft. That’s what I say,” Henderson said. “The fact that I went there for two years just taught me so much.

On the court, as well, but a lot of things off the court.”

Draft history was made with the Nos. 4 and 5 picks. Twins Amen and Ausar Thompson of Overtime Elite became the first brothers to be selected in the top 10 of the same draft, with Amen going to the Houston Rockets and Ausar following to the Detroit Pistons.

“Means a lot to my family,” Amen Thompson said. “We were going to be happy whoever went first. For us to go backto-back, be the first twins to go back-to-back in the top five means a lot.”

Anthony Black of Arkansas was taken sixth by Orlando, ending the run of three

straight players who hadn’t gone to college. But then it was right back to the international ranks when Indiana picked Bilal Coulibaly, Wembanyama’s teammate with Boulogne-Levallois Metropolitans 92 whose stock soared in the postseason as the team reached the final in the Pro A League.

The Pacers dealt Coulibaly’s rights to Washington for Houston forward Jarace Walker, who was taken at No. 8.

The Nos. 10 and 12 picks were also swapped, with the Dallas Mavericks taking Kentucky guard Cason Wallace and dealing his rights to the Oklahoma City Thunder, who had taken Duke big man Dereck Lively II. Gradey Dick of Kansas, whose dazzling red jacket resembled Dorothy’s shoes from “The Wizard of Oz,” went to Toronto with the No. 13 pick before Jordan Hawkins of national champion UConn was taken by New Orleans to end the lottery.

There were few trades in the first round, with the Utah Jazz making all three of their picks. They took Taylor Hendricks of UCF at No. 9, Baylor’s Keyonte George at No. 16 and Brice Sensabaugh of Ohio State at No. 28.

THIS WEEK IN SPORTS (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/ or blackouts Saturday, June 24 AUTO RACING 12 p.m.

USA — NASCAR Xfinity Series Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville, Tenn.

1 p.m.

USA — NASCAR Cup Series: Qualifying, Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville, Tenn.

3:30 p.m.

USA — NASCAR Xfinity Series The Tennessee Lottery 250, Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville, Tenn.

BOXING 9 p.m.

SHO — Showtime Championship Main Card: Carlos Adames vs.

Julian Williams (Middleweights), Minneapolis COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — College World Series Final: LSU vs. Florida, Game 1, Omaha, Neb. ESPNU — College World Series Final: LSU vs. Florida, Game 1, Omaha, Neb.(Ump Camera) FISHING 12 p.m.

CBSSN — SFC: The Emerald Coast Blue Marlin Classic — Day 3, Sandestin, Fla. GOLF 1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Third Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.

3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Third Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, Second Round, En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, N.Y. NBC — LPGA Tour: The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Third Round, Baltusrol Lower Course, Springfield, N.J MLB BASEBALL 1 p.m.

FOX — Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis, London 4 p.m.

FS1 — NY Mets at Philadelphia MLBN — Regional Coverage: Oakland at Toronto OR Kansas City at Tampa Bay 7 p.m.

FOX — Regional Coverage: Houston at LA Dodgers OR Minnesota at Detroit 10 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: LA Angels at Colorado OR Washington at San Diego (Joined in Progress) RUGBY (MEN’S) 6 p.m.

FS2 — MLR: Houston at Seattle 11:55 p.m.

FS2 — NRL: Gold Coast at Brisbane SOCCER (MEN’S) 10 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: U.S. vs. Jamaica, Group A, Chicago SOFTBALL 1:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team Garcia vs. Team Warren, Rosemont, Ill. 4 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team Leach vs. Team Warren, Rosemont, Ill. USFL FOOTBALL 8 p.m.

NBC — North Division Championship: Michigan at Pittsburgh WNBA BASKETBALL 9 p.m.

NBATV — Indiana at Las Vegas Sunday, June 25 AUTO RACING 7 p.m.

NBC — NASCAR Cup Series: The Ally 400, Nashville Superspeedway, Nashville, Tenn.

BIG3 BASKETBALL 1 p.m.

CBS — Week 1: Trilogy vs. Enemies, Triplets vs. Bivouac, Power vs. 3 Headed Monsters, Aliens vs.

Ball Hogs, Ghost Ballers vs. 3’s Company, Killer 3’s vs. Tri-State, Chicago BOWLING 2:30 p.m.

CBSSN — PBA Tour Finals: Group 1 Stepladder Finals, Arlington, Wash.

4:30 p.m.

CBSSN — PBA Tour Finals: Group 2 Stepladder Finals, Arlington, Wash.

6:30 p.m.

CBSSN — PBA Tour Finals: Championship, Arlington, Wash.

COLLEGE BASEBALL 2:30 p.m.

ESPN — Golden Spikes Award Show 3 p.m.

ESPN — College World Series Final: Florida vs. LSU, Game 2, Omaha, Neb. ESPNU — College World Series Final: Florida vs. LSU, Game 2, Omaha, Neb. (Ump Camera) GOLF 7:30 a.m.

GOLF — DP World Tour: The

BMW International Open, Final Round, Golfclub München Eichenried, Munich 1 p.m.

GOLF — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Final Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.

2 p.m.

NBC — LPGA Tour: The KPMG Women’s PGA Championship, Final Round, Baltusrol Lower Course, Springfield, N.J 3 p.m.

CBS — PGA Tour: The Travelers Championship, Final Round, TPC River Highlands, Cromwell, Conn.

GOLF — PGA Tour Champions: The Dick’s Sporting Goods Open, Final Round, En-Joie Golf Club, Endicott, N.Y. HORSE RACING 1 p.m.

FS2 — NYRA: America’s Day at the Races MLB BASEBALL 10 a.m.

ESPN — Chicago Cubs vs. St. Louis, London 1:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: NY Mets at Philadelphia OR Milwaukee at Cleveland 4:30 p.m.

MLBN — Regional Coverage: Arizona at San Francisco OR Washington at San Diego (Joined in Progress) 7 p.m.

ESPN — Houston at LA Dodgers RUGBY (MEN’S) 9 a.m.

FS1 — Premier Rugby Sevens: Western Conference Kickoff, Minneapolis (Taped) 11 a.m.

FS1 — Premier Rugby Sevens: Western Conference Kickoff, Minneapolis (Taped) 6 p.m.

FS2 — MLR: Old Glory DC at New York SOCCER (MEN’S) 3:30 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Trinidad and Tobago vs. St. Kitts & Nevis, Group A, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 6 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Haiti vs. Qatar, Group B, Houston 8:30 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Mexico vs. Honduras, Group B, Houston SOFTBALL 3:30 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: Team Warren vs. Team Garcia, Rosemont, Ill. USFL FOOTBALL 7 p.m.

FOX — South Division Championship: New Orleans at Birmingham WNBA BASKETBALL 1 p.m.

ABC — Washington at New York 3 p.m.

ABC — Dallas at Los Angeles YOUTH SOCCER (BOY’S) 11:30 a.m.

ESPNU — LaLiga Promises U-12: TBD, Final, Orlando, Fla. Monday, June 26 COLLEGE BASEBALL 7 p.m.

ESPN — College World Series Final: TBD, Game 3, Omaha, Neb. (If Necessary) NHL HOCKEY 8 p.m.

TNT — NHL Awards 2023 SOCCER (MEN’S) 6:30 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: El Salvador vs. TBD, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 9 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Costa Rica vs. Panama, Group C, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Tuesday, June 27 MLB BASEBALL 7 p.m.

TBS — Minnesota at Atlanta SOCCER (MEN’S) 7 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Canada vs. TBD, Group D, Toronto 9 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Guatemala vs. Cuba, Group D, For Lauderdale, Fla. SOFTBALL 4:30 p.m.

ESPNU — Athletes Unlimited: TBD, Rosemont, Ill. 7 p.m.

ESPN2 — Athletes Unlimited: TBD, Rosemont, Ill. Wednesday, June 28 LACROSSE (MEN’S) 10 p.m.

ESPNU — World Championship: TBD, Quarterfinal, San Dieg NHL HOCKEY 7 p.m.

ESPN — 2023 NHL Draft: Round 1, Nashville, Tenn.

SOCCER (MEN’S) 7:30 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: Jamaica vs. Trinidad & Tobago, Group A, St. Louis 10 p.m.

FS1 — CONCACAF Gold Cup Group Stage: U.S. vs. TBD, Group A, St. Louis

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Counting doves

TPWD wraps up annual dove call count surveys

BY MATT WILLIAMS For The Daily Sentinel We’re still about two months away from the Sept. 1 opener of another Texas dove season, but Owen Fitzsimmons and his staff have been in a hunting mode since mid-May. Fitzsimmons is the point man for Texas Parks & Wildlife’s webless migratory bird program. As the title implies, he oversees all migratory birds in Texas that do not have webbed feet. Cranes, rails, gallinules, snipe and woodcock get plenty of attention, but doves always get the most love.

Dove season is a huge deal in these parts. Even in a poor year, Texas dove hunting is way better than other states thanks to abundant populations of birds and a wealth of places to hunt them on private and public lands.

Texas’ resident mourning dove population is estimated at around 20 million, 10 million white-winged doves and about 3.5 million exotic Eurasian collared doves. Fitzsimmons says the overall number can go much higher during banner hatch years.

Factor in the 20-30 million northern migrants that pass through Texas en route to Mexico and Central America each fall and the number can easily swell between 50-60 million birds.

Fitzsimmons says there are about 300,000 dove hunters in Texas who routinely account for about 30% of the total mourning dove harvest and 84% of the white-winged dove harvest in the United States each year.

Last season, Texas hunters

shot a combined total of more than 6.5 million doves and spent nearly a million hunter days in the field, according to TPWD’s 2022-23 Small Game Harvest Survey.

Mourning doves always account for the bulk of the harvest in Texas and nationwide, which was about 4.3 million in 2022-23. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reports from 2021-22 show Georgia was No. 2 behind Texas that year with an estimated harvest of 856,500 birds.

Not surprisingly, dove hunting represents a really fat cash cow. Fitzsimmons says dove hunting generates about $316 million annually for the Texas economy alone. Adjusted for infl tion, the number jumps to about $452 million.

Dove counts Fitzsimmons says state wildlife biologists and technicians conduct rural and urban surveys each year to keep tabs on the heartbeat of Texas’ valuable dove populations. The statewide surveys are always carried out during the height of the birds’ nesting season, which typically runs from from about mid-May to mid-June.

Counting wild doves is a time-consuming process that demands significant manpower. Fitzsimmons says about 80-100 wildlife biologists and technicians are involved in carrying out the annual surveys.

How it’s done Researchers conduct the surveys using a technique called distance sampling. Ru-

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Dove hunting is a fat cash cow in Texas that generates more than $452 million annually for the state’s economy. Mourning doves are the most plentiful dove species in the state with a resident breeding population of about 20 million birds. Texas hunters shot about 6.5 million birds last year. ral surveys are aimed mostly at mourning doves, whereas urban surveys focus mostly on city-dwelling white-winged doves.

Fitzsimmons says biologists conduct rural surveys by driving 20-mile routes during the early morning hours, usually from about sunrise to 9:30 a.m.

They stop every mile for three minutes and document every bird seen or heard. Urban surveys are done by cruising set points across urban landscapes.

The data gathered is part of a formula scientists use to estimate annual spring breeding abundance.

TPWD wrapped up its 2023 surveys around June 15. Fitzsimmons says data is still rolling in from across the state, so the final numbers have not yet been crunched. However, the biologist believes another

TPWD

White-winged doves are the second most abundant with an estimated population of about 10 million. Once isolated to the Rio Grande Valley, white wings are largely urban dwellers that have expanded their range all across the state. good hunting is in the works.

“I’m hearing from people all over the last month or two who say they are seeing way more birds than they have seen in the last few years,” he

said.

“I know I’m seeing a lot more birds in Central Texas than I’ve seen the last few years. We’ll know more once all of the numbers are in, but

right now I’m thinking it’s going to be a good year.”

Matt Williams is a freelance writer based in Nacogdoches.

He can be reached by email, mattwillwrite4u@yahoo.com.

Cain taking reins as TPWD big game program director

BY MATT WILLIAMS For The Daily Sentinel Alan Cain recently was promoted to big game program director with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. Effective July 1, he takes over the position vacated by TPWD veteran Mitch Lockwood, who retired in April.

Cain, 52, has been the department’s whitetail deer program leader since 2010. He says he looks forward to taking his career to the next level.

“It’s an incredible honor to have the opportunity to serve as the next big game program director and work alongside a talented team of wildlife biologists to manage and conserve our native big game species in Texas,” Cain said. “I’ve had a passion for big game hunting and big game animals since my childhood and it’s important to me to ensure we have healthy, sustainable populations of white-tailed deer, mule deer, pronghorn, desert bighorn sheep, alligators and javelina for Texans to enjoy. I Courtesy want people to be able to have After 13 years as the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s whitetail deer program leader, Alan the same opportunities I’ve Cain was recently promoted to big game program director. had to interact with and apCain, TPWD big game pro- Trans-Pecos, as well. preciate these critters.”

Sue, are currently recovering “A lot of the state has got- after being involved in an auto gram director. Cain recently Panhandle, Rolling Plains passed through the Panhandle ten rain that should benefi accident while traveling to while traveling to Colorado all sorts of wildlife,” Cain Lake St. Clair in Detroit, Michbenefit from ains on vacation. He says the land- said. “We’re already hearing igan, for a MLF Bass Pro Tour The big rains that caused scape north of Sweetwater all some reports of excellent ant- event.

According to a MLF press serious flooding issues in through the Panhandle is in ler development on whitetail release, the accident happened bucks.”

May across parts of the Tex- really good shape. on June 21 as the couple was “It’s amazing how green as Panhandle brought some traveling south from Saginaw badly needed moisture to the it is compared to the last few Bass pro Jones, wife Bay, Michigan to St. Clair. drought-stricken landscape. years,” Cain said. in automobile crash Their truck overturned and Cain said things are looking The wildlife habitat there is currently in excellent shape good across Hill Country, East Lorena bass bass pro Alton Jones’ Ranger bass boat was because of it, according Alan Texas, South Texas and the Jones and his wife, Jimmye ejected from the trailer.

The report says Alton was not injured but did sustain some “bumps and bruises.”

However, his wife suffered a broken sternum and other minor injuries. Jones told MLF his truck was totaled and his boat was severely damaged.

Locke reels in

Jeremy Locke, of Pineville, Louisiana, topped a field of more than 1,750 anglers to win The 29th Annual Skeeter Owners Tournament recently hosted by Bass Champs at Lake Fork. Locke weighed in the heaviest bass of the event — a 9.71-pounder — during the noon hour of the opening round. The fish earned him a new Skeeter FXR21 bass boat and $775 cash.

Anglers weighed in 14 other bass at the top end of the lake’s 16-24-inch slot limit. Kellis Higginbotham, of Caledonia, took second place overall with a 9.57-pounder. Megan Wade, of Garland, won the Ladies Division with a 9.09-pounder.

ins, an outdoors expo, the Orange County River Festival and nightly concerts.

Previous Elite events in Orange have also drawn record-breaking crowds. In four previous visits, the crowds totaled more than 136,000. Orange currently holds five of the Top 10 highest-attended Elite Series events of all time, according to Emily Harley, BASS communications manager.

“We are very proud that we set a record once again in attendance for the Bassmaster Elite Series on the Sabine,” said Ida Schossow, president of the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce, which hosted the event. “This community never ceases to amaze me. They love the event, and they continue to show up to support B.A.S.S. and the anglers. Our relationship over the past 10 years with B.A.S.S has been fantastic, and we are looking forward to bringing future events to Orange County.”

Orange sets

MLF rookie Frankens nets

another BASS record

4th at Potomac

The folks around Orange have a rich history of rallying around Bassmaster when the popular tournament organization brings a big league Elite Series event to town. In early June, the southeast Texas town set a new spectator attendance record for Elite Series tournaments as 42,448 people attended daily events associated with the Sabine River derby, including takeoffs, weigh-

Texas bass pro Wyatt Frankens, of Corrigan, was the lone Texan among the fina Top 10 in the MLF Tackle Warehouse Invitational held June 17-19 on the Potomac River in Marbury, Maryland.

Frankens weighed in 46-9 over three days to log a fourthplace finish. He earned an $18,000 payday. It is Frankens’ best finish in five events as a rookie on the big league tour.

Skeeter Owners win

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The mili ary recruiting crisis is getting worse THOMAS SPOEHR The Heritage Foundation

At a recent House Armed Services Committee hearing, leaders from the Army, Navy, and Air Force all dutifully reported that they expected to miss their annual recruiting goal this year by thousands. This is just the latest sign that the military recruiting crisis—the worst since the institution of the all-volunteer force in 1973—is not abating.

Despite significan efforts by the military services, such as offering hefty enlistment bonuses of up to $50,000 and the ability to choose your first duty st tion, recruiting numbers have not improved. The effects on the armed forces are sobering: Navy ships are undermanned, and the Army is considering cutting the number of its Brigade Combat Teams.

Assemble 100 experts and veterans in a room and you will hear 100 reasons why recruiting is in trouble. At least one will point to low unemployment and the competitive job market; others will blame the lack of eligible recruits, disqualified y obesity or low test scores. Still more will mention the lack of knowledge among youth of military life and benefit , fear of death or injury, lack of patriotism, concerns about “wokeness,” and fallout from the disastrous Afghanistan withdrawal. Others will cite the differences between young people in Generation Z, who are currently the prime age for recruiting, and prior generations.

Who is right? Well, all of them. Each of these issues contribute to the military’s inability to recruit. Fixing just one will not right this ship. Only a comprehensive approach will work.

Recruiting has always been known as a tough duty among military members. Even though there are roughly 30 million Americans aged 18-24 and

the military only needs about 160,000 of them per year to meet its goals, it has never been easy to convince young people to sign up for service. But since 2018 when a strong U.S. economy and a hot job market increased competition, recruiters have been really struggling. Now, in the face of the headwinds described above, they are failing.

Unfortunately, it is not clear that our national leaders even understand there is a problem. Although some service secretaries, such as Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth, and four-star generals have been sounding the alarm, they cannot do it alone. Without broad support from the White House, senior DOD leaders, and other federal departments, recruiting numbers will continue to founder.

A call to action is needed to increase public awareness about the severity of the situation. Most Americans remain blissfully unaware that their military is literally shrinking by the day.

This is largely because the public possesses an overall positive perception of the armed forces, despite the fact that the military remains detached from the lives of most Americans.

To solve the recruiting crisis, it is essential to bridge this gap between the military and the American people. Every significan concern that the American public has about military service must be addressed head on.

Recruiting messages, for example, must highlight the importance of service as well as appeal to the interests and taking on the concerns of young people.

That means crafting a response to young Americans worried that military service will result in mental and physical trauma.

The military is not riskfree, of course, but most veterans leave stronger

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and healthier than when they entered, not riddled with mental scars and physical injuries.

The same approach must be applied to the package of pay and benefits th t the military offers. The armed forces may not be able to fully match the private sector in this regard, but it must at least be on the same playing field Finally, perhaps the most important action that our leaders can take is to educate young Americans on the necessity of a strong military and the positive impact of military service, both for oneself and for the nation. For example, contrary to popular belief, the military is not an impediment to higher education and career opportunities.

Quite the opposite, it provides an opportunity for social mobility, and the GI Bill allows veterans to pursue university studies without incurring crushing student debt. Many come away from service with leadership skills and self-discipline that the private sector greatly values.

It is too easy to label Generation Z as unpatriotic, unmotivated or incapable.

What is needed is action.

Critics should keep in mind that the recruiting crisis has not been caused by just one problem, and it won’t be fi ed with just one solution.

Indeed, it will require the effort of an entire nation. Government and military leaders, parents, teachers and community role models will all have to engage with young people to help them understand the importance of military service and how their lives can be directly connected to that great purpose.

There can be no more excuses or delays. The time to act is now.

Thomas Spoehr, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, is director of The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense.

tate border bills need to complement federal action.

In the absence of federal immigration reform, it is reasonable for states to look for different law enforcement mechanisms — provided they are acting constitutionally — to increase border security measures. States such as Texas that face immigrant surges are right to implement new strategies and laws to secure the border.

A host of border bills that passed in the regular legislative session were signed by Gov. Greg Abbott earlier this month. Some of them provide a stronger legal framework to Operation Lone Star, a $4 billion security initiative launched by the governor in 2021. Abbott also signed bills that would reinforce intelligence sharing with other states and beef up the training of Department of Public Safety troopers.

The current special session is focusing on two important border-related initiatives: the creation of a border police force and enhanced human smuggling penalties.

On the latter, the Legislature is increasing punishments for human traffi king, operating stash houses or evading arrests. Proposed prison terms for human smuggling range from five to 10 years, but even 15 years under certain circumstances.

The language used in these bills, so far, does not contradict federal law and does not penalize good Samaritans who help migrants. That distinction should ease some concerns from immigrant activists.

Stiffer prison terms are rarely a crime deterrent, but creating harsher penalties is appropriate given the abuse smugglers often

inflict on those they a e bringing across the border. Last year, dozens of migrants died inside an overheated tractor-trailer, a devastating reminder of the consequences of this crime.

The creation of the Texas Border Force is a positive progression from Operation Lone Star. It would provide the required training for border enforcement that neither state troopers nor the Texas National Guard has. It also includes plans to work in coordination with local and federal law enforcement.

Importantly, in both the Senate and House bills, the border unit would operate under the authority of the Texas Rangers. This is a more sensible approach than the creation of a vigilante force that was flo ted in the regular session. The state must have a professional law enforcement presence to legitimize its border security work.

Abbott also recently announced the use of chained buoys in the middle of the Rio Grande to deter migrants from crossing.

The first 1,000- oot-long set of barriers will be placed in Eagle Pass.

This was an idea that came from federal Border Patrol, DPS Director Steve McCraw told reporters. Border Patrol also conducted tests to make sure there was minimal risk of harming migrants. Physical barriers have long been part of border enforcement and securing parts of the river is reasonable.

Texas does not have the luxury of waiting for the Biden administration to enforce border security. These measures are reasonable and fair, and we support them while we await federal reform.

— The Dallas Morning News

TODAY IN HISTORY AP —Today is Saturday, June 24, the 175th day of 2023.

There are 190 days left in the year.

Today’s Highlight in History: On June 24, 1497, the first ecorded sighting of North America by a European took place as explorer John Cabot spotted land, probably in present-day Canada.

On this date: In 1509, Henry VIII was crowned king of England; his wife, Catherine of Aragon, was crowned queen consort.

In 1807, a grand jury in Richmond, Virginia, indicted former Vice President Aaron Burr on charges of treason and high misdemeanor (he was later acquitted).

In 1939, the Southeast Asian country Siam changed its name to Thailand. (It went back to being Siam in 1945, then became Thailand once again in 1949.)

In 1940, France signed an armistice with Italy during World War II. In 1946, Fred M. Vinson was sworn in as the 13th chief justice of the United States, succeeding the late Harlan F. Stone.

In 1948, Communist forces cut off all land and water routes between West Germany and West Berlin, prompting the western allies to organize the Berlin Airlift.

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The ing of western swing, part 3

The series on Texas musicians continues.

Bob Wills had reached the climax of both his creativity and popularity in the late 1930s and the World War II years, but in the decades afterward he would experience, personally and Dr. Scott Sosebee professionally, a slow but noticeable decline. Western swing, the genre he essentially created, would also begin to fall in popularity not necessarily because the public’s ardor for it would lessen, but more for the reason that country artists specifical y would begin to adopt western swing elements into the larger category of the musical stylings. It would not help, of course, that country music’s overall popularity would begin a precipitous decline in the later part of the 1950s after the birth of “rockand-roll,” a new genre that generally blended country, blues, and jazz into a sound that was entirely new.

Personally, Wills became more erratic as the 1940s progressed. A notorious binge drinker, Wills’ benders became more pronounced in the late 1940s, which made him an unreliable performer and “front-man” for his group.

Quite often he could not

even appear, which angered audiences who had come to see “Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys,” not just the band.

Vocalist Tommy Duncan became particularly peeved with Wills’ unpredictable behavior, which caused the two to have heated arguments. Duncan’s biggest complaint—which his bandmates shared—was that when Wills did not appear their pay reverted to the much lower union scale. One day, in 1948, after an audience in California was particularly incensed that Wills was not available and took out their anger on Duncan, the singer confronted his boss in an altercation that may have become physical, depending on whose version you heard.

Wills spontaneously fi ed Duncan. Duncan would form his own band after his dismissal but would return to occasionally tour with Wills and the Texas Playboys between 1959 and 1961. The two once again got cross-ways and Duncan left once more. The most acclaimed and successful of Wills’ lead singers died of heart failure in 1967.

Wills left California and moved back to Oklahoma City in 1949. He also opened another night club, The Bob Wills Ranch House in Dallas.

However, Wills was a touring musician and had to hit the road to support his lavish

lifestyle. Tha meant he had to turn the supervision of his night clubs over to on-site managers. Most of them took advantage of Wills’ absence and lack of business acumen and stole from him and also failed to report all income.

That led to huge debts for which Wills was responsible, including a heavy back-tax burden. Financially destroyed, Wills had to sell most of his assets, including his property in California and the publishing rights of many of his hits, such as “New San Antonio Rose.”

Wills had two hits in 1950, “Ida Red Likes the Boogie” and “Faded Love,” but music was changing and along with it radio play. Western Swing began to disappear from country radio, and the stations that played jazz or Big Band standards began to switch formats. First, to what was becoming to be termed “pop music,” and or country. Later in the decade, many of those same stations would become outlets for the new “rock-and-roll” sound.

Rock-and roll seriously ate into country music’s popularity, which by the 1960s, saw that genre move toward the “Nashville Sound,” an aggressively produced, more technically arranged genre with an extensive reliance on a large string accompaniments.

It saved country music, but western swing did not really fit a ymore into it or any of the other classific tions. Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys were seldom heard on any stations. The lack of airplay meant a huge reduction in record sales, which meant Wills had to tour more extensively.

Wills and his band toured almost 300 days a year, but they did not draw the crowds they once did. Where in the 1940s Wills and the Texas Playboys regularly counted on 15,000 to 20,000 paying customers at a venue, as the 1960s began they were lucky to draw a thousand. The Texas Playboys were reduced to playing mostly small venues.

Wills could not understand his loss of popularity, and also resisted any efforts to change his sound to fit the n w, emerging musical stylings. He insisted in interviews that he had been playing “rock-androll” since the 1920s, and he had a point as some of the earliest rock-and roll acts, such as Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, and Bill Hailey listed Wills as an influenc . He saved his most vehement vitriol for the developing “Nashville Sound” of country music.

The new movement, which some people called “countrypolitan,” was a smoothly produced music characterized by background orchestras

and choir vocals, instead of the rough-edged sounds of fiddles and steel guitars which had played such a role in the development of rock-and-roll.

Wills called the new subgenre “slick with no soul,” or, in one interview, “an over-produced mish-mash that is almost unlistenable.”

Wills may have hated the “Nashville Sound” when it first ppeared, but paying customers loved it. Country radio, which rock-and-roll almost put out of business, began to recover. Record companies either had their acts “remake” themselves into sounds that fit the n w growth, or they recruited new acts whose vocals leant themselves to the new sound.

Bob Wills and western swing became an afterthought. Wills’ health was also not good; he had two heart attacks, one in 1963 and again in 1965. After the last one, he dissolved the Texas Playboys. The Country Music Hall of Fame inducted him into its gallery of honorees in 1968, but it received little attention. Wills suffered a severe stroke in 1969, which left his right side paralyzed.

Then a funny thing happened. Some country artists, many of them who grew up in Texas, began to criticize and abandon the Nashville Sound as something too heavily

produced and too “slick.”

Many of them also cited Bob Wills as a major influenc .

One of the biggest emerging stars of country music, Merle Haggard, cited Bob Wills as one of his major influence and recorded an album of Wills standards.

He even convinced Wills to play on some of his cuts.

Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, the leaders of the new “Outlaw” movement in country music also cited Wills as an inspiration. Bob Wills was once again popular, and he even began to talk about recovering enough to start another tour. It did not happen. Wills could never fully recover his health and died in a Fort Worth hospital on May 13, 1975.

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SOS: Warehouse donations are down due to heat

Greetings: Summer is still here! I guess everyone is feeling this terrible heat as I am sure you all notice everyone is moving around less! Our warehouse ministry is experiencing a decrease in donations for the Patti first time sinc Goodrum we can remember. Folks are not going through and cleaning out their garages, storage units, and maybe it is just too hot to go through that extra room in their house. I can certainly understand as it is not even August yet.

Our Warehouse ministry gives verified lients items that are given to us. We focus on essential furniture items such as sofas, beds, dressers, end tables, small kitchen tables and chairs, lamps, coffee tables and recliners. Many families struggle to have these basic items in their homes.

In addition, small appliances are a premium request; for ex-

ample, coffee makers, descent pots and pans, toasters, eating utensils and of course small microwaves which are often the only source they have to cook their food.

We are low on some of these items, and some things we do not have at all. We still have several twin beds from dorm 16, but they are steadily decreasing in number. Some larger adults have a difficul time with the twins, so we do appreciate clean and donated full-size beds as well. Our Home Teams make visits every Tuesday and sometime other days during the week.

They find amilies in need of cleaning supplies, including mops and brooms. I will also remind everyone that small air conditioners are still needed as well. We get many calls asking for AC units and fans all day long.

Love In the Name of Christ values the opportunity to reach folks for Christ in anyway available.

Our Warehouse ministry is

just one way the Church or believers get to encounter folks who have a need, and as we address this need, our neighbors see Jesus. I know it’s hot, but I hope we get some warehouse donations coming in. We can make appointments to pick up your donations Monday through Thursday from 9-4:30. Give us a call at the Love INC office t 936-569-8555.

Blessings: Father God, thank You Lord for so many blessings You provide for us all. We pray for our clients, our neighbors, and the Nacogdoches community who are dealing with this heat, as well as depression, illnesses, and tragedy. May we as the Church give hope and comfort to all those we have the privilege to come in contact with.

Amen.

Case management: The Clearinghouse is busy as ever. Regular applications, Back to School applications, and utility requests are at the top of the request list.

the electric bills are high, but water bills are high as well.

If you would like to help with utilities, please write utilities Love INC P.O. Box 630423 in the memo line of your Nacogdoches, TX 75963 check. Thank you!

569-8555 Volunteers: We are estabpatti@loveincnac.org lishing a Warehouse Men’s Physical address: 917 Ruby Ministry Team. You must be St. able to lift and move furniNacogdoches, TX 75961 ture. We do have training in Facebook page: facebook. how to lift and move heavy com/Love-INC-ofitems. We can visit your Nacogdoches church anytime to give a We had a few folks who have presentation about the Warebeen affected by the flood house Men’s Ministry Team that we are still dealing or for any other ministry of with, but for the most part Love INC. If you have not the problems have been served with us before, please resolved. The Laundry and submit your application Shower facility is also busy. either online or pick up a We are learning a lot from paper copy at the offic . Feel our great volunteers who free to contact Debbie, Volare coming to serve folks unteer Coordinator, for any as they do their laundry. volunteer questions. debbie@ This is a dynamic ministry loveincnac.org. and helps so many people.

Warehouse: We are WE are grateful for another currently in need of pots and opportunity to be the hands pans, couches, and microand feet of Jesus. waves! Some folks truly do We are low on funds for not have a stove or a working utility assistance. Not only stove. A microwave is all they

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need to cook. We also could use more hygiene products, laundry baskets and cleaning items along with brooms and mops to give out to our neighbors.

We also give out Bibles to any neighbor who will accept one, so please think of us if you have Bibles to donate. Please check out our Facebook page for more highlights of our many volunteer groups who bless this community. You may bring donations to our offic Monday – Thursday from 9am-12pm and 1pm-4:30pm.

Thank you for your support of our Warehouse Ministry!

How to donate: Using our post office b x is the safest and most secure way to send us a check. P.O. Box 630423, Nacogdoches, Texas 75963.

• Another very secure way is by PayPal on our website www.loveincnac.org. Designate your wishes for your donation on the memo line.

Patti Goodrum is executive director of Love INC.

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How much exercise do you need? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults should aim for at least 150 minutes a week of moderate-intensity activity, such as walking, swimming or mowing the lawn, or 75 minutes a week of vigorous-intensity activity, such as jogging, running, high-intensity interval training or fast bicycling. The CDC recommends you also add two or three weekly strength training sessions.

While 150 minutes of physical activity each week sounds like a lot, you don’t have to do it all at once. Spread your activity out during the week, and break those minutes into small chunks of time; for example, 30 minutes a day, five days a week.

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Low-cost workouts You don’t have to join a gym to work out. Low- or no-cost options include: • Walking: Stroll around your neighborhood or through the mall.

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Bring the gym home It may be difficult to find time exercise regularly with busy lives.

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3. Dumbbells Moving with your kids sets a good Dumbbells come in various example for a lifetime of healthy weights and designs. Choose weights activity. that offer a little challenge, and keep

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4. Resistance bands Using resistance bands can improve your strength and muscle tone. They’re lightweight, take up little space and can easily travel with you for work or vacation.

5. Stability ball This piece of equipment will strengthen your core, which is important for the health of your lower back. Stronger back and abdominal muscles also will improve your balance and stability to help you continue moving safely and confidently as you age.

No matter what form of exercise you choose, the most important thing is to get started. Remember to focus on the process, not just the results, and be patient with yourself as you get moving.

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Notice is hereby given that original Letters of Testamentary for the Estate of Howard D . A n d e r s o n , J r. , Deceased were issued on May 26, 2023, in Cause No. PB2313965, pending in the County Court of Nacogdoches County, Texas, to: Howard W. Anderson III.

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Claims may be presented in care of the attorney for the estate, addressed as follows: Representatives, Estate of Howard W. Anderson Jr., Deceased c/o: Melissa A. Maye Fairchild, Price, Haley & Smith, L.L.P P.O. Drawer 631668 Nacogdoches, Texas 75963 All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered, are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

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Weekly dinners with relative becoming harder to navigate DEAR ABBY: I have a relative who lives in the same city I live in. Her parents and mine exchanged holiday dinners for decades. Our parents passed away many years ago, and I continued to include her for holiday dinners. I consider her a good friend and we share many interests.

During COVID, we started to have dinner every weekend to support local restaurants, and we enjoyed the evenings when nearly all entertainment venues were closed. Now the shows and sports activities I enjoy have resumed, and our weekly dinners are interfering with the outdoor activities I prefer.

She’s retired, and I still work, so my free time is limited during weekends.

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Many of her close friends have passed away over the past couple of years, and she seems increasingly dependent upon me for companionship.

She suggests many other events and trips during the week.

I’m concerned my lack of enthusiasm may eventually offend her. She knows my weekly schedule because of our frequent dinners and keeps track of my work schedule. I’m beginning to feel more trapped now that the

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Sheldon Harnick accepts the special Tony Award for lifetime achievement in the Theatre at the Tony Awards at the Beacon Theatre on Sunday, June 12, 2016, in New York.

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‘Fiddler on the Roof ’ creator Sheldon Harnick dies at 99 NEW YORK (AP) — Tony- and Grammy Award-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick, who with composer Jerry Bock made up the premier musical-theater songwriting duos of the 1950s and 1960s with shows such as “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Fiorello!” and “The Apple Tree,” has died. He was 99.

Known for his wry, subtle humor and deft wordplay, Harnick died in his sleep Friday in New York City of natural causes, said Sean Katz, Harnick’s publicist.

Broadway artists paid their respects on social media, with “Schmigadoon!” writer Cinco Paul calling him “one of the all-time great musical theater lyricists” and actor Jackie Hoffman lovingly writing: “Like all brilliant persnickety lyricists he was a pain in the tuchus.”

Bock and Harnick first hit success for the music and lyrics to “Fiorello!,” which earned them each Tonys and a rare Pulitzer Prize in 1960. In addition, Harnick was nominated for Tonys in 1967 for “The Apple Tree,” in 1971 for “The Rothschilds” and in 1994 for “Cyrano — The Musical.” But their

masterpiece was “Fiddler on the Roof.”

Bock and Harnick were first introduced at a restaurant by actor Jack Cassidy after the opening-night performance of “Shangri-La,” a musical in which Harnick had helped with the lyrics. The first Harnick-Bock musical was “The Body Beautiful” in 1958.

“I think in all of the years that we worked together, I only remember one or two arguments — and those were at the beginning of the collaboration when we were still feeling each other out,” Harnick, who collaborated with Bock for 13 years, recalled in an interview with The Associated Press in 2010. “Once we got past that, he was wonderful to work with.”

They would form one of the most influential partnerships in Broadway history. Producers Robert E. Griffith and Hal Prince had liked the songs from “The Body Beautiful,” and they contracted Bock and Harnick to write the score for their next production, “Fiorello!,” a musical about the reformist mayor of New York City.

ASTROGRAPH IF TODAY IS YOUR BIRTHDAY — ­ Observe what’s happening around you to ensure you make the best decisions this year. Focus more on your needs and less on accommodating others. Take better care of your emotional, physical and financial concern by refusing to let others deplete your resources or take advantage of your generosity. A steady pace will help you take advantage of the possibilities and opportunities you encounter.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) — Pay attention to what’s happening at home and focus on how you can make the most out of whatever situation you face. Slow down, take a deep breath and do your best to avoid negativity.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) — An aggressive approach will show others you can handle whatever comes your way. Celebrate your

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Put more trust in yourself than in others. A steady pace, honesty and integrity will lead to good results. Pay attention to others while satisfying your own needs.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) — Live and learn.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) — Follow your heart and don’t leave decisions to anyone but yourself. Ignore anyone trying to push you in a direction that doesn’t feel right. Stay on course and do your own thing.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) — Don’t let

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Make peace and love priorities.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — A change someone suggests will tempt you. Before you begin, review the cost and time involved in reaching your goal. Home improvements will pay off, but only if you can proceed without undue disruption.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) — Put yourself first and give others the same right. Don’t be afraid to go your own way. An intelligent decision and explanation will alleviate discord that can ruin your and others’ plans.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) — Put your emotions aside and make financially wise

decisions. Don’t jeopardize your home or personal life due to false information you receive.

Focus on the truth and eliminate debt.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) — Speak up, gather facts and encourage everyone you encounter. You don’t have to go overboard to make a difference; when you do the right thing, doors will open and positive change will occur.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) — Put your heart and soul into exploring what interests you.

Expand your circle of friends and implement changes that make you happy. Be sympathetic, but don’t pay for someone else’s mistake.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) — Someone will offer false information to avoid an emotional interaction. Conjecture will lead to trouble if you don’t understand the dynamics of a situation.

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INSPECTIONS The following health inspections were recently filed in the City o Nacogdoches: La Parrilla, 4506 North St., 0 demerits, 100 percent compliant North Food Mart, 5105 North St., 11 demerits, discarded numerous milk and other pre packaged food products-corrected on site; provide accurate visible thermometers for all coolers and freezers; repair roof leak, discard rainwater bucket; keep microwave wiped down, clean and sanitary; repair or replace any missing or damaged ceiling tiles; keep equipment wiped down; clean and sanitary Orleans Square Apartments, 4203 NE Stallings Dr., swimming pool, 0 demerits, 100 percent compliant Lucky Stop, 1324 South St., 22 demerits, proper storage of toxic items needed-corrected on site; back flow prevente needed for outside hose bibb; use by dates needed; self serve breads and self serve pre packaged food products need proper labeling; provide accurate visible thermometers for all coolers and freezers; proper hair restraints needed in food prep area; hand wash sinks need to be kept empty and properly supplied; bathroom needs soap; discarded several pre packaged food products; keep soft drink nozzles clean and sanitary; keep dumpster lids closed; several damaged and missing ceiling tiles The Overlook Phase 1, 1602 Cardinal Dr., front swimming pool; 3 demerits, additional signage needed; unclog flowmeter; gate need to self close and self latch

The Overlook Phase 2, 1602 Cardinal Dr., back swimming pool; pool currently closed; pump is being repaired; will do follow up inspection Jalisco Tacos, 1003 Martin Luther King Blvd., 3 demerits, use by dates needed on chopped beef; proper hair restraint needed in food prep area Cambridge Court Apartments, 5222 Northway Dr., swimming pool, 0 demerits, 100 percent compliant Emilio’s Taqueria Mexicana #2, Nacogdoches Trade Days, 8 demerits, keep all cold hold temperatures at minimum of 41 degreescorrected on site; hot water at hand wash sink set to minimum standards-corrected on site; paper towels needed at hand wash sink; proper hair restraints needed Dona Lupita, Nacogdoches Trade Days, 10 demerits, keep all cold hold temperatures at minimum of 41 degreescorrected on site; spray bottle needs proper labelingcorrected on site; keep hand wash sink empty-corrected on site; provide accurate visible thermometers for all coolers and freezers Taco Mex, Nacogdoches Trade Days, 1 demerit, need proper hair restraints in food prep area La Chilanga, Nacogdoches Trade Days, 4 demerits, need to have valid current health permit; need use by dates Stonecreek Apartments 4541 NE Stallings Dr., swimming pool, 1 demerit, damaged pool surface near (4) four foot end cap Chevy Chase Apartments 1719 East Starr St., swimming pool, 1 demerit, unclog flowmete

NAMES The following assumed names were recently filed in the county clerk’s office Dr. Louis Rector DDS, PO Box 635050, Louis Rector Peaceful Waters, LLC, 812 Rosewood Dr., Simonetty Y. Gowan Studio Turtlewax, 2225 Beverly Dr., John David Scott D’Cleaning Services, 291 E. Hwy 7, Dalia Maria Reyes

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A Tesla electric vehicle is seen at a Tesla electric vehicle charging station in Northbrook, Ill., Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

The average paid EV price in May sits in-between the average costs of luxury ($64,396) and non-luxury ($44,960) vehicles, based on Kelley Blue Book’s designations.

Vehic le s » From 4C SUVs also no longer qualify for the credits because sale prices for many are greater than the $80,000 price cap in the IRA. But Rivian vehicles in the company’s planned R2 line of crossovers, which will be built at the planned Georgia plant, are expected to qualify.

“Our planned Georgia facility will be where we build our next consumer vehicle line, the R2, which will provide a great way for prospective owners to get the Rivian EV experience at a lower price point,” said Peebles Squire, a Rivian spokesperson.

Automotive manufacturers industry wide are also offering more incentives to buyers. Incentives reached the highest point in a year this May, with manufacturers averaging nearly $2,000 in incentives. An example of a manufacturer incentive could be an option for cash back on purchases of specific model .

The trend is not unique to EVs. “The majority of luxury brands

have higher inventory levels than the current industry average, along with all the domestic non-luxury brands.

As supply continues to increase, industry average incentives will keep increasing,” said Rebecca Rydzewski in a recent Cox Automotive report on the Kelley Blue Book data. Rydzewski is the research manager of Economic and Industry Insights for Cox Automotive. Kelley Blue Book and Cox Automotive are owned by Cox Enterprises, which also owns the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Cox also holds about a 4% stake in Rivian.

The average paid EV price in May sits in-between the average costs of luxury ($64,396) and non-luxury ($44,960) vehicles, based on Kelley Blue Book’s designations.

EV prices have implications for climate solutions, because electric vehicles are a focus for reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation made up 29% of human-involved U.S. emissions in 2021, according to

data from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Of that percentage, over three-fourths came from light-duty vehicles and trucks.

“For lighter-duty applications, I think far and away it’s a slam dunk that we have to electrify,” said Timothy Lieuwen, executive director of Georgia Tech’s Strategic Energy Institute. “It’s going to be the biggest lever in putting a dent in our carbon dioxide emissions.”

Industry experts such as Moody and Lieuwen expect these trends in price and sales to continue, although the rate of growth is uncertain.

Transaction prices may continue to drop as technology improves and sells increase, Moody said, because manufacturers won’t have to make as much profit per ehicle.

The trend may need to continue for EVs to become more widely used.

“There’s no doubt that prices are going to need to come down,” Lieuwen said.

ON THE RECORD The following actions were taken in Nacogdoches County and district courts 145th District Court: Rekeita Kennedy, possession of a controlled substance, five years deferred adjudication, $1,500 fine, 200 hours community service, $180 DPS lab fee, no contact with known drug users Cortnee Coleman, possession of a controlled substance, five years deferred adjudication, $1,500 fine, 200 hours community service, $180 DPS lab fee, no contact with known drug users Tyler Shane Handlin, burglary of a habitation, 10 years in prison probated for five years, 250 hours community service, $1,500 fin Naaron Bryton Hood, possession of a controlled substance, two years in prison probated for five years, $1,500 fine, $180 DPS lab fee, random drug testing, successful treatment of TCOMMI program, no contact with certain people Randall Alexander Jr., possession of a controlled substance, 10 years in prison Allen Ray Carter, possession of a controlled substance, seven years in prison; bail jumping and failure to appear, seven years in prison; sentences to run concurrently Crystal Danyele Horton, injury to a child, five years in prison; endangering a child, 15 months in state jail; abandoning a child, 15 months in state jail; endangering a child, five years in prison; injury to a child, 15 months in state jail Marcella Lewis Hurd, possession of a controlled substance, one day in county jail Knomo Zhivago Matthews, possession of a controlled substance, five years in prison; evading arrest with previous conviction, five years in prison; sentences to run concurrently Timothy Wayne Monroe, unauthorized use of a vehicle, 24 months in state jail probated for five years, 250 hours of community service, $1,500 fin Stephanie Nicole Moore, two counts of improper sexual activity with a person in custody, deferred adjudication

for two years for both counts, $1,000 fine, 200 hours of community service; official oppression, 365 days in jail probated for two years, $1,000 fin Kendra Denise Nealey, theft of property with previous convictions, 24 months in state jail, $750 fine, 100 hours of community service, mental health evaluation and recommended treatment for drug and alcohol abuse Sylvia Nicole Norman, possession of a controlled substance, 24 months in state jail probated for five years, $1,500 fine, 200 hours community service, $180 DPS lab fee Shanoveiah Cosandra Parks, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deferred adjudication for 10 years, $1,500 fine, $145 restitution, 200 hours community service; bail jumping and failure to appear, deferred adjudication for 10 years, 100 hours community service Dirk Desmond Sayles, possession of a controlled substance, 10 years in prison probated for five years; $1,500 fine, $180 DPS lab fee, 200 hours community service, mental health evaluation and treatment Dandre Jawon Thomas, possession of a controlled substance, 24 months in state jail probated for five years, $750 fine, $180 DPS lab fee, 200 hours community service; bail jumping and failure to appear, 10 years in prison probated for five years, $750 fine, 100 hours community service Henry Scott Beavers, three counts of aggravated sexual assault of a child, 30 years in prison per count; indecency with a child, 20 years in prison; possession of a controlled substance, 24 months in state jail; possession of a controlled substance, 10 years in state jail; two counts of continuous family violence, 10 years in prison per count; injury to an elderly person, 10 years in prison; sentences in each case run concurrently Tiayana Brown, possession of a controlled substance,

deferred adjudication for 10 years, $1,500 fine, 200 hours community service, $180 DPS lab fee, random drug testing Amber Hope Osage, criminal attempt, six months in state jail Jameion Terrell Wynn, fraudulent use or possession of identifying information, 24 months in state jail probated for five years, $600 restitution, 200 hours community service Lashunda Donya Williams, possession of a controlled substance, nine months in state jail; two counts of possession of a prohibited substance in a correctional facility, 3 years in prison per count; sentences run concurrently Melvin Steadham, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, seven years in prison Markali Moore, tampering with physical evidence, 10 years in prison probated for five years, $750 fine, 100 hour community service; aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deferred adjudication for five years, $750 fine, 100 hours of community service, no contact with victim, no weapons, anger management class Claudia Michelle Perez, theft, 20 months in state jail; burglary of a building, 20 months in state jail; sentences run concurrently Travis Todd Weeks, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, deferred adjudication for five years, $1,500 fine, 200 hours community service, bail jumping and failure to appear, 10 years in prison probated for five year Tyquesha Nicole Pleasant, evading arrest with a vehicle, six years in prison; two counts of theft of property with previous convictions, 18 months in state jail per count; sentences run concurrently James Neal Weeks, theft of a firearm, 24 months in state jail probated for five years, $1,500 fine, 250 hours of community service Daniel Garcia Arjona, two counts of possession of a criminal instrument, 11 months in state jail probated for four years per count, $1,500 fine per count, 250 hours of community service per count

Terry Denis Johnson, possession of a controlled substance, 4 years in prison Robert ONeil Bryant, revoked deferred adjudication on burglary of a building, 14 years in prison; revoke deferred adjudication on evading arrest with a vehicle, 10 years in prison The following cases were dismissed Willie Leroy Deckard Jr., sexual assault Timothy Joseph Knowlton, assault against family member by occlusion William Marcos GuerraPasos, fraudulent possession of identifying information Daniel Garcia Arjona, fraudulento possession of identifying information 420th District Court: Howard Carl Douglas, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, two years probated for five years, 200 hours of community service, $1,500 fin Jason Carl Ferrill Jr., engaging in organized criminal activity, five years in prison; two counts of unauthorized use of a vehicle, eight months in state jail; bail jumping and failure to appear, five years in priso Dion Bledsoe, two counts of family violence with previous conviction, five years in prison per each count Willie Leroy Deckard Jr, family-violence assault that impedes breathing or circulation, 20 years in prison Johnny Ricky Magana, possession of a controlled substance, three years deferred probation, 200 hours community service, $180 restitution, $1,500 fin Adeja Nicole Thibodeaux, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, 10 years deferred probation, 200 hours community service, $500 fine, restitution to be determined Joshua Allan Godsey, graffiti causing between $2,500 and $30,000 in damage, 240 days in jail; bail jumping and failure to appear, two years in prison Kenneth Zarate Guardado, possession of a controlled substance, 20 months in state jail; unauthorized use of a vehicle, 20 months in state jail, evading arrest with a vehicle,

10 years in prison; engaging in organized criminal activity, 15 years in prison; prohibited substance in a correctional facility, 10 years in prison Nacogdoches County Court: Zachary Dewayne Bennefield, assault causes bodily injury family member, with finding of family violence, $400 fine, $280 court costs, 365 days in jail, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, $50 Crime Stoppers Jose Isidoro Bonilla, accident involving damage to vehicle, $500 fine, $330 court cost, 180 days in jail, 18 months probation, 40 hours community service, open restitution, $50 Crime Stoppers Juliana Mary Davis, possession marijuana, $200 fine, $280 court cost, 180 days in jail, 6 months probation, 40 hours community service Kayejon Flanagan, criminal trespass, $280 court cost, 45 days in jail, credit & concurrent Christopher Robbi Jones, interfere with emergency request for assistance, $400 fine, $280 court costs, 365 days in jail, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service Javier Juarez, driving while intoxicated, $1,200 dollar fine, $380 court costs, 180 days in jail, 12 months probation, 40 hours community service, sobriety tests BAC, drivers license suspended an additional month Christopher Blane Moorehead, resist arrest, search or transport, $400 fine, $280 court costs, 365 days in jail, 12 month probation, $50 Crime Stoppers, $200 Food Bank Tonya Faye Powell, hindering apprehension or prosecution, $400 fine, $280 court cost, 365

days in jail, 6 months probation, 40 hours community service, $50 Crime Stoppers Daphne Diane Crenshaw, theft of property, $280 court costs, 160 days in jail, credit & concurrent Tyler Shane Handlin, evading arrest detention, $800 fine, $270 court cost, 365 days in jail, 24 months probation, 60 hours community service, $50 Crime Stoppers, $200 attorney fee Chester Lee Parker, unlawfully carrying weapon, $300 fine, 250 days in jail, credit and concurrent David Lee Reed Jr., tamper with identification numbers, $270 court costs, 90 days in jail, credit & concurrent Percy Lee Robinson, theft of property, $280 court costs, 60 days in jail, credit & concurrent J.R. Yates, criminal trespass, $270 court costs, 120 days in jail, credit & concurrent The following cases were dismissed: Justin Howard Burleigh, possession of marijuana Larry Charles Hunt, criminal trespass x3 The following civil suits were filed in the county clerk s office Brandon Hardy vs. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance TBF Financial vs. Michael Little The following marriage licenses were filed in the county clerk’s office Nadia Anali Jaimez, Maria Quinones Camargo Jeremy Swearigen, Tonya Krenck-Harrison Joel Santelleno Rios, Eunice Yanez-Gutierrez Russell Vincent Lehart, Lila Catherine-Huai Biggar

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A personal insight into the effect of the Great Depression

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The Kia EV6, the car manufacturer’s first dedicated battery electric vehicle The median price for new electric vehicles continues to fall, according to a recent report, reflecting increased production and inventory of EVs and changes in federal incentives

Average prices for new electric vehicles continue to decrease EVAN LASSETER The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The median price for new electric vehicles continues to fall, according to a recent report, reflecting inc eased production and inventory of EVs and changes in federal incentives.

The average transaction price for an EV last month was $55,488, down from nearly $65,000 in May of last year, according to a recent report from automotive data company Kelley Blue Book.

The overall average transaction price for all vehicles sold in May was $48,528.

“Electric vehicles are still a luxury purchase for most people,” said Brian Moody, executive editor for Kelley Blue Book.

Automakers are rapidly electrifying their fleets amid a ram up in federal incentives for both manufacturing and for buyers of new EVs. The Biden administration is pushing electrific tion to reduce greenhouse gases as EVs do not produce tailpipe emissions once on the road.

Nationwide prices for EVs peaked in June 2022 at $66,997.

One potential cause for the year-to-year decrease is that industry-leader Tesla cut prices on certain models starting in January, Moody said. Other factors such as options for shorter-range batteries and models with fewer luxury options could also contribute to the drop, he said.

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A 2023 R1T pickup truck is charged in a bay at a Rivian delivery and service center Wednesday, Feb. 8, in Denver.

As prices have fallen, new EV sales increased. Sales estimates in May are up 4% from April, and the year-to-year sales increase is 44%, according to Kelley Blue Book’s estimates.

The Democrats’ signature climate and health bill, known as the Infl tion Reduction Act, altered eligibility for long-standing federal tax credits of up to $7,500 for buyers of new plug-in vehicles.

To fully qualify, vehicles and their batteries must be

assembled in North America, when previously, vehicles made overseas also qualified. he law also removed caps on the total number of EVs made by automakers.

Pickups, SUVs and vans must be priced less than $80,000 and all other vehicles must cost less than $55,000 to qualify and the car buyer cannot make more than $150,000 a year.

The changes meant some Tesla and GM vehicles once again qualified or credits, while vehi-

cles made overseas no longer do.

Hyundai Motor Group, which produces Hyundai, Kia and Genesis EVs, lost federal tax credits for EVs it makes overseas and is racing to finish its coasta Georgia plant to so its vehicles can again qualify for the tax credits.

Rivian currently builds its vehicles in a plant in Illinois.

Though they’re U.S.-made, most of Rivian’s R1T trucks and R1S

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The crash of the stock market occurred in 1929, prompting the beginning of the Great Depression and which continued – despite government programs – until the advent of the Second World War. Banker Phares When I began my law practice in the early 1960’s, I remember quite well the constant refrain of my older clients whenever financial m tters were discussed.

It was: “You are a young man, so you will not remember, but we lived through the Great Depression, and it changed our lives, so we are very cautious about our money.”

This week, Bill Elliott provided me with a copy of a letter that he found amongst his family documents.

I consider it a historical masterpiece. It is a letter written by a father to his son (he wrote every Sunday), dated October 16, 1932.

It concerned the possible closure of two banks (there were only two) in Gonzales, Texas.

The father was telling the son of the attempt to salvage one of the banks – a state bank and a national bank. The letter is five pages long (single spaced), much too long to quote in its entirety, but there is one paragraph that I selected to quote in this article because the people living today need to understand that possibility of a depression is not to be taken lightly. The following is the quote from the letter, and it should be remembered that the depression had continued three years before it was written.

“Conditions over the country generally are growing worse, rather than better and more and more people are being thrown out of employment. The administration, in a desperate pre-election effort, has been dishing out money through the Reconstruction Finance Corporation to bolster failing banks and other large business enterprises, and has now entered upon a huge post office co struction and road construction program.

The condition is worldwide, and it seems to me like it will take a series of years before improvement can be reasonably expected. I hope that I am wrong. However, conditions may become worse than now, before the upward trend begins.”

That letter certainly advises all of us to pay attention to what is now happening in Washington.

Banker Phares is a practicing attorney and founding member of the Estate Planning and Probate Law certification y the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

DAVE SAYS

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Pull from stocks, put toward mortgage

Southwest has a labor deal with mechanics days after flight attendants rejected theirs

Dear Dave, I bought a house about a year ago.

Currently, I have $45,000 sitting in an account with a money manager. I’ve had this account for a little over three years, and the investment hasn’t grown much, if at all. Under the circumstances, Dave Ramsey and being single, too, would it be better to pull the money out of that investment and put it toward my mortgage?

Johnny Dear Johnny, I recommend putting 100% of any non-retirement savings, above your emergency fund, toward paying off your mortgage until the mortgage is paid off. I’d still tell you to pay down the house, even if you were making 20% on your money. Just make sure you’re following the Baby Steps, and you’re already putting 15% of your income into good retirement investments before attacking the house. Paying down your mortgage is not an expenditure that’s

just lost money. The cash is sitting there, you’re just banking it in your home and land. And on a side note, with all the craziness in the market over the last three years, you might come to realize breaking even over that time wasn’t so bad after all.

Johnny, the shortest distance between where you are and your firs $1 million to $5 million in net worth is getting your house paid off. After that, load 15% to 20% of your income into a serious retirement plan. And by that, I don’t mean playing financial ootsie with some little brokerage account.

Investing in good, growth stock mutual funds with a proven track record of at least 10 years is a proven way to build wealth the right way.

I’m sure you can find someone o TikTok telling you to do the exact opposite of what I’m suggesting. But you won’t find th t kind of advice coming from real millionaires.

— Dave Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey.

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines has reached agreement on a new labor contract with its mechanics just days after the flight attendants’ union rejected a company proposal.

Southwest said Friday that a tentative new contract with the Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association would give its mechanics industry-leading compensation.

Across the airline industry, revenue is rising as travel recovers from the pandemic. Unions are pushing airlines for better pay and benefit , even raising the threat of strikes to make their case.

At Southwest, leaders of the union representing more than 18,000 flight attendants voted this week to reject a tentative contract that its own negotiators reached with the Dallas airline and the help of federal mediators. The company said the deal would have raised pay 15%.

The flight attendants are working under wages and other terms contained in a contract ratifie in 2016. By federal law, contracts in the airline industry do not expire, and it is difficult for unions to conduct legal strikes.

Pilots at Southwest, United and American are still negotiating with their airlines.

American announced a tentative deal with

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A Southwest Airlines jetliner approaches at Denver International Airport Friday, May 26, 2023, in Denver.

pilots last month, but the offer hasn’t gone to a ratific tion vote while both sides haggle over language and timing of some provisions. The Allied Pilots Association said Friday that American management “is simply unwilling to agree to be held accountable for the commitments it has made.”