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Vol. 14 No. 1

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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

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Elected County Leaders Sworn into Office

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couple of new faces were sworn in on January 2, 2015, along with several who were reelected to another term.

New Justice, Cinnamon Archibald stood with fellow Justices of the Peace, Theresa Farris, Shirley Mays, and Deborah Hamilton, to make a solemn vow to uphold the laws of the United States and Texas.

Freestone County Judge, Linda Grant, swore in

newly elected Teresa Black to be the new District Clerk.

Treasurer Kay Taylor, County Clerk Linda Jarvis also renewed their oaths.

Commissioners Clyde Ridge, Jr. and Craig Oakes were sworn in for Precincts 2 and 4.

Re-elected, Judge Linda Grant, took her oath of office, administered by Notary Pilar Harris, just

Wife Gets 40 Years For Murder of Kaufman Asst. DA

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im Williams pled guilty to the murder of Mark Hasse on December 30, 2014, thus the final court action in the grisly murders of, not only Mr. Hasse, but Cynthia and Mike McLelland, comes to an end - or almost. Mr. Williams will be granted one State paid appeal.

Mrs. Williams will serve, at least 20 years of her 40 year sentence.

Her husband, Eric Williams, will face lethal injection for the same crimes.

Mark Hasse was the Assistant District Attorney, Mike McLelland, District Attorney, in Kaufman County, Texas.

Eric Williams had been a Justice of the Peace there.

McLelland and Hasse successfully tried Williams for stealing computer equipment

from the courthouse in 2012. As a result, he lost his law license and Justice of the Peace status.

Revenge for that action appeared to be the motive for the couple’s decision to murder the pair; Cynthia was collateral damage – being at home when Williams came to kill McLelland.

Mike McLelland grew up in Wortham, Texas and still has family living there.

The family vows to be on hand to watch Eric Williams’ sentence carried out.

As for Kim Williams, she will eligible for parole in 20 years. The family has indicated that they will oppose parole efforts at that time.

Mary McDonald reporting _____________________________

prior to the swearing in ceremony.

Ready to get to work are (left-right) JP’s Theresa Farris, Shirley Mays, Cinnamon Archibald & Deborah Hamilton; District Clerk Teresa Black; Treasurer Kay Taylor; Commissioners Clyde Ridge & Craig Oakes; Judge Linda Grant; and County Clerk Linda Jarvis.

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reda Payne, a recognized multi-talented vocalist, has also performed in musicals and movies and has even briefly hosted her own television talk show. Most fans know her for her recording career which boasts two gold records, the 1970s hits Band of Gold and Bring the Boys Home. In January, Trinity Star Arts Council (TSAC) will welcome Ms. Payne to Freestone County to headline the gospel musical Crowns.

In a recent conversation with director/producer George Boyd III, Freda Payne mentioned her appreciation for the gospel musical Crowns and even a desire to be a part of a production at some point in the future. TSAC advisory board member Boyd encouraged his friend to join the scheduled TSAC production.

She graciously agreed and will be performing on January 29th and 31st at the Theater at Teague High School.

Freda’s training and experience render her a rare vocal artist who is beyond any one genre of music. Ms. Payne, a native of Detroit, developed an appreciation for music at an early age influenced by Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn and Billie Holiday. Her career began with singing radio commercials which brought the

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young vocalist to the attention of Duke Ellington and Motown’s Berry Gordon. Both music heavyweights offered teenaged Freda contracts, but her mother turned down both.

During the early 60s, Freda became established as a fine jazz vocalist and recording artist touring with Quincy Jones and appearing on television shows. Continuing a successful career of movies, musicals, and albums, her most recent album, Come Back to Me, is a combination of powerful big band jazz and classy contemporary pop with strings.

Ms. Payne will be joined by an outstanding cast of Freestone County residents to present the critically acclaimed Crowns, one of the most performed musicals in the country. It is the winner of four Washington D.C. Helen Hayes awards.

Tickets for the performance and additional information are available at www.trinitystarartscouncil.org Armadillo Emporium will have tickets prior to the performance. The Thursday, January 29, 2015, performance will be at 7:30 pm and the Saturday, January 31, 2015, performance will be a matinee at 3:00 pm.

Tickets are $10 and may also be purchased at the door.

AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is available free to taxpayers with low and moderate income, with special attention to those 60 and older. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is offered in cooperation with the IRS. The program helps low- to moderate-income taxpayers have more discretionary income for everyday essentials, such as food and housing, by assisting with tax services and ensuring they receive applicable tax credits and deductions. http://www.aarp. org/money/taxes/info-2004/about_aarp_ taxaide.html”

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Studying ISIS and Ourselves

by Cal Thomas

The commander of American Special Operations in the Middle East, Major Gen. Michael K. Nagata, is reported to be seeking help in learning why the Islamic State is so dangerous. If he doesn’t know, what does that say about the prospect for victory over these radical terrorists who seek to destroy everyone who disagrees with them?

“We do not understand the movement,” the Times quotes Gen. Nagata as saying in confidential minutes of a conference call he held with more than three dozen “experts.”

Until we understand it, he said, “we are not going to defeat it. We have not defeated the idea. We do not even understand the idea.”

In the pursuit of understanding ISIS or ISIL -- or as Secretary of State John Kerry has started calling it, “Daesh” (the Arabic acronym for the group, considered pejorative in the Middle East) -- General Nagata is calling for reinforcements. According to the Times, one of the observations made by some in the conference call was about the Islamic State’s “capacity to control” a population, using “psychological tactics” such as terrorism, “religious and sectarian narratives (and) economic controls.”

Enemies of the recent past have written books that served as motivators for those who followed those ideologies. The Communist Manifesto, published in 1848 and written by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, formed the basis for the Bolshevik Revolution six decades later and the creation of the Soviet Union.

Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” defined his political and social philosophy as well as his plans for Germany and eventually the world.

In this latest war, the Koran is the textbook of jihadists, and it doesn’t help when Westerners seek to define what is “legitimate” Islam and what is not. Many in the Islamic world reject Western values and thus any Western interpretation of their religion.

A poll published last July in Saudi Arabia’s AlHayat news found that 92 percent of Saudis believe the Islamic State conforms to the values of Islam and Islamic law. Other polls throughout the Islamic world show large numbers of Muslims at least sympathetic, if not openly supportive, of tactics used by

extremists.

While Gen. Nagata and his experts are studying the “psychology” of ISIS, they might also look to the moral and spiritual state of Europe and the United States. An argument could be made that radical Islamists have it partly right when they diagnose Western culture as “godless” and decadent. If their solution is the wrong one, we might ask ourselves what the right one would look like.

In Europe, the cultural and spiritual influences of Christianity have been in retreat for some time as churches close for lack of attendees. As Bethany Blankley notes in a Washington Times story, “In Norway, Sweden and Denmark, imams call for the decapitation and/or jail for those who reject Islam, because as immigrants they reject European laws and values.” Sweden, alone, Blankley notes, has lost 1 million Protestant churchgoers in recent years. When a vacuum is created, others rush to fill it and in this case the “others” are radical Islamists.

The U.S and “experts” can conduct their surveys and studies, but while they are trying to decipher the “psychology” of ISIS, they might consider the merits of Islam’s indictment of Western “values,” which don’t seem so valuable anymore as many have become selfdestructive. For Europe and increasingly in the U.S. these include: negative population growth (U.S. population growth is positive, thanks to immigration, but is nearly stagnant at 0.7 percent); a growing secularism that finds no purpose in life other than pleasing one’s self; and the exposure and marketing of the female body, which is an affront to Muslims who regard modesty as a fundamental virtue.

Self-examination and what we Westerners have allowed ourselves to become might be a useful parallel study while Gen. Nagata and his experts try to figure out how to defeat the Islamic State.

(Cal Thomas’ latest book is “What Works: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America” is available in bookstores now.

Readers may email Cal Thomas at tcaeditors@ tribune.com.) (c) 2014 Tribune Content Agency, LLC. _______________________________

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The speaker; Ken Emanuelson; is the co-founder of Dallas TEA Party and founder of Grassroots Texans Network.

The topic will be why does the Texas Legislature refuse to act against illegal immigration?

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AMAC president Dan Weber said the new technology is already being tested by law enforcement organizations in the U.S. and South Africa as a means of providing cops with “an option” when confronting a violent situation.

“An officer can choose to convert his standard issue weapon into what the company calls ‘a blunt force impact device’ in an instant.”

The company calls the technology The AlternativeTM and said that by employing its “bullet capture technology in appropriate situations police are likely to prevent loss of life to the public at large in a way that was until now - not possible.”

The device is snapped onto the officers weapon and when the weapon is fired, the bullet propels a heavy ball knocking an assailant down when hit.

The Dallas-based research firm, MarketsandMarkets, recently issued a new

report indicating that: “The inclination of the law enforcement agencies towards buying more non-lethal weapons in order to maintain the safety and security of public and property is projected to contribute to the growth of the Non-Lethal Weapons Market, globally.”

Weber said the new technology gives police a “more powerful weapon than Tasers and chemical sprays, while allowing them to defend themselves without using lethal force.”

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To begin with, we have a chance to get our fiscal house in order

By Lee H. Hamilton is actually a bit less than it was and pursue long-term deficit in 2010, just after the official reduction. This is a crucial early Recent economic news has end of the recession — and step for government to take in been broadly reassuring. Retail the gap between the wealthy creating a sound environment sales are strong, November saw and the rest of us is wider than for economic growth.

This means modernizing the best job gains in three years, ever. spending and the federal deficit is shrinking, Strong numbers do, however, entitlement the stock market is robust, and offer one unambiguous piece shaping a tax-reform package the Fed is expressing enough of good news: The pressure on that focuses on investments faith in the economy that an policy makers to focus on near- to boost productivity and interest rate bump next year is term or immediate problems has help the economy to grow for considered a certainty. eased, which means they can everyone, through research Yet the public remains now focus on the fundamental and development, job training, unconvinced. This is partly question of economic growth. upgrading skills as well as and reducing because perceptions haven’t That’s where their attention technology, outsourcing. caught up to reality. For many should turn.

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Because the economy is always promoting lifelong learning at or near the top of voters’ and a workforce capable of concerns, the temptation for upgrading its skills to meet the policy-maker is to support changing needs, will have a another tax cut or the next far more salutary effect on move to stimulate the economy our economy than singling out in the short term. Now is the politically connected enterprises time for policy-makers to resist for tax and other benefits.

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The same applies to reforming government itself. A government that does not work well — that wastes money, fails its regulatory responsibilities, and cannot make timely decisions — undermines economic growth.

You can see this, for instance, in our current inability to pass comprehensive immigration reform: We cannot increase economic growth without the people our labor force needs, from mathematicians and engineers to migrant farm workers.

Finally, policy-makers need to remember that economic growth means providing a ladder out of poverty for the truly needy.

Providing opportunity for lowincome Americans through the Earned Income Tax Credit and programs to upgrade their skills is vital. No one who works full time should be poor in this country.

Free, competitive markets are the best way to deliver goods and services to Americans.

Government must not get in the way of that system. Nor should it stand idle. The right response by government to our economic challenges is not to focus on the immediate economic problems of the day, but to invest in economic growth for all.

Lee Hamilton is Director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years. ______________________

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Indictments None for December, 2014. _____________________

Marriages ews

There were sixteen couples that applied for marriage licenses at the Freestone County Clerk’s office between November 26, 2014 and December 29, 2014.

--Perkins/Lawrence --Long/Sleziak --Abram/Durham --Martin/Sheaver --Kear/Allen --Luicker/Lacey --Gavarrete/Martinez-Garcia --Pfleeger/Hale --Collins/Vaughn --Lehman/Vickery --Magers/Marfell --Snider/Russell --Crossley/Day --Post/Lee --Molina/Reome --Davis/Dubois _____________________

Civil Cases

There were twenty-six civil cases filed in Freestone County between November 26, 2014 and December 29, 2014, five of which were in the interest of a child.

The cases were as follows: --Timothy Hasselback vs.

Jackie Hasselback --Cullen Pickett vs. Ivy Phillips --In Re: Order of Foreclosure

Wells Fargo Bank vs. Harold Clark et al --Navarro Hospital LP vs.

Estevan Acevedo --Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC assignee of Citibank N.A. (Sears) vs. Elisa Hullum --NCEP LLC vs. Kristen Hernandez --Jennifer Bragg vs. John Houston Bragg --Wells Fargo Bank NA vs.

James Whitfield and Stephanie Whitfield --Portfolio Recovery Assignee of Citibank vs. Katie L. Johnson --American Express Bank vs.

Marvin Brooks --Wells Fargo Bank Foreclosure vs. James Dean Ott, Sr., William Tunstall, and Lisa C. Tunstall --Clayton Turner vs. Autumn Turner --The Independent Bankerbank vs. Jackie Farish --Portfolio Recovery Assoc. vs.

Dandrea McGee --County of Freestone vs.

Pamela Mary Whatley Gay --County of Freestone vs. Joe Dale Parker --County of Freestone vs.

Robert E. Perry, Jr. --21st Mortgage Corporation vs. Eddie Scott and Susie Scott --James L. Carroll vs. Kathryn E. Carroll --Jackie Lorraine Hasselback vs.

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Sheriff’s Report

By Sheriff Don Anderson Deputy dispatched to a civil stand-by on CR 930 while parents exchanged kids.

Game Warden sent to check on a report of several subjects seen in the wild life management area on Richland Creek.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a pregnant inmate to the E.R. with complaints that she was having contractions.

Deputy was dispatched to CR 671 to check on a report of people shooting guns near a well site location. Workers at the well site were concern that the shooters were too close to the location.

Deputy and Fairfield P.D. to the jail to assist the jailer with an inmate that wasn’t ready to leave.

Deputy assisted Trooper near the 185 mile marker with an 18wheeler that had crashed into the center median.

Donie VFD, Dew VFD and Teague VFD responded to a structure fire on CR 781.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a 72 year old inmate from the Boyd Unit to the E.R. that was having chest pains.

Deputy assisted Trooper on CR 620 with a vehicle that had struck a donkey.

Deputy assisted Fairfield Medic 6 responded to a report of a motorist on IH-45 that had high blood pressure and had become non-responsive. Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 was called to the scene to pronounce deceased.

Deputy served a criminal trespass notice to a subject on CR 161.

Fairfield Medic 8 and Teague VFD responded to Loop 255 on a report of a resident that had suffered a stroke. Fairfield Medic 8 transported the resident to the Heli-pad to be flown to Providence Hospital by Air Evac.

Deputy sent to speak with a Juvenile that did not want to go back home to parent.

Deputy dispatched to put up 3

Fairfield Police Report By: Chief of Police Kenny Bulger Monday, Dec. 29th 10:03 AM-Officer Palacios and Sgt. Utsey on alarm going off.

1:25 PM-Officer Palacios arrested subject for driving on suspended driver license.

3:00 PM-Officer Palacios on alarm going off.

3:01 PM-Sgt. Utsey and Chief Bulger assist on funeral escort.

10:58 PM-Officer Weinmann and Hartley on suspicious vehicle.

Tuesday, Dec. 30th 12:33 AM-Officer Weinmann and Hartley on alarm going off.

5:18 AM-Officer Weinmann and Hartley on minor wreck.

6:58 AM-Officer Palacios and Sgt. Utsey assist Jail with subject refusing to be transported.

8:00 AM-Officer Palacios on alarm going off.

11:11 PM-Officer Weinmann and Hartley on report of reckless driver.

Wednesday, Dec. 31st 10:50 AM-Officer Tharp to PD to speak to a complainant.

4:43 PM-Officer Lawrence on open door.

5:05 PM-Officer Tharp on report of suspicious subject in store, subject gone when officer arrived.

8:30 PM-Officer Gallegos

and Markham on report of fireworks being shot off.

Thursday, Jan 1st 12:56 PM-Officer Lawrence on report of 911 hang up, was phone trouble.

10:43 PM-Officer Gallegos and Markham assist jail with inmate causing problems.

Friday, Jan 2nd 8:06 AM-Officer Palacios and Weinmann to ER on unruly subject.

11:06 AM-Officer Weinmann on report of dog running at large.

3:22 PM-Officer Weinmann on report of disturbance.

10:27 PM-Officer Frasier and Hartley on report of suspicious subject trying to sell a gun.

Saturday, Jan 3rd 6:37 AM-Officer Weinmann on alarm going off.

11:14 AM-Officer Palacios on minor wreck.

4:11 PM-Officer Palacios arrested subject for driving on suspended driver license.

11:51 PM-Officer Hartley and Frasier on reported disturbance.

Sunday, Jan 4th 2:04 AM-Officer Hartley and Frasier of report of verbal argument.

3:09 AM-Officer Hartley and Frasier assisted deputy on domestic. ______________________

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Deputy and Trooper were dispatched to IH-45 on a report of reckless driver. The vehicle was located near the 196 mile marker.

A passenger in the vehicle was booked into jail on an unrelated warrant out of another county.

Fairfield Medic 6 transported an 84 year old male to the E.R. that was having difficulty breathing.

Wortham P.D. was dispatched to a report of broken glass on W. San Saba. The caller advised that a neighbor’s kids had received BB guns for Christmas.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a nursing home resident to the E.R. that had injured her hip and leg from a fall.

Fairfield Medic 8 responded to the Boyd Unit on a report of an inmate that was having chest pains.

Deputy and Trooper were dispatched to Hwy 84 on a report of a bus that had swerved into oncoming traffic. After location and stopping the bus, the driver advised that they had reached down to pick up an object that had fallen to the floor.

Deputy was dispatched to IH45 in Dew on a report of a man and a woman that were arguing in a parking lot. The male subject was booked into jail on a public intoxication charge.

Deputy and Trooper responded to a report of a vehicle that had run off the road and flipped near the 181 mile marker of IH-45. The occupants were not injured.

Wortham P.D. was dispatched to N. Ross Avenue on a burglary report.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a 54 year old inmate from the Boyd Unit to the E.R. that was having chest pains.

Deputy was sent to CR 161 on a welfare concern check.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a 93 year old female to the E.R. that had fallen and injured her eye.

Deputy was dispatched to give a patient in the E.R. a courtesy ride back to their residence in Kirvin.

Deputy was sent to domestic dispute on CR 995. One party departed.

Deputy was dispatched to FM 80 N. to put up several head of black cattle that were out near the roadway.

Wortham P.D. was dispatched to a civil matter on E. Hubbard. The caller advised that the mother was at the residence to pick up her son but the son did not wish to leave with his mother.

Deputy was dispatched to CR 1175. The caller advised that they wanted to speak to someone about a fight that had occurred the night before on Hwy 75 near Dew. Deputy was dispatched to FM 27 W. in reference to an unauthorized use of a motor vehicle. The caller advised that her boyfriend had taken her truck and then let another friend use it. The boyfriend has not returned the caller’s vehicle.

Deputy was sent to a domestic dispute on CR 360. The caller advised that his wife has a screwdriver and is trying to pry their car door open. The caller stated that the wife is going to wake their 2 month old that is asleep in the house. The caller advised that the wife was not intoxicated or on any kind of medication. Both parties were separated for the night.

Deputy was dispatched to a welfare concern check at the Teague Hunting and Fishing Club.

The resident was home and was okay.

Deputy was sent to an alarm call on FM 489. The area was found to be secure. The key holder arrived to reset the alarm.

Deputy was assisted by Fairfield P.D. on a report of two subjects that were fighting in the yard on CR 230. Deputy booked one subject into jail on assault.

Fairfield Medic 6 was dispatched to the Love’s Truck Stop on a report of a truck driver that was very sick. Fairfield Medic 6 transported the driver to the E.R. Deputy assisted Teague P.D. with a disturbance call on Elm Street.

Deputy was dispatched to an alarm call on CR 404. The area

3-A and buildings were found to be secure.

Wortham P.D. was sent to check on a report of a suspicious vehicle that was driving around in the cemetery. The vehicle was located and found to be a funeral home service that was delivering a coffin vault.

Trooper and Fairfield Medic 6 were dispatched to meet a motorist at the 205 mile marker of IH-45 that was feeling dizzy and not able to catch her breath. The driver was transported to the E.R. Wortham P.D. was dispatched to the Streetman area on a child custody dispute.

Deputy assisted a stranded motorist on IH-45 near the 202 mile marker.

Game Warden called dispatched to request a Trooper to check on a vehicle that was in the ditch on Hwy 75 S. Game Warden reported that crash had been caused by a “hit and run”. One injured party was transported to the E.R. Teague Medic 2 transported a 35 year old to the E.R. that was experiencing shortness of breath and pain on their right side.

Trooper was dispatched to a report of a vehicle that had struck a tree after running off the roadway on FM 80 S. Trooper and Wortham P.D. were dispatched to a report of a reckless driver on IH-45 near the 201 mile marker. The motorist advised that she was trying to fix her hair.

Teague Medic 2 transported a resident on FM 1366 to the E.R. that had injured her foot and ankle.

Wortham P.D. was dispatched to E. Wichita Street to speak with a complainant. The caller advised that there were people that would not give back her furniture.

Deputy was assisted by Trooper on CR 231 on a report by the resident that two subjects were at the residence trying to get her brother to come out and fight them. The caller stated that both subjects live in Buffalo and that one of the subjects had just gotten out of jail in Leon County.

Deputy, Fairfield VFD, Southern Oaks VFD and Streetman VFD responded to a report of large flames that had been observed off CR 152. The flames were found to be coming from a well site location. The well site company was contacted to shut in the site.

Teague VFD was dispatched to a report of a transformer that was on fire on Hwy 84 near the railroad overpass.

Fairfield Medic 8 transported a male nursing home resident to the E.R. that was having chest pains.

Teague Medic 2 was dispatched to a lift assist on Walnut Street.

Trooper was sent to a one-vehicle crash on IH-45 near Dew. Deputy was dispatched to a welfare concern check on Hwy 84 W. The caller reported that she had not been able to contact her daughter and husband. The subjects were contacted and found to be okay.

Deputy was dispatched to an alarm call on CR 930. The residence was found to be secure.

Deputies were dispatched to a disturbance on CR 301. The caller reported that the step-father had been making threats and that they were on the way over to his place now. One subject was booked into jail.

Trooper and Fairfield Medic 6 responded to a report of a vehicle that run off the roadway and struck a pole on Hwy 79.

Trooper brought one to jail on an outstanding warrant after a traffic stop near the 205 mile marker on IH-45.

Deputy was dispatched to a loud music complaint on CR 1220. The subjects departed from the area.

Wortham VFD was dispatched to Alvin Street on a report of a diabetic subject that had drunk too much and had passed out.

Trooper and Dew VFD responded to a report of a grass fire in the median near the 188 mile marker of IH-45. The caller reported that there was something in the roadway that everyone was hitting that was causing blowouts.

Deputy and Fairfield VFD responded to a vehicle that was washed off the roadway by flooded water on the west service road near Dew. The driver was not injured.

Wortham P.D. was dispatched to a civil stand-by on E. Wichita.

Deputy was dispatched to FM 833 to put up 6 head of cattle that were out near the roadway.

Deputy brought one to jail after drugs were found on a traffic stop on Hwy 84 near Teague.

Trooper and Fairfield Medic 6 were dispatched to a one-vehicle roll over on FM 488.

Jail Population – 47 And so it goes… ________________________

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379, 525 People in Texas Select 2015 Marketplace Plans in First Month According to a report released by the Department of Health and Human Services today, 379,525 people in Texas selected plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace leading up to the December 15 deadline for coverage beginning Jan. 1, 2015. About 86 percent of Texans who selected health insurance plans in the first month of open enrollment were determined eligible for financial assistance to lower their monthly premiums, compared to 74 percent who selected plans over a similar period last year. Of the 379,525 Texans who selected a plan, 46 percent reenrolled in a Marketplace plan in 2015 and 54 percent signed up for the first time.

Today’s report provides the first detailed analysis of enrollment in the Marketplaces for the first month of the 2015 open enrollment period. Because the automatic reenrollment process for the 37 states using the HealthCare.gov platform (including Texas) began on December 16 and was completed for the vast majority of consumers on December 18, today’s report with data through December 15 does not fully capture the number of people who selected plans leading up to the deadline for Jan. 1, 2015 coverage.

“We’re pleased that in Texas 379,525 people signed up for Marketplace coverage during the first month of open enrollment.

The vast majority were able to lower their costs even further by getting tax credits, making a difference in the bottom lines of so many families,” HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell said.

“Interest in the Marketplace has been strong during the first month of open enrollment. We still have a ways to go and a lot of work to do before February 15, but this is an encouraging start.”

Nationwide, more than 4 million people signed up for the first time or reenrolled in coverage for 2015 during the first month of open enrollment. That includes more than 3.4 million people who selected a plan in the 37 states that are using the

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HHS also released a Weekly Enrollment Snapshot that captures more recent enrollment activity in the Marketplace.

The Weekly Snapshot shows that from November 15 to December 26, nearly 6.5 million consumers selected a plan or were automatically reenrolled.

Open Enrollment in the Marketplace runs from Nov. 15, 2014, through Feb. 15, 2015. Consumers should visit HealthCare. gov to review and compare health plan options. Consumers shopping for health insurance coverage should sign up by Jan. 15, 2015, in order to have coverage effective on Feb. 1, 2015.

If consumers who were automatically reenrolled decide in the coming weeks that a better plan exists for their families, they can make that change at any time before the end of open enrollment on February 15.

Consumers can find local help at: Localhelp.healthcare. gov/. Or call the Federally-facilitated Marketplace Call Center at 1-800-318-2596. TTY users should call 1-855- 889-4325.

Translation services are available. The call is free.

The information contained in today’s report provides the most systematic summary of enrollment-related activity in the Marketplaces to date. Data for the various metrics are counted using comparable definitions for data elements across states and Marketplace types.

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The meeting place the Disabled American Veterans Hall, located at 927 Gardner Drive Palestine, Texas. That location is just outside loop 256 north on Hwy 155 going toward Tyler, 1/2 mile .The DAV Hall sets just behind Matterns Tire Co. The meeting time is at 7 PM.; 6 PM for Associates.

They invite you to stop by the DAV Hall to have Cake and coffee and enjoy the meeting.

“Come one and all and discover what we’re all about. We will be discussing

the upcoming programs and events for July and August including our scheduled nursing Home Visit for the month,” invites Richard Dahlgren, President.

This will be an informative meeting dedicated to helping our Veterans, Veterans families and current Military in harm’s way.

Chapter 991 of the Vietnam Veterans Of America is very proud of being a constant and reliable contributor to our communities and Veterans here in East Texas.

Come out and give the support to those that supported us in time of war.

Please visit their website for information about our organization http:// vva991palestinetx.org

Retired Teachers Gather Next Tuesday in Teague The Freestone County Retired Teachers meets at the B-RI-Museum in Teague, Texas on Tuesday January 13, 10:00 a.m.

Rhonda Lawton is program leader, and Irene Slaughter will do the meditation. Any faculty or staff of public schools is invited to attend and consider

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A reminder that the 84th Legislative session is convening in January and many pieces of legislation affecting both current and those anticipating making the life changing move in the future will be presented. Your support is very important.

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Movie Review Into the Woods “Into the Woods” is the big holiday offering from Disney, a jaunty yet dark adaptation of a Broadway musical from the 80’s. The story follows famous fairy tale characters as they interact with one another and their stories spin out of control.

It actually manages to stay relatively predictable until about the two-thirds mark, when what seems to be Happily Ever After turns into destruction and despair.

The film is an ensemble piece, so it’s difficult to say that there is really a “main” character, but if anyone would qualify, it would be The Baker (James Corden) and his Wife (Emily Blunt).

They’re promised a muchdesired baby if they can get a list of items for a Witch (Meryl Streep) in three days’ time. They need to get a golden slipper, most likely from Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), who doesn’t know if she wants to pursue a relationship with the Prince (Chris Pine); a white cow, most likely from Jack (Daniel Huddlestone), who foolishly trades it to them for magic beans; yellow hair, most likely from Rapunzel (Mackenzie Maury), who is also wooing a Prince (Billy Magnussen); and a red hood, which pretty much has to be from Little Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), who seems doomed to be eaten

by The Wolf (Johnny Depp, not playing a giant like the ads imply).

The singing is impressive, and for better or worse the songs by Broadway virtuoso Stephen Sondheim are terribly addictive. But I feel that with the choreography, something was lost in the transition from stage to screen. Everything seems cramped and camera cuts are a major detraction. Take the sequence where The Baker and his Wife dance around with each holding onto one end of a Tree long lock of Rapunzel’s hair. On stage, I’m sure this was a detailed, intricate number. But on

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screen, with multiple takes allowed, it doesn’t look as spontaneous or creative and a lot of the magic is gone.

And people who are on the fence about the musical genre should be warned that singing accounts for almost the entire script, so don’t expect much of a break between songs. Some people will like that style, others will hate it; I’m not exactly a hater but I’m not crazy about it either.

The movie is very dark and mature. I’m not even sure it’s meant to be marketed to kids despite the fairy tale characters and Disney logo.

Gruesome violence happens off screen; it’s never shown but boy is it implied. There’s a storyline about marital infidelity and the supersleazy Wolf seems to want Red Riding Hood for more than his lunch. A muchadmired character dies toward the end, and while the death of a loved one is nothing new for Disney, it is disheartening that they do it near the end. They should have learned from the maligned finale of a certain recent CBS show that the death of a beloved character followed by a sliver of hope and redemption still makes for a downer of an ending that leaves the audience with a bad taste in its mouth.

All the appeal of “Into the Woods” lies in the musical numbers. The film is at its best when the characters are madly bouncing off each other or Streep is belting out a showstopper. It’s at its worst when it’s trying to be serious or following storylines that go nowhere.

Musical high points aside, this is an ugly film that can’t pull off its twisty final act.

Two Stars out of Five.

“Into the Woods” is rated PG for thematic elements, fantasy action and peril, and some suggestive material.

Its running time is 125 minutes.

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Obituaries Dorsey Jean Frazier Johnson Dorsey Jean Frazier Johnson was born to Lee Bessie Frazier Whitmore on October 28, 1928 in Freestone County, Fairfield, Texas. Her father was Johnny Hue Betts of Durham, North Carolina. She was named Doris which she changed herself to Dorsey.

Her early religious life was spent as a member of Longs Chapel Methodist Church. This gave her a background in religious education through participation in Leagues, Conferences, Communications and programs.

This training led to offices on the Navasota District in the areas of youth work. Later she moved her membership to Jones Chapel United Methodist Church. Continuing her work as a youthcounselor, Sunday School Teacher, choir member, member of council on Ministries and Administrative Board and Church Membership Secretary.

Dorsey enjoyed serving in several offices in local churches and Palestine District United Methodist Women. She served as District Secretary and Mission Instructor on the Palestine and Texas Conference Chairperson on Status Role of Women in the United Methodist Church.

She attended the public schools of Freestone County until the age of 9, then she transferred to F.I.S. at Wolfe City, Texas for Junior High, then to Palestine, Texas where she graduated from Lincoln High School in May of 1944. Dorsey graduated from Prairie View A&M University in 1949 with a Masters of Arts Degree. She studied at Baylor University in Library Science and received certification in Special Education at Sam Houston State University and East Texas State University. She also studied in Denver University. Dorsey was 6 hours away from a doctorial degree in Adult Education Administration from North Texas University in Denton, Texas.

Dorsey was employed as a public school teacher for 39 years in Fairfield Independent School District, teaching Typewriting at Dogan High School in Fairfield, Texas was her favorite. She taught Adult Education Program in Freestone County for several years, where she was given the responsibility of Supervisor/ counselor with adult education (1-8) general equivalency development and English as a second language (ESL).

She met and married Eugene Larkin Johnson, Jr. of Fairfield, to this union three children and three grandchildren were born. They are Daughter, Helene Eugenia, sons, Harold Lee, and Harlon Francis Johnson; grandchildren, Jay Ryan, Eric Scott and Leah Jeane Johnson.

Dorsey lived

a very active life, she was a leader, member and worked in many capacities including: Chrysanthemum Chapter #270 order of the Eastern Star, Mattie c. Brooks Court #96 Heroines of Jericho, lifetime member of E.E. Wheat NAACP Fairfield, Texas, Freestone County 4-H Club, Zeta Phi Beta, Inc., Magnolia Burial Club, Charter Board Member of Ike Carden Rodeo Association, Freestone County Economic Develop Committee, Licensed Notary Public for the State of Texas, Prairie View Alumni Association, United Methodist Woman.

Dorsey enjoyed church activities, traveling and family gatherings. She had a close relationship with the families of, Ayers, Andys, Averharts, Betts, Blacks, Borns, Bowens, Brackens, Braziles, Browns, Burns, Busbys, Canadys, Cardens, Carrolls, Carters, Coopers, Coxs, Cunninghams, Daniels, Davis, Dorhams, Douglass, Durhams, Essexs, Fantroys, Formans, Forrests, Fosters, Fraziers, Gabriels, Garretts, Gatsons, Gibsons, Gilberts, Greens, Govans, Hatchers, Hendersons, Johnsons, Jones, Keatons, Kings, Lathams, Lewis, Livingstons, Malones, Mannings, Mayes, McConicos, McIlveens, Moores, Mortons, Polks, Potillos, Proctors, Ransoms, Richards, Rischers, Shaws, Slaughters, Sneads, Smiths, Sweeneys, Tatums, Thomas, Tigners, Tippens, Titus, Turners, Walkers, Wardels, Washingtons, Williams, Willis, Whiteheads, Whitmores, Woodards, Worricks, Yelldells.

Dorsey passed away Tuesday morning, December 23, 2014 at 3:00 a.m. at the Fairview Nursing Home of Fairfield, Texas. She was preceded in death by her husband, Eugene Larkin Johnson, Jr.; Mother, Lee Bessie Fraizer Whitmore, (Jessie Whitmore); father, Johnnie Hugh Betts, (Ruth Betts); sisters, Mary Magdaline Fraizer Forrest (Bernard Forrest); father-inlaw, Eugene Larkin Johnson, Sr. (Emily White Johnson); sisterin-law, Eleasie Foster; brothersin-law, Edward, Sr. and Edgar Johnson, Jay Ryans’ father, Luster Boyd Woodard.

She leaves to cherish her memories: daughter, Helene Eugenia Johnson, Corsicana, Texas; sons, Harold (Charlene) Johnson, Fort Worth, Texas, Harlon Francis (Pam) Johnson, Waco, Texas; grandchildren, Jay Ryan (Brittane) Johnson, Houston, Texas, Eric Scott Johnson, Fort Worth, Leah Jeane Johnson, College Station, Texas; God Child, Fennis Johnson Faine (Lee) Florida, sisters-in-law, Lee Earl Johnson, Fairfield, Texas, LaTrell Johnson, San Antonio, Texas; brother-in-law, Lawrence A. Foster, Sr., San Antonio, Texas; nieces, Norma J. Forrest Woodson (Ronny Harrison), Greta M. Forrest Warrick (Bryan), Felice L. Forrest (Terry), Vickie M. Latham (Robert), Houston, Texas, Brenda Foster Essex, Janet Lynn Johnson, San Antonio, Texas; nephews, Bernard Forrest, Jr., Houston, Texas, Kenneth Eugene Foster, Sr., San Antonio, Texas, Edward Johnson, Jr. (Barbara), Boston, Massachusetts, Randall Lee Johnson, Fairfield, Texas, a host of other relatives and many friends. _______________________

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Callie McAdams Brown Funeral services for Callie McAdams Brown, 93, were held on Friday, January 2, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. at Bowers Funeral Home in Teague. Bro. Kenneth Henbest officiated. Interment followed the services at Greenwood Cemetery.

Serving as pallbearers were Tim Walthall, David McAdams, Robert McAdams, Ricky Cannon, Stanley Inderman, and Dustin Inderman.

Honorary pallbearers were Steve Orand, Ronny McAdams, Danny Bonner, Terry Walthall, John Collins, and members of the Freestone Church of Christ.

Mrs. Brown passed away on Tuesday, December 30, 2014, at Providence Hospital in Waco.

Callie was born on Dec. 8th, 1921 in Mt. Zion of Freestone County. She attended the Mt. Zion Elementary School and graduated from Fairfield High School with the Class of 1938 at the age of sixteen. She married Judd W. Brown on June 26, 1945 in Mexia, TX. Judd and Callie made their home in Teague where they spent over sixty-four years of marriage together. Callie taught Bible classes, hosted many bridal and baby showers and held many Ladies-Day luncheons. She was a faithful member of the Freestone Church of Christ. She enjoyed the weekly Tuesday gettogethers with her sisters, which was a “sacred” time that no one interfered with! Callie was known by her family as a good seamstress and an outstanding cook. She also enjoyed quilting, embroidering, reading, and playing dominoes.

Callie, or “Memaw” as she was known to her grandkids, especially enjoyed spending time with and spoiling her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.

She is survived by two daughters, Linda Buchanan & husband Ed of Elgin, and Joy Bowers & husband Bill David of Teague; one grandson, Brian D. Bowers & wife Julie of Teague; three granddaughters, Amy Buchanan of Elgin, Christina Mims & husband Ritchie of Teague, and Julie Buchanan of Austin; one great-granddaughter, Allyson Bowers; four great-grandsons, Austin Mims, Bo David Bowers, Cole Mims, and Blake David Bowers; two brothers, Richard McAdams and Bobby McAdams & wife Arlene all of Fairfield; two sisters, Myrtle Walthall of Fairfield and Mary Bonner of Teague; one brother-in-law, Marvin Brown & wife Ruth of Teague and one sister-in-law, Mona Cole of Cleveland, TX; numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends, and her caretakers, Minerva Solomon, Belinda Small, Doris Hunter, and Kenyatta McIntosh.

Preceded in death by her husband, Judd W. Brown; her parents, Alvin F. & Myrtis Childs McAdams; four brothers, Ellis McAdams, Marshall McAdams, Milton McAdams, and Jack McAdams; three sisters, Verdie Cannon, Ruby Bess Willard, and Dot Orand.

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Funeral services for Mrs. Addie Mae Culwell, 95, were held on Saturday, January 3, 2014, at 1:00 p.m. at the Freestone Church of Christ. Bro. Kenneth Henbest officiated. Interment followed the services at Cotton Gin Cemetery.

There will be no visitation.

Addie Mae Culwell of Teague, Texas passed from this life on December 28, 2014 at the age of 95.

Addie Mae was born to Dela Long and Joseph Clinton Langdon in Freestone, Texas on December 1, 1919.

She completed her entire education at the Freestone School.

She later met and married Ralph Henry Culwell.

They had two children, Tommy Joe and Billie Jean, and moved to Houston to raise their family.

Upon Ralph’s retirement from Continental Can, they built a house in Willis, Texas where they worked side-by-side in their “retirement” hauling dirt for residential construction projects.

Addie Mae was quite the sight driving her red and white Chevy dump truck. This home played host to many Easter and Christmas celebrations with their children and grandchildren.

Upon their true retirement, they returned to Freestone County. After Ralph’s passing, Addie Mae found love a second time and married Durwood B. (Dub) Mears.

Addie Mae was a member of the Church of Christ, read the Bible daily for as long as her eyes would allow her, and enjoyed being a member of several

church families over the years.

She is survived by her granddaughter, Brenda Kay Patterson of Houston and her children Ashley Patterson and Kayla McLain, her grandsons Larry Culwell of Houston, Chuck Eberle of San Antonio and his daughters Sara and Samantha Eberle, Stephen Culwell of Bakersfield, California and his children Taylor and Xander, her great-nieces Brenda Ballew and

Solomon Carl Davis, Jr. The Angelic Hosts came for Mr. Solomon Carl Davis, Jr. on Monday, December 29, 2014 at Providence Hospital in Waco, Texas among loving family and devoted friends. Viewing was from 10:00 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 2015 at Moore’s Angelic Funeral Home, 406 Monroe Street, Teague, Texas. Funeral Services were at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, January 3, 2015 at Head Branch Missionary

Molly Fryer and other family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents, siblings Hattie Isham, Allie Polland, Ruby Lamberth, Herman Langdon, and Pearl High, children and one grandchild, Christine Patterson.

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Baptist Church 605 McClintic Drive Groesbeck, Texas 76642 with Pastor E.B. Cashaw officiating and Rev. Leonard Mattox, Family Fellowship Community Church, Houston, Texas serving as eulogist.

Interment folloed at Lone Star Cemetery in Groesbeck, Texas.

Mr. Carl was born on April 16, 1945.

Those left to cherish his memory most are: his 3 children: Delisha M. Phillips and Solomon C. Davis, III and wife Dorothy, all of Mexia, Texas; Sedrick M. Davis and wife Elizabeth, Groesbeck, Texas; 4 sisters: Leola Mattox, Rozella Carroll, Ruby Livingston, all of Houston, Texas; and Wanda Gibbs, Groesbeck, Texas; his brother-in-law: R.J. Sidney and his sister-in-law: Angleen Bailey, both of Houston, Texas; 11 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren; a special friend: Melvin West; and a host of Nephews, Nieces, Cousins, Family, And Friends.

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Interested in Foster Care or Adoption?

Buckner Children and Family Services will present a FREE foster care and adoption information meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15 at Buckner’s office, located at 5200 Buckner Blvd.

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was at the center of his life.

H e wa s c o m p l e t e l y dependent upon the Lord for help. “You, O Lord, are my Rock!” This prayer, though we do not know specifically what David was praying for, arose from a definite need at a specific time in his life. Perhaps years later, when he was writing of this experience, he could not remember specifically what his Since 1946 request was, but he could not forget that he had a need that only God could meet. And God met that need and granted his request.

In this prayer we hear his cry and see his hands raised to God demonstrating his dependence on Yahweh.

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Eligible donors should be at least 16 years of age, weigh a minimum of 110 pounds and feel well and healthy. Please call Carter Blood Care if you have further questions. 1-800DONATE-4 (800-366-2834).

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Federal Employee Group Meets Jan. 13 National Active/Retired Federal Employees, (NARFE), Chapter 1191, will hold its monthly meeting at ASIAN KING BUFFET in NORTHGATE PLAZA, 1100 block of HWY 77, 2 traffic signals south of the HWY 287 interchange, across from Whataburger, Waxahachie, Texas, on Tuesday, January 13, 2015 at 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Guess speaker will be Emily Oliver “Therapeutic Riding Center.”

For membership info, contact the closest NARFE representative near to you, in Corsicana 903-874-3092, in Ennis 214-949-6197, in Waxahachie 214-850-4783, in Red Oak 412-722-6307, and in Midlothian 972-2685793. ____________________

Mentoring the “Me” Nobody Knows: Empowering Youngsters to Quickstep to Success

Daryl Richardson has done it all; choreographed for Michael Jackson, graced the stages of Broadway and even appeared on the Academy and Grammy Awards. However, Richardson is now handing the limelight over to today’s younger generation, through a new book and non-profit organization that builds self-esteem, confidence and empowers every young person to build a life of unshakable success.

‘Mentoring The “Me” Nobody Knows’ is a powerful journal and study book, which will inspire readers to discover their unique learning style and prepare for a prosperous future.

When Daryl Richardson stepped under the Broadway spotlight or performed in front of millions on global television, she felt on top of the world. But things hit home when she returned from California to her native New York in 2000; it was the middle of summer, and a plethora of children were hanging around on street corners with no aspirations for the future.

Having experienced life at the top of her game, Richardson turned her life’s focus from fame to mentorship and founded ‘The Me Nobody Knows’.

This unique non-profit organization has a bold mandate to help millions of young people identify their learning style, embrace their God-given talents and find the success and bright future that is their right.

Thousands of lives have been changed to date, and Richardson is now expanding her reach with the release of ‘Mentoring The “Me” Nobody Knows’, an actionoriented journal and study guide with the hope of hitting that million mark.

Synopsis: “Mentoring The Me Nobody Knows” is a work study book for students and anyone who is ready to tap into their natural talents, gifts and abilities, in order to begin to dream and set goals for a successful future.

The work-study book contains 16 chapters and each chapter will bring insight, instruction and knowledge as it pertains to your personal abilities and passion.

Discovering Your Learning Style, The A,B,C,s of Success and Your Vision Board for Your Life are three chapters in the book that will ignite change in your life!

No matter how old you are, it’s never too late or too early to have goals, dreams and visions for your future. I am a perfect example says Richardson of recreating myself and embarking

upon new career opportunities that can produce multiple streams of income. My motto is If you can believe it, then you can achieve it and If you can see it than you shall be it!

“The book’s goal is to help any young person build a solid foundation of self-esteem, respect for self and others and confidence, as well as help them identify one or more of nine unique learning styles that will see them exceed their expectations beyond anything they thought possible,” explains Richardson, who travels the country speaking to students from all backgrounds. “Everyone learns differently and identifying their style is the missing link to each child’s future success.”

“Technology has also somewhat ruined how young people communicate, store and recall information. My book gets them working, with a pen to paper, to make a positive investment that could change the course of their life. Equally, we all need to invest in them. Taking huge paychecks home from the entertainment industry was fun, but serving the community I was raised in gives me more pride and purpose than any stage or cheering crowd ever did.” Giving back has become Richardson’s priority as it pertains to the youth of today.

It does take a village to raise a child and Richardson is on the front line.

Since its release, the book has garnered rave reviews.

For example, Roy Campbell comments, “Great Wisdom for life. A MUST READ AND MEDITATE IN IT BOOK.” Many adults have also begun to launch second careers after reading and doing the exercises within this book.

‘Mentoring The “Me” Nobody Knows’ is available now: http:// amzn.to/1zFvcIE. The book is

also available in different formats for different age groups. For more information on the volumes, as well as the author’s other work, visit: http://www.themnkincny. com.

Daryl Richardson’s Choreography can be seen in Michael Jackson’s bad video, TD Jakes play “Woman Thou Art Loosed, her solo appearance in Paula Abdul’s Skat Kat video and Atlantic Star. Daryl has graced the Broadway stages as a dancer in The Wiz, Sophisticated Ladies, Anything Goes and Can-Can. Ms. Richardson has toured with Kenny (Babyface) Edmonds, the late Barry White and Earth, Wind & Fire. Daryl’s career as a dancer continued on in Los Angeles California where she appeared on The Academy Awards and The Grammy Awards with Toni Braxton and EnVogue, The Jaimie Foxx show, The Drew Carey show, and The Arsenio Hall show with Prince and Babyface.

Her film credits include The Mask, The Wiz Movie, What’s Love Got To Do With It, Hoodlum and Junior. Daryl brings her expertise back into her Community of Jamaica Queens where she was the Director of the Allen Christian School Dance Academy from 2003-2011 and the Founder and CEO of a Non-Profit Community Based Organization called The Me Nobody Knows. Her mentoring and performing arts programs have been in seventeen schools throughout the New York City.

Daryl is currently the Dance Liaison at the Catherine & Count Basie MS 72 which is known as the Jewel of Jamaica. Daryl attended this school when she was fourteen years old and a guidance counselor named Mrs. Allaway made a difference in her life and now she is making a difference in the lives of every child that crosses her path. ______________________

Personal Finance: Resetting your Life for Retirement

by Jason Alderman The phrase “downsizing for retirement” is popular with Baby Boomers, the youngest of whom turned 50 last year.

It sparks a conversation about transition, which may include buying fewer new things, selling, gifting or donating possessions that are no longer needed and relocating to smaller quarters to create a more comfortable and affordable retirement.

If you’ve diligently saved and planned for retirement, most experts say you should do this “final approach” three to five years before your planned retirement date. If your retirement finances aren’t as stable, it’s smarter to start the transition as early as possible while time is on your side.

The Demand Institute, a nonprofit think tank founded by business research giants Nielsen and The Conference Board, reported last October (http://www.demandinstitute. org) that if the 2008 crash and its effect on employment, investments and housing prices had not happened, the typical Boomer household would have a net worth roughly 2.5 times what it is today.

This is all the more reason for many Americans to review and possibly “reset” their retirement clocks. Here are some suggestions to help you figure out where you are on the pre-retirement spectrum and some changes you might consider: Get a retirement checkup. Spend some time with a financial, tax and/or estate advisor to evaluate your current strategies and set – or reset – a reasonable retirement savings goal and date. Consult friends and family for reliable experts first and for other qualified professionals and check online with your state CPA society, the Association for Financial Counseling Planning and Education or the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards.

See if moving makes sense. Great retirement destinations offer more than great weather, inexpensive housing and an affordable tax environment. Consider whether you want to be near family, a thriving arts community or superior health facilities. Where do you start? You’ve probably seen popular

lists of retirement communities in leading magazines, and they supply good food for thought. National agencies like the Council for Community and Economic Research (https://www.c2er.org) produces an annual cost of living index for over 300 U.S. urban areas.

Get realistic property valuations. Even in a rising economy and recovering housing market, many homeowners need a reality check about real estate prices. The same likely goes for other valuables like antiques, jewelry and art. For real estate, get a broker valuation and do online backup checks with property transfer listings over the last year or two in your area. As for valuables, check appropriate markets (from professional dealers to eBay) to sell, gift or donate those items and get tax and/or estate advice before all transactions.

Clarify your tax picture. If you make a huge profit on your home, you may owe taxes on the sale. Current IRS rules allow most couples to exclude up to $500,000 in home sale gains from their taxable income and singles to exclude up to $250,000. Check with your tax advisor and consult IRS Publication 523 (http://www.irs.gov/uac/Publication-523,Selling-Your-Home-1), “Selling Your Home.”

Also, keep local property taxes and city and state taxes in mind if you’re considering an out-of-state move.

Decide what you plan to do post-retirement.

Retirees may have at least 20 to 30 years of lifespan to fill post-retirement. If you’re hoping to keep working, start a business or transition permanently into travel or leisure activities, these future goals have to align with your current retirement plan.

Bottom line: Everyone should set a “final approach” for retirement. That means reviewing your investments, lifestyle goals and the possibility of a post-retirement career so you can adjust your money behavior to match.

Jason Alderman directs Visa’s financial education programs. To Follow Jason Alderman on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ PracticalMoney.

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The Texas Association of Health Underwriters (TAHU) has recommended that Texas health insurance regulators request a waiver from a new Affordable Care Act rule that will do nothing but bring more confusion to employers and the marketplace, especially for businesses that have “small employer plans.”

“TAHU members have worked with employers for many years to make sure they have the most practical benefits package that fits their workers,” said Jacqueline St. Hilaire, TAHU president. “This recommendation means employers and their agents can continue to use a pricing structure that everyone’s been accustomed to for years, one that is simple and easy to understand and that clearly shows the costs for everyone in the plan.”

Under a rule adopted in March 2014 by the federal government, insurance carriers doing business in the small employer market must convert to a rating structure known as “per member” rating which requires that premiums be displayed based on individual ages of the individuals enrolled or being offered benefits.

An “alternative state methodology” is permitted by the federal rule but for a carrier to use it, the state’s insurance department must request and be granted a waiver.

“Can you imagine an employer who has, for example, 40 employees trying to review proposals for two or three different plans from two or three different carriers? You’re talking about probably hundreds of pages for an employer to review and understand. That’s outrageous and could result in many employers dropping their employee plans,” added St. Hilaire. “We cannot let this happen.”

Complicating this further is the fact that for plans issued or renewed on or after Jan. 1, 2016, the definition of small employer plans adjusts to include employers with up to 99 employees (an increase from the maximum of 50 employees today).

Many of these “small employers” will simultaneously be considered “large employers” under another ACA provision, the Employer Mandate, during 2016.

TAHU is concerned these two changes, coupled

with the per member rating, will drastically add to small employers’ administrative burdens.

Further, the risk that small employers will decide to forgo coverage for employees and opt to pay a $2,000 penalty per full-time employee, rather than complying with the ACA’s requirements, is very real.

TAHU’s recommendation asks the Texas regulators to get a waiver for a “4-tier” composite premium methodology that will instead allow the rates to be presented for each of four different categories: employee only, employee plus spouse, employee plus children, and family.

“This is a system that employers and the industry have become accustomed to using for years. There’s no good reason not to stick with it,” the TAHU leader said. “The proposals are Tree simple and straightforward and the costs and plans will be much, much easier for employers to compare. TAHU’s mission is to assist employers in getting more people covered. The federal government can facilitate this by granting Texas a waiver to use the 4-tier composite premium methodology.”

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Nominations must be sent in by this Thursday, January 8th for Fairfield Citizen Of The Year, Business Of The Year and Civic Organization of The Year.

Fairfield Chamber members may secure applications from the Chamber office at 900 W. Commerce in Fairfield, Texas.

Winners will be announced during the annual Awards Banquet on January 22nd.

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Eagles Bring Home 2nd Place Trophy Ahead at halftime, the Fairfield Eagles experienced a surprising upset during the championship game against the Aggieland Panthers.

After winning every game but one, the Boys varsity team brings home the 2nd Place trophy from the Houston County Basketball Tournament, held in Crockett, Texas last week.

The Eagles had defeated the Panthers several weeks ago, during the Fairfield tournament. ________________________________________________________________________

Getting around his Panther opponent is Fairfield Eagle Cam Hicks (left), scoring another two points for his team. _____________________

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www.freestone countytimes.com Putting the ball in for two points against the Panthers is FHS Eagle Dedrick Garner. (right)

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Getting some height above his 6’9” opponent is Fairfield Eagle Keishaun Cunningham, who logs two points against the Aggieland Panthers in the Championship game of the Houston County Tournament. (Photos by Melissa Lee) ________________________________________________________________________

Wortham Ladies Basketball Boasts Season Record of 18-2 Wortham Lady Dawgs’ undefeated record ends on two pointer as time expired in Hillsboro Championship.

Hillsboro Championship Coolidge 48 Wortham 46 Awels hit a jumper from the right corner as time expired to win the game for Coolidge.

Play highlights for Wortham: Elisha Libhart 18; Kamarie Freeman 10; Courtney Chasteen 6; Kameron Rhodes 6; Kendle Rhodes 4;

and Kirsten Chambers 2.

Elisha Libhart was the Tournament MVP Play highlight for Coolidge: Kirven #5 26; Jones 13; Ortip 4; Kirven #21 3 and Awels 2.

Season Record 17-1.

Recent games: Wortham Ladies top Whitney 57-29 Play highlights: Elisha Libhart 20; Kamarie Freeman 12; Courtney Chasteen 9; Kameron Rhodes 8;

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Wortham over Clifton 56-33 Play highlights: Kameron Rhodes 15; Courtney Chasteen 11; Kamarie Freeman 10; Kendle Rhodes 6; Kirsten Chambers 6; Elisha Libhart 6; and Kate Vogel 2.

Wortham over Hillsboro 66-34 Play highlights: Elisha Libhart 29; Kamarie Freeman 11; Kendle Rhodes 9; Kirsten

Chambers 8; Kameron Rhodes 5; Brooke Salisbury 2; and Kate Vogel 2.

Wortham over Cross Roads 45-29 Play highlights: Kamarie Freeman 14; Elisha Libhart 11; Kameron Rhodes 10; Courtney Chasteen 4; Kendle Rhodes 2; Trinity Shivers 2; and Kirsten Chambers 2.

District Record 2-1; Season Record 18-2.

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Lady Eagles on the Road During Winter Break During Winter Break, Fairfield Lady Eagles participated in the Aggieland Invitational Tournament, in College Station They beat Snook 41-21; Rockdale 37-30, and Foster High School 56 -33.

In the next bracket against Sunnyvale, Fairfield lost 20 – 37. Sunnyvale was the Tournament winner.

In their final game, Grandview came out on top 77 – 53.

Prior to the break, Fairfield took on Crandall, in Crandall, beating them 47 to 36.

Their season record is 15 -8.

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Fairfield Junior High

A Honor Roll 6th Grade: Dana Allman, Mario Arriaga Baez, Carson Carroll, Emily Chavers, Lauren Cochran, Kendal Crawford, Laykin Harkcom, Harli Hunt, Maximus McBean, Erica McQuinn, Frances Nelson, Avery Peterson, Zachary Phillips, Will Phihoda, Katie Quezada, Erivan Salazar, Andrew Smith, Noe Soto, Maison Thaler, Harpreet Walia, Rileigh White, and Aynslie Whiteside.

7th Grade:. Justin Abram, Sarah Autrand, Kody Beene, Emily Bonner, Klay Bonner, Braden Bossier, Tylie Bruce, Carol Bradley Abbie Cunningham, Rebecca Dunlap, Nereyda Espinoza, -ENROLLED AGENTJoyce Ferguson, Nikkita Ho, Payton Hughes, William Jackson, Devin Johnson, Representing Tax Payers Brooke Leatherman, Kailee before the IRS Marchard, Merrianne Markham, Bailey Mills, Erin Rachel, Caroline Richmond, 424 W. Commerce • Fairfield • 903-389-4027 Catherine Scott, Christopher 311 Main St. • Teague • 254-739-2557 Scott, David Thomas, and Andrew Williams.

8th Grade: Molly Allred, Avery Archibald, Alexandra Castaneda, Morgan Coleman, Parker Eidson, Ashlyn Garcia, Gregory Gibson, Jashavghn Hatcher, Liam Hayle, D’Mitri Hodnett, Jasmine Jones, McClinton Jones, Brianna Total 2014 rain fall for Fairfield was 33.30 inches, 9.01 Lamb, Deacon Lawless, inches or 21.3% below normal. Sixty-eight percent of our Kolton Mabry, Jaise Oliver, total rain fall for 2014 (22.65 inches) fell in May, June, Ashlyn Partain, Kailyn Partain, October and November which were the only months we Suhariben Patel, Melanie Pina, received normal or above rain fall. September 2014 was the Michael Posey, Samantha driest September recorded for Fairfield in the past 21 years Roberson, Angeles Rosales, with only 0.30 inch of rain.

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A/B Honor Roll Month Rainfall (inches) Normal Departure 6th Grade: Meredith Awalt, Jan 0.61 2.84 -2.23 Chloe Bonner, Haley Brooks, Feb 1.64 3.29 -1.65 Thomas Broussard, Robert Mar 2.15 3.29 -1.14 Buckner, Diana Castaneda, Jose ApR 2.11 3.38 -1.27 Castruita, Michael Chaidez, May 6.78 5.04 +1.74 Keldon Conner, Savannah Jun 4.56 3.79 +0.77 Ellis, Edwin Espinoza, Jacob July 1.09 2.14 -1.05 Espinoza, Landen Espinoza, Aug 1.22 2.56 -1.34 Malik Evans, Maria Fierro Sep 0.30 3.48 -3.18 Nava, Caden Fryer, Alexandra Oct 6.28 4.64 +1.64 Gallardo, Katy Grounds, Zoey Nov 5.03 4.16 +0.87 Halunen, Sheyla Hidalgo, Dec 1.53 3.70 -2.17 Maria Ixtlahuaca, Haili Jordan, Evan Lamb, Brian Long, Totals 33.30 42.31 -9.01 Samantha Lopes, Eric Lyle, Gerlicia Manning, Hunter Noland, Janette Obispo, Uriana The 42.31 inches reported as the normal rain fall for Ramirez, Cristal Rasales, Fairfield is for the 30-year period from 1971 through 2000 Deandre Rosales, Te’Yalla and is the latest available official figure. More recent figures, Simpson, Elizabeth Smith, but not official, are an average of 42.14 inches for the past Tyler Smith, Alyssa Thorne, 20 years and an average of 41.98 inches for the past ten Johnathan Vaughn, Callie years. As you can see, the latest averages are fairly close Wilkes, Levi Watson, Alyssa to the normal.

Williams-Whitaker, and Camii The 10 and 20-year averages reflect the three-year drought Wilson. period (2010 - 2012) during which we received only 80% 7th Grade: Zane Anderson, of normal rain fall -- the driest three-year period over the Kaylin Bell, Aidan Brackens, past 21 years.

Chloe Carter, Modesto Cortez, Temperature-wise, our hottest temperature for 2014 was Christopher Cotton, Rheagan 99 degrees on July 28 and August 10.

Cotton, Meeyah Davis, Laesha The above rain fall data was recorded at 263 FM 27 W, Elgueda, Raegan Emmons, Fairfield, TX by Barney Leach, former volunteer co-op Jazmin Espinoza, Naydelin weather observer for the National Weather Service.

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Kayla Grecu, Avi Hughes, Jaylin Hughes, Madilynn Isaacs, Marissa Johnson, Tristyn Kahrs, Angel Limones, Sarah McHenry, Rylee McKay, LaDaniel McWilliams, Margaret Measles, Brazos Monico, Grecia Munoz, Brenda Ocampo, Jordan Owens, Om Patel, Logan Taylor, Lex Thompson, Trista Thornbrough, Ariana Thurman, Logan Todd, and Clark Travis.

8th Grade: Paige Allen, Lisa Amparan, Ty Bachtel, Kathryn Bogle, Ella Boyington, Johnny Burns, Kyerstan Canter, Edith Cockerell, Marlene Corona, Nathaniel Craddock, KaShum Crenshaw, Devin Cunningham, Jaylen Davis, Alexis Dominguez-

Villa, Hilliary Elgueda, Vanessa Escobedo, Jackson Ezell, Cody Ferguson, Kyleigh Hudson, Shaleah Hunt, Kaitlynn Judd, Lloyd Latshaw, Preston Long, Felicity Lusk, Sebastian Martin, Madison McQueen, Martina Mills, Shawn Mills, Aaron Minze, Edgar Pozada, Sahil Raja, Josey Richardson, Brodrick Rose, John Rose, Waverly Ross, Ashley Sanchez, Preston Simpson, Aaryn Scires, Autumn Sleziak, Clifford Smith, Ashlynn Sturgeon, Denitra Thurman, Morgan Treece, KaDarrius Walker, Kyle Wallace, and Jordan Zamora. _____________________

Fairfield High School 9th Grade: Honor Roll: Caleb Akers, Xavier Allen, Kourtney Crocker, Kyndall Crook, Madelyn Gallegos, Evan Jameson, Tanna Lide, Anthony McHenry, Trevan McWilliams, Robyn Nesbitt, Shiloh O’Bannon, James Reed,

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Eagle Honor Roll: Madison Angle, Kaylee Barrett, Sutton Bonner, Laticia Chaves, Nathan Davis, Victoria Donohoo, Marisol Garcia, Jacob Hamilton, Jamesha Hatcher, Pamela Henderson Katie Henrichs, Sea Eun Kim, Banner Monico, Johnn Owen, Brannen Peterson, Alexander Rodriguez, Randi Ward, Margaret Weldon, Jordan Wilcoxen, and Jamie Wilkinson.

Super Eagle Honor Roll: Lauren Adcock, Madison Akers, Britain Bossier, Kaytlyn Brewer, Carly Coffman, Christopher Fulcher, Abigail Garcia, Kamri Griffin, Kealie House, Andrea Jauregui, Kourtnee Kirgan, Bailee McKay, Kaitlin Newman, Brittani Oglesbee, Shivani Patel, Paola Ramirez-Jimenez, Sarah Richmond, Sergio Rodriguez, Jolan Somogyi,

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BTW/JAB Alumni Set Planning Meeting All Booker T. Washington/J. A. Brooks alumni are asked to come and be a part of this great reunion.

A planning meeting will be held on Saturday, January 17th at 10:00am.

The meeting place is St. James Methodist Church on Tyler Street.

Any questions, please contact Homer Brown at 281-484-1033.

December Birthdays Recognized The Fairfield Intermediate Library celebrated its December birthdays right before the break.

It was a wonderful day in the library with cupcakes, lunch, and activities. The library appreciates our participants! December members are left to right and top to bottom: Bragg Bonner, Archer Hardin, Jude Thomas, Adam Neptune, River Bonds, Avery Thaler, Kaitlyn Thomas, Alexis Brown, Deyla Morgan, Cooper Lawley. (Photo submitted) ___________________________________________________________________________

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What does a girl, who loved to draw as a kid and was heavily influenced by Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbs cartoon strip, do when she grows up?

For Kristen McGuire the answer was simple.

She became a cartoonist.

Kristen has self-published six different books since 2008.

Among these are Enchanted, A Day in the Life of a Cat Girl, and her newest web comic Chibi Zombie Slayer.

She prepared for this venture by taking advanced art classes in high school and obtaining a degree in graphic design.

Her mother, Cynthia Dunford, who passed away 7 years ago, encouraged her passion for drawing by providing art supplies and material, specific to comic book designs.

Step mom, Wendy, and Dad, Jeffrey Dunford, continue to support her career.

Recently, Kristen has become a voice actress at FUNimation, doing voiceovers for anime.

Kristen had high praise for Sonny Strait and David Doub, describing Sonny as genuinely interested in what people have to say and David as “awesome” in the creative community.

The trio will be featured at Iigurubando-Con on Saturday, January 24th from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. to be held in the Fairfield Junior High. Each is donating their time to the event.

Iigurubando-Con is a fundraiser to help get the band students to Disney World in Orlando, Florida during Spring Break in March.

“I am happy to help; it is fun to give back,” Kristen relayed to the Freestone County Times.

In addition to her time, Kristen will be donating 10% of what she earns selling books and other items at the event.

“I hope everyone will come out and support the band,” Kristen says.

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10th Grade Honor Roll: Jalyn Jackson, Sigifredo Nunez, Azucena Ojeda, De’meka Shed, and Abby Teer.

Eagle Honor Roll: McKenzie Alexander, Kacie Carroll, Brandi Carter, Nathan Davis, Elena Gallegos, Hannah Garner, Jadelyn Govan, Garrett Johnson, Cody McQueen, Aaron O’Neal, Zackary Pew, Zoe Pew, Makayla Thurman, Shelby Waltmon, Callie Williams, and Chloe Wilson.

Super Eagle Honor Roll: Jacob Allred, Gracie Awalt, Owen Awalt, Jennifer Baez, Chance Bancroft, Kyler Bonner, Linda Cain, Payton Carter, William Cook, Kara Doyle, Jennifer Espinoza, Spencer Fair, Caleb Fox, Austin Frasier, Cali Gawryszewski, Anna Claire Ham, Vanessa Hidalgo, Karisty Hopper, Grant Hubbert, Kyle Kirgan, Abby Knight, Nick Mooneyham, Laura Nunez, Claire Partain, Nihar Patel, Arron Pfleeger, Bethany Pruitt, Russell Schick, Rylie Simpson, Dalton Stautzenberger, and Olivia Wilison.

11th Grade Honor Roll: Kane Allen, Haisan Baker, Alex Brooks, Devin Burgess, DeErika Canady, Ryan Coleman, Dalton Dodge, Kim Hayes, Kristen Marriott, Jade Mora, Kristen Perkins, Madison Shamblin, and Zachary Von Schrwald.

Eagle Honor Roll: Cole Bartlett, Haylee Bulger, Jarett Carpenter, Abigail Chaidez,

Kristian Graham, Jocelyn Johnson, Tamera Johnson, Blake Lopez, Erica Lyle, David Ransom, Hannah Thibodeaux, and Dakota Thornburg.

Super Eagle Honor Roll: Kaci Bachtel, Brooke Bossier, Kali Butler, Kassidy Butler, Colbie Cherry, Lexi Coffman, Lauren Cole, Mallory Fuller, Cooper Gawryszewski, Jayci Hughes, Morgan Jackson, Bailey Jones, Caitlin Jones, Matthew McCully, Noah Mireles, Lauren Moore, Lori Neill, Rowan Prihoda, Rachel Ramon, Jennifer Reed, Ivy Robinson, Madison Schick, Amber St Andre, Jane Turchi, and Frederick Wehe.

12th Grade Honor Roll: Amanda Autrand, Zhonecia Burns, Raven Farris, Dedrick Garner, Michael Gibson, Christian Govan-Lee, Jessica Hill, Shaquera Means, Quindon Oatman, Susan Owens, Kassidee Rumsey, Gloria Thomassen, Megan Walker, and Brittany Wilcoxen.

Eagle Honor Roll: Kati Bradford, Kaylee Crook, Allie Edwards, Emily Gentry, Alize Lewis, Dakota McRee, Mia McWilliams, Colby Minze, Justice Oates, Andrea Ramirez, Jaida Smith and Ryan Wisniskie.

Super Eagle Honor Roll: Kourtnee Awalt, Robert Berry, Ellen Ezell, Sarie Hill, Cameron Hood, Tyson Hopper, Ashlyn Hughes, Brooke Johnson, Abbie Judd, Austin Keeney, Ashton Little, Mattey Mannen, Kayla Mitchell, Nichole Pruitt, Jessica Sloat, Hannah Spradlin, Greydon Stautzenberger, Caitlynn Stone, Melanie Torres, Shelby Wallace, and Sarah Wehe. _____________________

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by Slim Randles

The whole thing began right after the first good snow this year. Herb Collins was looking out his window at the point on his small farm where Lewis Creek cuts through a rather steep hill. Neighborhood kids were sledding up there and trying to avoid rocks and one gnarly tree that stuck out. He also noticed that if the kids were successful in avoiding death and destruction, they came to an immediate and violent halt at a submerged log next to the creek.

He brought this up at the next unscheduled-but-dailyanyway meeting of the World Dilemma Think Tank down at the Mule Barn.

Some executive decisions were made rather suddenly, and construction began the following day.

Jim Kennedy showed up driving a Bobcat, Doc brought a chain saw, and Steve had his four-wheeldrive pickup with a big chain in it.

At the end of three hours, a long, sloping gentle run began up by the road and looped around two turns, and ended in a gentle upslope on the far side of the frozen creek.

Of course, this activity ruined what snow cover there was, so the kids looked disappointed.

But last week it snowed hard, a good six inches, and the kids went running down to try the new sled run.

It wasn’t all that exciting for them. So when Doc and Herb and Dud and Steve showed up, one of the kids politely pointed out to Mr. Collins that they couldn’t really get going very fast down that hill on the new run.

“I know that,” said Herb.

“But see all those other steep runs you have? You can go break your neck on any of them. This run is for a special purpose.”

“A special purpose, sir?”

Herb nodded. “Steve? If you please.”

And Steve brought out the toboggan from his pickup truck, and the old guys took turns being kids once more down their own sledding run.

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Better Business Bureau serving Central, Coastal, Southwest Texas and the Permian Basin (BBB) advises you to research fitness

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In 2014, BBB processed more than 3,300 complaints against fitness centers nationwide.

Most complaints focused on contract and billing issues. Complaints claimed to have difficulty cancelling memberships without fees even if the cancellation was due to unforeseen personal circumstances or health issues. Others allege they were never advised of certain fees after signing up for a membership or that charges still occurred even after they cancelled their memberships.

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Two Groups Team Up for K9 Fun Run & Dog Walk Two area non-profit groups have teamed up for a K9 Fun Run and Dog Walk to be held on Saturday, April 25, 2015 in Davy Crockett Memorial Park.

Davy Crockett Kennel Club and Petcare for Seniors will work together planning the event that will include an interactive Dog Walk for the average pet owner and a 5K Fun Run for running enthusiasts.

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event.

Davy Crockett Memorial Park will be the setting with registration and peopledoggie fun games and refreshments will be set up in the new pavilion. The Dog Walk will begin at the pavilion and continue around the road circling the park.

The 5K run will begin and end in the park. The exact route of the 5K will be announced at a later date. Registration will begin at 9 a.m. and

events will begin at 10 a.m.

Vendors with informational brochures, prizes and handouts will be at stations set up along the Dog Walk route.

In addition, Dog Walkers will participate in interactive games with their dogs for prizes along the 1-mile route.

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‘If Hemingway Wrote Javascript’ I found a great book for nerds…and classic book worms.

It’s called “If Hemingway Wrote Javascript,” and is penned

by Angus Croll who, according to his bio, “…is obsessed with JavaScript and literature in equal measure.”

Now, I should tell you straight up, I know next to nothing about writing code. However, I do have a keen interest in science and technology (and comic book heroes); hence, the nerd part.

I am also a lover of the written word and have enjoyed many of the classic writers.

So, the title intrigued me, and I felt ready for a challenge.

I needn’t have worried about the technical aspect.

If you love language, whether in literary or binary form, this book is a delightful read.

The distinctive cadence of Shakespeare’s version of a JavaScript code reads like this:

//a CALCKULATION in two acts //employ’ng the humourous logick of JAVA-SCRIPTE Croll lays out five common coding problems, and selects five well-known authors to solve each of them, using JavaScript in their own unique style.

You will find Charles Dickens, Geoffrey Chaucer and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Added to the mix are more modern writers, such as Douglas Adams, Jack Kerouac and J.K. Rowling.

Especially entertaining is the JavaScript written is the style of gangsta rapper, the late Tupac Shakur.

“Original and rebellious, Tupac ignores the best practices of the establishment, sneering at semicolons and deriding the use of curly brackets in conditionals,” writes Croll.

More than that, Tupac’s JavaScript has a rhythm and cadence that begs to be read aloud, preferably accompanied by a DJ, scratching out the beat on a turntable.

In the book’s introduction, Croll expresses the following observation: “The best authors and the best JavaScript developers are those who obsess about language, who explore and play with it every day and in doing so develop their own idioms and their own voice.”

This creative work should be in the hands of every student of literature, and every computer programmer, to encourage that playfulness and ingenuity. “If Hemingway Wrote Javascript” will stretch the mind in both subjects.

And, just how would Ernest Hemingway write JavaScript?

He would do it in the same manner as he wrote his stories: with direct and uncomplicated prose.

Published by No Starch Press, “If Hemingway Wrote Javascript” is available on Amazon.com in both paperback and Kindle version.

Author Angus Croll works on Twitter’s UI framework team where he co-authored the Flight framework. He writes the influential JavaScript, JavaScript blog and speaks at conferences worldwide.

Book review by Karen Leidy, Editor.

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What do you do when you run out of oats, the feed store is closed, and the horses are pampered and need to be fed? The answer is not: just skip the oats this once. The answer is improvise, which is exactly what I did. First of all I could not believe that I ran out of oats. I am more organized than that and would run to the feed store at the drop of a hat if I thought they would be open when I got there. However, we celebrated Christmas with our kids in a most unusual way this year. One group came on Thursday, January 1; another group came on Friday, January 2 right after the first group left, and then another group came on Saturday, January 3 while the second group was still here for a little while and then left! I was unable to leave to get to the feed store in time! The horses had already been fed for that day but not for Sunday when I would still not be able to go to the feed store because, of course, it would be closed.

So, I decided to make a Christmas treat for the horses.

One that would give them some energy, some protein, and some crunch to chew! I took two bowls, cut up an apple in each one, added carrots to each of the bowls, and then added one-fourth raisins to each bowl. The Colonel asked me how I knew the horses would like what I had fixed. I responded with they liked each thing individually so why wouldn’t they like them mixed together? The answer came when I let the horses in to their stables and waited at the gate. They didn’t come bustin’ out of their stables to tell me something was wrong so I knew the treat was well received! We are always creative at the Red Oak Ranch!

New Technology Neutralizes Pollution Hydro Nano Gas Could be the Answer for Neutralizing Carbon Fuel Emissions

Hydro Infra Technologies (HIT), a Swedish clean tech company based in Stockholm, has developed an innovative patent pending approach for neutralizing carbon fuel emissions by generating a novel gas called Hydro Nano Gas (HNG).

In spite of all the advancement happening in the energy sector, global economies are still dependent on fossil fuels as the interlinked chain of costs to completely replace the burning of fossil fuels with more clean and sustainable options is beyond the financial resources of even Russell L deCordova Cody deCordova Ty deCordova the richest nations.

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pulled into the centre thus concentrating the heat and combustion properties.

Injecting HNG into a combustion chamber produces several effects that increase the burn efficiency of the fuels.

HNG gasification effectively burns unburned residue/ cluster while completing the burn process quicker.

The long term impact of using HNG in the burning of fossil fuels can provide the balanced solution for the on going economic-climate change debate.

The new technology is also found to be effective in the treatment of polluted water; when HNG Nano bubbles are injected into polluted water, a microbe chain reaction is initiated that rapidly triggers and boosts the waters’ own organic repairing process.

While further testing and validation are required, the discovery creates new potential in providing solutions to critical areas of global pollution.

HIT is also developing a Smoke Eliminator for all sorts of plants and facilities.

The process reduces the need for smoke analysis as it results in a clean wet scrubber technology where CO2 becomes a clean by-product ready to be reused.

Further, a miniaturized version of the standard HNG reactor will help HIT achieve its goal of gassing 9,000 cubic meters of smoke volume per second.

Using Nano technology, the reactor will see the beginning of a new technology phase for each HNG application, reports HIT. The HIT innovation story begins in the 1980’s when a small team of dedicated technicians, researchers and engineers came together to innovate real world solutions based on the theoretical research conducted by Nobel prize winner Professor Yuan Tse Lee. The goal was clear - to ‘crack’ the Hydrogen code.

In late 2012, after years of on / off research and experimentation, they finally cracked the code and HNG was born.

HIT was formed to spread their discoveries to the world as Information Technology via joint venture partners.

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$3,900/AC Jewett: 9.62 Acres Scattered oak trees cover the land with road access on two sides. Very quiet, secluded and offers good hunting & recreation opportunity. Access to the utilities are at the road, this property will not last long. $179,500 Buffalo: 10.045 acres 2 bedroom, 2 bath home -HOMES FOR RENTWith close to one hundred listings to choose from, you’re sure to find one that will meet your needs. In addition to our own listings, we are happy to show on anypier property listed with with approx. any real 1,600 estate sq. company. and beam ft. of living space built in 2000. The floor plan is unique with high ceilings, lots of windows, covered front porch, Jacuzzi bath tub and much more. The land is completely fenced, square in shape with 50% of the land being open 2 Bedroom House for rent about 2 miles south of Hwy 84 pasture, a 280 ft. water well, ag exempt and a 24x32 storage building in Fairfield on the Feeder road. $155,000 Leona: 10 acres with a 2 bedroom, 1 bath home Quiet & Peaceful Country on pier and beam. Land is mostly wooded with scattered openings. setting. $500 /month – First A really nice 30x30 metal shop, insulated on a slab, 13x36 three stall & Last Month Rent for move pole barn, 12x18 storage building and a 300 ft. water well. Home has in call 936-827-3318 approx. 2,000 sq. ft. (per owner) of living space and was built in 2002. ________________________ A beautiful spiral stair case leads to the upstairs bedroom, over sized House for Rent 3 Bedroom/2 master bedroom with large closet and custom cabinets in the kitchen.

Bath, 2 car garage, brick. $900 Located in Centerville ISD. per month, $800 deposit. No MOTIVATED SELLER, REDUCED!!! pets, no smoking. 903-599$3,200 Centerville 19.32 Acres of hardwood timber with rolling 6013 terrain, fenced on three sides, spring fed creek runs through the _________________________ middle of the property and offers great potential for hunting deer For Rent: 3 Bedroom/2 Bath and hogs. County road frontage allows for great access to the House located in Dew, TX. For property and all the utilities are at the road. SOLD!!! information, phone 903-389$199,000 19.31 Acres Centerville: +/-20 wooded acres that 4550. provide the outdoor enthusiast with some of the greatest hunting and ________________________ fishing opportunities in east Texas. Property includes a Western Cedar 2 bedroom, 1 bathroom home with a metal roof, artesian water well -MOBILE HOMES FOR SALEwith a brand new pressure tank, screened in front and back porches with washer and dryer hook ups in the mud room. The floor plan is open, with a large kitchen with newly installed granite counter tops, back splash and tile floors, large living area and all inside furniture Mobile Home for Rent 2 Contact today! appliances convey with home. Trails run throughme the property Bedroom/1 Bath. Located in Streetman area. Contact A.V. providing recreational opportunities903-388-7814 for family and friends. Other Stan Waldrip at 903-599-3352 features include pole barn with overhang, a Agenta three stall enclosedswaldrip@kw.com ________________________ 12x18 storage building and newer septic 3701 W. Waco Dr., Waco, TX 76710system. Beautiful hardwood 254-751-7900 - Fax: treesOffice: cover the land and Keechi Creek254-751-9543 runs along the east boundary -HOMES FOR SALEline and provides great sand bass fishing in the spring time. The HOUSE WITH 2500 sq. ft. plus 900 sq. ft. apartment property is fenced on three sides with lots of wildlife including deer, located behind the house and 20.5 acres located at 186 hogs, squirrels, and bobcats. If you are looking for privacy, solitude FCR 945 in Teague, TX. THIS PROPERTY WOULD MAKE A GREAT WEEKEND RETREAT and great hunting this is the place for you! MOTIVATED SELLER, REDUCED to........................................$245,000 SOLD Fixer Upper for Sale. 3 HOME WITH 850 sq. ft. located at 417 Cypress St. in REDUCED!!! CONTRACT PENDING!!! bedroom, 2 bath, 2 stall metal Teague, TX. Listed at.................................$45,000 SOLD $90,000 Jewett: 10.40 Acres, 1 bedroom, 1 bath camp house approx. building on .95 acre of land HOME WITH 1845 sq. ft. located at 713 Cypress St. in Teague, TX. Listed at.................................$52,500 SOLD 600 sq. ft. large hardwood trees cover the property, lots of wildlife located at 562 E. Reunion in Platinum TWO 1/2 ACRE LOTS located by Lake Limestone Member Fairfield. $32,000 (no owner including deer, hogs and squirrels located at the end of the road, (no water frontage) located on LCR 898 in Jewett, TX. finance) call 903-875-6781.

Listed at....................................................... ..$10,000 SOLD electric and water are on site. Great weekend get-a-way!!! SOLD!!!

17.8 ACRES located on FCR 711 in Teague, TX. ________________________ $2,750/Ac Centerville: 25 acres east of Centerville off of Hwy 7, Listed at......................................... ...$62,500 SALE PENDING 206 ACRES approx. 96 acres wooded and the remainder beautiful wooded tract loaded with deer, SOLD hogs and other wildlife. Black is open and located on FCR 980 in Teague, TX Branch Creek runs thru the property, all you need is your gun and Listed at..........................................................$515,000 SOLD 2500 SQ. FT. HOME and 68.5 acres located at 308 FCR camping supplies REDUCED!!!

SALE 731 in Teague, TX Listed at....................$350,000 - SOLD HOMES 316 W. Hwy 84PENDING • Fairfield $237,000 22.80 acres/Centerville: A beautiful brick home 68.5 ACRES located on South FM 80 outside of Teague, TX Listed at.................................................$140,000 SOLD with approx. 1,870 sq. ft. of living space, a 2 car garage with lots of HOME WITH 1850 sq. ft. 320 S. 9th Avenue, Teague, TX room. This 2b/2b home overlooks a beautiful improved hay meadow, Listed at....................................................................................$85,000 Deb Manahan with a small stock pond and a three stall pole barn. Lots of wildlife LOOK! REDUCED PRICE! SELLERS VERY 903-879-2441 (Cell) MOTIVATED! “They need to move fast!” Price reduced to roam through the property, perfect for horses and cattle. Located in a $125,000 This 4/2 2,500 sq. ft. home is located at 213 Main Bodie Emmons Corey Hale Street in Donie, TX. I AM OFFERING $1,000 INCENTIVE quiet area southeast of Centerville in the CISD school district. SOLD!!!

254-717-4174 903-879-5168 TO ANY REALTOR OR A BUYER FOR THIS PROPERTY! $275,000 Centerville: 4 bedroom 2 bath 2,100 sq. ft. home 25 ACRES located off of FCR 1054 near Wortham, TX Listed at.................................................................................$101,360 on 12.51 wooded acres. This is a Kodiak steel framed building HOMES 3B/2B/2G Brick with beautiful landscaping #1313 $159,500 1072 SQ. FT. manufactured home with 10.5 acres located at (Barndominium) 9 ft. tall ceilings, double paned windows, front and Streetman: 3B/2B/2G beautiful brick home with large yard and picket fence in 155 CR 430, Buffalo, TX. Listed at.................................$102,000 front and privacy fence in back #315 $117,500 back porches, 25x60 storage container. Great weekend home or 4/2 HOME WITH 2250 SQ. FT. located at 636 S. Merrill St. 4 B, 2 B 2 CARPORT BRICK home on 1 acre. lots of extras #555 $215,000 3B/2B MH on 10 wooded acres with storage buildings, chicken coops, fruit trees in Buffalo, TX. Listed at........................................................$49,900 permanent residence, lots of deer and other wild game roam through and water well $70,000 3250 SQ. FT. HOME ON 38.5 ACRES. This property is NEW LISTING: 2 Lakefront lots in The Wilderness with 3B/2.5B/2 bilevel, brick home, unique and is an income producing property. There are 3 more this area. & 2 boat slips #305 $580,000 living quarters besides the main house that are used to rent.

NEW LISTING: 5 Bedroom/2.5 Bath/2 car garage, brick home in Fairfield, needs $1,400,000 518.353 Ac. Limestone County: This property has The main house is beautiful with unique features. This property updating, but priced accordingly SOLD #383 $110,000 NEW LISTING: 3/2/2 carport beautiful custom brick in the country on 5 (+/-) acres. is located at 880 FCR 930 in Teague, TX. awesome potential for developing a five star duck hunting marsh, Open living area, split bedroom design, tile floors, fp, large sunroom, stone patio, Listed at..................................................................................$650,000 beautifully landscaped with gazebo, community water and water well, and metal shop.

1/2 roughly 170 acres is wetlands, 200 acres of improved pasture and 200 HOME WITH 2250 SQ. FT. located at 15 Mimosa Lane in Call for appointment #833 Teague, TX. Listed at.........................................................$165,000 acres of scrub brush trees for deer/hog hunting. Other features include ACREAGE NEW LISTING 1200 SQ. FT. 3/1 house located on 312 S. 40 (+/-) Wooded Acres in Waller/Hockley Area #515 a 3b/2b 1,728 sq. ft. house built in 2007 (per CAD) 30x30 garage, 13 Wooded Acres great getaway SOLD #2400 $45,000 9th Ave. Teague, TX. Listed at...........................................$57,500 NEW LISTING: 10 Wooded Acres close to town on PR 917 #495 30x60 (5) stall pole barn, 4 stock ponds, working pens for cattle, all Each Keller Williams Realty office is independently owned and operated.

LOTS new perimeter and cross fencing replaced six years ago.

2 LOTS in West Main Place Addition #1230 Advertising is the lifeline $82,500 Centerville: 10.00 Acres 2 bedroom, 1 bath cabin approx.

COMMERCIAL that keeps your 1.5 ACRES on Hwy 75 in Dew #2080 $15,000 community newspaper 600 sq. ft. with front and back porches. Property is 95% wooded with RV PARK 15 rv, 5 full trailer setups on 2.46 acres, city utilities $255,000 in the business of LOT AT 521 E. COMMERCE .60 acre #717 $60,000 reporting local large hardwood timber, great access off of a black top county road, with 6.69 ACRES on Hwy 84 and FCR 941 #8058 $60,000 news.

4.52 ACRES ON HWY 84 & FCR 471 #220 $60,000 water, telephone and electric on site. Lots of wild life including deer and We encourage all of our readers to Photos available at http://www.landsoftexas.com/member/8956 hogs access to the Trinity River is only 3 miles away. Great place to get let advertisers new listing: 1200 sq ft 3/1 House located on 312 South 9th Teague, TX. know that you Platinum away and enjoyAvenue, what mother nature has to offer! saw them in

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