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KILGORE NEWS HERALD SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

we came In peace FOR ALL MANKIND

50 years ago

MAN WALKED ON THE MOON

July 20, 1969

JULY 20, 1969 |

APOLLO 11, 50 YEARS LATER | JULY 20, 2019

Former NASA employees reflect on moon landing, look to future In June, Kilgore Public Library hosted a series of events celebrating the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, including meetings with four former NASA employees.

Now, two of those men look back on the significance of the Apollo 11 anniversary and forward to the future of manned spaceflight.

Johnny Ferguson was a flight controller for the Apollo program.

He reflected on the significance of the anniversary.

“I guess the key element is the friendships that have gone by the way and seeing people I work with again,” Ferguson said. He’s kept in touch with former co-workers over the years and plans to head to Space Center Houston over the weekend for NASA’s Apollo 11 50th anniversary event.

“We had a reunion down there last summer but there a lot more now. There were about 200 at that point but there’s 650 now and their family members,” he

said of the former co-workers attending the event.

Ferguson, who said he spent about 42 years in the human space flight program, said the moon landing was more than just an achievement of technological progress and human skill.

“I could express the biggest accomplishment from that program was that it prevented the Soviet Union, with its atheist, communistic philosophy from dominating the world. It was more than

just going to the moon. It was a big psychological event for Christianity.”

Ferguson cites divine influence as the primary factor ensuring the Apollo 11 mission’s success.

“Failure is not an option when you are with God.” He sees privately-funded space exploration as the way of the future.

“Several multibillionaires who grew up in the early space age, they have taken over a lot of the expense

of development and future exploration of space. I think that’s a great way for it to go to get it out of the national budget and let private industry take over it. That’s what is happening and I have a really positive outlook on that. I’m really excited seeing the development that’s taking place in those industries.”

“If you look back on human history it’s always been kind of that way. You have to start getting profit See LEGACY, Page 10

KILGOREITES LOOK BACK 50 YEARS, AHEAD TO TOMORROW Where were you during the moon landing?

“I think I was 15 yearsold at the time. I think we were mesmerized, really mesmerized because we’re watching it on TV. So we’re going, ‘Wow!’ ” – Mike Gyorfi “So July 20, 1969, I was 6 years-old at the time, so I was probably at home enjoying summer break from school. I can’t say back at that time that I followed lunar landings. I do know that in subsequent years of my childhood, I did. I was a very space-nerd in terms of wanting to see them land on the moon each time they did. I was always fascinated by astronomy and the space program.”

– Manny Almanza “Our whole family sat down in front of the TV to watch it.”

– Becky Hamilton

What do you think is the significance of the moon landing today?

PUBLIC DOMAIN photos from NASA

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot, walks on the surface of the moon near the leg of the Lunar Module (LM) “Eagle” during the Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA). Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this photograph with a 70mm lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the Lunar Module (LM) “Eagle” to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Columbia” in lunar orbit.

Kilgore man recalls breathtaking touchdown The final descent was underway, The craft, Eagle, skimmed over the spidery legs falling toward the the crater to touch down in a flat gray landscape. plain – 50 years ago today.

It was the wrong surface, Jonny “The Flight Control Team Ferguson remembers, strewn with members were all very nervous dangerous rocks. The astronauts and intently watched their data, took manual control praying to not have to that evening, shortly abort or crash.

By CASSIE REED after 8 p.m. July 20, A longtime NASA KNH Archive • July 2017 1969, a Sunday. employee, Ferguson “Neil Armstrong and Buzz was the backup Landing & ReAldrin saw a lot of boulders and covery Officer for that Apollo 11 craters at the planned landing site, mission. He was also working on causing Neil to fly the lunar mod- future space projects including the ule further than planned, using Apollo Applications Program, the more fuel than planned,” FerguSkylab Program and the reusable son told the News Herald. “When spacecraft program, which would Armstrong set the Lunar Landing later be known as the Space ShutModule down, only about 16 sec- tle Program. onds of fuel remained.”

Armstrong, Aldrin and Michael

Collins launched July 16, 1969, ready to face what would later be known as Man’s Great Exploration. The new landing site was the second emergency of the Apollo 11 mission, Ferguson said.

“The first one was a Lunar Module descent computer alarm indicating to abort the lunar descent, Ferguson said. “This same alarm came up during an earlier training simulation where it was determined to be a false alarm.

The decision was made to continue with the Apollo 11 mission descent.

Much like everyone else tuning in for that “one small step for man, Ferguson watched as Neil Armstrong made his first steps on

the Moon in the company of his family in his home.

“I felt super excited and proud that America had done that and proud for humanity, Ferguson said. “We did not have any major issues: everything held together and human responses to situations were under God’s guidance.

The first meal on the Moon, he added, was a Christian Communion held by Aldrin within the confines of the lunar module.

Leading up to the Apollo 11 mission, Ferguson says, everyone knew there was an issue about who was going to be the first man on the moon. However, Aldrin See LANDING, Page 10

“It challenged us to develop technology to do something that had never been done in that arena.”

– Carlin Stanton “The technical sophistication required for the moon landing gave us leaps and bounds forward for technology that we are able to use today.”

– Grant Harris “I think that the technology that we gained from doing that helped us more than anything. The fact that you had a group of people working for a specific goal and particularly for exploration of outer space was probably the most important thing that came out of it .”

– Stephen George “What’s the significance of the moon landing?

Proof that it could be done. The fact that we could put a man on the moon with our technology exceeded one’s imagination.”

– Mike Gyorfi “It projected our space program further. It encouraged them to go further and where we even are today.”

– Becky Hamilton “To me, I think that it proves that we could do it.

To me, it’s just a miracle.

The fact that we could put a rocket with a man on the moon is phenomenal.

It’s impressive that we could pull it off.”

– Rachel Stallard

Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin

Neil Armstrong

Michael Collins

See LOCALS, Page 10

ON THE FRONT: Earth rises above the horizon July 21, 1969, during the Apollo 11 Lunar Module ascent stage, with astronauts Neil A. Armstrong and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. aboard, photographed from the Command and Service Modules (CSM) during rendezvous in lunar orbit. The Lunar Module (LM) was making its docking approach to the CSM. Astronaut Michael Collins remained with the CSM in lunar orbit while the other two crewmen explored the lunar surface. The large, dark-colored area in the background is Smyth’s Sea, centered at 85 degrees east longitude and 2 degrees south latitude on the lunar surface (nearside). PUBLIC DOMAIN photos from NASA

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Business growth outpaces averages

By LUCAS STROUGH

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Business is good in Kilgore, according to Kilgore Economic Development Corporation’s mid-year report, delivered at a city council meeting June 11.

“It compares where we are so far with year-end metrics. It looks at the number of agreements that we’ve signed with primary employers and what those agreements represent, like the number of jobs that are under contract and the amount of investment,” said Jana Russell, KEDC assistant director, explaining the report to council members.

By analyzing the report, KEDC can get an accurate picture of how Kilgore is doing in terms of attracting new businesses to the area and keeping current businesses here.

“The purpose of a mid-

year report is threefold. One, we look at our progress so far this year compared to yearend metrics. Two, we look at our program of work to see if there are any adjustments that need to be made and, finally, we give ourselves a financial health checkup,” Russell said.

According to the report, Kilgore is ahead of schedule when it comes to signing agreements with new businesses, as well as keeping currently active investments in the area.

Russell said KEDC signed agreements with five primary employers by March 2019.

With those agreements come new jobs. Also, jobs currently in the area are being retained.

“The projections that those five agreements make in terms of jobs – they expect to create 36 new ones, retain 438 for a total of 474 jobs See KEDC, Page 4

Marketing Kilgore helps fuel business, improve quality of life for residents

WHAT WILL KILGORE LOOK LIKE IN 2030?

Before that happens, city what does the next century n Oct. 3, 1930, thouleaders are following the exlook like? sands watched as the ample of the past and striving “Our planning horizon is Daisy Bradford No. 3 well to better it. infinite,” he said. erupted, a towering gusher of “For the 40 years following oil that changed Kilgore, East the boom, Kilgore was a brand It’s the nature of the beast.

Texas, the United States and new town. It was building Just as city leaders like J. the world. out. It was building new subMalcolm Crim, Kilgore’s first Prior to the discovery, Kildivisions. It was paving the mayor, considered not only gore was a sleepy, rural comSelleck said. “It was streets,” also but day the of needs the munity, founded in 1872, a locating new water and wastethe decades ahead, so too railroad town on land sold water facilities. It was building must today’s elected to the International – sophisticated

By JAMES officials and municipal some of the mostthe Great Northern Railcountry DRAPER employees consider the infrastructure in road by Constantine at the time.” future as well as the “Buck” Kilgore.

Flash forward decades, and present to ensure the ongoing In just more than a dethe oilfield downturn of the vitality of the community. cade, Kilgore will mark the 1980s struck Kilgore hard, Hopefully, Selleck says, the centennial anniversary of the with a lingering impact. today beginning of the boom, vastly work the city is doing “Following the 80s downwill become a solid foundachanged across 100 years. As turn we had a period of recovtion for growth ahead, the he looks beyond 2019 and and pursue, ery and, honestly, a period of see outsiders kind City Kilgore 2030, to 2020 moving here to invest in a Manager Josh Selleck’s gaze See FORWARD, Page 3 thriving community. extends far past it as well –

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When children arrive for their first day of school, Kilgore Rotarians want them in brand new shoes and socks, ready for a fresh start to the year.

Once again, the local civic group is pairing their annual shoes-and-

socks giveaway with the school supplies drive spearheaded by First Presbyterian Church. Both outreaches are set in the midst of Kilgore ISD’s One-Stop Registration at Kilgore Primary School Aug. 1-2.

Children who qualify for free or reduced lunches at school are also eligible for the school supplies giveaway and, consequently,

Rotary’s contribution.

“Those students who are qualified to receive school supplies can come and be measured,” says Linda Sartor, Kilgore Rotary Club’s president for 2019-2020. Then, “We will hand out the shoes on Saturday, Aug. 3, in the Fellowship Hall of First Baptist Church in Kilgore.”

The tentative time frame for the

shoe distribution is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. that Saturday.

“We’ll take care of those kiddoes and they’ll get new shoes and socks and supplies and be ready to go to school,” Sartor added. “It lifts those little minds and spirits. They feel, ‘OK, we’ve got something new to See SHOE DRIVE, Page 5

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in A city thrives when it becomes a destination and some and Kilgore are hard at work trying to attract newcomers repeat visitors to the City of Stars.

Ryan Polk, Kilgore’s tourism and marketing manager, from looked back over some of the city’s marketing efforts the past year.

“Visit Kilgore, the destination marketing organization and for Kilgore under the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce many Visitors Bureau is always marketing Kilgore with summer last since projects largest our of some but projects, Stars’ lowould have to be the new ‘Christmas Under The Historic go suite, the 2019 Kilgore Visitors Guide, and the Downtown Kilgore Guide,” Polk said.

“Christmas Under The Stars” is a month-long mainstay for the event in Kilgore, drawing hundreds downtown like the days leading up to the holiday, and includes events of the “Dashing Through Downtown” run, the lighting

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signature star-topped derricks near Fireworks explode behind one of the community’s Extravaganza. While celebrating and preservcity park during the 2019 Fourth of July eye on Kilgore’s path forward. ing the past, city leaders also have a keen

See MARKETING, Page 9

City searches for sustainability in sales tax

and/or quarterly sales taxes in Kilgore aren’t allocated “Where we are right now is on prior (by monthly – a year down the road, five, 10 takes toward essential operations – they’re

By JAMES DRAPER this. If you think of filers). In Kilgore, City Hall for or 20 and whatever growth or up- the upside of the sales tax revenue; not earmarked for key services jdraper@kilgorenewsherald.com this as a series of peaks and valleys, two-thirds of ideal is for sales tax heaval they bring. the remainder benefits Kilgore Eco- residents. The right now.”

“The city has known this since we’re on the peak Corporation. revenues to fund projects which, in After a long, difficult dive and a That peak arrives after the years nomic Development be set aside without the sales tax has a core In recent, past years, Selleck ad- a slump, could steady climb, Kilgore’s sales tax roll- the ’80s that recession and slump– more streets are reto it,” Kilgore City Manager Josh of economic vised Kilgore City Council mem- consequence ercoaster seems to be plateauing. then there’s this ing oil-and-gas prices that still have in flush years, more quality That stability gives city planners Selleck said, “and reve- bers to reduce their sales tax projec- paired monthly on impact major a the in (that tax get underway and sales tion to face the uncertain reality of of life projects a better understanding of how portion of our is about half of our nues from the Texas Comptroller. the economic downturn. healthy the community’s sales tax best of years are is not dependable Sales tax figures in one month that tax) TAX, Page 6 sales SALES See planning, sustainhow financial and is Hall’s City actually In base based on sales made two months able it can be as they look ahead year-to-year.

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KILGOROUND JAMES DRAPER “The big print giveth, and the small print taketh away.”

– Tom Waits • SPEAKING of fine print, if you take a closer look at the user agreement on the new FaceApp that’s filling your Facebook timeline with ultra-aged picture’s of your friends, you’ll find some less than savory caveats that grant the Russia-based developers rights over your images. The revelations about those stipulations has spawned significant privacy concerns and top-level government investigations.

NOT to spoil the fun, just saying we should all watch out for sharp rocks lurking beneath sparkling water.

• ON that note, the water of Kilgore City Pool had a nice red-tinge to it Thursday night, courtesy of LED porthole lamps, but it was a bit hard to see at times considering the hundreds of people who turned out for “Jaws.” Well done, City of Kilgore and sponsors, for another great event. We’re eager to see what’s next in the movie lineup.

• NOBODY rocks a Hawaiian shirt quite like Charlie Walker.

• WITH a nod to those who voted, we’re happy to echo good news from See KILGOROUND, Page 6

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The 80th line of Rangerettes strike a pose for a photo as they celebrate their induction into the world-famous precision drill team organization. (Below) Brook Naulty, of McKinney, points to her number on the sign announcing which of 91 hopefuls made the team. Naulty was one of 34 hopefuls who will now become Rangerettes.

New dancers join ranks of world famous Rangerettes

By LUCAS STROUGH

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91 young women gave their all for a spot on the 80th line of the Kilgore College Rangerettes.

By 10 a.m. Friday, 34 learned they could now proudly wear the signature red, white and blue ‘Rette uniform.

After a week of learning routines and tryouts, only a select few were chosen to join the world-famous drill team at

City lauds Halliburton for 100th anniversary

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City officials on Thursday honored Halliburton, one of the largest employers in Kilgore, as it marks its 100th year of operation.

Kilgore’s Chamber of Com-

Texas Shakespeare Festival Acting Intern Emily Chang signs an autograph for an Oak Forest student Thursday in character as Elfie from “The Girl Who Cried Throgmonster.”

merce & Visitors Bureau hosted Morning Brew, a monthly opportunity for local business leaders to network, at the oilfield services company’s Kilgore office on FM 349.

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Ke’Asya Polk (left) and Hannah Wainright help wash a car Wednesday at Kilgore Boys & Girls Club, earning money for a fun excursion out of town. (Below) Josh Labarge (right) and Zachary Green put in the work for a trip to Times Square Grand Slam in Tyler.

Local tweens get practical lesson in summer vacation planning at BGC

By JAMES DRAPER jdraper@kilgorenewsherald.com

With hard work comes reward, as Kilgore Boys & Girls Club’s 12-and-older group learned this week.

Each summer, the Harris Street youth outreach’s older participants have the opportunity to take an excursion outside Kilgore.

They’ve gone as far as Hurricane Harbor in the past.

It’s not on their parents’ dime, however, and this year’s trip cost $475 to cover nine students and four staffers’ on their visit to Times Square Grand Slam in Tyler.

The children earned each cent themselves, Kilgore BGC Executive Director Lakesha Hall said,

spurred on by the program’s staffers.

“It’s something that our tween-teens do every year

during the summer,” Hall added Thursday. “They have to plan, budget, raise funds.”

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Setting their goal and breaking down the expense, the kids hosted bake sales and three car washes in the past few weeks, wrapping up with a final, fourth attempt Wednesday to put them over the target just in time for Thursday’s outing.

“They’re associated with an organization, Boys & Girls Club, that also thrives on monetary donations,” Hall said. “It gives them the whole outlook on what fundraising is about, especially when you have a cause.

“I think it’s a good lesson, for them to learn what that’s like. And everyone can always use some extra finance education.”

On Friday, the club hosted its summer talent show at 724 Harris St. and an all-youths-welcome football camp runs 8:30 a.m. to noon today. Next week, Hall and helpers are taking 25 local students (from Kilgore, Henderson, Longview, Gladewater, Carthage and Daingerfield) to the 2019 Games of Texas in College Station.

The Jet Runners are primarily focused on track and field events, Hall noted, among a slew of competitions July 25-29.

“It has several sports that we’ll be participating in,” she added, taking 9- and 10-year-old competitors as well as participants in the 17/18 age bracket.

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Friends, family members and fellow Rangerettes crowd around the sign displaying the numbers of the new ‘Rette line while cheering and taking photos.

SIGN DROP were overjoyed to have made it.

All had worked and hoped for months to become Rangerettes and some had tried before.

“Out of this world, I have no words,” was how Caroline Rhodes, of Springdale, AR, described the feeling of becoming a ‘Rette on the 80th line.

Rhodes tried out for the drill team last year but didn’t make it. She’s been training “365 days” since last year to try again.

Her hard work paid off.

Asked what her favorite part of achieving her dream to be a Rangerette would be, “Everything.

The experience, everything!”

Rhodes was one of three hopefuls who traveled from out-of-state to try out this year. Others came from around the state and a few from East Texas made the cut.

Lainey Goodson, of

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Lindale, couldn’t find the words to capture the feeling of becoming a ‘Rette.

“It is indescribable. I am so excited,” Goodson said.

Like many of the young women on the Dodson stage Friday, hard work was an integral part of their success.

“Long, hard hours that are now so worth it,” Goodson said.

Many of the new ‘Rettes expressed excitement about a new opportunity: the drill team will travel to England this year to perform in a tattoo, a festival celebrating the music and precision performances of marching bands and drill teams.

“Oh my gosh, my dream is to travel the world so I cannot wait,” Goodson said of the England trip.

She said she couldn’t wait to wear the signature outfit of the team.

“I think that the first moment I put on that uniform, I am going to be so

overjoyed. I won’t even be able to describe it.”

Assistant Rangerette Director Shelley Wayne is pleased the new Rangerette line can join the organization as they prepare for the year ahead.

“It feels really good.

We have closure from pre-training and now we have a complete line and we can really start moving forward with our 80th anniversary year,” Wayne said following the Sign Drop.

Wayne said the new ‘Rettes would go through an orientation process Friday before getting a well-deserved break.

“Today our new freshmen Rangerettes will do their roommate selections and they’ll get their room in the Rangerette residence. They will size for all of their uniform pieces today. They’ll get their official Rangerette notebook that gets them started on what life as a Rangerette

is going to look like. They have three weeks off and then they begin moving in August 9 and 10. We start rehearsals all together as a team August 12 and once we’re here August 12, we’re here for good.”

She noted the selection of the 80th line was a special occasion but said every line selection is important, as every Rangerette works hard to represent the world-famous organization.

“Any time you have an anniversary year, I think that’s certainly of historical importance. Every year is special in Rangerettes,” Wayne said, adding an anniversary year may receive more publicity, but each year for the Rangerettes is important.

“I don’t think that any one year is more special than the other in the Rangerettes or we’re not doing our job. They should all be special.”

The Kilgore Chamber of Commerce & Visitors Bureau is pleased to announce the launch of the new Chamber website, KilgoreChamber.com this past month. We worked with chamber member Mike Hill, owner of Route2 Advertising Agency out of Tyler, Texas.

“We’ve designed the site to include information on the Chamber, relocating, living, visiting and doing business in Kilgore,” said Jill McCartney, Chamber President. “The new site also provides a community calendar and a business directory.

The new site provides quick and easy access to numerous partners including, City of Kilgore, Kilgore College, Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, Chamber business members and Main Street. “Our goal is to expand the opportunities to connect with the appropriate entities that help residents and business with their specific needs,” said McCartney.

The new website has a bold and colorful design, improved functionality and enhanced content focused on Kilgore. The site is still a work in progress and will be updated on a regular basis to ensure information is correct and valuable to the user. “The Kilgore Chamber website is full of useful info for businesses as well as consumers. The folks at the Chamber went to great lengths to make the site a tool that can be used to help area businesses prosper. I’m sure you will see the site continue to evolve as we find new ways to inform people. I have a lot of pride in my hometown of Kilgore, and tried to let that shine through in this site” said Mike Hill, owner of Route2 Advertising Agency.

“Technology is ever-changing,” said McCartney. “We are steadily working to move the level of technology and communication forward.” Over the past year we havev also worked to increase our social media presence with our Facebook and Twitter, please be sure to follow/like us on all of our social media. We also lauched LinkedIn and Instagram as well. Our VisitKilgore. com site promotes tourism and the hospitality industry in Kilgore where you can find links to the Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts.

With the launch of our new and improved website, KilgoreChamber.com, it completes one of tasks in our 2019-21 Strategic Plan to improve communications with and provide information to the business community, residents and visitors.

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begin school with.’ You walk in that classroom and all the children have on new shoes and socks.

“It levels the playing field – they don’t feel singled out.”

More than a month out, Rotarians have already started purchasing some of the year’s inventory, stockpiling boys and girls shoes in various sizes.

“We started right after the first of July,” Sartor noted.

Depending on their measurements Thursday and Friday during registration, children typically have a variety of styles to choose from (first-come, first-served) during Saturday’s actual giveaway. “We gave away 470 pairs of shoes last year.”

Unfortunately, that number was substantially less than how many signed up.

“We had 673 that parents requested or we measured the feet. Only about 70 percent were picked up.”

That said, it means the club has shoes in hand as it starts accruing more for early August’s event.

“If we give away 600 pairs, that would be great. They gave away 1,000 bags of school supplies last year,” Sartor said. “One of the things our Rotary International president wants this year is for Rotary to have an impact with the community, for the community to know how we connect” on an international, state and local level.

Anyone who wishes to contribute funds to the back-toschool drive should make their checks out to First Presbyterian Church, designated for ‘school supplies.’

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Mayor Ronnie Spradlin speaks to Halliburton staff and local business leaders on the occasion of the company’s 100th anniversary. “I’ll have to say what’s good for Halliburton is good for Kilgore,” Spradlin said.

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read an official proclamation declaring July 18 “Halliburton Day” in the city. The company has operated in Kilgore for 87 years, since 1932, just after the oil strike at the Daisy Bradford No. 3 well that ushered in the East Texas Oil Boom.

“We want to thank y’all for everything you have done for Kilgore and all of the people that you’ve fed their families and put clothes and shoes on their children when they’re going to school,” Spradlin said to Halliburton staff present at the meeting.

James Wright, the Global HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) Manager for Multi-Chem Operations at Halliburton Kilgore, spoke as well.

“Halliburton Kilgore will always be here.

There’s no doubt in my mind because we’ve been here this long. Our company knows how to make the cycling, the downturn, and survive that. We’ve had a good support group with the mayor, the economic development, the city council. When you see the big, red trucks moving, that’s when we’re in business, making money,” Wright said.

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Amanda Nobles, executive director of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation, said Halliburton’s longtime presence in Kilgore was a boon for the area.

“From a stability point of view, for the economy, no matter what oil and gas prices do, no matter what the swings of that are, to still have that company located in Kilgore and to have Kilgore be one of the largest yards that they have in one of the largest districts that they have, is an incredible benefit,” Nobles said.

Mayor Spradlin cited a close link between Halliburton’s success and the success of Kilgore.

“There was a saying by a Mr. (Charles) Wilson that was in Eisenhower’s cabinet. He coined the phrase ‘What’s good for GM (General Motors) is good for the nation.’ I’ll have to say what’s good for Halliburton is good for Kilgore,” he said, making a note about the signature uniforms worn

by Halliburton employees.

“Our economy is in great relationship to how many red coveralls you see downtown and around the city.”

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Lula Lee Cost Hanks

A Celebration of Life for Lula Lee Cost Hanks, 100, of Kilgore, will be 10:00 a.m., Friday July 19, 2019 at the Forest Home Baptist Church with Reverend Earl W. “Buddy” Duggins and Reverend Mark Fried officiating under the direction of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore.

Interment will follow in the Lakeview Memorial Gardens in Longview. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday, from 6 until 7 in the evening.

Lula Lee Cost Hanks, 100, went to Heaven on Wednesday, July 17, 2019.

She went to be with her Lord and her adoring family by her side. Lu was born on October 30, 1918 at the family home in rusk County, Texas to the late Edward Leon Cost and Lula Mae Cost as the oldest of six siblings. She walked to attend school at Lee School through the ninth grade. She then attended Kilgore High School, graduating in 1937. She married the love of her life, Edwin Hanks on February 12, 1938. Lu and ed were married for 61 years until his death in 1999.

Lu worked as an office administrator for the family business, Hanks Lumber Co., until her retirement. Lu then volunteered at Roy H. Laird Hospital, where lasting and cherished friendships were made.

Lu was a dedicated

Mrs. Dorothy Geese

Services for Mrs. Dorothy Geese, 99, of Kilgore will be 10:00 A.M. Monday, July 22, 2019 at the St. Luke’s United Methodist Church with the Reverend Ben Bagley officiating. Burial will follow in the Danville Cemetery. Mrs. Geese passed away Thursday, July 18, 2019 in Kilgore.

Dorothy Geese was born March 23, 1920 in Drumright, Oklahoma, daughter of the late Joe and Ethel Risser. The family moved to East Texas in the early 1930’s. Dorothy survived the New London School explosion her senior year of high school.

She married Wayne Geese on May 27, 1943 and they shared 65 special years together. Dorothy was a homemaker who loved to sew, cook and bake for her family. She enjoyed 15 years of travel all over

member of Forest Home Baptist Church where she taught Sunday School for 75 years, the majority of those years with the Friendship Class. She enjoyed being and active member of the Women’s Missionary Union holding various positions. Lu also enjoyed being a member and fellowshipping with Joy Makers.

Left to cherish her memory are her son Edwin “Sonny” Hanks and his wife Judy; daughter Linda Hanks McKinnon and husband Dale; grandchildren Kristi Hanks Barefield and husband Richard; Mike Hanks and wife Barbara, Kim McKinnon, Julie Jordan, Kyle McKinnon and his wife Wendy; sister Lurene Cost; 16 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great grandchildren.

Lu was preceded in death by her parents, husband, brothers Bennett Cost, Lawson Cost, J.B. Cost and a sister Lillie Chavers.

Pallbearers will be her great-grandsons and great-grandsonsin-law; Brady Carroll, Luke Jordan, Kutter White, McKinnon White, Clint Pannell and Ryan Newland.

Honorary pallbearers are the members of the Friendship Sunday School Class.

“Her children rise and call her blessed. Her husband also praises her; “Many women do noble things, but you excel them all.” Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain; but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” Proverbs 31: 28 - 30 Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com

the United States with her husband. Dorothy loved her family and adored her great grandchildren.

She was a longtime member of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church.

Mrs. Geese is survived by her two daughters and son-in-law; Peggy and Jerry Medford of Kilgore and Cathy Geese of Dallas; two grandchildren and spouses, Michael and Julie Medford of Tyler and Misty and John Lewis of Kilgore three; great grandchildren, Kyleigh Lewis, Alyssa Lewis of Kilgore and Barrett Medford of Tyler; brotherin-law and sister-in-law, Freddie and Laura Geese as well as numerous nieces, nephews and other loving family and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Wayne Geese and sister Wanda Stark.

The family will receive friends at Rader Funeral Home, Sunday evening between six and eight p.m.

The family would like to give a special thanks to caregivers Missy Armitage, Peggy Starling, April Borden, and the LifeCare nursing staff.

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July 20, 2019 at Danville Cemetery with Brother Eugene Green officiating.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 6:00 P.M. until 8:00 P.M. Phillip passed away July 16, 2019 in Overton.

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Graveside services for Mr. Phillip Donovan, 56, of Overton will be held at 10:00 A.M. Saturday,

Tammye C. Williams

Funeral services for Tammye C. Williams, 57, of Houston, Texas formerly of Kilgore, will be held at 1:00 p.m., Saturday, July 20, 2019 at Macedonia Baptist Church, with Rev. Leslie Smith officiating and Rev. Owen McGill as eulogist. Burial will follow at Harmony Pirtle

Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Victory Funeral Services.

Tammye was born on Sunday, August 27, 1961 in Overton, Texas. She departed this life Saturday, Saturday, July 13, 2019 in Houston, Texas.

Mrs. Williams’ guestbook and funeral media can be visited at www.victoryfuneral.com.

“Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone.”

Rodgers & Hammerstein, “Carousel” Actors from “The Girl Who Cried Throgmonster” (from right) Lauren Ufkes, Gerrit Wilford, Roman Kyle and Graham Baker (Pippo and Granny, left) admire audience member Dallas Kennedy’s shirt during an autograph signing following Thursday morning’s performance of TSF’s annual children’s play.

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the Castles family: Cameron, Henderson grad and grandson of K and David, successfully snared a $10,000 scholarship (and looked snazzy in the process) with his handmade duct tape tuxedo.

• WE can all benefit from downsizing and de-hoarding, but be sure to look carefully before you assume an old box (or filing cabinet) is empty. Kudos to KNH Office Manager Jalayna Davis for saving a valuable pile of vintage photos from the trash heap as we boxed up the newsroom this summer.

YOU’LL find some of those images on the back page of today’s Section B, the third and final part of Kilgore News Herald’s 2019 Progress Edition.

• STEP up this summer: City Hall really wants your input on the in-development Comprehensive Plan. Their advisory committee will be reaching into the community for ideas and feedback. Likewise, planning is underway for the Fiscal Year 2019 budget – take some time to call 903-984-5081

and weigh in soonest.

• BIRTHDAYS July 20: Billie Walker, Tina Kent, Mariann Baker, Patricia Morchat, Lois Daniels, Kay Moore, James D. Taylor, Kelly Ater-Zimmerman, Marceline R. Swan, Sutton Colt Fontineau, Mrs. Jean Harville, Sherry Driver, Willie Lee Hall, Jacob Goode, Mrs. C.W. Burgers, Jo Simon, Candace Read, Kimberly Williams, Jimmy McAre, July 21: Renecia Scott, Gene Stansberry, Mrs. Jim Foster, Richard Lewis, Mrs. Frank Scarbrough, Paula Dean Wheat, Bobbie Jean Davis, Bobby Gene Russell, Geraldine Cox, Katy Pyle, Gina Dean, Kathleen Gilchrist, Matthew Bateman, Thomas Haynes, Amber Bushong, Dashun Morgan, Charles Killingsworth, Tara Lopez July 22: Rylee Glenn Pond, Tommy Ford, Jarmon Hobbs, Phillip Welch, Dale Parker, Paul Bynum, Grady Purdue, Laura and Lindsey Godfrey, Dell Birdsong, Mary Miller, Elizabeth Pearce, Norman Haltmeyer, Robert Green, Shania Collut July 23: Zachery Sam Russell,

Donna Knight, Michelle Pina Michaele, Jack Ward, Melba Mitchell-Warren, Jason White Cooks, Juanita Houston, Billie Briley, Pam McCarty Sadie McClanahan, Amanda Briggs, William Eddington, Yolanda Rochell Taylor, Heather Nicole Watson, Kimberly Parrott, Erika Murphy, Ellie Nelson, Sara Barnard, Johnny Northcutt, Joe Gala, LeAnn Parker, Habe Habenicht, Ashley Alyse Neugebauer, Melissa Moore, Sherry Gee Sanford, Eddie Fitch, Graydon Rieger, Gary Ratliff, Ashley Jackson, Orease Smith, Ruby Palmer • ANNIVERSARIES July 20: Sue and Wayne Bass, Luke and Tina Hill, Bo and Judy White, Mr. and Mrs. Millard Hassell, Mr. and Mrs. J. Matt McKnight, Brad and Denise Faulkner July 21: J.F. and Jo Ann Burnett, Willie and Louise Gibley July 22: Mr. and Mrs. Royce McIntosh, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Reid, R.C. and Lillian Allen, Merlyn and Gene Holmes July 23: Paul and Donna McKnight, Jimmy and Nelda Headrick

DAILY DIGEST MONDAY THE ALZHEIMER’S SUPPORT GROUP meets the second Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. at Arabella of Kilgore, 2103 Chandler St.

Friends and Allies United with the LGBTQ people to move equality forward) meets every second Tuesday of each month in Tyler, in the Genecov Room of the Chamber of Commerce, at 6:30 p.m.

PFLAG phone number is 903-330-8901; email address is pflageasttexas@ yahoo.com

TUESDAY MCCARY’S CHAPEL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH food pantry is open every Tuesday from 6 p.m. until 7 p.m. for residents of Sabine school district. Proof of residency is required. McCary’s Chapel is at 5758 Old Hwy. 135 North in Liberty City. For more information call (903) 984-5622.

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WEDNESDAY KILGORE SENIOR CITIZENS club meets at 11:15 a.m. the second and fourth Wednesday of each month in the Lions Club Building at 307 Rusk St. All seniors 55 or older are eligible for membership.

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FRIDAY Kilgore Church Women will meet at Forest Home Baptist Church in the Richardson Building on Friday, July 26.

The covered dish luncheon will begin at 11:30 a.m.

Dr. Repasky will present the program. Kilgore Church Women luncheons are a good way to fellowship with women from the different churches in town. For more informaiton, call Martha Clark at 903-988-1157.

HELPING HANDS Helping Hands food pantry is open from 9 a.m. to noon Monays, Tuesdays and Thursdays for residents living in Kilgore ISD. Proof of residence of KISD school district is required.

The pantry’s Community Wide Produce Drop is set the second Monday of each month outside on the driveway at 201 S. Martin St. beginning at noon.

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Sabine ISD announces registration schedule Press Release School supply lists are posted on the school’s web site online at www.sabineisd.org.

SABINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Enrolling Students New to the District PK - 5 August 1 - 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. in the Elementary Office Meet the Teacher in the Teachers’ Classrooms Thursday, August 15 All Grades - Come and Go! 4:30 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.

Class Lists will be posted on the district’s web site on Friday, August 9 at 4 p.m.

SABINE MIDDLE SCHOOL

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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT IT WAS SAFE TO GO BACK IN THE WATER...

More than 725 people braved the red-tinted waters of Kilgore City Pool Thursday night for the second free dive-in movie hosted by the City of Kilgore, featuring “Jaws.” (Clockwise from right) Special Services Superintendent B.J. Owen leads the crowd in a rendition of the movie’s iconic theme. The crowd grew quickly when the free swim began at 7:30 p.m. “Snowball Charlie” Walker serves up a treat.

Enrolling Students New to the District Grades 6-8 Tuesday and Wednesday, August 6 & 7 8:30 a.m. – Noon; 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the Middle School Office Students Pick Up Schedules in the Middle School Gymnasium Thursday, August 15 during “Meet the Teacher” Meet the Teacher in the Teachers’ Classrooms Thursday, August 15, 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.

SABINE HIGH SCHOOL

Enrolling Students New to the District Grades 9 - 12 Tuesday and Wednesday, August 6 & 7 8:30 a.m. to Noon; 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the High School Office Students Pick Up Schedules Thursday and Friday, August 8 & 9 8:30 a.m. – Noon; 1 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. in the High School Office Meet the Teacher in the Teacher’s Classroom Thursday, August 15, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 pm New students will need to bring a copy of their birth certificate, social security card, most recent report card, immunization records, STAAR scores or achievement test, and the name and address of the last school attended.

Proof of residency in Sabine’s school district (utility bill or tax receipt). A parent or legal guardian must be present to register an elementary school student.

Chamber recruits for new E4 Leadership class Press Release Once again it is time to prepare for our next E4 Leadership Training program. We are excited to again bring a quality program to the community to assist in the development of our future leaders.

This program, formerly Leadership Kilgore, has many employee and employer benefits. The program is designed to provide more in-depth corporate leadership training; motivate and encourage community leadership; build confidence in self while building new business and personal relationships; and develop personal leadership characteristics and skills within the individual.

Our objective is to embark the participant on an exciting journey to be enlightened through education, empowered through experiences and building or relationships, and to ultimately become engaged as a stronger leader at their business and in the community.

Our last E4 Leadership Training program class have completed their class project,

the Friendship Playground, and will be remembered for years to come as they watch families enjoy the playground where all can play: no one will be excluded from play due to any medical or physical or mental disabilities. Stacey Cole, Kilgore Public Library director stated, “It has been a wonderful experience being a part of the E4 Leadership group and I a.m. very excited to have the support of City leaders that allows work on Friendship Playground to begin.”

We have sent out an e-mail to our membership regarding the enrollment and other information to become a participant of the next class. The program will begin in October and last until May, 2020, with the class project continuing until completion (projects could last as long as 6-12 months after classes complete in May of 2020). The dates and timeline are listed in the application.

If you have any questions or would like an application, feel free to call or email the Chamber President, Jill McCartney, at 903984-5022 or email to jmccartney@kilgorechamber.com.

Kilgore Senior Citizens Club • July 10 President Nita Collier called the meeting to order.

Merlean Thompson Secretery led the Pledge of Allegiance.

President Nita Collier led the prayer for the meeting and the meal.

Minutes were not read.

Gloria Kennedy, Treasurer, gave the treasury report.

It was approved for audit.

Sunshine Lady, Stella Morris, reported birthday cards have been sent for July birthdays.

Bingo was hosted by KSCC. Winners were; Kathy Fournier, Ginger Anglin, Nell Guillory and Pauline Hooks.

Lunch was sandwiched, chips and other side dishes and desserts.

Winner of the name tag drawing was Merlean Thompson.

Some members stayed after the meeting to play cards or Mexican Train.

Game types vary each meeting. Everyone is welcome to play.

Guest in attendance – 2; Nell Guillory and Pauline Hooks.

Members in attendance – 29; Ginger Anglin, Margaret Baker, Lindy Bass, Sylvia Bennett, Cheryl Bowen, Reo Calender, Nita Collier, Eva Nell Drost, Ray Drost, Kathy Fournier, Elaine

Gist, Linda Gregg, Leona Halbert, Betty Harrelson, Gloria Kennedy, Mary Ann McDonald, Jackie McLarty, Sally Melton, Katherine Miller, Debbie Moore, Stella Morris, Shari O’Brien, Joyce Riddles, Helen Sinclair, Martha Smith, Anne Spurgeon, Mike Spurgeon, Merlean Thompson, Nita Woodcock.

We are always looking for new members. Dues are $3.00 per year.

Everyone 55 and over

is welcome to attend our meetings and enjoy the fellowship and entertainment.

Our next meeting will be July 24, 2019 at the Lions Club building, 307 North Rusk St. We begin at 11:15 with a short business meeting then enjoy either bingo or guest entertainment at 11:30. Dinner is at 12.

Meeting adjourned at 12:45 – Minutes submitted by Merlean Thompson.Kilgore Senior Citizens Club

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KPD ARREST REPORTS From STAFF REPORTS Kilgore Police Department reported the following arrests July 12-19.

FRIDAY, JULY 12 Maria Manuela Villarreal, 53, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of criminal mischief valued between $100 and $750.

Danita Ann Smith, 44, of Kilgore, was arrested on charges including failure to identify as a fugitive and resisting arrest, search or transport in addition to a warrant from another agency.

SATURDAY, JULY 13 Kevin Walker Davidson, 44, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant.

SUNDAY, JULY 14 Rafaela Capasso, 56, of Kilgore, was arrested on charges including criminal trespass and resisting arrest, search or transport.

James Edward Ferguson, 39, of Gladewater, was arrested on a local warrant.

Angela Nicole Phillips, 37, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant.

Melaina Danielle Morris, 27, of Kilgore, was arrested on a warrant from another agency.

MONDAY, JULY 15 Oren Chass Clinton, 30, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated (second offense).

THURSDAY, JULY 18 Phersaylious Precious Pace-Harmon, 22, of Henderson, was arrested on a local warrant and a warrant from another agency.

Tyrone Deed Jr., 41, of Longview, was arrested on a charge of theft of property valued between $100 and $750.

TUESDAY, JULY 16 Davyeon Quinn Batiste, 18, of Dallas, was arrested on a warrant from another agency.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17 Jody Wayne Walls, 32, of Kilgore, was arrested on a warrant from another agency.

Adam Clark Crews, 32, of Kilgore, was arrested on a warrant from another agency.

Arrest made in timber theft case in Rusk County Press Release Texas A&M Forest Service Law Enforcement Investigators made an arrest earlier this month in a timber theft case in Rusk County.

Anthony Laquinn Holman, 43, of Beckville, Texas was arrested July 2 by agency investigators, Panola County Constables and members of the Panola County Sheriff’s office.

Rusk County District Attorney Michael Jimerson charged Holman with a Third Degree Felony of Timber Purchase as Trustee With Intent to Defraud.

“Unfortunately there are criminals out there who take advantage of landowners and steal valuable timber without the landowner’s knowledge,” said Forest Service Investigator Colton Covington. “With the guidance of a consultant forester, landowners can help avoid or deter theft from their logging operation.”

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HICKORY GROVE BAPTIST Dudley Rd., Crossroads. Kelly Brian, Min. SS 9:45a.m., WS 11a.m. & 6p.m.; Disp. Train. 5p.m. Wed. Prayer 6:30p.m.

HARMONY PIRTLE US 259, Pirtle. Carlos Whitaker, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

HIGHLAND PARK BAPTIST 2424 Henderson Blvd., 984-6900, Kilgore.

SS 9:45 a.m., WS 10:50 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

JOY BAPTIST 24492 FM 1252, 983-0270, Liberty City.

Teddy Sorrells, Min. SS 9:30 a.m.

SW 10:45 a.m.,& 6 p.m. WS 6:30 p.m.

KILGORE BAPTIST 1310 South Commerce, Kilgore.

SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

KILGORE MISSIONARY BAPTIST 223 Harris Ave., 984-6032, Kilgore.

Bro. Richard Crawford SS 9:45 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

LAIRD HILL BAPTIST Laird Hill. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

B.S. 6:30 p.m. Wed. Pastor Jerry Carroll LAKEVIEW BAPTIST FM 2011, Lakeport. Ronnie Campbell, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

LONDON BAPTIST New London. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.

MORNING STAR BAPTIST 500 N. Longview, 984-9600, Kilgore.

B.B. Brown, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

MT. CALVARY BAPTIST Peavine Rd., 983-3117, Kilgore.

SS 10 a.m., WS 11:15 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

MT. CALVARY INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH 302 E. South St., Overton Pastor Jason Wood SS – 10 am; WS – 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. Wed. Service – 7 pm MT. MORIAH BAPTIST 8316 West Goforth Rd., Kilgore.

Ricky E. Lawson, Pastor SS 10:15 a.m. (every Sun.) WS 11:15 a.m., Wed. 6 p.m.

NEW HOPE BAPTIST 6529 CR 292 E., New Hope.

Pastor Keith Battles, SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11:15 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

NEW MT. CALVARY BAPTIST FM 1252, Kilgore. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

OVERTON FIRST BAPTIST 206 Rusk, Overton. Charles Pascahall, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

PINECREST BAPTIST 810 Old Gladewater Hwy. Jeremy Wynn, Min., 984-4380, Kilgore. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

POST OAK BAPTIST Hwy. 42, South of I-20, Kilgore.

Larry Washington, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

ROCKY MOUNT BAPTIST Hwy. 135 at 42,. near Sexton City.

Sat 7, Sun 10 a.m. 903-570-6555 ST. JOHN BAPTIST Steber Grove. Raymond Cross, Rev. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

FM 2276 S., Kilgore. zz STONE RIDGE BAPTIST 4100 Stone Rd., 984-9341, Kilgore.

John Gradberg, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 5 p.m.

VICTORY ROAD BAPTIST Corner of Hwy. 135 & Goforth Road. Johnny Williams, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. Bible Study 7 p.m.

ZION BAPTIST Hwy. 135, 834-3994/834-3522, Overton.

Rev. Tyrone Gee, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

CATHOLIC CHRIST THE KING CATHOLIC Broadway & Laird, 483-2500, Kilgore.

Rev. John Henah, Priest.

English Mass: Sat. 5 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.

Spanish Mass: Sun. noon and 5 p.m.

CHRISTIAN CORINTH CHRISTIAN New Hope Community. Robert B. Loftis, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. Wed Bible study 6:15p.m.

FIRST CHRISTIAN 609 East Main St., 984-3963, Kilgore.

SS 10:15 a.m., Contemporary WS 9 a.m., Traditional WS11:15 a.m.

PEATOWN CHRISTIAN FM 2011 (Peatown Road), Guest minister each Sunday. WS 3 p.m. (third Sunday), Bible study 3 p.m. (every other Sunday) SELMAN CITY CHRISTIAN 2 blocks W. & 1 block S. of Hwy. 64 - 42 inter-section, Turnertown. W.D. Buddy Stovall, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

CHURCH OF CHRIST CHANDLER STREET CHURCH OF CHRIST 2700 Chandler St., 984-2928, Kilgore.

Chris Vidacovich, Min. SS 9 a.m., WS 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

POST OAK RD. CHURCH OF CHRIST 131 Post Oak Rd (31 @ I-20), Kilgore.

903-984-4465 Dale Hendricks, Min. SS 9 a.m., WS 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

LAIRD HILL CHURCH OF CHRIST Laird Hill. SS 10 a.m., WS 10:50 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

NEW HOPE CHURCH OF CHRIST New Hope Rd., New Hope.

Ralph Draper, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11:15 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

OVERTON CHURCH OF CHRIST 112 E. South, 834-6440, Overton. Paul Witt, Min. SS 9 a.m., WS 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.

WESTVIEW CHURCH OF CHRIST Gladewater St., 983-1171, Kilgore. John W. Smith, Min.\ WS 9:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD CENTER POINT CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Pirtle. H.P. Jordan, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11:30 a.m.; Tues. 7:30 p.m.

CHURCH OF GOD OF PROPHECY Hwy. 135 near I-20, Liberty City.

Bill Richardson, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m.

EASTVIEW CHURCH OF GOD 1206 E. Hwy. 31 (near intersection of Hwy. 42), Kilgore. Curtis Wood, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

FAITH TEMPLE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Green Blackmon Rd., Liberty City.

H.P. Jordan, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

CROSSPOINTE FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 1640 FM 1252 E., 984-5412, Kilgore.

Efrain Cirilo, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

GLORYLAND CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Peavine Rd., Kilgore. James Elder, Min. SS 10:30 a.m., WS 11:30 a.m.; Thurs. 7:30 p.m.

GREATER HOPE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST FM 1252, Liberty City. Purvis Johnson, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m.

KILGORE CHURCH OF GOD PGT Hwy. 31, Kilgore. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. (1st & 3rd Sun.) ST.’S CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Hwy. 1252, Kilgore. F.L. Mitchell, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11:45 a.m.

THE WORD C.O.G.I.C. 1802 Pentecost St. Garrett Warren Pastor.

SS 10a.m. WS 11:30a.m. 903-983-0050 WAYSIDE CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Dudley Rd., Crossroads. Henry H. Prentice, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 12 p.m.

EPISCOPAL ST. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL 314 Henderson Blvd., Kilgore. 75662 (903) 984-3929 Sunday Service 10:30 a.m.

LUTHERAN PILGRIM LUTHERAN CHURCH Broadway & Florey, 984-4333, Kilgore.

Rev. Dr. Jayson S. Galler, pastor.

SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m. www.pilgrimlc.org METHODIST BATES MEMORIAL C.M.E. 610 Douglas St., Kilgore.

Jaqueline Liner-Tolbert, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

CROSS ROADS UNITED METHODIST David Banks, Min. SS 10:30 a.m., WS 9:30 a.m.; Wed. 6 p.m.

DANVILLE UNITED METHODIST 2095 Danville Rd., Kilgore.

Don Nicholson, Wed 6 p.m.

WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m. 903-984-4683 MCCARY’S CHAPEL METHODIST Old Gladewater Hwy., 984-5622, Liberty City. Rev. Charlotte Austin, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

MT. PLEASANT C.M.E. 4242 Hwy. 135 S., Kilgore, 984-5953.

Rev. Richards Tennison SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

MT. ZION C.M.E. 22698 FM 2767 (Old Hwy. 31) Kilgore, 903-566-5336, Rev. H.Q. Dickerson, SS 9 a.m., WS 10 a.m., Wed. Bible study 6:30 p.m NEW LONDON UNITED METHODIST New London. Paul Whitely, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

OVERTON FIRST UNITED METHODIST 213 E. Henderson, Overton. Fred Parsons, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m.

PIRTLE UNITED METHODIST CR 146 go .5 miles. 903-984-9555 Dudley J. Plaisance, JR. Pastor SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m.

ST. LUKE’S UNITED METHODIST 401 E. Main St., 984-3576, Kilgore.

Ben Bagley, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.

SCOTT’S MEMORIAL C.M.E. M & P Ave., Overton. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Martin & Sabine, Kilgore.

Rev. Mitchell L. Powell SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m.

PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE WORSHIP CENTER 18535 HWY. 69S, Tyler. 903-871-8700 Worship - 9 a.m. & 11 a.m.

Last Sunday of month - 6 p.m.

Wednesday NFL - 7 p.m.

CALVARY WAY PENTECOSTAL 106 West Woodlawn Ave., Kilgore.

903-981-9011 or 903-808-2066 Sunday 10 - Praise & Worship Wednesday 7 p.m. Bible Study FIRST PENTECOSTAL 516 Fritz-Swanson, 984-2381, Kilgore.

James Boatman, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

IGLESIA DE DIOS PENTECOSTAL M.I. 400 Powderhorn(Hwy 42) S.S. 11 a.m., Worship 12, Wed. 7 p.m. Fri. 7 p.m.

PRESBYTERIAN CENTRE PRESBYTERIAN 8531 FM Rd. 2011, Longview.

SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN E. Main, Kilgore, 984-1502 SS 9:50 a.m., WS 9a.m. & 11 a.m. www.firstpreskilgore.org FIRST PRESBYTERIAN 1007 Hwy 3053, Overton.

SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

OTHER AGAPE CHRISTIAN CENTER 1000 Kilgore Dr., Henderson.

ALL PEOPLE’S CHURCH 325 N. Kilgore St., Kilgore. Steven Hamilton, Min. WS 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

CIRCLE C COWBOY CHURCH OF RUSK COUNTY 3052 CR 238 (Just off FM 850), Henderson, 903-363-6092. Pat Alphin, pastor. WS 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Bible study Wed. 6:45 p.m. www.circleccowboychurch.org CHURCH OF THE HARVEST 100 W. Radio, 758-3070, Longview.

Mark Davidson, Min. WS 10:30 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

CHURCH ON THE WAY Hwy. 42 S across from Laird Hill Post Office.

Dempsey Charles, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 7 p.m.; Thurs. 7 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

COUNTY LINE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD Goforth Rd., Kilgore. W.C. Coleman, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

FAITH CHRISTIAN CENTER 603 Sanders St., 758-3157. Paul Thompson, Min. WS 9 a.m., Wed. 7 p.m.

FAITH TABERNACLE Hwy. 31, 984-7191, Kilgore. Jack Hathcoat, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

FAITH TABERNACLE OF GOD IN CHRIST East Hwy. 31, Kilgore. T-Alzie Kenney, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY - CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD P.G.T. Hwy. 31 & 2012, Kilgore. Emmett Hill Jr., Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

GRACE FELLOWSHIP Kay & Martin, 984-3011, Kilgore.

Brian Nutt, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

GOSPEL LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH FM 2012, Laird Hill, 903-983-0347.

Frank Jackson, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

GREATER FAITH MINISTRIES P.O. Box 1183, Kilgore, TX 75662.

903-984-4828 • 903-522-1907 Pastor Casandra Fryar SS 9:45 a.m. Morning service 11 a.m.

Wednesday Bible Study 6:30 p.m.

KILGORE BIBLE CHURCH 3810 County Line Rd., 983-2827, Kilgore.

Barry Metz, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m.; Wed. Awana 6 p.m.

Wed. Prayer Service 7 p.m.

KILGORE CHURCH OF THE LIVING GOD P.G.T. Hwy. 31 West, Kilgore. Emmett Hill Jr., Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

NEW BIRTH FELLOWSHIP CHURCH 2307 Stone Rd., Kilgore. D. Henderson, Pastor.

Wed. 6:30 BS, Sun. 9:30 PR, 10:15 WS. 903-986-8700 NEW COVENANT CHURCH FM 2087 & I-20, 984-1548/757-7791, Kilgore.

Chuck Warnock, Min. WS 9 & 11 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

OLD PATHS TABERNACLE HOLINESS FM 2087 & FM 349, Kilgore Samuel Snow, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m. 903-986-2529 STILL WATERS WORSHIP CENTER Gateway Shopping Center (north of I-20), 981-8009, Liberty City. Eddie Scott, Min. WS 10 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

THE LIGHTHOUSE I-20 on Hwy. 135, Liberty City. Jake Wommer, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Tues.

7 p.m.

THE LIVING WORD CHURCH 1567 FM 1252, 903-720-9002, Kilgore.

Lee Bryan Min. WS 7 p.m.

VICTORY TEMPLE 601 E. Hwy 31, Kilgore. Robert Hicks, Min. SS 10:30 a.m., WS 11:30 a.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m.

WORD OF TRUTH TABERNACLE South & Fritz-Swanson, Kilgore. Michael McCarty, Min. SS 10:45 a.m., WS 11:30 a.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

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CHITCHAT CORNER LINDA K. BALLARD

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NEWS HERALD photos by LUCAS STROUGH

Student Anna Cooper, of Tyler, holds a pose while being directed by TSF Associate Artistic Director Matthew Simpson in the UpStairs Space of TSF’s Festival Center on Houston Street. Cooper, and several others, spent a week at a TSF acting workshop for high school students, in which they trained with professional actors and enjoyed several TSF shows.

Students seek training, guidance at Shakespearean acting workshop

By LUCAS STROUGH lstrough@kilgorenewsherald.com

Students of the stage and script tested their abilities as actors at Texas Shakespeare Festival’s High School Acting Workshop this week.

The group of high-schoolers came from far and wide to rehearse Shakespearean scenes and study the craft of acting and stage performance.

On Tuesday, the group was working in the UpStairs Space of the TSF Festival Center on Houston Street under the direction of TSF Associate Artistic Director Matthew Simpson, who was guiding them through the complexities of voicing Shakespearean monologues.

“You’re trying to find the right words to say what you’re trying to say,” Simpson told Sydney Williams, a student from Forth Worth, as she worked on a monologue as the character of Cordelia, daughter of the tragic monarch in “King Lear”.

“You say the first one, insufficient, so then you come up with the second one, insufficient, and then you come up with the third one. When you stop making the list, it means the character feels like they’ve accurately said what we’re trying to say,” Simpson said.

Tuesday’s exercises were only a part of the training students receive during the weeklong workshop. Participants receive over 50 hours of training in voice, diction, movement, acting and Shakespearean performance, in addition to admittance to TSF shows

Sydney Williams, a student from Forth Worth, listens to direction from Matthew Simpson, TSF associate director, as she works on a monologue as Cordelia from “King Lear”.

and housing and meals on the KC campus.

“What we seek to provide the students through this workshop is an immersive experience at a professional theater. They see five plays, get backstage tours, and attend panel discussions with the artists,” said Meaghan Simpson, TSF associate artistic and casting director.

She added students get a unique learning opportunity at the workshop, one that affords them one-on-one instruction with industry professionals in theatrical careers. It’s an opportunity without equal in the local area.

“In a series of sessions like “Acting the Song for Musical Theatre”, “Rhetorical Speaking in Shakespeare”, and “How to Prepare an Audition”, the students get intimate advice. In conjunction with these sessions, See WORKSHOP, Page 10

Shakespeare fest hosts bonus events next week Comedies, tragedies, songs and spectacle – from the time of Shakespeare to our own – all appear onstage at Kilgore’s Texas Shakespeare Festival, currently in the midst of its 34th season.

However, there’s more to TSF than stage plays.

During the season, the festival presents special events to give their audience another look at the possibilities of theatrical performance – and to give cast and crew a chance to display their skills.

The first such event is TSF’s Talent Showcase.

This special night of musical entertainment, scheduled for two performances at 2 p.m. and

7:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 24, will feature TSF cast and crew performing a selection of “musical surprises” according to the TSF website.

The hour-long event carries a theme of “Stage to Screen” and is a popular portion of the festival.

The event is such a hit with festival audiences, it was expanded to two performances to allow more people to attend.

The event will be held in Van Cliburn Auditorium in the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Building on See EVENTS, Page 10

There is no place like home and when you can call a workplace home as well it becomes a dream come true. That is exactly how Marla Sers is feeling about returning to Willow Nursing & Rehab in Kilgore, but this time – instead of the seven years previously worked at the facility – she now returns as the administrator.

During a welcome back meet and greet reception at the facility for Marla on Thursday afternoon, she commented, “I have always felt a great connection this home,” she said.

“I watched it being built from the ground up. Yes, I am back home.”

“I am not new to the area,” she continued. “My husband, Kevin, and I have been in the Kilgore-Longview area for the last 16-17 years. She and her husband have been married for 18 years and have known each other for 24 years,” she immediately informs those around her. “We have no children, but, we have two dogs that we love.”

Her other charges can be found at the Willow, and she took a moment to acknowledge and laugh with each one that came along during the well-attended reception. Marla’s in-laws, Pat and Ernie Sers, also attended which added a delightful surprise for Marla.

“Our goal is to have a happy home together here,” she added.”Every morning we meet and have someone give an inspirational or motivational story and then end the meeting with a song.”

Marla has over 21 years of long-term care under her belt. She finds great joy in helping others, making others feel appreciated and creating a happy environment.

MENTION The Purple Hulls and a smile will cross your face, especially from hometown folks. If not careful your feet will go to tapping as you learn they will be in concert at Hickory Grove Church this Sunday, July 21, beginning at 5 p.m.

Identical twins Katy Lou and Penny Lea Clark were raised on a working farm near Kilgore and with an aunt and a mother who taught them how to play the piano which increased to the ability to play 5 different instruments, the Clark siblings grew up singing and playing for picnics, churches and other events in the area. It wasn’t long after high school graduation they found their way to Memphis, TN, where they began touring with various country artists and writing songs for Nashville’s largest publishing company. The Clark sisters they are but with a name change to The Purple Hulls they are now recognized abroad as well for good entertainment.

The Purple Hulls deliver Southern Gospel music at its best. If you are looking for a good evening of listening pleasure and a little toe tapping, you will find it at Hickory Grove.

The church is located at 4239 CR See CHITCHAT, Page 10

BILL WOODALL

One small coupe for a man...

Operating on the assumption that you’re reading this today, Saturday: Happy Anniversary!

Today is, of course, the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing... the front page of today’s News Herald celebrates the achievement. On July 20, 1969, astronauts Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong drove the lunar module to the moon while Michael Collins looked after the mother ship.

(Note to the science deniers among us: the earth is not flat – though parts of the Midwest might lead you to believe otherwise, the earth is warming and the glaciers are melting, and we really did put men on the moon.)

Armstrong was the first to do the lunar stroll; his remark about “one small step for a man” is among the most famous of all American comments, even more famous – perhaps – than “Lock her up,” “Send her back” or “I did not have sex with that woman.”

Looking back on the event, and thinking of Aldrin and Armstrong as explorers rather than as merely lucky guys who got to go to the moon, it occurs to me that, in that context, they’ve been treated shabbily: There are no automobiles named after them.

Hernando de Soto didn’t actually discover anything – just as neither Armstrong nor Aldrin discovered the moon – but Hernando was certainly an explorer. The Spaniard was involved in exploratory expeditions to the Yucatan Peninsula and was part of Pizarro’s beat down of the Incas. More importantly for us, he led the first European expedition into what is now modern day United States.

He and his mates traveled through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and,

maybe, Arkansas. His team was the first documented group of Europeans to cross the Mississippi.

In return, Chrysler named a car after him. In fact, Chrysler created an entire DeSoto Division and manufactured cars under that name until 1960.

Rene-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de LaSalle was a French explorer. In the 1600s, La Salle led a group of adventurers through the Great Lakes region of the U.S. and Canada and canoed down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed the entire Mississippi basin for France.

For that, General Motors, Cadillac (named after a French explorer) division manufactured the LaSalle automobile from 1927 through 1940.

I know what you’re thinking: the Hudson automobile (later Nash-American) was named for Henry Hudson, the fellow who explored vast stretches of Canada and for whom Hudson Bay is named.

You’re wrong.

Not all explorers had cars named after them. There was never a Cabeza deVaca automobile, there was no Christopher Columbus, hardtop or convertible, no Ferdinand Magellan or Vasco de Gama.

Even Alexander Mackenzie, the Scot who crossed North America above Mexico a decade before Lewis and Clark, only merits a river. (It goes without saying the leaders of the indigenous groups led “send them back” chants just before sending out war parties.)

The point is this: if there’s any justice in this world, someday I will drive to Atwoods in my all-electric – or, at least, hybrid – Armstrong and park beside an Aldrin.

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Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr., lunar module pilot of the first lunar landing mission, poses for a photograph beside the deployed United States flag during an Apollo 11 extravehicular activity (EVA) on the lunar surface. The Lunar Module (LM) is on the left, and the footprints of the astronauts are clearly visible in the soil of the moon. Astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, commander, took this picture with a 70mm Hasselblad lunar surface camera. While astronauts Armstrong and Aldrin descended in the LM, the “Eagle”, to explore the Sea of Tranquility region of the moon, astronaut Michael Collins, command module pilot, remained with the Command and Service Modules (CSM) “Columbia” in lunar orbit.

to get it to continue on.”

Chuck Goodson was a flight controller for the space shuttle program and worked in mission control. He was known as an INCO, an Instrumentation and Communications Officer.

“I was there in the early 2000s, during the early stages of the space station construction. I actually was not there for very long but I did have the privilege of working the 100th space shuttle flight. I was there when we put men into the space station and we’ve had continuous occupation of that station since that time.”

Noting the 50th anniversary of the moon landing, Goodson allowed he experienced a combination of feelings.

“They’re mixed,” he said. “It’s amazing the accomplishments that man can make when we come together to accomplish something but also how quickly we can lose that when we don’t.”

“We don’t currently have a manned space vehicle program so it’s a mixed bag for me.”

He said it was a privilege to speak on the library panel alongside three men who worked during NASA’s manned spaceflight era.

“That was one of the coolest things about speaking in Kilgore. We stayed afterwards talking until the librarians were ready to go home,” he laughed.

Looking to the future, Goodson believes the United States may once again take to the heavens in the spirit of exploration.

“I do think we will achieve a mission to Mars or the moon within probably the next two decades.”

He said the spirit of exploration is an integral part of human nature.

“It’s innate. It’s wired in us. We did it exploring the globe, the oceans. Man will continue doing it. It’s just a question of how many countries will be doing it.”

Goodson said it would be wonderful to see the U.S. once again aggressively pursue space exploration. That spirit was what first drew him to science and a career at NASA. “That’s why as a child I chose to pursue my dream to become an engineer and go work at NASA. Seeing that as a kid, that inspired me to a profession where, even though I’m doing things outside the space program, I’m still doing things because I got a higher education.”

Locals look back, look forward...

LANDING

PUBLIC DOMAIN photo from NASA

“I think the space exploration is important so we can observe (other planets).” – Chris Craddock “The importance of the moon landing at that time was to show the advancement of technology that the United States had in its quest to get into space or more into space. Nowadays, I think it was the precursor to what man can do scientifically.”

– Manny Almanza “It’s important to history because most people remember it. Neil Armstrong was one of the first two people on the moon with Buzz Aldrin. One of them isn’t here anymore, so it’s important to preserve history, and the moon landing was a part of history.”

– Paxton Jones “I think the moon landing helped unify the country behind a common goal during a very tumultuous time.”

– Cristi Langley

WORKSHOP

What does the moon landing mean for us today?

“The moon landing probably means nothing for people today.”

– Julia Metz “It set a benchmark to base future endeavors and space exploration on.”

– Carlin Stanton “It gave us leaps and bounds forward in technology that we have been able to use for what we have today.”

– Grant Harris “We can remember what was accomplished against overwhelming odds, to help us move forward in completing our own monumental tasks.”

– Cristi Langley “I think that as technologies have developed, we need to be keeping up with that. There are a

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lot of resources on the moon as well as other planets that could be used to help us with life here.”

– Stephen George “I think we have come so far technology-wise, we almost take it as common-place.”

– Becky Hamilton “I think back then, it was a bigger discovery.”

– Barbara Prater “The things that can be achieved when using the mind, when thought is put to it and achieving those dreams of space exploration.” – Manny Almanza “For us today, it means to look back on the past and learn from how obviously big it was and learn from what mistakes they made engineering-wise and what mistakes we can avoid, and hopefully, we can get back up there again.”

– Paxton Jones

knew he wouldn’t be the one to take the first steps, even though he was the lunar module pilot.

Ferguson described Aldrin as the more quiet and reserved type, whereas Armstrong was the aggressive “Jet Jockey with “nerves of steel.

He’d made that clear.

“Back in the day, [NASA] had this thing down there called flying testbed, or test vehicle, for the lunar module.

They would fly it and bring it down to land it for practice and it simulated the lunar surface and the effects of lunar gravity and such, Ferguson recalled with a chuckle. “Well, Neil Armstrong was flying out at Ellington Air Force Base this one day testing it and some of the engines shut out and one of them started wobbling real bad, so he ejected, and the thing had crashed. An hour later he was back in his office doing paperwork.”

Even though there was no bacteria found on the Moon, NASA still made the astronauts follow basic decontamination procedures upon their return, he added.

“They were isolated in an Airstream Bio-Isolation Trailer, until they were transferred to the Lunar Isolation Lab at the Johnson Space Center, Ferguson said. “Of course there were no bio contaminants from the sterile Moon, but NASA had to be sure.

To this day, the lunar landing of 1969 has made waves for the exploration of humanity, opening the eyes of millions to what lies beyond Earth’s atmosphere.

“It really invigorated the human exploration nature, Ferguson said. “It showed that we still have a frontier to explore and that we can do it.

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each student learns a Shakespeare monologue to put their new skills into practice leading up to a performance at the end of their week in Kilgore,” she said.

It’s this training with professionals who are making their way in theatrical and performance careers which sets the TSF workshop apart from similar activities in the region.

“What makes me most proud is that the students are learning from working actors, people that are really trying to build careers out in the world who are only in Kilgore for a short ten weeks. This allows our East Texas youth access to an incredible and diverse resource made possible by the Texas Shakespeare Festival.”

On Tuesday, students took turns working on a Shakespearean monologue, guided by Matthew Simpson’s coaching, in the same way professional TSF actors prepared for this season’s performances.

Anna Cooper, of Tyler, has attended the workshop before and said this year’s experience was going well.

“I like it a lot,” Cooper said, adding she and her best friend signed

up for the camp together.

She’s been attending TSF shows for years and was excited to learn she and her friend could learn from the same actors they’d been watching on stage.

“It’s really cool because the actors are the ones teaching us,” she said, pointing out she’d known about the actors running the workshop before signing up because she’d seen them onstage.

“It’s like meeting a celebrity,” she laughed.

Cooper said she comes from “a family of storytellers” and has a passion for performing and the arts. TSF’s workshop is helping her find her path for the future.

“I love all the arts. My high school didn’t have a lot of them but I’m looking at it in college. I know this is what I want to do but, specifically, what do I want to do and where? It’s a lot of exploration.”

Hayley Stone, from Plano, attended the workshop for the first time this year and also has plans to pursue a career in the arts.

“I’m really enjoying it. I’m learning a lot of things, seeing a bunch of great shows,” she said.

Stone said the workshop gave

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TSF Associate Artistic Director Matthew Simpson directs students in the festival’s high school acting workshop Tuesday. Simpson, along with other TSF staff, cast and crew, helped the students explore careers in the arts at the weeklong workshop.

her opportunities to develop her skills in multiple ways, by both practicing performance and taking in professional performances.

“I do like performing and working on my craft specifically but learning from others is a big part of that too.”

She added she is from an artistic family, her mom and sister are both directors, and she has been involved in theater

since third grade.

Many of the students at the workshop have an eye on a career in the arts, with TSF training playing a big role in their development towards their futures.

“I’m definitely thinking about pursuing it as a career. I don’t exactly know what that looks like yet, whether it’s acting or directing, but something in the arts, storytelling, something like that,” Stone said.

the Kilgore College campus, in the same location as the stage shows.

It’s important to note tickets to the Talent Showcase are not included with season ticket purchases. To purchase tickets, visit www.TexasShakespeare.com or call the festival ticket office at 903-983-8601.

Chinese Theater Night is an annual TSF event in which actors and theater students from Chongqing and Shanghai, China, travel thousands of miles to rehearse and perform an original play for an East Texas audience.

The group from China has been a part of TSF for the past 11 years and routinely have a good audience turnout for their performance. This year, the group also took time to visit Kilgore Middle School to gain insight into the American style of education.

Admission to Chinese Theater Night is free but reservations are required. Following the performance, the acting group will host a reception with audience members. The event will be held at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in Van Cliburn Auditorium.

– By Lucas Strough

CHITCHAT 284 E, Kilgore.

LIBERTY CITY AUTHOR Kassy Paris informs us a friend of hers has just released her first book. “A Heart Surrendered,” written by Joy K. Massenburge, was released July 8 by Harambee Press in imprint of Lighthouse

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of the Carolina. This imprint is for books written by authors of color. Joy lives in Arp, Texas.

OHHHH! A Blue Bell ice cream machine was seen being delivered to the new Mercantile Store in downtown Kilgore this week.

They are not open yet, but

the equipment is arriving.

A VIDEO has surfaced from the Billy Moore Correctional Center in Overton with comments made from officers and offenders of the importance of their garden which is grown annually by the residents.

The food is donated to the

community.

“It’s given to the food bank of Rusk County,” says Christy Henshaw, the officer who supervises the gardeners. “And some of it is also being delivered to the Lighthouse (nonprofit organization) in Overton.

“I think it’s a good idea

to take these skills for the offenders and teach them how to grow something,” explains Officer Henshaw, “and be able to donate it and put it out there into the community. So, not only are they learning, they’re helping out somebody else.

The garden is just one of

many projects the offenders use to help out in the community.

MAY HIS LOVE Love and Laughter Fill Your Hearts and Your Homes Throughout the Week. In the meantime, we may be reached at 903-984-2593 or chitchatlinda@aol.com.

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SATURDAY, JULY 20, 2019

FINANCIAL FOCUS | EMILY ARP

MINISTER'S MOMENT | REV. JAYSON GALLER

Don’t Chase Last Year’s Mutual Fund Category Winners The world of mutual funds can be confusing. With more than 9,000 funds on the market, how can you choose the ones that are right for you?

One way to start is by considering the various categories of mutual funds – and there are quite a few of them: Small Cap Growth, Large Cap Growth, Large Cap Value, Diversified Emerging Markets, Foreign Large Cap Blend and more – the list is extensive, and for many people, confusing.

However, with a little study, you can understand why these funds have their names – for example, a Small Cap Growth fund will contain stocks of smaller companies thought to offer growth potential. Once you know the goals of different categories of mutual funds, you can determine which ones fit into your overall investment strategy.

This is important, because you want to ensure your portfolio is appropriately diversified. For example, if you find that almost all of your mutual funds come from the above-mentioned Small Cap Growth category, you may be taking on more investment risk than you’d like, because funds that offer the greatest growth possibilities also usually carry the highest degree of market volatility. Typically, you may be better off owning an array of mutual funds drawn from several different categories, with the percentage each category occupies in your portfolio based on your goals, risk tolerance and time horizon. (Keep in mind, though, that while diversification can help reduce the effects of volatility, it doesn’t guarantee a profit or protect against losses in a declining market.)

You might be tempted to choose categories by looking at which most recently outperformed the others, and just stick with those groups. But is this a good idea?

It probably isn’t – and the main reason you

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shouldn’t chase performance this way is things change very quickly in the mutual funds arena. It’s quite possible – and has happened many times – that the top category last year can fall into one of the worst-performing ones this year, and vice versa. Consequently, your efforts to capture a winning trend may be futile.

Of course, within the context of investing in various mutual fund categories, you still need to choose individual funds.

And, as is the case with categories, you might be tempted to give considerable weight to a fund’s track record. But, similar to the situation with fund categories, “chasing performance” is typically not a good strategy – after all, last year’s “hot” fund may have cooled off considerably this year. Nonetheless, reviewing a fund’s longer-term track record can help you understand how it might perform through the ups and downs of the financial markets. Always keep in mind, though, that past performance can’t guarantee how the fund will perform in the future.

Mutual funds are popular investments – and for good reason. Since each fund generally contains dozens of securities, you get a degree of diversification you can’t achieve from owning individual stocks or bonds. And, as discussed above, you can diversify further by owning funds from several categories. Just remember, though, that as you build your mutual fund portfolio, don’t get caught up in last year’s results – because old news just may not be that relevant today.

Mutual fund investing involves risk. Your principal and investment return in a mutual fund will fluctuate in value. Your investment, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost..

This article was written by Edward Jones for use by Emily Arp, an Edward Jones Financial Advisor.

Find Emily at 619 E. Kay St. in Kilgore.

CROSSWORD EUGENE SHEFFER

FORECAST FOR SATURDAY, JULY 20 ARIES (March 21-April 19)  Your mind seems to be going over a lot of thoughts that you might not choose to share. You gain another perspective of the people around you during the day.

Just observe. Do take much-needed downtime, just for you. Tonight: What feels right.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20)  Friends play a more significant role in your day than you planned. Phone calls and invitations surround you. Sit back for a few minutes and decide what would make you the most content. Do not give up on a wish you have been harboring. Tonight: As you like it.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)  You have gone through a space where you gained a new perspective. You might share more with a loved one or a dear friend. In any case, test your thoughts, but be ready for an onslaught of questions. Tonight: Take the lead.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)  Reach out for someone at a distance. Use the slowed pace from work to make a call to a relative or friend you rarely speak with. Catching up on news fits the book. Make plans to get together soon. Tonight: Only where there is great music.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)  Deal with another person on a one-on-one level. He or she appreciates your efforts, perhaps more than you realize.

Focus on individuals right now. A discussion about a purchase needs to be put on hold. Tonight: Be a duo.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)  Defer to others. A close friend or loved one seems to appear out of the blue. You could find this person has an unusual perspective and understanding at the moment. Tonight: Out, among the maddening crowds.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)  One-on-one relating takes you down a more efficient and unusual path. A partner could surprise you with his or her unusual stance. You might wonder where all this unpredictability stems from. Instead, enjoy it!

Tonight: Add some spice to your life.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)  Others appreciate your resourcefulness and depth. Do not be surprised when several people come to you today to discuss situations in which they are not sure what is appropriate. You might point to different priorities as well. Tonight: Where the action is.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)  You might need a day off from everyone. You often come off as available and ready to pitch in. You also need time for yourself and your immediate domestic life. A roommate or even the cat could be thrilled to have you at home and available. Tonight: Invite a friend over.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)  You could be inundated by all the activity around you.

How can you answer your cell and your front door at the same time and still be present with each person? You might change some of your habits as you enjoy visiting with people. Tonight: Hook up with your friends.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)  Balance your checkbook before you head out the door or do some shopping. You might be eyeing a purchase that could shake up your wallet. Take your time making a decision. Meanwhile, invite an older friend over for an early dinner. Tonight: Treat a friend to dinner.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)  You seem centered and content. Others notice your easygoing, relaxed stance and want to spend time with you. Share some news with a neighbor or relative; this person might start up a talk to get feedback from you. Be flattered. Tonight: As you like.

BORN TODAY Musician Carlos Santana (1947), explorer Edmund Hillary (1919), actress Natalie Wood (1938). © 2019 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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Eligible ‘good Samaritans’ should love by giving blood The Gospel Reading for many this past Sunday was the historical illustration of a Samaritan who loved as himself a man whom robbers left half-dead on the road in front of him (Luke 10:25-37; confer Leviticus 19:18). Jesus used the illustration to try to get an expert in the law to realize that he could not earn eternal life by keeping the law, but by the illustration Jesus also helps us, who have been forgiven of our sins and so also received eternal life by grace through faith in Him, know how we should love as ourselves those whom God places on the road in front of us.

The Divinely-inspired beloved physician St. Luke (Colossians 4:14) uses a number of medical terms to report Jesus’s illustration for the lawyer, and, since he first recorded it, the term “Good Samaritan” has come to name numerous care facilities of various types. As politicians debate their plans for the future, we might think that our premiums or tax dollars completely care for our or others’ health today, but there is still one thing that for some time has required voluntary donations.

Federal law requires that blood products used in healthcare be donated voluntarily. Yet, forgiven Christians do not need a secular law in order for them to love as themselves their neighbors. And, as we have progressed from oil and wine as treatment, animals as transport, and innkeepers as caregivers, so we can and should love by giving blood.

Eligible “good Samaritans” can love as themselves their neighbors by giving blood today at the 24th Quarterly Kilgore Community Blood-drive cosponsored by the Kilgore Rotary Club and our congregation. The Blood Center of East Texas is receiving donations between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. at 713 Florey Street in Kilgore. If you are not eligible or cannot donate, please find someone who is or can and will. For more information, visit www.pilgrimlc.org/blooddrive or call 903-984-4333. Walk-ins are welcome! (The next drive will be October 6.)

May God forgive our failures to love our neighbors as ourselves and bless our efforts to so love them!

The Rev. Dr. Jayson S. Galler is Pastor of Pilgrim Lutheran Church in Kilgore. You can reach him through the congregation’s website: www. pilgrimlc.org.

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH DR. KEITH ROACH

Physicians can prescribe PPI use longer than 14 days

Wednesday’s Answer: 7/17

Wednesday’s Cryptoquip:

DEAR DR. ROACH: What’s the story with Prilosec? Doctors routinely tell people with GERD or acid stomach to take this forever. Yet it clearly describes only a 14-day treatment on the box. A physician assistant told me that because of a rare infrequent condition some users have that the manufacturer is legally bound to post the 14-day limit, but that the general population can safely ignore it. Can you enlighten and reassure those of us whose physicians have said to take it long term? -- C.D.C. DR. KEITH ROACH ANSWER: The patient instructions in the over-the-counter versions of proton pump inhibitors, such as omeprazole (Prilosec), do recommend a 14-day course.

However, longer courses may indeed be prescribed by a licensed prescriber, such as a PA. Even so, there are relatively few people who need lifelong medication. Those who do may have a condition such as Barrett’s esophagus, in which PPIs -- the most potent medical treatment to suppress stomach acid -- are necessary. They not only relieve symptoms, they are also prescribed in hopes of reducing the risk of developing cancer of the esophagus. The data on this are still not clear.

For people with acid reflux (also called gastroesophageal reflux disease), PPIs are usually not needed lifelong. However, it may still be reasonable to use these drugs long term if the prescriber feels the benefit outweighs the risk.

There are several risks of long-term use of PPIs. Stomach acids are important in protecting against bacteria, and two kinds of bacterial infections are more common in PPI users. The first is in the colon, especially of Clostridium difficile, where PPI users are about 30% more likely to be infected and may do so even without the antibiotic use that is the most common risk factor for C. diff. The second is pneumonia, although the apparent association may not be as strong as formerly thought.

Low stomach acid may decrease absorption of vitamins and minerals, especially magnesium, iron and vitamin B12.

PPIs were thought to increase the risk of a rare tumor, gastric carcinoid, based on data from rats, and of colon cancer. Those risks have not been seen in humans. Early data suggest increased risk of kidney disease and dementia. That risk appears to be small, if it even exists.

Long-term PPI use has some risk of side effects and should be used only when there are benefits to PPIs that can’t be obtained with other treatments, including other medications and lifestyle changes. This especially includes better diet, weight loss when appropriate and not eating right before bed.

DEAR DR. ROACH: Your recent column on antibiotic resistance prompts me to ask about something that has bothered me for some time.

Many cleaning products are labelled “kills 99.9% of bacteria.” What becomes of the other 0.1%? It seems logical that the remaining bacteria are more resistant than the killed ones and could reproduce and/or mutate to produce even more virulent strains. -- M.G.H. ANSWER: Bacteria do have ways of becoming resistant to treatments meant to kill them, such as antibiotics and antimicrobial soaps. However, strong detergents and bleaches have so many ways of killing bacteria that the bacteria cannot become resistant to these. The percent of bacteria killed has more to do with the time spent in contact with the cleaner (and perhaps some legal protection for the manufacturers). It is very hard to kill 100% of bacteria. They can hide in tiny crevices of materials. Sterilizing (killing 100%) requires high heat, pressure or prolonged contact with potent agents. Some bacterial spores, such as Clostridium difficile, are very hard to kill even with effective cleansers.

• Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu or send mail to 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. © 2019 North America Syndicate Inc. All Rights Reserved

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TENNIS

Next KHS camp begins Monday

The next opportunity for a tennis camp at Kilgore High School is a “getready” camp for sixth through 12th graders that begins this coming Monday, July 22, and runs through Thursday, July 25.

The cost is $50 per camper, and the camp is a prime-time camp, from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m.

FOOTBALL

Season tickets at KHS, Sabine on sale Aug. 5

Previous season ticket-holders at both Kilgore High School and Sabine High School can begin picking up their tickets for the 2019 season starting Monday, Aug. 5, at both campuses.

At Kilgore, those who held season tickets last year can come renew their packages on Aug. 5, this time at the high school’s office from 9 p.m. until 4 that week. Any season tickets not claimed by Friday, Aug. 9, will be sold to the general public the next week. Of course, tickets are available at the gate before each game, and at a discounted price including student tickets the week of the game.

Ticket packages are $35 each (a ticket for each of Kilgore’s five home games). This year, the Bulldogs’ home games are Sept. 13 against Pine Tree, Texas High (Sept. 20), Chapel Hill (Oct. 11), Van (Oct. 25) and Carthage (Nov. 8, the end of the regular season). Texas High is homecoming.

At Sabine, season ticket-holders last year can come pick up their new tickets Aug. 5-9, at the cost of $25 per season ticket. On Aug. 12-16, the tickets that weren’t picked up will be on sale for the general public. This will be at the Sabine Elementary campus from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. each day.

The Cardinals, coached by Rex Sharp, will have five home games: at home against Carlisle for the season opener on Aug. 30; vs. Shelbyville on Sept. 6; vs. Winnsboro on Oct. 11; vs. Mineola on Oct. 25; and the regular season finale against White Oak on Nov. 8. The date against Winnsboro is Sabine’s 2019 homecoming game.

For more information on Cardinals’ season tickets, call coach Sharp at (903) 984-7266.

KC’s Manning featured in college preview Kilgore College sophomore wide receiver Omar Manning is featured in the College Football America yearbook, previewing the upcoming 2019 football season.

Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence is on the cover of the magazine, but Manning’s photo is at the beginning of the preview where the junior college football section begins. The photo was taken by College Football America staff during KC’s bowl game against Pima (Ariz.) in Waco last season.

Manning, a former Lanacaster High standout who began his career at TCU before transferring to KC before last season, has become a recruiting target. He has offers from Florida State, Houston, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Missouri.

The CFA 2019 yearbook previews all levels of college football, and is available online at amazon.com, and in bookstores, such as Books-A-Million and Barnes & Noble.

BASKETBALL

KC girls camp Aug. 5-9 at Masters Gymnasium

The annual Lady Rangers basketball camp for girls entering first through 12th grades this fall is set for Monday, Aug. 5 through Friday, Aug. 9, at Masters Gym. The camp will be conducted by Lady Rangers head coach Addie Lees.

Girls entering first through sixth grades will be in the morning session – that’s from 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m. each day. Girls going in to seventh

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GETTING ATTENTION -- Kilgore College wide receiver Omar Manning (above) is pictured in a national publication this month.

through 12th grades will be in the afternoon session (1 until 3). Registration is $40 per camper, and that includes T-shirt and daily awards.

Campers should bring proper workout clothes (gym shorts, shirt, socks and basketball shoes).

GOLF

Rahab’s benefit tourney Sept. 20 at Tempest

There will be a benefit golf tournament for Rahab’s Retreat and Ranch on Friday, Sept. 20, at Tempest Golf Club, just off Highway 135.

The tournament is a four-player scramble, with a shotgun start at 1 p.m.

Registration is $150 per player, and includes two mulligans. The fee includes the golf and cart fees, a meal, entry into the long drive contest, and four closest to the pin prizes.

Those who don’t enter with a team will be paired with others who enter as singles.

For more information or to enter, call (903) 218-4985, or e-mail tammylmoorerahabs@yahoo.com.

• By sports editor Mitch Lucas

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NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE (Personal Property-Notice of Seizure and Tax Auction)

BY VIRTUE of a Tax Warrant Issued out of the County Court at Law #2 of Gregg County, State of Texas in that certain cause number: 021784-CCL2, Longview Independent School District, Gregg County and City of Longview VS. Joshua Anderson, Doing Business as Anderson JH Enterprises Limousine Division, and directed and delivered to the Sheriff of Gregg County, Texas I did on the 28th day of June A.D. 2019 and the 15th day of July A.D. 2019 levied upon and will offer for sale at Economy Towing & Recovery, 302 S. Tyler, Gladewater, Gregg County, Texas at 1:00 o’clock P.M. on the 31st day of July 2019 for cash in hand, the personal property listed on the Gregg County tax rolls as follows: Account No. 1171891: Personal Property consisting of a 2007 Cadillac Escalade VIN# 1GYFK66867R272637 and a 2003 Hummer Limousine (White) TX. LP# HRW2869 VIN# 5GRGN23U13H140539 assessed in the name of Joshua Anderson, Doing Business as Anderson JH Enterprises Limousine Division on the tax rolls of Gregg County, Texas.

Said property will be sold as a lot to satisfy delinquent Taxes owed to the herein listed applicants in this cause.

The property offered is sold as-is without warranty of any kind and with all faults.

GIVEN UNDER MY HAND this 17th day of July A.D. 2019.

MAXEY CERLIANO SHERIFF, GREGG COUNTY

NOTICE TO CREDITORS Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamentary for the Estate of Ellen Weaver, Deceased, were issued on July 9, 2019, in Cause No. 2019-0129-E, pending in the County Court at Law No. 2, Gregg County, Texas, to: John Freeman.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are required to present them to the undersigned within the time and in the manner prescribed by law.

John Freeman c/o Phillips & Gilchrist, LLP 1003 Stone Road Kilgore, Texas 75662 Dated: July 17, 2019 M. Kathleen Gilchrist Brucia Attorney for John Freeman State Bar No.: 00785908 Phillips & Gilchrist, LLP 1003 Stone Road Kilgore, Texas 75662

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figure them out. Fortunately, (crew chief ) Richard Hogan, Bobby Lagana (Jr.) and these Capco boys are the best in the business.”

For Torrence, though, Denver is significant for more than just its uniqueness.

“It’s the first race in the Western Swing,” Torrence said, “and obviously if you don’t win Denver, you can’t ‘Sweep the Swing.’”

Winning back-to-backto-back at Denver, Sonoma, Calif., and Seattle, Wash. is one of the few remaining items on the champ’s competitive bucket list and having won seven of the last eight events and 13 of the last 19, there would seem to be no better time to address it than the present.

Although there have been only seven sweeps in the 20-year history of the Western Swing, five have come in Top Fuel courtesy of some of the category’s biggest names: Joe Amato (1991), Cory McClenathan (1997), Larry Dixon (2003), Tony Schumacher (2008) and Antron Brown (2009).

Torrence has been on such a tear that his lead in the NHRA’s Top Fuel standings has grown quite large. He’s got 1,278 points, and nearest competitor Doug Kalitta of Michigan has 799. Antron Brown has 781, and Brittany Force is fourth with 777.

Steve’s dad, Billy Torrence, has 493.

Following this weekend’s Mile-High Nationals in Denver, the circuit will head to Sonoma, Calif., for the 31st annual Sonoma Nationals (July 28) and then to Seattle on Aug. 4.

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BOYS OF SUMMER WRAP IT UP – Kilgore’s 14-and-under all-stars (above) finished the Kilgore Boys Baseball Association all-star season on Thursday night, falling just short of earning a trip to the 14-U Dixie Youth Baseball World Series. Below: Kilgore’s T-Ball Red all-stars, who, along with the 10-U’s, also made their state tourneys.

YOUTH BASEBALL / ALL-STARS

Hudson slips past Kilgore to earn World Series spot Wraps up summer for KBBA’s all-star teams

By MITCH LUCAS mlucas@kilgorenewsherald.com

The 14-and-under allstars from Kilgore had a fantastic run in their age division’s Dixie Youth Baseball state tournament this week, but it came to an end, unfortunately, on Thursday night.

The 14-U’s from the Kilgore Boys Baseball Association were unbeaten going into the championship series of the tournament, played in its entirety in Center, on Thursday, but lost twice to a team from Lufkin Hudson.

That ended the summer all-star season for the KBBA teams, which had three (in three different age groups) reach state tournaments.

The 14-U all-stars beat Livingston in the first round of their tournament, 13-1; beat Henderson, 4-3; beat Marshall, 12-10; drubbed Carthage/Panola County, 10-0; and then beat a West Rusk team in the semifinals. But Hudson

rose to the occasion and dealt Kilgore two losses on Thursday night.

Members of the 14-U’s this year were Landon Abbatoye, De’Quincy Emond Brown, Rylan Copeland, Raymond Espinoza, Taylor Gibson, Colby Grimes, Dylan Wayne Harris, Kain Hogue, Trent Lopez, Kobie Newlen, Jordan Dwight Pierce, and Bransin Walker.

Coaching the team: Nick Newlen, Jared Tate, Mason Shelton and Gene Gibson.

In addition to the 14-U’s, the T-Ball Red all-stars and the 10-and-under all-stars both made their state tournaments.

Members of this year’s T-ball Red all-stars were Paladin Baxter, Cullen Burns, Holden DeKoker, Miles Gaut, Ryan Johnson Jr., Waylon Ligon, Cooper Nichols, Griffin Richard, Cody Shead Jr., Colton Strong, Judson Swaim and Brayden Wheeler. Their coaches were Randy Gaut, Daniel Wheeler, Jeremy Strong and Ryan Johnson.

The 10-U’s were coached

by Joey Chitwood, Eric Smith and Aaron Chitwood. Playing for the 10U’s this summer were MR Adamez , Blade Chitwood, Kaeson Clayton, A. Evans, Kason Henry, Jaxon Herrin, Braddox Johnson, K. Sanders, Kellen Smith, Ja’Kaivian Snow, Devin Tinney, Davis Tryon, Chase Wilcox and Maddox Wright. Adamez and Henry were picked to join the team when two players couldn’t finish the tournaments due to prior commitments.

Other teams represent-

ing the KBBA this summer in all-star tournaments were the T-Ball White, the 8-and-under Red, the 8-U White, and the 12-U team.

The T-ball White all-stars were Jesus Aranda, Khloie Bell, Patrick Brown, Journi Flesher, Kaeson Garrett, Cameron Jordan, Christopher Kirk, Koltynn McFadin, Kaydon Richardson, Brayden Small, Kortlin Tillman and Ja’Kerayan Williams. They were coached by Leslie Jordan, Bryan Small, Joshua Jordan and Shane Flesher.

The Red 8-U all-stars were Carson Bailey, Kaison Carlson, Cooper Clark, LaMarion Dunn, Brenyn Evans, Chase Foster, Christopher Gossage, Hudson Harris, Luke McKinney, Case Pieper, Cooper Shelton and Kei Warren. Their coaches: Alan Clark, Marty Shelton, Josh McKinney and Tye Gossage.

The White 8-U all-stars were Ian Brown, Blayne Conway, Kaleb Coplin, Weldon Hunt Jr., A’Braylen King, Allison Lara, Bryce Linkinhoker, Machart

SFA-POLL SFA’s 2019 signing class in February ranked as the third-best among all FCS institutions and the top in the league according to 247Sports. Furthermore, the Lumberjacks’ signing class ranked ahead of a handful of FBS programs and a plethora of FCS powerhouses.

Returning for SFA in 2019 are 41 total letter winners, including 17 on offense, 23 on defense and one on special teams. The ‘Jacks welcome back a total of 18 starters from 2018 with eight returning on the offensive side of the ball, nine on the defensive side and one specialist.

Last week, a trio of SFA seniors were tabbed preseason All-Southland as placekicker Storm Ruiz was selected to the first team offense and wide receiver Tamrick Pace was placed on the second team offense. Safety Alize Ward garnered preseason All-Southland Second Team defense honors after claiming All-Southland Second Team accolades in 2018.

The 2019 schedule features 12 games for the ‘Jacks with the season opener

Nichols, James Oney, Jose Rios, Benson Stagner and Jordan Terrones. Their coaches were Richard Coplin, Barry Conway, Wesley Campbell and Kendrick Brown.

And the 12-U’s were are De’Marion Brown, Zevin Dent, Eduardo Espinosa, Kolton Hale, Joseph Hendrickson, Kason Henry, Ethan Kirk, James Mercer, Parker Phillips, Zachery Rowland, Trent Turley and Jaxon Warner. Coaches were Will Hale, Danny Henry and Scott Foster.

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LUMBERJACKS MAY HAVE A WAYS TO GO – Stephen F. Austin wide receiver Remi Simmons (above, 9) looks for running room. The Lumberjacks, led by new coach Colby Carthel, have been picked to finish ninth in the Southland Conference this season in a preseason coaches poll.

slated for 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31 at the Big 12 Conference’s Baylor in Waco, Texas. SFA will also take on Tarleton State at home

(Sept. 7) and Southern Utah on the road (Sept. 14) in non-conference action before beginning its ninegame Southland schedule,

which will start Saturday, Sept. 21 versus Nicholls in Nacogdoches.

In addition to the 94th Battle of the Piney Woods

inside NRG Stadium in Houston against Sam Houston State (Oct. 5) and the 54th Battle for Chief Caddo at Northwestern State

in Natchitoches (Nov. 21), the ‘Jacks will host McNeese (Oct. 26) for homecoming and Incarnate Word (Nov. 9).

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INSIDE SPORTS TODAY:

A round-up of the KBBA all-star teams’ summer, and a Kilgore College football player is featured in a college football preview magazine.

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By DAVE DENSMORE Special to the News Herald

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ON A MISSION – Kilgore’s own Steve Torrence (left) and good friend and fellow NHRA Top Fuel driver Antron Brown head to their cars. Both will drive in this weekend’s 40th annual Dodge Mile-High Nationals in Denver.

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DENVER – Steve Torrence is known for facing challenges head-on, whether it’s battling Hodgkins’ lymphoma as he did as a Texas teenager or chasing drag racing history as he’s done the last three seasons at the wheel of the 11,000 horsepower, 330 mile-an-hour Capco Contractors Top Fuel dragster.

The reigning Mello Yello Champion and current point leader, Torrence is the only driver to have won NHRA series championships in both the Top Alcohol and Top Fuel categories, the only driver in any category to have swept the six races comprising the NHRA’s Countdown to the Championship and only the second driver (after Tony Schumacher) to race in eight consecutive Top Fuel finals.

He’ll try to extend the latter streak this weekend at Bandimere Speedway where he competes starting Friday in the 40th annual Dodge Mile-High Nationals, a race he won in 2015 and in which he started from the No. 1 qualifying position in both 2013 and 2016.

See coverage of this weekend’s NHRA finals on Sunday at 2 p.m. on Fox (regular Fox, not FS1).

The Mile-High Nationals is the most rigorous test of man and machine on the circuit. It is contested on an all-concrete track 5,600 feet above sea level, higher by 3,500 feet than any other in the series. The thin air creates unique problems for those tuning high performance engines that rely on the perfect mixture of fuel and air.

“Every track presents a different challenge,” Torrence said. “That’s one of the great things about this sport. You’re confronted with new problems every race and you have to See TORRENCE, page 12

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From special reports HOUSTON – The 2019 Southland Conference Football Preseason Poll was unveiled Thursday morning by the league office in conjunction with the conference’s annual media day in Houston and the Stephen F. Austin University Lumberjacks have been picked to finish ninth.

Voted upon by the Southland’s head coaches and sports information directors, the Lumberjacks received 63 points and were chosen ahead of both Northwestern State and Houston Baptist.

SFA edged the Demons by seven points (56) and were voted well ahead of 11th-place Houston Baptist (21).

Reigning conference co-champion Nicholls was picked to finish atop the league once again after gaining 20 first-place votes and collecting 200 points. The Bears of Central Arkansas were chosen to finish second with 154 points, while 2018 Southland co-champion the University of the IncarCARTHEL nate Word (150) earned one firstplace nod and was picked third.

Sam Houston State (146) was tabbed fourth in the preseason poll as Lamar (123) was chosen to finish fifth, McNeese (114) sixth, Abilene Christian (112) seventh and Southeastern Louisiana (71) eighth. The Wildcats were given the lone remaining first-place vote.

The ‘Jacks are coming off of a 10th-place finish in the final Southland standings a year ago, when SFA posted a 2-7 league record and went 2-8 overall. For the third-straight year, the ‘Jacks earned a victory over ACU with a 24-21 home triumph (Sept. 22) and also notched a dominant 4214 road win at Houston Baptist (Oct. 20).

FA was picked sixth in each of the last two Southland preseason polls.

NCAA Division II national champion head coach Colby Carthel took over the Lumberjack football program in December and is entering his first season leading the Purple and White. With a championship pedigree and high expectations for the future of the program, coach Carthel signed one of the finest recruiting classes in the nation after just two months in Texas’ oldest town.

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Colby Grimes (above, 55) gets ready to throw a pitch to the plate during a game in the Dixie Youth Baseball 14-and-under state tournament this week in Center. The Kilgore 14-U’s won their first four games before losing twice to Lufkin Hudson on Thursday night in the championship. That brings all-star play to an end for the Kilgore Boys Baseball Association’s teams. Three of the KBBA’s all-star teams made their age divisions’ state tournaments. See a story on the 14-U’s, as well as a wrap-up of the all-stars’ summer, on page 13.

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Business growth outpaces averages

By LUCAS STROUGH lstrough@kilgorenewsherald.com

Business is good in Kilgore, according to Kilgore Economic Development Corporation’s mid-year report, delivered at a city council meeting June 11.

“It compares where we are so far with year-end metrics. It looks at the number of agreements that we’ve signed with primary employers and what those agreements represent, like the number of jobs that are under contract and the amount of investment,” said Jana Russell, KEDC assistant director, explaining the report to council members.

By analyzing the report, KEDC can get an accurate picture of how Kilgore is doing in terms of attracting new businesses to the area and keeping current businesses here.

“The purpose of a mid-

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year report is threefold. One, we look at our progress so far this year compared to yearend metrics. Two, we look at our program of work to see if there are any adjustments that need to be made and, finally, we give ourselves a financial health checkup,” Russell said.

According to the report, Kilgore is ahead of schedule when it comes to signing agreements with new businesses, as well as keeping currently active investments in the area.

Russell said KEDC signed agreements with five primary employers by March 2019.

With those agreements come new jobs. Also, jobs currently in the area are being retained.

“The projections that those five agreements make in terms of jobs – they expect to create 36 new ones, retain 438 for a total of 474 jobs

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Just as city leaders like J. Prior to the discovery, KilMalcolm Crim, Kilgore’s first gore was a sleepy, rural commayor, considered not only munity, founded in 1872, a the needs of the day but also railroad town on land sold the decades ahead, so too to the International – must today’s elected

By JAMES officials and municipal Great Northern Railroad by Constantine DRAPER employees consider the “Buck” Kilgore. future as well as the In just more than a depresent to ensure the ongoing cade, Kilgore will mark the vitality of the community. centennial anniversary of the Hopefully, Selleck says, the beginning of the boom, vastly work the city is doing today changed across 100 years. As will become a solid foundahe looks beyond 2019 and tion for growth ahead, the 2020 to 2030, Kilgore City kind outsiders see and pursue, Manager Josh Selleck’s gaze moving here to invest in a extends far past it as well – thriving community.

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Before that happens, city leaders are following the example of the past and striving to better it.

“For the 40 years following the boom, Kilgore was a brand new town. It was building out. It was building new subdivisions. It was paving the streets,” Selleck said. “It was locating new water and wastewater facilities. It was building some of the most sophisticated infrastructure in the country at the time.”

Flash forward decades, and the oilfield downturn of the 1980s struck Kilgore hard, with a lingering impact.

“Following the 80s downturn we had a period of recovery and, honestly, a period of See FORWARD, Page 3

By LUCAS STROUGH lstrough@kilgorenewsherald.com

A city thrives when it becomes a destination and some in Kilgore are hard at work trying to attract newcomers and repeat visitors to the City of Stars.

Ryan Polk, Kilgore’s tourism and marketing manager, looked back over some of the city’s marketing efforts from the past year.

“Visit Kilgore, the destination marketing organization for Kilgore under the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau is always marketing Kilgore with many projects, but some of our largest projects since last summer would have to be the new ‘Christmas Under The Stars’ logo suite, the 2019 Kilgore Visitors Guide, and the Historic Downtown Kilgore Guide,” Polk said.

“Christmas Under The Stars” is a month-long mainstay event in Kilgore, drawing hundreds downtown for the days leading up to the holiday, and includes events like the “Dashing Through Downtown” run, the lighting of the

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Fireworks explode behind one of the community’s signature star-topped derricks near city park during the 2019 Fourth of July Extravaganza. While celebrating and preserving the past, city leaders also have a keen eye on Kilgore’s path forward.

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City searches for sustainability in sales tax

By JAMES DRAPER jdraper@kilgorenewsherald.com

After a long, difficult dive and a steady climb, Kilgore’s sales tax rollercoaster seems to be plateauing.

That stability gives city planners a better understanding of how healthy the community’s sales tax base actually is and how sustainable it can be as they look ahead

– a year down the road, five, 10 or 20 and whatever growth or upheaval they bring.

“The city has known this since the ’80s that the sales tax has a core to it,” Kilgore City Manager Josh Selleck said, “and then there’s this portion of our sales tax (that in the best of years is about half of our sales tax) that is not dependable year-to-year.

“Where we are right now is on the upside of this. If you think of this as a series of peaks and valleys, we’re on the peak right now.”

That peak arrives after the years of economic recession and slumping oil-and-gas prices that still have a major impact on monthly revenues from the Texas Comptroller.

Sales tax figures in one month are based on sales made two months

prior (by monthly and/or quarterly filers). In Kilgore, City Hall takes two-thirds of the sales tax revenue; the remainder benefits Kilgore Economic Development Corporation.

In recent, past years, Selleck advised Kilgore City Council members to reduce their sales tax projection to face the uncertain reality of the economic downturn.

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stagnation for a number of years.”

That slump included the loss of professional staff members at Kilgore City Hall, a loss of both experience and vision for the future.

“A lot of projects and infrastructure suffered as a result,” and the city today is still feeling the burden of that lapse, with multiple major water, sewer, wastewater, streets and other projects ongoing and more ahead, making up for lost years.

They’ll persist through the coming decade, Selleck says, as Kilgore catches up while still focusing on growth and on strengthening bedrock for the future.

“Rebuilding infrastructure, getting back to a look and feel of what we had during those glory days,” Selleck said, “when infrastructure felt like it was maintained and new and looked great and there was a lot to do in Kilgore.”

When he envisions 2030, there are a few things that come immediately to Mayor Ronnie Spradlin’s mind.

“We will have a relatively new water and sewer plant,” he said, the product of a substantial amount of investment and labor today and in years ahead. Similarly, “Our roads will be in the best shape they’ve been in since the late ’70s.” Again, not without work.

Meanwhile, “I’m sure we’ll have continued to diversify our economy beyond oil and gas, but we’ll still have a lot of oil and gas companies.”

Both continue to be a primary focus of Kilgore Economic Development Corporation.

KEDC’s first and only executive director, Amanda Nobles, and her staff are working toward 2030 and beyond with diversification at the top of their minds. Oil-and-gas has been the cornerstone of the local economy for 90 years, and Kilgore thrives as more companies in multiple industries build on that base.

Suffice it to say, the community will look quite different in 2030 than 100 years before, Nobles said, and the reins will be in other hands

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to carry Kilgore forward.

“The community has diversified so much,” she added. “Not only has its industrial base diversified, but by 2030 there will be diversification in retail, the community will be more diverse.”

That’s been the consistent trajectory, says KEDC Marketing & Development Director Jana Russell.

“If you look at our recent data and the companies approaching, whether they’re contributing or new, they’re largely non-energy related,” she said. It helps to mitigate the natural ups-and-downs of the energy sector, and “It’s one of the ways we’ve moved forward through the years.

“Looking forward, what we’re

doing is a considered process. We’re looking at data, looking at trends and adjusting our program of work as trends grow.”

Amidst the data, common sense shines too.

“People are people,” Russell said.

“You need a place to live and a job to pay for it.”

Changing technology will, as in the past, mean 2030 will be dramatically different than ever before, Nobles said.

“The growth of automation and the use of robots… The job descriptions will change because the jobs are going to require equipment that will be able to be used, maintained and adapted for growth,” she continued. “I think

that’s probably going to have a rather dramatic impact on the change in workforce. We already are focusing on that change with our partners – we are facilitating conversations with our businesses and our school district and our college about that change.

“We are continuing those very important relationships with the people who are training the workforce of our future. We are fortunate that both of Kilgore’s institutions ... are looking at that and continue to look at it.”

A decade on, recruitment will be more competitive, Russell added, as it already is: “We’ve seen the trend of primary employers investing more and

creating fewer jobs. Our data is not dramatic, but we have seen the trend.”

Notably, one lingering challenge Kilgore needs to address is housing, Nobles said.

“We largely have connectivity to the jobs right now but we don’t have connectivity to the homes,” with a large portion of Kilgore’s working population commuting to the area each day.

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under contract.”

Russell added those agreements also included anticipated investments of almost $12.5 million and one retention project, aimed at keeping employees and investments in the area, expected to retain $3 million.

When taken together, the number of jobs and amount of investment indicated on the report show Kilgore is coming out ahead of previous years.

“If you go back and look at the number of jobs, 474 under contract, and you compare that to year-end three and five-year averages, it already exceeds that number,” Russell said.

“If you look at the amount of investment, those five contracts put us on track to meet year-end investment.”

The report also shows further growth for Kilgore, as more agreements were signed after the end of March. Additional agreements being completed caused the mid-year report to be delayed until June, rather than being given at the usual time in April.

In this case, the delay is a good thing, as the additional agreements further propel Kilgore past jobs numbers in recent years.

“It is twice the number of

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agreements we typically sign in a year,” Russell said.

“What that means is we have already had a very good year in terms of growth in Kilgore.”

The report also contained information about KEDC’s efforts to make Kilgore more attractive to businesses look-

ing to expand or set up shop.

“We analyze internal and external factors that influence our ability to meet those metrics and goals. In doing so, what we normally come up with is something we want to add to the program of work or something that’s already existing that

we may want to improve upon. We did something a little bit different this year,” Russell said, explaining KEDC studied a survey of professional “site selectors”, or people who help companies find a new location for a business expansion.

“The process is more about

site elimination. For example, a company or professional, they get 200 proposals but they have the budget to visit 10. They’ve got to find a way to eliminate or filter.”

In this process, companies look for specific traits which may indicate a particular area is not right for their business.

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“What was particularly interesting is that the number-one deal-killer was number one by a lot, and that was politics and a lack of responsiveness,” Russell said.

She pointed out the recent failure of Amazon to open their new “HQ2” headquarters in New York City, an effort which was stymied by pushback from politicians.

“What that caused us to realize is that, in Kilgore, we have been very proactive in doing pretty much the opposite of what happened there.”

She cited two primary reasons Kilgore was attractive to businesses: including city council members at every KEDC meeting and keeping business owners on the KEDC board.

“They understand making business decisions and they recognize the importance of local support in operating a business.”

All in all, Russell said the report indicated Kilgore was on the right track, as far as its business environment is concerned.

“We’re a productive steward of finances, proactive in our teamwork, our program of work is progressive and, finally, I think the results are pretty impressive. Already, we’ve had a very good year for growth in Kilgore.”

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said. “It will continue to become younger and younger,” and Kilgore must act to capture the workforce: “No millennial is going to stay here if he doesn’t have a job.”

Recently, Selleck said, a resident asked why the city was investing so much in amenities, such as revitalizing Kilgore City Pool, building the Creekside Trail, upgrading Meadowbrook Golf Course or installing the Lazy “S” Splash Ranch.

“Our goal,” Selleck answered, “is

to make sure that Kilgore isn’t just attractive to people of your generation, but that it’s attractive to people of the generation that’s going to have to replace you.”

How does the city attract more and larger demographics, the city manager explained; how does it draw people from outside the community put down roots here, to become the next slate of leaders, whether in politics, business or culture?

“How does the city attract the

new young professional who’s going to come in and open an insurance agency? How does the city attract a new young entrepreneur who’s going to make their fortune in the oil-and-gas industry? How do we convince them this is the place to raise their family, to risk their fortune and to invest their fortune for the rest of their lives?”

That doesn’t happen by letting infrastructure deteriorate, he said.

“That’s not done by closing amenities and reducing the services you

provide to your citizens,” Selleck emphasized. “Those are things done by dying cities, not thriving cities.”

“While we are also trying to maintain and rebuild all of our other infrastructure – water, wastewater, sewer and drainage – we’re also not losing sight of the fact that if we are going to be a contender long term our quality of life cannot lose focus on amenities.”

The City of Kilgore – through a myriad of staffers, community volunteers and stakeholders – has

been focusing on the same issues for more than a decade. Right now, a new slate of residents is working with the roster at City Hall on a new Comprehensive Plan.

The coming decade will be much like the last, Selleck said. Granted, hopefully it won’t bring years of recession and hardship.

“The next 10 years is critical. It’s what our comprehensive plan is going to focus on,” Selleck said. “What do we need to ensure that by 2031 we are the place of choice?”

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the city goes to an evergreen supply of other projects waiting for funding.

The current surplus is being put to work, gravy to fund ‘flexible priority’ projects.

“It’s available to fix the things we may not have had money for in the downtime,” Selleck said. “At the same time, it’s the time that we replenish our reserves.”

“The city council had the city better prepared than ever before from a financial strategy standpoint as well as the reserve standpoint. We were able to traverse the last downturn relatively easily.”

Certainly, it brought plenty of challenges, with plenty of belt tightening and trimming expenses along the way – when possible.

“The city keeps a very lean budget without a lot of fat. There isn’t a lot to cut,” Selleck noted. “Instead they look at opportunities to fund or not to fund discretionary projects.

Granted, “I think that some would prefer that road reconstruction projects are not discretionary, that they’re not down every year.”

“We have boom years, and we have very lean years.”

Fiscal Year 2019 has almost run its course, and it’s proved to be a boom year, reaching projections two months ahead of schedule.

That said, the past four months’ sales tax allocations have been relatively flat comparing year-to-year. It’s a simple indicator, according to Selleck, that Kilgore has left its recovery months behind: July 2019 is level with the same month in 2018, but it’s still substantially increased compared to 2017.

“We may only show two percent over 2018, but we show 31 percent over 2017,”

“...this is a year where our residents really should get involved in the budget process, they should get involved in the comprehensive plan process that is getting underway this summer and make sure they understand the implications of what we’re trying to do.”

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he noted. “December of 2018 show a 104 percent gain over 2016,” and there was a 39 percent increase between December 2017 and 2018. “The interesting piece, that sounds phenomenal but … compared to 2013, it was down $50,000.

“That’s all part of this story.

We don’t necessarily get back to where we started when we talk about ‘recovery.’”

Today, the bywords are stability and sustainability.

“The philosophy in financial strategies that the city council employs takes all of that in stride,” Selleck said.

“Some cities may see an 8 percent down like last month and begin to start worrying.

We know that’s just part of it.

“We keep an eye on the longer-term trends. We manage the surpluses, and we manage the shortages all in relation to our reserve and all in relation to a very flexible capital improvement plan.”

Significant capital improvement projects are in progress – water, wastewater, sewage and streets. Some could not wait, some were dusted off after a long stretch in city planning purgatory.

“We call them flexible pri-

ority projects,” he said. For example, the Chandler Street Improvement Project is underway, though full repairs could have been shelved longer: “Chandler Street could have been patched for another couple of years, but it was time to do chandler Street.

Because of the surpluses we have been seeing, it was time to do Chandler Street.

“Streets are somewhat forgiving. Not over a long-term period like 20-30 years, but over a period of three to five years you can manage and mitigate the prioritization if you don’t have the funding immediately.”

“One of the most important things about sales tax is to be clear about how it is perceived in contrast with and in conjunction with property tax,” Selleck added.

“We actually have discretion over the rate-setting side of property tax. Our goal with all of this is to hit a sustainable property tax rate.”

“Our goal with all of this is to provide our residents, who are the people most sensitive to property tax, with a consistent and reliable property tax rate.”

In recent years, Kilgore has seen consistent, step-by-step increases to the property tax rate. It’s been a gradual strategizing of getting the number to a sustainable point after it was significantly reduced decades prior due to other economic concerns.

“When we get to the point where we consider ourselves sustainable is to be able to hit that rate and leave it be and not have to do a lot,” he said, avoiding changes that especially impact ‘fixed incomes.’ “Managing this insanely dynamic sales tax is absolutely critical in terms of providing predictability for our residents in terms of property tax.

“That really helps to put better perspective on why each of these conversations each month is so important”

when the sales tax allocation numbers arrive from the state comptroller’s office. “Each month, we talk about ‘How did sales tax do?’ What we’re really talking about is, ‘What is the next impact?’”

In mid-July 2019, “We’re right where we expect to be from a sales tax perspective, and we’re still working on determining exactly where that sustainable property tax rate lies,” Selleck said. “This year should be a pivotal year for that conversation through the budget process. Every year is, but this is a year where our residents really should get involved in the budget process, they should get involved in the comprehensive plan process that is getting underway this summer and make sure they

understand the implications of what we’re trying to do.”

City Hall department heads and staffers crave that public input, he added, though they’re usually disappointed in the turnout.

“We don’t have a lot of public involvement in our public hearings and our open meetings and our open workshops,” Selleck said, but there are plenty of opportunities ahead to change that: “We’re underway with budget. The months of July and August will be very intense in terms of the meetings that take place. I just encourage people to come on out. Come learn about how your city council is strategizing. They do an extraordinary job.

“We encourage and hope that folks will come out this year and get involved.”

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I want to keep you informed about changes happening with our branch team, which includes my transition toward retirement. Fortunately, at Edward Jones, the beginning of this process is not the end of our business relationship. You will continue to see me around the office for the next two years.

I have planned carefully for my retirement and I’ll work seamlessly with these advisors that are continuing my business.

Your financial goals are of the utmost importance to us and I want to ensure you have a healthy start with our team that I personally selected for you.

Emily Arp is located at 619 E. Kay Street with Donna Beets, her Branch Office Administrator (BOA).

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MARKETING oil derricks at the World’s Richest Acre and a parade.

The 2019 Kilgore Visitors Guide is available for free download at www.

VisitKilgore.com and features a map of the city, a list of popular restaurants, events and attractions, as well as information about hotels for visitors.

“Some other significant projects include filming and photography for our multimedia library and ad development for print and digital media campaigns,” Polk added.

Some of those photos and videos can be seen on Visit Kilgore’s Facebook page and website. Media of popular events like the Texas Shakespeare Festival allow guests and potential visitors a chance to see what Kilgore has to offer before visiting or schedule in a stop in Kilgore on their next trip.

Event promotion is a big part of Visit Kilgore’s mission. Kilgore attracts visitors from around the state, the county and the world thanks in large part to the wide variety of exclusive

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events available here.

“Events are vital for destination marketing,” Polk said.

“They not only bring visitors, but they create a certain quality of life that locals and prospective residents desire. The events grow like a tree as they develop and are nurtured properly and Visit Kilgore has the amazing opportunity of sharing these events in various marketing campaigns throughout Texas and the world in print and digital media.

This only adds value to the event and the Kilgore area.”

At the end of the day, marketing Kilgore is all about showcasing the city in the best light possible. This encourages people to visit the city and can even convince some to live here.

People come to Kilgore for many reasons. Some seek to further their education at Kilgore College.

Others find employment in one of the many industries supported by Kilgore’s economy.

No matter the reason, people coming to Kilgore is good for the city and its people and has a direct benefit on the quality of life here.

“The end goal of Visit Kilgore’s marketing efforts is to generate additional hotel occupancy tax dollars through the promotion of our events, attractions, and destination as a whole,” Polk said.

When people come to Kilgore and spend mon-

(Clockwise from right) From Oktoberfest to the annual Fourth of July Extravaganza, Rangerette Revels and Juneteenth, numerous events in the City of Kilgore become another asset in the toolbox for city and chamber staffers marketing the community to visitors.

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ey on food, lodging and entertainment, the entire city benefits. Businesses thrive, the city gains more funding for important projects and the hard-working entrepreneurs, artists and workers who call Kilgore home continue to make a living.

But marketing the city isn’t just about directly drawing people to the area. It also changes how Kilgore is viewed on a much larger scale.

“While the end goal of Visit Kilgore’s marketing efforts is to generate additional visitation to our events and attractions, there are other ways in which the marketing can have influence,” Polk said.

“One of the positive side effects of destination marketing is improving the image of the destination. The exposure to the paid marketing not only showcases to consumers that Kilgore is a leisure destination, but it also improves how consumers perceive the quality of life in Kilgore. Through various campaigns of print, digital, native, and paid social media, we are influencing the image and perception of Kilgore.”

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We are dedicated to supplying our customers with high quality, uniform and reliable products and services to ensure the long term viability and satisfaction of our customers. This goal combined with our expanding quality team reflects our commitment to quality assurance.

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Texas unemployment rate drops to lowest level since feds began tracking it in 1976

By TROY CLOSSON Texas Tribune

Texas' unemployment rate continues to drop to record lows, with the state's rate for May hitting a seasonally adjusted 3.5%, the Texas Workforce Commission announced Friday. That's the lowest level since the federal government began collecting the data series used to calculate the rate in 1976.

The state's 3.5% unemployment rate breaks the record low of 3.7% Texas set last month.

Over the month, the state added 19,600 non-farm jobs, according to seasonally adjusted data. Jobs categorized as professional and business services topped all other categories, adding 8,100 positions.

Education and health services saw the second-highest rise, adding 4,500 jobs in May. Among more than two dozen metropolitan statistical areas in Texas, the Midland metro area recorded May's lowest non-seasonally adjusted unemployment rate at 1.7%, according to the Workforce Commission, while the McAllen-Edinburg-Mission metro area had the highest rate at 5%.

Mike Davis, an economist at Southern Methodist University, said the record low unemployment rate isn't necessarily surprising considering "how fast the Texas economy has been growing." Though the Cox School of Business lecturer said he stays away from predictions or forecasts, he said the overall outlook for the state looks positive.

"There's nothing on the horizon that gives me any reason to think that it would change," Davis said.

City Population Growth

By DR. M. RAY PERRYMAN The Perryman Group

Economic vitality drives population expansion, particularly migration, and Texas cities are growing rapidly. The US Census Bureau recently released new population data which included estimates for city population changes from July 2017 to July 2018.

Much of the time, economic series are tracked for “Metropolitan Statistical Areas,” which are normally one or more counties linked to a large central city. While it makes sense from an eco-

nomic perspective in that these clusters of counties are functioning largely together as an economic unit, slicing the data this way often conceals part of what’s going on. For example, the Dallas-Plano-Irving Metropolitan Division is seven counties centered on Dallas and includes several other cities which are growing rapidly.

Of the 15 fastest-growing large (population greater than 50,000) cities, seven are in Texas. New Braunfels ranked second with 7.2% expansion, Frisco is fourth, McKinney sixth, George-

town seventh, Rowlett eighth, Midland thirteenth, and Round Rock fifteenth.

These impressive population centers are outgrowths of larger cities (San Antonio, Dallas, and Austin), with the exception of Midland (which is the epicenter for the current oil surge).

Looking at the cities adding the most new residents (as opposed to the largest percentage gain), five are in Texas. San Antonio ranked second, adding 20,824 to top 1.53 million. Fort Worth was third (up 19,552 to reach 895,008), Austin sixth (with a 12,504 gain

to 964,254), Frisco tenth (up 10,884 to 188,170), and McKinney thirteenth (up 9,888 to 191,645). It is pretty remarkable that even some of the smaller Texas cities like Frisco and McKinney added more people than the likes of New York, Los Angeles, or Chicago.

As people migrate to areas with abundant jobs, they bring with them the needed skills to enable continued expansion. It’s a virtual cycle, with a large and capable workforce encouraging businesses to locate and expand which in turn encourages additional

people to relocate. Growth begets growth.

At the same time, rapid expansion presents significant challenges. Housing markets may struggle to absorb new residents, sometimes causing prices to rise and affordability to suffer. Roadways, water systems, and other types of infrastructure take time to expand and congestion and other problems may arise.

Additional schools, health care providers, and city services may be required. The list goes on.

Growth can indeed be expensive for cities

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LOOKING BACK A recent foray into the Kilgore News Herald photo archives uncovered signature scenes from the community’s past

(Above) The photographer caught oilfield workers “Moving boilers into field” in the midst of the Boom.

(Right) From the back of the postcard, “Scene on North Kilgore during scenes of fires. Note crowd and fire truck at building on right.”

(Below) An early Kilgore street scene shows an initial paving under construction.

(Top) From the original photo notes, “Old Post Office mail carriers long before boom.”

(Above) The National Guard arrives, Aug. 17, 1931, to enforce martial law in the East Texas Oilfield. With more than 848,000 barrels of oil flowing daily from the field’s wells creating chaos, Gov. Ross Sterling called out the troops to re-establish order.

(Above) “J. Malcolm Crim with familiar corn cob pipe watches the plugging of the Kilgore discovery well, Lou Della Crim No. 1, in 1961, approximately 10 years before Mr. Crim, a citizen and first mayor of Kilgore, died.”

Derricks fill the skyline of Boomtown with the Kilgore Hotel rising six stories in their midst. From the original cutline: “Note an oil well on the sidewalk under Hall Tire in the right foreground of the picture. This well, with many, many others, does not have a derrick over it.”