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Kilgore ISD has earned an overall grade of “C” on a new accountability rating system implemented by Texas Education Agency. District accountability letter grades were publicly released statewide Wednes-
day and reflect data gathered during the 2017-2018 school year. This is a change from the previous district rating system, which only issued “met standard” or “did not meet standard” ratings. The district’s overall grade reflects a score of 73 out of 100 possible points. This score is a composite
of three different domain scores: student achievement, school progress and “closing the gaps.” The district earned a 74 in student achievement, a 73 in school progress and a 69 in “closing the gaps.” KISD released an official statement the same day the scores were made public. The statement notes, “We believe in accountability and the ongoing assessments of
Schools earn high grades from agency for financial practices The Texas Education Agency has released its annual preliminary financial accountability ratings for 2018 and local school districts are scoring high marks. The FIRST ratings, or Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas, are assigned to districts based on what they spend, how they protect themselves against financial mistakes and how accurately they report financial information, among other factors. These ratings are among the first for districts this year but more See FIRST, Page 5A
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KILGOROUND BILL WOODALL “Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” – Thomas Jefferson • WE’RE told Joe Parker, school trustee and former mayor, is doing his homework – growing a lush, white beard that renders him almost unrecognizable – ahead of a lateDecember holiday assignment for which he has volunteered. • HOW about that Austin Head? THE son of Debbie Head and Jim Head graduated from Kilgore High School and, assuming he’s like most of us, probably wondered what the future held. Now he’s a personal trainer and very busy fitness group instructor in Chicago, recently featured on VoyageChicago.com AUSTIN credits Debbie, his grandmother and family friend (and mayor) Ronnie Spradlin for the encouragement and support that got him to The Windy City. • WE down here at the KNH agree Brigitta’s should be the regular host of the Chamber of Commerce’s Morning Brew and that the cherry strudel should always be available. • TODAY we received the agenda for the West
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“Bubba T” Terry reaches for a cool slice of watermelon alongside other Kilgore ISD revelers at the school's annual Watermelon Fest Thursday. (Below) Kindergartener Grayson Lawson poses for a photo with KHS Hi-Stepper officers Lanie Long, Kourtney Ford and Julia Greene during the “Meet the Teacher” event at Kilgore Primary School Thursday.
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The new school year has not yet begun but KISD campuses were crowded with parents, students and teachers for the annual “Meet the Teacher” event on Thursday. Each campus provided opportunities to help students finish up the last few things they needed to register, get the right class supplies and meet their new instructors face-toface. At the end of the day, families gathered in the high school field
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Sabine trustees approve slight increase to tax rate By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
Sabine ISD trustees signed off on a 1.3 percent increase to the district’s tax rate Monday evening. Unanimously-approved Aug. 13,
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The Kilgore City Council’s Tuesday night meeting ended with an ‘agree to disagree’ moment as officials continue their discussion of the city’s looming tax rate for Fiscal Year 2018-2019. City Manager Josh Selleck’s proposed budget includes about $3.1 million drawn from various reserves to cover a litany of projects – some of which have been put off for years amid the economic downturn – on top of ongoing operational costs. That injection of funds includes more than $1 million from sales tax dollars, more accruing as the local market recovers. To cover the proposed budget’s expenditures, Selleck has recommended a tax rate of 53.9-cents per $100 valuation, the same rate as the current FY2018. On a $100,000 home, a taxpayer would pay $539 to City Hall. While keeping the rate unchanged, the city will reap more in revenue following the past year’s improvements in the tax base. The effective tax rate (what’s needed to recoup the same revenue as the prior year) is about 51.5 cents per $100 valuation. Amid the ongoing recovery, Kilgore Mayor Pro Tem Harvey McClendon suggested the city should lower the tax rate, easing up the burden on payers while relying more on the steadily-improving sales
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26.143-cents for Interest & Sinking, according to SISD Business Director Kevin Yandell. “Those are the rates that we need to put in place to fund the budget for 2018-2019,” Yandell told the trustees.
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The proposed rates will net $5,240,320 for 2018, Yandell noted. The adjusted levy for 2017 was $5,271,274. The six trustees in attendance See SABINE, Page 6A
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KISD fills packs with snacks Boys & Girls Club Wish List By LUCAS STROUGH
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Kilgore Boys & Girls Club has about 40 students on the official 2018-2019 roster following three days of early registration this week – Lakesha Hall anticipates another surge once school gets underway Monday. “It’s open enrollment for the rest of the school year,” the unit director said Friday. Granted, “The school year does not fill up like the summertime does. That said, “It’s not uncommon for a lot of our parents of previous members to wait until the first day or the first week of school to enroll. Not everyone takes advantage of early registration.” The Harris Street facility offers productive afterschool programming including healthy snacks, with daily Power Hour tutoring, life skills classes and other health mind-and-body initiatives for the club’s 5- to 14-year-old charges. The monthly fee for the Rusk County Boys & Girls Club – Kilgore Unit is $50 for the first child a family enrolls in the weekday-afternoon program, $35 for the second student and $25 for each additional participant. For more information, contact Hall at 903-984-6071. This week, Boys & Girls Club supporters throughout the community gathered for two fundraising events benefiting the program, including Thursday night’s monthly BINGO dinner hosted by sisters Julie Beck and Carrie Jackson as well as Friday night’s Texas Reverse Draw Down, which drew more than 100 participants to the Texan Theater. Follow Kilgore News Herald for updates on the club’s ongoing fundraising activities. Contact Hall to contribute to the facility or drop-off donations at 724 Harris St. See the club’s Wish List (above) for ongoing material needs. – By JAMES DRAPER
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Teachers and administrators at Kilgore Middle School are introducing a program to feed hungry students. Principal April Cox and ELA/ ESL teacher Lucy Donham created the KMS Backpack Program to send nutritious food home with students who may not have enough to eat when they are away from campus. “We’ve always provided some assistance at the elementary school but not really at the middle school,” Cox said. “But the need is still there. This was placed on the hearts of some of our teachers to fulfill that need.” Cox said KISD serves 4,100 children from the early childhood programs through twelfth grade and 62 percent of those students are economically disadvantaged. While most students are able to get two nutritious meals per day while they are at school – breakfast and lunch – some of them have little or nothing to eat at home after school, on weekends or during school holidays, Cox said. In an attempt to solve this problem, KMS has partnered with the East Texas Food Bank to provide food to children who receive free or reducedprice lunches at school but who may not get enough to eat at home. KMS staff is asking for community support in the form of donations to the East Texas Food Bank to fund the program. “People can do either online donations or direct checks,” Cox said. “You can sponsor a child for $162 for a year.” On Friday afternoons, Cox said, students in the program will get packages of food to sustain them through the weekend. Students who do not have backpacks to take the food home will have one provided by the school. “We’d like to start this in September and have September 7 be our first weekend,” Cox said. Donham said she was inspired to start the program by experiences in her youth. “I grew up volunteering with a backpack program in Titus County. It really impacted me. As I’ve become a
The KMS Backpack Program is a partnership with the East Texas Food Bank created by KMS teachers intended to help economically disadvantaged students get nutritious food when not on campus. KMS Principal April Cox said food assistance programs exist at the elementary level but not at the middle school. “The need is still there. This was placed on the hearts of some of our teachers to fulfill that need,” Cox said. Cox and English teacher Lucy Donham hope to launch the program by September with the help of community donations to the food bank.
teacher, I’ve seen with the kids in my classroom that we’re serving them very well in school but you worry about them when they go home on Thanksgiving and Christmas break.” Donham said the food provided through the program is not just for one weekend at a time. “One of the things that is really cool about the program, they send extra food home with them over the holidays,” Donham said. Cox said they hoped to gain more
attention for the program in the community so more people might be moved to donate. “We need opportunities to get the word out, to see if individuals or families are able to step up and say ‘I can sponsor a child’,” Cox said. Identities of students in the program will be kept confidential. Cox said teachers are trained to recognize the signs of hunger in students who may need additional food. Students in the program will receive food discreetly. Individuals or families who sponsor a child will receive a letter from ETFB to claim the donation as taxdeductible. To make a donation to support the KMS Backpack Program, go online EastTexasFoodBank.org/Backpack and write Kilgore ISD Backpack-#706B-2 under the “Backpack Program You Wish to Support” field and put KMS in the comments section. To make a donation by check, make out the check to “East Texas Food Bank” and on the memo line, write “Kilgore ISD Backpack-#706B-2 KMS”. Mail the check to East Texas Food Bank, 3201 Robertson Rd., Tyler, TX. 75701. For questions about the program, contact Lucy Donham at ldonham@ kisd.org or April Cox at acox@kisd.org.
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Rusk County school board weighs rate for 2018-19 By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
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Cars travel at reduced speeds down the stretch of Hwy. 135 from the traffic circle towards Hwy 31. The current project is fixing up the road surface of the highway but work on the traffic circle itself isn't slated to begin until September 2020.
TxDOT crews fix Highway 135, traffic circle work set for 2020 By LUCAS STROUGH news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
Texas Department of Transportation crews are hard at work on the stretch of Hwy. 135 from the traffic circle to just north of Hwy 31. The project will include planing and repaving of 1.5 miles of roadway. The work is expected to wrap up by August 31, according to the TxDOT website. Although it may appear workers will be fixing up the traffic circle itself, that project won't begin for another couple of years, according to TxDOT Public Information Officer Kathi White. “The current project does not include work on the Traffic Circle.
A project is set to let in September 2020,” White said in an email. The project began earlier this summer but is now in full swing. Traffic cones have been set out to direct two lanes traffic down to one. Electronic signs warn drivers of rough roads ahead and the need for reduced speeds. The most recent update from TxDOT says the project is currently in Phase II of its construction. The project will also include bridge work on the west side of the road. The project will include putting down a hot mix overlay on the road surface, new pavement markings, the installation of a new bridge rail and the installation of a new metal beam guard fence. Overlaying is a process of pouring new hot mix asphalt onto
the roadway to patch cracks and holes while creating a new, smooth driving surface. Drivers over the road should notice a far smoother driving experience than the bumpy ride many have become used to. Delays can be expected throughout the duration of the construction project. The work on 135 is being performed by Madden Contracting Compay, LLC, based out of Minden, Louisiana. The TxDOT website lists the total cost of the project at $2,405,352. Information about the project is available by visiting TxDOT.gov and accessing the “Project Tracker” tool, which displays an overview of all roadway projects currently underway in Texas.
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COUNCIL tax revenues. This month’s check from the state comptroller’s office is about $1.19 million, the largest allocation Kilgore has received since early 2009. “Kilgore is blessed with sales tax revenues,” McClendon said. With more monies coming in, “Personally, I would like to reduce the tax rate this year. “I think we could conservatively increase our sales tax revenues to allow for a tax decrease.” In his approach to the city’s finances, Selleck is loathe to base operating costs on sales tax dollars, wary of the local revenue rollercoaster tied to oiland-gas performance. “Based on what we know the sales tax is,” he countered, “there’s no way I
The Rusk County School Board meets Wednesday, poised to vote on the year’s dispensation of funds raised from the local school equalization tax in addition to the possible adoption of a 2.6-cent rate for the coming year. The group last met Aug. 7 and will gather at 1 p.m. Aug. 22 in the county courtroom on the first floor of the Rusk County Courthouse in Henderson. The equalization tax was adopted by voters in 1940. For 2018-2019, the effective tax rate – the amount necessary to raise the same funds as the prior year – will cost Rusk County taxpayers 2.6437 cents per $100 valuation if adopted next week. A person with a $100,000 home would pay about $26.44 into the countywide school tax coffers. Over the course of a decade, the tax collects almost $10 million. Each year, revenues are allocated to the 13 schools districts operating in Rusk County. Some are located wholly-within the county while some, like Kilgore ISD, cross the county line. A rare tax in Texas, it frustrates some Kilgore residents who live in Rusk County and pay the equalization tax in addition to the tax levied by Kilgore ISD. District taxpayers who live in Gregg County do not pay the equalization tax. Earlier this year, a Kilgore resident who lives in Rusk County, Dale Hedrick, traveled to Austin to give testimony before the Texas Commission on Public School finance. Hedrick has spent many hours researching the school equalization tax and shedding light on what he says is a disproportionate tax burden on those taxpayers who are subject to it, paying into two school funds. In addition to reviewing minutes from the Aug. 7 meeting, the Rusk County trustees are scheduled to welcome a new board member to the group – John M. Carter, tapped to represent Precinct 2 on the school board. Other items on Wednesday’s agenda include: • Discussion and a vote to dispense equalization monies to Rusk County schools; • Discussion and possible adoption of the 2018-2019 Rusk County-wide School Budget; • Acceptance of the total effective and rollback tax rate calculations for Rusk County’s 2018 County-wide School Tax prepared by the Rusk County Tax Assessor/Collector’s office; • Discussion and possible approval of the effective tax rate of 0.026437/$100 property valuation for the 2018 Equalization Tax.
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would recommend we increase the sustainable portion.” Kilgore Mayor Ronnie Spradlin was also reluctant to lower the tax rate – in a common refrain, he warns against backing offing the rate, as previous elected officials did here, when it’s so far below where it should be relative to other communities and the city’s ongoing needs. “We’re spending a lot out of surplus right now,” he said. As far as the increase sales tax revenues, “The money that we are going to generate as a surplus this year still is going to leave us using our reserves. I can’t support going down on taxes while we’re still spending money out of the reserves.” Just the variety of street
projects on tap for the coming year, Selleck added, need $2.5 million. McClendon said he agrees with the expenditures presented in the proposed budget, but he maintains a different philosophy on how to fund them. Weighing an increase in assessed property values inside the city limits, “That $65 million that’s on the ground is going to generate a lot of sales tax this next year.” Council member Merlyn Holmes disagrees. “I really don’t think you’re correct on that,” she said. Likewise on sales tax, “It’s still so volatile, you can’t count on that. As far as the tax rate, “I could never say, let’s go down right now. It’s too volatile.”
Ultimately, Selleck and McClendon agreed to meet one-on-one for another review of the city’s finances prior to the council’s next meeting. The group’s next regularly-scheduled session is set for Aug. 28 and will include a public hearing on the proposed tax rate. The second, mandated hearing on the rate is scheduled for Sept. 11 as the elected officials prepare to adopt the rate for FY19. With a proposed tax rate under consideration, by law the council can adopt a rate less than the 0.539 proposed but no more. The council typically meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at 5:30 p.m. in Kilgore City Hall at 815 N. Kilgore St.
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OBITUARIES REV. ALVIN LEE WILLIAMS Funeral services for Rev. Alvin Lee Williams, 67, Tyler, are scheduled for 11 a.m. Saturday, August 18, at St. Louis Baptist Church with Rev. Ralph E. Caraway Sr. as eulogist. Burial will be in Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Community Funeral Home of Tyler. Rev. Williams died August 10, 2018.
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He was born March 19, 1951. Rev. Williams was preceded in death by his father, David L. Williams Sr., and a brother, David L. Williams Jr. Survivors include his wife, Norma Williams; mother, Grace Williams; two daughters, Alvanetta Williams and MarShunda Cobb; four brothers; four sisters, and three grandchildren.
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MONDAY THE ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT GROUP meets the second Monday of the month at 1 p.m. at Arabella of Kilgore, 2103 Chandler St. 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. EAST TEXAS PFLAG (Parents and Family and 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 WEDNESDAY KILGORE SENIOR CITIZENS club meets 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. THURSDAY THE PRIMETIMERS, a senior adult choir of First Baptist Church of Kilgore, invites any senior adult who wants to sing Christian songs and enjoy fellowship, to join them on Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. in the choir room, located at the back of the church. Enter at covered walkway, go to second door on left. For more information, contact choir director David Berryhill at 903-984-3531. OVERTON/NEW LONDON MONDAY LEVERETT'S CHAPEL SCHOOL 4-H meets every second Monday at 6 p.m. in the Ag Building. Contact Randy Tidwell at 903-834-3161. WEDNESDAY MCMILLAN MEMORIAL LIBRARY hosts Baby & Me Fun Time, preschool story time for infants thru pre-k and their parent or caregiver. Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. For more info, call 903-834-6318. FRIDAY ROTARY CLUB DISTRICT 5830 meets each Friday at noon in Overton Community Center. To place an item in the Daily Digest, email Charlotte at composing@kilgorenewsherald.com
KILGOROUND Rusk CCISD school board meeting. At the top of the agenda is a discussion of the new accountability ratings. I’ve got a $20 that says it will be on the agenda of every Texas school board at their next regular meeting. IN case you missed the headlines, Leverett’s Chapel scored an A. Kilgore, Sabine and West Rusk earned a C and Overton got a D. (More detail and explanation is available elsewhere in the paper.) • MS. MITCHELL, today’s mail brought us a wellwritten letter to the editor ostensibly written by you. However, there was no phone number and no return address so we’re unable to confirm the letter’s authorship… which means we can’t publish. Feel free to call (984-2593) or come by to identify the letter. • welcometokilgore.com • THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS include: August 18 - Helen George Bolt, Dan Philips, Dorothy Mills, Whitney Messier, Dusty Haygood, Rita Brown, Anthony Lane Tanner, Ginger Smith, Helen White, Bryan Cole, Mike Schlau, Geneva Reynolds, Patricia O’Brien, Jim Tennison, Jeremy Lane Simmons, Gwen Tyeskie,
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are coming. Revard Pfeffer, chief financial officer for KISD, said the district earned a spotless preliminary rating, as it has for years. “My brief review shows a perfect score of 100. Of course this rating is not final at this point, but the time between now and when it becomes final is for ISDs to challenge ratings. We will not be challenging the rating,” Pfeffer said in an email. He explained the district will schedule a required public hearing to discuss their rating once they received the official final score. If past years are an indi-
cation, KISD may receive a great financial score yet again. “We have received the top rating available for all 16 years the analysis has been in existence. It started in 2003,” Pfeffer said. He described the TEA financial accountability rating as “a small indication that the board, administrators and all involved are working to maintain a good financial base for KISD and the community we represent.” Pfeffer said TEA is updating and adjusting is financial ratings criteria starting with the 2018-2019 school year and he will share those changes with the board of
trustees at an upcoming meeting. Kevin Yandell, director of business operations for Sabine ISD, said his district also earned a perfect rating. “Based on the rating system that’s in place for the 2017-2018 ratings, which are based on the 20162017 school year, Sabine ISD rated a superior rating, scoring 100 out of 100 possible points,” Yandell said. Yandell noted TEA rates districts based on different aspects of their financial status. “There are 15 different criteria that you have and the first five, if you answer no to any of them, you automatically fail. Then the
rest of them are assigned a score of anywhere from one to 10. That’s how you get your score of 100,” he said. Yandell said the rating reflects Sabine ISD’s good standing in the eyes of the state. “It indicates that we met what the state of Texas required to obtain to earn the superior rating. It’s always better to have a superior rating than to have a substandard achievement. We’ve only not had a superior rating one year.” A press release from Stephen DuBose, Overton ISD superintendent, indicated the district earned a rating in the top ranks. “Overton ISD earned an
A-Superior rating, scoring 92 out of a possible 100 on the TEA standards,” the release read. The release also included a statement from DuBose. “We’ve worked extremely hard as a district to earn the trust of our community. The board, Mr. Matthew Blake (business manager) and all of our central office staff as well as the employees on campus have made a concerted effort to be good stewards of our taxpayers’ money and this rating reflects that effort,” DuBose said. Leverett’s Chapel ISD also earned an “A” rating from TEA for superior performance on district finan-
cial responsibilities. On August 14, Texas ISDs received district accountability ratings based on academic performance and student achievement. In previous years, these scores were given on a “pass/fail” basis. This meant districts could either earn a “met standard” rating or a “did not meet standard” rating. Starting this year, districts will receive a letter grade of “A” through “F” based on how they meet the state’s assessment. These accountability ratings were made available to the public on August 15 and local district accountability ratings can be found in an article on page 1A.
KPD ARREST REPORTS From STAFF REPORTS The Kilgore Police Department reported the following arrests Aug. 10-16. FRIDAY, AUG. 10 Darryl Shawn Merdith, 55, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication. Pedo Campos Jr., 32, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant. Alice Blanchard Akin, 25, of Overton, was arrested on a local warrant. Cortney Durand Richardson, 34, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant. SATURDAY, AUG. 11 John Owino Ondinyo, 41, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication. Keenon Winn Pegues, 32, of Longview, was arrested on a local warrant. Charles Kimble Jr., 42, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant. Javier Toribio Sanchez Jr., 38, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant. NEWS HERALD photo by LUCAS STROUGH
Grace Kennedy and Jaime Council thank the KC Board of Trustees for the Employee Spotlight recognition for their work at the East Texas Police Academy on the KC campus.
College trustees recognize police academy employees By LUCAS STROUGH news2@kilgorenewsherald.com
The East Texas Police Academy and its staff were recognized for outstanding service at the most recent KC Board of Trustees meeting. A group of employees from ETPA, which is located on the KC campus, were honored at the meeting but two employees in particular received the Employee Spotlight recognition. Grace Kennedy, professional support assistant for ETPA, and Jaime Council, also an
ETPA professional support assistant, were individually recognized for helping the academy operate smoothly. D’Wayne Shaw, dean of public services and industrial technologies, described the hard work done by the two women on a daily basis. “If you ever go into the East Texas Police Academy’s office, at any given time, this is about the best representation of what’s going on,” Shaw said as he displayed an animated slide showing a busy traffic intersection. “We have a constant flow of people in and out, they’re
looking for somebody in that building, they don’t know what’s going on, they don’t know where they’re at, they’re trying to get registered and we’ve got two people in there that take care of that entire bunch of traffic.” Kennedy is “the face and the voice of the East Texas Police Academy”, Shaw said. He described her job responsibilities as covering everything from answering phone calls and directing inquiries to making purchase orders and serving as the building contact. Council, who is officially
Groups offer students final back-to-school lift By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com
There are a handful of activities on tap this weekend – from practical to prayerful – to give Kilgore students one last boost before they head back to school Monday. Today, Kilgore Men of Alliance is offering discounted back-to-school haircuts from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Kilgore Boys & Girls Club. Cuts from barber Courtney Maddox are $5 per child for all school-age children, 5 years-old to 18. Basic haircuts, according to KMA’s announcement; no designs. “We will also have volunteers painting nails for the girls for free,” the group noted in a release, offering basic painting. For more information, contact Kilgore Men of Alliance President Victor Boyd at
903-576-5313 or Vice President Michael Moore at 903-576-4384. Learn more about the group by searching “Kilgore Men of Alliance” on Facebook. Local churches are also wishing students ‘Godspeed’ as they had back to class. Sunday morning, St. Luke’s United Methodist Church will hold two ‘Blessing of the Backpacks’ at 8:30 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. at 401 E. Main St. Then, Sunday afternoon, First Baptist Church Pastor Glenn Young notes a prayer walk is scheduled for 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. The Aug. 19 outreach will include all Kilgore ISD campuses. “We will try to end up at the middle school at 5 p.m. for group prayer." For more information, call the church at 903-984-3531.
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the custodian of records for ETPA, graduated with degrees from KC and LeTourneau University before joining the academy in a workstudy program. “She is our records keeper, she is who keeps us straight with TCOLE,” Shaw said, referring to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. He explained Shaw shared many responsibilities with Kennedy while also keeping the academy’s licensing documents in order. “Thank y’all for the recognition and it’s really nice to be recognized for all of our work,” Kennedy said. “I just want to say thank you and it’s a pleasure to work with the people we work with. You never know what you’re walking into coming into our office. We work really well together as a team,” Council said.
SUNDAY, AUG. 12 Kacie Ann Pierson, 38, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of driving while license invalid. Callie Dawn Smith, 24, of Arlington, was arrested on a local warrant. Gary Lynn Stephenson, 50, of Kilgore, was arrested on a warrant from another agency. MONDAY, AUG. 13 Brandon Ray McFadden, 36, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant. TUESDAY, AUG. 14 Danyeil Lee Bowles, 34, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of criminal trespass. WEDNESDAY, AUG. 15 Thomas Earl Overman Jr., 36, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant and a warrant from another agency. Megan Breanna Sanford, 35, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant. Keither Randall Phillips, 59, of Kilgore, was arrested on three local warrants. THURSDAY, AUG. 16 Octavian Zoshun McKee, 17, of Overton, was arrested on a local warrant.
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house for the Watermelon Fest, where Kilgore students put on a show featuring performances from the band, cheerleaders, twirlers and the color guard. Registrations events began at the primary school, where many families were taking their child to class for the very first time. Kindergarten teacher Jessica Nichols was shaking hands with parents, greeting students and explaining classroom schedules. “There are a few papers for the parents to fill out,� Nichols said. “The students will get their name tags and they will get their cubbies.� As parents chatted with Nichols, students raced across the classroom to explore their new desks, storage cubbies and meet new classmates. Region 7 Communications Specialist Summer Stone was in Nichols’ classroom on Thursday getting her daughter Reaghan ready for her first day of class after pre-k. “It’s kind of awesome. We’re ready for big school,� Stone said. In the lobby of KPS, the KHS Hi-Stepper officers greeted families and posed for pictures with students eager to meet the dancers in their white and red uniforms. “We’re registering kids for our fall dance camp,� said Kourtney Ford, a KHS senior and Hi-Stepper lieutenant. As the “Meet the Teacher� event wound down at KPS, things were just getting started at Chandler Elementary. Third grade teacher Sonia Ingle used an interactive game to get students accustomed to her classroom while talking with their parents. “It’s been going fast,� Ingle said. “I’ve met about five students and it’s only been 15 minutes.� Ingle explained she created a scavenger hunt for the students to “learn where to go and what to leave at their desk.� While the students were busy, Ingle used the time to introduce parents to a new software being introduced at Chandler this year called ClassDojo. The program allows students to create a digital classroom portfolio, letting parents track their students’ achievements and communicate with the teacher by instant message. The event moved to the intermediate school next. KMS cheerleaders and Bulldog mascots waved and greeted parents and students as they entered the campus. KIS principal Kim Slayter joined them to welcome new students to the school. “It’s going good,� Slayter said of the “Meet the Teacher� event. “I think we’ve got more people here than ever before. That’s what it seems like. We’ve got just about everybody registered.� Slayter said over 600 students had registered for the 2018-2019
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“Ruff� the Bulldog waves to students and parents as they enter the campus of Kilgore Intermediate School during a “Meet the Teacher� event on Thursday.
(Clockwise from above) Kai Tucker and Jason Kirk chow down on watermelon slices during the Watermelon Fest Thursday. Mark Lane, KISD director of technology, gives hi-fives to students as they enter Chandler Elementary to meet their teachers and finish registering for class. Summer and Trey Stone fill out paperwork and talk to their daughter Reaghan as she prepares for her first day of school during “Meet the Teacher� day at KPS. Alain Gee uses a special slicing tool to divide up servings of watermelon.
school year at KIS. The middle school campus was the final stop for many families on Thursday before going to the Watermelon Fest to celebrate the new school year. On the second floor of KMS, eighth grade science teacher Tonia Loper was greeting students,
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telling them what supplies they would need for her class and directing them to the lab stations they would be using during the year. “A lot have shown up,� Loper said. “We are organizing their supplies and getting them ready for the new year.�
In Loper’s classroom, Nancy Willis and Sarah Buchanan were finishing up a long day at “Meet the Teacher� events. Like many families, they had traveled from campus to campus to get each child in the family ready for the first day of the semester. “This is our last school, finally,�
Willis said. Following the event, many families gathered at the KHS field house for a slice of cool watermelon from a refrigerated truck at the end of a long, hot day. KISD students will begin fall semester classes on Monday, August 20.
SABINE also voted unanimously to order the next school board election for Nov. 6. Three spots are on the ballot: places, 3, 4 and 5, currently held by Patty Pickle, Paul Franklin and Rusty Taylor, respectively. So far, former SHS prin-
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cipal Eddie Shawn has filed for Place 3, Paul Franklin has filed for re-election to Place 4 and Leslie Thurston has thrown his hat in the ring for Place 5. Filing for a spot on the SISD board opened July 21, and would-be candidates
have until Monday (Aug. 20) to submit their paperwork for a spot on the ballot. Applications can be filed in the Sabine ISD Superintendent’s Office until 5 p.m. Monday. Early voting begins Monday, Oct. 22, and contin-
ues through Friday, Nov. 2, available at any Gregg County polling location through the countywide voting system. Election Day polling is set for 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Nov. 6 in the district’s old elementary school cafeteria at 5333 Old Hwy. 135 N.
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GRADE our students to monitor progress. All KISD campuses are working to comply with the state’s new accountability requirements and are always striving for improvement.� The statement also criticized the practice of heavily weighting a district’s rating with STAAR results. “We do not believe oneday or one-time test results should be a major factor in rating a campus or a school district,� the statement read. “The use of complicated calculations based solely on standardized tests is not an accurate description of the teaching and learning at any campus in Kilgore ISD. We will continue to provide quality instruction and learning opportunities for our students that are aligned with state standards and meet the social, environmental and educational needs of our students.� KISD Interim Superintendent Mike Morrison said the district is currently at work on improving the rating. “It’s not a surprise,� Morrison said. “We know where they got the data. We’ve got a primary service provider, Region 7, working with teachers and staff. They are already working on the plan. We’ve had good staff development days and a lot of needs assessment. I am very confident in our ability to turn this around.� Morrison also said each campus is required to hold a public hearing about the new accountability system and those meetings are currently being planned. Other local districts received similar scores. Sabine ISD also earned a “C� rating, scoring 79 out of 100 points. Sabine
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earned 80 out of 100 points in student achievement, 80 out of 100 in school progress and 77 out of 100 in “closing the gaps.� Sabine ISD Superintendent Stacey Bryce provided an emailed statement regarding the rating which also disputed the accuracy of a rating heavily dependent on STAAR scores. “We understand the importance of accountability and assessment to monitor student progress. We do use the data to make changes in our instruction as necessary, but we do not believe one test on one day can possibly measure the effectiveness of any school district. Most schools can improve their ratings and test scores if they choose to teach to the test. The Sabine ISD board of trustees and the community have made it very clear that teaching to the test is not what is wanted in our district. These tests do not take into account that Sabine ISD won FIVE academic state championships this past year alone. Also, Sabine ISD was the 3A State Champions in UIL Academics this year. We will take that any day! Maybe we have a different idea of what student success looks like than TEA does!� the statement read. Overton ISD ranked a “D�, scoring 67 out of 100 points. The district earned 74 out of 100 points in student achievement, 71 out of 100 points in school progress and 51 out of 100 in “closing the gaps.� A press release from Overton ISD included a statement from superintendent Stephen DuBose. “We are very proud of the effort put forth by our students, parents, teachers and other staff to earn
the Met Standard on both campuses. Of course, we are disappointed with the overall district rating, but we’ll look deeply into the data to see what caused a district with two Met Standard schools to not meet the standard itself,� DuBose wrote. As DuBose pointed out, under the new system, a district with individual campuses receiving passing ratings can still receive a low or failing overall score. Leverett’s Chapel earned one of the highest marks in the area with an “A� score of 91 out of 100 points overall. The district earned 81 out of 100 points on students achievement, 92 out of 100 points on school progress and 87 out of 100 on “closing the gaps.� The student achievement domain measures how much students know and how well they perform on end-of-school tests. 40 percent of the achievement grade is based on district STAAR scores, another 40 percent is based on how well students are prepared for college, careers and the military and the final 20 percent is drawn from the district graduation rate. While nearly 100% of KISD students graduate on schedule, the district scored below state averages on every STAAR grade category and on post-graduation readiness. The school progress score is a measure of how well students performed on STAAR tests compared to the previous year and how well they are doing compared to other districts. The score is intended to show how many students are learning a year’s worth of material in a school year. KISD’s score of 73 in-
dicates the district is performing acceptably and at least 66 percent of its students have made a year’s worth of academic gains or the district’s achievement is about average compared to similar districts, according to the TXSchools website. The “closing the gaps� score is made up of four different metrics. Students are broken down into groups based on ethnicity, special education status, economic disadvantage, length of enrollment and English language proficiency. Each group is scored on academic achievement and these scores are combined to reach the final “closing the gaps� score. 50 percent of this score is made up of grade level performance ratings, 10 percent is based on academic growth and the graduation rate, 10 percent is based on English language proficiency and 30 percent is based on student achievement. KISD’s score of 69 indicates the district needs i m p rove m e n t b e c a u s e only between 15 percent and 28 percent of its student groups have met state goals. The website states this domain is intended to measure how hard a district is working to close achievement and performance gaps between different populations within the student body. The scores are posted on the new website TXSchools.org. The site states scores are generated by taking the higher score between student achievement and school progress. The higher score makes up 70% of the final accountability rating. The “closing the gaps� score makes up the final 30% of the rating.
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Kid fitness program registers students The Ignition Station after-school program will hold registration for the 2018-2019 school year from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday. The Aug. 23 session at 300 Harris St. (Building C-3) will also include a parent/volunteer meeting for the fitness and tutoring initiative spearheaded by Kilgore ISD teacher Hannah Beets. Sponsor-supported, there are a limited number of free spots for Ignition Station participants. Ignition Station is open to participants in third grade through 12th grade. According to IgnitionStation.org, “The vision of the Ignition Station is, using the medium of functional fitness classes, to create a safe and inspiring gym family where children and youth from low economical families can learn about faith, be encouraged to have hope and inspired to commit to pursuing excellence in fitness, academics, and life.� For more information, call Beets at 903-812-9033. – By JAMES DRAPER
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Back-to-School Safety A weekly article that will offer information concerning the Kilgore Fire Department and provide safety tips for home and family. As summer comes to an end and children begin starting to school, it is important to remember share safety tips with your children and friends to keep them safe. Whether children walk, ride thier bicycles or take a school bus to school, it is important that they and the motorists around them take safety precautions. WALKERS • Walk on the sidewalk and if there is not a sidewalk walk facing the traffic. • Before crossing the street, stop and look left, right, and left again to see if vehicles are coming. • Never dart out in front of a parked car. • Parents should practice walking to school with your child • If crossing the street cross at
crosswalks when possible. • Never walk while texting or talking on the phone. • Do not walk while using headphones. BIKE RIDERS • Always wear a helmet that is fitted and properly secured. • Children need to know the rules of the road: Ride single file on the right side of the road, come to a complete stop before crossing the street and walk the bike across. • Watch for opening car doors and other hazards. • Use hand signals when turning. • Wear bright colored clothing. BUS RIDERS • Teach children the proper way to get on and off the bus. • Line up 6 feet away from the curb as the bus approaches. • Use your seatbelts. • Wait for the bus to stop completely before standing.
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BRAINERD, Minn. – With a second straight regular season championship clearly in sight, Steve Torrence turns his attention this week to one of the two tracks in the Mello Yello Drag Racing Series on which he has neither qualified his Capco Contractors dragster No. 1 nor raced for a Top Fuel winner’s trophy. Nevertheless, at this weekend’s 37th Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd International Raceway, the 35-year-old Texan will enjoy a 161-point advantage over his nearest Top Fuel rival with just two race weekends remaining before the NHRA adjusts the point totals for the start of the six-race Countdown to the Championship. “We feel pretty confident,” Torrence said of his bid to again get the No. 1 starting spot in the playoffs, “but that’s not our ultimate goal. It’s just a means to an end. We let the championship get away from us last year and there’s not a single person on this team who isn’t committed to closing the deal this time.” Torrence dominated a year ago when he won a category best eight tour events plus the now defunct Traxxas Nitro Shootout. Nevertheless, after crashing heavily at his home track (the Texas Motorplex outside Dallas) in the fourth race of the Countdown, the 21-time tour winner was unable to sustain his momentum in a back-up car that was identical in composition but
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HEADED UP TO VIKING COUNTRY -- Steve Torrence's Capco Contractors NHRA Top Fuel dragster (above)( stands at the ready in preparation for this week's Lucas Oil Nationals at Brainerd, Minn. Torrence hopes to secure the top seed for the upcoming Countdown to the Championship.
certainly not personality. “You never can predict what is going to happen in this sport,” acknowledged the cancer and heart attack survivor. “You just have to stay focused and stay positive and trust your brothers on this race team.” Although he’s never won at BIR, Torrence did drive his way into the semifinals just a year ago before losing to close friend Antron
Brown, the same Antron Brown to whom he lost in the semifinals two weeks ago at Seattle, Wash., in an event in which he could have all but clinched the No. 1 seed. “I knew he wouldn’t be down for long,” Torrence said of the three-time series champion who went on to win Seattle and end a seasonlong victory drought. “It probably won’t be the last time we race each other. I’m
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Kilgore tennis starts fall season By MITCH LUCAS sports@kilgorenewsherald.com
The pursuit of a team championship will again drive the Kilgore High School tennis team, and head coach Jason Maroney, as the Bulldogs begin their fall season this weekend. Maroney, well into his second decade as KHS head tennis coach, brings back a good line-up for the more team-oriented fall season – spring season starts in January, early February, and that’s geared more toward individual play. Last fall, Kilgore made
It’s been tournaments aplenty for the Kilgore High School volleyball team two weekends running, and currently, Kilgore has impressed in the event ongoing at East Texas Baptist University in Marshall. Coach Lacy Coldiron’s Lady Bulldogs are 2-0, having defeated both Liberty-Eylau and Redwater on Friday morning. The girls were off the rest of Friday and were to play this morning against either Carthage, Spring Hill or Harmony at 8 a.m. Kilgore’s home opener is Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. against Sabine (freshmen, then junior varsity and varsity last). Counting the season opener against Nacogdoches and all tournament games, Kilgore is 4-5 on the season so far. They beat L-E, 22-25, 2511, 25-18, then beat Redwater, 25-17, 25-23, 25-14. Against L-E, Alexis Anderson had six kills; Rylie Mann and Miah Thomas each had five; and Mackenzie Cavanaugh and Jada Abercrombie each had four. Abercrombie had three blocks. Skyler Day had 22 digs; Abercrombie had 14, and Cavanaugh, 13. Nicki Rawls led the way in assists (10). Also on Kilgore's varsity are Dayton McElyea, Haley Page, Shelby Page, and Ashton Vallery.
the UIL 4A playoffs as the second seed from District 15-4A. The Bulldogs beat Lufkin Hudson in Nacogdoches, then beat Pleasant Grove in Longview before falling to Wills Point in Van in the third round. Wills Point went on to the state tournament. This year, the state tourney is at Texas A&M University in College Station, on Oct. 31-Nov. 1. The Bulldogs were to open the season Friday at Whitehouse, then play later that day in Jacksonville. See results in Wednesday’s News Herald, and online at kilgorenewsherald.com.
Maroney and assistant coach Rhonda Fletcher welcome back Trystan Dobbs, who was first-team alldistrict a year ago, as well as Cheyanne Jones, Kelton Kelly, Maison Landaverde, Mary Bess Mercer, Madalynn Parrymore, Kalen Ray, Kaleb Sanderson and Jack Tyra – Sanderson, Ray, Parrymore, Mercer, Kelley and Tyra were all second-team all-district last year. Also on the team are William Bennett, Rori Bigos, Chase Borders, Reese Dailey, Hernan Galvan, Victoria Hampton, Chloe Hillman, and Samantha Linkinhoker.
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CHITCHAT CORNER LINDA K. BALLARD
Grandma did it THERE is nothing like what Grandma used to make when it comes to eating or finding someone who knows the recipe to stir those memories. Passing on family recipes was just as important as a woman having a dowry or hope chest. Recipes were provided by the elder women of the family to a new bride looking to carry on family traditions. In today’s world of fast food and microwaves, the family favorites have become a lost art. “Her recipes are now four generations strong,” said Mike. “She came over on the boat through Ellis Island carrying my grandfather who was two years old at the time. My great-grandparents, Julianna “Csabai” Chubboy and her husband, Louis settled south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. They came from a real small coal mining town called Veszprem, Hungary. And her recipes, including that stuffed cabbage everyone likes so well, were handed down to grandmother.” Mike’s grandfather fought with General Pershing in Mexico, chasing Pancho Villa. By the time WWI started the generals didn’t want to let him fight. Eventually it was decided to let him go as a chef. After the war they settled back in Pittsburg. “My dad also became Army,” said Mike. “My mother loved my father so much she learned how to read the recipes. They were written in Hungarian and she did not know the language. My mother cooked chicken paprikash for the French Astronaut Society and for the ambassadors in Greece and Turkey. She taught me the recipes handed down from generation to generation.” Mike met his lovely wife, Brigitta in Florida where he owned his one import/export furniture company. Brigitta had just flown in from Romania and stepped into the company looking for a job. When Mike spoke back to her in Hungarian, she made fun of him which sparked his attention. She moved back to Hungary and the couple Skyped each other for months until he asked her to marry him. He moved back 30 miles from the town his great-grandparents came from and started their family. She made floral arrangements; he stayed with exporting furniture until the market went down. It was then the couple did a market search and moved to Colorado and loved it until again the market took another turn. The family sold their house and moved to Kilgore partly due to the location of the town being between Dallas and Shreveport. Mike thought it would be a good place for selling LED signs and a good place to obtain better education for their children. To them, education in the United States was a very important decision made early on for their children, Robert Michael and Greta. The See CHITCHAT, Page 2B
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Political power doesn't ensure proper grammar People often ask me whether good grammar is important. There’s usually a subtext to their question. It’s “Validate all the sweat and effort I’ve put into learning how to speak and write properly.” My pat answer tends to disappoint: Proper grammar is like a nice suit. It might be crucial when applying for that dream job, but you can ditch the starched-shirt formal-
ity if you’re going to a backyard barbecue. Today, I stand corrected. Turns out good grammar and even tenth-grade writing skills are immaterial to one of the most important jobs in the country provided that, along with your resume, you send a mountain of cash. Behold the language skills of a man accused in federal court
of slipping $16 million of other people’s money to one Paul Manafort while simultaneously seeking a job as Secretary of the United States Army. Stephen M. Calk, trusted custodian of depositors’ savings at Chicago’s Federal Savings Bank – an institution focused on serving veterans with home loans and the like – submitted his application materials to Manafort well after the latter was officially removed from the presidential team. This was around the same time he ap-
proved $16 million in loans to Manafort. In his job application materials, Calk listed the prospective roles he might assume. Except he spelled them “perspective rolls.” Calk continued to misspell “roles” elsewhere in the employment paperwork, with the exception of a passage whose wording was identical to that of a Wikipedia entry. Regarding Calk’s hand-picked subordinates to help him run the United States Army, Calk
wrote that he “can have them on boarded within 30 days.” Perhaps they’re a highly qualified bunch, but we can safely bet none has a proofreading background. The document was titled “Qualification Memorandum on Behalf of Stephen M. Calk Articulating His Qualifications to Serve as the 22nd Secretary of the Army,” which is very helpful for any reader who doesn’t know that a qualification memorandum articulates See CASAGRANDE, Page 2B
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Kilgore Church Women elect officers Kilgore Church Women met on Friday, July 27, at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church for their quarterly meeting; there were 32 in attendance. The president, Carroll Bolton, welcomed everyone and Reverend Debbie Daigle opened the meeting with the invocation. Everyone enjoyed a delicious covered dish luncheon sitting at tables beautifully decorated with many different crosses. After lunch, officer’s reports were given. Lawana Sistrunk read the minutes of the April 27, 2018 meeting and the minutes were approved as read. The treasurer’s report and a report of Meals on Wheels were given by Mrs. Bolton in the absence of Peggy Bowne. It was reported that Kilgore Church Women will once again pay for the containers to deliver the meals, and 938 meals were delivered through July 8, 2018. Ruth Anne Camp made an announcement about the packing, transporting and passing out of school supplies. There was no report for special projects. Sherry Lockman reported that all is going well with the nursing home birthday parties and that at the October meeting, she is hoping to be able to hand out the 2019 list of nursing home birthday parties and churches assigned to each month.
Rev. Debbie Daigle
Next, Nita Beale proposed the new slate of officers for Kilgore Church Women for 2019. The following officers were proposed. President, Martha Clark; Co-Vice Presidents, Gladys Crouch and Nita Beale; Secretary, Lawana Sistrunk; Treasurer and Meals on Wheel Coordinator, Peggy Bowne; Special Projects, Mary Gaddie; Nursing Home Birthday Parties,
Sherry Lockman; and Co-Publicity, Ruth Anne Camp and Linda Sartor. These officers were elected and will be installed at the October meeting. Pam DeCeault of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church introduced the Reverend Debbie Daigle, the Vicar at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Tyler. She gave a wonderful program from a devotional in the Jesus Calling devotional book. Ms. Daigle talked about a women’s retreat “Dancing When You Don’t Hear the Music.� She also advised that everyone needs a Sabbath Time where they can go to a deserted place, a quiet place, maybe a chair in a corner or outside in nature, to talk to God and just have time to sit and listen to the quiet or to nature. She used the scripture of “Be still and know that I am God� to help one understand that it is Biblical to sit and meditate and have a quiet time. Afterwards, Ms. Daigle was presented with a certificate of appreciation and it was announced that a donation would be made to Helping Hands in her honor. Prayers and concerns were given for many in our community. Mrs. Bolton then announced the next meeting will be held on Oct. 26 at First Presbyterian Church and dismissed the meeting.
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children were enrolled in the Sabine school district. Naturally, Grandma’s recipes came with them and tried out on newly-made friends in the area. “Brigi and I experimented with great-grandma’s recipes adding what we thought was needed,� said Mike. “What a mess I created. The original taste was so lost. We called it our litmus test and we discovered the distinctive taste of grandma’s recipes was not worth deviating from. It is exact to formulation. Our friends began asking us to open a restaurant, but we were not sure about it. Then we heard Kilgore was holding an Oktoberfest and I went into the Chamber of Commerce to ask about it. That was on a Thursday and they signed us up. The Oktoberfest was on Saturday. They gave us limited time to prepare for it, but Brigi and I showed up and people gave us e-mail addresses wanting to know when the restau-
rant would be open.�Brigitta’s Hungarian Restaurant opened in 2017 and serves grandma’s original recipes. “We don’t even deviate from the Hungarian paprika used in all her recipes,� said Mike as he gave a hint of the ingredients in the recipes. “Everything we have here has paprika in it. Grandma literally cooked everything in spices. I use about 2.2 lbs. per week and I order it in from Hungary by the kilo. It is kept in a cool and dark place to obtain its richness.� To eliminate deviating from the recipe, he has one spoon used to measure just the right amount of spices to each entre. “I like to think grandmother is right here looking over everything I cook,� said Mike. “If not, I at least want to give her the honor.� Just like grandmother used to make it – not American cuisine but it will definitely add the “Mmmm good� to your taste buds.
Brigitta’s is located at 202 Hwy. 31 East, Kilgore, Texas. IF you have seen a bunch of gals going in and out of the business lately, that is your Kilgore Chamber of Commerce ambassadors at work and at play making a fun time of getting to know you. Be prepared; they love to snap pictures and let their locations be known. If you have not met the new Chamber President/ CEO Jill McCartney, try to catch her in the office. She has a delightful personality and determined to make Kilgore her home. OH, HOW TIMES HAVE CHANGED – Kassy Paris, our Liberty City author/teacher posted the following rules for teachers on Facebook recently. Keep in mind the 12 rules were written in 1914: 1. You will not marry during the term of your contract. 2. You are not to keep company with men. 3. You must be home between
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qualifications. Calk also wrote that his own “financial acumen, academic proficiency and national reputation is without equal,� leaving us to wonder what type of academic proficiency eschews subject-verb agreement. The remainder of the application materials leave an inquisitive reader wondering whether Calk ever bribed a freshman English teacher. Yet he sure has gone far in life, making it to CEO of an institution focused on lending to veterans then courageously handing a substantial fraction of that bank’s lendable assets to Manafort, who’s not a veteran. Calk’s inarticulate bid to for Secretary of the Army shot straight up the chain of command. Manafort sent Calk’s application to not-yet-disgraced Rick Gates, who sent it to Jar-
ed Kushner, who emailed the reply: “On it!� So kids, if anyone tells you language skills are important to getting ahead in this world, you can just shout “You’re wrong!� while waving around $16 million of veterans’ money. True, there are powerful people out there – people who may hold your fate in their hands – who will fuss over your grammar. Lucky for you, many don’t know what they’re talking about. Judge T.S. Ellis, presiding over the Manafort case, ripped into a prosecutor for his grammar. Apparently, the prosecution had filed a legal brief containing the words “you are expressly to understand.� Ellis assailed that language, saying it was “wrong� diction and that no one speaks that way, but adding “at
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the hours of 8 p.m. and 6 a.m. 4. You must not loiter downtown near the ice cream stores. 5. You may not travel outside the city limits unless you have permission of the chairman of the school board. 6. You may not ride in a carriage or automobile with a man unless it is your father or brother. 7. You may not smoke. 8. You may not dress in bright colors. 9. You may under no circumstances dye your hair. 10. You must wear at least two petticoats. 11. Your dresses may not be any shorter than 2 inches above the ankles. 12. You must scrub the floor once a day, clean the blackboards once a day and in start the fire at 7 a.m. so the school will be warm by 8a.m. Grandma did it. May His Love and Laughter Fill Your Hearts and Your Homes Throughout the Week. In the meantime, we may be reached at chitchatlinda@aol.com.
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least it didn’t split the infinitive.� Apparently, Ellis believes that putting “expressly� between “to� and “understand� would create the dreaded split infinitive, even though there exists no such error. "Some infinitives seem to improve on being split, just as a stick of round stovewood does," “Elements of Style� authors Strunk and White advise. The lesson here, kids: If you use proper grammar, some blowhard could hold it against you. But if you can’t make a verb agree with a subject but you can make dirty deals with other people’s millions, the world’s your oyster. - June Casagrande is the author of “The Joy of Synax: A Simple Guide to All the Grammar You Know You Should Know.� She can be reached at JuneTCN@aol.com.
Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Wilson Hall (nee Morgan Wei Wan Bartlett)
Bartlett, Hall wed On Saturday, April 14, 2018, Morgan Wei Wan Bartlett became the bride of Ryan Wilson Hall at Parker Heights Christian Church in Odessa. Morgan is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Bartlett of Crane, Texas. Ryan is the son of Holly Humphrey Johnson and Don Johnson of Omaha, Texas, and Chris and Lynn Hall of Longview. Morgan’s maternal grandfather is Jerry Barton of Crane. Her paternal grandparents are Dr. and Mrs. Sylvan Bartlett, also of Crane. Ryan’s maternal grandparents are the late Buddy Humphrey and Jean Humphrey of Daingerfield. His paternal grandparents are the late George and Charlene Hall. Pastor William Mark Bristol officiated the ceremony, and Phil Crenshaw, 95, read a poem that he had read at the bride’s parent’s wedding in 1987. Celina Sanchez of Crane served as maid of honor, and bridesmaids were Gabrielle Bartlett, sister of the bride; Jessica Abrams of Tennessee; Emily Hall, sister of the groom, from Daingerfield; and Sarah Harrelson Roark, Cana Jones and Danielle Dominquez Cox, all of Crane. Tyler Hendricks of Midland served as best man, and groomsman were Ben Bartlett and Zachary Bartlett, brothers of the bride, Sven Aho and Wyatt Anderson of Midland and Richard Knight of Monahans. Flower girls were Sophia and Isabelle Bartlett, cousins of the bride, from Plano. Grant Bartlett, brother of the bride, served as ring bearer. Kaden Hall, nephew of the groom from Daingerfield, was the sign bearer. Ushers were Tuesday Jacobs and Bill Foster, both from Midland. The bride wore her mother’s wedding dress with a fitted bodice and long sleeves of white lace. The skirt was made of ruffles and lace down to the floor. The formal reception was held at the Elegante Hotel in Odessa. Dinner was served to all guests and dancing followed. Music was provided by Boyd’s Events, and the host DJ was Reed Boyd. Morgan has a business degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock and currently works as a cosmetologist in Odessa. Ryan has a degree in Industrial Electrical Technology from Texas State Technical College in Marshall and is currently employed as an electrician at General Electric in Odessa. After their honeymoon to Santorini, Greece, and Rome, Italy, they are making their home in Crane.
Chamber rep promotes Kilgore at Senior Citizens gathering President Sally Melton opened the Aug. 8 Kilgore Senior Citizens Club meeting with the Pledge of Allegiance. Ray Drost gave the prayer for the meeting and the meal. Debbie Moore, secretary read minutes from last meeting which were approved as read. Sylvia Bennett, vice president, gave the treasury report. It was approved for audit. Sunshine Lady Stella Morris will send get well cards to Joyce Riddle and Evelyn Banda. Birthdays for August are Judy Irving and Katherine Miller. Entertainment for this meeting was Ryan Polk, tourism manager from Kilgore Chamber of Commerce. He discussed the history of Kilgore and things to see and do in Kilgore. Splash pad, oil wells, derricks, East Texas Oil Museum, oil boom, Worlds Richest Acre, Crim and Texan theatres, Rangerette Showcase, Gussie Nell Davis, Texas Shakespeare Festival, Kilgore College, Texas Broadcasting Museum and
others. Door prize was won by Doris Hampton. Fish was served for lunch with other side dishes and desserts. Some members stay after the meeting to play dominoes and/or Mexican train. Everyone is welcome to play. There were 18 members in attendance: Ginger Anglin, Margaret Baker, Sylvia Bennett, Reo Calender, Dave Conner, Eva Nell Drost, Ray Drost, Leona Halbert, Bea Hampton, Doris Hampton, Betty Herrelson, Mary Ann McDonald, Sally Melton, Debbie Moore, Stella Morris, Paul Newman, Martha Smith and Nita Woodcock. Everyone 55 and over is welcome to attend meetings and enjoy the fellowship and entertainment. The next meeting will be Aug. 22 at the Lions Club building, 307 N. Rusk St. Meetings begin at 11:15 with a short business meeting followed by either bingo or guest entertainment at 11:30. Dinner is at noon. Meeting adjourned at 12:45.
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FINANCIAL FOCUS WILBUR YATES
Financial tips for Alzheimer's caregivers If you are, or will be, a caregiver for elderly parents or another close family member living with Alzheimer’s disease, you may experience some emotional stress – but you also need to be aware of the financial issues involved and what actions you can take to help address them. You will find few “off the rack” solutions for dealing with the financial challenges associated with Alzheimer’s. For one thing, family situations can vary greatly, both in terms of the financial resources available and in the availability and capabilities of potential caregivers. Furthermore, depending on the stage of the disease, people living with Alzheimer’s may have a range of cognitive abilities, which will affect the level of care needed. Here are some general suggestions that may be useful to you in your role as caregiver: Consult with family members and close friends. It’s extremely hard to be a solo caregiver. By consulting with other family members or close friends, you may find that some of them have the time and ability to
help. Consider obtaining durable power of attorney. If you possess a durable power of attorney for finances, you can make financial decisions for the person with Alzheimer’s when he or she is no longer able. With this authority, you can help the individual living with the disease – and your entire family – avoid court actions that can take away control of financial affairs. And on a short-term basis, having durable power of attorney can help you take additional steps if needed. You’ll find it much easier to acquire durable power of attorney when the individual living with Alzheimer’s is still in the early stage of the disease and can willingly and knowingly grant you this authority. Gather all necessary documents. You’ll be in a better position to help the individual living with Alzheimer’s if you have all the important financial documents – bank statements, insurance policies, wills, Social Security payment information, deeds, etc. – in one place. Get professional help. You may want to consult with an attorney, who can advise you on
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FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 19 ARIES (March 21-April 19) Reach out to a loved one at a distance. In general, it might be hard to connect with others. Leave a message, if need be. Someone cares about you; note this person’s behavior. Clear up a misunderstanding quickly. Tonight: You need to make an effort toward a loved one. This Week: You might be concerned with work or a group issue. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Focus on your immediate family. Many are making changes around their homes. A key person wants to be part of the process. This individual might not have your taste, but he or she certainly expresses a sense of adventure, especially with colors. Tonight: Make it cozy. This Week: You opt for a last-minute trip. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) You need to respond to others, as your popularity soars. A neighbor or a close relative will reach out to you. You provoke others to daydream about what they want. Mercury, your ruling planet, moves into a more favorable position. Tonight: Celebrate the night with friends. This Week: The next few days could be intense. CANCER (June 21-July 22) You love bringing your family and/or friends together. Sometimes, you might be busy helping someone make his or her life work. Whatever you do, be gracious and willing to pitch in. Others understand that you give of yourself to demonstrate your caring. Tonight: Take a walk. This Week: Others demand to be first, so let them. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) You could not be in better shape to enjoy your life and loved ones. Romance for those who are available soars to new heights. Attached Leos express their caring for their partners. Children feel your affection. Tonight: Do not allow a little tension to interfere with the moment. This Week: Dive into your work. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) You might be difficult to find. You could be thinking about a loved one or be involved in some expression of caring. Know that you do not need to explain your behavior. Examine what you want from a relationship without making any declarations yet. Tonight: Dinner for two. This Week: Your imagination fuels your creativity. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) You can be lively, especially when dealing with a friend or loved one. The opportunity could arrive to introduce this person to new people whom you also enjoy. You see the bright side of relating right now, as you rarely do. Tonight: Any excuse to keep the party going on and on! This Week: Someone decides to rain on your parade. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) You will be in the limelight, regardless of whether you want to be. Others seek you out for feedback or a friendly chat. Use care when indulging in the moment, as you easily could go overboard. You love the good life! Tonight: Others want to join you for some good times. This Week: Watch the revolving door, as people seek you out. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) You are all smiles, and others notice how upbeat and magnetic you are. Understand that several people are likely to engage you in conversation in order to catch up. You carry your feelings in your expression, at least for now. Tonight: Consider trying a new type of cuisine. This Week: You are determined not to let anyone or anything trip you up. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) A loved one feels tightly knit to you. You might not be totally at ease with this person’s self-expression when demonstrating this caring. If you feel uncomfortable, you might consider opening up a conversation. Make it OK to distance yourself. Tonight: Off on a fun adventure. This Week: Expect to dominate most of the week. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) You leap into the forefront when out with friends and/or a loved one. If you are available, you might find that there is more to a friendship than you originally had thought. What you do with this information is up to you. Tonight: Partake in some good times with a special friend. This Week: Make it OK to extend your summer fun. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) You could be more in tune with a quiet Sunday. Join a loved one for a picnic at a favorite spot. Do not forget to take that catnap, too. Some extra R and R will do wonders for your temperament and energy levels. Tonight: Consider how to get a head start on tomorrow. This Week: Zero in on what you want.
establishing appropriate arrangements, such as a living trust, which provides instructions about the estate of the person for whom you’re providing care and names a trustee to hold title to property and funds for the beneficiaries. You also might want to meet with a financial advisor, who can help identify potential resources and moneysaving services. And a tax professional may be able to help you find tax deductions connected to your role as caregiver. Finally, use your experience as a caregiver to reminder yourself of the importance of planning for your own needs. For example, a financial professional can suggest ways of preparing for the potentially huge costs of long-term care, such as those arising from an extended stay in a nursing home. Caring for an individual living with Alzheimer’s has its challenges. But by taking the appropriate steps, you can reduce uncertainties – and possibly give yourself and your family members a greater sense of security and control. This article was written by Edward Jones for use by Wilbur F. Yates, an Edward Jones Financial Advisor with offices at 619 E. Kay St., Kilgore.
MINISTER'S MOMENT DR. JAYSON GALLER
Pope departs from Biblical death penalty Pope Francis recently declared that the death penalty is always wrong because it attacks “the inviolability and dignity of the person”. Perhaps not surprisingly Lutherans and others do not any pope to be the definitive interpreter of Holy Scripture. In fact, as the Bible teaches clearly without needing interpretation, from nearly the beginning of time, the death penalty has been in effect precisely because of God’s high regard for human life—regard not so much for the life of the murderer but more for the life of the victim. Although Cain did not suffer the death penalty for murdering Abel, the principle established at that time (Genesis 4:10-11) carried forward to specific laws given to Noah after the flood (Genesis 9:5-6) and to Moses after the Exodus (Exodus 21:12; Leviticus 24:17; Numbers 35:31, 33). God’s vengeance against murderers is not properly carried out by individuals seeking revenge (Matthew 5:38, quoting Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21) but by God’s servants in the government (Romans 13:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:6). So, those who execute murderers and soldiers who wage just wars are not themselves murderers subject to the death penalty. And, God’s requirement of two or three witnesses to a capital intentional murder is intended to help prevent miscarriages of justice (Deuteronomy 17:6; 19:15; Numbers 35:3; compare Matthew 26:59-61 and parallels). Of course, any one sin warrants temporal and eternal death (Romans 6:23a), but the God-man Jesus Christ died on the cross to save all people from eternal death (Romans 6:23b; John 11:25). Like all who repent and trust in Jesus, even murderers who repent and trust are saved from eternal death (as Judas could have been [Matthew 27:3-5]), though they may suffer temporal death as a consequence for having murdered. As in the case of the people after the flood and exodus, God’s redeeming us in His Son Jesus Christ should lead us by the power of the Holy Spirit not to change or “develop” His teaching, whether about the death penalty or anything else, but to keep His teaching and live in His forgiveness when we fail to keep it. 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
Surrogacy at an advanced age comes with increased risk DEAR DR. ROACH: Would you please comment on common or uncommon issues that might be expected in a pregnancy at age 57? I am overall very healthy, with no issues other than slightly elevated LDL. I have not gone through menopause. I had four full-term pregnancies, the last at age 35 (after which I had my tubes tied), and no miscarriages. I asked my doctor two years ago if I would have an issue being a surrogate and was told there was no reason I couldn’t be, but my current physician told me that it can be very dangerous at my age. I am concerned that the practice is just covering itself against any liability. I realize that this is my decision alone and I would not hold my doctors accountable, but I’d also like the real truth regarding any potential issues I would be likely to encounter. I appreciate your thoughts. -- M.V. ANSWER: I admire your willingness to consider being a surrogate. However, the risks of pregnancy in a 57-year-old woman are significant. A study from the U.K. from 2016 quantified the risks pretty thoroughly; however, of the 233 women studied, only two of them were older than 57, so your risks are probably higher than the average risk for an older mother in the study (which was defined here as 48 years or older at the date of delivery). Before I go over the risks, let me point out that one major risk for older mothers, Down syndrome, may not apply, since the ovum (egg) you would be carrying would come from another woman and it is her age that determines the risk for the fetus. Older mothers also are more likely to carry twins (or more than two fetuses). Compared with younger mothers, older mothers have a higher risk for: high blood pressure during pregnancy (15 percent vs. 5 percent); pre-eclampsia, also called toxemia (6 percent vs. 2 percent); diabetes during pregnancy (18 percent vs. 4 percent); hemorrhage after delivery (26 percent vs. 15 percent); Caesarean section (78 percent vs. 33 percent); preterm delivery (22 percent vs. 8 percent); and admission of the baby to the intensive care unit (3 percent vs. less than 1 percent). Miscarriage rate (after 11 weeks) in women over 55 is estimated to be about 10 percent, compared with 1 percent in younger women. Maternal death is much more likely for older women than younger; however, that risk is small, less than 2 per 1,000 in a separate Swedish study of mothers over 45. Overall, these risks are not small. You should think through your risks before making a decision. I’m disappointed in the lack of advice you received. DEAR DR. ROACH: Are net carbs really a thing? I understand low impact on blood sugar, but not measuring net carbs. -- H.C. ANSWER: The “net carbs” number is normally calculated by taking the grams of total carbohydrates and subtracting the grams of fiber and sugar alcohols. It’s an attempt to look at the effect on blood sugar, and it has modest informational benefit. It can be misleading, because some sugar alcohols (ending in “-ol,” like maltitol and xylitol) do increase blood sugar somewhat, though not as much as sugars (which end in “-ose,” like glucose and sucrose). I don’t recommend using the term “net carbs.” I think it’s more important to look at ingredients. Avoid large amounts of added sugar and processed starches. Make sure the carbohydrates you take in come mostly from vegetables, fruits, legumes and whole grains. These are the foundations of a healthy diet, and you don’t need to count numbers. *** 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 request an order form of available health newsletters at 628 Virginia Dr., Orlando, FL 32803. Health newsletters may be ordered from www.rbmamall.com. ©2018 North America Syndicate Inc.
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GREATER ST. JOHNâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S BAPTIST FM 1639, Kilgore. James Bell Jr., Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. 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. Brandon Cochran, Min. 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 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 10 am; WS â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 11 am and 6 pm Wed. Service â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 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. D.E. Daniels, Sr., Pastor. 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. 7:00 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 am 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. Very Rev. John Gomez, 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.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 10:00a.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. PAULâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 MCCARYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. LUKEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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. SCOTTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 PEOPLEâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;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 â&#x20AC;˘ 903-522-1907 Pastor Casandra Fryar SS 9:45 a.m. Morning service 11:00 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. Eric L. Love, pastor. 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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2415 Old Stone Rd, Kilgore. 3/2. Refrigerator, stove, washer & dryer. outdoor storage, Seasonal lawn care and security included. Restrictions apply. $1000 deposit, $1000 rent. 903-235-4252 House for Rent KILGORE ISD Schools Brick, 3 BR/2BA, CA/CH, Appliances, dishwasher, stove, carport, w/storage, Large fenced backyard, References Required, Restrictions. $950/ Mo, $750/Dep. 903-984-4203, 903-522-1527
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OFFICE SPACES AVAILABLE All Bills paid 1 office suite starting at $400.00. 3 Room office suite remodeled, $800.00. 1 Large 5 Room office suite, $1800.00 2 room office suites starting at $500.00 4 room office suite $1100.00 1100 Stone Road. Professional Building 903-983-9315
DIRECT SERVICE ASSOCIATES needed in the Longview area to work with individuals with developmental disabilities in a group home setting. Direct Support Associate is responsible for maintaining a healthy, safe, and therapeutic environment for people we served. Qualifications: â&#x20AC;˘ Effectively read, write and communicate verbally in English and must be able to read and understand instructions, perform record-keeping. â&#x20AC;˘ Valid driverâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s license with good driving record and proof of liability coverage if a vehicle is owned. â&#x20AC;˘ Submit to and pass drug screen and criminal background check. Please apply Monday-Friday 8:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the Longview location 802 Pine Tree Rd
300 Harris 1300 sq. ft. space. 3 offices and break room. $550/month, $550/deposit. A.B.P. 903-557-1342 or 903-738-2994
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$1,000 Sign on Bonus! Be Your Own Boss! Choose Your Own Routes! Quality Drive-Away is looking for CDL Drivers to deliver new trucks all over the country, starting in Laredo, TX. www.qualitydriveaway.com, 574-642-2023.
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