Kilgore News Herald - June 27, 2015 Edition

SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015

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STAAR results fall short ANNUAL of district's expectations PROGRESS

By CHELSEA KATZ

news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

When discussing the still-new State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), Kilgore ISD Superintendent Cara Cooke compared it

to running a marathon before having the proper workout plan in place.

“Even second year in, we’re trying to build and get the plan together while we’re still having to run the race because there’s no stopping,” she said during Monday night’s regular meet-

ing of the KISD Board of Trustees.

Although four grade levels showed declines in reading compared to the previous year’s students, sixth grade and English I showed an increased See STAAR, Page 7A

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KILGOROUND BILL WOODALL “next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims and so forth” – e.e.cummings, 1926 • STATE Rep. David Simpson (Longview) and Rep. Bryan Hughes (Mineola) are already – if you can imagine – campaigning for the Texas Senate seat being vacated

by Kevin Eltife of Tyler. Both want to replace a state senator known as the voice of reason in Austin.

IN the few days since Eltife announced he would not seek reelection, even fewer days have passed when we didn’t get an email from Hughes’ campaign team, claiming an endorsement from one group or another. And, yes, we have one from Simpson listing a number of individuals who’ve said they will support his campaign.

BEGINNING now, you’ll find those unedited announcements at kilgorenewsherald.com in the section titled Campaign Noise. You can decide if those endorsements are important to you.

• IT’S SUMMER vacation season in East Texas.

How do we know? Those who rarely see an oil See KILGOROUND, Page 4A

INDEX Classified ............5-6B Crossword .............. 3B Daily Digest ........... 4A Horoscope ............. 3B Obituaries ............. 4A Sports .................... 8A

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Megan Hopkins, a clerk at Fantastic Fireworks' stand on the northwest corner of the intersection of Hwy. 42 and Interstate 20, restocks her shelves Thursday evening. After an explosion in China limited last year's stash, Hopkins said the holiday venture is doubling down on inventory this summer.

Vendors await July 4 rush

By CHELSEA KATZ

news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

With the Fourth of July one week away, fireworks stands are open for business and city officials are ready to make sure everyone’s holiday is safe.

Although Kilgore received more than six inches of rain in May alone,

the spring rain has given way to hot, humid summer days.

“With the rain that we have had, it’s made the vegetation grow a lot,” Kilgore Fire Marshal Brandon Bigos said. “With the hotter days and the sun coming out has dried that vegetation out on top. The soil may still be wet or moist, but the top of the

vegetation is dry.”

No matter if the year has been hot, cool, wet or dry, Bigos said, people need to use caution when using fireworks.

One of the most important things people need to remember, Bigos said, is that even though people can purchase fireworks from five dif-

ferent permitted stands in Kilgore, they cannot discharge those fireworks – including sparklers – within the city limits.

Kip Smith helps his grandfather, Bo Camp, operate their Stateline Fireworks stand at the intersection See FIREWORKS, Page 6A

UIL ranks Kilgore musician in top half-percent in state

By CHELSEA KATZ news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Out of about 100,000 students who participated in regional University Interscholastic League music competitions this year, Kilgore High School student Jace Mankins was selected as one of 287 “outstanding performers” in the state.

The recognition came follow-

TSF founder and artistic director Raymond Caldwell checks details on a 2015 program before welcoming Opening Night guests Thursday.

ing Mankins’ performance at the Texas State Solo-Ensemble Piano Solo Contest last month in Pflugerville.

“He knew he had gotten ‘ones’ at State, but he had no idea about the other,” Mankins’ mother, Tamara, said.

“I’m not surprised, but I’m very happy for Jace that this

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See MANKINS, Page 2A

HEALTH, SAFETY & PROPERTY VALUES:

Kilgore City Council members ban excessive use of tarps

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The tarps aren’t the problem, it’s how they’re used.

Following a unanimous vote by Kilgore City Council members Tuesday, Kilgore

residents have a little less than four weeks to remove troublesome tarpaulins (and similar materials) before the city’s code authorities begin enforcing new rules against misused coverings.

“All we’re asking for is com-

pliance,” said B.J. Owen, the City of Kilgore’s special services superintendent. The new regulations are aimed at giving code enforcement personnel the means to force – if necessary – the removal of eyesore and health-hazard

covers. “We’re trying to make these things disappear” as simply as possible.

“We look for compliance.

Ultimately that’s the best way to go. We do a lot of negotiations … There are teeth in it though.”

The new ordinance covers anything from the specified tarpaulins to inappropriately-used table cloths, bedsheets, garbage bags, plastic sheeting and more. If it’s not See TARPS, Page 3A

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Former 'Rette upholds line's legacy through annual camps

By CHELSEA KATZ

“We don’t have any bad ones,” she said about those memories. news2@kilgorenewsherald.com The goal of forming the RangOriginally from Henderson, erettes Forever group and beginRangerette Forever Wilda Rodri- ning the camps was to fund Ranguez Andrews has driven from gerette scholarships, she said. The Shreveport to Kilgore for the past idea for the camps came from 26 summers to help the many the Rangerettes’ second director, Deana Bolton Covin. hopefuls throughout “ We started our minicamp. camps in ’89 I believe, “I’m like their grandso I’ve been coming mother – great-grandto camp every year,” mother now – but a lot she said. “I had seven of them remember me,” little granddaughters she said.

– I had three sons and At 90 years old, she then I had seven little said, she does not always granddaughters – so recall names, but she reI brought them all to members a lot of faces.

Wilda Andrews camp.”

“You get to see people While one granddaughter did that you just see once a year or twice a year, and then I’ve got to not get a chance to attend the see them grow up and become camps because she was in Egypt Rangerettes and then come back at the time, another of the seven and become chaperones, so it’s girls went on to become a memfun to see them grow up and to ber of the 62nd line.

Andrews started at the camps as stay in contact throughout the a chaperone, but she now helps years. It’s just special, special.”

Andrews was a member of the sell Rangerette merchandise in fourth line of the Rangerettes the Rangerette gym, museum and from 1943 to 1945 under the di- B.E. Masters Gymnasium during rection of Gussie Nell Davis, the the two weeks of camps.

“I come back every year,” she Rangerettes’ founding director.

“Just something special,” she said. “I’m now 90, and so I think said. “You just make so many every year’s going to be my last, friends. It’s just an awesome but we’ll see, we’ll see.”

After more than 25 years of group.”

When she sees the young danc- helping with the camps, Andrews ers learn and perform the differ- said, she gets the same feeling ent routines, Andrews said, mem- each time another group of girls ories from her time as a Ranger- arrives.

“You just get chills every time ette come back to her.

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Rangerette Forever Wilda Andrews, 90, points to where she was standing during a group photo of the Rangerettes when she was a member of the fourth line from 1943-1945.

(Below) Abby Penprase, of McKinney, registers for the High School II Rangerette minicamp Thursday morning with her mother, Amy, by her side.

you see them,” she said. “Oh, it’s just wonderful. It’s a shame that more people don’t come and do it because they just miss so much.”

Although she is not with the dancers like she was as a chaperone, she said, she now gets to “camp out” in the Gussie Nell

Davis Rangerette residence hall for the two weeks of camp instead of moving with the campers from one location to the next.

“It’s just really, really grown,” Andrews said. “And now we have maybe 600 people in our four camps, and it started out

just one-day camp and then it’s grown.”

Many of the girls – first graders through high school and college students – who attend the camps are well behaved, disciplined and know what they want, she said.

“It’s amazing what these girls come out to do,” Andrews said.

She counts herself as blessed to have been a Rangerette and to have helped with the camps.

“I look forward to it every year,” she said. With the camps the same two weeks each year, she makes sure to mark it on the calendar well in advance.

Although Andrews never traveled far as a Rangerette due to World War II, she said, she has taken different trips and cruises as a Forever. In March Andrews and her granddaughter traveled to Ireland and Scotland with the group for the 75th anniversary trip.

“It’s just a part of you.”

MANKINS happened,” Kilgore High School Orchestra Director Tristan Roberts said.

Mankins was not in town when the letter from Texas’ State Director of Music Bradley Kent and a gold medal came in the mail, though. Instead, he has been at a three-week music intensive at the University of North Carolina to study composition.

“He’s just fabulous,” Mankins’ piano teacher, Sylvia Bolding, said. “He’s going to be a composer.”

Tamara Mankins said she is almost speechless when she thinks about her son’s accomplishment.

“I don’t have a talented bone in my body, so to have a child to be able to be recognized for his talents is pretty amazing,” she said. “We’re

Continued from Page 1A Kilgore High School's Jace Mankins leads a workshop on music composition at Region VII Education Service Center in August 2014.

Mankins, heading into his senior year, was recently named an 'outstanding performer' in Texas, one of 287 recognized by the University Scholastic League out of about 100,000 student musicians who competed in various regional competitions the past year.

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just super proud of him.”

The news was unexpected, Jace Mankins said Friday,

and, needless to say, he was excited.

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One of the things Bolding liked to see was Mankins’ parents’ support of him and his passion.

“He already knows that he was born to be a musician, and they have enough sense to support him,” she said. “It just thrills me to death.”

In addition to being recognized for his talent and work, Tamara Mankins said, she hopes the honor will look good on his resume so he can eventually do what he loves for a living.

Although many people call Mankins talented, Roberts said, his accomplishments on piano, cello and the organ came from constantly working to get better at his craft.

“Really, it was a daily dedication that you invested and studied this thing all along the way so these moments like this are there when you call on them and try to achieve them… The work started a long time ago for Jace,” he said.

And there's plenty of work ahead, Jace noted.

Looking beyond his senior year, "I think I want to be a composition major," he explained, and Mankins expects he'll have to adapt

to an ever-changing music culture. "It'd be idealistic to think that someday symphonies will be popular again but I don't think it's going to happen.

Considering that, "I guess I could continue to enforce some of these other composition ideas but still modernize as well. If the times are changing, if I want to find a job I'm going to have to change too."

Although he attended another UNC music intensive last year for piano, this year he applied for the session focused on composing and was accepted.

“It’s not just a summer camp,” Tamara Mankins said. “It’s an intensive that he has to be selected for, so that’s kind of neat.”

Throughout the three weeks, Mankins will write pieces for a dance performance, a short film and a strong ensemble.

"I personally love classical music, but I've studied many different types of music and all of it seems different to me and I like all of it," he explained. Now, and in the future, "Really, I don't think I'll stick with one style.

Pondering one possible career path in film scoring, "I'll have to learn how

to use all the technology they use to write music.

I'm sure it will be tough at first, but if I really want to get a job doing it, I'll have to suck it up. But, I think it will be fun."

Bolding called Mankins an “amazing student.”

While some students are talented and others are dedicated, she said, it is rare to find a student like Mankins who has both.

“This boy is going to do well because one thing, he’s not full of himself,” she said.

“He is not only gifted, but he has got it together in the brains department as well.

He does well in school and (is) a role model as well.”

Roberts also recognized Mankins’ position as a role model.

“I’m so pleased that the other students can have that example,” he said. “He can be a role model for a whole community and really in a way, you know, inspire everyone else with just the possibility of, ‘Hey, we can do that’ or ‘Hey, that’s a possibility.’”

In addition to being a role model, Roberts said, Mankins shows an understanding and maturity for reading and playing music not usually seen in musicians as young as he is, just finishing his junior year earlier this month.

Although people cannot be “funneled” into a particular program, such as music or orchestra, Roberts said, he hoped Mankins’ achievement can show the community the importance of the recognition and of the program.

“If this is not what education is all about, then I don’t know what is,” he said, adding no one can ever take away the skills he has acquired or the accomplishments he has received.

“Music really symbolizes what is organized and right in the world when we really need it the most."

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TARPS being used for its intended (and temporary) purpose, a misused cover could incur a violation, up to a misdemeanor charge and fine.

“Our goal is not to create a heavy-handed regulatory scheme but also to respond to property owners,” Kilgore City Manager Josh Selleck explained. One of the key purposes of the new ordinance is property values, he added.

“One of the things we heard consistently is that there’s concern about this adjacent property and whether their lack of maintenance and inappropriate use of these tarpaulins is affecting their neighbor.”

It’s not so much about regulating aesthetics as mitigating eyesores.

“They have very difficult

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times selling those properties, and obviously that has an impact on property values,” he confirmed. Misused covers “do hold water as well which can potentially hold mosquitoes and harbor them on the inside as well as the outside.”

According to Owen, the proposal was developed in the course of the efforts of the city’s 9-month-old Code Enforcement Task Force.

The task force members spent time surveying problem areas throughout the city, and tarp-issues were plainly visible at some residences.

“It devalues the people around there,” Code Enforcement Task Force member Karen Conner said, advocating for the ordinance. “This is essential. I just think it’s an ex-

tremely important part of us preparing and cleaning up our communities and our neighborhoods.”

Tuesday’s meeting was a chance to hear council members’ insight on the practice, Owen said, anticipating feeding on the proposed ordinance and, perhaps, approval.

“We would like guidelines that we can follow that you guys think are reasonable and that do protect property values,” Owen said.

Development of the new proposal included reviews of similar rules in Bryan, Denton, Arlington, Lancaster, Ennis and Denison – various city’s limitations range from restricting the screening of junk motor vehicles to screening in general; prohib-

iting torn, worn or defecting covers; or banning the use of tarps, plastic sheets and other materials as roof coverings.

“Tarps have a purpose,” Owen acknowledged. “We’re looking at guidelines that actually might allow the use and then give us some things to address” when misuse occurs.

For example, using tarps as a temporary covering for plants in foul weather is common and understandable, he explained, permissible for up to a week. Covering a damaged roof for a limited time, capped at 60 days, is allowable – further usage would require a variance from the city.

Also, according to the new ordinance, in Kilgore tarps (and similar materials) can no longer be used as fencing ma-

NEWS HERALD photo by JAMES DRAPER

Henderson City Manager Tim Kelty, alongside Henderson Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Ward, thanks Kilgore City Council members for the city's loan of a claw truck, dump truck and personnel to Henderson following last month's F2 tornado.

Officials thank City of Kilgore for good-neighbor help after tornado

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Amid a vast swathe of destruction, Henderson’s Memorial Day tornado left the city with a specific need, and Kilgore’s southern neighbor found fast help from officials here.

According to Henderson City Manager Tim Kelty, “Without the immediate help of partners like the City of Kilgore … we wouldn’t have been able to respond to the needs of our citizens as quickly as we did.”

The late-May storm triggered weeks of ongoing clean-up, Kelty reminded Kilgore City Council members Tuesday.

On May 25, “At about 6:30 p.m. an F2 tornado visited Henderson and decided to stay a while,” Kelty said, taking the podium at Kilgore City Hall this week alongside Henderson Mayor Pro Tem Thomas Ward. “When the sun came up Tuesday morning, the devastation that the tornado had visited was

clearly evident.

“Nearly the entire city was without power. We had probably 150,000 cubic yards of vegetative debris that needed to be cleaned up.”

Surveying the widespread damage, Kelty reached out to Kilgore City Manager Josh Selleck – the City of Henderson lacked a key piece of equipment, a truck with a claw for the removal of tree debris.

Selleck’s answer was an emphatic ‘Yes,’ Kelty recounted.

“I’m really appreciative of the fact that the City of Kilgore, without hesitation” lent not only its equipment but boots on the ground as well, Henderson’s manager said. “We had a crew there not only with a claw truck but also with a dump truck. They stayed with us, working alongside us, for the next two weeks.

“We were able to get everything open within just a couple of days and really start attacking the debris that people

brought out … Without the help of Kilgore, we couldn’t have made the impact we were able to make” so quickly.

If Kilgore ever has a need, Kelty said, don’t hesitate to make the call.

“Just please ask, and we’ll be there,” he concluded. “We’re very glad to have neighbors like you. It’s part of what makes East Texas great.”

Especially when it comes to foul weather, council member Lori Weatherford said, everyone needs help on occasion.

“We’ve been the benefactors of other jurisdictions during storms,” she explained, “and we know how beneficial that is.”

Ward echoed Kelty’s gratitude.

“We’re so thankful that we have neighbors and friends like you that are here in Kilgore,” he said. “When you need us, just call us.”

“We’re gonna pray,” Mayor Ronnie Spradlin quipped, “that we don’t need to call you.”

terial – “That was one thing we saw over and over and over again,” Owen said. Using such coverings to screen a porch or garage is prohibited. “Use that tarp for what it’s supposed to be used for,” that is, shortterm protection.

Fitted covers are OK in the new ordinance. Cars, boats, pools, all-terrain vehicles, barbecue pits and other items have speciallydesigned covers, Owen said, and are, typically, aesthetically-appealing.

Assuming they’re used as intended, “It does give the protection that you’re hoping for,” he said. “They’re designed for a specific use.”

During a public hearing on the ordinance Tuesday, Kilgore resident John Kulak expressed a concern about code enforcement officers targeting apparent violations that are obscured behind a property owner’s privacy fence.

Typically, enforcement will be limited to what is visible from public rightsof-way, Selleck noted, but code enforcement officers may also respond to violations reported by neighbors and confirmed by the city personnel by, for example, looking (with permission) from the neighbor’s home over a fence and into adjacent property.

“We’re not trying to create a neighbor vs. neighbor scenario, and we’re also not trying to come into someone’s backyard” uninvited, he said, without cause.

Beyond simple regulation, education is important, council member Lori Weatherford said.

Understanding some people don’t like tarpaulins in general, “We can’t govern taste. But it is a public health danger,” she said. The mosquito threat – as loose and long-term tarps hold water and become an insect harbor – was referenced numerous times Tuesday. Often transmitted by mosquitoes,

“West Nile is such a serious example of a serious disease.

“That’s something we need to educate people about.”

The proposal met little resistance from the rest of the council.

“I’m for the tarp,” council member Merlyn Holmes said.

Accepting there are privacy concerns with the tarps in someone’s fenced-in back yard being cited as a problem, “At the same time, I’m looking at that homeowner next door, that their property is lowered in value” because of tarps misused on a neighbor’s property.

The ordinance underscores the difference between appropriate and inappropriate use of coverings, Mayor Pro Tem Harvey McClendon noted.

“Tarps are not a reasonable means of storage,” he said.

“That’s what we’re basically getting into.”

Mayor Ronnie Spradlin echoed the support for regulating tarps and other covers.

“The majority of the code enforcement is to maintain property values,” Spradlin explained, “and for health and safety issues, and I think this falls under all three categories.”

Notably, Owen said tarp issues that catch code enforcement officers’ attention will include written notification, an in-person conversation and a reasonable window of time for a homeowner to address the problem.

“This ordinance does preserve some degree of discretion for staff,” Selleck agreed. “We’ll be identifying internally those areas where it’s appropriate to utilize that discretion.

“There is a perception that it takes a really long time to get action – that does come from our attempts to gain compliance and to not want to be that strong-arm city government.”

For more information on tarp regulations, call Owen at Kilgore City Hall at 903984-5081.

Historic cemetery will host annual picnic next week Press Release The Old Shiloh Cemetery Annual Picnic is scheduled for Saturday, July 4th.

The cemetery is located on Hwy. 315, approximately seven miles northeast of Mt. Enterprise.

Established in 1853, the cemetery is one of the oldest cemeteries in Rusk County and East Texas, and is a perpetual care cemetery.

The cemetery committee has added a number of stone benches to accommodate visitors as they search out family plots in the sprawling cemetery that has been expanded twice in the last 20 years.

Families interested in reserving burial lots may meet with cemetery sexton Paul Jett.

The committee is considering creating a Columbarium for repository of cremation urns.

For more information, contact committee secretary Mary Rice, 903-849-4783 or Paul Jett at 903-649-4614.

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OBITUARIES LYLE BAKER Services for Mr. Lyle Baker, 78, of Kilgore will be held Tuesday, June 30, at 2 p.m. in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore with Brother Brandon Cochran officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 until 2 p.m. on Tuesday one hour prior to the service. Burial will follow at Danville Cemetery. Mr. Baker completed his life’s journey on Thursday, June 25, 2015 at home with his family at his side.

Lyle was born on July 31, 1936, in Leon, IA. to Lloyd and Niada Baker. He worked in the auto body repair business for 42 years until his retirement. He married Margaret on July 19, 1957 and they spent the next 58 years making many happy memories. He was a member of Highland Park Baptist Church in Kilgore.

He enjoyed pitching horseshoes and was a member of the Kilgore Horseshoe Club.

He p l a c e d second in his class in the World Horseshoe Pitching Tournament in 2007. He enjoyed archery and was a member of the Archery Club and one of his proudest archery accomplishments was hunting for and shooting a black bear in Canada. His family was his greatest accomplishment and spending time with then was when he was happiest.

Left to cherish his memory are his wife, Margaret Baker of Kilgore; daughter, Melody Myers of Kilgore; grandchildren, Aaron Myers of

Nacogdoches and Holly Wasson of Kilgore; great-grandchildren, Cannon Hayes, Carter Wasson and Camille Sam, all of Kilgore; a brother, Lowell and wife Donna Baker of Council Bluffs, IA.; two sisters, Lois Benscoter and husband Harold Agnew and Kay and husband J Stott, all of Council Bluffs, IA. Also left to cherish him are numerous nieces, nephews, friends and other loving family members.

He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Dick Baker, sister Mildred Garten and a son, Michael Wayne Baker.

The family wishes to express their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to Angel Care Hospice for the excellent care given to Lyle during the final days of his journey.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com

CURTIS “DUCK�

CLIFFORD, JR. Memorial services for Mr. Curtis “Duck� Clifford Jr., 71, of Kilgore will be held Saturday, June 27, at 2 p.m. in the Rader Funeral Home C h a p e l .

Mr. Clifford passed away Wednesday at his home in Kilgore.

Curtis was born June 4, 1944 in Jacksonville. He lived most of his adult life in the Kilgore area.

Curtis was an avid outdoorsman, loved to cook and enjoyed training horses. He was a member of the St. John’s Masonic Lodge #56 in Tyler.

Curtis loved the time spent with his family, friends and especially his grandchildren.

He is survived by his mother, Alice Pauline Sawyer of El Paso; wife of 46 years, Sandy Clifford of Kilgore; children, Clay Clifford and wife Tishanna of Kilgore, Chad Clifford

and wife Dana of Kilgore, Cheri Peek and husband Ricky of Kilgore and Chandra Robins and husband Kenneth of Kilgore; sister, Becky Cole and husband Les of San Angelo; brothers, Jimmy Sawyer and wife Karen of Henderson and John W. Sawyer of El Paso; 13 grandchildren, six great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews.

Curtis was preceded in death by his dads, Curtis Foster Clifford Sr. and John Sawyer.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com

CLAUDIA KAY LACKEY Services for Mrs. Claudia Kay Lackey, 65, of Kilgore will be held 10 a.m. Saturday, June 27, in the Rader Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday from 6-8 p.m.

Following cremation, private burial services will be scheduled at Lakeview Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Lackey passed away Tuesday, June 23,

2015.

Claudia was born in Oklahoma, City, OK, on December 8, 1949.

She lived most of her life in the Kilgore area.

Claudia loved all of nature and all living things. She enjoyed being outdoors watching the wildlife and especially the deer at her home.

Claudia enjoyed fishing and gardening. She loved the Texas Hill Country. She loved her family and spending time with her two granddaughters was always the highlight of her day.

Claudia is survived by her husband of 45 years, Don Lackey of Kilgore; mother, Mariam Park of Kilgore;

daughters, Valerie Gorman and husband Pat of Kilgore and Lisa Haley and husband Scott of Kilgore; granddaughters, Erin Schamber and husband Brandon of Kilgore and Bailey Haley of Kilgore; sister, Gail Shock and husband Danny of South Carolina; several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her father, Billy Park, and brother, Rob Park.

Memorials may be made to the The Nature Conservancy/Texas www. nature.org or to a charity of your choice.

Please leave online condolences at www.raderfuneralhome.com

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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.

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.

FYI MEMBERS OF HOLY PRAYER CHURCH, behind the post office in Laird Hill, will celebrate the 27th anniversary and birthday of Pastor Ella Mae Walker with services July 10 and 12. A musical celebration with praise dance and soloists is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday, July 10. The anniversary and birthday service is at 3 p.m. Sunday, July 12. The public is invited.

REGISTRATION FOR SUMMER I AND SUMMER II COURSES is currently underway for all students.

Summer I is set for June 1 through July 2 and Summer II is July 6 through Aug. 6. The early registration payment deadline for Summer II courses is June 24.

Also, the fall financial aid deadline is July 1. Students can visit www.kilgore.edu/financialaid for financial aid information. KC is no longer distributing printed course schedules and registration guides, but students can access the information on the KC website. Kilgore. edu features a “Summer/Fall 2015 Registration Guide� and “Available Courses Search� which show available courses. For more information, students can visit their “CampusConnect� account or make an appointment with a counselor. Call 903-983-8206 for the Kilgore campus Counseling Center, or 903-753-2642 for the KC-Longview Counseling Center. Or call Admissions and Registrar at 903-983-8209 for more information.

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.

TUESDAY QUILTERS meet 10 a.m. to noon Tuesdays at McMillan Memorial Library. For more info, call 903-834-3148 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays.

BOY SCOUT TROOP 319 meets every Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. in its Scout Hut at Overton City Park. George Davis is scoutmaster.

CUB SCOUT PACK 317 meets Tuesdays in Overton Community Center, City Park, at 6:30 p.m. Trammell Freeman is Den Leader.

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.

THURSDAY ROTARY CLUB DISTRICT 5830 has changed its weekly meetings to each Thursday at noon in Overton Community Center. Phyllis Starnes is the club president for 2014-2015 and can be reached on Facebook at overtonrotaryclubdistrict5830.

SATURDAY STARS AND STRIPES Celebration is the Fourth of July in Overton City Park. There is still time for vendors to reserve a booth ($20) at the Overton – New London Chamber of Commerce office, 121 E. Henderson Street (903-834-3542). Set-up is 3 p.m. and festivities begin at 4:30 p.m. Logan Arnold and The Cable are musical guests and fireworks go up shortly before 9 p.m.

FYI LONDON MUSEUM tells the story of the 1937 school explosion that killed many students and teachers, wiping out a generation. Located on Hwy 42 across from West Rusk High School in New London, the museum is open 9-4 M-F and 10-3 on Saturday.

Also, check out the daily lunch specials and old-fashioned fountain service at the museum cafe. Visit www. newlondonschool.org or call 903-895-4602.

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OISD won't release proposed tax rate until night of vote

BY J. M. JONES joejones@kilgorenewsherald.com

Overton Independent School District invites the public to weigh in on its proposed tax rate July 13 – granted, officials say they don't yet know what that proposed tax rate will be and won't announce a figure until the night of the meeting.

The specially-called public meeting will begin at 6 p.m. that Monday in the district's board assembly room.

Trustees set the meeting during their regular session this week. Also, school bus routes at the railroad tracks and three Overton highways were placed on the hazardous bus routes list.

Also during this week's meeting, pupil’s school meals were raised for '15'16 by the board to $2 for breakfasts, $2 for elementary lunches and $2.50 for junior and high school lunches.

President Shane McCasland and fellow board members Scotty Moore, Pam Raney and Mike Rogers made the June 22 evening quorum. Trustees Mary Dike, Mary Eaves and David Proctor were absent.

Superintendent Stephen DuBose asked for the July 13 meeting to hear and set the proposed tax rates for the upcoming school year. The public is invited to hear and comment before any vote is taken on the rates.

The amount of the proposed rate will be announced at the meeting, Dubose said. His proposal and a date, place and time for a Notice of Public Meeting was accepted by

the board this week.

School district bus route crossings at Highways 135, 323 and 850, where there are no sidewalks, are now on the hazardous bus route list.

“Plus any area in which a railroad track must be crossed is considered hazardous,” the superintendent clarified.

Later, in his official report, DuBose announced the Texas Education Agency had classified a College and Career Ready status on the Mustang graduates of 2014.

“The TEA said 29 of 30 of those graduates are in college and one is gainfully employed.”

DuBose recommended a pay raise of three percent to all non-instructional employees.

“Their pay varies on experience and for first-year employees the stating pay is $15,438.”

The trustees took no vote on that proposal. Nor was a vote on the ’15-’16 Student Code of Conduct taken.

Instead the latter issue was tabled until the Texas Association of School Boards had completed adding new items.

The board did accept the Employee Handbook for next year and continued the Alternative School agreement with Troup ISD. Approved, too, were: • Offering employees the choice of the Legal Shield payroll option for next year.

DuBose said the plan would help prevent identity theft • Athletic/University Interscholastic League student insurance for ’15-‘16 • A Notice of Candidate’s Filing Period in July for the next board election

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Alan Sowards, a Stephen F. Austin State University science methods instructor in the Elementary Education Department, uses a jar of marshmallows to illustrate porosity during the 2015 Got Oil Cafe seminar at East Texas Oil Museum Thursday.

Museum offers primer for teachers

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore’s East Texas Oil Museum isn’t just a tourist attraction and a tribute to the oil-and-gas industry, it’s a significant, multi-faceted educational opportunity, according to SFA’s Alan Sowards.

It’s essential, he said Thursday, that teachers make fulluse of the museum’s resources when they schedule visits with their students.

Approaching the diamond jubilee of the East Texas Oil Field in 2005, Sowards – a Science Methods instructor in the Elementary Education Department at Stephen F. Austin State University – began working with oil museum staffers as a consultant, developing the ‘Got Oil Cafe’ to help educators take full

advantage of the anniversary celebration.

“It was to teach about the importance on the environmental and economic effects of oil on the community,” he explained.

The group crafted the cafe’s “menu” with different activities serving as the main course, appetizers and desserts, Sowards explained, making sure the teachers’ left the table satisfied and hungry for more.

A decade later, Thursday marked the 16th workshop, drawing teachers here from throughout the Region VII Education Service Center’s project area.

“We did activities and correlated with state guidelines, state objectives that teachers have to meet,” he added. “We tried to do it on a hands-on, engaged at-

mosphere rather than just lecturing them. It’s a much better way of learning it, by actually participating in the activity.”

One visual aid Sowards used was a simple jar of marshmallows, serving as a child-friendly example of porosity, measuring the cavities and cracks in rock that permit the movement of fluid, such as water or oil.

The point is to emphasize the East Texas Oil Museum as a resource, not just a destination.

“The main thing is to make sure that they understand that when they bring their students through this facility that they prepare them ahead of time, that they don’t just drop them off,” Sowards explained.

He passed that lesson to 25 teachers this week, a mix

of science and social studies educators, as well as a librarian. The group leaned heavily toward elementary-age students, Sowards noted, but there were some secondary school representatives as well.

Like the three-course menu at the Got Oil Cafe, each field trip organizer should ‘feed’ students before, during and after upcoming trips to the museum at Kilgore College.

“They need to do some pre-activity, they need to have some objectives before they come to the museum and see what it has to offer.

We gave them examples of lessons they can do to follow up,” Sowards said. “It’s preparing them before they’re coming, doing the activities while they’re here and doing following-up activities.”

DPS increases DWI patrols for Fourth of July holiday weekend DPS Press Release

AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) will increase DWI patrols for a 12day period that includes the July 4th holiday. From June 26 – July 7, DPS troopers will focus DWI patrols in high-risk locations at times when alcohol-related

crashes are most frequent.

“As Texans make their plans for the Fourth of July, DPS is urging everyone to enjoy the holiday responsibly,” said DPS Director Steven McCraw. “Driving while impaired can have deadly consequences, so Texans who plan to drink alcohol should always designate a sober driver or choose

alternate forms of transportation. During the holiday, DPS troopers will be increasing patrols to help keep travelers safe and take dangerous drivers off the road.”

During the 2014 July 4th enforcement period, DPS troopers made more than 1,050 DWI arrests during the enforcement

KPD ARREST REPORTS From Staff Reports The Kilgore Police Department reported the following arrests between June 19 and June 25.

Friday, June 19 Holly Marie Hale, 25, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant.

Dillon Jay Ostrander, 23, of Kilgore, was arrested on a warrant from another agency.

Jalisa Antwonette Alexander, 25, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant.

Saturday, June 20 Kimberly Anne Hernandez, 39, of Kilgore, was arrested on charges of assault causing bodily injury / family violence and resisting arrest, search or transport.

Windy Lynann Brakebill, 22, of Gladewater, was arrested on a charge of theft of property valued between $50 and $500 and for a local warrant.

Shelby Lauren McGee, 21, of Gladewater, was arrested on a charge of theft of property valued between $50 and $500.

Kody Lee McCallum, 19, of Henderson, was arrested on a local warrant.

Sunday, June 21 Xavian Cortez Sanders, 24, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxicated with a Blood Alcohol Content greater than or equal to 0.15.

Ida Penney Huey, 48, of Kilgore, was arrested on charges of assault causing bodily injury / family violence and obstruction or retaliation.

Carl Everett Jones, 23, of Tyler, was arrested on a local warrant.

Devario Martell Smith, 26, of Kilgore, was arrested on two local warrants and two warrants from other agencies.

Monday, June 22 David Samuel Jackson, 36, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of theft of property valued between $50 and $500.

Jaime Monge Estrada, 38, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of public intoxication.

Johnifer Ray Mumphrey, 50, of Kilgore, was arrested on a warrant from another agency.

Tuesday, June 23 Isaac Armando IbarraDuarte, 23, of Kilgore, was arrested on charges of driving while intoxicated with a Blood Alcohol Content greater than or equal to 0.15 and duty on striking a fixture or highway landmark valued more than $200.

Dillion Thomas Helphenstine, 25, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of assault / family violence (strangulation).

Alize Aljustic Templeton, 19, of Longview, was arrested on charge of theft of

property valued less than or equal to $50.

Bruce Lynn Jackson, 31, of Joinerville, was arrested on two local warrants.

Darron Wayne McGaha, 31, of Henderson, was arrested on a local warrant.

Winter Noire Harris, 17, of Kilgore, was arrested on a warrant from another agency.

Wednesday, June 24 Rhonda Howie Richardson, 49, of Henderson, was arrested on a charge of driving while intoxciated.

Brad Michael Allison, 33, of Northlake, was arrested on charges of theft of property valued between $500 and $1,500 and possession of less than one gram of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance.

Michael Lee Clevenger, 44, of Kilgore, was arrested on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia.

Joan Bell Lewis, 65, of Kilgore, was arrested on a local warrant.

Thursday, June 25 Marvis Elizebeth Richardson, 36, of Kilgore, was arrested on charges including theft of property valued between $50 and $500 and possession of less than 28 grams of a Penalty Group 1 controlled substance as well as two charges of possession of a dangerous drug.

Marcus Deandre Thomas, 27, of Kilgore, was arrested on three local warrants.

period. Of those arrests, 219 were the direct result of a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) grant, which allowed increased patrols in high-risk locations during times when alcohol-related crashes are most frequent. During the same period, DPS enforcement also resulted in more than 15,000 speeding

citations and more than 2,500 seat belt/child safety seat citations.

According to TxDOT, in 2014 more than 1,000 people in Texas were killed in motor vehicle crashes involving a driver who was under the influence of alcohol, accounting for 29 percent of the year’s total traffic fatalities.

National Wholesale Supply Opens In Kilgore A Texas-based supplier of plumbing and HVAC supplies has opened in Kilgore. National Wholesale Supply (NWS) is now open to the public for retail and wholesale business and invites you to come by their new location at 300 Southport Road. All employees have been working hard to get everything setup in order to be available to service your needs rather it be residential plumbing, commercial plumbing, HVAC, waterworks, or the Big Green Egg, as they have over the past 35 years in the Kilgore market.

Another warehouse is under construction to house more leading brands of plumbing tools and supplies, such as American Standard, Milwaukee Tools, Delta faucets and Bradford-White water heaters, one of the only lines of water heaters that are made in the USA and HVAC supplies. Wanting to meet the needs of their hometown, Kilgore, and the surrounding East Texas area, all of the NWS employees were raised and or live in Kilgore.

NWS is a Texas based supplier of plumbing and HVAC supplies, water and sewer industries throughout Texas since 2002. It is a company founded on the core principal of service and a company that values the relationships with their customers. It seems that the industry has fallen victim to the “Corporate America” trend, and they are forgetting the only reason we exist…to serve our customers. For the record, NWS is extremely dedicated and committed to the business and want to reassure customers that they have made the right decision to go with National and will be extremely satisfied you shop with them.

Mark Compton wants to thank everyone for their patience and understanding during the transitional period and to remember the customers have never been taken for granted and are always highly appreciative and look forward to the continued friendships and business.

You may contact NWS at 903-218-5255 or by fax at 903-218-5270.

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Grant helps district, college move forward with dual credit welding

By CHELSEA KATZ news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore ISD will receive a $217,050 grant from the Texas Workforce Commission to purchase booths and supplies for a new welding fabrication shop to accommodate dual credit welding courses at Kilgore High School.

“We are very excited about that,” KISD Superintendent Cara Cooke said.

The grant, which was written with Kilgore College, comes months after the district began the planning process to build an additional facility near the current Ag Building – behind the main KHS facility – to house the new equipment and hold the dual credit welding classes.

In addition to the TWC grant, Kilgore Economic Development Corporation has agreed to grant Kilgore College $80,000 to purchase equipment needed for the space.

Cooke said the price of a basic booth is $10,830 after shipping costs. That amount, though, does not include the price for supplies needed for the classes.

“They’ve already started ordering and things will be coming, and Mike (Brown, director of maintenance and transportation) is getting ready for our interim plan as we prepare for full implementation this next year, so we’re very thankful for it and look forward to great opportunities for our students,” Cooke said.

Although Cooke planned for a representative from Huckabee Architects to attend the meeting to give an update on the building plan’s progress, she said, she wanted to wait because Kilgore College, whose instructors will be teaching the dual credit course, needed the district to change the building’s original design.

“What I don’t want us to do is run full force ahead and make a mistake,” Cooke said.

Cooke, the district and the board members originally planned to have 16 twp-person booths.

“When Kilgore College saw that, they were like, ‘We would never try to put 32 students. That’s not safe.

That just should not happen,’” Cooke said.

After more discussions,

KISD and KC were able to agree upon between seven and 10 dual booths to accommodate between 14 and 20 students. With one teacher in the space, KC instructors preferred a maximum of 14 students, but with an assistant, they could allow up to 20 students at once.

KHS now has 16 students signed up for dual credit welding. As the class grows, Cooke expected to have to expand the offering to two sections to avoid turning students away due to a lack of space. In total, Cooke said, about 140 students signed up for a welding class in general.

The decreased number of booths means about half of the proposed building would not be used as originally planned.

“I want to make sure that when they bring it to you, that we are spending our money wisely (and) that we’re using the entire building adequately,” Cooke said.

While she wants to make sure there is room for growth in the building, Cooke said, the space that would be left unused in the originallysized building can be used to house welding equipment from other smaller welding areas on the KHS campus.

When speaking with Huckabee representatives to make changes to the building’s design, Cooke asked, “If we are already looking at building a building of that magnitude, is it feasible to turn it into the district fab shop?”

The centralized fabrication shop would bring equipment to one area, so all welding classes have access to all the equipment when available.

“What we’re trying to work toward is a place that is a full, functional, wonderful fab shop that has access to all this different equipment because these welding booths, though they will be used for dual credit welding, they will be coming over here three days a week for two hours a day. The rest of the time, we are able to use that with the rest of our classes.

“So what I asked them to look at is can they [in the originally-designed building] in a safe manner – safety being first and foremost for this – is it possible to create this space and utilize it with our set-up that you could

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have it being multipurpose where you could have your dual credit welders working in an area that’s functional and set off and then you have another class with another teacher over here doing their cutting.”

With the necessary changes to the number of booths in the building for dual cred-

it classes, Cooke said, that vision to have all welding classes in one area might be accomplished sooner rather than in multiple phases.

“It looks like we can make that happen,” she said.

Although the centralized welding area would allow all students and teachers to utilize the new equipment pur-

chased with the grant money for dual credit classes, the dual credit classes will have priority on the new equipment when it is their class time.

“When it’s time for Kilgore College to be in there, hands off, because we’re receiving that to ensure that the dual credit welders get to use that

equipment,” Cooke said.

“It’ll be our students, but during those times [other welding teachers cannot request to use the new equipment] because that is set up for [dual credit students].

All the other times, they can float through, but that’s where they’re going to have to coordinate it together.”

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Fully-stocked on the southeast corner of the intersection of Old Hwy. 135 and Interstate 20, Kip Smith waits for customers Thursday evening at Stateline Fireworks.

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of Old Highway 135 and I-20 East.

“It’s fun,” Smith said. “It’s slow in the beginning, but normally towards the Fourth, it gets a lot more hectic and busy, and, I guess, more entertaining.”

With this being their fifth season to run the stand, he said, the majority of the stand’s sales will come in the last three days, July 1-4.

Although he helps sell fireworks and enjoys watching them, he said, he does not like actually setting them off anymore.

“I had Black Cats go off in my hand, so I don’t like popping them anymore, but I like watching them,” he said. “And it’s fun to see other people have fun with it.”

While the Fourth of July and fireworks can be fun, Bigos said, he wants to make sure all revelers remains safe over the holiday weekend.

For people who have a place in the county where they plan to shoot off fireworks over the holiday weekend, he suggested they have a water hose, a fire extinguisher or shovels and extra dirt to use in case a fire begins and needs to be extinguished.

After using the fireworks, he added, people should submerge the remaining part of the firework in water before throwing it away.

“Last year we had several trash fires – dumpster fires – due to fireworks,” he said. “That’s always something to

keep in mind is making sure you have a bucket of water.”

Adults planning to shoot off fireworks should not consume alcohol while handling fireworks, Bigos said, and children should always be supervised while around fireworks.

If people follow the city laws and take precautions to make sure they safely handle fireworks, he said, people should be safe without structure fires, injuries or fatalities.

“I don’t think people understand how dangerous fireworks can be when houses are so close together,” Bigos said.

With the East Texas Pump Jacks in Tyler now, Bigos said, people in Kilgore have not had the Friday night fireworks shows this summer as they have become accustomed to for the last seven seasons. In the future – possibly even next year – Bigos hopes the city can develop its own fireworks display or develop a designated place for people to display fireworks without having to find a location in the county.

Until that comes to fruition, though, Gladewater and Overton will host their annual Fourth of July displays over the weekend.

Gladewater’s fireworks show is scheduled for Friday, July 3 at 9 p.m. at Gladewater Lake.

The annual show, organized by the Gladewater Chamber of Commerce,

will take place over the lake.

Overton’s show will conclude the Stars & Stripes Fourth of July Festival Saturday, July 4 at Overton City Park.

“They do [the fireworks] over the city lake there, so it’s beautiful because you get the reflection off the water,” Chamber Secretary Jeannie Barber said.

Hosted by the Overton Chamber of Commerce, the festival, which begins at 4:30 p.m., only takes place when Independence Day falls on a weekend.

“If it’s in the week, which that doesn’t happen very often, it is called Fireworks in the Park and the city sponsors it,” Barber said.

In addition to the fireworks – donated by Brookshire’s – vendors will be on hand to sell their wares alongside the Chamber of Commerce, which will have glow sticks, toys, bracelets, sunglasses and event Tshirts and tank tops.

The golf course will be open during the day, and the park’s playground equipment will be available to help make the festival an all-day event for families. Local group, The Cable, will also perform in the amphitheater.

“The fire department and the city, we want everyone to enjoy their Fourth of July,” Bigos said. “We just don’t want them to [display them] in the city.”

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Maria Vasquez (left) makes a sale Thursday evening to Kelli and John St. Clair. Along with her pint-sized pooch (guarding cantaloupes more than twice her size) Vasquez has an assortment of melons and vegetables at the stand on the southeast corner of the intersection of Interstate 20 and Old Hwy. 135.

STAAR percentage passing from the 2014 to the 2015 results.

Eighth grade reading and English II scores stayed the same from one year’s students to the next.

“I will be the first to say when we look at these scores, this is not where we want to be by any means,” Cooke said. Although she was not making excuses for the lower results, she told the board she wanted to frame the scores in a way to remind them where the district started with an old action plan for a new, more rigorous test.

Third graders had a 70 percent pass rate, compared to last year’s third graders who had a 72 percent passing rate.

The Student Success Initiative (SSI) grades are fifth and eighth grades, which help determine if a student is ready to move on to either middle school or high school. Reading and math are the only two subjects that count toward a campus and district accountability score in SSI grades, Director of Curriculum and Instruction for Math and Science Jennie Good said.

This year, though, math results have been excluded due to the drastic change to the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) for the subject. While the test was still given, the results cannot hurt or help a campus or district, and Good said, she has not received percentages yet from the state to have for reference.

THE RESULTS English I results were 71 percent this year for ninth graders who took the test, but the percentage fell to 64 percent when retests were added in for students taking the test as sophomores, juniors or seniors.

English II results are the same situation with 70 percent passing after taking the test as sophomores.

The passing rate declined to 65 percent when retests were included for students taking the test as juniors or seniors.

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Based on the first test results, English I students met the state percentage and fell short of the state percentage by three percent in English II. When retests were factored in, English I students’ fell short by 7 percent and English II students’ passing rate fell to eight percent.

In reading, this year’s third graders missed the state percentage by 7 percent (70 percent compared to the state’s 77 percent).

Fourth grade showed the largest difference in reading with a 61 percent compared to the state’s 74 percent.

This year’s fourth graders had a passing rate of 50 percent in writing, which was 20 percent lower than the state’s average of 70 percent.

Seventh graders’ results were at 72 percent in reading, which was 3 percent lower than the state’s results at 75 percent.

In writing, though, those same seventh graders exceeded the state standard by 4 percent by posting a 76 percent passing rate compared to the state’s 72 percent.

Sixth graders’ results showed 75 percent passed, which was 3 percentage points greater than the state’s percent of 72 percent.

Eighth grade, as an SSI grade, posted an 85 percent passing rate, which was 7 percentage points greater than the state’s percentage.

Eighth graders did better than the state’s percentage by posting a 77 percent passing rate compared to the state’s 70 percent.

In social studies, eighth graders had a 50 percent passing rate, compared to the state’s 64 percent.

In science, fifth graders had a 57 percent passing rate, which was 15 percent lower than the state’s average of 72 percent.

Ninth graders taking the biology for the first time had a 94 percent passing rate, which met the state’s average, and KISD’s passing rate only declined by 1 percent after retests were included.

In high school, though, 11th graders taking United States history met the state standard by posting a 92 percent passing rate for stu-

dents both taking it the first time as juniors and those taking a retest as seniors.

INTERPRETING THE RESULTS “I was hoping for better than what we got,” Good said, after sitting in some classrooms to observe. “I don’t think they’re reflective of all the work teachers and the students did.”

Although the same students might move from one grade into the next, Good said, there are differences in each grade. As an example, she said, students in third grade are primarily taught reading and are tested over reading. In fourth grade, though, the time that had been dedicated to reading is now split between reading and writing and the students have to take two tests – one in reading and one in writing.

Also, the students who are tested in writing in fourth and seventh grades must write with a purpose after getting a prompt with the test instead of simply writing.

“Almost everyone has some exception of why it’s not the same,” Good said about the difficulty comparing one group of students as they move from one grade to the next.

One of the easiest ways to compare KISD students is to look at their scores to the state’s percentage passing.

STAAR test results, though, are compared to a standard instead of to the state average as they were for TAKS tests, Good said.

Using the old TAKS comparison is still not comparing “apples to apples,” though, she said.

“I look at state average and know that’s everyone from 1A to 5A,” she said. “That’s everyone from Red Lick to everyone down at Clear Lake… Everything from a child whose homeless to a child who lives in a mansion.

To me, the scores are reflective of a child.”

While her page and her spreadsheet shows numbers and percentages, Good sees students. When she sees the

state’s passing rate for a subject, Good said, she sees the remaining numbers as a representative of the students who did not pass that subject’s test.

Although student achievement – percentage passing – is only one portion of campus and district accountability, Good said, she expects every campus and the district to “meet standard” for the index.

As part of the new accountability system established with House Bill 5 during the last legislative session, students’ scores on the standardized tests are one aspect of one index in the campus and district’s overall accountability score.

The new accountability system measures student progress, closing performance gaps and postsecondary readiness.

Student progress measures the percentage of students who met standard of exceeded progress based on the STAAR progress measure or ELL progress measure, depending on the student.

The closing performance gaps index measures the percentage of students in Level II and Level III. Postsecondary readiness measures the students who show they are ready for college, the workforce or the armed forces.

In order for a campus and a district to meet standard on its accountability, the campus and district must hit its targets for closing performance gaps, postsecondary readiness and either student achievement or student progress.

“This is one snapshot in time of all that’s going on in our district,” Cooke said during the KISD Board of Trustees regular meeting Monday evening.

For the students’ standardized tests, the STAAR tests have been in place since 2013 when it replaced the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, but Cooke said, the system is still new in terms of implementation as the state continues to change the TEKS or the tests.

“They haven’t even seen

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the same test twice if it’s English, and that’s the one that we probably have the most difficulty passing, and across the state they do,” Good said during the meeting.

As another example of the changes, Cooke said, the changes to the math TEKS “did kind of just send every district, every math teacher into a tailspin.”

LOOKING AHEAD While the results are not where the district wants to be, Cooke said, “I and my team, we believe we’re on the right path, that we have the right processes and things in place, but where we’re still falling short is the implementation with fidelity – the true action every day. Day in, day out.”

During the district’s recent administrative retreat, the group discussed ways to address the problems, including to implement more accountability within the district, Cooke said.

“It’s always very easy to start resorting back to with what you felt comfortable doing and how you’ve always done it, but in order for us to meet what the state has put out to us, we cannot just have it all in a neat binder,” she said. “We can’t just keep writing it down and talking about it.

We have to do it. We have to do it every single day.

“Now, I believe our teachers are up to the task. I believe that we have the capability to meet this task that’s before us for the sake of the students… We will not be deterred. We are committed to it, and we are going to make things turn around. Most plans of action take three to five years for implementation. Our goal has been each year that we’re going to hit the mark – each year – because every moment we miss it, are students that are getting a little behind. As educators, that

is not acceptable to us, and I know as you as the board of this district, that is not acceptable to you.”

If another school district is doing well in one area where KISD is falling behind, Good told the board, she or other administrators make sure to talk with people in those districts to learn how to improve their process.

“This is coming from the state, and this is a requirement for us, and this is a standard by which we are held to by the State of Texas,” Cooke said. “But in the end, you have to finally set this aside for a moment and go back to the basics. Education is about teaching and learning and bottom line… It is not to pass children on and just to move them on because we are so worried about this…

It comes back to students – us teaching them and them learning and pushing them as far as we possibly can and helping them to grow each and every day.”

Cooke continued that if the district and its employees remain focused on educating children, the student achievement and improved results will follow. If administrators and teachers begin concentrating on the scores and get frustrated by them, she said, they are more likely to make poor decisions about how to educate a classroom full of students.

“Do I think this is important? Yes,” she said. “Am I going to study it (and) are we going to talk about it?

Definitely. But is this going to be the driving force for everything that we do? No. It’s going to be those students, what they need and make sure they have what they need so they can be successful whether they take this test or take the ACT, the SAT whatever test they want to take. I want them to be prepared for anything, not just to jump through one hoop because that’s not true education in my opinion.”

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FIRST-EVER KHS DU BANQUET A SMASH!

Photos by CHELSEA KATZ AND MITCH LUCAS

Almost 150 people turned out for the first ever Kilgore High School Ducks Unlimited banquet Tuesday night at Bodacious Barbecue on Highway 42, near Interstate 20. Preliminary figures have the banquet raising over $15,000, organizers say, which would make it the top fundraising banquet by a high school chapter in the state. Above: auctioneer Kevin McDonald plying his trade. In addition to special guns, knives, apparel, prints and even some furniture, the auction also included a duck decoy autographed by Phil Robertson of the TV series "Duck Dynasty" (below, left). A second Robertson-autographed item was presented to a member of the KHS DU, and Nick Armstrong won that. At left: Dereck Borders (center) congratulates Griffin Beddingfield (far left) on winning a pink-adorned DU bag. The banquet was sponsored by P&W Sales (platinum), silver sponsors Austin Bank, McKinnon Construction, Dr. and Mrs. Richard Harrison, and Brad and Christy George, and also by bronze sponsors Hendrix & Arp Construction, McKaig Chevrolet Buick, Yazoo Thomas, Tulley and Joy Borders, Jody and Kristin Pieper, NJD Services and HGR Construction. Student membership sponsors were Kilgore National Bank, Bob Davis Sales, Citizens Bank, Morrison Supply, Firetrol, ProTek Guns, Holt & Wilhoit, Walden Power Equipment, and M&M Contractors. Also on hand were some KISD officials, including superintendent Cara Cooke. Ann Taylor, Beverly Borders, Kristin Pieper and Billie Borders decorated for the event. The KHS DU committee members were on hand and helped with the activities.

Photos by CHELSEA KATZ AND MITCH LUCAS

Pat McCrory (right) checks out an auction item. All sorts of merchandise was sold, including a Texas DU flag and a KHS DU banner (bought by McKaig Chevrolet Buick and donated back to the school).

Others who donated auctioned items were Martin LP Gas, Skeeter Boats, Shipp's Marine, Cavenders, McKaig, Jake's Feed / America's Country Store, Dr. Joey deGraffenreid, DDS, Fish and Still Equipment of Marshall, and Trim Shoppe.

KHS DU thanked Bodacious, all sponsors, those who attended and all those who donated items.

LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEF SOCCER

KSA registration in July; meeting today

The Kilgore Soccer Association will host its annual general meeting this morning at 11 a.m. at 1718 South Henderson Boulevard. The meeting is open to the public; anyone interested in participating in KSA is encouraged to attend.

Also, the league has announced the dates for fall registration.

They will begin sign-up on Saturday, July 11 at the soccer complex on Highway 135, and continue for the next three Saturdays – July 18, July 25, and August 1. The league is open to boys and girls ages four and up.

First-time players should bring a birth certificate to registration.

For more information, check out the KSA’s website, kilgoresoccer.org, and they’re also on Facebook.

BASKETBALL

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KC boys camp July 13-17

Sabine camp July 20-22

Coach Brian Hoberecht’s annual Kilgore College boys basketball camp will once again be in July – the camp, for boys ages six through 17 will be here at Masters Gymnasium on Monday, July 13 through Thursday, July 16 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m., and then wrap up with a 9 a.m. until noon session on Friday, July 17.

Cost of the camp is $120; registration can be completed the first day of the event.

Anyone interested in downloading a registration form can do so by going online to kilgore.edu, follow the links to the men’s basketball home page, and then click on the camp story.

For more information, contact the basketball office at (903) 983-8270.

Sabine’s football camp for boys going into fourth through ninth grades will be July 20-22 from 8:00 a.m. until noon at the Sabine High School practice field.

The Sabine coaching staff will instruct each athlete on specific techniques and fundamentals of the game, as well conduct games. There will be a session on weight training, with fundamental lifting techniques taught. Each camper will receive a camp T-shirt at the camp’s conclusion.

Cost is $40 per camper. Walk-up registration will be available the first morning.

For information and forms, go to the school website, sabineisd.org, and click on the Cardinal football camp. For more information, e-mail mcomfort@sabineisd.org, or sproctor@ sabineisd.org, or rsharp@sabineisd.org.

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(Clockwise from top left) Texas Shakespeare Festival's Katie Gaskill takes an audience member's ticket Thursday evening for the company's Opening Night performance of "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Dr. Nancy Brickhouse adds a pin to the guest map to mark her TSF visit from Delaware. Jeresa Featherstone makes a last-minute adjustment to Caitlin Hargraves' costume.

Guests peruse the headshots of the festival's cast and crew.

Models of the sets of Texas Shakespeare Festival's 30th season line the curved wall in the lobby of the Anne Dean Turk Fine Arts Center. Therese and Kelly Pace consider a necklace in the Stratford Room gift shop. Billy Reed puts the finishing touches to his makeup as Francis Flute in "Midsummer." Festival founder and artistic director Raymond Caldwell welcomes the audience.

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CHITCHAT CORNER LINDA K. BALLARD

Epic flooding, epic travels A once in a lifetime experience for this writer took place last weekend as the Red River overflowed the banks and was a few feet away from cresting the bridge.

A mark of history, I actually walked approximately two miles to snap a picture or two. For one who has played along the river banks, it was an amazing sight to see those banks covered in tons of water flowing past the bridge on I-35. Scenic turnouts were closed and further north into Oklahoma south of

Ardmore the interstate was closed due to boulders falling from the hillside caused from massive rain fall. Motorists were detoured single lane around the Turner Falls Park area. The slowing of traffic and detours added an extra hour to motorists travel time. Many do not realize they were also entering Chickasaw nation and several were seen out scouting and making sure motorists (and those walking to take photos) were safe and appreciated by this one.

“POWDERHORN ROAD was named because of its shape,” laughed Richard Greene in answer to a public inquiry in last week’s column. “I never could understand why Longview Street ran straight across and Powderhorn Road looped to the left. The overpass was not built until my senior year of 1969.

“My grandmother’s house, Mattie Greene set where Kim Ray’s office is currently located and I still remember the address as being 1305 N. Longview See CHITCHAT, Page 8B

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Kilgore Police Department Det. Kay Lynn Newbill offers a sticker and activity sheet to Christopher Rossum Thursday morning during the Kilgore Public Library's weekly summer Education & Entertainment event at Kilgore City Park. Learn more on Page 8B.

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WEDDING

Anthony, LaCroix wed at Villa di Felicita

Four Rusk County 4-H’ers competed in the Texas 4-H Outdoor Challenge @ the Collin County Adventure Camp in Anna, TX June 19-21. The three day competition included 10 events: knot tying, archery, shotgun, camp gear judging, fishing, outdoor safety, outdoor skills, rock climbing, canoeing and biologist skills. Pictured are:(L to R) County Extension Agent Jamie Sugg and 4-H competitors Turner Sugg, Asa Cook, Bryce Borders and Eli Arp. Bryce and Eli placed 3rd in Jr. Boys while Asa and Turner placed 6th in Jr boys.

Ashley Hope Anthony and Edwin Frank LaCroix were united in marriage Saturday, June 6, 2015 at 6:30 in the evening at Villa di Felicita in Tyler. The double-ring ceremony was officiated by the Rev. Jim Storms of Tyler, who introduced the couple to each other. Following the outdoor ceremony, a seated dinner and dance reception was hosted by the bride’s parents in the reception hall of the Villa.

The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Anthony of Kilgore, and the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Anthony of Henderson, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Swingler. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Gary LaCroix of Carrollton, and the grandson of Mrs. Osa LaCroix of Kalispell, Montana, and the late Mr. Bob LaCroix and Mr.

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Mrs. Edwin LaCroix (nee Ashley Anthony)

Antonio Prada of Ibague, Colombia, .and the late Mrs. Cecilia Prada.

Given in marriage by her parents and escorted by her father, the bride wore an ivory French Alencon lace Vera Wang gown, “Eliza,� with an appliqued bodice complemented by a traditional ball gown skirt made of organza inserts organized into an intricate pattern of tucks and pleats that created a surge of buoyancy. The dress was fashioned with a sweetheart neckline of soft ivory chantilly lace designed and tailored by Michael Faircloth of Dallas. Organza covered buttons extended down the low back V-neckline accented with tulle bows. The waistline was adorned with a MG lace and ornate crystal beaded sash.

Ashley wore a cascading cathedral length ivory veil with delicate French Alencon lace applique edging.

Serving as maid of honor was Megan Dehoyos, Kilgore, and matron of honor was Jessica Tillary Martin, Tyler.

Bridesmaids were Christine Kennelly, Dallas, Amanda Hesterley, Kapaa, Hawaii, Megan Jackson Slagle, Forney, Brenda LaCroix Rios, Dallas, and Amber Calderon, Waco.

Flower girls attending the bride were Elivia Wilson and Summer Fulgham with the assistance of the bridesmaid’s attendant, Mikayla Anthony.

The groom’s brother, Anthony LaCroix of Galveston, served as best man.

Groomsmen were Juan Rios, Dallas, Michael Anthony, Waco, Eduardo Castaneda, Abilene, Pedro Mendoza, Roundrock, Arturo Chavez, Plano, and Adrian Larriva, Austin.

In memory of Ashley’s grandmother, Mrs. Murlene “Pinky� Swingler, the grandmother’s wedding dress was displayed along with a small portrait charm given by granddaughter Shea Graham Tyra. A deep blue marquise brooch that belonged to Ashley’s great-grandmother, Mrs. Zoe Petteway Swingler, was attached to Ashley’s bouquet in her memory. A beautiful eight-foot, hand-carved cedar cross built by Craig Jaynes for the outdoor ceremony was given as a gift to the couple.

Guests were greeted by program attendants Graham Tyra and Jack Tyra of Kilgore. Ryan Griffin, Kilgore, Tommy Howard, Dallas, and Jacob Beddingfield and Aaron Frazier of Tyler served as ushers.

Music was provided for the ceremony by the Longview String Quartet and soloist Jon Starling of Henderson. Scripture from the book of Ruth was read

by Michael Anthony. Michael Wayne was the master of ceremonies for the reception, accompanied by the reception band, Klockwork, of Houston.

Following a honeymoon to the Turks and Caicos Islands, the couple will reside in Tyler.

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Finding ways to relax can improve life at home and at the office. While it's not often easy to find time to slow down, especially for those men and women juggling the responsibilities of career and family, the following are some simple techniques that don't take much time but can have a positive impact on your day. • Take some time out from multitasking. The ability to multitask is a cherished commodity for parents and working professionals alike, but men and women can benefit from periodic breaks from their everyday juggling acts. Something as simple as focusing on a single task for 30 minutes at a time, as opposed to checking emails while preparing dinner or working on a project while answering a client's phone call, can help lower stress levels and have a lasting and calming effect on your nerves. • Make time to meditate every day. Studies have shown that meditation can affect the circuitry in the brain, positioning it to more adequately respond to illness and stressful situations. Meditation has the added benefit of being a relaxing exercise, as meditation encourages people to sit with their feet on the floor with both eyes closed in a relaxing setting that is free of external distractions. • Walk away from your desk and couch. It's well documented that spending too much time sitting at a desk can have a negative impact on your health. In addition to elevating a person's risk of heart disease and diabetes, sitting at a desk all day long has been linked to repetitive stress injuries, obesity and back pain, each of which can contribute to stressful living conditions that make it difficult to relax. Men and women should spend at least five minutes each hour walking, whether they are getting up from their desk at work or getting off the couch at home. Doing so takes little time, but it can help to relieve stress at work and at home and improve your overall health. • Practice yoga. Yoga is another activity that can help men and women relax.

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FINANCIAL FOCUS WILBUR YATES

Work toward your own financial Independence Day It’s almost the Fourth of July — time for fireworks, picnics and a reflection on all the liberties we possess in this country. But if you’re going to enjoy the freedom to do the things you want, especially during your retirement years, you’ll want to take the steps necessary to achieve your own “Financial Independence Day.” Here are a few suggestions for helping you reach that goal: Liberate yourself from debt.

For most of us, a certain amount of debt is unavoidable. But the greater control you can gain over your debts, the better off you will be, because any dollars not spent in paying debts can be used to save and invest for your future. So look for ways to cut down on your spending and think about postponing some purchases until you can pay for them in cash. It may not be easy, but it’s possible. And by putting this “found money” to work immediately in quality investments, you may motivate yourself to keep a lid on your debt level.

Unlock the power of time.

Albert Einstein once said, “The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest.” Einstein, who knew a thing or two about the nature

of time, clearly recognized its importance in investing. In fact, as an investor, time may be your greatest ally. The more years in which you invest, the more dollars you’ll put in, and the longer you’ll have for your investments to potentially grow.

Even if you’re just starting out in your career and can only invest a small amount each month, you’ll be starting to accumulate the amount you’ll eventually need to enjoy the retirement lifestyle you’ve envisioned.

Release your investments’ growth potential. To attain financial freedom during your retirement years, you will need to invest for growth — it’s that simple. So include an appropriate amount of growth-oriented vehicles in your overall investment mix. Ultimately, this mix should be based on your risk tolerance, time horizon and specific long-term goals.

Free your investments from “clustering.” In the investment world, as in many other arenas of life, you can have “too much of a good thing.” For example, if you own a particular investment, such as a stock, that has done

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FORECAST FOR SUNDAY, JUNE 28 ARIES (March 21-April 19)  The wise Ram will defer to others as plans start to develop. You could be uncomfortable with a question that involves a friend or parent. Express your humor and creativity, and you’ll pass by an obstacle with ease. Tonight: Try something new.

This Week: Your adventurous spirit might catch someone’s interest.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Others let you know what they expect from you. Whether plans are set or are just being made, the situation remains the same: The person with you wants to be leader of the gang. Give him or her that pleasure. A personal matter might keep you close to home. Tonight: Order in. This Week: When processing your thoughts, share them with a loved one.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20)  Your plate is always full, and today will be no different. The manner in which you handle overwhelming demands is likely to vary. Some of you will employ greater organizational skills, whereas others might need to ask for help more often. Tonight: Pace yourself. This Week: You will enjoy some time away from the daily grind.

CANCER (June 21-July 22)  Your delightful imagination draws others toward you, and it makes you more memorable to a loved one. Don’t hesitate to express your inner child. Try not to spend money as easily as you typically do. Tonight: Get a head start on tomorrow. This Week: Push to accomplish all that you must by Wednesday.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)  Know what is expected of you. A loved one could come forward and share more of him- or herself with you. You are a very social sign, but you also enjoy staying close to home. Be a couch potato, curl up with the family pet and make this day yours. Tonight: In bed early. This Week: Reach out to a loved one.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)  Catch up on a friend’s gossip -- even if you don’t want to, you might not have a choice. Get together with a loved one for brunch and maybe a movie. Visiting seems to be the theme of the day. Trust your intuition, and you will land well. Tonight: Stay on top of things. This Week: You might be withdrawing from a situation.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)  Be aware of the pros and cons of a major purchase. You might find this item to be necessary for promoting your business. Before you sign any papers, make sure that your opinion of this expenditure is valid; you don’t want to spend unnecessarily.

Tonight: Visit with an older friend. This Week: Start enjoying life more.

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)  You might be more determined and less flexible than you realize. You want what you want, but so do others. Try being less tenacious once in a while, and go along with others’ ideas. So many requests head your way. Tonight: Make plans for an escape. This Week: You are active, but remember to make time for a close friend.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)  You have the ability to let go of problems easily. Acting in this manner will allow you to take a break from the chaos around you.

Invite a dear friend to a baseball game or some other mutually enjoyed activity. Tonight: Celebrate good times! This Week: You hit your monthly power days and are all smiles.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)  Go along with someone else’s decision. You could find that your ability to persuade others to make changes emerges. As a result, people will find you more intriguing than ever. A loved one might express his or her delight in a big way. Tonight: Listen to news carefully. This Week: Lie low until Wednesday, when you no longer can be held back.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)  You will want to consider an option more carefully. Someone’s invitation could be intriguing, but you might not understand what this person really wants from you. Take a risk and find out.

Your sense of humor will come out regardless. Tonight: Till the wee hours. This Week: Others vie for your friendship.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)  Your romantic nature will prevent a loved one from losing interest in you.

Sometimes acting on wild ideas only adds to the moment.

You might have too many obligations to really free yourself up. Work on changing that. Tonight: Get a head start on tomorrow. This Week: Tension soars because of demands.

well, you might think that it’s a good idea to own more of the same type of stock. But when investing, duplication can be dangerous, because if a market downturn affects one asset class particularly hard, and much of your portfolio is tied up in that asset class, you could take a big hit. Instead of “clustering” your dollars around a single asset or two, you could diversify your holdings by owning a mix of stocks, bonds, government securities and other vehicles. While diversification can potentially help you reduce the impact of volatility on your holdings, a diversified portfolio can’t guarantee a profit or protect you from loss.

Achieving any type of freedom, in any kind of endeavor, takes time and effort. That’s certainly the case with financial freedom— you will need to consistently make the right moves, over a period of many years, before you can finally declare your fiscal independence. But once you reach that point, you will likely conclude that your diligence and dedication were well worth it.

(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)

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MINISTER'S MOMENT DR. JAYSON GALLER

God creates us either male or female Former Olympic gold-medalist Bruce Jenner recently has been in the news not for his athletic prowess but for his self-identifying as a woman named “Caitlin.” Jenner has moved from being celebrated on cereal boxes to being a poster child for sexual movements. But, Jenner is not the only one dealing with transgendered desires and transsexual behaviors: other individuals, their families, and their churches also face them.

Successfully influenced over time by gender activists, the American Psychiatric Association’s (APA) 2013 Diagnostic and Statistical Manual no longer considers such issues of gender identity a “disorder” but rather a “dysphoria,” which can be defined as “abnormal depression and discontent.” As with the APA’s earlier declassification of homosexuality, the change in terms seems intended to avoid a negative value judgment.

Regardless of what the APA (or even the U.S. Supreme Court) might say, faithful Christians are most concerned with God’s value judgment. In the Bible, God clearly condemns transsexual behavior as an “abomination” (Deuteronomy 22:5), as He clearly condemns homosexuality (Leviticus 18:22; 20:13). Those who reject either their created gender or its opposite-sex pairing only attempt to suppress God’s truth (Genesis 1:26-28; 2:18-24). Jenner’s feminization surgeries only mutilated God’s creation, unsuccessfully attempting to rewrite the natural law of his body, leaving unchanged its controlling created chromosomes.

Admittedly, very few may be born between the sexes (either with the chromosomes and gonads of both genders or with the chromosomes and gonads of one gender and the physical appearance of the other), but, apart from such “hermaphrodites”, there appears to be no biological cause for gender confusion. Ultimately, the cause of hermaphroditism and transsexual and homosexual desires and behaviors is theological: the original sin that corrupted and still corrupts God’s originally perfect creation.

God calls Jenner and all of us, who sin in countless ways, to repentance.

Through His Word and Sacraments, God offers repentant sinners forgiveness, by grace through faith in Jesus Christ, Who died for Jenner’s sins and for all of our sins. Forgiven sinners at least want to embody their created maleness or femaleness, with the meaning and purpose God intends for them.

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

TO YOUR GOOD HEALTH DR. KEITH ROACH

CROSSWORD EUGENE SHEFFER

Medicines seemingly at odds can work together DEAR DR. ROACH: I am being treated for macular degeneration with injections of Lucentis into the eye. My cardiologist has determined that I have atrial fibrillation and wants to prescribe the anticoagulant Coumadin (warfarin).

My non-medical mind senses that these two drugs have opposing functions relative to blood clotting. Am I right? -H.W. ANSWER: There are two kinds of macular degeneration, and you are being treated for the less-common exudative, or "wet," type. Lucentis (ranabizumab) works against a protein called human vascular endothelial growth factor A, which is abbreviated VEGF-A. This protein is necessary for new blood vessels to grow. Since growth of new blood vessels is the underlying problem in wet-type macular degeneration, blockers of this protein are effective in slowing progression of the disease. Lucentis is about preventing new blood vessels where they are not wanted.

Warfarin, on the other hand, acts by blocking formation of blood-clotting factors in the liver. This makes abnormal blood clots much less likely, but conversely increases the risk of abnormal bleeding. In atrial fibrillation, where the rhythm of the heart is chaotic, blood clots are likely, and this can lead to stroke, so your cardiologist has looked at your risk factors and recommended warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke.

I can see why you could be concerned about taking both, since these abnormal blood vessels in wet macular degeneration can bleed, and warfarin increases bleeding risk. However, by keeping the warfarin dose adjusted, you can get the benefit of the Lucentis and the reduction of stroke risk without a significant increase in bleeding in the eye. It's also important to make sure your blood pressure is under control, because that can increase the likelihood of a serious bleed in the eye.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an amateur wind instrument player. In the past year I have decided to work hard on my tone quality by playing what are called "long tones." Among other things, these strengthen one's embouchure. For a while, I was doing these every day, but then I realized that many or all muscles benefit from cross-training or a rest.

Do small muscles of the mouth require cross-training or rest the same way that large weight-bearing muscles (such as those of the arms, legs and back) do? Thousands of wind and brass instrument musicians might be curious about this issue. -- M. ANSWER: All muscles need rest. The small muscles of the mouth, tongue and pharynx that make up the embouchure require less rest than the large muscles in your arms and legs, but it is important for you to rest them if they get to the point of exhaustion.

However, most of training for a musician is about fine neuromuscular control, not so much about muscle strength.

For that, hours of training and practice are essential.

The concept of cross-training, by the way, is about gaining cardiovascular and total body fitness by using multiple muscles via different activities. For a musician, that might be analogous to putting down your clarinet and picking up a violin. It might improve your breadth as a musician, but only by practicing your clarinet can you get a more developed clarinet embouchure.

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ASSEMBLY OF GOD LIBERTY CITY ASSEMBLY OF GOD Hwy. 135, 1 mile I-20, 984-9115, Liberty City.

James Shepard, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

FULL GOSPEL ASSEMBLY 703 Kings Hwy., Kilgore. Roy Hardin, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m.

HIGHLAND PARK ASSEMBLY OF GOD 2400 Henderson Blvd., 984-7192, Kilgore.

Freddie Ward, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

OVERTON FIRST ASSEMBLY OF GOD Cynthia & Brandon Sts., Overton. Atwell Hankins, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.

TRINITY ASSEMBLY OF GOD Danville Rd., 984-8821, Kilgore. Roger Hoffpowier, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

BAPTIST BETHEL BAPTIST Fritz Swanson Rd., Kilgore. Jason Brown, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

BIBLE BAPTIST 704 McKay St. (Hwy. 135), Overton. Ronnie Glover, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

EASTVIEW BAPTIST 1105 N. Longview, 984-8524, Kilgore. James Henderson, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 10:55 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

PRIMERA MISSION BAUTIST Hispana 2215 N. Longview St. S.S. 9:45 a.m. Worship 11a.m.

ELBETHEL MISSIONARY BAPTIST NO. 1 Mamie Johnson Rd. (Old Jamestown Rd.), Overton. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 11 a.m.; Wed. 7:30 p.m. Pastor Jarrett Polk FAITH BAPTIST 2304 Stone Rd., 983-5829, Kilgore. Scott Thomas, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

FELLOWSHIP BAPTIST CHURCH 4507 Goforth Rd. (1/2 mile west of Hwy 135) Sunday Worship services 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.

S.S. 9:45 a.m., Wednesday services at 7 p.m.

Pastor Ken Davis FIRST BAPTIST KILGORE 501 E. North, 984-3531, Kilgore. (fbckilgore.org) SS 9:00 a.m., WS 10:15 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Wed. 6 p.m., Lunch Bunch Bible Study and meal 11:45 Dr. Glenn Young, Min. FIRST BAPTIST 984-4494, Liberty City. Bruce Wells, Min. SS 9 a.m., WS 10:15 & 6:30 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

FIRST FREEWILL BAPTIST 913 Richardson Dr., Henderson 903-657-5763 Mark Headrick, pastor. S.S. 9:45a.m. W.S. 10:45 a.m. & 6 p.m. Wed. 7p.m.

FOREST HOME BAPTIST Danville Rd., Kilgore. Earl W. Duggins, Min. SS 9:15 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 6 p.m.

FREDONIA BAPTIST Hwy. 349, Kilgore. Charles Gray, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

FRIENDSHIP BAPTIST 2900 Stone Rd., 984-2766, Kilgore. Paul Phillips, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

GRACE BAPTIST TEMPLE Hwy. 135 on Peavine Rd., Liberty City. Donald Beebe, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m. & 5:30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

GRACE HERALD BAPTIST CHURCH Old London-New London, near traffic signal on Hwy. 323. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m. KWRD 1470 AM, 7:30 a.m. Sunday.

GREATER ST. JOHN’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. Riley Pippen, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 10:50 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 6:30 p.m.

JOY BAPTIST 24492 FM 1252 (2.5 miles west of Sabine High School), 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. Mike Gribble, Min. 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. Paster 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. MORIAH BAPTIST 8316 West Goforth Rd., Kilgore. Thomas Jones, Min. SS 10 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 10:45 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 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. &v 2:30 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, 984-3716, Kilgore. Rev. Dan Dower, Priest.

English Mass: Sat. 5 p.m., Sun. 8 a.m.; Spanish Mass: Sun. noon and 5 p.m.

CHRISTIAN CORINTH CHRISTIAN New Hope Community. James O. Griffin, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

FIRST CHRISTIAN 609 East Main St., 984-3963, Kilgore. Bill Blanks, Min. SS 10 a.m., Contemporary WS 9 a.m., Traditional WS11 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 intersection, 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. 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.

OAKDALE CHURCH OF CHRIST Corner of FM 1252 and Smith CR 370, 903-9843986, Kilgore. Leamon G. Keele, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m., Wed. 7 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. 984-4511.

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.) NEW HOLY CHAPEL COGIC 2880 Mt. Pisgah Rd., Kilgore. Pastor Edward H. Pratt Jr. SS 10 a.m. WS 11:30 a.m. 903-984-4200 ST.’S CHAPEL CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST Hwy. 1252, Kilgore. F.L. Mitchell, Min. SS 10 a.m., WS 11:45 a.m.

The Word C.O.G.I.C. 1802 Pentecost St. Garrett Warren Pastor.

SS 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. PAUL’S EPISCOPAL 314 Henderson Blvd., Kilgore. 75662 (903) 9843929 Sunday Service 10:30 a.m. HE-II Wednesday Healing Service 6:30pm Rev. Debbie Daigle + Officer Hrs: Wednesday 10-4 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 Crossroads. Ralph Rudy, Min. SS 10:30 a.m., WS 9:30 a.m.; Wed. 6 p.m.

DANVILLE UNITED METHODIST 2187 Danville Rd., Kilgore.

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

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

Rev. Travis Stinson, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m.

MT. ZIOON C.M.E. 22698 FM 2767 (Old Hwy. 31) Kilgore, 903-5665336, Rev. H.Q. Dickerson, Pastor 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 3.5 miles south of Kilgore bypass, turn east on CR 146 go .5 miles. 903-984-9555 Dudley J. Plaisance, JR. Pastor SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m.

ST. LUKE’S UNITED METHODIST 401 E. Main St., 984-3576, Kilgore. Darwood Galaway, Min. SS 9:30 a.m.,

WS 8:30 & 10:30 a.m.

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

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NAZARENE FIRST CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Martin & Sabine, Kilgore. Mark Hendrick, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:45 a.m.

PENTECOSTAL NEW LIFE WORSHIP CENTER 18535 HWY. 69S, Tyler. 903-871-8700.

Morning 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 with children's hour Wednesday 7 p.m. Bible Study FIRST PENTECOSTAL 516 Fritz-Swanson, 984-2381/984-6405, Kilgore. James Boatman, Min. SS 9:45 a.m., WS 11 a.m. & 6 p.m.

FIRST UNITED PENTECOSTAL Hwy 3035, Overton, 903-847-3617.

W.L. Williams, Min. WS 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7:00 p.m.

IGLESIA DE DIOS PENTECOSTAL M.I. 400 Powderhorn(Hwy 42) Services hours are 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.

903-657-8541.

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

BETHESDA FOURSQUARE Hwy. 323, 834-6069, Overton. John Blake, Min. SS 9:30 a.m., WS 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.

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 CHRISTIAN SOLDIER CHURCH 1100 S. Martin St., Kilgore. Javier Moreno, pastor. Bible Class schedule: Sun., 10 a.m., 11:15 Eng., 6:30 p.m., Span., Tue. 7 p.m. Span., Wed., 7 p.m. Eng., Thur. 7 p.m. Eng., 903-229-3499 CHURCH OF LIVING WATERS Goforth & Steele Rd., 984-3354, Kilgore. Johnny G. Green, Min. WS 10:30 a.m. & 6:30 p.m.

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. prayer meeting, 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 10879 State Hwy 42 North Laird Hill, TX 75662. 903-984-3805 Pastor Casandra Fryar.

SS 9:45 a.m. Morning service 11:30 a.m.

Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Wednesday Nights 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), 9818009, 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.

ALWAYS LOW PRICES. ALWAYS WAL-MART 1201 STONE

903-983-1494 And Associates

Oil Change, Lube & State Inspections 24 Hr. Auto Gas Pumps 1005 Stone Rd., Kilgore Ricki Oubre, Owner

903-983-5823

610 East Main • 903-984-2593

ADVERTISE to support your local church

Space available

Call: Nora Fain at

(903)984-2593 classifieds@kilgorenewsherald.com

This devotional and directory is made possible by these businesses who encourage all of us to attend worship services.

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Announcement Rhona’s Peas & Beans, Open Monday - Saturday 10am-6pm 24405 FM 2767, Kilgore.

11/2 miles from the Country Tavern 903-984-6424.

Garage Sales Huge Moving Sale Friday, 6/26 & Saturday, 6/27.

7am-6pm. Tools, Furniture, dishes, wine fridge, rods/ reels, clothes, patio furniture, exercise equipment, snow skis, golf clubs, etc... Everything will go. 288 Treeline Road, Liberty City.

Community Garage Sale Lakewood Manor Apts.

3321 Danville Drive.

Saturday, June 27th Backyard Garage Sale 619 Florey Clothes, shoes, household, baby, etc... Cheap prices June 26th, 8am-4pm June 27th, 8am-12noon Multiple Family Gala Garage Sale. June 27, 8a-5p, Harmony Pirtle Baptist Church (Pirtle Community) 12209 HWY 259 S, 903984-3984. (From Kilgore) White brick church on the right, approximately 7 miles south of Kilgore College.

(From Henderson) White brick church on the left, approximately 14 miles north from Henderson city limits. In case of inclement weather, garage sale will be located inside church.

2-Day Sale. Friday/ Saturday 515 Gladewater Street & highway 259. Furniture, dishes, cookware, clothes, baby-thing, electronics.

real estate Office Space for Rent 300 Harris 1600 sq. ft. space. 4 offices and break room. $550/month, $550/deposit. A.B.P. Plus 400 sq. ft. Office $275/month, $275/ deposit 903-557-1342 or 903-738-2994 OFFICE SPACE AVAILABLE Remodeled 3 Room office suites with small kitchen $800 month 1 small office upstairs $250.00 2 Room Office Suite $500.00 All Bills Paid.

1100 Stone Road.

Professional Building 903-983-9315

Commercial Property for Rent 579 Cargill Road, Kilgore.

7.9 acres fenced yard, office 30’x40’, Shop 50’x60’. $5000 month, minimum of one year lease.

903-845-4240

Employment IMMEDIATE opening for assistant pressman at the Kilgore News Herald.

We run a Goss 5-unit open web, all non-heatset. Successful applicant will get close to 40 hours, mostly in 4 days per week.

Benefits include Blue Cross health insurance, paid vacation , sick leave, personal days. You should be able to lift at least 60 pounds. Some experience with offset printing is required. Reply by email to Bill Woodall, bwoodall@kilgorenewsherald. com or bring resume to Kilgore News Herald, 610 E. Main, Kilgore. No phone calls, please.

We’re an equal opportunity employer.

Needing Waitresses.

Nights and weekends.

McKay’s Restaurant.

1609 Hwy 259.

Kilgore 903-983-3020 Hair Stylist and Nail Tech needed for an established Beauty Salon in Kilgore. 1 private room as well as 2 open rooms.

Lots of storage on site. Washer and Dryer. Ample parking and easy access. For more information, please call 903-987-2880

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Arbor Grace Skilled Nursing Home now hiring certified CNA’s and LVN’s, all shifts. Competitive pay and benefits come in to apply.

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Wait Staff Needed Apply in person: Tuesday thru Saturday. Meadowbrook Golf Course/Firehouse Bar & Grill, 1306 Houston Street, Kilgore.

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Assistant Managers in Kilgore, TX and Surrounding Areas Previous work in banking or collections is required for management positions. When you join our unique culture of respect, you’ll find plenty of opportunity to advance your career, plus: • Life/Health Benefits • 401(k) Savings Plan • Educational Assistance

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Midland County Horseshoe Arena & Pavilion 2514 Arena Trail, Midland

New items added daily Call about selling:

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See complete listings at rbauction.com EOE. Auctioneer: E. R. Butch Graham # 6018 *Limited-time offer. OAC. Terms & conditions apply.

Janitorial PersonKilgore TX Part-time. Experience Req. Transportation req. Call 1-855-595-5589 911 Emergency Services Dispatcher.

The City of Gladewater is accepting applications for parttime emergency services dispatchers with possibility of becoming full time.

Must possess a Communications Officer certification from TCOLE and be able to competently multi-task under stressful and high priority situations.

High School diploma or GED, drug screen and physical required. Competitive salary starts at $14.21 - $14.93 hr.

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015

YOUR HOMETOWN REALTOR

903-984-6183 • 402 Hwy. 259

OPEN HOUSE Sunday, June 28 | 2 - 4 p.m.

Duplex for Rent 1BR/1BA log cabin duplex.

King size den and bedroom, two closets, Nice dining area.

Lots of cabinets. Pantry.

Appliances, carpet. All electric. CH/CA. $550 plus deposit. water paid. 903-987-3591 Walking distance to college, clean and quiet neighborhood 1BR/1BA, $550/month. 903297-9563

Apartment for Rent Stoneridge Apartments Now Leasing!

1 and 2 bedrooms now available for immediate move in.

903-984-1668

House for Rent 1, 2 and 3 Bedroom, nice location, large lot, fenced yard, near stores/college.

903-984-4180 In Overton nice 3BR/1BA House, A/C, stove, refrigerator, W/D conn, restrictions apply $650/month, $350/deposit 903-834-6560.

3BD/1BA Washer/Dryer Conn.

Window Unit. $700/ month,$450/deposit 903-5221907

#31 RIM RD, BRIARWOOD - PRICE REDUCED! 3500+ SQ. FT.! - 4/3.5/2 brick , super-sized master suite w/ remodeled bath, formal areas, rock fireplace, tons of storage, large backyard with 8 ft. privacy fence, 3 oversized bedrooms upstairs, COME SEE! $269,000.

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Extremely nice, 3/1/3. Living areas, updated kitchen, photos at: http://www.endesco-usa.com/pictures.html Call 972-965-6274 $1,000 month 2 and 3 BR Rental Homes available now in Kilgore $450700 a month Call Heritage Acres (903)984-1361 for more information.

815 Couch, 2/1/1, great starter home or investment property. Lots of potential! $63,500

Two bedroom all electric house, carport, patio, study, carpet, appliances. CH/CA, $600 plus deposit. 903-9873591

1004 ROBIN LANE, WHITE OAK - PRICE REDUCED! CUSTOM HOME ON 13 ACRES! 3000+ sq. ft. brick home loaded with amenities, gorgeous views, 1860 sq. ft. shop w/3 doors, creek, $349,900!

811 Woodlawn, Gorgeous 3/2 home COMPLETELY 15209 N CR 173, Well maintained 4/2.5 brick with 2836 SF on 2.5 acres, possible mother-in-law quarters, remodeled w/granite countertops, luxurious shop, (2) RV hoop up sites, lots of room for a garden. master bathroom, and so much more! $166,900 Come take a look! $145,000

168 FLENNIKEN ST. - REMODELED BRICK HOME IN SABINE ISD! - 3/2/2 on 2/3 acre lot, 1800+ sq. ft., fireplace, storage buildings, $160,000.

Lots and Acreage Available

1101 E. Lantrip, Kilgore, TX • 903-986-1857 • 903-984-0160 fax

Newly remodeled 2BD/1BA Window Unit.

Washer/Dryer Conn. $700/ month $450/deposit.

Available July 1st 903-522-1907 Kilgore 2BR/2BA/1car garage, CA/CH $1,000.00/month $500.00/deposit, utilities paid w/maximum limit on each.

Appliances furnished. Restrictions and references. Available July 15th. 903-985-0335

2400 Stone Rd, 3/3/2 brick on 2.33 acres, 2653 sq ft one-owner home. $190,000

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Jessica Holmes George Workman Charlotte Mobbs Michael Barnard Linda Melton 903-987-0685 (903) 983-9218 (903) 522-3340 (903) 738-9904 (903) 918-9258 Realtor Realtor Broker Associate Realtor Broker

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LEE'AH JOSEPH 903-985-2120

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NOTICE: While most advertisers are reputable, we cannot guarantee products or services advertised. We urge readers to use caution and when in doubt, contact the Texas Attorney General at 1-800-621-0508 or the Federal Trade Commission at 1-877-FTC-HELP. The FTC web site is www.ftc.gov/bizop

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YOU’RE GETTING NEW NEIGHBORS OR HADN’T YOU HEARD? Government officials are required to publish their intentions in the newspaper – including their intent to build a facility down the street that you might not want. But that could change.

Some politicians want to bury public notices on little seen, rarely visited government websites. Don’t let government put you in the . dark. Public notices should be published by the newspaper.

If it is not in the newspaper, you won’t know about it.

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CHITCHAT Continued from Page 1B

NEWS HERALD photo by JAMES DRAPER

Izik Williams lets out a giggle as another of Kilgore Public Library's young patrons sets off the siren in a Kilgore Police Department vehicle Thursday morning at Kilgore City Park during the Education & Entertainment event feature local emergency responders. (Below) Kilgore Fire Department Captain Jason Chamblee uses a heat sensor to check audience members Thursday. KPL's weekly summer sessions often draw between 250 and 400 participants.

Emergency Education

Library features first responders among numerous summer events

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Statistically, 'summer slide' accounts for as much as 85 percent of the reading achievement gap between lower-income students and those from families in the moderate- to high-income brackets.

Likewise, Kilgore Public Library Director Linda Johnson reminded city council members Tuesday, teachers typically spend the first four to six weeks of the school year catching up on lessons lost during the summer months.

It's why KPL staffers put so much effort into developing stimulating programs between June and August.

“Is it a lot of fun? Yes, but it's also a lot of hard work,” Johnson told the council. “I think we all understand the importance of having a summer reading program.”

This week's installment of the eight-session Thursday Education & Entertainment series introduced local children to emergency responders at Kilgore City Park, from Kilgore firefighters giving tours of their engines and demonstrations of their equipment to Kilgore police officers offering children a turn on the siren and a sticker-badge.

The Thursday events running (this year) June 11 through Aug. 6 are for all ages, and the library staff members have seen audiences ranging from 250 to 400 children and chaperones as professional entertainers – musicians, ventriloquists, jugglers, reptile wranglers and more – earn rapt attention.

Typically, “We have these at the community house because of the fact we have such a large crowd,” Johnson explained.

Other summer programs include Preschool Story Times, Daycare Story Times, the Summer Reading Club, 'Teens Read' and the 'Young at Heart' Reading Program, Popcorn Fridays and the Kids Helping Kids Food Drive.

“They can bring food and toiletries in. We gather it up … take it to Helping Hands,” Johnson explained.

“The kids love doing it. It's something that they look forward to.”

All told, the library's summer programs are funded from $5,000 in the City of Kilgore's budget.

“It's always a fun time. It's a very busy time at the library,” Johnson said, leaving the council members with a quote from Dr. Seuss: “You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”

For more information, log on to KilgoreLibrary.org or call 903-984-1529.

St. I never could understand when that road runs East and West, yet it is named North Longview and South.”

However, Richard said, "I have learned that most names of city streets can be found on the headstones of the cemetery.”

What makes Richard an authority on our roads?

He retired from both the Longview and Kilgore City Maintenance Department.

Besides, his great grandmother came from Georgia and 1879 and homesteaded land on the Henderson Highway and raised ten kids one of whom owns J.W. Construction in Overton.

The roads in our area – this man knows.

RETURNING from what they call “Epic Family Vacation 2015” is Kelly and David Watson. Gathering up kids and grandkids along the way the family covered 9 states in 14 days having driven almost 6500 miles.

Driving first to Goddard, Kansas to pick up daughter and son-in-law Gini and Craig Brownell and a couple of kids and though Kelly claims David hates the mountains, the family traveled through the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. From there they found God’s creation at Arches National Park in Utah and upon leaving the air conditioning went out of the rental. After a hot drive to Salt Lake City to pick up another vehicle, they headed to Elco, Nevada and among other sight seeing adventures discovered a wonderful family owned donut shop… hmmm, sounds like a Kelly adventure to me.

Their travels took them on to California where they enjoyed a sunset cruise at the bay and watched a beautiful sunset from Golden Gate Bridge.

The next day, son Mac Watson and wife Heather flew in from Japan to join the traveling Watson band.

They visited Alcatraz, rode the famous San Francisco cable cars and ate at Fisherman’s Wharf. Travels led them to the Redwood Forest at Yosemite National Park and Highway 101 down the coast. After seeing the General Sherman Tree in the Sequoias the family headed to Las Vegas where they enjoyed a couple of shows and the dancing water at the Bellagio and took a tour of the Hoover dam. Off to the Grand Canyon and Winslow, Arizona and headed back toward Texas via New Mexico.

“Home again! Home again!” exclaimed Kelly. “Our Epic Family Vacation!” One of a kind – that is for sure.

Fireworks will begin at dusk on Fourth of July in Overton with vendors And live entertainment in the park beginning at 3 p.m.

Have a safe and enjoyable Fourth.

In the meantime, May His Love and Laughter Fill Your Hearts and Your Homes. We may be reached at chitchatlinda@aol.com or 903-984-2593.

A WORD PLEASE JUNE CASAGRANDE

Constructive criticism beats destructive nitpicking any day If you want to help another person – say, your employee – with his writing, there are several approaches you could take.

You might look at the big picture: How well are the ideas organized and expressed? Is the voice smooth and clear? Is the language appropriate for the audience and conducive to the message?

You might look at the mechanics: Is it punctuated well? Is every word necessary? Do the modifying phrases attach properly to the words they modify? Do verbs agree with subjects? Do all pronouns have clear antecedents?

Or you might fixate on some ridiculous bit of pedantic nonsense, scour your subordinate’s writing for every instance in which he violates your silly pet rule, then make

him feel like an idiot for doing so.

In my experience, one of these approaches is favored far and away above the others. Care to guess which one?

The answer’s clear in a note I got recently from a reader named John, whose supervisor provided some “constructive feedback” on John’s writing, including this comment: “I see you're a BIG fan of the split infinitive. I think I caught them all. Just because ‘Star Trek’ used ‘to boldly go’ doesn't make it acceptable for business writing purposes.”

The dreaded “split infinitive” is a famous grammatical error. Unfortunately, it’s not an error at all.

But before we get to that, here’s a quick overview of infinitives.

The infinitive is the form of the verb that’s not “inflected” –

altered to go with a specific subject or time frame. It’s a verb in its most basic, conceptual form: to walk, to think, to go, to have, to know. And on and on.

In a sentence like “Barry walks,” “Sara and I walk” or “Yesterday, you walked,” the verb changes slightly to match who’s doing it and when.

That’s inflection, also called conjugation. But the verb in its most conceptual state – on which all these inflections are based – is the infinitive: to walk.

The infinitive is used in certain sentence structures, often with other verbs: Barry wants to walk. Sara and I hate to walk. Yesterday, you had to walk. Our mission is to walk where no man has walked before.

Notice how discussions of the infinitive include the word “to.” This helps us analyze the infinitive’s function in sentences, especially when looking at syntax across different languages. In the French

sentence “Je veux marcher,” the Spanish “Yo quiero caminar” and the English “I want to walk,” the infinitives “marcher,” “caminar” and “to walk” work the same way, coming directly after another verb.

But there’s one important difference. French and Spanish have single-word infinitives that contain an implied “to.” In English, we add “to” as a separate word.

Herein, some experts believe, lies the origin of the tragically resilient superstition: You can’t put anything – say, an adverb – in the middle of “marcher,” you can’t put anything in the middle of “caminar,” therefore it must be wrong to put something in the middle of “to walk.”

If that were true, it would mean you can’t say “to quickly walk” or “to happily walk” or “to boldly walk.” You would have to put the adverb either before “to” or after “walk.”

Happily, that’s false. Contrary to

the legions of 1950s and ’60s school teachers who spread this myth, there’s no rule against splitting an infinitive and there never was. In fact, most linguists will tell you that “to” isn’t really part of the infinitive.

It’s just a particle that introduces it.

So it’s impossible to split it. Either way, there’s nothing wrong with inserting an adverb or anything else after the “to” when the result is clear and natural.

When “Let’s get to really know each other” sounds better than “Let’s get really to know each other” or “Let’s get to know really each other,” split away.

This is just as true in formal writing as it is in casual usage. No business writer ever needs to worry about splitting infinitives. Too bad his supervisor doesn’t know that.

– June Casagrande is the author of “The Best Punctuation Book, Period.” She can be reached at JuneTCN@aol.com.

ANNUAL PROGRESS EDITION SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015

SECTION D Community

SECTION F Health & Religion

SECTION E Industry

PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE

SECTION G Business & Finance KILGORE NEWS HERALD  SECTION C

NEWS HERALD photo by CHELSEA KATZ

Kilgore College Rangerettes and former manager Chip Hale hit their marks during the opening routine of Revels 2015.

Rangerettes, dance-drill celebrate 75 years

By CHELSEA KATZ news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

With 75 years of kicking under their white belts, the Kilgore College Rangerettes embarked on their anniversary year in September, celebrating three-quarters of a century of precision dance and drill team.

Throughout its existence, the Rangerette organization has been led by three women, beginning with Gussie Nell Davis and continuing to Deana Bolton Covin and current director Dana Blair.

“To me, that’s just – it’s amazing,” Chip Hale, director of “Sweethearts of the Gridiron” and former Rangerette manager, said. He added that the fact it has been three women can sometimes be lost due to the organization’s longevity.

In addition to being a year of celebration and boosting the profile of the art form, 75th Anniversary Committee Co-chair Mazie Jamison said, it has been an educational year also.

Before the anniversary year kicked off this fall, economist and Lindale native Ray Perryman and his Perryman Group looked at the economic impact of the industry.

Perryman brought back information that courtesy of the red, white and blue-clad ladies Davis put on the football field Sept. 19, 1940, a multi-billion-dollar industry was launched. “Who knew this industry contributed $8.3 billion to the United States economy?” Jamison said.

Even though Joyce Pennington, president and CEO of American Dance/Drill Team, was not a Rangerette, she said she was introduced

to dance drill team in high school and decided to become a dance team director after that.

“I had always attended American Dance/Drill team camps and was mesmerized to meet Gussie Nell Davis, the owner, while I was in high school,” Pennington said.

“Miss Davis was a hero to me as she dedicated her life to dance/drill team and the Rangerettes.”

Pennington led American Dance/ Drill in 1982 – 10 years after Pennington first became a director – at Davis’ request. Two years later, Pennington bought the company, 44 years after the Rangerettes first took the football field. Last year’s Rangerette Revels was dedicated to Pennington.

“The 75th anniversary of the Rangerettes affects all precision dance teams around the world as the Kilgore College Rangerettes were the first precision dance team,” Pennington said. “We are working hard this year to spread the word of this historic event.”

Hale explained the group is more like a family than simply another organization at a two-year college.

“It’s like the best kind of family you could have because regardless of what your profession is or what your socio-economic status is or philosophy of life, you have that – you have the Rangerette organization,” he said. “It did something for you that made you want to give back, whether you were a Rangerette in ’75, whether you were a manager in ’89, you know, whether you are a freshman Rangerette right now, you will always have that connection with everybody else who came through.”

NEWS HERALD photo by CHELSEA KATZ

Tracy Rhodes takes a picture of 7-year-old (future Rangerette) Autumn April 16 during the intermission of this year’s second Revels performance.

While most people who are involved in Rangerettes are not family by blood, he said, everyone involved picked friends that transformed into a Rangerette family.

For young women who danced on one of the Rangerette lines, Jamison said, Miss Davis told them she was building on what their parents taught them at home. With more single-family households, though, she said, not every young woman who becomes a Rangerette grew up with the same upbringing.

“There’s something to be said about the type of training that they receive the two years they are a Ran-

gerette.”

With the historic year, Jamison said, a generational synergy has emerged within the organization.

“There’s a lot of crossover or bleed-through from lines long ago to lines more recent from today,” she said. “It opens up a channel of communication that was never barricaded, but I just think this gives us something to be rooted in that’s common among the whole of us.”

When she thinks about being part of the history that led to the 75th anniversary, Jamison said, she is speechless. “I don’t think any of us envisioned what this has built to

and the height that it’s achieved.”

Along with dance, each line learns teamwork, self-accountability and self-discipline. “All of those things that were instilled in the fall of 1940 and every year subsequently to that continue to be in place and continue to be important.”

The 75th line of the organization had its debut in August at the annual Show-Offs, but to start the show, the sophomores of the 74th line performed an early routine called “The Hat Drill” with replica 1940 outfits.

“I’ve seen the uniform, but I’ve never seen it move,” Jamison said.

“It was a thrill.”

As a Rangerette during the late 1960s, Jamison’s line talked Davis into teaching them “The Hat Drill.” “It was a lot of fun to watch it, knowing what the choreography was.”

“We thought it was appropriate for the very first thing that we do and that we show,” Blair said. “It was kind of close to what they originally did. I mean, we weren’t there obviously and there’s no recording of it, but we’ve seen some little, old film that shows certain steps.”

After the flashback dance, Jamison said, the show had a “very fast evolution” from where Rangerettes started to where the organization is today.

It is usual to look back at where the organization came from during an anniversary year, Blair said.

“Certainly the historical significance is important, (but) I think everyone is expecting all aspects of our year to be a little bit more pomp See ANNIVERSARY, Page 3C

Drill team's legacy immortalized on film in 'Sweethearts of the Gridiron'

By CHESLEA KATZ news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

NEWS HERALD photo by CHELSEA KATZ

Joana Addison McMillan, Rangerette from 1954-1955, sits in the front row of the April 25 screening of “Sweethearts of the Gridiron” at the USA Film Festival in Dallas.

After a dozen-plus edits and three years of work, the “Sweethearts of the Gridiron” went public during the 2015 film festival circuit in January and continued to travel across Texas for large and small festivals.

“Because of the relationships I have with all these people, I feel like this has to be the best representation that I can make from what

I filmed,” director Chip Hale said about the project and its many edits.

After making what he thought were his final edits in January 2014, he found that he was not happy with the outcome, and began another round of edits four months later.

To make the film “solid” and what he wanted, Hale said, it needed to include three elements – the history, the tryout process and follow-ups with former Rangerettes.

“I feel like we have that now.”

With 130 hours of footage, Hale said, he and his team were tasked with making a film that was 80 to 90 minutes long. When beginning the process in 2011, Hale was told by many others in the movie and documentary industry that the editing process would take twice as long as the filming.

“By no means did I think, ‘Well that rule doesn’t apply to us,’” he See SWEETHEARTS, Page 3C

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SWEETHEARTS said. “I just thought we had such a streamlined, outlined story that whenever we would get to this post-process that would help.”

The film is not just about Rangerettes, though, because the story tells the genesis of dance and drill team as football halftime shows.

“I mean the Super Bowl halftime, you have to ask yourself what would that look like now if Gussie Nell Davis didn’t put the Rangerettes on the field,” he said.

Although its first festival was in Florida, Hale said, he considers the movie’s screening at the Thin Line Festival in Denton as its first official screening.

Thin Line had to add another showing after the initial time sold out.

“There’s no amount of mental preparation you can do for a sold out first-ever screening,” Hale said, describing the moment as “overwhelming.”

Rangerette Forever Taylor Greer traveled

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from California to Denton for the Thin Line Festival and explained she got emotional while watching the movie, which also follows a group of Rangerette hopefuls through the tryout process and what comes after.

“It’s been about four years since I’ve been out, and I really haven’t thought about Rangerettes or how I felt in the moment,” she said. “And in that moment, it took me back to all of those emotions. I remember how stressful pre-training was and all the special bonds I created.”

The reaction left Wayne “renewed,” he said.

“I think it also shows that the story is important,” he added. “That the organization is still relevant even now and that people want to see the story. They want to see an updated version of the story.”

Throughout 2015, the movie continued its rounds through film festivals across Texas and in other countries – Boomtown Film

NEWS HERALD photo by CHELSEA KATZ

Friends, family and fans gather to take pictures of members of the Kilgore College Rangerettes on the red carpet at the Thin Line Festival in late February in Denton.

NEWS HERALD photo by CHELSEA KATZ

On Denton’s Campus Theatre stage, “Sweethearts of the Gridiron” director Chip Hale answers questions from the audience following the screening of the film.

Festival in Beaumont, WorldFest International Film Festival in Houston, Texas Independent Film Festival in College Station, USA Film Festival in Dallas, Florida Movie Festival in Casselberry, Florida, Interurban Film Festival in Sherman, Lionshead Film Festival in Dallas, Tenerife International Film Festival in Madrid, Spain and Austin Revolution Film Festival in Austin.

After being nominated and winning various awards at some of the festivals, Hale said, “We portrayed them where they came across as extremely likable, and that was one of the things that I heard from people…

People had this newfound appreciation for the Rangerettes. That was pretty much the whole reason why we made this film.”

The film made its way home May 25 for a special screening for Virginia “Gay” Culp and Doris Mercer Nyvall and their families.

Culp and Nyvall represent the last two surviving members of the original Rangerettes – the Line 1, as Nyvall’s personalized Rangerette license plate reads.

“I loved it,” Culp said after the screening.

“Oh yes, you never forget those days.”

Both Culp and Nyvall noted the current

ANNIVERSARY and circumstance (and) more enhanced all the way around,” Assistant Director and Choreographer Shelley Wayne said.

While there will be a few more performances and appearances and more celebrations for the 75th year, she said, people also expect the caliber of this year’s freshmen and sophomores to be even better than previous years.

“They should always expect Rangerettes to strive to be better than we were the year before, but, I think this year, probably, people

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Rangerettes’ skirts were shorter than theirs from 1940. Besides the skirt length, the uniform has not changed much.

“When the show first started, I just gulped because, you know, I knew that she was going to be in it,” Nyvall’s daughter Cherryle Nyvall Formby said. Although she did not get as emotional as her sister-in-law, she continued, “It was very emotional to see what my mom was in the very first year – oh my gosh! – and not even knowing I need to ask her questions.”

“Sweethearts of the Gridiron” will have its red carpet premiere in Kilgore at 4 Star Cinema October 16-17.

“It would have been nice to have started it here, but that’s just not how this industry works,” Hale said. “I think we found a good time to bring it home.”

Throughout the editing and festival process, Executive Producer Michael Wayne said, there were always plans to bring it back to Kilgore.

“The people of Kilgore supported this,” he said. “The people of Kilgore went above and beyond for this.”

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are expecting a little bit more, so we are going to have to work really, really hard to make sure that we can provide that for our audience and our supporters.”

Even for those who cannot return to campus as much as others, Jamison said they can stay connected through Facebook. “This is an organization that if you choose to be, you can be part of it for the rest of your life.”

As part of the 75th year, current and past Rangerettes, along with some members of

high school drill teams, took a trip to Ireland and Scotland for some special performances during the tour.

The group’s performance at the 2015 Cotton Bowl also marked the 65th time the Rangerettes have served as the college football game’s featured performers in Dallas.

A few days after their halftime performance, the team was announced as one of the honorees of this year’s Texas Cultural Trust’s Texas Medal of Arts award. The group then took

years in business

part in the official celebration in Austin in February.

To mark the 75th anniversary, Wayne also developed a routine for all high school drill teams to learn and perform, celebrating the history of drill team.

“Just to remind everyone that if you’re on a drill team, it started here and this is why we’re all doing this is because of this anniversary,” Blair said.

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KHPF working to finish History and Arts Center, preserve landmark house KHPF Press Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation turned its spotlight on two projects during National Preservation Month in May: the Kilgore History and Art Center, and the DeanKeener-Crim House which is Kilgore’s oldest extant home.

KHPF is working to convert the 1938 Post Office at 224 S. Kilgore Street into the Kilgore History and Arts

Center which will house the original mail boxes and the voluminous KHPF photography archives. Over the past two decades, volunteer Terry Stembridge has collected, catalogued and preserved thousands of images of Kilgore and its residents.

These photos have been the basis for three KHPF books authored by Stembridge and Caleb Pirtle. Now in their second edition, Kilgore: Echoes From Forgotten Streets, Kilgore: Visions of

Forgotten Streets and Life on Kilgore’s Unforgettable Streets are available and sales benefit the renovation of the Old Post Office.

To save the building, KHPF raised more than $40,000 in 1999 after the U.S. Postal Service constructed a new building and moved the prior year.

To retain the historic WPADepression era murals, the City of Kilgore acted as intermediary in the building purchase using the money

Pictured in the top photo is the Dean-Keener-Crim House; above is an architect's rendering of the Kilgore History and Arts Center, to be housed in the old post office. Both are KHPF projects.

City recognizes Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation efforts

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

It’s hard to miss the most visible symbols of KHPF’s decades-long commitment to historical preservation – towering derricks dot Kilgore’s signature skyline.

Still, everyone needs a good pat on the back every now and then.

Lured to Kilgore City Hall in mid-May on the promise the community’s elected officials would be recognizing National Historic Preservation Month, a group of Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation board members were kept in the dark about City Hall’s second announcement.

Issuing the expected proclamation in support of preservation month, Kilgore Mayor Ronnie Spradlin followed it with another (see inset) specially prepared for KHPF’s benefit.

“Whereas the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation worked tirelessly to restore the derrick-filled skyline of Kilgore to reflect the importance of oil to our community,” Spradlin read, praising members who “have dedicated hundreds of hours of service to preserving and maintaining the cultural and historical authenticity of Kilgore.”

Kilgore Main Street Manager Melida Heien recommended the recognition for the KHPF board and its wider membership, City Manager Josh Selleck confirmed. Heien drafted

the special proclamation to honor the group’s decades of work.

“She felt like it was just appropriate for all of the wonderful things they’ve done for us as a community,” Selleck added.

All of KHPF board members felt the significance of the month, KHPF Co- Founder and Board President Sue Brown said in a ‘Thank you’ to city leaders. The group’s leaders were eager to support the city’s expected recognition of the national campaign and were pleasantly surprised at the meeting’s unexpected salute.

“It is always humbling to receive thanks for work that is done but with KHPF it has always been enough of an award to see its accomplishments of preserving anything historical in Kilgore,” Brown explained. “Preservation efforts are never ending since more history is made each day but (I) think I can speak for our volunteers that we will live up to your honor by continuing to do what KHPF does best – striving to better our community through taking its past and using it as a way to give vision to our future.”

Council member Merlyn Holmes summed up her colleagues feelings for the foundation.

“Thank y’all for making our city so special.”

Reprinted from the News Herald’s May 16 edition

PROCLAMATION National Historic Preservation Month May 2015 WHEREAS, historic preservation is an effective tool for managing growth and sustainable development, revitalizing neighborhoods, fostering local pride and maintaining community character while enhancing livability; and WHEREAS, historic preservation is relevant for communities across the nation, both urban and rural, and for Americans of all ages, all walks of life and all ethnic backgrounds; and WHEREAS, it is important to celebrate the role of history in our lives and the contributions made by dedicated individuals in helping to preserve the tangible aspects of the heritage that has shaped us as a people; and WHEREAS, National Preservation Month 2015 is cosponsored by Kilgore Historic Preservation Foundation, Kilgore Main Street, the City of Kilgore, the Texas Historical Commission and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, R.E. Spradlin III, do proclaim May 2015 as National Preservation Month, and call upon the people of Kilgore to join their fellow citizens across the United States in recognizing and participating in this special observance.

Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation Day • May 13, 2015 WHEREAS, the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation, founded in 1987, was formed for the purpose of preserving and protecting historical assets within Kilgore; and WHEREAS, the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation worked tirelessly to restore the derrick-filled skyline of Kilgore to reflect the importance of oil to our community; and WHEREAS, the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation members have dedicated hundreds of hours of service to preserving and maintaining the cultural and historical authenticity of Kilgore; and WHEREAS, the Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation ensures each holiday season that the derrick stars shine over the City of Stars.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, R.E. Spradlin, III, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF KILGORE, TEXAS, do hereby proclaim May 13, 2015, as Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation Day and call upon the people of Kilgore, Texas to join their fellow citizens in recognizing this organization for their dedicated service to our community.

raised by KHPF for that purpose. The murals painted and installed by Xavier Gonzelez in 1941, were moved to the East Texas Oil Museum in 1998. Plans for the History and Art Center include returning the four murals to their original setting after renovation is completed.

To raise funds for the Old Post Office, KHPF is selling naming-rights to the post office boxes which will remain in the lobby as a commemorative display. Many have been purchased by Kilgore natives who fondly remember the Old Post Office being in the center of commerce and community networking.

The Dean-Keener-Crim Home’s name reflects the three owners of the structure originally built in 1876 at Lantrip and Commerce Streets. Mr. S. G. Dean bought one acre next to the railroad for $45 and built a one-story, two-room pine and oak frame structure that is now the east wing of the house.

In 1881, Mr. Dean sold his land and home to L. J. and Allie Keener for $300.

They added the two-story, four-bedroom west wing heated by a chimney with fireplace openings in each of the four bedrooms. The Keeners moved to Kilgore from Longview so their three daughters could get an education at the Alexander Institute, one of the few schools in the area that accepted girls. Mr. Keener was killed by a train on the tracks adjacent to his home, and his widow returned the family to Longview.

In 1902, Mr. Wiley Newton Crim and his wife Eudora purchased the home and lot. The Crim family added the screened porch on the east side and the two-story bathroom tower.

Their daughters, Alleyn and Mabel Crim, lived in the house throughout their

KHPF is selling naming rights to post office boxes which will be on display in the lobby of the Kilgore History and Arts Center.

lifetimes and after Alleyn’s death in 1999, the house was donated by Crim descendants to KHPF for the enjoyment and use of the community.

The Dean-Keener-Crim House depicts building styles of the post-Civil War Reconstruction popular in Kilgore as the town grew from a collection of farming homesteads into a railroadcommerce based community and then an oilboom town. Under the care of KHPF, the house is being preserved and maintained to reflect the different eras.

The house is open by appointment only.

Other projects completed and managed by KHPF include the World’s Richest Acre Park and the derrick skyline throughout the city and at major highway entrances. Other projects include the Meadowbrook Historical District, the Mini-Derrick Pocket Park and Christmas Tree Park- Oilfield Equipment Display. KHPF also sponsors the stars atop the derricks and the Happy New Year, Merry Christmas banners which are lighted from Thanksgiving through New Year’s Day each year.

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KISD trustees vote to transfer Heights campus to Kilgore College in exchange for services from KC With the opening of the new Kilgore Primary School and Kilgore Middle School, students and teachers moved out of Kilgore Heights Elementary School and Maude Laird Middle School after the 2012-2013 school year.

At the time of the move, Kilgore ISD and Kilgore College administrators were hoping to get a grant to establish an Early College High School in one of the vacant schools.

When district-college combination did not win the grant, talk about what to do with the campuses slowed.

While doing a district-wide facility study, Huckabee Architects included the two empty buildings and said MLMS had more potential.

Then-KISD Board Secretary Jimmy Kinsey suggested the district look into selling the Heights property after hearing the work necessary to repurpose the facility. At that point, talks about the future of MLMS languished as discussions about selling or transferring ownership of Heights moved forward.

During the regular KISD Board of Trustees meeting in January 2015, trustee Trey Hattaway – also director of marketing and enrollment management for Kilgore College – explained the district would have a “bigger (PR) problem bulldozing Heights than MLMS.�

As the district continued talks with the local two-year community college, representatives from Dormitory Directions attempted to persuade the district to sell the property outright to the company.

KISD Superintendent Cara Cooke explained the district would seek bids and proposals from the public for the build-

ing after discussions with the college had been exhausted. “Number one priority [the board] stated to me was to work with Kilgore College to see if we could come up with a proposal that would benefit both entities,� Cooke said after the February 2015 meeting, which was rescheduled to March 4 due to weather. “We’re looking out for the best interest of our students, and one of our main goals has been providing more dual credit access to our students, and so we see this as a way to move towards that while we are true to this community and what we think the tax payers of that building would potentially like to see too – see that repurposed. “It’s all about community.

It’s all about us all coming together and working together to do what’s best for this community, so I’ve been carrying that out and that continues to be the board’s wishes and that’s the path that we are walking.�

After continuing discussions with KC, the district’s facility committee brought back a system during the April 2015 meeting that would allow the district to transfer Heights to the college. The system was similar to how a debit card works. “The determination by the facility committee was that re-

ally number one – dual credit tuition and fees scholarships – was in the best interest of our students because we are trying diligently to grow that area and provide opportunities for our students to have access to dual credit classes,� Cooke told her board.

In the system, the district would use Gregg County Appraisal District documentation and Region 7 Amortization information to determine a value for Heights.

Once a value is agreed upon, it will be put on the books, and the district would deduct tuition for students enrolled in dual credit classes at KC until the value had been used completely.

Cooke explained to the board during the meeting that the district was operating off of the local government code 272.001(j). The code states, “A political subdivision may donate, exchange, convey, sell, or lease land, improvements, or any other interest in real property to an institution of higher education‌ to promote a public purpose related to higher education.

The political subdivision shall determine the terms and conditions of the transaction so as to effectuate and maintain the public purpose. A political subdivision may donate, exchange, convey, sell, or lease the real property interest for

less than its fair market value and without complying with the notice and bidding requirements.�

In the situation of Heights, the political subdivision is KISD as a public school district to exchange the property for services from Kilgore College.

The board voted unani-

mously by a 6-0-1 vote to move forward with transferring the Heights property to the college via a “debit card� system. Hattaway abstained from the vote.

Kilgore College discussed the Heights property in a closed session during a special meeting May 8. The topic was not listed on the agenda

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From ice and snow to downpours and tornadoes, the first half of 2015 brought the gamut of severe winter and spring weather to Kilgore.

Kilgore had its first winter weather in November with the first freeze coming in the middle of the month. At that time, the National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center expected colder and wetter winter months through December, January and February.

Throughout the winter, Arctic air moved down into Texas from Canada.

After only needing more layers of clothing to battle the cold air, winter precipitation entered the area during the month of January.

The freezing rain and sleet prompted the Texas Department of Transportation to pre-treat portions of Interstate 20.

TxDOT also used the increased precipitation to remind East Texans to check road conditions before leaving the house and to drive slower than usual when on roads during winter conditions.

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Flooding creeks covered much of Meadowbrook Golf Course and nearby Meadowbrook Park in early May. Trees with weakened root systems toppled in the winds of the following weeks as the ground soaked up more precipitation.

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Texas Shakespeare Festival Founder and Artistic Director Raymond Caldwell listens to company members' introductions Saturday morning in the Van Cliburn Auditorium.

The time flies by, Raymond Caldwell says.

“That’s on my mind a lot because it just seems impossible,” he said last month, keeping track as his 30th band of performers and backstage pros arrived for the Texas Shakespeare Festival at Kilgore College. “The time flies by. It doesn’t seem possible that it was 30 years ago, and I remember a time when 30 years seemed like an eternity to me.

“It’s exciting that we’ve survived 30 years.”

Statistically, TSF’s founder and artistic director noted, most new theaters last fewer than

seven years.

“That’s historically true,” he explained, a high death rate for fledgling companies – that the local festival has defied. “I certainly can’t take any credit for that. If it weren’t for the extraordinary generosity and support of the college, we would never have survived past the second year.

“Then, for the past 20 years, if it hadn’t been for the combination of the Rosa May Griffin Foundation, the City of Kilgore and the Texas Shakespeare Festival Foundation – that one underlined, for sure – we certainly wouldn’t be here.”

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Welcome to Kilgore, Pop. 14,948

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Kilgore’s population has swelled by more than 15 percent since Census 2010.

According to new population estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau in May, it’s the most rapid growth in Gregg County and among neighboring cities.

Local officials are still trying to wrap their heads around the latest boom.

Between the 2000 census and 2010’s population of 12,975, Kilgore added 1,571 residents, 13.78 percent growth during the decade.

The community surpassed the period’s total gain by early July of 2013 – the estimated population here, three years on from the census, had grown by 1,575.

A year later (as of July 1, 2014), the estimated growth since 2010 is 1,973, bringing the population projection to 14,948, a 15.21 percent gain on the 2010 total.

“We’ve grown by a bigger percentage than anyone else in the area,” Kilgore Mayor Ronnie Spradlin noted May 20. “If that’s a year old, we’re over 15,000.”

Longview, for example, grew by an estimated 1.41 percent between the last census’ results and mid2014 while nearby White Oak’s population dropped 2.33 percent and, further south, Henderson’s total residents have decreased by an estimated 0.79 percent.

Plotting the source of the gains is, for now, a matter of perspective, but local leaders are digging into the data.

“I’m giving KEDC all the credit,” Spradlin said, praising Kilgore Economic Development Corporation’s efforts to help maintain the local oiland gas base while diversifying overall. “I will give a lot of credit to KEDC’s retention and recruitment … You look at most of our large industries, and they have grown or added employment with KEDC’s help over the last decade.

At the same time, “I think a big part of that growth is the boom we had in the oilfield the last number of years. I’ll even say the new schools could be responsible for some of the growth.”

Notably, Spradlin added, he doesn’t know offhand what specific impact the city’s annexations have had on population, including ex-

pansions in 2012 and, particularly, the Interstate 20-north annexation of mid-2013.

It’s a question Kilgore City Manager Josh Selleck is trying to answer as well.

Taking the reins at Kilgore City Hall this spring, the latest population figures are all Selleck has known here.

“When I interviewed for the job, I think that many on council had an idea that we’d grown a bit,” he explained. Selleck has directed city staffers to research the latest population figures and, hopefully, quantify various growth factors. “I won’t have answers on that for several weeks.

In the meantime, considering 2.74 percent growth between the mid-2014 estimate and 2013’s, “It’s in line with what we thought we had underway in terms of residential projects the past year. I think the cumulative increase since 2010 has been the number that’s been the real shocker.”

As housing goes, Selleck noted, the community has ongoing development in the Remington North and Windsor Park subdivisions in addition to infill in other areas.

“You see a lot of homes going up,

filling back in where a home came out years-prior,” he said. “From a service standpoint that’s probably the most efficient way to see any changes in population.”

Local realtor Charlotte Mobbs echoed Selleck’s housing assessment.

“I can say this last year was a very busy year for us,” she explained.

“We were very busy in 2014. It was probably one of our best years.”

That said, Mobbs couldn’t pinpoint any specific source of growth since 2010.

“I don’t know that I’ve had any real insight on where it’s from,” she said. “I would just venture to say some of the diversification that we’ve had in industry plus the oilfield.”

For KEDC Executive Director Amanda Nobles, the availability of housing is key alongside jobs growth, and Kilgore’s stock has increased since the last 10-year census data was released.

“Population can’t grow if you don’t have a place for people to live.

That’s the bottom line,” she said. “I think that what’s attracting housing is we are having more jobs and we have more employees here, so the market for selling those houses is

WEATHER ing too fast,” National Weather Service Aaron Stevens said.

February brought multiple days and nights of ice-coated roadways that made driving conditions treacherous. Sand and brave drivers helped create traction and tire marks to follow. The ice eventually turned to slush before the area was blanketed by snow – one to four inches of the white powder.

As the temperatures stayed cold and below freezing many nights, Kilgore and East Texas roads entered a pattern of a brief thaw during the days and a refreeze overnight.

“We’re well below normal temperatures,” Stevens said in late February.

Tuesday of the last week of February saw a maximum temperature – high temperature – of 33 degrees Fahrenheit, which was three degrees colder than the coldest maximum on record of 36 degrees set in 1914.

With the snow, ice and freezing rain making transportation dangerous, Kilgore ISD and other surrounding school districts canceled classes, extracurricular activities and meetings during February.

The cancellations and delayed starts forced districts to tweak their schedules and sometimes get creative with their planning to make up missed days.

After the winter weather passed and spring weather entered the area, Kilgore’s focus turned to rain.

In what ranks as the fifth wettest spring in history at East Texas Regional Airport, residents dealt with

here.” Working at KEDC to retain jobs and help companies add more, Nobles emphasized that increasing the number of jobs alone doesn’t impact the population. Those jobs will be filled from outside the community if workers have trouble putting down roots within the city limits.

“That’s been our history,” she said. “Availability of housing is something I think we need more of.

Availability of housing is essential to growth.”

Yes, officials have had an inkling of the local growth, Selleck said, but it’s still managed to catch many offguard.

It’s understandable, he added, in a bustling community.

“Having come from the Austin area, I can tell you that as you’re plugging along sometimes you never really stop and look up. Then you look up after a few years and, my goodness, we’ve really experienced some growth,” Selleck explained.

“Obviously we’ll be looking at how to best serve that growth as we go into the 2016 proposed budget.”

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Ongoing rainfall increased the Sabine River’s height to 27.5 feet in late May at the Longview portion of the river. The height was 2.5 feet above flood stage and had the potential to increase another 2.5 feet to hit a high point of 30 feet as more water worked its

11.57 inches of rain during the month of May – nearly seven inches more than the normal amount of 4.8 inches.

The spring weather began in April when tornado warnings spread throughout the area as heavy downpours entered the East Texas area ahead of a cold front.

While the April storm brought a tornado through Longview and left the ground saturated before additional rain, the majority of the rain fell the following month.

After a Mother’s Day weekend storm, Meadowbrook Park and the city golf course flooded and joined together to form “Lake Meadowbrook.” Though water was not the highest Director of General Services B.J. Owen had seen – that stands at seven inches of rain – he said, the early-May storm was the highest the water had gotten in the past five or six years.

The storm left the rainfall totals at 28.39 inches since the beginning of 2015 – nearly a foot more than

usual for the same time frame.

While Kilgore did not see a tornado form, the storm produced an EF3 tornado in Van that killed two people and sent 45 people to the hospital. Kilgore residents have sent supplies and provided other assistance to Van residents as the cleanup and rebuilding process continues.

By May 22, the rainfall had hit 31.13 inches since Jan. 1, putting the total more than a foot above the normal of 18.15 for that time.

With the storms and rain coming near the end of the school year, many some Kilgore schools had to stop, resume and reschedule field day activities due to the interruptions from rain and lightning.

Severe weather during the Memorial Day holiday weekend dropped another two inches of rain on Kilgore and East Texas. The storms, which produced a tornado in Henderson, knocked out power to 60,000 Southwestern Electric Power Company customers, including a peak of 1,000 people in Kilgore.

The beginning of June brought sunshine to Kilgore and started a new trend of dry weather that will help decrease the threat of flash flooding in the area.

As of the last day of May, the total rainfall for the year at the airport was at 38.81, or a little more than 15 inches above normal.

The rainfall and additional water moving downstream increased the Sabine River’s height to 27.5 feet by the start of June at the Longview portion of the river. The height was 2.5 feet above flood stage and had the potential to increase another 2.5 feet to hit a high point of 30 feet as more water worked its way through the river.

NWS meteorologist Michael Berry explained the rivers would need “several weeks” of no rain to get back to near-normal levels.

Also, the ground would take more than a week without rain to dry out and eliminate the threat of flash flooding.

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of the festival. Substantial assistance from the college – much of it inkind in facility usage, utilities, room and board for company members, bookkeeping and an array of other expenses – helps offset the financial burden.

“It’s an expensive program and there were years when we thought that would be our last because we were running in the red for so long, as most theaters do, by the way,” Caldwell said. “They’re fortunate if they can break even every year because there’s just not that much money for ticket sales for fine arts events in our society.

“The festival is fortunate, I’m fortunate, that we have such generous support from a wide range of people and entities now.”

This year, the festival’s budget is in excess of $700,000, stretched two cover a handful of salaries, a bevy of materials and services, a season of publicity and the scarce pay company members receive, $3,500 for major actors for the entire summer and $1,250 for the average crewmember, covering the 10-week season.

“Nobody’s making any money,” Caldwell said. “Some of them just break-even. They spend everything they earn just to get here and get home again.

“It’s virtually a volunteer effort.

Most people are not saving any money. They’re spending everything they make to be here. But they love it. If they didn’t they’d be crazy to be here. They do it because there’s something inside that drives them to do it. There’s a great need to do it. It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s fun.”

That said, TSF’s pay is comparable to other summer Shakespeare festivals in the country.

Support from its fan-base goes above and beyond. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Texas Shakespeare Foundation, Caldwell said proudly.

“All of our production expenses for costumes, scenery, feeding the company,” he explained, “all of that’s left to us to raise. That comes in from contributions, individuals.

That’s on my mind – how fortunate we are that so many people have been so generous, so supportive.”

The Texas Shakespeare Festival Guild began with five women. The original members of the TSF Foundation were three men.

“Now we have over 1,100 members of the guild who represent many, many states and many cities in Texas and they all pay dues.

With that money we feed the company breakfast and lunch and also

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Texas Shakespeare Festival actor Rick Higginbotham makes a muscle for cutter/draper Kyla Kazuschyk as she takes his measurements Saturday.

buy things that our budget doesn’t allow for,” Caldwell said. “The foundation now has 20 board members from every town in this area.

They’re the fundraising arm and they do a fantastic job.

“The other reason we’ve been able to end the season in the black for the past five years … the foundation has just written a check to cover those expenses. That’s fantastic. It’s incredible is what it is.”

In addition his longtime cultural collaborator, TSF Managing Director John Dodd, Caldwell praised TSF Artist Associates Matthew Simpson and Meaghan Sullivan for their ongoing contributions – “They are very generously turning around and giving back to the festival the amount of their salary that exceeds what the other actors are getting.

That’s the kind of people that we’re working with here.” – as well as the

individual company members who do their part and then some, “And nobody complains.”

“They do it because there’s something inside that drives them to do it. There’s a great need to do it. It’s a lot of hard work, but it’s fun.”

For more information about the festival, log on to TexasShakespeare. com.

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Congressman Louie Gohmert (left) presents Kilgore EDC Board President Ty Sharp with a commemorative flag flown over the national’s capitol in honor of the new high-skilled jobs “pipeline” in Kilgore,

KEDC touts benefits of college's new advanced tech center

By JAMES DRAPER

news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Workforce, Jana Russell says, is the new incentive.

It was also the short-term challenges featured in Kilgore Economic Development Corporation’s mid-year report last month, and the local organization responded a big way this spring.

Russell is assistant director and marketing manager for the local EDC based at Synergy Park, and she updated Kilgore City Council members on the fruits of the latest venture undertaken by executive director Amanda Nobles’ team, coordinating with other local entities.

On April 17, state officials joined Nobles and Kilgore College leaders in the grand opening of Kilgore’s new Advanced Technology Center – established as a pipeline of qualified workers to fill high-demand, high-skilled jobs in the area, the college will lease the building from KEDC for, initially, its Advanced Welding Academy as well as other programs requested by local primary employers.

It’s the answer to a central question economic development corporations face, Russell said: “What are you doing to include or to improve your development of skilled workers?”

Ultimately, the facility will house multiple disciplines, she repeated, in ongoing coordination with local companies to train the workforce they need.

In its first example, “We found out that welding, especially advanced skills, is something that our employers desperately need,” Russell explained May 12. “We also have some clues See KEDC, Page 3E

Texas Workforce Commission’s Hope Andrade makes the inaugural weld April 17 to open Kilgore’s new Advanced Technology Center.

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GREGG COUNTY SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS County/City

Current Rate

Net Payment This Period

Prior Year Payment

Percent Change

2015 Payments To Date

2014 Pymt.

To Date

Percent Change

Clarksville City Easton Gladewater Kilgore Lakeport Longview Warren City White Oak County Total

1.00% 1.00% 1.50% 1.50% 1.500% 1.50% 1.00% 1.50%

$3,884.28 $301.02 $75,494.21 $760,099.70 $15,968.85 $2,390,012.88 $291.03 $75,223.04 $3,321,275.01

$4,733.94 $769.40 $81,258.77 $876,992.40 $9,082.59 $2,452,095.68 $430.92 $53,806.34 $3,479,170.04

-17.94% -60.87% -7.09% -13.32% 75.81% -2.53% -32.46% 39.80% -4.53%

$24,418.34 $2,551.55 $506,930.64 $4,821,431.35 $84,931.40 $15,992,770.48 $3,989.75 $527,466.33 $21,964,489.84

$32,545.82 $3,310.06 $563,933.08 $5,366,261.14 $53,047.66 $16,203,008.92 $3,724.37 $384,897.74 $22,610,728.79

-24.97% -22.91% -10.10% -10.15% 60.10% -1.29% 7.12% 37.04% -2.85%

RUSK COUNTY SALES TAX ALLOCATIONS County/City

Current Rate

Net Payment This Period

Prior Year Payment

Percent Change

2015 Payments To Date

2014 Pymt.

To Date

Percent Change

Henderson Mount Enterprise Overton Reklaw Tatum County Total

2.00% 1.50% 1.50% 1.00% 1.500%

$464,490.53 $7,526.10 $29,538.18 $702.03 $24,549.28 $526,806.12

$454,956.28 $8,550.52 $24,671.78 $361.85 $24,543.15 $513,083.58

2.09% -11.98% 19.72% 94.01% 0.02% 2.67%

$2,939,391.93 $58,999.67 $165,080.12 $2,548.48 $150,909.98 $3,316,930.18

$2,658,636.45 $55,758.86 $168,240.91 $2,355.48 $164,880.43 $3,049,872.13

10.56% 5.81% -1.87% 8.19% -8.47% 8.75%

City leaders track trend as sales tax decline enters fifth month Summer may see turnaround in spring-dampened oil-and-gas industry

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

“I think now we can go ahead and call it a consistent pattern.”

For the fifth consecutive month, the state comptroller’s sales tax allocation to Kilgore in June showed a year-to-year decrease compared to the same period in 2014.

Announced June 10 and based on actual sales in April, the $760,099.70 check is $116,892.70 smaller than the previous year, a 13.33 percent decrease Kilgore City Manager Josh Selleck said is, unsurprisingly, linked to a dampened oil-and-gas industry.

That conclusions comes from a May analysis, he noted, looking back at sales in March.

“What we’re seeing is a trend that is a decline specifically in the oil-and-gas production and explo-

ration part of our world,” he explained. “Our wholesale, our retail and other more minor facets of our sales tax have continued to come in just as strong as they have previously.

“Anecdotally, speaking to several oil-and-gas companies, coming out of the wet spring companies are starting to mobilize again, and we will see some better numbers in a couple of months from now.”

Statewide, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reported June 10, sales in April yielded tax revenues in May of $2.6 billion, a 5.2 percent increase compared to May 2014.

Distributing allocation checks in mid-June totaling $629.2 million, “This marks the 62nd consecutive month of growth in sales tax collections,” Hegar reported.

“Sales tax revenue growth was

relatively strong, spurred by consumer spending at retail stores and restaurants. Remittances from the construction, wholesale trade and services sectors were also up significantly.

“Collections from the oil and gas mining sector declined, as was expected, due to the slowdown in drilling.”

The ongoing slump was apparent elsewhere in Gregg County: only White Oak and Lakeport showed a year-to-year gain in their June allocation checks, 39.8 percent more for White Oak alongside a 71 percent increase in Lakeport’s relatively-small check of $15,968.85.

In addition to Kilgore’s 13 percent drop, Longview reaped 2.53 percent less in its sales tax allocation than in 2014, dropping almost $61,000 to $2,390,012.88.

Countywide, Gregg municipalities’ allocations totaled $3.32 million in June’s checks, 4.53 percent less than the same time last year.

To the south, Rusk County’s revenues increased by 2.67 percent overall, with a 2.09 percent yearto-year gain in Henderson’s check

and a 19.72 percent boost in Overton.

Locally, Kilgore’s allocation puts the city at $7,720,943.92 in sales tax collections for the year, twothirds of which go to City Hall and its $6.6 million budget projection for Fiscal Year 2014-2015. The remainder benefits Kilgore Economic Development Corporation.

Three-quarters into the fiscal year, the city has reached 78.08 percent of its projection, averaging about $572,600 per month despite the past five months of year-to-year declines.

The “trend” is on city employees’ minds as they develop the budget for FY16.

“I think at this point what you’ll see is a very cautious budget that’s structured in a way that it continues to react to some of our volatile revenues,” Selleck said. “There’s a potential that the impact of this will actually be felt next year in the tax base, the real and personal property valuations.

“As a result, what we’re going to make sure is we continue with the city’s sustainable budgeting habits

and that we’re conservative and that at the same time we give ourselves tools if mid-year we find out our budget won’t make.”

Tools, he explained, such as weighting the latter months of the budget with non-critical projects that can be easily cut.

“I think it’s really about an entire financial planning methodology that structures the budget around the volatility that we have come to know and expect here in Kilgore,” Selleck said. “It’s a lot of little tools.

There really isn’t a single silver bullet. You structure your budget in a way that you have a variety of paths that you can take depending on the severity of your revenue loss.”

It’s too early to say whether the city will carry this year’s $6.6 million sales tax projection into the following budget.

“We’ll do a detailed analysis,” Selleck said, “and we will most likely react to the trends that we are seeing.”

Reprinted from the News Herald’s June 13 edition

Adapting to change key for continued economic success, says KEDC

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The times, they are a-changing.

“The theme has got to be change,” Jana Russell told Kilgore City Council members in mid-May, presenting the latest figures reported by Kilgore Economic Development Corporation midway into its Fiscal Year 2014-2015. “There are so many things that are changing, from the staff at KEDC to client expectations to even the way we get the leads for business prospects for the City of Kilgore.”

According to the mid-year report, KEDC staffers have been called on to adjust as the practicality and direction of economic development changes.

So far this year, staff changes have included the departure of Lisa Denton and the addition of contract employee Lawanna Williams, working with the corporation’s finances, as well as another new general staff member, Stephanie Moore, alongside business retention and expansion specialist Heather Jurenka, Russell (assistant director and marketing manager) and executive director Amanda Nobles.

Another change is the addition of a new shell building at Synergy Park, Russell noted, in development along with anticipated roadway extensions and infrastructure improvements to better lure prospective clients.

A very significant change to the way KEDC does business has involved lead generation. In the past, KEDC and its peer organizations could rely heavily on realtors, utility companies, officials and others to direct leads their way.

Today, “We’ve had to get in there and pretty much create our own work.”

Since its inception in 1990, Kilgore EDC staff members have developed 760 leads – 13 percent of those have been developed internally.

“We’re not only working the projects, but we are developing those leads as well,” Russell explained, and a closer examination of the overall numbers shows the rapid, recent changes in the model.

In Fiscal Year 2012-2013, staffers at KEDC developed 104 leads, 35 percent internally. At the mid-year point in FY20132014 49 percent of 53 developed leads were internal.

A year later, in the current FY2015, the percentage of leads developed internally has climbed to 60, within the total for the year – so far – at 55, slightly ahead of 12 months prior.

“Also the types of leads that we’re getting are consistent with previous years,” Russell noted. About 73 percent of the leads are attraction-based, aimed at bringing new companies to town, while 18 percent are related to the expansion of existing clients’ facilities and operations.

In the past six months, KEDC’s board of directors approved two Economic Development Performance Agreements: companies in contract with the organization invested $5.6 million (more than the double the same time last year), and those companies created eight new jobs and retained 106.

“The next meeting after we closed the mid-year report, we signed three” more agreements, Russell noted, with others in consideration. In a time of change, “This is what I found to be consistent: despite the changes we saw in staff, changes in clients expectations and lead developments, our results have been consistent.”

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Kilgore College President Bill Holda describes the value of the recentlycompleted ATC. The college will lease the building from KEDC, initially housing its Advanced Welding Academy there alongside other disciplines requested by local primary employers.

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to the next disciplines.”

Facing that challenge, KEDC’s mid-year report also highlighted a long-term issue: bias toward urban centers continues to be an impediment to the success of local economic development efforts.

“Our biggest challenge or issue for the long-term has been, we’re not an urban center,” Russell noted. “But we have a good story to tell, and we have been telling that story through various marketing channels.”

KEDC’s ongoing campaigns emphasize five key Kilgore concepts: its value, being a big fish in a small pond, industry clusters, new buildings and its premier business park.

“Kilgore is an exceptional value,” Russell

said, expanding on each point. “Tax rates are low; it’s a broad tax base.

“The way industry is treated here, it’s clearly important. The city and community have a very progressive attitude. We still have a premier business park – we are the only premier business park of campus-style in northeast Texas.”

Synergy Park offers potential client-businesses security, amenities and curb appeal, she added, elements that – properly community – continue to hold focus here rather than on urban centers.

“This is definitely one of the places they would at least consider.”

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They are a Manufacturers Representative Authorized Repair Service Center in the Ark La Tex area.

P & W Sales, Inc. was started in 1964 by a father, daughter team, Dennis Pike and MaryAnn Williams. It was located on Commerce St. for 40 years. In 2004 Wayman McMillan, the present owner and grandson, relocated to a new 16,000 sq ft. building on N. Hwy 135.

They service parts & equipment. Drilling & workover flo back high pressure pumping equipment. Inventory pieces and offer help with technical problems.

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H&W Industrial Services, Inc., a premier abrasive blasting and coating contractor, was started by Louis Hall in 1981. Thirty plus years later, H&W has overcome adversity, grown with advanced technology and maintained a high standard of operations. Our employees have a combined experience of over 100 years in the coatings industry. H&W works within the oil and gas industry to protect assets by providing careful planning, skillful execution and an essential quality control program.

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Rahab's Retreat offers respite, resources for women leaving sex industry

By CHELSEA KATZ news2@kilgorenewsherald.com

After more than a decade in the sex industry, Teresa Richenberger knows the lives women endure when they are part of that world.

Since she escaped that lifestyle at age 28, Richenberger has worked to establish Rahab’s Retreat and Ranch in Kilgore.

It took Richenberger two years to escape her previous lifestyle, and with that experience, she wanted to establish something more than a six-month recovery plan that sends women out with a certificate and does not keep in contact with them after they leave.

Rahab’s Retreat was named after Rahab, a Biblical prostitute, and the faith-based nonprofit will take women

through what Richenberger estimates to be about a threeyear process.

“God has really put it on my heart to open a home, but not just a recovery,” she said in August 2014.

The facility will serve women and children who have been victims of sex trafficking, abuse or have been affected by the sex industry in some way. The home will include a recovery program and a transition period for the women and children to rejoin the outside world.

At 16 years old, Richenberger ran away from home and needed a job and a place to live.

Older men she met told her they would take care of her, and, that same promise of money and safety, she said, lures other young women and girls into the indus-

NEWS HERALD photo by JAMES DRAPER

Teresa Richenberger coordinates volunteers during the roof-rebuild for Rahab’s Retreat on Stone Road in mid-March.

try, which can become difficult to escape and lead to an escalation into prostitution.

Richenberger eventually found a church to join and people who did not give up on her. Eventually Richenberger and other women at New Covenant Church in Longview began the Magdalene Project where they would go through the back entrance of strip clubs in East Texas and minister to the women, some as young as 15 years old. With gift bags for the women, she said, some of them will only be wearing stiletto heels when they enter the building.

“I’m not going to be one of those Christians out there with a sign picketing the place,” she said. “I’m one of those Christians that [says] I’m going in the place,” she said in 2014.

In September 2014, the Kilgore City Council unanimously approved re-zoning the former Stone Road Nursing Home as a Special Use Permit instead of general commercial.

Throughout the process, she said, “We’re going to love them.” The purpose is to show them love and show them God has a plan for them and there is still hope.

As the women recover and take GED classes, they can then continue their higher education if they choose and keep their support system in place as they graduate and find jobs.

In addition to the home itself – the “retreat” – the area will include a pet therapy ranch with a garden, a pond and animals. The women will help tend the garden and keep up the ranch and see the results of their work.

Although not affiliated with any church, Richenberger said, Rahab’s Retreat and Ranch partners with individuals and church groups to sponsor an individual or

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Teresa Richenberger addresses supporters Sept. 15 during a dinner and live auction in the Kilgore College Devall Student Center Ballroom that raised $4,250-plus for Rahab’s Retreat.

a room inside the home. For its first year all the rooms have been sponsored.

“We’re fixing to put Kilgore on the map again,” Richenberger said at a fundraiser at Kilgore College in December 2014.

The home will have four different wings for its residents. One wing will be for women recovering, while another will be for those transitioning into college.

The third wing will be an in-home living facility – provided at a minimal fee – for women transitioning into society after college. The fourth wing will be a “safe place” for women needing immediate assistance in escaping an abusive relationship.

“We’re going to meet them where they’re at,” she said at the event.

In total, she said, the home will house 130 people with dozens of women waiting to move into their new home.

Each woman’s first 30 days will be “blacked out” where they will not have a phone or privileges.

“You have to also show us that you really want this,” she added. As each woman proves her commitment in her first month, each woman will gain more freedom within the facility.

One area will of the home will be a secured area for donation drop offs for anything from furniture to clothing.

All donations will be washed or steam cleaned before it is given to anyone or put anywhere.

In addition to a secured entrance to the main building, the grounds will also have a

gate and a guard house.

“I believe, and I know if you’re willing, God will use you,” she said. “And I really am honored that He has chosen me for this task here on this Earth.”

In February 2015, an anonymous donor paid off the $160,000 mortgage on the Stone Road facility, shocking Richenberger by the generosity.

“This is a faith-builder,” she said.

Rain and other weather has delayed the opening of the home, though. As work progresses, earlier scheduled construction days to install a new roof were delayed because of rain. After getting a new roof put on, many of Richenberger’s contractors have had to leave the project for a time to assist those who suffered storm damage in recent months.

“The weather has gotten us a little behind, but other than that we’re moving,” she said in June.

Although weather could delay the opening even longer, Richenberger’s new goal for the opening of Rahab’s Retreat is Aug. 1.

“I’m optimistic,” she said.

“I don’t lose hope.”

NEWS HERALD photo by JAMES DRAPER

Long-abandoned, the former nursing home at 3607 Stone Road will soon be used as a faith-based recovery home tailored for women fleeing violence and exploitation.

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Kilgore dentists break-in Japanese laser technology

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

Patient comfort, Tatsuya Kashima says, is the glittering beam’s focus: even compared to the sharpest scalpel, a cardon dioxide wave laser ensures less penetration into sensitive tissue, less pain, less bleeding, shorter procedures and, even, faster healing.

The father-and-son team of Joey and Josh deGraffenried hosted Kashima at their Lawrence Street dental clinic in mid-May, getting additional hands-on training with the Yoshida Dental Manufacturing Company’s Opelaser Pro II. It’s the third unit that’s

been installed stateside, utilizing the company’s link with the Kilgore office to promote the glowing green beam’s benefits.

“Basically, this laser is used for incision, excision, vaporization and coagulation,” explained Kashima, manager of Yoshida’s international business division. “This laser is used for the pursuit of patient comfort.

“This CO2 laser, as it cuts the tissue, it seals blood vessels, nerve endings and the lymphatic fluid vessel” within the gums, for example. “So, less bleeding is very good for the patient, and (there is) less post-operative pain because the nerve is sealed. And, less

post-operative swelling.”

Less blood loss decreases the chance of local tissue death, he noted, comparing the necrotic tissue around a scalpel’s incision to the amount – more than halved – around a laser’s.

“Cutting speed is fast, so the operation time is short.

So, the patient feels comfortable,” Kashima added. Other lasers can accomplish similar results, but the Opelaser is specialized for low tissue penetration, ensuring limited effect on surrounding tissue. “Thinking about the total chair time … if they use a scalpel, there’s going to be bleeding.”

And, “It is common knowl-

NEWS HERALD photos by JAMES DRAPER

Yoshida Dental Manufacturing Company – based in Tokyo, Japan – is working with Kilgore Drs. Joey and Josh deGraffenried for the third American debut of the Opelaser Pro II, a carbon dioxide wave laser focused on ensuring comfort for dental patients.

edge that lasers have a biostimulation effect, so healing speeds are fast.”

For deGraffenried patient Logan Cargil, a Friday morning procedure was quick and

Logan Cargil opens wide as Kandis Inabnet documents the brief laser procedure Dr. Joey deGraffenried completed in mid-May under the supervision of Yoshida Dental Manufacturing Company’s Tatsuya Kashima (right).

relatively painless. Donning a pair of protective eyewear, Cargil – who suffers from ongoing, irritating ulcers in the soft tissue in his mouth – was in and out of the dentist’s chair in less than 15 minutes.

Leaving with just an offcolor patch of skin on his lip after the laser’s vaporization effect, “It feels like it’s healing,” Cargil said. The short procedure was relatively painfree, he added, and quickly effective. “I’m looking forward to using it again.”

Kashima arrived in the United States May 12, beginning with a laser seminar for dentists in Atlanta before completing his stay with a short swing through Kilgore.

“Koko dake,” he said, “just here” for the demonstration visit at deGraffenried’s office.

“We are looking for a good dentist who can support us.

He has very good knowledge and experience,” Kashima explained.

Joey deGraffenried said he’s still acclimating to the new device. The laser’s sevenjointed arm provides relatively-free movement, each joint housing a mirror to reflect the laser forward to the unit’s protective tip.

During his initial trial with the Opelaser, “We were doing things we couldn’t do otherwise,” he explained, in particular because the dentist’s field of view was clear: “We were working areas that in the past would have involved bleeding. It makes the dentist’s job a lot easier, and it should decrease bleeding and swelling for the patient.

With ‘simple’ procedure’s like Cargil’s ulcers, “We don’t know whether it makes them go away faster, but we know it makes them feel better in the process.”

Operating the third unit in the United States, deGraffenried said he and Josh deGraffenried will document their use of the device for Toshida in the coming months.

“Also, we will invite other dentists to come to our office and share with them what we are doing,” he said.

Kashima will return to Kilgore for a visit in August, and deGraffenried aims to have a group of dentists on-site. “At that time, we will have more experience and be able to spread the good news.”

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COURTESY PHOTOS

A student in the Bethlehem Holy Child Program uses the SmartScreen TV during a lesson at the school. Bradley and Sharon Clark have donated both money and classroom material to the program after its American benefactors moved their support away from the school to refugee camps.

The Clarks stand in front of a classroom full of students at the school. The door has been opened for the Clarks to help, Bradley said, because they do not come in connected with a church, religious group or government.

Palestine ministries hold focus, prayers of Kilgore couple

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What started as a mission trip to Mexico eventually led Bradley and Sharon Clark to a life of helping children and families in the Middle East.

“When I go in there and work with these kids, it is amazing,” Bradley Clark said.

After meeting a retired minister on one of their mission trips to Mexico, the Clarks learned of his tours to the Middle East, and Bradley Clark expressed his interest while they stood on the side of a mountain in Mexico.

“About two years later, he called me on the phone,” Clark said.

The group found the money to organize the trip, and, he said, “We loved it.”

The pair became friends with their tour guide and bus driver after their first two visits, and after an initial question from Clark, the tour guide asked him if he would like to come back to just visit and learn about their culture.

“I guess it was that summer he invited us to go and help with a summer camp on the West Bank of Palestine, or the West Bank of Israel, depending on how people want to look at it,” he said.

The summer camp, Clark said, is designed for children on the West Bank who do not have access to the malls, swimming pools and movie theaters on the Jerusalem side of the wall.

“They’re not going to get to go across, so they had this summer camp for two weeks, and we went over there and we helped with the camp, so that’s kind of how we got over there,” Clark said.

While the tour guide was a Christian, Clark said, their bus driver was Muslim, allowing them to get to know what life is like for people of both religions.

“We’ve not only gone into the Palestinian Christian side, but we’ve also made it into the Muslim side as far as friends over there,” he said. “[The bus driver’s] family is Muslim, and they look after us. The Muslims over there – an everyday Muslim like you and I that want to have a job, a family and so forth – they’re nothing like what we think.”

Through their travels through the Middle East, Clark said, he and his wife met the superintendent of a private Christian school in Bethlehem for both Christian and Muslim children with special needs.

“Some of them have handicaps,” he said.

“Some of them have seen their parents massacred in front of them. I mean, they’ve seen lots of things that we can’t understand.”

Clark found out the school had lost its funding after their primary benefactors in America started sending their money to Muslim refugee camps instead of to the school. The superintendent told Clark they were getting ready to close because they did not have the money to support itself anymore.

“We started sending money, and then I started going over there to help,” Clark said.

Among the Clarks’ donations to the Holy Child Program have been a SmartScreen TV, new carpeting and money for bonuses for the teachers.

“So we’ve stepped up to the plate to kind of help them bridge that gap, so we go over there and we work with the kids,” he said. The program has enough money to support about 30 children between third and eleventh grades.

The graduates of the Holy Child Program have a 99 percent success rate of being a functional part of society from holding jobs to go-

NEWS HERALD photo by CHELSEA KATZ

Bradley and Sharon Clark

ing to work with the police.

“This is a really good program, but it’s hurting for money,” he said. “I mean, I don’t have enough money to fund this thing by myself.”

The program has a board of directors in America to help raise money, but it is still difficult, Clark said.

“Not only do they teach the kids, but they have a program for the parents, and the mothers come in and meet once or twice a week and are indoctrinated into being receptive to Christian beliefs, so the parents are getting a taste of all this.”

Once the students learn they can trust someone, Clark said, they run up and hug them just like they were their own parents.

“These kids don’t know to hate us. They’re taught that through their lifestyles and through their clergy.”

One of Clark’s friends translated what was coming across the prayer towers one day and told Clark the message was that Americans had created ISIS to kill Muslims.

“These are the things that are being told to these people, and that’s the reason there’s so much hate over there,” he said. “Then we see ISIS, Al-Qaeda and it’s all we see, so we hate all the Muslims because we think they all want to kill us, and it’s not the case.”

As a United States Marine, Clark said, he understands that “the enemy is an enemy,” but the people he helps and the people he has met during his travels are not the enemy.

“I’ve been so many places with Muslims and Christians, and I’ve trusted my life with them because I could have ended up in the desert somewhere and nobody would have ever known where I was, so I know I can trust these people and they care,” he said.

Through another friend, Clark met with the superintendent, principal and teachers of another Christian school called the Jerusalem School Bethlehem, which serves both Christians and Muslims in all grades.

While attending Bible study at the superintendent’s house, he and Clark were at odds over Jesus’ mission.

“We didn’t get ugly, but we just disagreed,” Clark said. “As soon as we got through, three teachers come over to me – ‘I want you in my class this day. I want you in my class this day.’”

Not being a school teacher, Clark said, he has had the opportunity to work in two Christian schools in the Middle East to help bring people understand the Christian faith.

“Most Americans have a very distorted view about really what you can do over there if you just walk in, but we go to the grocery store, we buy groceries (and) we cook,” he said. “We go into the grocery store, (and) the Muslims there help us, talk to us (and) help us find items that we need.”

Clark said he would not advise someone just showing up in the Middle East to help, though.

The reason he and his wife have been accepted is because they pay their own way and are not sponsored by any religious or government.

On one of the trips, Clark was invited to accompany a friend he had made from his initial visit – a Christian – and a group of Palestinian Christians to meet with 50 Sheikhs – Islamic clerics over a mosque – on a tour of the Church of the Nativity, which is where Jesus is usually shown to be born. Clark delayed his and his wife’s departure to join the tour, and he found five additional clerics attended.

“When I got on that bus, I left all my military ID back in Jerusalem,” Clark said. “All they were going to get was an American Christian, but not a United States Marine because I knew this is the first time this has ever been tried, and [the tour guide] told me, ‘I don’t know how they’re going to treat us. We don’t know if there’s going to be trouble. WE don’t know if it’ll be a good thing, but you need to be prepared’… I got on that bus, and I didn’t know if they were going to kidnap me, cut my throat or if we were going to have a good day.

I had no idea.”

The purpose of the tour was for to introduce the 55 Muslim leaders to the ideas Christians believe and to show the people of the two religions could live in harmony.

The Clarks trips to the Middle East – about 15 since 2006 with another one planned during the summer – have also given them a new perspective on how they interpret and read the Bible.

“We try to make the Bible work for this Western civilization,” Clark said. “The Bible

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Kilgore native Bradley Clark stands on a mountain in Jerusalem City, Israel, during one of his many trips to the Middle East with his wife, Sharon.

While their trips have led them to make friends and help children in the area, especially in Israel and Palestine, the pair have also brought back carvings, scarves, rugs and trinkets from their travels. The couple continues to support ministries in Palestine/Israel supporting children and adults and introducing them to the tenets of Christianity.

was written in the time of shepherds in an Eastern civilization. There’s things in there that we teach here that we teach because it’s how we see it from our culture. When you go over there and get in their culture, and you see it from a different perspective because that’s really – you think about a shepherd. What do we know about being a shepherd, a sheep folk? What is a sheep folk? You know, what is a shepherd’s job?

What did a shepherd do?”

“We say Jesus was born in a stable in a manger, but it was really a cave, and, you know, we can see that kind of stuff,” Sharon Clark said.

“And there’s little things like that in these stories that come about that they tell us about that kind of make you think did we just kind of incorporate our little civilization into interpreting the Bible?”

One example she gave was from the Nativity story. While the story talks about Jesus’ birth in a manger “because there was no room for them in the inn,” she explained, the inn was not the equivalent of a biblical times hotel.

“When they got there, they were with family, but when you give birth in that culture, you can’t stay in the house when you give birth,” she said. “You have to go out with the animals and give birth, and then you have to stay there for a time before you’re considered clean in order to come back into a home, especially a home that’s not yours – that belongs to another family member. It makes sense when you see how they live.”

“I think I’m very careful about how I interpret the Bible now,” Bradley Clark said. “I’ve listened to a lot of good preachers, and there’s a lot of good preaching that goes on and a lot of good people with their heart in the right place.

I’m not saying that when we preach the Bible here, we’re way off, but we’re not in their culture.”

Their trips have also given him a chance to experience the places he has read in the Bible.

“When you walk the streets of Jerusalem…

Maybe there’s a little bit of wear from the years, but that’s where Jesus walked, and you go and you see the town,” he said. “You go and you see the place where he was born. You go to the Jordan River and you see where Jesus was baptized. You go to the Red Sea and see where it was parted for them to walk across in the time of Moses. You see and can put your hand on

this stuff. It’s no longer just living by unseen things or just living by faith.”

In addition to gaining perspective in how they read the Bible, Sharon Clark said, the two cultures are not as different as they first appear.

When she met with the mothers of children in the Holy Child Program, she said, they asked her how she dealt with her own children when they were younger.

“They have the same problems we do, and we have the same problems they do with the kids,” she said. “It’s amazing because we just think that kind of lifestyle is so different, but it’s no different. They’re mothers just like we’re mothers, and they have the same issues with the kids as we have with the kids… You just may dress differently than me, but we’re really the same.”

With the connections the couple has met on their travels, Clark said, they no longer go to see the sights. Instead, they go to visit their friends.

Clark was raised in Kilgore and attended both Kilgore High School and Kilgore College before leaving for San Diego, California, with the Marine Corps.

When he returned to Kilgore after his six years in the Marines, Clark said, “I was going to get a job, raise a family, blend in with the woodwork, and just through a set of events – and I really thought the first time I went to Israel, I didn’t have any ambition or things or thoughts of going back. You think it’s once in a lifetime you would go there, and now.”

Although he worked at Texas Eastman and Gregg County Sheriff’s Office after returning from the Marines, he and his wife currently – and have for 20 years – operate American Communications Answering Service out of their home. In addition to their company, the two are federal firearms dealers and concealed handgun license instructors.

Clark counts himself as blessed and fortunate to have had the experiences he has on his travels.

“We’re not trying to profess to be perfect Christians at all or ‘look at us, we’re holier than thou,’” he said. “That is not at all what this is about. It’s about sometimes people are not portrayed in the right way.”

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“Crystal balls are notoriously hazy in this industry. One thing you know when you stick a forecast out there is it’s going to be wrong – it’s just a question of how wrong.”

Bruce Bullock didn’t hesitate to say two oil-and-gas scenarios he presented in early-May were absolutely in flux. However, addressing a crowd of industry representatives during the sixth annual East Texas Energy Symposium, the Maguire Energy Institute’s director found an audience eager for an update and accepting of its volatility.

Amid the current downturn, “We’ve all been through this. We’ve been there. We’ve done that,” Bullock allowed. Traveling to Kilgore College and the East Texas Oil Museum from the Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business, the industry monitor’s assessment varied: “The 2014-2015 oil price drop is certainly on par with others. The real question is ... what do we do about it?”

According to recent data on the market, oil-and-gas activity indicates companies seemed more optimistic about stable prices in the short run, he noted, but less optimistic about a higher price in the long run.

“A couple of weeks does not obviously make a trend, but it’s something to watch,” Bullock said.

Meanwhile, tepid economic growth continues: during the past quarter, growth “was just barely over zero” domestically.

“We’ve had no economic growth in Europe. China’s been below it’s historic growth rate,” Bullock said, and the strong dollar is actually working against the oil industry. “Nevertheless we’ve seen some uptick in the year-over-year increase in demand ... but certainly not what we had back in 2011 at four percent (growth) when it was at its highest. Clearly it’s just been kind of bumping along the zero to one percent line between now and then.”

In addition to challenges spawned by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), the energy industry is also facing a difficult evolution.

“For every dollar in (Gross Domestic Product) growth – whether it’s in America, whether it’s China

– it just doesn’t require the energy that it used to,” Bullock noted.

“We’re getting more efficient. It does in fact take less energy now to generate another dollar of economic output.”

Presenting his first scenario May 5 in Kilgore College’s Devall Student Center Ballroom, Bullock warned of a rapid recovery that would spawn another downturn soon after.

In “a volatile reality” moving forward, he explained, OPEC would remain a price taker to preserve market share while, “shale as the high cost source becomes the swing producer to adjust the market, price becomes the regularly and U.S. capital markets the enforcer.”

Anticipating reductions and high decline rates have an impact this year, production will ‘turn over’ in 2015’s second quarter: the price per barrel of oil will climb to $65 by years-end, rising to $70 by mid2015. The domestic rig count recovers in late 2015/ early 2016 and

“production recovers as delayed well completions come on online.”

With a tepid demand response globally, in mid-2016, a market oversupply of oil would exceed 1.5 million barrels per day again and prices would retrench to $45 per barrel in a repeating cycle.

“This is a scenario where we bounce along these ranges over the next couple of years until some of the marginal players are actually taken out of the market,” Bullock concluded. “That would be a very volatile situation going forward and a difficult one to manage, especially for service companies.”

By comparison, Bullock’s Scenario No. 2 forecasts a slow recovery, putting the recovery of the priceper-barrel later and anticipating a strong U.S. dollar restrains the Federal Reserve from instituting interest rate increases.

Neither scenario, he finished, is particularly favorable.

“So what’s the good news?” Bullock said. “I think the export mar-

ket still holds quite a bit of potential here.”

Kilgore Economic Development Corporation’s Amanda Nobles appreciated Bullock’s fact-base approach in the luncheon address.

“It’s very realistic news given what we know about the volatility of the industry right now. I think it’s better to have the facts rather than to put your head in the sand or run from the facts,” she said.

Bullock’s mass of data illustrates, Nobles added, the complexity of the situation: “There are a lot of moving parts, there are a lot of issues that impact the price. They’re not necessarily U.S. issues, they’re global issues.

“Our ability to impact or control those issues is limited.”

The sixth annual symposium drew about 120 attendees, according to East Texas Oil Museum Executive Director Merlyn Holmes.

About half were “local” in a region including Kilgore, Longview, Tyler and Shreveport. The remain-

der hailed from north and central Texas, with clusters from Houston, Dallas and San Antonio.

Utilizing the museum’s facilities for seminars and invited more usage,“We really want you to know that the oil museum is there for you,” Holmes told the crowd, “the oilfield and any other energy related company.”

Following a museum tour and a three-expert panel focused on water disposal, KC President Bill Holda welcomed the crowd to the school, underscoring Kilgore College as an appropriate venue for the symposium, its proceeds benefiting the East Texas Oil Museum.

“Kilgore College was a gift from the oilfield to the people of the community,” Holda noted, and its fortunes are closely-tied to the oiland-gas companies. Suffering with then in the ‘80s and recovering too, “Through diversified economic development the (tax) base is now up See ENERGY, Page 6G

Maguire Energy Institute Director Bruce Bullock addresses a crowd of oil-and-gas industry representatives during the sixth annual East Texas Energy Symposium in early May.

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'The boom always comes back' Low gas prices pump up consumers, but local industry, economy takes hit

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When travelers started seeing a drop in gas prices around Christmas 2014, consumers saw a benefit while oilfield companies saw the opposite.

As the New Year dawned, for Director of the Kilgore College Small Business Development Center Brad Bunt, “I really think if oil prices stay really, really low, we might see some drop-off in our area and industry. Maybe not retail, but maybe industry, especially those dealing with oil and gas markets.”

Although the East Texas economy relies heavily on oil and gas, diversity in industry is the key to an city’s economy surviving, he said.

“We’ve made huge progress since the ’80s,” Bunt said. “We used to be all oil and gas, and the Kilgore Economic Development Corporation has done a great job at helping to diversity the Kilgore economy.”

Even with the improvements, he would like to see even more diversification.

Based in Longview, Bunt said, SBDC has seen growth in restaurants and retail stores in the area.

“As long as people have dollars to spend, I see some new things happening,” he noted.

SBDC has had one of its biggest years in 2015, Bunt said, because the organization is working with a lot

of people and businesses to consolidate their debts and loans.

“Part of the reason we’ve done that in working with companies, and companies have seen a huge need to do that because there has been a slowdown in the oil and gas industry,” he explained.

From all the indicators SBDC uses, though, Bunt expects the industry swing-

ing back the other way.

The question will be when that upward swing begins.

“As of now we haven’t really seen a lot of indication that it’s going to be soon,” he said. “That doesn’t mean it couldn’t happen tomorrow, but we don’t see that happening really quickly.”

While consumers track prices at the pump for changes in the oil and gas

industry, Bunt said, he and the SBDC look at an ETF, which is a consolidation of all oil and gas companies’ stock.

The drop in gas prices were felt by both individuals and companies. With thousands of diesel trucks on the roads, Bunt said, large box stores, such as Walmart, could keep prices of their products, services and shipping lower.

The oil and gas industry will have another boom, but, Bunt said, he just did not know how soon until that happens.

“The boom always comes back,” he said. “It’s a question of when.”

Until that boom happens, Bunt said, individuals and companies will continue seeing decreased costs for personal and professional travel and ship-

ping.

In a report Bunt receives about the oil and gas industry, he said, it shows a prediction of a 4 percent annual growth between 2015 and 2020 in the domestic oil and gas industry.

“Should be good for us and it’s a lot slower than it has been previously,” he said. “Shows that our domestic requirements are still going up.”

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SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2015

Estimates give hint of pending values

By JAMES DRAPER news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

The news set no financial alarm bells ringing at Kilgore City Hall: an estimated, $30.5 million decrease in local property values in its Gregg County territory wasn’t surprising in May and a rough $10.8 million decline in Rusk County is far from final.

It’s an attitude shared each spring by a broad group of taxing entities’ number crunchers – including appraisal authorities themselves – with the release of preliminary valuations. There’s still about a month to go until the certified numbers are published.

“At this time, we don’t have things finished,” Gregg County’s chief appraiser Tom Hays stressed in late April, satisfying the month’s mandated appraisal estimate while data was still very much in flux. The numbers released to taxing entities two months ago were best-guess: “At this part of the game, it’s hard to say because we’re still finishing up business personal property, utilities, things of that nature because the early date of estimates to the entities is before some of our deadlines.”

In 2014, the estimated values in April (from a January ‘snapshot’ of property in Kilgore) showed an almost 10 percent decline of about $120 million from the prior year’s certified numbers. Ultimately, however, when 2014’s certified values were released in late-July, the final fall was just $37.7 million.

Going back another year, an estimated $67.8 million year-to-year decline turned out to be a $28 mil-

lion increase between 2012’s certified numbers and 2013’s.

Preliminary numbers’ trends vary between years and stretches of years, Hays noted..

“There were years we had estimates that were higher that last year’s numbers so they were all in the positives. Now we have estimates that are in the negatives,” he explained. “That’s one of the things we’ve had the last two or three years as opposed to the earlier years when they were all positive, the certified as well as the estimated.”

At the City of Kilgore, 2015’s estimated values in Gregg County were $1,054,250,800. It’s a potential 2.81 percent decline from the certified values of 2014. Values in the Rusk County portion of the city showed an estimated 6.74 percent decrease.

A little more than a month into his new job, it was Kilgore City Manager Josh Selleck’s first experience with property valuations here, but he keeps the historical data athand.

“Having looked at many of these early reports, I’ve learned not to put too much stock in them in that these numbers are simply initial estimates, and I’ve seen 10-plus percent swings in my career in other cities,” he explained, taking cues from local appraisers: “I think that when you have a professional like that disclaiming their own data, it’s a good indication of how that information should be used, which at this point is just a ballpark number.”

Taking a wait-and-see approach toward the Fiscal Year 2015-2016 budget process, Selleck said his

goal will be to ensure the city develops a sustainable budget model for council members’ consideration in late-summer, incorporating the final certified values when they’re released by July 25.

“So, we will develop our budget process with enough flexibility that we can adapt to whatever those ultimate, final figures come out to be in late July,” he said. “The goal is to build a budget process that can ride through whatever the economic cycle looks like.”

Last year, Mayor Ronnie Spradlin agreed, saw the biggest difference – ever – between estimated values in April and certified values in July.

That said, looking at the recent rough estimates for 2015, “I would not be surprised if these numbers are pretty close to the real thing. We know an industry or two has shut down and moved. We know a lot of equipment has moved. We know a lot of jobs are gone,” he explained.

“Kilgore’s economic rollercoaster is on the way down now. It’s not somewhere we haven’t been before.

“We’ll have to prepare for worstcase scenario in our budgeting.

We’re just very, very fortunate that for the last 25 years KEDC has been diligently diversifying our industrial base to where we’re not as dependent on oil and gas as we were 25 years ago.”

Overall, in ‘General’ values in Gregg County, estimates suggest a 3.86 percent year-to-year decrease, about $335 million less than last year’s $8.67 billion certified values.

It could be worse, and it may be, said Rusk County Chief Appraiser Terry Decker. Or, it may be better.

The weeks leading up to late-July’s certified numbers tells the real story.

As far as April’s numbers, “These are just estimated values. It just gives the entities something to start plugging in to work with. What I do … is I hold out some value and add it back in after we go through the informal and formal hearings” tied to property valuations, he explained.

Granted, “We see that the oil and gas in most entities has taken a hit.

Just looking at my preliminaries that’s where most of them have the largest decrease.”

Hays expressed a similar, early analysis.

“Mineral values this year are probably a whole lot lower than they were last year,” he said. “I think they’re just about, as a whole, what I expect it to be this day and age.”

Empathizing with the challenges his taxing entities face in beginning budget development on unfinished appraisals, Hays underscored the various officials’ familiarity with the difficulties and their adaptability.

“I’ve never been on that side, never had to deal with this,” he said.

“Being a numbers person myself, I would figure they are calculating based on what the past has brought, both the estimated and the certified, and they’re adjusting their numbers to whatever they feel will be justified at the end.”

Kilgore ISD Assistant Superintendent of Finance Revard Pfeffer is used to making adjustments in budget preparations, and he keeps the expected margin of error close to mind.

The appraisers can’t help but give rough estimates, he allowed, to

Sunshine brightens construction prospects

By JAMES DRAPER

news1@kilgorenewsherald.com

It was long in coming, but Kenny Mobbs spent the spring with his fingers crossed, waiting for the boom.

A wait of three damp months. But as May yielded to June, the sun was shining again, the grass was green and the soil, at least, was more dirt and less mud than the week before.

Local construction firms, like his K-K Mobbs, were itching to get back to work after a long, wet spring.

“Right now, (on) housing we’ve got three new houses coming out of the ground that we’ve been trying to get the concrete poured on,” he explained June 3. “We’ve got school projects: we’ve got Panola Junior College down in Carthage; in Tyler, we’ve got Boulter Middle School. Both of those look like they’re two months behind schedule. We’ve got an expansion at Skeeter Boats going.”

It was an early sign of a busy, somewhat chaotic summer as multiple crews and clients headed back to work at the same time.

“Everyone’s about two months behind right now and all their work’s going to bottleneck. It’s all going to dry out at one time, and everybody’s going to want you there.

Everyone has just been sitting idle and everybody’s going to be grasping for labor and for different trades to get there.”

Certainly, he said, it’s good news, a silver lining to – hopefully – the trailing edge of spring’s stormclouds.

After the fifth-wettest May on record, he expected it would take “about two months

and then everything will get smoothed out.”

In the meantime, as one dry day turned into another (with occasional rain, certainly), Mobbs and brother Keith are keeping track of their building supplies.

“I think most of your lumber yards and things like that, they’re probably overstocked because they haven’t been selling much material,” Kenny Mobbs explained. As far as paint, “They’re very slow because they’re not anything getting off of the ground right now because of all the moisture.”

Yes, the past few months were “terrible,” according to Kilgore Mayor Ronnie Spradlin, owner and operator of East Texas Lumber: the ongoing rain spelled not only trouble for construction firms and contractors but for suppliers and, certainly, for clients.

“I know one customer that took out a loan to build a house in January and (just) poured the slab two weeks ago,” he lamented. On the materials side of the market, “Lumber prices were cheaper in May than they were in January, which is unheard of.

This last week or so they’re jumping up, but they’ve been so depressed for so long.

“Everyone in the industry, who I’ve talked to, have never seen spring prices so depressed for lumber.”

For Spradlin, bouncing back and playing catch-up will be a challenge throughout the area.

“I don’t know if you can recover. There’s a limited number of crews to build. The numbers for the year will be affected.”

Fortunately, he said, from what he’s seen the ground is drying faster than expected.

“The wind’s been blowing and it’s been

warm, so that’s been a good combination,” he suggested. “Now, we’re just waiting on the mosquitoes to explode.”

For Kenny Mobbs, the ground moisturelevel is an essential ingredient in putting work in motion again.

“As far as the soil as far as foundation or site work on your big construction projects, it will take at least two months for the water levels to drop,” he concluded. “At least for the top couple of feet to dry out. We’re saturated probably at least two- to three-foot down on our projects.

“I think the wet weather’s over with. It’s going to take at least two month’s drying time before you can get back to at least full throttle as far as dirt work and excavation work.”

Entering summer, Mobbs said the company’s cash-flow was down 40- to 60-percent, and he was certainly ready to see things pick back up. Other firms and their subcontractors are likely in the same boat or worse.

“I’ve talked to some guys that haven’t drawn enough to pay the light bills hardly,” he explained. “We’re very fortunate. We couldn’t take another project on probably until fall or September. It’s probably going to take us another three months to get caught up on the projects we’ve got going.”

“Everything’s going to be a short quick summer when it finally dries out.”

At the very least, Mobbs said, his spirits weren’t dampened.

“Just pray for sunshine,” he said. With the skies clear and, Mobbs expects, the oil-andgas industry on the uptick, “It’s going to be booming and going here in Kilgore.”

meet the state’s initial deadline.

“Because of the economy and oil and gas, I would guess that probably more oilfield related companies will protest their values than ever before,” Pfeffer noted. The early numbers certainly have value: “It gives us an idea. You’ve got to start somewhere. By the time you get your final values in June, budget process needs to be along the way.”

KISD’s budget process this year includes a preliminary property values estimate from Gregg County of $1,143,174,500, a 7.05 percent estimated decline from 2014’s certified values. Likewise, the district’s values in Rusk County show an estimated 6.96 percent decrease between the previous certified values and this year’s preliminary numbers.

“I was expecting a decrease. That didn’t surprise me … Is there value in it? Yes. Inquiring minds want to know and the earlier you know something about it, the better,” he said. “I do spend quite a lot of time talking to Terry and Tom about estimates. It’s always easier to show somebody more later on than it is less. That makes more sense.

“Over the year, we’ve known that’s coming so we’ve adjusted for it. You’re getting started based on it, but you know you’re going to have to adjust at some point down the road when you get the real numbers.”

At Kilgore College, combined estimates values from the two counties are $3.425 billion, a preliminary 10.84 percent decline from the certified numbers in 2014.

Adapted from the News Herald’s May 2 edition

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again to about $4 billion. When you ride these various cycles in the industry, we’re riding them with you.”

In addition to the targeted oil-andgas representatives, the event drew local professionals as well as representatives for state-level politicians including Sen. John Cornyn, Sen. Ted Cruz and Rep. Louie Gohmert.

“I think it was a very productive climate for our business community for a current update and forecast on our energy industry,” said Rusk County Republican Party Chairman Charlie Williamson. “The information presented is certainly paramount to our our local economy.

“It directly impacts KC as well because of the job training they’re doing to help people entering the workforce.”

According to symposium chairman Mark Goloby, president of TC Technologies of Houston, this year’s event once more provides a resource for oil-and-gas operators as well as a pipeline for fundraising for the state’s oil museum.

The energy industry needs to continue getting its message out, he said.

“The world can’t feed seven billion people with a horse and plow,” Goloby explained. “That’s what we’re talking about.”

Reprinted form the News Herald's May 6 edition

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