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Closed meeting discusses pipeline safety By Wyndi Veigel News Editor
news@princetonherald.com First Responders and city officials learned about safety regarding the Seaway Pipeline, however, the meeting was not open to members of the public. The meeting, held May 6 at Farmersville Intermediate School, was open by invitation only and many area fire departments attended so that in the event of an emergency regarding the pipeline, they will know how
to respond. “They showed how the checkpoints were monitored throughout the pipeline 24/7 and how a leak would likely be detected quickly,”Princeton Fire Chief Mike Woody said. The Seaway Pipeline, owned by Enterprise and Enbridge, is a 36-year-old pipeline that extends between Freeport and Cushing, Okla. with refineries in the Texas City and the Greater Houston area and runs through Farmersville near Lake Lavon. According to information pro-
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Carlos Contreras readies to unleash a pitch against Dallas Roosevelt in Game 2 of the Class 3A Region II bi-district series. Contreras along with three other Panthers combined to pitch a no-hitter in the 16-0 win. For the full story and additional photos see this weeks Sports. Additional photos available online at www.princetonherald.com.
vided by Enterprise Crude Pipeline LLC who is the operator of the Seaway Pipeline, the pipeline does not transport tar or sand through its system, but pipeline quality crude oil with a gravity that is lighter than water and is no more corrosive than the heavier grades that have safely been delivered for almost 20 years. The new pipeline, according to Enterprise spokesman Rick Rainey, is to be build alongside the existing pipeline. Currently,
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Building bridges offered for kids
The Plano Conservancy for Historic Preservation is offering three summer camp sessions, “Bridging the Gap,” at the Historic Interurban Railway Museum, 901 E. 15th St. in Plano. All three are from 9 a.m. to noon; the first is June 17 – 20; second, July 22 – 25; and third, Aug. 5 – 8. It’s for kids age 9 through 12 and will allow campers the chance to apply creativity and engineering skills to build a bridge model. Cost is $65 per student; each class session is limited to 12 students. To register or for more information, visit planoparks. org or call 972-941-7250.
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A Princeton graduate and current East Texas Baptist University student was recognized as a 2013 Young Maston Scholar during the T.B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics, an annual conference hosted by Hardin-Simmons University’s Logsdon Seminary. Jorge Arias was nominated to receive the honor by Dr. Jeph Holloway and the faculty of ETBU’s School of Christian Studies. 6A
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news@princetonherald.com The cold wind blew the beer cans across the ground at the feet of PHS students May 2 as they had a front row seat for the tragic scene of a drunk driving accident. Students were left with the graphic sights and sounds – a hearse pulling away with a
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Editors note: The story and photos of the fatality accidents were presented as a mock accident in the Shattered Dreams program. The accidents did not occur, no one was injured or arrested.
Emergency responders move to transport an injured student via PHI air ambulance during the Shattered Dreams reenactment. The staged accident is to show students the results of what can happen when they drink and drive.
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Princeton residents will soon have some new public transportation options for getting into McKinney or elsewhere in the area. Collin County Commissioners have agreed to expand the county’s cooperation with TAPS, a rural public transit provider based in Denison. It has routes throughout
the Texoma region and the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. In Collin County, TAPS currently serves McKinney and Plano, but the new plan will create three rural service areas in the county. In eastern Collin County, TAPS plans to create a service zone including the Hwy. 380 corridor extending through Princeton past Farmersville to the Hunt County line. Specific routes have not been identified. TAPS execu-
tive Brad Underwood said that the organization will be seeking community input to determine which services to provide. In addition to regular routes, TAPS also plans to provide transportation options for special events, he said. The existing TAPS service area has one route extending into Northeast Texas - a bus going from Bonham west to Sherman.
body bag inside, bloodstained prom dresses, two mangled vehicles, grieving parents who can’t be consoled and a medical chopper hovering over the ambulances and squad cars as victims are flown to trauma centers. It’s only a simulation crash site and the actors may change from year to year, but the message of “Shattered Dreams” stays the same – when someone makes the choice to drink
and drive, someone can die. Firefighters and emergency responders used graphic images to show students what it is like to drive an ambulance and treat patients who have been injured or killed in an alcoholrelated accident. The “Shattered Dreams” speakers never try to soften the tragic consequences because they are there to make an in See WRECK page 2A
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Princeton Fire Department Captain Ron Stevens was on hand to help Walmart raise funds for West. During the day Captain Stevens was helping, $3,540.70 was raised at the Walmart on Hwy. 380 and Custer Road. Wyndi Veigel
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‘I have to try to console those parents and tell them it’s going to be OK, even though it’s not going to be OK for a while. Look at the person sitting next to you. Will they be here the day after prom? Don’t make me have to do my job.’ Princeton Fire Department Chaplain James Stephens
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Students were ‘injured’ in a drunk driving accident during the Shattered Dreams reenactment. The program is to show teens the results of drinking and driving.
delible impact on the minds of the kids before they make their own choices. “This is a sobering view of what might happen if kids make poor choices,� PHS assistant principal Brad Duncan said. “They can’t sugar coat it because the students need to see the reality of what happens.� The Princeton Fire Department has presented “Shattered Dreams� six times in the last decade, repeating the program every other year to send a strong message to the juniors and seniors attending prom. “This is one way to give the kids a reality check,� Princeton Assistant Fire Chief Steve Deffibaugh said. “It serves as a reminder that the decisions they make can have an impact on not only their lives, but the lives of others.� “No one can tell you not to drink – it’s going to be your decision,� he said. “But I’ve been on the scene of countless accidents and testified in too many intoxicated manslaughter trials. People make that decision every day.� The students gathered in the parking lot and remained silent as they listened to the speakers. One speaker was telling his story for the first time. Glenn Griffin lost several family members to a drunk driver Easter 2010. He was
escorted to Thursday’s presentation by a representative of MADD, who read the tear-jerking poem from the perspective of a girl dying even after listening to her mom’s advice to not drink and drive. According to MADD, the average drunk driver has driven drunk 87 times before being arrested. The man who killed Griffin’s loved ones was a fivetime DWI offender. “What makes this hard is that this tragedy is always completely preventable,� Griffin said. “Don’t get behind the wheel if you’ve been drinking.� Law enforcement officers see first-hand what can happen when drivers are impaired by alcohol. “Any type of demonstration we can do without them experiencing an actual tragedy like this is worthwhile if the kids can take something from the scene or the speakers,� Princeton Police Chief James Waters said. “Any knowledge or advice we can share that might make a difference is worth the effort.� The appearance by former coach and P.E. teacher, Hugh Mantooth, is always emotional as students hear him describe losing his own son at the hands of a drunk driver in 2003. “This is tough,� he said. “I was thinking after 10 years, this would get easier to talk about, but it hasn’t.�
His message carried an angry tone as he pleaded with students to not get behind the wheel. “When you drink and drive you are making the most selfish decision of your life,� Mantooth said. “You are telling people you don’t care about anybody else. The driver that hit Jordan was just trying to be cool driving 70 miles per hour and drinking, but he killed my son and ended up in jail.� Mantooth says he knows the realities of teenagers. “I was in high school once,� he said. “I know some of you already have your stash. I’ve seen a couple of you smirk, and that’s fine. But you have felt nothing until you’ve held a loved one in your arms after they have been killed by a drunk driver.� Although the students understand the program is designed to scare kids into making good choices, it remains effective because they are hearing what has happened to people right in their own town. “It makes you think about the decisions you make because it could affect not only you but the people around you,� senior Layne Tarby said. “I hope everyone thinks twice about getting in the car with a drunk driver.� The nature of “Shattered Dreams� touches the hearts of the students who witness the scene and hear from those
touched by drunk driving accidents. “I think how realistic this is makes an impact on those watching it,� senior Taylor Wright said. “Shattered Dreams� is a joint effort of several departments including Princeton Fire, EMS and police departments, Lowry Crossing and Branch Volunteer Fire Departments and the Collin County Fire Marshal’s office. The program was organized under the direction of firefighter Jennie Houghteling. Several community members donated their time and services to make “Shattered Dreams� come alive. Roy Miller Auto Salvage provided the wrecked vehicles and Safari Towing hauled them to the lot. PHI landed its chopper, and Turrentine-Jackson-Morrow funeral directors were on site with a hearse. The last thing the students saw was the hearse pulling out of the parking lot as the frantic parents cried for their child not to go. “This is not a game; this is life or death,� Princeton Fire Department Chaplain James Stephens said. “I have to try to console those parents and tell them it’s going to be OK, even though it’s not going to be OK for a while. Look at the person sitting next to you. Will they be here the day after prom? Don’t make me have to do my job.�
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Larry Wayne Evans Mr. Larry Wayne Evans of Caddo Mills passed away Wednesday morning at his residence at the age of 62. He was born Sept. 15, 1950, in Athens, the son of James H. and Alice Tramell Evans. He was a rural postal carrier and was of Baptist faith and served in the United States Army. He is survived by his daughters, Michelle Millsap and her husband Richard and Tanya Evans, all of Greenville. He is also survived by two grandchildren, Courtney and Kayla Millsap. Larry is survived by his siblings, Rick Evans of Caddo Mills, John Evans of Dallas, and Terry Smith and her husband Johnny of Anna. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Friday at the Hurst’s Fielder Baker Chapel in Farmersville with Pastor Randy Bird officiating, and interment followed in the I.O.O.F. with military honors being performed by the U.S. Army. Visitation was from 6-8 p.m. Thursday at the Hurst’s Fielder Baker Funeral Home in Farmersville. Condolences to www.hurstfielderbaker.com. Obituary deadline is noon Tuesday for the current week’s issue. Cost is $25 for the first five-column inches and $5 for each additional column inch. A 1-column by 1.5-inch photograph may also be included and is considered part of the total column-inch rate.
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Mr. Johnnie Nathan McTee, of Verona, passed away Friday at the age of 88 years. He was born Oct. 3, 1924, in Verona, the son of Louis Grover and Essie Evans McTee. Johnnie was a lifelong farmer except for his service in the United States Navy during World War II. He was married to Faye Mullican Aug. 17, 1946, in Van Alstyne and she preceded him in death. He was a graduate of Blue Ridge High School and was a member of the Verona Baptist Church where he served as a deacon. Johnnie was also instrumental in organizing Verona Water Supply Corp and served as president and vice president. He also served as a trustee of the Blue Ridge School Board, Verona Cemetery Board, vice president, Farm Service Agency Board of Directors, Farmers Home Administration Loan Board of Directors, Collin County Appraisal District Board of Directors and was Collin County Conservation Farmer of the Year in 1983. He is survived by his children, Juiquitta Morris and her husband Randy of Princeton, Diana Bratcher and her husband Johnny Pat of Farmersville and Nathan McTee and his wife Liz of Blue Ridge. He is also survived by one sister, Derlene Keys of Rowlett; and nine grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife, Faye; one sister, Rachel Cummings; and one brother, Walter McTee. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Verona Baptist Church with the Rev. Tim Sandy and the Rev. Steve Pierce officiating. Interment followed in the Verona Cemetery with Navy Military Honors graveside rites. Visitation was held from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday night at the Hurst’s Fielder Baker Funeral Home in Farmersville, Texas. Condolences to hurstfielderbaker.com
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Sessions introduces affordable college solution
U.S. Congressman Pete Sessions, chairman of the House Rules Committee, released a statement regarding H.R. 1449, the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act of 2013, that he recently introduced in the House: “Unlike college and university owned housing, not-for-profit student housing entities are currently prohibited from using charitable contributions to build and maintain their facilities,” he said. “That is why I have introduced the Collegiate Housing and Infrastructure Act to eliminate this arbitrary distinction in our tax code and to make college more affordable for our nation’s students. CHIA will ensure that critical property improvements can be made to the affordable housing units that over 250,000 students call home during their college
years.” Nearly 100 student leaders from approximately 70 colleges and universities – including Baylor, Texas A&M, and the University of Texas – met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill this week to express their support for CHIA. In addition to college affordability issues, students spoke of the need for life-safety upgrades, such as fire sprinklers, in notfor-profit housing to ensure a safer living environment for current and future residents. “I urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to join me in supporting this bipartisan, cost-effective solution to help make college more affordable, reduce long-term student loan debt, create small business jobs nationwide and improve campus safety,” Sessions said.
Jim Chadwick Jim Chadwick, 60, passed away on May 2, 2013, surrounded by his loving family in Farmersville. He was born on Oct. 19, 1952, in Dumas to his parents John and Margaret Chadwick. Jim graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School. Those left to celebrate his life include wife, Judi Chadwick; children, Jeremy Fassnacht and Wendy and Jennifer Boon and her husband Mike; grandchildren, Mayson, Christen, Maya, Tiffani, Meghan, Cydney and one on the way; sister, Shirley Stone, and brother, Stanley Chadwick. Jim is preceded in death by his parents, John and Margaret Chadwick and his brother, Leo Chadwick. A memorial service was held Monday, May 6, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Peters Funeral Home.
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Moms wanted; job may change over time
ne of my writer heroes is Erma Bombeck, and I went Googling for one of her quotes to use in this Mother’s Day column. The quote I was looking for was about how you go to your kid’s graduation as a mother and leave unemployed. I found one I like better, though. Here it is: “When mothers talk about the depression of the empty nest, they’re not mourning the passing of all those wet towels on the floor, or the music that numbs your teeth, or even the bottle of capless shampoo dribbling down the shower drain. They’re upset because they’ve gone from supervisor of a child’s life to a spectator. It’s like being the vice president of
By Judy Truesdell
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the United States.” Any job for which we sign up changes as time passes. You add some things, you ditch some that you discover not to be as important, you learn new technology. No job, however, changes like that of being a mother (“in my opinion,” like the judge says on “The Good Wife”). At first it’s about keeping the child and the stuff around her clean and urine free. There are sleepless issues and mysterious
temperatures and diapers and Fisher-Price and runny food and “Am I spoiling her if I pick her up?” And that is one kind of challenging and crazy making. It changes as they grow. Without my notice, my daughter turned into a creature who could push a stool over to the refrigerator to get the (hidden) candy on top, slip and fall and hit her head, making me panic – and try not to laugh as she lamented, “I want to be able to run and play and laugh and sing
with the other boys and girls!” in her most pathetic soap opera tone. Then there were school years, and the job description shifted to homework issues and traitorous friend issues and sleepovers and soccer and those first boyfriend ideas – what do I do about that? Encourage? Forbid? Will I warp her forever by doing the wrong one? And so it went, through junior high and high school and band and boyfriends for real and parties and grades and class rank and contests and competition. My role was that of support staff, giving rides before she had her own wheels, chaperoning the band, hosting parties. I especially loved that era, because, in addition to be-
ing just way fun, it was quite clear how I was needed and how I could … help. I knew the rules. The ground shifted again as she went away to college. Do I insist on a single dorm room? Do I try to sway her away from an Ivy League school? Do I suggest she lighten up and take only afternoon classes? Is any of this my business? I think I’ve done a pretty good job of keeping my head and helping without … hovering. I think. Now she’s in her mid-20s, two degrees down, one to go. We’re great friends and I treasure her trips home (she’s in Oklahoma) and my visits there, but sometimes the “good mother” thing to do is let her alone.
At one time in her life, I was dropping the ball if she was in another room and I hadn’t checked on her in half an hour – but now, reassuring her it’s OK if she goes back up halfway through spring break is what she needs. Basically, it’s the same thing, and I’m kind of just now realizing it. What they need from us changes, and our job is to put those needs first – before our need for sleep when they’re newborns and before our need for visits when they’re young men and women. Happy Mother’s Day, all you moms who are balancing on the rope bridge, doing your best, hoping it’s enough. Somehow, I bet it is.
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hen two senators recently got into a spat over whether the Boston Marathon bombings were being politicized, the news was everywhere within minutes. Reams of commentary quickly followed. This is political reality today, and when people ask me how politics has changed since I first ran for Congress in 1964, it’s the first thing that comes to mind. A debate on Capitol Hill back then might or might not have made the news, but even if it did, days could go by before the rest of the country reacted. Today, the response is instantaneous and often hot blooded. Indeed, almost every facet of politics today is more complicated and hard edged. Voters want instant results. Consultants are everywhere. Lobbyists have multiplied. Politics is now big business. Perhaps because of all this, it is much harder to do the basic work of politics: finding common ground. A generation ago, when politicians of differing views met to hammer out their differences, they actually hammered out their differences. It was not easy, but they believed that they had a responsibility to find their way out of difficult problems together. Today, the bedrock notion that politicians would come together to make the country work seems quaint. It hasn’t disappeared entirely, but it’s certainly endangered. Which may be one reason there’s been another change in politics over the years. I first
By Lee H. Hamilton
Hamilton is director of the Center on Congress at Indiana University and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.
went to Congress at a time when Americans had faith in the institutions of government and Lyndon Johnson was campaigning for president on a platform that the country could successfully wage a war against poverty. Today, it seems inconceivable that a politician would be so bold or so naive. Congress can’t even get a normal budget done on time. A “war” on anything seems beyond its grasp. I don’t mean to be entirely negative. Politics’ greater intensity also has its bright spots. There are more and often better sources of information. Ordinary Americans are highly engaged, with more avenues of entry into the system. It’s possible to learn about complex issues far more easily than just a few decades ago. Perhaps that’s something to build on. With greater public sophistication about a complex system, Americans might also show more patience with politicians trying in good faith to resolve our challenges. And if that happens, who knows? Maybe we’ll even discover that government can, in fact, successfully tackle the big problems.
House-Senate panel still working on budget bill
ay 27 will be the last day of the 140-day regular session of the 83rd Texas Legislature. There is a mountain of work for lawmakers to pack into the remaining few days. First among lawmakers’ duties is to pass a budget for fiscal years 2014 and 2015. The task of reconciling two versions of the budget is now in the hands of a 10-member House-Senate conference committee. Members are weighing and measuring their way toward an agreement over the final composition of a budget likely to total in the neighborhood of $195 billion. They will have to come to terms on how much of that enormous amount to put toward public education, health care and transportation. Once agreed upon by the conference committee, a budget of about 850 pages in length will be returned to the House and Senate for
By Ed Sterling
Sterling is the member services director for the Texas Press Association. His column is a weekly aggregation of news about the state’s government.
more or less ceremonial votes before reaching the governor’s office for a signature of approval or a veto. Big-ticket items in the budget are health and human services, about $75 billion; public and higher education, about $75 billion; public safety and criminal justice, about $12 billion; and business and economic development, about $25 billion. Water bill slows down CSHB 11, by House Natural Resources Committee Chair Allen Ritter, R-Nederland, was stopped on a parliamentary point of order in House floor debate on April 29. The bill would pull some $2 billion from the state’s “rainy day fund” for deposit into a state water implementation fund
that the Texas Water Development Board would mete out for qualified local and regional water conservation and infrastructure projects. Rep. Sylvester Turner, DHouston, raised the point of order against further consideration of the bill on grounds that the general appropriations (budget) bill had not yet been certified by the comptroller. Speaker Joe Straus sustained the point of order. The bill was returned to the House Committee on Appropriations. House OKs funding patch On April 29 the supplemental appropriations bill, Committee Substitute House Bill 1025, moved to the Senate, after having been passed by the House on April 26.
Authored by House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, the bill would add $875 million to the current state budget, which ends Aug. 31. Public schools would get $500 million of the amount to help fill the gap left by a $5.4 billion cut in education funding passed by the 2011 Legislature. Prison-related managed health would get $39 million to cover projected costs through the end of the fiscal year. Some $170 million of CSHB 1025 will come from the Rainy Day Fund to help the Texas A&M Forest Service and other agencies cover costs from wildfires that ravaged areas of Central Texas in 2011. Some $2 million of the supplemental funding is designated for the recovery of West, Texas, where a fertilizer plant caught fire and exploded on April 17, resulting in 15 deaths, more than 160 injuries and catastrophic public and private property losses.
Agency would be renamed The Senate on May 2 passed SB 212, the Railroad Commission of Texas sunset bill reauthorizing the state agency that regulates the oil and gas industry for 10 more years. Authored by Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville, the bill would rename the agency the Texas Energy Resource Commission to reflect its actual purpose. The legislation also includes language barring the agency’s three commissioners from seeking or accepting campaign donations earlier than 17 months before an election day and provisions granting the agency power to regulate pipelines that cross the state border and creating a pipeline permit fee. House OKs gun bills Tentatively approved by the House last week were: - HB 1009 by Rep. Jason Villalba, R-Dallas, to authorize a school district or open-
enrollment charter school to appoint school marshals to prevent or abate the commission of an offense in the event of a life-threatening situation that occurs on school premises. - CSHB 972 by Rep. Allen Fletcher, R-Tomball, to authorize a public institution of higher education to use its rulemaking process to “opt out” of prohibiting concealed handgun license holders from carrying handguns on premises owned or leased and operated by the institution. - HB 1076 by Steve Toth, R-The Woodlands, to prohibit state and local governmental bodies from adopting a rule, order, ordinance or policy that would regulate a firearm, firearm accessory or firearm ammunition if it imposes a prohibition, restriction or other regulation such as capacity or size limitation, a registration requirement or a background check that does not exist under Texas law.
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the right-of-way acquisition process is 80 percent complete and the pipeline is to be finished in the first quarter of 2014. “Our job is simply to surround the area and evacuate people if needed,” Woody said. Area departments at the meeting included Farmersville, Blue Ridge, Lowry Crossing, Caddo Mills, Josephine, Nevada, Westminister Volunteer Fire Departments, Wylie Fire Rescue and Princeton Fire Department along with Collin County Homeland Security. Concern about the pipeline
has been previously expressed by area citizens in Farmersville both at a public meeting held at the Civic Center Oct. 11, 2012, and at a city council meeting held Jan. 8, where representatives of Enterprise were on hand to address concerns. The largest on land oil spill to date occurred with Enbridge’s Tar Sands Lakehead B pipeline, a 43-year-old repurposed pipeline, located in Michigan. The disaster spilled 1.1 million gallons of tar sands crude, which traveled 30 miles down the Kalamazoo River. The spill took two years to clean up and cost $850 million.
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For those wanting to show both their support for the town of West and the Princeton softball and baseball teams, a perfect compromise has been achieved. The Princeton High School baseball team and Lady Panthers District Champion and Playoff softball team are selling t-shirts as a fundraiser to benefit the West Independent
School District. West was the scene of a fertilizer plant explosion April 17, which left 15 people dead and more than 200 injured. “That’s our way of helping out some student athletes in West, and to help the community of West,” PISD Athletic Director Stacy Dillard said. T-shirts are $15 each with all funds collected being
donated to West. For more information or to order softball shirts, contact coach Craig Deputy at cdeputy@princetonisd.net. To order baseball shirts, contact coach Richard Boring at rboring@ princetonisd.net. Make checks payable to Princeton Athletics. Payment can be dropped off at the athletic office of the indoor facility.
Princeton grad named as 2013 Young Maston Scholar
Stanley Phifer for FISD School Board Stanley served on the School Board for 7 years from 2003 to 2010. He feels that FISD will continue to offer a sound education for our
A Princeton graduate and current East Texas Baptist University student was recognized as a 2013 Young Maston Scholar during the T.B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics, an annual conference hosted by w University’s Logsdon Seminary. Jorge Arias, a sophomore and religion major from Princeton, was nominated to receive the honor by Dr. Jeph Holloway and the faculty of ETBU’s School of Christian Studies. The Young Maston Scholar designation is awarded by
tian leadership, and an articulated clarity in an occupational expression of ministry, though it is not required to be in a congregational setting. In addition to receiving formal recognition during this year’s lectures, Arias participated in an auxiliary ethics retreat sponsored by the T.B. Maston Foundation, as well as an exclusive ethics roundtable with this year’s Maston Lecturer, Dr. Molly Marshall, president of Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kan.
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May 10 Baseball: vs Bridgeport (Class 3A Region II area round best-of-three series at Denton High School), 7:30 p.m.
May 11 Baseball: vs Bridgeport (Class 3A Region II area round best-of-three series at Denton High School), 1 p.m. Baseball: vs Bridgeport (Class 3A Region II area round best-of-three series at Denton High School), 4 p.m.
May 14 Soccer 7th/8th: vs Prosper’s Reynolds Middle School, 5:30/6:45 p.m.
Fishing report
Lake Lavon Water lightly stained; 62–66 degrees; 9.20’ low. Black bass are good on black/chartreuse flipping jigs around shallow cover. White bass are good on slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. All boaters and anglers should be aware of new TPWD regulations to prevent the spread of invasive species.
TPWD Fishing The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Angler Recognition Program will launch a new tool this fall to assist Texas anglers in locating certified public scales for weighing record catches. Businesses that agree to participate will be publicized as official weigh stations on the TPWD website. The new initiative is designed to partner with fishing-oriented businesses and facilities that will be provided official signage and a supply of Angler Recognition Program applications. There is no fee to participate, but participants will be required to keep their scales certified on an annual basis. Businesses and facilities that wish to participate are invited to sign up now. To request certification as an official weigh station, applicants should fill out the secure web form at https://www. tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/ programs/fishrecords/weighstation_form.phtml. For more information contact Ron Smith at 512-389-8302 or by email at anglers@tpwd.state. tx.us.
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Rangers ride away with series
Bounce back from opening loss, win final two games By David Jenkins Staff Writer
sports@princetonherald.com FRISCO – The Lady Panthers’ season ended abruptly last week at the hands of former district opponent Frisco Lone Star. That occurred in the Class 3A Region II area round, where Princeton won the opening game 9-1, but dropped the next two 2-1 (eight innings)
and 7-2 in the finale at Heritage High School. “Still in shock and tying to cope. Katie (McMullen) threw her best game of the year and our bats went silent,” head coach Craig Deputy said. Frisco Lone Star advances to play District 10-3A rival Celina on Friday and Saturday in the regional quarterfinals at Allen. The Lady Panthers finished the season 17-12 overall and won the District 12-3A title at 7-1. “I am proud of these girls for winning district, but we are all disappointed that we came up short of our ultimate goal,” Deputy said.
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It was the program’s first championship since 2010. It was then that they shared the 13-3A title with now 4A Lovejoy. The Lady Panthers picked up the bi-district banner prior to playing Lone Star. Princeton is slated to lose a trio of multi-year starters in center fielder Chele Naudin, left fielder Sierra Johnson and pitcher Katie McMullen, a Henderson signee. However, they return a whole slew of talent led by incoming seniors Malory Fry and Texas Tech commit Kaylee Strickland.
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Makayla Smith waits for the right pitch against Frisco Lone Star in the Class 3A Region II area round at Heritage. Additional photos princetonherald.com.
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Riley Lowrance prepares to touch home after hitting a solo home run in Game 2 of the Class 3A Region II bistrict series against Dallas Roosevelt. Princeton won the game 16-0 and took the opener 32-0, both in run rule fashion. Additional photos princetonherald.com.
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Fishing lessons ATHENS – Expert fly-fisher Bob Cappallo will teach flyfishing for beginners at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center May 18 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The class is open to adults 18 and older. No fly-fishing experience is required. Equipment will be provided, but students may bring their own. The $50 fee for the class includes entrance to TFFC for the day of the class, lunch and a season pass to TFFC so students can return for more fishing as often as they like. Reservations are required, and the class is limited to 20 persons. Checks should be made payable to “Friends of TFFC” and may be mailed to Craig Brooks at TFFC, 5550 F.M. 2495, Athens, TX 75752. For more information or to register by telephone for the class, call Brooks at (903) 670-2222.
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Marcos Molina is greeted at the plate by teammates after hitting a 2 run homer to make the score 6-0. Additional photos princetonherald.com.
The Panthers foray back into the Class 3A Region II playoffs last week was a successful one. In the bi-district round they run ruled District 11-3A thirdplace finisher Dallas Roosevelt 32-0 and 16-0. The challenge will be much tougher in the area round as Princeton (24-9 overall, as of May 7) is slated to take on No. 10-ranked Bridgeport. “They will be much better than the Dallas Roosevelt team we just played,” head coach
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SQT tournaments on slate By David Jenkins Staff Writer
sports@princetonherald.com Princeton is slated to compete in a set of Div. II state qualifying tournaments in the coming months. They open things May 18 at Springtown, followed by one on June 22 at Boyd. The Panthers traveled May 4 to Denton for a non-SQT and returned with a 2-3 finish. They won 27-10 over Carrollton Newman Smith and beat Graham 16-7. Losses came to Frisco Heritage 207, Denton 34-21 and Azle 31-20.
Denison took the top spot after beating Frisco Heritage 31-24. Princeton plays June 15 in the Mike Adams Conquers 7-on-7 Tournament at Cedar Hill. Last year they went 2-2, defeating Sherman and Dallas Kimball, and losing overtime contests to Denton Guyer and Dallas Carter. This years state 7-on-7 tourney for Class 3A-under is July 11-12 at Leander’s Southwest Williamson County Regional Park. Last year at College Station, Princeton took the consolation title by knocking off TAPPS’ Fort Worth All Saints.
Richard Boring said. “We have to refocus and be prepared for a good baseball team. They are well coached and will be ready to play.” The best-of-three series against the 9-3A champion Bulls will be played at Denton High School. Game 1 begins 7:30 p.m. Friday, with the second contest to be played 1 p.m. Saturday. If needed, a third matchup will take place at 4 p.m. after the second contest. Both teams have already faced each other once this year, with the Panthers earning a 11-6 victory at the March 7-8 Princ-
eton Baseball Invitational. “It helps that we have seen them before, but this time of year, every team is playing different than the beginning of the year,” Boring said. Princeton starting pitcher David Gieke gave up one hit and struck out 11 in the series opener with Roosevelt. Getting hits were Carlos Contreras (four), Gieke, Gunner Starr, Marcos Molina and Layne Tarby (each with three), Riley Lowrance, Brandon Talley and Brandon Purcella (each recorded two), and Logan Teel
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Jakari Dillard was recently nominated to play in the Jan. 4 2014 U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Dillard was one of the Nation’s Top 400 Senior Football Players to be nominated. Photo by Victor Tapia
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(two hits of which one was a three run homer). In Game 2 at Princeton, the trio of starter Contreras, Grant Gilbert and Molina combined for a no-hitter and struck out 13 Mustangs. Top hitters for the Panthers were Talley and Lowrance (each had homers), Molina (two home runs and six RBIs)
and Starr (three hits). In other playoff action from 12-3A, Melissa had a bye and Bonham run-ruled Dallas Wilmer-Hutchins 20-1 and 219. This week, Melissa takes on 9-3A runner-up Sanger in a best-of-three series on Friday (7 p.m.) and Saturday (noon) at McKinney Boyd High School. During the opening round, Sanger beat Frisco Lone Star
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3-2. Bonham will battle 10-3A champions and No. 4-ranked Argyle in a one-game series 7:30 p.m. Friday at Prosper High School. The Warriors come into the matchup fresh off a two game sweep of Dallas WilmerHutchins. Note: Rankings are from the Texas High School Baseball Coaches.
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The incoming juniors will be Alexis Morton, Lyndze Curry and Sara Eaves. Making up the sophomore group will be Ali Saldivar, Makayla Smith, Lindsey Tarby, Ashleigh Evans, Rachael Solis and Abby James. The starters are Strickland (shortstop), Morton (second base), Tarby (first base), Smith (third base) and James (right field). Below is a break down of the Lone Star area round series. Game 1 Princeton opened things up on the right foot with a 9-1 victory. They scored runs in the first (two), second (four), fourth (one) and fifth (two) innings. Leading the attack with doubles were Smith and Johnson. McMullen picked up decision and struck out 14 Lady Rangers over seven frames.
In the May 2 issue of The Princeton Herald Patricia Finchum was incorrectly identified as Camerin Edomds. It should have read: Patricia Finchum takes off as the first leg of the 400-meter relay in the Class 3A Region II meet at Commerce.
Game 2 The Lady Panthers struck first in the top half of the opening frame when leadoff hitter Strickland reached on a single, advanced a base on a Johnson grounder and stole third. Strick-
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courtesy runner Claire Miller crossed the plate on a Alexis Ackroyd fly out. Princeton totaled seven hits, with Naudin getting two. McMullen allowed two hits and struck out three.
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Ali Saldivar stops a wild pitch in the dirt in the second game. Additional photos princetonherald.com.
land came home when Saldivar grounded out for a1-0 lead. McMullen held Frisco Lone Star in check all the way up until the bottom of the seventh. During that frame, the Lady Rangers tied the score on a Marisa Unclebach double, which was just out of reach of the centerfielder. Naudin legged out an infield single to start the eighth and then stole second. She was left standing at that base following a ground out. Frisco Lone Star plated the game-winning run in the bottom half of the same inning, when
Game 3 Frisco Lone Star struck first with a run in the bottom of the first inning. They might have scored more, but Princeton turned a double play to end the frame. Naudin led off the following inning with a single up the middle, went to second on a Morton single and scored on a Smith single. Princeton took the lead two innings later when Naudin crossed the plate off a Tarby hit past the third baseman. Frisco Lone Star broke the game open the bottom half of the fifth with five runs for a 6-2 lead. They added on one more in the bottom of the seventh for the 7-2 victory. Top hitters for Princeton in the series finale were Naudin (three) and Tarby (two). The Lady Panthers totaled eight hits as a team. McMullen went six innings, struck out four, walked four and gave up nine hits.
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