2014.09.10 kilgore news herald (28 pages)

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KILGOROUNDJAMES DRAPER

DON’T miss this week’s Kilgore High School

Home-coming Parade, starting at 4:15 p.m. Thursday.

LINING up in the Beall’s

parking lot, the students will head south on Kilgore Street to a halt and pep rally in front of the Texan Theater and the old U.S. Post Office.

GO Dogs!•

WHAT’S that, Stephen Hawking? The God par-ticle could destroy the universe at any time, you say? BUT it’s unlikely to happen in the near fu-ture. Well that’s a relief.

SO much for “igno-rance is bliss.”

•WE’LL be attending this

evening’s opening night reception for the Kilgore Fall Film Festival.

JON Favreau’s ‘Chef’ kicks-off this season’s month-long series, fol-lowed by ‘Belle,’ ‘Boy-hood,’ ‘Words & Pictures,’ ‘Magic in the Moonlight’ and ‘Calvary.’

THE wine, cheese and other opening night de-lectables will be served up at 6:15 p.m. tonight before the 7 p.m. film.

•WELL, the latest (though

undoubtedly not the last) theory about the identity of Jack the Ripper broke Sunday in London’s Daily Mail. A self-described

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Department of Public Safety Trooper Ricardo Fabbiani investigates a lunchtime rollover wreck Tuesday on FM 1249 south-east of the road's intersection with the U.S. Hwy. 259 Bypass. First the passenger then the driver fled the crash-site.

By JAMES [email protected]

A midday rollover quickly escalated into a manhunt Tuesday as driver, passenger and at least one other ac-complice fled the wreck.

As emergency responders and investigators arrived at the scene, a silver Mercury Grand Marquis was on its side on the northeastern right-of-way of FM 1249, just southeast of the road’s intersection with the U.S.

Hwy. 259 Bypass.According to witnesses, as

the driver asked for help at a nearby residence his pas-senger jumped into a white truck and sped away from the wreck at about noon.

Identified as 24-year-old

Keith Allen Hooks, the driver – reportedly dis-traught, sweating profusely – used a neighbor’s phone and restroom then pried open a window and fled.

“He left our bathroom window up. I’m sure it’s

got his fingerprints on it,” homeowner Louisette Ko-hut said, frazzled from the events of the last half-hour. “It seems he lost control of his vehicle, flipped it over

By CHELSEA [email protected]

The majority of Monday's 40-minute meeting of the Gregg County Commissioners Court was

spent in public comments.A total of 16 individuals took

advantage of the open floor dur-ing the meeting’s public comments section. All statements revolved around a resolution presented at

Aug. 26’s meeting that would state Gregg County’s opposition to the federal government bringing illegal immigrants, including children, into the county for temporary or permanent housing.

The resolution was not on Mon-day’s agenda, much to the displea-sure of supporters of the resolution.

Rhonda Anderson, who first pre-sented the resolution to the court, started the comments by stating, “This resolution is important to the people in our county, and you

are making light of this. Your inac-tion is cowardly at best.”

She continued that Gregg County citizens deserved for the resolution to be placed on the agenda and for the court to have

‘HE ASKED TO USE OUR RESTROOM, AND THE NEXT THING YOU KNOW HE’S BOLTING OUT THE WINDOW’

See ROLLOVER, Page 5A

Men f lee scene of rollover

Critics blast court on stalled vote


Friday will be the first time Kilgore High School football fans will see the 2014-2015 KHS marching band on the field, but practice has been in progress for nearly a month.

In his first year as director of the KHS band, Clifton Walker said, his philoso-phy is that each student needs an oppor-tunity to express themselves musically, and he gives that opportunity to students who might not otherwise get it. From there, he and his fellow directors, also,

NEWS HERALD photo byCHELSEA KATZ

Kilgore High School band member Jimmy Hendrix carries his tuba as he practices his marching with the rest of the band on the field of R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium Monday evening. The first home football game will be Friday night against Pine Tree.

See BAND, Page 8A See KC BOARD, Page 2A

See DEBATE, Page 3A

• Immigration debate dominates commissioners' meeting

Bulldog Band tunes up forseason, first home game


Kilgore College Board of Trustees on Monday voted to accept former president Charlie Hale’s letter of resignation and accepted a resolu-tion to temporarily appoint some-one to fill his spot until a special election can be called in May 2015.

Hale’s resignation, which cited health issues as the reason for his premature exit from the board, was accepted with a 7-0-1 decision, with no vote from C.B. “Scooter”

Trustees optfor temporaryappointee, set tax rate

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In a “Letter to the Editor” written by Sondra Spinks, August 30th edition, she addressed concerns of the condition of the city pool. She pointed out the deplorable state of repair the pool was in while also pointing out that the city now owns and maintains the “members only” Meadowbrook pool facility.

What shocks me is that in this age of “accountability and transparency”, there has been no reply from a city official. Cer-tainly our city leaders read the local paper? Did one of them feel compelled to address the situation? I would think with the recent concern of the perspective of visitors to our city’s public areas that it would be a priority. Evidently not. How long has this practice of non-maintenance at the pool been going on? Has the Health Department ever made a site visit to check on conditions of the pool and building?

I have known Sondra and her husband, David, since we were teenagers attending the same church. Both are represen-tative of the citizens that a town can boast. I spoke with Son-dra after reading her article. One of her observations that she omitted was the fact that there wasn’t any adult supervision to be found. The employees were lounging around, visiting, as young people are prone to do. We grew up in the days of Homer Hall and Bill Floyd running the pool in the summer-time and believe me, it was pristine. There is no excuse for it to fall in the state of disrepair described by Sondra.

How about it Mayor Ronnie Spradlin and City Manager Scott Sellars? Think this needs looking into? Think the citi-zens need a response?

Gary Procell

Letters to the Editor

CORRECTION:In the Saturday, Sept.

6 edition of the Kilgore News Herald, a Yard of the Month honoree’s name was mispelled. Wayne & Sonja Dupree of 107 Mark Place won the Yard of the Month award for August.

Treatmentcenter tapsnew chief


As East Texas Treatment Center Executive Director Merlyn Holmes heads to a new post next week, the reha-bilitation facility’s leadership has dipped into the center’s current roster to find a re-placement.

“I wouldn’t say replace, but I’m going to do my best,” physical therapist Rachel Wyatt said Monday. “She’s quite a boss. She’s been a great executive.”

Holmes’ last day at ETTC is Sept. 12; she’ll begin work as director of the East Texas Oil Museum Monday, Sept. 15, the same day Wyatt as-sumes the executive director duties at the Dudley Road re-hab facility.

ETTC has been in opera-tion since 1950. Wyatt has been working there for almost five years. She expects it will take some time to more-fully learn the ins and outs of the 64-year-old center, to learn what it needs.

“We’ll get in there and as I learn my job and see what we’ll need, we’ll go from there,” she said. “I really enjoy working here and having an opportunity seeing us be able to serve the community and I want to continue that. Help-ing people reach their goals physically through therapy, each of the various therapies, also the cardiac rehab and os-teoarthritis.”

Certainly, one of the first major tasks will be the execu-tion of the 2014 East Texas Oil Men’s Chili Cook-off set for Thursday, Nov. 6, on Commerce Street.

For the 22nd annual event, which has primarily benefited ETTC since November 2011, organizers have chosen a foot-ball theme for the ‘XXII East Texas Oil Men’s Chili Bowl.’

“Yes, the fundraiser is defi-nitely on our minds right now. We’ll be getting into that” quickly, Wyatt said. Beyond that specific date, she hopes to maintain and build upon the facility’s strengths in the coming months. “I’ve enjoyed working here and seeing the impact that it has on the com-munity. We just want to reach out and help as many people as we can reach their goals. That’s my number one goal.”

Griffin, Jr. With Hale’s absence, there were only eight voting mem-bers at Monday night’s meeting.

The resolution to allow the nominating committee to appoint someone was recommended by the chairman of the committee – for-mer Board President Will Roberson – and passed with a 6-2 vote with Griffin and trustee Brian Nutt vot-ing against the motion.

Kilgore resident Tommy Konczak spoke during the meeting's citizen’s comment section about a 1969 reso-lution to continue to have nine board members with three representing the three voting units – north, south and central – represented in the Kilgore College Junior College District.

Konczak identified the clause that specified that the resolution was re-quired to be sent to the Coordinat-ing Board with the state after being passed by the board during the 1969 meeting. Konczak contacted the Co-ordinating Board, and, he said, the Coordinating Board could not find the college’s resolution: “If it’s not on record, it didn’t happen.”

KC President Bill Holda addressed the issue of the 1969 resolution’s proof later in the meeting when Griffin questioned whether Mon-day’s resolution to appoint someone to Hale’s place until May would be in conflict with the lack of proof.

“I know it was passed,” current

Board President James Walker said about the 1969 resolution. “It’s in our files. I’ve dealt with state government enough to know they lose about every fourth thing you send them.”

Roberson confirmed that by state law, the board is allowed to ap-point someone to the board until the next special election in the case of a vacancy due to resignation. Un-der the Texas Constitution, Rober-son explained, Hale is still a voting member of the board until his seat is filled, even though the board accept-ed his resignation. “My opinion is, for his personal health and based on feedback some members have gotten from the community, we need to go ahead and replace him.”

Holda contacted the legal division of the Secretary of State, and, he said, the representative he spoke with con-firmed the board was “good to go” to appoint someone to Hale’s position until May.

Nutt’s recommended action item was not reflected on the agenda that would give the board an option to either appoint someone or leave the seat open until a special election in May. Roberson explained the seat would remain open until May if the resolution failed.

“I think Kilgore College, and even the City of Kilgore, is losing two very good ambassadors,” interim Board President James Walker said about

Hale and his wife, Glynda.Walker criticized the way Hale has

been treated during his service on the board, especially in light of his 20-plus years of military service.

“He fought in Vietnam, and he fought in Iraq, was honorably dis-charged, came home, and I think harassed,” Walker said. “And I hope his fellow veterans take note of that, particularly the veterans that live here in Kilgore.”

Walker continued to assure the board and those in the audience that he has “no little agenda” except to promote Kilgore College.

“When [Kilgore College gradu-ates] fill out a job application or submit a resume, and under educa-tion they put Kilgore College, it’s a positive thing,” he said. “We need to keep the reputation up.”

Walker said he sees the board as an entity set up to plan for the college and its future and figure out how to finance those plans.

“It is not our job to try to drive the bus,” he said. "It is not our job to kick the [dang] tires or kick the bus driver.”

The board discussed an item requested by Nutt regarding the grandfather clause from the 1969 resolution. As listed on the agenda, the item read presented the idea of the board giving up its grandfather status and restructuring its voting

districts to either at-large or single member districts.

Nutt explained his reasoning was due to the number of summer gradu-ates from each voting unit – 30 from Kilgore, 14 from Gladewater, 7 from White Oak, 90 from Longview, 2 from Overton, 2 from Leverett’s Cha-pel and 5 from Laird Hill. Longview ISD is not included in the Kilgore College Junior College District.

After giving the numbers, Nutt said, he would like the trustees to be more representative of the popula-tion of both the college and the com-munity in general.

“I cannot see changing just to be changing,” Walker said, adding that the system has worked for the past 80 years.

Trustee Bob Heath questioned if giving up the grandfather clause would “free up” the south zone to join another junior college district, such as Tyler Junior College.

Griffin wanted to see representa-tion more reflective of the tax pay-ers, but, he said, he would not want to lose any school districts from the college district. “The threat that we would lose the tax revenue from Overton – that concerns me.”

After setting the tax rate at $0.1540 at the Aug. 11 meeting, the board adopted the rate at Monday night’s meeting. KC President Bill Holda explained the rate is the same

as last year and is below the effective tax rate.

The action item to adopt the rate was passed with a 7-1 vote with Grif-fin voting against the motion.

When looking at August and the end of the FY14 budget year, Vice President of Administrative Ser-vices Duane McNaney said, he first considered the largest line item of salaries and wages. In that area, he found the college was 1.43 percent below budget.

In the budget, he said, it might appear as the bookstore was going to come in with a loss, but the final numbers have not been inputted to show the final standing through the end of August.

Texas Shakespeare Festival, also, looked like it might be at a loss over-all, but, he said, pledged money from the TSF Foundation has not been included as a receivable yet.

“Overall I am feeling quite com-fortable with last year’s fiscal year that will end up in a very favorable posi-tion, even in light of all the construc-tion – the roughly $2 million put into Laird and all that,” McNaney said, adding that most departments stayed within their budgets.

The consent agenda – including Aug. 11 minutes, personnel items and payment of legal fees – passed with a 6-2 vote with the current eight-member board.

KC BOARDContinued from Page 1A

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Kilgore Rotarian Bob Caster plants a flag along Main Street Tues-day afternoon. Distributing almost 1,500 flags on patriotic holidays throughout the year, this week Rotarians are raising the stars-and-stripes along Kilgore streets in honor of Patriot Day, September 11.

Press ReleaseAUSTIN – Hydrocodone combination products (HCPs) have been moved from

the classification of a Schedule III drug to the more-restrictive Schedule II drug, effective on Oct. 6, 2014. The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s reschedul-ing of HCPs as Schedule II controlled substances will increase the restrictions on prescribing and dispensing practices for hydrocodone combination drugs.

HCPs are drugs that contain both hydrocodone – which by itself is a Schedule II drug – and specified amounts of other substances, such as acetaminophen or aspirin. The federal Controlled Substances Act places substances with accepted medical uses into one of four schedules, with the substances with the highest potential for harm and abuse being placed in Schedule II, and substances with progressively less potential for harm and abuse being placed in Schedules III through V. (Schedule I is reserved for those controlled substances with no cur-rently accepted medical use and lack of accepted safety for use.)

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an official vote on the item, so the people in the county could know where their rep-resentatives stood on the is-sue. “Get this resolution on the agenda and vote. This is the will of the people of Gregg County.”

Gregg County Precinct 2 resident Cindy Schwartz acknowledged that she is overall happy with how the county is run, but seconded Anderson’s feelings when about the court’s handling of the resolution.

“Many have been accused of not having compassion for the illegal immigrant chil-dren crossing our Texas bor-der,” she said. “But may I ask, where is the compassion for the nearly 30 percent of chil-dren currently living in pov-erty here in Gregg County?”

Another seven people spoke in support of the reso-lution, including an aggres-sive speech from Terri Hill.

“Many of you cite this be-ing the federal government’s responsibility, and I agree,” she said. “However, they have failed us, and we came to you and looked to you for leadership.”

She ended by saying that she believed if the county did not have the resolution in place, the federal gov-ernment would see Gregg County as complacent and would not hesitate to send busloads of illegal immi-grants to be housed in the county. “If this occurs, as an American citizen and tax payer, let me be very clear, I did not sign up for this, nor will I condone using my tax dollars to aid and enable il-legal activity,” Hill said, add-ing that she was there on her own accord and was not a member of the Tea Party.

Precinct 1 resident Jose Sanchez was the first to speak in support of the court for not placing the “non-binding” resolution on Monday’s agenda.

“This Commissioners Court is not the proper ven-ue to bring up this issue or discussion,” he said. “This discussion and debate should be discussed in Washington – in the House and Senate –

where it belongs.”Vic Verma identified him-

self as first-generation Ameri-can living in Precinct 3, born to Indian immigrants. Speak-ing with their experiences in mind, he said, he understood

how challenging it can be for immigrants to legally enter the United States.

With none of the commis-sioners or County Judge Bill Stoudt requesting or voting to move forward with the resolution, Verma said, “I think that is as clear a vote as you can have. Nobody wanted to move this resolu-tion forward, and I applaud you all for that.”

When a similar resolu-tion was introduced in California, he said, it was introduced by one of the city council members, and he cheered the court for not be-ing the ones to introduce the resolution.

Steve Crane, who lives in Precinct 1 of Gregg County thanked the court for having the courage to not place the resolution on the agenda.

“That’s the right decision, and I agree with Vic Verma that that’s a very loud vote

on where you stand on this resolution.”

While many expressed their views on either side of the resolution issue, neither Stoudt nor any of the com-missioners spoke in response to the comments. Stoudt and the commissioners share the citizens’ frustrations with the situation, but, he said, the resolution would not do anything.

“Anything that we would choose to pass means abso-lutely nothing,” he said. “It has no enforcement.”

Neither law enforcement nor Commissioners Court has the power to stop some-thing the federal govern-ment would choose to do.

“Quite candidly, if Uncle Sam decides to send five bus-loads of [illegal immigrants] in here, you know, they’re going to do that – and we’re going to take care of them,” Precinct 3 Commissioner Gary Boyd said. “That’s the bottom line.”

Stoudt and the other com-

missioners have spoken directly with many of the people who addressed the court during Monday’s pub-lic comments to share their own personal thoughts on the issue, Stoudt said.

“I’ve checked this with le-gal,” he said. “That piece of paper would basically be just to make a statement that we all share the frustration. We don’t need to make a state-ment – we all share it.”

Boyd added that he and other members of the court have, individually, told the resolutions’ advocates that they “would be glad” to write letters on their personal sta-tionary to send to elected government representatives regarding the issue.

“This is one of those cases where reasonable people can look at a similar issue and have a different conclusion about how they feel about the results of it. I mean, we share – I share – their frus-trations about all that. I just think we’re the wrong place.”

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Terri Hill, an advocate for an immigration resolution presented at the Aug. 26 Gregg County Commissioners Court, addresses the court, again, Monday morning in support of the resolution.


After 30 minutes spent in public comments regarding an immigration resolution, the Gregg County Commission-ers Court devoted about 10 minutes of Monday’s meeting to regular action items.

The board unanimously agreed to reverse a budget transfer from the Aug. 18 meeting and to approve a capi-tal project of $31,685 in Building Renovation Fund for an emergency generator.

The generator was approved, but was not listed under the correct category of a capital project, so the motion cor-rects that issue.

County Judge Bill Stoudt and the commissioners ap-proved funding assistance of $125,000 to the City of Kilgore to continue the city’s road maintenance program.

The request was approved in October 2013 was to re-construct Lawrence Street between East North and Church Streets, with concrete slab repair on Kay, Wood, Barton, N. Martin, E. Sabine and N. Rusk streets.

The funding will go toward asphalt rejuvenation of 35 city streets approved at the Kilgore City Council meeting Aug. 26.

“This reprioritization of funding is due to a major storm in May that diverted our street crew over two months from slab repair to disaster cleanup,” Kilgore City Manager Scott Sellers wrote in the request.

After the court approved for Precinct 1 to transfer funds within its budget, the precinct will purchase a $3,226 ice

machine similar to those used in school athletic offices and a $447.98 Echo PAS230 Power Head Mutli-Tool and Hedge Clipper attachment. The court also acknowledged that Precinct 1 had received 821.50 yards of recycled as-phalt product (RAP) from the state.

With the court’s approval, Precinct 4 will also be able to transfer funds within its budget to purchase replace-ment air conditioners in the break room and office area for $4,300. The precinct will also transfer funds to purchase a $545.94 one-inch impact wrench, a $3,290 recovery machine and a $3,325 electronic diagnostic machine that includes a touch scanner, set up and training.

Commissioners and Stoudt approved for human re-sources to purchase a $700 refrigerator, the Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace office to purchase a $710.15 shredder and the maintenance department to purchase a $2,975 floor scrubber for the North Jail. All of the funds will be transferred within the departments’ budgets.

The court awarded bid 2014-403 to C&C to mow the right of ways in Precinct 3 at a cost of $14,900 per mow-ing cycle and with an hourly rate of $9.25 for weed eater use. Both numbers were the lowest out of four other bids.

With a court-approved change order to the Whaley Street Community Center Project, the project will cost $272,105 now.

The change order includes to install landscaping and irrigation to the South side of the building, to install 13 Muhly Grass on the Southwest corner of the building, to landscape lighting on the North side of the building, to

not re-stripe the South parking lot and to have irrigation tap and meter.

In total the changes add $22,591 to the original con-tract, which was $249,514.

Miscellaneous items and equipment, including a shop fan, an oil tank, two ovens, two dish washers and miscel-laneous and broken tools will be disposed of following the court’s approval.

The court approved for a purchasing agent to advertise and request sealed proposals for ceiling tile project at the Gregg County courthouse, including demolishing the exist-ing spline ceiling and tiles on all floors of the courthouse and installing a new ceiling grid on each floor.

Gregg County tax assessor-collector will purchase a $1,338 commercial grade document folder and a $2,515 commercial grade letter opener, after court approval Monday.

The Kilgore office of the tax assessor-collector will also replace the floor covering at a cost of $4,250. All of the funds for purchases and replacements in the tax assessor-collector’s office will be transferred within the depart-ment’s budget.

The court acknowledged the Gregg County Sheriff Of-fice’s County Organized Drug Enforcement Unit FY15 budget recommended by Chief Deputy Chuck Willeford. The beginning fund balance is set at $199,831 with $219,831 available after estimated awarded seizures. With expenses of $49,000, the estimated ending fund balance is $170,831.

Court approves multiple purchases

Following the discussion at Gregg County Commis-sioners Court and a brief commentary at Kilgore City Council, Lorie Cox will bring a full presentation about her proposed immigration resolution to the council at its Sept. 23 meeting.

While no one on the council requested the resolution be placed on the agenda as an action item, Council-member Merlyn Holmes requested it be placed on the agenda as a presentation.

After being held to three minutes during public forum last time Cox addressed the council, she asked for more time at a future meeting. That time will come Sept. 23 at 5:30 p.m. at the Kilgore City Hall Council Chambers at 815 North Kilgore Street.

– By CHELSEA KATZ

Council to hear presentation on immigration resolution

“armchair” detective says he’s solved the 126-year mystery, pegging a 23-year-old Polish hair-dresser as the culprit.

ACCORDING to Russell Edwards and molecular biologist Jari Louhelainen, a shawl belonging to one of the Ripper’s five victims contained two sets of DNA, that of victim Catherine Ed-dowes and suspected killer Aaron Kosminski.

THE researchers con-firmed the match by com-paring the DNA to descen-dants of both the victim and murderer. There’s still some fact-checking ahead before anyone can be cer-tain, but either way, it’s fas-cinating.

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September 10 – Jennifer Henry, Holly Hinton, Bill Smylie, Riley Lawrence, Flora Howell, Mrs. C.E. Howell, Mrs. Luther Tuck-er, Kathy McClure, Kimbra Clark, Mike Rodgers, Faye Rhodes, Hull Barbee, Mike Poland, Glenda Butts, Har-old Anderson, Annie Lois Hall, Nadine Henderson, Laura Kiger, Joe W. Rob-erts, Loretta Webb, Charles M. Farland

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WEDNESDAYKILGORE 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.

THE KILGORE EMERGENCY SIREN TEST will be on Wednesday, September 17, 2014 at 12:00 PM (Noon) weather permitting.

THURSDAYThe Quilters Guild of East Texas will hold their

monthly meeting Thursday, September 11 at First Bap-tist Church, South Campus, 17002 Highway 69 South, Tyler. With a social and check-in at 9:30 am, the meet-ing will begin at 10 am. Guild member Brenda Jeschke will offer “Tips and Techniques for Better Quilting,” in-cluding anecdotes and lessons learned. Her workshop on Friday, September 12 features two color ways and is an experience in design and piecework. The public is welcome, for more information please see our web-site at www.qgetx.org

FYIKHS CLASS OF 1954 is looking for addresses of

the following "lost" classmates: Betty Clark, Terrell Clark, Allene Montgomery McQuiggen, Margaret Reid Carrigan, Donna White Hadaway and David Colquitt Watson. Anyone knowing their addresses, please call Nancy Cato Bullock at 903-984-2543.

KHS CLASS OF 1964 is looking for missing class-mates to celebrate the 50th reunion: William Andrews, Thomas Booth, Janie Boyd Weber, Pam Chapman, Judy Harris, Susie Dane Hutson, Arthur (Skippy) Holleman, Joe Holt, Ralph Luccous, Sharon Smith, Brenda Thrash Webb, Jo Carol Walls Davidow, Doro-thy Willbanks Elsey. If you have any information on these people, or if you were a member of the Class of 1964 and did not receive your invitation, contact one of the following: Janet Wright Dickerson, 903-986-6879; Libby Terrell Laird, 903-984-5732; Gary Procell, 972-891-4389.

OVERTON/NEW LONDONWEDNESDAYMCMILLAN 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.

THURSDAYROTARY CLUB DISTRICT 5830 has changed its

weekly meetings to each Thursday at noon in Overton Community Center. Phyllis Starnes is the club presi-dent for 2014-2015 and can be reached on Facebook at overtonrotaryclubdistrict5830.

FYILONDON MUSEUM and Diner is asking for vol-

unteers or retirees to donate their services to the museum. Time options can be one hour a day to 20 hours a week and volunteers will train in fountain and/or other areas. Interested parties can contact the museum Mondays through Fridays at 903-895-4602 or email [email protected]

HAZEL SCHMIDTPrivate family memorial services for Hazel Schmidt,

93, of Kilgore will be under the direction of Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore. Mrs. Schmidt passed away Friday, September 5, 2014, in Kilgore.

Mrs. Schmidt was born June 12, 1921 in San Antonio to the late Wiley and Irene Bull. She was a longtime member of the First Lutheran Church of Longview.

Hazel loved gardening and spending time outdoors working in the yard. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and homemaker. Hazel will be truly missed by all the loving family and friends she leaves behind.

Mrs. Schmidt is survived by her two children, Peggy

Bowne and husband Don of Kilgore and Bud Schmidt and wife Sharon of Holly Lake; six grandchildren, Gayla Baxter and husband Kevin of Kilgore, David Bowne of Sturbridge, Mass., LaDonna Fasang and husband Michael of Sachse, Keith Schmidt and wife Pam of Holly Lake, Kelly Adams and husband Jeff of Elkhorn, Wisc., and Klay Schmidt and wife Gen of McCall, Idaho.; 11 great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren, as well as many other loving family and friends.

Memorials can be made to Heart to Heart Hospice, 100 W. Hawkins Pkwy, Ste 1, Longview, TX 75605.

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Kilgore College accepting applications forvacant board seat until Tuesday, Sept. 16

Kilgore College is accepting applications until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 16, for a board appointment to fill the vacant seat of Charlie Hale whose resignation was approved Sept. 8 at KC’s monthly board meeting. The vacant seat is Voting Unit #3, Place 6, Central Zone (Kilgore Independent School District). Applicants will be reviewed by a board sub-committee that will recommend an appointment for consideration by the full board. Anyone interested in being appointed to serve in Hale’s seat can submit a letter of interest to Rene’ Wiley, located in office 105 on the first floor of the Stewart McLaurin Administration Building on the Kilgore campus. Office hours are 8 a.m. to Noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; and 8 a.m. to Noon and 1 to 3:45 p.m. on Friday. To receive application forms by mail, call 903-983-8608. More information available at www.kilgore.edu/board.


Motorcycle enthusiasts and weekend riders will have a chance to come together and raise money for Kilgore Fire Department’s third annual Special Abilities Family Fun Event Day.

Saturday morning all bikers and passengers are welcome to converge at Meadowbrook Golf and Event Center at 7:30 to register for a ride through East Texas. Then, kick stands up – KSU – will be at 8.

“We’re going to be traveling some beautiful East Texas back roads,” organizer Jimmy Kinsey said.

The trek will take the group about 120 or 140 miles and will include a couple stops along the way before ending up back at Meadowbrook for a hamburger lunch.

“It’s not just (for) guys that are in clubs, this is (for) the mom and dads that just enjoy getting out on a Saturday morning and riding,” he said, adding that he expects it to be a family friendly ride.

As a member of Brother’s Keeper, which is a motorcycle group consisting of both active and retired firefighters, Kin-sey had the idea to organize the ride to benefit S.A.F.F.E. Day.

“There’s a brotherhood of firemen and whenever one group does something, we try to help in any way we can,” he said.

Although Brother’s Keeper will not be sponsoring the ride, the group will be supporting.

“Bikers have the biggest hearts in the world,” Kinsey said about the support.

Registration costs will be $25 per bike and $10 per pas-senger. There was no pre-registration, so, Kinsey said, his thinking is “the more the merrier.”

“I would be happy with 10,” he said. “I would be ecstatic with 50.”

All proceeds from the ride will benefit S.A.F.F.E. Day, set to take place Saturday, Sept. 20 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Kilgore.

“We’ll have the first cool front, so what better way to bring it in than on a bike?” Kinsey said.

KATHLEEN ENOCHS Services for Mrs. Kathleen Enochs, 84, of Desoto,

formerly longtime resident of Kilgore, will be Saturday, September 13, at 11 a.m. in the Chapel of Rader Funeral Home in Kilgore. Burial will follow services at the Kilgore Cemetery. Mrs. Enochs passed away on Monday, September 8, 2014 in Desoto. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Friday evening from 6-8 p.m.

Kathleen was born April 30, 1930 in El Dorado, Ark., to the late Oscar Claude and Mattie Mae Holcombe. She moved with her family to Kilgore in 1932 and attended Kilgore Schools. Mrs. Enochs owned and operated a washateria for several years. She would go on to retire from Lon Little Distribution Company after 20 years of service.

Kathleen was a longtime member of Eastview Baptist

Church. Kathleen will be remembered as a loving and devoted daughter, wife, mother, grandmother, great

grandmother and homemaker.She is survived by two sons and

daughters-in-law, Russell Lee and Sandi Stewart of Hemet, Calif., and Wayne and Danita Enochs of Desoto; six grandchildren,n Shirley Smires of New London, Stacy Stewart of Longview, Nathan Stewart of Indiana, Eden Orient of Desoto, Carl Struckmeyer of Williamsville, N.Y., and Doug Struckmeyer of Imperial, Calif.; 12 great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandson, as well as many other loving

family and friends.Kathleen is preceded in death by her parents, sister

Dorothy Trainer and brother Webb Holcombe.Please leave online condolences at www.

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CONAN LYLE HOBBSFuneral services for Mr. Conan Lyle Hobbs, 60,

of Laird Hill will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, September 11, in the Chapel at Rader Funeral Home of Kilgore with the Reverend Don Beebe officiating. Burial will follow in the Kilgore Memorial Gardens Cemetery.

The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. Mr. Hobbs passed away Monday in a Longview hospital.

Conan was born September 6, 1954 in Kilgore, son of the late J.D. and Virginia Hobbs. He loved spending time with his family and friends

Conan enjoyed guns and watching fireworks. His family will always remember him as someone who

loved to piddle with things.Conan is survived by his wife of 26

years, Lois Hobbs of Laird Hill; sons, Astor Hobbs and Haden Hobbs, both of Laird Hill; sisters, Kylene Gerstner of Kilgore and Danae Plotner of Garland; best friend, Sidney Maxwell of Kilgore; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, J.D. Hobbs; mother, Virginia Hobbs Snider; brothers, Jay Dee Hobbs and Jarmon Hobbs.

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Motorcycle ride set Saturday to benefit S.A.F.F.E. Day

Having three legs isn't slowing Mr. Bones down. The pit bull is recovering with a foster family after surgery to amputate his leg. The dog was shot twice and picked up by Kilgore Police after citzens reported seeing the inured animal.

there. You can see the tire marks. I went across to see if he was all right … He was trying to say it was mechani-cal but I don’t know.

“He asked to use the phone, so we came over."

Standing on the front porch, Hooks wobbled and fell against the front window.

“He used the phone out here, couldn’t get anybody, then asked to use the re-stroom,” Kohut said. She obliged, but there was a racket from inside the bath-room as Kilgore police of-ficers and firefighters joined an off-duty police officer directing traffic around the wreck. “He asked to use our restroom and the next thing you know he’s bolting out the window.”

The rapid change in the chain of events left KFD B Shift Chief Dennis Gage a bit befuddled.

“I was walking over here to this house to see what his injuries were and about that time that girl ran out and said he’s gone out the win-dow and into the woods,” Gage said. “I have no idea if he’s hurt, how bad he’s hurt, what’s wrong with him … He’s guilty of something or

he wouldn’t be running.”Driving by just-after the

wreck, Cpl. Ryan Taylor of the West Texas Denver City Police Department was first on the scene.

Visiting East Texas for train-ing, Taylor pulled over and began directing traffic around the Grand Marquis as the driver staggered across Dud-ley Road to Kohut’s residence. Taylor later identified Hooks from a KPD mugshot.

“He went over here to use this lady’s phone then off he

went,” Taylor said, shaking his head: “Nothing surprises me anymore."

Trooper Ricardo Fabbiani was the first of three DPS investigators to respond to the scene. A Rusk County Sheriff ’s Office K-9 Unit was also called out and fol-lowed a scent trail into the woods behind Kohut’s home without success.

There was no contraband in the vehicle, Fabbiani said, but Hooks has a warrant out of Rusk County along with

numerous KPD warrants.Apparently, while traveling

southeast on FM 1249, “He caught the edge of the road and continued off the road-way, overcorrected to the left, struck the embankment, spun counterclockwise and then (the vehicle) rolled on its side,” Fabbiani reported. The car is in another man’s name. For Hooks, in addi-tion to the outstanding war-rants, “He’s facing a charge of no driver’s license, unsafe speed and no insurance.”

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Kilgore Economic Development Corporation staffers divide their pri-orities for 2014-2015 into three cat-egories: business climate, new invest-ments and administration.

“Our plan has three components to it,” marketing and development director Jana Russell explained Tues-day. “We have focused on a couple of things in each of those components.”

The first task in addressing Kilgo-re’s business climate is to conduct surveys of existing industries.

“We’ll be looking in the next few weeks at some of our highest-impact employers and be looking to survey them,” Russell said. The hour-long

interviews should yield some practi-cal, applicable data. “That will tell us how they feel the business climate is working for them in Kilgore and what can we do to address deficiencies.”

At the same time, KEDC is help-ing Gregg County progress toward certification as an ACT WorkReady Community.

According to workreadycommu-nities.org, through the program in-dividuals at the county level earn a National Career Readiness Certificate and employers recognize the NCRC, making it a portable, industry-recog-nized credential that clearly identifies an individual’s ‘WorkKeys’ skills in reading for information, applied math and location information. Those skills are required for 77 percent of jobs

based on the ACT JobPro database.Currently, Gregg County has

reached 10 percent of its goals to become a WorkReady Commu-nity, with 12 entities recognizing the NCRC including: KEDC, the City of Kilgore, Kilgore College, Eastman Chemical Company, Joyce Steel Erection Ltd., AEP/SWEPCO, Bancorp South Longview, J-W Pow-er Company, Longview Regional Medical Center, White Oak Eco-nomic Development Corporation, Longview Independent School Dis-trict and Longview Economic Devel-opment Corporation.

“What Gregg County is trying to do is become the first certi-fied WorkReady Community in Texas,” Russell said. “We have two

years to do that.”The first two bullet points of the

second prong of KEDC’s 2014-2015 program of work, new investments, focus on building and site availability.

“We’ve noticed over the past two years that we are unable to respond to leads that we or others have gen-erated for us because we don’t have the necessary real estate,” Russell ex-plained. To that end, KEDC staffers will document available buildings and potential development sites. They’ll also put new emphasis on in-ternal marketing programs. “In most of the history of KEDC other people generated leads for us and then we developed those leads” but more and more the economic developers are relying on their own lead-generation.

“They’re bringing it back. Not to the level it once was but a little. I doubt we’ll see those leads re-plenished.”

Administratively, in 2014-2015 KEDC’s individual staffers will con-tinue to focus on personal education topics and, at the same time, con-tinue their realignment of organiza-tional functions.

“That’s just small adjustments,” KEDC Executive Director Amanda Nobles explained. “It’s just kind of looking at our functions and really figuring out if we’re doing the most productive things for the office to do what we need to do.”

KEDC’s directors unanimously-approved the updated program of work Tuesday.

KEDC outlines program of work for coming year

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NEWS HERALD photos by JAMES DRAPER

Rusk County Sheriff's Office Sgt. David Roberts leads K-9 Officer Spaz to pick up suspect Keith Hooks' scent Tuesday afternoon. (Below) Kilgore Police Officer Jason Romine monitors the woods into which Hooks reportedly fled after wrecking the car he was driving on FM1249.

Proposition Number 1 (SJR 1)

SJR 1 would authorize the trans-fer of certain money from the general revenue fund to the state highway fund and the economic stabilization fund. Money trans-ferred to the state highway fund may be used solely for the con-struction, maintenance and acqui-sition of rights-of-way for public roadways.

The proposed amendment will

appear on the ballot as follows: “The constitutional amendment providing for the use and dedica-tion of certain money transferred to the state highway fund to assist in the completion of transporta-tion construction, maintenance, and rehabilitation projects, not to include toll roads.”

Published by Texas Secretary of State Nandita Berry, www.Vote-Texas.gov or 1-800-252-VOTE (8683).

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Special Election November 4, 2014

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chie Williams, if liv-ing, otherwise to the unknown heirs of Archie Williams; Wi-nelle Terry, if living, otherwise to the un-known heirs of Wi-nelle Terry; and Richard Strong, if living, otherwise to the unknown heirs of Richard Strong and any and all oth-er persons claiming any title or interest in land under deed before this time giv-en to Larry Odom, Larry’s Interiors, Inc. and L&S Odom Family Limited Part-nership. You are hereby noti-fied that suit has been brought by Larry Odom, et al as Plaintiffs, against Mary Roberson, et al as Defendants by petition filed on Au-gust 26, 2014 in a certain suit styled Cause No. 2014-1629-B; LARRY ODOM, LARRY’S INTERIORS, INC. and L&S ODOM FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, VS. MARY ROBERSON, ET AL pending in the Honorable 124th Judicial District Court of Gregg County, Texas at the Courthouse of said County in Longview, Texas.

You are hereby

commanded to ap-pear and defend such suit on the first Monday after the expiration of for-ty-two (42) days from and after the date of issuance hereof, the same being the 20th day of October, 2014 before the Honor-able 124th District Court of Gregg County, Texas, to be held at the court-house thereof.

The nature of the Plaintiffs’ Original Petition filed against the above-stated Defendants pertains to 43.26 acres of land more or less situated within the G.F.Penn Survey, Abstract No. 169 and 63.08 acres of land more or less situated within the Bailey Anderson Survey, Abstract No. 6 in Gregg County, Texas. The Plain-tiffs are attempting to have a cloud re-moved from their ti-tle and to have their title quieted as the above stated Defen-dants have asserted that they own undi-vided interests in the property de-scribed herein. Issued and given under my hand and seal of said Court at Longview, Texas,

this date: 27th day of August, 2014.

Attest: Barbara Duncan, Clerk124th Judicial Dis-trict CourtGregg County, Tex-as

By: Natalie Goodan, Deputy

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help provide the tools and equipment needed to succeed as a musician.

In addition to helping mu-sically, he said, being a mem-ber of the KHS band helps them grow as “functioning members of society.”

“Being a co-curricular ac-tivity and something that relies so much on teamwork, we can help them strengthen their social aspect of their lives and their face-to-face commu-nication between people,” he said, referencing a society that is trending toward technol-ogy-based communication. “This forces you to be social, it forces you to work at a so-cial level and not at a techno-logical level.”

Walker’s main goal is to help his students grow as musicians and as young people.

Although the band has only been able to make it to one of the two games the KHS Bulldogs have played – Na-cogdoches – Walker wants to be there with the football team and to provide that sup-port. The trip to Galena Park, near Houston, for Sept. 6’s game would not make sense financially given the timing and length of the trip, he said, adding that it was a decision made by group of teachers and administrators.

“We really do enjoy being a support team,” he said. “We really do enjoy being an enter-

tainment group during the fall.He felt the game in Nacog-

doches was positive for the band, although, he admitted it would have been better if the Bulldogs had come away with the win.

“I feel like the kids per-formed well. I feel like they came together as a group,” he said. “Of course, you have your first game jitters and your first game nerves, but they overcame that.”

During the first few games, he said, the band does not perform as much outside of halftime in order to conserve their energy for the perfor-mance. “I feel like their half-time performance was a solid performance,” adding that there is still work to be done with both music and foot-work. “It was a great starting point. It left the kids feeling confident about the year, but also ready to work, and that’s what you want.”

KHS uses a precision mili-tary marching style for their halftime performances, and he said a key ingredient to being successful is discipline. In execution, the band refers to the style as “six-to-five” because there are six steps be-tween each yard line, creating a 30-inch stride.

“It’s built off of uniform spacing and uniform move-ments between the entire band,” he said. “It builds

personal discipline. It builds group discipline (and) really forces you to think about your individual self and how you fit among a group of people be-cause it forces uniformity.”

When it comes to disci-pline, he said, much of it is self-taught by the students due to the nature of the marching style and respon-sibility placed on each per-son to hold their own in the group and be precise.

“As far as I’m concerned, the students know from the get-go exactly what’s required of them, and they know what the consequences are for not following through,” he said, adding that the students know what success will bring them individually. Just having them know what to expect through-out the year is a really big starting point.”

As a Longview native, Walker attended Longview

High School and learned the precision marching style from the beginning of his marching career, under Har-vey Durham.

“That’s where my heart is,” Walker said about the marching style. “I feel like it’s – it is – a dying art form, but it is very well alive in East Texas, and we want to do everything we can to keep that candle burning because it instills so much of the re-sponsibility and discipline and pride that young people really need to be successful.”

After high school Walker attended Northwestern State University in Natchi-toches, Louisiana. He then taught for three years in Marshall ISD and another seven years in Garrison ISD. From both places, he said, he has learned something

about directing and about working with students from all different backgrounds.

“It doesn’t matter where you go, you have folks that are craving musical growth and craving that social as-pect of something like this,” he said. So far he has enjoyed his experience in KISD and has seen the stu-dents show their work ethic, passion and character. “You need those things for a suc-cessful group.”

Walker has a new assis-tant director, as well, this year with Don Gamble, who grew up in Liberty City and has lived in Kilgore for ma-ny years.

“Each day has a few chal-lenges, but more rewards,” Gamble said.

Although not a particular march or a specific halftime show, Walker is looking for-ward to the “cool season” during playoffs, he said, when the students can go on autopilot with the music and drills and the performances becomes second nature.

“They’re out there to just enjoy themselves and to en-tertain and to support and just have a good time be-cause that is a really enjoy-able time for us as directors too,” he said. “Everybody enjoys playoff season.”

With competition in Uni-versity Interscholastic League starting later this month, Walker said, he hopes to take the foundation that former director Mitchell Smith es-tablished and build upon that. “We’d like to see a lot more individual successes at area and at state competi-tions, so, hopefully, picking up and, maybe, moving for-ward and adding a few more trophies to the mix.”

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The members of the 2014 Kilgore High School Homecoming Court will be featured in the annual homecoming parade kicking-off at 4:15 p.m. Thursday and traveling from the Beall's parking lot south on Kilgore Street to the Texan Theater for a community pep rally. The court will be presented at the Bulldogs football game against the Pine Tree Pirates Friday night in R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium, beginning at 7 p.m. with the crowning of the 2015 Homecoming Queen. The 2014 KHS Homecoming Princesses are (left to right) Kyleigh Cruz, representing Sports Medicine; Jessi Meyers, represent-ing the KHS Hi-Steppers; Lizzy Hatton, representing PASS; Cassi Littleton, representing the KHS Cheerleaders; Rebecca Nichols, representing FCS; and Kylie McKinnon, representing Varsity Baseball.

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The Texas Secretary of State’s office recently granted approval to Rusk County to use county-wide voting.

“We really want to make sure all our voters hear of our good news,” Rusk County Elections Administrator Kathy Wittner said.

According to Wittner, through “Your Choice, Your Vote, Your Location,” registered voters in Rusk County will now be able to cast their votes on Election Day at any one of 17 locations.

“Voters will have the ability to vote according to their assigned precinct,” Wittner reported. “This will give voters greater flex-ibility and less voter confusion when casting their ballot.”

The locations include: Kilgore Sub Station, Overton Commu-nity Center, New London, Mon-roe, Stewart, Tatum, Henderson Civic Center, Rusk County Rec-reation Center, Minden, Pinehill, Sulphur Springs, Concord, Mt. Enterprise, South Main Church of Christ, Expo-Ag Center, Carl-isle and County Barn #4 .

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Band director Clifton Walker takes control of the 2014-2015 Kilgore High School band as they warm up before getting into their marching positions Monday evening at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium. Friday night’s game will be the first home game of the season, while also serving as the Home-coming contest.

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THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN' ABOUT -- Kilgore College head coach J.J. Eckert (right) slaps hands with an offensive lineman during a recent practice. The Rangers are off to a 2-0 start, having dispatched of both Arkansas Baptist and Georgia Military. KC hosts Texas A&T Saturday at 7 p.m.

A THRILLER, BUT A BAD OUTCOME -- Kilgore tailback Jaquorius Smith (1, center) bolts down the Bulldogs' sideline, as head coach Mike Wood (far left) and offensive coordinator Rafe Mata (center) look on. Smith tied a KHS record with five rushing touchdowns in Saturday's game against Cor-pus Christi Flour Bluff, played at Galena Park ISD Stadium in Houston, but

the Bulldogs lost, 51-50, in the game's waning seconds. Kilgore is 0-2, but hosts Pine Tree for homecoming this Friday night. Smith finished with 300 yards and the five scores on 23 carries. Below: Kilgore defenders put the rush on big 6-foot-6 Flour Bluff quarterback Corey Brewer, who also ac-counted for five touchdowns in the contest.

Rangers stun Georgia Military, 28-19

Flour Bluff edges KHS in final minute

14th-ranked KC hosts Texas A&T SaturdayBy MITCH LUCAS

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Maybe the Kilgore College football players and coaching staff have been listening to a little Bachman Turner Overdrive the last two weeks, because they have definitely been tak-ing care of business.

Logging enough time on a bus to have driven to Alaska and more, the Rangers are 2-0, and an impressive 2-0, having won 28-19 at previouisly-14th-ranked Georgia Mili-tary last Saturday afternoon.

As a result, the Rangers are now ranked 14th themselves in the latest NJCAA na-tional poll, and are preparing for this week-end’s home game against Texas A&T (the former Southeast Prep). The game kicks off at 7 p.m. A preview is in Game Time Weekly today on page 7. KC won last year, 58-13.

KC’s defense aided the team’s cause by forcing five turnovers, and the play of quar-terback Javelle Allen didn’t hurt a bit, either. Allen was accurate – 15-of-20 for 210 yards and three touchdowns – in the contest.

The Rangers got on the scoreboard first, a second-quarter pass from Allen to Jeremiah Baines for a 72-yard touchdown. Military punched back with a 1-yard run by Auburn verbal commit Javon Robinson, but before the half was up, KC scored again, capping a 75-yard drive with a 21-yard touchdown catch by Joe Lewis, from Allen. KC led 14-7 at the halftime break.

Things remained that way until the fourth quarter, when Military got within a point on a 20-yard touchdown pass. But the extra point kick failed, and KC led 14-13.

The most bizarre play came after KC got the ball back on an interception by Nick Fisher. Military blocked a KC field goal kick, but Kilgore College’s Daniel Woodson re-covered it. Officials ruled a Military player had touched the ball, and that Woodson’s re-covery counted for a touchdown.

Allen connected with Corey Davis on a 16-yard scoring pass to give KC a 28-13 lead with just over four minutes left, and the Rangers hung on, despite another fourth-quarter Military score.

Ragin' Red drops contest in Houston, 51-50; hosts Pine Tree Friday for homecomingBy MITCH LUCAS

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GALENA PARK -- The four-plus-hour road trip for the Kilgo-re High School football program was a little longer late Saturday night than it was coming down -- or at least, it probably seemed that way.

In spite of a 460-yard rush-ing night, Kilgore came out on the wrong end of a 51-50 con-test here at Galena Park ISD Stadium Saturday night, losing to Flour Bluff, a Corpus Christi-area school. Kilgore running back Jaquorius Smith rushed for 302 yards and five touchdowns in de-

feat.The loss puts Kilgore, who

played for the UIL Class 3A state championship a year ago, at 0-2 to start the season. It’s Kilgore’s first 0-2 start since 2011, but the two losses (to Nacogdoches, and then to Flour Bluff) have been by a combined three points: Kilgore lost to Nac, 27-25, on a last-sec-ond field goal last week.

The Bulldogs will look for a fresh start this Friday night against Pine Tree, Kilgore’s home opener this season at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium. That’s also Kilgore’s homecoming this season, fittingly enough.

Kilgore has no need to hit the

panic button. The Bulldogs are 0-2, but played two larger pro-grams who were both expected to be championship contenders. It’s not a certainty, but a prob-ability, that the Bulldogs have al-ready played the two most diffi-cult games on their schedule, and were three total points away from winning them both.

And Kilgore did play the sec-ond half against Nac and the entire Flour Bluff game without senior tailback Kevrin Justice, the University of Houston com-mitment who ran for a single-sea-son school record 36 touchdowns

Sabine's second-half comeback falls six points short in FrankstonBy JEREMY NEWLIN

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FRANKSTON – Prior to last Friday night, Sabine and Frankston hadn’t met in football in almost 30 years.

But they made up for it with a barnburner of a contest.

Sabine visited Frankston for the programs’ first meeting since a playoff game in 1985. Unfortu-nately for the Cardinals and their fans, this game ended in a 29-23 disappointment.

Sabine (1-1) visits West Rusk this Friday, a 7:30 p.m. start. The Raiders come off a disappoint-ment themselves; their game against Union Grove last Saturday in Longview was canceled after halftime due to a lightning storm. The Raiders are officially 0-1, then, having lost a close season opener to Harleton.

At Frankston, Sabine won the toss and elected to receive. They took the ball at their own 37-yard-line and immediately ran up the middle, using Sam Smith to pound the ball for 11 yards on two plays.

This was followed by a 7-yard pass from Tanner Sharp to Ty Cundieff. But that was all they were able to produce and were forced to punt.

Sabine’s defense has played well this season and continued that trend in this game. The Cardinals’ defense continued where they left off last week and stopped the In-dians on three plays and forced a punt.

The Cardinals weren’t able to do anything on a short field and turned the ball over on downs. Tyler Mustin opened the Indi-ans’ next possession with a sack

and 10-yard loss. But that didn’t stop the Indians, who went to the air. They completed a 52-yard pass, the score prevented on a shoe-string tackle by Kendall Bell.

The defense stepped it up and forced a fourth down. The Indians went for the end zone and the pass was intercepted by Tristan Leroy.

With only a couple of minutes left in the first quarter, the Cardi-nals could only move the ball back-wards as the yellow flags were fly-ing. Facing a fourth and 9, the first quarter ended scoreless.

The second quarter began with

a high snap into the end zone and all Kade Taylor could do was cover the ball to give the Indians a safety and a 2-0 lead. Frankston took the free kick but wasn’t able to move the ball and were forced to punt. They got it right back, how-ever. Bell took the punt and ran up field only to have the ball stripped where Frankston fell on it. Three plays later, the Indians punched the ball into the end zone, and went up 6-0 after the failed two point con-version.

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Penalties again played an important role for the Cards as they were only able to move the ball backwards and again punt. The Indians were able to run the ball, and quickly gained 17 yards and a first down.

They then went to the air and the deep ball was intercepted off a tip, but offsetting penalties nullified the play and Frankston retained possession.

With this reprieve, they were able to move the ball in three plays for their second touchdown and a 15-0 lead. The Cardinal offense never was able to get on track and they went to the locker room trailing.

Sabine’s defense came out gunning for the Indians in the second half. On third down they forced a fumble, re-covered by Grant Key. This set up the offense with good field position. The Cards were moving the ball on runs by Smith, but a bobbled handoff on the drive’s fifth play turned the ball over to the Indians.

Three plays later, the Indians sprint-ed 43 yards to take a seemingly-com-fortable 22-0 lead.

Sabine’s Dain Duncan took the en-suing kickoff 30 yards, but a flag for holding took that all away. The offense didn't stop and moved the ball into In-dian territory, but again it was slowed by a penalty, and Sabine was forced to

punt on its next two possessions, with a punt by Frankston sandwiched in be-tween.

With the Cardinals dropping back in punt formation, a heavy rush by the Indians created a near block, but end-ed into a roughing the kicker penalty, and new life for the Cards. Four plays and 23 yards later, an end-around to Kendall Bell put Sabine on the score-board. With the two-point conversion, Frankston led 22-8 at the end of the third quarter.

With new life, the Cardinals got a sack by Mustin to force another punt. The offense continued to move the ball on the ground, but another bad hand-off turned the ball over again.

After Sabine’s defense forced another punt, disaster came for Frankston. The kick was blocked, and Sabine’s Brennan Watkins scooped it up, and rumbled 35 yards for the touchdown. With the extra point by O'Shean Jagot, the game was now within Sabine’s reach.

Frankston got an insurance touch-down, going up 29-15 on an 80-yard kick return, but the Cards were not done.

With just over five minutes in the game, Cody Sauce took the kickoff and managed a 27-yard return. With a short field, the offense went to the air. Sharp dropped a nice pass over the middle to

Duncan for a 30-yard gain. Then, they ran the ball to set up a second-and-goal at the Frankston 1, where Smith forced his way in for the touchdown.

Jagot lined up for the extra point, but a low snap put the ball on the ground. He picked it up and went forward, and with the help of the special teams line, Jagot punched into the end zone for the conversion, leaving Sabine down by just six, 29-23.

An onside kick attempt failed, and gave the Indians a short field of their own with only three minutes left. Sa-bine’s defense rose to the occasion yet again, and forced a punt.

With two minutes left and 82 yards to go, Sabine’s offense took the field. Sharp connected with Cundieff on a 41-yard pass. Still with time on the clock, they ran the ball for 2 yards and were forced into a fourth down with only 23 seconds left. Sharp ran around in the backfield, looking for a receiver, but his pass fell short as did the come-back.

Sharp ended the game 4-of-11 for 93 yards passing. Duncan added 83 yards on 15 carries on the ground. Smith contributed 49 yards on 11 carries and a touchdown. And on the receiv-ing end, Cundieff had two catches for 48 yards; Duncan had one for 30; and Jagot had one for 15.

last season. Justice was banged up against Nac, and sat out Saturday’s game at Flour Bluff.

The Ragin’ Red, backed somewhat into a corner making the schedule earlier this year when several local programs wouldn’t put Kilgore on the schedule, agreed to face Flour Bluff here in the Houston area.

The contest turned into a shootout, and while Kilgore had a lead with about three minutes left, Kilgore’s defense was put back on its heels a bit by Flour Bluff quarterback Corey Brewer, listed at 6-foot-6. Brewer guided the Hornets on a final clock-eating drive that began at their own 36-yard-line and didn’t end until 38 seconds left, with Flour Bluff in front, 51-50. Brewer himself scored the touchdown on a 1-yard quarterback sneak. He ran for three touchdowns in the game and passed for two more, including a 90-yarder to receiver Kevin Dewitt.

Kilgore got the ball back at its own 40 after the kick, with just 33 seconds left. Quarterback Xavier Gaona had no time outs to work with, and his first-down screen pass to Qua-vion Mumphrey was incomplete, stopping the clock. The next play was a scramble by Gaona, but he was tackled at midfield, and several seconds elapsed.

Gaona and the Bulldogs’ offense got lined up in time for him to spike the ball, but with just 1.7 seconds left. The final play was a downfield pass to senior receiver Nick Orange along the sidelines, but it was incomplete, and Flour Bluff had sealed the win.In spite of the sour ending for Kilgore and its fans (and there were several who made the trip from Kilgore), it was a thrilling contest, back and forth the en-tire game.Kilgore scored first, a 37-yard field goal by Livan Torres, his first of the year. Flour Bluff ’s first drive ended when Trey Tinney tackled Brewer on a scramble before he could get to the first down marker. The second Hornets’ drive ended in an interception by William Colbert.The third, though, ended in points. Running back Jonathan Winfrey managed a 27-yard run on first down that got FB toKilgo-re’s 15. Two plays later, Brewer passed to Dewitt for a 9-yard score. Jacob Lindley tacked on the extra point, and FB had a 7-3 lead, late in the first quarter.It didn’t last long. Kilgore came right back. After a false start to open the drive (and Kilgore had a handful of those in the contest), the Bulldogs got out of the first-and-15 hole with a pass from Gaona to Caylon Williams for 35 yards. Mumphrey reeled off a 24-yard run to the FB 3, and Smith got in from there on the next play. Torres’ extra point put KHS back in front, 10-7, with just under two minutes left in the first quarter.

Kilgore trailed 14-10 momentarily, and did have a cou-ple of first-half turnovers (an interception by Gaona and a fumble from Smith). But Smith, behind an offensive line of Blake Guthrie, Darrion Sammons, Jackson Hatcher, Benji Peralez and Jonathan Hubbard, scored on a 79-yard run with 30 seconds left in the half to put Kilgore back up, 17-14.

The Ragin’ Red extended the lead to 10 when Smith scored again on a 10-yard run just after the second half started. The score was set up by a 41-yard pass from Gaona to tight end Jarod Wood, down to FB’s 11-yard-line. Torres booted the point after to give KHS the 24-14 advantage.

And that’s when the ping-pong atmosphere began.The teams traded possessions for much of the third quar-

ter until FB finally managed to score after putting together a lengthy drive. It was Brewer, running in from 8 yards out. He also ran in the two-point conversion, and pulled his team within two, 24-22.

As spread teams are known to do, Flour Bluff attempted their second onside kick of the game (they would attempt several and none of them worked), knowing their offense could not stop Kilgore. Tinney got the loose ball this time, at midfield. But a fumble gave the ball back to the Hornets and killed the drive.

Kilgore’s defense held on the next FB possession, and the offense responded by giving the Bulldogs an even bigger 31-22 lead on a 63-yard touchdown run by Williams, who had a 101-yard rushing game himself. Torres did not miss an extra point in the contest that he actually kicked.

FB kept pace with the Bulldogs, though, when their tail-back Riddell Clayton, broke free for a 76-yard run. This time, the Hornets kicked the extra point, but were again within two, 31-29, after the first play of the fourth quarter. The scoreboard operator didn’t start the clock on time, and the fourth-quarter clock actually started during Clayton’s run to the end zone.

The boxing match continued. Kilgore scored, a 32-yard pass from Gaona to Wood, but then on the very first play of the ensuing FB drive, Dewitt got behind the defense to haul in a pass from Brewer, one that Dewitt took 90 yards for a touchdown. Yet again, the Kilgore lead was cut to two, 38-36.

Flour Bluff could not stop the Kilgore run whatsoever, and flailed away at Smith as he broke free for a 33-yard run to extend Kilgore’s lead yet again, this time 44-36. Kilgore elected to go for two, but the conversion pass was inter-cepted in the end zone.

FB tied the game on a 1-yard quarterback sneak by Brewer with 3:59 left, then the conversion run by Dewitt.

Knotted at 44, FB again tried an onside kick. Kilgore again recovered, and again scored, this time on a 46-yard run by Smith. But on the snap, Colbert couldn’t field it, and Torres never had the opportunity to kick it before FB got into the backfield. It was no good, leaving Kilgore in front, but by only six, 50-44. And that’s when the last sequence began, with FB’s go-ahead score with 38 seconds remaining.

The Bulldogs had a combined 468 yards rushing, with Smith getting 3020 yards and five touchdowns on 23 carries. Williams finished with 99 yards and the long touchdown run on eight carries. Gaona was 10-of-18 for 174 yards, the touchdown to Wood and the interception, and Wood caught four passes for 128 yards, including the two long balls, one for the touchdown.

Williams had three catches for 39 yards, Nick Orange had three catches for 3 yards, and Colbert had a catch for 4 yards. All total, Kilgore had 642 yards of total offense, and 15 first downs. The offense had five penalties for 25 yards.

Gaona punted three times for an average of 36 yards, in-cluding one for 41 yards.

Defensively, this one was not a game to write home about for KHS. Brewer completed 24-of-39 passes for 282 yards and two scores, and ran for three others. Dewitt had eight catches for 187 yards. The Hornets also ran for 336 yards on 42 carries, averaging 8 yards a carry. The Bulldogs gave up 618 total yards.

Kris Haynes led with 14 total tackles. Tinney had 12. But the Bulldogs created only one turnover (the interception by Colbert in the first half) and had no sacks in the game. They did have nine quarterback hurries.

Kilgore has three more non-district games: this Friday at home against Pine Tree, Sept. 19 at Texas High, and then home against Gladewater Sept. 26. The Bulldogs have an open date Oct. 3, then begin district play with a home game against Palestine on Oct. 10.

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

State-ranked Kilgore blasts Bullard, 20-0

Photos by MITCH LUCAS

GETTING INTO THE SWING OF THINGS -- Kilgore High School's Sanjit Lanka (above, left) and Rohit Lanka (right) each are shown here serving during their doubles match Monday afternoon on Kilgo-re's home courts against Bullard. The Lanka brothers won their doubles match, each won singles matches, and Kilgore cruised to a 20-0 win. KHS is back in action Tuesday at All-Saints.

By MITCH [email protected]

Kilgore High School’s ten-nis team had little problem with Bullard here at Kilgo-re’s home courts on Mon-day afternoon, sweeping the Panthers, 20-0.

Kilgore, ranked fourth in the state in Class 4A in the Texas Tennis Coaches Asso-ciation’s preseason poll, will be back in action Tuesday at All-Saints in Tyler, a 3:45 p.m. start.

Against Bullard, Kilgore won them all.

No. 1 boys single Sanjit

Lanka beat Justin Tekell, 6-0, 6-1; Nash Best beat Alex Retchless, 6-0, 6-0; Rohit Lanka beat Will McAllister, 6-0, 6-2; Ian St. Clair beat Alek Treho-Streck, 6-1, 6-0; William Muir beat Spen-cer Moore, 6-0, 6-0; Austin Weissinger beat Joshua Wag-ner, 8-3; Graham Tyra beat Conner White, 8-1; and Troy Jones beat Trent Tally, 6-0, 6-0.

The Lanka brothers teamed to beat Tekell and Retchless in boys doubles, 6-0, 6-1. St. Clair and Muir beat Treho-Streck and McAllister, 6-0, 6-0; and

Weissinger and Tyra beat Wagner and Calhoun, 6-0, 6-2.

In girls singles matches, Kilgore’s girls all won by the exact same score. Jessica Stokes beat Maddie Beam, 6-0, 6-0; Ally Venable beat Aubri Murphy; Noelle Gar-rett beat Kailey Mullins; Shrina Patel beat Patience Evans; Daisy Vega beat Vic-toria Piribilski; and Angelica Rios beat Alexis De La Gar-za.

In doubles play, Stokes and Garrett teamed to beat Mullins and Murphy, 6-0, 6-1, and Venable and Jessica

Cabrera beat Evans and Piri-bilski, 6-0, 6-0.

In the only mixed match that counted, Best and Kai-tlyn Word beat Bullard’s Moore and Beam, 6-0, 6-2.

The Bulldogs are coached by Jason Maroney, who, in his ninth season, is the longest-tenured head coach at KHS. He’s assisted by Rhonda Fletcher. Kilgore’s fall team finished seventh in the state last year in Abilene, and Maroney took a pair of doubles teams to the spring state tournament last school year at Texas A&M Univer-sity in College Station.

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am in good general health. My problem is not being able to drink enough water to quench my thirst, espe-cially in warm weather. If I drink more than 25 ounces per day, my stomach be-comes upset. In warm weather, I have to balance my fluid intake between dehydration and an upset stomach. I am not dia-betic. Is there a solution? -- E.K.

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Game Time WeeklyGame Time Weekly2014 Edition 2 • Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Ragin’ Red, PT renew old rivalry

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A (RAGIN’ RED) BRICK WALL -- A Flour Bluff ball-carrier runs into a wall of Kilgore defenders, including Savion Moye (22) and Trey Tinney (21). Kilgore lost another last-second decision to FB, however, in a high-scoring 51-50 game in Houston. The Bulldogs host Pine Tree in their home opener this Friday at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium.


Anyone who bumps into a Kilgore High School football player this week shouldn’t be too concerned about the scowl.

The Ragin’ Red started the season 0-2, both losses coming against two very good Class 5A teams, and Kilgore could just as easily be 2-0. The Ragin’ Red lost the first game at Nac on a field goal as time expired, and gave up the lead to Flour Bluff last Saturday night in Houston with 38 seconds left. The two losses are by a combined three points.

So, it might be that this Friday’s opponent – old rival Pine Tree – could be in for a heap of trouble.

Kilgore (0-2) takes on Pine Tree (0-2) in the Bulldogs’ first home game of the 2014 season this Friday night at 7:30 p.m. at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium. It is homecoming for Kilgore, and the homecoming festivities, including the crowning of the homecoming queen, will be done before the game.

It can be heard live, with the Ragin’ Red Broadcasting team of Doug Smith, Don Hedrick and Jason Smith on the call, on KDOK 105.3-FM, 1240-AM, online on kdokradio.com, and on Kilgore Cable (audio only) on channels 2 and 23. Hedrick and Doug Smith have been calling Kilgore games for over 30 years.

Tickets can be purchased in advance at the athletic department of-fice on campus for $5 for each adult general admission ticket, $6 for reserved and $3 for each student ticket. At the gate, all tickets are $6.

The Bulldogs are understandably upset at the way the season has started, but they’ll have to keep their overconfidence in check when looking at some of the statistics Pine Tree has on the young season.

There’s little way to sugar-coat it: the Pirates have been awful so far in 2014. In two losses (62-37 to Jacksonville in the season opener and 68-20 to Gilmer last weekend), PT has allowed 130 points. And the Pirates’ opponents have hit for big plays, especially Gilmer, who had five plays of more than 30 yards each against PT.

It was already 17-0, part of that courtesy of an interception, when Pine Tree got its first score against Gilmer, a 6-yard run by Quay Ward.

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But Gilmer had scored again less than a minute later to go up 24-7. It got much worse: the Buckeyes went into halftime with a 44-13 lead.

Perhaps the one highlight of the game for the Pirates was the per-formance on the ground by quar-terback Mason Hays, who had 155 yards on 22 carries. As a team, PT rushed for 247 yards.

The Buckeyes were a nightmare for PT’s defense. The Pirates al-lowed 241 rushing yards and 552 total yards.

Pine Tree has a new coach this season, former Lake Travis offen-sive coordinator David Collins.

The Bulldogs beat PT, 56-7, last season, and haven’t lost to the Pirates since 1990 (the programs did tie in 1993). Kilgore leads the overall series, 30-9-1; it dates back to 1964.

Pine Tree has had a multitude of problems this season, but the Bulldogs haven’t had time to sym-pathize. They’ve already played perhaps the two most challeng-ing opponents on their schedule in Nac and Flour Bluff, both ex-pected to do very well in 5A.

Kilgore’s offense has scored 77 points this season, 50 in last weekend’s one-point loss to Flour Bluff (read about that game in our regular sports section today).


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OK, Tony Romo apologists: I don’t want to hear one word.

Not one. Not a single one. Don’t tell me about how he’s the all-time Dallas Cowboys pass-ing yardage leader. Don’t tell me about how he’s a gunslinger like Brett Favre was. Don’t tell me about how he wasn’t drafted and how he’s one of the best passers in the NFL. He is average, at best.

None of that, drivel that it is, mattered last Sunday in the Cow-boys’ 28-17 loss to San Francisco. Romo was bad, but hardly the only culprit in defeat. Dallas’ de-fense is dreadful. The coaching staff wouldn’t know a running play from a desktop calendar. And I’m not even going to go down the “Jerry Jones is an awful general manager” road, because that’s a column for another day. We don’t have that much time (or ink).

I will say this: things are never going to change until Jones has an epiphany, a vision, to turn his franchise into a winner again. Right now, he seems content to go 7-9, 8-8, 9-7, and be in the playoff hunt. Until you guys quit buying his caps, his jerseys, his koozies, and especially his parking spaces and his tickets, the view ain’t gonna change.

That’s horrible, and an awful outlook, but I see no reason for optimism here, even if the Cow-boys beat Tennessee this Sunday.

Here in this column, we look at several games coming up this weekend, and on page five, myself and four others try to guess the outcomes of those games. It doesn’t nec-essarily mean that’s who we WANT to win (although s o m e t i m e s it is). It just means we’re supposed to pick who we THINK will win.

I took heat from my own son for picking Georgia Military to beat Kilgore College in Georgia last weekend. I didn’t want it to go that way. In fact, I was out of town last weekend for Kilgore-Flour Bluff (more on that below), but when I heard the score, I was thrilled for KC coach J.J. Eckert and his players. And they don’t have a bigger fan than me.

Just getting that off my chest.OK, on to this weekend’s

games. Our ratings system:

Five asterisks (*****): You don’t want to miss it, an instant classic.

Four (****): A game of the year-type contest.

Three (***): An entertaining game that I believe will be decid-ed late.

Two (**): I think there’s a heavy favorite, or it’s two teams that both have played below expecta-tions so far.

One (*): Football is on TV, or played locally, and you’ve got some time to kill.

Zero (DUD): The only thing you want to kill is the schedule-makers for creating one of these.

This week’s high school games:• Pine Tree at Kilgore (*): First

off, there’s no such thing as a good 0-2. I’ve heard that a bit this week, and I’ve decided it’s crap.

Kilgore is 0-2, and they could VERY easily be 2-0, and maybe should be. To quote Bill Parcells, however, you are what your re-cord says you are.

There is good news.Kilgore has three more tune-

ups before district play. The first of those tune-ups is Pine Tree here at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium here this weekend.

The Bulldogs haven’t played poorly, although they do have some inexperienced players in some spots, as anyone does af-ter being hit hard by graduation and losing talent. Kilgore lost six or seven players from last season that are now in college programs. News flash: that’s going to hurt.

But the Bulldogs are scoring points, lots of them, and will get tailback Kevrin Justice back from an injury soon. Pine Tree has given up 130 points through two games. The Pirates’ trip to Kilgo-re this Friday could be just what the doctor ordered.

• Sabine at West Rusk (***): It’s so difficult to make any kind of educated guess about this game,

KILGORE NEWS HERALD / GAME TIME WEEKLY 2014, ISSUE 2 PAGE 3WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

WHAT'S CAUSIN' ALL THIS? BY MITCH LUCAS

Cowboys no longer treading; they’re sinking


X-MAN -- Kilgore quarterback Xavier Gaona (above) has 240 yards passing and two touchdowns in two games this season. KHS has 807 yards rushing. The ‘Dogs will host Pine Tree this Friday; it’s Kilgore’s homecoming game.

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SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALL RIGHT FOR FIGHTING (OR TACK-LING) -- Leverett’s Chapel’s Billy Hall (11) makes a stop on a Karnack player last Saturday. LC won big, 73-19, the first of two meetings with Karnack this year. This week, the Lions (1-1) play on Saturday again, this time at 10:30 a.m. at Athens Prep.

LC mercy-rules Karnack, 73-19Play Saturday morning at 10:30 at Athens Prep

By REV. EDWIN [email protected]

KARNACK – It took longer for Leverett’s Chapel’s football team and fans to travel back and forth to Kar-nack from Laird Hill last Saturday afternoon than it did to play the game that night.

The Lions, still perhaps stinging from dropping their season opener in the final moments to Trin-ity School of Texas the weekend before, routed the homestanding Karnack Indians, 73-19. The game was called at halftime, thanks to the University Inter-scholastic League’s six-man football mercy rule. The game lasted only an hour and 15 minutes, and it takes about that long to travel one-way between Karnack and Laird Hill.

LC (1-1) has another Saturday game this week, but this one starts at the weird time of 10:30 a.m. in Ath-ens, against Athens Prep. It’s LC’s third straight road game to start the 2014 season. The Lions, led by coach Matt Everett, will be off next weekend, then play one more road game on Sept. 26 at King’s Academy in Tyler. LC’s first home game will be against Fannindel on Oct. 3.

That was also the first meeting of two between the Lions and Karnack this season. The two programs will meet again at LC on Oct. 31.

Colby Shaw scored five touchdowns, three of them in the first quarter.

Just a minute and a half in the first quarter, Shaw finished a five-play, 62-yard drive by sprinting in from the Karnack 8-yard-line. His second score was a 70-yard kickoff return, and the third came as the quarter ended, another kickoff, this time for 75 yards.

He added two additional scores from the 6 and from the12, and finished with four carries for 101

rushing yards.“Colby is a tough kid,” Everett said. “He runs the

ball hard. The last two years, he’s been leading our defense, but this year we’ve moved him to offense, too, and he’s done well. We are going to rely heavily on him during the season, and on defense when we need him. He’s a shut-down rusher.”

Spreadback Brady George threw for two touch-downs against Karnack: one to Paco Chavez and another to Matthew Overman. George finished the game 3-of-7 for 62 yards and the scores, and also car-ried the ball once for 10 yards. “He was nervous com-ing into the game,” Everett said. “He just doesn’t have the confidence he needs, but he’s building on it. He stepped up and played a good game.”

Keaton Vaughan also had a touchdown run in the first quarter, a 12-yarder that finished a 58-yard drive. Vaughan carried the ball four times for 39 yards and had a catch for 3 yards. David Warner, who had three interceptions for LC in the game, would score on one of the three, a 35-yard return. He also had a fumble recovery. Gavino Baldazo was 4-of-8 in extra points (two points in six-man), scoring eight points.

LC had 155 yards on the ground and 85 passing yards. LC’s defense held Karnack to just 30 rushing yards and 75 passing. LC also kept it clean: they had only one penalty for 5 yards. The LC defense was led by Blake Myrick, who had five solo tackles and three assists. Warner had the three picks and the fumble re-covery, and Billy Hall also had five solo tackles.

Everett is wary of Athens Prep. “They have a big, physical team,” Everett said. “They run some jaybird stuff, and run the spread. Basically, I tell our boys if we execute the way we are supposed to, if we play, we’ll be fine. But if we don’t come out and play well, we’re going to be in a battle.”

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Indy

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Pine Tree @ Kilgore

Texas A&T @ KC

Sabine @ West Rusk

Cross Roads @ Overton

Nacogdoches @ Carthage

Gilmer @ Tatum

Texas vs. UCLA (in Dallas)Rice @ Texas A&M

Baylor @ Buffalo

Arkansas @ Texas Tech

Georgia @ S. CarolinaDallas @ Tennessee

Houston @ Oakland

New Orleans @ Cleveland

Pittsburgh @ Baltimore

Chicago @ San Francisco

Philly @ Indianapolis (Mon.)

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Heraldsports editor

BILLY CHRISMANBrammer

Engineering,safety specialist

DENNIS JACOBSKilgore

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Each week, a panel of Mitch Lucas and four guests will try to pick win-ners of 17 high school, college and NFL games.

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played 1 ½ games this season. Their game in Longview against Union Grove was stopped due to a lightning storm (see page seven), with the Raiders trailing. They dropped the first game to Har-leton, a close one.

Sabine is 1-1, and coach Mark Comfort’s team played very, very well last week in the lost to Frankston – in the second half.

If Sabine can avoid turnovers and keep creating turnovers with that defense, the Cardinals could get their second win.

• Cross Roads at Overton (**): I don’t think the Mustangs are nearly as bad as things went for them in the second half against All-Saints last week (see page six). But I do think they need to get it moving in the right direction be-

fore district play starts.• Nacogdoches at Carthage

(****): Nac’s Dragons are talented enough that several of them are being pursued by big-time col-lege programs. And they did play a balanced game in the first half against Kilgore (they weren’t as impressive in the second half).

But Nac is 2-0, by a combined three points (the reverse of Kilgore). The Dragons have the good fortune of playing a Car-thage team this weekend that was just gutted by graduation.

• Gilmer at Tatum (****): There are few teams on Gilmer’s sched-ule that can give them a test this year (Kilgore doesn’t play them). But this is one of them.

This week’s college games:• Texas vs. UCLA (at AT&T

Stadium in Arlington; ***): UT coach Charlie Strong is doing a great impersonation of Nick Sa-ban. He’s overhauling a program that drastically needed it. Mack Brown did a phenomenal job in Austin, but it was time for a change. Strong may, or may not, be the right coach to do this job. But he has to shape the program the way he believes it should be.

It’s tough about quarterback David Ash suffering another con-cussion, and it’s sad all the players being dismissed. But sometimes that has to happen. Who said “if you want to make an omelet, you’ve got to crack some eggs?”

Saban, who is generally thought of as the best coach and recruiter in college football today, went 7-6 in his first season at Alabama, cut-ting here and there and making a lot of people mad. ‘Bama even lost to Louisiana-Monroe.

Since then, like them or hate them, Alabama has been fantas-tic. They’ve gone to a bowl game in each of Saban’s seven seasons. They have a 74-15 record under Saban that includes 5-2 in those bowl games, three SEC West titles, two overall SEC titles, and three national championships.

Strong may or may not reach that success, but he deserves the right to be judged with his own players and his own performance, rather than Mack Brown’s.

• Rice at Texas A&M (DUD): Please.

• Baylor at Buffalo (DUD):

Double please.• Arkansas at Texas Tech (****):

This could be one of, maybe the, best college game of the week-end. The Kilgore fan in me wants Kilgore native Ryan Bustin, Tech’s kicker, to have a great day. But I hope it doesn’t come down to Bustin having to beat Arkansas on a final kick.

• Georgia at South Carolina (****): On my list on page five, you’ll see that not only have I picked Georgia, just about every-one else has, too. And obviously, I think they’ll win. But wow – I don’t think South Carolina is as bad as they looked against A&M (( think A&M may end up be-ing WAY better than everyone thought). And Georgia is one of the country’s most overrated teams year-in and year-out.

I do, however, love to watch Georgia tailback Todd Gurley. The national media is just now coming on to Gurley. I think he’s probably the best running back in college football right now. Tune in for Gurley, if no other reason.

This week’s NFL games:• Dallas at Tennessee (***): The

Cowboys are so mediocre that I half expect them to go to Tennes-see and beat the Titans on Sunday. But I’m not about to predict it.

• Houston at Oakland (***): I don’t think Houston was as good as they looked last week, and I don’t think Oakland was as bad. And I still do not believe in Ryan Fitzpatrick, who should be waking

up to find his buggy is a pumpkin about the time the fourth quarter of this game starts.

• New Orleans at Cleveland (**): The rebuilding experiment continues in Cleveland. Saints get their first win of the season.

• Pittsburgh at Baltimore (*****): Boy, it’s hard to pick a winner. I don’t think a single play-er on the Baltimore Ravens will be lining up thinking about Ray Rice, the dismissed running back with the domestic violence cloud hang-ing over him. I just think Balti-more was already one-dimension-al, a pass-heavy team whose days of good defense are behind them.

I also think Pittsburgh is over the hill. But this Thursday night CBS game should be fun.

• Chicago at San Francisco (***): Until I see differently, I’m not picking a team quarterbacked by Jay Cutler, Chicago’s quarter-back. And I don’t care what kind of numbers he puts up.

• Philadelphia at Indianapo-lis (****): Finally, a Monday night game that might live up to its hype. The Colts are sting-ing from a comeback that fell short last Sunday in Denver, and Philadelphia had to come back to beat to Jacksonville (JACKSON-VILLE?!).

I picked Indy, and I’ll even go so far as to say the over-under on this game (the total number of points scored) will be 80. Lots of points, little defense. If that’s your cup of tea, watch this one.


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Mustangs hope to derail Cross Roads and avoid 0-3 startBy MITCH LUCAS

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The Overton High School Mustangs aren’t exactly riding high right now.

The Mustangs opened the season with a loss at Ore City, and then slipped to 0-2 with a 33-13 loss at home to All-Saints last weekend.

Coach Josh Barton’s greenshirts will at-tempt to right the ship a bit when Cross Roads comes calling to Coach Chester Roy Stadium this Friday night, a 7:30 p.m. kick-off.

Cross Roads, whiose Bobcats went 3-7 a year ago, is 1-1 now, and coming off a 55-26 win over Dawson. Coach Jim Bradford is in his second season.

The Bobcats could be primed for a good year. They have 17 starters back from a year ago. The Bobcats are trying to make their first playoff trip since 2003. That was also the program’s last winning season.

Cross Roads’ football program is rela-tively young, dating back to only 1980, and the Bobcats have only had four winning seasons.

Overton certainly has a rich playoff his-

tory, but the Mustangs have some work to do. They did lead All-Saints 13-6 at half-time, but the second half was a nightmare.

All-Saints quarterback Matt Brunson rushed for two touchdowns in the third quarter to put All-Saints in front for good, and had a touchdown pass to Logan Brad-ford. The 13 first-half points was all Over-ton could manage.

In the fourth, All-Saints scored twice more, including a 41-yard interception re-turn for a touchdown by Noah Bain.

Turnovers were a problem for Overton, who had two fumbles early in addition to

the late pick. Things looked good early on, though, as

Jacoby Dennis had an interception for the Mustangs, who would make All-Saints pay with a 16-yard run by Kameron Hawkins, the first score of the game. Connor Mc-Casland’s point after gave Overton the 7-6 advantage.

Overton scored again, this time on a pass from Brayton Pierce to Zane Williams from 34 yards out. But those were the only two scores for Overton.

The Mustangs are also at home next week against Beckville.


If Kilgore College plays its nor-mal game against Texas A&T this Saturday, the Rangers can assure themselves of a 3-0 start to the season.

KC (2-0 already) has gotten it done on the road, blistering over-matched Arkansas Baptist, 45-7, in the season opener in Little Rock. Last weekend, the Rangers pulled off what many might have considered an upset, going in to Georgia Military’s back yard and beating the 14th-ranked Bulldogs, 28-19 (see our story today on page 1B of the regular sports section).

It’s not looking like much of an upset now. In the latest NJCAA national poll, the Rangers debuted at No. 14.

The Rangers host Texas A&T, formerly known as Southeast Prep, this Saturday at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium, a 7 p.m. start. KC goes right back on the road next weekend to start South-west Junior College Football Conference play at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens, so this is the Rangers’ final warm-up before conference play begins.

A&T hasn’t had much of a season so far. The squad lost to Blinn, 77-6, and things don’t look good from here – they’ve yet to face KC, Navarro, Trinity Valley and Tyler, all expected to contend for the SWJCFC crown this sea-son.

They run into a buzzsaw this Saturday. The Rangers have aver-aged 36 points per game in the two they’ve played so far, and lead

the conference in defense (giving up just 13 points and 198 yards per game). The Rangers already have gotten eight turnovers this season.

If there is an area where coach J.J. Eckert’s team can improve, it’s in penalties. The Rangers have been flagged 33 times so far this year, by far the most of any of the teams in their conference, for 290 yards.

But Eckert’s two-quarterback approach has worked so far. Ja-velle Allen, a sophomore transfer from the University of Arizona, has completed 22-of-29 passes for 251 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions so far this sea-son. Averion Hurts, a sophomore who was KC’s backup last year, has completed 11-of-19 passes for 174 yards, four scores and an in-terception.

Nine different players have caught passes for the Rangers. Mi-chael Watson has eight catches for 156 yards and two touchdowns. Jeremiah Barnes and Louis Daily each have six catches; Barnes has six for 105 yards and a touch-down, Daily six for 44 yards and a score.

Corey Davis also has two catch-es, both for touchdowns.

There’s balance on offense. Ed-

die Smith, a sophomore, leads the running game with 150 yards on 12 carries, and Davis and Keevon Aldridge also are getting carries. The Rangers have only one rush-ing touchdown this year, though, and that was by Joe Louis, a fresh-man wide receiver.

Kicker Luis Sanchez has only kicked one field goal this sea-son, and he hit it (from 41 yards out). He’s made all 10 of his extra point kicks. Sanchez also handles punting duties. But he’s only had to punt twice, an average of 41 yards.

KC is led in tackles by safety Jordan Burton, who has 16 on the season. Linebacker Joe Lynch has 14, and Brelynd Goods (a defen-sive lineman) and Daniel Wood-son (a linebacker) each have 13. Freshman Dequinton Osborne has taken opponents by storm – he leads the Rangers with 4 ½ sacks. Kevin Wharry and Nick Fisher have the Rangers’ two in-terceptions.

The KC-Texas A&T game can be heard live on KDOK 105.3-FM, 1240-AM, and online on kdokradio.com. The broadcast, called by Manny Almanza, can also be heard live on tsrnsports.com, the Texas Sports Radio Net-work’s website, and on Kilgore Cable channel 2 (audio only).

In other games involving SWJCFC teams this weekend, Blinn visits Northeastern Okla-homa A&M (NEO), Tyler Junior College hosts Arkansas Baptist, and Cisco visits Trinity Valley. All of those games are slated for 7 p.m. kickoffs.


Rangers looking good so far; host A&T Saturday

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SATURDAY NIGHT’S ALL RIGHT FOR FIGHTING (OR TACKLING) -- Leverett’s Chapel’s Billy Hall (11) makes a stop on a Karnack player last Saturday. LC won big, 73-19, the first of two meetings with Karnack this year. This week, the Lions (1-1) play on Saturday again, this time at 10:30 a.m. at Athens Prep.

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The Bulldogs already have 807 yards rushing this year, are averaging a ridicu-lous 9.7 yards per carry, and have scored nine touchdowns. Kevrin Justice, a Univer-sity of Houston verbal commit, suffered a leg injury in the season opener at Nac, and didn’t play in the second half of that game or in the Flour Bluff game. Justice is expected back this season, possibly against Pine Tree, but that is not a certainty. He has 54 yards on 10 carries and a touchdown.

His replacements have kept the Kilgore running game going. Jaquorius Smith had 300 yards and five touchdowns against Flour Bluff, and leads the team in rushing this year with 469 yards and six scores on 45 carries. Caylon Williams has 179 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries, and quarterback Xavier Gaona has that added capability, as well. Gaona has 86 yards on 10 carries – remember that sacks come off a quarterback’s rushing total, and Gaona still has big positive yards. And Quavion Mumphrey has 39 yards on three carries.

In the two games, Gaona is 14-of-23 through the air for 240 yards and two scores, both to tight end Jarod Wood. Gao-na has one interception.

Wood leads the team with six catches for 182 yards (he’s averaging 30 yards per catch) and two touchdowns. Williams has 39 yards on two catches; Justice has 12 yards on two catches; Orange has three catches for 3 yards (all at the line of scrim-mage against Flour Bluff); and Will Colbert has a catch for 4 yards.

Kilgore’s offensive line is a good one, al-though it’s been retooled since last season, due to graduation. Sophomore Jackson Hatcher has done an admirable job at cen-ter. He’s joined up front by seniors Blake Guthrie and Darrion Sammons, the two hold-overs from last year’s line, as well as Jonathan Hubbard and Benji Peralez. The line has helped KHS roll up 1,047 total yards. They were plagued a little bit by false starts last week against Flour Bluff, but as a unit, the offense only has been flagged

eight times for 50 yards in two games.Due to an injury to kicker/cornerback

Christian Galvan in practice the week be-fore the Nac game, Kilgore has had to turn to backup kicker Livan Torres. But Torres has done a good job. He’s only had one field goal attempt, and he hit it, a 37-yarder against Flour Bluff in the first half of that game. He’s 5-of-6 in extra points, having missed one against Nac. The one extra point that failed against Flour Bluff wasn’t actually kicked.

Gaona is the team’s punter, and has punted five times this season so far for a 34-yard average.

Defensively, the Bulldogs had a tough night against Flour Bluff, giving up over 600 total yards, and the 51 points. It’s a young unit, with some inexperience, par-ticularly in the secondary, but hopefully, Kilgore is improving there. One thing Kilgore will need to work on is creating turnovers (just one all season, an intercep-tion by Colbert against Flour Bluff). In its

run to the state title game last year, Kilgore had double-digit turnovers early-on.

Kilgore is coached by Mike Wood, in his fifth season in charge of the Bulldogs after several as the program’s defensive coordi-nator. The Bulldogs are 37-17 since Wood became head coach, with seven of those losses in his first season in 2010. They’ve been to the fourth round of the playoffs or better in each of the years since, including the state semifinals at the end of the 2012 season, and the state title game last year.

Wood is joined by offensive coordina-tor and quarterbacks coach Rafe Mata, de-fensive coordinator Les Loper, and assis-tants Keith Meyers, Joey Pippen, Jay Dean, Mark Roskos, T.J. Gillen-Hall, Chad Loper, Charles Foshee, Klint Blankenship, Robert Cooley and Austin Walker.

Darrell “Red” Ganus and La’Tamera Fry are the team’s trainers, and Zack Vick and Tristan Graham the student trainers. Doug Duke is the assistant athletic director and Sharon Breedlove the program’s secretary.

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Sabine, West Rusk meet Friday in intriguing 3A matchupBy MITCH LUCAS

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Sabine has played well enough to be 2-0, but is 1-1.West Rusk has played a game and a half, but is still 0-1.Something will give Friday night in New London, as

coach John Frazier’s West Rusk Raiders will host the Sabine Cardinals, a 7:30 p.m. start at Bruce Bradshaw Stadium.

Sabine staged a late comeback last weekend, narrowly missing out on beating Frankston before falling, 29-23. The Raiders, playing Union Grove in Longview on a Satur-day night, were the victims of a lightning storm. West Rusk trailed 22-13 before the contest was called at the half due to that storm.

Sabine coach Mark Comfort believes the Raiders are a hungry bunch.

“They’ve got good athletes, some kids that can really play,” Comfort said of West Rusk on Monday. “They’re big up front. They’ve got those tall, lanky kids at the receiver

spots. They’ve got a good tailback that’s running the ball well. It’s going to be a good game.”

Sabine got out of its game with Frankston physically healthy, and Comfort hopes his defense continues to play as it has, forcing turnovers, getting quarterback sacks, and even blocking kicks.

“We’re running to the ball,” Comfort said. “Turnovers is one of the things we’re emphasizing in practice, and they’re listening.”

On the Raiders’ end, West Rusk was playing its annual game in Longview (the Raiders have faced Arp there the last few years), attempting to shake off the effects of a late loss to Harleton in the season opener.

And early-on against coach Roger Adams’ Union Grove team, it looked like West Rusk was going to do just that. Delsin Garner fell on a Union Grove fumble, and seven plays and 49 yards later, WR quarterback Dee Starling hooked up with Breyon Thurman for a 20-yard touchdown pass, giving his team a 7-0 lead.

Momentum quickly swung in favor of UG, though, when a snap on a WR punt went through the Raiders’ end zone, giving the Lions a safety. And then the Lions added to that lead on an 18-yard touchdown run by UG quarterback Tristen Thompson. The Lions led, 8-7.

West Rusk jumped back in front on a 3-yard run in the second quarter. West Rusk led 13-7, but that would be all the points the Raiders would get, as it turned out, on the night.

Union Grove would score twice more: a 22-yard pass from Thompson to Corey Sturrock, and an 89-yard inter-ception return for a touchdown by Rans Mullins.

The lightning, though, was too close for comfort, and both coaching staffs agreed to call the game at halftime, out of safety. The contest won’t count in the record books.

West Rusk will take next weekend off, and then will host Arp in the district opener for both teams on September 26. Sabine hosts Winnsboro. next Friday, then travels to Rains on Sept. 26. (See a story on Sabine-Frankston on page 1B).

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President’sColumn • 2

Mark yourcalendar • 7

Christmas parade • 7

MorningBrew • 7

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Upcomingmembership

networking • 7

What’s BeenHappening • 8

See SPOTLIGHT, Page 2

AMBASSADORSPOTLIGHT

Each month the Chamber will “Spot-light” an individual of our Ambassador program. These members are commit-ted to their service in the community of Kilgore and are a vital part of the spirit of our city. In our efforts to show our gratitude for their continued volunteer service, we want to recognize them, and we want you to have the op-portunity to get to know them as we know them.

JoeAnn KnightOccupation:Part-time Cleri-

cal Assistant @ T.H. Ander-son Pump

Where are you from (city, state)? Born near Jordan Plant Farm – Rusk County, Texas. I was the last of 6 chil-dren, the only girl with 5 older brothers.

How long have you been an Ambassador with the Kilgore Chamber? 6 or 7 years, I think.

Save the Date

the annual banquet of the

Kilgore Chamber of Commerce

Saturday, November 1, 2014 6:00 pm

at the Armory 1807 Stone Road

RSVP: 903-984-5022 or [email protected]

An Evening Under the Stars

Join us for an “Evening Under the Stars”Silent Auction~Cash Bar~Dinner~Program~Band/Dance

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VIP Premier Reserved Seating for 8; logo placement on all promotional materials; recognition as Premier Sponsor at event; Award Sponsor of the Citizen of the Year,

Ambassador of the Year and Chairman’s Award

Reserved Corporate Tables and Individual Tickets will be available soon.Watch for your invitation in the mail!

Time for some Q & AQ: What is your favorite

indoor/outdoor activity?A: Sight-seeing and muse-

ums

Q: If you could meet any-one, past or present, who would it be?

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As we come to the close of the Chamber’s fis-cal year, I have had the opportunity to reflect on the Chamber’s success during this past year. A lot of time has been spent this past year aligning the Chamber’s administrative processes, implementing new programs and enhancing the current programs and events. As we come to a close, the Chamber Board of Directors will also be reflecting on the past year and developing a new plan of action for the upcoming Chamber year during a Planning Retreat on September 17.

We are moving forward with new business programs that will continue to build value with our members.

A special thank you is ex-tended to each board mem-ber for their perseverance during this past year and for being progressive with change to build a stronger Chamber of Commerce. A Chamber only becomes effective with good busi-ness minded people at the helm. And we have great people on board!

The next few months are the busiest for the Chamber of Commerce! I am excited (and some-times overwhelmed) as I think about the activities underway at this time. On October 1, the Cham-ber’s fiscal year begins with the seating of newly elected board members and officers. October will be busy admin-istrative time with budget preparation, committee formation and finalizing the Chamber’s Business Plan for the year.

On November 1, the Chamber will celebrate the successes of the past year and welcome in the new year at the Chamber Annual

Banquet. Within this newsletter is a SAVE THE DATE notice and information about the evening event. This year the banquet will be an “Evening Under the Stars” on Saturday, November 1 begin-ning at 6:00 with a mix & mingle, silent auction, dinner, reflection video of the past year, award pre-sentation to a few including the prestigious Citizen of the Year award, followed by entertainment and dancing until you are tired! We have had a great year and want to celebrate in Kilgore style. We hope you will join us.

A couple of weeks later the Chamber will kick off the new Christmas time promotion…. “Christmas Under the Stars.” The new Kilgore promotion will start with the KHPF Derrick Lighting celebra-tion on November 20 followed by the Mt. Kilgore Snowhill event that will be held on November 21-22. The next week, Kilgore Main Street will host Mingle & Jingle on November 29 and this will be followed by the Kilgore Christmas Parade on De-cember 2 hosted by the Chamber of Commerce. Other events will take place during December and I will share more information next month. We are still finalizing details with the community organi-zations.

As I close, I send my thanks to our Member Investors for their commitment and belief in the Kilgore Chamber of Commerce. For business owners who are not currently investing in the

Chamber of Commerce, we cordially invite you to visit with us. The Chamber exists for and because of business!

P.S. You may have noticed that we are using …Under the Stars….on some of our events. We are not lacking creativity, we are placing fo-cus on our new Kilgore logo and brand shown at the top of the article.

Cindy L. Morris

From the deskof the President

SPOTLIGHT Continued from Page 1

A: Any of my grandparents – all were gone when I was born.Q: What do you want to be when you grow up?A: A caring, kind, responsible adult.

Q: If the saying goes, “You learn something new every day”…What is something new you learned last week?

A: The least said, the better…keep my mouth shut.

Q: What was the last movie, TV show or book that you really enjoyed?

A: Frozen – I love Walt Disney movies.

Q: If you could stay a certain age forever, what age would it be?A: 42 years old (before gray hair)

Q: What is your favorite food?A: Purple hull peas and cornbread

On Tuesday, October 7th, neighborhoods throughout Kilgore are invited to join forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the “31st Annual National Night Out” crime and drug prevention event. National Night Out, which is sponsored by the National Association of Town Watch and co-sponsored locally by your Kilgore Police Department.

National Night Out is de-signed to: (1) Heighten crime and drug prevention awareness; (2) Generate Support for, and participation in, local anticrime efforts; (3) Strengthen neighbor-hood spirit and police commu-nity partnerships; and (4) Send a message to criminals letting them know neighborhoods are organized and fighting back.

From 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. on October 7th, residents in neigh-

borhoods throughout Kilgore and across Texas are asked to lock their doors, turn on outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors and po-lice.

Can the Kilgore Police De-partment count on you to host a block party in your area? Please RSVP to Lieutenant Tony Stone at 903.218.6910 or [email protected]

Kilgore Night Out Oct. 7

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Gates open - 5 pmPit Party – 6 pm

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Call 903-918-4443for more information

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2013-2014KILGORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE BOARDBob Martin, Chairman – Individual

Rohena Patel, Chair-Elect – Comfort SuitesDennis McFadin, Vice Chair – D&D Industrial Welding Supply

Jo Stewart Maxwell, Treasurer - JOMAXVic Price, Past Chair – Orgill Inc.

Cindy Morris, President – Kilgore Chamber

BOARD OF DIRECTORSRicky Ables, The Office Center

Kent Bryson, Austin BankGilbert Lopez, All Star Ford

Pat McCrory, New Generation FarmsCharlotte Mobbs, Mobbs Real Estate Group

Mary Ramos, Kilgore MagazineDr. Jadie Roberts, Kilgore Eye Care Center

Mable Streets, ADS Beauty SupplyAmber Taylor, East Texas Treatment Center

Kim Triece, Kilgore National BankJim Wallace, Austin Bank

EX-OFFICIOCara Cooke, KISD

Dr. Bill Holda, Kilgore CollegeAmanda Nobles, KEDC

Scott Sellers, City of KilgoreBill Woodall, Kilgore News Herald

Larry Perkinswww.larrywperkins.com

734 Highway 259 N.Kilgore, TX 75662

Bus. 903-984-0678Hablamos español

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Welcome to Kilgore!

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1986 Chamber President - Board

KILGORE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RIBBON CUTTING


Snowhill has been an event that has drawn hundreds of families to the Kilgore area for years. This year Snowhill is going to be bigger and better than ever!

Below is a list of activities that are new or improved for this year:

2 days instead of 1!! The event will be November 21-22 to kick off the Christmas season and will be held in the evening to ensure we have a wonderful Christmas at-mosphere.

New this year Mt. Kilgore Snowhill will include TWO snowhills –a large one for the bigger kids and a small one for the younger kids!! We will also have the Snowglobe for family Christmas photos, Bicycle Giveaway, activities & games for the kids, a Christmas Art & Craft Show, en-tertainment and we are working on other activities now!

In addition, the Kilgore Chamber will be implementing a month long Christmas promotion to promote the many activities and events that will be taking place. We are partnering with KHPF, Kilgore Main Street and other organization’s under the umbrella theme of “Christmas Under the Stars.”

“Christmas Under the Stars” will include: Nov 20 - Christmas in the Patch – Derrick Lighting

(KHPF)Nov 21-22 - Mt. Kilgore Snowhill (Chamber of Com-

merce)Nov 29 - Mingle & Jingle (Kilgore Main Street)

Dec 2 – Kilgore Christmas Parade (Chamber of Com-merce)

Dec 7 – Rangerettes Christmas ShowDec 13 - Kilgore Tour of Homes (KHPF)*This calendar is not complete at this time. Additional

events will be added.We hope you will make plans now to celebrate the

Christmas season with us!

KFD to host S.A.F.F.E. Day

“A Texas Christmas”What does a Texas Christmas mean to you?

Whether it’s a derrick topped with stars, a pair of twinkling boots, a Snowman wearing a cowboy hat, a Red, White & Blue Christmas tree, a deco-rated 4-wheel drive, a ’57 Chevy pickup loaded down with toys, a longhorn wearing bells, Santa in a plaid shirt or a red-nosed armadillo, the Kilgore Chamber invites you to share your spirit of A Tex-as Christmas with us at the 84th Annual Kilgore Christmas Parade!

Date: Tuesday, December 2nd Time: 6:30 pm

Parade applications are available onlineat www.kilgorechamber.com or at the Chamber

office. Call 903-984-5022 or [email protected] for more details.

Snowhill…Bigger and Better than Ever!!

The Kilgore Fire Department will be host-ing the 3rd Annual S.A.F.F.E. Day (Special Abilities Family Fun Event) on Septem-ber 20, 2014, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. S.A.F.F.E. Day is a special event held in Downtown Kilgore on North Commerce Street near the Train Depot and the World’s Richest Acre.

This event promotes community support and involvement. It takes numerous volun-teers and donations to make this a success-ful endeavor. We are asking the community to help with this event in various ways. Our goal is to provide a very special day for any child or adult with special needs, including but not limited to medical, physical, men-tal, or learning disabilities. This is a FREE event for anyone with special needs and their families and/or care givers. At last year’s event over 150 S.A.F.F.E. Day volunteers welcomed more than 1000 special guests and their family members/care givers. All ac-tivities are modified so everyone, no matter

what the ability, can participate in some way. S.A.F.F.E. Day provides the special ability

person with hands-on fire safety education and a fun, free, and relaxing day for the en-tire family. We look forward to spending a day of fun and fellowship with you whether you are a guest or a volunteer. Some of the activities will include: Free lunch for all at-tendees, fire truck rides, dunking booth, ob-stacle course, face painting & tattoos, Sparky visit, Shriners’ Fire Brigade and clowns, Stop, Drop, and Roll tumbling, trikes from AM-BUCS, and much more...including some new surprises! Organizations set up booths with free valuable information referencing special needs.

If interested in volunteering or making a donation, call the Kilgore Fire Department Administration – 903-988-4119. More in-formation and registration forms may be found at www.cityofkilgore.com/SAFFE or our Facebook page SAFFE Day - Kilgore, TX. We hope to see you there!

Congratulations Congratulations KILGORE CHAMBER KILGORE CHAMBER

OF COMMERCE OF COMMERCE on doing sucon doing such anh an

eexcellent job!xcellent job!

WWe’re looking forwarde’re looking forwardto another excellent year!to another excellent year!

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August 1-31, 2014

Thank you to our member investors who con-tinue investing toward the Chamber’s goals and programming used to enhance the Kilgore busi-ness environment.

AceStar DistributorsBen Maines Air Conditioning, Inc.Best Western Inn of KilgoreChampion Technologies, Inc.City of KilgoreCoastal Chemical Co.Deana CovinDMECO-Durable Medical Equipment Co.Dr. Duane Landry, DDS Dr. Rocco DeSantis, DDSEast Texas Council of Government - ETCOGExecutive InnFour-S Oil Company, Inc.Gabriel Jordan Pontiac Buick GMCGeo-Vest, Inc.Gratton ChiropracticHalliburton Energy Services

Inland Products, Inc.JJS Sales & Service, LLCJulie Woods & Associates Real Estate FirmKilgore Community Concert AssociationKilgore Health & RehabilitationKilgore Pest ControlKilgore Veterinary Assoc.Kindle DentalMcCary’s Chapel United MethodistMcDonald’s Family RestaurantMegan Hamner, DDSNewk’s EateryOil Patch Pipe and Supply, Inc.Papa Johns - T&J Miller Enterprises, LLCPat HaynesRainbow RealtyRegion VII Education Service CenterSabine Pipe & SupplySchleier& Brown, AttorneysSouthport Environmental & Development. IncTelephone Directory of Texas, Inc.Zwick Management, LLC/Gussie Nell Davis

Rangerette Residence

WELCOME NEW CHAMBER MEMBER

INVESTORSAugust 1-31, 2014

We are delighted to introduce our new member investors - the lifeblood of our business organization. We con-tinually strive to connect our business investors to other businesses and the community at large.

Please welcome them by visiting their website or stopping by to introduce yourself. The personal touch will help our chamber continue to grow and thrive.

Kindle Dental726 US Hwy 259 NKilgore, TX [email protected] Dentistry

2014 HONDA RANCHER ATV1 for $20.00 or 6 for $100.00

Portion of the proceeds benefit Kilgore Chamber of Commerce Scholarship Fund. Every year multiple students are awarded schol-arship funds to attend the college of their choice. You can help make that happen with a chance to win a 2014 Honda Rancher ATV.

Purchase tickets for a chance to win. Only 500 tickets will be sold, so the odds are in your favor!The drawing will be held on Friday, September 12, 2014 during the Chamber Golf Classic. Must be 18 years of age, but need not be present at time of draw-ing to win.

Thank you to our sponsors:All Star Ford – D & D Industrial Welding Supply – Bob Davis

Sales – Kilgore National Bank Mobbs Builders – Tommy Merritt – Comfort Suites

*Tax, title & license fees will be the responsibility of the winner.


Kilgore Chamber’s newest networking event…where business members come together once a month to connect, reconnect and do business. Join us for coffee and business networking at …

D & D Industrial Welding Supply7064 Hwy 42 North

Thursday, September 18, 2014 • 8:30 – 9:15 am Attendees have the opportunity to make announcements and hear

from the host business. New members and first-time attendees are intro-duced. Door prizes and breakfast refreshments top off the morning. Join us and bring your business card to enter for awesome door prizes!

Confirm your attendance via email or phone to: Sheryl Phillips at 984-5022 or [email protected].

A Chamber Member Since 1990

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CongratulationsKilgore Chamber of Commerce

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UPCOMING EVENTS & ACTIVITIES

Community Sept 13 S.A.F.F.E. Motorcycle Ride 7:30 am Meadowbrook Event Center Sept 13 Monster Truck Fall Nationals 7:30 pm Lonestar Speedway Sept 15 Facebook 101 7:00 pm City Hall Sept 18 5th Annual Spud Luncheon 11-2:00 pm Arabella of Kilgore Sept 18 Main Street Advisory Board Meeting 5:30 pm City Hall Sept 20 S.A.F.F.E. Day All Day Commerce St - Downtown Sept 20 Sip ‘N Shop – Kiss Summer Goodbye 6:00 pm Downtown Kilgore Sept 20 Vocal Majority Concert 7:00 pm Dodson Auditorium (Community Concert Series) Sept 23 City Council Meeting 5:30 pm City Hall Oct 1 HOT Funds Advisory Council 4:00 pm City Hall Oct 7 Kilgore Night Out 6-9 pm Kilgore Neighborhoods Oct 14 City Council Meeting 5:30 pm City Hall Oct 16 Main Street Advisory Board 5:30 pm City Hall Oct 18 Oktoberfest All Day Downtown Kilgore Oct 18 Cinema Under the Stars At Dusk Downtown Kilgore

Chamber Sept 10 Executive Committee Meeting 12 Noon Chamber Office Sept 11 Ribbon Cutting @ Arabella of Kilgore 12 Noon 2103 Chandler Sept 12 Annual Chamber Golf Classic All Day Meadowbrook Event Center Sept 15 Snowhill/Christmas Under the Stars Committee 11:30 am Chamber Office Sept 17 Chamber Board of Directors Meeting 8:30 Comfort Suites Kilgore Sept 17 Chamber Board Planning Retreat All Day Comfort Suites Kilgore Sept 18 Morning Brew @ D&D Welding Supply 8:30 am 7064 Hwy 42 North

If you have a community event you wish to have listed on the Kilgore Calendar (www.kilgorechamber.com), contact the Chamber at 903-984-5022 or send us information via email to [email protected]. Soon you will be able to submit information via website event calendar.

Congratulations to Debbie McDaniel, our Ambassador of the Quarter. Debbie had exceptional attendance and participation at our events and Ribbon Cuttings in the Kilgore community. As a to-ken of our appreciation, she received a $25 gift certifi-cate. Thank you Debbie, for your dedication and support!

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