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Hometown newspaper of Janie Booth USPS NO. 114-150 Vol. 134, No. 33 Wednesday, April 24, 2013 2 Sections, 30 Pages

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All area working women are invited to this year’s Atlanta Area Working Women reception from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. Wednes-day, April 24, at Mattie Lanier Richey Cen-ter located at 1 Sportsplex Dr. in Atlanta.

The reception is sponsored by the Atlan-ta Area Chamber of Commerce, Atlanta Citizens Journal and the Young Profes-sionals Network.

Look inside this newspaper for adver-tisements of businesses recognizing their

working women.Each woman attending the reception

will receive a flower from Benita’s and a free copy of the Working Women’s section, compliments of the Citizens Journal.

There will also be a large table of hors d’oeuvres and refreshments for all. Door prizes are provided by local businesses and all ladies attending the event can reg-ister for the drawing.

Sponsors include Merle Norman, Ami-

go Juan, Roman’s Pizza, Discount Wheel and Tire, Family Eye Care Clinic, Cass County Bank, Atlanta Athletics, Sunday Best Sandwich Shoppe, Terrell Brothers Fur-niture & Appliances, Luigi’s Italian Café, Christy @ Tara N Co. Salon, Superior Re-alty, Red Door Consignment Store, Price Hardware, Queen Cite Floral, Citizens Journal, Terri’s Treasures, and Benita’s Atlanta Floral.

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Organizers say the 43rd annual Linden Wildflower Trails Festival has something for everyone.

Friday the Linden Garden Club will open their doors from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Garden Center for visitors to view the “Home Town Pride” flow-er show.

On display they will have floral arrangements created by members and horticultur-al grown by members.

The rodeo will kick-off that night with a portion of the proceeds benefitting the American Cancer Society Re-

lay For Life of Cass County. Saturday the 5K race will

start the day’s event as run-ners and walkers start in front of the Cass County Courthouse.

Live music will start at 9 a.m. on the square.

A special event to honor those who serve and have served including wounded warriors, veterans and active duty members will be held Saturday, April 27, during the Linden Wildflower Trails Festival.

“Last year’s festival was great, but this year’s should be even better,” said Mary Dowd event coordinator. “We

have so many events and ac-tivities, we are sure to have something for everyone.

“New to this festival is the Tribute to the Wounded War-rior, which has been planned and organized by Jo Miller. She has had the wonder-ful idea to honor Linden’s wounded warriors and all veterans in a very special pa-rade and program that all be-gins about 1 p.m.”

Patriotic music will begin at 1 p.m. on the south side of the courthouse. The patriotic parade will start at 1:30 p.m. The parade will start in front of the former Milstep Store where veterans are asked to

line up. The patriotic parade will

travel around the courthouse square starting on Main street, turn east on to Hous-ton street, turn south on to Kaufman street, then make a final turn west on to Rush street. The parade will then stop on the south side of the courthouse square for a trib-ute program where partici-pants should assemble.

All veterans are asked to take part in this special hon-or and recognition by gath-ering at the former Milstep Store on Main St. Those able to walk will do so along the parade route. A float will be

provided for those unable to walk the route.

The program of tribute will include the posting of col-ors by Hughes Springs Color Guard, honored guest, music, speaker and guest master of ceremony.

Grand Marshal is Blake McMinn who was severely wounded in Iraq in 2007. He is a member of the Wounded Warrior U.S. Army Champi-onship Basketball Team and supporter of other wounded warriors.

Also serving as grand mar-shals are retired CMSgt. Deb-ra Lyles and retired CMSgt.

Annual Wildflower Trails Festival is a family event

See FESTIVAL on page 2

Atlanta ISD board accepts bid for Main Street property

Aaron named Journal Managing Editor

Forum set for Queen Cityschool board candidates

Austin lewterPublisher

The Atlanta School Board ac-cepted a $100 bid from Don Da-vis last week for the purchase and removal of a dated house on East Main Street in Atlanta.

Superintendent Roger Haley told the Journal the house sits on a piece of property the dis-trict acquired a few years ago.

“The district bought a tract of land north of West Main Street to eventually build a high school on,” Haley said. “The bond failed. This house sits on a piece of land also acquired that would give traffic access to the property from West Main.”

Haley said the house is in a state of ill repair and sits direct-ly where a possible driveway

could be.The $100 bid includes the buy-

er moving the house and they have agreed to do so within 30 days.

In other business, at their reg-ular meeting last Tuesday night the board:

-Recognized the Atlanta Mid-dle School Math and Science Team for a Sweepstakes perfor-

mance and overall second place finish at the State meet in San Antonio last month.

- Received the monthly en-rollment report, which cited the general enrollment trend is maintaining and upward curve.

-Voted unanimously to accept and implement the Student Health Advisory Council’s rec-ommendations offered at the

March meeting. -Accepted the consent agenda

as presented. -Renewed their annual agree-

ment with KPYN radio to broadcast Atlanta ISD athletics.

-Approved a few changes to the 2013-2014 school calendar.

-Approved district resigna-tions and retirements as recom-mended by Haley.

The Piney Woods Republi-can Women’s Club will host a non-partisan forum for the candidates running for the Queen City School Board from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, April 27, at Queen City Funeral Home.

All candidates for Place 1, Place 2 and Place 3 will have an opportunity to present their

ideas and solutions to the citi-zens of Queen City in an unbi-ased moderated forum.

Candidates will have equal time to present their platform followed by a brief question and answer session.

The event is free and open to the public.

The venue is located at 421 Loop 236 in Queen City.

stAff reportArklatex local Robin Aaron

has been named Managing Ed-itor of the Citizens Journal, according to publisher Austin Lewter.

“Robin is a rare breed of jour-nalist who genuinely cares about community journalism and the ideas we try to foster here at the Journal,” Lewter said.

A native of Simms, Aaron holds a degree in Mass Com-munications from TAMU-Tex-arkana.

She comes to Atlanta from New Boston where she has served as the editor of the Bow-ie County Citizens Tribune since 2009.

When asked why she enjoys her field, Aaron said, “I love that each day is like a blank slate. I can never be sure what will be in store or who I will come in contact with.

“I love the collaboration and creativity that happens with those on my staff. I love that, in this job, you can never stop learning. I love making a posi-tive impact on my community.

And I absolutely love when something we’ve written brings light to an issue and helps im-

Robin Aaron

prove the lives of others.”“Robin will be a great fit to

our already outstanding team,” Lewter said. “She gets what we do and we are thrilled to have her on board.”

Aaron is in the process of re-locating to Atlanta and looks forward to meeting the commu-nity.

She starts today and will be on hand this afternoon at the Atlanta Area Chamber of Com-merce Professional Woman’s Day to greet her new commu-nity.

robin AAronManaging Editor

The Jason Helms Band (JHB) owned the stage Sat-urday night. The show ben-efited the Percy Johnson Burn Foundation in Shreve-port and took place at Auntie Skinners during the Outlaws National Car Show in Jeffer-son, Texas. The band recent-ly named Live Music Band of the year by the Texas Mu-sic Awards and Academy of Texas Music, Inc. may have a couple “hometown heroes” of their own. They are looking forward to even more success with the upcoming release of their second album.

In their first year with the Academy of Texas Music,

Jason Helms Band won Live Band of the year and was nominated for three other awards - Rising Star, Record of the Year and Live Band.

“It is just a fantastic hon-or to be recognized for our live show,” front man Jason Helms said. “To even be nom-inated out of all the bands in the state of Texas alone is an honor. Some of my favor-ite bands are Texas acts. One thing that separates us is that we are not a cover band. I very rarely play recognizable songs. I write songs. That’s the reason I even play in a band is that I need this outlet. I’m blessed to have one of the best bands ever to play in this area period. And we are tight

and it shows.”Hailing from Hope, Ark., Ja-

son was blessed with a musi-cal upbringing, a gritty voice and a gift for producing down-to-earth lyrics and unforget-table melodies.

As the only son of a single mother, who has been the member various vocal groups herself and who played gui-tar, Helms spent his formative years learning to sing harmo-ny and spending countless evenings playing along to var-ious artists. His favorites in-clude everything from Willie Nelson and Alabama to Led Zeppelin and Carly Simon.

See BAND on page 2

Local band making big splashLocal musical group the Jason Helms band was recently named ‘Live band of the Year’ by the Academy of Texas Music in Linden.

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•“Stitched, Woven and Hooked” Quilts and Heritage Fiber Arts Friday & Saturday 9 am - 5 pm, Jefferson Visitors Center, 305 E. Austin

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Atlanta Athletic Booster ClubAnnual Sports Banquet

Monday, April 29 Complimentary Meal Service for AthletesDinner Service at 6 p.m.

Friends, Family and Supporters$12.00

Catfish, chicken strips and all the trimmings from

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The rest of the band includes drummer James Williams from Bivins, Texas, guitarist Josh Pinkham from New Boston, and bass player Joe Dunn is from Tex-arkana but now lives in Hooks.

Helms says the band is a tight-knit group and it shows. They have been together about five years now. Pinkham is the newest addition.

Josh Pinkham graduated New Boston High School in 2001. He came into the picture when Helms went looking for a guitar player.

“He knew of me as the bass player for Recession Proof, called me up and asked if I wanted to jam and audition for the band,” Pinkham said.

The son of New Boston Police Chief Kerry Pinkham says he start-ed playing around 12 or 13 years-old. It was bluegrass that he start-ed out on. His influences on guitar were Hendrix, Stevie Ray, Zakk Wy-lde, Randy Rhoads and others.

“Dad taught me the “Tennessee Walz” and “Wildwood Flower” and some other songs like that,” Pinkham said.

As for winning Live Band of the Year, Pinkham says he is very opti-mistic about it.

“We’re starting to see some doors come open down the road and we’re looking forward to playing more than we have been,” he said.

“Winning the live act of the year award is exciting. It’s great to be recognized for what you do,” Drum-mer James Williams said. “At least you feel like people are kind of get-ting what your trying to put out there.”

Williams grew up outside of At-lanta in the small town of Bivins. He says he got into music at an ear-ly age.

“I started playing drums as a child, and have been pretty much most of my life,” Williams said. I

was just always attracted to it. I got my first set around 10. Mom had to have patience of Job. I probably drove her nuts, but she never really complained that much.”

After several months working on their second album, Williams is get-ting excited. He says that the first album was great, but he feels like this one is going be better.

“I really appreciate people here in this area,” Williams said. “They ap-preciate live, original music.”

The show this weekend was their first time back onstage. They are returning after three weeks off the road following the Texas Music Awards, which took place March 23rd at the Texas Music Barn lo-cated inside the Academy of Texas Music building in Linden.

In the meantime, they’ve been working on the new album.

According to Helms, their main fo-cus now is to spread the word about the band to as many as possible.

“We just want do what everybody wants to,” Helms said. “Make a liv-ing at this.”

With the addition of new booking agents in Fla., San Angelo, Bowie and Cleburne, Texas Helms is ex-pecting things to pick up.

He is convinced this second al-bum, entitled (R)evolution, will be even more successful than their first “Redemption”. He told the crowd Saturday he decided to go lighter on the love songs and heavi-er on the rowdy Red Dirt country that JHB is known for this time around.

(R)evolution will include all new songs. Expected release is at be-ginning of summer. The band will, once again, be recording their own instruments, no hired musician. JHB says they want everything they do to be 100 percent authentic JHB.

He says the track “Firefly” is one

he is excited about.“That song is a song about being in

love with someone who only loves you back at their convenience.” Helms said. “It’s like trying to catch a firefly. The story is about star-crossed lovers.”

Helms says that in that song, the guy continuously pursues the girl, who keeps on pushing him away. At the end she comes around but, by this time, his heart has changed.

In 2011 Jason’s music got the at-tention of MTV’s partner project, Ourstage.com. He won a total of 11 awards that year including win-ning top honors in the Country Singer-Songwriter, and Alternative Country categories for his songs “My Kind Of Woman”, “Headed Home”, and “Los Angeles”. He was also name by Ourstage Magazine as Country Artist to Watch in 2012.

Jason’s first and current single to the Texas charts, “Where You Wan-na Go” happened in 2012. At the time of this printing, the debut sin-gle had risen from # 124 at the week of its release to # 38 and still rising after only six weeks.

Jason Helms Band has performed on stages with artists like Randy Rogers, Stoney LaRue, Reckelss Kelly, Bruce Robinson, Tracy Byrd, Lee Ann Womack, Rich O’Toole, Tracy Lawrence, Mickey and the Motorcars, Cold Ford and others. In January of 2011, Helms had the chance to meet and perform with none other than Merle Haggard.

So if the road goes up from here for JHB, there is no telling what the future holds for this hardworking band.

Upcoming dates include April 26 at Fat Jack’s #2 in Hot Springs, Ark, May 4 at the Wooden Indian in Atlanta, Texas, May 18 at Jose’s Supper Club in Morrilton, Ark. And May 25 at the Boonies in Hope, Ark.

Band from page 1

Drew Baker. After serving many years of de-

ployment and stateside services both retired with high honors from the United States Air Force this past year.

All service men and women are encouraged to attend and be a part of this special event.

For more information, contact Jo Miller at 903-756-7277 of Trish Haley at 903-733-0738.

“We are excited about this trib-ute because it is a formal ‘thank you!’ to our honorable military

men and women who ensure our freedom every day of their lives,” Dowd said. “We want everyone to tie a yellow ribbon ‘round trees, lamp posts, business doors, and anything else they think of to show pride in our soldiers.”

Returning events Dowd said that everyone looks forward to are, the art show, quilt show and flower show. And, in the past few years they have had the classic car show.

Dowd said they are bringing back the bouncy house for the

children and will have the Lions’ Club Cake Walk.

She said everyone should en-joy the live music this year. The Napper Sisters will be back and for the first time the E Flat Porch Band and Amy Lyons and Bob McClure from the Northeast Texas Dulcimer Chorus will per-form.

“Music always makes the festi-val lively and fun and these two bands will be the perfect fit for the festivities,” Dowd said then exclaimed. “I can’t wait!”

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By AngelA guilloryaguillory@casscountynow.com

ProRodeo Hall of Famer and five-time World Champion Bullfighter Rob Smets, better known as “The Kamikaze,” will be the announcer for the 13th Annual Cass County Championship Rodeo.

The rodeo is set for Friday and Saturday, April 26-27, at the Cass County Rodeo Grounds located on Hwy 8 North at FM 1399 across from the Cass County Sheriff’s De-partment in Linden.

Organizers say they are excited about the new addition. Smets has been the bullfighter for the Profes-sional Bull Riders and the Nation-al Finals Rodeo numerous times. He has also made appearances on Country Music Television (CMT), The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Good Morning America.

Smets will have autograph ses-sions before the rodeo each night.

“This will be our first year to have someone of such popularity as Rob Smets,” said Gregg Fitts, CCCRA president. “We hope to attract many more participants as well as

spectators to the rodeo.The Cass County Championship

Rodeo Association was organized in 2001 to encourage the sport of rodeo in the county.

“We have concentrated our efforts to involve the children and youth of Cass County in the activities,” Fitts said.

Each year the association gives a scholarship to one graduating senior at each of the seven high schools in Cass County. CCCRA’s goal is to increase the scholarship amount for each recipient to help pay for their higher education. With the help of sponsors and participation the CCCRA can con-tinue to grow and make the rodeo a success for years to come, Fitts said.

CCCRA rodeo is also unique, since in addition to the eight regular events it offers a “Critter Scram-ble” for children ages 6 and under and also for children ages 7 to 12. In this event the farm critters – goats, rabbits, chickens, ducks, guineas and pigs – are set free in the arena and the children get to keep any

critter they can catch. Organizers have increased the

added money for the events for 2013.

The rodeo is sanctioned by four associations, which allows more contestants to be able to compete in the rodeo.

The associations are the Cow-boys Regional Rodeo Association (CRRA), United Professional Ro-deo Association (UPRA), Ark-La-Tex Pro Rodeo Association (APRA) and Arkansas Rodeo Association (ARA).

Each year CCCRA donates a por-tion of Friday night ticket sales to an organization to help support its cause.

This year CCCRA will donate to the Cass County Relay For Life.

In 2012, CCCRA donated $500 to the Cass County Relay For Life. In previous years the rodeo has donat-ed to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital and the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

For information call Joe Early at 903-756-7556 or 903-756-5932 after 6 p.m.

CCC Rodeo slated for Friday, SaturdayObituariesETHEL MARIE SMITH GAMBLEMarch 18, 1915 – April 22, 2013

Ethel Marie Smith Gamble, 98, of Atlanta, went to be with the Lord, Monday, April 22, 2013, in a local adult care facility.

She was born March 18, 1915, in Many, La., to James and Ada Dowden. She was the owner of Ethel’s Beauty Shop for over 35 years in Shreve-port, La., was a past member of Wood Springs Baptist Church and a current member of Open Door Baptist Church. She enjoyed watching golf; spending time with grandchildren and was a mas-ter storyteller.

Her husbands, Frank Smith and Ward Gamble; a daughter, Dorothy Jean Ware; and three brothers preceded her in death.

She is survived by two daughters, Frankie Payne and husband William of Gardner, Kansas and Yvonne King and husband Larry of Atlanta; one son-in-law, Robert Ware of Emerson, Ark.; 10 grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchil-dren; and a number of great-great-grandchildren and other relatives.

Visitation will be Wednesday, April 24, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hanner Funeral Service.

Graveside services will be 1 p.m., Thursday, April 25, at Forest Park Cemetery in Shreveport, La., under the direction of Hanner Funeral Service.

Guest registry is available at www.hannerfuner-alservice.com.

HERSHEL LEE WICKS, JR.Aug. 31, 1936 – April 20, 2013

Hershel Lee Wicks, Jr., 76, of Atlanta, went to be with the Lord, Saturday, April 20, 2013, in a Texar-kana hospital surrounded by family.

He was born Aug. 31, 1936, in Lawton, Okla., to Hershel, Sr. and Elsie Wicks. He was retired from First National Bank of Commerce, was a member of First United Methodist Church of Commerce, was past president of the Kiwanis Club of Com-merce, Texas, was past president of the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and was a member of the Atlanta Masonic Lodge #463. He also served in the U. S. Army.

He was preceded in death by a stepson, Larry Kirkland; and his parents, Hershel, Sr. and Elsie Wicks.

He is survived by his wife, Alice “Readie” Wicks of Atlanta; three daughters, Pamela Kathryn “PK” Wicks of Pearland, Cynthia Lee Wicks “JR” of Frisco and Tammy Marie Kirkland of Mem-phis, Tenn.; one sister, Thelma Polizio of Lompoc, Calif.; four grandchildren, Whitney Jones Fran-cis, Jordan Jones, Jack Jones and Ava Endicott; one great-grandson, Alex Jones; and a number of other relatives.

Visitation was held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, April 21, at Hanner Funeral Service.

Funeral services were 10 a.m. Monday, April 22, at Piney Grove Baptist Church under the direction of Hanner Funeral Service with Bro. Chris Cowan officiating. Interment followed at Antioch Ceme-tery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Parkinson’s Disease Association, 135 Parkinson Ave, Staten Island, N.Y. 10305; Alz-heimer’s Alliance, 104 Cypress, Texarkana, Texas 75503; or to the National MS Society, P O. Box 4527, New York, N.Y. 10163.

Guest registry is available at www.hannerfuner-alservice.com.

JAMES BRIGGS, SR.June 14, 1943 – April 17, 2013

James Briggs, Sr., 69, of Naples, died Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in Longview. Funeral services were held 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, in the chapel of Reeder-Davis-Schindler Funeral Home in Linden. Interment followed at Union Hill Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis-Schindler Funeral Service.

LELA EMMA CASONSept. 26, 1986 – April 14, 2013

Lela Emma Cason, 26, of Texarkana, died, Sun-day, April 14, 2013, at her residence. Graveside ser-vices were held 2 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at New Colony Cemetery under the direction of Hanner Funeral Service.

RUBY WILLIAMSFuneral services are pending with at Reed-

er-Davis Funeral Home for Ruby Williams, 81, of Daingerfield, who died April 18, 2013 in Tyler.

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Many students attend-ed a Spring Fling held Friday, April 12, at Mc-Leod ISD.

The event was planned by middle school teach-ers as a way for students to spend a fun evening with their peers.

Students wore special Spring Fling T-shirts designed to glow in the black lights that were put in place for the event.

Those attending were also given glow brace-lets when they entered and were treated to a night of games, kara-oke, dancing and food.

Courtesy photosMakayla Fielder, Brook Jester and Brianna DeBruhl after par-ticipating in the pie contest.

Chelsea Spain, Desaree Marsh, Bailey Curry, Bailey Fielder, Faith Crocker and Kendra Bry-ant enjoy the celebration.

Savanna Patterson, Payden Courtney, Mrs. Lee (teaching assistant), Zach Mauldin and Mae-gan Clements take time out from the activities to pose for a picture.

Mary Hale and Zach Mauldin strike a pose.

McLeod hosts Spring Flingfor middle school students

Roark Auto PartsCustomer Appreciation Day

Courtesy photosGuests visited Roark Auto Parts for Customer Appreciation Day held Thursday, April 18. To express appreciation to customers, the business provided hamburgers, hot dogs and door prizes.

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OpinionOpinion

Dave Ramsey

Financial advisor

Starting over after divorceDave says...

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Dear Dave,My divorce will be final in a month,

and I’ll have $100,000 when everything is over. I will also have $8,000 in cred-it card debt, and I’m currently unem-ployed. Do you have any suggestions to help me move forward?

Meryl

Dear Meryl,The first thing I want you to do is

raise your right hand and promise nev-er to use credit cards again. Then, if you still have any of those awful things, I want you to cut them up and close out the accounts. The next step is for you to find some kind of income, whether it’s a regular job or just something part-time to get money rolling in on a reg-ular basis.

Your credit card debt is a small part of your finan-cial picture right now. I think I’d go ahead and pay off the cards. That way, you’ll be debt-free and still have $92,000 in the bank. But here’s the key. You have to live like that money doesn’t exist. Use just enough to get yourself settled, and go make some money so you can eat and keep the lights on.

A year from now, when you’re past some of this stuff emotionally and looking toward a new future, that money will still be sitting there. As long as you have this mentality, you’ll come through this mess stronger and in good financial shape. God bless you, Meryl!

—Dave

Should she have skin in the game?Dear Dave,My daughter has the opportunity to

take a trip with her eighth-grade class. The cost is $650. Do you think she should have to contribute to the cost of the trip, or should I cover it all?

Colleen

Dear Colleen,This is a really good question. When it came to mak-

ing these kinds of decisions at our house, we’d take a look at whether the kid was behaving, getting good grades and stuff like that. It can be a challenge at that age, I know. But if they were living like responsible young people, we would pay for this sort of thing as a reward.

Still, at that age a kid should definitely have some skin in game. If you can pay for this without breaking the bank, and she’s fulfilling her responsibilities as a good kid, it would be a good idea to make her come up with her own spending money for the trip. You don’t want her to grow a sense of entitlement, and doing this would force her to work and save a little bit to make this thing happen!

—Dave

Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business. He’s authored four New York Times best-sell-ing books: Financial Peace, More Than Enough, The Total Money Makeover and EntreLeadership. The Dave

Ramsey Show is heard by more than 6 million listeners each week on more than 500 radio stations. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

As an educator, I am constantly looking for better and more ef-fective ways in teach-ing. With thousands of classroom hours, I’ve found that one style that should definitely be employed and inte-grated in every learning situation is, ‘positive directive’ instruction. Simply put, ‘positive directive teaching’ is far more effective than ‘negative corrective teaching.’ Let me give an example.

A commercial airliner usually has at least 3 pi-lots (and often 4 which includes a navigator). A captain, a co-captain and a computerized au-to-pilot. The two human pilots input headings for their destination into the auto-pilot. The auto-pilot then takes on the job of making sure that the plane flies in the direction of those headings.

The auto-pilot is con-stantly making minor adjustments. Winds, turbulence and other factors are constant-ly causing the plane to veer off course. The au-to-pilot has the task of correcting the plane’s direction by simply putting it back on its course heading. It does it naturally and subtile-ly as it is designed to do. There’s no big fuss. No one gets emotional-ly upset over the plane getting off course. Just simple adjustments in direction.

Educators have an in-tended destination or goal for their students. Regardless of the sub-ject, they know where they want the student to go. With positive di-

rective teaching, they will correct what is wrong by simply direct-ing the student to what is right.

Positive reinforce-ment and praise opens the mind to more ef-fective learning. It ac-tually clears the mind allowing it to focus on what it is directed to. Their minds are clear-er and they learn faster because they know that there is a reward wait-ing on them. The re-ward is often just sim-ple praise.

There are basic phras-es and words that I want my students to know from the very first class that they attend with me as their teach-er. They need to know what the word ‘say’ means. They need to know what I want them to do when I use this word. In this short list of basic words, I want them to know what I mean when I say, “Good job!” They are going to hear it often. I want them to know that they are getting positive re-inforcement from me every time I use those two words.

Directive education is positive. It enhances and expedites the class-room learning experi-ence. With it, students learn faster and far more effectively.

Michael Murphy is a native of Sherman, Tex-as now living in the east central plains of China. He is a managing part-ner of Beijing Technology and Educational Compa-ny in Zhengzhou, China. He is also an instructor at Zhengzhou Universi-ty and Henan College of Finance and Taxation. He is a life coach, former minister and the author of ‘Powerful Attitudes’, a transformational book that helps you discover your personal power and life purpose. His columns are exclusive to the At-lanta Citizens Journal.

Positive, directive educationmichael muRphy

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Can Boston be the unifying event that our nation needs?

By chaRlie cookSyndicated columnist

In the days and weeks after the 9/11 tragedy, virtually every nation-al-security and terrorism expert predicted it was only a matter of weeks or months before another major attack came. They said a terrorist event within six months was a virtual certainty; and that certainly seemed plausible to many of us at the time. As each week, month, and sea-son passed with no at-tack, most people still in-stinctively assumed one would come and seemed surprised that year af-ter year went by without some comparable horror. It turned out to be 11 and a half years before an-other major attack. The bombings on the finish line of the Boston Mara-thon on Monday were ob-viously not on the same scale as the 9/11 trage-dy—but were horrific nevertheless.

I’ve been spending this semester on a college campus in Boston, and it was interesting to ob-serve the faces of dozens of undergraduates and graduate students in a common room, watching in horror and disbelief as the events unfolded on a giant television screen. It made me realize that this was a new and terrible experience for the fresh-men and sophomores,

many of whom were only in second or third grade on Sept. 11, 2001. They have few memories of that day, not the vivid recollections of graduate students, faculty mem-bers, and other grown-ups who uniformly felt that sick feeling of déjà vu on Monday.

Of course, many sense-less tragedies have oc-curred since 9/11, most recently the killings in Newtown, Conn. But events such as the attack on Boylston Street in Bos-ton, and the horrors that unfolded in the skies, at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and out-side Shanksville, Pa., on 9/11 are profound in their psychological impact. Suddenly, some issues that seemed so pressing and caused such wide di-visions a week ago, while still real, appear in a dif-ferent context.

One thing that happens when there is mass trag-edy of this kind is that people come together and cooperate in a collective response. From the race’s finish line, we’ve heard reports of split-second reactions, as both first re-sponders and impromptu ones stepped into action, filling whatever void they found in the chaos and mayhem that surround-ed them. As people of every partisan, ideolog-ical, religious, region-al, and socioeconomic

stripe watched from their homes, jobs, or schools, their mouths open in hor-ror, they shared a com-mon emotion. We have once again been brought together by tragedy; for this moment, we are re-united, acting and feeling as one.

I vividly recall watching on television on the eve-ning of 9/11 as hundreds of members of Congress, from both parties and chambers, stood on the Capitol steps, hours after they had been evacuated from the building, sing-ing “God Bless Ameri-ca.” I wondered (brief-ly) whether some good might come from such a horrific event that had ended and devastated so many lives.

Maybe the good could have happened. I would like to think it might have happened, that the tone and behavior in Washington could have changed to some degree because of those terri-ble events. However, the controversy, the heated emotions over whether we should invade Iraq, served to reopen the wounds, tearing Ameri-cans, particularly those in Washington and in politics, apart from each other. Soon, relations in D.C. became as bad, and eventually even worse, than before the tragedy. The “God Bless Ameri-ca” moment turned out

to be only a brief respite from the bitter partisan warfare that has become the norm in our nation’s capital. The vituperation returned, the national in-terest relegated to a sub-ordinate role as partisans and ideologues sought ev-ery opportunity to score points on the other side, to further drive wedges to divide the country.

It’s my hope, but sadly not my expectation, that while the most commit-ted political combatants won’t likely be deterred for long, some others on both sides of the aisle—the normally reasonable people who have come to serve as enablers for the most bitter partisans—will pause, take a breath, and take stock of our na-tion’s challenges. There is a terrible cost to be paid for endless bicker-ing that comes from those who see compromise as a four-letter word. We should once again begin to build bridges rather than tear them down. To a hammer, everything looks like a nail, but ev-ery opportunity to attack people on the other side does not create the neces-sity to do so. It really does not have to be that way.

This article appeared

in the Saturday, April 20, 2013 edition of National Journal.

Citizens Journal, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 • 5

Cass County Jail offi-cials report the follow-ing bookings April 1-15.

A 17-year-old Queen City woman was arrest-ed for engaging in orga-nized criminal activity and possession of a dan-gerous drug.

A 53-year-old Queen City man was arrested for probation violation on a charge of theft of service greater than or equal to $20 but less than $500.

A 17-year-old Atlanta woman was arrested for engaging in organized criminal activity.

A 22-year-old Atlanta man was arrested for violation of a city ordi-nance, illegal dumping, two counts failure to ap-pear, and two counts vi-olation of probation on charges of retaliation and sexual assault.

An 18-year-old Bivins man was arrested for failure to identify as fu-gitive from justice.

A 36-year-old Dainger-field man was arrested for unsafe speed.

A 32-year-old Hooks woman was arrested for revocation of probation on a charge of engaging in organized criminal activity-theft.

A 34-year-old Texar-kana, Ark., was arrest-ed for theft of property greater than or equal to $50 but less than $500.

A 40-year-old Atlanta woman was arrested for driving while license suspended and failure to maintain financial responsibility.

A 39-year-old Hughes Springs woman was ar-rested for theft of mate-rial-bronze/aluminum/copper/brass.

A 30-year-old Mineola man was arrested on a parole violation for in-jury to a child.

A 25-year-old McLeod man was arrested for an unpaid fine for display-ing a fictitious license plate.

A 32-year-old Dainger-field man was arrested

on three counts of ha-rassment.

A 52-year-old Hughes Springs man was ar-rested for burglary of a building.

A 23-year-old Bivins man was arrested for theft h o property great-er than or equal to $50 but less than $500 and theft of property great-er than or equal to $1,500 but less than $20,000.

A 22-year-old Linden man was arrested for public intoxication.

A 29-year-old Atlanta man was arrested for violation of parole war-rant from Marion Coun-ty.

A 68-year-old Jeffer-son man was arrested for driving while intox-icated-third or more of-fense.

A 22-year-old Atlanta woman was arrested for four unpaid fines.

A 31-year-old Mariet-ta woman was arrest-ed for prohibited sub-stance in a correctional facility-alcohol/drugs/phone/tobacco and driving while intoxicat-ed-second offense.

A 54-year-old Hughes Springs man was ar-rested for assault caus-ing bodily injury-family violence.

A 51-year-old Hughes Springs woman was ar-rested for assault caus-ing bodily injury-family violence.

A 50-year-old Queen City woman was ar-rested for possession of marijuana less than two ounces.

A 50-year-old Bloom-burg woman was taken into custody for emer-gency detention.

A 47-year-old Bloom-burg man was arrest-ed for theft of property greater than or equal to $20 but less than $500 by check.

A 28-year-old Atlan-ta man was arrested for burglary of a hab-itation, burglary of a building and unautho-rized use of a vehicle.

A 27-year-old Queen City man was arrested for two counts violation of probation and three counts forgery of gov-ernment/national insti-tution/money/security.

A 21-year-old Dainger-field man was arrested for assault on family/household member by impeding breath/circu-lation and burglary of a habitation with intent of other felony.

A 20-year-old Queen City man was arrested for three counts revo-cation of probation on charges of credit/debit card abuse, unautho-rized use of a vehicle and burglary of a vehi-cle, and one charge of evading arrest/deten-tion with previous con-viction, two Galveston County warrants for assault causing bodily injury-family violence and theft of property greater than or equal to $50 but less than $500, and a Bowie County warrant of unautho-rized use of a motor ve-hicle.

A 48-year-old Hughes Springs man was ar-rested for operating an unregistered vehicle, two counts failure to maintain financial re-sponsibility, displaying expired license plate and failure to display driver’s license.

A 36-year-old Atlanta man was arrested for revocation of probation on a charge of aggravat-ed assault with a deadly weapon.

A 28-year-old Dod-dridge, Ark., man served a three-day jail sanction.

A 42-year-old Freder-icksburg woman was arrested on a Gillespie County warrant for bail jumping/failure to ap-pear.

A 52-year-old Linden man was arrested for driving while intoxicat-ed.

A 46-year-old Doug-lassville man was ar-

rested on two bench warrants.

A 22-year-old Queen City man was arrested on revocation of proba-tion on two charges of burglary of a building.

A 34-year-old Bivins man was arrested on a charge of evading ar-rest/detention with a vehicle, possession of a dangerous drug, pos-session of marijuana less than two ounces, driving while license invalid with previous conviction/suspen-sion/without financial responsibility, failure to maintain financial responsibility, three counts failure to appear, two counts displaying expired license plates, and two counts driving while license suspend-ed.

A 46-year-old Queen City man was arrested for bond forfeiture on a charge of possession of marijuana less than two ounces.

A 31-year-old Texar-kana, Ark., man was arrested for bond forfei-ture on a charge of driv-ing while intoxicated.

A 27-year-old Lancast-er man was arrested on a bond forfeiture for driving while license suspended.

A 58-year-old Queen City woman was arrest-ed for public intoxica-tion.

A 25-year-old Dainger-field man served a 10-day jail sanction for a probation violation.

A 21-year-old Atlanta man served a three-day jail sanction.

A 37-year-old Cleve-land man was arrested on a bench warrant and for a violation of proba-tion on a charge of un-lawful use of a motor vehicle.

A 32-year-old Naples man was arrested for revocation of probation on a charge of injury to a child with intent to cause bodily injury.

A 27-year-old Bloom-burg woman was arrest-ed for fugitive from jus-tice.

An 18-year-old Atlanta man served a 10-day jail sanction for unlawfully carrying a weapon.

A 43-year-old Fred-ericksburg man was arrested for an Austin warrant for violation or parole, unlawful pos-session of a firearm by

a felon, evading arrest/detention, and failure to identify fugitive with in-tent to give false infor-mation.

A 28-year-old Texarka-na man was arrested for probation violation on a charge of driving while license invalid.

A 59-year-old Jefferson woman was arrested for theft of property great-er than or equal to $50 but less than $500.

A 46-year-old Bivins man was arrested for possession of a con-trolled substance and driving while license invalid with previous conviction/suspension/without financial re-sponsibility.

A 27-year-old Kerrville woman was arrested for forgery of a financial instrument and eight Kerr County warrants including two counts possession of marijua-na less than two ounces and six counts posses-sion of a controlled sub-stance.

A 36-year-old Atlan-ta woman was arrested for hindering apprehen-sion/prosecution, oper-ating an unregistered motor vehicle, no liabil-ity insurance, no driv-er’s license, two counts failure to appear and no driver’s license when unlicensed.

A 44-year-old Atlanta woman served a three-day jail sanction.

A 28-year-old Bloom-burg man was arrest-ed for theft of property greater than or equal to $20 but less than $500 by check.

A 28-year-old De-Queen, Ark., man was arrested for failure to appear, failure to dis-play drivers license and no insurance.

A 51-year-old Naples man served a seven-day jail sanction.

A 25-year-old Atlanta man was arrested on an Upshur County warrant for driving while intox-icated, failure to main-tain financial responsi-bility and speeding.

A 51-year-old Queen City man was arrest-ed for assault causing bodily injury-family vi-olence.

A 30-year-old Atlanta man was arrested for driving while intoxicat-ed, Washington County warrant for criminal nonsupport, and two

counts driving while license invalid with previous conviction/suspension/without fi-nancial responsibility.

A 27-year-old Avinger man was arrested for driving while intoxicat-ed.

A 27-year-old Doug-lassville woman was arrested for two counts possession of open con-tainer of alcoholic bev-erage in motor vehicle, driving while license in valid with previous conviction/suspension/without financial re-sponsibility, failure to maintain financial re-sponsibility and failure to appear.

A 57-year-old Satillo, Miss., for possession of a controlled substance and fugitive from jus-tice.

A 20-year-old Atlanta man was arrested for possession/use/inhale of volatile substance.

A 49-year-old Naples man was arrested on a bond forfeiture for driv-ing while intoxicated.

A 45-year-old Spen-cer, Okla., woman was arrested on a bond for-feiture for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

A 24-year-old Texar-kana, Ark., woman was arrested on bond forfei-ture for driving while license suspended with previous conviction/suspension.

A 46-year-old Atlanta man was arrested for reckless damages.

A 31-year-old Marietta woman was arrested for driving while intoxicat-ed-second offense, acci-dent involving damage to vehicle greater than or equal to $200, unpaid fine, failure to report an accident, and public in-toxication.

A 45-year-old Lin-den man was arrested for assault on family/household member with previous conviction and criminal mischief greater than or equal to $50 but less than $500.

A 33-year-old Queen City man was arrested for driving while intox-icated-open alcoholic beverage in vehicle.

A 48-year-old Wake Village woman was ar-rested for revocation of probation on a charge of engaging in orga-nized criminal activity.

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NotebookMONDAY

ATLANTA PRIMARY SCHOOL KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION will be held 8:30 a.m. to noon, Monday through Thursday, April 22-26, at the school, located at 505 Rabbit Blvd. Parents/guardians must provide a Social Security card, immunization records, birth certificate and proof of residency. A child must be 5 years of age by Sept. 1, in order to register. For more info, call 903-796-8115.

NIMBLE THIMBLE QUILT CLUB OF THE ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY will raffle a Quilt of Valor May 4. Tickets are available at the Atlanta Public Library or from the Nimble Thimble Quilters, who meet at the library every Tuesday. For more info, call 903-799-7870.

BINGO begins 11 a.m. at the Mary Daughety Senior Citizen Center in Linden. Adults 60 and older are welcome. For more info, call 903-756-3907.

CASS COUNTY PATRIOTS meet 6 p.m. every Monday at Amigo Juan’s Mexican Cafe on Loop 59 in Atlanta.  For more info, call 903-796-6610.

SENIOR CITIZENS GAME DAY is 1 p.m. every Monday at the Mary Daughety Senior Citizen Center in Linden. Guests are welcome to bring a friend, play games and enjoy fellowship.

TUESDAYGRIEF RECOVERY SUPPORT

GROUP, facilitated by Betty Rus-sell, will begin a new series ti-tled, “GriefShare.” Meetings will be held starting 6 p.m. Tuesdays, beginning March 26 and concluding May 7, at Han-ner Funeral Service, 103 W. Main, Atlanta. Seven sessions are scheduled: April 23, April 30 and May 7. The sessions are free and faith-based with a video/discussion format. Light refreshments will be provided. Family and friends who have lost loved ones are encouraged to attend. For more info or to make a reservation, call 903-796-2835.

KILDARE COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION will be held 7 p.m. May 7, at the Kildare Communi-ty Center, which is located on County Road 1779 off FM 125 in Kildare. For more info or to rent the center, call 903-796-6282.

THE CASS COUNTY GENEALOG-ICAL SOCIETY meets 6:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month in the Family Life Center of the Queen City United Meth-odist Church. The church is located one block south of the Main Street in Queen City. For more info, call 903-796-3866 or 903-826-5473.

CADDO WILDFLOWER CHAPTER

OF THE NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY OF TEXAS meets 6:30 p.m. the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Mary Daughety Senior Citizen Center, Linden. Guest speaker in April is Michael War-ner  from Texas Parks &Wild-life on Texas Bees as pollina-tors.  Meetings are open to the public. New members are wel-come. For more info, call 903-835-5532 or 903-799-2527.

WEDNESDAYMOTHERS OF PRESCHOOLERS

(MOPS) is held at First Baptist Church in Atlanta in the Fellow-ship Hall on the first and third week each month from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The church is locat-ed at the corner of East Hiram and Baker streets. For more info, call 903-490-5425.

STORY TIME AT ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY is 10:30 a.m. Wednes-days. For more info, call 903-796-2112.

ATLANTA LIONS CLUB meets noon on Wednesdays at the Sil-ver Spur Restaurant.

ARK-TEX COUNCIL OF GOVERN-MENTS AREA AGENCY ON AGING provides benefits counseling the fourth Wednesday of each month at the Linden Senior Cen-ter or the Atlanta Public Library. Free counseling is available to seniors age 60 and above or who have Medicare. For an ap-

pointment or more info, call 800-372-4464.

BONDAGE BREAKERS MINIS-TRIES holds weekly Bible study 7 p.m. Wednesdays at 219 E. Hiram St. in Atlanta. For more info, call 903-691-5280.

THURSDAYATLANTA AREA ROTARY CLUB

meets at noon weekly at Horne Enterprises, located at the in-tersection of state highways 43 and 77 in Atlanta.

LINDEN LIONS CLUB meets at noon weekly at 107 N. Main St.

FRIDAYLINDEN WILDFLOWER TRAILS

FESTIVAL events will start at 8 a.m. April 26 and continue throughout the day on the court-house square downtown Linden. There will be a 5K race, flow-er show, art show, quilt show, arts, crafts and food vendors, a parade at 2 p.m., horseshoe tournament in the park, cake-walk, car exhibit, and children’s activities. For a complete list, visit the Web site at www.lind-enwildflowertrails.net. For more info, contact Mary Dowd, mary-dowd601@msn.com.

CASS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP RODEO starts at 8 p.m. April 26 at the rodeo arena on Highway 8. This is a sanctioned profes-sional rodeo event. A portion of

proceeds supports scholarships for all seven Cass County high schools. A portion of gate ad-mission will be donated to the Relay for Life of Cass County. Call 903-756-7556.

ST. JOHN DIVINE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH will celebrate Annual Women’s Day 2:30 p.m. May 5. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Shelia Timberlake of the Ebenezer CME Church of Lodi. The church is locat-ed at 389 County Road 1886 in Kildare. For more info, call 903-796-8651.

ATLANTA CAR CRUISE-IN is held the second Friday night of ev-ery month at Headers on Main Street (the former Mason’s Phil-lips 66). Just show up around 6 p.m. Hang out and enjoy re-freshments and good-old car-talking fun. The group’s next get-together will be May 10. For more info, call 903-280-0003 or 903-824-0764.

SENIOR GAME NIGHT begins 6:30 p.m. the last Friday of ev-ery month at the Mary Daughety Senior Citizens Center, 507 S. Kaufman St. in Linden. Bring a friend. For more info, call 903-756-3467.

SATURDAYTHE AMITY STUDY CLUB will

hold the 8th Annual E-Waste See NOTEBOOK on page 9

A 26-year-old Rodessa, La., man was arrested for criminal mischief greater than or equal to $50 but less than $500.

A 37-year-old Hughes Springs man was ar-rested for driving while intoxicated.

A 40-year-old Queen City man was arrest-ed for harassment of a public servant, public intoxication and re-sisting arrest/search/transport.

A 62-year-old Queen City man was arrested

for driving while intox-icated and public intox-ication.

A 32-year-old Atlan-ta woman was arrested for failure to identify as fugitive with intent to give false information, driving while license

invalid with previous conviction/suspension without financial re-sponsibility, and failure to maintain financial responsibility.

A 41-year-old Linden woman was arrested for driving while license

invalid with previous conviction/suspension/without financial re-sponsibility, driving while license suspend-ed, allowing a child to ride not secured, ex-pired registration on motor vehicle, no liabil-

ity insurance, violation of written promise to appear and speeding.

A 30-year-old Bivins man was arrested for possession of a con-trolled substance and possession of marijua-na less than two ounces.

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Staff RepoRtMonday, marked the 43rd anniversary

of Earth Day. Activities during this time each year remind us of the need for pro-tecting our earth and practicing environ-mental consciousness in all aspects of life.

“AEP Southwestern Electric Power Company’s (SWEPCO) commitment to environmental quality is a strong and ongoing one,” says Brian Bond, SWEPCO Vice President, External Affairs.

The following items are some examples of SWEPCO’s actions, both required and voluntary, which have contributed to the protection or enhancement of the envi-ronment.

- SWEPCO informs people living in the five county region of Gregg, Harrison, Rusk, Smith and Upshur of Ozone Ac-tion Days through its WEATHERLINE service. By calling 903-234-1000, residents hear the days’ forecast and can plan ac-cordingly for ozone action awareness.

- Working with the Nature Conservan-cy to conserve rare or critical habitat, SWEPCO is a supporter of the Black Bay-ou project, located in the northwest cor-ner of Louisiana.

This site contains five miles of spring-fed streams with a diverse habitat prime for preservation, including the globally rare Arkansas oak.

- With strong community partnerships, SWEPCO built an eagle and wildlife ob-servation pavilion and nature area at the Flint Creek Power Plant near Gentry in Northwest Arkansas. Over 2,000 people visit the viewing area annually.

The company launched a facebook page this week on the nature trail; it can be found at www.facebook.com/SWEP-COEagleWatch.

Flint Creek and the Eagle Watch Nature

Trail have been recognized by many or-ganizations, including designation as an “Important Bird Area” by Audubon Ar-kansas. It also is certified on the Wildlife Habitat Council’s Corporate Lands for Learning and Wildlife at Work programs.

- The AEP Foundation gave a $200,000 grant to the Illinois River Watershed Partnership in Arkansas to fund a public education and outreach campaign on wa-tershed management. SWEPCO’s Flint Creek Power Plant is located on Little Flint Creek, a tributary of Flint Creek and the Illinois River. SWEPCO Lake, the 500-acre cooling reservoir for the plant, is part of the watershed.

- Near Gilmer, Texas, SWEPCO and other contributors developed the Kelsey Creek Nature Sanctuary as an 800-acre “wilderness park,” with hiking paths through an area complete with a bea-ver pond, wetlands, creeks, bottomland, fields and woodlands, to accommodate the abundant resident and migratory birds and wildlife.

- SWEPCO has purchased 469,000 kilo-watts of long-term renewable power from wind farms in Texas, Oklahoma and Kan-sas to provide energy for its customers in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.

- SWEPCO completed the John W. Turk, Jr. Power Plant in Southwest Arkansas, in Hempstead County near Fulton. The plant had 2,200 construction workers at the peak of employment in May 2011. Turk will utilize new ultra-supercritical coal technology for electric generation, and will be one of the cleanest, most ef-ficient coal plants in the United States. The plant began commercial operation on Dec. 20, 2012.

- The SWEPCO Forestry Services De-partment has received several Project Habitat Awards, which recognizes utili-

ties for the safe and efficient use of her-bicides on their rights-of-way. SWEPCO is one of only 23 utilities nationwide to receive the award. The goal of the project is to protect wildlife and enhance habitat along utility rights-of-way.

By using EPA-approved herbicides in transmission line rights-of-way, plants that are important for wildlife food, shel-ter and nesting are favored. Animals that commonly benefit are deer, turkey, quail, songbirds, small mammals and birds of prey.

- Low-sulfur Wyoming coal, used in five generating units, results in a minimal amount of sulfur dioxide being created during combustion. Electrostatic precip-itators at all coal and lignite-fired power plants remove 99 percent of the fly ash particles, which would have entered the atmosphere.

Flue gas desulfurization systems, or scrubbers, are installed on both of SWEP-CO’s lignite units. These devices remove sulfur dioxide from the flue gases.

- State-of-the-art reclamation practices at the company’s two lignite mines re-turn the mined land to a condition which is actually better than the condition prior to mining. Soil nutrients and wildlife hab-itat are improved. Landowners are able to use their reclaimed land for many uses.

- Wastewater treatment and control systems at power plants assure the dis-charge of wastewater that is environmen-tally safe.

SWEPCO maintains an excellent com-pliance record with federal and state reg-ulations which control air emissions, wa-ter discharge, solid waste management and other matters.

- SWEPCO undertakes environmental assessments of all new projects, includ-ing endangered species surveys, archaeo-

logical investigations, wetlands mapping, groundwater testing and socio-economic impact determinations.

Transmission lines are routed to avoid environmentally sensitive areas such as wetlands, scenic areas and endangered species habitats.

- SWEPCO provides management and support for development of recreational fisheries at power plant cooling reser-voirs. Largemouth bass fisheries have been created, as well as recreational fish-ing for sunfish, catfish and crappie.

- A nature trail runs through the di-verse woodlands at Wilkes Power Plant in East Texas. Wildlife habitats have been created around other company power plants.

- A wood duck nesting program has been established on company lakes. This highly successful project enhances the wood duck population, and the boxes are a safe haven for nesting. More than half the boxes produce young wood ducks an-nually. Some are home to screech owls and flying squirrels.

- Some waste products, such as solvents from power plants and service facili-ties, can be recycled. Coal combustion by-products (ash) are sold for use as ce-ment additive, road base material and waste stabilization additives.

- SWEPCO supports and promotes ef-forts to use electricity wisely by its cus-tomers. For information on how to save energy and money, visit SWEPCO.com and aepefficiency.com.

- SWEPCO works with trade organiza-tions, government agencies and others to develop equitable and realistic laws, regulations and standards to protect hu-man health and the environment, while at the same time providing reliable and economical electric service.

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New Challenges New Solutions

National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

April 21–27 2013

Recognition Ceremony10 a.m. Wed, April 24

Cass County Law Enforcement& Justice Center

604 Hwy 8, North Linden, TexasJudge Barbara McMillon’s Courtroom

Sponsored by Cass County District Attorney’s Office

Texas unemployment rate steady in March329,500 jobs added over

the yearAUSTIN - Texas’ seasonally

adjusted unemployment rate for March was 6.4 percent, un-changed from the previous month and down from 7.0 per-cent a year ago. It remained well below the national unem-ployment rate of 7.6 percent.

Texas’ seasonally adjusted nonagricultural employment

fell by 4,100 jobs in March, fol-lowing the addition of 79,600 jobs in February.

Employers added 14,900 jobs across five major industries in March, but these gains were off-set by the loss of 19,000 jobs in six other industries. The state’s annual growth rate continued to be positive, with 329,500 jobs added since last year.

“In the last twelve months, the private sector added more than 317,000 jobs, and every major in-dustry recorded positive annual growth,” said Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) Chairman Andres Alcantar.

“We encourage job seek-ers and employers to access

the quality services available through Workforce Solutions offices across the state.”

Employment in Leisure and Hospitality grew by 67,000 jobs over the year, more than any other industry in Texas. It also led the way in monthly growth, with 5,500 jobs added in March.

“Texas has abundant oppor-tunities, with more than 11 million jobs in the Lone Star State,” said TWC Commission-er Representing Labor Ronny Congleton.

“Job seekers in our great state can visit WorkInTexas.com to find opportunities here.”

Construction employment

grew by 1,900 jobs in March, marking the eighth straight month of growth for the indus-try.

Financial Activities added an-other 3,200 jobs in March, and Professional and Business Ser-vices grew by 2,100 jobs.

Professional and Business Services has maintained an an-nual growth rate of more than 4.0 percent for 30 of the last 31 months.

“Across the country and around the world, the word is out that in Texas, we work hard to welcome businesses—large and small—with open arms,” said TWC Commissioner Rep-resenting Employers Hope An-

drade. “Our growing labor force

should encourage businesses to continue investing in the Lone Star State.”

The Midland Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) had the lowest March unemployment rate in the state at 3.1 percent. The Odessa MSA came in sec-ond at 3.7 percent and the Am-arillo MSA third at 4.6 percent (not seasonally adjusted).

Audio downloads from TWC Chairman Andres Alcantar on the latest labor market data are available at: www.texaswork-force.org/news/press/2013/press-releases-2013.html#-pressReleaseAudio.

TEMPLE –The U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture has pro-posed a series of changes to make it easier for agricultural producers and rural small busi-nesses to apply for renewable energy and energy efficiency funding.

USDA remains focused on car-rying out its mission, despite a time of significant budget un-certainty. The announcement is one part of the Department’s efforts to strengthen the rural economy.

“These changes are intended to help agricultural produc-ers and rural small businesses throughout America,” Agri-culture Secretary Tom Vilsack said.

“They will streamline and simplify the application pro-cess and give businesses more time to do what they do best: innovate, create jobs and serve

their rural communities.”The proposed changes would

affect applications for loans and grants through USDA Ru-ral Development’s Rural En-ergy for America Program (REAP).

They would:- Reduce paperwork, especial-

ly for projects under $80,000;- Implement a more objective

and uniform system to score applications;

- Authorize funding for refur-bished and retrofitted renew-able energy systems;

- Reduce certain reporting re-quirements;

- Establish a quarterly appli-cation period for applicants seeking only guaranteed loans. This change is intend-ed to make the program more appealing to lenders and to en-sure that funds are available year-round.

“REAP is one of USDA’s most popular renewable energy and energy efficiency programs, funding more than 6,800 re-newable energy and energy efficiency projects, feasibility studies, energy audits and re-newable energy development assistance projects since the passage of the 2008 Farm Bill,” said Paco Valentin, Texas State Director of USDA Rural Devel-opment.

“Projects funded through our program reduce dependence on foreign resources and help America’s farmers, ranchers and rural businesses become more energy efficient.”

USDA is accepting comments on the proposed rule through June 11, 2013.

For details on how to submit comments, or for additional information, see Page 22044 of the April 12 Federal Register,

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-04-12/pdf/2013-07273.pdf.

President Obama’s plan for rural America has brought about historic investment and resulted in stronger rural com-munities.

Under the President’s lead-ership, these investments in housing, community facilities, businesses and infrastructure have empowered rural Amer-ica to continue leading the way – strengthening America’s economy, small towns and ru-ral communities.

USDA’s investments in rural communities support the rural way of life that stands as the backbone of our American val-ues.

President Obama and Agri-culture Secretary Tom Vilsack are committed to a smarter use of Federal resources to foster

sustainable economic prosper-ity and ensure the government is a strong partner for business-es, entrepreneurs and working families in rural communities.

USDA has made a concert-ed effort to deliver results for the American people, even as USDA implements sequestra-tion – the across-the-board bud-get reductions mandated under terms of the Budget Control Act.

USDA has already undertak-en historic efforts since 2009 to save more than $700 million in taxpayer funds through target-ed, common-sense budget re-ductions.

These reductions have put USDA in a better position to carry out its mission, while implementing sequester bud-get reductions in a fair manner that causes as little disruption as possible.

USDA proposes changes for Renewable Energy Funding

Ed StErlingTexas Press Association

AUSTIN — An explo-sion on April 17 at a fertilizer storage and distribution company in the city of West left at least 14 people dead and an estimated 200 in-jured.

Counted among the dead were 10 volunteer firefighters who were called to the scene to extinguish a fire dis-covered there. As they fought the fire, an explo-sion powerful enough to knock down a near-by school and an apart-ment complex occurred at 7:50 p.m. Flames and the shockwave from the blast burned homes, shattered windows and incapacitated infra-structure up to several blocks away.

Officials said the blast, deafening in intensity, shook the ground like an earthquake. Dozens of people remain unac-counted for and search efforts have been con-tinuous. Help from all directions poured into the city of about 3,000 people located between Waco and Hillsboro on Interstate 35.

“Like most small towns, West is a tight-

knit community where neighbors look after each other and join to-gether in times of need,” said Nim Kidd, chief of the Texas Department of Public Safety Di-vision of Emergency Management. “Local firefighters — most who work on a volunteer ba-sis — medical person-nel, town officials, and countless others came together last night un-der the most difficult of circumstances.”

Gov. Rick Perry on April 18 signed an emer-gency proclamation certifying that the ex-plosion has caused a disaster in McLennan County. On April 19, Perry toured the city of West to get a firsthand look at the damage and to check relief opera-tions.

Ammonium nitrate and anhydrous ammo-nia, the two main in-gredients in the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Build-ing in Oklahoma City, were present in quanti-ty at the West Fertilizer Company on April 17. Both chemicals are com-monly used in row crop production.

Officials must conduct

forensic testing before they determine the actu-al cause of the blast. The Dallas Morning News on April 21 reported that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board, the federal Bu-reau of Alcohol, Tobac-co, Firearms and Explo-sives and other agencies are investigating what happened.

Job count drops in March

Texas Workforce Com-mission on April 19 reported the state’s seasonally adjusted un-employment rate for March was 6.4 percent, unchanged from the pre-vious month and down from 7.0 percent a year ago.

But, seasonally adjust-ed nonagricultural em-ployment fell by 4,100 jobs in March. Employ-ers added 14,900 jobs across five major indus-tries in March, but these gains were offset by the loss of 19,000 jobs in six other industries, the Texas Workforce Com-mission reported.

Senate moves legisla-tion

Two bills having to do with quick response to armed intruders on school campuses were passed by the state Sen-

ate last week.Senate Bill 1857 by Sen.

Craig Estes. R-Wichi-ta Falls, would create a special training pro-gram for teachers and other school employees focusing “on how an armed concealed carry license holder should interact with the police during an active shooter situation, ways to keep intruders out of the classroom and training to improve accuracy un-der duress.”

SB 17 by Sen. Dan Pat-rick, R-Houston, would provide school districts with funding assistance to send up to two em-ployees to concealed carry training at no cost to the district. Both bills do not change current laws as to “who can car-ry where,” according to the Senate News Ser-vice.

In other news, the Sen-ate Natural Resources Committee on April 16 approved HB 4 by Rep. Allan Ritter, R-Neder-land, and a long list of coauthors, legislation creating the state water infrastructure fund of Texas. Separate legis-lation will pull up to $2 billion from the state’s Rainy Day Fund and

Capital HighlightsDisaster recovery, investigation proceed in West

that money would be used to pay for projects, under the watchful eye of the Legislature. The bill now moves to the full Senate for debate.

SBOE passes resolu-tion

On a 10-5 vote, the State Board of Education on April 19 approved a  res-olution that calls on the Texas Legislature “to reject all vouchers, tax-payer savings grants, tax credits, or any other

mechanism that have the effect of reducing fund-ing to public schools or limiting accountability or transparency for pub-lic tax dollars.”

The resolution asserts that those things “do not provide accountabil-ity or transparency for state tax dollars and do not provide all parents and children with school choice due to the lack of transportation accom-panying the voucher.”

Voluntary efforts to keep mercury thermostats out of the trash in Texas and nationwide are failing, according to a new analysis called “Turning Up The Heat.”

Michael Bender, director of the Mer-cury Policy Project, says the programs run by manufacturers have captured only a small portion of the thermo-stats that have come out of service over the past decade.

“We estimate that nationally that only about 8 percent of the available mercury thermostats are being col-lected,” he says, “and as a result of that about 50 tons of mercury got into the environment that could’ve been collected.”

Mercury and most its compounds are extremely toxic, and exposure can lead to a variety of physical, cognitive, and behavioral problems.

While there has been a four-fold in-crease in the rate of mercury thermo-stats turned-in in Texas, Bender says

the actual numbers are small.“What they don’t mention,” he says,

“is the Texas program collected less than 5,000 thermostats in total for 2011 compared to, for instance, the state of Maine, where they collected over 6,000 thermostats in the same year with a population 20 times smaller.”

To improve the rate, Bender says there should be a ban on discarding mercury thermostats in the trash. In addition, he says incentives have been shown to work in some states, such as offering $5 for each one that’s turned in.

“It’s mainly directed at heating and ventilation and air conditioning con-tractors, and what we’re trying to do is convince them that it’s worth a little extra time to bring those in.”

The Environmental Protection Agen-cy estimates that 2 to 3 million ther-mostats come out of service annually. Each contains an average of 4 grams of mercury.

Mercury thermostat collection programs failing in Texas, U.S.

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Recycle Day at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 27 at the old Atlanta Fire Station at 313 Hiram Street in Atlanta. Bring all electronic items for recycling: phones, computers, scanners, printers, etc. UNICOR-A Federal Recycling will remove the harmful metals and recycle the parts. For more info, call 903-799-2565.

WILDFLOWER TRAILS OF TEXAS ART SHOW will be April 27 at 100 S. Main on the square in Linden. Exhibit hours are 9 a.m.to 5 p.m. Visit www.lindenwildflowertrails.com for complete rules and infor-mation.

WOUNDED WARRIOR PARADE is a special event to honor those who serve and have served including wounded warriors, veterans and active duty members starting at 1 p.m. April 27. Parade to start at 1:30 p.m. Participants should assemble on the south side of the courthouse square for a program. For more information, call 903-756-7277 or 903-733-0738.

CASS COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP RO-DEO starts at 8 p.m. April 27 at the rodeo arena on Highway 8. This is a sanctioned professional rodeo. A portion of proceeds supports schol-arships for all seven Cass County high schools. For more info, call 903-756-7556.

ST PAUL CME CHURCH will pres-ent the Annual Missionary Ban-quet in the Fellowship Hall 7 p.m. April 27. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Carolyn Chamblee of

the Brown Temple CME Church in Omaha. The church is located at 412 Johns St. in Atlanta.

WOMAN’S AUXILIARY OF UNITY MISSIONARY BAPTIST ASSOCIATION will hold a pre-mother’s day pro-gram 1 p.m. May 4 at Allen-Rog-ers Retreat located on Hwy.155 in Linden.

KILDARE COMMUNITY ACTION ASSOCIATION will hold a fish fry 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 4, at the Kildare Community Center, which is located on County Road 1779 off FM 125 in Kildare. A donation will be appreciated. For more info, or to rent the center, call 903-796-6282.

THE NORTHEAST TEXAS GOAT RAISERS ASSOCIATION will hold a Market Goat Clinic for FFA and 4H students 8:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. May 11, in Pittsburg at the Ag Expo Building. For more info, call 903-431-0793 or c2isbellnow@aol.com.

VFW POST 5870 will hold a monthly fish fry with all the trim-mings the first Saturday of each month. The venue is located one-and-a-half miles past Atlanta High School on FM Road 251. For more info, call 903-799-6828.

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CHURCH will celebrate the 36th anniversary of the Rev. A. C. Wil-liams, Sr. and family 3 p.m. April 28. Special guest will be the Rev. A. T. Jordan, pastor of the Ever-

green Missionary Baptist Church on Nash. The church is located at 510 Howe St. in Atlanta.

ST. PAUL CME CHURCH OF DOMINO will present the annual Stewardess and Missionary Program 3 p.m. April 28. The guest speaker will be Bro. Nuddie P. Jones. The church is located at County Road 3672 in Domino.

SALEM MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH in Linden will hold instal-lation services for the Rev. Roy F. Bailey 3 p.m. April 28. Special guests will be the Rev. Alvin J. Gay and the Macedonia Baptist Church of Texarkana.

GUM SPRINGS CME CHURCH will celebrate the 151st anniversary of the church 3 p.m. April 28. Spe-cial guests will be the Rev. H. Q. Dickerson. The church is located on Hwy 8 in Douglassville. For more info, call 903-733-2346.

ST. JOHN DIVINE MISSIONARY BAP-TIST CHURCH will celebrate Annual Women’s Day 2:30 p.m. May 5. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Shelia Timberlake of the Ebenezer CME Church of Lodi. The church is located at 389 County Road 1886 in Kildare. For more info, call 903-796-8651.

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TERS has frames open and ready to turn your quilt tops into treasured family heirlooms. All proceeds go-ing to the upkeep of the Huffines Community Center. For more info,

call the center on Thursdays from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 903-796-3678; or Monday through Saturday, call 903-796-1848.

CHRISTUS ST. MICHAEL HOSPI-TAL-ATLANTA AUXILIARY is selling shelled pecans at the hospital gift shop from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more info, call 903-799-3101.

THE DOUGLASSVILLE HERITAGE COOKBOOK is on sale with proceeds going to the Douglassville United Methodist Church. This is a re-print of the original cookbook from 1975, with more than 600 recipes as a sturdy, hardback three-ring binder edition. Checks are accept-ed, payable to Douglassville UMC. For more info, call 903-846-4241.

QUEEN CITY PROJECT GRADUATION is selling cookbooks at Cass County Bank in Queen City or Queen City High School. All proceeds bene-fit QCHS Project Graduation. For more info, call 903-799-0861.

FRIENDS OF THE ATLANTA PUBLIC LIBRARY welcome new members to support the library’s many services and programs. Memberships are available for individuals; for fam-ilies; and for businesses and orga-nizations. For more info, or to sign up, drop by the library at 101 W. Hiram.

ATLANTA EDUCATION FOUNDATION is selling Commemorative Bricks for the new sidewalk at AHS Rab-bit Plaza. Each brick is 6”x12”. For more info, call 903-796-4194.

SECOND CHANCE FURBABIES is a

non-profit, “no-kill” animal shelter located at 7639 FM 251 in Bloom-burg, next to Cass Baptist Church. If you would like to donate, volun-teer or adopt an animal, call 903-824-3157 or visit www.facebook.com/memma02.

ATLANTA SENIOR CITIZENS CEN-TER serves lunch weekdays from 11:30 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. for seniors age 60 and older. Live mu-sic is performed on Wednesdays by the Bobby Allday Band. Card and board games are available and the center has a book exchange. The center is located at 306 W. Miller St. For more info, call 903-799-7766.

FREE GED CLASSES are available in Atlanta, Linden, Hughes Springs and other locations through the Bowie-Cass Adult Education Co-operative. For more info, call 903-794-2858 or 903-793-5632, ext. 1711.

KILDARE COMMUNITY CENTER, lo-cated at 624 County Road 1779, is available for various community activities such as exercise classes, dance classes, meetings, etc. For more info, call 903-796-6292.

THE ARKLATEX LYME DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP provides support, resources and information on tick-borne diseases. For more info, call 903-748-9182.

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SportsCitizens Journal,Wednesday, April 24, 201310By Tim Emmons

temmons@casscountynow.comBad weather couldn’t delay the inevitable as Atlan-

ta’s Runnin’ Rabbs track team ran away with the Class 3A’s first Area Track & Field Championship.

The Rabbs have been strong contenders year in and year out, winning 24 district championships in the last 26 years.

Atlanta racked up 61 points in the field events and 3200m run on Thursday, April 18, as schools from Dis-tricts 13 and 14 competed against one another in Me-morial Stadium on the Texas A&M University-Com-merce campus.

Threatening weather forced meet officials to split the competition into two days, and Atlanta held an iron grip on the lead going into the running events on Fri-day April 19.

Randall Bragg finished second in the 3200m with a great time of 10:27.19, and Chris Ibarra continued his 800m dominance with a gold medal finish.

Shannon Jones finished fifth in the 800m and Silas Henderson placed seventh.

Ibarra also cruised in the 1600m with Bragg finishing a strong third.

Atlanta placed third in the 400m relay behind the leg strength of Jeremy Smith, Randel Clark, Tyler Wil-liams and Decory Talton.

The 100m dash winner was Atlanta’s Decory Tal-ton with a blazing speed finish of 10.86, and Derrick Dowden finished second in the 400m dash with a time of 51.20.

Kenneth Houff finished second in the 300m hurdles with a time of 42.56, and Tyler Williams and Derrick Dowden finished the 200m dash 4-5.

Atlanta was second in the one mile relay with Wil-liams, Dowden, Ibarra and Majory Herron composing that team.

Atlanta High School athletes claim Area title

Courtesy photoThe Runnin’ Rabbs pose for a photo after winning the Area meet. The Rabbs qualified for the Regional meet to be held at Memorial Stadium in Commerce.

Jared Lincoln placed first in the discus throw with a toss of 161 feet 4 inches, and placed first in the shot put with a heave of 49 feet 6 1/2 inches.

Nick June placed second in the shot put with a mark of 48 feet 3 inches and Joey Lenard placed fourth in the same event with a recorded throw of 43 feet 1 inch.

Derrick Dowden finished third in the long jump and

sixth in the triple jump, and Israel Medina and An-drew Wormington both cleared 12 feet in the pole vault for a 2-3 Atlanta finish.

 The Rabbs will compete again on Friday, April 26, and Saturday, April 27, at the Class 3A Region II track meet in Commerce at Memorial Stadium on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus.

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

The Atlanta Lady Rabbs competed in the Class 3A Area on Thursday, April 18, and Friday, April 19, at Memorial Stadium on the Texas A&M Universi-ty-Commerce campus.

Lanee Oliver placed fifth in the 3200m run, Alisha Phelps sixth in the 800m run and Alexis Mason and Lanee Oliver placed 7-8 in the 1600m run.

Atlanta’s 400m relay team of Byeishea Haskins, Caroline Cullins, Fierra Hall and Jada Pickens placed fifth and Keandra Thomas placed third in the 100m hurdles.

Haskins placed fifth in the 100m dash, Pickens eighth in the 200m dash and Atlanta’s 1600m relay team placed sixth.

Deshunte Young placed seventh in the discus, Danniele Hatley fourth in the shot put and Dean-dra Rose seventh in the shot put.

Aaliyah Carter placed seventh in the high jump, Jasmine Rowe placed sixth in the long jump and fourth in the triple jump.

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.comThe Lady Bulldogs secured

second place in district after defeating Redwater 5-1 on Friday, April 19.

It was Senior Night at the ballpark and seniors Kaitlin Fannin and Khadijah Mc-Cauley were given gifts and applause before the action began.

Fannin didn’t disappoint from the circle pitching sev-en innings, scattering seven hits and giving up only one unearned run, while strik-ing out five. Fifty-eight of Fannin’s 97 pitches were for strikes.

Shelby Kennedy  was sol-id at the plate for the Lady Bulldogs going 2-for-3 with a triple, and Kelsie Benson, Cobi Lang and Alyssa Wiley added hits for QC.

Fannin, Kennedy and Al-exa Oestmann had one sto-len base apiece and Ashley Belote had two stolen bases for the Lady Bulldogs.

The Lady Bulldogs will begin their playoff run on Friday, April 26, against the Rivercrest Rebels, the third place from District 15AA. 

The game will take place at Mt. Pleasant High School with action set to begin at 6:30 p.m., and the Lady Bull-dogs will be the visitors.

On Saturday, April 27, the series will resume at Hughes Springs High School with the first game slated for 2 p.m., and the second game will follow 30 minutes after game one if necessary.

Atlanta girls run at 3A Area meet

Lady ’Dawgs beat Dragons 5-1

Photos by TIM EMMONS

Above: QC senior Kaitlin Fannin stands with family at Senior Night before the

game with Redwater.

At right: Senior Khadijah McCauley stands next to her mother with gifts she

received on Senior Night.

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

Kaitlin Fannin scattered three hits and had 10 strike-outs for Queen City in the Lady Bulldogs’ 9-2 triumph over Daingerfield on Tuesday, April 16.

The Lady Tigers led 2-1 after the first inning was com-plete, but QC scored in every inning after the second frame; scoring eight runs combined over that stretch.

Fannin helped her own cause from the batter’s box going 2-for-5 with two RBIs, Alexa Oestmann added two hits of her own and Ashley Belote hit a double in the Lady ’Dawgs 11-hit barrage.

Kailyn Lansford attributed to the run count with three RBIs and Kelsie Benson, Shabria Jones, Khad-ijah McCauley and Celeste Fortune supplied one hit apiece for QC.

Oestmann, Belote, Fortune, Emily Mouser and Alys-sa Wiley had a stolen base each in the contest.

The Lady Bulldogs held Senior Night and concluded their season on Friday, April 19, against Redwater at home and will make prepararations for their playoff run.

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

Queen City took a 5-2 lead into the final inning against Daingerfield on Tuesday, April 16, and held off the Tigers’ late inning rally to secure a 5-4 win in district action.

The Tigers outhit Queen City 9-7, but couldn’t find a way to score when it counted.

Cody Henry led the Bulldogs with two singles and two RBIs, Drew Davenport hit a two-RBI single and Bradley Richardson added two singles.

Brian Hendrix and Zane Howard added hits for the Bulldogs and Hendrix, Briley Barnwell and Jonathan Boucher all had a stolen bag apiece.

Howard went the distance for the ’Dawgs giving up two earned runs and striking out five.

QC held Senior Night on Friday, April 19, before their game with Redwater, and will conclude their regular season on Monday, April 22, in New Bos-ton.

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

Queen City tuned up for the playoffs in a big way by taming the New Boston Lions 11-1 on Monday, April 22.

Brian Hendrix started the game off with a solo home run to put Queen City on the board early, and later in the contest

Zane Howard crushed a two-run homer.

Queen City scored all 11 runs in just four in-nings and gave pitcher Drew Davenport all the run support he would need.

Davenport pitched all five innings in a game called on the 10-run mercy rule, and only

gave up two hits while striking out five batters.

Jay Hawley and Briley Barnwell each added two doubles apiece and had three RBIs com-bined between the two teammates.

Zane Howard was 2-for-3 with two RBIs; Cody Henry added a hit with two RBIs and Jon-

athan Boucher, Daven-port and Bradley Rich-ardson all had one hit in the contest with the latter two players add-ing RBIs.

The Bulldogs also re-corded five stolen bases with Boucher grabbing three of those. Hendrix and Henry had one sto-len base apiece.

Fannin K’s 10 in Lady ’Dawgs win

’Dawgs inch by Daingerfield 5-4

Davenport two-hits Lions in 11-1 victory

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

Queen City’s girls’ golf team participated in the 2A Region-al Golf Tournament at the Peachtree Golf Course in Bullard on Monday, April 8, and Tuesday,

April 9. The Queen City High School

girls’ team consisted of Taylor Miller, Shelby Hudson, Katy Holmes and Sydney Slayton.

Shelby Hudson made her third appearance at the  regionals in

golf and finished the competition with a two day total of 183. 

The other ladies that partici-pated over two days were Katy Holmes who shot a 223, Sydney Slayton 240 and Taylor Miller 278.

QC girls’ compete at regionals

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Brian Hendrix

QC ’Dawgs slip against Redwater Dragons By Tim Emmons

temmons@casscountynow.comQueen City wrapped up second

place in district a few games back, but took a hard 6-5 loss to Redwater on Friday, April 19, as the Dragons nailed down third place with the up-set of the Bulldogs.

QC was down 6-3 after three innings and never found the offensive groove

they needed to overcome the small deficit.

Briley Barnwell was 2-for-3 with both hits being doubles and Drew Davenport was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.

Nearly everyone in the lineup hit the ball including Brian Hendrix, Jay Hawley, Zane Howard, Bradley Richardson, Kyndal Griffin and Jon-

athan Boucher.Hendrix, Richardson and Boucher

had doubles in the hit parade, and RBIs came courtesy of Boucher, Howard and Richardson.

On a cold night Boucher had prob-lems locating his spots and gave up three earned runs while ringing up three K’s in the process.

Jay Hawley scattered three hits in

relief with five strikeouts.The Bulldogs held Senior Night and

will say goodbye to eight seniors at the end of the season.

The seniors on the Queen City Bull-dog team are, Jonathan Boucher, Jay Hawley, Zane Howard, Dalton For-tune, Keaton Brantley, Brian Hen-drix, Briley Barnwell and Bradley Richardson.

Jonathan Boucher Zane Howard

Dalton Fortune Jay Hawley Keaton Brantley

Bradley Richardson Briley Barnwell

Rabbs survive rally, beat North Lamar By Tim Emmons

temmons@casscountynow.comMcLeod loaded the bases in

the final inning against Maud on Friday, April 19, and scored four runs in the Longhorns 11-10 thriller over the Cardinals.

Maud scored six runs in the top of the sixth inning and took a

10-7 lead into the final frame.The ’Horns chipped away at

the lead by plating three runs and loading the bases for Mason Shaw with one out.

Shaw took one for the team af-ter being hit by a pitch, and in the process scored Jackson Bak-er from third base giving Shaw

the walk-off RBI and McLeod the one run victory.

Dusty Cole was 3-for-4 with a double and an RBI, and Mason Shaw hit a three -run single.

McLeod finished their regular season schedule on Tuesday, April 23, at home against De-troit.

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

McLeod recorded a come-from-behind win over Maud after scor-ing twice in the final inning to give the Lady Longhorns an 11-10 district victory on Friday, April 19.

McLeod fell behind 7-0 going into

the bottom of the second inning, but the Lady Longhorns scored three runs in the frame to cut the lead at 7-3.

Staring at a 9-3 deficit McLeod scored six runs in the next three innings to tie the game at 9-all.

Maud scored an insurance run in the top of the seventh inning,

but the Lady Longhorns scored two runs in the bottom half to win in dramatic, walk-off fashion.

Kyndal Guess and Katie Burns hit two singles each and drove in a combined three runs and winning pitcher Jaimi Franklin helped her own cause by hitting a double and a single with an RBI.

Longhorns nip Cardinals 11-10

Lady ’Horns defeat Cardinals 11-10

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

Atlanta scored nine runs in just four innings and survived an exasperated comeback attempt by North Lamar in the Rabbs’ 9-8 victory on Tuesday, April 16.

North Lamar scored three runs in both the third and fifth innings to cut the lead down to 9-6.

After scoring two more runs in the sixth whittling the lead to 9-8, North Lamar failed to plate any runs in the seventh inning.

Atlanta second baseman Logan Vise was 2-for-3 and drove in three runs on two hits, including a dou-ble for the Rabbs.

Seth Williams hit a two-run single, Quaid Taylor and Derico Banks added a single and a double each, Kason Wood was 2-for-2 with an RBI and Chase Mus-grove drew three walks in the contest.

The Rabbs were on the road on Friday, April 19, at Liberty-Eylau, and will conclude their season against Pittsburg at home on Friday, April 26.

By Tim Emmonstemmons@casscountynow.com

Branden Bohuslav, a senior at Legacy High School in Mansfield, Tex-as, has committed to play baseball at Crowder Com-munity College in Neo-sho, Missouri.

Branden will begin class-es there this fall, and will look to help the Roughrid-ers stay atop the NJCAA (National Junior College Athletic Association).

Although Crowder Col-lege does not have a con-ference affiliation, the team plays a tough 28-game Region 16 schedule, as well as many other na-tionally-ranked teams.

Crowder College’s campus is located in the

southwest corner of Mis-souri, near the Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas state lines, and they play many colleges in the four-state area. The Roughrid-ers also makes a trip each spring to play top talent in Texas.

The Roughriders have won Regional 16 Cham-pionships in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1991, 2008 and 2010 and the South Central District Championship in 2010. Many individual and team statistics rank in the top twenty nationally each year.

Branden’s current high school team, the Lega-cy Broncos are current-ly undefeated in district at 10-0, and the Crowder

Roughriders are current-ly ranked #2 in the nation in NJCAA. 

Branden’s father, Gary Bohuslav, is an Atlanta High School alum, and Branden is the grandson of Marian and Alleck Bo-huslav who currently re-side in Atlanta.

Bohuslav commits to Crowder College

Branden Bohuslav of Legacy High School in Mansfield,

Texas, signs his commitment paper to play for Crowder

College in Missouri. Those present are seated from left:

Branden’s mother Monica, Branden and father Gary.

Standing from left; Branden’s sister Cassi, Legacy Head Coach David Walden and

Branden’s other sister Amy. Courtesy photo

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RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS

DOCKET SERVICES

OIL AND GAS DOCKET IN RE: CONSERVATION

ANDNO. 06-0281696

PREVENTION OF WASTE OF

CRUDE PETROLEUM AND

NATURAL GAS IN THE STATE

OF TEXAS

Austin, TexasApril 5, 2013

NOTICE OF HEARINGON THE APPLICATION OF SULPHUR RIVER EXPLORATION, INC.TO CONSIDER UNITIZATION AND SECONDARY RECOVERY FOR THEFROST WATERFLOOD UNITFROST (SMACKOVER) FIELDCASS COUNTY, TEXAS

CAUTION: TO APPEAR AT THE HEARING IN OPPOSITION TO THIS APPLICATION, YOU MUST COMPLETE AND FILE WITH THE COMMISSION THE ENCLOSED NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAR IN PROTEST AT LEAST FIVE WORKING DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING DATE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU PREVIOUSLY FILED A NOTICE OF INTENT TO APPEAR IN PROTEST IN RESPONSE TO A PREVIOUSLY ISSUED NOTICE OF APPLICATION. [ Please read this entire Notice of Hearing for further instructions.] NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the public and to all interested persons that under the legal authority and jurisdiction of Title 3, Oil and Gas, Subtitles A, B, and C of the Texas Natural Resources Code, Chapters 26, 27 and 29 of the Texas Water Code, and TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. art. §§ 2001 et seq. (2013), the RAILROAD COMMISSION OF TEXAS will hold a hearing on MAY 24, 2013, at 9:00 a.m. at the William B. Travis State Office Building, 1701 N. Congress Avenue, Austin, Texas. This hearing will be conducted in conformity with the TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 2001 et seq. (2013). For room assignment, on the date of

the hearing please check the bulletin board in the 1st Floor lobby. Persons planning to attend this hearing are urged to contact the applicant (see service list) immediately prior to the hearing date to be sure that the hearing will proceed on the scheduled date. This hearing will be held to consider the application of Sulphur River Exploration, Inc. to consider unitization and secondary recovery for the Frost Waterflood Unit, Frost (Smackover) Field in Cass County, Texas. Applicant seeks the following:1. The proposed unitized interval is the correlative interval from 9,660’ to 9,910’ in the Amerada Petroleum Corp. - A.E. Frost Estate, Well #1 (API No. 42-067-00097), as shown on the Schlumberger induction electrical log run on January 19, 1964. The proposed unitized interval includes all of the Smackover interval that is recognized by the Railroad Commission as the Frost (Smackover) Field;2. At least eighty-five percent (85%) of the working

interest and more than sixty-five percent (65%) of the royalty interest have agreed to unitization. SRE expects to have one hundred percent (100%) of the working interest and hopes to have one hundred percent (100%) of the royalty interest signed up by the date of the hearing.

If you have questions regarding this application, please contact the Applicant’s representative, John Soule, at (512) 495-6300. If you have any questions regarding the hearing procedure, please contact the Railroad Commission, at (512) 463-6848. IF A CONTINUATION IS NECESSARY, this hearing will proceed at the William B. Travis State Office Building, Austin, Texas, and, to the extent possible, on subsequent working days. The room number and exact time of the continuation will be announced on the record in this proceeding and recorded with Docket Services, Railroad Commission of Texas.

PURSUANT TO SAID HEARING, the Commission will enter such rules, regulations, and orders as in its judgment the evidence presented may justify. ANY REQUEST FOR POSTPONEMENT of this hearing must be received no later than five (5) working days prior to the scheduled date shown above. Copies of such request must be forwarded to all parties shown on the service list. TO APPEAR IN SUPPORT OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROCEEDING, a party other than the applicant must file a notice of intent to appear at the hearing, even if the party has previously filed a notice of intent to appear in protest in response to the Notice of Application. The notice of intent to appear at the hearing must be filed with Docket Services, at least five (5) working days in advance of the hearing date. If a party in opposition appears at the hearing without having filed a timely notice of intent to appear in response to this Notice of Hearing, the hearing

may be postponed and re-set for a later date at the applicant’s request or on the examiner’s own motion. If the applicant fails to appear at the noticed hearing, the application may be dismissed without further notice or opportunity for hearing. A copy of the notice of intent to appear should be served on the applicant and any other parties of record. IF ANY PARTY DESIRES A WRITTEN TRANSCRIPT of the hearing by a Court Reporter, that party should notify Docket Services at (512) 463-6848, at least five (5) working days in advance of the hearing date. If a written transcript is requested, the Commission may assess the cost of the transcript to one or more parties. Unless any party requests a written transcript, the record will be made by audio recording. ANY INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY who needs auxiliary aids and services in order to have an equal opportunity to effectively communicate and participate in this hearing must request

such aids or services at least two weeks prior to the scheduled hearing by notifying the Personnel office of the Railroad Commission of Texas by mail at P.O. Box 12967, Austin, Texas 78711-2967, or by telephone at (512) 463-7327 or TDD No. (512) 463-7284. ALL EXHIBITS FILED AS A PART OF THE RECORD in this cause must be submitted in duplicate. Data in Commission records may be incorporated by reference, but the reference must be specific, and if it includes exhibits filed in prior proceedings before the Commission, a copy of such exhibit properly identified shall be submitted for this record. THE APPLICANT MUST review this notice and the attached service list for accuracy and completeness. The applicant shall immediately notify Docket Services of any discrepancy or omission. THIS HEARING REQUIRES NOTICE BY PUBLICATION.

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LEGAL NOTICENotice is hereby given that Gary VanDusen, Longview, Texas; William Ward Jr., At lanta, Texas; and Jeff Hobbs, Atlanta, Texas has filed a Notice of Acquisition of Control of Bloomburg State Bank, Bloomburg, Texas with the Texas De-partment of Banking on February 19, 2013. The

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aforementioned parties will be acting in concert to ac-quire 525 shares of stock, approximately 18.75%, of Bloomburg State Bank. This will bring the total num ber of shares of stock owned by the three individ uals to 1,270, approxi mately 45.35% of the shares outstanding of Bloomburg State Bank. Any person wishing to com-ment on this application, ei ther for or against, may file written comments with the Texas Department of Bank ing, 2601 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, Texas 78705-4294 on or before the 14th day after the date of this publication. Such comments will be made a part of the record before and considered by the banking commissioner. Any person wishing to formally protest and oppose the Change of Control and par ticipate in the application process may do so by filing a written notice of protest with the Texas Department of Banking on or before the 14th calendar day after the date of this publication ac companied by a protest fil ing fee of $2,500. The protest fee may be reduced or waived by the banking commissioner upon a showing of substantial hard ship.

LEGAL NOTICENotice is hereby given that Gary VanDusen, Longview, Texas; William Ward, At-lanta, Texas; and Jeff Hobbs, Atlanta, Texas have filed a Notice of Acquisition of Control of Bloomburg State Bank, Bloomburg, Texas with the Federal De posit Insurance Corpora tion.

Any person wishing to com-ment on this notice may file his or her comments in writ-ing with the Regional Direc-tor of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation at its Regional Office at 1601 Bryan Street, Dallas, Texas

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NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING

CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF DON P.

THOMPSON, DECEASED

Notice is hereby given that original Letters Testamen tary

were issued in the Es tate of Don P. Thompson, on April 9, 2013, in Cause

No. P10448 In the County Court of Cass County,

Texas, to Wanda K. Thompson.

The address of such Independent Executrix is c/o Kendall S. Cockrell, Provost

Umphrey Law Firm, LLP,

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P.O. Box 4905, Beaumont, Texas 77704.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is

currently being adminis tered are required to present them

writing within the time and in the

manner prescribed by law.

Wanda K. Thompson, Inde-pendent Executrix of the

Es tate of Don P. Thompson, Deceased

The Commissioners’ Court of Cass County, Texas is

receiving SEALED PROPOSAL for Cass County Depository.

Specifications: Cass County Auditor’s Office located 604 Hwy. 8 North 2nd Floor, Linden, Texas 75563. Contact Telephone # is 903-756-5067, Fax # 903-756-3018 orhttp://www.co.cass.tx. us/ips/cms Submit to: Cass County Commissioners’ CourtTammy Wells, County Audi-torCass County Criminal Jus tice & Law Enforcement Center604 Hwy. 8 North, Second FloorP.O. Box 299Linden, Texas 75563Received By:Friday, July 7, 2013, at 4:00 p.m. in the County Auditor’s Office.All Sealed Proposals will be date and time stamped. Proposals received after the specified time will not be considered.Opened:Monday, June 10, 2013 at 8:30 p.m. in Com-missioners’ Court.Accepted:Monday, June 25, 2013 at 8:30 p.m. in Commissioners’ Court.

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The Blue Angels 8U softball team won first place overall in the Opening Day Tournament held at the Atlanta Sports Complex on Saturday, April 6. Coaches for the Blue Angels are Josh Mason and Trevor Swanson.

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The Queen City Indepen‑dent School District has a house for rent. If interested call 903‑796‑8256.

• Mowing • Weedeating • •Bushhogging •

Weedeating only service also available.

903-796-5248Call Joe at

If no answer, leave a message.

Keith Crow Realty114 W. Hiram St. • Atlanta, TX 75551

Office 903-796-2844Cell 903-691-0112

www.keithcrowrealty.com

Please call or visit our website:Easttexas_realty.com

Frank Lanier, Broker 756-7021COMMERCIAL LOT .42 ACRE ON US HIGHWAY 59 in Linden. $25,000

261 ACRES, located off of Hwy. 43 near Bivins. Great hunting. Live water. Some marketable timber. $950/acre4 Bedroom, 2.5 baths BV located on highway 59 N. Linden. 2700 sq. feet, built-ins, new roof. 1800 sq. ft. shop, barn, 57 acres fenced & cross-fenced.COMMERCIAL LOT, located on corner of Highway 59 & Hillcrest Drive in Linden, .834 acres - Old Filling Station building. REDUCED to $50,0003 Bedroom, 2 bath double-wide mobile home situated on 2 acres off of FM 1399. New roof, new CH&A, outbuilding. REDUCED to $55,00020 Acres located on CR 1239 North of Linden. Planted Pine, 900’ frontage. $2500/acre53 Acres located on CR 2225 North of Linden. Great hunting tract. $2560/acre

108 East Rush St. Linden, Texas 75563(903)756-7781

Frank Lanier, 756-7021

EAST TEXAS REALTYETRScott Hammett; Sales; 796-8451

SPRING CREEK2 Bedroom, Central Heat &Air, Washer and DryerConnections, Carpeting,on site Laundry Facility.Rent based on Income.

100% Rental Assistance AvailableWe welcome Families and

Seniors.“This Institution is an equalopportunity provider, and

employer.”Located in Linden, Tx.

(903)756-7171TTY: 1-800-735-2989

OPPORTUNITY

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Check out our newlyremodeled Apartments2BR, 1 BA, walk-in closets, CH/A, W/D Connections,

Range

IMMEDIATE RENTAL ASSISTANCE AVAILABLE

Section 8 Vouchers acceptedFamilies and Seniors welcome“This institution is an equal opportunity

provider and employer.”133 Anti Road • Atlanta

Call Cindy at (903) 796-7861or (903) 756-5554 ext. 213

TTY: 800-735-2989

HOUSE FOR SALEBy Owner/Agent

300 Horseshoe BendCall for an appointment today!

This home has 2 living areas, den has FP, formal dining, breakfast area in kitchen with built-ins, (double oven, electric range top, and MW). This home has 3 bedrooms, 2 -1/2 baths, utility room, CH/A, double

garage and covered patio. It is located in a very pretty neighborhood on a corner lot, with a well maintained

yard. Approx 2724 square feet.

Contact Joan Tate, Owner/Agentat 903-756-3467 or 903-733-3570

HOUSE FOR SALELocated on a small lot in town,

2 Bedroom/1 BathLarge Utility Room with ¾ Shower,

Central Heat & Air

106 Kildare Road$55,000

Contact Joan Tate, Owner/Agentat 903-756-3467 or 903-733-3570

CASS COUNTY/ROSEBERRYCOMMUNITES

We welcome families& seniors

Single story, 2 BR,fenced bakyard, walk-in

closets, CH/AC, washer dryer conections, range,

Some Rents based on incomeClearview St., Atlanta

903-796-8659TTY 1-800-735-2989

Casa Mia ApartmentsHughes Springs, TexasFeaturing lovely 2&3 bedroom

apartments*single story, energy efficient design*range*blinds

*carpet*w/d connectionsCH/AC*walk-in closets*exterior stor-age*covered back porches fenced

back yards

*Income limits do apply*Section 8 Certificates & Vouchers

are accepted.

*This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.*

Call Amanda at 903-758-5554 Ext 209

BRIARWOODAPARTMENTS

2 BR, 1 BA, walk-in closets, CH/A, W/D Connections, rangeSection 8 Vouchers accepted. Families and Seniors welcome. Discount for Seniors,

Teachers, Law Enforce-ment & City Officials

For Information call: (903) 756‑5554

Linden SquareCommunity

The finest apartment living for“62 years of age or older, handicap/

disabled, regardless of age”.

Featuring lovely 1 & 2 bedroomapartments • single story energyefficient design • range & frost-freerefrigerator • blinds • carpet •

w/d connections • CH/AC • walk-inclosets • exterior storage • front andback covered porch • on-site laundry

room • Community RoomImmediate Rental Assistance Available

Section 8 Certificates & Vouchers re accepted“This institution is an equal opportunity

provider and employer:700 Broad Street, Linden, Texas

Call Amanda at(903) 756-5554 Ext. 209Units Available Now!

QUEEN CITY MANORThe finest in apartment living for “62 years of age or older, handicap/disabled,

regardless of age.”Featuring lovely 1& 2 bedroom apartments • single story energy efficient design • range, frost free refrigerator, blinds, carpet w/d connections, CH/AC, walk-in

closets, exterior storage, covered front porch, Community Room.Section 8 Certificates and Vouchers Accepted

“This institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.”806 E. Houston • Queen City •

Call Cindy at (903) 796-8659 or (903) 756-5554 ext. 213 • TTY: 800-735-2989

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McLeod High School Prom 2013

Courtesy photosMcLeod High School Prom royalty for 2013 includes, from left, Angela Miles, Melvin Irwin, Emerald Ma-hone, Kenneth Burns, Melissa Hernandez and Cody Anderson. Mahone and Burns were named queen and king for the event.

Queen nominees are, from left, Angela Miles, Emer-ald Mahone and Melissa Hernandez.

King nominees are, from left, Melvin Irwin, Kenneth Burns and Cody Anderson.

From Horses to Horsepow-er – saddle up with the Ram Truck brand.

It’s time to throw on a belt, hat and boots, and get ready to explore those cowboy roots!

The Ram Rodeo Series is rid-ing into Linden starting at 8 p.m. each night on Friday and Saturday, April 26-27 at Cass County Championship Arena to sponsor the Cass County Championship Rodeo.

Besides checking out the newest models of the 2013 Ram pickup trucks such as the Ram 1500, visit the Ram Truck brand to be entered into the 2013 Ram Rodeo National Sweepstakes for a chance to win $45,000 toward any eligible Chrysler Group vehicle.

Chrysler and the Ram Truck brand have brought the best in rodeo since 1981. Starting with only 18 events, 32 years ago, the Ram Truck brand and local Ram Truck brand dealerships have teamed up to host over 560 rodeos a year,

across the United States. The Ram Rodeo Series was

created to be an experience to showcase the sport as it blends local dealer involve-ment, while paving the way for future generations of cow-boys and cowgirls through scholarships, auctions and various initiatives.

The Ram Rodeo Series has become a main attraction, drawing crowds as large as 300,000 fans watching the cowboys and cowgirls face the challenges and thrills of each of the seven traditional rodeo events. With all rode-os being live, there are never two shows alike.

Whether it’s the National High School Rodeo Finals, Ram National Finals Rodeo or the NFR- the Ram Truck brand drives the spirit of the sport of rodeo.

Through the Ram Rodeo Se-ries, the Ram Truck brand is proud to be the Official Truck of the PRCA, WPRA, NIRA, NHSRA and the NLBRA.

Ram Rodeo Series rides into Linden for CCCR

AUSTIN — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved an experimental pronghorn buck season in some areas of the Panhan-dle, which would allow land-owners to control the harvest of buck pronghorn on their properties.

In addition, an extension to the existing mule deer managed lands deer permits (MLDP) season will be part of changes to the upcoming 2013-14 Statewide Hunting Proclamation.

Under the current state-wide regulations, TPWD determines the harvest quota and issues permits di-rectly to landowners for sur-plus pronghorn.

With the new pronghorn rules, landowners or their

agents within selected prong-horn management units in the northeast and northwest Panhandle would determine the harvest quota and con-trol buck pronghorn harvest on their property during the three-year pilot project.

The goal of the project is to simplify pronghorn hunt-ing regulations and increase hunting opportunity in areas with stable populations. Wild-life officials will closely mon-itor pronghorn herds during the pilot project to ensure populations remain healthy.

TPWD is also extending the mule deer season on MLDP properties through the last Sunday in January while maintaining the current opening date (first Saturday in November).

TPWD adopts changes to Mule Deer MLDP, Pronghorn Seasons

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A Special Section of the

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Front row, from left: Shirley Ricketts, Cathy Butler and Teri LovelyBack row, from left : Misty Hill and Tina Jackson

We salute working women!

Queen City Floral402 Loop 236 • Queen City TX 75572

(903) 796-2891 www.queencityfloral.com

The City of Atlantawould like to salute

the working women of the Atlanta Police Department

Barbara AdamsDanielle Bloodworth

Connie DavlinLisa Fielder

Laurie HuffmanRose ProppsKelli Rumsey

315 N. BucknerAtlanta

Name: Antoinette RileyFamily: Husband Mike Riley, Manager of

CHRISTUS St. Michael Health and Fit-ness Center and CHRISTUS Atlanta Fit-ness Center. Daughters are Madison, age 14, and Mikki, age 10. My step children include Neil, age 22; Michael, age 23; and Erin, a grown up. She has our first grand baby, James Michael, almost a year old. All of my parents live in Texarkana.

Hometown: Texarkana, TexasEducation: Family Nurse Practitioner

since 2005; Master’s and Bachelor’s De-grees in the Science of Nursing from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sci-ences. Associate Degree in Nursing from Tex-

arkana College in 1996 and Licensed Vo-cational Nurse Certificate from Texarkana College in 1994.

Place of Employment: Ellington Clinic for 2 an half years.

Position: Family Nurse Practitioner with a specialty as a Dermatology Nurse Prac-titioner.

Job Description: I diagnose and treat a variety of acute and chronic medical diseases and treat many common and complex dermatology disorders including acne, warts, rashes and sunshine dam-

age. I am looking forward to starting cos-metic injectables in the near future.

Employment/ Professional Background: I have been a Family Nurse Practitioner for eight years with successful clinical prac-tices. I enjoyed a brief position as a Clinical

Instructor for the Bachelor of Nursing program at UAMS-Hope.

I built my career as a registered nurse for CHRISTUS St. Michael Health Sys-tem where I worked on the orthopedic/ neurosurgery floor for close to ten years. I earned tuition money for my higher ed-

ucation by raising rabbits. At the time I closed production of my rabbit house, I had over 200 rabbits. Why I love my job: It is challenging, re-

warding and heart breaking. Sometimes all three in one afternoon. I truly believe God chose me to be a

nurse when I was a young woman who didn’t have a clear-cut career path. I be-lieve it is an honor and a privilege to be a care provider. The level of trust that my patients place

in me is very humbling and a huge re-sponsibility. I also love my co-workers. I get to work

with Amanda, Becca and Dr. Hogan ev-eryday!Hobbies outside of work: Hobbies? Out-

side of work? Work is all I do! My hobbies include driving my kids

around (I can’t wait til Madison gets her full license), bicycling and running in good weather, reading and Facebook. I recently started working in my yard. I

wouldn’t call it gardening yet.

Antoinette Riley

Saluting women in business

In this special section of the Citizens Jouranl, area businesses took a mo-ment to thank and highlight the wom-en who help keep their doors open.

On the following pages, you will find profiles of many of these women.

We at the Journal hope you will re-member the dedication these, and the other women in businesses, give to their companies, stores and homes to make sure our communities continue to be successful.

Citizens Journal, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 • 3

Quality BuildingSalutes Working Women

Sherry Cantrell, Rebecca Lowry and

Brittany MilamNot pictured, Christi Nutt

505 US Hwy. 59 S • Queen City • 903-796-0093

Big State Finance Company110 West Hiram Street

Atlanta903-796-4427

We appreciate our working women!

Kathy Thompson and Amber Richardson

Name: Barbie TallyFamliy information: Husband is James

Tally; three children are Bradie Brack-man, Haley Scott and Charlie Brackman; two step children are Jami Tally Gann and Jordan Tally.

Hometown: Magnolia, Ark. Have lived in Atlanta/ Queen City for 25 years.

Education: A year of business college af-ter high school.

Place of Employment: Family Eye Care Clinic

Number of Years at Present Job: 20 yearsPosition/ Title: Contact Lens Tech, Op-

tician, Optometric Tech, Financial Secre-tary

Job Description: I work with all aspects of contact lenses-from ordering to instruc-tion to patients on insertion and removal and care for contacts. I have been optical manager in the past-so I still help out in the optical at times (dispensing, repair-ing and picking out glasses) I also am a financial secretary part time in the office.

Employment/ Professional Background: Peoples Bank for 5 an half years was my first job; Dr. B.G. Russell, OD for 10 years , second job; Family Eye Care, 20 years, third job.

Why you love your job: I enjoy working with people and helping them on a daily

basis. Everyday is different, never boring. Everyday brings new and different experi-ences and rewards. Our doctors and staff are truly wonderful people.

Hobbies outside of work: Reading, travel-ing, baseball, basketball and football with my grandson Dylan.

Barbie Tally

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The City of Queen City

salutes it’sworking women!

Vickie RayLt. Dana Swain

Officer Sabrina McElmurry

« 601 Loop 236 «« Queen City «« 903-796-7986 «

SalutingOur

Working Women!

Shelley Faulkner

302 E. Main St.

Atlanta

903-796-1066

Name: Benita GriffinFamily Information: son and daughter-

in-law, Jeric and Brandi Griffin of Naper-ville, Ill and Braven Griffin who is attend-ing SMU in Dallas.

Hometown: Lived in Cass County since I was a baby.

Place of Employment: Benita’s Merle Norman and Benita’s Atlanta Floral.

Number of years at present job: I opened my first flower shop in Texarkana in 1985. I sold it and bought Atlanta Floral in the summer of 1996 and have been here ever since.

Position/ Title: Owner/ Manager. Why you love your job: Because I get to

share in special moments of friends and neighbors in the area. I love getting to vis-it with people and getting to know their families, celebrating new babies, birth-days, weddings, anniversaries and other special occasions.

Hobbies outside of work: Exercising, being outdoors, playing with nieces and nephews.

My story: I wanted to be a florist since I was a little girl. After thinking it wasn’t possible and attending college to be a teacher, I got a chance to work in a flower shop and jumped at it.

I soon realized that I had to try to fulfill my dream of owning my own flower shop. At that time, in 1985, there were too

many flower shops in this area so I de-cided to open Benita’s Blossoms in Tex-arkana. Business really took off there and I was

very blessed.

I worked six days a week and loads of hours to build that business. In the pro-cess, I gave birth to the jewels of my life, my two baby boys, Jeric and Braven. Life was grand because I took them to

work with me so I was able to work full time and have my children with me. We always lived here and drove to Texar-

kana. I was a QC graduate and my mother retired from there. My sister had taught there and my sister-in-law was teaching there, so there was no choice but for my children to become Bulldogs. After Jeric started kindergarten and

didn’t go to work with me anymore, some of the fun subsided. When we went opposite directions ev-

eryday, it bothered me, so I decided to see if I could sell my shop in Texarkana and purchase one in Atlanta so I could be near the school and be at everything my children were involved in. I sold Benita’s Blossoms to one of my

employees and her daughter and I bought Atlanta Floral all simultaneously in the summer of 1996. I never dreamed how much I would en-

joy being back in my hometown and get-ting to see people I had known all my life everyday.

I am so thankful to the people in this area for being so good to me. I have been richly blessed by being here.

Living in a small town and being close friends with so many wonderful people and sharing in their lives, watching their children grow up and sharing milestones and special moments of their lives is a priceless career. Being a florist is a very rewarding, but

somewhat demanding job. After twenty- five years of keeping a phone propped on my neck and standing on my feet every-day, the physical tolls were starting to get the best of me so I decided I might need to change something about my career. I knew I still wanted to be in Atlan-

ta where my cherished customers and friends were and I still wanted to be in-volved in my customer’s lives, so I decid-ed to take on a partner, Michelle Poteete.So once again I have been richly bless-

ed as Michelle is the most ideal partner in business I could ever ask for. She mans the flower part of the business while I continue to enjoy the gift aspect of the business, which includes Bibles, Chris-tian and inspirational gifts, Hallmark,

Benita Griffin

See GRIFFIN page 5

Citizens Journal, Wednesday, April 24, 2013 • 5

We support our working women everywhere and would like to thank the citizens of Cass County foryour trust and support! Your local home town bank. No gimmies - just Quality Cutomer Service.

Back row, from left: Kathy Collvins, Jackie Yates, Robbie Taylor, Rosa McCoy

and Tammie NucklesSeated from left: Mineola Smith

and Sheila Baugus

THANK YOU to working women!

Queen City Sales & Pawn304 Hickory St.

Queen City903 -799-7296

From left: Karie Mitchell, Danielle Martin, Gina Runnels and Ashley Dotson

candles and other personal and home dé-cor gifts. We both work together on all of it so

I can still be involved in the floral side when needed but I don’t have to meet all the physical and mental demands of own-ing it alone. This also made it possible for me to pur-

sue another career I had long been inter-ested in. I was able to purchase the Merle Nor-

man studio from Dwen Raney.

I have attended extensive training in Los Angeles for makeup artistry, color analysis and skincare. I hope this will be a new av-enue for me to be of service to my friends and customers in the area. I feel extremely fortunate to have had

the opportunity to acquire and enjoy two successful businesses and look forward to many more years of the same. I am so deeply humbled and apprecia-

tive of every customer who has ever visit-ed my stores.

GRIFFIN from page 4

Keep up with all the news in Cass County by reading the

Citizens JournalSubscribe today!903-796-7133

online subscriptions available atwww.casscountynow.com

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Front row, from left: Randi Lee and Margaret Law.Back, from left: Tonya Garcia and Annie Tong

Saluting Working Women Everywhere!

A Touch of Class801 Loop 236

Queen City, TX 75572903 -796-9079

From left: Debbie Boyd, Nelda Rowell, Benita Griffin, Leah Davis andMary Ann Caraway

Front: Michelle PoteeteNot pictured: Marty Mason and Libby Fry

"For Beautiful eyes... look for the good in others, For beautiful lips... speak only words of kindness, and for poise walk with the knowledge that you are never alone."

---Audrey Hepburn113 E. Main St.

Atlanta, TX 75551903-796-4149

Name: Debra (Dkay) HallFamily Info: I am married to Ken Hall. We

have been married eight years. We have, between us, six children and 11 beautiful grandchildren. My youngest son, Ian still lives at home and has just turned 15. He can’t wait to get his drivers license. Ian is a student at Champions Christian

Academy in Atlanta. We have a six-month old black lab pup-

py named Rex and a four-year old adopted cat named Sunshine. We call her Suni. I come from a family of women. I have a

wonderfully supportive momma and three strong and independent sisters.

Hometown: I was born in Texas City, Texas and lived there until I was 15. My parents moved me to the deep woods of Jefferson, Texas and I made Jefferson my hometown until 2005. My husband and I decided to transplant me and Ian to Lin-den in 2005 and I now consider Linden my hometown.

Education: I began my medical career as a Certified Surgical Technologist in 1999 from Kilgore College. I then took evening classes to complete my academ-ics. In 1996, I graduated from East Tex-as Baptist University with a Bachelors of Science Degree.

Place of Employment: Ellington Memorial Clinic, LLP

Years of Employment: 4 an half yearsPosition/ Title: Director of Nursing/ RN

BSNJob Description: Managing the daily

schedule with our nursing service as well as working with patients that have med-ical needs that require specialized care such as port a caths, etc. I am part of the management team and assist in main-taining the policies and procedures of the clinic.

Employment Background: I was hired right out of Scrub Tech school to work in surgery at Linden Municipal Hospital. Af-ter almost five years, I started the nursing program. While in school, I worked at Good Shep-

herd Medical Center Longview in labor and delivery. I was hired to work with pediatric chil-

dren’s Home Health for five years. I felt I needed a change and started

traveling as a nurse. I was in Boston on 911. My family was concerned for my life, so

I came back home and decided I wanted to be an Emercency Room nurse. I worked at Good Shepherd Longview in

their very busy ER.

Several months later we found out my husband was ill with cancer and had a very short time to live. I remained home for a year and then

I was offered the position of Director of Surgery at Good Shepherd Linden. I remained there until 2008. I saw and ad for a Director of Nursing

with Ellington Memorial Clinic and ap-plied for it. I really thought, “that would be a great position and surely some-one internally will get it. I don’t stand a chance.”Then I was called for an interview. Dr.

Dan Nichols was a great interviewer. A couple of days later I was offered the

position. I was afraid I would be bored coming out of surgery to a family practice clinic. There are no boring days at Elling-ton Memorial Clinic. I love my job and my family at Ellington

Memorial Clinic. Why do you love your job: The first day

of nursing school, our instructors asked the questions, “Why do you want to be-come a nurse?”Of course my first answer was because

“I want to care for sick people.”Being a nurse goes beyond caring for

a patient. You get to know their families

and sometimes you can care for the pa-tient through the family. I love the knowledge and the skills that

I have learned in being a nurse. I have become stronger and more self assured. I am blessed every time I am able to

help someone and I hope I return that blessing. Hobbies outside of work: I love the water.

My husband and I have a boat and we love to ride on Caddo Lake or Lake of the Pines. We swim and take the kids and grand kids tubing and knee boarding as much as possible. I love to fish for bream and bring them

home for supper. I am a camper. My favorite is tent camp but as I get old-

er I have come to appreciate a camper with air conditioning. Reading has always been a love in my

family and I was very lucky to find a man who reads more than me. I love spending time with my grandchil-

dren. Two of my grandsons play select base-

ball. I am going to go watch them more than I have. Sitting on the back porch with my hus-

band is always so relaxing in the evening. I love the spring and summer.

Debra ‘Dkay’ Hall

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THANK YOU to working women

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Standing, from left: Jo Edwards, Kim Drum, Susanna Langston, Marissa Williams and

Sidney Knorr (Shadow Student)Seated, from left: Monica Raines, Kay Partee

and Nita JoseyNot Pictured, Leticia Tucker

Name: Lisa Porterfield Thompson

Family Info: Husband, Brad and two sons; Porter, 3, and Fischer, 2 months.

Hometown: Atlanta, Texas

Education: Queen City High School, Bachelors of Arts in Public Relations and Print Journalism from the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, Ark. and a Masters of Public Service from the Wil-liam J. Clinton School of Public Service at the University of Arkansas

Place of Employment: Atlanta Area Cham-ber of Commerce

Position/Title: President

Number of Years at present job: 1 an half a years

Job Description: What isn’t included in my job description would be a more ac-curate question! I do everything from fundraising, networking, parade organiz-ing and real estate hunting to designing logos and signage, writing press releases and event planning. The overall goal of the Chamber of

Commerce is to support our local busi-nesses and develop the economy of the Atlanta Area, so I do whatever it takes to work with our 180ish members, our local school districts, nonprofits, government officials and other city entities to ensure that the Atlanta Area keeps growing and maintains our already viable economy.

Professional Background:Texarkana College,  Director of Public

Relations and  Adjunct FacultyTexas A&M University,Adjunct professor

of public speaking 

Opportunities, Inc.,  Grant WriterU. S. Congressman Vic Snyder’s Office

Why you love your job: 

Atlanta is my hometown. I live and breathe this community and want noth-ing more than to see it thrive. Brad and I have bought a house here, we are active members of our church and other com-munity groups, our parents live here, and to say we have invested in this area is an understatement. I want to spend my working days doing

everything I can to see growth and coop-eration in the Atlanta Area. My job at the Chamber is easy, because

it is all about promoting community, en-couraging others to participate in events, shop local, and tell others about our town. Even if I wasn’t the president of the

Chamber, I’d still be doing all of those things. So, naturally, I love my job be-cause I have a personal, vested interest in seeing the Chamber’s work become fruitful. I want the Atlanta Area to be a place

where my sons grow up and are proud to call “home.” On a more practical note, I love my job because I get to tackle some-thing different every day: from working with a small business owner to fulfill their dreams, or serving lunch to three hundred ladies, I literally never get bored! 

Hobbies outside of work:

Politics, freelance writing, bargain shopping and flea-marketing, SEC foot-ball (specifically Arkansas Razorback football), Texas Rangers baseball, party planning and learning new things, like crocheting, gardening and crafting. 

Lisa Porterfield Thompson

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Name: Rita CoxFamily Information: Married to Dr. Randal

Cox with one child; Dr. Adam Cox (mar-ried to Jennifer Cox)

Hometown: AtlantaEducation: Business/ Accounting at East

Texas State UniversityPlace of Employment: Roark Auto Parts/

Family Eye Care ClinicNumber of years at present job: 35 years

and Roarks; 33 years at Family Eye Care Clinic

Position/ Title: Roark’s- co-owner/ Presi-dent; Family Eye Care Clinic-Bookeeper/ Accountant

Job Description: Roark’s- Management, PR, accounting; Family Eye Care Clinic- accounting.

Employment/Professional Background: Moved back to Atlanta in 1978 and start-ed working with my dad, Bonny Roark, at Roark’s. Married Randy Cox in 1980 and have always kept the books and financial records at Family Eye Care. I have also filled-in (worked) in every position in that office.

Why you love your job: The parts store is in my blood. I love being there and work-ing with the people there. I also love vis-iting with our customers! The same goes for Family Eye Care: love working in the

business end of it as well as the great staff and patients we have.

Hobbies: I love being outdoors, snow skiing, camping, hiking, cooking. We are very active in our church, Atlanta Meth-odist where I have been a member of the handbell choir for over 20 years. I have served as Church Council Chairperson for the previous two years. I also currently serve on the Atlanta City Development Board.

Rita Cox

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We salute our working women and working women everywhere!

From left: Heather Cloninger, Mia Curtis, Amanda McDuffie,Susie Benson and Lawanda Bruce

901 W. Main St.Atlanta, TX 75551

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Name: Robin Aaron

Family information: I have a couple of wonderful parents, Bruce and Carol Ann, who have been married more than 40 years and counting, my sister Melissa and her husband Clay, a nephew named Clay-ton (a.k.a. “Hero”, “The Boy” and many other pseudonyms), two nieces named Nora Reece and Bella Marie (My “Twin-kles”), another niece still in the oven named Aiden Grace (Still working on her nick name). I have a handsome Boxer puppy named

Sugar Ray and a doll face Persian cat named Audrey. Last but not least I have a host of friends and loved ones who are at least as close as family all over the com-munity and elsewhere. I love my Lot with all my heart and am so grateful to God for each and every one of them. I’m honored to be a part of their lives.

Hometown: Simms, Texas

Education: Bachelor of Science in Mass Communications from Texas A&M Univer-sity, Associates of Journalism from Texar-kana College, Leadership Training Course with Burchfield Ministries International

Place of Employment: Atlanta Citizens Journal

Position/Title: Managing Editor

Number of years are present job: Not even one yet.

Job Description: Imagine being tossed headlong through the air by an F3 Texas tornado and told upon landing to describe the view. Sound like fun? My job as an editor is to produce a snap-

shot of the life, times and events of my community each issue. With the help of an amazing staff, we serve our readers with the most up-to-date information and images to inform, uplift and often stir conversation about what matters most to those who pick up the paper each week. Community newspapers are the final

battleground for true free speech, the fourth branch of government, a beacon for democracy, a voice of reason and ad-vocate for justice. All that, and only 50 cents per issue.

Employment/ Professional Background: Editor of the Bowie County Citizens Tri-bune from 2009 to April 2013I’ve also served as sales manager for a

durable medical supply company/phar-macy. I worked for a year with an urban outreach mission and did morning devo-tions with juvenile and adult patients at a psychiatric hospital. Other work experience includes assis-

tant manager of a coffee shop and week-

end music venue, freelance writer and I also ran my own freelance graphics and marketing company for a stint as well.

Why you love your job: I love that each day is like a blank slate. I can never be sure what will be in store or who I will come in contact with. I love the collaboration and creativity

that happens with those on my staff. I love that, in this job, you can never stop learning. I love making a positive impact on my community. And I absolutely love when something

we’ve written brings light to an issue and helps improve the lives of others.   Hobbies outside of work: I enjoy songwriting and playing guitar.

I’ve become an avid fitness geek. I love to travel, discover new music,

spend time with friends and soak in the great outdoors whenever possible. Most of all my life is best spent falling

more in love with the Creator and sharing in His great love for humankind.

Robin Aaron

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We SaluteOur Working Women!

PENNYBRABHAM

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CHRISTYBANISTER

BRENDALITTLEJOHN

GINAHOGUE

MARTHASCOTT

DIANNEBRYAN

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Superior Realty903-244-8370797 US Hwy 59

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Just Listed! This Custom Built Home has it All! 4/3 Brick w/ Approx. 3320 SF offering Seclusion & Country Living at it’s Finest on 19.5 Acres! Features: Beautiful Chef’s Kitchen w/ Drop Lighting, Stainless Steel Appliances, Granite Countertops, plus Pantry & Much More! Interior also offers: Fireplace, Large Windows throughout, Open Floor Plan, Utility Room, Tile, Carpet, & Laminate Wood Flooring, plus Sunroom. You will fall in love w/ this Large Master Suite w/ Vaulted Ceilings, Jacuzzi Tub & Separate Shower. Exterior features: 528 SF 2 Car Garage, 40x62 Workshop / Man Cave & 515 ft Water Well. This is a Must See! $299,900 Call Gina for details 903 277-3254

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Elegant surrondings with country ideas1102 S. William St. • Atlanta, TX 75551

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Front row, from left: Tracy Gamble, Hope Hensley, Linda Hill, Terri Crawley, Liz Maysand Sonya Deaton

Back, from left: Chyna Edmond, Tess Cauley, Callie Shirley, Krystal Lawrence, SandraZwirnmann, Phoebie Wilson, Pam Simon, Teri Palucho, Frankie Stanley, Kathy Easley,

Kim Jenkins and Danna Bray

Name: Sherrie Fitts

Family: Married to Greg Fitts; son and daughter-in-law Brett and Crystal Fitts; daughter Crystal Fitts Scott; grandchil-dren Trent West, Kyndal Fitts, Zoe Scott and Tatum Fitts.

Hometown: Linden, Texas (transplanted from Atlanta 36 years ago).

Education: Associate Degree in Nurs-ing, 1975; Bachelor of Science in Nurs-ing, 1989; Master of Science in Nursing 1995.

Place of Employment: Ellington Memorial Clinic, LLP

Number of years and present job: 18 years.

Position/ Title: Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner.

Job Description: A nurse practitioner per-forms history and physical exams and or-ders and interprets diagnostic test such as labs and xrays. We diagnose and treat

acute and chronic conditions such as dia-betes, hypertension, and injuries. We prescribe medication and other

treatments. We also inform on health promotion, disease prevention and health education.

Employment/ Professional Background: I started working at Atlanta Memorial

Hospital as a nursing student in 1974. I continued working there when I complet-ed RN school in 1975. I stayed at AMH working in all areas or nursing service until I finished graduate school 20 years later. I began my career as a nurse practi-tioner at Ellington Clinic in 1995. Why do you love your job: I enjoy helping

people and in my job I have the opportu-nity to help people improve their physical and emotional health. This is always a challenge and can be very rewarding at times and very frustrating at other times. Besides treating acute and chronic ill-

ness, I try to make time to teach people how to be more healthy. Because of the years I have spent with

AMH and EMC, I have developed a per-sonal relationship with many of the peo-ple I provide healthcare to. That makes my job more than just a job. Hobbies outside of work: We live on a

farm and most of my off-time is spent there. I love taking care of our animals. We have horses, cows, donkeys and

chickens. I enjoy riding, walking, being outside and reading. Having family and friends join in makes everything more fun.

Sherrie FittsRemember to

salute the work your Mother doesAdvertise in the

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Name: Sunnie Hooten

Family: Husband David; children Blaise- 13. Kannon 10 and Skye- 7.

Hometown: Shreveport, La. (my husband grew up in Atlanta).

Education: Masters Degree/ post Masters Certificate CPNP, FNP-c

Place of Employment: Ellington Memorial Clinic

Number of years at present job: 9 months.

Position/ Title: Family and Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

Job Description: Provide Comprehensive Healthcare for families

Employment/ Professional Background: 20 years with healthcare industry with a record of continuous, dedicated service. Why you love your job: It provides the

opportunity to make a difference in some-one elses life.

Hobbies outside of work: Children’s Ac-tivities: Baseball, football, band and gym-nastics. Singing and choir.

Sunnie Hooten

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invite you to come in for aFREE EXPRESS MAKEOVER.

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111 East Main • Atlanta, TX 75551903-796-2451

We salute our working women!

Front row, from left: Tracey Smith, Sara Tyson, Kaley Mainer, Tara Daugherty and Tania Greer. Back, from left: Barbara Cordell, Tracey Bingham, Becca Baker, Pam Barkman, Martha White,

Barbie Tally, Patty Byrum, Brooke McWilliams and Alisha Endsley

Family Eye Care Clinic719 W. Main St. Atlanta, TX 75551

903-796-8288

We salute our working women!

Front row, from left: Brenda Peterson, LaJuan Cross, Belinda ElwickBack, from left: Jacqueline Jones, Becky Allen, Danica Porter

City of Atlanta903-796-7153

Name: Patti Watson

Family Information: Married to Jim Wat-son for 23 years. Have two wonderful children; Chris Hull who works on the flightline of Augusta Helicopter Co. in Pennsylvania and Rhiannon Sanders, a pediatrician in Plano, Texas.

Hometown: Born and raised in Pittsfield, Mass. and have lived in Atlanta for 20 years.

Education: Nursing degree from Texarka-na College.

Place of employment: Ellington Memo-rial Clinic

Number of years at present job: I have worked at Ellington Clinic for 17 years and 16 years for Dr. Hozdic.

Position: LVN

Job Description: Assist the Doctor in the care of his patients.

Employment/ Professional Background: Working 20 years in the healthcare indus-try.

Why do you love your job: I have the great pleasure of caring for my patients’ minds, body and souls. We as nurses became a part of each patients lives.

Hobbies outside of work: Reading run-ning, crochet and painting.

Patti Watson

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Paula Boundoin & Debbie Rash

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Honoring working women!

Ellington MemorialClinic, LLP

1011 S, William St.

Atlanta, TX 75551

903-796-2868

Name: Tracey Smith

Family information: Married to Bill Smith, manager of Novatron Corp. Two children, Bill Smith and Stephanie Bartley. One grandchild, Madison. (two dogs and two cats who think they are my children)

Hometown: Greenville, Penn. But Atlanta has been home for 23 years.

Place of Employment: Family Eye Care Clinic, PC

Number of Years at present job: 23 years

Position/ Title: Office Manager, Insurance and Financial Secretary

Job Description: Whatever is needed to be done in a day.

Employment/ Professional Background: Cosmetologist At JC Penny in Pennsyl-vania; JC Penny cosmetic associate in Bradenton, Fla; teller at Goldone Savings Bank in Bradenton, Fla; then moved to Atlanta in 1990 and joined the staff of

Family Eye Care Clinic as a preliminary assistant.

Why you love your job: The family atmo-sphere of Family Eye Care Clinic. Not only are the doctors and staff great to work with, but the patients are great also. Our patients really welcomed this northern girl to East Texas. Hobbies outside of work: Working out-

side in flower beds and gardening, play-ing Scrabble with anyone who will indulge me, crocheting, crossword puzzles and going to the beach.

Tracey Smith

We appreciate all working women!

Alyssa Elliott-Realtor, Dana Robinson-Broker/Realtor, Donna Huseth-Secretary

101 N. East Street • Atlanta903-796-1026

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Name: Debbie StilesFamily information: Married to David

37 years, two Sons Jason and Clint, six grandkids-if you want the names Riley, Emmitt, Lane, Tucker, Easton and Talley

Hometown: AtlantaEducation: Graduated QC, Texarkana

CollegePlace of Employment: Atlanta Citizens

JournalNumber of years at present job: 10 yearsPosition/Title: Office ManagerJob Description: Bookeeping, account-

ing, managing classifieds and newspaper circulaion.

Employment/ Professional Background: 13 years at Henson Kickernick-from machine operator to Supervisor, Accounting posi-tions at Duncan Thompson Petroleum, Communication Specialists

Why you love your job: Different every minute

Hobbies outside of work: Drawing, writ-ing, reading

Front row, from left: LaVera Lloyd, Holly Kelton holding Gabe Kelton, Tamy Head holding Rett Kelton and Aggie (on floor)

Back, from left: Margaret Easter, Lisa Nichols, Leslie Panaro, Allison Oliver,Cheryl Perez, Janice Porterfield, Kellie Smith and Leslee Mayfield.

Kelton Home Health301 W. Main St. • Atlanta

903-796-4040

Name: Marti AlexanderFamily information: Two daughters, Shel-

by Alexander and Helen Abigail Thomp-son

Hometown: BloomburgEducation: Student at Texarkana CollegePlace of Employment: Citizens JournalNumber of years are present job: 12Position/Title: Staff WriterJob Description: Grunt workEmployment/ Professional Background:

Previously served as editor before step-ping down to attend college.

Why you love your job: Great co-workers who can handle my random outbursts

Hobbies outside of work: Outside of work?

Marti AlexanderMIDWEEK EXTRA...

Debbie Stiles

Name: Lee Ellen Arnold BenjaminFamily information: I have one daughter,

Kelli Alexis Tonn (43), who lives with her husband Kelton and my granddaughters Kathleen (8) and Kennedy (5) in Hous-ton.My mother’s family, the Hughes, were

early settlers in Atlanta who owned the At-lanta Hotel, the livery stable and Hughes Brothers Dry Goods Store. My father, Brig. Gen. Kelley Arnold, was the owner of East Texas Mother Company until 1970.

Hometown: Atlanta, but I moved away in 1967 and didn’t move back for 40 years. I have lived on the east coast, the west coast and in the middle.

Education: AHS 1967; Centenary Col-lege of Louisiana 1972, BA; San Francis-co State University 1983, MA

Place of Employment: Citizens JournalNumber of years are present job: 1.75 yrsPosition/Title: Staff Writer/ Ad DesignerJob Description: Primarily I design ads,

but I often write local color pieces for the paper.

Employment/ Professional Background: Instructor, Theatre at Centenary College; Purchasing Manager, Production Arts Lighting, NYC; Purchasing Manager, Tex-as Scenic Company, San Antonio;Office Assistant, Collins Academy, Jef-

ferson.

Why you love your job: I particularly enjoy the interplay with my co-workers. They are inventive and clever, which in-spires me. The creative element of design work is stimulating. Due to my theatre background, I tell people, “It is opening night….twice a week.”

Hobbies outside of work: I AM the old lady down the street with the plants and the cats! I love the flowers and trees in my yard, but don’t really like to pull the weeds or mow the lawn. I love to see my grandchildren, but don’t get to Houston very often.

Lee Ellen Benjamin

15 • Citizens Journal, Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Women in the news... Name: Tamara Mathers

Family information: James Mathers hus-band, two sons Chris Shada 15 and Jacob Shada 12.

Hometown: resides in Linden, Texas, and my home town: Atlanta, Texas

Education: Graduate of Queen City High School 1993

Place of Employment: Atlanta Citizens Journal

Number of years are present job: one year back

Position/Title: Advertising Director

Job Description: I help our local busi-nesses with advertising/marketing their products with newspaper advertising and photos. I recommend advertising to them for their products that is not only effec-tive, but also cost efficient.

Employment/ Professional Background: I previously worked at the Journal for 11 years prior to taking a six year break where I also worked at Texar Federal Cred-it Union as a Teller, did some Substitute teaching worked in the music office of FBC Atlanta.Why you love your job: I love my job be-

cause I generally have a love for my cus-

tomers and have developed quite a few close friendships with them. I love to help businesses strive to stay

busy and to show all they have to offer. I love being involved in our community

and all that goes on. I also love the free-dom of being out of my office instead of being cooped up from 8 to 5 in an office atmosphere.

Hobbies outside of work: Outside of work, I enjoy spending time with my husband doing yard work or traveling, singing and spending time with family and friends.

Tamara MathersName: Angela GuilloryFamily information: Husband Bobby mar-

ried for 26 years in June. Son Michael Guillory, 25 and daughter Ashton Guillo-ry, 15

Hometown: I was born in Greenville, Tex-as but grew-up in towns all over Texas. I now call Atlanta home.

Education: Texas High 1987Place of Employment: Cass County Sun Number of years are present job: six yearsPosition/Title: EditorJob Description: Reporter, photographer

whatever needs to be done to get the pa-per out each week.

Employment/ Professional Background: Head auditor at Dillard’s Department

Store in Shreveport, La.Member services in new accounts and

investments at Barksdale Federal Credit Union Atlanta Area Chamber of Commerce

presidentWhy you love your job: I like people. My

job allows me to meet and learn about a diverse group of people in my community. I have been covering the news and com-munity activities of Linden for the past six years. It is rewarding to get to know the many people who make this community grow and prosper. The newspaper is a vital source in a

small community to receive the true facts of a story and not rumors which can run rampant in small towns. Capturing that memorable photo or re-

porting on that touching story makes all

the long hours and crazy work schedule worthwhile. Our job as reporters is to record history,

the good, bad, wonderful and sad. To cap-ture those moments in time.

Hobbies outside of work: I don’t have time for hobbies. When I have a moment of free time I enjoy reading a good book. Spending time with my family. Camping, hiking and being outdoors. Vacations are great when I get one, which are hard to come by in this busy industry. I am active in several area clubs, includ-

ing the Linden Garden Club and Caddo Chapter of the Native Plant Society.I am currently serving on the Atlanta

Public Library Advisory Board and At-lanta ISD School Heath Advisory Council (SHAC.)

Angela Guillory

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Citizens JournalCitizens Journal

The

wants to take a moment

to salute and thank all the

women in business in Cass County.

Your dedication helps keep

our communities growing

and succeeding.