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n Sports n Obituaries n InsideTenaha advances to 3-1 while Timpson advances to 4-0; Dragons win big; Rams lose in overtime while the ‘Riders lose 17-0. See SportsDay page 1B.

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CPD responds to baby locked in vehicle callBy Scott FlowersEditor

[email protected]

Center Police Offi-cers responded to the Dollar General in Cen-ter located on Tenaha Street following a 911 call that a baby was locked in a vehicle. Of-ficers Jim Blackwell, Ricky King, Joey Haley and John Welch all re-sponded to the scene at 2:15 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 27.

According to Officer Blackwell, the mother accidentally locked her

baby in the vehicle for 10 minutes and could not gain access. When the officers arrived they were able to get into the vehicle in approximate-ly 20 seconds.

The officers were

able to get the baby out of the vehicle and mem-bers of ACE EMS am-bulance service began to examine the baby. Af-ter the baby was exam-ined by EMS she was released to her mother.

THS Homecoming Queen

2013 East Texas Poultry Festival pageant crowns Perry QueenBy Katie MillerStaff Writer

[email protected]

The 2013 East Texas Poultry Festival Pag-eant Coronation was held Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013 at the Center High School Cafeteria. Dur-ing the course of the coronation 14 beautiful young ladies introduced themselves and show-cased their poise and meticulous stage pres-ence. The 2012 East Texas Poultry Festival Queen, Sterling Parker, was also bid farewell.

Macayla Perry was crowned the 2013 East Texas Poultry Festival Queen. First runner up was Jessica Alexander and Taighen Mathews

was second runner up.Many other awards

were handed out that evening. Of those, the award for Most P h o t o g e -nic went to M a c a y l a P e r r y , T a i g h e n M a t h e w s Most Pho-togenic first runner and Chloe Brown Most Photogenic sec-ond runner.

Madison Jones and Haley Denby tied for Most Outstanding. Miss Congeniality was awarded to Mal-lory Howard. Amy Per-menter received the President’s Award and the Committee Award

was presented to Shaw-na Hall.

For their Doo Dah Parade floats, Honor-

able Mention went to Macayla P e r r y , M a y o r ’ s

Award went to Taylor

Clark, Presi-d e n t i a l A w a r d

went to Kylee Windham and the Sweepstakes Award went to Hailey Baldwin.

Contestants were asked to write an essay during one of their re-hearsals. Those essays were judged and the top three were select-ed. Those three were Jessica Alexander with

the best essay, first run-ner up, Hailey Baldwin and second runner up, Chloe Brown.

In the grade point average portion of the competition, Kylee Windham had the high-est grade point average, Hailey Baldwin was first runner up and Chyenne Koller was second run-ner up.

Contestants were judged on their involve-ment in extracurricular school activities. Chy-enne Koller came out in the lead with Chloe Brown first runner up and Ali Baty second runner up.

Also calculated into their final scores were

21 Rooster Revels find homes, funds benefit local studentsBy Scott FlowersEditor

[email protected]

The 2013 Rooster Revel auc-tion was held on Wednesday, Sept. 25 and the event opened with Shana Brittain, Center FFA Advisor, who introduced the revels to the community. She explained that she presented the idea of the Rooster Revels to Pam Phelps, Executive Director of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce, three years ago as a fundraiser for her class at Center High School called Agribusiness.

“Pam and the Chamber and the steering committee were gracious enough to say, ‘We’ll help you with this project’ and so we’re three years in now and I think the chickens are getting better every year,” said Brittain.

21 Rooster Revels were pre-sented during the event for live auction and silent auction. For

the live auction portion Rick Photo by Ray Jackson

Senior Ducess Paytin Dillon was named the 2013 Timpson Homecoming Queen before the Bears kicked off their game against Burkeville, Friday Sept. 27.

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The 2013 East Texas Poultry Festival Queen is Macayla Perry.I See QUEEN Page 5A

DeSoto Parish Felon of the Week programSubmitted by Sgt. Chato Atkins,

DeSoto Parish Sheriff ’s Department

DeSoto Parish Crime Stoppers Felon of the Week Program is asking for the pub-lic’s help in locating/identifying suspect(s) wanted from the DeSo-to Parish Area.

Robert C. Mitch-ell, 56, of 4739 Lyba Street Shreveport, La. 71109is wanted for distribution of sched-ule II crack cocaine (three counts). He is described as a black male, 6’ tall, weighing

280 pounds.Floyd L. Taylor,

46, of 648 Janear Cir-cle Grand Cane, La. 71032 is wanted for criminal neglect of family $5,000. He is described as a black male, 6’4” tall, weigh-ing 230 pounds.

Porter D. Dewitt, 23, of 5046 Highway 509 Mansfield, La. 71052 is wanted for criminal neglect of family $500. He is described as a black male, 5’8” tall, weighing 155 pounds.

AlvinWilliams Jr.

FloydTaylor

PorterDewitt

RobertMitchell I See FELON Page 5A

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Bevo’s Chick by Jacob Locke was the highest selling item in the Rooster Revel auction and was purchased by East Texas Poultry Supply for $500. Rick Campbell (left) , Shelby County Judge, was the auctioneer for the evening and he is seen with Rebeca Hernandez (right).

Scott Flowers / The Light and Champion

Center Police Officers were first at the scene when a baby was locked in a vehicle.

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ROOSTER SPONSORS:Boles Feed Company, Inc., County Credit Union, Debrah J. Worsham, DDS, Deep East Texas Electric Co-op, Inc., Fairchild, Price, Haley, & Smith, LLP, Hardy’s Machine & Welding, Hicks Mortuary, Jon, Macy & Misty Bush Foundation, Mettauer Law Firm, PLLC, Pickles & Petunias Eatery, R & D Distributing, Shelby County Title Company, Sombrero’s, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance, Texas State Bank, The Little Fox Marketplace, Toledo Automotive Supply and Ultra Shade Plus.

HEN SPONSORS:Automotive Collision Specialists, Axley & Rode, LLP, Carl’s Dozer Service, Center Livestock Auction, East Texas Medical Center, Carthage, Golden Eye Clinic, Gorilla Barns, Hughes Veterinary Clinic, Ivan Smith Furniture, Jack’s Saw Shop, John C. Rogers Gallery & Coffee Shop, Mangum Funeral Home, Meeks Ventures,Mollie Barton Real Estate, Moodyville BBQ, Pine Grove Nursing Center, Piney Forest Products, LLC, R & J Recycling, Ronnie and Serica Wilkins, Russell Carpet One, Sandy Wheeler State Farm Insurance, ShelbyCountyToday.com, Smith Saw Mill, The Bark Boutique, The Balcony, Town & Country Real Estateand Vieux Carre Photography.

PULLET SPONSORS:ALLCOM AT&T, Anderson Insurance, Bounds Insurance Agency, City of Timpson, Dance Furniture & Appliance, Dean Hardware, Hines, Sheffield & Squyres, LLC, Monco Motor Co., Morrison Insurance Agency, Payne Rental, Thomas R. McLeroy, Jr., Attorney at Law, Tomlin Insurance Store, Inc., Tri-Comm Restoration Services and Watson-Tucker Florist.

SPECIAL EVENTSPONSORS

CENTER TIRE COMPANY – Doo Dah Parade

TYSON FOODS - Chicken Cooking Contest

FARMERS STATE BANK - Opening Ceremonies

BIG TENT SPONSORSBrookshire Brothers

McDonald’s Center Smiles

Nacogdoches Coca-Cola Citizens Bank Pilgrim’s PrideCity of Center

Shelby Savings BankEast Texas Extended Care

Steel Building Supply East Texas Poultry Supply

Texas Glacier IceGeneral Shelters

Tyson FoodsWHAT-A-BURGER

QUEEN SPONSOR:AEP/Swepco

SCHOLARSHIP AwARD SPONSOR:

Shelby College Center

2013 QUEEN’S COURT:

Queen Macayla Perry

2013 Committee Chairmen

2013 Schedule of Events:Thursday, October 3, 201310:00 a.m. …………...……Opening Ceremonies Downtown Historic Courthouse

Presented by Farmers State BankInvocation………..……........ Rev. Joel McMahon First United Methodist ChurchNational Anthem….........Center High School Band Director Chris Smith Pledge to the Flag….....Timpson ISD KindergartenCutting of the Feathers….…....2013 East Texas

Poultry Festival Queen & Court Welcome………..County Judge Rick Campbell

Center Mayor David Chadwick Randy Collard, Shelby County Chamber of Commerce President

10:00 a.m. Food / Arts & Crafts Booths OpenQUILT SHOW - 10:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m. Historic CourthousePHOTOGRAPHY SHOW - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Dr. Collard’s Office –Vision Source 106 Nacogdoches St.10:10 a.m. F.L. Moffett Kindergarten ClassesGroup I: Batdorf, Sanders, FultsGroup II: Fitzgerald, Rogers, AraizaGroup III: DuVon, Ramsey, Rowlett, Covington12:00 p.m Center Elementary First Grade ClassesGroup I: Sullivan, Ruiz, CarawayGroup II: Byndom, Cordray, K. SanfordGroup III: Hayes, Cleaver, Livingston, Slaughter12:40 p.m Center Elementary Second Grade ClassesGroup I: Masterson, Herndon, DillardGroup II: Crouch, Gibson, HooperGroup III: Olaide, McClelland, Davidson, Radney1:10 p.m. Center Elementary Third Grade ClassesGroup I: Moore, Corbell, Hale Group II: Brister, Pinkston, A. SanfordGroup III: Helms, Crumbie, Chisenhall 2:30 p.m. Big Tent Open Microphone4:00 p.m. Carnival opens5:30 p.m. Strong Triumph Church Youth Choir6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Carnival Arm Bands $177:00 p.m. Danny Paul Windham and The Pine Hill Review, Thomas Morrison and the Pack of Strays Friday, October 4, 2013 10:00 a.m. Food / Arts & Crafts Booths open QUILT SHOW - 10:00 a.m.– 3:00 p.m. Historic

CourthousePHOTOGRAPHY SHOW - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Dr. Collard’s Office - Vision Source 106 Nacogdoches St.10:00 a.m. Excelsior School Wildcat Musicians Grades K-3 “Old McDonald” Fourth & Fifth Grade Classes “Old Texas” Sixth & Seventh Grade Classes “Lean On Me” Eighth Grade Class “America The Beautiful” Featuring Boomwhackers & Handbells

10:45 a.m. Shelbyville Fourth Grade Classes “Flashback to the ‘50’s”12:00 p.m. Danny Paul, Sally and Friends Homegrown & Homemade 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Carnival Arm Bands $17 2:00 p.m. Center High School Choir 2:30 p.m. Center Roughrider Community Pep Rally 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Open Microphone 5:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. Carnival 6:00 p.m. Maureen Kennon, Vocalist 6:30 p.m. David Wheeler, Vocalist 7:00 p.m. Grateful Heart 7:30 p.m. The Borders Sisters 8:00 p.m. First Christian Church Praise Band 8:30 p.m. Chasity Davis, Vocalist 9:00 p.m. Soul Harvest Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:15 a.m. CASA 5K Run 9:30 a.m. Cheer Competition Center High School Gym10:00 a.m. Food / Arts & Crafts Booths OpenQUILT SHOW - 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Historic CourthousePHOTOGRAPHY SHOW - 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Dr. Collard’s Office - Vision Source 106 Nacogdoches St.PHOTO BOOTH - 3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.10:00 a.m. 4-H & FFA Broiler Show Sift 12:00 p.m. Broiler Show Sponsored by Tyson Foods 12:00 p.m. Carnival Opens12:00 p.m Jasa Rodgers- “Unspeakable Praise” -Sign Interpetation12:30 p.m. Cheer Competition Awards 1:30 p.m. Malory Nehring, Vocalist 2:00 p.m. Johnson’s Lost Crowes 3:00 p.m. Tim and Jessica Hopkins 4:30 p.m. Lacey Felder, Vocalist 5:00 p.m. “Strut, Cluck, and Crow” Chicken Clucking Contest 5:45 p.m. Lion’s Club Jeep Drawing 6:40 p.m. Presentation of Moosberg Awards 6:50 p.m. Jon, Macy and Misty Bush Foundation Drawing 7:00 p.m. 4-H & FFA Broiler Show Auction Sponsored by Tyson Foods Following Auction: Johnson’s Lost Crowes

Shelby CountyChamber of CommerCe

37th Annual East Texas Poultry FestivalThursday - SaturdayOctober 3, 4 & 5

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2013 East Texas Poultry Festival Booths

Ali BatyTaylor Clark

Madison JonesTaighen Mathews

Jessica Alexander Amy PermenterChyenne Koller

Chloe BrownMallory Howard

Haley DenbyHailey BaldwinKylee windham

Shawna Hall

Chicken Tenders & FriesFunnel CakesTaco Salad Baked PotatoesGrilled Chicken Sandwiches & ChipsSweet ShopChicken SpaghettiCorn DogsChicken Fajita Tacos, Pork TacosHamburgers, Cheeseburgers, FriesNachos w/ ChiliTamales and GorditasGumboEgg Rolls

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FESTIVAL CHAIRMAN Jim Sawyer

FESTIVAL CO-CHAIRMANHollie Adams

FESTIVAL COORDINATORDavid Chadwick

GROUNDS COORDINATOR

Rick Campbell

CARNIVALBuster Bounds

CHICKEN FAJITALUNCHEONBryan Wages

ELECTRICALRob Payne

FESTIVAL TENTCOORDINATOR

Roy Blackshear

ENTERTAINMENTDanny Paul

& Sally Windham

FENCEJohn Howard

ARTS & CRAFTS BOOTHPolly McKissick

SECURITY COORDINATOR

Bobby Daw

CHEER COMPETITION Kelli Mathews

BROILER SHOWLane Dunn

SPONSOR CAMPAIGNHollie Adams

CHAMBER BOOTHRose Spector

ROOSTER REVELAndi Foster

CHAIRMEN

QUILT SHOWEEA Ladies

PHOTOGRAPHY SHOWBillie Jones

CHICKEN COOKING CONTEST

Denise Merriman & Gina Estes

QUEENS COURTCaroline Hutchins

DOO-DAH PARADECarolyn Lamb

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Services:Sunday Worship 10:45 a.m.

Nursery: Ages 0-2Wittle Worshippers: Ages 3-5

Kids ages 6-11 come join us as we begin our

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Amazing Praise & Worship • 6:30 p.m.

Followed by Bible Study Classes:Wittle Worshippers (Kids: 3-5)

“A Puppy’s Life” SeriesMountain-Moving Kids (Kids: 6-11)

“Survivor: Phobia Island” Royal Rangers (Boys: 9-13)

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SeptemberSpotlight EventCHS Chaparrals fundraiser Oct. 5

CHS Chaparrals will be selling tickets to win a 2013 Honda Foreman ES 4 wheeler. The tick-ets are $5 each or 5 tickets for $20.

The drawing will be held at the Poultry Fes-tival Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. Proceeds will help support the Chaparral New York trip in November.

Church Activities

Community Activities

Community Activities Cont’d

CHS Homecoming calendar dates

CHS Hall of Honor nominations accepted until Sept. 15 (will be presented to Inductee at Meeting on Saturday, Oct. 12.

Shofner Family reunion set Oct. 12

Shofner Family Re-union Pot Luck will be held on Oct. 12, on the 2nd Saturday in Octo-ber. The time for the event will be 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Boles Field in Shelbyville.

Please inform your family of the reunion. Bring your goodies and enjoy the day.

For more infor-mation call: 713 861-7457 Mardell Shorner Worthey

Smyrna MBC to hold revival

Pastor Cedric O’Keith Grace, Sr. and the Smyrna Mission-ary Baptist Church in Timpson requests the presence of you and your church family at their fall revival from Sept. 30, 2013 through Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. night-ly. The guest speaker will be elder Marrion Jackson, Sr. of Clayton Temple Church of God in Christ in Timpson. If you need more infor-mation, please contact Pastor Cedric Grace at 936-572-8082.

CFUM Church Homecoming Sunday

Center First United Methodist Church has designated Sunday, Oct. 13 as Homecom-ing Sunday. Homecom-ing Sunday will be the same weekend as the Center ISD homecom-

Enterprise Church Homecoming

The annual home-coming for the En-terprise Church and cemetery will be held on Oct. 8 at noon. This church and cemetery began with a grant from Excelsior PTO hosts

Halloween CarnivalThe Excelsior PTO

will hold their annual Halloween Carnival on Saturday, Oct. 19, 2013 from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. in the Excelsior School Gym. There will be lots of games, food, prizes and fun.

NARFE to meet Oct. 9The National Ac-

tive and Retired Fed-eral Employees, Toledo Bend Chapter 1764, will meet Oct. 9 for lunch at 11:30 a.m. at the Royal Buffet, 902 Hurst Street, in Center.

The meeting will start at 12:00 noon and Mr. Chris Paddie, State Representative For Dis-trict 9, will be speaking.

The public is invited to come and hear him. All NARFE members are encouraged to at-tend the meeting.

Ahoy, mates!SFA Gardens to host Pirates of the Pineywoods Party

Submitted by SFA News, Stephen F. Aus-tin State University

Shiver me timbers and a yo ho ho! Hoist your sails with SFA Gar-dens for a morning of outdoor adventure and excitement at the Pi-rates of the Pineywoods Party from 10 a.m. until noon Saturday, Oct. 26, at the Galya Mize Gar-den located on the cor-ner of University Drive and East Starr Avenue on the Stephen F. Aus-tin State University campus.

It will be all hands on deck as young pirates dress in their favorite pirate costumes and embark on a voyage through the forest to dig for buried treasure, battle sea creatures, walk the plank and partake in numerous other jolly adventures.

Refreshments and trea-sures galore will be served up to the whole crew.

All swashbucklers must be accompanied by an adult, and ad-vanced reservations are required. Tickets are $10 per person and can be picked up at 2900 Raguet St. prior to the event.

Sponsored in con-junction with Nacogdo-ches Naturally Family Outdoor Adventures, all proceeds will benefit SFA Gardens’ educa-tional programs.

“SFA Gardens hosts educational events and programs for more than 10,000 children each year,” said Elyce Rode-wald, educational coor-dinator for the event. “This fundraiser sup-ports these efforts and allows us to continue providing quality pro-grams for the communi-ty. We are pleased to be offering another unique way for families to enjoy our beautiful gardens.”

Registration is limited.

For reservations, contact Elyce Rodewald at (936) 468-1832 or [email protected].

Shelbyville Class Reunion to be held

A Shelbyville Class Reunion will be held Oct. 26, 2013 in the Shelbyville Cafeteria. Doors will open at 4 p.m. for visiting. A bris-ket meal will be served at 6:30 p.m. Cost is $10 per person. Please confirm by Oct. 15. For more information please contact Jack at (936) 598-3029 or [email protected].

4-H sign-up reminderLane Dunn, Shel-

by County Extension Agent, has issued the following reminders to 4-H participants. If you have not signed up on 4-honline.com, now is the time to do it and take advantage of let-ting the council pay for the enrollment fee of $20 per child. You must do this by Oct. 25.

Roughrider gear now available onlineThe Center High

School Cheerleaders have teamed up with world renowned spirit company, Varsity to open an online store de-signed just for the Cen-ter Roughriders fans.

This store can be found online and has tons of Roughrider mer-chandise and gear that you can personalize and it will ship straight to

St. Therese Catholic Church sells fans

St. Therese Catholic Church is once again selling Kuul-Aire evap-orative cooling fans. These coolers are avail-able in three sizes for a great price.

For any questions, you may call Tim Wulf at (936)-598-6333 or the church office at (936)-598-8458.

ing festivities.There will be one

combined service at 10:30 a.m. with Rev. Joel McMahon preach-ing and special music led by choir director Chris Watlington. A wonderful meal will be provided by the church in the fellowship hall for all those in attendance.

Great food and time for fellowship and visit-ing will make this an en-joyable event for every-one. Current church members, past mem-bers who have moved away, visitors in for the Center homecoming weekend and every-one else are invited to attend.

J. T. and Mollie Ballard in 1889. The church is still standing, in need of some repairs but still here. Please come, eat and enjoy some great fellowship. Hope to see you there. For more information, call Lynn Villermin at (936) 258-5127.

Submit your events!The Light and Cham-

pion would like to help promote your commu-nity and church events. To submit information contact the newspaper at 598-3377, email to [email protected] or fax your submission to 598-6394. The newspaper office is located at 137 San Au-gustine Street, Center.

Church Activities

Reminder to every-one that is showing chickens, to be able to show the chickens, you must be signed up and approved at the county level before you can show at the show on Saturday. This must be done.

If you have any ques-tions or need help, feel free to give The Shelby County Exten-sion Office a call at 936-598-7744.

your front door. You pay online and order at your own convenience.

For more infor-mation, see the flyer or visit the store at vars i tyco lors . com/CenterRoughriders/home

CHS Homecoming Pep Rally will be Friday, Oct. 11 at 3 p.m. in the CHS Gym.

Homecoming Game will be Friday, Oct. 11 vs. Diboll at 7:30 p.m. at Roughrider Stadium.

Annual Alumni Asso-ciation Meeting will be Saturday, Oct. 12 at the Windham Civic Center from 9 a.m.-12:00 noon. (Hall of Honor Award will be presented dur-ing the meeting).

Homecoming Parade will be Saturday, Oct. 12 on Downtown Center Square at 4 p.m.

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SCCAC has successful fundraiserThe Shelby County Children’s Advocacy Cen-

ter would like to thank everyone who attended or contributed to our 2nd Annual Fundraiser Din-ner held on Tuesday, Sept. 24 at Walker’s on the Square. Your generosity raised more than $10,000 for the children of Shelby County. We would like to thank Don Walker, chef John, and all of the staff of Walker’s on the Square for the delicious six course meal, and we would also like to thank Pineywoods Beverage for the expertly paired wines with each

course. We hope everyone who attended enjoyed themselves as much as we enjoyed the opportu-nity to spend the evening with our supporters. It was truly a wonderful evening of great company and great food that will have a lasting benefit for the children of Shelby County.

Denise MerrimanExecutive Director, Shelby County

Children’s Advocacy Center

Davis sets decision date on candidacy for governorWendy Davis in

mid-September said she would publicly an-nounce on Oct. 3 her decision to run, or not to run, for governor in 2014.

Sen. Davis, a Fort Worth Democrat now in her second term in the state Senate, gained acclaim in June when she filibustered for 11 hours to prevent a vote on legislation that was crafted to rechannel state-supported women’s health care programs and greatly reduce access to abortion services. Her action brought the first special session of the 83rd Texas Legislature to an end and prompted Gov. Rick Perry to call a second special session for the Republican-controlled House and Senate to pass the legislation Davis and a cohort of Demo-crats successfully but only temporarily managed to block.

Should Davis declare her candidacy, she almost certainly will face Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, who months ago announced his intention to seek the Republic party’s nomination for gover-nor. Abbott made his announcement to seek the governorship soon after Gov. Perry said he would not seek another term. Perry has been the state’s chief executive since 2000, when as lieutenant gov-ernor he succeeded Gov. George W. Bush, who as president-elect left Texas for Washington, D.C.

Davis, 50, is a mother and an attorney. She earned her law degree from Harvard University.

Obamacare sign-up beginsWith Oct. 1 marked as the open enrollment

launch under the federal Affordable Care Act of 2010, the governor’s office, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services and the Depart-ment of State Health Services have had little to offer in the way of information for citizens con-cerned about access to health care coverage and the cost of it.

Meanwhile, however, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has been urging all Americans to visit the web site healthcare.gov to learn about the federal health care law and to en-roll for coverage scheduled to begin Jan. 1. Nearly 5 million uninsured Texans reportedly will be able to get coverage under the Affordable Care Act, the federal health agency said.

Gov. Perry, an opponent of the Affordable Care Act, recently suggested that instead of “Obam-acare” the federal government issue Medicaid block grants to states so Texas and other states could manage their own health care

Brown named to high courtGov. Perry on Sept. 26 appointed Jeff Brown of

Houston to fill the Texas Supreme Court seat va-

cated in September by Justice Nathan Hecht, who the governor appointed as chief justice of the court following the resignation of Chief Justice Wallace Jefferson.

Brown, a Republican, has been serving as a judge on the Houston-based Fourteenth Court of Appeals since 2007. He earned his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center and he served as a clerk to Texas Supreme Court Justices Jack Hightower and Greg Abbott.

Unemployment rate improvesTexas Workforce Commission on Sept. 20 an-

nounced that in August the seasonally adjusted un-employment rate decreased slightly to 6.4 percent, down from 6.5 percent in July.

From August 2012 to August 2013, Texas add-ed 274,700 jobs. The trend line reveals slow but steady improvement, as state’s unemployment rate was 6.8 percent a year ago.

The U.S. Department of Labor Statistics tabu-lated the national unemployment rate for August at 7.3 percent.

More students take SAT, APPublic school student participation rates for the

College Board SAT and Advanced Placement ex-ams increased over the previous school year, the Texas Education Agency reported on Sept 26.

Some 156,877 Texas public school students took the SAT college entrance exam in 2012-2013, reflecting an increase of 0.2 percent from 2011-2012. Test takers in the Class of 2013 represent 56 percent of the state’s public high school graduates and 62 percent of the test takers identified them-selves as minority students.

For the first time in state history, more Hispan-ic students (59,294) than white students (58,307) took the SAT in Texas public schools, the state ed-ucation agency reported, adding that the 204,795 Texas public school students who took Advanced Placement exams in 2012-2013 represent an in-crease of 5.4 percent from 2011-2012 and a 37.6 percent jump over the past five school years.

Mobile voter ID stations rollTexans who don’t have photo identification that

is acceptable for voting in Texas may apply for a state-issued election identification certificate at 25 mobile stations, beginning Oct. 1.

In a joint announcement on Sept. 24, Texas Pub-lic Safety Commission Chair Cynthia Leon and Texas Secretary of State John Steen said the mo-bile stations are part of an ongoing effort to pro-vide election ID certificates to Texans in need of photo identification now required to vote in elec-tions in Texas.

Visit votetexas.gov online for details and a sched-ule of mobile station locations and for updates.

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sTaTe caPiTal HigHligHTs

By Ed SterlingWeatherFor the week end-

ing Sept. 29, 2013, the highest temperature in Center was 95 and the lowest was 55.

The week’s precipita-tion was 1.31 inches; to-tal for September, 5.55 inches. Average month-ly rainfall is 3.65 inches.

2013 rainfall totals 34.96. Toledo Bend lev-el was 167.4. H L PMonday 89 55 0Tuesday 95 70 0Wednesday 92 60 0Thursday 95 58 0Friday 91 62 0Saturday 92 68 0.65Sunday 77 74 0.66

I Nacogdoches LivestockREPORT FROM

NACOGDOCHES LIVESTOCK AUCTION Sept. 26, 2013

Cattle Sold – 1272 (Sellers: 123 Buyers: 75)

STOCKER STEER CALVES

Under 300 lbs 1.60 to 2.40300-400 lbs 1.42 to 2.32400-500 lbs 1.22 to 1.85500 & up 1.05 to 1.64

STOCKER HEIFER CALVESUnder 300 lbs 1.50 to 2.31300-400 lbs 1.38 to 2.10400-500 lbs 1.17 to 1.82500 & up .95 to 1.60Slaughter Cows .55 to .86Bulls .75 to .99Pairs 1,300 to 1,950Stocker Cows 950 to 1,950Baby Calves 25 to 275Horses noneGoats 45 to 125

WeeklyPuzzleSen. Cruz presents resolution

laying out preconditions for IranRecognizes the One-Year Anniversary of Pastor Abedini’s Imprisonment

Last week, U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) filed a reso-lution, S. Res. 252, in recog-nition of Presi-dent Obama’s offer to meet with Iranian P r e s i d e n t Hasan Rouhani at the United Nations General As-sembly and the one-year anniversary of Iran’s im-prisonment of Pastor Saeed Abedini, an American citizen.

The resolution states that it is the sense of the Senate that before any future meeting between President Obama and President Rouhani, the Gov-ernment of Iran should affirm the right of Israel to

exist as a Jewish state, and also immediately and without conditions release all United States citi-zens unjustly detained as prisoners of conscience in Iran.

After the revelation Friday afternoon that Presi-dent Obama had engaged in a telephone conversa-tion with President Rouhani, Senator Cruz said:

“I commend President Obama for raising Pas-tor Abedini in his conversation with President Rou-hani; he did the right thing. Now this resolution is all the more necessary to keep pressure on Iran to take real action on this issue. Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.”

S&P raises Texas credit rating

From the office of

Governor Rick Perry

Gov. Rick Perry to-

day released the fol-lowing statement in response to Standard & Poor’s upgrading Texas’ credit rating:

“S&P’s decision to raise Texas’ credit rat-ing to AAA is no acci-dent, but further proof that the Texas model of conservative fiscal dis-cipline is a key element of our strong economy, and a stark contrast to the out-of-control spending and rising debt ceilings of Wash-ington, D.C.

“In Texas, we adhere to the powerful combi-nation of keeping taxes low and government spending in check, en-suring Texas remains the best place in the country to live, work, raise a family and build a business.”

Texas Sen.Ted Cruz

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the contestants social skills. Jessica Alexan-der had the best social skills of the 14 ladies while Macayla Perry came in as first run-ner up and Taighen Mathews was named second runner up.

An interview with the judges took place the morning of the pageant. The results of the interview showed Kylee Windham was the best interviewee. Macayla Perry and Hai-ley Baldwin tied for first runner up and Taighen Mathews came in as second runner up.

Based on their stage presence, Chloe Brown was ranked best. Ma-

cayla Perry and Taigh-en Mathews tied for first runner up. Hailey Baldwin was second runner up in the stage presence division of the pageant.

An award for Grand Duke was presented to the escorts in which Jared Wiggins and Alec Lucas tied.

Seth Hendricks, the 2012 Queen’s Escort was also presented with an award for his hard work and dedication over the course of the last year.

The pageant commit-tee members Caroline Hutchins (director), Shanell Ruiz, Jesse Wig-gins, Kerri Wiggins and

Heather Moody were introduced. The com-mittee members made a presentation to Heath-er Moody in memory of Jessie Moody thanking her for her dedication.

The master of cer-emonies for the night was Chris Watlington who brought a deal of comedy to the stage. Jessica Hopkins was featured with her vo-cal talent as she sang two songs during the ceremony.

School sponsors for the pageant were Traci Mettauer of Center High School, Jennifer Leach of Shelbyville High School, Carmen Belrose of Joaquin High

School and Karen Fallin of Tenaha High School.

Texas Garden Club Inc. honors Gendke, opens speech contest for students to receive scholarshipsSubmitted by Shirley Owens,

Center Garden Club

The Texas Garden Club, Inc. honored Yana Gendke with a $500 Scholarship for her entry in the 2012-2013 Speech Contest. Yana’s award journey began with competition in the Center Garden Club’s Speech and Es-say Contest.

After being selected as the winner from the Center Garden Club, her entry was for-warded to District III; judged there, and de-clared winner at that level, then her speech was forwarded on to the Texas State Garden Club, Inc. State compe-tition where she was awarded the honor of State winner.

Yana traveled to Bry-an where she presented her speech to the Texas Garden Club members attending the State Con-vention. Yana was hon-ored with a standing ovation, the first even given to anyone pre-senting their speech at the State level. She was then presented with her Scholarship award.

The Center Garden Club is currently taking entries for the upcom-

ing high school speech contest. “Today’s Choic-es Affect Tomorrow’s World,” is the theme for this next challenge

A Texas Garden Clubs Award Certificate and a $500 cash scholar-ship may be presented to the State First Place winner, $250 will be awarded to the Second Place winner, and $25 to the Third Place winner. The three top speech contestants will be in-vited to present their speeches at the Spring State Convention.

Requirements:1. Competition may

include high school students attending 9th through 12 grades, in-cluding home school

students.2. The contest must

be sponsored by a fed-erated club/s, a coun-cil, or state federation.

3. Length of speech: between 6-9 minutes.

4. Notes may be used.

5. Sponsoring club should send CD and manuscript. Make a copy for your records as they may not be returned.

6. Students should provide an opportu-nity to deliver his/her speech to a live audi-ence for local, and, if possible, state judging.

Scale of pointsContent - 55 PointsKnowledge of sub-

ject - 25 Subject matter well

organized - 15Practicality of pro-

posal - 5Creativity – original-

ity - 5Conformance to time

- 5Oration - 35 pointsClarity and presenta-

tion - 20Voice inflection/

enunciation - 10Emphasis - 5Manuscript - 10

pointsWallet-size photo-

graph, name, address, phone number, school attending, grade, list of activities, and sponsor-ing club, (Center Gar-den Club) - 5

Neatness – legibility (a plastic folder keeps manuscript neat) - 5

Total Points 100Deadline: on or be-

fore Oct. 21. Students must have their Speech audio recorded, and a manuscript typed and placed in plastic folder. “Manuscript” informa-tion is typed on a Cover Sheet with photo at-tached to upper left corner.

Contact Information: Shirley Owens – Home: (936) 598-5381.

Submitted photo

Yana Gendke participated in the 2012-2013 Speech Contest and was recently honored for that participation. Seen are (from left) Shirley Haley, Texas State Speech Contest Chair, Yana Gendke, $500 Speech Scholarship Award Winner, Dana Serafine, Texas State Youth Awards Chair.

Submitted photo

Erina Brown introduces her new sister, Athena Jenna Brown, to the world. She was born on her mom’s birthday, Aug. 11, 2013. Parents are Rob Brown and Kim Registre. Grandparents are Pat and Dave Headley of Huxley, Robert Brown of Shelbyville, Ket Grandy of Fresco. Great-grandmothers are Sue White of Nacogdoches and Claire Registre of Philadelphia, Pa. Extended family members are Aunt Jennifer Holm of McAllen, Aunt Jessica and Uncle J.P. Fenton of Mission, Aunt Lauren and Uncle T.J. Brown of Center and Aunt Gabrielle Grandy of Fresco.

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Rebecca E. Marquez of Pollok welcomed her son, Emmett Matthew Marquez, on Sept. 23, 2013 at 2:02 p.m. Em-mett weighed 7 pounds 3 ounces and was 21

inches long. Also wel-coming Emmett was his brother, Wyatt Preston Thacker, and grandmother, Sandra Schaeffer.

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Campbell, Shelby County Judge, was on hand to be the auctioneer for the evening.

The Rooster Revels that were included in the live auction were: Rider Chick by Adela Reyes, pur-chased by Shirley Shofner for $350; Reveille’s Chick by Jacob Locke, purchased by McAdams Propane for $475; Bevo’s Chick by Jacob Locke, purchased by East Texas Poultry Supply for $500.

SFA Chick by Mitchell Nach-man, purchased by Shelby Savings Bank for $325; Spring Chick by Rebeca Hernandez, purchased by Shelby County Today for $150; Modrian Chick by Agribusiness Students, pur-chased by Payne’s Community

News for $225; Van Gogh Chick by Macayla Penny, purchased by Wiggins Melons for $250.

Chevron Chick by Macayla Penny, purchased by General Shelters for $200; Hunt & Peck Chick by Mitchell Nachman, purchased by Payne’s Commu-nity News for $475, and Texas Chick by Agribusiness Students, purchased by Ihlo Sales for $450.

The silent auction included 10 of the revels and they included: Baylor Chick by Cecilia Soto, purchased by T/R’s Steaks & More; and Bikini Chick by Ad-ela Reyes, purchased by Chap’s Bar-B-Q.

Autumn Chick by Kaycee Ricketson, purchased by Alan Ricketson; Christmas Chick by

Kaycee Ricketson, purchased by McAdams Propane for; and Dali Chick by Kaycee Ricketson, pur-chased by Ruby Woodard.

Chalk Board Chick by Agri-business Students, purchased by Shirley Shofner; Rainbow Chick by Rebeca Hernandez, purchased by Polly McKissick; Harlequin Chick by Agribusi-ness Students, purchased by Ihlo Sales; Cheetah Chick by Agri-business Students, purchased by Brad Nachman; and Peacock Chick by Agribusiness Students, purchased by Bark Boutique.

The 37th Annual East Texas Poultry Festival will be held this Thursday - Saturday, Oct. 3-5 on the Center square.

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Alvin C. Williams Jr., 44, 5123 Highway 175 Frierson, La. 71027 is wanted for criminal ne-glect of family $2000. He is described as a

black male, 6’5” tall, weighing 175 pounds.

Desoto Parish Crime Stoppers is offering a reward up to $1,000 for information that results

in the suspects arrest, anyone with informa-tion is asked to call the Crime Stoppers line at 1-800-505-STOP(7867) all calls are confidential

or contact the Desoto Parish Sheriff’s Office at (318)872-3956, Lt. James Clements Or Sgt. Chato Atkins.

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XYZ club attends state conferenceSubmitted by Ellen Manning

Ten members of the XYZ Extension Educa-tion Club attended the Annual TEEA State Conference in San Mar-cos on Sept. 10 and 11, 2013. The conference theme was “We Believe in the Sanctity of the Home.” Peaches Con-way and Jane Arnold were our delegates.

They voted on changes to the By Laws and helped elect new officers to the State Board. Other members – Beaula Webster, Juan-ita and Paul Mouser, Bobbie Nut, Margaret Robinson, Weldon Eng-lish and Walter and El-

len Manning attended workshops given by Texas A&M profes-sors and/or Extension specialists.

The club members attended the District 5 Party on Tue. evening, held at Grin Restaurant. Shelby County entered three articles in the Cultural Arts judged event. The club mem-bers participated in the Alumni Silent Auction and helped raise $300 for 4-H scholarships.

The Country Store supplied by members from the host Counties gave them opportunity to start their Christmas

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shopping.The last evening was

the banquet in the ball-room of the Embassy Suites and Conference Center. That was for the installation of of-ficers for the coming year. XYZ Extension Education Club came home with lesson ma-terial for nine of the next 12 months of club meetings.

SFA announces fall enrollment figures at 12,772Submitted by SFA News,

Stephen F. Austin State University

Stephen F. Austin State University has re-corded a fall enrollment of 12,772 students.

This figure repre-sents a slight decrease from the all-time high SFA enrollment of 12,999 recorded in fall 2012. University of-ficials attributed the

1.7-percent decrease to various factors, in-cluding higher SFA ad-mission standards and graduation of the larg-est class in school his-tory in May.

“A strategic decision was made several years ago to increase the ad-mission standards be-ginning in fall 2012, and we knew one result of that decision would be

a few years of smaller incoming freshman classes,” explained Mo-nique Cossich, execu-tive director of enroll-ment management.

SFA administra-

tors also expected the increased standards would pay dividends in the form of a higher retention rate for the university with more students persisting to graduation, she said. According to SFA cen-sus data released this week, the first-time, full-time undergraduate retention rate increased from 63.4 percent in fall 2012 to 65.4 percent this year.

“This is particularly good news for SFA be-cause we know that if students are retained after that critical first year, they are very like-ly to continue with their education and complete a degree,” Cossich said. The absence of the larg-est graduating class in SFA history – 1,285 di-plomas were awarded in May – also contrib-uted to the slight reduc-tion in enrollment.

“We always hope to replenish the graduates with incoming students, but this year’s combina-tion of a record-break-ing graduating class along with a decrease in freshman enrollment due to the higher ad-mission standards has resulted in a slightly lower enrollment this year,” she said. “Our freshman numbers were down last year, and this year they are down even less. We ex-pect freshman enroll-ment to pick up in the future.”

According to the cen-sus report, freshman enrollment decreased by 182 students or 5.1 percent from fall 2012 to fall 2013. There are 3,376 freshmen en-rolled at SFA, along with 2,268 sophomores, 2,468 juniors and 2,894 seniors, combining for a total undergraduate en-rollment of 11,006 stu-dents. Graduate enroll-ment at SFA increased 3.8 percent from fall 2012 to fall 2013 with 1,766 students enrolled in advanced degree programs.

The university also reported the follow-ing enrollments by col-lege: Nelson Rusche College of Business, 1,620; James I. Perkins College of Education, 4,267; College of Fine Arts, 870; Arthur Tem-ple College of Forestry and Agriculture, 725; College of Liberal and Applied Arts, 2,843; and College of Sciences and Mathematics, 2,447. Re-cently, the Department of Computer Science moved from business to sciences and math-ematics, which contrib-uted to enrollment fluc-tuations in those two colleges.

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Poultry Festival/News2013 East Texas Poultry Festival Queen’s Pageant


Macayla Perry was crowned the 2013 East Texas Poultry Festival Queen at the pageant coronation Saturday night.


Princess Ali Baty, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Baty, escorted by Gavin Pierce.Katie Miller / The Light and Champion

Princess Hailey Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Baldwin, escorted by Tanner Knight.


Princess Kylee Windham, daughter of Mr. Son Windham, escorted by Wyatt Windham.


Princess Amy Permenter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Permenter, escorted by Dustan Green.

Katie Miller

Princess Chyenne Koller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Koller, escorted by Kamden Lucas.


Princess Taylor Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Todd Clark, escorted by Taylor Tomlin.

Katie Mille r/ The Light and Champion

Princess Mallory Howard, daughter of Ms. Tammy Howard, escorted by Colton Brown.


Princess Madison Jones, daughter of Mr. Bruce Jones and Ms. Stacy Jones, es-corted by C. J. Watson.


Princess Haley Denby, daughter of Mr. Brian Denby and Ms. Patti Redmon, es-corted by Jared Wiggins.


Princess Shawna Hall, daughter of Mrs. Wayne Estes, escorted by Tyler Muckelroy.


Princess Chloe Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Brown, escorted by Adam Mason.


Princess Taighen Mathews, daughter of Mr. Murray Mathews and Ms. Kelli Mathews, escorted by Alec Lucas.


Princess Jessica Alexander, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Alexander, escorted by Adam Reeves.

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John G. Askew1955-2013

Funeral services for John G. Askew, 57, of Center were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 at Watson & Sons Chapel with Bro. Gor-don Vaughn officiating. Interment followed at McClelland Cemetery in Shelbyville.

Mr. Askew passed away Saturday, Sept. 28 in Shreveport, La. He was born Nov. 4, 1955 in Houston to Thomas Sims Askew and Do-ris Lillian Goodman Askew. He was a mem-ber of Hillcrest Baptist Church in Center.

He was preceded in

death by his parents; brother, Robert Ham-ilton; and sister, Anna Askew Wall.

Mr. Askew is sur-vived by wife, Rosa Cockrell Askew of Center; daughters, Amy Askew McVeigh and husband, James, of Pearland, Deanna Askew Musico of Cen-ter; sons, John Thomas Askew and wife, Ash-ton, of Center, Norberto Musico of Center; spe-cial daughters, Tiffany Worsham Schillings of Center, Brandi Killen of Center; special sons, Shane Fenley of Center, Austin Haddox of Na-cogdoches; grandchil-dren, Logan McVeigh,

Joseph McVeigh, Clair McVeigh, Chloe Mu-sico, Adrian Musico; and brother, Gary W. Lee and wife, JoAnn, of Rosharon.

Pallbearers were James McVeigh, Jospeh McVeigh, Gary Lee, Norberto Musico, Bri-an Askew and Chester Flowers.

Honorary pall-bearers were Dennis Leggett, Bill White, Bernard Metcalf, James Tyre, Johnny Haess-ly, Shane Fenley and brethren of Hillcrest Baptist Church.

Online condolences and tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsons-funeralhome.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Watson & Sons Funeral Home.

Randall Eugene Miller1961-2013

Military honors graveside services for Randall Eugene Miller, 52, of Haughton, La. were held Sunday, Sept. 29, 2013 at Oaklawn

Joe Bill Nelson1924-2013

Graveside services for Joe Bill Nelson, 89, of Timpson were held at 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 30, 2013 at Woodlawn Cemetery in Timp-son with Orval Miller officiating.

Mr. Nelson passed away Saturday, Sept. 28 in Nacogdoches. He was born Feb. 29, 1924 in Timpson to U. S. Nelson and Fannie Wil-liamson Nelson. He was a graduate of Timpson High School and served in the U.S. Army. Mr. Nelson had worked as a salesman and was a member of First Baptist Church in Timpson.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and sisters, Ben Jean Nelson and Frances Fox.

To register online please visit www.taylor.net.

Arrangements are under the direction of Taylor Funeral Home.

Thomas Marshall Helms, Jr.1948-2013

Funeral services for Thomas “Tom” Mar-shall Helms, Jr., 64, of Center will be held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013 at Mangum Funer-al Home Chapel with Bro. Larry Byrd and Bro. Marion Huckaby officiating. Burial will follow at Clever Creek Cemetery.

Mr. Helms passed away Saturday, Sept. 28. He was born Dec. 3, 1948 in Skagway, AK to Thomas Mar-shall Helms, Sr. and Pauline Bynum Helms. He worked for Center Fixture Operations for

many years and he was also a school teacher. He was a member of Neuville Baptist Church where he was a deacon.

He was preceded in death by infant sister, Sally Helms.

Mr. Helms is sur-vived by wife of 43 years, Jeannene Askew Helms of Center; chil-dren, Thomas Mark Helms and wife, Jen-nifer, of Rockwall, Lori Helms Krull of Rowlett; grandchildren, Jen-na, Tyler and Conner Helms, Ethan Krull; parents, Tom, Sr. and Pauline Helms of Car-thage; sisters, Sue Sha-bo and husband, Rick, of Cameo Island, Wash., Dawn Jacobs and hus-band, Ronnie, of Searcy, Ark., Lori Walters and husband, Ed, of Aubrey; brother, George Patrick Helms of Carthage; and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Pallbearers will be deacons and trustees of Neuville Baptist Church: Billy Dickin-son, Lonnie Traxler, Marshall Windham, Ronnie Perry, Charles Conway, Sherl Sanders, Ronnie Hagler, James “Hopper” Waller and Benny Joe Smith.

Honorary pallbear-ers will be Charles Hall and Charlie Smith.

You may sign the online registry book at www.mangumfuneral-home.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Mangum Funeral Home.

Memorial Park with Bro. Gordon Vaughn officiating.

Mr. Miller passed away Wednesday, Sept. 25. He was born Sept. 22, 1961 at Barksdale Air Force Base to Carl Henry Miller and Bar-bara S. Adams Miller. Mr. Miller retired from the United States Air Force after 23 years of service. Following his retirement, he worked 9 years in the Civil Ser-vice of the Air Force. He was of the Baptist faith.

He was preceded in death by his father; grandparents, John and Johnnie Adams, Byron and Mae Miller; uncles, Darrell Vaughn, Eugene Miller, Ed-die Sherrell; and aunt, Kathryn Vaughn.

Mr. Miller is sur-vived by mother, Bar-bara S. Miller of Haugh-ton, La.; brother, Carl Henry Miller, Jr. of Austin; sister, Sonja K. Buckman and husband, Jay, of Melbourne, Fla.; nephew, David Allen Harrell of Melbourne, Fla.; special aunt, Jan Akridge and husband, Billy, of Center; aunt, Iva Nell Miller of Cen-ter; uncle, John Adams and wife, Mary Kay, of Port Arthur; special cousin, Darrell Vaughn of Center; special pets, Lucy and Sparky; and

numerous cousins and other relatives.

Honorary pallbearer will be Darren Vaughn.

Online condolences and tributes can be sent at www.watsonandsons-funeralhome.com.

Arrangements are under the direction of Watson & Sons Funeral Home.

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China holds large supply of cotton, market remains

in sideways patternBy Blair Fannin, AgriLife Today

There’s more price risk to the downside for cotton farmers as China sits on a stockpile of roughly 40 million bales of cot-ton, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service economist.

Dr. John Robinson, AgriLife Extension cotton economist in College Station, said China’s stockpile was purchased at be-tween $1.30 and $1.40 a pound. That surplus hangs over the market and if they were to de-cide to sell, the market would experience price shock.

“If they were to dump their cotton, the market might be 30 cents to the downside tomor-

row,” Robinson said. “Whenever they decide to sell their cotton, it would overall weaken the market.”

Hedge funds invested in cot-ton futures are not holding posi-tions for the long term, he said. Instead, any geopolitical unrest could cause a 5-to 10-cent drop in prices, further pressuring any upside potential in pricing.

“I think commercial traders have been expecting lower pric-es as we go forward,” he said. “It means more surplus cotton for everybody and price weakness.”

Robinson said China may have hoped to see India’s cotton production fall via inadequate monsoon rain. However, that has not happened and has prevented

China from selling some of its surplus cotton to India on a price rally.

In the meantime, Robinson advised cotton producers to be aware of price risks and to con-sider purchasing puts or put spreads. This provides insurance for producers who are holding cotton that hasn’t already been contracted in the event the mar-ket was to dip 10 cents or more.

For Texas, Robinson said about half to 60 percent of the crop is in the Plains Cotton Co-operative Association pool.

“They will get their price,” he said. “That’s been the only forward-pricing option available for many growers, especially in dryland areas.”

SFA Gardens hosts plant saleSFA News,


SFA Gardens at Stephen F. Austin State University will host its annual Fabulous Fall Festi-val Plant Sale from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5, at the SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Cen-ter, 2900 Raguet St. in historic Nacogdoches.

A wide variety of hard-to-find, “Texas tough” plants will be avail-able, including Texas natives, heirlooms, tropicals, perenni-als, shrubs, trees and exclusive introductions by horticulturist

Greg Grant and SFA Gardens. Most of the plants are extensive-ly trialed in the gardens before being offered to the public, and most are produced by the SFA Gardens staff and volunteers.

This popular event benefits the SFA Mast Arboretum, Piney-woods Native Plant Center, Ruby M. Mize Azalea Garden, Gayla Mize Garden and various edu-cational programs hosted at the gardens. These educational pro-grams reach more than 15,000 students ages 1 to 100 on a year-ly basis.

The public is encouraged to arrive early and bring a wagon. For more information, call (936) 468-4404, or visit www.sfagar-dens.sfasu.edu two weeks be-fore the sale for a list of available plants.

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Broaden your horizons by volunteering for CASASubmitted by

CASA of Deep East Texas

When Rebecca Carl-ton thinks back to her days in graduate school, and the hopes and dreams she had for her future, she nev-er imagined that she would be an executive director for a non-profit organization like CASA of Deep East Texas. Instead, she hoped and dreamed that she would be a counselor for adults with more traditional life chal-lenges like coping with stress, reaching goals or improving family re-

lationships. The very last thing she hoped or dreamed to do, was to work with children who have suffered abuse or neglect, or children liv-ing in the foster care

system. The very idea of it seemed too painful to consider.

Even though Carl-ton had an idea of what she wanted to do in her career, everyday her prayer to God was, and continues to be, that He would use her life according to His will. But, Carlton admits, she always add a clause. “Please God, whatever work You will have me do, let it not be too pain-ful or scary.”

When Carlton finally graduated, she needed an internship to obtain her Licensed Profes-sional Counselor Cer-

tification. So, one eve-ning while eating out at a local Mexican food restaurant, Carlton saw a colleague who told her about her position with a psychologist. She encouraged Carlton to contact the psycholo-gist and apply for a po-sition. Carlton did and within two weeks, she had a job! Carlton was given a list of 10 names. These would be her first clients for counsel-ing. They were not the clients she had been hoping for. Instead, they were children who had suffered abuse and neglect. They were chil-

dren as young as 4 years old who were living in a residential facility. They were described to her as “throw away kids.” All at once, Carlton was thanking God for giv-ing her a job that met her needs but also won-dering if He forgot her clause . . . “let it not be too painful or scary”.

Today, almost 17 years later, Carlton is still talking to God, thanking Him and pray-ing for His wisdom, guidance and strength as she does the work, not that she wanted . . . but that He needed her to do.

The children and youth that CASA works with are the same kinds of children Carl-ton worked with who were described to her as “throw away kids.” As she discovered so many years ago, that is the last thing that these children are and it is the first reason that CASA Volunteers are so important! CASA Volun-teers have big, strong hearts. They do what needs to be done. They have full and rich lives but also have room to do something more to

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Panola College shows record enrollment for sixth straigth yearSubmitted by Bud Worley, Director

of Institutional Advancement,

Panola College

Panola College has set a record for en-rollment for the sixth straight year with 2701. As many Texas com-munity colleges and universities are seeing declines in enrollment, Panola College has experienced a steady increase of between 3-4 percent per year over the past six years. “Many factors have gone into our steady growth. We feel that we are doing a great job of informing prospective students of the oppor-

tunities that Panola Col-lege offers. Addition-ally, our administration and faculty work hard to identify programs that will help students succeed and gain jobs

in the workforce,” stat-ed Don Clinton, Vice President of Student Services.

Over the past six years Panola College has started or restruc-

tured nine degrees and programs includ-ing: Petroleum Tech-nology, Emergency Medical Technician, Medical Assistant Tech-nology, Medical Labora-tory Technology, Pano-la One Online Nursing, Digital Media Design and Development, Ear-ly Childhood, and Elec-trical & Instrumenta-tion Technology. These programs along with the already established programs such as Asso-ciate Degree Nursing, Vocational Nursing, Welding, Health Infor-mation Technology, Office Professional,

Photo submitted

Students shown setting up class schedules for the 2013 year.

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make a difference in the lives of children.

CASA of Deep East Texas is currently serv-ing 143 children from Nacogdoches, Shelby and San Augustine Counties. Of those 143 children, 100 have their own CASA Volunteer to visit them in their foster homes, speak to their teachers and counsel-ors and to report to judges about their wel-fare and needs. These children range in age from 1 month old to 18 years old. They are girls and boys. Their vary-ing shades of brown, blue, green and hazel eyes are looking to CASA volunteers with hope and excitement, but also sometimes with painful or even scary questions. They may ask their CASA to bring them their favor-ite stuffed animal, or a family photo from their home, where it was left when they were hur-

riedly removed and placed in foster care. They may ask the rea-son why their parents do not show up to visit them. They may ask if they will ever be ad-opted if they do not re-turn home. They may ask who their relatives are. They also may ask if anyone really cares about them.

All of these questions deserve compassion-ate, fact-based answers and caring, responsible adults to look back into the eyes of these chil-dren and provide them with the best answers they have. Maybe you, dear reader, are one of the caring and respon-sible adults who will do what needs to be done to help innocent chil-dren in search of a safe and permanent home.

CASA has two differ-ent types of Volunteer opportunities available. Traditional CASA Vol-unteer Guardians ad

litem visit with children and important people in their lives. They go to court and make recom-mendations for the best interest of the children they are serving. CASA Volunteer Permanency Specialists (VPS) use family finding tools to search for relatives of children and youth stuck in the foster care system to try to help them make family con-nections. Both types of CASA Volunteers are trained and sup-ported by CASA staff members.

A traditional CASA Volunteer training ses-sion will begin in Na-cogdoches on Monday, Sept. 24. A VPS training will be scheduled soon. Join CASA and be a powerful difference in the life of a child. Down-load your application at www.casaofdet.com or call 936 560 4711 and start today!

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and Computer Informa-tion Technology have helped the College pro-duce many workers for the East Texas work-force and around the State and country.

Academic transfers, dual credit, and online opportunities have also been on a steady climb. Students realize the in-creasing cost of univer-sities, the benefits that high schools are offer-ing to their students for dual credit, and the

many doors of opportu-nity that online courses can offer, according to Clinton.

Panola College strives to offer a vari-ety of opportunities to students from the tradi-tional on campus expe-riences with residence halls, to the online courses, the traditional commuter paths, and the ever-growing career and technical paths.

“The faculty, staff, administrators, and

Board of Trustees of Panola College are ex-tremely pleased to see the continuing growth and development of our College. In May of this year, voters overwhelm-ingly approved a $35 million bond to fund new construction and renovation of several existing buildings to ac-commodate our record breaking enrollment increases,” notes Dr. Greg Powell, President of Panola College.

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E.T. Research Center at SFA State University seeks help with 90th-anniversary initiativesSubmitted by SFA News,


The East Texas Re-search Center at Ste-phen F. Austin State University invites alum-ni and others to donate SFA documents and memorabilia to help grow the University Ar-chives in honor of the 90th anniversary.

Greg Bailey, records manager and university archives librarian, says the ETRC welcomes do-nated SFA artifacts of all kinds, including photo-graphs, journals, scrap-

books, school records, certificates and awards, correspondence – even old uniforms, letter jackets and the like.

“These and other unique items enrich our archives and play an im-portant role in the docu-mentation of the histo-ry of Stephen F. Austin State University,” he said. “They also serve as primary resources for student and faculty researchers, as well as the East Texas commu-nity as a whole.”

Recently an “SFA Lumberjacks” scrap-

book from the 1948-49 school year was donat-ed to the archives after an alumna happened upon the book while an-tique shopping.

Concerned for its welfare, the woman purchased the scrap-

book and donated it to the ETRC where it will become part of the permanent university collection.

“If you or your par-ents or grandparents are former students, you may have saved

photographs, scrap-books or other memen-tos from SFA that would benefit researchers of the university’s history many, many years from now,” Bailey said.

“We certainly don’t want to take away any-one’s treasured keep-sakes. But, often times, these items are thrown away when they are no longer wanted or need-ed. We strongly encour-age anyone with SFA items they no longer want to donate them to the ETRC where they can be properly preserved.”

Donations of SFA memorabilia may be made in person at the ETRC, located on the second floor of Steen Library.

The ETRC also is col-lecting former students’ favorite memories of SFA through the ongo-ing Alumni Memory Project.

The project’s goal is to collect, preserve and make available to the SFA community the

history of student life at the university.

Memories are added to the University Ar-chives digital collection as they are received.

Also coinciding with SFA’s 90th anniversary, the ETRC staff has de-veloped the SFA Time-line, a pictorial view of the expansion of the university through the nine decades of its existence.

The SFA Timeline features photographs and brief biographies of the university presi-dents, histories of col-lege buildings, and narratives of significant campus events.

This is an ongoing project that will periodi-cally receive updates.

For more informa-tion about contributing to the University Ar-chives or the Alumni Memory Project, call (936) 468-4100 or visit library.sfasu.edu/etrc. The SFA Timeline may also be viewed at this website.

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Greg Bailey, records manager and university archives librarian at SFA, displays a 1948-49 scrapbook recently donated to the East Texas Research Center. The center is encouraging donations of documents and memorabilia to help grow the University Archives in honor of SFA’s 90th anniversary.

Texas A&M Dean’s Honor Roll recognizes Center graduateSubmitted by

Texas A&M University

Texas A&M Uni-versity has named its honor students for

the summer semester, recognizing them for outstanding academic performance.

The Dean’s Honor Roll recognizes stu-dents taking at least 12 semester hours during the summer semester

who have maintained a 3.75 or higher grade point (GPR) out of a possible 4.0.

A second designa-tion, “Distinguished Student,” recognizes those who earned a 3.5 to 3.74 GPR while tak-

ing at least 12 hours for the summer semester.

Among those rec-ognized were: Mario Jimenez, Senior 90+ Ho, Center. Degree 1: Bach-elor of Science - Biol-ogy, Dean’s Honor Roll.

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DayTenaha rolls past Sabine Friday night, Oct. 27, Tigers remain unbeaten at home with 3-0 recordBy Nathan HagueSportswriter

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The Tenaha Tigers advanced their record to 3-1 on the season and a perfect 3-0 at home Friday night, Sept. 27 when they played host to Sabine, beating the Cardinals 41-29.

The win came in de-spite the fact Tenaha’s defense gaving up 407 yards.

That overall stats tell a different story and might have one believe Sabine came up with the win. The Cardinals had more first downs, finishing the night with 17 while the Tigers came up with only 11. Sabine also had 415 rushing yards.

Tenaha shut down Sabine’s passing game, forcing the Cardinals to finish with -7 yards

through the air. The Tigers’ defense also forced eight fumbles, recovering four.

Quarterback J.R. Hill went 8-of-13 for 119 yards and one touchdown.

That one touchdown pass came on a 45-yard route to senior Brady Tovar.

Keontas Davis had three receptions for 50 yards.

The Tigers finished the night with 290 yards and four touchdowns on the ground. Cobe Caraway had eight car-ries for 130 yards and two touchdowns.

Chavis Gregory had 11 carries for 126 yards and two touchdowns. Qwaylen Chumley led all rushers with 255 yards on 20 carries.

The Tigers got on the board first with a

Rams lose at home in heartbreaker to Elkhart, 34-28By Stephen EwingSports Correspondent

The Joaquin Rams knew that knocking off Elkhart would be a tall order. Second-year Head Coach Sam Wells had the Elks off to a 3-1 start, with wins over perennial playoff teams Alto and Frankston. Se-nior running back and major college prospect Jeffrey Wilson had run wild, averaging over 250 yards per game ear-ly in the season.

The Rams, how-ever, looked forward to the challenge, espe-cially considering that their previous game at Burkeville was can-celed due to lightning. They saw it as a chance to get ready for the tough competition in District 9A, Division I. That will definitely be the case, as the Rams stood toe-to-toe with the Elks for four quarters, before dropping a 34-28 decision in the first ever overtime game at Ram Stadium.

The Elks surprised no one with their first drive, taking the open-

ing kickoff and march-ing 70 yards in seven plays, capped off by a 34-yard scamper from Jeffrey Wilson. Trevor Johnson’s PAT was good, giving the Elks a 7-0 lead. The Rams re-sponded with a 10 play, 66-yard drive finished off by an 8-yard run by junior running back Jeffrey Rico. The two-point conversion was stopped, leaving the Elks up 7-6 with 4:43 to play in the first pe-riod. The Ram defense showed up next, forc-ing a three-and-out by the Elks.

The Rams had a very promising drive going after the punt, march-ing to the Elk 19 before an incomplete pass and a delay of game pen-alty killed it. The Elks moved the ball back down the field, setting up a 6-yard touchdown run by quarterback Jordan Ives. Johnson’s PAT was good again, giving Elkhart a 14-6 lead with 5:39 to play in the first half. The Rams came right back with a nine-play drive, covering 50 yards. Se-

nior quarterback Lance Lawson did the honors from a yard out. Fresh-man running back Nate Belrose fought through three defenders on the two point conversion to knot the score at 14 apiece, with 1:22 re-maining in the half. The Elks advanced the ball to the Ram 37 before the Ram defense reared its head again, led by senior defensive end Keith Ferguson. After Ives completed a 9-yard pass on first down, Fer-guson blew through his block and sacked the quarterback for an 11-yard loss on second down.

Third down was al-most an instant replay, as Ferguson dropped Ives for another 12 yards, forcing the Elks, who were out of time-outs to scramble to get a play off before the half expired.

Once again, Ives found himself pounded by Ferguson, losing the football in the process. The very dangerous Wilson scooped up the

Photo by Ray Jackson

Jonathan Rico carries the ball in the Rams’ Week 0 contest against the Tenaha Tigers. Friday, Sept. 20 saw Rico rush for 107 yards on 19 carries.

Center falls to Tatum Friday, Sept. 27, record now 0-5By Nathan HagueSportswriter

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Although the game was closer than the final score indicated, the Center Roughrid-ers didn’t get the final results they wanted Fri-day night, Sept. 27 when they lost at home 17-0 to the Tatum Eagles.

The Roughriders of-fense finished the night with 84 passing yards but was intercepted by the Tatum defense five times.

Josh Burnes led the receiving squad with five receptions for 42 yards.

Center seniors De-Jalen Preston and De-Metrius Lane each had one interception as Je-Marcuss Jones, Kiounis Williams and Estaban

Garza each came up with a fumble recovery.

Tatum’s first touch-down came with 3:03 left in the first quarter on a 1-yard run from J.D. Taylor to give his team a 7-0 lead.

The Eagles spread that lead on a 22-yard field goal with 2:31 left in the third quarter to go up 10-0.

Center was then fac-ing fourth down deep in their own territory, trailing 10-0. The ‘Rid-ers were unable to convert the first down as they gave the ball back to Tatum at the Roughrider’s 8-yard line. Jaylen Shand took it from there, punching it into the end zone on an 8-yard run to put the nail in the coffin and

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Center quarterback Caiden Rainbolt scrambles in the Roughriders’ loss to the Tatum Eagles, Friday, Sept. 27. The loss sets the ‘Riders’ record to 0-5.

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Dragons run past Mustangs, advance record to 3-2By Nathan HagueSportswriter

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Friday night, Sept. 27 saw the Shelbyville Dragons showcase their running game as they pounded their way to a 40-6 win over the Overton Mustangs. As a team, the Dragons rushed for 464 yards on 57 carries. The defense allowed only 59 rushing yards and 55 passing yards for a total of 114 yards.

Octavian Burrell car-ried the ball 19 times for 212 yards and three touchdowns. J.D. Land had 11 carries for 80 yards. C.J. Watson had three carries for 62 yards. Colton Bearden

had 30 yards on six car-ries while Stansberry rushed for 22 yards on five carries and Corey Bearden rushed twice for 17 yards.

The win advances the Dragons’ record to 3-2 overall on the sea-son and 1-1 at home. The Dragons will be off Friday, Oct. 4 for their open week and will return to action Fri-day, Oct. 11 when they play host to the West Sabine Tigers for their homecoming game. The Tigers are unde-feated with a record of 3-0. They’ve had a game cancelled due to weath-er and have already had their open week.

The homecoming game is set for 7:30 p.m.

Photo by Kerri Griffin

Shelbyville’s defense swarms Overton’s ball carrier as the Dragons win 40-6 over the Mustangs.

Outdoors BriefsNew catfish regs coming for T-Bend, Caddo and SabineBy Matt WilliamsOutdoors Writer

Inland fisheries leaders with the Tex-as Parks and Wildlife Department and the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisher-ies recently struck an agreement to alter the daily creel limit on blue and channel catfish on Toledo Bend Reservoir, Caddo Lake and parts of the Sabine River.

Pending approval by the TPW Commission next spring, the new

limit will allow anglers to take 50 blues or chan-nels, or a combination of the two, but no more than five fish per day in excess of 30 inches. The current limit, which restricts anglers to no more than five blues or channel cat in excess of 20 inches, will remain in effect through Aug. 31, 2014.

Word of the relaxed length limit is sure to be welcomed by cat fisher-men, especially those who enjoy running trot lines, jug lines and noo-

dles on Toledo Bend. According to Char-lie Shively, the news couldn’t have come a day too soon.

“I’m glad to hear it,” Shively said. “It (the 20-inch limit) is killing our business. For a lot of fishermen, especial-ly those who only fish once or twice year, it’s just not worth it come here if they are looking to catch a mess of fish to eat. A 20-inch blue cat won’t weigh more than 3 1/2 pounds, but a 30-incher will weigh

around 14 pounds. The 30-inch reg should be perfect.”

ET anglers take wins on ‘Rayburn

East Texas bass pro Albert Collins won the Bassmaster Weekend Series Southeast Texas Division championship held earlier this month on Sam Rayburn, which earned him a spot to compete in the upcom-ing BWS Regional Championship on Oct. 4-5 on Lake Ft. Gibson in Wagoner, Okla.

Collins, along with other top finishers from the divisional champi-onships, are fishing for a spot to compete in the BWS National Champi-onship on Nov. 6-9 on Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee. The winner of that event will qualify for the 2014 Bassmas-ter Classic in Febru-ary on Alabama’s Lake Guntersville.

Collins, who won the 2013 BWS Na-tional Championship,

weighed in a two-day to-tal of 43.22 in his most recent win. The Nacog-doches plumber was followed in the stand-ings by Corey Stanley of Orange, Todd Driscoll of Jasper, Todd Castle-dine of Nacogdoches and Clayton Boulware of Zavalla.

Castledine followed up his BWS Top 5 fin-ish with a win in the Wal-Mart BFL Cowboy Division Super Tourna-ment held on ‘Rayburn on Sept. 14-15. His two day total of 41 pounds, 5 ounces earned him $6,126 and 2013 Angler of the Year honors on the popular weekend circuit.

Other Top 5 finishers were Phil Marks of Dal-las, Keith Honeycutt of Temple, Randy Sitz of Frisco and Brett Sellers of Denham Springs, La.

Archery Only sea-son underway Sept. 28; squirrel Oct. 1

The 2013 Archery Only season for white-

tailed deer and mule deer gets underway statewide on Sept. 28, while squirrel season is set to begin on Oct. 1.

The Archery Only season is open for hunt-ers to use archery gear and crossbows to take deer in any county with a legal deer season. Crossbow hunters are reminded of a special rule in Collin, Grayson, Rockwall and Dallas counties that prohibits the use of crossbows unless the hunter pos-sesses a physician’s statement verifying that he or she has an up-per limb disability that makes them incapable of using a compound, recurve or long bow.

Hunters also must adhere to special ant-ler restrictions on buck deer harvested in doz-ens of east Texas coun-ties. Hunters should consult the 2013-14 Texas Outdoor Annual to learn more about the antler restrictions and where they apply.

Thomas receives FCS National Weekly HonorsSubmitted By SFA

Sports Information Department

Sophomore wide re-ceiver Aaron Thomas was named an FCS College Football Per-formance Awards Wide Receiver Performer of the Week on Sunday evening.

Thomas, a native of Burnet, Texas (Bur-net HS), set a Stephen

F. Austin State record with 242 yards receiv-ing on 10 receptions in the Lumberjacks 56-48 loss at home to Prairie View A&M on Saturday, breaking the previous record held by Ronnie Hawthorne (218 yards in 1969 vs. Southwest Texas).

Thomas was just five yards shy of breaking the Southland Confer-

ence record for most receiving yards in a single game, falling just short of Ronald Bon-ner’s (JSU) 247 yards against Northwestern State on Nov. 9, 1997.

The Lumberjacks will have off the Satur-day before beginning conference play on Oct. 12 at Southeastern Lou-isiana. That game is set to kickoff at 7 p.m.

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SFA wide receiver Aaron Thomas was recognized on a national scale after his performance against Prairie View A&M.

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Offensive records fall in loss to Prairie ViewSubmitted by SFA

Sports Information Department

Brady Attaway passed for a Southland Conference and school record 662 yards and Aaron Thomas set a school record with 242 yards receiving but it was not enough to over-come five turnovers and a talented Prairie View A&M squad in a 56-48 loss Saturday eve-ning at Homer Bryce Stadium.

Saturday’s game saw a combined 1,409 yards of offense in which SFA (2-3) set multiple of-fensive records, includ-ing an SLC record 827 yards of total offense along with three wide receivers (Thomas 10 rec. 242 yds, DJ Ward 8 rec. 170 yds, Tyler Boyd 10 rec. 100 yds) eclipsing the 100-plus yardage mark in the defeat.

The Panthers (3-2) put up prolific offensive numbers as well, accu-mulating 582 yards of total offense (380 yds passing, 202 rushing) in defeating SFA for the first time in seven ca-reer chances (1-5-1).

PV quarterback Jerry Lovelocke ac-counted for seven Pan-ther touchdowns, three of which came on the ground.

The Panthers also had two receivers go over the century mark in receiving yards (De-andre Cooper 4 rec. 113 yds and Gabe Dunlap 10 rec. 100 yds).

The `Jacks looked to be in control of things

early on, scoring the game’s first two touch-downs on one-yard scores from Gus John-son (18 carries, 182 yds) and Joshawa West. However, that momen-tum would be short lived with the Panthers scoring the next 28 un-answered points into the middle stages of the

second quarter.During that stretch

Lovelocke passed for three touchdowns and rushed for another to build the Panthers lead to 28-14 at the 11:06 mark.

SFA came right back though, scoring 17 straight points of their own to regain a 31-28

advantage following an 80-yard receiving touch-down from Attaway to Ward. The throw and catch was the longest of each individual’s ca-reer and was the ninth-longest play in school history.

The Panthers added one more scoring drive right before halftime

on another touchdown pass from Lovelocke to Patrick Grant with just 11 seconds remaining, recapturing a 35-31 lead going into halftime.

PV outscored SFA 14-3 in the third quar-ter on two more rush-ing touchdowns from Lovelocke while SFA’s lone points in the quar-

ter came on a 30-yard field goal from Jordan Wiggs.

Trailing 49-34 with just six minutes to play, the `Jacks began their comeback begin-ning with a 76-yard touchdown pass from Attaway to Thomas to make the score 49-41. The `Jacks defense then came up with a key stop to get the ball back at their own 28-yard line with just under four minutes to play. Howev-er, a Fred Ford fumble gave the Panthers the ball back in prime scor-ing position.

PV took advantage of the miscue just two plays later on a 41-yard scoring scamper from Courtney Brown to ex-tend the lead to 56-41. SFA bounced right back and drove the length of the field, capping an 8-play 67-yard drive with an Attaway touch-down pass to Brooks to make the score 56-48.

Following a Pan-thers punt with just 1:12 remaining, SFA positioned themselves to possibly tie the game but an Attaway pass intended for Boyd on fourth and 13 with three seconds remain-ing sailed out of the back of the end zone as time expired.

The Lumberjacks will now have their bye week before return-ing back to action Oct. 12 to begin SLC play at Southeastern Loui-siana. SFA will next be back at home on Oct. 19 against Nicholls State on homecoming.

Photo by Hardy Meredith

The SFA Lumberjacks gather for the school song after last week’s game when they defeated Montana State. Saturday, Sept. 28 saw the ‘Jacks fall to Prairie View.


Timpson's Brandon Torres carries the ball for the Bears as they defeated Burkeville at homecoming.

Timpson beats Burkeville at homecoming, 52-6


Timpson quarterback Chandler Burgay helped lead his Bears to a 52-6 win over Burkeville at homecoming.


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loose ball and began looking for blockers, but found nothing but blue shirts in his path. Linebackers Lawson and Adam Mason, along with Colby Hamilton, stacked Wilson up and dropped him before he could get into the open field, sending the teams to the break with the score tied.

The Rams opened up the second half looking to take control, driving to the Elk 16-yard line, before turning the ball over on a fumble. It only took the Elks four plays to take advantage, as Wilson scampered 47 yards to put the Elks

on top again. The PAT sailed wide left, how-ever, leaving the score at 20-14.

Once again, the Rams came right back, driving 56 yards in seven plays, capped off by a Nate Belrose 3-yard touchdown run. Lawson punched in the two point conversion, giving the Rams their first lead of the night, 22-20, with 4:56 to play in the third quarter. The teams exchanged possessions twice, with neither able to advance past midfield. The Rams needed a big play to pad their lead, and they got it from a

very unlikely source. With the Elks trying to pass to loosen up the Ram defense for Wil-son, Ives dropped back looking for Wilson on a screen. 6’1, 265 pound sophomore defensive lineman Colby Hamil-ton read the quarter-back’s eyes and picked off the pass at the Ram 47. He then hurdled Ives at the Elk’s 40 to break into the open field. As Wilson tried to run him down from behind, Nate and Gage Belrose ran interfer-ence to escort Hamilton to the end zone. Rico was stopped just short on the conversion, however, leaving the score at 28-20. Wilson once again showed up to keep the Elks in the game, scoring on a 34-yard run with 5:50 left. Wilson tacked on the 2 point conversion to knot the score once again. The Rams responded by marching from their own 37 to the Elk six-yard line to set up a 23 yard field goal attempt by senior kicker Fidel Perez, with just two seconds remaining on the clock. The kick was blocked, then scooped up by Wilson, who

looked to be headed for the end zone. Defensive back Armando Robles turned on the jets and ran Wilson down from behind to send the game to overtime.

The Rams won the toss for the overtime period, and elected to go on defense first. On the opening play, Wilson ran right up the middle for a 25-yard touchdown. The conversion attempt was stuffed, leaving the door open for the Rams. On first down, Nate Belrose gained 18 yards on a sweep to set up a first and goal at the seven yard line. That’s where the wheels came off however, as a bad exchange on the hand-off led to a fumble on first down, which was recovered by Lawson at the 12-yard line. Fac-ing second and goal from the 12, the Rams elected to pass. Lawson drilled a strike to Rico, who looked to be open. Wilson made a great break on the ball, then leaped high to pull the ball down, sealing the win for the Elks.

Rams Head Coach Wayne Gandy was dis-appointed with the loss,

yet proud of his team for the effort against a much larger, deep-er opponent. “They (Elkhart) are a good football team. If they can keep 4 (Wilson) healthy, they’re going to be in the playoffs in 2A Division I. He’s go-ing to play on Saturday, for sure. Our kids stood toe-to-toe with them for four quarters. We had a lot of opportunities to win this thing. That’s what our kids are going to take away from this. Our district is pretty tough, and this experi-ence is going to come into play down the road. We’ve got a couple of weeks off before we open up district play at Carlisle, and we’ve got a lot of positives to build on.”

The Rams out-gained the Elks, 373 yards to 318. The Rams were led on offense once again by freshman running back Nate Belrose, who gained 183 yards on 24 carries, scoring once. Belrose also caught one pass for 27 yards. Jona-thon Rico also crossed the century mark, pick-ing up 107 yards on 19 carries, also scoring a touchdown. Lance Law-

son added 37 yards and a score on eight carries, and completed 1-of-4 passes for 27 yards, while being intercepted once. Armando Robles picked up 35 yards on five carries, and full-back Angel Hernan-dez gained 11 yards on three tries. The Rams defense was led by Keith Ferguson, who made five tackles, and three sacks. Nate Bel-rose and Lance Lawson added six tackles each.Colby Hamilton added five stops and the in-terception, which he returned for a touch-down. Senior safety Gage Belrose, playing for the first time since the season opener, also made five tackles, in-cluding two for losses.

The Elks improve to 4-1 with the win. The Rams drop to 2-2, and will take a week off be-fore opening up district play at Carlisle on Oc-tober 11th. The Indians are currently 2-2, hav-ing lost to Cayuga 28-7 this week. They take on arch-rival Overton (0-4) Friday night. Game time at Carlise is set for 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 11.

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With a win over the Sabine Cardinals, the Tenaha Tigers advanced their record at home to 3-0.

seal up the 17-0 win.The loss sets the

‘Riders’ record to 0-5 on the season and the Eagles advance to 4-0.

If there was a bright side for Center, it was

the performance of the defense who Head Coach Kevin Goodwin says played as well as he has seen.

“The defense played great,” Goodwin said.

“They played the best defense I’ve seen here in Center, Texas in our five years here. They played a great game.”

The Center Roughriders will return to action Friday, Oct.

4 when they travel to take on the Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs who are 4-0 and coming off a 54-7 win over the Crockett Bulldogs.

That game is slated for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.

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Dacorey McGee carries teh ball in Center’s loss to Overton.

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30-yard run by Gregory with 6:11 left in the first quarter.

Javier Uribe kicked the PAT and the Ti-gers led 7-0. The Car-dinals tied the score on a 29-yard run by Tevin Roberts.

With 7:35 left in the second quarter Cara-way scored on a 57-yard run and the Tigers went in at halftime lead-ing 14-7.

The Tigers didn’t take long to make yet another trip to the end zone in the second half as Caraway scored on a 57-yard run, then with 10:14 T.J. Thomas picked up a fumble and went 22 yards for the score to give the Tigers a commanding 28-7 lead.

The Cardinals scored with 7:31 in the

3rd on a 7-yard run by Chumley. There was plenty of scoring in the fourth quarter as Hill connected with Tovar for the 45-yard touch-down pass.

Chumbley scored on a 6-yard run, then Greg-ory scored his second TD of the night on a 47 -yard run.

With 53 seconds left in the game Sabine scored its final touch-down of the night on a 22-yard pass from Col-lin Gray to Austin Jor-dan to bring the final score to 41-29.

The Tigers will close out their non-district schedule next week as they travel to San Au-gustine to take on the Wolves. Kickoff is slat-ed for 7:30 p.m.Phtoo by Ray Jackson

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Application and Draft Permit. Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, Po Box 1642, Houston, TX 77251-1642, has applied to the Texas Commis-sion on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a renewal and revision of Federal Operating Per-mit (herein referred to as Permit) No. O3054, Application No. 19548, to authorize operation of the Joaquin Compressor Station, a Natural Gas Transmission facility. The area addressed by the application is located at 3053 FM 139 in Joa-quin, Shelby County, Texas 75954. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s gen-eral location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the applica-tion or notice. for exact location, refer to appli-cation. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=31.938888&lng=94.007222&zoom=13&type=r. This application was received by the TCEQ on May 15, 2013. The pur-pose of a federal operat-ing permit is to improve overall compliance with the rules governing air pollution control by clear-ly listing all applicable requirements, as defined in Title 30 Texas Admin-istrative Code 122.10 (30 TAC 122.10). The draft permit, if approved, will codify the condi-tions under which the area must operate. The permit will not authorize new construction. The executive director has completed the technical review of the application and has made a prelimi-nary decision to prepare a draft permit for public comment and review. The executive director recommends issuance of this draft permit. The permit application, state-ment of basis, and draft permit will be available for viewing and copy-ing at the TCEQ Central Office, 12100 Park 35 Circle, Building E, First Floor, Austin, Texas; the TCEQ Beaumont Regional Office, 3870 Eastex Fwy, Beaumont, Texas 77703-1830; and the Fannin Brown Booth Memorial Library, 619 Tenaha St, Center, Texas, beginning the first day of publication of this notice. At the TCEQ central and regional offices, relevant sup-porting materials for the draft permit, as well as the New Source Review permits which have been incorporated by refer-

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