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Wellness
Biggest Loser challenge coming to Hopkins County
Chamber partners
with TV show to
offer 8-week
competition
From Staff Reports
Are you The Biggest Loser?
The Hopkins County Chamber of
Commerce and the NBC television
show will give you the chance to par-
ticipate in a local challenge that carries
with it not only the opportunity to
improve nutrition and exercise habits,
but also to win valuable prizes both
nationally and locally.
The Chamber of Commerce has partnered with The Biggest Loser Community Challenge in a “fun, interactive
journey to better health.” The Community Challenge emphasizes it is not a
weight loss challenge, but an online
wellness competition to help people
reach their goals by focusing on motivation, activity and nutrition.
The Communty Challenge invites
businesses and groups to partner in four-
person teams ($100 entry fee) for the
eight-week experience that begins Feb.
15.
Prize benefits include a $1,000 bonus
for the winning team that registers
through the Hopkins County Chamber
of Commerce, plus bi-weekly local challenges and a weekly workout designed
to fit everyone’s fitness abilities.
Those who watch “The Biggest Loser” show on TV may have some apprehensions about public weekly weigh-ins.
Don’t worry.
According to the Community Challenge, to earn points for the team, participants will log into the web or app to
journal challenge activities. Weekly
challenge activities include completing
the weekly task, journaling weight (privately) and updating their motivation.
Participants will also earn points for daily activities, including journaling minutes of activity, servings of fruit and
vegetables, and cups of water.
On the national scale, prize winners
will be determined based on participation and will not be determined based
on points.
“Because The Biggest Loser Community Challenge is focused on wellness,
not weight loss, there are no weigh-ins
in this challenge,” according to the web-
site
BiggestLoserCommunity.com.
“Weight information is completely private. Individuals earn points for logging
their weight weekly in the challenge
portal, but it is not shared. The points
earned are for the act of logging the
weight, participants do not earn points
for weight loss. Weight loss is a great
bonus for those with a goal of losing
weight, but is not the focus of this challenge.”
There are 10,000 national prizes to be
given away for participating, including
an all-expense paid trip for a four-person
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SS Middle School
Finances
SSISD
receives
‘clean’
audit
Scientific Notation
57 percent of
budget goes
for classroom
instruction
By FAITH HUFFMAN
News-Telegram
News Staff
[email protected]
Cheryl Allison (left) and Lynette King (right) take notes Tuesday morning as they make their judging decisions on one of more than 200 projects presented at the
Sulphur Springs Middle School Science Fair in the campus library. The science fair will be open Tuesday afternoon beginning at 5:30 p.m. for the community to stop
by and see all the projects.
Staff Photo by Isabel Reyna
Academics
SSHS UIL team returns with number of honors
From Staff Reports
The Sulphur Springs High School Academic UIL Team came home from two
days worth of competition at the Pine
Tree UIL Invitational with a number of
individual and team honors earned. Some
students placed in more than one event as
well.
“The competition at the meet was stiff
as six of the eight schools in our district were present,” said Gina Wilder,
SSHS UIL coordinator. “With the district meet just over two months away,
this was a great meet to see where we
stand among our district competition.
I'm very proud of how all of our competitors performed. They are really step-
ping up to the plate in preparing to go to
state in May.”
In Friday evening’s debates, a number
of SSHS students placed.
In Lincoln-Douglas Debate, Noah
Hammons won second place and Corban
Philo finished eighth.
In Cross Examination Debate, the
team of Sean Allemang and Joshua
Robertson won eighth place, while the
team of Karen Hurtado and Catherine
Knotek finished 10th.
“Both of these teams had a 2-1 win
record, as did the team of Felipe Alba
and Dakota Soles,” Wilder said of the CX debaters.
The remainder of the Pine Tree Invitational contests were conducted Saturday.
In computer science, Sean Allemang
won first place, Trenton Brock won second, Timothy Charlton third, Mauro
Basio fourth and Josh Synder sixth place.
The team won first place.
In spelling and vocabulary, Lydia
Burleson won first place honors, Carson
McIllwain won second and Mandy Eckhardt won third place, securing a first
place team finish.
In literary criticism, Patricia Parks won
first place, Chloe Ross third place, Sadie
Evans fifth and Jesse Allen sixth. They
also won first place team.
In ready writing, Steven Payne won
fourth place, Lydia Burleson fifth and
Patricia Parks sixth place.
In computer applications, Raynie
Hooten won fifth place.
The math and science events were
divided up by grade levels.
In 11th grade competition, Rudy Perez
placed sixth in calculator applications
and Jessica Rivera placed fifth in science.
The number sense team won third place
overall.
In the journalism events, Steven Payne
won fifth place in both news writing and
feature writing, and Lili Gallagos placed
fifth in headline writing.
In upcoming competition, debate
teams will head to Lindale this coming
weekend, and the whole UIL team will
attend the Whitehouse meet the weekend
of Jan. 22-23.
Mike Taylor of Rutherford, Taylor and Company,
P.C., praised Sulphur
Springs Independent
School District for “professional” staff who are
“wonderful” to work with
during their annual audit.
Taylor also noted the
firm’s finding was a
“clean” opinion.
The auditors’ report on
the annual financial and
compliance report,
approved by trustees at
their Monday night’s meeting, was an “unqualified
opinion,” which is the best
opinion given by auditors.
“You do have a good set
of figures in this district,”
Taylor told trustees.
No compliance deficiencies were identified in
bond or other government
and state funds either, but
was in compliance with all
aspects of federal programs in the reports, documents and other items
observed by the auditors.
He reported 57 percent
of every dollar spent goes
toward class room instruction, while spending $4.2
million on maintenance
costs, including heating,
cooling and facilities maintenance.
Of the funds the district
receives, $12.9 million
comes from local sources,
$19.9 million state and the
rest of the $33.2 million in
revenue from federal
sources.
He also noted the 71page report contains more
than 20 pages worth of disclosure notes related to
financial statements, particularly teacher pension
plans. He noted the state
pension liability to be
$159.4 billion, with $132.7
billion funded — at 82.35
percent that’s a higher rate
of the obligation already
funded than originally was
projected.
Taylor commended all
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An upper level disturbance and an associated cold front will rain to
the West Coast, with snow possible over eastern Oregon and the
mountains of California and Washington. A few snow showers will
also be a possibility around the Great Lakes.
SULPHUR SPRINGS WEATHER
Weather Underground • AP
24-Hour Period Ending
at 8 a.m. Today
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Local Forecast
Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low
around 38. Calm wind becoming
south around 5 mph after midnight.
Wednesday: Sunny, with a high
near 61. South southwest wind 5
to 10 mph.
Wednesday Night: Mostly clear,
with a low around 44. South wind
around 5 mph.
Thursday: A 20 percent chance
of showers and thunderstorms.
Partly sunny, with a high near 63.
South wind 10 to 15 mph, with
gusts as high as 20 mph.
Thursday Night: A 20 percent
chance of showers. Mostly cloudy,
with a low around 48. South wind
10 to 15 mph becoming west southwest after midnight.
Friday: Mostly sunny, with a high
near 57. West northwest wind 10
to 15 mph.
Friday Night: Partly cloudy, with
a low around 36. West northwest
wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north
after midnight.
Saturday: A 30 percent chance
of rain. Mostly cloudy, with a high
near 46. North wind 5 to 10 mph.
Saturday Night: Partly cloudy,
with a low around 30.
Sunday: Sunny, with a high near
47.
Allen Lynn
Chamness
p.m. Thursday at the funeral
home.
Allen Lynn Chamnes died
A memorial service for Allen Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, in Yantis.
L y n n
Arrangements are under the
Chamness,
direction of West Oaks Funeral
52, of YanHome.
tis will be
westoaksfuneralhome.com
conducted
at 2 p.m.
Otto Sandoval
Thursday,
Arrangements
for Otto SanJan. 14, at
doval
of
North
Hopkins
are pendWest Oaks
ing with West Oaks Funeral
Funeral
Home.
H o m e
Otto Sandoval died Monday,
Chapel.
Jan.
11, 2016, at his residence.
Vi s i t a Allen
The online register can be
tion will be
Chamness
signed at:
held at 1
westoaksfuneralhome.com
Biggest Loser local
challenge starts Feb. 15
Continued from Page 1
team (significant others included)
to “The Biggest Loser” television
finale, personal training sessions
with Dolvett Quince, week-long
stays at The Biggest Loser
Resort, fitness trackers and more.
Participants do not need to
have weights or a membership at
a gym to participate. There are a
variety of ways participants earn
points. Minutes of activity (any
activity — this depends on the
individual and their current fitness level) is part of the challenge, but participants will also
earn points for logging servings
of fruit/vegetables, cups of water,
completing weekly challenge
tasks, updating their motivation
each week, etc.
Participants will choose a Challenge Guide from a range of past
contestants. Guides will introduce
the challenge each week as they
reflect on their experience on the
show and share tips and tricks
that work for them. Challenges
will focus on a range of wellness
topics, such as activity and nutrition. Participants will also receive
motivation and nutrition tips from
Dolvett Quince throughout each
week of the challenge.
The challenge portal syncs
directly with Fitbit and Polar
devices. The Community Challenge app integrates with Apple's
Health Kit (on iOS) and Google
Fit (on Android) which allows
you to automatically import fitness data from the thousands of
popular apps and devices that
also support these protocols —
including Apple Watch, Android
Wear, Adidas, Polar, Nike Fuel,
Endomondo, UP by Jawbone,
MapMyRun, MyFitnessPal, 7
Minute Workout and many others.
For more information, visit
BiggestLoserCommunity.com for
details or call the Chamber of
Commerce office at 903-8856515.
SSISD financial position,
tax collections earn praise
Continued from Page 1
SSISD staff, particularly those in
the business and tax offices.
SSISD is one of the few school
districts in the state that still does
their own tax collection, and
“we’ve seen it has paid off time
and again.” The collection rate
for SSISD is 101.89 percent.
SSISD Trustee Don Sapaugh
asked Taylor his opinion on the
impact oil prices will have on
state funding.
Taylor indicated his belief that
slumps could “ratchet” the
PUBLIC
NOTICES
PUBLIC NOTICE
Notice of Regular Meeting
teacher retirement fund down a
bit, which would place the burden of covering amounts unfunded by the state at the local level.
SSISD Board of Trustees President John Prickette offered
thanks to Sherry McGraw and
staff in the business office and to
Sandra Gibby and the tax office
for “taking such good care of our
finances and taxes.”
Gibby also extended thanks to
property owners who pay their
taxes, allowing for such high collections.
the closed meeting. All final votes, actions
or decisions will be taken in open meeting
the notice for this meeting was posted in
compliance with the Texas Open Meeting
Act on: Jan. 7th @ 1:25 p.m.
1.11
PUBLIC NOTICE
A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees
of Como-Pickton CISD will be held January
11, 2016 beginning at 6:00 pm in the C-P
Conference Center, 13017 TX Highway 11
East, Como, TX 75431.
The City of Sulphur Springs is requesting
sealed proposals to provide consession
services for its park system beginning
March 1, 2016 and ending December 31,
2016 with two possible one year extention
The subject to be discussed or considered
after that. Sealed proposals are due at 2
or upon which any formal action may be
taken are listed below. Items do not have to p.m., on Wednesday January 20, 2016 at
be taken in the same order as shown on this the Purchasing office, City business Center,
125 S. Davis St., Sulphur Springs, Texas.
meeting notice. Unless removed from the
consent agenda, items identified within the The RFP specifications are available at the
consent agenda will be acted on at one time. Purchasing office, City Business Center,
1. Opening
125 S. Davis, Sulphur Springs, Texas.
A. Call to Order
Please call Jody Price at 903-885-7541 with
B. Declaration of Quorum
any questions.
C. Pledge of Allegiance
D. Citizen Participation
1:4, 11
E. Regongnition of School Board Members
2. Consent Agenda
Consent Agenda items are routine business
items which occur on a regular basis. All
items are grouped to enhance the
effectiviness of such matters. Questions on
consent agenda items should be directed to
the business office staff prior to the meeting,
if possible. If a board member desires for an
item or items to be seperated from the
consent agenda, then the entire board should
authorize such a request.
A. Consider approval of minutes from
December Board Meeting.
B. Consider approval of expenditures for
January 2016.
3. Curriculum & Instruction
4. Business and Finance
A. Consider annual financial audit report for
the year ending August 31, 2015.
Presenter: Steve Davis, CPA
B. Discuss and consider purchase of
Suburban Preneter: Kay Handlin
C. Discuss and consider security gating.
Presenter: Kay Handlin
D. Consider purchase of Cop-Sync and Cop
Sync 911 programs. Prenenter: Kay Handlin
E. Reports on business and finance
1. Monthly financial report
2. Monthly investment report
3. Delinquent and Current Tax Collection
Report
5. Superintendent Reports
6. Executive Session
Resignations, empoyment of employees
A. 551.074 Personnel: Deliberate the
appointment, employment, evaluation,
reassignment, duties, discipline or dimissal
of a public officer or employee.
1. Superintendent’s evaluation.
2. Superindent’s contract and compensation
3. Discuss appointment, employment,
evaluation, reassignment, duties of personnel
7. Human Resources
A. Consider the appointment, employment,
evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline
or dismissal of a public officer or employee.
1. Consider Superintendent’s contract and
compensation.
2. Consider appointment, employment,
evaluation, evaluation, reassignment, duties
of personnel.
If, during the course of the meeting,
discussion of any item on the agenda should
be held in a closet meeting, the board will
conduct a closed meeting in accordance with
the Texas Open Meeting Act, Government
Code, Chapter 551, Subchapters D and E
or Texas Government Code section
418.183(f). Before any closed meeting is
convened the presiding officer will publicly
identify the sections of the Act authorizing
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given in
accordance with the terms
of the provisions of the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Code that: Saru Business,
LLC d/b/a I-30 Fast Mart has
filed application for a Beer
Retail Dealer’s Off- Premise
Permit and Wine Only
Package Store Permit said
Business to be conducted at
107 IH 30N East, Cumby,
Hopkins County, Texas
75433. Owners: Suraj
Pandeya, Manager, Reena
Pun, Manager
1.11,12
LEGAL NOTICE
Notice is hereby given in
accordance with the terms
of the provisions of the
Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Code that: Sanu Business,
LLC d/b/a I-30 Beverage has
filed application for a Beer
Retail Dealer’s Off Premise
Permit and Package Store
Permit said Business to be
conducted at 107 IH 30N
East ‘A’, Cumby, Hopkins
County, Texas 75433. Owner
Chinta M. Baral, Manager.
1.11,12
OBITUARY
Mel Panter
Funeral services for Mel
Panter, age 88, of Sulphur
Springs will be held at 11 a.m.
Wednesday, Jan.
13, 2016,
at League
Street
Church of
Christ.
Interment
will follow
at
Restlawn
Mel Panter
Memorial
Park with his sons and grandsons serving as pallbearers.
Visitation will be held one hour
prior to the service at the
church.
Mel passed away on Saturday, Jan. 9, 2016, at Trinity
Mother Frances in Tyler.
Melvin Thomas Panter was
born on Sept. 17, 1927, in
Albion, Okla., the son of Boss
and Elma (Wall) Panter. Mel
married Merle Tolbert on May
26, 1948, in Van Buren, Ark.
She preceded him in death in
August of 2014.
Mel served in the Air Force.
He was a member of League
Street Church of Christ, serving as an elder. He was a member of the Choctaw Indian
Tribe. His passion and pasttime
was oil painting.
Survivors include his sons,
Gary Panter and wife, Helene,
of Brooklyn, N.Y., and Tommy Panter and wife, Gwen, of
Sulphur Springs; daughter
Linda Panter of Sulphur
Springs; grandchildren Caleb
Panter and wife, Addi, Adam
Panter and wife, Jenni, Luke
Panter and wife, Janae,
Andrew Panter and Olive Panter; and great-grandchildren
Bennett Panter, Beau Panter,
Penny Panter, Charli Panter,
Griffin Panter and Boss Panter.
He is preceded in death by
his parents; wife; and one
brother, Jacky Panter.
The online register can be
signed at:
murrayorwosky.com
Custom Obit
OBITUARY
Erlene Kennimer
Counts
Funeral services for Erlene
Kennimer Counts, age 72, of
Ya n t i s ,
will be
held at 1
p . m .
Wednesday, Jan.
13, 2016,
at Murr a y Orwosky
Funeral
H o m e
with Tim Erlene Counts
Gibbs
officiating. Interment will follow at Arbala Cemetery with
Marcus Dobbs, Kent Mitchell,
Michael Cheairs, Shyne Bright
and Kenneth Burney and Billy
Sartin serving as pallbearers.
Visitation will be held from 6
p.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan.
12, 2016, at Murray-Orwosky
Funeral Home.
Erlene passed away on
Sunday, Jan. 10, 2016, at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital. She was born on Aug. 12,
1943, in Sulphur Springs, the
daughter of Earl Dewitt Kennimer and Sammie Robnett
Petross. She married Billy Ray
Counts in 1979 in Longview.
He preceded her in death. She
retired from the healthcare
industry and was of the Church
of Christ faith.
Survivors include her
daughters, Kerri Gae Goodson
and spouse, Kris, of Wylie and
Tonya Rae Craig of Hughes
Springs; parents Sammie and
Roy Petross; sister Elvira
Browning and husband, Lonnie; grandchildren Amanda
Kae Troy and husband, Dustin,
Shyne Bright, Kortne Craig,
Sarah Craig and Stephanie
Nolan; great-grandchildren
Rhiannon Troy, Justin Troy,
Connor Craig and Dayne Parsons; nieces and nephews, Lisa
DeLoach, Brad Browning,
Michael Cheairs and Kent
Mitchell and wife, Lisa.
She is preceded in death by
her husband; father; one son,
Lester Hobbs; and one sister,
Joyce Kennimer.
The online register can be
signed at:
murrayorwosky.com
Custom Obit
CLARIFICATION
The Dec. 28 “For the Record” reported Amanda Ann Edmonson, 32,
of Sulphur Springs was arrested for credit or debit card abuse. Edmonson was arrested Dec. 27 for credit or debit card abuse. The charge
carried a preset bond of $5,000. However, instead of having to post
the bond, Edmonson was released Dec. 28 on personal recognizance.
Within 24 hours of her release, the credit/debit card abuse charge
against Edmonson was dropped, according to police detectives.
‘Affluenza’ teen’s mother
released from Fort Worth jail
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP)
— The mother of a fugitive
teenager known for using an
"affluenza" defense in a fatal
drunken-driving wreck was
released from a Texas jail on
Tuesday, a day after a judge
sharply reduced her $1 million
bond for allegedly helping her
son flee to Mexico.
Tonya Couch must wear an
electronic ankle GPS monitor and
remain at the home of another
son,
29-year-old
Steven
McWilliams, except for appointments with her doctor and lawyer.
Authorities believe she and
her 18-year-old son, Ethan
Couch, fled the state in November as Texas prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his
probation in the 2013 wreck that
killed four people.
Both were taken into custody
last month in the resort city of
Puerto Vallarta.
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Wednesday, Jan. 13
DIVORCE CARE will begin a
new session at 6 p.m. Jan. 13 at
First United Methodist Church in
Sulphur Springs. Child care provided for smaller children; activities planned for older children.
SILVER LEOS Writers Guild, a
group whose goal is to create and
improve writing opportunities for
themselves and others, meets from
1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every second Wednesday of each month at
the Alumni Center on the Texas
A&M Commerce campus Refreshments served from 1 p.m. to 1:30
p.m. Annual dues are $20. This
month’s meeting includes a writing
exercise presented by SLWG Vice
President Vivian Freeman, business
regarding the April 9 Fred A. Tarpley Memorial Writers Conference,
author readings and grouped peer
editing critiques. For information,
contact Bobbie Purdy at 903-8866120 or [email protected],
or Vivian Freeman at 903-886-8953
or [email protected], or
go online to http://silverleos.net or
Facebook.
COMMUNITY BIBLE Study
invites women to a weekly interdenominational study of Christian
leadership (1 and 2 Timothy, Titus
and Galatians) and Christian living
(Philemon; 1, 2 and 3 John; and
Jude) from 9:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Wednesday mornings at First Baptist Church, 116 Oak Ave. Classes
run through April 2016. Nursery
care and children's classes are
available as space permits. To register, contact Jan Bartley at 903945-2689
or
[email protected].
VFW POST 8560 hosts an 8-ball
pool tournament at 8 p.m. every
Wednesday. This event is open to
the public. For more information,
call 903-885-4666.
BINGO IS played at 9:30 a.m.
and 42 at 1 p.m. every Wednesday
and Friday, at the Senior Citizens
Center, 150 Martin Luther King
Drive.
FREE HOT lunches are offered
at noon Wednesdays in the First
United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. Enter from the south side
of the building behind Alliance
Bank on Atkins Street; look for the
signs. This Dinner Bell ministry “is
a servant program reaching out to
people in need in Hopkins Coun-
ty.”
CANHELP WELCOMES the
donation of recycled cell phones
and cell phone batteries at the
CANHelp Community Resource
Center, 613 Gilmer St., on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m.
to 3 p.m. Donations can be made at
other times if necessary. Call 903885-9797 for more information.
HOPKINS COUNTY CHRISTIAN Alliance meets at the CANHelp Community Resource Center,
613 Gilmer St., on Wednesdays at
noon. The first Wednesday of each
month provides an opportunity for
church youth leaders to share information about their youth programs.
BETTER LIFE Group of Narcotics Anonymous meets Tuesdays,
Wednesdays and Fridays at 8 p.m.
and Saturdays at noon at Wesley
United Methodist Church, 614
Texas St. Call Gary or Lillie at
903-473-3329.
TOPS NO. 1233 meets at 10
a.m. in Wesley United Methodist
Fellowship Hall, 614 Texas St.
Weigh-in at 8:30 a.m. Call Nancy
Green at 903-994-2550.
TRINITY OAKS will hold a
Bible class at 10 a.m. on Wednesdays in the Community Room at
610 Woodlawn St.
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4. If you should happen to forget (or lose) the wall
10. When booking air travel, always use a flight or
plug for your phone charger, check the back of the travel comparison website. There are several, such as
TV in your hotel room. Most these days have a USB Skyscanner and Kayak. These sites help you find the
port where you can recharge your phone or other best airline and cheapest price for your dates and
device.
routes. But DO?NOT?BOOK your flights through
5. If you lost or forgot the charger for your comput- these comparison sites. Instead, delete your browsing
er or phone, go to the front desk. They will have a history and then book directly with the airline. This
huge assortment that others have left behind. You way, if you have a flight cancellation or other problem,
should be able to borrow the one you need.
you can rebook right there at the airport (or train sta6. Need to wash out underwear or other clothing tion, etc.) through customer service.
Motivational
Quote of the Day
“ Winning isn’t everything,
but wanting to win is.”
~ Vince Lombardi
What a lovely way to stay connected
Dear Annie: In October, I vis- ANNIE’S
angry and upset if you can grant
ited my family in France. Three
forgiveness and start fresh. Of
weeks after I returned home, the MAILBOX
course, if they offer feeble excuses
terrorist attacks occurred. My husand make no attempt to say they
Advice
From
band was out of town and I was all
are sorry, feel free to stop respondalone. My family in France, thank- Kathy Mitchell and
ing to their calls.
Marcy Sugar
fully, was safe.
Dear Annie: As my mother got
I consider myself a loyal friend.
older, she used to worry about her
However, only one person called to
faraway friends when she didn't
ask about my family and about me. That person was hear from them at Christmas. She thought maybe they
actually a business acquaintance. I am deeply grateful had gone into a nursing home or were homebound
for that call, but truly surprised and disappointed that and unable to correspond. Or maybe they had died.
there were no others. A family member phoned two
So when my mother moved to a nursing home near
days later, saying he had been so busy with work that us, I decided to make sure this didn't happen to her. I
he didn't hear about the attacks until later. I was polite, wrote a newsy letter about how she was doing, and
but seriously, people would have to be living under a added where she was living, along with the address. I
rock not to have heard the news immediately.
printed it on Christmas stationery and sent it in the
It was an extremely difficult time for me, and I am first part of December.
terribly hurt and angry that no one else took a few
Well, Annie, I want to tell you that the response
seconds to ask whether my family was OK or to find was overwhelming. She received Christmas cards
out how I was handling things. I received a Christmas from nearly all of her friends. Some wrote long, newsy
card from one friend who wrote only to brag about her letters of their own, and a few of them even wrote letjob promotion.
ters to me.
Annie, all of these so-called friends are well aware
It was very rewarding and gratifying, and Mom felt
that much of my family lives in France. I no longer that she was still a part of her friends' lives. I thought
wish to associate with these people. What can I say if you might like to pass this on to others so they will
any of them call and want to get together with me? -- know to do it during the next holiday season. -- GrateStill Hurting
ful Daughter
Dear Hurting: People tend to be self-absorbed and
Dear Daughter: This is a sweet idea and an excelsometimes don't think of another person's specific sit- lent way to keep others apprised of Mom's situation
uation when they hear about a tragedy far away. Please and encourage them to contact her. Seniors, especially
give your friends a chance to make it up to you. If they those who move away from familiar surroundings,
call, tell them that you were hurt and disappointed often feel isolated. Thank you for providing a lovely
that you didn't hear from them at the time. Give them way to stay connected.
the opportunity to apologize. You will be much less
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CONTRACT BRIDGE
A Hairsplitting
Decision
The holdup play so often used by
declarer in notrump contracts can sometimes be employed just as effectively in
a suit contract. The purpose in both
instances is the same -- to sever communications between the defenders.
Consider today's deal where West
leads a low heart against five clubs, and
East plays the jack. South notes immediately that he is in serious danger of
losing two hearts and a spade trick. If
he takes the ace of hearts at trick one,
draws trumps and forces out the ace of
spades, the defenders are likely to cash
two heart tricks and defeat the contract.
Therefore, declarer must arbitrarily
assume that the hearts are divided 5-2.
The question then is how to proceed.
One possibility is to duck the first heart,
take the second one, draw trumps and
lead a spade.
If the defender who started with
only two hearts has the ace of spades,
declarer comes home a winner because
that defender will not have a heart to
return after taking the ace of spades.
Dummy's heart loser can later be discarded on declarer's third spade.
In the present case, however, after
East produces the heart jack at trick
one, South's correct play is to take the
ace of hearts immediately! He reasons
that West cannot have the K-Q of
hearts, since West would have led the
king with that holding, and also that East
cannot have the K-J, since he would
have played the king rather than the jack
initially.
South therefore credits East with
the Q-J after East plays the jack on the
first trick. Declarer can't make the contract if East has Q-J-x-(x), so he takes
his ace hoping East started with the Q-J
alone.
After drawing trumps, South leads a
spade. Whether East or West turns up
with the ace does not matter, because
either way the defense is unable to cash
more than one heart trick. South's ten
blocks the suit and is the critical card
that prompts declarer to take the ace of
hearts at trick one.
Tomorrow: The arm of slam bidding.
HOLIDAY’S HOROSCOPES
tion right where it is most needed.
CANCER (June 22-July 22). When
you have a mystical mindset, the world
is filled with sprites, imps, trolls and the
like. It might help you to think of the
people around you as specific creatures, each with unique attributes.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22). One man's
triviality is the whole world of another.
You do not share the same passions
as some of the people around you.
Even so, your respect for what they
love will keep you in good stead.
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22). Modesty
is a primer for the mind. It makes for
optimum receptivity and quick learning.
Head into that potentially educational
environment and leave all prior knowledge behind.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23). Segal's
Law states that "A man with a watch
knows what time it is. A man with two
watches is never sure." To eliminate
doubt, narrow down your options considerably.
SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 21).
Choose your company according to
tone, not experience. The upbeat people may have the wrong answers, but
that's something that can be sorted out
with the right attitude.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21).
The shape of the physical world
changes. Forms expand, contract, sag,
implode -- but feelings are immune to
forces such as gravity. The durability
of feelings will work for you today. Use
it.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19). For
deeply evolutionary reasons, good
memories are harder to hold on to than
bad ones. You'll set the balance right
and make yourself and others happy
by recording a memory through writing
or pictures.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18). Of
course, you have much better things
to think about than your reputation
and/or effect on others. And yet there is
something you want that will be much
easier to obtain once you align your
public image with it.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20). The
one who becomes a master of his or
her time will become a master of many
things. That said, the extra moments
you give to a loved one may put you
back, but you'll never regret the
expense of those minutes.
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For Wednedsay, Jan.13
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY. (Jan. 13). Do
not doubt the power of love. One nourishing relationship will change everything in the first trimester of the year.
February brings a happy development
in the realm of health and fitness. A
work cycle ends in March and new
exciting projects start. July and October
bring financial bonanza. Cancer and
Taurus adore you. Your lucky numbers
are: 9, 22, 28, 15 and 19.
ARIES (March 21-April 19). When
you hit the mid-day slump, one happy
memory is all it takes to connect you
with inner magic. Remember the situations, people and things that bring you
joy. The spark of that thought will get
your energy going again.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20). You
may have to change an agreement; do
so at the earliest opportunity. You won't
exactly be met with enthusiasm, but, if
you wait, things could get worse. Renegotiate as soon as possible.
GEMINI (May 21-June 21). No,
you're not dreaming this or fabricating
it: You actually do have healing powers.
Your touch, your listening ear and the
love in your gaze all send soul nutri-
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OPINION
... OURS, YOURS, THEIRS
The News-Telegram
Scott Keys, President/Publisher n Jim Butler, Vice-President
Kristi Hayes, VP-New Media
Butch Burney, General Manager/Managing Editor
Don Wallace, Sports Editor
F.W. Frailey
Editor-Publisher, 1951-1975
President, 1975-1981
Clarke Keys
Editor-Publisher, 1975-1995
President, 1981-1995
Texas & Guns
Battle far from over
Galveston County Daily News:
The first days of "open carry" came and went in Texas
without the mayhem and cordite smoke some opponents
of the law — which, to paraphrase Townes Van Zandt,
allows some Texans to wear their guns outside their pants
— had predicted.
That wasn't surprising. Most who followed the changes
in Texas handgun laws over the past 20 years were confident the open-carry law, like the concealed-carry law that
came before it, would have very little consequence for Texans as a population — most people would never notice the
change had occurred.
Despite our state's gun-loving reputation and whether it
was by design or not, Texas has taken a long, cautious
approach to expanding its residents' right to bear arms.
until concealed handgun legislation passed in 1995, Texas
had some of the most restrictive gun laws in the country.
new Yorkers, for example, could apply for and perhaps
obtain licenses to carry handguns, Texans couldn't under
any circumstances.
and far from being in the vanguard of open carry, Texas
was the 45th state to allow it, and restricts the right to
those who've met some fairly tight licensing requirements,
while many states allow open carry without any licensing
requirements.
The next round in the political debate about guns in
Texas will be over those licensing requirements. Gun
advocates already are arguing for "constitutional carry,"
which would allow Texans to openly carry their handguns
without having to possess a state-issued license.
The theory driving constitutional carry is simple — people shouldn't have to ask the government's permission to
exercise their right to own and bear arms. In that situation
the "right" is reduced to a mere privilege.
applying that theory practically is more complicated.
You could argue the Texas experience with carry laws
has been good because the right has been restricted to people with the gumption and good sense to obtain licenses.
License holders in Texas must demonstrate an understanding of laws about using deadly force and that they
know the butt from the barrel of a handgun.
Over the past 20 years, they have proved themselves to
be among the most responsible and law-abiding people in
the state. When the concealed-carry law passed, opponents predicted Texas jails, courts and morgues would be
filled with the consequences of bad decisions by those
licensed to carry. The opposite happened. We seldom hear
of cases in which licensed Texans made bad or even dubious use of deadly force. and of the 50,000 or so felony convictions of all sorts judged in Texas courts in 2014, only
about 150 were against license holders.
The question soon will become whether Texas should
scrap that well-tested licensing requirement to satisfy a
very strict definition of what constitutes a right. Proponents of constitutional carry will argue that other states
allow it without much bad effect.
On the other hand, the state requires licenses of people
who want to operate a Honda Fit, why not a Glock?
no matter where you land on the issue, the debate
about carrying guns in Texas is far from over.
Today in History ...
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 12, the
12th day of 2016. There are 354
days left in the year.
Today's Highlights in History:
On Jan. 12, 1966, President Lyndon B. Johnson said in his State of
the Union address that the U.S. military should stay in Vietnam until Communist aggression there was stopped.
The TV series "Batman," inspired by
the comic book and starring Adam
West and Burt Ward as the Dynamic
Duo, premiered on ABC, airing twice
a week on consecutive nights.
On this date:
In 1773, the first public museum in
America was organized in Charleston,
South Carolina.
In 1828, the United States and
Mexico signed a Treaty of Limits
defining the boundary between the
two countries to be the same as the
one established by an 1819 treaty
between the U.S. and Spain.
In 1912, textile workers at the
Everett Mill in Lawrence, Massachusetts, most of them immigrant women,
walked off the job to protest wage
cuts.
In 1915, the U.S. House of Representatives rejected, 204-174, a proposed constitutional amendment to
give women nationwide the right to
vote.
In 1945, during World War II, Soviet forces began a major, successful
offensive against the Germans in
Eastern Europe. Aircraft from U.S.
Task Force 38 sank about 40 Japanese ships off Indochina.
In 1959, Berry Gordy Jr. founded
Motown Records (originally Tamla
Records) in Detroit.
In 1971, the groundbreaking situation comedy "All in the Family" premiered on CBS television.
In 1976, mystery writer Dame
Agatha Christie died in Wallingford,
England, at age 85.
In 1998, Linda Tripp provided Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr's
office with taped conversations
between herself and former White
House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Today's Birthdays: Actress
Katherine MacGregor (TV: "Little
House on the Prairie") is 91. Singer
Glenn Yarbrough is 86. The Amazing
Kreskin is 81. Country singer William
Lee Golden (The Oak Ridge Boys) is
77. Actor Anthony Andrews is 68.
Movie director Wayne Wang is 67.
Actress Kirstie Alley is 65. Radio commentator Rush Limbaugh is 65.
Writer Walter Mosley is 64. Country
singer Ricky Van Shelton is 64.
Radio-TV personality Howard Stern is
62. Writer-producer-director John
Lasseter is 59. Broadcast journalist
Christiane Amanpour is 58. Rock
musician Charlie Gillingham (Counting Crows) is 56. Actor Oliver Platt is
56. Entrepreneur Jeff Bezos is 52.
Rock singer Rob Zombie is 51. Actor
Olivier Martinez is 50. Rapper TBird
(B-Rock and the Bizz) is 49. Model
Vendela is 49. Actress Farrah Forke
is 48. Actress Rachael Harris is 48.
Rock singer Zack de la Rocha is 46.
Rapper Raekwon (Wu Tang Clan) is
46. Singer Dan Haseltine (Jars of
Clay) is 43. Rock musician Matt Wong
(Reel Big Fish) is 43. Singer Melanie
Chisholm (Spice Girls) is 42. Contemporary Christian singer Jeremy Camp
is 38. Actress Cynthia Addai-Robinson is 36. Rhythm-and-blues singer
Amerie is 36. Actress Naya Rivera is
29. Actor Will Rothhaar is 29. Actor
Andrew Lawrence is 28. Rock singer
Zayn Malik is 23. Pop/soul singer Ella
Henderson (TV: "The X Factor") is 20.
Our division and polarization
T
he Census Bureau has delivered its
annual Christmas gift to demographic junkies: its estimates of the
populations of the 50 states and the District of Columbia for mid-2015.
They show where the nation has been
growing since the April 2010 Census
headcount, a period that follows the end
of the 2007-2009 recession and includes
three-fourths of the Obama presidency.
They show what states Americans have
been moving in and out of, and what
states have attracted the most immigrants.
They’re worth looking at, because the
cold precision of the numbers provides
clues to the warm impulses of human
hearts, where people choose to pursue
dreams or escape nightmares.
During this five-year period the
nation’s population increased from 308.8
million to 321.4 million, which sounds
like a lot — we’re the third-most-populous nation in the world — but in fact is
slightly lower in percentage terms than
any such period since the 1930s.
Growth was highly uneven. The
biggest percentage growth rates were in
fracking-rich North Dakota (13 percent),
the gentrifying District of Columbia (12
percent) and the much bigger states of
Texas (9 percent), Colorado, Utah and
Florida (8 percent). The big percentage
gainers of the 2000-2010 decade, Nevada
and Arizona, gained at lesser rates this
decade, as did Georgia, the Carolinas and
Virginia.
Altogether 45 percent of the nation’s
population growth occurred in the three
Sun Belt states: Texas, California and
Florida. But it was from quite different
sources. In Texas and Florida, there was
more net migration from other states —
domestic inflow — than immigration.
This was true also of the fast-growing
North Carolina, South Carolina, Colorado, Arizona, Nevada and Washington.
Michael
Barone
Political analysts in the last decade predicted that heavy immigration would
make these states more Democratic. But
in this decade it looks like any such
movement will depend more on domestic
migrants, who seem Democratic-leaning
in some states (Washington and North
Carolina) but not others (Texas, Florida,
South Carolina and Arizona).
In any case, as the Pew Research Center has documented, there has been no
net immigration from Mexico since 2008;
incomers have been matched by those
who “self-deport.” That finds confirmation in the 2015 estimates, which show
immigration numbers in 2010-2015
sharply lower than in 2000-2008 in states
that have had heavy Mexican inflows:
California, Nevada, Arizona, Colorado,
Texas and Illinois.
Immigration in this decade has exceeded the national rate in only 12 states and
D.C., with the highest rates in Florida and
the Northeast (D.C., New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Maryland, Connecticut and Virginia).
In these states and in California and
Washington, immigrants seem to be
increasingly Asians, many with high skill
levels, rather than Latinos, almost all relatively low-skill. Those of us who have
urged revising immigration law to favor
high-skill newcomers are apparently seeing something like that result produced
by market forces under current law.
The high-immigration states plus Illinois have had the nation’s highest rates of
domestic outflow, reflecting high tax
rates, heavy regulation and high housing
prices. In effect, they’re trading Americans for immigrants, the political result of
which is a tendency to make these states
even more heavily Democratic.
This is apparent when you group states
by political tendency. The 23 Republican
states have grown 5.1 percent in 20102015, the 11 target states 4.2 percent and
the 16 Democratic states plus D.C. 3.2
percent. (I classify Colorado, Florida,
Iowa, Nevada, New Hampshire, New
Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Wisconsin as target
states. You can probably guess which of
the others are Republican and Democratic.)
Republican states gained 2.3 million
newcomers, split evenly between immigration and domestic inflow. Target states
gained 2.0 million, two-thirds from immigration and one-third from domestic
inflow. In contrast, the Democratic states
lost 1.8 from domestic outflow but gained
2.8 million immigrants — more than half
the national immigration total.
Overall, population increase and mobility are both down from the previous
decade; people tend to hunker down in
straitened economic times. Annual immigration numbers remained about the same
in 2010-2015 as 2000-2008, but for those
earlier years they probably understate the
flow of illegal immigrants, which seems
to have been much larger then than
recently.
But the tendency is continuing for
Americans and immigrants to seek out
others of their own kind, and for people
of differing cultural values and political
views to choose to live in different states
and communities. All of which suggests
that today’s political polarization is not
going away any time soon.
© 2016 Creators Syndicate
‘Messing with the Constitution’
I
n recent years, a small but growing
number of people have advocated a
convention of states to propose
amendments to the Constitution of the
United States. The reaction to the proposal has been hostile, out of all proportion to either the originality or the danger
of such a convention.
The political left has been especially
vehement in its denunciations of what
they call "messing with the Constitution."
A recent proposal by Governor Greg
Abbott of Texas to hold a Constitutional
convention of states has been denounced
by the Texas branch of the American Civil Liberties Union and nationally by an
editorial in the liberal "USA Today."
The irony in all this is that no one has
messed with the Constitution more or
longer than the political left, over the past
hundred years.
This began with Progressives like
Woodrow Wilson, who openly declared
the Constitution an impediment to the
kinds of "reforms" the Progressive movement wanted, and urged judges to "interpret" the Constitution in such a way as
to loosen its limits on federal power.
It has long been a complaint of the left
that the process of amending the Constitution is too hard, so they have depended
on federal judges -- especially Supreme
Court Justices -- to amend the Constitution, de facto and piecemeal, in a leftward direction.
This judicial amendment process has
been going on now for generations, so
that today government officials at the
local, state or national level can often
seize private property in disregard of the
5th Amendment's protections.
For nearly 40 years, the Supreme Court
THOMAS
SOWELL
has been evading the 14th Amendment's
provision of "equal protection" of the law
for all, in order to let governmentimposed group preferences and quotas
continue, under the name of "affirmative
action."
Equal rights under the law have been
made to vanish by saying the magic word
"diversity," whose sweeping benefits are
simply assumed and proclaimed endlessly, rather than demonstrated.
The judicial pretense of merely "interpreting" the Constitution is just part of
the dishonesty in this process. The underlying claim that it is almost impossible
to amend the Constitution was belied during the very years when the Progressive
movement was getting underway in the
early 20th century.
The Constitution was amended four
times in eight years! Over the years since
it was adopted, the Constitution has been
amended more than two dozen times.
Why, then, is the proposal to call a convention of states to propose -- just propose -- amendments to the Constitution
considered such a radical and dangerous
departure?
Legally, it is no departure at all. The
Constitution itself lists a convention of
states among the ways that amendments
can be officially proposed. It has not yet
been done, but these proposals will have
to be put to a vote of the states, three-
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Congressman John Ratcliffe
325 Cannon HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn
517 Hart Senate Office
Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
202-224-2934
Texas Sen. Bob Hall
P.O. Box 12068
Austin, Texas 78711
fourths of whom will have to agree
before any amendment can become law.
Is it better to have the Constitution
amended de facto by a 5 to 4 vote of the
Supreme Court? By the unilateral actions
of a president? By administrative rulings
by anonymous bureaucrats in federal
agencies, to whom federal judges
"defer"?
The idea that a convention of states
could run amok and rewrite the Constitution overlooks the fact that it would take
the votes of two-thirds of the states just to
convene a convention, and then threefourths of the states to actually pass an
amendment.
Far from proposing radical departures
from the Constitution, most of Governor
Abbott's proposed amendments would
restore Constitutional protections that
have been surreptitiously eroded by
unelected federal judges and by unelected
bureaucrats in administrative agencies,
who create a major part of "the law of
the land," with the help of "deference"
from federal judges.
Why are "We the People" to be kept
out of all this, through our elected representatives, when these are the very words
with which the Constitution of the United
States begins?
Despite the left's portrayal of themselves as champions of the people, they
consistently try to move decisions out of
the hands of the general public and into
the hands of officials insulated from the
voters, such as unelected federal judges
and anonymous bureaucrats with ironclad job protection.
No wonder they don't want to have a
convention that would restore a Constitution which begins with "We the People."
512-463-0102
Texas Rep. Dan Flynn
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, Texas 78768
512-463-0880
Gov. Greg Abbott
P.O. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711
1-512-463-2000
Attorney General Ken
Paxton
300 West 15th St.
Austin, Texas 78701
5124632100
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz
455 Dirksen Senate
Office Bld.
Wash., D.C. 20510
202-224-5922
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SULPHUR SPRINGS
NEWS-TELEGRAM
January 12, 2016
Tide Turner: Gutsy play helps ‘Bama win title
National Championship
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The last
step toward making Alabama's run of
championships under Nick Saban the
greatest in college football history was
the toughest.
The Crimson Tide needed all its power and speed. It needed all its talent and
steely resolve. When that alone couldn't
do it, it was up to one gutsy trick to help
win the fourth national title of the Saban
dynasty.
Derrick Henry, O.J. Howard and
Kenyan Drake hit No. 1 Clemson with
long touchdowns, and No. 2 Alabama
outlasted the dynamic play of Deshaun
Watson to win the College Football
Playoff championship 45-40 on Monday night.
The Crimson Tide (14-1) won its
three previous championship game
appearances in runaway fashion. This
game was an instant classic — a relief
for fans who sat through the blowouts
that turned the New Year's Six lineup
into a dud.
It finally broke open on perhaps the
boldest call of Saban's career.
With 10:34 left in the fourth quarter
and Alabama having just tied the game
at 24-24, Saban took a gamble to try to
keep the ball away from Watson. He
called for an onside kick called Pop
Kick from Adam Griffith and Alabama
defensive back Marlon Humphrey
caught it over the shoulder at midfield.
Tide turned.
"It was tough. It really was," said
Saban, who now has more national titles
than every
o t h e r
coach but
B e a r
Bryant, the
man who
first made
Alabama
synonymous with
college
football greatness.
"I made the decision to do it because
the score was (tied) and we were tired
on defense and weren't doing a great job
of getting them stopped and felt like if
we didn't do something or take a chance
to change the momentum of the game
that we wouldn't have a chance to win,"
Saban said.
Moments later, Alabama took back
the lead for good. For the second time,
Clemson (14-1) lost track of the tight
end Howard in coverage and Jake Coker
hit him in stride deep for a 51-yard
touchdown to make it 31-24 with 9:45
left.
Clemson and Watson proved to be
every bit Alabama's equal. The Tigers
just kept coming.
Watson led Clemson to a field goal
to make it 31-27, and boom! Another
Alabama big play. Drake broke free and
streaked down the sideline for a 95-yard
kickoff return touchdown, diving the
last 5 yards to the pylon.
Watson threw his third touchdown
pass to make it 38-33 with 4:40 left, and
Sulphur Springs Basketball
S ports I n B rief
Cats, Lady Cats play Hallsville
By DON WALLACE
News-Telegram Sports Editor
[email protected]
Team
Marshall
Texas High
Mount Pleasant
Sulphur Springs
Greenville
Hallsville
Longview
Pine Tree
District
3-0
2-1
2-1
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
1-2
Season
20-0
9-7
13-6
8-11
6-13
12-7
9-12
7-10
Team
Sulphur Springs
Hallsville
Longview
Texas High
Marshall
Greenville
Mount Pleasant
Pine Tree
District
4-1
4-1
4-1
3-2
3-2
2-3
0-5
0-5
Season
17-5
13-11
13-8
14-7
14-9
9-10
6-13
3-12
District 15-5A
Girls Basketball
Soccer team
falls 2-0; JV
plays here
tonight at track
The Sulphur Springs varsity
team lost 2-0 to Forney in the
recent Forney Tournament.
“We did not play well,” said
Andy Holt, head soccer coach
of the performance.
The junior varsity Wildcats
soccer team will be in action
today. The team will play two
games against Mount Pleasant
Chapel Hill.
The games are at 5:30 and 7
p.m. and will be played at the
track complex.
Sulphur Springs teams have key District
15-5A basketball games today against foes
from Hallsville.
The Lady Cats (17-5, 4-1) host
Hallsville (13-11, 4-1) in a battle for a
share of first place.
District 15-5A
Boys Basketball
then Alabama went back to its workhorse Heisman Trophy winner. Henry
plunged into the end zone for his third
touchdown of the game to make it 45-33
with 1:07 left.
"We stand toe-to-toe with everybody
in the country," Clemson coach Dabo
Swinney said. "This program doesn't
take a backseat to anybody."
Watson threw another touchdown
pass to cap a wild 40-point fourth quarter, but would not get another chance.
Clemson's onside kick went out of
bounds. Coker took a knee and after a
two-year drought that felt like eternity in
Tuscaloosa, Alabama was back on top.
After a loss to Ole Miss in mid-September, there were doubters. Saban used
them to fuel his team.
Bright Star
fundraiser set
A baseball benefit fundraiser
will be held Jan. 20 at Chili’s
restaurant at 128 Shannon
Road, in Sulphur Springs.
Chili’s will donate 10 percent
of the event day sales back to
the Bright Star baseball league.
Sulphur Springs will begin home action
today at 5:30 p.m. with the junior varsity,
varsity to follow at 7 p.m.
The Lady Cats won 64-22 at home over
Greenville on Friday. Hallsville won 5843 over Mount Pleasant.
Sulphur Springs will play on the road
against Hallsville. The Wildcats are coming off a 72-65 win in Greenville.
For the season, the Wildcats are 8-11
with a 1-2 record in district.
Hallsville is also 1-2 in district. The
Bobcats won 53-52 over Mount Pleasant in
a thriller Friday night.
In that game, Coleton Lasseter tipped in
a shot with two seconds left. Nolan Johnson had 12 points, Lasseter and Ryan Cole
scored 11 each.
The Wildcats and Bobcats clash tonight
with three games slated. The freshmen
play at 5 p.m. followed by the junior varsity at 6:15 p.m. and the varsity at 7:30 p.m.
Wildcats head coach Clark Cipoletta
said, “Hallsville is a very complete team.
They are good at every position. I think
our team is ready and excited to move forward in district.”
Sulphur Springs
schedule
Tuesday
Boys basketball at Hallsville, 9, JV,
V, 5, 6:15, 7:30 p.m.
Girls basketball host Hallsville, JV,
V, 5:30, 7 p.m.
Boys JV soccer hosts MP Chapel
Hill -(SSHS Track – games at 5:30,
7 p.m.)
Thursday
8th grade girls basketball hosts
Texas Middle
8th grade boys basketball at Texas
Middle
Boys soccer at Rockwall Tournament (Thur. – Sat.)
Girls soccer at Paris Tournament
(Thur. – Sat.)
Keaston Willis of Sulphur Springs glides down the lane putting up a shot during recent home district play. Willis and
Ke’Ontae Dunn combined for 44 points in the recent win at Greenville. The Wildcats will play at Hallsville today in a key
Staff photo by Isabel Reyna
district battle. Sulphur Springs and Hallsville are 1-2 in 15-5A action.
Friday
Girls basketball at Pine Tree, JV, V,
5, 6:30 p.m.
Boys basketball hosts Pine Tree, 9,
JV, V, 5, 6:15, 7:30 p.m.
Tarry Davison books second honor score of the season
Bowling League Report
November 12, 2015 marked the first
800 series shot in the current season and
the first honor score produced from Tarry Davison.
A feat of that magnitude would normally garner Mr. Davison the headline
and a lengthy synopsis of what occurred
on the lanes for that particular night, but
in writing the column to submit for the
following week I was compelled to
write about a hero of sorts here at the
center that many around the Sulphur
Springs community knew and loved,
Mr. Larry Mason.
I had pulled Davison aside and told
him, after completing the Thursday
night Men’s Commercial league, and
explained that I had already started
compiling the stats for the week and had
also been working on a tribute piece
about Mason to serve as the introduction
to the column that week. Without any
hesitation Davison stopped me mid-sentence and expressed his feelings on the
matter as well. Graciously stepping
aside without any second thought to
make sure the tribute had its proper
place, Davison mentioned that he would
have another day and that particular one
was Larry’s.
As it happened last week’s stage was
set in the Thursday Night Men’s Commercial league for Davison to post a
repeat of his accomplishment from
November. Davison, competing on
lanes three and four, guided the Watkins
team to a flawless victory after rolling
an incredible 268-279-267 block on his
226 individual average. The set is Davison’s 11th 800-plus series shot in a
USBC sanctioned competition. Davison’s ending series total for the session,…..814.
As athletes, we all have aspirations
and goals that we set for ourselves. In
bowling one of those goals is shooting
an honor score, whether it be a 300
game, an 800 series or both, at least
once in one’s career. Could Davison
see the future on that night in November, of course not but what a special
way to come back and accomplish such
a respected achievement after selflessly
taking the backseat. I have mentioned
from time to time that Davison is one of
our most consistent bowlers here at
Classic Lanes, but let it also be noted
that is he a leader and an example off
the lanes as well as on. Congratulations
Mr. Davison and thank you for your
selflessness and act of kindness. I
believe it was paid forward.
After a disappointing performance in
the last outing, Amy Sharp decided to
step her game up last week to help the
Bengals/Lions team take two points in
Sunday’s Super Bowl Post Bowl mixed
league action. Sharp moved her team
into sole possession of second place in
the team standings, with a 14-6 record,
forcing a rematch in next week’s third
six week period position round with the
toughest team in the league, the Patriots/Giants. Sharp improved with each
game throughout the evening shooting
scores of 191, 209 and 245 for a stellar
645 scratch set, all while competing on
a 186 individual average.
In Monday Night Ladies action Kay
Dunahoo charted an incredible 531
three game scratch series on lanes five
and six. Dunahoo, knowing her team
already had a five game lead in the
standings, blasted her opponents with
an impressive 196-174-161 block
enabling the Just Trouble team to take
all four points available from Monday’s
session. Dunahoo’s effort also locked
up the second nine week quarter crown
for the team, regardless of the turnout in
next week’s position round, with a seven game lead on second place in team
standings. Dunahoo completed the
match a whopping 96 pins above her
average for series, pushing the team’s
overall record to 50-18 with a 73.5 winning percentage through week seventeen.
Other notable scores for the week
ending Jan. 7, include by league:
SUPER BOWL POST BOWL
Denise Whitten hammered her opponents with a respectable 513 three game
scratch set. Whitten, bowling on a 145
individual average, tossed games of 189,
169 and 155 to help her Colts/49ers
team take three points and take sole possession of fourth place, on the team
leader board, with a valid shot at claiming the third six week period champi-
onship title and a guaranteed place in
the end of the season Tournament of
Champions.
Earl Wilson and Randy Harp stepped
up to the plate capturing two points for
their respective team, the Ravens/Rams,
in Sunday’s mixed play. Wilson shot a
643 three game scratch set that included
a 239 in game two of the match and a
pair of 202 scores on his 193 individual
average. Harp chipped in with scores of
214 and 210 in a 627 scratch set.
Shayne Wilson and Jason Keller led
the men’s division last week with their
three game scratch sets of 713 and 711.
Wilson claimed top dog honors after
posting scores of 256 and 279 in the
opening two games of the event. Keller
was the more consistent of the two,
shooting a 222-255-234 block on his
225 individual average.
Louis Lufkin, a professor at Texas A
& M of Commerce, seized four points
for the Patriots/Giants team after hauling in 668 total pins on lanes 11 and 12.
Lufkin, leadoff bowler for the team,
See BOWLING, Page 8
In 2016: Rising Michigan; Texas hot seats
8 —THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Tuesday, January 12, 2016
College Football
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — There is
no reason to ask whether Alabama can
contend for another national championship under Nick Saban in 2016.
It is practically a foregone conclusion.
Alabama has become the surest thing in
sports.
In the last seven years, Nick Saban's
team has won more national championships than it hasn't and only once lost
more than two games.
Next season, the Tide will probably
go into the season as No. 1. Maybe No.
2.
The next wave of Alabama stars could
include running back Bo Scarbrough
and quarterback Blake Barnett. The Tide
will lose a small army of talent to the
NFL draft and then reload with another
platoon of five-star recruits.
Alabama has repeated as national
Bengals’ LB
Burfict gets
3-game ban
CINCINNATI (AP) — Bengals linebacker Vontaze Burfict
was suspended for the first three
games of next season as the NFL
began handing down punishments for an ugly wild-card
playoff game.
The league also is reviewing
the conduct of other players and
coaches during Pittsburgh's 1816 victory at Paul Brown Stadium on Saturday night that turned
on penalties against Burfict and
Bengals cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones in the final minute.
Burfict was penalized for lowering his shoulder and hitting
defenseless receiver Antonio
Brown in the head after an
incompletion with 22 seconds
left and the Bengals holding a
16-15 lead. Brown got a concussion from the play.
champions once under Saban. Can the
Tide do it again? Of course.
Here are the other story lines that will
make headlines next season:
SMART CHOICES?
First-year coaches are always in the
spotlight and none more so than Georgia's Kirby Smart. The longtime Alabama defensive coordinator returns to his
alma mater to take over a program that
is generally in good health. Bulldogs
fans will give Smart some slack, but this
isn't a rebuild. Georgia won 10 games
this season and anything less next season will not be acceptable.
South Carolina's Will Muschamp is a
getting a second chance to prove he can
lead a program after a rough tenure at
Florida.
USC's Clay Helton enters his first full
season as the Trojans permanent head
coach riding a two-game losing streak
and with an opening game against
Alabama.
MICHIGAN'S NEXT MOVE
Year one of the Jim Harbaugh era at
Michigan was a raging success. The
Wolverines went 10-3 under Twitter's
favorite football coach. The rebuild that
seemed like it might take a couple of
years is way ahead of schedule. Michigan has no ceiling and it seems perfectly reasonable to think the Wolverines
could be playing for a national title in
Harbaugh's second season. Especially
considering the massive talent drain at
Ohio State.
HEISMAN RACE
This should be fun. Star players leading championship contender teams
could make this one of the most intrigu-
Eagles talk
to Coughlin
about opening
PHILADELPHIA (AP) —
The Philadelphia Eagles completed an interview with Tom
Coughlin for their coaching
vacancy.
Coughlin is a two-time Super
Bowl champion, who stepped
down last week after 12 seasons
with the New York Giants. He
previously coached Jacksonville
from 1995-2002.
The Eagles have interviewed
six candidates since firing Chip
Kelly on Dec. 29. Eagles running
CLEVELAND (AP) — The backs coach Duce Staley and
Browns' coaching search has offensive coordinator Pat Shurmur, Giants offensive coordinagone strangely silent.
Browns silent
about search
for new coach
HOT IN TEXAS
The coaches at Texas and Texas A&M
are both heading toward pivotal seasons.
Charlie Strong's first two Texas teams
have finished with losing records. A
third would be a big problem for Strong,
who finally hired an offensive coordinator to install the type of spread attack
that has become a necessity to compete
in the Big 12.
Meanwhile, at Texas A&M, Kevin
Sumlin's team is 11-13 in Southeastern
Conference games since he became a
$5-million-per-year coach. And he just
lost two former five-star quarterbacks
to transfer.
Adding to the intrigue is what is
going on at Houston, where Tom Herman should have another Top 25 team.
He will be atop almost every athletic
director's coaching wish list.
The thought of a bidding war between
the Longhorns and Aggies for Herman
is pretty exciting — especially for Herman's agent.
Hot Chiefs meet rested Pats
AFC Playoffs
S ports I n B rief
After interviewing seven candidates last week, the team did
not conduct any meetings, a
break that could indicate owners
Jimmy and Dee Haslam have
someone in mind to become
their eighth coach since 1999.
Or they could just be catching
their breath.
Cleveland's search committee
was back at the team's headquarters to regroup after a busy few
days talking to prospective
coaches.
ing Heisman Trophy races in recent
memory.
It starts with Clemson's Deshaun Watson, who put on a virtuoso performance
in the title game loss against Alabama
that will make him the preseason
favorite.
Stanford's Christian McCaffrey, the
Heisman Trophy runner-up and AP
Player of the Year, is back. So is Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield, who
was fourth in the Heisman voting.
Then there are star tailbacks Leonard
Fournette of LSU and Dalvin Cook of
Florida State. Both finished in the top
10 of the Heisman voting.
tor Ben McAdoo and Chiefs
offensive coordinator Doug Pederson have interviewed. Bears
offensive coordinator Adam
Gase also interviewed before he
took the job in Miami.
Former Falcons
head coach
interviewed
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.
(AP) — The New York Giants
have interviewed former Atlanta
Falcons coach Mike Smith for
their head coaching job.
The Giants said that Smith met
with team president John Mara
and general manager Jerry
Reese.
Smith is the sixth person to
interview for the job that opened
a week ago when Tom Coughlin
stepped down after 12 seasons.
Giants offensive coordinator
Ben McAdoo and defensive
counterpart Steve Spagnuolo
were the first two to interview.
Jacksonville assistant and former
Buffalo coach Doug Marrone,
Lions defensive coordinator
Teryl Auston and Bears offensive
coordinator Adam Gase also
interviewed before getting hired
by the Dolphins.
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — The New England Patriots are about to find out if momentum
means anything in an NFL season.
The defending Super Bowl champions have lost
four of their past six games as they head into Saturday's playoff game against Kansas City. One
more loss, and that's the end of their quest to be the
first back-to-back champions since they did it in
2003-04.
To stick around, they'll have to snap
the Chiefs' 11-game winning streak —
10 straight to end the regular season
and a 30-0 playoff victory over the
Houston Texans on Saturday.
"They've been playing at an extremely high level. But at the end of the day
it's not really about momentum," Patriots special teamer Matthew Slater said.
"It's about executing on Saturday. And whatever
team executes better and makes more plays is probably going to leave the game happy."
The Patriots (12-4) have been the league's best
finishers since Bill Belichick arrived in Foxborough: Since 2001, they are 54-10 in December —
eight wins better than the next-best team.
The team's record in January and February hasn't
been bad, either: Four NFL titles, six trips to the
Super Bowl and nine to the AFC championship
game under Belichick and quarterback Tom Brady.
But this season they lost twice in December for
the first time since '02, then dropped the regularseason finale in January to finish with a two-game
losing streak.
"We just haven't played the way we would've
liked here these last six games," Slater said. "We're
very spoiled because we're accustomed to having a
certain level of success in December and January.
But every year is different, every team is different,
and I think we're just fortunate and excited about
being in the position that we're in at this point."
Defensive back Devin McCourty said to look no
further than Green Bay, which won its first six
games and played below .500 from there, losing
their last two games to stumble to a 106 record. The Packers eliminated Washington in the wild-card round on Sunday.
"When you turn the page and
you go into the playoffs, you've got to
win that night, that day, go out there
and beat another team," McCourty said.
"Kansas City coming off the 10game winning streak in the regular season, they
looked just as good against Houston playing good
football. And I think that's more important than the
so-called momentum is."
The Chiefs (11-5) won just one of their first six
games this season, falling to the brink of elimination before Halloween.
Quarterback Alex Smith said knowing the next
loss could knock them out of the playoffs has motivated his team since October.
"You're living in the right now. It's no different
this next week," he said. "I don't think the attitude
changes. And, to be honest, I think we been playing
like that for a while now. It's all we know, a little
bit."
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Houston fights through QB woes, but foiled by them in end
Texans Wrap-up
HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston
Texans dealt with quarterback problems
all season, so it was fitting that more
struggles at the position ended their season in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
Brian Hoyer signed a two-year contract before this season, but his fiveturnover debacle in the loss to the
Chiefs could have the Texans looking
for a new quarterback. Though he had a
career-high four interceptions and a
fumble in the 30-0 blowout to Kansas
City, coach Bill O'Brien was careful not
to place all the blame for the defeat on
Hoyer.
"I think everybody has to look at
themselves and figure out what they
can do better," O'Brien said. "I think at
that position, it's a very difficult position. Obviously, he didn't play well
(Saturday). I mean, that's obvious. But
nobody on offense really lit it up (Saturday), including the coaches."
Hoyer was asked if he expects to
keep his job as Houston's starter next
season.
"That's nine months away (but) I am
going to prepare every day like I am
that's for sure," he said. "I owe it to
those guys in that locker room and
these coaches to do everything I can to
be a better player the next time I step
on the field."
Struggles by Hoyer got him benched
in the season opener and the Texans
started Ryan Mallett for four games.
But he won just one of those games and
soon Hoyer was starting again and Mallett was released after missing a team
flight. The Texans had to start both T.J.
Yates and Brandon Weeden late in the
season when Hoyer missed three games
because of two concussions in less than
a month.
Their offense got another blow in
October when they lost star running
back Arian Foster to a season-ending
Achilles tendon injury.
Despite all those setbacks, Houston
managed win seven of its last nine
games to rebound from a 2-5 start and
win the AFC South for its first playoff
berth since 2012.
They did it with a defense led by J.J.
Watt that improved steadily after a slow
start to the year. Watt had another
standout season, leading the NFL with
17 1/2 sacks to join Reggie White as
the only players in history to have three
15-sack seasons in their first five years
in the league. He also had 76 tackles,
29 tackles for losses, 50 quarterback
hits, batted down eight passes, forced
three fumbles and recovered one.
He did it despite fighting through
injuries for most of the second-half of
the season. He played the last four regular-season games with a broken left
hand and dealt with a nagging groin
injury for the last couple of months of
the season. That groin injury got worse
Hall of Fame coach Brown
back with No. 10 Mustangs
College Basketball
DALLAS (AP) — Hall of Fame coach Larry Brown was back on the court Monday,
directing No. 10 SMU's practice a day after
missing the second half of a game for the
undefeated Mustangs.
Brown wasn't feeling well all day Sunday.
He coached the first half of an 88-73 victory
over UCF, but didn't return after that because
he felt dizzy.
"I'm going to be all right. ... With me, if I
turn the wrong way, or if I jump up too quickly ... I lose some equilibrium," Brown said
Monday before practice. "Maybe it's because
I'm 75, and I don't realize it."
During the two-hour practice, Brown was
actively involved, shouting and pointing out
things to his players. Even at the end, the
coach was making passes for some players to
work on different shots.
The practice came after the Mustangs (15-0)
moved up five spots in the new Associated
Press Top 25 poll earlier Monday, getting into
the top 10 for the first time since February
1985.
The coach attributes fatigue, dehydration
and a virus for aggravating symptoms he has
dealt with in the past, including fluid in his
ears. He saw a doctor after Sunday's game,
got some medication and said he got a full
eight hours sleep for the first time in a long
time.
"I've had bouts like this that lasted a while,
and some that
passed
quickly,"
Brown said. "I've
got to sit down better. ... I found
myself up screaming too much yesterday, I think that
was the key. It's a
natural thing, but I
was too engaged."
Aside from getting
ejected from an NBA game, Brown said it was
the first time he can remember not finishing a
game.
The Mustangs are halfway through their 30
games in the regular season, which are all they
will have because of NCAA penalties that
include a postseason ban. Brown missed the
first nine games because of the sanctions.
SMU has played with seven scholarship
players in its last three games because junior
guard Keith Frazier is away from the team for
personal reasons.
Brown said the situation with Frazier has
contributed to his lack of sleep. The coach has
said Frazier is academically eligible and on
track to graduate.
"We've told you from the beginning it's just
some personal issues that he's got to sort out,
and when that's finalized hopefully I'll be able
to be more clearer about what's going on,"
in Houston's playoff game and he
missed most of the second half; he will
have surgery Tuesday.
Watt, who won his second Defensive
Player of the Year award, last year wasn't interested in looking at the bright
side of what Houston did this season.
"Did we do some good things? Yeah,
we obviously turned it around from a
crappy situation," he said. "But I'm not
too big into that whole narrative of:
'Just look at what they did good.'
Because quite frankly at the end of the
day, it doesn't matter. It's about results
... I want to win a world championship.
Until we do that, no, I'm not going to be
satisfied and it's going to hurt whenever
we get knocked out before that."
Watt got help on defense from linebacker Whitney Mercilus who had a
career-high 12 sacks to give Texans two
players with at least 10 sacks for the
first time in franchise history. They also
got 13 games out of Jadeveon Clowney,
Bowling league report
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started the night with games of
219 and 205 before making a
drastic adjustment, which paid
off well in the third game, to
shoot a 244 score, completing
the set 50 pins above his average for series.
TUESDAY NIGHT
MIXED
Justin Haggerty rolled the
men’s top series in Tuesday
night’s mixed action, just missing the 700 mark by 10 pins.
Haggerty fired a notable 215252-223 block on his 205 individual average leading his team,
Cletus’ High Rollers, to take four
points and start the third nine
week quarter of the season in
sole possession of first place.
Lonnie Austin, Haggerty’s teammate, helped guide the team to
the win column with his 625
three game scratch series that
included games of 203 and 227.
Bobby Matthews finished a
close second to Haggerty, with a
663 scratch set on lanes nine and
10. Matthews captured three
points for the Strikers team after
charting scores of 226 and 238.
Louis Lufkin and David Strain
tied for third place in the high
scratch series category on their
respective three game sets of
659. Lufkin nabbed games of
245 and 223 on his 201 individual average, while Strain booked
a 210-237-212 block to garner
who played just four games as a rookie
because of various injuries. The top
overall pick in the 2014 draft finished
with 4 1/2 sacks after failing to get one
in his first season.
Another bright spot for the Texans
and perhaps the biggest reason the
offense was able to stay afloat amid all
the quarterback changes was the careerbest season by receiver DeAndre Hopkins. The third-year receiver was named
to his first Pro Bowl after finishing
third in the NFL with a career-best
1,521 yards receiving and his 11 touchdown catches were a franchise-record.
Now Texans fans must wait to see if
Hoyer will return to throw to him next
season or if the team will find a new
quarterback in the offseason.
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four points for his team.
Jessica Horton clobbered her
opponents with scores of 189
and 221 in a 554 three game
scratch series. Horton’s strong
performance enabled her team,
The Avid Reader, to take one
point, after finishing the session
89 pins above her average for
series.
The Bowl Movements team
clinched three points due in large
part to Michael Cimino and
Myra Crist tossing three game
scratch sets of 640 and 458.
Cimino was above par all
evening with games of 215, 217
and 208. Crist, competing on a
144 individual average, bagged
a 146-165-147 compilation to
help the team start the third nine
week quarter of the 2015-2016
Fall season in a five-way tie for
second place on the team leader
board.
THURSDAY MEN ’S
C OMMERCIAL
Bruce Michaelson booked the
second high scratch series of the
night in Thursday’s action, firing
a solid 722 three game scratch
set on lanes one and two.
Michaelson clinched four points
for the Wilson’s Performance Pro
Shop team after nabbing scores
of 275, 235 and 212, all of which
were over his 204 individual
average.
Duane “Left-eye” Anspon
pitched in on team Watkin’s success Thursday night with his 661
compilation. Anspon was above
his 192 average in each game,
charting a 263-195-203 block.
Anspon completed the night 85
pins above his average for series.
Craig McBrayer carried his
momentum from Tuesday’s
mixed action into Thursday
men’s play nailing an extraordinary 696 scratch series.
McBrayer helped the Just Do It
team retain sole possession of
seventh place in the team standings after starting the night with
a 204 in the first game only to
follow up with a pair of 246
scores in games two and three of
the set. McBrayer’s guidance
Thursday night helped the team
improve to a 36.5-27.5 record,
after 16 weeks of competition,
laying claim to the third best
record in the league.
Justin Haggerty, trash man
extraordinaire, grabbed four
points for the Garbage Wagon
team on his 672 scratch set.
Haggerty, leadoff bowler for the
team, tossed scores of 228, 201
and 243 to help push the team
into sixth place on the team
leader board, with just two and
half points separating them from
first place.
Justin Parmer, general manager of Classic Lanes, submitted
this report.
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Underdog candidates keep
powering along campaign trail
PARKERSBURG, Iowa (AP)
— Running as an underdog presidential candidate isn't always
glamorous.
You speak to half-filled halls
and small rooms, low-key rallies.
There may not be a bus emblazoned with your smiling face.
And then there are the rally-goers
who blatantly say they aren't
quite convinced.
But for the longshots sprinting
across Iowa and New Hampshire
before the Feb. 1 caucuses, one
thing keeps them fired up: the
prospect of a political upset.
"Let's prove the New York
media totally wrong," former
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee
said to about 40 people gathered
in a senior center dining room in
Parkersburg, Iowa last week. At
least half were residents finishing dinner, a couple of whom left
in the middle of the town hallstyle meeting.
Among those hoping for an
Iowa winter miracle are Huckabee, 2008 winner of the caucuses, and former Pennsylvania Sen.
Rick Santorum, winner in 2012.
Also looking for political salvation in either first-to-vote Iowa or
in the New Hampshire primary
are Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and
former technology executive Carly Fiorina.
Polls in both states show them
all lagging in the low single dig-
its. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and
businessman Donald Trump are
leading the recent polls in Iowa,
followed by Florida Sen. Marco
Rubio and, retired neurosurgeon
Ben Carson in third and fourth.
Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
and Ohio Gov. John Kasich are
behind in Iowa, but running
stronger in New Hampshire.
Some other underdogs have
left the race already. Remember
former Louisiana Gov. Bobby
Jindal, former Texas Gov. Rick
Perry, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and former New
York Gov. George Pataki?
The tricky thing for many of
these candidates is that having
fans in the early states doesn't
necessarily translate into votes.
John Stewart, a 64-year-old
attorney who lives on Lake
Panorama in Iowa, said he liked
Huckabee and Santorum, but he
didn't believe they had a chance
at winning.
"Their day has come and
gone," he said at the Prime Time
restaurant in Guthrie Center,
Iowa before a Cruz event last
week. "People still like and
appreciate them. But Cruz and
Rubio have some momentum.
Cruz has more. It's Cruz's time."
Huckabee, whose slipping poll
numbers bumped him off the
main stage event during the last
Republican debate, noted that
many people don't make up their
minds until the final days. But he
also called Iowa a "critical
ground zero."
"I don't want to say we have to
be one, two, three, four. A lot of it
depends on where the grouping
is," Huckabee said.
Upsets are a grand tradition of
the Iowa caucuses. Huckabee and
Santorum both came from behind
to win. But this year, Trump and
Cruz seem to have captured
many of the conservative and
evangelical voters that supported
them previously. Of course, there
are lots of reasons a candidate
may stick around. Some want to
advance their political philosophy
or promote their brand for future
book deals and TV appearances.
And there's always the prospect
of a cabinet role or the vice presidency.
Still, second-time candidate
Santorum, who wooed over 45
people gathered at a house party
in suburban Des Moines Thursday, said he believes in the voters
of Iowa.
"Three and half weeks is a long
time," Santorum said, as a group
of friends and neighbors mingled
and munched on Chex mix and
cookies. "Four years ago, fifty
percent of the people who voted
didn't decide until the last week."
TEXAS NEWS BRIEFS
Bandidos gang president
freed on $250K bond
(SKOO'-ner).
The dolphins were born in Florida, at SeaWorld
Orlando. They're 8 years old and join two other
male dolphins, Kai (KY) and Shadow, at the Texas
State Aquarium.
Authorities spent the past year working with the
Association of Zoos & Aquariums to secure the
additional dolphins.
Liko and Schooner will have a few weeks to get
used to their new home before being placed in public view. Daily dolphins shows will be replaced by
trainer chats to give Shadow and Kai time to bond
with Liko and Schooner.
HOUSTON (AP) — The national president of
the Bandidos biker gang, who faces life in prison if
convicted on racketeering, drug distribution and
other charges, has been freed on $250,000 bond.
Jeffrey Pike of Conroe was released Monday following a detention hearing in Houston.
Pike and other Bandidos leaders were arrested
last week in an investigation into racketeering,
extortion, drug trafficking, murder and other violent
crimes.
Attorneys for the 60-year-old Pike say he's no
threat to the community. Several defense witnesses
testified that they did not believe Pike would flee if
granted bond.
Federal authorities accuse the Bandidos of waging a deadly "war" on the rival Cossacks biker
McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — A Dallas-area coungang. That rivalry entered the spotlight last May,
when a shootout between police and bikers in ty will pay nearly $255,000 to prosecute Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton on felony charges of
Waco, Texas, left nine people dead.
defrauding investors before taking office.
Collin County commissioners voted Monday to
pay legal and expense fees so far for special prosecutors in the 2011 securities fraud case against Paxton, while he was a legislator. Paxton was elected
attorney general in 2014.
LUFKIN, Texas (AP) — An East Texas elected
Commissioners originally budgeted $100,000 for
official must serve one year of probation for using the case in McKinney, Paxton's hometown.
county equipment on a personal project at his
A judge in December refused a defense request to
daughter's property.
toss the indictments. Paxton alleged that grand jury
Angelina County Commissioner Robert Lewis proceedings were compromised and the statute of
Loggins pleaded guilty Monday to two misde- limitations expired on a lesser charge of failing to
meanor counts of official capacity, in a plea deal in register as an investment adviser.
Lufkin.
No trial date has been set. Paxton, if convicted of
Investigators say Loggins in 2014 used county the most serious charges, faces from five to 99
equipment to level land on his daughter's property. years in prison.
A neighbor witnessed the incident and complained.
Loggins must pay more than $2,700 in fines and
restitution, plus he agreed not to seek re-election.
Collin County to pay nearly
$255K in fees to prosecute
Paxton
Angelina County official gets
probation for personal
use of items
Texas State Aquarium adds 2
dolphins from SeaWorld
Orlando
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The Texas
State Aquarium now has double the dolphins.
Aquarium officials in Corpus Christi on Monday welcomed two male Atlantic bottlenose dolphins named Liko (LEE'-koh) and Schooner
Ex-Houston officer admits
role in armored car robbery
HOUSTON (AP) — A former Houston officer
has pleaded guilty to helping pull off a 2013
armored car robbery by monitoring police radios
and later lying about it.
Joel Quezada of Houston admitted to a federal
judge in Houston on Monday that he concealed
from authorities the knowledge that he had taken
money for helping the Dec. 6, 2013, heist at the
University of Houston student center.
Law enforcement and emern Kristina Nicole Leisey, 33,
gency services activity in Hop- was located by deputies at the
kins County from 7 a.m. Monday Royal Inn, where she was arrestto 7 a.m. Tuesday included:
ed on a probation violation warrant. She had been convicted of
possession of a controlled subPolice
n Officers responding to a stance.
n The driver of a vehicle
complaint of disorderly conduct,
unreasonable noise, at Ferrari Inn stopped on Jefferson Street west
in the 1400 block of East Indus- of Loop 301 just after 4 p.m. was
trial Drive about 2 a.m., arrested arrested for driving with an
a Houston woman, 24. Witnesses invalid license with a previous
who had their sleep disturbed by conviction. The 25-year-old Sulthe noise met the officer, who phur Springs woman was booked
also reported he could also hear into the county jail.
n A $10,000 bond was set for
yelling and screaming. Contact
was made with those involved in Philip Keith Moore, 27, of Brasthe disturbance. The woman was hear after he was arrested on an
indictment alleging theft of propthe only female in the room.
erty, of a value of more $2,500
and less than $30,000.
Sheriff
n Special Crimes Unit investin Transport deputies trans- gators
arrested Chassity Ramirezferred Robert Mitchell Alexander
Jr., 26, of Quitman from Terrell Miears, 37, of Como at a HayState Hospital to Hopkins County wood Street residence about 3:30
jail on a warrant for family vio- p.m. on a warrant for manufaclence assault involving a house- ture or delivery of a controlled
hold member, impeding breath- substance.
n Just before 7 a.m., a caller
ing or circulation.
reported
a vehicle parked
n Deputies arrested John
William Davis, 47, at the Dollar between a church and cemetery
General Store in Como just on FM 2285. The caller could not
before 2 p.m. on a warrant for provide further information on
manufacture or delivery of a con- the vehicle.
n A Brashear residence called
trolled substance, a state jail
to speak to an officer about theft
felony offense.
n Officers were dispatched to of service, horse breeding, just
a California Street address about after 8 a.m.
n On State Highway 19 north,
1 p.m. to serve a probation violation warrant on Jeffery Eugene a resident complained someone
Dixon II. At the residence, had torn up a fence. The caller
Dixon refused to come to the said there had possibly been an
door. A short time later, Dixon’s accident.
n A Brinker firefighter reportwife answered and directed
deputies to the wanted man's ed someone dumping trash on
location. Dixon was then taken County Road 2339 just after 10
into custody. He had been on pro- a.m.
bation on a conviction for family
n Deputies were sent to a
violence assault, impeding Black Oak Road residence in
breathing or circulation. Bond for Como to meet with a resident
Dixon was denied.
about a burglary that occurred
last week.
n Deputies and first responders were dispatched to FM 269
south in Pickton just after 11 p.m.
to a wreck involving a car and a
horse. Although air bags were
deployed, there were no injuries
in the car involved, but the horse
did not survive the crash.
n An accident was reported on
FM 69 south at FM 269 about 3
a.m. The caller said a car had hit
a stop sign and then hit the tree
line.
n Dispatchers answered 81
non-emergency calls, 44 calls for
service and 23 emergency 911
calls. Nine people were booked
into and three were released from
the county jail, which held 111
inmates at 6 a.m. Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Fast
food is becoming a dirty term.
As smaller players challenge
fast-food chains like McDonald's
and Burger King, they're fighting
to set themselves apart by
describing their food as "fastcasual," ''fine casual," ''fast crafted" and even "fan food." That's
even though they follow the same
basic format: People standing in a
line to order and pay a cashier for
their food.
The new phrases are being
embraced as companies try to
position their offerings as fresher
or higher quality to distance further their menu items from the
stigma that fast food is greasy,
cheap and unhealthy.
Even traditional fast-food
chains acknowledge they have an
image problem. McDonald's
Corp. has said it wants to transform into a "modern, progressive
burger company." And Yum CEO
Greg Creed has noted the need
for the company's Taco Bell,
KFC and Pizza Hut chains to
Even Arby's, whose food has
been mocked on The Daily Show
by former host Jon Stewart, is
trying to change its image and
has started calling itself "fast
crafted."
Chris Fuller, a spokesman for
Arby's, said the chain came up
with description after holding
"Brand Camp" meetings with
employees around the country in
2014. Workers were given cards
with the names of restaurant
chains, and told to lay them out
in order, with "fast-food" representing one end and "fast casual"
representing the other end. Arby's
always fell somewhere in the
middle, Fuller said.
As a result, he said the chain
realized it offered the convenience of fast-food, but also
offers "that made-for-your care"
with its sandwiches.
When asked how he thought
Stewart might react if he were
still on The Daily Show, Fuller
said: "I think he would come up
with his own term.”
Fire
Sulphur Springs Fire Department responded to medical calls
in the 100 block of Lee Street at
11:23 a.m. and 1300 block of
East Loop 301 at 4:50 p.m. Firefighters were called to the 1700
block of South Broadway Street
for a smoke investigation at 6:20
p.m.
Hospital
There were 54 patients at Hopkins County Memorial Hospital
Tuesday morning. On Monday,
there were 55 emergency room
patients, 119 outpatients, nine day
surgeries, three births and six
babies in the nursery.
EMS
Hopkins County Emergency
Medical Services responded to 12
emergency calls in the city and
county, one Delta County emergency call, one stand-by call and
one transfer.
‘Fast food’ a dirty term in restaurants
redefine the meaning of fast food,
which is seen as industrial and
impersonal.
In the meantime, others are
cooking up phrases to telegraph
that they are anything but fast
food.
Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc.
and Panera Bread Co. are widely
referred to in the industry as "fast
casual" chains, a term meant to
convey that they serve dishes that
are in line with what people
might find at a casual, sit-down
restaurant. Shake Shack, the New
York City-based burger chain,
took it a step further last year
when it declared itself to be "fine
casual."
In a filing with the Securities
and Exchange Commission,
Shake Shack explained: "Fine
casual couples the ease, value
and convenience of fast casual
concepts with the high standards
of excellence in thoughtful ingredient sourcing, preparation, hospitality and quality grounded in
fine dining."
ODDS AND ENDS
10—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016
Powerball jackpot increases again to
$1.5B on strong sales
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The world's largest lottery jackpot
has grown to $1.5 billion because of continuing strong Powerball
ticket sales.
Lottery officials increased their estimate of the huge jackpot for the
second day in a row Tuesday because of immense interest in the
prize.
The record-breaking Powerball jackpot could grow yet more before
Wednesday's drawing if ticket sales continue to exceed expectations.
Officials reassess the jackpot estimate daily.
No one matched all six Powerball numbers Saturday night, leading
to the enormous prize.
The odds of matching all six numbers to win the jackpot are one in
292.2 million.
The $1.5 billion prize would be paid in annual payments over 29
years. Or the winner could opt for a lump-sum payment of $930
million.
Whoever wins will have to pay 39.6 percent of the prize in federal
income taxes, and any state taxes. Lottery officials expect at least 80
percent of the 292.2 million number combinations will be purchased
before Wednesday's drawing. That increases the chances — but doesn't guarantee — that someone will win the jackpot.
Kim Davis to attend president's final
State of Union Address
Wedding Dress Winner
Bride- to-be Talea Abron (second from right) was the lucky winner of the wedding dress raffle by Providence Place Bridal at
Sunday's "A Formal Affair" Bridal Show at the Hopkins County Regional Civic Center. Abron won a Alyce Paris strapless dress
presented by Lynette Coughlin, Stephanie Higgins, Kiesha and Sernite Ward.
Submitted Photo
Playboy Mansion for sale but Hefner wants to stay
LOS ANGELES (AP) — For $200 million,
the Playboy Mansion, where risque parties
have raged for decades, could be yours.
But you might want to think twice if you're
aiming to close escrow on the famous property that went on the market Monday and
move in quickly, since Playboy Magazine
founder and party master Hugh Hefner has
often said he will never live anywhere else.
"A condition on the sale would be that Mr.
Hefner be able to continue to work and live in
the residence," Playboy spokesman John
Vlautin said.
Negotiations between the seller and buyer
would determine whether the 89-year-old
playboy stays for free or rents the place back.
The 5-acre property in Los Angeles' exclusive Holmby Hills has seen thousands of
celebrities and beautiful women pass through
its doors.
It features 29 rooms, game house, home
theater, wine cellar, gym, tennis court, swimming pool and four-bedroom guest house. It
also comes with the notorious cave-like grot-
to where Playboy bunnies have long frolicked
with guests.
Still, potential buyers have to ask if the
two-story Gothic-Tudor home built in 1927 is
worth $200 million, particularly when a 7acre estate nearby sold last year for $59 million?
"Maybe $90 million. But $200 million?
That's absurd," said Realtor Rory Barish, who
has sold numerous properties in the area.
"But he can ask whatever he wants and
there could be one freak out there, a trillionaire, who comes and says, 'I have to have it,'"
Barish quickly added.
High-profile Hollywood publicist Michael
Levine, who has been to the mansion dozens
of times, dismissed its price tag as preposterous.
"But there's no downside to Playboy in creating a press release that says $200 million,"
he added with a chuckle, noting that its party
reputation could boost its value by a few million.
Playboy Enterprises appears to be count-
ing on that.
"This is the right time to seek a buyer for
this incredible property who understands the
role the mansion has played for our brand
and enables us to continue to reinvest in the
transformation of our business," Playboy
Enterprises CEO Scott Flanders said.
Generations of celebrities have been guests
at wild parties at the mansion.
"What is it like to go from unfancied teen
thesp to object of lust for America's hottest
models at one of Hugh Hefner's parties? Well,
awesome, obviously," Rob Lowe, describing
his first visit to the mansion, wrote in Esquire
magazine two years ago.
In a moment not of lust but anger, frequent
mansion guest Bill Cosby sucker punched
comedian Tommy Smothers at a 1976 party,
according to Ronald L. Smith's book, "Cosby:
The Life of a Comedy Legend.'"
At least four women have accused Cosby
of sexually assaulting them at the mansion.
Two are suing him.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Kim Davis, the Kentucky clerk who
spent five days in jail for defying federal court orders and refusing to
license same-sex marriage, will have a seat at the president's final
State of the Union.
Davis' lawyer, Mat Staver, announced Tuesday that both he and
Davis will be in the audience "to stand for religious freedom and to
represent Judeo-Christian values."
The Rowan County Clerk cited "God's authority" and refused to
issue marriage licenses after the Supreme Court effectively legalized gay marriage last summer, despite a series of federal court
orders.
Both Davis and Staver will sit in the House chamber.
Every lawmaker gets one guest ticket to the President's annual
speech. Staver did not say which members of Congress invited them,
and no lawmaker has yet acknowledged extending the invitation.
Police: Ohio man mistakes teen son for
intruder, kills him
CINCINNATI (AP) — Police in Cincinnati say a man has fatally
shot his 14-year-old son in their home, thinking he was an intruder.
Police say the man thought his son had caught the bus for school
Tuesday morning, but the teen returned home soon afterward. Police
say the man heard a noise in the basement and checked on it with a
gun in his hand. Police say the father fired after apparently being startled, hitting the boy in the neck.
Authorities say the father called 911 and the boy was taken to
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, where he died Tuesday morning.
Police Lt. Steve Saunders says the father is being interviewed by
police and has been cooperative.
No names were released immediately.
More Detroit schools closed; mayor to
tour some buildings
DETROIT (AP) — At least two dozen Detroit public schools were
closed Tuesday as teacher sick-outs forced officials to again keep students at home, although the number of schools affected was not as
high as a day earlier.
Mayor Mike Duggan, meanwhile, planned to visit schools with
health officials after complaints from a labor union that some school
buildings are moldy and infested with rodents.
The Detroit Federation of Teachers is not part of the sick-out,
which teachers have undertaken to protest pay and large class sizes,
among other things. But union officials complained Monday about
conditions in the schools after about half of them had to close because
of a wave of teacher absences described by an activist as "rolling
strikes."
"This is why those sick-outs happened," the union's interim president, Ivy Bailey, told reporters while displaying photographs of mold
in schools.
More than half of Detroit's 100 public schools were closed Monday, idling thousands of kids.
Unlike some mayors, Duggan has no control over the schools.
Detroit's debt-ridden district of 46,000 students has been under state
oversight for nearly seven years. The district is run by an emergency
manager appointed by Republican Gov. Rick Snyder.
But the city can inspect the school buildings to make sure they
comply with city codes.
"Based on what we find, the city of Detroit will take whatever
enforcement action is necessary to make sure all Detroit public
schools are compliant with all health and building codes," Duggan
said in a written statement.
Duggan said he understands the teachers' frustrations but urged
them to return to work. He also urged state officials "to move quickly to address these pressing educational problems."
The district's emergency manager, Darnell Earley, said in a statement that officials "understand and share" the frustrations of teachers
but that the teacher absences make it "more challenging" to reach a
political solution with state lawmakers.
State schools Superintendent Brian Whiston said he has scheduled a meeting with Earley to discuss health and safety concerns
brought up by the teachers' union. Whiston did not say when the
meeting would take place.
Couple struggles to sell 'Silence of the
Lambs' house
PERRYOPOLIS, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple is struggling
to sell a house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the
1991 film "The Silence of the Lambs."
Scott and Barbara Lloyd listed the house last summer, but they've
dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000.
The three-story Victorian in Layton was the second-most clicked
home on Realtor.com last year, but Scott Lloyd told the Pittsburgh
Tribune-Review that the publicity has attracted curiosity seekers, but
no serious buyers.
"We're finally starting to see a little bit of motion," Lloyd said.
The home's location in a tiny village about an hour's drive southeast of Pittsburgh works against it. So does the fact that it has only
one bathroom to go with its four bedrooms.
"Even though it's got notoriety, location still is a big deal," said
Erik Gunther, a senior editor and expert on unique homes for Realtor.com.
The foyer and dining room were depicted in the film, but no,
there's no dungeon pit in the basement where the killer played by Ted
Levine kept his victims before killing and skinning them. Those grisly scenes were filmed on a soundstage.
A film crew spent three days shooting in the home near Perryopolis. The Lloyds are selling the house, where they raised their son,
because they're downsizing into a ranch-style home they're building a
few miles away.
A couple months after buying the home, the Lloyds were married
Feb. 13, 1977, in the foyer where Levine's character first meets the
FBI agent portrayed by Jodie Foster.
Anthony Hopkins won an Academy Award for playing Dr. Hannibal Lecter, a crazed, cannibalistic psychiatrist whose macabre clues
help rookie Agent Clarice Starling track down and kill Buffalo Bill in
his home. Foster also won an Oscar.
"The fact that a home gets a ton of publicity doesn't necessarily add
up to a quick sale," Gunther said. "Just because I want to gawk at
something doesn't mean I want to buy it."