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MIDWEEK EDITION INSIDE: Paradise’s Dylan Moore balances steer showing with football. Page 16A.
VOLUME 132 - NO. 84
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2011
DECATUR, TEXAS
32 PAGES IN TWO SECTIONS PLUS INSERTS
BOYD
75¢
BOYD
Rollover
injures
Decatur
man
By BRANDON EVANS
A single-vehicle wreck late Friday night seriously injured a Decatur man after he rolled his sport
utility vehicle on County Road
4680.
Clint L. Parker was driving near
the intersection of County Roads
4680 and 4679 when he crashed
sometime before midnight.
“He veered off the roadway, hit
a culvert and flipped over,” said
State Trooper Mitchell Collins.
A passerby found Parker’s vehicle upside down and off the road.
Parker was trapped inside. He suffered head trauma and was flown
by Lifeteam’s helicopter from the
scene to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth.
No other vehicles were involved
and the cause of the wreck is still
under investigation.
Q
Email Brandon at [email protected].
Messenger photo by Mack Thweatt
CHARGING ON THE FIELD — Boyd’s Michael Partin (12) and Audie Greenwood run onto the field with Gabrial Latham, an adopted member of
the Yellowjackets team.
Heart of the ’Jackets
Youngster’s battle with
cancer inspires team
By RICHARD GREENE
Messenger photo by Kelly Guess
ONE OF THE GUYS — Gabrial Latham stands at midfield with the Boyd
captains.
Walking down the hallway Friday on his way to the pep rally,
Boyd lineman Kyle Huber’s face
lights up as he spots tiny Gabrial
Latham moving toward him.
Huber extends his hand to give
a fist bump to the 4-year-old.
“He’s a good little kid,” Huber
said. “I hardly know him, but I
love playing for him. He’s like the
little brother I never had.
“He puts a smile on everyone’s
face.”
Minutes later after all the antics during a festive, midseason
pep rally, Gabrial is presented
his very own Yellowjackets jersey with the No. 1, signifying his
spot in the hearts of Boyd football players.
“We brought him in, and we
made him part of our team,” said
Michael Partin. “We’re playing
for him every Friday night. We’re
going to fight for him. Hopefully
one day he can be in our position.”
While the Yellowjackets fight
in Gabrial’s honor, he is fighting
the battle for his life against a
Continued on page 9A
BRIDGEPORT
Family makes
false report
after toddler
is injured
By BRANDON EVANS
The Bridgeport Police Department responded in force Saturday
when they received a report that
an 18-month-old girl was struck by
a pickup in a hit-and-run accident
earlier that morning.
At approximately 10 a.m. a child
was run over by a vehicle at her
home in the 300 block of Cobb
Street.
“The family took the child to the
DECATUR
COMPLETE GAME
— The Decatur
Chamber of
Commerce awarded
Stephen Wren the
2011 Citizen of
the Year award
Saturday night at the
Decatur Civic Center.
Chamber members
voted to give him the
award not just for
recent community
contributions but for
a lifetime of volunteer
efforts.
Wren misses game, catches award
By BRANDON EVANS
Longtime Decatur resident Stephen Wren, 62, was
supposed to be at the Rangers’ game Saturday night.
But instead of watching
the Rangers take Detroit
to the woodshed to win the
American League Championship Series in game six in
Arlington, Wren received a
tremendous surprise when
he was named Citizen of the
Year at the Decatur Chamber of Commerce banquet at
the civic center that night.
His family had to somehow
convince Wren to attend the
Chamber auction without
letting on that he was going
to be the man of the night.
INDEX
Wise County Messenger
P.O. Box 149
115 South Trinity
Decatur, Texas 76234
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News Briefs . . . . . . . .4A
Opinion . . . . . . . . . . .5A
Obituaries . . . . . . . . .8A
Sports . . . . . . . . . . .16A
Classifieds. . . . . . . .12A
Wise Business . . . . .15A
“I had tickets to the Ranger game Saturday night for
me and my youngest son
Landon,” Wren said. “It was
down to the day before, and
everyone in my family didn’t
know how they were going to
get me to go to the chamber
auction. They didn’t want to
be untruthful.”
They had a whole story
planned out, but Wren just
happened to give both tickets to his son Landon.
“So at the last minute I
knew we had a couple extra tickets for the Chamber
auction so my wife LaDonna
and I decided to go since I
wasn’t going to the game,”
SWEET
SOUNDS OF
STRINGS
A diverse
group of local
musicians makes
up members of
HeartStrings.
See page 2A.
Messenger photo by Joe
Duty
AUTO SHOW
The Decatur
High School
SkillsUSA group
is preparing
for its second
annual car show
this weekend.
See page 4A.
WEATHER
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2A
WISE COUNTY MESSENGER, Decatur, Texas, Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Drink little or no
alcohol. Alcohol
use is associated with an
increased risk of
breast cancer.
Women should
limit intake to no
more than one
drink per day,
regardless
of the
type
of
alcohol.
OCTOBER
IS NATIONAL
BREAST CANCER
AWARENESS MONTH
TIPS FOR
BREAST
CANCER
PREVENTION
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Decatur, TX 76234
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MOUNTAIN MUSIC — Carolyn Marlett (front) and Lonnie Baker play their dulcimers last Thursday
during a workshop and jam session at the Bridgeport Community Center. HeartStrings, a folk
music group, sponsored the event.
Musical roots
Local folk music group
keeps sound of mountain
dulcimer alive
By DAVE ROGERS
Talk about sweet sounds
and easy listening.
Those words came to
mind last Thursday when
HeartStrings, a folk music
group organized by Runaway Bay’s Carolyn Marlett,
hosted a day-long workshop
for the mountain dulcimer
at the Bridgeport Community Center.
With Bing Futch, a virtuoso on the three-stringed
Appalachian
instrument,
leading the way during
before- and after-lunch
teaching sessions, then
playing along during an afternoon jam session, sounds
dripped like honey across
the eardrums as the men
and women plucked and
strummed songs like “I’ll
Fly Away,” “Amazing Grace”
and “Morning is Broken.”
“This is just a gift we give
ourselves,” retired school
teacher Darla St. John,
one of the earlier members
of HeartStrings, said of
the time she and the other
group members spend practicing, rehearsing and performing with the dulcimer.
“There’s something hypnotic about it,” Marlett
said of the dulcimer, which
she first picked up in 2005.
“Once you start playing it,
you just want to keep go-
ing.”
The appearance by Futch,
who played a concert in
Bridgeport as part of his
“RV Project Tour,” was a bonus.
“We had the opportunity
for Bing Futch to come here
and took advantage of it,” St.
John said. “He really caused
us to stretch our abilities
because he’s so much better
than we are.”
Futch, a native of California, made a so-so career
as an entertainer focusing
on the piano and keyboards
from 1984-99. That’s when
he got serious about the
dulcimer, which Marlett
said “is the only instrument
invented in the United
States.”
Developed in the 1700s
in the Appalachian Mountains, “it’s part of our roots,”
Marlett said. “It’s part of
who we are.”
The instrument is essentially a fretted zither consisting of a narrow fingerboard attached to a larger
soundbox
underneath.
Seated musicians lay the
instrument across their legs
or “laps.” It is sometimes
called a lap dulcimer.
As the new converts in
Wise County found out, it’s
easy to get started playing.
“There are only three
strings and half the notes,”
WISE COUNTY WORKSHOP — Award-winning songwriter
and mountain dulcimer virtuoso Bing Futch interacts with
his students last Thursday during a dulcimer workshop at
Bridgeport Community Center. Futch later performed a
concert in Bridgeport.
Futch said. “The dulcimer is
based on a seven-note scale,
so you don’t have to worry
about tripping on those other notes.”
Most of the dozen or so
Wise County residents who
have joined HeartStrings
since Marlett, St. John and
Carolyn Dent got it going in
2008 play the dulcimer. A
few play guitars. Tom Messer plays banjo and guitar.
Van Gardner plays the dulcimer, the Dulci jo — a cross
between a dulcimer and
banjo — and Irish whistle.
“I had been noticing the
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mountain dulcimer for a
number of years,” said Gardner, pastor of Grace Baptist
Church in Decatur. “Seven
years ago I was in Branson,
bought one and took it back
to my room and started to
play.
“I’ve been at it ever
since.”
Members of HeartStrings
come from a variety of backgrounds.
“One of the neat things
about this group is we all
come from such a unique diversity of life,” Marlett said.
“Music is unifying. And we
don’t just get together to
play for the fun of it. We’re
constantly trying to stretch
and learn.”
Members rehearse together once a week and make
frequent appearances. They
have played sidewalk music
events in Bridgeport, Veterans Day events and the Little Branson Gospel Show.
“We pretty much play
anywhere there’s food,” St.
John said.
About every six weeks,
HeartStrings spends a day
performing shows for three
or four area nursing homes.
“This is an active group,
and that’s why I joined,”
Gardner said. “This allows
me some downtime from
my ministry. And they go to
nursing homes. That’s another kind of ministry.”
For more information
about HeartStrings, call
Marlett at (940) 393-3493.
Q
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wcmessenger.com.
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3A
PAID ADVERTISEMENT
HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CASH IN ON
MODERN DAY GOLD RUSH!
By Jason Delong
Treasure
Hunter
Show
By Jason
Delong
STAFF
WRITER
STAFF WRITER
Gold and silver pour into yesterday’s Roadshow due to highest prices in 40 years.
Yesterday at the Holiday Inn Express, locals lined up to
cash in on their gold and silver, antiques, collectibles, at the
“As seen on TV,” Treasure Hunters Roadshow. The free event
is in Decatur all week, buying gold, silver, antiques and collectibles. One visitor I spoke with yesterday said, “It’s unbelievable, I brought in some old coins that had been in a little
cigar box for years and some old herringbone necklaces—in
less than fifteen minutes I left with a check for $700. That stuff
has been in my jewelr y box and dresser for at least 20
years.” Another gentleman brought in an old Fender guitar his
father had bought years ago. The man said, “Dad had less
than fifty bucks in that guitar.” The Roadshow specialist that
assisted him made a few phone calls and a veterinarian in
Seattle, Washington bought the guitar for $5,700.00. The
seller continued, “I got another $300.00 for a broken necklace and an old class ring. It’s not every day that someone
comes to town bringing six thousand dollars with your name
on it.”
Jeff Parsons, President of the Treasure Hunters Roadshow, commented, “Lots of people have items that they know
are valuable but just don’t know where to sell them. Old toys,
trains, swords, guitars, pocket watches and jewelry are valuable to collectors. These collectors are willing to pay big
money for those items that they are looking for.”
This week’s Roadshow is the best place to get connected with those collectors. The process is free and anyone can
bring items down to the event. If the Roadshow specialists find
items that their collectors are interested in, offers will be made
to purchase them. About 80% of the guests that attend the
show end up selling one or more items at the event.
Antiques and collectibles are not the only items the
Roadshow is buying. “Gold and silver markets are soaring,”
says Archie Davis, a Roadshow representative. “Broken jewelry and gold and silver coins add up very quickly. I just finished working with a gentleman that had an old class ring,
two bracelets and a handful of silver dollars. His check was
for over $650.00. I would say that there were well over 100
people in here yesterday that sold their scrap gold.”
One gentleman holding his check for over $1,250.00
in the lobby of the event yesterday had this comment: “I am so
happy I decided to come to the Roadshow. I saw the newspaper ad for the event and brought in an old German sword I
had brought back from World War II and some old coins,
and here is my check. What a great thing for our community.
I am heading home now to see what else I have that they
might be interested in.”
The Roadshow continues today starting at 9am. The
event is free and no appointment is needed.
If you go to the Roadshow, you can cash-in your
items for competitive prices. Roadshow representatives will be available to assess and purchase
your items at the Holiday Inn Express, this week
through Saturday, in Decatur.
CHECK IT OUT!
WHO
TREASURE HUNTERS
ROADSHOW
WHAT
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC TO
SELL THEIR ANTIQUES &
COLLECTIBLES
WHAT WE BUY
WHERE HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS
COINS Any and all coins made before 1970: silver and gold coins, dollars, half dollars, quarters, dimes,
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DECATUR, TX 76234
nickels and pennies. All conditions wanted!
GOLD & SILVER PRICES AT 40 YEAR HIGH for platinum, gold and silver during this event. Broken jewelry,
dental gold, old coins, pocket watches, Krugerrands, gold bars, Canadian Maple Leafs, etc.
WHEN
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OCTOBER 18TH - 22ND
TUES–FRI 9AM–6PM
necklaces, etc. (including broken jewelry). All costume jewelry wanted.
SATURDAY 9AM–4PM
WRIST & POCKET WATCHES Rolex, Tiffany, Hublot, Omega, Chopard, Cartier, Philippe, Ebel, Waltham,
Swatch, Elgin, Bunn Special, Railroad, Illinois, Hamilton, all others.
DIRECTIONS 940.627.0776
INFORMATION 217.787.7767
GUITARS & OTHER INSTRUMENTS Fender, Gibson, Martin, Rickenbacker, Gretsch, new and vintage
amps, saxophones, wood winds, mandolins and all others.
WE BUY ALL GOLD
& SILVER JEWELRY
PAYING CASH FOR COINS PRE-1970 & CURRENCY
BRAIDED HAIR
LARGE CENT
UP TO $3,800*
CAPPED BUST
HALF DIME
UP TO $10,000*
MORGAN SILVER DOLLAR
UP TO $100,000*
PEACE DOLLAR
UP TO $3,000*
MERCURY DIME
UP TO $3,600*
INDIAN CENT
UP TO $500*
WALKING LIBERTY
HALF DOLLAR
UP TO $4,700*
SHIELD NICKEL
UP TO $4,000*
*This amount depends upon rarity, condition and what collectors are willing to pay
INVESTMENT GOLD
SPORTS MEMORABILIA
.999 FINE SILVER
PLATINUM
STERLING SILVER
SCRAP GOLD
We buy all Gold & Silver Jewelry
PRE 1934 PAPER CURRENCY
POCKET & WRIST WATCHES
SILVER
GOLD & SILVER
“EXPRESS PASS”
NO WAITING IN LINE
GOLD
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NOW IS THE TIME TO CASH IN!
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WE ALSO
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4A
NEWS BRIEFS
SUNSET
PUMPKIN
PICKIN’
— Caleb
Wilson, 2, of
Aubrey picks a
pumpkin from
patch at Rose
Creek Farms
near Sunset
last Saturday
afternoon
during “Eating
Wisely,”
a festival
featuring local
farmers and
their products.
STORY TAILS — The Decatur Public Library
invites school-aged children to Story Tails
with Jack 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct.
26. Children can read to Jack the dog for
15 minutes for fun and to improve individual
reading skills. Sign-up is required. Visit the
library or call (940) 627-5512 to reserve
your time slot.
SENIOR HEALTH FAIR — Wise Regional
Health System will host a Senior Health
Fair 8 to 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, for
persons 55 and older. Services available
include free health screenings, including
blood pressure; and free blood draws for
lipids, glucose and PSA. Flu shots will be
available, free for Medicare patients who
Messenger photo
by Brandon Evans
present their cards, and $20 for all others.
Call (940) 626-3850 for more information.
GOLF TOURNEY — The 20th annual DJWC
“Park Classic” Golf Tournament is Friday,
Oct. 21, at the Decatur Country Club.
Registration and lunch is at 11 a.m., and
teeoff is at noon. Entry fee is $300 per
team. Mulligans are $5 (limit two). Poker
run is $15 with $250 payout. Call Nikki
Selby at (817) 253-6886 or Kelsea Bieser at
(940) 399-9711.
BOOK SALE — Bridgeport Public Library is
having an October book sale during library
hours Oct. 20 -22. For more information, call
DECATUR
Showing off their Skills
Car show
will benefit
automotive
students
By ERIKA PEDROZA
The second annual Decatur High School SkillsUSA
car show serves a dual purpose.
As a fundraiser, it will
benefit the extracurricular
organization that supplements the lessons taught in
Ricky Stutt’s auto technology classes.
In addition, the show
gives past and present students the opportunity to exhibit the skills they learned
as part of SkillsUSA.
Junior Devon Willis will
showcase two classics — a
silver 1967 Chevrolet El
Camino and white 1965
Ford Mustang — he and his
father, Ronald, restored together.
After purchasing the El
Camino when Devon was
13, the two worked on it for
three years, completing the
major work just as Devon
got his driver’s license.
However, the younger Willis is cautious about taking
the classic for a spin.
“The person we got (the
El Camino) from had used
it as a farm truck,” Devon
said. “We painted it, put a
vinyl top on it, totally took
out the engine and put it
back together. And we put
in a new air conditioner. I
drive it occasionally, when
it’s nice out. I don’t want to
risk it.”
The duo did a similar
complete transformation of
the Mustang, now driven by
his older sister, Whitney.
“We painted it and put
in a totally new engine,”
Devon said. “And we redid
the interior, put in the red
leather for Whitney.
“I’m more of a handson person,” Devon added.
Messenger photos by Joe Duty
SKILLED STUDENTS — SkillsUSA members (from left) Zach Collins, Nolan Newville, Oscar Deleija, Parminder Singh, Eloy Ruiz, Eddie Romero, Rodolfo
Aldape, Mario Fuentes, Zach Ramirez and Gumaro Degraf stand behind Devon Willis and his 1967 Chevrolet El Camino. Members will raise funds and exhibit
vehicles they’ve restored at a car show Saturday. The public is invited to both display vehicles and attend the show.
“Nowadays, it’s all computer stuff, and you can’t
really fix a car without the
computer. If I break down
on the side of the road (with
doing stuff like this), I can
fix it and get going. And I
like it (working on cars).”
2011 graduate Ethan
Pryor shares this interest.
“It’s a hobby,” Pryor said.
“It’s a fun way for me to relax, chill out and get away
from everything.”
As he’s gotten “away from
everything,” he’s been able
to restore two classic Mustangs — a tangerine orange
1972 and candy apple red
1967.
“I rebuilt the motors, redid the interior and helped
some with the paint and
body,” he said.
Although he isn’t sure
which of the two (if not
both) he will display at the
car show, he is excited about
showing off his preferred
— a metallic grey 2003 SVT
Cobra Mustang.
“It’s the newest and my
favorite,” Pryor said. “It’s
the fastest and the nicest of
CLOSE LOOK — Decatur High School students Rodolfo Aldape, Mario Fuentes, Eloy Ruiz,
Oscar Deleija and Eddie Romero inspect Devon Willis’ 1967 Chevrolet El Camino. The car
will be one of many on display at the SkillsUSA car show fundraiser 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday at
the auto tech building behind the high school.
all my Mustangs.”
The show, 5 to 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, at the auto
tech building behind the
high school, will also feature vehicles from the local
dealerships of James Wood
and Karl Klement.
The public is also invited
to participate.
Registration is $15 per
vehicle, and admission is on
a donation basis.
Awards will be given to
the Best Car, Best Truck,
Best Motorcycle and Best of
Show.
“It’s all organized by the
students, so who knows how
it will go,” Stutt said with
a laugh. “No, but seriously,
it’s all their hard work.
They are meeting during
lunch and after school to
plan it.”
SkillsUSA Vice President Josh Campbell has
volunteered to steer the
fundraising committee. The
sophomore solicited entries
from James Wood and Karl
Klement, and with the help
from his parents has gathered the concessions and
ordered the plaques for
prizes.
Another student designed
the flyer and others will
help provide manpower at
the show.
“All the proceeds of the
event will go to helping us
go to automotive and leadership competitions,” Stutt
said.
For more information or
to enter your car, truck or
motorcycle, call Stutt at
(940) 393-5460.
Q
Email Erika at epedroza@
wcmessenger.com.
BRIDGEPORT
Family makes false report
after toddler is ...
Continued from page 1A
hospital in Bridgeport,” said
Police Chief Randy Singleton.
“The hospital decided to have
the child flown from there to
Cook Children’s Hospital in
Fort Worth.”
The family reported that
the child was the victim of
a hit and run in front of the
home. Police responded by
sealing off an area of Cobb
Street, taking aerial photographs and sending an inves-
tigator down to the hospital
in Fort Worth. They also began searching for the vehicle
in question.
However, on Monday, the
mother of the child admitted
to police that the child was
accidentally hit by another
family member during a garage sale at the home.
“The child had minor injuries,” said Bridgeport Police
Sgt. Todd Low. “She was very
lucky that the tires missed
her. She was released from
the hospital the same day.”
Low said they don’t know
why the family initially said
the injury was the result of a
hit-and-run accident. However, possible charges are pending for making a false report,
a class B misdemeanor.
Officers did not want to release names of those involved
until they are further along
in the investigation.
Q
Email Brandon at bevans@
wcmessenger.com.
8 WINERIES - 8 FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS - 8 FAB LOCATIONS
Stir in a little music and art, and we have the
FIRST EVER
November 5 • 6 - 9 pm
Historic Downtown Decatur on a Saturday Night!
Tickets are limited so purchase early at the following locations:
Decatur Visitor Center, Main Street Antique Mall, Main Street Home and Garden.
$30 each, must be 21 years old to purchase. Call 940-627-6158 for information.
GREAT GIFT IDEA!
5A
OPINION
OUR VIEWS
Mourning the passing of 2-a-days? Not me
By DAVE ROGERS
Ding, dong the witch is dead.
That was the first thing that
crossed my mind Monday when
sports editor Richard Greene
brought news that the UIL had,
for all practical purposes, eliminated two-a-day football practices.
Goodbye and good riddance, I
say.
But then I’ve never been a
football coach. And, thanks to a
combination of bad genes, brittle
bones and a low tolerance for
pain, I never was much of a football player, either.
But for three years I practiced
high school football with and
occasionally played alongside
classmates that put Denton High
into the playoffs for the first time
in nearly half a century.
from what they now call “helmetOur head coach was Billy Ryan; to-helmet” hits; we just called
they named a school after him.
them “football.”)
They named a $20 milQ Team managers only
lion stadium (back when
did the laundry about once
that was a lot) after our
a week, so what I rememassistant head coach, C.H.
ber most was going back to
Collins.
the fieldhouse at 3 p.m. for
Here’s what I remember
the day’s second practice.
of two-a-days:
After several hours of hangQ Getting up extra early
ing on a nail inside a metal
ROGERS
the last week of August to
building sitting in the sun
arrive before dawn at the metal
during the hottest portion of the
building and bare concrete slab
year, that sweat-soaked cotton
that served as our fieldhouse.
T-shirt had dried stiff as a board.
Q Having to slip into T-shirt,
You had to bang it on something
shorts and socks still wet and
harder before you could pry open
pungent with the previous day’s
holes large enough to stick your
sweat, pull on the pads and top it
head and arms through.
all off with a hard plastic helmet
Q Water breaks — we had one
with no padding. (Only a string
or two. Most involved waiting in
“suspension” protected the skull
line to drink from a hose attached
to the faucet they used to water
the practice field in June and July
so the grass would be pretty when
preseason practice began. I’m
pretty sure they never watered it
after that; our practice field was
always a barren mudhole or dust
bowl by midseason, depending on
that week’s weather.
Q Toward the end of practice,
usually during a full-contact
scrimmage, a couple of tin buckets filled with ice, ammonia water
and towels showed up. Sucking
on those towels – ammonia or not
– was the highlight of practice.
Q After practice, the trainer
passed out salt tablets, so we
could replace depleted minerals
and do it all again the next day.
Probably not a lot has changed
over the years when it comes
to the early-morning practices
— sweeping the dew off the practice field with bear crawls and
monkey rolls and “grass drills.”
The latter are also known as
“up-downs” because one minute
you’re up, running in place, the
next, some coach blows a whistle
and you do a belly flop and you’re
down. Then you’re up, then down,
then up, then down ... You could
always tell who ate the big breakfasts.
I reached out to a couple of
my old coaches to see what
they thought about the end of
two-a-days as we knew them.
They didn’t think the UIL’s “big”
changes were that big.
“They’ve just about done away
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Pampered protesters making quite the mess
By MICHAEL REAGAN
The hordes of so-called “protesters”
now polluting the streets of several U.S.
cities, including New York, are sending
confused messages about their grievances.
The unemployed among them complain that the jobs available to them
are beneath them. I guess that cancels
out the old concept of starting in the
mailroom and advancing step-by-step
to the boardroom. It used to be the
norm that one started at the bottom
and worked their way up. This bunch
seems to be living under the delusion
that simply by virtue of having been
born they are entitled to immediate
arrival at the boardroom level with appropriate compensation.
Viewing these unruly mob scenes,
featuring numerous public sexual
activities posing as protests, I am
reminded of the manner in which my
Dad dealt with such malcontents. If
they were government employees, he
simply fired them. It worked. The remaining ones slinked back to work.
And I recall how he dealt with his
son (me) back in 1965 when I dropped
out of Arizona State University and
thought that I was simply going home
to live with – and off – either my Mom
or Dad, who were then divorced. When
I got home, I found that their doors
were locked to college dropouts.
Nancy, my ever-loving stepmom, was
busy calling all branches of the military to let them know I was a college
dropout and thus now eligible to be
drafted.
When I finally was able to speak to
my parents, they simply told me to find
another place to live and to get a job. I
did both. I moved in with some friends
and got a job working at Asbury Transportation Co. in Los Angeles loading
oil-well freight from 5 p.m. to 1:30 a.m.,
Monday through Friday. That’s where
I was working when my father was
elected governor of California.
Did I complain that my lowly job was
beneath my new station in life as the
son of the governor of California? How
could I? I was the one who set that
bar low when I dropped out of college.
So to all you spoiled brats marching and wanting better pay or bigger
allowances, take a good, long look in
the mirror, not at Wall Street, and if
you want to blame something, blame
OBAMACARE! Your employers or
parents have to spend the money you
might have received in raises to pay for
that socialist monstrosity.
I am still amazed that these kids can
find time to congregate in city streets,
which are in many cases far from their
hometowns. Somebody has to be paying
their way. In most cases, their beleaguered parents are stuck with the bill
for their latest adventure, which has
nothing to do with education and a lot
to do with left-wing politics and public
lovemaking, if that’s what it’s called.
And the media willingly — indeed,
eagerly — gives the protesters lots of
free publicity. Media outlets should
start ignoring them, and we’ll see how
fast they disband and slink back home.
They thrive on the publicity the media
provide.
Finally, the long-suffering parents
ought to close their pockets and deny
their wayward brats the money that
allows them to travel to the big city to
make pests of themselves.
Go home. Now. But before you do,
clean up the messes you have made.
Q
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NEWS BRIEFS
CEMETERY TOUR — The
Wise County Historical
Society and Wise County
Historical Commission will
visit old cemeteries Thursday,
Oct. 27. The group will
depart from the Wise County
Heritage Museum at 9:30
a.m., and participants should
bring a sack lunch. The tour
will end at Brushy Creek
Vineyards in Alvord.
the library at (940) 6833450.
FALL CLEANUP — The city
of Bridgeport’s Fall Cleanup
is 9 a.m. to noon Saturday,
Oct. 22. Dumpsters will
be lined up on 10th Street
next to the Harwood Park
Pavilion. City employees
will help unload items. The
city cannot accept tires,
batteries, TVs, oil, gas, paint
or any items that contain
Freon or mercury. If you have
trash but do not have any way
to get it to the Dumpsters,
call Shelley McComis with
Bridgeport Gives Back at
(940) 683-4738.
HAUNTED HOUSE — The
Alvord Class of 2012 hosts
a Haunted House Oct. 22,
29 and 31 at the old middle
school (behind Alvord
Express). The event will
benefit the 2012 Project
Graduation. On Oct. 29,
the group will also host a
Halloween Carnival at 5 p.m.
followed by a dance. For more
information, go to the 2012
Project Graduation Facebook
page.
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Saturday. The event was organized by the Chico Chamber of
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FALL CARNIVAL — Carson
Elementary School in Decatur
will hold its annual fall
carnival 5 to 8 p.m. Friday,
Oct. 21. The event will
include games, vendors, food
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Wren misses game, catches award ...
Wren said.
“I’m just overwhelmed,”
Wren added. “And needless
to say I am as honored as
a person can be to receive
an award like that. I never
dreamed the award would
be for me.”
Wren’s list of contributions to the community extend well beyond the past
year. At the banquet, Brian
Stephens announced some
of Wren’s volunteer efforts
that stretch back to 1975.
They included president
of the Decatur Chamber of
Commerce, member and
past president of the Decatur Lions Club, member and
past president of the Decatur Athletic Booster Club, a
founding member of the Decatur ISD Education Foundation, past member of the
Decatur Fire Department,
member of Decatur Jaycees
and chairman of the Decatur
Summer Baseball Program
for 15 years.
Wren helped keep America’s game alive for years
after Decatur school district
had abandoned its baseball
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program.
Wren, along with Judge
John Fostel and several
others from throughout the
county helped establish Texas Teenage Baseball in Wise
County by 1984. Decatur
High didn’t bring back its
baseball program until 1988,
during which time Wren was
on the school board, and was
an instrumental part.
“We had a great time and
met people from all over the
county,” Wren said of the
teenage baseball program.
Other endeavors mentioned Saturday night were
Wren’s position as chairman
of the board for Wise Regional Health System. And
this past year, he helped
lay the groundwork for the
county to approve and the
state legislature to create a
second county court-at-law.
Wren currently serves as
the court’s judge.
Wren has practiced law in
Wise County since 1975.
But despite the community contributions listed Saturday night, Wren said the
two most meaningful to him
weren’t mentioned.
For more than 30 years
Wren has taught Sunday school at First Baptist
Church in Decatur.
“My favorite class is called
Adult 7,” he said. “It’s as far
as you can go. The next step
is heaven. You have to be 70
or above to be in the class.
“It’s such as blessing for
me to be in there. I learn
so much from them. I learn
to be more patient. I’ve had
my faith strengthened from
them.”
Wren said the other most
meaningful project he’s been
involved with is Coaches
Outreach, a prayer and
Bible study group designed
specifically
for
football
coaches. Wren and Decatur
High School football coach
Kyle Story helped start one
in Decatur in 2000.
“It’s a wonderful organization,” Wren said. “It’s helped
save a lot of marriages.”
Wren stressed that of all
the organizations he’s been
involved in, none of it was
ever done alone.
“Let me make this clear
This is not all about me,” he
said. “Everything I’ve been
involved in has had a lot of
people involved.
Recalling the 2-a-day experiences ...
with them anyway at a lot of schools,” said
Dwain Bean, who played running back at
Port Neches and North Texas before coaching at Denton High.
Coach Bean’s grandson plays at Denton
Ryan.
“They don’t even have two-a-days at
Ryan anymore,” he said. “Most of these
kids are in condition now because they
have (UIL-sanctioned) summer conditioning programs now.
“When I played, two-a-days were brutal,”
Bean continued. “But you had to get the
players in shape (with two-a-days) or risk
losing your first two or three games while
they got in shape.
“We didn’t have summer weight training.
A lot of the kids worked jobs in the summer. Probably a couple of weeks before twoa-days, we’d start running a little bit. But
it was up to the coaches to get us in shape.
“That’s not the case today.”
Almost every high school now has its
athletes enrolled for in-school “activity”
classes designed to make the kids bigger,
stronger and faster. My team’s first exposure to year-round weightlifting came in
a hard-fought, 10-point playoff loss to an
Odessa Permian squad proclaimed “team of
the decade” for the ’70s after romping to a
30-point win in the state title game.
Jerry Hutchins, another Denton High
coach back in the day, turned his part-time
insurance sales job into a second career.
He thinks coaches are already doing a
good job of safeguarding their players from
Texas’ record-breaking heat, noting most
teams spend a good bit of a practice day
inside an air-conditioned fieldhouse, watching practice and game tapes and learning
plays.
“We do athletic insurance,” Hutchins
said, “and we didn’t have any (heat-related)
claims this summer. Coaches do a great job.
Concussions are the big thing everybody’s
worried about now.”
I was a poster child for post-concussion
syndrome before it had a name. But that’s
another story.
I’m off to buy some Rangers World Series
gear.
Last weekend, while cleaning out closets,
I threw away a plastic Rangers batting
helmet probably purchased the same year
Denton High ended its playoff drought. If
not for all those concussions, it might have
dawned on me I’d need it a few days later
for “Rangers Day” at the Messenger.
honoring
“I’m very humbled by this
whole thing. I’ve enjoyed it
all, and I love the people of
this county. If me and my
wife could go back and do it
all over again, we’d still come
back to Wise County.”
Q
Email Brandon at [email protected].
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BRIDGEPORT
Grant, plan to be used to improve scores
By DAVE ROGERS
Think they aren’t serious
about improving test scores
at Bridgeport Middle School?
Administrators
Monday
night presented school board
members with both a School
Improvement Plan and a
Campus Improvement Plan
in response to the failure of
the sixth- through eighthgrade campus to meet the federal Average Yearly Progress
standard and its receiving an
“unacceptable” accountability
ranking from the state.
Each plan, required as a
starting point to get back in
government’s good graces,
was heavy with a list of needs
and shortcomings and plans
to fix them.
And to make sure they get
fixed, the board accepted a
grant of $151,575 from Washington.
It is called an Effective
Strategies Grant and covers
extra training and support
materials for BMS teachers
and administrators for this
school year, as agreed to by
Gina Florence, Bridgeport’s
assistant
superintendent
for curriculum and instruction; BMS principal Travis
Whisenant and Kathy Camp
of the Texas Education Agency.
The grant application, submitted Oct. 7, says Bridgeport
ISD wants “a true systemic
change that sustain and
support (sic) the students of
Bridgeport Middle School
for years to come.” It would
be a program that focuses on
“a deeper understanding in
the content areas of Reading,
Math and Science” and “instructional coaching for staff,
administrators and parents.”
Florence said at Monday’s
meeting that she had been
notified a couple hours earlier that the grant had been
approved as written.
“They look to see that the
need the students have is
what we spend the grant
money toward,” she said. “We
scored very low in reading,
math and science. Those are
the things we have to target.”
The goals of the program,
which administrators titled
“The Full Meal Deal,” are
to increase by 15 percent in
math and by 10 percent in
reading the number of BMS
students mastering state as-
sessment tests.
There are about 40 faculty
members, Florence said, with
a handful of administrators
at Bridgeport Middle School.
“We’re not only getting
coaching for the teachers and
administrators, but we’re putting in a system to help them
measure things that check
the students’ performance
along the way,” she said. “You
want to get it early, so we’re
going to put things in place to
catch it early.”
It isn’t only the performance of the students that
will be monitored.
“You can send teachers to
training on different things,
but you need to follow up. It’s
not a one-shot thing, like ‘Oh,
go learn how to do this and
come back and forget about
it,’” Florence said.
“Basically it’s putting somebody side by side with them to
say, ‘OK, we’re going to make
sure you understand how to
use it,’ and follow up on training. It builds a monitoring
piece in there to make sure
that we’re using the things
that we’re doing.”
In other business Monday,
the school board:
Q heard a report from Superintendent Eddie Bland
on the district’s 2011 School
FIRST rating, with FIRST an
acronym for Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas.
The district received a rating
of Superior Achievement and
a grade of 78 out of a possible
80.
Q was given an enrollment report dated Oct. 13
that showed 633 high school
students, 564 at the middle
school, 536 for intermediate school and 596 at the elementary school for a total of
2,329, 46 more students than
were enrolled a year ago on
that date.
Q hired middle school
teacher Brian Timm and
paraprofessionals Lori Hancock and Robert Wiley while
accepting resignations from
Gloria Martinez and Dawn
Irion.
Q set Nov. 14 as its next
meeting. The third Monday
in the month, the regular
meeting date, falls on Nov. 21,
during the district’s Thanksgiving holiday.
Q
Email Dave at [email protected].
PARADISE
High school gets cool grant
By ERIKA PEDROZA
Paradise
High
School
will get cooler thanks to a
$131,828 grant that will replace ground air conditioning
units at the campus, Superintendent Monty Chapman announced at Monday’s school
board meeting.
Paradise ISD was one of
52 districts in the state to
receive the grant out of 457
that applied.
Selection was based on enrollment, district property
wealth, age of current equipment and estimated energy
savings with new equipment.
At the request of the superintendent, the board tabled
action on bids received, opt-
ing to continue to seek them.
Chapman said installation
should be complete in December.
As a flow through grant,
the district will initially pay
the expenses for the required
engineer and unit installation, submit paperwork and
then be reimbursed.
Chapman said he is applying for another grant — this
one requiring the district to
match the grant amount if
received.
If received, it would pay for
lighting and heating, ventilation and air conditioning
upgrades at the junior high
fieldhouse, professional development center (administration building) and elemen-
tary campus.
In other business, the
board:
Q held a public hearing on
the district’s above standard
achievement rating on the Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas. PISD earned 70
points out of a possible 80 to
earn the second highest rating.
Q heard reports on Compensatory Education (retention of at-risk students) and
the District Improvement
Plan by Assistant Superintendent Patti Seckman;
Q selected Bill Lewis as a
nominee for the Wise County
Appraisal District Board of
Directors, pending his acceptance;
Q held a public hearing
and approved taxing goods-in
transit. “However, currently
we have nobody in the district that meets the criteria
(for taxation),” Chapman
said; and
Q approved a resolution
with the Wise County Extension Office that considers
4-H or other Extension officesponsored activities absences
to count as extracurricular
and not unexcused absences.
Q
Email Erika at epedroza@
wcmessenger.com.
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AREA DEATHS
Walter Ray Taylor
Billy Gene Powers
1925-2011
1926-2011
Funeral for Walter Ray
Taylor, 85, of Sunset is 10
a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 19, at
Jones Family Funeral Home
in Bridgeport with Fred Ferren officiating. Burial will follow in Pleasant Grove Cemetery No. 1.
Taylor died Sunday, Oct. 16,
2011, in Denton.
Born July 2, 1926, in Greenwood to Ida Mae (Jones) and
Grover Ed Taylor, he served
in the U.S. Navy in 1944 and
married Leona Stevens in
Vernon in 1958. Taylor was a
farmer and a member of the
Fundamental Baptist Church
in Chico.
He is survived by his wife;
sister Lillie Sherman; daughters Janie Cunningham and
Jolene Taylor; sons James
Taylor and Robert Taylor;
11 grandchildren; 17 greatgrandchildren; and one great-
WALTER RAY TAYLOR
great-grandchild.
Pallbearers are Scotty
Taylor, Michael Taylor, Paul
Taylor, Kenney Thomas, Stevie Cunningham and John
Stockton. Honorary pallbearers are Aaron Freisleben and
Charlie Kirkland.
Wise County Messenger,
October 19, 2011
Patricia Gayle ‘Pat’ Smith
1940-2011
Funeral for Patricia Gayle
“Pat” Smith, 70, of Bridgeport
was Oct. 18 at Jones Family
Funeral Home in Bridgeport
with Lionel Bailey officiating. Burial was at Paradise
Cemetery.
Smith died Saturday, Oct.
15, 2011, in Bridgeport.
Born Nov. 29, 1940, in Decatur to Nora (Harris) and
Lovard Hartsell, she married
Ben Smith Jan. 21, 1965. She
was a homemaker, retired
oilfield office manager and
special needs teacher. Smith
was salutatorian of her
graduating class at Bridgeport High School. She was a
member of the First Christian Church of Paradise and
the Bridgeport Historical
Society. Smith gardened,
did woodwork, painted and
sewed.
She was preceded in death
by her husband.
Smith is survived by
daughters Cynthia McWilliams Park and husband,
Doug, of Cedar Park and
PATRICIA GAYLE SMITH
Julie Smith Adkins and husband, Cary, of Justin; sister
Norma Beville of Bridgeport;
and grandchildren Hunter
and Breck Adkins of Justin.
Pallbearers were Wayne
Berg, Kirby Elenburg, Paul
Neu, Carl Smith, Casey
Smith, Craig Smith, Blaine
Webb and Jarrett Webb.
Memorials may be made
to First Christian Church of
Paradise, P.O. Box 104, Paradise, TX 76073.
October 19, 2011
Margaret Pauline Hilliard
1920-2011
Memorial for Margaret Pauline Hilliard, 91, of Bridgeport is 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct.
20, at the First Presbyterian
Church of Bridgeport with
the Rev. Lucia McKee Kremzar officiating.
Hilliard died Saturday, Oct.
15, 2011, in Bridgeport.
Born April 5, 1920, in Red
River County to Zelma Fannie and William Howard
Mabry, she married Rufus
Key in 1940, and he died in
1960. She married Cecil Hilliard in 1975. Hilliard was a
retired nurses aide.
She was preceded in death
by her husbands; brothers
Styles, Claude and Louie
Mabry; and sister Star Gray.
Hilliard is survived by
sons Harold Ray Key of Vernon and John “Sonny” Key
of
Bridgeport; daughter
Carol Schumann and hus-
MARGARET HILLIARD
band, Danny, of Bridgeport;
daughter-in-law Teresa Key
of Vernon; six grandchildren;
eight
great-grandchildren;
four great-great-grandchildren; sister Gladys McGuire
of Clarksville; and brother
Howard Mabry Jr. of Dallas.
October 19, 2011
Graveside service for
Billy Gene Powers, 86, of
Chico was Oct. 17 at Cottondale Cemetery with the
Rev. David Rucker officiating.
Powers died Friday, Oct.
14, 2011, in Chico.
Born Feb. 8, 1925, in Dallas to Henry and Louise
(Powers) Redd, he married
Dollie Trammell Jan. 7,
1947, in Weatherford. He
served in the U.S. Army
and was a field agent in the
Soil Conservation Service.
Powers was preceded in
death by his wife on Jan.
20, 2004, and brother Carl
Powers.
He is survived by sons
Doyle Powers and wife, Linda, and Jack Powers and
wife, Sue; grandchildren
Lori Powers Henderson
and husband, Tucker, Kim
BENEFIT DINNER — Paradise Project
Graduation is sponsoring a Mexican food
dinner on Friday, Oct. 21, before the
Paradise-Boyd football game. Fajitas and
quesadillas will be served 5:30 to 7 p.m.
in the Paradise High School cafeteria.
The cost of the dinner will be donations
benefiting Paradise’s Project Graduation.
1401 Halsell • Bridgeport
940-683-1704
BILLY GENE POWERS
Powers Trujello and husband, Stephen, Chase Gilbert and wife, Cristy, and
Staci Russell and husband,
Wes; great-grandchildren
Bailey, Beck, Taylor, Gabbi,
Piper, Logan and Morgan;
and other relatives.
October 19, 2011
Charlotte I. Clower
1930-2011
Funeral for Charlotte I.
Clower, 80, of Alvord was
Oct. 18 at the First Methodist Church of Alvord with
the Rev. Johnny Irish officiating.
Clower died Friday, Oct.
14, 2011, in Decatur.
Born Oct. 31, 1930, to
Richard and Ruth Rebecca
(Smeal) Hummel, she married Johnnie Clower Dec.
31, 1954, in Winchester, Va.
Clower retired from working on the assembly line at
General Dynamics. She was
a member of the First United Methodist Church in Alvord.
Clower was preceded in
death by her husband; son
Jimmy Mayes; and brothers
Harold and Merrill Hummel.
She is survived by son Den-
CHARLOTTE I. CLOWER
nis Mayes of Alvord; sisterin-law Thelma Clower of Alvord; brother-in-law Garvin
Clower and wife, Mildred, of
Velma, Okla.; and nieces and
nephews.
October 19, 2011
Iris Naomi Knox
1920-2011
Funeral for Iris Naomi
Knox, 91, of Justin is 2 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 21, at Justin
Church of Christ with Joe
Slater and Kenton Harvey
officiating. Burial will follow at Justin Cemetery.
Visitation is 5 to 7 p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 20, at DeBerry Funeral Home in
Denton.
Knox died Monday, Oct.
17, 2011, in Decatur.
Born Jan. 12, 1920, in Colfax to George Alvin Reaves
and Mary Evie McPhail
Reaves, she married Robert
Baker Knox April 20, 1974,
in Rhome. She was a member of the Justin Church of
Christ.
Knox was preceded in
death by first husband Truman Adkins; sisters Rubye
McDuff and Betty Felix;
and brother Ralph Reaves.
She is survived by husband Robert; daughters
Lynda Green and husband,
Darrell, Billie
Brasher
and husband, Gerald, and
DeAnne Hatfield and husband, Byron; grandchildren
IRIS NAOMI KNOX
Doyle Green and wife, Penni, Judy Copp and husband,
Kyle, Jim Green and wife,
Staci, Jeff Green and wife,
Missy, Scott Brasher and
wife, Kami, Tony Brasher
and wife, Christina, Jennifer Chase and husband,
Jeff, and Jared Hatfield and
wife, Julie; sister Margaret
“Mim” Douglas and husband, Tony; sister-in-law
Gwen Reaves; 14 greatgrandchildren; and
six
great-great-grandchildren.
October 19, 2011
NEWS BRIEFS
and prizes. For more information or for
volunteer opportunities, call Dora Trejo
at (940) 210-0170.
We honor most all funeral plans
offered by any funeral home.
PAINT THE TOWN — Decatur Main
Street and Wise Regional Health System
present Paint Downtown Pink 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 21, on the Decatur
Square. The event will celebrate breast
cancer survivors and remember those
who have been lost to breast cancer.
Survivors will paint a pink line in the road
at 10:30 a.m. The event will also include
a bake sale, silent auction and special
promotions with local businesses. Fish
fry lunch is $6 or $5 if wearing pink.
All proceeds benefit Wise Regional
Health Foundation Mary’s Gift. For more
information, call (940) 627-6158.
ALVORD SPAGHETTI — Alvord High
School’s Black Diamond Dancers will
host a spaghetti dinner 5 to 7 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 21, with a silent auction
and door prizes also featured. Tickets
are $6 in advance and $7 at the door
for ages 10 and up and $4 in advance
and $5 at the door for ages 9 and below.
Call Jesse Romine at (940) 427-9643
or email [email protected] for more
information.
9A
SPORTS
VOLLEYBALL
Sissies close in on playoffs
The Bridgeport Sissies took a
big step toward securing a playoff spot Friday, rallying to score
a five-game victory at Mineral
Wells.
After dropping the first and
third games, the Sissies fought
back to force a tiebreaker that
they took by five points. Bridgeport won the match 15-25, 2519, 14-25, 25-15, 15-10.
“After being down 2-1 after
the third game, we settled into
our offense and did a much bet-
ter job from the service line,”
said Bridgeport coach Lynn
Larson. “I am very proud of the
way we came back and played
in the fifth game.”
Bridgeport moved to 22-11
and 5-2 in District 7-3A with
the victory. The Sissies, who
swept Mineral Wells, have a
two-match lead on it with three
matches left. They could clinch
a playoff berth with a win Tuesday.
Mariah Clayton led the Sis-
sies’ attack with 18 kills and
four blocks. Madyson Hancock
added 13 kills along with three
aces and three digs.
Taylor Henson put down six
kills with 15 assists. Skylar
Shawn had four kills.
Tiffany Hawkins handed out
19 assists.
Defensively, Leah Guinn and
Angelica Reyes made 10 digs
each. Tabitha Moses finished
with seven, and Kara Demmitt
five.
Lady Eagles secure
playoff position
The Decatur Lady Eagles easily clinched a playoff spot out
of District 7-3A Friday with a
three-game sweep over Lake
Worth.
Decatur beat Lake Worth 2515, 25-4, 25-12 to extend their
district winning streak to 30
matches. The Lady Eagles also
have won 53 straight district
games, dating back to October
2009.
Kortney Tompkins and Kortni
Robinson put down nine kills
each. Tompkins served up six
aces and made 20 digs.
Annelise Carpenter added six
kills, and Joey Redwine five.
Redwine also doled out 33
assists to go along with four
blocks.
Defensively, Ingrid Boatman
made 17 digs, and Amanda Delka eight.
CROSS COUNTRY
Decatur
runs
short
The Decatur Eagles and Lady
Eagles cross country teams were
shorthanded Saturday in their final
meets before the District 7-3A contest.
Both squads ran without several
top performers, who were out because of illness and scheduling conflicts.
The two squads are expected to be
at full strength for the 7-3A meet 1
p.m. Oct. 27 at Joe Wheeler Park in
Decatur.
At the Buffalo Stampede Saturday at Haltom City, Michael Smyers recorded the Eagles’ best time,
running a 16:36 on the three-mile
course. Remington May ran 17:03.
Travis Kyle turned in a 17:17,
Daniel Smyers, 17:19, and Brandon
Rivera 17:34. Austin Poole finished
in 17:47, Gunner Dailey, 18:00, and
Tyler Wilson 18:05.
For the Lady Eagles, Nancy Torres ran the best time, finishing the
two-mile course in 12:11. Zuleima
Palomo ran 12:33, and Morgan
Haney 12:50. Lluvia Ramos and Veronica Torres both finished in 12:59.
Tamara Maywald crossed the finish line in 13:46. Paulina Sanchez
turned in a 14:13 and Michaela
Cross 14:33.
Lady ’Dogs
take second
In their final tuneup before the
District 9-2A meet, the Alvord Lady
Bulldogs took second Saturday at
the Rick Neill Invitational in Lewisville.
The Lady Bulldogs finished with
89 points in the Class 4A-and-under race.
“Our kids did a great job today
running against some of the stiffest
competition in the area,” said Alvord
coach Curtis Enis. “The races were
very large, and they had to maneuver their way to the front through a
lot of traffic. It was a good tuneup
for the district meet.”
The 9-2A meet will be 10 a.m.
Monday at Kiwanis Park at Wichita
Lake in Wichita Falls.
Freshman Lacey Watkins led the
Lady Bulldogs, running a 12:19 on
the two-mile course for 12th place.
Senior Jordan Ward finished a spot
back in 12:22.
Freshman Clara Breashears took
17th in 12:24. Ariel Rogers claimed
20th in 12:28. Chelsey Steele ran a
12:39 for 27th as the Lady Bulldogs’
fifth runner.
Becky Hofsiss took 50th in 13:01,
and Madi Lynch 91st in 13:48.
In the boys race, Alvord’s Jonathan Musgrave finished 66th in
18:35. Bobby McKinnon was 75th
in 18:43. Logan Watkins took 101st
in 19:45. Kyle Dunn ran 20:31 for
120th. Logan Enis finished 123rd in
20:43 as the fifth Bulldog to cross
the finish line.
Keygun Beaver ran 20:58 in
127th.
Messenger photos by Kelly Guess
FULL OF CHEER — Gabrial Latham cheer on the Yellowjackets football team during a pep rally after receiving his team jersey. Latham, who is
battling cancer, has been taken in by the Boyd team.
Heart of the ’Jackets ...
Continued from 1A
rare form of cancer — neuroblastoma. He was
first diagnosed with the disease at 23 months
old. After going into remission following chemotherapy, he relapsed earlier this year with
a dime-sized tumor being discovered in his sinus cavity.=
He’s undergone another round of chemotherapy followed by experimental radiation
therapy in San Francisco. The next step may
be surgery to replace the orbital bone with a
prosthesis.
The long-term prognosis is not favorable,
but his family and his adopted team are not
giving up on the little boy with an infectious
smile.
“You can’t lose hope though it’s only 25 percent,” said his father, Ryan Latham, a 1991
Boyd graduate. “There’s people that relapse
three or four times and survive. I spoke with
a woman on Facebook that is a 32-year survivor.
“We’re trying to give Gabrial the best in the
years he has left. You hate to put it that way
because you never know.”
Gabrial missed being born on the lucky date
of July 7, 2007, by one day. He battled a series of sinus infections leading up to his second birthday. In June 2009, the Lathams took
their sick son to the emergency room in Lewisville to begin what they called their “worst
weekend.”
At first it was believed he was anemic and
was sent to Children’s Medical Center in Dallas for treatment. Once at Children’s, that diagnosis changed.
“The next morning, two doctors came in
with ‘pediatric oncologist’ on their name tags,”
said his mother Kymberly Latham. “I remember thinking, ‘What are they doing here,’ while
in the back of my mind I knew.”
Doctors delivered the news the Lathams
weren’t prepared for.
“They told us Gabrial has cancer, but
we don’t know what kind or where,” Ryan
Latham said. “Each time a doctor came in, it
got worse.
“The following Monday we met with the first
oncology fellow. He sat down with Kym and
me and went through what we were facing.”
Gabrial had a mass the size of his father’s
fist in his stomach along with tumors in his
chest, groin and behind his eyes. The cancer
also had infected his bone marrow.
“He had it everywhere,” Ryan Latham said.
“It was like a bad dream that you couldn’t
wake up from.”
The cancer was stage 4. Gabrial underwent
chemotherapy, a stem-cell transplant and also
became the first child at Children’s to undergo
immunotherapy.
After the series of treatments, he went into
remission. By the end of 2010 doctors told the
Lathams there was no evidence of the disease.
He still had to get body scans every three
months, and in April the family received news
that just nine months after going into remission the cancer was back.
“When we were told there was a relapse, I
kind of lost it and started screaming and crying,” Ryan Latham said.
The Lathams live in Frisco, but it happened
that this year was Ryan’s 20th-year high
school reunion. A classmate, James Partin,
asked Ryan to bring Gabrial to the reunion
and homecoming.
“[James] said, ‘why don’t you come to the
football game,’ and it was through his son that
the team rallied around him,” Ryan Latham
said.
Michael Partin said the love for the little
boy was instantaneous.
“The first time I met him it came to me, and
I felt like I had to do something,” Partin said.
“I asked the team if we could bring him in,
and they said, ‘Yes.’ We put him as part of our
team.”
At homecoming, Gabrial was presented a
ball signed by all the players, and he came out
on the field with the Boyd team.
“We have the ball in his bedroom,” Ryan
Latham said. “He’s always saying, ‘I want to
see my football friends.’”
The Lathams have been amazed how attached the Boyd players are to their son.
“It’s heartwarming and shows there’s good
people left in the world,” said Kym Latham.
“The kids are so wrapped up with him. Here’s
these huge football players crowding around
this tiny little guy. They took him as their
own.”
But his father said Gabrial’s personality has
a lot to do with the team’s attachment to him.
“He doesn’t know a stranger,” Ryan Latham
said. “He’ll walk up to anyone. Everyone falls
in love with him.
Veteran Boyd football coach J.G. Cartwright
is proud of the way his team has honored Gabrial.
“It’s a neat deal, and it’s all their idea,” Cartwright said. “He was in our dressing room
before the game. I’d give him a bump of the
fist.”
Beginning with the homecoming win over
Pilot Point, the Yellowjackets dedicated their
season to Gabrial.
“He’s real inspiring, and we play for him
every Friday,” said Bo Montgomery. “He’s so
young and joyful. He cheers us up about everything.”
The Yellowjackets lost their district opener
to Pottsboro on the road. Upon the loss, Boyd
senior captain Gabe Gillespie, who shares
a name with the little boy, said he thought
about him.
“It brings perspective to life,” Gillespie said.
“It’s not forever. He gives us something to play
for, a bigger cause.”
No surprise after being around Gabrial and
his infectious smile Friday, the Yellowjackets
rebounded with a dominating victory over
Howe.
“He helps us win these games,” Partin said.
“He’s the reason we win these games.”
10A
SPORTS
UIL steps
toward ...
Week Seven Area Leaders
Rushing
Player, Team
Gabe Huerta, Bridgeport
Victor Velasquez, Chico
Garrett Muehlstein, Decatur
Andrew Sims, Paradise
Dustin Brazeau, Decatur
Fino Cardona, Boyd
Joe Randall, Alvord
Haden Carpenter, Decatur
Kale Johnson, Paradise
Garland McCoy, Chico
Dylan Stubbe, Northwest
Jarrett Roper, Paradise
Dylan Hightower, Chico
Michael Reed, Northwest
Max Junkert, Decatur
Cameron McIntire, Boyd
Josh McDowell, Paradise
Casen Baker, Alvord
Jared Durdon, Decatur
Trent Schuett, Bridgeport
Grayson Muehlstein, Decatur
Dakota Chavis, Northwest
Rush
141
89
52
82
91
68
86
49
78
51
32
45
32
68
27
24
52
38
23
33
12
34
Yards
969
665
537
517
507
463
455
443
403
336
283
260
256
230
162
158
137
137
131
124
118
116
TD
12
5
9
9
8
7
5
2
4
4
2
1
3
2
2
0
1
0
1
2
1
3
Yds.
2136
1742
1316
1086
992
865
773
307
Passing
Player, Team
Colby Mahon, Bridgeport
Jared Cate, Boyd
Garrett Muehlstein, Dec.
Draze Lawliss, Northwest
Trevor Hardee, Alvord
Hunter York, Chico
Josh McDowell, Paradise
Garland McCoy, Chico
C
135
99
86
74
71
73
60
23
Att.
234
160
139
125
148
120
109
47
Int.
8
5
4
2
8
4
6
6
Receiving
Player, Team
Trent Schuett, Bridgeport
Abram Moreno, Boyd
Chasen Starnes, Boyd
Garrett Mullins, Bridgeport
Blake McDonald, Boyd
Allen Young, Northwest
Matt Dunn, Alvord
Andrew Sims, Paradise
Cooper Jackson, Decatur
Troy Johnson, Chico
Gabe Huerta, Bridgeport
Cody Long, Northwest
Caleb Hogan, Decatur
Chris Saunders, Decatur
Parrish Smith, Northwest
Ty McDaniel, Alvord
Jesse Brown, Alvord
Dylan Hightower, Chico
Jarrett Roper, Paradise
Josh Pewitt, Paradise
Chase Morrrison, Nortwest
Mason Terrell, Decatur
Blake Arrington, Bridgeport
Zach Vidal, Chico
Taylor Spence, Decatur
Ben Blattner, Decatur
Rec.
64
28
31
30
21
29
18
31
19
16
15
16
18
12
16
14
19
17
12
5
13
10
18
12
6
6
Yards
1064
645
541
529
342
378
370
344
337
313
310
298
256
241
237
228
211
194
166
167
163
142
149
135
135
131
TD
13
6
10
8
2
4
4
4
3
3
0
2
2
1
2
4
1
5
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
0
Tackles
Player, Team
Coleman Stapp, Decatur
Jared Durdon, Decatur
Chase Collins, Bridgeport
Tyler Morgan, Northwest
Tyler Horne, Bridgeport
Andrew Lingo, Bridgeport
Brevon Blaylock, Decatur
Nathan Dawson, Chico
Kale Johnson, Paradise
Chris Saunders, Decatur
Colton Paker, Decatur
Brannon Huff, Bridgeport
Devontae Gordon, Chico
Tackles
104
85
79
79
75
74
69
68
64
63
61
61
55
Sacks
Player, Team
Damien Loving, Decatur
Ethan King, Decatur
Chance Turner, Decatur
Carter James, Northwest
Daniel Wilson, Northwest
Sacks
7
6
6
5
3
Interceptions
Player, Team
Zach Vidal, Chico
Tyler Gardner, Bridgeport
Haden Carpenter, Decatur
Chase Collins, Bridgeport
Chase Reynolds, Paradise
Drake Trachta, Paradise
Cooper Jackson, Decatur
Casen Baker, Alvord
Andre Raymond, Bridgeport
Abram Moreno, Boyd
Chasen Starnes, Boyd
Anton Howard, Northwest
Derrick Benson, Northwest
Int.
4
4
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
Rushing Offense
Team
Decatur
Chico
Paradise
Alvord
Northwest
Bridgeport
Boyd
Yards/Avg.
285
210
197
145
132
129
116
Passing Offense
Team
Bridgeport
Boyd
Northwest
Decatur
Chico
Alvord
Paradise
Yards/Avg.
267
255
180
176
167
141
106
Total Offense
Team
Decatur
Bridgeport
Chico
Boyd
Northwest
Paradise
Alvord
Yards/Avg.
461
396
377
371
312
303
226
Rushing Defense
Team
Paradise
Decatur
Northwest
Chico
Boyd
Bridgeport
Alvord
Yards/Avg.
132
147.5
159.9
166
203
256
304
Passing Defense
Team
Alvord
Boyd
Paradise
Chico
Decatur
Bridgeport
Northwest
Yards/Avg.
90
92.5
94
118
113
196
264
Total Defense
Team
Paradise
Decatur
Chico
Boyd
Alvord
Northwest
Bridgeport
Yards/Avg.
226
260.5
284
295.5
394
423.9
452
Steering
in right ...
TD
23
17
13
8
11
10
7
4
He said he can work with the
new regulations.
“I said years ago, if everyone
would agree to go to one-adays, I’d be for it,” Cartwright
said. “We can live with it as
long as everyone is having to
go by the same rules.”
Decatur held two morning
sessions with an hour break
between workouts this year.
Athletic Director and football
coach Kyle Story also didn’t
mind the changes.
“As long as we’re under the
same rules, I don’t see a problem,” Story said. “It’ll be good
overall to keep the kids from
harm.”
The Decatur coach added
that summer conditioning
drills allowed now by the UIL
have players in better shape
for the start of workouts.
“With the summer workouts, conditioning is not as
huge of a factor,” Story said.
“It’s a little different now with
the better offseason summer
program.”
Bridgeport Athletic Director and football coach Danny
Henson disagreed with the
need for the change and the
UIL making a statewide regulation.
“This ought to be a local
school decision,” Henson said.
“If the people of Bridgeport
or Decatur think the kids are
being harmed by the coaches
and trainers, they could take
it to the superintendent.
He’s often facing centers and guards that outweigh him by 50 or more
pounds.
“It’s pretty tough against
the bigger guys,” he said.
“I’ve got to fight pretty
hard. I do everything I
can to get past them. I
usually have a little speed
on them and can hit them
before they get their feet
under them.”
Neighbors said his play
is starting to cause teams
to gameplan for Moore.
“They’ve got to account
for him,” Neighbors said.
The havoc he is causing
on the line is also freeing
up the Paradise linebackers to make plays.
“If I’m getting double
teammed that means
someone else is not
blocked and can get the
tackle,” Moore said.
As his lone varsity season winds to a close, he
hopes there is a playoff
spot for him and his teammates. He also is hoping
his steers can bring home
more awards.
“I want both,” Moore
said. “I’ve never been to
the playoffs with this being my first varsity sport.
A grand champion (steer)
would bring a lot of money.”
Messenger photo by Joe Duty
LESS WORK IN THE SUN — Alvord’s Jesse Brown gets a
drink of water during two-a-days in August. A UIL proposal
passed this week would limit two-a-days next fall.
They’ve always had the power to control employees.
“We got through two-a-days
without any trouble. This was
the hottest summer on record
and we were able to conduct
two-a-days, and our kids
stayed healthy.”
Henson added that the UIL
needs to consider pushing the
start of the season back, since
they are limiting teams’ time
to prepare.
“This will affect kids’ ability
to play in those early games
when it is still really hot,” he
said. “If we don’t have them
properly ready, it could do
them more harm.”
Cousins said pushing the
start date back to September
has not been discussed with
the new regulations.
“It could be an option,” he
said.
The legislative council also
made a major rule change
in track, instituting an area
meet for all classifications
starting in 2012-13. Area
meets are currently used in
Class A. The change would
send four participants in each
event from a district track
meet to the area meet. The
top four at area would then
advance to regionals.
“It’s a proposal that would
increase participation in the
postseason, but also could decrease the amount of cost to
schools participating,” Cousins said.
Decatur girls track coach
David Park favored the
change.
“It brings the field down at
regionals to a more manageable level, especially in the
distance races,” Park said.
The legislative council also
voted to create a referendum
ballot for superintendents in
each classification to vote on
changing the girls cross country race from two miles to 3.1
miles, starting next school
year.
“It will be by conference to
determine,” Cousins said.
Jackets, Panthers square off ...
Boyd rolled up 558 yards in
the win.
“It was like when we started the season with a loss to
Godley,” said Boyd coach J.G.
Cartwright. “We put that behind us and came back to play
well against Gunter. We did it
again the other night.”
While rolling up the yards
offensively, the Yellowjackets
had one of their best nights
defensively, limiting Howe
to fewer than 200 yards and
just a single fourth-quarter
score. Boyd also forced four
turnovers.
“It may have been our most
complete defensive game,”
Cartwright said.
The Yellowjackets’ strong
defensive play may be coming
at the wrong time for a Paradise offense that has struggled the past two weeks. After managing just 178 yards
in the win over Howe in the
district opener, Paradise had
217 last week against Callisburg, but failed to find the
end zone.
Neighbors said the loss of
three starters has hurt them
on offense, but is not the only
reason for the troubles scoring.
“We can’t use that as an
excuse,” he said. “We have to
play to win and not to lose. I
thought the last two weeks
we were tentative and afraid
to make mistakes.”
The Panthers will try to get
running back Andrew Sims
and their stable of backs on
track again behind their big
offensive line.
Cartwright said the Paradise line could give them
trouble.
“Their line is big and good
with most of them returning
from last year,” Cartwright
said. “Against big, physical
teams, we’ve struggled for
sure.”
The Paradise defense continues to play strong, limiting
teams to 226 yards per game,
including 94 yards through
the air.
“Their defense is playing
well,” Cartwright said. “We
know they are going to play
hard and be well prepared.”
Boyd quarterback Jared
Cate threw for 412 yards and
four touchdowns last week.
He has thrown for 1,742
yards and 17 touchdowns
this year.
“He’s throwing the ball well,
but he’s also moving around,”
Neighbors said.
Messenger’s Weekly Pick’em
ROTTNER
MAJOR
KNOX
GREENE
EVANS
Alvord vs. Holliday
Holliday
Holliday
Alvord
Holliday
Holliday
Boyd at Paradise
Boyd
Boyd
Boyd
Boyd
Boyd
Bridgeport vs. Castleberry
Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Bridgeport
Chico at Collinsville
Collinsville
Collinsville
Collinsville
Collinsville
Collinsville
Northwest at Coppell
Coppell
Coppell
Coppell
Coppell
Coppell
UNT vs. La-Monroe
La-Monroe
La-Monroe
UNT
UNT
La-Monroe
SMU at Southern Miss.
SMU
S. Miss
SMU
SMU
S. Miss
Wisconsin at Michigan St.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Michigan St.
Wisconsin
Wisconsin
Auburn at LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
LSU
Notre Dame vs. USC
Notre Dame
Notre Dame
USC
Notre Dame Notre Dame
Abilene Christ. vs Midwestern
Midwestern
ACU
Midwestern
ACU
Midwestern
Texans at Titans
Titans
Titans
Texans
Titans
Texans
WEEK
9-3
5-7
9-3
7-5
9-3
OVERALL
66-30
66-30
62-34
72-24
77-19
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Bulls try to tame winless Lions
By RICHARD GREENE
After scoring a last-second victory on the road Friday against
defending District 7-3A champion Mineral Wells, the Bridgeport Bulls are back in control of
their own destiny of getting to
the playoffs.
The Bulls (5-3, 1-1) will try
to move a step closer to securing that berth with a victory at
Bull Memorial Stadium Friday
at 7:30 p.m. against the winless
Castlesberry Lions (0-7, 0-2).
“That was a big win for us,”
said Bridgeport coach Danny
Henson. “Numerically it put us
in a good position. We’d also like
to get on a roll at the end of the
season.”
The Bulls had an impressive
game offensively against Mineral Wells. After falling behind 140, Bridgeport rallied and posted
531 yards. The Bulls ran for 208
yards behind 193 from Gabe
Huerta.
Quarterback Colby Mahon
threw for 323 yards and two
touchdowns.
Henson pointed to it being a
strong night for the Bulls’ offensive line. The group did not allow
a sack while plowing the way for
a big rushing night.
“That was as good as any night
on a big stage for our line,” Henson said.
Against Castleberry, the Bulls
will face a team that has struggled to stop people and score this
season. The Lions have failed to
score more than a touchdown in
all seven of their games. They are
allowing 35 points per game.
The Lions were off last week
after losing their league opener
30-6 to Mineral Wells. Castleberry led that game 6-0 in the
first quarter.
“They’ve struggled offensively,
but their last game against Mineral Wells was probably their
best game of the season,” Henson
said. “They showed something,
and if you’re not playing well,
they can turn it into a dogfight.
“We have to be prepared.”
Alex Scallion leads the Lions
with 294 yards rushing on 70
carries.
Quarterback Francisco Perez
threw for 132 yards, completing 12 of his 26 passes with a
touchdown and an interception
against Mineral Wells. He also
ran for 24 yards.
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Castleberry (0-7)
7:30 p.m.
at Bull Stadium
Last meeting: Bridgeport won 55-7
Bridgeport: Harris Rating 213
Notable: Despite three losses on the
season, Bridgeport has outscored
its opponents 225 to 125 during the
second half.
Castleberry: Harris Rating 163
Notable: The winless Lions are averaging a woeful 6.6 points per game.
The three players who have lined
up as quarterback have a combined
one touchdown and six interceptions. The Lions have also lost eight
fumbles.
Harris line: Bridgeport by 47
Texans take on Cowboys
By RICHARD GREENE
The Northwest Texans
ended a five-game slide and
three-game losing streak in
District 7-5A with a muchneeded victory last week
over Keller.
The Texans (2-5, 1-3) will
try to keep their slim hopes
of returning to the playoffs
alive Friday as they head to
Coppell to take on the Cowboys (5-2, 2-2) at 7:30 p.m.
“We’ve got three games
left against three teams
we’re capable of beating,”
said Northwest coach Bill
Patterson. “We’ve got to play
one game at a time.”
The Texans beat Keller
28-23, jumping out to an
early lead and holding on in
the second half. The Northwest defense forced three
turnovers, turning one into
an 85-yard interception return by Anton Howard.
“The kids played hard
and came up with some big
plays,” Patterson said. “We
did a good job of keeping
everything in front of us defensively. We also blocked a
punt. It was just an overall
great effort.”
The Texans’ charge this
week will be slowing down
the Cowboys’ running game
led by Luke Jenner, who has
821 yards on 154 carries
with eight touchdowns this
season.
“He runs hard, and they
have a huge offensive line,”
Patterson said.
The Texans will need
another strong game from
junior quarterback Draze
Lawliss, who completed 12
of his 17 attempts last week
for 117 yards and a touchdown. Lawliss also ran for
60.
A big stat for the Texans
last week was only one turn-
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(5-2)
7:30 p.m.
at Cowboy Stadium
Last meeting: Coppell won
49-14
Northwest: Harris Rating 202
Notable: The Texans picked
up their first district win of
the season last week thanks
in part to the efficient play of
quarterback Draze Lawliss.
He’s accounted for eight touchdowns and only two interceptions for the season.
Coppell: Harris Rating 225
Notable: The Cowboys are a
force at home. They haven’t
lost a home game since a
31-26 loss to Flower Mound
Marcus on Oct. 24, 2008.
Harris line: Coppell by 24
over — a fumble.
“We’ve got to make sure
we take care of the ball,”
Patterson said.
Dogs hope to slow Eagles
By RICHARD GREENE
LOOKING FOR A TARGET — Chico quarterback Hunter York tries to unload the ball as a
Muenster defender moves in for the hit.
Chico looks to reel in
red-hot Pirates
By RICHARD GREENE
The Chico Dragons had
trouble staying with Lindsay and Muenster in a pair
of losses to start District 5-A
Division I play.
The Dragons (4-3, 0-2)
must now try to slow possibly
the league’s hottest team, the
Collinsville Pirates (5-2, 2-0).
The Pirates upended Lindsay 20-7 last week, the same
Knights squad that beat Chico in the league opener 52-6.
“They are the real deal,”
said Chico coach Stephen
Carter. “They have three
move-ins that have helped
them and a big line that averages 260 pounds up front.”
The Pirates are led by
quarterback Cory Ragsdale,
who ran for 1,500 yards last
season. This year, he’s run for
only 257 yards and thrown
for 464. But the Pirates
have several other weapons
in their ground game. John
Lewis has 618 yards and seven touchdowns rushing. Catfish Brown has added 320
yards and five touchdowns.
“They are not running
Ragsdale as much, but he’s
a good quarterback,” Carter
said. “He’s 6-5, 230 and can
throw for 200 yards if needed. But Lewis and Brown are
tough to stop.”
The Dragons stayed with
the fourth-ranked Muenster
Hornets for most of the first
half last week. Muenster
scored in the final seconds of
the half to stretch their lead
to 20-6.
“I was proud of the kids
and the way they responded
after our worst game of the
year against Lindsay,” Carter
said.
Chico struggled in the
passing game against the
speedy, physical Muenster
defense. The Dragons completed five of their 11 passes
for nine yards with two inter-
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Last meeting: Collinsville won
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Chico: Harris Rating 171
Notable: Despite the Dragon
offense only accounting for
9 passing yards last week,
runningback Victor Velasquez
accounted for 174 yards on
20 carries to get 665 for the
season.
Collinsville: Harris Rating 200
Notable: Pirate runningback
Catfish Brown is averaging
106.7 yards per game and
8.4 yards per carry.
Harris line: Collinsville by 30
ceptions.
“Muenster did a good job
of shutting down our screen
game,” Carter said.
The Alvord Bulldogs’
hopes of returning to the
Class 2A playoffs for a second straight year took a big
hit Friday with a loss to Nocona.
Alvord (2-5, 0-2) now must
try to slow down the District 3-2A Division II leading Holliday Eagles Friday
at Bulldog Stadium at 7:30
p.m. Friday.
“They don’t have a weakness,” said Alvord coach
Curtis Enis. “We’ll need to
play mistake-free and get
some breaks.”
Alvord will try to bounce
back from a disappointing
34-27 loss to Nocona. The
Bulldogs had a game-tying
touchdown called back with
six minutes left.
But it wasn’t Alvord’s lone
issue on the night. The Bulldogs’ defense, which came
into the game allowing 245
yards per game rushing, allowed Nocona to run for 412
on 57 rushes. Tate Fengolio
ran for 328 yards.
“We’re still having the
same problems stopping the
run,” Enis said. “I’m more
personally going to get more
involved on the defense.
We’re through making personnel changes.”
Alvord will need to improve its rushing defense to
slow down Holliday, which
ran for 234 yards last week
in a 29-0 win over Henrietta. The Eagles are averaging
better than eight yards per
rush.
“Their strengths are our
weaknesses,” Enis said.
Holliday quarterback Jacob Cole has rushed for 631
yards and thrown for 686.
Austin Twilligear has added
573 yards rushing for the
Eagles.
The Eagles’ defense has
been impressive in district
play, posting a pair of shutouts. They held Henrietta to
160 yards last week.
“They are so fast at every
position,” Enis said. “They
have three good guys up
front, and their other guys
are so fast and pursue the
ball so quickly.”
Alvord quarterback Trevor Hardee is coming off a
strong outing last week
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Last meeting: Holliday won 306
Alvord: Harris Rating 178
Notable: Alvord has dropped
four straight games. The defense continues to struggle
and yielded 412 yards on the
ground last week to district foe
Nocona.
Holliday: Harris Rating 210
Notable: The Holliday Eagles
have only allowed six total
points in their last three games
and shut out both district foes
they have faced this season, including Nocona and Henrietta.
Harris line: Holliday by 31
against Nocona. He set
school records for completions, 19, and yards, 270, in
a game. He has tied the record for touchdown passes
in a season with 12.
“Trevor hung in the pocket and threw the ball well,”
Enis said. “[This week] he’ll
have to have his head on
a swivel. We’ll have to be
smart on our routes.”
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victory. Moreno hauled in eight passes for 193 yards. He
caught touchdown passes of 84, 37 and 16 yards. He also
kicked five extra points and made six tackles on defense. For
his efforts, Moreno earned the Wise County JRobs’
Player of the Week award.
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edge of Bridgeport. $450/month
plus $300/deposit. (940)399-0080.
2/2 mobile home in country, lots of
trees, south of Decatur. No smoking. $600/month, $600/deposit.
(940)206-0400.
3-bedroom, 2-bath mobile home on
8 acres, Alvord schools. No smoking. $900/month, $500/deposit.
Available Oct. 17. (940)389-2335.
Waitresses & prep cooks needed.
Evening & weekend hours. Apply in
person, Cow Camp Steakhouse,
Highway 287 North, Decatur; Thursday, Oct. 20, 1-3p.m.
Medical/Dental
Now hiring for the following positions,
• Certified
Medication Aides
• Certified Nurse Aides
Spend the winter on the lake! Furnished 1-room cabin on Lake
Bridgeport, all utilities, full-size
kitchen, Dish TV, (no phones).
$720/month plus tax, $100/refundable deposit. Call (940)683-3016.
Available November-March.
2-bedroom, 2-bath, mobile home in
Chico. $600/month, $600/deposit.
Call Kevin, (719)660-5992.
Now hiring waitress for Friday night,
Saturday, Sunday. Must be able to
work in fast-paced environment. Experience required. Apply in person,
Mason Jar Cafe, 6471 FM 2123,
Paradise.
Senior Care Health &
Rehabilitation Center
RENTALS
Decatur: 3/1/2, FM 51 South.
Bridgeport: 3/1 on acre, FM1655,
$850. Large 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath
home, lake front.
Cannon Realty & Property Management, (940)368-1811.
Mobile Homes
!!ATTENTION!!
Advertising under this classification is normally not a bona fide
opportunity. Typically, companies advertising here offer information about potential employment. Some are selling this information. We suggest that our
readers thoroughly investigate
these advertisers before investing any money.
Food service
CAROUSEL PROPERTIES
Runaway Bay, 3/2, appliances,
washer/dryer connections, CH/A,
$850-950/month, $1,000/deposit.
Cuba road, 2/1, appliances,
$600/month,
$750/deposit.
(940)539-0738.
Very nice 3-bedroom, 2-bath modular home, close to Dairy Queen,
Bridgeport. Stove, dishwasher furnished. $650/month, $500/deposit.
(940)210-0913.
Employment information
FT 2-10 P.M. SHIFT
• Laundry Aide
Apply In Person At
701 West Bennett Rd., DECATUR or call
940-626-2800
EEO M/F/D/V
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to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status or national origin,
or an intention, to make any such
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EQUAL HOUSING
1-800-927-9275.
OPPORTUNITY
Bridgeport
Decatur
Rhome
1606 W. Bus. 380 817-638-5100 192 W. Hwy. 380
940-683-3080
940-627-3080
Sue Ann Denton, Inc.
• Jana Bearden • Martha Cleveland • Jay Conquest
• Joey Duncan • Sue Ann Denton • Bob Grommesh • Kim Holt
• Steve Jones • Angie Kasner • Jane Kasner • Robert Meek • Sue Meek
• Sandy Onks • Tonya Shaffer • Kay Stanfield • Angie Uselton • Melissa Day
Paradise- Just reduced! Custom brick home in the country
on 1.25 acres. Open concept, beautiful granite counter tops,
wood flooring, lots of windows, great attention to details. MB has
jacuzzi tub with separate 5’x 5’shower and beautiful arch window.
Fourth bedroom upstairs has full bath and closet, could be used
as game room or media room. New 30x40 shop makes the
perfect addition to the treed cul-de-sac lot.
Preferred Properties
940-627-1990
DECATUR & BRIDGEPORT
Very nice, large 3/2 & 2/2 duplexes
in great location. No pets/smoking.
(940)627-9028.
ER
• Sunset - 8.83 acres, 25x75 horse barn,
tank, water. $59,500
• Alvord Schools - 10.3 acres, wooded with
deep well. $75,000
• N. Sunset - 150 acres, Denton Creek, good
farm & hunting place. $3,500 per acre
• N. Sunset - 20 acres Hwy 101. $80,000
• N. Alvord - Prime Hwy. 287 & CR Frontage
16+ acres. $12,000 per acre
• N. Alvord - 13 acres, two CR frontage,
$6,500 per acre.
• Lake Bridgeport - Waterfront property,
2/1.5 remodel. $95,900
• Sunset - 167 acres, good cattle & horse
place, 40x40 building, stock tank, well &
septic. Reduced to $2,695 per acre
• Alvord ISD - 4.71 acres, no mobiles.
$9,000/acre
• Sunset Hwy 101 - 30x40 commercial
building. Good business or makes a nice
home. $69,500 Seller anxious
• Sunset - 26+/- acres, new stock tank.
$5,000 per acre. Owner Finance.
• Decatur - 5+ acres, good Hwy 380 frontage.
$145,000
• Alvord - 5+ acres, Alvord school, heavily
wooded. $35,000
• N. of Bowie 160 acres, rough and rugged
$2,595/acres
• Park Springs - 9+ acres $4,500 per acre
Owner Financing.
• Sunset - Hwy. 287 93 beautiful acres, barn,
coastal, lots of tanks. $3,500 per acre.
• S. of Boyd - 32+ acres FM 730 on Trinity
River. $6,500 per acre
• E. of Sunset - 2-10 acre tracts, sell one or
both. $4,500 per acre.
RENTALS
W
I
Acreage
FSBO, 3/2/2
on 2 lots, split bedrooms, open living area. 129 Lakeshore Drive, Runaway
Bay.
$122,500.
(940)389-8443.
EMPLOYMENT
1205 Halsell St, Bridgeport • 940-683-4008
Fred Meyers, Broker
Mike Jones, Realtor 940-393-5229
Jared McComis, Realtor • 940-399-7530
EQUAL HOUSING
OPPORTUNITY
Just Listed! Extremely nice 3/2/2 home on an amazing corner lot filled with mature oak trees. $60,000
188 CR 2195-Country 3/2 brick home on 2.798 acres, 24x30 man cave w/insulation & electricity. $225,000
827 Port O Call-3/2/2 brick on 2 acres in Runaway Bay with pond out front, guest quarters & more. $223,000 Call
Mike Jones for information
CR 3390-160+/- acres with scattered trees, open coastal field, fenced, large stock tank. 2010 Oakcreek 3/2
doublewide. $783,000
23 Robinhood-3/2 brick with lots of oak trees for shade, sits in established neighborhood on over .5 acre. $125,000
Call Mike Jones for information
102 W. Cates St.-Old nursing home on Westside of Bridgeport. Lots of opportunities in this building. Priced at $425,000
201 PR 4573-Commercial business off Hwy 114 with 2 large buildings on 2.78 +/- acres. $199,000
1901 Wild Horse- 4/3.5/2 brick home on 2.685 acres in Mustang Creek with lots of amenities. $249,000.
Call Mike Jones for more information.
PR 3628-44+/- acres of raw land with a creek running through the property. Plenty of spaces to build your dream
home with wildlife on property. $127,250
10th Street-Looking to build in the city limits of Bridgeport, 12 residential lots with scattered trees and minutes to
everything. Priced at $110,000
PR 3671-Beautiful 41 +/- acres to build your dream home with mature trees, rolling pasture land stock tanks, and
wildlife. Priced at $5250/acre
217 Aston Drive-Deep water, great location, 3/2 with 2 story dock, boat house, shade trees and landscaped. $490,000
Call Mike Jones for more information.
165 Aston Drive-Lake cabin by the dam on Lake Bridgeport. 2/2.5 enclosed back porch. Crappie/boat house
grandfathered in. Currently being updated. $309,000 Call Mike Jones for more information.
144 Nottingham Circle- Nice 3/2 home in Bridgeport. $115,000
1105 Hovey-Looking to put your business with Hwy frontage, then this building is for you! Reduced to $125,000
1111 Halsell St- Lots of potential here, could be restaurant or office space. $92,000
1702 Edgewood-Investors look here-Well established apartment complex in Bridgeport.
Segundo Dr-Corner lot in Runaway Bay with scattered trees. $7,000
1505 16th St-Fixer Upper in Bridgeport 3/2/1 frame home. $55,000
Decatur- Just listed! 3/2/2 brick and stone with
cedar trim on corner lot into cul de sac. Master bath
boasts his and her vanities with walk in shower.
Granite countertops throughout. Crown molding.
Gas log fireplace in living area. Oversized garage
for extra storage. Radiant barrier. This home has all
the upgrades.
Bridgeport- Just listed! Beautiful, like new, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home in secluded subdivision. Many
amenities include granite counter tops, custom cabinets, tile and high end carpet. Outside enjoy the
landscaping, wooden fence and sprinkler system.
Bridgeport- Country home on 10.5 acres south of Bridgeport. This property fronts FM 920 and has
mature scattered trees and very nice setting. Home features wood burning fireplace and a game room
that could be a 4th bedroom. This place is well maintained and shows well.
New metal roof. New front door and shutters.
Chico- Just reduced! Energy efficient brick home with 12 inch exterior walls. Large country kitchen
with lots of cabinets. Large master suite with closet that is also safe room. Large workshop, hay barn
and tractor barn. 2 water wells and a stock tank on property. Fenced and cross fenced. Approx 10
acres coastal and 4 acres wheat field. Scattered trees.
Chico- Just listed! This very spacious home has large rooms and the living area has a wood burning
fireplace. Home is located on 1 acre on a paved road.
Decatur- Just reduced! This immaculate 48 acre Park like ranch has rolling coastal fields and private
2100’ grass runway has been REDUCED. OWNER SAYS SELL! The fully equipped guest-bunk house
provides great living space for visitors, workers or family. The casual yet elegant ranch house has wooden
floors, plantation shutters and a huge master suite with ample room for a sitting room and office.
Beautiful Lake Bridgeport, Runaway Bay, North Star Pointe, Moonlight Bay, Sunset Bay, Silver
Lakes, Bridgeport Airport Estates, Lake House Estates - A large variety of lake lots and waterfront
lots available. Call our office first!
Wise County’s#1 Real Estate Company
(per MLS statistical data)
www.century21sueanndenton.com
EMPLOYMENT
Full-time home health aide for growing company. 1-year experience required. Mileage, excellent pay,
benefits. 1st Texas Home Health,
(940)626-2266.
Restoration shop seeking qualified
body man. Se necesita body man
calificade para restauracion de
autos.
HNH
Rod
Shop.
(817)789-8101.
GIRLING HEALTH CARE
PERSONAL CARE ATTENDANTS
Seeking caring and dependablepeople to work in the homes of
elderly and disabled clients in Poolville Area. Will assist with preparing
meals, shopping, personal care, errands, light housekeeping, and
other assigned duties. We offer
flexible day, evening, and weekend
shifts. Must be at least 18-years of
age with a clean criminal background. MUST have reliable transportation. No certifications or prior
experience required.
Fax resume, referencing Ad #11581
to (254)965-8817. For an application, call (877)885-7056. Apply online at www.girling.com; or apply in
person at 2301 West South Loop.
Stephenville, Texas 76401. E.O.E.,
M/F/D/V.
Texascraft.com is looking for a computer literate, energetic person to
pull and process internet orders. We
offer supplemental healthcare plan,
paid vacation and sick time. Go to
www.pergatrans.com/empdatabase
to apply online.
Need licensed physical therapist for
Decatur, Texas physical therapy
center. Full or part-time.
(405)202-9528.
Now hiring cashier/supervisor. Applicant must possess leadership, organization and customer service
skills. Apply in person at South
Beach Taco Factory, 113 State
Street, Decatur.
Welders helper and sandblaster
wanted. Willing to train. Starting pay
$9/hour. Apply in person at Bob
King's Truck Beds, LLC, 1667 E.
Highway 114, Boyd.
Office
HR Specialist, responsible for all human resource activities including
payroll and insurance for 200+ employees. Must have extensive
QuickBooks and Excel skills. Ability
to work in a fast paced, multi-task
environment. Minimum 2-years payroll experience. Resumes submitted
by email:
[email protected];
or by fax: (940)969-2353.
Receptionist to answer phones,
some light duty office work possible.
Starting pay $8/hour. Apply in person at Bob King's Truck Beds, LLC,
1667 E. Highway 114, Boyd.
Urgent Care Center in Decatur
seeking Certified Medical Assistant
or LVN; also hiring X-Ray technician.Fax resume to (940)626-2113.
Miscellaneous
Great customer service staff
needed, CS & Reservations. Must
type, computer skills, weekends required. Apply in person:
www.mdresort.com/map.
Industrial Supply Solutions, Inc. in
Chico has an opening for inside
sales. Send resume to [email protected].
MASH before & after school program is now hiring caregivers. Good
pay and incentives. Mon.-Fri., a.m.
& p.m. hours available. Must be
21-years-old, have diploma or
equivalent and pass background
check. Located in Rhome area. Call
now,
(817)638-5511
or
(817)366-5865.
NOW HIRING
experienced computer tech, maintenance person and other positions
listed on our website. Apply at Market Place, 1202 S FM 51, Decatur
or:
www.marketplacegrocery.com.
Residential/commercial cleaning
techs needed. Days, evenings,
weekends, Wise County. Valid driver’s license, good transportation required. Email resume/salary requirements: [email protected].
$
Retail/Sales
Store Manager. Excellent customer
service and teamwork skills are critical. Apply in person at PACK 'N'
MAIL, 1710 S. FM 51, Decatur.
Trades
Backhoe operator with CDL needed.
Benefits available. Call for appointment, (940)872-2676; or fax resume
to (940)872-1179; or email
[email protected].
Badger Daylighting Corporation,
North America’s leader in non-destructive excavating, is hiring a
Safety Manager in the Weatherford
area. Qualified candidates will have
experience in excavation in the civil,
utilities, and/or oil field markets.
Also need OSHA 500 Trainer and
OQ trainer. Salary, benefits, 401k,
vacation, and company vehicle. Visit
Badgerinc.com to learn more about
us! Email resumes:
[email protected].
Company drivers & owner operators
wanted. Home daily, paid weekly,
incentive programs. End dump &
pneumatic tanker. (817)589-7063.
DAY SHIFT AVAILABLE. Looking
to hire experienced vacuum truck
drivers, starting at $15.50/hour. Insurance program available. Call
(940)626-8248 or (940)389-0399.
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SERVICES
Drivers
$0 DOWN PAID CDL TRAINING
Guaranteed job placement. 4-week
training. Fort Worth based, full
benefits! $40K-$50K first year.
(817)529-5800.
Hiring CDL drivers. Tanker endorsement and end dump. (940)389-2579
or (940)427-4953.
METAL BUILDING EXPERIENCE
Now hiring welder, 5+ years experience a must. Serious inquiries only.
Lamance Welding, (940)389-3230.
Metroplex Welding Supply is accepting applications for a full-time
delivery driver. Must have Class B
with HazMat endorsement. 40-50
hour work week. Please apply in
person or call (940)627-6820.
Now hiring Class A CDL drivers with
2-years experience. Oilfield/environmental/construction transportation. Paid weekly, insurance, Aflac,
paid vacations and much more. Call
Daniel, (800)448-6323.
Now hiring Class-A CDL drivers,
tanker endorsement required. Inquire at (817)995-5024.
Now hiring drilling rig tech, SCR top
drive experience and basic electrical
knowledge needed. Must work in
North Texas area. Call for appointment, (940)872-2676; fax resume to
(940)872-1179; email
[email protected].
NOW HIRING truck driver, full-time,
Class A or B CDL required, experienced driver only. $13-$15/hour.
Hauling in Wise and surrounding
counties. Apply @ 872 S. Highway
101, Chico; (940)644-2879.
NOW HIRING!
Welders, Machine Operators and
Machinists. Please call Jennifer at
(817)345-4937. EOE.
SCHOOL
BUS
DRIVERS
NEEDED, Training available.
Enjoy important and meaningful
work that is close to home with favorable hours (weekend work not
required ) and competitive pay and
benefits. Prospective team members must be able to pass a D.O.T.
physical, be drug free, and possess
a clean driving record. Contact the
Decatur ISD Transportation Department at (940)393-7120.
Site Safe Solutions is looking for oilfield supervisor w/CDL for our growing business in N.E. Pennsylvania.
Opportunities up to $22.50/hour.
Great growth potential for right individual.
Email
resume:
[email protected];
fax,
(940)668-6688.
Wanted experienced, winch truck or
pole truck drivers. Fowler Transportation, (254)898-0932.
Wanted: experienced OTR drivers
w/step deck & RGN knowledge, for
transport
of
equipment.
(817)847-8534.
SERVICES
• Childcare
• Business
• Housecleaning
• Let Me Fix It
• Miscellaneous
• Tutoring
SERVIC
Business
Rick’s
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Roll/Off Container
Service for
Trash & Debris Removal
Haz-Mat Containment &
Removal
940-683-3770
Bridgeport, TX 76426
Looking for a qualified individual to plan, direct, manage and oversee
the activities and operations of the Bridgeport Library including
advising and assisting City management in library related activities;
and representing the City’s interests with other levels and agencies of
government, business interests and the community. Duties include hiring,
training and supervising library staff; preparing and monitoring library
budget; maintaining records and required reports; assisting patrons; and
preparing presentations for the Mayor and City Council, Library Board
and other public groups and agencies.
Qualifications: Minimum of two years of increasingly responsible
library experience. Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited
university with major coursework in library science or a closely related
field. Masters degree preferred.
Please fax employment application and resume to Judi Conger at
940-683-3401or [email protected]. For job description or
application, please go to www.cityofbridgeport.net.
The City of Bridgeport is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
CALDWELL HOUSE CLEANING
No job too small. Residential or
commercial. 25% discount on 3rd
cleaning. 20-years experience.
(817)495-6483, (817)205-4647,
Carla or Mary.
Loaded down, can’t find the time,
too busy to clean? “We’ve got a
maid 4 U.” Free estimates. Denise,
(940)765-8318.
LOCAL CLEANING SERVICE
Commercial, residential, bonded/insured. Make ready, 1-time or repeat. We clean what others miss.
pennyWise Cleaning Service,
(940)210-5450.
Let me fix it
A+ HANDYMAN SERVICE
Home repairs, light plumbing & electric, mower & window screen repair.
(817)995-7960.
DUGAN’S PAINTING
Interior/exterior. Stain & lacquer
cabinets. Drywall repair. Minor carpentry work. No job too small. Call
anytime, (940)393-9645.
MCROREY RENOVATIONS
drywall, cracks fixed, texture, carpentry, siding, minor sprinkler repairs, painting, telephone and TV
wiring, surround sound, and handyman work. Eric, (940)799-7086.
PRO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
(940)577-4135. Remodeling, interior
& exterior painting, drywall, cabinets, trim, tile, handyman jobs.
Quality work done right.
STEVE’S HANDYMAN
Electric, plumbing, framing, cabinets, countertops, drywall, painting,
lawn maintenance, hauling, tree removal, pressure washing. Free estimates. (817)471-7597.
FARM AND RANCH
FARM A
RANC
• Farm Equipment • Fencing
• Lawn & Garden • Livestock
• Livestock Care/Training
• Miscellaneous • Mowing
• Pasture & Feed • Poultry
Farm Equipment
1967 IH 404 TRACTOR
engine rebuilt 2007, 2 propane
tanks, side carrier mount, 6 foot
bush
hog.
$2,500/OBO.
(817)636-2507, (940)389-2221.
Fencing
3D FARM & RANCH SERVICES
All types fencing, metal buildings,
carports, custom gates, entrances,
cattle guards, mobile & shop welding, general clean-up, skid steer
work. YOU NAME IT, WE DO IT!!
(940)210-1242.
AFFORDABLE FENCING
All types, including chain
link, wood privacy, vinyl,
farm fencing. Installation
or repair. (940)626-9290.
www.affordablefencing.net
ALFALFA HAY
Horse quality, 3x4x8 bales, Wyoming Alfalfa and 6x6 Montana
grass/Alfalfa rounds. Also, 3x3x8 Alfalfa/Orchard grass, cow quality
squares.(940)389-3891.
LLAMAS
weanlings (6-months-old), adults,
bred females, guardians & pet quality. We provide training & support
for new owners. (940)433-5897.
SPOTS, CROSSES AND DUROC
show pigs: ages for project and major shows. Texas bred certificates
available on request. Call
(940)872-5785.
Livestock care/training
ALL AROUND HORSESHOEING
& Trims. (940)433-2700.
RED RIVER HORSESHOEING
Serving Wise & surrounding counties. Call Steve Sewell for prices,
(940)366-1485. Certified.
Pasture and feed
CUSTOM ROUND/SQUARE
baling , mowing, plowing, grain drill, trees
trimmed, gardens
tilled. Hay hauling and
hay for sale. Call
(940)393-9616, (940)683-3148.
HAY
4x5 coastal round bales, Alvord
area. (940)389-4957.
HAY FOR SALE
Coastal/Bermuda, 4x5 net-wrapped
bales, fertilized. (940)210-1634.
HAY FOR SALE
Round bales Missouri cow hay, no
coastal. Call (940)433-2678 or
(940)337-1728.
HAY FOR SALE. Large, round
bales, horse or cow quality.
(817)366-9113.
LONESOME DOVE FEED
Authorized Bryant
dealer, whole corn
$9.75/50#,
clean
coastal square bales.
Located
1231
CR4380, Decatur. (940)389-2945.
NO-TILL DRILLING
Available for winter pasture.
(940)859-5555/
PETS
• Pets
PETS
CLEARVIEW TREE SERVICE
Tree removal & stump grinding. Insured,
local seniors discount.
(940)626-4345.
KUBOTA ZERO TURN
mower, 321 diesel, less than 50
hours. New, $11,200; priced to sell!
Email for details, photos:
[email protected].
MR. SWEEP’S
Chimney Cleaning Service. Chimney caps, dryer vent cleaning & fireplace repairs. Call, ask for $20 discount. (817)692-5624.
SS LAWN CARE
Full lawn care service. Mowing,
landscaping, tree trimming, fertilization, flower beds and more. References available. 10-years experience. Commercial/residential. Call
Shane
for
free
estimate.
(940)210-9444.
S&S PAINTING
Interior & exterior. Paint & stain
cabinets. Free estimates. Call
Brenda Dugan, (940)389-0845.
TREES TRIMMED & REMOVED
36 years in business, insured. All
major credit cards accepted.
(817)444-0861, Teater.
Fence Pipe and Supplies
2 3/8 - 2 7/8 - 31/2 - 41/2 - 51/2
Square & Rectangle Tubing
C-Purlin
Domed Caps and Springs
All Types of Steel
Authorized Dealer
Flusche Enterprises, Inc.
Muenster, TX
COMPUTER ARMOIRE
make by Hooker, lots of storage
space, great features. Would work
w/any decorating style. Excellent
condition.
$650/OBO.
(940)969-2680.
Garage sales
!!ATTENTION!!
Garage sale ads must be called in
BEFORE 10a.m. Tuesday to run in
the Thursday edition. If you want
your garage sale ad in All Around
Wise also, it MUST be called in before 10a.m. Friday THE WEEK BEFORE the sale. We do not run garage sales the weekend before the
sale.
Bridgeport, 1808 9th Street, #15,
Thur.-Sat., Oct. 20-22. 5-families,
indoors/outdoors. Men, women,
teenage name brand clothes; furniture & more.
Bridgeport, 936 CR 1326, Pleasant
View Baptist area, Fri.-Sat., Oct.
21-22. All size clothing, 1958 airplane tote, furniture & more.
Decatur, 1107 Hawk Drive, Fri.-Sat.,
Oct. 21-22, 8a.m.-4p.m. Clothes,
household items; set of pickup
wheels, tires, bedcover; red hat
items.
Decatur, 1303 S. Cliff, Sat., Oct. 22,
8a.m.-1p.m. Multi-family yard sale.
Lots of everything.
Decatur, 1628 Preskitt Road,
Fri.-Sat., Oct. 21-22, 8a.m. Craftsman lawn mower, slot machine, golf
cart, patio furniture, 50” TV, iPhone.
Decatur, 203 E. Prince, Thur.-Fri.,
Oct. 20-21, 7a.m.-? Miscellaneous
items, little bit of everything.
Decatur, 340 Greathouse Village,
Sat., Oct. 22, 7a.m.-2p.m. Everything priced to sell!
Decatur, 604 E. Collins, Fri., Oct.
21, 8a.m.-3p.m. Baby girl items, all
size clothes, household goods.
Decatur, 831 Cemetery Road, 1
mile past Oaklawn Cemetery,
Fri.-Sat., Oct. 21-22, 8a.m.-5p.m.
5-families. Furniture, household, antiques, horse blankets, tack, toys,
linens, books.
Decatur, 903 N. Trinity, Sat., Oct.
22, 8a.m.-? Bedroom furniture, baby
items, miscellaneous items.
Decatur, Highway 380 West, 2.5
miles, 254 C$3001, Sat., Oct. 22,
8a.m.-? 3-families, antique dining &
other furniture, linens, household
items, adult/children’s clothes, toys.
New Fairview, Highway 287 to CR
4421, Fri.-Sat., Oct. 21-22, 8a..m.-?
Multi-family hanger sale. Collectibles, everything A to Z!!
(940)627-2113, (940)627-4441.
Paradise, Highway 114, Little
League Field, Fri.-Sat., Oct. 21-22.
Fundraiser for Komen 3-day walk.
Furniture, clothes, baby items.
Rhome, 214 N. Rolling Plains, Fri.,
Oct. 21. Huge family garage sale.
Runaway Bay, 209 Runaway Bay
Dr., Fri.-Sat., Oct. 21-22. 3-families,
furniture, new & used clothing, miscellaneous items.
Pets
Chihuahua puppies. Registered teacups & toys. Males, females.
Shots/wormed. Chocolate, blue,
black & tan. (940)399-3207.
DESIGNS CENTS
offers affordable decorating using
color, space, texture and other
decorating techniques. Contact Pam
Harrington, (940)531-2020 or [email protected]!
940-759-2203
2 HORNED HEREFORD BULLS
They are good! (940)389-9133 or
(940)577-3125.
BOBBY’S FENCE
All types fencing. Free estimates.
Over 25-years experience.
(817)444-3213.
Lawn and garden
MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
Furniture
!!ATTENTION!!
We suggest that our readers thoroughly investigate any advertiser
before investing any money.
A-1 OUTDOOR HANDYMAN
Affordable home repairs/improvements, landscaping, yard work, odd
jobs. 30-years experience. Local
references. Free estimates. Osteen,
(940)255-2639.
HOME PLANS
designed
to
your
spec.
(940)210-1877, ctdraftcoplans.com.
Livestock
AL SALINAS FENCING
All types fencing. Braces, gates,
cattle guards, livestock shelters,
carports, pre-made braces.
(940)577-0878.
BEN’S GRAPHICS
Architectural/structural, CAD drafting. Commercial, industrial, residential. Cast stone, pre-cast, tiltwall.
(817)235-3906.
JOE TUCKER DRYWALL
Sheetrock ✣ Tape ✣ Bed ✣ Texture. New construction, remodeling,
add-ons. Call (940)389-0029.
The City of Bridgeport is accepting
Applications for
Director of Library Services
Housecleaning
FARM AND
RANCH
13A
YORKIE
CKC registered, born 6-5-11, all
shots/wormed. 1 male left, $400.
Family raised, parents on site.
(940)627-7947, (443)907-3989.
Sunset, west on Highway 101, follow signs, 647 Echo Road, Fri.-Sat.,
Oct., 21-22. Household items, tools,
antiques, much more.
Firewood
ALL SPLIT OAK
seasoned firewood. Delivered,
$250/cord. Call (940)595-8133.
FIREWOOD
Split oak, $70/full load. Your truck, I
load. Credit cards accepted.
(817)444-0861, (817)690-4011.
Auctions
To the registered holders of the following described motor vechicles
scheduled to be sold at the next assigned public auction:
1999 Freightliner 1fuydzyb6xpb82401, 1995 Freightliner 1fuyb2tp8114429
Registered owner or lien holder has a legal right to reclaim
vehicle after the date of this notice upon
payment of all towing fees, preservation and storage charges plus late fees
resulting from the placing of such vehicles in custody.
Failure to exercise such right within the time provided shall be deemed
(1) a waiver of all right, title and interest in the vehicles and (2) consent to
the sale of the vehicles at public auction. This notice is given in pursuant
to authority of v.c.s article 4477. 9A section 5.
Vehicles can be reclaimed at 684 CR 4522, Decatur, Texas 76234
NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE
of property to satisfy landlord’s lien.
Saturday, October 22 • 10 a.m.
Auction to be held at 1600 S. State St., Decatur, TX
Property will be sold to highest bidder for cash. Cleanup & removal
deposit will be required. Seller reserves the right to withdraw property
from sale. Property includes contents of spaces of each unit containing
household items unless otherwise noted for the following tenants:
Jeannie Pettis - Antiques, clothing, furniture, tools, TV,
appliances, toys, Coke machine
James Hughes - Antiques, furniture, clothing, appliances
Joey Pitts - Amps, keyboard, tools, guitars, furniture
Amanda Noble - Tools, cabinets, bikes, furniture
Misty Odom - Furniture, toys
Rubin Stapp - Furniture, truck toolbox, tools, TV
Contact Giant Eagle Self Storage at 940-627-8485
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MERCHANDISE
FOR SALE
FIREWOOD FOR SALE
split oak, pecan & mesquite. Seasoned or green. Call (940)389-3413
or (940)389-8511.
OAK FIREWOOD
Not split. Cut in spring. 8x4’ stack,
$50. Call (940)433-2672 or
(940)393-3196.
Miscellaneous
AARONS LEASE RETURN SALE
Save big because we leased it first.
Sofa and love seat, both for $349. 3
piece accessory tables from $79.
Lamp pairs from $39. Mattress sets
for $129. Laptops and desktops
from $299. 60 inch TVs from $429.
XBOX and Playstations from $149.
Appliances and much more. Cash,
check or credit card. $25 delivery in
Wise County. 1300 FM 51 S, next
to Dollar General, Decatur.
(940)627-5043, Ask for Miles.
HANDICAP ITEMS
EZ Access portable handicap ramp,
brand new. (940)393-5352.
LIMITED EDITION MARTIN
COWBOY III GUITAR
#299 of 750, with case. Call
(940)872-9556.
Oak dining table, 60”, with 4 padded
chairs, $300. DelSol bicycle, 15”,
$125. By appointment only,
(940)521-4496.
POLARIS HAWKEYE
4-wheeler, $1,500. Gibson Les Paul
studio model guitar, $750. Amplifier,
$250. Buffalo robe, $750.
(940)210-8619, ask for Chuck.
STEEL BUILDINGS
Reduced factory inventory. 30x36,
regular $15,850; now $12,600.
36x58, regular $21,90; now
$18,800.
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• Trucks
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• Wanted to Buy
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I’LL BUY THOSE YARD CARS
as well as your good used cars.
Arvin, (817)925-8768.
1998 NISSAN MAXIMA GLE
$4,250. 192,235 miles. Runs great,
very well maintained. Pictures available
upon
request:
[email protected];
or
(817)939-6150.
Recreational vehicles
1996 AIRSTREAM
31’, fully self-contained, good condition. $22,000. (940)626-1143.
2000 WILDCAT
28’ 5th wheel travel trailer, pulled
less than 10,000 miles. $25,000.
(940)393-9217.
Pickups/Vans/SUVs
2010 CHEVY SILVERADO
Texas Edition, white, crew cab, sun
roof, heated seats, 27k miles.
$26,800. (940)393-1128.
NOTICES
Legal notices
CIVIL CITATION
BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: SERGIO ORTIZ-MALDONADO, Defendant(s),
Greetings:
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear by filing a written answer to the PLAINTIFF’S
FIRST AMENDED ORIGINAL PETITION, REQUEST FOR DISCLOSURE, INTERROGATORIES AND
PRODUCTION at or before ten
o’clock a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of forty-two days
from the date of issuance of this citation the same being Monday,
Noveber 18, 2011 before the Honorable 271st District Court of Wise
County, Texas at the Courthouse of
said County in Decatur, Texas. Said
Petition was filed in said court on
July 6, 2011, in this case, numbered
and styled
CV11-07-536
MICHAEL BARNETT
VS
SERGIO ORTIZ-MALDONADO
AND STATE FARM MUTUAL
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE
COMPANY
The names of the parties in said
suit
are:
MICHAEL
BARNETT,
as Plaintiff(s)
and
SERGIO
ORTIZ-MALDONADO; STATE FARM MUTUAL
AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY as Defendant(s).
The nature of said suit being substantially as follows, to-wit: DAMAGES RESULTING FROM MOTOR
VEHICLE ACCIDENT CAUSED BY
UNDER INSURED MOTORIST as
is more fully shown by the Petition
on file in this suit.
The name and address of the attorney for plaintiff, or the address of
plaintiff is:
DAVID G. HART
THE HART LAW FIRM, P.C.
6620 COLLEY BLVD STE 100
COLLEYVILLE, TX 76034
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You
have been sued. You may employ
an attorney. If you or your attorney
do not file a written answer with the
clerk who issued this citation by
10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two
days after the date of issuance of
this citation, a default judgment may
be taken against you.”
Issued and given under my hand
and seal of said Court at the office
in Decatur, Texas, on this the 7th
day of October, 2011.
Brenda Rowe
Wise County District Clerk
PO Box 308
By: Loucrecia Biggerstaff
Deputy Clerk
ORDINANCE NO. 2011-03-161
CITY OF NEW FAIRVIEW
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
OF NEW FAIRVIEW, TEXAS,
ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 2011, AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2012; APPROPRIATING THE VARIOUS AMOUNTS
REQUIRED FOR SUCH BUDGET;
PROVIDING FOR RECORDING OF
THE ORDINANCE; PROVIDING
FOR THE REPEAL OF ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE OFFICIAL NEWSPAPER;
PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT; AND
NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
PASSED, APPROVED AND
ADOPTED by the City Council of
the City of New Fairview, Texas, on
this 13th day of October 2011.
CIVIL CITATION
BY PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
TO: DAVE CHAMPION, AS
TRUSTEE FOR AAA & TBF
TRUST, Defendant(s),
Greetings:
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED to appear by filing a written answer to the PLAINTIFF’S
ORIGINAL PETITION at or before
ten o’clock a.m. of the Monday next
after the expiration of forty-two days
from the date of issuance of this citation the same being Monday,
Noveber 7, 2011 before the Honorable 271st District Court of Wise
County, Texas at the Courthouse of
said County in Decatur, Texas. Said
Petition was filed in said court on
October 21, 2011, in this case, numbered and styled
CV10-10-814
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BAC HOME LOANS SERVICE,
LP F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME
LOANS SERVICING, LP
VS
BROOKE A. WEEKS, CANDI
WEEKS AND DAVE CHAMPION
AS TRUSTEE OF AAA & TBF
TRUST
The names of the parties in said
suit are: BAC HOME LOANS
SERVICE, LP F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING,
LP
as
Plaintiff(s)
and
BROOKE A. WEEKS, CANDI
WEEKS AND DAVE CHAMPION
AS TRUSTEE OF AAA & TBF
TRUST as Defendant(s).
The nature of said suit being substantially as follows, to-wit: PLAINTIFF’S SUIT SEEKS DECLARATORY JUDGMENT THAT PLAINTIFF HAS A VALID AND SUBSISTING LIEN AGAINST THE
REAL PROPERTY AND IMPROVEMENTS
COMMONLY
KNOWN AS 1148 COUNTY ROAD
#3690, PARADISE, TEXAS 76073
as is more fully shown by the Petition on file in this suit.
The name and address of the attorney for plaintiff, or the address of
plaintiff is:
MAUREEN S. KERSEY
15000 SURVEYOR BOULEVARD,
SUITE 100
ADDISON, TX 75001
NOTICE TO DEFENDANT: “You
have been sued. You may employ
an attorney. If you or your attorney
do not file a written answer with the
clerk who issued this citation by
10:00 a.m. on the Monday next following the expiration of forty-two
days after the date of issuance of
this citation, a default judgment may
be taken against you.”
Issued and given under my hand
and seal of said Court at the office
in Decatur, Texas, on this the 26th
day of September, 2011.
Brenda Rowe
Wise County District Clerk
PO Box 308
By: Brooke Akins
Deputy Clerk
WISE COUNTY WATER
SUPPLY DISTRICT
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION
To the Registered Voters of the
Wise County Water Supply District
will conduct a special election to determine the following 2 Propositions:
Proposition 1
“That the entire Wise County Water Supply District, as presently enlarged, shall assume all of the
tax-supported bonds now outstanding; and that the said Wise County
Water Supply District is authorized
to levy an ad valorem tax upon all of
the taxable property within the District, as presently enlarged, for the
payment thereof. “
Proposition 2
“That all ad valorem taxes as
have heretofore been levied and
collected by the Wise County Water
Supply District and all tax supported
bond payments as have heretofore
been made by the Wise County Water Supply District are expressly ratified and confirmed.”
Notice is hereby given that the
polling places listed below will be
open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.,
on Tuesday, November 8, 2011,
City of Decatur, City Hall, 201 E.
Walnut, Decatur, TX 76234
Decatur Civic Center, 2010 W. US
HWY 380, Decatur, TX 76234
Early voting by personal appearance will be conducted between the
hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.
beginning October 24, 2011 and
ending on November 4, 2011.
each weekday at:
HWY 380, Decatur, Texas 76234
Wise County, Bridgeport Annex,
1007 13th Street, Bridgeport, TX
76426
Rhome City Hall – 105 1st Street,
Rhome, TX 76078
Applications for ballot by mail
shall be mailed to:
Lannie Noble, Election Administrator, P.O. Box 1597, Decatur, Texas 76234
Applications for ballot by mail
must be received no later than the
close of business on November 1,
2011.
Issued this the 19th day of October, 2011.
Sam Renshaw, Chairman
NOTICIA DE ELECCION
ESPECIAL
ABASTECIMIENTO DE AGUA DE
EL DISTRITO DE EL CONDADO
DE WISE
Para los Votantes Registrados de
el Abastecimiento De Agua de El
Distrito de el Condado de Wise va a
conducir una eleccion especial para
determinar las 2 Proposiciones
La Proposición 1
"Que el abastecimiento entero de
agua de el Distrito de el Condado
de Wise, como actualmente ampliado, asumirá todos los bonos de
apoyó de impuestos ahora sobresaliente; y que el dicho abastecimiento
de agua de el Distrito de el Condado de Wise, es autorizado a recaudar un impuesto según valor sobre toda la propiedad imponible
dentro del Distrito, como actualmente ampliado, para el pago del
mismo. "
La Proposición 2
"Que todos los impuestos según
valor como hasta ahora ha sido recaudado y ha sido reunido por el
abastecimiento de agua de el Distritode el Condado de Wise y todo el
impuesto apoyó pagos de bono
como hasta ahora ha sido hecho
por el abastecimiento de agua de el
Distrito de el condado de Wise son
ratificados expresamente y son confirmados".
Se les notifica que los lugares
para votar anunciados debajo estaran abiertos apartir de las 7:00 a.m.
a 7:00 p.m. el Martes, 8 de Noviembre, 2011,
Ciudad de Decatur, City Hall, 201
E. Walnut, Decatur, TX 76234
Decatur Civic Center, 2010 W.
US HWY 380, Decatur, TX 76234
Votando temprano por aspecto
personal sera realizado entre las
horas de las 8:00 a.m. y 5:00 p.m.
empesando el 24 de Octubre, 2011
y terminando el 4 de Noviembre de
el 2011 cada dia entre semana en:
HWY 380, Decatur, Texas 76234
Condadode Wise, Bridgeport Annex, 1007 13th Street, Bridgeport,
TX 76426
Rhome City Hall – 105 1st Street,
Rhome, TX 76078
Las aplicaciones para votaciones
por correo deben enviarse a:
Lannie Noble, Election Administrator, P.O. Box 1597, Decatur, Texas 76234
Las aplicaciones para votaciones
por correo deberan ser recividas
cuando ciere el dia de negocio de el
1 de Noviembre, 2011.
Emitido este dia 19 de Octubre,
2011.
Sam Renshaw, El Presidente de la
Junta
Alcohol Permits
APPLICATION HAS
BEEN MADE WITH THE
TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION BY
MARKER RANCH AND
VINEYARD, L.L.C. D/B/A
MARKER CELLARS FOR A
WINERY PERMIT, TO BE
LOCATED AT 1484 CR
2585, ALVORD, WISE
COUNTY, TEXAS. THE
MEMBERS AND MANAGERS OF THE LLC ARE
MARK DEANE ROGERS
AND REBECCA KOPESKY
ROGERS.
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Application has been
made for a Wine Only
Package Store Permit by
Eagle C-Stores, Inc. dba
Timeout C-Store located at
100 N. Main Street, Rhome,
Wise County, TX.
Jasbir S. Sidhu, President
Yashpreet Sidhu, Secretary
Said application has been
made to the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission in accordance with
the TABC Code.
Bids & Proposals
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
OF PROPOSED
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION (TxDOT)
CONTRACTS
Sealed proposals for contracts
listed below will be received by
TxDOT until the date(s) shown below, and then publicly read.
CONSTRUCTION/MAINTENANCE/
BUILDING FACILITIES
CONTRACT(S)
Dist/Div: Fort Worth
Contract 6228-90-001 for ROADSIDE MOWING in WISE County will
be received on November 15, 2011
until 10:30 a.m. and opened on November 15, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at
the District Office for an estimate of
$296,680.88.
Plans and specifications are available for inspection, along with bidding proposals, and applications for
the TxDOT Prequalified Contractor's
list, at the applicable State and/or
Dist/Div Offices listed below. If applicable, bidders must submit prequalification information to TxDOT
at least 10 days prior to the bid date
to be eligible to bid on a project.
Prequalification materials may be
requested from the State Office
listed below. Plans for the above
contract(s) are available from
TxDOT's website at www.txdot.gov
and from reproduction companies at
the expense of the contractor.
NPO: 38228
State Office
Constr./Maint. Division
200 E. Riverside Dr.
Austin, Texas 78704
Phone: 512-416-2540
Dist/Div Office(s)
Fort Worth District
District Engineer
2501 Southwest LP820
Ft Worth, Texas 76133
Phone: 817-370-6500
Minimum wage rates are set out in
bidding documents and the rates
will be part of the contract. TXDOT
ensures that bidders will not be discriminated against on the grounds
of race, color, sex, or national origin.
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SECTION B
FOOTBALL
UIL steps toward ending two-a-days
By RICHARD GREENE
The tradition of football two-adays in Texas could be over.
The University Interscholastic
League’s Legislative Council Monday unanimously voted to drastically change the athletic preseason
regulations for activities outside the
school year.
The new rules would:
■ Prohibit teams from holding
more than one practice in a day on
consecutive days.
■ Require teams to have a twohour rest period between workouts
if multiple sessions are held.
■ Limit a second practice during
the four-day acclimatization period
in football to a teaching period or
walkthrough with no conditioning,
contact activities or equipment permitted.
The rules would go into effect Aug.
1, 2012, if approved by the Commissioner of Education.
UIL Athletic Director Dr. Mark
Cousins said the council’s approval
was based on the recommendation
of the agency’s medical advisory
committee.
“They first suggested the current
limits back in 2005,” Cousins said.
“They’ve been looking at and studying the issue to make sure we are
staying current with the needs of
our student athletes.
“With the changes in the college
and professional ranks, and along
with the record heat this summer
in Texas, the medical advisory committee felt this is what we needed.”
According to the National Weather Service, Texas experienced the
hottest summer on record with an
average temperature of 86.8 degrees. Dallas-Fort Worth and Waco
set records for the most 100-degree
days in a calendar year.
Cousins said the new regulations
are not a reaction to any incidents
this summer. They also do not apply
to volleyball.
Reaction from Wise County coaches was mixed. They wanted more information about how long they will
be allowed to work out when limited
to one session.
Boyd Athletic Director and football coach J.G. Cartwright held
traditional two-a-days practice this
past August with one two-hour session at 7 a.m. and a second at 6 p.m.
Jackets,
Panthers
square
off
By RICHARD GREENE
Messenger photo by Joe Duty
UP FOR THE CHALLENGE — Paradise’s Dylan Moore refuses to back down from challenge on football field or in the show arena with his steers.
Steering in right direction
Moore balances showing with football
By RICHARD GREENE
Directing a 1,000-pound steer in a stall is easy
work for Dylan Moore, especially compared to his
task on the football field of trying to get past the
offensive line from his nose tackle spot.
“The steers are much easier when you break
them,” Moore said.
But in his first varsity season for the Paradise
Panthers he has found a way to break down offensive lines and create havoc. Entering Paradise’s
showdown Friday with the rival Boyd Yellowjackets at Panther Stadium, Moore has been in
on 40 tackles with two sacks and two more stops
for losses. He’s also forced a fumble and recovered
one.
“He finds the ball and is the type of kid that
makes plays with his hustle,” said Paradise coach
Danny Neighbors. “He’s a never-give-up type of
player.”
Moore has been at his best since District 5-2A
play started. In the Panthers’ win over Howe in
the league opener, Moore was all over the field.
He was in on 16 tackles, making 12 stops by himself. Moore had a sack and two tackles for losses.
It was an impressive game made even more re-
The steers depend on you
to feed and water them and
wash them each week.
The team depends on you to
go hard each play.
Dylan Moore
Paradise Panthers
defensive lineman
markable by the fact that he missed most of the
week to show steers at the State Fair of Texas in
Dallas.
“It was tough being gone all week,” Moore said.
“I was waking up every morning at 5:45 and going to the barn from the hotel. Then Friday coming home and playing.”
Along with helping the Panthers to a victory in
BOY JUNIOR EAGLES
BASKETBALL CLINIC
Decatur varsity coach Roger Brown and his team will host
shooting, passing and dribbling clinics Sundays, Oct. 30 and Nov. 6,
13, and 20. Boys in kindergarten through third grade will meet 2 to
3 p.m., and advanced third graders through sixth graders will meet 3
to 4:15, p.m., at the high school gym. Cost is $45 and includes a Tshirt. Each group is limited to 25 players. To reserve your spot or for
more questions, call Brown at (940) 393-7229 or (903) 366-2792.
Two weeks into the District 5-2A Division I race, the
Boyd Yellowjackets and Paradise Panthers are even in the
tight playoff chase at 1-1.
One of the two Wise County
rivals will get a leg up in the
race Friday when they meet
in a pivotal game at 7:30 p.m.
at Panther Stadium.
The Yellowjackets (5-2, 11) and Panthers (5-2, 1-1)
trail undefeated league leaders Callisburg and Pottsboro,
who will play Friday in Pottsboro. Both teams recognize
that it’s a big opportunity to
get the upper hand, but not
the end of the race.
Paradise, who fell 23-0 last
week at Callisburg, will be
trying to avoid a two-game
slide.
“Our backs are against the
wall, but not out of it,” said
Paradise coach Danny Neighbors. “We’d rather be 2-0 than
1-1.”
Boyd, who lost the league
opener at Pottsboro, rebounded at home last week with a
big victory over Howe, 55-6.
a defensive struggle, Moore and two of his prospect steers brought home awards. One took second in the all-other-breeds class and another was
the reserve grand champion Charolais prospect
steer.
“It was a good week,” Moore said.
He’s been showing cattle since he was in sixth
grade. It requires a large time commitment daily.
“You have to feed and water them every day
and wash them once per week,” he said.
Along with the fair, he goes to shows in San
Antonio and Fort Worth before wrapping up the
year at the Wise County Youth Fair.
Moore said his work with cattle is much like
his role on the football team.
“The steers depend on you to feed and water
them and wash them each week,” he said. “The
team depends on you to go hard each play.”
At 170 pounds, Moore doesn’t fit the mold of an
interior defensive lineman.
“When I tell people that I play football they
think I’m a receiver, linebacker or something,” he
said.
940-969-2527
Boyd (5-2) vs. Paradise (5-2)
7:30 p.m.
at Panther Stadium
Last meeting: Boyd won 35-14
Boyd: Harris Rating 211
Notable: The Yellowjacket
offense is clicking, averaging
37.1 points per game. They
amassed a whopping 642 total
yards of offense last week
versus district foe Howe.
Paradise: Harris Rating 185
Notable: The Panther offense
has struggled the past two
weeks, averaging 192 total
yards per game in district play.
Harris line: Boyd by 21
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FOOTBALL BLOGGING
The Decatur Lady Eagles climbed
up one spot from their rank last
week to 12th in the latest Class
3A polls. The Bridgeport Sissies
stayed at 25th.
In the Class A poll, the Chico
Lady Dragons remain at 16th.
Keep up with the county’s football teams Friday
night on the live blog at wcmessenger.com/
scores.
Sports editor Richard Greene will blog live from
the cross-county matchup between the Boyd
Yellowjackets and Paradise Panthers. Brandon
Evans will provide commentary from Bridgeport’s
game against Castleberry.
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ALL AROUND WISE, Decatur, Texas, Wednesday, October 19, 2011
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Marriage vows exchanged May 28, 2011
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He weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 inches
long.
He has two sisters: Maci, 8, and Bailee, 5.
Grandparents are Randy Cross and Karen Cross,
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Great-grandparents are Foy Crowder of Crossroads,
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MR. AND MRS. KENNETH WILLIAM ALLEN HARDING
Angel Michelle Nipp and
Kenneth William Allen Harding, both of Alvord, were
married May 28, 2011, in
Runaway Bay. The Rev. Kenneth Wood officiated the double-ring ceremony.
The bride is the daughter
of Judy Phillips of Overton
and Buddy Nipp Jr. of Newark.
The groom is the son of
Elizabeth Black of Dayton
and the late Vinson Huckabee.
Escorted by Donald Clark
of Chico, the bride wore a
dress with a corset bodice.
She wore a pearl and diamond tiara with matching
earrings and a veil designed
by the groom. It was a barefoot wedding. She carried a
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Matron of honor was Judy
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Ringbearer was Skyler Harding, son of the groom.
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McDuff. Groomsmen were
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David Cummings.
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Thomas Lorenz weighed 4 pounds, 2 ounces and was
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Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond E. Brannan Jr. of Decatur and Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. England of Dallas.
Great-grandparent is Cleo Brannan of Meade, Kan.
Presley Kaylene Sasser
Oct. 2, 2011
It’s Here...
Stephen and Amy Sasser of Decatur announce the
birth of a daughter, Presley Kaylene, on Oct. 2, 2011,
at Medical Center of Lewisville.
She weighed 6 pounds, 2 ounces and was 19 3/4 inches long.
She has two brothers: Clayton, 9, and Jake, 3.
Grandparents are Monte Cooper of Ponder, Larry
and Myrna Clark of Denton and Gail Sasser of Fort
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Great-grandparents are Gordon and Jimmie Hamm
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WISE COUNTY COWBOY CHURCH
FALL FUN FEST
Saturday, October 29 • 5 -9 p.m.
HONOR ROLLS
Boyd Elementary School
First Six Weeks
A Honor Roll
Second grade — Marco Baeza,
Steven Bernard, Hunter Bowen,
Madison Bowen, Mccain Cantrell,
Kalee Davis, Cy Ferguson, Aaron
Fite, Thomas Frost, Ogden Garcia, Autumn Hays, Kylie Hays,
Amaya Hopkins, Kyleigh Hughes,
Garrett Jackson, Christopher Kacala, Rendyn Lamance, Emylie
Luttrell, Dalton Medlock, Mason
Montez, Dane Myers, Ashtyn Orr,
Makynzie Pappajohn, Giselle Patino, Brayden Pennington, Noah
Richardson, Alexandria Sergent,
Reagan Shepherd, Ethan Stump,
Aidan Tompkins, Ryder Totty, Macie Troxell, Brian Wade, Savannah
Wise, Austin Young
Third grade — Andrea Acosta,
Melanie Byrd, Cayden Cates,
Destini Chafer, Darrell Cordell,
Rustyn Ellis, Hayden Etter, Mckenzie Eustace, Trinity Hayes,
Braedon Hopkins, Dillon Inman,
Cian Lane, Jesse Long, Mycaila
Loya, Ty Lumpkin, Jessica Miles,
Veronica Perry, Quinn Samuels,
Kyndal Scroggins, Rylee Spencer,
Daniel Stone, Naida Uribe, Crystal Valderrama
A/B Honor Roll
Second grade — Mariah Begley, Coit Clamon, Quintin Claunch,
Chase Compton, Clay Contino,
Paola Duran, Tiffany Galttana,
Corbin Hays, Valiant Horton, Sequoyah Hulsey, Lexi Jackson, Kylie
Lacaze, Jimmy Loya, Jacob Lytle,
Adriana Martinez, Cody Milligan,
Nathan Parker, Harly Powledge,
Jayce Rasbury, Courtney Roberts, Zachary Schluter, Brayden
Shelton, Sean Stockton, Makenzie Styles, Jordan Troutman
Third grade — Darien Adams,
Zachary Adams, Mathew Andrews, Lara Appel, Keeten Bagwell, Katelyn Barton, Grace Brojanowski, Joshua Burgess, Elijah
Cave, Kearstin Cruz, Matthew
Ford, Kevin Gutierrez Vaquera,
Jacob Hill, Adelia Loya, Mary
Miller, Paden Nations, Jesse Nelson, Kaiden Nolan, Chayse Pappajohn, Railey Pegues, Merci
Pelton, Gavin Rodriguez, Thomas
Rose, Bethany Sessums, Zeb
Souder, Joshua Sutter, Caden
Turner, Mckinzie Tyler, Matthew
Wacasey, Sadi Wilson
Paradise Intermediate
School
First Six Weeks
A Honor Roll
Fourth grade — Raygan Adair,
Kyndel Beck, Bohner Brackeen,
Savannah Bullard, Johanna Buyers, Cole Carpenter, Summer
Cobb, Megan Cornett, Kathryn
Davis, Hunter Doughty, Matthew
Eisen, Julissa Enriquez, Jace Essig, Kaleb Evans, Addyson Ford,
Jenna Goodger, Allison Haffner,
Dakota Howell, Makenna Hudson,
Jack Ishmael, Mariah Kirbie, Madison Lowery, Taylor Mayes Brumfield, Tiffany Mayes Brumfield,
Harley Mayfield, Audrey McDuff,
Danae Meadows, Lynsey Medlin,
Jayden Moody, Abby Morris, Kara
Munn, Breann Neal, Gracie Oates,
Alexis Penny, Riley Penny, Isac
Perkins, Cortney Ramsey, Kyle
Riggs, Kaitlin Rydman, Brayden
Scheller, Kennedy Schneck, William Schroeder, Weston Tinney,
Cheyanne Upton, Hailey Uselton,
Kobe Wakefield, Ashlyn Winters
Fifth grade — Hadleigh Anthony, Dakota Black, Katelyn Blackstock, Bennett Brown, Grant Caddell, Kendall Candioto, Mercedes
Carrillo, Amanda Cherryhomes,
Reginaldo Contreras, Kaleb Cook,
Madelyn Cross, Thomas Edwards,
Jillian Hagar, Whitney Hager,
Mackenzie Holland, Ethan Holley, Heather Karg, Savannah Kolt,
Sergio Licea, Mariah Lopez, Kaycee Martin, Koby Menard, Madison Mitschke, Dakota Moon,
Hawkins Nessler, Klara Owens,
Aubrey Pearson, Davin Riley,
Cal Robinson, Ryan Scott, Davis
Shriver, Cassye Smith, Shaelyn
Spidle, James Stapleton, Emily
Stephens, Haylee Tatum, Maddilyn Terry, Nicolas Thomas, Christina Tipton, Laynee Tourné-Morton,
Morgan Wilmoth, Kaylee Winters,
Alexis Wright, Christine Wylie
A/B Honor Roll
Fourth grade — Monty Bennet,
Hannah Collie, Canyon Collins,
Katelynn Davis, Dakota Dillard,
Zackery Downing, Payton Ellis,
Alexis Fernandez, Skylar Gibson,
Serenity Gossett, Paizlee Henry,
Timothy Hutton, Jacoby Isaacs,
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Caroline Jeffrey, Bailey Johnson,
Rebecca Lambert, Christian
McKinley, Tyler Meyer, Daylan
Moore, Riley Nelson, Hailey Paschall, Julian Perez, Andre Pineda,
Hayden Proffitt, Cordell Scarlett,
Weston Tomme, Darbi Weger, Mason Winn
Fifth grade — Nichole Anderson, Morgan Baker, Johanna
Barnett, Brayden Brewer, Tadem
Brown, Irene Chasteen, Briar
Choate, Ethan Choate, Jonathan
Christensen, Colby Cox, Ray Fultz,
Alyssa Gaddy, Nevan Graves,
Samuel Griffin, Preston Harris,
Trent Homer, Nash Ingram, Kelan
Jenkins, Skylin Lowe, Damon McBride, Erin McGee, Eain Perkins,
Hannah Proffitt, Jaci Reynolds,
Nicholas Rhodes, Susan Silvey,
Skylar Smith, Avery Tamvakis,
Matthew Taylor, Bryson Tyler,
Trace Tyler, Madison Warren
Rann Elementary School
First six weeks
A Honor Roll
First grade — Giovanni Aldape,
Mikayla Baker, Kaden Bernal,
Jhett Cartwright, Landri Chapman,
Alex Coursey, Kailey Day, Trent
Denny, Shawn Dubois, Maritza Estrada, Isabella Fairbanks, Ethan
Fernandez, Rubi Fernandez, Mario Gamboa, Ivy Gardner, Mason
Gauna, Madison Gordan, Morgan
Goss, Jacob Haynes, Ryder Holland, Kayden Humphrey, David
Inguanzo, Bella Johnson, Cade
Johnson, Kolton Jordan, Elisabeth King, Rubi Lopez, Miranda
Mares, Brendan Massey, Rylee
Matthews, Malayna McDaniel,
Fernando Medina, Austin Morehart, Juan Diego Munoz, Celeste
Olvera, Tristan Osborn, Kimberly
Pacheco, Zander Patterson, Nathan Pollock, Austin Prince, Andrew Pyland, Alexis Rivera, Alan
Rivera, Ashton Roberts, Augustus
Robertson, Alexander Skaggs,
Hannah Smith, Abram Torres,
Daniel Valdez, Simon Varnadore,
Jessica Venegas, Steven Wengier
Second grade — Davy Addington, Kristen Archuleta, Rachel Bowker, Codie Boyd, Riley
Braziel, Kassity Cannon, Julyssa
Cantu, Celeste Creswell, Alfonso
Cruz, Nithin Dodla, Jimmy Gamino, Catcher Gasperson, Maggie
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Third grade — Jake Barrow,
Colby Berg, Ainsley Boyd, Ty
Britt, Hayden Browning, Adrian
Carrillo, Eben Chandler, Gabriella
Cramton, Caden Denny, Daniel
Dowler, Joey Dunbar, Enycia Fernandez, Brianna Fraga, Bryson
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Hafer, Brison Hesteande, Hunter
Higgs, Ella Holloway, Morgan
Hopkins, David Juarez, Jessie
Knarr, Heath Maddox, Stockton
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By PARIS WALTHER
YOUTH SPOKEN
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During the Fourth of July
weekend, Decatur
High
School’s ag teacher, Rick Elmore, received a job offer
from Dubiski Career High
School in Grand Prairie to
teach mechanics. Though sad
at the thought of leaving Decatur, the opportunity to build
another award-winning program beckoned.
“My favorite part
about my
new
job
has to be the challenge of
building another dominating
program,” he said. “The most
fun part is that whatever we
do here is for the first time
because they’ve never done
anything like that before.”
Known for his tractor restoration program, Elmore led
the boys FFA tractor team to
Nationals every year since
2002, bringing home the National Championship in 2006
and 2009. He also led the
girls tractor restoration team
to a national title in 2007.
“Winning the National
Championship with my four
girls in ’07 was one of the
highlights of my life because
they told us we couldn’t do
it,” he said. “The other two we
won [with the boys] were super memories.”
Though excited about the
future, Elmore also knows
he’ll miss the Decatur FFA’s
family connections.
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will replace all my kids,” he
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After national competition, the duo will compete at stock shows in San Antonio, San Angelo
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also qualified for Nationals but will be unable to attend due to his college schedule.
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judging kids, horticulture
kids or the tractor team; I’m
going to miss that part for
sure.”
For current tractor team
member, Cruz Niblett, Elmore
became his guide and mentor
throughout high school. Saddened at the thought of not
having him around, Niblett
knew the tractor program
would be different.
“I was extremely upset and
disappointed because he made
me who I am, and everything
I accomplished in high school
was because of him,” he said.
“It made me feel like my high
school career was over without him here to help me.”
Niblett traveled to the National FFA Convention in
Indianapolis, Ind., his freshman and junior year with Elmore and has earned one last
trip his senior year. He plans
to travel with fellow senior,
Colton Petty, who also earned
a spot to Nationals.
“I will be interviewing for
the National Championship
on my proficiency based on
Agriculture Mechanics and
Design Fabrication,” he said,
“[And in the future] I plan
to be a diesel mechanic and
work on new tractors.”
With Elmore absent from
the busy ag program, the
high school hired a new ag
teacher, Scotty Ford. Coincidentally, the two happened to
have known each other ear-
lier in their college days.
“I do know Mr. Elmore very
well,” he said. “We went to
college together at Tarleton
State.”
After graduating from Tarleton State University at midterm, Ford decided to take a
teaching job in Bridgeport.
After working there for 12 1/2
years, he went to work in the
oil field with Halliburton as a
drilling fluid engineer.
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years, I realized I wanted to
go back to teaching,” he said.
“This is what I love and plan
to retire someday with a job I
enjoy — teaching.”
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documentation preparation fee is charged. Dealer charge for document preparation fee shall be in accordance with state laws. Only Kubota and select
Kubota performance-matched Land Pride equipment is eligible. Inclusion of ineligible equipment may result in a higher blended A.P.R. Not available for
Rental, National Accounts or Governmental customers. 0% A.P.R. and low rate financing may not be available with customer instant rebate (C.I.R.) offers.
Financing is available through Kubota Credit Corporation, U.S.A., 3401 Del Amo Blvd., Torrance, CA 90503; subject to credit approval. Some exceptions
apply. Offer expires 12/31/2011. See us for details on these and other low-rate options or go to www.kubota.com for more information.
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
Decatur FFA
welcomes ...
HIGHVIEW REBUILDERS
136 Highview Trail
Boyd, TX 76023
Donna Hinsey
Owner/Operator
While Elmore specialized
in tractor technician projects, Ford plans on utilizing
his skills to further the FFA
chapter in a different way.
“I am not a mechanic unfortunately,” he said. “We
will focus on shop and animal projects as well as LDEs
(leadership
development
event) and CDEs (career development event).”
Niblett and Petty are working and prepping for this
year’s tractor competitions as
a continuation of last year.
“We have two tractors for
this year that will go to the
shows,” Ford said. “The two
students are seniors and already know and understand
mechanics.”
Starting fresh and new,
Ford plans to carry on the
tradition that the FFA program and its students have
paved.
“I am excited and very happy to be at Decatur,” he said.
“This is a great town and
school; I plan for continued
success as has been in the
past.”
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ACREAGE
5-acres, Decatur, $40k. 4-acres, Alvord, trees, $32k. All owner finance.
(817)691-6601, Dan.
BEAUTIFUL LAND FOR SALE
FM 455, between Forestburg/Montague. Owner finance, no credit
check, down payment negotiable.
Great schools. (940)872-1712,
(940)736-7239.
Efficiency apartment for rent. Furnished, covered parking. 2 miles
south of Rhome. No smoking, no
pets. $500/month, $250/deposit.
(817)891-0965.
Business property
1,000 square foot office space available. 407 S. Washburn Street, Decatur.
Available
Oct.
1.
(940)393-6285.
BRAND NEW BRICK HOMES
LEASE TO OWN
CUSTOM BUILT FOR YOU!
Starting $1,400/month. Limited supply. (817)733-3444.
Metal barn house with storage, 975
Hlavek Road, Decatur. Building with
2 city lots, 504 W. Main, $69,900.
(940)389-5588.
Mobile Homes
1999 TOWN AND COUNTRY
mobile home, to be moved. 3/2,
32’x40’ double wide. All electric. Appliances included. Excellent condition. Metal porch & carport included.
(940)389-9881, after 5p.m.
RBMOBILEHOMES.COM
Move, set-ups, re-levels. In & out of
state. Licensed, bonded, insured.
Repos.
Free
estimates.
(940)683-5547. RBI #36191.
WILLIAMS MOBILE HOME SERV.
Best deal on moving, set ups. Free
estimates. Bonded, licensed & insured.
(940)433-3117;
(817)291-4522 (9a.m.-4p.m.); email,
[email protected]
RENTALS
RENTA
1509 N. Bus. 287
Decatur - 2/1
AVAILABLE SEPT. 1
$995/month
200 Cyndilu
Decatur - Custom 3/2
AVAILABLE SEPT. 1
Cabins & efficiency apartments for
rent, including some as low as
$500/month w/all bills paid. Boyd
area.
Excellent
location.
(940)433-3133.
Office/ Retail Space
For Lease
Hwy 51 South Decatur
Approx. 1,800 sf
Sandford Properties
940.627.0900
For lease: 109 Lake Road, Bridgeport, TX. 55/60 shop with attached
office, nice fenced yard. Shop has
the electrical capacity for machine
shop or other needs. (940)389-2928
or (817)494-6157.
Condos, town homes
2-bedroom, 2-bath condo. Runaway
Bay. $850/month, $850/deposit. No
pets. (940)393-6139.
LAKEFRONT CONDO
3/2 at Runaway Bay, upstairs unit,
swimming pool. Boat ramp & golf
course nearby. $750/month plus deposit. (817)988-3530.
LOVELY 1-BEDROOM
condo, lake view, all appliances,
HOA pool, no pets, Runaway Bay.
For sale/rent: $35,000 or
$500/month. Maria, (972)834-8111.
1-bedroom, 1-bath brick, DH/A, big
kitchen, storage building, 3 closets,
new appliances, washer/dryer/water
included. 13 miles to Decatur.
$545/month. (940)466-9702.
3-bedroom, 2-bath, solar screens,
fireplace, wood floors, double garage, large corner lot, landscaped,
quiet neighborhood, near 3 schools,
shopping area. $1,300/month,
$750/deposit. (940)627-4999.
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to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on
race, color, religion, sex, handicap,
familial status or national origin,
or an intention, to make any such
preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with
parents or legal custodians, pregnant
women and people securing custody
of children under 18.
Now hiring waitress for Friday night,
Saturday, Sunday. Must be able to
work in fast-paced environment. Experience required. Apply in person,
Mason Jar Cafe, 6471 FM 2123,
Paradise.
$1,995/month
Medical/Dental
817-825-4647
2-bedroom, 2-bath, new (Whirlpool
appliances (kitchen & laundry), new
carpet/tile, CH/A, 4 outbuildings (including 1 to use as child’s playhouse), fenced on approximately 1
acre, Newark. $800/month,
$800/deposit. (817)475-4201.
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EQUAL HOUSING
1-800-927-9275.
OPPORTUNITY
Eagles Ridge
Terrace Apartments
1500 S. State St.
Decatur
940-627-5438
Senior Care Health &
Rehabilitation Center
Now hiring for the following positions,
3-bedroom, 2-bath, 2-car garage,
privacy fenced backyard. 300 S.
Trenchard, Decatur $1,100/month.
(940)627-9981.
• Certified
Medication Aides
• Certified Nurse Aides
Boyd, Hilltop Village. 3-bedroom,
2-bath, $900 & $925/month,
$750/deposit.
Call Donna,
(940)389-1615.
FT 2-10 P.M. SHIFT
• Laundry Aide
Payments:
In person:
115 South Trinity St., Decatur
By mail:
P.O. Box 149
Decatur, TX 76234-0149
Spend the winter on the lake! Furnished 1-room cabin on Lake
Bridgeport, all utilities, full-size
kitchen, Dish TV, (no phones).
$720/month plus tax, $100/refundable deposit. Call (940)683-3016.
Available November-March.
Mobile Homes
2-bedroom, 2-bath, mobile home in
Chico. $600/month, $600/deposit.
Call Kevin, (719)660-5992.
EMPLOYMENT
• Employment Information
• Childcare
• Food Service • Medical/
Dental • Miscellaneous
• Office • Retail/Sales
• Trades • Work Wanted
EMPLOYM
Employment information
!!ATTENTION!!
Advertising under this classification is normally not a bona fide
opportunity. Typically, companies advertising here offer information about potential employment. Some are selling this information. We suggest that our
readers thoroughly investigate
these advertisers before investing any money.
CORRECTIONS
is seeking applicants for the
following positions at its Bridgeport
Pre-Parole Transfer Facility
• Correctional
Officer
• Substitute
Teacher
Excellent Benefits Package
Full-time:
Health, Dental and Vision Ins., Life Ins.
401(k) Retirement Plans • Stock Options
Personal & Sick Leave • Paid Holidays
Service/Employee recognition programs
Career Advancement Opportunities
Apply online at:
www.cca.com
940-683-2162
940-626-2800
EEO M/F/D/V
CCA is an equal opportunity employer
M/F/Vet/Dp
Great customer service staff
needed, CS & Reservations. Must
type, computer skills, weekends required. Apply in person:
www.mdresort.com/map.
NOW HIRING
experienced computer tech, maintenance person and other positions
listed on our website. Apply at Market Place, 1202 S FM 51, Decatur
or:
www.marketplacegrocery.com.
Full-time home health aide for growing company. 1-year experience required. Mileage, excellent pay,
benefits. 1st Texas Home Health,
(940)626-2266.
Urgent Care Center in Decatur
seeking Certified Medical Assistant
or LVN; also hiring X-Ray technician.Fax resume to (940)626-2113.
Miscellaneous
DECATUR AARONS, $10/HOUR
Can you communicate effectively?
Career opportunity. Start as "PT",
duties include delivery, merchandising and customer service. Some
heavy lifting. Overtime. Benefits.
5-day week. Closed Sundays. Drug
screen. Aarons, 1300 FM 51 South,
#300. (940)627-5043. Next to Dollar General, ask for Mike.
MASH before & after school program is now hiring caregivers. Good
pay and incentives. Mon.-Fri., a.m.
& p.m. hours available. Must be
21-years-old, have diploma or
equivalent and pass background
check. Located in Rhome area. Call
now,
(817)638-5511
or
(817)366-5865.
Texascraft.com is looking for a computer literate, energetic person to
pull and process internet orders. We
offer supplemental healthcare plan,
paid vacation and sick time. Go to
www.pergatrans.com/empdatabase
to apply online.
Office
Para-legal/legal assistant. Full-time/
part-time, experience required. Salary based on experience. 60+ wpm.
Able to work independently. Decatur. (940)627-6060.
HR Specialist, responsible for all human resource activities including
payroll and insurance for 200+ employees. Must have extensive
QuickBooks and Excel skills. Ability
to work in a fast paced, multi-task
environment. Minimum 2-years payroll experience. Resumes submitted
by email:
[email protected];
or by fax: (940)969-2353.
Retail/Sales
PEST CONTROL
SALES/TECHNICIAN
Come grow with us!
• Excellent career opportunity
• Paid training
• Paid vacation/holidays
• Paid sick leave/bonus
annually
• Health Insurance
• Hourly pay plus commission
Apply at:
Wise/Chem Safe Pest Control
4144 US Hwy 380 • Decatur, TX
940-627-7378
Store Manager. Excellent customer
service and teamwork skills are critical. Apply in person at PACK 'N'
MAIL, 1710 S. FM 51, Decatur.
Trades
NOW ACCEPTING
APPLICATIONS
for
FULL TIME
MAINTENANCE MAN.
Paid Vacation, Personal,
Sick Days & Holidays.
Must have Basic Knowledge
of Electric & Plumbing.
A/C knowledge a plus.
Apply in person at
1500 S. State Decatur TX
940.627.5438
.
NOW HIRING
FULL-TIME CAREGIVERS
Apply in Person
Mon., Wed. & Fri. • 9 am - 2 pm
1204 N. Bus. 287 • Decatur
Technician Wanted
• RN’s ICU*IP Rehab*CVICU*ED
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• Behavioral Health - LVN*CNA
• IP Rehab Occupational Therapist
• Laboratory - MT/MLT
• HIMS - EDM Analyst
• Dietary - Diet Aide Supervisor
Part time/PRN
• Behavioral - Clinical Therapist &
Admissions Therapist
• WCCA - Medical Assistant
• Admissions - Clerk
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for the Holidays?
We have an immediate opening for an experienced
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RENTALS
Decatur: 3/1/2, FM 51 South.
Bridgeport: 3/1 on acre, FM1655,
$850. Large 1-bedroom, 1.5-bath
home, lake front.
Cannon Realty & Property Management, (940)368-1811.
Rental Assistance Available
Rents Based on Income
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CAROUSEL PROPERTIES
Runaway Bay, 3/2, appliances,
washer/dryer connections, CH/A,
$850-950/month, $1,000/deposit.
Cuba road, 2/1, appliances,
$600/month,
$750/deposit.
(940)539-0738.
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Housekeeping
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APPLY IN PERSON AT
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or FAX RESUME
to 940-627-3937 EEO/M/F/D/W
Backhoe operator with CDL needed.
Benefits available. Call for appointment, (940)872-2676; or fax resume
to (940)872-1179; or email
[email protected].
SCHOOL
BUS
DRIVERS
NEEDED, Training available.
Enjoy important and meaningful
work that is close to home with favorable hours (weekend work not
required ) and competitive pay and
benefits. Prospective team members must be able to pass a D.O.T.
physical, be drug free, and possess
a clean driving record. Contact the
Decatur ISD Transportation Department at (940)393-7120.
Site Safe Solutions is looking for oilfield supervisor w/CDL for our growing business in N.E. Pennsylvania.
Opportunities up to $22.50/hour.
Great growth potential for right individual.
Email
resume:
[email protected];
fax,
(940)668-6688.
Wanted: experienced OTR drivers
w/step deck & RGN knowledge, for
transport
of
equipment.
(817)847-8534.
SERVICES
DAY SHIFT AVAILABLE. Looking
to hire experienced vacuum truck
drivers, starting at $15.50/hour. Insurance program available. Call
(940)626-8248 or (940)389-0399.
Driver & fork lift operator needed.
CDL required on both. Forestburg
area. Must be 25-years or older with
minimum 3-years experience.
(940)964-2415.
METAL BUILDING EXPERIENCE
Now hiring welder, 5+ years experience a must. Serious inquiries only.
Lamance Welding, (940)389-3230.
Metroplex Welding Supply is accepting applications for a full-time
delivery driver. Must have Class B
with HazMat endorsement. 40-50
hour work week. Please apply in
person or call (940)627-6820.
Now hiring Class A CDL drivers with
2-years experience. Oilfield/environmental/construction transportation. Paid weekly, insurance, Aflac,
paid vacations and much more. Call
Daniel, (800)448-6323.
Now hiring Class-A CDL drivers,
tanker endorsement required. Inquire at (817)995-5024.
Now hiring drilling rig tech, SCR top
drive experience and basic electrical
knowledge needed. Must work in
North Texas area. Call for appointment, (940)872-2676; fax resume to
(940)872-1179; email
[email protected].
Wanted experienced, winch truck or
pole truck drivers. Fowler Transportation, (254)898-0932.
• Childcare
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• Tutoring
SERVIC
Loaded down, can’t find the time,
too busy to clean? “We’ve got a
maid 4 U.” Free estimates. Denise,
(940)765-8318.
Remember
627-SLAB
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Commercial, residential, bonded/insured. Make ready, 1-time or repeat. We clean what others miss.
pennyWise Cleaning Service,
(940)210-5450.
For all your concrete needs!
Let me fix it
A+ HANDYMAN SERVICE
Home repairs, light plumbing & electric, mower & window screen repair.
(817)995-7960.
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BEN’S GRAPHICS
Architectural/structural, CAD drafting. Commercial, industrial, residential. Cast stone, pre-cast, tiltwall.
(817)235-3906.
BRUCE’S HOUSE LEVELING
Foundation repair, sheetrock, tape
& bedding repair. All work guaranteed! Free estimates. 30 years experience. (817)690-2429.
DESIGNS CENTS
offers affordable decorating using
color, space, texture and other
decorating techniques. Contact Pam
Harrington, (940)531-2020 or [email protected]!
MR. SWEEP’S
Chimney Cleaning Service. Chimney caps, dryer vent cleaning & fireplace repairs. Call, ask for $20 discount. (817)692-5624.
TRW QUALITY APPLIANCE
Sales & Service. We service all major appliances. 12000-A FM 730
North, Azle. (817)907-7731.
NOW HIRING
Winch Truck & Flat Bed Drivers
CDL Required. No Tarping.
Paid Vacation, Medical Insurance
For more information call 940-969-2028
MCROREY RENOVATIONS
drywall, cracks fixed, texture, carpentry, siding, minor sprinkler repairs, painting, telephone and TV
wiring, surround sound, and handyman work. Eric, (940)799-7086.
PRO CONSTRUCTION SERVICES
(940)577-4135. Remodeling, interior
& exterior painting, drywall, cabinets, trim, tile, handyman jobs.
Quality work done right.
RUSSELL’S HOME
IMPROVEMENT
& REPAIR
Decks, Drywall,
Add-ons,
Flooring, Roofing
Much More
HIRING CLASS A CDL DRIVERS
Positions for local hauling of Aggregate
and Hot-Mix. Over-the-road positions for
Sleeper Trucks with Pneumatic Tankers
Most trucks are 2012’s. Great settlement checks.
Experience preferred
Call Jack @ 469-400-4971
Elite
NOW HIRING
Well site
Services
Class A CDL Driver with Tanker Endorsementt
Night shift with possible day shift. Must be
25 years of age, have good driving record, 2 years
tractor trailer experience. Pass drug screen.
End dump & Bobtail experience a plus.
Applications at elitewellsiteservices.com
or Apply in person at
12319 Bus. Hwy 287, Fort Worth, 76179
940-210-2949 or 940-389-1132 for Bridgeport
Transport
Transport Drivers
Drivers Needed
Needed
Transport Drivers Needed
• 22 years minimum age
• 2 years verifiable driving experience
• Class
A CDL
22
years
minimum
age;
22 years• We
minimum
age;
pay you for your
experience
2
years
verifiable
driving
Employee and Family Healthexperience;
Insurance
EXPERIENCED
2 years ••verifiable
driving experience;
Night shift premium
DRIVERS
Class
• Night shift bonus
Class A
A CDL;
CDL;
940-389-4943
STEVE’S HANDYMAN
Electric, plumbing, framing, cabinets, countertops, drywall, painting,
lawn maintenance, hauling, tree removal, pressure washing. Free estimates. (817)471-7597.
ALL AROUND HORSESHOEING
& Trims. (940)433-2700.
Mowing
• Farm Equipment • Fencing
• Lawn & Garden • Livestock
• Livestock Care/Training
• Miscellaneous • Mowing
• Pasture & Feed • Poultry
Fencing
3D FARM & RANCH SERVICES
All types fencing, metal buildings,
carports, custom gates, entrances,
cattle guards, mobile & shop welding, general clean-up, skid steer
work. YOU NAME IT, WE DO IT!!
(940)210-1242.
BOBBY’S FENCE
All types fencing. Free estimates.
Over 25-years experience.
(817)444-3213.
Class A CDL;
Night
Night shift
shift premium
premium
Looking for
We
pay
you
for
your
Night
Night shift
shift bonus
bonus
Toughnecks
experience
Cleburne area:
817.925.5154
Night
shift premium
Tough
Bridgeport
area: 940.393.5525
Bridgeport area:
940.393.5525
Night shift bonus
Enough?
SEEKING CDL DRIVERS
Now Hiring:
CLASS A AND B Cleburne area:
Drillers 817.925.5154
Precision Drilling is currently
seeking smart, professional, strong,
committed, resourceful and high
performing individuals for our
Barnett Shale operations. If you
have what it takes, join our
team today.
Willing to train in return for time commitment.
Derrickhands
Please apply online at:
Motorhands
Bridgeport
area: 940.393.5525
www.toughnecks.com
Floorhands
Precision Drilling, an international
New Higher Pay
Rates Including
Per Diem!
Must be willing to travel
If interested please call
Precision Drilling strives to
provide equal employment and
advancement opportunities to
all individuals.
Oil & Gas Drilling Company, is a
leading provider of safe, efficient
and innovative contract drilling,
well servicing and strategic support
services. We offer competitive salaries
and a robust offering of benefits,
including medical, dental, vision, life
insurance, 401(k), and more.
Pasture and feed
HAY
Horse & Cow Quality
Lawn and garden
A-1 OUTDOOR HANDYMAN
Affordable home repairs/improvements, landscaping, yard work, odd
jobs. 30-years experience. Local
references. Free estimates. Osteen,
(940)255-2639.
KUBOTA ZERO TURN
mower, 321 diesel, less than 50
hours. New, $11,200; priced to sell!
Email for details, photos:
[email protected].
SS LAWN CARE
Full lawn care service. Mowing,
landscaping, tree trimming, fertilization, flower beds and more. References available. 10-years experience. Commercial/residential. Call
Shane
for
free
estimate.
(940)210-9444.
50 years of actual service
in Hay Sales. Try us and
see if our prices can be beat!
Thank you,
Danny Taylor
940-389-3068
Charles H. Taylor
940-627-3385
940-393-2728
HAY FOR SALE
Round bales Missouri cow hay, no
coastal. Call (940)433-2678 or
(940)337-1728.
LONESOME DOVE FEED
Authorized Bryant
dealer, whole corn
$9.75/50#,
clean
coastal square bales.
Located
1231
CR4380, Decatur. (940)389-2945.
NO-TILL DRILLING
Available for winter pasture.
(940)859-5555/
Keen
Electrical Service
COMMERCIAL • INDUSTRIAL • RESIDENTIAL
Service Upgrades
Quality Service & Reasonable Rates
25 Years Experience
Licensed/Insured TECL #26308
940-399-0373
American Owned & Operated
TAR & CHIP PAVING
By CD Paving & Seal Coating
What is Tar & Chip Seal?
Tar & Chip Seal is a less expensive
pavement than blacktop or concrete.
It can be applied to a base surface or an
older cracked-up blacktop surface. It is a
layer of hot, liquefied asphalt tar which is
followed by a layer of 3/8” chip rock and
then rolled to compaction.
Employee
Family817.925.5154
health
insurance Scott
Cleburneand
area:
Are You
940-627-1005
ALFALFA HAY
Horse quality, 3x4x8 bales, Wyoming Alfalfa and 6x6 Montana
grass/Alfalfa rounds. Also, 3x3x8 Alfalfa/Orchard grass, cow quality
squares.(940)389-3891.
FARM A
RANC
2 years verifiable driving experience;
• Competitive pay plus overtime
• Paid insurance
• 401(k) plan
• Paid holidays
• Paid vacation
• Safety bonuses
2 HORNED HEREFORD BULLS
They are good! (940)389-9133 or
(940)577-3125.
Livestock care/training
For FREE Estimates call
22 years minimum age;
• Competitive Pay & OvertimeWe pay you for
Cleburne
area: experience
817.925.5154 Scott
your
We
pay
you
for
your
experience
Bridgeport area: 940.393.5525 Kirby
• Company Benefit Package
Employee
401(k), Bonus Plan, Health & Life Insurance
Employee and
and Family
Family health
health insurance
insurance
940-627-1755
Precious mini horses for sale, lots of
color. $100/each. (940)395-8210.
LLAMAS
weanlings (6-months-old), adults,
bred females, guardians & pet quality. We provide training & support
for new owners. (940)433-5897.
TREES TRIMMED & REMOVED
36 years in business, insured. All
major credit cards accepted.
(817)444-0861, Teater.
TRANSPORT DRIVERS NEEDED
Apply within
2379 Hwy 287 North Decatur
Livestock
FARM
RANCH
Farm
and AND
Ranch
EMPLOYMENT
Diamond Tank Rental
SEEKING
CDL
FARM AND
RANCH
SERVICES
EMPLOYMENT
11
Scott
• It stays clean
• It will last 12 to 15 years
• It will not wash out
• It keeps cool in summer
• It is maintenance-free • It has beautiful curb appeal
Kirby
Kirby
We Also Do
Excavating, Grading
& Base Work
Scott
Kirby
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With Mention
of this Ad
• Parking Lots • Driveways
• Ranch Roads • Streets
WE ARE FULLY INSURED
817-690-6071
www.cdpaving.net
[email protected]
Office in Fort Worth
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MERCHANDISE FOR SALE
PETS
Pets
!!ATTENTION!!
We suggest that our readers thoroughly investigate any advertiser
before investing any money.
Chihuahua puppies. Registered teacups & toys. Males, females.
Shots/wormed. Chocolate, blue,
black & tan. (940)399-3207.
YORKIE
CKC registered, born 6-5-11, all
shots/wormed. 1 male left, $400.
Family raised, parents on site.
(940)627-7947, (443)907-3989.
Garage sales
!!ATTENTION!!
If you do not see your garage sale
in this section, please look in the
paid circulation of the Thursday
Wise County Messenger.
Garage sale ads in All Around Wise
MUST be called in before 10a.m.
Friday, THE WEEK BEFORE the
sale, and cost is a minimum of $22.
If you only want your garage sale in
the paid circulation, deadline is
10a.m. Tuesday, the week of the
sale, and cost is a minimum of $14.
www.wcmessenger.com
KANINE AKADEMY LLC
Small Breed Grooming
& Boarding
Kim Saling & Kathy Evenson
have been grooming since 1986
3519 S. Murvil • Decatur, TX
940-627-4729
Buster, CK & Mugsy
www.facebook.com/[email protected]
Decatur, 1303 S. Cliff, Sat., Oct. 22,
8a.m.-1p.m. Multi-family yard sale.
Lots of everything.
Decatur, 1628 Preskitt Road,
Fri.-Sat., Oct. 21-22, 8a.m. Craftsman lawn mower, slot machine, golf
cart, patio furniture, 50” TV, iPhone.
Decatur, 831 Cemetery Road, 1
mile past Oaklawn Cemetery,
Fri.-Sat., Oct. 21-22, 8a.m.-5p.m.
5-families. Furniture, household, antiques, horse blankets, tack, toys,
linens, books.
Decatur, 974 Fossil Ridge Road,
Sat., Oct 15, 22, 8a.m.-2p.m. Huge
antique/vintage sale, white dresser,
table & chairs, decorative items, guitar w/case, Christmas items, canister set, yard art. (940)255-4740.
TRANSPORTATION
Miscellaneous
POLARIS HAWKEYE
4-wheeler, $1,500. Gibson Les Paul
studio model guitar, $750. Amplifier,
$250. Buffalo robe, $750.
(940)210-8619, ask for Chuck.
FIREWOOD
Split oak, $70/full load. Your truck, I
load. Credit cards accepted.
(817)444-0861, (817)690-4011.
FIREWOOD FOR SALE
split oak, pecan & mesquite. Seasoned or green. Call (940)389-3413
or (940)389-8511.
I’LL BUY THOSE YARD CARS
as well as your good used cars.
Arvin, (817)925-8768.
Gas Card
DEPENDABLE CARS & TRUCKS
$3,500 or less. Cowgirl Auto Sales,
804 Business Highway 287, Decatur, TX; (940)626-0070. Let’s do
business! www.cowgirlautosales.com.
$20
Recreational vehicles
HANDICAP ITEMS
EZ Access portable handicap ramp,
brand new. (940)393-5352.
STEEL BUILDINGS
Reduced factory inventory. 30x36,
regular $15,850; now $12,600.
36x58, regular $21,90; now
$18,800.
Source
#1GH,
(866)609-4321.
Firewood
ALL SPLIT OAK
seasoned firewood. Delivered,
$250/cord. Call (940)595-8133.
Cars
AARONS LEASE RETURN SALE
Save big because we leased it first.
Sofa and love seat, both for $349. 3
piece accessory tables from $79.
Lamp pairs from $39. Mattress sets
for $129. Laptops and desktops
from $299. 60 inch TVs from $429.
XBOX and Playstations from $149.
Appliances and much more. Cash,
check or credit card. $25 delivery in
Wise County. 1300 FM 51 S, next
to Dollar General, Decatur.
(940)627-5043, Ask for Miles.
Register for a FREE
Gas Card!
1996 AIRSTREAM
31’, fully self-contained, good condition. $22,000. (940)626-1143.
We are giving away 10
$20 gas cards every week.
2000 WILDCAT
28’ 5th wheel travel trailer, pulled
less than 10,000 miles. $25,000.
(940)393-9217.
Visit www.bmgautosales.com
to register for yours!!
107 S. Hwy. 287 • Decatur
940-626-8000
No Credit Checks
Pickups/Vans/SUVs
2010 FORD F150
White, small V-8, 26,000 miles.
$15,500. (940)627-4595.
2010 CHEVY SILVERADO
Texas Edition, white, crew cab, sun
roof, heated seats, 27k miles.
$26,800. (940)393-1128.
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Health
Mealtime memories begin in the kitchen
By TANYA DAVIS
WISE CO. EXTENSION
AGENT
A good way to get young
children excited about new
foods and healthy eating is
to get them involved in the
kitchen. Young children like
to imitate their parents, and
this is especially true during
meal planning and food preparation.
Young children can:
Q wipe and help set the
table,
Q select fruits or vegetables
for the meal,
Q rinse vegetables and
fruits,
Q snap green beans,
Q stir pancake batter and
Q help assemble a pizza
and make sandwiches.
Parents need to remember
some safety tips when children are in the kitchen:
Q Cook with pots and pans
on the back burners.
from Texas AgriLife ExtenQ Keep hot dishes where sion’s Dinner Tonight series
children cannot touch or pull that will provide an opportuthem down on top of
nity to create memothemselves.
ries in the kitchen.
Q Children should
Chocolate-Banot remove cooked food
nana Parfaits
from the microwave.
2 cups cold fat-free
Q Keep knives and
milk
other sharp objects out
1 4-serving size
of children’s reach.
package chocolate flaWise
Watching children
vor fat-free, sugar-free
closely and giving Notes for instant pudding mix
them specific, child- Consumers
2 medium bananas,
appropriate tasks can
sliced
help increase your
3/4 cup thawed sugchild's interest in new foods ar free whipped topping
and food preparation.
Pour milk into medium
It is also very important bowl. Add dry pudding mix.
to remember food safety as Beat with wire whisk 2 minwell by teaching children to utes or until well blended.
wash their hands with warm, Spoon half of the pudding
soapy water before helping evenly into 4 dessert glasses.
in the kitchen. This lifelong Cover with layers of banana
habit will keep children from slices, 1/2 cup of the whipped
getting sick or making others topping and the remaining
sick with a foodborne illness. pudding. Top with remainFollowing is a fun recipe ing 1/4 cup whipped topping.
Serves: 4
Serve immediately or refrigerate until ready to serve.
Refrigerate leftover parfaits.
Nutrition facts per serving:
Calories: 160; Total Fat: 2.5
g; Cholesterol: 5 mg; Sodium:
360 mg; Total Carbohydrate:
32 g; Protein: 5 g
The source for this article
was choosemyplate.gov/preschoolers/HealthyHabits/
PickyEaters/kitchenactivities.html
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GMC • HYUNDAI • PRE-OWNED
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27-2177
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Senior Health Fair set for Oct. 20
Wise Regional Health System in Decatur will host a
Senior Health Fair 8 to 10:30
a.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, for
persons 55 and older.
Services available include
free health screenings, including blood pressure, pulse
oximetry, grip strength and
body mass index; free blood
draws for lipids, glucose and
PSA; free information about
drug interactions, stroke
awareness, Medicare questions and more.
Flu shots will be available,
free for Medicare patients
who present their cards, and
$20 for all others.
The hospital will also be
working with TAPS to provide transportation to the
Health Fair.
Wise Regional depart-
ments participating include
lab, emergency room, behavioral health, inpatient rehabilitation, cardiac cath lab,
dialysis, Fit-N-Wise Wellness
Center, case management,
wound care and hyperbaric
medicine, pharmacy, respiratory, clinical care associates
and Wise Regional Auxiliary.
Call (940) 626-3850 for
more information.
Transition Time ...
past, we’ve seen them right
after cold fronts from late
July to September. Some
even winter on the Gulf
Coast.
If you cruise by fields with
short grass, you might find
a flock of Swainson’s Hawks
on the ground. These hawks
are rare in the summer in
Wise County, although as
you go farther west and
north they breed in open
prairies. However, they are
quite common in big flocks
during spring and fall migration. They are heading
south for the pampas of
South America. You will
often see them sitting in
plowed fields or in areas of
short grass, searching for
grasshoppers to eat.
If you have the time to
check the lakes and ponds,
there are still shorebirds
passing through. I’ve seen
small flocks of Least Sandpipers hanging out with the
resident Killdeer. American White Pelicans migrate
through here in the spring
and fall. Pelicans fly over in
big loose flocks, rather like
Sandhill Cranes, but they
will also glide and soar.
Look for their black wingtips and white bodies. Usually you can also see their
big yellowish beaks instead
of the long necks of Sandhill
Cranes (which are gray anyway) or Snow Geese (which
can be white with black
wingtips, but do not soar).
Many birds molt this time
of year. Molting is necessary
for birds to replace worn
feathers with new ones that
will appropriately insulate
the bird from heat and cold
and rain and snow, but they
sure do look pathetic sometimes. Cardinals will often
lose all their head feathers
at once, exposing dark skin.
Grackles turn from “greattailed” to “no-tailed.”
Whether you spot a flock
of migrating pelicans or
a resident cardinal going
bald, keep your eyes peeled
for the signs of the changing
seasons. You never know
what fascinating sights you
will see!
Q
The next monthly field
trip on the Lyndon B. Johnson National Grasslands
will be Nov. 2. We will depart at 9 a.m. sharp from
the Forest Service District
Office in Decatur. For more
information, please contact
Mary Curry (see below) or
the Forest Service District
Office at (940) 627-5475.
Q
Claire and Mary Curry are nature enthusiasts
based in Greenwood. If you
would like to contact them,
please email larksparrow@
eeclaire.com.
NEW
ARRIVALS
Ever Marle Bowman
Oct. 5, 2011
Naomi Gatlin and Craig
Bowman of Bowie announce
the birth of a daughter,
Ever Marle Bowman, on
Oct. 5, 2011, at Wise Regional Health System in
Decatur.
She weighed 7 pounds, 7
ounces and was 20 inches
long.
Grandparents are Randy Campbell of Mineral
Wells, and Kindall Gatlin
and Sharon Knight, both of
Bowie.
Great-grandparents are
Carol Gatlin and Bill Gatlin of Bowie.
Great-great-grandparents are Frieda Gatlin and
Shearon and Charles Wood
of Bowie.
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NEW ARRIVALS
Mateo Sanchez
Oct. 6, 2011
Rosa I. Delgadillo and Reynaldo Sanchez of Bridgeport
announce the birth of a son,
Mateo Sanchez, on Oct. 6,
2011, at Wise Regional Health
System in Decatur.
He weighed 8 pounds, 1
ounce and was 19 1/2 inches
long.
Grandparents are Juan
and Magdalena Delgadillo of
Bridgeport and Antonio and
Maria Leonor Sanchez of Guanajuato, Mexico.
Sadie Leticia Cantu
Oct. 6, 2011
SUDOKU SOLUTIONS
CROSSWORD SOLUTION
Avery Layne Reuter
Oct. 9, 2011
Brian and Valerie Reuter of
Rhome announce the birth of
a daughter, Avery Layne, on
Oct. 9, 2011, at Wise Regional
Health System in Decatur.
ounces and was 19 1/2 inches
long.
She has a brother, Cody, 2.
Grandparents are Jim and
Carolyn Reuter of Hoffman,
Minn., and Paul and Ebby
Loeffler of Alpine.
Great-grandparents
are
Virgil and Mildred Sauder
of Morris, Minn., and Mann
and Pat Bramblett of Sierra
Blanca.
Isabella Ariana Salazar
Oct. 9, 2011
Fernando and Cristina Cantu of Decatur announce the
birth of a daughter, Sadie Leticia, on Oct. 6, 2011, at Wise
Regional Health System in
Decatur.
long.
She has two sisters: Alexia,
14, and Julyssa, 7.
Grandparents are Elias
and Nona Torres and Yolanda
Cantu, all of Decatur.
Robert and Brenda Salazar
of Bridgeport announce the
birth of a daughter, Isabella
Ariana, on Oct. 9, 2011, at
Wise Regional Health System
in Decatur.
ounce and was 18 inches long.
She has a sister, Elena, 4.
Grandparents are Tomas
and Dora Huerta and Juan
Manuel and Antonia Salazar.
Chloe Olivia Johnson
Oct. 8, 2011
Adam Jose Benavidez Jr.
Oct. 10, 2011
Ashley Johnson of Bridgeport announces the birth of
a daughter, Chloe Olivia, on
Oct. 8, 2011, at Wise Regional
Health System in Decatur.
long.
Grandparents are Kelly and
Nick Warren of Mineral Wells
and Ted and Chasidy Johnson
of Bridgeport.
Great-grandparents
are
Margaret and Sherman Johnson and Dick and Diana Warren.
Sara and Adam Benavidez
of Rhome announce the birth
of a son, Adam Jose Benavidez
Jr., on Oct. 10, 2011, at Wise
Regional Health System in
Decatur.
He weighed 9 pounds, 4
ounces and was 20 1/2 inches
long.
Grandparents are Rosa
Munguia, Linda Pettifield,
Larry Pettifield and Jose
Hernandez.
Great-grandparents
are
Dale Graves and Anita Ann
Benavidez.
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ALVORD
940-627-5400
940-427-2801
1101 Eagle Dr. • Suite C
Decatur, 76234
Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Sat., 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
115 E. Bypass 287. • Suite B
Alvord, 76225
Mon. - Fri., 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Closed Sat.
Fall Festival
at the Wise County Sheriff’s Office
Tuesday October 25, 2011 • 6-8 pm
THE
RESIDENCES
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Brought to you by: Wise County Sheriff’s Office,
First Baptist Church of Decatur, Crime Stoppers of Wise County
Wise County City Police Departments, Fire Departments, EMS,
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County, & The Bridgeport Lions Club
Come meet your local emergency personnel
Music by: Tyler Caster from 6-7 pm &
Brandon Gentry from 7-8 pm
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2011 Ford Fusion SE
2008 Mazda 7
Sharp, sporty SUV!
16,995
$
30 miles per gallon
2011 Mustang Convertible
2010 Lincoln MKT
Chrome Wheels and Running Boards
19,995
$
*
2010 F-150 Super Crew 4x4
15
36,995
$
*
2010 Edge Limited AWD
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2010 Mercury Milan
Luxury at its finest. A must see and drive.
Super loaded ride.
Summer fun that’s AfFORDable!
25,995
$
*
2009 Nissan Titan
33,995
$
*
2009 GMC Sierra SLE
Sharp Crew Cab full-sized truck.
22,995
$
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Half-ton, Texas/Okla. package.
39,999
$
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33, 995
19,995
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2008 Lincoln MKZ
2009 E-250 Window Van
Navigation, Moonroof. Nice.
12-passenger, great for Church.
19,995
$
*
18,995
$
2010 F-150 Regular Cab
*
2011 F-250 Super Crew XLT
34,995
$
*
2009 Ranger Reb. Cab
BENEFITS
• 169 point inspection by Factory
Trained Technicians
• 3-month/3,000 mile Comprehensive
limited warranty
• 6-year/100,000-mile Powertrain
limited warranty
• Full Tank of Gas
MANAGER’S SPECIAL PRICE!
13,995
*
$
MANAGER’S SPECIAL PRICE!
• CarFax Vehicle History
12 ,995
$
• 24-hour Roadside Assistance
2008 Jeep Liberty Limited
2009 GMC Sierra 1500
2008 Ram 1500 Crew Cab
2007 Ford 500
Really nice ride!
Nice Crew Cab truck. Side rails.
Versatile truck for work or play.
Leather, nice...
16,995
$
*
23,995
$
*
19,995
$
15,995
$
*
*
2010 Explorer XLT
Very nice. Several to choose.
20,295
$
*
*
2008 Lincoln Navigator
2011 Expedition EL XLT
2011 F-150 Super Cab 4x4
2011 Taurus Limited
2010 VW CC Luxury
Very affordable luxury SUV.
Extra length SUV. Great people mover.
Very nice affordable 4x4.
A true luxury car for a mid-level price.
Super nice and sporty to drive.
$
28,999
*
28,995
$
*
2011 F-150 Super Crew FX4
26,995
$
26,995
$
*
2010 F-250 King Ranch
2011 Focus SES
Super-Duty, Super Crew.
Great economy at over 30 mpg.
42,995
$
*
2008 Escape XLT
*
2008 Town & Country Van
16,995
$
29,995
$
*
16,900
$
*
2010 Mercury Grand Marquis 2010 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited
Virtually new and super nice. Only 2,000 miles.
38, 995
$
*
Nimble, economical, versatile SUV.
15,995
$
*
Full-sized comfort and a great ride.
15,995
$
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31,995
$
*
*Plus tax, title and license.
Richie Buck Angie Mathias Brad Hultman Mike Buckwheat Dan Jordan Steven Washburn Earnest Schoolcraft Cameron Dauenhauer
US Hwy. 287 South • Decatur, Texas • 940-627-1101
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HONOR
ROLLS
Inside the Frame
Hale, Desirae Hillary, Joshua
Johnson, Ian Lee, Ashton Martinez, Diego Martinez, Dylan
McGee, Genoveva Pacheco,
Hayden Philpot, Abelardo Rodriguez, Hunter Sharp, Elizabeth
Swanson, Nakoma Thacker,
Jorge Torres, Juan Vargas
Third grade — Ryan Barnett,
Nive Bowles, Colby Bryan, Angel Carrillo, Cheyenne Cook,
Max Downe, Arturo Gloria,
Kaelee Gould, Hunter Grundy,
Kayla Leal, Rebecca Place,
Jacob Ramos, Mikayla Rodriguez, Gracie Russell, Mason
Stephenson, Dawson Taylor,
Savannah Tocquigny, Luke
Tribe, Bryce Willyerd, Daniel
Wilson
Fourth grade — Trinity Ard,
Ian Caporale, Izek Chavana,
Rodrigo Cruz, James Davenport, Katelynn Eslinger, Kaymin Flick, Beck Gilbert, Lillian
Hale, Brendon Harrel, Thomas
Hatley, Hailey Holloway Roberts, Lexie Johnson, Nicholas
Joyner, Devon Juarez, Giovanni
Landeros, Adam Lee, Bandi
Leverett,
John
Mantooth,
Lance Martin, Makayla Martinez, Shayla McDowell, Dylan
Miles, Kaden Monfort, Sterling
Moore, Corrinn Prechter, Edgar
Rodriguez, Lea Salas, Vanessa
Sanders, Blake Sill, Ashley
Steiner, Sara Swanson, Kaitlyn
Taylor, Zachary Tibbels, Sadie
Walker, Theresa West, Colton
White
Fifth grade — Nicholas
Birmingham, Zoe Blaylock,
Charles Blount, Layton Chancellor, Hunter Cole, Matthew
Colston, Victoria Davis, Linda
Del Villar Banuelos, Logan
Draper, Christopher Fernandez,
Jakob Flores, Andres Fuentes,
RIley Graniczny, Ricky Hale,
Milton Hardee, Ryan Haycock, Madilyn Hogan, Zachary
Hughes, Melissa Lozano, Noah
McClure, Scotlan Meador, Israel Pacheco, Hunter Perry, Joseph Ramos, Jordan Reta, Alexis Rodriguez Ortega, Anastacia
Roones, Charles Sherman,
Leighann Stephenson, Layla
Tennison, Darien Terry, Diana
Torres, Carlos Vargas-Chavez,
Merlin Williams, Savannah Wilson
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Movies
“It took more than three thousand years to make some of the trees in these western woods
… Through all the wonderful, eventful centuries since Christ’s time — and long before that
— God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand straining, leveling tempests and floods; but he cannot save them from fools.”
— John Muir, Atlantic Monthly 1897
Starts Friday Oct. 21
Our world blends old and gnarled roots, protected foryoung without effort. A child’s ever in an ancient shrine so
wit and an old woman’s wis- long as man’s buzz saw is held
dom fit hand in hand. A wild- at bay.
flower cradled in weatherOur human race is young,
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just For more Inside the Frame fectly with the
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relics of nature
a soft, bright,
green leaf, fresh
around us. But
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the foot of a giant anchored place in this world if we destroy the wonders that helped
into the forest floor.
Our roaming photographer foster us into creation.
captured such an image while
I recently had the privilege
trekking through the Wash- of watching the bird show at
ington state rain forest near the State Fair of Texas. The
the Pacific coastline. All day man leading the event left the
he searched for a scene that crowd with a profound quote
depicted the damp, majestic on conservation.
“We don’t own this world; we
world towering around him.
A leaf had fallen like a glis- are merely borrowing it from
tening tear drop of joy onto our children,” he said.
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Footloose
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 21-22.................................12:00 ......... 2:20 ...........4:45 ..........7:10 .........9:30
Sunday, Oct. 23 ...........................................12:00 ......... 2:20 ...........4:45 ..........7:10
Mon.-Thurs., Oct. 24-27 ......................................................... 3:00 ......... 5:30 ........... 8:00
Paranormal Activity 3
Thursday, Oct. 20 ...................................................................................................... 9:00
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 21-22.......................... 12:30......2:30 .......4:20 ......6:15 ........8:00 ........9:50
Sunday, Oct. 23 .................................... 12:30......2:30 .......4:20 ......6:15 ........8:00
Mon.-Thurs., Oct. 24-27 ............................................. 3:30 ....... 5:30 .......7:30
Real Steel
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 21-22..................................... ............. 12:15 ..........3:00 ..........5:30 .........8:00
Sunday, Oct. 23 ............................................... ............. 12:15 ..........3:00 ..........5:30 .........8:00
Mon.-Thur., Oct. 24-27 ................................... .................................3:00 ..........5:30 .........8:00
Dolphin Tale
Thursday, Oct. 20 ....................................................................................... 3:00 ......... 5:15
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 21-22..................................... ............. 12:00 ..........2:20 ..........4:40 .........7:00
Sunday, Oct. 23 ............................................... ............. 12:00 ..........2:20 ..........4:40
Mon.-Thurs., Oct. 24-27 ............................................................................ 3:00 ......... 5:15
The Thing
Thursday, Oct. 20 ............................................ .............. 3:15 ...........5:30
Fri. & Sat., Oct. 21-22..........................................................................................................9:20
Sunday, Oct. 23 ............................................... ...................................................7:00
Mon.-Thurs., Oct. 24-27 ........................... ................................................................. 7:30
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Enter in Decatur at Wood Pre-Owned, US287 South
940-627-2177
Bring your Ghouls and
Goblins by the Wise
County Messenger, at 115
South Trinity in Decatur on
Monday, Oct. 31 from 7 to
9 p.m. to have their photo
taken by Joe Duty and
receive a FREE 4x5 print!
No cost to enter. Must be licensed driver, 18 or older. Computerized, preselected number of footballs for each of our seven participating lots. Wood is giving away a total of one vehicle. Closest numbers to the exact total of footballs will be put in drawing
for other fabulous prizes. Winner is responsible for tax, title and license, and must be available for publicity photos.
Drawing will be on November 12, 2011, at each location.
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