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GARDENER’S MAILBAG

By NEIL SPERRYDear Neil: My dogwood

tree has never been a very heavy bloomer, but this fall it is loaded with buds. Is that normal?

It is absolutely normal. It sounds like next year is going to be the spring that your plant blooms in its full glory. Keep it moist for the balance of the winter, and do not do any pruning until af-ter the fl owering time.

Dear Neil: I’m trying to

grow buckeyes in pots. If and when they sprout, when should they be planted out-side?

Let them germinate and grow until they’re 12 to 15 inches tall in 1- or 2-gal-lon pots, then set them out into the landscape. The best times to plant trees are early in the spring, as they begin their new growth or in the fall (October or November). Fall planting gives them many months to establish good root systems before the following summer’s heat.

Dear Neil: I have a lovely

hydrangea plant that has bloomed beautifully this year. Now, its heads are all brown. Do I cut them off or leave them in place?

Prune the plant lightly to remove the heads. Ma-jor pruning and reshaping should be done immediately after they fi nish fl owering next summer.

Dear Neil: I have a vine

that is invading my wooden fence. It has leaves grouped in fi ves, and it seems to spread by stolons. How can I eliminate it safely?

That sounds like Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia). You should confi rm that by looking it up online or in a reference book. It actually is a hand-some native vine, but it can become invasive in the wrong circumstances. Your easiest way to eliminate it is simply to cut it off at the ground with a hoe. It usu-ally does not come back very vigorously.

Dear Neil: You recom-

mended using mondograss as a shade groundcover be-neath trees, but how do we prepare the soil? It’s a really hard clay.

If there are many large surface roots that might be damaged, you might consider a vining type of groundcover such as purple wintercreeper euonymus, Asian jasmine or, with per-fect drainage, maybe even English ivy. However, if there are no surface roots to keep the mondograss from spreading and covering, ro-

totill the ground 3 or 4 inch-es deep. Work several inches of organic matter (Canadian peat, pine bark mulch, com-post, rotted manure, etc.) into the soil, and plant the mondograss checkerboard-style on 8-inch centers. If you use clumps that are 3 or 4 inches in diameter, it should grow and spread within its fi rst year.

Dear Neil: On more than

one occasion, you have men-tioned that redtip photi-nias that are infested with blackspot are doomed and should be replaced. I have used a black spot spray for roses successfully for 10 years. Thought maybe that information might be of help

to your readers.I appreciate the input, and

I don’t want to come off as being confrontational, but I must say that I’ve had lit-erally hundreds of garden-ers tell me just the opposite over the years ˆ that fungi-cides did nothing to stop its spread. My guess would be that either you don’t have actual Entomosporium fun-gal leaf spot, or you have re-ally been lucky. It’s a beauti-ful shrub. I hope your luck holds out!

Dear Neil: I have several fi g trees, but they don’t pro-duce much fruit. Do they need to be pruned? Do they need fertilizer?

The answer to both ques-

tions is “No.” You really don’t want to prune fi gs at all. Pruning stimulates rapid vegetative growth, and that comes at the expense of fruit production. Ditto for feeding. It’s best just to mulch them deeply and keep the plants moist at all times. Obvious-ly, full sun is also required for best fruit production.

Dear Neil: Several weeks ago you mentioned putting out pre-emergent weedkiller granules to stop grassburs (stickerburs). I didn’t save the paper. When do I treat, and with what?

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Football

Junior varsity

Bridgeport 18

Decatur 14

BHS standouts — Jason

Mitchell helped save the day for

the Bulls as he had an intercep-

tion, a fumble recovery and re-

turned a punt 65 yards for the

winning touchdown. Also in de-

fense, Austin Hicks had some

crucial hits in third and fourth

down situations in the second

half. Christian Cordova also

stepped up defensively and even

sniffed out a screen pass for a

big loss. Offensively, Matt Minix

found the end one a 29-yard run,

while Dustin Green score from

three yards out.

DHS standouts — Not pro-

vided

BHS coach’s comments: A

stout defense helped achieve

the goal of becoming undefeat-

ed district champions.

BHS records: 10-0, 5-0

Decatur 26

Vernon 12

DHS standouts — Alejando

Beltran rushed for two touch-

downs and 112 yards for real

state to lead the Eagles to an-

other victory over Vernon. Alec

Torres also had his way with the

Lions as he rushed for 90 yards

and had a TD pass. Zack Ford

fi nished with 24 yards rushing

and one touchdown. The defense

was just as impressive smother-

ing Vernon all night long. Pres-

ton Cone led the way for Deca-

tur with a team-high 11 tackles.

Nick Mackenrodt did not take it

easy on the Lions as he racked

up seven tackles. Bobby Byrd

was dominating as well after the

fi nished with four tackles and

three sacks.

DHS coach’s comments: The

offensive line of Ryan Maxson,

Jacob Murphy, Caleb Montez,

Rhino Cangley and Dusty Hum-

phrey controlled the line of

scrimmage all night and helped

the offense rack up 288 yards.

Player highlights were John

“Wayne Harris sacking the quar-

terback on the last play.

Freshmen

Paradise 6

Boyd 18

PHS standouts — The Pan-

thers got a crucial fumble recov-

ery by Caleb Godin to help set

up their only score and avoid

a shutout. Godin scooped up a

fumble and returned it 91 yards

before he was tackled in from of

the end zone. Paradise scored

right after that on a 4-yard TD

run by Chase Reynolds.

BHS standouts — Not pro-

vided

Bridgeport 48

Decatur 49

BHS standouts — Trent

Schuett accounted for four

touchdowns in a narrow loss

to Decatur. He scored on runs

of 25 and 53 yards, and had a

53-yard TD pass to Garrett Mul-

lins and a 56 yarder to Cameron

King to lead the offense. Mullins

also had two touchdown runs of

25 and 64 yards. Kicker Fernan-

do Delgadillo was good on six

point-after tries.

DHS standouts — Not pro-

vided

BHS coach’s comments:

The defense had two four-down

stops in the fi rst quarter that

were huge. Jacob Garcia, Parker

Eaton, Blas Hernandez, Dalton

Bracken and King were big on

defense. This was a great offen-

sive showdown. We executed

well on offense all night. The

only glaring problem was turn-

overs.

BHS records: 7-3, 4-1

Paradise 22

Ponder 0

Panther standouts — Chase

Reynolds scored the only touch-

down Paradise needed when he

broke free for a 54-yard touch-

down run. He then caught the

conversion pass. Josh Pewitt

hauled in a 28-yard TD pass in

the second quarter which was

capped by a conversion run via

Kyle Potteiger. The Panther

pounced on a fumble to set up

their next score. That’s when Lo-

gan Bailey ran in from 27 yards

out to complete the score.

PHS record: 5-5

Eighth grade

Decatur A 20

Bridgeport A 12

BMS standouts — Colby Ma-

hon had touchdown runs of 38

and 5 yards to lead the Bulls in

the season fi nale. Kyle Meyer

and Jake Hulsey recovered fum-

bles to lead the defense.

DMS standouts — Not pro-

vided

BMS coach’s comments:

Bridgeport A 50

Kirby A 0

BMS standouts —Quarter-

back Colby Mahon scored four

touchdowns and the Bull defense

pitched a shot out to pick up

an easy win. Mahon connected

with Jacob Kerr on a 20-yard TD

pass, while Gage Huerta scored

on a 43-yard catch and Blake

Arrington celebrated with a 37-

yard scoring catch. Arrington

also scored the fi rst points of

the night on an 8-yard run. Kyle

Meyer added a 20-yard TD run

and Mahon blasted into the end

zone on an 18-yard run. Meyer,

Mahon and Huerta were also

successful runs. Dillion Waldrep

and Juan Rivera led the defense

with fumble recoveries.

BMS coach’s comments: We

were able to execute profi cient-

ly the whole game. Defensively,

we were able to put a lot of

pressure on them with our base

defense.

BMS records: 5-2, 3-1

Paradise A 36

Alvord A 22

PJHS — The Panthers got

touchdown runs of 75, 45 and

fi ve yards from Jarrett Roper to

win the game and clinch the dis-

trict championship. Roper also

ran in three, two-point conver-

sions. Dylan Hightower found

the end zone twice on runs of

45 and 20 yards. Defensively,

Hightower had an interception

and Keaton Hickman caused a

fumble.

AJHS standouts — Not pro-

vided

PJHS record: 7-1

Santo A 14

Bridgeport B 8

BHS standouts — Valentine

San Augistine score this team’s

only touchdown on a 70-yard

run. Blake Thompson score the

conversion run for the Bulls.

Bridgeport B 26

Kirby B 0

BMS standouts — Vidal San

Augistine had touchdown runs

of 15 and 11 yards to lead the

Bulls to victory. Scott Trickel,

who scored a conversion run,

threw a 15-yard TD pass to Ce-

sar Amador. Amador also had an

11-yard touchdown run. Defen-

sively, Nick Smith recovered a

fumble and Leonardo Para had

two quarterback sacks.

BMS records: 2-3-1, 1-1-1

Decatur B 6

Bridgeport B 14

BMS standouts — Scott Trick-

el had a 3-yard touchdown run

and scored on the conversion

in the fourth quarter to lead his

team past Decatur. Vidal San

Augistine scored in the second

quarter on an 80-yard run. Tyler

Rhine had a quarterback sack

and Nick Smith recovered a

fumble.


vided

BMS coach’s comments: The

team ended their season on a

very positive note. Cyler Stuart,

Shawn James, Eddie Viveros

and Ethan Hunter did a great

job blocking at the receiver

spots for Vidal. We scored the

winning touchdown on a fourth-

down play. Mark Garrison, Leon-

ardo Parra, Jesse Smith, Caleb

Skarke, Diego Barbosa and Tyler

Rhine all made big plays for us

down the stretch.


Seventh grade

Paradise A 0

Alvord A 30

PJHS standout: Tanner Valen-

tine was the top offensive player

as he coaches praised him for

his running and throwing.

AJHS standouts — Not pro-

vided

PJHS record: 5-3

Bridgeport A 0

Decatur A 30

BMS standouts — Ryan Mey-

ers and Wyatt Day were the

leaders for the day as they had

several tackles behind the line

of scrimmage.


vided

BMS coach’s comments:

We played a tough team. We

had some success running the

ball with Nino Johnson, Der-

rick Juarez, Brayden Garrett

and Hunter Gantt. However, we

made too many mistakes to

keep drives alive. On defense,

Zack Carstens and Brayden

Byrd were solid and slowed the

DHS running game. We made

a lot of progress this year and

I’m looking forward to see these

kids have a great season next

year.


Girls

Volleyball

Junior varsity

Bridgeport 18 25 23

Burkburnett 25 18 25

Sissie standouts — Jordyn

Hulsey dished out 21 assists,

three digs and two aces in a

close loss. Becky Grinnell led

the offense with a match-high 10

kills, two more than Macey Rob-

inson with eight. Madyson Han-

cock added six kills and three

digs while Kaleisha Haynes and

Emily Price slammed two kills

each.

Bridgeport coach’s com-

ments: It is hard to end such a

successful season with a loss.

However, it is easy for me to say

that the girls played hard and

together. It has been a success-

ful season and every athlete had

shown a tremendous amount

of improvement. The future for

volleyball looks bright with this

group.

Sissie records: 23-13, 7-3

Freshmen

Bridgeport 26 8 17

Burkburnett 24 25 25

Sissie standouts — Taylor

Henson and Ann Turlington had

four assists each but it was not

enough to hold off the Bulldogs.

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By GARY CLAYTON

Wise Co. Extension Agent

Each summer and fall I receive a handful of calls about an aggressive wasp that builds a spherical nest consisting of a number of round combs and multiple layers. This insect is known as the southern yellowjack-et.

According to Texas A&M entomologists, they are a venomous, stinging social insect that is abundant in the north Texas area. When nests are disturbed, defend-ing worker wasps can infl ict multiple, painful stings.

That’s exactly what hap-pened to Richard Meek of Runaway Bay last week. While trimming shrubs at a neighbors home, he dis-turbed a nest built in a hal-low log and received mul-tiple stings on his arms. According to Meek, within a few minutes his arms were swollen so severely that he was unable to close his hands to make a fi st. In addition, the swelling was accompanied by a rash and extreme itching.

The southern yellowjacket worker is about 1/2 inch in length with clear wings. The body is black with yellow markings on the head, tho-rax and abdomen.

The colony is initiated by a single queen that survived the winter. After feeding in early spring, the queen seeks a nesting site where

she constructs a nest of 20-45 cells. There, she produces eggs that hatch into larvae. Late in summer, workers construct larger reproductive cells in which male and female wasps are produced. After they emerge, they leave the nest and mate.

Colonies will sometimes be con-structed out of chewed vegetable fi ber and can be found in yards or roadsides. Nests are most often un-

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By TANYA DAVIS

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For those of you in need of a great dessert made by ex-pert cooks, the Wise County Extension Lead-ership Advisory Board has just the solution.

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Thank You...

We are Very Grateful...

Getting the Word Out...

And Those with the Vision...

To the voters of Wise County for their vision in

approving the Branch Campus Maintenance Tax

to build a permanent campus for the Weatherford

College in Wise County. Your vote assures a great

future for Wise County citizens who will be able to

continue their education at home.

To the business fi rms and individuals who donated generously to the public

information campaign for the election.

Devon Energy Corporation Karl Klement Ford/Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep

James Wood Motors Meyers Agency

Mayor Joe Lambert Dr. Joe Birmingham

First State Bank First Financial Bank

Wise County Messenger Garrett Creek Ranch

A special thank you to the Wise County Committee for Higher Education who

worked tirelessly to inform voters about the election.

Angie Tyson, Chairwoman, Bridgeport Main Street

Beverly Lindsey, Treasurer, First Financial Bank

Cyd Bailey, First State Bank

Susan Miller, James Wood Motors

Kim Lawson, Wise Regional Health System

The Wise County Weatherford College Steering Committee worked for almost two

years to bring this Branch Campus Maintenance Tax to the voters of Wise County.

They met monthly to study ideas and iron out details of this plan for the future of

higher education in Wise County. We owe them our respect and gratitude for a job

well done.

County Judge Bill McElhaney County Commissioner Kevin Burns

Bridgeport Mayor Don Majka Decatur Mayor Joe Lambert

Bridgeport EDC Director William Myers Decatur City Manager Brett Shannon

Bridgeport EDC Chairman Fred Meyers Decatur EDC Chairman Roy Eaton

Weatherford College President Dr. Joe Birmingham

Paid for by Wise County Committee for Higher Education, Beverly Lindsey, Treasurer

BUSINESSHinkley starts ice,

water companyJohn Hinkley has opened Ice by JCG

in Wise County.He has placed Kooler Ice vending

machines at Boyd Pit Stop in Boyd and Kwik Car Oil & Lube in Decatur, and he provides ice for special events like conventions, reunions, church socials and weddings.

He also offers a reverse osmosis wa-ter machine that, in his words, “takes all the junk out of the water,” resulting in pure drinking water. Because of the poor tasting water in Boyd, he said he uses the water machine to furnish wa-ter to his ice vending machine at Boyd Pit Stop, resulting in ice that is much better than ice made from fi ltered wa-ter.

“The ice tastes good,” said Hinkley. He added that fi ltered water still tastes bad, but water that has been through the membrane purifi cation process tastes good.

He has placed water machines at Primo’s Taqueria and Eagle Stop in Decatur and plans about eight more locations in the county.

Hinkley, who lives north of Spring-town on the Wise/Parker County line, also represents Stream gas and elec-tric service in the Metroplex and raises Irish Dexter cattle, the smallest of the

standard bovine breed.Hinkley can be reached at (817) 266-

9741.

King will present

tips on etiquetteDeborah King, owner of Final Touch

Finishing School, will present a pro-gram on “Business Etiquette,” at the Nov. 13 meeting of the Area Business Women’s Network at noon at Catfi sh O’Harlie’s restaurant in Decatur.

Reservations are due by Nov. 11 by calling Tammy Kelly at (940) 627-8777 or online at www.abwn.net.

DATCU to host

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fi rst free fi nancial seminar at its new Decatur branch offi ce on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m.

It is intended to help fi rst time home-buyers with the loan process and pro-cedures, as well as provide answers to many of their questions and concerns.

To RSVP, call Carla McGee at (940) 626-4331, ext. 5611, by Wednesday, Nov. 12.

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Linda Brown of Decatur has been named Top Achiever for September by Home & Garden Party.

The designer was recognized among the company’s top 25 Achievers for Sponsoring.

“It’s amazing what hard work and determination will do,” said Brown. “I am so appreciative to the Home & Gar-den Party team for choosing me as a Top Sponsor.”

Besides its high quality products, like wall decor, home accents, dinng and entertaining pieces, as well as gourmet food, Home & Garden Party provides a way for people to grow fi -nancially while also giving them fl exi-ble hours, freedom and time with their families, said Brown.

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CORRECTIONIn the Thursday, Nov. 6,

edition of All Around Wise, the hours for Gala’s Good Times were incorrectly re-ported. Gala’s, at 2012 Tex-as 114 in Bridgeport, is open Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to midnight; Saturday, 7 a.m. to 1 a.m.; and Sunday, 11 a.m. to midnight.

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will allow them to rest. Your animal should also be famil-iar with you. He should not be overly excited when you enter his pen and should be relaxed to some degree when you catch him.

You should arrive at the show as early as possible to allow your animal to relax from the trip and to become familiar with the surround-ings.

After a long haul it is im-portant to walk your animal for at least 20 minutes to calm him down and to speed up metabolism.

It is also imperative to feed and water after you arrive. If you have a long trip (over two hours) and it is hot you will need to stop and water your animal along the way

so that he doesn’t become dehydrated.

Your animals should nev-er be completely cut off water. You may decide to hand water which is ac-ceptable and rec-ommended.

Then return your animal to a fresh, clean, well venti-lated pen and leave him alone.

You will need to walk your animal once every four to fi ve hours. Walking will in-crease the metabolism of the animal and will keep him feeling good and hungry.

I will stress that walking once around the barn is not enough. At least 15 to 20 minutes at a time.

Do not feed any hay while at the show as it will tend to enlarge their stomach and

make them appear full. When it comes to watering and feeding do not de-prive the animal.

If he becomes ex-tremely hungry or thirsty he will get very ill-tempered and will start to look drawn. I sug-gest that you use straight water un-less you think your

animal is stressed. You might fi nd it benefi -

cial to haul your own water to the shows as some towns have an excess of chlorine in their water and your animal may not drink it.

Several people have their

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Another important con-cern is the temperature inside the barn. If it is hot, there is good chance your animal is hot, so, take the blanket and sock off.

If the temperature is cold and will get colder during the night make sure your animal will be warm enough with blankets and by block-ing any direct wind.

Waterless-shampoo can be used to clean an animal just before entering the show ring if he gets dirty.

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Preeclampsia, a rapidly progressing disorder that is characterized by high blood pressure and protein in the urine, poses a risk to both mother and unborn child. Consequently, it must be diagnosed and managed as part of prenatal care. Recently, it has also come to light that preeclampsia can signifi cantly increase the risk of kidney failure decades later in a woman’s life. Researchers have found that if preeclampsia develops during the fi rst pregnancy, the risk of end-stage renal failure (ESRF) was 4.7 times higher than normal and 6.4 times higher if preeclampsia developed during each of two pregnancies. For this reason alone, it is more important than ever for pregnant women to have their health closely monitored.

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over age 40, those with a family history of disorder, and women who had high blood pressure or kidney disease before they became

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SUBVARSITY SPORTS

Audra Hart, Angelica Reyes

and Hannah Logan two kills,

while Lindsey Walker and Reyes

served up two aces each.

Bridgeport coach’s com-

ments: We did not want to end

the season with a loss, but I was

proud that the girls continued to

play hard even when we were

down. We had a winning season

and had a lot of fun.

BMS records: 19-13, 4-4

Seventh grade

Decatur A 25 30

Bridgeport A 23 28

DMS standouts — Serena Es-

trada and Kirsten Nanny scored

nine points each to lead the

Lady Eagles to victory over their

biggest rival.

DMS coach’s comments: This

was a very exciting match. Both

teams played very well and

fought to the end. This was a

very good end to a successful

season. The girls played hard

and never game up.

DMS record: 10-1

Paradise B 6

Santo B 14

PJHS standouts — The Pan-

thers avoided a shutout thanks

to a 60-yard touchdown run by

Alejandro Lopez. Coaches were

also pleased with the running

work of Harden Brown.

Decatur B 25 13 26

B’port B 14 13 24

DMS standouts — Erin Ritter

helped guide the Lady Eagles to

a thrilling victory by scoring a

match-high 12 points. Lily Dou-

brava also had a solid night as

she scored nine points of her

own.

DMS coach’s comments: This

was a very hard fought match

between two very good teams.

The effort and hustle from our

girls was very good. The girls

fi nished the season undefeated

in district play.

Cross countryJunior varsity

Alvord district fi nals

2. Brittany Cantrell, 14:44

8. Tabitha Hofsiss 15:26

9. Robyn Musgrave, 15:27

10. Jo Vaughn, 15:27

14. Holly Shinpaugh, 16:17

* 2nd place in team standings

Got sports?Have a tournament coming

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want to get the word out? Did

your son, daughter or team do

something you would like to

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and/or pictures to sports@wc-

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us a call at (940) 627-5987.

Coaches submit game

reports for all gradesSubmitting results for high

school and middle school bas-

ketball is simple for Wise Coun-

ty coaches. Simply log onto

www.wcmessenger.com, go to

the sports tab and click on the

coaches area. Input all details

and hit submit. There is no need

to fax any paperwork as it can

all be done online. As always, re-

sults can also be faxed to (940)

627-1004 or by calling sports

editor Robert Morgan at (940)

627-5987.Continued from 4

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Texas Isshinryu Karate Kai’s Denton dojo recently produced its fi rst two black belts since opening its doors six years ago.

Michael Strickland of Deca-tur is the fi rst student to earn a black belt from the Denton dojo.

Strickland, who had taken a long break in training after starting at the Coppell dojo in the 1990s, returned in 2005 as a brown belt and completed his training for black belt at the Denton dojo last spring.

Even when he tore his ACL, the 33-year-old school teacher was determined that this time he would complete the needed training to earn his black belt. He worked hard at rehabbing his knee for six months and was able to test on schedule.

Greg Midkiff, a longtime resident of Krum, became the fi rst student from TIKK’s Denton dojo to start out as a white belt and make it all the way to black belt.

Midkiff, who started out taking a self defense class from Sensei Tina Palos in fall 2002, was a consistent and dedicated student. Even after moving fi ve hours south a few months before being tested for black belt, he was deter-mined to fi nish his training and made the trek back once a month over the summer.

Earning a black belt at TIKK is a long process and

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“We want to make sure students are really able to perform techniques they are taught,” said Mrs. Sensei Palos, “especially in a self-de-fense situation.”

The Denton dojo attracts a wide variety of people, includ-ing men, women and children of all ages, students with learning disabilities and even some with mental and physi-cal handicaps.

Karate is for everyone who wants to better themselves and are willing to work at it, Mr. Sensei Palos said, adding that the Denton dojo would not be what it is without the

guidance from his teacher, TIKK president Kyoshi Rob-ert Kristensen.

Kyoshi Kristensen, who has more than 35 years ex-perience in the martial arts, opened TIKK in 1991 and in addition to Denton, he has locations in Coppell, Flower Mound, Plano and Southlake.

The Paloses, nevertheless, have developed a reputation of their own by taking top places in worldwide Isshin-ryu tournaments and earn-ing Texas Martial Arts Hall of Fame awards. Earlier this year, they organized TIKK’s fi rst Traditional Martial Arts Winter Classic Tournament in Denton.

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Tina Palos and Sensei Tony Palos award Michael Strickland

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quette, Nikki Barbour, Adrian

Bocanegra, Madeline Brown,

Kenneth Bueto, Constance

Caraway, Christopher Casey,

Iris Castro, Gustavo Cervantes,

Corbin Coleman, Felicia Cole-

man, Christina DeForest, Ja-

cob DelAngel, Johnny Fletcher,

Spencer Forsyth, Mercedes

Freeman, Kaitlynn Godwin, Ye-

sica Gonzalez, Hannah Horton,

William Ince, Graciela Martinez,

Jessica Martinez-Ruvalcaba,

Joshua Martz, Chelsea Mast,

Autumn Milner, Darby Moak, Jef-

frey Moncada, Stormy Nelson,

Victoria Oneal, Elaina Peyton,

Luis Prado, Esmeralda Rangel,

Maegen Rivera, Jacob Roberts,

Deizy Ruvalcaba, Cole Shawn,

Nandita Shrestha, Utsav Shres-

tha, Nicholas Stauffer, Taylor

Stone, Megan Sturdivant, Mat-

thew Sullivan-Green, Makinzee

Thomas and Allie Whitsell.

A/B Honor Roll

THIRD GRADE — Loreli Agui-

lar, Terence Akard, Jayson Bent-

ley, Jared Brazier, Sadie Bry-

ant, Brittny Carroll, Courtney

Cathey, Selena Cervantes, Bai-

ley Escobedo, Madalynn Fagan,

Makayla Fain, Megan Ford, Mo-

riah Alexis Fraga, Manuel Gar-

cia, Selena Granados, Joseph

Gregg, Angela Guerrero, Jayce

Hardee, Samantha Hernandez,

Victor Hernandez, Haley Hicks,

Abigail Hill, Skylar Horton, Sara

Huitt, Joseph Jackson, Casey

Jones, Jayden Long, Estefani Lo-

pez, Jose Lopez, Yarleny Macias-

Duran, Jason Mannin-Schwartz,

Nancy Martinez Ruvalcaba,

Nicholas Masias, Brooke Matta,

John Mauk, Seth Mitchell, Read

Mitchum, Austin Morrow, Toby

Nicholas, Jose Ortiz, Mallory

Owen, Mason Perkins, Chyna

Presley, Brialla Prestidge, Jere-

miah Puebla, Jacqueline Queza-

da, Gavin Ramirez, Will Reeves,

Jett Reynolds, Dustin Riggs, Ro-

lando Rios, Karina Rivera, Jose

Rosas-Fraga, Ruby Santos, Sid-

ney Simmons, Dawson Smith,

Noah Smith, Zackery Sparks,

Heather Splawn, Micah Taber,

Aden Wells, Shannan White,

Zackery Winebrinner, Harrison

Wood and Gunner Woods.

FOURTH GRADE — Jordan

Adair, Maria Amador, Naomi

Baca, Zoe Bennett, Matthew

Bishop, Brianna Brown, Keeli

Burcham, April Coursey, Tanner

Daugherty, Rachel DeLay, Efrain

DeLuna, Katherine Edwards,

Parker Emola, Celeste Fraga,

Grayson Garrett, Dariana Garza,

Leah Gregg, Julia Hancock, Dom-

inic Head, Azucena Hernandez,

Leslie Hill, Maranda Holloway,

Jesus Ibarra, Jamie Isenberg,

Denay Johnston, Ananda Kates,

Austin Largent, Matthew Marlett,

Grasiela Martinez, Karina Marti-

nez, Vanesa Martinez, Grayson

Mathes, Kellen McCauley, Janeth

Medina, Alexandra Mindieta,

Melissa Monjaraz, Brian Munn,

Alexandro Munoz, Eloisa Munoz,

Jennifer Nelson, Ian Ogle, Lisvet

Ortiz, Scott Parrish, Ethan Phifer,

Dakota Potter, Adriana Ramirez,

Richard Rice, Brittany Roberts,

Briana Romero, Marco Salazar,

Ryan Sanders, Haden Snodgrass,

Allik Stapp, Caleb Stinnett, Brett

Stuart, Kaci Thurmond, Katelyn

Torres, Duy Vo, Hailey White, Vic-

toria Wiedemann, Devon Wilson

and Kassi York.

FIFTH GRADE — Kristin Baker,

Mason Baker, Hayden Barkley,

Emily Blair, Blake Boyd, Jona-

than Breceda, Zane Brown, Bar-

rett Burks, Dalton Castle, Ryan

Castle, Lilia Cervantes, Brianna

Coffman, Brittany Cooke, Ashley

Copley, Maria DeLaCerda, Jose

DeLuna, Marissa Edwards, Aiden

Fournier, Mavrick Fronterhouse,

Rogelio Galicia, Emily Harveson,

Collin Hicks, Cody Hollingsworth,

Trevor Howell, Jonathon Huerta,

Connor Hurd, Philip Jacobs, Van-

ity Johnson, Kaylee Jones, Justin

Kennedy, Colton Klyce, Maria

Lara, Hannah Largent, Tyler Lit-

trell, Chance Lockhart, Eduardo

Macias, Martin Macias, Alexis

Martinez, Brett McDaniel, Tyler

Melton, Elliott Mercer, Gabri-

elle Mindieta, Aaron Morrow,

Cristian Munoz, Gaitlin Neeper,

Hermenegildo Perez, Noah Pe-

terson, Chance Pierce, Brianna

Polk, Claudia Ramirez, Alexis

Read, William Reed, Jennifer

Reyes, Angel Reyna, Tania Rive-

ra, Anastasia Rodriguez, Arlene

Romero, Rosa Salazar, Melissa

Sanchez, Triston Skinner, Hayden

Smith, McKenzie Smith, Richard

Splawn, Cameron Starnes, Kyle

Stringer, Jaston Turner, Kens-

ley Turner, Juan Uribe, Agustas

White, Elizabeth Wiedemann and

Britney Wilson.

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A Honor Roll

SECOND GRADE — Halie

Askey, Reina Aten, Carsyn Bai-

ley, Armando Benitez, Nicolas

Bishop, Chase Blount, Keilie

Bryan, Reese Cannon, Nate Carr,

Hunter Cole, Loughlin Douglas,

Kaity Flake, Blayne Franklin,

Wyatt Fuller, Dylan Gindt, Con-

nor Gruszeczka, Zane Heck, Tea-

gan Hill, Jaiden Johnson, Dalton

Lasater, Nancy Martinez, Mandi

McCrary, Bryce Monett, Krysten

Morgan, Christian Najera, Seth

Patrick, Garrett Penny, Cameron

Pitts, Justin Pitts-Rhine, Shaela

Raburn, Miguel Rodriguez, Mae-

gan Shields, Cameron Smith, Ji-

Min Song, Ethan Southard, Shel-

by Tocquigny, Laiza Vega, Colby

Westbrook, Cami Wicker

THIRD GRADE — Emily Boyd,

Rose Bryan, Elizabeth Culpep-

per, Thomas Dvorak, Kara Harp-

er, Paetyn Johnson, Abbi Marion,

Marissa McDuff, Hannah Mitch-

ell, Chryslyn Perkins, Hayden

Perkins, Travis Rhoades, Kaylee

Rutledge, Mackenzie Tucker,

Mariah White

FOURTH GRADE — Patrick

August, Kyle Barnett, Faith

Blankenship, Ben Crofford, Bri-

anna Crooks, Allison Dobbs,

Hannah Dunning, Braden Gonza-

les, Kaitlyn Griffi n, Colton Hill,

Riley Kelton, Jenna Martin, Ana

Martinez, Mackenzie Maxson,

Maddy Rainey, Kirsten Shaw,

Seth Sirman, Raena Slate, Tyler

Ticknor

A/B Honor Roll

SECOND GRADE — Rigo Alva-

rez, Emily August, Kalie Bargar,

D’Antae Bible, Matison Blaylock,

Brayden Brown, Joseph Calhoun,

Jemima Garcia, Tristen Gilliam,

Sarah Gregory, Katie Grace

Henderson, Trey Klose, Yaque-

lin Lobo, Melissa Lozano, Ana

Martinez, Bryanna Navarrete,

Bryson Oates, Israel Pacheco,

Jacqueline Pacheco, Nayeli Pa-

checo, Oscar Palomo, Braina

Perez, Garret Potter, Jovi Prado,

Hannah Rainey, Michael Rhine,

Adam Roberts, Caleb Rodriguez,

Corin Rodriguez, Mallory Schur-

ing, Madeline Smith, Kalie Sto-

ver, Christopher Swatzell, Char-

lie Trotter, Isacc Vasquez, Zara

Wallace, Christian Williamson,

Katy Young

THIRD GRADE — Hannah

Adkins, Jorge Aguilar, Dalton

Anderson, Emily Baker, Tamara

Behringer, Cayla Bertron, Sa-

vannah Calhoun, Jackeline Ca-

macho, Mirranda Chapman,

Kylie Coget, Stone Coston, Del-

aney David, Yanira Dominguez,

Liam Douglas, Lex Fernandez,

Lisett Fernandez, John Foster,

Rebeca Galindo, Angel Garza,

Isabel Gleason, Reagan Green,

Holden Hacker, Austin Higgins,

Cooper Holland, Emily Hubbard,

Katie Huseman, Tia Jones, Em-

ily Kirkelie, Shae-Lynn Kitner,

Manuel Mares, Carson Mar-

tin, Konner Martin, Marisleyzie

Martinez, Miranda Martinez,

Michala Mason, Lesly Morales,

Sylvia Murillo, Faith Myers,

Lexi Nivens, Cataliena Ornelas,

James Padron, Michelle Pare-

des, Lindsey Pena, Sam Perkins,

Sebastian Serrano, Grace Short,

Jordan Smith, Jonathan Sneed,

Levi Stephenson, Caitlinn Stock-

ton, Paige Summerford, Garrett

Thompson, Celeste Vanderbeck

FOURTH GRADE --- Brett Bean,

Marissia Bias, Justin Bradford,

Hunter Brandon, Kale Bronni-

man, Christopher Bryan, Caleb

Butler, Christian Cantu, Maccray

Del Castillo, Tucker DuBois, Joey

Durbin, Mckenna Flake, Cristina

Flores, Eunice Gallegos, Eze-

quiel Garcia, Isaac Garza, Clay

Gillispie, Abby Greiner, Parker

Griffeth, Niles Harlan, Jacey

Harris, Kimberleigh Hernandez,

Trent Lane, Matt Leaton, Madi-

son McCrary, Logan Mitchell,

Brisa Ochoa, Gustavo Pacheco,

Trey Penny, Erika Perez, Chance

Pringle, Samantha Pryor, Drew

Redwine, Sarah Sanders, Mary

Elizabeth Shannon, Tanner Ter-

rell, Kyle Wick, Derrien Willis.

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The Decatur Eastern Star presented a $50 donation to Boyd Elementary for the purchase of CDs for the music pro-gram.

West Texas A&M University presented “Laughter on the 23rd Floor,” a production directed by student Marissa Meritt of Naza-reth, Nov. 6-8 and Nov. 12-15.

Cast members include Arturo Martinez of Decatur, a freshman theatre performance major, playing the role of Kenny.

“Laughter on the 23rd Floor” takes the audience behind the scenes of a weekly va-riety program and exposes the mayhem and antics of the show’s writing team and their ongoing battle with television executives. The play is set in a New York City offi ce building in 1953.

EDUCATION BRIEF

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NEWS BRIEF

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Joliet Johnson, the 15-month-old daughter of Tommy and Denae Johnson of Lake Bridgeport, was on hand for the Seventh An-nual Our Special Heroes Golf Classic Sept. 29 at the Texas Star Golf Course in Euless, benefi ting the Down Syndrome Partnership of Tarrant County.

Joliet’s uncle, David Law-son of Bridgeport, lead his team to the championship.

Other members of the Bridgeport team were Jeff Hess, Mart Riley and Dawayne Garrett.

Special guest and master of ceremonies for the event was David Ragan, driver of the No. 6 AAA Ford in NAS-CAR’s Sprint Cup series and the Discount Tire Ford in the Nationwide series. His older brother, Adam, who has Down syndrome and is a member of David’s racing team, was also at the tour-nament.

The Down Syndrome Part-nership of Tarrant County supports individuals with Down syndrome, their fami-

lies and caregivers in achiev-ing the universally desired goals of self-fulfi llment,

pride in one’s achievements, inclusion in the community and reaching one’s fullest

potential through social and educational activities.

WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST FOR WISE COUNTY

UV INDEX

0-2 Low 3-5 Moderate 6-7 High

8-10 Very High 11+ Extreme

SUN & MOON

LAKE STAGES

RIVER LEVELS

NATIONAL OUTLOOK

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Daily Highest Forecast

The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-

ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.

The Sun Rise Set

The Moon Rise Set

Temperature

Precipitation (in inches)

West Fork of the Trinity

Big Sandy Creek

Lake Full Pool Elevation Change

River Flood stage Level Change

WEEKLY ALMANAC

TUESDAY

Partly sunny

78° 47°

FRIDAY

Partly sunny and

pleasant

70° 36°

SATURDAY

Partly sunny, breezy

and cooler

55° 34°

SUNDAY

Sunshine against a

deep blue sky

58° 35°

MONDAY

Sunny

62° 42°

WEDNESDAY

Mostly sunny

69° 47°

THURSDAY

Partly sunny

78° 46°

Full Last New First

Nov 13 Nov 19 Nov 27 Dec 5

Denton through Sunday, November 9

Total for the week 0.07”

Total for the month 0.07”

Total for the year 24.96”

Normal for the month 1.03”

Normal for the year 33.39”

Last week’s high/low 82°/35°

Normal high/low 68°/46°

Average temperature 61.1°

Normal average temperature 56.9°

As of 7 a.m. Sunday (in feet)

Possum King L. 1000 997.81 +0.02

L. Bridgeport 836 829.35 -0.04

As of 7 a.m. Sunday (in feet)

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Tuesday 4:09 p.m. 5:05 a.m.

Wednesday 4:51 p.m. 6:17 a.m.

Thursday 5:41 p.m. 7:32 a.m.

Friday 6:40 p.m. 8:46 a.m.

Saturday 7:48 p.m. 9:55 a.m.

Sunday 9:00 p.m. 10:54 a.m.

Monday 10:12 p.m. 11:43 a.m.

Tuesday 6:58 a.m. 5:30 p.m.

Wednesday 6:59 a.m. 5:30 p.m.

Thursday 7:00 a.m. 5:29 p.m.

Friday 7:01 a.m. 5:29 p.m.

Saturday 7:02 a.m. 5:28 p.m.

Sunday 7:02 a.m. 5:27 p.m.

Monday 7:03 a.m. 5:27 p.m.

Jacksboro 20 4.08 -0.02

near Boyd 16 7.07 -0.03

Bridgeport 12 1.42 -0.15

Shown is Tuesday’s weather. Shown is Tuesday’s weather.

Temperatures are Tuesday’s highs and Temperatures are Tuesday’s highs and

Tuesday night’s lows.Tuesday night’s lows.

Tue. Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon.

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WEATHERFORDWEATHERFORD

76/4676/46

MINERAL WELLSMINERAL WELLS

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76/4776/47

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77/5077/50

PALO PINTOPALO PINTO

75/5575/55

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76/4376/43

GREENVILLEGREENVILLE

72/4672/46

JACKSBOROJACKSBORO

72/4972/49

SHERMANSHERMAN

76/4676/46

DENTONDENTON

78/4778/47

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GLEN ROSEGLEN ROSE74/4374/43

CLEBURNECLEBURNE

73/5373/53

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WAXAHACHIEWAXAHACHIE

75/5175/51

WICHITA FALLSWICHITA FALLS

74/4974/49

ARDMOREARDMORE

72/4772/47

GRAHAMGRAHAM

76/4276/42

MONTAGUEMONTAGUE

76/4476/44

WAURIKAWAURIKA

72/4372/43

ATHENSATHENS

78/4978/49

MCKINNEYMCKINNEY

75/4675/46

HENRIETTAHENRIETTA

72/4472/44

BONHAMBONHAM

71/4671/46

GAINESVILLEGAINESVILLE

74/4974/49

MERIDIANMERIDIAN

77/4777/47

DURANTDURANT

72/4672/46

WACOWACO

78/5578/55

CORSICANACORSICANA

76/5376/53

HILLSBOROHILLSBORO

77/5177/51

COMANCHECOMANCHE

76/4476/44

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CROSSWORD SOLUTION

TOURNAMENT

CHAMPIONS

— A Bridgeport

foursome won

the Our Special

Heroes Golf

Classic in

Euless Sept.

29. Joining

the team are

NASCAR driver

David Ragan

(right) and

his brother,

Adam Ragan

(left). The

golf champs

are (from left)

David Lawson,

Jeff Hess,

Mart Riley

and Dawayne

Garrett.

SPECIAL GUEST — Joliet

Johnson (center), being held

by her grandmother Claudia

Lawson of Bridgeport, was

a special guest at the Our

Special Heroes Golf Classic,

benefi tting the Down

Syndrome Partnership of

Tarrant County. On hand for

the event was the Rev. Lucia

McKee Kremzar (left), pastor

of First Presbyterian Church

in Bridgeport.

Bridgeport team wins tournament

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008 WISE COUNTY MESSENGER

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Spiking

successThe Northwest High School volleyball team made it through one of the most competitive districts in North Texas to make it to the state playoffs once again. Left, Brooke Alverson (15) and Daniliz Marrero provide a stingy front-line of defense for the Lady Texans. Below, Kristen Hatley tries to handle a hard hit by Southlake in postseason play.

Messenger photos by Joe Duty

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