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COMMUNITY PROFILE:Local artist Abby Gough to singat Houston Rodeo March 13

Single ParentFamily Picnic

You are invited to a picnic,for families with a single parentor other head of household.

The picnic will be at FirstBaptist Church of Sheldon,10910 Sheldon Road in Chan-nelview on Saturday, March22nd from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

You can expect free icecream, live music, games, ven-dors and the 2nd annual SingleParent of the Year contest.

Admission to the picnic isone canned food per person,and this will get you enteredinto a prize drawing. Items willbe donated to the EmergencyFood Pantry.

The event is sponsored byMothers Raising Children Alone,or MRCA.

There will also be a “Best Sal-ad Contest” and a “Best DessertC o n t e s t . ” e m a i ltyra@mrca4u.com if interestedin this contest. Vendors can alsore se r ve boo th space a t :charlotte@mrca4u.com.

For more information, youcan call MRCA at 281-724-0068.

SERVICE ABOVE SELF:Mattress Mack talks about“service” at North Shore Rotary

Houston Country Pop Singer-song-writer, Abby Gough, will be perform-ing at Rodeo Houston on March 13with her band, Southern Fire. The 2hour show will kick off at 7:30pm onthe Statoil Stars Over Texas Stage.

Abby, a native of the North Chan-nel area, started performing at agenine. At 17 years old, she is already aveteran of country music. She has hadwell over 100 performances at over 75different venues. She has performedat local venues such as Kemah Board-walk, Warehouse Live and Moody Gar-dens to Hard Rock Café, TootsiesOrchid Lounge and Coyote Ugly inNashville, Tn. She has performed onKHOU'S Great Day Houston twiceand recorded several music televisionsegments including her most recentfilming in February, 2014, with herband, for Houston's Own CountryTelevision Showcase.

Abby finished recording her firstCD, Southern Fire Angel, at age 14.

Abby Gough will perform at Houston RodeoSee LOCAL ARTIST, page 3

Health Care Forumat St. Timothy’sEpiscopal Church

If you need further explana-tion of the Affordable Care Act(Obamacare) and how to signup for insurance, join St. Timo-thy’s Episcopal Church THIS SUN-DAY, March 16, 2014 at 13125Indianapolis St. in Houston, TX.77015. The forum is scheduledto start at 2:30 pm.

Come and receive expertassistance and information. Theprogram is offered in both En-glish and Spanish.

Call 713-451-2909 for moredetails.

HOUSTON – A house firetook the lives of 3 people lastThursday, March 6, 2014 ineast Houston.

Firefighters were dis-patched around 4 pm to ahouse located in the 500block of Westmont at Redon-do. According to the Houstonfire department, when fire-men arrived, the flames hadcovered the house complete-ly. It took firefighters abouttwo hours to extinguish theflames; the damage to thehouse made it difficult for ar-son investigators and fire-fighters to go inside thehouse and search for any vic-tims. After inspecting thescene, the bodies of 25-year-old Slade Feige, his mother,63-year-old Gwen Feige andSlade's mother-in-law, Gina

Mims were found inside thehouse.

The body of 25-year-oldSlade was found around mid-night, a woman’s body wasfound on Friday morning andthe third was discovered dur-ing the afternoon. Accordingto reports, discovery of thebodies was made with thehelp of Cy-Fair fire depart-ment “cadaver dogs.”

Emily Mims, lost her fian-cé, her mother, Gina Mims,and her mother-in-law on thefire, she said all lived in thehome together. At the timeof the fire, she was at work.

Investigators searchingfor a cause said the fire wasnot intentionally set andthere are no signs of foulplay. They are checking twocars parked under the houseas a possible ignition source.

Arson investigators and firefighters search through the debris of the house for two more bodies lastFriday morning in the 500 block of Westmont. The house was once a two-story A-Frame. Now only thefront staircase is intact.

Three bodies found after house fire on Westmont

JIM McINGVALE, often known as “Mattress Mack” from Gallery Furni-ture, talks about people he has known that epitomize the Rotaryidea of “Service Above Self.” Looking on is North Shore Rotary pres-ident Matt Davis. The club is known throughout the district for itsoutstanding service to its community.

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Jim McIngvale often speaksat public functions, and tellsthe story about his early yearsstarting a furniture business,and relating the concepts ofcustomer service and hardwork that have made his busi-ness so successful.

But last Thursday, March6th he was speaking to theNorth Shore Rotary club abouttheir motto, “Service AboveSelf.” Expanding on thistheme, McIngvale illustratedthe concept with four storiesfrom people in his own life ex-periences.

The first story he told wasabout two heart surgeons, Dr.Billie Combs, and noted heartsurgeon Dr. Bud Frasier, chiefof heart surgery at St. Luke’sHospital. Mack first metCombs when he was an intern

North Shore Mustangs are STATE CHAMPIONS!UIL CLASS 5A BASKETBALL

GALENA PARK NORTH SHORE MUSTANG team members gather for a ceremonial photo, with their UILChampionship Trophies, after the 57-45 win over Converse Judson last Saturday, in the Final Playoffgame of the series at Frank Erwin Center in Austin.

JARREY FOSTERNAMED MVP OFTOURNAMENT

PHOTOS Courtesy of Jonathan Frey/GPISD

Foster (#25) had 16 points and10 rebounds to lead the Mus-tangs to their victory.

AUSTIN – Coach DavidGreen’s North Shore Mus-tangs easily defeated the Con-verse Judson team 57-45 inthe final playoff game to takethe State Title in Class 5Abasketball. This is the firsttime North Shore has won thetitle, but they competed in1991 and 1997.

The Mustangs won theirtwo tournament games withdefensive pressure and con-trolling the tempo of the game.Although they were outsizedby the taller Judson team,they forced 18 turnovers andmanaged almost as many re-bounds.

North Shore’s season recordis now 35-3. Outstanding playwas spread among the team,

See CHAMPIONS!, page 8

See MATTRESS MACK, p. 8

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COMMUNITY NEWS

The Crosby EducationFoundation will host its annu-al golf tournament on Friday,March 21, 2014, at NewportCountry Club. Cre8 Architectswill serve as this year’s titlesponsor. Festivities begin witha 1pm afternoon flight andregistration and lunch at11:30am. As in years past, thetournament will benefit Cros-by ISD students and teachersthrough the classroom educa-tion grant program estab-lished by CEF.

Tournament highlights in-clude a $10,000 putting con-test and a $500 hole-in-onecontest. Slots are still avail-able for individual golfers andteams. Early Registration is$75 per Individual/$300.00per Team. The early registra-tion deadline is March 17,2014. Walk-ins are $90 per

The Stars were shining atthe recent Showmakers ofAmerica competition at TexasState University, as the RossS. Sterling High School drillteam brought home numerousawards.

The team received awards

Sterling Stars win for Showmanship

The Ross S. Sterling Stars drill team members prepare to enjoy lunch before their rigorous dance competition at Texas State University. Thedrill team brought home numerous awards from the Showmakers of America competition.

for Outstanding Showman-ship Team Pom, 3rd place TeamPom, 3rd place Extra LargeTeam, Judges Award and run-ner-up Team Military. Officerswere selected as State Cham-pionship Officers and won theSweepstakes Award, Line of

Championship, OutstandingShowmanship, OutstandingTechnique, Judges Award forOutstanding Officers, andOutstanding Choreographyfor Officer Jazz and Contem-porary. Gaby Salas, JulianaYolland and Caroline Lucke

received 2nd place for theirsmall ensemble performance.Jovonne Ledet earned a spotas a semi-finalist.

The Sterling Stars are un-der the direction of KellyLumpkin and assisted byEmma Schaaf.

Crosby Education Foundationhits the links for grants

Individual/$360 per Team.Registration fees include:green fees, _ cart, Lunch, 2beverage tickets and awards.

This is the foundation’s 3rd

golf tournament and CEF isextremely excited to have cre8Architects as it title sponsor.The tournament and the win-ter gala serve as CEF’s prima-ry fundraising vehicles. CEFhas awarded over $80,000 ingrants to CISD teachers forthe benefit of students andclassrooms in the last year.These grants ranged fromequipping classrooms with thelatest technology to providingmusical instruments for ele-mentary students.

For more information,please contact Julie Gilbert at281.381.0288 or Wilton Schex-nayder at 281.328.6220.www.crosbyeducationfoundation.org

Students enjoy“Donuts with Dad”

(l to r) Bryan, Jayel, and Camron Richard, dressed in their westernwear, enjoy the recent Dads and Donuts Breakfast at De Zavala Ele-mentary School with their dad Lennus Richard.

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Practical self defense taught locallyCROSBY – Facts of crime

rates and probablity of beingvictimized are looked after bynews readers constantly toasess how best to avoid harm,a practical self defense courseis offered at High Noon GunRange that teaches what is eas-iest to do if one is atacked orfalls victim to assault.

Overwhelmingly, the classhas female students enrollingto cope with their situations butthere is much practical knowl-edge to be gained by all, includ-ing how to handle the roadsidecarjacker and what not to do.

A Texas Krav Maga Essen-tial Self Defense Course is be-ing taught by Chief InstructorLarry D. Escher in the gunrange in Crosby on a once permonth basis that is nothing lessthan what Israeli Defense Min-isters determined were practi-cal solutions to dangeroussituations.

The course begins with set-ting out to greet fellow studentsand determine what self-de-fense means.

Next the class is guided bythe instructors Escher, AnaMartin and Precinct 3 Consta-ble Deputy Lonnie Hicks to lookinto the minds of predators tolearn what predators are look-ing for and what they see inprospective victims.

The class looks at how to de-fuse that psychology of thepredator with body language,arms, smiles, and voice. Offen-sive tools the class has, some ofwhich they had with littleawareness prior are pointedout.

The vulnerability of the pro-spective victim is changed intolooking into the vital targets ofthe perdators, where the ag-gressor is vulnerable.

Now the class has taken onthe form of many disciplines ofself defense in that maneuversare taught. Topics would in-clude 360degrees of defense, de-fending against hair grabs.Demonstratons and practice ofhandling weapons like knivesand pistols is next in the course.

Escher is an expert level in-structor with 20 years martialarts instruction, he has a schoolin Katy. The course is designedto be a short term practical selfdefense system and qualifies asa physical education coures forhome schoolers. The enter sys-tem is considered excellent ex-cercise and self-defense forpracticioners.Call 281-328-2800 for clas times.

Instructor Ana Martindemonstraites techniquesfor the class to copy inpractice for defendingagainst an knife attackagainst the throat onPrecinct 3 Constable ’sDeputy Lonnie Hicks atHigh Noon Gun Range onSaturday. Other classes areto follow.

Expert Larry Escherdemonstraites takingaway a pistol on Hicks.

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Channelview ISD recently honored its February Students of the Month by hosting a recognition luncheonin the top level of the press box at the Ray Maddry Memorial Stadium. The Students of the Monthinclude, top row, from left, Top row, from left, Mauricio Moncada (Joe Frank Campbell Learning Center),John Cassell (Alice Johnson Junior High), Aaron Moore (Kolarik Ninth Grade Campus), Hector Estrella(Aguirre Junior High) and David Giang (Channelview High School). Pictured in front are, from left, Chris-topher Byrd II (Hamblen Elementary), Jesus “Rico” Gonzalez (Schochler Elementary), Angel Cabrera(Cobb Elementary), Kenet Ramos (McMullan Elementary), Alexis Vargas (Crenshaw Elementary) and Xavi-er Palmer (Brown Elementary). Not pictured is Christian Suarez (De Zavala Elementary).

HOUSTON - As Americamarks the 150th anniversaryof the Emancipation Procla-mation, San Jacinto Collegewill host documentary filmsthat chronicle significant civilrights milestones in the na-tion. Each film will be followedby faculty-led discussions thatwill enable audience participa-tion. The film screenings anddiscussions are free and opento the public.

The film series, “CreatedEqual: America's Civil RightsStruggle,” will be shown at theDr. Charles Grant Fine ArtsCenter auditorium, located atthe San Jacinto College NorthCampus, 5800 Uvalde Road inHouston.

“Freedom Riders” will be

HOUSTON - The nine com-munity colleges of the upperTexas Gulf Coast will have amajor presence at the 2014Houston Livestock Show andRodeo running now throughMarch 23 at Reliant Park.

Representatives from eachcollege will be located at theExxonMobil Community Col-lege Petrochemical Initiative(CCPI) exhibit in the foyer ofReliant Center, between HallsA and B, ready to discuss joband career opportunities inthe petrochemical and con-struction trades fields - andhow to prepare for them.

The nine community colleg-es include Alvin CommunityCollege, Brazosport College,College of the Mainland,Galveston College, HoustonCommunity College, Lee Col-lege, Lone Star College, SanJacinto College, and Wharton

Channelview ISD Feburarystudents of the month

“Created Equal” film series at San Jacchronicles civil rights milestones

shown on Tuesday, March 18at 6:30 p.m. It documents theturbulent “rides” of a group ofvolunteers who traveledthrough the South in 1961 ina quest for equality.

“Slavery by Another Name”will be shown on Tuesday,April 8 at 6:30 p.m. The filmdocuments injustices manyAfrican American males expe-rienced in the South duringthe first half of the 20th cen-tury.

“These films chronicle thelong and sometimes violenteffort to achieve the rightsenumerated in the Declara-tion of Independence for allAmericans - life, liberty andthe pursuit of happiness,” com-mented San Jacinto College

San Jacinto college joins ExxonMobilpetrochemical initiative at Houston Rodeo

County Junior College. Each isa member of the initiative, cre-ated through a grant from theExxonMobil Foundation tohelp colleges find and train thenext generation of skilledworkers for the petrochemicalindustry.

“We are excited about thisopportunity at the HoustonLivestock Show and Rodeo,”said Dr. Sallie Kay Janes, vicepresident of the San JacintoCollege Continuing and Pro-fessional Development divi-sion, and member of theExxonMobil CCPI SteeringCommittee. “Rodeo officialsare telling us that all atten-dance indicators predict arecord attendance at thisyear's rodeo. Our hope is tohave thousands of meaningfulconversations with individu-als interested in stable, well-paying and challenging jobs in

the petrochemical industry.”According to industry

sources, petrochemical plantsalong the Texas Gulf Coast arespending more than $35 bil-lion to expand facilities overthe next decade. Those expan-sions, along with the retire-ment of existing workers, areexpected to provide jobs formore than 50,000 skilledworkers.

Visitors to the rodeo areencouraged to stop by the Exx-onMobil CCPI booth to discussjobs and job training, and viewa “hands-on” demonstrationfrom an in-demand careerfield. As an added incentive,ExxonMobil CCPI will be giv-ing away an Apple iPad eachday of the rodeo.

Gates open at 10 a.m. SanJacinto College will partici-pate on March 5 and 19.

philosophy professor EdwinAiman, who will serve as mas-ter of ceremonies during thefilm screenings. “The true sto-ries showcase efforts of every-day Americans to provide abetter and more promising fu-ture for all citizens. We hopethese presentations will en-gender ongoing discussionsabout civil rights.”

The “Created Equal” filmset is made possible througha grant from the National En-dowment for the Humanitiesas part of its “Bridging Cul-tures” initiative, in partner-ship with the Gilder LehrmanInstitute of American History.For more information, pleasevisit www.neh.gov/created-equal.

Dear Editor,I like news about our commu-

nity, the obituaries because somepeople cannot afford the other pa-pers. Please add some news of thechurches revivals and such.

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I enjoy the local news. Pleaseadd “Beta Sigma Phi” news. Theygive scholarships to San Jacinto Col-lege.

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It’s great to have a local news-paper again. We look forward toevery issue.

Brian Bernelle

In 2014 she released a newversion of her original song“Tennessee” and is now work-ing on a music video for it.Abby is also currently record-ing a new CD, at Houston'sSugarhill Recording Studio,with producer Andy Bradley,to be released later this year.

LOCAL ARTIST,Continued from page 8

Coming up In April, Abbywill be performing at PearlandCrawfish Festival on the 5thand on the 27th Texas HotCountry Magazine's 25th An-niversary of the Closing of Gil-ley's Club Tribute. She will beat the Redneck Country Clubto benefit Kinsley's Kure on

May 18th and in June you cancatch Abby at the 2014 Spring-board South Music Festival atWarehouse Live.

For more information andto hear Abby's music check outwww.reverbnation.com/abby-gough or check out her websitewww.abbygough.com.

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Several days ago, whiletraveling in southwestHouston, David and I didsome visiting at the HoustonBaptist University, nearSugarland. This was a newplace for me and while therewe came upon the DunhamBible Museum. We entered acampus building and foundourselves in the presents ofthree museums sponsored byHBU. All were relativelysmall and free to inexpensiveto visit. The Bible Museumwas free and the other two $3each per person.

Being cheap we chose thefree one and thoroughlyenjoyed a visit of 90 minutesor so. There we saw Biblesthat go back to the 10th to 15th

century—stories that go backeven further. I have beenexposed to the Bible in myhome, church and elsewhereall of my life and felt I knewsomething of its develop-ment. Don’t believe it! Ilearned a lot about the Bible,its writers and its translators(more the latter) in that 90minutes.

We saw some of the earlytranslations that were handwritten by Monks and othersduring early centuries of thedark ages. I was amazed atthe beauty and neatness ofthe work these people did inpoor work areas, poorlighting and long hours.Some of these with theirdecorated lettering anddrawings at the beginning ofchapters or books and theneat and steady hand writingare almost unbelievable. Ofcourse I couldn’t read thosetranslations as they were inLatin or other languages ofthat day and I’m left out.

There are examples of thepapyrus/parchment on whichBibles were written in thoseearly years, samples ofseveral of them and videostories of those exhibits andothers.

Three of the Biblesintrigued me most. First, theTyndale Bible, which was the

TOUCH OF LIFEBy Don Springer

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first Bible translated intoEnglish from Hebrew andGreek by William Tyndale ata time (1525) when Englishtranslations were illegal. Hedid his work in Europe,smuggled his manuscriptsinto England, was betrayedfor his efforts, captured,strangled and burned at thestake. His work has beenbuilt upon by many since histime.

Another specialty was the“Wicked Bible,” a laterEnglish translation, commis-sioned by English Royaltythat proved to be the undoingof its publishers. Most Bibleshave uncaught typos I guessbut this one had at least onethat was an unforgivablemistake. In writing aboutthe commandments, theseventh says, “Thou shallcommit adultery.” Unfortu-nately the all-important“not” was left out making ituseless for its purpose. Thepublishers were fined ayear’s salary and the 1,800Bibles recalled. Unfortu-nately some were not caughtand two of those are in theUnited States. One in theNew York City library andthe other at HBU highlight-ing the grievous error.

Of course I was interestedin a display of the Gutenbergpress and its influence inlater Biblical printings. Youshould go by HBU, visit theDunham Bible Museum foryourself, if you have such aninterest.

Other Bibles on displayinclude: hand written Bibles,medieval manuscripts,Salisbury Cathedral carv-ings, Erasmus’s Greek NewTestament, Martin Luther’sGerman Bible, Coverdale andMatthews Bibles, Douay-Rheims Bible, The GenevaBible and Bishop’s Bible,among other items. Most arefrom the 14th to 16th centu-ries.

Such are the people, placesand things that have touchedmy life in my home!

A visit to theBible Museum

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AUSTIN — Texas’ March 4primary night returns con-f irmed Greg Abbott andWendy R. Davis as nomineesfor governor.

Abbott, current state attor-ney general, got 91.5 percentof the statewide vote in theGOP primary. Davis, a statesenator from Fort Worth, got79 percent in the Democraticprimary. “Ray” Madrigal ofCorpus Christi got 21 percent.

In the race for lieutenantgovernor, state Sen. LeticiaVan de Putte of San Antonioran unopposed and is the Tex-as Democratic Party’s nomi-nee. Her legislative resumeincludes eight years as a staterepresentative and 13 years asa state senator.

In November , Van dePutte’s opponent will be thewinner of a May 27 runoff be-tween incumbent Lt. Gov.David Dewhurst and stateSen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston.Dewhurst has presided overthe Senate since January2003. Patrick was first elect-ed to the Senate in November2006. Dewhurst, who presidesover the Senate, appointedPatrick as chair of the SenateCommittee on Education inthe 2013 regular session of theLegislature. Patrick received41.5 percent of the Republicanprimary vote to Dewhurst’s28.3 percent._Incumbent U.S.Sen. John Cornyn won theright to seek reelection in No-vember. In a field of eight Re-publican candidates, Cornynreceived 60 percent of the vote.Coming in second was U.S.Rep. Steve Stockman of ClearLake, with 19 percent.

The top two vote getters inthe Democratic primary forU.S. Senate were DavidAlameel, a Dallas dentist,businessman and U.S. Armyveteran, and political activistKesha Rogers of Houston. AMay 27 runoff will decidewhich of the two will face

Abbott, Davis win partyprimaries for governor

Cornyn in November.In the Republican Party

race for attorney general, stateSen. Ken Paxton of McKinneygot 44 percent of the vote,state Rep. Dan Branch of Dal-las got 33 percent and currentTexas Railroad CommissionerDan Smitherman got 22 per-cent. Paxton and Branch willbe in a May 27 runoff, and thewinner will face Sam Houston,a Houston attorney, who ranunopposed in the DemocraticParty primary.

In the race to succeed Sus-an Combs as comptroller ofpublic accounts, state Sen.Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, receivedjust under 50 percent of thevote — not enough to avoid arunoff. State House Ways andMeans Chair Harvey Hilderb-ran, R-Kerrville, got 26 per-cent of the vote. Hilderbran’ssecond place finish in a fieldof four candidates earnedHilderbran the right to a run-off but announced he wouldforego the contest and support

Hegar’s candidacy.Mike Collier, a Houston

businessman, ran unopposedin the Democratic primaryand will face Hegar in the No-vember general election.

George P. Bush, a FortWorth attorney and son offormer Florida Gov. Jeb Bush,grandson of 41st PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush and neph-ew of 43rd President GeorgeW. Bush, won 73 percent of thevote over David Watts (27 per-cent) in the GOP primary forLand Commissioner. In No-vember, Bush will face JohnCook, who ran unopposed inthe Democratic Party prima-ry. Cook, a former mayor of ElPaso, is a military veteran anda former Southwestern Bellexecutive.

Former state representa-tives Tommy Merritt of Long-v i e w a n d S i d M i l l e r o fStephenville were the top votegetters in the Republican Par-ty primary for agriculturecommissioner. They will faceeach other in a May 27 runoff.The winner will run againstthe winner of a May 27 runoffbetween Democrats: dairyfarmer Jim Hogan of Cleburneand musician-novelist Richard“Kinky” Friedman of Medina.

Former state representa-tive Wayne Christian of Cen-ter and Ryan Sitton, an oil andgas engineer and businessmanfrom Pasadena, were the toptwo GOP vote getters for Rail-road Commissioner. They willvie in a May 27 runoff and thewinner will face Steve Brownin the general election in No-vember. Brown, with 64 per-cent, won the DemocraticParty primary over Dale Hen-ry, who tallied 36 percent.

In the GOP race for chiefjustice of the Texas SupremeCourt, incumbent NathanHecht won with 60.5 percentover former state representa-tive Robert Talton’s 39.5 per-cent.

Hecht will face WilliamMoody, who ran unopposed inthe Democratic primary.

More details and results ofall other primary races can befound at www.sos.state.tx.us.

Jobless rate is lowest inyears

Texas Workforce Commis-sion on March 7 announcedthe state’s seasonally adjust-ed unemployment rate fell to5.7 percent in January, thelowest since November 2008.

It was down from 6.0 per-cent in December and re-mained below the nation’sJanuary unemployment rateof 6.6 percent.

Texas employers expandedtheir payrolls in January withthe addition of 33,900 season-ally adjusted total nonfarmjobs, for a total of 322,400 jobsadded over the year.

The Pig Explosion - Part 4

How a specieswent fromobscure to anuisance in aquarter century

The Hog Out program isjust part of the solution forcontrolling wild pigs andhunters like Brian Strick-land of Colorado Springs,Colorado are eager to dotheir part. Each year, Brian,who is originally from Texasand has family property inEast Texas, comes to theLone Star State each year tokill pigs.

“I know I am just makinga dent but I still feel like Iam doing my part,” saysStrickland on a recent huntnear Childress, Texas.During the hunt, Stricklandtakes a pigs with a bow.While the pig is maybe 130pounds in size, it is a sow andwith her out of the herd, thelocal population is set back atleast for a bit.

“She had four babiesfollowing her when I shother,” Strickland says. Theywere about half grown so I’msure they’ll make it toadulthood.” Chances arethat the sow (who was maybea couple of years old) hadalready had a dozen or morebabies spread out over two orthree litters and according toresearch, probably spent herentire life with her homerange of 1,000 acres or so.

With few natural enemies

and a reproductive explosive-ness that is unprecedented inlarge mammals, pigs aremade to multiply. A femalewild pig reaches sexualmaturity at six to eightmonths old and typicallyhave 1.5 litters a year thataverage between five and sixpigs per litter. Therefore,their capacity for populatingan area is tremendous. Infact, biologist estimate thatjust to keep their numbers incheck, two-thirds of the pigsin Texas should be thinnedannually. That’s a totalharvest of 1.7 million pigsharvested annually just tokeep populations stagnant.

It’s a tall order.Luke Boedecker under-

stands the numbers gamewell. Before Texas madehunting hogs from helicopterlegal he was often hired topilot his Robinson helicopterand fly the badlands ofnorthwest Texas to eradicatepigs from ranchers whoreserved his services.

“From the ground, you cansee where the hogs root,”explains pilot Luke Boedekeras he checks the integratedGPS unit in helicopter tomake sure that we’re withinthe ranch boundaries. “Butonce you get in the air, youcan actually see how mucharea they actually tear up.”

On a warm February day,I joined Luke on in anattempt to eliminate somepigs on an expansive ranchnortheast of Lubbock.Boedeker is licensed toperform animal damagemanagement and in the bigcountry of northwest Texas, ahelicopter and a shotgunneris an efficient means ofputting a small dent in a hogpopulation that is problemat-ic.

“Control is the key word,”Luke tells me. “We can’teradicate them because theybreed too fast. This is thethird time in the past coupleof years that I’ve flown thisranch and by the number ofpigs I see each time I comehere, you wouldn’t know thatwe’ve done anything. All wecan do is hope to controlthem to the point that we canslow down the damage theycause.”

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Lavora Jackson Choate, 84,passed away from cancer onMarch 8, 2014. She was bornon March 20, 1929, in GooseCreek, TX, the daughter ofLillie Epley and Henry Liv-ingston Jackson. After grad-uating from Robert E. LeeHigh School in Baytown,Lavora, ever the adventurer,moved to Colorado andworked as an office managerfor Pittsburgh Glass andWright Glass Co. She was acareer woman and feministahead of her time. Lavora re-turned to Texas for the wed-ding of, her younger sister,Lois, to Luther Choate. At thewedding rehearsal, Lavoramet Luther’s younger broth-er, Walter. She was immedi-ately taken by the athletic,handsome man and it waslove at first sight for him aswell. They were marriedMarch 15, 1958. Thus, Lavoraand her sister were marriedto two Choate brothers, mak-ing holiday gatherings veryeasy to plan. Walter andLavora were deeply in loveand devoted to one anotherthroughout their 39 year mar-riage. Everyone who knewLavora and Walter said theywere true soul mates. Thecouple had 7 children togeth-er and, although money wassometimes tight, they gave allfor their children that theycould. The family made manycamping trips together, in-cluding several pilgrimages toColorado. No one ever lackedfor hugs, kisses and laughterin their home. Of all her life’saccomplishments, Lavora wasproudest of raising seven chil-dren who still remain close.

They returned her devotionto them by caring for herthroughout her illness so thatshe could remain in her ownhome until she died. The fam-ily would like to thank AveMaria Hospice, especially De-lores Grubb, in helping usshepherd Lavora into thearms of our Lord.

She is preceded in death byher parents; and husband ,Walter L. Choate. Lavora is

survived by her daughter, Di-ane Denham of Austin; son,Duane Choate and wife Betsyof the Woodlands; daughter,Denise Choate of Baytown;daughter, Donna Choate andpartner Renea Rodgers ofChannelview; son, David Cho-ate and wife Terri of Dayton;son, Doug Choate and wifeElizabeth of Austin; daughter,Delisa Smith and husbandCharles of Tarkington Prairie;sister and brother-in-law Loisand Luther Choate of Baytown;niece, De De Kellam and hus-band Jack of Fredericksburg;grandchildren, Sarah Choate,Mark Choate, Matthew Cho-ate, Dustin Meadows, KyleeChoate, Kody Choate, Alexan-dra Choate, Nicholas Choate,Alicia Smith, William Smithand wife Erica, Krystal Smith;great grandchildren, ZethCastillo, Charles Smith; andmany other relatives andfiends.

A visitation for family andfriends will be held at Sterling-White Funeral Home in High-lands, TX, on Tuesday, March11, 2014 from 6:00-8:00 PM. Amass of Christian Burial willbe held at 10:00 AM onWednesday, March 12, 2014 atSterling-White Funeral Homein Highlands, TX, with burialfollowing at Sterling-WhiteCemetery. To send the familycondolences, please visitwww.sterlingwhite.com.

Ryan David Dunlop 24, ofMont Belvieu, Texas went to bewith the Lord on March 7,2014.

Ryan was born on June 23,1989 in Houston, Texas to Dav-id and Kathryn (Robbins) Dun-lop. Ryan worked on thepipeline for Chevron Pipelinefor the last two years and inhis spare time he enjoyed golf-ing, duck hunting, fishing andmost of all spending time withhis family and friends. Ryanwas a very outgoing and hap-py young man who never meta stranger, and he will be deep-ly missed by all who knew him.

He is preceded in death byhis Memaw, Jennie Robbins;great grandmother, GladysCampbell; grandfather, JohnDunlop; uncle, Kenneth Rob-bins and grandfather-in-law,Lip Collins.

Ryan is survived by his wife,Rachel Dunlop of MontBelvieu; parents, David andKathryn Dunlop of Highlands;brother, Zachary Dunlop ofHighlands; grandfather, Mau-rice Robbins of Highlands;grandmother, Jean Dunlop ofChannelview; brother and sis-ter-in-law, Jeremy and KaseyDamiata of Lake Charles; fa-ther and mother-in-law, Lonnieand Karen Collins of Baytown;brother-in-law, Ruston Collinsof Lake Charles; grandmother-in-law Martha Collins of High-lands; grandparents-in-law,Dot and Francis Duplacan; dog,Sarge and many other rela-tives and friends.

A visitation for family andfriends will be held on Tues-day, March 11, 2014 from5pm-8pm at First BaptistChurch in Highlands. A Cel-ebration of Ryan’s Life will beheld on Wednesday, March 12,2014 11am at First BaptistChurch in Highlands, Texaswith burial following at Ster-ling-White Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers the fami-ly asks that donations bemade in Ryan’s memory to theAngel Tree at Second BaptistChurch 6227 North MainBaytown, Texas or the FoodPantry and Back Pack Bud-dies at Highlands First Bap-tist Church 201 NorthMagnolia Highlands, Texas.

Services have been entrust-ed to Sterling-White FuneralHome 11011 Crosby-Lynch-burg Rd. Highlands, Texas77562. To send the familycondolences please visitwww.sterlingwhite.com

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Woodrow W. Folsom, Jr. 78,of Highlands went peacefullyto be with The Lord on Friday,March 7, 2014 with his fami-ly present.

Woodie was born Septem-ber 1, 1935 to Woodrow Fol-som, Sr. and Flora Bell Cobb.In August 1953 he marriedhis wife Bettie and in 2013they celebrated their 60thwedding anniversary.

He is preceded in death byhis parents and grandsonJohn Keith Folsom, Jr.

He is survived by his lov-ing wife of 60 years, BettieJane Folsom; sons: sons Ken-neth Folsom and wife Shan-non and Keith Folsom andwife Doris; grandchildrenKrystal and Byron McBride,Brett Folsom, Kayla Folsomand her fiancé Jordan May,Natasha and James Jacks;great grandchildren Tristanand Coby Hinshaw, Ryland,Madelynne and MorganMcBride; sisters: Joy Smithand Dorothy Williams; broth-ers: Jimmy Folsom and JerryFolsom, along with numerousnieces and nephews.

Woodie was a man of TheLord and loved to preach thegospel any chance he got andto anyone who would listen.He was a mechanic and a car-penter for his entire life. Hecould fix anything out of noth-ing and would never ask or ex-pect a thing in return along

with being a Millwright bytrade. If anyone ever asked fora small repair or something tobe made, Pappy was the firstword that came to mind.

A visitation with the familywas held on Wednesday, March12, 2014 from 11:00 AM until1:00 PM in the Chapel of Ster-ling Funeral Home, 602 N.Main St., where funeral servic-es were conducted at 1:00 PM,with Pastor Charles Foshee of-ficiating.

Interment will follow inMagnolia Cemetery.

Services are under the direc-tion of Sterling Funeral Homein Dayton, Texas.

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Pauline Griffith 73, of Cros-by, Texas went to be with theLord on March 3, 2014.

Pauline was born on De-cember 23, 1940 in Etna,

Pennsylvania to Paul and Vin-cenza (Messiano) Iriti. Paulineworked as a Federal Courtclerk for many years and in herspare time she enjoyed crafts,resale shopping, volunteeringat the Crosby Community Cen-ter and Churches United inCaring, and most of all spend-ing time with her family.

Pauline was a very strong,loving and caring woman whoalways had good advice to giveand she will be deeply missedby all who knew her.

She is preceded in death byher parents; brother, Nino Iri-ti; sisters, Catherine DeBone,Fran Strain, Mamie Ambrosiand Mary Ellen Ambrosi.

Pauline is survived by herdaughter, Jennifer Griffith;

Pauline Griffith son, Jeff Griffith ; ex daugh-ter-in-law, Becky Griffith;brother, Fred Iriti; sister, Ter-ry Ford; sister, Elaine Potoch-nik; brother, Anthony Iriti; herchildren’s father, Bruce Grif-fith and wife Teresa; grand-daughter, Lindsey Griffith;granddaughter, Lexey Griffith;granddaughter, Bella Griffith;and many other relatives andfriends. A Mass of ChristianBurial will be held on Thurs-day, March 6, 2014 1pm at Sa-cred Heart Catholic Church inCrosby.

Services have been entrust-ed to Sterling-White FuneralHome 11011 Crosby-Lynch-burg Rd. Highlands, Texas77562. To send the family con-dolences please visitwww.sterlingwhite.com

Annie “Po” LaVoiceShuptrine, 76, loving moth-er and grandmother,passed away Sunday,March 9, 2014 in Houston,Texas. Annie was born Au-gust 30, 1937 in Texarka-na, Arkansas to Roy andElsie Walston. She is pre-ceded in death by her hus-band, Willard Shuptrine,Sr.; sons, Robert and Dav-id Shuptrine; sister, BettyPate. She is survived by herson, Willard Shuptrine, Jr.and wife, Sharon; daughter,Lisa Gibbs; brother, RoyDouglas Walston; daugh-ters-in-law, Lisa, Kelly, Tra-cy; sister-in-law, Pat;grandchildren, Ashley,Matthew, Jason, Mesha,Kyle, Michael, Miranda,Aaron, Jessica, Michelle;great-grandchildren, Hunt-er, Triston, Adalyn, Kayson;as well as numerous ex-tended family membersand friends. Funeral ser-vices will be held at 1:00

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p.m. Thursday, March 13,2014 at First BaptistChurch of Jacinto City,10701 Wiggins, Jacinto City,Texas 77029, with PastorRick Blount to officiate.Friends are welcome to joinAnnie’s family after 10 a.m.Thursday at the church forvisitation before the funer-al service.

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The Channelview HighSchool UIL Academic Teamcaptured top finishes in threecategories at the New CaneyUIL Academic Competition.

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Channelview High Schoolband students enjoyed thesweet sounds of success at theUniversity InterscholasticLeague Region 19 Solo andEnsemble Contest recently.

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On February 21, 2014, JoeGaul, welding instructor atGalena Park High School, andsix junior and senior GalenaPark High School welding stu-dents attended the Skills USAcompetition held at San Jacin-to College Central. The team'sentry consisted of a massivetable the students meticulous-ly designed and built. Scoring95 out of 100 points, the teamearned a blue ribbon. Thejudges reviewed the team'sdesign plans, uniqueness, thefinal product, and the overallcraftsmanship of the work.This score qualified them toparticipate in the state com-petition, which will be held inCorpus Christi March 27-29.

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second in the individual Com-puter Applications event,while Quintero took third andAndre Adams took sixth place.

The Mathematics team ofGiang, Christian Meza,Quintero, Elizabeth Tenorio,Benitez and Adams capturedfirst place honors. Giang tooksecond place individually, Be-nitez finished fourth and Meza

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Sense category went to theteam of Adams, ChristopherLyall, Meza and Quintero.Quintero also earned a thirdplace individual award.

The CHS Academic Team'snext competition will beMarch 21-22 at La Porte HighSchool.

Falcon band earns medals,students qualify for state

Competition in May.“Our students were judged

by well-respected judgesthroughout the Houston areaand performed brilliantly,”said Aaron Allison, CHS banddirector. “They truly repre-sented Channelview well. I amvery proud of them.”

The solo and ensemble per-

formances continue a success-ful trend for this year's CHSband. In October, the CHSMarching Band earned allfirst division ratings at theUIL Area Contest. The bandwas also awarded top ratingsat the annual Galena ParkMarching Festival.

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Galena Park High School welding teamadvances to state competition

Galena Park High School students designed and built an award winning table. Pictured (L/R): RicardoValerio; Jesus Guerrero; Eduardo Rojas; Joe Gaul, Welding Teacher; Adrian Yado; Aldo Cortez; and LuisMacias.

Gaul to teach welding. Howev-er, he beams with pride atwhat his students, many firstyear welding students them-selves, have accomplishedwith such careful planningand team work. “These guysworked their hearts out. Theyput everything they had intoit and made a great product.This early success bodes wellfor these students,” statedGaul.

With this validation of rec-ognition, the students seewhat their skills can create,and several will now pursuewelding certification so theyare highly marketable in theworkforce after high school.One student in particular,Luis Macias, plans to finish up

his senior year by earning acertification in welding andthen attending San JacintoCollege for additional training.He will have many lucrativeemployment options when hebegins his welding career. “Ihad always thought of weldingas a career, but this class gaveme the opportunity to experi-ence it first hand. Now I haveno doubts about it. I want tobe a welder,” Macias said.

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By Alan Morgan

Rural hospitals are thefront line of care for millionsof Americans who can't travelto big cities for medical treat-ment. Most are small, lessthan 25 beds, and many strug-gle to keep their doors open inthe face of rising costs. A lit-tle-known prescription drugprogram called 340B helpsthese providers stay in busi-ness and extend vital servicesto needy patients.

More than 20 years ago,Congress created the 340Bdrug discount program withbipartisan support to help hos-pitals serving high numbers ofeconomically vulnerable peo-ple. In 2010, Congress ex-panded the program to ruralhospitals to help them in theirefforts to treat uninsured, un-derinsured and other patientswho have difficulty gettingaccess to care. Under the pro-gram, eligible hospitals re-ceive pharmaceuticals atdiscounted prices from drugcompanies. These savings areoften passed on directly to out-patients. Healthcare providersalso use the savings to funddialysis, cancer and AIDS clin-ics as well as other services.

The positive impact of the340B program is tangible insmall towns and rural commu-nities across America.

•In Centerville, TN, St. Th-omas Hickman Hospitalreaches out to patients with-out cars, picks them up fromhome and brings them in forlunch and medical treatment.The hospital also provides freemedications on a regular ba-sis to outpatients who can'tafford them.

•Cass County Hospital inAtlantic, Iowa, provides qual-ified outpatients a full year ofmedications for free. And itgives its Emergency Room doc-tors vouchers to supply medi-cines at no cost to patients,based on need.

•At Regional Health Sys-

A critical healthcareprogram in rural America

tem in the Black Hills of SouthDakota, 340B savings fundpatient treatment in a localdetoxification clinic and ashort-term crisis center.

The benefits of 340B flowfar beyond the needy patientstreated at America's rural hos-pitals. Because savings are of-ten passed on in low-cost orfree prescriptions, people taketheir medications and returnless to the hospital emergen-

cy room. That translates intolower costs for Medicare andMedicaid-saving a bundle oftaxpayer dollars.

Millions of Americans re-ceive care thanks to the 340Bprogram, but it has powerfulenemies in Washington. Thepharmaceutical industrywants to restrict the programand some would like to kill itoutright. Why? Because it cutsinto drug company profits.Fact: The pharmaceutical in-dustry turns a $7.5 billion peryear profit on sales throughthe 340B program to hospitalsand related providers. Wethink that's plenty.

If Big Pharma wins, hard-working Americans in theheartland of the country willlose as hospitals cut back onprescription discounts, treat-ment and services. Many ofour hospitals and clinics wouldhave to close altogether.

That would be a travesty wecan't let happen.

Alan Morgan is Chief Exec-utive Officer of the NationalRural Health Associationbased in Leawood, KS.

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Harris County Deputy Blenderman pins honorary badge on Haydon.

By Contributing Writer

The newest Eagle Scout,Charles John Haydon Gon-zalez-Dyer received his Ea-gle Award on February 16,2014. As he moved throughthe Scout Ranks from Ten-derfoot to Eagle, Haydoncompleted 51 merit badges,including archery, oceanog-raphy, finger printing, fish-i n g , c h e s s , f i r s t a i d ,personal fitness, citizen-ship of the nation, andemergency preparedness.Haydon has served in vari-ous troop leadership posi-tions for a total of sixteenmonths and spent at leastthirteen hours on troop ser-vice projects. His Eagle Ser-vice Project was CoastalPrai-rie Restoration atLake Sheldon State Parkand Environmental Center.

During his Eagle AwardCeremony, Reverend To-mas Spath gave the invoca-tion and benediction. StateRepresentative WayneSmith, from District 128,presented Haydon with acertificate and a flag flownover the Texas State Capi-tol. Harris County DeputyJ.A Blendermann alsonamed Haydon as an hon-orary Sheriff's Deputy. TheNorth Shore Rotary Clubwas represented by Dr.Donald Nino. Haydon'sfourth grade teacher, Adri-anne Raible of PasadenaISD, was there to supporthim, and the BSA RavenDistrict Commissioner,Greg Carr, convened thecourt of honor.

Congratulations, Hay-don - and well done!

Haydon, left, receives recognition from Rep. Wayne Smith.

SCOUT ACHIEVEMENT

Eagle Scout awarded byRepresentative Wayne Smith

with Jarrey Foster with 16points, Kerwin Roach 15points, and the coach’s sonBrandon Green with 11points.

Scoring for the JudsonRockets was led by 6’-9 DavidWacker with 13 points, the sonof their coach.

North Shore led throughthe whole game, and at half-time the score was 26-20. Theyopened up the lead in the sec-ond half, usually 10 or 12points ahead of the JudsonRockets.

MVP Jarrey Foster said ofthe game, “we had to buy intowhat the coaches said, and usethat pressure defense. Itworked out – we won the statechampionship.”

Coach Green was not only

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celebrating his first statechampionship, but also reach-ing the 500th win in his careerthis week. Green had takenthree other high schools to thestate finals in previous posi-tions: Kountze (1997), Beau-mont Central (1999) and Hightower (2011). But this was thefirst time he won the statechampionship.

Commenting on the gameon Legacy Sports Network,GPISD trustee and formerHouston Rockets player JoeStephens said “Judson wasoutmatched athletically.”

North Shore’s previous twogames had been close, defeat-ing Bush 60-58, and DeSoto48-45, so this margin of victo-ry was so-oooo sweet.

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and needed some furniture foran overworked and under-equipped staff. He came toGallery Furniture, and askedfor mattresses and chairs,which Mack donated. The nexttime Mack saw Combs was al-most 30 years later, when hisbrother was in St. Luke’s withheart problems. Frasier andCombs were his physicians,and Mack said he saw howhard Frasier worked, and howdedicated he was to his pa-tients, giving all his time andattention to their care. “Whydo you work so hard?” queriedMcIngvale, and Frasier an-swered “We work for the Pa-tient.” Frasier is 74 years old,and has not slowed down.

Mack sees this as a greatexample of the Rotary motto,“A Life Built for Others – Ser-vice Above Self.”

Mack also said his daugh-ter Elizabeth, who has over-come a severe case of OCD, orObsessive Compulsive Disor-der, is an example of “Work isLife’s greatest therapy.” Aftertreatment at the Miniker Clin-ic in Kansas, she now devotesher time to working for a Men-tal Health Agency in Houston,sharing her story and showingher concern for others with

similar diseases.Another example he cited is

Yvonne Streit, the 86 year oldhead of the Brookwood Com-munity. She built up theBrookshire institution fromscratch, and now serves over100 residents with learningdisabilities, mentally im-paired, or otherwise havingspecial needs. She manages toget everyone in her care a job,a life skill and a life purpose,and has done this for 30 years.One of her residents that wenton to greater things is the ac-

tor Woody Harrelson, Macksaid.

Finally, McIngvale told thestory about his own father,George McIngvale Sr. whofounded a high school in theDallas area for kids that oth-erwise might not have the op-portunity for a good education.McIngvale has often told thestory about his mother and fa-ther’s life lessons that taughthim the value of work, andadding value to the lives ofothers around him.