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Last Wednesday night,representatives from volun-teer fire departments triedto hash out their differenceswith the county regardingproposed contracts during aone-hour workshop meet-ing. Designated speakersfor the firefighters includedPublic Information OfficerChris Kehl and GrimesCounty Fire AssociationPresident Joan Teer whosubmitted a separate con-tract for consideration.

While volunteer fire de

BY ROSEMARY SMITHExaminer editor

Shiro Volunteer Fire Department is attempting to help afamily that found themselves homeless Friday afternoon,after their rental home off SH 30 was lost to a possible elec-trical fire.

Firefighter Dan Sharon said the center of the manufac-tured home was already engulfed in flames when volunteersarrived, and the home was lost within minutes. Fortunately,no one was home at the time of the incident.

Rita Ash said she left the home to pick up her husbandRobert from work about an hour or so before the fire erupted.Meanwhile, her 26-year-old niece, Heather, who lives withthe couple, took her four- and seven-year-old sons to run er-rands.

Mrs. Ash said once a friend called to notify her of thetragic loss, she returned home and was only able to salvagea few photos and antique dishware.

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Thank a veteran and militaryperson for their service to

our country.

Lady Rattlers ranked No. 1 in the state — 2A

SEE FIRE PAGE 2A

SEE VFD PAGE 9A

Big Blue marches on to state semifinalsvs Bellville

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Class 3A Division II Semifinal

Friday, Dec. 147 p.m.

Waller StadiumThe winner will advance tothe Class 3A Div. I StateChampionship on Dec. 21at 4 p.m., at Cowboys Sta-dium in Arlington to facethe winner of Graham andGilmer. Both of those teamsare 13-1 and will play Fri-day night (Dec. 14) atMansfield High.

Rattler fever sweeps Navasota as fans take over at games

Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldA Sea of Blue!! Navasota players trot off the field at halftime last week in their 38-7 win over previously un-beaten West Orange-Stark. As evident, Rattler fans have been very visible and vocal this playoff run.

Examiner photo by Courtney Finke

Austin Collins and Ter-rance Creeks (17) do aflying chest bump to cel-ebrate a Collins touch-down last Friday.

There will be a Commu-nity Pep Rally to supportthe Rattler football teamthis Thursday (Dec. 13) at 6p.m. at Rattler Stadium.The event is free and opento the public.

Community Pep Rally

BY SCOTT MCDONALDExaminer publisher

Come early, wear blueand be loud. That seems tobe the mantra for Navasotafootball fans this playoffseason. Navasota fansaren’t just traveling in greatnumbers, they’re takingover the whole scene.

Take last Friday atTurner Stadium in Humble.

Terrance Creeks Sr. andTim Meadows led the6,000-plus blue-clad fans ina chant that could probablybe heard all the way back inNavasota. Meadows had hishalf of the home sideyelling “We Are!” And thenCreeks led his side of thehome stadium to say “Rat-tlers!”

“We Are!”“Rattlers!”

“We Are!”“Rattlers!”This was 40 minutes be-

fore kickoff! To put itmildly, Rattler footballfever has inundated Nava-sota.

Navasota fans haveflooded the entrance gatesan hour and a half beforekickoff the last three weeks.

SEE FANS PAGE 19A

Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldTerrance Creeks Sr. (right) leads the crowd in chants30 minutes before last Fridayʼs game even starts.

Welcome to Navasota Santa!

Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldSanta Clause is Coming to Town!! Navasota assistant fire chief Mitch Kroll drives Santa Clause and an antique firetruck full of kidswhoʼve been nice through downtown during the annual Navasota Christmas Parade last Thursday.

Associationsubmits newcontract

Examiner photo by Rosemary SmithNavasota and Anderson-Shiro FFA members assist with food collectionand sorting at the annual Food for Families Food Drive on Wednesday,Dec. 5, at Mid-South Synergy of Navasota.

Firefighters help family in need FFA’s work for common good

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A ★ December 12, 2012

Abbi!Abbi graduated NHS in 2010 as Salutatorian, and 2 1/2 years later, on Sat., Dec. 15, 2012

she will graduate Texas A&M University with a Bachelors in Psychology.

Abbi, You can achieve whatever you want in life. All you got to do is believe that you can. We believe in you. Words can not express how

very proud of you we are. HAPPY GRADUATION DAY!

Love, Dad, Jacade, Nanny & All Your Family

Thank You For Making The

2012 KBTXFood For FamiliesFood Drive A Success!

With the help of our volunteers and the overwhelmingly generous donations of our local communities, we were able to raise 16,298 lbs of food & $15,079.50 in Grimes County, TX and 8,000 lbs of food & $9,374.41 for Madison County, TX!! We are so blessed to have such a wonderful community!

A special “Thank You” to the following Schools, Businesses, and Residents for

their support and donations.

KBTXRattlers Country StoreLa Casita Mexican FoodPizza Hut – NavasotaPizza Hut (Carter

Enterprises) - Madisonville

Walmart – NavasotaWalmart – MadisonvilleLarry’s BarbequeWalker’s CaféTechline, IncCoca-ColaNavasota ExaminerMadisonville MeteorKWBC 1550 AM

Radio StationKMVL 100.5 FM

Radio StationCity of NavasotaNavasota Police

DepartmentCity of MadisonvilleMayor of Madisonville

Bill PartenMayor of Navasota

Bert MillerEllwood Texas Forge

NavasotaMaria AlmanzaA.M. & Peggy EasterlingDrake’s Collision Center,

Inc.Henson Sales and

Service, Inc.Henson Motor Co, Inc.Henson Ford, Inc.Kawasaki –HensonTexas Agri-Life

Extension Offi ceNavasota ISDAnderson-Shiro

ElementaryAnderson-Shiro Junior/

Senior HighJohn C. Webb

ElementaryNavasota Intermediate

SchoolNavasota High SchoolNavasota Junior HighRichards ISDNavasota FFAAnderson-Shiro FFAFriends of Grimes CountyGrant-PridecoMcCord EngineeringSt. Paul’s Episcopal

Church

Grimes County Chamber of Commerce

Bedias Food PantryAnderson-Shiro FCCLA

and Junior HistoriansMadisonville Intermediate

SchoolMadisonville Junior HighMadisonville FFAIola Student CouncilGirls Scouts of AmericaFalco’s GroceryHarlansBoy Scouts of AmericaZac & Judy FalkenburyEd’s RepairSheriff Don & Mayor of

Anderson Gail SowellVictor & Yvonne MeitzenKermit & Brenda KarneiJoseph GuidryCharles & Marcia FredeSandra Lee StandleyA.L. & Elayne CampbellKevin & Marsha StoryM&D Real EST.Dorris Cannon & Paul

CannonNickerson Farm, INCJanice TrantJudge Betty Shifl ettThomas FinkeCrossroads RealtyJerry MooreDebra A. JonesDennis & Dianne SechelskiCharles FredeAutomotive Parts of

NavasotaJohn & Kathy FultzBeard Veterinary ClinicA Place For MeAmbers ArborNorma MasonBennett & Cecilia MaddoxMr. & Mrs. K L FarrisTommy & Tammy A

VaughnHoward & Debra SavellH&H FarmsMr. & Mrs. EB Andrews, JRLaw Offi ce of Wes

HammitRobert C Dorris, D.D.S.Mr. & Mrs. W Dale BoydDave Ward EnterprisesMrs. Mac L Bennett III

Courtesy PhotoShiro Volunteer Fire Department and two local churches, as well as Friends ofGrimes County, are attempting to help a family that lost their rental home to afire Friday afternoon.

Home devoured

“Everything else isgone. It’s really rough, be-cause all we have is theclothes on our back and thefew things the fire depart-ment could get,” she said.“All of my mom’s stuff isgone and she passed awayso it’s irreplaceable, butwe’re alive. It’s a big bless-ing that God watched overus.”

Though the Red Crosswas contacted by FireChief Shawn Schneider,and was expected to arrivethat same evening, theynever showed, according toMrs. Ash. However, the or-ganization is meeting withthe family Wednesday,Sharon said.

“And we waited untilabout 11:30 or midnight,”she said. “Now they’re say-ing we may not be able toget help to cover the hotelsince the first three dayswere already paid for bymy husband’s work.”

Red Cross was unableto be reached for commentat press time.

Mr. Ash is currently em-ployed as a truck driver forThird Day Ranch in Nava-sota and Mrs. Ash is unem-ployed, as she was laid offfrom Packaging Express inHouston last year.

Since the family doesnot have renter’s insurance,Sharon said the firefightersare currently collectingclothes for the family in

need. Items needed includethe following: Boys pants,sizes 6 -8; shirts 6/7 and9/10; shoes 1 and 2.5;ladies pants, sizes 3-4 and20, shirts size small andextra large, and shoes 8.5and 9 wide; and men’spants size 36-38, shirts sizelarge, and shoes size 11wide.

“They have nothing,and any help would be ap-preciated,” said the volun-teer firefighter who may bereached at 832-492-6625.

Those who wish to do-nate in the Navasota areamay contact Examiner Ed-itor and Friends of GrimesCounty member RosemarySmith at 936-825-6484 or832-361-2019.

Fire,continued from 1a

Congratulations to theIola FFA Sr. Quiz Teammembers who won secondat state, Dec. 1, at SamHouston State Universityin Huntsville, during theState Leadership Devel-opment Events Contest.The team qualified forstate competition by fin-ishing first in District 1,

one of the state’s 57 dis-trict competitions, andsecond in Area III, one often area competitions.There were 5,041 total en-tries in the statewide tour-nament with twelvedifferent events which re-flect classroom instruc-tion in basic leadershipskills, which is part of the

agriculture, food and nat-ural resources curriculum.

Iola FFA team mem-bers included BradenHouse, Mason House,Morgan Koehn and WillMallett.

Anderson-Shiro FFAalso won second in statefor Greenhand ChapterConducting.

Both Anderson-ShiroFFA’s Ag Issues and Jun-ior Chapter Conductingteams initially qualified tocompete in the semi-finalsthat were held on Nov. 30.The Ag Issues teamlanded in the top 20 in thestate of Texas.

The Texas FFA is thenation’s largest state FFA

associations with a mem-bership of 80,000 activeFFA members in Texasand 1,000 local FFAchapters. On averagethere are approximately18 schools per district.FFA programs teach skillsin leadership, career de-velopment and personalgrowth. FFA gives stu-

dents the opportunity topractically apply class-room knowledge to real-world experiencesthrough local, state andnational competitions.

Sam Houston StateUniversity has partneredwith Texas FFA in hostingthese competitions for 76years.

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BY GAIL SOWELL,Examiner columnist

Jordan Brooks andSaRoyan Woods, both sen-iors at Anderson-ShiroHigh School, will neverforget the year 2012. Thetwo are Grimes County 4-H members who took theride of their life this year.

In February, Brooks and

Woods were selected asdelegates to representTexas at the National 4-HConference in Washington,D.C. the week of March24-29, 2012. This confer-ence is the Secretary ofAgriculture’s premieryouth development oppor-tunity to engage youth indeveloping recommenda-tions for the 4-H Youth De-

velopment Program.The National 4-H Con-

ference is a working con-ference in which youth andadults assist in the develop-ment of recommendationsto help guide 4-H YouthDevelopment Programs na-tionally and in their com-munities. This event bringstogether youth, volunteerleaders, and state and

county Extension staffmembers from across theUnited States, the U.S. Ter-ritories, and the CanadianProvinces.

While attending the 4-HNational Conference,Brooks said “I had the

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Navasota High School held a jacketand blanket drive between their fourth pe-riod classes in an effort to assist the Chris-tian Community Services Center with itsdistribution to those in need. The drivewas held Nov. 19 through Dec. 7, and Ms.Kerekes’ class won with a total of 23 jack-ets. The winning class received a freepizza party from Principal Beauchamp.Kneeling, from the left, are Brittany Sali-nas, Lee Walla and TimothyWiley. Standing, from the left, are LuisRosales, Carlos Zurita, Maribel Murillo,Will Imhoff, Blake Feder, Aaron Joswiak,Aaron Lemieux, Kaitlin Meschke, Brit-tnee Arriaga, Justin McHale, John Nalleyand Brooks Blalock.

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SEE 4H PAGE 7A

New Dimension to Christmas Parade

Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldMembers of Navasotaʼs A.P. Dance Dimensions team perform a routine in themiddle of the street during the annual Christmas Parade last week.

Widows thanks tocommunity

Pat always introducedme as “My wife, the luck-iest girl in the

World.“ I never reallybelieved him until the PatMcHale benefit Fridaynight. The turnout was in-credible! The overwhelm-ing support of friends andneighbors was absolutelyunbelievable. There aren’tenough words to thank themany, many people in-

volved. Special thanks toSue and Leslie for puttingthis together. AllphinsBBQ, the food was out-standing. Steve, I knowyou worked so hard get-ting things for the auction.Bill, incredible music.

I know that if I go tonaming everyone who do-nated or helped, I will for-get someone so pleaseknow you are appreciatedand loved.

The loss of Pat to the

community is a blow wewill never recover from. Ido know that he wouldhave never left me had henot known what fantasticlove and support I wouldhave.

On behalf of the entireMcHale clan, I would liketo express our many, manythanks. Until we see himagain, know that his biggrin and booming laugh issurrounding us all.

• The Shiro VolunteerFire Department’s Christ-mas party Saturday nightwas lots of fun. Santa andMrs. Claus made theirgrand entry. Everyone -not just the kids - got to siton his lap and tell the jollyold man what they wanted.I’m still wondering whatMr. Booker T. Paulhill Sr.and Mr. Strathwell John-son said they wanted.Those two gentlemen didthe whole bit and there arepictures to prove it.

Fire Chief ShawnSchneider said the onlything he and the other firefighters want for Christ-mas is a brand new fire

truck. Besides giving outcandy, the guys also gaveout smoke detectors and,in one instance, one of themen was going to a singlelady’s house to install it.They are so nice.

• The ladies of the Shiroand Bedias MethodistChurches, the Presbyterianchurch of Shiro and TheChurch of Singleton re-cently took hand knitteditems and toiletries to theBedias Food Pantry, localshut-ins and a nursinghome in Navasota. Theladies have dubbed them-selves, “The CountryHens” and did their bit tobrighten the day for quite afew.

• I do believe the crooksare crawling out of thewoodwork. I had e-mailadvising me of my confir-mation number on myflight out of Miami onDec. 5. It stated that creditcard funds would be with-drawn until Dec. 7, PearlHarbor Day - how fitting -

but I needed to re-confirmcredit card information.

I called the airline listedand asked if they had aflight 7504 out of Miami.It was a different airline’sflight number. All thesepeople wanted was mycredit card information.

The airline representa-tive said this is the newestscam that they are dealingwith.

• Does anyone knowwhere I can get a piñata?D’Oreo’s Produce usuallyhas them, but not this year.I am hostess for the Boat-man

Christmas party thisyear and the kids in thefamily just love it when Ihave a pinata. Then again,the last time I did this, onelittle boy took the sawedoff broom handle andchased a cousin around be-cause he was the one thatbroke the thing open.

Now, instead of draw-

• Homecoming at An-derson-Shiro is set for Fri-day, Jan 18, 2013. Plans areunderway to honor thealumni from the classes of1932, 1942, 1952, 1962,1972, 1982, 1992 and2002. If you were from oneof those graduating classesmark your calendars nowto attend.

• The benefit for PatMcHale that was held re-cently was a huge success.The small town communitysupport was awesome andmuch to be proud of. Thebenefit committee thankseach and every one whoparticipated in any way thatcontributed to this success.The family is very appre-ciative and was over-whelmed by the love andsupport they received thatevening. Winners of theraffle were: Trophy BuckHunt - Jed Wells; Weath-erby Vanguard Deluxe 257- Coy Imhoff; Remington870 Express 12 ga. - PeterVescoro; Remington 870Express 20 ga. - JimHaughton; Smith & Wes-son - Kevin Mock; RugerLCP 380 - Swanda Smith;50/50 Bucket – MikeWilliams (who donatedwhat he won back to thefamily); and the LotteryBucket – Lana Donaldson.

• The Mobile FoodBank will be open onThursday, Dec. 13, from 10a.m. until noon, at the ExpoCenter in Navasota forGrimes County residents.You will need to bringproof of residency.

• The PlantersvilleChristmas Parade will be

held this coming Saturdaymorning, Dec. 15 throughthe downtown area begin-ning at 10 a.m. Don’t missthis fun parade.

• Jordan Brooks andSaRoyan Woods, seniors atAnderson-Shiro, have hadthe time of their life thispast year. It all startedwhen both of these 4-Hmembers were selected torepresent Texas 4-H at the2012 National 4-H Confer-ence in Washington, D.C.the week of March 24-29.Later in the year Jordanwas selected to participatein the Texas 4-H Congressin Austin the week of July15-18. And to end a perfectand exciting year, the twowere selected as 4-H Dele-gates to represent Texas atthe 2012 National 4-HCongress in Atlanta, Geor-gia the week of Nov. 23-27.The wealth of knowledgeJordan and Saroyan ac-quired and the adventuresthey experienced willnever be forgotten. Con-gratulations to the two ofthese 4-Hers.

• Clinton Cook, a 2007graduate of Anderson-Shiro and an employee ofthe Grimes County Sher-iff’s Office, completed the151st Basic Peace OfficerClass at the Central TexasPolice Academy in CollegeStation. The academy washeld from Aug. 6 throughDec. 7 and graduation washeld on the evening of Dec.7 at the George Bush Pres-idential Library. Clinton isthe son of Loren Cook andSandra Cook and the hus-band of Monica Cook.

• Eugene and JanetteYanchak of Anderson be-came grandparents againwith the recent birth ofSawyer Thomas Vance,newest son of Michael andKristin Vance of Magnolia.Sawyer was born at St.Luke’s Hospital in The

Woodlands on Nov. 9, at12:56 p.m. Weighing 6pounds 4 ounces, andmeasuring 19.75 incheslong, Sawyer was wel-comed home by his bigbrother Jacob. Sawyer’sother grandparents are Lesand Carolyn Vance of Dal-las.

• I have a new great-niece to brag about. EricGiles, my nephew, andBrandie McGee of Ander-son, became first time par-ents as Kami Marie Gileswas born at 2:35 p.m. onTuesday, Dec. 4, at CollegeStation Medical Center.Kami weighed 8 pounds 8ounces and measured 20.5inches long. Kami is thegranddaughter of LarryGiles and Phil and LynnDeaton, all of Mont-gomery, and Robert andRita McGee of Oklahoma.She is also the great-grand-daughter of Dolores Hof-fart of Dobbin and DeeGiles of Montgomery.

• Happy birthday thisweek to Swank Backhus,Frances Sechelski, MaryDobyanski, Sandra Cookand Monsignor Adam Mc-Closky, Dec. 13; GavinSmith, Adam Garthoff andBryson Ray, Dec. 14;Colton Backhus and ClaireBorski, Dec. 15; RoseKimich, Raymond Sechel-ski, John RaymondDobyanski and TonyBohnert, Dec. 16; TammyGurka, Ann McDuffie,Justin Sowell and GloriaHitchcock, Dec. 17; BobbySchroeder, Tyler Keaslingand Ty Sechelski, Dec. 18;and Summer Hausmann,Dec. 19.

• Anniversary wishes goout this week to Leon andAshley Kimich, 4 years onDec. 13.

• Call or email me withyour news at 936-873-2518o [email protected].

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2012

• Opening hours for theRichards Post Office maybe changing. The postalservice reviewed surveysthat were returned by thepublic and are taking theminto account.

• Dr. Robert Mont-gomery of Richards has re-cently published a newbook entitled “Texas Back-woods Battler,“ coauthoredby Roy Harris. Harris wasa world heavyweightchampion contender in1958, against Floyd Patter-son. After his boxing ca-reer, Harris went on tobecome an attorney, a realestate mogul, and a countyclerk for MontgomeryCounty for 28 years.

A limited advance booksigning event will be heldat Heritage Museum, at1504 I-45 in Conroe, Dec.19, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.Light refreshments will beserved. Come out and meetRoy Harris.

• Congratulations toRachel Hereford whoteaches at College Station’sForest Ridge Elementary.Rachel was selected as oneof CITI Bank’s NovemberTeacher of the month.

• Panther Basketball isin full swing, and has con-tinued to improve over

their losses from Center-ville-Groveton 39-49, andAllen Academy, 89-31games. They came out win-ning over Calvary Baptistwith a final score of 61-40.While playing in theCovenant Christian Tour-nament on Nov. 29, thePanthers led 31-25. ThePanthers then faced theOwls on Tuesday eveningat Richards with the Pan-thers JV game starting offthe evening for a loss forthe JV Panthers.

The Varsity Panthersand Varsity Owls playedimmediately following andwere three minutes into thegame when officials calledthe game off. There wassafety concerns when thefloor started sweating andwater made its way into thegym, creating a safety haz-ard.

Just an hour or so beforethe game, Richards resi-dents reported they re-ceived about an inch ofrain.

The following Thurs-day, the Varsity Pantherstraveled to North Zulch toface the Owls again, result-ing in a first loss for thePanthers in the tournament.

The Varsity Lady Pan-thers also played in thistournament and faced On-alaska. They lost their firstgame in the tournament,but played hard and arecontinued the tournamentthrough the weekend.

• Union Grove BaptistChurch Choir is presentingChristmas Music on Sun-day, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m.Come out for a fun time

and fellowship. The choiralways puts on such a greatChristmas program, Santahas even made plans to at-tend.

• Join the fun carolingon wagons and trailersthrough the streets of An-derson for their old fash-ioned, annual ChristmasCarol wagon ride on Sun-day, Dec. 16.

A dinner will be servedat 6 p.m.

Caroling will start atabout 7:15 p.m. Everyoneis invited to the dinner, sobring your favorite snackor dessert.

• Come on out for “ADown Home Christmas”singing on Sunday, Dec.16, at 11 a.m., at RichardsBaptist Church inRichards. Dinner on thegrounds will follow.

• Florence Lara askedthat the community con-tinue to pray for her. Flo-rence has been diagnosedwith breast cancer. She willbe starting her treatmentssoon.

• Deepest sympathy tothe many friends and fam-ily of Ronald Canatella, aswell as the entire Canatellafamily. This family lost twofamily members so veryclose together. Please keepthem in prayer.

• Continue to pray for:Florence Lara, Bob Bosse,Dean Keisler, Chantel Der-rett, Zelma Hougue, CarolHarrington, Cecilia Roten-berry, Francis Knauf,Willie Claude Foster,Travis Pool, Larry Harvey,and The Canatella Family.

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Monica Lynn Orlando of Navasota was joined in marriage toScott Caleb Martin of Navasota

on October 27, 2012, at Olde Dobbin Station in Dobbin. Monica is the daughter of Jimmy and Debra Orlando of Navasota, and

Ron and Cathy Martinez of Alexandria, LA. The bride is a graduate of Alexandria Senior High School in Alexandria, LA;

received a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry at the University of Louisiana atLafayette in Lafayette, LA; and currently serves as a quality assurance officer

at NWDLS in The Woodlands.Scott is the son of Floyd and Margaret Martin of Navasota.

The bridegroom is a graduate of Navasota High School and acquired a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Technology and Construction Managementat Sam Houston State University. He currently serves as a project manager

for Tellepsen Builders in Houston.The bride was given in marriage by her father, Jimmy Orlando,

as Judge Betty Shiflett officiated.Charity Shiflett served as matron of honor alongside bridesmaids,

Caitlyn Neely and Kate Hathaway; flower girl, Camden Kolby; and ring bearer, Wyatt Shiflett. Bradley Shiflett served as best man alongside

groomsmen, Alan Johnson and Zachary Upcheshaw. Ushers included Jake Orlando, Jason Orlando and Kyle Orlando.

A reception was held in the couple’s honor at Olde Dobbin Station with music provided by the Taylor Hodak Band.

After enjoying a honeymoon in St. Lucia, the newlyweds made Magnolia their new home.

~In Memory Of Kenneth Bay & Bessie Lee Menefee~Kenneth

“Bubba” BayFeb. 19, 1959 – Dec. 11, 2010

Gone but not forgottenIt has been two years

since you’ve been gone;We miss you!But with God

we aren’t alone.

Love always and yours truly,Wife Leona Bay,

Son Zachary Bay, Grandson Jayden Bay,Godson Colton Wesley,

Mother Novella Bay and Family

Bessie Lee “Tot” EdwardMenefee

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ing names, we all bringfood items to donate to thelocal food pantry. If theyforget, we just shake themdown for cash.

• Robert Ash of Shiro isa long haul truck driver. Hecame in last Friday and hiswife, Rita, picked him up.When they got back home,they found that they nolonger had one, it hadburned to the ground.Keep this couple in yourprayers.

Others on our prayerlist include: Genelle Wich-man, Mike Greer,

Joe Behand, Don Slatonand Alice Nern.

• Evangelist Rod Vin-cent will be the guestspeaker on Sunday, Dec.16, at 10 a.m., at the Fel-lowship of Believers at theRoans Prairie CommunityCenter. If you’ve neverheard Pastor Vincent,you’re in for a treat.

• Birthdays this week:Josephine Swonke, Dec.14; Frieda Love Warren,Dec. 15, Ray Sechelski,Dec. 16; Amy Morris and

Katherine Fernandez, Dec.17 and Mary Tyler andTinabeth Keasling, Dec.18.

• Keep me posted: [email protected].

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• Birthday wishes goout to Linda Jolly, DavidLanham, Carson Lauter,

Macy Mock, Hilma Stolzand Blake Wellmann, Dec.13; Ann Gillespie, LoriMohr, Zachry Jensen,Emma Piepenbrok, CarolKurten and John (Tucker)Roese, Dec. 14; MichaelRaska, Dec. 15; JessicaHard, Dec. 16; Ray Duch,

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• Sandra Woodruffshares that her short story“Mara’s Story” was in-cluded in the new book “IWas There… The FirstChristmas.” The book isnow available on Amazon.

• The City of Bedias and

First State Bank of Bediasare sponsoring the annualBedias Christmas LightingContest. The contest runsfrom now to Friday, Dec.14.

We will have an inde-pendent judging panel andwill award $500 for 1stplace, $300 for 2nd and$200 for 3rd place. Judgingwill occur on Dec. 14 andthe winners will be an-nounced after the BediasChristmas Parade on Satur-day, Dec 15. Good luck andenjoy the lights.

• Saturday, Dec. 15, isthe world famous annualBedias Christmas Parade.Call Janet Green at 936-395-1010, or Kelly Tam-plin at 713-301-2084 formore information and to re-serve your place in the pa-rade. Civic groups,families, equestrian, trac-tors, other vehicles and in-dividuals are allencouraged to participate.

Join us at the Bedias Li-brary as we prepare for ourfloat in the annual BediasChristmas Parade! We’vestarted making the decora-tions and learning thesongs, so come on Satur-days to help us get readyfor the parade. We will bepracticing our songs at 1p.m. For general library in-formation, call 936-395-2658.

• Our Christian FilmFestival continues Fridayevening, Dec. 14, at 6 p.m.and Sunday afternoon,Dec. 16, at 1 p.m. with adouble feature, “ChristmasAngel” and “Christmaswith a Capital C.”

Please join us at the Be-

dias UMC for these festiveand touching films. We arealso offering Rick Larson’s“The Star of Bethlehem”on Saturday, Dec. 22, at 6p.m. Come share the won-derful discoveries RickLarson has made in re-searching the scientificproofs demonstrating thetruth of the star heraldingthe birth of Christ.

• Bedias Women’s Clubwill hold their Christmasparty on Tuesday, Dec. 18,6 p.m., at the Bedias CivicCenter. Please bring fingerfoods to share and join usin the $10 gift exchange.

• Connie Clementsasked us to share that theClements family requeststhat any memorials youwish to offer in Bob’s namebe made to the Bedias Vol-unteer Fire Department,PO Box 294, Bedias,TX 77831.

• Happy birthday toBilly Boyd, Don Dean,Sandy Peterson and JeraldBrown. Congratulations toeveryone else celebratingpersonal and family occa-sions this week.

• Hold the Margie andWilton Stewart family,Melissa and Byron Kayfamily, Bob Clements fam-ily and the Carl Haldt fam-ily in your prayers. Also,remember Clyde andSandy Park, Mort andNicki Thomson, Courtneyand Sue Parks, John andJanean Anderson, EdithMoss and the entire Alle-more family in your heartsand prayers over the nextfew weeks.

• Send news to [email protected].


To submit the name of a service man or woman,drop the information by The Examiner office, 115 Railroad St.;mail to The Examiner, P.O. Box 751, Navasota, Texas, 77868;

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TAURUS (Apr. 21- May 21)Taurus, enjoy an active week ahead that includes a very busy socialschedule. Instead of trying to swim against the tide, let it take youalong.

GEMINI (May 22-June 21)Take care of things on your own this week, Gemini. Others around youwill be just as busy, so put your head down and get started on themany tasks at hand.

CANCER (June 22-July 22)Sarcasm is not the right approach this week, Cancer. Focus on beingamiable to all of the people you interact with the next few days andreap the rewards.

LEO (July 23-Aug 22)Secrets have a funny way of catching up with you, Leo. Although itcan be hard to be honest, upcoming situations will work out muchmore easily if you are.

VIRGO (Aug. 23 -Sept. 23)You have no reason to question your confidence this week, Virgo.Give yourself a pep talk to make it through a sticky situation, andthings will turn out alright.

LIBRA (Sept. 24 -Oct. 23)You are coasting on a high of good fortune, Libra. Don't worry, it isn'tgoing to slow down anytime soon. Enjoy all of the opportunities thatcome your way.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24 - Nov. 22)It takes more than just good ideas to find success, Scorpio. There isalso a lot of follow-through and legwork that goes into everyscenario. Start working through the particulars.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23 -Dec. 21)You won't be able to rest until you solve a problem that has beenbugging you, Sagittarius. But the solution won't immediately presentitself.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22.- Jan. 20)Sometimes it takes more time and money than it's worth to followthrough with something that originally seemed like a good idea.Don't think of it as giving up but redirecting.

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PISCES (Feb. 20-Mar. 20)Words can be interpreted in many different ways, Pisces. Choose whatyou say wisely so you don't give anyone the wrong impression.

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McClennan ~ Nickle Engagement AnnouncementStu and Kay (Keelan) McLennan of Harker Heights arepleased to announce the engagement of their daughter,

Erin Amanda McLennan of College Station to Brandon Neely Nickle of College Station, son of Neely and Jeanie Nickle of Navasota.

The bride-elect is a 2005 graduate of the University ofMary-Hardin Baylor and is currently employed as an

event coordinator at The Texas A&M University System.The bridegroom-elect is a 2005 graduate of Navasota

High School. The Texas A&M University student is currently employed as a salesman at Champion Firearms in College Station.The couple will be united in marriage

on June 22, 2013, at 6 p.m., in Caldwell.

Appreciation Service HonoringRev. Sandy Neblett

Still Working for the MasterRev. Charlie Hall and the Truevine Missionary Baptist Church Family will be honoring Rev. Sandy Neblett has been a lifetime member of Truevine for 81 years. Th e program will be held on Sunday, December 16, 2012 at 3:00 pm. Th e guest speaker will be his grandson, Rev. Harry Davis III, Paster of New Horizon Community Church Houston, Texas. Th e public is invited.

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The 2012 LightedChristmas Parade, heldThursday, Dec. 6, was agreat success with 40 pa-rade entries and a recordnumber of spectators.

This year, the entrieswere divided into two cat-egories and were awardedfor the following: NOV

Grant Prideco wasawarded Best BusinessEntry and the Anderson-Shiro cheerleaders wereawarded Best CommunityGroup Entry.

The City of Navasotawould like to thank all ofthe businesses and organi-zations that participated.

Parade winners announced

Michele McHale,Navasota

Dear Editor,The following quote I

read in a Taylor Caldwellbook, “The Sound ofThunder”. I have shared itmany times over the pastyears and think becausethe times we are living inmakes it a good time toshare it again.

A quote from AbrahamLincoln, “You cannotbring about prosperity bydiscouraging thrift. Youcannot strengthen theweak by weakening thestrong. You cannot helpthe wage earner by pullingdown the wage payer. Youcannot further the brother-hood of Man by encourag-ing class hatred. Youcannot help the poor bydestroying the rich. Youcannot establish sound se-curity on borrowed money.You cannot keep out oftrouble by spending morethan you earn. You cannotbuild character andcourage by taking awayman’s initiative and inde-pendence. You cannot helpmen permanently by doingfor them, what they couldand should do them-selves.”

Martha J. DixonAnderson

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I went to a Black Fridaysale at Wal-Mart and got alaptop computer. It tookfrom 10 p.m. to 11:30 p.m.to get checked out and Ispent a day-and-a-halfreading the instructions.

Then I started to use thecomputer. Well, folks, thatjust didn’t work. ThatWindows 8 is a nightmareto work with and they saythat it takes a whole newway of thinking. I don’tcare to think that way, so Itook it back and got a re-fund.

Now later on I mayneed a laptop, but I foundtwo ways that you cansolve the problem. If yougo to a place that has a lotof laptops, they may haveone that is Windows 7home premium. But if theydon’t, and you still need alaptop, you can buy Win-dows 7 home premiumand have them take outWindows 8 and put Win-dows 7 in.

It runs about $260, butif you need a laptop thatyou can use and leave 8 tofile thirteen, that’s at leastone way to do it, but try tofind one that has it already.You may not save moneybecause the ones that arelikely to have it are in thehigher price range becausemost people want to savemoney.

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Dec. 15• The Friendship Baptist

Church Celestial Choir willpresent their annual Christ-mas banquet on Saturday,Dec. 15, at 6 p.m. Speakerfor the evening will be Rev.Charles Lee, Rev. H. Smithis the pastor.

The tickets are $10 foran evening of Christian fel-lowship. The public is in-vited. For tickets call MaryDay at 936-825-3315.

Dec. 16• Join the fun caroling

on wagons and trailersthrough the streets of An-derson for their old fash-ioned, annual ChristmasCarol wagon ride on Sun-day, Dec. 16.

A dinner will be servedat 6 p.m.

Caroling will start atabout 7:15 p.m. Everyone

is invited to the dinner, sobring your favorite snackor dessert.

• Come on out for “ADown Home Christmas”singing on Sunday, Dec.16, at 11 a.m., at RichardsBaptist Church inRichards. Dinner on thegrounds will follow.

• Union Grove BaptistChurch adult choir willpresent the Christmas Mu-sical, “Gather at theManger” on Sunday, Dec.16, at 6 p.m. A time of fel-lowship and a visit fromSanta will follow the pres-entation.

The church is at 24830FM 149 in Richards, eightmiles east of Richards, andmay be reached at 936-851-2540.

Dec. 23• The Carlos Missionary

Baptist Church on SH 30 ishosting a Christmas Cele-bration on Dec. 23, at 6p.m. Everyone in the com-munity is welcome to thisspecial event, as songs ofjubilation are sung for thebirth of Jesus. If you wouldlike to enjoy some candycane coffee, hot cocoa,cakes, cookies and other re-freshments, just bring yourvoice for a community

sing-along.

Dec. 31• New Year’s Eve there

will be a Watch NightMeeting at Greater FirstMissionary Baptist Churchin Anderson, from 10 p.m.until 12 a.m. A sermonettewill be delivered by Rev.Gregory Baldwin of Hous-ton so come and beblessed.

CHURCH NEWS

ANDREA ABAD

Andrea Abad, 76, a cur-rent resident of Navasotaand former resident ofGrand Prairie, died unex-pectedly on November 21,2012 while visiting herfamily in Grand Prairie.

Andrea was born on

February 4, 1936, in Court-ney, Texas, the daughter ofthe late Joseph Garcia Sr.,and the late Angelita Bal-dobino Garcia. She wasraised in Navasota, whereshe would live until mov-ing to the Grand Prairiearea to be near her chil-dren.

Always happy, Andrealoved to work in the yard,growing roses or just beingoutdoors. She enjoyedgoing out to eat, workingher crosswords or workinga search-a-word puzzle.

Andrea was devoted inher faith. Her family wouldenjoy special trips to SanJuan, Texas where shewould visit and attend serv-ices at the Shrine of La Vir-gen De San Juan Del Valle.

Her survivors includeher children, Cleto J. Gar-cia Jr. and his spouse Car-men, Andrea Paredes and

her spouse Chris; 9 grand-children; 3 great-grandchil-dren; sister, FrancesOstigin; brother, Joe Gar-cia.

She preceded herbrother John Garcia indeath by only 2 days.

Visitation: 4 to 9 p.m.Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2012at Guerrero-Dean FuneralHome where Recitation ofthe Holy Rosary occurredat 7 p.m. Mass of ChristianBurial was held at 10:30a.m., Thursday, Nov. 29,2012 at Immaculate Con-ception Catholic Church.Burial followed at GrandPrairie Memorial Gardens.

MARY WISNOSKIORLANDO

Mrs. Mary WisnoskiOrlando, 84, of Houstonand formerly Navasota,passed away Friday, De-cember 7, in Houston. Vis-

itation with the family washeld Monday, December10, from 5-7 p.m., at No-bles Funeral Chapel with areciting of the Rosary at 7p.m. A funeral mass wascelebrated Tuesday, at 10a.m., at Christ Our LightCatholic Church with theRev. Rodolpho “Jo-Jo” L.Cal-Ortiz and the Rev. Al-

bert Zanatta officiating.Rite of committal followedin Oakland Cemetery.Arrangements were underthe direction of Nobles Fu-neral Chapel.

Mary was born inStoneham, TX, on Decem-ber 8, 1927, the daughter ofHenry & Alice (Yorek)Wisnoski. She and her hus-band John owned and oper-ated a motel. Mary wasliked by everyone sheknew. She did so much inmany special ways; in lov-ing words of comfort; intaking time to talk awhile;in sharing other people’sjoys; and in helping whenshe could. Her unique wayof giving love in every-thing she did made her veryspecial.

Mrs. Orlando was pre-ceded in death by her par-ents and husband JohnOrlando; brothers, Louis

“Buddy” Wisnoski andJohn Wisnoski; and sisters,Theresa Wisnoski andViola Kowis.

She is survived by hersister Ann Wetuski ofHouston, several niecesand nephews, and manyfriends, especially closefriends, Max and NancyParast.

Serving as pallbearerswere Roy Wisnoski, RobertWisnoski, Johnny Wis-noski, Marvin Kowis,Tommy Orlando, and MaxParast. Honorary pallbear-ers are Josh Wisnoski andDanny Kowis.

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If you do not usefriends or acquaintancesas pallbearers, it may be

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pleasure to meet Dr. JillBiden, the second Lady ofthe United States of Amer-ica; Mr. Tom Vilsack,President of USDA; andCongressman Bill Flores’Legislative Aide. I wasalso selected to be thespokesperson at the Penta-gon to present our “Veter-ans and Military Families”Round Table Presentationin front of the Board of Di-rectors.”

The two got to tour theMartin Luther King Jr.Monument; WWII Memo-rials; President LincolnMonument; Korean WarMemorials; HolocaustMuseum; the WhiteHouse; and received a tourthe Capitol.

Woods said, “It was alife-changing event. I metso many people and en-joyed touring Washington,D.C.”

To continue the adven-ture, Brooks was selectedto participate in the Texas4-H Congress in Austin,Texas the week of July 15-18, where he served as thePress Corps Staff for theTexas 4-H Congress.

He said his responsibil-ities “were to report the ac-tions of the different areasof the Texas 4-H Legisla-tive in the daily newspa-per. In addition topreparing the daily news-

paper, I worked jointlywith the Technology Teamin getting information,photographs, and updatesposted to the Texas 4-HCongress website. I hadthe pleasure of meetingGovernor Rick Perry and Ialso wrote and submitted aLegislative Bill to theCongress.”

Lastly, the two teamedup as 4-H delegates to rep-resent Texas at the 2012National 4-H Congress theweek of November 23-27,in Atlanta, Ga. National 4-H Congress is the flagshipevent of the National 4-Hprogram. Each year a Na-tional Design Team of Ex-tension educators, 4-Hyouth, and 4-H adult vol-unteers analyze currentyouth issues and determinethe most effective ways toaddress them. The pro-gram combines a varietyof fun and exciting educa-tional, recreational andnetworking opportunities.The program combinesplenary sessions, seminars,discussion groups, and aservice learning experi-ence. The nation’s mostoutstanding communityleaders, speakers, and edu-cators present the mostcurrent and timely infor-mation available.

The objective of thisevent is to improve theability of teen 4-H youth toexpress themselves inwritten and verbal formsof communication that are

necessary and important“life skills” for today andin the future. It also strivesto increase the awarenessof the importance of Lead-ership, Citizenship, andCommunity Service in 4-H Youth Development.

As part of their partici-pation, Brooks and Woodswere assigned severalCommunity Service As-signments. Brooks said“one of my assignmentswas at the Early Children’sCenter where I read story-books to the toddlers.”Woods had the opportunityto do community service atthe Ivy Prep Academywhere he was assigned to alittle boy in the first grade.He said he was “touchedby the little boy whocouldn’t talk well norcolor well. I helped him tofinish some of his work.”Woods continued to say “Iwas also the Texas flagbearer. This trip has beenthe highlight of my senioryear; I learned about dif-ferent cultures and tasteddifferent foods. Attendingthese National trips has re-ally helped me in my dailylive.” The two attendedseveral workshops andparticipated in team lead-ership assignments.

While in Georgia,Brooks and Woods alsotook tours of the TurnerBaseball Stadium; CarterPresidential Center; Head-

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GRIMES COUNTY COWBOY CHURCH3393 Hwy 105 W., Navasota, 979-575-7321 - Buddy Hogue, Pastor

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SINGLETON BAPTIST12616 Hwy. 90 N., Bedias, 291-2807Floyd Hoke, Min.

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TRUEVINE BAPTISTNavasota - William Gantt, Min.

UNION GROVE BAPTIST24380 FM 149, Richards, 851-2540

UNION GROVE BAPTIST15301 FM 362 Rd., Navasota, 825-3770Jack Jeter, Min.

CatholicBLESSED VIRGIN MARYOld WashingtonSteven Nesrsta, Min.

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ST. JOSEPH’S CATHOLICStoneham. 894-2223Edward C. Kucera, Jr., Min.

ST. MARY’S CATHOLICPlantersville, 894-2223Edward C. Kucera, Jr., Min.

ST. STANISLAUS CATHOLIC1511 Hwy. 90 S., Anderson, 873-2291

Church of ChristANDERSON CHURCH OF CHRISTHwy. 90 North

BEDIAS CHURCH OF CHRISTPaul Hammons, Min.

CHURCH OF CHRISTChurch & Manley St., Navasota,825-6634 - Ted Cherry, Min.

FRIEDENS CHURCH OFWASHINGTON, UCCGreg Felder, Pastor

HWY. 6 CHURCH OF CHRISTHwy. 6, 825-1636Alvertice Bowdre, Min.

IOLA CHURCH OF CHRISTHwy. 39 - Donny Chappell, Min.

EpiscopalSAINT PAUL’S EPISCOPAL414 E. McAlpine St., Navasota, 825-7726

LutheranSALEM LUTHERAN2373 FM 2988, Navasota, 825-0216

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MethodistBAY’S CHAPEL METHODISTRichards - Rev. Eric Dehmer, Pastor

BEDIAS UNITED METHODIST3202 Main St., Bedias, 936-395-4971Rev. Mireya Martinez, Pastor

FIRST UNITED METHODISTAnderson - Mac Vaughn, Min.

FIRST UNITED METHODIST616 Holland St., Navasota, 825-3342Mac Vaughn, Min.

IOLA ZION UNITED METHODISTNavasota, 394-3310Rev. Michael McVey, Pastor

LEE TABERNACLE UNITEDMETHODIST203 Teague St., Navasota, 825-3682Rev. Carolyn Robinson, Pastor

LYNN GROVE UNITED METHODIST16402 CR 319, Navasota, 979-826-3727Nancy Creason, Min.

MCKENZIE CHAPEL METHODISTWoodward St., Anderson, 873-2433Hopie Solomon, Min.

MILLICAN UNITED METHODIST22029 Kathy Fleming Road, Millican,936-825-0350 - Peggy Hines, Min.

RICHARD UNITED METHODIST6639 FM 1486, Richards, 851-25803Rev. Eric Dehmer, Pastor

SHIRO UNITED METHODISTRev. Mireya Martinez, Pastor

STONEHAM UNITED METHODIST6088 CR 357, Navasota, 894-2582Rev. Ron Perry, Pastor

YARBOROUGH CHAPELUNITED METHODISTHwy. 2818, Richards, 851-2883Hopie Sanders, Min.

MormanCHURCH OF JESUS CHRISTOF LATTER-DAY SAINTS400 Ivy St., Navasota, 979-218-4217Gary Williams, Min.

PentecostalBETHESDA MISSION PENTECOSTES712 Chase St. - Minerva & Arturo Martinez, Min.

CHRISTIAN LIGHTHOUSE625 Blackshear St., 825-6388Glenn T. Murphy, Jr., Min.

WILLIAMS MEMORIALCHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST412 First St. - G.W. Burrell, Min.

PresbyterianFIRST PRESBYTERIAN302 Nolan St., Navasota, 825-6847Rev. Mary Curry

SHIRO PRESBYTERIANShiro, 936-395-8200

OtherBELIEVERS FELLOWSHIPCR 1774, Plantersville, 894-3200Gregg McHenry, Min.

CHURCH OF NEW BEGIN-NINGS IN JESUS CHRISTHwy. 6 & 105 on Spur 515

FAITH OUTREACH CHRISTIANCENTER11596 Hwy. 6 Loop S, 825-2517

FELLOWSHIP OF BELIEVERSIN ROANS PRAIRIERoans Prairie Community Center,870-6725 - Pastor Steve Prewitt

FOUNTAIN OF FAITH CHURCH105 W. Holland, Navasota. 979-450-3291Rolando West, Pastor

FUENTE DE LUZ515 Laredo, Navasota, 825-4102/870-5713 - Erasmo Briseno, Pastor

GOD’S GATEWAYStoneham Community Center,Plantersville, 894-3632 Robert Trim, Min.

GOD’S PROFOUND MINISTRIESAngella Nickerson, Min.

HOUSE OF LOVE CHURCH2763 CR 408, Navasota, 936-419-3321Elder Willie Manning, Pastor Cheryl Manning

INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY874-2822 - Gene Beamon, Min.

IOLA WORSHIP CENTERHwy. 39, Iola, 394-2944/394-3306Cloyce Johnson, Min.

LOVE FELLOWSHIP CHRIS-TIAN CENTERWalter J. Williams, Min.

NAVASOTA NEW DAY DELIVERANCE902 W. Washington Ave.M.L. Tucker, Min.

PLANTERSVILLE COUNTRYHwy. 105 @ FM 1774John & Pamela Caplinger, Min.

SALEM HOUSE OF BLESSINGS1515 Sycamore St., Navasota, 825-2849Charles R. Tompkins, Min.

SERVANTS OF GOD MINISTRIES1411 E. Washington Ave., Navasota,825-8183 - Frank Williams, Min.

THE APPLE OF GOD’S EYE201 S. Railroad St.Mary Robinson Evans, Min.

UNITED FAITH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES1440 FM 2193, Brenham, TX.Aslan Ford Sr., Pastor

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partment concerns overmaintaining unity - shouldeach have to sign individ-ual contracts with thecounty - were reiterated,County Attorney Jon C.Fultz said a single contractwould suffice as long as itis signed by all eight de-partments and not just theassociation.

“The problem is it’sgotta be a contract thatbinds the volunteer fire de-partments and the county,so it’s gotta be signed bythe volunteer fire depart-ments,” said Fultz.

According to the countyattorney, the statute he be-lieves requires a direct con-tract with the county waspassed in 1987, eight yearsafter the existing contractbetween the county and fireassociation was created.While Fultz pointed outthat by using the proposedcontract from the fire asso-ciation might eliminate thereservations about a newcontract with individualfire departments, he alsocited several major con-cerns over the language ofthe proposed contract.

Since section 8.05 of thecontract states it is intendedto ensure “only the benefitof the association andcounty,” the county attor-ney stressed that the firedepartments need to be in-cluded.

“It goes on to say de-partments will be requiredto do x, y and z. Well,guess what? If all we haveis a contract with the asso-ciation, how can we everenforce that a departmentdo anything?” asked Fultz.“We can’t. How does a de-partment ever have a rightunder this contract? Theydon’t. That’s the problemwith having a third party inthe middle – especiallywhen it says there’s notgonna be any third partybeneficiary.”

One of the proposed re-quirements, which was pre-viously requested by thecounty, is indemnificationof firefighters so that thecounty is not held liable fortheir actions. Though it isincluded in the proposedcontract from the associa-tion, the county attorneysaid since the fire depart-ments aren’t seeminglybound to the contract, thecondition would not be en-forceable.

While the county attor-ney stated that the indem-nification section 5.01would not need any fore-seeable revisions, Precinct2 Commissioner RandyKrueger said if fire depart-ments are charged foradding the county undertheir insurance policy, thecounty should pay for anyadditional charges.

While President Teerasked the attorney to pointout what other revisionswere needed - so that theymight be presented to thefire departments and theirrespective boards for possi-ble approval before theDec. 26 commissionerscourt meeting - the countyattorney shared other con-cerns before resolving tosend a revised version byFriday, Dec. 7.

Amongst other revi-sions, the county attorneyadvised the county againsthaving the cumulative totalof $160,000 for fixed ratesdirectly distributed to theassociation for disburse-ment to the eight fire de-partments.

“The contract is sup-posed to be with the depart-ments. What if someone at

the association embezzlesthe money and runs offwith the money? Whywould we be paying a thirdparty? It doesn’t makesense to me,” said Fultz.

County Judge Betty Shi-flett agreed.

Currently, each fire de-partment is paid directlyfrom the county.

President Teer said thatthe provision was takenfrom a fire departmentelsewhere that is paidthrough an association. Shefurther explained that thereason for the inclusion ofthe association in the con-tract is to maintain over-sight and a sense of unitybetween departments.

“Not the monies rightnow, but we’d like to keepeverything going under theassociation because itkeeps everybody focusedand we can keep up witheverybody’s training,” saidTeer. “And try to keepeverybody working as ateam to overall do thecounty the best we can do.”

While Shiflett agreedthat unity is important, aswell as training, she em-phasized the need for con-tracts with the individualfire departments. PresidentTeer reiterated that shewould prefer to have onecontract with the countythat is signed by all of thefire departments, as well asthe association, in an effortto ensure unity is main-tained, as well as equal pro-visions for eachdepartment.

Commissioner Kruegerrallied for direct distribu-tion to each fire depart-ment, as he added that ifthe fire association weregiven the responsibility ofdistributing the $20,000fixed rate to each fire de-partment, as well as reim-bursement for runs, theassociation would not onlyhave added paperwork tocomplete, but would alsobe the sole entity thecounty could audit.

“I just think we need tokeep that a volunteer firedepartment in GrimesCounty needs to remain amember of the GrimesCounty association; ifyou’re not in the associa-

tion, you’re not a valid firedepartment in the county,”said President Teer. “That’swhat worries me.”

Both Krueger and Shi-flett explained that the stip-ulation for fire departmentsto be a member of thecounty fire associationwould not be changed.

“That’s the verbagethat’s always been. Wewouldn’t make a contractwith somebody that wasnot an authorized fire de-partment,” said Shiflett.

Though the 4.01 recordkeeping section includesthe requirement for fire de-partments to keep recordsof how county funds areutilized, as well as a sub-mission of an “annual re-port,” Fultz said a financialreport would have to bespecified.

While Teer receivedconfirmation that the vol-unteer fire departmentscould keep county funds ina separate account - frommoney raised by firefight-ers that would not be sub-ject to an audit, but countydisbursements would be -Plantersville-StonehamVolunteer Fire Chief Stan-ley Legge interjected thathe does not believe auditsshould be completed.Judge Shiflett then broughtdown her gavel to preventfurther outbursts.

Revised versionBesides those aforemen-

tioned, a copy of revisionscompleted by the countyattorney include an addedsection regarding the rela-tionship between thecounty and the associationand its members, whichstates the county is not re-sponsible for the associa-tion and its members, nor isit allowed to “supervise,manage, direct or controlthe association or its mem-bers in the performances oftheir services except asspecifically describedherein.”

Though the associa-tion’s proposed contractstates it is “not one of re-muneration, and funds willsolely be used for equip-ment maintenance, pur-chase and repair,” it isseemingly unclear if the

funds may be used for pay-ment of services by volun-teer firefighters outside offire suppression. Iola andPlantersville-StonehamVolunteer Fire Depart-ments previously compen-sated firefighters forconstruction work and de-livery of a truck from outof state, respectively, thatreportedly helped save thedepartments significantamounts of money.

In the revised contract,the county attorney speci-fied that county fundscould not be used forsalaries.

Also, while the associa-tion contract proposes thatthe contract be renegotiatedannually, unless otherwiseagreed upon for no morethan a total of two years,Fultz replaced the recom-mendation with the provi-sion that “any party to thisagreement may terminatesuch by giving 30 dayswritten notice to the otherparties.”

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• The annual

Plantersville ChristmasParade is slated for Satur-day, Dec. 15, starting at 10am. The parade starts andends at Town Hall, whereafter the parade a smallawards presentation willtake place. Free lunch, ac-tivities for the young andyoung at heart will also beavailable. For more infor-

mation contact eitherLarry Jollisant or WayneAllphin.

• The annualPlantersville-StonehamVolunteer Fire Depart-ment’s Christmas Partywas held on Saturday, withonly one hitch. While wehad approximately 450people in attendance,

many did not bring a sidedish and/or a dessert sothere was a limited amountof side dishes and/ordesserts. However, the P-SVFD provided enoughturkey and ham for all whoattended.

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How long have you been with this busi-ness? 15 years

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Are there any funny/bizarre stories thathappened while you were workingthere? When our black swans were sitting on theirnests – Pappa Swan would chase me whenI was mowing with the riding mower. Hewas being protective. Glad he didn’t catchme, it was funny to watch. I should havemade a video.

Where were you born? Chattanooga, TN

Are you married? Yes, to my soul matefor 32 years.

Do you have kids? Yes - 107 furry al-pacas, three dogs, four cats and pappa swan.

Where do you see yourself 10 years fromnow? Living on a self-sustainable holisticranch enjoying all the animals, working in myfiber art studio, teaching others about holisticways, and helping animals & humans to behealthy & happy.

What hobbies do you have? Fiber arts usingalpaca fiber and other art mediums and garden-ing.

If you could have dinner with any 3 people,who would it be? Norman Vincent Peale (au-thor of “The Power of Positive Thinking”,

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If you could travel anywhere in the world,where would it be and why? New Zealand tomeet the farmers & local people, travel thecountryside learning from some of the holisticpractitioners that I’ve heard about.

If a Genie could grant you one wish, whatwould it be and why? To continue the bless-ings we are receiving.


Meet Candace WingoMountain Dream Alpaca Ranch

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Photo by Cindy ArmatysThe newly renovated Red Velvet Inn bed and breakfast receives the Beautifica-tion Award from the Keep Navasota Beautiful Commission last week. The RedVelvet Inn, located at 803 S. LaSalle St. in Navasota, has four bedrooms. It wasnominated for the complete renovation of the building and landscaping. Picturedare (from left) KNB member Maribel Perez, Navasota Mayor Bert Miller, KNBmember Debbie Honeycutt, Chamber of Commerce executive director PamBeard, Red Velvet owner Denise Camp, KNB members Venita Lowery and ScottMcDonald and Red Velvet owner Robert Camp.

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filled hour of Zumba fit-ness! Zumba is a latin-dancebased fitness phenomenonthat has been sweeping thenation. On Tuesdays from 6-7 p.m. a class will be held atNew Hope Church on 2159east SH 105. The cost is $5per class (a portion of pro-ceeds will be donated to thechurch). Bring water, a toweland a smile. Please arrive 15minutes prior to class to signin and get settled. Class willbegin promptly at 6 p.m.This is the perfect opportu-nity to try the hottest way toparty yourself into shape. Besure to bring friends andfamily to join in on the fun.

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Every Thursday• Grimes Health Resource

Center has a new serviceprovider in their office onThursday’s, from 9 a.m. tonoon. Anyone who needshelp with food stamp orMedicaid applications isasked to meet with Miosha atthe office located inside theGrimes St. Joseph HealthCenter in Navasota.

Every Friday• The Filling Station

hosts an adult musiciansjam session every Fridaynight, from about 6:30 to10:30 p.m. Everyone is in-vited to come join the Box ofChocolate Players and enjoylocal country, blues and rockand roll talent, especiallylocal musicians who are wel-come to come play. If youare an interested musician,call Misslette at 281-993-1560.

Every Monday, Tues-day, and Wednesday•The Carver Commu-

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• The Iola IndependentSchool District will be hav-ing a Christmas Band Con-

cert on Thursday, Dec. 13,beginning at 7 p.m.

Dec. 17.• The Navasota Inde-

pendent School Districtwill be holding a Board ofTrustee meeting on Mon-day, Dec. 17, beginning at6:30 p.m., in the board room.

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Dec. 20• The Richards Inde-

pendent School Districtwill be having a boardmeeting on Thursday, Dec.20, beginning at 7 p.m.

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Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldNavasota senior football players Austin Collins (2) and Demarcus Lee (10) lead a caravan of Rattler players to thank the Rattlerfans after their 38-7 win over West Orange-Stark in the state quarterfinal in Humble. Navasota will play in the Class 3A State Semi-final this Friday at 7 p.m. against the Bellville Brahmas at Waller ISD Stadium.

Thank you fans of Rattler Nation!

BY NICOLE WILCOXExaminer reporter

The Anderson-Shiroboys’ varsity basketballteam had a mixed week

with two wins and twolosses.

‘We make silly mis-

takes with turnovers andforcing shots,” said headcoach Shawn Treston.

The Owls playedRichards on Thursday,Dec. 6, for an 86-30 vic-tory against the Panthers.Junior Kevin Woods wasthe top scorer for Ander-son, with freshmen DylanBonhert, Nick Urquhart,and Anthony Woods hav-ing a combined point totalof 41. Senior JamalBrooks and junior TrevorJohnson did not put upmassive amount of points,but each had a 100 percentshooting average.

Anderson-Shiro facedoff against the NormangeePanthers on Friday, Dec 7,during the North ZulchTournament, resulting inthe Owls’ second loss ofthe season, 70-57. ThePanthers had to work hardto get past junior DillionMoore’s rebound attemptsand Woods four steals.Woods put 27 points on the

December 12, 2012A

BY SCOTT MCDONALDExaminer publisher

HUMBLE – Bye, byestate quarterfinals. Hellosemifinals. The five-yearhump of not getting beyondthe state quarterfinals is fi-nally in the past.

With their 38-7 wallop-ing of West Orange-Starklast Friday at Turner Sta-dium, Navasota returns tothe state semifinals for thefirst time since they fin-ished as state runner-up in1988.

Navasota (14-0), rankedNo. 1 in the state sinceSept. 17, will face Bellville(11-3) in the state semifi-nals on Friday at 7 p.m. atWaller ISD. West Orange-Stark finishes the season13-1.

What was billed to be agargantuan clash of the toptwo defenses in the stateturned into an offensive anddefensive clinic by theNavasota Rattlers. Nava-sota showed confidence inits own offense by decidingto go offense after winningthe opening coin toss. Ittook just three plays forquarterback KadariusBaker to find AustinCollins for a 46-yard touch-down pass and catch.

“We saw they had mancoverage, so coach calledthe play and Baker just putthe ball right where itneeded to be just like ha al-ways does,” Collins said.

Collins was beyond astar in this game. He was amega star. The seniorcaught two touchdownpasses, ran for another out

of the Wildcat Formationand returned an interception67 yards for another score.

“Once we got the firstscore and then the intercep-tion, we felt we could scoreon them all night,” Collinssaid.

That’s saying something

as the Mustangs had not al-lowed more than 13 pointsin any game this season.They had nine shutouts onthe season and had allowedonly 43 points all seasongoing into Friday’s game.

Dustin Savensky andLamarquis had intercep-

tions for the Rattlers to off-set two picks thrown byBaker, one of which pinnedthe Mustangs inside theirown 5-yard line.

“I told Kadarius that in-terception was probably asgood as, or better than, apunt,” Navasota coach Lee

Fedora said. Navasota took a 14-0

lead in the first quarterwhen Baker hit TerranceCreeks in stride down theright sideline for a 30-yardtouchdown. Then in the

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GIRLS BASKETBALLDec. 17 vs LaGrangeDec. 20 at Austin McCallum

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Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldAC for a TD! Navasotaʼs Austin Collins (2) dives into the end zone to complete a 46-yard touchdown catchon the third play of the game in the Rattlersʼ 38-7 win over West Orange-Stark last Friday in a state semifinal.Collins had two touchdown catches, one touchdown run and a 67-yard interception return for a touchdown.

SEE NAVASOTA PAGE 13A

Navasota to face Bellville in State Semifinal this Friday

More than 10,000fans expected inWaller this week

Bob Branyon, the facility manager for Waller ISD Sta-dium, said the Navasota-Bellville game will be the biggestgame the stadium has seen since it opened with La Marqueversus Waller in 2009.

Waller ISD Stadium holds 10,000 people. Last weekmore than 11,000 were reported in attendance at TurnerStadium in Humble.

Branyon said the gates will open Friday at 5:30 p.m.,and game day ticket sales will begin at 5:30 p.m. as well.

Pre-sale tickets sold at Navasota High School through4 p.m. Thursday are $8 for adults and $6 for students. Alltickets at the gate will be $10.

With a lack of area football games, and the close prox-imity of Waller to both Navasota and Bellville, it’s ex-pected to be standing room only on both sides, so earlyseating will be the best options for guaranteed good seats.

“Folks from Waller will be there,” Branyon said. “I ex-pect we’ll have people from Hempstead and Brenhamthere, too.”

Navasota has had an estimated 6,000-plus at each oftheir last three games in Conroe, Shenandoah and Hum-ble.

Navasota played Sealy in Waller Stadium in the bi-dis-trict round in both 2010 and 2011, with the Rattlers win-ning each of those games on the home side, where they’llbe again this Friday.

Waller ISD Stadium is located at 20735 Stokes Road inWaller.

Lady Rattlers ranked No. 1 in stateThe Navasota girl’s

varsity basketball teamhas put together an im-pressive winning streak,and now they have ahuge target on theirbacks. The Lady Rat-tlers are now rankedNo. 1 in the state inClass 3A by the TexasAssociation of basket-ball Coaches.

“Being ranked No. 1means that we have therespect of the coacheson the panel who vote,”Navasota girls coachTommy Gates said. “Italso means that thebull’s eye on our backjust got bigger. We can’t

get caught up in therankings and polls. Wejust have to come towork every day and getbetter. It’s a long season.We want to be rankedNo. 1 following the statetournament in Austinthe first weekend inMarch.”

Navasota (16-1) wonfive games in three dayslast week to capture thechampionship of theLady Raider Classicheld at Rice Consoli-dated High School.

The Rattlers defeatedRice (66-21), Hal-lettsville (68-37), Flato-nia (59-19), Needville

(47-13) and Sealy (47-25).

The five victories ex-tend the Rattlers win-ning streak to 14.

Senior Alexus Free-man was selected MostValuable Player in thetournament. Also se-lected to the All Tourna-ment team wereNavasota post playersNesha Douglas andTashyra Banks.

The Rattlers wereback in action on Tues-day when they hostClass 5A A&M Consoli-dated.

Navasota subvarsity

wins tourneyThe combined fresh-

man and JV girl’s bas-ketball teams fromNavasota High Schoolwon the Rice Consoli-dated Tournamentchampionship lastweekend.

They defeatedColumbus, 42-26, in thesemifinal game. DeeDee Robinson had 16points while KhaliahPetersen had 11 pointsto lead the way.

In the championshipgame, the Rattlers beatSchulenburg, 47-39.Dariah Anderson led allscorers with 16 points.

Owls basketball wins two, loses two

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second quarter, baker scram-bled to the right to avoid pres-sure and found Collins in theback of the end zone for a 10-yard touchdown pass to makeit 21-0. With time windingdown in the first half, the Mus-tangs lofted a pass downfield,only to find the hands ofCollins, who dodged two tack-les and found a wall of Rattlerblockers to return it 67 yardsfor the score.

The overflowing crowd onthe Navasota side couldn’tcheer loud enough as the Rat-tlers trotted to the locker roomwith a 28-0 lead.

Collins started the secondhalf in the Wildcat and racedfor a touchdown run. MichaelMartinez added a 44-yard field

goal to make it 38-0 in thethird quarter.

West orange-Stark’s onlytouchdown came late in thegame after they blocked a puntand recovered it on the Nava-sota 3. The Mustangs punchedit in one play later.

Other than that, the Rattlerdefense was flawless save afew long runs at the start of thegame.

The defense wanted tomake a statement about whichD was better.

“That really motivated us toshow who the better defensewas and who the better teamwas,” senior linebacker DustinSavensky said. “We came outthere on fire and ready to go.”

The Rattlers said theyaren’t looking beyond Bel-lville to a possible berth in thestate championship.

“We’re just going to keepdoing what we’re doing andnot let anything distract us,”Savensky said. We’re notgoing to talk about state, justtake it one game at a time. Ifwe do that then eventuallywe’ll get there.

Navasota piled up just 325yards in the game, most of thatin the first half as it ran the ballon a clock-controlling offensein the second half to put awaythe game.

Baker was 11-of-18 passingfor 148 yards and three touch-downs. He now has more than4,000 yards this season to goalong with 53 touchdownsagainst just eight interceptions.

Xavier Creeks had 18 car-ries for 105 yards and Mar-tinez was 5-for-5 on extrapoints and had the 44-yardfield goal.


Bidistrict Nov 15-17

AreaNov 22-24

RegionalNov 29, 30

Dec 1

2012 Football Conference 3A Division 2Quarterfinals

Dec 6-8Semi-FinalsDec 13-15

BidistrictNov 15-17

AreaNov 22-24

RegionalNov 29, 30

Dec 1

QuarterfinalsDec 6-8

Semi-FinalsDec 13-15

Region 3 State Champion

FinalsDec 21

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R 4

W 1 3

R 1 2

W 3

R 2

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R 7

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W 3 2

*Lorena

Rockdale*Fairfield

Center

*West Orange-Stark

Cleveland*Houston Kashmere

West Columbia Columbia

*Navasota

China Spring*Jasper

Groesbeck

*Coldspring-Oakhurst

Bridge City*La Marque

Houston Furr

*Bellville

Cuero*Wimberley

La Vernia

*Devine

Orange Grove*Raymondville

La Feria

*Yoakum

Wharton*Pleasanton

Navarro

*Sinton

Lytle*Port Isabel

Lyford

*Perryton

*Graham

Midland Greenwood

*Glen Rose

*Shallowater

*Monahans

Vernon

*Gatesville

Celina

*Madison

Quinlan Ford

Henderson

*Argyle

*Melissa

Atlanta

*Gilmer

Midland Greenwood

*Graham

*Monahans

*Gatesville

Celina

Henderson

*Argyle

*Gilmer

*Graham

*Gatesville

Henderson

*Gilmer

*Graham

*Gilmer

(28-19)

(44-7)

(51-0)

(14-10)

(41-13)

(58-7)

(55-28)

(48-28)

(58-27)

(28-13)

(33-28)

(48-21)

(45-0)

(53-29)

(72-32)

(51-36)

(35-0)

(48-82)

(21-7)

(40-28)

(51-20)

(42-14)

(49-13)

(57-13)

(41-23)

(37-34)

(64-35)

(42-21)

(40-35)

(41-34)

*Perryton

Canton

Lubbock Estacado*Clint

Midland Greenwood

*Graham

Lake Worth*Glen Rose

Brownswood

*Shallowater

Dalhart*Monahans

Pecos

*Springtown

Vernon*Gatesville

Alvarado

*Krum

Celina*Dallas Madison

Bonham

*Paris North Lamar

Quinlan Ford*Van

Henderson

*Argyle

Bridgeport*Melissa

Dallas Hutchins

*Wills Point

Atlanta*Gilmer

*Lorena(36-22)

*Fairfield(21-17)

*West Orange-Stark

(57-0)

West Columbia Columbia

(33-6)

*Navasota(62-16)

*Jasper(5- 28- )

*Coldspring-Oakhurst

(4- 7- )

*La Marque(45-0)

*Bellville(41-34)

*Wimberley(20-0)

Orange Grove(49-0)

*Raymondville(52-36)

Wharton(48-34)

Navarro(76-49)

*Sinton(51-36)

*Port Isabel(40-20)

*Lorena(42-39)

*West Orange-Stark

(20-10)

*Navasota(41-23)

*La Marque(51-36)

*Bellville(21-7)

Orange Grove(26-8)

Navarro(72-33)

*Port Isabel(52-36)

*West Orange-Stark

(28-0)

*Navasota(31-20)

*Bellville(40-2)

*Port Isabel(35-28)

*Navasota(38-7)

*Bellville(220- )

Cowboys Stadium - Arlington Friday, December 21st

4:00 PM

Alphanumeric Legend # - District W - Winner

R - Runner Up * - Winner of the District

Navasota,continued from 12a

Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldNavasotaʼs Jake Bauer (32) sacks the quarterback from West Orange-Stark last week.The Rattler defense allowed just 237 total yards on 56 plays from scrimmage.

Richards faces another week of lossesBy Nicole WilcoxExaminer Reporter

The Panthers boys’ varsitybasketball team faced anotherweek of devastating losses.Richards played against An-derson-Shiro on Thursday,Dec. 6, resulting in a 86-30slaughter. Sophomore JulioCastillo put the most points onthe board for Richards withfour good shots. The teamwas unable to rally during thesecond through fourth quar-ters and went home defeated.

The Panthers then faced

the Christian HomeSchoolSports Ministries during theNorth Zulch Tournament onFriday, Dec. 7. The team faredbetter than previous games,but was unable to secure awin. Sophomores DaltonScardino and Travelle Lewisbrought in a combined 25points for Richards, but thePanthers lost, 58-40.

Normangee was not askind to Richards on theevening game of Dec. 7, de-feating the Panthers 78-23.Richards only had a 20 per-cent team shooting average

throughout the game, in spiteof Lewis sinking eight points.

Richards finished off thetournament by playing NorthZulch in a more evenlymatched pairing. Scardinohad 18 points to Lewis’ 17,but the Panthers still lost toNorth Zulch, 50-42.

Richards is sitting with apreseason record of 2-6. ThePanthers travel to play the IolaBulldogs on Tuesday. Thefirst conference game of theseason will be held at NorthZulch on Friday, Dec. 14.

scoreboard, with threesuccessful basketsfrom behind the three-point line.

The Owls thentook on the ChristianHomeSchool SportsMinistries for a re-sounding victory, 85-35. The Ministries’team was unable tokeep the ball awayfrom Urquhart whosunk three three-pointers and fourshots during thegame. Woods trailedwith 15 points andJohnson had 13.Freshman DaylanWilliams had an im-

pressive showingwith a 100 percentshooting average,while Moore comesin as the top defen-

sive player with fiveblocked shots and sixrebounds.

The win bolsteredthe Owls for theirgame against AllenAcademy. Havingpreviously lost againstAllen Academy dur-ing the Dime BoxTournament, the Owlswere using their bestmoves. However, theRams were able toonce again pull off thewin in a close lose forthe Owls, 59-45. Bon-hert and Urquhart ledthe team in point to-tals with 11 apiece,

with Woods close be-hind having 10. Theteam pulled 17 re-bounds to keep thescore tight, but wasunable to pull thepoints in the end.

The week endswith Anderson-Shirohaving a 6-3 record.

“As the seasongoes, we will get bet-ter,” said Treston.“With the many fresh-man that are on ourvarsity, it may takeawhile but the futureis bright.”

The Owls play atMumford on Tuesdaynight before hostingHearne for the firstconference game ofthe season on Tues-day, Dec. 18.

Owls,continued from 12a

Examiner photo by Courtney FinkeCaleb McKeown (55) and Solomon McGinty (12) block during an extrapoint as Michael Martinez is about to kick the ball.

Examiner photo by Courtney FinkeDustin Savensky (52) looks for running room after this interception inthe first quarter.

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IMPOUNDED ESTRAYCase# 1200009562

Date Posted: 11-29-2012

On 11-28-2012, the Grimes County Sheriff’s Offi ce impounded an estray in this county.

Information about impoundment:

Location: CR 162.

Animal Type: 2 Donkeys

If you believe the animal above might possibly be your property, contact the Sheriff’s Offi ce 936-873-2151 immediately. In order to claim the estray as your property, you should be able to identify where the animal got out (approximately) and give a description of the animal.

Thank You,

Sheriff Don Sowell

PUBLIC NOTICE OF IMPOUNDED ESTRAY

Case# 1200009562

Date Posted: 12-05-2012On 12-03-2012, the Grimes County Sheriff’s Offi ce impounded an estray in this county.

Information about impoundment:Location: CR 107

Animal Type: 1 Red Cow, 1 Red Calf, 1 Black Steer

If you believe the animal above might possibly be your property, contact the Sheriff’s Offi ce 936-873-2151 immediately. In order to claim the estray as your property, you should be able to identify where the animal got out (approximately) and give a description of the animal.Thank You,Sheriff Don Sowell

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5 Acres: In Plantation Lakes in Grimes County. Deed restrictions - horses welcome ................ ............................................. $24,000/Ac7 Acres: Just west of Hwy 6 on FM 1736. Wooded tract w/cleared area. Nice entrance, gated, driveway & +200 amp underground electrical connection. Peaceful & scenic .............................$12,800/Ac

9.3 Acres: in quiet subdivision in northern Waller County. Partially cleared with pine & oak trees. Timber exemption.....$10,688/Ac10 Acres: Wooded tract in north Waller County near Grimes County line. Deed restricted ............................................. .$14,000/Ac13 Acres: Unrestricted & heavily wooded tract in far north Waller County ........$10,000/Ac32 Acres: 1312’ Frontage on FM 1488 near Hwy 290. Unrestricted. Will divide in half .........................................$20,000/Ac

55 Acres: On FM 2979. Rolling terrain, scattered hardwoods & pond .....$13,500/Ac

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CITATION BY PUBLICATION

THE STATE OF TEXAS

TO: THE UNKNOWN HEIRS OF MANCE LIPSCOMB, JR., DECEASED:

On the 22nd day of March, 2005, Jimmy R. Lipscomb fi led an Applica� on for Independent Administra� on And For Determina� on of Heirship be made of the heirs and the only heirs of the said Mance Lipscomb, Jr., and his heirs respec� ve shares and interests in his Estate, in a proceeding styled, The Estate of Mance Lipscomb, Jr., Deceased, and bearing the number #7562 in the County Court of Grimes County, Texas si� ng in ma� ers probate.

The Court will hear the aforesaid applica� on at or a� er 10:00 A.M. on the fi rst Monday a� er the expira� on of ten (10) days, exclusive of the day of publica� on, from the date this cita� on is published, in the courtroom of the County Court of the Grimes County Courthouse, in Anderson, Texas.

All persons interested in the Estate of Mance Lipscomb, Jr., Deceased are commanded to appear on or before the � me set for hearing by fi lling a wri� en answer to said applica� on.

The offi cer serving this cita� on shall, in compliance with the law, serve it by publica� on once in a newspaper of general circula� on in this, the county in which such proceeding is pending, not less than ten (10) days before the return day thereof, exclusive of the day of publica� on, and the date of publica� on said newspaper bears shall be the date of publica� on.

Issued and given under my hand and seal as Clerk of the County Court of Grimes County, Texas this the 3rd day of December, 2012.

County Clerk of Grimes County, TexasBy: /s/Carolyn Neuman

Deputy County ClerkCarolyn Neuman

TEXAS COMMISSION ONENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

NOTICE OF APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISIONFOR WATER QUALITY LAND APPLICATION PERMIT FOR

MUNICIPAL WASTEWATER

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PROPOSED PERMIT NO. WQ0015032001 APPLICATION AND PRELIMINARY DECISION. Grimes Co. Water Reclamation, LLC, 40619 Farm-to-Market Road 149, Magnolia, Texas 77354, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) for a new permit, Proposed TCEQ Permit No. WQ0015032001, to authorize the disposal of treated domestic wastewater (septage) at a daily average fl ow not to exceed 80,000 gallons per day via surface irrigation of 57 acres of non-public access agricultural land. This permit will not authorize a discharge of pollutants into waters in the State. TCEQ received this application on February 15, 2012. The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site will be located at 16005 B and R Lane, approximately 3.9 miles southwest of the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1774 and County Road 302 in Grimes County, Texas 77363. The wastewater treatment facility and disposal site are located in the drainage basin of Spring Creek in Segment No. 1008 of the San Jacinto River Basin. The TCEQ Executive Director has completed the technical review of the application and prepared a draft permit. The draft permit, if approved, would establish the conditions under which the facility must operate. The Executive Director has made a preliminary decision that this permit, if issued, meets all statutory and regulatory requirements. The permit application, Executive Director’s preliminary decision, and draft permit are available for viewing and copying at the Navasota Public Library, 1411 East Washington Avenue, Navasota, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http://www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=30.252222&lng=-95.892777&zoom=13&type=r PUBLIC COMMENT / PUBLIC MEETING. You may submit public comments or request a public meeting about this application. The purpose of a public meeting is to provide the opportunity to submit comments or to ask questions about the application. TCEQ holds a public meeting if the Executive Director determines that there is a signifi cant degree of public interest in the application or if requested by a local legislator. A public meeting is not a contested case hearing.

OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting a contested case hearing or reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in a state district court. TO REQUEST A CONTESTED CASE HEARING, YOU MUST INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS IN YOUR REQUEST: your name; address, phone number; applicant’s name and permit number; the location and distance of your property/activities relative to the facility; a specifi c description of how you would be adversely affected by the facility in a way not common to the general public; and the statement “[I/we] request a contested case hearing.” If the request for contested case hearing is fi led on behalf of a group or association, the request must designate the group’s representative for receiving future correspondence; identify an individual member of the group who would be adversely affected by the proposed facility or activity; provide the information discussed above regarding the affected member’s location and distance from the facility or activity; explain how and why the member would be affected; and explain how the interests the group seeks to protect are germane to the group’s purpose. Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. The Commission will only grant a contested case hearing on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Further, the Commission will only grant a hearing on issues that were raised in timely fi led comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ACTION. The Executive Director may issue fi nal approval of the application unless a timely contested case hearing request or request for reconsideration is fi led. If a timely hearing request or request for reconsideration is fi led, the Executive Director will not issue fi nal approval of the permit and will forward the application and request to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting. MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specifi c application to receive future public notices mailed by the Offi ce of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specifi c applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specifi c county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Offi ce of the Chief Clerk at the address below. All written public comments and public meeting requests must be submitted to the Offi ce of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html within 30 days from the date of newspaper publication of this notice. AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. If you need more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call the TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1-800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. General information about the TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.TCEQ.texas.gov. Further information may also be obtained from Grimes Co. Water Reclamation, LLC at the address stated above or by calling Mr. Mark Urback, P.E., WaterEngineers, Inc., at 281-373-0500. Issuance Date: November 30, 2012

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Examiner Photo by Rosemary SmithBedias food pantry volunteers collect pallets from the annual Food for FamiliesFood Drive on Wednesday, Dec. 5, at Mid-South Synergy of Navasota.

Examiner Photo by Rosemary SmithMillers Insurance agency of Navasota is collecting socks for seniors. Em-ployee Doris Eickenhorst shows off designated drop box at the store. Thecollection ends Dec. 21.

Examiner Photo by Rosemary SmithEllwood TExas Forge Navasota employees donated a large amount of food atthe annual Food for Families Food Drive. They are pictured sorting donations.

Community pitches in at Food Drive

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Candlelight Serviceswith Communion

Anderson UnitedMethodist Church

246 S. Main • Anderson • 5:00 p.m.Navasota First United Methodist

Church Service7 p.m. • 606 Holland St.

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Luther King, Jr. Memorial,Georgia Aquarium; andAtlanta Zoo.

They both agree thatthe year of 2012 will be ahard one to beat but plan tocontinue to gather knowl-

edge and experience life asit is. Brooks is the son ofAdam and Mae Brooksand Woods is the son ofRobert and Sibrina Mene-fee, all of Anderson.

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• I do hope that every-one is enjoying the unusu-ally warm weather. Iunderstand that coldweather is on its way.That’s the good thingabout Texas. If you don’tlike the climate, just waitand it will change.

• The weekly gospelsinging was held at theKeith Community Center– instead of at the Ever-green Free Will BaptistChurch – because of con-struction on Saturday, Dec.1. All in attendance en-joyed a good time. Follow-ing the singing, there wasa time of fellowship over acovered dish meal.

The next singing willbe held at the Enon FirstMissionary Baptist Churchon Saturday, Dec. 15, at 6p.m. All are welcome to at-tend.

• Several area residentshave been sick with flulike conditions; rememberin your prayers. Terri Sim-mons had surgery lastweek, and Angelia Sites issupposed to come homefrom the hospital as soonas her condition improves.Others to remember inprayer are: Megan Clavier,Jack and Gail Jernigan,Alice Longley, J. R.Knight, Esta Merle Cone-

ley, Harold and LindaDudley, Bob and NancySmith, (Bob recently suf-fered a stroke), Pete andFlorence Allen, Herbertand Margaret Richards,Mary Hayes, and any oth-ers of whom you areaware.

• The monthly distribu-tion of food for the IolaFood Pantry will be held atthe Iola Church of Christon SH 39 on Saturday,Dec. 15, beginning at 1p.m. Anyone in need of as-sistance is welcome. Vol-unteers are always neededand appreciated. Just comeby in the morning on thatday and you will be put towork.

• J.J. Wilson of theMesa Community has as-sumed the title of internpastor of Carlos Mission-ary Baptist Church. J.J. isa fine man and will do agood job. This is the sameJ.J. that writes the Iolanews column for The Ex-aminer.

• The monthly meetingof the Orphans FriendLodge 17 was held at theirlodge hall in Carlos onMonday, Dec. 3. A meal of

finger foods was enjoyedby all present. This wasfollowed by their businessmeeting.

• Happy birthday thisweek to the following:Jason Ray Trant and Car-olyn Patterson, Dec. 9;Donny Ray Jarvis andSandra Robertson Finley,Dec. 12; Lena Mae BruceJarvis, Louis Fuller, Yu-vonne Murray and BrandiCalhoun, Dec. 14; andBrooke Curtis and RayMarvin Sanders, Dec. 15.Do hope that your specialday was a happy one.

• Happy anniversarythis week to Richard andIola Sarver married onDec. 15, 1987. Do joinwith me in wishing themmany more years of happi-ness together.

Flu like conditions spreading

• The last Iola FoodPantry distribution day of2012 will be held on Satur-day, Dec. 15. If you knowof anyone needing helpduring the holiday season,bring them or send thembetween 1 to 3 p.m. Thepick-up site is at the IolaChurch Of Christ, locatednext to the Iola Post Office.Call Tammy Sanford at936-825-5865 for details.

• My good friend andlocal rancher Ross Jastertook me to the Iola Ele-mentary School to visitwith the kids during theirlunchtime again. It’s amaz-

ing what you can learn byshowing up at school.

I learned from the ex-citement of the kids that aChristmas Program wouldbe held in the elementaryschool gym on Monday,Dec. 17, at 7 p.m. Theshow will consist of stu-dent actors from Pre-K tofourth grade. Come see ourfuture as they perform forChristmas.

Also, the Iola MarchingBand will bring someamazing music to the Be-dias Christmas Parade onSaturday, Dec. 15. Our kidsare accomplishing greatthings and being led bycompassionate and caringteachers.

• Iola schools will havean early release for Christ-mas on Dec. 20-21, at 1p.m. The kids get a nicetwo-week break and thenreturn back to school onJan. 7. If you are lookingfor some wintertime activ-

ity during the holidays,then College Station is theplace for inexpensive en-tertainment. Every Thurs-day, from 8 to 10 p.m., The“Arctic Wolf Ice Center”on East Holleman Driveoffers a two-for-one iceskating package so you anda friend can skate for $8with a $4 skate rental. Theyhave an amazing facilitywith new equipment andclean environment so youcan feel safe while skating.The ice center also holdsmany hockey games andice skating competitionsfor Texas A&M students. Ifyou want to see a sport onice or be on the ice yourselfcall Arctic Wolf at 979-693-3900.

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who has been so amazing over the past several difficult days. We felt soblessed to know that Ronald had touched so many lives, and we enjoyedvisiting with so many people who came by and offered their condolences.

We wanted to especially thank all of you who brought by food and sharedyour time through personal visits and phone calls.

The family wishes to offer very special thanks to the following people:Grant Holt for all of his help and service.

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Please continue to keep us in your prayers and God bless all of you.

God, education are driving forces for Navasota seniorBY SCOTT MCDONALD

Examiner publisher

Rafael and YolandaSalinas married at a youngage and moved from Mex-ico to Navasota while theywere still young. They in-stilled a God and educationfirst mentality into theirdaughter, Brittany, who’snow a senior at NavasotaHigh School.

Oh, how it’s paid off.Last week Brittany learnedthat she’d been selected asa Classroom Champion forKBTX.

“It was a shock to me,she said. “It caught me bysurprise, and it’s exciting.”

It didn’t catch anybodyelse off guard. Navasotagirl’s athletic coordinatorTommy Gates describedSalinas as “smart as awhip.” Soccer coach Jen-nifer Briggs, who nomi-nated Salinas for the honor,said choosing Salinas was a

no-brainer.“When the opportunity

came up, Brittany was thefirst person that came tomind because of her char-acter and hard work ethic,”Briggs said. “She is able tobalance a tough academicschedule with varsity ath-letics and, to top it off, she’snumber one in her class.That’s amazing, and sheneeds to be recognized forthat.”

Salinas has made all A’ssince stepping foot inNavasota High School inthe fall of 2009. Her GPA(unweighted) is a 4.0, whileher weighted GPA is 4.92,she said. She’s currentlyranked No. 1 in this year’ssenior class.

“My parents workedhard their whole lives, andthey taught me that if Iwere to put God and educa-tion first, then I would beblessed with things I wantto do in life. If I want to

achieve things in life theneducation must be a prior-ity.”

Salinas said she plans toattend a university andstudy business administra-tion and that she also has aninterest in psychology. Lastsummer she attended theQuestBridge conference atStanford University in PaloAlto, Calif. It’s the sameprogram 2012 NHS vale-dictorian Ramon Galvan at-tended last summer beforelearning of his acceptanceto Harvard.

QuestBridge is a power-ful platform bridging thenation’s brightest, under-served youth and leadinginstitutions of higher edu-cation and further opportu-nities. It provides a single,internet-based meetingpoint which links excep-tional students with col-leges, scholarshipproviders, enrichment pro-grams employers, and or-

ganizations seeking stu-dents who have excelleddespite obstacles. By facil-itating these exchanges,QuestBridge aims to in-crease the percentage of tal-ented low-income studentsattending the nation’s bestuniversities and the ranks

of national leadership itself.Salinas said she has ap-

plied to University ofChicago, Yale, Bowdoin(Maine), Stanford and ahandful of other prominentinstitutions.

Salinas is a 4-year soc-cer player for the Lady Rat-

tler soccer team and rancross country for the firsttime this fall.

“Brittany is also thebackbone of our soccerteam,” Briggs said. “Beinga senior and 4-year varsityletterman this year, shegoes above and beyond bybringing her best every, sin-gle day. I always know Ican depend on her to per-form no matter what kindof challenge I give her. Shejust smiles, accepts thechallenge, and gives it herbest effort every time.”

As for any advice Sali-nas would give to a youngstudent aspiring to aca-demic greatness?

“Do not let anythingdeter you from your goals,”Salinas said. You have ob-stacles in life and you’llhave people who’ll tell youthat you can’t do things,and that there aren’t enoughresources. Anything is pos-sible.”

Examiner photo by Scott McDonaldNavasota senior Brittany Salinas, ranked No. 1 inher class, says do not let anything deter you fromany educational goals in life.

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A December 12, 2012

Grimes County Jail Log

Navasota Police Department204 E. McAlpine, Navasota Shawn Myatt, Police Chief (936) 825-6410

Friday, Nov. 30• 8:52 a.m. – Harass-

ment, 700 block of Mock-ingbird • 9:48 a.m. –Harassment, 200 block ofMcAlpine • 11:45 a.m. –Lost property, 1700 blockof Washington • 3:25 pm.– Civil, 300 block ofLaSalle • 4:27 a.m. – Ac-cident, 1700 block ofWashington • 5:08 p.m. –Loud music, Universal •5:28 p.m. – Recklessdriver, Miller • 5:41 p.m. –Agency assist, SH 105 •6:07 p.m. – Civil, 1200block of Farquhar • 6:44p.m. – Accident, 800 blockof LaSalle

Saturday, Dec. 1• 9:05 a.m. – Domestic

disturbance, 300 block ofChurch • 11:06 a.m. – Sus-picious person, 800 blockof Washington • 12:03p.m. – Reckless driver, SH105 • 1:46 p.m. – Domes-tic disturbance, SH 105 •2:24 p.m. – Motorist as-sist, 600 block of Wash-

ington • 2:45 p.m. – Foundproperty, 200 block ofMcAlpine • 3:31 p.m. –Disturbance, 500 block ofPink • 3:49 p.m. – Distur-bance, 200 block of Black-shear • 5:55 p.m. – Civil,600 block of Roosevelt •7:33 p.m. – Disturbance,200 block of Brewer

Sunday, Dec. 2• 12:46 a.m. – Agency

assist, FM 3455 • 8:00a.m. – Civil, 200 block ofMcAlpine • 8:01 a.m. –Criminal mischief, 400block of Hill • 3:12 p.m. –Agency assist, SH 6 • 3:25p.m. – Accident, Chase •4:27 p.m. – Theft, 400block of Hill • 4:28 p.m. –Suspicious vehicle, Stacey

Monday, Dec. 3• 9:12 a.m. – Accident,

1700 block of Washington• 10:43 a.m. – Harassment,200 block of McAlpine •3:40 p.m. – Fight inprogress, 1200 block ofChurch • 4:09 p.m. – Acci-

dent, SH 90 • 10:37 p.m. –Fire, 2100 block of DoveCrossing

Tuesday, Dec. 4• 12:11 a.m. – Accident,

500 block of Laredo • 8:53am. – Criminal mischief,SH 6 • 9:00 a.m. – Acci-dent, SH 90 • 9:52 a.m. –Agency assist, SH 6• 11:29 a.m. – Fire, 1400block of Washington •11:40 a.m. – Fire, CR 404• 12:35 p.m. – Fire, CR185 • 5:28 p.m. – Theft,200 block of Brosig • 6:59p.m. – Disturbance, 100block of Farquhar • 8:02p.m. – Suspicious person,500 block of Senior Circle• 9:48 pm. – Criminal mis-chief, FM 379

Wednesday, Dec. 5• 3:05 a.m. – Domestic

disturbance, 1500 block ofNeal • 8:10 a.m. – Domes-tic disturbance, 1300 blockof Washington • 9:42 a.m.– Accident, SH 90 • 4:53p.m. – Suspicious person,100 block of Leon • 5:20p.m. – Burglary, 500 blockof Pink • 9:38 p.m. – Sus-picious vehicle, SH 6

Thursday, Dec. 6• 3:43 a.m. – Agency

assist, SH 90 • 9:26 a.m. –Fraud, 200 block ofMcAlpine • 3:36 p.m. –Fight in progress, Spur515 • 4:05 p.m. – Foundproperty, 300 block ofChurch • 7:41 p.m. –Theft, 500 block of Victo-ria • 10:42 p.m. – Distur-bance, 2200 block ofLaSalle

The following personswere arrested or booked into the Grimes County Jail.All persons are presumedinnocent until provenguilty in a court of law.

• Robert Louis Felder,46, probation modification– driving while intoxi-cated, third or more of-fense, enhanced,weekender

• Kesnick Ugene Jones,20, possession of mari-juana; criminal mischief,more than $50, less than$500; manufacture and de-livery of a controlled sub-stance, penalty group one,more than one gram, lessthan four grams; manufac-ture and delivery of a con-trolled substance, morethan four grams, less than400 grams; weekender

• Jazmine Kyeola Man-ning, 21, driving while li-cense invalid withprevious conviction orsuspension without main-taining financial responsi-bility

• Jacqueline DeneiseMarcelle, 48,condition of

probation – driving whileintoxicated, third or moreoffense

• Robert Lee Cole, 38,driving while intoxicated,first offense; unauthorizedabsence from a commu-nity correctional facility;prohibited substance in acorrectional facility – al-cohol/drug/phone/tobacco;weekender

• Bryan Scott Kelley,22, public intoxication

• Gabriel Torres, 34,driving with license in-valid with previous con-viction or suspensionwithout maintaining finan-cial responsibility

• Lester Ermides Cano-Godoy, 21, deadly conduct– discharge of a firearm

• Bianca DoloresDelacruz, 18, aggravatedassault of a date, family orhousehold member with aweapon

• Judy Lizet Espinoza,22, public intoxication

• Eslim Antonio Med-ina-Enriquez, 26, deadlyconduct – discharge of afirearm

• Brandi NicoleCumpian 24, driving whilelicense suspended

• Derrick DerunGeorge, 23, manufactureand delivery of a con-trolled substance, penaltygroup one, more than fourgrams, less than 200grams; possession of mar-ijuana, less than twoounces

• Sandra ReneeMcLeod, 41, theft of prop-erty by check, more than$20, less than $500

• Juan Pablo Mendoza,34, manufacture and deliv-ery of a controlled sub-stance, penalty group one,more than four grams, lessthan 200 grams; theft of afirearm; ICE hold

• Randell Lee Harvey,31, possession of mari-juana, less than twoounces

• Larry Lee Palmer, 28,engaging in organizedcriminal activity

• Larry Wilson, 26, fail-ure to appear – criminalnonsupport, two counts;criminal nonsupport

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Friday, Nov. 30• 5:56 a.m. –

Business/residential alarm,CR 204 • 7:06 a.m. – Ani-mal estray, SH 105 • 10:30a.m. – Business/residentialalarm, CR 137 • 11:42 a.m.– Arrest, 100 block of Main• 12:11 p.m. – Assist mo-torist, SH 90 • 12:41 p.m. –Civil dispute, Washington •2:37 p.m. – Assault, SH 105• 2:54 p.m. – Theft, CR 173• 3:17 p.m. – Dispute • 3:22p.m. – Shooter/hunter com-plaint, 14000 block of Bo-gota • 4:19 p.m. – Sexoffense, FM 1486 • 4:24p.m. – Reckless driving, SH6 • 7:58 p.m. – Minor acci-dent, CR 170 • 8:03 p.m. –Reckless driving, SH 105 •8:15 p.m. – Suspicious vehi-cle/person, 13000 block ofWindmill • 10:05 p.m. –Noise complaint, 11000block of Hollyhill • 10:10p.m. – Reckless driving, SH6

Saturday, Dec. 1• 8:48 a.m. – Dispute,

7100 block of Corsicana• 10:03 a.m. – Animal bite,CR 309 • 11:55 a.m. – Ille-gal dumping, CR 102 • 1:28p.m. – Welfare concern, SH90 • 1:35 p.m. – Fire, CR302 • 2:25 p.m. - Domesticdispute, SH 90 • 3:25 p.m. –Shooter/hunter complaint,6500 block of Carlton SpeedRanch • 4:04 p.m. – Theft,FM 2819 • 4:28 p.m. –Minor accident, Pearl • 9:14p.m. – Noise complaint, CR302 • 9:25 p.m. – Criminalmischief/property damage,9700 block of Colorado• 10:22 p.m. – Business/res-idential alarm, FM 244• 11:16 p.m. – Assault, 3900block of Dogwood

Sunday, Dec. 2• 12:28 a.m. – Distur-

bance, 3900 block of Dog-wood • 1:03 a.m. – Assault,

FM 3455 • 8:43 a.m. –Reckless driving, SH 105• 8:58 a.m. – Other jurisdic-tion warrant arrest, FM 149• 10:26 a.m. – Animalestray, FM 39 • 12:14 p.m. –Civil dispute, FM 3090 •1:29 p.m. – Road block-age/hazard, FM 1774 • 2:07p.m. – Fire, SH 30 • 4:35p.m. –Animal estray, CR228 • 4:39 p.m. – Recklessdriving, CR 202 • 6:47 p.m.– Domestic dispute, CR 313• 7:49 p.m. – Animal estray,FM 149

Monday, Dec. 3• 2:47 a.m. – Suspicious

vehicle/person, CR 417A• 5:31 a.m. – Welfare con-cern, FM 1774 • 7:57 a.m. –Animal estray, FM 1774 •8:32 a.m. – Animal cruelty,11000 block of Devin • 9:24a.m. – Welfare concern, SH30 • 9:47 a.m. – Animal con-trol, CR 314 • 10:27 a.m. –Road blockage/hazard, CR232 • 10:58 a.m. – Burglary,7800 block of Main • 12:13p.m. – Criminalmischief/property damage,CR 164 • 12:41 p.m. – Sus-picious activity, FM 1696 •1:08 p.m. – Road block-age/hazard, FM 244 • 3:01p.m. – Burglary, CR 302• 4:05 p.m. – Fire, 100 blockof Main • 4:26 p.m. – Ha-rassment, FM 1774 • 4:36p.m. – Animal control, 9300block of Gilpin

Tuesday, Dec. 4• 1:18 a.m. – Arrest, 1700

block of Washington • 4:24a.m. – Missing person, CR314 • 12:02 p.m. – Domes-tic dispute, 20000 block ofGreen Acres • 12:18 p.m. –Business/residential alarm,FM 3090 • 12:23 p.m. –Fire, CR 185 • 1:07 p.m. –Business/residential alarm,500 block of Main • 2:44p.m. – Theft, FM 1774• 3:11 p.m. – Theft, FM

1774 • 7:21 p.m. – Agencyassist, McAlpine • 8:18 p.m.– Dispute, 13000 block ofLive Oak

Wednesday, Dec. 5• 1:40 a.m. – Suspicious

vehicle/person, SH 30 • 8:56a.m. – Animal control,26000 block of Bedias •9:15 a.m. – Domestic dis-pute, 15000 block of Sunset• 10:38 a.m. – Civil dispute,SH 30 • 11:49 a.m. – Crimi-nal mischief/property dam-age, 7200 block of Loblolly• 12:49 p.m. – Close pa-trol/house watch, FM 1227 •1:11 p.m. – Criminal mis-chief/property damage, SH90 • 2:03 p.m. – Animalestray, SH 30 • 2:32 p.m. –Theft, FM 149 • 4:49 p.m. –Welfare concern, Luthe •5:30 p.m. – Welfare con-cern, 9500 block of Walnut• 5:45 p.m. – Theft, FM 39 •7:10 p.m. – Suspicious vehi-cle/person, 15000 block ofRustling Oaks • 7:25 p.m. –Welfare concern, 6100 blockof Shady Oaks • 7:44 p.m. –Local warrant arrest, FM149 • 8:31 p.m. –Crimestoppers, 8200 blockof Pin Oak • 9:10 p.m. –Business/residential alarm,7200 block of Main

Thursday, Dec. 6• 7:59 a.m. – Dispute,

16000 block of Hollyhill •10:33 a.m. – Animal estray,CR 302 • 10:48 a.m. – Crim-inal mischief/property dam-age, FM 2445 • 11:51 a.m. –Civil dispute, FM 149• 12:50 p.m. – Local warrantarrest, FM 149 • 12:42 p.m.– Suspicious vehicle/person,CR 304 • 4:14 p.m. – Busi-ness/residential alarm, 9400block of Lancaster • 4:47p.m. – Local warrant arrest,FM 149 • 4:50 p.m. – Busi-ness/residential alarm, SH90 • 7:56 p.m. – Civil dis-pute, FM 149

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It probably won’t bedifferent this week as theRattlers, ranked No. 1 inthe state with a 14-0record, play in the Class3A State Semifinal just 40minutes down the road inWaller against the BellvilleBrahmas, a team that oncewas an old district rival.

The excitement startsway before game day. Fanswear blue shirts all week.No matter where you go,whether the cleaners or thegrocery store or restau-rants, all folks want to talkabout is Rattler football.

Mayor bert Miller, a1984 NHS graduate, saidhe gets “goosebumps andpride beyond belief whenhe sees 6,000-plus Rattlerfans traveling together.

“Seeing the supportfrom the community withoverflowing stands athome games and duringthe playoffs, the excite-ment of the players, cheer-leaders, Diamonettes andband, the way the team hasmade everyone so proudwith the way they performon and off the field,”Miller said. “It really hitme when I ran into a fan inthe parking lot fromLaMarque who told me“We want to apologize forhow we acted. Y'all go getthat ring and keep showingthat Rattler spirit."

Last week the Navasotacheerleaders and BlueCrew went to downtownbusinesses and paintedspirit messages on theirwindows. Rattler fan pageshave sprung up on Face-book. At the Team ofNavasota Chevy store onWashington Ave., there areeight vehicles facingWashington with a singlepainted letter on each ofthem to spell out “R-A-T-T-L-E-R-S.”

Inside the Chevy store,on the wall, are the spiritpages that have run insidethe newspaper since Week1. The Miller InsuranceAgency has done the samething. Harris Tire changesits sign weekly, and otherbusinesses put the spiritsign up.

Last week the pageswere in the stands with thefans, as well as noise mak-ers, signs, moms holdingup their sons’ numbers on

glittered cardboard (#33and #50) and, of course,Creeks parading back andforth with his blue mega-phone getting the crowdpumped.

And you know whenRattler Nation is rolling in.Many cars have NavasotaRattler flags flying fromtheir car and truck win-dows. Cars have “Go Rat-tlers” and “Rattler Nation”and various other spiritmessages on them.

Navasota hasn’t beenthis far in the state playoffssince the 1988 seasonwhen they lost in the state

championship to South-lake Carroll. Their onlyother trip to the state semi-finals was in 1982, wherethey lost to eventual statechampion Refugio. Manyplayers on this year’s teamhave fathers who playedon either the ’82 or ’88teams.

“ I was in Austin at thesemifinal game when weplayed Refugio in 1982 (Iwas a Sophomore at NHS),the state championship in1988 versus Southlake-Carroll, and not to mentionthe last six years at thequarterfinals where the

winner eventually went tostate final,” Miller said.“Honestly, I don't remem-ber feeling more excite-ment and pride than I havethis year. Last Thursday, itwas like Christmas Evewhen I was a kid, I could-n't get to sleep and wokeup at 3 a.m. and couldn'tgo back to sleep!”

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The Miller Agency, Inc.

INSURANCE220 E. Washington Ave.

Downtown Navasota936-825-6789

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NAVASOTALP-GAS CO., INC.

LP Gas & ServiceBob Ross

(936) 825-3214Navasota, Texas

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James R. Evans Tax ServiceFull Income Tax Service

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Cell: (936) 870-7371

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400 N. LaSallein Navasota

Supporting Grimes County Athletes

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2100 Dove Crossing Lane | 936-825-4043

P.O. Box 1310 • Navasota Industrial ParkNavasota, Texas 77868

Phone: 936-825-7070 • Toll-free: 800-460-1839www.nov.com

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Office: 936-825-3662 • Fax: 936-825-6994

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Aug. 31 at Willis W42-0Sept. 7 Coldspring-Oakhurst W36-8Sept. 14 Houston Sterling W49-6Sept. 21 Lexington W45-13Sept. 28 at Fairfi eld W41-7Oct. 5 Austin McCallum W57-9Oct. 12 at Madisonville* W38-0Oct. 26 Rockdale* W43-0Nov. 2 at Caldwell* W58-0Nov. 9 Taylor* W52-0Nov. 15 China Springs W62-16Nov. 23 Jasper W59-14Nov. 30 LaMarque W31-20Dec.7 West Orange-Stark W38-7

* District 18-3A game

2012 Schedule/Results

No. Name 1 WILLIE CREEKS1 CHAD ALLMAN2 AUSTIN COLLINS2 BROCK MEEKINS3 JERBRELL LIPSCOMB4 FRANTERRIC POWELL4 TREN’DAVION DICKSON5 DERRION RANDLE5 SHELTON EPPLER6 DEIONTTE TAYLOR6 Ro’DAVION BROWN7 DARIUS MALLARD7 PJ FLORES8 XAVIER CREEKS8 NICK GURKA9 DAVON JERNIGAN9 SAMMY BLAIR10 DEMARCUS LEE10 JACOB DODSON11 DESMOND CALHOUN11 HUDSON STRIBLING12 SOLOMON McGINTY15 KADARIUS BAKER17 TARRANCE CREEKS17 DOMINQUE MALLARD19 LAMARQUIS JEFFERSON19 QUINN WILLIAMS20 RICKY COFFEY20 CAMERON GRAY22 ANTHONY SMALL22 DJ HARRIS25 HOWARD HORN25 MATTHEW FONTANA29 KEYSHAWN PHILIO29 AUSTIN CUDE30 JALEN WOOD30 MATT NUNEZ32 JAKE BAUER33 JAYLYIN MINOR33 JOSEPH HERRERA36 CHRISTIAN TAYLOR36 FRANKIE DELEON40 HUNTER SPARKMAN40 MARCOS SOLIS

No. Name 44 WILL IMHOFF45 COY IMHOFF49 KEVIN HARRIS50 JORDAN BIRDWELL50 DORION MEYERS52 DUSTIN SAVENSKY52 CAL BAUER55 CALEB McKEOWN55 DAVID RAMIREZ57 RONALD BROWN57 WILL SMITH58 KYLE DUFFY58 CHRISTON JONES61 ASHER PERKINS64 RYAN PERRY65 JOSH LOWERY66 CHARLES CAVANAUGH66 DEVIN FLORES67 IVAN MORAN67 DANIEL MARTINEZ68 JORDAN WELLS68 ZACK PAVLOCK70 MICHAEL COFFEY72 JEREMIAH WILLIAMS72 RICARDO CIENFUEGOS73 DERRON THOMAS73 MALCOM MEEKINS74 TRUDERIOUS SWEED74 KEYSHAWN BLACKSHEAR75 DEAN GESSNER76 CODY NICHOLS77 TYLER WHITE77 LUCAS HUGHES78 SPENCER JAMES78 RAKEEM THOMPSON79 BO MEECE79 CW ARHELGER80 YOVANI URBANO80 KYLE RAMSEY84 LEE WALLA86 DERRICK LEWIS86 MARQUEZ BYRD88 LADARIUS ROBERSON99 MICHEL MARTINEZ

2012 Varsity Roster

Neil Martensen, Agent 1903 Dove Crossing Lane, Navasota, TX 77868

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