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In 2013, the Kilgore News Herald was the driving force behind an arts festival for the City of Kilgore, "KilGogh" (coined at KNH), set on the 160th an-niversary of Vincent van Gogh's birth.

An official City of Kilgore Main Street Program Event, an organization which Kilgore News Her-ald Publisher Bill Woodall has chaired in the past (and, in 2014, chairs once again), the inaugu-ral KilGogh Arts Exhibition & Wine Tasting on March 30, 2013, netted more than $13,000 from a $4,500 investment from the City of Kilgore's Hotel Occupancy Tax revenues and hundreds of volunteer hours. More than 120 guests filled the old U.S. Post Office downtown along with a score of artists and many KilGogh committee members, musicians and caterers.

Leading up to the event, in addition to the plan-ning efforts of KilGogh Chairman and Kilgore News Herald Managing Editor James Draper, the News Herald devoted many column-inches to the coming event along with free advertising in the pa-per and promotion on KilgoreNewsHerald.com and the publication's Web site.

Following the success of the kick-off event, the City of Kilgore Hotel Occupancy Tax Advisory Board granted KilGogh's follow-up request for $10,000 for the second annual 2014 festival, a se-ries of events in March 2014 including a pop violin concert, a second art exhibition and wine tasting and an all-day arts festival, including a children's activity area, on March 29, 2014, before the van Gogh's 161st birthday.

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KILGOROUNDBILL WOODALL

WITH A HUNDRED OR SO others, we met

Debbie Reynolds Saturday night.

THE other Deb-bie Reyn-olds the

one who never danced in Singin In The Rain.

MS. REYNOLDS, execu-tive director of the Texas Wine and Grape Grow-ers Association, was the speaker and expert at a Texas wine pairing event at Christ the King Catho-lic church.

THE evening was of-ficially part of the local congregations effort to raise $2.2 million for a significant expan-sion of the sanctuary already theyre more than a fourth of the way there and Saturdays crowd mostly heightened awareness of the cam-paign.

UNOFFICIALLY, the event was an entertain-ing way to sample five Texas wines paired with samples of mango salsa, prosciutto, roast beef and a chocolate cookie.

WERE assured by par-ish administrator Rev. Daniel P. Dower the congregants are already

INSIDESPORTS: Kilgore High School's

girls soccer team is state-ranked; KC football program signs 31.

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Call it a late Christmas present sales tax collections in December translate to a $1 million-plus check for Kilgores monthly allocation from the state.

At $1,151,894.23, the citys share of the sales tax revenue is its third-largest allocation ever, the largest

since October 2011 and the third check of five this Fiscal Year to break the million-dollar threshold.

I am very pleased, Kilgore Finance Director Lawanna Williams said. I am very pleased that we did better than Longview they went down.

Kilgores neighbor to the north had a larger allocation at $3.36 million

College bringsfirms on boardfor new healthscience center


Kilgore Municipal Judge Glenn Phillips confesses himself a little bit surprised after more than a decade offering his plain-speaking opinions to the Texas Judicial Council, they still want him on board.

Im outspoken sometimes, he explained recently. Honestly, Im proud they think enough of me to say, Hey, hang around four more years we want to listen to you complain.

Created by state legislators, the judicial council meets quarterly in Austin as the policy-making body for all of Texas courts, drafting rec-o m m e n d a -tions to the legislature on laws, poli-cies and pro-cedures that need to be re-vised, updat-ed, struck or created. The group includes two judges from every level of the court system as well as


Through the decades, the Kilgore College Rangerettes have steadily fueled their world-wide reputation its time, filmmaker Chip Hale says, to remind moviegoers how far the dance line has come.

With a nod to his roots in his Overton Films production company, Hale and a handful of pro-

ducers and cinematographers took the first steps in their sil-ver screen portrait of the dance line this week, sitting down with current and former Rang-erettes as they began to tell the squads World Famous story.

As a kid in Overton, we used to come to Kilgore for stuff to do. I really feel like

Kilgore is my second home, Hale said. With the new documentary budgeted at $130,000, The biggest project of my career, so far, I come home to do. I think its very serendipitous.

According to Hale, he originally came up with the idea while reading the book The Last Boom: The Exciting Saga of the Discovery of the Great-est Oil Field in America by James Anthony Clark and Michel T. Halbouty. Unable to attain the film rights to that story, Hale realized hed already begun work on another.

Ive been very active with the Rangerettes for the past four or five years, helping with the Rev-

els, he explained. Developing the idea, shop-ping it around and gathering support, Hale saw the pieces begin falling into place. All of you know how supportive former Rangerettes are.

Glenn Phillips

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Maude Laird Middle School UIL Coach Dana Sneed hangs another medal on 7th grader Austin Adams during the school's UIL awards luncheonMonday.SEE PAGE 3

Municipal judge helpsstate reviewlegal policy

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Though negotiations continue for Kilgore Colleges health science center project, an architect and en-gineering firm have been approved to consult KC in the process.

Thats still a work in progress, said Dr. Bill Holda, KC president. Were still going through lease negotiations.

The board originally approved KCs pursuit of a hospital training facility in December, along with the approval of an engineering and architectural firm. Since then, the school has been discussing the pos-sibility of renting space at Allegiance Specialty Hospital for college use.

Part of the original motion was the approval of the hiring of the firms for the project, said Dan Beach, director of special project and board liaison.

Pirtle and Associates Engineer-ing of Shreveport and CVB Archi-tects of Lakeway were selected to

NEWS HERALD photos by JAMES DRAPER

Chip Hale's production team from Overton Films prepares to interview Kilgore College freshman Rangerette Robin Richardson (center) Tuesday morning in the Rangerette Showcase museum.

In THE LInE-LIGHT

Hale tests his monitoring system before Richardson's interview, one of several the team is shooting this week in the first round of local filming for a feature-length documentary on the dance line.

Filmmakerturns camera's

lens on KC'sWorld Famous

Rangerettes

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City's sales tax revenues net another $1 million month

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Relay for Life can always benefit from a full house.

Martin Resource Management Corporation plans to hold another series of Texas Hold Em poker

tournaments, the first to be held Friday.

Its Texas Hold Em, like al-ways, said Tabitha Staley of Mar-tin Resource. This is our fifth year holding the tournament. Last year we raised around $5,500 through both tournaments.

Proceeds from Fridays tourna-ment and the second tourney in March will benefit the local Relay for Life team and American Cancer Society. The entry fee for Fridays tournament is $25.

The second tournament in March has an entry fee of $100. For every

10 participants in Fridays tourna-ment, one participant will have his or her entrance fee paid. The grand prize of Marchs tournament is a trip for two to Las Vegas.

Were going to pay one entrance

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Weve been so blessed and fortunate to have so many people jump on board.

Beginning principal pho-tography this week, Hales crew interviewed Gay Culp, one of the original members of the line in 1940. The documentarians also filmed Rangerettes Assistant Di-rector Shelley Wayne and a current freshman Rette, Robin Richardson, with a slew of other face-to-face meetings ahead while they keep their eyes and cam-era lenses open for illus-trative B-roll of the com-munity.

The production team will continue their initial round of filming through Feb. 23 and are scheduled to return several times throughout the coming year to capture the Rangerettes at their best (Rangerette Revels this spring), their beginnings (aiming to get behind-the-scenes when next years line tries-out) and much more in-between.

As he tells the lines story, Cant do a documentary

about the Rangerettes with-out having a large chunk of the film being about Kilgore, Hale told the citys Hotel Occupancy Tax Advisory Board last week, requesting a $15,000 allo-cation of tourism tax rev-enues to offset the projects $130,000 budget.

I do realize its about making at least a healthy survival while youre also trying to complete your art, Hale admitted. I dont by any stretch of the imagination consider my-self an artist, but I do like pretty films. Ive learned a lot of lessons along the way and if it looks good and it sounds good, thats half the battle.

The film is already pro-ducing hotel stays, he explained, including his Maine-based cinematog-rapher and two producers who flew in from Los Ange-les. The crew is staying here, dining here and spending money here, Hale said, all while filming a documen-tary that aims to increase

the Rangerettes reputation ever-more alongside the citys.

Ive scheduled to shoot the college. Ive scheduled to shoot at the East Texas

Oil Museum. Were go-ing to fly over the derricks. Its my intention to make Kilgore and the Rangerettes look like a very cohesive unit.

Earning a unanimous recommendation from the HOT board, Hale said theyll see early proof of their investment if they at-tend Revels in April hell be cutting together a film festival trailer in advance, showcasing it at the upcom-ing performance.

According to Hale, his biggest goal is to complete the documentary by the end of the calendar year in order to submit it for con-sideration in next years South by Southwest Film Festival, which will hope-fully become a springboard for other major festivals.

I already have a distribu-tor in L.A. who has already agreed to buy the film even though its not been shot yet because the idea appeals so much, Hale said. How-ever, the two work acquain-tances have an understand-ing that it may become nec-essary in the future, after the documentarys round of the festival circuit, to select a larger firm, find some-thing thats more lucrative

for the project overall.Im that confident in

it. The film festival circuit alone will generate enough audience members, I feel, for a distributor to see it.

Aiming for feature-length, Hale estimates the final film will be under 110 minutes.

You start to get preachy if you go over that amount of time and Americans at-tention spans are so short, he explained.

Rangerettes Director Dana Blair, Wayne and Kilgore College President Bill Holda have complete content approval over the film, he added. Theyve turned down previous re-ality show pitches focusing on the team Thats not the image that the Ranger-ettes try to portray, Hale explains but they gave the East Texas native their blessing as well as complete access to archival materials at the Rangerette Showcase and the East Texas Oil Mu-seum.

We have accumulated quite the amount of foot-age, Hale said, including 16 mm film reels of oil rig fires and roughnecks. Those were the people the Rangerettes were created to

keep in the stands instead of underneath, fighting and drinking. Its all a rather unique connection.

With so much local sup-port already, Hale hopes to schedule multiple screen-ings of the documentary in Kilgore, both to bol-ster tourism here and as a thank you to the city, col-lege, community and others who are making the film possible.

Ive been around the block a few times with in-dependent filmmaking. My mother didnt raise me to not thank people properly for helping, he said. With a very healthy Facebook fol-lowing already, Hale antici-pates hundreds of former Rangerettes, their families, supporters and others will visit town for the local pre-mieres. I would love to have a screening out of the Crim or the Texan. That would be amazing to me.

Hes not ready to name names yet, but Hale says the local premiere will in-deed be star-studded.

I feel very confident that I could get an A-list ce-lebrity to narrate this film just because of the subject matter and the history that Kilgore brings with it.

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During their Feb. 6 meeting, the mem-bers of the citys Hotel Occupancy Tax Ad-visory Board also recommended: funding the remainder of the Kilgore

Main Street programs $30,000 pro rata allocation of HOT revenues through the end of the fiscal year.

The program is adjusting to the citys new HOT guidelines, Main Street Man-ager Clara Chaffin explained, retooling its program of events to ensure more over-night stays in the local hotels and motels that collect the citys seven percent tax on rented rooms.

Id like to ask that the $30,000 we pre-viously asked for go ahead and be allocated to Main Street so we can continue to run our programs as we have and also to con-tinue to review our programs, make sure theyre doing the job we intend them to be doing, streamline them more, connect them with other events, she explained. It is going to take a process to get us to that point.

How many guests at Main Street events actually stay overnight? board member Ev-elyn Bolding asked.

Weve never tried to measure that and were not sure how to mea-sure that, Chaffin said. However, In conversations with visitors, Ive found

they came for (Texas Shakespeare Festival) but spent the night because of an event we were doing and vice versa. an additional $5,000 to augment the

Texas Shakespeare Festivals $35,000 maxi-mum allocation.

The extra, one-time allocation is to be used for marketing (the festivals advertis-ing budget is currently $2,500) outside of a 50-mile radius. a $4,500 allocation to the Kilgore

Arts Festival for Kilgogh, An East Texas Arts Experience, set from 7 p.m. to 11 Saturday, March 30.

Scheduled on the 160th anniversary of Vincent van Goghs birth, the mixed art exhibition, sale, auction and wine tasting is centered on the artists work, especially Starry Nights and his sunflowers, while also celebrating Kilgore as The City of Starry Nights.

A Main Street Program event, all pro-ceeds from the one-night gala organiz-ers requested the HOT allocation as a loan contingent on proven overnight stays benefit the citys Downtown Historic The-ater Renovation Fund, the 2014 Kilgore Arts Festival and Kilgore Historical Preser-ation Foundation, which owns the Kilgore History & Arts Center (the old Kilgore post office), the events primary venue.

NEWS HERALD photo by JAMES DRAPER

Overton Films cinematographer Alice Brooks takes a reading on Robin Richardson while executive producer Iggy Rodriguez adjusts lighting Tuesday morning before Chip Hale's interview with the freshman Rangerette for his documentary about the dance line.

NEWS HERALD photo by AUSTIN KING

Maude Laird Middle School students won a total of 129 medals two weeks ago after students com-peted in the annual UIL Academics Competition. Overall, the school won second place in the district and the seventh grade students won first for their grade level. About 100 MLMS students partici-pated in the event and faced off in academic competitions against Spring Hill ISD, Chapel Hill ISD, Henderson ISD, Gladewater ISD, Gilmer ISD and Bullard ISD at Spring Hill Junior High School. Win-ning students received medals and ribbons for their work at a luncheon Monday.


Two deputies have joined newly-elected constable Mike Baggetts staff.

At Mondays Gregg County Commis-sioners Court, Baggett requested the county to approve the appointment of Randall Norred as an unpaid, reserve deputy and John McCubbin as a tempo-rary, part-time deputy. McCubbin will receive payment from a fund for tempo-rary salaries in the countys budget.

These are positions former constable Bill Echert had, said county judge Bill Stoudt. Baggett is filling in Echerts old positions.

Baggett is the constable of Gregg

County precinct 3, which covers much of Kilgore and surrounding areas. Both of the newly-appointed deputies have worked with county sheriff Maxey Cer-liano in the past.

In other business, the court approved a proclamation that designates Febru-ary as Teen Dating Violence Preven-tion and Awareness Month in Gregg County.

This is the first time weve acknowl-edged teen dating in this county, said Shannon Trest, director of Womens Center of East Texas. One in three students who have been surveyed and dating has experienced violence.

I want to ensure the court the Wom-ens Center is working with schools not

just in Gregg County, but all counties we work in to help prevent dating violence.

An agreement with National Associa-tion of County and Health Officials for $4,000 in grant funding was approved. The funds will be used to help Medical Reserve Corps of Gregg County.

The court also approved the place-ment of a service line in the right-of-way of Mt. Pisgah Road in precinct 3.

A request from Cerliano to use in-mate labor to assist Longview-Greg-gton Rotary Club was also approved.

All presented items were approved by commissioners including court minutes, bills payable, budget amend-ments, budget transfer amendments and health plan claim payments.

County appoints new deputies for Precinct 3

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up any. Ive noticed daily all kinds of trash on our street and wonder what visitors to our fine city, our little Mayberry, might think.

Picking up trash is very near and dear to my heart. My father helped start Kilgore Improvement and Beautification Association. I guess its just natural to want to contribute to Kilgore, its where I grew up.

The litter-battling couple grew up in Kilgore and has also lived in North Carolina and The Wood-lands.

I dont remember, growing up in the city of Kilgore, ever hav-ing this problem but times have changed, attitudes have changed, Mike said.

Now firmly settled in once more, the couple has been proactive in their attempts to keep Kilgore clean.

I believe if we can be diligent with enough people and work to keep Kilgore clean, we can be a shining star from the top of the derricks to the ground, Karen said. It falls on all areas of the city. Its not just the citizens of Kilgore, not just the city council, not just city employees. Its not one groups responsibility. It be-longs to all of us.

Tuesday evening, the Conners

approached Kilgore city council to discuss their efforts in keeping the Lantrip neighborhood clean.

We get a lot of citizens that bring issues to our attention but we dont have many that bring solu-tions as well, said Ronnie Sprad-lin, mayor.

At the meeting, Karen proposed the idea of using large, uniform trash containers throughout the city, similar to trash containers used in The Woodlands.

I would like to see us go to larg-er containers for trash and pick up one time weekly as they all have lids and can be closed for keeping dogs from getting into the trash, she said. There should be a savings in the one time pickup as opposed to two times weekly. Above all there will be less chance for trash to be blown around in our city or our neighborhoods.

Noting the trash on streets sur-rounding fast food restaurants, Mike recommended asking local restaurants to encourage proper disposal of garbage.

Maybe the city would consider a city letter to the fast food restau-rants here in Kilgore, encouraging them to encourage their customers to not litter, he said. Most of the trash thats picked up is from the

fast food restaurants. Not all of it, most of it.

Now that the Conners have shared their suggestions with the council, they return to their nor-

mal routine in the fight against garbage-laden streets.

Kilgore is a good place, Karen said. We want it to be a golden place.

We appreciate the city coun-cil, Mike said. We appreciate them for giving us time to come up and speak. I think we have a good group in this city.

evacuated and later had to find shelter in tents erected around the ship. Adams not-ed that the ships power was gone by 8 a.m. Sunday.

I think at first there was a lot of panic on the lower floors, she said. We didnt feel that urgency so much on the ninth floor. Once the

electricity went off, it got kind of scary. We were out in the middle of the ocean with no light.

Of course, the ship also lost its running water.

There was no running water, Adams said. We had to number one in the shower and they brought us red bags

to number two.You can imagine the smell

of a ship with no running water that has more than 3,000 passengers and 1,000 crew.

The ships luxurious meal plan had to be cancelled as a result of the loss of power as well.

When you lose power, you lose the ability to cook, Adams said. For breakfast, it was cereal. No toast. No coffee. For lunch, I had a cu-cumber and onion sandwich.

As time progressed, the milk and cold cuts started to spoil. We had to eat what-ever we got from the other ships.

Three other ships and nu-merous helicopters assisted Triumph with supplies.

A week after embarking, Adams group finally re-turned to dry land in Mo-bile, Alabama.

My group got off the ship at around 11 p.m. Thurs-day, she said. We went straight from the ship to a bus and rode for eight more hours to Galveston.

After she reached Galves-ton, Adams and her family drove to Kilgore and finally returned home at about 1 p.m. yesterday.

Overall, the crew mem-bers were good, they took care of us, Adams said. The morale of the passengers was upbeat. Id go on another cruise again, but Id only stay on the upper deck.

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Kilgore Chamber of Commerce Interim President Ron-nie Morrison officially introduced himself to Kilgore City Council members Tuesday night, underscoring his vital in-terest in the chambers mutually-beneficial relationship with the city and community.

A native East Texan, Morrisons resume includes a long list of experience in chamber leadership as well as a stint on the Longview City Council in the 1980s and numerous other ventures. Hes retired twice but accepted the recent offer from the chambers board of directors to steer the organiza-tion while a search firm seeks a new chief executive.

I seem to get back in the business no matter what I do, Morrison joked Tuesday. Focused on moving forward, how-ever long his tenure is, Were in business to serve business.

Getting down to work Monday, Morrison recently met with Kilgore City Manager Scott Sellers and members of the chambers board.

We talked about strengthening the relationship, the part-nership, between the city and the chamber. Were working on some things that, hopefully, will be productive, beneficial to business and beneficial to this community. As business grows...the chamber does well and hopefully the city does well, Morrison said. Besides his economic development background, with his experience in city politics, Ive been on both sides of the fence here. There are challenges and op-portunities at the same time. We want to work toward mak-ing those opportunities positive.

Were positive were moving forward. Weve got a fresh start. After the brief introduction, Mayor Ronnie Spradlin praised the chamber boards choice, albeit temporary as Morrison will not be seeking a permanent role.

You come highly-recommended, and were happy to have you in Kilgore.

COURTESY PHOTO

Kilgore's Connie Adams (center) was on the the Carnival Triumph cruise with Stacy Venters, also of Kilgore; Cathy Broussard, Elaine Mitchell, Deb-bie Smith and Patty Stone of Longview; Sherry Sharp of Henderson; Cor-nelia Bowles of Lindale and Lori Lewis of Hot Springs, Ark. The group posed for a pre-cruise picture at a hotel, not knowing what the third day aboard-ship would bring when a fire broke out in the engine room. Due to their extended time stranded on the ship, Sharp and Bowles celebrated their birthdays on the ocean amidst 'scary' conditions.

COURTESY photo by CONNIE ADAMS

Carnival Triumph passengers sign a 'survivors sheet' earlier. The stranded passengers "signed every-thing they could" from pillow cases to blankets and more, Kilgore resident Connie Adams said Friday.

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TRASH LADYContinued from Page 1A

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Local couple Mike and Karen Conner work together to make the streets of the neighbor-hood around Lantrip Street a bit cleaner.

City council welcomesinterim chamber chief


Kilgore Chamber of Commerce Interim President Ronnie Morrison greets the Kilgore City Council.


Numerous local organizations have been given the green light to receive a portion of Kilgores hotel oc-cupancy tax (HOT).

The HOT Fund Advisory Board has been considering payment requests, said Scott Sellers, city manager. Many of these items they recommend fall in line with what was budgeted by the city, with the excep-tion of item four ($4,500 to the upcoming Kilgogh arts festival), item five ($15,000 to Overton Films for a documentary on Kilgore Colleges Rangerettes)

and the $5,000 on item one (marketing for Texas Shakespeare Festivals upcoming season).

In addition to the above fund suggestions, the HOT Fund Advisory Board recommended that Kilgores city council approve $35,000 and $30,000 for respectively for TSF and Kilgore Main Street Programs fiscal year 2013 allocations of HOT funding, as well as $5,699.52 to Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation for the organizations January 2013 allocation of funds.

A unanimous decision by Kilgores city council ap-proved each of these expenses.

In other business, council members approved Kilgores participation in a statewide public safety

agreement.This will qualify us to receive help in emergencies,

as well as reimbursements, said Mike Simmons, as-sistant fire chief.

Council members also awarded a bid $334,500 bid to Utility Service Company to paint the Danville elevated storage tank.

We do have experience with this company, said David Hackley, water superintendent. They painted the tank on Rusk Street a couple years ago.

The council also granted its support to a Housing Tax Credit application submit by K.F. Stone Creek, Ltd. for affordable rental housing at 400 Pine Burr.

Council approves HOT allocations, mutual aid agreement

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May 11 the districts voters will be asked to weigh in on a $19.8 mil-lion bond to fund a new elementary school adjacent to Interstate 20.

In mid-January, board president James Gray said he wanted a unani-mous decision to move forward with the bond. As early as last week, it was clear the 7-0 vote would not happen board member Martha Wright gave advance notice she would be voting against the bond election as proposed.

Weve heard lots of discussion tonight from community members. We have done a tremendous amount of homework on this, superinten-dent Stacey Bryce said. It all comes back to the same thing: We can look at dollars; we can look at this place, that place and this person and so-and-so doesnt like so-and-so, but it all comes down to the kids.

That is the main focus of my job. That is the main focus of this board. And I know that is the main focus of the elementary teachers that are out there.

Hearing Bryces recommendation to call for communitys decision on the issuance of bonds totaling $19,830,000 for the construction and equipping of the new elemen-tary school and the levying of a tax in payment thereof John Kenna moved for a vote, seconded by Paul Franklin.

With no discussion before their decision, Wrights lone dissenting vote Tuesday evening faced Ayes from Gray, Franklin, Kenna, Tony Raymond, Shane Hagen and An-drea Bates.

A series of routine action items immediately followed the relatively quiet vote.

Would you clarify for my staff, was that a Go for our bond? el-ementary school principal Teri Bass asked as the board prepared to enter a closed session discussion.

At Grays Yes, a score of teachers and parents leapt to their feet with applause and cheers.

Im thrilled, Bass said later. Theres still the vote ahead, but I think weve been very transparent in this particular one. I feel for com-fortable in this.

With something like this, the fu-ture is wide open for the kids.

Eva Schuler was first at the po-dium to weigh-in on the bond dur-ing the open forum preceding the vote. She reminded the assembly her warnings to the board were ig-nored when the trustees proceeded with the last, ultimately unsuccess-ful, bond election in May 2009.

Here we are again, Schuler said, echoing arguments that some resi-dents, in voting down the last bond election, felt they were casting votes against building a new field house and buying land for the school the board ultimately proceeded with both, paid out of other funds. I think people do have some prob-lems trusting this board to do what we ask you to do.

One of Schulers major objections is the planned location of the new campus most of the members of the steering committee and the ma-jority of the trustees support con-struction on a portion of the 54-acres purchased by the district three months after the last bond failed. That tract is adjacent to I-20.

If you choose to put it on the I-20 land, I believe the security issues overwhelmingly need to override any concerns of cost, she insisted. There are too many issues that have been in the media. Not only are the

children at risk from school intrud-ers but theyre also at risk from any-thing that happens on Interstate 20 concerning chemical spills.

Money is also an issue, Schuler said, contending the districts resi-dents cannot afford the increased taxes tied to the bond issue nor can the school afford increase mainte-nance and operating costs.

In the meantime, Youve got a $5 million surplus you could have main-tained the campus with. Instead, you decide to rathole it, she said. Until the board comes up with a plan, and I mean a reasonable plan, Im going to find it as I believe a majority of the voters will. I know Im not going to change your mind, but I do hate that were going to spend the money to hold an election that I honestly feel like it will fail.

Former school board member Steven Best cautioned the current trustees to cast their votes not for any particular constituency they be-lieve put them in office but in the best interests of the school.

Your job is to do whats best for the children. We have a critical need in our community for a school for our children, he insisted. Put aside whats happened in the past, put aside the petty differences and look at whats best for the kids.

After 13 years in the communi-ty, Best said hes dismayed to find members of the community look-ing out for their own special inter-ests and consequently sabotaging the schools future.

It disturbs me greatly that theres an element that, rather than think-ing whats best for the children, they think How I can I profit? he scolded. Look past the mistruths and look at what we really need. We need a school for our children.

Look at the big picture, Benji Maxwell agreed.

Too often, We look at the little details that really dont matter. The Whose land is it going to be built on? The How much did we pay for the land? The We didnt give you permission to build the field house, he said. Theres no doubt, if youve ever been to the elementary school, that we need an elementary school.

During his daughters Meet the Teacher event, Maxwell said he was floored to find his little girls class-room would be in the gymnasium, divided to fit more classes.

Really people, focus on the big picture, he said. The board: It is your duty to support the kids. Not a group of people. Not a person. Not someone you agree with or like.

Your decision tonight is, Are we going to look into providing a bet-ter place for our children?

For 38-year teaching veteran Jane Lane, teaching at Sabine ISD since 1982 shes seen the elementary cam-pus fall to ruin.

I do know our kids need the best facility possible, the 5th grade teacher said Tuesday. She offered the same perspective and her on-the-ground insight as a member of the bond steering committee. It wasnt surprising to me that the members saw the need right away, because we (the teachers) live it every day. We do the best we can do, but at the same time we all know theres a time to step up and I think this is it. Our students need a new facility, our teachers and administrators need a new facility, our parents need a new facility they can be proud of.

The Sabine ISD community needs a new facility, Lane said.

Our school is our community, our community is our school. Every-

thing revolves around that. Maybe, just maybe, if were lucky enough, these same children that we raise will come back back to our community and be the next generation.

Rachel James, a 3rd grade instruc-tional aide, told the board members and audience the students deserve a safe, comfortable learning environ-ment, one where they can have the opportunity to experience ever-de-veloping technology.

They deserve to be proud of their school and not be embarrassed, James said. A recent UIL competi-tion the campus hosted was not a pretty sight, she lamented, but the students and faculty endured. What our children do not deserve is for people to tell them that theyre not worthy of a new school. I dont think they deserve that. They are our children.

Cox, another teacher but in the Spring Hill Independent School Dis-trict, followed James. Cox grew up in the Sabine school system; his mother taught there, as did his wife.

Im proud that my children get to go to this school, he said, but he doesnt want them, or others, at-tending classes in a rundown build-ing. The district has good teachers, but it needs good facilities. No-body wants their taxes to go up, I sure dont, but when it means a bet-ter facility for our children, a better education for our children, I will gladly vote Yes.

Lets put our differences aside. Lets not just be about a power competition or just these petty dif-ferences we have with each other in our community. Lets think about our kids and not the pride and bick-ering thats going on amongst us.

John Heffner, a Kilgore ISD edu-cator and one of the three co-chairs of the bond steering committee, closed the open forum.

If theres been a theme tonight that Ive heard: its about the school, its about the elementary school, he said. The current campus is a decay-ing hodgepodge of additions to a vastly-outdated structure. Theres been a lot of money thrown at an old building. You come to a point where you cant throw good money after bad any longer.

Yes, Heffner said, the 2009 bond election was voted down about 2-to-1. It was too complicated, he al-lowed, meant to fund an elementary school, softball field, field house and science labs.

So it was voted down. What that means, then, is the community did not give the board permission to put them in debt to build those things. Not that they couldnt build those things, he explained. The trustees at the time did proceed with build-ing the field house and science labs and did purchase the I-20 land all through a good fund balance that came from good management, Hef-fner noted. Rather than hold that against them, I think they should be commended.

The discussion is about the kids, he insisted, and about building them a new school

If not now, when? Its not ever going to be any cheaper than it is now, Heffner said. Its about the kids. Its about the kids. Its about the kids.

The proposed elementary campus to be funded by the bond has a ca-pacity of 740 students.

According to the districts informa-tion guide on the bond election, as designed the new facility will house grades Pre-K through 5 in classrooms that meet the states size require-ments. The building also includes computer and science classrooms, art and music rooms, a library and a cafetorium, kitchen, activity center and playground areas.

Separate drives will be built to serve bus and parent traffic in addi-tion to on-site parking for staff and visitors.

If the bond election is approved by voters, the estimated maximum tax impact of this bond is antici-pated to be 27.8 cents for a total tax rate of $1.318, the district noted. For a home value of $100,000, this represents an increase of ap-proximately $15 per month. This is based on conservative assumption that there will be zero growth in taxable values within the district. If the district grows, the tax impact on property owners will be less.

For voters older than 65, those with the Age 65 Freeze on their homestead will not see their school taxes raise regardless of changes in the tax rate or their property value.

For more bond information de-veloped by the district with its cho-sen firm, Huckabee and Associates of Fort Worth, visit www.SabineIS-DBond.com.

Early voting on the bond begins April 29 and continues through May 7 before election day on May 11.

I predict its going to be a pretty tight race, Kenna said after the meeting. The community is polar-ized on the trust issue and the pro-posed location, he explained. Still, Weve been discussing it now for a long time. Weve had a lot of good conversation about it. We definitely have a need for a new school in our community.

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Your job is to do whats best for the children," former Sa-bine ISD trustee Steven Best cautioned the current board members, who ultimated voted 6-1 in favor of the May 11 bond election. "We have a critical need in our community for a school for our children. Put aside whats happened in the past, put aside the petty differences and look at whats best for the kids.

Until the board comes up with a plan, and I mean a reason-able plan, Im going to find it as I believe a majority of the voters will," said Eva Schuler, who of seven speakers at Sa-bine ISD's board meeting Tuesday was the only one to speak against calling a bond election for a new elementary campus adjacent to Interstate 20. "I know Im not going to change your mind, but I do hate that were going to spend the money to hold an election that I honestly feel like it will fail.

It all comes back to the same thing," superintendent Sta-cey Bryce said, recommending a $19,830,000 bond elec-tion to build the school on 54 acres of land the district pur-chased after its last, failed bond attempt in 2009. "We can look at dollars; we can look at this place, that place and this person and so-and-so doesnt like so-and-so, but it all comes down to the kids."

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drick reminds us that in Texas, the word vegetar-ian is an old Indian word for bad hunter.

ONE of the most-

talked-about events of the past year, the visit to Kilgore by Restaurant: Impossible producer/chef Robert Irvine, will be relived next week. The Nanny Goats Feed Bin episode airs on the Food Network at 9 p.m. (cen-tral time) Wednesday.

YOU may recall the visit by the restaurant-make-over team was not without significant drama for then-owner Nancy Dupre. By the end of the second day, Du-pre was looking for a way out of the arrangement.

ULTIMATELY, the make-over was completed and a standing-room-only

INSIDESPORTS: KHS baseball starts Mon-

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Six people spoke in favor of Sabine ISDs bond elec-tion Tuesday night. One spoke against.

Six of the schools trustees voted in favor of calling the election. One voted against.

Let the community de-cide. Let us vote on this bond election. If you would please vote Yes to move for-

ward on this bond election, resident Randy Cox said in advance the boards splin-tered vote before a crowd of 80-plus residents and teach-ers in the high school audi-torium. If you dont, youre

taking away our say.Following months of steer-

ing committee meetings, several rounds of often-con-tentious school board discus-sions and a sometimes-heat-ed, sometimes-emotional open forum Tuesday, come

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Sabine ISD trustees vote 6-1 to call bond election

See BOND ELECTION, Page 6A

"They deserve to be proud of their school," Rachel James said, asking Sabine ISD's trustees to call a bond election on behalf of Sabine ISD's elementary school students.


$19.8 million decision set May 11


It was, they say, a Restau-rant: Impossible first.

Theres less than a week to go until the premiere of a Food Network program featuring celebrity chef Robert Irvines rough rehabilitation of Nanny Goats Cafe & Feed Bin in

downtown Kilgore.Irvines crew of producers, de-

signers, cinematographers and workmen descended on Kilgore Street the last few days of Oc-tober. In slightly more than 48 hours the British chef and his team had completely overhauled former owner Nancy Dupres homey restaurant and its menu.

Not, however, without a fair

share of made-for-TV drama.Id rather lose money than

deal with him any longer, a weeping Dupre tells the cam-era in a short promotional spot currently running on the Food Network.

Intercut with a scene of Ir-vine grimacing over a table full


Those who frequent Lant-rip Road and its surrounding area may be familiar with Mike and Karen Conner.

The couple often walk through the streets on a mis-sion healthful for both the local pair and the road they patrol; the Conners objec-tive on their walks is to help keep the streets clean.

I started walking about a year ago and daily collect-ing two to four bags or more within a two-mile walk of our neighborhood, Karen said. Today, Im pleased to say I may pick up four to six pieces of trash. There have been days when I didnt pick


A little help can lead to a lot of thanks.

Earlier this week, on Tues-day evening, Kilgore Police Department Corporal Gary Pullen was dispatched to in-vestigate a man stranded in the city. Once he found the wandering man, Pullen took the time to learn about his situation.

That can happen to any of us on any given day, said Mitch Autrey, KPD corporal and shift supervisor. Every-thing we have and enjoy is a blessing, and if theres some-one out there less fortunate, pass on that blessing.

As it turned out, the man Pullen talked with was homeless and traveling to Houston. Originally, he was

Kilgore resident Connie Adams caught a pic-ture of smoke billowing out of the ship during the crippling engine room blaze.

All Ashore

Wearily, wearily, wearily, wearily... Pretend it's just a dream.

COURTESY photos by CONNIE ADAMS

Passengers aboard the Carnival Triumph cruise ship await a relief helicopter days after a fire crippled the vessel early Sunday morning.

Kilgore residents home after long ordeal aboard Triumph

Officers lend helping hand to homeless,stranded man

'Trash Lady' seeslitter situationsteadily improve

See HELPING HANDS, Page 5A

See TRASH LADY, Page 3A

Premiere of Food Network's 'Impossible' episode featuring Nanny Goat's makeover set Wednesday

See NANNY GOAT'S, Page 5A


Perhaps spending extra time on a cruise isnt what its cut out to be.

Kilgore local Connie Adams boarded Carnival Triumph with numerous friends and her mother a group of nine in total headed off for a pleasant trip to Cozumel, Mex-ico and back. This was Adams sixth cruise. All seemed to be going as planned until early Sunday morning.

We left from Galveston on Thursday, Feb. 7 and we were supposed to return Monday, Adams said. Early Sunday, there was a call for alpha crew to the engine room. I went up to check outside and see if I could see anything. I noticed lots of smoke coming from the back of the ship.

Rather than freak everyone out, I got my camera and got pictures.

A fire in the ships engine room left the Triumph strand-ed in the ocean with more than 3,000 passengers and 1,000 crew members. Fire sprinklers were triggered on the first few floors, those in cabins on the lower floors were

See CRUISE, Page 3A

KilGogh art exhibition and wine tasting set March 30 downtown... SEE PAGE 1B

SPORTSPAGE 8A SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2013

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should be directed to the sports editor [email protected]

ONLINEONLINE NOWNOW::Kilgore College basketball teams split with Trinity

Valley on Wednesday, and will host Paris today at 4;we take a look at KCs place in the RXIV standings.

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LOCAL SPORTS IN BRIEFBASEBALLKBBA registration under way

Registration for the upcoming season of the Kilgore BoysBaseball Association continues today at the parks on HarrisStreet from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

Other registration dates are Friday, Feb. 22, from 5 p.m.until 9 p.m.; and Saturday, Feb. 23 from 9 a.m. until 4.

Registration is $100 for players ages five through 14. Try-outs and the draft will be March 2. All players moving up to anew field or that didnt play next year will need to be at try-outs. For more information, see the KBBAs Facebook page.

SOFTBALLTwo KC players honored

Kilgore College softball players Laura Martinez and AlexAguilar have been named the Region XIV Conference playersof the week in the last two weeks.

Martinez is a sophomore from Rosenberg, and was namedto the honor the week of Feb. 5. In that week, she went 17-of-28 at the plate (batting .607 as the lead-off hitter) with 7 RBIand was 2-for-2 in stolen base attempts. This week, Aguilarwon the honor; so far shes 8-for-16, stole three bases, scoredthree times and reached on an error once.

The Rangers are on the road for a while. Theyre in actionthis weekend at the McLennan Community College Tourna-ment in Waco. Monday, they visit the University of Texas atTyler to play the schools junior varsity at a doubleheader (be-ginning with game one at 4 p.m.), and Wednesday, they playat Grayson County College in Sherman, a doubleheader start-ing at 1. The Rangers (2-9 overall this season) will returnhome on Monday, Feb. 27 to play McLennan.

KYSA registration continuesThe next sign-up day for the spring season of the Kilgore

Youth Softball Association (KYSA) Tuesday, from 11 a.m. un-til 4 at the concession stand at the complex on Highway 135.

The final day of registration is next Friday, Feb. 22, at thesame location, from 4 p.m. until 9. There wont be a late reg-istration this year.

Sign-up fees are $80 for the first player from a family. A sec-ond player from the same family would be $75, and a thirdfor $70. Girls ages three through 16 and boys ages threethrough six are allowed to play. Birth certificates are requiredfor T-ball players only.

For more information see kilgoresoftbal.net, or [email protected].

BY SPORTS EDITOR MITCH LUCAS

HIGH SCHOOL BASEBALL / SOFTBALL

Bulldogs open Monday at PT; Lady Dogs home TuesdayBy MITCH LUCAS

[email protected]

Spring feels a little closer with theopening week of Kilgore HighSchools baseball and softball teams.

The baseball Bulldogs, coachedby Charles Presley, officially opensits 2013 season Monday night atPine Tree at 6:30 p.m.

The Bulldogs preseason scrim-mages have been plagued by rain,but they do have a busy first week.

After opening at former district ri-val PT on Monday, theyll play inthe Rose Classic in Tyler next week-end. Kilgore plays a doubleheaderThursday. The Dogs will faceCarthage in game five of the event,a 4:45 p.m. start at Mike CarterField in Tyler. Theyll also play ingame six, the final game of the dayon Thursday, against host teamTyler Lee at 7 p.m.

KHS only plays one game on Fri-day, again the final game of the day,

a 7 p.m. start against Lufkin Hud-son. On Saturday at 12:15 p.m., theBulldogs wrap up their portion ofthe tournament against Hallsville.

The first home game for the Dia-mond Dogs is Tuesday, Feb. 26against Texas High, here at DrillerPark.

The Oil Belt Classic Tournamentis scheduled for Feb. 28 throughMarch 2. Participating along withKilgore in the OBC this year arePT, Nacogdoches, Tyler Lee, Queen

City, Carthage, Hallsville and Pleas-ant Grove. The schedule is on theKISD website, www.kisd.org, in thebaseball section.

The KHS softball program wasopening its season this weekend in atournament at Lufkin HudsonHigh School.

The Lady Bulldogs are nowcoached by former KHS standoutCheyenne Savony, and are sched-uled to host West Rusk, Savonysformer team, here at Stream-Flo

Field on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m., varsi-ty only.

Next weekend, the Lady Dogswill play in the annual Longviewtournament at Lear Park.

Both Kilgores varsity and JV wereto play in the tournament at Hud-son, and will do so again in theLongview tournament. Kilgores JVopens the tourney at Longviewagainst Queen City Thursdaymorning at 10. Varsity will take onTexas High on field 2 at 2 p.m.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

KHS girls win in OT;Dogs win in shootout

By MITCH [email protected]

The showdowns between Klgore and Hallsville in boysand girls soccer turned out to be every bit as close as manythought.

Kilgores girls, ranked 13th in the state, kept up theirwinning ways, edging Hallsville 1-0 in overtime. MakyliaAustin scored off an assist from Sarah Mendenhall for thegame-winner.

The Lady Bulldogs are 10-2-2 overall, 2-0 in district andwere to play at Pine Tree Friday night. They visit SpringHill Tuesday.

Coach Aaron Ericksons Bulldogs also beat Hallsville,but in a shootout. Jose Rico scored the game-winner forKilgore in the shootout; goalie J.D. Perales saved the sec-ond shooter to prevent Hallsville from scoring.

Kilgores boys were to host PT Friday, and will hostSpring Hill on Tuesday.

HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL / CLASS 1A PLAYOFFS

Cayuga beats Lady Mustangs; boys win finaleBy J.M. JONES

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Unfortunately, the playoff run was ashort one for the Overton High Schoolgirls basketball team.

The Lady Mustangs got 14 pointsfrom sophomore Heather Raney early,but Cayuga was able to get things ingear and win, 65-54, in the bi-districtround of the UIL Class 1A playoffs onTuesday at Floyd Wagstaff Gymnasium,on the campus of Tyler Junior College.

Raney helped give Overton a 14-13

lead at the end of the first quarter, andJamesia Young hit a free throw beforethe half, but Cayuga took a 25-19 leadinto the locker room.

The Wildcats stretched their lead to42-28 by the end of the third, and al-though Overton rallied a bit, it wasCayuga that came up with the win, their20th of the season.

Raney finished with 24 points, andteammate Abby Mackey, a TJC signee,added 10. Young had nine, SavannahBobbitt seven, Shamanna Adkins two,and Nekia Chappell and Sydney Hardin

each had one.Overton finished 21-10 overall. Cayu-

ga moves on to play Chilton. Overton boys: The Mustangs played

their last game of the 2012-13 seasonearlier this week, holding off archrivalCarlisle, 53-50.

Overtons K.J. Luster was the topmarksman of the game, with 21 points.Jamal Kelly finished with 17. NeilBrowne sank seven, Damion Dennisfour, and Ryan Gonzales and C.J. Longtwo each. Overton finished the season13-12, 6-6 in District 21-1A.

ELDER PERFORMS IN LONDON

Courtesy photo

Shelby Elder of Kilgore (above), featured twirlerfor the Stephen F. Austin State University Lum-berjack Marching Band, performed with theband at the New Years Day Parade in London,England. The event was telecast liev in the UKand seen by as many as 280 million viewers.Congratulations, Shelby!

HIGH SCHOOL TENNIS

Kilgore finishes fourthin own 16-team event


Playing at sites in Kilgore and Longview, Kilgore HighSchools annual 16-team tournament concluded Thursdaynight after 310 matches were completed in about 12 hours,KHS head coach Jason Maroney said.

I was pretty happy with how smoothly things went,Maroney said. All the teams seemed to have enjoyed it.

Matches were played at courts at KHS, Longview HighSchool, Pine Tree, and LeTourneau University. Kilgore fin-ished fourth overall behind Longview, Center, and Nacog-doches. Other participating teams were Bullard, CentralHeights, Corsicana, Gladewater, Henderson, Lindale, Mar-shall, Pine Tree, Spring Hill, Van, Whitehouse and WillsPoint.

Kilgore will host All-Saints Tuesday right after school, andhosts Palestine and Tatum in a tri-match after school next Fri-day. There is also a junior varsity tournament here next week.

Results from the 16-team event: Sabrina Barnfield and Grace Whitfield of Kilgore earned

third in girls A doubles with a 6-1, 7-5 win over a team fromSpring Hill. Barnfield and Whitfield won a pair of matchesover PT (8-1) and Bullard (6-0, 6-0) before losing to eventualtourney second-place team Cassell and Crowley of Center, 6-7 (6), 6-4, 7-10. We beat that team in the Eastman Tourna-ment two weeks ago, Maroney noted.

Kilgores team of Autria Compton and Beatriz Amarowon the girls B doubles. Compton, rebounding from a footinjury in the fall, and Amaro won four matches, beating aHenderson team, 8-2, a Spring Hill team, 6-1, 6-1, a teamfrom Lindale, 6-7(4), 6-2, 10-3, and a team from Center, 6-2,6-3, in the finals.

Kilgores Bryn Heil finished 10th overall in the boys A sin-gles, getting a pair of wins over Daniel Wiggins of Lindale (8-3) and Spring Hills Waylon McFadden (8-5).

Kilgores Evan Knutsen finished seventh in boys B singles.Knutsens two wins were over Marshalls Matt Bender (8-0)and Bullards Sal Gluliano (8-3).

Jessica Stokes of KHS finished 12th in girls A singles, in-cluding an 8-4 win over Skye Tolber of Marshall.

Kilgores Sherry Huerta finished 15th in girls B singles, in-cluding a win over PTs Hannah Puckett (4-0, default).

The boys No. 1 doubles team of Takashi Thomas and San-jit Lanka finished fourth in the boys A doubles, losing thethird place match to the Nac team of Tanhui and Ramos, 5-7,6-4, 10-7. Thomas and Lanka lost two third-set tiebreakers.Two of their wins were over teams from Marshall, 8-1, andWills Point, 6-2, 6-3.

The KHS team of Nash Best and Agustin Serafin also losta third-place match, 6-0, 6-4 in boys B doubles. Best and Ser-afin finished fourth, including an 8-3 victory over a teamfrom Bullard and a 6-1, 8-3 win over a Van team.

In mixed doubles action, Kilgores team of Megan Poe andCorey Tidwell finished 11th in mixed doubles A division, in-cluding an 8-6 win over a team from PT and another 8-6 winover a Van team.

In the mixed doubles B, Kilgores Jessica Cabrera andWilliam Muir finished fifth, getting three wins in the tourna-ment: 8-5 over a team from Corsicana, 8-3 over a Bullardteam, and 8-6 over a duo from Wills Point.

KHS DUO ACADEMIC ALL-STATE; PLAYOFFS START NEXT WEEK Photo by MITCH LUCASKilgore basketballseniors HectorPeralez (left) and SethWilliams were namedto the Texas HighSchool CoachesAssociation AcademicAll-State team. Sethwas named to theElite team, and Hectorto the second team (infootball, as well). Toachieve this honor,the boys have to excelin GPA, class rankingand ACT/SAT tests.Both will join Kilgorein its playoff run,which will begin earlynext week. See kilgorenewsherald.comMonday to see whom,where and when.

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It wont cost an arm, a leg or an ear: the 2013 Kilgore Arts Festival, KilGogh, is taking shape for March 30, celebrat-ing Vincent van Goghs 160th birthday while hosting local and visiting artists as well as a handful of East Texas vintners.

A joint art exhibition, sale and auction, the event will feature classical entertain-ment in the Kilgore History & Arts Center (the old Post Office) along with heavy hors doeuvres and samples of lo-

cally-produced wines. A fundraiser for downtown

historical renovation projects and future art events, the in-augural arts festival has been more than a year in the plan-ning first developed as a sprawling festival covering the Kilgore Main Street Program district, manager Clara Chaffin

says that larger celebration is still a few years down the road.

Its a great idea, and its got a great vision. But we just have to make sure that its also fea-sible, she explained.

Trimming down the original concept in favor of a more in-

CHITCHAT CORNERLINDA K. BALLARD

Let mecall you

sweetheartThere was a slight twist added

to this years eighth annual Sweetheart luncheon hosted by Wilbur Yates, Donna Beets and Dachelle Faber of Edward Jones Investments quite to the surprise of the ladies who have attended previously.

Oh, yes, the food at Mead-owbrook is still just as good as

past years; the decora-tions getting prettier with each pass-ing of the year and as always, Wil-bur hand delivering single roses to each of

the ladies made Valentines Day special for this group.

But, this year, Wilbur was joined by Attorney Tom Watson of Phillips & Watson. Knowing most of them, Tom seemed quite at ease sitting in the midst of thirty-one ladies waiting on him to give a helpful talk on loving your children in the way of pro-viding them with adequate wills, power of attorneys and updated legal advice.

And though Tom attempted to take roses away from the ladies at the beginning of his presenta-tion, he redeemed himself by the end of it to where the room was a buzz with conversation from the women commenting to him and each others on hardships they had learned from past legal mistakes.

In attendance to this lun-cheon was Donnas Aunt Erma Aldridge from Arkansas who proudly remained standing as being the only one in the room over the age of ninety. Donnas mother, Ola Hooper also partici-pated in the age game of chance at winning the centerpieces from the tables.

IN CONJUNCTION TO this Valentine luncheon, the First La-dies of Kilgore were also holding a luncheon in which had some desiring to remove the divided wall so all could participate with each others activities.

LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART was just one of the songs led by Melynda Keenon and family during the crowning of King Gary Lunsford and Queen Helen Fette at Kilgo-re Health & Rehab after the coronation Thursday afternoon.

A WORD PLEASE JUNE CASAGRANDE

Most of what you think you know about grammar is wrong.

Thats the title of a recent Smithsonian magazine article by Pa-tricia T OConner and Stewart Kellarman. Its also destined to be my first tattoo.

Just about every week, I spend several hours explaining to people that

some beloved teacher, parent or grandparent pumped their heads full of hogwash. As a result, much of what they think they know about grammar is wrong. A tattoo say-ing as much would help me dispense with the long explanations. Then my listeners

could more quickly move on to

the business of shooting the mes-senger.

OConner and Kellarmans article debunks supposed rules against splitting infinitives, end-ing sentences with prepositions and beginning sentences with conjunctions, especially and. As so many people were taught in the 1950s and 60s, these are wrong, wrong and wrong. But in fact, these prohibitions are just long-time superstitions. Theyre not

true today, and they never were. My best guess is that these pro-

hibitions started out as writing suggestions that work quite well in certain situations. Then a gen-eration of control freaks decided to tell kids these were absolute rules, even though they werent.

OConner and Kellarman made that clear, but they only scratched the surface. Bad grammar infor-

When your right is wrong

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"City of Starry

Nights" by local artist

Lanea Cope will be

auctioned March 30

with other pieces

illustrating KilGogh's

mixed theme of Vincent van Gogh

and Kilgore.

Art, wine event a 'Gogh' for March 30

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LIFESTYLESSATURDAYFEBRUARY 16, 2013 SECTION BCONTACT US

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The Kilgore Garden Club met in the home of Joy Tate on Feb. 7. Jean Robertson served as co-hostess.

President Joy Tate called the meeting to order and Pam Tannehill read the Gardeners Prayer.

Kay Yates encouraged all members to attend the an-nual Valentines Party the club gives for the residents of the Kilgore Health and Re-hab Center on February 14.

In March the meet-ing will be a joint meeting with the Evergreen Garden Club held in the family room at the First Christian Church. Members signed up to bring refreshments and Pam Tannehill volunteered to do the table centerpiece.

The April meeting will be a trek to Hidden Gardens in Bullard.

Cynthia Adams presented a slate of new officers for the coming year. Caroll Bolton will serve as the clubs presi-dent with Peggy Bowne as first vice president. Martha Lee will be second vice presi-dent and Darlene Bingham, the new recording secretary. Other offices will include Jean Robertson as corre-sponding secretary; Alice Lowery, treasurer; Melynda Kennon, historian; and Joy Tate, parliamentarian. Cynthia Adams recognized members who brought hor-ticulture. Jean Robertson an-nounced that we would again present an award to business

areas for the most improved landscaping or restora-tion. This month that award goes to Morrison Supply. Peggy Bowne gave a delight-ful program on birds. She

selected four different spe-cies. The first being an all time favorite, the cardinal, so named because of its bright red color, being the same as the vests worn by the cardi-

nals of the Catholic Church. The blue bird is a joy for all bird lovers because of its love-ly song and pretty blue color. The woodpecker is so in-teresting with many dif-

ferent species. It is re-ported to peck from 8,000 to 12,000 times per day. The hummingbird is popu-lar and fun to watch around the bird feeder. Some inter-esting facts: cannot walk or hop on its feet, flaps it wings from 50-200 times per second, and heart beats 1200 beats per minute. Life expectancy is from 3-12 years so those humming-birds at your feeder could possibly be the same from year to year.

The meeting was ad-journed and members met at the Morrison Supply to give the award for most im-proved.

Members attending were: Cynthia Adams, Darlene Bingham, Caroll Bolton, Peggy Bowne, Melynda Keenon, Martha Lee, Alice Lowery, Dolores Meyers, Jean Robertson, Pam Tanne-hill, Joy Tate, and Kay Yates.

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timate arts kick-off gala for Spring 2013, the Kilgore Arts Festival Committee is recruit-ing local and out-of-area art-ists for the event to give guests more to see and purchase in multiple mediums paint-ing, photography, sculpture, drawing and graphic arts.

Funded by a $4,500 Ho-tel Occupancy Tax alloca-tion, the KilGogh committee members are eager to draw local residents and artists while also inviting out-of-area guests and artists to put heads in beds that weekend and increase local tourism.

We have several hundred contacts we think would be interested in attending or be-coming an artist at the event, Chaffin noted.

The evening will also in-clude auctions of original works donated by the fea-tured artists and illustrating the festivals theme, van Gogh and Kilgore, the City of Stars.

Theres no other communi-ty that can use the KilGogh moniker, Chaffin said, and the arts commitee has em-braced van Goghs sunflowers motif and his famous Starry Nights painting, re-making it into a uniquely-Kilgore piece, City of Starry Nights by local artist Lanea Cope.

Its all part of the com-mitetes goal, Chaffin ex-plained, to craft a signature, arts-oriented event that will become an annual celebra-tion for the Kilgore commu-nity.

We dont want to duplicate what the surrounding com-munities are doing. Longview has established art programs. Tyler has established art pro-grams. To try to put on an art program like they do, we would just be competing with the large population, she explained. KilGogh is different. Its a one-evening event. Its focused on a small number of artists gathered in one spot. Its more of a gala versus something you would attend just because you hap-pen to be downtown.

Its definitely more focused

than any other art thing weve done downtown.

Though the event focuses on art, the wine tasting-draw is new for downtown Kilgo-re, as well. Multiple events throughout the year include wine, beer and spirits in their offerings, but this is the first to Chaffins knowledge lo-cally to embrace the East Tex-as wine industry and bring it to Kilgore.

This is also an experi-ment, Chaffin added, with other wine-related events already being discussed for 2013 and beyond. I know there are other people that want to put on a full wine fes-tival sometime in downtown Kilgore. This is also a great chance for us to test that and see how many people would be interested in doing a wine tasting or a wine event down-town.

You never know until you try how something is going to be received. Were really excited about that, having the wine.

Tickets for the event are $75 per person, including ad-mission, wine samples, food and more. Featured artists pay $25 per reserved space in addition to the donated piece and 10 percent of reve-nues. All proceeds benefit the Downtown Historic Theater Renovation Fund, the reno-vation of the old Post Office for use by Kilgore Historical Preservation Foundation as the Kilgore History & Arts Center and also the 2014 Kilgore Arts Festival.

The multiple beneficiaries, especially the two focusing

on historic preservation, help the new event accomplish another goal of the Main Street Programs four-point approach, Chaffin said: eco-nomic restructuring.

Being able to renovate those buildings downtown means well eventually be able to bring more money into downtown, she explained.

Catering for the event will be provided by Kilgore Col-leges Culinary Arts Program. The students in the new class, based at Longview ISD, are learning the intricacies of preparing and presenting fine cuisine, instructor Kat Jackson said, and the upcom-ing event will coincide with the hors doeuvres portion of their curricular.

Interested artists can re-quest an application packet (by e-mailing [email protected]) or can down-load it directly from the Kilgore News Heralds Web site via tinyurl.com/ArtistAp-plication.

To purchase a ticket for the event, call Chaffin at City Hall at 903-984-5081. For more information, follow KilGogh on Facebook, sign up for the event at tinyurl.com/KilGogh or log on to www.KilGogh.com in the coming weeks.

When anything that comes to the area were going to be terming the entertain-ment district, I get excited about it, Chaffin said. I think that its been planned very well. Its a scale we can handle. Im very excited to be there and see how things go.

mation isnt limited to this Big Three of linguistic ba-loney. It seems that every month Im gobsmacked to learn of some new myth.

Here, off the top of my head, are just a few of the grammar rules people have told me that they were taught.

You cant use healthy to mean healthful.

You cant use nauseous to mean nauseated.

You cant begin a sentence with it.

The word got is always wrong.

You cant say gradu-ate college. You must say graduate from college.

Its wrong to say I feel bad. You must say I feel badly. (On the contrary, I feel bad is the grammati-cal choice because feel in this sentence is whats called a copular verb and copular verbs take adjectives, not adverbs, as their comple-ments. Its the same reason you say I feel happy in-stead of I feel happily.)

Irregardless isnt a word.

Impact is not a verb, only a noun.

Hopefully means only in a hopeful manner. It cant be used to mean it is hoped or I hope that.

You cant say, More im-portantly. You must say instead More important.

You cant say, More im-portant. You must say in-stead, More importantly.

You cant use entitled to mean titled. (Confession: That was me. I misinter-preted a publishing style rule as a universal rule.)

Adverbs without their ly endings, as in Drive slow, are always wrong. (In fact, slow and many other adjectives also moonlight, quite correctly, as adverbs. Theyre called flat adverbs.)

You cant use disinterest-ed to mean uninterested.

Data always takes a sin-gular verb like is and nev-er a plural verb like are.

Data always takes a plu-ral verb like are and never a singular verb like is. (In fact, it can take either.)

All these supposed rules

-- along with others far too numerous to fit here -- are, quite simply, wrong. Why should you take my word for it? You shouldnt. Im not relying on my own authority here. Im research-ing what real authorities say. My sources, which I recommend keeping handy, include Websters New World College Dictionary, Merriam-Websters Col-legiate Dictionary, Garners Modern American Usage, Merriam-Websters Dic-tionary of English Usage, Fowlers Modern English Usage, and in some cases even Strunk and Whites The Elements of Style.

Enough time thumbing through guides like these proves that any grammar rule that begins with you cant or its wrong to should never be taken on faith.

(June Casagrande is the author of It Was the Best of Sentences, It Was the Worst of Sentences. She can be reached at [email protected])

KILGOGHContinued from Page 1B

KILGORE GARDEN CLUB

Robertson hostsFebruary meeting

Members quizzedon Mardi Gras facts

COTERIE CLUB

Coterie Club met Jan. 24 at the home of Deedy Adams. Maryanne Harris and Jan Wylie were co-hostesses.

Adams home was beautifully decorated for Mardi Gras. As each member arrived, they were given a Mardi Gras mask.

Adams presented the program L Esprit du Mardi Gras. She gave a history off Mardi Gras and then asked questions. The first member to answer correctly was given a necklace of beads. At the end of the program, she person who had the most beads received a prize. Margaret Martin and Cristi Langley tied for first place. Betty Mobley and Janie Ed-monds also received prizes.

Martin read the Club Collect.Members attending were Cynthia Adams, Deedy Adams,

Wanda Bittick, Helen George Bolt, Pat Boyd, Margaret Cibele, Janie Edmonds, Karlene Gunn, Maryanne Harris, Cristi Langley, Margaret Martin, Carolyn Martin, Brenda Maxwell, Kathe Miller, Diane Miller, Betty Mobley, Nina Nichols, Helen Padgett, Francye Phillips, Joy Tate, Kay Yates, Tine Zapata and Jean McLaurin.

Preceptor Nu Tau Chap-ter of Beta Sigma Phi met in the home of Ken and Pam Merritt on Monday, Febru-ary 4, 2013 for the regular monthly meeting.

A Valentine dinner, pre-pared and served by host and hostess Ken and Pam Merritt and daughter Cas-cey, was the highlight of the evening. Tall crystal candle-sticks glowed with red Val-entine candles and sweet scented roses welcomed the membership to the glorious banquet table. Cascey, in her Valentine apron, served the dinner with a cheerful smile and gracious manner. The gourmet meal featured beet soup garnished with a sour cream heart, followed by grilled tenderloin, gar-

lic mashed potatoes, cheese popovers and steamed green beans with bacon. To top off a more than perfect meal, members were treated to cherry crme tarts, which left everyone glowing and knowing that they were the Valentine sweethearts of the evening.

The party progressed to the den for the Valentine gift exchange. Chef Ken and Chef Assistance Cascey were given thank you gifts and many warm words of ap-preciation for their kindness in preparing and serving the evenings dinner.

Cynthia Clark, the 2012 Valentine Sweetheart, an-nounced that Pam Mer-ritt is the 2013 Valentine Sweetheart, and presented

her with a beautiful wall cross for her home. Those with February birthdays were recognized and given gifts from their secret sisters. Next, secret sister Valentine gifts were exchanged, which always brings cheers and laughter. As the glorious evening came to an end, Pat Gardner reminded everyone that next months meeting, March 4th, will be at her home, with Pam Merritt presenting the program.

Members enjoying the wonderful evening were Bet-ty Clark, Cynthia Clark, Pat Gardner, Grace Green, Mary Lewis, Debra Maxwell, Pam Merritt, Mary Kathryn Montgomery, Jody Philley, Colleen Randel, and Mary Alice Taylor.

Members choose Valentine's king and queenJOYMAKERS

The Joymakers declared Reo Cal-ender and Irene Reid as King and Queen at their Valentine meeting on Feb. 12. The King and Queen were presented with crowns, red and white roses and a large box of candy.

Lee Reid welcomed everyone be-fore Harold Ray Guin gave the invo-cation. Barbara Lewis and Jo Pickett had the tables looking pretty with white tablecloths and red roses in bud vases. A table of special young la-dies was selected to be the first to go thru the serving line. A large variety of all sorts of food was enjoyed by all.

Thank you cards were acknowl-edged from members who had lost loved ones recently. Craig Adams shared a devotion about the impor-tance of the heart physically and spiritually. After prayer requests were heard, J C Bearden led the group in a prayer. The Joymakers were proud to have Preston & Pat Sistrunk as well

as Doris Snow back. Pat Monk was popping up everywhere with a cam-era trying to get those one of a kind snap shots.

Sue Clements introduced Terri Jones, a Kilgore girl, as the enter-tainer for the program. Mrs. Jones shared her talent of singing some of Southern gospel as well as bluegrass favorites. She even put in a love song for Valentine.

Attending were Ruth Rice, Wayne Holland, Travis & LaWana Fried, Pat 7 Marti Monk, Regina Henley, Gay Huff, James & Iwana Keith, chuck & Vernie Kunkel, Betty Lee, Sammie & Barbara Lewis, Jewel Matlock, Louise McKinney, Laverne Mercer, Dorothy Mitchell, Jo Pickett, Irene Reid, lee & Sylvia Reid, Ronny Shaw, Helen Sinclair, Dale & Lawana Sistrunk, Preston & Pat Sistrunk, Doris Snow, Mike Spivey, Bebe Stone, Shirley Thedford, Carnell & Anne Waller,

Bill & Glenda Ward, Lee Ann War-ren, Patsy Whipple, and Harold El-lison.

Also at the meeting were Craig & Pat Adams, Howard Alexander, J C & Betty Bearden, Don & Betty Bonds, Johnnie Brewer, Forrest & Melba Burton, Richard & Margie Cain, Reo Calender, Johnny & Sue Cle-ments, Dwight & Beverly Dorminy, Eloise Duncan, Mary Jane Formby, Bobby Foster, Mark Fried, Howard & Bonne Gibson, and Harold Ray & Joanne Guin. Special guests were Billy & Terri Jones.

Before singing Blest Be the Tie as the benediction, mark Fried an-nounced that the Singing Men of East Texas will be at Forest Home Baptist Church on Thursday, Feb. 21 at 7 p.m. The public is invited. Joymakers next meeting is March 12 with soup and cornbread.

BETA SIGMA PHIPreceptor Nu chapter enjoys Valentine dinner

Kilgore Garden Club members pose at Morrison Plumbing, Appliances and Hardware, their February Improvement award winner.

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CONTCONTACT USACT USQuestions concerning area sports

should be directed to the sports editorat [email protected]

PPAGE 9:AGE 9:Several local high school senior football players

will participate in the annual Heart of AChampion Bowl this summer in Tyler.

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HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYOFFS

Run begins for KHS,ends for Lady Cards

JUNIOR COLLEGE BASKETBALL

KC men beat Paris for fourth straight win; ladies fall againBy MITCH LUCAS

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It appears coach BrianHoberechts Kilgore College mensbasketball team is determined tobe one of the top two seeds in theupcoming Region XIV Conferencetournament.

The Rangers just keep on win-ning. KC held off Paris, 65-56, onSaturday night here at MastersGym. That gives the Rangers a 22-4 overall record, 12-4 in confer-ence play, and their fourth straight

win. They havent lost since a tripto conference-leading Navarroback on Jan. 30.

The Rangers visit Bossier Parishtonight, a 7 p.m. tipoff, and thenhost Navarro in a huge game onSaturday afternoon at 4.

Against Paris, KC didnt shoot allthat well, hitting just 17-of-49shots. But Paris shot worse (16-of-59) and had 16 turnovers, whichled to 15 KC points. KC got 33from its bench and was able toscore down low, getting 14 pointsin the paint area (compared to just

two by the Dragons).Three Rangers scored in double

figures: sophomore Lonnie Mc-Clanahan, who led with 16 points;and Erick Diouf and Maurice Tay-lor, who each had 11. QuintonUpshur chipped in eight; NardiBogues had six; Chinedu Amajoyihad four; and Matt Gamberoni,Kalif Wright and Michael Eneheach had three.

Bogues had seven rebounds andfive assists. Diouf had nine re-bounds. McClanahan had six. Up-shur was a shot-blocking monster

he had five blocks.For Paris, Antonio Arnold led

with 12 points, and Mike Harmonhad 11.

Paris 47, KC 33 (women): TheLady Rangers had better be careful theyve lost three straight sincerouting Tyler Junior College backon Feb. 6, and have three consecu-tive road games to turn the tide: atBlinn in Brehnam tonight at 5:30;at Jacksonville on Saturday at 4p.m.; and at TJC next Wednesday,Feb. 27.

KC had an off shooting night,

hitting only 14-of-65 shots (21percent) and went 0-for-15 inthree point shots. They took only10 free throw shots and hit half ofthem. And they never led Paris theentire game.

The only player to hit doublefigures in scoring for KC againstthe Lady Dragons was Bryan na-tive Amanda Lawson, who finishedwith 11. Victoria Billingsley andTanisha Winston each had sixpoints. Kierra Phipps had four.

HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER

KHS, PT bittersweet,as district foes split


The district schedule is al-ways a grind, and KilgoreHigh Schools girls hit thevalley in that journey on Fri-day night.

The Lady Bulldogs, whohad been riding high on a10-game streak without aloss, suffered just that atPine Tree Friday, a 5-0 de-feat that dropped Kilgore to2-1 in district play.

(Editors note: AlthoughKilgore is a Class 3A schooland Pine Tree in 4A, they re-main in the same district be-cause 3A schools that havesoccer in Texas must playup with 4A programs).

Kilgore, coached byAmanda Farmer, was to playanother road game Tuesdayat Spring Hill, and will hostCarthage at 5:15 p.m. Fri-day.

Kilgores boys soccer teamhosted Pine Tree here atR.E. St. John Memorial Sta-dium on Friday night, andbeat the Pirates, 2-0. Christ-ian Perales and Jose Ricoscored for the Bulldogs, whowill also be home againstCarthage on Friday (varsityonly), following the girlsgame.

Kilgores boys are unbeat-en so far in district play, andare attempting to win thedistrict championship for afourth straight season.

Courtesy photo from Kilgore High School

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