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THEPACERTuesday, Nov. 24, 2015 www.angelina.edu Vol. 47, No. 6

AC business major Felicia Spikes looks at the “Missing Man” veterans’ display in the Student Center on Veterans Day. The display is in remembrance of those soldiers missing in action or prisoners of war signifying that there will always be a place for them. The manner the table is set has special meaning. Some of those include: the round table showing our everlast-ing concern for our missing soldiers, a slice of lemon on the bread plate to remind us of the bitter fate of those captured and missing in a foreign land, a pinch of salt to symbolize the tears endured by those missing and their families who seek answers and the Bible representing the strength gained through faith to sustain those lost from our country, founded as one nation under God.

ABG inducts 30

They have resided in the memories of anyone who saw those men and women play, but now groups of former Roadrunners and Lady Road-runners will have a permanent presence on the campus where they began their collegiate ca-reers.

Angelina College on Satur-day, Nov. 7 inducted several teams and players into the col-lege’s new Hall of Fame now in place inside Shands Gymna-sium.

In addition to the HOF in-ductions, AC recognized two long-standing members of the athletic programs, including Cecil Ferguson, the first bas-ketball coach at AC, and Ken Roland, who was the team’s official bus driver, scorebook keeper and scoreboard opera-tor for more than 20 years.

With ceremonies taking place throughout the entire Roadrunner Reunion/Alumni Day, the inaugural inductees included the following:

Kassie James, Lady Road-runner softball (2014-2015) – James was a two-time Na-tional Fastball Coaches As-sociation All-American who led the AC softball team to the 2014 National Junior College Athletic Association Division I National Championship, AC’s first national title in any sport. James also ended her AC ca-reer having set six school re-cords for batting.

See Hall of Fame p. 5

Angelina College’s Rho Al-pha Chapter of Alpha Beta Gamma, business honor soci-ety, inducted 30 new members into its ranks on Sunday, Nov. 15.

The fall inductees include Ana Acosta, Frank Emerson Alamo, Debbie Barlow, Twani-sha Bennett, Cody Bynog, Martin Chavez, Darrel De-graw, Darlene Fike, Jamie Full-er, Robbin Gibson, Brandley Henly, Timorthy Hollis, Chris Inman, Daniel Jaramillo and William Shane Kolb.

Also inducted were Paul Lane, Aldo Carlos Luna, Les-lie Morales, Kay Moye, Jes-sica Musick, Mahir Patrel, Eva Girod-Pecoraro, Sofia Reyes, Umeko Rodriguez, Britney Ross, Guadalupe Sandoval, Pe-dro Tinajero-Ayala, Benjamin Williams and Stacey Woods.

Keith New, AC business in-structor and faculty adviser for ABG, welcomed attendees and introduced the speaker, Gene Lee, CEO of Lee Transervices, a local finance and risk man-

agement business for trans-portation.

Lee told the inductees they will learn much information vital to business through their education.

The two most important business principles to learn to be successful, according to Lee, are people matter more than money and character counts.

“Integrity is a marketable quality on the streets,” Lee said, that became a quality for success after the collapse of Enron in 2001.

He also told the inductees they are the kind of people his company hires – driven, deter-mined over-achievers.

Steve Hudman, AC dean of student services, charged the inductees to continue their standard of excellence.

Rho Alpha Chapter Presi-dent Christina Miller and member Micaela Chehade participated in the ceremony.

The ideals of Alpha Beta Gamma include scholarship, leadership and cooperation.

Photo by Devan HadnotAngelina College Lady Roadrunner basketball team members from 2003-2004 were inducted Nov. 7 into the new Hall of Fame with current head coach Byron Coleman, left, and former head coach Dwan Coleman, right.

AC establishes Hall of Fame

Mihir Patel, a newly inducted member of Alpha Beta Gamma, lights a candle during the induction ceremony on Sunday, Nov. 9.

Photo by Devan HadnotTwo Angelina College students – Ian Cox, a political science major, and Katlynn Oleinik, a sound recording major – protested on campus in front of the Science and Math Building on Thursday, Nov. 12. They were protesting for free tuition, cancellation of all student debt and a pay raise of $15 an hour for all classified staff and student workers. Rain stopped several other students from participating, but their actions were a part of a nationwide march brought together by an online movement titled Million Student March.

Angelina College thanks the following students for participating during the SACS-COC On-Site Reaffirmation Committee visit

Business Division Students:Joseph AfolabiEva Picoraro GirodUmeko Rodriguez

Fine Arts Division Students:Bethany BaldwinAndy LanderosJordan BuckleyOmar Al-MahmeedLottie Nolan

Technology and Workforce Division Students:Wesley GarciaMinnie MartinElizabeth DeLaCruzSteve OlivarezEddy C. Rown

Liberal Arts Division Students:Christina Johnson Robert HurtDeana JonesShane TolmasoffJasmine Gonzales

Science & Mathematics Division Students:Daisha BrownJames ParryFord Jakob SprinkleDaniel Paul Stringer

Health Careers Division Students:Nikki BirdwellReshonda KeysTiara JohnsonJames McCainClarisa Venegas

Happy Holidays

News2 The Pacer Angelina College Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015

AngelinaCollege

Connections

Every Monday-Bible study at theBSM, 7 p.m.

Every Tuesday-Free lunch at BSM 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

November

24 - Thanksgiving holiday

27 - Roadrunner basketball vs. Tom-

ball, 7 p.m.

28 - Roadrunner basketball vs. Cedar

Valley, 4 p.m.

30 - Classes resume

December

3 - 2nd Annual “Holiday, Hope and

Honor,” 7:30 p.m., Temple Theater

5 - Lady Roadrunner Basketball vs. Panola, 2 p.m. Roadrunner basketball vs. Panola, 4 p.m.

6 - “A Winter Concert with a Taste of

Christmas,” 2:30 p.m., Temple Theater

9 - Final exams

12 - Lady Roadrunner Basketball vs. Trinity Valley, 4 p.m.

21 - The Texas Tenors, Temple Theater

30 - Roadrunner Basketball vs McLennan, 7 p.m.

January

2 - Roadrunner Basketball vs. Tyler,

4 p.m.

6 - Lady Roadrunner Basketball vs. Paris, 6 p.m.

9 - Lady Roadrunner Basketball vs.

Bossier Parish, 2 p.m. Roadrunner Basketball vs. Bossier Parish, 4 p.m.

13 - Lady Roadrunner basketball vs.

Coastal Bend, 5:30 p.m.

Roadrunner basketball vs. Coastal Bend, 7:30

p.m.

18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday

19 - First class day for spring semester

Off-campusHappenings

Crockett Center

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By Jennifer HarveyReporter

Angelina College’s Crockett

Teaching Center announced Tamika Franklin as the Stu-dent of the Month for Novem-ber.

Franklin, 31, from Kings-ville, Texas, is a registered nursing major and says family is the most important influ-ence in her life.

“My two sons,” she said, “are the driving force to be the best I can be. As a role model for my sons, I need to teach them the importance of al-ways finishing what you start.”

Franklin thanks her mother for being her biggest sup-porter and teaching her the importance of a college educa-tion.

Franklin started AC in 2012 and will graduate in May

2016 with an associate degree in applied science and plans to continue her education at the University of Texas–Tyler.

“Don’t let anyone discour-age you and tell you it can’t be done,” she said. “As long as you want it, you can accom-plish your goals. Just believe in yourself.”

Tamika Franklin

By Nolan GreerReporter

The intolerance of uncer-tainty, consent forms and transgender were discussed at a psychology mini con-ference held Nov. 12 on the Angelina College campus by the psychology club, along with students from Stephen F. Austin State University.

The first segment of the conference discussed a possi-ble link between uncertainty and suicide and was lead by Michael Cortez and Brooke Bugni, SFASU graduate stu-dents.

The second segment, pre-sented by Kyle Ripley and Margaret Hance, SFASU graduate students, covered issues with participant under-standing of informed consent forms for studies.

Ripley and Hance used several examples from a study to illustrate their point. The study presented a test group with a slightly altered consent form to see who was actually reading the form. Only one participant in this study actually caught the mistakes in the form.

The third and final seg-ment was an audience discus-sion covering the broad topic transgender led by Robert Hurt and Deana Jones, AC students. The discussion fol-lowed the viewing of an epi-sode of “Steven Universe” and covered the prominent transgender issue.

All research was per-formed on the SFASU cam-pus.

Sponsor of the psychology club at AC is Benetha Jack-son.

Photo by Cheyenne WilsonTwo SFASU graduate students share their dissertation study at the psychology mini conference Nov. 12.

Psyche club hosts seminar

Dean of Student Services Steve Hudman, right, accepts a check for the student organizations from Dr. Robert Kistler, left, for $5 for every flu shot Kistler’s In and Out Clinic gave to AC students, faculty members and staff members. Helping to accept the check are Robert Hurt, member of the AC Psycho-logy Club and Bethany Baldwin, member of Phi Theta Kappa and the AC Press Club.

Photo by Devan Hadnot Dr. Scott Sosebee, executive director of the East Texas His-torical Society and assistant professor of history at SFASU, presented a lecture titled “Why History Matters: How Texas History Tells Us about Ourselves.” The lecture was sponsored by the AC Library and Instructional Media Committee.

Photo by Cheyenne WilsonJustice Lockett, sophomore, gives blood during the Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center’s drive on the AC campus Nov. 18 and 19. Veronica Rincones, phlebotomy supervisor for the blood center takes the blood.

AC Press photoSenior radiography program students celebrated National Radiologic Technology week Nov. 8-14. The week-long cele-bration calls attention to the important role medical imaging and radiation therapy professionals play in patient care and health care safety.

Photo by Cheyenne Wilson

Photo by Cheyenne WilsonTaylor LaGrange, AC softball team member, plays dodge ball during the tournament sponsored by AC S.P.E.A.K.S. Thurs-day, Nov. 12 in Shands Gymnasion.

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Across1. A circle to bring us together and shiny things to look pretty3. Whether given or received, almost always welcome6. Color of October and Thanksgiving10. You use me when your lights go out and when you sing your carols12. Use me to feel rich or blessed; on holidays and the olden days, I will adorn many

Down2. That feeling you get when you find your presents in your mother's closet4. Pioneers of a new world and a new holiday5. There are _____ days and principles of Kwanzaa7. I am good for your sleigh, bad for your car, and do not even mention me to Grandma.8. An American food type needed for every holiday9. The percentage of use of this word spikes on a certain Thursday11. A turkey simply cannot go without its insides13. That time on Christmas day when the children attack you and disturb your delightful sleep

1. A deck, desk.2. He was the coach of a professional ball team. The team's owner fired him because he was sick and tired of the team's dismal performance.3. Ill, a hill4. Tricky problems

Answers to riddles in last issue

Holiday Crossword

"They are inconvenient for some but good for overall. But I don't care." Roy Spotts General curriculum Jasper

"It makes the parking lot safer because there are some people who speed through here."

Tyanna BarlowGeneral businessLeggett

"They have their benefits. They give a rhythm to traffic that encourages cars to wait for people instead of people waiting for cars."

Judah JuarezGeneral curriculumHudson

"I think the speed bumps and stop signs prevent us from getting run over. I get scared crossing the street if there is no way to slow down oncoming traffic. It's a good thing."

Katie SimpersGeneral curriculumLufkin

What do you think about the new speed bumps and stop signs on campus?

By Nolan GreerReporter

When was the last time you went to an actual news web-site?

Yahoo, Washington Post, CNN, Fox, etc. are probably what comes to mind, but you would be wrong. When you go to a site, or a television chan-nel for that matter, that claims to report the news, you should be able to expect a few things: that the information is reliable; that what has been reported has not been skewed by poli-tics; and that information has been gathered to tell the story of all parties involved. That is what you should be able to ex-pect.

What you can actually ex-pect is that the source of the information is probably never mentioned, that everything you are reading is the work of a political mouthpiece and that the only side of a story you will read about is the one with which the author sympathizes.

Now, there is a time and a place for that kind of writing. It is called an opinion piece. The thing about an opinion piece is that it is supposed to be properly labeled so that no-body confuses it with fact.

If you will glance at the top of this page, you will notice the word opinion in large letter sitting above this article. That exists to let you know that this story exists solely to tell you how I feel about whatever top-ic is being discussed.

The issue I take with basi-cally every major news outlet is that every story they put up needs to have the word opin-ion above it in large letter like this one does because that is exactly what they are—how the writer feels about the topic.

If you want accurate infor-mation minus all the political nonsense, just use AFP, Agence France-Presse or Reuters, the only major ones that come to mind.

What news is good news?

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Arts and Entertainment4 The Pacer Angelina College Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2015

The Angelina College Swin-gin’ Roadrunner Jazz Band and the ACC Big Band brought their swinging, rocking sounds to AC’s Hudgins Hall for the annual fall festival of American music Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Director Larry Greer led the program with his musi-cians resurrecting selections from contemporary music and jazz standards. Greer, a music instructor for AC’s Fine Arts Division, assembles his unique blend of college musicians as each semester progresses, measuring their talents to see just where they fit into the Swingin’ Roadrunner Combo. He then showcases those tal-ents in fall and spring concerts that have become one of the area’s most popular musical attractions.

The jazz combo played clas-sic jazz standards arranged by

Greer for a small group setting. The set list included “Song for My Father” by H. Silver; “Killer Joe” by B. Golson; “Softly as a Morning Sunrise” by S. Rom-berg; “Autumn Leaves” by J. Kosma; “Tenor Madness” by S. Rollins; and “Samba de Orfeu” by L. Bonfa.

Combo performers inclu-de Max Vallejo from Lufkin on tenor saxophone; Jordan Linstrom from Huntington on bass; Stewart Haas from Hud-son on guitar; Ethan Landrum from Hudson on drum set; and Greer, AC music instruc-tor, on piano.

Greer also directed the ACC Big Band, featuring guest vocal-ist Valencia Edner, with the program including some of the following selections: “Blues Walk” by S. Stitt and arranged by Murtha; “In the Mood” by J. Garland and arranged by J.

Tyzik; “Bags Groove” by M. Jackson and arranged by J. Clayton; “Do Nothin’ Til You Hear from Me” by D. Elling-ton and arranged by D. Wolpe; and “Stormy Monday” by T.B. Walker and arranged by D. Holt.

Performing members of the ACC Big Band included Michael Parris and Corey House on alto saxophone; Dixon Shanks and Carly Hood on tenor saxophone; Bethe Girardi on baritone saxophone; Jeff Sorey, Robert Shanks and Lavan Watts on trombone; Jimmy Battle on bass trombone; Dwain For-sythe, Ricky Gay, Mel Miller and Justin Wood on trum-pet; Eric Chinn on piano; J.D. Salas on bass; Mark Saldana on drum set; and Greer on guitar.

For more information, con-tact the AC Fine Arts Division at 936-633-5233.

The Angelina College Cho-rale, along with friends and the East Texas Praise Symphony, will perform a concert titled “Holiday, Hope and Honor” on Thursday, Dec. 3 at 7:30 p.m. in Temple Theater.

The event will open with the East Texas Praise Sym-phony playing “Joy to the World Overture” arranged by Michael Lawrence.

The symphony will also play “Deck the Halls” arranged by Jeff Anderson, which includes a trumpet trio of Scott Wil-liams, Steven Brown and Stacy Perkins, and “Here’s to the Military” arranged by Russell Mauldin and Ana Watts.

The AC Chorale will sing “Christmas Kum Ba Ya” by Jay Althouse, “A Merry Carol of the Bells” arranged by Jay Rouse and “Sleep in Heav-enly Peace” arranged by Ruth Elaine Schram.

The East Texas Praise Sym-phony will accompany the AC Chorale on “Do You Hear What I Hear?” arranged by Robert Sterling, “Salute to our Fallen Heroes” arranged by Jay Rouse and Camp Kirkland, “God Bless America” arranged by Keith Christopher,” “Go Tell

It on the Mountain” arranged by Dan Goeller and “O Holy Night” by Adolphe Adam with a solo by soprano Carli Bynum,.

Also, “Jesus, Oh What a Wonderful Child” arranged by Mark Hayes and including a solo by soprano Keren Debose and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” arranged by Mark Hayes with a solo by alto Reshonda Keys.

Dr. Karen McBee, associate dean of the Fine Arts Division, along with Anna Harbuck, for-mer AC music student, will play the piano duet of “Sleigh Ride” arranged by Michael Edwards.

Billy and Dana Forrest, Micah and Sarah Shaffer, Irv and Jan Blackmon, Michael and Kelly Chissus and Bryan and Beckie Compton will sing “Holiday Romance” by Jay Alt-house.

Belinda Ross will play on the accordion a “Christmas Medley” arranged by her fol-lowed by “Baby, It’s Cold Out-side” by Frank Loesser sung as a duet by Haley Holcombe and Joshua Robinson.

A quartet of Sarah Shaffer, Kelly Chissus, Keren Debose

and Bethany Perez will sing “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy” arranged by Don Raye and Hughie Prince, and the local singing group Maranatha will sing the Christmas carol “O Come, O Come Emmanuel.”

Also, during the perfor-mance will be a presentation to veterans by AC speech instruc-tor Sabrina Collins.

The AC Chorale soprano section includes Sarah Barton, Carli Bynum, Mattie Fonten-berry, Christina Johnson, Jazai Lee, Shelby Perkinson, Kelly Chissus, Jan Blackmon, Keren Dubose, Tammy Oliver and Evelyn Walker.

The alto section includes Sarah Shaffer, LaQuisha Da-vis, Haley Holcomb, Justice Irvine, Tiara Powell, Reshonda Keys, Sandy Roberts, Alexia Morones-Sekino, Bethany Perez and Dana Forrest.

The tenor section includes Micah Shaffer, Joe Jones, Billy Forrest, Omar Al-Mahmeed, Matthew Oliver, Colin Wise, Michael Mendoza and Stacy Perkins.

The bass section include-Bryan Compton, Herb Black-mon, Jad O'Connor, Joshua Robinson and Ryan Harjo.

Chorale concert to honor veterans

Jumping jazz rocks in Hudgins Hall

Art students visit galleries

AC students Katrina Adkinson, above, and Keith Spencer look at artwork in the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth during a school trip Nov. 5.

Photo by Cheyenne Wilson

Photos by Cheyenne Wilson

The Swingin' Roadrunner Jazz Band practices for its performance on Tuesday, Nov. 17.

Photo by Devan HadnotThe ACC Big Band performs for the annual fall festival of American music Tuesday, Nov. 17 in Hudgins Hall Auditorium.

Visual arts student exhibition

Photo by Cheyenne WilsonTim Stanley, left, and his son Tyler Stanley, sound recording technology major, view art at the Visual Arts Student Exhibit.

Wednesday, Dec. 99:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. MW 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.1:10 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. MW 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.4:10 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. Wednesday 4:10 p.m. or 4:30 p.m.5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m. Wednesday 5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m.6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Wednesday 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m

Thursday, Dec. 109:30 a.m. - 10:50 a.m. TR 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.1:10 p.m.- 2:30 p.m. TR 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.4:10 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. Thursday 4:10 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m. Thursday 5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m.6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Thursday 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m

Friday, Dec. 11All Friday Classes 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 148 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. MW 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.11:25 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. MW 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.2:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. MW 2 p.m. or 4 p.m.4:10 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. Monday 4:10 p.m. or 4:30 p.m.5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m. Monday 5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m.6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Monday 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Dec. 158 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. TR 8 a.m. - 10 a.m.11:25 a.m.- 12:45 p.m. TR 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.2:30 p.m. - 3:50 p.m. TR 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.4:10 p.m. or 4:30 p.m. Tuesday 4:10 p.m. or 4:30 p.m.5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m. Tuesday 5:30 p.m. or 6 p.m.6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m. Tuesday 6:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.

Classes that Meet Time of Examination

Angelina CollegeFinal Examination Schedule

Dec. 9, 10, 11, 14, 15

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Sports

Corinthian Ramsey scored 25 points and swiped four steal; Shane Temara added 21 points, seven rebounds and a pair of blocked shots; and the Angelina College Road-runner basketball team beat Greater Houston Prep on the road Tuesday, Nov. 10 in Houston.

Gary Blackston and Kaha-ri Beaufort added 13 points each to help boost the Road-runners to 3-2 on the young season with just two games remaining before conference play begins.

While lauding the efforts of Temara and Zach Shep-herd, who scored 11 points off the bench, head coach Todd Neighbors said he is seeing improvement in a lineup that before October

had never before played to-gether.

“I thought we grew some today,” Neighbors said. “We still have to get much better defensively, but I saw a more focused group intensity and toughness wise. We definitely did a much better job attack-ing the zone. Shane Temara had a big night, and I thought Zach Shepherd came off the bench and had some very productive minutes.

“These pre-conference games are preparing us for a very competitive and dif-ficult conference. Our focus right now is getting better each and every day so we can be ready for our conference opener against an extremely talented team of TVCC on the 21st.”

After grinding through the first two quarters just trying to keep pace, Angelina Col-lege’s Lady Roadrunner bas-ketball team got lifts from a third-quarter surge and a big night from freshman Tyanna Barlow to beat McLennan College 73-65 Saturday, Nov. 7 at Shands Gymnasium in

the final day of the Angelina Classic.

AC’s Mikayla Crockett hit a three pointer at the 6:49 mark of the third quarter to put the Lady Runners up 34-33, and AC would not trail again, leading by as many as 19 points by game’s end.

Barlow hit six of her nine

field-goal attempts, including a 2-for-2 effort from three-point range, to lead the Lady Roadrunners with 18 points. LaNeique Nealey added 12 points and eight rebounds, and Ebony Story and Ashley Cherry added nine points each, with Story pulling down eight rebounds as well.

HALL OF FAME, continued

Lesa Jones, Lady Roadrun-ner basketball (1979-1981) – An NJCAA Honorable Men-tion All-American, Jones still holds the school record for the most points scored in a season (666) and most points during a two-year career (1,267). Jones continued her career at the University of Texas.

Mozell Brooks, Lady Road-runner basketball (1985-1986) – Named to the Kodak All-American First Team, which then encompassed both two- and four-year collegiate pro-grams, and the NJCAA First Team All-American lists. Brooks holds the school re-cord for most points in a sin-gle game (48) and most free throws in a game (17). Brooks continued her collegiate ca-reer at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she is also a member of the Lumberjack Hall of Fame.

The Lady Roadrunners 2003-2004 basketball team – Under then-head coach Dwan Coleman, the team advanced to the conference champion-ship game in 2004. The team holds the school record for most three pointers in a game with 15. Team member Trish Phillips that year established a school record with 12 three pointers in a single game. The team finished with a record of 22-9, the school record until 2009. Members of the team were Dustin Jones, Katrina Hackett, Trish Phillips, Crystal Rome, Cassidy Chretien, Ali-cia Hawkins, Brandi Ross, An-drea Lewis, Aishie Banks, Eb-ony Williams, LaToya Levine and Ashley Robertson.

The Lady Roadrunner soft-ball 2014 National Champion-ship team – The team became the first AC team to win a na-tional title in any sport and the first team from Texas to win the NJCAA Division I World Series in St. George, Utah. The team featured two NFCA All-Americans (Gia Johns and Kassie James) and holds a per-manent place in the Congres-sional Record of the United States. Member of the team were Sage Martinez, Mada-lyn Sumrall (the World Series MVP), Tessa Thomas, Me-lissa Boland, Kaylon Morvant, Sidney Allen, Shelby Bruner, Kristen Boulware, Trina Deyo, Meranda Rodriquez, Kassie James, Samantha Moore (the Most Outstanding Pitcher of the World Series), Gia Johns, Katelyn Barker, Taylor Harper, Kayleigh Roy, Ashley Ingle and coaches Barbi and Mark Matt-son.

Andrew Cashner, Road-runner baseball (2006,2007) – Cashner, who continued his collegiate career at TCU fol-lowing his time with AC, was the 19th overall pick (Chicago Cubs) in the 2008 major league baseball draft. Casher is cur-rently a member of MLB’s San Diego Padres, where he was a unanimous winner of the Clyde McCullough Pitcher of the Year Award from the San Diego chapter of the Baseball

Writers’ Association of Amer-ica.

Josh Tomlin, Roadrunner baseball (2004, 2005) – Tomlin, who continued his collegiate career at Texas Tech Univer-sity, was a Cleveland Indians draft pick in 2006 and is still a member of the Tribe’s pitch-ing staff. In his major-league debut, Tomlin outdueled C.C. Sabathia and the New York Yankees in a 4-1 win. In 2014, Tomlin just missed tossing a perfect games, striking out 11 and allowing just one hit against the Seattle Mariners.

Chip Cartwright, Roadrun-ner basketball (2005-2006) – An NJCAA All-American Honorable Mention in 2006, Cartwright was a vital compo-nent of the Roadrunner bas-ketball team that advanced to the finals of the Region XIV Conference tournament that year. The team finished the season with an overall record of 26-6, and Cartwright con-tinued his collegiate career with the University of Central Florida.

Roderick Anderson, Road-runner basketball (1991-1993) – Anderson was the school’s first All-American and only two-time First Team All-American, winning the honors in 1992 and 1993. Anderson holds individual school re-cords for points in a game with 47, and the single-game record for free throws in a game (25). Anderson continued his colle-giate career at the University of Texas where he is still ranked among the Top 50 Longhorn basketball players of all time.

J.J. Montgomery, Roadrun-ner basketball (2002-2003) – Montgomery, who played at Lufkin High School, was a First Team All- American for the Roadrunners in 2003. Montgomery holds the school records for most points in a single season (897) and most points over a two-year career (1799). Montgomery contin-ued his collegiate career with the University of Arkansas–Little Rock.

Eric Chatfield, Roadrunner basketball (1997-1999) – A First Team All-American se-lection in 1999, Chatfield was a key member of the 1997-1998 team, the first AC team to qual-ify for a national tournament. Chatfield was named to the national All-Tournament team following his performances in Hutchinson, Kan. He contin-ued his collegiate career at the University of New Mexico.

The Roadrunner 1997-1998 basketball team – The first An-gelina College team to qualify for a national tournament with the Roadrunners under head coach Guy Davis earn-ing a trip to the national tour-nament in Hutchinson, Kan., where the team went 3-1. That team consisted of Antareous Thornton, Harland Burgess, Donald Hamilton, Andre Jack-son, Robin Sneed, Eric Chat-field, Damon Green, Dedrick McGee, Larry Beard, Kareem Bartlett, Julius Renfro, Bran-don Bailey, Sean Wade and Oskar Skaer.

Photo by Devan HadnotFormer Roadrunner basketball player Hall Henderson goes up for a shot on Nov. 7 during the Old-Timers Reunion game.

Pitchers tossed out prizes; a shortstop flung beads and candy; and a catcher and third base-man handled nail polish and little hands instead of fastballs and line drives. Angelina College’s Lady Roadrunner softball team recently lent some helping hands at Trout Elementary School’s Fall Festival with every Lady Runner positioned at various stations around the campus. The event was part of the team’s annual community-service participation, which in the past has included various events such as the Lufkin Cattle Barons Gala, the Lufkin Bistro and others.

Photo by Devan Hadnot

Lady Roadrunner Ebony Story, No. 13, makes the layup against McLennan College on Satur-day, Nov. 7 at Shands Gymnasium.

Lady Roadrunners defeat McLennan College

AC Roadrunner Shane Tema-ra, No. 41, gets the tipoff dur-ing the game against Greater Houston Prep on Nov. 7.

Runners win against Greater Houston Prep

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By Brianna Cryan Contributing Writer

Peanuts fans enjoyed “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” while gearing up for turkey season.

Charlie Brown obviously had a rough year! From lunch time to Valentine’s Day, he just could not seem to catch a break.

Nevertheless, time continued to pass no matter how

much he may have wished that the world stopped mov-ing for just one instant.

� e crew captured the audience’s attention with the same remarkable timeless characters that so many peo-ple love and have grown up with.

� ey even included the community in the show and added a spectacular heart-warming glow to Pea-nuts’ stories that have and will continue to touch people’s lives.

Omar Al-Mahmeed, above, a.k.a Snoopy, is ready to look for rabbits during the production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

Some of the cast of Charlie Brown, le� , celebrate Beethoven ‘s Day.

Shelby Perkinson, above right, a.k.a Lucy Van Pelt, tells Joshua Robinson, a.k.a Charlie Brown, the hard truth during the production of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.”

Michael Mendoza, le� , a.k.a Linus Van Pelt, is happy to get his blanket back.

Joshua Robinson, below, a.k.a Charlie Brown, has a very long lunch.

Long Live Charlie Brown

Photos by Roger Servin