By RACHAEL RILEYHenderson daily news

The saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder” has drawn more meaning for Henderson High School art student Claudia McMillan.

McMillan’s art piece “Vibrant Bovid” earned an honorable mention in a con-gressional art competition within Congressman Louie Gohmert’s district.

“Throughout history, art and its expression have always been vital to our cul-ture,” Gohmert said. “Hosting this competition, has allowed me to see the importance of fine art in our children’s lives.”

McMillian said her art-

work took only about 15 min-utes and was entered into the competition by her art teach-er Jodi Waggoner.

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By GREG COLLINSHenderson daily news

The Henderson Optimist Club enjoyed its last meeting of 2013 with some good news. The annual basketball tourament was again a huge success.

The three-day tournament involving junior var-sity and freshmen teams is held each December at the Henderson gym. It is the only fund raiser for the Henderson Optimist Club during the year and provides scholarships as well as other donations to youth-oriented clubs, organizations and groups dur-ing the year.

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Weather forecasters aren’t ruling out the possibil-ity of storm systems moving into the area this week-ending producing damaging winds, which could lead to tornadoes.

According to the National Weather Service, a haz-ardous weather outlook is issued for the area the next few days.

Severe weatherpossible Saturday

Optimist Club looks ahead to 2014Club officers say annual basketball

tournament was a ‘big success’ once again

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Staff photo by Greg CollinsDr. Rob Wells, Johnny Foster, Andrew Kangerga and Shelly Mraz discuss the annual Optimist Club Basketball Tourna-ment at Thursday’s meeting.

Scattered showers move in today, heavyrain to come during overnight hours

Deputies arrest five inThursday warrant sting

Staff photo by Greg CollinsRusk County Sheriff’s Office Lt. David Marshall, Sheriff Jeff Price and Lt. Ken Logan (not pictured) sit in the JP 5 Courtroom Thursday morning, the com-mand post for a multi-agency drug sting carried about in Rusk County.

By GREG COLLINSHenderson daily news

A multi-agency warrant sting administrat-ed by the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office net-ted five arrests out of eight wanted suspects Thursday morning, according to Lt. David Marshall, the lead officer for the operation.

Officers from the Federal Bureau of Inves-tigation, Drug Enforcement Agency, Over-ton Police Department, Henderson Police Department, Rusk County Sheriff’s Office

and Rusk County District Attorney’s Office combined with two RCSO reserve officers to sting locations in Henderson and Overton to arrest suspects.

“This is a longterm investigation which has resulted in arrests,” Marshall said. “We targeted eight suspects and apprehended five by 8 a.m. Thursday morning. The oth-ers were either not at home when officers arrived, have called to say they are turning themselves in or are still at large.”

Arrested in the sting were Corey Edwards, 33, Henderson, delivery of marijuana, great-er than or equal to 1/4 ounce and less than 5 pounds; Ysidro Yanez, 56, Overton, unlaw-ful possession of a firearm by a felon; Brit-

RCSO leads effort to capture suspects of longterm probe

By LES LINEBARGERHenderson daily news

Landon Alford leaves behind a legacy of leadership that combined civic-minded volunteerism with old-fash-ioned boosterism, all to ben-efit his hometown of Hender-son.

The longtime Henderson businessman and civic lead-er died Wednesday in Tyler. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Saturday at First United Methodist Church in Hender-son.

Alford, 78, was a 1953 graduate of Henderson High School and a 1957 graduate of

SMU. Upon r e t u r n -ing home, he went to work for the family busi-ness and immediate-ly became active with-in the Hen-

derson community. By 1960, he had been named Rusk County’s “Young Man of the Year.”

“He was just a big believer in giving back,” Alford’s son David told the Henderson Daily News Thursday. “But most of the times, behind the scenes.

“A lot of people talk about his humility. It didn’t matter who you were, he would treat you equally. And those were different times; not everyone

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The name of the Lord is a strong tower; the righteous run to it

and are safe.Proverbs 18:10

Happy Birthday, Han-nah Barton, Tommy Berry, John Morgan, Judy Toon and Kristen Young ... Happy belated birthday, Belinda Stein.

I’m sure someone smarter than me has already point-ed this out, but try squar-ing Thursday’s suspension of Phil Robertson from the TV show “Duck Dynasty” with all the mindlessness — not to mention crassness — involved with Miley Cyrus.

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NI: Anyone wanting to par-ticipate in the soccer Alumni game Jan. 4, sign up in the front office at HHS. You must have played at least one year of varsity soccer for HHS, have graduated from HHS, present a photo ID and fill out the liability form. Contact Coach Dean at <edean@hendersonisd.org>.

HISD Education Foun-dation has pecans available for purchase. Pieces $10; Halves $12. Contact Jana Wylie at (903) 655-5048.

2013-14 HENDERSON HIGH SCHOOL year-books can be purchased at <www.smart-pay.com>.

CARE (Community Awareness Reaching out to the Elderly) and CASC (Cultural Arts Social Club) is sponsoring an Angel Tree for the elderly. For informa-tion, contact Sandra Clark at (903) 655-6209 or Jean H. Williams at (903) 655-6206.

FRIENDS OF THE MOUNT ENTERPRISE LIBRARY will host a Christmas open house from 1-5 p.m. Friday at the Mor-row Branch Library at 111 W. Rusk St. in Mount Enter-prise. Refreshments, games and Santa will all be on hand.

PINE HILL LODGE No. 95 Stated Meeting 7:30 p.m. Dec. 21. Meal at 6:30 p.m.

Staff photo by Rachael RileyFirst, second and third prize commercial and non-for-profit float winners from Henderson’s Christmas parade are honored at the Henderson Area Chamber of Commerce open house Thursday. Parade in the nonprofit division included: Calvary Baptist Church, Henderson High School Interact Club’s and Grandview Missionary Baptist Church. Commercial divisions winners were Ballard Bail Bonds and Randall Dodge.

Courtesy photoHHS student Claudia McMil-lan, shown Dec. 8 with U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert.

Chamber Open House

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Police got involved after several parents and students have reported alleged gang activity at Henderson Middle School, authorities said.

In a Henderson Indepen-dent School District press release, officials said HMS administrators conducted

a thorough investigation regarding the series of inci-dents.

Henderson Police Depart-ment also conducted an inde-pendent investigation, author-ities said.

“Disciplinary action will be taken according to the HISD Student Code of Conduct,” the HISD press release stated.

HPD Deputy Chief James Pierson said the case is assigned to detective Chad Bradley, who is the school dis-trict’s liaison officer.

‘Gang behavior’suspected at HMSOutcry from students,

parents promptsHPD investigation

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As advent draws to a close, we light the Hope, Peace, and Joy candles. Today, the last can-dle on the outer wreath is lit. It shares the greatest of what God is … Love. It is with that Love we “see more clearly” what God shares with us each and every day of our life. “We light this candle for the renewed hope that the birth of Jesus brings.”

Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. Mat-thew 5:48 (NRSV)

God calls us to practice the attributes that Jesus champi-oned – love, kindness, forgive-ness, obedience, and care for others – in preparation for our eternal life.

Paul wrote, “I thank my God every time I remember you. In all my prayers for all of you, I always pray with joy.” Philippi-

ans 1:3-4 (NIV)The apostle Paul expresses

his love in letters. In Philippians 1:7-8, he says, “I have you in my heart” and “I long for all of you.” The expressions are the language of love; and they describe, what genuine love is and what it does. As we learn more each day the language of love, we grow in love and we find ways to express our love in all our relationships.

God’s message, “The Sign of the Lord!” Isaiah 7:10-16; Romans 1:1-7; Matthew 1:18-25.

We welcome your presence in any of our worship wervices: Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Wor-ship 11 a.m., Ladies Luncheon every third Tuesday, Wednes-day Bible Study 6:30 p.m. Holy Communion and Interchurch Ministry collection every first Sunday.

Good Springs United Methodist Church

Henderson Church of ChristThe Henderson Church of

Christ, meeting at 1948 High-way 323 W., is a church that speaks where the Bible speaks, and remains silent where the Bible is silent. A book, chapter and verse determines all that we do in worship and teaching. You are invited you to worship with us each week.

Bible study is at 9:30 a.m., worship hours at 10:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. each Lord’s Day, and Bible study at 7 p.m. on Wednesday.

The sermon for Sunday

morning will be “Remember Shiloh.” (Jeremiah 7:1-15) and the evening sermon will be “Are You Ready For Your Journey Into Eternity?” (I John 5:13).

The Lord’s Supper is observed weekly, a capella singing and prayer is an integral part of our worship and study hours.

You are invited to be our honored guests at any of the worship and study hours of the Henderson Church of Christ.

Further information can be received by contacting <lemar1931@gmail.com>.

Emmanuel Baptist ChurchEmmanuel Baptist Church,

1406 S. Evenside Ave., (903) 657-1588 <info@wherelove-abounds.org>

This past Sunday was a great day for Emmanuel Baptist Church. We called Bro. John-ny Newton, our Associate Pas-tor, to be our Sr. Pastor and he accepted. We welcome Bro. Johnny and Jena into this posi-tion with prayers and support. We are very excited to be mov-ing forward in obedience, know-ing God has great things in store for our church.

Sunday, Dec. 22 at 6 p.m. we will be meeting at Emeritus for our last nursing home ministry

for the Christmas Season. As always, everyone is welcome to join us.

There will not be a Men’s Prayer Breakfast or WWW (Wonderful Widow Women) meeting for December. Both will start back in January.

The church office will be closed Dec. 24, Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 for the holidays. Wednes-day night Dec. 25 and Jan. 1, adult Bible study, youth and children’s activities have been cancelled.

We would like to wish you all a very “Merry Christmas” and a “Happy New Year.” May God bless you.

First Christian Church, Hen-derson, 306 N. Main St., (903) 657-4307 <fcchenderson.org>

Sunday school, for all ages, starts at 9:45 a.m. Sunday ser-vices start at 10:50 a.m. Nursery care available.

Upcoming Events:• Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. is

our annual candlelight service. Come and enjoy the retelling of the Christmas story, the singing of your favorite carols, and com-munion that is open to all.

This Sunday, Pastor Trey will be sharing a message on how we see Jesus and how that affects our faith.

First Christian Church

West Main Baptist ChurchWest Main Baptist Church

would like to invite you to join us for all our services at 1403 W. Main, at the corner of Evenside and W. Main: Sunday School 10 a.m.; Morning Worship 11 a.m.; Sunday Evening 5 p.m.; and Wednesday Night Prayer Meet-ing and Bible Study 7 p.m. There is also a youth group that meets in the Pruitt Building at 7 p.m. James Wiggins is the teacher.

The Bible says, “Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.” Psalms

51:10We will be presenting a canta-

ta on Dec. 22, during the morning service. On this day, service will start at 10:30 a.m. The cantata is entitled, “The Giver and the Gift.” There will be singing and video to enhance the Christmas story.

Dec. 25 and Jan. 1 — both Wednesdays — NO service those evenings. We hope to see you on Jan. 5.

Come join us for a wonderful time of fellowship and praise to our Lord.

First Presbyterian ChurchThe First Presbyterian

Church family and friends will continue to celebrate this sea-son of Advent waiting, during the 4th Sunday of Advent this Sunday morning. The church is located at 311 S. High, just across the street from Fair Park. Our Pastor will preach from the Gospel of Matthew and her sermon is entitled “Joseph, the Man.” Our Advent candles will be lit by members of the Finance Committee and their Chair, Bill Stanley. A nursery is available for children under six years old. We hope you will come and join us in the Sanctuary for worship at 11 a.m..

Adult Sunday School classes meet together at 9:45. Both the Andrews and the Seekers class-es are joining together in their Advent study, in the Fellowship Hall. Books will be available for

all. No preparation is needed. Our Joy Class is for young peo-ple in elementary school hungry to learn more about the Bible, the church, and God.

Then, please plan to be with us on Christmas Eve at 5:30 for our second annual Christmas Eve Feast worship service. We will not only sing the carols of the season, hear the Scripture lessons, and light the candles, but we will also have hot choco-late and sweet rolls as part of the worship experience. Come and join us for the fun and the sweetness of the Christmas Eve celebration.

We invite you to worship with us on Sunday morning at 11 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church where the Savior is preached and love abounds. And we wish you and your loved ones a very Merry Christmas!

We would love to have you join us in studying the word of God and singing His praises. Sunday Bible classes, for all ages, begin at 9:30 a.m. Worship ser-vices begin at 10:30 a.m. and evening services begin at 5 p.m.

The Lord’s Supper is served every Sunday a.m. and p.m. in celebration of Christ’s death, burial, and resurrection. Nurs-ery services are available. Dur-ing the a.m. service, we offer signing for the deaf for those who are hearing impaired.

On Sunday, Dec. 22, Bob

Payne, our pulpit minister, will be bringing the morning lesson entitled, “Joy to the World,” from Luke 1:26-35 and Luke 2:4-16. Bob will also teach the evening lesson, “Count Your Blessings,” from the text of Ephesians 1:1-3.

There will be no services on Wednesday, Dec. 25.

Please join us for an uplifting service with beautiful a cappella singing, keeping a wonderful heritage alive.

South Main Church of Christ – Where Family Matters

South Main Church of Christ

St. Matthew’s Episcopal ChurchOpportunities for Worship:

Sundays: 9:50 a.m. Children’s Sunday School; 10 a.m. Holy Eucharist; 10:30 a.m. children join worship service; 11 a.m. Cof-fee Fellowship; 4:30 p.m. EYC (youth group); 6:30 p.m. Adult Bible Study.

Sunday, Dec. 1, is the first Sunday of Advent. Each Sunday during Advent from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. we will prepare for the arrival of Christ the King. We will share an Advent devo-tional as we eat lunch (bring a lunch). Children’s instruction and care will be provided. Devo-tional books are available now.

We will green the church fol-lowing our Eucharist on Sunday, Dec. 22.

Our Christmas Eve Eucharist will be held at 6:30 p.m. The children will present a Nativity play.

Our Women’s Prayer Minis-try, The Order of the Daugh-ters of the King, and our men’s ministry, The Brotherhood of St. Andrew, meet monthly for prayer and study. DOK and St. Andrew’s will meet following the Sunday worship service the third Sunday of each month.

Our December Sunday open plate (non-designated) will be donated to Rusk County Hen-derson Interchurch Ministry.

Our email address: <stmat-thews@suddenlinkmail.com>.

Visit us on the web at: <www.stmatthewshenderson.org>.

Zion Hill Missionary Baptist ChurchZion Hill Baptist Church is

here to serve others and grow spiritually and we invite you to join us. We are located on CR 368 off FM 840 approximately 12 miles south of Henderson.

Sunday School for all ages begins at 9:45 and Worship Ser-vices at 10:45 a.m. David Rous-seau leads us in music, Bro.

Randy Penney leads us in wor-ship. The youth of our church meet every Wednesday night at 6 p.m. with Tater and Portia Mazander.

If you are looking for a church home, the folk at Zion Hill ask you to come and wor-ship with us. For directions, please call (903) 392-8428.

Calvary Baptist ChurchIt is an exciting time at Cal-

vary Church as we celebrate Christmas, the Birth Of Christ.

Sunday morning will begin with a Bible Study at 9 a.m. followed by the Morning Wor-ship Service at 10:15 a.m. We invite you to join us this Sun-day morning as we celebrate the birth of our Savior.

Come Sunday evening and enjoy an Evening at the Man-ger from 6-7 p.m. Families will have a special opportunity to read scripture, pray, and pres-

ent a birthday offering to Jesus. Come share in this with your family.

Join us Christmas Eve at 6 p.m. for a special service.

The Youth will meet on Fri-day, Dec. 27 to travel to Six Flags and enjoy a Youth Field Day on Jan. 1.

We look forward to seeing you at Calvary Baptist Church, located at 410 N. Marshall. For more information call (903) 657-8153 or visit our website at <cbchenderson.org>.

St. Paul’s United Methodist ChurchTHIS SUNDAY’S WORSHIP:

This Sunday’s message Name Him Jesus will be brought to us by Rev. Loe. Susan Goodwin will be bringing the children’s ser-mon. Please, join us this Sunday as we worship together in His name.

CHILDREN’S MINISTRY: We enjoyed a wonderful perfor-mance by our Children’s choir last Sunday evening. Children Sunday school meets each Sun-day at 9:45 a.m.

UPCOMING OPPORTUNI-TIES:

Sunday, Dec. 22:

9:45 a.m. Sunday School10:45 a.m. Meet & Greet11 a.m. WorshipMonday, Dec. 23: 7 p.m. Henderson Men’s

Prayer Group at Glade Springs Baptist Church

INVITATION:Looking for a great Bible-

based church? Come visit us at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. We are located at 2212 South Hwy. 79 (next to McDon-ald’s).

TODAY’S CHRISTIAN ONE-LINER: Compassion is your pain in my heart.

Longview Drive Missionary Baptist ChurchThis Sunday night our church

family will enjoy a time of wor-ship to celebrate the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ. This Candle-light Service will begin at 5:30 p.m. Our children have prepared special music and we will look to God’s Word to consider “The Christmas Lights.” Bring your family and come worship with us.

Our church family is inter-ested in the discipleship of your

family. Sunday School begins at 9:45 every Sunday morn-ing. Sunday Nights from 5-6:30 p.m., we have A.W.A.N.A clubs for grades K-6, Teen Disciple-ship for grades 7-12, and Adult Bible Study for everyone else. Wednesday night Bible study begins at 6:30 p.m.

We are located at 1909 Longview Drive in Henderson. Contact us on Facebook or call (903) 722-1200.

Hwy. 79 Church of ChristThe Hwy. 79 Church of Christ

has a true desire to be guided by God’s word by neither adding to it nor taking from it. (Deut. 4:2 Rev. 22:18-19) We want to pattern our work and worship after the church described in the New Testament (Heb. 8:5) and teach only what the scriptures teach (2 John 9-10). We cast aside human names and human creeds (Mark 7:7).

We would be most happy to

have you attend our services and believe you will find a warm and friendly atmosphere. We are located on Hwy. 79 South at Alberta Street, which is about ¼ mile south of Kroger on Hwy. 79 S. Our services are on Sun-day at 9:30 a.m. for Bible Class, 10:30 a.m. for Worship, 6 p.m. for evening Worship and 7 p.m. Wednesday for Bible Class. The church office phone is (903) 657-6148.

Attend the church of your choice this Sunday.

First United Methodist Church

Southside Baptist ChurchSouthside Baptist Church

offers many opportunities to worship and serve the living God with other believers.

Sunday services include: Sunday morning muffin fellow-ship at 9 a.m., Sunday school at 9:30 a.m., morning worship at 10:30 a.m., Awana (programs and special events that introduce children ages 2-sixth grade to Jesus Christ and build a biblical foundation for faith) from 5:30-7 p.m. and evening worship at 6 p.m. Awana will resume Jan. 12.

Wednesdays offer age-specif-ic worship services with Chil-dren Desiring God (ages 3-5), Wee Kaboodles (ages 3-5), Musi-cal Kaboodles (first grade-sixth grade), youth worship (seventh-twelfth grade) and adult Bible study/prayer meeting all begin-ning at 6:30 p.m. Additionally, SSBC hosts Wednesday night meals in the Christian Activi-ties Building (CAB) each week at 5:15 p.m. Donations of $4

per meal are appreciated, and all funds help support the church’s annual summer mission trip. Wednesday night meals will resume Jan. 15.

The men’s mission project is Dec. 21.

The Christmas Eve candle-light service will be Dec. 24.

The SSBC family ministry has introduced a new resource for church members called Right Now Ministry. This is a video-based curriculum that provides families of all kinds with high quality Bible studies. To receive an invitation to the website, email Chris Talleri at <christal-leri@gmail.com>.

Southside is located at 1801 Old Nacogdoches Road in Hen-derson. SSBC’s pastor is Bill Gardner.

The family/student min-ister is Chris Talleri. The wor-ship minister is Donald Hub-bard. Visit the church website at <www.ssbchenderson.org>.

Eastside Baptist ChurchYou are invited to join us at

Eastside Baptist Church at 2300 E. Main St. for worship services on Sunday, Dec. 22.

Sunday School is at 9:45 a.m.; Morning Worship at 11 a.m.; and Evening Worship at 6 p.m. There will be great hymns of praise. Bro. Tommy Marshall will give the message from God’s Word on Sunday morning, “The

Names Tell the Story,” Matthew 1:22. Sunday evening, we will have our Candle Light Service.

We now can provide a wire-less aid for the hearing impaired. We can help you hear the music and the message.

Communication with the church can also be made at <eastsidebaptistchurch@sud-denlinkmail.com>.

First Baptist ChurchDec. 22: Our children will

bring their offerings to the man-ger for the Lottie Moon Christ-mas Offering.

Morning worship will include Christmas selections from The Master’s Hands Handbell Choir.

First Baptist Church wishes you a blessed Christmas as you celebrate His birth.

Look what’s coming in Janu-ary to Preschool and Children’s Ministry.

• Children’s Church will start again on Sunday, Jan. 5. Kin-dergarten-5th grade children are invited to join us in the cha-pel on the first Sunday of each

month for a fun and exciting time of learning about Jesus.

• Preteen (5th and 6th grade) Lock-In at Discovery Science Place in Tyler. It’s A Night at the Museum, and you don’t want to miss it. Friday, Jan. 10, $35/person. Advance registration is required by Monday, Jan. 6.

• Parents’ Night Out. Drop your kids off with us from 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 31 for a fun time while you and your spouse enjoy some time togeth-er. Please RSVP to the church office by Wednesday, Jan. 29. Open to birth-6th graders. $5/child.

Hillview Baptist ChurchIt is our prayer that you are

looking forward to what God has planned for your life. We invite you to join us as we strive to honor Jesus Christ in all that we do. Each one of us has a desire to be more of what God wants for us in all aspects of our lives. Visit us and see what He has in store for you and your family here at Hillview.

Sunday School begins at 9:15 a.m. and Sunday morning worship begins at 10:15 a.m. Wednesday evening service begins at 6:30 p.m. with the fol-lowing opportunities available: Adult Bible study and prayer meeting in the sanctuary, led by Bro. Randy Sceroler; Hillview’s Student Ministry (grades 6-12) in our Youth Building with Bro. Coop; and our children ages 4 through 5h grade will enjoy

learning bible stories, sing-ing songs, making crafts, and munching on great snacks! A nursery is available for all ser-vices (infants through age three). For security and safety purpos-es, we cannot allow nursery age children unless a parent/guard-ian remains at the church at all times (no drop-offs).

Hillview Baptist Church is located at 3949 Hwy. 43 E., toward Tatum, 3.9 miles from the traffic star on the left. We would love to have you join us any time. For those that are computer savvy, visit our Face-book page at <www.facebook.com/HillviewBC> for all of our latest updates and events. If you would like to contact us, our office number is (903) 836-2161 or 4723 or email us at <hillview-church@aol.com>.

Children’s Faith Formation: Class will start again in January on Jan. 12 and Jan. 15.

Christmas Mass ScheduleDec. 24: Vigil Mass 7 p.m.;

midnight mass 11:45 p.m.Dec. 25: Mass in English at

9 a.m. and Mass in Spanish at 11:30 a.m.

New Year MassDec. 31: Vigil Mass in English

5 p.m. and Spanish mass at 7 p.m.

Jan. 1: Mass in English at 9 a.m. and Spanish at 11:30 a.m.

The calendars for 2014 are at the entrance of the church, please take one for your fam-ily.

Mass Schedule: Week-end: Saturday 5 p.m. English, 7 p.m. in Spanish; Sunday 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. English, 11:30 a.m. in Spanish. Weekdays: Mass in English Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday 6 p.m. Wednesday and Friday 12:10 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. Mass in Spanish: 7 p.m.

Confession: Saturday: 4-4:45 p.m. in English; 6:30-7 p.m. in Spanish. Or by appointment.

Holy Days Of Obligation: Vigil Mass 6 p.m. in English, Feast Day noon and 6 p.m. in English, 7 p.m. in Spanish.

First Friday: 6:30 a.m. Mass in English and 12 hrs of Adora-tion of the Blessed Sacrament.

St. Jude Catholic Church

This Sunday, Rev. David Luckert will preach his message, “Honoring God – Embracing God’s will / work in my life and living into it wholeheartedly, especially when I may not fully comprehend it.” based on Luke 1:26-33.

We invite you to join us in our walk with Christ, as we learn and grow in our faith. We offer numerous opportunities for worship, fellowship and service throughout each week.

On Sunday mornings at 8:45, in the Great Hall, is Common Ground — a contemporary ser-vice with the Common Ground Praise Band. This is a worship experience set in a casual and informal atmosphere. At 11, in the Sanctuary, experience fel-lowship and renewal in a tradi-tional worship setting featuring

choir and hymns. A variety of Sunday school classes for chil-dren, youth and adults meet at 10 a.m. in classrooms through-out the church. There is a class to meet everyone’s needs.

Join us at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 24, for our Christmas Eve Candlelight Service. This will be a beautiful service of scripture readings, carols and communion in our sanctuary. Then on Sun-day, Dec. 29, we will worship with a single 10 a.m. service in our sanctuary.

We are located at 204 N. Mar-shall Ave., and welcome visitors.

For more information about these and other exciting events at First United Methodist Church, please call (903) 657-6588 or visit our website at <www.fum-chenderson.com>. You can also find us on Facebook.

New Life ChurchNew Life is a Church that

loves God and loves people. Not only do we worship God passion-ately on Sunday, but we live for Him during the week.

Everyone is welcome at New Life! We don’t care what you look like, dress like, or drive up in. We look forward to seeing you on Sunday at 10:30 a.m. Come early to grab a cup of Starbucks coffee at the “New Life Café.”

“Lifeline” is the prayer service that meets every Tuesday night from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at New Life.

The New Life Church men’s ministry meets every Wednes-day morning at 6:30 a.m., at the “Fillin’ Station” restuarant

for breakfast and a short Bible study.

New Life’s Youth Ministry meets at 5 p.m. on Sundays. Free food, wild games and a Bible study that is guaranteed to help you grow in your relationship with Jesus Christ is all part of the evening.

The second Saturday of every month from 11 a.m.-1 p.m., New Life is open to hand out free groceries, a free lunch and free prayers to anyone that needs it.

New Life Church is located on the Full Armor campus, 2324 FM 3135 E. Pastor is Josh Bliz-zard. Check us out on the Web at <www.newlifehenderson.com>.

Good Hope Freewill Baptist ChurchYou are invited to visit our

growing church for a Good Hope welcome along with Pas-tor David Rudd as we worship the Lord every Sunday at 11 a.m.

We also have a special wor-ship time for our youth dur-ing our worship hour called Kidz Corner, led by Bro. Dail Andrews.

Sunday morning prayer meeting will begin at 9:30 a.m. where we take prayer requests, followed by Sunday school, with classes for all ages at 10 a.m. Our Sunday evening wor-ship services begin at 6 p.m.

Check out our website at <www.goodhopefwbc.org>. Sign up to receive via email the bulletins and sermons that are added to our website weekly. The sermons can either be lis-

tened to or downloaded and read.

Nursery is always available during Sunday school and the Worship Hour.

Good Hope Freewill Baptist Church is located at 2114 FM 840 East in Henderson.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

LOS ANGELES — When the A&E network suspended “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robert-son for disparaging gay people, it may have followed a time-honored TV tradition of quickly silencing a star who, for better or worse, speaks his mind.

But in doing so it also ruffled the feathers of possibly millions of fans of its most popular show.

Fourteen hours after it was learned that Robertson had been placed on indefinite “hia-tus” for telling GQ magazine, among other things, that gays are headed to hell, more than a half-million people liked an impromptu Facebook page demanding the show be boycot-ted until he returns.

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who had her picture taken with Robertson just last month, complained that his free-speech rights were being trampled. Bobby Jindal, gover-nor of the state of Louisiana, where the show is filmed, com-plained that Miley Cyrus got a pass for twerking on TV while Phil got shown the door.

T-shirts, of course, went on the market with the words “I Don’t Give a Duck About A or E, Bring Back Phil.”

“It’s a show that is promot-ing clean living and good moral values, and that’s something we need more of today,” one of the program’s many fans, Rick Peter of Vernon, British Colum-bia, Canada, told The Associ-ated Press.

It’s also a show that 67-year-old Robertson, who sports a beard that seemingly should qualify him for immediate membership in the rock group ZZ Top, is at the center of.

When or if he’ll return — or if he’ll ever really go away, how-

ever — is an open question.“Duck Dynasty” is on hiatus

until Jan. 15, and a network spokesman said Thursday that nine of next season’s 10 epi-sodes have already been filmed. That means Robertson likely isn’t needed in front of the cam-era before next March, by which time this whole crisis may have blown over.

And blow over it will, even-tually, says veteran Hollywood crisis publicist Howard Brag-man, who added that Robertson will likely return to the show as well, perhaps after making a heartfelt apology.

“There’s too much money at stake,” said Bragman, vice president of reputation.com. “Although he plays kind of a hick on TV, I don’t think he’s dumb. I think he gets what’s at stake here. And I hope people on his team, the network and his producers get the message that what he did was wrong. “

The Robertson fam-ily released a statement on the Duck Commander website Thursday evening in which they expressed thanks for prayers and support. The statement said though some of Robert-son’s comments were coarse, “his beliefs are grounded” in the Bible and he “is a Godly man.”

“We are disappointed that

Phil has been placed on hia-tus for expressing his faith,” the statement said. “We have had a successful working relationship with A&E but as a family, we cannot imagine the show going forward without our patriarch at the helm. We are in discus-sions with A&E to see what that means for the future of Duck Dynasty.”

Robertson and his extended family became wealthy manu-facturing duck calls and were turned into TV and pop culture stars by “Duck Dynasty,” which has set cable ratings records for a non-fiction series.

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WASHINGTON — A stew of foul weather, ranging from freezing rain and snow in the Midwest to thunderstorms and possible tornadoes in the South, is arriving just in time for one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.

Much of the nation was bracing for something, with freezing rain then snow likely in the northern Plains, down-pours expected from St. Louis

through Appalachia, and even weekend tornadoes a possi-bility in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.

While much of the East awoke Friday to unusually warm weather for this time of year, the region was next in the storm front’s crosshairs, creating pre-Christmas trav-el worries from Chicago and Detroit to Boston and New York.

AAA projected that nearly 95 million Americans would travel 50 miles or more dur-ing the holiday period, which runs from Saturday through Jan. 1.

Temperatures that hov-ered in the 60s in some parts of the Midwest on Thurs-day plummeted overnight, and freezing rain Friday morning snarled traffic and forced some school closures in Michigan and Wisconsin. The Wisconsin Department of Transportation said Inter-state 90/94 was ice-covered from Tomah and Mauston. The state was bracing for sig-nificant snow, sleet and ice.

Although few flights had been cancelled by midday Friday, the weather was tak-ing a toll on air travel: Flight-Stats.com reported more than 1,300 U.S. delays, with the most at Chicago’s O’Hare, Denver International, and the three big New York-area air-ports.

The National Weather Service issued a flash flood watch from Arkansas north-eastward through parts of Missouri, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with up to 4 inches of rain projected. With falling temperatures, some of that could be freezing rain by Sat-urday night in the St. Louis area, weather service meteo-rologist Jon Carney said.

“It’s definitely a concern that there could be flooding,” Carney said.

Forecasters said thunder-storms would likely develop in the South. The region most at peril is from central and northeastern Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and southeast Mis-souri.

Friday night will have scat-tered showers, with “intensity to ramp up overnight.”

“Some isolated thunder-storms may bring hail to the region along and behind this strong cold front,” NWS fore-casters said.

Saturday is expected to produce showers and thunder-storms with heavy rainfall.

Strong upper lows will move over the front with the warm unstable atmosphere.

“Scattered to numerous thunderstorms will have the potential to bring widespread damaging winds … some large

hail and isolated tornadoes …,” the NWS states. “A squall line will emerge at the back edge of activity and may contain sev-eral bow echoes.”

The severe weather and heavy rain threat will dimin-ish from west to east Saturday afternoon, and cooler air will filter into the area early Sunday.

And, the Optimists donate 100 percent of their funds to these worthwhile organiza-tions and scholarships every year, encouraging young peo-ple in many different avenues.

“I feel this year we did well,” Andrew Kangerga, treasurer of the group, said during the meeting. “Our totals are just above last year, and we had excellent response to our let-ters for donations.”

Club members were grate-ful to all of the sponsors, and will be doing a thank you ad in the Henderson Daily News as soon as all of the information is put together.

“We have people who spon-sor our tournament ever year,

so, for that, we are grateful,” Kangerga said.

Teams, because of bad weather, were not able to play on Saturday, but officials said all of the schools were happy with the tournament and, in fact, the basketball coaches have a full slate of teams who are ready to come to next year’s event already.

“Teams say we do our tour-nament right, and they enjoy coming to Henderson,” Loy Dorsey, a club member, said. “So, that means they want to come back year after year to play.”

All of the concessions but a very few were sold during the event, officials said, and the tournament was well staffed by Optimist Club members who

signed up to work in various areas during the event.

With the tournament now behind them and no meetings until the second week of Janu-ary when the next Boy and Girl of the Month will be honored, the Optimist Club is heading into the final weeks of Decem-ber on a good note.

“We are thankful for our club, for the work we do in the community, for the people who support us and for the people we are able to support,” Johnny Foster said. “We are looking forward to supporting young people in 2014 and to having a big year as a Henderson Opti-mist Club.”

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commonplace, but appar-ently she really liked it, and she made some good choices when she sent my art up,” McMillian said.

The two pieces submitted were part of five pieces using a water color background, Sharpie lines and acrylic paint as a highlight.

In the midst of the splash of vibrant colors, McMillian drew cow skulls, which took about five minutes using con-tour line drawing, she said.

“I really like the contrast of drawing a skull or some-thing that’s dead on a really bright background … instead of sepia tones and black and white,” she said.

McMillian said she was

surprised her piece was cho-sen in a contest she thought would favor realism and traditional art techniques, as opposed to something abstract.

Yet she said it was an honor for Congressman Gohmert to recognize her piece at a Dec. 8 reception.

McMillian has taken art since eighth-grade and was selected as a state finalist her sophomore year.

“I’ve been drawing ever since I was little,” she said. “I mean I love to draw. It’s something I really wish I had more time for.”

She prefers to use oil pas-tels, water colors and Prisma-colors as her mediums, while drawing cartoons and fantasy characters.

“I try to take as many dif-ferent perspectives on art as I can,” McMillian said. “I don’t want to view it with one per-spective.”

Because she views art as correlating with math by using ratios, proportion and shape, her plan is to major in physics in college and pursue a career in animation.

“I think art is something that should be given more emphasis at school,” McMil-lian said. “I think everybody needs to be able to learn how to appreciate art, and I think that’s what taking art class is about — learning about dif-ferent aspects of why things are appealing.”

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“Right now juvenile proba-tion is involved in the case, but we can’t give any further comments due to the age of

the children involved,” Pier-son said.

HMS administrators thank the students and parents who cooperated throughout the investigation, the district’s

press release stated. “The goal of Henderson ISD

is to maintain a positive and safe learning environment for all students that focuses on student success,” it stated.

was as open-minded.”Alford spent 55 years on

Citizens National Bank’s board of directors, including 18 years as chairman. Dur-ing that time, Citizens Nation-al Bank grew to include 25 locations in East and Central Texas and total deposits of $1.3 billion.

“He got to watch the bank grow from a single location to where it is today,” David Alford said. “He was really proud of the fact that Citizens National Bank based out of Henderson remained locally owned.”

Alford was secretary-trea-surer for the board of direc-tors of Henderson Clay Prod-ucts until the brick-making firm sold in 1986. “He really enjoyed his work there as a director with his best friend Homer Bryce,” David said. Bryce was president of Hen-derson Clay and died in 1996.

Alford volunteered his time not only to benefit Hender-son but East Texas. As leader of the Texas Good Roads/Transportation Association, Alford played a pivotal role during the 1980s in propelling a transportation bill through the Texas Legislature that pumped millions of dollars into the state’s highway sys-

tem.For that and other volun-

teer efforts, Alford was named in 1984 “East Texan of the Year” by the East Texas Cham-ber of Commerce.

David Alford called the work with Texas highways some of his father’s proudest accomplishments. Loop 571 in Henderson bears Alford’s name as recognition for his tireless efforts with the Texas Department of Transporta-tion.

“He really looked forward to seeing the third phase of that loop,” said David Alford.

He served multiple terms on the Henderson Area Cham-ber of Commerce’s board of directors and chaired the group’s transportation com-mittee for more than 40 years.

“But it wasn’t just about the loop,” he added. Alford pushed for work on U.S. 259 that ulti-mately expanded the highway to divided four lanes to both Nacogdoches and Kilgore.

Alford was also a mem-ber of the now defunct East Texas-Gulf Highway Associa-tion that advocated a highway from the Texas Gulf Coast to link up with the Indian Nation Turnpike near Hugo, Okla. The association included civic leaders stretching from Paris, Texas, southeast through Mount Pleasant, Pittsburg,

Gladewater and Henderson. Also known as the “Green Carpet Route,” the group came close to achieving their goal but could never get fund-ing, David Alford said.

Alford was former chair-man of the board for Hender-son Memorial Hospital as well as a former president of Hen-derson Kiwanis Club. In 1978, Alford received the commu-nity’s “Wes Dean Award” for service with the YMCA in Henderson.

Alford was a vice-president and former president of the John R. Alford and Susan Landon Alford Foundation, an organization started by his parents.

Alford’s father died shortly after Landon returned to Hen-derson following graduation from SMU. “He went from just out of college to essentially being in charge,” said David.

And Alford was proud of the family’s link to agricul-ture. He took over the family ag and dairy cow operation until converting over to beef cattle production years later. “He liked to tell people he was a timber farmer,” David said. In 1975, Alford was chosen as “Tree Farmer of the Year” by the Texas Forest Service.

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tany Turner, 22, Henderson, abandonment/endangering a child; Kristi Lynn Evans, 29, Henderson, abandonment/endangering a child; and Scott Dakota Steel, 19, Henderson, burglary of a habitation and burglary of a building. All suspects face other charges, including Class C warrants, according to officials with the Rusk County Sheriff’s Office.

With the arrests of these five individuals, 15 out of 27 total warrants filed on the eight suspects were cleared off of the books, RCSO offi-cials said.

Marshall complimented the joint effort and said four teams of officers from these agencies were sent out to loca-tions to find the suspects.

“They were sent to address-es where we knew the sus-

pects to be,” he said.Officers gathered at the

Rusk County Justice Center shortly before 6 a.m., received their instructions and were on the streets looking for sus-pects shortly after that.

RCSO administrators, Price, Lt. Ken Logan, Mar-shall, Sgt. David Roberts and several other individuals set up a command post in the JP 5 Courtroom and commu-nicated over radios with the teams.

Several suspects were apprehended and taken to the JP 5 Courtroom for process-ing within a short time, offi-cials said.

Pct. 5 Justice of the Peace Joe Sorrells arraigned all of the individuals Friday morn-ing on various charges.

All of the warrants issued on the suspects were from Rusk County, including the

Class C warrants.Three of the suspects were

arrested quickly, two others were in custody by 8 a.m., another called to say he was turning himself in and anoth-er was being sought Thursday afternoon for arrest.

“This has been a successful operation, and we appreciate, so much, the cooperation of the agencies involved,” Price said. “All of the officers per-formed their duties well, we have most of the suspects we were seeking in custody and the entire process was com-pleted in just a few hours.”

Price said there are still investigations continuing where these arrests are con-cerned, but he added he was glad to have these suspects off of the street and in custody.

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Members of the Hender-son Woman’s Club donate children’s coats to the Rain-bow Room for the third year in a row. The Rainbow Room provides clothes and other essentials to Rusk County Children in need. Delivering the coats are: Patty Gibson, Evelyn Anthony and Mary Jo Colombo, who are welcomed welcomed by board member Pam Brown.

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DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my wife for a year and a half, and we have an infant child. I work while my wife stays home. My problem is she doesn’t like me playing sports and hanging out with friends.

I have tried to make con-cessions and cut down playing sports to once a week. (I used to play two or three times a week, but that’s not good enough for my wife.) On game night, when I get home she gives me the silent treatment. She used to come to my games but won’t now, even though she has girl-friends who attend them.

As for hanging out with my friends, I barely see them any-more — and when I do, they come here. If they stay any lon-ger than 30 minutes, it causes a problem and my wife again

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I have tried to compromise, but she feels as though any time I spend away from her and the baby is a no-no. Am I wrong to want to play sports and see my guy friends? I have tried talking to her about this, but she thinks any compromise is basically me doing what I want and her hav-ing to deal with it. — ONTAR-IO, CANADA, READER

DEAR READER: You should not become a couch potato or become isolated from your friends because you are married and a parent. And neither should your wife. She may resent the time you spend with your friends because she’s stuck at home taking care of the baby. You are her only adult company, and in a way she may be jealous that you’re enjoying

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The “District of Doom” has done it again and could come away with another state title.

District 16-3A is considered by many to be the “District of Doom” due to its strength in football.

Since 2004, current teams in 16-3A have played for or won eight state titles.

That includes back-to-back state championships in 2010 (Henderson) and 2011 (Cha-pel Hill) — Gilmer won a title in 2009 before the DOD was

begun in 2010. A third state title in four

years could come to fruition tonight when Kilgore, this year’s district champion, takes on Carthage at Cowboys Sta-dium in Arlington.

Kilgore’s Bulldogs enter the contest with a 14-0 record, while Carthage is 14-1. The Bullldogs loss came in a non-district game against White-house.

This is the first time Kilgore has played for a state title since winning the Class 4A Division II state championship in 2004.

Carthage is vying for its fourth state title in six years. The Bulldogs won three straight titles between 2008-2010.

Class 2A Division ICameron Yoe 35, Wall 14

Traion Smith rushed for 157 yards and four touchdowns and Cameron Yoe defended its Class 2A Division I champion-ship.

Yoe (15-1) broke a 14-all tie early in the fourth quarter with a 15-play, 85-yard drive capped by a 6-yard pass from quarter-back Jason Kopriva to Aaron

Sims.Yoe has won three state foot-

ball titles. The first was in 1981 in Class 3A.

Class 2A Division IICisco 56, Refugio 28

Colton Kent rushed for 149 yards and accounted for six touchdowns, Mason Reed had 149 yards rushing and three scores and Cisco pulled away in the third quarter.

Cisco (16-0) claimed the school’s first title in its fifth trip to the finals. Refugio (14-2) was thwarted in its attempt to win

a fourth state crown two years after beating Cisco by a point for the championship.

Class A Division IStamford 41, Shiner 28Bo Wimberly scored five

touchdowns — including a go-ahead, 12-yard run with 1:55 left — to lead Stamford to its second straight Class 1A Divi-sion I title.

Shiner led 28-7 with 7:35 remaining in the third quarter before No. 7 Stamford (14-1) rattled off 34 straight points to stun the Region IV champions.

Class A Division IIWellington 42,

Falls City 20Terry Gilbreath had 183

yards rushing and scored three touchdowns to lead top-ranked Wellington to its first Class 1A Division II title in school his-tory.

Gilbreath scored on touch-down runs of 13 and 15 yards, also catching an 8-yard touch-down pass from Klark Ashmore en route to offensive MVP hon-ors. Wellington (14-0) respond-ed to a 6-0 second-quarter defi-cit with 42 straight points.

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Teams from Overton and Carlisle as well as the Hender-son boys are off tonight. But there is still plenty of hardwood action that will take place.

Henderson’s teams have their first-round bye tonight, but the Lady Lions travel to Brownsboro for a non-district contest. The boys are sched-uled to play in the Rusk Tour-nament starting Thursday.

The most notable game fea-turing a Rusk County school will take place in Oakwood when the No. 2 ranked Pan-thers host No. 4 Laneville.

It’s the District 25-A Divi-sion II opener for the Yellow-jackets, who are 13-3 on the season. Oakwood enters with a perfect 9-0 mark, including 1-0 in district. The Panthers beat Centerville Tuesday.

The Oakwood-Laneville dis-trict also includes No. 7 ranked Douglass as well as Kennard, Chireno and Apple Springs.

Laneville’s girls are off until they host Alto on New Year’s Eve.

Meanwhile, West Rusk’s boys and girls visit Troup in a District 18-2A contest. The girls game begins at 6 p.m. with the boys to follow at 7.

The Raiders dropped their district opener against Sabine

Tuesday, while the Lady Raid-ers improved to 2-1 against league competition with a win over the Lady Cardinals.

Mount Enterprise’s girls and boys host Gary in a non-district doubleheader tonight.

The Galcats don’t open dis-trict play until Jan. 3 against Wells. The boys commence their loop trek a week later against Neches.

Finally, the Overton girls and boys and Carlisle girls and boys are all off tonight.

All four teams, along with the West Rusk girls, will take part in the Overton Tourna-ment beginning Thursday. Look for a tournament bracket in a later edition of the Daily News.

No. 5 Tatum 127, Atlanta 35

TATUM — Tatum scored 54 points in the first half and added 73 more in the second to rout Atlanta on the first day of the Tatum Holiday Hoops Showcase.

Robbie Rockwell pitched in 33 points to narrowly miss outscoring the Rabbits’ team. Chastin Brooks and Donovan Centers added 19 apiece for the Eagles.

Jakoby Lee (16 points), Jahee Johnson (13) and Jay-len Shans (11) also scored in double figures.

Tatum improves to 9-3 on the season. The Eagles were scheduled to meet Poolville at 9 a.m. today before the tourna-ment shifted into bracket play.

HHS girls visit B’boro, Lions off; W. Rusk teams on road

CADDO: Water stained; 48-51 degrees; 0.98’ high. Black bass are fair on Rat-L-Traps. White and yellow bass are slow on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines and cut shad.

FORK: Water clear; 46-49 degrees; 5.47’ low. Black bass are slow on black/blue flip-ping jigs. Yellow bass and white bass are fair on min-nows. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines and prepared bait.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 48-51; degrees; 0.04’ high. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, Rat-L-Traps and bladed jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on trotlines.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 69-74 degrees; 0.06’ high. Black bass are good on white bladed jigs and square-bill crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are good on min-nows. Catfish are good on trotlines and perch.

PALESTINE: Water clear; 45-49 degrees; 0.43’ high. Black bass are good on shakyheads. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Hybrid striper are good on slabs. White bass are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on prepared bait.

SAM RAYBURN: Water murky; 62-66 degrees; 4.83’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon red and water-melon gold soft plastics, crank-baits, and Rat-L-Traps. White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies and chartreuse spoons. Crap-pie are slow. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on stinkbait, frozen shrimp, and liver.

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West Rusk’s Tierra Wilson puts up a shot during the Lady Raiders’ 52-51 victory over Sabine Tuesday in New London. The West Rusk boys and girls visit Troup beginning at 6 p.m. tonight in a District 18-2A doubleheader.

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Funeral services for Ila Olivia Lewis-Gardner, 87, of Grand-view, Mo., formerly of Rusk County, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, at Union Springs Baptist Church, County Road 3175, Mount Enterprise. Burial will follow in the Hall’s Cemetery, Mount Enterprise under the direction of Garmon Funeral Home of Henderson.

Ila Olivia Lewis-Gardner was born July 25, 1926, to Osie Del-mar and Ruthie Mae Lewis, the oldest of 13 children born to this union in Rusk County. She was fondly known as ‘Dick’ or ‘Coon.’ Ila accepted Christ at an early age and demonstrated her love for God throughout her life and enjoyed Mass of the Catholic Faith. She received her educa-tion in the Union Springs pub-lic schools which later became Minden Elementary and High School. She started her career in nursing after receiving an LPN license in Lubbock, where her primary practice was pediatric care. Ila relocated to Tucson, Ariz. where she mainly practiced private duty nursing and was an excellent cook, often worked in that capacity as well. She was not afraid of work, picking peas, peaches, working in a chicken house and even cutting thistle. Ila was very active in the com-munity, often volunteering for Vacation Bible School, church

activities and providing trans-portation for the elderly on the first of the month. She was well respected, highly dependable and would go wherever needed.

Ila loved all genres of music, she loved to sing and dance. One of her favorite songs was “Love and Happiness” by Al Green. She identified with this song as it relates to the love, happiness and the joy of lov-ing someone, be it your spouse, your child or friend. Ila enjoyed spending time with her family and friends having a good time with music, fun and fellowship.

Most of all, Ila was a great fan of the outdoors. While Ila enjoyed hunting with her broth-er Pete, her favorite past time was fishing where she would spend hours with various sib-lings, nieces, nephews, grand-children and cousins (anyone who could hang) fishing ... No matter the season or the weath-er she would not miss an oppor-tunity to put her pole in the water. However there was only one exception, you must bait your own hook.

Ila Olivia Lewis was married twice and had one child. Ila was preceded in death by her par-ents, Osie Delmar and Ruthie Mae Lewis; four brothers, Osie Delmar Lewis Jr., Gene Earl Lewis, Nathaniel ‘Pete’ Lewis and Glen Ray Lewis; a sister, Mary Joyce Kirkland.

Ila Lewis-Gardner leaves to cherish her memories: a daugh-ter, Carolyn (Pat) Haynes-Bach; three grandchildren, Winston Carroll of Birmingham Ala.; Rosilyn (Joseph) Emetoh of Dallas, and Brian Spurlock of Kansas City, Mo.; three great-grandchildren; Joseph and Christina Emetoh and Gabrielle (Gabby) Carroll; siblings: Lattie Goodson of Round Rock, Texas; Laura Haskins of Georgetown, Texas; Mattie (Bill) Hogan of Grandview, Mo.; Joe Lewis of Grandview, Mo.; John Lewis of Anchorage, Alaska; Rutha Awbrey of Grandview, Mo. and Donald Lewis of George-town. She leaves a special niece, Stephanie Edwards among other nieces and nephews; spe-cial cousins, Burnell and Johnny Wilson, Eula Faye Roon; other cousins and friends. The staff of Life Care Center of Grandview, Darlene especially.

Public viewing will be from 1-7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, at the funeral home.

Online guest book and con-dolecenes may be made at <www.garmonfuneralhome.com>.

ObituariesIla Olivia Lewis-Gardner

GarmonFuneral Home

900 N. Van Buren • (903) 657-6593Henderson, Texas 75652

Mary E. Flanagan was born Feb. 10, 1951, in Camp Chaffee, Ark., to Charles and Mary Rhodes. She was raised in San Antonio and Big Springs, Texas. She moved to East Texas in the early 1970s where she lived out the rest of her life. Mary and her family moved to Longview from Henderson in 1976, and have lived in Pine Tree since 1977. She has worked as a store clerk, caregiver for the elderly, housewife and mother before retiring last year.

She was preceded in death by her child, a son, Roy Flana-gan of Longview; her parents; two brothers, Jackson Rhodes of Burnett, Texas and Charles Rhodes of Dallas; her two best

friends in the whole world, Sandra Bennet of Henderson and Martha Estes of Gladewa-ter; and a favorite aunt, Doris Flanagan of Henderson.

She is survived by her hus-band of 40 years, Daniel Fla-nagan of Longview; two sis-ters and two brothers, Louse Norfleet, Carol Shepard, Joe and James Rhodes, all of the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex; two brothers-in-law, Mike Fla-nagan, Johnny and Mary Jack-son of Henderson, and several nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held at Pine Tree Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 10 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, with Rev. Don Nunn officiating.

There will be a visitation one hour prior to service for friends to come and greet one another.

Memorials may be made to: Pine Tree Cumberland Presby-terian Church, 1805 Pine Tree Road, Longview, Texas 75604 or Lufkin State School, 4960 Texas 103, Lufkin, Texas 75901 in Mary’s name or Roy, her son who was a resident for many years.

A guest book may be found online at <www.raderfh.com>.

Mary E. Flanagan

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A memorial service for Landon Alford, 78, of Hen-derson, will be held at First United Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, 2013, with Rev. David Luckert and Rev. Debbie Tipps officiating. Landon was born July 11, 1935, in Dallas, to John Rogers and Susan Landon Alford and was a life-long resident of Hender-son. He was predeceased by his parents, brother John Rogers Alford Jr., sister Ella Langdon Alford and grandson, Charles Knox Alford.

Landon graduated from Henderson High School in 1953. He attended Southern Methodist University where he met his wife Phyllis Potthast Alford of San Antonio. They married on April 18, 1957, and graduated from SMU in May of 1957. Landon served in the United States Air Force and the Air Force Reserves.

N o t h i n g was more important to Landon than family. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, Phyl-lis Potthast Alford; sons, Dr. Eugene Landon Alford

and wife Mary Long Alford of Houston, Benson Warren Alford of Tyler, and David Rogers Alford and wife Mary Frances Engle Alford of Hen-derson; six grandchildren John Landon Alford and wife Lau-ren Williams Alford of Hous-ton, Lauren Elisabeth Alford of Kansas City, Mo., Elizabeth Drew (Bess) Alford of Houston, Madeline Susan Alford of New York, New York, Amelia Lucile Alford and Eveline Ella Alford of Henderson.

Landon Alford was a true gentleman who will be missed by many. He leaves a legacy of a life lovingly dedicated to his extended family, the East Texas community, and the develop-ment of business to create opportunities for all.

Honorary pallbearers will be the officers and directors of Citizens National Bank and the friends in the Strong-Hurt cof-fee club.

Memorials may be made to First United Methodist Church, 204 North Marshall, Hender-son, Texas 75652.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at <www.crawfordacrim.com>.

Landon Alford

ALFORD

Crawford-a. Crimfuneral Home

The Crawford Family1414 SoutH main, HenderSon

903-657-2562

John Earl Thompson

Funeral services for Mrs. Tommie Jo Young, 78, of Tatum, are pending at Craw-

ford-A. Crim Funeral Home. Mrs. Young passed away

Dec. 19, 2013.

Words of comfort may be shared with the family at <www.crawfordacrim.com>.

Tommie Jo Young

Funeral arrangements for Mr. John Earl Thompson, 60, of Henderson, are pending with Garmon Funeral Home.

Mr. Thompson passed away Friday, Dec. 20, 2013, at ETMC Henderson.

Online condolences can be

made at <www.garmonfuneral-home.com>.

Funeral services for Mrs. Tommie Virgie Colley, 79, of Henderson, are pending at Crawford-A. Crim Funeral

Home. Mrs. Colley passed away

Dec. 20, 2013, in Tyler. Words of comfort may

be shared with the family at <www.crawfordacrim.com>.

Tommie Virgie Colley

Our sympathies in the loss of a loved one.

Suburban Houston illness attributed to swine fluASSOCIATED PRESS

CONROE — Public health

officials in suburban Houston said swine flu was the cause of a man’s recent sickness, and they’re still investigating what has sickened others, including four who died.

The Houston Chronicle reported Thursday that the eight patients with similar symptoms were reported this month by Conroe Regional Medical Center, about 40 miles north of Houston. County health officials, Texas Department of State Health Ser-

vices and the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention are monitoring the cases.

Hospital officials said none of the four who died had gotten a flu shot. In all eight cases, initial testing showed negative results for influenza, but further testing showed the one patient had the H1N1 virus, also known as swine flu. Two tested negative for all known flu strains. Culture tests are pending for the other patient still hospitalized and all four who died.

Montgomery County Public Health spokeswoman Jennifer

Nichols Contella said privacy issues prohibited her from nam-ing any of the eight patients but did say they range in age from 41 to 68.

The CDC reported in the first week of December that of the 395 influenza A cases that were test-ed nationwide, about 97 percent were found to be a strain of H1N1 virus first diagnosed in 2009.

In Texas that same week, 91 percent of the 44 reported cases of influenza A were found to be swine flu, according to the Department of State Health Ser-vices.

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FRIENDS OF THE MOUNT ENTERPRISE LIBRARY will open a firework stand from 2-8 p.m. Dec. 23 through New Year’s Day on U.S. Highway 259, one block from the Highway 259 and Texas Highway 84 intersection. Great prices, with proceeds benefitting the construction of the new library.

FAMILY MOVIE DAY in the Rusk County Library meeting room 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Dec. 27. Free and open to the public.

FAMILY MOVIE DAY in the Rusk County Library meeting room 9:30 a.m.-7 p.m. Dec. 30. Free and open to the public.

HHS SOCCER BOOSTERS Alumni Game is scheduled for Jan. 4, 2014 at Lion Sta-dium. Games begin at noon. Admission at the gate: $3 for adults, $2 for students/kids. Sack lunch with hamburger, chips, drink and cookies available for $5. Con-cessions will also be available.

GENEALOGY SHAREGROUP in the sec-ond floor conference room of the Rusk County Library 9:45-11:30 a.m. Jan. 8. Presented by Caroline Spears from “The Old Stone Fort” in Nacogdoches.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME 10-11 a.m.

Jan. 8 in the Rusk County Library. Theme: Happy New Year. Craft and noise makers to celebrate.

Editor’s note: “News Briefs” items are restricted to non-profit and civic organi-zations that serve Henderson and Rusk County. These event notices should be no more than 50 words and should be faxed to (903) 657-0056, mailed (Henderson Daily News, P.O. Box 30, Henderson, Texas 75653) or e-mailed <joyslay-maker@hendersondailynews.com> with the contact person’s telephone number included. All items are subject to editing and will be printed as space allows.

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DALLAS — Six charter schools across the state are being ordered to close their doors due to a history of under-performance.

The Texas Education Agen-cy announced it will revoke six charters in June, pending an appeals process. The Dal-las Morning News reported that the schools are American YouthWorks in Austin, Jamie’s House Charter School in Hous-ton, Honors Academy in Dal-las, Koinoinia Community Learning Academy in Houston, Richard Milburn Academy in suburban Houston and Azle-way Charter School in Tyler.

John Dodd, superintendent of Honors Academy in Dal-las, which has 775 students on seven state campuses, said he planned to appeal. Honors has had three straight years of poor academic ratings, but Dodd said Honors was working with TEA to improve the situation.

“We’re asking TEA to con-tinue to let us do what we’re doing, because it’s working,” Dodd told the newspaper.

Charter schools are pri-vately run with tax dollars, but

required to meet certain stan-dards to continue operation. A new law requires TEA to shut down charter schools if they do not meet academic bench-marks for three straight years, the newspaper reported.

“Schools that aren’t meet-ing the needs of kids, whether traditional or charter, ought to be closed down,” said David Dunn, executive director of the Texas Charter Schools Associa-tion.

But officials at the schools targeted say they’re doing their best to serve students and don’t deserve to be shuttered.

Parc Smith, CEO of Ameri-can YouthWorks in Austin, takes older students who have dropped out of traditional high schools. YouthWorks’ students are an average of 18 years old.

The school missed state financial standards the last three years by not hiring the right managers to oversee its finances, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

“This is not the kind of school they want to close down,” said Parc Smith, the schools’ CEO, according to the newspaper. “We are working with the folks who weren’t making it at any

school and we’re getting them to graduate in significant num-bers.”

In East Texas, Azleway Charter School faces possible closure for not meeting aca-demic standards during the 2010-11 school year and finan-cial standards during the 2011-12 and 2012-13 school years, the Tyler Morning Telegraph reported.

Gary Duke, CEO of Azleway Inc., told the newspaper that he would also request a review of the state’s decision. Duke

said many of the school’s stu-dents have learning disabilities or other issues that make it difficult for them to learn. He acknowledged that the school did not properly monitor its funding in previous years, leading to insolvency, but said Azleway was trying to eventu-ally meet TEA standards.

“It’s a very unfortunate situ-ation for the kids because we want to provide them with the best educational system that we can,” Duke told the Tele-graph.

ArraignmentsAccording to the office of

Rusk County Pct. No. 5 Jus-tice of the Peace Judge Joe Sorrells, the following persons were arraigned on Dec. 19:

• Icnacio Gonzales, 23, Kilgore, Smith County: pos-session of controlled sub-stance (Surety Offense Bond), $10,000 bond;

• Isaac Mendez, 27, Hen-

derson, Panola County: posses-sion of marijuana (Motion to Revoke), bond denied;

• Iesha Zamacona, 22, Henderson, credit/debit card abuse, State jail felony, $7,500 bond; and

• Angela Mohr, 36, Overton, forgery financial instrument elderly, 3rd Degree felony, $10,000 bond.

HENDERSON POLICEDEPARTMENT

Misdemeanors• One count of Class A theft

greater than or equal to $500 but less than $1,500; and

• One count of Class B harass-ment.

HENDERSON FIRE DEPARTMENT

• Medical call reported at 2:12 p.m. Wednesday near County Road 401;

• Motor vehicle collision reported at 8 p.m. Wednesday near the 800 block of Millville;

• Medical call reported at 12:15 p.m. Thursday near the 100 block of N. High St.;

• Motor vehicle accident reported at 5:51 p.m. Thursday near the 100 block of McClarty;

• Landing zone reported at 7:03 p.m. Thursday near the 300 block of Wilson; and

• Fire alarm reported at 7:20 p.m. Thursday near the 600 block of Whipporwill.

RUSK COUNTYSHERIFF’S OFFICE

• Responded to 66 calls, including 26 9-1-1 calls, in the

24-hour period ending at 5 a.m. today.

Misdemeanors• Three counts of miscella-

neous theft;• One count of misdemeanor

arrest;• One count of reckless driver;• One count of simple assault;

and• One count of telephone

harassment.

Felonies• Arson reported at 2:47 p.m.

Thursday near 2022 County Road 176; and

• Felony arrest reported at 5:46 a.m. Friday near 180 Stone-wall Street in Tatum.

Jail Population• As of 5 a.m. today, there

were 110 inmates housed in the Rusk County Justice Center.

If you have information that might lead to the solving of a crime, call Crime Stoppers at (903) 655-TIPS or (903) 655-8477. You will remain anony-mous, will not have to testify in court and could receive a reward up to $1,000.

Burglar picks wrong target: Texas prosecutor’s house

Texas officials move to close six charter schools

ASSOCIATED PRESS WACO — Nine hours

after his release from prison, Jonique Ramon Webster was back in custody again for trying to burglarize a Central Texas prosecutor’s home.

Webster was given 40 years in prison Thursday for the June incident.

The Waco Tribune-Herald reported that Webster had just gotten off the bus in Waco after his release from state prison on a 10-year sentence for home

burglary. According to court records, Webster was wander-ing around the city and picked the home of Gabrielle Massey, a McLennan County prosecu-tor.

A neighbor who felt uncom-fortable called police, who caught Webster with $20 in cash, car and house keys, a TiVo remote and a bicycle.

He later pleaded guilty.Webster has several prior

convictions on his record and won’t be eligible for parole for 10 years.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

FORT WORTH — The win-ter freeze that hit North Texas earlier this month wreaked havoc on not just roads and schools, but dozens of green-houses.

The Fort Worth Star-Tele-gram reported that it found more than 50 greenhouses destroyed or damaged after freezing rain blanketed North Texas and shut down the region.

Jim Lawson is general man-

ager of the Plant Shed in Ben-brook.

He tells the newspaper that he’d never seen a storm have this much impact in his 30 years in the business. Christ-mas trees were still standing this week inside one of his col-lapsed greenhouses.

The weather also forced many vendors to miss a key weekend for selling Christmas trees, in what’s already a trun-cated holiday shopping sea-son due to a later-than-usual Thanksgiving.

ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO — Prosecu-tors say a U.S. Army soldier has been charged with trying to sell explosive material that he stole following a field exercise at Fort Hood.

A news release from U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman said the federal criminal com-plaint charging 23-year-old Tyler Glen Patrick with pos-session and transportation of stolen explosive material was unsealed Thursday.

According to the criminal

complaint, Patrick was arrest-ed Tuesday in Copperas Cove after trying to sell a 1¼-pound block of C-4 explosive.

Patrick remains in federal custody. If convicted, he faces up to 10 years in federal pris-on and a maximum $250,000 fine. Attempts by The Associat-ed Press to determine whether he had an attorney yet were unsuccessful.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division are investigating the case.

U.S. Army soldier charged for trying to sell explosive

Winter freeze hits dozens of North Texas greenhouses