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HERALD
■ September 6,2006
COLUMNS
EDITORIAL BOARD
Whitehead Enterprises Inc.
publisher
Marie Whitehead
editor
Terrie W. Gonzalez
managing editor
Texas' Oldest Continuously
Published Weekly Newspaper
Established as the
Cherokee Sentinel, Feb, 27,1850
Consolidation of The Cherokeean,
The Alto Herald and
the Wells News & Views
■
View from the Top
The alarm clock went
off at 7:45 this morn-
ing. Seeing the time, I
panicked. I had hit the snooze
button one too many times.
"I'm going to be late,'' I
thought to myself. I hurried
through the house, getting
ready, grabbing a snack for
breakfast and frantically
looking for my keys.
On my way to work, I
worked on my excuse for
my tardiness. (Usually my
excuses stink and I wind up
admitting my addiction to the
snooze button).
What a wasted morning! I
got a late start, barely spoke
to my family and missed my
daily prayer time.
Recollecting this morning's
experience, I remembered the
words of Dr. Charles Swill-
ing, pastor of Rocky Springs
Missionary Baptist Church in
Dialville.
"You can either say 'good
Lord, it's morning' or you can
say 'good morning. Lord,
Dr. Swilling told a group of
seminary students at Texas
Baptist Institute in Hender-
son.
Dr. Swilling's favorite versé
LELAND ACKER
chreporter@mediactr.com
is Psalms 3:5, which says,
"I laid me down and slept, I
awaked, for the Lord sus-
tained me."
King David wrote those
words as he Was fleeing from
his son, Absalom. To make
a long story short, Absalom
had ralhed some of the people
against David, and had basi-
cally held a coup.
They had run David out
of town, forcing him to hide
in the wilderness. Absalom
had taken over things at the
palace and was running the
country.
Poor David had never had
any peace during his reign
as king. When he was first
chosen, he was constantly
having to fight Saul. After
(Saul's death, David always
I seemed to be at war. Now,
Absalom had taken the king-
Idom by force.
Absalom battled and fled
[from David and wound
up being killed in a freak
I accident. David regained the
[throne and God blessed his
reign.
In the third Psalm, David
tells of how troubles are sur-
rounding him, but he praises
God for looking out for him.
In our day, troubles are
all around us. There are the
worldwide troubles, such as
war in the Middle East, ter-
rorism and gas prices.
Then there are the personal
troubles, such as outstanding
debt, work, family issues and
haunting memories.
How can anyone have peace
in their hves with everything
going on? People can have
peace in their hves just like
David did, through a relation-
ship with God.
This relationship is started
by accepting Jesus as your
Savior, and grows by follow-
ing what the Bible teaches.
Jim Hogg
Historical Park,
Rusk
Caddoan Mounds
State Historical Site,
Alto
Texas State Railroad
State Historical Park,
Rusk
Why dictnt
we think..
of that?!
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terror.
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TOU&V
theatres everywhere
Scene In Passing
September has arrived
with the launch of a
new school year. All
things considered, we have
a good beginning underway.
Athletes throughout the
county are geared up for clas-
sic pigskin action. We wish
all our teams the very best in
clean competition and hope
that injuries will be kept to
a minimum. Of course, this
is mixed emotion time for
some families. Little people
are easing into a new routine
which will guide their paths
for the next 12 years. Moms
and dads meet this change
with a rush of gladness and
suddenly, reality sets in when
the house gets quiet, And
it's not so fun. The same can
be said for the almost adult
teenagers who have man-
aged to secure employment or
they have been accepted by
one of the schools of higher
learning. Their departure
is referred to as the "empty
neSt" syndrome.
We had the experience of
feehng Christmas arriving
early Wednesday when a
special visitor came. It was
Jack Stone, our former Wells
banker and member of the
Texas Parks and Wildlife
Commission. In his early
service there were only three
members. As terms rolled
over, Jack became chairman
of the group, just in time to
steer our evolving locomotive
toward becoming the Texas
State Railroad for the second
MARIE WHITEHEAD
editor@mediactr.com
time.
Our guest relished every
memory as I did. In looking
back, we marveled at the
strength and cooperation
of Rusk's and Palestine's
citizens, not to mention
Jacksonville and all other
residents of the two counties.
Who would have thought that
so much would be done so
rapidly? It began in 1973 and
in just three years, 1976, we
had the blessing of watching
our train christened by Texas'
First Lady Janie Briscoe, wife
of Gov. Dolph Briscoe.
Jack has made numerous
trips to Cherokee County
since moving to Lewistown,
Mont. But he had not been
able to work in a visit to
the TSR until now. He was
overwhelmed by the size of
the facility on U.S. Highway
84 West. It was more than
he remembered. With all of
us he grieves at the awful
prospect of seeing our train
parked. It is not a solution.
He joins us to do what we
can, where we are, pushing
with the strength of Samson
to maintain the work of art
and beauty. It was not a
regular working day at the
train Wednesday, but a few of
the staffers Were busy, busy.
One of them. John Garbutt,
pulled away from desk duties
long enough to give Jack a
look- see at the maintenance
complex. Mr. Garbutt was
excited to meet the man who
guided the original plans
through the state's red tape
from beginning to end. As a
member of that important
group, he steered the TSR
towards its goal. And he is
still as dedicated now as in
the beginning.
We had time for laughter
as some of the near pitfalls
and disasters were recalled.
The idea began on a trip to
Scrapping Valley where Sen.
Charles Wilson was to honor
U.S. Rep. Barbara Jordan.
Jack and his late wife,
Shirley, made the trip with
us. The two guys couldn't
wait to arrive at the lodge
in the pines to pursue their
thoughts with Sen. Wilson.
It was that evening that a
train took up residence in
our kitchen. For years, it
was "the'' topic. Getting to
re-live those days of action
and accomplishment with
one of the three who made it
happen, was pure joy. Christ-
mas came early, hke I said.
Marie Whitehead talks with Jack Stone during a recent visit
to the Texas State Railroad. Mr. Stone is a former member
of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
The most I will hope for this
Christmas is the continued
service of the Texas State
Railroad, the state's Official
Railroad — per State Rep.
Chuck Hopson.
After leaving East Texas,
Jack returned to school and
obtained a law degree at the
age of 57. Being a banker just
wasn't enough.
He loves the spaciousness
of Montana, the animals on
land and fish in the water.
His daughter is in the state of
Washington and his son hves
in Alaska. Guess it's official
that they are now "snow-
birds."
He hopes to return before
the end of this year for
another visit. He thinks we
will have TSR's future deter-
mined by then. His confidence
is appreciated.
The Task Force will con-
tinue to seek answers for the
many questions. If you have
the time to get involved, write
letters, send e-mail or call
your state representatives,
state senators, governor,
lieutenant governor, even the
speaker of the house. Wher-
ever you live, your words can
help because this is a state-
wide effort.
We must take care of all
parks in the great state of
Texas. Most of us have lived
long enough to understand
that it's the squeaking wheel
that gets greased.
Can you squeak a little
louder? Trust me, it will help.
Thank you and keep smiling.
High Points From El Camino Real
Many folks along El Camino
Real used the Labor Day
Hohday to catch their second
wind after all the busy activi-
ties that have been going on
since the beginning of the
school year. We had a short
deadline with the paper this
week because of the hohday
and I was forced to try and
gather a full four bits' worth
of news in half the time. For-
tunately something is always
taking place in our neck of
the woods.
Helen Selman sent news
from the Linwood Commu-
nity. Ms. Selman said that
Juan Estrada will be per-
forming a Gospel concert at
Old Palestine Baptist Church
at 10:30 a.m. Sept. 10. Mr.
Estrada and his late wife,
Daisy Estrada were mar-
ried in the pretty old church
on June 25, 1955 by Rev.
Gene Tomlin. A year or two
ago Mr. Estrada erected the
beautiful flag display at the
entrance to the Old Palestine
Cemetery in memory of his
late wife, Daisy. If you want
to hear some good singing in
one of our oldest community
churches, then head out on
CHRIS DAVIS
elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
Sunday.
I've heard of cemetery and
church yard cleaning days,
but a new one is coming to
Alto on Saturday. The Alto
ISD will hold a beautifica-
tion day at the Alto schools.
Volunteers are urged to show
up ready to work from 8 until
noon on Saturday to help do
various jobs to help improve
the look of the campuses. A
hot dog lunch will be served
to all the volunteers at noon.
If you bring kids make sure
that they are old enough to
do chores without supervi-
sion. Now is your chance
to fix things that you don't
hke to see when you visit the
campus. You won't have to
say to yourself, " I wonder
why they don't fix that or
clean that up?" Just do it
yourself. Helping out the
kids and meeting some nice
folks, sounds hke a great
way to spend a Saturday. I
don't' like hot dogs, so that
sure isn't a draw for me, but
I guess I could carry a sack
lunch instead.
All good things must come
to an end and after 10 years
of fun The Alto Homecom-
ing Festival Committee is
calling it quits on the Annual
Homecoming Festival. For
the past few years it has been
harder and harder to get
people interested in keeping
the festival going, so this year
everyone decided it was time
to give it a rest.
A big thanks to all of those
people who worked hard
in the past to pull off some
really great memories and
parades.
I know my late neighbor
Virgil Schochler and I really
had some great times in those
parades. I'll miss the great
food. Hopefully in a few years
the Alto alumni will miss it
and it will be revived into
something bigger and better.
If you have any questions you
can cah (936) 858-3651, 858-
3238 or 858-7144.
Tasha Jackson let me
know about a giant multi-
family garage sale that the
Alto Missionary Baptist
Church Ladies'Auxiliary
is planning for this weekend.
The only thing a httle differ-
ent about this big sale is that
it isn't, going to be in Alto.
The Laches are having the
sale at the former location of
Tasha's Childcare Center in
Rusk. The building is located
right next door to the ETMC
building just past the Rusk
State Hospital on top of the
hill.
The sale will begin on Sept.
8 at 7 a.m. and go until 5 p.m.
that afternoon and then start
up again at 7 a.m. on Satur-
day and shut down at 3 p.m.
They've got furniture, kids
stuff, kitchen stuff, clothes
and just about everything
else you can imagine in extra
quantities from all the church
family.
Proceeds from the event go
towards the church's mission
work. The Alto Missionary
Baptist Church sponsor John
and Cindy Gail, a couple of
missionaries who are working
on a Navajo Indian Reserva-
tion in Thoreau, N.M. The
money will be used to help
purchase supplies for their
mission work. If you have
garage sale fever this ought
to be the place to visit, Don't
forget that the sale is in Rusk
even though the church is in
Alto.
Go out and help these
laches spread the word and
their garage sale items
around, while leaving some of
your money in one place.
I hope everyone that went
hunting this past weekend
got all the fried cloves with
gravy and biscuits they coulcl
hold in their stomachs.
By the time you paid for
your hunting license and
shells those httle birds prob-
ably cost you close to $10 a
piece. And I bet they were
worth every penny when you
took the first bite. I think I'll
just have to wait on squirrel
season to make my gravy,
I guess that's enough
news for the short deadline.
Things are going to be getting
busier and busier for me and
I need all the help I can get
if I'm going to spread news
around.
If you think of anything
that needs telling please let
me know about it.
I'll see ya next week! And
remember, Wlien declaring
your rights, don't forget
your responsibilities.
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