Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 158, No. 39, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 21, 2007 Page: 3 of 16
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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
COLUMNS
cherokeean
HERALD
Page 3A
Wednesday, November 21,2007
www.thecherokeean.com
From The Top
Paul writes in Philippi-
ans 3:8-10 "I count all
things but loss for the
excellency of the knowledge
of Christ Jesus my Lord...
that I may win Christ and
be found in Him, not having
mine own righteousness,
which is of the law, but that
which is through the faith
of Christ, the righteousness
which is of God by faith:
that I may know Him and
the power of His resurrec-
tion.
Are you saved? Have you
asked Jesus into your heart?
Did you follow Christ in
baptism? Do you have your
ticket to Heaven?
Many people believe that
since they have done one, or
all of the above things that
their eternal future is secure
and that they have nothing
more to worry about.
While I believe the Bible
teaches that a believer is
secure in their salvation
once they have repented of
their sins and trusted Jesus
as their Savior, the point to
Christianity is hardly, "get
your ticket to Heaven now!"
Paul's salvation experience
(vividly recorded in Acts 9,
LELAND ACKER
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22 and 26 changed his entire
life.
He was never the same
after that. He spent the rest
of his life both serving God
as Christ instructed him to
do, and trying to get to know
Christ better. And that is the
point of Phihppians 3:8-10.
Prior to salvation, Paul
was a good Pharisee. He de-
scribed himself as a Pharisee
of the Pharisees. He was
likely self-righteous and
beheved himself to be a good
person.
After salvation. Paul's
concern was getting closer
to God, as opposed to getting
better himself.
Did you answer yes to my
first question? If so, has your
life changed since salvation?
Or are you stuck in the rut of
the same old same old?
If you are still stuck in the
rut of the same old stuff,
different day, you might con-
sider getting to know Jesus.
How do you get to know
Jesus more? Is it through
meditation? Sitting around
trying to feel His Spirit? No.
You get to know Jesus the
way Paul did... by studying
the Bible.
Paul desired righteous-
ness, which he stated in our
passage is "of God by faith:
that I may know Him.''
To get to know Jesus, you
have to grow your faith. In
order to grow your faith, you
must read God's Word, the
Bible. Romans 10:17 says
"Faith cometh by hearing,
and hearing by the Word of
God.''
God wants you to know
Him. God wants you to know
Christ. You can accomplish
both by reading the Bible.
I recommend beginning in
John, or the Psalms.
If you'd like, you may even
e-mail me and let me know
how you're doing.
Jim Hogg
City Park,
Rusk
Caddoan Mounds
State Historical Site,
Alto
M
Texas State Railroad
American Heritage
Park, Rusk
Navjcy
warns.
VJPTYANNGs
Scene In Passing
We're wishing you a
delicious Thanks-
giving early, while
at the same time rolhng the
chums for Santa Claus to
make his annual appear-
ance Tuesday, Dec. 4.
Writing ahead of a dead-
line is not easy, I am grate-
ful for the opportunity to up-
date you on the Texas State
Railroad. Rusk City Council
approved a $500,000 loan
to the TSR Authority, which
will in turn be able to loan
it to American Heritage
Railways, Inc., when all
the appropriate papers are
signed. This action came at
Thursday's special meeting.
Many hours have been spent
in planning how we can save
the train. We thought we
understood the legislation
which passed, but appar-
ently, the worchng did not
match the desire of the
legislature. We have been
blessed with the opportunity
to seek a solution. As long as
MARIE WHITEHEAD
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the door is open, that means
it isn't closed.
We can be grateful for
the leadership of Rusk and
Palestine for their commit-
ment to saving the train.
This has become a network,
slowly evolving into a team
of collective energy. I am
just sorry that I won't live
long enough to write a book
about this facet of life in
the history of Cherokee and
Anderson counties. It will
be a narrative of emotion
filled with fears, tears and
joy. When you think about
Thursday, isn't every day,
really, a day for thanksgiv-
ing? It is for me.
I am grateful to our friend
Frank Bowden, who did a
great job of paying tribute
to Veterans Day events last
week. Without our veterans,
where would we be? What
would our nation be called?
What would our language
be? It is mind boggling to
consider what our lives
would be hke if we had lost
our freedom, at any point.
Life was lost that we might
enjoy. Thanks be to our
Creator, every day, for our
blessings, especially our
Veterans.
Blessings continue for
some of our under-the-
weather folks. Neighbor
Jim Turner should be home,
convalescing from the loss of
a limb with rehab to follow.
His wife Joyce is such a good
nurse and provides the love
and support he needs. As
a family, this couple has a
several names on our prayer
hst. There's a daughter-in-
law, Linda, victim of cancer,
another granddaughter
having tests for cancer and
an elderly aunt. As you've
heard it said, "trouble comes
in bunches.'' Another one is
"trying times are times for
trying." We hope it gets bet-
ter for the Turners.
Christmas came early,
in a way, for your writer. A
totally unexpected way, too.
A recent Rusk visitor, free-
lance writer John Watson
and his wife came to town
for a few days with Thomas
and Friends at the Texas
State Railroad.
The couple live in Cle-
burne. He stopped off at our
office for research and in
that great wealth of "stuff'
stacked around our offices,
there's a lot to be found.
This week's mail brought
the surprise. A copy of the
Cleburne Times-Review fea-
turing a huge story with pic-
tures about the Whiteheads
in Rusk. He took it from the
beginning. It was a greatly
appreciated tribute to the
Better Half. The connec-
tion I hope you make here
is this: If there had been no
Better Half, there probably
would have been no train,
and no train for our visi-
tor to visit, no story in his
hometown paper about Rusk
today. Thanks to all of you
who have been so encourag-
ing in your support of TSR.
After living in the shadow
of one ghost town, I can
assure you one is enough. It
is my prayer that one day
soon, we'll meet to celebrate
the future of our area in
the tourism industry. Our
centerpiece will be the Texas
State Railroad.
Again, happy turkey day.
May you enjoy and share
the traditions that make
you who you are. Here's a
closing thought for all of us:
"Keep your eyes on the road
you travel. That is the only
one you have the power to
change, That is the only one
your angels will be walking
today.'" Isn't that profound?
Keep smiling.
High Points From El Camino Real
Folks along El Camino
Real are busy as they
can be makingthe
final plans and grocery
hsts for that very special
Thanksgiving dinner. The
people who aren't planning
what to cook are busy plan-
ning how to get to someone's
house that will cook. We
have lots to be thankful
for and if we aren't eating
anything but sardines for
Thanksgiving, we Can still
count ourselves as blessed.
If you'll save my four bits'
worth of news and read it
right after you've filled up
on turkey and all the trim-
mings, I promise that you
can go to sleep with nothing
on your mind.
We've got so much to be
thankful for here in our
httle town that it is some-
times hard to remember
it all. I'm going to make a
stab at it and do the best
I can. A whole lot of good
Stuff has happened since
the last time we said thanks
over the turkey.
The Alto Yeliowjacket
football team brought home
a state championship trophy
last year after Thanksgiv-
ing. Our little town cheered
them on and traveled across
the state to support our
team. We were thankful
for our win, but most of all
we were thankful for their
sportsmanship and the way
they represented our town.
We are thankful for the
leadership and dedication of
our coaching staff. The Alto
Yellowjackets are heading
into the playoffs again this
weekend and our town will
be loading up and moving
CHRIS DAVIS
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out to follow and cheer them
on. We will be extra thank-
ful if we bring home back-to-
back state championships.
I'm not a superstitious
person but I keep my eyes
open for a good omen now
and then. The offensive
coordinator for the Alto
Yeliowjacket football team.
Coach Paul Gould's wife
Laurie, gave birth to twins
on Nov. 11. Bradlee Walter
and Jenna Marie weighed
over five pounds a piece.
We have another girl to join
Julianna as a Yeliowjacket
cheerleader and a boy to
join his dad on the football
field. We are thankful for
their safe arrival. Laurie
has been a champ through-
out her entire pregnancy,
and I don't think she missed
a football game all season.
Even when she was really
big, she kept on coming.
The Gould family is at home
and doing great. The coach
has two babies the week be-
fore the playoffs in a battle
for our second state cham-
pionship in two years. If
that isn't a good omen, then
there is no such thing as a
good omen, and all those
httle rabbits that have been
giving up their feet have
done it for naught. Congrat-
ulations to the Gould family
on their new twins! We are
thankful to have such a fine
family living in our commu-
nity and working with our
kids,
Stephanie Garces should
be thankful that she has a
grandmother like Patsy, who
never forgets her birthday.
Stephanie will be turning 11
on Nov. 24. She is a special
httle girl that is growing up
way too fast. Happy birth-
day, Stephanie!
We are especially thank-
ful that our prayers were
answered for httle Hannah
Collie, who was able to
come home from the hospital
with a brand new heart and
a brand new baby brother. I
am thankful that I live in a
community that will come
together and pray for a sick
child. I'm sure that the Col-
he family would agree that
even bologna sandwiches
for Thanksgiving wouldn't
diminish the two wonderful
blessings they have to be
thankful for this year.
If you are having to look
for something to be thankful
for then you obviously can't
see the forest for the trees.
We've got lots of churches
in town with plenty of seats
for everyone who wants to
visit, and for that We are
thankful. Some good folks
have died in the past year
in our httle town, but we
are thankful for all the
memories we had with them
while they were here. We
still haven't won the battle
for school prayer at football
Paul and Laurie Gould are the proud parents of twins.
games, but aren't we thank-
ful that the battle for prayer
brings people together to
stand up for their beliefs?
We have to be especially
thankful for our old people
because they chose to stay
here and make a life in this
httle town while others went
away to make their fortune.
They have the wisdom to
shed hght on what, are old
problems to them but new
problems to us. They are
the ones who chaw sons and
daughters back like a mag-
net in their later years to
care for them, thus remov-
ing them from the stress of
the city and slowing down
their lifestyles. I guess the
most important things we
have to be thankful for are
our children. They force us
to be teachers and role mod-
els. They make us strive to
give them the very best we
have to offer. They make us
think before we speak our
dislikes or prejudices for
fear that we might pollute
their little minds. The chil-
dren help keep the old ways
ahve as we try and share
the happy memories of our
childhood hke hunting trips,
visits to grandparents and
family reunions. Bad things
can and do happen, but
there is always an outpour-
ing of love to make bad
things a httle better. If we
feel we aren't being treated
fairly by our government
all we have to do is mark a
ballot with a pencil. I am
thankful we don't have to
have revolutions for change.
We just have to vote. I am
thankful for our families
and for the love and support
they provide. You don't
have to look very far to find
something to be thankful
for this Thanksgiving. Just
remember who to thank.
Thanksgiving without
thanks is just a turkey din-
ner.
We have a lot more than
four bits' worth of stuff to be
thankful for, but I've only
got four bits' worth of room.
I'll see ya next week! And
remember, A man should
never be ashamed to
admit that he has been
wrong, which is but say-
ing that he is wiser today
than lie was yesterday.
Cljerokeeaij
HERALD
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Consolidation of
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the Wells News & Views
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