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Clferokeeaif Herald ■ thecherokeean.com
Wednesday, July 21, 2010
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Whitehead Enterprises Inc.
publisher
MARIE WHITEHEAD
editor
TERRIE W. GONZALEZ
managing editor
FAST I f°nvar^
You know Mo
w
hy do you call
your mother 'Mo,'"
my friend asked
recently.
I could have answered,
"It's a catchy name, and she
likes it." And that would
be a true statement. But
that's not the real reason
that I call her Mo.
My mom exaggerates
when she says she is five-
foot-two. With the passing
of time and compressed
vertebrae,, she is shrink-
ing — four-eleven would be
closer to accurate.
"I call her 'Mo' because
she's so short. A short
person needs a short name,
so I cut off the last 'm' in
'mom.' That spells Mo."
Everybody at work calls
her Mo, our kids call her
Mo or Grandmo and an ever
widening circle of friends
calls her Mo, even if they
don't understand the family
humor behind the name.
Even my dad used a
variation of Mo. He often
called her Mo-rie instead of
Marie.
Ever the proper son-in-
law, always deferential and
respectful, my husband
adds a "the" to her name.
TERRIE GONZALEZ
herald@mediactr.com
To him, she is "The Mo" -
there are no others.
Not many people are able
to get away with putting an
article adjective like "the"
in front of their names. The
Dalai Lama does it, which
places Mo in rarefied air.
A name like Mo is all-
purpose. and can be used
with creativity as an adjec-
tive or adverb. An event
can be "Mo" fun when she's
around.
There's something sweet
and endearing about petite
people. And when they
have a sense of humor like
my Mo, it's all the better.
That leaves the door always
open for a "short person"
joke every now and then.
"Hey, Mo," (lid you know
it rained today?"
"No, I didn't see any rain,"
she says.
"Ahh. You didn't know
it rained because you're so
short — you are the last to
know when it rains!"
Ha! Ha! (May I have a
chum roll, Smitty?)
As my friend and I contin-
ued to talk, I told her a fam-
ily secret. "Mo is the only
person who gets a complete
workout when she takes a
shower."
"What do you mean," my
friend asked.
"Mo's so short she has to
run around in the shower
just to get wet."
It's no secret that Mo's
favorite breakfast food is a
" short" stack. Or that she
always liked the idea of
chiving a "mini" van,
Dacl always cautioned
me about short jokes and
warned me to consider the
consequences.
"Always remember," he
saicl. "Dynamite comes in
small packages."
With a name like "Mo,"
my mom can be everybody's
favorite mother. She's the
"mo-st."
cactor
THE 01/
On the road again
It's usually around this
time of year that I get a
httle feeling of wander-
lust, wanting nothing
more than to hit the roacl
and just go. No destination in
mincl, no planned itinerary
—just me, a few CDs, a tank
full of gas and a nice, beauti-
ful clay.
Interestingly, the word
"wanderlust" is actually
German, meaning "to enjoy
hiking." As it has made its
way through the Enghsh lan-
guage, it's taken on the meaning of "to enjoy
traveling in any form."
I manage to satisfy my urge to travel in
small closes, heading back home to East
Texas or heading to Nacogdoches for a
weekend.
When I was a kicl, I merely wanted to
travel across Texas. Naples is a small town
(1,400 people, for those who don't know), so
I wanted to see something new as much as
possible. I went on every field trip I coulcl,
seeing places that I never got to see at
home. The Space Center, the Holocaust Mu-
seum, several incarnations of Six Flags — I'd
go, have fun, see something I didn't ordinar-
ily get to see and come home, satisfied.
In college, I was lucky enough to have my
desire for travel satisfied even more. As a
freshman, I was in the basketball band at
TCU. Because of this, I got to travel to Cin-
cinnati to see the men's conference basket-
ball tournament and to Durham, N.C. for
the first two rounds of the Women's NCAA
Tournament.
QUINTEN BOYD
chreporter@mediactr.com
(Siclenote: The women's
tourmanent was held at
Duke University. Sports
fans know about Cameron
Indoor Stadium, and how
it's considered one of the
best places to see a college
basketball game. Atmo-
sphere wise, it's interesting
— as long as you're willing to
stand up the entire game.
The seats are incredibly low
and, if you want to sit clown,
be prepared to chop almost
to the floor.)
I've also been lucky enough (depending
on your rooting interests) to see Darrell K.
Royal Memorial Stadium and Oklahoma
Memorial Stadium. I've watched a football
game in the Astrodome and in New Orleans
at the Superdome,
Increasingly, 1 want to travel across the
United States and see other states. 1'cl like
to go to Hawaii some clay.
I'd even brave my fears of heights and fly-
ing to see Australia, Canada, Japan and to
go on a trip to Africa.
For now, my trusty car and I will probably
pack up and riele back to Naples at the end
of the month for the Watermelon Festival.
I may make a trip or two to Nacogdoches in
the next few weeks.
After that, football season starts up and
I'll be following the Rusk Eagles, complete
with a mic and headset.
The more places 1 get to go, the more I
actually want to go. I bet it's the same for
a lot of you Get up and get out — you never
know what you'll See on the roacl.
TAXING I thoughts
New law extends hornebuyer credit deadline
In a stop-gap measure
passed before its
4th of July recess,
Congress approved
an extension of the
hornebuyer credit. The
President promptly
signed the Hornebuyer
Assistance and
Improvement Act of
2010 into law on July 2.
The new law extends
the latest deadline for
closing a home sale
from June 30, 2010, to
September 30, 2010,
giving you three more
months to finalize the
sale of a binding pre-
May 1, 2010, contract.
But it does not extend
the May 1 deadline.
Therefore, as things
stand now, you won't
qualify for the crecht for
a contract signed after
April 30, 2010.
Initially, the credit
was designed to benefit
"first-time homebuyers."
Under a 2008 law, the
maximum crecht of
$7,500 was available
only if you didn't own a
principal residence for
ANITA L. WOODLEE
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
the three years prior to
the purchase.
The crecht was phased
out at relatively low
income levels, and you
had to repay the credit
to the IRS over 15 years.
In a 2009 law, the
crecht was increased to
$8,000.
Also, repayment
was required only if
you stopped using the
home as your principal
residence within three
years of the purchase.
That law extended the
crecht for acquisitions up
to $800,000 made before
May 1, 2010, (with
the June 30 closing
deadline).
It also created a
maximum credit of
$6,500 on purchases
after November 6, 2009,
and before May 1, 2010,
for individuals who
have owned and used
a home for at least five
consecutive years during
the previous eight years.
The income phase-out
levels were increased,
starting at $225,000 for
joint filers and $125,000
for single filers.
The IRS expects
the new deadline to
provide relief to 180,000
taxpayers.
Contact us if you need
more information or
assistance.
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HIGH POINTS \*~ El Camino Real
Folks along El Camino
Real have been trying
to get their work
outdoors done early
to try and beat this awful
heat. Even the folks that
aren't doing anything are
sweating same as the folks
that are. My water bill is
going to be just, as high from
taking showers and washing
clothes as it was when I
was watering tomatoes. It
just doesn't look hke I'm
ever going to get ahead.
Fortunately I can provide your four bits
worth of news with plenty of cool air.
Lots of Alto folks headed north to see the
Jacksonville Rodeo this past week. Creager
and I made the trip on Friday night and
saw several people from Alto. It was hot as
usual, but at least he didn't want any cotton
candy. I felt sorry for some of the parents I
saw walking around trying to carry toddlers
and big sticks of cotton candy. They went
home hot and sticky, I'm sure. They didn't
have any entertainment at the rodeo this
year, so if you went you got to come home a
lot earlier. I sure wasn't complaining about
that. The tickets were a lot cheaper too,
so you could have more cotton candy if you
wanted it. I can't remember the last time
I was on a horse, but I'm guessing it was
sometime during high school, so if you see
me at a rodeo, my seat will be in the stands
and not in a saddle.
The 12 and under Alto Lady Jacket
Softball team won the district tournament
and are headed to the state tournament in
Ennis this week. The team is coached by
Jason Duplichain, Greg Duplichain,
and Rodney Thacker. Theystartedplaying
on Monday night and, since I can't forecast
the future, you'll have to Wait until next
week's issue to see how they fared. A big
congratulations goes out to them for winning
their district tournament and we're wishing
them the best as they continue an excellent
season.
Mindy and Kim Scott had their two little
granddaughters in town over the weekend.
They are Justin and his wife Jordan's
babies. Hazel is about 18 months old and
her new baby sister, Rainey, is just about a
month old. Mindy brought the girls by our
house on Saturday to showthemoff. I couldn't
believe how many of the same mannerisms
httle Hazel has of her dad Justin. She is
hke a little clone of him when he was a baby.
Hopefully, she will grow out of it. Mindy
and I started kindergarten together, so its
kind of weird seeing her turn into a gloating
grandparent, but I'm sure glad she came by
to let us see the babies.
While I'm on the subject of grandchildren.
I better tell you about the Best Grandchild.
Lee Ray Best called me the other night to
tell me that he and his wife Ethel had their
seventeenth grandchild last week. Robin
Christopher Best was born on July 13.
His parents are Robin and Dawn Best of
Lake Stryker. Robin writes for this paper
sometimes, so you ought to recognize his
CHRIS DAVIS
elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
name. Little Robin is doing
great and his big sister
Summer is helping take care
ofhim. Congratulationstothe
Best family; they'll have the
Best baby in church or where
ever they go.
Jake Carter of Higher
Ground Taxidermy here in
town attended the Texas
Taxidermy Association
Convention and Competition
in Kerrville last wocU. He
received two first place
ribbons, three second place,
one third andone honorable mention. He also
received the Horizon Award, which goes to
the highest scoring piece in his division. He
was able to obtain a ribbon on ever y piece that
he took. He was also the only taxidermist in
the competition that took customer mounts.
I wish I could kill or catch something worth
mounting so I could give Jake a try. Good
job, Jake!
The Hendrick Family held their annual
family reunion at the Campground Baptist
Church on Saturday. The family has been
meeting there since 1951. A covered dish
lunch was served and everyone had a good
visit. The crowd was down some from last
year, but that has been pretty much the same
for all the family reunions and homecomings
in the area this year. I don't know whether
it is too much heat, not enough money, or
if folks are just too busy to care anymore¿
Maybe next year things will be better and
the crowds will pick back up.
The mother-in-law has been having her
house worked on and some painting done,
so I guess all the hopes I had of her moving
to a retirement home in Florida have
been dashed. She keeps talking about md
hanging curtains when the painting is done*
but when she calls, I plan to have other
plans. It might be the day I have scheduled
to trim my toenails or watch bahia grass
grow. She Conned me into washing her car
on Sunday afternoon by bribing me with
a peach cobbler. After the peach cobbler
was gone, I wished I'd would have held
out for more. I'm just too easy. I guess.
Folks are heading in every direction going
on vacations and nobody has sent me a bit
of news about their trips. I think several
folks have been to the coasts of Florida and
Alabama with little or no ill effects from the
oil spill on their trips. I know everyone is
thankful that the oil well has finally stopped
spewing for now. Maybe they can get on with
the clean up and let those poor people on the
Gulf Coast get their lives back to normal.
Between hurricanes and oil well blowouts,
I wonder if they even know what normal is
anymore. Keep those folks down there in
your prayers until they can get back to fishing
and working in the Gulf.
I guess I've said enough for now. If
something exciting is happening in your neck
of the woods be sure and let me know. I'll
see ya next week! And remember: buy a
used car with the same caution a naked
man uses to climb over a barbed wire
fence.
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