Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 162, No. 48, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Page: 3 of 16
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■ Cljerokeeaij Herald ■ thecherokeean.com
■ Wednesday, January 25, 2012
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EDITORIAL BOARD
MARIE WHITEHEAD
publisher
TERRIE GONZALEZ
editor
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-< Photos
like this one
become part
of the three
percent of
memories
that are never
forgotten.
Marie White-
head snapped
this picture
of Nancy
Jenkins and
Byron Jar-
ratt around
1970 as a
spontaneous,
just-for-fun
picture.
SCENE I *n
flB n author on TV was
■ ■ promoting his newly
MM published book
■ ■ about how to be
happy. I listened for a bit
and welcomed his points on
“how to” be happy. To me,
it was strange that he put
so much emphasis on the
role our memories play. He
suggested that a study has
shown we can only retain
about three percent of our
past experiences. And I
said to myself, “humph,
what and where are all those moments
which must total about 97 percent, been
placed?” In my best Scarlet O’Hara behav-
ior, I decided to let that wait until tomor-
row. I am now inclined to believe that the
memory box has been filled and there’s no
more room.
Anyway, as I rummaged for something
recently, I ran across a photo I had taken
about 1970, when Daughter No. 1 was a
senior at Rusk High School. I had won-
dered where that picture had gotten off
to, and I was mighty happy to see it. The
young man doing splits in the air is Byron
Jarratt and below him is classmate Nancy
Jenkins. That was when we used cam-
eras with back and white film, allowing
us to develop and print the pictures. It
was great fun. I always thought that the
epitome of my (then) photographic skills.
That was a Good Memory and I saved it
to share with all of you wonderful readers
... before I lose it again. No doubt it is a
part of the retained three percent. It was
tucked in between the pages of a book,
“Apples of Gold,” given to me by friend
Mary B. Hassell. That was a joy in itself
because the book is a collection of wisdom
and wise sayings. Great reading.
An unexpected guest was a serendep-
ity late last fall - a total surprise. Cindy
Mathis and spouse Nathan of Snyder were
traveling through Rusk and managed to
visit the chamber office where she learned
of our history of this newspaper. There
she found the name of her great-grand-
mother, Pearl, who with her husband had
been the owners of The Cherokeean back
in the 20s. In fact it was from her that
the first efforts to establish the paper’s
genealogy was passed on to me by Marie
Main when she and her spouse Frank sold
this paper to us. Needless to say, we had
a great, get to know each other meeting.
Her unanswered question for me was,
“Where did my great-grandparents live
while here?” I have done
limited searching, but tax
records that long ago are not
easily accessible. I have la-
mented the passing of many
who would know the answer.
People like Johnny Williams,
Eldredge Gregg, Bill Vining,
Jewel Coupland to name a
few.
One possibility is my
friend Mary Goff. She is
having a celebration of her
100th birthday from 10 a. m.
- 12 noon Friday, Feb. 17 at
First Baptist Church. Organizers for the
party in honor of Mary are John and Pat
Blank. John was like a brother to Mary’s
son, Morris. I will save questions for her
about Mr. and Mrs. Ward. And you save
the date to attend her celebration, advises
Mr. Blank.
The U.S. mail is an indispensible part of
our business. It plays a big part in helping
us stay in touch. For instance, a greeting
card from former RHS student, Major Jim
Geishaker, conveys his gratitude in these
words: “I am slowly wrapping up my tour
here in Afghanistan. It has been a long
deployment but a good one. Seems the
months deployed keep adding up with a
total of 54 at the end of this tour in Feb. I
could always count on receiving the Cher-
okeean any where in the world. Thank
you for a little slice of home.” When he
returns, I hope it is my blessed privilege
to visit with Major Geishaker. He will be
remembered as one of the brightest in his
class and has measured up to all the early
expectations of him. Now, we have the
post office to thank for this message.
Keep your eyes on the weather. My
experience with past Januarys indicates
that is can be the worst month of the New
Year. My baby sister, Shirley Roberts
of Dallas, was born Jan. 14 right after a
small tornado and heavy snow fell. A few
years later on Jan. 30, the Better Half and
I said “We do.” You guessed it. Snow and
slippery ice marked the event. I have a
place in my memory book for January and
weather.
Hopefully, you have gotten your New
Year well under way. That’s our wish for
you and all those you love. In keeping
with our opening thoughts, here is a clos-
ing thought from Mary B.’s book: “Every-
thing has been thought of before ...
the difficulty is to think of it again.”
Now where did I hide the other 97 per-
cent? Keep smiling, mw.
MARIE WHITEHEAD
mwhitehead@mediactr.com
TAXING I
IRS releases adjustments to 2012 tax numbers
he tax law requires
that certain tax
numbers be adjusted
I for inflation each
year. Here are some of the
2012 tax numbers you’ll
need to use as you get
started with this year’s
tax planning.
• The standard mileage
rate for business driv-
ing remains at 55.5^ per
mile for 2012. The rate
for medical and moving
mileage decreases from
23.5^ per mile to 23^ per
mile. The general rate for
charitable driving remains
at 14^ per mile.
• The maximum earn-
ings subject to social
security tax increases to
$110,100. The earnings
limit for those under full
retirement age is $14,640.
For those at full retire-
ment age, there is no earn-
ings limit.
• The “nanny tax”
threshold increases to
$1,800 for 2012. If you pay
household workers more
than this amount during
the year, you’re respon-
sible for payroll taxes.
• The “kiddie tax”
threshold is unchanged for
2012. If your child under
age 19 (under age 24 for
students) has more than
$1,900 of unearned income
this year (e.g., dividends
and interest income), the
excess could be taxed at
your highest rate.
• The maximum indi-
vidual retirement account
(IRA) contribution you
can make in 2011 remains
unchanged at $5,000 if
you’re under age 50 and
at $6,000 if you are 50 or
older.
• The maximum amount
of wages employees can
put into a 401 (k) plan
increases to $17,000. The
2012 maximum allowed
for SIMPLE plans re-
mains at $11,500. If you
are 50 or older, you can
contribute up to $22,500
to a 401(k) and $14,000 to
a SIMPLE plan.
• For 2012, the maxi-
mum amount that can be
contributed to a health
savings account (HSA)
increases to $3,100 for
individuals and $6,250 for
families.
Tax legislation could
change these and other
important tax numbers at
any time. Before making
important business and
personal financial deci-
sions this year, contact us
for the latest rules.
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U|QU POINTS!from^ Real
^Holks along El Camino
Real have become
so confused by the
warmer than normal
January weather that they
don’t know what to do. Life
along the King’s Highway is
rapidly turning into a state
of confusion. I’m going to
do my best to straighten
the whole mess out and put
you six bits’ worth of news
together.
We had a couple of new
babies born recently, so
thank goodness folks around here haven’t
forgotten how to get that job done. We’ve
had a good crop of babies this year, and I
haven’t seen an ugly one in the bunch. I
don’t know whether being a politician for
so many years has clouded my judgement,
or if our bloodlines are improving. We’ve
got plenty of ugly grown folks, so I may
need to check into this further.
Alicia and Brandon Adkinson had a
beautiful girl on Saturday, Jan. 21. Pres-
ley Lynn came fighting into the world
after almost two days of labor. That baby
has Holcomb blood running in her veins,
and they don’t do anything in a hurry.
Presley has a good momma and daddy,
and being their first, child I figure she will
be just as spoiled as a baby can be by this
time next year. Congratulations to Alicia
and Brandon on their new baby girl.
Scotty and Brittany Crosby have a new
baby boy. Avery Scott Crosby was born
Jan. 21 weighing 7 lbs. 4 ozs. It’s hard to
believe that Tim and Sherry Germany are
great-grandparents. Congratulations.
The Camo Team of the Weches Pen-
tecostal Church participated in the first
Bible Quiz of the new year for UPCI in
Vidor. The Camo Team consisted of three
members: Cody Moore, eight-year-old son
of Rev. and Mrs. Michael Moore of Weches;
seven-year-old Prestin Wells and five-year-
old Parker Wells, sons of Justin and Misty
Wells of Tadmore. Prestin and Parker are
the grandsons of Rickey and Janet Gates
of Alto and the great-grandson of Martha
Gates of Dialville. The beginner teams
have to learn a minimum of 30 scriptures
before the first tournament. The Camo
Team learned 50 scriptures before the
first tournament and they have to learn
at least 95 over the next six months. The
Camo Team came in seventh place out of
15 teams in their first tournament. Cody
Moore won a blue ribbon for highest indi-
vidual score in the first round and a red
ribbon for the second highest score in that
round. Next month the team will travel
to Longview to compete. I really admire
these kids. I can’t even remember what I
had for lunch. I’m still trying to figure out
why we needed 10 commandments. Good
luck to the Weches UPC Bible Quiz Team.
Several of our Alto students are compet-
ing at the Fort Worth Livestock Show.
These kids work hard showing their live-
stock and when they leave, folks from all
across the state know that Alto was there
and can compete against the
best. Our students at the
Fort Worth Livestock Show
didn’t make it home until
Monday, so I didn’t get all
the results. I know some of
our entries won third place,
and that isn’t bad for a show
that size. They’ll have a
little time to work on their
stock before the Houston
Livestock Show and Rodeo.
Congratulations to all our
hard working students.
Our recent warm weather
had me itching to sink a plow in the ground
on Saturday. For years I wanted to farm
the pasture by the Holcomb place on 21,
but there were always cows in the pasture.
On Saturday I borrowed a disc, hooked it
up to that old Ford 8N and started break-
ing up ground. When you’re bouncing
along on a tractor you have time to think
and ponder on things. My grandfather
Lonnie Pyle lived and farmed on that same
dirt when it was Garrett Holcomb’s farm
during the depression. My Uncle Richard
use to tell me stories about living there
when he was a boy and that they probably
wouldn’t have made it if it hadn’t have
been for Garrett Holcomb giving them a
place to stay and work. I wore out the
driveway and the telephone lines running
across that land when I was about 16 years
old, trying to court Garrett Holcomb’s
youngest granddaughter Jay Anna.
Now 36 years later, I’m going to try and
raise a crop on the same land that our chil-
dren’s great-grandparents lived on. I don’t
guess anything smells better than fresh
turned earth. I don’t know if that dirt
smelled as good when you were turning
it with a plow behind a mule, but it sure
smelled good on top of that old Ford.
I tried to think about what I was going to
plant in that fresh broken ground. I won-
dered if we would get enough rain to bring
in a crop or if it would rain too much and
wash out ravines between the rows. I tried
to picture how the field would have looked
90 years ago.
I thought about all the different genera-
tions that had lived, worked and died on
that land, and how every turn of the disk
opened up a place for new life to grow. But
mainly I just rode that bumpy tractor,
smelled the dirt and wondered if it was
legal for anyone to have so much fun.
Well I guess I better wind this thing up
before my mind wanders off again. If I got
something wrong about the new babies,
you can fix it in their birth announcements.
I just hit the high points.
Things have been awfully quiet around
here lately. It’s getting so bad that I’m
afraid people are going to start making
things up just to break the boredom. If you
have something worth telling then drop me
a line or give me a call.
I’ll see ya next week! And remember,
You don’t choose your family. They
are God’s gift to you as you are to
them.
CHRIS DAVIS
elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
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