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■ Wednesday, February 26, 2014
Cljerokeeaij Herald ■ thecherokeean.com
RUSK
Civic Center is available
for community events
TJC honor rolls announced
Tyler Junior College has
recognized 1,237 students
named to the president’s
and dean’s lists for their
academic excellence during
the Fall 2013 semester.
The president’s list, com-
posed of students who
complete a minimum of
12 hours of college-level
courses with a 4.0 grade-
point average, includes 414
students.
The dean’s list, composed
of students who complete
a minimum of 12 hours of
college-level courses with a
minimum 3.3 grade-point
average, includes 823 stu-
dents.
Area students named
to the President’s List are
listed alphabetically by
hometown:
Bullard: Harrison
Dukes, Lorianne Hubbard,
Aerial Janczycki, Billy
Jones, Destiny Kafka, Em-
ily Luper, Abraham Pineda,
Kylie Reynaud and Hunter
Wages;
Frankston: Lance Dol-
larhide, Peter Goodwin,
Lloyd Morey and Hannah
Weiss.
Jacksonville: Svetlana
Alvarez, D’Anna Arre-
dondo, Christina Belk, Dan
Beranek, Adela Castillo,
Orren Drath, Shelby Hor-
ton, Selena Perez, Courtney
Sanford, Gabriela Tav-
era, Michael Taylor, Erica
Thurman, Jack Walder,
Demethra White, Courtney
Wilcox and Mustafa Ziedan;
New Summerfield:
Maritzza Melendez;
Rusk: Luke Campbell,
Kailan Counahan, Jenni-
fer Humphries and Jacob
Raiborn;
Troup: Orry Jones, Vic-
toria Morris, Hayden Stan-
ley and Mary Wright;
Students named to the
Dean’s List are (alphabeti-
cally by hometown):
Bullard: Anthony Adel-
fio, Joseph Burks, Sarah
Gillespie, Jonathan God-
frey, Emily Hayes, David
James, Matt Lough, Robbie
Lovelady, Jonathan Luper,
James May, Matthew McK-
eethan, Tawni Newburn,
Mallory Philpott, Anayeli
Rangel, Dennis Rogers,
Hunter Rogers, Jenni-
fer Satterwhite, Krystal
Smart, Ashley Wiegman,
Wendy Woolard, Laura
Yeley and Christie Zaeh-
ringer;
Frankston: Travis At-
kinson, Charles Dale, Ga-
briella Fellbaum, Larry
Fritz and Andrew Shew-
make;
Jacksonville: Sarah
Allen, Sametria Baker,
Clint Cundieff, Irene Du-
ran, Ben Ellis, William
Ewalt, Autumn Green, Da-
mon Green, Ryan Grimes,
Elisha Holcomb, Aaron
Janssen, Ja’Von Johnson,
Michael Johnson, Kris-
tin Kelley, Alexa Knight,
Mathew Lydy, Makayla
Mack, Janna McMahon,
Cindy Medellin, Joel Men-
doza, Analisha Menefee,
Antonio Montes, Jovie
Palmer, Billy Pyle, Alecia
Ray, Juan Rico, Dustin
Simmons, Paityn Taylor
and Shayla Taylor
New Summerfield:
Megan Waldrup
Rusk: Delesa Bradley,
Kathryn Campbell, Kate-
lyn Dodd, Crystal Low,
Kayla McGowan, Misty
Springer, Jacob Tylich and
Cassie Webb;
Troup: James Bernhart,
Rachel Bonner, Laci Camp-
bell, Melissa Hernandez,
Caleb King, Laci Luna,
Logan Singletary, Michael
Smith, Madeline Teel, Mi-
chael Willard and Rebecca
Wilson.
Caddo mound site plan star gazing
By Amy Derrington
Special Contributor
During February the Rusk
Civic Center has already
hosted a number of activities
including the Cherokee Master
Gardeners, Cherokee County
Quilt Guild and the first Friday
night dance. The Civic Center
is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. for
community civic events. It is
also available for rental on
weekends. For more informa-
tion contact city hall at (903)
683-2213 or (903) 683-5916.
The Cherokee County Mas-
ter Gardeners 2014 class met
at the Rusk Civic Center from
9 a.m.-noon Feb. 11. The class
was taught by Dave Whitinger,
a master gardener from Jack-
sonville, who is also the founder
of AllThingsPlants.com. The
class covered an introduction
to perma-culture, sustainable
agriculture, vegetable garden-
ing, wild plant foraging, plant
genetics and much more.
Cherokee County
Quilt Guild
The Cherokee County Quilt
Guild began meeting from 10
a.m.-noon on the second Tues-
day of the month in January
2012. They met on the second
Tuesday of each month until
January at CR 2312 in Rusk
when they moved to the civic
center in Rusk. They have do-
lyier garden classes taught
by Master Gardeners
“First Tuesday in the Garden”
presentations will begin on Tuesday,
March 4. A certified Smith County
Master Gardener will be available
Each month, March-June, for an
educational gardening program. The
programs begin at noon in the IDEA
Garden located in the southeast corner
nated many quilts to local
charities and plan to do more in
the future as the membership
grows. The club is a non-profit
organization.
Since they began two years
ago with six women, they
have grown to more than 25
members.
The Civic Center, 555 Euclid
St. in Rusk, provides a central
location and many ameni-
ties they had not previously
enjoyed. The room they use
is spacious, well-lighted and
large enough to accommodate
the group as it expands. There
is plenty of parking giving
members easy access to the
building.
Master Gardeners
Cherokee County Master
Gardeners had a landscape
design class from 9 a.m.-noon
Feb. 18 at the Civic Center.
Relay for Life
The American Cancer Soci-
ety and Relay for Life will host
a cancer survivor and caregiver
spa day from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
Feb. 25. For more information
call (903) 683-5916.
Health fair
A health fair is planned for
9 a.m.-l p.m. March 6. Par-
ticipants will be: UT Health
Pediatric Asthma, Carter
Blood Center, Trinity Mother
of the Tyler Rose Garden with parking
outside the southeast gate.
Sponsored by the Smith County
Master Gardeners, these educational
programs are free and open to the
public. Limited seating is available so
chairs are always needed. In inclem-
entweatherthe program will be moved
inside the Tyler Rose Center Building.
The March topic is “How to Build
Your First Vegetable Garden.” Items
Frances, East Texas Medical
Center Mobil Mammogra-
phy, The Arbors, Cherokee
County Health Department,
Texercise, East Texas Com-
munity Health, American
Cancer Society, Department
of Aging, Grace Home Health,
UT Health North East Texas
Health Services (affordable
health care) and Beyond Fit-
ness. For more information
contact Amy Derrington at
(903) 683-5916.
Other activities
Friends of the Library First
Friday Night Dance is planned
for March 7. Doors open at 6
p.m. Live band will be provided
by Caddo Creek beginning at
7 p.m. Admission is $5. The
event is sponsored by Jack-
sonville Senior Care, JP Auto,
Texas Fabrication and Friends
of the Library
Cherokee County Quilt Guild
meets at 10 a.m. March 11.
A workshop for the Lone
Star Writing Guild 9 a.m.-l
p.m. March 15.
Regular first Friday dances
are held each month at the
civic center. The activity is well
attended. The springthird Fri-
day night dances with Caddo
Creek begin March 21. The
third Friday night dance will
run through the third Friday in
September in conjunction with
the 1st Friday night dance.
to be discussed are site selection,
soil preparation, selection of plants,
maintenance and how to keep the
garden free of pests and diseases.
Master Gardeners are dedicated
to teaching others about gardening.
Each has completed a series of
educational classes and participated
in various projects. Master Gardeners
is a volunteer organization of Texas
A&M AgriLife Extension.
Caddo Mounds State His-
toric Site invites the public to
participate in a night program
of star gazing at 6:30 p.m. Sat-
urday, March 1. Activities will
include classroom instruction
and night sky viewing. Par-
ticipants will learn about “Star
Imaging”—how it is done and
why images are made. A dem-
onstration will be conducted
showing how the data collected
is analyzed.
Night time viewing will in-
clude identifying the Winter
Circle’ of constellations - Orion,
Taurus, Gemini, Canus Major
and Minor; the Pleiades; also
viewing the planet Jupiter,
the very bright Orion Nebula,
the Crab Supernova Remnant,
and Bode’s Nebula, which is
actually a galaxy.
Those attending are invited
to bring their own telescope.
Hot coffee and cocoa will be
provided. There is a $2 charge
for the program, Seatingis lim-
ited, so call to indicate interest
in attending.
Doug Parsons, professor of
physics at Tyler Junior Col-
lege and Collin Timmons (SFA
Graduate Student) will host the
program.Ample parking will
be provided
Caddo Mounds SHS, 1649
State is located on SH 21 West,
Alto, Texas. The site is located
6 miles west of Alto, approxi-
mately 30 minutes from Lufkin,
Nacogdoches, Jacksonville and
Crockett, Texas. Call (936) 858-
3218 for directions or additional
information.
Caddo Mounds State Historic
Site is the remains of a large
village and religious center
built by a group of Caddo In-
dians known as the Hasinai
more than 1,200 years ago on
the prairie overlooking the
Neches River. Located along
the historic El Camino Real
de los Tejas, the site presents
the culture and customs of the
Caddo people.
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