Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007 Page: 1 of 12
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Have a Great
Tenaha Tiger
Marching Band
played for the
crowd at the
Tenaha Hope Clinic
Anniversary
Ceremony
Thursday
AUGUST 30, 2007
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VOL.25 NO. 35 (936) 254-3618 FAX - 254-3206 - P.O. BOX 740, TIMPSON , TX 75975 (email ttnfreeh@sbcglobal.net) P.O. BOX 256, TENAHA,TX75974
School Days are here again!
Bells have rung, new teach-
ers have been met, students
have new clothes, shoes, back
packs and are hurrying down
the streets, filing off school
buses - hurrying up the steps
and into the classrooms. You
Hope Clinic
celebrates
By Nancy Alexander
The Tenaha Hope Clinic an-
niversary celebration held Fri-
day went excitingly well. There
was a good turn out of inter-
ested citizens, along with sev-
eral officials from the state and
county.
Melba Gillis of the Clinic
was very busy greeting every-
one and keeping the ball roll-
ing while so many folks helped
with the food and general re-
ception. Constable Randy
Whatley was kept busy trying
to make sure all the folks were
taken care of and provided for
with food or drink and keeping
all safe while on the street of
the square. Shelby County’s
Sheriff Newton Johnson was in
town for the activities and to
greet the State Representative
Wayne Christian, Senator Rob-
ert Nichols, and Representative
Louie Gohmert. Along with
Johnson was Deputy Mike
Towns. The street and VFD
building was kept active as
many area folks greeted County
Judge John Tomlin, District
Judge Guy Griffin, Shelby
County District Attorney Lynda
K. Russell. Everyone was so
proud to say congratulations to
Jean Diebolt and Melba Gillis
and their staff on the progress
of the clinic.
The ribbon cutting took
place in what is refered to as
“the hole on the square”. This
will be a difficult task to build
a dental clinic there but well
worth the effort. Melba Gillis
was explaining this great hope
has been made possible through
the many efforts of Senator
Robert Nichols (of Jackson-
ville) who has worked on mak-
ing changes that will help with
the expense of health care fa-
cilities.
Representative Gohmert
has also been on the band
wagon for healthcare growth.
Health care issues have been on
the forethought of everyone
who has paid for the expense
of care from their own pocket.
Insurance is very expensive and
so many can’t afford to supple-
ment their medicare or medic-
aid. The clinic has kept the ex-
pense of healthcare as low as it
possible can and as a result
helped serve the people of
Shelby County and surrounding
area.
‘08 Mrs. Shelby
County pageant
contestants
Applications are now being
accepted for the title of 2008
“Mrs. Shelby County”. Mrs.
S.C. will have the honor of rep-
resenting her city at the ‘08
Mrs. Texas Pageant to be held
at the Scottish Rite Auditorium
in San Antonio, Texas April 11-
13, 2008.Married women liv-
ing in Shelby County interested
in applying should write: Mrs.
Texas; International Pageant;
14427 Brookhollow, Suite 197;
San Antonio, TX 78232 or call
or e-mail for more infonnation:
210-403-0589.
Kristin@TXBeautyQueens.com
can hear doors slam, kids yells,
clammoring to be first ... all
ready for the new school term.
Teachers wait patiently and
watch them file into the class-
room, find their desks and then
calls the rolls. All’s well - so far
...Timpson ISD is ready and so
is Tenaha ISD. Everything is A
- OK.
Football boys have been in-
troduced, new coaches inter-
viewed. The turnout is super.
Practice games, scrimmages
have been held. All went well
in Timpson and Tenaha. All
criteria met.
Cafeterias have menus
planned and ready to fill the
lunch plates. It is a great feel-
ing to know we are on our way
to another year of learning and
playing and winning.
Students are our future and
we can appreciate their enthu-
siasm and watch for them as
they go to and fro. Classes be-
gin
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TENAHA HOPE CLINIC held their ribbon cutting for the future site of the dental clinic area which they are hoping to
begin real soon. Photo by Nancy Alexander
Challenging Alaska
By Michael W. Stevenson
Michael Stevenson is a
graduate of Timpson High
School, is a paraplegic and
a member of the
Nacogdoches Bicycle Club.
This is his story in his own
words of the 267 mile race
in Alaska.
My first handcycle race, the
Sadler’s Ultra Challenge, was
also the longest and toughest
handcycle race in the world. I
completed the entire course of
267 miles, finishing seventh
place in my category. The field
of 27 racers was varied, includ-
ing some of the top handcyclist
in the world, and even a hand-
ful of first timers like myself
that I could race with. There
were lots of firsts in this race,
with the biggest field of racers,
and the best weather with the
first time in 22 years without a
single day of rain. It was truly
a challenging course climbing
mountainous terrain out of
Fairbanks for the first 2 1/2
days, and fighting headwinds on
the way to Anchorage.
The Prologue in Anchorage
was short 2.25 miles). Terrain
was mostly flat following the
shoreline of a small lake where
I was really surprised to see a
lot of float planes taking off and
landing. I was really nervous
waiting for my slot in the 30 sec
intervals between racers, so I
did a short warm up and got
back just in time with my name
being called to line up for the
start. I was off and soon there
was a split in the road, I thought
they had said go left and some-
one there seeming to point left.
There should have been a turn-
around halfway and it was tak-
ing forever to get to it; I kept
thinking I was off the course.
Finally I saw some other racers
going the other way and reached
the turn, what a relief. I was
breathing hard and my mouth
Handcyclist Michael W. Stevenson {Story and photo submitted by Cecil Whitton)
was getting dry; I did not take
any water since this was really
short and I want to go as light
as possible. Several people
passed me, but finally made it
to the finish. Most of the rest of
that day was spent driving
Faibanks where the 50 mile
road stages would begin racing
back to Anchorage.
Stage I started just outside of
F airbanks at the Ester Volunteer
Fire Station. I was really ner-
vous again wondering if I was
truly ready for this Alaskan ter-
rain that started with a 5 mile
long 1000 ft high hill. We went
up and down the hills until
about mile 15.1 was really los-
ing a lot of time on these climbs
and was getting worried about
being able to finish before the
cut off time. There was a pretty
good downhill of about 7 miles
and I started feeling better. Then
came another 6 mile long 1000
ft high hill, evidently named af-
ter a thin man named Richard,
he had a night club there
called Skinny Dick’s. It was
on Skinny Dick’s hill that I
passed the first and only racer,
and I was seriously consider-
ing retiring myself. I made it
to the top a little more than
halfway through the stage but
had used more than half my
time. It was up and down for
a while and then mostly down
for the last 15 miles into
Nenana, so I came in with an
hour and half to spare before
the cut off time. I was told this
was the toughest stage, so I
was beginning to feel I could
complete the entire course.
Stage II was pretty much
uphill all the way. The first 25
miles or so were relatively flat
with an elevation change of
only 400 ft, so I was making
good time compared to the
first day. That was when I en-
countered a really wicked hill
with the steepest grade of the
race and followed by another
25 miles with a 1000 ft eleva-
tion change to a tough last mile
hill top finish. A family of
moose was spotted at the mile
to go marker, contently graz-
ing and ignoring the racers. My
average speed was a little bet-
ter on this day, but I was re-
ally tired from two days of
climbing.
Stage III was definitely the
most scenic of the race to be
staged on the park roads. We
were lined up according to our
accumulated times, so I was
near the back. Right behind me
was Rick Mason. He finished
about me on each of the previ-
ous stages, so I was surprised
to see him pass me on this
climb, and he got back 3 min-
utes on that stage. We ate lunch
at the Denali Visitors Center,
rested a couple of hours, and
left on Stage IV, a road stage
of another 28 mile. This started
out flat and had a gap on Rick
♦ See Alaska page 3
COMING UP G
EVENTS
OLD UNION
CEMETERY
HOMECOMING
The Homecoming is set for
Sunday, September 9th, 207
in the Chapel Building lo-
cated on the cemetery grounds
on State Hwy. 96 South of
Tenaha, Texas with lunch at
Noon and The Shelby County
Singers at 1:30 p.m.
TENAHA ATHLETIC
BOOSTER CLUB ADS
FOR SALE
The Tenaha Athletic
Booster Club is currently sell-
ing ads for their upcoming
2007 football program. A per-
sonal size ad, 1/8 of a page is
$10.00. For a 1/4 of a page
the cost will be $20.00. Ahalf
page black and white will be
$35.00. This year a whole
page advertisement for black
and white will be $50.00. A
full page colored ad will be
$75.00. If you are interested
in buying an ad for the pro-
gram or if you have any ques-
tions you can call Vickie at
254-2033 or Rhonda at 248-
3077.
RECEPTION
Timpson ISD Superinten-
dent Leland Moore will be
hosting a reception for the
senior citizens at 10 a.m. Fri-
day, August 31, 2007 in the
Board Room of the Central
Administration Office. Re-
freshments will be serv ed and
senior citizen passes will be
given out at this time. Athletic
Director Norman Cobb will
be available to meet and visit
with the seniors then.
BARBECUE
Sept. 1, 2007, Time: 10
a.m. until 6 p.m. Quick Stop
Hwy 59. Mt. Olive Baptist
Church fundraiser and dona-
tions. Ribs, chicken, beef,
links, beans and potato salad.
Plates $6.00
STOCKMAN
HOMECOMING
The Stockman Homecom-
ing date has been changed to
October 13. Please put this on
your calendar. We will be
looking for you on that date.
We want everyone to bring
food like your mother or
grandmother used to make.
AMERICAN LEGION
The Timpson American
Legion Post #90 will have
its regular monthly meeting
this Saturday, September 1,
2007, at 8:00 a.m. The
meeting will be held at the
First Christian Church in
Timpson. All veterans and
members are invited to at-
tend.
BANDBOOSTER
MEETING
All band parents need to
attend a Timpson Bear Band
Booster meeting Tuesday
September the 4th at 6 pm. At
Timpson Bear Band Hall.
Election of officers will be
held. Please be sure to attend
PUBLIC HEARING
The Timpson ISD will hold
a public hearing Tuesday,
September 11,2007, at 6 p.m.
in the boardroom concerning
the official notivication of the
2007 final school “FIRST”
(Financial Integrity Rating
System of Texas ) rating.
c Bible 'Verse
“He that hath an ear, let
him hear what the Spirit
saith unto the churches.”
Rev. 2:29
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Alexander, Nancy. Timpson & Tenaha News (Timpson, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 30, 2007, newspaper, August 30, 2007; Timpson, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth773232/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Timpson Public Library.