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HERALD
September 13, 2006
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Whitehead Enterprises Inc.
publisher
Marie Whitehead
editor
Terrie W. Gonzalez
managing editor
Texas' Oldest Continuously
Published Weekly Newspaper
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Cherokee Sentinel, Feb, 27,1850
Consolidation of The Cherokeean,
The Alto Herald and
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View from the Top
Where were you when
the world stopped
turning? I was
asleep.
During 2001, I worked
evenings at a radio station
in Anderson County. Since I
worked late every evening, I
slept late every morning.
My wife, on the other hand,
worked first shift. She had
already left and taken the
kids to the baby-sitter when
my phone rang.
"Leland!" exclaimed my
grandmother. "Turn on your
TV. We have been attacked."
I turned on my TV, to see
a view of the twin towers
and the Pentagon burning. I
told my grandmother that I
needed to go on into work to
help air news reports.
I wound up staying at home
for the next few moments,
watching the coverage on TV.
I remember thinking that
whoever attacked us "went
for the kill." Then Tom
Brokaw reviewed what had
happened.
Several planes had been
hijacked, two of which were
flown into the towers, one
was flown into the Pentagon
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and more planes were unac-
counted for.
Then, the towers fell. As
network TV covered the
towers, footage was being
shown of the White House.
Apparently, another hijacked
plane was bound for I
and officials were concerned
the White House was the next
target.
That plane, Flight 93, was
downed by its passengers to
save hundreds, maybe thou-
sands of lives on the ground.
I went to work, broadcast-
ing live updates from the
capital and aired President
Bush's speech that evening.
I needed to buy gasohne on
.the way home, but every gas
station had lines backed up to
[the street.
I remember thinking that
hfe would never be the same,
but life got back to normal.
The natural thing for people
[to do after a tragedy is to try
[to restore normalcy to their
hves. America has done that
well... too well, in my opinion.
This nation is at war. We
do not want to be, but we
are. We have been blessed in
that the only inconvenience
we face is higher gas prices
and crazy airport screening
processes.
The wars in Afganistan
and Iraq are battlefields in
our war with the enemy who
killed an estimated 3,000
Americans on 9-11. However
ill-advised or badly executed
you think the wars are, our
soldiers are going over there
to keep the terrorists from
coming over here.
In remembering 9-11, let's
remember more than the
Americans who were killed
that day. Let's remember
our soldiers who continue to
fight to protect us, and let's
remember why we are at war.
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Scene In Passing
We have reached
another observance
of the 9-11 disas-
ter in our nation's history.
It is hard to believe that it
has been five years. As each
day's news brings some other
small detail of that tragedy, it
makes me wonder how much
more is yet to be learned. It
is interesting to learn about
never-before - mentioned
details. And no doubt, we still
don't know the whole story
of 9-11. The pain and grief of
hves lost is still with us and
that may be enough for our
memory banks. The "why"
and "who" questions can
wait.
In our Sunday school
discussion We looked at the
beginning of the covenant
made between God and his
children. We talked about
people's faith today. And
how some admit to losing
their faith after 9-11. They
can't understand how our
God allowed the tragedy to
happen. One class member
said, "I'm not ever going to
give up on God. I just hope
that He doesn't give up on
me." What a positive posi-
tion.
A new friend recently
joined my circle of many. He
is Randal Frazier. He saw the
downed animal, a Hereford
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yearling, and let me have his
report as quickly as possible.
He has only hved here about
a year, but I can never forget
his neighborly helpfulness.
Another new friend is
Charles Davis. He is the
band director at Lon Morris
College and his wife Joni
is a registered nurse with
Trinity Mother Frances in
Jacksonville, With faith, he
walked to FUMC Sunday
morning when he had made
a very human mistake. He
locked the door behind him
when he went out. Guess
where the car keys were?
Right. Inside. With no yard
for the couple's two dogs, he
placed them in his SUV until
he could solve his dilemma.
At church he explained to
several of us and we drew
straws to see which one could
Lhelp him. I got the lucky
button and after church we
[scooted to the hospital where
[he secured a house key from
his working wife. I am now
his new friend.
I Sometimes joy comes in
small moments. One of these
[for me was Saturday at the
grocery store. Focused on
making choices, I heard a
Voice say, "How can you shop
when you have to stop and
talk to friends so frequently?"
It was Kay Milstead, a
special friend of at least 50
years. I knew her first as
one of the RNs at our local
hospital. She was there for
me during several necessary
trips and we enjoyed a few
reflections.
There were two train meet-
ings at the Rusk Depot last
Thursday. The TSR Preserva-
tion Task Force met at 8:30
a.m. and the Friends group
at 10 a.m. You might say the
two groups met "head on."
Did either group arrive at a
solution for saving the train?
Only time will tell.
In passing at the two
meetings, it was good to
hear Dolores Bryson report
a recent conversation with
Rusk's favorite football hero,
Jim Swink. It's third hand
news from me to you, but
Dr. Jim is feeling better and
looks forward to a visit in our
area, hopefully soon.
Last Friday night marked
a "super first" in my world
of technology. With instruc-
tions from son-in-law, Robert
Gonzalez, I was able to bring
in the Rusk Eagle ball game
on my computer. Now, why
would I even want to do that?
After all, it is available on six
radios in the house and Ch.
9 Cable. But that's here in
Rusk. What if our daughter
Wendee wanted to tune us in?
Well, a call to her at McDade
with the same instructions I
have for you, got her through.
In your browser window type
in: www.teamhne.cc (all lower
case letters, no spaces in
between) and when the hne
appear s for you to type in a
word, type Rusk. This means
that all of you who have
Internet and want to keep up
with our Eagles may now do
so. With a sob in her voice,
Wendee asked, "Wouldn't
Dad be proud?" He loved his
beloved Eagles. We're just
sorry that Mabank didn't
lose. (Go figure that one.)
With heartfelt sympathy,
condolences are offered
our longtime friend Mary
Ella Bolton. Her spouse of
72 years died last week.
Her heart hurts but she is
surrounded by family and
friends and that helps. Physi-
cal therapy for her is sched-
uled and she looks forward
to better days, both physi-
cally and emotionally. She
laughed as she explained to
me (like I didn't understand),
"We were joined at the hip,
together seven days a week
for 72 years. Marion was 92
years old. I keep recycling my
friend Mary Gregg's wisdom:
"You will get through this,
but you'll never get over it."
And now from a book of
thoughts given to me by
our late and beloved Delia
Kinney, Nov. 7, 2003: "With
silence only as their bene-
diction, God's angels come.
Where in the shadow of a
great affliction, the soul sits
dumb."
The thought was sched-
uled for use Sept. 11, the
gift was dated Nov. 7, 2003.
The author credited is John
Greenleaf Whittier. At times
hke this I think of Mildred
Vermillion. She could have
told me in a heartbeat to
which era of literature Mr.
Whittier belonged.
In Delia's traditional
conclusion, she signed off,
"The grace of our Lord Jesus
Christ be with you. Amen.
Delia Mae Kinney. The small
book of thoughts is entitled
"An Angel By Your Side."
All of us who recognized
Delia as a hving angel con-
tinue to miss her. And her
husband Doyle must hurt
most of all. May he be blessed
by an angel by his side. And
you, too. Keep smiling?
High Points From El Camino Real
Football season is in full
swing along El Camino
Real and every Thurs-
day and Friday afternoon
folks start pihng in their cars
and heading out to football
fields. The season is start-
ing out pretty well for the
Alto Yellowjackets, and fans
are getting excited. We sold
out of football programs on
Friday night before everyone
even had a chance to get in
the gate. I'm hoping Yellow-
jacket wins will be making
up a big part of your four bits'
worth of news for the next
several months.
One of the Alto Yellow-
jacket s biggest football fans
is Jimmy Selman. I have
been promising Jimmy for
some time that I would carry
him to the Cherokee County
Courthouse to see Judge
Bascom Bentley's collection
of football helmets. A collec-
tion of football helmets might
seem a httle weird to some
folks, but you have to remem-
ber that one guy collected the
world's largest ball of string.
Jimmy and I headed to Rusk
pretty early and he took the
grand tour of the courthouse
and the football helmets in
Judge Bentley's office. He
knew most of the teams and
is already wanting to make
a return trip to see them
again. We may have to put
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off the return trip for a while
because we have a bunch of
football games ahead that
will need Jimmy's enthusiasm
to cheer the Jackets on to vic-
tory. I guess I need to start
collecting something, but all I
can seem to gather is a large
quantity of bills.
The big campus cleanup
day at the Alto Schools was
a success. About 120 vol-
unteers showed up early
to work on the playground,
clean and scrape paint and
do all sorts of other chores
to get the campus in shape
for the school year. After a
hard day's work a hotdog
lunch was served to replen-
ish the workers, A big thanks
to everyone who shoveled,
raked, swept, scraped and
painted to make our kids edu-
cational experience brighter.
Cynthia and Freddy
Johnson hosted a couples'
shower for their niece Alicia
Johnson and her fiance
Brandon Adkison. A great
selection of homemade ice
creams and cakes were served
by the numerous hostesses
and everyone had a great
time honoring this special
Couple. Alicia and Brandon
will wed Oct. 14 at the Tea-
berry Farm in Jacksonville. I
can't remember when the pair
weren't going together, so I
guess it's time they tied the
knot.
The Alto High School
Band is looking great this
year with lots more members
than I have seen in years. All
of these new faces in the band
are going to need all sorts of
things to keep them marching
and playing, so the Alto Band
Boosters are working double
to raise money for the band
program. This year they are
offering a chance to win a
2007 Dodge Mega Cab Truck.
For a $5 donation you get a
coupon for a free T- shirt from
Pearman Motor Company
and a chance at the truck.
I picked up my chance on
Friday night and now all I
have to do is chop by Pear-
man's and make sure they
have a double-extra-large T-
shirt. With gas prices as high
as they are I might have to
see if they'd let me trade the
Mega Cab in on a little Neon,
if I was fortunate enough to
win. If you get a chance to
support the band this year, do
all you can. They are work-
ing hard and need the sup-
port of the community.
Dr. Miles McCall, the new
President of Lon Morris
College spoke to the congre-
gation of the A. Frank Smith
Methodist Church on Sunday
morning. He had everyone in
stitcheS and tears at the same
time.
He is a great speaker and
if you ever get the chance to
hear him don't pass it up. I
think great things are ahead
for Lon Morris College under
Dr. McCall's leadership. A
big thanks to Dr. McCall for
taking time out of his busy
schedule to share his message
with some Alto folks.
I need to say a few more
things about the Alto
Yellowjackets and their per-
formance against the Timp-
son Bears on Friday night.
The Yellowjackets started
out a httle slow in the first
half, but after halftime things
really changed. I don't know
what Coach Gardner said
to them in the locker room,
but when the boys came back
on the field they were hitting
those Bears so hard I think
you could have heard the
collisions all the way to Rusk.
Combinations of slobber-
knockers and bone crushers
were dished out on every play
until the end with a final
score of 81-7 in favor of the
Yellowjackets. This week the
Yellowjackets will be travel-
ing 109 miles to Burkeville.
That is a pretty good trip
even for Yellowjacket fans,
but I'm sure the road will be
filled on Friday afternoon
with people heading south to
the game, Congratulations
to the Alto Yellowjackets on
another big win.
I know the dry weather
is the main topic of most
conversations now. With the
hunting season approaching
and people heading out to the
woods to get hunting camps
and deer stands ready for the
upcoming season, there is
an increased chance of fires
being started.
Please use extra precau-
tions when you head into
the woods until this fire
danger is past. I want to
get the biggest buck I can
find this season, but I don't
want to have him barbecued
until I get him home. Have
a great hunting season and
pass those safe hunting
practices down to your kids.
Safe memories are beautiful
memories.
I guess I've covered just
about everything. Keep the
news coming if you want
me to spread it around. I'll
gather up what I can on the
side. I'll see y a next week!
And remember. The secret
to a happy life is to delight
in duty. When duty
becomes delight then bur-
dens become blessings.
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