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Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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EDITORIAL BOARD
MARIE WHITEHEAD
publisher
TERRIE GONZALEZ
editor
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BACK I to bas ics
Money isn't an issue in matters of the heart
I artin Luther
| King Jr. said in a
speech, "The first
I question which
the priest and the Levite
asked was: "If I stop to
help this man, what will
happen to me?"
The good Samaritan
reversed the question: "If
I do not stop to help this
man, what will happen to
him?"
In Cherokee County, we
are blessed to be among
people who ask the same
question. Whenever a
crisis arises people in our
communities come to the
aid of each other.
Growing up in a large
town and having the op-
portunity to live in a small
town for the past several
years, I can say there is
something to be said for
small town life. Most ev-
eryone knows each other.
Our hves are interwoven
in our daily activities.; I
usually see the same faces
daily.
I also have learned
that (while not knocking
big city life) one of the
advantages of living in a
small town is we are all
impacted if tragedy strikes
anyone in our community.
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TRACEYHUNT
In times of economic
hardship where one won-
ders how they can stretch
money a little farther, I
have witnessed a unique
thing. Money is not an
issue in matters of the
heart.
Alto people transcend
city limit signs to help
those in need. Area
churches always open their
doors and host benefits to
help those in crisis situa-
tions.
For example. Alto Com-
munity Fellowship hosted
events for two women
who are separately fight-
ing battles against can-
cer: Teddy Pearman and
Rebecca Corley. They
sponsored a dinner, silent
auction and cake auctions.
In the days ahead, good
Samaritans will come
together at Hilltop Baptist
to host a fish fry for John
"Bevo" McC-lendon to help
support him with a medi-
cal problem
It is not the first time I
have seen this outpouring
of love.
When Hannah Collie was
sick, I observed the "Pray
for Hannah" signs that
moved people through-
out Cherokee County, as
well as anyone passing
through. Her mother,
Amanda Collie, recently
teared up remember-
ing the love of complete
strangers.
One word conies to mind:
hope. In helping others,
we touch something bigger
than ourselves. We find
hope that no matter what
the world looks like, hu-
manity always wins.
The question remains as
in the case of the Levite
verses the Samaritan.
"If I help this man, what
will happen to me?"
The answer is my trou-
bles vanish when I take
time to put other's needs
before my own.
What will happen to
those I help? They will
discover hope.
REFLECTIONS
on the trail
Memories of summer winding down
Hopefully, these long,
hot days of summer
are coming to a close,
and giving way to fall
and some rehef from the
intense heat.
I think if I hear the words
"heat advisory" or "heat
warning' again, I'll jump in
an ice box. Heck, we know
it's hot, so be gentle about it!
It's amazing as we think
back, about the Summer. It
didn't seem to bother me so
much, I just wanted school to start.
We stayed pretty busy during the
summer. There was always garden
work, working in the cotton field, picking
vegetables which then had to be canned,
pulling weeds from the yard and a host of
other minute tasks calling for attention.
Some of the easier tasks were shelling
peas and peehng peaches, as we sat at the
cooler end of the porch.
Still more pleasant was the cutting and
eating of a big ripe watermelon. We didn't
BETTY EWALT TAYLOR
©ven mind the seeds.
Relatives from the city
usually visited us during
the summer, to pickup what
vegetables we didn't need
and to share in making
a freezer of ice cream.
Sometimes I'd get to go
home with them and spend
a few days. That was a real
treat.
Then, when I got home;, I
could tell my friends of my
trips to Dallas, Fort Worth,
Greenvillle and once to Carlsbad Caverns
in New Mexico. That was a good t rip: first
time I was ever out of Texas.
Pretty soon, we'll be ready for football
and all its excitement. The boys started
summer drills this week, and I feel for
them.
But soon it'll be Thursday and Friday
nights at the games and we'll all be ready
and will have put the long days of summer
behind us, Hallelujah!
•< Alyjia Katon arid
Ty'Una Jones cool off
at the Rusk City Pool
earlier this summer. As
the summer ends, kids
of all ages can look back
on the memories made
and the memories yet to
come.
TAXING I thoughts
Follow the rules to get tax breaks for your vacation home
If you own a vacation
home (some boats
and recreational
vehicles also qualify)
that you also rent out to
others, keep track of who
uses it during the year
to maximize your tax
breaks.
• Meet the rules and
receive tax-free income.
If your home is rented for
I I or fewer days during
the year, you don't have
to report the income.
You can generally
deduct mortgage interest
and real estate taxes
as itemized deductions,
but you can't deduct any
other rental expenses.
• Limit your personal
use and deduct all your
rental expenses. If you
limit your personal use
to not. more than I 1
days or 10 percent of the
time the home is rented,
all rental expenses are
deductible.
• Offset your rental
income with your rental
expenses. If you use the
properly for more than
14 days or 10 percent of
ANITA L. WOODLEE
CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
the number of days it s
rented, the rules change.;
Your rental deductions
(except for taxes and
mortgage interest) are
limited to the amount of
your rental income.
Example: You stayed
in your vacation home
20 days last year. It was
rented at fair market
value for 190 days.
In this example, your
personal use exceeded
the 10 percent limit
(19 days). Your rental
deductions are limited
to the rental income you
received.
• Convert the
property to your
residence, and the gain
when you sell may be
tax-free.
If you use your
vacation home as your
principal residence
for two out of the five
years before you sell
it, you may exclude
up to $250,000 of gain
($500,000 for married
couples) from your
income,
The rules are
complex, but a basic
understanding of the
rules and good record
keeping will help you get
the best tax breaks from
your vacation home.
Give us a call if
you would like more
information.
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CERTIFIED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANT
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Phone:903-683-1002
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HIGH POINTS I*- El Camino Real
No one can say that
there are a bunch
of half-baked folks
living along El
Camino Real, By the end
of this summer everyone in
East Texas should be fully
baked and well done. The
cattle industry continues
to suffer as ponds dry up
and dry grass turns to
dust. You can t raise cows
on prickly pears and dust.
so many of our cattle herds
are standing in long lines
at the sale barns waiting to be shipped off
to greener pastures or packing plants. I
hate to go on and on about the drought,
but I'm reminded of it with every crunchy
step I take through the grass and leaves.
I don't know if anyone has noticed besides
me, but I haven't seen many mud dauber
nests this year. You didn't pay six bits to
hear me whine, so I had better get on with
the news I know.
Our hearts broke this past week with
the tragic death of Cody Daniel in an
automobile accident. Cody was 21 years
old and the son of Steve and Terri Lynn
Daniel. Cody had an infectious smile and
anytime I ran into him. I walked away
with a big smile on my face. There was
something about this young man that al-
ways lifted my spirits. I've thought about
Cody and his family a lot this week, and
I think I finally figured out what made
him so special to me. Growing up here in
Alto, Terri Lynn's parent s. Conch Moore
and Floyce Lee touched many of our lives
when we went to school. We have always
had a close bond with the Moore fam-
ily in our town, whether it was through
school or a friendship with their children,
Steve's mom and dad, Ike and Norma
Daniel of Rusk, have always been an
important part, of Rusk. Eyeryone knew
Ike at Ike's Feed Mill or Lion's Club and
Norma worked at the junior high school.
The Moore and Daniel families are loved
families in our communities. Cody's smile
always reminded me of the good folks that
made him special. I cannot fathom such
a loss. Please keep these families in your
prayers during the tough days ahead.
"Believe for Bevo Benefit'' for John Leo
"Bevo" McClendon will be held at the Alto
Community Fellowship at 6 p.m. Satur-
day, Aug. 20. They will serve fried fish
on a donation basis and auction lots of
awesome items including several different
hunts donated by Texas Deer Association,
Hicks Whitetails and others — dove hunt,
quail hunt, trophy buck hunt, guided bow
fishing hunt and several others. John Leo
"Bevo" is a 32-year-old lifelong resident
of Alto who was recently diagnosed with
congestive heart failure and non-ITodgUins
Lymphoma. He does not have insurance
and is about to begin treatments. All
proceeds will go to medical costs. Come
out and show him we support him with
our prayers and donations. I'm getting
hungry just thinking about that fried fish.
CHRIS DAVIS
elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
Every time I think about
John Leo I think abut the
time I dressed up like a
swamp monster and hid
alongside the road at Duren
Lake and waited for him
and some more httle kids
to go from one cabin to
another during a birthday
party for my nephew, Jake
West. The moon was full
and when I jumped out in
front of them in that swamp
monster suit, I think John
Leo beat them all back to
the house. I never figured out what would
make a grown man don a swamp monster
suit, walk down a dirt road in the middle
of the night and sit under a tree waiting to
scaire the daylights out of a bunch of little
kids, but I'd sure love to do it again.
The Alto Yellowjacket football team
traveled to Elysian Fields on Saturday
morning for a scrimmage, Being the fair
weather fan I am, it was too hot and too
far for me to go for a scrimmage. I have
enough trouble keeping up with what is
going on with the regular games, much
less a scrimmage, I haven't gotten a solid
report on how the team per formed, so I
guess you'll have to come to the first game
to find out. The Yellowjacket football
team has found a new radio home at
Y100 out of Lufkin. The first game will
be broadcast on Aug. 26. I'd love to sit
through a Yellowjacket football game dur-
ing a pouring rainstorm in the next few
weeks. Go Jackets!
The ups and downs of the stock market
this past week had many folks across the
country wondering if they were going to
be paupers before the week was out. The
credit downgrade had folks pretty scared.
When folks can't borrow money at a
bank, they usually go to the pawn shop
for cash. When they quit loaning money
to America, I guess we will find out what
kind of money they'll loan on a battleship
at the pawn shop,
My youngest son Creager and I invested
some money in the stock market back in
March and this past week, while everyone
else was losing their shirts, our stock paid
off.
We bought six hens in March and the
day the stock market dropped one of the
hens dropped her first egg. The hens ral-
lied and by Sunday we had six eggs, which
is pretty good considering one of those
hens we bought turned out to be a rooster.
We aren't reinvesting in the market. We
are cashing in our dividends every morn-
ing for breakfast.
The teachers are back in school this
week and the kids should all be heading
back next week. If you have children go-
ing to school makes sure you have pur-
chased all the items on the never ending
school supply list. Be safe and have a
great school year. I'll see ya next week!
And remember. If you can smile when
things go wrong, you have someone
in mind to blame.
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