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hursday
August 30
A Rare Medium Well Done
Serving North Morris County And its Neighbors
The Monitor
Vc ume 12(
506
Number
Established in 1886 • Naples' Oldest Business Institution
P.O. Box 39, 110 Main Street, Naples, TX 75568-0039 • Phone 903-897-2281 • Fax 903-897-2095 • e-mail: themonitor@valornet.com
Hometown Newspaper of Martha Lovelace of Los Angeles, California
Climbing the ladder of success
Young Omaha singer wins at Ritter contest
Taking another big step in a
continually growing country mu-
sic career, 17-year old Omaha sing-
ing sensation Taylor Heard cap-
Monitoring
Main
Street
"If you're riot familiar with the
work of Steven Wright," said Sara
Jane French, "he's the famous
Erudite scientist who once said: 'I
woke up one morning, and all of
my stuff had been stolen and re-
placed by exact duplicates.'
His mind sees things differ-
ently than most of us do. Here are
some of his gems:
1 - I'd kill for a Nobel Peace
Prize.
2 - Borrow money from pessi-
mists — they don't expect it back.
3 - Half the people you know
are below average.
4 - 99% of lawyers give the rest
a bad name.
5 - 82.7% of all statistics are
made up on the spot.
6 - A conscience is what hurts
when all your other parts feel so
good.
7 - A clear conscience is usu-
ally the sign of a bad memory.
8 - If you want the rainbow, you
got to put up with the rain.
9 - Ail those who believe in
psycho kinesis, raise my hand.
10 - The early bird may get the
worm, but the second mouse gets
the cheese.
11-1 almost had a psychic
girlfriend, ... But she left me be-
fore we met.
12 - Think about it, so what's
the speed of dark?
13 - How do you tell when
you're out of invisible ink?
14 - If everything seems to be
going well, you have obviously
overlooked something.
15 - Depression is merely an-
ger without enthusiasm.
16 - When everything is com-
ing your way, you're in the wrong
lane.
17 - Ambition is a poor excuse
for not having enough sense to be
lazy.
18 - Hard work pays off in the
future; laziness pays off now.
19-1 intend to live forever... So
far, so good.
20 - If Barbie is so popular, why
do you have to buy her friends?
21 - Eagles may soar, but wea-
sels don't get sucked into jet en-
gines.
22 - What happens if you get
scared half to death twice?
23 - My mechanic told me, "I
couldn't repair your brakes, so I
made your horn louder."
24 - Why do psychics have to
ask you for your name.
25 - If at first you don't suc-
ceed, destroy all evidence that
you tried.
26 - A conclusion is the place
where you got tired of thinking.
27 - Experience is something
you don't get until just after you
need it.
28 - The hardness of the butter
is proportional to the softness of
the bread.
29 - To steal ideas from one
person is plagiarism; to steal from
many is research.
30 - The problem with the gene
pool is that there is no lifeguard.
31 - The sooner you fall be-
hind, the more time you'll have to
catch up.
32 - The colder the x-ray table,
the more of your body is required
to be on it.
33 - Everyone has a photo-
graphic memory; some just don't
have film.
34 - If at first you don't suc-
ceed, skydiving is not for you.
And the all-time favorite, ac-
cording to Markey Jenkins.
35 - If your car could travel at
the speed of light, would your
headlights work?
tured the top prizes from a compe-
tition in Carthage, Texas, a couple
of weeks ago.
For those who don't know,
Carthage is the home site of the
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
and the Tex Ritter Museum.
Singing cowboy Tex Ritter stood
out as one of the biggest names in
country music throughout the post-
war era and his diverse career led
him from the broadway stage to
the political arena.
The young country singer,
daughter of Shellie and Marty
Heard, along with her parents and
brother, Trent, went to Carthage
where she was invited to compete
in the John Ritter Tribute Show-
case for the prize of representing
the Hall of Fame.
Topping off the invitation, Miss
Heard had the opportunity to per-
form on stage with Grand 01' Opry
stars such as Jeannie Seely, Jim
Ed Brown, T. G. Shepherd, T. Gra-
ham Brown, Johnny Rodriguez,
Opening day attendance
of Pewitt School students
breaks old yearly records
Coaches have an old saying that
records are meant to be broken
and that apparently applies to
other areas as Pewitt Schools broke
last year's first-day attendance
mark.
A total of 1,057 students were in
attendance on opening day Mon-
day when the doors opened and
the bells rang to signal the first
day of school.
That figure surpassed the high
of 1,027 of opening day in 1974, the
first-day mark of 1,026 of 2010 and
the high of 1,044 on opening day
last year.
It was the sixth time since 1972
for opening day figures to eclipse
the 1,000 total.
Records, back to 1972, show
1,020 that year, 1,011 in 1973, and
1,027 in 1974.
Helen Cornelius, Linda Davis and
David Frizzell.
The event is a talent competi-
tion designed to help aspiring coun-
try music artists showcase them-
selves and their music in honor of
actor/singer John Ritter, son of the
legendary Tex Ritter.
The young singer won the grand
prize of the tribute showcase as
well as the "people's choice" award
in the contest.
In addition, she also won first
place in the Texaco Country Show-
down that was hosted the day fol-
lowing the first competition.
At the 'showdown', she per-
formed one of her original songs,
"Texas on My Mind."
Because of the 'showdown' win,
Taylor will advance to a higher
level of competition in October.
The state contest will also be con-
ducted in Carthage.
"I want to thank everyone who
came out to support this event,"
she said and added, "I have been so
blessed to have people from our
area who are following me in my
music career. You are all like fam-
ily to me and I can't thank you
enough for all the love and encour-
agement you've given me over the
years."
"I am thrilled beyond belief to
have the honor of being the 2012
Texas Country Music Hall of Fame
representative and I thank God
for this opportunity and will do my
best to make you all proud," she
said.
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TAYLOR HEARD POSES WITH HER GUITAR
IN FRONT OF A TEX RITTER STATUE
'Friday Night Lights' brighten football fields
Brahmas open season at Liberty-Eylau
It's "Friday Night Lights" time
all across Texas as high school
football gets into full swing this
week and Pewitt's Brahmas will
open their season at Liberty-Eylau
when the Bulls and Leopards get
things underway with a 7:30 kick-
PEF retiree honored
One retirement cake just wasn't enough to show Deryl May how much he
has been appreciated and members of the Pewitt Education Foundation
and Alumni Association honored him with a bunch of cupcakes at a recent
meeting of the organizations. May, a 1956 Pewitt graduate, was one of the
founding members of the alumni board and has served since 2002. His
retirement will be effective later this year. "We appreciate all his efforts
as a member of the education foundation and alumni association," said
a member. "He will certainly be missed." photo by Joan Cook
off Friday night.
Pewitt will open the new season
trying for its fifth consecutive trip
to the state playoffs and the Bulls
will be hoping for the 20th post-
season playoff run since 1991 ...
and the 29th playoff trek into state
competition in the history of the
school.
L-E will also be hoping for an-
other playoff season after going 6-
5 last year (4-1 in district) winding
up as a Class 3A Division II bi-
district finalist for the second con-
secutive year.
In early pre-season picking,
Texas Football picked the Leop-
ards fourth in District 3A Division
II, behind Atlanta, Paris and Pitts-
burg but ahead of North Lamar
and Pleasant Grove.
The Brahmas and Leopards
have matched nine games since
1957 and the series is all tied at 4-
4-1.
Back when the Bulls and Leop-
ards were in the same 2A classifi-
cation, and in the same district
part of the time, Pewitt won three
straight before losing to L-E.
Pewitt's biggest win was a 50-6
rout in 1957. Following that game,
Pewitt won 32-0 in 1960 then took
a 42-8 victory in 1961. L-E won a
close 12-6 game in 1962, but the
Bulls came back in 1963 to post a
40-0 win.
L-E won 20-0 in 1964 and the
teams tied 6-6 in 1965. That was
the last game for the two schools
until 2010 when the Leopards came
to Pewitt and went home after
edging the Bulls 35-27.
Playing on the Leopards' home
field last year, Pewitt lost another
close game by a 21-28 margin.
Texas Football said coach Brian
Brown opened the season with 10/
33 returning lettermen that in-
cluded 7/2 offensive/defensive
starters from a 4-1 district team
that finished the year at 6-5 and in
the bi-district playoffs.
Players to watch include DB
Davion Hall (6-3, 187, 4.5) and OL
Chris Paul.
Other top prospects for the Leop-
ards include RB DeShun Brewer,
RB Matthew Sellers, QB Rashaan
Donelson, QB Javon Rigsby, DE
William Wayne, LB Deunte Griffie
and TE Joseph Atchison.
"With seven starters back on
offense, including the two-headed
rushing attack of Brewer (660
yards in six games) and Sellers,
putting points on the scoreboard
shouldn't be a problem," said TF.
"QB Donelson also returns after
passing for more than 500 yards
and rushing for 300 as a sopho-
more. The versatile Hall (DB, WR,
QB) can do it all."
With only 3/4 O/D starters re-
turning for Pewitt, Texas Football
picked the Bulls third in the new
Class 2A Division II district, be-
hind Hughes Springs and Elysian
Fields, but ahead of DeKalb, Lin-
den-Kildare, New Diana, Ore City
and Waskom.
Players to watch include QB
Rustin McFarland (5-11, 160, 4.7),
SS Tim Hill, DT Darion Ivory, DB
Robert Johnson and OL Marcus
Lyons.
Other top prospects include TE
Louis Hall, LB Zane Mackay, and
OL Dillan Derrick.
LOOKING BACK AT
PEWITT &
LIBERTY-EYLAU
YEAR
P
LE
1957
50
6
1960
32
0
1961
42
iisi ~
i- 8
1962
6 t
12
1963
40
(wj /
Tut '
0
1964
0
20
1965
6
6
2010
27
35
2011
21
28
PEWITT 4-4-1
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