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OPINION
The Economist
vigilance
is
Extra
loud, realizing that I had just experienced another
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Aug.
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A part of the quality of life is many of the tra-
ditions. My sweet wife introduced me to square
squatting. If you don’t know what that is, check it
RONNIE
MORRISON
too long when the traffic light
changed to green.
It is OK that my wife knows
many of the folks who live here,
their relatives, where they lived
and where they once lived! It
is OK to enjoy the benefits of
living in a small town. We have
much to offer for citizens of all
ages.
It is OK to get excited about
pouring concrete at the local
parking lot. It is progress and
Governor Greg Abbott
PO Box 12428
Austin, Texas 78711
(800) 843-5789
U.S. Rep. Louie Gohmert
2243 Rayburn HOB
Washington, D.C. 20515
(866) 535-6302
State Rep. Travis Clardy
202 East Pilar RM 310
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
(936)560-3982
Love,
Jordan Maddox
Dr. Ray Perryman is President
and CEO of The Perryman Group,
an economic research and analy-
sisfirm based in Waco, Texas.
U.S. Senator
John Cornyn
United States Senate
Washington, D.C. 20510-5922
(202) 224-2934
(713) 572-3337 Houston
cornyn.senate.gov/public
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz
B40B Dirksen
Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
(202) 224-5922
State Senator
Bryan Hughes
100 Independence
Place, Suite 301
Tyler, Texas 75703
(903) 581-1776
Paxton aims to stop
DACA
Texas
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HENDERSON NEWS
Sunday, August 19, 2018 PAGE 2
set aside any duly enacted
law.”
Ed Sterling is Director of Mem-
ber Services with Austin-based
Texas Press Association.
AUSTIN - Some 80 per-
cent of public school dis-
tricts and charters earned
the highest-possible prelimi-
nary financial accountability
rating, according to figures
released by the Texas Educa-
tion Agency on Aug. 8.
The “superior” ratings
were calculated using 15
financial indicators, such as
administrative cost expendi-
tures, the accuracy of a dis-
Jordan Maddox is a 2018 Henderson High School
graduate. She is a former Henderson News intern and
will attend the University of North Texas in the fall.
© 2018, Henderson Newspapers Inc.
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many.
The sweet wife and I have lived in other loca-
tions. I grew up in Longview, she in Henderson.
During our 49 years together we have lived in to manage a Chamber that way. We didn’t stay
Longview, Bryan, College Station, Rock Hill, S.C. long. Got back in the truck and returned to Texas
(which is just south of Charlotte, N.C.), Plano, Lew- after only 14 months.
isville, Cleveland, as well as Henderson. New jobs and new organizations are important.
Having said all that, we live in Henderson by Growth is important. It has been said that if you
choice. Of course, there are advantages of living in are not moving forward in a community, that city
other places, but nothing like being at home. And or county is dying.
this is home. I know the chamber, the economic development
I laughed at myself for getting excited (inter- organization, the city and countyhavejobs to do; to
ested) about a parking lot. But that is OK. promote growth, to provide services for the exist-
I also looked forward to the recent opening of a ing community. They work hard at doing just that.
Taco restaurant. We had a taco right away! They also promote the quality of life in the area
There is excitement about a new restaurant and I believe the overall quality of life in all of East
downtown. Soon we will have Chinese fast food. Texas is excellent.
There will also be a new sandwich shop on High-
way 79, whose name I can’t easily pronounce,
much less spell.
And soon there will be a new parking lot! Good out. Another joy of living in a small town. You just
can’t square squat in Plano.
I need to find out when they are pouring the rest
of that concrete. Maybe I will get a cup of coffee and
I get a kick out of seeing my neighbors at church go watch in Henderson, Texas, USA.
Ronnie Morrison is a former Henderson Daily News
' 1-
getting verbally abused when I waited one second sional contributor.
managingeditor@thehendersonnews.com Hughes Ellis — Sports Editor
sports@thehendersonnews.com
Texas met-
r 0 p 0 1 i t a n
areas are lead-
ing the way in
employment
growth, claim-
ing two of the
top three spots
in the nation
in job gains
PERRYMAN between June
2017 and June
2018. Based
on US Bureau of Labor Statistics
(BLS) estimates of the 12-month
change in nonfarm employment
in metropolitan areas with over
one million residents as of 2010,
the huge New York-Newark-Jersey
City area had the largest change,
with 117,400 net new jobs.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arling-
ton ranked second in employ-
ment change, with an increase
of 109,400, and Houston-The
Woodlands-Sugar Land was third
with 94,600. Los Angeles-Long
Beach-Anaheim was next, with an
increase of 83,400.
The fact that greater Dallas and
greater Houston were so near the
top is particularly impressive con-
sidering the difference in the size
of the various metropolitan areas.
Employment levels in the New
York-Newark-Jersey City area and
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
area (at 9.9 million and 6.1 mil-
lion, respectively) are multiples of
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (3.7
million) and Houston-The Wood-
lands-Sugar Land (3.1 million),
yet the Texas areas ranked right
alongside them in the number of
jobs added. In fact, the combined
expansion in Texas’ two largest
urban centers exceeded that of the
East and West Cost behemoths.
Looking at the gains in percent-
age terms indicates the fastest rate
of growth. Austin-Round Rock saw
a 3.4 percent gain for an employ-
ment increase of 35,700 between
June 2017 and June 2018, second
only to Orlando-Kissimmee-San-
ford (up 3.6 percent). The greater
Houston area compared well in
terms of growth rate with a gain
of 3.1 percent, while greater Dal-
las came in at 3.0 percent. A few
other large metropolitan areas had
increases over 3 percent, but many
were closer to 1 percent. The other
Texas metropolitan area with
more than a million residents, San
Antonio-New Braunfels, added
15,500 (a gain of 1.5 percent),
which ranked near the middle of
the pack.
A variety of factors are contrib-
uting to the strong performance
of Texas’ large population centers.
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington’s job
gains were driven by professional
and business services and mining,
logging, and construction in great-
er Dallas, with expansion on the
Fort Worth side of the Metroplex
concentrated in leisure and hos-
pitality and trade, transportation,
and utilities. The Houston area
saw a large surge of employment
in the professional and business
services segment, as well as con-
struction (due in part to the con-
tinued rebuilding from Hurricane
Harvey). For Austin-Round Rock,
professional and business services
also led the way.
New Texas jobs run the spec-
trum from technology to finance
to manufacturing to energy and
most things in between. The strong
performance of Texas’ largest pop-
ulation centers is complemented
by notable gains in a number of
smaller metropolitan areas, and
the result is impressive job growth
across the Lone Star State.
game of Tetris. Shortly after
finishing the series, I applied
for an internship at the
Henderson Daily News (now
The Henderson News) on a
whim and seven months later
I wrote my first column.
The editor at the time, Les
Linebarger, casually asked
me if I would be interested
in writing a column, my
instant reaction was a startled
“What? No?” After about
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Experiencing the joys of living in a small town
I had a random thought the other day.
When retired, there is more time for random
thoughts. It occurred to me as I was driving the
old truck to pick up the sweet wife for a luncheon
date. I was getting excited about the new parking
lot under construction near the football stadium.
The local grapevine was working that morning,
informing local residents that concrete (the first
phase) was poured in at 1:30 a.m.
My random thought occurred when I decided
to swing by to check it out; to see how it looked,
while also looking for progress on the seating bowl
at Lion Stadium!
While driving down Lion Street, I laughed out progress is measured in many ways.
\ ' ,T1 \ ‘ 1 1 ’ We moved to Rock Hill where I was employed
of the joys of living in a small town. And there are by the local Chamber of Commerce. We found out
after we arrived that many folks there didn’t like
progress of any kind. There were not many new
parking lots about which to get excited. It was hard
and at the grocery stores. That didn’t happen in , ;l la,.
Plano, but I do remember while living in Plano sports editor who is now a freelance writer and occa-
How I decided to become a journalist Urban uplift
Dear readers,
I am about to embark upon the most important
and terrifying adventure of my life, to date. I am
moving away from home. Because of that and the
ensuing workload from college I am soon to be
placed under, this column, sadly, is going to be my
last one for now.
Since this is my final column for the time being,
I am going to tell all of you a secret that very few
people know. Now, I pride myself for keeping
this secret under the radar, but I am trusting all
of you with this strange little bit of information
so strap in and get ready for it. “It” being how I
decided that I wanted to become a writer and more three seconds, I realized the opportunity I had
specifically a journalist. potentially just thrown away and it felt like my
As a young adult stuck in between the Millennial stomach was on the floor, but then he told me how
and Gen Z generations, I struggle with relating to nteresting it would be to write a piece about how
those who grew up in the 90s and those who were I felt going into my senior year of high school and
born after 2003. Us “in-betweeners” know them as that it would be something fresh for the paper,
the 90’s kids and the Tide Pod generations. I’ll let After accepting the offer the second time
you all figure out why. around, I was so worried that there would be a
As some ofyou may know, I barely made the cut negative reaction to my column because I was,
for falling under the umbrella of 90s kids because and still somewhat am, a young, ignorant girl.
I am a ‘99 baby. I’ve found that people who share I was worried that my self-deprecating humor
the same situation as me were able to relate the and sarcasm, which are staples of people my age,
strongest with movies and television shows, which would turn people away from wanting to read my
helped to mold our humor and way of thinking, editorials.
If you have not yet noticed it, we tend to make an However, just the opposite happened. For
ungodly amount ofpop-culture references because the younger readers, it gave them a little bit of
it is all that we know. foresight into what to expect. For those my age,
I know that it seems like my train has gone off nerves were settled because it’s easier going into
its tracks and has made a new path for itself, but something scary when you are not alone in fear,
I promise you that this is relevant. It is relevant and for the older readers, they were able to dive
because I chose my career based on one of those back into the nostalgia of being a high school
television shows. Make sure you’re sitting down senior. Because of the positivity and support I felt
because here’s the secret: I decided I wanted to from all of you after that first piece was printed,
be a journalist because of the show “Gilmore I felt more comfortable sharing my fears and
Girls.” It does not seem like a huge secret, but it is stories while taking a few jabs at myself, and if you
something that is somewhat embarrassing to me don’t already know this, I love laughing at myself,
because it puts the spotlight on the frailty of my Because of all of you I was even able to write my
reasoning. Still, I will try my best to justify molding fair share of features, and I can never thank you
my life after a TV show. enough.
On the show, there is a girl named Rory Gilmore, A year after writing my debut column about
and when I began watching the show her character entering my senior year of high school, I am here
was the same age as I was, so there was an instant writing all of you a farewell as I enter my freshman
level of relatability. She was a hard-working, year of college. Although it has only been a year, I
determined young lady who had her heart set on feel as though I have undergone my most growth
journalism and the Ivy League. Okay, so I might in the last 12 months, and I am blessed to have
not have followed her EVERY step because, for been able to share it with you; my community,
one, out of state tuition would probably land me in Thank you.
a sea of student debt, and secondly, my poor brain
would not be able to survive.
Besides dodging the bullet of a declined
Harvard application, I had never even considered
journalism as a career option, but as soon as I
heard it everything fell into place like a perfect
TEA makes preliminary financial
accountability ratings available
sales made
in June by
businesses
that report
tax month-
ly.
For
those filing
quarterly,
the alloca-
tions are
based on
sales made
trict or charter’s financial in April, May and June,
information submitted to
TEA and any financial vul-
nerabilities or material weak- urged
nesses in internal controls, The Texas Department of
as determined by an external Public Safety on Aug. 8 post-
auditor. ed a reminder to all drivers
Created by the 77th to slow down in school zones
Texas Legislature in 2001, and to be aware of children
the School Financial Integ- walking to and from school or
rity Rating System of Texas waiting for buses,
encourages public schools to With the new school year
better manage their financial beginning, drivers should be
resources to provide the max- especially alert and careful
imum allocation possible for around school buses and to
direct instructional purposes, expect an increase in overall
the TEA said. traffic, DPS Director Steven
Any district or charter McCraw said.
wishing to appeal its rating “Motorists who disregard
must submit a written appeal the law and illegally pass
with supporting evidence to stopped school buses put
the TEA by Sept. 10. Final our schoolchildren in harm’s
ratings will be released in way, and that reckless and
October. irresponsible behavior will
not be tolerated by DPS,”
Bail law changes asked McCraw said.
Drivers who illegally pass
school buses face fines as
als to reform the state’s bail high as $1,250 for the first
system. offense. For individuals con-
Abbott urged the Legis- victed of that offense more
lature to pass legislation he than once, the law allows the
named the “Damon Allen Act” individual’s license to be sus-
in honor of a state trooper pended for up to six months,
who was killed in the line of the DPS said,
duty last Thanksgiving Day.
If passed, the bill would tie
the setting of bail to commu-
nity safety concerns. A mag- Texas Attorney Gen-
istrate would be required to eral Ken Paxton on Aug. 8
consider the criminal history asked a Brownsville U.S. Dis-
of a defendant and other rel- trict Court for a nationwide
evant information, including injunction to curtail the issue
impact on law enforcement, or renewal of permits under
when setting bail. its Deferred Action for Child-
In cases involving either hood Arrivals program while
felony or misdemeanor Texas’ multi-state coalition
charges of sexual offenses lawsuit, filed in May, is pend-
and assault, the setting of bail ing.
would be handled by state Created by an Obama
district judges and their asso- administration executive
ciate judges. order in 2012, DACA has
To protect communities granted lawful presence
from repeat offenders, the and work permits to about
bill would add steps to the 700,000 non-citizens who
bail process, such as required reside in the United States,
notification of various other The attorneys general of
agencies through the case six other states joined Pax-
management system. ton in the request. All jointly
expressed an ultimate goal
Revenue is distributed of having the court declare
Texas Comptroller Glenn the entire DACA program
Hegar on Aug. 8 announced unconstitutional. Paxton
his office would send cities, said he believes DACA is
counties, transit systems and unconstitutional because it
special purpose taxing dis- took effect without congres-
tricts $842.7 million in local sional approval and allowed
sales tax allocations for the the president “to unilaterally
month of August.
The amount is 8.2 per-
cent greater than the amount
reported in August 2017.
The allocations are based on
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