The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 86, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 3, 2002 Page: 1 of 14
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Lifestyles A6
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description of the vehicle.
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Baseball association set to
Beckville Sunset Elementary
School students recently took a
walking tour of Beckville that
included a guided tour hv Mary
Deibert. president, and Sally
Dawson. BSE teacher Students
from Stacy Alexander and Deb-
bie Bosticks classes took the
tour.
George A. Seguin photo
Becky Gullette prepares to give blood at Panola College on Friday. The Shrinera of
Panola County and the Panola College student body were responsible for the drive and
staff from Stewart Blood Bank of Tyler were on hand to ssslst
By Elaine P. McPherson
THE PANOLA WATCHMAN
habitation, five counts of theft of
a,firearm and burglary of a
catcher's mitts, and to help a
mother pay her hotel expenses
so she could travel to Arlington
to watch her son play in die state
tournament
For those people with a
passion for sports and kids,
where's the beat seat in the
house during a football game?
Right in the middle of the action
— on die field.
Officials are a must for any
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of the stress presently related to
the task.
Although the responsibility
of an official is arduous and
significant, Panola County has
several enthusiastic men who
are'
George Aaron Seguin photo
Pirate Cason No Beard has fun at the First Baptist Church Fall Festival held October 31
for children and parents who enjoy Trick or Treating inside, out of the cold. Several local
churches held parties, fall fests, and carnivals to give children a safer environment in
which to enjoy the October 31 festivity.
Local men find joy in teaching good
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invite everyone to come and ex-
plore and reminisce about the
good ole' days.
Arts and crafts, as well as,
food items will be for sale. This
bazaar is the main fund-raising
project during the year although
the group recently held a garage
sale.
Soup and chili will be served
on December 4, the night of the
■bout their
career and seem up to
tee teat
Four of those individuals,
Robert Colle, Heath Nutt, Ed
officiating
crews for high school Friday
night games include five people,
and crew members are
encouraged to ride together to
the game. This allows tee
members to get their minds
focused upon the task at hand.
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For yean, Panola Dixie
League has been successful in
training young baseball players.
Since 1986, the Panola
Baseball Association has had 15
teams attend a world series
tournament.
•9 A 10 year olds - 1986,
1997,1998, 1999
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1995,2000
• 13 year olds - 1996, 1998,
2001
• 14 year olds — 1995, 1996,
2001
• 15 & 16 year olds - 1988
• 17 A 18 year olds - 1999
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Tonin Crittendon’a Class at Baker-Koonce receive tbeir
“Halloween treat" from Debby Griffin at The Panola
f See OFFICIALS, page Al Watchman on Thursday.
receive United Fund money
EDITOR'S NOTE: This is fo! T63”’
the second in a series about
charitable organizations hoping
to receive money from the
Panola County United Fund.)
Panola Baseball Association
is budgeted to receive a
donation from the local United
Fund money this year.
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tion touches the lives of scores
of youngsters and their families.
In 2001, tee United Fund's
contribution was used to help 15
students play in the Dixie
League. In 2000, tee money
went for 25 scholarships, new
Officials contacted tee Tatum
Police Department and notified
them to be on the look out for a
1991 Chevrolet Blazer.
"TPD officers made contact
with Adams,-* Wallace and
McGee at tee car wash in
Tatum',*' said Mims. "Panola
County Constable Mitch Norton
arrived a short time later."
Mims stated that all three
suspects were arraigned in Rusk
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in 1991. As a high school
student, he k played different
sports and missed the
excitement of it all. "This was a
Way of getting back into the Wednesday, and Saturday,
sport. T Save IBS called MosI footed officii
basketball since 1994 and
bssebdl since 1995," he stated.
Currently Colle's position on
the Friday night football field is
referee, what many fans call
wniic imk. rserore
becoming a white hat, he was a
Mck judge
According to Colle, the
referee's job is the easiest (to
“ him) on the field because the
person in that position has
Thomas, and Roy Lee Waites, control of tee game and how
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with burglary, gun theft
By Thbitha Ttacker
THE PANOLA WATCHMAN
—~—•""■building.
Panola County Sheriff's
Department Lt. Joe Mims stated
that on Friday, the sheriff's
office received a call from a
concerned citizen stating that
there was a suspicious vehicle at
her neighbors residence.
Mims added that the witness
was able to give officials a
license plate number and a. County and later transported to
description of die vehicle. the PCSO.
hold annual bazaar Dec. 7, 8
The Miss Jane Library and
Museum will hold its annual
bazaar for Friday and Saturday,
December 6 from 2 to 6 p.m.
and December 7 from 9 a.m. to
6 p.m.
The museum committee has
been diligently working inside
the old Continental Bank
Building of 1918 and is happy to
meetings with the coaches,
uniforms and other equipment
are checked. The referee and
umpire also discuss possible
strange plays that the coaches
might use during the game.
After the coaches' meetings,
die officials get back together to
discuss those plays and get
focused.
With the attitude of a handful
of fens and their sportsmanship,
it's hard to get people involved
in a job where they are many
times yelled at and not
appreciated.
According to several of the
officials, just a couple of years
ago, sportsmanship on the
football field was pretty bad.
t w Two of the local football
Also they discuss plays that . officials even thought about
were unusual in previous games quitting that year. It seems that
officials look to coaches' in Elaine P McPherson Photo
keeping the athletes and fens in The children from Haley Monroe's class at Libby and
Pre-game meetings are very line. If the coach yells and “ “ * •*--*-
puriariL for preventive
During those
Three young Tatum boys are
facing serious criminal charges
after apparently burglarizing a
Carthage residence on Dixie
Lake Road.
Perry Lynn McGee, 17, and
Brandon Rashad Adams, 18,
bote face burglary of a
habitation and five counts of
theft of a firearm. Benjamin
Michael Wallace was also
charged with burglary of a
the, sometimes controversial. Commitment is sometimes
business for the kids, to keep hard for those who work a 40-
them safe and to keep the game hour or more job a week,
fair. "Sometimes officials have to
Belonging to tee East Texas leave work at 3 p.m. on
Chapter of the Texas Thursdays and Fridays to get to
Association of Sports Officials, a game one and a half hours
Colle began officiating football before kickoff," he stressed.
Officiating doesn't just
ppen on Thursdays and
days. Many schools also hold
footbull games on Tuesday,
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The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 86, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 3, 2002, newspaper, November 3, 2002; Carthage, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1280334/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 Sammy Brown Library.