The Panola Watchman (Carthage, Tex.), Vol. 129, No. 13, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 13, 2002 Page: 3 of 16
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A pre-anniversary musical is
set for 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16 at
Pleasant Grove Baptist Church.
Special guests will be Edna
Golden and Michael Henderson,
of Shreveport.
Then on Feb. 17 an anniver-
school We consider our new
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Dear Editor:
I feel so moved with emo-
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students can take the ACT As-
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There will be two mid-
morning breakout sessions, one
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Pleasant Grove Baptist
schedules special events
sary service will take place for
the Rev. John B. Claiborne,
pastor of Pleasant Grove
Baptist. Guest speaker will be
the Rev. Dennis Everett and
Lake Bethlehem Baptist Church
in Shreveport.
Martha Allen, her daughters,
Sheila Murray and Samantha
Ziller, and great-grandchildren,
Chase Murray and Caitlin Ziller,
all of Orange; daughter, Wilma
Adrian, her daughter-in-law,
Nichole Adrian, and great-
grandson, Corinth Adrian, all of
Fort Worth; Wanda Jaynes who
is Perry's sister, and her children
Gail and Carmetti Atkeison, all
of Carthage.
The family celebrated with
dinner and birthday cake to re-
member Perry’s 82nd birthday.
He was bom Feb. 10,1920.
Church of the Nazarene presents
memorial to Campbell family
Other speakers will include
Dr. Bruce Lesikar, Extension
specialist with an update on
Conservation
Districts and Their Impact on
and Dr. Don
Battle scars from the square
pot holes! But in all due seri-
ousness. come and see. (Just
think they have been repaired
three. I mean three times). I
Plus, as you travel on the dearly love my neighborhood. 1
path going to each pot hole, you have lived there nearly 38 years,
will receive the sensation of Sincerely,
riding waves as if you were on a Pam Ransom
boat in Lake Murvaul. Come Carthage, Texas
noted. The Aggie Horticultural
University Network gets a couple of mil-
lion visitors a month even dur-
ing slow times. During last
April, the count exceeded 3 */2
can take it again and try for a
higher score. Juniors can use
their scores to examine aca-
demic weaknesses, take courses
to correct those weaknesses and
re-take the exam as seniors. Stu-
dents who take the exam more
than once can report only their
highest composite score to
prospective colleges if they
choose.
For more information, in-
cluding registration forms and
test locations, contact your high
school guidance counselor or
register online on ACTs website
-- www.act.org. The website
also has helpful information,
sample tests and the opportunity
to order test prep materials.
Carthage Church of the
Nazarene presented the Camp-
bell family with a Memorial
Roll Certificate on Feb. 10 in
memory of their father Perry
Laird Campbell who passed
away March 17,2001.
Campbell loved God, the
church and especially the work
of Missions which benefits from
the Memorial Roll Gifts.
Those attending the cere-
mony were his wife, Irene
Campbell, son and daughter-in-
law, Rex and Sharon Campbell,
all of Carthage; daughter,
panda, competition for space at
the fanners markets increases.
With the competition may come
more regulations and rules.
At the February conference, duction information, Lineberger
Dr. Bennett, who is based at the
Texas A&M
(TAMU) Agricultural Research
and Extension Center in Dallas,
will discuss how to deal with in-
creasing regulations affecting million,
direct sales by growers at farm-
ers markets, u-pick operations,
and roadside sales.
Abo on the program will be ^Groundwater
- Dr. Dan Lineberger, professor,
TAMU department of Horticul- Agriculture”
tural Sciences and webmaster of Renchie who will talk about
the Aggie Horticulture Network "Keeping the Food Supply Safe
(http://aggie-horticul- While Using Agricultural
ture.tamu.edu/network.html).
Linberger will discuss "Using
the Internet as a Business Tool."
"The Internet is a very inex-
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Son of Joo & Dobra Romero,
of Carthago and grandson of
Alford S Francos Romero and
Waymon & Mattis Sue Grimes,
sll of Carthago
type of college-prep courses
taken and other information to
sessment on April 6, 2002, the help determine admissions and
next nationwide test date. The the appropriate course place-
registration postmark deadline is ment for new students.
The ACT Assessment is an
achievement test in English,
additional fee is required for late reading, match and science. It
registration). measures what students have
ACT scores are accepted by learned in high school, and the
virtually all colleges and univer- skills required for success in
sities in the nation, including all college. It is not an aptitude test.
Ivy League schools. The test fee Some students find it more com-
is $24 ($27 in Florida). Colleges fortable than an aptitude test be-
use ACT scores, along with a cause it reflects their high
student's high school GPA, the school curriculum. The ACT
was taken by students nearly
__two million times last year.
Important tips — Students
who have already taken the ACT
CISD, Panola College
re-affirm commitment
QJalenhne s <J)aV
^°Caren & QCendall
Phone
(903) 693-7888
The , Panola Watchman
(USPS 419720) is published
each Wednesday and
Sunday by Westward
Communication LLC, 109
West Panola, Carthage,
Texas 75633-518 and
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at the Carthage, Texas Post
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0200?MndComnatoriU£. Al ftjNi teewd
perintendent, stressed the im-
portance of sharing resources
and creating a seamless transi-
tion for students. "A 21st cen-
tury student's success is depen-
dent upon strategic partnerships
and we must reach out and es-
tablish relationships with other
educational entities,” said
Sanders.
Panola College president Dr.
Gregory Powell concurred and
stated, "What is good for
Carthage Independent School
District is good for Panola Col-
lege. Identifying better ways to
serve our students is our primary
purpose."
Panola College and Carthage for students to earn college
ISD representatives met recently credit toward technical certifi-
for their second annual lun- cates and an applied science de-
cheon. "This annual meeting gree while they are still in high
Triplett or Keith Hansen, both gives administrators, faculty and
Smith County agents with Texas staff the opportunity to meet partnership with CHS to be
Cooperative Extension at 903- face-to-face to discuss pro- exciting step forward."
535-0885. grams, coordinate efforts, Instructors involved in the
Extension programs serve
people of all ages regardless of
socioeconomic level, race, color,
sex, religion, disability or na-
tional origin.
County Aoent*s Report______
Included in foe fruit breakout
■eaetoa win be updates on
Louisiana fruit research, plum
pox, brown rot and new fungi-
cides, plum curculio and inaecti-
Abo included in the program aWsm* ' U
b an afternoon field stop at ' wHMMf ‘ jMWii'
Plantation Pines Beach and F : ''
Berry Fanns. Demonstrations on jk.
management practices for ■ ’ ** ''
peaches, blackberries, bhieber-
ties, strawberries and vegetables '
will be given at the field stop. " — '
Attendees who hold pesticide .•
applicator licenses from the
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ture will be eligible for two Tha following representatives for Panola College and Carthage ISD met for their second
continuing education units “ " . — —
(CEU's), one in taws and regu-
annual luncheon. (L to R) front row: Dr. Gregory Powell, Reba Allison, Charles Newton,
Barbara Simpson and Dr. W.L. Sanders; second row: Tommy Young, Ann Morris, John
lations and one m the general Almeida, Paula Carter, Lillian Cook and Louis Johnagin. Not pictured are Betsy Wheat
category. ‘" -----
Registration for the confer-
ence will be $10 at the door and
includes lunch and break re-
freshments. Registration for the
conference will begin at 8 am.
The program will begin at 8:30
a.m. and adjourn at 4 p.m.
The Rose Garden Center is
located at 420 S. Rose Park
Drive, just off W. Front Street.
(As Highway 31 passes through
Tyler, it becomes Front St.)
Those wishing more infor-
mation should contact Brian
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McKInnOy «de? and a fruit growers per-
spective on chemical thinning.
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the latest research-based onion,
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Registration deadline for EHrB'S™
_„ ——_ e stated, "Our new tech prep
next ACT exam is March 1 —
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Annual
Subscription
Rates
$35 In Panola County
$47 In Texas and
Louisiana
$52 Elsewhere in the
U.S.
face-to-face to
grams, coordinate efforts,
strengthen ties and affirm the Tech Prep program were present
commitment of both institutions and include: Ronald Ballard,
to meet the educational needs of Melinda Anderson, Cheri
students,” said Van Patterson, Bagley, Johnnie Nix, Penny
director of institutional ad- Boone. Bud Worley and George
vancement. Smith, from CISD; and Dwayne
The recently signed Tech Ferguson, Sandy Payne, Kath-
Prep agreement between the two leen Schultz and Norma Law-
less, from Panola College.
Dr. W.L. Sanders, CISD
There’s one urban trend that
spelb oppnramity for rural fruit
growers — wrek-
i, according to an
economist with
fexas Cooperative Extension.
"Weekend migration" to an
ever growing trend where ur-
banities leave the city on Satur-
* day in search of their rural roots.
In the process, weekend migre- pensive way for small to _____
loirs may bring along some of medium-aired producers to do, pmAirtirw techniques,
the city that they’re trying to es- wide-area marketing," at—i—aTZTlTT
cape — lack of parking space Lineberger said.
and crowds, for example. Internet marketing b a wide-
"But they’re also bringing open opportunity that’s yet to be
money and they’re willing to explored by many fruit and veg-
spend it,” said Dr. Blake Ben- etable growers in Texas, ac-
nett, an extension economist and cording to Lineberger. More-
one of the scheduled speakers at over, new advances in computer
the upcoming East Texas Fruit hardware and software means
and Vegetable Conference, that web pages are easier than
stated fix Feb. 19 at the Tyler ever for the novice to setup.
Rose Garden Center. "Think of the web page mar-
Increaaed rales are the good keting as another kind of road-
news. But there b a downside, side stand, only it's on die Inter-
With the Dallas Farmers* Market net super highway and you may
as an example, as business ex- get thousands of people stopping
to look every day instead of a
few hundred," Lineberger said.
The Internet is also a great
place for producers to find pro-
one. come all, tear your car up,
the front end. the back end, or
tion, to share with the people of both. Also they do not even
Panola County what 1 have dis- slow down the speeders who are
covered that I and my fellow smart and drive on the good
neighbors have that no other side, making the ones on that
people in Panola County have. If side to just get our of their way.
one is truly interested in what I and sadly, the bike wrecks with
am writing about, you will need bloody elbows and knee in-
to drive down North Browning juries. Oh the thrill of it all.
Street and look on the right side
going south. We have square pot
holes! Not the normal ones, but
square ones. And they are bigs
ones too.
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Luke and Lisa Elliott,
of DeBerry, are
pleaaed to announce
the birth of their
daughter, Montanna
Grace Elliott, bom
Jan. 29 at Longview
Regional Hospital. She
weighed 6 lbs., and
one ounce. Maternal
grandparents are
Ruaeell and Rachel
McFadden, of Do-
Berry. Her petomal
granoparwnui are
James and KoHy El-
liott, of Deadwood.
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