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Long-time Gainesville resident Lilton
Lawson has been taking Prime Timer
classes at North Central Texas College since
the program’s inception in 2013. Lawson has
taken almost every computer class offered
by the Prime Timer Program, most taught
by instructor Doug Lillard.
Lawson has a fascination with computers
and the way they work. Lillard noted that
Lawson is more like a teaching assistant
than a student.
“Lilton is a lot more than a student
when he’s in class,” said Lillard. “He has
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long-time
Gainesville
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Lilton
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an expertise that most of the people in the
Prime Timers classes just don’t have. We
learn from each other in this program and
students who have taken classes with Lilton
before quickly learned the benefit of sitting
next to him in class.”
Though Lawson has been taking these
classes for many years, he does not have a
computer of his own at home. Lawson has
taken advantage of the computer lab in the
newly dedicated Dr. Eddie C. Hadlock Center
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together with friends and being able to
create music, not even the performance
itself, but just making the music,” Boen
said. “The journey is more worth it than
the arrival.”
“We just got the band back together
so we’re seeing where we’re at as a
whole,” Baker said. “Next year it’s going
to get even more interesting because
we’re going to be able to play much
more famous pieces. For now, we’re
establishing ourselves as NCTC’s band.”
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North Central Texas College is trying
to grow their music program and has
had much success, including the most
recent addition of a wind ensemble
to their curriculum this semester, led
by Professor of Music and Director of
Instrumental Music Vince Kenney.
“I spent the first semester recruiting
and finding students,” Kenney said.
“The best part about this school is
By MEGAN GRAY-HATFIELD
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Storm season is in full swing across North
Texas, and now is as good a time as any to stock
up on emergency preparation supplies, accord-
ing to Kevin Lyons, spokesman for the Texas
Comptroller’s Office.
From April 22-24, Texans can purchase certain
emergency preparedness supplies tax-free during
the second annual sales tax holiday.
“This gives Texans an opportunity to save
money and get supplies they may need,” Lyons
said. “We can’t predict when the next storm
is going to happen, but they can certainly be
prepared.”
Items that can be purchased tax-free include
batteries, fuel containers and flashlights priced at
less than $75; hurricane shutters and emergency
ladders priced at less than $300; and portable gen-
erators priced at less than $3,000.
There is no limit on the number of qualifying
items that can be purchased, according to the
Comptroller’s Office. For a full list of qualifying
items, visit www.comptroller.texas.gov.
Last year’s holiday saved Texans an estimated
$1.4 million in taxes on emergency preparation
supplies, Lyons said.
Cooke County Emergency Management
Coordinator Ray Fletcher said while the tax-free
holiday is intended primarily for hurricane sea-
son, “preparedness is preparedness.”
“Whether it’s an ice storm, tornado or flood, any
of these can cause an interruption of power and
the ability to obtain necessary items,” Fletcher
said. “Keeping a small supply of food, water and
power are prudent measures to take any time.”
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it’s in Texas; so finding kids who play
instruments really isn’t that difficult.
We already had everybody sitting in the
classes; so we went around and asked
if anyone wanted to play and ended up
with our wind ensemble, which is 27
members strong in our first semester.”
Current members Brent Boen, Justin
Taylor and Grayson Baker were grateful
for the return of the program and the
chance to work together, rekindle their
love of music and begin the workings of
a jazz band.
“The best part is definitely working
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Armstrong, Mark J. Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 159, Ed. 1 Wednesday, April 12, 2017, newspaper, April 12, 2017; Gainesville, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1323949/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Cooke County Library.