Cherokeean Herald (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 158, No. 49, Ed. 1 Wednesday, January 30, 2008 Page: 3 of 16
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EDITORIAL BOARD
Whitehead Enterprises Inc.
publisher
Marie Whitehead
editor
Terrie W. Gonzalez
managing editor
Texas' Oldest Continuously
Published Weekly Newspaper
Established as the
Cherokee Sentinel, Feb. 27,1850
Consolidation of The Cherokeean,
The Alto Herald and
the Wells News &Views
COLUMNS
cherokeean
HERALD
Page 3A
Wednesday, January 30,2008
www.thecherokeean.com
From The Top
Calm down. Just take
a moment, a deep
breath, close your
eyes, relax, open your eyes,
and calm down. The recent
downward spiral of the stock
market has people world-
wide fearing a recession.
Recent interest rate cuts
had no immediate impact,
thus inciting more fear into
the financial community.
Initial Wall Street down-
falls rarely result in the
working class (i.e., those
who do not receive the bulk
of their income from invest-
ments) seeing immediate
financial impact, Recent
recessions have had little
more effect than eroding the
disposable income for most
people.
Basically, you'll have a
hard time affording gaso-
line, food and entertain-
ment. However, with almost
$3 per gallon gas prices and
rising grocery costs, we've
been here for a few months.
Our eating habits will
take us out of the casual
dining establishments, and
into the fast food establish-
ments. If things worsen,
we go back to eating Chef
LELAND ACKER
chreporter@mediactr.com
Boyardee at home.
While these times may be
hard and even frustrating,
we need to remember how
blessed we really are.
First, almost all who read
these words hve in a house
with a floor (some concrete,
some pier-and-beam.) While
some of these floors may not
be in the best shape, all are
better than the flooring you
will find in most developing
countries.
If you have $40 in cash,
you are richer than most in
the third world.
In Europe, a meal at
McDonald's costs them what
a meal at a nice restaurant
costs us. Plus, our cars are
roomier than theirs.
So what am I trying to
say? "Take no thought, say-
ing, 'What shall we eat?' or,
'What shall we chink?' or,
'Wherewithal shall we be
clothed?' For your Heav-
enly Father knoweth that
ye have need of all these
things." (Matthew 6:31-32).
God is not in the business
of abandoning His people.
That's why it's to your
advantage to be one of His
people. (Matthew 6:33 says,
"Seek ye first the kingdom
of God and His righteous-
ness, and all these things
shall be added unto you.")
These are uncertain,
frightening times. Don't you
need a Constant to hold on
to? Throughout the ages
there has been that Con-
stant. He can provide for
your needs. He can give you
peace in uncertain times. He
can give you the strength
to face your fears. You can
do all things through Him,
Who strengthens you.
Do you know Him? If you
do, you don't have to live in
fear of tomorrow. If you fear
tomorrow, maybe you should
get to know Him.
Jim Hogg
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Scene In Passing
It is time to flip our
calendars and say good
bye to the first month
of the new year. Turn your
calendars back 60 years, to
1948, and you will be on our
wedding day. That Jan. 30
was also frigid with snow
and ice. After the exchange
of vows in Huntsville, we
slipped and slid into Hous-
ton. Was a new motor in
our newly bought used car
a hinchance or a help? In
those clays a new motor
had to be broken in with
speeds of no more than 35
mph allowed for the first
500 miles. The highhght of
our honeymoon was a tour
of the press room at the
Houston Chronicle. And
thus, we launched our lives
together, spenchng two and
one half years at Livingston.
June 1, 1950 saw another
new beginning when our
address changed to Rusk.
It has been an interesting
60 years, all of them richly
blessed. Because so many of
you have shared them with
us, I invite you to celebrate
with me what was, what is,
and what is yet to be.
Here is good news to hear.
Darlene Beasley Pruett has
stayed in touch with us as
MARIE WHITEHEAD
mwhitehead@mediactr.com
her family takes another
leap (well, it is leap year.).
Just recently, Jan. 18 they
became the official family
for Selena 11, Isaac 10, Lili-
ana 9 and Joshua 6. Darlene
writes, "They have resided
in our home for three years,
but officially became ours
Jan. 18." They are the
grandchildren of Curtis and
Mary Lu Pruett of Tyler, for-
merly of Rusk and they have
lots of relatives still living in
Rusk and the surrounding
área. Curtis Pruett will be
remembered as the super-
intendent of Texas State
Railroad back when. Dar-
lene and spouse Toclcl are to
be commended for their time
in service to children who
need a loving home. They
have given their best.
News from others is
always welcome. Here is a
note from friends Edmund
and Nancy Bojarski who
have recently moved to Car-
thage. They indicate they
would have written sooner,
but the computer "went
clown." I know that feehng.
They hope to be surfing
the internet and receiving
e-mail soon. Not only is the
computer a problem, but
Eel is having some seri-
ous health problems. He
is legally blind, has some
hearing impairment and has
a broken neck which cannot
be repaired. He is among
the faithful readers of Jo-
seph Conracl, a well known
Pohsh author. He has clone
his best since we've known
each other to keep Conrad's
memory alive. His most
recent project to transform
Mr. Conrad's personal ship
into a lighthouse, which was
in last week's letters to the
editor.
Nick Norton received
praise for his musical talent
in The Salt Lake Tribune.
Celia R. Baker, writer, says.
"If you think the trumpet
is a loucl, blating, abrasive
instrument, you haven't
heard Nick Norton. He is
the Utah Symphony's long-
time principal trumpeter,
can play brassy fanfares
that coulcl wake the dead,
but he's better known for
spinning out smooth, refined
melodies of supreme sweet-
ness, a much rarer gift." The
Tribune writer interviewed
Nick and notes that he is
notoriously modest. His
response, "It has more to
clo with perspiration than
inspiration. Trumpet is
one of the most physical
instruments and if it's off
a couple of percent, it's not
good. I tell my students that
composer s don't write stuff
to make your life miser-
able—it's uplifting. It's hard
when it's such a difficult
instrument, to remember
that." Nick joined the Utah
Symphony in 1980 and in
*< New addi-
tions to the
Darlene Bea-
sley Pruett
family include
Selena, 11,
Isaac, 10,
Liliana, 8 abd
Joshua, 6.
The paper-
work was
finalized Jan.
18.
1995 married the Sympho-
ny's bassist, Claudia Chris-
tiansen." Accorchng to his
wife, Nick practices three
hours each day. This is just
excerpts from a lengthy, well
written feature on the son of
Gloria Dotson.
Please let me hear from
you? You make my life so
much easier. Here is the
address: mwhiteheacl®
mechactr.com
And remember to pray for
our less fortunate friends
who hve with pain of body,
including Mr. Bojarski, and
our special RHS gradu-
ate, Jimmy Persons. After
a period of remission, the
problem has returned. He
is now at M.D. Anderson
in Houston. For ah of us, a
closing thought: "A smile is
just a frown, turned upside
clown." Keep smiling?
High Points From El Camino Real
Life along El Camino
Real continues to
move at a steady pace
as folks go this way and that
about their daily business.
It is hard to believe that it
has already been five years
since our world was shaken
up as the spiice shuttle
Columbia was torn to pieces
over our heads, leaving a
debris field scattered across
East Texas.
It was a tragic time, but it
was a tragedy that spot-
lighted the big hearts and
the spirit to volunteer that
is possessed by our local
folks. The world spotlight
was on East Texas and we
shinecl. We continue to
honor the memory of those
brave astronauts who died
that clay.
I have a picture of them
hanging in my office and I
think about them often ancl
how proucl our country is of
our space program. I guess
I better get you caught up
with some new stuff for your
four bits' worth.
The wet, colcl weather last
week was enough to give us
flu or pneumonia. It was
some miserable stuff, but
at least we didn't get one of
those awful ice storms.
These electronic age kicls
clon't clo well without elec-
tricity to run all their stuff.
Sunday was a beautiful clay
m,
CHRIS DAVIS
elcaminoreal@consolidated.net
after the sun finally came
out ancl warmed things up.
Hopefully the folks who had
been shut up in the house
sick for the past week were
able to come outside ancl
enjoy a little sunshine.
They say folks get de-
pressed this time of year
because they aren't getting
enough sunshine. Ancl I
thought it was because cleer
season was over ancl I was
shut up in the house on the
weekend with the wife ancl
kicls.
Well. I got a real shock
last week, ancl I'm sup-
posed to know what is going
on around here. I stopped
by Lyons Butane for my
mother-in-law ancl they
tolcl me that Ricky Glaze,
owner of Glaze Appliance,
had retired from the ap-
pliance repair business. I
nearly had a stroke right
i there in the store. Ricky
has been fixing my stuff
ever since Jay Anna ancl I
got married ancl now I clon't
know what I'm going to clo if
something breaks. I guess
ah good things come to pass,
but usually thete is someone
else to follow in their foot-
steps. I can't think of a soul
around here who can fix a
washing machine or a chyer
ancl get to it as fast as Ricky
coulcl. Good luck on your
retirement Ricky, but we are
sure going to miss you.
We need to keep Steve
Winfield in our prayers
this week while he gets his
ticker worked on. He had
a heart attack last week,
so the doctors are trying to
figure out the best way to
clear the blockage.
It looks like there will be
no more rib eyes or brisket
on Steve s menu for a while.
He is at Trinity Mother
Frances Hospital in Tyler,
I think. They can patch
up hearts pretty well these
clays, ancl with our prayers
to boot he ought to be get-
ting along fine in no time.
Rhett Gresham ancl
Brandon Thacker both
caught calves in the calf
scramble at the Fort Worth
Livestock Show this past
weekend. I would have been
very disappointed if our
state championship fool bull
players had come home
without tackling a calf. If
you catch one then you have
to show a calf in next year's
show, so the work isn't in
the catching, its what comes
later. Congratulations
to Rhett ancl Brandon on
catching the calves in Fort
Worth. I couldn't catch any-
thing but a colcl.
Bobby ancl Rosa Belle
Holcomb wih celebrate
50 years of marriage this
weekend. Their children are
hosting a celebration of their
marriage at 10 a.m. Satur-
day, Feb. 2. The event wih
take place at the A. Frank
Smith United Methochst
Church.
I like the idea of doing it
in the morning. I always
get busy ancl forget to clean
up ancl go clo stuff that
I'm supposed to on Satur-
day afternoons. It takes a
special person to hve with
a Holcomb for 50 years ancl
I ought to know I've been
hving with one for nearly 25
years now. Happy anniver-
sary to two of my favorite
folks.
The Scott twins celebrated
their 16th birthdays this
week on Jan. 28. Abbey
ancl Hayden Scott cel-
ebrated their birthdays with
a Bunco party on Saturday
night with all their friends
at the Scott farm. These
kicls are going to get drivers
hcenses this week ancl I can
remember when we were
carrying them around in
our arms. Mincly ancl Kim
must really be feeling old
this week. Happy birthday
to my favorite twins. Abbey
ancl Hayden.
My friend Eloise Wil-
liams had celebrated her
birthday on Saturday, Jan.
26. I clon't know what we'd
clo around here with out Elo-
ise ancl her sewing. She has
been working at Main Street
Cleaners in Rusk ever since
their pick-up station in Alto
closed years ago.
The cleaners has changed
hands several times over the
years but thank goodness
Eloise stays with it to keep
our clothes sewed up. If she
ever quits sewing on buttons
ancl hemming pants we'll all
have to buy a case of safety
pins. Tonya ancl Joe Glover,
who have the cleaners now,
invited Kevin ancl Donna
Bowden who peviously
owned the cleaners, ancl my
family to meet them over at
Clear Springs Restaurant in
Nacogdoches on Saturday
night to help Eloise cele-
brate her birthday. The food
was great ancl I found out
that Eloise wasn't as old as
I thought she was. Happy
birthday Eloise!
I guess this is about ah
I know for this week's four
bit's worth. If you've got
news happening around
your place then I'd appreci-
ate a call. I can't tell it if
I clon't know about it. I'll
see ya next week! Ancl
remember. God will mend
a broken heart if we give
him all the pieces.
Cljerokeeaij
HERALD
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the Wells News & Views
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