The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 99, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 2014 Page: 1 of 10
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SCENES FROM the Gilmer Buckeyes’ 64-25 quarterfinal win over the Atlanta Rabbits at
Lobo Stadium in Longview last Friday night include, clockwise from top left: (1) Chase Tate
hauls in a touchdown pass from McLane Carter; (2) Blake Lynch runs for a touchdown; (3)
Buckeyes on the sideline at the end of the game with Desmond “Dez” Pollard’s jersey in the
foreground; (4) Kris Boyd is off to the races for another big gain. Dez Pollard passed away
suddenly in March. He would have been a senior on this team and so his teammates have
dedicated the 2014 season to his memory and adopted the slogan “DEZign8” (pronounced
like the word “designate”). See game story, Page 6. (Mirror photos by Mary Laschinger Kirby)
Semifinal matchup o storied programs - Gilmer and Celina
By Joe Dodd
When the Gilmer Buckeyes faced the Celina Bobcats in
round two of the 2003 football playoffs, it was like Cinderella’s
invitation to the Ball. The Buckeyes had earned a chance to
play one of Texas’ most storied programs.
This was the Celina Bobcats. The same Celina Bobcats that
had won six state championships, including four consecutive
from 1998-2001. This was Gilmer’s chance to slip on the glass
slippers and announce to the football world that the Buckeyes
had plans to become regulars at the Ball.
“In 2003 everybody probably thought we were a flash in
the pan,” recalled Gilmer head coach Jeff Traylor. “We knew
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we belonged.”
The Buckeyes 45-22 win over the Bobcats in 2003 made a
loud statement that Gilmer belonged with the Celinas of the
football world.
It’s been 11 years since that game. In that time, the Buckeyes
have matched the Bobcats with four title game appearances
and two state championships.
Gilmer has even won more
games than Celina over the
past 11 seasons. In fact, only
Katy and Southlake Carroll
have more wins than the Buck-
eyes in that time span.
“We’ve gotten a lot better.
We’re more consistent now,”
said Traylor about the Gilmer football program since that
first game against Celina. “They played our first really great
(See Buckeyes, Page 7)
Bounty Hunter of the Week:
Chase Tate
Special Teams Player of the Week:
Devin Smith
Scout Team Players of the Week:
Offense: Todd Cain
Defense: Rayce Merritt
Gilmer Rotarians hear from securities law expert
By Phillip Williams
Gilmer attorney Chris Beb-
el, a former lawyer for the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Com-
mission and onetime federal
prosecutor who has made sev-
eral appearances on national
television, recounted some of
his legal career’s memorable
moments last week for the
Gilmer Rotary Club.
Bebel, who specializes in
securities litigation and has
primarily worked security
fraud cases, said he has given
securities law lectures around
the nation and in Canada and
that he would cite “a couple
of the interesting cases I’ve
worked on.”
He worked in the SEC’s
Division of Enforcement and
was an assistant United States
attorney in Minnesota before
joining the Gilmer firm of
Tefteller Law, PLLC.
Recalling a bank robbery
case, Bebel said “Bank tell-
ers are the best witnesses out
there.” In one case, he said, a
bandit pointed a gun and told a
teller, “Give me all the money
in the till.”
The case report said the
teller “just looked at him (the
robber) for a second.” When
the teller related to Bebel that
he had nightmares over the
incident, Bebel informed him,
“You can say that to defend
yourself.”
So when the teller was
asked in court if he hadn’t seen
the robber for only a second,
the witness shouted, “I’ve seen
him in my nightmares over
and over. That’s (the defen-
dant) him.”
As a result, “That defense
attorney was shaking,” Bebel
recalled.
On another occasion, while
working for the securities and
exchange commission, Bebel
ran into a man
who said, “Are
you guys from
the SEC? Glad
to meet you.”
The man
thought he was
encountering chris bebel
representatives of the athletic
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ETMC Gilmer emergency room
to be closed as of Friday at 7 a.m.
By Phillip Williams
As the future of ambulance
service in Gilmer remains
uncertain, the ETMC Gilmer
emergency room will close at
7 a.m. Friday, while the local
ETMC First Physicians Clinic
will close Jan. 30.
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ETMC had recently an-
nounced the shutdowns and
closed the hospital part of its
operation here Oct. 31. The
Tyler-based medical system has
also announced it would cease
ambulance service after Feb. 28,
but the city has been negotiat-
ing with ETMC after asserting
a contract binds that operation
to continue through 2018.
The systemhas cited finances
as the cause of the shutdowns,
including cutbacks in govern-
mental funding. It pledged to
work in a transition to a new
ambulanceprovider,buthasnot
said who that might be.
In a news release issued
Monday, ETMC said effective
Feb. 2, family medicine phy-
sician Dr. Mark Malone will
move from the local clinic to the
ETMC FirstPhysicians Clinic in
Quitman, while pediatrician Dr.
Scott Holland and physician’s
assistant Sam Waddell will
move to the ETMC First Physi-
cians Clinic in Pittsburg.
Another local ETMC physi-
cian, Dr. William Huff, has not
announced plans for another
location after Jan. 30, the news
release said.
Providers within the ETMC
system will have access to local
patient records, the statement
added. Patients who want to
transfer their records to another
provider can either fill out a
release authorization form at
the Gilmer clinic, or call it at
903-841-7300 to ask that the
form be mailed to them.
Pine Grove MBC plans celebration event
Pine Grove Missionary Baptist Church, located at 555 Sand
Hill Rd., will celebrate its church anniversary on Sunday, Dec.
21, at 3 p.m.
Choirs are invited to render an A selection, if possible.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Male chorus sets Pre-Christmas Program
The Upshur County Male Chorus will present a Pre-
Christmas Program at St. John Baptist Church on Sunday,
Dec. 21, at 6:30 p.m.
Everyone is invited to attend.
Blundus Creek Church to mark anniversary
Blundus Creek Church will honor its pastor and wife, Rev.
Lewis and Cynthia Fluellen of Gilmer, for 15 years of pastoral
care on Dec. 14 at 3 p.m.
Special guest will be Pastor Dyron Blonton and the Sunset
Baptist Church of Mt. Pleasant.
Dinner will be served. All are invited.
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Parker, Vic. The Gilmer Mirror (Gilmer, Tex.), Vol. 137, No. 99, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 10, 2014, newspaper, December 10, 2014; Gilmer, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth880138/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 Upshur County Library.