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2A Mineola Monitor • Wednesday, January 21,2015
Corner Column
These ain’t
the cheap
seats
DORIS NEWMAN
Don't know if time is going as fast for you as it is
for me, but I'm still working on shaking off the urge
to look at a calendar every time the date 2015 appears
somewhere. One of the greatest things about my job
is the fact that nearly every day brings something
interesting and different.
At my desk this afternoon I had the pleasure of
hearing part of an interview our reporter, Josh Land,
was doing with one of our recent graduates. The
article and photograph resulting from that interview
you will see on another page of this newspaper. As
successful interviews often do, it was tapering down
with a few last questions and conversation that were
aside of the main topic of the story
It's impossible not to hear the interviews when they
are just about 10 feet from my desk, although I try
to stay out of things. But my ears picked up when
Josh asked the young graduate if he was planning
to pursue the field of acting any further. The young
man's answer was along the lines that if that is God's
plan for him, then yes, he would. Besides, he said,
Hollywood is a spiritual dark hole and what wonder-
ful things could be accomplished if he could share his
faith with them and the media reported that in lieu of
the regular scandals.
Journalists are supposed to be cynics, but it did my
optimist's heart good to hear him say this.
It brought to mind the tail end of a conversation I
had had a couple weeks ago with the son of a Mineola
native who had saved a man in a car wreck. We had a
similar conversation at the end of his narrative of the
rescue. I asked the college student what he intended
to do in life. His answer was surprising to me too.
After finishing college where he's majoring in theol-
ogy, he thinks he may go into motivational speak-
ing. Couldn't help but think what a story he would
have to tell after the rescue. It was what he said after
that really surprised me, though. He said that he
would like to create an organization that goes into
other countries, even Third World ones, where they
share their faith and then take care of the people and
train them to come to the United States as missionar-
ies. "Use our country's money to train them," I can
still hear him saying. What a clever, creative idea it
seemed to me.
This week's interview subject was accompanied
by a friend who sat quietly through the interview. I
overheard the interview subject say he was his ride.
But we also learned the friend, also a recent Mineola
graduate, is working in the oilfield in Louisiana. He
told us a little about his experiences, and how he's
already learned there comes a time when one has to
draw a line with one's co-workers and let them know
what you won't do. Maybe it didn't hurt that he told
them he was a preacher's son and a Christian.
Again, though I had no right to, I felt proud of these
young men. They are using what they were taught as
they transition from the security of childhood to the
sometimes cold and cruel "real life."
With a 24-hour news cycle, we are pelted with the
depressing eventsof the world - the "news makers"
that cause one to wonder what the world is coming
to. What an encouragement and honor to have a front
row seat to young people who are on the cusp of
forming their adult identities and who are also dem-
onstrating to us there is hope, yet, for humanity. It is a
privilege to tell their stories.
Guest Column
BY RACHEL RODGERS
Daughter continuing National Law Enforcement Appreciation
Editor's note: The writer of the
following article is participating in
"Random Acts of Kindness" in which
participants perform acts of kindness
for their birthday. Recognition of law
enforcement is one of her objectives
coupled with the desire to commu-
nicate to the public that ojficers are
people too.
Most little girls have big dreams
of what they want to be when
they grow up. As far back as I can
remember I wanted to do what
the boys did. I wanted to be tough,
strong, independent - a world
changer. I wanted to inspire peo-
ple. Looking back, it started when
I was about 10.1 wanted to go to
college to study forensic psychol-
ogy and work for the Federal Bu-
reau of Investigations. And where
do you think this fascination came
from? It came from my father,
Kelly Smith, who has served in
law enforcement for 18 years.
I have an extremely high respect
for our law enforcement officers.
As a child, I always looked up to
them. They were our hometown
heroes. I wanted to be like that
for someone one day. I want to
express appreciation to all law
enforcement. The judgment and
unfair bias they are facing right
now breaks my heart.
I remember a time when we, as a
society, had a very high respect for
law enforcement and looked up to
them. Now they have to fear pros-
ecution on a daily basis for protect-
ing our community. As a citizen
and someone who has grown up
around law enforcement, I wanted
to put a face and a story behind the
uniform.
My father risks his life every
time he leaves his home and I be-
lieve at the very least, our officers
deserve the stories of their lives to
be heard. My father is 39, married
to Renee Gannaway Smith, with
four children - myself, Rachel
Rodgers, 26, Jason, 16, Aubree, 11,
Sarah, 7, ad a grand baby Brylie,
who is now 3. He is the lieutenant
at the Wood County Sheriff's De-
partment, a United States Marine
and ordained minister. He worked
as Hubbard Chapel's youth minis-
ter for some time.
He has served in smalltown de-
partments, with the D.E.A., on tac-
tical teams, as a firearms instructor
and as the chief of police in Van,
among other things. He has also
completed the Federal Bureau of
Investigation'specialized course
on interpersonal communication
for law enforcement executives.
He has always had a full plate and
yet still manages to run 5Ks and
Lieutenant Kelly Smith of the Wood County
Sheriff's Department is shown with family
friend Cindy Moore. His daughter wanted
to continue Law Enforcement Appreciation
Day and to show people the humanity of
law enforcement officers.
triathlons with my brother and
mother and take his little girls to
dance and horseback riding. Fam-
ily is very important to him.
I did not understand as much
when I was younger, but now as
an adult, I realize the sacrifices
he has made for his community.
He's had to spend countless hours
away from home and still man-
ages to make it up. In his work
he's been in pretty tough spots.
He would tell be the first to tell
you he's "snakebit," meaning he
always finds himself in situations
that get dangerous really quickly.
I have ridden with him several
times and in all my 26 years, I've
never known him to treat some-
one how he wouldn't want to
be treated himself while he is on
duty. He has even personally faced
prosecution from people and still
stood his ground and done the
right thing. To me, this is the mea-
sure of a man - when someone is
put in a really tough spot for doing
the right thing and does it anyway.
People do not realize the depths
of what our officers face. They
work accidents, go into the darkest
places of our cities, and even work
the most horrific crimes - those
involving children.
No human is perfect, every
person no matter the occupations
makes mistakes, but these men
and women who face these cir-
cumstances and come home and
raise their children are there for
their families, and still stand up for
their community at the end of the
day. They are admirable and de-
serving of our appreciation. There
are just some things you can't un-
see and these officers do it for us;
so we don't have to witness them
ourselves. Jan. 9 was National Law
Enforcement Appreciation Day
(LEAD) and I felt led to continue
to honor our officers and stand
with them as they have for me.
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Mineola Community Calendar
This lists REGULARLY scheduled meetings and is a community
service. Please furnish information to Editor Doris Newman.
Organizations are responsible for notification of changes.
ALBA CITY COUNCIL 1st Mon., 7 p.m., City Hall.
ALBA-GOLDEN SCHOOL BOARD 2nd Mon., 7 p.m., Admin. Bldg.,
768-2472.
ALBA-GOLDEN YOUTH FOUNDATION, 2nd Tues., elementary
gym, 7 p.m. All welcome.
ALBA LADIES CLUB 4th Thurs., 6:30 p.m., Alba Community
Center. 765-2573
ALBA LIBRARY BOARD 3rd Mon., 6:30 p.m. City Hall, Carey
Carpenter 768-2141.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS - Sun. & Mon. 7 p.m., Fri. 8 p.m.,
Womens Group Mon. 11 a.m.; St. Dunstans Episcopal Church.
AL ANON - Thursday 7:30 pm; St. Dunstans Episcopal Church.
ALZHEIMER SUPPORT GROUP (spons. by Pilot Club) 1st Tues.,
noon, Ranchero, Betty Curbow 569-5237.
AMERICAN LEGION POST 296 and Auxiliary 4th Mon. 6:30 p.m.
Highway 80 east three miles. All are invited.
BOY SCOUT TROOP #385 - Tues. 7 p.m., First United Methodist
Educational Bldg., Scoutmaster Chris Jennings, 903.569.3531.
BREAD OF LIFE MINISTRY FOOD PANTRY Humble Baptist, Tues.
1-4 p.m.
DAUGHTERS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: Daughters of
the American Revolution: 1st Sat (except June, July, Aug, Dec)
noon, Harvest Acres Baptist Church, 460 NW Loop 564, Mineola.
Regent Charlene Rapp, 903-881-8511.
DELPHIAN LITERARY CLUB 1st Weds., Christine Creswell,
president, 569-6794; Clarice Pendley, VP, 569-3586.
DRUG AND ALCOHOL AWARENESS Friday 7 p.m. Seventh Day
Adventist Church, Ronny Polley 768-2992.
DUPLICATE BRIDGE ACBL games Weds. & Fri. 10:30 a m.,
Masonic Lodge, Shirley Matthews 882-1335.
FANNIE MARCHMAN GARDEN CLUB 3rd Weds., September -
May, Mineola Civic Center, 9:30 a.m. Visitors welcome. Charla
Martin, president, 903-638-6389
FRIENDS OF THE MINEOLA MEMORIAL LIBRARY - 1st Weds. 1
p.m., Mineola Library, Mitzi Pearce , 903-569-5561.
GED CLASSES, FREE. Sand Spring Baptist Church. Mon. & Tues.
9 a.m. to noon or 6-9 p.m. For information or to enroll, call Kim
Kerry at 903-768-3239 or 903-569-9350.
GIRL SCOUTS, MINEOLA TROOP #3, Mon. 6-8 p.m., Broad Street
Church of Christ Annex. Troop Leader Crystal Arcand, 903-569-
2610. All girls K-12th grade welcome.
HAINESVILLE VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. - 2nd & 4th Thurs. 7 p.m.,
Firehouse downtown Hainesville.
IRIS GARDEN CLUB-GOLDEN, 1st Mon. Sept.-May, Golden United
Methodist Church. Sherry Lindsey, 903-765-3000, or Ann Medlin,
903-765-2216.
KIWANIS CLUB Tues. noon, Mineola Civic Center Dogwood
Room. Ed Castro, president; Sam Curry, treasurer; Becky Moore,
secretary.
LAKE COUNTRY REPUBLICANS 4th Tues. 6 p.m. Quitman Library
202 E. Goode St.
LAKE COUNTRY RV TRAVELERS, of Good Sam Inf 1. Monthly, RV
parks w/in 150 m. radius. 903-569-3677 or 3069.
LAKE COUNTRY SYMPHONIC BAND, Thurs. 7-9 p.m., Broad St.
Quitman High School Band Hall,
Mike Holbrook, Director 903-569-2300.
LAKE HOLBROOK ASSOC., 1st Sat. in Feb., May, Aug and Nov.,
Harold Simmons Community Center, 5:30 p.m. directors, 6 p.m. all
members and guests welcome. 903-569-0223
LIONS CLUB 2nd & 4th Thurs. Noon, Ranchero Country Buffet, Ed
Walton, President; Jackie Bowling, Sec./Treas.
MINEOLA BAND BOOSTERS, 2nd Tues. at 7 p.m. in high school
band hall. All parents invited. Renea Sneed president.
MINEOLA MARINE CORPS LEAGUE (Toys for Tots), 3rd Tues., 7
p.m., American Legion Hall. 903-569-6481, commandant.
MINEOLA SCHOOL BOARD 3rd Mon., Admin. Bldg., Loop 564, 7
p.m.
MINEOLA CITY COUNCIL Meets 4th Monday, 6 p.m., City Hall,
Council Workshop the previous Thursday 5:30 p.m. Public
welcome. Call City Hall for changes in Nov. and Dec. because of
holidays.
MINEOLA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC BOOSTER CLUB Last Mon.
High school lobby, 6 p.m.
MINEOLA HISTORICAL MUSEUM ADVISORY BOARD 3rd Tues. 4
p.m., city hall. Linda Rauscher 569-6944. Public invited.
MINEOLA MASONIC LODGE: 2nd Thurs., dinner @ 6:30 p.m.-
meeting @ 7:30 p.m. All Masons invited. Call 569-2608.
MLOTA LINE DANCE GUILD Tuesday, 8:30 a.m. & Friday, 9:30 a.m.
Guild Coordinator, Sandy Griffin.
MLOTA FIBER/CRAFT ART GUILD Wed. & Thurs 10 am & 1:30
pm, business meeting 4th Thurs, 9:30 am. Guild Coordinator Vera
Fingerle.
MLOTA QUILT GUILD, 1st, 2nd, 3rd Thurs. 9:30 am; Business
meeting 1st Thurs. Guild Coordinator Nancy Gibson.
MLOTA PAINTERS GUILD Weds. 10 am; business meeting 4th
Mon. Guild Coordinator Richard Napier.
MLOTA PHOTOGRAPHY GUILD 2nd Tues. 6:30 p.m. Coordinator
Patsy Sharp.
MLOTA SCULPTURE GUILD Tues. 1 p.m. Business meeting 1st
Tues. Guild Coordinator, Sheila Wyze.
MINEOLA REBEKAH LODGE 1st & 3rd Tues. 11 a.m. 106 S. Line
St. All Rebekahs welcome, 569-2776.
MINEOLA SENIOR CITIZEN CENTER, 308 University, 9:30 a.m.-
1:30 p.m. Carol Cassity manager, 903-569-3073; Dominoes & other
games.
NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH quarterly, 2-3 p.m, Ministries Center.
NORTHEAST TEXAS PARATROOPERS ASSOC. 3rd Saturday of
each month at 7:30 a.m. at the Ranchero in Mineola.
OPEN HEART MINISTRY 3rd Fri., 7 p.m. Mineola Civic Center.
OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS, Tuesdays 5:30 p.m., St. Dunstans
Episcopal Church. 569-9223, 569-1760.
PARENT ADVISORY COUNCIL of Mineola Elementary, 1st Tues.
8:15 a.m., elementary library, Pres. Amanda Medina.
PILOT CLUB 2nd & 4th Tues., 6 p.m. President Sherry Vann, 903-
245-2576; Secretary Lorraine Epps.
REPUBLICAN WOMEN OF WOOD COUNTY - Third Monday, 11:30
a.m., Quitman Tea House. President Jeanette Sterner, VP Malinda
Carter.
ROTARY CLUB Monday noon, Dogwood Room, Mineola Civic
Center. Pres. Jim Albritton; Sec. Todd Karch.
ROTARY RECYCLING - 3rd Saturday, Walmart parking lot, 9 a.m.
to noon. Cardboard, paper and plastic accepted.
STROKE SURVIVORS & APHASIA CLUB of East Texas 4th Weds.
6-7 p.m. First Baptist Church Quitman, Pat Miller 903-878-2392.
TEXAS INMATE FAMILIES ASSOC., 2nd Tues. 6:30-8 p.m. First
Christian Church Tyler, Broadway & Loop, Judy 903-839-2349.
TOASTMASTERS INTERNATIONAL, Garden Valley chapter,
Thursdays on Mercy Ships property, 5:30-6:30 p.m. 903-882-0887.
TOPS GROUP 8-11 a.m. Thurs., Harvest Acres Baptist Church, NW
Loop 564, Brenda Thompson, 569-1240 or Sue Clower 569-2415.
UPPER SABINE VALLEY SOLID WASTE DISTRICT Quarterly 3rd
Mon., 5:30 p.m., Commissioners Courtroom, County Courthouse.
Open to the public.
UTU AUXILIARY MORNING STAR LODGE #851 3rd Mon. (except
July & Aug.) 11:30 a.m., in homes, Dorothy Arrington, sec.-treas.
VFW Ladies Auxiliary #7523 President Vicki Bocz. Meet 3rd Sun.,
1 p.m. Currently recruiting new members. Special events posted on
marquee. 569-2228.
VFW POST #7523: Doug Melvin, Meeting 3rd Wed., 6 p.m. Karaoke
every Friday 8 p.m. 569-2228.
WOOD COUNTY AGGIE MOMS 1st. Mon., 7 p.m., The Quitman
Library, 202 E. Goode, Kristi Bridges 903-967-7599.
WOOD COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT Quarterly 3rd Thurs. 8
a.m., appraisal district office. Open to the public.
WOOD COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT every other Fri.,
Commissioners Court, Quitman, 10 a.m. 763-2716.
WOOD COUNTY CRIME STOPPERS every other month (odd
months), third Monday, 6: 30 p.m. W.C. Justice Center courtroom.
The public is invited to attend. W.C. Sgt. Kyle Henson, 903-763-
2201, or MPD Capt. Jack Newman, 903-569-6294.
WOOD COUNTY DEMOCRAT CLUB Fourth Thurs., Addie
McFarland Center, 708 S. Stone St, Mineola. 6 p.m. social-meal,
6:45 meeting. Info at woodcountydemocrats.com or 903-975-4134.
WOOD COUNTY 4-H HORSE CLUB Business meeting, Mon. 2 p.m,
Wood County Extension Office.
WOOD COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOC. 3rd Mon.
(Except Dec., June, July & Aug), 7 p.m. Quitman library,
Shamburger
Community Room. 967-2458, Dorothy Harbin
WOOD COUNTY HEALTH DEPT. IMMUNIZATION CLINIC, Mon,
Tues., Wed. 9-11 a.m. & 1-3 p.m., 3rd Mon. 1-6 p.m. Public Health
Depart, offices, 213 W. Bermuda, Quitman, 763-5406.
WOOD COUNTY HOSPITAL DISTRICT 2nd Mon. 7 p.m., hospital
conference room in Quitman. Public invited.
WOOD COUNTY RETIRED SCHOOL PERSONNEL ASSOCIATION
Meets the 3rd Monday, Sept. - Dec. & Feb. - April, 2 p.m.,
Quitman Public Library; May meeting, 4:30 p.m. at Holly Brook
Baptist Church in Hawkins. (No Jan. meeting). All retired school
personnel are invited to attend.
WOOD COUNTY TEA PARTY, 1st Monday, 7 p.m. Quitman Library.
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