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Local business
wins state honor
Page 3A
Volleyba
All-District
named
PAGE 2B
Master Gardeners
claim state award
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November 19,2014
Vol. 139 No. 47 Two Sections 50 cents
We're where you are!”
If patriotism is measured in how high you hold the flag, these two young students are among the most patriotic.
Seasoned veteran shares what
signing up for service means
Retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Bernard Berners tells high school recruits and the audience
at the MHS Veterans Day Program what people who go into the military are signing up for.
That includes, "To go for as long as they send him. To go in harm's way as required." And
he added, in doing so they leave their families behind and miss every important family
event - some happy, some sad. (Photos by Doris Newman)
By DORIS NEWMAN
The Monitor Staff
One wonders what causes some-
one to sign up, to join the service.
Bernard Berners, the keynote
speaker for the Mineola High
School Veterans Day program on
Nov. 11, was one month short of
seven years old when the Japanese
bombed Pearl Harbor.
"So I grew up watching World
War II veterans, Korean veterans
and you are my hero. There's no
greater sacrifice than I watched
you make in my formative years,"
said the retired U.S. Air Force colo-
nel who resides in I/indale.
Rebekah Drennon and Jana
Block introduced Berners who
served in the Vietnam War as Stra-
tegic Air Command and a naviga-
tor-radar navigator B-52 with 2,500
hours and 35 combat missions. As
Tactical Air Command navigator,
he was in 115 combat missions
in Laos and North Vietnam. His
medals include the Legion of Hon-
or and Distinguished Flying Cross,
as well as the Air Medal with 6
Oak Leaf Clusters, Joint Services
Commendation Medal, Air Force
Commendation Medal, Air Force
Commendation Medal 1 Oak Leaf
Cluster Presidential Unit Citation
and more. Berners attended the
U.S. Naval Academy as well as the
National War College.
"So I wanted to be in the service.
I wanted to serve my country," he
told the students and visitors who
packed the bleachers and floor of
the gym. He said he was fortunate
enough to get an appointment to
the Naval Academy."
"There's where the first ques-
See VETERANS, Page 7A
PATRIOT SACK
Trevor Keener sacks the Patriot quarterback on Friday evening in
Commerce as the Yellowjackets dominated 52-14. (See story and
more photos on bi-district win, Page IB)
Volunteers cued up
for charity auction
A weekend away, a Dallas Cowboys Game and a
Texas Rangers game are all on the board for people
looking to buy a special gift that gives in more ways
than one.
The "big hitters" in Saturday's radio auction, com-
bined with all of the other contributions totaling
$16,000 in services and merchandise, have the Caring
& Sharing organizers excited.
Chairman of the auction is Ann Alotto and co-
chairman is her sister, Lou Steele. The event will run
from 8 a.m. to noon on KMOO Radio, 99.9 on the FM
dial. A full page ad lists the items in this week's edi-
tion of the Monitor.
Some of the large items on this year's auction in-
SeeAUCTION, Page 4A
Community mourns
death of Mack Tuck
By DORIS NEWMAN
The Monitor Staff
Friends and family are
saddened as they mourn
the death of Mack Tuck
last week.
Mr. Tuck died on Fri-
day. He was known by
many as "Big Mack,"
"Coach," and as just a
good man. He leaves be-
hind many deeply devot-
ed friends whose lives he
touched.
Mack Tuck
The funeral for Mr. Tuck will be Saturday at 1 p.m.
at First Baptist Church. Pastor Charles Bruster of
New Life Fellowship in Quitman will give the eu-
See TUCK, Page 11A
Mother faces capital murder charges in toddlers’ deaths
After months of investi-
gation, during which in-
terviews were conducted
in three states, Quitman
Police announced Daph-
ne Elizabeth McDaniels,
the 24-year old mother
of two-year-old Nata-
lie Price and her sister
three-year-old Gabriella
Guerrero, has been ar-
rested and faces charges
of Capital Murder.
McDaniels had been
in Quitman for interro-
gation and was arrested
Monday afternoon. At
press time she was be-
ing booked into Wood
County jail.
The toddlers' bodies
were found July 24 in
their home at Dogwood
Villa Apartments locat-
ed east of Quitman just
off Highway 154 at 102
Earlene Drive. Autop-
sies showed the girls had
Daphne Elizabeth McDaniels
died from blunt force
trauma.
T.J. Liles, Quitman,
and the boyfriend of Mc-
Daniels was arrested the
same day for tampering
with evidence after wit-
nesses at Dogwood Villa
saw him put a large item
in the dumpster. Quit-
man Police searched the
dumpster and found
items consistent with
having come from the
apartment where the
girls were found dead.
The bag he had thrown
away was drug para-
phernalia.
Liles waived his ar-
raignment at court Mon-
day, November 17, on
the tampering charges
and the court entered
not guilty plea. The ar-
raignment is a proce-
dure where he was to be
advised of the charges
against him.
Quitman Police and
the Texas Rangers
worked together on the
case. Throughout the
investigation District At-
torney Jim Wheeler said
the two law enforcement
bodies worked diligently
together on the case.
"This is as good a job
of cooperation as I have
seen is this county,"
Wheeler said .
Out & About
Annual community
Thanksgiving
service upcoming
Annual community Thanksgiving
service upcoming
The Mineola Ministerial Alliance's
Annual Community Thanksgiving
Service will be held Sunday at 6
p.m. at the First Baptist Church on
North Johnson Street.
Pastor of the First United Method-
ist Church, Bobbie Maltas, will de-
liver the sermon and the minister of
See SERVICE, Page 3A
Early Thanksgiving
deadline reminder
With Thanksgiving about a week
away the Monitor wants to remind
readers of our early deadlines.
All deadlines for next week's paper,
the Nov. 26 edition, will be one day
earlier than usual. News and retail
advertising deadlines will be at noon
tomorrow (Thursday), and the classi-
fied deadline will be 10 a.m. on Fri-
day.
Our office will be closed on Thanks-
giving, which is next Thursday.
• The Texas Fingerstyle Guitar As-
sociation will hold its quarterly meet-
ing and concert Friday and Saturday
at the Rafael Espinoza Music Acad-
emy on North Johnson Street. Friday
they will start jamming at 3 p.m. and
on Saturday it starts at 9 a.m. with a
concert at 1 p.m.
• The Caring & Sharing silent auc-
tion will run Saturday from 8 a.m. to
noon on the FM station 99.9, KMOO.
A full page ad lists the items in this
week's edition of the Monitor.
• The Mineola Yellowjacket Foot-
ball team will travel to Royse City to
take on Commerce Saturday at 2 p.m.
• The Mineola Ministerial Alliance's
Annual Community Thanksgiving
Service will be held Sunday at 6 p.m.
at the First Baptist Church on North
Johnson Street.
• Don't forget the early deadlines
for next week's paper. Retail adver-
tising and news deadlines will be
noon tomorrow (Thursday) and the
classified ad deadline will be 10 a.m.
on Friday.
• On Monday a managing diabetes
program will be held at 2 p.m. at the
Wood County Extension Qffice in
Quitman. The program is free, take a
friend.
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Newman, Doris. Mineola Monitor (Mineola, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 47, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 19, 2014, newspaper, November 19, 2014; Mineola, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth900300/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Mineola Memorial Library.