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Buna Beacon - BEACON BRIEFS - VOLUME 23, ISSUE 3 50 CENTS WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 See Briefs...Page 3A Benefit Playday at Buna Bridle Club Please come out and show your support for Jacee Farmer, a very beautiful little girl who is having health issues. The event is on Sat., Oct. 6, at the Buna Bridle Club Arena on Railroad Ave., in Buna. There will be five events: cloverleaf barrels, poles, straight away barrels, speed barrels and a mystery event. The cost is $5 for each event. There will also be t-shirts and raffle tickets available for pur- chase. For more information contact Tammy Rogers at 409-659-3494. Evadale High School will be administering the TAKS Evadale High School will be administering the TAKS Exit-level re-test on the following dates: October 22nd, English. October 23rd, Math. October 24th, Science. and October 25th, Social Studies. Contact us at 409-276-1337 ex.20 for students who are not currently enrolled in school and need to fulfill graduation requirements. Buna Elementary PTA is accepting orders for year- books Buna Elementary PTA is accepting orders for yearbooks for the 2011-2012 school year. Order forms will be sent home with elemen- tary students, additional forms are available in the Buna Elementary Office and the cost is $30. For questions or information call Jessica White at 409-289-7879. Jasper County WC&ID #1 board special meeting The board of directors of the Jasper County Water Control and Improvement District #1 will meet Thurs., Sept. 20, at 5 p.m. in the office on Hwy. 62. This meeting is intended to adopt the new tax rates. Citizens’ Facilities Advisory Committee meeting The next meeting for the Citizens’ Facilities Advisory Committee is scheduled for Tues., Oct. 2, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Junior High Cafeteria. Buna Babes breast cancer awareness tees It is time for The Buna Babes Relay For Life team to start selling Breast Cancer Awareness tees. Order now and you will have your tee by the first of October. Shirts are $15 payable at time of order. If writing a check, please make payable to ACS. You can mail funds to Relay For Life, Margai Bass, 7032 Division, Merryville, LA 70653. Buna Public Library Preschool Story Time On Wed., Sept. 19, at 10:30am, is preschool story time at the li- brary. Story time will be every Wednesday until October 3, and will last 45 minutes to an hour each day. The children will hear a story and do crafts. Wednesday, the staff at the library will be welcoming everyone and the kids can make new friends. For more information, call 994-5501. A moment of silence A HUSH FELL over the crowd at Friday night’s Buna High School football game as the athletes paid respect to our active military and fallen soldiers. See page 9A On Tues., Sept. 11, 12 people charged with various crimes were indicted by a Jasper Count Grand Jury. District Attorney Steve Hollis submitted the evidence to the grand jury in a held session. A grand jury indictment does not mean any of those indicted are guilty. It just means that the grand jury has determined that there is enough evidence to ren- der a hearing. Buna resident Donald A. Vaughn, Jr., 39, was indicted for an alleged theft of property inci- dent which occurred April 25. Alton Booker, Jr., 35, was served an indictment for an alleged pos- session of a controlled substance incident on May 5, 2010. Three Jasper residents were in- dicted. LaHoma D. Shaw, 36, was in- dicted for allegedly being in pos- session of Marijuana, a quantity greater than or equal to four ounces but less than or equal to five pounds on May 4, 2010. Brian A. McFatter, 44, was in- dicted for allegedly driving while intoxicated, third or more of- fenses, on July 21, 2010. Thomas A. Parker, 36, was also indicted for allegedly driving while intoxicated, third or more of- fenses, on March 30 of this year. Brookeland resident Ted L. West, 56, was served an indict- Jasper County Grand Jury serves twelve indictments ment for an alleged Oct. 14, 2011, forgery of financial instrument in- cident. Jennifer L. Dryden, 24, of Bon Wier, was indicted for an alleged possession of a controlled sub- stance incident that happened on June 17, 2010. Newton resident Derrick A. Seastrunk, 40, was indicted for two offenses. On June 23, 2010, Seastrunk allegedly manufactured and delivered a controlled sub- stance and was allegedly unlaw- fully in possession of a firearm by a felon. Vidor resident Kacey L. Skiles, 31, was served an indictment for allegedly driving while intoxicated with a child under the age of 15- years old on April 1, 2010. Gary R. Smith, Jr., 34, a Silsbee resident, was indicted for alleg- edly manufacturing and deliver- ing a controlled substance on Aug., 16, 2011. Two Beaumont residents were also indicted. Umar Altaf, 36, was indicted for an alleged Sept. 27, 2011 incident of possession, with intent to de- liver a controlled substance. Marva L. Richard, 52, was served an indictment for allegedly driving while intoxicated with a child under the age of 15-years old and possession of a con- trolled substance on June 18, 2010. Beacon Photo: Johnny Herring On Sunday morning, Sept. 9, at 12 a.m., Jasper County Sheriff’s Office Served a search warrant on DACOS 2, which is a game room in Evadale, located on the feeder road on Hwy 96 South. The Search warrant came after More gambling in Evadale leads to yet another arrest JCSO had sent a confidential in- formant into the DACOS 2 game room after receiving numerous complaints from citizens about il- legal gambling going on inside the building. The informant did go into the game room and was paid monies for winning. During the search warrant over $4,000 was seized as well as 43 “8-Liner” game machines. An employee at the scene was arrested for Possession of an Ille- gal Gambling Device/Equipment and he was identified as David Kellogg, 45, from Kirbyville. The bond was set at $2,000 and he bonded out Monday morning. Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman stated that possibly more arrest will follow in this case. Kellogg By Johnny Herring Beacon Editor Three Buna students are get- ting ready to bench, squat and dead lift their way to compete in the World Championship Powerlifting meet being held in Las Vegas this November. Buna High School Junior Crys- tal Ballin and Sophomore Keana Ratcliff-Hogan, along with Buna Junior High School sixth grader Shane Ratcliff will be joining a team of other powerlifters from the area, all members of Cross Train- ers, out of Mauriceville, for the competition. Mike Denmon and his wife Lee own and operate a private gym in Mairiceville. They are the ones re- sponsible for training the stu- dents, both mentally and physi- cally for each event. “I just love working with all the kids, watching them grow up and watching them succeed in life,” said Mike. “It’s kind of like a min- istry for me. If I can keep a kid on the straight and narrow, It’s truly a blessing. I hate to see any kid fall through the cracks.” In June, Crystal, Keana and Shane competed in the Amateur Athletic Union meet in Houston where they each one gold medals in their weight classes. Crystal and Keanna does powerlifting for Buna High School STUDIO B DANCE Center welcomed members of the Buna Chamber of Commerce as they hosted a ribbon cutting Thursday, September 6 in celebration of their new loca- tion. Studio B Dance Center is located in Buna off Hwy. 96 next to Garner’s Sports & Fitness. Buna Powerlifters get set for World Championship meet in Las Vegas, NV where both girls advanced to regionals and Crystal going on to state. This year, Crystal won the APF Nationals in Baton Rouge. On Saturday, Sept. 15, a barbe- cue benefit was held to raise money to help pay for expenses. “The community support through the barbecue link sale was greatly appreciated,” said Theresa Ratcliff, Keanna and Shane’s mother. “We were able to raise a few hundred dollars to help with plane tickets, hotel rooms, food, etc.” The Buna athletes give the credit of all their success to “Mr. Mike” as they call him. They train with him three times a week for two hours per session. “He’s like my role model,” said Crystal. “I look up to him for ev- erything. He is always there for us no matter what, kind of like a father figure. He’s a real inspira- tion to us all. The student athletes aren’t the only ones inspired by Mr. Mike and his wife Lee, both of whom are former Buna students them- selves. Theresa had nothing but good things to say about the couple. “My husband and I are just lucky to have Mike and Lee to be good role models,” Theresa said. “The kids think that they are just one in a million.” Crystal got into powerlifting from a little friendly teasing from her relatives. She said that she went to the gym with her cousin for the first time and just fell into it. She said that as excited as she is to compete in Las Vegas, she’s just as nervous. “It feels good to be able to compete in the World Champion- ships, it just takes a lot of work to get that far,” said Crystal. “I just don’t want to get there and mess up.” Buna ISD monthly school board meeting What happened to last week’s Buna Beacon? We’re back! After some rearranging and a lot of teamwork, the Buna Bea- con is once again ready to serve our readers and our community. We apologize for the absence, but issues with management and production gave us no choice but to shut down and restructure. Phones began to ring last Tues- day afternoon as people were in seek of the Sept. 12 issue of the Buna Beacon. As many of you may not be aware, ex-Beacon publisher Chad Bonds is a full-time employee for the department of homeland secu- rity. When the Beaumont airport stopped commercial flights Chad was transferred to an airport in Amarillo. We are thankful for our loyal readers, advertisers, and support- ers throughout this community. Even though we are a for-profit business, you have shown us how important this paper is to our read- ers. We assure you that we are do- ing everything in our power to rem- edy the situation we find ourselves in now and we are trying to do it in a timely manner as not to interrupt our readers’ daily routines. The Buna Beacon knows that many of you look forward to the paper like school kids look forward to the weekends. Sitting down with a cup of cof- fee and catching up on that week’s community events is one of the few, cheap pleasures one can have. Whether it be the briefs, the col- umns, sports, school news, puzzles, comics, classifieds or the church page, every reader looks forward to what’s going next in our community and the Buna Beacon is the only source that covers just Buna related items. We’re the ones who put your friends, family and loved ones on those pages you like to cut out and put on the fridge, and we are looking forward for doing for a long time. Hopefully, with our restructur- ing, we can keep the paper coming every Wednesday and we can keep you waiting on the edge of your seat, waiting for the next week’s issues. We know that with football sea- son just starting, this is the worst time for something like this to hap- pen. We ask that you please un- derstand and have faith that we are here to serve you and our com- munity for years to come. By Johnny Herring Beacon Editor On Monday, Sept. 10, the Buna Independent School District held its regularly scheduled monthly meeting. First on the agenda, after read- ing the minutes from last month’s meeting, was a campus spotlight on two Buna High School stu- dents, Victoria Garcia and Jacob Palmer, who attended a STEM workshop at Rice University for two weeks in June. Mr. Anton Taucer, BHS Science teacher, spoke of their achieve- ments and how impressed the Rice University professors were with the Buna students’ abilities. “The professors of the Univer- sity said they were as proud of our students as they were of their own,” said Taucer. “We can pretty much consider ourselves the star of the show. You realize the qual- ity of students we have here and I can tell you from top to bottom, it shows the other schools and other students what we do here.” Garcia and Palmer then got a chance to share with the board some of their experiences. “I think the main point of the workshop was to get other stu- dents our age from different areas to get to work together,” said Garcia. “It really just helped us grow into a bigger thing. It wasn’t just to go to a workshop and do one thing for two weeks at a time. It was a learning process and it really helped us.” BISD Superintendent Dr. Robin Perez then commented on the stu- dents. “These young students will be the generation that solves the problems that we created and their grandparents created,” said Perez. “You all didn’t create the prob- lems, but you get to be the ones to solve them by working together collaboratively with other stu- dents and teachers from other ar- eas. The skills that they learned are really important skills that will need. We are so proud of them.” After the spotlight, the floor was opened for public comments and concerns. A distraught mother spoke of bullying in the schools. She ex- plained that it’s not just the physi See BISD...Page 11A

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Buna Beacon

- BEACON BRIEFS -

VOLUME 23, ISSUE 3 50 CENTSWEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

See Briefs...Page 3A

Benefit Playday at Buna Bridle ClubPlease come out and show your support for Jacee Farmer, a very

beautiful little girl who is having health issues. The event is on Sat.,Oct. 6, at the Buna Bridle Club Arena on Railroad Ave., in Buna.There will be five events: cloverleaf barrels, poles, straight awaybarrels, speed barrels and a mystery event. The cost is $5 for eachevent. There will also be t-shirts and raffle tickets available for pur-chase. For more information contact Tammy Rogers at 409-659-3494.

Evadale High School will be administering the TAKSEvadale High School will be administering the TAKS Exit-level

re-test on the following dates: October 22nd, English. October 23rd,Math. October 24th, Science. and October 25th, Social Studies.Contact us at 409-276-1337 ex.20 for students who are not currentlyenrolled in school and need to fulfill graduation requirements.

Buna Elementary PTA is accepting orders for year-

booksBuna Elementary PTA is accepting orders for yearbooks for the

2011-2012 school year. Order forms will be sent home with elemen-tary students, additional forms are available in the Buna ElementaryOffice and the cost is $30. For questions or information call JessicaWhite at 409-289-7879.

Jasper County WC&ID #1 board special meetingThe board of directors of the Jasper County Water Control and

Improvement District #1 will meet Thurs., Sept. 20, at 5 p.m. in theoffice on Hwy. 62. This meeting is intended to adopt the new taxrates.

Citizens’ Facilities Advisory Committee meetingThe next meeting for the Citizens’ Facilities Advisory Committee

is scheduled for Tues., Oct. 2, beginning at 6 p.m. at the Junior HighCafeteria.

Buna Babes breast cancer awareness teesIt is time for The Buna Babes Relay For Life team to start selling

Breast Cancer Awareness tees. Order now and you will have yourtee by the first of October. Shirts are $15 payable at time of order. Ifwriting a check, please make payable to ACS. You can mail funds toRelay For Life, Margai Bass, 7032 Division, Merryville, LA 70653.

Buna Public Library Preschool Story TimeOn Wed., Sept. 19, at 10:30am, is preschool story time at the li-

brary. Story time will be every Wednesday until October 3, and willlast 45 minutes to an hour each day. The children will hear a storyand do crafts. Wednesday, the staff at the library will be welcomingeveryone and the kids can make new friends. For more information,

call 994-5501.

A moment of silenceA HUSH FELL over the crowd at Friday night’s Buna High

School football game as the athletes paid respect to our

active military and fallen soldiers. See page 9A

On Tues., Sept. 11, 12 peoplecharged with various crimes wereindicted by a Jasper Count GrandJury.

District Attorney Steve Hollissubmitted the evidence to thegrand jury in a held session.

A grand jury indictment doesnot mean any of those indictedare guilty. It just means that thegrand jury has determined thatthere is enough evidence to ren-der a hearing.

Buna resident Donald A.Vaughn, Jr., 39, was indicted foran alleged theft of property inci-dent which occurred April 25.

Alton Booker, Jr., 35, was servedan indictment for an alleged pos-session of a controlled substanceincident on May 5, 2010.

Three Jasper residents were in-dicted.

LaHoma D. Shaw, 36, was in-dicted for allegedly being in pos-session of Marijuana, a quantitygreater than or equal to fourounces but less than or equal tofive pounds on May 4, 2010.

Brian A. McFatter, 44, was in-dicted for allegedly driving whileintoxicated, third or more of-fenses, on July 21, 2010.

Thomas A. Parker, 36, was alsoindicted for allegedly driving whileintoxicated, third or more of-fenses, on March 30 of this year.

Brookeland resident Ted L.West, 56, was served an indict-

Jasper County Grand Juryserves twelve indictments

ment for an alleged Oct. 14, 2011,forgery of financial instrument in-cident.

Jennifer L. Dryden, 24, of BonWier, was indicted for an allegedpossession of a controlled sub-stance incident that happened onJune 17, 2010.

Newton resident Derrick A.Seastrunk, 40, was indicted for twooffenses. On June 23, 2010,Seastrunk allegedly manufacturedand delivered a controlled sub-stance and was allegedly unlaw-fully in possession of a firearm bya felon.

Vidor resident Kacey L. Skiles,31, was served an indictment forallegedly driving while intoxicatedwith a child under the age of 15-years old on April 1, 2010.

Gary R. Smith, Jr., 34, a Silsbeeresident, was indicted for alleg-edly manufacturing and deliver-ing a controlled substance onAug., 16, 2011.

Two Beaumont residents werealso indicted.

Umar Altaf, 36, was indicted foran alleged Sept. 27, 2011 incidentof possession, with intent to de-liver a controlled substance.

Marva L. Richard, 52, wasserved an indictment for allegedlydriving while intoxicated with achild under the age of 15-yearsold and possession of a con-trolled substance on June 18,2010.

Beacon Photo: Johnny Herring

On Sunday morning, Sept. 9, at12 a.m., Jasper County Sheriff’sOffice Served a search warrant onDACOS 2, which is a game roomin Evadale, located on the feederroad on Hwy 96 South.

The Search warrant came after

More gambling in Evadale

leads to yet another arrestJCSO had sent a confidential in-formant into the DACOS 2 gameroom after receiving numerouscomplaints from citizens about il-legal gambling going on inside thebuilding.

The informant did go into thegame room and was paid moniesfor winning.

During the search warrant over$4,000 was seized as well as 43“8-Liner” game machines.

An employee at the scene wasarrested for Possession of an Ille-gal Gambling Device/Equipmentand he was identified as DavidKellogg, 45, from Kirbyville. Thebond was set at $2,000 and hebonded out Monday morning.

Jasper County Sheriff MitchelNewman stated that possiblymore arrest will follow in this case.

Kellogg

By Johnny Herring

Beacon Editor

Three Buna students are get-ting ready to bench, squat anddead lift their way to compete inthe World ChampionshipPowerlifting meet being held inLas Vegas this November.

Buna High School Junior Crys-tal Ballin and Sophomore KeanaRatcliff-Hogan, along with BunaJunior High School sixth graderShane Ratcliff will be joining ateam of other powerlifters from thearea, all members of Cross Train-ers, out of Mauriceville, for thecompetition.

Mike Denmon and his wife Leeown and operate a private gym inMairiceville. They are the ones re-sponsible for training the stu-dents, both mentally and physi-cally for each event.

“I just love working with all thekids, watching them grow up andwatching them succeed in life,”said Mike. “It’s kind of like a min-istry for me. If I can keep a kid onthe straight and narrow, It’s trulya blessing. I hate to see any kidfall through the cracks.”

In June, Crystal, Keana andShane competed in the AmateurAthletic Union meet in Houstonwhere they each one gold medalsin their weight classes.

Crystal and Keanna doespowerlifting for Buna High School

STUDIO B DANCE Center welcomed members of the Buna

Chamber of Commerce as they hosted a ribbon cutting

Thursday, September 6 in celebration of their new loca-

tion. Studio B Dance Center is located in Buna off Hwy. 96

next to Garner’s Sports & Fitness.

Buna Powerlifters get set for World

Championship meet in Las Vegas, NVwhere both girls advanced toregionals and Crystal going on tostate.

This year, Crystal won the APFNationals in Baton Rouge.

On Saturday, Sept. 15, a barbe-cue benefit was held to raisemoney to help pay for expenses.

“The community supportthrough the barbecue link sale wasgreatly appreciated,” said TheresaRatcliff, Keanna and Shane’smother. “We were able to raise afew hundred dollars to help withplane tickets, hotel rooms, food,etc.”

The Buna athletes give thecredit of all their success to “Mr.Mike” as they call him. They trainwith him three times a week fortwo hours per session.

“He’s like my role model,” saidCrystal. “I look up to him for ev-erything. He is always there forus no matter what, kind of like afather figure. He’s a real inspira-tion to us all.

The student athletes aren’t theonly ones inspired by Mr. Mikeand his wife Lee, both of whomare former Buna students them-selves. Theresa had nothing butgood things to say about thecouple. “My husband and I arejust lucky to have Mike and Leeto be good role models,” Theresasaid. “The kids think that they arejust one in a million.”

Crystal got into powerliftingfrom a little friendly teasing fromher relatives. She said that shewent to the gym with her cousinfor the first time and just fell intoit. She said that as excited as sheis to compete in Las Vegas, she’sjust as nervous.

“It feels good to be able tocompete in the World Champion-ships, it just takes a lot of work toget that far,” said Crystal. “I justdon’t want to get there and messup.”

Buna ISD monthlyschool board meeting

What happened to lastweek’s Buna Beacon?

We’re back!After some rearranging and a

lot of teamwork, the Buna Bea-

con is once again ready to serveour readers and our community.

We apologize for the absence,but issues with management andproduction gave us no choice butto shut down and restructure.

Phones began to ring last Tues-day afternoon as people were inseek of the Sept. 12 issue of the

Buna Beacon.As many of you may not be

aware, ex-Beacon publisher ChadBonds is a full-time employee forthe department of homeland secu-rity. When the Beaumont airportstopped commercial flights Chadwas transferred to an airport inAmarillo.

We are thankful for our loyalreaders, advertisers, and support-ers throughout this community.Even though we are a for-profitbusiness, you have shown us howimportant this paper is to our read-ers.

We assure you that we are do-ing everything in our power to rem-edy the situation we find ourselvesin now and we are trying to do it ina timely manner as not to interruptour readers’ daily routines.

The Buna Beacon knows thatmany of you look forward to thepaper like school kids look forwardto the weekends.

Sitting down with a cup of cof-fee and catching up on that week’scommunity events is one of thefew, cheap pleasures one can have.

Whether it be the briefs, the col-umns, sports, school news,puzzles, comics, classifieds or thechurch page, every reader looksforward to what’s going next in ourcommunity and the Buna Beaconis the only source that covers justBuna related items.

We’re the ones who put yourfriends, family and loved ones onthose pages you like to cut outand put on the fridge, and we arelooking forward for doing for along time.

Hopefully, with our restructur-ing, we can keep the paper comingevery Wednesday and we cankeep you waiting on the edge of

your seat, waiting for the nextweek’s issues.

We know that with football sea-son just starting, this is the worsttime for something like this to hap-pen. We ask that you please un-derstand and have faith that weare here to serve you and our com-munity for years to come.

By Johnny Herring

Beacon Editor

On Monday, Sept. 10, the BunaIndependent School District heldits regularly scheduled monthlymeeting.

First on the agenda, after read-ing the minutes from last month’smeeting, was a campus spotlighton two Buna High School stu-dents, Victoria Garcia and JacobPalmer, who attended a STEMworkshop at Rice University fortwo weeks in June.

Mr. Anton Taucer, BHS Scienceteacher, spoke of their achieve-ments and how impressed theRice University professors werewith the Buna students’ abilities.

“The professors of the Univer-sity said they were as proud ofour students as they were of theirown,” said Taucer. “We can prettymuch consider ourselves the starof the show. You realize the qual-ity of students we have here and Ican tell you from top to bottom, itshows the other schools andother students what we do here.”

Garcia and Palmer then got achance to share with the boardsome of their experiences.

“I think the main point of theworkshop was to get other stu-dents our age from different areasto get to work together,” saidGarcia. “It really just helped usgrow into a bigger thing. It wasn’tjust to go to a workshop and doone thing for two weeks at a time.It was a learning process and itreally helped us.”

BISD Superintendent Dr. RobinPerez then commented on the stu-dents.

“These young students will bethe generation that solves theproblems that we created and theirgrandparents created,” said Perez.“You all didn’t create the prob-lems, but you get to be the onesto solve them by working togethercollaboratively with other stu-dents and teachers from other ar-eas. The skills that they learnedare really important skills that willneed. We are so proud of them.”

After the spotlight, the floorwas opened for public commentsand concerns.

A distraught mother spoke ofbullying in the schools. She ex-plained that it’s not just the physi

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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012PAGE 2A, BUNA BEACON

Elect Ralph Nichols for Sheriff

By Chadd Caperton

Jasper County Ag/NR agent

The mosquito population thisyear is particularly high, and withthis comes increased risk of WestNile Virus (WNV).

There are multiple countiesacross the state currently affectedby WNV including three that bor-der Jasper County; Orange,Jefferson and Angelina Countieshave all had confirmed cases ofWNV.

This is not a new problem, how-ever, and not something to beoverly alarmed about.

We do want the public to beaware of the risks involved in play-ing or working in the outdoors thenext few months. We also want togive you a few tips on how youcan lower your risk of exposure toWNV.

In an effort to prevent a mos-quito breeding habitat, youshould look for things aroundyour home or property that canhold water.

Such items as old tires, buck-ets, unused or old equipment,toys and other items can all holdwater that allows for mosquitoesto breed and reproduce. Removethese items and store them in a

manner that prevents them fromholding water.

You can also use top soil to fillin low spots in your yard or prop-erty that tend to hold water.

Standing or stagnate water is aprime breeding habitat for mos-quitoes.

For larger bodies of water, likeponds, it is good to maintain ahealthy fish population to keepmosquito numbers in check. Mos-quitoes are a primary food sourceof small fish, so keeping the fishin good health means keeping lotsof hungry mosquito predators inthe pond.

When working or playing out-doors there are a few things youcan do to help lower your risk ofexposure to WNV.

Try to limit your time outside atdawn and dusk. This is peak timefor mosquitoes to be out.

When outside use a mosquitorepellent containing DEET, and re-member to always apply it accord-ing to the label and adhere to thelabel warnings.

It is best to wear long sleevesand pants whenever possible andfor extra protection spray theclothing with the repellent, againfollowing the label instructions.

Prevent mosquito over-

population in your yard

By Johnny Herring

Beacon Editor

On Wednesday, September 5,at 10:30 a.m., the Buna Public Li-brary began it’s Fall PreschoolStory Time events, which will beheld every Wednesday until Oc-tober 3.

Each week has a differenttheme.

The theme for September 5 was

Buna Public Library kicks offFall Pre-school Story Time

“Welcome to the library & mak-ing friends.” The story they readwas ‘Going to the Library’, whichtalks about what is in the libraryand how to act while being there.

“We talk to the kids about howto act in our library,” said thelibrary’s head librarian LenaWhite. “Do not pull lots of booksoff the shelves; don’t put bookson the floor; and no running

around or loud talking.”After going over the rules,

White said that they discussedmaking new friends and they readthe book ‘Clifford Makes aFriend’.

“Each child colored a picture of

themselves and put their nameson it to put up in the library,” con-tinued White.

There were 15 children presentand 10 adults at the September 5event, but White says that thereis always room for more.

“Story time is open to all pre-school children and their care-taker, parents, grandparents, aunt,friend, etc.,” said White. “We meeteach Wednesday at 10:30 for 30minutes to one hour. We have astory and a craft to go with thestory. This year we are doing theAlphabets, a different letter eachweek.”

Alligators were the theme forSeptember 12.

Approximately 22 childrenshowed up for the event (sevenmore than September 5).

“They read ‘The Lady with theAlligator Purse’,” said White.“Then they made Alligator pup-pets and the girls made Alligatorpurses. Next week is bugs.”

For more information call the li-brary at 994-5501.

Hi, my name is Ralph Nichols. Iwant to be your Sheriff. If electedmy overall goals for the JasperCounty Sheriff’s Office is to: 1.Provide Services that assist vic-tims of crime and that contributeto the preservation of life, the pro-tection of property, and the safetyof the community.

2. Prevent crime by limiting the

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opportunities for illegal behaviorby designing proactive programsto help those in greatest need.

3. Conduct criminal investiga-tions to maximize the successfulidentification and prosecution oflaw violators.

4. Provide peace and public or-der and render assistance duringtimes of natural disasers or emer-gency occurrences.

5. Maintain individual profes-sionalism through comprehensivetraining and by establishing ap-propriate policies, programs andprocedures.

6. Adhere to the highest pro-fessional and ethical standards ofindividual and organizational con-duct.

7. Provide for the safe and hu-mane treatment of prisoners and

for thos awaiting legal adjudica-tion.

8. Render quality advice to pub-lic officials concerning projectedlaw enforcement requirementsand related issues.

9. Establish appropriate man-agement systems and practices toenhance organizational effective-ness and agency operations.

10. Create a professional work-ing environment that recognizesthe value and dignity of all em-ployees whereby each person cangrow professionally and rendereffective public service.

To learn more go towww.ralphforsheriff.com Thankyou for your consideration.

Ralph Nichols

Republican Candidate for Sheriff

By Johnny Herring

Beacon Editor

It seems that every year, twicea year, the front hood, bumper andwindshield in town gets coveredwith those pesky little insectscommonly known as ‘Lovebugs’.

Where do they come from andwhy do they infest this area ev-ery year in the spring and in thefall?

Texas A&M Agrilife Extensionprogram did a study and this iswhat they found:

Common Name: Lovebug.Scientific Name: Plecia

nearctica Hardy.Order: Diptera.Description: They are about 1/

2-inch long, black with anreddish-orange area on the top ofthe thorax, and a pair of smokycolored wings.

There are many other speciesof Bibionidae, called March flies.

Other Texas species are gener-ally black with clear wings and be-come abundant in certain periodsof the year. They are all weak fli-ers. Larvae are not usually en-countered.

Life Cycle: Large numbers ofadults emerge primarily in thespring (May) and fall (September).Males and females fly and couplein open areas along roadways,

Not much to love aboutlovebugs this season

appearing to swarm in weak flight.Although females live for only

a week or so, adult flight activitylasts for a period of about fourweeks.

Eggs are deposited in swampyareas and ditches.

Larvae develop through severalstages (instars), becoming about3/8 inch long and slate-gray withdark heads. Thereafter, they pu-pate in the soil and emerge asadults in about eight days.

Habitat and Food Source(s):Larvae have chewing mouthparts.

Adults fly mainly during day-light hours and feed on nectar andother moisture sources. They arenaturally attracted to open areassuch as roadways throughwooded areas.

Larvae feed on decomposingorganic matter and sometimesplant roots.

Pest Status: High numbers inflight over roadways can be an-noying, causing bug-splatteredwindows and radiator grills thatcan lead to obscured vision andengine overheating; medicallyharmless.

Even though they don’t spreaddiseases, like Texas’ other statebird the mosquito, they can bedangerous.

“I have to wash my windshield

off twice a day,” said a local truckdriver and Buna resident namedMichael who was at the car washat Hwy 96 and FM 1004. “I justdrove here from Vidor and I knewit was going to be bad because Ihad to swat off a swarm of themgetting into my truck. I just can’twait for them to be gone.”

According to Professor and Ex-tension Entomologist J.A.Jackman, both adult and immaturelovebugs are considered medi-cally harmless.

However, the presence of love-bugs in large numbers can be quitea nuisance.

Large numbers of lovebugs inflight over roadways can causebug-splattered windows andclogged radiator grills. Insectssplattered on windshields canobscure vision, and if the deadinsects are not cleaned offpromptly, they can ruin the finishon a car. Clogged radiators cancause engine overheating

A good way to clean the bugsoff is with soapy water and a dryersheet..

For additional information, con-tact your local Jasper AgriLife Ex-tension Service agent ChadCaperton at 409-384-3721 orsearch for other state Extensionoffices.

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BriefsFrom page 1A

Narcotics Anonymous meets Thurs. and Sat.Narcotics Anonymous meets Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the Buna Lions

Community Center and Saturdays at 7 p.m. at the First United Meth-odist Church. Meetings are free and open to anyone struggling withsubstance abuse.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets three times a weekAlcoholics Anonymous meets every Monday, Wednesday and Fri-

day at 8 p.m. behind the H&R block building at the corner of Hwy. 62and US. Bus. 96 in Buna.

4-H meetings scheduled4-H meetings are held on the third Monday of every month begin-

ning at 7 p.m. in the agriculture shop at the high school. Also, Buna 4hwill host a hunter safety course on Sept. 28, 4-6:30 p.m. & Sept. 29, 8a.m.-2 p.m. at the Buna ag shop. Cost is $15. To register or more infocall Kristin Franz 782-5168 or Nikki McClelland 673-3578.

Buna OES meeting scheduled for ThursdayBuna Chapter #968 Order of the Eastern Star will meet Thurs., Oct.

4, at the Masonic Lodge in Buna at 7 p.m.

BVFD to meet on MondayBuna Volunteer Fire Department members will meet Mon., Oct. 8, at

7 p.m. at the fire hall for their monthly business meeting.

BISD trustees will meet MondayBuna Independent School District trustees will meet Mon., Oct. 8,

at 7 p.m. at the BISD administration building.

Jasper County commissioners will meet MondayJasper County commissioners will meet Mon., Oct. 8, at 9 a.m. in the

commissioner’s courtroom.

Buna Masonic Lodge will meet TuesdayBuna Masonic Lodge #1095 will hold a special meeting Tues., Oct.

9, at 7:30 p.m. at the lodge off Hwy. 62. All visiting brethren are invitedto attend.

Cruising for the CureBook your tickets now for the ‘Cruising for the Cure’ cruise set to

sail on Jan. 24, 2013, on Carnival’s ship “Triumph” to Cozumel Mexico.A portion of the proceeds goes to the American Cancer Society. Pricesstart at $472 and don’t exceed $617. Prices are per person based on aminimum of two people per cabin. The cabins must be booked withHoliday Travel, with a deposit of $150 due immediately. Limited cab-ins are available. Call Rhonda Brown with Buna Babes for more infor-mation 409-782-7982.

STUDENTS AT BUNA Elementary School recently celebrated

Grandparent’s Day. Since 1978 Grandparents day has been celebrated

the first Sunday after Labor Day. This day gives children a chance to

express their appreciation and love for their grandparents.

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Properties acquired by the tax-ing jurisdictions of Jasper Countythrough tax foreclosure sales arebeing offered for resale to the pub-lic. The properties will be auc-tioned off through a sealed bidauction. The purchaser must payby money order or cashier’s checkdue within 30 days of the date ofthe letter notification of deed be-ing executed. The following is alist of the properties being auc-tioned. These properties are be-ing offered for sale as is, withoutwarranty of any type. A tax resaledeed will be given which is in thenature of a quitclaim deed. Bidsmust be delivered by Friday, Sep-tember 28, 2012, by 2:00 P.M. toBobby Biscamp, Tax AssessorCollector, 271 East Lamar, Jasper,Texas 75951. The bids must be ina sealed envelope and be labeled“Sealed Bid for Property” on theoutside of the envelope. Bidsdeposited in the mail must be ac-tually received before deadline.Any bid received after the dead-line will be returned unopened.Each bid must include the appli-cable suit number, legal descrip-tion, and parcel number, theamount of the bid, name, address,and telephone number of the bid-der. In the event of bids of identi-cal amounts are received, the priorin time bid will be considered. Thetaxing entities reserve the right towithdraw any property from thebid process and to reject any andall bids.

4240, Account No(s).4550021050, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 51,Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550021030, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 49, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550021040, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 50, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550021020, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 48, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020080, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 25, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020090, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 26, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020100, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 27, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020110, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,

ET AL, Lot 28, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020120, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 29, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020130, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 30, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020140, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 31, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020150, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 32, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020160, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 33, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020170, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 34, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020180, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 35, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020190, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 39, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020200, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 40, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020210, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 41, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020220, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 42, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per map

recorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020230, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 43, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020240, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 44, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020250, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 45, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020260, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 46, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020270, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 47, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020280, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 48, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020290, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 49, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020300, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 50, Block 3, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per maprecorded in Volume 1, Page 122,Map Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020850, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 30, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020860, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 31, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020870, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 32, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of Jasper

County, Texas.;Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020880, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 33, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020890, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 34, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020900, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 35, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020910, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 36, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020920, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 37, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020930, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 38, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020940, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 39, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020950, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 40, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020960, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVER

WAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 42, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020970, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 43, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020980, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS.

WEAVER WAYNE WIGGINS,TRUSTEE, ET AL, Lot 44, Block4, Section VII, Cougar Country, asper the map recorded in Volume 1,Page 122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550020990, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS.

WEAVER WAYNE WIGGINS,TRUSTEE, ET AL, Lot 45, Block4, Section VII, Cougar Country, asper the map recorded in Volume 1,Page 122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550021000, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 46, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4240, Account No(s).

4550021010, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. WEAVERWAYNE WIGGINS, TRUSTEE,ET AL, Lot 47, Block 4, SectionVII, Cougar Country, as per themap recorded in Volume 1, Page122, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4680, Account No(s). 2170600,

JASPER INDEPENDENTSCHOOL DISTRICT,CITY OFJASPER AND JASPER COUNTYVS.

JIM MOSS, DECEASED, ETAL, 0.62 Acre, more or less, situ-ated in the John Bevil Survey,Abstract 2, Jasper County, Texas,being the residual of that certain0.86 acre as described in Deeddated December 28, 1971, fromJimmie Lee Moss Moye, et al toMary Moss

Brooks and recorded in Volume238, Page 38, Deed Records, Jas-per County, Texas, SAVE ANDEXCEPT, however, .024 acre moreor

less, as described in DeedDated July 29, 1980, From MaryBrooks to Leonard Van Johnsonand Robbie Johnson recorded inVolume

328, Page 673, deed records,Jasper County, Texas.;

Sale Notes:4741, Account No(s).

289000420, KIRBYVILLE CON-SOLIDATED INDEPENDENTSCHOOL DISTRICT AND JAS-PER COUNTY VS. O. B. JACK-

SON, JR., AKA OTIS BERNARDJACKSON, ET AL, 10 acres, moreor less, situated in the H. & T. C.RR. Co. Survey, Section 33, Ab-stract 289, Jasper County, Texas,as described in deed dated, April2, 1956, from Southwestern

Settlement and DevelopmentCorporation, to O B Jackson, re-corded in Volume 246, Page 388,Deed Records of Jasper County,Texas;

Sale Notes:4750, Account No(s). 2156400,

JASPER INDEPENDENTSCHOOL DISTRICT AND JAS-PER COUNTY VS. PRESTONTYRONE MCFARLAND, ET AL,2.66 acres, more or less, situatedin the John Bevil League, Abstract2, Jasper County, Texas, as de-scribed in deed dated, July 30,1966, from Verget McFarland, etux, to Preston McFarland, et ux,recorded in Volume 192, Page 111,Deed

Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:5018, Account No(s).

4550014810, BUNA INDEPEN-DENT SCHOOL DISTRICT ANDJASPER COUNTY VS. HENRYDARDEN, AKA HENRYCALHOUN DARDEN,

ET AL, Lots 426, 427, 428, and429, Cougar Country Subdivision,Section 4, Jasper County, Texas,according to the map or platthereof, recorded in Volume 1, Page119, Map Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:5211, Account No(s).

237022400, JASPER COUNTY, ETAL VS. W. M. HOPSON,

0.3719 acre, more or less, situ-ated in the H. & T. C. Survey, Sec-tion 56, Abstract 237, City ofKirbyville, Jasper County, Texas,as described in deed dated Octo-ber 30, 1942, from Mrs.

Arabell Mixson to W. M.Hopson, in Volume 85, Page 391,Deed Records of Jasper County,Texas.;

Sale Notes:5230, Account No(s).

11700002000, JASPER COUNTY,ET AL VS. WILBOR E. LANDRY,SR., A/K/A WILBUR EUGENELANDRY,

Lot 19, Block 1, Pine TerraceSubdivision, a subdivision in Jas-per County, Texas, according tothe map or plat thereof, recordedin Volume 1, Page 83, Plat Recordsof Jasper County, Texas.;

Sale Notes:5273, Account No(s).

147032100, JASPER COUNTY, ETAL VS. WELLS FARGO BANK,N. A. F/K/A NORWEST HOMEIMPROVEMENT

D/B/A AMERICA’S SERVIC-ING COMPANY, 1.00 acre, moreor less, situated in the WilliamFerguson Survey, Abstract 147,Jasper County, Texas, as de-scribed in deed dated February 4,2003, from Lois Gilbert, SubstituteTrustee to Americas

Servicing Company, in Volume645, Page 1008,

Official Records of JasperCounty, Texas.;

Sale Notes:

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HELP WANTED - Looking forsomeone to keep house, cook anddo other miscellaneous things.This is a full-time position. Toppay is offered. Must interview andapply in person. Call for more info.on applying. 409-423-0532.

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HELP WANTED - Peveto’s LawnCare needs a responsible personto help with yard work. Please call994-5666. 6TP-1

HELP WANTED - McDonald’sMobile Homes is looking for twoexperienced sales person’s. Expe-rience is preferred but notnessesary. Send resume to:McDonald Mobile Homes, 2025S. Wheeler St. Jasper ,TX 75957,Attn: Jon or fax to 409-384-5492or email to [email protected]. No walk-ins, will in-terview by appointment.

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HELP WANTED - Buna ISD is cur-rently taking applications for busdrivers. Applications may bepicked up at the Maintenance &Transportation Office. Please call994-4880 or 994-4881. TFN-26

NOMEX - I buy and sell nomex.Poor Man’s Shop, Hwy. 96 - Buna.(504) 655-1679. 6TP-3

FREE PICKUP - Appliances, iceboxes batteries, aluminum, any-thing metal. Please call 994-2560.

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FREE PUPPIES - Free to a goodhome, squirrel dog puppies, ratterrier mix. Please call Will at 994-3574, 9am to 5pm. 2TP-3

PUPPIES - To the lady that liveshere in Buna, my name is Mae andI live in Buna. You called me awhile back wanting a puppy if mydog ever had any more. She hadanother litter and I would like togive you one. They are lab/germanshepperd mix, please give me a callback at 289-2434. I hope to hearfrom you soon.

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BARN SALE - Fri., Aug. 21 at 8amto noon at 7039 CR 3114 (CR 737 -Sheppard Rd off FM 253) Farmimplements, 6ft tiller, 3” & 5” x 20’Channel iron, bbq pit, tools, misc.

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GARAGE SALE - Baby items, giftshop and craft inventory, clothes,bedding, etc... Too much to list!Saturday Sept. 22 8 a.m. until. 674CR 797 (Beasley's SmokehouseRd.)

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INSIDE GARAGE SALE - Sat.,Sept. 22th starting at 9am or callto come by anytime. Redbud &CR 747 - tv’s, lots of good mov-ies, dvd, vhs, plus size clothing$5-$6, jeans $4-$5, jewelry, manyhousehold items. 409-998-5985.

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FUMC ANNUAL RESALE

SHOPPE - United MethodistWomen’s annual church-wide re-sale shoppe will be held on Fri-day, October 5th at 8am-4pm. atthe First United MethodistChurch Mac building. 409-994-3232.

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NO CREDIT? - Bad credit, not aproblem! EZ qualify on singlewideor doublewide mobile homes. Call409-384-5451. RB36162

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HAVE LAND? - Or family land?Zero down on any of oursinglewide or doublewide mobilehomes. Call 384-5451. RB36162

3 BEDROOM - 2 Bath 2005 16x80.Never have been lived in. Likenew! We have 3 to choose from.$29,900. Call 409-384-5451.RB36162

2003 28X62 MOBILE HOME - 3BR 2BR, 2x6 exterior walls, 6/12.Roof - 30 year shingles, very nice,sheet rock walls, fireplace, deliv-ered and set up with skirting, ac,all kitchen appliances. Call us to-day at 409-384-5451.

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FOR RENT - Small trailer, fits 1-2people, nice! $450/mo all bills paidin Buna. Call 670-3796. TFN-2

FOR RENT - 3BR, 2BA, with car-port, located inside Kirbyville citylimits. Asking $800/mo. + deposit(pending credit application.)Please call for more information(409) 423-2166, ask for Donna.

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FOR RENT - 4BR, 3BA, with 2 cargarage, located inside Kirbyvillecity limits. Asking $1,200/mo. + de-posit (pending credit application.)Please call for more information(409) 423-2166, ask for Donna.

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NOMEX - I buy and sell nomex.Poor Man’s Shop, Hwy. 96 - Buna.(504) 655-1679. 6TP-3

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Buna Youth Football Roundup

BUNA WHITE FLAG Football team played Buna Silver Flag Foot-

ball Team at Cougar Stadium on September 8. White overshadowed

silver by winning 36-12.

BUNA BLUE FLAG Football Team defeated the Kirbyville Wildcats

Saturday, September 8 with a score of 27-0.

BYFA CHEERLEADERS SHOW off some moves, warming up in

between games on Saturday, September 8, at Cougar stadium.

BUNA SENIOR FOOTBALL team fought the Warren Warriors

on Saturday, September 8 at Cougar Stadium. The Warriors were

annihilated by the Cougars with a score of Buna 41, Warren 12.

BUNA BLUE JUNIOR Football team defeated on the Warren War-

riors Sat., Sept. 8 with a final score of Cougars 35 Warriors 21.

BUNA WHITE JUNIOR Football team played Hampshire Fannett

Gold at Cougar Stadium on Saturday, September 8. The Cougars lost

in overtime with a final score Longhorns 6 and Buna 0.

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PUBLIC NOTICE

It’s never too soon to get yourchild interested in current events,and doing so can have many posi-tive benefits, from building vo-cabulary and improving writing,to encouraging active and en-gaged citizenship.

While the news might seem“boring” at first to kids, there aresteps you can take to show themjust how interesting and excitingcurrent events can be:

Read together.Ensure that your home sub-

scribes to a daily paper.Let your children pick which ar-

ticles they want to read and helpthem with words and conceptsthey don’t understand. Read atleast a few front page news ar-ticles together and then allow themto skip to whichever sections ofthe paper they find the most in-teresting.

Many magazines run kids’ edi-tions in print or online, such asTime, Sports Illustrated and Na-tional Geographic.

Subscribe your child to anage-appropriate magazine ornewspaper.

Most children are alreadywell-versed in using the Internetfor acquiring information. Guideyour children to trusted onlinenews sources that they can ac-cess on their own.

Encourage hands-on learning.Often the most effective way to

spark your child’s interest is tooffer him or her hands-on learn-ing opportunities. Encourageyour child to join the school news-paper or the school’s televisionnews program.

Even as budget cuts loom inschools, private companies arehelping schools offer their stu-dents unique educational oppor-tunities.

The Panasonic Kid WitnessNews program for example, ahands-on program designed tohelp children develop creative,cognitive and communicationskills, has provided more than150,000 children around the worldaccess to top-notch video pro-duction equipment and an oppor-tunity to learn a new skill they canuse to make fun newscasts thatare relevant to their daily lives.

Each year, schools are encour-aged to submit student videos onset themes and topics in formatssuch as newscasts, documenta-ries, dramas and commercials to anational and potentially globalcontest.

Winning schools receive a

package of Panasonic productsthat will enhance classroom learn-ing. The videos show “the worldthrough their eyes.” For more in-formation, visitwww.panasonic.net/kwn.

“It’s important to get kids toshare how they see the world.This is a perception we don’t usu-ally see in the news,” says JosephTaylor, Chairman and Chief Execu-tive Officer, Panasonic Corpora-tion of North America. “It’s a valu-able perspective that mainstreammedia usually misses.”

Watch together.Make watching the news to-

gether a part of your evening rou-tine.

Remember, kids have limited at-tention spans, so avoid the neverending 24-hour news program-ming and opt for a half-hour pro-gram that highlights all the day’stop stories succinctly.

Use commercial breaks anddinnertime to discuss what youwatched.

If you’re worried that the imag-ery will be too graphic or mature,consider recording it first andsharing with your child only theparts you feel comfortable with.

By encouraging your kids tokeep up with current events, youcan help them gain valuable per-spective and understand theworld around them.

Getting kids interestedin local current events

September 19

John BryantJohn Hollis

Bradly JohnsonCathleen SiemsSeptember 20

Justus Amore Ieshia BriscoeJason ClementsMindy ClubbBrandi EllisonMike Webb

September 21

Wesley BarnettTori BrownT.J. Frazier

Sean HumbleJoe Menard

Margaret RichardsonDarrah Rutz

September 22

Ruby Anderson Melba Breithaupt

Joshua EavesPauline McGalinMikiel Shaeffer

Miranda StanleyRoxanna Stewart Robin WilsonSeptember 23

Lena CleggJennifer Droddy

Tori Ernst Gwen Hawthorn

Alix KeelerJulie Vandiver

James A. WorkmanJimmy D. Workman

September 24

Evan Nicholas ClarkCecile ClausenColton Hughes

Melissa McKinnonBrooke ProvostSeptember 25

Stephanie Ernst Kelley KingreyEmily McAuliffeCarolyn ReneauNicholas Santel Ron Williams

Bobby WingetSeptember 26

Bria Branch Tammy BrawleyBarbara CherryErin Flowers

Kayla RichardsonSarah Richardson

Happy AnniversarySeptember 22

Jeff & Fina WigginsSeptember 23

Ezell & Nancy SeamanSeptember 25

Clyde & Wanda Chapman

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Church Bulletin

The Whole TruthRECONCILED TO GOD. In the earlier article, we pointed out the

need for man to be reconciled to God, because he has been alienatedfrom God by his sins. “But your iniquities have separated between

you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he

will not hear.” Isaiah 59:2.To change that situation we are reconciled in the one body by the

cross. “And might reconcile them both in one body unto God

through the cross, having slain the enmity thereby.” Ephesians 2:16.That is by his death on the cross, Christ removed the guilt of sins thathad separated us from God.

So that we are reconciled by the grace of God, for the crosssignigies God’s grace. “For the grace of God hath appeared,

bringing salvation to all men.” Titus 2:11.Reconciled by the death of Christ, for the cross symbolizes his

death. “For if, while we were enemies, we were reconciled to God

through the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, shall we

be saved by his life; and not only so, but we also rejoice in God

through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now

received the reconciliation.” Romans 5:10-11.But these facts must be proclaimed before we can know them,

believe and accept them. “For the word of the cross is to them that

perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved it is the power of

God.” 1 Corinthians 1:18.Are you reconciled to God? Have you been? “Be ye reconciled to

God.” 2 Corinthians 5:20. With this command, it is indicated that wehave something to do to be reconciled.

Northwest Buna Church of Christ, (409)658-7578

Genesis Baptist holding new bible studyGenesis Baptist Church in Buna will be holding a new bible

study every Sunday morning beginning at 9:30 a.m. This class isfor young adult, men and women between the ages of about 20and 40. For more information, call 994-2012 or 994-3953.

Gospel singing at Elija CaféA gospel singing will be hels on Sun., Sept. 23, at the “Elijah

Café” in Jasper. The singing will begin at 2 p.m. and will feature“Signed, Sealed and Delivered,” a ladies’ Gospel group fromLeesville, La. For More information, call Helen at 337-718-1922.

FUMC will have fun and fellowship dayFirst United Methodist Church has a fun and fellowship day for

retirees every second Wednesday of the month. Bring a covereddish and enjoy food, fun, games and friendship on Wed., Oct. 10,beginning at 10 a.m.

FBC Buna womens bible studyFirst Baptist Church of Buna will be hosting Living Beyond

Yourself, Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit Women’s Bible Study.The study will be Thursdays from 9- 11 a.m. and Mondays from 6-8 p.m. in room 210. Nursery will be available for a.m. study only.For more information, call 994-3517.

Kingdom Impact District Empowerment MeetingKingdom Seekers Church Of God In Christ in Jasper is hosing a

Kingdom Impact District Empowerment Meeting at 625 GrahamStreet in Jasper from Monday, Oct. 1, through Thursday, October4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. each night. For more information, call 832-775-07720 or you can log onto their website atkingdomseekersworshipsenter.com/services.

Revival to be held at First Assembly of God in BunaThe First Assembly of God in Buna is holding a revival from

Sun., Sept. 23, to Wed., Sept. 26. On Sunday, the revival goes from10:45 a.m. to 6 p.m. From Tuesday to Thursday the revival beginsat 7:30 p.m. each night. Bobby Clark will lead the revival.

Obituaries

Lois Ann Bradley

Lois Ann Bradley of Buna, diedMon., Sept. 3, at Silsbee Conva-lescent Center after a lengthybattle with Congestive Heart Fail-ure and diabetes.

Lois was born on March 27,1952, in Beaumont and had livedin Houston for several yearswhere she excelled at her job asan account manager for DarlingInternational, a job she truly loved.

She was a member of Faith Mis-sionary Baptist Church of Buna.

Her funeral was held Fri., Sept.7, at Adams E.E. Stringer Funeralhome with burial at Restlawn Me-morial Park in Vidor.

Cherished memories will remainin the hearts of her mother, BillieBaum of Buna; sister, Ruth Beauer(Rich) of Buna; treasured niece,Tricia Richardson (Craig); lovingnephews, Rickey, Ray, Jr.,(Kim);and Ryan (Lacy); adored greatnephews and nieces, Brandon,Logan, Madison, Ripley, Ryland,Emersyn and Mason; BrotherWilliam Ray Baum of Baytown;and nieces Brianna and EmilyBaron Tarkington.

Her family would like to dedi-cate this poem to her.

Sleep my Sister

I wish you sweet sleep, my

sister dear.

Although there’s so much that

you’ve left bare

I hate that you had to endure

such pain

On my mind, your saddened

eyes have left a stain.

I want to know what crossed

your mind

Unspoken words you’ve left

behind

Undone things we’ll never do

No sharing thoughts you

never knew.

A peace has fallen upon your

head

A taste of sorrow we have

been fed

It really is like a hole in our

lives

One swiftly dug but carved

out by knives.

But I have hope that those

sleeping will rise

The Bible says that God will

open their eyes.

No suffering, sickness, yes not

even pain,

Those who did good, eternal

life they’ll gain.

So... sleep on my sister, sleep

tight

For now with you the sky is

night.

But after night will come

daybreak

Therefore I will wait hoping

to see you awake. By T.

Hutxhinson

Joe Thomas Gandy

Joe Thomas Gandy, 74, ofEvadale, died Friday, September7, 2012, in Beaumont. He was bornon August 25, 1938, in Kountze,to Reda Estelle Gates and JasonHance Gandy.

Survivors include his wife,Roye Nell Gandy; daughters,Chelesa Gray and her husband,Jessie, of Fannett; Misti Wrightand her husband, Cody, of SourLake; and Kristen Preston and herhusband, Nathan, of Shepherd;grandchildren, Ashley Brown;Colby Hicks and his wife, Jessica;Jody and Caitlin Gray; Alyssa andAnna Patterson; Chloe Wright;and Kade Preston; great- grand-children, Kai’ Brown, and Eily andJacob Hicks; sisters, Ida LouHatcher of Rockdale; MargaretRogers and her husband, Harvey,of Honey Island; and MaryHaynes and her husband, Dean,of Kountze; and brother, J.H.Gandy and his wife, Frances, ofIvanhoe. He is preceded in deathby his parents; daughter, KaronRenee’ Waldrep; and son-in-law,Joshua Patterson.

A gathering of Mr. Gandy’s fam-ily and friends was from 4 to 8 p.m.,Sunday, September 9, 2012, atBuna United Pentecostal Church,116 CR 833. His funeral servicewas held at 11 a.m., Monday, Sep-tember 10, 2012, at the church withinterment to follow at Morse Cem-etery in Buna.

William Allen McNaughten

William Allen McNaughten, 73,of Buna died Sat., Sept. 15, at Beau-mont Baptist Hospital.

Theo S. Stone, 87 of Buna diedFriday, Sept., 7, 2012 at his home.

Funeral services were heldTues., Sept. 11 at Adams E.E.Stringer Funeral Home in Bunawith internment following atAntioch Cemetery.

Visitation was held on Mondayat the funeral home.

A native of Old Blox in JasperCounty, he was a former Dairyoperator and was retired SpecialServices Consultant for Region VEducation Center.

He was a U.S. Navy World WarII Veteran.

He is survived by his wife,Peggy Stone; son, Mark Stone(Anita); daughter, Christi Marse(Michael), all of Buna; a sister,JoAnn Swim of San Antonio.

He is also survived by fourgrandchildren, Joey Marse(Mindy); Marcus Stone, Jr.(Amanda); Emily Marse and JaredStone; and four great-grandchil-dren, Toby Marse, Rachel Stone,Raylie Stone, and Grant Stone.

Theo S. Stone

Funeral services will be 2 p.m.Thursday, Sept. 20, at Adams EEStringer Funeral Home in Bunawith burial at Antioch Cemeteryin Buna. Visitation will be 5 to 9p.m. Wednesday at the funeralhome.

Survivors include his wife, FayMcNaughten of Buna; a son,Terry McNaughten of Buna; adaughter, Trina Honeycutt ofVidor; a brother, L.J. McNaughtenof Silsbee; sisters, FlorenceWheeler of Buna and Linda PearlRuso of Lumberton; and 3 grand-children.

Hildridge Othell

“Bo” Jackson

Hildridge Othell “Bo” Jackson,79, passed away Friday, Sept. 14,2012, at the home of his daughterin Evadale.

Funeral services were held 2p.m. Mon., Sept. 17, at Call Junc-tion Baptist Church in Kirbyvillewith burial at Trout Creek Cem-etery and under the direction ofAdams E.E. Stringer Funeral Homein Kirbyville.

He was born in Pitkin, Louisi-ana, and previously lived inKirbyville. He owned and oper-ated Jackson Packing Companyin Silsbee.

Survivors include his belovedfriend, Sharon Reid; his children,Jaybo & Regina Jackson, Esther& Crockett Drake, and Ivy Jack-son all of Evadale; brothers, Pin-kie Jackson of Call, Elmo Jacksonof Port Arthur, and Dorman Jack-son of Lindale; a sister, EarlineJasper of Silsbee; 9 grandchildrenand 8 great grandchildren.

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By Scott Loar

Beacon Contributor

The Evadale Rebels find them-selves in unfamiliar territory asthey entered the third game of theseason.

For the first time in over tenyears the Rebels were still with-out their first victory of the sea-son.

The team has shown plenty offight and is making plays, but theyjust have not been enough to getthe team in the win column.

In their third game they trav-eled to Bay City to take on BayArea Christian School and unfor-tunately for the Rebels they arestill seeking that first victory.

The Rebels went on offense toopen the game but were unable togain a first down. On defense theRebels bent, but did not break andforced and recovered a fumble.

The offense could not get theball out of the shadow of the endzone and Bay Area blocked thekick and recovered for their firstscore.

The Rebels did gain a first downon their next possession beforehaving to punt and pinning BayArea inside their 20 yard line.

Bay Area was able to connecton an 81 yard pass play for theirsecond score and as the first quar-ter was winding to a close thehome team was up 14-0 on theRebels.

The Rebels third possessionbegan in the waning seconds ofthe first quarter and into the firstof the second, but after an initialfirst down the Rebels were onceagain forced to punt, but on thisone the Rebels forced a fumbleand recovered inside the Bay Area20 yard line.

The Rebel drive ended with aninception by Bay Area at their goalline.

The Rebel defense held andforced a punt, but a fake punt byBay Area was sniffed out by theRebels who dropped the ball car-rier once again inside the 20 yardline.

The next drive ended with an-other Rebel interception thatwould have been a Bay Area TDexcept the defender stepped out

Rebels still seekingfirst win against BACS

of bounds.The Rebel defense rose up once

again as they intercepted a screenpass and had the ball on BayArea’s side of the 50 yard line.

The Rebels were unable to pickup a first down and turned the ballover near the Bay Area 45 yardline.

On their second play a doublereverse aided by some missedtackles took the ball to the Rebelstwo yard line. It took two attemptsby Bay Area, but added a one yardTD pass and the extra point withjust five seconds left in the firsthalf to take a 21-0 lead into half-time.

In the second half, Bay Areascored twice in the third quarteron a 15 yard run and a 51 yardpass and in the final period theyadded a 16 yard run for a touch-down.

The final score ended at 42 to 0.Head Coach, Mark Williams

said, “We gave them the firstscore then gave up a long pass,but even then we fought and gotturnovers, but we did not capital-ize on them!”

The Rebels will have an extraday to prepare for this week op-ponent as they will travel toColmesneil for a game on Satur-day. This will be the first of threegames this season that will beplayed on a Saturday.

Williams said, “I have mixedemotions about games on Satur-day, you do get an extra day topractice and my staff and I takeadvantage of the opportunity toscout on Friday some of our up-coming opponents, but it alsomeans that the preparation for thenext game is rushed as what wenormally do on Saturdays has tobe done on Sundays.”

It can be said that the Rebelsnever gave up at any time duringthis or any of their three gamesand they will continue to work toget into the win column.

“We have gotten used to win-ning around here and I know theteam will work hard this week toget that first win,” Williams said.“When Saturday night rollsaround you can be sure we will beready for the Bulldogs! That’s justwhat we do around here”.

Photo Courtesy:Tiffany Rawls

JACOB CONNOR (#34) returned the opening kick off 90 yards

to stake the Rebels to an early 6 point lead against the Deveyville

Pirates.

By Johnny Herring

Beacon Editor

For the second week of the newhigh school football season, theBuna Cougars were unable to strapa win onto their belt after theKirbyville Wildcats walked awaywith a 31-16 victory.

The Cougars continued to makemistake after mistake, fumbling theball five times and throwing threeinterceptions resulting in six turn-overs.

The scoreboard may haveshown a huge difference in num-bers, but it didn’t tell the wholestory. Buna put up big numbers,both offensively and defensively.

While the Cougars kept the ballon the ground, rushing for 341yards and passing for 46 com-pleted yards, the Wildcats domi-nated the air with 319 yards pass-ing, only rushing for 83.

Senior Dalton Ford led the teamin rushing with 22 carries for 193yards and a touchdown, whilejunior Matthew Biddle ran 95yards with 14 carries.

Senior Quarterback GlennPatrick ran for 31 yards with sixcarries, including a touchdown;senior Ethan Chandler had threecarries for 16 yards; sophomoreJonah Jacksom had one carry forthree yards; and sophomore PerrySmith carried the ball twice, total-ing three yards.

Patrick had three completionsthrough ten attempts resulting in

46 yards total passing yards andtwo interceptions. Joe Clark hadone passing attempt, which alsoresulted in an interception.

Braden Brinkman had one re-ception for 26 yards, which wasthe longest for Buna, and DaltonFord had a 14 yard reception.

Defensively, junior Trace Will-iams led the Cougars with eighttackles, one caused fumble andfour assists, while sophomoresKreston Richardson and TylerEdwards each had four tackles,one fumble recovery and one as-sist.

The rest of the defensive sta-tistics are as follows: senior EthanChandler had four tackles and twoassists; senior Cody Reneau hadtwo tackles and one assis;,sophomore Joseph Clark had onetackle and one assist; seniorGlenn Patrick had two tackles;three assists and one pass deflec-tion; senior Tate LeJeune had onetackle and one assist; senior Bra-dley Arnold had three tackles andone assist; sophomore PerrySmith had two assists; sopho-more Aaron Anthony had onetackle; sophomore Jonah Jacksonhad four tackles and two assists;senior Connor Dawson had threetackles and one assist; sopho-more Justin Durden had onetackle; senior Chris Champion hadthree tackles and five assists; se-nior Bryce Tippett had one tackle;and sophomore Ty Tamplin hadfour assists.

Cougars grab first winagainst Liberty Eagles

Cougars lose secondgame of the season

BUNA COUGARS FACED off against the Liberty Eagles on Friday,

September 14 at Cougar Stadium. Coming off of two season opening

losses, the Cougars were able to pick themselves up and dust them-

selves to grab a win in their first home game of the season.

By Johnny Herring

Beacon Editor

The Buna Cougars hosted theirfirst home game of the season tothe Liberty eagles on Friday, Sep-tember 14.

In what started out to look likeit might be another upset, withBuna behind after the half, a fewlightning bolts and some drizzleforced the officials to call for abreak.

Whatever Coach Bradley Mor-gan told his boys during thatbreak worked.

Buna was able to come back andbeat Liberty with a score of 32-20.

Once again, the Cougars domi-nated the running game with 312yards rushing.

Matthew Biddle carried the ball15 times for 170 yards and threewhile Dalton Ford 13 carries for70 yards and a two-point conver-sion.

Glenn Patrick had 50 yards with10 carries; Perry smith had threecarries for 24 yards; Justin Lockehad three yards over two carries;and Jonah Jackson lost five yardswith his only carry.

Glen Patrick threw for 73 yardsand two touchdowns over sevenattempts and two completions,one to Biddle in the first half andone to Reneau in the second half.

On the receiving end of the ball,both Biddle and Cody Reneaueach had one completion, bothresulting in touchdowns.

Buna was able to hold onto theball the entire game with zerofumbles and zero interceptions.

Coogs bring home awin in against Eagles

The Cougar’s defense reallyworked as a team, keeping theEagle’s nested for the most part,only allowing 20 points.

Bradley Arnold led the defensewith tackles with five tackles, fourassists, and one pressure; EthanChandler had two tackles, onepass deflection and seven assists;Cody Reneau had three tackles,one assist and one pressure; Jo-seph Clark had three tackles, onepass deflection and three assists;and Samuel Graham caused theonly fumble of the game, whichAaron Anthony recovered.

The other defensive stars in-cluded: Glenn Patrick, who hadfour tackles and two assists;Kreston Richardson had threetackles and one assist.

Trace Williams had four tack-les, one pass deflection, four as-sists and two pressures; JonahJackson had two tackles and twopass deflectiona.

Connor Dawson had one tackle;Chris Champion had one tackle,one sack, two assists and onepressure; Blaise Manak had onetackle, one sack, one pass deflec-tion, four assists and one pres-sure.

Ty Tamplin had three tackles,one pass deflection and four as-sists; Hagen Nichols had two tack-les, one sack and two; and ChaseMeans had one tackle.

The Cougars hope to repeattheir success next week whenthey host Hemphill at Cougar Sta-dium at 7 p.m. Make sure to comeout and show your Cougar pride.

Beacon photo: Johnny Herring

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By Scott Loar

Beacon Contributor

Four Evadale congregationscame together last weekend toraise money and awareness of theneed for prayer for our nation aswe approach the upcoming elec-tions in November.

First Baptist, New Beginnings,

North End Pentecostal and Cen-tral Baptist joined together to holda baked potato supper at theEvadale school cafeteria on Sun-day. The proceeds from thefundraiser will go to buy t-shirtsfor the “Pray for America” eventthat the four churches will be par-ticipating in on Sun., Oct. 14, at 6p.m. at the high school auditorium.

Pastor Roger Hoogterp told hiscongregation on Sunday, “It istime to get on our knees and seekGod’s direction for our nation!”

The prayer event is not a politi-

Christian Cooperationunites Evadale churches

cal event in any way and therewill not be any politicking or po-litical party lines.

“This event is about callingChristians pray for our nation andthat is all,” Hoogterp said.

Jeff Gravis, the pastor of NewBeginnings told people on hisfacebook page on Sunday, regard-ing the fund raiser and the prayergathering, “we will be gatheringwith fellow laborers in the causeof Christ.”

There has been plenty of heatedrhetoric during this political year.The Evadale prayer event is a wayfor the churches in Evadale to co-operate and share a time of peti-tioning God for his hand to beupon our land before, during andafter the elections.

The churches raised $2,600raised at the supper and themoney will be used to purchaset-shirts for the prayer event and

everyone in the community is en-couraged to get a free t-shirt.

You can contact the office ofCentral Baptist Church at 276-1700for additional information on thet-shirts and the Prayer Event.

In other cooperative efforts,several area churches’ studentministries will gather together onTues., Sept. 25, at 6:30 PM at Cen-tral Baptist Church in Buna for apre-See You At The Pole rally thenight before students from all overthe world gather around the flagpoles of their schools early onWed., Sept. 26.

See You At The Pole has beenan annual, student-led event forover 20 years where studentsgather to pray at the school cam-pus. The Awaken rally will featurespeaker Jared Hollier and worshipled by Steve Waites.

JOHNNY DALE GRAVIS from New Beginnings, Milton Richardson from Central Baptist and Karl

Williams from First Baptist all helped prepare potatos for the community fund raiser.

I think the very first job I hadwhile growing up in Buna wasworking with an iceman.

We went around town deliver-ing ice to the homes and stores.People had ice boxes then, notelectric refrigerators.

Iceboxes resembled refrigera-tors somewhat but were usuallyshorter, brown in color, and madeof wood. They were well insu-lated.

A block of 25 to 50 poundswould last a week.

If you did not have an ice box,you would wrap the block of icein a tow sack, a burlap bag, andbury it in the ground in your backyard. I remember we buried ourice before we got an ice box.

I was always at the back of theice wagon, chipping loose andbringing in blocks of ice to thehomes or cafes and I can’t remem-ber whether it was horse drawn oran old pick up truck as I was atthe rear end where the work wasgoing on; I can’t remember muchabout the front of this unit.

There was another unit that Iwas taught to use very early inlife. It seems that I was born withone in my hands. This was a hoe.

It was used to cut grass awayfrom and around the plants andtrees in Dad’s nursery to keep theground chopped and stirred, pre-venting grass and weeds from

Buna ReflectionsBy Delman Rogers

growing.I was taught how to sharpen

them and use them in every way.They are excellent for overcom-ing snakes that may be found inthe grass and around old timbersand buildings.

I still have two hoes in my ga-rage today to use in our garden,around plants and on snakes.

You can look at the yards ofmany people and tell whether ornot they know how to use thesetools.

When Buna’s first water sys-tem was put in, Mr. J.F. Allbrittonasked me to go with him eachmonth and read the meters, whichI did.

I may have been the first watermeter reader in Buna. The watertower and tank was located acrossfrom the Buna Bank and the West-ern Auto Store.

Around the year 1944 Dad pur-chased land at the cross roads inBuna, at Hwy. 96 and FM 1004,which was developed into a nurs-ery sales yard.

Our home was moved therefrom the old nursery out FM 1004.We had much clearing to do.

I caught numerous cases of poi-son ivy, which has become anannual nemesis of mine over theyears.

We still had our horse andwagon, but not long after the

move there, Dad let the horse andwagon go back to Mr. J.B. Gunter,our uncle and Aunt Lucy who stilllived out in the country.

The horse didn’t have muchroom there at our new nursery. Ihated to see him go.

Dad bought me a small, two-wheel tractor to use to plowaround the nursery stock.

I started using this when I wasabout in the second or third grade.It was a single cylinder Planet Jun-ior tractor with a cultivator anddisc.

I used that tractor for ten years,and still have some of my firsttools.

We were always taught to takegood care of the tools and trac-tor; put them right back where wegot them; put them up after usingthem at the end of the day; cleanthem and oil them if necessary,which I did.

I was expected to teach mybrothers about this also. Theydidn’t always want to listen butloved to play a lot.

I guess this is why I grew up arather serious minded person andhad no time for foolishness be-cause I would have it whipped outof me.

I was the one who usually gotthe whippings because I was theoldest and was expected to teachthe others and set the right ex-ample.

Dad didn’t allow any foolish-ness or disobedience to go on.He just told you one time and af-ter that it was to the woodshed orthe peach tree.

I believe that old peach tree inMother’s chicken yard wasplanted there to raise boys in-

stead of peaches.

My First Jobs

CHASE GONZALES AND Bretta Hudson brought their Buna Beacon with them to Branson Mis-

souri with Pa-Pa and Granny Holloway.

Beacon Photo: Scott Loar

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SANDRA, SAVANNA AND Stephanie Kirkendall visited the Flight

93 memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Sun., Aug. 19, while visiting

Stephanie’s mother in Wimber, Pa., and didn’t forget the Buna Bea-

con.

Experience an artistic Night at the Museum The Stark Museum of Art in-

vites the public to experience artafter dark at “Night at the Mu-seum,” from 8 to 11 p.m. on Fri-day, September 21.

Admission charge is five dol-lars per person and this event isopen to the public.

Night at the Museum will be anevening of great music, experi-ences with art and opportunitiesto create art.

Nationally-recognized Beau-mont band Mad Maude & theHatters will perform, filling theMuseum with an eclectic mix ofdoo-wop, Motown and their sig-nature three-part harmonies.

Art students from LamarUniversity’s Artist Common withartist Xenia Fedorchenko willbring their tools and expertise tothe event and will lead museumvisitors in collaborativeprintmaking projects.

The Artist Common will bringrelief blocks, inks and printingpresses so visitors can create theirown print and have it printed atthe Museum. Visitors will be ableto take home their print.

Inside the galleries, visitors will

have a last chance to see the spe-cial exhibition Explore Art: Mate-rials and Methods Revealed be-fore it closes on September 22.This exhibition emphasizes howart is created, displaying artists’tools and techniques alongsidefinished works.

Explore Art showcases the pro-cesses of glassblowing,printmaking, woodcarving andmore, with highlights from theStark Museum and The W.H.Stark House collections.

In the galleries, visitors willhave the opportunity to weave ona Navajo-style loom and to addtheir own drawings to the specialexhibition. Other galleries of theMuseum’s permanent collectionwill also be open for viewing.

“Night at the Museum espe-cially offers young people thechance to get to know the Mu-seum and connect with art duringan after-hours event,” says Edu-cator Amelia Wiggins. “Whetheryou’re a college student, a youngprofessional or young at heart, weencourage you to come out andenjoy live music, meet local art-ists and create art with us.”

VISITORS WILL HAVE the opportunity to make art with guest

artists from Lamar University’s Artist Common at Night at the Mu-

seum, 8-11 p.m., September 21 at the Stark Museum of Art.

Night at the Museum is opento the public, with an admissioncharge of five dollars. Snacks andmocktails will be served at theevent.

Located at 712 Green Avenuein Orange, the Stark Museum ofArt is open to the public Tuesdaythrough Saturday from 10 a.m. to5 p.m. Admission is free for allages.

Group tours are available by ap-BISDFrom page 1A

cal and mental abuse broughton by other students, text mes-sages and social media, but that ateacher’s comments can ruin achild.

She said that her son was toldthat he would never amount toanything, but she assured theboard that come track season, theboy is going to show everyonewhat he is really made of.

She also referred to an incidentwhere one of her children washurt while at school last year. Sheclaimed that already, in it secondweek, the school has allowed an-other incident where the child washurt.

“How much am I supposed tohandle,” the mother said. “It is my

job to protect my children, butonce I put them on the school bus,it is the school’s responsibility toprotect them. I expect the schoolto protect my children. If theycan’t do that, then my childrendon’t belong in Buna.”

“I’m just trying to bring aware-ness of bullying to our schools,”she continued. “I don’t thinkwe’re doing enough.”

The board then unanimouslyvoted to accept the resignationof Heather Marley, who was of-fered an opportunity to advanceher career.

Next, it was recommended thatthe board adopted the order can-celing the November 6, 2012 Gen-eral Trustee Election and declar-ing the four uncontested candi-dates elected their appropriatetrustee positions which are up forelection in the November 6, 2012,General Trustee election as pre-sented.

Trustees Keith Mullins, JimmyCarrell, Scott Folmar and AnthonyMichalsky were the certified un-opposed candidates.

It was also recommended thatthe board adopt the order cancel-ing the November 6, 2012, SpecialTrustee Election and declaring theuncontested candidate electedhis appropriate trustee positionwhich was up for election in theNovember 6, 2012 General Trusteeelection as presented.

Special Trustee Brent Stark wasthe certified unopposed candi-date.

The next items reviewed by theboard were the BISDCheerleading, Cougar Band andCougar-aires Drill Team handbookupdates.

Finally, it was recommendedthat the board of Trustees con-sider and approve the Districtgoals for the 2012/13 school yearas presented:

1. Digital Learning: Integrationof technology.

Leadership: Provide emergingtechnology resources to supportprofessional development activi-ties and technology infusion ef-forts to prepare each and everystudent to be post-secondary

ready and contributing membersof a democratic society.

2. Student: Curriculum, instruc-tion, and assessment alignment:

Ensure continued improvementin student learning with empha-sis on math, science and post-sec-ondary readiness.

3. Leadership:Facilities will be provided that

are supportive of a quality instruc-tional program and represent theimportance of public educationwithin the community.

4. Community Relations:Promote and support district

unity through the fostering ofspirit, pride, character, communi-cation and a tradition of excellencein both the school and commu-nity.

5. Operations:Fiscal Goal-Buna ISD will be ef-

ficient managers of all district rev-enues by targeting expendituresthrough careful planning and goalsetting strategies.

Once the district goals were pre-sented, representatives from eachcampus and department explainedtheir plans on achieving each ofthose goals.

pointment only.For more information call

409.886.ARTS (2787) or visitwww.starkmuseum.org.

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Jasper County

Arrest ReportThe following persons were

charged but not convicted of

crimes listed. Jasper County Sher-

iff Mitchel Newman provides this

information under the Texas Open

Records Act, article 62552-17A.

September 5, 2012: DeannArmstrong, 5/23/69, hinder se-cured creditors >=$500<$; JohnEverett Redmon, 4/28/68, motionto revoke probation; SenecaBluitt, 4/9/77, assault causesbodily injury family member; Rob-ert Henry West, 10/24/56, capias/driving while intoxicated 3rd ormore; Roderic Martin Bentley, Jr.,9/22/76, sexual assault child;Kendrick Dehaven Kyle, 1/22/74,motion to revoke probation/as-sault, motion to revoke probation/possession; Randall Kelly Ratcliff,2/6/58, public intoxication; Bran-don Eugene Armstrong, 2/27/88,failure to appear, driving while li-cense invalid, traffic offense classc.

September 6, 2012: RandalKelly Ratcliff, 2/6/58, public intoxi-cation; Carol J. Haynes, 12/29/62,theft prop>=$20<$500 by check,John C. Pickens, III, 7/27/67, orderof commitment.

September 7, 2012: SamanthaMorrison, 11/22/88, unauthorizeduse of a vehicle; Nichols MichaelDaved, 10/27/57, parole violation;Travis Wesley Allred, 3/24/67, or-

der of commitment; Tony H.

Parker, 1/20/71, no safety belt;Amanda Lynn Parker, 3/29/85,failed to maintain financial re-sponsibility, driving while licenseinvalid; Heather Dianne Pittman,3/20/86, criminal trespass.

September 8, 2012: BrianBreidigan, 2/16/76, terroristicthreat against public; DesmgneOmario Morrisey, 2/18/80, failureto appear/theft of property<$50>$500, evading arrest deten-tion, criminal trespass, resist ar-rest; Ricky Ephlen Arnold, 6/17/66; possession of Marijuan<=2oz. drug free zone; Pete TovarTorres, 3/26/81, bond forfeiture/possession of Marijuana<=2 oz.

September 9, 2012: DavidMyron Kellogg, 5/24/67, posses-sion of gambling device/equip-ment;

Carl Edward Johnson, Jr., 9/27/81, poss cs pg1>=1g<4g(481.115(c)HSC);Ronald Oneil Sells, 12/15/81,theft>=$20<$200.

September 10, 2012: Jordan T.Keene, 3/28/91, driving while in-toxicated; Tammy JO Posey, 9/28/61, harassment; Joey Scott, 6/21/

59, alias capias/FTA/theft of serv<=20; Juan Hernandez, 4/8/91,driving while intoxicated; CalebChristian Hamilton, 8/9/85, publicintoxication, possession of drugparaphanalia, failure to wearseatbelt-mcsr violation.

September 11, 2012: KelseyMobley, 7/13/93, dredit card ordebit card abuse,

Keith Collins, Jr., 12/11/89, nosafety belt; Joe Lee Clements, 5/16/81, poss marij<2oz.; NancyGabrielle Brooks, 10/7/85, drivingwhile license invalid, traffic of-fense c (X2).

September 12, 2012: AguilarMaribel Riojas, 11/19/78, forgeryfinancial instrument; JorgeAlfredo Riojas, 11/19/76, forgeryfinancial instrument; GregoryLewis Y’Barbo, 11/13/64, drivingwhile license invalid, failure toappear.

September 14, 2012: WilliamLee Ruth, 4/8/70, burglary of habi-tation; Darrell Gene Lopez, 7/7/59,theft of material 50% alum/brnze/copper; Dorthea DelindaMoreman, 4/26/56, theft of mate-rial 50% alum/brnze/copper; Chris-

topher Ray Robinson, 8/22/79,burglary of vehicle; Kurt ThomasHaas, 9/7/93, agg sexual assltchild; Stephanie Letney Primrose,10/31/86, 5 consecutive week-ends/6 p.m. Friday-6 p.m. Sunday;Debbie Maire Haynes, 12/29/68,5 consecutive weekends/6 p.m.Friday-6 p.m. Sunday; FerminMartinez Orocio, 2/5/71, drivingwhile intoxicated.

September 15, 2012: RichardKeith Johnson, 10/19/67, unauthuse of vehicle, evading arrest de-tention, evading arrest detentionw/veh, fta/evading arrest det w/prev con; Donea Rachelle Smith,11/11/75, driving while license in-valid, failure to appear, theftprop>=$50<$500.

September 16, 2012:

Demetrius Demond Walker, 9/9/67, evading arrest det w/veh w/prev con, assault causes bodilyinj; Dee Anna Hooser, 6/10/63,theft>=$20<$500 by check;Martha Ann Brooks-Myers, 3/6/63, poss cs pg 1>=4g<200g;Nicholas Spikes Kyles, 5/7/78,poss marij<2oz.

On Friday morning we had a callon CR 222 (Tiger Creek Road) re-garding a man on a utility polestealing wire. As he cut the poweroff, he had his girlfriend drivedown the road as his lookout. Hewas convicted of this same crimeseveral years ago; it was a misde-meanor then but it will be a felonythis time. It’s still too hot to beturning the power off on people.

About the same time of this call,we received another call on CR228 concerning two women fight-ing but it turned out to be only

verbal. Shortly thereafter a manfrom Evadale called in to say hecame home to find an intruder in

his house. The homeowner wasable to keep the intruder there untilan officer arrived, the intruder saidhe was just there for food andshelter.

There was a car stolen in Bunaon Friday night and located onSaturday in Bessmay. The officerhad to use his taser on the perpe-trator to get him in compliance.

When the guy got to jail weasked him if he was drunk and hesaid he had been but that the taserhad sobered him right up; statedhe never wanted to go throughthat again – cooperation is the key.

Traffic on the County roads ispicking up as hunters are getting

ready for hunting season; you cantell by the number of empty cornsacks on the roadways.

Please leave the County at leastas clean as you found it; remem-ber you wouldn’t want anyone totrash your neighborhood.

Hunt responsibly, it’s abouthaving a good time and makinggood memories.

We got wet at the ball game Fri-day night, it came a soaker!

District will start soon and I en-courage everyone to turn out insupport of their favorite highschool team; also be careful trav-eling to and from the games.

We have 78 in jail this morning

and several weekenders whocome in on Friday and leave onSunday. They are sitting out theirfines and this causes a lot of ex-tra paperwork but allows the in-dividual to keep their jobs andthese days if you’ve got a job yousure want to keep it.

The weather is supposed tochange to near perfect so get outand enjoy it. We are gearing upfor our Spook House fund-raiserwhich kicks off the beginning ofour fund-raisers for our BlueSanta Program.

It’s hard to believe, Christmaswill be here before we know it.Time waits on no one.

Sheriff’s NewsBy Jasper County Sheriff Mitchel Newman

The number of Texas studentstaking the ACT college admis-sions test reached an all-time highthis year, with Hispanic participa-tion doubling over the past fiveyears.

The composite score on theACT was 20.8, which was un-changed from last year eventhough 8,611 more Texans took thetest.

The test results also showedthat Texans in the Class of 2012were better prepared for collegealgebra courses than were stu-dents nationally.

Forty-eight percent of the Texasstudents met the ACT collegereadiness benchmark on the math-ematics test, which indicates a 50percent chance of obtaining a Bor higher in a college course or a75 percent chance of obtaining atleast a grade of C.

Nationally, 46 percent of thetest takers met this same ACTbenchmark.

ACT participation in Texas grew

by 39 percent between 2008 and2012, compared to a 17 percentincrease nationally. A total of110,180 students in the Texasgraduating Class of 2012 took theACT compared to 79,050 in 2008.

Nationally, the number of testtakers rose from 1.42 million to1.67 million during this period.

The growth in Texas was par-ticularly strong for two studentgroups.

The number of Hispanic stu-dents who took the ACT rose from20,198 in 2008 to 40,827 in 2012.The number of Asian students inTexas who took the exam rosefrom 2,897 to 4,746 during thisfive-year period.

Even with the rapid rise in par-ticipation, the composite testscore for Texans rose from 20.7 in2008 to 20.8 today. The score hasbeen stable since 2009. The 2012national score this year was 21.1,unchanged from 2008 levels.

A perfect score on the ACT is36.

ACT testing on the rise