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Lady Roadrunner Soccer Places Four on All Region List Grimes, Dewbre Earn First-Team Nods

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Gary Stallard
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The Angelina College Lady Roadrunner soccer team set a new standard in 2018, winning 14 games and finishing third in the Region XIV conference standings while qualifying for the post-season tournament for the third straight year.

All that for a program that just celebrated its third birthday.

Following the team’s big year, the individual honors arrived in big numbers.

Lady ‘Runners Jerissa Grimes and Jade Dewbre earned Region XIV 1st Team All-Region honors, while Jasmin Keller and Bailey Bowers received Honorable Mention nods. Their accomplishments mark the most-ever post-season superlatives awarded for an AC soccer team.

Grimes, a sophomore from Cypress Hills High School in Cypress, Texas, finished with 19 goals in 17 games in 2018, establishing a new program record for goals in a season. She scored three hat tricks in 2018, and combined with her five goals in 2017, Grimes leaves as the all-time leading scorer in the program’s brief history with 24. She finished 2018 with 43 accumulated points.

Sophomore Dewbre was on her way to an even bigger season before an injury cut her year short. Still, she managed 15 goals in just 11 games, including a four-goal performance against Mountain View College on Sept. 2. She scored eight goals in 2017, giving her 23 for her two-year career. Dewbre accumulated 34 points in her abbreviated 2018 campaign.

Keller, a freshman forward from Schwarzenbach, Switzerland), scored seven goals and finished with eight assists while amassing 22 points. Bowers, a Brazoswood High School product from Lake Jackson scored six goals and finished with 14 points as a defender.

Grimes and Dewbre are expected to sign their letters of intent in the near future, while Keller and Bowers will anchor a strong returning lineup for the Lady Roadrunners in 2019.

The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

DON’T MESS WITH TEXAS TRASH-OFF EVENT SCHEDULED

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Rhonda Oaks
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The annual statewide Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off campaign is scheduled in the Lufkin District for Saturday, April 6, and motorists will see groups of volunteers on the roadsides joining forces to rid Texas roads of litter.

Volunteers and about 75 Adopt-A-Highway groups will be located throughout the nine-county district supporting this litter clean-up event. Drivers are urged to reduce speed and stay alert along state maintained highways where volunteers will be located.

The Don’t Mess With Texas Trash-Off is the single largest one day cleanup event statewide. It is the litter campaign’s signature annual event that began in 1985 and has grown to be recognized as the largest litter prevention event that works to improve communities. It is part of the national Keep America Beautiful’s Great American Cleanup campaign.

“Litter is a big problem in Texas and we are fortunate in our district to have many willing volunteers who help keep our roads free of trash,” said Rhonda Oaks, public information officer. “More than 435 million pieces of litter accumulate across our state each year. Littering is illegal and those who choose to litter should be aware that fines for littering range from $500 to $2,000.”

To find out more information about becoming an Adopt-A-Highway volunteer, visit www.TxDOT.gov/volunteer, call 936-633-4321 or contact Rhonda.Oaks@txdot.gov or (936) 633-4395.

ALERT

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Rhonda Oaks
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Motorists will experience lane closures on FM 1271 (Old Union Road) in Angelina County beginning today and continuing throughout this week as crews work to level up pavement. Traffic control is in place. Please respect this busy work zone. Reduce speed and expect delays.

No 17 Lady Roadrunners Power Way to Sweep of NTCC Garrett, Cernosek Each Homer Twice in Twin Bill

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Gary Stallard
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Angelina College’s Riley Garrett (5) celebrates after her three-run homer in the opener of Sunday’s doubleheader against Northeast Texas Community College. The 17th-ranked Lady Roadrunners swept the Lady Eagles 8-3 and 14-4 at the Larry Phillips Family Sports Complex in Lufkin. (Gary Stallard photo)

It wasn’t quite the same as this past week’s 36-run, 36-hit offensive performance against Paris Junior College, but Sunday’s sweep was equally impressive.

Angelina College’s 17th-ranked Lady Roadrunners practiced patience at the plate, moving runners station-to-station until the big bats came alive in sweeping Northeast Texas Community College 8-3 and 14-4 Sunday at the Larry Phillips Family Sports Complex in Lufkin.

Riley Garrett homered in each game of the twin bill, and Emilee Cernosek homered twice in the nightcap to lead AC to its eighth win in the past nine games. Kaylee Ancelot launched her team-leading ninth homer in the second game.

The Lady ‘Runners spent most of the first game trying to solve Lady Eagle pitching, scratching out runs on Cernosek’s RBI single in the first inning and Tristin Anders’ RBI double and sacrifice flies from Ancelot and Cernosek in the third.

The 4-2 AC lead held up through the fifth inning, when Garett blasted a long three-run homer following Anders’ second RBI double of the game.

Lady ‘Runner pitcher Shelby Mixon finished with a complete-game win, pushing her season record to 8-1.

AC hitters were just as patient in the nightcap but were able to jump out to a quicker start thanks to Cernosek’s three-run bomb in the bottom of the first. NTCC took a 4-3 lead in the fifth, only to have AC’s Ancelot put the Lady ‘Runners back on top with a three-run blast in the bottom of the frame. Garrett cleared the scoreboard in right field with a two-run shot in the top of the sixth, and Cernosek walked it off with a three-run homer for the final 14-4 margin of victory.

McKenna Fryar earned her 10th pitching win of the season, scattering six hits over six innings.

The Lady Roadrunners (20-6, 7-3) travel to Alvin College on Tuesday for a doubleheader scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.

The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

Valerie Runnels – Canned Goods at the Angelina County Fair

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Cary Sims
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Valerie Runnels is the daughter of Cathy Lott and Chris Runnels. She is 12 years old and a 7th grader at Zavalla Jr. High. Valerie has one older sister, Rozalinn, who is a junior in High School.

It’s obvious that Valerie loves to cook as she has participated in the Family & Consumer Sciences division at the Angelina County Fair for seven years.

“The first thing I ever canned was Candy Apple Jelly. It has Red-Hots as an ingredient, and I made it over the Christmas Holidays with my mom” says Valerie. She continues, “Next I made Dewberry Jelly, Paddington Tangelo Marmalade, and then Red Onion Marmalade.” She explains, “The last one isn’t sweet – it’s a savory marmalade.”

She began as a Clover Kid (pre-4-H membership age) and last year was honored with Best of Show Cheesecake at the County Fair. This year she is showing cookies but wanted to enter the canning show after watching her mom canning at home.

Valerie says the most difficult part is “Waiting for the water to come to a full rolling boil to process the jars, and my favorite part is hearing the jar lids ‘pop.’ Then, you know you have been successful.” Lids on home canned items have a distinctive popping noise when they cool and seal properly.

As an integral part of her efforts, Valerie has learned safe food presentation methods, types of canning methods, different recipes, and the benefits of food preservation.

She says the best part of the project is spending time with her mom, and tasting new recipes for other canning ideas. She takes her food preservation from the very beginning, in their family garden.

She is also entering the salsa competition. Valerie truly enjoys sharing her salsa and canning with several teachers and family friends. Her mom says she’s learning to politely ask for her jars to be returned so she can use them again!

It should be abundantly clear: this busy 7th grade young lady loves to cook.

“I love to cook in the County Fair.” she says, “I love to compete and see what others make. I like that a lot!”

Cathy says about the experience, “I want my daughter to gain life skills through learning to preserve food and how to share her creations with others.” She emphasizes, “I also want her to enjoy our time together in the kitchen.”

While they are certain if the adult and youth canning competitions are separate or combined together. Valerie wants to compete against her mom because “I’m really planning on beating my mom!”

Valerie serves as the Zavalla 4-H Club treasurer, she participates in the District 4-H Food Challenge competition and also shows rabbits at the County Fair competition. In school, Valerie plays basketball, runs track and is a cheerleader.

This year’s Jams, Jelly, & Salsa Show at the Angelina County Fair will be on Thursday, April 18 starting at 11 am in the Special Events room at the George H. Henderson Expo. The entire County Fair is from Monday, April 15 thru Saturday, April 20 concluding with the sale on Saturday evening. The auction will be Saturday evening in the main arena starting at 4 pm.

An Update from Trent Ashby

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Joshua Blackwell
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With every legislative session, there comes a whole host of new ideas, opportunities, and priorities. Given the unique challenges facing each member’s district and the thousands of proposals to address our state’s most pressing issues, it’s sometimes difficult to determine which issues will rise to the top of the heap. One of the best barometers for the priorities that will define each legislative session can be found in the only bill that the Legislature is constitutionally required to pass — the state’s biennial budget.

Legislative Update

After over 12 hours of debate on the House floor, the Texas House overwhelmingly approved two pieces of legislation that will determine how we appropriate our state’s resources. The first, Senate Bill 500, is a supplemental bill that will shore up expenses for state programs through the end of the current fiscal year. Some of the highlights of this bill include: $1.3 billion to shore up our teacher pension system and a thirteenth check for our retired teachers, nearly $3 billion to reimburse school districts and state agencies for Hurricane Harvey recovery, and nearly $2 million for state mental hospital improvements.

The second bill we considered this week, House Bill 1, represents the House’s proposal on how the state should allocate our taxpayer dollars for the next biennium. At just under 1000 pages and with over 300 possible amendments, this legislation was debated until the early hours of the morning and ultimately passed with unanimous support. While this legislation has many positive components, some of the most notable parts of the bill directly impact public education and property tax relief. The House invested additional funds towards school districts and property tax relief, both of which are contingent on the passage of House Bill 3. The bill also provides funding to continue our state’s effort to beef up border security, combat human trafficking, increase access to mental healthcare, strengthen state park funding, and bolster efforts to eradicate feral hogs and invasive aquatic plants such as Giant Salvania, just to highlight a few areas. This legislation is a testament to the countless hours and months of hard work that members of the House Appropriations Committee and the Texas House have put into this document. As a strong fiscal conservative, I’m proud this budget addresses our state’s most pressing needs while being fiscally responsible and remaining below the constitutional spending limits without exceeding population plus inflation.

Reminders

The mobile office is on the road this month and looks forward to seeing you on the following dates, in the following locations: April 3rd the Leon County Courthouse in Centerville from 9:00-11:00am, or at the Madison County Courthouse Annex in Madisonville from 1:30-3:30pm; April

17th at the Houston County Courthouse Annex in Crockett from 9:00-11am, or at the Trinity County Courthouse in Groveton from 1:30-3:30pm; and finally on April 24th at the San Augustine County Courthouse in San Augustine from 9:00-11:00am.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact our office if we can help you in any way. Our district office may be reached at (936) 634-2762, or you can call my Capitol office at (512) 463-0508.

No 17 Lady Roadrunners Pound Paris in Sweep Anders Drives in Eight Runs in Two Games

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Gary Stallard
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Makayla Rodger (10) of Angelina College heads home after her walk-off grand slam in Thursday’s opener against Paris College. The No. 17 Lady Roadrunners’ pounded out a 14-3, 22-1 sweep at the Larry Phillips Family Sports Complex in Lufkin. (Gary Stallard/AC Press photo)

For a full four innings of Thursday’s doubleheader opener against Paris College, Angelina College hitters couldn’t get the wind to cooperate.

With a hard breeze blowing straight into batters’ faces all day long, the hard-hitting Lady Roadrunners watched several potential homers die as outs against the outfield fence.

Then the 17th-ranked Lady ‘Runners switched tactics to a small-ball approach and ended up scoring 36 runs in a 14-3, 22-1 sweep of the Lady Dragons at the Larry Phillips Family Sports Complex in Lufkin.

Trailing 3-1 in the fourth inning of the first game, AC’s ladies began bunting their way aboard. After Nikki Whitehead’s two-run double – set up in part with a bunt single from Jessica Husband – Tristin Anders scored Husband on a suicide squeeze, and Whitehead caught the Dragon defense off-guard long enough to score from second on the same play.

Those short-range hits ignited the offense for the rest of the day, with Makayla Rodger finishing off the opener with a grand-slam in bottom of the fifth for the 14-3 win.

The bats didn’t cool off one bit in the nightcap, with Anders driving in six runs herself, including a bases-loaded triple in the second inning. Anders would finish the doubleheader with eight RBI. Kaylee Ancelot drove in five runs in the second game, and Husband added three more RBI.

Shelby Mixon earned the pitching win in the first game, while McKenna Fryar picked up the win in the nightcap. Kacy Capps pitched a scoreless fifth inning in AC’s 22-1 final.

The Lady Roadrunners (18-6, 5-3) are scheduled to host Northeast Texas Community College in a Saturday doubleheader scheduled for a 1 p.m. start.

The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

Angelina Youth Advocate for TEXAS Tobacco 21

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Joshua Blackwell
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Angelina County T21 Youth Ambassadors in front of the Texas State Capitol. From left: Kayla Warner, Alex Sanchez, Kellen Kruk, Jazmine Jamison and Maddie Howard

Five Angelina County youth visited the Texas State Capitol to advocate for tobacco control legislation, including bills to stop the sale of tobacco, including e-cigarettes and JUUL, to their peers under age 21. In addition to scheduled visits in offices, the entire T21 youth group from across the state (21 of them total) canvassed the Capitol and dropped off information packets to every representative and senator.

Since 1988, The Coalition has focused on eliminating the use of harmful substances by affecting public policy, laws, attitudes and behaviors, all in an effort to foster healthy life-long choices for the local community. For more information on tobacco 21, visit www.texas21.org and for information about the Drug-Free All Stars, contact Abby Baker at The Coalition at 936-634-9308.

WORLD-RENOWNED DANCE COMPANY TO PEFORM AT TEMPLE THEATER

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Joshua Blackwell
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LUFKIN, TX. The Angelina Arts Alliance is proud to present the world-renowned dance company Pilobolus in Shadowland the New Adventure live Tuesday, April 9, at the Temple Theater on the Angelina College Campus. The show begins at 7:30 p.m.

Pilobolus is a rebellious dance company. For 45 years, Pilobolus has tested the limits of human physicality to explore the beauty and the power of connected bodies. They continue to bring this tradition to global audiences through our post-disciplinary collaborations with some of the greatest influencers, thinkers, and creators in the world. Now, in their digitally driven and increasingly mediated landscape, they also reach beyond performance to teach people how to connect through designed live experiences. They bring decades of expertise telling stories with the human form to show diverse communities, brands, and organizations how to maximize group creativity, solve problems, create surprise, and generate joy through the power of nonverbal communication.

Pilobolus has created and toured over 120 pieces of repertory to more than 65 countries. They currently perform their work for over 300,000 people across the U.S. and around the world each year. In the last year, Pilobolus was featured on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC’s TODAY Show, MTV’s Video Music Awards, The Harry Connick Show, ABC’s The Chew, and the CW Network’s Penn & Teller: Fool Us. Pilobolus has been recognized with many prestigious honors, including a TED Fellowship, a 2012 Grammy® Award Nomination, a Primetime Emmy® Award for Outstanding Achievement in Cultural Programming, and several Cannes Lion Awards at the International Festival of Creativity. In 2015, Pilobolus was named one of Dance Heritage Coalition’s “Irreplaceable Dance Treasures”. Pilobolus has collaborated with more than 75 brands and organizations in finance, retail, media, fashion, sports, and more to create bespoke performances for television, film, and live events.

“The Angelina Arts Alliance strives to bring the best in touring entertainment to Lufkin! It’s how we fulfill our mission to enrich, entertain and educate by presenting and promoting the performing arts. Don’t miss this show!” said Jennifer Allen, Executive Director of the Angelina Arts Alliance.

For more information and to purchase tickets visit the Temple Theater Box Office on the Angelina College Lufkin campus, Monday through Friday 11 am – 5 pm or call (936) 633-5454, or go online at www.angelinaarts.org . Details and video clips for this performance and the entire new season are on the Arts Alliance website. Follow Angelina Arts Alliance on Facebook for late-breaking news, photos, videos and ticket giveaways.

Angelina College offers FREE RUSH tickets to every AC student (with a valid student ID) for all Performing Arts Series performances this season. Students may obtain their free tickets by arriving at the box office no earlier than one hour before show time. All AC Faculty and Staff receive a 15% discount on all Performing Arts Series performances.

The Angelina Arts Alliance is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization whose mission is to present a wide array of diverse, quality performing arts, along with educational and family performances which collectively enrich, engage and educate the community.

Tobacco Cessation Classes Starting in April

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Joshua Blackwell
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The Coalition, Inc. is partnering with CHI St. Luke’s Health-Memorial Lufkin to provide FREE cessation classes to adults that want to quit smoking. There are many benefits for people who stop smoking including, reduced risk of tobacco-related diseases and early death. With support and encouragement, you can double your chances of successfully quitting. The Freshstart program can be your start to a new life without cigarettes! The program consists of a 1- hour session each week for 4 weeks. Participants will receive a free workbook plus the support and guidance of a trained facilitator. Classes begin April 8th and continue each Monday evening through April 29th, 2019. Class time will be 5:30PM – 6:30PM. To register, please call The Coalition at 634-9308.

Since 1988, The Coalition, Inc. has focused on eliminating the use of harmful substances by affecting public policy, laws, attitudes and behaviors, all in an effort to foster healthy life-long choices for the local community. The Coalition is one of the oldest substance abuse prevention community coalitions in the United States. For more information, contact The Coalition at 936-634-9308.

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