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Angelina College Softball Showcasing Jr. High Games

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Misty Boggs
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Hudson Middle School’s Cammi Slaga slides home with a run during Tuesday’s game against Central at Angelina College. The Lady Roadrunner softball team will be showcasing middle school games each Tuesday over the next several weeks. (AC Athletics/Gary Stallard)

Lady ‘Runners Hosting Tuesday Middle School Contests at Roadrunner Complex

Hudson Middle School’s Morgan Mayo drives a ball into right field during Tuesday’s game against Central at Angelina College. The Lady Roadrunner softball team will be showcasing middle school games each Tuesday over the next several weeks. (AC Athletics/Gary Stallard)
Hudson Middle School’s Morgan Mayo drives a ball into right field during Tuesday’s game against Central at Angelina College. The Lady Roadrunner softball team will be showcasing middle school games each Tuesday over the next several weeks. (AC Athletics/Gary Stallard)

Softball is a spring sport. That is, unless you’re a young lady who can’t wait that long to put the gloves and bats to work.

With more area schools forming middle school teams to serve as feeders for the high school programs, fall now means softball will get an earlier start than ever.

And what better place to play some of these games than at the home of a national champion?

The Angelina College Lady Roadrunner softball team will for the next several weeks be showcasing middle school games every Tuesday at Roadrunner Complex on the AC campus. This past week, Hudson and Central squared off on the diamond, with AC softball players present to assist in the proceedings.

AC softball associate head coach Barbi Mattson said the events are a way to express gratitude for the community support the Lady Roadrunners receive each season while helping to promote the ever-growing sport of softball.

“This is a way for us to give back to the younger players in the area,” Mattson said. “They’ve been great in supporting our Lady Roadrunner teams these past few years, and we want to do our part to show they’re appreciated.”

Scheduled games at AC include the following:

Sept. 20 – Hudson vs. Waskom, Diboll (5:30/7 p.m.); Sept. 27 – Woden vs. Waskom, Huntington (5:30/7 p.m.); Oct. 4 – Hudson vs. Waskom, Huntington (5:30/7 p.m.); Oct. 11 – Central vs. Huntington, 6/7 p.m.; Oct. 18 – Central vs. Hudson (5:30/7 p.m.).

Roadrunner Basketball Team Tips off Read-A-Thon at Trout Elementary

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Misty Boggs
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Angelina College basketball players Gary Blackston (right) and Malcolm Evans prepare to read to Trout Elementary students. The Roadrunner basketball program tipped off its “Roadrunner Read-a-Thon” on Friday, a program in which the coaches and players will visit and read to area elementary schools. (AC Athletics photo/Gary Stallard)

Program Will Visit Area Schools in Coming Weeks

Angelina College players Gary Blackston and Malcolm Evans settled their basketball-sized frames in chairs sized for tiny elementary school students, they were prepared to read “Are Pirates Polite?” to some Trout Elementary School youngsters.

However, after introducing themselves and mentioning their home towns, the lesson became both a reading and geography lesson.

Blackston told the class he’s from Baltimore, Maryland and Evans described his home town of Jackson, Mississippi. To the kids from Lufkin, the big guys in front of them may have well have been from another country.

Angelina College basketball player Josiah Garges (right) and manager Xontavier Williams read to Trout Elementary students. The Roadrunner basketball program tipped off its “Roadrunner Read-a-Thon” on Friday, a program in which the coaches and players will visit and read to area elementary schools. (AC Athletics photo/Gary Stallard)
Angelina College basketball player Josiah Garges (right) and manager Xontavier Williams read to Trout Elementary students. The Roadrunner basketball program tipped off its “Roadrunner Read-a-Thon” on Friday, a program in which the coaches and players will visit and read to area elementary schools. (AC Athletics photo/Gary Stallard)

Blackston and Evans were present Friday at Trout to help the Roadrunner basketball team tip off its “Roadrunner Read-a-Thon” program. For the next several weeks, AC coaches and players will visit various elementary schools in the area, with both groups volunteering to read to the young students in an effort to promote individual reading skills.

AC head coach Kyle Manary told the students he reads to his own children every night and every morning.

“To be whatever you want to be when you grow up, you’ve got to train your brain, and there’s no better way to do that than by reading,” Manary explained. “Besides all the cool stuff you learn, it’s just fun.” Manary’s e-mail address is kmanary@angelina.edu.

The Roadrunners will tip off their regular season at home on Tuesday, Nov. 1. The game against Victoria College will start at 7 p.m.

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

Alexander To Exhibit Works of Art At Angelina College

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Misty Boggs
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Angelina College is showcasing the works of art instructor Le’Anne Alexander from Oct. 3-24. An opening reception is scheduled for Oct. 4 from 6-7:30 p.m. in the ACA gallery. The exhibition, “Paesaggi” is a series of oil paintings inspired by Alexander’s travels through Italy.

A Lufkin native, Alexander has worked and studied art in New York City as well as at Stephen F. Austin State University, where she finished her Master of Fine Arts degree.

Her paintings have been exhibited in major galleries and universities in the U. S., and have won distinguished awards in juried exhibitions. In recent years she has expanded her scope and created her own mobile art Gallery, the first nonprofit mobile gallery dedicated to education in East Texas.

This summer Alexander traveled to Italy and facilitated Angelina College’s cultural agreement with the arts university, Libera Academia di Belle Arte (LABA), in Florence. She delivered LABA students’ artworks back to them and received our students’ artworks to return them here to AC. LABA’s students’ works were shown here in the AC gallery last fall while AC’s students works were shown in Florence at LABA, marking Angelina College’s first international exchange event.

For more information about Angelina College’s Fine Arts division and season offerings, call (936) 633-5233 or visit www.angelina.edu.

Lufkin/Beaumont Districts Plan Open House

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Rhonda Oaks
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The Texas Department of Transportation’s Lufkin and Beaumont districts will host an Open House from 4-7 p.m., Sept. 27 at the Shepherd High School Cafeteria, 1 Pirate Lane, Shepherd, Texas. The event will allow the public the opportunity to view the proposed US 59 upgrade from Shepherd to Cleveland (future I-69).

The event will offer maps and exhibits for review by the public in a come and go format with TxDOT officials available to answer questions and explain the project development process. The planned upgrade will meet interstate standards between the city of Shepherd in San Jacinto County and the city of Cleveland in Liberty County.

TxDOT is proposing to upgrade existing US 59 by constructing frontage roads and overpasses from FM 2914 near Shepherd to the north end of the Cleveland Relief Route. The project will meet interstate standards for future possible designation as I-69 and would:

  • Enhance safety and improve mobility along US 59
  • Provide a more efficient hurricane evacuation route
  • Provide system connectivity to I-69 which is a 1,600 mile national highway connecting Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. I-69 also provides access to inland ports and seaports along the Gulf Coast.

Funding for the preliminary development of this project has been allocated, which includes environmental studies, schematic design and right-of-way acquisition. No construction funding has been identified at this time.

A virtual Open House will be available online for viewing for those unable to attend. Comments will be accepted through Oct. 7. To view the proposed upgrade for US 59 from Shepherd to Cleveland, visit the Lufkin District projects page at http://www.txdot.gov/inside-txdot/projects/studies/lufkin.html.

Lady Roadrunner Softball Showcasing Middle School Softball At AC

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Gary Stallard
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Hudson Middle School’s Morgan Mayo drives a ball into right field during Tuesday’s game against Central at Angelina College. The Lady Roadrunner softball team will be showcasing middle school games each Tuesday over the next several weeks. (AC Athletics/Gary Stallard)

Softball is a spring sport. That is, unless you’re a young lady who can’t wait that long to put the gloves and bats to work.

With more area schools forming middle school teams to serve as feeders for the high school programs, fall now means softball will get an earlier start than ever.

And what better place to play some of these games than at the home of a national champion?

The Angelina College Lady Roadrunner softball team will for the next several weeks be showcasing middle school games every Tuesday at Roadrunner Complex on the AC campus. This past week, Hudson and Central squared off on the diamond, with AC softball players present to assist in the proceedings.

AC softball associate head coach Barbi Mattson said the events are a way to express gratitude for the community support the Lady Roadrunners receive each season while helping to promote the ever-growing sport of softball.

“This is a way for us to give back to the younger players in the area,” Mattson said. “They’ve been great in supporting our Lady Roadrunner teams these past few years, and we want to do our part to show they’re appreciated.”

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

Lufkin Pro Day Honors Professional Athletes From Lufkin

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Grace Baldwin
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The Lufkin Pro Day Group is hosting the 7th annual Pro Day Banquet at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 29 at the Lufkin Convention Center. This year’s banquet will honor three former Lufkin High School graduates who have become professional athletes.

Jovorskie Lane graduated from Texas A&M and has played for the NFL in Miami and Tampa Bay as a running back. Tray Hearne graduated from Texas A&M Corpus Christi and has played for the MLB on the St. Louis Cardinals as a pitcher. The late Pete Runnels graduated from Rice University and has played for MLB in Washington, Boston, and Houston as an infielder.

There will be a reception with the honorees, media, Lufkin Pro Day Group, and Champion Sponsors before the banquet to provide an opportunity to meet the honorees for interviews and pictures.

Tickets are $30 for individuals. Packages include the Coach Sponsorship and MVP Sponsorship. The Coach Sponsorship is $250 for four tickets, and the MVP Sponsorship is $500 for a table of eight.

Register and RSVP for tickets here.

Tips To Help Keep Skin Cancer In Check

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Grace Baldwin
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September is National Skin Cancer Awareness Month, and it is a great time to look at ways to make sure your skin is still cancer free as the summer slowly ends.

Being able to examine one’s own skin is crucial to making sure skin cancer is caught before it progresses very far. One in every five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

“The American Academy of Dermatology reports that skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the country,” explains Katherine Goldman, celebrity esthetician/waxologist and owner of the Stript Wax Bar. “The good news is that there are plenty of things we can do to help minimize the risks of getting it.”

Skin cancer develops when skin cells are damaged by tanning beds or sunlight. The damaged cells multiply rapidly and form a tumor. Skin cancer is fast acting, so it is important to be able to learn how to read the signs and seek medical treatment.

Here are a few tips to keep in mind when conducting a self examination:

  • Twice a year, conduct a self examination of the entire body.
  • While examining the entire body, look for moles, birthmarks, beauty marks, or any brown marks.
  • Once the marks have been identified, monitor whether they change in color, size, or texture. Pay close attention to any spots that are irregularly shaped or that are larger than the size of a pencil eraser.
  • In particular, look for skin growths that appear brown, black, translucent, pearly, or multicolored. Also, look for spots that may be sore, hurt, itchy, bleeding, or scabbed.
  • If any spots are found that meet this criteria, be sure to have them checked by a doctor.

“Along with regular examinations, it’s important to protect the skin from the start,” added Goldman. “We need to take measures from the start to help keep our skin safe from the sun and to choose safer tanning options. Our spray tanning is very popular, looks great, and helps people avoid the UV light risks.”

There are 419,000 cases of skin cancer each year that are linked to indoor tanning, despite the information available about the dangers of tanning beds.

Keep informed on the causes of skin cancer. Take precautions to limit the danger to your skin, and remember to conduct self examinations to stop skin cancer in its tracks.

Grown-Up Grilled Cheese

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Megan Whitworth
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Remember when grilled cheese meant nothing more than bread, cheese and butter? It turns out that’s all just a starting point for this cheesy hand held favorite. Help your grilled cheeses grow up by stacking them high with all kinds of fun add-ins, such as banana, kale, and meatballs. With just a little creativity, grilled cheese can mature into a cheesy meal worthy of lunch, dinner and even dessert!

Try these grown-up grilled cheese recipes from The Hudson for a tasty twist on a kid favorite.

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Funkey Monkey
Bananas
Peanut Butter
Nutella
Wheat Bread
(and yeah, we know there’s not actual cheese in this one)

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Cloudy With a Chance of Sandwich
Rustic Whole Grain Bread
Chicken Quinoa Meatballs
Fontina
Provolone
Parmesan
Red Pepper
Tomato Sauce
Basilgrillcheese3

The Door Guy Loves me
White Bread
Turkey
Swiss
Tomato
Spinach
Bacon
Monterey Jack and/or Havarti

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Jalapeno Popper
Artisan White Bread
Sautéed Jalapenos
Cheddar Cheese
Monterey Jack Cheese
Cream Cheesegrillcheese5

Grilled Mac & Cheese
Rustic Artisan Whole Wheat Bread
Hudson Jalapeno Mac & Cheese
Note* Toast on the INSIDE of the bread before assembling so the sandwich
Served with a pickle

What’s In: Natural Beauty

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Neena Mitchell
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It’s 2016 and, contrary to what you may see in the media and around you in everyday life, more is not always the best. In fact, that old saying, ‘less is more,’ describes exactly what you will be seeing in beauty and fashion this season. As we’re about to enter into fall, I’m going to let you in on a little secret: Natural beauty is back in style.

I know that probably shocked you, especially since the media does nothing but advertise the beauty habits of the rich and famous, but I’m here to walk you through it. Most of the latest trends in fashion involve something open, ripped, cutout, transparent, mini, cropped, etc. We’ve become obsessed with diminishing the amount of clothing we wear while still looking presentable and fashionable. Similar things are happening in the world of makeup and beauty.

Yes, it was popular (and still is) to contour/highlight your face and dress it up with a dramatic eye and bold lip. But going into this new style season, sophisticated makeup styles are making an exit and going au naturale is coming back – kind of.

When I say natural, I use the term loosely. This look doesn’t involve leaving the house without an ounce of makeup on. Actually, this look involves using makeup to create an au naturale effect. Here are some ways to do it:

Keep your skin healthy. Wash, moisturize, and protect, by using a 800-6282-12concealer, primer or concealer with SPF.

Get a good primer. Primer further protects the skin by absorbing oils and covering larger pores.

Liquid foundation. Liquid foundation tends to blend better with skin as opposed to a powder foundation that just sits on top of the skin.
No heavy or dark shades. Lightly apply mascara, avoid heavy eyeliner (or eyeliner altogether), and gently fill in brows.

Natural/Earthy tones & shades. If eye shadow is applied, it should be in soft and subtle shades that are similar to skin tone. The same applies to blush.

By following these tips you’ll be able to jump in with the season’s newest beauty trend.

 

Local Church To Hold Festival Of Fellowship, Praise

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Grace Baldwin
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Cross Road Baptist Church, located on Old Union Road in Hudson, Texas, is holding a Festival of Fellowship and Praise from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 8.

“I have been wanting to do an event like the Festival of Fellowship and Praise for about three years but just didn’t know how or even where to start,” Cross Road’s praise and worship pastor Chuck Haner said. “Well, none of that has changed, but I decided ‘What the heck? Do a lot of praying and let God lead the way.'”

With live music, free food, refreshments, testimony, a time for planning community outreach, and more, the festival will be an opportunity for many people from around East Texas to network, fellowship, and enjoy a fall day in Texas. The event is family friendly, and all ages are encouraged to attend.

“I have long wondered what might be accomplished if all of the Christians within a community worked collectively to reach those who are lost and tell them about the good news that is Jesus Christ,” Haner said. “Reaching those that are lost should be of the utmost importance to any Christian. For, after all, Jesus himself commissioned us to ‘go forth and make disciples,’ and we shouldn’t concern ourselves with where someone goes to church, just that they go to church.”

The festival is free of charge. Haner and Cross Road invite any church praise band that wants to play and anyone who wishes to donate their time and/or supplies to contact the church at 936-875-2810.

Check out the Festival of Fellowship and Praise Saturday, Oct. 8, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Cross Road Baptist Church on 5814 Old Union Road in Hudson.

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