By Michael V. Hannigan A San Antonio atheist recently became the newest participant in Henderson County’s apparently-not-confined-to-Christmas nativity scene controversy. Patrick Greene this week emailed a letter to all members of Commissioners’ Court threatening a lawsuit if the nativity scene is not moved to private property. In an email interview with The Malakoff News, Greene
Dear Editor, My name is Patrick Greene. I live with my wife of 33 years Karen. We live in San Antonio. Mr. Richard Riehn wrote a letter to the editor on Dec. 20th last year, defending the Nativity scene and how Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers
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The University Interscholastic League (UIL) conducted its bi-annual realignment Thursday. Here’s where area schools landed: Malakoff Football (Div. I, District 7-2A): Malakoff, Eustace, Grand Saline, Kemp, Lone Oak, Quitman, Winnsboro. Basketball (Div. I, District 13-2A): Malakoff, Dallas Faith Family, Dallas Life Oak Cliff, Eustace, Kemp, Palmer, Red Oak Life, Scurry-Rosser Cross Roads Football (Div. I,
By Lyn Dunsavage Special to The News Gardens filled with sculptures by internationally famous artists, including James Surls, will be open to the public Saturday, April 28 as a portion of an art tour starting in Malakoff and including a “drive-about” portion to focus on studios, galleries, and shops representing approximately 70 professional artists in
Feb
17
Posted by : | On : February 17, 2012
By Barbara Gartman
MediaOne L.L.C.
TOOL – Tool City Councilman Dennis Jay Candage died at his home suddenly, early Tuesday.
Candage has served on the Tool City Council since May, 2010.
He and his wife, Nancy, were married Nov. 6, 2010. The couple resided in Paradise Bay.
Candage had lived in the area for 40 years, always
Feb
09
Posted by : | On : February 9, 2012
Students from Malakoff Elementary School made Valentine’s Day cards as part of the Valentines for Veterans program, which delivers the cards to “ hospitalized veterans at the Dallas Veterans Administration Medical Center, local VFW and American Legion posts, and active duty military service members visiting the USO Center at DFW International Airport.” Above, fifth-graders deliver their cards to Amy Gould of Congressman Jeb Hensarling’s Athens office. Pictured are, front row from left, Cully McCoy, Brykell Killingsworth, Madelynn Dunklin, Everado Garcia, Dania Garcia, Keishan Walker; back row from left, Amy Gould, Mitchel Wisdom, Kinsey Leis, Kyler Anding, Fantasia Bryant, and MES Principal Ronny Snow. “These valentines are a great way to say thank you to the brave men and women who have made—and are still making—tremendous sacrifices to protect our freedom,” said Hensarling. “We need to let them know that we appreciate all that they have done for our country. I know each veteran who receives one of these cards will be happy to see how much our students care about them and care about America.”
Jan
06
Posted by : | On : January 6, 2012
Samantha Curry holds her daughter, Aleigia Shamlin, at ETMC Athens. Aleigia was the first baby to be born at the hospital in the new year. She arrived at 8:41 a.m. Jan 1, 2012, weighing 5 pounds, 5 ounces and 18-and-a-half inches long. She was also greeted by her father, Terry Shamlin, and older sister Leann Shamlin. They live in Malakoff. (Toni Garrard Clay Photo)
Dec
25
Posted by : | On : December 25, 2011
Jeris Hall looks ripped now, but after college this MHS grad tipped the scales at 293 pounds.
By Chip Souza
Special to The News
When Jeris Hall looked at the man in the mirror, he did not like what was looking back.
An athlete in high school and always one of the most popular students at Malakoff High, he was living the life of most college students: Lots of parties, late night fast-food and more parties.
Jeris Hall before changing his lifestyle.
Hall, now 29, was a junior at Texas A&M-Commerce in 2004, away from home for the first time. And he was soaking in every minute of the college experience.
“I loved it, loved being in college,” he says now. “I pledged to one of the biggest fraternities (Delta Tau Delta) on campus and had a lot of friends. I got caught up in being free.”
By the end of his first year of college, the former Tiger football player had gained 35 pounds, which is not uncommon for first-year students. For Hall, a former athlete and now not being involved in sports, along with the other social trappings of college life, were all factors
Dec
05
Posted by : | On : December 5, 2011
Stace Smith
From Staff Reports
Talk about consistent: Stace Smith Pro Rodeos of Henderson County was named the PRCA Stock Contractor of the Year at the Wrangler National Finals Rodeo last week.
That is the eighth consecutive year Smith has won the award. Only one other time in the award’s history has anyone won as many times.
Voting is by all contract personnel (announcers, pickup men, etc.), along with the stock contractors, rodeo committees (one vote per committee) and the top 100 contestants in each event.
According to the company’s website, Smith produces more PRCA rodeos than any other stock contractor in the Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association.
A long-time Henderson County resident, Smith has been a rodeo contestant, worked as a chute boss and was also a pickup man before becoming a stock contractor. In 2005, he was chosen as pickup man for the Texas Circuit finals.
Nov
25
Posted by : | On : November 25, 2011
By Gene Lehmann
Special to The News
Approximately 18 years ago, a new women’s basketball coach hired on at Trinity Valley Community College and one of his first visits was to the Athens Daily Review newsroom so he could meet sports editor and Malakoff native Benny Rogers.
I edited the newspaper in the small East Texas town. I had divorced
Nov
18
Posted by : | On : November 18, 2011
Kurt Budke
UPDATE: With statement from TVCC
Oklahoma State University officials confirmed this morning that head women’s basketball coach Kurt Budke was killed Thursday night in a plane crash in central Arkansas.
Also killed was assistant coach Miranda Serna and two others not associated with the university.
“The Oklahoma State family is devastated by this tragedy,” said OSU President Burns Hargis. “Our hearts and prayers go out to the families of Kurt Budke, Miranda Serna and the other victims.”
Budke is best known in Henderson County as the head coach of the Trinity Valley Community College Lady Cardinals from 1993-2000. During that time,
Nov
10
Posted by : | On : November 10, 2011
Cletus Haning’s little house in the woods.
Special to The News
Saturday, Nov. 12, from 1-4 p.m., the Greater Malakoff Garden Club is hosting a program called “A Step Back in Time,” which celebrates octogenarian Cleatus Barkley Haning’s contributions to the communities in which she’s lived and the replica of a turn-of-the-19th century house she built on her property (just west of the Malakoff High School). She has spent the last six months planning and constructing the house to teach her great grandchildren what life was “really” like without electricity or running water. She hopes they also will learn the lessons and values that the hardship and involvement with nature and fundamentals
Nov
10
Posted by : | On : November 10, 2011
Travis and Linda Tarkington will celebrate 50 years of marriage Nov. 10.
Special to The News
Travis and Linda Tarkington will celebrate 50 years together. They met at the Old Fiddler’s Reunion in Athens in 1961 and were married Nov. 10, 1961. They have five children: Carl Tarkington and Jenny of Terrapin Ridge; Selena Dalrymple and husband Billy Don of Aley; Connie Harrill and husband Rex of Canton, Neal Tarkington and wife Mandy of Arp; Bubba Yates and wife Lisa of Mabank. They have eight grandchildren: Brittany Fooks and husband
Nov
09
Posted by : | On : November 9, 2011
From Staff Reports
SFC Benny Don Rogers is finally coming home.
The Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office announced this week that the remains of the U.S. serviceman, missing in action from the Korean War for 61 years, have been identified and will be returned to his family.
Rogers will be laid to rest Saturday at Willow Springs Cemetery in Athens.
Rogers was 20 years old in November 1950 when he and almost 600 other 8th Cavalry Regiment
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