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Kelberlau Campaigning for County Sheriff Conservator of the Peace Williamson County will be choosing a

new Sheriff in the upcoming election. Candidate Bill Kelberlau says he believes he has a refreshing take on what being Sheriff means, noting, “The Sheriff is elected and must always work for the citizens, not the government.” Kelberlau, a sixth generation Texan, grew up in McAllen and has been in Williamson County since 1979. He describes himself as a long range thinker, and says, “I achieved my goal of early retirement while completing dual military and civilian careers, all while raising a family.” Retirement was short lived for Kelberlau, however. Less than three weeks after officially retiring from a 28-year career which included Texas Instruments/Raytheon, his phone began to ring. Thus began a consulting career in which he was tasked to solve complex problems for companies, a goal he says he accomplished, delivering the requested solutions in about one third of the time allotted. “Running for Sheriff is an elected law enforcement position, and people often ask us, as candidates, about our law enforcement background.” Kelberlau explains that his career has intersected many domains of law, pointing to his experience in Naval Intelligence. “I was educated in the Uniform Code of Military Justice, tactical intelligence, international law, and Naval Criminal Investigative Services, plus experience with the Drug Enforcement Agency in international operations,” he elaborates, asserting that this experience affords him a view of law enforcement as a seasoned Naval Intelligence Officer who protected and defended all citizens of the United States from major threats to freedom and liberty. While most of his career experience has been engaged in the ‘big picture’ of law enforcement, at one point he was involved in a child molestation case in north Texas. With the case dragging, Kelberlau says he made recommendations to the Sheriff’s

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department, and, “immediately after, they acted on that information; and 48 hours later, the case was closed.” “Being a constitutional Sheriff will require me to always be available to the citizens, as well as the employees of the jail and law enforcement operations,” says

Kelberlau. “Since the twelfth century in England, little has changed about what was then referred to as the shire reeve. He was the ultimate authority, enforcer, and protector of the shire and its rulers. With the successful revolution in our country, See Kelberlau, page 5

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Seeds of Strength, a women’s giving circle in Georgetown, has begun accepting grant applications for 2016. The deadline for all applications is Jan 15. Organizations serving clients in the GISD attendance area, are incorporated in the State of Texas, and are tax-exempt under Section 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Service Code, are eligible for funding. Areas of interest include the arts and culture; health and human services; children, youth and families; education; the environment; and community development. The maximum grant request is $25,000, and the minimum request is $5000. In 2015, nine grants totaling $149,000 were awarded. Additional information, as well as grant applications, can be found on the SoS website: www.seedsofstrength.org.

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For the second time in five years, Georgetown was recently certified as a gold-level Scenic City by Scenic Texas. Georgetown was initially certified as a gold-level Scenic City in 2010 and was one of 20 cities to be certified or re-certified this summer. Georgetown is one of 58 cities in Texas to be certified as a Scenic City. Georgetown was presented with its Gold Scenic City Certification on September 24 at the Texas Municipal League annual conference in San Antonio. The Scenic City Certification Program incorporates a comprehensive set of model standards for design and development of public roadways and public spaces into a cohesive assessment program. The program draws a direct correlation between the success of a city’s economic development efforts and the visual appearance of its public spaces and recog-

nizes municipalities that implement high-quality scenic standards. The Scenic City program includes a variety of criteria such as parkland designation, landscaping, historic preservation, sign restrictions, litter prevention, and other standards for public places. Achieving the Scenic City certification recognizes regulations and programs that improve property values and help to attract new businesses. Cities that qualify earn a five-year certification. “Georgetown’s Scenic City Certification demonstrates its commitment to high-quality standards for public roadways and public spaces,” said Anne Culver, executive director of the Scenic City Certification Program. “This enhances Georgetown’s image which in turn drives economic development.” City employees who contributed to the Scenic City certification effort are (pictured left to right): Laurie Brewer, Kimberly Garrett, Jackson Daly, Nat Waggoner, Julie Dominguez, Karen Frost, and Mike Stasny. Scenic Texas, the sponsor of the certification program, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing the visual character of Texas by promoting enhanced design standards for public projects, sign regulation, freeway landscaping, and scenic byway development. Find out more at www. scenictexas.org.

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ADRN, a network of over 158 churches in the Greater Austin area, has been deployed at the Flood Information Center, located at the Dove Springs Rec Center and at Kyle’s MARC. To date, just under $5,000 has been raised through ADRN’s ‘October 2015 Flood Fund’ which is an all-time low in donations raised during the initial disaster response. To make a tax-deductible gift to help aid survivors, go to www.adrntx.org

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Technicians with WJE, an engineering and materials science firm, took samples of concrete from the Austin Avenue Bridges over the San Gabriel River. Using a small drilling machine, non-destructive core samples were taken from the bridge deck and the bridge support structures. Ground penetrating radar technology also is being used to determine the condition of piers, foundations, and abutments to the bridges. The core samples and radar results will be analyzed in a lab to determine the properties of the concrete and reinforced structures of the bridge. Results of the testing will be reviewed by engineers with Aguirre and Fields and engineers for the City. Aguirre and Fields is working for the City to assess the bridges and develop options for repair or replacement. Next year the City will hold meetings for public input on the design of the new Austin Avenue Bridges. The City Council will consider this public input and is expected to decide on a bridge replacement option later next year. Design work on the bridges will likely begin later in 2016 or in 2017. Construction work on new bridges could take 12 to 24 months.

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“Griswold”-style fundraiser to help raise money for the Make-A-Wish foundation beginning December 1. Organizer and wish-grantor Kim Broad reports that last year her group “just kind of fell into” a collaboration of lights, Santa, and neighborhood giving and raised an impressive $23,000. “This year we have been planning it all ahead of time and I think the biggest benefit will be more money raised and more Wish Trips for Williamson County families.” The home of Russell Harlien and his family is the centerpiece of the whole program. The Harliens started a tradition 21 years ago, sharing the joy of Christmas with others by decorating their house with lights and Christmas decor. As each year passed they added more lights, and Russell says, “Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year and we wanted to do something special to make a difference in the lives of others.” His display, Broad says, “is bonkers!” He uses over 40,000 lights and synchronizes a show with 48 different songs. Neighbors and outside friends are welcome to bring chairs to the roped off cul-de-sac, share cocoa, and anticipate the arrival of Phil

Gingras as Santa, who is scheduled to visit and read stories around 6pm on December 2, 11 and 18. Gingras’ enthusiasm for giving is his brave son Sean who was granted a wish by Make-A-Wish in 2007. Phil wishes to also grant two family wishes in turn, and is hopeful to raise $10,000 this year. Broad says, “This is a really special thing. We were all strangers to each other last November and now we are friends, folding it in and paying it forward. We have our own event and a website for the Wish Kids, and the families we sponsored this year. We also make sure the money stays with Williamson County families, and we are ready to send another four families on a trip.” There will be a “Make-a-Wish” star and collection bucket at the house, and donations are accepted on their website, BerryCreekChristmas.com.

Burglaries from Vehicles— Where and Why The holiday shopping season is beginning, and that means extra precautions for gift items left in vehicles in shopping mall parking lots. For that reason, the holidays are an especially important time to get in the habit of locking your car doors and putting items in the trunk. While that is sound advice, the Georgetown PD has some surprising data on where burglaries from vehicles are occurring and why. Most incidents are not happening at shopping malls and at businesses in Georgetown. In the first nine months of 2015, two thirds of the burglaries from vehicles in Georgetown happened when the vehicle was parked at a house or apartment. Only 24 percent happened at a mall or other commercial location. Given that most burglaries from vehicles are happening when the car is parked at someone’s residence, how are they occurring? For the 92 residential burglaries of vehicles that happened in January through October of this year, 74 percent were from an unlocked vehicle. Overall, 63 percent of the burglaries from vehicles in 2015 were from unlocked vehicles. The surprising fact that emerges is that many peo-

season on the day after Thanksgiving at the annual Lighting of the Square event on Friday, November 27. The event will be held on the east steps of the historic Williamson County Courthouse, 710 S. Main Street, in downtown Georgetown. The festivities include entertainment from 5:30-6:30pm. Making this year’s event bigger and brighter, additional lights will be added to trees on the courthouse lawn sponsored by Georgetown Utility Systems with help from Williamson County and The Williamson Museum. This year, Williamson County Judge Dan A. Gattis and Georgetown Mayor Dale Ross will be joined by one lucky student to flip the switch illuminating the courthouse lights and grounds. The student will be the winner of the first-ever Lighting of the Square short essay contest. Sponsored by the City of Georgetown, Williamson County, The Williamson Museum and the Williamson County Sun, the contest is open to students in grades 3-5. In honor of the City of Georgetown’s green energy plans to purchase all of its energy from wind and solar sources by 2017, the winning student will be the one who bests answers the

question, “Why I am proud Georgetown has the greenest Christmas in Texas.” Answers are limited to 75 words or less. Submissions can be emailed to editor@ wilcosun.com or delivered to their office at 707 Main Street, on the east side of the Square. All essays are due by 5pm November 11. Entertainment during the Lighting of the Square will be provided by the Austin Carolers, and refreshments will be provided. Stores will be open until 8 p.m. Williamson County Brown Santa will offer pictures with Santa in the historic Courthouse after the lighting event from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Enter the courthouse on the south side. Photos are for an $8 donation. Toy donations to Williamson County Brown Santa and the Georgetown Police Department Blue Santa are encouraged.

Look for donation barrels at the Courthouse and at All Things Kids on Main Street. More information and applications are available at WilcoBrownSanta. com for Brown Santa or BlueSanta.Georgetown.org for Blue Santa. Craft activities for kids will start after the lighting and go until 8 p.m. at The Williamson Museum at 716 S. Austin Avenue, All Things Kids at 703 S. Main Street, and the Georgetown Visitors Center at 103 W. 7th Street. Stop by The Williamson Museum on November 27 at 4:00 p.m. for children’s activities. For details on holiday events and activities in Georgetown, call the Georgetown Convention & Visitors Bureau at (512) 930-3545, or visit or VisitGeorgetown.com.

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to I-35 seem to be a target for thieves since there is an easy escape route. Now we need to get the word to residents.” Locking your car door when you’re at the mall, at a business, and also at home is the key to reducing this crime, says Lt. Seals. “It takes less than 60 seconds for a thief to enter your vehicle and be gone with anything you leave— your wallet, credit cards, computer, cell phone, garage door opener or anything of value,” says Ray Dorton, a volunteer with Citizens on Patrol. “Should you leave your garage door opener in the vehicle, the criminal can take it and come back later, break into your home,thus allowing yourself to become a victim for a second time.” The simple habit of locking your car door, no matter where you are, can greatly reduce the chances that you’ll be the next victim.

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Georgetown ISD Graduation Coach Alan Oakes shares about student support services in his district. In an effort to strengthen the county-wide school/ community continuum of care for youth with behavioral health needs, the 5th Annual Mental Health in Schools Conference was held Thursday and Friday, October 29 and 30. This year’s conference, titled “What I Wish My Teacher Knew …”, took a candid look at the impact of drugs, bullying, and youth suicide on our schools and what we can do about it. The Children and Youth Behavioral Health Subcommittee of the Williamson County Mental Health Taskforce hosted the event at the Georgetown Public Safety Operations & Training Center. Conference sponsor and host Georgetown Police Department offered their new stateof-the-art training facility for the event, allowing attendance to nearly triple from previous years as more than 200 Williamson County school district and community agency professionals participated in the conference. Conference activities began Wednesday night with a pre-conference dinner screening of the newly released documentary Paper Tigers, the story of an alternative campus in Washington that overhauled their response to student behavior with a comprehensive trauma-sensitive approach that dramatically reduced fights and suspensions, and increased achievement scores and graduation rates. The film is about looking past the behavior and developing supportive relationships with students who are struggling. More

information on the movie is available at www. papertigersmovie.com. The event was hosted by local non-profit The Georgetown Project and sponsored by The Georgetown Health Foundation and included attendance from school district superintendents, local government leadership, and non-profit executives. Planning for subsequent screening events in Williamson County is already underway. Round Rock ISD Counselor Anhtu Nguyen commented that she planned to apply what she learned from the film by “continuing to be the one stable adult in my students’ lives and convince them that they are worthy and valuable.” The conference featured three keynote presentations from state and national experts Merily Keller (Mental Health America of Texas), Dr. Jane Maxell (UT Austin Addiction Research Institute), and Phil Grant, J.D. (First Assistant DA Montgomery County). Each presentation was followed by local experts including two presentations from youth panels. Juvenile Services Assistant Chief Matt Smith explained the approach, “We brought in experts who could teach us the latest research, trends and resources. At the same time we wanted to take a close look at what is really going on with our young people here in Williamson County and how we can come together to improve outcomes . Who better to provide details and insight than our students and the professionals who

are on the ground working through these issues every day? We are truly blessed to have such a strong community here in Williamson County with professionals who are willing to both teach and learn from one another and come together to wrap services and support around our students to give them the best chance for success.” The conference again featured a Community Resource Expo with more than 25 agencies represented who are supporting youth with behavioral health needs in Williamson County, including conference sponsors Rock Springs, Phoenix House, Williamson County Juvenile Services, and Georgetown Behavioral Health Institute among others. Conference evaluations reflected a high level of satisfaction with the conference. Taylor ISD Counselor Jenny Brockway commented, “This is always a well-organized, informative, hospitable conference … I look forward to it every year.” Round Rock ISD Counselor Colleen Johnston expressed her appreciation, “Thank you so much for all of your hard work and effort into this event -- by far, my favorite conference of the year!” Leander ISD School Psychologist Misty Flinn reflected, “Great conference, I always learn something new, it’s a great place to network and see what organizations are out there in Williamson County that can be resources for our students and families.”

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Georgetown announced that our municipal electric utility will move to 100 percent renewable energy sources no later than January 1, 2017. Georgetown will become the first city in Texas and the second in the nation to rely entirely on electricity generated by renewable energy sources. In short, the change to 100 percent renewable energy has benefits that are valuable on many levels: wind and solar energy provides favorable pricing to our utility customers; it conserves water; it assists in quality economic development for our city; and it has obvious and significant environmental and sustainability benefits. First, our move to wind and solar energy was a business decision based on cost and price stability. Our contracts with SunEdison for solar power, and with EDF Renewable Energy for wind power, will provide wholesale electricity at a lower price than our previous contracts. These long-term agreements also provide a fixed purchased power cost, and avoid the price volatility and regulatory costs we likely would have seen if we continued to use electricity generated by burning fossil fuels. With locked-in energy costs for the long-term, we can maintain competitive, predictable electric rates through 2041. We signed a contract

with EDF in January last year for energy from the Spinning Spur 3 wind farm 50 miles west of Amarillo. Last month Jim Briggs, our General Manager, Chris Foster, Manager of Resource Planning, and I visited the wind farm. We were pleased to see this project completed three months ahead of schedule, and it became operational on September 28. This wind farm is an 18,000 acre plant with 97 wind turbines that will meet most of our current demand throughout the day, with the exception of the peak demand periods in the summer. Recognizing Georgetown is in the fastest-growing large metro area in the U.S., we determined we needed more capacity to meet our projected growth. Due in part to a drop in price on photovoltaic solar panels, we received a low cost bid on solar-based generation. We signed a contract with SunEdison for energy from the solar farm they will construct in West Texas and it is expected to be online by 2017 or earlier. Using solar power in the daytime peak and wind power throughout the day allows us to match power supplies with local demand patterns. The solar power produced in West Texas will provide a daily afternoon supply peak that mirrors our demand peak in Georgetown, especially during the hot summer months. Wind power production in the Panhandle exists throughout the

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ENERGY, FROM PAGE 4 achieve sustainability goals at a competitive price without the burden of managing power supply contracts. Renewable energy has significant environmental and sustainability benefits. The process of generating electricity from wind and solar sources is clean energy that emits a minuscule amount of pollutants into the atmosphere compared to fossil fuel generated energy. In addition, strong winds and sunny skies in Texas provide a vast and inexhaustible energy supply and it is extremely unlikely we would run out of sunshine and wind before we would run out of fossil fuels. Also, in the event of a disruptive event, such as a catastrophic hurricane, green energy distribution systems have proven more reliable and have been disrupted less that those systems dependent upon fossil fuels. Since we made our announcement in March that we were moving to 100 percent renewable energy our city has garnered local, state, national and international media coverage which has benefited our city. Some of the highlights include: Time magazine printing the Op-Ed piece they asked me to write; Chris Foster and I doing interviews with The Christian Science Monitor and a national Brazilian television network interview with Michelle Castro that reached 80 million viewers in South America; Chris and I being interviewed by Jamie Redford (son of Robert Redford) for a HBO documentary titled “Happening” that will be released in about four months and it should have at least one million viewers; and being able to join Jamie Redford as a keynote speaker at the SXSW Eco summit in Austin earlier this month.

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a campaign kickoff event at The Brass Tap November 10. Attorneys, elected officials, law enforcement, family and friends celebrated her already successful term as Judge of the 425th District Court. Judge Lambeth was elected in 2012 and at her swearing in January 1, 2013, she became the first female District Judge in the history of Williamson County. Judge Lambeth adjudicates family and civil cases and is currently running unopposed for her seat. Supporter and family law supporter Shereta Lynch

said, “I am a big supporter of Judge Lambeth because I have always loved the fact that she didn’t just whisper or ask; she kicked in the door for every other woman to follow.” Judge Stacey Mathews (277th District Court) said, “It is a privilege serving alongside her. She has taken over the role of Presiding Judge and she is the first woman in that role in Williamson County. Her experience is a great resource and her leadership is a benefit to all of our courts.” Attorney Terence Davis has been practicing family

law in the 425th for many years. “I have seen Judge Lambeth continuously and gradually come into her own as a judge and she is well known and respected for practicing what she preaches.” Judge Lambeth addressed the guests and said she hoped that she had met and exceeded the expectations everyone had for her first term. “I strive every day to be kind, patient and realize there are no unimportant cases.” She thanked guests for helping retire her campaign debt from 2012, and looks forward to continuing on the bench of the 425th.

KELBERLAU FROM PAGE 1 people became the sovereign. Today, a sheriff should be recognized as the defender of everyone’s liberties.” “The U.S. Constitution has left the requirements of a sheriff virtually unchanged,” he continues. “Although we pronounce it differently, the responsibility is to protect the people and interests of the ‘shire’, in this country, Bill and Ronda at a Constitutional Rally in September called a county.” Kelberlau plans to use his leadership technology is part of a systems patent that experience and success, locally, nationally I and five others developed at Raytheon.” and internationally, to bring the office of Kelberlau hopes that it’s strikingly clear the Sheriff to the level of teamwork and that, if he is elected, he will work for the esprit de corps that he says it should have citizens of Williamson County, and that always had. “Every employee matters. The he will defend the both the Constitution of citizens, our bosses, must and will also Texas and the United States Constitution be engaged in this effort. It’s all about, as well. Kelberlau says Richard Mack ‘we the people’,” Kelberlau asserts with of the Constitutional Sheriffs & Peace emphasis and passion. Officers Association offers his concurrence As sheriff, Kelberlau says he will emwith this position and his endorsement, ploy the latest in technology “to enhance saying, “I have thoroughly vetted Bill and our efforts in the pursuit of criminals with- he is my choice for Sheriff.” out sacrificing freedoms and liberties. No Kelberlau concludes with this message one should be forced to give up freedoms to Williamson County citizens: when it and liberties to be safe.” He points to his comes to your rights and property, he will experience with technologies at Texas stand on principle. “I will not ‘go along to Instruments and Raytheon “that allow get along’. I will make the tough leaderpursuit of criminals with greatly reduced ship decisions that I have done so many risk to deputies and citizens alike,” and times in both my military and civilian says he looks forward to the opportunity to career, risking career and reputation to do introduce this technology to Court Comwhat is right. I have proven myself at the missioners. “This technology will include highest levels of management, repeatedly accomplishing law enforcement goals, being selected by my peers to lead when while decreasing risk to law enforcement the stakes were high and the challenges personnel. Many of these technologies are daunting.” being used on the border now, and result in a 100% capture rate. I am proud this

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Celebration and Honor at Veterans’ Memorial Plaza Veterans’ Day was celebrated all across Georgetown in many ways; some traditional, some unique. Sun City hosted Major General John Uberti (left) at the Veterans Memorial wall and he spoke of the history of the celebration, as well as the heroes and mentors he remembers from his journey to his commanding post at Fort Hood. He complimented the East View High School band and choir for adding so much to the morning, “As a man who hears the National Anthem so often, this performance [darn] near moved me to tears.” He also highlighted the ten-year commemoration of the Vietnam War 2012-2022, and encouraged everyone to take part in any way they can. CPL Daniel McNeil (bottom right) was the final speaker, who spoke on behalf of his family about his great-great-great-great grandfather, Thomas… who was a Sergeant in the 1st New Hampshire Regiment during the Revolutionary War, and is now remembered on special plaque on the memorial trees.

Voters approve $160.6M bond On Tuesday, Nov. 3,

Georgetown Independent School District voters approved a $160.6 million bond package that will positively impact the future of our students, the district, and the community we serve. A total of 9,724 voters went to the polls, with 59.90 percent in favor of the bond proposition.

The bond is dedicated to building new facilities and purchasing land to manage growth, renovating existing facilities to provide equity between schools, and addressing other district-wide improvements and infrastructure upgrades. “With the passage of this bond, voters are helping to secure the instructional

future of all students in Georgetown ISD,” said superintendent Dr. Fred Brent. “This is a significant investment for portions of the community who have not traditionally been served. We are excited to see the history of our older schools continue.” The bond proposal was recommended to the

Board of Trustees after an extensive study of district facilities and equipment by a Citizens Advisory Committee. The committee was made up of parents, community members, staff, and business and civic leaders who dedicated six months of their time to formulate a bond proposal for the Board’s consideration. “I would like to thank the Citizens Advisory Commit-

tee for their commitment to the students in GISD and the Georgetown community. I sincerely appreciate their efforts to make a good school district even better,” said Dr. Brent. • New Middle School #4 and new Purl Elementary • Re-purpose Williams Elementary School • Renovate Tippit Middle and Georgetown High • New secured entries at six

school campuses • Additional security cameras at necessary campuses • IT upgrades to enhance Internet capabilities and network equipment • District-wide improvements • Land acquisitions • New buses The district will provide updates on progress at Georgetownisd.org.

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Who Are We Thanking on Thanksgiving? by Mike Payne

How important was

Thanksgiving to the founders and leaders of our country? Based on their own words, apparently, it was very important. In 1621, Mayflower pilgrim, and later governor of the newly formed New England colony, Edward Winslow wrote, “Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that so we might after a special manner rejoice together.” Evidently, these first “Americans” thought it was important to offer thanks to our creator. In 1782, The Continental Congress declared, “…the inhabitants of these States in general, observe Thursday, the twenty-eighth day of November next, as a day of solemn Thanksgiving to God for all his mercies; to testify to their gratitude to

God for his goodness, by a cheerful obedience of his laws, and by promoting, each in his station, and by his influence, the practice of true and undefiled religion, which is the great foundation of public prosperity and national happiness. Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, the eleventh day of October, AD, 1782.” This declaration was signed by John Hanson, President, and Charles Thomson, Secretary. Just seven years later, on October 3, 1789, our first president, George Washington, issued his own Thanksgiving Proclamation, “whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly implore his protection and favor; and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.” A mere 75years later, President Abraham Lincoln

added, “I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United States…to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens. Done in the City of Washington, this Third day of October, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty three.” As I ponder the indignant claims that the United States was not intended to be a Christian nation and that prayer has no place in the public square, I have to wonder, what haven’t our children been reading, and, as importantly, why not? These exhortations seem to be as plain as the nose on our collective faces. Is it possible that our public schools, through Federal mandates, are attempting to deny the authenticity and clear intent of historical documents, signed by the most important figures of American history, in order to be “progressive” or politically correct? I won’t even bring up the notion of social engineering… May God bless the United States of America and may we be ever mindful of the blessings and responsibilities God has bestowed upon us.

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pregnant women, and people with ongoing illnesses like diabetes, or kidney, heart, or lung disease. While most healthy people recover from the flu, you can pass it to others around you who might not be so lucky. Some 200,000 people go to the hospital each year from illnesses caused by flu, such as pneumonia (lung infection). As many as 48,000 people have died during one flu season in the United States. Even though hand washing and avoiding people who are sick are good habits, they are not enough to prevent the flu. Flu germs spread through the air when people with flu cough, sneeze, or talk. You can make others sick a day before you start to feel sick and up to a week after you become sick. Vaccination is the best tool to prevent the flu. It’s not possible to predict what this flu season will be like – the best

protection for yourself and those around you is to get a flu shot. Everyone 6 months of age and older should be vaccinated. Now is the time to get the shot for protection throughout the entire flu season, which has already started in Williamson County, and can last until May. Every person who protects themselves from getting the flu is also protecting those around them that cannot get the vaccine. Several types of flu vaccine now are available at all Williamson County and Cities Health District public health centers, and other locations, including the regular flu shot, highdose flu shot for adults over 65, egg-free shot, and nasal-spray flu vaccine. Talk with your doctor about which vaccine is right for you. Collective action to protect ourselves during the flu season will keep Williamson County one of the healthiest counties in Texas.

How many wake-up calls do we need? The following letter was written a few days after the CHARLIE HEBDO and related attacks of last January. Despite numerous attacks since then we conduct ourselves as if the threat were minimal and remote. Western Europe may finally be responding appropriately. Meanwhile there are somewhere between 500,000 and 750,000 refugees wanting access to Western Europe and the U.S. The demographic is interesting - a large proportion are fighting-age males without families. ISIS has proven to be very intelligent regarding PR/Social networks etc. We would have to presume an incredible level of stupidity for ISIS not to have embedded agents in this mass. One of the attackers in Paris last week carried a Syrian passport which showed that he had gone through at least three security/vetting barriers before being allowed back into the EU. The vetting clearly failed!

Is Paris our Wake-up Call? January 2015

We have been mostly spared the ugliness of war. Today’s war is different; it has been redefined and relocated. We are in the crosshairs and on the front lines, like it or not. The battlefield has no boundaries, and the war has no rules. The enemy targets innocent people and places. We must, therefore, recalculate our strategy, reexamine our tolerance, re-energize our resolve,

and unequivocally identify evil. Let us not be silenced by fear, feckless goodwill, reckless hope or meaningless rhetoric. This is not a time for delicacy, nor worry about offending someone with unfiltered vocabulary. Time is not a luxury. Distance and oceans no longer provide protection. We are being threatened by an enemy that worships savagery. But our media and “leaders” are mostly silent...ignoring the threat to our way of life and our lives. It matters not whether the failure is naiveté or willful ignorance. Europe today, is a preview of what lies ahead. The continent that gave birth to Western civilization is crumbling. Because of well-intentioned tolerance and an undisciplined pluralism, Europe is entering a new “Dark Age” and will not be able to sustain its ethnicity or values. The West has not been, and will not be, an effective melting pot, as these new arrivals are not interested in respecting our institutions and values. For the record, Europe and other Western democracies are not being flooded by freedom-loving, tolerant, assimilating immigrants who wish to share in our freedom, tolerance, or culture, but rather by violent extremists who reject every value we treasure. When did the war begin? Most would say “9/11”. That was catastrophic, but not the start. The war really began in 1979 with the taking of our embassy in Tehran. How about the Pan American flight over Lockerbie, Scotland, the attacks on the USS Cole,

our Marines in Beirut and the numerous bombings of our embassies and commercial interest in a dozen countries. All resulted in injury and death for thousands, including many Americans. The Twin Towers were first attacked in 1993... the Times Square bomber, the Boston Marathon, the Fort Hood massacre, the attack on Army recruiters in Little Rock, the shooting of CIA agents at Langley, beheadings and honor killings here and there. Connect the dots. The so-called lone wolf is among us! We must not be blinded by political correctness or the worship of multiculturalism. I fear a society tolerant of intolerance. I fear politicians who prefer the easy still of the night to the noble, necessary struggle of the day. I fear we are not so far away from where we thought we would never be. Evil is upon us, and we must act; not to contain it; not to degrade it; not to manage it; not to tolerate it; but to eliminate it! If we fail, our children and our grandchildren will live in a world without virtue or freedom. Many will belittle the threat and accuse us of overreacting, but the good, thoughtful citizens must wake us and insure that our leadership does not shirk their responsibility. The clock is ticking! The enemy has struck and will strike again! Charles Baker Colonel USAF (R)

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GHS, Jarrell Roll In Playoffs

Eagles Beat Raiders 44-17; Champion Next by Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor

Linebacker Matt May subdues Reagan’s Mulbah Car during the Eagles bi-district win on Thursday. Russell Rinn / Advocate

Brown-Led Cougars Rip Panthers 47-25 by Galen Wellnicki Sports Editor

Maypearl had serious hand problems this past Friday night in its Region III-3A Division II bi-district battle with unbeaten Jarrell. The Panthers couldn’t hold onto the football, turning it over five times, or contain Cougars’ senior quarterback Tony Brown, who rambled back and forth over Bulldog Stadium in McGregor for five touchdowns and 361 yards on 38 carries. The result was a 47-25 victory by the Cougars (11-0), who move on to play Crockett (8-3) in an area-round playoff at 7:30 p.m. Friday in Groesbeck on the same field where the Bulldogs bested Lexington, 48-14, in their bi-district game. Friday’s Jarrell-Crockett survivor will move into the third round of the playoffs against either Dublin (5-6) or Corrigan-Camden (7-4). The Lions, who lost to Jarrell in the ninth game of the regular

Jarrell’s Tony Brown tries to elude Maypearl’s Chase Ford during Friday’s bi-district game in McGregor.

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The Georgetown Eagles kept the keys to Austin Reagan’s high-octane car out of the Raiders’ hands for the first 46 minutes and 30 seconds of this past Thursday night’s Region IV-5A Division II bi-district game at the GISD Athletic Complex, and in so doing bounced Reagan, 44-17. The Eagle defense held Regan’s Car -Mulbah Car, to be exact, to just 65 yards on his first 20 carries as GHS rode a 44-10 advantage into the final three minutes of the contest. However, on his final carry, the all-time leading career rusher in Austin ISD history broke a 53-yard run to terminate the evening’s scoring. Previously, the GHS defense had only allowed the University of Houston commit to one double-digit gain -- 11 yards -while holding him to 3 or fewer yards on 12 of his 21 carries. Car finished with a game-high 118 yards on 21 assignments. The victory did bounce the Eagles (8-3) into the area round of the Division II playoffs against Boerne Champion (8-3). The Chargers smashed previously unbeaten San Antonio Sam Houston, 52-22, this past Friday in on their home turf in Boerne. The GHS-Champion winner will advance to the third round of the playoffs against either Corpus Christi Calallen (9-2) or Mission Sharyland (7-4) next week. The Wildcats and Rattlers will collide at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Javelina Stadium in Kingsville. Champion, a team averaging 45.8 points and 534.5 yards a game (232.9 on the ground and 301.6 in the air), has a super-powered vehicle of its own in senior quarterback Josh Green, a 6-foot-2, 200-pounder with 4.5 speed. He has rushed 129 times for 974 yards and 17 touchdowns, and completed 183 of 284 passes for 2,718 yards and 32 touchdowns. In 11 games, he’s accounted for 49 touchdowns and 3,692 yards. In the victory over Sam Houston, he turned the 28-5A champion Hurricanes into a docil South Texas breeze with 341 of the Chargers’ 511 yards. “They have a really good quarterback who is a lot like Johnny Manzell on the field,” GHS coach Jason Dean said. “He’s most dangerous when he scrambles. Our first defensive priority will be to contain him and keep him in the pocket. He will put pressure on our guys on the edge.” The District 27-5A runners-up also have a high-average running back in Isaac Murdock (111 carries for 845 yards), and productive receivers in junior Chayce Bolli (64 catches for 1,044 yards) and Hayden Mcmurray (52 for 718 yards). Looking at Champion as a whole, Dean said, “They remind me a lot of us. They do a good job with their 4-2-5 defense and they go with an up-tempo spread on offense. We’re going to have to control the Eagles on Page B8

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Honors Continue For SU Coach By Jon Whittemore Advocate Correspondent

It’s an old adage in sports that: “Those who can … do; and those who can’t… coach.” This statement is absolutely untrue in the case of Southwestern University’s head track/cross country coach Francie Larrieu Smith. Smith, whose nationally and internationally acclaimed track career spanned four decades and five U.S. presidents, could DO, and now DOES coach others to DO also. She began coaching at Southwestern in 1999 which was the same year she began her M.Ed. in Sports Administration from UT-Austin. Her cross country coaching successes at Southwestern include: she has coached three athletes to the NCAA Cross Country Championships; had South/Southeast Region qualifiers 21 times; and trained All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Confer-

ence (SCAC) honorees 24 times. As the track and field coach, she has coached athletes to 28 individual SCAC Championship titles and countless athletes to All-SCAC honors. Among the many personal accolades on her impressive resume are: named AIAW All-American Cross Country representing UCLA in 1974; a five-time Olympian (1972,1976, 1980, 1988 and 1992), set 35 U.S. distance records, competed on 28 national teams and won 21 national titles, named to the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame (1998), named by Runner’s World magazine the “Most Versatile Runner of the Quarter Century” (1999), and was recently named to the PAC-12 Conference’s All-Century Team for women’s cross country. “Every honor that I’ve received has been an unexpected delight,” Smith said. “As an athlete, when you compete, you don’t think about these kinds of

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Southwestern’s cross country / track coach Francie Larrieu Smith remains active in several athletic disciplines. things. But later on in life, when you are recognized for your accomplishments, it is humbling and a great honor.” The Palo Alto, California native began running at age 13. “There was no Title IX emphasis on equal opportunity for boys and girls back in the 60’s,” she explained. “The availability of sports competition for girls was

pretty limited. I credit my parents for finding a place for me to compete as a kid . . . and my brother (1964 Olympic distance runner Ron Larrieu) for introducing me to the sport. Interscholastic high school sports programs for girls were extremely limited, but I found the sport right for me. “As late as 1968, the longest Olympic event for

women was 800 meters. The 1,500 was added in 1972 and the marathon, 400-meter hurdles, and 3,000-meter run in 1984,” recited the virtual track encyclopedia. “The 10K was added in 1988 and the 3K was changed to a 5K in 1996. The landscape for women’s athletics in track changed exponentially during those years. The opportunity for college scholarships increased dramatically.” “I loved to run, and I was good at it,” Smith continued. “I never had any injuries over the years. Just did what my coaches asked of me and didn’t have any particular ‘burnout’ because my motivation was intrinsic. No one was making me try hard (extrinsic motivation) and be good, I had my own motivation.” Smith occasionally still runs but after the thousands of miles of training and competition over the years, she prefers to stay in shape through other exercise pro-

grams. She swims some, stays busy coaching her teams, and serves on the board of the Georgetown Running Club. She has been quoted as saying, “The most important thing about motivation is goal setting. You should always have a goal. Motivation has to come from within. I make up my mind to shoot for the moon. Even if I don’t make it, I’ll still be among the stars.” As one of the most decorated athletes in U.S. track and field history, it would seem her recipe for success works pretty well and is something she is instilling in her current stable of athletes. She had one woman (individual competitor), and a five-man team headed to the South/ Southeast Regional Cross Country meet in Virginia this past Saturday. High placing competitors there will advance to NCAA Division III nationals.

SU Falls To TLU In Season Finale by Galen Wellnicki

the arc (4-20), but scored 40 points in the paint. Southwestern will travel to Austin on Tuesday for an exhibition contest against Division II St. Edward’s. They then start a three-game homestand of 7 p.m. games -- Hardin-Simmons on Thursday, UT-Tyler on Saturday, and Mary Hardin-Baylor on Monday.

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Playing for a berth in the NCAA Division III playoffs and the Southern College Athletic Conference championship, No. 18 Texas Lutheran University swept past Southwestern University, 58-3, on a rainy Saturday night at the GISD Athletic Complex. The victory improved the Bulldogs to 8-2 on the season, and gave the Bulldogs a third straight SCAC title with a 3-0 mark, while SU completed its third season since returning to collegiate football competition with 2-8 season and 0-3 conference records. Despite the one-sided score against the Pirates and its national ranking, TLU did not receive a bid to the playoffs. With running back Marquis Barrolle and A.J. Saucedo each scoring three rushing touchdowns, TLU rolled up 601 total yards -- 346 rushing and 255 passing. Barrolle scored on runs of 2, 2 and 53 yards, while Saucedo found the end zone on jaunts of 1, 2 and 78 yards. Saucedo led all rushers with 145 yards on 14 carries, and Barrolle chipped in 106 yards in 13 attempts. The Bulldogs rolled to a 31-0 lead in the first half on the strength of 24 points in the second period. TLU pushed the lead to 51-0 after three quarters, and upped the count to 58-0 with 11 minutes and 59 seconds remaining in the game. Southwestern, which managed 256 yards on 63 snaps, finally scored with 8:21 remaining on a 24-yard field goal by Laith Tucker. The Pirates hurt themselves with penalties, being flagged 13 times for 134 yards -- more than half of their total offensive figure. SU junior quarterback Bryan Hicks, a junior from Humble Atascocita, led the Pirates with 183 yards on 16 completions in 37 attempts. Markell Henderson, a freshman from Texas Military Institute in San Antonio, led SU runners with 61 yards on 13 carries. Southwestern’s 2-8 mark gives it a 3-26 record during the first three seasons of coach Joe Austin’s campaign to rebuild a program that was discontinued after the 1951 season. The Pirates’ Taylor Fann, a junior defensive end, led all tacklers with seven unassisted stops. Former Georgetown Eagles standout Matt McCullough had three unassisted tackles for the Bulldogs. The start of the game was delayed 35 minutes because of lightning, and was played in periods of light to moderate rain. Southwestern defensive end Nick Mask

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL The Pirates got the season off to slow start by losing both games on an East Texas swing this past weekend. SU dropped a 69-66 decision to East Texas Baptist in Marshall on Friday, and lost to LeTourneau, 54-44, in Longview on Saturday. The highlight of the trip was a career-high 30-point performance by Junior Olivia Podaras, a 5-8 product from Houston Memorial, in the ETBU game. She made 12 of 21 from the floor (2 of 5 3-pointers) and 4 of 4 from the line. The Tigers’ April Leonard matched her effort with 30 points. Audrey Garcia had 10 rebounds for the Pirates who shot 38 percent from the floor, but out-rebounded the hosts. In the loss to LeTourneau, Madison Edwards, a 5-9 forward from Trophy Club Byron Nelson, scored 13 points and had 10 rebounds. Garcia and Podaras each added 10 points. Podtras also had 13 rebounds. SU aided in its downfall, shooting only 26.1 percent from the floor, 33 percent from the line, and made 21 turnovers. They did post a 57-49 rebounding edge. The Pirates will play UT-Tyler in their home opener at 6 p.m. Friday in Robertson Gym.

Russell Rinn / Advocate Southwestern’s Bryan Hicks threw for 183 yards Saturday in a losing effort for the Pirates against Texas Lutheran. from Highlands Ranch, Colo. was honored prior to the game and at halftime as the team’s only senior. MEN’S BASKETBALL The SU men rallied from a 14-point second-half deficit to upend Howard Payne, 82-73, in the season opener this past Friday at Robertson Center. The Pirates trailed 57-43 with 10:53 remaining in the contest. Southwestern then reeled off a 17-3 run, capped by a pair of Chris Lee free throws, to pull even at 65-all with 5:05 to play. Two free throws by Karrey Sanders put

SU up 67-66 from which point the Pirates never looked back, pushing their lead to 76-69 on a Ryan Ogden layup with 1:39 remaining. However, HPU scored four straight points to pull within three, but Zach Whitlock was fouled on a layup and hit the free throw to put the Bucs up 79-73. Chris Molina added two free throws and Ogden added one more to cap the scoring. Whitlock led all scorers with 23 points, while Ogden tallied a double-double with 14 points and 11 rebounds. Lee and Ben Stiver registered 13 points apiece. The Pirates only hit 20 percent beyond

VOLLEYBALL The Pirates’ dream of a climb up the NCAA Division III playoff ladder ended abruptly Friday in Thousand Oaks, Calif., as No. 12 SU (31-5) was swept by No. 7 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps (27-5) in the opening round of the West Regional Tournament on the campus of California Lutheran. SU was seeded fourth and C-M-S was fifth. Claremont-Mudd-Scripps dominated 3-0 (25-14, 25-16, 25-17). The Athenas combined to hit at .467 clip with just seven errors on 107 swings, including a .545 third-set showing. On the flip side, Southwestern managed a .221 team hitting percentage highlighted by a final set .342 with 14 kills and a single miscue, but was unable to overcome a slow start. C-M-R’s Margaux-Arntson posted a .867 hitting average (14 of 15).

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Georgetown, eighthranked among the state’s 5A girls teams by the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches, won three of five games during the first week of the season, and coach Rhonda Farney was pleased with the showing made by her team, especially in the 67th annual Tigerette Classic in Conroe. The Lady Eagles, Region IV-5A finalists a year ago, opened the campaign on Tuesday, Nov. 10, with a somewhat disappointing 58-36 loss to Waco Midway on the Pantherettes’ hardwoods, and then moved over to the Southeast Texas Lake Country for four games. GHS got off to a slow start in the 16-team event, losing to talented Lufkin, 46-41, in their opener this past Thursday before battling back to win the consolation title with a 5225 win over Aldine Nimitz on Friday, and back-toback victories over Humble Summer Creek, 50-39, and Bryan, 55-40, on Saturday. The Lady Eagles are only scheduled to play one game this week; their home opener against 6A Pflugerville on Tuesday night. After taking the weekend away from competition,

ranked Nimitz was similar, but GHS got started quicker after trailing 14-10 at the end of the first period. The Lady Eagles tightened their defense and held the Mustangs to 2 points in the second quarter, 4 in the third, and 5 in the fourth. Day had 14 points and eight rebounds, and senior Kendrick Clark added 13 points. “We played extremely well on Saturday,” Farney

The East View girls basketball team had a very productive first week, winning four of six games, including the consolation title of Mira’s Texas Riviera Tournament in Corpus Christi this past Thursday through Saturday. Their only loss in the Costal Bend event came at the hands of a strong Schertz Clemens team, 4945, as a 3-point effort for a possible win by standout Abby Holland missed. “We were down two with 30 seconds to Clemens,” Patriots coach Dave Walla said. “Abby’s shot glanced off the front iron with a 3 to win it. We then fouled and lost by 4. They beat us by 30 last year at this event. The kids played great, especially Abby, Emily (Daniel), and Rachel (Wisian).” In other tournament games the Patriots defeated San Antonio Highlands, 6131; Corpus Christi Moody, 71-51; El Paso Franklin, 38-2; and San Antonio Taft, 49-45, in overtime to win the consolation bracket. East View was down by 6 in overtime before storming back to win by 4. Holland led all scorers, pouring in

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Lady Eagles (L-R) Dori Brown (12), Taylor Elliott (22), Katy Brandenburg (35) and Avery Kelly (34) defend against Waco Midway on Tuesday night. The Lady Eagles fell to the Pantherettes 58-36. they will return to action next Monday at 6A Killeen Ellison. “It was a great experience,” Farney said of the Tigerette Classic. “We played four very athletic -big and fast -- teams. They were carbon copies of each other. They allowed us to play some very physical basketball. We got better with every game we played.” Farney pointed to another benefit of the Conroe trip.

NON-DISTRICT GAME At Waco Midway, Tuesday, Nov. 10 WACO MIDWAY 58, GEORGETOWN 36 GHS (36) -- Brooke Elliott 1-6 0-0 2, Dori Brown 2-10 3-6 8, Kendrick Clark 1-3 4-6 6, Taylor Elliott 0-0 0-0 0, Olivia Anderson 0-1 0-0 2, Sandi Harris 0-1 0-1 0, Ashley Wickline 0-4 1-4 1, Avery Kelly 1-5 1-2 3, Katy Brandenburg 1-2 0-2 2, Dee Day 5-6 2-2 12. Totals: 11-38 13-24 58. MIDWAY (36) -- Chalrndria Williams 0-3 1-2 1, JaNaiya Davis 2-6 2-2 7, Barbara Benson 6-13 5-8 17, Chelsey Harris 2-5 0-2 5, Jailene Gutierrez 1-4 0-1 2, Marie Benson 6-9 2-4 14, Bre Brown 0-0 1-2 1, Caleyah Burrell 2-4 1-1 6, Shaurmeyun Isaac 0-0 0-0 0, AJ Burgess 0-1 0-0 0, Reggie Allen 1-2 0-0 3, Gillian Crain 0-1 0-0 0, Ashlynn Gorrell 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 20-48 15-22 58. Halftime: Midway, 27-15. 3-point shooting: GHS 1-14 (B. Elliott 0-3, Brown 1-5, Clark 0-2, Harris 0-1, Kelly 0-3). Rebounds: GHS 18 (Day 4, Brandenburg 4); WM 18 (Davis 3, Burrell 3).Assists: GHS 9 (B. Elliott 4, Brown 3). Block: GHS 1 (B. Elliott), WM 3 (M. Benson 2, B. Benson). Steals: GHS 14 (Brown 4, Day 3). Turnovers: GHS 25. Total fouls: GHS 25, WM 19. Fouled out: WM, B. Benson. Tecnical fouls: none. Records: GHS,

“We stayed in cabins, and it was a great team building exercise,” she said. “It gave the players time to get to know one another better and to gel as a team.” Of the loss to the talented Lufkin team, Farney said, “I wish we had played them at the end of the tournament instead of the start. From what I saw, we were the two best teams. “Lufkin was really tough. They have the big University of Houston commit

0-1; WM, 1-0. SUB-VARSITY GAMES (GHS scoring only) MIDWAY JV 47, GHS JV 42 -- Josie Weiorich 6, Catherine Dietlein 8, Suzsanna Richter 0, Miranda Gil 2, Maddie Vickers 5, Emili Harris 6, Olivia Andersom 9, Emily Jones 6. Halftime: Midway, 24-23. GHS record: 0-1. GHS FRESHMAN BLUE 49, MIDWAY FRESHMEN 17 -- Gracie Speer 4, Morgan Bruning 4, Alyssa Ellis 2, Ali Isbell 0, Samari O’Brien 5, Hailey Wickline 3, Chloe Sutton 0, Lauren Vega 0, Shelby Jones 17, Jaelyn Knight 8, Jade Smith 6, Samantha Champion 0. Halftime: GHS, 25-13. GHS record: 1-0.

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At Conroe Thursday’s First Round LUFKIN 46, GEORGETOWN 41 GHS (41) -- B. Elliott 3-7 0-0 7, Brown 1-3 0-0 2, Clark 3-10 2-4 10, Taylor Green 2-7 0-0 5, T. Elliott 0-0 0-0 0, Harris 2-3 0-0 4, Wickline 0-1 0-0 0, Kelly 3-7 0-0 6, Dee Day 3-9 1-2 7. Totals: 17-47 3-6 41. LUFKIN (46) -- Kayla Box 0-0 0-0 0, Jakayla Suell 4-10 3-4 11, Keke Cleveland2-5 0-0 4,

(6-3 Natasha Mack) and have two 6-3 twin moveins. One played and the other had her foot in a boot. We started slow, but played much better in the second half (outscoring Lufkin 2715 in the second half after falling behind 29-16).” Junior post Dee Day led the Lady Eagles with 12 points en route to finishing the tournament with 55 points in four games. She also had a tourney total of 30 rebounds. The game with state-

Hannah Boykin 2-4 0-1 7, Mycah McDonald 4-11 2-3 10, Natasha Mack 2-9 1-2 5, Radaja Millor 1-4 0-1 2, Cece Hodge 0-2 0-0 0, Alex Hood 3-5 0-0 6, Diamond Johnson 0-2 1-2 1. Totals: 19-53 7-13 46. Halftime: Lufkin, 29-16. 3-point shooting: GHS 4-18 (B. Elliott 1-3, Clark 2-8, Green 1-5, Harris 0-1, Kelly 0-1); LHS 1-6 (Suell 0-1, Cleveland 0-1, Boykin 1-1, Millor 0-1, Hood 0-2). Rebounds: GHS 26 (Day 13, Kelly 9); Lufkin 25 (four players with four each). Assists: GHS 10 (Green 3, Clark 2, Harris 2). Steals: 5 (Green 2). Turnovers: GHS 11. Total fouls: GHS 13, LHS 7. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none. GHS record: 0-2. Friday’s Consolation Quarterfinals GEORGETOWN 52, ALDINE NIMITZ 25 NIMITZ (25) -- Ashia Young 2-9 0-0 4, Dasia Young 1-1 1-2 3, KaShaelyn Fuselier 0-0 0-0 0, Jakyra Pigott 5-10 0-0 11, Briuna Harrison 2-6 1-3 5, A’shonta Lewis 1-6 0-0 2, Antoinette Howard 0-0 0-0 0. Totals: 11-32 2-5 25. GHS (52) -- B. Elliott 0-4 2-2 2, Brown 0-4 0-0 0, Clark 5-14 3-4 13, Green 1-9 0-0 3, T. Elliott 1-2 0-0 3, Harris 3-3 0-0 7, Wickline 1-4 0-0 2, Kelly 4-5 0-2 8, Day 5-18 4-9 14. Totals: 20-63 9-17 52. Halftime: GHS, 17-16. 3-point shooting: NHS

1-6 (A. Young 0-3, Pigott 1-3); GHS 3-16 (B. Elliott 0-2, Brown 0-2, Clark 0-4, Green 1-6, T. Elliott 1-1, Harris 1-1). Rebounds: GHS 24 (Day 8, Kelly 5); NHS 17 (Lewis 7). Assists: GHS 14 (Brown 4, B. Elliott 3, Green 3). Steals: 22 (T. Elliott 4, Clark 4, B. Elliott 3, Kelly 3, Day 3). Turnovers: GHS 8. Total fouls: NHS 13, GHS 9. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none. GHS record: 1-2. Saturday’s Consolation Semifinals GHS 50, HUMBLE SUMMER CREEK 39 SUMMER CREEK (39) -- Gray 0-1 1-2 1, Williams 4-7 2-2 10, Bean 1-3 0-0 2, Telemaque 5-10 1-1 11, Jones 2-9 1-4 5, Thibodeaux 0-3 1-2 1, Jankowski 2-8 0-0 5, Spencer 0-2 0-1 0, Griffin 2-3 0-0 4. Totals: 16-46 6-12. GHS (50) -- B. Elliott 4-6 1-2 10, Brown 1-1 0-0 3, Clark 2-5 0-0 5, Green 1-7 3-6 5, T. Elliott 0-2 7-9 7, Harris 0-0 0-0 0, Wickline 1-2 1-2 3, Kelly 1-4 4-4 6, Day 5-9 1-4 11. Totals: 15-36 17-27 50. Halftime: GHS, 27-18. 3-point shooting: HSC 1-10 (Williams 0-2, Telemaque 0-1, Jones 0-1, Jankowski 1-4, Spencer 0-2); GHS 3-8 (B. Elliott 1-1, Brown 1-1, Clark 1-2, Green 0-1, T. Elliott 0-1, Kelly 0-2). Rebounds: HSC 23 (Telemaque 7); GHS 22 (Day 10, Kelly 4). Assists: GHS 14 (*Green 4, T. Elliott 3). Steals: 13 (B. Elliott, Clark 3, Green 3). Turnovers: GHS 12. Total fouls: HSC

20, GHS 13. Fouled out: Jankowski. Technical fouls: none. GHS record: 2-2. Saturday’s Consolation Finals GEORGETOWN 55, BRYAN 40 GHS (55) -- B. Elliott 2-5 0-0 5, Clark 5-10 0-0 10, Green 1-10 4-4 7, T. Elliott 1-3 2-2 4, Harris 1-3 0-0 3, Wickline 2-5 2-2 6, Kelly 1-5 0-0 3, Day 7-13 4-6 18. Totals: 20-54 12-14 55. BRYAN (40) -- Teanikia Rodgers 2-10 4-5 8, Christiany Newton 1-9 1-2 3, KeeKee Nowlin 5-13 0-1 10, K. Kincade 1-1 0-0 2, Keyoshia Washington 3-3 0-0 6, Quintera Johnson 1-5 2-2 4, Kaywin McCall 2-4 0-0 5, F. Faith Simpson 0-1 0-0 0, Rayeen Blue 0-2 0-0 0, Charnell Gibson 0-2 0-0 0, Emily Ely 1-6 0-0 2. Totals: 16-56 7-10 40. Halftime: GHS, 36-19. 3-point shooting: GHS 4-16 (B. Elliott 1-3, Clark 0-2, Green 1-5, T. Elliott 0-1, Harris 1-3, Kelly 1-2); BHS 1-8 (Rodgers 0-2, Newton 0-2, Nowlin 0-2, McCall 1-2). Rebounds: GHS 25 (Day 8, Clark 6, B. Elliott 4, Wickline 4); BHS 27 (Rodgers 5). Assists: GHS 16 (B. Elliott 3, Clark 3, Green 3, Kelly 3). Steals: GHS 11 (Green 3). Turnovers: GHS 15. Total fouls: GHS 12, BHS 13. Fouled out: none. Technical fouls: none. GHS record: 3-2.

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Dripping Springs Ends GHS Run By Allan Shiflet Advocate Correspondent

On November 11, East View volleyball standout Calli Novak signed to continue her career at TCU. Calli is pictured with coach Justeen Coulson and her parents Kim & Jeff Novak.

EV’s Novak Picks TCU East View 6-foor-1 senior Calli Novak signed this past Wednesday to continue her volleyball career at Texas Christian University of the Big 12. She will enroll in the Fort Worth school in December.

What do you feel you will add to the TCU program? “A strong competitor who is focused on being a great teammate and winning championships.”

EV coach Justeen Colson said: “We are extremely proud of Calli. She is an incredible young woman with a bright future. I am honored to know her and to have coached her. Aside from her talents as an athlete she has a giving and kind heart. I am looking forward to watching her grow and compete at TCU. The EV volleyball family will miss her. She has been a big point scorer and contributor for us offensively and contributor for us offensively and defensively. We wish her lots of luck as a Frog!”

How do you describe yourself as an athlete? “Competitive. . . team oriented.”

TCU coach Jillian Pape-Kramer said under NCAA rules she was unable to comment on Novak until after she was enrolled on campus in December. Calli’s resume: Senior: District, regional and state honors have not been announced. Junior: Second team All-District 25-5A, EV’s most valuable player, academic all district. Sophomore: First-team All-District 17-5A, academic all district, EV’s volleyball player of the year and most improved player. Freshman: First-team All-District 17-5A, 17-5A Newcomer of the Year, academic all district.

The Calli file: Why did you pick TCU? “My brother goes there. . . . I love the school. . . . It’s in the Big 12.” How do they plan to use you? “As an outside hitter.”

What motivates you? “My want to be better and succeeding... My team.” In what areas do you need to improve for the next level? “All areas... There is always room for improvement. My strength -- everyone is bigger and better/ more physical at the next level.” How has the East View program prepared you for the next level? “...taught me how to be a leader and work hard every day.” What have been the highlights of your career? “Being able to play with my sister (Corinne) and committing to TCU.” What are your long range goals both personally and athletically? “To graduate from TCU with a degree in fashion and a Big 12 championship.” Who have been the most important people in your development? “Amy Knowles, my dad (Jeff), Angel Spasson, Liz Guanaim.” What makes you the person you are? “My faith, my family.” Is there anything else you would like to say? “I’m very blessed and it’s a dream to be going to my dream school.” Compiled by Allan Shiflet

Georgetown was defeated by top-ranked Dripping Springs in straight sets 25-22, 25-16 and 25-13, eliminating the Lady Eagles from the 5A state playoffs in a Region IV-5A quarterfinal played before a large, boisterous crowd at the Delco Center on Tuesday, Nov. 10. The Lady Eagles, who placed fourth in 25-5A, finished with a 29-18 record, while Dripping Springs (49-3) advanced through the Region IV-5A Tournament to advance to the UIL State Tournament this Friday and Saturday at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland. Senior Maddie Douglas helped the Eagles to several leads in the first set before going down hard late in set with an ankle injury, forcing her to exit the match and crippling the GHS attack. The Lady Eagles were down 24-21 at the time of the injury, but were rallying. The first set was a tense back-and-forth battle with Douglas contributing a monster kill to open the GHS scoring and “touch” kill to an open area to give the Eagles a 10-9 lead. Big blocks by Douglas and fellow standout Caroline Furrier tied the set at 1212. Another touch kill by Emily Ellis put GHS in front again at 15-14. Ellis started a comeback with another kill followed by a key block by Camryn McGinnis to tighten the score to 24-20. Douglas had a big-swing kill to bring the score to 24-21. The Eagles scored again, but fell in a well-played first set 25-22. After GHS fell behind in the second set, Furrier started a rally with an incredible dig. Zoe Saavedra was all over the court with digs and sets, but the for-

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The Forbes Middle School eighth grade volleyball team captured their district champion with an 8-0 record. They also had a 12-3 season mark. Team members (from left) are Coach Kristy Schreiber, Ivey Weber, Madison Thomas, Makenzey Blades, McCall Hampton, Caroline Horton, Kristen Urbanovsky, Elizabeth Dietlein, McKenna Schreiber, Mackenzie May.

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Caroline Furrer returns a shot by Dripping Springs during the Lady Eagles’ Region IV-5A quarterfinals Tuesday night. midable Dripping Springs front line were just too much for the Eagles after they lost Douglas. “We were playing great the first set,” GHS coach Jenny Richardson said. “We took control of our offense and were blocking well, then Maddie went down with an ankle injury. We just never recovered. I’m proud of this season. I’m proud of these girls. I’m devastated that these girls have to graduate, I wish I had four more years with my seniors.” Heavy-hitting Morgyn Greer led Dripping Springs to its third win over the season over GHS with 18 kills. Madison Green had 46 assists. For the Lady Eagles, Shayleigh Haas had eight kills, and Furrer added seven. Riane Pope had 12 assists, and Georgia Quiroz added seven. McGinnis had five blocks, and Furrer had six digs, followed by five each from Haas, Saavedra, and Quiroz.

Dripping Springs advanced through the regional event with 3-0 wins over Corpus Christi Tuloso-Midway and 25-5A rival Vandegrift. The Tigers will play Canyon Randall (42-6) at 2 p.m. in the state semifinals Friday, and either Lucas Lovejoy (436) or Richmond George Ranch (41-7) in Saturday’s 3:30 p.m. state finals. REGION IV-5A QUARTERFINALS (In bracket order) Vandegrift 3, Cedar Park 0 Victoria West 3, Mission Veterans Memorial 2 Dripping Springs 3, Georgetown 0 CC Tuloso-Midway 3, CC Flour Bluff 0 REGION IV-5A TOURNAMENT At Dugan Center, Corpus Christi Friday’s semifinals Vandegrift 3, Victoria West 0 Dripping Springs 3, Tuloso-Midway 0 Saturday’s finals Dripping Springs 3, Vandegrift 0 UIL STATE TOURNAMENT At Curtis Culwell Center, Garland Class 5A Friday’s Semifinals Noon -- Lucas Lovejoy (43-6) vs. Richmond George Ranch (41-7). 2 p.m. -- Dripping Springs (49-3) vs. Canyon Randall (42-6). Saturday’s finals 3:30 p.m. -- Semifinal winners.

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PIRATES, FROM PAGE B2 Kaitlyn Foster and Kate Mitchell had eight kills each for SU. Nikki Welch had 31 assists and 11 digs. Foster, a senior outside hitter from San Antonio, and Welch, a junior setter from Austin, were named to the American Volleyball Coaches Association’s D-III All-Region Team. SWIMMING SU’s swimming and diving teams split dual matches with SCAC rival Colorado College this past Friday at Walzel Nataorium. Winning 15 events, the men overpowered the visitors, 220.540.5, and the women dropped a 197-84 decision. Simmon Belaineh helped lead the one-sided win for the men with the top time in the 100 freestyle (48.22 seconds). He also won the 50 free and helped the 400 medley relay team to a firstplace finish. Peter Robinson captured the 200 backstroke with a time of 2:01.59, and Mickey Scharbrough won the 200 breaststroke with a finish of 2:14.06. The SU women were led by Alexandra Morris, who finished runner-up in the 200 free and the 400 IM. Marissa Byrd added a second-place finish in the 200 breaststroke with a time of 2:39.01. On Saturday, the Pirates’ men and women swept a pair of dual matches from Centenary at the Walzel Center. The women rebounded from Friday’s loss with a 164-74 victory that saw SU win 11 events, and the men won their third consecutive dual by a 151108 margin, claiming 10 events. Matt Sluss led the way for the

on the second team. Andres Carreno-Mendez, a junior midfielder from Georgetown, and John Wall, a senior defender from Austin, were placed on the second team. Carreno-Mendez, the Pirates’ second-leading scorer, posted three goals with a team-high four assists for 10 points on the season. He took 28 shots with 10 being on frame, and had one game-winning goal. The SU women (7-1-2) placed three players on the All-SCAC second team. Honored were Malorie Lara, a sophomore from Austin; Audrey Silver, a junior defender from Dallas; and Hayley Miesse, a junior midfielder from Austin.

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Ben Patterson (48) eludes Jake Bahr (3). The Pirates fell to TLU 58-3 to end the Pirates season at 2-8 on Saturday at the GISD Athletic Complex. men with a pair of top spots in the 100 IM and the 200 freestyle. Sluss helped the 200 medley relay team to a first-place finish, while earning a pair of runner-up spots in the 50 and 200 breaststrokes. Michael Glover won the 100 butterfly with a time of 54.48, while also helping the 200 freestyle relay to a first-place finish. Scharbrough was the first to the wall in both the 50 and 100 breaststrokes. He logged a time of 28.29 in the 50, while earning a mark of 59.90 in the 100. In women’s action, Marisa McCormack led the way with four top finishes on the day. McCormack placed first in the 100

IM and 100 backstroke. She also helped the 200 yard freestyle and medley relay teams to victories. Additionally, Madison Doty was first in the 200 freestyle, and she helped the 200 medley relay team to a win. Southwestern will close out the fall portion of its schedule next weekend at the Trinity Invitational in San Antonio. SOCCER The SU men (6-14) earned two second-team selections and two honorable mentions on the All-SCAC team. Jake Swonke, a freshman forward from Cypress, and David Arellano, a junior midfielder from Austin, were placed

CROSS COUNTRY The SU men’s cross country team closed out the season with a 29th-place finish among 30 teams at the NCAA South/Southeast Regional Championships this past Saturday at Winchester, Va. The Pirates were paced by Abraham Devenport, who placed 137th overall. Devenport circled the 8,000-meter course in a time of 29:58.4. Emory won the team title with 86 points, while Emory’s Lukas Mees was the top individual finisher with a time of 25:46.8. SU had 849 points. SU’s Brianna Timourian placed 31st overall in the 6,000-meter women’s race. Timourian navigated the course in a time of 23:47. Emory captured the team title, while Rhodes followed in second place. Emory’s Elise Viox was the top individual finisher with a time of 22:05.8.

SU-TLU Football Statistics TEXAS LUTHERAN 58, SOUTHWESTERN 3 At the GISD Athletic Complex, Saturday TLU 7 24 20 7 -- 58 SU 0 0 0 3 -- 3 First Quarter TLU -- Marquis Barrolle, 2 run (Chadd Brown kick) 4:59, 5 plays, 56 yards Second Quarter TLU -- Brown, 34 FG, 14:45 TLU -- Tyler Howlett, 11 run (Brown kick) 11:51, 5 plays, 57 yards TLU -- A.J. Saucedo, 1 run (Brown kick) 5:23, 11 plays, 69 yards TLU -- Barrolle, 2 run (Brown kick) 0:28, 13 plays 62 yards Third Quarter TLU -- Barrolle, 53 run (Brown kick) 11:48, 7 plays, 74 yards TLU -- Saucedo, 2 run (Brown kicxk) 5:25, 6 plays, 47 yards TLU -- Saucedo, 78 run (kick failed) 1:32, 1 play, 78 yards Fourth Quarter TLU --Bryce Johnson, 43 run (Brown kick), 11:59, 1 play, 43 yards SU -- Laith Tucker, 24 vFG TEAM STATISTICS Column First downs Yards rushing Yards passing Passes Total offense Avg. per play Fumbles lost Penalties Punts

TLU SU 30 15 48-346 26-73 255 183 18-36-0 16-37-0 84-601 63-256 7.15 4.06 2-0 2-1 5-50 13-134 5-33.2 10-36.9

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing TLU -- Saucedo 14-145, Barrolle 13-106, Johnson 3-46, Tre Scallion 7-32, Howlett 1-11, Zach Galindo 2-6, Trenton White 7-6, Team 1-(6). SU -- Markell Henderson 13-61, AJ Daniels 1-27, Jahmaal Dumes 1-1, Cris Pringle 1-(-2), Paul Williams 1-(-4), Bryan Hicks 9-(-10). Passing TLU -- White 16-33-0, 233; Galindo 2-3-0, 22. SU -- Hicks 16-37-0, 183. Receiving TLU -- Chase Ragusa 7-63, Caleb Oliver 4-60, Al Pollard-Baylor 3-39, Logan Thompson 1-43, Barrolle 1-29, Jacob Tingle 1-11, Jekovan Holmes 1-10. SU -- Ben Patterson 5-23, Micah Sherman 3-73, Kenneth Wynn Jr. 2-18, Landry Bray 1-19, John David Bishop 1-15; Grayson Beck 1-9, Dante Smith 1-4, AJ McCort 1-2, Levi Andrews 1-0.

East View, Georgetown Swimming Results KILLEEN ISD INVITATIONAL Saturday’s Results (GISD swimmers in top 8) Girls Team standings -- San Antonio Johnson 305.50, Georgetown 169.50, Round Rock Cedar Ridge 102.50, East View 92, Harker Heights 78, Austin LBJ 75, Hutto 34, Elgin 28, Ellison 25, Rouse 22.50; Round Rock Stony Point 20. 200 medley relay -- 1. GHS A (Hannah Ignacio, Rehgan Hartsell, Rylan Slocum, Grace Innis), 1:58.36; 4. EV (Lauren Glenn, Elizabeth Bissonett, Emilie Parks, Maddy Davis), 2:02.63; 7. GHS B (Carly Davis, Emily Gillispie, Sarah Walters, Cierra Scully), 2:07.05. 200 free -- none. 200 IM -- 6. Ignacio, GHS, 2:00.34 (winning

time: 2:18.67). 50 free -- 1. Hartsell, GHS, 26.53; 3. Glenn, EV, 26.72; 4. Ennis, GHS, 27.17; 8. Davis, EV, 27.62. 100 butterfly -- 1. Parks, EV, 1:01.71; 7. Scully, 1:09.19. 100 free -- 1. Parks, EV, 56.02; 4. Innis, GHS, 59.45. 500 free -- 6. Slocum, GHS, 5:51.32 (winning time: 5:19.87). 200 free relay -- 2. EV (Parks, Bissonett, Davis, Glenn), 1:47.90 (winning time: 1:47.81); 3. GHS A (Ignacio, Slocum, Innis, Hartsell), 1:48.86; 7.GHS B (Julia Morales, Walters, Olivia Hesse, Gillispie), 1:57.95. 100 back -- 3. Ignacio, GHS, 1:06.91 (winning time: 1:05.60); 4. Glenn, EV, 1:07.85. 100 breast -- 1. Hartsell, GHS, 1:12.21; 4. Gillispie, GHS, 1:17.12.

400 free relay -- 4. GHS A (Scully, Hesse, Kyndal Cody, Davis), 4:19.35 (winning time: 4:01.95). Boys Team standings -- S.A. Johnson 213.50, Georgetown 192, Austin LBJ 115, Round Rock Cedar Ridge 108, Killeen Shoemaker 99.50, East View 61, Harker Heights 60, Copperas Cove 38, Hutto 24, Killeen Ellison 20, Rouse 10, Killeen 8. 200 medley relay -- 1. GHS A (Jack Whewell, Connor Lancaster, other two swimmer unidentified), 1:45.92; 8. EV (John Pugh, Tiger Koster, Mark Galloway, Daniel Rowe), 1:57.00. 200 free -- 2. Jackson Zenisek, GHS, 1:54.35 (winning time: 1:51.30); 5. Pugh, EV, 2:00.30; 7. Tristan Britz, EV, 2:06.82. 200 IM -- 2. Greyson Alarcon, GHS, 2:06.32 (winning time: 2:02.39); 5. Lancaster, GHS, 2:18.40.

50 free -- 4. Marc True, GHS, 24.72 (winning time: 24.45); 6. Rowe, EV, 24.88. 100 butterfly -- 6. Whewell, GHS 58.10 (winning time: 53.58); 8. William Corona, GHS, 1:00.75. 100 free -- 8. Derek Smith, GHS, 56.28 (winning time: 49.52). 500 free -- 4. Rowe, EV, 5:32.04 (winning time: 5:09.46). 200 free relay -- 1. GHS A (Alarcon, Zenisek, Corona, Lancaster), 1:35.62; 4. EV (Pugh, Blake Garcia, Cameron Cardenas, Rowe), 1:41.32. 100 back -- 2. Alarcon, GHS, 56.09 (winning time: 55.11); 3. Whewell, GHS, 1:00.07; 5. True, GHS, 1:00.35; 7. Lancaster, GHS, 1:04.98. 100 breast -- 1. 3. Zenisek, GHS, 1:07.05 (winning time: 1:05.65); 5. John McLaughlin, GHS, 1:08.16; 7. Corona, GHS, 1:10.10. 400 free relay -- 2. GHS A (True, Whewell, Co-

rona, Zenisek), 3:35.22 (winning time: 3:28.08); 7. EV A (Koster, Galloway, Cardenas, Garcia), 3:56.83. Next Meet TISCA (qualifying meet), in San Antonio, Dec. 4-5 Coach Tim Pukys’ Swimmers of Meet GHS: Girls -- Grace Innis, Kyndal Cody, Delaney Calem, Carly Davis, Amelia Blankenship, Emma Dahlstrand and Sophia Helpert. Boys -- Derek Smith, Jack Whewell, Greyson Alarcon, Will Corona and Scott Innis. EV: Girls --Ellie Bissonett, Lauren Glenn , Emilie Parks, Mikala Sample and Maddy Davis. Boys -Tristan Britz, Mark Galloway, Daniel Rowe, Sam Beach, and Brandon Henry.

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East View, Georgetown Boys Open Play By Jon Whittemore

Advocate Correspondent

The Patriots and Eagles are preparing for the rapidly approaching tipoff of basketball season and both coaches Jason Jones at East View and Russell Miller at Georgetown took a few minutes this past weekend to assess the start of the season. East View opens its 2015-16 campaign with trips to Hutto on Tuesday and San Marcos on Monday, Nov. 11, before participating in the annual Jack Frost Tournament hosted in Georgetown on Dec. 3-5. The Patriots’ first game in the Jack Frost Tourney will be against Round Rock Westwood at 1:30 p.m. on Dec. 3. “Hutto is still in football right now, but they will be athletic and play good defense,” said Jones, who is starting his first season as East View’s head coach. “Their coach has had a lot of success

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during his career, so I know that they’ll be competitive. “San Marcos? I’ve not even thought about. We’ve been more concerned with getting ourselves ready and getting our own house in order than we have in worrying about what others are going to do.” Jones is happy with what he’s seen early. “Our guys got out of football this week, and I’m really impressed with the athleticism of the group,” he said. “Our numbers are up. There’s lots of participation. They’ve come in willing to put in the time needed to be successful, and they’ve been willing to work.” Among others, those expected to see significant playing time early on the varsity level are Zion Hester (5-9, fr.), Justin Derr (6-1, jr.), Quinn Stewart (6-2, sr.), Donald Walton (6-0, soph.), Cray Steger (6-6, sr.), and Dylan Derr

(6-4, sr.). The Patriots were 3-11 in District 25-5A play last year. Wes King is the assistant coach.

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The Eagles tipoff their season against all 6A opponents. They open up on the road on Tuesday against Round Rock McNeil, which boasts a University of Houston commit and a nationally touted junior classman. On Friday, they travel to Round Rock Stony Point and then to Austin Westlake High on Monday before finally playing their home opener against Westwood High on Monday, Nov. 30. Their first game in the 37th annual prestigious Jack Frost Tournament is against Belton at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 3. “It’s all about getting ready for district play,” Miller said. “It

doesn’t matter who we play or how many we win early in the season. We’re concerned with how we play (in district) and doing what we need to do to get better. It is all about preparation.” Since Georgetown is still in the football playoffs and many of the expected contributors to the basketball team play both sports, Miller will be playing a little short-handed until the football players can make it to the gym. He has said he has as many as eight players still in football. “It’s a great time for players to get some court time against good competition and to see where we are,” continued Miller. “I’ve been really impressed with the maturity and leadership of this group,” he said. “Our motto this year involves the ideas of ‘brotherhood’ and ‘family’ and ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ effort. This group has great chemistry.”

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said. “We played Summer Creek at 10:30 and came back against Bryan (in the consolation final) with just a one-game break. Bryan is young, but I can’t remember playing a team as quick and deep as they are. They will be very good before the season is over.” The 6-foot-1 Day had 11 points and 10 rebounds, while sophomore guard Brooke Elliott added 10 points against Summer Creek. In the Bryan contest, Day had 18 points and eight rebounds, while Clark added 10 points and six rebounds. Senior Dori Brown did not play in the Bryan game because of illness. In the season opener with Midway, GHS ran afoul of several things including a talented 6A district favorite. “They played very well and we got in foul trouble early (Day and Clark),” Farney said of a game in which the Lady Eagles turned the ball over 25 times, were called for 25 fouls, and shot just 11 of 38 (28.9 percent) from the floor. Despite being one of five Lady Eagles with four or more fouls, Day led the Eagles with 12 points. “I thought Brooke played extremely well,” Farney said. “She was a warrior out there.” As for the Pflugerville game, Farney said, “More of the same for us. They have very good shooters. They lost to Vista Ridge by one (65-64) in the semifinals of Austin Bowie’s Be-YOU-tiful Classic. They are capable of putting up a lot of points if you let them play their game.”

Expected to get minutes early in the season for the four-guard, one-post Eagles are: Zac Kepner (6-6, jr.), Kaden Herbert (6-2, jr.), Jeff Williams (6-6, soph.), Brock Gonzales (sr.), Matt Taparauskas (5-9, soph.), and Logan Lester (6-6, sr.). “We haven’t really picked starters yet,” Miller said. “I just say ‘give me five’ and a group takes the court. They know that they earn their minutes by how they play.” The Eagles won 19 games last year, but bowed out in the first round of the playoffs with a sophomore-heavy team. They are bigger and more experienced this year. Assisting Miller will be Mike Porter (JV), Nathaniel Funk (Frosh A), and Tim Knicky (Frosh B). Funk and Knicky also are on the football staff.

28 points with sophomore post Rachel Wisian adding 19, while Daniel contributed seven steals. In the Patriots’ season opener at ranked 6-A Round Rock Westwood they played very well, jumping out to 9-2 lead, playing the favored Warriors to a standstill, but ultimately losing 60-56. The Pats trailed 28-25 at the half of the hardfought game, but closed the gap with Daniel stealing and scoring a bucket late in the third quarter to tie the game at 38-38. With Westwood leading in the fourth quarter, senior Lina Mendoza made a free throw to bring the Patriots within 2 at 55-53. Holland canned a 3-pointer with an assist from Diamond Morrison to cut the Westwood margin to 58-56. “Our four returning starters all played well, with our younger players struggling a bit with the pressure,” Walla said. “Abby stood out with her overall game, scoring, rebounding and stealing the ball.”

Holland led the scoring with 17 points and rebounds with seven. “Rachel was solid with her rebounding and scoring,” Walla said. Wisian had 12 points and five offensive rebounds. “Our reserves contributed well,” Walla added. “Lena Mendoza had 9 points and was very disruptive on defense. Kim Jones played well, making good court decisions and also drained a 3 for us.” Daniel also had a solid game with four steals and four assists, while contributing 6 points. Paighton Corley added 6 points off the bench. After playing Liberty Hill in their home opener on Tuesday night, East View will take to the road again for a 6 p.m. Friday game with Belton. They will play at Hutto at 7 p.m. this coming Monday. East View will stage its own JV and freshman tournament this coming Thursday and Saturday. Note: East View varsity boxscores unavailable.

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Cougar Senior Ethan Alford (left) puts a hit on Maypearl’s Cole Maxwell to help force a fumble. The Panthers turned the ball over five times Friday night. The victory advanced Jarrell into a Friday area game with Crockett at Groesbeck. Jarrell defenders Thomas Harville (77) and (60) Bryon Roamartinez (right picture) sandwich Gunner Petty (11). The Cougars won the bi-district matchup 47-25. COUGARS, FROM PAGE B1 season, and Bulldogs will meet at 7:30 p.m. Friday at Buffalo. It was a monumental, if not historic, victory for the Cougars. It was their first victory in the playoffs since 2001. “It’s an awesome feeling to get this win,” Jarrell coach Jeremy Beutler said. “My hat is off to these kids. They played with a chip on their shoulder. We have a veteran team that was oneand-done in the playoffs the last two years.” With Brown producing touchdown scampers of 2, 1, 53, 52 and 22 yards, it could put the Cougars into a position where it’s one-and-much more. His rushing total would have been higher if not for a bad snap that resulted in a double-digit loss, and three kneel-downs at the end of the game. Brown also had a 30-yard scoring run nullified in the second quarter by a penalty. “I just saw the holes, and the offensive line did a great job of opening them up for me,” said Brown, who had 15 runs of 8 yards or better. “We watched film daily and hourly, and we had a feeling we could do what we did.”

What they did on the ground was effective. Jarrell only passed the ball twice with one completion -- a 3-yarder to Hunter Lonas -- on the 13th snap of the first quarter. “Actually, I thought we would have to throw the ball a whole lot more,” Beutler said. “But if I can run the ball, I’m going to put it in the best quarterback in the state’s hands and let him run it.” The ball-hawking Jarrell defense also performed well, recovering four fumbles and getting a pass interception from Tucker Sansom. The Panthers worked their 67 plays for 303 yards, but 105 of those yards came on three of their four touchdowns. In fact, all four of Maypearl’s touchdowns came on big plays -- a 52 -yard keeper by quarterback Gunner Petty on the final play of the first half; a 40-yard pass from Petty to Cole Maxwell in the third; and a 13-yard run by Connor Malone in the third quarter. Chase Reheer returned a kickoff 87 yards in the final quarter. Petty led the Maypearl attack with 94 yards rushing, and 105 yards passing.

Jarrell led 7-0 after the first period, 27-7 at the half, and 40-19 after three quarters. The Panthers made their strongest showing in the third period, getting off 31 snaps compared to five for the Cougars. The Cougars’ other points came on a 2-yard run by Chris Bannon, a 52-yard fumble return by Dorian Cole, and five extra points by Hector Guerrero. Michael Schwertner and Lonas also came up with loose balls for Jarrell. Maypearl finished its season with a 4-7 record. In Crockett, which is riding a four-game winning streak, Jarrell will face a team averaging 35.2 points and 336 yards a game. The Bulldogs have beaten Garrison, Hemphill, Deweyville and Lexington since losing to Newton, 38-35, on Oct. 16. The prime weapon is quarterback Case Robinson, who has completed 148 of 228 passes for 2,201 yards and 30 touchdowns, and rushed 90 times for 445 yards. De’Anthony Epps has rushed for 672 yards on 67 carries; and A.J. Phillips has caught 59 passes and has scored 24 all-purpose touchdowns.

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First Quarter JAR -- Tony Brown, 2 run (Hector Guerrero kick), 1:22, 14 plays, 77 yards (one penalty) Second Quarter JAR -- Brown, 1 run (Guerrero kick), 10:12, 6 plays, 45 yards (one penalty) JAR -- Brown, 53 run (Guerrero kick), 7:51, 3 plays, 62 yards JAR -- Chris Bannon 2 (kick failed). 3:42, 8 plays, 49 yards (one penalty) MAY -- Gunner Petty, 50 run (Robert Pinter kick) 0:00, 8 plays, 80 yards (one penalty)

Third Quarter JAR -- Dorian Cole, 52 fumble return (Guerrero kick), 7:44 MAY -- Cole Maxwell, 40 pass from Petty (kick failed), 3:13, 2 plays, 57 yards MAY -- Connor Malone, 13 run (run failed), :35, 7 plays, 44 yards (one penalty) JAR -- Brown, 52 run (run failed), :17, 1 play, 52 yards Fourth Quarter JAR -- Brown, 22 run (Guerrero kick), 7:26, 5 plays, 46 yards MAY -- Chase Reheer, 87 kickoff return (run failed), 7:10 TEAM STATISTICS Column MAY JAR First down 18 22 Yards rushing 43-198 58-456 Yards passing 105 3

Passes 10-24-1 1-2-0 Total yards 67-303 60-459 Yards per play 4.52 7.65 Fumbles lost 4-6 1-2 Penalties 5-32 6-45 Punts 1-31.0 1-33.0 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing MAY -- Petty 19-94, Malone 15-68, Maxwell 6-26, Thomas Ripley 3-10. JAR -- Brown 38-361, Hunter Hernandez 8-43, Hunter Lonas 2-24, Marshall Forrest 6-18, Bannon 4-10. Passing MAY -- Petty 10-22-1, 105, Malone 0-2-0, 0. JAR -- Brown 1-2-0, 3. Receiving MAY -- Maxwell 4-62, Tyler Provins 4-32, Reheer 1-9, Malone 1-3. JAR -- Lonas 1-3.

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On Nov. 15, Jarrell Senior Breanna Wright signed her letter of commitment to Abilene Christian University. During the 2014-2015 season, Breanna and the Lady Cougars were UIL 3A State Semi-Finalists. Breanna was named to the TABC All State Team, the TGCA All State Team, and selected as the District 25 3A MVP. She is the daughter of Nova and David Wright of Jarrell and granddaughter of Sena and Tookie Mullen of Jarrell. Pictured: Sena & Tookie Mullen, Breanna Wright (seated) Aeryn Wright holding Adalann, David & Nova Wright.

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Grimble’s 4 TD’s Lead GHS Victory By Jon Whittemore Advocate Correspondent

Russell Rinn / Advocate Senior Jo’vonta Grimble scored four touchdowns while racking up 155 receiving yards in Thursday’s playoff win. EAGLES, FROM PAGE B1 ball, using our short passing game. If we can protect the ball, eliminate turnover, we have a good chance to be successful.” Champions’ defense is led by linebacker Trey Moskai and safety Kaden Beavers. Moskai was Texas Football magazine’s preseason defensive player of the year in 27-5A and is the team’s leading tackler. Dean said the Eagles, winners of five of their last six games, would be in good physical shape for the Champion contest. As for the win over Reagan, which finished 7-4, Dean said, “I felt we played ugly on offense. We struggled to run the ball for most of the game, but our receivers (Jo’vonta Grimble and Beau Corrales) were able to get open. The defense did a great job not giving up the big play, which has been one of our problems.” The Eagles only turned the ball over once, and that was on their first possession when they fumbled the ball at the Reagan 8 after driving to the 12. GHS lead 7-3 at the end of the first period on the first of four scoring passes to Grimble -- a HS 44, AUSTIN REAGAN 17 G At GISD Athletic Complex Austin Reagan 3 0 0 14 -- 17 Georgetown 7 17 3 17 -- 44 First Quarter GHS -- Jo’vonta Grimble, 36 pass from Chandler Herman (Luiz Diaz), 8:02, 1 play, 36 yards REA -- Jose Jaimes, 22 FG, 1:53 Second Quarter GHS -- Grimble, 10 pass from Herman (Diaz kick), 11:12, 8 plays, 50 yards GHS -- Diaz, 23 FG, 8:31 GHS -- Grimble, 40 pass from Herman (Diaz kick), 2:12, 4 plays, 63 yards Third Quarter GHS -- Diaz, 38 FG, 8:29 Fourth Quarter REA -- Mulbah Car, 4 run (Jaimes pass to

36-yarder from quarterback Chandler Herman, and Luiz Diaz kicked his first of five extra points. Reagan countered with a 22-yard field goal by Jose Jaimes. The Eagles pushed the lead to 24-3 at the half with touchdown passes of 10 and 40 yards from Herman to Grimble that were sandwiched around a 23-yard field goal by Diaz, who increased the advantage to 27-3 with a 38-yard field goal in the third. In a busy fourth period, Car opened scoring on a 4-yard run and finished with his 53-yard dash. Between the two, GHS scored on a 36-yard pass from Herman to Grimble, a 10-yard run by Jamel Powell, and a 29-yard field goal by Diaz. Georgetown finished with 315 total yards (86 rushing and 229 passing). Herman passed for 229 yards on 13 completions in 22 attempts; Grimble caught eight passes for 155 yards; and Dakota Cahill rushed 10 times for 50 yards. Sophomore Caden Leggett intercepted a pass for the Eagles, who did not have to punt in the contest. In addition to Leggett, GHS defensive coordinator David Patterson

Jaqualin Wilson), 11:56, 17 plays, 75 yards GHS -- Grimble, 36 pass from Herman (Diaz kick), 10:05, 3 plays, 45 yards (two penalties) GHS -- Jamel Powell, 10 run (Diaz kick), 7:11, 4 plays, 19 yards GHS -- Diaz, 29 FG, 2:55 REA -- Car, 53 run (kick failed), 1:21, 5 plays, 5 plays, 75 yards TEAM STATISTICS Column REA GHS First down 14 17 Yards rushing 43-179 24-86 Yards passing 108 229 Passes 10-22-1 13-22-0 Total yards 65-287 46-315 Yards per play 4.42 6.85 Fumbles lost 0-2 1-1 Penalties 11-85 1-10 Punts 3-27.3 0-0.0

said that linemen Hunter Creasey and Cole Northcutt, linebacker Matt May and back Eric Grasso were standouts on defense.

EAGLE NOTEBOOK GHS assistant coach Frank Ibarra played his home games at Alamo Stadium during his high school career with the Highlands Owls... During the regular season Cahill finished fourth in 25-5A in rushing with 1,100 yards, Herman was second in passing with 2,151 yards, Grimble led all receivers with 67 catches for 964 yards, Beau Corrales was fourth in receiving with 47 catches for 591 yards, Richard Bueno was eighth in receiving with 28 catches for 307 yards, Luiz Diaz was fourth in punting with a 34.89 average, Cahill was fourth in scoring with 120 points and Diaz was third in kick scoring and tied for 10th in overall scoring with 66 points... The Eagles were fourth in total offense (435.7 yards a game) and sixth in total defense (388.0 allowed per game).

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REGION IV - 5A STATE PLAYOFFS INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Rushing REA -- Car 21-118, Amado Aguilera 10-33, Adrian Benn 7-14, Mark Wilson 1-11, Isiah McDonald 1-10, Malique Jackson2-(-7). GHS -- Dakota Cahill 10-50, Powell 8-36, Nathan Jones 1-5, Herman 3-0, James Thomas 2-(-5). Passing REA -- Aguilera 8-18-1, 86; Alvin Harper 2-4-

After struggling to get to the UIL playoffs, Georgetown had little trouble dispatching Austin Reagan, the 26-5A runner-up in the bi-district round this past Thursday at the GISD Athletic Complex. The final score was 44-17, and the ultimate outcome probably was not as close as even that score would indicate. The Raiders completed less than half of their passes (10-22) for a meager 108 yards. They did rush for 179 yards, but almost a third of those yards came on one play – a 53 yard touchdown burst by Mulbah Car (21 for 118 yds). Carr is committed to the University of Houston. The gritty and recently resurgent Raiders -- back in playoffs for second year in a row after being shutout for more than a decade -- did play strong defense for most of the game, holding the Eagles to only 86 yards rushing on 24 attempts. Their ball-control, grind-it-out offense chewed up the clock, and limited Georgetown to only 46 offensive plays. However, as the score indicates, the Eagles made the most of their limited offensive opportunities with senior receiver Jo’Vonta Grimble (6-2, 195) having another outstanding game. Grimble led the team in receiving this year, and finished the regular season with 67 catches for 964 yards which placed him first in the official District 25-5A regular-season statistics. In this first playoff game, he caught eight of QB Chandler Herman’s passes for 155 yards. Herman -- in what for him was an under his standard performance -- completed 13 of 22 for the night, but did get credit for 229 yards (17.6 per completion). Grimble carried four of his eight catches into the end zone, bringing his season touchdown total to 14. “It felt great,” the affable wideout said. “They were in man coverage most of the night, and coach (Kyle) Gandy has taught us what to do to get open. Huge ‘shout-out’ to all the coaches and the other players. We were just doing our assignments.” When asked about his fumble on the opening series (the usually sure-handed Grimble was stripped at the 4-yard line going into the end zones on the Eagles’ opening possession), he commented, “The fumble brought me down a little, but you have to get over it. I had to recover (mentally), or it would have affected me the whole game. I forgot all about it and was able to score on our next offensive play.” Georgettes support the Grimble passed along the Eagles praise. “I’ve got to give great credit to our quarterback Chandler Herman. He finds us when we get open whether we are the first option or one of the check downs,” Grimble said. “I didn’t think that I’d be in a position to score four TDs in a playoff game, but I’m happy it happened.” The Eagles were absent from the playoffs last season despite sporting the exact same season and District 25-5A win-loss totals (7-3, 4-3). Reflecting on that situation, Grimble added, “We think about that group of guys (last year’s seniors) all the time. We want to win as many as we can to honor them, their effort and their leadership. They didn’t get to go past the regular season, so we’re playing for them, too.” Every team has its ‘home run’ hitters that excite the crowd. These are players who could (or can) change the course of a game in one play. For the New York Yankees, it was Ruth or Mantle, et. al. For the Chicago Bulls, it was Jordan. For the Dallas Cowboys, it was first Hayes then Irvin and now Bryant. The OKC Thunder have their Westbrook and Durant. GHS has a ‘home run hitter’ in Jo’Vonta Grimble. On the year, he has 19 catches of at least 15 yards, and many more catches in the 10-14 yard range. Some were long passes that he simply caught, and some were short passes that he turned into longer plays with runs-after-the-catch efforts. He has touchdowns of 98 yards (against Hays Consolidated) and 84 yards (against Pflugerville) on his receiving resume, and has now accomplished three multiple TD games. Grimble is a player that opposing coaches have to game-plan against because of his individual size, speed and skill set. Sometimes it is that one play that can make the difference in winning and losing. Star athletes step up when it is their time to shine. With this win, Grimble and his teammates have earned at least one more chance to polish the luster on this season’s record.

0, 22. GHS -- Herman 13-22-0, 229. Receiving REA -- M. Wilson 7-83, J. Wilson 1-18, McDonald 1-12, Car 1-0. GHS -- Gimble 8-155, Beau Corrales 5-74. REGION IV-5A PLAYOFFS (In bracket order) Division II Bi-District Results Cedar Park 49, Bastrop 14 Kerrville Tivy 63, San Antonio McCollum 21 Somerset 24, Gregory-Portland 17 Edcouch-Elsa 50, Roma 32 Georgetown 44, Austin Reagan 17 Boerne Champion 52, San Antonio Sam Houston 22 Corpus Christi Calallen 41, Castroville Medina Valley 6 Mission Sharyland 45, Mercedes 35

Division II Area Pairings Cedar Park (11-0) vs. Kerrville Tivy (11-0), GISD Athletic Complex, 7:30 p.m. Friday Somerset (10-1) vs. Edcouch-Elsa (7-4), Shirley Field, Laredo, 7:30 p.m. Friday Georgetown (8-3) vs. Boerne Champion (8-3), Alamo Stadium, San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Friday Calallen (9-2) vs. Mission Sharyland (7-4), Javelina Stadium, Kingsville, 7:30 p.m. Friday Division I Bi-District Results (25-5A teams only) Vandegrift 61, Bastrop Cedar Creek 7 Vista Ridge 44, Austin LBJ 27 Division I Area Pairings Vandegrift (9-2) vs. Lockhart (8-3), Rattler Stadium, San Marcos, 7:30 p.m. Friday Vista Ridge (9-2) vs. San Marcos (8-3), Bobcat Stadium, San Marcos, 7:30 p.m. Friday

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The Real Jack Frost Behind the Big Tourney

Left: Jack Frost. Above: Jack congratulates his granddaughter, who sang the national anthem at the tournament at the age of 8, and was asked later to perform at a Kansas City Royals Game and has also sung at Dell Diamond. Below: Georgetown Eagles girls team prepares for play in the 2014 tournament. by Ann Marie Ludlow

The Tournament

The 37th Annual Jack

Frost Basketball Tournament is set for December 3-5 at Georgetown High School and Southwestern University. Since 1978, boys and girls teams have been competing in the three-day event, which has grown to a very prestigious destination event that draws teams from all over Texas. The tournament was named for Mr. Frost during his tenure as Georgetown ISD Superintendent, a post he held with great respect and success from 1969 to 1988. He received a “1” jacket during the first tournament, which he still cherishes. The tournament is directed by Milton Van Dusen who has been involved for the last fifteen years, serving the last ten as tournament director. Mr. Frost is quick to point out that Van Dusen is largely responsible for bringing the event into the limelight and garnering statewide attention. Among the many features of the weekend-long festivities is the hospitality room at the high school. Over time, the giveaways and food provided have become as big a draw as some of the games. The 2015 tournament will be catered by the Georgetown ISD culinary department

and hosted by a very energetic group of booster club volunteers. East View and Georgetown High School games will also be covered on Channel 10 Community Spotlight. Georgetown girls’ teams have won the tournament ten times and have been runners-up many times. The boys’ teams have won eight times, and also been runners-up several years as well. Frost says, “The camaraderie between the boys and girls teams is inspiring. They don’t often get to see each other play, and it takes their play to another level.” As in the past, the tournament would not be possible without the support of some very dedicated sponsors; Minuteman Press, Farmers’ Insurance, Texas Crushed Stone, Hat Creek Burger Company, the City of Georgetown, and Sierra Microwave, among others.

About Jack Frost

The “real” Jack Frost is 89 years old and runs at least three miles a day. The son of a sharecropper, he loves sports, music, drama, and most of all, his family. He was inspired to be a teacher while he was playing sports in high school. He attended junior college on a football scholarship and always wanted to be a coach; so they made him an administrator, which meant he

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could enjoy all manner of activities. As Georgetown ISD Superintendent, Jack Frost instilled a sense of educational excellence in the community. He demanded quality from his teachers and students, and was an avid supporter of all UIL activities. As an educational leader, he served on the Central Texas Music Committee and the UIL Legislative Council. Respected by the teachers and staff, and loved by the students, he had numerous yearbooks dedicated to him, as well as being named FFA State Honorary Member and Volleyball, Basketball and Blue Wings (pep squad) Beaus. He has been presented with football game jerseys, state medals and plaques, and even had the 1979 Girls’ State Basketball Championship dedicated to him. He now lives in the Dallas area and helps his daughter, a doctor, raise her own daughter, Lily, 10. He is also still heavily involved in Georgetown and its sports programs, and is thrilled that Georgetown has two high schools now. “All of them are Georgetown students and we love them all. Two schools; one community. We are happy to have both schools in the tournament.” Although he retired nearly three decades ago, Frost’s presence is still very strong in the com-

to have so many members of the business community who support the games.” Frost is also quite proud of the coaching professionals we have here in Georgetown, most notably Rhonda Farney, “She is not only a great coach, but one of the greatest in the nation. Most coaches couldn’t touch the hem of her garment.”

What’s Good for Georgetown

Not only is the tournament an exciting sports event, its explosive growth in the past decade also means

tourism and revenue for the city. Frost says, “It’s unbelievable the people who come here to shop, eat and stay in our hotels. The city, our government, and our volunteers all bend over backwards to make visitors feel welcome. Their combined efforts will keep people coming for the basketball and staying for the charm.” Visit SportsTX.com and JackFrostTournament.com for information about the tournament and details about participating teams.

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munity. In addition to his now-famous basketball tournament, students at Jack Frost Elementary are fortunate enough to meet their living namesake. Georgetown High School has a Jack Frost Student of the month, who receives special privileges, and there are Jack Frost Scholarships for both high schools. “The tournament is not about me,” Frost says. “It is about young people and the citizens of the community. Georgetown is one of the most outstanding places to live and we are fortunate

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Veteran supporter Betty Schleder, Jimmy Daniels and his wife of 67 years, Betty. Cook-Walden’s Kevin Hull with his latest Cadillac treated royally all the way.” Jimmy was born in West, Texas in 1926. He received a Purple Heart while with the Marine First Air Wing as a guard and heavy equipment operator. He was stationed in New Guinea and Mindanao, Philippines. He served in Tsingtao and Peking after the war and was orld War II veteran discharged as a Corporal in Jimmy Daniels got a police San Francisco in 1946. escort and a limo to Austin He majored in Art at to throw out the first pitch Baylor University, operated in the Sun City Softball a juvenile probation departClub vs. UT Women’s Soft- ment in Harlingen, TX, and ball game November 11. also worked for the Federal This is the second annual Bureau of Narcotics in slow-pitch event that mixes San Antonio, which later players from the co-ed Sun became the DEA. Although City club and the collegiate he served the nation in 12 athletes—“Stars” against countries, he says, “Today “Stripes”—and brings is one of the brightest highthe college team’s fall lights of my life, and I will season to a close. It takes be rooting for both teams!” place on Veterans’ Day at Round Rock Motor McCombs Field to honor Escorts provided two servicemen and women for motorcycle officers to lead all they do, and is covered the motorcade, and Kevin live on Longhorn Network Hull of Cook-Walden was television. more than happy to help Wife Betty Daniels says with Jimmy’s big day. Hull the invite came up kind of provided Cook-Walden’s sudden but they are very newest Cadillac limousine; excited about it— perbrand new and only driven haps the ride more so than three times so far. “We are the game; “When all our continually looking for neighbors see this, they ways to support veterans are going to flip.” Veteran and be involved in the supporter Betty Schleder community. Our heart at chose Jimmy for the honor Cook-Walden is to support “because he’s one of my the veterans in any way favorites. He’s so humble that we can. It’s just a small and didn’t even want to do thing we can do to make it right away, but he called people feel special.” later and said, ‘I hated to Final score; Stars 9, say no to you,’ so Jimmy Stripes 7. is our man and he’s being

Williamson County Youth W Expo The Expo will be held in Georgetown - Nov 30 December 4th. This is a new opportunity for County Youth to showcase myriad skills and projects related to agriculture science and technology. The Expo will include a Prepared Public Speaking Contest, Ag Mechanics Contest, Floriculture Skillathon and Calf Scramble as well as a Livestock Show. The Farm Bureau and Southwest Dairy Museum will be there for visual, live demonstrations for school age youth to tour and learn more about the industry that provides the food and clothing that are vital to our way of life. Most exciting is a LIVE Auction held at the end of the week, where business and individuals can come to bid on livestock projects in our premium sale. We will have a buyers’ luncheon at the Georgetown Event Center at noon on December 4th with the Auction following at 2.

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able to enjoy what life I have left. What would be the result of continuing a minimal dosage of Prednisone (5 mg or less per day)? What alternatives do I have? -- C.B. ANSWER: This is a good question, not just for bronchiectasis (a scarring condition of the airways, so they can’t clear mucus properly), but for the many, many diseases treated with Prednisone. Long-term use of high-dose Prednisone (and similar steroids, such as cortisone and methylprednisolone, or Medrol) can cause diabetes in susceptible individuals, and it raises blood pressure, weakens bones, increases hunger and causes weight gain in most, causes thinning and other skin problems and, in high doses, causes confusion or psychosis. It is indeed a dangerous drug. However, as bad as it is, it sometimes is so effective at improving the disease it’s treating that the benefit is worth the risk of all these side effects. There

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I remember reading George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty Four in 1984. All of us modern high school thinkers postulated about how the framework of a dystopian society with too much security infringing on our freedoms was just patently absurd. I’m so glad that hasn’t happened. Hang on while I put my shoes back on to get through security. Newspeak? Really. OMG that will never happen. And CCTV watching U was too invasive so that would never happen. LOL #PatriotAct I’m totally going 2 turn off my webcam so I can Tweet that or maybe post to FB with a photo of my lunch. The idea of sending a FAX from the beach was just as ridic. S’rsly, who in 2015 would even consider sending a fax. [eye-roll emoji] It’s not like we have the USSR any more. Now we just worry about ISIS, which IMHO is still the worst of the GWOT. So last week I downloaded “1984” on my Apple watch that I bought with my new v-chip AMEX to read again. It’s not like people are following me; just using the card to track what I buy to target ads on my hulu and

spam me at home. Anyway, I couldn’t surf the net because I wasn’t near a cell tower, so I was SOL with no connection from AT&T, so all I had was an e-reader app. Naturally, I have ADD, so I had just left IHOP and was reading in my SUV while getting zero MPG in MoPac traffic (which could really use an HOV lane) and listening to HLN on XM about former GOP president W and how he was supporting AARP and DVs via a number of PACs. I looked up my GPS to find a KFC for lunch when I was t-boned by an RV. I just know I’m going to need an MRI, which my HMO doesn’t cover, so I’ll need a HELOC from B-of-A to cover the PO. So the other driver showed me his DL, and his DOB was just barely Y2K, but was with USAA so I can e-file a claim. No need for APD to file an APB, really. I’m so OCD that I got his SSN while I was at it. He gave me his e-mail adx and PO box. He actually lives here in G’town and turns out he has favorited my vlog so we were fast BFFs despite the SNAFU. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah, so it’s not like we really have Big Brother who actually changes history IRL right?

Anyway, so how about that new history book that talks about the 400 years of “forced immigration” before the Civil War is just 2Gucci. Changing history? Whatevs. Big Brother is just a really cool show on CBS right? Although I don’t think Julie Chen was even born when Orwell wrote the book. And the Civil War is still big news. I think there’s still one confederate flag left in AL or MS somewhere—I’m sure u can download a wiki for more deets. mkay? I’m sure my kids will know everything they need to know about our country’s history, good and bad, right? As I was saying, 1984 could never happen. It’s totes re-dic. Starting a war to keep peace? No one has done that since, um... 2002? Whatevs. Ignorance is Strength! Maybe. Having an original thought and being flamed ASAP by trolls on FB for being wrong; ROFL! Using torture to get people to turn on their own peeps—WTH? Waterboarding is no worse than shotgunning a beer; who hasn’t done that? That Orwell had quite an imagination. Newspeak? IDK what he was talking about.

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Benefits of Christian Living by Jim Kelley

Benefits of Christian living: continuing from last issue’s article where the benefits of reduced caloric intake and fasting was discussed, some of Jehovah’s ideals on fasting are the subject of this week’s article. In response to those that said fasting was a useless exercise, He required total focus on getting right with Him. When one intends strife, debate, and wicked attacks; prayers do not go past the ceiling; Isa 58:3-14 Why have we fasted, they say, and You do not see it? Why have we afflicted ourselves, and You take no knowledge [of it]? Behold, on the day of your fast [when you should be grieving for your sins], you find profit in your business, and [instead of stopping all work, as the law implies you and your workmen should do] you extort from your hired servants a full amount of labor. [The facts are that] you fast only for strife and debate and to smite with the fist of wickedness. Fasting as you do today will not cause your

voice to be heard on high. Jehovah repudiates the concept of self-abasement as a condition of fasting. In God’s economy, it is a powerful exercise directed to destroy every form of enslavement; Is such a fast as yours what I have chosen, a day for a man to humble himself with sorrow in his soul? Is it only bow down his head like a bulrush and to spread sackcloth and ashes under him. Will you call this a fast and an acceptable day to the Lord? [Rather] is not this the fast that I have chosen: to loose the bonds of wickedness, to undo the bands of the yoke, to let the oppressed go free, and that you break every [enslaving] yoke? Fasting is also redirecting the use of your financial resources to feed yourself to meet the needs of the hungry, the homeless, the naked, and your extended family; Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry and bring the homeless poor into your house--when you see the naked, that you cover him, and that you hide not yourself from [the needs of] your own flesh and blood? God promises to reward those that fast His way insight understanding, healing, and protection; Then shall your light break forth like the morning, and your healing (your restoration and the power of a new life) shall spring forth speedily; your righteousness (your rightness,

your justice, and your right relationship with God) shall go before you, and the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard. Then you shall call, and the Lord will answer; you shall cry, and He will say, Here I am. If you remove oppressive behaviors from yourself, judgment or condemnation, and evil or unjust speech while adding a focus to sacrificially meet the needs of others, He will utterly destroy depression and give joy to your soul; If you take away from your midst yokes of oppression, the finger pointed in scorn, and every form of false, harsh, unjust, and wicked speaking, and if you pour out that with which you sustain your own life for the hungry and satisfy the need of the afflicted, then shall your light rise in darkness, and your obscurity and gloom become like the noonday. The Lord shall guide you continually and satisfy you in drought and in dry places and make strong your bones. You shall be like a watered garden and like a spring of water whose waters fail not. Your ancient ruins shall be rebuilt; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called Repairer of the Breach, Restorer of Streets to Dwell In. Contact Jim Kelley at The Center For Power-Filled Living at 512-869-0936 or visit ChristNeuro.org.

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book by Frances Schaffer titled How Should We Then Live? Schaeffer (1976) illustrated how education, philosophy, and religion evolved to its present condition of foundationless philosophy similar to that of Rome near the advent of Jesus Christ. At the time, I was amazed at how the author predicted the condition of the American society in the 21st Century. The ancient Romans derived their culture from the Greeks after Rome conquered Greece in 146 B.C. The center of society and the meaning of all things to the Greeks was the polis, city-states where the citizenry developed the culture, economy, government, military, and theology. The citizenry contrived false gods and cults to offer

signaled he was ready for his favorite thing in the world: ice-cream. Helping him to the car, off we went for our treat. We brought him to our home following the death of his beloved Betty Jo, wife of 54 years because his dementia and Parkinson’s required medical tests that could be performed at a facility near us. Our daily routine included his medical procedure followed by a trip for

answers to life’s phenomena. There was no foundation on absolute truth. Consequently, without the availability of answers to life’s problems, Roman rule became a cruel, uncompassionate, authoritarian dictatorship. Eventually, Rome disintegrated from within its regime due to military losses, economic instability, overexpansion, government corruption, and the loss of traditional values. Does this scenario sound like 21st Century America to You? Looking at the Bible, the interaction of behavior and spiritual life has had a distinct effect on cultural development around the world. A historical treatise, originally written to the nation of Israel, the Old Testament documents God’s commands and promises to ancient Israel. Through Jesus Christ, God extended these commands and promises to those who believe today!

ice-cream. We acquired new talents we never expected: night surveillance when my father-in-law thought it was early morning and time to go to work, although he had been retired for many years. Sometimes, he just wanted to get into the car he no longer could drive, turn on the radio and listen to a favorite country-western song. My husband would get in the car and

gently refocus his Dad’s confused thought to the song on the radio. Content when the song ended, my father was coaxed back to bed. Then we all went back to sleep. How painful to watch the man who was a jackof-all-trades suddenly forget how to perform the simplest of tasks. Until we added new kitchen cabinets four years ago, the cup hooks my father-in-law put in our original ones drew a poignant sigh every time I opened the doors to get a coffee cup. Humor helped the Patterson clan of three boys, their wives, and eight grandchildren in our arduous journey with his dementia. Respect guided us in all things and, always, patience was

the umbrella over all our dealings. My father-inlaw modeled each of these traits to family, co-workers, friends-even those who were neither kind nor fair to him. Our family chest always held these significant tools to use when needed… which was often. We deliberately decided to honor and respect him even as the role of parent-child reversed. He needed his sons to do for him what he once had done for them when they were little. To them it was privileged service, not a list of indignant tasks. Were there times of frustration, apprehension, a sense of helplessness as we watched the dementia advance? Yes, but we chose to move out of those tor-

ments as quickly as possible. The painful experiences and insecure emotions are very real things, but stronger than any one of them is the bridge to sanity, understanding and help that faith brought us to. As my husband and I grow older and he occasionally reaches for a rubber band to tie something together, or I forget the end of a point I was so sure of moments before, there just might be a need for a very familiar Patterson family tradition. If you listen closely, you might hear one of us say through a toothy Texas grin, “I think you need a treat!” Ice-cream anyone?

Are you ready to turn our nation back to God? Place your children in a school where all education centers on God’s Word. After all, the Word of God became the foundation for the Hebrew culture described in the Old Testament. It can be our foundation, too! “Thus says the Lord God, ‘Behold, I am laying in Zion a stone, a tested stone, a costly cornerstone for the foundation, firmly placed. He who believes in it will not be disturbed’” (Isaiah 28:16). Covenant Community Schools serves children and students age 2 through 12th grade on three campuses in the Austin/ Round Rock/ Georgetown areas: Kingdom Heights Christian School in Round Rock, Century Christian Academy in Pflugerville, and Covenant Christian Academy in Georgetown. For more info, visit CovenantCommunitySchools.org.

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TECHNOLOGY Windows 10 – So far

Should I Upgrade to Windows 10?

(It’s free after all…) by Bill Schubert

The day after Windows 10 came out I upgraded my PC at which point it crashed. I then rolled it back and then wrote about it (you can read that excellent piece of writing on my blog at www.fcofg. com/blog). That was last quarter - a long time ago. I still have not upgraded on my work PC. To do that I’ve got to buy a new video card and pull my PC out and do the whole hardware upgrade thing and… OK, I’m whining here. But I’m just not motivated to do it. And I’m resistant to Micro-

soft’s constant pop-ups and messages and emails and in your face ‘You’ve got to do this, NOW!!’ message about Windows 10. I like Microsoft, but we have a stream of customers who finally gave up resisting the Windows 10 siren call and attempted to upgrade only to have it fail. Fortunately, we’re usually able to roll back the update without losing programs or data, but not always. So you’ve got to ask yourself… should I? I think people just get bored or are tired of being beaten up by Microsoft,

or they just accidentally click on the wrong thing (I’ve done it), and all of the sudden Windows 10 is installing. We’ve seen a lot of successful installs, but I have yet to hear anyone say, “Wow, am I ever glad I upgraded to Windows 10. It is so much better!” Let’s face it, most of us use about three or four programs. Email, Internet (Chrome browser, please), maybe some special program like golf statistics tracking software, etc. If you right click on the icon that opens that program and select “Pin to Taskbar” then

it is available at the bottom of the screen and you can click on it at any time, no matter what OS you are using. There are hundreds of bells and whistles I don’t use in Windows 8, and it will be the same in Windows 10. I’m not going to talk to Cortana, and I don’t use a touch screen, so most of that is lost on me; and I use Chrome, so ‘Edge’ doesn’t matter. If you want to wait a bit, Windows 10 will still be free next June and all of the Beta testing will be done. Or better yet, buy a new PC or Laptop built for

Windows 10. They are just starting to come out. Call us if you’ve got a question. 512-931-4134 Stay Connected! Bill Schubert owns Friendly Connections IT located in Georgetown providing managed and cloud services to businesses (AND BDR!) in the Williamson County area since 2005. They specialize in providing an off-site IT department to companies with 5 to 100 PC but also provide support to residential customers.

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