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Library to host yearly
book sale Feb. 19
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Thursday, 2
Friday, 2/4
Saturday, 2/5
Sunday, 2/6
Monday, 2/7
Rain: Month 0.44 • Year 2.29
Lake Graham at capacity: 1,075.00
Current level: 1,073.83
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The Library <
its annual Fri<
Book Sale from 8 a.m. to 1
Saturday, Feb. 19, in the li
conference room.
Even though merchandise will
be sold at bargain prices, every
contribution is valuable. Most
items are $1 with the exception
of children’s books, cost 50 cents,
and paperbacks, 25 cents.
Money raised from the sale
will be used to expand many of
the library’s technological and
entertainment-related resources.
All the money raised during the
sale will be kept separate from the
general library account and will
purchase technological resources
such as downloadable audio and
e-books and movies.
For complete information, see
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Oldest business institution in Young County • Established August 16, 1876
Loftin recovering after accident
overtime to
clear roads
See ACCIDENT, Page 2A
Working hard to be a loser
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Dozens competing
for cash, prize in
weight-loss contest
A different adventure
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By David Rupkalvis
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Cooper said. “They
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had been sick, a
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unds in two weeks versus
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real rule is no drugs
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as active in the
> year as she was last year.
>aid she has lost 15 poui
she has a better motivato
More than a week after he was injured,
well-known Graham realtor is fighting t
recover.
Glyn Loftin, 84, was seriously injured Jan.
31 in a o ne-c ar ac c ident n ear Scotland. Lofti n
co-owns Loftin Realty, which has offices in
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Loftin’s vehicle had left the road about a
mile north of Scotland, struck a utility pole
and rolled over.
Tom Loftin said he suspects his brother
may have fallen asleep while driving.
“He had been sick, and he told me he had
le-counter cold medi-
jtered nurse
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and Jane
assistant,
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>rts.
Dozens of people are working hard to be
losers.
The contest began when a handful of
staff members at Graham Regio i
Center organized the second bi
contest.
One of the organizers, regist
Catherine Burleson, said she
fellow nurse Laverne Jennings
McNatt, hospital administrative
came up with the idea to gain
tion in their weight loss efforl
“I love the show. I watch the show all the
time,” said Burleson. “This started last year,
and I wanted to do it again this year.”
The contest runs from Jan. Ito April l.Each
participant pays a $20 fee. They weigh in with
----1- witnesses at the hospital at the start and
finish of the contest. The loser who drops
the greatest percentage of body weight wins
the pot of entry fees.
“It’s a percentage of body weight, not
pounds lost. Skinny people wouldn’t have
as much to go,” said McNatt. “Everybody
just pitches in $20, and the winner takes
all. It’s great, because most everybody can
afford $20.”
The contest is open to anyone who wants
to participate. It’s not limited to medical staff
only. Currently, there are 42 participants and
one of them will win $840.
Last year, Jason Smith was the big winner.
His weight loss of 40 pounds netted him a
$1,400 cash prize.
Jennings said Smith isn’t participating
this year — maybe because he’s reached
his goals.
“That’s how I’m going to be next year,”
she said.
Burleson said the cash would be nice, t
what she needed more was the motivate
She’s hoping the weight loss improves her
health.
“I’m a diabetic, and r
pounds off me, so I g<
said Burleson.
When her time in the contest was cut short,
she sought the help of a professional.
“This year, I got a late start due to family
surgeries and went and got a trainer with
the Wellness Center,” said Burleson.
She said so far the results with the trainer
have been much better than last year’s when
she was going it alone.
“I lost seven poui
10 pounds in three
McNatt said the only r<
are allowed.
“You can’t be on diet pills or HCG, we don’t
Graham and Windthorst, with his brother,
Tom.
According to an Archer County
Department spokesman, the shei
partment received a report just
p.m. of a car being driven erratically while
going northbound on Highway 281 near
Windthorst.
By the time deputies reached the location,
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ey could,
>sible.
“What the majority of folks don’t realize
is that we have that kind of weather so in-
frequent here we don’t have snow removal
equipment,” said Fields. “We have street
repair equipment, and snow plow blades
are different blades. You get hard ice like
that, and you can’t just blade it off without
taking chunks of asphalt.”
He said workers removed what snow they
could on top of the ice at major intersec-
tions and also sanded priority areas of town,
especially inclines like Spivey Hill and Pine
Tree Road as well as the hospital drives first
thing every morning, but not much could be
done for the two days that the temperature
remained below 20 degrees.
“This particular storm was one of the worst
it report that
mts is that it
Respecting and honoring the past while
striving to meet future goals will highlight
the agenda as Mt. Zion Baptist Church cel-
ebrates Black History Month every Sunday
in February.
Pastor Talton Cooper said the church will
set aside time during each Sunday service
to celebrate Black history. He said the goal
each week is to instill pride in where people
have come from while encouraging all to
reach the goals not yet attained.
During each service, the church members
will look at the life of a civil rights leader such
as a Benjamin Hooks. Hooks was a Baptist
minister, attorney and longtime executive
director for the NAACP. Throu
he was a vocal campaigner of
the United States.
Cooper said looking ba<
rights leader is vital to
generation the importance of the men and
women who changed America thro ugh their
words and actions.
“We had a group of kids come alor
or eight years ago, and they didn’
stand Rosa Parks,”
Working to lose
Catherine Burleson lifts weights while trainer Cathy Fellows looks on. Burleson hopes
to win the biggest loser challenge and improve her health through weight loss. Below,
Roy Russell works out on an elliptical machine at the Graham Wellness Center. Russell
is participating in the biggest loser contest. (Photosby Cherry Rushin)
allow that. You just have to do it through
regular diet and exercise,” she said.
“It has to be an all-natural thing,” said
Jennings.
McNatt said that although
cellent incentive, she’s not a
contest this
Jennings s<
ready, but
cash.
“My husband passed away a year ago, and
we’re going to have a celebration of life in
June for him. He’s from Oahu, and we’re
going there to have a celebration of life,”
Jennings said.
She runs and lifts weights at Bodyworks
several days a week.
Burleson has been working with her trainer
which she believes has given her an edge.
“I work out five days a week for 45 minutes
to an hour. (Cathy Fellows) does the teach-
ing,” said Burleson. “She measures your
body fat and figures out how much fat, carbs,
While last week’s weather had many Gra-
ham residents trapped in their homes, city
and state employees were out trying to make
the roads safe.
City Manager Larry Fields said city crews
did what they could, but clearing the roads
was not poss
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