BSS November 2011

VOL. III Issue 49 November 1-30, 2011 Published Monthly Balch Springs, Texas Phone (972) 926-8503 Fax (903) 450-1397 1 Year Mail Subscription $35.00

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Justin David TateEDITOR

The Balch Springs Civic Center is filled with concerned citizens staring with confusion plastered on their faces as they stare at the panel of two men and two women represent-ing the United States Postal Service (USPS) and the United States Government. The panelist have come bearing bad news. The post office on Hickory Tree Road that has been in the small city for 20 years is set to close next year. The only thing stopping it is time. The citizens verbalize their worries about traffic and overcrowded lines should they be forced to the busier Mesquite post office. “There are disabled people in this city that need their mail [and] need to get to that post office. We have an aging community within this city that perhaps may not be disabled but they still would need that post office rather than drive into another city,” says Balch Springs City Councilwoman Carrie Marshall. “So you say ‘Well, Mesquite is next door.’ But when you talk in terms of traffic, then that distance becomes a bit longer....We need that post office to remain

POST OFFICE CLOSURES HIT HOMEopen here in the city of Balch Springs.” The Balch Springs post office is closing due in part to what has closed numerous businesses as well as 700 other post offices all across the nation, the economy. But Marshall also suggests another reason. “The concern [of the U.S. Government] is that...citizens do not use the postal service because there are other options that they have. For example, they have UPS as well as email and texting.” According to the USPS representatives at the public town hall meeting nearly 35 percent of all postal retail transactions occur in locations other than a brick and mortar post offices. USPS figures state that customer visits and retail revenue have suffered huge declines. Customer traffic went from 1.27 billion visits in 2006 to 1.07 billion last year. Retail revenue was $14.5 billion in 2006. Last year’s figure was $12.5 billion. Mail volume hit an all-time high in 2006 with 213 billion pieces. Last year, that figure was 171 billion. Times have changed. Bills are being paid more and more online. When asked if he used the Internet for such tasks as bill paying more than traditional mail, Eastfield student Miguel Rodriguez answered, “Yes. [It’s] faster. Cheaper.” In one simple response, Rodriguez summarized the plight of the physical post office. No matter how much cheaper USPS may be than its competitors, it’s still many times become cheaper and faster to pay a bill online or email a letter versus sending it by mail. Phillip Jones blames the Postal service’s current financial situation. “A lot of mismanagement. The morale is real bad,” he said. “It seems to be more machine-oriented than personal.” Jones suggests the low morale results from job-cutting and cutbacks that favor sustaining a business versus sustaining a team of well-trained personnel. “They think they’re cutting costs, but they’re cutting service as well,” he said.

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Sam Freeman is a city offi-cial, who works at the Balch Springs Recreational Center. As with all cities, the recession has created an unstable econ-omy that can effect anyone’s job at any time. This caused an unease in Freeman as he felt his own position at risk. One day, Freeman happened upon an oppor-tunity to secure his own future. Freeman was at a res-taurant named Buttons one day where a valet service mistakenly tried to tow the owner’s wife’s car before the owner interrupted the fiasco in progress. The owner walked into his restaurant furious and frustrated. “He walked in and told the general manager, ‘you need to get rid of that valet com-pany out there.” said Free-

man. “The general manager came in and just made a broad statement in terms of, ‘Man if I knew another valet company. I would fire these guys in a minute.’” That’s when Freeman told the general manager, “’I got a valet company.’ I didn’t have no valet company but I said ‘give me two weeks and I can be here.’” In two weeks, Freeman had everything he needed, insurance, cones and a hired staff. That was in March of this year. Now his valet com-pany has expanded to another restaurant based on the work he performed for Buttons. “I guess he liked what he saw. Our professionalism,” he said. “He gave me his card and told me to call him, said he’s looking for a valet company. I called him, he hired me on the spot. ‘I like what ya’ll did. I’ve been

watching ya’ll for an hour. If you can bring that to my space, it’s your job.’ I said, ‘we can definitely do that.’” Freeman believes that a in times like these, some-times an individual has to make a job to succeed. He acknowledges that his ulti-mate dream is to rid himself of his day job and become fully self-sufficient. “The ultimate goal is to be self-sufficient to where I can make my own hours and scheduling where I’m in control of my own destiny,” he said. “Right now I’m working at somebody else’s destiny. They can come at any point in time and tell me it’s time to go. And it’s noth-ing that I’ve done or I may have done. It’s just the time that we’re in. Yes, I do fear that but I’m trying to make it to where I don’t have to fear that. That’s my plan.”

HOW ONE MAN CREATED A JOB


With his blue suit shiny and his hips gyrating to the beat, the “King” came to the Balch Springs Health and Rehab Center as last month’s guest at the Bigshot Bingo. He also brought along Marilyn Monroe. “I had a Marilyn Monroe but it didn’t work out with her,” said Chelsea Jordan, Admissions Coordi-nator. “So I just placed myself in the middle of it and became her in action today.” She clearly enjoyed her interactions with the audi-

ence as Monroe as she served them fried banana sandwiches and walked around and took pictures with an excited crowd. Despite Monroe catching quite a few eyes with a stunning black gown, Pres-ley was still the attraction that has everyone watching “All Shook Up.” He gave everyone a little “Jailhouse Rock.” Also on the menu this eve-ning was Presley’s favorite food as a kid, fried banana sandwiches. “They cook everything by hand from scratch and it’s amazing. Bananas and marshmallows and graham

crackers put together,” said Jordan. “That’s what Elvis’ favorite food was. Fried banana sandwiches.” And the dish became the favorites of many who tasted the sweet dish and asked for more with big gleeful smiles and a satisfied sweet tooth. With a packed crowd of smiling faces, Jordan consid-ers the event a smashing suc-cess. “I absolutely loved it. And I hope that we can come up with a different character for our next time,” she said. “I can pretty much put myself in any position as long as it makes them happy I’m will-ing to do whatever it takes.”

“ELVIS” AND “MONROE” VISITS HEALTH & REHAB CENTER

Presley was still the attraction that has everyone watching “All Shook Up.” He gave everyone a little “Jailhouse Rock.” PHOTO/BSS

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When Shirley Walker-King, MC and host for KKVI Radio in Garland introduces an elderly woman from the Ms Balch Springs Senior Pageant that will be per-forming a dance routine to the energetic “It’s Raining Men,” members of the audience at the Balch Springs Public Library-Learning Center auditorium look upon in anticipation. Some were gleeful from the previous performances

of praise-dancing and color-ful displays of fall fashion wear. Others were skeptical of an elderly woman danc-ing to such an upbeat song. When the sixty-plus-year-old member of the Balch Springs Senior Pag-eant Classic came out wield-ing an umbrella in her raincoat that cut-off high to display the legs of someone a third of her age, the crowd went wild. Then the music started and they were elec-tric. The dancer tossed her umbrella through the air,

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jumped, kicked, and per-formed some amazing cho-reography. The audience sat eyes wide with skeptics and supporters alike amazed and dumbfounded. “ The pageant [wants to change] the image of aging,” said Carrie Marshall, direc-tor of the Ms. Senior Classic Pageant. “What we want to do is encourage and support women of Balch Springs to know that once you’re sixty years of age or older, that....life has just begun.” The next senior performer was 66-year-old Ms. Mat-thews. She was set to sing the country/pop singer Brenda Lee’s “I’m Sorry.” Though Lee made the song a hit in 1960, Matthews made

it personal in 2011. The song wowed the audience. “I love Brenda Lee and I’ve sung her songs as long as she’s been out. She used to stand on an apple box at the Grand Ole Opry to sing, she was that small....I’m 66 and I’ve always loved her.” Matthews encourages every senior to explore their gifts and get out and come to the Balch Springs Senior Center. She believes it gives seniors a place to study and hone their craft. “I’m a member of the Balch Springs Senior Center and it’s a wonderful place for an older person to go to have things to do and look forward to getting up the next day.”

The pageant also showed off some eye-catching fall fashions and included a few special guests models such as former Mayor Cedric Davis and director of Eco-nomic Development John Hubbard. After the event, onlookers expressed their excitement. “It was beautiful. I haven’t seen so much talent like that in a while,” said event host Walker-King. “Like I said, they did everything from praise-dancing to coun-try-singing and the fashion show, awesome. And the ladies, the sixty-plus, I’m just in awe still.” Though this event was a smashing success, the ladies of the Senior Classic Pag-

eant aren’t done yet. There’s a Valentine’s Day Celebra-tion being planned for Feb-ruary and a Balch Springs Ms. Senior Classic Pageant on April 28th 2012. If one thing was proven by the pageant, it’s that age doesn’t stop activity. Age doesn’t negate the ability to create awe amongst an audi-ence of strangers. Marshall wants the city to know, espe-cially the younger ones, that age doesn’t have to stop activity. “We [want to] help others that are coming behind us to know that life is just what you work to make it.”

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Pictured -Front row - Coach Martin, Nathan Hancock, Michael Scruggs, Trevor Moon, Joshua Eatherly, Joseph Kelley, Hestand Foster, Taylor Thompson, Ryan Lynch, Jennie Banks (Eastfield former Director of Admissions)Back row - Connor Tobias, Dylan Rucker, Tanner Gandy, Matt Thompson, Jordan Hebert, Blake Oliver, Joe Mills, Justin Ray, Travis Breslin, Eric Grace, Assistant Coach Jeffrey Henkelman. PHOTO COURTESY OF EASTFIELD COLLEGE

BASEBALL TEAM RECEIVES CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS

DIANE XAVIEREDITOR

The Eastfield College Harvesters, this year’s NJCAA 2011 National

Baseball Champions received their champion-ship rings last week at Eastfield College in front of friends, family, faculty,

staff and classmates. East-field President Dr. Jean Conway and other mem-bers of the Eastfield exec-utive team, along with

baseball coach Michael Martin, athletic director Anthony Fletcher and Eastfield faculty and staff members witnessed the special ceremony. The Eastfield Harvesters baseball team defeated Gloucester 8-4 to win their third National Championship. This was

only the second time in the history of the tourna-ment that a team has lost their first game and come back to win the champi-onship. Conner Tobias, who plays right fielder for the team, said this was a dream come true to win the baseball champion-ship. “I have been dream-ing of this my whole life and seeing all the pros who have won champion-ships and received their rings and finally seeing my having one is a dream come true,” Tobias said. Nathan Hancock, 3rd baseman for the team, said he loves the cham-pionship ring he received. “Receiving the rings reminds of winning that national championship for our team,” Hancock said. “It’s like that night has happened all over again. It’s great to see all the hard work our team has put in has paid off.” Hancock and Tobias said their goals are to play baseball at the next level as well. Coach Mike Martin was also named as the NJCAA Division III National Coach of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches

Association/Diamond Sports Company. “The great joy about baseball is that it teaches disci-pline and there is a lot that goes into athletics that a lot of people do not know about,” Coach Martin said. “It takes a special person to develop the skills needed as an athlete. We are develop-ing character, self-esteem, and the whole person so that they can go to the next level. “ Martin said receiving the rings is a special day for his team. “It was pretty exciting,” Coach Martin said. “It was a special day and spe-cial feeling.” Coach Martin led the Harvesters to the NJCAA Division III National Championship in late May and is now being recognized for his coach-ing accomplishments and his team’s success. At the ABCA National Conven-tion in Anaheim, CA, Jan-uary 5-8, 2012, Martin will be acknowledged at the Hall of Fame/Coach of the Year Banquet.


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MUDDY SHOESBy Patricia R. McCurdy

Whenever I’m traveling down the highway and see an old dirt road it brings back fond memories. Most of my childhood years were spent growing up in the country. During those years, my family lived in various locations. Some of those locations had roads that were paved, some partially paved and some were dirt. I recall one such location where we lived and our road was completely dirt. During dry weather as you might imagine, the road was fine. However, rainy or bad weather made traveling on our road a problem. This was especially true for driving, but for my siblings and me, walking on a muddy road wasn’t exactly a piece of cake either. On rainy school days, we had to walk to the nearest paved road to catch the school bus. Since we didn’t want our good shoes to be a muddy mess when we arrived at school, we decided to wear an old pair of shoes for walking the muddy road to catch the bus. Before the bus arrived we would remove our muddy shoes and put on our good clean shoes. We then placed our muddy shoes under the culvert (drain) until we returned home from school in the afternoon. How funny this little rainy weather procedure sounds to me now. However, our little procedure kept us clean and presentable while saving us from the penalty of personal and emotional embarrassment. Ironically, we as sinners are just like muddy shoes, for scripture tells us that sin makes us unclean. Isaiah 64:6 states that “We are all infected and impure with sin.” “When we proudly display our righteous deeds, we find they are but filthy rags.” Thankfully, God’s Divine Plan provides a procedure for cleaning us. It is by the blood of his son Jesus that cleanses us from every sin (1 John 1:7). It is by faith in Jesus who can bring us into God’s presence. Therefore, “If we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us and to cleanse us” (1 John 1:9). So, just like taking off the muddy shoes and putting on that clean pair of shoes, God promises that no matter how deep the stain of our sins, He can remove it. He can make us as clean as freshly fallen snow, even if we are stained as red as crimson, he can make us as white as wool (Isaiah 1:18).

MESQUITE - Eastfield Col-lege Office of Student Life is sponsoring a free concert fea-turing Nashville artist Natalie Stovall on Nov. 8 at 12:30 in the Performance Hall. Natalie was born and raised just outside of Nashville, TN. Since her first professional gig singing and playing the fiddle at the age of 10, Nat-alie has already seen things that most artists could only dream of. She’s performed everywhere from Oprah to the Grand Ole Opry. She was the first performer ever to be invited to sing “God Bless America” for the President at the White House Press Cor-respondents Dinner. And sur-prisingly, she has done all of this with no record deal of any kind. The release of her first record “Late Night Conver-sations” saw a top 50 radio hit with her song “If I Run To You Now” and the placement

of that song in the National Lampoon movie “Bag Boy.” In the past couple years Nata-lie has used that momentum to become one of the hottest booked independent acts in America. Performing and fid-dling over 200 dates a year at college campuses, military bases, fairs, festivals, clubs and bars is all just par for the course with Natalie. As Natalie’s reputation spreads great opportunities keep rolling in. Natalie has already been selected to open for acts like Gretchen Wilson, Little Big Town, Gloriana, Justin Moore, Josh Gracin, Trent Tomlinson, Safetysuit and The Doobie Brothers. This Spring will bring the release of her second record, “Standing My Ground” an EP featuring five brand new songs written by Natalie along with her version of the Charlie Daniel’s classic, Devil Went Down To Geor-gia.”

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Jones is retired but notes that even some of his former coworkers are not making it to retirement as the USPS severs loyal workers with the slightest indiscretion. “If you weren’t on time or you did something medio-cre, they would use that to get you out of the door as opposed to try to have leniency with you because of your years [of] service.

They pretty much didn’t care about the individual.” As technology continues to impact how U.S. Citizens send and receive messages, the USPS will not have long to figure out what its next move will be to stop losing money. In the short term, smaller communities such as Balch Springs and even some bigger cities will suffer closures and route consol-idation that inconvenience the United States citizens.

Post Office ClosureFrom Page 2

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