By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
Its purpose is to help homeless families find places they can call their own.
After providing them with shelter and food for a month or so, Family Promise of East Bell County finds its success as homeless families secure steady jobs.
But as the non-profit organization faces the close of its third year, it finds itself needing help from the community.
Nobody's available to man the Family Promise office.
'We need volunteers to work at the office and help with administration work,' said the Rev. Pat Dietrich, Family Promise board president and interim director. 'We're in transition, right now. We need help for everything from filing to stocking to answering phones.'
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Sunday, November 4, 2007
City Federation honors the woman who takes care of club business
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
She's the voice on the phone when you call, and she's the face you see when you go inside.
Her name is Nayeola Ford - the manager of the City Federation Clubhouse at 219 King Circle in Temple.
October marked her 20th anniversary. The Federation presented her with a plaque and bouquet of red roses to thank her for her two decades of service during a special program on Oct. 9.
Her job hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday - a schedule that fits her title of general manager.
But her tasks and workplace are anything but common.
Telegram Staff Writer
She's the voice on the phone when you call, and she's the face you see when you go inside.
Her name is Nayeola Ford - the manager of the City Federation Clubhouse at 219 King Circle in Temple.
October marked her 20th anniversary. The Federation presented her with a plaque and bouquet of red roses to thank her for her two decades of service during a special program on Oct. 9.
Her job hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday - a schedule that fits her title of general manager.
But her tasks and workplace are anything but common.
Morgan's Point man remembers teaching '60s & '70s pop star: Joe Scarcella was B.J. Thomas' choir instructor
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
All the raindrops in the world can't flood away the fact that B.J. Thomas got an F in choir.
'Now, it's funny,' Thomas said in a recent phone interview. 'I walk into a room and say, 'Hey, I failed choir,' and nobody believes me. But it's true.'
The man who gave Thomas that F is Joe Scarcella of Morgan's Point - a member of the choir at Taylor's Valley Baptist Church in Temple. He's a 1955 graduate of the Baylor School of Music.
'I had forgotten about it,' the 73-year-old Scarcella said recently, laughing. 'But that's right. That rascal. He had missed a weekend activity that was mandatory. He knew the rules.'
It took Thomas a few minutes to admit that.
'I knew failing was a possibility,' Thomas said, almost whining. 'Didn't think it actually would happen.'
His exaggerated bitterness faded with a laugh. He holds no grudge against Scarcella, finally saying he accepts full responsibility for the F.
'Mr. Scarcella was always a wonderful guy,' Thomas said. 'He's a very nice guy. I had a great time in his class, and I learned a lot from him.'
Telegram Staff Writer
All the raindrops in the world can't flood away the fact that B.J. Thomas got an F in choir.
'Now, it's funny,' Thomas said in a recent phone interview. 'I walk into a room and say, 'Hey, I failed choir,' and nobody believes me. But it's true.'
The man who gave Thomas that F is Joe Scarcella of Morgan's Point - a member of the choir at Taylor's Valley Baptist Church in Temple. He's a 1955 graduate of the Baylor School of Music.
'I had forgotten about it,' the 73-year-old Scarcella said recently, laughing. 'But that's right. That rascal. He had missed a weekend activity that was mandatory. He knew the rules.'
It took Thomas a few minutes to admit that.
'I knew failing was a possibility,' Thomas said, almost whining. 'Didn't think it actually would happen.'
His exaggerated bitterness faded with a laugh. He holds no grudge against Scarcella, finally saying he accepts full responsibility for the F.
'Mr. Scarcella was always a wonderful guy,' Thomas said. 'He's a very nice guy. I had a great time in his class, and I learned a lot from him.'
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Recovered sex addict to speak at local church
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
'I was a sex addict.'
For the Temple-born Jonathan Daugherty, the truth of his sentence inspired him to launch Be Broken Ministries - a national Christian outreach effort that offers counseling services to sex addicts and those who love them. He and his wife, Elaine, operate the ministry out of San Antonio.
'In August 1999 I sat by myself on my living room couch. Alone and scared,' Daugherty, 32, said, noting that summer was when God planted the ministry's roots in his heart. 'I (was trying) to piece together what 13 years of sexual addiction had just torn apart.'
His obsession with pornography, prostitutes and strip clubs, he said, drove his wife out of the house. The couple had been married four years at the time.
'She did the right thing by leaving and protecting herself from any more unnecessary pain,' Daugherty said. 'My life was unraveling, and I couldn't harness my out-of-control behaviors. I remember thinking I might be better off dead than alive.'
Telegram Staff Writer
'I was a sex addict.'
For the Temple-born Jonathan Daugherty, the truth of his sentence inspired him to launch Be Broken Ministries - a national Christian outreach effort that offers counseling services to sex addicts and those who love them. He and his wife, Elaine, operate the ministry out of San Antonio.
'In August 1999 I sat by myself on my living room couch. Alone and scared,' Daugherty, 32, said, noting that summer was when God planted the ministry's roots in his heart. 'I (was trying) to piece together what 13 years of sexual addiction had just torn apart.'
His obsession with pornography, prostitutes and strip clubs, he said, drove his wife out of the house. The couple had been married four years at the time.
'She did the right thing by leaving and protecting herself from any more unnecessary pain,' Daugherty said. 'My life was unraveling, and I couldn't harness my out-of-control behaviors. I remember thinking I might be better off dead than alive.'
Sunday, October 28, 2007
The fun's about to start for boy with muscular dystrophy
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
Like every other kid, Joshua Dubcak is exited because it's just three days to Halloween.
'I want to be Spiderman,' the 14 year old said.
The costume is ready, said mom Carrol Dubcak of Temple. 'He and his dad are ready to go out Wednesday night to trick-or-treat.'
Joshua was all smiles Thursday afternoon as he listened to his mother talk about the fun week ahead.
He had just got out of the pool where he had swum and splashed with Katy Cunningham of Harker Heights. The lad was absolutely jazzed.
Why shouldn't he be?
Halloween isn't the only fun thing on his calendar.
The eve of spooks and witches is but a prelude to the more exiting day that follows - the day he leaves for Disney World.
Telegram Staff Writer
Like every other kid, Joshua Dubcak is exited because it's just three days to Halloween.
'I want to be Spiderman,' the 14 year old said.
The costume is ready, said mom Carrol Dubcak of Temple. 'He and his dad are ready to go out Wednesday night to trick-or-treat.'
Joshua was all smiles Thursday afternoon as he listened to his mother talk about the fun week ahead.
He had just got out of the pool where he had swum and splashed with Katy Cunningham of Harker Heights. The lad was absolutely jazzed.
Why shouldn't he be?
Halloween isn't the only fun thing on his calendar.
The eve of spooks and witches is but a prelude to the more exiting day that follows - the day he leaves for Disney World.
Artist corrals horses, ideas with photographs
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
It took more than 20 years for the professional photographer to find his eye. It was in the last place he thought to look - a Mexican cemetery.
No, no - Keith Carter didn't spend two decades chasing after a runaway eyeball. The eye he had missed for so long was his own way of looking at things.
'The eye of every photographer is different,' Carter said. 'It takes a long time to find.'
On that Mexican graveyard stroll so many years ago, Carter said he saw dozens of things he could photograph.
'But those pictures had all been done before,' Carter said. 'I wanted to do something different, something that was me.'
The stroll was long, he said - so long and boring he'd thought it was a waste of time.
But then Carter looked up, and saw tattered paper streamers hanging from tree branches.
'They looked like they were ghosts, floating over the tombstones,' Carter said, adding that the memory still gives him chills.
It was at that moment, Carter said, that he finally figured the purpose of his pictures.
'I never was into literal photography,' Carter said. 'I didn't want my picture to be a mirror. I wanted it to be a window toward what I felt.'
Telegram Staff Writer
It took more than 20 years for the professional photographer to find his eye. It was in the last place he thought to look - a Mexican cemetery.
No, no - Keith Carter didn't spend two decades chasing after a runaway eyeball. The eye he had missed for so long was his own way of looking at things.
'The eye of every photographer is different,' Carter said. 'It takes a long time to find.'
On that Mexican graveyard stroll so many years ago, Carter said he saw dozens of things he could photograph.
'But those pictures had all been done before,' Carter said. 'I wanted to do something different, something that was me.'
The stroll was long, he said - so long and boring he'd thought it was a waste of time.
But then Carter looked up, and saw tattered paper streamers hanging from tree branches.
'They looked like they were ghosts, floating over the tombstones,' Carter said, adding that the memory still gives him chills.
It was at that moment, Carter said, that he finally figured the purpose of his pictures.
'I never was into literal photography,' Carter said. 'I didn't want my picture to be a mirror. I wanted it to be a window toward what I felt.'
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Nursery worker retires post at Temple church
By TOMIE LUNSFORD
Telegram Staff Writer
For hundreds of children, hers was the face that smiled at them every Sunday morning.
In the 33 years that Marlene Wagnon was there, pastor Jeff Loudin said the nursery at Taylor's Valley Baptist Church in Temple was a happy one.
'She loves the kids, and the kids love her,' Loudin said. 'She has been an incredible blessing to us.'
Her career ended earlier this month with an Oct. 18 retirement celebration. The church presented her a formal black plaque, thanking her for her three decades of service.
A special guest at the ceremony, Temple Mayor Bill Jones III gave Mrs. Wagnon an honorary certificate - something that Mrs. Wagnon said was very much a surprise.
That certificate says, 'Marlene Wagnon is well-known for the loving care she as bestowed upon the children who were entrusted to her care and protection over the years.'
More precious to her, though, are children.
Telegram Staff Writer
For hundreds of children, hers was the face that smiled at them every Sunday morning.
In the 33 years that Marlene Wagnon was there, pastor Jeff Loudin said the nursery at Taylor's Valley Baptist Church in Temple was a happy one.
'She loves the kids, and the kids love her,' Loudin said. 'She has been an incredible blessing to us.'
Her career ended earlier this month with an Oct. 18 retirement celebration. The church presented her a formal black plaque, thanking her for her three decades of service.
A special guest at the ceremony, Temple Mayor Bill Jones III gave Mrs. Wagnon an honorary certificate - something that Mrs. Wagnon said was very much a surprise.
That certificate says, 'Marlene Wagnon is well-known for the loving care she as bestowed upon the children who were entrusted to her care and protection over the years.'
More precious to her, though, are children.
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