Paw Print Press Proudly Serving Itasca “The Big Little Town” Since 1997 Itasca, Texas 76055 Vol. 2017 Issue #15 April 7, 2017 Itasca PD Recovers 2 Credit Itasca Middle School Track Reporter: Alan Freeman Card Skimmer/Readers from Pictures courtesy of Itasca yearbook & coaches Exit-7 Stop & Start Travel There’s 25 members, in total, in the seventh and eighth grade Wampus Cat track team. Christopher Center Exxon Station Mata, the track coach, has taught track for 13 years at Seguin, Lockhart, Waco, Valley Mills, Copperas Over the last several days Cove & Itasca. “In general, I love coaching track two credit card skimmer/ because track is the raw ability of any individual readers have been found in athlete since you can not hide behind any of your and removed from gas teammates… you have to perform.” said Coach Ma- pumps at the Exit 7 Exxon ta. Travel Center. They were When asked what he thought about coaching, placed in the custody of Lt. specifically in Itasca, Mata said, “Here in Itasca, I George Willoughby of the enjoy teaching track because we have a plethora of Itasca Police Department unharnessed potential, and it is exciting to see stu- and he and numerous other dents that reach that potential.” law enforcement organizations are currently investigating Seventh grade track members include (in no par- the placing of these credit card information “hijacking” ticular order): Willie Bible, David Arellano, EJ skimmers. Willoughby is shown holding one of the recov- Montes, Trevor Manning, Vincent Botello, Micah ered devices. Clark, Freddy Gonzales, Brendon Heath, Garrett The following information was obtained from an inter- Slagle, Michael Battleson & Marshall Woods. net source about the skimmers. “Skimmers are essentially Eighth grade track members include (in no par- malicious card readers that grab the data off the card’s ticular order): Erick Bicksler, Dakota Cathey, Ber- magnetic stripe attached to the real payment terminals so nardo Garcia, DaVonte Grisham, Jimmy Heath, that they can harvest data from every person that swipes David Hernandez, James Johnson, Joe Gonzales, their cards. The thief has to come back to the compromised Kyle Kirkpatrick, Dustin Latray, Faustine Mun- machine to pick up the file containing all the stolen data, gere, John Wesley, Robert Soule & Ashton Tinklen- but with that information in had he can create cloned berg. Continued on page 3 cards or just break into bank accounts to steal money. Per- haps the scariest part is that most skimmers do not prevent ATM or credit card read- ers from functioning properly.” Everyone is urged to be very cautious as they use a credit card, especially at places that still use the ‘swipe method’ and not the chip. If a machine looks as if it has been tampered with or a seal that has been placed on the card reader is broken, take your card inside to pay. Better to be safe than sorry. Page 2 April 7, 2017 Paw Print Press Churches of Itasca First Presbyterian Church Bethlehem Missionary Baptist W. Spurgeon 687-2800 106 N. Lamar - 254-687-2243 Central Baptist Church 401 E. Monroe 687-2343 We’re on Facebook! Church of Christ 200 N. Aquilla 687-2774 Pastor - Diane Barnes Community Church of Itasca Sundays - 9:30-10:00 Fellowship in Barton Hall First Baptist Church 107 S. Lamar 10 - 10:45 Sunday School 11 a.m. - Worship Service First Presbyterian Church 106 N. Lamar 687-2243 Bible Study – Sunday at 4 p.m. First United Methodist Main & King St. 687-2475 Tuesday & Thursday – 9:30 a.m. Exercise Class House of Faith of Itasca 129 W. Main Street “We are here to know God and to make God known.” Loveview Baptist Church FM 2959 East of I-35 Second Baptist Church 120 W. Marrion 687-9134 First Baptist Church of Itasca St. John Missionary Baptist 506 S. Weaver 687-2821 James McCarty, Pastor 3rd Day Worship Center 107 E. Adams 214 564-2185 107 South Lamar Itasca Nursing Home Sunday - 10:00 a.m. Sunday School 9:45 AM Everyone Welcome Monday Evening 6:00 p.m. Sunday Worship Service 10:45 AM Wednesday Adults & Youth 6:30 PM Central Baptist Church Community Church of Itasca 401 E. Monroe St. website - itascacbc.org Community Church of Itasca invites you to join our ser- Pastor: Jonathan Bowman 254-687-2343 vice and fellowship Sunday mornings. Services are held at 109 N. Wall St., Itasca . We invite you to join our family Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. Wednesday Awana & Youth 6:45 p.m. and grow in Christ with us. Community Church Service 10:00 a.m. Wednesday Adult Bible Study @ Diaz 7:00 p.m. Potluck Lunch 11:00 a.m. First United Methodist Church House of Faith of Itasca 401 E. Main St, Itasca, TX 254-687-2475 Pastor Philip Burch E-mail: [email protected] Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Re-Think Church Worship 11:00 a.m. Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Everyone Welcome! Sunday School 9:30 a.m.-10:30 (All ages) Sunday Worship Service 10:50 a.m. Ministerial Alliance of Itasca Pastor Tom Wood Snacks 10:40 a.m. The Ministerial Alliance is a group of Itasca is local pastors and leaders that desire to share the gospel Itasca Church of Christ and love of Jesus Christ in our community. We would 303 E. Monroe 254-687-2774 254-687-2858 be excited to have you join us! Please prayerfully con- God’s plan for saving man sider being a part at our next meeting. We meet every Hear the word of God . Romans 10:17 first Saturday at 10 a.m. at Central Baptist Church. Believe . Hebrews 11:6 Repent . Acts 17:30 Itasca Zoning Committee Meeting Confess Matt. 10:32 Baptism . Acts 2:38 2nd Monday of Month 6:00 p.m. Remain Faithful . Rev. 2:10 Itasca City Council Meeting Sunday 9:45 a.m. 10:45 a.m. & 5:00 p.m. 3rd Monday of Month 6:00 p.m. Wednesday evening 6:00 p.m. Itasca ISD School Board Meeting 2nd Monday of Month 7:00 p.m. Second Missionary Baptist Church If your Church is not 120 W. Marrion St. Itasca TX 76055 listed above and you Rev. George Demmerritte Jr. (Pastor) would like to have it Sunday School 10:00 a.m. Worship 11:00 a.m. advertised please Wednesday Bible Study 5:30 p.m. contact the Paw Print Press at [email protected] Page 3 April 7, 2017 Paw Print Press Itasca Middle School Track Continued from page 1 Reporter: Alan Freeman Pictures courtesy of Itasca Yearbook & Athletics Jr. High track awards include: Tooter Arellano, Willie Bible, EJ Montes & Vincent Botello all medaled in 3rd place in the 400-meter relay, 800-meter relay & the 1600-meter relay. Freddy Gonzales placed 2nd in the 1600-meter & 2400-meter run. David Hernandez, Faustine Mungere, Kyle Kirkpatrick & Bernardo Garcia placed 3rd in the 800-meter relay. Furthermore, David Hernandez, Faustine Mungere, DaVonte Grisham & Bernardo Garcia medaled 2nd in Mile Relay, and DaVonte Grisham scored 3rd place in High Jump. “I am looking for us to be extremely competitive in our District Championship; I am looking forward to, in future years, us being competitive and dominant,” said Coach Mata. Seventh Grade Track Eighth Grade Track Young Hearts Williamson Oil Fuel Station Matter Self-Serve Key Pumps 5K Superhero Dash Saturday, April 22, 2017 Downtown Itasca at Hill & Main Itasca High School 123 N. College, Itasca, TX Available 24/7 with private key Locally owned and operated since the 80’s * Entry Fee: $5 students, $15 Adults by home grown Itasca folks * Participants receive a free Fun Run T-shirt * We run to bring awareness & prevention to Teen Dating Violence * Fun Run begins at 9:00 a.m. in front of Itasca High School, 123 N. College, Itasca Billed monthly by mail Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. Payment due before the 15th with no late fee Parking is at the Itasca football stadium parking lot Sponsored by Itasca ISD & benefitting Itasca High School’s Dating Violence Prevention Call David or Nancy Bowman at (817) For details & additional information contact 994-0613 Grace Hennig at [email protected] or Call (254) 687-2922 Ext. 116 Page 4 April 7, 2017 Paw Print Press 2017-2018 Cheerleading Do You Want To Help Serve Squads Your Community? “G-O Lets Go Cats, G-O Lets Go!” The week be- Join the Itasca Community Centennial Lions Club fore this years spring break a number of Itasca’s Jr. High and High School young ladies were working hard preparing for cheer tryouts. It was a week full of hard work and sore muscles but by the end of the day on Friday, March 10, 2017 the decision had been made and next season’s cheer squads were chosen. The 2017-2018 Jr. High cheer squad is as follows: seventh grade members include Naomi Chavez, Gracee Cole, Heaven Gonzales, Alyssa Jackson, Alondra Ramirez and Gabby Rodriguez. Eighth grade Lions are a group of service-minded men and women members include Yakziry Garcia and Mackenzie Her- who are interested in improving their communities. To nandez. be a Lion is to be an active volunteer, a member of a re- The 2017-2018 varsity cheer squad is as follows: spected international organization, a leader in the com- freshman Aidan Sargent. Sophomores Kyrstin Bot- munity and a friend to people in need. torff, Bree Brown, Alexsandra Gonzalez and Nathalie Please contact Mark Parsons with membership ques- Willman.