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TheDailySentinel❧ Serving the Oldest Town in Texas since 1899Vol. No. 117 Issue 258 NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS
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Friday » May 27, 2016
Burke utilizes ‘myStrength’ app to assist patients
Timber Falls’ second season set
SPLASH KINGDOM
Water park slated to re-open Saturday
A group
waits to
be cooled
off by a
massive
water-filled
bucket in
summer
2015 at
Timber Falls
water park.
Sentinel file
photo
BY PAUL BRYANT
pbryant@dailysentinel.com
Splash Kingdom is scheduled to open on Saturday for its
second season in Nacogdoches.
“We’ve had school events there at Timber Falls for the last
coupleof weeks,”ownerJohnnyBlevinssaid.“Ithinkwehad
500or600kidsoutthere(onTuesday)forafieldtrip.Thistime
of year, we book a lot of field trips at different parks, and Tim-
ber Falls has been received extremely well with county and
area schools.”
More than 30,000 people visited Timber Falls during its
rain-shortened season, from July to September. Splash King-
dom parks in Texas and Louisiana generally opens on Memo-
rial Day weekend and closes on Labor Day.
“Everyone thinks Memorial Day is such a busy day, but
IF YOU GO
On Saturday and Sunday, Timber Falls, 401 N. University
Dr., is scheduled to open at 11 a.m. To view ticket prices
and complete applications, visit splashkingdom.com.
Timber Falls » 3A
ENVIRONMENT
City workers
begin spraying
for mosquitoes
BY PAUL BRYANT
pbryant@dailysentinel.com
With less than a month remaining in spring,
city workers have begun spraying adulticide
and using larvicide to
reduce the mosquito
population.
“We did some spot
spraying for events
backinApril,butmost
of the conditions were
not right for continu-
ous spraying around
the city,” said Brian
Bray, Nacogdoches di-
rector of community
services. “Now that
weather is definitely
warmer, we are spray-
ing five days a week.”
West Nile virus
Eight days ago, El
Paso officials reported
the state’s first West
Nile case, according to
the Texas Department
of State Health Servic-
es. In 2015, 275 cases
were reported, includ-
ing one in Nacogdo-
ches County. Sixteen
people died.
“The challenge with
mosquitoes is that
they always carry the
West Nile virus with
them,” said Chief Keith Kiplinger of Nacog-
doches Fire and Rescue. “It’s just a matter of
whether people get it.”
West Nile is a mosquito-borne virus, and
two forms exist — West Nile neuroinvasive dis-
ease and West Nile fever, according to DSHS.
Symptoms include headache, high fever, neck
stiffness,stupor,disorientation,coma,tremors,
convulsions, muscle weakness, paralysis, body
We spray
early in the
morning,
usually
between 2
a.m. and 5
a.m. And we
cover every
street in
the city at
least once a
week. We do
additional
sprays before
big baseball
and softball
tournaments.”
BRIAN BRAY,
NACOGDOCHES
DIRECTOR OF
COMMUNITY
SERVICES
“
Mosquitoes » 3A
Woman indicted in alleged knife attack
BY PAUL BRYANT
pbryant@dailysentinel.com
A Nacogdoches woman has been in-
dicted for aggravated assault with a deadly
weapon after she allegedly stabbed a man
more than a month ago.
“Officers located (the suspect) and the
other party involved in the assault,” ac-
cording to the probable-cause affidavit for
LaDonna Michelle Barlow’s arrest. The
victim “and other witnesses confirmed
that (Barlow) had a knife during the fight
and that she stabbed (him).”
The incident was reported at Riverside
Park Apartments on Ellington Street on
April 4.
The victim refused medical treatment, a
police report shows.
Barlow, 42, was arrested in March for
driving while intoxicated. According to
publicdata.com, she’s been convicted of
multiple counts of manufacture or deliv-
ery of controlled substance.
Other indictments handed up on May 13
include:
substance.
controlled substance.
An indictment is not a finding of guilt
but merely that enough evidence exists to
proceed to trial.Barlow
COURT
Coming soon
Medical volunteer
We feature a longtime hospital helper.
Editor’s note: The following feature is the
third in a series highlighting May as mental
health month.
BY NICOLE BRADFORD
nbradford@dailysentinel.com
It’s like Pinterest for mental wellness.
The “myStrength” app, offered to clients
and the general community through Burke,
asks users to choose a photo that best cor-
responds to that day’s thoughts and energy
levels. In addition to recording moods and
setting goals, the app customizes itself to
offer short articles and videos on topics such
as calming and relaxation techniques.
‘One more resource’
“It’s an additional tool,” says Burke train-
ing specialist Shannon Story. “We can’t be
with clients 24 hours a day, but if something
happens, say, at night, it connects them with
one more resource.”
Various modules address issues such as
depression and alcohol use. In its third year
For
everyone
Burke clients are
given customized
access, but the
community can
access and use
the myStrength
app by visiting
myburke.org/mystrength. The app can also be
downloaded on Apple and Android devices.
Photos by Tim Monzingo/The Daily Sentinel
Shannon Story, a trainer at the Burke Center, stands next to the Burke sign. Story helps staff members use new technology in their
evaluations and work.
MENTAL TOOL
App » 3A
Stephanie
Knott,therapist,
sits in an
office at the
Nacogdoches
Burke Center.