Quillian sentenced for bank fraud

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Quillian sentenced for bank fraud
The Karnes County Times
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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The Karnes
City Community
Chamber of
Commerce is
looking forward
to seeing guests
at their annual
banquet, this year
known as the
“Texas Hoedown.”
The banquet
will take place on
Saturday, March
6, at the Panna
Maria Dining Hall.
Chamber
officials will be
honoring area
farmers and
ranchers as well
as others at the
annual event.
The fun,
food and
entertainment
will get underway
at 6:30 p.m.
Entertainment
will be provided
by musician
Richie Allbright.
Tickets are
available in
advance and also
at the door on the
night of the event.
Call 830-2991287 for more
information.
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Local election results
By Joe Baker
Tuesday night’s election results indicate that change is
the direction chosen by a majority of Karnes County voters in regard to Commissioners Court.
Change will come in January when three new officials
will be seated on Commissioners Court.
Barbara Najvar Shaw won
the Democratic Primary in
the race for county judge with
1,024 votes (50.37%) narrowly
avoiding a run-off.
Incumbent County Judge
Alger Kendall, Jr. had 733
votes (36.06%) and Burt Utley finished with 276 votes
(13.58%).
Gail Tennant won the Republican Primary in the race
for county judge with 342
votes (55.43%) over Clyde
Eckols who had 275 votes
(44.57%).
Shaw and Tennant will
compete against one another in the November general
election in the race for Karnes
County judge.
A.T. “Pete” Jauer won the
Democratic Primary in the
race for county commissioner, pct. 2 with 384 votes
(52.10%) avoiding the necessity of a run-off election.
Incumbent Pct. 2 Commissioner Mike Beam finished
with 165 votes (22.39%), Edwin J. Dziuk had 89 votes
(12.08%), Jude Beaver had 53
votes (7.19%) and Robert Janysek had 46 votes (6.24%).
As no candidates filed for
this position in the Republican Primary, Jauer will run
unopposed in the November
General Election.
Tracey Schendel won the
Democratic Primary in the
race for county commissioner, pct. 4 with 227 votes
(53.41%) over Sharon Chesser
who had 198 votes (46.59%).
Schendel will face Daniel C.
Burris, who ran unopposed
in the Republican Primary, in
the November General Election. Incumbent Pct. 4 Commissioner Isidro “Stormy”
Rossett did not file for re-election.
There was one race in
which voters strongly indicated they did not want change
and that was in the race for
District Clerk.
Incumbent District Clerk
Robbie Shortner won the
Democratic Primary with
1,435 votes (75.13%) over
challenger Rhonda Green
who had 475 votes (24.87%).
As no candidates file for
this position in the Republican Primary, Shortner will
run unopposed in the November General Election.
In another race of local interest, Karnes County voters
See Election, page 2
Quillian
sentenced
for bank
fraud
Moon over Cestohowa
According to a recent report in the San Antonio Express-News, a disbarred lawyer with a practice in Kenedy
was sentenced on Feb. 26 to
35 months in prison and fined
$500,000 for forging a judge’s
signature to get $475,000
from the estate of his aunt.
U.S. District Judge Orlando
Garcia imposed the sentence
on Feb. 26 on Causey C. Quillian III, of Tuleta, who pleaded guilty to bank fraud.
Quillian was appointed
guardian for the estate of Letha Fern Montandon in 1993
and would have inherited
more than $1 million from
the woman, who died Jan. 31,
2009.
But he didn’t wait, and
while guardian, created fake
court orders to release money from the estate and forged
the signature of an Austin
probate judge, court records
show.
Quillian then presented the
fake court orders to banks so
they would transfer money
from Montandon’s estate into
accounts controlled by Quillian.
Quillian told Garcia he
could not recall how he spent
the money.
Quillian lost his law license
as a result of the fraud.
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PHOTO BY JOE BAKER
A full moon is visible in the sky above The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church in Cestohowa Sunday evening, February 28. Clear blue skies and bright sunshine were seen across Karnes County this week but
the forecast for this weekend calls for cloudy skies and a slight chance of rain, lows in the upper 50s and highs in
the low 70s.
TDA awards $100,000 to
13 Young Texas Farmers
Quillian’s law practice was located at 109 2nd Street in
Kenedy but the building is now
vacant.
Beaverettes lose close
game in regional semi-finals
Grants aimed at
creating ag business
AUSTIN - Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples recently announced the Texas
Agricultural
Finance
Authority (TAFA) has awarded $100,000 in the form of
matching grants to 13 young
farmers who will create or expand agricultural businesses in Texas. The funds are
awarded through the new
Young Farmer Grant Program
to farmers ages 18-46.
“The average age of Texas farmers and ranchers is
increasing,”
Commissioner Staples said. “Nationally,
the number of farmers under age 25 has decreased by
30 percent since 2002. One
reason there are fewer newcomers to production agriculture is because there has
been a lack of user-friendly,
effective financing options.
The Young Farmer Grant Program is aimed at helping new
and young operators become
more firmly established.”
In 2009, the 81st Texas Legislature approved the Texas
Department of Agriculture’s
proposal for TAFA to establish the first-of-its-kind Young
Farmer Grant Program. Since
TAFA’s creation in 1987, the
program has provided financial assistance to individuals
and businesses through partnerships with banks or other
agricultural lending institutions.
For a complete list of award
recipients or more information about the Young Farmer
Grant Program and other TAFA programs, visit www.TexasAgriculture.gov and look
under Most Popular Links.
PHOTO BY JOE BAKER
Beaverette Ashleigh Blocker chases down a loose ball during Falls City’s regional semi-finals game in Austin last week. The game went into overtime tied at 45-45,
but Louise finished on top with a final score of 54-51. See page 12 for team photo.
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Election
From page 1
chose Kay Bailey Hutchison
over her two opponents for
governor in the Republican
Primary with 262 votes. Rick
Perry had 236 Karnes County votes and Debra Medina
had 169. Statewide, however, Perry won the nomination
and will face Democrat Bill
White in the November General Election.
2,097 Karnes County voters voted in the Democratic Primary Elections and 674
Karnes County voters voted in the Republican Primary Elections for a total of 2,771
News
which amounted to 35.33%
of the 7,841 registered Karnes
County voters. See next week’s
issue of The Karnes County
Times for more detailed election results and precinct by
precinct vote totals.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
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Karnes City Craft Club news
Karnes City Craft Club met
on February 11, 2010, in the
City Hall Auditorium at 2:00
p.m. President Patty Bedford
opened the meeting and led
the group in the Lord’s Prayer
and the pledge of allegiance
to the American flag.
Myra Patton called the roll
and there were 13 members
present. We had two February birthdays, Maxie McNally
and Diane Maitland. Shirley
Frazier, cheer person, stated
that she sent a “Get Well” card
to Debbie Gordon who had
the flu, and Pat Hemby who
had cataract surgery. Birthday cards were sent to Maxie
and Diane. Jo Ann Kroll gave
an update report on Vickie
Thonhoff stating that Vickie
was doing well.
Since Pat Hemby, secretary,
was absent Myra Patton read
the minutes from the previous meeting and then presented the treasurer’s report.
Both reports were accepted.
Patty Bedford checked to see
if everyone had received the
2010 year book. Maxie reported that the Pink Ladies
would have a March jewelry
sale.
The correspondence read
included a thank you note
from the Christian Thrift
Shop for the $100 presented
to them from the club. Myra also read an article from
the Countywide newspaper
that stated the mission of the
Thrift Shop and a thank you
to the general public She
then read a note to the club
from the last will and testament of Dorothy McCarroll, a
former beloved member, who
bequeathed the club $500.00
from her estate.
The meeting was adjourned
and turned over to the hostesses Patty Bedford, Patsy
Whitehead, and Vi Wehman.
Jo Ann Kroll won the door
prize, an adorable strawberry scented candle in a glass
jar with a gingham checked
cloth cover. Joan Smith won
the hostess gift which was a
Valentine candle with a Red
Velvet Cake scent.
The craft for the month
was a Valentine photo frame
made from assorted colored
foam hearts edged with gold
glitter and decorated with
stickers and a fabric bow.
Members present were
Shirley Frazier, Myra Patton,
Vi Wehman, Maxie McNally,
Marjorie Huff, Lucille Seiler,
Treva Fossler, Patsy Whitehead, Patty Bedford, Maona Mixon, Joan Smith, Jo Ann
Kroll, and Diane Maitland.
The next meeting
will be March 11, 2010, and
the hostesses will be Maona Mixon, Jo Ann Kroll, and
Dawn Polasek.
Pat Hemby, Secretary
PHOTO BY JOE BAKER
Robert Sczepanik, 9, holds 3 huge turnips. They were grown in a local garden (in
Kenedy) by his grandfather, Henry Garcia. The largest one was the size of a cantaloupe.
Relay For Life teams needed Wilson County Gardening Day
The American Cancer Society is seeking teams for
the Relay For Life of Karnes
County to join in the fight
against cancer. Relay For
Life is the American Cancer Society’s national signature, overnight fundraising
activity. Teams of eight to 15
members gather with tents
and sleeping bags to participate in the largest fundraising
walk in the nation. Relay For
Life unites friends, families,
businesses, hospitals, schools
and churches…people from
all walks of life. Teams seek
sponsorship prior to the Relay, all with the goal of supporting a cure for cancer.
The 11th Annual American Cancer Society Relay For
Life of Karnes County will
take place May 14-15, 2010 at
Kenedy High School Stadium
in Kenedy. This year’s goal is
to have 30 teams participate.
Seven teams have signed up
so far.
Relay For Life is a fun-filled,
overnight event that mobilizes communities throughout
the country to celebrate survivors, remember loved ones,
and empower others to fight
back against a disease that
takes too much.
“The event raises awareness about the progress
against cancer while also raising funds to fight the disease,”
said Gretchen Dupnik, Team
Development chairman. “Individuals who are willing
to give their time and energy to this exciting community event, as a volunteer or as
a participant, have made a
commitment to fight back
against cancer.”
Team captains have a critical role in the Relay. A Team
Captain’s meeting will be held
on March 8 at 7:00 p.m. at the
Kenedy Dairy Queen meeting
room.
For more information on
the Relay For Life or to register a team, contact Dupnik
at 583-9616 or email her at
[email protected]. You
can also visit www.relayforlife.org/karnescotx to connect with other Relayers in
Karnes County and across the
nation.
To learn more about the
American Cancer Society’s research, prevention, advocacy,
patient services, and early detection programs, call 1-800ACS-2345 or visit www.cancer.org.
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide, community-based,
voluntary
health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as
a major health problem by
preventing cancer, saving
lives and diminishing suffering from cancer through research, education, advocacy,
and service.
‘Called to a New Day’
Jan Anderson and Joline
Wiley attended the Annual Women’s Conference held
at Highland Lakes Camp &
Conference Center February 26th & 27th. A variety
of workshops and activities
were available to the Conference attendees. Judge Edna
Staudt of Williamson County presented a very informative seminar entitled “Changing Lives Through Friendship
Mentoring,” based on the Justice Court Mentoring Program she developed in 1996.
“He Said . . . She Said” and
“Touching Bases Without
Striking Out,” which dealt
with solving communication
problems between men and
women and between family members, were well attended workshops. The consequences of divorce, serving
those closest to us, being a
good steward of our resources, and raising godly children
to become good citizens were
topics explored in other sessions. A highlight of the Conference was a presentation by
Dr. Rebekah Naylor . Dr. Naylor served as a missionary and
surgeon to India from 1973
until 2009. Assigned to the
Bangalore Baptist Hospital
she was a physician, administrator, educator and church
planter. Currently Dr. Naylor
is Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery at the University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center
in Dallas.
The theme of the Conference was “Called To A New
Day,” with II Chronicles 7:14
the chosen scripture verse.
Speaking to the theme each
day and challenging the
women present to make a
difference in their world was
Carolyn Porterfield, Multicultural Consultant of the WMU
of Texas. Leading the women in praise and worship was
Teresa Harmening. Teresa is
a gifted songwriter who puts
scripture to music so that it
can more easily be memorized.
Joseph’s Storehouse, a food
pantry ministry operated
from FBC Granite Shoals, was
the service project of the Conference. A special offering was
taken for this project in addition to the food, toiletry products and infant items brought
by the women in attendance.
Over 2,500 individuals seek
assistance from Joseph’s
Storehouse each month.
Mrs. Anderson and Mrs.
Wiley also attended WMU
mission education training
while at the Conference. At
FBC Kenedy they serve as Director and Associate Director
of the WMU – Woman’s Missionary Union. The mission
of the WMU is to inform and
inspire the Christian woman to influence her world for
Christ.
Livestock team wins 3rd
The Karnes County 4-H Junior Livestock Team participated in the Floresville Livestock Judging Contest on
February 28, 2010 winning
the 3rd Place Junior Team.
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The members of the team
were Caitlyn Smart, Dylan
Doreck, Caryn Smart and Miranda Leal.
Caitlynn Smart of the
Karnes County 4-H Junior
Livestock Team won 2nd
Place Junior Individual at the
Floresville Livestock Judging
Contest on February 28, 2010.
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When you rise on the morning of Saturday, March 6, head
over to the Floresville Alternative Education Center for
the Wilson County Gardening Day from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
It¹s the place to be if you have
a green thumb and are itching
to get your garden growing, or
just to join in the fun.
With an atmosphere akin
to a country festival, this annual event includes a live
broadcast of ³Gardening
South Texas² on KLUP radio
930 a.m. featuring Dr. Calvin
Finch and Jerry Parsons from
noon to 2 p.m.
Sponsors include the Wilson County News, San Antonio Water System (SAWS),
KLUP 930 AM Radio, and
Milberger¹s Landscaping and
Nursery.
The event benefits the
S.T.A.R.S. students of the Floresville Alternative Education
Center and features their annual plant sale. Many of the
plants have been propagated
by the students, including Celebrity, Better Boy, and Roma
tomatoes, and peppers ranging from Bell Boy and California Wonder to varieties of
habañero, Serrano, and jalapeño.
³We have 50 varieties of
shrubs,² said Service Learning
Coordinator Johnny Hewell,
in charge of the S.T.A.R.S.
program. ³We have ferns, ivy,
hanging baskets, live and burr
oaks ‹ grown from seed‹ and
fruit trees, desert willow, sage,
and more.²
Refreshments will be available for purchase from a
number of local organizations, and there will be prize
giveaways, including the potato-flushing toilet, product
demonstrations, and more.
If you haven¹t already registered, there is still time to
sign up your gardening group
or local organization to test
your plant knowledge in the
event¹s first-ever Plant ID
competition.
Garden clubs from New
Braunfels, and Atascosa, Guadalupe, Bexar, Comal, and
Bexar counties are already
registered to participate and
more are expected.
Find out more about this
inaugural event at http://wilsoncountynews.com by clicking on Wilson County Gardening Day under ³blogs.²
Children can meet Wilson,
the Wilson County News¹
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mascot, and plant their own
beans and watch them grow.
The Crime Stoppers of Wilson
County mobile lab will be on
hand.
Find out about bird-watching opportunities with the
Mitchell Lake Audubon Society, and support local groups,
such as the Wilson County
Spay/Neuter Group and Sacred Heart Catholic Church
CCD and ACTS. Meet representatives from Divine Avocados, Drama Kids International, the Floresville Chamber of
Commerce, Pruski¹s Market,
Rhew Orchards, South Texas
Heritage Pork, and more.
Visitors can learn more
about the 2010 Census and
register to vote. Find out
about the good works of various community organizations, such as the Floresville
This photo shows one of the greenhouses with plants being cultivated by students in the S.T.A.R.S. Program.
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Watermelon Jubilee, and the
South Texas Resource and Assistance Center (STRAC).
Learn about gardening
from the Gardening Volunteers of South Texas, Cooper¹s
Garden Place, the Guadalupe
County Chapter of the Native
Plant Society, and Guadalupe
County Master Gardeners.
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is selling tickets for their Easter fundraiser. The drawing is
for 1 of 3 Easter Baskets filled
with all sorts of goodies. Each
basket has a value of $50.00.
Drawing will be held on Sat.
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fundraiser. Friday, March 5th more info call 830-780-5106.
at 202 E. Travis in Karnes City.
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It’s great to have a new newspaper
Dear Editor:
How great it is to see another wonderful newspaper here in Karnes County! I
was so glad and excited to see
this after all the unfortunate
things that happened last
month; that God opened the
door of opportunity for you,
Joe to open and be the owner of Karnes County’s newest paper: The Karnes County Times! This is so exciting
to me as I love how you write
and how your sweet wife,
Pam puts things down so fun-
ny that she has all the county
thinking about it and indeed
even my daughter, Julie living
in BC, Canada! As you may remember our daughter Julie
badly wanted a paper to be
sent to her up in Abbotsford,
BC, Canada as she so loved
your wife’s articles! Now that
is possible as she can read all
about it on line at www.karnescountytimes.com!
This
will make her day! Joe thanks
so much for not giving up
but hanging in there when
things looks so bleak. The
Lord always works things out
for good for those who love
Him! Keep up the great work
and I say, way to go, Joe, way
to go! We love you and your
wife and are praying for you
to be mightily used through
the news media to glorify the
Lord in all you do! I am believing that your newspaper
will do better than we can ask
or expect as God is blessing
all your efforts! Keep up the
great work and stay strong in
His grace!
Judy Berry,
Kenedy
Who can we trust?
Editor:
Attn: Karnes County pet
owners. I was looking for a
good home for my pet cat and
decided to call the city to see
what the procedures were to
get her into the shelter there
and adopted out to a good
home. I asked what the procedures were for adoption
and was told that they were
strictly a no kill shelter and after three days, if a home was
not found for my cat, then
she would be sent out to a no
kill shelter in San Antonio for
adoption. The next day after
verifying that it was strictly a
no kill shelter with one of the
city employees that handles
animal control for the city,
I told my father to go ahead
and meet with them at the
City Hall to take her in. I informed my father, if there was
a possibility of euthanization, he was to bring my cat
back home. My father ques-
tioned the city employee and
he was assured they were a no
kill shelter and she would not
be euthanized. I found someone that wanted to adopt her
and decided to call so I could
go and pick her up. When I
called to see if she was still
there, I was told she had been
euthanized. I called back and
was told to call one of the city
employees who handle animal control, so I did. The city
employee I spoke with stated
that the cat had been adopted
out to a lady from Nordheim
that came in crying because
her cat passed away, so she
ended up adopting my cat.
He called me back that same
day to ask me who said that
the cat had been euthanized,
I told him who informed me
about the cat and he repeatedly told me that they were
strictly a no kill shelter and
that someone had adopted
my cat. I know there is paperwork involved, so I told
the city employee that I wanted to meet with him the next
day to see the paperwork involved in the adoption and
proof that she was adopted. After a little hesitation on
the phone, he agreed to meet
with me the next day to show
me the proof. The next day,
I get a phone call from that
same city employee and he
stated to me that he did not
have the paperwork to show
me because the cat had been
put down on Tuesday, the day
before I was told that she had
been adopted. My question
here is what was the point in
lying and why was i lied to
from the very beginning? Can
we really trust our city? I hope
no one else in this city will fall
victim to what I did. And that
my story will open the eyes
of everyone who is thinking
about sending their pet to
“Kenedy’s No Kill Shelter.”
Denise Saenz
Mankind is a slow learner
Joe
Brubaker
Folks I don’t know why but my mind has
been filled with thoughts concerning our
thinking and behavior.
We have certainly made great strides in
many areas including science, medicine
and manufacturing. Be that as it may we
have not made much progress in loving our
neighbor as our selves.
We know that thousands of years ago the
Jews had no dealings with the Samaritans.
They would not even set a foot in their
country.
Perhaps we do not go that far but many of
us do not want to have anything to do with
PEOPLE FROM OTHER COUNTRIES EVEN
if THEY LIVE and are citizens of THE United
States. I am concerned that we maybe too
interested in ourselves and those who think
and look like us.
I think of President Lincoln’s Gettysburg
address when our country was in deep trouble.
Four score and seven years ago our forefathers brought forth on this continent a
new nation, so conceived in liberty, and
dedicated to the proposition that all men
are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war,
testing whether that nation or any nation so
conceived and so dedicated, can long endure.
Folks, I do not want to be a worry wart,
but I think we are in trouble again. Too
many people in high positions seem to be
more concerned about power, prestige and
money than they are in what is good for the
people of our country.
There are Individuals and organizations
that are trying to divide us by spreading rumors, half truths and down right lies concerning both political parties, our President,
our military, different races, religions and
on and on. They are using the old ploy of
divide and conquer!
If this keeps up perhaps, just perhaps,
we are in greater danger than we were back
then!
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
Serving Karnes County since 2010
O Canada!
Pamela
Baker
My husband often tells me I have a piece
of coal inside my heart because I don’t cry
during sad movies. This isn’t exactly true,
but often times during movies I will look
over at my big tough husband, and see tears
running down his face, while I, the cold
hearted, am completely unmoved.
I would like to say that I have complete
control over my emotions, but the same
husband who says I have coal in my heart
would tell you that there are certain instances where he has to dodge projectiles
being thrown at him.
I did cry, this past week; however, when
I heard the Canadian national anthem being played during a medal ceremony at the
2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver,
British Columbia.
I sang that song every school day growing
up in Ontario, Canada, and in French classes we would sing it in French.
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all thy sons command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The True North strong and free!
From far and wide, O Canada,
We stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
As a student I used to have national anthem envy, thinking that the Americans had
a much cooler song. Now that I am older I
appreciate them both, the same way I have
come to appreciate and love both the United States and Canada. I believe I would be
happy living in either country.
But when the two countries play hockey
against one another in the Olympics, well, I
have to root for my northern home.
Hockey was a staple in my home, the way
that football is a staple in many households
here in Texas. Instead of T-ball kids play
pee-wee hockey, Saturday night is “Hockey
Night in Canada.” My father played hockey – even my parish priest played hockey
(professionally at one point!) In the summer time kids would play street hockey with
balls and sticks.
The Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens have a rivalry that could
match that of the Horns and Aggies. Although I wasn’t a huge hockey fan I knew
how to play, I knew the rules and I could follow the game, often watching playoff games
with my family.
So during the preliminary game between
Canada and the United States was on television, I sat with my family here in Texas and
cheered for the Canadians, while everyone
else was cheering for the Americans, except
for my eldest daughter who was cheering
for both teams.
When they lost I was pretty sad, but delighted to find out that they would play the
Americans again for the gold medal in the
finals.
We watched the game last Sunday afternoon. I called my father and watched
it with him for a little bit, just like I used to
do when I was a little girl. The gold medal game was close – both teams were equally matched. It could have been anybody’s
game. The Canadians won the game with a
single goal in sudden death overtime.
I was proud of my home country, and I
cried. But just a little.
The three Adas
Joe
Baker
Our family recently celebrated our youngest daughter’s third birthday at my brother’s
place near Choate.
Ada turned three as I am writing this column, on March 2, Texas Independence Day,
but we celebrated a little early on Saturday,
Feb. 28.
During the celebration I took a photo of
Ada with her Great Aunt Ada Bea Schroeder,
who was there with my Uncle Bradley.
I could not resist the opportunity to get a
photo of the two “Adas” there together.
When I looked at the photo this morning,
I was struck with a most unusual feeling.
When I looked at the photo with my eyes,
I could see there are indeed two “Adas” in
the picture, but then I looked at the photo
in a different way.
When I looked at the photo with my
heart, I could… feel… that there was another “Ada” – a third “Ada” in the photo standing with my youngest daughter and my
Aunt Ada Bea.
This third Ada, was actually, in chronological terms, the “first” Ada – my grandmother, Ada Hunt Baker, who passed away many
years ago but continues to live in my heart.
I could feel in my heart that she was there
at my daughter’s birthday party, just as she
is with me every day.
Although she died when I was just a
young boy, I have so many fond memories
of my grandmother who we called “Mom
Bake.”
I’ll never forget how she would always ask
me to sing “Raindrops keep falling on my
head” whenever we would visit my grandparents’ home in Choate.
I’ll never forget how she would pack treats
and Cokes in small glass bottles for us for
the drive home when it was time to leave.
I’ll never forget how much she loved us
and how much we loved her.
She was an extraordinary woman and I
could fill a book with thousands of pages
about her experiences and the life that she
lived – most of the years in Choate, Texas.
When I look at the faces of Ada Bea and
Ada Brooke, I see her face.
When I see the love, the spirit and the joy
for life of these two living Adas have, I am
reminded of that same spirit and joy for life
that she had.
My Aunt Ada Bea brought a gift for our
three-year-old Ada, but she also brought
very special presents for me and my wife,
Pam.
She had clipped and saved two columns
that we wrote for the newspaper several
years ago and she gave us these clippings.
When you write lots and lots of columns,
you don’t always remember everything you
write – such was the case with these two
columns.
I did not remember the one that I wrote
or the one Pam wrote but reading both columns transported me back to a few years
ago when we were struggling with the challenges that all working parents face as a part
of raising a family with small children.
Pam’s column was called “The Puzzle”
and it was about her Mom and her love for
puzzles, but also about how family life can
be a puzzle, too. In her column Pam said
she liked puzzles, but she prefers the kind
with a small number of pieces.
Ada Bea gave Pam a puzzle just like that,
along with the column she had clipped and
saved.
It was a very, very thoughtful and special
gift and I am thankful and so very grateful
for the three “Adas” who have been a part of
my life.
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Serving Karnes County since 2010
Eating Up
By Amelia Simmons
Sweet Potato Meringue Tart
Cook offs have been an American
institution for over a hundred years.
From the St. Louis State Fair of 1907 to
our own Lonesome Dove Festival in
Karnes County, home bakers of all ages have gathered to cook their best. If
you watched White House Executive
Chef Cristeta Comerford win the season
opener on “Iron Chef America” recently, you were watching a piece of American history, moved on a century. Only she had modern technology to bring
the event to millions on the television
screen.
For the pie crust
1 ¾ cups cake flour
¼ cup sugar
¼ cup ice water
¾ cup solid vegetable shortening
¼ tsp salt
For the filling
1 ½ cups sweet potatoes cooked and mashed
1 stick unsalted butter, melted
1 Cup sugar
½ cup maple syrup
3 tablespoons flour
3 eggs, beaten plus 3 egg whites, reserved
1/3 cup cream
2 teaspoons lemon juice
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
½ cup sugar
½ teaspoon arrowroot
1 teaspoon ginger
Cristeta Comerford has made history
by being the first female Executive Chef
at the White House, and the first minority to hold that position. She’s a Filipino
American and featured the flavors of her
home cuisine in the competition. Bold
tastes like lemongrass, ginger and ingredients like oysters and fennel comprised
her prize-winning menu; but she also
featured the humble sweet potato in a
pie that could have come straight from
the marquee at the St. Louis Fair. She’d
have been right at home in the bustling
crowds of a nineteenth century state
fair, where immigrants from all over the
world exhibited their specialties from
back home in the New World they now
called home. I like that.
In keeping with the tradition, the recipe below for traditional sweet potato
pie appeared first in 1865 in the pages
of Godey’s Lady’s Book, but I’ve added Cristeta Comerford’s 2010 meringue
topping, just to keep things fun. I used
this pie dough because it is the recipe
created by another White House chef,
Roland Mesnier, a Frenchman.
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By Jennifer
Sara Jansky
To make the pie crust, combine the
flour, sugar and salt in a bowl. Add the
shortening, chopped and flake into the
flour with a fork. Add the ice water and
form into a soft dough. Wrap the dough
ball in plastic and refrigerate for an
hour. Use the dough to line a deep dish
pie plate.
Combine the filling ingredients and
pour into the piecrust. Bake at 350 for
40 minutes, until a knife inserted in the
middle comes out clean.
To make the meringue: Whip the egg
whites until they form stiff peaks. Sift
together the reserved sugar, arrowroot
and powered ginger. Slowly fold into the
egg whites. Spoon the meringue topping onto the cooled filling, sealing the
edges against the pastry, return to the
oven for another 15 minutes, watching
carefully so that the meringue does not
over brown.
Healthy Habits
Why do we need to drink water? That is
a good question with an even better answer.
Water will boost your metabolism, curb
your appetite, give you tons of energy,
keep your elimination systems working
properly to prevent constipation, help prevent bladder and kidney infections, clean
out your lymphatic system, make your
skin glow with health, wash out liquefied
fat, keep your liver functioning properly,
keep you focused and alert, lubricate your
joints, regulate body temperature, carry
nutrients and oxygen to your cells, help
dissolve nutrients and minerals to make
them more easily utilized by the body, protect all organs and tissue, and help to keep
the eyes, mouth, and nose moist.
That is a pretty impressive list and has
me convinced to go get a glass of this sparkling wonder right now. It may sound impossible that plain ‘ole water does all this,
but keep in mind that your body is mostly
water. Your muscles are 75 percent water,
your blood is 82 percent water, your lungs
are 90 percent water, your brain is 76 percent water, and your bones are 25 percent
water.
You are losing fluid every minute of every day, even while you sit reading this
newsletter. Lose more than you take in
and your body is in trouble and will start to
make you feel awful as it pleads with you
to get hydrated.
Without enough water, your body also
will hang on to fat because the liver cannot
process fat without water. Even if you exercise every day, it can be difficult, if not impossible, to lose weight unless you drink
enough water. Water is a very important
part of maintaining a healthy weight. It literally flushes liquefied fat from your body
and boosts your metabolism. Drink your
water every day as part of a healthy diet
and add in exercise. You will be amazed at
the results.
So, how much water do you need?
There are many methods of determining this, but I like to take my weight, divide
it by two, take the number I get and drink
that many ounces of water every day.
For example, if you weigh 200 pounds,
your body needs 100 ounces of water a
day. I have found this method rather dependable as it is based on your own size.
You can personalize your need even more
by considering your activity level, how hot
it is, and whether or not you have a special
need like if you are a nursing mother.
When you exercise it is best to drink water before, during, and after your workout.
When working in the sun, water (along
with plenty of breaks in the shade) is especially important to help prevent heat
stroke.
If this figuring and counting ounces to
determine proper water intake sounds
daunting, try this: Simply drink a glass of
water with every meal and a glass in between every meal. Right there, you already
have five glasses of water! Easy, right?
Take it a step farther and keep a glass
of water by your bed. Drink up when you
wake to get your metabolism going before
your feet even hit the floor. Drinking when
you wake starts your body’s natural cleansing process and is a great way to start your
day. That counts for another glass, so now
you’re up to six a day. Drink another after supper, now that’s seven glasses. I bet
you will add another during the day without even thinking about it and you have already had eight glasses of water in one day.
How much money would you pay for
good health, less illness, less pain, fewer
headaches, a smaller waistline, more energy, and mental clarity? I know I would
pay a lot.
However, reach for water any time you
think you would like something cool to
drink or when you are thirsty and you
will be well on your way to a healthy body
for next to free. Water. What a wonderful,
God-given basic for good health. Cheers!
Jennifer Sara is a work-at-home mom
from Hobson who studies and promotes
natural solutions to everyday household,
health, and wellness issues. Write her at
[email protected].
These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. The advice in this column is
not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease and is not intended to replace the advice of your doctor.
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The Karnes County Home and Garden Club, Inc. is inviting the public to
submit names for a new memorial side stone at the Veterans Memorial Garden.
The price will be $3 per letter/number. Contact Julie Weiss by mail: 820
Chula Vista Street, Karnes City, Texas, 78118 or call (830) 780-3967. Checks
are payable to the Karnes County Home and Garden Club, Inc.
Deadline is March 15!
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Church
United Methodist Church news
You are welcomed to come
and join us in worship, Sunday school, and Bible study.
Regular Sunday morning service is at 11:00am, with Sunday
School for all ages beginning at
9:45am. Jr High Youth group begins at 5:00pm on Wednesdays,
supper at 6:00pm with Sr High
Youth at 6:30pm. If you need
information or help, Pastor
Ken Houston can be reached at
780-3324 or 780-3307. United
Methodist Church is located at
201 North Esplanade.
The devotion for this week
is “My Life-Saver” by Courtney Witte, Scripture is from:
“Heal me. O Lord, and I will
be healed; save me and I will
be saved, for you are the One I
praise.” Jeremiah 17:4.
When I was born, my arteries were switched. So when I
was just 3 days old, I had to
have surgery to switch them
back. The surgery was risky
and my cousins were scared.
With all the prayers, I made it
through the surgery. I might
not like my scar, but it was a
part of my life-saver.
Prayer: Thank you Lord for
valuing our lives enough to
give us a second chance or
giving me a chance just to live
my life. Thank you for all You
do. Amen.
Kenedy Church of Christ news
Accept One Another
Suppose someone walked
through the door and sat
down on the back row during
a church service. What if his
hair was longer than acceptable? Suppose he was dirty, or
didn’t smell fresh. Would Jesus Christ be accepted in our
assembly?
In recent weeks we have
talked about encouraging one
another. We have then said
that it is hard to encourage
one another unless we first
love one another. Sunday we
added the truth that it is impossible to love one another
unless we first accept one another.
When Paul wrote his letter to the Romans there were
problems in the church because some could go to the
market and buy meat that
had probably been sacrificed
to idols. Others could not do
this with a clear conscience.
I draw your attention to Romans 14. The chapter begins;
“Accept him whose faith is
weak, without passing judgment on disputable matters.”
We read in verse 12 that each
of us will have to give an account of ourselves to God.
By accepting one another it
leads to peace and mutual edification (see v.19)
Romans 15 reminds of
the standard for us accepting even the shortcomings of
one another. “For even Christ
did not please himself…Accept one another, then, just as
Christ accepted you, in order
to bring praise to God.” (V.1,
7) Basically it is a sermon in
three words, accept one another.
The lady at church who is
full of herself, the guy who
looks different, even the weird
preacher; we must accept another which brings praise to
God. As the saying goes the
church should be a hospital for sinners not a museum
for saints. It is pampas of us
to think that Christ would accept me, that he would die for
my sin and offer me pardon,
just so I can look down my
nose at you or some guy on
the street because you do not
meet my standards.
Our worship together on
Sundays is crucial. If we love
the Lord as we profess to love
him on Sundays, then we will
show our love for one another
the other six days of the week
as well. Together we are the
church.
Encourage One Another
Love One Another
Accept One Another!
Accept One Another
Suppose someone walked
through the door and sat
down on the back row during
a church service. What if his
hir was longer than acceptable? Suppose he was dirty,
First Presbyterian Church news
“ Speaking of Faith’
Pastor Chuck Gibbs had previously informed the congregation that his sermon would contain a question for each person:
“Imitate or Innovate?" The primary text for his sermon was
Philippians 3:17- 4:1. Paul is
speaking: “My friends, I want
you to follow my example and
learn from others who closely follow the example we set for
you. 18I often warned you that
many people are living as enemies of the cross of Christ. And
now with tears in my eyes, I warn
you again 19that they are headed for hell! They worship their
stomachs and brag about the
disgusting things they do. All
they can think about are the
things of this world. 20But we
are citizens of heaven and are
eagerly waiting for our Savior
to come from there. Our Lord
Jesus Christ 21has power over
everything, and he will make
these poor bodies of ours like
his own glorious body. 1Dear
friends, I love you and long to
see you. Please keep on being
faithful to the Lord. You are
my pride.”
In this text Paul is chal-
lenging us to stop trying to
be so creative and innovative
and just be “imitators” of Jesus Christ. Could it be that
he is correct? Can we get so
wrapped up on trying to be
creative and innovative that
there is not time or energy
left to imitate Jesus Christ as
best as we can? Paul tells us
that the best way to imitate
Jesus in our day and time is
not reading history, or even
the Bible, but to imitate those
around us who love and serve
Jesus Christ with their whole
being. That is the mission of
the Church! That is our mission as a Christians! Hopefully, as we seek to live our lives
as faithful and obedient children of God, our children,
our family, our friends and
all others who know us will
want to imitate us. As they
imitate us, they will seek to
know Jesus Christ more and
more as their personal, eternal and only Lord and Savior.
And so the imitation goes on
and on and God's Kingdom
of Love on earth grows and
grows, and communities and
the world are transformed in
small and large ways.
Ushers today, greeting at-
tendees, were Bill and Betty
Butler.
Music was beautifully provided by Stella Saxon. The
message from the Minute for
Missions was presented by Ed
Farris, and the Liturgist was
Kathryn Farris. Lovely flowers
were given by the families of
Vangie McShane and Forrest
and Alvin Salge.
As the service ended and
the bells pealed, the congregation greeted each other
and caught up on local and
church news.
Pastor Gibbs’ sermon title for next Sunday is Essential Skills for Christians and
the scripture is 1 Corinthians
10:1-13.
First Presbyterian Church
of Karnes City is composed of
people from all over Karnes
County as well as other areas.
Everyone is welcome. Adult
Sunday School Classes begins
at 10 am with worship service at 11 am. The church is
located at 405 E. Mayfield in
Karnes City.
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St. Matthews Episcopal Church news
St. Matthew’s Episcopal
Church of Kenedy celebrated
The Second Sunday in Lent
with Reverend Robert Johnston as pastor. Neil Nichols
was the Lay Minister and Joseph Avalos was the Lector.
Joe read the First Reading
Genesis 15:1-18. The Lord
made a covenant with Abram
that his heirs would be plentiful and promised them land
and rivers.
The Second Reading was
Philippians 3:17-4:1.
Paul
tells them to beware of the
way some people live and
not to follow their examples.
They must stand fast in their
faith in Jesus and live good
lives.
Reverend Johnston read the
Gospel of Luke 13:31-35. Jesus was warned to leave and
get away from Herod to avoid
being killed. Jesus told them
that he had tasks to do and
would do them. He was busy
healing the sick and casting
out demons. Jesus knows
what his fate is in Jerusalem
and admonishes them for not
listening to his teachings.
Reverend Johnston reminded us what Lent is about
and when it was started. Lent
is 40 days before we celebrate
the resurrection of Jesus. Before Jesus' death it was a period of time for fasting and
preparation for baptism. We
also remember that after Jesus’ baptism, he went into the wilderness for 40 days
and fasted for his preparation
for his ministry. Lent today is
more relaxed than in the past.
We begin it with Ash Wednes-
Kenedy First Baptist Church news
“Jesus Wins Debate”
Kenedy First Baptist Church
cordially invites everyone to
come see a gift through drama and music a life presentation of the crucifixion of Jesus on Saturday, March 27 at
6pm and Sunday, March 28 at
3pm.
Pastor John Wheat today
spoke on the Tuesday before
Jesus died in an event known
as Holy Week. Using Matthew
22:15-45, Pastor Wheat spoke
of three groups who hated Jesus and wanted to discredit
Him. The first group was the
Herodians who opposed Pilate and wanted Herod’s son
to rule. They asked him if it
was right to pay taxes to Caesar or not. Jesus asked them
to get a coin and see whose
image is on it. They replied
Caesars and Jesus in verse 21
said: “Give to Caesar what is
Caesar’s and to God what is
God’s,” thus winning the argument. Next the Sadducees
who were conservatives in
the priestly order not believing in the resurrection try to
trip Jesus up by asking whose
husband this woman will
have in heaven having had
7 husbands. Jesus answered
they didn’t understand the
resurrection nor the power of
God for no one dies but goes
on to live in heaven as Abraham, Isaac and Jacob did. The
third group questioning Jesus this day was the Pharisees who dealt with the letter
of the law and wanted to trick
Him with their question asking what is the greatest commandment. The Pharisees
had over 635 laws to keep
but Jesus tells them to combine all 635 laws into 2 laws in
verse 37: “Love the Lord your
God with all your heart and
Our Lady Queen of Peace from 5pm to 7pm. Plates will Plates are $6.00 each. The
Catholic Church is hosting a consist of fried catfish, hush- Guadalupanas will also have
Fish Fry on Friday, March 5th, puppies, fries, and coleslaw. baked goods available.
St. Cornelius Catholic Church news
The Knights of Colum- Cornelius Catholic Church each. Also, the Altar Society
bus will be having a Fish Fry in Karnes City, from 5:00pm will have baked good availon Friday, March 5th, at St. till sold out. Plates are $7.00 able.
St. Paul’s Lutheran Church news
"Counting stars, counting descendants, counting
promises"
When God appeared to
Abram in a dream, he revealed childless Abram would
have descendants which
compared in number to the
stars in the heavens, Abram
trusted God as we should was
the focus of the homily by Rev.
David W. Collins III, pastor of
St. Paul's Lutheran Church on
the Second Sunday of Lent.
Abram questions why he
and Sarah had remained
childless which brought them
shame, embarrassment and
grief. Abram blames the god
for interfering and meddling
in his life. But if the if the
dream is to be believed, the
Abram must imagine each
star as a future descendant
and no longer face having a
slave in his house assume position of heir.
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with all your soul and with all
your mind. This is the greatest
commandment. The second
is like it: “Love your neighbor as yourself.” Jesus taught
us to give ourselves to God,
that heaven was glorious and
don’t worry about keeping
any laws but loving God and
people. There was a fourth
question Jesus asked in verse
42 and 46: “What do you think
about the Christ, whose son is
He.” They said the son of David and then Jesus said: “How
is it then that David, speaking
by the Spirit calls Him, ‘Lord’?
And if David calls Him ‘Lord’
how can he be His son?” Jesus
won every debate and was no
longer troubled. Who do you
say the Christ is? Questions?
Call 830-583-2539 and find
out.
Our Lady of Peace Catholic Church news
Collins indicates Abram is
the model for all of us who are
his heirs. We are daily challenged to leave behind our
hopes and dreams to follow
God. We trust God as the basis of our life and the source
of all hope. We are asked to
imagine each star in the heavens as God's promise to us
and our needs.
The Holy Scriptures, read
by Dorothy Gross, were taken
from Genesis, Psalm 27, Philippians, and the Gospel of
Luke 13:31-35.
Prayers were made to comfort and sustain those who
suffer in any way, especially Joyce Liska, the People of
Chile, and the people of Haiti. Prayers requested that
God shed mercy and peace to
those who work to protect the
people of the world from suffering as they serve in the military branches.
Special guests to the ser-
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YOU
Spring
TO ALL THAT
Wayne and Elsa Johns
have been married
30 years, as of March
7, 2010. They met in
Rockport, Texas while
attending Kingdom Hall.
Wayne is a retired Navy
Master Chief, and Elsa
is a Dental Hygienist.
They have lived in Karnes
County for 23 years and
have raised four children
here. All of their children
attended Kenedy schools
and graduated. Wayne
and Elsa are blessed with
14 grandchildren.
day and follow it with preparing our minds by reading the
scriptures and repenting of
our sins before we celebrate
the resurrection..
At the Annual Diocesan
Council this year the Bishop challenged us with the
theme, “Bear One Another’s
Burdens.” He asked us to read
our baptism covenant each
day during Lent. We were also asked to read Galatians
and 1st and 2nd Thessalonians during the year. Follow
the Rule of Life—repent—
forgiveness—believe—and
have faith. Give time to God
in your daily life. Don’t be too
busy to read scripture and
pray.
Examine your life and be
sure you have given time to
God.
vice were Sheryl Coosey, De
na McKay, and Blade Elkins
All visitors are welcome to St
Paul's.
Lenten
services
on
Wednesday will have Pasto
Steve Behr from San Anto
nio's Good Shepherd to speak
on the Perspective on Life a
Seen throught the Cross whil
Pastor Collins will speak a
San Antonio's Lord of Lif
Lutheran. Services begin a
7pm, preceded by a Soup and
Sandwich meal.
Future activities include on
Wed., March 3rd at 9am Quilt
ing for LWR. Relay for Life o
Karnes County will be Ma
14-15 and help is needed ei
ther as team members, fo
donations to American Can
cer Society, or to but a lumi
nary. Those members who
succumbed to cancer in 2009
were Edna Nesloney, Beeche
Huff, Sam Pearce, and Georg
Walleck.
St. Boniface Catholic Church of Hobson, Texas
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218 S. Esplanade, Karnes City, TX 78118
Wow!!! 3/4 of a Century!
75 years!!
Happy Birthday Dad!
Albert (Dickey) Laubach
March 9, 2010
The wife & children of Dickey Laubach would like to
invite his friends to stop by his house Saturday, March
6, between 3 and 5 pm to help him celebrate!
Light refreshments will be served - No gifts please.
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Plant & Country Store
Antique Tractors
Bake Sale
Raffle Drawing
at 4:00 PM
BBQ Chicken Dinner
Serving 10:30 AM until ?? • Plates $7 • Eat in or to go
501 W. Main
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830-583-3895
Antique & Consignment Sales • Gallery Glass
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“Mission Accomplished”
The gospel lesson for the
Second Sunday in Lent was
Luke 13:31-35. As Jesus came
near Jerusalem, some Pharisees came and said to him,
“Get away from here, for
Herod wants to kill you.” But
Jesus told them, “Go and tell
that fox for me, “Listen, I am
casting out demons and performing cures today and to-
morrow and on the third day,
I finish my work.” Jesus came
to the earth to die for the sins
of the world. He had a job to
do and nothing was going to
stop him.
Pastor Wally Schievelbein
said in his sermon that we
need to understand that it
was because of our sins that
Jesus had to die. We have all
gone astray and fall short of
God’s glory. We should have
been nailed to that cross instead of Jesus, but because of
God’s great love for us, he sent
his son to die in our place.
Ushers and greeters for the
early worship service were
Sue and Gary Thiele, Gary
read the scriptures and Dean
Gaskamp served as acolyte.
The gospel band provided
beautiful worship music.
The plants on the altar were
given to the glory of God by
Windecker
Dr. Leo J. Windecker
What one man can do is
dream. What one man can
do is love. What one man can
do is change the world and
make it new again. Here, you
see what one man can do!
The words of the John Denver
song could have been written about Dr. Leo Windecker, 88, the legendary aircraft
designer and creator of the
first military STEALTH prototype, who passed away Saturday, February 13, 2010 in Cedar Park, Texas. Born in Gull
Lake, Saskatchewan on July
9, 1921, Leo was the oldest of
the four children of the Reverend Konrad and Frieda Loos
Windecker. He grew up in
Karnes City, Texas, where his
father served as pastor to the
German-speaking communities south of San Antonio. He
married Pearl Rolf of Kenedy,
TX in 1942, one month before
enlisting in the Army Medical
Corps. He served as a medic on Guadalcanal and Espirtu Santos during World War
II, receiving an Army Commendation for discovering
the cause of the dysentery
that was the greatest cause
of death for our troops in the
South Pacific Theatre. Discharged with a Purple Heart
for injuries he received in a
Japanese bombing attack, he
returned to Texas, graduating
from the University of Texas
Dental School in Houston in
1948. Leo and Pearl had two
sons, Robert "Bob" and Theodore "Ted" Windecker. Dr.
Leo Windecker opened his
first dental practice in Lake
Jackson, TX later that year. In
1952 he was joined by his second wife, Houston prosthetic dentist Dr. Fairfax Windecker. They authored a paper
on "immediate denture insertion" that was published
in dental journals around the
world and the procedure is
still in wide use. After his first
flying lesson in 1956, Dr. Windecker started experimenting
with fiberglass "composite"
materials that could make airplanes stronger and safer. His
experiments led to a research
grant from the Texas Division
of the Dow Chemical Company in Lake Jackson, TX. He
and Fairfax closed their dental practice and spent the rest
of their careers researching
the application of composites
to aircraft. The project moved
to Midland, TX in 1962. The
Windecker "Eagle" made its
first flight in 1967 and won
Federal Aviation Administration Certification in 1969,
the first all-composite airplane ever approved. Today,
most new airplane designs
are made from composites.
Three Windecker Eagles are
in aviation museums, including the prestigious Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Air and Space
Museum in Washington,
D.C. In 1971, Leo Windecker
had another "world-changing" idea. Knowing that radar passes through fiberglass
composites, he proposed to
the US Air Force that he could
build an airplane that was
completely radar-invisible.
After two years of research
and development, the U.S.
Air Force YE-5 Stealth prototype was delivered and went
into top-secret testing. It has
been reported that today's
stealth aircraft all use Leo
Windecker's technology. Leo
flew his personal Windecker Eagle throughout the United States and Canada. In 1986
he gave his beloved airplane
to the Lake Jackson Historical Society Museum, where it
hangs in the rotunda, honoring the city's first dentist and
the Dow Chemical Company, who made the Eagle possible. In 2003 he was inducted into the Texas Aviation Hall
of Fame. He is nominated for
the National Aviation Hall
of Fame in Dayton, OH. After losing his spouse, Leo met
Julia Kay of Odessa and they
married in 1990, experiencing a wonderful retirement
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Bob and Brenda Ihrig in honor of their grandson, Ryan
Kent’s birthday. The bulletin/
sponsorship was provided by
William and Reyanne Chesser, in honor of Chase’s birthday.
A surprise birthday party for Julie Schievelbein was
held in the church fellowship hall from 4:00 to 6:00pm
on Sunday evening. Happy
Birthday Julie!
Obituaries
lifestyle together. They moved
to Key Allegro in Rockport,
TX where they enjoyed boating and fishing in the Gulf as
well as traveling throughout
the country in their motor
home. In 1994 they traveled
to Germany to show Leo's
grandson, Forrest Windecker,
the family castles, alt Windeck and neu Windeck, perched
in the Black Forest overlooking the Rhine River. Leo and
Julia later relocated to Fredericksburg, before finally settling in Cedar Park to be near
family. Leo Windecker earned
his permanent wings Saturday, February 13, 2010. He is
survived by his loving wife of
19 years, Julia, of Cedar Park,
Texas; three sons, Moody
"Skipper" Hamilton and his
wife, Deni of New Braunfels,
TX, Robert Windecker and his
wife, Judy of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida and Ted Windecker and his wife, Charlotte
of Lakeway, TX. Leo considered Julia's three children his
"bonus family" - Dr. Charles
"Chocky" Kay and his wife
Kathy of Aurora, CO, Linda
Fulkerson and her husband,
Skip of Austin, TX and Anne
Hill of Midland, TX. He has six
grandchildren, five "bonus"
grandchildren, one greatgrandson and seven "bonus"
great-grandchildren. He is also survived by brothers, Rev.
Arnold Windecker and Dr.
Roland Windecker, and one
sister, Anita Windecker. In
lieu of flowers, the family requests you consider a donation to: The Lake Jackson Historical Society Museum, 249
Circle Way Lake Jackson, TX
77566, or The Texas Aviation
Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 3099
Galveston, TX 77522-0099.
Funeral services will be held
at 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, February 16, 2010 at Beck Funeral Home in Cedar Park. Interment will follow at 3:00 p.m.
in Mission Park South Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas.
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On Wednesday the Lenten
supper will begin at 6:00pm
in the fellowship hall. The
Lenten Worship service will
begin at 7:00pm. Bible Study
and Gospel Band practice follow immediately after the service. Set up and decorating
for the Ladies’ Tea will begin
Wednesday at the Ruhman
Franklin Civic Center. Tickets are still available for the
Tea which will be held on Sat-
7
urday, March 6th from 1:00 3:30pm. All benefits will go to
the American Cancer Society.
Join us for lots of fun.
Next Sunday the Contemporary Worship service will
begin at 8:30am, Sunday
School at 9:45am, and the
Traditional Worship service at
10:45am.
Hernandez
Emilio Hernandez of Kenedy passed away on February
23, 2010, at the age of 75. He
was born on March 17, 1934,
to Pedro Hernandez and
Soledad Pesina Hernandez in
Kenedy. Mr. Hernandez was
a member of El Buen Samaritano Methodist Church of
Kenedy. Although, Mr. Hernandez was never married, he
was surrounded by many loving family members. He was
preceded in death by his par-
ents; brother, Jose Hernandez; and brother, Demetrio
Hernandez. He is survived by
his sister, Mary Lewis of Kenedy; sister, Eleanor Villarreal of
Kenedy; sister, Elsa (Israel)
Gracia of Lancaster; brother, Guadalupe (Lynda) Hernandez of Karnes City; brother, Angel (Sue) Hernandez of
Witchita Falls; brother, Arturo
(Les Ann) Hernandez of Katy;
and numerous nieces and
nephews. A Rosary service
was held Thursday, February
25, 2010 at Eckols Chapel at
7:00pm. The Funeral Service
was held on Friday, February
26, 2010 at 11:00am at Eckols
Chapel, Rev. Francisco Rodriguez, officiating. Interment
was at Sacred Heart Cemetery
in Kenedy. Serving as pallbearers were Bobby Hernandez, Seferino Villarreal, Joe
Hernandez Jr., Peter Hernandez, Toby Hernandez, and Joe
Hernandez III.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
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Kenedy falls in championship baseball game
The Kenedy baseball team
played well in its first three
games of the season as it
went 2-1 in its own Booster
Club Tournament. The tournament was held in Runge due to the Kenedy field
not being ready for play and
the Booster Club would like
to express their gratitude for
their hospitality and use of
the field in Runge. Kenedy
would win its first game by
defeating Falls City 9-4 with
Rhett Bell picking up the win
and Will Kirchhoff receiving
the loss. The second game of
the tournament was Runge
against SA Hawkins. Runge
would win 18-0. In the losers
bracket Falls City would whip
out Hawkins 23-0 as Luke
Swierc picking up the win.
Swierc and Sam Lyssy would
both hit their first homeruns
of the season in the win. In
the winners bracket Runge
would square off with Kenedy and it would be a close
game. Rhett Bell would break
a 5-5 tie in the bottom of the
5th with a solo homerun and
Rolie Zepeda would add another run in the bottom of
the sixth as time ran out in
the game to give the Lions a
7-5 victory and put them in
the Championship. Picking
up the win for the Lions was
freshmen Issac Cruz. On Friday the first game would be
SA Homeschool against Yorktown in which the Wolverines
would win 11-2. In the second game of the day Pettus
would take on West Oso and
the Bears of West Oso would
win 13-3. In the losers bracket game Pettus and Yorktown
would play and the Eagles
would win 23-1 over the Wildcats. In the winners bracket
Homeschool would take on
West Oso and the Wolverines
would knock out the Bears
14-4 to gain entry into the
championship. On Saturday
the Kenedy JV would take Yor-
Beaverettes Beat Center Point—Go
Back To Regional Tournament!
The Falls City Beaverettes
defeated the Center Point Lady Pirates 50-49 to earn their
second straight berth in the
Class A Region IV basketball
tournament. The Beaverettes started out hot as they
rang up 16 points in the first
quarter and lead 16-8. The
Lady Pirates fought back
though closing to within 4
pts as the score stood 25-21
at the half. After another sol-
id 3rd quarter the Beaverettes
led 45-34 at the end of three.
Center Point battled back and
tied the score but the Beaverettes were able to put one
more on the board and win
50-49. Scoring for the Beaverettes were: Ashleigh Blocker 4; Tiffany Dziuk 11; Camari
Crawford 5; Kelsi Salziger 14,
Jacy Gibson 1, and Chelsey
Stolle 15.
Beaverettes knocked out in
regional semifinals in overtime
The Falls City Beaverettes ended their 2009-2010
basketball season this past
weekend with a 54-51 heartbreak loss in overtime to the
Louise Lady Hornets in the a
Region IV semi-final game.
Louise outscored the Beaverettes in each of the 1st three
quarters to take a 36-27 lead
going into the 4th quarter.
The Beaverettes fought back
and forced an overtime as
the score stood at 45-45 after
regulation, but could not sustain the momentum as Louise outscored Falls City 9-6
in the overtime period. Louise went on to claim the Class
A Region IV title with a 58-53
victory over Nueces Canyon.
Scoring for the Beaverettes
were: Hatti Foster 2, Kaitlyn
Jarzombek 1, Tiffany Dziuk
13, Camari Crawford 19, Kelsi
Salziger 2, Jacy Gibson 1, and
Eckols qualifies for
regionals in powerlifting
Amanda Eckols, a sophomore at Kenedy ISD, has
qualified for regionals in
powerlifting. Amanda competes in 148 lb. weight class.
Her total weight lifted so far
this year is 745 lbs. This year
she has earned three 1st
place medals, one 2nd, and
one lifter of the meet trophy. She will compete March
6th in Carrizo Springs for a
chance at state.
Coach Trevino’s Comments: Amanda is one of
those few athletes that understands a sport doesn’t
ktowns place in the 7th place
game and defeat Hawkins 121 with Jason Medina picking
up the win. In the Consolation Falls City would play Pettus and the Beavers would
pick up the win 6-3 as Luke
Swierc would get his second
win of the tournament.
In the third place game
it would be a pitcher du-
al as Rodriguez from Runge and Perez from West Oso
would shut each others hitter
down as Runge would score
in the third inning on an unearned run to take the lead
but Rodriguez would hit his
pitch count after 5 innings
and West Oso would score 3
in the bottom of the sixth to
take the lead and Perez would
finish the complete game for
the Bears. In the Championship the Wolverines and Lions would square off with the
Wolverines jumping out to a
7-0 lead off starter Edward Villanueva and the Lions would
be able to make that difference up as they would fall to
the Wolverines 14-7. Local
players making the all-tour-
nament team were from Pettus, R Beck; Runge, A. Rodriguez, M. Bryan; Falls City, L.
Swierc, B. Gawlik; West Oso, E.
Perez, B. Smith; Kenedy, Rhett
Bell, Issac Cruz, and Jonathan
Hackney; Sa Homeschool
would have the MVP in Luke
Carraway, Dylan Orinick, and
Michael Adams.
Badgers place 3rd at George West track meet
By Vanessa Urrutia
The Varsity Boys Track team
managed a third place finish overall in last weekend’s
George West meet. They
trailed Refugio and George
West.
Varsity Boys Results:
Triple Jump: KD Glenn,
4th; Nik Adams, 6th
Shot Put: John Mendoza,
6th
Discus: John Mendoza, 5th
3200 M Run: Alan Bowles,
3rd
400 M Relay: Nick Adams,
Trey Sauceda, Garrett Willett,
KD Glenn, 3rd
100 M Dash: KD Glenn, 5th
400 M Dash: Fernando
Cordaway, 6th
300 M Hurdles: Garrett Willett, 2nd
200 M Dash: KD Glenn,
2nd
1600 M Run: Alan Bowles,
2nd
JV Boys Results:
Shot Put: Zack Pawelek,
3rd; Steven Starnes, 6th
Discus: Lucas Janysek, 4th;
Austin Block, 5th
800 M Run: Collin Lybarger, 2nd
400 M Dash: Collin Lybarger: 1st
KC girls win track and field meet in GW
By Jerrica Medina
The Lady Badger Track
team blew away the competition in George West, winning their first meet Saturday,
Feb. 27, with 146 total points.
They were followed by Freer,
Poth, Three Rivers, SkidmoreTynan, George West, Refugio,
and Runge. The JV Girls finished third overall.
Varsity Girls Results:
Triple Jump: Brittany Kinney, 1st; Gabby Mika, 2nd;
Katelyn Witte, 4th
Long Jump: Tara Torres, 6th
3200 M Run:
Darian Ramirez, 1st; Savanna
Ramirez, 2nd
400 M Relay: Kendall Purser, Courtney Pieprzyca, Gabby Mika, Brittany Kinney, 2nd
800 M Run: Robin Garcez,
2nd; Kat Zimmermann, 6th
100 M Hurdles: Vanessa
Urrutia, 2nd
100 M Dash: Gabby Mika,
4th
800 M Relay: Tara Torres,
Courtney Pieprzyca, Gabby
Mika, Brittany Kinney, 1st
400 M Dash: Katelyn Witte,
3rd; McKenna Kimble, 5th
300 M Hurdles: Vanessa
Urrutia, 1st
200 M Dash: Brittany Kinney, 1st; Gabby Mika, 4th
1600 M Run: Robin Garcez,
1st; Darian Ramirez, 2nd
1600 M Relay: Georgia
Gonzales, McKenna Kimble,
Kat Zimmermann, Katelyn
Witte, 5th
JV Girls Results:
Long Jump: Jodie Rolf, 2nd
3200 M Run: Courtney Garcez, 2nd; Destinee Villanueva, 4th; Hailey Johnson, 6th
800 M Run: Tiffany Cano,
1st; Kim Lara, 2nd
100 M Dash: Jodie Rolf, 1st;
Kate Gibbens, 5th
400 M Dash: Tiffany Cano,
2nd
200 M Dash: Jodie Rolf, 1st;
Kate Gibbens, 4th
1600 M Run: Kim Lara, 1st;
Courtney Garcez, 2nd; Dominique Garcez, 5th
Badgers finish as bi-district champs
By Jerrica Medna
The Badgers ended their
season as bi-district champs,
losing in the area game
against the state-ranked Halstart when the official season letsville Brahmas with a final
starts. She voluntarily works score of 83-52.
out all year round to obtain
her goals. Last year at this
time she told me, “I’m going
to make regionals next year.”
A year later she did it. Congrats.
By Casey Ebrom
Candice Ornelas another sophomore at Kenedy alThe Karnes City Softball
so had a good season. She girls competed in the Leopard
finished with two 2nd place Classic held in Kenedy this
medals, and one fourth. She past weekend, and won conis a first time lifter that has solation. Freshman Kalli Fera bright future ahead of her. guson was named All-TourShe competes in the 114lb nament for the Lady Badgers.
weight class.
In the first game of the tournament the Lady Badgers lost
their one and only game to
the Stockdale Lady Brahmas.
Although the Badgers were
not able to top the Brahmas,
they didn’t give up. They were
down 34-21 at half-time. The
boys’ went out with great intensity the second half to and
inched the score down to a 10
point deficit. The Brahmas
then made a run and the Badgers could never regain momentum.
Scoring for the Badgers was
junior J. Boyd Vaughan with
14 points and junior Lorenzo
Salinas had 10.
“We played a pretty good
team,” Coach Sean Armstrong said. “It was a hard
played game; they just had a
better night. It was a great season, we actually won a playoff game and that hasn’t been
done here in Karnes City on
the boys’ side in a long time.
In the last play of the game
Stockdale scored making the
final 0-1.
Freshman Aileen Lundquist pitched an intense
game and had seven strikeouts and two walks. Ferguson
hit for one triple.
The second game the Lady Badgers defeated St. Joesph with a score of 8-3. Junior Stephanie Bruce pitched
for the Lady Badgers and held
St. Joseph to three runs with
great help from the defense.
Senior Evanly Gonzales hit
for one triple. Junior Erika Puente had a single. Lundquist
hit for a double and a triple
and Ferguson had two RBI’s.
In the third game the Lady
Badgers took it to the Kenedy
Leopards and rallied a score
of 13-1. Lundquist pitched
for eight strike outs and one
walk.
Lundquist led the Lady
Badgers offense with a double, triple, and two RBI’s one
coming from the triple. Senior Jerrica Medina, Ferguson, and Puente all hit singles
for KC. Senior Vanessa Urrutia
hit two singles one consisting
of a RBI. Bruce hit a two RBI
single and another RBI.
the game, while senior Jerrica Medina and Bruce hit two
singles.
The second game versus
Crystal City however was not
in the Lady Badgers favor; the
game ended with the final
score 6-2. Lundquist pitched
for KC having a total of six
strikeouts and zero walks.
Senior Vanessa Urrutia had
an RBI single as Bruce and
Lundquist both hit for singles.
The Lady Badgers had no
problem closing a win against
Bracket in the third game
of the tournament, finalizing the score 9-1. Lundquist
again pitched for the Lady
Badgers with 11 strikeouts
and two walks.
Lundquist had a total of
three RBI’s one being a double base hit, Urrutia hit a single also. Medina had two singles, one being an RBI. Junior
Chelsea Villanueva had an
RBI, one single, and a RBI single. Freshman Kalli Ferguson
hit for two singles, and fresh-
man Lani Pitts also had two
singles.
In the final game of the
tournament the Lady Badgers were defeated in the final
inning by Cotulla 4-3. Lundquist pitched the final with
11 strikeouts and five walks.
Senior Evanly Gonzales,
Lundquist and Pitts each had
one single. Medina and Villanueva had one RBI a piece.
Ferguson hit for one triple.
Lady Badgers compete in Kenedy
KC girls win two, lose two in Dilley
By Casey Ebrom
The Lady Badger softball
team went 2-2 at the Feb. 1820 tournament held in Dilley.
In the first game of the tournament the girls started the
season on a good note with
a 5-3 win over Sabinal. Junior
Stephanie Bruce gave the Lady Badger the two run lead
and freshman Aileen Lundquist closed out the game.
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News From the Hive
From left to right: Jaden Esparza, Sabrina Mejia, Christian Gutierrez,
Catherine Ridley, Kayci Molina, and Kaitlyn Hernandez are holding there
inventions they created.
nator, a device that gathers up trash
while walking to make it easier to
pick up.
Keeping things clean was a
theme developing in the inventions
as Kayci Molina and Kaitlyn Hernandez invented the wipenator, a
gadget designed to remind kids to
wipe their faces with a napkin instead of their sleeves and finally, to
keep your elbows comfortable as
they prop your head up during
those long lectures in class, Jaden
Esparza and Sabrina Mejia came up
with an invention they call, Elliows, in order to keep elbows
comfy on desktops.
Not all of the fourth grade inventions were huge successes but
the time spent learning, researching and creating their apparatus’
was a lot of fun.
Blood Drive Successful
By Christina Brasher
The Runge school community
joined together to donate twentyone units of blood to the South
Texas Blood and Tissue Bank out
of Victoria on Tuesday, 23 February.
Out of the twenty three donors
who volunteered to give blood only
seventeen were viable donations.
Many students have donated
blood during previous drives but
Advisor:
Jeff Steele
News, Achievements and Opinions By Students
4th Grade Gifted and Talented Students
Get Inventive
By Stephanie Kroll
Thomas A. Edison said, “I never
did anything by accident, nor did
any of my inventions come by accident; they came by hard work.”
Rolling up their sleeves and
getting down to some hard work is
exactly what Stephanie Kroll’s
fourth grade class did after their
creative imaginations was inspired
by reading a story about kids their
own age creating new inventions.
Students in the Gifted and Talented program decided they wanted
to do the same thing so they paired
up to create some new inventions
of there own. The students had
three weeks to come up with an
idea, draw out blue prints, and
build the project.
Catherine Ridley and Christian
Gutierrez invented the Trashdomi-
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there were several students who
donated for the first time.
These blood drives, although
held on school property, are community drives and the school and
South Texas Blood Bank encourages all members to donate blood
when they are in the area, so if
you’re an individual who likes to
help others then please donate.
The blood banks of Texas are
in need of all blood types.
The Living Museum of Famous
African Americans
Runge High School’s
Haiti Relief Effort
The High School student council has challenged each class to
raise money for the recent earthquakes that have reeked devastation upon those countries.
The class that raises the most
money for the Red Cross will get to
smear a whipped cream pie in their
class sponsors face.
Each classes activity room contains a plastic container to collect
the donations in. Deadline for the
donations is Wednesday March
tenth.
If the high school raises more
than 1600 dollars, the superintendent and principal has volunteered
to take the pies in the face instead
of the sponsors.
Rehearsals for One Act
It has been some time since
Runge High School has had a One
Act Play cast and crew but rehearsals are soon to begin as students
prepare to perform for UIL competition “To Burn a Witch” by James
L. Bray.
Set in the late 1600s In Salem,
Massachusetts during the witch
trails era, to girls have been accused of being witches and wait for
questionings to resume to determine their fate. Their small community burns to the death those
individuals convicted of being
“Brides of Satan.”
Friends Mary and Ruth are
caught between life and death when
questions are posed to them to help
discern if they are witches. Mary
cannot lie even to save her own life
but Ruth confesses readily under
the scrutiny of the questioners then
feigns a seizure to implicate Mary’s
guilt. Left holding the broomstick,
it is Mary who must make a final
choice.
Clara Reyna will debut as Mary
and Lyndsey Rios tackles the role
of Ruth. Dame Stanley will be
played by Xaubriana Barrientez
and the Widow Jones by Bailey
Elizondo.
More information will be released later on the dates of the One
Act Play.
By Cassie Madrigal
In honor of Black
History Month fourth
grade students in
Stephanie Kroll and
Amanda
Moczygemba’s class created
a living museum of
famous
African
Americans. Each student picked a real historical character, researched their background then pretended The Runge Elementary Fourth grade class sponto be them in the Mu- sored a living museum for the entire school to
visit. Top Row from left to right: Adolio Garcia,
seum.
The
s t u d e n t s Sabrina Mejia, Jaden Esparza, and Josiah Delworked hard during LosSantos. Row 2: Delina Morales, Kayci
and after school to pre- Molina, Margarita Salinas, Zarek Zapata, and
pare their museum for Jonathan Lopez. Row 3: Veronica Serrano, Deguided tours. As guest lanie Ramos, Kamryn Gutierrez, Catherine
arrived, tour guides Ridley, and Ian Ramirez. Bottom Row: Frank
were ready to lead Soliz, Mercedes Garza, Christian Gutierrez, Dythem inside. The lan Hernandez, and Kaitlyn Hernandez.
guides would advise
the group on who they were about chael Jackson- Catherine Ridley,
to see, then would push a button as Jackie Robinson- Jaden Esparza,
you would do at a real museum and Rosa Parks- Margarita Salinas, Bus
the characters would come to life to Driver- Josiah De Los Santos, Pastell about their past and their ac- sengers on bus- Ian Ramirez, Jonathan Lopez, and Frank Soliz, Jesse
complishments.
One if the tour guides, Delanie Owens- Christian Gutierrez, MuRamos was nervous about guiding hammad Ali- Kamryn Gutierrez,
people through the museum but as Bessie Coleman- Kayci Molina,
the day went by grew more com- Harriet Tubman- Kaitlynn Hernanfortable in her role and even had a dez, Run away slave- Mercedes
preference as to who she liked to Garza, Billie Holiday- Veronica
guide through. “My favorite part Serrano, Barak Obama- Zarek Zawas when I gave instructions to pata, and Tour Guides- Delanie
younger kids who wanted to see the Ramos, Dylan Hernandez, Sabrina
Mejia, and Delina Morales.
museum.”
Bessie Coleman, famous for
flying airplanes was portrayed by
Kayci Molina. She liked the role
and the props used in her museum
cubicle. “The hanging planes from
the ceiling were neat, but my favorite part was when we got to talk.”
The museum taught the kids
how much African Americans influenced American history and
what they accomplished despite the
fact that they were black.
Other African American charac- Kamryn Gutierrez represents the
ters portrayed in the museum were: professional African American
Tim Duncan-Adolio Garcia, Mi- boxer Muhammad Ali.
Beaver’s Lodge
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OAP Practicing To Burn a Witch
Maggie Holz, Danielle Stanfield, Kelsey Jendrusch, and Tara Pawelek
By: Ashleigh Blocker
On Saturday, February 27,
2010, One Act Play members
Tara Pawelek, Kelsey Jendrusch, Maggie Holz, and
Danielle Stanfield (acting as
Mary Abigail Gentry, Dame
Stanley, Widow Jones, and
Ruth Hannah Smith) visited
Steele High School for a One
Act Play clinic. Also attending were Jennifer Kotara and
Tatum Braune who are crew
members. They went to practice their play, To Burn A
Witch, in preparation for the
U.I.L. competition in a little
over a month. They will also
be having a Dinner Theatre toward the end of March.
Congrats on a
Great Basketball
Season
Beaverettes!
Kindergarten Korner
Senior Spotlight: Chris and Nowlin
This week in the Senior Spotlight we are featuring Chris Horton and Nowlin Reese.
Chris said that his most memorable moment from high school
is going to the State Quarter Finals in football two years in a
row. Chris participates in FFA,
football, and track. After graduating school he plans to attend
Texas State University in San
Marcos and major in Structural
Engineering.
Nowlin moved to Falls City at
the beginning of his junior year.
He will remember going undefeated in the district football season his senior year. Nowlin will
also remember going to state in
Auto Mechanics. He plans to go
to college and get his bachelor’s
degree. Nowlin participates in
FFA, football, and journalism.
By: Kendall Jurgajtis
Photos in this issue by Alysson Bluhm
By: Kendall Jurgajtis
This week in the Kindergarten we are featuring
Beau Cheatham and Alexis
Albert.
Beau’s favorite animal is
a cat, and he loves to watch
Tom and Jerry after school.
When he grows up he wants
to be a firefighter, just like
his dad! Beau’s favorite ice
cream is chocolate. His favorite part of kindergarten
is learning to count and coloring. Beau looks forward
to playing baseball in high
school and his favorite color
is red.
Alexis’s favorite movie is
Hannah Montana. Alexis
likes recess best in kindergarten. She looks forward to
becoming a Beaver Cheerleader when she gets into
high school and her favorite color is blue. Like Beau,
Alexis loves to eat chocolate
ice cream. She also enjoys
visiting the tigers at the zoo.
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District installs bus cameras
to catch misconduct
Administration
uses footage
for security,
accountability
By Kaine Korzekwa
BT Managing Editor
To increase the safety of
students and drivers, security
cameras have been installed on
all KCISD buses.
“They were installed for
safety reasons,” Mike Golub,
the Student Transportation
Services (STS) Director for
KCISD, said. “They are a great
tool for the safety of the drivers
and students.”
Forty-two cameras were
installed on the district’s
14 buses, resulting in three
cameras per bus.
“I think mostly it’s a
safety issue. That is the main
reason. It’s just the idea that
you’ve got safety all around,”
Superintendent
Francis
Penland said. “You’ve got
safety in terms of discipline
on the bus for transporting
students.
We’ve also got
evidence in case there is any
kind of disruption on the bus.”
The digital infrared and
audio capable cameras were
installed Jan. 4-7 by the STS
maintenance department.
“I like the cameras.
Because of them, my kids
are sitting down, and they
don’t even move,” bus driver
Virginia Tinoco said. “They
are a great help.”
STS, Penland, and the
KCISD board approved the
security cameras.
“It is also a safety issue
for the drivers because in some
cases kids will accuse drivers of
things and if the driver is doing
it we need to know, and if the
driver is not doing it we need to
know too,” Penland said. “We
also have had issues with cars
passing the buses when they’re
stopped and not being able to
identify the car. The cameras
can see that. I have been told
(captured footage) could lead
to the issuance of a ticket, but
that is determined by STS and
the Police Department.”
According to District
Business Manager Wayne
Block, KCISD will pay $7,344
each year to STS over the
course of three years for the
cameras.
This includes whatever
it takes to provide security
and safety for all buses that
transport students, according
to Penland. It also includes
all necessary software for
reviewing what is captured by
the digital cameras. The cost is
figured per day per bus, not per
camera or per extra trips.
“I think they have helped
with
discipline
issues,”
freshman bus rider Justin
Barnhill said. “They don’t let
us do anything anymore. We
have to just sit there and be
quiet, and we used to mess
around.”
Penland added that if any
additional cameras are ever
needed or additional buses are
equipped, the expense would
be taken on by STS, and
anything installed on district
buses are property of KCISD.
Additional security provided
is not at the district’s expense.
STS works that out with their
risk management insurance
carrier.
“The cameras kind of
freaked people out at first,”
sophomore bus rider Cinnamon
Buehring said. “My bus was
not really bad to begin with, so
they haven’t made that much
of a change, but I think they
are a good idea.”
STS ran a camera on one
bus last year at their expense
so KCISD officials could
see the results. According to
Penland, the discipline on that
bus improved dramatically,
thus making the ride safer for
students.
Bus security cameras are a
common practice for STS and
other school districts, Golub
said.
“Camera recordings are
reviewed by school officials for
discipline and safety purposes.
Findings may be provided to
police and/or used in school
disciplinary proceedings,” the
Surveillance Camera Notice
posted on KCISD’s website
said. “Students and visitors
should understand that their
actions while in these areas will
be recorded. Therefore, they
should have no expectation of
privacy in these areas.”
So where are the cameras?
A camera is placed in the front of the bus.
This camera is used to view the road from the
same line as the driver. It can aslo be used to
capture vehicles passing the bus illegally.
So the driver can be held accountable
for his/her actions, a second camera
is placed to view the driver.
A third camera at the front of the bus
allows everyone seated in the bus to
be seen. The camera’s infrared capabilities let the camera see at night, as
well as the day.
Photos by Savanna Ramirez
Layout by Kaine Korzekwa
BT Managing Editors
NHS to induct
new members
Monday
The National Honor
Society will induct 16 new
members—nine sophomores,
five juniors and two seniors—
at 6:30 p.m. March 8 in the
KCHS Cafeteria.
The sophomores include
Brady Braun, Cinnamon
Buehring, Celeste Coffman,
Brianna Hopkins, Miguel
Peralez, Cody Salas, Destinee
Villanueva, Matthew Winn
and Katelyn Witte. Joining
NHS as juniors are Eric
Barrientez, Patrick Beaver,
Ryan Marney, Erika Puente
and Kaily Spendlove. Also,
seniors Rene Jones and
Kathryn Zimmermann will
be welcomed into NHS.
The
NHS
requests
the attendance of the new
inductees and their parents,
but current members and
their parents’ attendance is
also requested.
bt staff editorial
Shift to improved security, accountability deserves praise
Any student walking
down the halls of KCHS can
notice the security cameras
mounted in the hallways
for this school year. Any
student needing to go to the
bathroom can see the use of
a new pass system from the
beginning of this school year.
Now, any student riding a
KCISD bus can realize that
three cameras are watching
them.
Fortunately, KCHS
has not been a victim
of incidences such as
Columbine High School
or Virginia Tech, and
administrators are bent on
such a devastating event
never occurring. The
district has been proactive;
it has realized technology
is available and has taken
advantage of it. These
additions to campus occurred
because school officials
decided to take initiative
and step up campus security
and accountability. This
initiative is something to be
welcomed and praised.
Security is imperative,
especially in the public
school system. With the
cameras, in particular,
administrators are able to keep
an eye on people who would
want to potentially harm
students. Were a situation
similar to this to arise, school
officials would be able to help
avoid a serious crisis. The
school district has not had
an issue such as this yet but
is now prepared for it in the
future.
The accountability
of students, as well as the
accountability of teachers,
staff, administrators, and bus
drivers, is being placed higher
on the totem pole by KCISD
also. If something were
to happen to a student, the
district could be held liable
and possibly lose valuable
revenue. Some of which could
be taxpayer money. The
hallway and bus cameras, as
well as the passes, are a way
of retracing students’ steps
to see where they were at
what time in case something
happened. If a student, or
school district employee,
were somewhere he/she was
not supposed to be, school
administrators would need to
know.
When it comes to the
bus cameras specifically,
the deal that KCISD made
with Student Transportation
Services (STS) is extremely
efficient. The district
purchased an entire camera/
security system, instead of
purchasing each camera
individually. According
to Superintendent Francis
Penland, anything else needed
to ensure total security on the
buses would be supplied by
STS. If additional buses were
purchased by the district, STS
would supply extra cameras.
Also, any technology needed
to review the footage and
audio is paid by STS. The
high tech, infrared and audio
capable cameras are also
hooked to a black box at the
front of the bus. This device
is similar to the ‘little black
box’ in an airplane, allowing
officials to know when the gas
or breaks were pushed, when
the bus’s stop sign was out,
and what the speed of the bus
was at any given time. This
added safety feature would
be highly valuable were
something to happen to a bus.
One of the cameras can even
see cars that illegally pass
the bus, possibly resulting
in legal action. Now, if STS
makes this security deal with
other schools, they deserve
praise also for bringing good
business deals to the table
that greatly help school
districts and improve student
safety.
Students who think
that the hall passes are a
waste of time or who think
the cameras are somehow
an invasion of privacy do
not realize the qualitative
profits the school district is
getting from its actions. The
amount of money paid is
minuscule when compared
to the benefits received.
The cameras are not used to
merely pinpoint tiny flaws in
students. They are to watch
everyone, as evidenced by
the two bus cameras pointing
at the driver and the front
window.
Increasing security
and accountability is never
a bad idea, and the ways
administrators have gone
about doing it are extremely
effective and efficient.
KCISD’s recent policies raise
the standard for the security
and accountability of not
only the students but every
single district employee.
Roger E Sides Elementary Honor Roll
1st Grade A Honor Roll
Julia
Aguillon-Martinez,
Braden Brown, Alexa Carbajal, Liliana Cavazos
Jentri Cornelius, Ella Cummings, Fredrick Currie, Michael
Estrada,
Madison
Franke, Brooke Gisler, Joe
Gonzales, Joshua Holt, Kelsey
Janysek, Lillie Jonas, Lindsey Jonas, Savannah Kelley,
Micheal Kroll, Christopher
Lopez,Taylor Mika, Madylin Moczygemba, Alicia Osuna, Ambrose Patton, Ricardo
Renteria, Bianca Reyes, Cayla Robinson, Kylee Rodriguez,
Gilberto Salas, Andrew Torres,
Ryland Wieding
2nd Grade A Honor Roll
Molly
Baker,
Nathaniel Bourne, Andres Bravo,
Chance Chesser, Tracy Cochran, Solana De Los San-
tos, Luke Doreck, Kamden
Dziuk, Jacob Estrada, Kaylee Fonseca, Madeleine Franke, Drudarian Garcia, Jace
Gonzales, Jeniya Gonzales,
Alyssa Hernandez, Shaylee
Hyatt, Devyn Johnson, Brittany Kelley, Kaitlyn Luna, Kayce
Mayes, Lee Ramirez, Alexis
Serenil, Leonard Villanueva,
Madyson Wiatrek
3rd grade A Honor Roll
Alicia
Deluna,
Shelby
Fuentes, Lily Gotthardt, Jeffrey Holt, Aileen Krause,
Mary Faith Manzanal, Ashley
Reyes, Kiera Robinson, Steel
Rosales
4th Grade A Honor Roll
Marina Bianchi, Hannah
Chesser, Sydney Dockery,
Mackenzi Ferguson, Abigail
Franke, Brent
Gisler, Cole
Huser, Desiree Hyatt, Acie
Jauer, Kendall Kelley, Samantha Kroll, Trace Labus, Kason
Moczygemba, Jayson Reyes,
Jenny Stewart, Demetrius
Washington, Camryn Wiatrek, Kiley Wieding
5th Grade A Honor Roll
Sophia Bianchi, Shelby
Helms, Sydney Janysek, Jimmy Lopez, Erin Martinez,
Matthew Vajdos, Izabelle Walter
1st grade AB Honor Roll
Emilio Aguero, Francisco Aleman, Lauren Burson,
Robert Casanova, Daisy Garcia, Jacquelyn Garcia, Geneva Gilley, Terell Harrison, Damian-Jesse Hernandez, Scout
Hodges, Madelyn Janecek,
Victoria Kotzur, Addison McMinn, Braydon Mikulec, Annalynn Moczygemba, Marissa Pacheco, Leticia Peralez,
Elias Ramirez, Krayton Reyes
Kayla Roberts, Mireya Rosas,
Madison Shaw, Aaron Smith,
Arianna Villarreal
2nd grade AB Honor Roll
Christopher Alva, Majestic Baldaramos, Rebecca Banduch, Adriana Barrientez,
Heather
Boynton, Gavin
East, Dametrisse Ellis, Enrique Estrada, Titan Gamboa,
Amber Garcia, Casey
Gilley, Dylan Kotara, Emily Lara,
Jose Macias, Dylan Medina, Molly Miller, Estrella Ortiz, Alex Pacheco, Raythan
Pacheco, Rianna Pacheco,
Tessa Ramirez, Rufus Rivas,
Raelynn Rodriguez, Izic Rodriguez-Garza, Brooklyn Rosales, Rosa Salinas, Matthew
Sauceda, Sebastian Segura,
Adonis Shular, Kasey Swize,
Dallas Thompson, Jev-On
Walker, Timothy Yanta
3rd grade AB
Serenity Alaniz, Megan
Bailey, Emily Cochran, Daniel Cruz, Summer Diaz, Justin Dragon, Isaiah Enriquez,
Matthew Espinoza, D’Lila
Gonzales, Zachary Guzman,
Antonio Jimenez, Jayden Lopez, Megan Martinez, Stephanie Pacheco, Melody Pardo, Abigail Pogue, Justus
Ramirez, Korynna Renteria,
Meranda Segura, Alyssa Trevino, Maximus Trevino
4th Grade AB Honor Roll
Bryan Alvear, Daynii Barrera, Renae Beck, Hunter
Boelter, Liberty Cano, Tara
Coronado, Cassandra Cruz,
Tanner Kelley, Haleigh Kunschik, Channing Leal, Sabrina Martinez, Jonathan Mendez, Gilberto Mendoza, Jesus
Moncada, Dylan Nichols, Ernest Pacheco, Brandon Pedroza Aric Pesina, Clarisa
Pesina, Ashley Petersen,
Mitchell Rees, Angel Reyna,
Daniel Roberts, Colby Robinson, Raivon Rodriguez,
Devon Schuster, Kyara Segura, Christin Shular, Chastity
Torres
5th Grade AB Honor Roll
Ramiro Alaniz, Kyle Bailey, Brayden Barrientez, Caleb Beaver, Brittany Boynton,
Chance
Cochran, Michael
Cochran, Jaron Denson, Erika Garcia, Alissa Jaure, Kimberly Jimenez, Michael Lara,
Joshua Leal, Brandi Lyssy, Gena Munoz, Clayton Nicholson, Miranda Pacheco, Jennifer Pogue, Domingo Rosales,
Bardo Serenil, Corbyn Wright
FCISD
Accepting
Gifted/
Talented
Nominations
Luther Thomas Elementary is currently accepting nominations for students in the
gifted/talented program for
grades 1-6 from parents, educators, and community members, until Wednesday, March
31, 2010.
The selection of students
for the gifted and talented program is based upon
the following criteria: logical
thinking and reasoning ability, background information
from both teachers and parents, and creative problem
solving ability. Once all of the
above information is gathered, a selection committee
will meet to determine which
students qualify for the program.
If you are interested in
nominating a child for this
program, please contact our
school at 830-254-3551 and
speak to either your child’s
teacher or principal for more
information.
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Bonnie and Clyde - true story as told by Dr. Joyce Kimble
ily see several guns showing
from underneath their cover,
as well as, several weapons on
the floor board of the backseat. My mother and daddy
continued to discuss this all
the way to Best. They decided we were not to tell anyone
about our encounter, they
were scared to death for our
safety.
We later learned that Bonnie and Clyde and whoever
the other man was, were on
their way to Bonnie’s family
reunion on the Texas Coast.
Sometime later we learned
that Bonnie and Clyde had
been ambushed and killed.
Several years later, and after moving to Karnes City, the
Both men were wearing black trousers and white
shirts. The woman had red
hair, and wore a skirt with
Bobbie socks and flat shoes.
My daddy stayed very congenial, and my mother chatted
continuously with the woman.
Throughout the entire process of changing the tire, my
daddy stayed very congenial
while my mother remained
friendly with the woman in
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One of the earliest memories of my childhood is seeing the notorious criminals
Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow a.k.a. Bonnie and Clyde.
My mother, daddy, and I were
traveling from our home in
Santa Rita, TX ( a continental oil camp) to Best, TX. My
daddy was driving, my mother the front seat passenger,
and I was in the back seat,
behind my mother. We were
flagged down by a man who
was stranded on the side of
the road with a flat tire. It
was a black four-door car. Inside the car was a man in the
front seat passenger side, and
a woman sitting in the middle seat space next to him.
The gentleman that flagged
my daddy down asked him if
he had a jack to help fix the
tire, and of course we did. My
mother and I remained in the
car, and my daddy got out to
stand and chat at the back
seat driver’s side window. The
man, who had been sitting in
the car, got out and went to
the rear of the car to fix the
flat. Our two vehicles were
parked side by side, so that
my mother could easily see
the woman who remained in
the front seat. They also chatted as we waited for the tire to
be fixed.
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the car. The man that flagged
us down handed the jack
back to my daddy, and after
putting it back in the trunk,
we drove off.
After a few minutes, when
my daddy felt it was safe I remember him saying, “My
God Lottie, that was ‘Bonnie
and Clyde’.” My mother empathically agreed. I realized
then that the whole time we
were waiting for the tire to be
changed that my mother and
movie version of Bonnie and
Clyde’s story was being shown
at the Karnes theatre (where
Jay’s City Pharmacy is now).
They had displayed the actual car that Bonnie and Clyde
had been in when they were
gunned down. The car was
riddled with bullet holes. I
immediately recognized the
car; it was the same car that
had flagged us down that day
on the road from Santa Rita
to Best to help them change
a flat.
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ever showed any sign of recognition nor changed their
expressions for fear we would
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very calm and amicable
throughout the event. As we
drove along, my daddy told us
that while he was standing at
the rear window of their vehicle, he noticed a blanket lying
over the backseat. From under the blanket he could eas-
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We would like to take this opportunity to thank
all our atheletes, parents, and supporters for
last year’s success. This year we will join
clubs with the Azteca Warriors out of Beeville,
which will make us bigger and stronger.
God Bless the Little Warriors . . .
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Garden checklist for February
•
Now is an excellent
time to transplant mature or
established trees and shrubs
while they are dormant.
•
Make flower and
vegetable garden plans now
before the rush of spring
planting.
•
Sow seeds in flats
or containers to get a jump
on plant growth before hot
weather arrives. Petunias, begonias, and impatiens should
be sown in January or February. Warm temperature
plants, such as tomatoes,
peppers, marigolds, and periwinkles, should be sown in
late January or early February
•
Don’t fertilize newly set out trees or shrubs until after they have started
to grow, and then only very
lightly the first year.
•
When buying plants,
the biggest is not always the
best, especially when dealing with bare-root plants. The
medium to small sizes (4 to 6
feet) are usually faster to become established and more
effective in the landscape
than the large sizes.
•
Hold off on pruning
bush roses until February or
early March.
•
Now is an excellent
time to select and plant container-grown roses to fill in
those bare spots in your rose
garden.
•
When
pruning
shrubs, first prune out any
dead or damaged branches; then thin out by removing
about one-third of the canes
or stems at ground level, removing the oldest canes only;
and last, shape the rest of the
plant, keeping in mind the
natural shape of the plant.
•
Climbing
roses
should be trained but not
pruned at this time.
•
Now is the ideal time
to select and plant grapes,
fruit trees and berries. Contact your local Texas AgriLife
Extension agent for localized
variety
recommendations.
Prune peaches and grapes at
this time.
2010 is here, and we have
a new Extension Agent, J. D.
Folbre, Agricultural/Natural
Resources.
He will assist you with your
livestock projects. Come by
the office or call and visit with
J. D.!
4-H is a community of
young people across America
who are learning leadership,
citizenship and life skills.
4-H offers so many projects besides just livestock
(pigs, beef, goats, etc.). You
can look at projects in Food &
Nutrition, Clothing & Textiles,
Leadership or anything else
you might be interested in.
If I can be of any help in anyway, please call the Extension
office (830) 780-3906.
Please continue to let us
know of things in your club!
We would like to be of any assistance that we can!
Meredith Carter, CEAFCS/4-H Coordinator.
KARNES COUNTY 4-H
CLUB MEETINGS
The 4-H Club meetings for
Karnes County are listed as
follows: Falls City 4-H Club,
1st Sunday of the month at
6:00 p.m. at the Falls City
School Cafeteria. Karnes City
4-H Club, 1st Wednesday of
the month at 8:00 p.m. at the
Karnes County Show Barn.
Kenedy 4-H Club, 3rd Tuesday of the month at 7:15 p.m.
at the Kenedy Fire Station.
Lonesome Dove 4-H, 1st
Monday of the month at 6:30
p.m. at the Karnes City Junior
High Schoo1 Library. Panna
Maria 4-H Club, 1st Monday
at 7:00 p.m. at Panna Maria
Snoga Store. Runge 4-H Club,
2nd Sunday of the month at
3:00 p.m. at the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.
DISTRICT 11 4-H PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
The District 11 4-H Photography Conest will be held on
Thursday, April 8, 2010 at the
Victoria 4-H Activity Center in
Victoria. If you are interested
in photography and submitting a photograph the entry
date at the county Extension
office is March 29th, 2010.
Please give us a call for more
information or to enter.
KARNES COUNTY 4-H TSHIRTS
The Karnes County 4-H has
ordered 4-H Karnes County
T-Shirts. 4-H’ers if you would
like to purchase one come by
the county Extension office.
There are perfect to wear to
the Major Stock Shows or anytime to identify 4-H. Come by
or call!
DISTRICT 11 4-H ROUNDUP
Do you have talents you
want to show off? Make plans
to compete in District 11
Roundup. There are opportunities to showcase your public speaking talents, creative
abilities all while competing
with youth across the state.
Call the Extension office for
all the possibilities!
DISTRCT 11 FASHION
SHOW
District Fashion Show will
be April 10th in the afternoon
in Brenham.
Storyboards
have been added this year to
phase out the Design Contest.
If you like shopping or making some of your own clothes,
let me know!!! The deadline
to sign up is March 15th.
KARNES COUNTY YOUTH
SHOW THANK YOU’S
Remember, 4-H’ers send a
“Thank You Note” to the buyer of your project . When the
checks come in, you will not
be able to receive it if you
have not written a Thank You
Note. Please take a copy of
your note to your 4-H manager. This is very important!
4-H STATE 4-H ROUNDUP
QUILT CHALLENGE
The Quilt Challenge is a
wonderful opportunity for
4-H members to learn to
quilt. The 4-H Quilt Challenge is open to all 4-H members. Entries maybe individuals, teams or clubs. Adults
may help with the quilt design and construction, but a
majority of the work needs
to be completed by the 4-H
members.
Nixon Livestock
Report
The Livestock Auction report for Mar. 1, 2010: cattle
on hand were 952.
Steers: 200-300 lbs, 113123-150; 300-400 lbs, 112122-145;
400-500 lbs,
102-112-130; 500-600 lbs, 95105-121; 600-700 lbs, 90-100115; 700-800 lbs, 81-89-98.
Heifers: 200-300lbs, 102112-128; 300-400 lbs, 97-107-
124; 400-500 lbs, 90-100-130;
500-600 lbs, 83-93-107; 600700 lbs, 79-89-97; 700-800
lbs, 84-85-86.
Slaughter cows:
41-5158 Slaughter bulls: 53-63-70
Stocker cows: 47-92
Pairs: 890-950 Horses:
none.
of forage/acre using Karnes/
Wilson pasture clipping data,
and the return/acre of light,
moderate and heavy stocking
rates.
•
Speaker is Dr Larry
Falconer, Extension Economist
•
Location: Falls City
Hall, 7 PM
•
Two General CEU’s
Karnes County Stocking offered
Rate Series Begins
•
Wednesday March
31, 2010
Luling Foundation Forage
•
Discuss the value
4-H News
Field Day
•
Thursday, March 25,
2010
•
3 CEUs offered - 1
IPM, 2 General
•
Registration begins
at the Demonstration Barn at
8:30 AM.
•
Program is 9:00 a.m.
- Noon
This year’s challenge fabaric is entitled “Barnyard Buddies” it includes whimsical
barnyard animals on a 4-H
green background. Call the
Extension office if you are
interested at 830-780-3906.
There is a limited supply of
the challenge fabric and will
need to be requested.
2010 TEXAS 4-H ROUNDUP “4-H HAS TALENT COMPETITION”
The Texas 4-H and Youth
Development Program is excited to announce the 1st Annual Texas 4-H Roundup “4H Has Talent Competition.”
This exciting new event will
give youth the opportunity to
showcase their talents on the
“big stage” at the June 9th Assembly at Texas 4-H Roundup. The 2010 4-H Has Talent
Competition is another way
the Texas 4-H Program is continuing to encourage youth
to explore the arts as well as
showcase the young talent
the great state of Texas has to
offer. Call the Extension of-
fice for information.
KARNES COUNTY 4-H RECYCLING PROJECT
Karnes County 4-H is sponsoring a “Recycling Project”
collecting inkjet cartridges, toner cartridges and cell
phones! The 4-H clubs are
working with local businesses to collect used inkjet and
toner cartridges to keep them
out of landfills. We are working with a National Recycling
Company to ship all the used
cartridges to them so that
they can be refilled and used
again.
If a 4-H’er contacts you
about collecting your used
ink jet cartridges, toner cartridges or cell phones, please
get all the details. For more
information, contact the Extension office at 780-3906.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION INFORMATION
Extension programs are
open to all citizens without
regard to race, color, sex, disability, religion, age or national origin.
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Publishes every week. Every ad is FULL COLOR. Rates are $5 per week for a 2C x 1” ad. $10 per week for
a 2c x 2” ad and $15 per week for a 2c x 3” ad. A three-month commitment is necessary to qualify for
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Birthday/Anniversary: $15.
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P.O. Box 218 Nixon , TX 78140
830-582-1561
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225-A West Main • Kenedy
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