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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, November 20, 2013
submitted by
Kimble County Farm Bureau
Texas group raises awareness of citrus greening...
To raise awareness among
residents about the threat citrus
greening poses, the Rio Grande
Valley’s (RGV) citrus industry
is implementing a communication plan.
The board of Mission-based
TexaSweet Citrus Marketing
Inc. voted to implement the
plan to educate homeowners
and small growers about the
disease and ways to deal with it.
According to The Packer,
the Texas Department of
Agriculture (TDA) also is
involved and recently enacted
a second quarantine for the area
after greening was found in a
residential grapefruit tree in
Mission.
The quarantine encompasses
a five-mile radius of the diseased fruit and restricts the
movement of citrus nursery
trees. In order to transport fruit
to an outside packinghouse,
growers must first treat the trees
with an approved insecticide
and harvest within seven days
of the application. Bins must
be free of all leaves, stems and
other plant material before they
can be removed from the quarantine area.
“Greening is our most serious
disease problem, and fighting it
has to include dooryard trees,”
said Ray Prewett, president of
Mission-based Texas Citrus
Mutual.
Anthrax confirmed in San
Angelo cow...
The Texas Animal Health
Commission (TAHC) recently
confirmed a case of anthrax in a
cow southwest of San Angelo.
Losing livestock and deer to
anthrax is rare, but not unheard
of in the region, said Josh
Blanek, AgriLife Extension
agent in Tom Green County.
“Anthrax is an ancient disease caused by spore-forming
bacteria, Bacillus anthracis, that
most often occur in low-lying
areas following drought and
then subsequent rains, which
can expose the spores in the
soil to grazing animals,” Blanek
said.
While grazing in contaminated areas, non-vaccinated
livestock and deer can become
infected by ingesting or inhaling
anthrax spores in the soil and on
vegetation, Blanek added.
Symptoms appear within
three to seven days after exposure and infected animals die
within two days after symptoms occur, Blanek said.
Deer or livestock showing
signs of staggering, trembling
or difficulty breathing and suddenly die should be left alone
and a veterinarian called as soon
as possible. People can become
exposed to anthrax by handling
an infected or dead animal.
Coming into contact with antlers and bones of decayed deer
that died of anthrax also can
affect hunters. If an animal is
suspected of having the disease,
the animal should not be processed for consumption.
An inexpensive annual vaccine specifically for livestock
and horses is available, according to AgriLife Today. To be
effective, the vaccine must
be given before the animal is
exposed to the bacteria.
Vaccinations should be
administered in the spring to
provide immunity during the
summer season. Visit http://
www.colorado-serum.com for
a distributor guide and online
purchase.
Farm bill negotiations continue...
Despite recess, the top four
farm bill negotiators continued
to meet about the policy and
Senate Agriculture Committee
Chairman Debbie Stabenow
(D-Mich.) said reaching a decision before the end of the month
may be possible, according to
the American Farm Bureau
Federation (AFBF).
Stabenow, House Agriculture
Committee Chairman Frank
Lucas (R-Okla.), Rep. Collin
Peterson (D-Minn.) and Sen.
Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), along
with other conference committee members and staff, are
sorting through the farm policy
legislation produced by both
chambers.
The major debate centers
on the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program (SNAP).
Over the next decade, the
Senate’s version calls for a
$4.1 billion reduction in SNAP
funding, while the House’s bill
calls for $40 billion in cuts.
Legislation for both measures maintain the marketing
loan program, while eliminating direct payments and other
Title I farm programs. The bills
also work to protect crop insurance and offer improvements
through new provisions such
as the Supplemental Coverage
Option (SCO), which is available for all commodities except
cotton.
Each bill offers a safety net
with producer options, pricebased provisions supported by
rice and peanut farmers and
revenue-based provisions of
particular interest to corn and
soybean farmers.
The bills also seek to focus
more budget cuts from land
retirement programs, such
as the Conservation Reserve
Program.
The 2008 farm bill extension
expired on Sept. 30.
Ethanol mandate topic of
Obama administration...
The Obama administration is
considering a potential reduction to the federal requirement
for blending ethanol into fuel. If
realized, it will be the first time
the annual mandate is lowered
instead of increased.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
expected to announce this
week the amount of ethanol it
will require refiners to blend
into gasoline and diesel fuel in
2014. According to Politico, the
agency may lower the amount
to 2012 levels.
By law, the agency is required
to finalize the 2014 mandates
by Nov. 30.
Gasoline refiners are required
to use specific amounts of corn
and cellulosic ethanol, biodiesel
and other plant-based alternatives under the mandate, known
as the renewable fuel standard. The EPA is responsible for
determining the numbers and
enforcing the requirements.
A draft of the proposal for
2014 calls for lowering the
number to 15.2 billion gallons
from 16.55 billion gallons.
Lobbyists for and against
the mandate have held numerous meetings with the Obama
administration and the EPA.
But Politico says legislative
proposals likely won’t happen
until next year, so the increased
focus is on how the EPA will
handle the annual mandate.
Vilsack announces Rural
Energy for America Program
funding...
U.S. Agriculture Secretary
Tom Vilsack announced funding for 424 projects across
the nation through the Rural
Energy for America Program
(REAP). The projects will help
provide further assistance for
farmers and ranchers and rural
small businesses to save energy
and use renewable energy technologies.
According to the Farm
and Ranch Guide, Vilsack
announced more than $14 million in grants and loan guarantees to business owners in
22 states, the Western Pacific,
the Virgin Islands and the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
Up to 25 percent of an energy
efficiency improvement project
or an eligible renewable energy
system can be funded through
a grant, with additional support
provided in the form of a loan
guarantee.
“By investing in renewable
energy created in rural America,
USDA is able to provide new
income opportunities in our
small towns while supporting
the Obama Administration’s
comprehensive effort to combat the impacts of a changing
climate,” Vilsack said.
Crossword puzzle sponsored each week by:
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ACROSS
1 early TX explorer
Cabeza de ____
5 TX Vikki Carr’s
“____ Hombres”
6 Austin botanical
event: “Flora ____”
7 lunch time
8 Galveston-filmed
‘78 “Capricorn ___”
9 College Station yell:
“Gig ‘__ ______!”
17 TXism: “get your
____ built” (be still)
19 TX river and Rocky
Mountain state
21 TXism: “I’m fixin’ __”
22 TXism: “good Lord
willing and the
creek don’t ____”
23 TX Doak Walker
alma mater
24 TX George Jones’
“Things Have
Gone to ______”
30 TXism: “take _
________” (rest)
34 TXism: “let ‘__ rip!”
35 buy a TX lotto
ticket?
36 TX Percy Foreman
defended James
____ Ray in the
killing of MLK
37 TX Tim Brown won
the Heisman at
_____ Dame
39 TXism: “write slow
cause he ____
____ ____”
43 march composer
John Philip
44 TX Bobby Fuller’s
“I Fought ___ ___”
45 TXism: “put up
__ shut up”
46 “three” so. of the border
47 Rockport festival
49 grain must _______
to make “red eye”
52 Noah’s boat
53 TXism: “hot enough __
buckle pavement”
54 this Vivian is mother of
TX Phylicia Rashad
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paper hanger”
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are you?” (2 wds.)
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__ old range cow”
9 UT’s Earl who won
the Heisman (init.)
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______ __ an
alley cat”
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express surprise
putting surfaces
state where TX
Buddy Holly’s
plane crashed (abbr.)
company started by
TX Ross Perot in ‘62
SW of San Antonio
on Loop 1604
TXism: “put __
___ ____ a
shovel” (bury)
TXism: “____ __
shootin’ “ (certain)
investigator like
“Magnum”
abbr. for a TX
corporation
TX actress Longoria
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hold ’em)
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oil prices ranged
from 64 to 99
_____ _ barrel
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of “Texas Carnival”
29 TXism: “she talked
a blue _____”
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of Britain” (abbr.)
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Cherokee Bridge and Road employees are hard at work at the Kimble County Courthouse
tearing up the old sidewalk with a jackhammer, to prepare the surface for the pouring of
new concrete.
Outdoors
Outback
by Kendal Hemphill
Stress Relief
Ask the weekly golfer why
he or she plays golf, and they
usually say they do it for relaxation. Follow them around on
the golf course and watch them
shouting and swinging and trying to get the little ball in the
hole, and the whole process
looks anything but relaxing. It
looks stressful.
But I’m not making fun of
golfers, here, because hunting
is the same thing for me. I
go hunting to escape stress,
and relax in the outdoors, and
enjoy the quiet solitude of
nature. Right. And then when
the deer show up I’m just like
those golfers you see, shouting
at the little balls to ‘bite,’ or
‘sit down,’ or ‘roll over.’ Or
whatever.
Not that I shout at the deer,
I try to be, like Elmer Fudd,
vewy vewy quiet. And still.
But the stress is the same,
especially when Harvey shows
up near my stand.
Harvey is a buck I’ve been
watching for a few months
now. I have a bunch of pictures
and videos of Harvey taken by
my Cuddeback game cameras,
which is absolutely the best
way yet invented to scout for
deer. If it weren’t for my game
cameras, I probably would’ve
died of stress the first time
Harvey showed up when I was
actually in my stand, hunting
for relaxation.
The two Cuddeback game
cameras I have are the Seen
and the Ambush, and of the
two I like the Seen better. They
both take great pictures and
videos, but the Seen is a little
more versatile. Video length
can be set from about ten to
thirty seconds, whereas the
Ambush only takes ten second videos. At least, that’s all
I’ve been able to get it to take.
There might be something in
the directions about changing
that, but if I wanted to read
the directions I wouldn’t’ve
thrown them away.
Until AlGore invented digital cameras, about the time he
invented the internet, scouting with game cameras was a
royal pain. You had to use a
camera with actual film, and
take the actual film out and
actually get it developed, and
in a town like Mason that takes
a while, maybe a week. By the
time you learned there was a
buck coming to your stand, he
would have died of old age. Or
lead poisoning.
With digital cameras, everything changed. We live in
an immediate world, and now
we can look at pictures from
game cameras immediately,
and delete all the pics of coons,
and skunks, and porcupines,
and does licking their lips, and
just save the ones we want,
the ones of the bucks. Except
I have a hard time deleting any
of the pictures, especially the
fawns. And the does licking
their lips. And the coons, especially when they’re standing
on their hind legs looking at
the camera. So I’ve got about
a million game pictures on
my computer now, so there’s
hardly room in the memory to
finish this col……
OK, it’s not quite that bad,
but I really have become
addicted to checking the cameras every day and finding out
what’s been coming in. And
this year there are more bucks,
all over Central Texas, than
ever before. Which is probably
why Harvey is coming to my
feeder.
Harvey is, no doubt, the
biggest buck I’ve ever shot
Astro pitcher stat.
Friday night fans
U, left, and right
Santa’s helper
White Oak h.s. class
capable of medical
attention
Cowboys hear the
____ of the crowd
TX pitcher Nolan
TX Ivory Joe Hunter
‘56 tune: “Since I
___ You Baby”
____ Chica, TX
TX Hagman ‘72
film: “Getting Away
From __ ___”
a bow at. He looks huge in
the pictures, and even bigger
in person, although I’ve only
actually seen him in person
once. Last Saturday morning
he came in while I was hunting, and he was less than ten
yards from me for about ten
minutes, before I finally managed to run him off by shooting an arrow toward him. And
the whole time I was thinking
that if I was taking a stress
test, I would fail. I was really
surprised Harvey couldn’t hear
my heart banging away like a
bass drum.
I managed to draw my bow,
but Harvey must be using The
Force or something, because
he started to turn a fraction
before I released the arrow.
By the time my STOS broadhead traveled the eight yards
to where he was, he wasn’t.
Harvey may be big, but he’s
also quick.
And it doesn’t help that I’m
hunting Harvey with an Osage
selfbow given to me by a friend
a couple of weeks ago. A selfbow is a bow carved from a
single stave of wood. Most of
them are crooked, and look
like something you’d use for
a fence stay. Mine looks like
that. It has a knothole all the
way through the upper limb,
and the guy who made it glued
a turkey beard in the hole. It’s
a beauty.
The trouble is that I can’t
shoot it accurately farther than
about ten feet. Which means
that, in order to skewer Harvey,
I’ll have to get within ten feet
of the biggest buck I’ve ever
tried to shoot, and draw without him knowing I’m there.
No problem. I think I can
manage it. I just have to be
asleep while I’m hunting,
because if I’m awake, I’ll probably bump against him when I
start shaking . . .
Kendal Hemphill is an outdoor humor columnist and public
speaker who used duct tape on his
knees while hunting. Write to him
at PO Box 1600, Mason, Tx 76856
or [email protected].
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WEEKLY MEETINGS
A new state law requires farmers and ranchers to show their state comptroller-issued
Texas Agricultural or Timber Exemption Registration number before obtaining farm
license plates and/or temporary excess weight permits at the Kimble County tax office.
“The law will help ensure no one can infringe on the privileges extended to our qualified farmers and ranchers who deserve them,” said Kandy Dick, the Kimble County
tax assessor-collector.
“Unfortunately, as the state has grown so have the number of reports of people abusing the farm plate and permit privileges,” Kandy Dick.
The new law will weed out those taking advantage of the system that offers farmers
and ranchers reduced vehicle registration and some sale tax fee exemptions.
“But to do that we will now have to ask farmers and ranchers to show us their Texas
Agricultural or Timber Exemption Registration number, which we can verify on the
state comptroller’s website,” Kandy Dick. “So please be sure to bring your Texas
Agriculture or Timber Registration card number to the county tax office when you
are applying or renewing your farm plates or applying for a temporary excess weight
permit for farm motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers.”
Vehicles that do not qualify for farm plates include regular passenger vehicles; those
used for gainful employment (driving to and from work) or for hire; vehicles owned
by farmer cooperatives; and ones used to transport livestock for non-retail purposes.
Types of farm plates include truck, truck tractor, and trailer/semitrailer.
Here are the different types of farm plates and how you may use them:
• Farm Truck/Farm Truck Tractor Plates. You can use these plates to transport your
own poultry, dairy, livestock, livestock products, timber in its natural state, and farm
products to market or to other points for sale or processing. You can transport laborers from their place of residence to your farm or ranch. You can also move materials,
tools, equipment and supplies from the place of purchase or storage to your farm or
ranch, providing you do not charge to move these items and they are exclusively for
use on your farm or ranch. The vehicle also may be used to allow you to participate
in equine activities or attend livestock shows.
• Farm Trailer/Semitrailer Plates. You can haul seasonal agricultural harvests or
livestock from the place of production to the place of process or storage and transport
farm equipment to your farm or ranch. You can also transport fertilizer and haul
cotton seed (as long as you aren’t charging) between the place of supply or storage to
farms and ranches. If you own a cotton gin you may take it to other farms, providing you are not charging for the gin’s usage and it is being used by the farmers and
ranchers to haul agricultural products (harvests) to a process or storage location or
to market. You may also use trailers/semitrailers to participate in equine activities or
attend livestock shows.
For more information on farm plates, go to www.TxDMV.gov.
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Hog and predator removal. Call Justin Lackey at 830-739-6793 or Chris
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Rotgé at 830-522-1380.
Check out The Junction
Monday Nights, 5:30 p.m.
Trinity Episcopal Parish Hall
Eagle Gift Store for that
perfect gift.
FOR SALE
18 Cu. Ft. refrigerators-$175-$250.
TV’s--$95-$125. 30” electric or
gas range-$250. Washer-$125.
Dryer, electric or gas-$125. Twin
mattress with boxsprings, new$155 pair. Double mattress/
box springs $180 a pair. Queen
mattress with box springs, new
$210 set. King mattress with box
springs, new-$295 set. Bunk beds
w/new mattresses-$385 complete.
Furniture also. 830-257-4267.
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MAJOR APPLIANCES
Used dryers, washers, refrigerator, others. Repair most
appliances, small and large.
DAVE’S FIXIT 325-446-2901.
No fixee, No chargee.
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For Sale
Leupold scope. Like new. Vx3, 4.5x14x50.
Call 325-446-2684 or 830-459-7345.
Did You Know…
830-683-7322
Kimble Hospital has partnered with Hill Country Memorial
Hospital in Fredericksburg to provide fast and accurate
imaging services. Kelly Langford, a certified Ultrasound
Technologist, joins our outpatient diagnostic team in Junction
every Wednesday morning, so you don’t have to travel out
of town for basic ultrasound imaging. Ask your doctor about
scheduling these exams here at Kimble Hospital.
For more information call the Kimble Hospital Radiology
Department at 446-8151.
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Broken Arrow Ranch is buying Axis, Sika, and Fallow
deer. We will come to your
ranch and field harvest animals under state inspection.
Harvesting deer on area
ranches for 26 years. Call KC
Cunningham at 800-962-4263
or email kc@brokenarrowB-14-tfnc
ranch. com.
MISC. FOR SALE
Hunters
Firewood,
oak/mesquite;
split/cut; half cords/cords. Any
amount. Call 325-446-2461/325T-46-1p
446-6691.
Hay for sale
All types
South Llano
Farm
830-683-7322
NEW MEXICO ALFALFA, small
square and one ton bales. Also
square bales sudan and coastal hay.
Can deliver. 830-370-4425. C-43-tfnc
Grazing lease wanted: Prefer large
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acreage. 325-446-8790.
Horse quality coastal hay. Round
& square bales. Also cow hay.
325-446-3126; 210-912-2419
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Day hunting available. London
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area. 325-446-2672.
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washer/dryer hook-up, covered
parking, new carpet & freshly
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475-3721.
Commercial, retail, office space
for lease. 602 Main St. Junction,
across from the courthouse. 325H-27-tfnc
446-2312.
Cedar Hills
Apartments
now leasing 1&2
bedroom apts.
325-446-4560 or
830-456-2597.
HUNTERS NEEDED
REAL ESTATE FOR
SALE
Hunting 1165 acres: Ozona; 830
ac., will divide. $1,295 per acre.
Great, great hunting, electric
and water wells, cabin, freezer
building with storage. 281-660V-45-2p
2842.
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Used structural pipe for sale. 2
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325-234-5692
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2003 Camper
Wildcat 29BHS
by Wildwood
w/o porch
$9,500. Located
in Cleo area. Call
Keith, 318-4518780 or Harold,
800-256-0741.
Reginald Stapper
Applications being taken at
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Texas Tales
Nearly six years before
Hiroshima, a tremendous
explosion shook the earth and
briefly turned dark into light
near the West Texas town of
Stanton.
Well, it’s a bit overblown
to compare what took place
on the morning of September
29, 1939, with what happened
in Japan on August 6, 1945,
but the 1939 event likely still
stands as the biggest bang ever
heard in Martin County. The
explosion in Texas claimed no
lives, but it did play a role in
the beginning of a new life.
Since the 1920s, when oil
production first went wild in
and around the Permian Basin,
the DuPont Co. operated was
what known as a shooting
station about two-and-a-half
miles west of Stanton. In the
oil patch, “shooting” described
the technique involved in
coaxing oil from geologic formations by lowering exploding tubes of nitroglycerin into
a well.
First produced by an Italian
chemist in 1847 but not transformed into a commercially
available explosive substance
for another 20 years, nitro
stood for decades as the most
powerful form of explosive
known to man. In addition
to its formidable power, the
product was dangerously
unstable. Merely shaking a
bottle of its liquid form could
result in an explosion. Heat
and flame also could detonate
it.
Given its notorious volatility, it’s no surprise that DuPont
wanted to locate its nitro
manufacturing plants near the
oil patch, but at a reasonably
safe distance from any heavily
populated area.
For something as devastatingly powerful as nitro, its
means of production was relatively simple. In less than an
hour, a few chemicals inert in
their own right could be mixed,
heated and transformed into
an explosive substance capable of erupting into a flash of
5,000-degree gas, while producing a shock wave traveling at 30 times the speed of
sound. No wonder its inventor
said that nitro should never be
used as an explosive or that the
man who later commercialized it, Alfred Nobel, went on
to fund the prestigious peace
prize still awarded in his name.
The Stanton facility was a
frame structure with only two
rooms built on a sloping concrete slab to allow for gravity
flow of the ingredients. The
plant had a floor of lead sheeting to prevent static electricity, and for the same reason,
a steam boiler to provide the
needed heat instead of electri-
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by Mike Cox
cal power.
Normally, three men per
shift worked in the plant, but
on the morning of September
29, only the chief mixer, a man
remembered only as Johnson,
and his assistant, Marion
Gibson, were on duty. They
started work at 3 a.m. and by 4
a.m. they had made 220 quarts
of nitro.
All proceeded apace until
Johnson saw smoke coming
from the mixing room.
“Let’s get the heck out of
here,” he yelled. “Run!”
While he probably didn’t
say “heck,” he and Gibson
raced from the building as fast
as they could.
They made it about 150
yards before the nitro exploded. Even though they were
450 feet from ground zero,
the shock wave from the
blast knocked both men facedown to the ground. As they
lay there, pieces of splintered
wood, shattered concrete and
shards of lead rained down on
them.
Amazingly, when the debris
quit falling, both men stood
up uninjured. Their ears ringing and hearts pounding, they
walked into Stanton, a community instantly astir after a
pre-dawn wakeup call that rattled windows for miles around.
Johnson called his boss in
Odessa to report the explosion. The supervisor instructed him to return to the plant
to see if any company property
could be salvaged. He did as he
was told, but he and Gibson
found only a few recognizable
remnants of the facility.
One of the people awakened by the blast was Gibson’s
wife, Bernice. Given what
her husband did for a living,
she didn’t have to lie in bed
wondering what had caused
the loud noise. She comprehended immediately that the
shooting station had blown
up, and further concluded that
her husband – and the father
of her unborn child – had just
been killed.
That stress-induced surge
of adrenalin and cortisol sent
her into premature labor.
Later that day, she gave birth
to a healthy girl the Gibsons
named Jeanene.
While that was good news
for the Gibson family, DuPont
fired Johnson over the incident. Gibson, however, gained
promotion to mixer and
stayed with the company for
years, making, delivering and
detonating nitro in oil wells
all over the Southwest. And as
she grew older, his daughter
Jeanene sure had a good story
about her birthday to tell her
kids and grandchildren.
118 Martin Dr.
3/1 house w/
large back yard,
rock patio, metal
shed
$100,000
325-446-2801
Plumley Realty
R.D. Kothmann Real Estate
KIMBLE COUNTY
1 ac., S. Llano River frontage, water well, building site, large
trees, close to Junction, great swimming and fishing. $75,000
1 ac., S. Llano River frontage, water well, large patio for entertaining close to the river, large trees, building site with view of
river, good swimming and fishing. $99,500
1.5 ac., S. Llano River frontage, nice small rock home overlooking river, close to Junction, great swimming and fishing.
$350,000
3 ac., - 3CONTRACT
Br., 2 Ba., N. Llano River frontage, newly remodeled, 2
fireplaces, hardwood floors, 2 living areas, granite tile counter
tops. $235,000
3.21 ac., - Rolling
Oaks Ranch subdivision, near Harper, some
CONTRACT
restrictions, nice building site w/oaks. $29,500
4.25 ac., - S. Llano River frontage, camping, kayaking, great
building site part of main course of the S. Llano Paddling Trail.
Reduced to $127,500
$225,000
$259,000
6.75 ac., - S. Llano River frontage, camping, kayaking, great building site part of main course of the S. Llano Paddling Trail. $269,000
10 ac., - 3 Br., 2 Ba., double wide, S. Llano River frontage, 30 X
60 recreation building, close to town, $300,000
15 ac., - nice recreational property with Llano River frontage,
rapids & deep swimming holes, good building site w/views,
county road access. $17,000 per acre
17 ac., - N. Llano River frontage, live oaks, small field, county
road frontage. $190,000.
46 ac., - Llano River frontage, one of a kind rock outcropping
overlooking river, water well, nice trees, great building site.
$750,000
50 ac., - Wet weather creek, good hunting, electricity, mixture
of mesquite, cedar and live oaks, sensible restrictions. $2,750
per acre.
52 ac., - Western Kimble County, 1 Br., 1 Ba., rock cabin w/
fireplace, outdoor fire pit, guest house, storage container w/
electricity, fantastic views, water well, good hunting w/ axis,
paved frontage, good fence w/nice entrance. Reduced to
$245,000.
64 ac., - Custom 3 Br., 2 Ba., rock home, large rock fireplace,
screened-in porch, fenced yard, beautiful views, 30x40 workshop. $330,000
84 ac., - 2 Br., 1 Ba. Cabin, hardwood floors, Llano River frontage w/gravel beach area & large rock outcroppings along river,
pavilion w/fire-pit and entertaining area, 2 water wells, fenced.
$1,500,000
84.5 ac., - over 4,000 ft. of Llano River frontage, large hardwoods, excellent hunting & fishing, 2 water wells, nice building
sites w/views. $1,439,000
98 ac., - North of Junction, beautiful views, good cover of live oaks,
Spanish oaks and cedar, county road frontage. $3,000 per acre
99 ac., - Large live oaks, small early 1900’s cabin, rolling terrain
w/nice views, red sandy soil, good field, county road frontage,
water well, barn. $325,000.
103 ac., - Custom 2 Br., 2 Ba., rock cabin, cedar porch, rock fireplace, workshop, 2 water wells, S. Llano River access to shared
park, nice views, good hunting, 9 miles S. of Junction. $450,000.
140 ac., - Great build sites with nice views, canyons and hilltops, good
tree cover, good hunting, county road frontage. $3,000 per acre
294 ac., N. Llano River with large bodies of water, abundance of game including whitetail, axis, turkey, mobile home,
hunting blinds and feeders, walk-in cooler, storage building.
$7,000 per acre.
349 ac., - beautiful Llano River frontage, large live oaks,
cabin, working pens, 6 water wells, great hunting & fishing.
$2,000,000
SUTTON COUNTY
154 ac. - East Sutton County, water well, 2 ponds, good fences, ag
CONTRACT
exempt, great hunting,
roaming axis, good cover and scattered
live oaks, surrounded by large ranches. $2,250 per acre
320 ac., - Just west of Roosevelt, paved county road frontage,
great views, hunters cabin, water well with concrete storage,
good hunting for axis, whitetail and turkey, good fences. $1,999
per acre
MENARD COUNTY
255 ac., - Eastern Menard County, large workshop with living
quarters, new perimeter fences and working pens, highway
frontage, 2 water wells, small pond, good live oak cover, lots of
wildlife. Reduced to $2,750 per acre
HOUSES/LOTS
127 Mesquite, - nice
corner
lot, good neighborhood, 3 Br., 2
CONTRACT
Ba., metal roof, fenced backyard, carport. $79,500
305 S. 16th, - 3 Br., 2 Ba., CH/A, carport, fenced backyard,
alley access, nice sitting porch. $97,500.
609 Elm Street, 3 Br., 2 Ba., large carport, 69 x 276 ft. lot, nice
trees, quiet neighborhood. Price reduced to $59,000.
RANCHES/ACREAGE
KIMBLE COUNTY
3.094 ac.—electricity, creek views, some restrictions. Reduced
to $65,000
5 ac.—1/1 cabin, 3/2 mobile home, barn. Reduced to $115,000
6.56 ac.—N. Llano frontage, near town. $60,000
6.88 ac.—Main Llano, house, garage apt., additional water
(park area), restrictions. Reduced to $247,000
9.91 ac.—N. Llano frontage, edge of Junction, cabin, commercial potential. Reduced to $160,000
10 ac.—Main Llano frontage, 3/2 house, barn, 2 wells. $750,000
11 ac.—4/3 house, large shop, Junction city limits. $350,000
14.32 ac.—Main Llano frontage, some restrictions. $239,000
15.12 ac.—Main Llano frontage, 3/2 house, restrictions.
$350,000
23.95 ac.—Main Llano River, 2/1 house. $750,000
27.18 ac.—2-story house overlooking Junction and conjoining
of North & South Llano Rivers, guesthouse, city water, deer
fencing around houses.
50.202 ac.—cabin,
SOLD well, high fencing, some restrictions.
Reduced to $135,000
95.522 ac.—barn
w/bathroom, septic, well, fencing. $2,995/ac.
SOLD
100 ac.—intermittent creek, well, restrictions, will divide.
$299,500
106 ac.—Fenced, well, barn w/modest living qtrs., some restrictions. $2,000/ac
231.16 ac.—overlooking Junction, possible owner financing. $3,200/ac
300 ac.—furnished mobile home, pens, hwy. frontage.
$2,750/ac.
311+/- ac.—Main Llano frontage w/water rights, main house w/
matching 2/1 guest house, 50 acres fields. $7,500/ac.
318.5 ac.—overlooking Junction & South Llano, well, possible
owner financing. $3,850/ac.
400+/- ac.—Remote, good tree cover w/views, good hunting,
some minerals. $1,375/ac.
508+/- ac.—oak country, views, windmill, fenced, good hunting.
677.3 ac. — good hunting land w/well, some minerals. $1,900/ac.
793.09 ac.—N. Llano River frontage, 2 wells. Reduced to
$2,900/ac.
875+/- ac.—2 1/2 miles North & Main Llano Rivers, 3 wells,
barns, 2 houses, just outside Junction, lots of potential. $3,950/ac.
1,215.19 ac.—approx.
SOLDone mile Bear Creek, new home. $3,095/ac.
1,483 ac.—N. Llano River,
house, pens, views. $2,100/ac.
SOLD
EL PASO COUNTY
Three adjoining lots—priced to sell, owner financing possible
SUTTON COUNTY
799.61 ac. — doublewide, 2 wells, good hunting. $925/ac
1,337.55 ac.—rock 3/2 house overlooking N. Llano River,
cabin, barn, 3 wells, 1,030 acres deer proofed. Reduced to
$3,100/ac.
1,614.17 ac.—hwy. frontage, well, great hunting. Reduced to
$1,245/ac.
MENARD COUNTY
79.24 ac.—oaks, electricity, good access, restrictions. $144,613
90 ac.—New
cabin w/septic, well, hwy. frontage. $2,200/ac
SOLD
120 ac.— live oak country w/good cover, improvements, priced
to sell. $309,000
183 ac.—north of London, house, pool, 2nd house, bunkhouse,
barns & pens, 3 wells & 2 tanks, views. Reduced to $830,000
301.11 ac.—5/2 rock house, 2 wells, partially high fenced.
Price reduced
725+/- ac.—good
SOLDhunting, views, well, electricity nearby.
$1,795/ac.
1,276+/- ac.—approx.
SOLD 1100 ac. high fenced, balance low
fenced, 3/2 main house, 2/2 2nd house, new pens, 3 wells, many
exotics (red stag, axis, fallow, sika) Reduced to $2,280,000
HOMES/LOTS
Two adjoining lots on Mesquite—restrictions. $32,500 total
Main St. in London—2/1 house w/den, fireplace, Metco roof.
$34,900
205 W. Redbud —CONTRACT
3/2 house, workshop, good location. $135,000
106 Lenore— roomy 4/2.5 home w/new master shower, 4-car/
port, foothill lot, patio, workshops. Reduced to $88,500
930 N. 11th—4/3 home, carport, patio, barn, commercial shop,
edge of Junction on 11 acres. $350,000
405 Cenizo—3/2
house on 3 lots w/unattached apt. & workSOLD
shop, good location. $199,000
202 JoLynn—3/1 home, carport, large storage bldg. $89,900
419 Hickory—3/1 w/metal roof, porch, fences. $82,900.
126 Flatrock Ln.— 2-story 3/2 cedar home, large lot. $130,000
COMMERCIAL
9.91 acres—N. Llano River frontage, cabin, edge of Junction.
Reduced to $160,000
Lot on Hwy. 377 S. near Main St. $47,900
4 large lots—great
location near park area and S. Llano River.
SOLD
Lots on corner of Main & 15th—excellent location. $125,000
7 ac.—large bldgs., many functions, great opportunities.
106 N. 8th St.—remodeled commercial bldg. Reduced
to $48,500
2040 N. Main—9-unit
motel, room for expansion, priced to sell.
CONTRACT
602 Main St.—large bldg., new electrical & plumbing, good
location.
Sammy Plumley, Broker 325/446-2830
2341 N. Main - Junction, Texas
www.plumleyrealty.com
Cody Plumley, broker.............................................325/446-6532
Misty Plumley, agent..............................................325/446-6321
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Carter Plumley, agent............................................830/591-2084
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Sue Beth Gipson
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Serving the Hill Country since the 40s.
1701 Main - Junction - 325/446-3013
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Greer Kothmann, Broker.............................210-413-8902
Kelly Kothmann....................................................446-6116
W. L. Taff.......................................................210-854-7439
Dave Newton...................................................830-459-7446
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The Dirt
on Hill Country
Gardening
by David Steinbrunner & Linda Tarrant
Don’t Prune Trees Yet!
A little cold snap, and folks
want to get outside and start
pruning trees. Don’t. All the
sap and nutrients in trees are
falling down into the root system to be stored until spring
when the sap once again
“rises.” Pruning during this
critical period interrupts this
natural process, and much is
lost that the tree would have
stored and reused in spring.
The exceptions involve the
removal of dead wood and
branches that have been bro-
ken by storm winds. The other
reason NOT to prune now is
that insects and disease are
still prevalent and will creep in
open cuts on your trees.
As a rule of thumb, never
prune before the first hard
freeze or after the last spring
freeze.
Too much is going on, and
trees, in particular, are too susceptible to insects and disease.
With beautiful weather, and
with everyone’s desire to get
outside and work in the yard,
we recommend the “sick tree
Trey Sullivan Real Estate
Trey Sullivan, Broker
1802 Main St. – Junction, TX
325-446-3725
325-446-6060
WWW.TREYSULLIVAN.COM
3.181 Acres - Cedar Creek Estates, home site with underground electricity. $65,000
3.58 Acres - North
Llano River, large pecan trees, electricity with
SOLD
427+/- feet of frontage. PRICE REDUCED $47,500.* Possible owner
financing.
4.722 Acres - Cedar Creek Estates, nice home site with creek frontage
and electricity. $98,500
5.03 Acres - Main Llano River with over 300 ft. of frontage close to
town. $139,000
7.76+/- Acres - North Llano River with large oak trees, home, various
outbuildings. $230,000
9.468+/- Acres - Kimble County North Llano River, easy access to
river, mixture of open fields and brush, quality restrictions. $149,500.
9.658 Acres - Main Llano River with over 320 feet of frontage
with electricity, 3 sides fenced with quality restrictions. PRICE
REDUCED $125,000*
9.481 Acres - Main Llano River, underground electricity, water well, 3
sides fenced, live oak and pecan trees. PRICE REDUCED $155,000*
10.31 Acres - Fantastic building site close to town with electricity,
SOLD
views, and highway frontage*.
10.44 Acres - 2BR/2.5BA
SOLD rock home with large attached carport/storage and matching well house/storage. Close to town with great views
and highway frontage. $299,500
23.93 +/- Acres - Electricity,
water well, deep soil, county road frontCONTRACT
age 5+/- miles from town, more acreage available. $83,755.
28.113 Acres - Main Llano River, great showplace with over 985 ft. of
river, large grassy fields, scattered pecan and oak trees, 10 acre feet of
water rights, water well, new fencing & entrance, underground electricity, perfect for a pecan orchard! PRICE REDUCED $375,000*
63 Acres - Kimble County - Long distance views, spring-fed Cedar
Creek, spring-fed private lake, large pecan and oak trees, 50 gpm water
well, electricity, scenic draws that provide an oasis for whitetail deer,
axis, turkey and occasionally other free ranging exotics, describe this
one-of-a-kind showplace or retreat. Its proximity to town, easy accessibility, privacy, abundance of surface & underground water and raw
beauty make this a must see. Priced at $590,000.*
200 Acres - Sutton County, nice 4BR/3BA custom rock home, blinds/
feeders, great views, oaks, loaded with wildlife including axis. PRICE
REDUCED TO $760,000
299.54+/- Acres - Spring-fed Cedar Creek with dam, stocked with
fish, private lake, 50 gpm water well, improved road, cedar clearing,
highway frontage, fenced, great hunting & fishing, breathtaking views.
$1,348,000.*
558.93 Acres – Kimble County new 3 br/2ba rock home, large porches, 2-car detached garage with built-in walk-in cooler and attached
porch. Live oak and very little cedar, good roads, blinds, feeders, new
high fence, super genetic whitetail deer released, axis. Great turnkey
hunting ranch! $1,775,000.
Commercial
1802 Main St. – Office sites for sale. $25,000-$75,000*
Drive-thru retail location on Main Street next to Donut Palace.
$48,500*
---------------------------------------------------------------------------Home: 325-446-8680
Email: [email protected]
* Owner/Broker
Member MLS-Gillespie County Board of REALTORS®
Hill Country Real Estate, LLC.
warm, and the microbes are
still active, so it is an optimum
time to add soil conditioner to
your questionable areas. Dig
some trenches in and around
where you want new beds in
the spring and start diligently
burying your kitchen compost.
Personal Plant of the Week.
Desert crossvine (Podranea
ricaselina) is a decorative vine
that starts blooming in late
summer and continues through
fall. It will grow 15 to 20 feet
annually and freeze back to the
ground in winter. It thrives on
heat, drought, and poor soil.
Flowers are dark pink and
are about 1 1/4” long by 1/2”
wide in clusters. Many bees,
insects, butterflies, and especially hummingbirds enjoy the
flowers.
Chores for this week.
• Keep on weeding and
deadheading.
• Keep controlling insect
and mite infestations and fungal problems.
• Keep sowing wild flower
seeds.
• Keep planting cold vegetables.
• Continue fall planting.
• Continue to spray seaweed
BIERSCHWALE LAND CO.
Desert crossvine (Podranea ricaselina)
P.O. Box 154
Junction, Texas 76849
325-446-2763 Or 432-631-0589
Paul Bierschwale, Broker® Scott Phillips®
www.bierschwalelandco.com
KIMBLE COUNTY REALTY
1909 N. Main
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Looking to buy
325-446-8790 Office
wardwhitworth.com
Junction Ranch Real Estate
1100-B Main Street Junction, Texas
76849
(325) 446-3811
www.junctionranchrealestate.com
67.3 Acres-Eastern Kimble Co. Great hunting County road frontage.
$234,000
50 Acres-Part of a larger ranch. Frontage on Hwy 479. $280,000
10 Acres-N. Llano River
109 N. 16th – 2/1, CH/A, double carport, large shop. $64,000
Mary Murr, Broker..................................830-570-3290
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land in
Kimble
County?
Check out
any of our real
estate agents.
They are
always ready
to assist you
any way they
can.
Call one today!
Junction, Texas 76849
Daniel Henderson
7.5+ Acres with remodeled farm house guest quarters, metal shop building, stock pens and more. London area! $225,000
60+-Acres on both sides of the James River! Tremendous wildlife, huge
Pecan & Oak trees, & beautiful views. Elect. avail. $9,500/Ac
491 Acres – 5878 RR 1674 – Perimeter fenced, nice oaks and a cozy
metal cabin. $1,850/ac.
500 acres 4 mile north of Junction on Hwy 83N. Improvements include
high fencing, cedar clearing, water well, feeders, blinds, good road systems, shed/carport, and a 2bed/1ba cabin with gorgeous views from the
porch. It’s the natural elements of this tract that grab a person, the trickling
springs, the miles of hill country views, and all the beautiful wildlife in
between.
215 W. Redbud – This charming little 3bd/2ba., sits on a large corner
lot in Bluebonnet Hights and is move-in ready! Central AC/heat priced
at $99,500 reduced to $89,500.
214 S. 14th St. - 3bed 2ba Ranch Style home with beautiful Hardwood
SOLD
floors and a master
suite right out of a magazine! $164,000 reduced
to $145,000
210 S. 11th St. —
3/2 with carport and metal shop building. Wood
floors, central AC/H, metal roof, fireplace & fenced backyard. $77,500
reduced to $67,500. UNDER CONTRACT
127 N. 16th St. Building and contents of the Rollerama skating rink
and video arcade. 9535sq/ft at $330,000
910 Hackberry — Charming 2/1, nicely updated with wonderful
shade trees. $59,500
Tract 6 & 7 River Ranch on N. Llano approximately
18 acres. Water well and electricity in place; portable
building, nice road, some restrictions. $259,000
2 ac. - Intersection of IH-10 & 2169.
5 ac.-3bd,
2bath metal roof, new siding, fenced yard,
SOLD
garden area. $79,900
3/2 rock home, barns, pens, some mineral interest on
11 acres near town. $200,000.
14 +/- ac.SOLD
- N. Llano river property 1 mile from town.
$75,000
20 ac. - London area, well, septic & electric.
20 ac. - w/cabin, Main Llano River. Beautiful big
water, lots of game. $395K
35.56 ac. - N. Llano River near Roosevelt, house,
work shop, beautiful views, live water. $325K; or buy
20 acres, no improvements for $160K.
40 ac. - Segovia area, house w/garage apartment,
2-car garage, good views, good hunting. Turn key
opportunities. $299K
40 ac. Ft. McKavett area, water, well, electricity, very
clean, cabin site. $110,000.
70 ac. - cabin/barn, completely fenced, county road
frontage, big views, blinds and feeders convey.
Reduced to $199K
93 ac. - 2,000 ft. county road frontage, great views &
hunting. Own your own mountain 6 miles from town.
Negotiable
96 ac. - I-10 access frontage, near Roosevelt. 3 bedroom/2 bath mobile, electricity, mountain views, axis
and white tail. $2,650 per acre.
119.6 ac. - high mountain ranches. 1 tract left
126 ac. - 2 SOLD
bedroom, 1 bath cabin fully furnished.
Exterior total new fence, 2 new entrances. Reduced
to $295,000 owner/agent
140.12 ac. - Segovia
SOLD area, big views, clean property,
well, elec., fenced, 30x40 metal building.
289 ac. Remote, 3/2 barndominium, some cedar cleared,
beautiful property, great hunting.
450 ac. - Menard Co. Water and electricity. Beautiful
canyon. $2,225 per acre
306 S. 20th - SOLD
great starter home 3/1, large storage
room, hardwood floors, newly remodeled tiled kitchen. $60,000
114 Patricia - SOLD
2 bedroom/2 bath, very, very nice.
Built mid-90’s, brick, chainlink fence. $89,900
120 S. 20th -SOLD
2/1, hardwoods, 1 car carport. $54,900
931 N. 11th - 4/3 rock home, metal roof, CH/A.
Separate one bedroom apartment and large workshop
on 2 acres. $225,000
Office: 325-446-9020
Toll Free: 877-446-9020
Cell: 325-446-6110
[email protected]
205 W. Redbud
3/2 house w/large back
yard, privacy fence,
workshop, metal shed.
ACT
TR
CON
$135,000
R.D. Kothmann Real Estate
www.kothmannrealestate.com K-24-tfnc 325-446-3013
MEEK RANCH SALES
1845 Water St., Kerrville, TX 78028
www.meekranchsales.com 830-257-8881
508+/- acres – Near Junction. Beautiful rolling oak country, scenic
draws and loaded with deer. Owner is a LREB. $2,450 per acre.
617+/- acres – Near Mountain Home. Three cabins, lush grasses,
big trees, deep soil, two water wells and nice hills with views for
miles.
8,000+/- acres – Terrell County. Whitetail and mule deer, minerM-36-tfnc
als, $375 per acre.
Call for other properties not listed here.
1578 ac. Eastern Kimble.
1234 ac. James River Springs. SOLD
16.89 ac. N. Llano River. Must See. Price reduced!
96 ac, NW Kimble, cabin, shared well. SOLD
56 ac. SW Mason, cabin, 100 GPM water well. NEW!
to foliar feed everything to
get plants toughened up for
winter.
• Mulch some more.
We encourage your questions, comments, or your own
“Personal Plant of the Week”
by writing David at dsteiny@
gvtc.com.
Member MLS-Gillespie County Board of REALTORS®
Ward Bolt Whitworth - Broker
702 College
treatment” for all your ailing
trees and for your healthy trees
that you want to keep healthy
and to help overwinter in the
best possible condition.
For tree treatment, aerate
the soil around the tree at the
drip zone. Stay away from the
trunk and those surface roots
near the trunk. Add organic
fertilizer containing molasses
and seaweed (or add these separately) and compost around
the areas where you’ve aerated. You can add a couple
of inches of mulch on top of
this and water all this into
the ground with Medina Soil
Conditioner for the best possible winter conditions. Spring
will show the results of this
treatment.
If you want to keep working
outside on perfect fall days,
weed your garden and mulch
everything. The soils are still
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JISD releases 2nd six weeks honor roll lists
Hill Country Care Center vets are, from left to right, Jerry
Alexin, Vernon Moore, Lloyd Stewart, Sylvia Pope, Guss
Lamb and Clayton Murr.
Care Center Chatter
by Cindy Walker
Hill Country Care Center honored all of our veterans on
Monday afternoon by watching the DVD that was graciously
given to us from the JISD. Most of our residents recognized
many of the pictures of themselves, family and friends. At Hill
Country Care Center, we are fortunate enough to have five
residents that have served in the military and one employee.
They all have wonderful stories and pictures to share with us.
Jerry Alexin served in the Army for two years in active duty
and two years in the Army Reserves. Jerry traveled the continental U.S. during his active duty years.
Vernon Moore served in the army as a mechanic while stationed in Alaska during the Cold War for two years.
Lloyd Stewart served in the U.S. Navy “Seabees” building
roads and bridges for 21 months during WWII.
Guss Lamb served in the U.S. Navy during WWII in 19431945 working in the engine rooms of various ships.
Sylvia Pope served in the U.S. Air Force full active duty at
Dyess Air Force Base from 1991 to 1994. She then served in
the Air National Guard in Garland from 1994 to 1996.
Clayton Murr served in the U.S. Army for two years at the
end of WWII and was stationed in Italy.
We all would like to send a special “Thank You” to all who
have served and those who are still serving in the military
defending our freedoms.
KIMBLE
COUNTY
325-446-TIPS (8477)
www.kimbletips.com
Elementary
All As Honor Roll
Kindergarten: Keana Atkins, Breanna Bankston, Kelton
Bannowsky, Bode Bierschwale, Brock Bierschwale, Asa
Cardwell, Owen Childress, Kanyn Croft, Robert Doss, Clara
Espinoza Ramirez, Eliah Esquivel, Aliza Garcia, Bryan
Gonzalez, Adaline Grissom, Kaden Haak, Destinie Hayes,
Anastasia Hernandez, Hailee Hipps, Dani Johnson, Anais
Laurel, Crue Levien, Ili Modesto, Tatum Moss, Tyler Risinger,
Presley Sanders, Grant Simon, Quade Sullivan, Lilly Tinney,
Rena Tinney, Riley Tuckness
1st grade: Danielle Baiza, Cheyenne Baker, Caitlyn Brooks,
Aidan Cardwell, Ashlyn Crabtree, Ava Doss, Kyla Lumpkins,
George Martinez, Sergio Ochoa, Marco Ponce, Maia Prest,
Maliza Rios, Tanner Risinger, Brennen Rogers, Clyde Rogers,
Evelin Roman, Jo-anne Schoppe, Mackenzie Schuessler,
Samantha Stewart, Driston Willmon
2nd grade: Mignon Barker, Julian Barrera, Leroy Bauer,
Elizabeth Beam, Leland Bernal, Jordan Blackmon, Catalina
Boone, Hagen Braswell, Noah Esquivel, Christopher Gauna,
John Hall, Maximus Ikehara, Maria Lombrana, Savannah
Meacham, Liland Modesto-Atkins, Emily Moreno, Guthrie
Moss, Georgiann Navarrette, Lindsey Redding, Aubrey Udall
3rd grade: Rafael Benavides, Jade Bierschwale, Charles
Burton, Jessica Carlile, Jaydan Crenwelge, Jaydyn DoranSanchez, Jordyn Harris, Alexa Hearn, Abigail Henderson,
Dalton Hoffman, Austin Johnson, Quince Lawler, Ragan
Levien, Ian Plumley, Zea Prest, Pake Sanders, Jada Schoppe,
Ethan Tinney
4th grade: Carson Bullard, Jimmy Hall, Mei Li Ikehara, Will
Jennings, Emily Lovelace, Samuel Navarrette, Ruth Stapper
5th grade: Harley Bauer, Jacob Castillo, Kathryn Hoffman,
Andrea Subblefield, Dylan Tapia, Sarah Vasquez
AB Honor Roll
Kindergarten: Albert Castillo, Britney Flores, Kaci Landes,
Landry Lawler, Catalina Salinas, Jesus Tinajero, Shadow
Vidaure
1st grade: Ramiro Arambula, Bradley Beam, William
Bennett, Madisyn Crenwelge, Jeremiah Davis, Angelica Dela
Cruz, Landen Fann, Avery Hernandez, Jose Lopez Cruz,
Ismael Martin, Jonathan Mendez-Vasquez, Beric Smith, Aaron
Willis, Jazlyn Zapote
2nd grade: Jayme Atkins, Brianna Barrera, Kaiden Bowers,
Bonnita Castillo, Anaiz Garza, Stella Gauna, Gavin Gonzales,
Angela Hernandez, Stacy Hill, Ryleigh Houser, Eliseo Rivas,
Caden Roberts, Moises Salinas, Ruben San Miguel, Hayden
Smith, Joseph Taylor, Casen Tito, Brodie White
3rd grade: Zachary Barington, Harley Castillo, Alexia
Davis, Aliyah Dodson, Dakota Ellis, Andrew Esquivel,
Esmeralda Galvan, Jeffrey Gauna, Hailey Gonzales, Rebecca
Hernandez, Miles Martin, Esmeralda Martinez, Hannah Miller,
Sarita Moreno Hernandez, Mariajosse Ochoa, Baylee Plumley,
Mary Powers, Julia Reddell, Sarah Rotge, Braelyn Salinas,
Annabel Sauceda-DelaCruz, Koda Tinker, Kavin Watkins,
Kelby Yeager
4th grade: Zachary Ainsworth, Cesar Avila, Risa Cantu,
Viviana Castillo, Ignacio Delatorre, Josie Eckert, Isabella
Esquivel, Hannah Geddis, Cristian Lombrana, Joseph Mogford,
Drake Powers, Matthew Rose, Nicolai Valenzuela, Alejandra
Villanueva, Brooke Whitlock
5th grade: Julian Castillo, Will Castleberry, Chance
Condarco, Dylan Davis, Neida Dominguez, Brooklyn Graham,
Tyler Hill, Jessica Sanchez, Collyn Schaefer, Kiarra Telles,
Briley Tomlinson
Middle school
All As Honor Roll
6th grade: Randy Baiza, Leacy Heap, Nadia Menchaca,
Rebecca Nowlin, Jewel Schoppe, Taylor Stubblefield, David
Udall, Abigail Zaborowski
7th grade: Jeffrey Hill, Kaleb Yeager, Lauren Zion
8th grade: Kyna Bullard, Mecina Davis, Maggie Ikehara,
Noah Ivy, Eva Neuman
AB Honor Roll
6th grade: Morgan Davis, James Fuller, Thomas Gleinser,
Angela Gonzales, Cole Levien, Lathan Lopez, Brandon May,
Fay Moon, Quentin Schulte, Ana Valverde
7th grade: Douglas Adams, Jose Avila, Alexis Cardwell,
Kodi Croft, Billy Crowson, Cooper Davis, Omar Dela Cruz,
Brina Flores, Michael Gonzales, Jaden Hardesty, Brady Herbst,
Chloe Jackowski, Kyle Lumpkins, Tania Manzanares, Zachery
Martinez, Cathryn Mauldon, Macy McAdams, Fernando Parra,
Jordan Perez, Cameron Tomlinson
8th grade: Grayson Bannowsky, Tristan Carlile, San Juana
DeLeon, Sierra Dilts, A.J. Esquivel, Hudson Hearn, Caleb Kott,
Analicia Lombrano, Alexandria McAnally, Elyssa McCain,
Frank Meacham, Damini Patel, Neil Payne, Amber Salinas,
Alyssa Smith, Araseli Villanueva
High school
All As Honor Roll
9th grade: Rebecca Hoffman, Carl Mogford, Isaac Neuman,
Jake Nowlin, Joshua Richardson, Brittany Udall
10th grade: Caigen Davis, Madison McAdams, Dalton
Roper, Rachael Stapper, Kallan Zion
11th grade: Britni Adams, Chenoa Bedford, Jessey Martinez,
Hailey Morales, Chelsea Pope, Amber Tomlinson
12th grade: Juan Arzola, Chelsea Black, Lexie Brooks,
Maranda Gipson, Amanda Guzman, Trace Hickenbottom,
Rachael Keeton, Katherine Kneese, Samantha Leinweber,
Cole Mason, Holly Vanckhoven, Justus Young
AB Honor Roll
9th grade: Zackery Bierschwale, Harlea Burleson, Adam
Carpenter, Hyleh Davis, Seth Ervin, Kyle Hurtte, Kristin
McCallister, Doss Murr, Antonio Sauceda, Chaz Spivey, Cody
Teague
10th grade: Derek Carlile, Ryley Cooper, Carli Jackowski,
Karina Martinez, Tristen Nugent, Priyam Patel, Lorena Salinas,
Trever Wright
11th grade: Sarah Atchison, Rachael Carpenter, Crystal
Esquivel, D’dra Gallegos-Samora, Tamra Kott, Garet Martin,
Kralyn Murr, Dahlia Sauceda, Mariah Warden
12th grade: Austin Andrews, Lyndsay Barclay, Wyatt
Burton, Isela Dela Cruz, Jordan Easterling, Ethan Espinosa,
Dontay Foy, Blaze Lemmond, Kaitlin Lumpkins, Juan
Perez, Regan Powers, Austin Rivas, Tylor Townsend, Henry
Whitworth
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Lower premiums charged by Medicare Advantage Plans may be offset by higher out-of-pocket
costs.
With Medicare Advantage, you may not be able
to use your local physicians and healthcare services or these services could cost you more.
Other services may be limited by Medicare Advantage Plans.
If you are in a Medicare Advantage Plan, you can switch back to
traditional Medicare through December 7 and the change will go
into effect on January 1.
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Check your furnace or
heater annually
There is a definite chill coming to Texas. Furnaces are
beginning to kick on more frequently now. Every year, like
clockwork, this is the time that
calls to poison centers regarding carbon monoxide start to
rise.
Why does carbon monoxide
poisoning go up in the fall/winter months compared to summer? Most commonly, it is due
to inefficient, malfunctioning
furnaces. When natural gas is
burned, an efficient heater will
have a by-product of carbon
dioxide (CO2) and water. A
faulty heater that has incomplete burning of natural gas will
create carbon monoxide (CO)
and water.
So how can I prevent injury
to myself and family this winter?
There are two frequently
recommended ways to prevent
carbon monoxide poisoning
this winter:
• Have the furnaces and
other heaters (e.g. space, water)
checked on a yearly basis.
This is especially true in older
homes. Sometimes heaters that
were working perfectly the last
time they were used in April
do not function correctly in
November. Annual maintenance checks can save lives.
• Make sure there are functioning carbon monoxide detectors in the home. Even if the
furnace was just checked, this
will be a lifesaver. Perform regular checks on the detectors to
ensure they are working properly and the batteries are up to
date. A common recommendation from fire departments is to
change batteries in smoke and
carbon monoxide detectors at
daylight savings time. Another
little known fact is that carbon
monoxide detectors have a life
of eight to ten years.
If you have any questions or
concerns about carbon monoxide poisoning, call the experts
at 1-800-222-1222.
GAME DONATIONS for
WILD GAME DINNER
(Held the Saturday after Thanksgiving)
ACCEPTED ONLY AT
Junction Deer Processing
110 HOLT SMITH DRIVE (behind La Familia)
Call 325/446-2048 or 325/257-7039
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Trisha McBrayer, left,
looks on as her daughter, Charleigh (the
first baby to be born
at the new Kimble
Hospital) is cuddled
by LouZane Burleson,
RN. Charleigh was
born on September 27,
2013, and was delivered by Burleson and
Dr. Brenda Hinton
(inset). Photos
submitted by
Sue Gentry.
A Birthday Well-Earned...
The Idle
American
Commentary by
Dr. Don Newbury
Our citizens, in general,
wait--too patiently, too quietly--for a big dose of indignation.
Used to, folks usually spoke
of “righteous indignation.”
Today, most would consider
other kinds--hopeful that a
few righteous ones might slip
through, jarring us from our
lethargy.
We hunker, fearful of both
the real and imagined. If we
make any noise at all, we
whimper instead of exclaim.
We hesitate signing our names
to anything, however worthy,
however noble. Instead, we
limp along….
*****
What does this have to do
with birthdays? Well, Dr. Billy
Graham turns 95 this month,
and his evangelistic association is executing a longplanned, multi-faceted blitz:
“Hope for America.”
With gatherings in thou-
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sands of homes in the US and
Canada, pulpit messages and
telecasts on hundreds of stations, the thrust is to honor
God and observe Dr. Graham’s
birthday.
Yearnings for indignant
boldness can result. We can
“hunker up” instead of “hunker
down,” pushing for purposeful turnarounds that transcend
religions, political parties, age
groups and races….
*****
I’ve seen Dr. Graham in person only twice--at a Fort Worth
dinner held in his honor some
40 years ago. I also attended
one of his last crusades in 2001
at Irving’s Texas Stadium.
Both were memorable experiences, but for different reasons.
At the dinner where 250
gathered, a woman marched to
the head table. She extracted a
Graham book from her purse
and asked for his signature,
just as he’d begun eating his
salad.
Immediately, a line formed;
two dozen others brought
books, seeking similar attention from this Christian giant.
They got it; he never finished
his salad….
*****
At the crusade, thousands
of persons responded to his
appeal. His sermon—preached
in the long-admired “Graham
way”—was marked by courage, conviction, clarity and
urgency.
I noticed, though, that he
gripped the lectern with
both hands during the final
moments. Body language suggested that he truly wanted to
preach a few minutes more.
But his legs were shaky, so
he closed a bit abruptly, perhaps fearing a fall….
*****
So many have said it so
often—“We need another Billy
Graham to rise up among us.”
Perhaps there’ll never be
another with such focus, such
clarity and such a calling.
May God be honored with
the massive undertaking; may
Dr. Graham’s life of service
spark in all of us the “courage
of conviction” he has long proclaimed….
*****
I thought of Dr. Graham
recently upon reading a
book by Jeremy Courtney, a
graduate of Howard Payne
University, where I was president for 12 years. He and
his wife, Jessica, have served
across Iraq for almost a decade. They’ve risked their lives
on numerous occasions in their
passion to facilitate heart surgeries for dozens of stricken
children. Fueled by the support
of churches and educational
groups throughout the US, the
Preemptive Love Coalition he
directs is making rapid gains.
His book, Preemptive Love:
Pursuing Peace One Heart at a
Time, has become an immediate “must read.” It vaulted to
the #15 spot among all books
purchased during its first
week, according to Publishers
Weekly. I read it through tears,
grateful that the Courtneys-with their two children--dare
to serve in one of the earth’s
“uttermost parts”--and one of
the most dangerous.
It intones the biblical admonition to “love our enemies.”
Our copy now rests in a special
place in our home--next to the
Bible, nestled among books by
Dr. Graham. All are about matters of the heart….
******
On matters of faith and
Christian commitment, I am
too often timid. And truly, I
have plenty of company. With
this in mind, I recommit to
boldness that is ours to claim.
In a spirit of peace and thanksgiving, I extend birthday wishes to Dr. Billy Graham, and
sincere thanks to Jeremy and
Jessica Courtney, who make us
proud. The three of you remind
us that Christians should be
bold--even when boldness
calls for indignation.
They do so one day at a time,
a pattern worth following. The
other day, I read an anonymous
piece. It’s short, but instructive:
“Before you assume, learn.
Before you judge, understand.
Before you hurt, feel. Before
you say, think.”
I think that’s what God
admonishes us to do boldly
each day….
*****
Dr. Newbury is a speaker in
the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
Speaking inquiries/comments
to: [email protected].
Phone: 817-447-3872. Web site:
www.speaker.doc.com. Twitter: @
donnewbury.
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Enjoy free hot chocolate & cookies, too
On the way to the Carnival!!
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JISD NEWS
by Dr. Reneé Schulze
Planning
for
Your
Student’s College Athletic
Scholarship
If you and your student
believe they have the ability
and the desire to receive a
scholarship for college athletic
competition, you will want to
start working toward that goal
by the time they reach high
school.
There are a number of things
you MUST accomplish at the
appropriate times in order to
secure the best possible offers
for your student. While college sports in many ways is
a business, for your student
a very important component
remains their education. The
NCAA actually helps with this
by requiring a certain number and type of courses, with
minimum required scores to be
accomplished by the student in
high school.
While the athletic scholarship process is often referred
to as “being recruited”, it is
not by any means a process
you can just sit back and watch
develop. The amount of effort
you put into being recruited
(contacting coaches, updating
your statistics, etc.) will be
directly reflected in the number and quality of offers you
receive.
Your best bet to become
familiar with the process of
receiving a college athletic
scholarship is to find a reputable book or guide to help
you understand the process.
The Sports Scholarships
Insider’s Guide written by
Dion Wheeler is recommended. Another place to start (and
for sure not to miss) is the
NCAA Guide for the CollegeBound Student-Athlete, which
can be downloaded at www.
ncaaeligibilitycenter.org. This
guide will detail for you things
such as the required courses
and scores you must earn to
be deemed “academically eligible” for NCAA competition,
the rules of when and how
you may interact with college
coaches (which is different for
Division I, II, and III schools),
and guidelines on when to
submit your transcripts to the
NCAA to be declared eligible.
The first steps you need to
take are to review the high
school course requirements
found in the NCAA Guide for
the College-Bound StudentAthlete. Depending upon what
division of college program
you end up being recruited by,
there may be strict requirements for specific courses that
you must take in high school,
grades you must achieve in
those courses, and corresponding scores you must achieve
on the SAT or ACT college
entrance exams. Without planning your high school course
selection to meet these guidelines and achieving academic
Dr.Reneé Schulze
success in your classes, you
might lock yourself out of consideration by many college
programs.
While over 500,000 athletes participate in sports in
the nation’s college programs,
less than 1% (4,000) of those
students get a Division I, fullride financial aid grant. In
fact, 80% of all college athletic opportunities are outside
Division I. Division I schools
are the largest and most prestigious programs. They are the
most competitive, and require
the most significant academic
achievement. There are roughly 336 D-I schools in the country, with 21 in Texas. Division
II schools require a slightly
less rigorous level of academic
success in order to be eligible.
There are roughly 289 D-II
schools in the country, with 14
in Texas.
Division III schools do not
have any academic eligibility
requirements attached; however these schools are required
by NCAA regulation to tell
you that they “do not offer
any athletic scholarships”. The
truth is that D-III schools have
scholarships to offer; however
they cannot (theoretically at
least) be based upon athletic
ability. So if you are a tremendous athlete and are recruited
by a Division III school, expect
them to offer you an academic or other titled scholarship,
not an athletic scholarship.
Because D-III schools cannot
offer “athletic scholarships”,
they are exempt from NCAA
academic regulation.
If you find yourself having struggled academically
and ineligible for D-I or D-II
schools, the D-III programs are
where you will want to find a
school willing to take a chance
that you will be more successful in college. Because D-III
financial aid offers cannot be
discussed by the coaches (only
the financial aid office), it is
somewhat more complicated
for you. While it is important
at all divisions to have ALL
scholarship terms included in
the tender offer that you will
sign, you will want to be even
more careful in D-III schools
where the money and the offer
to play are coming from separate departments. There are
roughly 448 D-III colleges,
with 16 in Texas. You can find
a list of all schools by division
at www.ncaa.org and click on
“About the NCAA”.
Some schools operate under
NAIA standards. These colleges generally will not offer
any “full ride” scholarships.
They also are only limited in
the number of scholarships per
sport by the policies of the
individual institution. To be
eligible in NAIA you must
meet 2 of the following 3
standards: 1) graduate in the
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top half of your class; 2) score
a minimum of 18 on the ACT
or 860 on the SAT; 3) achieve
a high-school GPA of 2.0 on
a 4.0 scale. Once admitted,
there are minimum standards
you must maintain to continue to be eligible. There is no
registration or initial eligibility
center requirements for NAIA,
and you may have a campus
tryout for a team and not be
penalized.
OK, now that you understand
the NCAA academic eligibility
rules and have set your classes
accordingly, what’s next? Do
well in those classes, work
hard in practice, and strive to
improve every time you step
on the court or the field to
practice or play. Every bit of
work you put in is a down payment on your future.
You will want to work with
your parents to set up a recruiting site to showcase your talent and your accomplishments.
There are many such sites out
there, one of the best is found
at www.berecruited.com. For
FREE you can set up a basic
site that college coaches can
search and find you. For an
additional fee you can receive
additional benefits to be more
prominently displayed on the
site, and to know exactly who
has looked at your information.
As far as gathering statistics,
check with your coaches to see
if they already have stats they
can share with you, or parents
may need to keep them during
games/matches. Many sports
have software that works with
a handheld device (I-phones,
Palm Pilot, I-Pad, etc.) that
will allow you to track stats. If
you have any questions, simply search the internet or check
with your sport’s head coach
for more information.
At the beginning of your
Junior year, you will need to
submit the required documents
to the NCAA so they may
certify your eligibility. You
must request a copy of your
transcript be sent from the
school directly to the NCAA
eligibility center, along with
completing a questionnaire
that will be used to certify
your initial eligibility. Once
you are initially certified, you
will have a few more steps to
complete. When you take the
SAT or ACT exams, be sure
to enter the NCAA Eligibility
Center’s code of 9999 as one
of the places you want your test
scores to be sent. You will also
need to request a final transcript from your high school
(after final graduation) be sent
to the NCAA so that they may
complete your final certification to participate. Registration
and all other details regarding
eligibility certification can be
found at www.ncaaeligibilitycenter.org .
One final note regarding eligibility certification – if you
are fortunate enough to, by the
end of your Junior year, have
already earned a 1000 SAT
score (composite of reading &
math), an 86 ACT composite
score, and a 3.0 GPA in the
NCAA core curriculum courses, you may contact the NCAA
Initial Eligibility Center and
ask for “Early Certification”.
If you meet this goal, you raise
your value as a recruit because
coaches don’t have to worry
about whether you will meet
academic requirements to be
eligible.
Now you have taken care
of your classes, your grades,
and your eligibility certification. You should have a profile
set up (on www.BeRecruited.
com or a similar site), and you
should be working as hard as
possible to develop your skills
to a higher level and increase
your dedication and commitment to your sport. For a college to believe in you enough
to offer one of their scholarships (of only a few each year
depending upon the sport) they
will need to see that you are
serious about being committed as a successful part of their
program.
While some schools will
simply “find” you – through
BeRecruited or through coaches or tournaments you may
play, you MUST be proactive
if you want to assure that a certain school or group of schools
recognizes you. You should
create a personal profile to
introduce yourself to coaches
at schools you are interested
in. Your profile represents
your scholarship resume. You
will find examples of athlete
profiles online or in a guidebook like the one recommended above. Most importantly,
make sure your profile honestly represents your accomplishments and activities. This
is not the place to embellish
or oversell and have coaches
learn you are less than honest. You will have the chance
to “sell” yourself in the cover
letter you should send with
your profile to each coach. DO
include stats, honors, opportunities, and of course contact
information for yourself, your
parents and coaches.
With a profile in hand, you
will want to create a cover letter for EACH INDIVIDUAL
SCHOOL you wish to contact.
You will want each letter to
appear personal – do not send a
generic letter without the name
of each individual coach and
some facts that let the coach
know you have actually looked
at the details of their program.
Recognize their past accomplishments or note your desire
to compete in their conference,
something that lets the coach
know you have a true personal
interest in their program. This
is where, within reason, you
want to sell yourself as the
committed hard working athlete they don’t dare pass up.
The letter should be no longer
than 1 page.
Finally, you want to have
video evidence of your skills.
Depending upon your sport,
and your position, you want
by Ace Reid
Thursday, November 21
Rotary: noon, Isaack’s Restaurant
Daedalian Study Club: 3 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church
Meet & Greet w/Judge Hofmann: 5-7 p.m., Best Western
Dos Rios Meeting Room
Kimble County Appraisal District: 6 p.m., County Courtroom
Alcoholics Anonymous: 8 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church
Saturday, November 23
Varsity Lady Eagles Basketball vs. Sonora: 5 p.m., Sonora
JV Lady Eagles Basketball vs. Burnet: 1 p.m., Junction
Sunday, November 24
Men’s Bible Class: 9 a.m., broadcast from Girl Scout House
on KMBL 1450 AM & KOOK 93.5 FM
Monday, November 25
Lady Eagles Basketball vs. Water Valley: 4 & 5:30 p.m.,
Junction
Eagles Basketball vs. Water Valley: 4 & 7 p.m., Junction
Al-Anon: 5:30 p.m., Trinity Episcopal Church Parish Hall
Alcoholics Anonymous: 7 p.m., Kimble County Library
Tuesday, November 26
Story Time: 10 a.m., Kimble County Library Children’s Corner
Lions Club: noon, Isaack’s Restaurant
Lady Eagles Basketball vs. Leakey: 4 & 5:30 p.m., Leakey
Eagles Basketball vs. Leakey: 4 & 7 p.m., Leakey
Wednesday, November 27
Recycle Day: 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Behind City Hall
If you would like to have an event placed on the
Community Calendar, call 446-2610 before 5 p.m.
on Monday or email to [email protected].
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 30
Services @ Ivy Chapel
Wild Game Dinner
December 13
Junction Mini Wellness Clinic
CAFETERIA
MENU
November 25-29
BREAKFAST
LUNCH
Eggs, biscuit, fruit juice
ALT-cereal & crackers
Corndog, crackers, vegetable soup,
Ranch beans, spinach, fruit applesauce
ALT-toasted cheese sandwich
Tuesday
Breakfast pizza, tropical
fruit
ALT-cereal & crackers
Sudoku Puzzle #2772-D
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effectively answer any and all
requests for information.
When you start to see results,
and coaches begin to contact
you (via letter, phone calls, or
visits), you will want to make a
note card to remind you of the
allowable contacts, and dates
for those contacts, in your
individual sport. These details
are found on www.ncaaeligbilitycenter.com and in any
publication you might rely on.
Violating the rules of contact,
and/or accepting any benefit
not allowed from a coach or
recruiter could jeopardize your
entire opportunity to receive
an athletic scholarship – make
sure you stay within the allowable boundaries.
There are many other pieces
of advice, steps that can be
added, and experiences that
you might read about that
may help you to be successful in your search for an athletic scholarship.. Good luck in
your future endeavors, and as
always – Go Eagles!!!
Community Calendar
Monday
2101 Main Street, Junction
(325) 446-3321
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to show your skills. You may
want to demonstrate your ability in staged drills for a portion of this, however coaches
will want to see some unedited
game footage that demonstrates your regular level of
play. These type videos can be
produced on your own, or there
are many companies who specialize in creating professionally edited highlight videos. You
may also get an idea of what to
include by checking out some
other profiles in your sport on
www.berecruited.com.
If you have reached this
point and successfully accomplished everything we have
already talked about, you only
have a few more steps. One
of the most important will be
to answer any requests for
information (or requests that
you complete a college questionnaire) in a timely manner.
Coaches love to see athletes
that take their future seriously, and a great way to showcase your responsibility and
commitment is to quickly and
COW POKES
Kimble Hospital
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Wednesday-Thursday
SCHOOL
HOLIDAYS
Chicken & noodles, baby carrots,
spinach salad, fresh tomatoes, peaches
ALT-crispitos
SCHOOL
HOLIDAYS
ALT BREAKFAST menu offered daily to ALL GRADES. ALT LUNCH menu offered
daily to GRADES 6-12. ALT Chef salads offered MON-THURS to grades 6-12.
Chef salads are not served on Fridays EXCEPT BY REQUEST.
MILK IS SERVED TO ALL GRADES
Menu courtesy of
Cowpokes is sponsored each week by
J u n c t i on N a t i on a l b ank
The Brand Name in Kimble County Banking
www.junctionnational.com
Member FDIC
Patty Rendon Colvin
Auto * Home * Health * Life
325-446-4500 [email protected]
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Gerald Loeffler, left, senior member of the Junction Rotary Club, presents the club’s newest member, Russell Hammonds, an official Rotary cap and welcomes him into the club’s Officers for the 2013-2014 National Honor Society at Junction High School are, back row,
membership. The induction was conducted at the Rotary Club’s regular Thursday noon from left, Samantha Leieweber, parliamentarian; Maranda Gipson, secretary, and Chelsea
Black, treasurer. In the front row, from left, are Katherine Kneese, vice president, and
meeting at Isaack’s Restaurant on November 14, 2013.”
Justus Young, president.
Being inducted into the Junior National Honor Society are Junction High School students.
They are, back row, from left, David Modesto, Trever Wright, Priyam Patel and Derek
Carlile. In the fourth row, from left, are Rachael Stapper, Katie Green, Dalton Roper and
Asa Plumley. In the third row, are, from left, Carli Jackowski, Caigen Davis and Marshall
Brown. In the second row, from left, are Taylor Lopez, Madison McAdams, Ryley Cooper,
Hanna Purlia, Lorena Salinas, Cassidy Castleberry and Priya Patel. In the front row, from
left, are MaKlay Simon, Rachael Carpenter, Kallan Zion and Amber Tomlinson.
Student members of Junction High School in the National Honor Society are, back row,
Lee Payne and Tamra Kott. In the third row, from left, are Britni Adams, Crystal Esquivel,
Jessey Martinez and Loryn Gipson. In the second row, from left, are Kralyn Murr, Mariah
Warden and Chelsea Pope. In the front row, from left, are Dahlia Sauceda, Chenoa
Bedford, Hailey Morales and Garet Martin.
Members of the Junction Middle School Student Council are, back row, from left, Keisha Allsup, Kyna Bullard, Rebecca Nowlin, Dax Simon, Kyle Lumpkins, Noah Ivy, Neal Payne and
Leacy Heap. In the middle row, are, from left, Doran Baiza, Lexie Barrow, Eva Neuman, Alyssa Smith, Mecina Davis, Jayden Hardesty and Madison Phillips. In the front row, from
left, are Jewel Schoppe, Lauren Zion, Zach Martinez, Jose Salinas, Nadia Menchaca, Ana Valverde and Taylor Stubblefield.

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