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The Junction Eagle
Published in Kimble County since 1882
The Land of Living Water
Volume 128
USPS 286-540
©The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
NOTICE:
Members of the 2009 Junction Baseball Team are, back row, from left, Joe Wood, Tyler
Wilson, Bo Samora, Seth Barclay, Jordan Keeton and Ashton Thomas. In the middle row,
from left, are David Fuentes, Trevor Brawley, Brayden Schulze, Garrett Murff, Alec
Menchaca and Brad Wilcox. Kneeling in the front row, from left, are Dalton Schulze, Austin
Dale, Aaron Taylor and Ducie Carrington.
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Number 11
Local law officers
make drug bust
Kathy Rotge
The Junction Eagle
While on regular patrol
Sunday, March 22, Shannon
Conklin, criminal investigator
working for the 198th District
Attorney’s office, stopped a
2009 Toyota Camery at the
intersection of Hwy 290 and
IH-10. As Conklin talked
with the driver, the passenger
slipped into the driver’s seat
and fled east on Interstate 10,
toward Kerrville, leaving his
companion on the side of the
highway.
A chase ensued, with speeds
at times in excess of 120 mph.
The vehicle, driven by Charles
Michael Ogando, 22, of
Houston, wrecked at the 492
mile marker, ejecting the driver. Ogando was taken to Sid
Peterson Memorial Hospital.
Assisting Conklin in the chase
was Mike Chapman, another
criminal investigator with the
198th District Attorney’s office.
Kimble County Sheriff ’s
Office deputies and Kerr
County Sheriff’s Office
deputies. Kerr County DPS officers also assisted in the accident
investigation.
Arrested was Joseph Bradley Fritts, 23, of Houston.
$2,712 and 15 lbs. of hydro
marijuana were discovered in
the vehicle.
PEC settlement robs co-op membership
reprinted with permission
ital credit rebates to members,
The River Cities Daily Tribune not the original $226 million
sought by the litigants.
Right about now, the
PEC has argued it needs all
220,000 members of the those millions to continue
Pedernales Electric Coopera- investing in growth, new techtive might be thinking, “We nology and member services.
were robbed.”
Fair enough. As Dietz said, it is
And they would have every important to make sure the
right to do so.
lights turn on every time a PEC
The Texas Third Court of member flips a switch.
Appeals decided last week to
Yet a quick calculation that
uphold a lower court’s decision takes into account directors’
to settle a civil suit against the and advisory directors’ salaries
co-op that protects PEC leader- covering the time when the
ship from any further legal lawsuit was filed two years ago
action.
adds up to a hefty sum not reThe appellate court also reaf- invested but squandered by a
firmed 250th state District self-indulgent board of direcJudge John Dietz’s decision to tors.
award only $23 million in capWhat is also galling is the
fact the settlement protects
PEC board members who were
in power at the time the suit
was filed from further civil
action.
They literally get to walk
away, an outrageous proposition at best. In a nutshell, PEC
members have been robbed of
the right to redress any wrongs
in a future civil action against
those responsible for questionable or disastrous business
practices that plagued the coop for years.
These are the same leaders
who ran up tremendous
expense accounts on Las
Vegas shows, lived the high
life at fancy restaurants, overpaid themselves tremendously
simply by attending a couple
of meetings a month, maintained a closed election system
that anointed hand-picked successors, invested in subsidiary
companies that lost millions
and awarded themselves
checks from a forgotten bank
account because they felt like Kimble County Sheriff Hilario Cantu (left) and 198th
they were doing a good job.
District Attorney criminal investigator Mike Chapman pose
PEC would say any further with the marijuana seized during a local traffic stop.
civil action could result in the
members themselves having to
pony up for more legal fees
and damages.
The members who were
looking for closure, for atonement, for justice, will have to
by Jimmy Kistler
The Board then authorized
look elsewhere. But not in civil
The Junction Eagle
the expenditure of up to
$40,000 on a new Picture
See PEC on Page 15
The Kimble County Archiving and Communication
Hospital Board met in special System (PACS). This system
session, Tuesday, March 17, at eliminates the need for a dark
6 p.m. in the conference room room to process X-Rays, proof Kimble Hospital.
ducing a high quality digital
The primary purpose of the image that can be printed or
action on a $750 marketing creation of a tourism board
request from the Committee comprised of community lead- meeting was to discuss and transmitted electronically.
The money will be used for
for a Healthy Kimble County, ers to accomplish not only an consider the selection of a
financial
advisor
to
assist
the
a
matching
grant of $40,000 to
a committee formed to pro- efficient tourism strategy but
Hospital
District
with
the
sale
purchase
the
$80,000 equipmote the passing of the May also create a positive flow of
of
bonds
for
the
construction
ment.
2009 bond vote to build a new communication. A JTEDC
The Board then considered a
hospital. The JTEDC is not Board member was asked to of a new hospital should the
bond
pass
the
upcoming
elecrequest
from the Kimble
allowed by law to expend pub- serve on the tourism board.
tion
on
May
9,
2009.
Appraisal
District to keep the
lic funds for political purposes.
Other JTEDC Board
Jennifer
Douglas
and
Vince
District’s
excess
funds remainAn amendment to the 2006 Meeting Highlights:
Viaille,
of
Specialized
Public
ing
from
the
2008
budget to
Ad-Venturous grant repayment
• Plans are underway for a
Finance,
Inc.
(SPF),
gave
the
help
pay
for
upgrading
their
contract was approved by the farmer’s market to begin in
board
a
presentation
on
the
computers
and
purchasing
Board allowing the monthly May at the City Park Pavilion
services they provide for bond software. The Board voted to
payment terms to be adjusted. to offer fresh produce, crafts,
sales. Many different options approve the request.
Total repayment of the flea market items, etc.
were discussed, with the
The Board held a lengthy
$40,545 grant is expected Junction is partnering with
notion that the most cost effec- discussion on strategies for the
January 2010.
London’s Community Associtive for the Hospital District at upcoming hospital bond elecJTEDC Board Member ation in this endeavor. Each the time of the sale would be
tion. The most immediate
Shannon Bynum, City
executed.
issue was the next public
Alderman, discussed the City’s
See JTEDC on Page 15
Viaille noted that SPF’s fee meeting, to be held March 24.
for the sale of $17 million in The meeting format and spebonds would be approximately cific issues to address were
$40,000. Fees are contingent considered. The Board agreed
on the Hospital District receiv- to meet Monday, March 23, to
ing the money from bond finalize their plans.
sales.
The last issue on the agenda
The Board asked if the cur- was an update on hospital
rent economic situation would operation from Preferred
have an adverse effect on the Management. A decision had
ability to sell the bonds. been made to replace a failed
Douglas and Viaille noted that air conditioning unit at the
tax free municipal bonds hospital for a cost of $40,000.
would be in demand because Board members stated that
of their stability. They also they had received some comstated that the District’s timing plaints about hospital billing.
would put them in an advanta- Preferred admitted that billing
geous position concerning had been one of their biggest
construction costs.
problems to solve at the hospiAfter Douglas and Viaille tal. They stated that any probhad left, the Board voted to lems should be brought to
enter into a contract with SPF their attention, and they would
contingent on a successful work to resolve any questions.
bond election and pending
All business being concontract
review
by
the
cluded,
the meeting was
Proud father Ted Sandlin (left) and Junction High School
District’s
bond
counsel.
adjourned.
Principal Wheeler Hanks (right) are on hand to announce
that senior Cole Sandlin will be playing football next year
The ANGel Classic Memorial Softball
for the University of Mary Hardin Baylor. The Cru was
ranked 3rd nationally for Division III schools. Head Coach
Tournament will be held on June 12
Cory Spivey noted that, “This is a great honor. I’m very
and
13, the second weekend in June,
proud of Cole’s accomplishments and excited about his
rather than the first weekend in June.
future.” Cole looks pretty happy himself! Congratulations!
JTEDC begins review process for “beautification” grants
by Patricia Whitty
The Junction Texas
Economic Development
Corporation’s (JTEDC) Board
agreed at its March 19 called
meeting to begin the 60-day
public review and hearing
process for the following three
Main Street Beautification
“exterior paint” grant applications: Masonic Lodge, Designs
by Darla and Rite-A-Way.
After the 60-day period, the
Board will request approval
from City Council before moving forward to fund the grant
requests. Anyone with comments regarding the exterior
paint applications may appear
in person at the April 2 JTEDC
Board meeting and/or send a
letter by April 1 to the JTEDC
office, 730 Main St., Junction,
Texas 76849.
As of Feb. 28, 2009, the
JTEDC currently has a fund
balance of $420,197. Of this
amount, $210,941, has been
committed for the City Park
Improvement Project and City
of Junction Disc Golf Project,
leaving an available funds balance of $209,256. If anyone
has questions about applying
for a grant, loan guarantee,
loan subsidy or micro-loan,
please contact Whitty at 325446-3402.
The Board did not take any
Coach T.W. Wellmann leaves little doubt as to what course
of action he has in mind. Junior Morgan Wellmann shows
no sign of hesitation as she rounds first in stride on her way
to second base.
Hospital Board considers
financial advisor
Page 2
The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Meanderings
by Frederica Wyatt
The arrival of Spring has
brought forth hues of green to
mingle with the blossoms of
Mountain Laurel, Redbud,
and other native vegetation.
An inspiring sight this early
Monday morning was the
multi-lighted "J" on the western hills.
Condolences are extended
to the family of Bill
Whitworth, who passed away
last week. He was the son of
the late Walton W. and Pat
Stapp Whitworth. Bill's wife,
Wanda, his daughter, and a
sister, Patricia Borland, are
among his survivors. Graveside services were held
Saturday afternoon in the
Junction Cemetery.
Sympathy goes, also, to the
family of Hilda Rivas, who
was laid to rest Saturday
morning in the Junction
Cemetery.
Kimble County Historical
Commission has been notified
it is among the Texas historical organizations to receive a
Distinguished Service Award
for outstanding preservation
work accomplished in 2008. A
presentation will be made by
the Friends of the Texas
Historical Commission during
the annual Preservation
Conference to be held April 16
in Lakeway, Texas.
Bill Grimes and his sister,
Kathy Grimes Wilmuth, spent
last week in Junction to settle
the estate of their aunt, the late
Mary Herbert Burt, who
passed away last May. Bill is a
military officer now stationed
near Atlanta, Georgia. He has
seen several tours of duty in
Iraq. Kathy and her family
live in Dobson, North
Carolina, while Bill's and
Kathy's mom, Cary Herbert
Grimes, is a resident of Mount
Airy, North Carolina (known
as Mayberry, USA, the boyhood home of Andy Griffith.)
Saturday's trip to Seven
MG
Hundred Springs was definitely a success. Groups from
many locales were in Junction
for the event, and we met new
friends and visited with several acquaintances. One very
interested (and interesting)
person was Hal Baylor of San
Antonio, now ninety-six years
of age. Saturday was his first
return trip to the Springs in
eighty-three years. He recalled
many boyhood events when
his family lived nearby. He
and his sister attended the
Deats School. The teacher at
that time was Daisy Dean
Johnston, a great-great-granddaughter of General Albert
Sidney Johnston. Hal was a
close chum of the late Lacy
Fleming, and they rode horseback together while attending
school. W. F. Roberts was
Hal's favorite proprietor of
Telegraph.
Bette Pfluger White and her
sister, Amy, and the latter's
fiance met us at the Springs.
Bette brought along her four
delightful children - Maggi,
Coleman, Adilee, and Anne.
Cindy Ivy of Hondo attended with her husband, our
Chief of Police Marvin Ivy.
Cindy is a C.P.A., and one of
her employees is Tammy
Smith Cook, formerly of
Junction. Among others
whom I met for the first time
were Patrick and Cheryl
Gorman, Donna Cochrum,
and Walter and Susan Curry.
In one of the groups from
San Angelo was former
Junctionite Sharon Rimes
McDonough,
who
was
accompanied by June Doerr
and Deta Terrill.
The largest delegation was
from Llano. Jan Standish of
Pagosa Springs, Colorado,
traveled the farthest to see the
renowned Springs. Some of
the other locales represented
were the cities of Posh,
Boerne,
Houston,
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I was pleased that Joshua
Mogford wants to use the history of the Springs as a part of
his credit for a Communications merit badge.
Jerry Beamsley, who had
visited Kimble Historical
Museum earlier in the week,
made a second visit to the
Springs, as he had been in the
motorcade last year. Thanks,
Jerry, for the delicious citrus
fruit brought from McAllen.
Ginger Boerm Andrews and
her sons, Joey and Jeffrey,
were kind to drive me to the
Springs
and
then
to
Rocksprings, where we were
joined by Billie Fox Noguess.
The Andrews clan and I made
a cross-country tour along the
old Junction road, where we
saw the "lakes" that form the
headwaters of the South Llano
River. It had been a number of
years since I had traveled that
way, and once or twice, I
feared we had strayed from
the course. Fortunately, we
arrived at the right place and
made our way home after an
enjoyable day of seeing historical points of interest.
Among the pleasant voices I
heard when my phone rang
during the week was that of
Bill Durbon of Ingram. He
reported Gerry is doing fine,
and he is busy with income tax
work. I also enjoyed a pleas-
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FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
202 South 8th Street
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
10:55 a.m. - Morning Worship
6 p.m. - Evening Worship
Ken Bolton, Pastor
FIRST UNITED METHODIST
CHURCH
904 Main Street
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
10:55 a.m. - Morning Worship
Glenna Kelley, Pastor
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
201 S. 11th Street
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
11 a.m. - Morning Worship
Rev. Jim Barker
Co-Pastor Laurie Barker
COLLEGE STREET
CHURCH OF CHRIST
815 College Street
10 a.m. - Bible Study - Sunday
11 a.m. - Church Worship
6:30 p.m. - Evening Worship
Justin Hall, Minister
NORTHSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST
238 North 15th Street
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship
Preachers:
Dale Cowell & Lee Roy Loeffler
ST. THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH
114 South 7th Street
11:15 a.m. - Sunday Morning English/Spanish
The Rev. Michael Udegbunam
Deacon Tim Graham
CEDAR HILL CHURCH OF CHRIST
11 a.m. - Sunday Morning
IVY CHAPEL
3rd Sunday of each month 7 p.m.
LONDON CHURCH OF CHRIST
U.S. Highway 377
10 a.m. - Bible Study
11 a.m. - Worship
6 p.m. Wednesday Bible Class
FULL GOSPEL CHURCH
202 North 15th Street
10 a.m. - Morning Worship
10:30 a.m. - Sunday School
7 p.m. - Evening Worship
7 p.m. Wednesday Worship
Rev. Donna Carroll
LONDON METHODIST CHURCH
9 a.m. - Sunday Service
Glenna Kelley, Pastor
FIRST PENTECOSTAL CHURCH
East Pine Street
2 pm Sunday
HILL COUNTRY BAPTIST CHURCH
322 South 11th Street
10 a.m. - Sunday School
11 a.m. - Sunday Morning
6 p.m. - Sunday Evening
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m. - Youth & Kidz Club
Lyle Wallace, Pastor
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
1209 College Street
9:30 a.m. - Sunday School
10:30 a.m. - Morning Worship
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH
1119 Main Street
11 a.m. - Morning Worship
Rev. Jim Sproat
GOODWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
1201 North Llano
9:45 a.m. - Sunday School
11 a.m. - Morning Worship
6 p.m. - Evening Worship
Rev. Gregory Gomez
MURR CHURCH OF CHRIST
11 a.m. - Sunday Morning
Davis Murr, Preacher
MEN’S BIBLE CLASS
100 Blk. North 16th Street
8:50 a.m. Sunday Morning
Broadcast live at 9 a.m.
TRUTH TABERNACLE
102 North 10th Street
10 a.m. - Saturday Morning
7 p.m. - Saturday Evening
7 p.m. - Wednesday Evening
Prayer: 1 hour before services
Rena B. Sue, Pastor
HILL COUNTRY COWBOY CHURCH
2nd and 4th Monday each month
HC Fairgrounds (sale ring) 7 p.m.
Rusty Felts (325) 347-6496
OUTREACH GOSPEL OF CHRIST
602 S. Llano
Praise & worship, Sundays, 6 p.m.
Sunday evenings, 7 p.m.
Pastor Glenda Carroll
LONDON BAPTIST CHURCH
212 Llano Street
10 a.m. - Sunday School
11 a.m. - Morning Worship
1 p.m. - Afternoon Worship
7 p.m. - Wed. Evening Service
Dan Wynn, Pastor
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ant chat with Billy Ivy of
London.
On Thursday, I chanced to
see Vivian Joy from out
Roosevelt way. She was interested to learn of the Joy family reunion to be held in late
April in Phoenix, Arizona.
Jan Robbins dropped by the
museum with several historical documents she hopes to
preserve. Several other friends
came our way, including
Tommy Randle and Gaylan
Harrison. Gaylan attended
Friday evening's meeting of
the Hill Country Sons of
Confederate Veterans Camp in
Kerrville and presented a
fifty-year membership pin to
Joe Ginn of Fredericksburg.
Recently, Tommy Randle
brought by a picture of Jacob
"Jake" Dagen, and he had no
idea how far-reaching his act
of kindness would become. I
mailed a copy of the picture to
Charles Byrd of Austin, who
is compiling a history of
Stockdale, Texas. In turn,
Charles sent a copy of the picture to Barbara Nance Cope
(who had sent me some
VanDorn history several years
ago, as she is a direct descendant of Martha Groodbread
and General Earl Van Dorn).
Barbara forwarded a copy to
one of her relatives, Larry
Deagen of Rice, who is busily
researching his roots. Larry
was ecstatic, as he had never
seen a picture of that ancestor.
Larry is kin to the Kimble
County Dagen family, whose
forebears apparently used
more than one spelling of the
surname.
Until next week....
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Kimble County
Golf News
by Ruth James
‘Tis said "Water holes are
sacrificial waters where you
make a steady gift of your
pride and high priced golf
balls". Many of us would
agree that hole no. 5 fits this
description. But Mark Maples
says it is his favorite hole.
Mark is one of those go-to
guys when the golf course
needs help. He has served as
president three times for a total
of nine years, plays nearly
every week, though he has
found it hard to get to golfing
this year. He is district manager of West Texas Gas so has to
find free time for golf. He has
a son Allen who likes golf too,
not sure if no. 5 is Allen's
favorite hole or not.
But I can't leave old no. 5
without remembering that I
saw Betty Fife hit across that
creek, land on the green and
roll into the cup. That's fun
golf.
We have other "sacrificial
waters" on the course. You
have to come back across that
creek on no. eight, and then
there's nos. three and four. No.
three is a dog-leg; hit a pretty
tee shot, and your second one
will almost surely roll right
into that man-made lake at the
bottom of the hill. Hit a good
tee shot on no. four that fades
just a mite, and you'll bounce
right into that water. My husband, Buck, was so anti about
putting a water hole there that
for a time it was known as
"James Pond".
We've had the first Thursday
Scramble of the new season;
the winners (and these names
came straight from the score
cards) were Art, James, Scotty,
and BooCoo. There’s a new
scramble every Thursday so
come on out; you'll have fun
and might not ever sacrifice a
single ball.
Book Review
By Rosanna Stapp
“I Am My
Brother’s Keeper”
Journal of a
Gunny in Iraq
by Gy Sgt Jason K. Doran,
USMC (Ret.)
Jason Doran has been stationed in the Philippines, the
First Gulf War, Kuwait,
recruiting duty, Africa and
various other bases. His last
assignment before retirement
was to go to Iraq.
This is the story from when
he first left in January of 2003
until he came home in June
2003. It covers the ship ride
over there, what they did in
Iraq, and the ship ride back.
This is written in diary form
and is very interesting. It gives
a first-hand account of what
happened and what didn’t
occur. It makes you appreciate
what our military is doing in
Iraq. There is a lot of bad language.
Happy Birthday
March 26
Charles E. Wilson
James Everett Sivells
Roxanne Heppner
Fargason
March 27
Daniel Barrera
Carlos A. Zuniga
Brandy L. Sparks
Lanette Matetzschk Murr
Jo Lacey Lawler
March 28
Cody Diego Collins
William E. Patton
David Vasquez
Irene Alvarado
Diana Lee Granberry
Teresa L. Wilton
James Elmo Lumpkins
Frances McDonald Luchini
Tiffanie Deanne Rios
Kathryn Sue Powell
Denzil Harper Sanders
March 29
Rodney Dale Coursey
Dwight Davis
Curtis Franklin Thomas
Travis Edgar Warren
March 30
Raymond R. Jones
Rose Myers
Millard Leon Bennett
Walter Lee Hall
Zane Gardner Holland
Odvia Maria Rodriguez
William R. Rose
Daniel Rodriguez
March 31
Eric G. Sitler
Michael Ray Sublett
Olive Mueschke Furen
Doris Johnston Jacoby
John Michael Mogford
Flo Lombrana
April 1
Emma Gonzales
Lee Wayne Modgling
Thomas Lee Warden
Jose Alfredo Salinas
Shirley Murr
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Obituaries
The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
A message
from Chief Marvin Ivy
Bill Whitworth
Bill Whitworth, 87, passed
away at Amistad Nursing
Home in Uvalde, Texas, on
Tuesday, March 17, 2009.
Graveside funeral services
were held at 2 p.m., in the
Junction City Cemetery, in
Junction, Texas, on Saturday,
March 21, 2009.
Survivors include his wife,
Wanda Whitworth; one
daughter, Sue Shanklin and
one sister, Patricia Borland.
Services were entrusted to
Gentry-Fife Funeral Home of
Junction.
Hilda Rivas
Hilda Rivas, age 24, passed
away at Kimble Hospital in
Junction,
Texas,
on
Wednesday, March 18, 2009.
A rosary was held at 7 p.m. at
Gentry-Fife Funeral Home, in
Junction on Friday, March 20.
Funeral services were held at
10 a.m. in the St. Theresa
Catholic Church on Saturday,
March 21. Interment followed
at the Junction Cemetery.
Survivors include her father,
Louis Rivas, Sr.; stepfather,
Juan Rodriguez; her mother,
Hilda Rivas; one son, Eliseo
Rivas, three daughters, Maria
Isabel Rivas, Abegail Rivas
and Diana Marie Rivas and
two sisters, Mary Ann Rivas
and Luisa Rivas.
Services were entrusted to
Gentry-Fife Funeral Home of
Junction.
Meridel S. Solbrig
Meridel S. Solbrig passed
away Saturday, March 21, at
the age of 66.
She is survived by one son,
Matthew Best and wife, Lisa,
of Houston; one sister,
Margaret
Solbrig,
of
Fredericksburg; one granddaughter, Amber Best, of
Houston and one nephew,
Sean Davis, of San Angelo.
Funeral services will be held
Saturday, March 28, at 10:30
a.m. in Zion Lutheran Church
in Fredericksburg. A reception
will follow in Zion Fellowship
Hall.
Online condolences may be
left at www.fredericksburgfunerals.com. Arrangements
under the direction of
Fredericksburg
Funeral
Home.
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Officer Canales asked that I
again write about addresses on
homes and buildings. He has a
point. Some of you did help us
out by adding numbers on
mailboxes or the front of your
homes and buildings. Many of
you planned to do so and it
slipped your minds. Unfortunately, some of you only
placed numbers on one side of
your mailbox. So let me tell
you what we need again from
our viewpoint. By us, I mean
fire, ambulance and law
enforcement. We all represent
the emergency services that
may need to find your home or
business in a hurry when seconds count. Throw in water,
gas, electrical, UPS and cable
employees who also need to
know which house is yours,
and you can see part of the
scope of our problem. The
final icing on the cake would
include the out-of-town relatives and guests who are looking for your home. Well,
maybe you don’t want “them”
to find you after all. Take pity
on the rest of us. We do need to
be able to distinguish between
your home and your neighbors.
We don’t always drive down
the street like we are delivering
mail. Sometimes we are looking for an address on the left
side of the street and many of
you have been careful to place
addresses so that they can be
viewed only by drivers
approaching on your side of
the street. If you are waiting
for the police to get to your
house in an emergency, you
don’t want to see them drive
by, get to the end of the block
and come back down on your
side of the street, so they can
tell which house is yours. You
want that fire truck and ambulance to pull right in front of
your house, no matter which
direction they approach from.
There are some other locations that can use an address. If
you have raised curbs in front
of your house, they are a good
visible location for a house
number. The equipment needed to do that usually involves
stencils and masonry paint,
and a couple of steps in the
process. If we ever get the public safety Explorer program
started, that will be a fundraiser/public safety project they
can usually tackle. Another
very popular location for house
numbers is on the house! Try
to make it a contrast with the
background. Maybe use dark
numerals on a white background. Make it large enough
to be seen easily from the
street. The further back from
the street your home sits, the
larger the numerals need to be.
Think about how your house
looks at night. If you have a
porch light you leave on, putting the numerals near that
light would be effective. We
have spotlights on emergency
equipment, but don’t like to
spotlight homes at night just to
locate addresses. If you have a
small yard light sitting in the
yard, that may be a good location also. If you have a gate
leading to your property, mark
the entrance with your address.
As much trouble as we have in
the city, it is usually even
worse out in the country. Many
of us live in the country for our
privacy, and putting our
address on the gate seems to
fly in the face of privacy, but
security trumps privacy in this
matter.
On a final note on this subject, I saw a house last week
that faced a particular street,
had the driveway on that same
side street and yet showed an
address for a better known
street of which it sat on the corner. In larger towns where you
have building inspectors and
planning and zoning rules, you
wouldn’t be allowed to add to
the confusion by misusing an
address in this manner. When
you fail to address your home
correctly, you not only delay
response times to your emergency, but also to your neighbor’s emergency. Do your part
to help speed our response
times.
On Friday we will be selling
five-six old clunkers that drivers abandoned here over the
last year. The sale will follow
directly after the Sheriff’s sale.
This is a shameless plug for the
sale which is advertised elsewhere in this week’s paper.
Take care, and pray for rain
Letter to the Editor
The company that built the Hondo Hospital is Huser
Construction from Kerrville. I found that in most hospital construction and renovation done by them in Hondo, Kerrville, and
Fredericksburg the cost was between $204 and $221 per sq. ft.
These were all done in the past year. Clinic space is even cheaper at $185. Renovation cost is lower at $49 to $70 a sq.ft. If we
built the new hospital here at these prices, the cost would be
about $9 million. The estimate that Preferred Management
Company is proposing is at $400 a sq.ft. The website for Huser
is www.huserco.com.
Since the decision of whether or not to build a new hospital
is so important to the citizens of Kimble County, and has such
long-term consequences for local residents, it is imperative that
voters are given the opportunity to make informed choices. To
that end, The Junction Eagle is inviting Kimble County taxpayers to weigh-in on the proposal. Because some folks are hesitant to be published, the Eagle staff will withhold the names of
“Letters to the Editor” authors (if requested). We believe this
proposed project deserves a community dialogue and will provide space in this newspaper for readers to voice their opinions,
pro or con.
Should we build a costly new medical facility to replace the
current hospital complex, or do we patch the old building until
it can not pass code, is closed and we no longer have a hospital
in Junction?
What are your opinions, thoughts and concerns, Junction?
Fine arts group working on
their second annual art show
and sale
by Judy H. Uherek
Spring has sprung; the grass
is turning green, and it is time
to mark your calendars now
for the first weekend in May
and the FAAHC’s art show
and sale! Last year’s event
was received so enthusiastically that many are already
hard at work to insure that you
enjoy this year’s event just as
much.
The location this year is at
the new M~Squared Gallery
which is located on the northeast corner of Mason’s historic
square. Tickets to the Friday
night, May 1, Gala will be
available for sale at the Mason
Chamber of Commerce office
beginning April 1. The charge
will be $10.
The show will also be open
during the day on Saturday
and Sunday, May 2 and May
3. The day time hours are free
to the public.
The members of the Fine
Arts Association of the Hill
Country invite residents of
Kimble, Mason, Menard and
McCulloch counties to join
their group. You don’t have to
be an artist as the fine arts
include many venues. Art,
drama, jewelry, music, photography and pottery are all
represented in the current
membership. Plus, those that
just enjoy the variety of programs, want to lend a helping
hand where needed and/or
simply be a Patron are also
represented. Dues are $25 per
year.
We hope to see you at the
May 1 Gala. It promises to be
a lively evening!
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Tommy and Candy Eckert of Mason are pleased to announce
the engagement and upcoming marriage of their son, Kody
Kurtis Eckert, to Jaclyn Diane Fogg, daughter of Danny and
Diana Fogg of Corpus Christi.
Jacki is a graduate of Calallen High School and is employed
at Capital Farm Credit in Mason.
Kody is a graduate of Mason High School and is employed
by the 198th Judicial District. Kody is the grandson of Curtis
and Dusty Henderson of Junction.
The couple will be married April 25, 2009, at the Marquardt
Ranch in Boerne, and will make their home in Mason.
A Special Thank You to all of you who prayed
endlessly for our daughter Madisyn Sky. The
Power of Prayer is so real, and your prayers
healed our baby and sent her home one week
before ever expected. She's doing well, thanks
to all you Prayer Warriors. We're truly blessed
and grateful to each and every one of you!
Thank you with all of our hearts! What a
wonderful community we live in!
God is Good! Thanks and God Bless!
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Looking Back ... The way we were
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Ivy Echoes
by Ginger Boerm Andrews
Orlan Stewart had agreed to
teach school at London during
the Fall of 1942, but when Mr.
Probst came to see him about
teaching at Long Mountain
and offered him $115 for an
eight month contract, he
changed his mind. He went
immediately to see Raymond
Pearl and Ray Clapp about
resigning his teaching job at
London, leased his farm in the
Red Creek Community out for
one year to Mr. Wootton for
SMALL TOWN
$150 and began preparing for
the big move. He had only a
couple of weeks to get moved
and settled in before school
would start. What he and
Katie couldn’t take with them,
they hauled to his parents’
house or sold to neighbors.
Mary Cummins came by and
bought a dozen fruit jars and
Bob McKinney bought twenty
seven of their chickens.
In order to capture all of the
chickens, Orlan first built two
BY KRISTI HULL
“My company had these T-shirts made
to promote its new pension plan.”
chicken pens. When it came to
the actual catching of the
chickens, he began to solicit
help from anyone who happened to stop by. Ernest
Summers, Pleasant (Ples)
Hicks, Mr. Clark and Mr.
Wootton are just some of the
ones who got in on the chickencatching act which lasted over
a period of several days and at
times continued well into the
night. Dan Summers agreed
to take care of their 142 lb. pig
until they had a pen built or
were ready to butcher it.
Orlan hired Mr. Wootton and
his son, Pat, along with Ples
Hicks to help him move. They
loaded up everything into a
wagon and hauled it to Long
Mountain, including a milk
cow and calf. The teacherage
there had once been the Leon
Schoolhouse which had been
moved from its original place
in Menard County. Long
Mountain School is located
between London and Mason,
near Erna…a little community
where James Johnson had a
store selling groceries and
gasoline. Orlan used his first
gas ration stamp there on
December 4, 1942, purchasing
three gallons of gas. He bought
five bales of hay at 50 cents a
bale from James’ son,
Nathaniel Johnson, whose
children attended the Long
Mountain school. Johnson
descendants still live in the
Erna Community, today.
Katie cleaned on the teacherage and worked hard getting
things put away. Orlan built
a cow pen and cow shed. He
fixed the gate that went into
Mr. John Ralston’s pasture and
paid Mr. Ralston $1 for pasturage for his cows at 75 cents
a month. He built a new
chicken coop and dug up a
stump in the front yard,
repaired the front screen door,
put up a new door to the middle room and drove his car
inside the little car shed. He
and Katie took time off to take
a walk in Mr. Ralston’s pas-
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My Opinion
by John Parker
Orlan and Katie
ture, surveying the land around
their new home. There was a
lot of work to do to get ready
for the upcoming school year.
Orlan began cleaning the
schoolhouse, mopping, sweeping and oiling the floors and
getting ready for the first day
of classes. Marie Peterman
and Doris Johnson would also
be teaching along with him.
On Monday, September 7, at 9
a.m., school started. There
were 25 pupils in all. Six of
those were in the 9th, 10th and
11th grades. The Probst boy
and Orlan cleaned out the cistern that afternoon and discovered that it needed some work
done on it so he hired some
men to come fix it. Later on,
Orlan and Mr. Ferdinand Hahn
plastered rat holes in the walls
of the school. Wood was
chopped and stacked in preparation for cold weather, as
there were two large wood
stoves inside the school building. Lillian Vater of Mason,
supervisor for the school
lunches, came by to see Orlan
about serving lunches at the
school.
On
Thursday,
September 17, Orlan took his
Biology and science classes to
Leon Creek in the afternoon
and got some water insects to
study. Orlan repaired the tennis back-stop, and on April 2,
1943, the London tennis boys
came in the afternoon and
played the Long Mountain
boys, singles and doubles.
London won. On April 3rd,
Mr. Louis Hahn, Mr. Will
Eckert and Orlan held a trustee
election, and 18 persons voted.
Ed Ralston was elected trustee.
In January of 1943 a cold
“Norther” blew in that iced
everything over. It was so cold
that the eggs they had inside
their house froze solid. Every
single day Orlan hauled a huge
barrel of water from Mr. Felix
Hahn’s for their cleaning and
bathing water and to water the
animals. Besides all of the
daily chores Orlan spent a
great deal of time at
Community Council meetings
that were also held at the
School. Fun times were had
on Halloween, Christmas and
Valentine’s Day. Katie baked
cookies and put together little
gifts for all of the students. On
April Fool’s Day, some of the
older boys tried to “ransack”
Orlan’s car shed and wash
building but didn’t succeed.
The end of the year picnic was
on April 27, 1943. A couple of
days prior to that, Mr. Eckert
came by and told Orlan they
wouldn’t be rehiring him for
the next year.
Orlan got a job in Kingsbury,
Texas, teaching school in
September of 1943. He
passed away November 19,
1943.
A copy of Orlan’s diary
entries from 1935, and 19411943 will be at the Kimble
Museum, if anyone would like
to read more. He mentions
over a hundred people’s names
that lived in the area during
that time.
Death and taxes? This has
been a “saying” for as long as
I can remember. The two are
the certainties we seem to be
unable to avoid. The first, certain for living beings and the
second certain to be expected
from any sort of government.
Here in our nation a sort of a
slimy sort of tax, the income
tax, was born and has evolved
as a way of life. The legislature
tweaks it every year or so and
adds (but it seems, never subtracts) pages and pages to the
file of ways, means, methods
and things that are taxed under
the guise of “the law”. Over
the years the percentage of
income, the amount of income,
and the advantages to the government are built up, broken
down and wording finely dissected to what they call “in the
interest of fairness and clarity”. Woops! Fair to whom and
clear to whom? In recent years
a lot of people who really don’t
care for how those mounds of
books full of instructions are
inflated but never deflated.
They are called government.
The past number of years
has generated a couple of
novel ideas of how that government can wrest the needed
dollars to “run” that government. One is called the flat tax
and the other the fair tax. Both
have many adherents.
I’m no expert, but I think the
flat one is a percentage (to be
calculated) which will be the
same for everyone, the fair one
is a consumption tax, rather
like today's sales tax. (I hope I
don’t have those backwards.)
Whatever! In any case no
one in government seems to
care for either one. Makes you
wonder if they would not care
for that many people, from the
IRS, to suddenly appear on the
out-of-work list.
Garrett “Dead Eye” Frazier, nine-year-old son of Chuck
and Pat Frazier of Rosenburg, Texas, killed this axis on
Wednesday, March 18, with his .223 Remington rifle. The
axis was scored by Jeff Zion of Eagle Eye Taxidermy and
received a score of 138 6/8 on the Records of Exotics putting
Garrett 65th in the state.
Nationally recognized artists
to take part in Junction
Summer Art program
submitted
Several nationally known
artists will be the highlight of
the Summer Art Education
Program at Texas Tech
University Center at Junction
this year.
Funds from the College of
Outreach
and
Distance
Education and the College of
Visual and Performing Arts
will allow Helen Klebesadel, a
watercolorist;
Jamie
Dominguez, known for his
work using indigenous firing
methods; and several others to
attend summer sessions as
guest artists and teachers.
Future Akins-Tillett, coordinator for the Master of Art
Education program, said that
the attendance of nationally
recognized artists to the summer program is invaluable to
both students and the program
itself.
“Junction is a unique environment of intensity and
focus,” Akins-Tillett said. “It
is a community of artistic and
scholarly practice. These
artists will bring national
attention to both the location
and the program.”
Akins-Tillett said that the
experience will be beneficial
to students because it will
allow them to have more
diverse viewpoints for criticism while allowing them to
observe the working style of
master artists.
Alumni from the Master of
Art Education program have
been invited for a long weekend at TTU Center at Junction
June 11-14 to take part in a
discussion on balancing leadership, artistic practice and
family obligations.
“We hope to initiate dialogue across disciplines and
careers,” Akins-Tillett said of
the decision to invite both professional artists and alumni to
summer events.
Interested students can
enroll in studio-based courses
during the summers at
Junction for personal enrichment or in pursuit of a Master
of Art Education. The format
of the Master of Art Education
program is unique because it
is the only program in Texas
that combines online instruction during the fall and spring
semesters and face-to-face
studio coursework during the
summers in Junction.
For
details,
visit
www.de.ttu.edu/taea.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Tours start soon at Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area
submitted
The Devil's Sinkhole
Society announces the inauguration of twice-monthly hiking tours at the Devil's
Sinkhole State Natural Area.
The hikes will take place the
first and third Saturdays starting this April 4.
The evening bat tour season
begins Friday, May 1. This
will be the eighth year the volunteers of the Devil's Sinkhole
Society will provide this tour.
Information about both tours
is available by calling 830683-BATS or going on-line to
www.devilssinkhole.org.
Reservations are needed for
the hikes which will begin at
the Rocksprings Visitors
Center on the Rocksprings
town square at about 10 a.m.
There are three hiking trails
that each require about one
hour
of
walking.
Combinations of hikes can be
made according with approval
of the hiking guides.
Reservations are also needed for the bat tours, though
walk-ins can usually be accomodated. The bat tours are
held Wednesdays-Sundays
from May 1 through mid-
October. Bat tours begin at the
Rocksprings Visitors Center
around 6:30 p.m. depending
on when the bats start flying.
Hikers will get to see typical
Edwards Plateau countryside
and the beginnings of the valleys to the south. Depending
on the hiking route, Native
American mounds and rare
plants may be among the visual treats.
Bat viewing guests climb
aboard the "Batbus" and listen
to a volunteer tour guide
describe the countryside, history, and ecology of the area
on the ride to the Devil's
The Kimble County Sheriff's Office is seeking
information on a theft. Stolen were five joints of white PVC well casings
(pipe), 20 feet in length and 4 1/2 inches in diameter. The casings were stolen
from the west end of Kimble County on or about March 6, 2009. The Sheriff's
Office is offering a $500.00 reward for the recovery of the property and the
arrest and conviction of the person(s) responsible. Please contact the Sheriff's
Office at 325-446-2766 with any information.
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Sinkhole. Then guests get to
look into Texas's largest onechamber cave and then see a
tornadic mass of bats arise
from the cave. Three and a
half million bats roost at the
Devil's Sinkhole.
The Devil's Sinkhole is a
National Natural Landmark.
South Llano
River State
Park
National Weather
Service Report
Daily Temperature
Readings
Date High Low Rainfall
03-16
60 35
0
03-17 81 35
0
03-18 79 36
0
03-19 83 35
0
03-20 83 46
0
03-21
78 63
0
03-22 81 63
0
Fort McKavett to host West
Texas Heritage Days
submitted
Fort McKavett State Historic Site invites the public to celebrate history at the annual West Texas Heritage Days on
March 28. Living historians and reenactors from around the
state will gather to tell the real stories of fort life in the 1800s.
The gates will open at 8 a.m. followed by a 10 a.m. flag
raising ceremony. A bar-b-que lunch will begin at noon, and
at 4:30 p.m. a flag lowering ceremony will be held.
Activities include cavalry, artillery and infantry drills,
Native American demonstrations, chuck wagon cooking and
other frontier skills. Ice House Brass Band will perform during the barbecue lunch benefiting the Friends of Fort
McKavett (donations accepted).
Admission to the event is $3 for adults, $2 for seniors and
free for children 12 and under.
For more information call 325-396-2358 for directions and
additional details.
Fort McKavett is one of 20 historic sites operated by the
Texas Historical Commission. The site tells the story of a
late-19th-century western fort in an authentic setting of 17
restored buildings and several ruins. The restored buildings
include a hospital, post headquarters, barracks and officers
quarters. A historic trail winds down to a lime kiln exhibit,
rock quarry and springs.
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Ranch Fence • Fence Painting • Welding • Sandblasting
Air Compressor Posthole Drilling or Bel-Tec Drilling
Will cut and deliver
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Pest Control
Marvin and Laura Wilson, Owners
Lic.# 41911 & 6735
Allison Well
Service
• Complete Plumbing Repair &
Drain Cleaning Service
• Septic System Installation
• Yard Sprinkler Systems • Sewer
• Gas • Water Line Replacement
• Water Heaters • Faucets &
Fixtures
Also state licensed Septic Installer OS5770 & Master Plumber M14661
Modesto
B o a r d i n g * G r o o m i n g * T ra i n i n g
kingcarepetcenter.com
325-446-2939
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HILL COUNTRY
WELL SERVICE
For all your windmill and
pump services,
call 446-3456 or 446-7506
Gould-Grundfos Pumps
Wind Generators
Sprinkler Systems
Sales & Service
Solar Pumps & Products
Residential • Commercial
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Smith Septic Services
Pet Care
King-Care
Pet Center
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Hardin Plumbing Co., Inc.
1940 N. Main Street
Junction, Texas 76849-3599
Phone: 325-446-2580
Fax: 325-446-2575
[email protected]
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Roads, Clearing, Building Pads, Granite Gravel,
Top Soil, Road Base, Material Hauling, etc.
Well Services
Berry Electric Service
Residential and commercial plumbing
Septic systems installed
Frigidaire appliances
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1112 Main/PO Box 173 * Junction, TX 76849
(325) 446-4471 * Fax (325) 446-3361 * [email protected]
HEATING * AIR CONDITIONING
Crushed red granite gravel, top soil, caliche, new road
construction, repair old roads, house pads, dozer work, custom
hauling, blade work, backhoe, general property maintainence.
Contact:
Dwayne Craig - 325-446-6070
TACL #A006061C
Willard Crenwelge
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Licensed septic system
installer. Lic. #02711
Will haul granite, dirt,
rock, sand, gravel, etc.
Tooter Schulze 325 / 446-2885
Dozer Work
Flooring and Window Coverings
Robinson Dozer/Dirt Work
APACHE FLOORS
Road work, brush & cedar clearing, building sites,
dirt work, trenching, backhoe work, hauling
& septic systems. Base material and top soil.
Tile Sale .99/sq. ft.
(reg. $2.99/sq. ft.)
Tile ~ Granite ~ Marble
Wood ~ Laminate ~ Carpet
Window shades
Mark Robinson
325-446-4395 Office
325-446-7050 Mobile
609 Main Street
Junction, Texas
105 N. 11th St., Junction TX 76849
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325-446-4067
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Brush Management/Construction
Land Clearing
TEAGUE'S TREE SHEARING
- Cedar Clearing
- Land Clearing and Leveling
- Mesquite Shearing and Spraying
- Fence Lines, Lots, and Right-of-Ways Cleared
Contact COURTNEY TEAGUE for all your
Cedar Clearing needs!
(512) 557-4144
www.apachefloors.net
www.teaguestreeshearing.com
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Luke Tillman
Land Improvement
Cedar Clearing
Mesquite Clearing
General Bobcat Work Right of Ways
Full Liability Insurance
210-216-9304
Junction, Texas
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Outdoors
Outback
by Kendal Hemphill
Past the End of the World
Part 1
that’s not all. Oh, no.
See, the motto at Big Bend
National Park is ‘You Can’t
Do That Here.’ ‘Without A
Permit.’ Anything you want to
do, from drive through the
gate to park to walk the trails
to look at the rocks or whatever, you need a permit, plus
some other stuff, to do it.
Americans have the attitude,
mostly, that if something is not
specifically proscribed, it must
be permitted. In Big Bend
National Park, the opposite it
true. If you can’t buy a permit
to do something, you’d better
not do it. Or else.
When we got to Panther
Junction, even though the
Visitor’s Center was closed,
we saw a Park Ranger type
woman and caught her before
she could get away. Which is
how we found out that we
were flagrantly In Violation.
And we hadn’t even done anything yet.
I told the lady that my boys
and I planned to float Santa
Elena Canyon during the next
couple of days, and camp
overnight along the way. So
she proceeded to tell me what
we needed to be allowed to do
that. I thought we already had
everything we needed. As it
turns out, I am a total idiot.
See, if you want to float the
river in canoes or kayaks, you
have to make sure everyone in
every boat has a paddle, PLUS
an extra paddle for the group,
AND an extra paddle per
canoe, or something. You also
have to have a life jacket for
everyone on the trip, PLUS an
extra life jacket for the group.
Or else. But that’s not all. Oh,
no.
You also have to have a
portable potty for the group.
Yes. And I didn’t have one,
As the great philosopher
Descartes once said, “The
longest journey begins with a
single flat tire.” That’s also
how most of my short and
medium journeys start. So
when my family decided to go
to Big Bend National Park and
float part of the Rio Grande
River during Spring Break, I
expected some car trouble. I
was not disappointed.
The car trouble, though, was
not necessarily a bad thing,
since we were headed west.
We had planned to leave about
seven in the morning, but
ended up not getting off until
after ten, which put us in
Junction a little before noon.
So naturally we stopped at
Cooper’s Barbecue for dinner.
Which is pretty much what I
had planned to do anyway.
From Junction it’s only
about 1349 miles to Ft.
Stockton, where we turned
south and drove another 763
miles to the entrance of Big
Bend National Park and
Dangerous Animal
and
Reptile Preserve. It was
closed. Well, not exactly
closed, but we got there too
late in the day to get into the
visitor’s center at Panther
Junction and get a permit to
float the river.
The Rio Grande River is
actually what they call
International Waters, which
means it doesn’t belong to
either the United States or
Mexico. So naturally the
National Park Service requires
everyone who wants to float
on it to buy a permit. This
costs ten bucks, which is not
refundable in case of drowning. Or anything else. But
because I’m an idiot. And I
couldn’t rent one from the
park people, because they
were closed. Which was why I
also couldn’t get a permit,
until the next day. Maybe.
So we left and drove on
through the park to Terlingua,
where we had a room reserved
at the Big Bend Resort &
Adventures, which belongs to
a company called Forever
Resorts, part of this complete
breakfast. If you’re ever in
Terlingua, that’s the place to
stay. Not that you have a lot of
choices in Terlingua anyway,
but the folks at Big Bend
Resort & Adventures are
extremely nice and accommodating, even to idiots.
It was just about dark, but
we decided to look around and
see if we could learn anything
about the river, so we drove
down to Big Bend River
Tours. Sure enough, it was still
open. And sure enough, the
owner was there. And sure
enough, she had all the extra
stuff we were required to have
for our trip, including a River
Potty. She sort of reminded me
of Mr. Haney from Green
Acres. For the mere price of
five dollars a day, plus a thirtydollar cleaning fee, she rented
us a River Potty. Which is
WAY less than I would charge,
if I were going to have to clean
one of those things.
She also told us we could
get a permit to float the river in
Lajitas, which is where we
planned to put in anyway. So
that all worked out very well,
and it seemed we were all set
for the next day. But then, any
river trip is an adventure, and a
trip on the Rio Grande is more
adventure than most, so you
never know what’s going to
happen. Plus, I’m an idiot . . .
Kendal Hemphill is an outdoor
humor columnist and public
speaker who plans to write about
the actual river trip next week.
Maybe. Write to him at PO Box
1600, Mason, Tx 76856 or
[email protected]
by
Don
Knotts
A consumer guide to the
Farm Bill
credit: American Farm
Bureau
Food Security in the 2008
Farm Bill:
Ensures that U.S. consumers continue to have
access to the thousands of
safe, high-quality and affordable U.S.-grown farm products they rely on to feed and
clothe their families and fuel
their lives.
Provides a safety net for
farmers so that when prices
for farm goods take a tumble,
farmers can recoup some of
the money they spent on the
fuel, fertilizer, water and other
inputs to grow and raise those
goods. Without that safety net,
farmers could be forced to
shrink the amount of food and
fiber they are able to grow,
which would cause the prices
consumers pay to go up. In
addition, more food would be
imported, creating food safety
worries as well as cost concerns.
Nutrition
and
Food
Programs:
Give more Americans
access to the Food Stamp
Program, which has been
renamed the Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program
(SNAP). SNAP helps lowincome people and families
buy the food they need for
good health.
Increases SNAP benefits.
Boosts funding for the
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Emergency Food Assistance
Program, which helps supplement the diets of low-income
needy persons, including elderly people, by providing
them with emergency food
and nutrition assistance.
Boosts funding for the Fresh
Fruit and Vegetable Program,
through which participating
schools offer and promote free
fresh fruits and vegetables and
dried fruit throughout the
school day.
Boosts funding for the
Senior Farmers' Market
Nutrition program. This program awards grants to states,
U.S. territories, and federally
recognized Indian tribal governments to provide lowincome seniors with coupons
that can be exchanged for eligible foods at farmers’ markets, roadside stands and community-supported agriculture
programs.
Creates initiatives for
enhancing community food
security, promoting local
foods and advocating healthy
eating patterns, including
curbing obesity.
Food Aid:
Helps fight hunger and provides assistance throughout
the world. The United States is
one of the most generous
providers of in-kind food aid
to fight hunger and starvation
around the world, thanks to
help from the farm bill. U.S.
food products identified by the
marking "GIFT OF THE
PEOPLE OF THE UNITED
STATES OF AMERICA" are
among the most visible manifestations of the good will of
the U.S. to developing countries.
County Agent’s
Corner
Russell Kott, County Extension Agent, Kimble Co.,
Texas AgriLife Extension, Texas A&M University
On April 9, the Texas
AgriLife Extension Service
will conduct a multi-county
Hill Country Wildlife Management Field Day beginning
with registration at 8:15 a.m.
at the Mason Mountain
Wildlife Management Area.
The day’s activities will conclude by 3 p.m. The AgriLife
Extension
offices
from
Mason, Gillespie, Menard,
McCulloch, Kimble and
Llano are conducting the field
day.
To reach the management
area, take Ranch Road 386
north from the Mason
Courthouse, travel about two
and a half miles and turn left
on Old Mason Road. Go two
and a half miles down Old
Mason Road to the management area entrance.
The morning program will
include a tour of prescribed
fire as well as mechanical and
herbicide brush control methods. Proper rate and volume of
various brush herbicide applications will be demonstrated.
There also will be discussions
on deer nutritional needs during drought, and on website
design and marketing the
wildlife resource.
A producer panel is planned
that is comprised of landown-
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Bridal Registry
Cherokee Bridge and Road, Ltd.
The Bridal Registry is always open.
545 U.S. 83 North
Concrete Sales Division
!BATCH PLANT NOW OPERATING!
Ready Mix delivered to meet your needs
City Pharmacy
Gift Department
1610 Main
CALL
325-446-3710 Mobile: 210-827-4286
Delivery after 5 p.m. and on Saturdays at no extra cost.
Also Road Work, Base, Materials, Paving and Dams
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AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
RIO 10
STADIUM CINEMA
1401 BANDERA
HWY 173
KERRVILLE
Online advance
tickets available
BUY BEFORE
YOU DRIVE!
For movie info.
please call
830-792-5170
Or visit our website at
www.rioentertainment.com
KERRVILLE, TX
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325-446-2511
Environment:
Provides money to help
farmers care for the environment. Because of the environmental programs funded
through the program, farmers
are able to plant hundreds of
thousands of trees every year;
provide habitat for wildlife;
increase and protect wetlands
and prevent soil erosion.
Helps farmers do their part
to keep greenhouse gases in
check for the rest of our
nation. Agriculture remains
the country's number one
source of carbon sequestration, helping to offset the
impact of the rest of the economy's contribution to greenhouse gas build-ups.
Energy:
Helps supply home-grown
renewable
energy
and
decreases our dependence on
foreign oil. The farm bill
allows America's farmers to
grow crops to make renewable
fuels that are good for our
environment and the nation's
economy.
Provides much needed
funds for research on the next
generation of renewable fuels.
A Way of Life:
Primarily helps individuals
and families who have farmed
together for generations and
make up more than 98 percent
of U.S. farms, producing
about 86 percent of our country's food supply.
Keeps families farming and
helps them contribute to rural
communities. Farmers make
vital contributions to their
rural communities, last year
paying more than $8 billion in
property taxes alone to help
support rural schools and
infrastructure.
ers who are successful in marketing their wildlife. Some
have operated wildlife enterprises in the Hill Country for
several generations. The presentations will range from
non-guided hunts to total
package deals. Some producers manage breeding programs behind game-proof
fences and derive their income
solely from wildlife and recreation, while others view hunting simply as a means of
diversifying their operations.
They will also speak on topics
including raising penned
quail, season leases and experiences related to running successful livestock and wildlife
enterprises simultaneously.
Individual pre-registration
by April 6 is $15 and $20
thereafter. The fee includes
lunch. Three Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be
available (two integrated pest
management and one general).
Call the Kimble County
Extension office at 325-4462620 for reservations, or you
may call any of the other participating counties.
For further information
please contact Russell Kott,
County Extension Agent Agriculture/Natural
Resources, at 325-446-2620
or email [email protected].
The Kimble County Extension
website
http://kimble-co.
tamu.edu/ also contains helpful information.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
SPORTS PAGE
Girls track results at Harper
by Coach Rob McAdams
JV girls division:
100 M Dash
Kasey Castleberry, 1st, 13.55;
200 M Dash
Castleberry, 1st, 28.22;
Varsity girls division;
Discus
Joanna Gutierrez, 4th, 75' 2"
Kilee Wilham, 5th, 66' 1"
Shot Put
Wilham, 5th, 28' 9"
Gutierrez, 6th, 26' 9"
Long Jump
Megan Murr, 1st, 15' 9"
Kayley Eckert, 2nd, 15' .5"
Triple Jump
Eckert, 1st, 33' 7.5"
Murr, 2nd, 33' 4.25"
High Jump
Murr, 1st, 4' 8"
100 M Dash
Zoey Ellingwood, 4th, 13.68
200 M Dash
Ellingwood, 4th, 29.20
400 M Dash
Eckert, 2nd, 1.02.07
300 M Hurdles
Tye Douthit, 5th, 1.01.52
Molly Carpenter rounds first and looks into right field to see
how the play is developing.
It’s a matter of foot speed now. Junior Sheyanne Smith and
the ball are both on their way to first.
Senior Molly Carpenter gives a lesson on how the sacrifice
bunt should work. As she heads to first, most of the Forsan
infield is crowded around the ball.
First baseman Desirae Newbury fields the ball and makes
the tag to quickly retire this Forsan batter.
Senior Hope Gipson lets this Forsan player know that if you
head for home against the Lady Eagles, you better really
want it.
Senior Macy Brooks heads toward home for an important
Freshman Mary Whitworth fields and fires the ball back to run. Every one counted as the Lady Eagles edged Forsan by
the infield from her position in center field.
a score of 4 to 3.
Lady Eagles play Winters at Home,
Friday, March 27, at 6:30 p.m.
Varsity Eagles play Menard at Home,
Friday, March 27, at 4:30 p.m.
Come out to the ball fields and
support your Eagles!
This sports page is provided by the following sponsors:
Termites
Yards, Roaches
Trees
JOHNSON’S
PEST CONTROL
325-446-3462
The Milky Way
“Good Food, Good Friends”
1922 Main St.
JUNCTION, TX.
Isaack’s Restaurant
“Enjoy Hill Country Hospitality”
Benny & Jennifer Frasier
1606 Main Street • (325) 446-2629
2200 N. Main
(325) 446-9300
Junction Eagle Booster Club
reminds everyone,
“It takes TEAMWORK to
Go Eagles!!
1619 Main St.
West Bear Creek
For all your
GET ‘ER DONE!”
and feed needs.
406 Main Street
(325) 446-2514
Good
luck
Eagles!!
Make it Happen!
Play with your Hearts!
You are Champions!
Dr. Reneé Schulze, JISD Superintendent
FIRST STATE BANK
The Friendly Bank
2002 Main
(325)
446-3391
Dairy Queen
Fast, Friendly Service &
new sweet deal menu.
IH-10 & Hwy. 83
(325) 446-2121
446-2695
2337 N. Main
446-9200
Junction Short Stop & Pizza Pro
OPEN 24 Hours
(325) 446-4524
(325) 446-2739
1977
North Main
Kimble County Sheriff’s
Office &
Sheriff Hilario Cantu
Keep a strong mind and healthy body,
Say no to drugs!
904 College • Junction
(325) 446-2561
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