The Board of Trustees of the San Saba ISD held a regular meeting on Monday, November 14th at 6 p.m. in the Central Administration Office. President, Kim Kirk, called the meeting to order and established a quorum with Trustee Suzie Nettleship absent. Kevin Shahan gave the invocation followed by everyone joining for the pledges to the American and Texas flags.High School students, McKenzie Hibler and Yicelle Cuevas gave a video presen-tation for FCCLA, What Is Leadership.

Cherokee Cross Country had a successful district meet recently. The boys team placed 2nd and Libby Lasley won her division. The Regional qualifiers will compete this Saturday at San Antonio. See Coach Martin or Coach Lasley for directions!

Two retired school teachers created an exciting Saturday for the kids at Cherokee Home for Children October 22nd. Charles and Suzanne Jones of Woodson, Texas brought two of their horses, Joe and Sandy to visit the children’s home located 15 miles south of San Saba. The couple conceived the idea for Cowboy Day following a presentation by Cherokee Home at their local church in Woodson, Texas.

Have you ever witnessed the birth of something special? If you were at the Pecan Jam you did. This event could help the town of San Saba and local businesses stay afloat during these uncertain times.The beauty of San Saba will be talked about, along with the warm-hearted friendly people and hopefully that alone will bring in visitors to our wonderful town.

The San Saba County Pecan Queen will be crowned during theSan Saba River Pecan Jam, at 2:30 p.m., Saturday, October 22nd in Risien Park. Scholarships will be awarded as follows: Queen - $1500 and Tiara; 1st Runner Up - $500; 2nd Runner Up - $250. The Queen will receive a $200 Savings Bond and both Runner Ups a $100 Savings Bond from Arrowhead Bank.

Cherokee ISD now has a new Ag program and an FFA. Classes being taught are Wildlife, Principles of Ag, Ag Mech, Power Tech, Horticulture, Landscaping and Professional Communication. The new FFA officers are President Ryan Breadner, Vice President Gabe Perry, Secretary Burnam Sloan, Treasurer Talli Morrison, Reporter T.J. Jackson, Sentinel Mikey Smith, Historian Emily Skaggs, Parliamentarian Amber Bell, Student Advisor Baily Arms, Chaplain Lauryn Tatsch and Advisor Wes Harris.

After much prep work done by the firefighters and their wives, the line started forming about 5:40 last Saturday. No one wanted to miss the fish and trimmings. The line reached from inside the building, out to the street and curved back around following the street for a ways. Richland Springs, Elm Grove and San Saba folks came together to eat fish, fries, beans, hush puppies, cakes, brownies, pies and cobbler, oh yeah, and banana pudding that was gone in a flash.Jeffrey Bates is Fire Chief a ...

The San Saba Pecan Classic Fall Four Lady Golf Tournament was a huge success with two San Saba teams in the money! The Sterner team came through once again, winning second in the second flight. This is the three generation team of Dorothy Sterner, her two daughters, Debbie Lee and Kay Barclay, and her granddaughter, Courntey McNeil.

Saturday evening Cherokee VFD held its annual fish fry/bar-b-que. The turn out was fantastic. Great food was served and fun was had by all. It is wonderful to see how close and caring this small community is. Folks would stroll around visiting table to table. Smiling faces and slaps on the back, and calls of "hello, so good to see you"

On the evening of Tuesday, September the sixth, the San Saba County 4-H’ers and their families filed into the San Saba Civic Center for the annual San Saba County 4-H Awards Banquet. Following the dinner served before the ceremony a prayer led by Melanie Hedley and the Pledge of Allegiance by Ron Gerhart opened the ceremony. The first awards of the banquet went out to 4-H’ers who participated in the 4-H Recordbook Program.

Last Friday night brought the second "First" for me in consecutive weeks in the realm of football. The first "First" was the scrimmage in May, on Saturday Aug 13, that was cancelled for......too much rain?? The second "First" was watching football in 107 degree weather at Coyote Field. The defending Division II State Champion Coyotes, hosted the Division I Throckmorton Greyhounds and the Oglesby Tigers in a three-way round robin scrimmage.

San Saba medalists at the 29th Annual San Saba Junior Tennis Association Tournament held July 29th and 30th

The SSHS Dilloettes attended camp at the YO Ranch in Kerrville last week. They learned 5 routines in 3 days and a had a great bonding experience. They were among 7 other schools and over 150 dancers. The ladies received a Super Sweepstakes trophy in which they had to be on time for every scheduled event, receive Division I ratings in each night’s evaluations and make a Positive Overall Impression on the Danceline Staff.

SSISD young ladies participated in the Lady Dillo Basketball Camp this past week. The camp emphasized fundamental skills development such as ball handling, shooting technique, passing, and defensive positioning. The girls also had the chance to display their talents by competing in various team games and individual contests. Theses young ladies did an outstanding job and look to be bright stars for the Lady Dillo program.

A fast moving grass fire occurred on Saturday at around 12:45 p.m. on FM500 near the Spring Creek tabernacle. A fire was reported to the 911 operator and San Saba, Elm Grove, Richland Springs and Cherokee Fire Departments attacked it immediately. The fire was fast moving and in heavy fuel and several residences were in danger.