GENESIS 1:1 “ In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.” If any person will read and study the history of creation they will be greatly blessed; and they should be ashamed if they have not already done that. We will not waste space by writing scripture to prove comment for this message because all who are interested will not need that repetition of facts.The Bible reveals that God not only created the heaven and the earth, but He also created every thing in them.

The cold front moved in this past weekend and with it just a small amount of rain, but no ice. Monday morning woke up to a cold, cloudy overcast day and according to the weathermen it will warm up again on Tuesday, by the time you read this you will know if the predication was right or wrong.

Eating several servings of a variety of colorful fruits and vegetables a day helps maintain good health, protect against the effects of aging, and reduce the risk of cancer and heart disease. Have some fun with the red and green colors during the winter holiday season. Here’s a list of red and green fruits and vegetables from the National Cancer Institute at http://bodyandsoul.nih.gov Tomatoes spaghetti sauce tomato juice tomato soup red peppers red onions beets red cabbage kidney beans a ...

Gene and Minyone Toumbs of Garland recently visited the David Fry family and other friends. Fern Woolsey is in the Scott and White Hospital at Temple. We wish Fern a speedy recovery. Avery and Maurine Johnson spent the weekend at Spring Branch visiting with the Poss family. Jane Randolph had a Christmas party last Monday night for the Bunco Girls.

The one thing that every one has is garbage. Each day there are things that we dispense of that we no longer need. Some of it may be in our kitchens when we are preparing food. Other times we throw out things that have collected in our offices that are useless.

We have had some real winter weather over the weekend with it being cloudy and drizzly with no measurable rainfall. It was 32 degrees this Monday morning. Our most exciting news of the week is another new great grandson for me! Kreed Andrew Cummings was born to Wiley and Tara Cummings last Thursday, the 6th.

Reading Recommendations: Ancient Indians of The Southwest, Alfred Tamarin and Shirley Glubok The remais of great structures of adobe and stone still stand under the southwestern sun, silent and empty, the voices of their Indian inhabitants still for centuries. Where did they come from, the ancient ones, the Anasazi people, who lived on the mesa tops and in the cliff dwellings?

My apologies for missing last week’s edition of the “News”, but R. Barker and Yrs. Truly had to be out of town on extremely urgent business. You see, the last week of Mule Deer season was winding down out in the Trans-Pecos, and being the devoted hunters we are, could hardly miss that sacred event.

Receipts totaled 7059 head for the week. Stocker steers sold $2 to $4 higher and stocker heifers sold $2 higher. Feeder steers and heifers sold steady while packer cows and bulls showed no change. In observance of Christmas, we will not be having sales on December 20, 24, 27 and 31.

Busy, that’s the word for this month, just plain busy. I just love it! Although you run into a Grinch here and there; fact of the matter is people try to be nice at this time of the year. I don’t understand those people who want to put an end to Christmas and Santa Claus.

The 52nd annual San Saba County Pecan Food Show was held Friday, December 7th at the Court House. In the Club Division, the judges chose Imogene Hawkins and her Brown Sugar Pound Cake as the Grand Champion and Connie Ballinger’s Creamy Pecan Pralines as Reserve Champion. In the non-club division, Patsy Stewart was named Grand Champion with her Vanishing Pecan Pie and Donna Blossman Reserve Champion with her Double Drizzle Pecan Cookies. Brenda Gibson was awarded the Grand Champion Rosette f ...

The San Saba Pecan Growers held their annual Pecan Show on December 3rd & 4th at the Courthouse. Entries were down this year with a total of 63 samples. Lucy Wilson, Tommy Behrens, Shaun Oliver, and Olan Tisdale were on hand to enjoy the show. John Begnaud, Tom Green County Horticulturist, judged the show on Tuesday morning. Imogene Hawkins was the proud Champion in the Natives followed by David Gilger for Reserve Champion Native.

George Richard (Scooby) Sanderson, 47, of Buchanan Dam, formerly of Bandera, Texas passed away December 4, 2007. He was born to George Shelby and Joyce Marie (Parks) Sanderson on January 26, 1960 in Smyrna, Tennessee. Mr. Sanderson served his country in the United States Air Force. He worked as a certified welder off shore.

Roy Sellman, 86, of Cherokee, Texas, passed away Sunday, December 09, 2007 at his residence in Cherokee. Roy was born March 21, 1921 in Rochelle, Texas to Charles Sellman and Vannie Long Sellman. Roy served in World War II with the US Navy and was a member of the Shore Patrol.

Richland Springs varsity Coyotes won a standing-room only state semifinals game against Trinidad 70-22 at Hico last Friday. It was a relatively warm night game that proved to be an exciting game, at least for the Coyote fans. This Saturday, December 15th the Coyotes will play Rule in the state finals match-up at San Angelo ISD’s stadium.

The San Saba Lady Dillos had a great week of basketball as they captured five wins and ran their season record to 11-3. We played last Tuesday against Lago Vista and soundly defeated the Lady Vikings once again by a score of 74-30. We played a sluggish first half which might’ve been due to the roller coaster ride that we were on as we traveled several “goat trails” to get to the school.

San Saba Elementary students had an excellent day at the UIL Competition in Tuscola at Jim Ned Middle School. Bruce Tabor, Elementary Principal, said, “Our students did a great job representing San Saba and I am proud of them all. Congratulations to these students and their teachers, parents/guardians and other family members.” The following students participated in the UIL Competition this year: Sergio Salazar, Bailey Bush, Jenna Steger, Hannah Hibler, Gage Glidewell, Emily Esquivel, Sarah ...

San Saba High School News Thurs. 12-13 Progress Reports Thurs. 12-13 NHS Christmas Party Mrs. Thomas’ Home 6:30 Friday, 12-14 Girls BB (JV,V) Wall – Here 5:00 PIPS perform at half time of Varsity game Friday, 12-7 Spurs FFA Night – San Antonio Mon. 12-17 Girls BB (JV,V) Brady – There 5:00 Mon. 12-17 Monthly Young Farmers Meeting Tuesday, 12-18 Boys BB (F,JV,V) Comanche – There 4:00 Have a great week!

The Cherokee Tournament wound up Saturday with the Lady Indians finishing 2nd in the girl’s bracket and the Indians finishing 3rd in the boy’s side. Mysti Bessent was named to the All-Tournament team. Both jr. high teams lost their games to Lohn last Monday. They are improving every week. The Physics class needs to borrow some Hot Wheels track.

December 10, 2007 You may have noticed the many school buses parked at the Armadillo Arena on Saturday and wondered just what was being held at school? No it was not a basketball tournament, but an academic tournament of sorts. San Saba Middle School proudly hosted 7 other school districts from University Interscholastic League (UIL) District 6 AA.