The PTC will have a Celebration on Saturday, July 5. The parade will start at 5:00 p.m. Hamburger supper will be at 6:00 p.m. At 7:00 p.m. there will be games for the children on the football field. The adults can play horseshoes, washers, dominoes and spades. There will be drinks and snow cones in the concession stand.

We are happy to report a good rain for this past weekend. The neighbors out at Elm Grove registered 2.5 inches over the weekend. I hope we received that much at our place because we sure could use it. We are still in need of running water. We received 3.1 inches in June compared to 9.6 last year.

This Friday, we celebrate the birth of our country. Every year around this time we seem to get that patriotic feeling. Really, this is a time to remember the freedom we have to enjoy. Some today may think we do not have many freedoms, but compared to other countries, we have the best!

Reading Recommendations: The Texas Rangers, Wearing The Cinco Peso: 1821-1900, Mike Cox - "Mike (Cox) has a way of writing the history of the Rangers that keeps your attention and makes reading easy and enjoyable. Every Texas Ranger, past and present, should read this book." - Joe B. Davis - President of the Former Texas Rangers Foundation and 24-year Texas Ranger veteran Austin American Statesman journalist, Mike Cox, explores the inception and rise of the famed Texas Rangers.

The topic of this month’s column was requested by a San Saba resident. Send your questions and comments to: healthssnews@gmail.com The kidneys are one of the most complicated organs in the body. Their proper function is essential to maintaining good health. Besides their well-known function of removal of certain wastes, the kidneys also help maintain blood pressure, balance blood electrolytes, and perform many other functions.

A few folks from around our fair valley of the Pecan might make fun of the minute amount of moisture we received earlier in the week, but I know lots of folks that would have been blessed to have had it. Most of the reports we heard ran in the .20”- .30, with M.

Receipts totaled 1745 head for the week. The market remains very active and demand strong on all classes of cattle. Stocker heifers sold $3 to $5 higher and stocker steers sold $1 higher. Feeder heifers sold $1 higher and feeder steers showed no change. Packer cows sold $2 to $3 higher while packer bulls were $1 higher.

On June 19th, the San Saba Ladies Golf Association met for playday with the Chair for June, Jo Anne Hardy, calling for a game of partnership play with the team playing six holes of low ball, six holes of Scotch twosome, and six holes of best ball less the handicap of the team.

A sprinkle of rain early Thursday morning, and nothing until late Sunday afternoon when it rained nine-tenths on the west side of the river, but nothing in downtown Bend. There were some reports of two-tenths up to one and one-half inch east of the river. The Fourth of July (Independence Day) should be celebrated, but do keep in mind that fireworks can be dangerous and the threat of fire from setting off fireworks around dry pastures can cause lots of damage.

Depending on where you work, this has been a great week! Even if you do work outside, it felt as if it was a little cooler; why, I don’t know, it just did. Saturday, we had 3/10 inches of rain. It was not expected, not even much by way of inches, but very appreciated.

It was completed on October 28, 1886, and stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. The formal name is “Liberty Enlightening the World,” but we call it the Statute of Liberty. It pictures a woman escaping the chains of tyranny and at her feet lie broken chains. In her right hand is a torch held high to symbolize liberty and in her left hand is a tablet with the inscription - July 4, 1776.

The Surgeon General has issued a new “call to action” concerning underage drinking. The goals of the Call to Action include: Fostering changes in society that facilitate healthy adolescent development and that help prevent and reduce underage drinking; Engaging parents, schools, communities, all levels of government, all social systems that interface with youth, and youth themselves, in a coordinated national effort to prevent and reduce underage drinking and its consequences; Promoti ...

Don Riggs, Executive Director for USDA's Farm Service Agency in San Saba County announced that farmer and rancher candidate nominations began June 15th for local Farm Service Agency (FSA) County Committees. The nomination period continues through August 1, 2008. Elections take place this fall. "I encourage all producers to participate in the County Committee election process by nominating candidates by the August 1st deadline,"

Dear Editor: Jessica Estrada, an 8-year-old upcoming fourth grader and lifetime resident of San Saba, has been diagnosed with bone cancer. If anyone is willing to help make it easier on her and her family, here are a few ideas of what can be done: • A money donation of any kind.

Don Riggs, Executive Director of USDA's Farm Service Agency in San Saba County says that sign-up begins immediately for the 2008 Direct and Counter-cyclical Payment Program (DCP) which helps deliver certainty for the crop year and the option of a timely advance payment. Contracts are available today at USDA Service Centers and sign-up will continue until September 30, 2008.

The First United Methodist Church in San Saba is preparing to embark on an out-of-this-world Vacation Bible School adventure that brings the wonder of God to life. During 2008 Vacation Bible School, our Space Voyagers will join Cosmic City Tours on a journey through Cosmic City, a floating space city unlike anywhere else.

Edna Bostick, 83, of San Saba, passed away, Thursday, June 26, 2008 in San Saba. She was born January 6, 1925 in San Saba, the daughter of Grant and Estelle Bostick. She was a member of the Baptist church. Edna is survived by two sons: Jimmy Prescott of Hamilton, and Lonnie Prescott and his wife, Annette, of Houston; two daughters: Elaine Fadnek and her husband, Andy; and Wilma Volone and her husband, Frank, all of Knoxville, TN; twelve grandchildren, several great-grandchildren and great-gre ...

Wallace Maddox, 79, of Lometa, Texas, passed away Saturday, June 28, 2008 in Lampasas, Texas. He was born August 8, 1928 in Sulphur Springs, Arkansas, the son of Charles William Maddox and Etta Ferguson Maddox. On May 5, 1950, Wallace Harold Maddox and Bernice Lybrand were married in Hot Springs, Ark.

The San Saba Armadillo baseball team received more post-season honors this past week. Senior catcher, Luke Haug, and Senior second-baseman, Derek Sears, both received Academic All-State from the Texas High School Baseball Coaches Association (THSBCA). Junior pitcher, Blake Lewis, received 3rd Team All-State from the THSBCA. Congratulations to these fine young men!