GENESIS 6:1-5 "It came to pass when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born unto them, that the sons of God saw the daughters of men that they were fair: and they took them wives of all they chose. There were giants in the earth in those days and when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men: They bare children to them who were mighty men of renown.

During medical school, aspiring physicians are often taught the principle of primum non nocere, more commonly known as “first, do no harm.” It holds that, faced with a delicate medical situation, a doctor should survey whether intervention will actually cause more trauma than healing. Today, Congress is confronted with the critical task of reforming our nation’s health care.

A lot of the food advise we get tells us to avoid certain foods. None of us like to do told “you can’t do that or eat that”. The Nutrient Rich Foods approach to eating is a little different. It is a positive approach that encourages us to eat certain foods.

Terry Vaughn’s dad Ronnie Vaughn had a pace maker put in last Monday. The funeral for M.J. Kuykendall was held last Saturday at the Kuykendall Cemetery. All his children and some grandchildren were able to attend the funeral. Marillyn Hawkins, M.J.’s sister and some of her children and grandchildren were also here. Carol Ann Burdine had double knee replacement surgery at Scott and White in Temple. Esther and Dan Cox had family visiting for the Fall Festival.

I took my wife out to eat the other day. The waitress brought us a menu and we began to look for what we wanted to eat. The first thing I look at is the item itself and it’s description. Then, because we are on a budget, I look at the price.

It appears that we are in for some beautiful Fall weather this week. Everything is still so pretty and green. We are beginning yet another new month. The Busy Bee quilting club will have a Thanksgiving dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 10th. If you would like to know what to bring, call our president, Marilyn Miller.

Reading Recommendations: Made from Scratch, Discovering the Pleasures of a Handmade Life, Jenna Woginrich "Point is, it feels good to get dirty, work hard, and slow down." In a world of mass produced food, factory stitched clothing, 300-channel cable television, and computer-centric desk jobs, its easy to overlook the simple pleasures of eating home grown vegetables, raising animals naturally and humanely, wearing hand sewn clothing, or simply enjoying an evening of unplugged entertainment. I ...

One night a guest bumped into a maid who was serving dinner, and threw coffee against the white wall. Immediately an ugly stain began to spread all over the wall. The guest was embarrassed. He apologized. But Sir Edwin Landseer, a famous painter, jumped to his feet and said, "Don't worry." Taking a pen from his pocket, he began to sketch around that awful stain.

Do you experience a lack of self-confidence? A lot of people do. Some folks try to cover it up by acting tough. Others try to compensate by showing off or by wearing flashy clothes. Why is it that people like this, people who have a poor self-image, are too proud to turn to God?

It is hard to believe that October is a thing of the past and November has arrived and the families are busy making plans for the big Turkey Day. The older you get the faster the months go flying by. The weather this past week was super-duper and so far this week it has been really nice.

It took me a few days, but I think I have thawed out from Friday night’s game. I’ll bet they did great with the hot cocoa business at the concession stand on Friday. I also saw several toboggans that must have been purchased from the Coyote wagon. I had some trouble with that word toboggan.

Recently we were moving some sheep to another pasture and about 25 head ran off from the flock. I tried to get around them with the 4 wheeler but because I was paying so close attention to the sheep I hit a mound of dirt and turned over. Fortunately I was not going very fast but I found out one thing, the older you get the harder the ground is.

The San Saba Middle School Armadillo’s experienced one of the busiest times of the year last week! Monday started off rainy, but it didn’t slow down the activities that were planned for the week. The cross-country teams had to wait until Tuesday to run, but it was all worth it.

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania - Nearly 40 years ago, murals depicting the glory of the Soviet military were freshly painted at the Novo Selo training area in Bulgaria. Today, nearly 20 years after the end of the Cold War they are flaking, subdued images of a bygone era. Now, artificial thunder echoes through the hills as a Bulgarian M1117 Guardian armored security vehicle runs the training course, mowing down targets with fire from its mounted heavy machine gun. The son of a Lometa cou ...

AN EVENT OF THE DECADE will be held at theRylander Library Friday and Saturday, Nov. 6th & 7th from 10am to 2pm. It has been almost ten years since we’ve had an open house and an art show by local artists Members of the Friends of the Library will be there to assist you and serve refreshments.

A wonderful gift, so precious and sweet; our hearts and lives are finally complete. Timothy and Tara Ketchum are pleased to announce the birth of their son, Timothy "Stone" Ketchum. Stone was born July 26, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. at Llano Memorial Hospital. He weighed 6 lbs. 6 oz. and was 18 1/2 in.

Colony Memorial Cemetery Association has received contributions in memory of Johnnie Day Barker and Mr. & Mrs. John Day.

Cris and Clarice Haines of Ruidoso and Richland Springs, Texas, recently celebrated 70 years of marriage on June 7, 2009. They were married June 7, 1939 in Llano, Texas. They have two daughters, Sue Smith and husband Bobby Joe of Ovalo, Texas, and Christine Anthony and husband Wallace of Richland Springs, Texas. They have three granddaughters, Judy Churchill of Del Rio, Texas; Janet Boatright of Wall, Texas and Charlene Rice of Ovalo, Texas. They have seven great grandchildren, Katy and Tell ...

Karen and Don Henson of Bowie and Mike Calcote of McKinney would like to announce the engagement of their daughter, Brooke Calcote to Adam Bagley, son of Dean and Alita Bagley of South Padre Island. Brook is a graduate of Midwestern State University and is employed as a teacher at San Saba Middle School.

Dear Editor, In the last nine months or so, we have been informed by the current administration to dis-abuse ourselves of the following: That we are one nation under God, built up on the framework of Christian principles that marriage is an institution established by God, between one man and one woman!

During their September 2009 meeting, the Texas Transportation Commission (Commission) adopted draft strategic direction statements for the agency. These new statements are designed to provide attainable performance results that the public can use to easily measure our organization. With that in mind, TxDOT is engaged in a statewide public education and outreach through our districts and divisions to collect public input from across the state.

The San Saba County Commissioners Court met for a special meeting at 9am on Friday, October 30th. Judge Byron Theodosis called the meeting to order. Commissioner Roger McGehee gave the invocation followed by everyone joining for the pledges to the American and Texas flags. The subject of the meeting was regarding an Indigent Defense Grant Program.

The Freemasons of San Saba Masonic Lodge No. 612 will hold their stated meeting on Saturday evening, November 7th. A meal of turkey, dressing and ham will be provided by Past Master Earnest Roy Jones. Supper will be served at 6:30 p.m. Members are asked to bring a complimentary covered side dish, bread, salad or dessert.

The San Saba Senior Center wishes to the thank everyone in the community who helped to make the cowboy boot Christmas stocking project a great success. The generous donations of time, money, materials and gift items have been amazing. Over the past weeks, the stockings were put together, decorations were added and then they were filled with a variety of food items, toiletries, and candy.

Dean and Alita Bagley of South Padre Island, Texas along with Thomas and Laura Wright of Seattle Washington would like to announce the marriage of their children Brittan Dean Bagley and Nicole Lynn Wright. The couple was married in a private wedding ceremony on Oct 22nd in San Saba Texas.

Kristen Harrell of San Saba is pictured with the 10 point buck (her first!) that she killed on opening morning of Youth Season.

Six Year Old T.J. Grant killed his first deer, an 8 point buck, Sunday afternoon during the Youth Season on the Shahan Ranch. T.J. is the son of Tim and Shayna Grant, big brother of Tyler Grant, Great-grandparents are Jimmie and Adriane Shahan, and Mary Maxcey.

It is fairly well evident that we have definitely found Fall around the Hill Country as demonstrated by ol’ Man Weather the past couple of weeks. We’ve had some extremely nice mornings with the temps. dipping down in the high 30’s, with the mid-afternoon mercury rising up to the 68-72 level, which Hoyt Browning & Charley Cunningham taught us was the ideal temperature for body comfort.

Receipts totaled 4555 head for the week. The market was steady on all classes of calves and yearlings after the last two weeks strong $4 to $7 increase. Packer cows and bulls sold steady from last week. Rep. Sales Mike Chirpich-Bluffton-2 Steers-510@118.00 Chris Pool-San Saba-4 Steers-538@112.00 Ryon Dunlap-Salado-8 Steers-571@105.00 Mike Chirpich-Bluffton-3 Steers-602@102.00 Mike Chirpich-Bluffton-2 Steers-713@95.00 Phil Sloan-San Saba-1 Heifer-578@115.00 Paul Schuessler-Llano-1 Heifer ...

Operation Orphans, Inc. kicked off its 50th season of taking less fortunate children deer hunting Friday, October 30th. Twenty five girls from four Texas children's homes came to Camp Gene Ashby looking forward to their outdoor experience Saturday. Homes represented were: Boy's & Girl's Harbor, La Porte; Children's Home of Lubbock; Foster's Home, Stephenville; and Boy's & Girl's Country, Hockley.

Bertha Allen, 89, of Santa Anna,Texas passed away Monday, October 26, 2009 at 4:55 am at her residence in Santa Anna. Services will be Wednesday at 11:00 am at Henderson Funeral Chapel with Rev. Bruce Hess officiating. Interment will follow at 3:00 pm at Richland Springs Cemetery under the direction of Henderson Funeral Home of Santa Anna.

Surrounded by his loving family, David Evans went to meet the Lord on Nov. 1, 2009. Since 2005 he had served as Executive Director of the Plainview/Hale County Industrial Foundation. For the previous 29 years he had served in several capacities with TXU. He had his Economic Development Certification from the International Economic Council in Washington, DC, was a graduate of the Economic Development Institute at the University of Oklahoma and received his Bachelor of Science Degree in Agricultu ...

Deanna Wells Saul, 68, of Brady, passed away Friday, October 23, 2009 at her residence. Deanna Wells was born, June 13, 1941 in the Rough Creek Community of San Saba County to John B. Wells and Beryl Locker Wells. Deanna worked most of her life as chief financial officer for Aus-Mex Corporation.

Edna Katherine (Kay) McKee was born on March 25, 1917 to Walter and Mary Lena Haynie Peel in Kemp, TX. She was an only child. Kay was raised in Kemp and graduated from Kemp High School as its Valedictorian in 1934. She then went on to receive a B.A. in English and Spanish from North Texas State University.

Funeral services for Edward H. Putnam, 96 of Northrup, Texas were held at 2:00 p.m. on Friday, October 30, 2009 at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Serbin, Texas with Rev. John Schmidt officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Visitation was held Thursday from 10:00 a.m. until 9:00 p.m. and Friday from 7:00 a.m.

Grace Marie Edmondson, 88, of Richland Springs, passed away on Monday, October 26, 2009 at a local care facility in San Saba, TX. She was born October 20, 1921 in Bethel Community, TX, the daughter of Charles A. Brown and Ethel Mae Cook. Grace Marie Brown and J. C. Edmondson were married on December 25, 1938 in San Saba.

James M. Bardwell, 76, of Ft. Worth, passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at Harris Methodist Hospital in Ft. Worth. He was born July 2, 1933 in Waco, TX, the son of Geter Martin Bardwell and Effie Walter Bardwell. James M. Bardwell and Yvonne Hellums were married on July 7, 2004 in Ft.Worth.

Matthew Kuykendall, 80, of Hixson, passed away on Friday, October 16, 2009 at his residence. He was born May 7, 1929 in Brownwood TX, the son of Johnson Kuykendall and Cloma Walker Kuykendall. Matthew Kuykendall and Anna Jeannette Tittle were married on April 2, 1953 in North Carolina. He was a native of Texas and served in the U.S.

William Fletcher Lackey, 76, of San Saba, passed away on Sunday, November 1, 2009 at Rollins Brook Hospital in Lampasas ,TX. He was born October 11, 1933 in San Saba, TX, the son of William Rainey Lackey and Catherine Aliena Ratliff Lackey. William Fletcher Lackey and Yoko Komi were married in Yokohama, Japan on July 26, 1956.

The San Saba Middle School Armadillo’s experienced one of the busiest times of the year last week! Monday started off rainy, but it didn’t slow down the activities that were planned for the week. The cross-country teams had to wait until Tuesday to run, but it was all worth it.

In a game full of big hits and big tackles from the defenses, the biggest tackle of all came from a player on the Armadillo offense. On a 4th down play with less than a minute to play, Anthony Salinas fumbled the ball and Indian linebacker Daniel Martinez scooped it up and raced towards a touchdown.

Cherokee High School's Stephen Austermann clears the way for Tucker Corsi enroute to one of his six touchdowns against the Lohn Eagles.

The Cherokee Jr. High beat the Lohn Jr. High last Thursday 42-30. Corbin Davis scored 3 touchdowns and added 2 PATs. Baylor Jordan scored 1 touchdown and 1 PAT. Andy Dozier scored 2 touchdowns. The Jr. High travels to Panther Creek Thursday for their final game of the season. Kickoff is 6:00 p.m.

The Cherokee JV defeated the Evant Elk JV last Thursday 36-7. Jordon Cooks scored 2 rushing touchdowns, 1 kickoff return TD, and threw 1 touchdown pass. EJ Borchers scored 1 touchdown on a reception from Cooks. Payton Tatsch scored 1 touchdown. Burnam Sloan kicked 3 PATs.

The Comanche Warriors defeated the San Saba 8th Dillos by a score of 48-20 in Comanche last Thursday night. The warriors clinched the 8-AA District Championship and went undefeated for the season. The 8th Dillos played hard and gave them a run for a while during the contest. Comanche never stopped the Dillo offense, only the Dillos stopped themselves several times.

Basketball season is now upon us. Girl’s varsity basketball scheduled their first scrimmages of the year this past Saturday. Girl’s basketball coach Tony Dodson thanks everyone who attended the two Lady Coyote scrimmages Saturday at the Richland Springs gym. The varsity girls outscored Rising Star but came up short against Sidney.

On Friday night, October 30 the CWF of the First Christian Church of Richland Springs sponsored Coyotes for the Cure to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Foundation for the Cure. Our theme was “Whip Breast Cancer.” We set up a table by the concession stand at the Richland Springs-Santa Anna game.

The Cherokee Indians took no chances on letting the Lohn Eagles steal a victory from them last Friday night. The Indians scored on every possession while the defense allowed only one score as they ran all over the Lohn Eagles, 62-8. The game was called at halftime. Tucker Corsi had a big night scoring 6 touchdowns, kicking 4 PATs, and recovering one fumble.

The JV Dillos lost a hard fought contest to the Comanche JV on Thursday night. The final score was San Saba 6 and Comanche 22. Comanche received the opening kick off and mounted a long first quarter drive that resulted in the first touchdown of the game. The two point conversion was successful making the score 8-0.

This past weekend we traveled to Lampasas and were in a three way scrimmage with Austin LBJ, Llano and Lampasas. We went twenty minutes with each team and won two of the three segments. We opened up with Austin LBJ and were outscored 20-11. Their heigth and athleticism gave us some trouble.

Picture perfect blocking! Richland Springs' David Veitch #33 seal blocks on the left; Bryan Torres #10 blocks his man on the left; Haustin Burkhart #2 runs untouched up the middle; Stephen Fowler #3 has his man laying on the ground on the right. The Coyotes can wrap up the District 9 championship next week with a win at Veribest.

Richland Springs Football Sweetheart and Football Beau named at halftime ceremonies. With the Coyote Marching Band in the background, the football sweetheart and beau were introduced to the crowd. (L-R) Cheerleaders Courtney Herbert, Brooklyn McGinty, Stormi Davee (FB Sweetheart), David Veitch (FB Beau), Marsha McMillan, Kensie Green, Emily Smith, and Brooke Bennett.

Dave Campbell’s Texas Football is proud to announce that the San Saba High School Armadillos football team has been named the Army Strong Team of the Week for Division 2A. The San Saba Armadillos were chosen for this honor because of their teamwork, dedication, discipline, personal courage and integrity, values shared by U.S.

The district cross country meet was held on Tuesday, October 27, rather than the scheduled Monday, October 26th because of rain. The high school ran in the morning in almost ideal conditions, while the Jr. High ran in the wind in the afternoon. The Varsity Boys of San Saba were beaten by 2 points by Dublin for the championship.

How about those ‘Dillos! It is such an exciting time in our community! The San Saba Armadillo Football Team success has certainly fueled the excitement and enthusiasm that we feel at school and in the town. It is so fun to have the community come out to the games and support these student athletes.