At the Texas Attorney General’s Office, Texas’ senior citizens are a top priority year round. This month they are getting heightened attention nationwide because it is Older Americans Month. Like all law enforcement agencies, we rely on our fellow Texans to help deter crime. So this month, we are focusing on educating Texans about scams that target their senior friends and family members.

The escalating drug violence on our Southern Border is a matter of national security on so many levels -- and our response to the situation must be a national priority. Texas and Mexico share a 1,200 mile border. We are intertwined in many ways--in trade, families and tourism. Drug violence has a profound effect on both sides of the border. The violence that is jolting Ciudad Juarez, Nuevo Laredo, and other cities along the U.S.-Mexico border is reminiscent of the days of the ...

Lunches Schools are back in session. For some families this means packing lunches, although the cost of school lunches is hard to beat, what is on the menu is not always what a child likes. Eating every day in the lunch room can get old and taking a lunch can also get old.

Don’t miss Cherokee’s 3rd annual Super Saturday set for October 23 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. See the many arts, crafts, antiques, and collectibles. Other booths will offer food and refreshments. Live music and entertainment will be ongoing throughout the day for your enjoyment. If you are interested in having your own booth, or if you need more information, please contact Kaci Morrison at 622-4495 or email tkttmorr@centex.net .

He was Israel’s first king. He was a humble man who was "hiding among the baggage" (10:22) when chosen. He was a great king until pride destroyed him. When Samuel told Saul to go and defeat the Amalekites, he was to destroy every living human and animal. They attacked the Amalekites and defeated them.

50 Years Ago - September 15, 1960 Charles Sparks, owner of Patty's of Texas garment factories, has decided not to locate a plant in San Saba, according to a telephone conversation between him and Reuben Senterfitt, representing San Saba Industrial Association, recently. Thomas W. Wilton, Jr., naval air cadet, 20, formerly of Richland Springs, was killed Monday, Sept.

The best news of this week is the 4 to 5 inches of rain around the area that accompanied the hurricane. Lawn mowers are being kept busy again. Nine folks showed up for the Cox Cemetery meeting last Saturday. Those attending were June Beakley, Ben Dennis, Lanell and Hannah Parson, Curtis Lee, Ed and Paula Campbell, Michael Suber and myself.

Reading Recommendations: Red Hook Road, a novel, Ayelet Waldman Becca Copaken and John Tetherly are young and in love, and the future looks as bright as the day of their marriage. Becca's family is well to do and summers in Red Hook, Maine, where John's mother, Jane, runs a housekeeping service for clients like the Copakens.

Recently, I was listening to my mother read about the healing of the man by the pool of Bethesda. (John 5:1-9) I’ve read this account many times before. Perhaps you have as well. But it occurred to me as I heard his story yet again, that I’ve never given this man enough credit. In fact, I’ve even ridiculed him for giving excuses when Jesus asked him if he wanted to be healed.

The windshield of a Japanese airliner was damaged while flying over southern japan. It's believed that the stone ws thrown from a volcano. There were 99 people aboard, but the pilot managed to land the plane savfely just minutes after the accident. Anger is a common sin. Just about everyone blows his top.

The old man weather was kind to this area Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. Folks around the Bend received over a three-inch rain over the two days. Lampasas and areas farther on East received too much rain and folks have been struggling to clean up after the downpour. Brownwood had over a five-inch rain causing the Colorado river to rise.

Boy, did we ever have a good rain last week. We had over four inches, but many people reported rains of over five inches. We certainly needed that particular blessing. It was supposed to stay cool, but it didn’t seem too cool to me Friday night. Kathy Brockman and I had gate duty for the varsity game against Lingleville.

Texas farmers and ranchers have long made Texas a leader in agriculture. In recent years, Texas has also emerged as a leader in communications technology. As we move forward, we must make sure no Texan is left behind on the information superhighway. Access to services like high-speed Internet is necessary to close the digital divide between urban and rural communities in our state.

Next Thursday, September 23rd, Fellowship of Christian Women will be gathering in Richland Springs for an Autumn Treats Luncheon beginning at 11:30 a.m. in the downstairs fellowship hall of the First Baptist Church. Ladies of this church will be hostess and this month we are treating ladies in 80’s and 90’s.

For many seniors, homes have rich history. Memories of children growing, precious family moments and fun times with friends are around every corner. But fewer folks realize that some changes may need to be made to ensure their homes can continue to be as rewarding for many more years to come.

Dear Editor: Yes, this alcohol issue is about profit and about money. The last time I checked, it was not a sin to make a profit, and yes, I am concerned about the outcome, mainly, the economic survival of our city. People are killed and injured by guns and many traffic accidents are caused by people texting or talking on their cell phones so should we ban guns and cell phones too?

How many times have you dismissed a new ache by sighing, "Maybe it’ll go away"? Sometimes, the pain does disappear. But playing the waiting game isn’t the smartest way to look after your health. Medicare covers a broad range of exams, lab tests and screenings to detect health problems early, when they’re most treatable or curable.

Hospice care isn’t about giving up. It’s about making every moment matter. Medicare beneficiaries who choose hospice receive palliative care and support for their terminal illness. They’re no longer seeking a cure, but they do want to live out their last months as comfortably as possible and with dignity. Medicare’s hospice benefit began in 1983 and has helped millions of Americans and their families. To qualify, patients must be eligible for Medicare& ...

The Pierian Study Club met September 9, 2010 at the beautifully restored Soap’s Place at the old Soap Hardaman home. Teressa and Dennis Hardaman have turned this into a beautiful facility for parties, weddings, receptions, and weekend retreats and Teressa catered the event. Soap’s Place is decorated in a western theme with magnificent yards and a patio overlooking the San Saba River.

Anna Wilson, president, opened the first meeting of our new year, with the Club Collect being given by Anne McElroy, and Nancy Nelson doing Club Creed. Attending were officers, Marcie Cooper, Connie Ballinger, Nancy Nelson and Rae Edwards. Imogene Hawkins, Marilyn Miller, Bonnie Harkey, Carol Littlefield, Gail Brunner, Marcia Chown, Glynda Everett, Anne McElroy, Dorothy Miller, Debbie Shahan, Trish Warren, Becky Burgess, Trish Fullerton, Sherry Clarkston, with Mary Lee Calder ...

The Church of the Open Door will be hosting a revival starting Sunday, September 19th through Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010. The Sunday morning service will start at 10:00 a.m. with gospel music by the popular Baggy Bottom Boys from Granbury, TX, about 40 miles south west of Ft. Worth. The Boys are Eugene Montgomery, Glenn Wyley, Jerry Robinson, Paul Bolton and Stevie D.

THE WINNING TEAM at BHCS - San Saba, (L to R) Marian Deans, Liaison; Jana Childers, LVN; Janie Potts, LVN; Cheray Haverland, PT; Dorinda Braun, PTA; Amy Shaw, HHA; Jessica Isham, LVN/Office Manager; Mitzie Brown, RN, Branch Manager. Proudly Supporting San Saba County Football in 2010. Go Dillos!! Go Coyotes!!

Mason County’s Heart of the Hill’s Fall Expo will go "hog wild" when the Texas AgriLife Extension Service conducts a special feral hog information day slated from 8:30 a.m.- 4 p.m. Sept. 23 in the Odeon Theater. The theater is located on the west side of the courthouse square in Mason. Five Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units will be offered - three general, one integrated pest management and one laws and regulations. "Feral hogs hav ...

The rainfall which blessed our Bottoms, Pecans that is, last week did an excellent job of putting down much needed moisture in fine fashion. Seemed like it was fairly general over most of the County, as we’ve heard reports of around 2.5" up to about 5" from different areas and communities.

Receipts totaled 1313 head for the week. The market was strong and active with stocker steers and heifers selling steady and feeder steers and heifers also selling steady. Packer cows were $3 higher and bulls were $2 higher. A large offering of open F-1 Tiger stripe heifers were sold with good demand with one set of 45 averaging 710 @ 1.45 and a set of 40 averaging 810 lbs @ 1.36.

Pet Diseases that Make People Sick Sixty-four percent of American households own pets. This percentage is a large indication of the importance that pets have on today’s society. People love their pets and their companionship provides positive health benefits to their owners. However, there are times that pets can cause harm to their owners because of the diseases they carry.

Betty Griffen,75, of Lometa,Texas, passed away on Monday, September 6, 2010 at Scott & White Hospital in Temple,Texas. Betty and J.E Griffin were united in marriage on August 16, 1952 in Alvin, Texas. Betty is survived by her husband, J.E Griffin; her sons Tommy Griffin and his wife Debbie of Jacksonville,TX; Dwayne Griffin of Lometa,TX; her daughters, Madonna Evans and husband Skip of Alvin,TX; Barbara Miles and husband Jon of Farmersville,TX; Diane Hart of Lometa,TX; Te ...

Ollene Thornton of Goldthwaite, passed away, Tuesday, September 7, 2010 at her home at the age of 80 years. She was born November 17, 1929 in San Saba, TX to John Woodson and Irene Ponton Harrell. Ollene and Sebern Edward "Ed" Thornton were married July 4, 1947 in Brownwood, Tx. They lived in Mills County all their lives and belonged to the Christadelphian Church in San Saba, TX. She was retired from Central Texas Telephone Co-Op where she had been General Manager and had als ...

Raymond Bourke, 99, of San Saba passed away Sunday, September 12, 2010 at Llano Memorial Hospital. Raymond helped in the construction of Buchanan Dam and served in the United States Army during WWII in Germany in the Heavy Artillery Division. Raymond is survived by his grandchildren, Docklan Ray McMeans, Raymond Paul Grammer, Robin Darlene Smith, his brother Menzie Bourke and 8 nieces and nephews. Raymond is preceded in death by his father, mother, sister, Vivian Russ ...

Robert (Bobby) Low, 72, of Calvert, Texas passed away at his residence on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Robert was born October 18, 1937 to Hubert Walter Low and Clara Bell Hart Low. Robert served in the United States Navy for 22 years and fought in Vietnam. Robert is survived by his brothers, James Richard Low and wife Virginia of Alto,Tx; John Howard Low of Waco; his sister-in-law Sandy Low of Lockhart; and several nieces and nephews. Robert is preceded in death by his pare ...

Vivian (Mammaw) McCall, 79, of San Saba passed away at Scott & White Hospital in Temple on September 9, 2010. Vivian was born February 4, 1931 the daughter of Connie and Julia Hamrick. Vivian was a housewife. She was a member of the Church of Christ and the San Saba Ladies Golf Association and the Armadillo Booster Club. Vivian and Kenneth (Shorty) McCall were united in marriage on August 15, 1977 in Austin, Texas.

As the relentless rain hammered down on top of the San Saba Civic Center on the evening of September seventh, the San Saba County 4-H’ers and Adult leaders hosted their annual 4-H Awards banquet. The fajita dinner and maracas set the atmosphere for the "Mexican" theme for the banquet. Opening the banquet was returning music star, Riana Bass, who sang the National Anthem, Melanie Hedley who delivered the blessing, and Ron Gerhart who led the Pledge of Allegiance. The first award ...

The 7th grade Dillos traveled to Wall last Thursday and played a great game. The game started off a defensive battle with strong plays by Carter Eden, Emilono Rocha, Garrett Pringle, John Watson, Nathaniel Rutherford, Joey Salinas, Ramiro Coronado and Ehren Thomas. During the second quarter the Dillos went up 6 to nothing with a Quarterback sneak by Holt Oliver up the middle into the endzone from 5 yards out behind a great blocking offensive line led by Logan Guidroz, Roberto Coronad ...

The 8th Dillos opened the 2010 season with a 20-8 defeat by the Wall 8th grade Hawks. The young Dillos played good defense, but the offense played Santa Claus by giving up the ball for easy Wall scores. San Saba kicked to Wall to open the game. Wall proceeded to drive the ball with a series of run plays and completing 2 passes.

The San Saba Armadillos fell to the Wall Hawks 33-24 last Friday night at Hawk Stadium in Wall. San Saba fell behind early 20-0 and was unable to catch up. The offense moved the ball well with 207 yards on the ground and 144 through the air. Wall had 300 yards rushing and completed 1 pass for 20 yards. San Saba won the toss and deferred to the second half.

Andy Dozier finished in 4th place in the boy’s varsity division of the San Saba Cross Country meet last Saturday. Amber Bell finished in 10th place in the girl’s JV division. Holly Vaughn crossed the finish line in 15th place in the 7th grade girl’s division. Other participants included Talli Morrison, Dianna Ramos, Emily Skaggs, Barbara Uribe, Sophia Monroe, Yensi Dozier, Payton Tatsch, Sara Thomas, & Nicole Arredondo.

Colby Dane Mahan graduated from Texas A&M University May 14, 2010 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agriculture Economics. Colby is the son of Dane & Shelly Mahan, the grandson of Max & Josephine Mahan of San Saba and Ronnie Witcher and Sherry Witcher of Lampasas.

Coyote Defense Swarms Lingleville - #34 Stephen Thornhill and #3 Stephen Fowler and the rest of the defense help stop the Lingleville Cardinals on defense. Richland Springs is now 3-0 with a 64-8 victory. Photo by Pam Starr

Julia Phillips, president of Eta Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International attended the Area VIII Workshop in the Parker Academic Building on the University of Mary Hardin Baylor campus in Belton, Texas, on August 14, 2010. She was one of the seventy-four participants. Each Chapter in the District contributed a check for twenty dollars to cover the expenses of the Workshop so there was no registration fee and lunch was not served as the workshop adjourned before lunch.

The Cherokee Indians played their hearts out last Friday night at Gustine, but came up short on the scoreboard for the 3rd straight game. The quickness of the Tiger running backs gave the Indians trouble all night. The Indians lost 2 fumbles that stopped potential scoring drives. Gustine scored first midway through the 1st quarter on a 1 yard run.

The Cherokee Jr. High football team opened their 2010 season with a 33-0 shutout over the Gustine Tigers. Baylor Jordan scored touchdowns on runs of 20 yards, 11 yards, and 8 yards and also hauled in an interception. Rolando Davis scored on a 20 yard run and recovered 1 Tiger fumble.

Back on August 26, the 2010 football season began with our JV team hosting the Ballinger Bearcats at Rogan Field. Ballinger busted several big plays against our defense. Offensively we struggled, but managed to score a touchdown by Kelan Verette on a run play. Overall, we fought hard, but did not come out on top.

The San Saba Ladies Golf Association hosted the Pecan Classic Fall 4-Lady Tournament on September 11, 2010 with 16 teams, 64 ladies, from all over central Texas. The ladies were welcomed to the event by the Pro Keith Harris and the club president, Anita Miles, and served donuts, coffee, and juice.

The Class of 1965 celebrated their 45th Class Reunion on Saturday. Members present (by row) are: first row: Jimmy Gilstrap, Joe Williams, Gale Phillips Ivy, Bobby Gossett, Don Harris; 2nd row: Kathleen Hector Hawkins, Susan Parks Gilger, Francene Shapiro, Mary Bearden Williams, Betty Smith; third row: Kenneth Laird, Danny Miller, Larry Collier, Johnny Harkey, Mable Ann Perry Blaylock, Andrea Oliver Brown, Mike Ivy, Martha Timberlake Williams, Pedro Cisneroz, Adonna Brumley Thoma ...

The SSHS Graduating Class of 1990 will be celebrating their 20th Reunion on Saturday, October 9, 2010 at 1 p.m. in San Saba , Texas. The reunion weekend begins with the SSHS Homecoming Game & Tailgate Party on Friday, October 8th. Class members are encouraged to come out and show their Alumni support to their Armadillo family! The evening of the reunion, festivities will continue at the local street dance scheduled at the town square. Please contact Angela ...

San Saba ISD will be taking students to "MathFest" in San Antonio on October 28th. Teachers are nominating students in grades 1st-8th to participate in this Math Festival. Please contact your child’s teacher if you are interested in your child participating. Students with strong math abilities are being nominated. San Saba ISD se llevará a los estudiantes a "MathFest"

Reading baskets are available upon request for students in elementary. Spanish and English reading books are available for home use. Please contact Michal Bohensky or Susie Garza to request reading levels. (325) 372-3771. cestas de lectura están disponibles a solicitud de los estudiantes de primaria. libros de lectura en español e Inglés están disponibles para su uso en el hogar.

The school accountability system is very interesting and very layered. There are several different types and depths to this system. What types of accountability exists? Schools are looked primarily in two broad categories and then those categories include MANY different layers. The two primary categories are Financial Accountability and Academic Accountability.

My 17-year-old lives with his father in another state. He drinks and has used pot and some other drugs. I don’t know how often these things take place. Our son said he’s not doing anything anymore and his dad believes him. I’m not convinced. I let my son go live with his father because he wanted to be with his dad.