Continued from last week. *** Then the astronauts and scientist said, there is our missing day. They checked the computers going back into the time the Bible was written and found it was close, but not close enough. The elapsed time that would be missing back in Joshua's day would have been a day of only 23 hours and 20 minutes and not a whole day like now.

Forming good eating habits does not happen overnight. Learning to read and write also takes several years to develop. All of these are life skills that can help your child live a healthy, satisfying life. Here are some suggestions on ways to nurture good food habits. Give your child enough table time. Does your child eat slow?

Charles and Carolyn Perry were in Waco Saturday to attend their grandson, Kody Silva’s graduation from Baylor’s Law School. The Cherokee Baptist Youth is having a Valentine Dinner on Saturday night. The food is always delicious. Each table is decorated with beautiful dishes. If you would like to attend, contact Patience Perry Shanklin.

The Bible is a book unlike any other. There were 40 men who wrote over 1600 years and yet the Bible is completely consistent. There is not any other book that could make that claim. Moses wrote the first five books of the Old Testament. These would have been about 1400 BC (not an exact date).

Reading Recommendations: Call Me Irresistible , a novel, Susan Elizabeth Phillips Lucy Jorik is the daughter of a former president of the United States. Meg Koranda is the offspring of legends. One of them is about to marry Mr. Irresistible, Ted Beandine, the favorite son of Wynette, Texas. The other is not happy about it and is determined to save her friend from a mess of headache. But even though Meg knows that breaking up her best friend's wed ...

Dear Editor, I don't know who it was who ordered up the recent spell of cold weather we've been enjoying. Probably someone who was fussing last July about being too hot! Be that as it may, I'd like to put in a good word for some folks who probably hear a lot more complaints than congratulations.

Spring is almost here and it’s time to start thinking plants for birds, butterflies and native pollinators. Create your own backyard habitat and help to conserve our natural resources. Learn how landscape design features can help attract wildlife to the home landscape. Learn which plants will attract butterflies and other beneficial insects, songbirds and other wildlife to the home landscape. Melissa Sturdivant is a Soil Conservationist with the USDA’s Natural Resources C ...

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It has been several weeks since I have had a chance to visit with everyone, but they have been busy weeks. We are doing our best to keep up with the New Year, but it is off and running at full speed. I still can't believe that it is already the second week of February.

A rancher said to the district superintendent, "We want a preacher." "How big a man do you want?" he asked. "We don't care," said the rancher. "But when he's on his knees, we want him to reach heaven." Reaching God is the objective in prayer, and you can through Christ. Prayer is an invitation from God.

Old Man Winter really paid us a visit this past week and just about overstayed his welcome, but watch out, he left, but will return this week for another Winter blast. Last week some people had frozen water lines and just got them thawed out in time for the next big freeze.

Several years ago a youth group while on a mission trip found a little abandoned puppy looking for scraps at the motel where they were staying. They had pity and compassion on the little puppy and tried to find out if there was a owner. The hotel people said, "no"

We were commenting at church this morning about what a lovely day it was and how we were going to enjoy the sun until the next cold front comes in on Tuesday. I did enjoy it briefly, but now the wind has picked up and the clouds are rolling in to cover the sun.

Help drive San Saba County cancer patients to and from their treatments. Road to Recovery is a volunteer service program providing transportation for ambulatory cancer patients to their treatments and home again. Please consider helping by giving a cancer patient a life-saving ride! Join as a volunteer today! The next training session will be held Friday, February 25th, 10:00 a.m.

Texas AgriLife Extension-San Saba County will be hosting Do Well, Be Well diabetes classes each Tuesday in March (March 1st, 8th, 15th, 22rd, and 29th), 5:15 to 7:00 p.m. at Rylander Library. The classes, taught by health care professionals, are free to the public and help you learn how to control your type 2 diabetes.

Malissa Mims, Director of the Dove Project in San Saba, will be part of a March on Monday, February 14th with the Texas Council on Family Violence in Austin, Texas. Malissa will personally meet with our District Legislators and ask for state funding for the Family Violence Program. She will be taking around 150 cards signed by people in this area that support full funding of family violence services.

Marisol Chavarria and Lisa Torres, two dedicated ladies at our home tied for the honor of Employee of the month, this month. We asked Marisol: Worst habit while driving? Looking back at the kids. Strange talent you have? Knowing things are going to happen before they do. When you woke up this morning and looked in the mirror, what was the first thing that came to mind?

On the coldest day of the year, a family lost their home and all of their belongings in a structure fire. San Saba Sheriff's deputies, San Saba EMS, Richland Springs, Elm Grove and San Saba Fire Departments all joined forces in an attempt to save the home but were unsuccessful. The cold weather hampered local fire departments as it did others all across the state with freezing temperatures and a blowing wind that had wind chill near or below zero. Fire equipment was freezing ...

That headline doesn’t sound exactly right, does it? Celebrating spring in the middle of this nasty wintry weather is a bit of a stretch. But, that’s how it felt at the Garden Club meeting on Tuesday, February 1. Here’s what made the event so much like a breath of spring air.

The Llano Country Opry will stage the Jim Ed Brown show on Saturday, February 12, at the Lantex Theater in downtown Llano. The show begins at 7:30 PM. Admission is $15.00 per person and tickets are now on sale at the Llano and Kingsland Chamber of Commerce, Llano National Bank, Lively Computers in Kingsland or by calling (325) 247-5354. Jim Ed Brown came to fame as a member of the ’50s vocal group the Browns where he was the band’s lead vocalist.

The staff of Hill Country Transit District, Central Texas’ Regional Public Transit Provider, would like to issue an invitation to everyone to attend the Grand Opening of their new administrative facility on Friday, February 11 th, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at 906 S. High, San Saba. HCTD provides and coordinates both rural and urban public transportation within the counties of Bell, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas, Llano, Mason, Milam, Mills, and San Saba.

The Sheriff's office reported that the number of 911 calls for law enforcement, fire/rescue and EMS has jumped in the last two weeks. Sheriff Brown stated that, the fire/rescue departments across the county were already worn out from the response to grass fires the week prior to the ice storm and then the storm hit and everyone was back in action, some more than once. Since February 1st, there have been fourteen 911 calls for service involving multiple agencies in San Saba County.

Presidential candidate John Davis visited San Saba on Tuesday, February 1, coming in on not a wing and a prayer, but on a flat tire and a prayer. The weather was blistery and cold; however, he received a warm welcome from the small group anxious to meet him. Traveling with John was his wife, Debra; son, Garrett and his friends, Skyler Willard and Owen Watson.

Richland Springs Masonic Lodge No. 882 will have its stated meeting on Saturday evening, February 12th. Members are asked to bring a pot luck supper for a small meal at 6:30 p.m. The meeting will begin at 7:00. The main focus of the meeting will be the possible consolidation and merger with San Saba Lodge No.

Salon 111, a beauty salon and spa located on Highway 16 South in San Saba, Texas, is proud to announce the addition of Mabel Ledbetter to their salon family. Mabel, long time hair stylist in the San Saba community, would like to welcome past patrons as well as new to her new salon home.

The first Freemasons to settle in San Saba County were J. S. Williams, John H. "Shorty" Brown, Wiley T. Murray and H. M. Wadsworth. To the east of San Saba was Simpson Creek, which was settled by Jerry W. Flemming and Hugh Taylor. In the southern section, Upper Cherokee was settled by Elijah Estep, David S.

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will host an open-house style public meeting to solicit public comments and input on the development of the 2012 Unified Transportation Program (UTP), which covers fiscal years (FY) 2012 through 2021 and the FY 2011 January out-of-cycle revision to the 2011-2014 Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Four public meetings will be hosted around the State in the North, South, East and West Regions.

It might be imaginable that most folks around our parts are wearing rather weary of the cold and sloppy weather that has been blessing us the past few weeks. Although nearly all of us do really appreciate the added moisture to our Fair Valley of the Pecan, we could probably do well with a bit more sunshine.

Receipts were reduced this week to 418 & 1707 head for the week due to the freezing rain and extreme cold weather. All classes of calves and yearlings sold steady in a strong market. Packer cows and bulls also sold steady compared to last week with the top packer cows selling for 78.00 cwt.

The last thing any driver wants is an auto repair bill in the hundreds, or even thousands, of dollars due to contaminated fuel. Thankfully, the Texas Department of Agriculture offers drivers protection from being sold bad fuel. Launched a year ago, TDA's statewide fuel quality program was created to test motor fuel for contaminants such as water, and to ensure it meets national quality standards. As a part of the fuel quality program, TDA inspectors test fuel for water and other cont ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has finalized procedures for the upcoming referendum on the continuation of the Sorghum Checkoff Program and is announcing the dates it will conduct the referendum. For the program to continue, the Sorghum Promotion, Research, and Information order requires that a referendum be conducted no later than 3 years after the start of assessments, which began on July 1, 2008.

Dierdre Steele went home to be with her Lord Jesus on February 2, 2011, surrounded by her loving family after a courageous, 4½-year battle with cancer. Dierdre, age 50, was born in Galveston, Texas, on April 20, 1960. She and husband Bill were married in 1985 in Kansas City, Missouri, and settled in the San Antonio area 12 years ago.

Juanita Amstead, 87, of Fredericksburg, TX passed away on Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at a Fredericksburg care facility. Juanita was born on September 5, 1923 in San Saba, TX to Joseph and Bessie Maultsby. Juanita and Laurence F. Amstead were united in marriage on June 21, 1945 in San Saba, TX until Laurence passed away on August 16, 1980.

Linda Hubbert Locklear, 58, of Alvord, Texas, passed away Friday, January 28, 2011 at her residence. She was born June 3, 1952 in San Saba, Texas, the daughter of Rena and Edgar Hubbert. She was a member of the First Baptist Church. On February 1, 1980, Linda and Dale Locklear were married in San Saba.

Marie Cothren, 87, of Denver City, passed away Thursday, January 27, 2011 in Lubbock. Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 31 Marie was born October 26, 1923 in Bertram, TX to Charles and Neva Pruitt. She married Rube Cothren in San Saba, TX on April 10, 1943. They moved to Denver City from San Saba in 1950.

First Sergeant (retired) Victor H. Woods Jr., age 80 of Seguin, was received by His Father on February 2, 2011 after a long battle with cancer. Visitation was held on Monday, February 7, 2011 from Noon to 6 p. m. and the family received friends from 3 to 5 p.m.

Due to the weather we had last week, we ended up playing only one game. After cancelling Bangs last Tuesday and rescheduling it for Thursday then cancelling Thursday and then cancelling Friday at Hamilton, we finally played Bangs on Saturday. Things got off to a slow start for the Dillos. Bangs jumped out to a 17-7 lead in the first quarter.

The first round of TAKS testing begins March 1st. In just 16 school days, students in grades 4, 7, 9, 10, & 11 will take the reading/writing tests. Daily attendance is important for children to be successful in school. Good attendance is also an important aspect of state funding for our school.

"Don’t Mess with Mother Nature" is a phrase I heard growing up and boy did she flex her muscle last week. Hazardous weather conditions threw a "monkey wrench" into District 6-2A last week. When the ice had cleared we were able to play Bangs this past Saturday in Dragonland. If you missed the game then you missed one of the greatest comebacks in Lady Dillo basketball history.

The District 28 1A Champion Rochelle Lady Hornets (26-1, 13-0) ranked #9 in 1A Division II will take on the Irion County Lady Hornets (21-5, 6-1) ranked #9 in 1A Division I for a warm up game in the Junell Center in San Angelo, Saturday, February 12th at 6:30 p.m.

Last week definitely was a different kind of week for schools in all of Texas. Weather delays kept educators, parents and students guessing. Last week was full of distractions, but hopefully students, parents, and teachers had their fill of the snowy and icy weather. There are approximately 12 days until students take the first state assessment: Tuesday, March 1 st: 4th grade writing 7th grade writing 9 ...

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We have talked about what type of impact the possible legislative budget cuts will have on San Saba ISD. We are making plans and assessing all of the needs we have for our students. From this information we will make the necessary cuts accordingly. However, from that originally discussion I have been asked about how we can consider proposing a building program while we are also considering cutting the budget.

(Columbus, Ohio) While the big game itself is old news, the commercials are not: the impact of Super Bowl advertising is in full swing. And according to the more than 40,000 middle and high school students nationwide, who participated in the Drug-Free Action Alliance Super Bowl Survey; alcohol ads were widely remembered and did place in the top five favorites among youth, as in past surveys. NATIONAL Middle School High School #1 Doritos: Hands Off Doritos: H ...