2 Peter: 2:20-21 "For after they have escaped the pollution of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and savior Jesus Christ and again entangled therein, and are overcome, their latter end is worse with them than their beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than after they have known it, to turn from the Holy commandment that was delivered unto them." The great apostle Peter was warning his followers to take warning from the great ...

With technology at their fingertips, drivers are constantly faced with distractions such as talking or texting. April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month and the Texas Department of Transportation is launching the Talk. Text. Crash. campaign to encourage Texans to put down their cell phones while driving. The campaign officially launches at 12:30 p.m.

I was in a bookstore the other day and was looking at some books. I was in the section that was dealing with health foods and diets and found something amusing. I looked at just some of the titles of the books that were together. Here are a few of them: Get Fit and Live, Eat This and Live, Have A New You By Friday, Basics of Dieting, I Can So Do This Diet.

25 Years Ago April 3, 1986 Work has begun on the San Saba Water Project which will allow an added 500,000 gallon storage capacity to the city as well as increased water pressure to persons located in higher areas of the city who at present experience very low pressure. The City National Bank, in their 103rd year in the same location, will be moving to their new facilities at 209 E.

Reading Recommendations: Colonel Roosevelt , Edmund Morris Of all our great Presidents, Theodore Roosevelt is the only one whose greatness increased out of office. When he toured Europe in 1910 as plain "Colonel Roosevelt," he was hailed as the most famous man in the world. Crowned heads vied to put him up in their palaces.

Recently I noticed in a local newspaper where a sixth grader won a grand champion ribbon at one of the biggest junior livestock shows in the country. It reminded me of my younger years when I spent a lot of time judging and getting animals ready for show. One thing about show animals they are special and have to be of quality and have good characteristics.

Some boys had thrown a girl’s shoe in the boy’s restroom at their school. One boy retrieved it for her. But then the other boys threatened him saying they would beat him up after school. The rest of the day was filled with fear as this boy imagined the horror awaiting him after school was out.

Dear Editor: I am a member of The Rites of Spring camping group that was at the Barefoot Campground last weekend. This was our 31st year for the camp out, with close to twenty of those years being at Barefoot. We have been very happy with our experience at Barefoot. The owners, Jackie and Charlene Brister are always a welcome addition to any of our activities.

I was mindlessly googling last week, looking around for something silly my daughter and I were discussing, when I stumbled across something very profound. It was on a website called "hebrew4christians" on a page entitled "Clear Thinking." The first line of the page reads, "Many of the problems we experience in our lives, both individually and corporately, result from lack of clarity in our thinking about what is real, true, and essential."

Fiction Minding Frankie by Maeve Binchy Night Season by Chelsea Cain Mr. Chartwell by Rebecca Hunt Death of a Chimney Sweep by M.C. Beaton Double Prey by Steven Havill Non-Fiction : Pruning Answer Book by Lewis Hill Homegrown Herbs by Tammi Hartung

03/17/11 Martinez,Pedro - MTR DWLI - S.O. 03/19/11 Corona,Ramon - No Drivers License - DPS 03/19/11 Cervantes,Sergio - Wrt Lampasas Co/Theft - S.O. 03/19/11 Ramirez,Ismael - Public Intoxication - P.D. 03/22/11 Yanez,Fernando - DWLI/Wrt DWI,Ice Hold - DPS 03/24/ ...

The Bend news is even scarcer than the rain that we have received, and that people are next to none. They say "no news is good news, " but that doesn’t apply to getting news for the paper. People will come up and "say I had some news, but just didn’t think to call it in."

Uncle Mort, staring down the gun barrel at his 99th birthday come July, has been on a tear lately about "reinventing himself." Aunt Maude claims that his history of "inventions and reinventions" covers thousands of adventures and misadventures, mostly brief episodes with the lasting power of 49-cent Roman candles. "Looks to me like the rest of the world is trying to catch up with me,"

My goodness someone call the police; March has been stolen from the calendar! I must be getting old, because they say time goes faster as you get older. I can hardly believe we have raced through March and are headed for TAKS tests next week! If you’re a sunshine person, then our weather is about as perfect as it can get.

On March 4, 2011, Chief Petty Officer David Calderon retired from the United States Navy after 24 years of continuous faithful service. Chief Calderon is the son of Salvador and Senaida Calderon of Goldthwaite, TX. He is also grandson to Emilio & Angelita Calderon and Jose & Juanita Flores, all of whom are from San Saba. Chief Calderon was born and raised in San Saba, until the age of 11yrs and hasn’t lived there since, but if you ask him where he’s from, he&rsquo ...

The Hill Country CattleWomen, a chapter of Texas CattleWomen, are pleased to announce their 27 th Annual Style Show and Luncheon which will be held on Tuesday, April 19th at the Inn of the Hills Resort and Conference Center in Kerrville. Members are inviting friends and guests to attend and enjoy the latest in summer fashions presented by area boutiques, a great beef luncheon, and lots of fun.

San Saba Masonic Lodge No. 612 will hold its stated meeting on Saturday, April 2nd. A meal of Mexican food will be provided by Senior Warden Jan K. Huffstetler and served at 6:30 p.m. Members are asked to provide a complementary covered side dish, bread, salad or dessert. Lodge will open at about 7:00 p.m.

Texas Lions Camp, in cooperation with Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, is conducting an exclusive advanced diabetes education seminar for the entire family, including siblings and grandparents on Saturday, April 16 th in Kerrville, Texas. Caring for young people with diabetes is a challenge for the whole family, and can be intimidating for grandparents or extended family caregivers.

Mr. and Mrs. Earl C. Patrick celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary, February 27th at their home in the Bowser Community, San Saba County. Earl C. Patrick and Lydia E. Martin were married February 25, 1951 at the Bowser Methodist Church. The Rev. Alvin R. Mauldin officiated. The couple lived in the Tankersly and Miles area before returning to the Bowser community.

The Lampasas and San Saba County Texas AgriLife Extension Service offices will conduct a Pecan grafting program on Tuesday April 12 th at 3:00 p.m. at the Lampasas County Farm Bureau Building. Dr. Tommy Thompson, USDA Pecan Specialist from College Station will present the program. The primary emphasis will be on the Inlay bark graft and the patch bud methods of propagating pecans.

Pecan Grove Baptist Church is selling Ozarka one liter bottled water for $1.00 per bottle or $18.00 per case. The money will be used to support a vacation bible school in Nigeria. Pastor Stuart Beckwith and others from The Heart of Texas Baptist Network will be going to Nigeria to conduct a vacation bible school in August. Call 372-3729.

The years from the Great War through World War II would be some of the fruitful. In 1911, the railroad had finally arrive in San Saba, which brought a great prosperity. The lodge also prospered with an increase in membership. There was also an increase in Freemasonry itself. Charters were granted to Locker Lodge No.

The Today’s Girl Youth Organization will perform a community service activity benefiting Mission San Saba on Saturday, April 2, 2011 at the Heart of Texas Regional Pageant. The occasion will take place at the San Saba Civic Center beginning at 1:30pm. The public is invited to take part in this worthwhile event.

If you might have happened to have been wondering as to my where-abouts the past few weeks, our computer at the home (aka; office) has been in the PC Hospital over in Goldthwaite. We did visit on the such said subject a while back when I was forced to resort to a pencil and my Big Chief Tablet to personally pen a couple of articles for the "News"

Receipts totaled 2410 head for the week. The market continued its high levels this week with stocker steers and heifers selling steady and feeder steers and heifers also selling steady. Packer cows were $2 higher with the top cows at $84. Bulls were $2-$3 higher with the top bull bringing $99.50.

•Night Sky Events. (Held at arm’s length, the width of your fist is 10 degrees and the width of your index finger is 1 degree. The width of a full Moon is ½ degree.) * April 3 : The Moon is new. * April 3 : Saturn is at opposition – opposite the Sun from Earth – when it rises at sunset, is up all night, and sets at sunrise; it is also at its nearest and brightest, al ...

Although turkeys are non-migratory resident species, they have large home ranges that change with the seasons of the year. Turkeys tend to be widely dispersed during the spring and summer nesting/brood-rearing period. Nesting and brood-rearing habitat is similar to that required for quail, but on a larger scale: scattered thickets of low growing brush, patchy residual herbaceous vegetation, and a moderately grazed, diverse grass/forb plant community that produces seeds and insects. A ...

Connie Ballinger, 62, of San Saba, Texas passed away on Sunday, March 20, 2011 at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, Texas. Connie was born on September 30, 1948 in Waco, Texas. On October 1, 1994 Connie and James Ballinger were united in marriage in San Saba, Texas. Connie was a member of the First Baptist Church of San Saba and was a secretary at Alamo Pecan in San Saba. Connie is survived by her husband, James Ballinger of San Saba, Texas; her mother, Bonnie Harkey of San Saba, T ...

The San Saba Junior Lady Dillos (10-4) wrapped up the 2011 basketball season by rolling through the 6 team field of the 3rd/4th grade girls division of the Goldthwaite Basketball Tournament held March 24-26. It was standing room only as the Lady Dillos played in front of a packed middle school gym in the semi-final round of the tournament on friday night, as they faced the Hamilton Lady Bulldogs in a much highly anticipated rematch from a week ago in which the two teams battled in the San Sa ...

The 5th/6th Grade San Saba Junior Lady Dillos (14-6) wrapped up the 2011 season with a second place finish at the Goldthwaite Basketball Tournament (10 teams) held on March 24 - 26. The Lady Dillos defeated Zephyr in the quarter-finals, 26-8. Raylee Pannell and Saveria Vasquez lead the way for the Lady Dillos with 6 points each, followed by Kimeri Moore, Bailie Santeufemia and Dynasty Saldivar with 4 points each. In the semi-finals the Lady Dillos defeated Hamilton, 17-8.

The 5th/6th Grade San Saba Junior Lady Dillos cruised their way to the 2011 San Saba Basketball Tournament Championship held March 10-12. In the quarter-final round the Lady Dillos defeated the Hamilton Lady Bulldogs, 14-6. Saveria Vasquez lead the Lady Dillos offensively with 12 points and Dynasty Saldivar did an outstanding job at point guard in replacing starting point guard Kimeri Moore, who was unable to participate.

TAKS testing will continue next week. The term Student Success Initiative (SSI) means that students in grades 5 & 8 are required to pass both TAKS Reading and TAKS Math in order to be promoted to the next grade level. The schedule below is specific for Richland Springs. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills Tests will be administered to grades 5 & 8 on the dates listed below: Monday, April 4, 2011 Grade 5 Mathematics (SSI) Gr ...

Team Results Brownwood 355 Stephenville 364 Comanche #1 372 Hico 373 Bangs 376 Early 381 Goldthwaite 382 San Saba 391 Coleman #1 391 Blanket 414 Coleman #2 415 Comanche #2 489 Medalists Jonathan Pringle - Dublin 76 Treaver McClure - Bangs 78 Logan Dent - Bangs 79 San Saba Scores:

The GED test will be given at Gatesville High School, April 12 and 13 in room number 22. You must register to take the test Wednesday, April 6, in room 22 from 5:00-7:00 p.m. You need to bring your Texas Drivers License or State or Federal Photo ID, Social Security card, and $65.00.

The San Saba Ladies Golf Association met March 24, 2011 for play day with the Chair for March, Dorothy Sterner, calling for a game of ‘Mutt & Jeff’, where you play the par threes and par fives plus one extra hole, less half your handicap. Anita Miles won First in the game and Low Gross and Low Net.

The San Saba Tennis Team played in the Fredericksburg Hill Country Championships on March 24 – 26. San Saba brought home 4 first place medals winning both the girls doubles and boys doubles in division II. Tarah Crosby and Joannah Crosby won first place in Division II Girls Doubles. Kobe Cisneroz and Diego Gonzales won first place in Division II Boys Doubles.

Last Saturday, the Armadillo JV baseball team traveled to Blanco to participate in a 4 team round robin tournament. This allowed the team to play in three games against other JV teams and to gain much needed experience. Our first game was against Harper who we faced earlier this year at our own tournament.

This past Friday the Middle School Boys track competed at the Harper Invitational. The boys had a great day of competing and showing what athletic talent they have. The 8 th grade finished 8th place in the meet with everyone making better times and farther distances than the last track meet.

Nobody would have thought at the beginning of the NCAA basketball season that the Butler Bulldogs and Virginia Commonwealth University would be in the Final Four. However, perseverance, diligence, and a lot of hard work have landed these teams in the final four, and one of them will play for the National Championship.

The May 14, 2011 SSISD Bond Election Proposition will include the renovation of the Red Brick Gym to be used as a band hall. The renovations will include predominantly interior renovations to provide for acoustical treatment so that proper instruction can take place in multiple areas of the structure. As well, the stage area will be demoed out and made flush with the current floor area.

School Calendar – Each year at this time, we begin to looking at the school calendar for the coming school year. It’s a complicated process with many obstacles. Here are the items to consider in building a school calendar: 1. School cannot start before the 4th Monday of August (earliest start date would be 8/22/11).