Recently, I bought Cyndi and myself each a kite. Last week it was windy so we went out to fly our kites. I have not done that in so many years that I cannot even remember. My kite had a thin string that came with it. After being up in the air for a few minutes the string broke and the kite flew away.

25 Years Ago April 10, 1986 With a total of 837 San Saba County voters casting their ballots last Saturday in the Fox Crossing Water District election, the proposed new water district was turned down with Cherokee voting 30 for and 61 against; Richland Springs, 64 for and 88 against and San Saba 258 for and 336 against. A balloon was found last week by Leslie Owen, three miles from San Saba near the Bill Owen Farm.

1 Thessalonians 5:11: "Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing." A boy went into the diner. He asked the waitress how much an ice cream sundae was. She told him it was 50 cents. Some people were now waiting for a table and the waitress was a bit impatient.

The Masonic bodies of Order of Eastern Star (OES), San Saba Scottish Rite Club and Richland Springs Lodge No. 882 & San Saba Masonic Lodge No. 612, will hold their annual Fish Fry - Bake sale on Friday, April 8th. Each year at this time the Masonic community comes together to raise funds for the Lamar Medal Scholarship Fund & Seniors Banquet. The 2011 Seniors Banquet will be held at the lodge hall in San Saba on Monday, May 2nd at 6:30PM, for the senior classes of Cherokee, R ...

A man took his girlfriend to a Chinese restaurant for dinner. Looking at the menu, he asked, "How would you like your rice-- fried or boiled?" "Thrown," she answered. Many are anxious to get married. But it's better to be happily unmarried than to be unhappily married. So take the Lord into your plans.

She just showed up by our front door last week. You could tell she was young and with what looked like her first baby with her. It was easy to see they were hungry and in need of something to eat. I opened the front door and walked outside but she just stood there looking at me.

The Armadillos picked up two more wins this past week. Last Tuesday, March 29, San Saba travelled to Coleman to play the Bluecats. It was typical conditions for Coleman: cold, windy, and rainy (not comfortable baseball weather). It did not seem to bother the Armadillo offense as they scored 4, 5, and 4 runs in the first three innings.

The board of directors of the Central Texas Farm Credit, ACA, which serves a 20 county area in Central and West Texas, has announced that it has approved another cash patronage distribution to eligible association borrowers for fiscal year 2010. This marks the eighteenth consecutive year the association has returned excess capital to its borrowers.

Last Saturday was the annual Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off event. I’m happy to report that Cherokee participated on FM 501 East with the Adopt-a-Highway program in memory of Herman Rhoades. My grandchildren, Kendall & Brady helped Avery and Maurine Johnson pick up 22 bags of trash. They would like to encourage others to help in keeping our area neat.

Treasure Island Kyla listened to Treasure Island. This is her summary of the story. The pirate that was staying at the boys’ motel got sick and kept drinking (rum) and died. The boy and his mom found the treasure map. The pirates, the boy, the doctor, the Captain, and Long Silver who had one leg took a ship to find the Treasure Island.

The Cowboy Cemetery Association of McCullough County will hold their annual workday at the cemetery on Saturday, April 16, 2011. The Historic Cowboy Cemetery was established in 1885 and depends on volunteers to help with the clean up of the cemetery. Members are asked to bring their own tools and to wear work clothes.

The Richland Springs One Act Play August: Osage County, directed by Patsy Hall, advanced last Wednesday at the District Contest in Mason. Recipients of individual awards at District are these students: Tommy Hollon was named to All Star Crew; Honorable Mention Cast went to Brooke Vaughn and Melanie Hedley; All Star Cast went to Katelynn Teel, Brooklyn McGinty, and Brennen McGinty; and Best Actress went to Sara Hedley.

I don’t have to tell you how badly we need rain and there is none in the forecast. It is a very serious situation for our farmers and ranchers. I know we are all plenty tired of the wind. We are kicking off another new month. My, they do fly by!

Reading Recommendations: The Sea Captain's Wife As a new wife living on the Bay of Fundy, Azuba craves a life beyond the teaand sewing circles. It takes a rumor far more potent than her timid pleas to force her husband, the accomplished sea captain Nathaniel Bradstock, to allow her to join him abroad. In the ship's cramped and swaying cabin, Azuba and her young daughter are segregated from the gruff crew, bored by the monotony of their days and terrified by the u ...

Dakota Lee Uli was born at Llano Memorial Hospital on November 17, 2010. She weighed 7 pounds 15 ounces, and was 20 inches long.The proud parents are Samuel Uli and Miranda Wilson. Grandparents are James and Kim Wilson, Tim and Debbie Uli, also her great great Grandmother Earlene Davis.

Receipts totaled 1955 head for the week. The market continued its high levels this week with stocker steers selling steady while stocker heifers sold $2-$3 higher. Feeder steers sold $3 higher with feeder heifers selling $2 higher in an aggressive market. Packer cows were $3 higher with the top cow at $88.

The San Saba Ladies Golf Association met March 31, 2011 for play day with the Chair for March, Dorothy Sterner, calling for flighted match play. The First Flight of Anita Miles defeated Sandee Hartley. In the Second Flight Dorothy Sterner defeated Jo Anne Hardy and Jo Ann Snow. It was a fun day.

The San Saba Lady Dillo Tracksters are starting to come around as district looms near. We traveled to Mason last Thursday and scored 82 points and captured third at the Mason Invitational. The girls had a great week of work and their times are starting to drop. We don’t have many days until our district meet which is next week so hopefully we’ll drop a bit more.

The First Christian Church of Johnson City is hosting its Second Annual Formal Wear Exchange in April. We are still collecting for the exchange. We will accept formal wear in great condition – so if you’d like to recycle that beautiful dress, tuxedo, jacket or suit that you won’t wear again and make room in your closet – please bring your formal wear, shoes and accessories to the First Christian Church on April 2 Just like last year’s exchange, there is ...

Cindy and Mike Stafford of Granbury, TX and Dana Owens of Abilene, TX announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana Owens to Nicholas Rutledge, son of Tom and Nancy Rutledge of DeSoto, TX. Dana is a graduate of Blinn College, currently enrolled in the University of Texas at Arlington for RN-BSN transition and working at Texas Health Harris Methodist Southwest Fort Worth Hospital in the intensive care unit, with plans to attend graduate school for nursing anesthesia at Texas Christi ...

The May 14, 2011 Bond Election includes the construction of a high school science lab complex. The complex is proposed to be located across from the front East entrance of San Saba High School. The complex under consideration is designed at 32,195 square feet. The space would include 3 science lab/classroom spaces with a common planning, prep and storage area. The students of Texas will soon be seeing the implementation of the STAAR exam – the State of Texas Assessment of Acade ...

Wednesday evening, March 30, 2011, the RSHS One Act Play, August: Osage County written by Tracy Letts, performed at the District 30A contest held in Mason, Texas. Richland Springs and Utopia were named the advancing schools. Utopia performed Wonder of the World. The AREA contest will be held Saturday, April 9th in Fredericksburg in the high school theatre. Richland Springs’ August: Osage County received the following individual awards: Thomas Hollon w ...

Magic Happens When You Stretch Out Under a Tree and Do Nothing I’ve been running since the end of July 2010, seven—and then, when my shins barked back, six—days a week. It was nothing I ever thought I could or would do. I thought I hated running. But I watched daughter Phoebe, a lissome 14, take off down the sidewalk each morning and come back breathless and glowing.

Hey, you can have beautiful weather for a track meet. It was as near to perfect as you could get for track and our young men responded by performing very well. We were very pleased by the improvement that our kids showed this week. They competed well and conducted themselves in a manner that should make you proud that they are "your"

On Thursday, March 11th we competed in the Harper Relays. This was our first track meet with our full track team. We were very proud of the way the young men competed and conducted themselves. They should be commended. Varsity Boys Shot Put- Wil Sloan 3rd Triple Jump- Luke Cox 3rd Celestino Aguirre 5th High Jump- Ryan Pannell 6th 3200 M Run- Hector Paez 6th 100 M Dash- Zack Davis 3rd Junior Varsity Boys

San Saba High School FCCLA local officers are raffling off an 8 foot long picnic table that was purchased and assembled by the environmental ambassador group and Mr. Rogers. The table holds 10 people comfortably. The table is made with a steel base frame, and is easy to transport. It would make a great summer addition for a backyard barbecue.

The Junior Dillos also played Coleman last Tuesday, and Hico this past Friday. While in Coleman, fighting the bad weather and darkness, the Armadillo JV team got in five innings of play. We did not score in the top of the first, and the Bluecats proceeded to push across three in their half of the inning.

Charity and community involvement were priorities during this period. The minutes detail many collections and contributions made to storm and flood victims in other states, relief for tuberculosis sufferers and their families, and of course generous assistance to the Masonic widows and orphans of Texas. Prosperity was such that on March 1927, the lodge voted to make all of their members 70 years of age or older, life members.

The San Saba Scottish Rite Club will meet at the lodge hall in San Saba on Wednesday, April 6th at 1:30PM. a brief 30 minute business meeting will be conducted before carpooling to Austin. The clubs new Albert Pike Award/ Scholarship Medal is now available and displayed at the meeting.

The wind has been like it should be March instead of April. Hope everyone made it through April Fools Day without any mishaps or jokes. The need for rain is becoming more desperate with each passing day. What little moisture there is being dried out by all the wind. The livestock are having to hunt for every blade of grass and ranchers are having to feed hay to keep up.

I know the year is going really quickly, but can anyone tell me what happened to spring? More importantly, what happened to the spring rains! I can only imagine what is happening to the spring crops. We haven’t had enough rain to wet a blade of grass, much less grow a crop.

What makes you special/different? Greatest Fear? An obstacle that you plan to overcome? Favorite thing about living San Saba? Pet Peeve? Texas slang word you use the most? Do you have a planned name for you first child?

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has designated 39 counties in Texas as primary natural disaster areas due to losses caused by drought that occurred March 1 – Dec. 31, 2010. "President Obama and I understand these conditions caused producers to suffer significant losses to forage crops and pasture, and we want to help,"

Dorothy Jones, 87 of San Saba, TX. passed away on April 2, 2011 at Care Nursing in Brownwood. Dorothy was born on July 19, 1923 in San Saba, Tx. to Tom and Nancy Moore. On November 2, 1944 Dorothy and Herman Jones were united in marriage and remained married until Herman’s death on September 1, 1978.

Michael Frixos Alexander Theodosis, 52, of Austin, Texas passed away suddenly of a massive heart attack at his home on Saturday, March 26, 2011. Mike was born on February 10, 1959 in Manhattan, New York to Nicholas and Anastasia Theodosis. After graduating from Walt Whitman High School on Long Island in 1977, Mike traveled south to Texas where he attended the University of Texas from 1977-1979.

Phyllis Davila, age 57, of San Saba, Tx passed away on April 1, 2011 at Llano Memorial Healthcare System. Phyllis was born on January 2, 1954 in Moline, Illinois to Eugene and Norma Craig. Phyllis was a Home Health CNA. Phyllis and Ernest Davila were united in marriage on November 1, 2007 in San Saba. Phyllis is survived by her husband, Ernest Davila; her son, Danny Loren Thomas Caldwell, Jr; her step-sons, Enos Davila, Lucas Perez and Eugene Davila; her daughters, Kristina Ilene Smi ...

C.W.O. Wyndol Webb (USAF, Ret.) went to be with the Lord on March 20, 2011 in San Antonio, Texas at the age of 95. He was born on October 26, 1915 in Richland Springs, Texas to John Hendrix Webb and Lee Alice Ward Webb. He is survived by his loving wife, Billie Lee Steele Webb; daughter, Lynda Harrell and husband Ed; son, Donald Eugene Webb; grandchildren, Kristine, Aaron and Joshua. Graveside services were held on Tuesday, March 29, 2011 at Ft.

Boys Team 1. Coleman #1 352 2. Hico 354 3. Early 367 4. Bangs 368 5. Comanche 382 6. Dublin 385 7. Hamilton 391 8. Coleman #2 397 9. San Saba 408 Medalists Ryan Martin, Coleman 74 Logan Dent, Bangs 74 Treaver McClure, Bangs 78 San Saba Scores Jeffry Hoyt 92 Jack Whi ...

What an exciting week in softball! In the two games this past week, the Lady Dillos scored a combined 38 runs. The Lady Dillos were victorious 24-9 vs Coleman & 14-2 vs Hico. The bats were on fire this week. McKenzie Hibler led the way at the plate with a Grand Slam and an RBI double.

San Saba Elementary School will be accepting pre-registrations for Pre-Kindergarten and new students for the 2011-2012 school year on April 19 from 9:00 – 11:00 p.m. and 12:30 – 1:30 in the San Saba Elementary Office. Evening registration will be from 5:30 – 6:30. The following items will be needed for pre-registration: · Registration contact sheet · Completed home language survey · Copy of the child’s social security card< ...

Monday and Tuesday was filled with 5 This information can be very confusing to parents (and students and teachers), but it has been mandated by the state that all school districts administer the STAAR Exams in the 2011-2012 school year. We will do our best to provide information and keep you updated. I want to send out a shout of praise to a few of our students for going above and beyond.

The Lady Armadillos continue to make their mark on high school basketball. It was truly a wonderful season for these girls and for San Saba. Haylee Oliver was named the Standard-Times All-West Texas Super Team Most Valuable Player. Coach Tony Taylor was named as All-West Texas Super Team Coach of the Year.