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April 21, 2011 Issue
Front Page
Submitted by Judge Byron Theodosis
Please be advised that under the Governor's Disaster Declaration, any outdoor flame is clearly and totally prohibited. This prohibition includes prescribed burns, agriculture burns, and/or welding. The Governor's Proclamation will be in effect until significant rainfall is received. Extreme fire danger continues in the counties affected and San Saba County is included.
The Texas Forest Service believes that wildfires under the existing conditions are capable of traveling at a rate of ...
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Impact 2000Plus' Community-Wide Easter Egg Hunt is set for this Saturday, April 23rd at 10:00 a.m. It is open to children ages eight and under and will be held at the track field in Mill Pond Park (across from the Civic Center).
The Easter Bunny will be there for photo opps and lots of candy filled eggs and prizes for the children to enjoy.
The Community-Wide Easter Egg Hunt is an event brought to the community by the San Saba IMPACT 2000Plus with the support of generous dona ...
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You and your family are invited to the San Saba Museum’s annual spring event on Sunday afternoon, May 1 at the Gazebo in Mill Pond Park.
The event will feature live music, entertaining speakers, free tours of the museum and homemade refreshments. Museum President Lynn Blankenship will serve as emcee.
The festivities begin at 1:30 pm with pickin’ and singin’ by Roger Whatley.
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After a banner season which climaxed at the State Tournament, San Saba’s Haylee Oliver, Danessa Vasquez and Coach Tony Taylor were named on the ALL WEST TEXAS BASKETBALL TEAM.
Haylee Oliver was named All West Texas Super Team MVP. Oliver put up impressive stats including 821 points (21 per game average), 453 rebounds (11.6 game average), 164 assist (4.2 game average), 125 steals (3.2 game average) and 129 blocks (3.3 game average).
Danessa Vasquez was named to the 2A Al ...
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The San Saba City Council conducted a Public Hearing prior to the regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, April 12th in the City Hall Council Chambers. Mayor Ken Jordan called the meeting to order and announced a quorum with Councilman Shawn Oliver absent. Councilman Charles Peeler gave the invocation followed by everyone joining for the pledges to the American and Texas flags.
The Public Hearing was to receive comments for or against condemnation of property located at 608 S.
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The Board of Trustees of San Saba ISD met on Monday, April 11th at 6:00 p.m. in the Central Administration Office. President, Darrin Barker, called the meeting to order and established a Quorum with all Board members present. Barker gave the invocation followed by everyone joining for the pledges to the American and Texas flags.
The Student of the Month at the Elementary campus is Taylor Smith.
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By Sue Broyles, Reporter Bend Chappel EE Club
The Bend Chappel EE Club met Monday, April 11, 2011. President Mary Jane Dennis called the meeting to order. Nine members answered roll call. In absence of treasurer Fran Hulgan, Mary Jane gave the treasurers report.
Mary Jane opened the discussion as what to do with the old records and paper work.
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By: Carolyn McDowell, CEA-FCS San Saba County
Have you bought salt lately? Are you unsure as to what kind you should buy? Which is the best for your health? What is better for baking? Which has the best taste? Most salt shakers we use today are filled with table salt. Table salt is mined from underground deposits to contain 99.9 percent of sodium and chloride.
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Recently in the news, I heard and read about a woman in New York who drove her vehicle into the river. Inside were her four children. When I hear of a tragedy such as this, I am always amazed. Why would she do this? She is the only one who may ever know.
Three of her children died, but one of them rolled down a window and swam to safety.
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From the San Saba News & Star Archives
60 Years Ago
April 19, 1951
Good catches of yellowcats on the San Saba river west of town are reported by Hugh Grumbles, Blackie Bowers, Junior Russell, Edgar and John T. Sanderson.
The Huddle Cafe, formerly owned and operated by Mr. and Mrs. Bill Aven, has been sold to Mr. and Mrs. Minor Duncan, residents of the county for many years.
Harry Shapiro, San Saba dry goods merchant, this week was appointed chairman of the Junio ...
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There has been no rain the past week and the strong winds have just about blown away all the moisture we got last week.
There were seven ladies in attendance at the Busy Bee quilting last Tuesday. They were, Irene Hammett, Fay and Gloria Lusty, Grace Hardman, Carol Orr, Nancy Slaughter and Marilyn Miller.
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Submitted by Nancy Bannister
Reading Recommendations:
The Company We Keep
Robert Baer was known inside the CIA as perhaps the best operative working the Middle East. Over several decades, he served everywhere from Iraq to New Delhi and racked up such an impressive list of accomplishments that he was eventually awarded the Career Intelligence Medal. But if his career was all that a spy must aspire to, his personal life was a brutal illustration of everything a spy is asked to sacrifice.
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James Johnston, Minister 2nd & Wallace Church of Christ,San Saba, Texas
The enemies of Jesus had thought they had triumphed. Pilate asked that the guard let him know that Jesus was indeed dead before he released the body of Jesus to Joseph of Arimathea. Jesus was dead and buried in the tomb and guards were posted outside the tomb. No one could still his body.
On the first day of the week, the stone was moved miraculously and Jesus was brought to life again.
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The San Saba Ladies Golf Association met April 14, 2011 for play day with the Chair for April, Dorothy Sterner, calling for a game of "Best at Something", where you get a point for being in the fairway on your drive, for being on the green in regulation, and for a one putt - and you have to subtract one point for lost ball, being in a hazard, or three putting.
There was a tie for First between Sandee Hartley, who also scored the Low Gross for the day, and Jo Anne Hardy, who scored th ...
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It was a pretty day and I just wanted to spend some time alone. I drove around for a while and it was so nice because there was such a peace and calm in my inner being or soul. It has not always been that way in my life. Years there was a lot of unrest, frustration and no inner peace or real joy and wondering about God.
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Another week without rain and thank goodness no fires in the county like those that are going on in other parts of Texas. The high winds have made it really hard to keep the fires under control that have been burning over the different parts of Texas. A warning to everyone to be extra careful and not burn anything outdoors.
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Port Aransas,
The celebrated endangered species, down to just 49 whooping cranes in 1975, has grown steadily, and the count reached 574 last year. Laid end to end, these rare North American birds would span almost a half-mile, since some are nearly five feet tall!
A colorful Port Aransas printed piece trumpets "Festivals—Mustang Island Style"—one of which is a "celebration of whopping cranes and other birds."
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A.J. Paredez and classmates of Jessica Estrada, are doing a fund raiser for Jessica and her family. They will be raffling an I-pod that has been donated. The tickets are $1.00 each or 6 for $5.00. Businesses will be contacted to be sponsors. The drawing will be at the Pecan Trades Day, May 7th.
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Mr. Bryant Patton of San Saba turned 90 on April 13, 2011. He celebrated his birthday on April 9th with a party given by his family. Barbecue and all the trimmings were enjoyed by 52 family members and friends. Mr. Patton would like to take this opportunity to thank Connie and all the employees of City National Bank for all their banking help over the 46 years since he has been their customer
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Work has been completed on the S.E. corner of the Bank building in Richland Springs. Allen Supak and his crew did a nice job. Renni Mann did the glass at his cost. 100% of each dollar you donate goes to work on this building. Please send your donations to: R.S.P.S.
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The Cowboy Cemetery Association held their annual meeting and cemetery cleanup Saturday, April 16th.
The membership elected Glenda Griffin, director, Karen Fair, treasurer, and Janie Johnson, secretary for a three year term . President Ken Barr requested names and phone numbers for any members willing to help with a work day.
The next association meeting will be held on April 21, 2012.
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nsion Education Clubs will present their annual May Event on May 11, 2011 from 9:00 AM until 1:00 PM in the basement of the Methodist Church with a salad lunch provided and wish to invite each of you to attend.
We will have wonderful speakers; Jimma Byrd on birding in San Saba County, Dan Prikryl, Senior Staff Archaeologist for LCRA on nature, Kay Stewart on quilting and our special guest will be Stan Weik, City Manager.
Jimma will speak on birding basics like binoculars, web ...
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On Saturday and Sunday the 16th and 17th of April, the children, grandchildren, great and great, great grandchildren of Med and Myrt Gage met at Pat Ribb’s house for a family reunion.
From Lowell’s family were he and his wife Chris, daughter Gayle Krejci and her daughter Stephanie and granddaughter Tanna.
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New Holland Agriculture announced that Hoffpauir Outdoor Superstore in San Saba, TX has been named a Blue Ribbon Excellence dealer.
This designation, earned by New Holland dealers who meet stringent standards for customer satisfaction and business excellence, is an assurance to customers of exceptional service and support. New Holland Agriculture Blue Ribbon Excellence dealers have achieved high quality levels for facilities, business managemnet, sales, parts and service support, and ...
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Dear Editor:
I am writing this letter for two reasons: 1) to make sure everyone in San Saba knows what IMPACT 2000Plus is and who we are; and 2) to encourage people to join this worthwhile organization.
San Saba IMPACT 2000Plus is a non-profit 301 (c) organization that has been in existence for at least 15 years.
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The 2011 4th Annual Performance Talent Boot Camp will be held June 18th - 25th at the Performance Talent Building and the San Saba Civic Center.
Andrea Olfers and Laura Amthor will be offering Puppet Theatre & Creative Drama. Puppet Theatre Camp is for children ages 3 years - 8 years.
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Pierian Study Club Holds Easter Meeting
On April 14, 2011, the Pierian Study Club met at the Mill Pond Garden Club Center with Anna Wilson as hostess. Co-hostesses for the meeting were Bebe Bagley, Barbara Hardy, Clione Rochat, and Connie Adams, Chair. Other members present were Ann Allison, Donna Baker, Loy Nell Behrens, Gail Bruner, Millie Burnham, Sharon Clawson, Kathleen Hawkins, Jeri Jones, Sandy Kuykendall, Ann McElroy, Joycelyn McRorey, Anita Miles, Martine Miller, Elsie Millican, Kay Nettleship, Debbie Shahan, Patty Shaw, ...
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Submitted By Ross J. Cox, Sr., Lodge Secretary
By 1936, the Depression had become entrenched, paralyzing the country. Questions were raised as funds became obviously short. This practice of the soft hearted secretary was finally forced to an end. That year sixty-one Masons were suspended from the lodge for non payment of dues and the roster dropped from 189 to 128.
From this point forward things went from bad to worse.
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The Marble Falls Opry will be held on Saturday, April 30, at the Uptown Theater in downtown Marble Falls. The show will begin at 7:30 PM and admission is $12.00 per person. Tickets are now on sale at the Uptown Theater, Lively Computers in Kingsland or by calling (325) 597-1895 or (830) 693-9996.
The Marble Falls Opry is proud to present a special tribute show to Country Music Hall of Famer Conway Twitty with his grandson Tre Twitty.
Tre Twitty, the son of Michael Twitty and ...
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There has been some water passed under the proverbial bridge since we last visited, but not a whole lot has changed around our parts the past few weeks. Spring has pretty well busted out about as green as it could, considering the lack of precipitation received the past few months.
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Receipts totaled 4459 head for the week. The market remains very active with all classes of calves and yearlings selling steady with several light weight new crop calves coming to town due to the dry conditions. Packer cows sold $3 lower but the top selling cow sold for $86. Packer bulls also sold $3 lower.
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If you have an interest in learning more about pond (stock tank) management then mark your calendars for Tuesday evening May 10, 2011. That is the date of a Pond Management program. It is being conducted by the Brown County Extension Office. This will be an on-site program. Dr. Michael Masser, Extension Fisheries Specialist from Texas A&M will provide the training.
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Submitted by Marsha Hardy, San Saba County Emergency Management Coordinator
Farm and ranch families and citizens living in rural areas can help protect their property during potentially severe wildfire seasons by taking precautions before fires break out. Fire experts advise keeping grass mowed within 30 feet of your home. Minimize shrubbery near your home and prune lower branches of trees to help prevent surface fires from spreading into tree crowns.
Make sure the areas beneath utility lines are clear of brush, tall grass and trees to reduce the risk of los ...
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John Holland Bannister was born in Houston, TX on September 24, 1922 and died April 16, 2011 in Goldthwaite, TX at Goldthwaite Health & Rehab Center. His parents were Catherine Holland and John Howard Bannister.
John was raised in Houston and graduated from West Columbia High School. He then attended the A&M College of Texas (class of ’44) prior to Officer Candidate School.
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San Saba Regional Qualifiers - San Saba had 11 tracksters qualify for regionals at the district track meet in Hico on April 13 and 14th. Hector Paez won the 1600 meters and got 2nd in the 3200 meters; Wil Sloan placed 3rd in shot put; Celestino Aguirre placed 3rd in triple jump; Luis Vega placed 2nd in the triple jump; Danessa Vasquez won the 3200 meters and placed 2nd in the 1600 meters; Haylee Oliver won high jump and placed 2nd in pole vault; Zack Davis (not pictured) placed 1st in the 100 ...
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San Saba Tennis Team Cleans Up At District - The San Saba Tennis Team coached by Ralph Cox did an awesome job at the district meet qualifying 13 members to go to Regionals in Odessa on April 19 and 20, 2011. Marshal McIntosh won the men’s singles; Kobe Cisneroz and Diego Gonzalez won the men’s doubles; Josh Raiford and Houston Casco placed 2nd in men’s doubles; Joely Haverland placed 2nd in women’s singles; Heather Wilcox and Jose Vega won mixed doubles; Tarah and Joan ...
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Twelve San Saba County 4-H’ers participated in the recent Extravaganza Contest held at the State 4-H Center on Lake Brownwood. Not pictured Ron Gerhart.
The results are as follows:
Light Rifle
Ron Gerhart Class A- 2
Basic Compound Archery
David Maddox, Class A- 5
Hank Perry – Class A – 7
Dax Porch-Class B- 1
Kade Tedder – Class B – 2
Tr ...
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Richland Springs High School performed their one act play entry, August: Osage County on April 9
th at Fredericksburg High School in the Area competition. The two schools advancing from that competition were Lometa with Last Night of Ballyhoo and Mason with The Curious Savage.
Sara Hedley received All-Star Cast honors, and Brooklyn McGinty received Honorable Mention honors.
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Submitted by Coach Scott Mathis
Back on Monday, April 11, the varsity baseball team hosted the Dublin Lions for game ten of district play. The Armadillos made quick work of the Lions by jumping out to an early lead. Great pitching and dependable defense made sure that the Dublin offense never got on a roll.
The game opened with sophomore pitcher Ryan Guidroz on the mound.
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"A"
Grade 1
Brissa Baugh
Grace Perry
Witt Tedder
Grade 2
Kendall Johnson
Grade 3
KO Tedder
Grade 5
Lillian Adams
Grade 6
Tori Morrison
Grade 7
Tommy Hene ...
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By: Don Fowler, RSISD Superintendent
Three students traveled to the High School UIL Academic Regional Meet in Brenham on Friday, April 15. Representing Richland Springs were Sara Hedley, Stephen Soto-Thornhill, and Thomas Fowler. Staff traveling with the students were UIL coordinator Nelson Smith and volunteer Melanie Smith. None of these three advanced to the state meet.
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Among those that advanced out of the district track meet were Trevor Tinney in pole vault; Denim Reeves in long jump; and Danny Tillery, Bryan Torres, and Tra Williams in shot put. The sprint relay team also made it out of district with a first place finish in the 4x100 relay and second place in the 4x200 relay.
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One more huge honor goes out to Haylee Oliver as she was announced as the Player of the Year in Class 2A for the entire State of Texas by TABC (Texas Association of Basketball Coaches). Haylee will also be playing in the TABC All Star game in San Antonio later on in May.
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The Terrific Ten Varsity Harriers did a great job at the District Track Meet capturing 4th place and scoring 70 points. We also had one junior varsity runner (Ashley Pulatie) and she did a great job in the JV Division as well capturing 2nd in the Long Jump and garnering 5th place honors in the 100.
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Nina Paredez won the District Girls' Golf Championship by 30 strokes over the nearest competitor. Nina finished her high school career with back to back district championships. She will play Regionals in Odessa on Monday and Tuesday. The boys team finished 6th in District play.
Boys Team Scores
Par San Saba Featherbay Total
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The Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes has chosen two San Saba Seniors, Haylee Oliver and Tucker Cromer, to play in this year’s Myrle Greathouse All-Star Classic in Abilene this summer. This is the 12th year of the event but the first year that San Saba has been included. In addition to the games, they attended a press conference in February and a banquet last weekend honoring all the athletes in the area that will play in the event.
Haylee will play in the basketball ...
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By Leigh Ann Glaze, Superintendent of Schools
Recently, a citizen attended one of our scheduled town hall meetings and he came with some very good questions. He told me that people were asking these questions and that I needed to answer them. I asked his permission to answer these questions as he had presented them to me.
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By Coach Shay Easterwood, Coach Mike Easterwood, Coach Ron Welch, Coach Darryl Cash, and Coach Micke
Last Wed. and Thur. we competed in the District Track Meet at Hico. We were proud of the way our young men competed. Most of them had their personal bests which is all that you could ask for. Five of them will be going to the Regional Track Meet at Odessa.
We would also like to thank these young men for their hard work and effort during this track season.
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Valedictorian
Tarah Mae Crosby
Magna Cum Laude –
Jaena Marie Edwards
Maarten Tucker Cromer
Jack Morris Whitten
Jose Ruben Vega
Kelli Elizabeth Cox
Maria Rebeca Paredes
Salutatorian
Haylee Terrell Oliver
Cum Laude –
Johna Rene’ Reavis
Audrey Danielle Pierce
Jason Kyle Wells< ...
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Submitted By Coach Scott Mathis
Last Friday, our JV team played the Bangs Dragons JV squad. The wind was howling on this day. Our batters got a runner on in the first, but no runs scored. We got runners on again in the second inning and one scored. Players hitting the ball were Russell Lowe, Wil Sloan with a double, Kelan Verette with a double, and Dusty Parum with a single and also scored our team’s second run later in the game.
Josh Wright took the mound and did what a pitcher has to do which is throw strik ...
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Submitted by SSISD Assistant School Superintendent Michael Bohensky
The week before Easter is a time when most stop and think about what is truly important in their lives. The conclusion of this week is symbolic. The nation and world have been stricken by many horrendous disasters in the previous months. Earthquakes, tsunamis, tornadoes, and fires have struck many parts of the world.
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The San Saba Bands went to UIL Concert & Sight-Reading on April 14
The Sight-Reading portion gives students 7 minutes to silently finger & count a piece they have never seen, and then they must perform the piece in its entirety with minimal error. Sight-reading involves testing student’s knowledge of musical elements on the spot.
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News from San Saba ISD Superintendent, Leigh Ann Glaze
Next week is a very big week….to quote our great athletic director, Jeff Pannell, it’s 4th down and 1 and we have to make a move or lose the game…..Next week is TAKS week and it’s time to put in to play all that we have been learning for the year!
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