In the late 1960s, high-fructose corn syrup was introduced to the food and beverage industry. By 1985, it surpassed sucrose, or table sugar, as the most used sweetener in America. High-fructose corn syrup is a popular sweetener because it is economical. It is a thin liquid that blends well with many food products.

Doug and Cyndi Suggs had a full house for Easter week-end. Monica and Samus Baisden, Tiffany Suggs and Keremy and Sheila Suggs were all visiting. They came for the "adult" egg hunt. Monica went home with the most prizes.Delton and Valerie McGuire spent the Easter week-end with their family. It was their granddaughter's first Easter. Talli and Tori Morrison had fun at Mamo’s last week end.

Last week I was helping Cyndi in the kitchen and stabbed myself. Ouch! It hurt and bled. I stabbed the inside part of one of my thumbs. I did not see the knife that was sticking up in the drain board. I will look next time before I start jerking my hand. Pain is something none of us care for.

50 Years Ago May 1, 1961 The Legislature has passed and sent to the Governor, Senate Bill No. 39 by Senator Louis Crump, which will do away with having to have the excise tax reports notarized. J.B. Boler, local Santa Fe railroad agent and telegraph operator, has an apprentice operator with him learning the trade.

We woke up to thunder and rain this Monday morning. We received 1.4 inches here in Richland Springs with about the same amount in the surrounding areas. The cold wind started Sunday morning and it did not get out of the fifties all day. San Saba county has a frost warning for tonight.

Reading Recommendations: In the Company of Others Vacation. The very word has been foreign to Episcopal priest Tim Kavanagh, who has traveled across the Pond but twice. As an unreformed workaholic, he's used every excuse out there to stay put and tend his erstwhile flock in the village of Mitford. Now retired, he's making good on an old promise to show his wife, Cynthia the land of his Irish ancestors.

A young man saw an old lady at the airport struggling with her bags. The young man came to the old lady and helped her get her bags to the location near the door where she said her son would come and pick her up. As he turned back to retrieve his own bags, the old lady said to him, "My compliments to your mother." That lady recognized the young man had a good mother who taught him well.

At last the rain did come early Monday in the wee hours it started to rain and still coming down at 11:00 a.m. Checked the rain gauge at 9:30 a.m. and had one half inch. It is wonderful, as it was so badly needed. Mother’s Day will be Sunday, May 8 and there will be families getting together for that big celebration and it is hoped all the mothers out there have a great day. Jane Clark went to Portales, N.

It’s Sunday and winter blew back in to town! I had to dig out a long sleeved shirt! I was hoping the heat would cause a rain storm, but there will be no heat generated storm tonight. The skies are pregnant with unshed rain, but just not willing to give us the relief we need here in Richland.

We learned in Texas history class it took courage and sacrifice to gain and defend our sovereignty. Independence is won, not granted. Each generation has a duty to protect our precious liberty. Sadly today, terroristic drug cartels are impugning the sovereignty of the United States of America on Texas soil. For many of our farmers and ranchers on the Texas border, independence and freedom are being compromised daily by violent Mexican drug cartels.

The Christmas Lighting Committee will offer the movie HOP this Friday night, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday afternoon, May 7 at 4:00 and 7:30. This movie,starring Russell Brand, James Marsden, Elizabeth Perkins, and Kaley Cuoco, with cameo appearances and voices of David Hasselhoff and Hugh Laurie, blend animation and real life action that will be a fun evening for everyone. E.

Debby Throckmorton will be offering classes at the 4th Annual Performance Talent Boot Camp June 18th - 25th. Debby is a singing, acting and songwriting coach from Nashville, TN. She is also a songwriter who writes for Daylight Moon Publishing. She is currently writing Aaron Kelly’s new album and Aaron released his first single, "I Can’t Wait for Christmas"

On Saturday, May 7, folks from throughout Central Texas will come together at the new Community Room of the Commercial National Bank in San Saba for the Spring meeting of the Edwards Plateau Historical Association. This marks the 40 Registration will commence around 9 o’clock that morning and presentations of papers will follow beginning around 9:30 a.m.

The time is drawing near for the annual Burnet County Area Fair, and once again area artists will be showcasing their paintings, drawings, sculptures, and mixed media creations in the Fine Arts Division. This year the fair will be held on Friday and Saturday, June 10 Artists from Bell, Blanco, Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, San Saba, Travis, and Williamson Counties are eligible to submit one entry in each of the following categories: 1.

The San Saba County Extension Education Clubs will present their annual May Event on May 11, 2011 from 9:00 AM until 2:00 PM in the basement of the Methodist Church with a salad lunch provided and wish to invite each of you to attend. Please come and participate, because this event is to raise funds to support our 4-H members.

The San Saba Garden Club is offering its spring garden tour on Saturday, June 4. Tour hours are from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. The tour starts at the home of Gail and Lester Bruner at 1104 W. Commerce. The Bruners will be serving complimentary refreshments on their spacious veranda which overlooks the gorgeous garden.

Dear Editor: Once again we are forced to the polls for the purpose of defending our rights to live in a sober society. I am not shocked that this liquor election has been brought up again. It happens this way every time. If it fails in the first attempt, they will go at it again and again and again in an attempt to weary those who oppose it.

San Saba Masonic Lodge No. 612 will hold its stated meeting on Saturday, May 7th. A meal of barbecue chicken and ribs will be provided by the secretary and served at 6:30 p.m. Members are asked to provide a complimentary covered side dish, bread, salad or dessert. Lodge will open at about 7:00 p.m.

In memory of Charlotte Millican Elsie Millican Sherman & Bonnie Millican Ora Elizabeth Hicks Malissa Gage Lemons Jerry & Eleanor Johnson John Millican Paul Strouhal In memory of John Hicks Debbie Hicks

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One of the most important yearly activities of the lodge was the strict observance of Public School Week. The minutes confirm that lapel ribbons were required to be worn by the membership attending meetings. The ribbons read "I HAVE VISITED THE SCHOOLS' or "I HAVE NOT VISITED THE SCHOOLS." Every year the minutes reflect the many school related activities prior to the arrival of Public School Week.

San Saba County is a member of District XV Texas Retired Teachers Association which includes 18 counties: Brown, Coke, Coleman, Comanche, Concho, Crockett, Erath, Irion, Kimble, Mason, McCulloch, Menard, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Sterling, Sutton, and Tom Green. Although the district covers a wide area of west Texas and currently has nine local units, each county can organize through TRTA, their own local unit. In 1936 the Texas Constitution est ...

The Today's Girls will be performing a Community Service Fund-raiser for the 13 year old, Isah Thorp, from Lometa. He is the brother of the Texas State Today's Baby Queen, Chloe Thorp. Isiah was involved in a horrific ATV accident on April 9, 2011. He was airlifted to Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, TX where he spent numerous days in ICU receiving care and help with his recovery.

First, this Thursday we have the National Day of Prayer. Prayer and fasting was a part or our heritage even before we were a nation. For instance, in 1775 the Continental Congress asked the colonies to pray for wisdom in forming our nation and in 1863 President Lincoln gave a proclamation for a day of "humiliation, fasting and prayer."

On April 12, 2011, six San Saba County WWII Veterans along with 204 others were privileged to go to Washington DC to view the WWII Memorial plus several other attractions. Those attending from San Saba County were Benton Miller, Robert Lewis, Press Adams, Wilton Jackson, Johnny Oswald and Paul Wilson.

It’s pretty apparent that we’ve made it into the "Merry Month" of May, and though we fairly well missed our April showers, we might still have some appearance of May flowers. The front that came through our fair valley of the Pecan this past Sunday & Monday had rain in front of it, as well as more rain behind the front line.

The Hill Country Cattle Women will be holding their May meeting in Fredericksburg on Tuesday, May 17 We will begin with coffee and registration at 10A.M. with the meeting beginning at 10:30AM and the cost of $17.00. Our program will be presented by Carl Galant who is with McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, LLP.

Receipts totaled 1587 head for the week. The market was active with stocker steers selling $2 higher in strong demand and stocker heifers were steady. Feeder steers remain steady while feeder heifers sold steady also. Packer cows sold $1 lower with no real high yielding cows to test the top end of the market and packer bulls were $2 lower.

Evelyn Sue Townsend passed away after a short illness May 1, 2011. She was born in Snyder, Oklahoma on September 10, 1920 to Fred and Kate Sterner. She married Fred Townsend Jr. in San Saba, Texas on November 21, 1942. Evelyn was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, and three brothers, Kenneth, Tim and Gary Sterner. Mrs.

Thomas Andrew Wilton, Jr., 66, of Richland Springs entered into eternal rest on April 28, 2011 at Brownwood Regional Medical Center. He was surrounded by his family and close friends. Memorial services are pending with Howell Doran Funeral Home in San Saba. T.A., as he was known to his many friends and family, was born in Brady, TX on January 17, 1945.

Name UniversityClass Hometown UTSA So. Mexico City, Mexico Lamar Sr. Rungsted Kyst, Denmark UTSA Fr. Torreon, Mexico Central Arkansas So. Karlskrona, Sweden Sam Houston St So. San Saba, Texas Paola Valerio Stine Pedersen Fabiola Arriaga Julia Roth Shelby Hardy

Shelby Hardy is a First team selection and Meghann Stevens earned honorable mention honors to give Sam Houston State two student-athletes on the 2011 All-Southland Conference women’s golf team. Hardy, a sophomore from San Saba, has earned all-conference honors for the second year in a row. She was a second team selection as a freshman in 2010. The Bearkats’ leader in stroke average again this season, Hardy came within one onehundredth of a percentage point of tying the al ...

The San Saba Ladies Golf Association met April 27, 2011 for play day with the Chair for April, Jo Ann Snow, calling for a game of playing odd holes less 1/2 your handicap. First place went to Dorothy Sterner and Second to Anita Miles, who also was Low Gross and Low Net for the day and won the putt pot with 30 putts.

With the so much information in the news about state budget cuts, it is a good time to remind folks of how schools are funded. Basically, schools have two types of budgets, operating and capital projects. The operating budget comes from donations, funds from the federal government, local revenue from concessions and entry fees, revenue from property taxes and revenue from the state of Texas.

Richland Springs will host their 2010-2011 All-Sports Banquet this Friday night at 6:00 pm. The banquet will be held in the Cafetorium at the school. Guest speaker will be Coach Bob Shipley from Brownwood. Dinner will be served at a cost of $3.00 per person for non-Booster Club members. Although, this is an all-sports awards dinner and athletes participating in every sport will be recognized, there will be special recognition to the 2010 State and National Champion Richland Springs Football ...

This past Friday, the San Saba baseball team had throwback night in the "old gray" uniforms and hosted their last district game of the regular season against the Hico Tigers. With district places already determined, we wanted to use this opportunity to get ready for the playoffs and to get a sense of the feel of that kind of atmosphere.

The class of 1966 will hold their 45 th reunion on Saturday, August 27,2011 at Soap’s Place in San Saba from 11 A.M. till 5 P.M. A BarBQue lunch will be served at 1:00 P.M. Classmates will be receiving an information packet soon with more detailed information. Classmates may also contact Peggy Walker Hayes at wapeha@aol.com .

Congratulations to students, teachers, parents, and everyone included in TAKS testing last week! There were many people involved to make the week run smoothly. The secretaries in the offices had to be the best communicators in the district! The secretaries on all three campuses had to be aware of what subjects were testing, where students were located, and when classes would resume.

MONDAY Menus are subject to change without notice. BREAKFAST: Breakfast pizza or cereal w/graham cracker, juice, milk LUNCH: Fish, coleslaw, baked beans, sherbert, milk TUESDAY BREAKFAST: Pancakes, cinnamon rolls, or cereal w/graham cracker, juice, milk LUNCH: Spaghetti w/meat sauce, salad, mixed fruit, bread sticks, milk WEDNESDAY

On Tuesday, May 10, 2011 at 6:00pm, San Saba ISD will host an informational meeting to provide input and evaluate the Federal Programs offered at San Saba ISD. This meeting will provide for any interested party the opportunity to give input on parental involvement and services provided by the Federal Programs of which San Saba ISD annually participates.

El Martes, 10 de mayo 2011 a las 6:00 pm, San Saba ISD será el anfitrión de una reunión informativa para proporcionar información y evaluar los programas federales se ofrecen en San Saba ISD. En esta reunión se prevé ninguna de las partes interesadas la oportunidad de dar su opinión sobre la participación de los padres y los servicios prestados por los Programas Federales de la cual San Saba ISD anualmente participa.

On April 18, 2011 San Saba ISD was honored to host a tour of the facilities that was sponsored by our parent facility committee. The committee members headed by Tony Guidroz and Debbie Shahan solicited donations from various vendors and rallied volunteers that helped make the event incredible. Donating door prizes to the event were: Mike Nelson, Blossman Exterminating, Alco, KNUZ Radio, R & R Fuel Stop, West End Convenience, Riggs Fertilizer, and Kevin and Margie Keeney.

Everybody say,"Prom!" It’s prom headquarters at The Partnership at Drugfree.org. Wait — before you start envisioning the staff promenading around the office in tuxes and taffeta, high heels and updos, let me explain. They’ve been busy preparing heaps of helpful information for parents (like me) whose teens are off to prom this spring. Yes, my son Michael will soon be attending his prom in Baltimore.