September 11, 2008

This month's "Movie in the Park" will be presented Saturday, September 13th at dark at the T-Ball Field at Mill Pond Park. This month's feature is "Nim's Island." Bring your lawn chairs and blankets for a night of free family and community fun.

The September 4, 2008 issue of the San Saba News & Star incorrectly listed several persons as having been in the San Saba County Jail during the period of September 20th-30th, 2008. The persons incorrectly listed were: Davis, Francis; Sanchez, Anthony G.; Morgan, Randy Keith Jr.; Ayala, Eva; Lewis, Charles Dean; Berkley, Billy L.; Vasquez, Jose; Cline, Michael P.; Franklin, Laurie Ann; Castro, Arnold. The staff at the San Saba News & Star listed these names inadvertently and in error.

Judge Byron Theodosis called to order the September 8th meeting of the County Commissioners Court. Roger McGehee did the invocation followed by everyone saying pledges to the American and Texas flags. Action was taken on the following County Official and Departmental Reports: County Clerk Kim Wells reported that the county was fairly normal and the district will have Judge Mills for Court on October 28th.

The Yard of the Month for September was awarded to Larry and Carol Ledbetter at 1103 West Dry Street. They had the house built in 1965 and have been there ever since. Bachelor Buttons, Caladiums, Red Begonias, Impatiens and Mexican Heather are in the front yard and beside the front door.

This year’s Cindy Hayes Memorial Food Drive, sponsored by Central Texas Telephone Cooperative and Central Texas Communications, will be held on Friday, September 26th from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Courthouse Square. All proceeds from the Food Drive will be given to the San Saba County Food Pantry. All non-perishable items will be appreciated. You can register for door prizes and receive free sausage wraps and drinks from 11:30 – 1 p.m.

The Llano County Hospital Authority Board of Directors welcomed the information that Scott & White’s CEO had put the new Lake of the Hills Regional Medical Center high on the list of achievements in a recent annual report. Dr. Alfred Knight was reporting on the first year of what he called “our grand Vision.” “We have initiated partnerships and alliances creating the Lake of the Hills Hospital, while also expanding our relationship with Metroplex/Rollins Brook,” he said.

McKenna Maxcey, 11-year-old daughter of Reagan and Marcie Maxcey, competed in her first Junior High Rodeo on August 31, 2008. Texas Junior High Rodeos are open to girls and boys in the 6th-8th grades. All participants in Texas Junior High Rodeos must be in good standing at their respective schools and passing all of their courses.

Everyday, thousands of cancer patients need to commute to treatment, but some may not be able to; recent U.S. fuel prices as high as $4.44 per gallon are worsening the situation. The Road to Recovery® program provides cancer patients, with transportation to and from treatment. The recruitment of volunteers for this life-saving service, especially in the context of the current economical conditions, is crucial for the well-being of cancer patients.

To all who have been so generous, supportive, and helpful, the members of San Saba County EMS extend their sincere appreciation. Period from May 1-August 31, 2008 Gifts, Contributions, etc. Cecil Campbell, Wachovia Securities, LLC - cash donation Bernard & Nancy Goss - cash donation Bobby R. Franklin - cash donation San Saba Independent School District - donation Don & Ann McElroy - cash donation Frank Lange Bernard & Nancy Goss Louise Jones Bill & Linda Sloan Charles & LaVe ...

The San Saba High School Class of 1968 celebrated the 40th anniversary of their high school graduation on August 23 with a brunch at the Senior Center. Thirty classmates attended with a total attendance of 55 people including spouses, three parents, John & Joycyln McRorey and Nettie Oma Carpenter, and one teacher, Mr.

San Saba High School will hold their homecoming festivities at Rogan field on September 19 at 6:45 p.m. Please note that this is BEFORE the game starts and not at halftime.

The San Saba Scottish Rite Club will meet on Thursday, September 11th at the San Saba Masonic Lodge at 6:30 p.m. The Club will provide the main course. Members are asked to bring a covered dish. Especially invited are all Master Masons, and persons interested in Masonry. Please feel free to bring spouses and guests. For further information, call Benton Miller at 325/623-5528.

The descendents of George Cook Taylor and Sudie Edwin Terry Taylor, whose twin brother was Henry Terry, and her father was Stephen Woodson Terry, one of the first sheriffs of San Saba County, met at the Senior Center on Sunday, August 31, 2008, for their annual Taylor reunion. One of the stories told was that Sudie Terry was in the yard of the present jail eating cornbread when a wild hog attacked her. Their children who are deceased are Prentice, Roy, Hilda, George, Velma and Guyon, the last ...

You might think that the little bit of mold on your bread or on top of your cream cheese is easily cut away and discarded. What most people don’t know is that, like an iceberg, there is a lot more than what you are able to see. We think of mold as being that fuzzy green, white or brown stuff growing on the surface of food.

The Cherokee Church of Christ will have a Gospel Meeting starting next Sunday Morning. Dalton Key will be the speaker. Everyone is welcome to attend. Delton McGuire has been in Fayetteville, Arkansas presenting his Parenting in a Media Filled World class. If you have not had a chance to see this presentation it would be very interesting to you. Danny and Janiece Duggan took some time off to celebrate Danny’s birthday and their anniversary last week end. Don Burdine got a good report on his ...

This past few weeks has seen some true devastation in our country. Hurricane Fay landed in Florida and decided it did not want to leave in any particular hurry. It left Florida with a true soaking like it hasn’t had in a while. Then a week ago Gustav made its way into the Gulf and floods in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana were recorded.

100 Years Ago September 10, 1908 Up to 11 o'clock Wednesday, the Farmers Union Warehouse Company gin had turned out 308 bales of cotton and the Oil Mill gin 289, a total of 597 bales. Wiley Barnett of Montgomery, Ala., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Louise Urquhart, whom he had not seen for 35 years.

Last week was a dry week with no rain, but it was cooler. A light shower came Monday around noon with the promise of more to come this week. The storm coming into the Gulf just might bring in the rain, but the weather people don’t seem to know where “Ike” is going to go.

Reading Recommendations: The Way We Will be, 50 Years from Today, 60 of the World's Greatest Minds Share Their Vision of the Next Half Century, Mike Wallace - The world is an unknown - which is why the future and the unknown absolutely fascinate us. Veteran television journalist Mike Wallace asked the question, "What will life be like 50 years from now?"

I’d suppose that most of yall probably enjoyed the cooler mornings from the recent front that we got out of the North last week. Everyone I visited with during the 3-4 days readily commented on the welcoming of Fall type weather and temperature. The only thing that could have been improved upon those days would have been about a 2 inch rain all over our fair County. As I’ve mentioned in prior editions of the “News,” one of the advantages of penning a column such as this is the fact o ...

It happened again last week as another hurricane, Gustav, turned westward at the last minute and missed a direct hit on New Orleans. By the time it hit shore it had calmed down a lot. There was no or very little loss of life and destruction of property. The other hurricane, Katrina, almost three years to the day turned eastward at the last minute and missed a direct hit.

Receipts totaled 2097 head for the week. The market was very active and higher with aggressive bidding on all classes of cattle. The weaned cattle in the Premium sale all saw prices $6-$12 above the nonweaned calves. The stocker steers were all $3-$5 higher and stocker heifers were $3-$6 higher.

The San Saba Golf Association Club Champions are Michael Whitley and Flossie Woodward and Jerry Minter! The annual San Saba Club Championship Tournament was held August 30-31, 2008. Michael Whitley had an outstanding win with scores of 73 on Saturday and 77 on Sunday. This was Michael’s second time to win the Men’s Club Championship.

Dear Editor: Isn't it time for a change? In light of San Saba High School's past football record over the past four years, when is enough, enough? Coach Johnson's record presently amassed is a terrible record with four wins and 36 losses over his last four years as the Athletic Director/Head Coach of San Saba High School's football team.

A man in Jacksonville, Florida, discovered a two-headed lizard. The heads are at opposite ends. When it tries to walk, its legs move in opposite directions. That lizard reminds me of the Bible verse: "A double-minded man is unstable in all his ways." He's a man with two heads. One believes, the other doesn't.

Some people seem to have tremendous reserves of inner strength. Where do they get it? They may exhort us to look to ourselves for that power, the power of positive thinking, etc. Real power for living, or I should say, any power for living, comes from without. It comes from God.

Last week was a dry week with no rain, but it was cooler. A light shower came Monday around noon with the promise of more to come this week. The storm coming into the Gulf just might bring in the rain, but the weather people don’t seem to know where “Ike” is going to go.

Although we didn’t get any rain from the latest hurricanes that have devastated the east, we may need to thank them for the wonderfully cool mornings and evenings we have been experiencing lately! Russ’ daughter Tracy and husband Mark, spent most of their visit on the porch, enjoying the fresh air.

Teens are abusing prescription drugs they find at home. Here’s what they are doing—and how parents can stop it. It can be medication left over from your last surgery. Maybe they’re the pills you keep on the dresser or tucked inside your purse. Teens are finding prescription drugs wherever people they know keep them—and abusing them to get high.

Annabel Brown, 93, of Rough Creek Community in San Saba County, passed away, Sunday, September 7, 2008 in Temple, Texas. She was born August 11, 1915 at the Rough Creek Community, the daughter of George W. Long and Willie Josephine Beauchamp. Annabel was a past president of the Garden Club, and a member of the Eastern Star.

Davie Jim Patton, 63, of Kingsland, TX died Tuesday September 2, 2008 in a Temple hospital. Private family services will be held at a later date. Mr. Patton was born April 26, 1945 in San Saba, Texas to Grover Dennis and Etta Verna Wilson Patton. He was a veteran of the United States Navy.

Estelle (nee Harkey) Wolf, 86 of Loveland, Colorado, passed away on August 19, 2008, at Hospice Care at McKee. Estelle (aka "Prudy") was born in San Saba, the youngest of three sisters. She lived in Harkeyville and graduated from San Saba High School. She married James E. Maas, and together they began following dam-building projects. Consequently, she lived in Texas, California, Georgia, New York and Washington before relocating to Colorado in 1951. In Colorado, she lived in Boulder, Lafaye ...

Florence Henry Huerta, 65, of San Saba, passed away, Sunday, September 7, 2008 at her residence in San Saba. She was born August 10, 1943, in San Saba County, the daughter of David Rodriguez and Pauline Garza Rodriguez. She attended church at The Father's House in San Saba. She is survived by mother, Pauline Rodriguez, of San Saba; three sons: John Henry and his wife, Jenny, of San Saba; Victor David Henry of San Saba; and Robert Henry and his wife, Patricia, of Georgetown; one daughter, Jo An ...

Longtime resident of Waco, Ira J. Conner, father, teacher and friend, was called home by his Lord Sunday, July 27, 2008. He was 81 years old. Born June 23, 1927 to Ernest and Ada Conner, Ira was the youngest of five children. Though his life would take him many places, he would never outgrow his love of farming, cattle, and the outdoors, instilled by his family during his earliest years in Wallace Creek.

Mary Louise Johnson, 86, of Hico, passed away September 2, 2008, at Scott & White Hospital in Temple. She was born March 13, 1922 in Gonzales County. Mary had lived in Hico since 1981. She was a homemaker and a farmer and was a member of the Hico Church of Christ. Survivors include her husband, J.A.

Primitivo (Primo) Zepeda, 79, of San Saba, passed away Monday, September 1, 2008 in Austin, Texas. He was born June 10, 1929 in Baytown, Texas the son of Alfredo Zepeda and Maria Martinez Zepeda. Primo worked in Road construction and was a mechanic. On October 27, 1956, Primo Zepeda and Manuela Ortegon were married in Laredo, Tx.

Robert Wayne Allen, Sr., 80, of Gilmer, Texas passed away Friday, August 29, 2008 in Ballinger. Mr. Allen was a longtime resident of Marshall, Texas and a member of Indian Rock Baptist Church near Gilmer. Robert Allen was born in Richland Springs, Texas to Clarence Allen and Pearl Hudson Allen on July 20, 1928.

What started bad for the San Saba Armadillos last Friday night, ended as an exciting game. The DeLeon Bearcats held on for a 21-19 win over the Armadillos after leading 21-0 at halftime. Four turnovers and some costly penalties lead to the halftime score, but San Saba turned things around in the second half and almost won. San Saba received the opening kick but were forced to punt and the Bearcats gained a first down before the Dillo defense forced a punt.

The Junior Varsity Coyotes were again victorious in their second game of the year, taking a 51-6 victory over the Blanket Tigers at Blanket. The Varsity Coyotes were victorious over the Covington Owls at Covington by a score of 62-0. The Junior High plays at home against Lometa Thursday, Sept 11th at 6:00 p.m.

The #3 Richland Springs Coyotes notched another win this past Friday night by defeating the Covington Owls by a score of 62-0. The Coyotes are now 2-0 on the young season. This was a lopsided affair from the beginning. The Coyotes dominated both sides of the ball all night long.

The Indians poured their heart and soul into Friday night’s game against the Faith Academy Flames. Faith Academy won the game 21-68 midway through the 4th quarter. Still without the services of Dillon Epperson and Jesse Perez and dealing with a string of injuries during the game, the Indians showed the character this team is made of.

San Saba High School will hold their homecoming festivities at Rogan field on September 19 at 6:45 p.m. Please note that this is BEFORE the game starts and not at halftime.

Sept. 11 Thurs. * J-V Football vs. Goldthwaite There 6:00 p.m. Sept. 12 Friday * Pep Rally AA 3:10 p.m. *Varsity Football vs. Goldthwaite Here 7:30 p.m. Sept.13 Sat. * Cross Country at San Saba * District FFA Meeting/Fun Day Lampasas 3-7 p.m. Sept.15 Mon. * Monthly Young Farmers Meeting Here are a few tips to help your teen stay organized this school year.

San Saba High School will host “Burning of the Letters” for SSHS Homecoming on Tuesday, September 16 at 8:00 pm. Homecoming Court, escorts, and flower presenters will also be announced. The event will be held at the track at Mill Pond Park. Season football tickets are available for purchase at San Saba High School.

The San Saba Junior Varsity football team came up a little short last Thursday night, losing to Mason in a low scoring contest - 16-8. The Dillo offense was kept off balance by the Punchers as they crowded the line of scrimmage and used several stunts to stop the Dillos from moving the ball effectively.

San Saba lost to the Mason Punchers last Friday night 27-26. San Saba led 26-7 at halftime, but a 2:30 stretch in the third quarter saw Mason score 20 points for the win. The Dillo offense and defense had good games, but special teams allowed Mason to block a PAT, a field goal and punt during the game.

Technology is a wonderful and powerful tool. Access to the Internet provides parents with many more opportunities to assist their children. If you are a parent of a college student, you are keenly aware of the scheduling, payment and on-line process that the Internet provides. As parents of public school age students, you too have access through the Internet to some tools that can help you help your child.