October 9, 2008

LCRA is exploring the possibility of creating a new park in the City of San Saba. LCRA has under contract two tracts of land located on Mill Creek and the San Saba River. The land adjoins Riesen’s Park and is located across the street from Mill Pond Park. The two tracts total approximately 36 acres.

The San Saba Golf Course held the 5th annual Fall Pecan Classic on September 26th and 27th. The event is hosted and organized by Buddy Adams, and brings in 40 to 50 golfers from all over the state and one from Glendale, AZ each year. This year there were 49 players competing for this prestigious title and 2007 winner Jerry Minter of Cherokee continued his great play by winning the event again.

This month's "Movie in the Park" will be presented Saturday, October 11th at dark at the T-Ball Field in 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 San Saba County 4-H will host the first Ranch Rodeo in San Saba on October 11th at 4:00 p.m. at the San Saba Rodeo Arena. There will be four events: Team Penning, Team Branding, 4 Man Team Roping and Ribbon Roping. This will be an exciting event to watch as teams will be timed on each event.

The San Saba ISD held a special Board meeting on Thursday, September 30th, in the high school library. The agenda was a presentation by Dr. Paul Troutman of the Texas Association of School Boards, who gave his findings of a recently completed District Facility Study commissioned by the SSISD Board of Trustees during the spring of 2008.

The descendents of the late John Reese Smallwood and Almira Woodward Smallwood met on Sunday, September 28, 2008, at the home of Ann and the late J.M. Bearden, with their children, Chuck and Karla Bearden, Jymie and Byron Reno, and Mary and Jerry Williams as hosts. Family members had a good time and enjoyed visiting, taking pictures, working on the Smallwood genealogy, looking at pictures and getting acquainted with the youngest family member, Trevor Loeffler, one-year-old son of Kathy and Bre ...

Badu Park in Llano will be filled with authentic chuckwagons from all around the state Oct. 17-19 to compete in the 4th Annual Llano River Cookoff. Tickets are now on sale and are selling fast. Those of you who have not purchased a ticket need to contact the Chamber of Commerce at 700 Bessemer St.

Please join us in welcoming Barbara Pearce, former Executive Director of The Georgetown Project and current consultant with the Georgetown Community Resource Center, Tuesday, October 14, 2008, at the San Saba Civic Center. Lunch will begin at 11:30, the presentation at noon. Founded in 1997, The Georgetown Project is a highly successful partnership including business, government, education, health and religious communities focused on improving and strengthening community development, particul ...

It all began with a simple phone call to my office. A citizen who lives in a one-bedroom apartment had received calls and would have 10 family members evacuated from the coast to her house - was there any way that I could help her? I promised to make some phone calls and see what I could do!

Vieney Kruegar, LVN, has been a resident in San Saba most of her life. As a high school student here, she was the Salutatorian of her class, a member of the National Honor Society, a band member, and a Varsity cheerleader, as well as involved in many other school activities.

Signups for computer and Internet classes in October are now being taken for Goldthwaite, San Saba, and Brady. These will be the final classes for 2008.Classes will be held at the following locations:Goldthwaite - Central Texas Telephone Cooperative and Central Texas Communications Customer Service Center at 1011 Reilly StreetSan Saba - Rylander Memorial Library at 103 S Liveoak across from the San Saba County CourthouseBrady - McCulloch County Helping Hands Center at 906 E.

Butch and Donna Webb of Locker are extremely proud to announce the birth of their 10th grandchild, Mark Paul, on August 22, 2008, at 12:23 p.m. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 6 ozs. and measured 20 1/4 inches long. Mark Paul is the first child for proud parents, Paul and Sarah Guillot, of Harlingen, Texas.

Calling all fun seekers! The Lampasas County Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce the 14th annual Herb & Art Festival to be held on October 11, 2008. The Herb & Art Festival will be a fabulous day filled with interesting vendor booths selling a wide selection of herb and art related goodies, food, and informative speakers from 9:00 a.m.

On September 29, 2008, Jackie Brister killed a huge "bull of the woods" elk while hunting in New Mexico, near Weed in Lincoln National Forest. Jackie has been hunting elk the last seven years, and this is his biggest elk yet. Jackie's goal was to get a large 6x6 bull elk to shoulder mount for decoration in his hunting lodge, which is now under construction on his ranch.

If you are needing Continuing Education Units (CEUs) in order to maintain your pesticide applicators license, here is your chance to get 15 hours between now and the end of the year. On October 14, 2008, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., a Parasite Control Clinic will be held at the Burnet County Fairgrounds meeting room.

On Wednesday evening, October 1, 2008 the members of the Richland Springs First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) CWF met for their monthly meeting in the fellowship hall of the church. Before our business meeting we were served by Christy Crisp, Martha Bush and Vicki Eden. At 6:50 pm President, Georganna Sonnenberg called the meeting to order.

Capital Farm Credit, ACA and First Ag Credit, FCS merged Oct. 1, forming the largest rural financing institution in Texas. The merger of the two highly successful rural lending cooperatives was proposed last fall and approved by their stockholder-customers in August and by their federal regulator, the Farm Credit Administration.

Insurance database rolls out statewide TexasSure, the vehicle insurance verification database designed to reduce the number of uninsured motorists, is now available to law enforcement statewide. TexasSure is a secure database that matches the records of registered passenger vehicles with personal auto insurance policy information submitted by Texas insurance companies. The project was mandated by the Texas Legislature and is a collaborative effort of the Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), t ...

II Corinthians 11:14-14 - "And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works." There is great confusion in our world today concerning the Antichrist.

We are one day closer to those rains that are coming our way. I did not say it was going to rain tomorrow, but that we are one day closer. If you have lived here in the Texas Hill Country very long you know that when our droughts break it is a “Frog Strangler” of a rain.

We have heard a lot in the news this past week about a plan to “Bail out” wall street. The idea is so that our economy will do better. Evidently there are some people who got rich and while doing so were not forthright and honest about it. Now they want the average taxpayer to have to pay for all of this.

100 Years Ago October 8, 1908 Cotton pickers are in demand in all parts of San Saba County now, but if the favorable weather continues a few weeks to come, the river valley cotton will be gathered and the pickers can go into the sandy land and soon pick the crop there, which opened up late, but is good. The game law is being flagrantly violated every day and we shall not be surprised to see the next grand jury doing some lively work along this line. H.R.

It seems that we had from 2 to 2.5 inches of rain in the Elm Grove area from the cloud that blew in Sunday night after midnight. We received 1.5 inches here in Richland Springs. This brings the years’ total to 16 inches for Elm Grove, far short of the same time period last year.

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Sometimes, folks have remarked that one of the most constant aspects of San Saba is that of very little change, or in other words, staying somewhat the same. Anyhow, I’m here to testify that it certainly is not as dry as it happened to be last week. Therefore, in spite of the apparent apathy of staying static, even our fair County has to experience some change now & again. We’ve heard a few rainfall reports from some folks around certain parts of the County, but due to the fact of the rain ...

Do not worry every thing is ok; the government is going to take care of you. Surely the financial institutions will not fail, after all they are protected by FDIC or SIPIC or something else. These were just a few things I was hearing earlier last month. Well, there is a different song being sung today.

Receipts totaled 4740 head for the week. The Barber-Moler Hereford Sale sold 60 Horned and Polled Hereford bulls which averaged $3940 with the top selling bull going for $9500. The 10 show heifers averaged $12,250 per head. The 50 Head of commercial bred Hereford cows and heifers sold for an average of $1150 and the 50 Black Baldies averaged $1203.

The San Saba Ladies Golf Association met October 2, 2008 for the monthly business meeting with the President, Anita Miles, calling the meeting to order and opening the meeting with prayer led by Hattie Rogers. The Secretary, Hattie Rogers, read the minutes and they were approved as read. The Treasurer, Bobbie Churchill, gave the financial report.

Dear Editor: After a long week of work and non-stop activities with four children, it was Saturday morning and we were off to yet another football game . . . our third that week! Weary, and running 45 minutes late with 45 minutes to drive, first stop - the station. As I began cleaning out a week's worth of trash from my Expedition, my husband pumped the gas.

People are fascinated seeing satellites silently gliding across the night sky. We wrote about this last year, but continuing comments and questions compel us to visit the subject again. While most folks have seen satellites, many weren’t sure that’s what they were seeing. Much slower than streaking meteors, satellites look more like high-flying airplanes.

On Friday night a light sprinkle and lots of lightening and thunder, it was quite a display. Then glory be! Sometime Sunday night the rain came leaving more than 2 inches of rain. There was not any run off, but the ground got a good soaking. The electricity was off for some time early Monday, not only here but it was reported to have been off in Brownwood also. Barbara Jones and her sister Glenda Scroggins both were dismissed from the hospitals on the same day.

Saturday morning arrived none too soon! I had to check the moon last night to see if it was full, but only a little sliver peeped out at me. So early this morning, I took my cup of tea out to the swing, and meditated on why this week has been so stressful. Several thoughts presented themselves for my examination, but I’m not sure that I came up with the correct answer.

If you or someone you care for is dependent on alcohol or drugs and needs treatment, it is important to know that no single treatment approach is appropriate for all individuals. Finding the right treatment program involves careful consideration of such things as the setting, length of care, philosophical approach and your or your loved one’s needs. Here are 12 questions to consider when selecting a treatment program: 1.

Billy Frank Tetens was born on February 17, 1938 to Frank and Eunice (Thacker) Tetens in Brady, Texas. He passed away October 1, 2008 at Brownwood Regional Hospital. He is survived by one daughter, Sonya Stacy and husband; one son, Robert Tetens; five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; one brother, Howard Tetens; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Carolyn Johnson Richert, 71, of Goldthwaite, TX passed away Friday, September 26, 2008 in Goldthwaite. She was born April 18, 1937, in Coleman, Texas, the daughter of Young B. Johnson and Florence Porter Johnson. She was a graduate of Coleman High School and the University of Texas in Austin. She later married Roland Richert and resided in places all over the world such as New York, Paris France, and Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Dexter Martin, 92, of Richland Springs, Texas passed away Saturday, October 4, 2008, in Brownwood Regional Hospital in Brownwood, Texas. He was born February 17, 1916, in Bowser, Texas, the son of Homer Dudley Martin and Josie Miller Martin. On July 18, 1934, Dexter married Nadine Cochran in Locker, Texas. She preceded him in death on April 7, 1994.

Sue Nance Barrett was born January 22, 1947, and went home to be with the Lord on September 11, 2008, after a very short battle with brain and lung cancer. Sue was born to Marvin Dalton Nance and Nan Edwin Taylor in San Saba, Texas. The Nance family eventually moved to Lampasas, Texas, in 1965, where Sue met the love of her life, Charles R.

Wahnella Neeper Templeton, 86, went to be with the Lord, Sunday, October 5, 2008. Wahnella was born October 10, 1921, in Algerita, to Ernest and Nevert Neeper. She was an avid quilter and shared her knowledge with members of the Senior Citizens Center. Wahnella was a member of Forest Hill Baptist Church for many years and continued to stay active in ministry.

Last Thursday, the 7th grade Dillos traveled to Bangs to play the 7th grade Dragons. It was a tough night for the Dillos who lost for the first time this year by a score of 28-6. The Dillos got the ball to start the game. The offensive drive got started with the Dillos trying to air it out on the Dragons.

The San Saba 8th grade Dillos and the Bangs 8th grade Dragons battled to a 0-0 tie in Bangs last Thursday night. It was a real defensive war. The Dillos had one penetration to the Bangs' 3-yard line. Bangs never got inside the Dillo 20-yard line. Both teams played really hard. Russell Lowe kicked to Bangs to start the game.

1st Grade - "A" Honor Roll Devin Gomez, Dax Porch, K.O. Tedder "A/B" Honor Roll Brenden Jaynes, Hank Perry 2nd Grade - "A" Honor Roll Jazmyn Lagrone, Samantha Roach "A/B" Honor Roll Dawson McGowan, Aiden Penney, Pricila Vega 3rd Grade - "A" Honor Roll Monica Layton "A/B" Honor Roll Uriel Alvarado, Kellen Everett, Ethan Martin, Lexi Wagner, Saryn Yates 4th Grade - "A" Honor Roll Tori Morrison, McKenzie Zulauf "A/B"

Both the junior varsity and the junior high were victorious in their outings against Lometa this past week. The varsity Coyotes beat Buckholts 64-18. The Coyotes are 5-0 and start district play next week @ Eden! The Junior High will play at home on Thursday and the Junior Varsity is idle.

Bangs quarterback Bradley Lee was almost as fast as the lightning that delayed the start of the game last Friday night in Bangs. Lee and running back Deshawn Johnson accounted for over 200 yards rushing and all four Dragon touchdowns in the 27-0 victory over the Armadillos. Lee was also 8-11 passing for another 72 yards.

After a 2 hour lightning delay, the Indians and Mullin Bulldogs finally got to play at 9:31 pm. The delay took the edge off the Indians as their initial possession ended with an interception followed by a 40 yard TD run by the Bulldogs. After adding the PAT, Mullin was up 0-8.

On Wednesday, October 1, 2008, the San Saba Cross Country runners went to Lometa. It was a very hot day for running with a very soft course with high grass which made for very slow times. The competition was from 5A to 1A. In the Varsity Girls, Killeen Ellison was first, Austin High was second, Danessa Vasquez-third, Killeen Ellison fourth and Rebecca Pasrades fifth.

October 1—3rd/4th Grade Skills Assessment October 2nd—2nd Grade Skills Assessment October 3—Kindergarten and 1st Grade Skills Assessment October 6th—Dyslexic Bundle Day 1 October 7th—Dyslexic Bundle Day 2 and Regular Reading Bench mark Grades 2-4 October 8th—Math Grades 2-4, Writing Grades 3 and 4 October 7th-9th--Kindergarten TPRI October 8th—Fire Department Visit October 20th—Open House 4:00 - 5:30 October 20th –October 24th Red Ribbon Week October 24—Early R ...

Oct.9 Thur.- JV Football vs. Brady There 6:30 Oct.10 Fri.- * V Football vs. Brady Here 7:30 p.m. * Pep rally Armadillo Arena 3:10 p.m. * Band Boosters Steak Supper – Pre-game Oct. 13 Mon.- * National Honor Society In duction 7:55 AM AA * Monthly Young Farmers Meeting October 7 – October 10 * San Saba HS will be giving grades 9-11 a practice TAKS benchmark test.

Richland Springs ISD Oct. 13-17 Monday Breakfast: Breakfast Pizza or Donuts, Or Cereal w/Graham Crackers, Juice Milk Lunch: Steak Fingers,Mashed Potatoes, Peas, Fruit, Bread, Milk Tuesday Breakfast: Pancakes or French Toast Sticks, Or Cereal w/Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Lunch: Crispy Tacos, Pinto Beans, Salad, Fruit, Crackers, Milk Wednesday Breakfast: Morning Sausage Roll Or Cereal w/Graham Crackers, Juice, Milk Lunch: Chicken Fajita, Salad, Refried Beans, Fruit, Crackers, ...

FLAG FOOTBALL SCORES Cherokee - 20 Richland Springs - 12 Lometa Diamondbacks - 25 Lometa Longhorns - 19 FLAG STANDINGS Cherokee — 2-0 Lometa Diamondbacks — 2-0 Lometa Longhorns — 0-2 Richland Springs — 0-2 Oct. 11th games Lometa Longhorns @ Richland Springs 10am; Cherokee @ Lometa Diamondbacks 10am TACKLE FOOTBALL SCORES Lometa Hornets - 25 Lometa Longhorns - 6 Richland Springs - 31 Cherokee- 14 TACKLE STANDINGS Lometa Hornets — 2-0 Richland Springs — 2-0 ...

The Jr. High football team had a tough game against the May Jr. High. The Indians not only lost the game, but Stephen Austermann had to have his arm stitched up and Burnam Sloan ended up with a jammed neck from a helmet to helmet hit from a May player.

I can’t believe that we are actually in our 7th week of school. Parents of PK through 4th graders can expect their first 6-week grading period report card of the year this week. In grades 5 -12 the students are on a 9-week grading period which will end on October 24.