January 15, 2009

The San Saba County Commissioners’ Court met on Monday January 12th at 9:00 am in the Court Room of the County Judge. Judge Byron Theodosis called the meeting to order and welcomed visitors, Commissioners, and other county officials. Roger McGehee gave the Invocation and everyone joined in for the pledges to the American and Texas flags. Judge Theodosis swore into office and acknowledged the following newly elected officers: Sheriff Allen Brown and Commissioners Kenley Kroll, and Otis Judkin ...

It’s Stock Show time once again in San Saba County. The 77th Annual San Saba County Livestock Show will be held January 15th, 16th and 17th at the county livestock show barn. The 4-H and FFA members from Cherokee, Richland Springs, and San Saba have been working hard since the start of the school year with their projects hoping to win one of the top prizes.

**Youth Fair entries due January 15th 3:30 to 5:30 at the Senior Center. **Pick up Youth Fair entries January 16th from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Senior Center. For more info call the San Saba County Extension Office at 372-5416.

Shiny new bicycles were given to 10 fourth grade students for winning first place at their schools in the “Street Safety Poster” contest. This contest is sponsored each year by Central Texas Telephone Cooperative for the schools in the Cooperative’s service area. The schools that participated are Cherokee, Richland Springs, San Saba, Goldthwaite, Mullin, Priddy, Star, Evant, Lohn, and Rochelle.

Ladies at Parkview Baptist Church invite the ladies of San Saba County to the first luncheon of 2009 for Fellowship of Christian Women. They are planning a Winter Recipes Ladies Choice luncheon to begin at 11:30 a.m. in the fellowship hall. The church is located on Hwy. 190. Ladies in their 80’s and 90’s will be treated next Thursday January 22nd.

Hill Country Telephone Cooperative, Inc. (HCTC) is currently accepting scholarship applications. Available to graduating high school seniors only, these one-year scholarships of $1,100 each may be applied to any accredited institution of higher learning where the recipient is enrolled as a full-time student (12 hours minimum). To qualify, the student’s parents/legal guardians must be members of the Cooperative (subscribe to telephone service).

The Pierian Study Club met January 8, 2009 at the exquisite Spanish style home of Joycelyn McRorey with Sandy Smith and Geanne Taylor acting as co-hostesses. Other members attending were: Connie Adams; Ann Alison; Loy Nell Behrens; Millie Burnham; Kathleen Hawkins; Zolly Jones; Anita Miles; Dorothy Miller; Elsie Millican; Susie Nettleship; Kay Nettleship; Jane Randolph; Patty Shaw; Vickie Stevenson; Martha Roe Terry; Patricia Warren; Martha Leigh Whitten; Louise Williams; and Betty Jo Miller.

The San Angelo National Weather Service Office and San Saba County has scheduled a SKYWARN training class for Tuesday, March 17th at 6:00 p.m. at a location to be determined. This training class will be for any emergency response personnel who has not had it, for any who need an update on previous training, for school personnel who are outside with the kids during the day, for government officials who need to know what’s going on, for those of us that just like to be outside and want to und ...

The Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of San Saba ISD was held on January 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the Central Administration Office. The Board of Trustees were seated in a U shape instead of an L shape and balloons and 270 paper hands of thank you notes showed the atmosphere of a festive celebration for School Board Appreciation Month. President Darrin Barker called the meeting to order followed by the invocation and everyone joined for the pledges to the American and Texas flags. Element ...

1 Chronicles 17:4-5 "Go tell David My servant, Thus saith the Lord, Thou shalt not build Me a house to dwell in." + "For I have not dwelt in a house unto this day; but have gone from tent to tent, and from one tabernacle to another". 1 Corinthians 3:16-17 "Know ye not that you are the Temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you"?

Last week, we discussed how to PREPARE for emergencies with your pet. This week, it’s time to PLAN - - what will you do in an emergency? Be prepared to assess the situation. Use whatever you have on hand to take care of yourself and ensure your pet’s safety during an emergency.

Do you have a habit of eating when you are bored, lonely, stressed out, depressed or even tired? Sometimes we find ourselves eating, not because we are hungry, but because we are going through different emotions and we reach out to food for comfort. What is Mindful eating? Mindful eating is simply defined as being conscious of why you are eating.

Congratulations to Dane and Jessica Sawyers on the birth of their first child, Robert Edwin. Roberts’ grandparents are Larry and Gail Beedy of Cherokee and Larry and Maggie Sawyers of Brady. On January 31 at 6:00 p.m. a fundraiser will take place in Cherokee for Shayden Rogers. Shayden is a Cherokee High School Student that was in a bad wreck back in the Fall.

Sometimes I get frustrated. Do you? I am walking on crutches, have a huge “boot” on my foot and cannot do the things I have been doing. At times I am frustrated and want to shout out loud. Sadly, Cyndi, my wife, has taken the brunt of my frustration and she has been very good to me.

20 Years Ago Jan. 19, 1989 A rash of break-ins has kept law enforcement officers busy and though many have been questioned, there have not been any arrests according to San Saba County Sheriff John Benner and City Chief of Police Ray Riggs. The list includes Gene's Drive-In, Shahan Auto Parts, G & R Grocery, Max Mahan's and the Golf Course Clubhouse. The release of trout in Mill Pond Park is set for today, January 19th.

Reading Recommendations: Churchill, Hitler, and the Unnecessary War, How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World, Patrick J. Buchanan. Were World Wars I and II, which can now be seen as a thirty year paroxysm of slaughter and destruction, inevitable? Were they necessary wars? Were the bloodiest and most devastation conflicts ever suffered by mankind fated by forces beyond man's control?

If it’s the same to you, I’d rather start off this week with something but the weather. I know many a scribe that pens columns such as this that suffer from similar maladies, but seem to continue on the vein. Anyhow, here goes, even though I might have to bring it up on down the sheet.

Receipts totaled 1576 head for the week. Stocker steers sold $5 higher and stocker heifers sold $3-$5 higher in an active market. Feeder steers and heifers sold $3 higher while packer bulls were $1 higher and packer cows showed no change. Rep. Sales Huffman Farm-Brady-3 Steers-372@115.00 Norris Ranch-Rochelle-5 Steers-474@110.00 Hudson L Long-Llano-1 Steer-555@107.00 Rodney Johnson-Cherokee-2 Steers-575@104.00 Bob D Ellis-San Saba-1 Steer-610@100.00 Don Burnham-San Saba-8 Steers-598@96.5 ...

The San Saba Ladies Golf Association met January 8, 2008 for the monthly business meeting with the following ladies present: Bobbie Churchill, Jo Anne Hardy, Shirley Hardin, Becky Hardin, Nell McHorse, Dorothy Sterner, and Anita Miles. The President, Anita Miles, called the meeting to order and the meeting was opened with prayer led by the Club Chaplain, Nell McHorse.

Dear Editor, For the past eight years and seven weeks I have served the people of San Saba County in the Tax Assessor's office. I have worked hard and tried to accommodate the people. I believe an elected official and those employed there should always have the people's best interest in mind.

It depends on the weather and where you live. Light pollution or city lights can also limit your view. It is estimated that on the average you can see 5,000 to 6,000 stars on a good night with the naked eye. The Yale Bright Star Catalogue has 9,110 stars listed that have a magnitude of 6.5 and are visible to the naked eye.

An American doctor was making a visit to a hospital in London. As the staff was showing him around, he became interested in their system of abbreviation. S.F. stood for scarlet fever. T.B. stood for tuberculosis. But he was puzzled by the letters GOK. "What do they mean?" he asked. "When we don't know what's wrong with a patient,"

Gen. 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him. To understand the truths I am presenting in this article, one must believe that God is Sovereign, all powerful, and completely without limitations. Enoch is walking one day and communing with God; when suddenly he disappears without warning, and is translated, (removed from one place to another: removed to heaven without dying: Webster's 1828 Dictionary) out of this world into the presence of God.

Another week without rain. A couple of days in the 70’s and then bingo back down to the low 50’s, and from all the weather news it looks like some more of the same for this week. We could be thankful that we didn’t have eleven inches of snow that some had up north, but it is moisture which is more than what we can say around here. Jerome and Shirley Meischen returned home last week from Phoenix, Arizona where they attended the Texas and Ohio football game at the Fiesta Bowl.

This is Youth Fair and Stock Show week. Until a few years ago I was unaware that schools closed down for those things. Now that I’ve been here for a while it makes perfect sense. In Dallas, you get a day off for the State Fair, they even take a school day.

Denver P. West, a resident of Pearl River, NY. for 60 years, died Monday January 5, 2009 at Plaza Regency in Park Ridge, NJ. Denver was 87. Mr. West was born July 13, 1921 in Evant, TX to James and Ora West. Denver served in the United States Army from 1942-1946 attaining the rank of Sergeant Military Police and took part in the invasion of Normandy. Denver formerly worked as a machinist for Chromalloy in Orangeburg, NY.

Elsie Jane Pierce, 72, of San Saba passed away Friday, January 09, 2009 at her residence. Elsie was born July 17, 1936 in Houston, Texas, the daughter of Rice Jackson Spears and Elma Laird Spears. Elsie worked as a Silk Screener at San Saba Cap Factory. She attended the Parkview Baptist Church.

On Tuesday, Jan. 6th, the Armadillos traveled to Early for their second game of District play. The Longhorns took the lead at the end of the first quarter 17-8. In the second quarter the Dillos cut Early’s lead to eight, but went in trailing at the half 31-17. In the third quarter the Longhorns outscored the Dillos 14-10, and in the fourth, 19-10.

Local school trustees work tirelessly and devote countless hours to empower students to excel. January has been set aside as a special time for communities to say thanks to board members for caring so much about the future of every child enrolled in our public schools. The staff and students at Richland Springs will help prepare an appreciation meal for our board members prior to the January 19th board meeting.

My apologies for not having an article last week, Tuesday rolled around and I realized that I had missed the journalism deadline. We have played two games since my last article capturing two wins and we had a much needed open date where we worked on our cardiovascular lung capacity volume.

January 5, 2009 San Saba Brady 1st 11 8 2nd 6 10 3rd 7 8 4th 9 9 Total 33 35 San Saba Individual Scores: Kelan Verette-16pts; 5FG, 6FT Geryn Young-8pts; 4FG Jordan Watson-6pts;3FG Kolton Ellis-3pts; 1x3FG January 10, 2009 San Saba Brady 1st 15 8 2nd 5 5 3rd 3 8 4th 12 8 Total 35 29 San Saba Individual Scores: Kelan Verette-20pts; 8FG, 4FT Kolton Ellis-5pts; 1FG, 3FT Jordan Watson-4pts;2FG Cosme Diaz-4pts; 2FG Geryn Young-2pts; 1FG Coach's Comments: Champions of ...

San Saba - Brady 1st 2 6 2nd 5 12 3rd 13 17 4th 16 27 Total 16 27 San Saba Individual Scores: Joannah Crosby-7pts; 7 FT Karlee Cromer-4pts;1FG; 1FT Alexa Maxcey-2pts;2FT Bridgett Maldonado-1pt;1FT Katie Ross-2pts;1FG

January 5, 2009 "A" Team San Saba Brady 1st 4 4 2nd 4 6 3rd 6 11 4th 12 10 Total 26 31 San Saba Individual Scores: J.T. Mathis-7pts;1FG,5-8FT Ryan Guidroz-7pts;3FG,1-2FT Russton Ellis-6pts;3FG Issac Zepeda-2pts;1FG,0-3FT Russell Lowe-2pts;1FG Sean Argote-2pts;1FG,0-1FT Coaches Comments: We did not play as aggressive as we usually do. Our press did not force turnovers. We rebounded and shot fairly well. When they made their run in the third quarter, we did not match it.

Last Tuesday the JV traveled to early for another game in district play. We were able to defeat Early’s JV 37-30. I was very happy with the effort the girls gave throughout the game. We jumped on them early on the defensive end by pressuring them full court. This created quite a bit of turnovers and some easy buckets for us.

The Jr. High lost their basketball games last Monday at Rochelle. The Lady Indians and Indians lost their games to Eden last Friday night. Thursday Jan. 15th, school will be dismissed early Thursday. Thursday Jan. 15th, the HS basketball teams play Richland Springs here at 6:30 p.m. Friday Jan. 16th, the San Saba County Stock Show and Youth Fair will be taking place in San Saba.

The second semester is upon us and it will go by very quickly. The spring semester brings with it much athletic, academic, stock show participation and other activities that impact school attendance. The bottom line is, that we need your kiddos in school each and every day and if they are out on an approved activity or regular absence, please encourage them to complete their homework and any missed projects.

Some teens are mixing drugs because they think it will help them get high. Many youth don’t understand the dangers of combining prescription drugs with alcohol or illicit drugs. Mixing some of these drugs can slow the heart and respiration—and lead to death. Most unintentional poisoning deaths result from the abuse of prescription and illegal drugs.1 Today’s teens abuse prescription drugs to get high more than any illicit drug except marijuana.2 Even more troubling?