Community

By Michael Bohensky

A note on the courthouse restoration financing: the county’s finance manager, Mr. Vince Vialle, requested bids from 46 banks. The winning bid, at a very competitive interest rate of 2.450%, was from The Bank & Trust in Sonora, TX, whose president happens to be our own Brady Johnson.

In recent communications with me, Brady has referred to himself as both: "An Old Armadillo" and “Eleanor and Jerry’s oldest and smartest child.” He did add a “lol” (laugh out loud) at the end of that.

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By Michael Bohensky

Student recognition included honoring the 5th grade winners from the Keep San Saba Beautiful Art Contest. Four students represented the six winners at the board meeting. The students recognized were: Esperanza Baez- Garcia, Quiara Rosales, Gracen Shahan, Valeria Macias and Evelyn Davila. These students were also recognized at the San Saba City Council meeting the night before.

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By Sharon O'Neill

April 14th completed another successful city-wide annual cleanup for Keep San Saba Beautiful (KSSB) and their “Don’t Mess With Texas” and Keep America Beautiful “Great American Cleanup” partners. Cleanup week started off with the Cub Scout cleanup of Risien Park on Monday. Then Oscar the Grouch (Patty Shaw and Gale Ivy) visited San Saba Elementary and Middle School students on Thursday and Friday. Saturday ended the week with the help of 40 volunteers who braved the wind and cold temperature.

Nine truck and six trailer loads of trash and debris were collected during the 3 hour cleanup. Volunteers picked up approximately 50 bags of litter along the highways entering town, along city streets and in the parks. The remainder of trash collected was picked up at homes by City employees and brought out to the transfer site by County residents who took advantage of the FREE cleanup day drop-off.

By Anne H. Vincent

May Day, Tuesday, May 1st, was the last official San Saba Garden Club meeting for the 2017-2018 year, but not the last activity for the current year. Hostesses, Becky Whitley, Beth Griess, Leanne Pollock, Gail Bruner, Nancy Van Etten and President Dianna Furlan welcomed members and club guests to hear Marlene Gillman of Killeen, Texas, and the Temple Garden Club present interesting information on "Pollinators and Welcoming them into Our Gardens."

Ms. Gillman explained that the three most popular, beautiful, and needed pollinators are hummingbirds, bees and butterflies. All three are always welcome but can be threatened as in the case of butterflies and bees.

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Fellowship of Christian Women's Luncheon celebrated their 40th anniversary at the monthly luncheon held Thursday, April 26th. The above ladies have served on San Saba's Fellowship steering committees in the past and present. Left to right: Sharon Hayes, Nell Forman, Suzana Hernandez, Louise Hyman, Barbara Riggs, Carol Littlefield and Mary Behrens. It was reported that over the years there have been about 480 luncheons and over 500 speakers and groups to sing, discuss many subjects, share testimonies and hear from missionaries. Ladies of the county are invited to come and enjoy the fellowshipping the 4th Thursday of every month at 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. in San Saba County churches.

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Unloading and setting up food boxes from the truck, Pastor John Saint (Site Leader), First United Methodist Church in San Saba, stops briefly to confer with site volunteers to ensure a smooth start-to-finish distribution. Approximately 25 volunteers assisted that day.

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City employees worked alongside the volunteers under the direction of Scott Glaze and Ty Beasley. Also volunteering his time and skid-steer loader was City Councilman Bob Whitten, along with LCRA Board Member, Martha Leigh Whitten.

Local LCRA representative, Steve Dyer, started the day off at 7:00 a.m. with donuts for the volunteers. Keep San Saba Beautiful (KSSB) volunteer Bobby O'Neill helped out and City employees cooked burgers for all involved. Dessert was provided by San Saba County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Fern Putnam, and friends, Patsy Kirk, Linda Parks, Lynn McHenry and Janet Tackett, along with KSSB Resource Team Member, Rhonda Killion, and KSSB Board Members, Leigh Ann Glaze and Gale Ivy. Whew - Hope I didn't leave anyone out.

By Anne H. Vincent

Thirteen San Saba Garden Club members stepped back in time as they enjoyed Legacy Plaza in Goldthwaite on Tuesday, April 3rd.

Legacy Plaza, the result of one resident’s (Jan Fischer) desire to make a lasting contribution to her community as well as a monument to native Americans who roamed these areas more than ten thousand years ago, is located in downtown Goldthwaite on Fisher Street or US Highway 183. Ms. Fischer, together with grants from the Meadows Foundation, the LCRA, the City of Goldthwaite, and other central Texas and local entities, built Legacy Plaza gardens to represent life along the Colorado River in prehistoric times.

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By Anita Adams

The Pierian Study Club met April 12, 2018 at the Three Sister's Ranch rental owned by Celia Bell and family. The rock ranch house has been decorated by Celia with beautiful touches of Southwest art and the tank that is seen at the front of the house compliments the entire scenic view and gives one a sense of serenity.

Other members present were: Anita Adams, Connie Adams, Donna Baker, Loy Nell Behrens, Gail Brunner, Barbara Gilger, Kathleen Hawkins, Gale Ivy, Jeri Jones, Cherry Kay Lange, Shelly Mahan, Ann McElroy, Lynn McHenry, Kay Nettleship, Patty Shaw, Sandy Smith, Audrey Smith, Martha Leigh Whitten, Cissy Williams, Anna Wilson, Bebe Bagley, and Vickie Stevenson.

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By Anne H. Vincent

The San Saba Garden Club is funding two new scholarships for fortunate graduating San Saba High School Seniors this spring.

The Club, which has historically always helped with scholarships given by the Texas District V Garden Clubs, will fund two special San Saba scholarships this year. The San Saba community through its support of the Garden Club and its Pumpkin Sale in the fall.

The Hunter Stew in November, a garage sale in the spring and other projects like the current Plant Sale, has allowed the Club to be able to fund two scholarships this spring and more possible scholarships in the future.

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