Vol. 5 Issue 4 No. 38
Dec. 20, 2017
"I love what I do..."
Ryan Perkins Layout Editor
one of that, the cliand he ents. hired me to This month, we had the Through that and be his opportunity to talk to a very by his Area successful and well known Subusiness owner, John Snow- parents’ means, perviberger. He and his wife own he was sor for several local McDonald’s lothree cations and are very involved able to buy a Mcin the community. McDonDonald’s in ald’s. Did you always know you FarmingHe had were eventually going to ton, NM one in pursue business? in 1977. Clovis, When he one in “Yes, I wanted to be in busileft San Porness since I was a senior in Frantales, high school. As a matter of cisco, and fact, the year after I graduhe told one in ated, I tried to purchase a me ‘in Tucum7-Eleven in San Francisco, Mr. John Snowberger a year, cari. where I’m from. I couldn’t I’m going When quite put it together, but I’ve to call you to be one of my he hired me, I asked him tried to be a business owner managers’, and sure enough, ‘Why me?’ He said ‘I’m sick since I was right out of high he did. I went out there and and tired of retraining Mcschool.” worked nine months, but it Donald’s people’. It was a didn’t work out. So here it is, big deal in my life. I mean, So, tell us about yourself I’m 20 years old in Farming15 years earlier I worked at and how you ended up ton, NM. I got a part-time job McDonald’s for nine months where you are? at a grocery store trying to and that didn’t count. Then figure out what I was going to he hired me, and I was his “I was born and raised in do and next thing you know, area supervisor, and he paid San Francisco. I graduated with the restaurant experime very very well. I parted in 1974 from Westmoor High ence I had in San Francisco with Tom Martin, but we are School. I ran cross-country and track and played soccer; as well as the nine months of still very good friends to this McDonald’s experience I had day. Rick from McDonald’s I was also in marching band in Farmington, I met a man paid me well enough that until my sophomore year in after working with him for college. I played the flute and named Tom Martin, who is, as you all know, the man who four years I was able to save the drums. After I gradu- owns Taco Box. I worked with up enough money so that ated from high school, him, and together we rewhen he started downsizing opened a closed-down Taco in 1994, I was able to buy a I went to college in Box in Roswell. We reopened McDonald’s in Portales and San Mateo. I went it with a little corporation that in 1995, Tucumcari. In 2002, there for three semes- was being formed at that my wife Robyn and I bought ters, but it didn’t work time. It didn’t work out, so I the two McDonald’s in Clovis out for me. So, I was ended up buying the Taco and later that year I bought working three jobs in Box in Roswell at 21. Then, two in Roswell, and later the same year, the McDonald’s San Francisco. I worked I sold it, and Tom recruited me to be his partner in 1980. in Santa Rosa. Several years, for a friend whose parents From 1980 to 1990, I was a we built our McDonald’s on owned the most successful partner of Taco Box in Clovis Prince Street, remodeled plumbing company in San with Tom Martin. In 1990, the Mabry, and we rebuilt Mitchell Francisco. Also, he, who was local McDonald’s guy, totally Street here in Clovis. In 2005, older than me, went to colcoincidental, knew that I was we rebuilt the McDonald’s lege and graduated with a involved in the restaurant as- in Roswell and turned it into marketing degree. He was sociation, chamber of comthe Spaceship McDonald’s. working for a marketing commerce, you name it. He knew In 2010, we sold the Mcpany where McDonald’s was
Donald’s on the south end of Roswell to my son, Nic. In 2015, we built the McDonald’s on the north end of Roswell. We also sold the rest of our Roswell market to our son in 2016.. Now, these past few years, my wife, Robyn, who is very involved, and I have owned McDonald’s in Clovis, Portales, and Tucumcari. That is what we do now.” What are some of your hobbies? “I am very involved in our church and sometimes I am a substitute teacher at Clovis Christian school. I am an active cyclist and ride a road bike up and down Llano Estacado; it’s my favorite. Cooking is my passion as well; I really love to cook for big groups of people. The thing I love spending time with the most is my eight grandchildren, who are the best part of my life.” Is there anything you would like to tell the young people? “It is often said that if you find something you like, you’ll never work a day in your life. I imagine we’ve all heard that, but it’s true. I love what
I do, but what I really love about it is that it’s not just a steady income, but more importantly I’ve created not just jobs, but careers for so many people. We
have over three-hundred sixty employees now throughout five restaurants. At one time, employed five-hundred fifty people. We also have almost about ninety team members with ten-year rings. Think about that, close to ninety people working for us who have worked here for ten years or over. Again, it’s not
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just a job; it’s a career. We offer fantastic benefits: 401k, health insurance, paid vacations, free meals, and we even pay our employees to study. They clock in, get a coke, and go sit in the lobby and study for high school or college, all on the clock. I would tell high schoolers that it’s very rare to be successful without college. I’m an anomaly. Assume that you’re going to need to get a college degree. I don’t mean to sound like your parents, but you have to get through these basic grades. You have to get better than a 3.0 and you need to go to college. Then, find something you love to do, and then get really good at it. If you get a job - this is super important - whether it’s at McDonald’s, changing tires, or working at Lowe’s, always show
With all of the competition coming to Clovis, how will you prepare your business? “There is always going to be competition. We all know who’s coming into town, and we can’t worry about them. We won’t change anything when they come. We just keep doing our best all day every day. The key to being the best is hiring the best people. I try not to judge my up early, always have managers, but I tell them, ‘you’re only as good as the a clean uniform, allast person you hired’, so we ways be clean shaven, look for good, sharp, enerand never wear pants getic people. That is what around your ankles or makes a business. Let’s say you’re married and you have knees. Always keep a 16-year-old daughter. You eye contact and give walk into McDonald’s and firm handshakes. This see a bunch of thugs behind goes a long way. I was told the counter, male and female. by my boss that he hired me When she says ‘Dad! I want was because I maintained to work here,’ you say ‘Probeye contact and gave a firm ably not’. Now, if you see handshake. Let’s say you a bunch of nice kids back worked at Lowe’s, and you there, hustling and workgo to work on a Saturday ing, dad would probably be afternoon from 11 to 4. You’re more inclined to say yes. already there, why not work Sharp, energetic people atyour hardest? It’s not that tract sharp, energetic people. hard or difficult to work your Thugs attract thugs. We try to hardest. If you do put forth hire sharp people.” your best effort, you’ll be recognized and considered Did we miss any commufavorably during performance nity service work that you review time. At the end of the would like to add? day, it’s still 4 o’clock and you can leave.” “Robyn sits on the Board of Directors for Clovis and
Portales Chambers of Commerce now, and we are both very involved with the McDonald’s Corporation. As far as service committees, for four years, I was a RLC chair. This meant leading a group of one-hundred fifteen McDonald’s Owner/Operators representing seven-hundred fifty restaurants to work in alignment with the Company. So that took all of my time, which ended at the end of 2016, praise God! It was about 20-25 hours a week on top of everything else.”
Houses: Amarillo, Lubbock, and Albuquerque.” Why do you sell all your drinks for $1?
“We have fantastic sodas. People will say ‘Why do sodas taste so good at McDonald’s?’ It’s because all restaurants have refrigerated, carbonated water. The water is then mixed with the syrup. We refrigerate our syrup as well, giving that little pop! I sell drinks for a dollar to generCould you explain what you do with the Ronald Mc- ate traffic, and we just want affordable options for everyDonald House? one.” “Robyn is a Board Director Why are your French fries for the Lubbock Ronald McDonald House Charities. We so good? have supported the Ronald “Mostly because we are OwnMcDonald House my whole er/ Operators, not just owners. career. In my opinion, the House is the #1 non-Christian We actually pay attention to our stores and work with our charity there is. However, employees and customers.” everyone’s praying when you go there. It wasn’t until Mr. Snowberger is an abthree years ago we needed the House personally that we solutely incredible man. His fame and wealth is well fully came to appreciate all earned. We can also see that they do and stand for. Addidrinks are always better at tionally, we have a golf tournament for it every year. We McDonald’s. We would like to personally thank Mr. Snowjust finished our twelfth year and Robyn and I have raised berger for coming in for the interview. $400K for the three Ronald McDonald Houses. We divide it between our three local
The Reason For The Season
Austin Hodges Editor-In-Chief
As we deck our halls
this Christmas season, I must pose the question: Is the modern-day form of Christmas overrated? Have we
exchanged the true meaning of Christmas for overzealous spending? And do we use this wonderful holiday
to put on a cheery smile and try to forget our trials as we indulge ourselves with wrapping paper, food, and song?
I am going to answer these questions. Keep in mind that this article is my opinion, and I am not trying to offend anyone else’s opinion on how they celebrate Christmas. This is being written in December, which means by this point many people have been getting into the Winter Wonderland spirit. That is where my first point emerges from. This, of course, is talking about the people who start celebrating Christmas way before the holiday starts. I am referring mainly to those who start to celebrate three, four, or even five months before the holiday. The reason I disagree with this is that we have other holidays and events before the Christmas season starts. To some people, holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Veterans Day almost go unnoticed because they are excited for Christmas. To others, these holidays are not as important as Christmas. These people only care about when the Christmas music starts coming on, and when they start putting the Christmas tree. I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, but in my opinion, it is not an appropriate time to start celebrating before other holidays, which brings me into my next point. I believe the appropriate time to start celebrating the holiday would be, at the soonest, the start of December. On a side note, Christmas music also annoys me as well. A big amount of this has come from hearing Christmas music at home, at the store, and even at my own bank. I mean, how can people stand listening to a month of Winter Wonderland music? By this time, retailers and big-box stores have already set up the Christmas products for sale. However,
most stores have had this kind of product up since Halloween, and some retailers even before that. I feel as though it can be a bit annoying walking into a store, and finding ornaments and garland, when I am looking for Halloween costumes. These stores are in a big hurry to churn out Christmas products because people start to want to buy them in
meaning of Christmas? Christmas was intended as a commemoration of the birth of Jesus Christ, thus it is meant as a day of celebration, for many, of the day their Lord and Savior came into the world to save them. This only applies to those who identify as Christian, of course. Though presents were always a part of the holiday, the tree was not a part
October. The National Retail Federation (NRF) reports that, “each year about 40 percent of consumers begin their holiday shopping before Halloween.” This means that approximately forty percent of people walking into Walmart during the months of September, October, and November are looking to buy items centered around Christmas, and it seems as though this is the case, earlier and earlier, each year. Not to mention the amount of money we spend on presents for one another! The NRF also predicts that the average American will spend roughly $700 on Christmas presents, and the combined total of all Americans’ spending will total about $465 million. Though we spend money in a tradition that has lasted centuries, we are spending quite a bit of it on things we do not need, but on things we want, using Christmas as an excuse to do so. I understand a lot people ask for things they need, but most of us ask for things we want. Has spending all of this money on items about Christmas made us lose the true
of the original commemoration, however, It was not until the Germans started decorating a tree in celebration of the holiday during the 16th century that the tree began to replace the Nativity scene, which is the original symbol of Christmas. Also, Santa wasn’t even a part of the holiday originally either. Santa Clause is a Dutch-American traditon, created as early as the Decleration of Independence. According to History. com, "In 1809, Washington Irving helped to popularize the Sinter Klaas stories when he referred to St. Nicholas as the patron saint of New York in his book, The History of New York. As his prominence grew, Sinter Klaas was described as everything from a “rascal” with a blue three-cornered hat, red waistcoat, and yellow stockings to a man wearing a broad-brimmed hat and a 'huge pair of Flemish trunk hose.'” His origin describes how he was a kind, rich individual who did nice things for the children and adults during the winter season. His origin also describes some of the other traditions
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celebrated, such as stockings and how Santa delivers presents by coming down the chimney. We have shaped this individual and his deeds into Santa Claus, as a way to keep kids to behave in anticipation of receiving a present from jolly Old Saint Nick. All of these traditions were not a part of the original holiday, but we as society have made it the norm to celebrate Christmas like this, taking away for many the original spirit of the holiday. Another thing about Christmas I want to discuss is the fact that many people have a super cheery mood around this time. I get that some are excited for Christmas, and I don’t think that there’s anything wrong with that. It just makes me ask the question, why? Why are they so excited for one day a year? Why are people so excited for Christmas, when they’re not excited to celebrate Thanksgiving (which is almost exactly the same as Christmas, minus presents and decorating)? I understand why Christian families are excited, because it is an important holiday for them. However, I can’t count the number of times I hear my peers, who aren’t Christian, talk about how happy they are for Christmas way before they even discuss how happy they are for other holidays. Is it the presents? Is it the food? Or even is it the music and cheer they become ecstatic about? What puts them into a happy mood when every other day of the year, they could care less about if they are in a good mood or not? All in all, I do not hate Christmas. I just don’t like the fact that Christmas is celebrated way before the holiday season even begins. I only hope to inform readers on the
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view of how the modern-age Christmas celebration might
not be favored by people like myself. I am not trying to of-
fend anyone’s beliefs.
The Twelve Gifts Of Christmas
Ryan Perkins Layout Editor
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With Christmas arriving in just under a mere week, holiday shopping is at its height. With children, parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins to buy for, I will cover a list of the best gifts to give to these indivisuals: On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: A Harry Potter Book Set! Books are great for any person of age, gender, race, or religion. If you have a devout reader in the midst of your gift-giving frenzy, Harry Potter will do just fine. Not sure if it’s the right series for your receiver? Read Emily Vina’s last two articles on Harry Potter!
Photoshop: Ryan Perkins me: 4 Record Players! Vintage is back. Record players and their vinyls are now on the rise. This gift would be perfect for your teenager, assuming you have one. Either way, these old pieces of tech are back, and I personally hope Frank Sinatra will be too.
sands of games to play, the receiver of this gift will most likely never get bored.
On the seventh day of Christmas, my mom gave to On the second day of me: 7 Packs Of Trav’ling! Christmas, my father gave to This Swiss Gear me: 2 Tile® Trackers! travel ready backpack is perfect We all have that friend for the frequent flier in the fam(or family member) who can On the fifth day of ily. With over seven compartnever find their keys. Help them Christmas, my cousin gave to ments, you’ll never run out of out by getting them a Tile® Key me: 5 new iPhones! space. This backpack is even Tracker. Put this handy and Though the iPhone X designed for quick and easy relatively small item on your may be expensive, it has a airport scans. keychain and voilà! You can use plethora of bells and whistles: your phone to find your keys dual cameras on the back, On the eighth day of in a flash… that is, unless you which now supports better pho- Christmas, my aunt gave to lose your phone. tos, Augmented Reality games, me: 8 Cards Of Money! Face ID recognition to give yet Gift cards have On the third day of another special touch of peralways been a popular item Christmas, my sibling gave to sonalization, and a set of new among families. With many me: 3 Art Sets! features that gives pictures new places to choose a gift card, This gift is great life. This new piece of tech will your receiver will be guaranteed for aspiring artists. With hunbe an amazing gift for anyone of to get a few things for “free”. dreds of colors, as many as all ages. a dozen drawing pencils, and On the ninth day of many more items, the receiver On the sixth day of Christmas, my grandchild of this gift will never be bored Christmas, my grandma gave gave to me: 9 Books Of Phoagain! Just hope it includes a to me: 6 Cards Of Playing! tos! pencil sharpener (by the way, it Playing cards Memories are does). have been around for hundreds made every day, and so are of years and show no sign of photos. Snap (or acquire) some On the fourth day of losing popularity. With millions photos of your receiver’s greatChristmas, my friend gave to of designs out there and thouest moments, upload them to
Rigo Badillo Tony Viescas Staff Writers
On the tenth day of Christmas, my nephew gave to me: 10 Drones Of Flying! With so much technology on the rise, a drone may be the perfect gift for the avid flyer or aeronautical hobbyist. There are many drones out on the market, the right one won’t be hard to find. Replacement parts might be needed, however... On the eleventh day of Christmas, my uncle gave to me: 11 CD’s Circling! Music is a very popular passion in the 21st Century. People also like to share this passion, so this gift may not be too hard to find. On the twelfth day of Christmas, my child gave to me: 12 Candles Burning! Candles have been popular for ages. With infinitely thousands upon thousands of nose flavors (scents) to choose from, the receiver of this gift will surely be delighted with not only you, but their own senses. (See also: Scentsy) With this list, hopefully Christmas shopping will be easier. Nearly everything on this list can be found at Amazon.com. We at the Purple Press wish that your days be merry and all of your Christmases be bright!
Light Up The Town
The Clovis Christmas Lights Parade is a community event that takes place during
the holiday season. It consists of multiple vehicles driving down Main Street after the lighting of our Christmas tree. The vehicles hand out items of their choosing whether it be to increase the enjoyment of the people attending, or to promote
their business or organization.
The Clovis Christmas Lights Parade is one of the best known events in our town and was held as a free community event that everyone could enjoy on Saturday, December 2. The
turnout was impressive with a large amount of people gathering to view this mesmerizing spectacle, gathering families that may never see each other in normal circumstances. The origins of this event
is unknown, although it is estimated to have been around since the founding of the town in the early 1900’s. The success of the parade could be attributed to the involvement of the community. The Clovis Christmas Lights Parade is the biggest event in the town, and is estimated to have an attendance rate of eight to ten thousand people with sixty to seventy entries each year. The theme of this year’s light parade was Clovis Christmas Express. Most of the vehicles came from volunteers of the city and others from sponsors such as: Xcel Energy, Mix 107.5, Clovis Main Street, and Big 101.5. There were many floats this year, most being a variety of vehicles dolled up to resemble trains with multiple lights hanging around them, although there were a few exceptions.
The high school dance team also volunteered, waving their pom-poms, cheering and kicking. The middle school bands were parading around playing
Christmas music. Unlike previous years, this parade had only one Mr. and Mrs. Claus who allowed
Purple Press, Dec. 20, 2017 5 children to take pictures with them. The lighting of the tree began at six o’clock followed by the parade, which lasted about an hour, starting at half past six and ending at seven twenty. The parade ended with Mr. and Mrs. Claus riding down the street waving to the crowd.
Although the parade was a success due to the multiple school classes and the people of Clovis, New Mexico volunteering to help organize and be in the parade, we can thank the Clovis Mainstreet Executive Director, Lisa Pellegrino-Spear. Spear has helped organize and direct the parade as well as multiple other events, and allowed it to be the successful event that it was.
Photos Taken By Rigo Badillo
Christmas Is All About The Gift of Love!
Alex Thompson Co-Editor
As Christmas is coming around the corner, like many people, I find myself wanting more and more. This is the season of giving. The word giving is so powerful, and that is a word I would use to describe the following men. They don’t just give in visual ways but in a spiritual as well. The following interviewees are youth pastors in our local community that allowed us to ask them a series of question about Christmas and much more.
year. It left us weak as a family because we had spent so much on THINGS trying to make people happy, that when all the laughter and food was gone, and all the lights are taken down, there was hurt and worry about how we would afford life after the holidays. Soon that worry began to creep in during months leading up to Christmas, where I would worry about how we were going to finance the STUFF and realizing that we could buy this STUFF but it was going to hurt afterward, so Christmas became a dread for
family things we get to do. No, Christmas to me is about LOVE, JOY, PEACE, HEARTBREAK, AND WONDER! Heartbreak you ask? Yes!! Christmas is the time where all these feelings get to role together. Christmas is the time where GOD himself, came down to earth, born as a helpless baby in a stinky barn, to grow up in a sick home, and to live a humble life, and to live and die for our sins. This is the season that started it all for me. This is the season that reminds me of how my God came down to earth
Christmas is all about loving people and being grateful for all your blessings and remember to be a blessing to those who are less fortunate. Christmas is about Trey Southern:
recognizing that the most significant benefit is to be a blessing to people.
But as I grew up, and after I got married, Christmas began to be more about the giving gifts and the joy we felt giving those gifts. or lack of it.
Then as years passed, the joy of giving faded into the realization that it left us broke after the new
Trey Southern: Looking back now, I got some DOPE presents as a kid. Some of the Christmas present highlights were Nintendo 64, roller blades, a horse, and even a truck after I got my license. But the best was a trip to Disney World with my family. It was one of my best memories with my granddad, who passed away a couple of years later. I remember one year I wanted a dirt bike...mom said no. She was serious. Aaron Boydstun: My favorite, almost every year, or every other year, was a bike. We grew fast as kids so we constantly needed new bikes to ride. We also lived out in the country where there was not much else to do, so every year I that I would get a new bike, I was so pumped to get it outside even if there was too much snow to ride, I still tried to get out and ride it around. I loved the adventures I could take myself on with my bike. I could be a motocross guy, or a trucker, or even a sheriff in the Wild West!! I loved it!!!
What does Christmas mean to you?
Aaron Boydstun: Christmas to me is a time of great joy!! When I was a child Christmas was about the lights, the gifts, the tree, the food, the family times, the music, and all the snow…
What was your favorite Christmas present as a child?
Trey Southern: Youth Pastor of Oneighty at Faith Christian Family Church me. I still enjoyed the music, food, and lights, but the holiday season brought on fear, worry, and anxiety about what is to come. However, in recent years, Christmas has begun to take on the meaning that I hoped it always would have. To me, Christmas is not about the beautiful presents, either given or received. It is not about all the delicious food, the fancy lights, or the even about all the crazy fun
to rescue me, but he had to do that in a hard and hurting manner, heartbroken over the fact that he had to do this because of sin. He did this because he loves us, he did this because he wants to be with us, he did this so HE will get the Glory! So it makes me excited to think that Christmas is the time where we get to remember what he did for us. I’m overjoyed because He came to save me!!
Will your church/ congregation be doing anything special for this Christmas season? Trey Southern: Yes!!! We have an epic Christmas service! Every year it is fantastic, with excellent profound moments and some hilarious ones also! One year I had to wear angel wings and gold tights. Probably not my most flattering look. Aaron Boydstun: As a congregation, we do not do anything super particular, we do, however, on the Sunday closest to Christmas,
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which is Christmas Eve this year, talk specifically about the Christmas story. We also, every year set up a tree with all sorts of ornaments from the families in the congregation, as well as other excellent Christmas decorations around the building.
though I got a little better at that, I would have to say that I still need to improve on that. But I expect that with getting better at communicating, that it might open up for me more opportunity to share Jesus with people. I am hoping that it also gives me more chance to go more places this year on a mission for Christ. I would like to take people other areas in and out of the United States where they can share their faith with others. I hope that this year lends to that more.
How old were you when you had your favorite Christmas? Trey Southern: This is a tough one! Probably the year it snowed in Las Cruces, which NEVER happens. We had snowball fights and built a snowman. I was perhaps seven. It snows much more in Clovis! Aaron Boydstun: I would say that I was about 9 or 10 years old. We had a ton of snow that year, probably 16-20 inches, we could not leave our houses until my granddad got the tractor out and cleared the driveways of all the snow. I loved it because of all the snow. It was finally a bright white Christmas like I had seen on TV and I loved being able to take out some of the toys I had got to play in the snow. We spent a few hours, at least, playing in the snow until our feet were too numb and our hands hurt too bad. We finally had the chance to make a huge snowman. We finally had the opportunity to sit and drink hot chocolate while staring at the brilliant white snow. IT was terrific and we have not had that kind of awesome Christmas day since! What’s your favorite Christmas song or carol? Trey Southern: Lately my favorite Christmas Song is Noel by Chris Tomlin. But if I were going with a traditional carol, probably Mary Did You Know! Aaron Boydstun: “Joy to the World” or “Mary Did You Know?” I love Joy to the world because it talks about how our savior has come and He is the King and that He will deliver us. And I like Mary did you know because we get to
Aaron Boydstun: Youth Pastor of Salt Light at Parkland Baptist Church hear all the different things Mary must have thought, as well as all things that Jesus came to do and be!
third I would like at this time.
Who would be the famous figure, past or present, at your Christmas dinner table and why?
Trey Southern: I married the love of my life in January. She’s a 10, and I’m a four but my personality makes me a 6, so I married out of my league!
Trey Southern: Probably Kanye and Kim. They need some Jesus love in their lives, and I would love to introduce them! Haha, and President Abe Lincoln would be excellent if I was going to do a famous person from the past also. Aaron Boydstun: I know it may sound like a no-brainer or cliché, but I would like to have Jesus there. Who better to have dinner with than the one which we are celebrating? I would also like to have Mr. Mark Lowry; he is a comedian and brilliant songwritersinger. He wrote the Christmas song, “Mary Did You Know?”. I would love to have him there to make us laugh and sing some excellent songs together. Also, I would like to hear some of his thoughts about Christmas and other things. And I’m not sure of a
What’s been a highlight for you 2017?
Aaron Boydstun: Back in April, I had the chance to lead my oldest son to Jesus. He had been asking questions of how he could know he had an eternity with Jesus and I had the awesome privilege of answering those questions and getting to baptize him as well. With 2017 coming to an end, what are some things you are expecting from 2018? Trey Southern: I just want to do my best to be a better person in 2018. In a world of division and hatred, I want to be known as the guy who may not be perfect, but he sure does love people. Aaron Boydstun: I had a goal in 2017 to be better at communicating with people better, and even
One thing Trey Southern told me during this whole interview process was, “ I would rather be known as the guy that gave the best gift, than the guy who received the best gift.” You know that statement really “wrecked me” because it reminds me of all that affect us in the modern day, not just in our community, but also by the evil in the world. Sometimes the greatest presents in life aren’t wrapped and have bows on them. As corny as it sounds, sometimes the best gift is love. So as this season is upon us just remember everyone needs Christmas. I want to just thank both Aaron and Trey for sacrificing their time to allow us to interview them.
CHS Annual Baking Cookie Contest All pictures courtesy of Josef Champagne
Top Left: Fabian Robles <--- Isaiah Hampton Angelo Marin
Colt Beevers Senior
Top Middle Picture: Tracy Wooley Racheal Lopez (Judges) Bottom Middle: Corina Castillo Aylen Altamirano
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Foundation Grant Reception, December 13th, 2017 Catered by Prostart students from CHS
Zen Torres and Emileigh Maestas Seniors
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