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Doing our best to bring you the local news
6 December 2013 Still only a buck
rather than that stuff out of Washington D.C. and New York City...
Harper Texas Weekly Volume 1 Issue 2
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Sewer System &
School Board Adopted Budget for
Septic Tanks
2013 and 2014
What is the latest on a sewer system for Harper?
Fund 199 General Operating Revenue
Have the people in Harper been having problems with their septic systems when they have to install a new one or repair a existing one to meet the requirements of Gillespie County? These are some of the questions that I have as I write this first article for our new format. I ask these questions because I have been hearing horror stories about the water bills that people have been receiving.
Federal Program Revenue, $- , 0%
State Program Revenues, $2,125,865.00 , 36%
I would like to know more about all three of these issues if you would like to share your experience with our readers.
Why? That is the most idea what to charge powerful question in and I figured the safthe world. est way to do things would be to use the Doesn’t matter if it same prices that comes out of the mouth of babies, or were being used in a an adult trying to get weekly paper in Fredericksburg as to the bottom of this paper must run something. at a profit or it will Recently Vic asked cease to exist. me why in regard to But Vic was right, as our advertisement was Damon. prices. Actually he used a little bit more The prices were too colorful language, high, so I have but why will work. changed them so that people like myThe answer quite self and you, can adsimply is I had no vertise in our paper.
Revenue Local & Intermediate, $3,762,083.00 , 64%
Fund 240 Food Service Revenue
Transfer in from Fund 199 General Operating Revenue, $42,000.00 , 14%
Revenue Local & Intermediate, $98,000.00 , 32%
Our new advertising prices Size
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We also offer advertising on our website.
State program Revenues, $8,000.00 , 2%
Federal Program Revenues, $160,800.00 , 52%
Congratulations to Deborah Pascarella and her team, Marie Cosper, Linda Graham, Lisa Noah, Jeanne Ortiz and Christina Kramer. Did you know that they were the first district in Texas to receive the Healthier U.S. Challenge Award at all campus levels (Elementary, Middle, and High School)?
They even had a visit from the head of the Child Nutrition Department of the Texas Department of Agriculture to hand out the awards in person.
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School Board Adopted Budget
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Did you use to write talk to you. for Martha in the After all, a communiHarper Newspaper? ty paper takes a Are you interested in community to put it continuing your all together. work? No one person can
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If so, I would like to talk about it with you.
Shared Services Arrang
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Facilities Construction
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singlehandedly cover every area of a community, nor will Do you have an idea they be interested in everything that hapfor the newspaper that you would like to pens in a community. put together? If you have an interest in putting togethDo you currently work to put together er a newspaper here the school paper and in Harper, then I have found that you would like to visit with you to hear your like doing that? ideas. If so, I would like to
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PTO meeting on December the 11th at 3:45 in the Elementary Cafeteria.
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Pupil Transportation
Everyone is welcome! Elementary Christmas Music Program on December the 18th at 7:00 pm in the Big Gym.
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Annual Subscription Rate: $35.00 Any erroneous reflection upon the character or standing of any person or firm appearing in these columns will be gladly and promptly corrected upon calling the attention of the management to the article in question. The publishers liability for errors or omissions in connection with an advertisement is strictly limited to publication of the advertisement in any subsequent issue or the refund of any monies paid for the advertisement.
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Stock Market? Do you have an interest in the stock market? Want to write about it for the paper each week?
This could be your opportunity to be recognized as the expert in your community. Just think, you could help your friends and neighbors understand the subject better, and make a name for yourself.
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www.HarperTexasWeekly.com Realtors Corner
Gillespie Livestock Company Market Report November 20, 2013
CWT is priced per lb.
If sold by head will note HD after price.
Cattle: 1509 HD Cows & Bulls
Steady
Cows
60.00-83.00 CWT
Bulls
85.00-95.00 CWT
Steers
2 - 3 Lower
Heifers
2 - 3 Lower
Bred Cows
1200.00 - 1500.00 HD
Cow & Calf Pairs
1400.00 - 1850.00 HD
Medium to Large Steers
Heifers
200 - 300 LB
200.00 - 270.00
190.00 - 230.00 CWT
300 - 400 LB
190.00 - 265.00
170.00 - 225.00 CWT
400 - 500 LB
175.00 - 225.00
155.00 - 180.00 CWT
500 - 600 LB
160.00 - 190.00
145.00 - 170.00 CWT
600 - 700 LB
140.00 - 170.00
135.00 - 155.00 CWT
700 - 800 LB
135.00 - 162.00
130.00 - 150.00 CWT
Lower Quality Steers
75.00 - 120.00 CWT
Lower Quality Heifers
70.00 - 110.00 CWT
Sheep & Goats: 3771 Lambs 5 Higher and Kids 5 Higher #1 Wool Lambs 40-60 LB
150.00 - 210.00 CWT
#1 Wool Lambs 60-80 LB
150.00 - 200.00 CWT
Packer Ewes
30.00 - 80.00 CWT
SP/BOEX Kids (20 - 40 LB)
200.00 - 320.00 CWT
SP/BOEX Kids (40 - 60 LB)
170.00 - 250.00 CWT
SP/BOEX Kids (60 - 80 LB)
170.00 - 235.00 CWT
Packer SP/BOEX Nannies
80.00 - 130.00 CWT
In each issue of the paper, we will have a realtors corner where local realtors are invited to share their perspective with you about the real estate market and how to buy and sell real estate. If you are a realtor and you want to submit an article, please email it to me at editor@HarperTexasWeekly.com or call me if you want to drop it off. Since this is a new weekly column, I will start off. My name is Virgil Bierschwale I received my real estate license in 2006. I am associated with Armstrong & Skipper Real Estate here in Harper Texas. I try to cover what I call “The Paradise Triangle” which ranges from Junction to Austin to San Antonio and Back. Since I also publish this newspaper, I’m going to keep my portion short as I want to allow other realtors to toot their own horn. One thing I do want you to think about though is this. The best way to sell your property is to list it with a licensed realtor so that it will be included in the MLS as this will expose your property to ALL realtors, and to the publich via sites like Realtor.com and others. If you choose not to list your property with a realtor, or include it in the MLS, you are basically tring to sell a rare car by hiding it in a barn where nobody can see it or hear about it. In other words, your chances can very well be slim to none which is why I always recommend that you allow me to add your property to the MLS when I am given the opportunity to sell a property. My goals in real estate are to:
Build a name for myself as being the person that can sell your property when others have had a hard time selling it.
Help the community to grow.
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DORPX Lambs (40 - 60 LB)
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to the Harper Volunteer Fire Department
DORPX Lambs (60 - 80 LB)
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SP/BOEX Muttons
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Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank? Letters to the Editor Letters to the editor are welcomed.
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March 24th 2014
Santa is coming to the Harper Library on 7 Dec. from 10am to 12pm Besides visiting with Santa and having your picture taken with him; we will have crafts, story time, and refreshments. All children (ages 0-8) will take home a book of their choice. Make plans now to come see Santa at the Library on 12/7. See you then!
HARPER VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT AND EMS FIRE OR MEDICAL EMERGENCY - DIAL 911 EMERGENCY LINE - (830) 864-4444 NON-EMERGENCY LINE (830) 864-4253 FIRE DEPARTMENT MONTHLY CALL LOG FOR 2013 JAN - 4, FEB - 5, MAR - 6, APR - 2, MAY - 6, JUN - 4 JUL - 3, AUG - 12, SEP - 3 YEARLY CALL LOG 2008 - 74, 2009 - 58, 2010 - 72, 2011 - 91, 2012 - 67 EMS MONTHLY CALL LOG FOR 2013 JAN - 7, FEB - 10, MAR - 11, APR - 13, MAY - 19, JUN - 9 JUL - 11, AUG - 20, SEP - 14, OCT - 19 YEARLY CALL LOG 2009 - 132, 2010 - 125, 2011 - 141, 2012 - 145
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Harper School Calendar
www.HarperTexasWeekly.com Newspapers are about us Many people have told me lately that I was nuts for creating a newspaper. After all, newspapers are dead and gone and you can find everything you want on Facebook. Perhaps this paragraph that I found at the Texas Press Association says it best?
Harper Fire Department Calendar
was meant to be. Newspapers — viable, strong, growing, thriving newspapers — are all about the communities they serve. Sure, in the interest of transparency, some newspapers have struggled in recent years. Many more are growing.
So what’s the difference between the newspapers on a downward spiral and --those that are addNewspapers are ing days of publicaabout our child’s first school field trip, tion, adding staff and printing more seca Friday night high tions and pages than school football game, a livestock ever before? Really it show hosted by the is not all that compliagriculture extencated. In fact, it is sion office or an increase in our proper- rather basic. The difference is community tax rate. At least those are the things ty. that a relevant news--paper is all about whether your read it This is why you will online or sit down frequently see me with a morning cup ask you what you of coffee and enjoy the traditional print- want to see in your ed edition the way it newspaper.
Harper Texas Weekly
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Harper Park Calendar
www.HarperTexasWeekly.com Why the calendars? I wanted to find a way to let everybody know what is happening at their favorite organization. If your organization has a calendar, please let me know so that I can add it to the paper. If you do not, and you want one, I would be happy to show you how these are created so that you will have one available for your members and the community.
Living in Harper and shopping in Kerrville and Fredericksburg and working there as well. Think about that a minute if you own a business in Kerrville or Fredericksburg. After all, a lot of your potential customers might live in Harper. Are you including them when you advertise your business? Would you like to include them when you advertise your business? It’s not too late to start advertising in the Harper Texas Weekly...
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Saturday 21 Dec - TC Taylor Band Friday 27 Dec - Tony Howton
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Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Don’t forget to ask about our Harper Hideaway Cabins
December 2013 Schedule Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Harper Business Directory
Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
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Mooney Aircraft By now you may have heard that Mooney Aircraft will be opening back up.
If we look at the corporation wiki via google, we find that Soaring America Corporation was This is good news founded on Tuesday, for the area as we 13 November, 2012 need good paying manufacturing jobs and that Cheng-Yuan Chen serves as the in this area. President and has At the same time, I interests in other have to wonder what corporate entities you would think including Epyaya about this if Japan Corporation which is had bought Mooney located in Los AngeAircraft before les, CA. World War II? If we do some digI ask this question ging we find that because when you Epyaya Corporation read the press reis a RC model airlease at the right, craft dealer for you are thinking alGWS. right. GWS apparently is An American compa- Grand Wing Servony putting Ameritech Co., Ltd. Out of cans to work in Taiwan, R.O.C and America. they appear to be a manufacturer of What could be any model airplanes. better than that? So who is Soaring America Corporation?
If we take a look at AVweb which lists itself as the World’s Premier Independ-
ent Aviation News Resource, we find that Cheng Yuan goes by the name of Jerry Chen. AVweb goes on to say that Jerry Chen did confirm that his new company is involved in the funding of Mooney and that a Chinese news website ran a story that said a Chinese real estate company called the Meijing Group had purchased Mooney, however Mooney has stated that Soaring America Corporation of Ahlhambra, Calif., is providing the funding under an arrangement that will be kept confidential. Better yet, what would you think about this if Japan had bought Mooney Aircraft after World War II?
Why do I bring your attention to articles like this? I believe it is the duty of the media to ask the questions that need to be asked. And to present the answers that are given to the community so that they can make their own decisions if they have any interest in the matter.
U3 = the Governments Official Unemployment rate U6 = the Governments worst case scenario Unemployment rate Shadowstats = Where I think Unemployment is at
Many of you may be wondering why I have this page. After all, I have zero interest in politics, and as long as I own this paper, I will NOT endorse any candidate for political office. If you will take a look at this chart, you will see that it starts in 1976. That is the year that I would have graduated from Harper if I had not
gone to Africa, Spain and Scotland after my Junior year in high school.
had no idea what had happened, and from 2007 till 2012 I studied like my teachers wanted me to in high school.
teats of a boar hog named corporate America that are known as Republican and Democrat will tell you that it is NOT happening.
$2,700.00 per week as would have a job. a software developer, Get you a copy of that or project manager if movie, for your chilyou want to be specific. dren’s sake. Back then my future That is nearly Don’t do Netflix? was the things that Sometime in 2012 I fi$140,000.00 per year dreams were made of. nally understood what Problem is, deep down for those that are curi- Let me know, and we can rent a hall and had happened. in your heart, you know ous. The World was my oysshow it to the whole that something is ter. There is a movie out on In 2012 I made community if you want. wrong with our econoNetflix, or amazon or $8,001.00, all of it on And I chased that goldmy, but you don’t know It is that important. what have you called unemployment. en ring until 2003 when what it is. “Death by China” it suddenly disapThe local solution from Or we can continue to Let me put it into perpeared, overnight. I’m sure that either one my admirers was to get sell off our infrastrucspective for you. of those spoiled brats a job for $7.45 per hour ture like Mooney’s to From 2003 till 2007 I our next Japan... sucking on the hind In 2002 I was making at Wal-Mart because I
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We can also print 1 consolidated calendar rather than 4 separate calendars if that is better? Community Churches
St. James Lutheran Church
Wild Ride Ministries
P.O. Box 191
23809 W. Hwy 290
23932 West Hwy 290
Harper, TX 78631
Harper, TX 78631
(830) 864-5577
(830) 864-4193
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Upcoming Special Events
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Sunday
Sunday School Classes
Adult Sunday School / 9:30 am
Kinder - 7th grades / 9:30 am / 1st & 3rd Sunday
Children’s Sunday School / 9:30 am
Adult Bible Study / 9:30 am
Main Service / 10:30 AM Tuesday
Worship Service / 10:30 am
Mid-Week Service / 7:00 pm
Holy Communion / 1st & 3rd Sunday Praise & Worship / 4th & 5th Sundays
Communion and Fellowship Meal / 1st Sunday
A walk thru grief / 2nd Monday
Men’s Breakfast and Fellowship / 3rd Saturday
Men’s Breakfast / 1st Monday / 6:30 am
Women’s Prayer and Share / 3rd Thursday
Sarah’s Circle / 3rd Wednesday / 2 pm
Harper Presbyterian Church
St. Anthony’s Catholic Church
147 Oak Road
163 N. 3rd Street
Harper, TX 78631
Harper, TX 78631
(830) 864-5042
(830) 864-4026
First Baptist Church
Lighthouse Fellowship Chapel
23038 U.S. HWY 290
2nd & Roberts Street
Harper, TX 78631
Harper, TX 78631
(830) 864-4241
(830) 864-5293
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We Support the Harper School System Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Did you hear about the Christmas Lights Fund at Security State Bank?
Come on Scrooge It’s time to light up the World
Don’t forget the Christmas Light Fund at the bank… Hey, a buck a week would make Scrooge Smile…! Imagine what twenty or even a hundred could do!
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Come On Harper
Map of the 2013 Texas Hill Country Regional Christmas Lighting Trail
If these towns can do Christmas Lights.
Call (830) 997-8515 for more information or go to www.TexFest.com for more information
So can we…. What will it take to get Harper to turn on the lights?
The National Museum of The Pacific War 340 East Main Street Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
Tell you what I’m going to do. I’m the one person in this town that can’t afford this, but I’m going to donate $100.00 to a Christmas lights fund at Security State Bank in Harper. Now I’ve been unable to find steady work in the software industry since 2003.
830-9978600
Surely if I can afford $100 bucks, you can cough up a measly buck or two?
Pearl Harbor Observance December 7th, 2013 at 12:25 pm Join the National Museum of the Pacific War to pay homage to those who served the United States on December 7, 1941, at Pearl Harbor. 12:25 pm marks the exact time the attack started on Pearl Harbor. Patriotic Music, presentation of colors, rifle salute, and guest keynote speaker will be a part of the ceremony. Our keynote speaker will be Major General (Ret.) Alfred A. Valenzuela of the U.S Army Following the ceremony there will be a book signing in the Bush Gallery Store. Meet the Author and Illustrator or Voices of Pearl Harbor from 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Books will be available for purchase at that time.
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=== By popular demand, the archaeological exhibit “17,000 Years of Hill Country Life” has been extended through late February 2014 Please check for changes/cancellations. Call (830) 257-4837 9 a.m.-4 p.m. weekdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays, 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Developed by the Hill Country Archeological Assn. with sponsorship by Kerrville Elks Lodge #2081, the exhibit celebrates the first Texas Hill Country peoples, and how they used available natural resources and primitive technology to build earthen ovens and to make tools and weapons. Learn what wildlife roamed Kerr County during the Ice Age. FREE but donations are appreciated. === December 7, 2013 3:00 p.m. & 7:00 p.m. Christmas Concert Star in the East Star in the East draws its inspiration from the star sent to guide the Magi to the Christ child. The idea proclaimed in Psalm 19 that "The Heavens are telling the glory of God," will be featured in a set of pieces based on the pitches derived by astronomer Johannes Kepler for the six known planets of his time. They are based on the actual ratios of motion and distance of the planets to the Sun. This work will frame the concert which will include a cantata of American Christmas Songs entitled, "Star in the East," which will feature Avenue, the children's choir directed by Hierholzer. As the great Medieval poet. Dante wrote, "Love is what moves the planets and the other stars." God manifests himself to us through the giving of his son and the heavens celebrate this with us. We will do our part by singing traditional carols as well as Bach's Motet, "Jesu Meine Freude," Jesus my Joy. The concert will close with a setting of the prayer of St. Francis by Hierholzer sung by Avenue Choir and The Chorale. St. Joseph's Halle - 212 W. Austin Street Tel: 830. 997.6869
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