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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal, Utopia and Surrounding Areas Vol. 4 No. 12
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Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month Real County Judge Garry Merritt declared April as Child Abuse Prevention and Awareness Month in Real County with the signing of a proclamation declaring this. Representatives from CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) Bianca Kunkel, Bluebonnet Child’s Advocacy Center, Katie Kirmer, the 38th Judicial District Attorney Daniel J. Kindred, Crime Victim Advocate Dalia Arteaga, Real Co Sheriff James Brice and Deputy Chris Sheridan were in attendance and witness to the signing of the proclamation. Child abuse is the mistreatment of children
April 9, 2014 By Linda Kirkpatrick
and it comes in many forms. One of the statistical reports states that in the United States, someone reports child abuse every 10 seconds and four children die each day because of abuse and neglect. Sometimes the scars of abuse follow the child into adulthood. The Safe Horizons website listed the following ten signs that might indicate child abuse. 1. Unexplained injuries. Visible signs of physical abuse may include unexplained burns or bruises in the shape of objects. You may also hear unconvincing explanations of a child’s injuries. continued on page 3
Food for Thought …Obamacare and Other Things…
LEAKEY ISD COMMUNITY MEETING
By Elaine Padgett Carnegie
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Denton Pioneers Toughed Out Rigors of Early Kerr County Frontier
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What‛s the top learning style in America? Hands-on wins hands-down, survey says....
You know I gave Obamacare the benefit of the doubt! I was really hoping for a solution to the medical care crisis in America… Obamacare isn’t it! Friday, the House voted to delay the individual mandate to purchase insurance by five years. Good thing, because I certainly can’t afford it! I did try though! I went to the website, picked out a policy, did everything I was supposed to do… and lo and behold…they sent me a policy! Then they sent me bright and shiny blue and white cards telling what percentage of everything I had to pay. They even called me a couple of times, I kept asking about the premiums but I could never get a straight answer. They just kept saying the company would notify me. I even got a little hopeful, until two weeks before my insurance
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coverage was to go into effect and I received a bill in excess of 60% of what I make…total… each month! I’m shaking my head and smiling as I write this…who can do that? Well, I can’t, however, it turns out that in California, Connecticut, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, and Ohio they are signing up prisoners on the Obamacare exchanges. Prisoners! They were not eligible until the Medicaid laws broadened to include single and childless persons. So if you break the laws of the land and find yourself in the penal system…at least in some states…you can get adequate health care coverage that people like me cannot afford! What’s up with that? Of course Medicaid has stayed the same here in Texas, our law makers have refused to knuckle under, so currently our prisoners don’t get Medicaid…yet. The House Ways and Means Committee approved the “Save American Workers Act, H.R. 2575,” which would repeal the 30-hour rule under ObamaCare. Republicans have noted that ObamaCare requires companies with more than 50 full-time workers to provide health insurance to those workers, or face a penalty. The law also defines “full time” as anyone working more than 30 hours a week.
At the age of 18, Frank Carrasco of Uvalde with the written permission of his
Kathy Antes (pictured), LISD Business Manager, and Dr. Barbara Skipper, Interim Superintendent, met on Monday with community residents at lunch at the Nutrition Center. They brought pictures and brochures regarding the upcoming Leakey ISD Bond Election. Residents 65 and older were assured that school taxes would not go up on their homesteads due to the bond election unless major property improvements were made. Several more community meeting are scheduled over the next several weeks. Call 830-232-5595 to schedule one for your group.
by Billie Franklin
father, enlisted in the Army Air Corps on June 5, 1941, in Phoenix, Arizona. All of his training was done at Kelly Field, first basic, and then he was assigned to food service where he operated a mess hall. It was his outfit that opened up Hondo Air Force Base, the first soldiers at the then new base. Again, establishing a food service, he operated a mess hall from 1942 to 1943. He married Ada Pichot on January 30, 1943. By September of the same year, due to the loss of so many men, non-combat soldiers were then transferred into the Army. He was attached to a heavy bombing squadron and served under the Third Army under General George
Patton. Frank was platoon leader of a heavy weapons unit going through Germany. He was at the Battle of the Bulge and crossing of the Rhine River, which were the worst. They were pushed back three times during fighting. They went clear to Prag, Czechoslovakia, with the 3rd Army, 90th Division. The war was over on May 8, 1945, and he came to Fort Bliss, El Paso, where he was discharged. His rank at that time was Tech Seargent. Never a quitter, he then joined the Air Force for the second time and went back to food service, this time in Ashiya, Japan and served during the occupation until February 26, 1948. At Randolph
Field in 1949, he decided to get out and could since he had indefinate enlistment. He had ended up a Master Seargent with the Air Force. The thing he remembers the most is that the service men were supported by everybody. After that, he went into farming and ranching and with his brother-in-law, the late Roger Burgess, was involved in the cattle auction business. He has served as Commander and Chaplain of American Legion Post 26, President of AA R P in Uvalde, was the first male volunteer at the Uvalde Memorial Hospital auxilliary, and volunteered many hours at hospice. He would still be at it, but his body just won’t let him.
LISD First Annual Dinner Theatre a Success! Our Beginnings
by Kay Keen, Leakey ISD Principal The setting for this year’s dinner theatre began with a stage that had been used as a storage area for many years – stage paneling was falling off, there was no sound system conducive to a theatre performance, the lighting system was not functional, electrical breakers were inadequate, no flats or props. It was a daunting task! But, the show must go on, and a stage had to be recreated in order to showcase the skills and talents of our
students. Over the past 4 weeks, many people worked together to make the opening night’s performance possible. The actors worked hard memorizing lines, perfecting their characters, and learning their blocking. Mr. Austin moved heaven and earth to direct the actors, gather props, and to promote the event. Mr. Meador’s 5th period Ag class built the stage extension and steps. Mrs. McCarson’s Art class students painted
the images on the flats. Mr. M. B. Davis, a parent volunteer with extensive projection, lighting, and sound effect’s expertise provided endless hours of effort creating the theatre experience for the show’s three night run. And, finally, we were eternally grateful to four strong men who came on a Monday morning 3 weeks ago to dismantle the 30 foot scaffolding used to hang the projection scrims! Three sold out shows proved
the citizens of Leakey enjoyed their experience with us during the past Friday thru Sunday performances. If you would like to help encourage and underwrite the Leakey ISD Theatre Department, please feel free to make a donation at any time, and certainly plan to join us at next year 2nd Annual Dinner Theatre! Thanks to each of you again for coming to our show and supporting the Leakey ISD Theatre program.