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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal, Utopia and Surrounding Areas Vol. 5 No. 3

INSIDE

A WONDERFUL LIFE MARIA SEWARD CLARK

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Burk Feed Saturday, Feb. 22nd from 9am to 1pm

Schupp/Gates Kin Impacted History On Early Texas Frontier

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Kevin Chisum Candidate for Mark Carlile Candidate for Real Real County Commissioner County Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2 Precinct 3 & 4

by Julie Becker

I would like the opportunity to serve as Commissioner of Precinct 2. I am proud to have been raised in Leakey, Texas. After graduating from Leakey ISD in 1999, I decided to serve my country in the United States Army before studying Criminal Justice at Sam Houston State University. The pull of Leakey was too strong. After working for the family business one summer, I decided that Leakey was going to be my home. I have worked for Larry Chisum Construction for

the past ten years and it has been one of the best decisions I have ever made.

I have served as President of the Oakmont/Saddle Mountain Water Board for over six years. During this time, I have had numerous dealings with the State of Texas, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, and Real County officials. In working with these agencies, we have secured close to $600,000 in grant money for the people of Oakmont and Saddle Mountain Subdivisions.

Water in Real county is invaluable and we must do all we can to protect it. At Larry Chisum Construction, we not only do roadwork, but we travel on nearly every county road in Real County. It is my hope that I can help Real County stay in front of road issues. As Commissioner of Precinct 2, I will do my best to resolve any issues that face our County.

I believe with my job experience and past public service, I can do an outstanding job for the residents of Precinct 2.

It’s time to be thinking about the Miss Frio River Competition. The Annual Chamber of Commerce Banquet is scheduled for April 12 at Alto Frio Baptist Encampment. One of the biggest highlights of the evening is the competition for Miss Frio River. One

exceptional lady from our community will be crowned that evening to represent the Chamber at community events for a year and will be awarded a $1500 scholarship for higher education. We have had so many beautiful and talented women who love the Frio Canyon to

INDEX State News .................... Page 2 Legals/Jail Register ...... Page 3 Community News ......... Page 4-6 Feature Story ................. Page 7 Obituaries ...................... Page 8 Classifieds ..................... Page 12

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participate the last several years, and we all have a great time working together on the event. So, honor a special lady that you know and nominate her for Miss Frio River. Nomination forms will be available on February 1 on the Chamber website or from Kathy Hobbs at River

Rags & Rhinestones . Looking forward to another successful event with your help and with some wonderful young women. Deadline for nominations is February 13. If you have any questions, please call Debbie Blalock at 830-6837160 or Kathy Hobbs at 830-232-4222.

Scammers Continue to Target BEC Members

LEAKEY’S NEW LIQUOR STORE

Frio Canyon Chamber of Commerce members welcomed Leakey’s newest business, HillBilly Spirits, this week.

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engineer, estimator, and superintendent; insurance agent; and shift Supervisor at Uvalde EMS. Carlile says “Folks deserve a fair and impartial JP, not clouded by preconceived notions.” Carlile said his desire to keep a local voice in the Nueces Canyon makes him the best candidate for the position of Real County Justice of the Peace Pct. 3 & 4.

by Debbie Blalock

PAUL BURRIER, LOCAL AUTHOR

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Mark Carlile announced his candidacy for Real County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3&4. Carlile says his greatest asset is his connection to the community, which he calls “deep ties.”. Carlile’s mother, Chris Lacey, has held the JP position for years.

Up until recently the precincts fell almost wholly on the Nueces Canyon side of Real County. Carlile said in a recent interview, the redistricting of Real County, in part, lead to his decision to run for public office.

Other issues at hand he said are the growing issues at our school districts regarding attendance or lack there of, truancy. Carlile said his desire to keep the current JP office in Camp Wood open to all citizens of Pct. 3 & 4 is high on his list of priorities. Carlile graduated from Nueces Canyon High School, is a U.S. Army Veteran. He holds a A.A.S. in Civil Engineering Technology.

He is currently a Real Estate Broker/CoOwner of C&C Properties located in Camp Wood. He is a Volunteer EMT and Board Member for the EMS of Nueces Canyon.

Carlile has been married to wife, Lisa, for 29 years and has two adult children. His work history includes highway construction

DO YOU WANT TO BE THE NEW MISS FRIO RIVER ?

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Scammers continue to target BEC members in an effort to “collect” payments. The unknown callers, claiming to be BEC or other electricity providers, trick consumers into making payments with credit cards and prepaid money cards, such as MoneyPak cards that can be bought at Wal-Mart, Walgreens and CVS/ pharmacy. Other scammers request the consumer to make an immediate payment at an obscure location.

The scammers call utility customers and request immediate payment or threaten that their power will be disconnected. BEC is one of several companies that has been targeted in this rising

scam that is becoming a growing concern not only here in Texas but across the country.

Bandera Electric encourages our members to be aware of their due dates and possible delinquency or disconnection.

Being mindful of your account information can help to protect you from scammers. Also, BEC does provide courtesy calls to notify members of delinquencies, in such case, you will receive an automated call with an option to make payment. If you receive a call and it seems suspicious, do not make a payment; call Bandera Electric and ask about your account status. BEC’s priority is your safety and the safety of your

information.

Leslie Kramer, finance and administration manager said, “If you receive a call from someone claiming to be a BEC representative, gather as much information as possible from the caller. We are working with local law enforcement agencies and any information you can provide, may help us stop the fraudulent activities that are occurring across Central Texas.”

Please call BEC or your local law enforcement agency if you are contacted by a fraudulent person or agency. BEC representatives are available at 866-226-3372 between 8 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

PIONEERS STUDENTS WORK ON RURAL CHALLENGES IN STATE LEADERSHIP FORUM 70 high school students in Pioneers Youth Leadership and 5 Pioneers alumni serving as counselors in the program participated in the Pioneers State Leadership Forum in Austin last week. Over two days, the students worked with state agencies and elected officials to find ways to meet the challenges that rural Texas communities face regarding water, education and economic development.

“These high school students in Pioneers are working hard to develop solutions to the most critical problems facing rural Texas,” said Real County Judge and Pioneers director Garry Merritt. “These young men and women are the future of our communities, and I am proud of them for stepping up the challenge.”

The Leadership Forum began on the floor of the Texas House of Representatives, where the Pioneers learned strategies for building collaboration among state leadership for the benefit of rural Texas communities.

The students then worked with staff from the Texas Water Development Board to prioritize water conservation programs and identify needed water infrastructure projects in the students’ counties.

The Pioneers next worked with staff from the Texas Department of Agriculture to define the attributes of rural communities that enhance local economic development and that make youth more likely to remain

in their community after high school. Finally, the Pioneers worked with staff from the Texas Education Agency to develop programs to address drop out prevention, early education, and more effective use of technology.

“This kind of intensive work between Texas high school students and state agencies has never been done before,” said Pioneers Program Director Travis Helm. “Nothing is more important to rural Texas than water, education and jobs.

These Pioneers students are showing that they can make a difference in their own communities.” Pioneers Youth Leadership is a learning-through action leadership and community development program for high school students in grades 10-12. There are 120 students in this year’s program in 10 counties – Uvalde, Real, Dimmit, Zavala, Kinney, La Salle, Edwards, Kimble, Mason and Menard.

Members of this year’s Real County Pioneers class are Clair Glass, Joanie Eliot, Lorenzo Rodriguez, Sydney Auld, Danielle Irwin, Dominique Ramirez, Gilbert Gutierrez, Meagan Prather, Nikki Milliorn, Ozzie Watters, and Vanessa Galindo. Pioneers alumni serving as counselors in the program are Caleb Evans, Veronica Gonzales, Ashley Harmon, Nevah Navarro, Kelsie Rollison, and Taos Trees.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

ELECT

J. D. MARTINEZ FOR

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

PCT. 3 & 4 MARCH 4, 2014 HONEST•DEPENDABLE•FAIR Experience and Accomplishments

•Graduate of the University of Texas Pan American at Edinburg •Retired Major with The Texas Army National Guard •Gulf War Veteran •Retired Chief of Police, Weslaco, Texas •Texas Dept. of Public Safety-Highway Patrol Service. Houston, Corpus Christi, Bishop, Kingsville and Wesalco •Deputy Sheriff for Real County •2,726 Hrs of Instruction received with TX Commission on Law Enforcement Officer and Education

•Emergency Management CoordinatorReal County •Veterans Service Officer-Real County •Leakey American Legion - Post Adjutant •Leakey Lions Club- 1st Vice President •Substitute Teacher- Leakey ISD •Active Member of St. Raymonds Catholic Church in Leakey •Member of Texas Sheriffs Association •Member of The Texas Emergency Management Association •Member of The Texas Veteran Service Officers Association

REAL COUNTY COURT January 13, 2014

by Julie Becker

Melissa Lynn Chippewa, Assault Causing Bodily Injury Family Violence, Defendant Pled No Contest, sentenced to 9 months Deferred Adjudication, $500 fee, $310 court costs, 20 hours Community Service, $40 per month reporting fee, $325 Attorney Fees, Attend AA meetings, 8 months to pay; Aaron Davila, Criminal Trespass, Defendant Pled No Contest, sentenced to 9 months Deferred Adjudication, $300 fee, $315 court costs, $40 per month supervisory fee, $575 Attorney Fees, 8 months to pay, State will move to dismiss 20132220; Gerald Joseph Jones, Jr., Criminal Mischief, Defendant Pled No Contest, sentenced to 12 months Deferred Adjudication, $400 fee, $250 court costs,

$40 per month reporting fee, $350 Attorney Fees, reimbursement of $429.49 to Christopher Ankney, 11 months to pay; Matthew Ryan Leitner, Possession of Marijuana, Drug Free Zone, Reset to February 10, 2014 @ 1: 30 p.m.; Kenneth William Lewis, False Report to Police Officer/Law Enforcement Employee, Reset to February 10, 2014 @ 1:30 p.m.; Robert Wesley Piper, Criminal Trespass, case will be dismissed per please 2013-2237; Cheyenne L. Sutherland, Possession of Marijuana, Drug Free Zone, Reset to February 10, 2014 @ 1:30 p.m.;

Perry Appeals FEMA Denial of Individual Assistance for Central Texans Affected by Floods

Gov. Rick Perry today appealed the Federal individual assistance is necessary. I urge President Emergency Management Administration’s (FEMA) Barack Obama to immediately grant the assistance denial of individual assistance for Central Texas that these Texans need to recover and rebuild their counties impacted by the severe storms and lives.” flooding between October 30 and November 1.

In a letter to President Obama, the governor “The communities affected appealed federal denial of individual assistance by the Halloween floods and also requested that FEMA grant all eligible have been left with Individual and Households Programs, including: devastating financial • Transitional Sheltering Assistance burdens,” Gov. Perry said.

• Other Needs Assistance “Texas is utilizing all • Disaster Legal Services actively seek another clinic/health care provider during the available resources to meet • Disaster Supplemental Nutrition Assistance term of the agreement. Should another health care provider the needs of these families Program (clinic or doctor) wish to come to Edwards County they and businesses in Central • Disaster Unemployment Assistance would be welcome to do so. After almost 35 years, we Texas, but the damage is of • Crisis Counseling have all become accustom to Dr. Todd and to his 24 hour such magnitude that federal a day dedication to the residents of Edwards County and surrounding areas. We are used to going to him at any time day or night and to be able to receive not only treatment but our prescriptions at the same time. A side note here is that Shawn Streib Gray, Broker Dr. Todd is one of only two doctors in Texas that maintains 830-232-4500 a pharmacy. Unfortunately, we all know that Dr. Todd will not be here forever and that at some point he will hang up his stethoscope. Currently, he is considering limiting his Property 001: 9.3 ac. Views, underground tract. Pretty flat topography. $32,500 practice to cash only and may no longer except insurance utilities and sensible restrictions. Borders a large Property 031: Riverfront home in the Frio ranch. Owner/Broker. $129,900 Pecan Farm! In rental pool. Lots of amenities. including Medicare and Medicaid. So what happens then?

Property 002: Gorgeous 4BD/4BA custom home $269,000 REDUCED While the clinic may not be the perfect solution for now it at 482 Camino del Rancho in Concan on 6+ acs.

Property 032: 492 E. Main in Leakey. Cute appears to be a win-win for everyone and since it has Dr. $595,000 HUGE REDUCTION 2BD/1BA on half acre lot w/large metal Todd’s support then I support it as well.

Property 3-6: 1+ ac. Commercial lots Concan. building. End of road privacy. Just $79,900 On another issue, Carl Esser, Esser and Company will be Frontage on US HWY 83. All utilities available.

PENDING at the Barksdale Water Corporation meeting at the Mary $139,000-$149,000 Property 033: 5.16 ac. lot near town. City water Property 007: 1570 sq. ft. 3/2 on 5+ acs. Great & elec. Gorgeous views, paved roads, security B Powers Hall this coming Thursday evening (January workshop w/extra living quarters.

435 RR 337 gate. $84,900 30th) at 6:30 PM to update Barksdale and other local West is a MUST SEE. $196,000 Property 034: 21.62 ac. of rough, rugged area residents on the approval of septic and water system Property 008: Rancho Real hunting tract. 25.61 country! Great for hunting. 4x4 needed to improvement grant and advise the community of the next acres, about 100 yds. from elec! Views, not too access. Gorgeous views. $54,050 steps to be taken. If you are a resident of Barksdale or one hard to access. $60,183 Property 035: 144 acs. Leakey city limits. Huge of the individuals who applied for a septic improvement Property 009: First time on market!!! 1220 ft. trees, county road frontage. Great homeplace or of STUNNING Frio River front with 6.271 Development $7,000 per ac. SOLD!!! thru this grant, you may wish to attend this meeting. acs., large home, abundant outdoor entertaining Property 036: 8.65 acs. In Shady Oaks. Private I should mention that due to dry conditions, the County is areas overlooking river, apartment, metal barn, 2 yet minutes from town. Lots of big oaks. back under a burn ban. If you intend to burn brush, trash, older cabins. Beautiful, manicured grounds, oak Electricity available. $69,000 etc. you will need to contact the Edwards County Sheriff’s trees…MUST SEE. $1,300,000 PENDING Property 037: 5.3 ac. in Deer Creek Estates.

Office and your local fire department to let them know.

Property 010: 2.61 ac. lot on county rd. just 2 HUGE oak trees and views. Gated entry & mi. east of Leakey. Covered w/oaks, city water private paved road access. All useable land.

Currently, I am reading a book by Amity Shlaes called “The & elec. avail. Great home base for RV! $69,000 $64,500 Forgotten Man; A New History of the Great Depression.”

Property 011: Very nice 1.2 ac. lot ready for Property 039: Beautiful & spacious 4Bd/3Ba While I was already aware of some of the issues and facts your RV in Frio River Place. Central water & on nearly 1 ac. in Twin Forks. Super floor plan, relating to this era of our Country, this book has provided elec. in place. River Access. $92,000 covered porch, newer constr. $225,000 me with a new insight into this period of time and the Property 012: Cute 2/1 cabin in Concan sitting Property 040: Newer rock home in River Tree. government’s responses. If you have an interest in American on 6.98 unrestricted acres w/Hwy. 83 frontage.

Heavily treed lot, unique touches throughout, Tons of potential! Just $156,000 outdoor fp, GREAT river park. $259,900 History and politics and are open to facts not taught in Main Property 013: : 96 Canyon Oaks Dr. in Property 042: Estate size lot in The Ranch. Huge Stream History, then this book may be for you.

Concan. 3BD/3BA 1792 sq. ft. home. Great Oak & pecan trees, ag. Exempt, underground This brings me to my quote(s) of the week. Both are by rental potential $238,000 END OF SEASON elec. Frio access. NICE! $181,000 “Milton Friedman” who said: “The greatest advances of REDUCTION Property 043: 10+ acs. AG EXEMPT! Great civilization, whether in architecture or painting, in science Property 014 : TEXAS TUSCAN! Stunning homesite. Small tank site, meter pole, RR337 & 4/2 home on 10 acs. w/pool, outdoor kitchen, County Rd. frontage. $105,000 PENDING and literature, in industry or agriculture, have never come extensive landscaping, Utopia ISD. $369,000 Property 044-045 : Canyon Oaks/Concan from centralized government;” and NEWProperty 015: Breezy Oaks in Concan. lots. River access, elec./ water available. 1ac.

“So that the record of history is absolutely crystal clear.

Nicely FURNISHED 4BD/2BA on shaded lot! $42,500 per lot That there is no alternative way, so far discovered, of Good rental. River access. GREAT PRICE Property 046: HUGE 9.72 acre lot in Concan! improving the lot of the ordinary people that can hold a $234,900 Best buy around…very private. Only $75,000 candle to the productive activities that are unleashed by a Property 016: 3BD/2BA on nearly 1⁄2 ac. @ 525 Property 047: 1+/- ac. lot Mountain Valley in Davis Place in Twin Forks. Beautiful river park Concan. Close to golf course, House Pasture, free enterprise system.” and nice, spacious home. $129,000 PENDING Frio. Rentals OK!!! $89,000 As always, if you have comments on this article or other Property 017: Whiskey Mountain Inn. 1869 Property 048: 3BD/2BA nice brick home w/ County related issues, feel free to contact me either on my Farmhouse on 17.69 acs. w/6 rental cabins. workshop & barn. Emerald Oaks Subdv. 103 cell (210) 912-8481 or via email at burrogone@yahoo.com Gorgeous! $498,500 REDUCED!!

Laurel St. $254,500 REDUCED

Edwards County Commissioner’s Corner

by Lee Sweeten

Here it is almost the end of January and I am wondering where the time went. As usual, it is early Sunday Morning and I am here enjoying my coffee and still questioning why the older I get the earlier I seem to wake up. There is definitely something wrong about waking up at 3:30 AM on a Sunday morning, or any other morning for that matter.

This coming Wednesday (January 29th), the Edwards County Commissioners’ Court will hold a special called meeting to discuss and perhaps take action on several issues. While for many of you, this meeting will have taken place prior to your reading this article, I felt that a brief explanation of two of the items are warranted here.

First is: “Discuss and/or take action on CERTZ grant: “ In the last legislative session, 450 million dollars was set aside to be used to improve roads that have been affected by oil/ gas industry traffic. 250 million was dedicated to counties and while the majority of those funds will go to counties that are active in oil and gas exploration/production, almost every county in Texas qualifies for some funding. Based on a somewhat complicated formula, Edwards County’s potential share amounts to approximately $211,000.00. A grant process was established and each qualifying county must file an application for funding using this process. Time is of an essence here and we must complete and submit the application by February 14th, 2014. Each precinct has prioritized one or more road improvement projects and these are to be included in the application. While nothing is certain, the County stands a good chance of receiving these funds.

Second is: “Discuss and/or take action on Interlocal Agreement between Edwards County and Sutton County Hospital District:” This item was on the last agenda and has created some discussion and rumor within the community.

I know that since I have been in office there has been more than one attempt to bring a clinic to Edwards County. Some may feel that this is a County Venture, however that is really not the case. The County became involved in this process only after being contacted by a representative of the Sutton County Hospital District along with Dr. Todd.

The County is a third party in this project and our part (if approved) will be to furnish the old nutrition center building and utilities on that building to the Sutton County Hospital District for use as a clinic for a period of 5 years (Note: there is termination clauses within the agreement.) We will also do some remodeling on the facility using funds left from the old Edwards County Hospital. I have never and would never support such a venture unless it had Dr. Todd’s approval/blessing and after visiting with him I discovered that he not only supports this clinic but has actively been involved in bringing it to fruition. It should also be mentioned that the signing of the agreement by the County does not give Sutton County Hospital District an exclusive to health care in the area. The County simply agrees to not An open letter to the voters in Bandera, Crockett, Edwards, Kerr, Kimble, Llano, Mason, Medina, Menard, Real, Schleicher, and Sutton Counties of Texas: Nowadays, political gridlock and blind partisanship (from all sides) threaten to make any form of responsible representative government almost impossible. That is why it is very important for us, as voters, to make wise choices as to which candidates we choose to represent us at all levels of government, from the County Courthouse to the halls of Congress. In March of this year, those of us in the Texas House of Representatives District #53 will have the opportunity in the Republican primary to elect a candidate to run in the general election for the House of Representatives seat vacated by Harvey Hildebrand, who is making a run for State Comptroller. I hope that you will join a rapidly growing number of Hill Country and West Texas folks who support Andrew (Andy) Murr for State Representative.

Andy Murr was born and raised in Junction, Texas. He is descended on both sides of his family from early-day Kimble county pioneer ranch families. His grandfather, Coke R. Stevenson, served the State of Texas as Speaker of the House, Lieutenant Governor, and Governor. Andy Murr and his wife, Lacey, and son Coke, currently reside at Telegraph, Texas, on the Stevenson ranch, where he continues a family ranching tradition. A graduate of Junction High School, Texas A & M University, and the Texas Tech University Law School, he has spent the past five years as Kimble County Judge. During that time, he has exhibited the traits of fairness, fiscal responsibility, and fortitude- all attributes which will serve him well if

he is elected to the Texas House of Representatives. He is led by his faith in God, his love for his family, his belief in conservative fiscal policy, a reverence for Texas’ abundant natural resources, a strong belief in private property rights, and a desire for limited government involvement in the daily lives of all Texans.

I am a life-long resident of Junction and Kimble County . I have had the opportunity to know Andy Murr all of his life and it has been a pleasure to watch him grow up and become the caliber of man he is today. Intelligent and courteous, he is very results-oriented and is always extremely focused on the task at hand. I write this letter because I truly believe that he best represents those ideals which so many people in rural and small-town Texas hold dear. I believe that he is the best candidate to represent us in those issues which matter tremendously, such as the protection of our water resources and rights, the efficient management of public education, and keeping our State economy strong.

It is an unfortunate fact that the nature of our State’s population demographics place all of Texas west of I-35 at a tremendous disadvantage due simply to the number of voters. Often, issues of great importance to the rural areas of our State are not given the deliberation they deserve. It is very important for us to become informed and involved.

I hope that you will consider giving your vote and support to Andrew Murr for State Representative from District 53.

I believe that you will be glad you did for he will be a voice from our area at a time when we need him most. Thank you for your consideration.

Charles Hagood Junction, Texas

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Property 018 : 1304 sq. ft. 2BD/2BA on nearly 1 ac. in Reagan Wells. Access to 100+ acs. and over a mile of river! Must see! $115,000 Property 019 : RIVERFRONT HOME! Cypress Bend in Concan. Rentals OK!!! Great views & river frontage!! 3BR/3BA $499,000 Property 020: 75+ac. in Concan! No restrictions, end-of-road privacy. 4/2 mfg. DW home, guest cabin, studio. tank.24507 N. Hwy. 83 $595,000 Property 021: 3 view lots in Canyon Oaks— Concan, TX! 1+ ac. each. Water & elec. available, nightly rentals OK. $39,000 Per Lot Property 022 : INCOME PRODUCING! 2/1 house and 3/2 mobile home. Frio River access + close to Garner State Park. $126,500 REDUCED Property 023: Log cabin on 7+/- acs. Deer Creek Estates. Seasonal creek, remote, pretty views. $10,000 buyer credit! $125,000 REDUCED Property 024: Frio River Place lot. Nearly THREE acres! Water & elec. available. Nice river access. RV usage ok. $109,000 REDUCED Property 025:: RR336 north of Leakey. 17+ acs. West prong of the Frio River on eastern boundary $222,000 REDUCED Property 026-027 : RIVER FRONT! Gorgeous oak and cypress trees, views of the mountains. $225,000 EA. POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING Property 028: Frio River Place 1.51 acs. SUPER CLOSE to river. Water system& elec. Nice area. $75,000 POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING Property 029 : 260 acs. +/- WILL DIVIDE Hwy. frontage, Call Martin for all the details! $4250 per acre Property 030: Rancho Real, 10 ac. of remote land. 4x4 needed. Great hunting or recreational

Property 051: 3/2 ROCK home on 5+ acs. w/ Patterson Creek frontage& no restrictions. Close to town, great views. $265,000 REDUCED Property 052: 5+ acres just West of Leakey.

Fronts on John Buchanan Rd. Bldg. site faces east and is ready to go! $52,500 Property 053: 130+ acs. In Concan. Bear Creek Rd. Both sides of Bear Creek, partially fenced.

NO Restrictions. $8,000 per ac.

Property 055: Two adjacent lots in Emerald Oaks Subdivision. Each lot is 1/2 acre. Very nice area. $22,500 EACH Property 056: Lovely newer home on 4 ac. close to town. Views for MILES! Huge porches, custom cabinetry, workshop. $199,000 REDUCED Property 057: 10 ac. in Rancho Real. Flat to gently rolling and very secluded. Must have 4x4 for access. Only $40,000 Property 058: 39 ac. in Rancho Real. Big views and great hunting. 4x4 is a MUST to access this property. $79,960 Property 059: Lot #260 in Twin Forks. Very close to Cathedral Park and the beautiful Frio River! Water & Elec. available. $25,000 Property 060: The Ranch Subdivision in Concan. Ag. Exempt residential lot 6+ ACS.w/ Frio Access. $133,140 Property 064: Two 1+ ac. lots w/Hwy. 83 frontage. No Restrictions. Elec. & city water available. $37,500 each lot.

Property 065: 3/2 brick house on RR337. No Restrictions. Currently a successful nightly rental. CLOSE to river. $129,500 REDUCED NEWProperty 066-068: 3 adjacent tracts in Deer Creek Estates—Rio Frio, TX. Beautiful homesites with views! 9-12 acs. $9,000 PER AC

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JAIL REGISTER

Real County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Dispatch Report January 19- January 25, 2014

January 19 - January 25, 2014 PREJEAN, JASON DOUGLAS 34 W/M, ANGLETON, TEXAS, A/O GRAHAM UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON / BRAZORIA COUNTY WARRANT VIOLATION OF PROBATION PROHIBITED SUBSTANCE IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY; BARRIENTOS, JUAN JOSE 29 W/M, LEAKEY, TEXAS, A/O SHERIDAN, DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVAILD, $2,000 PR

1/19/2014 @ • 816 responded to Evergreen Street in Leakey for a motor vehicle accident • 1213 responded to Ranch Road 337 East of Leakey for a motorcycle accident 1/20/2014 @ • 1314 responded to Ranch Road 337 East of Leakey for a motorcycle accident

Real County Law Officers James E. Brice, Sheriff Don Gass, Deputy Sheriff Chris Sheridan, Deputy Sheriff Bruce Carr, Deputy Sheriff Jim Wilson, Constable Joe Tolleson, Constable Corporal Jake Sanchez, DPS Highway Patrol Clint Graham, TPWD Game Warden

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1758 responded to the 200 block of East 1st Street in Camp Wood for a motor vehicle accident 2354 responded to a business on US Highway 83 south for a disorderly conduct 1/21/2014 @ 007 responded to the River Tree subdivision in Leakey for a residential alarm

TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY

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NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION AND INTENT TO OBTAIN WATER QUALITY PERMIT RENEWAL PERMIT NO. WQ0011683001 APPLICATION. Alto Frio Baptist Encampment, Inc., P.O. Box 468, Leakey, Texas 78873, has applied to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to renew Texas Land Application Permit (TLAP) Permit No. WQ0011683001 to authorize the disposal of treated wastewater at a volume not to exceed a daily average flow of 20,000 gallons per day via irrigation of 2.0 acres of pasture land. The domestic wastewater treatment facility and disposal area are located at 1385 Farm-to-Market Road 1120, Leakey, in Real County, Texas 78873. TCEQ received this application on September 17, 2013. The permit application is available for viewing and copying at Real County Courthouse, Clerk’s Office, 146 Highway 83 South, Leakey, in Real County, Texas. This link to an electronic map of the site or facility’s general location is provided as a public courtesy and not part of the application or notice. For exact location, refer to application. http:// www.tceq.texas.gov/assets/public/hb610/index.html?lat=29.69583&lng=-99.75138&zoom=13&type=r ADDITIONAL NOTICE. TCEQ’s Executive Director has determined the application is administratively complete and will conduct a technical review of the application. After technical review of the application is complete, the Executive Director may prepare a draft permit and will issue a preliminary decision on the application. Notice of the Application and Preliminary Decision will be published and mailed to those who are on the county-wide mailing list and to those who are on the mailing list for this application. That notice will contain the deadline for submitting public comments.

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Sabinal Correspondent

Contributing Writers: Dave Crowe Elaine Padgett Carnegie Katie Burkhart Irene Van Winkle email:

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The Commission will only grant a contested case hearing on disputed issues of fact that are relevant and material to the Commission’s decision on the application. Further, the Commission will only grant a hearing on issues that were raised in timely filed comments that were not subsequently withdrawn. TCEQ may act on an application to renew a permit for discharge of wastewater without providing an opportunity for a contested case hearing if certain criteria are met.

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OPPORTUNITY FOR A CONTESTED CASE HEARING. After the deadline for submitting public comments, the Executive Director will consider all timely comments and prepare a response to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. Unless the application is directly referred for a contested case hearing, the response to comments, and the Executive Director’s decision on the application, will be mailed to everyone who submitted public comments and to those persons who are on the mailing list for this application. If comments are received, the mailing will also provide instructions for requesting reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision and for requesting a contested case hearing. A contested case hearing is a legal proceeding similar to a civil trial in state district court.

Following the close of all applicable comment and request periods, the Executive Director will forward the application and any requests for reconsideration or for a contested case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners for their consideration at a scheduled Commission meeting.

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MAILING LIST. If you submit public comments, a request for a contested case hearing or a reconsideration of the Executive Director’s decision, you will be added to the mailing list for this specific application to receive future public notices mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In addition, you may request to be placed on: (1) the permanent mailing list for a specific applicant name and permit number; and/or (2) the mailing list for a specific county. If you wish to be placed on the permanent and/or the county mailing list, clearly specify which list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office of the Chief Clerk at the address below.

AGENCY CONTACTS AND INFORMATION. All written public comments and requests must be submitted to the Office of the Chief Clerk, MC 105, TCEQ, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087 or electronically at www.tceq.texas.gov/about/comments.html. If you need more information about this permit application or the permitting process, please call TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll Free, at 1800-687-4040. Si desea información en Español, puede llamar al 1-800-687-4040. General information about TCEQ can be found at our web site at www.tceq.texas.gov.

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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

City of Leakey Mayor: Harry Schneemann Secretary: Dee Dee Wally Office: 830-232-6757 Fax: 830-232-6775 Councilmen: Ken Auld • Hugh Buchanan • Carl Jensen • Jesus Rubio • Bob Bowers Leakey Volunteer Fire Dept.830-232-4005 Frio Canyon EMS, Inc.830-232-5299 City of Camp Wood Mayor: Ben Cox Office: 830-597-2265 Fax: 830-597-5365 email:cityhall@swtexas.net Aldermen: Curtis Wilson • Brant Hickman • Sammie Ives •Jesse Chavez • Josh Cox Volunteer Fire Dept:830-597-6100 Camp Wood Library: 830-597-3208 Nueces Canyon EMS: 830-597-4200 City of Sabinal Mayor: Louis Landeros Secretary: Betty Jo Harris Office: 830-988-2218 Councilmembers: Nancy Alvarado, Chuck Van Pelt, Alma Martinez, Linda Musquiz, Eloisa Munoz and Mike Nuckles Sabinal Library 830-988-2911 Sabinal Municipal Judge: Anita Herndon 830-988-2630 Real County County Judge, Garry Merritt 830-232-5304 Real County Attorney, Bobby Jack Rushing 830-232-6461 County/District Clerk, Bella Rubio 830-232-5202 Justice of the Peace Dianne Rogers: 830-232-6630 Justice of the Peace Chris Lacey: 830-597-6129 Sheriff, James Earl Brice 830-232-5201 Tax Assessor-Collector Donna Brice: 830-232-6210 Treasurer, Mairi Gray 830-232-6627 Chief Appraiser Kelley Shults 830-232-6248 Real County Public Library 830-232-5199 Camp Wood Public Library 830-597-3208 Real County Commissioners: Precinct #1: Manuel Rubio Pct.#2: Bryan Shackelford Pct. #3:Gene Buckner Pct.#4: Joe W. Connell, Sr. Real Edwards Conservation & Reclamation District PO Box 807 . Camp Wood, Texas 78833 (830) 597-3322 office Fax (830) 597-3320 recrd@swtexas.net email Roland Trees, Board President Joel Pigg, General Manager

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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PAUL BURRIER, LOCAL AUTHOR DOES IT AGAIN

By Elaine Padgett Carnegie

Our local author, researcher and historian, Paul Burrier will be publishing his second manuscript soon! THE CONFEDERATE MILITARY COMMISSION HELD IN SAN ANTONIO JULY 2-OCTOBER 10, 1862. An Excerpt: “When the Civil War began these “radicals”, so named by the Texas Press, saw another opportunity to create the Free State of West Texas. They organized an insurgency. In June 1861 the political element was created. In March 1862 they created the military element, a battalion of three companies. Today this effort is called the Union Loyal League, but the insurgents similarly called it ‘the organization.’

The organization numbered about 500 men.

The Organization believed that the Union was going to invade Texas with a two prong attack: one from the sea at Galveston, the second overland from Kansas. These two union prongs would link up at Austin, splitting Texas along the Colorado River. The Organization supported by armed Unionists from Austin, San Antonio, Comal, and Medina counties would rise up and declare western Texas as the Free State of West Texas. This plan failed with the Nueces Battle/Massacre of August 10, 1862.

Paul is a fifth generation Texan born in Fredericksburg, TX. His Burrier ancestors came from Germanic Kingdom of Platinate along the Rhine River. They arrived in America in September 1739. He is a graduate of Leakey TX High School, Southwest Texas Jr. College, Texas A & M University, and did his graduate work in political science at Tennessee State University. Paul was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant of Infantry in 1964. He spent over 24 years in the Army Infantry, Airborne and Special Operations and Civil Military Operations. His military career included four combat tours and one with the Pakistani Army fighting an insurgency. His awards include the silver star, Two Purple Hearts, and 26 other individual and unit awards.

Since his retirement, Paul has devoted much of his time researching and writing local Texas history. His current projects include two manuscripts on the Texas Hill country during the Civil War, concentrating on “The Battle of Nueces” and “The Bushwhacker War”. Paul is a born again Christian and is a member of the Frio Canyon Baptist Church. He is married to his childhood sweetheart, the former Patricia Ann Nichols.

Paul belongs to the following organizations: Sons of the Republic of Texas, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Mexican War Descendants, Sons of the American Revolution, and the American Legion. I have enjoyed sitting with him, listening to his stories and learning about the “man”. He is a remarkable individual whose lifetime of experience has left him a quick-witted wisdom on the condition of men.

His story is compelling, “In the spring of 1861 the costliest battle ever fought on American soil began. The history of the war is wellknown and yet not everything is acknowledged. In the journal of August Siemering, Author, Paul Burrier has found proof of a new truth regarding the battle being waged in West Texas. In a four

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book history he lays out the facts, resources and descriptions of the evidence he has uncovered during 20 years of research culminating in the manuscript: “A PERFECT REIGN OF TERROR”: INSURGENCY IN THE TEXAS HILL COUNTRY 1861 - 1862; By William Paul Burrier, Sr., With Archaeological Support From Tim Darby.”

Paul says, “After I retired from the Army I returned to Texas and began to study local history. It didn’t take long before I realized that almost everything that had been written about the Nueces Battle was incorrect. I was a soldier for more than 24 years, so I may have had an advantage in researching a battle. Even so it took me almost twenty years to sort the actual facts from the myths. It seems no one had ever made an effort to determine the “facts”, and most of the data was not located in any readily available source.

I was zealous in my research, ferreting out every line, every truth until the story took on a life of it’s own, and the long dead walked again...man, woman and child in the truth of their tale.

Once this had been collected into a manuscript, no university would consider publication of the new research. While the evidence is irrefutable, they simply did not want to believe. Well Winston Churchill said, ‘History is written by the victors ... ‘ In this particular case, that remains true! However, I have self-published. I am quite possibly the only living individual who knows the real story. So here is the truth...in these books, heavily documented for posterity. The ‘facts’ speak for themselves...and need no explanation. Anyone may verify the sources are authentic.”

Here is an excerpt from “AUGUST SIEMERING’S DIE DEUTSCHEN IN TEXAS WAEHREND DES BUERGERKRIEGES THE GERMANS IN TEXAS DURING THE CIVILWAR”, published 2013.

A large number of Germans settled in the Texas Hill Country in the late 1840s and early 1850s. Most of these were farmers, stone masons, craftsmen, and so forth. However with them was a small number of liberal ‘Freethinkers’. (People who did not believe in an organized church). After the failed 1848-49 German Revolution, which attempted to unite all the Germans States into a Liberal Democratic State. Many of the leaders, who were referred to as”Forty-Eighter’s” fled for their lives. About a hundred came to the Texas Hill Country where they joined with the Freethinkers’ to form a German political party, whose goal was to create a Free State of West Texas (now the Texas Hill Country). They did try, but failed in this attempt.”

In August Siemering’s personal journal you can read the account first hand! He was a German immigrant and among those of the insurgence.

See through his eyes moment by moment as you share his personal experiences of those harrowing days. Locally you can pick up a copy at the Author’s Office located at 200 N. Evergreen in Leakey, or at the Hill Country Herald Newspaper Office at 157 S US Hwy 83, Leakey. You can visit Paul online at www.wmpaulburrier.com or call him at 830-232-6917.

It’s that time of year!

Leakey Little League Organizational Meeting Election of Officers for the 2014 season Thursday, January 30,2014 6:00 p.m.

American Legion Hall, Leakey, Tx. If you are interested in serving on the board please be present at this meeting.

The Leakey Little League is looking for volunteers to make it a great year.

NCHS Celebrates April Amine April Amine Day was Tuesday, January 28 at Nueces Canyon HS! April has been accepted to Angelo State University and plans to become a nurse.

April was presented with a card from the staff and a proclamation declaring Tuesday, January 28 as April Amine Day. A video was shown in honor of April as well.

April is a member of the Lady Panther basketball

By Kristi Powers

team and was the manager for the football team.

April is also active in the Yearbook class.

On hand to celebrate were her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Amine; her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Red Lacey; and numerous other family members Congratulations, April!

NCCISD wishes you the very best!! Pictured: April Amine and Family

NCJH Girls Basketball at Junction Tournament

By Coach Stacy Fairchild

For the second tournament of the year, the JH basketball girls headed to Junction on Saturday January, 25. The Nueces Canyon Panthers were joined at the tournament by Mason, Junction, Leakey, and Medina. In the girl’s first round they faced off against Mason. The girls played great and came away with a win 34-25. Samantha Rodriguez, Amanda White, and Mandie Carabajal all scored a basket for the team with their under the basket shots. Nataliah Deleon went to the free shot line and scored 4 points for the Panthers.

Megan Sifuentes scored 18 points with her fast paced lay ups and 6 points when she was sent to the free shot line. For the second game, the Panthers faced off against Junction for the Championship Game. Samantha Rodriguez scored a basket for the team. Victoria Carabajal, Nataliah Deleon, and Angela Galindo each earned a point for us on the free shot line. Megan Sifuentes earned 20 points with quick baskets and one point from the free shot line for the Panthers during this game. The Panthers won the Championship Game 26-17 over the Junction Eagles. The girls worked very hard and are very proud of their accomplishments.

Pictured L to R: Back Row: Samantha Rodriguez, Shelby Pannell, Megan Sifuentes, Coach Stacy Fairchild Middle Row: Victoria Carabajal, Myah Rodriguez, Landrie Williams, Amanda White Front Row: Mandie Carabajal, Samantha Threadgill, Natalia DeLeon, Angela Galindo

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

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NCHS Students Receive MOS Certifications in Microsoft Word 2010

By Instructor Greg Harmon

Nueces Canyon High School students Jose Gonzales and Preston Watters recently received their Microsoft Office Specialist Certifications in Microsoft Word 2010. Mr. Greg Harmon is the Business Information Management instructor. This nationally recognized certification issued by Microsoft will help these students present themselves as truly knowledgeable and differentiate them in current competitive job markets.

Jose took his certification test and made a 735 out of a possible 1000 points.

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NCHS Boys Varsity Basketball vs. Junction

By Coach Charlie Marquardt

in the game. We find ourselves in the district standings at 2-2 with a legit chance when we travel to Medina on Friday.

For the game the leading scorer was Reagan Luce with 11 points followed by Isaiah DeLeon 10, Micheal Pina 8, Preston Nevarez 6, Bailey Gober and Anthony Martinez each having 1 point. The leading rebounder for the game was Isaiah DeLeon with 12 and Micheal Pina followed closely behind with 11 total rebounds. Several other Panthers contributed to our team total of 36 for the game. Stats won’t and usually don’t tell the true story of the game. If you looked at the physical picture of the game

Elizabeth White Day at NCHS

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we shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have been in the game since they had three players over 6â&#x20AC;&#x2122;3â&#x20AC;? and good guard play but our kids represented the community and themselves well by playing with great effort and keeping it close. I must say this, I was proud to be coaching the Panthers due to the character displayed during the game. We got beat but we didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t lose, because we keep playing hard until the final horn sounded.

By Kristi Powers

Tuesday, January 14 was proclaimed Elizabeth White Day at Nueces Canyon JH/HS. Elizabeth has been accepted to the University of Texas at Dallas and plans to major in Graphic Design. Elizabeth is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.B. White and the daughter of Mrs. Emma White.

Elizabeth is a member of the Panther Band and is a member of the National Honor Society. She participates in UIL academics and One Act Play.

NCCISD would like to congratulate Elizabeth and wish her the very best!!

Pictured: (Elizabeth w day) Elizabeth White and Family

NCHS Girls Basketball vs. Junction January 21st, the Prowling Panthers began their critical second round play in district when they hosted the Junction Eagles. The J.V. girls looked to avenge their earlier loss to Junction. The Eagles got things moving first, but N.C. responded with some steals on defense converted into baskets. At the end of one, the Panthers led 8 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 5.

However, in the second and third quarters, the Panthers could not contain the Eagles 5â&#x20AC;&#x2122;10â&#x20AC;? post. She went off to score 22 points, many from put-backs. Big Blue remained in striking distance thanks to an attacking Jayden Aguilera who led the Panthers with 12 points and 3 steals and to Destiny Tinsley who hit some smooth jumpers to end with 6 points and 3 assists. Even still, the Eagles and their inside advantage was too much to close the gap, and N.C. lost 26 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 36.

Next up for the girlsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; side was the eagerly awaited Varsity. The Eagles came into the contest with the same 3 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 2 district record of the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;. A victory here would keep the N.C.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s foot in the door for any potential

future tie-break with Junction. A victory for Junction would get them one step closer to being one of the big three. The stage was set and the stakes were high. N.C. knew which two Eagle players they needed to stop, but as big players have a tendency of doing, Junction came out with the hot hand.

Both players had all 17 of the Eaglesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; firstquarter points, except for one bucket. But to the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; credit, they too responded with some sharp shooting of their own.

Hailey Luce set her feet for three huge three pointers to spread the Eagle defense and keep her team in the hunt. Luce had a strong outside performance with 13 points.

The Panthers finished with 16 points after one. In the second, with the defense spread more, Nikki Milliorn was able to take advantage of some single coverage and netted 6 points. And so the battle went back and forth between the two teams, but Junction already had the edge and held onto it by being quicker to lose balls and winning the battle on the boards. After a forced drive that turned into an Eagle break

to find the spark and went into the half with an uninspired 18-point effort. The nightmare continued in the second half as the Panthers could never quite chip away at their 10-11 point deficit. Milliorn did continue to provide some offense in the paint. She finished with 16 points for the Canyon, and Gabby Irwin found her way to the foul line to go 6 for 10 and finish with 10 points. However, Medina would always answer with a bucket. Finally in the fourth quarter when N.C. was running out of time and answers, they applied some full-court man pressure and played like they had

By Coach Brandy Sweeten

away in the waning seconds of the half, Junction used the four-point swing to go up 37 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 29.

In the third, the Eagles kept the pressure on, and as has been the Panthersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; bad trend, they had their least productive quarter by scoring 11. It wasnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t that the Canyon was playing so poorly to open the second half, but they failed to capitalize on some easy buckets, and Junction left no room for error. In the fourth quarter, the Panthers put on the full-court pressure with some good results. Ashley Harmon kept up the good fight inside and was high-point for the Panthers with 20 points and 10 boards. And sisters, Danielle Irwin and Gabby Irwin provided a spark each with 8 points and 4 rebounds, but the Panthers lost Gabby early in the fourth quarter when they could have used her the most in their comeback bid.

Unfortunately, the deficit was too much for any late-game heroics. The Panthers came up short 55 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 65 on a night when there could be no shortcomings.

NCHS Girls Basketball vs. Medina This past Friday, the Prowling Panthers headed to Bobcat country for their second meeting in district. The Girls Varsity tipped off first with the early game. The Lady Cats found the bottom of the net first. They connected on the outside early.

N.C. countered with some inside game from Nikki Milliorn, but the Panthers had clearly come out flat. They mustered just 7 points for the first quarter. In the second, their post player had one of her better nights with 11 points, and helped the Lady Cats to their best quarter with 19 points. Meanwhile, N.C. could not seem

By Coach Brandy Sweeten

something to lose. Hailey Luce busted two from beyond the arch off of Panther steals, and then hit another shot to finish with 12 on the night and more importantly pull her team within reach down by four. But the display in the last two minutes of the game was â&#x20AC;&#x153;A little too little, a little too late.â&#x20AC;?

N.C. put themselves behind the eight ball with the 50 - 46 loss. Their only hope now for a play-off berth is to win out for their remainder of games, and hope the other big three continue to beat-up on each other.

NCJH Boys Basketball at Junction Tournament

By Coach Oscar Aguilera

On January 25th, the Junior High Panthers traveled north to play in the Junction Invitational Tournament. The Panthers squared off with Leakey for the first game

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Preston took his certification test and made a 733 out of a possible 1000 points.

They will now be pursuing their Microsoft Certifications in MS PowerPoint and Excel.

The Career and Technology department at Nueces Canyon started a campaign last year to pursue industry certifications for students taking CTE classes.

Congratulations to Jose Gonzales and Preston Watters on obtaining these certifications. Best of luck on future certifications.

On Tuesday, January 21st the boys basketball hosted the team from Junction and came out on the short end of the score 39-37. It was a game that saw the Panthers struggle to score both from the field and free throw line. Our defense kept us in the game until the end but our lack of finishing on the offensive end proved to be too much to overcome. Our intensity during the game along with the passion we played kept it close but it could not overcome our scoring woes. I am really proud and happy with the effort from everyone who steps on the floor. Our bench play has been good with all players contributing at different points

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SABINAL HAPPENINGS

by Billie Franklin

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Sylvia and Bud Weaver and family of Onterio, California, came a little early for Christmas to be with Sylvia’s parents, Lupe and Rudolpho Valdez. The surprise came when the three children, Sylvia, and brothers Rick and Rudy, rented Mom and Dad a room at the new Hampton Inn in Uvalde in celebration of their 50th wedding anniversary, December 15. The family all got together and ate at Jack’s Restaurant in Uvalde that evening.

Sylvia and Bud were joined by Nicholas, Jennifer, boyfriend Mike and daughter Natalia. Rick and Jo Anne had Jennifer, Joshua, Justin, and Mia there. Rudy and Vergie had Navè, Israel, Celeste, Aricella, and Emma. Thus the whole family came to honor their parents for their special 50th anniversary.

Sabinal Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce the grand opening for The Lounge located at 412 N Center St on February 1 at 10 am. Currently The Lounge is open Monday to Friday 4 pm to 9 pm, Saturdays 8 am to 9 pm with youth services at 5:30 pm and Sundays 10 am to 3 pm. In February, The Lounge will also be open on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 6am to 2pm. The Lounge also anticipates having after school tutorials. The Lounge can be reached at (830) 988-2333 for more information.

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Emmanuel Lutheran Church has invited the Bob Balyeat family of Great Falls Montana, who will present a gift of love in song. The date is February 9 from 7 to 8 pm. The musicians include Bob who is the head of the family who sings, plays 12 string guitar, and bass fiddle; Nancy the Mom of the outfit who sings and plays guitar; James who has bass picking skills, flat-picking guitar, and sings; his wife Amanda plays fiddle, mandolin, bango and more; Rose who plays mandolin and fiddle as well as sings; Mary Anna who plays banjo, fiddle,

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First Baptist

The Del Rio/Uvalde Baptist Association will meet at host church First Baptist of Uvalde for their annual gathering on February16, at 4 pm. Each church is invited to present special music and song as well as singing in both English and Spanish as a congregation.

Youth Director Joe Redus is currently finalizing plans for a youth event February 26 through 28. I will report to you when plans have finalized.

First United Methodist

The worship volunteer schedule for 2014 is available in the foyer. If you see an opening and would like to volunteer, please let the office know.

Next Sunday the communion rail offering will go to Kairos Prison Ministry. There will also be an offering taken to help a family in town. Check with the pastor for details.

St. Patrick Catholic

On Sunday, the church will have a hamburger sale which begins at 10 am in the small hall adjacent to the church office.

Proceeds go to the needs of the church.

The Annual Anniversary Mass, which honors all marriages, regardless of how long, will be held at St. Frances of Assisi Catholic Church, 4201 De Zavala Road, San Antonio on Friday, March 14, at 7 pm.

Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller will be officiating. Certificates of marriages of 25 or 50 years or more will be awarded to the couples. To arrange to get your certificate, please contact http://tinyurl.com/ 2014anniversary or call the office of Marriage and Family Life at 210-734-1649.

The Catholic Mens Conference information can be found at http://CMCSanAntonio.com or call 210-521-3377.

by Jason Keller is the Athletic Director for Sabinal ISD.

Sabinal ISD Supporters, I would like to take a minute to thank and congratulate everyone involved in making the district a premier district. As well all know it takes a team and a membership of committed individuals to make success an everyday event. From teachers to students to coaches to administration to maintenance to auxiliary staff to community members, it takes a team to ensure that success happens daily. The premier standard in the State of Texas for extra-curricular success is the Lone Star Cup awarded by one of the largest governing bodies in the United States....the UIL. It’s always a goal to finish in the top 25 in the State in 1A (170 schools). In 2012 Sabinal HS finished in the top 20. This year we are currently in the top 7 in the State in 1A. Wow, What a success thus far. I believe Sabinal HS is one of only 4 schools in the top 7 in all classifications in the

Region 20 area and 1 of the top 35 schools in the entire state in all classifications (approx 1,100 schools in Texas). While points are awarded solely on extra curricular accomplishments points are also awarded for ALL extra curricular events such as One Act Play and UIL Academics in addition to athletics and band. This success is a representation of the hard work and performance of our students and athletes. It takes everyone to make this happen. Thank you for developing meaningful relationships and high expectations with and for our students and athletes and continuing to support all extra curricular programs. As we aim for that #1 ranking we ask that you continue to encourage, teach, support and motivate the students in one of the most successful districts in the State.

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On Sunday, the Watoto Childrens Choir is to sing at First Baptist Church in Castroville at both the 9 am and 11 am services. The children are all orphaned by at least one parent and in cases by both. They travel all over the world singing about their beloved Uganda, Africa, have sung for royalty and the commoner alike. They sing with enthusiasm as only children can. The church is located on the right as you come down the hill into Castroville. All are welcome.

When I heard of the choir, I immediately thought of Sabinal Elementary School teacher Fred Juma. He was born in Uganda and later moved to Kenya. He speaks Swahili fluently, the language of these children. He is very interested in hearing the children. I can only imagine the surprise and delight of the children of Africa when they find out that there is a person in America who can speak their own language. What a story.

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place for young people to gather after school. Team Focus also wants others to use their facilities and offer it freely when open.

Coffee, lattes, etc are for sale to the general public as a means of support for the group.

Do stop in when you have a chance. The decor is as awesome as the young people who go there.

Tommy Oliphant and family provided breakfast at Hudson Brotherhood last Sunday morning. Delivering the message was Clifford Parker. There were 20 persons in attendance.

The Brotherhood is comprised of nondenominational Christian men and boys in our area and meet from 8 to 9 am every fourth Sunday of the month, excluding the month of December.

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January is often the peak time for the flu season in Texas, and it’s not too late to get a flu shot and take other common sense steps to protect yourself from illness. Flu is spread when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks, releasing the contagious virus into the air. People with flu can transmit the virus to others from one day before getting sick to up to seven days after showing symptoms of the flu.

“Respiratory etiquette” is the newest phrase in healthcare circles, and refers to taking common-sense steps to prevent the spread of germs from person to person. Washing your hands thoroughly and often is the most important way you can prevent catching and spreading germs to others and prevent many communicable diseases. Use warm water and soap and scrub your hands for about 20 seconds. Dry your

hands with a clean, disposable towel.

Use an alcohol-based hand cleaner when soap and water are not available.

In addition, the Texas Department of State Health Services recommends these precautions to reduce your risk of catching or spreading flu germs: • Wash your hands before eating, or touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

• Wash your hands after touching anyone who is sneezing, coughing or has a runny nose.

This is true especially if you are taking care of someone who is sick.

• Do not share towels, lipstick, toys, cigarettes, food, eating utensils, drinking glasses or anything that might be contaminated with respiratory germs.

• Avoid close contact with people who are sick, and avoid close, crowded spaces when

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Cover your mouth and nose with tissue every time you sneeze, blow your nose, or cough. Do not use handkerchiefs.

Put used tissues in the nearest trashcan.

If you do not have a tissue, cough or sneeze into your sleeve.

Stay home if you have a cough and fever. Keep away from family members who are very young, very old, or have a serious disease or weak immune system.

Because cold viruses can survive for hours outside the body, cleaning surfaces with a virus-killing disinfectant (such as a one part bleach to nine parts water mixture) can help prevent the spread of common germs.

Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Hill Country Herald Page 7

Schupp/Gates Kin Impacted History On Early Texas Frontier

“Treating your family like our family since 2007”

by Irene Van Winkle

When Wilhelm Heinrich Schupp of Edingen, Prussia sailed from Bremen in 1846 on the ship Neptune, he paved the way for the rest of his family to settle in Texas. Two years later, his father, Johann Wilhelm, brother Jakob, and at least one sister joined him.

Eventually all the siblings arrived on Texas shores. From their future settlements in Gillespie County, they became entwined with many pioneers such as the Gateses, Kuykendalls, Luckenbachs and Schumanns. The extended Schupp clan held a rousing reunion last weekend at Lady Bird Johnson State Park’s Tatsch House in Fredericksburg. Aside from a hearty meal and reconnecting, they pored over genealogy and photographs gathered primarily by keepers of the family flame Melvin Buddy Schupp of Poteet and his cousin, Walter Butch Schupp of Killeen.

The third B in the family was Clayton W. Dechert of Kerrville, or Buster. He was the son of Ella Adalia Schupp and Walter Dechert.

He married Erna Lee Durst and worked at Durst Upholstery, but passed away in 1997.

The oldest group of cousins at the reunion were Cornell Jacobs and brother Melvin Schupp, Bonnie Schupp Geister, Charlotte Schupp Roberts, Shirley Smith Hetzel and Walter Schupp. Melvin has concentrated on the Gates history, while Walter plies the Schupp side.

Their ancestral tales are sometimes admirable and sometimes sad.

Recently, Walter made a crucial correction in the family history regarding the patriarch who emigrated to America. His name had long been believed to be Wilhelm Heinrich Schupp, but Walter discovered it was actually Johann Wilhelm Schupp (1792-1869), while Wilhelm Heinrich was his son. It was first thought that the father and his son who emigrated to Texas had the same names.

The name of Johann’s wife is unknown. Walter said he could not find it on any ships’ logs nor death records from the ship, Uhland, on which Johann sailed. Possibly she died before they left Prussia. Their children Christine, Henriette, Wilhelm Heinrich, Jakob and Lisette born between 1820-1833, were mostly grown when they crossed the Atlantic Ocean. Forward to the Past, written in 1990 by Pearl Elley Bethune, included part of a translation (by Ernst Joseph Hierholzer) from a diary written in German by Carl Blumberg. Heinrich was listed being aboard the bark Neptune, as Hry. Schupp, (age) 27 when it landed in Galveston on Dec. 3, 1845, according to records at the Texas State Archives. The ship was a three-masted sailing vessel, a schooner, 115 feet long, 27 feet wide and 17 feet high with 200 passengers and 13 crew crammed on board. One can only imagine how close those quarters must have been on a three-month trip, especially if there was bad weather or illness.

They only had a 4x4x8-foot area per person where they slept, Melvin said. The Neptune came into Indianola, while the Uhland landed in New Orleans. Then came the rough trek by ox-drawn wagons, as many Germans traveled to colonize central Texas. Other migrations took some farther north into Missouri and elsewhere.

By the mid-1840s, the political and economic situation in their homeland had become untenable, and the Adelsverein Society (later headed by John O. Meusebach) made arrangements to settle in New Braunfels and Fredericksburg.

Heinrich, who was born in 1810 in Giesenthal, Prussia, and his wife, Wilhelmine Kollmeier (1820-1865), settled on a farm west toward Mason County, and had 12 children: Helene, Christine, Heinrich, Dorette Minna, Friedrich, August, Sophie, Lisette, Wilhelm, Marie, Eliese Lisette and Louis. Tragically, four died in 1861. It must have been during some epidemic back then, Melvin said, but nobody knows for sure. After they died, poor Heinrich just lost it. He became unstable and they put him in a mental asylum in Austin. He escaped a few months later during a storm, but they never found out where he went, or his body. His wife died in 1865, and the surviving children were farmed out to other families. Wilhelmina, Johann and the four children were buried on their family farm.

South of U.S. 290 (east from Fredericksburg) are locations pertinent to the Schupp and Gates sides. They are the hamlets of Luckenbach where everybody is somebody and Albert, about 20 miles apart.

They are both named for the same person Albert Luckenbach. He first founded the post office in Luckenbach, in the South Grape Creek settlement. Later, when the family moved, his wife, Minna Engel, suggested they use Albert for the other one. Not surprisingly, there are Luckenbacks in the Schupps’ family tree.

Located 20 miles east of Fredericksburg is the now-ghost town of Albert on 13 acres which has an 85-year-old dance hall, an ice house, a creek and orchards. The land is adjacent to a limestone schoolhouse which was attended by former President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1921. While Jacob Schupp (1826-1905) enjoyed long life, his first two wives did not. In 1854, he married Anna Katherina Alberthal (1834-1856), and their only child, Heinrich, lived only three days.

Jacob then married Anna Katherina Trapp (1833-1859), but she died two years after they were married, and was believed to have been killed by Indians. Their marriage produced two girls, Carolina Lina and Marie Catherine. Finally, Jacob married Louise Fredericke Dambach (1835-1909), who came to Fredericksburg from the town of Wurtemburg in Germany. Jacob lived in a home he built south of Luckenbach. They had two boys and five girls: Heinrich Louis Ludwig, Auguste, Emilie, Adolph, Anna, Olga and Louise. All but the second child lived into adulthood and married. Son Louis and his wife, Charlotte Gates, settled around Albert, where they were buried, along with other Schupps, in the Wilke Cemetery.

Melvin’s research into the Gates side has uncovered fascinating details about their contributions to history. These Gateses were one of the original Old 300 families that Stephen F. Austin brought into Texas. Charlotte’s father was Amos Valentine Gates (1825-1912), whose parents were Samuel and Catherine Ann Elizabeth Pyeatt Gates. Samuel was the son of William and Catherine Hardin Gates (wed by or before 1783) who had about nine children.

Records on William Gates (ca. 1760-1828) show that he served in the Revolutionary War as a soldier from North Carolina. After the war, he and Catherine (ca. 1760-1826) moved to Tennessee, where children Sarah and Samuel were born. They traveled into new territories; by 1780; they were in Lincoln, Kentucky on the Cumberland River. Here, more children were born: Hannah, Charles, Amos (elder), Ransom, Jane and William II.

In 1810, William and Catherine left Henderson County, heading down the Ohio River near Memphis on the Mississippi River. They were accompanied by the Hardins and Kuykendalls. In 1812, going through the Little Rock area, they came to the Cadron Settlement, which was still in the Missouri Territory. They settled south of Cadron Creek near Abner and Amos Kuykendall, who married Sarah and Elizabeth Gates, respectively.

William’s son, Samuel, who married Catherine Pyeatt in 1813, was an ensign in the 2nd Battalion, Seventh Regiment of Arkansas County in the Battle of 1812. Stephen F. Austin was in Washington County of the Missouri Territory, and fought in the Battle as well.

Samuel became Justice of the Peace (1814-1819), then joined his father, who had moved to Miller County, Ark. not far from Pecan Point, a Texas settlement across the Red River.

In Austin’s travels down the Pecan Point Trail, one historian speculates, he may have met William Gates, who was a horse trader.

Whatever the case, the Gates and Kuykendall families met up with Austin in 1821 at Nacogdoches. With Amos (elder) as scout, they reached the Brazos River in December, and the Gates family reportedly was the first to cross into the new, historic settlement of Washington-on-the-Brazos.

In 1824, William received two leagues on the west side of the Brazos, while Samuel got one league adjoining William’s and another on Jackson’s Creek. Samuel served in the Colonial Militia (forerunner of the Texas Rangers), and died of illness in 1836. His will is at the Alamo.

Catherine Hardin Gates died in 1826, and was buried on the Gates land grant. William died while visiting his children, Charles and Hannah, in San Augustine County. Amos Valentine Gates, was one of the first children born in Austin’s new colony.

Incidentally, later, during the Runaway Scrape of 1836, Samuel’s wife made a saddle flag for one of her sons, Samuel Hardin Gates, a member of Sam Houston’s army, to take with him.

Later, Samuel Gates’ descendants, Melvin Schupp and Calvin Baker, displayed it at Pioneer Village in Gonzalez County.

Melvin and his sister, Cornell, found a list of markers noting who was buried at the Gates Cemetery. William and Catherine Gates, Confederate soldier William C. Gates, Dr. Ducalion A. Perry and wife Jane Gates, and a host of Perry and Gates children. The epitaph of youngster Clarinda Catherine Perry read, Death may the band of life unloose but can’t dissolve my love; a million of infant’s souls compose the family above.

Amos V. Gates set out to do big things. He wished to become a Methodist minister, but never finished his studies in Nashville, Tenn., lured back to Texas by tales of Mexican disturbances and Indian raids. In 1852, he married Martha Johnson, and in 1856, moved with his wife and two children to Blanco County. Martha died the next year, and Amos then wed Margaret Harrison (1842-1910).

They had eight children: Eugene, Catherine, John Albert, Minnie, Charlotte, Margaret, Dora and Mary Lee. Charlotte wed Heinrich Louis Schupp in 1892 and Minnie married Edward Dechert, Clayton’s ancester.

Meanwhile, Amos, a stonemason, became chief justice (county judge) in Blanco County, and then served in the Civil War. He returned to office afterwards, but was soon kicked out by carpetbaggers. He moved to the headsprings of the Blanco River in 1872, where he cultivated trees and fruit, and died there.

Louis and Charlotte Schupp had seven children: Alfred, Ella, Otto, Walter, Willie and Victor. Louis, unfortunately, died after being struck in a fight during a baseball game.

Alfred, Walter said, was a genius. He was a prolific inventor, and his Schupp’s Woodwork in San Antonio manufactured his patented dispensers the Sani-Straw Miser and Sani-Pick Miser. They were iconic staples at many restaurants, cafeterias and homes across the country. Alfred’s brother, Willie, married Betty Mahan in 1925, and their children were Cornell Jacobs, Melvin and Virginia. The other brother, Walter, had four children, one of whom, Alton, married Margaret Marie Kuykendall. Their oldest son was Walter Butch with siblings Barbara, Ralph, James, Marian and William following.

Another Schupp branch offers a slightly different history. There is an ancestral log cabin in the Upper Turtle Creek area of Kerr County belonging to Brock Schupp and his sister, Pam Schupp Greenway.

Their father, Robert Schupp (1931-2006), had it transported (dismantled and then reassembled) from the old Schupp farm in Missouri, where his forebears immigrated in the 1840s. This line came from Bad Ems in northern Germany, and possibly may be related to the Gillespie County bunch.

Robert’s uncle, Frank Jones, had moved to Kerr County as a kid in the 1920s when his mother came here for treatment for tuberculosis.

(Frank’s wife, Ann, was a sister of Robert’s mother, Ida Riesterer Schupp). After visiting often as a child, Robert later bought his property in the 1960s.

Their ancestors in Bad Ems, Nassau, were Johann Anton Schupp (1797-post 1880) and Anna Elizabetha Knodt, who both died in Morgan County, Missouri where they came with their children: Carl Wilhelm (b. 1825), Philipp Anton (b. 1827), and Charlotte (b. 1832).

Their journey here was long, but safe.

By ox-drawn wagons, they rode to Koblenz in the Rhineland, then boarded flat boats and sailed down the Rhine River. At Rotterdam, Netherlands they boarded sailboats crossing the channel to England. (Other records indicate they sailed from Antwerp on the Charlemagne.) They landed in New Orleans after 42 days. Steamers carried them up the Mississippi River to St. Louis, Missouri. A smaller vessel then took them up the Missouri River to Boonville, Mo. They were met by Anton’s brother, Carl, who took them in.

Anton later bought a farm on Haw Creek, five miles from Florence.

In 1850, son Carl married Carolina Jost, whose father was a nephew of Carl’s father, and they all lived near Florence.

Carl’s 7th child was August. Shortly after his marriage to Elisabeth Karoline Schuetz in 1885, August bought land in northern Morgan County, just south of Otterville. The log cabin now in Kerr County was on this land. August and Elisabeth had nine children, the seventh being Julius Albert. He married Ida Anna Riesterer and they had three children the third child was Robert.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

O B I T U A R I E S

Joyce Marie Causey

Deborah Armitta Cannan

(October 4, 1926 - January 22, 2014)

(February 13, 1952 - January 19, 2014)

Joyce Marie Alley Causey of Seguin went to be with the Lord on Wednesday, January 22, 2014 in Seguin. She was born in Sabinal, TX to John Baxter Alley and Ruby Emerson Alley on October 4, 1926. She married Roland Knox “Shad” Causey on June 29, 1947 in Uvalde, TX at the Methodist Church. She graduated from Uvalde High School and later took several courses at Our Lady of the Lake University. She retired from Kelly AFB-civil service. She was a very dedicated wife and mother. She served many years as a room mother when her daughter attended Sabinal schools. She was also a faithful member of the Sabinal Methodist Church. Joyce is preceded in death by her husband, Roland “Shad” Causey; brother, J.B. Alley; sister, Doris Dolle; and parents, Baxter and Ruby Alley. Joyce is survived by her daughter, Sherry Causey Baker and husband, Steve of Seguin; grandsons, Patrick Shad Baker and wife, Staci; and Brandon Leslie Baker and wife, Jamie; greatgrandchildren, Quinton Knox Baker and Holden James Baker; sister, Lois Bedenbender; and sister-in-law, Iona Alley. Graveside services will be held at 10:30 AM on Wednesday, January 29, 2014 at the Sabinal Cemetery. Rev. Chuck Crane will officiate. Memorial donations may be made to the Sabinal Methodist Church; Guadalupe Regional Medical Center Hospice; Guadalupe Valley Nursing Center; or the charity of one’s choice. The family of Joyce Causey wishes to extend our sincere thanks to GRMC hospice and GVNC in Seguin.

Deborah Armitta Cannan of Utopia passed away on January 19, 2014 at Regional Medical Center in Kerrville at the age of 61. She was born on February 13, 1952 in Uvalde to Grover Cleveland Cannan Jr. and Ina Claire (Elliott) Cannan . She is survived by her daughter, Carrie S. Moreno and husband Eric; son, Nicholas Cannan all of Bryan; sister, Eulah Claire Caraway of Humble; brother, James Wylie Cannan of Gonzales; grandchildren, Michaela Moreno and Benjamin Moreno and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents. The family will receive friends on Friday, January 24, 2014 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Rushing-Estes-Knowles Mortuary in Sabinal. A graveside service will be held on Saturday, January 25, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. at Jones Cemetery in Utopia.

Mary Burris Thompson

(December 12, 1942 - January 25, 2014) Mary Burris Thompson, age 71 of Vanderpool, passed away Saturday, January 25, 2014 at her residence. She was preceded in death by her three children, Gordon Eugene Thompson, Robert “Robbie” A. Thompson Jr. and Mary Kim Thompson; and by her husband, Robert “Bobby” Thompson. They resided 37 years in Odessa, then moved back home to Vanderpool. Her hometown was Sabinal where her brother’s family resides. She was a bookkeeper and office manager for several businesses. She also held a real estate sales license for New Mexico, New Jersey and New York States. She had battled Diabetes since the age of 11, being insulin dependent all of those years. She is survived by four granddaughters, Klarissa Kim Thompson of Vanderpool, Krystal Peter of Odessa, Kelsey Pressey of Stanton and Kylie Sauer of Austin; three great granddaughters, Karlie and Kholei Johnston of Vanderpool and Teaghen Pressey of Stanton; two step grandchildren, Dakota Johnston and Devan Pratte; one step great grandchild, Ethan Pratte; and several nieces and nephews. She will be greatly missed.

Graveside services will be held Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 11 AM at Vanderpool Cemetery officiated by Jim Boyd. Honorary pallbearers will be Dexter Rainey, Clay Knuckles, Jack Preston, Scott Johnston, David Mazurek and Bob Gilleland. In lieu of flowers, memorials can be sent to Vanderpool Cemetery Association, Vanderpool, TX 78885.

Frank Hudson Perkins

(Jun. 21, 1943 - Jan. 22, 2014) Born June 21, 1943, in Poteet, he was the son of Frank H. Sr. and Kathryn “Maurine” (Probst) Perkins of Pleasanton.

His parents preceded him in death.

Frank always said he wore many hats during his life. He was a math teacher for 10 years, a counselor at Hondo High School for 28 years, Medina County Adult and Juvenile Probation officer for nine years, gospel preacher for Hondo and Sabinal churches of Christ for 41 years, and a prison minister for 25 years.

“Master P” to some of his students, Frank loved and endeavored to help all his students, often assisting far beyond his duties.

He is survived by his loving wife of 45 years, Linda Jean (Richardson) Perkins; sons, Sean Perkins of Hondo and Wesley Perkins and wife Alicia Anne of San Antonio; grandchildren, Caitrin Elisabeth and Aisling Dane Perkins of College Station and Caroline Hannah and William Ryan Perkins of San Antonio; brother, Fr. Timothy Perkins of Arlington; and sisters, Jeanene Reese of Abilene, Stephanie K. Domke and husband Warren and Valerie P. Shurbet and husband Mark, all of Pleasanton.

Visitation will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 26, at the Guinn-Horger Chapel. Funeral service will be at 2:00 p.m., Monday, Jan. 27, at the Church of Christ in Hondo.

Interment will be at Hondo Cemetery, Oakwood Section.

Memorials may be made to the Frank and Linda Perkins account at Hondo National Bank to help with his medical expenses, or to the charity of your choice.

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Two Men and Their Contrasting Views Our two friends were talking about their contrasting views in regard to religion. The first man had just begun to study his Bible and he was excited about all of the things that he was learning. He was also a bit confused because he sees major discrepancies in what the Bible seems to teach and what the believers practice wherever he visits for worship. He doesn’t understand how religious groups can be so far from the truth of Scripture; where is the zeal for God’s righteousness?

The second man tries to reassure the first that times have changed and modern believers are just trying to keep up with those changes. Since he has already been a believer for most of his adult life, he explains that the ancient teachings of Scripture are not sufficient in our day and time without accommodations for 21st century living. After all, we live by the ‘spirit of the teachings’ and not by the letter of the law.

The first man asks why the majority of religious groups today do not insist on baptizing believers “for the forgiveness of sins” as taught in Acts 2:38 and 22:16? And why have most

denominational groups added instrumental music to their worship when the Scriptures teach that Christians were to “sing and make melody in the heart” as mentioned in Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16? This man has searched online and found websites such as www.bible.ca which have the writings of the early church fathers and church historians who show that mechanical music was not used in the first ten centuries after Christ’s ascension. He also found out that “the sinner’s prayer” is not in the Bible at all and has only been in use for the past sixty years! He points out to the second man that religious people in Jesus’ day were condemned for “invalidating the Word of God by their traditions” (Mark 7:6-8). The apostle Paul also warned that some who would “pervert the gospel” by teaching something that was different (Galatians 1: 6-9).

The second man says that they have always done things the way they do as long as he can remember. He has never questioned these things because “everyone else” is doing it that way too.

Why should he upset the other believers where

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GRIEF’S PHYSICAL PAIN

by Tracey Renee Lee

Grief manifests itself in many painful facets. There is emotional pain, psychological pain, spiritual pain, the pain of loneliness, the pain of sadness and even physical pain. Physical pain is very often brought on through continued avoidance of the grief experience.

Not everyone suffers the same amount or type of pain once a loved one dies. The pain intensity is usually predicated on the level of attachment the survivor experiences with the deceased. It is nearly impossible, however, to avoid a painful experience at the loss of someone with whom you shared an attachment. Of important note, the deceased need not be a loved one to feel pain at his or her passing.

When I was a young woman, I joined a large corporation in a secretarial capacity. It was not long after I began working there that one of the district managers died.

Although I worked in a different office building, and had only seen this man at regional meetings, I was affected by his loss. My attachment to the company included this man as an integral part of my newly acquired associated network. I pondered my pain at his loss for many years, and truly did not understand it until I entered funeral service. Although, I did not know him very well at all, our work overlapped. I relied on his reports to compose my reports. I had an attachment to him because I had a reliance on his work. His passing created a structural defect in the security of my newly acquired income.

The stress, though short lived, was very unnerving.

If grief is left unresolved or ignored, it will eventually surface in one’s life as physical ailments. Grief shifts into medical conditions as an underlying cause. If you find that you are developing unexplained physical or mental conditions, you might discover that if you will address your grief issues, your other conditions might actually resolve themselves. Grief affects the body and soul the same way stress does. If you continue to ignore your grief, other conditions will develop that are avoidable by allowing the pain of grief to present itself and working through it.

I hope that if you have experienced unresolved grief that you will find the courage to face it and overcome the ill effects it creates within your physical and mental health. If you can muster up the courage to do it, you and those around you will benefit immensely. Your health will be better, and your life will be better too.

My name is Tracy Renee Lee. I am a funeral director, author and freelance writer. I write books, weekly bereavement articles, and mid-week grief briefs related to understanding and coping with grief. It is my life’s work to comfort the bereaved and help them live on.

Please follow my blog at http://pushin-updaisies.blogspot.com/ and Twitter account @PushnUpDaisies, visit my website www.QueenCityFun eralHome.com or read my book “Pushin’ Up Daisies” for additional encouragement and information

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he worships by asking too many questions? more diligent in his study of God’s Word.

The first man points out Jesus’ warning about The first man, although a new convert, tells the majority being dead wrong: “Enter by the his older-in-the-faith friend that he will pray narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is for him. The opposite of the statement “if the way that leads to destruction, and there are we walk in the light as He is in the light, we many who go in by it. Because narrow is the have fellowship one with another” (1 John 1: gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, 9) is: ‘if we don’t walk in the light’ – we don’t and there are few who find it.” (Matthew 7:13have fellowship with Him! Are you walking 14). He also reminds his friend that the apostle in the light of God’s Word (Psalm 119:105) or Paul did not “go beyond what is written” so are you just going along with the majority? It that Christians would learn to do the same (1 does matter what you believe! Have questions; Corinthians 4:6). Even the apostle John warned contact me. God bless!

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419 N. Market Leakey, TX 78873 830.232.6266 Pastor: Doug Smith Sunday School: 9:45 am Worship: 10:50 am Reál County Church 121 Oak Hill Ste. 4 Leakey, Texas Sunday School: 10:00am Worship: 11:00am Evening Worship: 6:00pm Wednesday Bible Study: 7:00pm Preacher: Charlie Gant 830.232.4230 Frio Canyon Baptist Church Hwy 83 South Leakey, TX (830) 2325883 Sunday School: 9:45am Worship Service: 11:00am Evening Worship: 6:00pm Wed. Prayer: 7:00pm Pastor: Dan Wynn First Baptist Church P O Box 56 Hwy 83N Leakey, TX Pastor: Mark Spaniel Bible Study: 10:00am Worship: 11:00am Evening Worship: 6:00pm Wednesday Prayer: 7:

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Caddel-Smith Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, Tour Briscoe-Garner Museum submitted by Karen Collins

Members of the Caddel-Smith Chapter, Daughters of the Republic of Texas, enjoyed a tour of the Briscoe-Garner Museum after their regular meeting on Thursday, January 9, 2014. The nineteen members and six guests present were welcomed by museum official Maria Luna, who allowed them to roam through the artifacts and learn local and national history from the displays and exhibits.

The museum, located on Park Street, has been closed for renovations for some time and only reopened to the public last month, so even members who had previously been to the museum were treated to new displays and additional memorabilia of the days when Vice President Garner, known as Cactus Jack, was a political power in this area and in Washington, DC. Several members commented on the Ettie Rheiner Garner Memorial Scholarships offered at Southwest Texas Jr. College, and at least two ladies reported they had been recipients of these scholarships in past years.

Displays in the Briscoe part of the museum, on the second floor, are not complete at this time, so everyone was invited to keep up with the museum news and visit again when the second floor exhibits are complete.

The president’s report given by Judy Burleson at the meeting included a summary on the DRT Board of Management Meeting in November. Mrs. Burleson reported that the Chapter’s Executive Committee had met earlier, and accepted a donation of $5000 from Kay and Bailey Anderson to the Caddel-Smith Chapter Scholarship Fund in memory of their aunt, the late Katherine “Kitty” Harrison. All agreed with the Andersons to raise the scholarship award to $1000 annually, with money to be replenished as needed by further contributions and possible fund-raising projects The president reported that two ladies had applied for membership to the Caddel-Smith Chapter, DRT: Linda Marie Stitts McAdams and Missy Burleson Solbrig. Registrar Mary Dale Brewer reported that two new members had been approved by the state, and that six applications were in progress.

First Vice President Jakelynn Crawford stated that a program called “Honoring Our Southern Heritage” to be presented by herself, Karen Collins, and Kristi Powers is being planned for the February 13th meeting.

The business meeting was adjourned at 11:40 a.m. so that Mrs. Crawford could continue the program at the Briscoe-Garner Museum, in a tour arranged previously with museum director Kaity Kelsey After the museum tour, most of those present traveled to the Oasis Outback Restaurant to enjoy lunch and extended visiting.

Attending the meeting were members Kay Anderson, Mary Dale Brewer, Ruby Brigman, Judy Burleson, Pat Burrier, Bea Carmichael, Ernestine Carson, Karen Collins, Jakelynn Crawford, Billie Jean Davis, Jo Ann Eanes, Patsy Edwards, Roberta Himebrook, Francis Karasek, Dorothy Martin, Gail Nichols, Net Ollre, Sharon Tweedy, and Jane Van Hoozer.

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Nutrition Facts & Fallacies If you’ve ever consulted Dr. Google concerning questions about pet nutrition, you’ve no doubt been exposed to a variety of viewpoints on the subject. While there is a bunch a good information out there, there is also a bunch of crazy stuff (in my opinion), so you need to be discerning.

Here are a few things I’ve found on the web regarding pet nutrition...try to guess which ones are fact and which ones are fallacy (answers below).

1. Flaxseed is a good source of fatty acids in dogs and cats.

2. Grain-free diets are the better than diets that contain grain.

3. Animal by-products in foods are not bad.

4. Pet foods labeled as “Natural” are superior to those that are not.

5. Price is a poor indicator of quality in pet foods.

6. Commercial foods contain euthanized

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animals.

And the answers are…

1. Fallacy. Dogs and cats have trouble converting the fatty acids found in flaxseed to EPA and DHA, two important omega-3 fatty acids (these must be obtained via fish oil).

2. Fallacy. While there is nothing wrong feeding a grain-free diet to an otherwise healthy pet, they can’t be considered “better” than those foods that contain grain. For suspected food allergies, grainfree is not the way to go, as the meat source of a food is usually the culprit in a food allergy, not the gain source. Also, grain-free diets may contain more fat, which can promote obesity or cause issues in those pets prone to pancreatitis.

3.Fact. By-products like bones, feet, beaks, collagen, cartilage, and viscera all contain healthy nutrients for pets. If you think about it: In the wild, dogs and cats

consume these items (often first, before they even start eating muscle meat) from prey they may hunt and kill.

4. Fallacy. Depends on how they define “natural”. Lead is a “natural” substance, so is cyanide. To say “natural diets are superior is a tall order.

5. Fact. Just because a pet food is pricey doesn’t mean it’s necessarily better. It usually means that the company making it is smaller and must charge more to survive. It also means that those same companies are not able to devote the millions of dollars on quality testing and R&D like bigger companies such as Hill’s, Purina, and Nutro do.

6. Fallacy. This I a good one. Not only is there no evidence for this, but for a large pet food company to risk a shut down or loss of market share by doing such a thing is absurd.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

GRANNY’S KITCHEN BACK TO BASICS BETTER HOMES & GARDENS This week we are going to feature cold weather recipes from Better Homes and Gardens for which you can put some of these new terms to work preparing!

TWO TOMATO CHILI

1 8 - 8 1/2 ounce jar oil-packed dried tomatoes 2 pounds beef chuck, cut in 1-inch cubes 3 cups chopped onions 6 cloves garlic, minced 2 red sweet peppers, chopped 2 green sweet peppers, chopped 2 medium carrots, coarsely chopped 1/2 cup golden raisins 4 teaspoons ground cumin 1/2 - 1 teaspoon crushed red pepper 1 4 1/2 ounce can diced green chiles 1 28 ounce can crushed tomatoes 2 cups water 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 8 ounces smoked mozzarella, shredded Sliced dried tomatoes (optional) Toasted baguette slices (optional) Drain the dried tomatoes, reserving 2 tablespoons of the oil. Chop tomatoes; set aside. In a Dutch oven heat the reserved oil over medium-high heat. Brown beef, half at a time. Return all beef to Dutch oven. Add onions, garlic, sweet peppers, and carrots; cook for 2 minutes. Stir in chopped dried tomatoes, raisins, cumin, and crushed red pepper; cook for 2 minutes. Stir in undrained green chiles; cook for 1 minute. Add crushed tomatoes and 2 cups of water; bring to boiling. Reduce heat to medium. Simmer, covered, for 1 to 1-1/14 hours, stirring occasionally, until meat is tender.

Remove from heat. Add salt and pepper. Top with cheese and, if desired, sliced dried tomatoes. If desired, serve with baguette slices.

CLASSIC CHICKEN DUMPLINGS

1 egg 3 tablespoons cold water 2 tablespoons peanut oil 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 4 - 4 1/2 pound broilerfryer chicken, quartered 1 teaspoon kosher salt 5 cups chicken stock or broth 2 cups water 2 stalks celery 1 medium onion, peeled and sliced in half 3 hard-cooked eggs, sliced 2 tablespoons cold butter, cut in 1/4-inch cubes 1/4 cup whipping cream Ground black pepper For dumplings, in medium bowl whisk together egg, cold water, oil, and the 1/2 teaspoon salt. Stir in flour. Mix until well-blended and elastic. Cover. Refrigerate 2 hours. Season chicken, including back and neck, with the 1 teaspoon salt. Set aside. In 6-quart Dutch oven combine chicken stock, water, celery, onion, and pinch of kosher salt. Bring to a boil. Add chicken pieces, placing leg quarters and backbone first. Place breast, skin side down, on top. Reduce heat to just below simmer.

Cover, leaving half-inch opening. Cook 30 to 45 minutes or until breasts are just done; remove.

Continue cooking leg quarters 30 to 40 minutes until tender; remove chicken and vegetables. Set broth in pot aside. Discard vegetables. Set chicken aside. Cool. Remove skin. Pull meat from bones, tearing into large pieces. Set aside. Discard bones. For dumplings, turn dough onto well-floured surface. Roll very thin, about 1/16 inch; cut in 1 1/2- by 2 1/2-inch pieces. Return broth to boiling.

Season well with additional kosher salt. Add dumplings to broth, shaking pot occasionally. Do not stir. Cook 3 to 5 minutes. Add reserved chicken. Reduce to simmer. Add butter, cream, and few grindings of black pepper. Gently lay hard-cooked eggs on top of other ingredients. Cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat; cover. Let stand 10 minutes. Serves 8.

by Elaine Padgett Carnegie

Part IV

CHEESEY MEATBALL MANICOTTI

12 dried manicotti 2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (8 ounces) 1 cup finely shredded Parmesan cheese (4 ounces) 1/2 cup finely chopped onion (1 medium) 1/2 cup finely chopped green sweet pepper (1 small) 1 egg, lightly beaten 2 tablespoons basil or dried tomato pesto 1 pound lean ground beef or ground turkey 3 cups Marinara Sauce or bottled tomato pasta sauce Fresh basil (optional) Cook manicotti according to package directions, except cook for 2 minutes less than the package directs; drain.

Place manicotti in a single layer on a sheet of greased foil. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl combine 1 cup of the mozzarella cheese, 1/2 cup of the Parmesan cheese, the onion, sweet pepper, egg, and pesto. Add ground meat; mix well. Divide mixture into 12 portions. Shape each portion into a 5-inch log. Push a log into each manicotti; arrange filled manicotti in an ungreased 3-quart rectangular baking dish. Pour Marinara Sauce over filled manicotti.

Bake, covered, for 45 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup mozzarella cheese and the remaining 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, about 10 minutes more or until cheeses are melted. If desired, garnish with fresh basil.

Marinara Sauce-Ingredients

2 tablespoons olive oil 1 cup finely chopped onion (1 large) 1/2 cup finely chopped carrot (1 medium) 1/2 cup finely chopped celery (1 stalk) 3 cloves garlic, minced 2 15 ounce cans tomato sauce 1 tablespoon tomato paste 1 cup water 1 cup dry red wine or cranberry juice 3 tablespoons snipped fresh flat-leaf Italian parsley 2 tablespoons snipped fresh basil 1 tablespoon dried Italian seasoning 2 - 3 teaspoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper (optional) 3 bay leaves 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper In a large saucepan heat oil over medium heat. Add onion, carrot, celery, and garlic. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes or until vegetables are very tender but not brown, stirring occasionally.

Stir in tomato sauce, tomato paste, water, wine, parsley, basil, Italian seasoning, sugar, crushed red pepper (if desired), bay leaves, salt, and black pepper. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer, uncovered, about 45 minutes or until sauce reaches desired consistency, stirring occasionally.

Remove and discard bay leaves.

Caramel-Toffee Cheesecake

Indulge in this creamy cheesecake, packed with brown sugar and oozing with smooth caramel sauce. We topped ours with toffee pieces for a sweet, crunchy finish.

Ingredients 1 1/2 cups finely crushed gingersnap cookies 2 tablespoons granulated sugar 1/4 cup butter, melted 5 8 ounces packages cream cheese, softened 1 1/3 cups packed brown sugar 3 tablespoons all purpose flour 5 eggs 2 egg yolks 2 teaspoons vanilla 1 recipe Caramel Topping (see recipe below) 2 1.4 ounce bars chocolate-covered English toffee, coarsely chopped Directions Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Lightly grease the bottom of a 9-inch springform pan. Wrap Shirley Shandley, Broker a double layer of foil around the bottom and side of pan to form a watertight seal; set aside. For crust: In a medium bowl, stir together crushed gingersnaps and the 2 698 Highway 83 South * Office 830-232-6422 tablespoons granulated sugar. Stir in melted butter. Press mixture onto the bottom of · #8 – New Listing! Riverfront Home – 5 BD/4 BA, Indoor $33,995 & up the foil-wrapped pan. Bake about 14 minutes or until crust starts to brown. Cool on a Swimming Pool, Sports Gym $560,000 · #93 – Frio Riverfront Log Home, 33.37 Acres, min. wire rack. · #14 – Reduced! 7.35 AC scenic homesite, weekend cabin restrictions – Must See $525,000 In a very large bowl, beat cream cheese with an electric mixer on medium speed until w/elect. & water. Now $84,500 · #85 – Creekfront 31.72 AC small home, tillable garden fluffy. Add brown sugar and flour; beat until smooth. Add eggs and egg yolks one · #1 – 3 BD/2 BA Home, 1.35 AC Hwy 336 front soil $325,000 at a time, beating after each addition just until combined. Beat in vanilla. Pour over PENDING · #4 – New Listing! Not for Sissies 20.530 acres w/springs, crust, spreading evenly. Place the foil-wrapped springform pan in a roasting pan. Pour · #50 – 3 BD/2 BA Home, gr. Floor plan, high ceilings, cabin. Great Family Get-Away, Vance, Real Co. $85,000 enough hot water into roasting pan to reach halfway up side of springform pan.

Owner Anxious $145,000 · #2 – New Listing! Concan area, minutes to Frio River. 70 Bake about 1-1/4 hours or until a 2-inch area around the outside edge appears set and · #61 – Flowing Spring/Creek, 200 AC MOL, 4 BD/3 BA acres, 3 BD/2 BA home $265,000 Home, barn w/liv. Quarters $1,650,000 · #38 – Bring your horses & chickens! 6 acres fenced & the center appears nearly set when gently shaken. Remove springform pan from water. · #3 – Custom Built 3 BD/3 BA Home, Guest Home w/att. level land. Country 2 BD/2 BA home w/fireplace $220,000 Cool in pan on wire rack for 15 minutes. Using a small sharp knife, loosen edge of 3 car garage, barn with liv. Qrt. $689,000 · #88 – Rental Income for this Frio Riverfront 3 BD/2 cheesecake from side of pan; cool completely (about 1-3/4 hours). Remove foil. Cover · #75 – 503.44 Acres Exotic & Native Hunting Ranch, BA home w/fireplace, 2 decks to watch the tubers from and chill overnight. stock tank, 2 nice mobiles $1,082,396 $389,000 Prepare Caramel Topping. Remove side of springform pan; transfer cheesecake to a · #23 – 61.6 AC spring-fed creek w/2 dams, 3 wells, 3 BD/ · #98 – RIVERTREE Community – Large 3 BD/2 BA serving plate.

2 BA modular home. MOTIVATED SELLER $759,000 Home w/RV hook-ups & access to Frio River park. Huge Spoon topping onto cheesecake, spreading to cover top. Garnish with chopped English · #46 – Spectacular Views, 3 BD/2 BA Home with garage, trees cover this 3 AC +/- tract $349,000 toffee. Cover loosely and chill for 2 to 6 hours. workshop $199,500 · #17, 20 – Why Rent when you can own these 2+ AC Caramel Topping · #69 – 26.6 AC Scenic homesite, pond $$179,000 tracts w/river access & utilities avail. $45,000 & up Ingredients · #36 – 9.3 AC gated community, water & elect. avail. · #78 – 5.25 Acres Frio Riverfront, unimproved, easy $111,600 access $90’s 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar · #15 – Lg. Commercial Building, prime property across · #26 – 1.87 AC Frio River Access River Tree, water, elect.

1/4 cup water from courthouse – Bargain $249,500 avail., gated community (Owner/Broker) $60’s 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice · #32 – Rare Find! 1.78 Acres Frio Riverfront, unimproved · #84 – 5.32 AC Building site. NO HOA, Agr. Valuation.

1 cup whipping cream – Won’t last long $149,000 Sale or Trade $51,000 Directions · #39 – Reduced! 90.87 AC very nice cabin w/utilities, 2 · #60 – 1.385 AC Fenced, well, pump house, septic, elect.

In a large saucepan, combine granulated sugar, water, and lemon juice. Cook over RV hookups, blinds, feeders $450,000 Owner Terms 15% dn. 6% Int. 10 yrs $80’s medium heat, stirring to dissolve sugar. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Without stirring, · #16 – Reduced! 10 AC Hwy 187 front, Utopia/Sabinal · #54 – New Listing! Handy Man Special! 4 BD/2 BA boil gently, uncovered, for 9 to 12 minutes or until mixture turns a deep amber color, area homesite NOW $47,499 Home on 2 lots. Great view of Nueces River Lake $99,000 occasionally swirling pan and brushing down the side with a wet pastry brush. Add · #25, 87, 91 – Roaring Springs 5+ acre tracts w/access · #34 – Lots of Value for the Dollar. Immaculate 4 BD/.2 1 cup whipping cream (mixture will bubble); reduce heat to medium-low. Simmer, beautiful 50 AC park for swimming, fishing, hiking BA Home, 2 lots, No city taxes $128,000 uncovered, for 12 to 15 minutes or until reduced to 1 1/3 cups, stirring occasionally.

For more info – photos, plats, more listings, go to www.hillcountryrealestate.net Chill about 30 minutes or until thickened but still pourable.

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

Hill Country Herald Page 11

A WONDERFUL LIFE…MARIA SEWARD CLARK Part IV from the historical information of Lora B. Garrison

Thomas and Hannah Garrison had 5 children, John Clark, Thomas Lee, Ellen, Eunice and Julia.

In 1893 they purchased one hundred sixty acres of land on the West side of Patterson Creek two miles below Leakey, Texas. In 1909 the couple moved to Tehuacana Texas to assist their widowed daughter, Julia with the raising of her young family.

While the family still lived in Sulphur Springs in 1889, Hannah’s parents came to visit.

Unfortunately, William Clark died while on this visit. Maria continued to live here in Texas with her two daughters Hannah and Mary Clark Cornelius. When Thomas and Hannah moved to Leakey it is unclear if Maria went with them or if she joined them later, however her death certificate says she passed away January 23, 1905 two miles south of Leakey from old age. It was signed by Dr. M A Cooper.

In the year 1905 it is unlikely that she was sent back to be buried in East Texas with her husband. We know her son in law bought Lot 28 in the year 1905 and while there was no stone, only one of the low rock curbs that mark around a gravesite; it is presumed this is the final resting place of Maria Seward Clark.

The following is tribute to the Lady that mothered the hardy pioneer women who helped to settle this land. This tribute was most possibly written by her grandson, from Mary Clark Cornelius.

“Mrs. Maria Clark (Maria Seward) was born in Onida County in the State if New York, September 8, 1811. She was the sister of William Henry Seward. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Hannah Marie Garrison, near Leakey, Edwards County, Texas; on the afternoon of January 23rd 1905. She was therefore 93 years, 4 months and 15 days of age. On April 19, 1835 she was married to William Clark in the State of New York. In 1842, she and her husband removed to Jersey County, Illinois.

In 1869 they came to Texas on a visit to their daughter, Mrs. Garrison. While there, her husband died on December 27th, 1869.

Since then she had been living with her daughters, Mesdames

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Garrison and Cornelius. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She and Jay Gould were schoolmates, stories of whom she delighted to tell in her old age. She joined the Methodist Protestant Church at Macedonia, Hopkins County, Texas in the year 1872, having lived and died in the faith of “One is your Master, even Christ: and all ye are brethren.”

She had three children, J.O. Clark, Hannah Maria Garrison and Mary Cornelius, the first having passed away on Puget-Sound near Seattle, Washington Territory, in 1900.

During the last few years of Grandma’s life she was almost helpless, it being necessary to lead her to and from the table.

So great was her energy that she persisted in going to the table for her meals. This writer had the honor of assisting her many times in walking about, and most reverently does he thank God that he was privileged to help her. She was fond of the “Songs our Fathers and Mothers Sang,” and oftentimes would break forth and sing “Rock of Ages” according to Topolday but not Hastings.

Two days before her death she pulled the coverlet over her face, and whispered softly and sweetly: “I am so happy-so happy.”

And those were the last words we heard her speak. What a joyful, what a sweet triumphant ending to spoken language.

Her life was serene; her footsteps fashioned after those of Jesus, and those who knew her, knew where to find her-in Heaven.

“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes: and there shall be no more death; neither shall there be any more pain; for the former things have passed away.” (Rev 21:41) So thanks to the efforts of Lora B. Davis Garrison, that once unmarked grave has brought forth its ambiguous secrets and now we know who Maria Seward Clark was, how she lived her life and the strength of character and love with which she endowed her descendants.

How health care reform could impact your tax returns this year and next (BPT) - Several key tax law changes in the Affordable Care Act have been implemented in 2013 and 2014. The impact of those changes on federal tax returns due April 15, 2014 and 2015 hinge mainly on your household’s adjusted gross income (AGI) and health insurance situation.

“The impact on this year’s federal tax returns is mainly limited to taxpayers in higher income brackets and those with high unreimbursed medical expenses,” says TaxACT spokesperson Jessi Dolmage. “The health insurance mandate starts to be enforced on tax returns filed in 2015.”

Changes for tax returns due April 15, 2014 Taxpayers with a modified AGI of $200,000 or more in 2013 ($250,000 if filing jointly, or $125,000 if married filing separately) will pay an additional 3.8 percent tax on investment income, such as interest, dividends, capital gains, rental and royalty income. The 3.8 percent tax is in addition to the tax you already pay on investment income.

Your investment income may be reduced by expenses that can be allocated to your invest-

ment income, such as investment interest expenses, advisory and brokerage fees, and rental and royalty expenses. The amount may also be reduced by state and local income taxes that can be allocated to investment income items.

Those same taxpayers also started paying an additional 0.9 percent Medicare tax on wages and compensation in excess of $200,000 in 2013. The tax is automatically withheld from employee wages so you’ll simply need to report the amount in Boxes 5 and 6 of your Form W-2 on your tax return. The tax for business owners and the self-employed will be calculated using figures on Schedule SE. Taxpayers who itemize must now meet a higher floor to deduct unreimbursed medical expenses.

The threshold has increased to 10 percent of your AGI. If your 2013 AGI is $50,000, for example, you can only deduct medical expenses that exceed $5,000 ($50,000 X 10 percent = $5,000). If you’re age 65 or older, the threshold remains at 7.5 percent.

“You can easily and confidently navigate these changes with free online, download or mobile tax solutions,” says Dolmage. “The program will guide you through each change and help maximize your credits and deductions.”

Health insurance changes for tax returns due next year If you purchase health insurance through a state or federal marketplace, you may qualify for the advanced premium tax credit. The credit will be paid directly to your insurance company in most cases, resulting in lower monthly premium costs.

If you prefer to pay your entire premium, you can receive the credit as a refund when filing your federal tax return due April 15, 2014.

“TaxACT will reconcile the credit with your income after you enter all of your information,” says Dolmage. “You may receive a larger credit or have to pay back some or all of the credit if your actual income is more or less than the amount you estimated when purchasing insurance.”

How to boost energy efficiency in your home and live green It’s now easier than ever for homeowners to transform their homes into models of green living thanks to the growing availability of affordable, energysmart building products and materials. From replacing incandescent light bulbs to reviewing the energy rating on new appliances, more homeowners are making informed decisions on how to cut energy consumption and boost efficiency.

Homeowners who are serious about boosting their home’s energy efficiency should consider working with a certified Home Energy Rater. These professionals conduct a series of tests to assess a home’s energy efficiency to provide an overall efficiency rating in much the same way that appliances are rated. Armed with this information, homeowners can make home improvement decisions that further boost

their home’s energy efficiency.

According to the U.S Department of Energy, heating and cooling accounts for about 56 percent of the energy use in a typical U.S. home. While using smart thermostats can help correct daily energy use, homeowners should consider how thoroughly sealed their home truly is. For instance, the amount of air escaping from the home via cracks and gaps within the building envelope can have a significant impact on the overall efficiency of the heating and cooling system.

Why does this matter? Escaping air means the furnace or air-conditioner must work overtime to compensate and maintain a comfortable living temperature. As a result, energy consumption remains high, monthly bills continue to climb and any efficiency achieved through other methods is done in vain.

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efficiency and lowering monthly bills. One of the key areas to consider is the home’s insulation. While some homeowners may think simply layering more insulation on top of existing insulation may do the trick, typically these traditional insulation types are unable to provide a thorough air seal or promote better heating and cooling efficiency. In fact, all the small gaps left behind by regular insulation materials like fibreglass can add up quickly.

One effective consideration is replacing traditional insulation with a highperformance spray foam insulation. Spray foam insulation, such as Icynene, both airseals and insulates to stop air leakage from occurring, allowing homeowners to reduce energy consumption, effectively control their indoor environments and live greener.

When installed, spray foam insulation expands to completely seal a home’s walls, floors and ceilings to prevent air leakage.

Insulation experts from Icynene note that quality spray foam insulation can noticeably reduce heating and cooling costs, in some cases by up to 50 percent

If you don’t have minimum essential health insurance for three or more consecutive months in 2014, you may pay a penalty on your federal tax return due April 2015. The penalty amount depends on the number of months you’re uninsured, household income and the number of uninsured adults and children in the household. The penalty will be 1 percent of your 2014 income or $95 per person, whichever is higher.

The penalty for uninsured dependents under the age of 18 is $47.50 per child, up to $285 total per family.

TaxACT provides health-related tax guidance plus HealthWatch, a detailed analysis of the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on your taxes and health insurance for 2014.

Learn more about tax law changes at www.irs.gov. A free year-by-year guide and health care credit and penalty calculators can be found at www.healthcareact.com.

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NEW LISTING Lower Frio Estates, 2 bedroom one bath cottage on river front tract, $134,900 NEW LISTING Here is your chance to own a 3 bedroom 3.5 bath home on the banks of the Frio River. Like new and over 2 acres of beautiful land area. One of the largest homes you’ll find on the Frio. $569,000 NEW LISTING! Deer Creek lot with 5.31 restricted acres $64,500.

NEW LISTING 4 bedroom g\four bath home in Frio River Ranch on 10.66 acres. $169,000.

NEW LISTING, Commercial opportunity, the historic Frio Canyon Theatre in downtown Leakey, Great location. $149,500.

NEW LISTING La Hacienda, Four bedroom three bath home on the Sabinal River. Established income producing property.

Ten acres of land on a permanent water hole on the river. $499,000.

NEW LISTING Like New 4 bedroom home with a pool on 10 acres in close proximity to Garner State Park. Beautiful long views from hillside location. This one has it all. $469,000.

Con Can on Bear Creek. 3 bdrm 2 bth with bonus room, approx. 2,000 square feet, and large covered porches, large detached garage/workshop. Great week end home or nightly rental near 7 bluffs. $459,500.

Cadillac Farms, 244 ac located 2 miles west of Leakey. A little bit of everything, fields, mtns, old ranch house, rustic barn.

Fronts on FM 337 with Patterson Creek forming the southern boundary. Abundant wildlife. Call for details.

CANYON OAKS! New construction, 4 bdrm 2 1⁄2 bth home with excellent views and river access. Great income producing potential. $279,900 CANYON OAKS Three bedroom, 3 1⁄2 bath home on River Road. Income producing. Reduced to $299,000 CON CAN RANCH 3 bdrm 2 bth manufactured home on 36.67 acres. Located in back of ranch adjoining a large ranch.

Ideal hunting property in great location. $71,900 DIAMOND RANCH 25 acres with 3 hunting blinds & RV port. $64,000 DEVILS CANYON 25 acres with blacktop frontage west of Leakey .Price reduced to $125,000 FAIRVIEW RANCH Nearly 20 acres with 3 bdrm 2 bth manufactured home and 2 bdrm 2 bth cabin., large metal building. Turn key living and hunting. Call for details.

FRIO PECAN FARM managed rental with 2b/2ba, covered porch, beautiful Pecan grove, wildlife, price reduced to $160,000.

PRICE REDUCED 3 bedroom 3 bth home on river front lot in Frio Pecan Farm. Like new condition with huge deck overlooking the river. Great income potential. Price reduced to $335,000. This property is a great income producer.

FRIO RIVER PLACE Beautiful 1.93 acre building site, heavily wooded. Quiet location. $109,500.

FRIO RIVER RANCH A beautiful hill country home sitting on the bank of the Frio River. Three bedrooms with 2 1⁄2 baths, high ceilings, open floor plan. All this plus a detached 2 bedroom, 2 bath cabin with approximately 148 feet of frontage along the east bank of the river. Close to town, yet private.

Great income potential, only $469,900.

FRIO TERRITORY This five acre building site on the Frio River is waiting for you. Huge cypress trees line this blue water hole that is teeming with fish. Fronts on Highway 83 and the Frio River, private, yet close to town. Good restrictions,

beautiful building site overlooking the river. $329,000 MOUNTAIN VALLEY Now you can own a 4 bedroom 3 bath home with great income potential in the herar of Concan.

House is name Southern Comfort, and can be yours for only $349,000 OAKMONT VILLAGE 2.21 acres of heavily wooded building site located just of FM 1120. $49,000 OAKMONT VILLAGE 3 bedrooms and 2 baths with a bonus room for only $135,000 RANCHO REAL 23 acres with highway frontage, great views, $49,900.

RANCHO REAL Secluded 15 acres with hunting cabin. 4 wheel drive required. $47,000 RANCHO REAL River frontage with 22 1⁄2 acres for only $70,000.

RANCHO REAL The perfect hunting tract. 36.7 acres adjoining a large ranch. $71,900.

RIVERTREE Beautiful residential building sites ranging in price from $99,900 to $109,950.

SPICEWOOD SPRINGS Riverfront home on 3.7 acres in Spicewood Springs. Access to over a mile of Frio River. Four bedroom, three bath, 2 story home sitting on bank of river with a wraparound porch. $429,500.

SPRING HILL-.3.2 acres. Beautiful lot in a gated subdv, city wtr, O.F. terms 10% Dn, 7.9% for 15 yrs: List Price $70,000 SPRING HILL 3.52 acres with a beautiful view overlooking Leakey. City water, Price reduced to $69,500 THE RIDGE-Experience the Texas hill country at its finest w/ private access to your own beautiful Frio River park w/ BBQ pavilion. Underground utilities, free roaming wildlife, hiking, biking & much more! This restricted subdivision offers great building sites for your dream home, retirement or vacation get-away. B&B allowed so take advantage of this new development. Call for a showing or take a drive out 4 mi. south on RR 1120. Check out our website for current sales!

Prices start $87,500 THE RIDGE New construction, 3 bedroom 3 bth, with 2 fireplaces and outdoor kitchen, walking distance to river.

Nestled under huge live oaks. Call for a showing today THE RIDGE The Bungalo 40 will sleep up to 25 persons.

The perfect place to get away with an inground pool, outdoor kitchen, and a river park. Established income producer with a great upside. $425,000.

TIERRA LINDA SUBDIVISION, Con Can. Prime residential building site for only $50,000.

TWIN FORKS Two tree covered lots with owner financing available. $32,500 for one, or both for $59,900.

TWIN FORKS Like new double wide in Twin Forks, 3 bedroom 2 bth with approx. 1,848 sf, 2 carport, stg building, huge covered deck to enjoy your coffee. Only $99,500. Call today for a showing.

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY. 5 income producing cabins on approx. 7 acres with room for more! $375,000.

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY Now you can enjoy your own rodeo arena. Located just north of Leakey, complete with bleachers, snack bar, restrooms, and plenty of room for additional buildings or possible dance floor. Over 7 acres of land and improvements with owner financing available. This is a great investment at $225,000.

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY. Turnkey restaurant available on Highway 83. Ready to go. Price reduced to $145,000. Call for details.

INVESTORS!!! GIVE DUB A CALL AND HE WILL EXPLAIN A REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF AN 11% PER ANNUM RETURN ON INVESTMENT, BEFORE TAX ADVANTAGES ARE CONSIDERED. THIS CAN BE DONE RIGHT HERE IN THE FRIO CANYON. Call us if you don’t see what you are looking for here. We have numerous other properties that we would be more than glad to help you with. Or better yet, come by for a visit. The coffee pot is always on.

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NEW LISTING: PRICED TO SELL FAST! 2BR/2B home on .8 of an acre with mother-in-law quarters, man cave, several outbuildings and access to the Frio River! This home is priced below tax appraisal figure! $147,000.

NEW LISTING: 3BR/2B home with separate guest house, privacy fencing, lots of improvements for the money!! $139,000.

NEW LISTING: 2BR/1B rock home on corner lot near school. New interior paint, new linoleum, new fencing, new counter tops, new cabinets, new exterior windows, all appliances convey, metal shed! Perfect starter, re�rement or rental property! $99,000.

NEW LISTING: .4 of an acre, mobiles and rv’s allowed, access to central water and gorgeous Frio River! $27,000.

NEW LISTINGS: Two one acre tracts of land, good views, city water, paved road frontage. $25,000. each .7 of an acre with fully equipped and furnished restaurant.

Highway 83 frontage with good visibility! Priced to sell at $139,000.

1 acre south of Leakey on corner lot with large trees, city water, well, electricity, sep�c and outbuilding on slab. All ready to go! $49,000.

Large 3BR/2B home on 20 beau�ful acres of rolling terrain, large trees and seasonal creek. City water and wells, two cabins, rv shed, carport and large barn with electricity. $350,000.

2 city lots totaling almost one acre on the north side of town with availability of city water, highway frontage, cleared of all cedar exposing beau�ful oaks, and corners on three roads. $29,000.

5.6 acres just a couple of miles east of Leakey on corner lot, with comfortable cabin, city water, well, cargo box, BBQ pit, no restric�ons, no HOA, access to Frio River. $175,000.

75 stunning acres with gorgeous 3BR/3B “barndominium”, bunk house, rv shed, well, city water, and breath-taking long views!

Tastefully and beau�fully furnished! Many extras you just have to

see this one! $625,000.

1BR/1B home on 2.2 acres with gorgeous views, under fence, completely and beau�fully furnished! $129,000.

1 acre, completely fenced, fruit trees, shed, energy efficient 2BR/1B home, long views, wrap-a-round deck, comes tastefully furnished! $195,000.

COMMERCIAL BUILDING DOWNTOWN LEAKEY! Two story, with leased restaurant downstairs and offices upstairs! Offices space upstairs could be easily renovated to be living quarters! Move to Leakey and make a living! $315,000.

14.65 acres with incredible views from the 2BR/2B home, with sunroom, Wrap-a-round porch, city water, open floor plan with lots of privacy! $265,000.

4.9 acres on the Frio River, good elevated building sites, electricity close! REDUCED $85,000.

1BR/1B rock cabin on 29.95, well, elec, and sep�c, amazing views. $300,000.

3BR/2B home, 3 car garage, guest home, barn, workshop on 21 gorgeous acres! $499,000. SOLD! .4 of an acre with access to one mile Frio, all u�li�es. $25,000.

1.18 acres, access to 1 mile Frio River and 130 acres! All u�li�es in place, great views! $89,000.

Cozy cabin on 6 acres, access to lake, creek, deep swimming hole. $129,000.

1 acre near Garner, access to Frio River, water hookup available. $52,900.

Two adjacent lots with access to the Frio River! $45,000. Each 8.09 acres, with well, mixed terrain $109,080. Adjacent 22.6 acres $203,400. Owner financing available!

50 acres, with Frio River, Bluff Creek , home and cabin, springs!

REDUCED $549,000. SOLD!

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Visit www.birdingclassic.org and register your team now. Naturalists, birders, communities, Great Texas Wildlife Trail site managers, park naturalists, nature centers, bird clubs, families, friends, school groups, and more are all invited to take part in this fun event!

Participate from anywhere in Texas, April 15 - May 15, 2014.

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• Online access: register and access all materials online at • www.birdingclassic.org.

• Month-long format: allows you to take part in more than one category, if you wish -- such as doing multiple Big Days in different regions, doing a Big Sit! and a Roughwings team and still doing the Weeklong; or mentoring a Gliders team and still doing a Big Sit! • Tournament date flexibility: choose your participation day(s) on the fly -- instead of when you register. Now plan your dates based on weather, personal schedules, work, school or when you think birds are most likely to be seen. Teams just email the GTBC staff within 24-hours of their selected date.

• A category for everyone: 42 different categories

offer something for everyone, regardless of birdwatching experience, age, ability, location, length of time you prefer to bird, etc.

• Return of last year’s NEW tournaments: State Park Tournament, Sunrise-to-Noon Tournament, Regional Tournaments for all age groups and statewide versions of past tournament categories.

Start Planning your Team Now-- Deadline is April 1 The early bird gets the worm, so get your team’s registration in before April 1 to assure you’re included. Forms and rules are available online at www.BirdingClassic.org.

Remember - it’s for the birds!

Registration fees and sponsorship dollars go toward Conservation Grants for birding, nature tourism, and habitat restoration and enhancement projects throughout the state, and some winning teams will help select which projects are funded.

The more teams that register, the more funds raised and awarded!We look forward to your joining the fun at Texas’ statewide Great Texas Birding Classic.

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