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Tri-Canyon’s Only Weekly Newspaper! Vol. 9 No. 27
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FOR REAL COUNTY WHAT DOES THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL ANTHEM MEAN? ............................ Page 4
LOCAL HORSE CLUB PLAYNIGHTS
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NRA/Leakey Wastewater Project June Progress Report
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JULY JUBILEE HERE WE COME! LET’S RODEO Are you ready to Rodeo? We are!! Come out to the Real County Junior Horse Club arena, North of Leakey, for the Best Rodeo in South Texas! Friday Night and Saturday Night July 6th and 7th at 8 p.m. both nights. Saturday night after the bullriding, don’t miss the wildest show on foot. Our local RopeWyld Productions will have a goat roping, if you swing a rope and have never roped a goat, it’s a bucket list item! Do it Now! If you have never seen goat roping, it’s a must see! Don’t miss the Frio Canyon
Chamber of Commerce Annual Patriotic Parade Saturday July 7th at 10 a.m., get there early to get a good spot. After the parade enjoy Arts and Crafts and awesome food on the Square in Downtown, Leakey, Texas. Each year the little quaint town of Leakey swells to several thousands visitors. Come and join us for lots of fun, food and excitement. The Real County Junior Horse Club has hosted the Annual July Jubilee rodeo for the past 42 years and with your support will continue for another 40 more!
Water News and Drought Conditions As I check the forecast, I see that we have a few very slight chances for showers over the next week to ten days and the temperatures will hover around the century mark over this same period. The rivers flows have dropped to levels that are not good for floating (lots of walking) and with no rainfall this downward trend will continue. A word of caution if you do go floating stay in the river channel with the moving water, stay out of the stagnant warm water pools; these are the breeding grounds for bacteria that can give you all kinds of bladder infections or other such illnesses. June rainfall totals at my office are 0.0”. The overcast days have been helpful but lack of moisture have set the area up like a tinder box just waiting for that first spark. We have quite a fuel load with the spring rain and we know the heat of Texas in July and August is here for a while. Lawns do not need to be watered every day, every
third or fourth day is sufficient to keep the lawn green and growing. Watering the lawn on a daily basis sets you up
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CDC Urges Public To Start The Conversation About Sepsis ............................ Page 11
INDEX Legals/Jail Register ... . Page 3Community News ......... Page 4-6 Feature Story ................ Page 7 Community Events.........Page 8-9 Obituaries ...................... Page 10 Classifieds ..................... Page 14
Today’s Weather
High: 98° Low: 69°
by Joel Pigg, General Manager-RECRD
for disease issues and shallow rooting which makes your lawn more apt to be harmed by the heat. Apply enough water
to wet soil to a depth of 4-6 inches. After watering your lawn, determine the depth the water reaches by using a soil probe or screwdriver. Even during the hottest months, one inch of water per week is usually adequate. Stress for your lawn is natural, especially during the summer. When your lawn is ready for water, it will have a grayish cast and footprints will remain in the turf. Wait for these signs of stress to appear before watering. Avoid watering on windy days, and only water in the early morning or late evening to reduce evaporation. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor Real County is in the Moderate to Severe Drought Stage as of June 26th when the last report came out, I think with the high winds we have been experiencing over the last two weeks we are in the Severe to Extreme Stage. Please be cautious when at the river or cooking out over the 4th of July Holiday and continue to pray for rain.
Breshears Graduates Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training
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TIPS THAT SAVE TIME AND LABOR ON YARD WORK
July 4, 2018
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2nd Lt. Michael A Breshears in his flight gear about to enter the cockpit of the T-38. Photographed at ENJJPT, Sheppard AFB, Texas.
2nd Lieutenant Michael A. Breshears, 24, of Leakey, Texas, graduated from Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) on Friday, June 29, 2018. In addition, Lt. Breshears was given two awards at the graduation ceremony. The first was the Distinguished Graduate Award, for a combination of high academic scores and performance during daily flights. The second was the Flying Excellence Award, in recognition for above average performance and flying skill. Both awards were presented by Col. Andrea Themely, Commander of the 80th Flying Training Wing. Michael’s military wings were pinned on by his friend and mentor Lt Col. Michael “Bones” McCoy, Texas Air National Guard (Ret.). ENJJPT is an intensive 55-week training course designed to train fighter pilots for NATO alliance. Participating countries include Germany, Italy, Norway, Turkey, and Greece, among others. Student pilots at ENJJPT first learn to fly in the T-6 Texan II, and
then move on to the T-38 Talon, the only Mach 1 capable jet trainer in the world. The curriculum includes basic aircraft handling, instrument flying, 4-ship formation flying, and tactical low-level navigation. Michael is the son of CA and Caroline Breshears of Leakey, and brother to Sara Breshears of Lubbock, Texas. He is the grandson of Carol Cocke Hoff of Rio Frio, all of whom attended his graduation from ENJJPT. He is the grandson of the late Michael S. Hoff of Houston and the late Cecil and Florence Breshears of Leakey. Lt. Breshears graduated from Leakey ISD in 2011, and received his BS in Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in May of 2015. He received his commission as 2nd Lieutenant in the US Air Force / South Dakota Air National Guard in March of 2017. Following his graduation, Lt. Breshears will be moving to Tucson, AZ to complete follow-on training in the F-16 Fighting Falcon.
LEAKEY LIONS CLUB ANNOUNCES SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS by Julie Becker
The Leakey Lions Club is proud to announce their 2018 Lions Club Scholarship winners. They are Sydney Jones and Satera Perez. Lion President Johnnie Jackson, along with other members of the club, presented the awards to the recipients. Sydney Jones will attend Texas Tech University to obtain her degree in AgriBusiness. She has aspirations to one day be one of the top agricultural consultants/managers in Texas. Sydney says “My love and appreciation for this way of life only grows as I get older and someday I want to play a part in being a beef supplier to hundreds of families across the United States.
Satera Perez will attend Texas State University and receive her Bachelors of Science in Nursing. Satera has aspirations in health science that would assist her in pursuing a medical career as a nurse. Her vision is to one day be able to build an extreme amount of hospitals and educational schools throughout third world countries. Satera says “I decided on a career as a nurse because my passion has always been assisting others and trying to improve their quality of life.” Congratulations to both of these young ladies as they pursue their dreams of making a difference in the world we live in.
Pictured LtoR: Lee Adami, Johnnie Jackson, Sydney Jones, Satera Perez, Debbie Jackson, Steve Gasper
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