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Above the Law

by Alex Hannaford reprinted with permission from

Texas Observer

Pamela Elliott was the new sheriff in town. But instead of law and order, she brought chaos.

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40TH JULY JUBILEE PARADE INFO

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The first thing she noticed was Sheriff Pamela Elliott standing across the street.

It was an August evening in 2014, and Rachel Gallegos had just gotten home for a meeting of the Edwards County Democratic Party. The law enforcement official was a highly unlikely candidate for a session with local Democrats. Edwards County — Rocksprings is the county seat — is solidly Republican, and Elliott is militantly conservative. There were cars everywhere — on the street, blocking the road, even parked in Gallegos’ yard, about 30 people in all. “They were the sheriff’s staff — some in plain clothes, some in uniform,” Gallegos recalls. “There were dispatchers, jailers, friends, supporters — anyone, it seemed, that Sheriff Elliott could gather up.”

Ten minutes after the start of the meeting, all four of the executive committee members in Gallegos’ house were gabbing about the posse amassed outside.

Then there was a loud knock at the door

— Sheriff Elliott. “She came to the door in uniform and was about to come in, so I held the door and said, ‘May I help you?’” Gallegos says.

According to Gallegos, Elliott said she had a right to attend the meeting and that she’d received permission from the Texas attorney general to be there under the Open Meetings Act. “She held her boot in the door and I told her to have him call me — that if he said she could be there I’d let her in,” Gallegos says. “And nobody ever called me, of course.”

Caroline Ramirez, who dropped her husband off at the meeting, described the crowd outside as an “angry mob.” Later, she would state in a written complaint submitted to the attorney general, the secretary of state and the district attorney that she “was shocked that [Elliott] was in uniform but wasn’t doing anything to control the crowd, keep the peace, or protect them or us. continued page 2

DAR RECOGNIZES NEW MEMBERS, HONORS RETIRING REGENT

by Karen Collins

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A Little Bit of Revenant On The Frio ............................ Page 8

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ............................ Page 3

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INDEX Legals/Jail Register .... Page 3-4 Community News ......... Page 5-7 Feature Story ............... Page 8-9 Obituaries ...................... Page 10 Classifieds ..................... Page 14

Today’s Weather

High: 96° Low: 71°

Pictured are new DAR members Chris Lacey and Pat Burrier with DAR Regent Betty Lawrence

Members of the Uvalde de las Encinas Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, meeting for their final time for the 2015-16 term, recognized two new members and honored retiring regent Betty Lawrence during their May 21st gathering.

Chris Lacey of Camp Wood and Patricia Burrier of Leakey were introduced as new members and welcomed by Regent

Congratulations Are In Order

As I sit here to update the flow readings and check the forecast, I see that we have a few slight chances for showers over the next week to ten days. At least a 20% chance of showers most days but it does not look like any significant weather events are coming any time soon. The Memorial Day weekend was once again eventful around the area with the west prong having a couple of small rises. The east prong had a little rise but not as much as the west prong, second crossing in Leakey had water over the road a couple of times but not for long sustained periods. The rivers are looking a lot better now

than they did a few weeks ago, and many of the clogged culverts are cleared out; however, in several location larger debris has come down the river and blocked other culverts with debris so large I can’t move it. May rainfall totals at my office in Camp Wood were 8.1” and thus far I have recorded 0.6” for June. I for one hope we are in a pattern to receive rain every 5 to 10 days or we may be setting ourselves up for a “wild fire” filled August. We are building quite a fuel load with this rain and we know the heat of Texas in June and July will get here soon. continued page 13

appreciated by chapter members.

Leslie Jones began her term as regent on June 1st, with Brenda Mireles as vice regent, Alice Hicks as chaplain, Diane Carrillo as recording secretary, Sharon Hubble as treasurer, Nancy Baker as registrar, Francis Karasek as corresponding secretary, Revis Leonard as historian, Virginia Davis as Librarian/ Curator, and Betty Lawrence as parliamentarian.

by Billie Franklin

On March 7, Sabinal’s Chief Warrant Officer Manuel Flores who is retired from the United States Army, was sent a letter from Brigadier General James T. Iacocca, the Adjutant General, informing him of his selection to be an inductee of the 2016 Class of the Adjutants General Distinguished Member of the Regiment. Flores, a Vietnam veteran with 36 years of active duty, was selected on behalf of Colonel Jack L. Usrey, Chief of the Adjutant General’s Corp, along with eleven other retired or active duty service men and women in the Army. On June 2, the celebration kicked off with the Carolina Maude Foundation Golf Tournament; followed by the induction ceremony on June 3 at 9 a.m., in the Soldiers Support Institute auditorium; and that night the National Adjutants General Regimental Ball, all held at Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

The 2016 list, with Flores’ picture and name included, will remain on permanent display so that these exemplary men and women will not be forgotten.

Water News and River Flows

Betty Lawrence with fortyfour members and guests present. Treasurer Sharon Hubble presented them with gifts. Yvonne Quigley was also recognized as a transfer member. This addition brought the local chapter up to 63 members.

Treasurer Sharon Hubble presented retiring regent Betty Lawrence with a service pin to a round of applause. Regent Lawrence has served two terms and is much loved and

By: Joel Pigg, General Manager

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Above the Law

She seemed to be encouraging the mob. I wanted to call someone, but I had no idea who I should call if the head of our law enforcement is part of the problem.”

In her own complaint, Gallegos wrote, “I can no longer assume that our Sheriff and her department will act as Peace Officers. I need some guidance as to how to protect myself.”

A month later, she received an email from Timothy Juro, an attorney in the Texas Secretary of State’s office. He confirmed that a meeting of the local party’s executive committee would not fall under the Open Meetings Act. Gallegos believes Elliott’s sole purpose was to intimidate Democratic voters in an upcoming election for Edwards County judge. Souli Shanklin, a Republican, was Elliott’s ally, and Ricky Martinez, the Democrat, was expected to do well. Gallegos says law enforcement outside her house could have influenced the vote by making people in town think the Democrats were up to no good, or even doing something illegal. Martinez ended up losing, with 46 percent of the vote.

Andrew Barnebey, the former chair of the Edwards County Democratic Party and current county commissioner, likewise sees ulterior motives.

He said it was “ridiculous” for Elliott, a Republican, and her allies to believe they had a legal right to attend a Democratic Party meeting in a private home. Equally absurd, he said, is the idea that “these folks would want to barge in to listen to this little bit of housekeeping.”

Buck Wood, an Austin attorney who has practiced election law in Texas for 45 years, says it amounts to harassment. “It’s intimidation and illegal use of the sheriff ’s office powers,” he says. “It sounds like somebody needs to bring a lawsuit, because she sounds like she’s totally out of control. It may even be abuse of office, and if so, could be a criminal offense.”

Republican Party County Chairwoman Kathy Walker told the Observer that she believed the Democrats in Edwards County had an “open door policy” for their meetings. “Why would they have it in a private home? We have our meetings at the women’s club.”

In any case, the Democrats didn’t launch any legal action against the sheriff’s office, and Elliott never apologized. Instead, the strange showdown became another in a long list of Elliott power plays that have plunged this isolated county into political turmoil.

Her detractors say that since her election as sheriff in 2012, she’s waged an aggressive campaign to intimidate Democrats, voters and the Latino community.

The sheriff has arrested elected officials and gone to war with the superintendent. Her office has accused voters of electoral fraud with little evidence. And while embroiled in political combat, she’s been accused of bungling an investigation into a high profile murder case — one that’s haunted Rocksprings for 20 years.

Elliott appears to be motivated in part by a growing far-right movement that exalts sheriffs as the last line of defense against a tyrannical federal government.

Elliott said she would answer questions via email, but then never responded.

Conflicts between the so-called patriot movement and the federal government have grown in recent years. High-profile incidents like the Bundy standoff in Nevada or the occupation of the Oregon wildlife refuge dominate headlines. But most anti-government activists don’t carry a badge and a gun or spend their days in local communities, ostensibly serving and protecting their neighbors.

Elliott grew up in Silsbee, a town Just north of Beaumont in southeast Texas.

She joined the Army in 1989 (later deploying to Afghanistan), and served with the Gilbert Police Department in Maricopa County, Arizona, the stomping ground of Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who famously forced inmates to wear pink underwear, reinstated chain gangs and, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, oversaw the worst pattern of racial profiling in U.S. history.

She later joined the Beaumont Police Department, but moved to Rocksprings with her husband, Jon, and their three children in 2008 to open a game ranch, which they named Bownanza. A former employee who didn’t want to be named said Elliott told him she wanted to retire from law enforcement, but was lured to join the Edwards County Sheriff’s Office by

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then-Sheriff Donald Letsinger. The hunting business didn’t last long, however — the employee says it closed down at the end of 2009 — and now Jon works as a real estate agent and runs a gun shop, Down Range Supply.

Elliott joined the Edwards County Sheriff’s Office as a reserve deputy in November 2008, according to her Facebook page, serving under Letsinger, but when her predecessor decided not to run for office again, she went for the top job.

She’s a member of the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, which Sheriff Arpaio founded with former Graham County, Arizona, Sheriff Richard Mack, a minor celebrity on the far right. The association encourages its members to disobey laws they view as violating the Constitution. Mack is a champion of the right-wing “patriot movement” that embraces civilian militias, anti-government rhetoric, conspiracy theories and Christian end-times theology.

Mack has authored four books, including The County Sheriff: America’s Last Hope and Are You A David? which was published in 2014 and features Elliott on the cover. “Just when we have begun to despair,” Mack writes in the preface, “state and local officials have made moves to nullify unconstitutional acts of the Federal Government.”

A 2012 report published by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) said Mack was “spreading anti-government ‘Patriot’ ideology to the Tea Parties, enthusiasts of the Second Amendment and, above all, law enforcement officials.” A year later, an SPLC report said Mack was proselytizing “county sheriff supremacy … the idea that sheriffs are the highest law enforcement authority.”

During the infamous Bundy standoff in Nevada over grazing fees on fed-

person has described as a “safe house.”

Much of the Rocksprings establishment was gathered in the living room, including the school superintendent, a former mayor and the current mayor — not the kind of folks who typically fear law enforcement. A plate of toast with cream cheese on the counter sat untouched. Every one of the eight people gathered says they are worried that if they talk to me, there will be repercussions from the sheriff’s department.

“I’ve been told to install a camera in my vehicle just in case something happens,” says one man, who didn’t want to be named. “People here, officials included, are very wary of the sheriff.”

Most do not allow me to use their names. David Velky, a serious-looking man in his 50s, is an exception. He says he’s been in the “school business” for 25 years as a teacher, a principal, and now as superintendent of Rocksprings ISD, a position he’s held for five years.

Before he came, there were financial difficulties, academic issues and discipline problems, and Velky says he’s worked hard to resolve them.

Velky arrived in Rocksprings in 2011, a year before Elliott was elected sheriff. After she took the office, he says, she immediately sought a meeting to ensure that he was connected with the juvenile probation authorities.

Velky wasn’t used to law enforcement interest in discipline within the school system. “You’ve usually got to beg the police to come up to the school, and here I have them trying to push their way in, so that made me a little bit uncomfortable,” he says.

It didn’t take long, Velky says, for Elliott to “take an intense disliking to me.” The long-running spat between Velky and Elliott even reached San Antonio when News 4 ran a segment, calling it a “he said, she said battle of

diately felt somewhat threatened,” he tells me. “I didn’t know whether there would be a physical altercation — he didn’t have his uniform on — but it was a big question mark.

“I believe the plan is to get rid of me and certain board members in order to take control of the school. I think they want control over the hiring of the teachers and staff members. I think they want to be able to bypass the procedural safeguards of the law — to arrest people without the grand jury; to bring charges without consulting the district attorney; to decide who is on the grand jury.”

Gallegos, a fourth-generation Rocksprings native who served as mayor from 2005 to 2009, says she first clashed with Elliott shortly after stepping down as mayor. She says that in August 2009, Elliott, then a deputy with the sheriff’s office, came to Gallegos’ office at the phone company where she works. Elliott told her she had information that when Gallegos was mayor she had been lowering the sewer rates for her friends and family.

“She mentioned the name Jane Bean, but I told her she wasn’t a friend or family member,” Gallegos says. “Mrs. Bean was an elderly lady who had been charged $200 a month for sewer and it should have been $20. I told the sheriff we had changed that and that we documented everything. She said she’d look for others but she never came back.” Besides, Gallegos says, as mayor she wasn’t responsible for billing.

In September, Elliott arrested current mayor Pauline Gonzales for misusing government funds, and she has since been indicted on four counts of official misconduct, including hiring her husband, Ramiro, to work for the city.

She claims she’s done nothing wrong, and the case is still working its way through the court system.

eral land, an Edwards County militia leader, Rick Light, wrote on an online message board that he and Elliott “put out a standby order for volunteers” in order to support the Nevadan in case the proverbial shit hit the fan.

Elliott also seems to be a regular at open carry demonstrations. At one, in June 2014 in Howard County, she rambled on about how she wanted to show then-Attorney General Eric Holder “how to be a real law enforcement officer and how to make arrests.”

At another during the same month, she said it was an “absolute must” for anyone entering her county to refrain from shooting a woman. “Except for a few [women],” she added. “We’re going to put them on a list.”

In any other town, residents may have taken her statement as a joke.

Not in Rocksprings, where paranoia has become part of the community’s fabric. Rachel Gallegos told me she’d like to see a copy of that list, “because I’m pretty sure I’m on it.”

To drive the countryside around Edwards County is to appreciate just how vast West Texas really is.

Edwards County has almost exactly as many square miles as it does people.

Bulls graze by the fence lines of vast ranches with names like Buck Ass Ranch and Wa To Go Whitetails & Exotics. There’s a lot of room for mischief out here.

One afternoon in March, I drove to a spacious ranch house a few miles outside of Rocksprings that more than one

words.” One disagreement centered on some furniture a teacher had apparently taken from the school. Velky said it was stolen; Elliott refused to file criminal charges because she said the furniture was “placed in the trash and [the teacher] retrieved it.”

In another, Velky accused Elliott of making disparaging remarks about school board members — a claim she denied. Elliott said she received complaints from six district employees claiming Velky was intimidating them, which he says is untrue.

Velky tells me that not long ago, two members of the school board — his bosses — were driving through town when Elliott flagged them down, telling them they needed to vote against the renewal of his contract. “This is while she’s in uniform,” he says. “I try not to be a conspiracy theorist, but I concluded this person either has some innate dislike for me or mistrust.”

On another occasion, Velky says, Elliott told him “that one of my board members was bad and it didn’t matter how much holy water I put on them.”

She was referring, he says, to his preparation at the time to become a deacon in his local Catholic church.

“I’d not encountered anything like that before,” he says.

The sheriff’s militia connection scares him. At one school board meeting he looked out into the audience and noticed Rick Light, the leader of a Rocksprings militia called the Edwards Plateau Rangers. “I imme-

Perhaps the most troubling stories involve voter intimidation.

During the 2014 midterm elections, Gallegos was on her way to work when she noticed sheriff’s deputies at the polling site at the Baptist church.

“When I got to work, the staff were discussing why there were deputies at all the locations,” Gallegos says.

“Not just the church, but the school auditorium, the park building and the Church of Christ as well. So I went to each of them, and they were inside every one.”

Gallegos says the county clerk eventually called the sheriff’s office to tell her to pull her officers out of the polls.

It was about 3 p.m. and voting had been underway for hours. She believes Sheriff Elliott was attempting to intimidate Hispanic voters in Edwards County, which in the last 15 years has grown from 45 percent Hispanic to 55 percent.

Gallegos says she spoke to elderly Hispanic friends who didn’t vote because they were scared off. “They just said ‘Oh, they’ll come after me; they’ll go after my children, my grandchildren, it’ll just cause trouble,’” Gallegos says. “The elderly are easily intimidated.”

Romana Bienek, the city secretary who was working at City Hall on the day of the 2014 midterm election, corroborates Gallegos’ account. She says she took nine phone calls from voters intimidated by the presence of sheriff ’s deputies at the polls.

“When I called the sheriff’s office and spoke to the sheriff herself … she said it was really none of [my] business.

She told me to write down the people’s names and phone numbers and that she’d talk to them. I said ‘Fine,’ and that was it.”

Bienek says that when she went to vote later that day, the deputy was there “walking around, looking at everything. He wasn’t like a poll-watcher [who] sits in the corner and doesn’t talk. These officers were talking to the people coming in to vote.”

In a phone call in early April, former Sheriff Letsinger, who endorsed Elliott in 2012, told me he wasn’t aware that sheriff’s deputies had been at polling stations in 2014. When I asked if he would have posted his deputies at booths, he replied, “I would not. But maybe [I’d have posted them] down the street if I thought there was going to be some kind of problem. But I don’t think there has ever been any kind of problem.”

Republican chair Walker told me that the vast majority of Texas cities have some kind of security officer present at the polls. “There is no voter intimidation going on whatsoever,” she said.

“If you live in a small town, it’s nice to have somebody there — it may be 12 midnight or 1 a.m. when these ladies leave. I’ll admit the sheriff’s office was asked to be there all day, but it wasn’t intimidation. Most of these people know these police officers.

They’re their neighbors.”

But Wood, the election law attorney, says law enforcement shouldn’t be anywhere near a polling booth unless there’s trouble or violence. “That’s pure and simple intimidation,” he told me. “Only certain people can be in the boundaries of a polling station: voters and election officials.”

In September, Gallegos’ niece, Renee´ Gallegos-Johnson, received a letter from the Edwards County Sheriff’s Office claiming she had voted in Edwards County despite not living there. Signed by Captain Darrell Volkmann, it read: “I have investigated this matter and I have determined that you do not live in Edwards County, as a matter of fact, you do not live in the State of Texas.” Volkmann attached information “concerning Section 64-012 of the Texas Election Code — illegal voting,” which he pointed out was a second-degree felony “for each violation” (italics his). GallegosJohnson, 42, moved to Rocksprings with her parents when she was 10 months old, but for the past decade has lived in Louisiana, where she works as an administrative assistant in a real estate office. She owns a home in Rocksprings, visits often and plans to retire there with her husband.

She says she contacted her local voter registration office in Louisiana on July 10, 2014, to explain that she wanted to vote in Edwards County. She filled out a registration form in Rocksprings and soon received her voter registration card. She says she did nothing wrong.

Wood agrees. He says he hasn’t seen anybody disqualified from voting for not being a resident. “The Texas Supreme Court said if you have presence in an area — some presence in the electoral district — and you have intent to make that your permanent home, then that’s the end of it. Trying to prove somebody doesn’t intend to live there is almost impossible.”

Gallegos-Johnson says she doesn’t think the sheriff likes her family.

“I think my last name must have screamed so loudly that I caught her attention,” she says.

She says she spoke to an attorney at the secretary of state’s office in Austin who told her she had not committed any offense. Regardless, GallegosJohnson hired a lawyer, who sent a letter to Volkmann explaining as much. She’s heard nothing since. “My attorney says they should have been educated in the law before sending out letters like that,” she says. “I’m a fighter and don’t like to be messed with when I’m in the right. But they could be picking on someone who doesn’t realize their rights have been violated.”

In 1996, a brutal murder rocked the town: someone stabbed 35-year-old Patricia Paz to death, propped her up in a chair in her living room, then attempted, unsuccessfully, to set fire to her home. In the summer of 2014, the television show Unsolved Mysteries contacted the Edwards County Sheriff’s Office to look into featuring the case. continued page 5

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JAIL REGISTER June 5 - June 11, 2016

Smith, Anthony Brandon, 26 W/M, Leakey, Texas, A/O Castro, Assault Causes Bodily Injury A/D 6/7/2016, IN CUSTODY; Moseley, Robert Wayne, 52 W/M, Big Spring, Texas, A/O Douthit, Theft of Property by Check Howard County, A/D 6/10/2016, $1,000 Surety Bond

Real County Law Officers Bruce Carr, Sheriff Steven Castro, Deputy Sheriff Mark Cox, Deputy Sheriff Nathan Johnson, Deputy Sheriff Teddy Douthit, Deputy Sheriff Jim Wilson, Constable Corporal Jake Sanchez, DPS Highway Patrol Clint Graham, TPWD Game Warden A/D - ARREST DATE A/O - ARRESTING OFFICER Disclaimer: All print and other visual media is for informational purposes only. This information is considered public information under the Freedom of Information Act and the Public Records Act. Any indication of an arrest is not intended to imply or infer that such individual has been convicted of a crime. All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

FRIO CANYON PARKS ASSOCIATION 1 MILE NORTH ON U.S. HWY 83 LEAKEY, TEXAS Scheduled weekly events at the Park: ZUMBA – Meets every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday from 10 to 11:30 am PILATES-Meets every Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:45 to 8:45 am Fees to Rent the Park Facility: Contact Brenda Gonzalez 830-275-3148 Small building Rental - $50 a day with a $75 deposit Pavilion area is free on a first come first serve basis-Contact Brenda if questions Concession Stand Area- $50 plus 25% of all the net profit earned.

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For DONATIONS please contact Mike Forman 830-232-4439 Make all donations payable to the: FRIO CANYON PARKS ASSOCIATION. Mail to: PO Box 361 Leakey, TX 78873 MONTHLY PARK MEETINGS ARE THE SECOND MONDAY OF EVERY MONTH 7PM Volunteers are always welcomed.

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Real County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Dispatch Report June 5 - June 11, 2016 6/05/2016 @ 2330 responded to a residence on Fifth Street in Leakey for a family disturbance 6/06/2016 @ 2233 responded to Stripes south of Leakey for a report of stolen merchandise 6/07/2016 @ 847 responded to Buckstop in Leakey for a disturbance 1235 responded to a residence on Pecan Drive east of Leakey for a lift assist 6/08/2016 @ 842 responded to First State Bank of Uvalde - Leakey Branch for a vehicle lockout 1444 responded to Ranch Road 336 North of Leakey for a motorcycle accident 1726 responded to Ranch Road 337 West of Leakey for a motorist assist 1833 responded to Garven Store North of Leakey for civil standby

6/09/2016 @ 1317 responded to a residence on South San Pedro Street in Camp Wood for a vehicle lockout 1359 responded to a residence on Sixth Street in Camp Wood for civil process 1615 responded to a residence on West Seventh Street in Camp Wood for civil standby 6/10/2016 @ 815 responded to Mill Creek Café south of Leakey for a vehicle lockout 837 responded to Family Dollar Store in Leakey for report of suspicious vehicle 900 responded to Ranch Road 335 North of Vance for a report of theft 2028 responded to a residence on First Street in Camp Wood for a wild animal 6/11/2016 @ 2144 responded to Stripes south of Leakey for a report of suspicious activity

Field House (Shell) Bids Go to www.leakeyisd.org “Field House Bids” Due: June 24 Noon

The June meeting of the Hill Country Preppers will begin their fifth year of educating the public about Emergency Preparedness. They will talk about the vendors and products presented at the Self Reliance Expo in Irving, TX last month. They will talk about first aid products, medical kits, water purification, emergency food, Emergency Preparedness training programs, go bags, and more. Join them at Buzzie’s BBQ, 213 Schreiner St. at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 16.

The meetings are open to the public.

PUBLIC NOTICE THE JURY TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, JUNE 27TH @ 9AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE JURY TRIAL SCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 24TH @ 8:30AM IS STILL SET……..

PLEASE CALL THE CLERK’S OFFICE FOR ANY QUESTIONS (830)232-5202

KEY TO HAPPINESS May 18, 2016 When I was eleven years old, my father was shipped to Italy during WWII, and came back when I was 14. Those were the days when I was susceptible to learning about life. The main thing he taught me was how to find the key to happiness, and this is what he said, “SON! WHAT IS A THOUSAND YEARS TO A ROCK, LIFE AT MOST IS SHORT, ALWAYS BE HAPPY.” That hit my heart and I knew immediately that was going to be the key to happiness fo me the rest of my life.

He also told me that when I got married. “Never go to bed without settling our differences, even if it took all night.” My wife knew how I felt about this. It worked perfectly for fifteen years. Then one night we went to bed and she had her back turned to me and laid there sniffling and I put my hand on her back, and I said, “What is the matter?”

She said, “Nothing,” and she kept sniffling. I said, “You know our policy, we don’t go to bed without settling our differences. What is the matter?” She said, “Nothing!” again. She finally said, “TODAY WAS MY BIRTHDAY. I IMMEDIATELY KNEW I WAS IN TROUBLE! I must have come up with a bunch of reasons why I forgot her birthday and I knew I would probably never forget it again!

To this day, my three daughters will inform me beforehand that her birthday was coming up in the near future. It is my dream that all people should adapt the same policy. It led me to living a virtually, “PERFECT LIFE!!!” I encourage young people to always listen to their elders who have lived a life to its fullest. It also helped me through life when I became a Christian.

MAY GOD BLESS YOU!!!

Jared Gildart

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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The Devil’s Sinkhole cave is a National Natural Landmark and home to Texas’s fourth biggest bat colony. Every evening during bat season, a mass swarm of bats arises from the huge cave in a tornadic spiral, one of the most amazing animal swarms anywhere on Earth.

Tours are given Wednesdays through Sundays and are available by reservation. All Devil’s Sinkhole tours, including the bat tours, begin at the Rocksprings Visitors Center on the Rocksprings town square.

To arrange a tour, call 830-683-2287 or e-mail devilssinkhole@swt exas.net. Start times for the evening bat tour vary according to bat behavior throughout the season, which runs from now until October 31. During August, September, and October, morning bat return tours are also held, also by reservation.

Bat flight conditions are exceptional right now due to the sufficient

rains of late, and bat tourists continue to be very pleased with the amazing evening bat swarm.

A special star-gazing event is planned at the state natural area for July 30 with the help of the National Park Service. The Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area is ideally dark for star-gazing, an activity that will be available more regularly at the DSSNA soon.

Rocksprings is an easy and delightful hour’s drive from Del Rio, Brackettville, Uvalde, Leakey, Kerrville, Fredericksburg, Junction, and Sonora. The wildflowers along the various highways that lead into Rocksprings are heavily festooned with wildflowers right now.

The Devil’s Sinkhole Society, the nonprofit Texas Parks friends group that operates the Devil’s Sinkhole tours, also provides day tours, nature walks, and birding tours. Volunteers at the Rockpsrings Visitors Center can connect guests to the numerous nearby attractions such as Kickapoo Cavern State Park, too.

Wednesday, June 15, 2016

Above the Law After hearing about the Unsolved Mysteries inquiry, Elliott asked Volkmann to review the 1996 case, and the following summer they made four arrests, including Paz’s niece and nephew, Angelica and George Torres. But it soon became apparent there were holes in Elliott’s case.

Angelica was only implicated by a jailhouse rumor, and George was named by a jail snitch who claimed he’d heard him brag about the killing. As for the other two suspects, Tina Flores, apparently, had a penchant for applying makeup when she was stoned — in a style that matched Paz’s makeup when she was killed. And Neri Garcia was named by a confidential informant who told Volkmann that Garcia had been smoking crack with George Torres and that they knew Paz had money in her house because she’d cashed a check earlier that day. It was Garcia, the informant said, who actually murdered Paz for the money.

The “evidence” Sheriff Elliott and her deputies claimed to have against these four individuals didn’t stack up.

Crucially, Letsinger, who investigated the murder in the mid-’90s, said neither he nor previous sheriff Warren Guthrie, who was in office when the murder happened, could find any record of a check being cashed.

The most explosive evidence showing that the sheriff’s office had the wrong people was when Neri Garcia’s defense attorney, Patrick O’Fiel, showed that his client was in custody in Kerrville the night of Paz’s murder. O’Fiel claims he informed the sheriff’s department of this fact.

“In this situation maybe crime did pay off for him,” O’Fiel tells me one morning by phone from his office in Kerrville.

Elliott claims Garcia escaped from custody that night, and even though there was no check, she insists robbery was the motive.

In September 2015, District Attorney Tonya Ahlschwede, in conjunction with the Texas attorney general, dismissed charges against all four people for lack of probable cause, saying the case needed “further investigation.”

O’Fiel says his client’s false arrest by Elliott in 2015 — nearly 20 years after the murder — is “a civil rights violation.” He adds: “My guy is having trouble getting an apartment now because he has an arrest for capital murder on his record.

I think it’s a botched investigation.”

Jay Adams worked for the Edwards County Sheriff ’s Office for decades, first as a deputy, then as chief deputy. He says Elliott has a habit of sending cases to the district attorney without enough information. “That’s why the DA won’t take a lot of her cases — she’s a very intelligent woman and doesn’t want to go to court and have the cases thrown out. It’s just like [the Paz murder]. I read the affidavit and it’s written

Reneé Gallegos-Johnson on an almost eighth-grade level. You can tell it wouldn’t float.”

The Paz murder case bears more than a passing similarity to another controversial case Elliott was involved in as a cop in Gilbert, Arizona. On September 20, 2000, a short Hispanic woman with facial acne held up a Gilbert bank, posing as a customer. Rachel Jernigan suddenly found herself as the prime suspect after a postal worker identified her.

Pamela Elliott (then Pamela Brock) and another officer were assigned to investigate. The bank teller picked out Jernigan from a photo lineup, and Jernigan was charged with that and two other robberies.

But while she was in custody, two more bank robberies were committed by a woman matching Jernigan’s description. More significantly, a fingerprint taken from the teller window didn’t match Jernigan’s. Nonetheless, Jernigan was convicted and sentenced to 14 years in prison.

Then, in 2008, Juanita Rodriguez-Gallegos admitted she was responsible for the September 20, 2000, bank robbery for which Jernigan had been sent to prison. The charges against Jernigan were dismissed and she was released. She had spent seven years in prison for a crime she didn’t commit, and in 2012, the federal government

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settled a wrongful conviction lawsuit for $1 million.

On a ranch gate a few miles outside of Rocksprings, a sign asks voters to “Re-elect Sheriff Pamela Elliott.” Under a picture of Elliott sporting her trademark cowboy hat and pink shirt, the sign reads: “I will never betray my badge, my integrity, my character, or the public trust. I will always have the courage to hold myself and others accountable for our actions.”

Letsinger insists his successor is beyond reproach. “She’s highly trained, highly educated, and from a military background,” he says. “She’s one of the smartest people I ever met and she was an excellent deputy. I can’t think of anything she’s handled badly. As a matter of fact, I’d highly recommend her, and I intend to vote for her as well.”

But trouble keeps mounting for Elliott. In February, Perry Flippin, a former San Angelo newspaper editor, led a complaint with the Texas Ethics Commission alleging campaign finance violations.

Among other things, the complaint alleges Elliott “accepted campaign contributions and made campaign expenditures,” including to herself, before she had appointed a campaign treasurer — prohibited under the Texas Election Code. The complaint also charges that she took out a “lengthy” political announcement in the Rocksprings Record despite not listing the expenditure in her report, another alleged violation of the code.

What’s more, Elliott now has a Democratic opponent running against her for sheriff in November. Jon Harris is a U.S. Army veteran who moved to Edwards County with his wife, Katherine, in 2014 after working as a canine handler in counter-explosives in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Elliott is vigorously campaigning for re-election.

Recently she took out an ad in the local paper.

She wanted voters to know something about her: “It’s no secret that I do not conform with any scripted expectations of ‘the political game’ when serving as your Sheriff. I will continue to serve as an Army Reserve Officer, a mother, a sister, a neighbor who is loyal to the Lord in a position that should not be politicized but as so scripted in the bible: ‘Do not pervert justice or show partiality.’”

Texas Crime Stoppers Council Celebrates 35th Anniversary AUSTIN – The Texas Crime Stoppers Council, which operates under the Criminal Justice Division of the Governor’s office, marked its 35th anniversary today. Since its inception, Texas Crime Stoppers has grown from 8 certified organizations to over 150 certified organizations in operation today, serving both in the community and on middle school and high school campuses statewide. Texas Crime Stoppers organizations have collectively assisted law enforcement in apprehending hundreds of thousands of suspects, seizing $1.1 billion worth of narcotics and recovering $245 million in stolen property.

“For 35 years, Texas Crime Stoppers has provided invaluable aid in preventing criminal activity and protecting Texans,” said Governor Abbott. “I would like to congratulate Texas Crime Stoppers on reaching this important milestone and thank the Council for its outstanding work in expanding Crime Stoppers statewide.”

“I am delighted to congratulate the Texas Crime Stoppers Council for 35 years of outstanding service and success,” said Texas Crime Stoppers Director Elaine Windberg. “Since 1981, the Texas Crime Stoppers Council members, both past and present, have made an

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The 67th Texas Legislature created the Texas Crime Stoppers Council on June 15th, 1981 to advise the Governor of Crime Stoppers programs in Texas. In 1989, the 71st Texas Legislature charged the Council with certifying all Texas Crime Stoppers organizations which plan to receive and expend fees from persons who have committed crimes and have been sentenced to community supervision and with ensuring compliance with the state statutory requirements. The Council consists of five members appointed by the Governor to serve four-year terms.

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The home is located at 322 South Orange Street. They have made their home here for the last five years, fixing up the home and yard. With a lot of hard work on their part, the place is becoming a neighborhood beauty. The deep blue facade of the home is contrasted by a cheery, yellow door and on the door hangs a very pretty, decorative wreath. It is a good choice for June’s Yardof-the-Month.

Cypress Day

A special celebration on Father’s Day weekend will be held here at the Veterans Memorial Live Oak Park and the adjoining school grounds. Card games, dominoes, are welcome. A tennis tournament, basketball tournament, pet and owner look-alike contest, margareta contest, chili cook-off, beans cook-off, and a luncheon sausage plate sale by the Sabinal Volunteer Fire Department. A Zumbathon and Little Mr. and Miss Sabinal Talent Contest will also be going on. The fun starts at 9 a.m. Drop by and enjoy the festivities. Sponsor is the Sabinal Chamber of Commerce.

Vacation Bible School is happening this week at Emmanuel Lutheran. The theme is Barnyard Round-up and lots of fun is going on. The time is set for 9 a.m. to noon and all children of all faiths are welcome to participate. The church address is 250 South FM 1049. Go south on 1049 past the trailer park on your left and you will see the church on your right.

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The children are in the midst of Cave Quest Vacation Bible School. The weeklong activity is always preceded by many hours of decorating and preparation. If your child wants to be involved, the hours are from 5:30 to 8 p.m. and the teachers would welcome him/her.

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Gerry Shudde took the pulpit in leu of Pastor Carolyn Stapleton who was attending the Annual Church Conference in Corpus Christi. He spoke on the faith and strengths of his grandfather, aunts, and

There was a good turnout for the hamburgers and sweets sale at St. Patrick’s small hall on Sunday, June 12, which ran from 10:30 a.m. to about 1:30 p.m.

The Jubilee Year of Mercy at San Fernando Cathedral in San Antonio was celebrating persons with disabilities, hospital ministries, physicians, nurses, and health care workers. Msgr. Doug Fater was the celebrant at the special 5 p.m. Mass.

At St. Joseph Church in Del Rio, located at 510 Wernett Street, they are hosting a festival which will be held on the grounds, on Saturday, June 18, from 2 to 11 p.m. There is a raffle with 16 prizes, the top prize which is $1,000. The drawing will take place that night at 10:30 p.m. For tickets or more information, contact the church at 830-775-4753.

Flag Day

Yesterday was our country’s Flag Day. In Sabinal, Mayor Charles D. Story began the day with the employees gathered to remember how Flag Day began and repeat together the Pledge of Allegiance. Then the group broke up and went to work.

At Knippa’s Emmanuel Lutheran Church where Vacation Bible School was going full swing, as the children were filing out to go to their respective homes, each was given a small American Flag. Patriotic music played in the background as the children filed out.

Bingo for Seniors

On the last Wednesday of the month, June 29, the Sabinal Senior Citizens Center will host lunch and a bingo beginning at 11:45 a.m.. On the menu will be brisket, potato salad, beans, cake, and apple pie. If you are over 60, come and join us for a fun luncheon and bingo. The cost for lunch is one bingo prize.

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Edwards County Commissioner’s Corner

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by Lee Sweeten

It’s been some time since I have written and I must admit it is simply my fault for not having done so sooner. I suspect that many may have wondered why I have not written more often. It is not because there is a lack of stuff to write about. It is simply that it is the same old stuff to write about. About this time each year, the County begins doing preliminary work on next fiscal year’s budget. Each year, we are faced with rising cost to provide services and it seems there is always some other requirement coming from some direction that will need to be funded.

None of like to think about taxes and yet we have all received our appraisals forms indicating what the Appraisal District thinks our property is worth. I imagine there may have been a little sticker shock on many faces and I am hoping that all of you who felt your appraisals were out of line contacted the Appraisal District to either work something out with the Appraiser of filed for a hearing in front of the Appraisal Review Board (ARB).

A little over a year ago around Memorial Day we had received substantial rain-

fall that created some flooding causing damage to many of our roads and water crossings. This year was a repeat and while the flooding was not as severe, there was and still is substantial damage to many of our roads. Last year, the Road Department was very shorthanded (3 people). This year, we are in somewhat better shape and have people training on various pieces of equipment. While still a long ways from where we need to be, there has been some improvement. Still, I believe until we rethink the way we are doing business, we will never be able to maintain and improve our road system to a point where it needs to be.

If you follow me on social media or are acquainted with me at all, then you know that I tend to be very conservative. Yet, in my writings here, I try to be “A Political.” I have always encourage people to become involved and to be a part of a positive solution. I always encourage people to vote but to be knowledgeable of who or what they are voting for. Having said that, I am going to say that I believe there are a lot of people who are seriously wondering (like I am) if the two major

candidates are the best this Country has to offer us....

Once again, for me, it will be a choice of the lesser of two evils...... Now, only to decide who that will be....

This week’s quote comes from Ann Landers who said, “It’s not what you do for your children, but what you have taught them to do for themselves, that will make them successful human beings.”

As always, if you have comments on this article or other County related issues, feel free to contact me either on my cell (210) 912-8481 or via email at burrogone@yahoo.com You can also follow the County on Face Book and on the web at www.co.edwards.tx.us

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7 ways to keep your child learning this summer

(BPT) - When school dismisses for the summer, parents across the country worry about how much their children will forget over the vacation months.

Will all those hours helping them with math and reading dissolve with the carefree hours spent at the pool or playground?

“While a break from the long days of school is needed, studies show that most kids lose up to two months of their math skills between school grades,” says Dominique Ciccarelli, Ed.M., education specialist for Kumon North America. “The brain is like a muscle and needs a regular dose of exercise to stay strong. Connections in your brain multiply when you learn new topics, and through this process, you get smarter.”

Added to this concern is how much time over the summer parents will be able to commit to helping their children retain and reinforce what they learned during the previous school year. While millions of children are eager for the freedom of summer, parents are coming up with plans to keep the learning momentum going.

Here are seven fun ways to keep your child engaged over the summer with enriching experiences.

Have a scavenger hunt at the museum. One way to turn a visit to the museum into a fun and educational experience is to make it a scavenger hunt. If you’re going to an art museum, your list can include things you might see in paintings or sculptures from a certain country. If it’s a natural history museum, you can include dinosaurs and animals.

Find the right learning program. For families with children looking for enrichment activities, the right learning program is invaluable. With nearly 1,500 centers throughout the United States, Kumon uses an individualized approach that helps children develop a solid command of math and reading skills. To help students continue learning through the summer, Kumon is offering free registration in June at participating centers.

Develop their green thumb. Gardening allows children to not only play and build something - as they might do in a sandbox - but learn about the life cycle of plants and the importance of nutrition. One way to make this more exciting is to try to grow

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Let them be your travel agents. Before you set off on your summer vacation, get your children involved in the planning process. Let them help you search for lodging within your budget and in the area you want to stay. Together, you can learn about nearby attractions and plan your visit accordingly. The entire process not only builds confidence, but serves as a finance, geography, history and social studies lesson all wrapped in one.

Have adventures in reading. Reading is one of the most important skills to maintain and develop. Reading to your children each day establishes a positive association in their mind and makes them excited to read on their own. Be sure to stay up to date with the activities at your local library, which provides fun and sociable learning opportunities.

Make something. While there are plenty of kits out there to promote STEM learning skills, you can encourage your children to use their creativity and knowledge to build projects from common household materials. Some classic examples of this would be making a raft out of empty milk cartons or plastic bottles, a homemade volcano using vinegar and baking soda or a homemade electromagnet.

Become a collector. A great way for children to get hands-on knowledge of the natural world is for them to build a collection

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Community Council of South Central Texas Awarded USDA Rural Development Home Preservation Grant. The Community Council of South Central Texas (CCSCT) located at 400A. South Getty St. in Uvalde, Texas has been awarded the USDA Rural Development Home Preservation Grant in the amount of $93,392.89.

The designated service area for this Program includes Uvalde, Real, Edwards, Val Verde, Kenny, Zavala, Maverick, Dimmit and La Salle Counties. The Home Preservation Grant program funding is available

to provide housing rehabilitation assistance to rural, very low-income and low-income single-family homeowner-households in conjunction with CCSCT Weatherization Assistance Program. HPG funds will be used for plumbing, including waste disposal systems, electrical and structural repairs (such as roofing, wall cladding, sheetrock, minor leveling, etc.) which are required to bring houses into code compliance, but are not allowable under the Weatherization Assistance Program regulations, and for energy-saving measures which could not be provided because of funding limits. HPG funds will also be used for measures to preserve or protect houses from deterioration, and porches, steps, and/or railings required for safety, and ramps or structural modifications to

provide improvements to make dwellings accessible for household members with disabilities. Homeowners qualify for funding based on their gross annual household income and will also need to qualify for the CCSCT Weatherization Assistance Program. For more information about the Weatherization Assistance Program and the Home Preservation Grant please contact the CCSCT Office at 830-261-5514 or 830261-5485. You may also visit our website at www.ccsct.org.

classes at Frio Canyon Parks Building, Leakey, Texas This Week’s Puzzle Solutions

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Mary Kay Windham, Broker 664 S US Hwy. 83 Leakey, Texas 830-232-4408 office 830-374-7901 cell SEE MORE LISTINGS AND PICTURES AT WWW.HIGHPLACESREALTY.COM NEW LISTING: 5.32 ACRES WEST OF LEAKEY, GREAT VIEWS, HILLY TERRAIN, ELECTRICITY IS CLOSE, ACCESS FROM COUNTY ROAD. $49,900.

NEW LISTING: 6.37 ACRES IN THE RANCH, PAVED ROADS, GATED, UNDERGROUND ELEC., ACCESS TO FRIO RIVER, AND UNDER WILDLIFE EXEMPTION FOR LOW TAXES. $136,955.

NEW LISTING: 1 ACRE NEAR MAGERS CROSSING, GOOD TREE COVER, BEHIND LOCKED GATE, ACCESS TO PRETTY STRETCH OF THE FRIO WITH RESTROOMS AND BATH HOUSE, RV HOOK-UPS. $54,000.

NEW LISTING: 7.79 ACRES WITH ROLLING TERRAIN AND SOME HILLSIDE WITH GREAT LONG VIEWS, PAVED ROADS, CLUBHOUSE WITH POOL, 35 ACRES OF COMMON WILDERNESS AREA FOR HIKING, UNDERGROUND UTILITIES. $52,000.

COMMERCIAL: 1.5 ACRES, 1488 SQ. FT OF RETAIL SPACE, CONCRETE DRIVE GREAT CURB APPEAL! $249,900.

WATER EVERYWHERE ON THIS SECLUDED AND RUGGED 42.9 ACRES! OVER 700 FEET OF CREEK FRONTAGE AND OVER 350 FEET OF FRIO RIVER FRONTAGE. THERE IS ELECTRICITY RUNNING ACROSS PROPERTY. $275,000.

4BR/2B COUNTRY HOME ON 8.9 ACRES JUST A FEW MILES FROM CONCAN AND THE FRIO RIVER. GOOD USABLE LAND WITH HIGHWAY FRONTAGE . $165,500. SOLD! WELL BUILT 3BR/2B BRICK HOME ON .6 OF AN ACRE, LARGE TREES, ACROSS THE STREET FROM BEAUTIFUL FRIO RIVER PARK ACCESS, JUST STEPS AWAY. $265,000.

26.55 ACRES, SMALL CABIN, BARN, ELECTRICITY, AVAILABILITY OF CITY WATER, NO RESTRICTIONS, NO HOA, $261,517.

16.40 ACRES, WATER WELL, SMALL SET OF PENS, AVAILABILITY OF CITY WATER, GREAT VIEWS, NO RESTRICTIONS, NO HOA. $164,540.00 15.60 ACRES, GREAT VIEWS, NO HOA, NO RESTRICTIONS, FRIO ACCESS, LOTS OF BUILDING SITES. $153,660.

COMMERCIAL LOT WITH 1.29 ACRES, FENCED, HIGHWAY FRONTAGE NEAR BUSY INTERSECTION IN LEAKEY. $200,000.

2BR/2B CABIN WITH 139 FEET OF FRIO RIVER ON TWO ACRES, NO RESTRICTIONS $175,000.

46.14 ACRES, NO RESTRICTIONS, GOOD SOIL, HILL, GREAT VIEWS $3995./ACRE 5.02 ACRES, NO HOA, NO RESTRICTIONS, BEAUTIFUL TREES, NICE VIEWS $75,000, 44.94 ACRES, NO RESTRICTIONS, TWO RV’S, ELEC., SEPTIC, PHONE, $169,000. SOLD! 22.85 ACRES IN CAMPWOOD, WITH 3BR/2B RECENTLY REMODELED HOME, GREAT VIEWS! $249,500. OWNER FINANCE OFFERED 2 CABINS AND PARK MODEL NEAR CONCAN WITH HIGHWAY FRONTAGE, RENTAL POTENTIAL! SEVERAL OPTIONS TO PURCHASE, CALL FOR DETAILS! $109,000. AND UP. 1.77 ACRES WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE TO THE FRIO RIVER, CENTRAL WATER AVAILABLE $75,000.

8.09 ACRES WITH HIGHWAY FRONTAGE, GREAT VIEWS, UNEQUIPPED WELL. $109,080.

1.01 ACRES IN VALLEY VISTA, GREAT LONG VIEWS, SEVERAL AMENITIES $49,500.

7.23 ACRES IN VALLEY VISTA, HIGHWAY FRONTAGE, AMENITIES, $55,500.

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A Little Bit of Revenant On The Frio

by Kelly Faglie

The Frio was flowing great Saturday. At 2 pm, myself and two others started our float in Leakey, Texas from Frio Pecan Farm crossing at RR 337 making our way south to FM 1120 past Rio Frio, TX. We expected it to be a quick float with all the rains, however, it turned out to be an epic 5-1/2 hours. No food, no drinking water, no phones and no other souls which is quite a contrast to the Concan river scene.

Four hours of floating found us in an area where the river opened up wide, almost lake like. I thought surely we had reached the end of the Frio and we were about to enter Gulf waters. It took some effort and time to get through this section without the help of a flowing current. Our fingers and toes were prune like and we started to chatter and shake from being cold. The sun was starting to sink and we could hear thunder nearby. Once we made it through the “lake” section, we came upon more rapids, but these rapids had obstacles. Trees, stumps, large bushes of grass and shallow gravel bars. We decided to walk through this section until we came to an area where the river was better for our tubes. At this point, my tube managed to get away from me and headed down stream. My tubing partners floated after it. There was a slight turn in the river and my tube ended up stalling against the bank. I jumped in to get it but quickly found myself in a dead pool. I swam hard to get loose of the river’s hold. I wanted to panic, but knew better. I finally managed to break away toward the bank, only to be pulled under by the current. The force of the water had carved out a cavern under the bank and I was being forced in and under the bank by the current.

All I could see was murky water and bubbles. The water’s force was so strong. I knew I would be trapped. Just as I was resolving myself to drowning and death, I felt another indescribable force pull me out and up from that most scary place. I came up out of that water, and there was my friend’s tube. I grabbed that tube and breathed in deeper than I ever have. How long was I under the water? Seconds maybe, but it felt like a hundred minutes.

I’m still suffering from shock and hope writing about it will help shake it. More importantly, I hope this will help others to use caution when floating the rivers.

Respect the water and the strong currents that come with all this rain and flooding. It doesn’t matter how well you swim.

I’ve never lost my faith or belief in God, but I’ve been distant from Him lately. I’ve asked Him to draw near to me so that I may draw near to Him. I think He got my attention. I went to church today for the first time in a long while.

I am certain it was the hand of God that pulled me out of that dark and scary place yesterday. That IS what He does best. It wasn’t my time, so He must have further plans for me.

As I reflect on coming up out of the water and taking that deep breath, I’m reminded of baptism and being born again.

I didn’t actually die, but I did return. Unlike Leonardo DiCaprio, I won’t win an Oscar for this, but it is my slight version of Revenant and I win eternity.

FRIO CANYON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 40TH YEAR PARADE ROUTE & REQUIREMENTS For Your Safety and the Success of the Parade 1. Parade line up begins at 7:00 a.m. behind the Leakey School, entering from Mountain Street 2. No entries will be admitted after 9:00 a.m.

3. All entries must register with parade official and complete the registration form before lining up.

4. Licensed drivers only on any motorized, i.e. combustion engine, powered vehicle.

5. Motorized/Battery operated vehicles must be driven by persons over the age of four (4).

6. Each child under the age of twelve (12) MUST be accompanied by a parent, guardian or family member over the age of eighteen (18).

7. Children six (6) and under MUST be accompanied by two (2) adults.

8. Extreme caution should be used in distribution of candy.

Please throw candy away from the float at the feet of the crowd.

9. All entries should maintain a safe distance from parade onlookers.

10. No stopping along the parade route, the length of the parade has enlarged to the point we must be off the main route TIMELY. 11. All towed entries must be safety chained to towing vehicle.

12. No alcoholic beverages or drinking of alcoholic beverages before or during the parade.

13. All parade entries must precede in the order assigned and must return to the school parking lot.

14. The Chamber strongly recommends the wearing of safety helmets. **** Entries that do not comply with these rules will not be allowed to participate in future parades.****

RIO FRIO CEMETERY ASSOCIATION ANNUAL MEETING GREAT NEWS!! The Rio Frio Church and Annex are completely updated and ready for the Community to use. Already, a graduation party, a wedding and a 50th wedding anniversary gathering are booked. Thanks to the many donations and memorials, the electricity has been redone, new tables and chairs in annex, church revitalized, redone bathrooms, and new appliances in kitchen.

The Big Tree is now available through the Association for weddings and pictures. Twenty more trees were cleaned in the Rio Frio Cemetery and we had a general cleaning just before our meeting. Since there is no fee charged to keep the cemetery clean and mowed, joining the Cemetery Association for $25.00 per year or memorial donations would be awesome!! Mail to Box 247, Rio Frio, Tx 78879.

Plans to build a Bell Tower to hold the old Church bell, refinish last 8 pews in church, and complete an advertising brochure were the new items on the agenda for 2016.

A great bar-b-que Cabrito lunch followed the meeting.

CONTACT Mary Jones at 830-232-6844 or PO Box 247, Rio Frio, Texas 78879 or Willis Springfield at 830-232-5783 for bookings or information.

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POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER PART II

Frio Canyon Real Estate, LLC Shawn Streib Gray, Broker 830-232-4500

by Elaine Padgett Carnegie

Last week we wrote abut the real life effects on one person of PTSD. This article will explain why.

The common Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder are Re-experiencing the trauma symptoms or flashbacks, at which time the PTSD sufferer may really participate in that event and the person will act or feel like they are in the middle of the event again. Vivid onset of memories that interrupt everyday life, such as having to deal with the “memory situation” immediately in the middle of dinner or a movie when the memory assails them. Often they will exhibit anxiety, distress, and irritability ranging to rage when reminded of the event. They will often experience intense, realistic nightmares about the trauma of the event that triggered the PTSD. Physical reactions, like rapid breathing, sweating, or nausea, when remembering or being reminded of the trauma that often increase near the anniversary of the event.

The person with PTSD often emotionally detaches and avoids situations and people that make them have to deal with their emotions. They will often fall into times of solitude Experiencing hopelessness, such as “No one loves me” or “I know I’m going to die young”. They will develop insomnia, anxiety symptoms and have bouts of moodiness and anger. They will often develop a hypervigilance, watching everything carefully like “on alert” or “on guard”. Often they will turn to drugs, alcohol, or other destructive habits. They will sometimes develop a memory loss or laps and be unable to

230 US Hwy. 83 Leakey, Texas 78873 HOMES Property 009: 3/2 German farmhouse on 17+ acres w/modern updates and 5 guest cottages. All completely furnished! $449,000 PENDING NEWProperty 010: DEER CREEK in Rio Frio. Neat 3BD/2BA w/ recent updates. 5.3 ac. Fenced, outbuildings. POOL! Trees! $259,000 Property 013 : Newer riverfront home @ 3894 RR 1120 in Rio Frio.

Beautiful 2+ ac. lot that slopes gently to the river’s edge. $560,000 Property 014 179 Roy Chisum Rd. 4BR/3BA on .82 acs. w/ gorgeous, private river access! No restr. Potential for income! $339,900 REDUCED Property 016: Almost river front! Cute 2BD/1BA cabin on 1⁄2 acre + in Frio Cielo Ranch. Recently updated. $129,000 REDUCED Property 017: Stunning Frio River front home w/guest house, inground pool and spa! 1.95 acs. + 160 ft. of river front. Gorgeous. $560,000 Property 018: 2.83 ac. With 165’ of Frio River frontage and 3//2 log home. Gorgeous patios, rock work and outdoor kitchen. $345,000 Property 022: 3BD/2BA furnished, party deck in CONCAN!!! Granite, custom cabinets, like new! Flat lot. $225,000 PENDING Property 023: CUTE! 3BD/1BA all brick home w/carport & fenced yard. 1⁄4 acre lot. Located at 624 Sunset Ln. within city limits. $112,680 Property 024:Cute 3/2 brick home in town. Easy walk to shops, restaurants, library and the Frio! Circle drive + carport. $129,500 Property 026: 3BD/2BA home plus office on 3 acres. Perimeter fenced. Located just south of lovely Utopia, TX! $147,500 Property 027: 1737 Patterson Creek Rd. 46.91 ac. w/large log home, 2 car garage, beautiful creek frontage and views. $699,500 REDUCED Property 030: Cute and secluded 2BR/2BA in Concan. Recent updates and river access. Clean, bright, well-maintained! $208,000 Property 041: 4BD/2BA Country Charmer @ 150 Live Oak Cir. In town! Updated, great location, half acre lot. $138,500 REDUCED Property 042: 337 River House. 1.68 acs. with 3BD/2.5BA main home + 1/1 Gst. House! River front and POOL! $425,000 HUGE REDUCTION! Property 050: STUNNING riverfront compound w/3 homes, 250’ of river frontage on 7.29 acs. No restrictions. Gorgeous! $1,200,000 NEW Property 054: Custom 3000 sq. ft. home on 7.5 acs. Above ground pool, 2 large workshops, minutes to Garner and the Frio. $449,000 Property 055: Artist’s cottage on 2 lots w/176’ of Frio River Frontage!

Great views. 481 Camino Alto Rd. Lg. workshop. $225,000 PENDING Property 056: 2BD/2BA Brick home @ 616 E. Mesquite in Uvalde.

Quaint & Cozy w/carport, workshop & storage bldg. $130,000 Property 057: 1BD/2BA w/loft on 60+ acs. 716 Camino del Paso.

Beautiful box canyon. Close to town. Access via county Rd. $389,500 Property 061: 246 W. Benson Rd. in Uvalde. Cute 3BD/2BA on a large lot, great location and neat as a pin! $101,500 NEW Property 065: 306 Walter White Rd. 3BD/2BA log home on 1 ac. Nice pool, great views. Rentals ok! $275,000 Property 070: 10 Donna Dr. in Uvalde. Large home 5BD/3BA 3070 sq. ft. in nice area with large lot. Great price. $205,000 Property 075: Cielo Ridge condominium in Concan! 2BD/2BA. Wonderful resort-style pool. Rental potential! Just $125,000 LOTS Property 001 : Beautiful 9.3 ac. Views, underground elec., city water and sensible restrictions. Borders a large ranch. Owner/Broker. $129,900 Property 007 : Concan Country Club lot! On Starry Night cul-de-sac w/lots of trees. Great Price. $70,000 Property 008: 2.73 acs. in desirable Frio River Place. Flat, treed lot w/ water & elec. available. Close to Frio River! $99,000 MOTIVATED Property 15: 284 Woodruff Rd. in Rancho Real. 5.02 unrestricted acres on the West Frio. Elec avail & easy access. $98,000 Property 019: RIVER TREE!!! Gorgeous, heavily treed (BIG OAKS) lot with water & electric available. KILLER RIVER PARK! $99,500 Property 021: Shady & quiet lot in Old Town Uvalde @ 213 W. Mesquite. 60’x120’. $41,000 Property 033: 5.16 ac. lot near town. City water & elec. Gorgeous views for MILES (see Old Baldy), paved roads, security gate. $74,900 Property 035: 5.16 ac. Adjacent to Prop#33! Buy BOTH for a $10,000 discount ($69,900 each). See Old Baldy from here! $74,900 Property 036: 8.65 acs. In Shady Oaks. Private yet minutes from town. Lots of big oaks. Electricity available. $69,000 NEW Property 037: 5 ac. @ 1186 N. Saddle Mtn. Rd. EXCEPTIONAL VIEWS! Has a water meter. $65,130 Property 037: 4.02 ac. Lot in Valley Vista. Stunning views, underground utilities, club house w/pool. Ready to build! $79,500 Property 043: 8+ acs. w/gorgeous oaks and great bldg. sites. Electricity available. AG VALUATION = LOW taxes!! Shady Oaks Subdv. $77,045 Property 044: 3.2 ac. lot w/gated entrance, paved roads, underground

electricity and city water. Nice oaks & no cedar! $64,500 TERMS Property 045-046 : Canyon Oaks/Concan lots. River access, elec./ water available. 1ac. $42,500 per lot Property 047: 1+/- ac. lot Mountain Valley in Concan. Close to golf course, House Pasture, Frio. Rentals OK!!! $89,000 Property 049: Lot 26, Concan Country Club at Mountain Valley. Close to 16th hole. Great price. $68,500 Property 052: 5+ ac West of Leakey. Fronts on John Buchanan Rd. Bldg. site faces east and is ready to go! $52,500 Property 059: Three lots (7acs.+/-) located in Rio Frio. Flat with beautiful oaks. Underground electric in place. $95,000 per lot Property 66: 1.44 acre lot in Canyon Oaks Unit 2. Cedar Ridge Lane.

Water & electricity available. Quiet street & river park! $60,000 Property 67: 1.20 acre lot in Canyon Oaks Unit 2. Cedar Ridge Lane.

Water & electricity available. Quiet street & river park! $59,000 NEW Property 068: Lot 45, Rio Park Estates is 1.37 ac. Fenced, has water well & septic plus Frio River access. $47,500 PENDING Property 064: Beautiful lot in The Ranch! 5.76 ac. Ag. Exempt taxes, river access, backs to larger acreage for privacy. $139,000 MOTIVATED Property 077: FOUR 1 acre lots in Tierra Linda in Concan! Beautiful, flat, easy to build. Close to golf & House Pasture. $79,000 each Property 078: 5+ ac. River Front lot in Rancho Real north of Leakey.

West Frio frontage, no utilities. $89,000 Property 081-83: 1-9 ac. lots in Concan. You have to see these lots.

All utilities and VIEWS for miles. $39,500--$49,500--$55,500 ACREAGE Property 011: 800’ RIVERFRONT! Paradise on the FRIO. 27+ acs. Cute 2BD/1BA cottage ++ NO RESTRICTIONS $749,000 REDUCED Property 012: 5+ acres north of Leakey w/2400 sq. ft. metal bldg.

Hwy. frontage. Some elevation for great views. Ag. Exempt. $200,000 Property 025 : RR336 north of Leakey. 17+ acs. West prong of the Frio River on eastern boundary $222,000 Property 028: 160 acs Extensive Hwy. 83 frontage in Concan. Homesites, game, views, seasonal Shut In creek. $4250/ac Property 029 : 260 acs. +/- WILL DIVIDE Hwy. 337W frontage.

Views for miles! $4250 per acre Property 30: 10.38 acs. w/frontage on RR336. Hills and draws. Lots of game. $35,000 Property 32:42.5 acs. in Paint Creek Ranch. Great little hunting tract with small cabin and electricity! $106,250 Property 034: 71 ac. w/small hunter’s cabin. 4x4 a MUST! Big views.

Remote, no utilities. 4x4 a MUST! $210,000 NEW Property 38: 153 AC near Vance. Secluded yet easy access.

Good interior access, too. Well & electricity in place. $283,050 PENDING Property 039: 233 acres minutes north of Leakey. Co. road frontage + city water and electricity. Beautiful views, hunting $730,000 REDUCED Property 040: 20+ ac. hunting parcel. Big views! Bring the 4x4.

Frontage on easement road. $50,350 Property 051: 68.28 acres off Hwy. 41 in far NW Real County. Fairview Ranch. Oaky, brushy, gamey!!! Must see! $238,900 Property 053: 25 acres in Hidden Hills, Center Point—Kerr County.

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Eagle Pass-What started as proud business owner credited a fictional business plan for Rio Grande College instruca college class transformed tors Elizabeth Peña and Cyninto an actual enterprise for thia Gómez with helping her Cinthya Chavez de Salinas, develop her dream. Mayor a 2015 Sul Ross State UniRamsey Cantú, her classmate versity Rio Grande College and RGC alum, congratulated graduate. her and recalled their time Mrs. Salinas began in the together working on their teacher education program, degrees. Peña said, “We are but had a change of heart very proud of all of our ORL and switched to RGC’s students, but especially CinBachelor of Applied Scithya’s accomplishment. We are ence with the Organizadelighted that she has proven tional Leadership emphasis the Organizational Leadership program. In one course, program to be successful. She students develop a business has taken her career goals to Cinthya Chavez Salinas, far left, celebrated the grand opening of her business, Kiddos Place in Eagle model that defines a particu- Pass, on May 25. Helping her mark the occasion are, from left, Ramsey Cantú, her classmate and Mayor the next level and has become lar product or service for sale. of Eagle Pass, and Elizabeth Peña and Cynthia Gómez, two of her instructors. an entrepreneur. We admire her They describe how to make commitment and we celebrate it a success, analyze potenher success.”

Pass became a reality. tial customers and the competition, and The innovative Organizational LeadFamilies can rent the facility for children’s complete information about how to fund ership degree at RGC is designed for birthday parties. It features playground the business and offer projections for its equipment and designated areas for guests adults with some college credit or sigcontinued success. nificant work experience who want a to play dress up, build things, and “shop” Cinthya recalled her unsuccessful hunt for as well as plenty of seating and tables.

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O B I T U A R I E S Nova Clements

Helen E. Manis

Linda D Chittenden

(September 27, 1929 - June 11, 2016)

(June 25, 1939 - June 12, 2016)

(June 01, 1956 - June 08, 2016)

Nova Louise Clements of Camp Wood, Texas passed away Saturday, June 11, 2016, in Uvalde, Texas. She was born on September 27, 1929, in Camp Wood, Texas to Millard Nelson and Mary Pearl (Wall) Nelson. She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was affectionately known to her great-grandchildren as “YoYo” because of the many yo-yo bed spreads that she sewed by hand. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

Those left to honor and cherish her memory are her children, Lewis Martin Clements and wife Cindy of California, Juanita Louise Wimberley and husband Leon of Camp Wood, TX, William Elroy Clements and wife Jennifer of Helotes, TX; grandchildren, Chris Clements and wife Maria Alba, Collin Clements and wife Michelle, Brandon Clements and wife Marisol, Scott Glende, Sandra Streib and husband Travis, Henry Wimberley, Peggy Wimberley, Calley Boatright and husband David, and William H. Clements. Other family members left to honor and cherish her memory are her great-grandchildren, Michael Clements, Sarah Clements, Anthony Clements, Max Clements, Mia Clements, Makai Clements, Aaron Glende, Ashton Glende, Morgan Streib, Joseph Kettler, David Boatright, and Ethan Boatright; numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents, Millard and Mary Pearl Nelson; husband, William Henry Clements; daughter, Mary Ellen Woods; siblings, Alfreda Quillen, C.M. (Sunny) Nelson, Alla Dee Collinsworth, Lou Ellen Lightfoot, Faye Dell Thompson, and Mary Alice Nease. Pallbearers include David Boatright, Henry Wimberley, Travis Streib, LA Field, JP Whipkey, and Leon Wimberley. Honorary pallbearers include Joe field, Scott Glende, William H. Clements, Chris Clements, Collin Clements, and Brandon Clements. Viewing was held 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 15th, 2016, at Nelson Funeral Chapel, Camp Wood. Funeral services will be held Thursday, June 16th, 2016, 2 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Chapel, Camp Wood, Texas, with Brother Jim Boyd officiating. Interment will follow in the Barksdale Cemetery. The family invites you to leave a condolence at www.nels onfuneralhomes.net Arrangements are under the personal care of Nelson Funeral Home of Camp Wood, Texas.

Helen Elizabeth Manis of Utopia, Texas passed away Sunday, June 12, 2016, at her home. She was born on June 25, 1939, in Detroit, Michigan to Alex Henry Rush and Loretta Conroy Rush. Those left to honor and cherish her memory are her husband of Robert Manis Sr. of Utopia, TX; daughters, Deborah Cox of Leakey, TX and Shawna Romo-Faseler of Leakey, TX; grandchildren, James Wason, Heather Wason, and Jesse Romo all of Leakey, TX, Cheri Cook and Alex Cook. Other family members left to honor and cherish her memory are her greatgrandchildren, Anthony, Lexie, Colten, and Ariel all of Leakey, TX; numerous nieces, nephews; and great nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Henry and Loretta Rush; son, Alex Cook; brother, Alex Rush; and sister, Patricia Rush Gilbert. Our mother went to be with our Lord, leaving cherished and wonderful memories behind of a person who truly had a kind heart and a gentle spirit. Mom is a woman, who always put her family first, before her own needs. She had a warm special spot in her heart for all stray animals on the highways. She loved the Lord with all her heart and went in a peace as He Called her home in his loving arms: You will always be in ours heart and memory forever. Someday we will be re-united. We love you Mom. A memorial service for Helen will be held Saturday, June 18, 2016, 2 p.m. at the Living Waters Church in Utopia, Texas, with Pastor Robert Richarz officiating.The family invites you to leave a condolence at www.nelsonfuneralhomes.net Arrangements are under the personal care of Nelson Funeral Home of Leakey, Texas.

Linda D Chittenden of Rio Frio, Texas passed away Wednesday, June 8th, 2016, in San Antonio, Texas. She was born in Indianapolis, Indiana on June 1, 1956, to IV Graham and Freda May Culver.

Linda married Les Chittenden on November 24, 1972, in Indianapolis, Indiana. She was a wonderful and loving wife, mother, and grandmother. She will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

Those left to honor and cherish her memory are her husband of 43 years, Les Chittenden, and her children Teresa Pieratt, wife of Hunter Pieratt, of Rio Frio, Mack Chittenden, of Indianapolis and her granddaughter, Rayanne Webber of Indianapolis. A memorial service for Linda was held Wednesday, June 15th, 2016, at 1:00 p.m. at Nelson Funeral Chapel, Leakey. The family invites you to leave a condolence at www.nelsonfuneralhomes.net Arrangements are under the personal care of Nelson Funeral Home of Leakey, Texas.

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William Edward “Bill” Dietert, Jr. (August 21, 1928 - May 29, 2016)

William Edward “Bill” Dietert, Jr., age 87 of The Divide, passed away Sunday, May 29, 2016 in Kerrville, Texas. He was born in San Antonio, Texas on August 21, 1928 to William Edward “Bill” Dietert, Sr. and Hetta Sylvia Seebe Dietert. He married Marguerite Celeste “Margie” Jones on June 19, 1954 in San Antonio, Texas. Bill went to school at the Dietert Schoolhouse on The Divide, then to Tivy High School in Kerrville. He graduated from Texas A&M in 1950. He was a proud member of the Aggie Corps of Cadets. Bill grew up on the ranch and was the 3rd generation to operate Dietert and Dietert Ranches. The only time in his life that he wasn’t a rancher he spent as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He served in Virginia and Labrador. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church. He was very involved in the Divide Chapel where he served as a deacon and then an elder. He served on the Executive Committee and was a past Director of the Mohair Council of America. He was a past Director of the Texas Sheep & Goat Raiser Association. Bill was also a past Chairman and served on the Board of Directors for the Upper Nueces Frio Soil & Water Conservation District. He helped organize the Divide Volunteer Fire Department in 1983. Bill loved God, his family, his community and Aggie football!! Bill is preceded in death by his parents Bill and Hetta Dietert and his brother Robert Darrell Dietert. He is survived by his loving wife of 62 years, Margie, his son Stephen William Dietert and wife Carolyn and daughter Marianne Dietert Hanley and husband Steve. He is also survived by his grandchildren that he adored, Stephen Brady Dietert, Mendy Diane Dietert, Lindsey Christine Price and Laura Justine Price. Services were Saturday, June 4th at Grimes Funeral Chapels. Memorials may be given to Divide Fire Department or Dietert Center — Take 5 Club Assistance Fund or Meals on Wheels Program. The family invites you to send condolences at www.grimesfuneralchapels.com by selecting the “Send Condolences” link. Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral Chapels of Kerrville.

Our 5th annual Marcus Martinez Softball Tournament was a success and was the 1st tournament that we were able to get through without it flooding until we finished. Thank you Jesus. Many many thanks go to the following I missed last week Buckhorn Dora’s Nursery We love you all. MARTIN, OLIVIA, NINA AND MIJO IN HEAVEN.

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Reál County Church 121 Oak Hill Ste. 4 Leakey, Texas Sunday School: 10:00am Worship: 11:00am

Living Waters Church Hwy 1050 Utopia, TX 830.966.2426 Sunday School: 9:30 am Worship: 10:30 am

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Concan Church of Christ Hwy 83 Concan 830.232.4058 Ministers: Paul Goodnight and Ray Melton Sunday School: 10:00am Com and Worship: 11:00am Evening: 6:00pm Wednesday: 7:00pm

New Fellowship Church Hwy 337 & Camino Alto Leakey, TX 830.232.4287 Sunday School: 9:45am Pastor: Greg Mutchler Sunday School 9:45 a.m.

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5th Sunday 6:30 pm and Every Tuesday @ 6:30 pm United Methodist Church P O Box 417 419 N. Market Leakey, TX 78873 830.232.6266 Pastor: Doug Smith Adult Sunday School: 9:30 am Worship: 11:00 am Children’s Church: 11:10 am Wednesday: 5:30 pm,

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GRANNY’S KITCHEN BACK TO BASICS...THE PERFECT BURGER Well, it is that time again. Wonderful, long hot days of summer. Dinners on the grill, weekend Bar B Que and nights by the fire. Burgers are an American favorite and there are as many ways to make them as there are people making them! Here are a few tips and some very good recipes. The Bacon Swiss is my favorite!

HOW TO GRILL THE PERFECT BURGER! Begin with the meat...Buy ground beef with a fat content of 15% to 20%. Using beef that is any leaner results in dry burgers. Avoid overworking the meat as you form it into patties, or you will end up with tough burgers. Flatten the beef into patties of uniform thickness. Use your thumb to make a small indentation in the middle of each one so that it will cook evenly. Preheat grill for at least 15 minutes. Avoid pressing down on the patties as they cook; this squeezes out all the tasty juices!

Place burgers four to six inches away from heat source. Cook until burgers are well browned and a meat thermometer inserted into each patty registers 160F, for medium, or 170F, for medium-well.

NOW HERE ARE SOME RECIPES FOR THE PERFECT GRILLED SUMMER BURGERS!

BACON SWISS BURGER

1 lb ground chuck or sirloin 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1–2 dashes Tabasco sauce 1⁄4 tsp dried thyme 4 slices Swiss cheese 4 hamburger buns 8 slices cooked bacon 1 tomato, thinly sliced 1 red onion, thinly sliced 4 leaves Boston lettuce Preheat grill for 15 minutes. Combine ground chuck, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, thyme, and salt and pepper to taste. Form into 4 patties. Grill over medium-high heat for 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until burgers are well browned and a meat thermometer inserted into each patty registers 160°F. Add cheese to burgers and let melt. Grill buns for about 30 seconds. Serve burgers in buns with 2 strips bacon, tomato, onion, and lettuce.

ALL AMERICAN BURGER

11⁄2 lb ground beef 4 slices American cheese (or cheddar) 4 sesame-seed hamburger buns 4 leaves lettuce 1 tomato, sliced 1 onion, sliced and caramelized 1 dill pickle, sliced Preheat grill for 15 minutes. Season ground beef with salt and pepper to taste. Form into 4 patties. Grill over mediumhigh heat for 8 to 10 minutes, turning once, until burgers are well browned and a meat thermometer inserted into each patty registers 160°F for medium or 170°F for medium well. Add cheese to burgers and let melt. Grill buns for about 30 seconds. Serve burgers in buns with lettuce, tomato, and onion. Garnish with pickle.

VEGGIE BURGERS

3 large red beets (about 1 pound) 1/2 cup brown rice 1 medium yellow onion, diced small 3-4 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 1/4 cup old-fashioned rolled oats (glutenfree, if necessary) 2 (15.5-ounce) cans black beans 1/4 cup prunes, chopped into small pieces.

1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon smoked paprika 2 teaspoons brown mustard 1 teaspoon cumin 1/2 teaspoon coriander 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme

By Elaine Padgett Carnegie

1 large egg (optional for non-vegan burgers) Salt and pepper Thin slices of provolone or Monterey jack cheese (optional for non-vegan burgers) 6 hamburger buns Heat the oven to 400°F. Wrap the beets loosely in aluminum foil and roast until easily pierced with a fork, 50 to 60 minutes. Set aside to cool. Meanwhile, bring a 2-quart pot of water to a boil. Salt the water generously and add the rice. Reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the rice until it’s a little overdone. You want it a little over-cooked, but still firm (not completely mushy). Drain the rice and set it aside to cool. Heat a teaspoon of olive oil in a skillet over mediumhigh heat. Add the onions and a pinch of salt. Stir the onions every minute or two, and cook until they are golden and getting charred around the edges, 10 to 12 minutes. A few wisps of smoke as you are cooking is ok, but if it seems that the onions are burning, lower the heat. A dark, sticky crust should develop on the bottom of the pan.

Add the garlic and cook until it is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Pour in the cider vinegar and scrape up the dark sticky crust. Continue to simmer until the cider has evaporated and the pan is nearly dry again. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.

Process the oats in a food processor until they have reduced to a fine flour. Transfer to a small bowl and set aside.

Drain and rinse one of the cans of beans and transfer the beans to the food processor. Scatter the prunes on top. Pulse in 1-second bursts just until the beans are roughly chopped — not so long that they become mush — 8 to 10 pulses. Transfer this mixture to a large mixing bowl. Drain and rinse the second can of beans and add these whole beans to the mixing bowl as well.

Use the edge of a spoon or a paper towel to scrape the skins off the cooled roasted beets; the skins should slip off easily. Grate the peeled beets on the largest holes of a box grater. Transfer the beet gratings to a strainer set over the sink. Press and squeeze the beet gratings to remove as much liquid as possible from the beets.

Transfer the squeezed beets, cooked rice, and sautéed onions to the bowl with the beans. Sprinkle the olive oil, brown mustard, smoked paprika, cumin, coriander, and thyme over the top of the mixture. Mix all the ingredients until combined. Taste the mixture and add salt, pepper, or any additional spices or flavorings to taste. Finally, add the oatmeal flour and egg (if using), and mix until you no longer see any dry oatmeal or egg.

Cover the bowl with plastic wrap or transfer the mixture to a refrigerator container, and refrigerate the burger mixture for at least 2 hours or (ideally) overnight. The mix can also be kept refrigerated for up to three days before cooking.

When ready to cook the burgers, first shape them into burgers. Scoop up about a scant cup of the burger mixture and shape it between your palms into a thick patty the size of your hamburger buns.

You should end up with 6 large patties. *Tip for Veggie Burgers is to add an egg and be sure your grill or pan is very hot before cooking.

A LITTLE COOL FOR A SIDE DISH!

CUKE AND MANGO SALAD

3 mangoes, peeled and diced into 1-inch pieces (about 3 cups) 1 seedless cucumber, unpeeled and sliced very thin 1 small red onion, cut in half and then into very thin slices 1 Tbsp finely chopped serrano chili pepper (optional) 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh cilantro 2 Tbsp lemon juice 2 tsp lemon-flavored olive oil 1⁄2 tsp salt 1⁄2 tsp black pepper In a serving bowl, combine all ingredients. Chill at least 1⁄2 hour.

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ORLANDO FLORIDA…THE WORST and is now attacking him unfairly. EarMASS SHOOTING IN US HISTORY— lier in the day, in Tampa, Fla., Trump Scores of people were killed and many called Romney “a stone cold loser.” more were wounded in the shooting at a SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.— Few gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida. Fifty people who’ve had the opportunity dead and scores wounded in Orlando to experience augmented reality have

by Omar Mateen, 29, a New York-born questioned its relevance or potential.

By Elaine Padgett Carnegie Once you’ve tried something like resident of St. Lucie, Fla., who worked for the security firm G4S and had twice Microsoft’s HoloLens, it’s hard not to been investigated. The FBI is leading get excited about the impact it could the investigation. Special Agent Ronald Hopper said Mateen have. The problem is how to bring those capabilities to the made allusions to the Islamic State in a communication with mainstream. Most augmented reality and virtual reality headlaw enforcement at some point before he was killed by police. sets are known to be (or expected to be) pretty expensive for Hopper said agents had investigated Mateen in 2013 and again the next few years. Plus, the truth is, not everyone is excited to in 2014 regarding terror threats, but in both cases insufficient put something on their head and wear it for an extended period evidence was found to pursue charges. The suspect’s father, of time.

Mir Seddique, told NBC News on Sunday that he was shocked AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) - The office of Texas Lieutenant by the news, but that his son had recently expressed anti-gay Governor Dan Patrick, a Republican and evangelical Chrissentiments. Seddique said the attack “had nothing to do with tian, on Sunday deleted a tweet many saw as offensive and religion.” “The place where they were attacked was more than insensitive that was sent out shortly after the deadly attack on a nightclub, it was a place of solidarity, empowerment, where a gay nightclub in Florida. “Do not be deceived: God cannot people come together to raise awareness,” he said. Gov. Rick be mocked. A man reaps what he sows,” read the Bible verse Scott declared a state of emergency for Orange County. “You Patrick sent out on his official Twitter account a few hours don’t want this to happen anywhere in the world,” Scott said. after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history that left at least “It’s devastating when you see how many people lost their lives 50 dead. His office was not immediately available for comment and the impact on the families.” Muhammad Musri, president but has told local media, including the Dallas Morning News, of the Islamic Society of Central Florida, thanked law enforce- that the tweet had been scheduled for release well before the ment officials for their efforts and cautioned against any rush to shooting. The office, which regularly sends out a Bible verse judgment. on Sundays, has since deleted it and replaced with another pasMOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — The presumptive 2016 Republisage, they said. can presidential nominee hit a couple of potential swing states CAIRO (Reuters) - Islamic State’s Amaq news agency said on Saturday to strike back at his critics — including the 2012 Sunday that the Islamist militant group was responsible for the Republican presidential nominee. In travels to Florida and shooting that killed at least 50 people in a massacre at a gay Pennsylvania, Donald Trump attacked Mitt Romney and others nightclub in Orlando, Florida. “The armed attack that targeted who say the businessman’s “trickle-down racism” and harsh a gay night club in the city of Orlando in the American state of comments about women will drag the GOP down to defeat Florida which left over 100 people dead or injured was carried in the November election against Democrat Hillary Clinton. out by an Islamic State fighter,” Amaq said. (Reporting by Ali Romney “choked like a dog” in his 2012 loss to President Abdelaty; Writing by Ahmed Aboulenein; Editing by Kevin Obama, Trump told supporters at the airport near Pittsburgh, Liffey)

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With the abundance of rainfall over the last few weeks we may be out of this persistent drought, but I for one am hesitant to say it has broken and is over I know how brutal the summer months can be.

Continue to be conservative with your watering of gardens and lawns; only water in the mornings and evening when the wind is calmer and the sun does not cause the water to evaporate immediately. Lawns do not need to be watered every day, every third or fourth day is sufficient to keep the lawn green, growing and healthy. Watering the lawn on a daily basis sets you up for disease issues and shallow rooting which makes your lawn more apt to be harmed by the heat.Flows at all crossings on the Frio River were taken on June 7th.

Fulgham’s Crossing just south of the Alto Frio Baptist Encampment had a flow of 25,215 gpm last measurement and now has a flow of 92,675 gpm; this is about a 4X increase. All of the culverts at this crossing were flowing at near full capacity without any water going over the top of the roadway. It sure would be great for this to last all summer. The Leakey Springs crossing had a flow of 4,751 gpm last measurement, and a flow of 7,159 gpm this reading; nearly doubling since the last measurement. This crossing had one culvert that was partially blocked but the couple of rises have cleared the debris. The Mill Creek Crossing showed a 2.5X increase in flow since the last measurement; there are culverts on the south end of this crossing that continue to have no flow; but it appears that they had a little flow last week but that it was short lived. This crossing has a flow of 35,228 gpm this measurement which is up from the last measurement of 16,234 gpm. This is one crossing that had some large trees come down river and I was not able to move the logs due to their size and the amount of water pushing them against the crossing. I also took the flow measurement at Frio River Place this time and it is very similar to the reading taken up river at Fulgham’s Crossing. The flow was 34,613 gpm last measurement and the flow this week was up about 3.5X at 118,083 gpm. I expect all of these crossings to be flowing considerably lower and slower when I go back to take measurements in a couple of weeks. On the west prong of the Frio River, the Rancho Real crossing had a flow of 26,813 gpm this reading compared to a flow of 9,362 gpm last measurement for an increase of about 3X. The Kent Creek crossing showed an increase in flow since the last measurement with a flow of 3,907 gpm this month up from a flow of 2,856 gpm last measurement. These two crossings react quickly to the water coming down stream and then clear relatively quickly as well. I know the water was over Highway 336 at the Kent Creek Crossing a couple of times over the last week for short durations but the water receded quickly enough that everyone that lives up RR 336 made it home. Now some residents that live back in the Rancho Real subdivision may not have been able to get home as easily. There are a few crossings entering the subdivision that probably had water over them for a longer duration. Remember don’t try crossing any of these locations if the water is higher than normal. Your life is too precious

to not wait a little longer to get to the house. The Nueces River flows were taken on June 8th and also showed higher than normal flows as a result of the rain activity over the last week and a half. McDonalds Crossing was flowing at 138,809 gpm last measurement and decreased to a flow of 90,699 gpm this measurement or a decrease of about 35%. This was the only crossing that showed a decrease in flow but it is still well above the normal flow for this area. The Nueces River Dam on Highway 55 south of Camp Wood had a flow of 106,717 gpm last reading and this measurement the culverts had a flow of 128,756 gpm or about a 17% increase. There was a tiny trickle of water going over the top of the crossing on Tuesday morning but I drove back out on Wednesday and the water level had dropped about 4 inches in 24 hours. This crossing looks amazing right now with a ton of water flowing over the dam. A word of warning - keep small pets and children away from the culverts at this crossing as there is still a lot of water going through them and they could easily suck kids and pets in. For those of you that live in the northern portion of Edwards County near Telegraph here are the latest flow measurements for the crossings in your area. It appears that a lot of water went through this area with loads of debris along the fences and some wind damaged trees in the area. Both of the crossings had debris on the upriver side of the crossings and it took a while to remove the tree limbs and sediment deposits; but by the time I left nearly all culverts were flowing “normally”.

The first crossing on Highway 377 near Telegraph had a flow of 37,464 gpm two weeks ago and has nearly doubled to a flow of 65,026 gpm. The second crossing on Highway 377 near the Evergreen School had a flow of 42,005 gpm two weeks ago when I last checked the flow and now has a flow of 64,686 gpm or an increase of about 35%. There is a ton a water flowing down the South Llano now, but like the Frio and Nueces if we do not get regular rainfall events I think the flows will start dropping over the next few weeks.

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Seven Bluff Cabins, located at the third river crossing, CR 348, Concan, is now hiring office help for the summer to begin on May 15, 2016.

Duties will include store sales, guest arrivals and departures, and general office procedures. Familiarity with the use of computers is required. A very competitive hourly rate is being offered. Please contact Mrs. Dawn Ann Mitchell at 830-232-5260 for an interview.

Part time housekeeping help needed.

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Seven Bluff Cabins, located on the third river crossing, CR 348, Concan, is now hiring seasonal house keepers to begin work on May 15, 2016 and continuing through the summer and possibly longer.

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Please contact Mrs. Dawn Ann Mitchell at 830-232-5260 to schedule an interview.

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REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS RANCHES PRICE REDUCED!!!267 acres located approximately three miles east of Rocksprings. Easy access, low fenced on three sides.

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Off the beaten path and priced right at $1,500 per acre. Call today for more information.

THE REAL COUNTY AIRPORT CAN BE YOURS TODAY, ALONG WITH 170 ACRES OF LAND AREA COMPLETE WITH 1⁄2 MILE OF FRIO RIVER FRONTAGE, EXTENSIVE HIGHWAY 83 AND FM 336 FRONTAGE, 2 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES, A HANGAR, AND A BARN. ALL OF THIS IS AG EXEMPT. TREMENDOUS DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY. CALL TODAY FOR ADDITIONAL INFO OR TO SCHEDULE A SHOWING. YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS ONE TO BELEVE IT! Hidden River Ranch, 265 acres with approximately 3⁄4 mile river frontage, only 2 miles from town, deep in the heart of the Frio Canyon. Extensive frontage on blacktop, excellent topography with pecan bottoms and field areas, three houses, a horse barn, and tractor shed, fenced and cross fenced. Property is loaded with wildlife, including Axis and White Tail deer, feral hogs, Blackbuck Antelope, wild turkey, and others. Must see to appreciate.

Cadillac Farms, 214 ac located 2 miles west of Leakey. A little bit of everything, fields, mountains, wet weather creek, fronts on FM 337. Call for details.

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COMMERCIAL NEW LISTING!!! 19.56 acres on CR 350, close to Magers Crossing and Old Baldy. This property features 280 feet of frontage on the Frio River and is improved with a 3 bedroom, 3 bath newly remodeled residence that can sleep up to 14. Plenty of room to build additional rental units. This is a highly developable property in the heart of all the action. Walking distance to Garner State Park. Priced at $795,000.

PENDING!!!! NEW LISTING! Looking for an established business in the Frio Canyon. Now you can own the Leakey Beverage Barn. Best location in town right across the street from Stripes. This is a well-established money maker! $315,000.

OAKRIDGE LODGE AND CABIN located in the RIDGE. The main lodge features over 4300 feet of centrally heated and cooled area that is configured to sleep up to 30 guests. The property also features a detached cabin that sleeps an additional 10 guests. This is the best income producer in the Frio Canyon. An in ground pool and outdoor fireplace adds to the ambience, or relax on the upper deck and watch the sun go down. This property commands approximately $1,000 per night and is on track for 100 nights this year. This is the investment you’ve been looking for. Call today for a showing.

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PENDING!!! Lot 8, Deer Creek Estates. 9.78 acres covered with huge Live Oaks and abundant wildlife, good, sensible restrictions, frontage on two roads, numerous beautiful building sites. Gated subdivision with lots of privacy. $88,000.

PENDING!!! Part of Lots 9 & 10, Deer Creek Estates. 12.85 acres covered with huge Live Oaks and abundant wildlife, good, sensible restriction, numerous beautiful building sites, frontage on two roads. Gated subdivision with lots of privacy. $88,000.

Beautiful home site in Frio River Place. Gated community, sensible restrictions, beautiful river park, parking area for owner’s RV, priced right at $75,000.

Get it while it’s hot! This is the best buy in Concan. Gently sloping site with access to Private River Park. Properties in this area can be placed in a rental pool. 1.05 acres for only $55,000.

BEAUTIFUL RIVER FRONT TRACT, this five acre building site on the Frio River can be yours today! 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. It just doesn’t get any better than this!!! Price Reduced to $299,900 OAKMONT VILLAGE 2.21 acres of heavily wooded building site located just of FM 1120. $49,000 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 WITH TCEQ APPROVED WATER SYSTEM, paved roads, security gate, 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. Call for a showing or take a drive out 4 mi. south on RR 1120. Prices start at $99,500 RESIDENTIAL NEW LISTING! Like new log home in Rivertree. Two bedrooms and two baths, fireplace, huge open patio with a fire pit.

Heavily wooded corner lot. Ceramic tile floors and granite counter tops. Priced right at $299,000.

HERE IT IS, your own private cabin with frontage on the Frio River and also has access to the beautiful Leakey Springs Park.

Cabin consists of a great room with kitchen and sleeping quarters, with two full baths. Only $185,000.

This is turnkey, and ready for you! Approximately 176 feet of river frontage and a home in Frio River Place. Beautiful cypress lined private swimming hole in addition to subdivision park, three bedrooms and three full baths in main house, with guest quarters complete with a full bath. Lots of storage space, huge covered patio to watch the sun go down over the river, black top frontage. Close to Garner, Con Can, and Leakey, yet quiet and peaceful. $575,000.

Like new three bedrooms 2 bath home on 5 acres with river access. Close to town in Frio River Ranch. $245,000.

PRICE REDUCED!!! Three bedroom, 2 1⁄2 bath home on the river at Seven Bluff in the very popular Concan area. Approximately 100 feet of river frontage right above the river crossing, with an approximate 2,000 square foot home. Lot is gently sloping down to the river, and this location is right in the heart of all the action. The home also features detached guest quarters and detached covered parking area. The Frio River just doesn’t get any better than this one. This property is not presently in the rental pool, but if it was, it could pay for itself. This is the one you’ve been looking for. $799,000 Call us today!!

Beautiful four bedrooms, 2 1⁄2 bath home with over 2500 square feet of living area, located in close proximity to the river in Reagan Wells. Did I mention that it had a three car garage and a detached guest house. Huge covered and open deck area.

Access to a mile of river and over 100 acres of wooded trails and pasture land. This one is priced right at $429,000.

CANYON OAKS! GREAT INCOME PRODUCER IN THE HEART OF CON CAN, Three bedroom, 3 1⁄2 bath home on River Road. Income producing. Reduced to $279,900.

RIVERTREE! Two story log home nestled beneath huge Pecan trees. Walking distance to the river, 3 bedrooms, 3 bath, vaulted ceiling and wrap around porch. $329,900.

Dub Suttle GRI - Broker Kathy Suttle GRI, - Associate Broker Fred McNiel GRI, - Associate Sterlin Boyce Associate COME BY FOR ONE OF OUR COMPLETE LISTS OF PROPERTIES, CHECK US OUT ON THE WEBSITE OR SCAN THE QR CODE BELOW WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE!

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