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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal, Utopia and Surrounding Areas Vol. 5 No. 26
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THE DEVIL TAKES HIS DUE
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REAL COUNTY BECOMES KTB AFFILIATE Keep it Real-ly Beautiful, Inc., Continues The Beautification of Texas
Real County has joined the affiliate KTB, a state program of Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB), affiliate a statewide community improvement of Keep organization. KTB’s statewide network American of affiliates includes more than 370 Beautiful, cities and counties, working towards its sponsors and coordinates education and cleanup mission “to educate and engage Texans programs such as the Great American Cleanup to take responsibility for improving their and the Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off in community environment.” Our local cooperation with the Texas Department of organization, Keep it Real-ly Beautiful, Transportation. KTB provides its affiliates with Inc., (KIRB), a recently established free promotional materials, volunteer souvenirs, Texas Nonprofit Corporation, was program training, and additional resources formed to educate and engage both to implement activities in the community residents and visitors to Real County to continued page - making it a cleaner, more take responsibility for improving our beautiful place to live. Other KTB programs communities and environment through include Waste In Place, a youth program that litter prevention, waste reduction, and emphasizes responsible solid waste handling; beautification, and to act as Real County’s three distinct awards programs that recognize the liaison with Keep Texas Beautiful. contributions of youth, individuals, businesses Keep it Real-ly Beautiful, Inc. Board Members (from l to r): KTB helps Texas communities organize and communities; and an extensive training Christy Mensi, Secretary; Bill Sames, Vice President; Mary Forman, President; Carrie Chisum, Treasurer; Barbara Hurt, Director; Patricia Chisum, Director. Not present: Helen Stephens, Director. program that covers a range of topics pertaining volunteers and implement cleanup and educational programs that address their to local initiatives and programs. For information an annual training session, and submitting an Annual three focus areas of litter prevention, on upcoming events and how to get involved, Report. beautification, and waste reduction. Affiliate contact Mary Forman at 830-232-4439. KIRB, began as a grass roots efforts in 2014, has requirements include establishing and maintaining a For more information how to help keep Texas already held three successful electronics recycling local citizen-based organization, participating in one beautiful in your community, call 1-800-CLEAN-TX, events in Real County. At its June 11 community litter prevention, beautification, waste reduction, or visit www.ktb.org, or like Keep it Real-ly Beautiful on community improvement program annually, attending meeting, bylaws were adopted and a Board of Facebook. Directors elected.
GeoFORCE Trip
by Billie Franklin photo by Ken Cave
GeoFORCE was formed to surround high school students with knowledge first hand in various sciences. The purpose is to entice the students and hopefully persuade them to pursue STEM degrees. STEM is an acronym for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. STEM degrees are offered by prestigious colleges throughout the country. Earlier this month, six students were treated to a trip to the Grand Canyon and several parks. The purpose was to study rocks and their formations first hand. Students pictured from left to right: Marlowe Story, Taylor Chapman, Nadia Navarro, Baylee Rubio, Ryan Lopez, and Jolie Cave had a great time, learned a lot about their world this second trip and are looking forward to what next year will have in store for them.
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On the Cool, Clear Frio River: GARNER ............................ Page 11
LEAKEY LIONS CLUB GIVES GENEROUSLY TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES by Julie Becker
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INDEX State News .................... Page 2 Legals/Jail Register ...... Page 3 Community News ......... Page 4-6 Feature Story ................. Page 7 Obituaries ...................... Page 8 Classifieds ..................... Page 12
Today’s Weather
High: 86° Low: 69°
The Leakey Lions Club recently held a raffle to raise funds for local non-profits. The drawing which was held over the month of May and the winners were announced at the Memorial Day Cowboy Breakfast, raised over $2,000! Pictured are Leakey Volunteer Fire Department Chief Kico Sanchez and Treasurer Hazel Pendley accepting a check for $1,100 in sincere appreciation of their hard work keeping our community safe. Also pictured are Jeff Kruger and Sherry Sollers with the Frio Canyon EMS also accepting a check for $1,100. The Leakey Lions Club recognizes the invaluable service both of these organizations provide to our communities. Lion Representatives John Jackson, the incoming club secretary and John Patrick, the Lion who sold over $1000 worth of tickets happily delivered the checks.
LtoR: Lions John Jackson and John Patrick, Hazel Pendley and Chief Kico Sanchez
The Spirit of ‘45 John Harry Hardt, Sr. was born at the home of his parents, Lee and Alice Grace Robinson Hardt in 1925, during a pouring rain. They lived west of Uvalde on a little ranchito, and John did not wait for the doctor to come in his horse and buggy. John arrived before the doctor did. School began with kindergarten in Uvalde. John has a sister, Ann Eve, who is three years younger than him. The Hardts moved their dairy farm to Eagle Pass and ranched along the Rio Grande. Mom and Dad soon divorced and the children went with their mother to San Antonio where they were enrolled in St. Joseph’s Catholic School. When his mother married a second time, the children went to live with their father, who at that time had remarried. While living with him on the farm, Alice learned of the conditions in which the children were living. She became outraged, and came with detectives to remove the children. Ann Eve stayed with her mother and John stayed with his great-grandfather, John Frances Robinson, in Uvalde. His great-grandfather died suddenly
LtoR: Lion John Patrick, Sherry Sollers, Jeff Kruger, Lion John Jackson
by Billie Franklin
of typhus fever and John then moved to Batesville in the home of his Uncle Guy and Aunt Maxine Robinson. Thus the siblings were raised apart. Uncle Guy, “Tio”, was with the Border Patrol and as they moved John went with them from Batesville to Uvalde to Eagle Pass. He attended Austin Elementary School in Eagle Pass, and most of his education in the Eagle Pass School District. When the new high school was built on Del Rio Boulevard, he took vocational agriculture under Mr. Boyd. He ran track and played football for two years, but quit school to join the Navy on the advice of his football coach, Mr. Miller. John spent three years in the South Pacific on the USS San Diego, an AA cruiser. This ship was the flag ship, the first to enter Tokyo Bay. The ship was awarded the Japanese Occupation Medal. He received several medals, among them the Asiatic Campaign Medal and Good Conduct medal. He received his honorable discharge in San Diego, then flew to Houston and first headed to Louisiana to visit his mother and sister. continued page 6