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March 13, 2013 Tri-Canyon’s Only Weekly Newspaper!

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Current Weekly News for Leakey, Camp Wood, Sabinal and Surrounding Areas

INSIDE Leakey Lions Club Annual Rib Texas Dinner to be Held on Friday, March 15th, 2013

by Fred R. McNiel, President Parks and Wildlife Turns 50 This Year

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Hyde Brothers Took Up Ranching Life

The American Legion Hall in Leakey will be the site of the annual Leakey Lions Club Rib Dinner that will be conducted on Friday evening, March 15th. Lions club members will begin serving this delicious rib dinner starting at 5:30 p.m. and will serve continuously until everyone has been fed!

There is no set ticket price but a donation box will be available for contributions. This annual fundraising event is conducted by the Leakey Lions Club and any money raised will be used for scholarships awarded to students in the Leakey ISD. After all guests have been fed any ribs left over will be sold to any interested buyer at $8.50 per pound.

Four Leakey Lions Club members are heading up the committee that will oversee the cooking and serving of this rib dinner.

The committee members are: Lion Hugh Scott, Lion Joe Waligura, Lion Jesse Guinn and Lion Guinn Turner. Preparation for this special event starts this week with Lion Joe Waligura placing a meat order with Kellie Satterwhite, proprietor of Alamo Grocery.

We anticipate cooking 10 boxes of ribs (approximately 330 pounds equaling 100 full racks) starting at 7:00 a.m. on the 15th of March. The cooking will be conducted outside the American Legion Hall and club members will work shifts all day Friday in order to get all these ribs cooked and ready to serve! Special thanks are extended to Glenn and Debra Bradley for donating the

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oak and mesquite wood that will be used to cook the ribs!

Take-out orders will be available for guests who need to eat at home or who wish to take a meal to a shut-in. Side dishes that will be served include pinto beans, potato salad, desserts made by Lions Club members, and ice tea. Coffee will also be served for those who enjoy a cup with their dessert!

In the photo above the committee members recently took time to pose for a picture in front of the American Legion Hall.

Committee members are: (left to right) Lions Hugh Scott, Joe Waligura, and Guinn Turner. Please mark your calendar now and plan to be present to enjoy this delicious rib dinner meal! We hope to see you on Friday evening, March 15that the Leakey American Legion Hall.

Bandera Electric Donates Trucks to Local VFDs submitted by Katie Haby

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

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WHERE IN THE WORLD DID YOU WEAR YOUR REAL COUNTY CENTENNIAL T-SHIRT?

by Julie Becker

Pictured are Karen and Don Barnum of Leakey, Texas. They are pictured in Jerusalem, Israel was one of their favorite stops on their 13 day Holy Land Cruise. Karen said touching the Wailing Wall was an incredibly emotional and spiritual experience. They also visited other Biblical sites in Israel, Egypt, Turkey, and Greece then spent 16 days cruising back to Galveston, TX. If you are planning a trip pick up your T-shirt before you leave! Get yours for only $15 each, we have all sizes. Contact Willis Springfield at 830-232-5783 or come by the Hill Country Herald shop to get yours today. They also have coffee mugs, note cards and Christmas ornaments. Be sure to send in your picture to the Hill Country Herald!

Have Fun out there and SPREAD THE WORD!

On March 23 and 24 our Sabinal Lions Club will host an international event which will involve many people from town as well as their club members.

Vendors will be in place on March 22 in preparation for the event. Get ready because our little town will become focused on hog chasing, hog catching, and all the events surrounding it. Because of the foresight of our Lions Club, many other clubs have followed suit, but because we were the originators of wild hog catching, we are the World Champions. A chance to win a silver buckle causes people to cast their fears aside and join in the chase. The Lions Club is ready so, come on world!

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Pictured LtoR: Al Buckner, Debbie Anderson (BEC Rep) and Doug King

Bandera Electric donated three trucks to area volunteer fire departments in February.

The trucks will be used by the Medina, Vanderpool and Waring departments for various fire-fighting and rescue operations.

Medina Volunteer Fire Department will use their

donated vehicle as the first response vehicle for automobile accidents, EMS assists and other non-fire emergencies.

The Waring department will use their truck as the primary EMS medical response vehicle and for swift water rescue transports.

The

truck will give the department the ability to respond faster and to more remote locations.

Vanderpool will use the truck they received for offroad use in fighting brush fires. The truck will be outfitted with a 300 gallon water tank, fire pump, hose real and nozzle.

The vehicle the department had been using for this purpose cannot access many places in their rugged and hilly territory without being damaged.

Much of our service territory is served by volunteer fire departments. continued page 2

Leakey’s own Avery Satterwhite, competed in the 2013 Houston Livestock Show, bringing home a 7th place ribbon and plaque for her youth meat pen. Avery competed against over 200 entries that were in her class, where only the top 30 entries are placed. She was also awarded 25th place, but per show rules forfeited the placing due to only one placing allowed in the top 30 per contestant. This was Avery’s first year to compete in a competition at this level. She attends Leakey ISD where she is a third-grader. She is the daughter of David and Kelly Satterwhite. Congratulations, Avery!!!

Camp Wood Jailhouse Historical Marker Dedication and Jail Break Pie Contest submitted by Nueces Canyon Chamber of Commerce

Camp Wood, TX – It’s just a small concrete building that sits lonely and desolate behind the City of Camp Wood City Hall. Names and dates etched into the white and beige time weathered masonry walls. The time has come for the Camp Wood Jailhouse to have its day. A day of celebration and recognition by the Real County Historical Commission, Real County Centennial Committee and the City of Camp Wood.

On Saturday, March 23, 2013, at 10:30 a.m. everyone is invited to celebrate the unveiling and dedication of a Texas Historical Marker on the Concrete Calaboose, also known as the Camp Wood Jailhouse. The building sits behind City Hall at west Fourth Street and Leon Klink Street. The event is a scheduled Real County Centennial event. continued page 9

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Real County Extension News

CITY OF LEAKEY Regular Meeting March 22, 2013

by Travis Helms

Real County Extension News 03/13/ 13 Reminders Big Springs 4-H Meeting – March 14th Feral Hog & Predator Awareness Workshop– March 26 Texas Agri-Life Extension in Kerr, Edwards and Real counties are partnering together to hold a Predator Awareness Workshop on March 26 at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area. The program will begin at 8:30 a.m. with registration and the program to begin at 9: 00 a.m. The day long program’s registration fee is $25.00 for preregistration and $30 for on-site registration per person including a lunch as well as refreshments and all educational materials.

Pre-registration must be made through contacting the Kerr County Extension office at 830-257-6568,

the Edwards County Extension office at 830-683-4310 or Real County Extension at 830-232-6673

by March 22. The day’s program will include retired trapper Charlie Baird, if you attended last year’s program you will remember Charlie and all he had to share. Charlie is a wealth of knowledge and will share his years of experience in trapping and interpret the vocabulary of the coyote and mountain lion. We will also here Mr. Cameron Martin discuss the economics of hog trapping and some of the current research being conducted at the Kerr Management Area related to hogs. Remote trapping systems will be discussed as well as hog proof fencing and construction will be discussed. Three hours of CEU’s will be provided to commercial, noncommercial and private applicators.

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Leakey was held on March 11, 2013 @ 7:00 p.m. at Leakey City Hall. Absent from the meeting was council member Ken Auld.

Following approval of Minutes and Operating Statements, City secretary Dee Dee Wally reviewed the monthly bills and they were approved for payment.

Wally read the Proposed Ordinance Declaring an Election of Unopposed

Gov. Rick Perry today released the following statement regarding school choice bills including Senate Bill 1575 by Sen. Donna Campbell and Sen. Ken Paxton, Senate Bill 23 by Sen. Dan Patrick, and House Bill 3497 by Rep. Scott Turner: “Expanding school choice in Texas will empower parents to make decisions in the best interest of their children, and provide an incentive to keep all Texas schools competitive. I applaud these lawmakers for championing legislation that will benefit our students and our schools as well as the employers and industries that depend on our highly competitive workforce.”

In 1960 each U.S. farmer provided food for about 25 people. Today, each U.S. farmer feeds more than 144 people, an increase of over 500%.

Research and new technologies have boosted production, but someone still has to go outdoors and make things grow. Without regard for the wind, rain, snow, freeze, fire and drought…the farmer and the ranchers can be found tending the crops, flock or herd, and doing it well. Even with last season’s severe weather and natural disasters, American farmers and ranchers have still prevailed to get the food and fuel to market.

Let’s thank these men and women for a job well done.

Agriculture is America’s number one export, and critical to sustaining a healthy economy. In our state alone, one out of every seven working Texans is employed in an agriculture-related job. During 2011, Texas ranked number one in the nation for cotton, hides and skins and beef and veal exports. According to the most recent Census of Agriculture, Texas has more than 130 million acres dedicated to agricultural production.

Frankly, it’s easy to take agriculture for granted in America. Our food is readily accessible and very safe.

For this, we’re unbelievably fortunate . . . but that doesn’t mean we don’t have an obligation to recognize who makes it possible.

This National Ag Day on March 19 is a good time to reflect - and be grateful for - American agriculture!

To find more Ag Day information and events, visit the sponsoring Agricultural Council of America at www.agday.org.

Respectfully submitted, James B. Douglass Acting State Executive Director USDA – Farm Service Agency

LETTER TO THE EDITOR After the hearing on Jan 31st at the state Capitol on CSCOPE, led by Senator Dan Patrick, many of us as private citizens who tried to dig out the truth about CSCOPE and who were vilified for our efforts were vindicated because the evidence presented proved we were right all along. Since the hearing, Senator Patrick has pushed for the following changes to take effect immediately: 1) All future meetings of the TESCCC (TESCCC stands

Initiating the posting of CSCOPE lesson content to their public website. 7) Creating a standing curriculum review panel, comprised of: parents, teachers, school administrators, members of the SBOE and TESCCC board members. CSCOPE is notifying all participating school districts that lessons are not intended to be taught verbatim, and until CSCOPE lessons can be reviewed through a collaborative process with the SBOE and TESCCC, districts are strongly encouraged to review all lessons at the local level, to ensure they are appropriate for their students.

Senator Patrick and his committee should be commended for their investigative work and the legislative move to reign in CSCOPE. What is more important is that parents, grandparents, and interested citizens begin standing up for our children and making their voices heard locally. Our children belong to us – not the state.

Maggie Gunn Uvalde, Tx.

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Governing Board will be public with all the respective notice requirements being met. 2) The TESCCC will begin a joint review process of all CSCOPE lessons with the SBOE. 3) Amendment of all Terms of Use Agreements, signed by both teachers and districts, removing civil or criminal penalties associated with the release of CSCOPE content. 4) Clarifying that all teachers and districts may post all CSCOPE lessons that they deem necessary. 5) Ending the non-profit 501(3)C arrangement that incorporates CSCOPE. 6)

Bandera Electric Donates Trucks to Local VFDs continued from front page

These volunteers use their own vehicles, in which they carry limited medical and rescue resources, to respond to calls.

Occasionally, they will also use larger department fire trucks to respond to emergency calls, which is not an ideal solution. The larger trucks are expensive to operate, have slower response times and are not the most agile vehicle for many of the operations.

According to Richard Ferri, member of the Medina VFD, “We appreciate Bandera Electric’s dedication in assisting the local volunteer fire departments with your generous first response truck donation.”

The trucks were donated as part of the cooperative’s effort to give back to the communities it serves through its vehicle donation program for volunteer fire departments. Donated vehicles have been removed from the Cooperative’s fleet because they have hit certain age or odometer markers. Interested departments can contact the cooperative and fill out an application to be considered for a donated vehicle.

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and Buchanan spoke on behalf of the employee and recommended a one dollar increase in wage. Wally said she has received good reports on the efforts of this employee and was in favor on the increase. With no further discussion the wage increase passed with a unanimous vote. With no further business the meeting was adjourned.

Statement by Gov. Perry on School Choice Legislation

Dear Editor, Ag Day 2013 Tribute to Farmers and Ranchers I speak for the people working for the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

We all are proud to be partners with the men and women who farm and ranch in Texas. Agriculture is an honorable profession and we are honored to do our part to help. We salute you on Ag Day, March 19.

“Generations Nourishing Generations”is the theme for this year’s Ag Day. Our country’s farmers and ranchers work hard to provide food and clothing for our country and the world. Their dedication is an inspiration to us and to the next generation of farmers and ranchers.

Without them, we would not have the abundant food supply, the fiber, and the fuel we depend on daily.

Agriculture involves sacrifice. As a youngster on the farm, the most immediate sacrifice noticed is sleep.

Getting up early and working hard until sundown is not something that always comes easy…it usually has to be learned…from your parents or your grandparents.

That sacrifice continues as you grow. Or if you start to farm later in life, you encounter it immediately when you take charge of your operation… long, hard hours, dripping sweat in the soil and taking a risk when needed to doctor an animal, weld an implement or finance next year’s planting.

According to recent USDA studies, the agricultural sector right now remains a bright spot in terms of economic stability and growth and there is a strong demand for U.S. agricultural products. Generation after generation of agricultural producers in Texas are getting up early every day to keep this sector of the economy healthy, providing jobs and income for both rural and urban families and communities.

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Candidate and therefore cancelling the Election to be held on May 11, 2013. The cancellation of the election followed the certification that the incumbents for the open positions on the Leakey City Council were unopposed. Returning council members are Hugh Buchanan, Ken Auld, Jesus Rubio and Bob Bowers.

Next on the agenda was discussion of a wage increase for the senior city employee. Mayor Harry Schneemann

Custom-Built Barbecue Pit & Trailer Donated by 3E Properties, LLC and Built by Texas Best Pits Drawing to be held on: March 26, 2013 Only 1,000 tickets will be sold Donation: $10.00 To Benefit “Center for Community Wellness” To purchase your tickets contact CHDI’s Administration Office at (830) 278-5604 x 3100

Shawn Streib Gray, Broker 830-232-4500 Property 001 : 9.3 ac. Views, underground utilities and sensible restrictions. Borders a large ranch. Owner/Broker. $129,900 Property 002 : Rocksprings area. Gently rolling topography, small hunting cabin, elec close. $54,000 PENDING!!!

Property 3-6: 1+ ac. Commercial lots Concan.

Frontage on US HWY 83. All utilities available. $139,000-$149,000 Property 007: 130 acs. On Bear Creek in Concan. No restrictions. Off CR349. $15,227.31 per acre POSSIBLE OWNER TERMS Property 008: Old Town Uvalde! 823 N. Getty St. Charming 2/2 home w/2 guest houses. Fully leased @ $1400 per month! $268,000 Property 009 : 134 acs. RR337 West frontage.

Great for hunting. Elec. meter. Views. Will divide into 84 and 50 ac. $328,300 REDUCED NEWProperty 010: 2.61 ac. lot on county rd. just 2 mi. east of Leakey. Covered w/oaks, city water & elec. avail. Great home base for RV! NEWProperty 011: Gorgeous 3BR/2BA in Canyon Oaks—Concan. Complete May 2013.

Granite, custom cabinets, nice! $225,000 PENDING NEWProperty 012: Beautiful RIVERFRONT cabin! 2.27 acs. Rentals OK. Huge deck overlooking the Frio, secluded, bunkhouse. $350,000 Property 013 : 417 Oriole Ave. Valley Ranch.

All brick 3/2 open floorplan w/workshop. 2.24 acs. Attached 2C garage. $199,000 NEWProperty 014: Beautifully updated Country Cottage PLUS studio/library and 2BR bunkhouse!!! In Reagan Wells on 4.72 ac. w/trees & views. 100 ac. of common area and River access. Rental OK. Owner/Broker $139,000 Property 015: Heavily treed 2 ac. lot in Saddle Mtn. Water meter in place, elec & phone run across front of lot. $60,000 POSSIBLE O.F. Property 016: 21 acs. Hwy.1050. No restrictions & lg. neighbors. Nice topography and views! $146,979 PENDING Property 017: Whiskey Mountain Inn. 1869 Farmhouse on 17.69 acs. w/6 rental cabins.

Gorgeous! $579,000 Property 018 : HUNTING! 31+ ACS. Blinds, feeders and travel trailer! Remote but good access. REDUCED $74,900 POSSIBLE O.F. Property 019 : RIVERFRONT HOME! 6+ acs.

3BR/3.5BA + Apt. Fishing pond, huge barn, rock patios! $699,000 REDUCED! POSSIBLE O.F. Property 020: 31+ acs. NO RESTRICTIONS. Hwy. 1050frontage. Unique cabin & guest house. Water well, views, fenced. $349,000 Property 021: Kickapoo Valley Ranch. 237 to 585 acs. Super hunting & large neighbors. $1050 to $1300 per acre Property 022 : INCOME PRODUCING! 2/1 house and 3/2 mobile home. Frio River access + close to Garner State Park. $126,500 REDUCED Property 023: Cute log cabin on 7+/-acs. Deer Creek Estates. On a seasonal creek, remote, pretty views. $140,000 Property 024: Frio River Place lot. Nearly THREE acres! Water & elec. available. Nice river access. RV usage ok. $119,000 Property 025 : RR336 north of Leakey. 17+ acs. West prong of the Frio River on eastern boundary $222,000 REDUCED Property 026-027 : RIVER FRONT! Gorgeous oak and cypress trees, views of the mountains. $225,000 EA. POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING Property 028 : Frio River Place 1.51 acs.

SUPER CLOSE to river. Water system& elec.

Nice area. $75,000 POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING Property 029 : 260 acs. +/- WILL DIVIDE Hwy. frontage, Call Martin for all the details! $4250 per acre

NEWProperty 030: Rancho Real, 10 ac. of remote land. 4x4 needed. Great hunting or recreational tract. Pretty flat topography. $32,500 Property 031: Riverfront home in the Frio Pecan Farm! In rental pool. Lots of amenities. $269,000 REDUCED NEWProperty 032: 3/2 Rock House @ 1167 River Road in Concan. Super nice with great location, views, in rental pool, furnished. $269,000 Property 033: 5.16 ac. lot near town. City water & elec. Gorgeous views, paved roads, security gate. $84,900 Property 034: 3 acs. In Concan fronting Hwy. 127. Just past Neal’s& Frio River. Great Commercial location! $225,000 Property 035: 144 acs. Leakey city limits. Huge trees, county road frontage. Great homeplace or Development$7,000 per ac. REDUCED Property 036: Riverfront lot w/water & electric.

Huge cypress and oak trees. Very nice! 1.78 acs. $159,000 POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING Property 037: 5.3 ac. in Deer Creek Estates.

HUGE oak trees and views. Gated entry & private paved road access. All useable land. $64,500 Property 038: Cozy 2/2 log cabin in Frio Pecan Farm. Managed rentals. Investment property. $175,000 Property 040: Beautiful rock home. Unique details. River Park. 1620 sq. ft. on 1.24 acs.

HUGE trees. Outdoor fp. $259,900 REDUCED Property 041: 25 acs. Hunting property w/well & electricity. Frontage on Hwy. 41. Great location. $95,000 NEWProperty 042: Best buy in Concan is 117Cedar Ridge Ln!! 2/2 1600 sq. ft. Beautiful deck & views. Very private. $185,000 Property 043: 10+ acs. AG EXEMPT! Great homesite. Small tank site, meter pole, RR337 & County Rd. frontage. $105,000 Property 044-046 : Canyon Oaks/Concan lots.

River access, elec./ water available. 1ac. to 9+ acs.!!! $42,500 to $85,000 Property 047: 1+/- ac. lot Mountain Valley in Concan. Close to golf course, House Pasture, Frio. Rentals OK!!! $89,000 NEWProperty 050: River access lot w/huge trees! All utilities. Frio River Place. Just steps from the Frio! Owner/Agent $86,000 Property 052: Huge 3/2 Triple wide on beautiful, shady 1.52 acs. Garage + sunroom.

Close to town. City water AND well. $99,000 Property 053: 7+ acs. Frio frontage w/large 4/2 DW plus nice barn. $299,000 Property 056: Lovely newer home on 4 ac. close to town. Views for MILES! Huge porches, custom cabinetry, workshop. $229,500 Property 060, 063: The Ranch Subdivision in Concan. Ag. Exempt residential lots 5-8 ACS.w/ Frio Access. $130-165K Property 061: Cute brick house in Leakey. 170 Pecan Drive. Close to everything. On 2 lots w/ guest house. $115,000 Property 064: Two 1+ ac. lots w/Hwy. 83 frontage. No Restrictions. Elec. & city water available. $37,500 each lot.

Property 065: 3/2 brick house on RR337. No Restrictions. Currently a successful nightly rental. CLOSE to river. $129,500 REDUCED Property 067: 89+ acs. Hwy. frontage, near Garner. Partial high fence. Addtl. acreage available. $429,000OWNER TERMS Property 068: 89+ acs. Adjacent to #67 above.

Gorgeous land w/great topography. $429,000 OWNER TERMS Property 069: 14.9 acs. Hwy. 2748 frontage in Uvalde Co. Just gorgeous. Great homesite.

Additional acreage avail. $115,000 OWNER TERMS Property 070: 18.74 acs. Real County. 2/3rds high fenced. Additional acreage available. $115,000 OWNER TERMS

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Real County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Dispatch Report March 3, - March 9, 2013

JAIL REGISTER March 3 - March 9, 2013 MARSHALL, BILLY JACK, 35 W/M, MONTGOMERY, TEXAS, A/O SHERIDAN, VOP - POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE $10000 PR BOND; MARTIN,AMBER LOUISE 22 W/F, LEAKEY, TEXAS, A/O GASS GRAND JURY INDICTMENT UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A MOTOR VEHICLE $20,000 SURETY BOND- SAME BOND- W/PRETRIAL RELEASE

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

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

NEW HOPE AA/NA GROUP CAMP WOOD MONDAYS @ 7:00 Nueces Canyon Church of Christ INFO: 830-279-1039 or 830-591-8895

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LEAKEY, TEXAS FRIDAYS @ 7:00 P.M. CHURCH IN THE VALLEY LITTLE BUILDING BEHIND CHURCH INFO: 830-232-6163 or 830-591-8895

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Board of Directors has called for its

Philip Rodriguez, LLC dba JR Construction has applied to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for a general permit to remove or disturb less than 1,000 cubic yards of sand and gravel from and within the bed of Bybee Creek & the East Prong of the Frio River in Frio Canon Subdivision in Real County. The purpose is to clean out rock and debris that has washed down from previous flooding. The location will be 7 miles upstream from Ranch Road 337. There is Roy Chisum Rd. Crossing upstream about 1 mile. Operations will begin no sooner than April 8, 2013. Written comments on this application may be made by mail to the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Executive Director, care of Mr. Tom Heger, 4200 School Road, Austin, Texas 78744, or by calling Mr. Heger at 512-389-4583, or by emailing tom.heger @tpwd.state.tx.us.

Annual meeting to be held March 28, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at 908 S. Evans, Bldg. B Uvalde, Texas.

The three slots to be filled are: A.) One Client Representative (Slot#4) B.) One Client Representative (Slot#9), (Real, Edward County) C.) One Representative of the Educational Field Client representatives on the Board must meet the following criteria: 1.) A registered patient who has been seen by a member of the medical/dental staff within the past two years.

2.) Must be 18 years of age or older.

The Client Representatives will be elected by those present at the meeting who are registered patients. The representatives of the Educational Field will be accepted by the Board of Directors.

For more information, Please contact: Community Health Development, Inc. 908 South Evans, Bldg. A Uvalde, TX 78801 (830) 278-5604 ext. 3100 Monica Gonzales, Chair or Rachel A. Gonzales-Hanson, CEO

Older Worker Opportunities Now Available The Experience Works Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) is currently accepting applications. Program applicants must be age 55 or older, unemployed, live in Kerr County, and have incomes of $13,964 per year or less for a family of one ($18,913 for family of two). There are currently several openings for qualified candidates.

“In this difficult economy, many older Texans are finding it necessary to find work,” says Nicolina Ortiz, local employment and training coordinator for Experience Works.

“Unfortunately, finding a job can be especially difficult for older workers who have not looked for employment for some time or for those who been unsuccessful in their job hunt.

Our program is a stepping stone for people desperate for work. We can provide immediate assistance and wages, for those who qualify for the SCSEP.” Experience Works SCSEP is available at no cost to people who meet eligibility criteria.

The program provides paid community service assignments at local public and non-profit organizations, training, referral to needed services, and job search assistance. With updated skills, participants use their community service training as a springboard to permanent jobs with local employers.

For more information call 1-800-842-4982 or email nicolina_ortiz@experienceworks.org. To find out more about experience works, visit www.experienceworks.org.

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GeoFORCE is a selective outreach program of the Jackson School of Geosciences, designed to encourage students from minority-serving high schools in rural South Texas and innercity Houston to take on the challenges of a rigorous math and science curriculum, to pursue higher education in these fields, and to enter the high-tech workforce.

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Jackson School of GeoSciences. They are Sophia

Rodriguez, Jake Gray, and Quinten Pigg. This is quite

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their grades in math and science and their interest in science. They will attend a 7 day, science related trip in the United States each summer until they graduate high school at no cost to them or their families. Other students from Leakey ISD that were past recipients and are looking forward to their 2013 summer trip are Sarah Reagor and Miranda Cave. Senior Keena Auld has completed all 4 of the summer academies.

The Olympic Experience ~ Part 9

By Robbi Munsinger

The students in room 1404 have been focusing their learning on letters L and M of Brad Herzog’s G is for Gold Medal An Olympics Alphabet.

Letter L highlighted an event that starts with a long run, then a launch, a leap, and a landing.

Can you guess the event?

If you said the vault, you’re correct. Two tiny American gymnasts, Mary Lou Retton and Kerri Strug, earned lasting fame with their vault performances.

Letter M stands for medal ~ gold for first, silver for second, and bronze for third place. What’s

interesting is that at the first modern Olympics, only silver medals were awarded for first and copper medals for second place.

This week’s Olympic Trivia question is “How many years are there between the Summer and Winter Games?” Here’s a quick review of the last trivia question, “What is used to light the Olympic flame?” Answer: the Olympic torch Remember, you too can go for the gold just by being the best that you can be.

Leakey Band Students Tis the Season for Golf!

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Eight Leakey band students recently participated in the Hondo Solo and Ensemble Contest on March 1, 2013. All eight earned 1st ratings for their performances. Students who performed solos included Sari Gonzalez, Joan Magill, Chelsea Pendley, Leyda Lopez, and Amy Rubio. Three ensembles that also earned 1st ratings were a saxophone duet with Chelsea Pendley and Tatum Dean, a low brass duet with Sari Gonzalez and Pedro Gonzalez, and a flute trio with Sadie Harwood (not pictured), Amy Rubio, and Joan Magill. Congratulations to these Leakey musicians!

4-Man Scramble/Shotgun Start Time: 1:00 p.m.

Fee: $80 per person Hosts: Parents of Leakey Golf Team Members For more information contact or to sign up, contact: Brad Hart (210)288-3449 AnaLisa Glass (830)591-8281 Martin Martinez (830)279-4124 Jerry W. Bates II - (830)278-0350 All proceeds will benefit the Leakey Golf Team

The belief that the end of February has passed, and March is upon us is almost unfathomable, but true, nonetheless. For some, this means planning a trip to see Mrs. Dora to fill your yard and garden with beautiful things, but for others at Leakey High School, it means golf is in full swing. It feels so good to be outdoors at the most beautiful course in Texas, the Club at Concan.

The Leakey Boys’ and Girls’Golf Club began practice on February 26th at the Club at Concan and the district tournament will take place on March 25th at Schreiner Golf Course in Kerrville.

Hayley Bates, Clair Glass, Jacy Gray, Olivia Martinez, and Hailey Hart make up the girls’ golf team and Sackett Hohman, Will Stewart, Isaiah Chavez, Garet Martin, Carson Arthur, and Taos Trees make up the boys’. With thoughts of last year, endless thanks goes out to all the wonderful parents and supporters who gave selflessly so these kids could have a golf team: Barbara Arthur for the use of her facilities at the Club at Concan, Doug Shearer, owner of Parkview/Riverside (and now also the Buckhorn) for his generous donation, Frio Canon for their generous donation, the Leakey ISD School Board, and everyone else for supporting our cause.

The Leakey Boys’ and Girls’ Golf are supported in full by a yearly golf tournament fundraiser, which is hosted by parents. It will take place this year on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the Club at Concan. It will be a 4-man scramble, shotgun start, and the entry fee per player will be $80. Tournament tee time will begin at 1: 00 p.m. We would appreciate all the participation our community and supporters can provide. If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be, please spread the word and contact Brad Hart (parent volunteer) at 210.288.3449, AnaLisa Glass (parent volunteer) at 830.591.8281, the Club at Concan at 830.232.4471, Martin Martinez (parent volunteer) at 830.279.4124, or Jerry Wayne Bates (parent volunteer) at 830.278.0350.

So, dust off your clubs, get your teams together, and have some fun on a beautiful course in one of the most beautiful places in Texas!

Leakey Band Booster Club Forming!

The Leakey ISD Band Booster Club will have an organizational meeting on Tuesday March 19th at 7 PM in the Band Hall. The purpose of the Band Boosters will be to support the musical activities of Leakey band students, and the club is open to any parents and community members who want to help. The agenda for the first meeting will include election of officers and planning for upcoming band events. For more information contact Rick Austin at 232-5595.

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Nueces Canyon Board of Education -

Regular Session Meeting - February 21st , 2013 Members of the Nueces Canyon C.I.S.D. Board of Education met in regular session on February 21st, 2013. Diana DelaRosa, Board President, presided at the meeting. The board meeting was called to order at 6:31 pm.

Rick Howard gave the invocation.

The Ag Mechanics teams demonstrated their trailer projects to the board. The students earned a blue ribbon for one and a red ribbon for the other at the San Angelo Ag Mechanics Show!

Congratulations to Mr. Kramer and the students involved!

Junior High and High School Principal Kristi Powers reported enrollment of 143. Mrs. Powers reported various happenings and testing on her campus. She mentioned that April Amine in CATE earned her certification in Microsoft office. Mrs. Powers is working on getting other certifications for the CATE classes.

Elementary Principal Luci Harmon reported elementary enrollment of 129.

Mrs. Harmon discussed the use of Benchmark testing to pinpoint students to receive additional tutoring. Also reported was that at campus collaboration meetings, Mrs. Bullard and Mrs. Rollison presented information gained during the recent TCEA technology conference. Upcoming events at the elementary campus are trips to the San Angelo Symphony and Fort Clark Days, Spring Book Fair, Family Math Night, and the display of student art at the Chamber of Commerce building.

Luci Harmon also presented the food services report for the month saying all is going well.

Athletic Director Greg Voyles

reported that basketball season is over and all teams did well.

He reported that we will have 5 girl powerlifting competitors at regional competition. Coach Voyles also commented that tennis and track seasons are under way.

Mr. Howard gave the maintenance, transportation, and tax collections reports. In the tax collection report, he said the district will be seeking bids from vendors in the coming weeks to determine if we want to change from our current provider of services. In maintenance, Mr. Howard commented on upcoming work on one of the elementary entrances.

The administrators also reported on staff attendance at the recent Texas Association of Computer Education in Austin. One particular note was on a hand-held device developed specifically for educational applications and Mr. Webb is eagerly waiting the delivery of a demo model to begin exploring its functionality for our needs.

In the consent agenda the board: • The board approved the minutes of the previous meeting. • The board voted to accept and pay bills as presented. • The board accepted the Budget/Finance report as presented.

Several action items were considered by the School Board: • The board voted to adopt a resolution expressing the board’s opposition to any legislative attempts to fund school vouchers. • The School Board Trustee elections were ordered for Saturday

Abbey Falcon TABC All Region

By Coach Brandy Sweeten

This week, Senior Abbey Falcon was named to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches (TABC) All Region Team.(courtesy of Navarro Photography)

May 11th and elections workers were approved to conduct the election. • The board voted to adopt local policy CKC – Safety Programs/Risk Management Emergency Plans.

The board went into Executive Session from 8:05 until 9:12.

Upon opening into Regular Session: • The board voted to extend the contracts of Kristi Powers, Luci Harmon, Louis Webb, and Greg Voyles.

The Meeting was adjourned at 9: 18 pm.

In attendance at the meeting were NC School Board members; Diana DelaRosa, Danny Irwin, Charles E. Hunger, Ignacio Sanchez, Denise Rogers, and Paul Frizzell. Nueces Canyon Superintendent of Schools, Rick Howard, as well as Junior High and High School Principal Kristi Powers, Elementary Principal Luci Harmon, and Athletic Director Greg Voyles attended the meeting. Also present were; Billye Smith, Juan Onate, Zeke Moncivais, Dakota Davila, Trevor Ward, Preston Watters, Ace Sanchez, and Richard Kramer. Board Member absent from the meeting was Noreda Sifuentes.

The next board meeting will be on Thursday, March 21, a change of day and date to avoid scheduling conflicts. The Nueces Canyon Board of Education usually meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30pm. Please call the District Business Office at 830-234-3514 or consult the school calendar at www.nccisd.net to verify meeting dates and times.

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On Sunday there will be a Brisket Plate sale in the small hall across from the Church with sales beginning at 10 am. Proceeds go to the needs of the Church.

Religious eduction classes are cancelled today due to Spring Break. They will resume next Wednesday.

A Lector meeting will be held Monday. March 18, following Mass.

it was an accident. After spring break, I plan to join forces with the school to see how this kind of situation can be eleminated, or at least less likely.

As of Sunday, I am left with fear about driving. I don’t want to cause harm to someone else and until I overcome this fear, my little car will get a rest. Many people have called, written, or visited me. This I appreciate. I do hope the other person involved received the same concern.

Living in a small community has its advantages as well as disadvantages. We grow close or apart as a result. This

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He told me that there were 167 workers in Sabinal alone, replacing and repairing the rails for Union Pacific Railroad. The project runs from D’Hanis to Uvalde. Most of their repair work will be over here in about a week or ten days.

Being a true “missionary” for the Lions Club, I invited him to the Wild Hog Days. He was aware of it and just might be there he said.

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The glass front is in place, the rebar is laid for the parking lot and Sabinal is one step closer to gaining their own store.

Looking forward to it!

Christian Concert Michael Card,instrumentalist

and singer will hold a scripture filled concert “Only His Wounds” at Coaker United Methodist Church in San Antonio on March 24 at 6 pm. Tickets range from $15 to $25. For more information contact Reverend Leighanne Brechin at 988-2535.

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Breakfast will follow in the annex.

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Because Easter is on a 5th Sunday, First Baptist has decided to move their Lord’s Supper and 5th Sunday dinner to March 24.

St. Patrick

The Way of the Cross is observed every Friday at 6 pm and Saturday at 6:30 pm during Lent. It is open to all.

Maria Banda has another raffle ticket sale going. There are many chances to win. All

week the topic was about me and an accident that happened at Sabinal Elementary School.

To confirm the situation, yes, a school employee backed into me as I was walking across the parking lot and caused me to have quite a tumble. However,

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Size does not matter because Delores promises that she will donate the correct size to the winner.

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Mayor Louis A. Landeros called the regular meeting of the Sabinal city council to order at 7:00 p.m. on march 11, 2013, with the following aldermen, staff and visitors present: Chuck Van Pelt, Mike Nuckles, Nancy Alvarado, Linda Musquiz, Alma Martinez, Jesus Reyes, Anita Herndon, Betty Jo Harris, Jesse Rios, Aaron Martinez, Ernest Carballada, Rose Alvarado, Luciano Castaneda, Santiago Contreras, Jr., Freddy Aviles, Nora Narvaiz, Monty Benson and Angelica Landeros. Eloisa Muniz was absent.

The invocation was led by Betty Jo Harris; and the pledge to the United States flag was led by Louis A. Landeros, Jr. On a motion by Van Pelt and second by Musquiz, all five voted to approve the accounts payable and interim bills as presented.

Ernest Carballada introduced himself and told about the company he represents. They do forensics, paternity testing, dog dna, blood drug and alcohol testing and other testing. He thinks dog dna testing would encourage pet owners to monitor their pets better. No third party handles any of the testing samples.

On a motion by Musquiz and second by Nuckles, all five voted to approve the minutes of the February 11 and 25, 2013 meetings.

Jesus Reyes gave the police report for February. Alma Martinez asked if the patrolmen had copies of the water regulations. He said they do have them.

Gabriel A. Martinez gave the public works report for February. He also reported on water pumpage total. He thinks we are pumping a little too much right now.

Betty Jo Harris gave the financial reports for February. All of the major categories-general operating, systems and gas-are in the black.

Bank accounts are stable at this time.

Mayor Landeros read the letter from Judge William Mitchell about an upcoming meeting to discuss water issues in Uvalde County. The meeting will be held march 21, 2013 at 6:00 p.M. There was a short discussion regarding the fact that two employees take a vehicle home at night. Gabriel Martinez stated that they do not take tools with the truck, nor do they drive the truck on personal business. If there is a call during the week, they (one or both) are to answer. There is no pay unless they actually go out. They have the city cell phone to answer calls. Nuckles stated that he thinks that is common sense. No action was taken.

Monty Benson brought the estimate for the door repairs needed at the E.M.S. Shed$242.00. On a motion by Nuckles and second by Van Pelt, all five voted to pay half of that estimate plus half of any additional parts needed, up to $200.00.

Alvarado moved and Nuckles seconded to table the question on the water regulationsstage II and stage III. All five voted for.

On a motion by Alvarado and second by Van Pelt, all five voted to approve the course for the 5k run to be held on Hog Festival Saturday. It is the same as in 2012.

On a motion by Nuckles and second

by Alvarado, all five voted to approve Ordinance 2013-05, to cancel the election in Wards I and III, as the incumbents running had no opposition. In Ward II, incumbent Chuck Van Pelt will run against Freddy Aviles.

After a lengthy discussion about the needs at the little league field, Alvarado moved to allow the little league $500.00, With all projects approved by Aaron Martinez.

Anything over that amount needed would have to come to the council. Voting for were Alvarado and Nuckles. Voting against were Van Pelt and Musquiz. Abstaining was Martinez. Mayor Landeros voted against.

Motion fails.

Martinez made a motion to allow $1,000.00, All projects approved by Aaron Martinez and Mayor Landeros. There was no second.

Motion died.

Musquiz moved to talk to little league persons to determine what they need and show it to Aaron Martinez. Then offer $2,500.00 And the mayor approve the shade, as well as Martinez. They would have to present invoices. There was no second, motion dies. There was no further action or motions.

The last item on the agenda concerned the sewer line at Nora Gomez taco stand. Mayor Landeros relayed the council’s decision from the last meeting. She was very agitated that the city it not going to continue maintaining her line on her property. She is not going to stand for it. Gomez has a lawyer. She requested a written decision from the council as well as a voice recording from that meeting, if available. Betty jo harris stated that Ms. Gomez will need to make an open records request for what is available. Van Pelt stated that the city has done everything possible to remedy her situation. He doesn’t recommend that the city throw good money after bad.

There was no action on item 13

Lights All Shinin’ on Texas Trucking Texas Eeconomy recently spoke with John Esparza, President and CEO of the Texas Motor Transportation Association about the important role our state’s trucking industry plays in keeping the Texas economy strong.

On the entrepreneurial roots of the Texas trucking industry …

Our association is made up of trucking companies and allied members. They may be a son or daughter who inherited a company that their parents may have started in the ‘30s

or ‘40s and they’ve grown into operation with more than 200 trucks today. Or may have started it themselves.

They’re real ‘bootstrap folks.’

They know the industry from experience. It’s like the UPS model, where many of the executives started by making deliveries themselves in the brown shorts.

This industry is full of selfstarting enterprises – moms and pops who built their success with their own blood, sweat and tears. They’re fierce

competitors with each other, but also some of the greatest of friends. They’re successful businesses and a big part of the communities in which they operate. They’re job creators.

Trucking is the industry that quite literally drives the state’s economy. We’re right in the middle of it.

Trucking accounts for one out of every 16 jobs in our state.

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Hyde Brothers Took Up Ranching Life

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By Irene Van Winkle

The Hyde genes are hearty indeed, and living to a ripe old age rift in the family.

— along with a fierce spirit of self-sufficiency and hard work — is Thee and Sally’s fourth child, Hiram Preston (1881-1946), was the norm. born above Hunt along the south fork of the Guadalupe River.

It wasn’t too long ago that Ellie Mae lived at home, along with her Hiram married Mattie Johnson, whose parents were Tom and son. Her “baby” sister, Millie Cobb, 93, still drives herself around Maggie, and they had 10 children between 1903 and 1928: Leonard town in Kerrville.

“Buddy,” Loy, Ellie Mae, Earl, Frances, Millie, Eloise, Irene, The history of the Texas family essentially stems from three Hyde Lucille and Margaret. Besides Ellie Mae and Millie, their two other brothers: Benjamin J. (Jr.), Theodore (“Thee”) Coglin and Marion. sisters, Lucille and Margaret, are still living.

They were all children of Benjamin J. and Milly Hyde, whose At least the first four of the children were born on the South Fork of names were found in the October, 1850 census living in the 9th the Guadalupe River above Hunt, Ellie Mae said.

Ward of Ouachita Parish, Louisiana.

Three of the “Divide Hyde” siblings married three Cobb siblings, At that time, Benjamin J. Hyde of Tennessee was listed as 36 years who had their roots in Junction, and were the children of Ollie and of age, along with Milly, born in Arkansas, who was 33. There Irene Griffin Cobb. Ellie Mae married Bryan Cobb, Millie married were other names listed in the household: Jasper and Newton (both Robert Cobb, and Earl married Lillie Cobb (the youngest sister). listed as 10 years old); two girls born in Arkansas: Frances J., 8, and Nada Cade Hyde, who has lived and worked for years in Ingram, Mercey, 5; and then two boys, both born in Louisiana: Benjamin, 2, married Earl’s son, Hiram Benjamin Hyde. (see Cade story, Sept. and Squire, 1.

14, 2006).

The next census record, in 1860, listed a Benjamin “Hide” in Millie said that the Cobb and Hyde siblings would go on picnics Texas’s Fayette Co. as a 13-year-old head of the household, with and outings together in a big group.

Theo C., aged 10, Francis (Marion?), aged 7, who was born in “We’d just go and have a lot of fun, and roast chickens. There was Texas; there was also a baby, Minnie, aged 6 months, and a Millie no hanky-panky, then,” she said.

Robertson, 43, from Arkansas.

On one of those outings, though, she said that she and Robert had Bennie said he didn’t know if this was the mother (whose age gone into a barn, and suddenly without a word, Robert pushed her would have been correct in that year), and whether she had gone to the ground. Although she was a bit shaken, she was relieved after back to using her maiden name, or had remarried. she realized that Robert had observed a large bird in the upper level, Benjamin J. (the elder) was missing from the 1860 census. The two which was about to make an unsavory deposit below. children found in the 1850 records (Mercey and Squire) were not The other siblings married into many other local families: Leonard named in the household now, and Bennie said he’d learned from wed “Fannie” Secrest, Frances Hyde married Roy Trimble (who visiting the area that there had been a bad flu epidemic there in the became well-known as a local musician), Irene married Freeman 1850s. This might have accounted for the missing family members Miears, Lucille wed Floyd Wachter, and Margaret married Jake in the 1860 records, but that is still just speculation.

White.

There is also speculation that possibly Milly had been a seamstress Ellie Mae said she was always attached to her sibling, Loy — “he and went to work in a large clothing factory that was set up in was my special brother.” She said he protected her, and they Fayetteville. remained close all their lives.

By 1870, in the Jackson County (Wharton) census, the family Growing up, the “Divide Hydes’s” neighbors were families like the group (now with the name spelled Hyde again) had more changes: Sprouls, Roy Kemp and Jim Priour. In school, she said her teachers Benjamin J. (Jr.) was 23, listed as a stock driver, Theo. C, was 19, were Elizabeth and L.C. Fawcett. She was friends with Rachel Marion was 17, and there was a youngster named Charley, age 3.

Lowrance, and her siblings, Grace and Jim. However, no mother was listed, but two other people were living in As the oldest girl, Ellie Mae said she had a lot of responsibilities, the household: T.J. Ward, age 27, a housekeeper from Arkansas, and starting at a young age. a girl, D.A. Ward, age 3, who was born in Texas. Their names never “I raised the younger ones,” she said. “When I was five or six, I appeared again with the Hyde family. changed diapers, cleaned house, fed the chickens and boiled the The Hyde brothers took up the cowboy and ranching life, although beans on the stove. I remember handing the nails to my Daddy Benjamin, Jr. also worked on a surveying team in Wharton County. when he was shoeing horses, too.”

They arrived in Kerr County from DeWitt County around 1879, Hiram freighted with mule-teams between Sonora and Kerrville, after Benjamin J. Jr. had passed through here earlier on a cattle and even to San Antonio after the railroad took over. He drove food drive. stuffs and other supplies, even for Tom Moore’s grocery store in Thee bought land first, which is now part of the Heart of the Hills Old Ingram.

Camp outside Hunt.

“He hauled cattle to the Once settled down, Thee (1851stockyard from the ranches 1933) married Sarah “Sally” around Mountain Home Elmira Emmons around 1902. “She and from Rocksprings,” she was a little feisty woman,” Millie said. said.

Ellie Mae remembered They had seven children: Anna, riding a horse to the Theodore Marion (Mack), Susie, Lowrance school (possibly Hiram Preston, Guy, Arthur (Bud) later called the Reservation and Walter.

School), astride a mare Mack was the Y.O. Ranch foreman named “Gussie.” She for many years, after it had remembered going during changed hands from Young-Owens the winter, which was a to Charles Armand Schreiner, for daunting accomplishment. whom he had worked at the Black “We had to ride four and a Bull Ranch. Mack married Carrie half miles each way. One Graham, and all of their children day, we came to school, and were born at the Y.O. Ranch. boy, was it cold. My brother Mac’s son, Clarence Charles — I think it was Earl — (1902-1983), married Sylvia passed out after getting in McKay, and was also the ranch front of the fire the teacher manager there while Walter built.” and Mildred Schreiner ran it.

She said her favorite Clarence’s son Jack (Charles subject was arithmetic and Derwood), worked there too, but geography.

Hiram and Mattie Johnson Hyde, second row, center and far right, pause in 1926 once Charlie Schreiner III took She only attended through for a group photo at their ranch on the Divide, with the first automobile they owned. over, the Hydes left the ranch the 9th grade, she said, Shown in front, from left, are their children Millie, Frances and Ellie. In second row, behind and moved on to other because it was too far to to left of his parents, is Loy. At rear are Irene, Lucille and Eloise. Not pictured is the trades. travel to Kerrville for high youngest child, Margaret, who was born two years later. Hiram’s father, Theodore, arrived in Kerr County in 1879 Theodore Coglin’s brother, school.

Benjamin, married Martha Viola Ellie Mae recalled the 1930s, Wallis, but there are several including the flood of 1932, disputes as to whether or not some members of the family had but it didn’t affect their branch of the family much. changed the spelling of their name to/from Wallace. Bennie said “I remember it distinctly,” Ellie Mae said. “We were never in any he’d checked in several locations and found two versions of the danger, though, because we lived on high ground then.” name, but all he could confirm was that some of them had come She said their neighbors, the Talberts, had a store nearby. The from North Carolina. Benjamin, Jr., who died in 1915, was later Hydes lived on several acres of the Talberts’ land. Dad built a house buried at the Wallis Ranch in DeWitt County. out of the school building that the Whitworths owned, because He was secretary of the Goat Ranchers Alliance in the late 1880s, they gave us the lumber. My brothers and husband tore it down and and Bennie said the monthly dues were a nickel. The ledger shows put it on the truck. All we had to buy was the nails, windows and the group’s minutes and transactions, carefully written in a florid doors.” hand. Benjamin and Martha had a son named John Benjamin, born Ellie Mae said that she was baptized in Johnson Creek when she in 1874 in De Witt County, who married Mary Philbina Belder was 27 years old, and Millie took her baptism in the Guadalupe (daughter of Cornelia and Peter Belder).

River. Theodore Hyde was 81 years old when he died John and Mary’s fourth child, Benjamin Julius, was born in 1913 in In 1946, Hiram died quite suddenly at the age of 64. An obituary Kerr County. He married Viola P. Lyons, and their son was Bennie. stated that people were shocked at hearing of his death at his ranch John Benjamin had siblings named Emma, Lue Ethel, Martha Ann, on the Divide where he had lived for 30 years, and his death was Minter Marion, Willie E., Thomas Carlyle, Lee Washington, and attributed to heart failure.

Lena May Viola. Bennie said he knew that his grandfather had built He was buried at Sunset Cemetery, where most of the “Divide” two dams for Dr. Secor. Bennie’s father also freighted, and later Hydes were interred. The “Goat Creek Hydes” mostly ended up at started his own trucking line.

Nichols Cemetery.

“During WWII, Dad used to show Captain Sid Peterson’s Millie said she’d had a kind of premonition just before his death Palominos. He was the third one in Kerr County — besides Basse that something was wrong. and Ayala — to get an ICC (interstate commerce) license.”

Mattie, who belonged to the Mountain Home Methodist Church, Bennie said that he had found out that Peter Belder (who died in lived to 81 years of age. Millie said she became a Methodist, too.

1906) was buried at Glen Rest, whom he had always assumed was Mattie left behind 25 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. a Confederate veteran. He had heard that his grandmother, Cornelia Ellie Mae said that she and Bryan had four children who grew Belder, had tried to get a pension, and needed three signatures to to adulthood: William Howard, Wayne Preston, who lives in verify her identity in lieu of a marriage license. Eventually she got Gatesville (“he walked when he was just 9 months old — I couldn’t them: one from a relative, as well as J. L. Pampell and Tom Moore. believe it!”), Bobbie Louise who passed away five years ago, and As it turned out, Clarabelle Snodgrass and some of the other Ola Marie, nicknamed “Bub” by her oldest brother, who lives near members of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, had been at New Braunfels. the cemetery for a commemoration. When they took a closer look at Ellie Mae worked in several cafes, including the Chatterbox. One the tombstone, it turned out to have a Union insignia. He had served of her co-workers, Wanda Woods, attended Ellie’s 100th birthday in Company H of the 1st US Artillery. party, along with many friends from the First Baptist Church in Ellie Mae’s grandfather, Theodore, married Sally Emmons — and Center Point. this clan was commonly called “the Divide Hydes.”

Millie and Robert had one child, Jacqueline Polk, who now lives The branch from Benjamin J., Jr.’s family, who is Bennie Hyde’s near Ingram. grandfather, were known as “the Goat Creek Hydes.”

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

O B I T U A R I E S Bernice Cottle

Frances Patricia Young - Ball

(November 26, 1924 - March 9, 2013)

(July 28, 1926 - March 2, 2013)

Frances Patricia (Smola) Young Ball also known to many as “Fran” or “Grandmother”, age 86 of Rocksprings, Texas went to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 2, 2013, at Methodist Stone Oak Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. Frances Patricia Smola was born July 28, 1926 in Belchertown, Massachusetts to Peter and Catherine Smola. Fran was the 12th of 13 children. She was born on the family farm and attended the high school in Belchertown where she was valedictorian of the 1944 graduating class. One of Fran’s older sisters settled in San Antonio so Fran came down for a visit. She liked Texas so much, she just decided to stay! While staying with her San Antonio family, Fran went to work as a beauty operator and eventually took a job as a magazine saleswoman and traveled all over the US. She moved back to Massachusetts in the early 50’s and became an attending nurse at the Belchertown State School. She took classes and received her LVN and was promoted to supervisor. Fran said that she loved working with all of the patients! She often traveled back to Texas to visit. On one such trip a friend invited her to Rocksprings where she met a man named Gus Young. Fran said that she always wanted to be a “cowboy’s sweetheart” and when Gus proposed marriage she said yes. She had no trouble becoming a Texas rancher’s wife and happily learned to ride and help Gus with the livestock. Their daughter, Lisa Kay was born in 1961. Gus and Fran lost a son, Harry Clay Young in 1963.

Gus passed away in May of 1964. Fran had to transition from homemaker to rancher. She and Lisa relied on the help of some kind men to tend to the livestock and teach her everything she needed to know about being a rancher herself.

Fran decided to add on to their house out at the ranch and hired a widowed, painter named Joe Ball. Joe and Fran fell in love and were married in 1967. Joe moved out to the ranch with his two daughters, Pam and Lonna, and they became a

family of five. Over the years, Fran has held a big place in the town. Ever a polka girl, Fran and Evelyn Tomlinson played their accordions at many civic functions; including playing for the Texas Governor in 1982. Joe and Fran dedicated the Rocksprings Country Club in July of 1977 and it continues to be a great source of family recreation in Edwards County. Joe passed away in Oct. of 1996. Fran was a faithful member of the Rocksprings Church of Christ for more than 40 years. She loved to spread the love of the Lord to other people. Anyone who met her knew her as “grandmother” and was invited into her family. Fran was the pillar of her family; a family who has always been close. A model woman to the core, she has shown perseverance, strength, and most of all love. Fran was the kind of woman that the rest of us strive to be. She is survived by her daughter, Lisa Kay Young Lair and husband Matt of San Antonio, Tx; step-daughters, Pamela Ball Keyser and husband David of San Antonio, Tx; Lonna Ball Trahan and husband Billy of Rocksprings, Tx; grandchildren, Matt Fry and wife Bridget of Rocksprings, Tx; Tricia Fry Herschap and husband Dustin of Fort Stockton, Tx; Lauren Lair Jones and husband Jared of San Antonio, Tx; Luke Fry of Alpine, Tx; D.J. Keyser of San Antonio, Tx; and Lincoln Lair of San Antonio, Tx; great grandchildren, Payne and Piers-Louise Fry and Henli Herschap. She is also survived by siblings Rudy Smola of Florida, Sophie Smola McDermott and Victor Smola of Massachusetts, and Amelia (Minnie) Smola Miller of California.

Pallbearers include grandsons, Matt Fry, Luke Fry, D.J. Keyser and Lincoln Lair; grandson-in-laws, Dustin Herschap and Jared Jones; longtime friends, Juan Martinez and Blake Caesar. Funeral services were held at 11:00 am Tuesday, March 5, 2013, at the Church Of Christ in Rocksprings, Texas, with family member Matt Lair officiating. Assisting him was Pastor Dwight Faulk. Interment followed in the Rocksprings Cemetery. In lieu of flowers the family suggests that donations in her name be made to the Edwards County Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 67, Rocksprings, TX. 78880; or the Edwards County EMS, P.O. Box 185, Rocksprings, TX. 78880 or the Living Water International at http://water.cc/ Arrangements are under the personal care of Nelson Funeral Home of Rocksprings, Texas.

GOD IS IN THE WHISPER...

I have healthy, loving children, and lots of them. I am blessed in all I do... and I am thankful to God for everything. I am hard headed, short sighted sometimes and very impatient, so God deals with me in an individual sort of way… like, “Alright Elaine, if that is what you really want to do-go right ahead.” Then when I fall on my backside and begin to cry and whine, He shows me that path He tried to persuade me to take in the beginning and it looks really good to me at that point… Funny how that works! He has picked me up, right after He allowed me to fall! It is how I learn and grow…it is my inspiration...my whisper.

Inspiration is something most of us feel all the time but give very little attention to. Your idea to change the living room furnishings around to make more room for the kids to play…that is an inspiration but where did it come from? Your subconscious mind?

Necessity? God? Did it make your life better? When you were done did you feel a certain sense of satisfaction?

I was pondering these ideas as I sought to help a friend find some sense in a senseless situation. I began to wonder where my words of comfort were coming from because I really had no thought of this particular situation before the conversation… almost like the words were pulled from a cave in the back of my being. I thought about how we learn and change on a daily basis if we are living on the right path… and I became thankful to my Father for inspiration...the whisper. The ability to speak to others and offer words that heal or lead to the comfort of the Lord.

Do you have that inner voice? When it comes to people experiencing God in the Bible, we think of Jesus’ miracles, the parting of the Red Sea, there was the occaison however, when the prophet Elijah was waiting for God: “Then a great and powerful wind tore the mountains apart and shattered the rocks before the LORD, but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake came a fire, but the LORD was not in the fire. And after the fire came a gentle whisper.

When Elijah heard it, he pulled his cloak over his face and went out and stood at the mouth of the cave.” (1 Kings 19:11-13,NIV)Elijah hid his face because he instinctively knew that the Lord was in the

Bernice Cottle, age 88 of Rocksprings, Texas went to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 9, 2013, at Edgewater Care Center in Kerrville, Texas. She was born on November 26, 1924, in Vanderpool, Texas to Walter and Patricia (Riley) Slivers. Bernice Silvers married Carol Cottle on September 27, 1941, in New Braunfels, Texas. Bernice is survived by her sons, Rodney and wife Carol Gene Cottle of Carrizo Springs, TX, Bobby and wife Cheryl Cottle of Rocksprings, TX, Stan and wife Corrinne Cottle of Rocksprings, TX; sister, Marie Vogt of Taylor, TX; grandchildren, Kathryn Letsinger, Jim Roy Cottle and wife Jessika, Kyra Cottle, Kelcey Cottle, Cade Cottle, Roy Cottle and wife Jordan, Lisa Cottle, Colby Cottle, and Kayla Cottle. She is also survived by her great-grandchildren, Miranda and Ayland Letsinger, Whyatt Marino, Clay, Courtney, K’leigh and Luke Cottle, Coy and Casen Cottle; numerous nieces, nephews and many friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Carol Cottle on November 27, 2005; and parents, Walter and Patricia Slivers. Pallbearers include Jim Cottle, Cade Cottle, Roy Cottle, Colby Cottle, Jose Fregoso and Marty Pape.

Funeral services were held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 12, 2013, at the Presbyterian Church in Rocksprings. Interment followed in the Rocksprings Cemetery. Arrangements are under the personal care of Nelson Funeral Home of Rocksprings, Texas.

By Elaine Padgett Carnegie

gentle whisper.

I was thinking as I was falling asleep that night...prayers unsaid...I was very tired and full of the day. What fills my head? I don’t think God will break in on cell phone conversations or whatever is playing on the iPod. I think the whisper was softly telling me that I needed to quiet the noise in my head and spend some quiet time so I could hear the whisper...”The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of the Holy One is understanding.”

(Proverbs 9:10,NIV)Fear, in this sense, is not fright but respect.

To hear God, you must give him the respect he deserves. God is not a genie, a butler, or the customer service department. Treating him like those things must insult him. We don’t need to take a vow of silence to hear from God. We do, however, owe him a quiet, receptive mind. If you are serious about experiencing God, give him opportunities to speak to you. Taking a walk, meditating, or prayer are simple ways to provide quiet time for the whisper of God. He sees you as an individual, unique in His creation; therefore, He will relate to you in a way best suited to you, just like He does to me.

There are other ways of experiencing God—through people and through circumstances. God uses people as His instruments, throughout your life, God will move others to help you, encourage you, and draw you closer to Him. We all experience events that have no logical explanation. We manage to avoid a traffic accident at the last second. We get a job we desperately needed against incredible odds. We get healed of an illness after our family and friends prayed for us. On the other hand, often we don’t get what we pray for. Only after years of maturity are we able to look back and see that our desire may have destroyed us. God was working in our life by denying our request but we were too narrow-minded to see it at the time.

I am just thankful for that gentle, quiet whisper that comforts me, encourages me, and guides me in my darkness and in my light. If I had one wish that I knew would be granted it would be that every living person could hear the whisper...feel the comfort and know the true love of the Lord.

Juan Jesus Rodriguez Jr.

(September 3, 1955 - March 10, 2013)

Juan Jesus Rodriguez Jr. of Sabinal passed away at the Methodist Hospital in San Antonio on March 10, 2013 at the age of 57. He was born on September 3, 1955 in Saginaw, Michigan to Juan Jesus and Monica (Musquiz) Rodriguez. He is survived by his sisters, Rosario Hernandez, Delia Flores and Janie Contreras; brothers, Ruben Rodriguez, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Mario Rodriguez, David Rodriguez and Enrique Rodriguez all of Sabinal, Raymond Rodriguez of Austin, and Fernando Rodriguez of San Antonio; special friend, Juanita Gutierrez and numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents and brother in law, Jesus Flores. A rosary will be held on Tuesday, March 12, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. at the Rushing-EstesKnowles Chapel in Sabinal. Funeral services will be held on Wednesday, March 13, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Sabinal. Burial will follow at St. Patrick’s Catholic Cemetery.

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The Andersons Attend Reception to View William B. Travis Letter at the Alamo Kay and Bailey Anderson attended a private reception on March 3, 2013, at Alamo Hall for members of the Descendants of Stephen F. Austin’s Old 300 and the Daughters of the Republic of Texas. This event was hosted by Karen Thompson, DRT President General, and the Herzer family, with arrangement made by John Herzer, Old 300 Historian. Mrs. Thompson greeted everyone and Kay Anderson, Old 300 Chaplain General, said the opening prayer and blessing. Guests were treated to a catered dinner and enjoyed entertainment by K. J. Wood, singer, songwriter and historian.

Everyone attending the reception also viewed the original letter written by William B. Travis that was displayed in the Alamo. This was the first time the letter has been

returned to the Alamo since it was penned 177 years ago by Travis on February 24, 1836. Travis was the Commander of the Texian rebels in the Alamo and this letter was a plea for help as they were surrounded by enemy forces under Mexican dictator Santa Anna.

The letter was addressed to “The People of Texas and All Americans in the world” and signed “Victory or Death”. Responding to the letter, 32 men arrived from Gonzales on March 1, 1836, but because of the great distance and terrain most volunteers were prevented from arriving before the Alamo fell on March 6.

The Andersons enjoyed visiting with everyone attending the reception. The highlight of the evening was viewing the special displays in the Alamo and viewing the Travis Letter. Kay is also a member and officer of the DRT Caddel-Smith Chapter.

LEAKEY WELCOMES DRIPS & DOODLES WITH WARM SMILES

by Julie Becker

Last Friday afternoon a large group gathered to welcome Leakey’s newest business owners, Kimi and Natalie. The girls have a unique flare and a wonderful sense of style and it shows in their shop. Guests were treated to appetizers and wine and nothing but smiles to go around. We wish them only success in their newest shop.

The Huajilla Unit of TRTA will hold its next business meeting on March 25, 2013, at Neal’s Cafe in Concan beginning at 10 AM. Mary Jones will offer the program and lunch will be served

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Turbo Twosday! $2.00 Menu French Fries Onion Rings Fried Mushrooms Bottlecaps Cheese Burger Mixed Drinks

Call for Photographs

Camp Wood families, bring us your photos!Photos, paintings and/or artifacts which will be copied and included in the Nueces Canyon’s first History Festival, 2013. Take your photographs and/or artifacts to the Camp Wood Library on either Tuesdays 1:00-5:00 or Fridays 10:00-2:00 from March to May. For contact information or questions call Vangie Buenrostro at 278-3183.

Llamada por Photograficas

Familas de Camp Wood, tragan sus photos, pinturas y/o artefactos para aser copias para inclusion en el premer Canon Nueces Festival Historico 2013.

Lleven sus photos,pintureas y/o artefactos a la Biblioteca de Camp Wood los Martes de la 1:00-5:00 pm o Viernes de las 10:00 am-2:00 pm de Marzo a Mayo 2013. Para mas informacio o pregutas llamen a Vangie Buenrostro a 278-3183.

The annual Plant and Bake Sale will be held on Friday, April 5th in front of the firehouse on Hwy 187 in Utopia.

Sponsored by the Utopia Art and Craft Guild and the Utopia Garden Club, the event begins at 8:30 and will last until noon unless sold out sooner.

Plants, planters, bird houses, bird feeders and other homemade garden decor will be for sale in addition to cakes, breads, pies, cookies and other yummy treats. All proceeds go towards beautification of Utopia.

Camp Wood Jailhouse Dedication After the dedication, everyone is invited to take a small tour of some of the historical markers around the community by first going to Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz, then across Hwy 55 to the markers of Commander Wood and the Civil War encampment site, then to Lindbergh Park and lastly to the Museum on East Fourth Street in the old movie Theater for refreshments and tour of the museum. But before you begin your exciting morning, we have another activity…..

We invite anyone who would like to help celebrate this event to Pull out that favorite pie recipe, preheat those ovens and tap into to the larceny lurking in the back of your mind for a Jail Break Pie Contest, sponsored by the Real County Centennial Committee and the Nueces Canyon Chamber of Commerce. As part of the Jail dedication, we need your

participation in this fun Pie Contest knowing our western history of jailhouses and jail breaks….rest assured today the jail has been readied for the unveiling ceremony beginning at 10:30 am.

After the unveiling of the marker and tour of other historical markers entourages will meet back at the Chamber building and Museum for light refreshments and the dubbing of the winner of the pie contest.

If you are participating in the Jail Break Pie Contest here are a few guidelines you might want to pay attention to before the contest: Drop your pies off at 10:00 am at the Chamber/Museum building on FM 337 across from the Get-N-Go. Remember to include the implement you would bake into a pie to break your buddy out of jail in a towel or hot pad

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This competition is being hosted as a fun way to help celebrate our county’s rich and colorful history, so please come join us!

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Wednesday, March 13, 2013

GRANNY’S KITCHEN

Back to Basics....Spring Foods We Crave!

by Elaine Padgett Carnegie

It was a remarkably mild winter for most of the country. Although the transition was easier this year, the new spring season still brought fresh cravings. Warmer days, an extra hour of sunshine, and vegetation springing back to life all revive the senses and make us think of picnics to barbecues to pool parties, we just enjoy different foods in the spring.

Seafood - Perhaps it is because spring weather is perfect for fishing. Or maybe it is because spring break trips often involve a trip to the beach, where the salt air triggers cravings for ocean fare. Whatever the reason, in a popular facebook poll, seafood was listed as a most craved food for spring...

Chili Fish Cakes

1 lb cod fillets, skinned (almost any kind of fish or seafood can be used here)2 tbsp fish sauce 2 red chillies, seeded and very finely chopped 2 cloves garlic crushed 10 lime leaves, very finely chopped 2 tbsp cilantro, chopped 1 large egg 1/4 cup all-purpose flour 3 1/2 oz green beans, very finely sliced peanut oil, for frying chili dip, to serve Roughly cut the cod fillets into bite-sized pieces Place the cod, fish sauce, chilies, garlic, lime leaves, cilantro, egg, and flour Process until finely chopped and transfer to a large mixing bowl Combine the green beans into the cod mixture Divide the mixture into small balls and flatten between your hands to form the cakes Heat a little oil in a preheated wok and fry the cakes on both sides until brown and crispy Arrange on a plate and serve hot with a chili dip Next was party foods...

To make the basket: • Set the watermelon on the side that is most flat so that it will no tip easily.

• Using the marker draw a line around the middle of the melon.

• Draw the handle, going from the middle of one side of the line to the other side making sure it is wide enough that it will not break when you pick up the basket.

• Cut along the lines carefully making sure not to cut through the handle, and making sure that you cut so that the lines will not be visible after you are done.

• Remove the watermelon from the inside of the basket using a melon baller or an ice cream scoop and set aside for your salad.

Surprisingly, or not, fresh vegetables were one of the most craved foods for springs. Moms everywhere should be proud! Much like the craving for fresh fruits, our bodies know that fresh vegetables our available. Better than canned or frozen, fresh vegetables give our bodies the nutrients we need for increased activity levels in the spring.

Best Nachos Ever

Prosciutto Wrapped Asparagus

Tortilla chips • 1/2 cup sliced tomatoes • About 10 sliced black olives • 1 1/2 green onion • 1 jalepeno • 1/2 cup fresh grilled corn • 1/4 bunch of roughly chopped cilantro • 1/3 cup Nacho cheese sauce • 3 tbsp salsa • 3 tbsp sour cream • 1 tsp cumin These nachos are so delicious and perfect for a party!

Preheat the oven to 375F degrees.

In a medium size casserole dish, spread an even layer of chips lining the bottom of the dish.

Drizzle nacho cheese sauce evenly over the chips.

Then, sprinkle some of the tomatoes, olives, sliced onions, corn, jalepenos, and cilantro over the chips.

Then add another layer of chips.

Pour the rest of the cheese sauce over these chips.

Then sprinkle the rest of the tomatoes, olives, sliced onions, corn, jalepenos, cilantro, and the tsp of ground cumin over the chips as well.

Bake in the oven for about 10 minutes or until cheese sauce is hot.

Top with salsa and sour cream.

Third is fresh fruit. With the flowers blooming and the trees and grass regaining their green, our bodies know that fresh fruit is also readily available in the spring. Colorful and bursting with flavor, fresh fruit makes great snacks, side dishes, and even special treats.

Watermelon Fruit Basket

Ingredients • 1 medium-large watermelon • 1 apple cubed • 1 pear cubed • 2 cups washed and sliced strawberries • 1 cup pineapple • 2 cups washed grapes • 1 non-toxic marker • 1 sharp knife melon baller or ice cream scoop Directions

Ingredients • Asparagus - 20 spears • Prosciutto - 20 thin slices Directions Blanch asparagus in boiling water for a few minutes.

Drain and let cool.

Wrap a prosciutto slice around each spear in the middle.

Place in fridge until ready to serve.

And last but far, far rom least: A Southern girls true love...

Boiled crawfish!

For every 5 lb live crawfish use: 1 large onion, peeled and cut into quarters 1 lb. red or new potatoes, cut into quarters 1 packet (3 oz.) Crawfish, Shrimp & Crab Boil Seasoning Mix 1 lemon, sliced in half 1 pkg. (4 count) H-E-B Intensely Sweet Corn On Cob, each cut into 3 pieces 1 lb. H-E-B Cajun Style Sausage, cut into 1/2-inch slices At least 1 hour prior to cooking, place crawfish in an ice chest and fill with fresh water. Add 2 tablespoons salt, stir the crawfish around, let sit for 15 minutes, then drain and repeat. After second time draining refill with water and no salt and let sit for 10-15 minutes. Remove any dead crawfish, then drain and aside.

Sauté onion for 4-5 minutes or until tender and slightly golden.

Fill an 8-quart pot with 4 quarts water. Add seasoning mix, lemon, onion and potatoes. Bring mixture to a boil over high heat and cook for 15 minutes.

Add corn and sausage to boiling mixture and cook for 3 minutes, then add crawfish to pot and cook for 5 more minutes. Turn off heat and let crawfish sit—the longer they sit the better they get!

Remove pot from heat and drain water. Season to taste with salt and pepper and serve on a platter.

HAPPY SPRING 2013 EVERYONE!!

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Spring “to-do” list: Spring Garden Maintenance Every season brings a different set of chores in the garden. Spring is an exciting time for gardeners as preparations are made for the bounty and beauty of the garden as it awakes from winter hibernation.

It can also, however, be a bit overwhelming to know how to prioritize your gardening time at this time of year. Here is a helpful list of chores that should be tended to in the spring.

Pruning For early blooming shrubs such as forsythia and viburnum, prune them as soon as blooms have passed. Early spring is also an ideal time to prune your roses.

Deadheading Remove spent flowers from bulbs, but leave the rest of the plant as is for the time being.

Weeding Pull weeds from your beds and borders before they have a chance to take hold and spread.

Composting Tend to your compost if it has been neglected over the winter. If you do not have a compost bin, spring is a great time to start one.

Tools Spring is a good time to prepare your tools for the oncoming gardening season and to make any necessary repairs or new purchases.

You will be happy you have done so

when summer sets in.

Plant Spring is a great time to add new plants to your garden. Be sure, however, that all threat of frost has past. Plant such things trees, shrubs, hardy annuals, and summer blooming bulbs.

Fertilize & Mulch Fertilize and mulch beds and borders.

Spring is also a good time to fertilize fruit trees.

If you applied heavy winter mulch for protection from the cold, you will need to clear it away.

Staking Stake plants that may be prone to wind damage during the unpredictable spring weather.

Lawn Care Spring is the best time to start a new lawn from seed. For established lawns, you should start mowing in the spring, but don’t initially cut the grass very short for the first few times.

Of course, whether you start these chores in early, mid, or late spring depends on the climate where you live, taking in to account such factors as when the threat of frost has past or when the ground is thawed enough to dig. I hope these tips will give you a good idea as to where to focus your attention in your garden this spring. Enjoy!

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Hill Country Herald Page 11

Real County Public Library Announces

Books Go to the Movies

FSA Supports National Ag Day (Uvalde, Texas)— The Texas Farm Service Agency (FSA) suggests that we all take a moment in these turbulent fiscal times to celebrate agriculture and honor our hardworking farmers and ranchers in Texas.

Nancy Condit, Uvalde, Kinney, Maverick, and Real Counties Executive Director announces that March 19 is National Ag Day and this year’s theme is “Generations Nourishing Generations”.

“According to recent USDA studies, the agricultural sector right now remains a bright spot in terms of economic stability and growth and there is a strong demand for U.S. agricultural products,” said Condit.

“Generation after generation of agricultural producers in Texas are getting up early every day to provide the food, fiber and fuel that feed and clothe Americans and others

around the world.”

Condit further notes, “As research advances, the future may be even brighter.

New uses for ag products are being found to utilize natural ingredients for lifesaving medicines and supply the critical commodities required in a long list of manufacturing sectors.”

Despite the onslaught of natural disasters weathered by farmers and ranchers this past year that created less than ideal growing conditions, producers still managed to grow the commodities that keep our economy moving forward. And they maintain our abundant supply of renewable resources in an environmentally sensitive manner.

“For their life sustaining efforts, we honor Texas’ agricultural producers for their vital contributions,” said Condit.

The Help Major commodities produced in Uvalde, Kinney, Maverick, and Real Counties include corn, sorghum, cotton, vegetables, and livstock. Texas agricultural production contributed more than $7.5 billion in export revenues during 2011.

Today each American farmer produces enough food to feed more than 144 people, a dramatic increase from the 25 people a farmer sustained in 1960. These increased efficiencies demonstrate that American Agriculture is producing more– and doing it better than ever before.

Ad Day is a project of he Agriculture Council of America. For further Ag Day information and events visit www.agday.org.

by Kathryn Stockett Ø Copies of the book are now available at the Library. Ø Ø Movie showing - Tuesday, April 2: 10:00 a.m. Ø Book/movie discussion immediately following the movie.

All events are FREE & take place at the Library.

Call 232-5199 for more information.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Turns 50 This Year

Agency Calls for Texans To Share Stories, Photos, Become Ambassadors for the Future AUSTIN – In the late summer of 1963, the most popular show on television was “The Beverly Hillbillies,” a gallon of gas cost 29 cents, the University of Texas Longhorns were headed toward their first national football championship, “My Boyfriend’s Back” was the top hit on AM radio and Texas had a new state agency called the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Earlier that year, Texas lawmakers had begun consideration of House Bill 21, introduced

by Weatherford State Rep. James M. Cotton, an attorney descended from a Parker County pioneer. The measure, called for by Gov. John B. Connally as part of his campaign to modernize state government, would merge the Game and Fish Commission with the State Parks Board to create a new agency dedicated to conservation, parks and outdoor recreation. The final bill passed in the Senate in early April and Connally later signed it into law with an effective date of Aug. 23.

This year, TPWD will mark its 50th anniversary using technology not even imagined in 1963. The department has set up a 50th anniversary web page at www.lifesbet teroutside.org where people can share stories and photos about their memorable moments in the Texas outdoors, and thereby inspire others to enjoy nature.

While online, the agency hopes people will sign up to become a Texas Parks and Wildlife ambassador and pledge to do things like visit state parks, take a kid hunting or fishing, and watch and share a video showcasing what’s

made life better outside in Texas.

“With all the bounty and beauty of our natural places, our parks, our wildlife, and with everything that’s at stake in our state today, we are excited about our 50th birthday,” said TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith, “but we don’t want it to be all about us, and we want to look to the future as we celebrate our past.”

While acknowledging the many contributions of former and current TPWD employees, Smith says the agency wants the half-century celebration to focus on the people who support the department, and to inspire a new generation of supporters.

“We’re a successful organization in large part because of those who support us,” Smith said, “and we can’t fulfill our mission without help. If you love wildlife and parks, step up to be a TPWD ambassador and join us in shaping the Texas outdoors we want to see in the next 50 years.”

AgriLife Extension offering multi-county predator awareness workshop March 26 near Hunt By: Paul Schattenberg HUNT — Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service offices in Kerr, Edwards and Real counties are partnering to present a predator awareness workshop from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. March 26 at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area, 2625 Farm-to-Market 1340, 12 miles northwest of Hunt.

Registration for the “Feral Hog and Predator Management Workshop” begins at 8:30 a.m.

Feral hogs will be one of the topics addressed at the predator awareness workshop on held March 26 at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area near Hunt Texas. (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension

Service photo) “The day’s program will include retired trapper Charlie Baird,” said program coordinator Roy Walston, AgriLife Extension agent for agriculture and natural resources, Kerr County.

“Charlie is a wealth of knowledge and will share his years of experience in trapping and interpret the ‘vocabulary’ of the coyote and mountain lion.”

Walston said another workshop presenter, Cameron Martin, will discuss the economics of hog trapping and some of the current

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feral hog research being conducted at the management area.

“Remote trapping systems and hog-proof fencing and construction will be some items discussed,” he said.

Preregistration workshop fee is $25 and $30 for at-the-door registration. The cost includes lunch, refreshments and all educational materials.

Attendees should preregister by March 22 by contacting the AgriLife Extension office in Kerr County at 830-257-6568, Edwards County at 830-683-4310 or Real County at 830-232-6673.

Three hours of Texas Department of Agriculture continuing education units – one integrated pest management and two general — will be available to commercial, non-commercial and private applicators.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

1. Stalk 5. Possessed 8. Scorch 12. Bulbous plant 14. Female animal 15. Desire 16. Humiliate 17. Snakelike fish 18. Building offering lodging and meals 19. High ranking officer 21. Ornate manner of speaking 23. Relieve from 24. Rapid active commotion 25. Mediterranean fruit tree 28. Deposit of valuable ore 30. Disorderly fighting 35. Part of the eye 37. Let for money 39. Beauty shop

40. Rant 41. Come after 43. Small semi-aquatic salamander 44. Warhorse 46. Change direction 47. Cervid 48. Bid 50. A great distance 52. Inquire in a meddlesome way 53. A small compartment 55. Crib 57. Bluster 61. Steadfast 65. Speedy 66. Actor’s prompt 68. Took without consent 69. Part of a church 70. Employ 71. Sum 72. Mirth 73. Deplete 74. Rip

Down

1. Male red deer 2. Long hollow cylinder 3. Panache 4. Stingy hoarder 5. Part of a shoe 6. Veneration 7. Style of glazed earthenware 8. Black bird 9. Detest 10. Report or maintain 11. Depend 13. Danger 15. Part of a song 20. Worship 22. Illuminated 24. Sultry 25. Number one 26. Very angry 27. Presumption 29. Depression in a surface 31. Grains of rock or coral 32. Slumber

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FOR SALE Hay Grazer Hay at Hamman Ranch Call for pricing and availability 830-232-5493

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Woodchief Wood Burning Heater $350 call 830-232-4811

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Might Mule Gate Opener, never used $200 call 830-232-4045

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33. Further down 34. Way in 36. Outstanding tournament player 38. Divot 42. Represent as if in a play 45. Ten years 49. Color 51. Cook by dry heat in an oven 54. Venue 56. Private instructor 57. Boast 58. Complain bitterly 59. Part of a church 60. Despicable 61. Ooze 62. Short letter 63. Group related by blood or marriage 64. Contained 67. Country, initially Answers page 7

Properties »Prop#4/Frio Pecan Farm mngd rental with 2b/ 2ba, covr’d porch, beautiful Pecan grove, wildlife, 7000sf pavilion w/comm. kitchen, Frio Rvr common area, Lg custm BBQ, nice location & great hill country investment! $175,000 »NEWProp#09/City lot 0.726 w/nice dbl-wide & lg accessory bldg. w/2 half baths,slab fndtn. No city zoning so possible comm.or residential. 1 blk off Hwy 83, walking dist to school & shpng. OF avail.

List $149,000 »NEW Prop#14/Lot 6, Spring Hill Subdv., Leakey, 3.22 ac,Nice Tx rch style with 3b/3ba, two 1/2ba, wd flrs,FP,opn flrpln,split design,pool,arbor,outside entrtng,surround snd inside & out,lg mstr,carprt & unique country décor.2012 taxes $4,396.61 Owner LREB List $350,000 »Prop#11/Nice 30 ac TBS hunting tract in Standing Rock Diamond Rch. Lot 193 located just east of Hwy 41 for good access. 3 blnds,3 feeders,sm cab.,water coll syst, & 1 bow stand.Great Price: $65,000 » Prop#12/Lot 19, Canyon Oaks Subdv., Un II in Concan. Great vacation 2b/2ba hm with great space, natural light, cvr’d prch,huge stg, pvd circle dr.

B&B allowed for great investment! List:$185,000 » Prop#15-25+/- acres in Real County. 12 miles west of Leakey on Hwy 337. UNRESTRICTED. Deep well, electricity, hunting cabin, water storage tank. 2 blinds, 3 feeders, abundant wildlife. Ag exempt! $132,500 »Prop#21/Gorgeous views offered on this 21 ac.

Tract with unfnshd 2000+sq 3/2 hm w/frplc. Excel for horses, less than 5 min N. of Leakey. Finish w/ your own personal touches. Great price $339,500 » Prop#32/Hidden River Rch, 265 gorgeous ac w/ 3/4 mi West Frio Rvr & both sides! Mt views,level topog,wildlf,3 hms,6 wtr wells,8 stall hrse barn, & soooo much more! Endless possibilities. Exclusively listed $4,900,000 »NEW Prop#35/Lot 73, Rio Park Estates “Canal Circle”, 1.06 ac, 3b/2ba hm with guest qtrs, carport, fenced yard, utility rm, built-ins, tile flrs, central air/ heat & apprx 1438sf. Priced to sell!! List $149,500 » Prop#42-.3.2 acres in Springhill Subd.Beautiful lot in a gated subdvv.teleph, city wtr,& elec.Lg trees & views of the hill country, great location & bldg sites. restr. to protect your invest. O.F. terms 10% Dn,7.9% for 15 yrs:List Price $70,000 » Prop#46-Leakey Hills 38.5 Ac, Tr 32, Co Rd access, barn, cabin, stg shed, well, electricity. & Hunting! Very desirable area for hunting & with well & elect.on site, you’re set for the new season!

Must see! List Price: $140,000 » Prop#47-/5.22 ac w/beautiful 3/2 hm. All you 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!

want or need in a hill country setting, perim.high fncd, fruit, huge pecan trees, 3 bay barn/wkshp located just inside the city limits of Leakey. Fncd yrd, screened fnt prch & game rm/extra guest qtrs.

Appt needed. $229,000 » Prop#59 SPRING HILL SUBDV, Just W of Leakey, Tr13, 3.76 Ac Undergnd utilities, gorgeous views, nice hardwoods, easy restr. HOA, paved access & good location. Priced to sell $79,500 » Prop#64/44.33 acres: Ideal hntng prop. Rancho Real I. Heavily wooded w/ lots of oak.1 rm cab w/ 40’ tower blind makes this unique. Rggd & remote yet 2x2 can access..6 dr feeders, ’86 4x4 Bronco,& camp trailer to convey. NOW$89,900 O.F. Avail!

10%Dwn, 9%, 15Ys » Prop#71/Wooded 368+ ac rch loaded w/natv wldlf & exotics. LOA provides wldlf exemp. Views & cabin site, All wthr subdiv rds,wtr & gme mngt

by LOA. Edw Co.,Elect avail, LOA dues $3 p/yr.

Priced to sell! $550,000.00 » Prop#79/ 1 to 100 ac avail. for comm. retail, dvlopmnt or resd.Hwy 83 frntg, High visibility, city wtr! Great opportunity. 1 ac on Hwy $75k, all acreage behind W hwy $7,500 p/ac or buy all ac & hwy frntg at $1.5 mi. O. F. Avail! 20%dwn,6%intr, 15 yrs!! » Prop#84 5 & 10 ac tracts in THE RIDGEExperience the Texas hill country at its finest w/ prvte access to your own beautiful Frio River park w/BBQ pavilion. Ea offer undrgrnd utilities, mtn views, free roaming wildlife, hiking, biking & much more! This gorgeous restricted subdivision offers great building sites for your dream home, retirement or vacation get-away. B&B allowed so take advantage of this new development. Call for a showing or take a drive out 4 mi. south on RR 1120.

Tracts are selling fast! Check out our website for current sales! Prices start $87,500 »Prop90/1.19 ac hm site in the prestigious gated community of RiverTree. Crystal clear Frio River is still flowing in spite of drought. Lot is heavily wooded & at the end of the st between two beautiful Hill Country homes. List price: $109,950 » Prop95/10 mi west of Leakey, 20.10 ac hntng tract is located 1.5 mil off RR337. Abundant wildlife include white tail,axis deer, hogs, aouda & turkey.

Unbelievably beautiful long views to the west!2 blinds feeders will convey. List $75,000 » Prop97/Lot 3, Blk 3, features 4.390 ac in the gated River Tree Subdv. The best feature of this property is the magnificent views of the mnt.Great for horses, river access, Water & elect. meters are in place, a septic system has been installed& two RV hookups.List: $129,900

1260 S US Hwy 83, Leakey, Tx. 1/2 mile south of Leakey city limits on US Hwy 83 830-232-5242 www.SuttleandCompany.com Dub Suttle: Broker

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