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November 6, 2013 Tri-Canyon’s Only Weekly Newspaper!

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

Our Local Star, Camille Sanders Spreads Her Wings

by Julie Becker

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

by Julie Becker

NOVEMBER 11, 2013

Why Not Me? Why Can’t I Have a Family?

Adoption Month spotlights kids in foster care awaiting adoption

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The Utopia Lions Club

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Inventor, Foundry Wunderkind Harry Dietert Left Lasting Legacy

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“A Country Christmas Story” will premiere this Saturday November 9th at 7:00p.m. on Lifetime and will star local singing sensation Camille Sanders!! Most of us in the canyon have watched as Camille has grown into a beautiful young, and extremely talented woman. Camille stars

along side Dolly Parton, Desiree Ross and Brian McKnight. Directed by Eric Bross the story follows a young Appalachian mountain girl (played by Desiree) as she pursues her dream of becoming a country star against the wishes of her mother. Her journey to the stage at Dollywood with a sing-

ing competition hosted by Dolly Parton reunites her with her musician father (McKnight) and uncovers the musical legacy of African- Americans in the world of country music.

Camille plays Mary Lou, a talented, albeit at times, lets say “testy” contestant. continued page 9

HARD LIQUOR IN LEAKEY PASSED THE TEST

by Julie Becker

In the November 5th election the voters of the City of Leakey voted, though not overwhelmingly, to allow the legal sale of all alcoholic beverages for off-premise consumption only. Voters turned out in small numbers but 34 voted for the City Wide Option and 27 voted against it.

Jeannie and John Worthington began

several months ago requesting the citizens of Leakey, Texas approve a City Wide Option. After obtaining the Petition the application was filed with Dee Dee Wally, City Secretary for the City of Leakey, Texas and the Option was placed on the November 5th ballot.

With this election there is certain to be a package Liquor Store coming to

Leakey, Texas in the near future. In the other items on the ballot, Constitutional Amendments to the Texas Constitution all nine amendments passed.

The vote count for Real County: Prop.#1 276 to 31;

LETTER TO THE EDITOR ............................ Page 2

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

Today’s Weather

High:72° Low: 43°

And the Winner Is!!!

Shawn Gray

by Julie Becker

Prop.#2 261 to 34; Prop.#3 169 to 115; Prop.#4 259 to 44; Prop.#5 154 to 134; Prop.#6 201 to 102; Prop.#7 217 to 72; Prop.#8 192 to 72; Prop.#9 236 to 41.

The Angel Tree provides much needed clothing items, special needs gifts and other wished-for toys to local children. These gifts in truth give children Angel Tree It’s that time of year “food for the soul”-the already! If you would attempts to bring some hope of a brighter future like to help with this sunshine into childrens year’s Angel Tree or if lives at Christmas time - and the reassurance that you would like to apply a time when every other someone does indeed care. Help us help them to place your child’s name “good little boy or girl” to have A Merry Christon this year’s tree please they know receives a contact Ramona Martinez mas! at 830-279-6527 or go by visit from Santa Claus.

The Friends Grill at 137 S. US Hwy 83, Leakey to pick up an application. The

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A long awaited and carefully planned genealogy trip was accomplished recently by “Mi Mi” and Jack Hardwick of Rio Frio, Texas, with the help of two of their children, Steve and Diana Hardwick, who also own a home in Rio Frio, Texas, but reside in the Woodlands, Texas. Frances Miller (“Mi Mi”) Hardwick’s five times great grandfather came to Halifax, Pennsylvania and fought in the Revolutionary War under General George Washington. He was honored recently by the D.A.R. and S.A.R. An American flag flies honorably beside his grave in the beautiful Churchyard Cemetery of St. Peter (Fetterhoff) Lutheran Church, two miles east of Halifax Pennsylvania.

We will continue to “Where in the World” series until the end of this year. We received several pictures this week for publication and don’t want to leave anyone out. If you have sent in your photo please let us know if you haven’t seen it yet. We no longer have Tee shirts available but do have Christmas ornaments, note cards and mugs. We have had a great time with this series and have garnered a tremendous amount of media coverage for our communities!

Shawn Gray accepts a check for correctly identifying the “Where Am I?” T-Shirt contest from Julie Becker, editor of The Hill Country Herald. Chula Vista Ranch established in 1929 featured an American Bald Eagle atop a replica of the globe on either side of its entrance on the original road connecting Leakey through Rio Frio and south through

Concan and finally to Uvalde.

George Brown of Brown and Root established one of the first family retreats in the Frio Canyon. The motto of Brown and Root was “We Cover the World” We think the “Where in the World Did You Wear Your Real County Centennial T-Shirt” series has truly covered the WORLD!!

New Eligibility for Farm Water-well owner training set License Plates for Nov. 19 in Uvalde By: Paul Schattenberg

UVALDE – Anyone interested in private water well management in the Leona River watershed area is invited to a Texas Well Owner Network training Nov. 19 in Uvalde.

The training, which is free and open to the public, will take place from 8:30 a.m.–3:30 p.m. in the Leona Room of the Uvalde County Fairplex, 215 Veterans Lane, said Drew Gholson, Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program specialist and network coordinator, College Station.

“The Texas Well Owner Network program is for Texas residents who depend on household wells for their water needs,” Gholson said. “Well owners who want to become familiar with Texas groundwater resources, septic system maintenance, well maintenance and construction, water quality and water treatment will benefit from this

training.”

He said participants may bring water well samples to the training and have them screened. The cost is $10, with payment when samples are turned in.

“We invite private well owners to bring in a water sample to be screened for nitrates, total dissolved solids and bacteria,” Gholson said.

Well owners who want to have their well water sampled can pick up the sample bags and bottles from the AgriLife Extension office in Uvalde, Medina and Real counties.

The analysis cost is $10 per sample for E. coli bacteria, which will be done by the San Antonio River Authority Laboratory. Sample bags and bottles for nitrate and total dissolved solids screening also should be turned in the day of the training. continued page 9

Real County residents will now need to provide proof of eligibility at the Real County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office in order to obtain farm license plates which have a reduced registration fee.

The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles wants all vehicles on the road to be properly registered. While this rule requires an additional step for farm vehicle owners, it is important to ensure that only eligible farm vehicles pay the reduced fee.

The TxDMV adopted the new eligibility requirement in March which requires applicants for farm license plates to show proof they hold an Agricultural and Timber Exemption Registration Number issued by the State Comptroller.

It is important for Real County residents to know that farm vehicles are only eligible for the reduced fee if they are used for specific purposes, including: • Transporting the registrant’s own poultry, livestock or farm products to another location for sale or processing.

• Transporting farm or ranch workers

to or from their place of employment.

• Transporting farm supplies or equipment from place of purchase or storage to the farm or ranch.

• Transporting the owner or owner’s family to church, school, medical appointments, equine activities or other trips for home or family necessities.

Farm trailer or semitrailer owners must obtain farm plates but are not required to register those vehicles if they have a gross weight of more than 4,000 but not more than 34,000 pounds are: • Used to transport agricultural products or livestock from the place of production to the place of processing, market or storage. continued page 9

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Obamacare…This Week CNN-Washington says for four years, we’ve witnessed a non-stop political brawl over Obamacare. While Obama and Democrats scramble to reassure supporters and a skeptical nation that the dysfunctional Obamacare website can be fixed and the reforms will work, Republican opponents seize every opportunity to attack the 2010 Affordable Care Act they consider to be big government run amok.

Not surprisingly, such partisan back-andforth has generated persistent myths about Obamacare that foment confusion, if not outright ignorance, about the reforms. In other cases, both sides try to quickly exploit newer issues.

1. If you like your plan, you can keep your plan-Let’s start with the obvious -- Obama’s oft-repeated pledge in selling the reforms that they wouldn’t require people to change health coverage or doctors. While the administration depends on a technicality to explain what Obama meant -- he was referring only to individually owned policies already in place back in March 2010 when the Affordable Care Act became law -- it was misleading when he started saying it back in 2008 and definitely is false today.

Yes, anyone with an individual policy dating back more than three years can keep it, as long as it hasn’t been changed by the insurance company. However, that is unlikely in the volatile individual market that comprises about 5% of Americans, a relatively small group compared to the 80% who get coverage through their jobs or government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid. Instead, at least 1 million individual policy holders have received letters from their insurers in recent months informing them that their plans are being discontinued at the end of the year or changed to cost more. The reason cited is added benefits

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

by Elaine Padgett Carnegie

required by Obamacare.

2. Everyone’s health insurance costs will rise because of Obamacare-Republicans regularly declare that the end result of Obamacare will be higher health insurance costs for all. If that happened, it would continue what was going on before Obamacare, when skyrocketing health care costs put effective insurance coverage out of reach for millions of Americans. Obamacare requires virtually everyone to have health insurance, which would create large markets of previously uninsured or underinsured people to stimulate competition and presumably hold down prices. That means some will pay more than before, such as healthier young people now required by the Affordable Care Act to have coverage, and some will pay less. Under the reforms, some people who make too much to be eligible for Medicaid coverage but not enough to afford high-quality plans can get government

subsidies in the form of tax credits to ease the burden. Ezekiel Emanuel, an Obamacare architect from the University of Pennsylvania, told Fox News Sunday that the reforms were based on the concept of shared responsibility.

“We all share in the costs so that everyone can get it,” he said, adding that if people don’t have coverage and need health care, “they transfer those costs to the rest of us. That’s the whole point of part of Obamacare, to eliminate this cost shifting.”

3. Write me-Smoke screen-In recent weeks, as the extent of problems with the Obamacare website became known, the President and his aides sought to reassure the public by noting other options to enroll, including paper applications they could file by mail to avoid the dysfunctional online option. All applications still must be processed through the HealthCare.gov website, regardless of whether

they were submitted online or mailed in.

“The same portal is used to determine eligibility no matter how the application is submitted,” so the paper applications allow people to feel like they are moving forward in the process while the truth is we are all stuck in the same queue.”

4. The website is broken, so Obamacare is a failure-”The website is just the tip of the iceberg,” Republican Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming said Monday. “There is the sticker shock for increased costs. There’s increased out-of-pocket cost in terms of deductibles and co-pays, and many Americans are not going to be able to keep their doctor, even if they’d like to keep their doctor.” No one disputes that the website woes are a major problem that threatens to derail the vital enrollment of millions of uninsured or underinsured people if not fixed soon.

However, the law was passed more than three years ago, and Obama aides point out it has already made a difference. White House spokesman Jay Carney listed various reforms that already have taken effect, including bans on limiting lifetime coverage and denying coverage for children with pre-existing conditions.

Yet half the states are refusing to expand Medicaid to cover more uninsured people — because they don’t trust Obamacare and want it to fail. The result will be more catastrophes. One doctor says, “I am tired of being the messenger of death.” “Sometimes it’s unavoidable. But when people come in who might have been saved if they could have afforded care early on, then to have to tell them that they have a fatal illness — I’m very tired of that.” For some, the tragedy isn’t that the Obamacare rollout has been full of glitches, but that it may have come too late to save lives.

ATTENTION READERS:

Shawn Streib Gray, Broker 830-232-4500

Over the upcoming months I will publish articles from political candidates for informational purposes. These candidates viewpoints are not necessarily those of the Herald. My intent is to bring you as much information as possible so YOU may make an informed decision when you go to the polls to vote.

Judge Rob Hofmann Announces To Remain District 452 Judge (includes Edwards County)

452nd District Judge Rob Hofmann announced today he will seek the Republican nomination to retain his position as the district’s first judge.

Hofmann will file for election November 9, the first day candidates can do so for the March 4 primary.

The Texas legislature created the 452nd Texas Judicial District in the last session. It includes five counties: McCulloch, Menard, Mason, Kimble, and Edwards. Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Judge Hofmann, the district’s most experienced jurist, to serve as the district judge on September 1.

Prior to his appointment, Hofmann served almost 12 years as an associate district judge in the Hill Country region, where he presided over more than 11,000 district-level hearings and jury trials.

In that position, Hofmann spearheaded creation of the Bluebonnet Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) organization to serve local abused and neglected children. He has served on the faculty for several state and national organizations. Last year, the Supreme Court

of Texas appointed Hofmann to the Texas Children’s Commission. Hofmann was named Texas CASA Big Voice for Little Texans Judge of the Year in 2011.

Hofmann is a lifelong Republican and was Mason County Attorney from 1996 to 2001. During that time, he served as a director of the Texas District and County Attorneys Association, the Hill Country Children’s Advocacy Center, and as president of the Mason County Child Welfare Board.

Hofmann is a past-president of the Mason Lions Club and a founding director of the Mason Independent School District Education Foundation.

He is a former lay leader of the First United Methodist Church of Mason and helped create the church’s weekday children’s ministry. The United Methodist Church San Angelo District awarded him its District Superstar Award.

Hofmann graduated from Texas A&M University and earned his law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law. Members of the Hofmann family have lived and worked in the five counties of the 452nd District for eight generations. Hofmann grew up on the family ranch located between Mason and Junction.

His wife, Shannon, is the educational diagnostician for the Mason Independent School District. They have a son and a daughter in elementary school.

Dear Editor: Just something to think about, as I look around at this small town that I live in and I wonder what the next year will bring, I have only been here for 14 years and I love it, for the most part it’s like heaven at least it was until a couple of years ago. When did the hard drugs move in? Why did they come here?

Who brought them here? These are just a few questions that we should be asking ourselves and maybe we are, quietly. But we need to be asking out loud, then we need to ask why it looks like nobody is doing anything about it. I have asked and have made the people that I asked mad because the first thing they think is that you are accusing them of not doing their job and when you get passed that it is the people above them are not doing their job, In reading the court docs. I got to looking at all the time served and I know that most of them only spent a couple of hours in jail and then I want to know how they get to that time served and why do they have so long to pay their fines, and why we have to go to Uvalde to get people to cut the grass at the court house or anywhere else for that matter. I’m told that it cost us $ 125.00 a day to hold our crooks in

jail, that is an easy fix lets build our own jail there are GRANTS we could get for that or how about make some of the lesser crimes pay quicker and use their money to pay for holding the others, no sense in the lawyers being the only ones cleaning up.

People we need to do something soon most all of you remember what it was like not to lock your doors or take your keys out of your cars, don’t make the mistake of thinking that these things will stop them!! DRUGS BRING THEIVES Now stay with me for just a little longer, I am a local contractor and if I work for you and hire a subcontractor and he hires another sub-contractor and that guy messes up you come to me to fix it because no matter how far down the line the problem is I am on top and it is my responsibility, So with that lets go to the top with this because ultimately the County Commissioners are on top and control the money.

TELL THEM YOU ARE TIRED OF THE DRUGS AND THEIVES AND YOU WANT THEM TO DO SOMETHING, DON’T LET THEM TELL YOU THEY CAN’T , THEY ARE ON TOP. Vincent Becker

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Statement by Gov. Perry on Appeals Court Lifting HB 2 Injunction Gov. Rick Perry issued the following statement regarding the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision to grant an emergency stay lifting the injunction against House Bill 2: “This decision affirms our right to protect both the unborn and the health of the women of Texas. We will continue doing everything we can to protect a culture of life in our state.”

*********FEATURED LISTING: Concan Country Club. Golf course lots…your choice… .just $60,000********* Property 001 : 9.3 ac. Views, underground utilities and sensible restrictions. Borders a large ranch.

Owner/Broker. $129,900 Property 002: Gorgeous 4BD/4BA custom home at 482 Camino del Rancho in Concan on 6+ acs. $595,000 HUGE REDUCTION Property 3-6: 1+ ac. Commercial lots Concan.

Frontage on US HWY 83. All utilities available. $139,000-$149,000 Property 007: 1570 sq. ft. 3/2 on 5+ acs. Great workshop w/extra living quarters. 435 RR 337 West is a MUST SEE. $196,000 Property 008: 40+ acs. is home to three 2BD/2BA modern log cabins. Super nice. 2875 FM 1050 near Garner & Frio River! $399,000PENDING NEWProperty 009: First time on market!!! 1180 ft. of STUNNING Frio River front with 5.24 acs., large home, abundant outdoor entertaining areas overlooking river, apartment, metal barn, 2 older cabins. Beautiful, manicured grounds, oak trees…

MUST SEE. $1,300,000 Property 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! $69,000 NEWProperty 011: Very nice 1.2 ac. lot ready for your RV in Frio River Place. Central water & elec. in place. River Access. $92,000 Property 012: Cute 2/1 cabin in Concan sitting on 6.98 unrestricted acres w/Hwy. 83 frontage. Tons of potential! Just $156,000 Property 013 : 96 Canyon Oaks Dr. in Concan.

3BD/3BA 1792 sq. ft. home. Great rental potential $238,000 END OF SEASON REDUCTION Property 014 : TEXAS TUSCAN! Stunning 4/2 home on 10 acs. w/pool, outdoor kitchen, extensive landscaping, fenced, Utopia ISD. $369,000 Property 015: Nice 2 ac. lot in Saddle Mtn. Water meter in place, elec & phone run across front of lot. $49,000 REDUCED POSSIBLE O.F. Property 016: 3BD/2BA on nearly 1⁄2 ac. @ 525 Davis Place in Twin Forks. Beautiful river park and nice, spacious home. $129,000 PENDING Property 017: Whiskey Mountain Inn. 1869 Farmhouse on 17.69 acs. w/6 rental cabins.

Gorgeous! $498,500 REDUCED!!

Property 018 : 1304 sq. ft. 2BD/2BA on nearly 1 ac. in Reagan Wells. Access to 100+ acs. and over a mile of river! Must see! $115,000 Property 019 : RIVERFRONT HOME! 6+ acs.

3BR/3.5BA + Apt. Fishing pond, huge barn, rock patios! $699,000 SOLD SOLD SOLD!!

Property 020: 75+ac. in Concan! No restrictions, end-of-road privacy. 4/2 mfg. DW home, guest cabin, studio. 24507 N. Hwy. 83 $595,000 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. $125,000 REDUCED Property 024: Frio River Place lot. Nearly THREE acres! Water & elec. available. Nice river access.

RV usage ok. $109,000 REDUCED Property 025 : RR336 north of Leakey. 17+ acs.

West prong of the Frio River on eastern boundary $222,000 REDUCED Property 026-027 : RIVER FRONT! Gorgeous oak and cypress trees, views of the mountains. $225,000 EA. POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING Property 028 : Frio River Place 1.51 acs. SUPER CLOSE to river. Water system& elec. Nice area. $75,000 POSSIBLE OWNER FINANCING Property 029 : 260 acs. +/- WILL DIVIDE Hwy. frontage, Call Martin for all the details! $4250 per acre Property 030: Rancho Real, 10 ac. of remote land.

4x4 needed. Great hunting or recreational tract.

Pretty flat topography. $32,500 Property 031: Riverfront home in the Frio Pecan Farm! In rental pool. Lots of amenities. $269,000 REDUCED Property 032: 1167 River Road in Concan on 1AC. 3BD/2BA. Location, views, in rental pool, furnished. Great Buy at $238,900 REDUCED

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. PENDING Property 036: 8.65 acs. In Shady Oaks. Private yet minutes from town. Lots of big oaks. Electricity available. $69,000 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 039: Beautiful & spacious 4Bd/3Ba on nearly 1 ac. in Twin Forks. Super floor plan, covered porch, newer constr. $225,000 Property 040: Newer rock home in River Tree.

Heavily treed lot, unique touches throughout, outdoor fp, GREAT river park. $259,900 NEWProperty 041: 24.63 acs. Hunting property w/rugged access. 4x4 required. Non-working windmill well. No elec. $49,260 Property 042: Estate size lot in The Ranch. Huge Oak & pecan trees, ag. Exempt, underground elec.

Frio access. NICE! $181,000 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 Property 048: 3BD/2BA nice brick home w/ workshop & barn. Emerald Oaks Subdv. 103 Laurel St. $275,000 Property 049:84 acs. Off 337 W. Great hunting property at just $1800 per acre! Adjacent property available (See #9) $151,200 PENDING Property 051: 3/2 ROCK home on 5+ acs. w/ Patterson Creek frontage& no restrictions. Close to town, great views. $265,000 REDUCED Property 052: 5+ acres just West of Leakey. Fronts on John Buchanan Rd. Bldg. site faces east and is ready to go! $52,500 Property 053: 130+ acs. In Concan. Bear Creek Rd. Both sides of Bear Creek, partially fenced.

NO Restrictions. Development Potential.

Property 054: Palo Verde Ln. Nice 3/2 mfrd.

Home on over 1⁄4 acre lot. Oak Trees and fenced yard. $79,900 OWNER WILL FINANCE Property 055: Two adjacent lots in Emerald Oaks Subdivision. Each lot is 1/2 acre. Very nice area. $22,500 EACH Property 056: Lovely newer home on 4 ac. close to town. Views for MILES! Huge porches, custom cabinetry, workshop. $229,500 Property 057: 10 ac. in Rancho Real. Flat to gently rolling and very secluded. Must have 4x4 for access. Only $40,000 Property 058: 39 ac. in Rancho Real. Big views and great hunting. 4x4 is a MUST to access this property. $79,960 Property 059: Lot #260 in Twin Forks. Very close to Cathedral Park and the beautiful Frio River!

Water & Elec. available. $25,000 Property 060: The Ranch Subdivision in Concan.

Ag. Exempt residential lot 6+ ACS.w/Frio Access. $133,140 Property 061: 3BD/2 1⁄2 BA home PLUS guest house! Newly remodeled. Investors should take a look! $150,000 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 066-070: 15 to 89+ acs. On RR 2748 near Garner. Choose your tract size!! $115,000 to $429,000 OWNER TERMS

VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION, NEW LISTINGS, PICTURES AND PLATS. Give us a call to list YOUR property….. We get results!

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JAIL REGISTER

Real County Sheriff’s Office Weekly Dispatch Report October 27, - November 2, 2013

October 27-November 2, 2013

10/28/2013 @ - 918 responded to Ranch Road 336 North of Leakey for a motor vehicle accident - 1054 responded to Ranch Road 337 East of Leakey for a motorcycle accident - 1854 responded to the 200 block of East Seventh Street in Camp Wood for a report of trespassing 10/29/2013 @ - 2050 responded to US Highway 83 South of Leakey

Theodore McAlpine 31 W/M , Leakey, Texas, A/O Sheridan, Driving While License Invalid w/ previous suspension, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia $3,000 Surety / $299 fine

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 Disclaimer: All print and other visual media is for informational purposes only. This information is considered public information under the Freedom of Information Act and the Public Records Act. Any indication of an arrest is not intended to imply or infer that such individual has been convicted of a crime. All persons are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

FRIO CANYON GARDEN CLUB nd

Meets the 2 Tuesday of the Month at Noon 116 Evergreen Street, Leakey Guests are welcome! Please join us!

Next Meeting: Tuesday, November 12 Guest Speaker: Jamie Dailey, Bexar County Master Gardeners Club on Xeriscaping

Randy L. Crispin ATTORNEY AT LAW 121 Oak Hill, Ste. 2 Leakey, Texas 78873 (next to Rolling Hills Medical)

830-968-1311 832-867-8195

Frio Pest Control & Landscaping

$ 500.00 REWARD !

On Friday, March 6, 2009 at approximately 7:15pm, I lost my Smith and Wesson Model 28 “Highway Patrol” 357 Magnum Pistol on FM 1050 approximately 150 yards east of the Blanket Creek crossing on FM 1050.

This pistol was my service revolver when I was employed in Law Enforcement in the 1970’s. It is blue steel revolver with Black Pacmeyer grips and was in a Black denier holster.

I have reason to believe that someone in Uvalde or Real County area found the pistol or someone knows who did.

I reported the loss to the Uvalde and Real County Sheriff’s office, unfortunately at the time I could not find the serial number to the gun. The ATF refused to try and trace it even though I had all the other pertinent information about the date, time, and store where the gun was purchased. I also had the shipping label. I have since found the box and receipt with the serial number of the pistol.

If you found the gun, or knows who might have it I am asking you to turn it in to the Uvalde County Sheriffs Office, or the Real County Sheriffs Office.

Once the serial number (N255126) is verified you will be paid the $ 500.00 Reward, no questions asked. This notice will serve as my promise not to prosecute if the pistol is voluntary turned in to Law Enforcement Officials.

If the pistol is not turned in by December 31, 2013, then I will report the gun as stolen and change the Reward to $ 1000.00 for any information that leads to the recovery and arrest of anyone in possession of my pistol.

To receive the reward, you simply turn in the pistol with a copy of this ad and contact information and you can receive the reward in cash, check or money order as you prefer.

Please turn my service revolver in to receive the reward and avoid the risk of arrest, prosecution and jail.

C.H. Harvey P.O. Box 1582 Brenham, Texas 77834 Phone: 979-203-6765 e-mail: chharvey@wt.net

Learn to Speak Spanish Tuesdays at 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Starting November 5, 2013 $8.00 an hour or $48.00 for Six week Course Meet at: Lala’s Cafe 491 Hwy. 83 N. Leakey, Texas 78873 Instructor: Gaspar Carreon (832) 696-4808

Residential and Commercial Pest Control

Irrigation Systems New & Repairs

Alberto Gonzalez Owner TPCL#067270 LI#16381 P.O. Box 945 Leakey, Texas 78873

210-416-7811 830-232-4103

PROFESSIONAL REAL ESTATE & HOME INSPECTION SERVICE fsctwc@hctc.net 830.232.6742 210.844.2602 P.O. Box 185 Leakey, Texas 78873

TOM CALDWELL Professional Inspector License #9190

HILL COUNTRY HERALD 157 US Hwy. 83 South P.O. Box 822 Leakey, Texas 78873 (830) 232-6294 (830) 433-1424 Published Each Wednesday Julie Becker/Editor/Publisher Billie Franklin,

Sabinal Correspondent

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

editor@hillcountryherald.net

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for a report of a reckless driving 11/01/2013 @ 1515 - responded to US 83 South for a report of pedestrian si�ng on side of road; at pedestrian’s request a courtesy ride was provided to the county line on US 83 north 11/02/2013 @ 0011 - responded to a report of reckless driving on South Frio St in Camp Wood

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GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

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

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Frio Canyon EMS October Calls We had 18, 911 calls: 10 calls were from Local residence 8 calls were from visitor, passing though our area 10 were Illnesses 8 were Injuries We Transported; 4 TO Uvalde 2 to Kerrville 5 were flown to San Antonio by either AirLife or AirEvac 1 to Hondo 6 were treated and not transported Medic’s making the calls were Dianne Rogers, EMT-P, Karen Barnum, EMTLP, Steve Gray, EMT-I, Rick Thomas EMT-B, Shelly Collins, ECA, and Troy Wright, ECA. Drver’s making the calls were Sherri Sollers, Mark Rutherford, Jon Burchard, and Richard Low. We are in great need of more Medic’s and Drivers. We are planning a ECA class for Jan. or Feb. if anyone is interested please call the EMS office at 830-2325299 or talk to one of our team members.

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Local Teacher Participates In Humanities Texas Teacher Workshop submitted by Shawncy K. Mata

In October, a Leakey teacher was selected to participate in a one-day workshop focused on how American writers such as Walt Whitman, Henry David Thoreau and Frederick Douglass responded to the Civil War. AnaLisa Glass, who teaches English and Language Arts as well as writing in the Leakey Independent School District, attended the workshop, which offered teachers the opportunity to work closely with leading scholars, studying the Civil War’s impact on American literature and developing innovative ways for teaching reading and writing at the secondary level.

During the morning, participants attended dynamic lectures and presentations. In the afternoon, they joined faculty in small workshops to examine primary sources and develop effective strategies for classroom instruction.

Faculty members included Randall Fuller of the University of Tulsa and Daina Ramey Berry, Evan Carton and Coleman Hutchison, all of The University of Texas at Austin.

Fuller is author of the award-winning book From Battlefields Rising: How the Civil War Transformed American Literature,

AnaLisa Glass which documents the profound impact of the war on writers including Whitman, Douglass, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Emily Dickinson.

Berry, an associate professor of history at UT Austin, is an authority on the history of slavery. She appears in the documentary The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross, which premiered on PBS this fall.

Carton and Hutchison, both professors of English at UT Austin, are distinguished scholars who specialize in American literature of the nineteenth and twentieth

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The Leakey Hoops basketball league’s objective is to inspire the love of the game in a fun, positive venue while placing an emphasis on character development, physical fitness, and leadership.

Games will be played on Saturdays at the Leakey gym starting on January 11, 2014, and running through February 15th. The season will conclude with an end of season tournament on February 22nd.

In person EARLY registration: $45 (includes jersey and Leakey Hoops t-shirt) Saturday, November 2nd @ Boys Basketball brisket taco fundraiser 11am-2pm @ Leakey Mercantile Online registration: $50 (includes jersey and Leakey Hoops t-shirt) Sunday, November 3rd - Saturday, November 30th.

Games will be 3v3. @ www.eteamz.com/leakeyhoops There will be four divisions: NCAA women’s division (3rd/4th grade girls) NCAA Men’s division (3rd/4th grade boys) WNBA women’s division (5th/6th grade girls) NBA men’s division (5th/6th grade boys) Coaching will be provided by LISD Coaches, Coach Price, and high school basketball player volunteers.

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The workshop, which was held at the San Antonio Central Public Library, was sponsored by Humanities Texas.

“Humanities Texas is delighted to include an exceptional teacher from Leakey in this educational endeavor,” said Humanities Texas Executive Director Michael L. Gillette. “Bringing teachers together to learn from leading scholars and from each other is an effective way to ensure that Texas students continue to receive the best possible educational opportunities.”

The workshop was made possible with support from the State of Texas, as well as from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Humanities Texas, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, sponsors programs promoting heritage, culture and education throughout the state. Glass said “It was one of the best workshops I’ve ever attended! I cannot wait to see what Humanities Texas offers in the future!” and goes on to remind “Humanities funds the entire workshop, which costs the districts nothing! They even paid for my substitute and mileage!”

Back row: Aubrey Preece 3rd, Delanie Scott 5th, Middle row: Cassidy Wooten 1st, Alaila Scott 2nd, Sarah Merritt 4th, Front: Hayden Rankis K

We are looking for sponsors to help with this league. If you are interested in sponsoring please let Amy Springer know. Sponsors can help with scholarships, basketball shoes, equipment, etc., that might be needed.

More information to come… www.leakeyhoops.com (website being developed) Facebook: Leakey Hoops Coordinator: Amy Springer amybspringer@gmail.com

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The Veterans Day Program will be on November 11, 2013 at 8 am. All area veterans are invited to arrive at 7:30 am in the Teacher Workroom at Leakey School. There will be refreshments and sign up for all veterans. This year’s speaker is Pat Powers, a Navy veteran who served in Vietnam. The program will start at 8:10 am. Due to the increased number of college courses offered on the campus, the time had to be earlier to accommodate the students’ schedules.

The community is invited to join the National Honor Society and National Junior Honor Society in honoring our Veterans at this event.

Girl Scout News The Daisy Girl Scouts were joined by the Nueces Canyon High School Cheerleaders at their cheerleading meeting. The girls first made crepe paper pom-poms, had snack and learned songs before the cheerleaders came and did cheers for them.

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Pet meeting. The girls first practiced writing out envelopes and then made dog bones that were donated to the Uvalde Animal Shelter.

The Daisies also made a fish pet puppet.

The girls are also going to take turns caring for their “pet” panda bear. The Juniors and Cadette Girl Scouts learned about what it takes to be a friend at their Friendship Meeting. The girls first played a game where they had to protect their poster board buddy from bullies. The girls learned about what was similar and different about their fellow Girl Scouts by creating a chain linking

them together. They also made a knapsack of hope, Friendship Posters and BandAids for Bullies. The Brownie, Junior and Cadette Girl Scouts all celebrated Dia de los Muertos at the last meeting in October. The girls made Tortilla S’Mores with tortillas, marshmallows and chocolate syrup followed by a Skeleton Relay game where the girls competed in putting all the skeleton bones in the right place. The girls also made skeleton dolls and skeleton treat boxes. Pictured are The Daisy Girls Scouts with the Nueces Canyon High School Cheerleaders.

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Yellow Jackets beat the Panthers

By Coach Greg Voyles

The Nueces Canyon Panthers traveled to Sabinal last Friday to take on the Yellow Jackets. The Panthers played very hard, but the Yellow Jackets came out on top 63-0.

The Junior High also fell to Sabinal 42-20 in a hard fought game. Please come out and support the Panthers as they play in the

last game of the season against the Medina Bobcats. The Junior High will travel to Medina Thursday, November 7, 2013 and will play at 5:30pm. The High School Panthers will host the Bobcats on Friday, November 8, 2013 at 7:30pm.

Veteran’s Day Program The Veteran’s Day Program will be Held at Nueces Canyon JH/HS on Monday, November 11 The Nueces Canyon Junior High / High School Veteran’s Day ceremony will be held on Monday, November 11th at 10:30 a.m. in the Bobby Wayne Hatley Gymnasium in Barksdale, Texas. Junior high and high school students

are planning the program.

NCCISD would like to invite all members of the Nueces Canyon area to attend this ceremony.

There will be special seating for all veterans who attend.

If anyone has pictures of veterans, please bring them to the high school as soon as possible so we will have time to include them in the program.

Third Grade Annual Pumpkin Contest By 3rd Grade Teacher Sandra Fairchild

The Third Grade Annual Pumpkin Contest was successful with beautifully decorated pumpkins. The pumpkins were displayed in the hall of the Nueces Canyon Elementary and were enjoyed by all the students, staff, and faculty.

Ninja, School Spirit, Witch, Spider, Blue M&M, Smurf, Cat, One-eyed Monster, scarecrow, Haunted House, Cinderella, Tin Man, Grandma, Old Lady, and many more pumpkin varieties were created. The winners of the contest were First Place- Scarecrow made by Karen Cook, Second Place- Tin Man made by Nate Carabajal and Honorable Mention went to Cinderella and carriage by Camdyn Childs and Haunted House by Matthew Luce. Mrs. Fairchild is very proud of all her students and the great effort they put into making their pumpkins. Pictured (3rd grade pumpkin winners 13-14) L to R: Camdyn Childs, Karen Cook, Nate Carabajal, Matthew Luce (not shown)

District Cross Country Results On Wednesday, October 23, 2013 the Nueces Canyon Panthers JH and HS Cross Country teams traveled to Harper, Texas where they competed in the District 29-A Cross Country Championships. In the HS Varsity Girls Division there were 9 teams and 64 girls competing. The Panthers placed 6th as a team and individual rankings were Natalie Vargulish – 31st with a time of 15:01, Siera Edwards – 37th with a time of 15:45, Jayden Aguilera- 40th with a time of 15:56, Aspen Winston- 41st with a time

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NCCISD Code Blue for November:

Caring and Compassion Code Blue has been implemented within NCCISD during the 2013-2014 school year at all grade levels. Character traits are assigned for each month. The character trait is then covered on a selected day in a short lesson at the beginning of the month by all teachers and then will be referred to throughout the month. Everyone plays a part in the implementation and continued use of Code Blue throughout the school year. The monthly character trait is posted in all classrooms, published in local newspapers, posted on the NCCISD website, and displayed throughout our community.

November: Caring / Compassion

Being kind, friendly, considerate, and willing to listen, give, and share â&#x20AC;&#x201C; showing sympathy or concern for others.

Over 2000 years ago, Aristotle stated, â&#x20AC;&#x153;All adults involved with children either help or thwart childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s growth and development, whether we like it, intend it or not.â&#x20AC;? Every one of us has an impact on a child â&#x20AC;&#x201C; letâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s make sure it is a positive one!

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of 16:13, Haylee Chavez- 43rd with a time of 16:32, Joana Valenzuela- 45th with a time of 16:40, and Madelyn Martinez- 48th with a time of 16:50. In the Boys Varsity Division there were 6 teams and 51 boys competing. Ethan Tinsley ran a time of 27:20 ranking him 46th overall. In the JH Girls Division 5 teams and a total of 58 7th and 8th grade girls participated. Placing 18th overall and 12th out of the 8th Grade Girls Nataliah DeLeon ran a time of 15: 06, placing 51st overall and 23rd in the 8th

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Dakota Davila

Dakotaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite hobbies are sports, fishing and videogames. His favorite types of food are steak and seafood. He likes all types of music except country. His favorite movie is Star Wars. In high school Dakota has participated in football, basketball, track, FFA, UIL academics, National Honor Society and CoTran. His favorite school activities are football, basketball and FFA. His greatest memories of high school are going to playoffs in football and participating on the Ag mechanics trailer team. Dakota would like to thank his parents and friends.

Ian Harvey

Ianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite hobbies are survival and shooting. In high school Ian has participated in robotics, tennis, UIL, basketball, National Honor Society and track. His favorite school activity is four square. Ian would like to thank his mom, dad and siblings.

Trevor Ward

Trevorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite hobbies are fishing, shooting and mudding. His favorite food is pizza. His favorite movie is Forest Gump. In high school Trevor has participated in football, basketball, FFA and powerlifting. His favorite school activity is football games. His greatest memory of high school is Ag. Trevor would like to thank his memaw and dad.

Philip Carleton

Philipâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite hobbies are hanging out with friends and playing Call of Duty.

His favorite types of food are BBQ and Mexican. He likes country and rock music.

His favorite movies are Pineapple Express, Stepbrothers, Grown Ups and Four Brothers. In high school Philip has participated in football, FFA, track, band, powerlifting, tennis and UIL academics. His favorite school activities are football and the Ag mechanics trailer team. His greatest memory of high school is playing football. Philip would like to thank his mom, dad, friends and Jesus.

Priscilla Gonzales

Priscillaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s favorite hobbies are eating and running. Her favorite types of food are Chinese and cheeseburgers. Her favorite type of music is Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez and Bruno Mars. Her favorite movie is Prada to Nada. In high school Priscilla has participated in cross country, track, FFA, band, UIL academics, basketball and CoTran. Her favorite school activity is basketball, but she also loves track. Her greatest memory of high school is going to Regional track two years in a row with Abbey and Nikki.

Priscilla would like to thank my parents and Estella for supporting everything I do, and my friends for being just great, and being there to catch me when I fall. I love you all!

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SABINAL HAPPENINGS

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and Vanessa are hosting a dinner and bingo on November 17 beginning at 3 pm at the Senior Center. The meal will be brisket, rice, and beans.

You are asked to share a dessert if you are would like to and be

Congratulations to Jan Clary, winner of the beautiful quilt that was donated by Mary Louise Rogers and raffled off.

Church Conference will be held Monday, November 11 at 7 pm. There will be no meal served, however desserts are welcome.

Mark your calendars for the Communitywide Thanksgiving Service to be held on Sunday, November 24, at 6 pm.

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The little, yellow, waiting station by the railroad tracks has a new sign and a new look. The sign says “Civic Club backs the Band”. Thanks to Joe and Soila Rodriguez’s daughter, Rachael Paul, there are gold and purple streamers glistening in the light. Yes, Sabinal Band, we have noticed and we do support your try at State. Win or lose, you are all winners to us.

Football on the Web

Randy, the son of Julie and Ross Burris, and wife, Nevi Burris have assembled a web page http://www.sabinalfootball.com/ which contains not only this year’s scores, but the records back to the very first football team in Sabinal, in 1919. His very good source is his dad with all his research that he has done over the years along with many, very interesting stories. Speaking with Randy, he explained that he and his wife designed the web page, starting in 2008. They have created this model for Sabinal that can be adapted to other towns who want to share their football lore. Check it out folks, especially you football fanatics.

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EMS Plate Sale

The Sabinal EMS held a sausage plate sale on Saturday and raised over $1,600 which will go for operating expenses, upcoming classes, and insurance as is required by the State of Texas. There were between 160 to 175 plates sold and they were very appreciative of our local supporters.

Meet Jesus Event

Members and friends of First Baptist Church are inviting people they meet on the highways to meet Jesus and to share the Good News of the Gospel on November 9 beginning at 10 am at the traffic light on Fisher Avenue and Center Street. Strangers or friends, they will be extended a welcome to become believers.

Central Christian

Poinsettas are being sold by Central Christian Church for $10 each. See Anita Herndon or Glenda Story to place an order.

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Billy Graham, age 95, and his organization has been filming “My Hope America” for some time now. The emphasis is on this month as My Hope America Month. If you are invited to

Huajilla Unit of the Retired Teachers met at 10 am. Following the regular business, Speaker Chris Kaliapaka, formerly of the United Kingdom, now of Hondo, spoke on the difficulties encountered becoming an American citizen. She recently became eligible to hold dual citizenship.

President Charlotte Evans of District XX spoke on issues retirees face. She announced that members can register for the April 13-15, 2014 State Convention.

There will be no November meeting. The next meeting will be held December 9 in Devine at 10 am at Triple C Restaurant.

St. Patrick Catholic

On Saturday beginning at 8 am, there will be a garage sale/sweets sale at the home of Robert and Mary Ann Flores which is located at Pickford Street and 419 Fisher Avenue. Proceeds go to support the parish.

A raffle is going on with a handmade yellow jacket quilt, wall iron cross, a number of gift certificates and a lace table cloth with the Virgin of Guadalupe in the center. Tickets can be obtained from Maria Banda or Mary Ann Flores. Proceeds go to support the parish.

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The Sabinal Civic Club has selected the home of the Rodriguez family at 901 E Austin Street as Yard-of-the-Month for November. Stately pecan trees, which yield a bounty for family and friends, provide shade in the summer and act as a wind break in the winter. A variety of flowers can be found throughout the yard also. The big front porch invites you to visit as does the swing under the carport in back.

Cassarole and Bingo

The Senior Citizens Center is holding a dinner and bingo on November 12 in celebration of fall. The Center will furnish drinks and dessert and those coming are to bring a cassarole and a prize. The event begins at 11:30. It is open to everyone who would like to join us.

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A new crew has taken over the little park across from the Post Office. The decorations of red, white, and blue combined with the pumpkins of fall give a new look. City workers placed new rail road ties around the base of the little park. The old ones had outlived their usefulness. Ladies responsible for the decorations, weeding, and clean up are Mary Ann Flores, Alma Martinez, Florinda Tovar, and Juanita Villa. Great job by all of you and thanks.

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Mayor Louis A. Landeros, Jr. called the regular meeting of the Sabinal City Council to order at 7: 00 p.m. On October 28, 2013 with the following aldermen, staff and visitors present: Mike Nuckles, Linda Musquiz,Alma Martinez, Nancy Alvarado, Chuck Van Pelt, Eloisa Muniz, Jesus Reyes, Betty Jo Harris, Rose Alvarado, Juan Gutierrez, Dorothy Howard, Florene Russell, Angelica Landeros and R. Paropes.

The invocation was led by Betty Jo Harris. The pledge to the United States flag was led by Mayor Landeros.

On a motion by Van Pelt and second by Muniz, all six voted to approve the accounts payable in the general operating, systems and gas funds as presented.

There were no citizens signed up to speak.

Mayor Landeros used that opportunity to commend the Sabinal band for their recent performances at marching contests. They will now be marching in the state contest.

Also, he noted that the City of Sabinal has had a double digit increase in sales tax this last year.

On a motion by Muniz and second

by Alvarado, all six voted to renew the certificate of deposit in the amount of $54,610.72 With the First State Bank of Uvalde at a rate of .45% For six months.

On a motion by Musquiz and second by Nuckles, Martinez, Musquiz, Van Pelt and Muniz voted to table the Adult businesses ordinance 2013-12. Alvarado

voted against. Motion passed.

On a motion by Nuckles and second by Van Pelt, all six voted to approve the contract with Joe Arnett (networks broadband) for placing antennas on the water tower.

On a motion by Alvarado and second by Musquiz, all six voted to table the resolution 13-10 regarding council policies and procedures.

When the agenda item regarding the burn ban came up, Musquiz stated she had already had her questions answered. No need to bring it up.

On a motion by Muniz and second

by Musquiz, all six voted to adjourn at 7:45 p.m.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

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Inventor, Foundry Wunderkind Harry Dietert Left Lasting Legacy

“Treating your family like our family since 2007”

by Irene Van Winkle

The story of benefactor Harry Dietert is a study in perseverance, graduates were interviewed by men from General Electric and ingenuity and generosity. This biographical sketch was written Westinghouse. Harry liked the Westinghouse man better and signed largely from portions of an interview with him by Ilyne McJimsey on to go work with that company in Philadelphia. While there he Olson, which she titled “Portrait of Harry Dietert.” had another contact with World War I. A captured German U-boat A Hill Country native, Olson graduated from Tivy High School in was brought to the Navy shipyards and Westinghouse engineers 1937, attended Schreiner (then-Institute), and received a Bachelor of helped dismantle and study it. Harry was impressed to see how Journalism degree in 1941 from University of Texas. much better the Germans had built their seagoing vessels. The UHer maternal grandparents were John and Ida Marquart Wilson, boat was heavier and stronger than any of the U.S. submarines then who came to Kerrville from Comfort in 1900 and owned the Central in existence. Years later in another war the Hill Country’s Admiral Hotel on Mountain Street (now Earl Garrett St.).

Nimitz and his fleet would benefit from the research done by Harry The Dietert Senior Center has evolved from its early days into a Dietert and his Westinghouse colleagues in the early 1920s. much larger operation, but without Harry’s vision, it might have “In Philadelphia, Harry discovered the pay of a young Westinghouse never provided the extensive services to senior citizens that it does engineer did not go very far, so the enterprising Texan used his love today. On its website, a historical retrospective by Margaret Van of dancing to help supplement his income. He formed the Bachelor’s Landingham cites Flora Dietert Gaines, Harry’s younger sister, who Alliance and arranged dances for unmarried Westinghouse engineers described Harry as “a hard-working person — he gave a lot and and socially prominent young ladies. Harry’s dances were conducted expected a lot.” Olson began her narrative with Harry’s youth, and in a most gracious manner with a good orchestra. Philadelphia growing up in the Hill Country. mothers were pleased to have their daughters attend these social “Considering the time and place of his birth, it was unlikely young functions since no liquor was allowed and only punch was served to Harry W. Dietert could realize both of the teenage dreams he had in the guests. Harry made extra money by charging the young men who 1915. What the West Texas ranch boy wanted most was a car to drive belonged to his dancing club. He was given special favors by the to the Saturday night dances in nearby Westinghouse supervisor Kerrville, and a college education. when he permitted the man’s “Ingenuity, determination, study and son to join the Alliance work brought the early fulfillment of even though he was not an his first dream, but the second took engineer. much longer. Local residents of the After his apprenticeship at small Hill Country town who watched Westinghouse, Harry was Harry drive his miniature car along lured back to Texas with a the dusty streets and country roads teaching position at Rice were not surprised to learn later that Institute. It was here in the enterprising young man had over 1922 that he met a charming 90 patents and was making his fortune undergraduate student in the automobile capital of the world, named Alma Davidson.

Detroit.

The pretty liberal arts major “Harry Dietert’s father, Harry, was a soon became his wife and first-generation German American. lifelong companion.

His grandfather, Christian Dietert, “Harry and Alma had not had immigrated to Texas in the been married long when middle 1850s and set up one of the Riding in his famous Harrymobile, Harry Dietert sits with his wife, Alma, at a Harry decided he must parade in Kerrville. Harry, who became a world-famous figure in the foundry first grist mills for the new shingle business, was an engineer who started tinkering with cars and then went on to pursue a career with the maker settlement on the banks of the establish 97 patents and a company in Detroit. He and Alma founded the Dietert thing he liked best — cars!

Guadalupe River 60 miles west of Claim (now Dietert Senior Center), which has grown and thrived He knew the rapidly San Antonio. Instilled in the Dietert expanding automobile children was the necessity for working hard, learning the English industry was centered in Michigan. It was on a back street of language and getting a good education.

Detroit in 1923 that the small Harry W. Dietert Company opened “Like his brothers, Harry was kept busy going to school, helping in for business and pioneered in processes for molten metal used in the fields, caring for the livestock and repairing the machinery used automobiles. The company later had 88 employees and received on the ranch. Plowing and looking after the animals was monotonous international recognition for testing moldings.” work for young Harry. He especially disliked being sent several Harry also attended the University of Illinois and received his miles to a distant field for the day with a meager lunch of canned Master’s degree; he wrote a paper for an American Foundrymen’s beans. Perhaps it was on these lonely days that he thought of ways society convention titled “Applied Photomicrography of Foundry to make his two dreams come true and planned how he would build Sand,” which he presented; and, he started the Harry Dietert his Harrymobile.

Company in Detroit. It was one of the first businesses devoted to “A few cars had begun to appear in Kerrville in 1915. The previous manufacturing quality control instruments and automation equipment year a local doctor had brought a Bruch ‘Runabout’ which developed for foundry sand testing. In 1942, his book, “Modern Core Practices mechanical difficulties and was parked in the backyard of his home. and Theories,” was published by the AFS, and became recognized as Harry looked longingly at the car and finally asked the doctor if he a world authority on molding material. might try to repair it. The doctor gladly gave his permission, and In his career, he registered a whopping 97 patents. soon Harry had the car running again.

Olson continues: “In 1957, Harry Dietert was elected president “Now he was ready to build his own car so he could date some of of the American Foundrymen’s Society. As faster means of travel the local girls and take them to the dances and picture shows like developed, Harry Dietert wanted to know about them. He was among his friends in town did. There was only one horse and buggy for the the first regular passengers in the tri-motored commercial airplanes family at the ranch and it had to be shared with his older brothers. flying between Detroit and Cleveland. In later years he and his wife With the help of his father, the mechanically inclined Harry began to flew on vacation trips to many distant lands. In between his work work on his Harrymobile 1. It was air-cooled and had a one-wheel and travels was his number-one hobby — collecting antique cars. bicycle power attachment. On the cowl he put a gasoline hand lever The Dieterts showed their cars throughout the country and received which controlled the speed. In addition, both leaf and coil springs numerous trophies. His favorite car was a Stutz Bearcat.” were installed.

As time passed, Harry returned to his roots.

“A simple body was formed for the car as it was assembled in the “Even though he had a very busy life, Harry did not forget his family machine shop at the ranch. Only two people could get into the small in Texas and the ranch which gave him his education. After his father’s seat. Kerosene lights at the front had to be lighted manually and death in 1944, Harry helped supervise the ranch. When Kerrville the motor was started by running along beside the car. Harry chose celebrated its centennial in 1956 Harry built the second Harrymobile bright red paint to give his mechanical wonder its finishing touches. for the parade. It had a larger engine and other improvements over Near the driver’s seat a long bulb type horn was attached. On several the first one, but looked much the same. He proudly drove it through occasions the local sheriff strongly suggested to its owner that the the streets of Kerrville then and again in the Bicentennial parade on noisy contraption not be driven down the main street because it July 4, 1976. After the Dieterts sold their home and farm in Michigan frightened the horses. However, for Harry his unique attraction and returned to Kerrville for their retirement years, they found many provided the prestige he needed. The girls were all eager for a date things to keep them busy.” with him and a chance to ride in his Harrymobile.

Harry began a small sand testing laboratory in Ingram to support “While working diligently on his car, Harry Dietert was thinking his continued scientific curiosity. Later, he moved the operation to about his other dream — a college education. During his last years the old train depot on Schreiner Street, closer to his home on Sidney in high school he started sending for college catalogues. His father Baker St. According to Ingram native David Lee, Harry’s test lab had told him that if he would stay and work on the ranch in the was located between Roy Key’s blacksmith shop and the Ingram truck garden for two years after high school, he would give him Grocery, where Broken Arrow Ranch now sits. half of all the profits they made during that time. Most of all, Harry Olson gave the background on how the Dieterts gave back to their wanted to go to Rice Institute (now Rice University) in Houston, community. but his application there was flatly rejected. Rice, like most of the “Their interest in education and youth caused them to plan and have other schools where he applied, pointed out that the high school in built the attractive Dietert Chapel on the campus at Schreiner College Kerrville was not accredited and he would be poorly prepared for in Kerrville. The Dietert-Steinmuller Conference for workers in the college work. It probably would have been no help for him to tell metal industry is held annually at the Cast Metal Institute in Des a college about another graduate of the same high school who had Plaines, Ill. Classes and seminars are available to the people at no earlier been accepted and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. cost.

The man’s name was Chester Nimitz.

“After 1969, Alma and Harry devoted a great deal of their energy “Fortunately, the two years Harry shared the profits of the ranch and resources to a newfound interest, the Dietert Claim. It was a with his father were prosperous ones. Perhaps there might even multi-purpose center for senior citizens, which began when the be enough money for four years at college. But Harry continued couple bought a six-room house near the courthouse to be used as to receive rejections. He applied at more than 20 colleges. At last the Volunteer Services Council at the Kerrville State Hospital. The he heard of a small college in Iowa which he thought might accept center has grown so rapidly that the Dieterts recently bought the him. The dean at Highland Park College in Des Moines wrote that adjoining lot for a parking area and vegetable garden.” he would be allowed to enroll but warned that he must be prepared (The couple also owned a home off Lime Creek Road which they to return home if he could not keep up with the other students. Harry later sold.) was not worried because he knew his teachers in the Kerrville school “$100,000 was spent to enlarge the house, provide more kitchen had taught him how to study. space for the meals-on-wheels program, and give added room for a “Just before he was to start north to college and try to realize his place where donated clothes, books and household items are sold at second dream, he realized he would need a good suit and overcoat. a low price. Dances were planned for two afternoons a month. Harry The Harrymobile had to be sold so that he could buy a blue serge suit. thought even older people should dance, but not late at night.

It not only lasted for the first year at Highland Park but the following “Adjoining the center, Harry and Alma built a new house for three years at Iowa State in Ames. When he transferred to Iowa State, themselves and later it was to be made part of the Claim. Today the dean suggested he continue with a liberal arts program; however, there is a brand new facility on the banks of the Guadalupe River.

Harry knew that he wanted to be a mechanical engineer and soon Here are cases with trophies, pictures of their antique cars, and most proved to the dean he could pass the more difficult courses. interesting of all — the bright red Harrymobile II. Harry died in 1978 “World War I raged while Harry was in college and he participated and Alma died in 1990. They had no children.” in the campus military training program. Iowa State was testing Today, the Dietert Senior Center provides a wealth of resources and trucks for the Army before they were sent to France. Because the services to the seniors of Kerr County, including Meals on Wheels, engineering student from Texas was an experienced driver, he was social activities, and a cafeteria where the public enjoys nutritious given a special assignment with the trucks, and the metering of their lunches. The resale store on Jefferson Street, Yesterday and Today, fuel. Harry happily got behind the wheel of these large vehicles, was recently renamed House of Bargains and has expanded its drove the Iowa farm roads, and recorded the results of the tests. selection. Harry and Alma would surely be proud of their continuing “As time for graduation approached at Ames, the engineering legacy to the citizens of their hometown.

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

O B I T U A R I E S

Les LeBlanc

Edwa C. McCauley

(December 10, 1937 - October 28, 2013)

(August 20, 1918 - October 31, 2013)

Les LeBlanc, age 75 of Livingston, Texas passed away on October 28, 2013 in Livingston. He was born on December 10, 1937 in Pt. Arthur, Texas to parents, Dovie Prudence Parker and Milford Leslie LeBlanc.

He is preceded in death by both of his parents, L.D. Tolley and Dovie Prudence Tolley; and one brother, Joe LeBlanc. He is survived by his wife, Judy LeBlanc; daughters, Lisa LeBlanc Jordan and Linda LeBlanc; step-son, Tommy Rhea; granddaughters, Christy Jordan, Jennifer Allen, Samantha Wolf, Rebecca Wolf, Laurel Larson-Kennedy; grandsons, Beau Jordan, Joshua Rhea, James Rhea; five great-grandchildren; along with numerous other relatives and friends. Services for Les LeBlanc were held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, November 2, 2013 at Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston, Texas. Interment followed at Peebles Cemetery in Livingston, Texas. Visitation was held from 5:00 – 8:00 PM, Friday, November 1, 2013 also at Cochran Funeral Home in Livingston. Cochran Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. Please sign our online guest book at www.cochranfh.com

Edwa C. “Sammie” McCauley of Sabinal passed away on October 31, 2013 in Uvalde Memorial Hospital at the age of 95. She was born on August 20, 1918 in Uvalde County, Texas to James and Nola (Rogers) Caddel. As a young girl, Sammie, attended school at Bear Creek in Concan, the Trio School on Highway 127, and later graduated from Sabinal High School. Sammie married Auther Carrol McCauley on August 10, 1937. Carrol and Sammie were married 66 years.

Sammie was active in the local community, a member of the Sabinal Civic Club, the oldest member of the Sabinal Central Christian Church, and a charter member of the SmithCaddel Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas.

She is survived by two sons, Roger Jack McCauley and wife Kay of D’Hanis; and Kenneth McCauley and wife, Sharon of Sabinal; four grandchildren, Wade Carrol McCauley, Terry Roger McCauley and wife, Mindi; Marsha Lea Schoellman and husband, Jonathon; and John Roger McCauley and wife Catherine; and five great-grandchildren, Cody Carrol McCauley, Matthew James McCauley, Joaquin Wade McCauley, Kolbey Durham McCauley, and Makenzie Kate McCauley. She was preceded in death by her husband, Auther Carrol McCauley; son, Carrol Durham “Tink” McCauley; three brothers; Marnel Caddel, Jesse Granville Caddel, and Earl U. Caddel; and one sister Nola Berwin Caddel Nicholson.

Graveside services were held Saturday November 2, 2013 at 10: 00 AM at the Sabinal Cemetery. Pastor Johnny Smith officiated.

Memorial donations may be made to the Central Christian Church, P. O. Box 116, Sabinal, TX 78881.

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Week 1 “Saved like the thief on the cross” People who believe in salvation by “faith only” often claim that the thief on the cross proves that baptism is not necessary to receive the forgiveness of sins. Was the thief saved under the gospel of Jesus Christ? Does the Bible teach that people today can be forgiven by faith alone without being baptized?

Introduction: Luke 23:39-43 - Jesus was crucified between two criminals (thieves). As the three of them were suspended, one thief ridiculed Jesus, but the other defended Him. Jesus promised this one would be in Paradise that day.

This saying of Jesus has become a center of controversy. Many believe Jesus saves people on the basis of “faith alone,” so baptism is not essential to

receive forgiveness of sins. When the subject is discussed, people commonly bring up the thief as someone who was saved without baptism. They conclude that if Jesus would save this man without baptism, He would also save us without baptism.

Let us consider further. What does this case teach us about the terms of forgiveness under the gospel?

1. Do We Really Know that the Thief Was Never Baptized?

This point is not as significant as others we will consider. Obviously the thief was not baptized on the cross, but does that prove he had never been baptized beforehand?

Jesus wasn’t baptized on the cross either, but does that prove He had never been baptized? No, He was baptized by John the Baptist.

(September 17, 1926 - October 30, 2013) Jack Norton Hibbitts, age 87, of Barksdale, Texas passed away Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2013 at his home. He was born on September 17, 1926, in Camp Wood, Texas to Robert and Bessie (Wallace) Hibbitts.

He served in the United States Army during World War II. He married Glenda Allene Johnson on April 4, 1950. They were blessed with two sons and a daughter, Jeff, Robert, and Peggy. Jack lived his life being a “jack” of all trades, from a cedar chopper to a ranch hand and everything in between. He was loved by many in the Nueces Canyon area and known by many throughout the state of Texas. He is survived by his sons, Jeff Hibbitts and his wife Donna of Eldorado, Texas, Robert Hibbitts and his wife Diane of Goldthwaite, Texas, and daughter, Peggy Wright and her husband David of Salida, Colorado; grandsons, Robert Hibbitts Jr. of Key West, Florida, Winston Wright of Beeville Texas, David Adam Wright and wife Megan of Baird, Texas; granddaughters, Misty Brown and husband Lee of Aledo, Texas, Jana Hibbitts of San Angelo, Texas, Lindy Casey and husband Chad of Weatherford, Texas, Jennifer Kistner and Bryan Mann. He is also survived by his great grandchildren, Kannon and Kaelee Brown, Allesa and Kendall Blue, Caitlynn Allene Hibbitts, Kaidance Wright, Haylee and Korbin Casey, Devan and Emory Wright, Christopher and Emma Kistner. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 49 years, Glenda Hibbitts; parents, Robert and Bessie Hibbitts; six siblings; and one grandson.

Honorary pallbearers included Floyd Collins and Milburn Wooldridge. A celebration of his life was held at 1:00 pm Saturday, November 2nd 2013, at the Nueces Canyon Church of Christ with graveside services to follow at the Garden of Memories Cemetery, where he will be placed beside his loving wife Glenda.

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Matthew 3:5,6 - People from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region round about were baptized by John.

John 4:1,2 - Later, Jesus’ disciples began baptizing people to make them Jesus’ disciples. In fact, Jesus baptized more disciples than John did.

True, some people were not baptized by John or by Jesus’ disciples. But if the thief had been among those who were baptized and then later fell into sin, then he would have been an erring child of God not in need of baptism.

Someone may ask, “Can you prove the thief was baptized?” But, remember, I’m not using the thief to prove baptism one way or the other. We will see that the importance of baptism is proved by many other passages. But if people want to use the thief to prove baptism is not necessary, then to be fair, don’t they

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first have to know that he was never baptized? If there is a reasonable chance that he may have been baptized, then have they really proved their point?

Someone may point out that the thief could not have received the baptism of the gospel like we must receive today, but we will see that the thief also did not have the same kind of faith we must have today. The reason the thief could not receive the same baptism we do is that the terms of salvation under the gospel were not yet in effect when the thief was crucified. So the example of the thief actually teaches nothing about the specific steps that we must take to be saved today. Don’t take my word for it.

PUT YOUR EYES ON THE TEXT and study it out for yourself.

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A Daughter’s Sacrifice

by Tracy Renee Lee

This story is about a brave soul who is fearless and committed to service. She is a courageous woman of strength, loyalty, and sacrifice. She lives in a very small town where everyone knows everyone, and everyone knows your business. She is a daughter in a rather large family. Both of her parents are in the same nursing home together. They share a great love for each other and their daughter respects that. She gets up every morning and goes to the nursing home to care for her parents. She washes them, she feeds them, she takes them for outings, and most of all, she loves them. At the end of the day, when all is quiet, my friend carries home her parent’s laundry. She painstakingly washes their laundry, and returns to the nursing home the next day, with fresh linens and undies for her dear mom and dad.

From the depth of her soul, she is committed to her parents. To their dying day, she sacrifices and cares for their every need.

The interesting part of this story though, is yet to be told. My dear friend lives in a town where her siblings also live. On any given day, I can drop by the nursing home, and there will be my dear friend, caring for her sweet parents. Sadly, she has always been alone in her commitment. One wonders why one child over the others is committed beyond reproach. Her father passed last year and my dear friend took care of every detail for his service.

She made arrangements for her dear mother to attend, and she ensured the comfort of all friends and family attending. I do not think until that time, I had realized the depth of her commitment, her love and her sacrifice on behalf of her darling parents. I read a message today on facebook. Paraphrasing it said, “Recovery from the loss of a loved one is like learning how to dance with

a limp.” This is so true. Recovery from the loss of someone we love so dearly, is similar to the recovery of a broken leg.

Although the bone mends itself, it is never as it was before. If may function well enough to walk briskly, but dancing exposes the injury. My girlfriend’s siblings dance through life without a thought or sacrifice for the parents. Nevertheless, my girlfriend sacrifices her days, and even her nights, for her parents. She never dances. She has neither the time nor the energy to dance.

She shields her parents from the limp in her heart, which is the realization of their mortality. Even in the final hours of her father’s life, she shielded him from the fear and sadness that weighs so heavily upon her soul. Her mother lives on. My friend is by her side day in and day out. She will continue to be there, until the day, her mother’s soul leaves this earth, and joins her husband, in the presence of their beloved maker. I am sure they will enjoy a reunion of great joy and love. I think they might even enjoy a dance together. I wonder, might my friend share a dance with her husband, that same day? A dance to honor her sacrifice and to rejoice at the return of her freedom. My friend is a devoted daughter. When the day comes that she can dance, I know it will be with a severe, yet well-earned limp. My name is Tracy Renee Lee. I am a funeral director, author and freelance writer. I write books, weekly articles and brief tips related to understanding and coping with grief. It is my life’s work to comfort the bereaved and help them live on. Please follow my blog at

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

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CAMILLE SANDERS SPREADS HER WINGS

You are Invited Real County Public Library’s Afternoon with the Author Featuring Local Author Linda Kirkpatrick Sunday, November 17 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.

Book Reading, Discussion, and Signing Her New Book Tales From the Frio Canyon Copies will be Available for Purchase Refreshments Will be Served

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When I first talked to Camille about the roll in the movie she said it was out of character for her and she had to make herself be what we are calling “testy.”

Camille calls Concan, Texas home and is often referred to as our local star. She has two albums to her credit, her debut album “Camille Sanders” and her second album “Smile.” Camille has worked hard to accomplish the dream of being a recording star and along the way her agent said “Hey, what about acting?”

If you know Camille you know that was not a statement, it was a challenge! When I asked Camille what

we finished shooting it was after 10p.m. and the Dollywood park had been closed for filming all day. Dolly asked Camille if she would like to go for a ride? With the park shut down and only the crew from the movie there, they all jumped on the roller coaster for another once in a lifetime ride!! Camille said it was a little scary, but not nearly as scary as when (pictured left) Dolly asked Camille to play the fiddle for her! She played the song from the movie and Dolly loved it!

So much so she asked for one of Camille’s CD’s and would not take it without Camille’s autograph!

her favorite part of being involved in the filming of this movie was, she said “When

New Eligibility for Farm License Plates • Used to transport farm supplies from the place of loading to the farm.

• Used for the purpose of participating in equine activities or livestock shows.

Applicants for farm plates are required to sign a statement that explains the complete operation restrictions.

The State Comptroller began issuing

Agriculture and Timber Registration Numbers in January 2012 to farmers and those involved in the production of agricultural and timber products for eligible state tax-exempt purchases. Under the TxDMV’s new rule, the Ag/Timber card used for proof of registration must be current, legible, contain a registration number and

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be in the name of the person or company in which the vehicle will be registered.

Information on the online application process for the Ag/Timber number may be found at: www.GetReadyTexas.org.

The Real County Tax Assessor-Collector’s office issues farm vehicle license plates for the TxDMV as required by state law.

Water-well owner training set for Nov. 19 in Uvalde continued from front page

Bringing water samples to the training is not required, Gholson said, but if people want their samples analyzed, they must attend.

Attendance is limited, so attendees are requested to register at http:// twon.tamu.edu/training or by calling 979845-146. Every participant will receive a Texas Well Owner Network Handbook, the Well Owner’s Guide to Water Supply.

Gholson said the training is one of 14 being conducted statewide through the Preventing Water Quality Contamination through the Texas Well Owner Network project.

“The core content of this program is the

same as other trainings, but the information is tailored to local water quality issues and aquifers,” he said.

Gholson said more than 1 million private water wells in Texas provide water to citizens in rural areas and increasingly to those living on small acreages at the growing rural-urban interface.

“Private well owners are independently responsible for monitoring the quality of their wells,” he said. “They are responsible for ensuring their drinking water is safe.

They are responsible for all aspects of the water system — testing, inspecting, maintaining — and this training will help

The Utopia Lions Club The regular monthly meeting of the Utopia Lions Club was held on Thursday, October 10, 2013, at 7:00 PM at the Utopia Senior Citizens Center. After a delicious meal of meatloaf with all the trimmings was served

by Lee and Beverly Williford, President Bill Cockerill called the meeting to order.

Lion Lee Williford introduced Rhonda Garofano, Director of Utopia EMS, who gave an informative program on the structure and status of our EMS. Please remember that October is Lions International Vision Month. Everyone is encouraged to donate their old glasses and frames for recycling. Glasses and frames can be dropped off in special-marked boxes at Utopia General Store, Utopia

owners to understand and care for their wells.”

Funding for the Texas Well Owner Network project is through a Clean Water Act nonpoint source grant provided by the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The project is managed by the Texas Water Resources Institute, part of Texas A&M AgriLife Research, AgriLife Extension and the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Texas A&M University.

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Wed. - Fri. 11 a.m.- 2 p.m & 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Saturday 11 a.m. - 2 p.m.

submitted by Marilyn Chalmers Several events coming up are: Peace Poster Contest, chaired by Beverly Williford; Fall Festival Parade (Saturday, October 26); Utopia Arts and Crafts Fair on November 2; Christmas on the Square in December, and the Ice Cream Crank-Off (February, 2014). The 2014 Utopia Community Auction is tentatively scheduled for April 12, 2014.

The next Utopia Lions Club will be held on Thursday, November 14, 2013, at 7: 00 PM at the Utopia Senior Citizens Center. Please join us and consider becoming a part of this wonderful service organization. We’re all about serving and giving to others.

Library, and at the Senior Citizens Center.

If you can’t make it into town to donate the glasses, give them to any Lions Club member.

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HAVE FUN GETTING FIT COME JOIN THE PARTY!!!

Zumba Gold M,W,Sat 10-11:30 lead by Beth Lawless

The Frio Canyon Homemakers Club will be having their annual Bazaar on November 9th in front of the Frio Canyon Insurance Agency Building from 9 am to 1 pm.

CALL FOR MORE INFO! 432-664-4266 classes at Frio Canyon Parks Building, Leakey, Texas

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

GRANNY’S KITCHEN BACK TO BASICS…HOLIDAY SAUCES

By Elaine Padgett Carnegie

It is not too early to start thinking about our Holiday Meal Preparation. I was going to concentrate on just sauces and gravies in this article but I loved the different recipes Paula Dean had for stuffing and cornbread so I included them too. I have always had good luck with her recipes corresponding to our family’s not so sophisticated palate! Mine just like home cooking…

Alfredo Sauce

3 tablespoons sweet butter 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 garlic cloves, minced 2 cups heavy cream 1/4 teaspoon white pepper 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese 3/4 cup mozzarella cheese 1 (12 ounce) box angel hair pasta Melt butter in medium saucepan with olive oil over medium/low heat. Add the garlic, cream, white pepper and bring mixture to a simmer. Stir often. Add the Parmesan cheese and simmer sauce for 8-10 minutes or until sauce has thickened and is smooth. When sauce has thickened add the Mozzarella cheese and stir until smooth. STIR FREQUENTLY. While the sauce cooks, boil noodles for 3-5 minutes. Serve immediately.

Cranberry Sauce

4 cups fresh cranberries, 1/2 cups water, 5 whole cloves, 5 whole allspice berries, 3 cinnamon sticks, 2 cups white sugar Place fresh cranberries and water in a medium saucepan over medium heat.Wrap cloves, allspice berries and cinnamon sticks in a spice bag. Place in the water with cranberries.

Cook until cranberries begin to burst, about 10 minutes. Stir in sugar and reduce heat to low. Continue cooking 5 minutes, or until sugar has dissolved. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Discard spice bag. Chill in the refrigerator 8 hours, or

overnight, before serving.

Shortcut Hollandaise Sauce

6 Tbs. butter 1 1/2 Tbs. lemon juice 1/3 C. sour cream pinch of turmeric for color salt and pepper to taste Melt butter on low heat then add lemon juice, turmeric salt and pepper. Simmer for 2-3 minutes to allow spices to work into the mix.

Remove from heat and whisk in the sour cream.

Serve immediately

by The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

Ingredients – Lean ground turkey, tomatoes, green peppers, onions, garlic, oregano, and black pepper. Sauce preparation begins by cooking the ground turkey in a skillet. Green pepper, tomatoes, onion, garlic, black pepper and oregano are added and cooked with turkey.

Turkey Bolognese Sauce – This sauce is typical to the Italian region of Bologna.

Ingredients – ground or chopped turkey, onions, garlic cloves, grated carrots, dried basil, minced jalapeno peppers, milk, white wine, tomato paste, whole peeled tomatoes, and grated Parmesan cheese are used in the preparation of this sauce. Turkey is cooked with garlic, onion, basil, carrot, and jalapeno. The mixture is cooked until the meat browns, then milk is added and cooking is continued until the mixture reduces to one third. Wine is added and the mixture is cooked further until it reduces to just half. Tomatoes and tomato paste are added to the mixture and cooked for one more time. The dish is usually served with cooked spaghetti. The spaghetti is cooked separately and tossed with the sauce and topped with a grated Parmesan cheese before serving.

Mushroom Sauce for Turkey – Turkey cooked in a slow cooker and teamed with a

mushroom sauce is best served during large get-togethers. Boneless turkey breast, margarine or butter, dried parsley flakes, dried tarragon, salt, pepper, sliced mushrooms, and chicken broth or white wine are required for making this sauce. Turkey is cleaned and other ingredients like tarragon, parsley, butter and salt are rubbed over it. The meat is topped with mushrooms and wine is poured over it before cooking in a slow cooker for about 7-8 hours before serving.

Southern Giblet Gravy (Paula Dean Recipe)

Giblets from turkey (liver, heart, gizzard, and neck), cooked 4 cups turkey stock or broth or chicken broth or stock 2 chicken bouillon cubes 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning 2 heaping tablespoons reserved uncooked cornbread stuffing mix 3 tablespoons cornstarch 1/3 cup cold water Salt and freshly ground pepper 1 hard boiled egg, sliced Cornbread Stuffing, recipe follows Chop the giblets and the meat that has been removed from the neck. Using a saucepot, bring the stock to a boil. Add the giblets, bouillon cubes, poultry seasoning, and raw stuffing to the mixture.

In a separate bowl, mix the cornstarch and water, and add to the boiling stock, stirring constantly.

Reduce the heat and continue to cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Add the salt and pepper, to taste, and add the sliced boiled egg.

Southern Cornbread Stuffing

Basic Turkey Sauce Recipe

Olive oil, chopped onion, chopped garlic, lean ground turkey, dried basil, dried oregano, crushed red pepper flakes, diced tomato, and tomato sauce are required to make this sauce. The sauce preparation begins by sautéing garlic and onion in oil. Garlic and onions are cooked until they turn soft. Turkey is also added to the pot and cooked until the pinkness is gone and all other ingredients are added gradually and cooked until the sauce thickens.

Spicy Turkey Meat Sauce – This sauce is usually served over spaghetti. The recipe was developed

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7 slices oven-dried white bread 1 sleeve saltine crackers 2 cups celery, chopped 1 large onion, chopped 8 tablespoons butter 7 cups chicken stock 1 teaspoon salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon sage (optional) 1 tablespoon poultry seasoning (optional) 5 eggs, beaten

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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large bowl, combine crumbled cornbread, dried white bread slices, and saltines, and mix together and set aside. In a large skillet, saute the chopped celery and onion in butter until transparent, approximately 5 to 10 minutes. Pour Sauteed mixture over cornbread mixture. Add the stock, mix well, taste, and add salt, pepper to taste, sage, and poultry seasoning, and mix well. Add beaten eggs and mix well. Reserve 2 heaping tablespoons of this mixture for the giblet gravy. Pour mixture into a greased pan and bake until dressing is done, about 45 minutes. Serve with turkey as a side dish.

Cornbread:

1 cup self-rising cornmeal 1/2 cup selfrising flour 3/4 cup buttermilk 2 eggs 2 tablespoons vegetable oil Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine all ingredients and mix well. Pour batter into a greased shallow baking dish. Bake for approximately 20 to 25 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool.

To serve, cut into desired squares and serve with butter.

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

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10 Beauty Habits You Should Be Doing Every Night—And Aren’t

by Elaine Padgett Carnegie

I was looking for a way to sort of spruce up for the holidays and I found this fantastic article I’d like to share with you. It was originally written by Aly Walansky and I have left all of the sources and resources in case you would like to check out more information!

“It turns out your body can do serious work for you while you sleep—you just have to give it a little help along the way. Try one or all of these treatments to wake up looking refreshed and gorgeous.

1) Remove your makeup—all of it. For real.

The most important thing to do to wake up looking fresh is to remove all of your makeup before bedtime, says Leslie Munsell, founder and owner of the beauty site, Beauty For Real.com. That means leftover mascara, lip color—everything.

This ensures that your pores will be clean and your eyes free of leftover gunk.

2) Use two pillows Prop your head up on an extra pillow to prevent puffiness. You can also prop up the head of your bed on 2- to 4-inch pieces of wood. “This is a time when gravity helps you with lymph and blood flow so fluids won’t accumulate under your eyes and in your face,” says celebrity makeup artist Dimitri James, founder of Skinn Cosmetics.

3) Do a spot treatment…with a purifying mask You can use it to target acne and rosacea pimples, and leave it on overnight, says dermatologist Diane De Fiori, MD, who practices at the Rosacea Treatment Clinic in Melbourne, Australia. The extended skin contact time brings much better results.

4) Turn on a humidifier A barrier repair moisturizer (containing ingredients such as ceramides and cholesterol) combined with an air humidifier

in your bedroom produces durably hydrated, plump skin which is more resistant to irritants and allergens but also to appearing dry and fine-lined. By working on your skin’s hydration overnight, you can skip daytime moisturizer altogether or choose one that’s lighter since heavier moisturizers don’t tend to wear as well under sunscreen or makeup.

5) Go to town with hand cream Moisturizing your hands with a thick, plain, somewhat greasy hand cream will keep your hands and fingernails looking their best first thing in the morning. “Hands get dried out throughout the day with exposure to dry air and excessive washing, and few of us apply hand cream with every water exposure as we should,” says board certified dermatologist Jessica Krant, MD, founder of Art of Dermatology. ”Night is a chance to try to undo some of the damage, which will also keep cuticles and fingernails moisturized so they will grow longer and stronger and break and peel less.”

6) Sleep on a luxe pillowcase Wash your hair with a silicone-free shampoo and use a silk pillowcase—sleeping on a silk or satin pillowcase also helps your hair’s overall health. Fibers on most cotton

pillows are rough against the hair cuticles. Don’t want to splurge on silk? Changing a cotton or linen pillowcase every one to two days can also bring an improvement.

7) Pin your hair back Your hair contains oils and dirt that can get on your face and pillowcase and cause breakouts. Braid your hair or pin it up into a bun to keep it off your face as you sleep.

8) Get eight hours of sleep Catching a good night’s sleep can really effect the way you look. “Sleep can reduce dark circles because a lack of sleep compromises your body’s circulatory system and you get stagnant blood in the vessels under the eyes because it hasn’t properly drained,” says celebrity esthetician Renée Rouleau. ”Lack of sleep also causes your skin to look pale and tired because your circulation has been impaired.”

9) Try a leave-on exfoliator “While you sleep, the skin is working its hardest to repair itself,” says Teresa Stenzel, the director of education for Bioelements. It’s the best time to apply leave-on exfoliators, to give the ingredients time to absorb and correct daily damage to the skin caused by UV exposure and environmental aggressors.

10) Use eye cream No doubt you’ve heard it a million times, but eye cream is important.

Start using great moisturizers and eye cream at night (even if you’re in your 20s). When the morning rolls around, your skin will be plump and hydrated.”

Also, drink water, water, water… It makes a difference in the way you feel and the way you look! Check out the before and after photos.

Photo by Megan Segura, Daily Makeover.

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Last year, more children were adopted from Texas foster care than ever before - but it wasn’t enough to find a safe and loving new home for every child who needed one.

About 6,500 children in Texas foster care are waiting to be adopted and two thirds of them (4,119) are not living with someone who plans to adopt them. All these children have suffered abuse or neglect and many ask themselves “Why Not Me? Why can’t I have a family?”

During November, which is National Adoption Awareness Month, the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) and its Child Protective Services program promote adoption with the “Why Not Me?” campaign. CPS also teams with many other partners for adoption ceremonies, match parties, and other events, all across the state, to focus attention on the many children waiting for permanent homes and normal lives. Many adoption events happen around National Adoption Day. “My greatest privilege as a judge was finalizing adoptions,” said DFPS Commissioner John Specia. “I will never forget the joy and hope on the faces of those children. No child should have to grow up in foster care, and we cannot rest because the need for adoptive families is greater than ever.”

“Our biggest need is for families who will adopt older children, siblings, and children of color,” said Audrey Deckinga, DFPS assistant commissioner for Child Protective

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Motorhome 2004 Tiffin Allegro Bay 37DB FOR SALE 47,304 miles, Super Clean! Gas, Workhorse engine, Allison Trans. 2 slides, 2 ac/heatpump, internal vac, tinted dual pane windows, levelers, 2 tv’s satellite dish & tv attenna, surround stero system, refrig. w/ icemaker, microwave/convection oven, leather seats, large cedar lined closets, 7000 wat generator, inverter and much more. $55,995. Brake buddy, tow bars and 2008 4X4 Chevy Colorado also available. call 830-232-6448 Leakey, Texas 2005 Fleetwood Terry Quantum 30ft travel trailer, w/slide and bunk house. Great condition with many extras and upgrades. Includes awning, 19” color T.V., VCR, CD player w/speakers through out trailer.

Located in River Tree Estates, Leakey , Texas . $12,700, 713-906-4097 For Sale Woodchief wood burning heater $300 call 830-232-4811

Full Time Teller (Leakey Branch) Alert with ability and desire to learn technical aspects of the position Customer Oriented Preferably with previous cash handling experience Able to handle monetary transactions accurately under pressure Must be trustworthy and responsible

Applications may be pickup at any of our banking locations.

First State Bank of Uvalde Attn. Greg Visel P O Box 1908 Uvalde, TX 78802-1908 Equal Opportunity Employer

PART TIME CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVES/ADMIN ASSISTANT/ SECRET SHOPPER CANDIDATES International Education Research Foundation (IERF) is seeking a customer service representative/administrative assistant to serve as a liaison between IERF and its applicants, counseling them through the evaluation report process. Duties include, but are not limited to: handling phone calls, responding to emails, processing applications and payments, and maintaining a client record database. There is potential for growth within the company for qualified candidates.

• Experience in customer service required, especially telephone and email communication • Ability to communicate effectively in English, both in oral and written form, Experience in data entry & Ability to type • Experience with the 2010 MS Office Suite, including MS Word, Excel • Ability to prioritize duties, multi-task in a fast-paced

environment and apply common sense • Ability to interact with multinational clientele whose native language is not English & Attention to detail • Ability to demonstrate sensitivity to the needs of clients& Ability to handle unsatisfied clients in a professional manner • Ability to remain calm and solve problems under pressure& previous office experience is required

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS CONTACT US: Please contact Mr. Jason William at cmssolutioncenter@outlook.com to submit Resumes accepted via email only and please send cover letter.

21 hours/week Oversees the day-to-day administra�on of the Library; ensures that State accredita�on requirements are met; reports regularly to the Library Board; provides quality library services that meet the community’s needs. Performs all du�es associated with library administra�on.

Requirements include: commitment to public service; proficiency in general office processes, procedures, and technology (including Microso� Office); excellent communica�on skills, and strong work ethic. Preferred: MLS or BA with previous library experience and familiarity with public library processes.

Interested applicants should send resume and cover le�er to rcplea.maryforman@gmail.com by Friday, November 15, 2013.

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EMPLOYMENT NOTICE REAL COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR THE POSITION OF DISPATCHER/ JAILER. No experience is required, applicant must have a High School Diploma or Equivalent and a clear criminal history. Applications may be picked up at the Real County Sheriff’s Office from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Monday – Friday.

REAL COUNTY IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Real County Public Library - Director of Administra�on

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DEADLINE MONDAY 5:00 p.m.

ONLY 20 CENTS PER WORD!!!

Red top Cane 5x5.5 round bales 1450lbs $60.00. Triticale square bales $ 5.00 South Texas Raised Alfalfa in the barn $9.00 CASH ONLY, NO CHECKS, CASH ONLY. 210-216-0193 Located near Pearsall.

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STORAGE/SHOP FOR RENT

Three bedroom two and a half bath house for rent at 170 Pecan Dr. Leakey TX for more information call Melissa at 830-279-3219.

One bedroom one bath house for rent 170 Pecan Dr. Leakey TX For more information call Melissa at 830-279-3219

Storage/Shop 35x40, 110, 220 and 3 phase elec., In town-Leakey, $250/month.

Call 830-232-5656 or 830-232-5290

FOR RENT- MINI STORAGE $30

FOR RENT: 2 bedroom furnished AND UP!! 830-232-5656 or 830-232-5290 or non-furnished cabin near the Concan/Frio River for rent, includes cable and water. Electric STORAGE FOR RENT metered separately. $650 8X10 $40 * 10X12 $50 ASK ABOUT Call for info 877-671-9527 OUR DISCOUNTS!! Call 830.232.4091 Home for Lease fully furnished On the Frio, Gated Community 3bdrm 2.5 baths Great Room, Kitchen w/Ice Machine 1 car garage included 1st and last months lease at signing of lease $1400 utilities included 713-854-2507

JIM DOES SIGNS

Need A New Business Sign?

Call Jim Reed 830-232-5096

FOR RENTTri-Plex 2 Bdrm 1 bath, Centrally located, $450 per month with $450 Deposit.

Call 830-591-3479 2B/1B Duplex For Rent New Floors! Has Fridge, Washer and Dryer and Dishwasher. $200 deposit, First and Last months rent. $450 per month

830-232-5656 830-232-5290

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Properties We have established a policy of furnishing a home owners warranty for every property that we market and that qualifies. This would include owner occupied single family residences. It takes the worry away from owners and buyers. If you are a seller, any covered item that needs repair during the term of the listing will be repaired. If you are a buyer, any covered item that needs repair for up to 12 months after closing will be repaired. We furnish the policy, not you. So, if you are considering selling your property, list with us and let us take the worry away from you. Call for details.

NEW LISTING in the Tierra Linda Subdivision, Con Can. Prime residential building site for only $50,000.

NEW LISTING 5 Acres on the river in Rancho Real.

Electricity and septic tank in place. Beautiful building site on the river. $130,000.

NEW LISTING Rancho Real, 23 acres with highway frontage, great views, $49,900.

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

Cadillac Farms, 244 ac located 2 miles west of Leakey. A little bit of everything, fields, mtns, old ranch house, rustic barn. Fronts on FM 337 with Patterson Creek forming the southern boundary. Abundant wildlife. Call for details.

CANYON OAKS! NEW LISTING New construction, 4 bdrm 2 1⁄2 bth home with excellent views and river access.

Great income producing potential. $279,900 CANYON OAKS Three bedroom, 3 1⁄2 bath home on River Road. Income producing. Reduced to $299,000 CON CAN COUNTRY CLUB Golf Course lot in Con Can Country Club! 1⁄2 acre prime residential site on golf course and nightly rentals allowed. Wont last long at $49,950.

CON CAN RANCH 3 bdrm 2 bth manufactured home on 36.67 acres. Located in back of ranch adjoining a large ranch. Ideal hunting property in great location. $71,900 DIAMOND RANCH 25 acres with 3 hunting blinds & RV port. $64,000 FAIRVIEW RANCH Nearly 20 acres with 3 bdrm 2 bth manufactured home and 2 bdrm 2 bth cabin., large metal building. Turn key living and hunting. Call for details.

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

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

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

FRIO RIVER RANCH A beautiful hill country home sitting on the bank of the Frio River. Three bedrooms with 2 1⁄2 baths, high ceilings, open floor plan. All this plus a detached 2 bedroom, 2 bath cabin with approximately 148 feet of frontage along the east bank of the river. Close to town, yet private. Great income potential, only $469,900.

FRIO RIVER RANCH River front home on 2.2 acres.

Good swimming hole. Three bedroom 2 bath home with 179 feet of river frontage. Nightly rental potential. $279,500.

FRIO TERRITORY This five acre building site on the Frio River is waiting for you. Huge cypress trees line this blue water hole that is teeming with fish. Fronts on Highway 83 and the Frio River, private, yet close to town. Good restrictions, beautiful building site overlooking the river. $329,000 MOUNTAIN VALLEY 2.3 acres sitting within walking distance of the House Pasture, Concan Country Club and

the Frio River. The location doesn’t get any better than this. Priced Reduced to $119,000.

OAKMONT VILLAGE 2.21 acres of heavily wooded building site located just of FM 1120. $49,000 RANCHO REAL Secluded 15 acres with hunting cabin. 4 wheel drive required. $47,000 RANCHO REAL River frontage with 22 1⁄2 acres for only $70,000.

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

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

SADDLE MOUNTAIN Two story, three bedroom 2 bath home on 2.55 acres in quiet area.. Vaulted ceilings with a rock fireplace, covered porch and deck. Great setting for what appears to be the best buy in the Frio Canyon! Price reduced to $179,950.

SHADOW VALLEY Prime residential tract with city water and river access. 1.9 acres for only $52,500.

SPICEWOOD SPRINGS Riverfront home on 3.7 acres in Spicewood Springs. Access to over a mile of Frio River. Four bedroom, three bath, 2 story home sitting on bank of river with a wraparound porch. Won’t last long at $429,500.

SPRING HILL-.3.2 acres. Beautiful lot in a gated subdv, city wtr, O.F. terms 10% Dn,7.9% for 15 yrs: List Price $70,000 SPRING HILL 3.52 acres with a beautiful view overlooking Leakey. City water, Price reduced to $69,500 THE RIDGE-Experience the Texas hill country at its finest w/ private access to your own beautiful Frio River park w/BBQ pavilion. Underground utilities, free roaming wildlife, hiking, biking & much more! This restricted subdivision offers great building sites for your dream home, retirement or vacation get-away. B&B allowed so take advantage of this new development. Call for a showing or take a drive out 4 mi. south on RR 1120. Check out our website for current sales! Prices start $87,500 THE RIDGE New construction, 3 bedroom 3 bth, with 2 fireplaces and outdoor kitchen, walking distance to river.

Nestled under huge live oaks. Call for a showing today TWIN FORKS Two tree covered lots in good location with owner financing available. $32,500 for one, or both for $59,900.

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

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

COMMERCIAL OPPORTUNITY Now you can enjoy your own rodeo arena. Located just north of Leakey, complete with bleachers, snack bar, restrooms, and plenty of room for additional buildings or possible dance floor.

Over 7 acres of land and improvements with owner financing available. This is a great investment at $225,000.

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

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

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!

Dub Suttle – Broker Kathy Suttle – Broker Michael Rushing – Associate Carrie Chisum – Associate Fred McNiel - Associate 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

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Mary Kay Windham, Broker 664 S US Hwy. 83 Leakey, Texas 830-232-4408 office 830-374-7901 cell SEE MORE LISTINGS AND PICTURES AT WWW.HIGHPLACESREALTY.COM 75 stunning acres with gorgeous 3BR/3B “barndominium”, bunk house, rv shed, well, city water, and breath-taking long views! Tastefully and beautifully furnished! Many extras you just have to see this one! $625,000.

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

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

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

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

26.7 manicured acres, 1BR/1B home, 3BR/1B mobile, workshop/storage, separate bathhouse and restroom, pond, both sides of seasonal creek, ag exempt. Amazing views! $334,500. SOLD! 3BR/3B home on the Frio River, guest house, covered pavilion, fire pit, access to 130 acres of common area and one mile Frio River. $379,500. CONTRACT PENDING! 4.9 acres on the Frio River, good elevated building sites, electricity close! $99,000.

1BR/1B rock cabin on 29.95, well, elec, and septic,

Welcome to First State Bank of Uvalde’s New Website!

Dear First State Bank Customer, We are pleased to introduce you to our recently redesigned First State Bank website.

You will notice that our new website has a greatly different look and feel to it. We believe it offers our customers more features and better options than were previously available. In addition, we hope our website will become the place you turn to for news and information about First State Bank and the surrounding area we serve.

We are proud to bring you this service and sincerely hope you use it and enjoy it.

Dick G. Geries Chairman and CEO

amazing views. $300,000.

3BR/2B home, 3 car garage, guest home, barn, workshop on 21 gorgeous acres! $499,000. CONTRACT PENDING! 2/2 Covered mobile on 2 acres covered in Pecans, access to Frio $129,000. SOLD! 3BR/2B log home in River Tree, access to Frio River $329,900. .4 of an acre with access to one mile Frio, all utilities. $25,000.

1.14 acres on the Frio River and Lombardy Canal! $145,000. SOLD! 1.18 acres, access to 1 mile Frio River and 130 acres! All utilities in place, great views! $89,000.

Two 5 acre tracts with access to lake, creek, deep swimming hole. $38,500 to $40,000. ONE TRACT SOLD! Cozy cabin on 6 acres, access to lake, creek, deep swimming hole. $129,000.

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

Two adjacent lots with access to the Frio River! $45,000.

Each 8.09 acres, with well, mixed terrain $109,080. Adjacent 22.6 acres $203,400. Owner financing available!

50 acres, with Frio River, Bluff Creek , home and cabin, springs! REDUCED $549,000.

...for all your Real Estate needs in the Hill Country River Region...

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Buckh or n Bar & Grill and Drive Thru Beverage Barn “BBQ Thursdays”

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DJ Russell BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND!!

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Drive Thru Beverage Barn Open 7 Days a Week Monday thru Saturday 10am-10pm Sunday 12pm-10pm “Grill Hours” Thursday 3-8 * Friday, Sat. 12 (noon) to 10 pm * Sun. 12 (noon) to 8 pm Bar Opens at 4pm Thursday and Friday 12pm Sat/Sun

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THE FRIENDS GRILL

“HUNTER PORTIONS!”

Homemade Daily Specials Choice “Cut to Order” Steaks Burgers, Salads & Sandwiches ilable Ava g n i r “Tootie Pies” Cate

TUES.- WED.

$2 OFF $10 or More Purchase

(may not use multiple discounts must present coupon @ time of purchase)

Open

11a.m. till 8:30 p.m.

Tuesday -Saturday Sunday 11:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

830-232-6301

157 Hwy. 83 South, Downtown, Leakey, Texas

CONVENIENCE STORE

FUEL • FEED • GROCERIES 608 Hwy. 83 South Leakey, Texas

830-232-5559

DEER STORAGE • HUNTING LICENSES

•HUNTING & CAMPING SUPPLIES • DEER CORN • COLD BEVERAGES • SNACKS • PIZZA • FRIED CHICKEN WINGS• OTHER MENU ITEMS

PIZZA ON THE FRIO • Fresh Cut Steaks • Fresh Ground Beef • Deli Meats • Camping Supplies

OPEN SUNDAYS !!

9a.m.-8p.m.

Corner of 83 and 337 DOWNTOWN, LEAKEY, TEXAS

830-232-6299 Hours: M-F 7a.m. - 8p.m.

Sat. 8a.m.-8p.m.

At the Frio Pecan Farm Pavilion Open: NEW FALL HOURS Friday 11a.m. - 2p.m. & 5p.m.-9p.m. and Saturday ALL DAY 11a.m. to 9p.m.

Dine In or Pick Up Leakey, Texas

(830) 232-5022

PIZZAS Meat Lover’s, The Work’s, Vegetarian, Ultimate Cheese, Smoky Jo’s BBQ, Wings, Garlic Bread, Hamburger, Cheeseburger

BEER & WINE AVAILABLE

TRI CANYON BRANCH

HOMEMADE PIES SOUP and FRESH SANDWICHES Trip Advisor Says:

“BEST BROWNIES IN U.S.!!!!”

TOYS 20% OFF THIS WED.- FRI.

NEW HOURS: TUES.- SAT. 10:30 - 5:00

410 S Hwy 83 Leakey, TX 78873 WE WILL BE Ph. 830-232-4553 CLOSED Of�ice Hours-Lobby MONDAY Mon-Thu 9:00 to 3:00 NOVEMBER 11

Fri 9:00 to 4:30 IN OBSERVANCE Of�ice Hours-Drive-Thru OF Mon-Fri 9:00 to 4:30 VETERAN’S Sat 9:00 to 12:00 DAY

Drive-Up ATM

Located at Branch Also located inside Concan General Store U.S. Hwy 83 & Tx. Hwy 127

Tire AND Wheel Connection

2805 Highway 90 West Hondo, Texas 78861 830.426.TIRE (8473) www.TireandWheelConnection.com