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Some of the Best SUMMERTIME FUN takes place in TEXAS!

Most TEXANS pride themselves in being able to serve up not only great BBQ, but also a GOOD TIME to go with it. It doesn't matter whether you're from here or not, what counts is your ability to enjoy life with the people you share it with. Our cover girls surely know the meaning of summertime fun - can life get any better?

Life like summer is what you make it to be. If you want to have fun and enjoy the GOOD LIFE, you can start right now.

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Some of the Best SUMMERTIME FUN takes place in TEXAS! Take a Hike on Mustang Island Beach

Breezes are a good companion when you're hiking in the hot Texas summer.

Mustang Island State Park offers this on its three miles of beaches. Perhaps you think of it as a place to catch some rays or take a dip in the gulf. Those are some great ways to experience the park, but you will be amazed at what you can discover on a beach hike.

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Blackened Pork Chops

GOOD FOOD

(and Those Special Nudges)

Life is much more fun if we adapt.

Before we get to the recipe though, I wanted to talk a little bit about an experience I had recently with nudges. :)

We all get them from time to time and I’m sure I’m not the only one who stands in awe of what happens when we follow them – those little nudges in our hearts to act, to do something. Say a kind word, approach someone with a hug, or simply open our eyes and take notice.

A month or so ago my youngest, Katy Rose, decided she wanted to go into the church service with us instead of her usual Sunday school. My husband started with our usual “But Katy Rose, you’ll miss your friends!” but I felt a sense of let it be and shook my head discreetly at my husband.

“It’s fine, let her come with us.” My son went on to his class because it is ultimately cool since they let them read the bible on their ipods (amazing how the tiniest concessions can get kids fired up about the things you want them fired up about) and the three of us remaining headed into “big church”.

"Hi, my name is Christy Jordan and I like to feed people."

Ingredients 4 - 3/4 to 1” thick, boneless pork chops (about 2 pounds) 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon garlic powder

We have a great church and an amazing music staff. As we sing, the air just feels charged with joy and hope and a spirit of wecandothisness (new word, my gift to you, no charge ~winks~). I was holding Katy Rose’s hand as we lightly swung our arms to the music. She turned to face me and I smiled down at her and took her other hand, both of us singing and grinning into each other’s eyes as we swung our arms back and forth to the beat.

I felt a nudge. Get down there with her.

Katy was looking up at me with such love in her eyes, the same look I gave my mother at her age. That look that says “You are who I am watching. You are who I want to be” and I got down on my knees so that we were the same height, still holding her hands as we sang and swung our arms facing one another.

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Katy’s smile was so big it just about filled up her face and I couldn’t help but match it as I knelt in front of my little girl. Once the song was over I stood again and we turned our attention back to the service as we took our seats. I didn’t think too much more about it until last week when Katy came and got into bed with me early in the morning and put her arms around me.

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“Mama, you remember that time when you got down on your knees so we were the same height and we held hands and sang together in church?”

1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon cayenne pepper 1 teaspoon paprika ½ cup butter, melted

“Sure do” I said.

“Mama, that made me so happy my heart cried.” She sniffed and I looked down to see tears pooling in her little seven year old eyes as she smiled up at me “and every time I think of it my heart just gets that happy all over again.”

I pulled her close and held her. “I know just how you feel Katy. So many times you and Brady make my heart feel that exact same way.”

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“I’ll always remember that Mama.”

“I will too, Katy Rose.”

Her revelation took me by surprise. To me it had just been a little gesture, to her it was a whole lot more. It was a moment that she caught in her heart, like a photograph of a loved one we always keep close. We never know when moments like this will happen, but seeing how much it meant to my baby, I’m so grateful for the nudge that day.

You never know when something you do might end up being that moment for someone else.

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Instructions 1.

In a large skillet, add vegetable oil to a seasoning mixture before placing in hot oil. depth of ¼ inch and place over medium heat while you prepare the chops.

4.

Repeat with remaining chops. Cook in oil until each side is dark and crusty, about 3-4 2.

In a pie plate or shallow bowl, combine minutes, then turn and repeat with opposite all seasonings. side and continue cooking until pork is no longer pink in the center, another 4-5 minutes.

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In a separate pie plate or shallow bowl, pour melted butter. Dredge each pork chops in 5.

Remove cooked pork chops and allow to butter on both sides, then press each side into drain on paper towel lined plate. Serve hot.

This recipe works just as well for chicken as it does pork, but blackened chicken will take a back seat when you pat this spicy rub on a juicy, thick cut, boneless pork chop.

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Because at the end of the day, the supper table is where we teach our families where they came from and they let us know where they hope to go.

Values, heritage, history, dreams, and encouragement are passed around with the serving platters and roots grow a little deeper with each bite. We may have high hopes and aspirations when we set off into the world each morning, but if you really want to make the world a better place, end the day by coming home to supper.

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Wild Pigs; A parable and a fact.

One day while in class at a large college, a professor noticed one young man, an exchange student, who kept rubbing his back and stretching as if his back hurt. The professor asked the young man what was the matter?

The student told him he had a bullet lodged in his back.

He had been shot while fighting communists in his native country who were trying to overthrow his country's government and install a new communist regime. In the midst of his story, the student looked at the professor and asked a strange question, "Do you know how to catch wild pigs?"

The professor thought it was a joke and asked for the punch line. The young man assured the professor that his question was no joke and went on to say.

"You catch wild pigs by finding a suitable place in the woods and putting corn on the ground. The pigs find it and begin to come every day to eat the free corn.

When they are used to coming every day, you put a fence down one side of the place where they are used to coming.

When they get used to the fence, they begin to eat the corn again and you put up another side of the fence.

They get used to that and start to eat again. You continue until you have all four sides of the fence up with a gate in the last side. The pigs, which are now used to and want the free corn, eventually begin to come through the gate to get to the free corn. When all the pigs get inside, you slam the gate and catch the whole herd.

Suddenly the wild pigs have lost their freedom. They are confused and run around inside the fence, but soon they go back to eating the free corn. They are so used to it that they have forgotten how to forage in the woods for themselves, so they accept their captivity."

The young man then told the professor that is exactly what he sees happening in America. The government keeps pushing us toward Communism/Socialism and keeps spreading the free corn out in the form of programs such as supplemental income, tax credit for unearned income, tax exemptions, tobacco subsidies, welfare entitlements, medicine, drugs, etc., while we continually lose our freedoms, just a little at a time.

God help us all when the gate slams shut! Marx once said, "Remove one freedom per generation and soon you will have no freedom and no one would have noticed."

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Once he survives the night, he is a MAN.

and he removed his blindfold. It was then that he discovered his father sitting on the stump next to him.

He had been at watch the entire night, protecting his son from harm.

We, too, are never alone. Even when we don't know it, God is watching over us, sitting on the stump

He cannot tell the other boys of this experience, beside us. When trouble comes, all we have to do is because each lad must come into manhood on his reach out to Him. If you liked this story, pass it on. own. The boy is naturally terrified. He can hear If not, you took off your blindfold before dawn. all kinds of noises. Wild beasts must surely be all around him. Maybe even some human might do him Moral of the story: harm. The wind blew the grass and earth and shook Just because you can't see God, his stump, but he sat stoically, never removing the doesn't mean He is not there. "For we blindfold. It would be the only way he could become walk by faith, not by sight! a MAN! Author Unknown

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Living in Love it never fails.

To live in love means to enjoy the hope and serenity that those feelings produce.

When you smile into the face of a happy baby there is no room for anything in your heart or mind but love. And it feels so good!

That’s what I mean by living in love. And it’s a life that can’t be taken away from you once you learn how to live there.

your attention on. Focus on this book, a bird outside your window or even your own hand.

Now stare at it. Admire it. You can admire virtually anything. It means to look at with pleasure. Do you see the point?

Once you learn to look around at the world with pleasure – it becomes a whole new world for you and that my friends will give But, we can’t spend our days playing with you a whole new life! babies? No, we can’t. But we can live in love and here’s how to do it.

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It was one of those weekends; the Boss was bored, and hungry.

If you ever find yourself west of Austin and north of San Antonio you'll be close to a place It’s so large called Johnson City. Aside from being a nice little that you can’t west Texas town with a population of just 1361 2010, it's also got bragging rights on a GREAT really pickin it PLACE to eat. The Hill Country Cupboard is located right smack in the middle of town and has up to eat it or some of the BEST fried potatoes I've ever eaten and all I've eaten quite a few potatoes in my lifetime. risk getting

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The sign out front got our attention, "World's Best Chicken Fried Steak - Nearly 3 Dozen Sold" and we had to check it out. Sure enough, it was a mighty fine Chicken Fried Steak, you could in fact cut it with a fork, but that's not all we found to make it a real worthwhile stop.

The menu advertised fried pork chops that would make you chew the bones clean and they didn't disappoint - they were excellent! But there is more to talk about here.

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potatoes like no others. It sounds too simple to be worthy of mentioning, because they really were just fried potatoes and onions. They cut the potatoesGreetings, really thick forfoodie’s! a fried potato, so they had fellow to have partially cooked them before frying them.

It was one of those I've made thousands of weekends; potatoes and probably the Boss bored,inand eaten millions ofwas potatoes my life and these rank I told Dean's her thatmashed I would new potatoes up therehungry. with Paula take her out to eat, and she - they are top at the Lady and Son's in Savannah jumped on that suggestion notch! like a tick on a hound dog.

Within twenty minutes she

We here twiceand while we were up was stopped showered, dressed that wayready because of those potatoes to go. I had heard on and the pastries.

Both times the food face book thatwas S. W.excellent, Tookie’s but the apple turnovers we left with for breakfast and dessert in Seabrook had reopened, were also something to write and I wanted to see if theyhome about. Talk about GOOD, they were as sothey light they just melted were still as good in your were mouth! in the past.

Now I find understand thatanywhere this If you ever yourself near here restaurant is located in Harris you should be sure and stop by the Hill Country County, but it’s just across Cupboard for some GOOD EATS!

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I have been eating at Tookie’s since I was in high school, some 38 years ago. It was the place to go on Friday and Saturday nights back in the day. You could go there back then with a date and get out for about twelve dollars.

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As soon as we replace all of the negative thinking with good thinking, we can have the victory we seek. We have to do it ourselves though, no one can do it for us.

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What are you doing? Are you trying to help anyone besides yourself? This is not about you! I don’t sit up here looking at just you. I have the whole world to consider and so should you. Whether or not you are enjoying yourself and having everything go your way is not the point. You keep searching for your happiness and forgetting about everyone else.

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You have your life tangled up and twisted around because your motive is wrong. I put you here to flow in a certain direction and to accomplish certain things.

You can’t keep getting sidetracked like this. You have too many directions you’re trying to take. You have one life and I’m the director of it, not you. These problems and your own frustrations are deterring you from your course. Listen to Me!

What do you hear? I want good things, for you and for everyone else. I want you to do the right thing because it’s right, not because it’s comfortable. I want you to give to others, to bless people, which is why you’re here! That’s what will make you happy. You have one goal, one purpose and as long as you ignore it, you can’t be happy. You can’t keep focusing on yourself and expect to be happy. It’s a pretty It's FREE for everyone! simple system and yet you seem confused.

I’m not confusing you. You know when you’re on track. You know when I’m pleased with what you have done.

Stop running around trying to bless yourself. When problems come, and they will, stay focused on Me. I’ll tell you when to turn, when to walk away and when to run. I’ll show you the way, but you have to be willing to go!

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Let your light shine.

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GOOD HUMOR Two boys were walking home from is the bride dressed in white?''

Sunday school after hearing a strong preaching on the devil.

The mother replied, 'Because white is the color of happiness, and today is the One said to the other, 'What do you think happiest day of her life.' about all this Satan stuff?'

The child thought about this for a The other boy replied, 'Well, you know moment then said, 'So why is the groom how Santa Claus turned out. wearing black?'

It's probably just your Dad..' ~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Three boys are in the school yard Attending a wedding for the first time, a bragging about their fathers. little girl whispered to her mother, 'Why

The first boy says, 'My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a poem, they give him $50.'

The second boy says, 'That's nothing.

My Dad scribbles a few words on piece of paper,he calls it a song, they give him $100.'

The third boy says, 'I got you both beat.

My Dad scribbles a few words on a piece of paper, he calls it a sermon, and it takes eight people to collect all the money!' ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Continued on page 24.

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Do you know: The motto of the United States of America, was established by the 84th Congress on July 30th, 1956 and signed into law by President Dwight D Eisenhower, as In God We Trust.

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I'm here to encourage you as a wife and mom and remind you there's a little bit of THAT family in all of us. I write books, run Mercy House and try to remember I am third (God first, others second).

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5 Ways To Change America From The Dinner Table

We were on the 3rd hour of the trip and somehow the youngest convinced the other two to watch a scratched version of Shrek the Third on the DVD player in the backseat.

As we drove, my husband looked over at me and said, “Why do we own this movie?”

“Because someone thought it would be funny,” a sibling answered.

Subtle, Hollywood.

controversy (although occasionally I stumble into it here). I’m a wife

I don’t know about you, but and mom and writer and most days I cringe at the world I’m raising between those big jobs and saying my kids in. My online feed is a yes to God, there’s not much left battleground of opinion and the daily when I fall into bed. news is like a horror show.

But I can see that America is

It’s not just that our culture changing. And I can see that vies for an anthing-goes-lifestyle, it’s American needs to change. that we don’t understand the value of life. We live in a world where a lion’s And I have to agree with The death trumps a human’s life. We live Gipper-great change for our country in a world where the senseless death starts in the center of our home at the of an animal causes more outcry than table. It’s the place we communicate the brutal dismembering and selling with one another, care about each of unborn babies. other, celebrate and challenge each other. The table is the place we teach Yes, both are wrong, but one we our children right from wrong, it’s abhor, and the other we make our lectern. It brings us together, so possible through legislation. together we can change the world.

Terrell and I talked about the way kids movies, TV shows and teen books are filled with innuendoes, edgy subject matter and an obvious effort to normalize alternative lifestyles to the next generation.

Recently, I ran across an old quote from my favorite President and I haven’t been able to get it out of my head: “All great change in America begins at the dinner table.” ~Ronald Reagan

“It’s easy to ignore, laugh or shrug it off, but we need to point this desensitizing out to our kids when we see or hear it. And turn it off,” he said. It’s part of teaching our kids

I’m not political. I don’t jump on every bandwagon or issue. I don’t engage on Facebook when someone says something I don’t agree with and I honestly try not to jump into

I shrugged and pointed to the old album of discs we keep in the car for moments of travel desperation.

At one point, I guess we were both tuning in because we heard our soonto-be third grader ask why one of the princesses was a man dressed like a woman with heavy stubble.

what we believe is right and wrong.

When we intentionally tackle tough issues, cultural shifts and trends, and communicate truth to our kids over a meal, we are giving them something secure to come home to in a world that is balancing precariously on a sandy foundation.

When we turn our table into a tool, our home becomes a classroom, and our children world changers.

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The Table Creates a Healthier Family | It might sound too simple, but simply having dinner together makes an impact on the family and eventually the world. It’s far too easy to let the busyness of schedules, sports, school and society interrupt dinner. Research shows the long term emotional and educational benefits to families is monumental. It’s the best time to connect and communicate, to check-in with each other.

There are countless health benefits of eating dinner together, but the “parental engagement fostered at the dinner table can be a simple, effective tool to help prevent bad choices and addictions later,” research says. So, basically, we are better when we eat dinner together.

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The Table is Where We Break Open Both Kinds of Bread | Food is a great opportunity to introduce culture and new countries to our family. What better way to learn about oppressed people groups or impoverished areas or intriguing cultures than by getting a small taste of how other people eat and maybe live?

Food opens the door to the rest of the world and makes room for perspective, one of the best gifts we can offer our family. Our dinner table can become a pulpit where we open God’s Word and compare and contrast and consider truth with a verse here and Bible story there. It’s not about quantity (and with kids, it’s often not about quality), it’s about consistency. Breaking Holy Bread at the table is a significant way to say to our children– this matters as much as eating. It’s imperfect and messy, and it’s important. It’s life.

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The Table is Where We Talk About Current Issues (or the latest kid’s movie) | Gathering around the table affords us the chance to talk. Sometimes it’s goofy and silly and seemingly insignificant. (Don’t believe that.) But some nights, it’s family communion where we connect with each other and God on a deep level. When we make this time a priority, we make room for this to happen. Talking about our day at school and work one day leads into praying about the bully on the playground and the stress of a tough boss on another. When we linger at the table and lay our thoughts and opinions on it, it becomes the perfect place to talk about what’s going on in our world.

and fond memories we carry with us as adults. It’s the place we learn to take care of and love other people. When absolute truth is taught and love isn’t, judgmental and pious Christians are fostered. But when we teach and exemplify love of God and others (especially to those we don’t agree with), over our own opinions and desires, we raise kids who change the world.

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The Table is Where We Teach Absolute Truth | Truth has become a bad word in our culture where nothing is absolute and standards are doubled and everything is subjective. Murder is okay inside the womb, but not out. We have freedom to live however we want, unless our religious convictions make someone uncomfortable. “God’s word is truth.” (John 17:17) If we explain to our children what the Bible says about right from wrong, we are teaching them truth that doesn’t change.

Kristen

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Little Johnny seemed especially intent when they told him how Eve was created out of one of Adam's ribs.

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The Biggest Small Town LOCAL NEWS NEWS in Texas

By Susan Skains

They genuinely care about their customers and their community.

I grew up in many cities, towns and states. My mother was a single mom raising my sister and me to the best of her ability. We moved and changed schools frequently, dependent on where her latest job would take us. We didn’t make friends easily and relationships were often short-lived and never permanent. I didn’t know this was unusual. From grade school through high school, I went to eight different schools in almost as many towns. I don’t remember living anywhere for more than two or three years.

I eventually married and my husband and I started looking for a place to build a home in Galveston County.

My husband’s sister and her family lived in Santa Fe and told us about some property for sale on her street. We did our research, really liked the area, bought the property and started building our dream house.

My love affair with Santa Fe began almost immediately during our home-building process. The first people we met were to eventually become our best friends.

We had just built our foundation and needed to water it to help the concrete cure. This couple lived across the street and offered to let us to hook up our hoses to their water spigot and run it across the road. They told us to use as much of their water as we wanted or needed. They didn’t even know us! That was the first of many kindnesses they showed us and other neighbors were just as generous.

We used the local hardware store, "Galco Hardware" on an almost daily basis while we were building. We came to know the couple that own the store on a first-name basis.

They are the nicest, most Christian and caring people in town. Even now, 13 years later, I cannot go into the hardware store without them taking the time to ask me how my fruit trees are growing, or how my dogs or husband are.

When it came time for us to have landscaping planted around the house, I contacted a local nursery in the neighborhood. Jimbo’s was recommended by many people in town, so I called them. They came out and recommended plants and an affordable landscaping plan. They did a phenomenal job. They stayed and had iced tea with us and told us about their family and asked about ours.

The following spring, they called to see if I needed help with the flower beds. When I told them I was short on funds, they came out and did the work anyway and asked me to just pay them as soon as I was able to. This type of service was totally unknown to me! They trusted me <gasp>! Every year they call me just to see if I need advice on any of my plants and to see how everything is growing. They love what they do and they treat their customers like family.

When I decided to raise a few cows, I was very ignorant about cattle and needed help and advice. Luckily I had Tibaldo’s Feed Store in Santa Fe to educate me and help me through the process.

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PORCUPINE LOGIC It was the coldest winter ever and many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm.

This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions.

After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen.

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Wisely, they decided to go back to being together.

They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the warmth that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.

Moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

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Being a fiscal conservative and a taxpayer advocate often places us in the line of fire of opponents of lower taxes and smaller government, particularly in Austin and especially from imposters who sustain the lingo only long enough to get elected. One would think, after 21 years of ducking arrows that I would get used to it, but I never have.

Below is my best guess on how much rates could fall in some areas, assuming that 90% of the GCAD appraised value increases are certified: Bayou Vista -$0.05 Dickinson -$0.02 Galveston -$0.07 Hitchcock -$0.02 Jamaica Beach -$0.05 Kemah -$0.01 Santa Fe -$0.03 Tiki Island -$0.05 Galveston County -$0.04

The most incredible thing I repeatedly overhear (from otherwise limited government, free market, conservative elected officials) is how best to spend their money at budget time. When overheard, I remind the official that it is not their money – it is the taxpayer’s money and they would be well served to remember that when preparing a spending plan (otherwise called a budget). Just the words, ‘spending plan’ evokes thoughts Voters, taxpayers, and watchdogs of government waste, of waste - the antithesis of true conservatism. join the battle and prepare to duck arrows when you dare to demand fiscal responsibility. Remember what

As many local governments proceed this spending Ronald Reagan told us, “The problem is not that people cycle, citizens would be well served to pay attention and are taxed too little, the problem is that government participate in the process. Property values are higher spends too much.” than ever in many areas of the county and revenues will Submitted by, be plentiful if tax rates are not lowered or exemptions Cheryl E. Johnson, RTA increased.

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Continued from page 31. my fears and questions. They generously shared their experiences and knowledge with me. I have happy and healthy animals today thanks to them.

So many more people deserve an honorable mention in this article though. Every citizen that waves at me driving down the road (daily!), to the convenience store, Amigo Mart, at the beginning of my neighborhood that offers me a free bag of ice every time I buy a bunch of sodas for a BBQ. And I cannot fail to recognize the unknown older gentleman that sits on his front porch on Birch Street and waves at every single car that passes, every single day, sunshine or rain. When I’ve had a bad day at work, this man smiles and waves at me and makes the world right again.

We had been living in our home for several years through one of the worst droughts Texas had ever seen. Our beautiful pond had been dry for 4 years. When the rains finally came back we had local area flooding. The ditches were running over, yet the pond was not seeing any significant rise. My husband had an idea to pump the water from the ditches into our pond. We needed several lengths of fire hose (more Finally, I want to tell you than we had) to make the distance about Santa Fe’s Finest. This is the though. nickname I have given our local law enforcement. Our police department

I called our local fire is the very best in Texas! We had only department very early on a Saturday lived here a few years when a local morning. The dispatcher patched me citizen, (also one of the Finest) found through to the fire chief, who was my license plate that had dropped off having breakfast at home with his my lawn mower trailer in the middle family. This gentleman met me at the of a road in town. They noticed the fire station in his shorts and flip flops tags were current and that someone and loaded as many hoses as I needed was missing this plate, so they turned into my truck. He asked me to just it in to the police station. The Finest return them to the station when I was ran the plate and got my address. finished with them.

They came out to my house to handAgain, here was a “local” who deliver the plate to me. trusted me and treated me with respect and kindness, because I lived We weren’t home, so they here. Because I was “one of them”. called and left me a voicemail telling me to stop by the station to pick it up. The reason they didn’t leave the plate at my house was described in the voicemail. The message went something like this…..(paraphrasing) “Mrs. Skains, this is Officer XXX calling from Santa Fe’s Finest.

We have your license plate here.

We went to your house to deliver it and one of your dogs jumped in the patrol car and wouldn’t get out of it.

He licked us to death and slimed up all of the car windows. Then your German shepherd jumped on the outside of the car and pinned us in and wouldn’t let us out. We finally got the Boxer out of the car, but you will have to come down to the station to get your license plate!”

I laughed all the way from my house to the station! Now, every time I see one of Santa Fe’s Finest around town, I wave like crazy. I feel like I know every one of them, and they are here to protect and serve me personally. I feel like they are family.

I’ve mentioned to my husband several times over the past dozen years that we’ve lived here, how lucky we are to have chosen Santa Fe as the place to settle down, build our house, raise our family, and retire.

He just humors me. He was raised in a small community and went to the same schools his whole life, and has friends he’s known since childhood.

He’s never felt the absence (and then fulfillment) of community and fellowship that I have felt since living here. I feel like I have finally found "My Place" and that place is Santa Fe, Texas. Santa Fe is small by most standards, but it has everything and everyone we need. We are smack dab between Houston and Galveston as the crow flies.

We have great weather, beautiful sunrises and sunsets. We can still see the stars at night, unlike bigger cities that have lights that can be seen from space. We still have fireflies. We still have hay rides for the kids and Little League is the biggest sport in town. This town puts God, family and friends first. Our children and our animals are the most important things to us. I regret that I wasn’t born and raised here and I am jealous of my friends and neighbors that were.

I wish I knew more people in town and it wasn’t just “strangers” waving to me all the time. I wish that I had been a Fighting Indian and not just a supporter of the next generation of the Green and Gold. I thank everyone in this town that has helped me, befriended me, welcomed me and loved me. The feelings are more than mutual, I love you all!

Written by Susan Skains

MAN CAVE

Colt King Cobra

The Indian and Southeast Asian King Cobra is one of the world’s longest venomous snakes. It’s been said that this deadly snake can attack and strike the entire length of its body. Everyone is familiar with the image of this reptile and the turban clad Indian snake charmer playing his flute for the amazed crowd as the large hooded snake rises and sways to his hypnotic tune. America also has a King Cobra whose strike can be just as deadly.

In keeping with the Colt tradition of naming their premium revolvers after snakes, they chose to call this beefy revolver the King Cobra. I’m talking about the Colt King Cobra .357 magnum revolver.

Like its namesake - it’s big, weighing in at 2.6 pounds with a 4” barrel.

Barrel lengths of 2, 2.5, 4, 6, and 8 inches were also available on models with the matte stainless finish from 1990 to 1992; they returned to the product lineup from 1994-1998.

First introduced in 1986, the Colt King Cobra is a medium frame double-action revolver featuring a six round cylinder which was designed and produced by the Colt Manufacturing Company. It was marketed to law enforcement agencies, individual officers, and civilian firearms enthusiasts. Available in blued and stainless steel finishes in a variety of barrel lengths and chambered for center fire .357 Magnum ammunition, the King Cobra can also fire the .357's precursor, the .38 Special cartridge. Back in the 90’s I traded my stainless 4” Python for a Glock 21 and I was suffering some buyer’s remorse over the trade.

While the Glock was a great duty weapon, it just wasn’t near as cool as the Colt Python.

I was hanging out at the gun shop one day on the deer skin covered couch when UPS delivered the King Cobra. As soon as it was unwrapped and put out in the display case, I had it in my hands. I hefted it to feel it's weight and then I sighted it in on a nearby animal mount and checked it's balance. It felt good in my hand and since I couldn’t afford another Python right then, I decided that the King Cobra was an acceptable replacement. A deal was made and I took it home.

Naturally I had to buy a new duty holster, speed loaders, and a speed loader pouch. I use all Bianchi equipment on my duty gun belt, so I chose a Bianchi high-rise thumb break model and a double Bianchi speed loader case and a pair of Safariland speed loaders. Within a few days I was properly equipped and wore my new Colt King Cobra to work.

Within about four hours of sweltering heat during a southeast Texas summer, I quickly found out that the King Cobra is really heavy. I didn’t have to worry about any rust though, because I bought the matte stainless steel version. After about two weeks I began to believe that the Glock 21 was lighter, offered more firepower and was a better fit for my needs. I continued to carry it for a while because I couldn’t get over the cool factor and being the only person in my department to have one was pretty great too.

The King Cobra was carried for a season before retiring to the gun safe. It remains there except for an occasional outing and someday will be given to one of the kids. It looks cool, but unless your back is strong enough to carry it or your department mandates a revolver, there are better alternatives for duty wear.

King Cobras came equipped with either oversized walnut target-style or hard rubber black finger-grooved combat-style grips and an enlarged target hammer and trigger. I intended

on carrying mine on duty, so I opted for the hard rubber black grips. The King Cobra's sighting system consists of a fixed iron red insert front sight and a fully adjustable iron white outline rear sight.

It also has tapped and threaded scope mounts on the back strap for those so inclined. It was offered in very hi-grade carbon steel with Colt’s signature bright and highly-polished deep royal blue finish. This is the same royal blue finish on the Colt Python and

it’s quite beautiful. I chose the matte stainless steel version because frankly, that’s what I had access to, but there was also a highly polished stainless steel version called the Ultimate Stainless.

Of course that did cost more. Face it, pretty guns just cost more.

Back then we qualified once every quarter. The PPC style course we fired was double action only and the majority of the rounds were fired at short distances, (15 yards or less).

The King Cobra’s double action trigger pull was about eight pounds and I could stack the trigger pull and make it seem like a single action pull on the longer distance aimed shots, (which is something I liked about the Colt). It’s accuracy is quite good, and I had no problem shooting a high 290’s score consistently in the 300 point course. I recently checked my copy of Guns & Prices (2010 edition) and the list prices for the Colt King Cobra, matte stainless, ranges from $400 in very good condition to $975 new in box condition.

Well I hope you’ve enjoyed this review of the King Cobra and till next time; squeeze don’t jerk the trigger and join and support the NRA to protect your constitutional right to bear arms.

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Perform merchandise processing techniques (i.e., batch processing, speed hanging, flip and clip). Relay merchandise to the sales floor based upon store management direction and the Twenty Minute Rule. Pick up hangers/sensors tags from cash wraps as needed. Remove sensor tags received on Store-to-Store Transfers that are inappropriate for store.

Process outgoing Store-To-Store Transfers, Recalls and Damages.

GRILL COOK – ALVIN– JP 8383904 Grill, cook, and fry various food items according to menu. Clean food preparation equipment, work areas, and counters or tables. Take orders from customers and cook foods requiring short preparation times, SERVICE AGENT – TEXAS according to customer requirements.

CITY – JP 5073850 Restock kitchen supplies, rotate food, FORKLIFT OPERATOR – ALVIN Care for and oversee children in and stamp the time and date on food – JP 3329260 classroom setting. Assure state in coolers.

Minimum Qualifications: safety standard of children under Must have experience working supervision, teach and organize CUSTODIAN / FREIGHT in non-climate controlled lessons based on curriculum. Enforce ASSOCIATE – ALVIN – JP environment(s). Must be able to rules for behavior, and procedures for 3329021 lift & carry approximately 50-75 maintaining order. Lead and assist in Alert management when shipments lbs. Must have 6 months - 1 year of the conduction of activities designed arrive and accompany management in variable forklift experience (sit down to promote physical, mental and receiving/unloading freight. Prepare forklift). Good understanding of social development, such as games, receiving area. Assist management general warehouse duties. Excellent arts and crafts, music, storytelling, with scanning in all freight on the customer service skills. Must be 18 and field trips. Prepare and serve Palm Pilot and identify damaged/ years or older per OSHA. CDL Bus Driver Requirements: CPR/FIRST AID Certification preferred. Must be 25 years of age (Insurance Purposes). Fingerprinting will be required. Must have valid class B CDL driver license and good driving record.

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