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Flying PigsAll’s fair in marriage and track meets. But the debate over yards versus meters rages on, at least for one person.
Life&Community
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From the CabinDella Orr-Harter shares her recipe for King Ranch Chicken just in time for Garden Party weekend.
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BaseballBearcat season ends at Stephenville.
Sports
ON THE SIDE
Garden PartyThe Friends of the East Parker
County Library will pres-
ent the ninth annual Garden
Party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Saturday, May 19 at the AJ
Hood pioneer home, 1279
Jenkins Road. Activities will
include a book sale, barbecue
lunch, music by Clear Fork
Jazz, flower gifts, children’s
activities and the popular
flower hat contest. For more
information, call the East
Parker County Library at 817-
441-6545.
CorrectionHunter’s Glen, the new devel-
opment requesting annexation
into the City of Willow Park
will have 88 homes, not 188
as was reported last week. We
regret the error.
Hats off to HeroesCareity Foundation is hosting
a Hats off to Heroes Dinner
on Friday, May 18 at Clear
Fork Station, 4971 E I -20
Service Road N, Willow Park.
The event introduces a one-
of-a-kind celebration allowing
guests to pay tribute to an
individual who has had an
impact on their life, company
or community. For more infor-
mation call 817-882-4100 or
www.careity.org
Pet AdoptionParker Paws will host a pet
adoption event from 11 a.m.
to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 19
at the Weatherford PetSmart.
For more information, call 817-
598-0702 or visit www.parker-
paws.org.
DREAM RUNNERPARKER COUNTY
Commissioner moves to rescind gun ordinance◗ Motion narrowly fails with a 2-3 voteBy Katie MartinezThe Community News
Dusty Renfro, County Commissioner for Precinct 4, followed through this week on what he said was a campaign issue for him, moving to rescind a three-year-old ordi-nance which prohibits the fi ring of a gun in a platted subdivision on less than 10 acres.
Renfro said he was inspired to act after visiting a war museum during a recent trip to Normandy.
“That was the core issue that started the war,” he said. “In Nazi Germany they fi rst started chipping away at people’s gun rights and then they took them away.”
Renfro said the ordinance is unconstitu-tional and he believes most of the people in his precinct agree with him.
“The way I look at it, if you have a gun but you can’t learn how to use it – you can’t shoot it – then it just becomes a paper-weight,” he said.
Anne Pierce, a resident of Renfro’s pre-cinct who said she is a qualifi ed marksman and sharpshooter, attended the meeting specifi cally to hear the discussion.
“I watched in disbelief as this item was discussed,” Pierce said. “Somehow it has been turned into a right to bear arms issue, and that’s not what this is about – no one is trying to restrict anyone’s right to bear arms, or even to use them on their property as needed for protection from predatory or nuisance animals – this is about unrestrict-ed recreational shooting in a neighborhood setting.”
Pierce said that in doing some research she found that other counties have similar ordinances already in place.
The issue received a lot of publicity in the years before the Parker County ordinance was adopted after a seven-year-old boy in Hays County was struck in the neck and killed by a stray bullet while jumping on a trampoline with friends in his back yard.
A neighbor had been target shooting in his backyard with a .22 rifl e when the acci-dent occurred.
Renfro said he was aware of the case, but he felt the incident was rare and had been blown out of proportion.
“There are already laws that protect us from things like that,” he said. “If someone is shooting on their property and they strike one of their neighbors they are going to be charged for that – the thing about this law is that it’s unenforceable.”
Renfro said that since the ordinance was put in place in 2009, the Parker County Sheriff ’s Offi ce has received around 1,300 calls for the discharge of a fi rearm in a sub-division, but not a single citation has been written.
“They don’t have any way of knowing how big someone’s property is – if it’s over or under 10 acres – now we are going to ask the deputies to be surveyors,” he asked. “As it is all they have to say is that they were shoot-ing at a nuisance animal.”
Pierce said all the property in Parker County has already been surveyed for prop-erty tax purposes and the information is readily available online.
“With just a few clicks, you can pull up anyone’s property information in the county,” she said. “I could have it in less than a minute.”
Deputy Danie Huffman, public informa-tion offi cer for the Parker County Sheriff ’s Offi ce, said there were 423 calls in 2011, but it was diffi cult for offi cers to take action unless they witnessed the violation.
Renfro said he feels passionately about the issue and compelled to pursue it.
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Kevin Cogil makes it to the finish line with an untied tennis shoe at the Hemi Foundation’s Dreams on Wings 5K event. Cogil ran in honor of his twin sister Rachel, who underwent a hemispherectomy in 2009. The charity was founded by the family of Aledo resident Jessie Hall, who is doing well after a series of brain surgeries to end her seizures. For more photos from the event turn to 12B.
◗ Traffi c fl ow, drainage issues addressedBy Katie MartinezThe Community News
Aledo Mayor Kit Marshall, County Judge Mark Riley and Chris Bosco, engineer with Freese & Nichols, hosted an interactive public meeting on Tuesday to answer questions about the FM 1187 and Aledo Trail projects that are set to begin in August and fi nish in the summer of 2014.
Bosco said the fi rst phase of construction will be on Northbound FM 1187, and a temporary road will be built alongside so traffi c is never reduced to one lane during construction.
“There will be some times when there are issues with individual driveways, but for the most part we have tried to reduce the impact of con-struction as much as we can,” he said.
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Chris Bosco, engineer with Freese & Nichols, answers resident’s ques-tions about the Aledo Trail Project at an interactive public meeting in the Aledo United Methodist Church on Tuesday, May 15.
“Once the northbound lanes are complete we will move traf-fi c onto those lanes while the southbound lanes are under construction.”
The FM 1187 project is being administered by TxDoT and the Aledo Trail project, which will split FM 1187 into two one-way streets and a loop as it passes through downtown Aledo, is being administered by Parker County as part of the bond project.
Construction on both proj-ects will run simultaneously with FM 1187 construction starting fi rst and fi nishing last.
Construction on the trail project will also be done in two phases, with the new road con-struction that will connect FM 1187 and Maverick being com-pleted fi rst. Traffi c will then be rerouted from the existing portion of FM 1187 as it passes through downtown Aledo while construction is completed on that stretch of the loop.
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Gym DedicationFriends, faculty, family and stu-
dents gathered at Trinity Christian Academy last week to celebrate the dedication of the new gym, recently completed thanks to a $1 million donation from an anonymous donor last year.
Following the dedication, there was cake and punch and a powder puff football game on the lawn.
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Mayola Lasater, a long-time Aledo resident whose husband developed a lot of property in the city years ago, said she was glad the city was mov-ing forward with improvements, but she was one of around a half-dozen people who raised concerns about the design of the Aledo Trail.
“Underwood Road has a lot of Shale truck traffi c,” she said. “Right now they come up to 1187 and they wait to be able to go north but with this loop – they can’t travel north. They will have to go all the way through town and turn back on the one-way street. Those trucks can’t just turn on a dime.”
She also shared the same concern as several others at the meeting, that the areas of the city that already have problems with fl ooding, would have a real problem with all the addition-al runoff from a dramatic increase in the amount of impermeable surface.
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The Aledo High School Current Events team will compete in Austin this weekend for their third consecutive state championship. Shown are (from left) Brett Wilson, Kiefer Odell, Tanner Long and coach Stan Reid. Not shown is Kyle Wilson.
◗ Designation only held by 12 percent of hospitals NationallySpecial to The Community News
Weatherford Regional Medical Center, building on its long-estab-lished reputation of improving the access to quality healthcare close to home, is now one of the 111 Texas hospitals certifi ed as an accredited Chest Pain Center.
The majority of hspitals who hold this designation are cen-tered in large metropolitan areas throughout the state.
WRMC staff say the hospital is proud to be the fi rst accred-ited chest pain center in Parker County.
Full accreditation by the Society of Chest Pain Centers in assessing and treating patients who come into the hospital with chest pain is a designation held by only 12 percent of hospitals in the United States.
In order to receive accredita-tion, the hospital must meet sev-eral requirements.
The facility must demonstrate the expertise and commitment of its staff to providing quality patient care by meeting or exceeding a wide set of stringent criteria.
A review team visits the facility and performs on-site evaluations of staff and policy.
“This is momentous not only for our hospital and patients, but the community as well,” said Weatherford Regional Medical Center, CEO Cory Countryman.
Countryman said the accredi-ation is part of an overall trend at the hospital, which strives to pro-vide the same level of care as larger hospitals in metropolitan areas.
“It’s another step in our com-mitment to providing superior emergency and cardiac care to the residents of Parker County and the surrounding communities,” he said.
“While the focus is on our emergen-cy department, this accreditation is possible because of the work and commitment of a multi-disciplin-ary team that includes employees, physicians and Life Care EMS,” he said.
Chest pain continues to rank among the top symptoms of patients who visit the WRMC Emergency Department.
This designation means that any patient who comes to WRMC experiencing chest pain can be confi dent he or she is receiving care that meets or exceeds the highest national standards of care, hospital staff said.
Positive patient outcomes usu-ally depend on timely intervention, diagnosis and treatment.
A team of cardiologists, emer-gency department physicians and patient care staff at the Weatherford Regional Accredited Chest Pain Center consistently demonstrate expertise in streamlined diagno-sis and treatment, integration with paramedics/EMS, community education and other key factors that ensure better outcomes for patients, staff said.
“Care for chest pain patients starts long before they arrive at the hospital emergency room,” said Donna Boone, RN, MSN, Chief Nursing Offi cer at Weatherford Regional. “We work closely with the cardiologists and we’re proud to have played an integral role with the hospital’s accreditation and specialized cardiac care that ulti-mately benefi ts our patients.”
The SCPC is a non-profi t inter-national society that promotes protocol-based medicine and the adoption of process improvement science by healthcare providers to address heart attacks and acute heart failure.
In March 2012, SCPC granted the Weatherford Regional Medical Center Chest Pain Center a full three-year accreditation.
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Martin Siegmund, who lives in Hidden Valley said he didn’t believe the issue was suffi ciently addressed.
“I can tell you that whenever it rains hard now that whole street fl oods and it has fl ooded into some houses before,” he said. “Its just a fact that when you put more con-crete in there is going to be a lot more runoff.”
Bosco said the engineering fi rm had studied drainage. FM 1187 will have storm drains and part of the project relies on existing drainage along the railroad track.
“Drainage studies are completed on every road project, it’s one of the fi rst things we do,” he said.
The drainage plan though, is still routing much of the run-off into the same fl ood-prone creek.
Several talked about develop-ments in White Settlement and other areas around Fort Worth where fl ooding become a serious problem after development.
Bosco said it had been looked at, but Dan Stalling, newly elected
council member from Willow Park, said that wasn’t giving anyone a warm and fuzzy feeling.
“I am sure that in these other cit-ies – where fl ooding occurred afterthe fact – there were studies done there also,” he said.
Bosco said he valued the input and would make note of it but a bid has already been accepted and construction is scheduled to begin in less than three months.
Several questioned the round-about and why it was necessary.
“If we continued what we are already doing all the way down 1187 from I-20, which is putting in turn lanes and traffi c lights at key inter-sections, that would fi x the traffi c problem and this loop would be unnecessary,” Lasater said.
Bosco said several options were considered and the loop was chosen because it reduces accidents and is the easiest way to build four lanes of traffi c through a city where homes and businesses are already built on either side of a two-lane road.
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The Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association will host State Senator Craig Estes at a ranch gathering on Thursday, May 24, at Holt River Ranch in Graford.
A reception will kick off the gathering at 5:30 p.m., followed by a complimentary barbecue dinner catered by Hard Eight Bar-B-Que.
Estes and Rep. Jim Keffer will update the group on the upcoming legislative session and the issues that will affect ranchers.
Estes is chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee and vice chair-man of the Natural Resources Committee.
Keffer is chairman of the House Energy Resources.
“Estes and Rep. Keffer have worked hard to pro-tect the interests of Texas cattlemen and women,” said Joe Parker Jr., rancher and TSCRA president.
Ranchers will also hear from Dr. Glenn Rogers and Kevin Milliner, who will give tips on cattle health and value as well as genomic opportuni-ties.
“TSCRA ranch gatheringsare a great place for folks toget together for fellowship and discuss what’s going on in the cattle business. These gather-ings aren’t just for TSCRA members. Anyone interested in the cattle industry is invit-ed to attend,” Parker said.
The event is open to the public. RSVP to 800-242-7820, ext. 192. or [email protected].
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community events scheduled for June 1, July 6 and August 3Staff ReportsThe Community News
Downtown Aledo will light up the sky at the fi rst-ever Fireworks Extravaganza to kick-off the First Fridays series on June 1.
The Aledo City Council and Aledo Economic Development Corporation once again announce the First Friday events in Aledo’s Historic Downtown.
Parker County’s Katy Keenie makes a return appearance at 7 p.m. on June 1, followed by a fi reworks show that will be visible for miles.
Musical entertainment for the July 6 will be Southern
Heritage and August 3 will be the Texas Back Roads Band.
Mayor Kit Marshall said First Fridays are a great time to get out and meet your neighbors - and your neigh-borhood businesses.
“First Fridays will be a fun time for all,” she said. “It’s a great community event which supports our very own Aledo businesses.”
Community Event Planner, Angela Kell said everyone should mark their calendars now.
“Bring a lawn chair and sit under the summer night sky as you enjoy the music, shopping and fi reworks,” she said.
On July 6 there will be a Show & Shine Car Show. Great shopping until 9:30 p.m., concerts, activities, good eating and fun for the entire family.
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Dash (John Wortman) of the Disney Film “The Incredibles” takes on the villain Syndrome (Seth Goeldner) during a Night at the Pops “Magic of Disney” performance at Aledo High School Saturday. Joey Paul directs the Wind Ensemble (far left) and Abby Patty portrays Elasti Girl.
NIGHT AT THE POPS◗ The Aledo High School Wind Ensemble’s Disney themed performance
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Cooper Pierce waves to the audience as the Chef from “Ratatouille” during the Night at The Pops performance at Aledo High School. | Kaitlin Welsh pauses during one of the more serious musical selections of the evening: ”A Movement for Rosa” which was also performed for the UIL Region 7 Contest.
Woody and Buzz (Alex Prollock and Nick Heady) strike a pose during the performance of “You’ve Got a Friend in Me” from “Toy Story.”
Lauren Pinckard, right, appears as Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” as the Wind Ensemble plays “A Disney March Spectacular.” I ABOVE: Savannah Beddingfield sings “Reflections” from the Disney movie “Mulan” accompanied by the Aledo High School Choir.
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◗ FFA Dairy Judging Team wins 16th in StateBy Elizabeth Vann-StenzlerThe Community News
Jack DeShazo teaches the Agricultural Science courses at Aledo High - six of them in fact, with titles like: Introduction to Agriculture, Agricultural Mechanics, Food Technology, Range Management and Animal Sciences.
An agricultural education grad-uate from Texas A&M University, Jack is also in charge of the Future Farmers of America program.
Jack is teaching through expo-sure to the outdoors, how not to be alienated from nature indirectly.
He is promoting creativity stimu-lated by the opportunity for child-hood experiences outdoors. Exposure to nature has been linked directly to a child’s emotional, spiritual, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
Children who learn outdoors have a potent therapy to combat depression, ADD and obesity. They become excellent critical thinkers.
Students is the Ag program problem solve while evaluating milk production, marketability and even genetic pedigrees. They do much of their learning outdoors.
The world is full of organizations that promote the need for outdoor education for children.
Researchers suggest lack of expo-sure to the natural environment leads to disturbing disorders.
Jack’s program is exposure to the natural range of Texas, animal behavior and care and botanicals.
Five students in the Aledo FFA chapter, called Area Five, placed 16 in the state Dairy Judging contest.
Before the students advanced to Area they competed against 120 other chapters at Texas A&M Commerce in Sulphur Springs.
Not only did Aledo take fi rst, but Hunter Bezner, a sophomore and Parliamentarian of the organization,
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Jack DeShazo: Agricultural Science and FFA at Aledo High School
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Sam DeShazo, sophomore Chaplain, Hunter Bezner, sophomore parlimentarian, Kate DeShazo, Megan Thompson, Sarah Jasick and Teacher Jack DeShazo inside the agricultural barn at Aledo High School.
Supervised Agricultural pro-grams include such experiences asgardening, livestock, business, agri-culture related jobs and many activi-ties for the child indoors but mostimportantly outdoors.
Recently, Robin Moore thearchitect from MassachusettsInstitute of Technology andLondon University school of UrbanPlanning suggests children’s playor their “Environmental Backyard,”affect children’s current problemswith education and societal issuesthrough landscape limitations andlimited outdoor education.
FFA and Jack DeShazo’s programbring the urban child into the ranchand farming community.
Children in Aledo can even bringtheir cow to school to board if theirhome does not allow for livestock.
Kids who might otherwise nothave the ranches, farms and spacethat so many of the Aledo kids dohave can experience the rural ben-efi ts and have a unique opportunityto enjoy it at school.
The FFA and the Aledo HighSchool Agricultural program willhost an end of the year banquet at7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22 at theNinth Grade Center.
The Ag Backers will award 8scholarships and a few local busi-nesses will also present awards.
Further summer programmingoffers these kids unique opportuni-ties to participate in a program freefrom a fi nancial burden of boardingan animal they will compete with incompetitions across the Metroplex.
Programs are funded throughAledo ISD. co-curricular educationand FFA Programs like these arefunded by FFA, Aledo High Schooland the community.
This program seeks to insure anecessary and unique cultural qual-ity of life here in Aledo for all kids.
Ranching and farming preventthe child from stresses like anxiety,ADD, obesity and many more associ-ated with “nature defi cit disorder”.
won the high out, with a score of 150 and Sarah Jasick, a sophomore, took sixth place over all.
After advancing to State Dairy Cattle Judging the team of: Sam DeShazo, Hunter Bezner, Kate DeShazo, Megan Thompson and Sarah Jasick answered select ques-tions on Dairy Cattle Evaluations, judged two cows, evaluated 15 traits and compiled a percentage to go on to placing the winning cow.
They competed against 52 teams and took 16th overall because they were in the top 15 percent to qualify to attend the competition.
There are currently 1,002 chap-ters in Texas. They went further into the Jersey and Holstein classi-fi cations through the pedigree of the traits in these species to determine which cow would produce the best milk production.
The Linear Scoring or Classifi cation System includes such traits as, stature, rump angle, legs &
feet, fore udder attachment, udder depth, strength, rump width, foot angle, teat length etc.
There are 15 traits the competitor needs to analyze, hence memorize in order to ultimately evaluate and win the competition.
The 82nd Annual Hoard’s Dairyman Cow Judging Contest Rules are posted with judges criti-cisms every year and rationale are available in the Hoard’s Dairyman.
“Children are taught to linear a cow”, said Jack DeShazo.” They also learn to place one blinded by obser-vation and simply by pedigree for the best milk production.”
“Dairy Cattle Judging is one of the fi ve disciplines we can com-pete in. We train in Livestock Evaluation, Milk Quality, Horse, Forage Evaluation and Dairy,” said DeShazo.
The agriculture program runs year round, so DeShazo has kids he works with during the summer.
In June they attend the Parker County Stock show to compete against other chicken breeders.
Two thousand birds born on the same day, with the same genetics, are raised across the state to see who can raise their fl ocks to be the fattest and produce the most ideal meat by judging time.
Eggs from the Ideal Hatchery in Cameron, were distributed to teams across the state for the competition.
FFA members carefully feed and nuture them in the best possible environment to produce winners.
“Our biggest obstacle is the lack of pen space right now. We need more pens,” DeShazo said.
Also during the summer, Shelby Burney, a scholarship candidate from Aledo for San Angelo State will compete in the State Degree Check.
Four kids too, will attend the Lonestar FFA Degree.
They are Nicole Wright, Shelby Burney, Ty Davis and Riley Sadler.
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Aledo Trail ProjectThe May 15 presentation con-
cerning the highway improvement plans made it clear that two more changes are absolutely required.
The merge from eastbound Maverick to northbound FM 1187 must be free of a yield sign which then requires two lanes from that intersection on north. If this means that the stretch of FM 1187 from the Maverick intersection to the railroad must be three lanes to allow for future expansion of the southern portion of FM 1187 to four lanes, THEN SO BE IT. Having a yield defeats the round about concept.
Westbound Oak street must be a right turn only at FM 1187. Rolling Hills southbound traffi c must be routed past the fi re house and on to Front street to join the round about.
As it stands, if only one car tries to make a left turn from Oak to south FM 1187 in rush hour, then they will block all traffi c so there will be no way out of Rolling Hills north bound. The Front street merge will be manageable when there is only one way traffi c to con-tend with.
The above 2 changes can be insisted upon by the City of Aledo but must happen very quickly to beat the construction contract award. The plan as presented cer-tainly will help the traffi c fl ow but why not do it right? The city has the power, please make it happen.
Since the success of the design depends upon peaceful merging how about including highway infor-mation signs everywhere that there is a merge stating the obvious:
COURTESYMERGE
- Daniel V. Lee
Aledo
Support for KingI want to urge the voters of
Parker County to vote for Marjorie King for Tax Assessor-Collector in the upcoming Republican Primary election. Marjorie King is the most qualifi ed candidate for the offi ce of Tax Assessor-Collector.
While I served as Parker County’s Elected County Clerk, I met Marjorie King when she began working in the County Auditor’s
offi ce. During her seven years in the auditor’s offi ce she gained extensive experience in budgeting, the man-agement of personnel, the county’s personnel policies and workings of Commissioners Court.
When Marjorie King assumed the offi ce of Tax Assessor-Collector our offi ces were across the hall from each other and I observed fi rsthand the friendly and courte-ous manner in which the taxpayers were greeted and served by her and her staff. On the busiest days you would fi nd Marjorie King at the counter helping her staff and the taxpayers.
Marjorie King worked very closely with the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles to have an auto-mated system for the titling and registration of vehicles brought to Parker County. Due to Marjorie King’s persistence to achieve this goal Parker County became the fi rst Auto Registration Offi ce in a Six-county district to go online with a new state computer system.
Marjorie King also negotiated with the Texas Parkers & Wildlife Department to add the service of registration and titling of boats in Parker County.
Marjorie King has always worked very hard to improve the atmosphere and services offered by offi ce of Tax Assessor-Collector and Marjorie King treats every taxpay-er and employee with the utmost kindness and dignity.
Please join me in voting for Marjorie King for Parker County Tax Assessor-Collector.
- Carrie Reed
Springtown
Sign thievesMy husband and I moved to
Parker County almost fi ve years ago, and I have never gotten over how wonderful it is to drive back home every evening after a long day of work in Fort Worth.
Each evening, as I make that turn on FM 1187 and come through Aledo, then follow the curve around onto Old Annetta Road, I feel a sense of gratitude as I get closer to our home in Deer Creek.
Lately, the last few miles of the drive has been dotted with a num-ber of campaign signs, both for our municipal elections and the upcom-ing primary later this month.
As the campaign treasurer for
Bill Lunsford, who was running for re-election in Annetta, I’ve actually put out some of those signs, so I’ve watched with interest as various candidates have placed other signs in the past few weeks.
Imagine my surprise and shock when I turned on Old Annetta Road and saw that someone had REMOVED a number of the signs we had placed along the road for Bill’s campaign.
At fi rst, I thought maybe the guys who mowed the grass had moved them, but then I quickly noted that all the other candidates’ signs were still present. As I drove along, I noticed that EVERY one of Bill’s yard signs along Old Annetta Road leading up to the entrance to Deer Creek was gone.
I was stunned...and so disap-pointed. Not only was this a case of outright theft, it showed just how low some folks will stoop in a political campaign!
I drove a little further down and realized that in some cases, some-one had actually CUT THROUGH the zip ties that held the signs on fences!
I was just broken hearted. This is our HOME. While we
may disagree on certain issues, I never thought it would come to this. I never thought that someone would actually steal signs that were bought with campaign donations. I just never dreamed such a thing would happen in our small little town.
-Kathryn B. Thompson
Annetta
Editors Note: The Community News received several reports of signs being stolen in the weeks leading up to the local elections and primaries, most recently those of Constable candidate Mike Montgomery who had eight differ-ent signs taken last week.
About Judge Trey Loftin I personally know Judge Trey
Loftin, his wife, Jennifer, and their children. There are four reasons I think Judge Loftin is the best man for the job.
Judge Loftin is CompetentHe graduated from Baylor
University, attended Cambridge University and went to the University of Tulsa College of Law. There, he won a scholarship, was on law journal and was president
of the honor society. He served as criminal prosecutor in Tarrant County and never lost a felony jury trial.
Judge Loftin is CapableHe has already shown how
very capable he is by his handling of cases like the Maxwell case, in which a woman was captured, kid-napped, tied on a hog rack and raped. People told me how kind and respectful Judge Loftin was to the victim. In the Range Resourcescase that involved the EPA, Rush Limbaugh was so impressed with Judge Loftin, he mentioned it on several of his broadcasts. Republican Senators referenced hisdecisions in a letter to the White House and argument on the Senate fl oor. This led to the fi ring of the EPA Administrator - whose com-ments were fi rst discovered in Judge Loftin’s court here in Parker County.
Judge Loftin is CompassionateJudge Loftin goes out of his
way to make jurors comfortable. He explains exactly what is goingto happen in his court. I was sum-moned to jury duty in his courtand I observed him very carefully. Although I was not selected to be a juror, a friend of mine who was scared to death when she walked in, felt proud that she had the opportunity to assume her civic duty. He has been known to pur-chase pizza for the jurors, when they are close to a decision, so they can continue deliberation and save taxpayers the cost of their having to come back the next day.
Judge Loftin is Civic MindedTrey worked for President
Bush’s Prayer Breakfast and Trey worked for Young Life ministry. He is on the board of New Day Services, which provides chap-lains, free classes and services to children and families in juvenile and family courts. He belongs to Weatherford Rotary, Springtown Optimist, Weatherford Lions, and East Parker County Chamber of Commerce.
I’ve said all this to say that it is with pride that I encourage you to cast your vote for Judge Loftin on May 29th. Early voting starts May 14! Please join Bob and me and vote for Trey Loftin to remain our judge!
-Carolyn Hull Estes
Weatherford
Your ViewsLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
TheIdleAmerican
When Pigs Fly…
Once a track coach, always a track coach. Some retirees still have stop watches close at hand—maybe even looped around their neck—and their daily life contin-ues to be framed with references to time, height and distance.
They still dream, but they’re mostly “re-runs” (pun intended).
One such retiree is David Noble, who spent almost four decades coaching track and fi eld at the high school and collegiate level. A quarter-century was spent at Angelo State University, where he taught young men and women about the sport--and even more about life. Throughout his career, he turned out champions. The university’s annual track and fi eld meet is now named the David Noble Relays to honor him.
Settle down, I think to myself, having reached paragraph four without any mention of pigs. Hang on.
Noble, who ranches, restores
old cars and welds (including some items that don’t need weld-ing), has adjusted to retirement fairly well. He and wife JoAnn are doing “grandparent things,” and the “life lap” they’re currently on requires some pacing. They’re now great-grandparents.
In their 52nd year of marriage, the Nobles spend considerable time attending contests, perfor-mances and events involving their fi ve grandchildren. Often, their “to do” list includes attending FFA stock shows.
I’m closing in on pigs now. Sydney Hamlett, the Nobles’ 15-year-old granddaughter, raises pigs for her ag project at Snyder High School. She’s entered con-tests all over the state, and her bedroom is festooned with tro-phies and ribbons.
JoAnn, herself a retired edu-cator, has maintained decorum throughout life. She’s a model mom, grandmom and now great-grandmom.
David has done the same thing—mostly. From time to time, though, “track thinking” takes over, drawing as much attention as a dropped baton on the fi nal lap of a relay, a hurdler who fails to clear the barrier or a jumper/vaulter who almost clears the height. One such vignette occurred a while back, when the Nobles were in
Snyder for an FFA stock show to support Sydney, and her prize pig, Arnold.
As the youngsters assembled, one of the pigs broke free, racing at full speed toward the other end of the arena.
“Well, let’s go,” Noble blurted, “That pig gets the blue ribbon. All the rest of ‘em will be running for second place.”
Once a track coach, always a track coach.
Noble still thinks in terms of inches, feet and yards, and may well have had the stop watch on Arnold.
If the track and fi eld world had listened to him, enthusiasts for the sport in America would still be on the old measurement stan-dard that served us well--until the NCAA went to the metric system.
He still reddens with disgust, convinced that the decision was a virtual knock-out blow to fans whose minds can’t—or won’t—wrap around the new numbers. He and several other coaches wailed about the conversion, but their voices were drowned out by a few big-time coaches who thought otherwise.
“It would never have happened in football,” Noble opines. “Can you imagine a football TV guy saying it’s ’third down and 3.4 meters to go’? Fans want YARDS!”
He says that now, decadeslater, American sports fans are no closer to embracing the metricsystem than they were when it wasfi rst imposed on track and fi eldevents.
Sure, another century or twomay make a difference, if the world is still spinning.
Noble, himself a star quarter-and half-miler in high school and college, never converts his races to the metric system. He ran them in yards, by gum, so it doesn’t matterhow many meters he covered.
His courage, conviction anddogged determination are root-ed in associations with long-ago coaching giants, J. H. (Cap) Shelton and Joe Bailey Cheaney.
The latter was a beloved teach-er and coach best known for his work as a race starter at Texas’top track meets. He always had a “mini-sermon” before fi ring the pistol. “Men, I don’t know who is going to hit the string fi rst, but I’msure of one thing: We’re all leavinghere at the same time.” That’s thevery thing that defi nes Noble’s life, always fi ghting for “truth, justiceand the American (not the metric)way,” whether it’s people or pigs...
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Good Luck at State!Good Luck at State!
DOUBLE TEAM◗ Trought twins jump hurdles on the track and in lifeBy Elizabeth Vann-StenzlerThe Community News
The Aledo Girls Varisty track team made a statement this year when they appeared at Abilene for Regionals with runners like Martin, Mitchell, Vann, Williams, Drye and the Trought twins. Brittney and Danielle Trought added the anchorage that the team needed to boost them to new levels this season.
The girls are capable contenders in both the track and soccer for Aledo High School’s programs. In track, the girls are outstanding hurdlers with Danielle hoping to break the Texas State record of 13.25 held by Alandra Sherman of Houston Eisenhower set in 2003. She holds the Aledo High School record as of this year, beating her current varsity Coach, Nikki Hyles, who has held that record 1989.
Brittney runs the 300M hurdles and fl ies around the track qualifying not only for Regionals like her sister, but also like her sister, in the fi nals in Abilene in 2012. Brittney too, broke Alana Martin’s (a 2012 teammate) record in the 300M hurdles with a time of 45.22. Both girls attribute the jumpstart of what looks like promising careers in the hurdles to the teachings of their middle school coach, Rick Lawrence. They said he made a huge difference in their worlds.
Both girls have run the 4x100M, 4X200M, and hurdles. Brittney runs the 300M hurdles and Danielle runs the 100M hurdles and long jumps. Although both girls have participated in swimming, volleyball and cross country, they prefer to focus on track and soccer. They are on the varsity track team for Aledo High as freshman and run in many different events.
“I could not be more excited and proud of the twins! They work hard, have great attitudes, and always have a smile on their face! It is a pleasure to coach kids like them,” said Coach Hyles.
In soccer, they play on the Aledo varsity team and on a select team out of Plano and Dallas called Sting. Brittney is a forward, and Danielle is really a utility player able to move from defender, to mid and on to forward.
“When we are on the same fi eld we just connect, we know where each other is and what we need to do,” Brittney said.
Rarely competing against each other, these twins celebrate each other’s records.
“They are so appreciative, nothing comes easy. So many kids just expect
things, but not my girls, they earn everything,” said Diana Rodriguez, the twins’ mom.
The girls are successful but not without challenges off the track and fi eld. Born October 15, 1996 to Diana and Wilton Trought in Houston, Danielle labored into the world three minutes earlier than Brittney. The Troughts have a younger sibling Kobe, now a sixth grader. Wilton, their father from Kingston Jamaica was a soccer player and track star. He was an educated veterinarian from Texas A&M and a Biology teacher whose life was tragically taken by a brain hemorrhage when the twins were just fi ve years of age.
Further challenges came to both girls as they both were diagnosed with scoliosis at a very early age. Scoliosis, curvature of the spine,
has varying degrees and it can progress to become quite severe in adolescents if left untreated. The twins both have worn Boston Braces to school over their clothes for years to prevent further curvature. They were prescribed to wear them 22 hours a day and only to take them off for athletics and showering.
Not only is it painful, but scoliosis can have devastating social ramifi cations in a young person’s life as well. Peers can often ridicule, and the lack of education in the community can lead to questioning, a constant reminder of the deformity.
Luckily, the girls have each other. They are in the same boat, and wear the same type of brace. However, sometimes the girls experience back pain and it can be an annoyance. Currently, both are under the vigil
of one of the most prestigiousorthopedics in Fort Worth. Dr. Ronald Burke, from Cook Childrens Medical Center, has monitored the twins and at this time the braces appeared to hold the curvature from getting worse.
Alone, raising three kids, Diana was a strong woman. Later she married Antonio Rodriguez, a perfect addition to athletic legacy. Antonio, the Toro of the Houston Texans, added his athletic background to the training of the kids in sport. Further, he brought a huge amount of love and an excellent role model for the children. He was a former linebackerwith a family from Mexico who played football in the NFL’s Europe International league. He also playedin the NFL for the Houston Texans as a linebacker, so he was used to training and often brought the kids to the track or parks to work out.
“Without Antonio we wouldn’t be as athletic,” said Brittney.
A typical day in the life of a Trought is a 5:30 a.m. workout with Antonio followed by a protein shake and shower, a trip to school for morning soccer practice, breakfastat school, classes, and after school, either track practice or select soccer practice. Homework is often done in the car on the way to soccer. Then it’s dinner, home and a shower before bed, typically not occurring until 11:30 if it’s a meet or soccer night.
Brittney is a tomboy and Daniellelikes sparkles. They are different, run different races but are identicaltwins.
There have been many famous identical twins in sport: Ronde and Tiki Barber, professional NFL players; Diana and Julie Pickler, world class heptathletes; Julie and Nancy Augustyniak, professional soccer players and even the rowing team of Caroline and Georgia Evers-Swindler. The Trought twins are Aledo’s famous sports twins. Theyare A students, organized, happy, athletic, artistic, and simply a delight to be around.
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Danielle and Brittney Trought and their younger brother, Kobe.
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Jackets’ pitching ends Bearcats’ season◗ Rain cancellation forces one-game playoffStaff ReportsThe Community News
Because STAAR tests were being administered during the week, no playoff baseball games could be played last week until Friday.
Most area round match-ups were set up as Friday-Saturday-Saturday series. However, with the threat of thunderstorms in the area last Friday night, a game one at home in a best of three series against the Stephenville Yellowjackets looked sketchy at best. In addition, all area coaches received word from the UIL that if a game could not be completed by Friday night, the series would automatically revert to a one game playoff.
The weather appeared to be coop-erating as both teams completed their pregame In and Out warm-ups and the umpires took the fi eld at Bearcat Stadium. That was all of the baseball action the fans would see, though. As Coach Chad Barry and the Yellowjacket coach met at the plate to exchange line-ups, lightning was detected within the safe zone. This constituted an automatic 30-minute delay until the all-clear message was issued. Within 20 minutes, the skies opened up, and that message never arrived. The game was cancelled and rescheduled as a one game winner advances contest at 2 p.m. the fol-lowing afternoon at Tarleton State University in Stephenville.
With all Bearcat pitchers avail-able and that group giving up just over two earned runs per game for the season, a single game appeared reasonable. In many baseball playoff games, a formula of good pitching and defense usually has a greater role in determining the winner, and this game would not prove to be an exception.
Aledo was the home team, so they took the fi eld fi rst. District 5-4A Pitcher of the Year, Callaway Kirkpatrick, drew the starting assign-ment for Aledo. He put himself in jeopardy immediately by walking the lead-off batter. The second batter laid down a sacrifi ce bunt to move the runner; however, a throwing error allowed him to reach and move the runner all the way to third.
A following fl y ball was deep enough to allow Stephenville to score the game’s fi rst run without the ben-efi t of a hit. Kirkpatrick got through the rest of that inning unscathed and was also able to pitch out of a jam in the third to avoid any more damage.
Meanwhile, Stephenville’s pitch-er, Trent Morrison, was perfect by not allowing a base runner through three innings.
The fourth started out innocent enough with Kirkpatrick retiring the fi rst two batters of the inning. It was at this point that the tried and true formula took a detour. The next bat-ter reached on an infi eld error. Matt Walker was called from the bullpen to relieve and end the threat.
Unfortunately, Walker struggled with control, and issued a base on balls to three consecutive batters, forcing in an unearned run.
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TOP: Devan Watts dives back to first base on a pickoff attempt in last Saturday’s area championship baseball game. Watts was Aledo’s first base runner in the game, reaching on a single in the fourth inning. | BOTTOM: Aledo starter Callaway Kirkpatrick pitched the first four innings against Stephenville.
With bases now loaded and still trying to get that third out, Mason Taylor came on. He induced a fl y ball out to keep the score at 2 – 0.
Devan Watts led off the bottom half with a single to represent Aledo’s fi rst runner and spoil the perfect game, but the Jacket hurler respond-ed with two strikeouts and a fl y ball to shut down any further threat.
The game remained close until the sixth when once again the Bearcatdefense faltered. A combination of two infi eld errors, surrounded by a couple of timely hits led to three more unearned runs – these charged to Taylor. Kyle Gromann was sum-moned to relieve Taylor, and after also issuing a walk, he was able to stop the bleeding with a ground ball out.
Now trailing by fi ve with no tiebreaker game to fall back on like in last week’s series with Southwest, Aledo needed a big rally in the bottom half of the seventh. ZayneWillems, who had just pitched a shutout top half, lined a one-out single to spark some hope. With two out, Baker Roberson also singled to put runners on the corners. The hope was short lived as Morrison fanned his 12th batter of the day to end the game 5 – 0.
Aledo pitching combined to allow only fi ve hits, but issued nine walks. The defense was also charged with four crucial errors leading to four of the fi ve runs given up to be unearned. That one earned run may have been enough, though, as only three Bearcat batters reached base for the game. The Bearcats fi nished the season with a 21- 13 record and are already looking forward to nextseason when they will only have toreplace three senior starters.
Bearcats place 11 on 5-4A
All-District
team
Aledo pitcher Callaway Kirkpatrick received Pitcher of the Year honors in all-district selec-tions announced this week. Eleven Bearcat players were honored on the list in addition to Coaching Staff of the Year.
Junior pitcher Matt Walker and senior pitcher Mason Taylor were name to fi rst team and second team respectively.
In the infi eld, Devan Watts was named to the fi rst team, Foster Sawyer second team and Matt Bishop honorable mention.
Tyson Mauser was named to the fi rst team outfi eld, and Austin Byrd and Caleb Frysinger were on the honorable mention list.
Zayne Willems was fi rst team des-ignated hitter, and Baker Roberson was second team utility player.
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FIELD OF DREAMS◗ Aledo Football Club, Soccer Select, builds a homeBy Elizabeth Vann-StenzlerThe Community News
Aledo Football Club, a pre-mier select soccer club, has built a name for itself and now found a new home in Aledo off Tunnel Road at the cross section of Old Annetta Road. The select club has two teams on the roster who have been playing around the Arlington and Fort Worth scene, but now has a home of its own.
Julie Turner and Allen and Tracey Dobbins are constructing a new fi eld, complete with lighted facilities, bathrooms and a sprin-kler system to provide a home for the children of Aledo who have interest in soccer select experience in Aledo.
The two current teams are a boys U12 and a boys U13. Expansion of the number and kinds of teams is open for players starting this sum-mer. Kids will compete against Fort Worth Youth Soccer, Arlington and Fort Worth Football Clubs in tour-nament play throughout the year.
Zach Dobbins and Reed Vierling have been competing in this club since its inception. Both are sev-enth grade boys who have been playing for about nine years, travel-ing to distant sites for match play, practices and coaching. Will Turner is a sixth grader who also plays for the club at the U12 level. Travel distances from Aledo for practice make for long nights, especially for the younger kids. New facilities will offset the need for travel in the Aledo community.
Scooter Shaffer, a former Bearcat soccer player who graduated in 2003, is the coach of the two exist-ing teams. Scooter played Varsity soccer for Aledo High during the 2002-2003 seasons. New coaches will be added as team numbers increase.
New teams, both boys and girls, will be forming soon.
“The fl exibility to participate in many sports such as volleyball and baseball and still compete in soc-cer is what makes this program remarkable,” said Derek Vierling, Aledo High School soccer coach. “It has a neat diverse, supportive envi-ronment for the Aledo kids.”
The goal of the club is to host open practices in June beginning on the fourth from 5:30-8:30, depending on the age group. At the month’s end teams will be formed for July competitive play through-out the metroplex.
“The biggest issue we’ve had so far is the lack of our own fi eld with lighted facilities,” said investor Allen Dobbins. “Now kids can play and practice close to home.”
Kids in Aledo like to play togeth-er. They have a familiar sense and families all work together to sup-port each other. They drive togeth-er, coach together, eat together and this is an opportunity for them to travel together and be successful as a group.
“We have a great group of kids with varying degrees of skill, but they all want to be together and we want to keep them together” Vierling said.
Practices can be more frequent and easily accessible to the par-ents.
For more information, call Julie Turner at 817-475-8829 or visit aledofc.com.
TOP RIGHT: Aledo Football Club coach Scooter Shaffer (center)
stands on the site of the new soc-cer practice facility under con-
struction at Old Tunnel Road with seventh grade players Reed Vierling (left) and Zach Dobbins. | BOTTOM
RIGHT: Scooter Shaffer, Derek Vierling, Julie Turner, Sam Bohon
and Allen Dobbins.
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The Aledo 03 soccer team for won first place with no losses in the Fort Worth Youth Soccer Association spring season. Members of the spring U9 team include: (front row, from left) Connor Kitson, Blake Cook, Hunter Strickland, Brady Jackson, Will Lugo and Matt Jones; (middle row) Landon Cearley, Jaxton Martinez, Clark Crawford, Ryan Shiller, Cody Pokrifcsak, Matt Bell and Jason Llewellyn; and (back row) Coach Danny Cearley, Coach Brian Pokrifcsak and Coach Cesar Martinez. Not pictured is Rylan Shaffer. For more information, visit www.AledoArsenal.com.
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The Aledo High School soccer banquet was held Monday night at Fire Oak Grill in Weatherford. Among the players honored were (Clockwise from top left) Caleb Shreckengast, Daniel Wigley, Sydney Laughley and Morgan Viehmann.
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Bryan Cox makes the tag on a pickoff during Saturday’s area championship game against Stephenville. See page 9A for more on the game.
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◗ Local woman raises money to buy grandson a life-saving service dogBy Sandra RousseauThe Community News
Jane Smith is on a mission. An artist and retired AISD
teacher, Jane paints almost daily. Her mission is to create and sell as many paintings as it will take to raise $20,000 to purchase a special-ly trained, peanut-sniffi ng Allergy Alert™ service dog for her grand-son, Ethan Sowers, a former McCall Elementary student who now lives in Virginia.
Ethan is severely allergic to pea-nuts, so much so that it can be life-threatening for him to venture out of his home. Not only is it dangerous for Ethan to eat or touch peanuts or any type of tree nut, he cannot even breathe the vapors peanuts give off.
“It is called ‘severe airborne pea-nut allergy,’” said Smith.
If Ethan comes close to peanuts or breathes even traces of peanut vapor, anaphylaxis can occur, which can cause his throat to swell and close, restricting his oxygen intake.
Ethan, who is 10, has always been allergic to peanuts. His mom, Jennifer Sowers, must go to great lengths to keep him healthy and safe.
“He can’t even be around foods that were processed using equip-ment that processed peanuts,” she said.
When he was younger, Ethan was much less aware of the life-threaten-ing danger his allergy poses.
However, the older Ethan gets, the more he understands how seri-ous his condition is, and the more fearful he grows.
After a particularly scary trip to the grocery store that ended with an ER visit, Ethan decided it is best to just stay home.
“I’m afraid if I go out I might die,” Ethan said.
“No little boy should have to worry that they could die if they leave the house,” Smith said.
While researching her son’s con-dition online, Jennifer Sowers hap-pened upon the web site of Angel Service Dogs.
She learned there was such a thing as a peanut-sniffi ng service dog, and realized that an Allergy Alert™ dog could help ease Ethan’s fears and allow him to lead a more normal life.
“The dog will precede him into a room or store or playground, check everything out, and let us know whether or not it is safe for Ethan to enter,” Smith said.
Allergy Alert™ dogs are a relative-ly new form of service dogs. Sherry Mers of Colorado Springs, Colorado, the mother of a severely allergic girl, had the idea to train dogs for this purpose after she observed dogs sniffi ng cargo at the airport, search-ing for food being illegally brought into the country.
“I thought if these dogs can do that, why not have them sniff for allergens?” Mers told radio host Steve Dale during his nationally syndicated show, “Steve Dale’s Pet World.”
Mers worked with professionals and had the fi rst Allergy Alert™ dog trained for her daughter in 2008.
PAINTING FOR A PEANUT DOG
The dog was such a success and proved so helpful to Mers and her daughter that she started Angel Service Dogs, a nonprofi t founda-tion, to train dogs and match them to qualifi ed allergy patients and their families.
Allergy Alert™ dogs require more training than most service dogs.
They must fi rst work with a team of master scent trainers to learn to detect the tiniest amounts of aller-gen.
In Ethan’s case, the allergen is peanuts, and so his service dog must be able to detect them in any form, whether that means raw or cooked peanuts, peanut oil, peanut butter, peanut dust, peanut residue or pea-nut vapor.
After an Allergy Alert™ dog grad-uates from scent training, it must then complete another round of intensive training where it learns to be a medical service dog.
It learns how to alert the patient when it detects a dangerous allergen, how to behave in public places, and even how to call 911 by pushing a pre-programmed phone button.
Then there is training the dog and the allergy patient’s family must take together, to learn how to work with one another.
All of this training takes around two years for the dog to complete, and pushes the cost of the dog, its training, boarding, veterinary care and travel for both the dog and the family to $20,000.
Sowers applied for a dog for Ethan. Based on the severity of his allergy and the life-threatening anaphylaxis he experiences, Ethan was accepted into the program and matched with an Australian Labradoodle named Midnight.
Now all the Sowers family had to do was come up with $20,000.
Jennifer Sowers does not work outside the home, so she can home-school Ethan.
Her husband, Max Sowers, is cur-rently in Afghanistan.
A 10-year veteran of the United States Air Force, he is now a contract employee with Science Applications International Corporation and works in Afghanistan for six months at a time.
Although the family has insur-ance, none of Midnight’s expenses are covered.
Smith stepped in, vowing to do whatever it takes to provide her grandson with life-saving protection and a more normal childhood.
To raise the money, Smith paints just about every day. The rooms of her Willow Park home are fi lled with paints, brushes and canvases of all sizes.
When asked how much she has invested in supplies, she laughs and says she’d rather not know.
Smith has a small army of friends and family who help with her money-raising mission. Her husband, Larry, dutifully photo-graphs the paintings so they can be posted online. Her best friend and constant companion, Jan Ford, pro-vides emotional support and helps fi nd buyers for Jane’s paintings.
“I also hit up anyone who comes to my house for their loose change,” said Jan, who keeps a donation jar in her home.
Jan also displays paintings in her home, and happily sells them to admirers.
Willow Park Physical Therapy also helps sell paintings by display-ing them in their offi ces.
Jennifer’s friends from her days as an Aledo High School student pitch in as well.
“Kim Pitts of Aledo Sports puts the photos on Facebook for me,” said Smith.
Laura Vohs, formerly of Aledo, bakes and sells cupcakes in her cur-rent city, Roundrock, and sends the proceeds to Ethan’s Angel Service Dogs account.
Another friend, Amy Downing, scours thrift shops and garage sales for new or used canvases at bargain prices.
“Canvases are very expensive,” said Smith. “It doesn’t matter if they already have a painting on them because I can paint over it.”
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Ethan Sowers (above) participates in sports and Boy Scouts, but fears exposure to peanuts every time he leaves his house. I TOP LEFT: Jane Smith starts a painting to raise money for a peanut dog. I BOTTOM LEFT: Midnight the pea-nut-sniffing dog rests in the car.
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Smith does not put prices on the paintings; she simply asks for a donation in the amount that the purchaser can give.
“I do the paintings and God handles the fi nances,” she said.
Smith is about halfway to her $20,000 goal.
“I’m so grateful to everyone who has given donations,” Smith said. “Many have paid much more than value of the paintings. Others have come back and bought more, or spread the word and gotten other people involved.”
Smith has been moved by the outpouring of the community.
“I’ve found unexpected gen-erosity everywhere I’ve turned,” Smith said.
In June, Ethan and Jennifer will travel to Colorado Springs from their home in Barboursville, Virginia for two weeks of training with Midnight.
Because they have raised half of the money, the Sowers family will be allowed to bring Midnight home.
“We just need to get the rest of him paid for,” Smith said.
Ethan’s younger brothers, Jacob, 7, and Caleb, 3, are delight-ed to be getting a dog, as well.
The Sowers have been given Einstein, an Angel Service Dog drop-out.
“Einstein fl unked out of school, so he can just be a pet,” Ethan said.
Other than having a life-threat-ening allergy, Ethan is like any other 10-year-old boy. He loves Boy Scouts football and hockey.
“I love any kind of sports,” Ethan said.
He currently participates in hockey and Boy Scouts, although his mom says it brings as much stress as it does enjoyment. “He gets really scared any time we leave the house,” Sowers said.
According to Smith, the fami-lies involved in Ethan’s activities are very cooperative and vigilant
about keeping peanut products away from Ethan.
“The parents and kids have been great about his allergy,” said Smith. “He hasn’t been able to go on any campouts, but we’re hoping with Midnight that can change,” Smith said.
Ethan can’t wait to bring Midnight home. “Midnight will be my pet, my helper, my best friend,” said Ethan his voice trail-ing off. “He’ll be all kinds of things for me.”
PEANUTfrom page one
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Jane Smith originals, painted for sale to raise the $20,000 the family needs for a peanut sniffing dog for her grandson Ethan, whose severe allergy to pea-nuts can be life threatening.
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By Sandra Rousseau The Community News
Not too many kids get to live in a log cabin, but Della Orr-Harter does. She’s the daughter of Tom Harter and Jan Orr-Harter, two of the East Parker County Library’s biggest sup-porters.
This family is lucky enough to own a real log cabin, the A.J. Hood Pioneer Home, and have joined it to their restored farmhouse. “Now it’s our den,” said Della.
Della’s parents host the East Parker County Garden Party at their home every year, and have since Della was three years old. The party is the library’s biggest fundraiser.
“It’s lots of work but so much fun. I get to invite friends,” she said. “Every year I take a photo with my friend Paige so we can see how much we’ve grown over the years.”
The party, in its ninth year, is open to the public. Della urges any-one looking for some fun to come to the party, Saturday, May 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the family’s home and property at 1279 Jenkins Road in Aledo.
For $15 per person or $35 per family, guests may enjoy a barbecue lunch, dessert, live jazz music, a petting zoo, crafts, story time, lawn games, a bargain book sale and more.
Della, 12, is a sixth-grader at McAnally Intermediate School. She enjoys hanging out with her friends, swimming, riding horses and just plain goofi ng around. Her favorite subject in school is band.
“I love band. I play the fl ute, and I have also played piano since fi rst grade,” she said.
Della also loves animals and is currently fostering the terrier/shar-pei mix posing in the photo with her and Le Peep.
“Someone left her on our street,” Della said. “We can’t keep her so we’re trying to fi nd a home for her. She’s a really sweet puppy.”
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In a large bowl, mix soup, chicken, chiles and milk. Saute onion and garlic in butter. Place half the chips in the bottom of a greased 9 x 13 baking dish. Layer half the chicken mixture over the chips, then half the onion and garlic, then half the shredded cheese. Repeat lay-ers. Bake at 350° for 30 min-utes or until bubbly. Serve with guacamole and chips.
Another activity Della enjoys is cooking with her dad.
“He’s really the cook in our family more than my mom is,” she said.
Della’s family has a wonderful cookbook that her grandmother made. It is full of recipes from Della’s great-grandmother.
Each page features one of her great-grandmother’s best recipes, as well as a photo from a different point in her life.
Della may not realize it yet, but this cookbook is a family treasure she can hand down to her own chil-dren or grandchildren someday.
Della says her great grandmother lived to be 101. Della was able to spend time with her great grand-mother when she was a young child.
She doesn’t remember too much, but vividly remembers that her home had a long walkway with a huge tree, and a courtyard with a garden.
“And I remember she always had candy corn on a little tray,” she said.
Today, Della is sharing a recipe from that treasured book, her great-grandmother’s King Ranch Chicken.
Della Orr-Harter’s King RanchCook of the Week
◗ Contest evaluates concepts and designSpecial to The Community News
Brittany Stevens and Kelly Marshall represented the Aledo 4-H Club and Parker County 4-H at the District 3 4-H Fashion Review on April 14 in Bridgeport.
Brittany is a fi fth-grader at Vandagriff Elementary School and Kelly is a seventh grader at the Aledo Middle School.
Brittany entered the Junior Casual Construction Division with a pink knit shirt and a brown and pink cotton ruffl ed skirt, which she
made, and took fourth place out of 26 counties.
She also placed fourth in Junior Wearable Storyboard competition.
Kelly entered the Intermediate Buying and Comparison Casual Category and took third place.
Kelly also placed second with her Intermediate Wearable Storyboard.
4-H is a non-profi t youth organization for ages 5 to 18 that encourages personal growth, lead-ership and community service.
For more information about the Clothing or Food and Nutrition projects, contact the Aledo 4-H Club at [email protected].
4-H students place in clothing competitions
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◗ 22nd Year to Feature Cowboy Music, Poetry and Rodeo Performances Special to The Community News
The 22nd annual Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Western Swing Festival will ride into the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District October 26-28.
The Gathering will feature family-oriented activities where visitors can experience the true west. This authentic western event will have Cowboy poets, western entertainers and an action-packed Ranch Rodeo where teams of ranch hands from 15 famous Texas ranches will compete for the coveted prize of being the best ranch at the rodeo.
“We are so proud to be able to bring the cowboy gathering back for an incredible 22nd year,” said Red Steagall, founder of the event. “Our hope is that everyone who attends will be able to experience a piece of the West and go home with a new perspective on true west-ern living.”
The Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering and Western Swing Festival begins with a wagon train leaving Jacksboro, Texas on Sunday, October 21 traveling through Perrin, Mineral Wells, Weatherford and Azle. On Tuesday, October 23 the wagon train will overnight at the First Monday grounds in Weatherford. The public is invited to join the wagon train that night for an evening of cowboy music and poetry. The wagon train will arrive in the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District on Thursday, October 26.
The weekend’s activities begin about 1pm on Friday, October 26 with the arrival of 20 authentic chuck wagons. The proces-sion will begin at LaGrave Field and end on East Exchange Avenue in the Fort Worth Stockyards. After arriving, the chuck wagons will make camp and prepare for a true chuck wagon cook-off that is judged on Saturday, October 27.
The events continue with an authentic Ranch Rodeo where 15 Texas ranches will
compete in traditional ranch events including wild cow milking, bronc riding, team rop-ing, team doctoring, calf branding, maverick branding, mutton busting and team sorting. Other featured events include a cowboy trap-pings and trade show, Ranch Cutting Horse Association National Finals, cowboy church, cowboy music and poetry; a youth fi ddle con-test and chuck wagon cook-off, youth cowboy poetry contest, an invitational Tejas Vaquero and Ranchero Visitadores Team Roping and the annual Texas Trail of Fame induction ceremony.
On Sunday morning, there is a new addition to the weekend; a two-hour Cowboy Gospel Concert starring Don Edwards with special guests: Jean Prescott, Dan Roberts, and Red Steagall and the Boys in the Bunkhouse. “The Cowboy Gospel Concert is a special addition to our weekend. This one-of-a-kind show will defi nitely mark history as one of your favor-ites,” said Steagall.
The weekend’s entertainment includes musical performances from Dan Roberts, Jean Prescott, the Burson Family, and The Quebe Sisters Band, as well as one of the country’s most popular cowboy singers, Don Edwards. “Don Edwards helped us found this event and has been pleasing crowds since the very beginning,” said Red Steagall. “We are thrilled to have so many performers join us year after year, to bring our message and pass on a piece of our history to new audiences.”
Additionally, the weekend will feature western swing dances with Red Steagall and the Boys in the Bunkhouse, Leon Rausch and Bobby Flores and showcase cowboy poet-ry from Red Steagall, Chris Isaacs, Yvonne Hollenbeck, Jay Snider and Oscar Auker.
Tickets for the Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering are on sale now and can be pur-chased by calling 1-888-COWTOWN (1-888-269-8696) or by visiting www.cowtowncoli-seum.com. For more information on the event and a full schedule of events, please visit www.redsteagallcowboygathering.com.
FORT WORTH STOCKYARDS
Red Steagall Cowboy Gathering scheduled for October
Special to The Community News
◗ The 11th Annual Ms. Senior Parker County Pageant was held Saturday night, May 5 in the Alkek Auditorium at Weatherford College.
Eight contestants were judged on eve-ning wear, talent and interview question.
Awards and prizes were given to the following:
2012 Ms. Senior Parker County - Selma Johson (Ms. Brilliant Medical Boutique)
1st Runner Up - Naomi Brown (Ms. Plains Capital Bank)
2nd Runner Up - Sara Frerichs (Ms. Beyond Faith Homecare & Rehab)
3rd Runner Up - Nancy Martin (Ms. SBW Dozer)
Evening Wear Winner- Naomi Brown
Talent Winner - Sara Frerichs
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Master Gardener Gay Larson presents Julie Howell of the East Parker County Library with a copy of the second edition of “The Real Dirt: a gardening handbook for Parker County.” Pictured are Julie Howell, Iola Messinger, Gay Larson, Foster Clayton, Rebekah Bryant and Ellen Woodward. The handbook can be purchased at the County Extension Office, Stuart’s Nursery and from Parker County Master Gardeners.
By Tawra KellamSpecial to The Community News
Are Warehouse Stores Wearing Out Your Wallet? Do they save you money or just create more work?
People constantly ask me, ‘Can you really save more money at ware-house stores?’ I usually answer, “Not any more so than at other stores.”
I have checked prices at vari-ous stores on many different occa-sions and factoring everything in, I haven’t found any exceptional sav-ings at warehouse stores.
Here are some tips from LivingOnADime.com to help you decide if a warehouse store is for
you: Do your homework and com-pare prices.
Buying in bulk is not always cheaper.
You can really save by checking and comparing prices.
I was at Costco one day where there was a display of two Clorox one gallon jugs for $1.98 AFTER rebate.
I stood there amazed as people frantically grabbed this “great deal.” I knew I could get that same Clorox for $.98 a gallon at my regular discount store and I didn’t have to mess with a rebate, pay postage or lug two gallons of Clorox shrink
wrapped together to my car.Don’t buy impulsively just
because it sounds like a good deal. Say you can get 12 bottles of
sunscreen for a great price. Think it through before you buy. If your family only uses one bottle of sun-screen a year, that means you will be storing sunscreen for 12 years, not to mention that most of the sunscreen will expire long before then.
In most homes, one quarter of the food people buy gets thrown away.
If your family of four eats pan-cakes once a week, that gallon of
syrup is going to last you a VERY long time.
You might also consider that unless dry goods and freezer items are very carefully stored, they will go bad or get bugs in them.
Remember to buy the size that is appropriate for you.
You need to be very well orga-nized to buy in bulk. Finding places to store everything and then care-fully keeping track of what you have is critical if you want to use it all before it spoils.
Most people usually spend more than they originally planned on things they don’t need. This never
saves money. We taste samples and so often
end up buying. If this is you, be careful.
Maybe sampling is a bad idea (unless you’re making lunch of it)!
If you have a small or average sized family, you will probably save as much shopping for sales at your regular grocery store or discount store.
The key is to do the math and evaluate your practical needs. You have to decide for yourself if buying at warehouse stores actually saves you money or just creates more work.
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Jean Petty, a math teacher at McAnally Intermediate School, was one of six retiring teachers honored at the Aledo ISD’s service awards presentation Tuesday, May 15. Petty received the Marva Collins Teaching Excellence Award in 2008.
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Scott graduates SouthwesternLisa Scott, a 2008 graduate
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Montgomery graduates TCUKimberly Montgomery BSN, RN, CCRN-CMC,
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Grillo graduates TarletonKatherine Grillo, a 2008
graduate of Aledo High School, graduated Magna Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science degree in math on May 12, 2012 from Tarleton State University. She plans to pursue her master’s degree.
Peterson receives National Merit scholarship
Chelsea E. Peterson of Aledo, a student at All Saints Episcopal School in Fort Worth, has received the National Merit Lockheed Martin Academic Scholarship. These scholarships are part of the corporation’s support to its employees, the commu-nity, and to education, refl ecting its strong belief that higher education is essential to the nation’s future. The company supports merit scholarship awards for children of Lockheed Martin employees located throughout the world. Peterson’s probable career fi eld is medicine.
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Kenny and Anita Grames of Aledo announcethe engagement of their daughter Ashley to AlexCarrion, son of Melissa Carrion of Fort Worthand Sixto Carrion of Grand Prairie.
Ashley is a 2008 graduate of Aledo ChristianSchool and 2012 graduate of LeTourneauUniversity where she received a Bachelor ofScience in Education. Alex is a 2009 graduateof Texas Wesleyan University where he studiedBusiness Management. He is currently employedat Chase.
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GUEST COLUMN | PAGE 6A
A different take
Not everyone in Aledo is crying foul about
the legislative cuts to education funding.
Mike Brasovan with the rebuttal.
Life&Community
PAGE 6B
Facebook & Colleges
How inappropriate Facebook postings
can affect getting into college. PAGE 7A
Back on Track
Bearcats maul Falcons 62-17
Sports
ON THE SIDE
Homecoming Shuttle
Bus Service
Beginning at 6 p.m. Friday,
Sept. 30, Aledo ISD will pro-
vide shuttles for the Bearcat
Homecoming football game.
Due to expected overflow traf-
fic, buses will run between
Willow Park Baptist Church
and Bearcat Stadium; between
Aledo United Methodist
Church and Bearcat Stadium;
and between Aledo Middle
School and Bearcat Stadium.
Willow Park Baptist Church is
located at 129 S. Ranch House
Road in Willow Park; Aledo
United Methodist Church is
at 313 Pecan St. in Aledo and
Aledo Middle School is at 416
FM 1187 South.
Buses will pick up fans begin-
ning at 6 p.m. and go to
Bearcat Stadium, dropping
them off just to the south of
the stadium’s front entrance.
The same loop will continue
until 7:45 p.m. There also will
be one run to each location
15 minutes following halftime.
Fans then will be returned to
their parking areas 15 minutes
after the end of the game and
additional returns as quickly
as traffic will allow, up to
one hour after the end of the
game.
There will be no charge for the
bus rides and buses are air-
conditioned.
5K Run and concert
Miles for Mammograms, a
fundraiser for breast can-
cer detection sponsored by
the Parker County Hospital
District, will be held October
1 at 5 p.m. in Hudson Oaks.
The 5k run/walk and 1-mile
fun run will end with a free
concert in the park featuring
a performance by The Party
Crashers. For more informa-
tion or to register online
go to www.miles4mammo-
grams.com.
Free health fair
Weatherford College will
host a free health fair from
8-11 a.m. Wednesday, Oct.
12 in the Doss Student
Center at the Weatherford
campus. Free blood pres-
sure, glucose and choles-
terol checks will be offered.
Vendors may call Angie
Layman at 817-907-4151.
For more information about
the event, call Carin Adams
at 817-598-6437.
AdvoCats
Membership Drive
The Aledo Children’s AdvoCats
are hosting the fourth annual
Feast and Fashion event
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on
Oct. 7 at the Fire Oak Grill in
Weatherford. Lunch will be
served along with offerings
from local vendors to benefit
the children’s charity. For more
information on the AdvoCats
visit www.aledoadvocats.com.
WILLOW PARK
Council approves
budget, holds
property tax rate
◗ Tax roll-back voted
down in favor of funding
Parks and Recreation
By Katie Martinez
The Community News
The Willow Park City Council
approved a budget and voted down
a proposal to roll back the property
tax rate.
Excess revenues will fund the
parks and recreation department.
The council met in a special
meeting Monday, Sept. 26.
The city’s tax rate of $0.4705
on every $100 of property value
will remain the same through 2012
despite calls from Councilman Hale
Alderman and Mayor Pro-tem Gene
Martin to roll back the rate.
Martin said he believed the jus-
tifi cation for raising the tax rate was
to enable the city to invest in infra-
structure, but instead the money was
funneled into expanding personnel.
Estimated revenue to the city in
the next fi scal year is almost $2.9
million. The personnel expense,
including salaries, insurance, work-
ers compensation, vacation pay, cell
phones and travel expenses is more
than $1.1 million.
Leaving the tax rate unchanged
created a surplus in the budget of
around $74,000 and Councilman
Mark Hickerson made a motion to
move $60,000 of those funds into a
Parks and Recreation budget that he
said had been completely unfunded
for at least two years.
Hickerson said he hoped the city
might be able to purchase a three-
acre lot next to the existing park and
eventually build a soccer fi eld and/or
a hiking trail. There is a gas line that
runs through the property and a
permanent structure cannot be con-
structed on top of the easement.
The property is currently listed at
$80,799 but the tax appraised value
is around $60,000.
Hickerson said if the city is not
able to work out a deal with the
landowner, the funds could be used
to upgrade existing playground
equipment, which he said was pretty
run-down.
“At what point will we stop fi nd-
ing good ways to spend the taxpay-
er’s money?” Martin asked, implor-
ing the council members who were
in opposition to lowering the tax rate
to explain their position.
Counci lman Richard
Neverdousky said he would like to
see the tax rate lowered, but not
when the city’s reserves are so low.
“In previous years the city has
been burdened with excessive spend-
ing,” Neverdousky said. “And there is
no reason why the council can’t con-
trol the budget and at the end of the
year end up with a surplus.
But Hickerson said the city had
mostly stayed within the budget for
the fi scal year ending.
“If you look at the budget from
last year, we really did pretty good,”
Hickerson said. “With the exception
of the overage on the road construc-
tion.”Hickerson said the city got into
trouble with engineering fees on
road construction and spent more
than $100,000 over the budgeted
amount.
The new budget goes into effect
on October 1.
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Aubrey Vassberg and Paige Friendshuh tossed out candy from the freshmen volleyball float during the
Aledo High School Homecoming Parade on Monday, Sept. 26. More photos of the parade can be found on
page 12B, and a photo gallery and video can be found at www.community-news.com.
Going Solar in East Parker County
◗ Local engineer
powers home, has
energy to spare
By Katie Martinez
The Community News
Variable rate electricity plans
spiked this summer.
According to the Public Utility
Commission of Texas a decreased
supply caused by plant outages
coupled with record demand
sent rates up as high as $3 per
kilowatt hour on some days.
People on fi xed rate plans
did not feel the pain, although
Richard Luepke, an engineer
at Lockheed Martin, said his
research indicates the fi xed price
will continue to rise by around
four percent a year.
That’s not something he has
to worry about, though.
Luepke’s home on Mesa
Grande Drive is a landmark to
neighborhood residents for two
reasons: the larger-than-life rep-
lica of an Easter Island Moai
statue and the three 10 by 20
foot solar panels that line the
back of his property.
The system creates 90 percent
of the family’s electricity needs
with zero carbon emissions.
On some days more energy
is converted by the panels than
what is used in the home and on
KATIE MARTINEZ/THE COMMUNITY NEWS
Solar Energy Panels line the back of Richard luepke’s property in East
Parker County. The three panel system in the foreground provide a
maximum energy flow of around 2100 kwh per month. Smaller panels
mounted on the roof heat the home’s water.
Turn to SOLAR, page 3A
those days the Luepkes sell that
energy to their electric company
and receive a credit which rolls
over every month.
Most months bills show pos-
itive amounts, and the family
rarely has to pay out of pocket for
their electricity bill anymore.
The main system has a maxi-
mum capacity of 70kw per day,
or 2100kw over a 30-day period.
Each panel has 81 three inch
square mirrors and 16 modules
which channel the sun’s energy
into the AC currents that house-
holds run on.
The panels generate heat of
around 1,000 degrees.
“I can smoke cardboard in
about 5 seconds, after about
35 seconds it’s on fi re,” he said.
“We’ve even cooked a chicken
on it.”
Luepke has a smaller panel
set installed on the roof of his
home that acts as a water heater.
There are no moving parts
and very little maintenance is
required.
“I go out and manually adjust
the angles a few times a year for
maximum effi ciency, but that’s
about it,” he said. “I have not had
a single problem of any kind.”
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UIL Student Art ExhibitArt from Aledo High School stu-
dents will be a part of the Doss Heritage and Culture Center’s display of University Interscholastic League competition art May 1-25. Included in the competition are middle schools from Weatherford, Granbury, Aledo, Acton, Stephenville, Joshua and White Settlement. An awards cer-emony will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11. Student artists compete in 18 dif-ferent categories with two pieces per grade per school in each category.
Hats off to HeroesCareity Foundation is hosting a
Hats off to Heroes Dinner on Friday, May 18 at Clear Fork Station, 4971 E I -20 Service Road N, Willow Park. The event introduces a one-of-a-kind celebration allowing you to pay tribute to an individual who has had an impact on your life, your company or your community. For more information call 817-882-4100 or www.careity.org
Pet AdoptionParker Paws will host a pet adop-
tion event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 at the Weatherford PetSmart. For more information, call 817-598-0702 or visit www.parker-paws.org.
Newcomers MeetingThe Parker County Women and
Newcomers Club will hold it’s regu-lar monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on Friday, June 8 at the Alkek Fine Arts Center at Weatherford College with Janell Brawley presenting a program on “Accessorizing Your Wardrobe.” Lunch is available for $10 and res-ervations are required and accepted by calling 817-954-01256 by Sunday, June 3. Guests are welcome. For more information, visit pcwnc.org.
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May 21 AISD Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
May 22 Jumpin’ Jamboree
May 28 Districtwide holiday
June 4 AHS Graduation
Enrollment: 4,655New Phone App for Aledo ISD: Go to iTunes or the app store and search for Aledo on your iPhone, or access the Android Market on your Android phone. The download is FREE. Easy access to District News, Parent Portal, Calendars, Menus and more! And, Bearcat fans can now “Like us on Facebook” and “Follow us on Twitter” from the Aledo ISD webpage.
Child Nutrition: Online Meal Applications available by applying for Free and Reduced-Price Meals online. The process is safe, secure and private anytime, any-where! Go to http://aledoisd.schoollunchapp.com. Applications are also available at all campus offi ces and can be fi lled out anytime during the school year. Account prepayments (cash or check) may be made any time in the school cafeterias.
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CONNECTIONS mentoring program – call Administration (817-441-8327) or Denise Dugger, Executive Director of Accountability & Professional Development (817-441-5161)
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Garden PartyThe Friends of the East Parker County Library will present the ninth annual Garden Party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the AJ Hood pioneer home, 1279 Jenkins Road. Activities will include a book sale, BBQ lunch, music by Clear Fork Jazz, flower gifts, children’s activities and the popular flower hat contest. For more information, call the East Parker County Library at 817-441-6545.
Bearcat BootcampThe popular Bearcat Bootcamp meets at
6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. The fi rst session is free, and then the rate is $10 for drop-ins, $150 for one the season for one, or $250 for two. To register, arrive 10-15 minutes early. Make checks payable to Aledo Athletic Booster Club. For more information, email [email protected].
Rodeo and Livestock ShowThe annual Frontier Days Celebration and
Rodeo/Junior Livestock Show will be held June 13-16 at the Parker County Sheriff ’sPosse Grounds west of Weatherford. JoeHarris serves as Captain with Lee Durant,Lieutenant; Wesley Jennings, Secretary; HerbStone, Treasurer; David Stanley, Corral Boss; David Carter, Wrangler; Brianna Batton,Sweetheart and Larry Fowler, Parker County Sheriff. This year’s rodeo chairman is SteveFinch.
FRIDAY, MAY 18
Hats off to HeroesCareity Foundation is hosing a Hats off to Heroes Dinner on Friday, May 18 at Clear Fork Station, 4971 E I -20 Service Road N, Willow Park. The event introduces a one-of-a-kind celebration allowing you to pay trib-ute to an individual who has had an impact on your life, your company or your community. For more infor-mation call 817-882-4100 or www.careity.org
SATURDAY, MAY 19
Garden PartyThe Friends of the East Parker County Library will present the ninth annual Garden Party from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 19 at the AJ Hood pioneer home, 1279 Jenkins Road. Activities will include a book sale, barbecue lunch, music by Clear Fork Jazz, flower gifts, children’s activities and the popular flower hat contest. For more information, call the East Parker County Library at 817-441-6545.
Pet AdoptionParker Paws will host a pet adop-tion event from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 19 at the Weatherford PetSmart. For more information, call 817-598-0702 or visit www.parker-paws.org.
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
SUNDAY, MAY 20
UIL Student Art ExhibitArt from Aledo Middle School stu-dents will be a part of the Doss Heritage and Culture Center’s dis-play of University Interscholastic League competition art May 1-25. Included in the competition are middle schools from Weatherford,
Granbury, Aledo, Acton, Stephenville, Joshua and White Settlement. An awards ceremony will be at 10 a.m. Friday, May 11. Student artists com-pete in 18 different categories with two pieces per grade per school in each category.
MeetingAledo Young Life is hosting a Leadership / Committee Interest meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20 and at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22 for couples inter-ested in Young Life Leadership for Aledo Young Life. Only one meeting is necessary. For more information email [email protected].
Christian ComedyOak Ridge Church of Christ in Willow Park is hosting a family friendly night with Christian comedian Bob Smiley at 6:30 p.m. on May 20. Tickets may be purchased at the church between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The price is $10 through May 16 and $12 for later purchases. Enjoy a sneak peek at www.bobsmiley.com.
MONDAY, MAY 21
Parkinson’s groupParkinson’s Support Group of Tarrant County will meet at 1:30 p.m. on Monday, May 21 at the Broadway Baptist Church, third floor, 305 W. Broadway, Fort Worth. Visitors are welcome. This will be a share meet-ing, where we learn from fellow members and help find solutions. There is a separate meeting for care-givers. For information call 817-275-1909 or visit www.PSGTC.com.
Celebrate Recovery7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Aledo, Family Life Center, 124 Oak Street, Aledo. Celebrate Recovery is a 12-step Christ centered recovery pro-gram. (Pizza served at 6:30 p.m.)
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel
Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
TUESDAY, MAY 22
Jumpin’ JamboreeJumpin’ Jamboree will be from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22 at the Aledo High School Stadium.FFA Dinner and AwardsThe Aledo FFA Dinner and Awards Banquet will be at 6:30 p.m. on May 22 in the Aledo High School Cafeteria.
MeetingAledo Young Life is hosting a Leadership / Committee Interest meeting at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, May 20 and at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 22 for couples inter-ested in Young Life Leadership for Aledo Young Life. Only one meeting is necessary. For more information email [email protected].
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
WEDNESDAY, MAY 23
Master of Memory ClassesTexas AgriLife Extension of Parker County will conduct a series of work-shops called Master of Memory. The workshops will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays May 16, 23 and 30 at the Parker County Agricultural Services Center located at 604 North Main Street in Weatherford.The classes are $10 for the entire series. The cost will include a hand-out and refreshments. To register or for more information about the Master of Memory classes contact the Parker County Extension Office at 817-598-6168.
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
THURSDAY, MAY 24
Healthy Woman LuncheonWeatherford Regional Medical Center will host a healthy woman luncheon at 12 p.m. on May 24. Benjamin Hooker, M.D., Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation physician will discuss ways to maintain optimal bone and joint health and host a Q & A ses-sion about orthopedic ailments. RSVP to 817-341-PINK (7465) or online at www.WeatherfordRegional.com/HealthyWoman
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
SATURDAY, MAY 26
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
MONDAY, MAY 28
Celebrate Recovery7 p.m. First Baptist Church of Aledo, Family Life Center, 124 Oak Street, Aledo. Celebrate Recovery is a 12-step Christ centered recovery pro-gram. (Pizza served at 6:30 p.m.)
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and
9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
TUESDAY, MAY 29
Project CelebrationThe Class of 2015 will have a Project Celebration meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, May 29 at the Daniel Ninth Grade Center.
Senior Class AwardsThe Senior Class Awards will beat 7 p.m. on May 29 at in the Aledo High School Auditorium.
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
WEDNESDAY, MAY 30
Master of Memory ClassesTexas AgriLife Extension of Parker County will conduct a series of work-shops called Master of Memory. The workshops will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesdays May 16, 23 and 30 at the Parker County Agricultural Services Center located at 604 North Main Street in Weatherford.The classes are $10 for the entire series. The cost will include a hand-out and refreshments. To register or for more information about the Master of Memory classes contact the Parker County Extension Office at 817-598-6168.
Bearcat BootcampThe Bearcat Bootcamp meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Don Daniel Ninth Grade Center gym. Sessions begin March 19 and end May 31. For more information, email [email protected].
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The Community News is looking for a local person to cover city government activities in Annetta, Annetta North and Annetta South. Typically the assign-ment involves three night meetings per month and occasional additional stories. For more information, call Randy Keck at 817-441-7661 or email [email protected]
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IF YOU WANT TO DRINK that’s your business; If you want to stop, we can help. The Aledo group of Alcoholics Anonymous meets Mondays and Wednesdays at 8 p.m., Thursdays at 7 p.m. and Saturdays at 9 a.m. in the rock house at the corner of Oak and Pecan. Call 817-319-8452 for more information.
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federal requirements will be available at the meeting.
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Nancy McVean and the students in her drama group at Weatherford College present donations of animal food donated by patrons of the recent WC production of “See How They Run” to the local animal shelter and Center of Hope “They were very grateful for the donations,” said McVean. “And we are very grateful for your support to the Drama Group, our productions and our concessions.”
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◗ The annual Hemispherectomy Dreams on Wings 1k and 5k races were held in Weatherford on Saturday, May 12. The 5k had participation from 239 runners.
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Riley Sinnott of Aledo completed the 5k with a time of 23:46. | Tatum Harris finishes strong in the 1k. | Kyle Gribble of Aledo finished first in his age group in the 5k. | Debra Thomas of Aledo finished first in her division in the 5k. | Austin Christmas of Weatherford finished the race in 24 minutes.
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The 2012 Hemi 5k race gets under way. | Ellie Sinnott finished the 1k race in a bridge made by friends and teachers from Coder Elementary School.
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Aledo Art CampsAledo Art Camp for grades K
- 4th will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and grades 5th - 8th will be from 12 to 3 p.m. on June 18 - 21 at Aledo High School.
Have fun with art and explore your creativity. Cost is $85, and all proceeds go to the AHS Art Fund to buy supplies for the students. 100% non-profi t. For more infor-mation email Gloria Andrews at [email protected].
Passport to McAnallyThe Aledo Passport Camp will
be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on August 16 at McAnally Intermediate School for incoming 6th Graders. For more information call 817-441-8347.
Camp Fire Summers Day Camp
Camp Fire Summers Day Camp for grades K through 8 will be from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Monday through Friday during June, July and August in Aledo. The Aledo School location is to be announced. Cost is $135 per week, and drop in rates are available. The Camp includes weekly fi eld trips, theme weeks, and a variety of activities. www.CampFireFW.org
Camp Fire USA Camptivity Day Camps
Camp Fire USA Camptivity Day Camp for grades K through 8 will be from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on June 4 - August 24 at Lockheed Martin Recreation Area, 3400 Bryant Irvin Rd, Fort Worth. Grades K through 6 will be at the same times and dates at Lyle Lodge, 7179 Peden Road, Azle. Cost is $175 per week. Scholarships are available. This one-of-a-kind day camp experience includes weekly fi eld trips, daily swimming, team sports, crafts, and more. For more information go to www.CampFireFW.org
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Aquatic Day Camp
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Aquatic Day Camp will be from July 23 to 27 at El Tesoro, 7710 Fall Creek Hwy, Granbury, TX 76049 on 223 acre site on the Brazos River. This camp is for grades 3-10 and cost is $275 per week. Focus on intermediate to advanced swimming skills, along with canoeing and kayaking skills. www.CampElTesoro.org
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2012 KIDS SUMMER CAMPSActivity/Day Camps
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Overnight Camp
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Overnight Camp for boys and girls ages 6 through 16 will be from June 10 through July 20 at El Tesoro, 7710 Fall Creek Hwy, Granbury, TX 76049 on a 223 acre site on the Brazos River. Cost is $360-$545 per week, scholarships available. Outdoor adventures, swimming, canoeing and more. Range of options from 4 day to 13 day ses-sions. For more information visit www.CampElTesoro.org.
Culinary Camps (Grades 2nd - 4th & 5th - 7th)
Culinary Camp for kids who have completed grades 2 through 4 will be from 10 a.m. to Noon and grades 5 through 7 will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays during June 11 through July 19 (excluding the week of July 4th) at The Parson’s Table in Aledo. Cost is $125 and includes supplies, cookbook and a t-shirt. ($50 non-refundable deposit; balance due on the fi rst day of class) For more information call 817-441-2650.
Culinary Camp (Grades 8 & up)
Culinary Camp for kids who have completed grade 8 and higher will be from 2 to 4 p.m. on July 23 through 26 at The Parson’s Table in Aledo. Cost is $125 and includes supplies, cookbook and a t-shirt. $50 non-refundable deposit; bal-ance due on the fi rst day of class. For more information call 817-441-2650.
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro 25th Anniversary de la Vida Grief Camp
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro 25th Anniversary de la Vida Grief Camp will be from July 29 through August 4 at El Tesoro, 7710 Fall Creek Hwy, Granbury, TX 76049 on a 223 acre site on the Brazos River. The camp is for boys and girls ages 6-17 who have experienced the death of a loved one. Cost is $520 per week, scholarships available. No registration deadline. 90 percent tradi-tional camp activities such as canoeing, hiking, etc. Licensed therapists help children deal with the natural griev-ing process. For more information visit www.CampElTesoro.org.
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Equestrian Day Camp
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Equestrian Day Camp for grades 3 through 8 will be from July 23 to 27 at El Tesoro, 7710 Fall Creek Hwy, Granbury, TX 76049 on a 223 acre site on the Brazos River. Cost is $275 per week. Focus on begin-ner and intermediate level horseman-ship skills. For more information visit www.CampElTesoro.org.
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Nature Day Camp
Camp Fire USA El Tesoro Nature Day Camp for grades 1 through 6 will be from June 11 through July 20 at El Tesoro, 7710 Fall Creek Hwy, Granbury, TX 76049 on a 223 acre site on the Brazos River. Cost is $165 per week, multi-child discount avail-able. New activities and themes each week. Swimming, hiking, archery, and more. For more information visit www.CampElTesoro.org.
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Students participating in the Aledo Middle School Rocketry Camp last June look up to observe a homemade rocket blast off. | A student participating in last year’s Art Camp attempts to draw his own face by looking into a mirror.
Diamond Hill Station Day Camp
Diamond Hill Station Day Camp for ages 4 through 14 will be Monday through Friday during June, July and August at 2001 E Loraine St, Fort Worth. Affordable, full-day camp of recreational activ-ities, arts, swimming, nature study and fi eld trips to local attractions. For pricing or more information call 817-831-2111 or visit www.CampFireFW.org.
Reading Friends “Celebrate Summer” Camp
Reading Friends “Celebrate
Summer” Camp will be from 9 a.m. to Noon on June 5 through 7 at Reading Friends in Aledo for ages 2 through 6. Cost is $100 per ses-sion or $375 for all sessions. Space is limited. For more information call Diane Taylor at 817-441-6060.
Reading Friends “My Family and Me” Camp
Reading Friends “My Family and Me” Camp will be from 9 a.m. to Noon on June 12 through 14 at Reading Friends in Aledo for ages 2 through 6. Cost is $100 per ses-sion or $375 for all sessions. Space is limited. For more information call Diane Taylor at 817-441-6060.
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Several participants in last year’s Aledo Theatre Camp stand on stage in full costume.
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Annetta United Methodist Church VBS
Annetta United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School will be from 6 to 8 p.m. on June 11 through 15 at Annetta United Methodist Church. No cost. For more informa-tion call 817-599-7950 or visit www.annettaumc.org.
Aledo Church of Christ VBS
Aledo Church of Christ Vacation Bible School will be from 7 to 9 p.m. on July 30 through August 1 at Aledo Church of Christ. All Aboard the Kingdom Express: Staying on the Right Track in a Troubled World. Ages are nursery through adults. For questions or to register call 817-441-8074 or e-mail [email protected]. All are welcome.
Aledo United Methodist Church VBS
Aledo United Methodist Church Vacation Bible School will be from June 19-22 and June 24 Service and Picnic at Aledo United Methodist Church. “Operation Overboard” is all about diving deeper in your faith: trusting God, following Jesus, and changing the world. All Aledo fami-lies and friends are invited to attend. Ages are 4 through 4th grade. Pre-registration is required and begins May 1st. For more information call Trudy Smith, Director of Children and Family Ministries at 817-441-8329 or visit the church website for details: www.aledoumc.org.
Faith Presbyterian Church VBS
Faith Presbyterian Church Vacation Bible School will be from 6:30 to 8: 30 p.m. on July 30 through August 2 at Faith Presbyterian Church in Aledo for ages 4 through entering grade 5. This year’s theme is “Operation Overboard”. To regis-ter call 817-441-6262, email [email protected] or visit http://over-board.cokesburyvbs.com/faitha-ledo.
FBC Aledo VBSFirst Baptist Church of Aledo
Vacation Bible School will be from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on June 23-27 at First Baptist Church of Aledo. Ages are 3 years and potty trained to 6th grade. 7th-12th grades may volunteer as helpers. Registration begins April 15. For more informa-tion call 817-441-8885 or visit www.fbcaledo.com.
Vacation Bible Schools & Church Camps
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At First Baptist Church Aledo’s VBS last June, student’s played a game where they had to bounce around a ball without standing up.
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FBC Aledo Kidz KampFBC Aledo Kidz Kamp for chil-
dren that have completed grades 3 through 6 will be from June 8-12 at Riverbend Retreat Center, Glenrose, Texas. Cost is $260. For more infor-mation visit www.fbcaledo.com.
FBC Aledo Centrifuge Camp
FBC Aledo Middle School Centrifuge Camp for youth that have completed grades 7 through 8 will be from June 17-23 at Carson Newman College, Jefferson City, TN. Cost is $450. For more information visit www.fbcaledo.com.
FBC Aledo FUGE CampThe First Baptist Church of Aledo
Aledo High School FUGE Camp for youth that have completed grades 9 through 12 will be from June 17 through 22 at Tulane University, New Orleans, LA. Cost is $450. For more information visit wwwfb-caledo.com.
FBC Willow Park VBSFirst Baptist Church of Willow
Park Vacation Bible School will be in the evenings on July 15-19 at First Baptist Church of Willow Park for ages 2 years old as of Jan. 1 2012 to grade 6. The theme will be Babylon-Daniel’s Courage in Captivity. For more information call Betsy Denny at 817-441-7170.
Faith Presbyterian Church Treasure Camp
Treasure Camp will be from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on July 16 to 20 at Faith Presbyterian Church in Aledo for ages 6 to 11. ”Treasure Camp” will have trained staff from Gilmont
Camp in Gilmer, Texas with recre-ation, crafts, Bible study and more. Early registration is through June 15 is $100. For more information call the Director of Children’s Ministry, Lisa Connolly, at 817-441-6262 or email [email protected].
Oak Ridge Church of Christ VBS
Oak Ridge Church of Christ Vacation Bible School will be from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on every Tuesday and Thursday from June 5 to 28 at Oak Ridge Church of Christ, 4895 E I-29 Service Rd. N. in Willow Park. “DAVID A Man After God’s Own Heart” Bible Stories, arts, crafts, games, and more! Lunch and snacks provided. Ages 3 years and potty trained to 3rd grade are welcome. There is no cost, but pre-registration is required. For more information call Pam Ellis or Darla Johnson at 817-441-1875.
The Summit VBSThe Summit Vacation Bible
School will be from 5:30 to 8:15 p.m. on July 10 through 12 at the Summit, 111 Maverick St., Aledo. The theme is Sky: Everything is Possible With God! For more information email Amy Dube at [email protected] or visit www.the-summit.org.
Trinity Bible Base CampTrinity Bible Base Camp will be
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on July 9 through 13 at Trinity Bible Church for grades K-4. Camp activities include climbing walls, infl atables, waterslide, team sports, Bible stud-ies, funny skits, and more! Cost is $225. For more information call 817-441-7477 or visit www.trinity-bible.com.
Reading Friends “Under the Sea” Camp
Reading Friends “Under the Sea” Camp will be from 9 a.m. to Noon on July 31 through August 2 at Reading Friends in Aledo for ages 2 through 6. Cost is $100 per session or $375 for all sessions. Space is limited. For more infor-mation call Diane Taylor at 817-441-6060.
Reading Friends “Texas Our Texas” Camp
Reading Friends “Texas Our Texas” Camp will be from 9 a.m. to Noon on August 7 through 9 at Reading Friends in Aledo for ages 2 through 6. Cost is $100 per ses-sion or $375 for all sessions. Space is limited. For more information call Diane Taylor at 817-441-6060.
Reading Friends “Big School Boot Camp”
Reading Friends “Big School Boot Camp” will be from 9 a.m. to Noon on August 7 through 9 at Reading Friends in Aledo for children entering grades K-1. Cost is $100. Space is limited. For more information call Diane Taylor at 817-441-6060.
Theatre Kids KampTheatre Kids Kamp ‘12 will be
from 9 a.m. to Noon on June 4 through 8 at Aledo High School for grades K-6. Cost is $125 if registered by June 1. The perfor-mance of “Under the Sea” will be on Friday, June 8 at 6:30 p.m. For more information call Christy Collard 817-441-5139 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Ceramics CampTrinity Christian Academy’s
Ceramics Camp will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on July 9 through 13 at Trinity Christian Academy for those entering Grades 6-12. Cost is $100. For more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Conversational Spanish Camp
Trinity Christian Academy’s Conversational Spanish Camp will be from 4 to 6 p.m. on June 11 through 15 at Trinity Christian Academy for those entering Grades 9-12. Cost is $100. For more infor-mation call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Painting Ceramics Camp
Trinity Christian Academy Painting Ceramics will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on July 23 through 27 at Trinity Christian Academy for those entering grades 2-6. Cost is $100. For more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Printmaking CampTrinity Christian Academy’s
Printmaking Camp will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. on July 16 through 20 at Trinity Christian Academy for those entering grades 9-12. Cost is $100. For more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Story Builders Writing Workshop
The Trinity Christian Academy Story Builders Writing Workshop will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on June 25 through 28 at Trinity Christian Academy for those entering Grades 2-6. Cost is $45. For more informa-tion call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s TI Scientific Calculator Training Course
The Trinity Christian Academy TI Scientifi c Calculator Training Course will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on July 19 through 20 at Trinity Christian Academy for those enter-ing grades 9-12. Cost is $40. For more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
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Decked out in make up, two par-ticipants in the 2011 Aledo Theatre Camp put on a show.
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During a sing-along at last year’s Aledo United Methodist Church VBS, two girls show off their choreography skills.
Trinity Bible Church Jam Camp
Jam Camp, grades 3-6, and Mini Jam, grades K-2, will be from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on July 30 through August 3 at Trinity Bible Church. The kids will rehearse all week and then perform a musical with the Olympic theme “Beyond the Gold”. There will be Bible studies and other activities. Cost for Jam Camp is $60 for the fi rst child and $45 for each sibling. Mini Jam is $10 per child. For more information call 817-441-7477 or visit www.trinitybible.com.
Willow Park Baptist Church VBS
Willow Park Baptist Church Vacation Bible School will be from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on June 10 through 13 at Willow Park Baptist Church. This year the theme is “World of Wonders Amusement Park”. Ages 4 through 3rd grade are welcome. For more information call 817-441-1596 or visit www.willowparkbaptist.org.
Willow Park Baptist Church Youth Alive Camp
Youth Alive Camp will be from July 16 through 20 for incoming Junior High through High School youth. For more information call 817-441-1596 or visit www.willowparkbaptist.org.
Young Life Wyldlife CampYoung Life Wyldlife Camp will be from
June 16 through 20 at Camp Buckner in the heart of Texas Hill Country. Cost is $400. $50 deposit to hold your spot. Seats are limited. Transportation, lodg-ing, T-shirt and food are included. For more information or to register call 817-732-2250, email [email protected] or visit www.younglife.org.
Editors Note: The Aledo/Weatherford Sports Camps are listed on page 6C
Brock High School Baseball Camp
Brock High School Baseball Camp for ages 6 through incom-ing freshmen will be from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. on June 25 through 28 at Brock High School Baseball Field. Cost for pre-reg-istered Campers is $75, Walk Up Registration is $90 and the pitch-ing Camp is $15. Each Camper will receive a Brock Baseball Camp T-Shirt, individual instruc-tion, plus many individual prizes will be awarded. Pitching, hitting, base running, defensive fi elding, and other aspects of the game will be covered. For more infor-mation call Chad Massey at 817-597-5572.
Brock Junior High Football Camp
The Brock Junior High Football Camp for incoming grades 7 and 8 will be from 1 to 4 p.m. on August 13 through 16 at Eagle Football Field. Cost is $75. For more information call Chad Worrell at 940-231-8457 or [email protected].
Sports Camps
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Students practice moving the ball down the field and other basic soccer skills at the 2011 Aledo Soccer Camp.
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A young girl practices cheering at last August’s Aledo Cheer Camp.
Brock Youth Football CampBrock Youth Football Camp for
incoming grades 1 through 6 will be from 9 a.m. to Noon on July 23 through 26 at Eagle Football Field Cost is $75. For more information call Chad Worrell at 940-231-8457 or [email protected].
Leonard Golf Links CampsLeonard Golf Links weekly camps
will be from 9 a.m. to Noon every Monday through Thursday from June 4 to August 23 at Leonard Golf Links in Fort Worth for boys and girls ages 5-9 and 10-15. Camps will have small student to teacher ratios, snacks, games and prizes. The fi rst camp session is $159 per student, additional camp sessions will be dis-counted to $135 per student. For more information call Holly Haas at 817-703-5033 or email [email protected].
Performance Course #1Performance Course #1 will be
from 6:45 to 8:15 a.m. on June 11 through August 2 at Aledo High School for males entering grades 10-12. Cost is $230 or $250 after April 15. For more information email Geno Pierce at [email protected] or visit www.per-formancecourse.com.
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SUMMER 2012SUMMER 2012
BASEBALL & SOFTBALL CAMP SCHEDULEBASEBALL & SOFTBALL CAMP SCHEDULE
June 4-6th: 3 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $175June 4-6th: 3 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $175June 7-8th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125June 7-8th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125June 11th: Hitting Camp ... $75June 11th: Hitting Camp ... $75June 12th: Fielding Camp ... $75June 12th: Fielding Camp ... $75June 13th: Pitching Camp ... $75June 13th: Pitching Camp ... $75June 14th: Catchers Camp ... $75June 14th: Catchers Camp ... $75June 18-22nd: 5 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $250June 18-22nd: 5 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $250June 27-28th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125June 27-28th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125July 11-12th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125July 11-12th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125July 16-20th: 5 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $250July 16-20th: 5 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $250July 23-25th: 3 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $175July 23-25th: 3 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $175July 26th: Hitting Camp ... $75July 26th: Hitting Camp ... $75
July 27th: Fielding Camp ... $75July 27th: Fielding Camp ... $75July 30-31st: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125July 30-31st: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125August 1st: Pitching Camp ... $75August 1st: Pitching Camp ... $75August 2nd: Fielding Camp ... $75August 2nd: Fielding Camp ... $75August 3rd: Hitting Camp ... $75August 3rd: Hitting Camp ... $75August 6-8th: 3 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $175August 6-8th: 3 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $175August 9-10th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125August 9-10th: 2 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $125August 13th: Fielding Camp ... $75August 13th: Fielding Camp ... $75August 14th: Hitting Camp ... $75August 14th: Hitting Camp ... $75August 15th: Pitching Camp ... $75August 15th: Pitching Camp ... $75August 16th: Hitting Camp ... $75August 16th: Hitting Camp ... $75August 20-24th: 5 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $250August 20-24th: 5 Day All-Aspects Camp ... $250
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Students build on their athletic skills at the 2011 Ladycat Basketball and Volleyball Camps.
CAMPSfrom page three
Performance Course #2Performance Course #2 will be
from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on June 11 through August 2 at Aledo High School for females entering grades 6-12. Cost is $230 or $250 after April 15. For more information email Geno Pierce at [email protected] or visit www.per-formancecourse.com.
Performance Course #4
Performance Course #4 will be from 12 to 1:15 a.m. on June 11 through August 2 at Aledo High School for males entering grades 6-7. Cost is $230 or $250 after April 15. For more information email Geno Pierce at [email protected] or visit www.performancecourse.com.
Performance Course #3
Performance Course #3 will be from 10:15 to 11:45 a.m. on June 11 through August 2 at Aledo High School for males entering grades 8-9. Cost is $230 or $250 after April 15. For more information email Geno Pierce at [email protected] or visit www.performancecourse.com.
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A high school student passes the ball at the 7 on 7 Football Camp.
TCA’s Boy’s Basketball CampsTrinity Christian Academy’s Boy’s
Basketball Camp for those entering grades 3-5 will be from 9 to 11 a.m. and for those entering grades 6-8 from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on June 18 through 21 at Trinity Christian Academy. Cost is $80. For more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Football CampsTrinity Christian Academy’s Football
Camp for grades 7-8 will be from 6:30to 9 a.m. and grades 9-12 will be from9 to 11:30 a.m. on July 30 throughAugust 3 at Trinity Christian Academy.Thursday Camp will be in the evening.Cost is $100. For more information callKim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or [email protected].
THE COMMUNITY NEWS All About Kids May 18, 2012 5C
At Weatherford College’s Roger
Williams Ballpark
Jeff Lightfoot’s 2012 Summer Baseball Camps
These day camps are an
excellent opportunity for
players to develop their
skills in all areas of the game.
The camp staff will emphasize hitting, elding, base running, throwing fundamentals through drills, proper practice techniques, game situations, and
video evaluation. Players will have the opportunity to showcase their skills during
games each day. Campers are divided by age and ability for games and drills. Campers will
be given instruction to help them advance into the Total Baseball Player.
Coyote Fundamentals
Camp:Ages 6 -12 (Cost $85)June 13-15 (Wed. - Fri.)
8:30am-11:30amJuly 10-12
(Tues. - Thurs.)8:30am-11:30am
Classes for children ages 1 year old - Pre-k
Age as of September 1st, 2012
Lil’ Cat’s Preschool offers a Christ-centered nurturing environment, small classes, loving Christian teachers, age-appropriate activities enhanced with Bible stories, songs and scripture.
Tuesdays & Thursdays9:00am - 2:30pm
´Curriculum meets TEA Guidelines´
For more information, please contact:
FBC Aledo 817-441-8885Gaye Lowe - [email protected]
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In 2011, students learned to develop their athletic skills at golf camp. I CENTER: A student prepares to shoot at Jeff Mittie’s Basketball Camp I RIGHT: The Aledo Tennis Camp.
TCA’s Girl’s Basketball Camps
Trinity Christian Academy’s Girl’s Basketball Camp for grades 4-7 will be from 9 to 11:30 a.m. and grades 8-12 will be from 12:30 to 3 p.m. on June 11 to 14 at Trinity Christian Academy. Cost is $80. For
more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Girl’s Softball CampTrinity Christian Girl’s Softball
Camp will be from 9 to 11 a.m. on June 25 through 29 at Trinity Christian Academy for those enter-
ing grades 6-12. Cost is $100. For more information Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Soccer CampTrinity Christian Academy’s
Soccer Camp will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on July 30 through August
3 at Trinity Christian Academy for those entering grades 1-6. Cost is $100. For more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
TCA’s Volleyball CampsTrinity Christian Academy’s
Volleyball Camps will be from 8:30
to 10:30 a.m. for those entering grades 4-6, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.mfor those entering grades 7-8, and 1:30 to 4 p.m. for those enteringgrades 9-12 on July 16-19 at Trinity Christian Academy. Cost is $80. For more information call Kim Wheat at 817-441-5897 or email [email protected].
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Ladycat Volleyball Camp (Grades 7th - 9th) June 25-28 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at Aledo High School. Cost is $80 if registered by June 15. Registra-tion at the door is $90. For more information, call Kathy Goings at 817-441-5155, 817-925-0875 or email [email protected].
Ladycat Volleyball Camp (Grades 4th - 6th) June 25-28 from 1 to 3 p.m. at Aledo High School. Cost is $80 if registered by June 15. Registra-tion at the door is $90. For more information, call Kathy Goings at 817-441-5155, 817-925-0875 or email [email protected].
AHS Mini-Cheer Camp (Grades K - 6th) August 6 - 9 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Aledo High School Cafeteria. Learn the fundamentals of cheer and dance techniques. Cost is $75 per camper, and includes a camp T-shirt. Registration ends July 27 to be guaranteed a t-shirt. Walk-ins welcome. For more information, call Melinda Hale at Aledo High School 817-441-8711 ext. 1312 or email [email protected].
Bearcat Football Camp (Grades 3rd - 9th)August 6 - 9 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Aledo High School Football Practice Fields. Cost is $85 per camper. The family rate is $125 for and $165 for three or more. Registration deadline is July 20. For more information, call 817-441-5152.
WeatherfordKangaroo/LadyRoo Basketball Camp (Grades 1st - 4th)June 18 - 20 from 8 a.m. to Noon at Weatherford High School. Work on individual ball-handling, dribbling, and shooting drills, individual competitions and games. Cost is $65 per camper. For more information, call Terry Ferguson at 817-903-3444 or email [email protected].
Kangaroo/Lady Roo Basketball Camp (Grades 5th - 6th)June 18 - 20 from 1 to 5 p.m. at Weatherford High School.
Step the skills up a little more, and start focusing more on ner points of the game, both as an individual and team player. Cost is $65 per camper. For more information, call Terry Ferguson at 817-903-3444 or email [email protected].
Kangaroo/Lady Roo Basketball Camp (Grades 7th - 9th)June 25 - 29 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Weatherford High School. “Elite” Prep focuses more on the skills and drills used by the high school teams. Cost is $65 per camper. For more in-formation, call Terry Ferguson at 817-903-3444 or email [email protected].
The Jeff Lightfoot 2012 Coyote Fundamentals Camp (Ages 6 - 12)June 13 - 15 or July 10 - 12 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Weath-erford College Roger Williams Ballpark. Cost is $85. Fundamen-tals camp with games and drills each day. Campers are divided by age and ability. For more infor-mation, visit www.wcathletics.com.
Kangaroo Volleyball Camp Session I (Grades3rd - 6th)June 11 - 14 from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Weatherford Ninth Grade Center. Campers participate in contests, get a camp t-shirt and work on the fundamentals of volleyball. Cost is $60. For more information, email Coach Kuettel at [email protected].
Kangaroo Volleyball Camp Session II (Grades 9th)June 11 - 14 from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Weatherford Ninth Grade Center. Campers par-ticipate in contests, get a camp t-shirt and work on the funda-mentals of volleyball. Cost is $70. For more information, email Coach Kuettel at [email protected].
Kangaroo Volleyball Camp Session III (Grades 7th - 8th)June 11 - 14 from 1 to 4 p.m. at Weatherford Ninth Grade Center. Campers participate in contests, get a camp t-shirt and work on the fundamentals of volleyball. Cost is $70. For more information, email Coach Kuettel at [email protected].
AledoBearcat Baseball Camp (Grades 4th - 6th) June 4 - 7 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Aledo Bearcat Baseball Stadium. Campers will have fun while learning the basic fundamentals of base-ball. Cost is $75 per camper for pre-registration, $85 per camper for late registra-tion after May 28, and $10 discount for multiple family members. For more informa-tion, call Chad Barry at 817-691-1988 or Chris O’Donnell at 817-688-6350 or [email protected].
Bearcat Baseball Camp (Grades 7th - 9th)June 4 - 7 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Aledo Bearcat Baseball Stadium. Campers will have fun while learning the basic fundamen-tals of baseball. Cost is $75 per camper for pre-registra-tion, $85 per camper for late registration after May 28, and $10 discount for multiple fam-ily members. For more infor-mation, call Chad Barry at 817-691-1988 or Chris O’Donnell at 817-688-6350 or [email protected].
Bearcat/LadycatSoccer Camp Session I: Little Cats (Grades K - 2nd) Week 1 is June 4 - 7 and Week 2 is June 11 - 14 from 8 to 9:30 a.m. at the Aledo High School. Cost is $60. Receive a $10 discount if siblings sign up together. Receive a $20 discount if you register for both weeks of camp (only one discount per family). For more information, call Coach Derek Vierling at 817-312-8540 or Coach Bryan Johnson at 817-528-6291.
Bearcat/Ladycat Soccer Camp Session II: Junior Cats (Grades 3rd - 5th)Week 1 is June 4 - 7 and Week 2 is June 11 - 14 from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Aledo High School. Cost is $70. Receive a $10 discount if siblings sign up to-gether. Receive a $20 discount if you register for both weeks of camp (only one discount per family). For more information, call Coach Derek Vierling at 817-312-8540 or Coach Bryan Johnson at 817-528-6291.
2012 ALEDO/WEATHERFORD SPORTS CAMPSBearcat/Ladycat Soccer Camp Session III: Bearcats/Ladycats (Grades 6th - 9th) Week 1 is June 4 - 7 and Week 2 is June 11 - 14 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. at the Aledo High School. Cost is $85. Receive a $10 discount if siblings sign up together. Receive a $20 dis-count if you register for both weeks of camp (only one discount per fam-ily). For more information, call Coach Derek Vierling at 817-312-8540 or Coach Bryan Johnson at 817-528-6291.
Bearcat Bouncers Camp (Grades 2nd - 5th) June 4 - 8 from 9 a.m. to Noon at the Stuard Elementary Gym. 3rd through 5th graders will be eligible for the 2012 TOT Performance Teams. Cost is $85. For more infor-mation, call Janie Baucum at 817-441-5103.
Ladycat Basketball “Hoops” Camp (Grades 3rd - 9th)June 11-14 from 9 a.m. to Noon in the Aledo High School Main Gym. Cost is $85 until June 1. Late regis-tration is $95. For more information, call Rusty Johnson at 817-441-5155, 817-688-1048 or email [email protected].
Jeff Mittie Aledo Basketball Academy for Girls (Grades 7th-12th)June 6, 13, 20, 27, July 5, 11, 25, & August 1 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Aledo High School. Cost is $200. For more information, call Jodi Christian at 817-257-7962 or visit www.mit-tieball.com.
The Aledo Cage Camp (Grades 2nd - 9th) July 9 - 13 from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Aledo High School Bearcat Gymnasium. Learn the fundamentals of basketball from AISD Coaches and Players. Cost is $120 and in-cludes a camp T-shirt and ball. Lunch is not included. For more informa-tion, call 817-441-5154 or 682-365-8714.
Bearcat Tennis Camp (Ages 6 - 8)June 11 - 15 and June 18 - 22 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the Aledo High School and Daniel 9th Tennis Courts. Cost is $80. For more information, call Karl Richter 817-253-6715 or email [email protected].
Bearcat Tennis Camp (Ages 9 - 18)June 11 - 15 and June 18 - 22 from 8 a.m. to Noon at the Aledo High School and Daniel 9th Tennis Courts. Cost is $130. For more information, call Karl Richter 817-253-6715 or email [email protected].