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Allyson Nicole Reed of Arlington and Dillon Cole Adams of Brownwood were united in marriage on July 13, 2013, in a 3:30 p.m. ceremony at Rustic Creek Ranch in Burleson.

The couple recited their own vows.

Presented in marriage by her father, the bride wore an ivory wedding gown featuring a strapless bodice with subtle ruching and ruffled trim. The beaded empire waist dropped to a fit-and-flare skirt adorned with embellished lace. The look was completed with a chapel-length train.

She carried a bouquet of sunflowers with blue, burlap and lace accents.

The bride wore the groom’s grandmother’s diamond stud earrings as “something old.” “Something new” was a gift from the groom, a diamond cross necklace. The bride borrowed the groom’s mother’s pearl necklace and wore a blue garter.

Matron of honor was Haylee Scott of Eureka California, cousin of the bride. Bridesmaids were Emma Reed of Arlington, sister of the bride, and Callie Adams of Slaton, sister-in-law of the groom.

The bridal attendants each wore a tea-length gown in pool blue and carried a smaller version

of the bridal bouquet.Serving as flower girl and ring

bearer were Gracyn Reed of Arlington, sister of the bride, and AJ Adams of Slaton, brother of the groom, respectively.

Standing as best man was Stetson Adams of Slaton, brother of the groom.

Groomsmen were Alex Adcock of Fort Worth, friend of the groom, and brother of the bride Garth Reed of Arlington.

A reception on the ranch followed the ceremony catered by Roscoe’s BBQ.

The bride is the daughter of Philip and Regina Reed of Arlington and the granddaughter of Leslie and Carrel Reed of Collinsville and the late Pat and Bonnie Garth of Loving.

A graduate of Kennedale High School, she is currently attending Howard Payne University and works as a student athletic trainer.

The bridegroom is the son of Steve and Darla Adams of Slaton. He is the grandson of the late Milt and Mary Ellen Ardrey and the late W. E. and Juanita Adams, all of Slaton.

He graduated from Lubbock-Roosevelt High School and is also currently attending Howard Payne University. He is currently employed at the university on the coaching staff, serving as a linebacker coach as a strength

Maegan Alyse Garza of Slaton and Michael Anthony Maldonado of Petersburg were united in marriage on June 15, 2013 in a 2 p.m. ceremony at Westview Baptist Church in Slaton. The Rev. Gary Stephenson presided over the wedding.

The bride wore a floor-length ball gown designed by Oleg Cassini. The strapless sweetheart neckline flattered the corset bodice, which was densely adorned with beaded lace appliqués. The cathedral-length train sparkled with sequins.

The bride also wore a silver tiara adorned with crystals and pearls complimented by a fingertip scalloped edge veil with bead and crystal motifs.

She carried a bouquet of red roses accented with diamonds, pearls and baby’s breath.

Maid of honor was Norma Garza, cousin of the bride.

Bridesmaids were Lesli Montoya, cousin of the bride, and Marcie Maldonado, cousin of the groom.

The bridal attendants each wore a strapless evening-length chiffon gown in apple red with a sweetheart neckline and front

cascading ruffle. They carried bouquets of white

and red hydrangeas accented with diamonds and black and white damask ribbon.

Standing as best man was Tony Maldonado, the groom’s father. The groomsmen were Alex Maldonado, cousin of the groom, and Zaron Garza, brother of the bride.

Ring bearer was Ezekiel Ramos, cousin of the groom. Flower girls were Eliana Leyva, Emily Torres and Jenna Jones, cousins of the bride, and Elena Orozco, niece of the groom.

Garza, Maldonado recite wedding vowsServing as ushers were John-

Michael Calderon and Noah Ramos, cousins of the groom.

Following the ceremony a dinner reception was held at the Westview Baptist Church Fellowship Hall. Dinner was catered by Carinos. A dance reception followed at the Hillcrest Country Club.

The bride is the daughter of Johnny and Donna Garza of Slaton, and the granddaughter of Hilario and Mary Montoya, the late Thomas P. Garza and the late Maria Marrufo, all of Slaton.

The groom is the son of

Tony and Mary Maldonado of Petersburg, and the grandson of Dorteo and the late Antonia Ramos of Plainview and Frank and Aurelia Chavez of Caprock.

The bride is a graduate of Southland High School and Lubbock Christian University.

The groom graduated from Petersburg High School and Texas Tech University and is currently employed at Vega ISD.

After a wedding trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla., the couple made their home in Amarillo.

Reed, Adams wed in July ceremonyand conditioning trainer.

After a wedding trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico and cruise, the couple made their home in Brownwood.

d DThe groom’s parents hosted

a rehearsal dinner the evening before the wedding at Babe’s Chicken House in Burleson.

A lingerie shower was held in the bride’s home on July 11. Special guests included Regina Reed and Darla Adams with numerous family members and friends attending.

According to City Manager, Mike Lamberson, letters have been sent to the surrounding resi-dents to make sure their vegeta-tion is trimmed and kept to pre-vent mosquitoes from breeding.

According to School Superin-tendent Julee Becker, the county has been spraying frequently, but since mosquitoes have a two-day breeding period, it’s becoming a difficult battle to prevent the mosquitoes from infesting the area surrounding the stadium.

“We have worked with the city for several weeks,” Becker said. “We have sprayed several times.” She said the city and dis-trict are now working together to alleviate the problem.

“We are working with a pest control company to create a bar-rier for the game,” Becker said. “It’s a strong barrier but safe and the city is working with us,” she said.

According to Becker, the mea-sures are necessary for the safety and comfort of the fans. “We will do what we need to do to keep our kids safe,” Becker said.

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The Narrow and Wide Gates (Matt 7:13-14)By: Curtis Baker (curtisbaker@hotmail.com)

Write to: P.O. Box 157, Slaton, TX 79364This week we enter the final turn in our study of the Sermon on the

Mount. The bulk of Jesus’ ethical teaching on what a “blessed” life in the Kingdom of God looks like is largely finished. In many ways, looking back on it, when one considers all that Jesus has asked of us in this sermon, it can be quite intimidating. Just the teachings on loving one’s enemies and putting worry out of our life are hard enough by themselves, much less everything else that Jesus has taught us in these three chapters. But Jesus has not taught us these things in order to give us anxiety. He knows how far his teaching is from the reality of our life, but he also knows what a truly blessed life is available to us if only we will become his students and begin to learn this way of life with him. That is why, in the final verses of the Sermon, Jesus gives his audience four pictures to help us understand.

The first picture Jesus presents is probably the most intimidating of the four. Here he explains that all who would seek to have this blessed life must enter in through a narrow gate. Unfortunately, the gate that leads to destruction is very wide, and most people enter right through it. But Jesus claims that only a few, relative to the number of all who had the potential, will enter in through the narrow gate.

There is some question at this point as to what the narrow gate is speaking. One of the most regular interpretations of this passage is that Jesus is talking about right doctrinal beliefs which will allow one to get into heaven. Over the last several hundred years you can imagine how that view dominated as those of us in the Western world lived in a society that was predominately Christian, but was also split up into all sorts of various denominations and traditions. In that kind of environment it is easy to see the narrow gate as one set of Christian beliefs set against all other traditions of belief. But this is not what Jesus is addressing in his sermon. The original audience would not have known any such distinctions. It is obvious from the context of Jesus’ own sermon that the narrow gate he is speaking of is simply obedience.

Jesus knew that people would try everything else rather than simply doing what he asked us to do. The wide gate is following your own way through life. As we look around at the general state of life, whether it be in terms of our town, our country, or the world in general, we see everywhere the destructive effects of every person doing what is right in their own eyes. People generally feel empty, lost, anxious, greedy, and are slaves to various different things that they would rather not be slaves to. But we are stubborn people. We think that if only we stick to our own path, things will turn out better. Jesus teaches us this is not so. There is a path that is wide which most people take, but it leads to destruction. Jesus knows the true path because he was the Son of God, and in being man and God, he showed us the path to a truly blessed life. His teaching in the Sermon on the Mount is that path. To experience the richness of that life we must simply do what he says to do.

This, of course, does not discount the fact that we will struggle and stumble along the narrow path. For anyone who has tried to make serious changes in their life, they know that in most cases, serious change cannot happen quickly. But the inward change of heart that produces the actions that lead to a blessed life is what Jesus is teaching in this most famous of all sermons. To do that we must put our confidence in Jesus that he knows what he is speaking about, and do our best to learn from him how to do it. We can be assured that God will come along side us as we do so. It is his sole intention for us. It is who we were created to be.

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Anna Rose (Gaydos) Kubacak

Jan. 6, 1922 – Aug. 10, 2013Anna Rose (Gaydos) Kubacak

of Slaton joined our Lord and Savior August 10, 2013.

Celebration of her life was held Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 10am at a special mass at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Sla-ton, Texas, officiated by Msgr. Nicolas Rendon and assisted by Msgr. Joe James and Deacon Darris Linder. Burial will follow in Englewood Cemetery under the direction of Englund Funeral Home of Slaton.

Visitation was August 12 Monday from 5:30pm to 6:30pm at Englunds Funeral Home in Slaton. Rosary followed and friends and family were invited to attend.

Anna was born January 6, 1922 in Wilson County, Texas, to Paul and Amelia (Stavinoha) Gaydos.

Anna was the oldest daughter of 10 children in her family, and helped her mother care for her younger siblings.

On April 14, 1939, Anna mar-ried Jim Kubacak, a widower with four children (Ikey, Jimmy, Cecilia & Mary). She was 17

at the time and assumed the re-sponsibility of her new family. In the years that followed, Anna and Jim added eight more chil-dren. They moved to the Slaton area in 1944 and farmed until her husband retired.

As a young girl, Anna learned to cook, work with plants and flowers, and sew. She always had big beautiful gardens and her favorite was her beautiful rose gardens. In later years, she add-ed a vineyard and sold her grapes to a winery. She canned vegeta-bles and shared them with family and friends. In 1973, Anna pub-lished her first cookbook, Yester-day’s * Today’s * Tomorrow’s Cooking, which quickly sold out. She followed up with two addi-tional cookbooks. She enjoyed cooking for family. Mealtimes were a favorite time for all, es-pecially when she made kolaches and family favorites. Anna won numerous blue ribbons with her canned goods at the Lubbock County Fair. One year alone, she won 42 ribbons. Anna had aspirations of publishing a hint book she was writing, compiling remedies both from folklore and from modern discoveries.

Anna’s talents also included working with wood crafts, cro-chet, embroidery, and sewing clothes for her children and grandchildren. A passionate gar-dener, Anna was a member of the Lubbock Rose Society for many years. She served as its presi-dent for four years, sharing her knowledge and gardening expe-rience.

A member of Saint Joseph Catholic Church for 69 years, Anna was a dedicated and proud member of Catholic Daughters. Anna was a loving, thoughtful, caring wife, mother, and grand-mother. She was a spiritual ex-ample and woman of prayer for all who knew her. She will be truly missed.

Preceding her in death were her parents, Paul and Amelia Gaydos; her husband Jim, four children, Ikey, Jimmy, Cecilia Steffens and Mary Denzer, five brothers, Fred, Willie, Adolph, Lee, and Edward; two sisters, Clara Moudry and Bessie Ar-nold; and a grandson, Walter Lee Denzer.

Survivors include her sons, An-ton Kubacak of Tuscola; Johnny Kubacak and wife Jan of Brady; Ernest Kubacak and wife Rose-mary of Bartonville; Frank Kub-acak and wife Cathy of Lubbock. Four daughters, Angelene and husband Tom Clark of Abilene; Fran and husband David Ehler of Lubbock; Betty and husband Mike Schaffner of Brady; Ann and husband Lesly McCuiston of Decatur; 35 grandchildren and many great-grandchildren; a

sister, Olga and husband Vernon Mueller of Seguin; and a brother, Benny Gaydos and wife Mildred of Jourdanton.

Pallbearers were her grand-sons.

The Family would like to thank the many caregivers and doctors for their loving care for Anna, and the many friends, nuns, priests and hospice for their visits, cards and prayers of comfort.

Anyone who would like to share a memory of Anna can do so by going to the on-line guest-book at Lubbock’s Legacy on Line.

In lieu of flowers the family requests donation in her memory to St. Joseph Catholic School or Mercy Retreat Center in Slaton, both 205 S 19th St, Slaton, TX 79364.

Slaton’s Freewill Missionary Baptist Church will hold a bake sale at Alco in the Slaton Plaza this Sunday beginning at 9 a.m.

Sale items will include cake, cheese cake, Rice Krispies treats, brownies, cookies and more.

Community members are invited to support the church’s senior missions while enjoying homemade treats.

The Slaton Senior Citizens Center announced this week that it will hold a benefit breakfast for the Meals on Wheels program this Saturday (Aug. 17) from 8-9:30 a.m.

Everyone in the community is welcome to attend, and donations toward MOW will be accepted.

Fare will include eggs, ham, hot biscuits, sausage gravy, coffee and juice.

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CAUSE NO. 2013-777,352ESTATE OF BARBARA ALICE MCNUTT, DECEASED, IN THE

COUNTY COURT OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS

NOTICE TO CREDITORSNOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

that Letters of Administration for the Estate of BARBARA ALICE MCNUTT, were issued to SHAWN EHLY, a resident of Swisher County, Texas on the 1st day of August, 2013.

All persons having claims against the Estate of BARBARA ALICE MCNUTT are hereby required to present the same to SHAWN EHLY at c/o Amy Miller Johnston, Johnston & Miller, Attorneys at Law, 2402 52nd Street, Suite 12, Lubbock, Texas 79412, within the time required by law.

Respectfully submitted,JOHNSTON & MILLER

Attorneys at Law2402 52nd Street, Suite 12

Lubbock, Texas 79412Phone: (806) 785 1499Fax: (806) 762 6901

By: Amy Miller JohnstonState Bar No. 24002606

NOTICE TO ALL PERSONS HAVING CLAIMS AGAINST THE ESTATE OF MICHAEL LYNN POTEET, DECEASED

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that original Letters Administration for the Estate of MICHAEL LYNN POTEET, Deceased, were issued on August 5, 2013, in Docket No. 2013-777,361, pending in the County Court of Lubbock County, Texas, to CYNTHIA MAUREEN POTEET, who now holds such letters.

All persons having claims against this Estate which is currently being administered are hereby required to present them to my attorney, Levi T. Siebenlist, at the address given below, before suit on same are barred by the general statutes of limitation, before such estate is closed, and within the time otherwise prescribed by law. The address to which claims may be presented is 2112 Indiana, Lubbock, Texas 79410.

DATED August 7, 2013.BY: CYNTHIA MAUREEN POTEET

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