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GUEST COLUMN | PAGE 6A
Talking PointsBobby Rigues makes it easy to hit the facts when discussing school finance.
Life&Community
PAGE 10B
CowtownMore than 1,200 runners crossed the finish line last weekend with bright orange Aledo shirts.
PAGE 7B
SoccerAlly Swift breaks career scoring record with her 94th goal in a game against Mineral Wells.
Sports
ON THE SIDE
Live TheaterTheatre off the Square in
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March 9-25. TOTS is located
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Lion’s CampThe Aledo Community Lions
Club is sponsoring area kids
to attend the organization’s
camp for children who are
disabled or live with diabetes.
To learn more, visit The Camp
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for further information and
application forms.
Detheridge PartyFreddy Detherage will cel-
ebrate his 80th birthday with
a community-wide party from
1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. on
Saturday, March 10 at the
Aledo Church of Christ.
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 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
Ride for HeroesThe 10th Annual Moritz
Chevrolet Ride for Heroes is
scheduled for 8:30 a.m. on
Saturday April 21. More than
1,500 riders are expected
Entry fee is $30 until April
14th, $35 after; Age 15 and
under $10 discount and must
be accompanied by an adult.
Proceeds benef the Aledo,
Hudson Oaks and Willow Park
Fire Departments, the Sheriff’s
Reserve and Center of Hope.
For more information, maps
and entries go to www.ride-
forheroes.org
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Matthew Foster, a student at Stuard Elementary School, joined members of the Aledo Volunteer Fire Dept. in turning pancakes at the organization’s regular pancake breakfast on Saturday, March 3.
SERVICE WITH A SMILEHUDSON OAKS
Alcohol sales to appear on May ballot◗ Town Hall meeting scheduled March 27By Katie MartinezThe Community News
After a successful petitiondrive to bring the issue of alco-hol sales in the city to a vote, theHudson Oaks City Council votedto place the item on the ballot forthe May elections.
Mayor Pat Deen said the citydid not fund the drive, but themove is in line with the city’snewly released strategic plan.
“Looking at the work we havedone with the residents in estab-lishing the city’s strategic plan– one of the main things thatthey want in the city is more din-ing options,” he said. “Big name,high-quality restaurants want tobe able to serve alcohol withoutthe expense and hassle of privateclub memberships.”
City Administrator SherriCampbell-Husband said therehave been a lot of questionsraised about the implications forthe city and administrators arerestricted on how involved theycan be in the process, since theitem will be brought to a vote.
“We want people to have allthe facts and be able to makethe best decisions,” she said. “Sothe city attorney will be host-ing a Town Hall Meeting laterthis month to answer questionsabout what this would mean forthe city.”
Husband said she has notbeen involved in the campaign,but based on what people havesaid to her, she believes the driv-ing factor behind it is a desire tobring in bigger restaurants andgive the city control over opera-tions that do sell alcohol.
Turn to ALCOHOL, page 5A
◗ Special meeting called for Monday, March 12 By Lana KennedyThe Community News
A full parking lot, a packed house and a lot of angry residents set the stage for the Annetta City Council meeting on Thursday, March 1.
The majority of the crowd was residents of the Split Rail neigh-borhood, there to express concerns about the possibility of two water storage tanks coming to residential lots in their neighborhood.
Because the item was not placed on the agenda for discussion, the council was prohibited from discuss-ing or acting on the item, but resi-dents were given time to speak.
Michael Fowler, prospective buyer of 129 Links Lane, asked councilmembers to “put yourself in our shoes.”
He told council that his contract on the house had a clause that would allow him to opt-out if the storage tank was built.
Other residents told council that these tanks would hurt the value of their homes.
Gary Aguillard, a home appraiser for the Aledo Independent School District, said the location of the
tanks would immediately decreaseproperty values and told council thatthis was a poor use of land becauseit would result in a loss of propertytax revenue.
ANNETTA
Council reconsidering tank location
KATE MARTINEZ/THE COMMUNITY NEWS
Steve Ledgerwood stands outside the gate of his home on Links Lane inAnnetta. Ledgerwood’s property neighbors the proposed location of two newstorage tanks for The Deer Creek WaterSystem. Ledgerwood and other neigh-bors in the golf course community are protesting the location
Turn to TANKS, page 3A
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The fi ling deadline passed for seats on city councils and the Aledo ISD Board. Seats in Aledo, Annetta North and South, and Hudson Oaks were unopposed - but the following are up for grabs on May 12.
Aledo ISD BoardPlace 1: Jay Stringer, Tracey Zak JohnsonPlace 2: Johnny Campbell, Richard HendersonPlace 3: Gary Aquillard, Tracey Haber, David TillmanAnnettaPlace 1: Bill Lunsford, Larry WoodPlace 2: Mike Brasovan, Bruce MoorePlace 4: Jamie HarrisWillow ParkPlace 3: Amy PodanyPlace 4: Brian Thornburg, Daniel StallingPlace 5: Bernard Suchocki, Hale Alderman
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GREATER GOOD◗ Eagle Scout Project clears land for city trails in AledoBy Katie MartinezThe Community News
Tyler Blackburn, a 15-year-old freshman at Aledo High School, said it was important for him to do something in the city of Aledo when he was looking at options for his Eagle Scout project.
Blackburn, a member of Troop 31 out of Hudson Oaks, and his father approached the city’s Parks & Recreation board for some ideas, and were surprised to fi nd that there were a ton of options.
“We looked at a lot of different opportuni-ties, but when we came out here and looked at this location, Tyler felt like this was the one he wanted to do,” Ken Blackburn, Tyler’s Dad, said.
The city owned lot on Mockingbird Lane in The Villages of Aledo was overgrown with brush and city administrators didn’t even really know what was there, Ken said.
Tyler immediately went to work, organiz-ing volunteers and the project quickly became a community affair.
Parker County Master Gardener Gay Larson worked with Tyler to choose which trees and shrubs should stay, and which ones should go.
Adults from Tyler’s troop operated the chainsaws and fed the limbs into a wood chipper, provided by the Precinct 4 County Commissioner.
Tyler’s friends, fellow Boy Scouts and neighborhood residents all pitched-in, donat-ing more than 200 total volunteer hours to the project.
The last stretch of the project was com-pleted on Saturday, March 3 — what turned out to be a beautiful day, and that, Tyler said, is something he was grateful for.
“Last weekend we were out here early in the morning and it was like 30 degrees outside,” he said. “We drank hot chocolate to keep warm.”
The completed trails have been approved by the city and are now open to the public.
KATIE MARTINEZ/THE COMMUNITY NEWS
Tyler Blackburn (above) takes a break from hauling brush during his Eagle Scout project, where he organized volunteers to clear an overgrown city owned lot for use as a park. I Volunteers (top right) made the project a success, with more than 200 total hours being donated to the project. I A completed trail (bottom right) runs alongside a creek bed in the new park.
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Judge Ben Akers has announced he will seek re-election to his third term as Judge of Parker County Court at Law No. 2. Judge Akers was fi rst elected to the court in 2004 and re-elected in 2008.
He hears civil cases including divorce, property division, child custody, sup-port, visitation and contested pro-bate matters.
Misdemeanor criminal cases heard by Akers include driving while intoxicated, assault family violence, possession of marijuana and theft.
He is board certifi ed as an expert in both criminal law and probate and estate planning law and is also a certifi ed public accountant.
He is a conservative judge who applies the law as it is written and does not legislate from the bench.
Akers said that he is proud that, over the past eight years, he has established County Court at Law
No. 2 as a court where the dockets move quickly, effi -ciently and effectively.
Cases are brought to trial and resolved in a timely manner while still allowing the parties and their attorneys the neces-sary court time to fully and fairly present their cases.
In the past eight years he has disposed of over
11,500 criminal cases. When he opened the court in 2004 there were more than 1,800 criminal cases pending on the docket.
Today, there are approximately 750 criminal cases pending on the docket, a reduction of over 58 per-cent.
Akers is seeking re-election in order to continue providing the citi-zens of Parker County with a judge that conducts his court with integ-rity, dignity, and professionalism.
He believes that his eight years proven experience as a judge, board certifi cation as an expert in both
criminal law and estate planning and probate law, and reputation as conservative judge who follows the law make him the best candidate for Judge of County Court at Law No. 2.
Prior to taking the bench, Akers was an attorney in Parker County for many years. He resides in Weatherford, has a daughter who attends the University of Texas in Austin and a son who attends Weatherford High School.
He said he enjoys serving Parker County and its citizens and will con-tinue to do so with his conservative judicial values.
POLITICS
Judge Ben Akers announces re-election bid
Akers
Editor’s note: This announce-ment was submitted by the candi-date and is published as a commu-nity service. The Community News does not endorse any candidate and does not fact-check announce-ment releases. The deadline for candidate announcements for the 2012 elections is March 16.
◗ Junior academic team places 11 out of 80Staff reports The Community News
Out of 40 teams to compete in the Super Whiz Relay at the state fi nals last weekend, the Academic Decathlon team from Aledo High School fi nished in fourth place.
While turning in the second-best performance in school history, Channing Webb was the lone med-alist, taking Silver for interview.
Academic Decathlon Coach and AHS English Teacher Matt Carpenter congratulated the team and reminded them that they are still part of a newly elite program.
“As an indication of how tough Texas competition is, Aledo would have been State Champions in seven other states, including New York and Massachusetts, and 21 states have not yet reported their scores,” Carpenter said.
The Junior World AffairsAcademic team was also in action last week, attending the Eighth Annual World Quest Competition and securing an 11th-place fi nsish out of 80 teams.
Team members are KieferOdell, Tanner Long, Brett Wilson and Grayson Paris.
The team is coached by Stan Reid, a geography teacher and cross country coach at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus.
SPECIAL TO THE COMMUNITY NEWS
Academic Decathlon Team members pose for a photo after giving the second best performance in Aledo history at state finals. Pictured are: Back Row (from left) Parker Bradham, Jordan Cope and Andrew Neumann. Middle Row: Laura Green, Macie Wagner and Johnny Bravo. Front Row: Sussana Oad, Quinn Lambert and Channing Webb.
ALEDO ISD
AHS Academic Decathlon team takes fourth in state competition
Annetta does not collect property taxes, but the county, school district and hospitals do.
On Monday, March 5, the Split Rail residents invited Mayor Bruce Pinckard and Councilman Chuck Sheridan to an informal neighbor-hood meeting where the matter could be discussed more freely.
“We were able to talk openly and answer their questions,” Pinckard said. “Something we were not able to do during the council meeting. “
Even though the proposed loca-tion meets the preliminary require-ments for the water system improve-
ment of adding an additional storage tank, Pinckard said that the council is open to other possible locations.
“The storage tank location is not solely based on engineering reports, but it does play a major role,” Pinckard said. “I encourage community input and that everyone attend council meetings.”
Pinckard said the land is being considered because Former-Mayor Phil Lumsden offered it to them. The purchase price on the letter of intent is $90,000 for the three lots.
Dee Wright said the neighbors have not let their guard down yet.
“The neighborhood is not going to back down,” Wright said. “We are not trying to strong-arm anyone, but in the same respect we are standing
up for something we believe in.”In other news, council hired
Mundo and Associates for the devel-opment of the city’s fi rst-ever com-prehensive plan.
The motion passed 3 to 1 with Benny Evans being against. The cost for the plan is $2,000.
Council also approved an ordi-nance for the formation of a water advisory board.
The board will consist of fi ve members, each serving a two-year term. Nominations will be accepted until March 21.
Those interested in serving must be a resident of Annetta or live within the city’s CCN or ETJ. The next council meeting is 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 19.
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A spring “leg” tour has been added to a successful “Called to Love” fall tour by Centricity Music artists, Downhere, Aaron Shust and Jason Gray.
The tour, sponsored by World Vision, will stop in Aledo in April 12 for a concert at Aledo United Methodist Church.
All three participating artists will continue to showcase the great suc-cesses from their 2011 projects.
Aaron Shust has achieved a record-breaking twelve-week run in the #1 spot on the AC Monitor chart with his hit single, “My Hope is In You.” The tune was also the Top 20 song of 2011 on Billboard’s year-end chart and recently was the #1 down-loaded song on iTunes.
Downhere’s song, “Rest,” is #26 on the AC Indicator chart, and it’s from their critically acclaimed CD, On The Altar Of Love.
Jason Gray’s single, “Remind Who I Am” was #15 for nine weeks on the AC Monitor chart, currently #8 on AC Indicator, has entered the CHR chart, is KLOVE’s #1 song, and was iTunes #1 downloaded song.
‘Called to Love’ music tour to make local stop
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Christian musicians Downhere, left, Aaron Shust, above, and Jason Gray, right, are scheduled to perform at Aledo United Methodist Church on April 12. The performance is part of the groups’ Call to Love Tour. Tickets are $15 in advance for general admis-sion, $12 per person for groups of 20 or more, or $18 at the door. Tickets may be purchased online or at the Church office.
Tickets for the April 12 perfor-mance are $15 in advance for general admission, $12 per person for groups of 20 or more, or $18 at the door. Tickets may be purchased online at www.aledoumc.org or at the Aledo United Methodist Church offi ce.
Doors open at 6 p.m. and the performance begins at 6:30.
For more information about the tour, visit www.centricitymusic.com.
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Aledo eighth-grader Abigail Dean has been awarded a $2,500 scholarship by the board of the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation for an essay that she wrote about the passing of Aledo ISD Music Teacher, Bonnie Manous.
Dean was one of 36 winners that were selected from more than 36,000 students who com-peted this year.
This is the fi rst year that Aledo ISD was included in the BBYF scholarship program.
A total of 37 scholarships will be awarded at the founda-tion’s Scholarship Celebration on Sunday, April 15, at the University of Texas at Arlington. Abigail will redeem her prize upon high-school graduation and enrollment in college.
According to the foundation, this is most likely the students’
fi rst introduction to the schol-arship process, and lets them know of the availability of funds that can assist in making college attendance a reality for those who are willing to work for it.
Bobby Bragan’s dream, which drove him to establish the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation 21 years ago, is best expressed in a statement recently made by BBYF board president, Michael Peck.
“As the costs of higher educa-tion continue to rise, the need for fi nancial assistance grows as well.” Peck said. “By focus-ing attention on the availability of aid for merit at the middle-school level, we hope to inspire students to plan for higher edu-cation, dedicate themselves to work hard to reach that goal, and push them to seek out addi-tional aid at an earlier stage in their lives.”
Parker County Tax Assessor-Collector Marjorie King has reported that the Willow Park auto registration offi ce processed 1,399 vehicle and boat registra-tion stickers for the month of
February, 2012. The offi ce also processed 326 title transfers.
County wide, 12,278 regis-tration stickers were issued and 2,946 title transfers were pro-cessed.
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Eighth-grade student wins essay contest scholarship in memory of music teacher
“A lot of people don’t realize that any business can come into the city right now and apply to the state for a license as a private club,” she said. “We have no regu-latory control over those busi-nesses at all. They could come in and open up next to a church and there is nothing we could do to stop it.”
The downside for businesses that operate as a private club, and the reason a lot of restau-rant chains don’t want to do it, Husband said, is because it is expensive and a hassle.
“Private clubs have to offer a membership, and then every time someone purchases a drink the club has to swipe either their
driver’s license or their member-ship card and they pay a fee for every swipe,” she said.
Deen said business owners and developers in the city orga-nized the drive out of a desire to level the playing fi eld with Weatherford and Willow Park, both of which already allow alco-hol sales.
“We just basically want to level the playing fi eld,” he said. “We may choose to be more strict on the hours of operation that we allow in the city, but the main thing is that we have the freedom to make those calls instead of having it taken out of our hands by private clubs.”
The Town Hall Meeting with the City Attorney is scheduled for March 27 at 7 p.m. and the item will appear on the ballot during the regular election; Election Day is May 12.
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Local Iraq war veteran to speak at event ◗ Aledo graduate’s company one of the last to leave IraqStaff reports The Community News
Ryan Towson, a 2005 gradu-ate of Trinity Christian Academy, will be the guest speaker of honor at the March 15 meeting of the Bush Legacy Republican Women of Weatherford.
The meeting is being held at The Doss Heritage and Culture Center in Weatherford.
Towson graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a Bachelor of Communications
before joining the Army in July 2009.
He served as Platoon Leader when his Brigade deployed to the southern provinces of Iraq as part of Operation New Dawn.
Towson’s company was the last unit in Iraq as all US forces withdrew to Kuwait.
He continues to be stationed at Fort Hood.
Towson is the son of Craig and Di Ann Towson of Weatherford.
For reservations please call Lori Gross at 817-613-1098, email [email protected] or visit blrww.com for more informa-tion on the event.
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Construction crews pour concrete for Weatherford College’s new park-ing lot off College Park Drive. The 125-space lot sits behind Couts Hall and will serve as general student parking as well as parking for Couts, Roger Williams Ballpark and the new WC Softball Complex.
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staff of East Parker County Library, I’d like to publicly thank Kwik Kar Lube & Auto Care of Hudson Oaks and Aledo for their recent donation.
O w n e r s Debbie and Len Minco selected the Library to be the recipient of their “10 per-cent Tuesday” program, where the organiza-tion receives 10 percent of the net sales from both stores.
They live in Aledo and believe in giving back to their community.
The donation helps the library continue to provide books, movies, audiobooks and computer access to East Parker County residents. Community support is vital to the success of the Library and we salute Kwik Kar for their innovative way of providing fi nancial support to local organizations.
- Donna S. Kruse
East Parker County Library
Board of Directors
Precinct 4 signsIn last week’s paper, there
was a letter asserting that all of the candidates for Precinct 4 constable, except for one, were illegally placing signage.
That charge was not accu-rate. Scott Jones has personally asked for permission for every sign he has placed.
While supporters are given signs and you can’t always 100-percent account for where they are placed, Scott even drove the precinct looking for any of his illegally placed signs so he could remove them - and personally found none (and interestingly, in last week’s letter, there was
no mention of any locations for his alleged “illegal” signs).
The fact that Scott would try to make sure everything with his signs and campaign was in order comes down to a matter of character — he cares even about the little things.
Scott has had an exem-plary law enforcement record for 30 years, is well respected in his profes-sional and private life and is committed to his family and his community.
He has lived in this community and raised his family here. He cares not only about this communi-ty but he has proven that he cares deeply about the
law and making sure that it is upheld (which is why he tries to diligently follow the law on something so small as even the placement of his signs).
Founding Father Noah Webster cautioned “In selecting men for offi ce, let principle be your guide…Look to his char-acter. Scott Jones has shown a high level of integrity and has repeatedly proven that he has the character to be trusted as our next Precinct 4 constable.
- Damaris Schuler
Aledo
Parker Paws UpdateAs the newspaper has
reported, Parker Paws has ended its affi liation with the Weatherford/Parker County Animal Shelter.
What people may not know is that Parker Paws is still active in the community. Our goal remains the same: increase pet adoptions and improve the quality of life for unwanted and homeless pets in Parker County.
We are in the process of restructuring and while we would like to be able to do everything now, we are taking a phased-in approach.
For example, we recently teamed with the Weatherford
Your ViewsLETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Opinion polls show a major-ity of Texans support public education. Nevertheless, crit-ics add to the perception that our schools are on the decline. Weak academic scores, bloated administrations and wasteful spending top the list.
It happens every day - a friendly conversation with a neighbor, co-worker, or family relative. And then it happens. A negative comment about public schools is made. You want to share a positive reply but…can’t. You hesitate simply because you don’t know enough about the issue to comfortably respond. Sound familiar? We have all been there.
When negative remarks go unchallenged, perceptions become realities. If you believe in protecting the pursuit for quality education, here are 6 bullets to help you craft a posi-tive response.
Guest Column
Defending Education with 6 Bullets
Bobby J [email protected]
• Where does it say we have to educate children? Our founders saw the value of an educated public. Today, their wisdom is protected within our Texas Constitution. Article 7 Section 1 prioritizes education as essen-tial to preserving the liberties and the rights of the people. Within this section, our legisla-ture is given the duty to provide and maintain an effi cient public school system. Lawsuits should not be necessary.
• Who is responsible for our public schools? As a democratic society, we are responsible for the successes and failures of our public schools. Even if we prefer home-schooling or pri-vate schools, the responsibility for public education is equal-ly shared. Our elected school board members and state rep-resentatives provide every citi-zen a pathway to public school accountability.
• Why is education so valu-able? Education lowers crime rates, shortens welfare lines, and reduces prison enrollment. Education cures diseases, solves transportation problems, expands the arts and creates inventions. Education gives us a gateway to individual and
social prosperity.
• Need a few facts? On aver-age, our schools in Texas grow by 80,000 new students each year. The current student popu-lation is now over 4.9 million. Almost 60 percent of our stu-dents live in poverty. Students participating in extracurricular activities make better grades. The average cost for central administration is 3 cents of a public dollar. Since the incep-tion of the TAKS test in 2003, student scores continue to col-lectively rise. Unfortunately, Texas ranks 45th nationally in per pupil spending for educa-tion. Schools, communities, and legislature can be better if we work together.
• Why not a voucher pro-gram? A program where local public school dollars are allowed to follow a student to a tuition-based school is not in the public’s best interest. Children without the means to supplement a private education would be left in a school system that society would eventually perceive as second class. This would include children with disabilities. A voucher program would inadvertently create a segregated two tier educational
system. Society becomes the benefi ciary when public schools are supported and held account-able by everyone. Of course, alternatives to public educationsuch as private schools should always be respected and remain as an individual family choice.
• For the toughest commentsabout public education: You now have a silver bullet. Use it with care. These words cannot be argued. It is a statement that has withstood the test of time. It answers the question whywe must never stop pursuinga quality education for every child. The words are: “A pros-perous society is dependentupon an educated public.” Eachgeneration is responsible for the next. Most of us see the value of providing the best educationpossible for our own children. Why not educate every childlike they were our own? MakeEducation a Priority.
Bobby J Rigues Aledo ISD Board ofTrustee, Leadership TASB Class of09 Master Trustee, Make Educationa Priority Initiative
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www.facebook.com/MakeEducationPriority
www.youtube.com/schoolpriority
PetSmart, where we have begun operating the Cat Adoption Center.
In our fi rst week, we took in 7 cats, including some from the Weatherford Shelter, and adopted 3 quickly.
We plan to add more pro-grams in the near future, includ-ing an adoption program for dogs, re-instating our low-cost spay/neuter clinics and starting a community education pro-gram. As you can imagine, this all takes time...stay tuned.
Readers are encouraged to visit our website to keep up with our progress at www.park-erpaws.org.
- Christine Birkbeck
Parker Paws volunteer
Councilman’s lamentI apologize to the folks in
Split Rail 2 for voting to put a water storage tank in their subdivision.
We thought the last council meeting would be short and quiet. It was not to be.
Arriving at the parking area, I found it full. Upon enter-ing the building, I learned that one of biggest crowds ever was there to protest the council’s decision to put a water tank on a residential lot in their neigh-borhood.
Residents speak at begin-ning of the meeting. That this was no ordinary protest was immediately obvious.
They were mad. They were “mad as hell and they weren’t going to take it anymore.”
As they began to speak I realized I agreed with most of what they were saying.
When Mark Wright read the deeded restrictions, which pro-hibit any thing but houses; I thought, ‘what an idiot I am not to think of that at the of the vote.’
Our deepest values are faith, family and hearth. These people feel that the latter, their homes, are under attack. We need to walk in their shoes and listen to them with an open mind.
After the meeting, the next day, I went to see SteveLedgerwood, one of the pro-testers, and a person I knew to be “a man of his word.”
He was madder than “hell.” He “raked me up one side and down the other.”
I mostly said nothing. What could I say?
From his point he was right. I had let people of Split Rail down. The discussion went for another 15 minutes.
By that time, I was in tears, and Steve believed that I genu-inely wanted to represent the people’s interest and wishes.
I believe that we are now good friends who understand each other.
So, what is my feeble excuse for grabbing the wrong end of the stick?
We were led down the gar-den path and deceived.
We were painted a picture of a low, attractive masonry struc-ture surrounded by attractive plantings. But the real stinger was this: It is OK with the people around it!
I don’t feel that this excuse justifi es me, because council-man Benny Evans, who is an open and unquestionably hon-est man, and I have not favoredthis water system project from “the git go.”
I don’t doubt that the watersystem needs some improve-ment, but to obligate our town for ONE MILLION DOLLARS for improvements when there is NO objective, professional (with no possible confl ict of interest) second opinion, is wrong.
By the time the tank vote came the “die was set”, my pleaswere put down, the cause was lost. There was no sense in fi ghting.
A special council meeting to reconsider the tank issue will be at 7 p.m. on Monday, March12, at city hall.
- Farrar Patterson
Annetta City Council
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A l e d oSIDELINE
FRIDAY, MARCH 9
Golf - Spring Kickoff @ Tour 18 in Flower MoundGirls Varsity and JV; Boys Varsity and JVSoftball - Byron Nelson at AledoJV - 5 p.m.; Varsity - 7 p.m.Soccer - Boswell at AledoJV Girls - 7:30 p.m.; JV Boys - 6 p.m.Soccer - Aledo at BoswellVarsity Girls - 8 p.m.; Varsity Boys - 6 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
Softball - Mansfield TournamentJV Black - TBATrack & Field - GirlsGirls at Disney World
MONDAY, MARCH 12
Softball - Arlington Martin at AledoJV Orange - 1,3 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
Freshman Baseball - Aledo at Byron NelsonFreshman - 4:30 p.m. at Byron NelsonJV Baseball - Byron Nelson at AledoJV - 4:30 p.m.Softball - Aledo at BoswellJV - 5 p.m.; Varsity - 7 p.m.Varsity Baseball - Byron Nelson at AledoVarsity - 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
Freshman Baseball - Boswell at AledoFreshman - 4:30 p.m. at AledoJV Baseball - Aledo at BoswellJV - 4:30 p.m.Varsity Baseball - Aledo at BoswellVarsity - 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 19
Softball - Aledo at TrinityJV Orange - 5/6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
Freshman Baseball - Aledo at AzleFreshman - 4:30 p.m. at AzleJV Baseball - Azle at Aledo4:30 p.m.Softball - Azle at AledoJV - 5 p.m.; Varsity - 7 p.m.Soccer - Brewer at AledoJV Girls - 7:30 p.m.; JV Boys - 6 p.m.Soccer - Aledo at BrewerVarsity Girls - 8 p.m.; Varsity Boys - 6 p.m.Varsity Baseball - Azle at AledoVarsity - 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
Golf - Ennis HS JV Tournament @ The Old BrickyardJV Girls; JV Boys
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
Track & FieldAt Aledo
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
Varsity Tennis - Aledo TournamentVarsity All DayGolf - Arlington Heights Invitational @ Pecan ValleyGirls Varsity and JV; Boys Varsity “Orange”Golf - Vernon Newsom “Tiger Cup” @ Walnut Creek in MansfieldVarsity BoysFreshman Baseball - Birdville at AledoFreshman - 4:30 p.m. at AledoJV Baseball - Aledo at BirdvilleJV - 4:30 p.m.Softball - Aledo at BirdvilleJV - 5 p.m.; Varsity - 7 p.m.Soccer - Springtown at AledoVarsity Girls - 8 p.m.; Varsity Boys - 6 p.m.Varsity Baseball - Aledo at BirdvilleVarsity - 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 26
Softball - Aledo at NorthwestJV Orange - 5/6:30 p.m.
TUESDAY, MARCH 27
Freshman BaseballFreshman - 4:30 p.m. at Brewer
SOCCER
Swift breaks career scoring record◗ Ladycats post two more winsBy Bill CoatesSpecial to The Community News
The Ladycats continued their run thru Disctrict 12-4A with wins over Azle and Mineral Wells during the past week. Aledo defeated Azle 11-1 and blanked Mineral Wells 9-0.
The Azle game was tied after the fi rst 40 minutes of play with each team scoring one goal. The fi rst goal was scored by Maggie McGlothlin with the assist from Savanna McAlister.
To break the tie, senior Leslie Coats put the Ladycats ahead with a free kick after Ally Swift was fouled at the 15 yard line. That same scenario played out again about fi ve minutes later as Swift was fouled again and Coats put the ball into the net mak-ing the score 3-1.
Then senior midfielder Alex Steele got in on the action by hitting a 25 yard cross right at the feet of the streaking Bailey Scott at the goal, and Scott scored putting the score at 4-1. Then Swift added two goals, one with an assist from Morgan Viehmann and one on a penalty kick after she was decked in the box.
During halftime, coaches Derek Vierling and Scott Johnson made adjustments to counter Azle’s 4-5-1 formation to create more of an offensive push, and it proved to be decisive. The Ladycats lit it up in the second half with fi ve goals. All three starting defenders, Madie Vidaurri, Kristen Schultz and Kaylin Taylor, kept Azle off balance the entire sec-ond half with solid play and excellent defense. Senior Goal Keeper Kaitlin Murray had two great saves early and one late in the game to snuff out any offense Azle had in mind.
Mineral Wells vs. AledoThe Ladycats started off the
Mineral Wells game with with senior
forward Ally Swift having a chance to break the Aledo career scoring record. Taylor Gabbert, 2008 senior, held the record with 93 goals over a four year career. Well, it didn’t take Ally Swift very long to tie the record. With about a minute and a half gone, she lasered one into the net from an assist from junior Maggie McGlothlin. Then Swift, on a cross from senior Leslie Coats, broke the record as she scored her 94th goal of her career. At that point, the game was stopped and Coach Vierling pre-sented Ally with a game ball signify-ing the new record.
Swift was not fi nished, as she proceeded to score three more goals
with assists from juniors Savanna McAlister and Maggie McGlothlin. Then McAlister got in on the fun with two goals on assists from McGlothlin and senior Kater Taylor.
The defense stepped up and played outstanding and kept Mineral Wells out of their end of the fi eld all night long. Kaitlyn Williams stepped in and played well for Kaylin Taylor, who was out with the fl u. Both Kristen Shultz and Madie Vidaurri were solid in defense for the Ladycats.
In a pregame mishap, Goal Keeper Kaitlin Murray injured her hand and was a game time scratch. Junior Riley Boomer stepped in and recorded three saves and recorded
her fi rst career shut-out. The scor-ing ended up with Swift getting fi ve goals and pushing the scoring record to 97 goals. McAlister had two goals, and Coats and McGlothlin one each. Maggie McGlothlin had four assists, and Savanna McAlister, Leslie Coats, Ally Swift, Lexi Barton and Kater Taylor had one each. During the sec-ond half, seniors Karley Adrion, Alex Steele, and Kendal Huddleston pro-vided added depth in the midfi eld as the offense for the Ladycats contin-ued to pound the the opposing goal. It was a great night for the Ladycats.
The Community News is looking for a correspondent for boys soccer. Please email [email protected].
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Aledo’s Ally Swift (kicking at right) broke Taylor Gabbert’s career scoring record with this goal against Mineral Wells, her 94th. Swift scored three more goals during the game.
BASKETBALL
Johnson named Offensive Player of the Year◗ Five other Bearcats on all-district list; three Academic All-DistrictStaff ReportsThe Community News
Sophomore Taylor Johnson received the Offensive Player of the Year honor in selections for the District 5-4A All-District boys bas-ketball team.
In 31 games, Johnson led the Bearcats in scoring with 523 points, an average of 16.9 per game. At the same time, he led the team in assists with 142, rebounds and steals.
Teammates Pierce Gentry and Matt Bishop were named to the sec-ond team, and Travis Gough, Kyle Gromann and Alex Riner received Honorable Mention.
Gentry averaged seven points per game and had a total of 153 rebounds. Bishop, who came to the team after the completion of football season, averaged 9.2 points per game and 3.8 assists per game.
Gough averaged 6.4 points per game, and pulled down 153 rebounds. Gromann averaged 9.2 points per game and contributed 48 assists dur-ing the season. Riner had an average of 6.7 points per game and was sec-ond in steals for the season.
Ryan Evers, Kyle Gromann and Drew Wright were named to the Academic All-District team. In addi-tion, the following players maintained 90-plus averages during basketball season: Dylan Bush, Dylan Campbell, Dalton Dry, Taylor Johnson and Pat Patterson.
District MVP was Keyunta Watkins of Byron Nelson and Defensive Player of the Year was Jimmy King of Birdville.
Johnson Gentry Johnson Gough Gromann
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LEFT: Pierce Gentry goes to the basket against Trimble Tech in the bi-district game. | RIGHT: Taylor Johnson controls the ball for the Bearcats in the same game.
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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.
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How inappropriate Facebook postings
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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.
HOMECOMING
RANDY KECK/THE COMMUNITY NEWS
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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TRACK AND FIELD
Varsity teams place fi rst at Brewer◗ JV boys also fi nish fi rst By Elizabeth Vann-StenzlerThe Community News
The Ladycats’ track team won the Brewer High Track School meet last Friday with an astounding team score of 156 points. The next closest competitors were Joshua and Azle with 99 points each. With a win that included such elite teams as Azle, Joshua, Paschal, Brewer, Fort Worth Country Day (FWCD), Northside and Southwest Christian, Aledo girls carried a 57 point mar-gin and put their name on the board early in the events.
Freshman twins Danielle and Brittney Trought ran hur-dles and the mid sections of the relays, and were the back-bone of the high scores for the girls team. Both girls added 20 points by their respective times in the 4x200M relay which won fi rst place this week. Danielle Trought added several team points in relays, but most notably added a win again in the 100M hur-dles. Brittany won the 300M hurdles and also is part of the 1600M relay which took third, and 4X200M relay that won gold this week. Both girls are sprinters, but ran in the mile relay and took a third place with a 4:23.0, along with Alyssa Dry and Amelia Rosenberger.
“The Trought Twins are exceptional athletes,” said coach Nikki Hyles. “They love track and are excited about every meet.
Alana Martin won the 200M with a time of 27.3, and Leah Vann contributed team points with a fi fth place fi nish of 28.6 this week.
Candace Canaday won the 1600M and 800M run again this week. She alone contrib-uted 20 points to the girls’ standings as a long distance runner who also runs cross country.
Aledo’s 4X100M relay of Martin, Dry, Vann and Mitchell hit a 52.8 this week for a fourth place fi nish con-tributing four points to the overall team standings.
Alyssa Dry also took sec-ond in long jump with a 16’05” and Alanna Martin hit a 15’6.5” sixth place fi nish in this event.
The JV girls fi nished second
behind Azle. Azle had a team score of 228.5 to Aledo’s 101.
Boys resultsOpening up for the fi eld
events was Shea Paul Wood, a state 2011 contender in pole vault. He vaulted for a personal best of 14’3” and a gold medal. In triple jump Carl Williams then scored ten points for the team with his 40”9 jump. Next, Jaylen Hill, a senior, threw for 138’ in discus, winning another fi rst place fi nish. By the time the fi eld events were fi nished the Aledo boys team had accumu-lated 44 points.
In running events the Aledo 4X100M opened up with spikes fl ying for a gold medal with a time of 43.67. Caleb Frysinger, a junior, came out of the blocks, followed by Willie Gibson, Johnny Carter, with Shea Wood anchoring the race. After that 20 point con-tribution, Aledo’s 4X400M also hit a fi rst place fi nish with a time of 3:40. Racing in that event were Shea Wood, Willie Gibson, Caleb Frysinger and Pate Davis.
In individual running events Pate Davis, a junior, attacked each hurdle with grace and fi nesse, and won
the 300M hurdles for gold with a time of 43.54.
The JV boys were also team champions this week. The 4x100M of Luke Bishop, Joel Bogdanoff, Michael Meadows, and Taco Anderson bolted in for a 3:47 time and for fi rst place fi nish. Michael Meadows also won the 400M with a 55.69 fi nish.
In the 3200M run, Oakland Davis won the event with an 11.13 time. He also placed fourth in the 1600M run with a time of 5:21.
Both teams were sched-uled to run Thursday night at Boswell.
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Aledo’s Caleb Frysinger prepares for the first leg of the 4X100 Relay at the Brewer Track Meet last week. The Bearcats won the event with a time of 43.67.
The girls’ team goes on the road next week to the DisneyShowcase ESPN Center on March 12 in Orlando, Florida and will compete against sev-eral Florida teams.
BREWER HIGH SCHOOL TRACK MEET - ALEDO RESULTSVarsity Boys
4x400 m relayAledo 1 3:40(Shea Wood, Willie Gibson, Caleb Frysinger, Pate Davis)
1600M runZach Morrow 2 4:50Colby Caldwell 4 4:54
200MWillie Gibson 2nd 23.35Andrew Hill 5th 24.09
300M HurdlesPate Davis 1st 43.54
400MPayne Viken 6th 58.12
4x200M RelayAledo 2nd 1:33(Caleb Frysinger, Johnny Carter, Shea Wood, Jared Hinsley)
100MJohnny Carter 4th 11.36
800MZach Morrow 3rd 2:08
4x100M RelayAledo 1st 43.67(Caleb Frysinger, Willie Gibson, Johnny Carter, Shea Wood)
Pole VaultShea Wood 1st 14’3”Blake Scott 2nd 12’
Shot PutJaylen Hill 2nd 47’8AJ Ray 4th 42’7
Triple JumpCarl Williams 1st 40’9
3200M runColby Caldwell 2nd 10:16Logan Hankerson 6th 11:21
Long JumpJohnny Carter 5th 18’10
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DiscusJaylen Hill 1st 138’Patrick Lower 3rd 124’3Michael Wilson 4th 123’10
High JumpCarl Williams 1st 6’4”Willie Gibson 2nd 6’
JV Boys
4x400MAledo 1st 3:47(Luke Bishop, Joel Bogdanoff, Michael Meadows, Taco Anderson)
1600MOaklin Davis 4th 5:21Dylan Witkoski 5th 5:24Sam Frosch 6th 5:24
200MLuke Bishop 2nd 24.15
400MMichael Meadows 1st 55.69Joel Bogdanoff 3rd 55.80
300M HurdlesRyan Heiss 1st 43.86
Bodee Lammers 4th 48.93Johnathan Esquivel 6th 49.64
4x200M RelayAledo 2nd 1:38(Colin Riney, Isiaih Mallory, Taco Anderson, Johnathan Durham)
100MJess Anders 5th 11.96
4x100M RelayAledo 3rd 47.61(Jess Anders, Ryan Heiss, Austin Summerhill, Luke Bishop)
Pole VaultKolby Scott 1st 11’6
Shot PutRay Hart 1st 39’10Cory Stitle 2nd 39’4Zach Hyles 6th 34’5
3200M Oklin Davis 1st 11:13Dylan Witkoski 4th 11:45
Triple JumpJ Durham 1st 39’3Colin Riney 5th 36’6Matt Boyles 6th 35’8
Long JumpJ Durham 3rd 17’8
High Jump Taylor Johnson 1st 5’8Toby Gray 2nd 5’8Matthew Hawkins 6th 5’2
DiscusAlex Eculand 1st 110’8Dathan Davis 2nd 108’8Cory Stitle 3rd 108’
Varsity Girls
Long jumpAlyssa Dry 2 16’0.5Alanna Martin 6 15’6.5
DiscusBronte Frank 6 85’11
100M HurdlesDanielle Trought 1 15.8Tristen Stewart 3 18.1
400M dashA Rosenberger 4 01:05Kate Morehead 6 01:07
1600M runKandace Canaday 1 05:44
Triple jumpKatie Mitchell 2 33’5Megan Wood 6 31’3.5
ShotputNatosha Hill 6 26’10.5
4x100MAledo 4 52.8(Alanna Martin, Alyssa Dry, Leah Vann, Katie Mitchell)
300M HurdlesBrittney Trought 1 49.2Tristen Stewart 5 55.1
1600M RelayAledo 3 04:23(Danielle Trought, Brittney Trought, Alyssa Dry, Amelia Rosenberger)
High jumpMykah Wilson 1 5’4
Pole VaultMegan Wood 4 9’6
800M dashKandace Canaday 1 02:30Kate Morehead 3 02:35Treva Davis 6 02:38
4x200M relayAledo 1 01:47(Alanna Martin, Brittney Trought, Danielle Trought, Alyssa Dry)
200M dashAlanna Martin 1 27.3Leah Vann 5 28.6
JV Girls
Long jumpMadison Meredith 1 15’0Naqirra Williams 4 14’3
DiscusJade Robinson 5 72’11.5
3200M runGillian Law 5 14:08C DellaRocco 4 14:02Alex Farrington 2 13:36
100M HurdlesMadison Meredith 6 19.3
400M dashAmber Carter 6 01:10Jessi Dulin 1 01:07
1600M runGillian Law 6 06:28
4x100MAledo 56.91 2(Naqirra Williams, Hannah Berkovsky, Aubrey Vassberg, Madison Meredith)
1600M RelayAledo 3 04:59(Jessi Dulin, Tristan Kisor, Nadia Hogan, Amber Carter)
High jumpMolly Spitler 2 5’0
4x200M RelayAledo 3 02:01(Naqirra Williams, Hannah Berkovsky, Aubrey Vassberg, Tristan Stewart)
Seventh-graders continue race for fi rst◗ Eighth grade teams come in second By Elizabeth Vann-StenzlerThe Community News
Aledo hosted its annual middle school track meet on Thursday, March 1 at the Aledo High School Track. The teams that competed were Aledo, Graham, Hall, Hughes, Kerr, Tison and Stephenville.
The eighth grade boys scored 132 points for second place behind Hughes with 157. Tanner Rizenbergs again racked up team points, placing third in the 800M run. Caleb Primera took third in triple jump, second in long jump, and fi rst in the 300M hurdles, adding 24 points overall to the team standings. Nick Cheema added 10 points with a fi rst place throw this week in shot put. Jack McAdams threw for a fourth place in discus con-tributing four points. Hunter Harris took fi fth place in shot put and fi fth place in discus.
Garrett Hyles placed second in the 300M hurdles and fi rst in the 110M hurdles adding 18 points to the team standings.
The eight grade girls scored 149 points for second place behind Kerr, which scored 156. In the eighth grade girls events Madi Lozano placed fi rst in the 2400M run with a time of 9:06. Jade Frysinger again racked up the team points in the hurdles. She placed second in the 100M hurdles with a time of 17.29 and fi fth in the 300M hurdles with a time of 52.80.
The seventh grade boys were led by Preston Jefferies with a time of 47.83 for a 300M fi rst place win. Hunter Harris again took a fi rst place throw in shot put with a throw of 39’ ½”. They scored 182 as a team with the closest team, Hall, scoring 112 points.
The seventh grade girls scored 148 points to Stephenville’s 132 for another fi rst place win. They girls had
another big win this week from Madi Goings in high jump. She won a gold for a jump of 4’8”. Erin Weiss won again this week gold in shot put with a 34’2” throw. She also won a silver in discus with a throw of 39’1/2”. Erin contributed 18 points with her wins to the seventh grade team totals.
The Middle School Track Cats will travel to Azle on Thursday, March 7. Field events start at 3:30 and run-ning events begin at 4:30.
ALEDO MIDDLE SCHOOL TRACK RESULTSSeventh Grade Boys
2400M RunPradez 4 9:044X100M RelayAledo 3 51.57800MMeyers 1 2:21.2Doyle 2 2:21.5Tillman 3 2:30.5Griffi th 6 2:37.2
110M HurdlesCampbell 3 19.3Scott 5 19.4Jennings 6 19.50100M DashHancock 1 12.77Towns 3 13.15Paradez 6 13.174x200M RelayAledo 5 1:51.32400M Doyle 4 1:02.86300M HurdlesJefferis 1 47.83200M DashCampbell 4 27.111600MPradez 1 5:35.3Tillman 2 5:38.08Meyers 5 5:41.534x400M RelayAledo 1 4:05.54Long JumpDube 5 15’ 8Triple JumpDavis 1 32’ 4Pradez 3 31’ 5Scott 4 31’High jumpMeche 4 4’ 6Jefferis 5 4’ 6Qualls 6 4’ 6
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It was a “Bearcat Battle” as Aledo Middle School seventh grad-ers Robert Myers and Tailer Doyle race to the finish line in the 800M run at the AMS track meet held Thursday, March 1 at Aledo High School. Myers won first place with a time of 2:21.
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Eighth Grade Boys
4X100M RelayAledo 3 48.33110M HurdlesG. Hyles 1 17.7100M DashG. Anderson 5 12.474x200M RelayAledo 4 01:43.450400MT.J. Zalak 3 58.3300M HurdlesC. Primera 1 44.64Hyle 2 45.17J. Babcock 4 48.5200M DashT. Zalar 4 25.50D. Mendoza 5 25.60
1600MT. Rizenberg 2 05:28.480McCay 5 05:40.3504x400M RelayAledo 3 03:52.850Long JumpC. Primera 2 19’ 5 1/2Triple JumpC. Primera 3 36’ 9G. Hyles 4 35’ 5 1/2R. Smith 5 34’ 10Pole VaultW. Young 4 9’ 6ShotputW. Cheema 1 46’ 2 1/4H. Harris 5 41’ 3C. Stewart 6 41’ 1DiscusJ. McAdams 4 98’ 7Harris 5 98’ 7
Seventh Grade Girls
2400m RunSchlosberg 2 10:01 AMWichelm 5 10:19 AM4X100m relayAledo 1 54.64
800MHuddleston 3 02:42.120Deegear 5 02:50.230100M HurdlesMeyer 6 19.31100M DashLambert 4 13.69Jordan 5 13.964x200M RelayAledo 1 01:59.330300M HurdlesMcLachlan 5 57.56200M DashOdders 1 29.631600MSchlosberg 2 06:17.680Deegear 5 06:21.7304x400M RelayAledo 1 04:39.090Triple JumpHuddleston 4 28’1 1/2High jumpGoings 1 4’8Pole VaultHeitz 3 6’0
Eighth Grade Girls
2400M RunLozano 1 9:06 AMKnerk 3 9:36 AMPayblas 4 9:41 AM4X100M relayAledo 3 55.68100M HurdlesFrysinger 2 17.29Wert 5 17.8100M DashMcMillan 6 13.78 T4x200M RelayAledo 2 01:56.520300M HurdlesFrysinger 5 52.801600MPayblas 2 06:05.780Krvesek 3 06:10.9404x400M RelayAledo 3 04:32.270Long JumpOrego 1 16’3Frysinger 2 16’2 3/4Triple JumpOrego 2 32’5 7/8Smith 6 29’10 1/8High jumpSmith 3 4’6Caldwell 4 4’6Frysinger 5 4’6
TRACKfrom page nine
SOFTBALL
Ladycats advance to silver bracket at A&MBy Elizabeth Vann-StenzlerThe Community News
In a tournament loaded with state-ranked teams such as Dripping Springs (#3) and Henderson (#8), the Aledo Ladycats softball team moved through pool play to the silver brack-et on Thursday March 1 at the A&M Consolidated Tournament in College Station.
After beating Hightower, the ‘Cats advanced to the silver division for brack-et play. Sixteen teams competed over the three day period.
In the Silver Bracket action, Aledo beat East Victoria 9-8 in extra innings. Next they beat Victoria West 5-4 and suffered a loss in the championship to Vidor, 13-8.
“We haven’t had a full team on the fi eld since the fi rst game. We have been plagued with injuries,” said Coach Jeff Lemons.
On March 5 Aledo beat Springtown on the road, breaking a team record of runs scored in a single inning.
The Ladycats scored 13 runs in the fi rst inning, four in the second, one in the third, and two in the fourth. The ten-run rule ended the game and Aledo won 20-0.
Ashton Adkins, a freshman, pitched for the Ladycats.
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Bree Strasbourg takes a lead off of first base during recent softball action in Aledo.
“Ashton threw a two-hitter, gave up just two infi eld singles,” Lemons said. She struck out four and walked one.”
Allie Arneson and McKalee Rouse each had two hits in the game. Rouse
had four RBIs. Adkins added three and Rhylie Makawe had two.
The Ladycats are 9-9 overall and 1-1 in district play. They will meet Byron Nelson in Aledo at 7 p.m. March 9.
Sports NotesVarsity girls golf team posts best scores of season
The varsity girls golf team had their low totals of the year at the Mansfi eld National Golf Club hosted by Rockwall High School this past weekend. They fi nished fi fth of 16 teams, made up of the strongest fi eld of the season.
Savannah Moody 78-78=156 (Individual 10th place)Quincy Ballard 85-78=163Haley Gann 87-84=171Jesse Bearden 87-85=172Alex Brunson 96-99=195
Final Team Standings:Byron Nelson 1st place 306-303=609 #1
in the stateHighland Park 2nd place 320-310=630
#3 in the stateCarrolton Creekview 3rd place 315-
324=639 #5 in the stateFrisco Centennial 4th place 328-
331=659Aledo 5th place 337-325=662
WC basketball heads to the postseason
The Weatherford College men’s and women’s basketball teams are head-
ing to the postseason, competing in the Region 5 Tournament at Lubbock Christian University March 8-11.
The Coyotes (15-10) will face Howard College at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 8. The Lady Coyotes (24-6) will face South Plains College at 5 p.m. on Friday, March 9.
The Lady Coyotes fi nished as co-champions of the North Texas Junior College Athletic Conference (NTJCAC), tied with Hill College.
The Coyotes fi nished tied for third in conference play, and will take the third seed from the North.
THE COMMUNITY NEWS Sports March 9, 2012 11A
BASEBALL
FIGHTING THE BIG DOGS◗ Mid-Cities Classic featured 5A teamsStaff ReportsThe Community News
Following a successful sea-son opening tournament at home, the varsity baseball team traveled to Trinity High School to take on some 5A schools in the HEB - Mid Cities Classic. The fi rst pitch of the Thursday double header may have been a sign of what was to transpire. The lead-off batter for opponent one, Arlington Lamar, belted that pitch high and deep over the wall in left. The Vikings were able to combine a few free passes with clutch timely hitting to take a fi ve run lead into the fi fth.
In the fi fth, The Bearcat offense got a rally going to score three and get back into the game. Tyson Mauser reached on an error but was erased following a fi elder’s choice. Back-to-back singles by Devan Watts and Matt Bishop loaded the bases. A slow roller by Foster Sawyer scored one and a hard single to right by Zayne Willems brought in the other two.
The two teams traded runs in the fi nal frame to make the fi nal score 6 – 4 in favor of the Vikes. Aledo’s fi nal tally resulted from a Ridge Cook double and Bishop single, but Lamar was able to leave the tying runner stranded. Mason Taylor was charged with fi ve of the runs on nine hits allowed through fi ve innings. Sophomore Luke Glover pitched the fi nal two giving up only one run on two hits.
Things were not going to be any easier in the night cap as the Broncos of Mansfi eld Legacy were next on the schedule. Aledo gave the ball to staff ace Matt Walker in attempt to keep the heavy hitting Bronco line-up at bay. Walker responded by scatter-ing only three runs over the fi rst fi ve innings. However, he began to tire in the sixth and was touched for two more before giving way to Glover to fi nish up the game.
Aledo only managed two runs in the contest. A triple by Caleb Frysinger plated one while consecu-tive doubles by Callaway Kirkpatrick and Ridge Cook accounted for the other. Walker took the loss giving up fi ve runs (three earned) in 5-1/3 innings. He allowed eight hits while striking out seven. Aledo also got hits in the game from Devan Watts (triple), Matt Bishop (two singles), and Garrett Ellis (single).
FridayFriday’s schedule was a single
night game versus the host Trinity Trojans. Aledo jumped out to a quick one run lead when Matt Bishop reached on a fi elder’s choice and later scored on an error. The game remained 1-0 until the fourth when the Trojan pitchers ran into prob-lems. Walks, errors, and passed balls contributed to the offensive attack that ensued.
The ‘Cats picked up three in the fourth on only one hit by Ridge Cook. In the fi fth, Aledo picked up another three with only one hit by Caleb Turner. The onslaught con-tinued in the seventh when fi ve Bearcats crossed the plate. Key hits in the inning were delivered by Alan Roewe and Baker Roberson. With all of the scoring complete, the only real drama that remained was what turned out to be the story of the game. Senior lefty Callaway Kirkpatrick has yet to allow a hit through fi ve innings of work. C-Way calmly took the mound and fi nished the gem he had started two hours earlier, winning 12 - 0. His fi nal line in earning his second win of the sea-son was 0 runs allowed on 0 hits. He also recorded 11 strikeouts in his six hitless innings.
Saturday Double HeaderThe tournament ended with a
double header Saturday morning. The fi rst game versus Mustang High School from Oklahoma got off to a rocky start as starting pitcher Kyle Gromann struggled with his com-mand and was unable to complete the inning. After two runs had scored, Dakota Durant relieved to end the Broncos’ threat and keep them off the board for a few innings.
Aledo chipped away and even-tually took the lead. Senior second baseman Devan Watts was a key component collecting three hits and scoring three runs. He was support-ed by timely hits rapped by Foster Sawyer, Bryan Cox and Garrett Ellis, who also scored twice. Unfortunately the 6-2 lead was not enough as the wheels seemingly fell off in the fourth. Following a lead-off fl y out, Mustang rallied for six hits and four walks to put up an eight-spot. Luke Glover came on in relief of Durant two get the fi nal two outs of the inning. He was able to pitch two more shutout innings, but the Cats never bounced back from the disas-trous inning and fell 10 – 6.
The fi nal match-up pitted two
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Aledo sophomore Taco Anderson heads for the dugout at the end of the inning in recent local tournament action.
football state champions as Aledo was set to take on the Southlake Carroll Dragons.
Coach Chad Barry gave the ball to sophomore Foster Sawyer to take on the mythical Dragons. In his fi rst outing as a member of the Aledo varsity squad, Sawyer showed great promise and a very positive glim-mer of what the future may hold. He pitched through the fi rst four frames without ever being in trou-ble. Aledo held a 2-0 lead going into the fi fth, however, defensive miscues turned out to be the Bearcats’ undo-ing. Southlake was able to score three runs following two errors that should have ended the inning scoreless. Big hitters for Aledo were Sawyer, who went 2-3 with a double and Tyson Mauser who went 3-3 with a double.
For the tournament, Aledo fi n-ished with a record of 1 – 4, which on paper looks disappointing. Coach Barry knew going in that each game would be diffi cult to win, especially due to the youth of his team this sea-son. When asked about the overall performance he was upbeat in his response.
“Sure, losing a game is never fun, but we played every one of these good baseball programs close. With a couple of breaks we might have ended up with three or four wins. The experience and confi dence we
got from this weekend should help propel us into district play which starts next week.”
District Under WayDistrict play began Monday night
with a trip to Porcupine Stadium in Springtown, where the Bearcats won 12-2.
Devan Watts got things rolling in the fi rst for Aledo as he drew a lead-off walk. Always a threat to swipe a base, he got a good read and took off for second easily making it. Bryan Cox drove him in with a sharp single to right.
The bats were held in check until Watts came to the plate to lead off the third. He singled and was later joined on base by a Matt Bishop walk. Both advanced with no outs on a wild pitch, putting them in scoring position. Subsequent back-to-back sacrifi ce fl ies by Foster Sawyer and Bryan Cox plated them both making the score 3-0.
The fourth was scoreless for the good guys, but the POJO mounted a little comeback rally in their half. A single followed up by a booming triple put Springtown on the board. They added another as the runner scored easily from third on a passed ball. The Bearcat pitching regrouped and shut down Springtown for the remainder of the game, allowing only a single base runner on an error
for the duration.Aledo exploded for three runs per
inning over the fi nal three frames to put the game out of reach. In the fi fth, Bishop reached on an error and was joined by Sawyer, who singled up the middle, and Cox, who drew a walk. The bases were eventually cleared when Ridge Cook ripped a shot into the gap in left center.
Tyson Mauser worked a walk in the sixth to start the next rally. Watts executed a perfect bunt to advance Mauser, and Watts beat the throw for a single. A couple of Porcupine miscues put runners on for Cox, who again came through with a deep dou-ble to the wall, clearing the bases.
The seventh saw Aledo add insur-ance as consecutive hits by BakerRoberson, Austin Byrd, Bishop and Sawyer plated three for a fi nal score of 12 - 2. The pitching duties were spread out over the seven innings by three Bearcat hurlers. Matt Walker went the fi rst four, allowing two runs (one earned) while fanning nine. Mason Taylor relieved for the nexttwo giving up none while K’ing four. Luke Glover fi nished up the game with a quick one-two-three inningsitting two down on strikes.
Aledo will play a fi nal warm-up tournament at Western Hills this weekend and will resume district play next Tuesday at home versus Byron Nelson.
Players of the Year!Players of the Year!Congratulations to this year’s Congratulations to this year’s
District 5-4A Players of the Year:District 5-4A Players of the Year:
Mallory Powell - Girls Player of the Year
Alanna Marton - Girls Co-Defensive Player of the Year
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Taylor Johnson - BoysOffensive Player of the Year
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TENNIS
AMS starts season with two wins
Varsity at Keller CentralFeb. 24Erika Oltermann and Allie
Morris placed third in girls doubles at the Keller Central varsity tennis tournament on Feb. 24. Aledo nett-ers also placed third in two different divisions of mixed doubles. The boys doubles team of Erik Meendsen and Ryan Howell placed fi fth.
Boys SinglesAndrew Nilo (3-6,0-6/6-0-6-3/4-6,6-4,8-10)John Michael Barron (5-7,5-7/6-1,6-2/7-5,4-6,6-10)
Boys DoublesErik Meendsen/Ryan Howell -5th - (1-6,2-6/6-2,6-2/1-6,3-6)Keegan Moore/Travis Gough (6-4,6-1/4-6,1-6/6-4,3-6,10-5)
Girls SinglesClaire Demers (2-6,0-6/7-5,6-1/6-4,6-0/4-6,2-6)
Girls DoublesErika Oltermann/Allie Morris - 3rd - (6-1,6-0/6-4,6-2/1-6,6-4,6-10/2-6,6-1,10-8)
Mixed DoublesRob Raines/Amanda Richter - 3rd - (6-0,6-0/6-2,6-1/0-6,1-6/6-0,6-1)Will Beeson/Kendall Pass - 3rd - (6-4,6-2/6-0,6-0/6-7,1-6/6-1,6-2)
JV at Arlington LamarFeb. 29Boys SinglesJohn Michael Barron won 6-2Ridge Stringer lost 8-0Steven Johnson won 8-4Hunter Harvell won 8-3
Boys DoublesBarron/Posey won 9-7
Girls SinglesSarah Hadley Duncan won 8-3Leah Hicks won 8-0Kate Mazade won 9-7Mattie Mazade lost 8-5Mattie Mazade won 6-3
Girls Doubles:Goolsby/Larson lost 6-8Duncan/Hicks won 8-3Whitton/Bartell lost 9-8Goolsby/Larson won 7-6
Varsity at Country DayMarch 1Boys SinglesCarlos Gaxiola won 8-4
Andrew Nilo won 8-4
Boys DoublesMeendsen/Howell won 9-8 (7-4)Gough/Moore won 8-2
Girls SinglesAmanda Richter won 8-1Mallory Clay lost 8-5
Girls DoublesPlunk/Morris won 6-2Bradford/Demers won 8-0Plunk/Morris won 8-7 (7-5)
Mixed DoublesPass/Beeson won 5-2
Tennis Update
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The fourth grade Aledo Lions Youth Basketball Association all-star girls took first place in the Tri-County Invitational March 1-3. Shown are (front row, from left) McKenzie Cox, Chaney Huddleston, RileySale and Sydney Smith, and (back row) Taylor Morgan, Sydney Smith, Macy Moody, Janessa Payne,Daleigh Ellison and Coach Jim Moody. Not pictured is Emma Mach.
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Elizabeth Boll (left) and Nikki Adamie won their doubles match against Brock 8-0.
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The Aledo Middle School tennis team started off the season strong with an 18-1 home match win over Peaster on March 1, and a 12-7 home win over Brock on March 6 to start the spring season at 2-0.
This year’s spring Middle School tennis team is keeping up a long stand-ing winning tradition. Ale-do is undefeated in four straight years of spring tennis, with a combined record of 27-0.
This year’s team is lead by Nikki Adamie and Elizabeth Boll on the girls’ side, and Brian Young, Cody Bradford, and Trey Fambrough on the boys’ side.
Other top girls play-ers include Ellie Posey, Casey Kelm, Bailey Bollin, Kristen Boomer, Stepanie Akin, Cassie Dale, Shayrin Oad and Grace Demers.
On the boys’ side, Davy Brown has been showing some good play, and Binh
Tran, John Plunk, Brian McGee, Ethan Witkowski, Cameron Allen and Connor Wood are competing well.
The Middle School Racket Cats get back in
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By Sandra Rousseau and Randy KeckThe Community News
On Tuesday, area dignitaries, medical professionals and residents gathered to celebrate the grand opening of Weatherford Regional Medical Center’s new patient tower. The tower, part of a $22.3 million expansion and renovation, is a big step forward for medical care in Parker County.
“Our commitment is to provide Parker County residents health-care that is close to home and this new patient tower is clear evidence of that commitment,” said Cory Countryman, WRMC chief execu-tive offi cer.
The expansion is just one com-ponent of a deliberate push by WRMC to meet the needs of Parker County’s growing population.
In 2009, Phase I of Weatherford Regional’s expansion brought about $27 million in improvements, including a new emergency depart-ment, intensive care unit, testing and diagnostic center, and expand-ed services in the pharmacy, lab and imaging departments.
The current project, Phase II, adds 52 private medical and sur-gical rooms, eight private critical care rooms, a cardiac catheteriza-tion lab, an enhanced endoscopy suite and additional parking.
With the completion of the improvements, Weatherford Regional Medical Center now boasts more than 46,000 addition-al square feet.
The addition of 52 new private rooms and eight critical care rooms will allow the hospital to now con-vert already existing patient rooms from semi-private to private, mak-ing all 99 patient rooms in the hos-pital private.
As a result of the expansion and remodeling, patient rooms are also more family friendly, featuring fl at-panel TVs, spacious bathrooms and reclining sleeper chairs so that loved ones may stay with patients overnight.
The improvements came about due to investments by Community Health Systems, which leased the county’s hospital in 2006.
“There couldn’t be a better com-pany to work with – they have invested over $50 million in reno-vations,” Countryman said at the ribbon cutting. “The project we fi n-ished two years ago was $27 mil-lion, and the many physicians they have helped us recruit will be a boon to this community.”
Dr. Scott Walker, WRMC Chief of Staff, emphasized the impor-tance of the new private rooms.
“In the ten years I’ve been in Weatherford, the main complaint I’ve heard from patients is that we have semi-private rooms,” he said. “For many patients, semi-private rooms meant two rooms, four peo-ple and a single bathroom. For that reason alone, some people have chosen to go elsewhere for their health care. Now we have 52 pri-vate rooms, and we’ll now be able to convert the others to private rooms, and I think that will go a long way toward quieting that criticism.”
Weatherford Regional Medical Center Celebrates the Grand Opening of new Patient Tower
Cardiac Catheterization Lab
A state-of-the-art cardiac servic-es department, also part of the cur-rent expansion, opened on Feb. 1.
Area heart patients are already reaping the benefi ts of faster and better cardiac care offered by the department.
The new cardiac catheterization x-ray lab features a specialized, cath-eter-based imaging system which offers patients the convenience and comfort of minimally invasive pro-cedures.
Recovery time is reduced, which also reduces the length of a patient’s hospital stay. The absence of a large, painful incision is a plus for patients, as well.
The star of the expansion’s new Cardiac Services Department is the Innova 3100, an imaging sys-tem which allows doctors to view detailed images of a patient’s vascu-lar system.
The Innova 3100 not only enables doctors to provide faster and more accurate diagnoses, it also exposes cardiac patients to less radiation than other imaging methods.
Economic impactAt the Tuesday ribbon cutting,
Weatherford Mayor Dennis Hooks also lauded the improved level of service at the hospital over the last fi ve years, proclaiming “Weatherford Regional Medical Center Day” in the City of Weatherford.
In the course of the proclama-tion, Hooks recalled that the hospi-tal, originally Campbell Memorial, was established in 1945, and moved to its present location in 1972.
Hooks said the economic impact of the hospital is about $62 million annually through jobs and local dol-lars spent.
Parker County Hospital District CEO Randall Young recalled his board’s decision to lease the hospital to CHS in 2006.
“I was born in the old-old Campbell Hospital, and I worked in the old Campbell Hospital. Every year the concern was ‘what do we do about semi-private patient rooms,’ and we just didn’t have the money to tackle that job,” Young said. “And so it is here 18-years later, and CHS has done what we couldn’t do for years and years, and they did it without raising your taxes.
“Five years ago when the hospital district board made the decision to lease out the hospital to CHS, your hospital tax rate in this county was 17 cents per hundred dollar valuation – and today, it’s 11.3, and our board is committed to that being knocked down even further,” he said.
Young said that in addition to lower taxes, there is no additional bond debt for the improvements to the hospital.
“A private corporation did it,” he said. “And then the other side of that coin is what the district has been able to do since letting the contract. We have purchased six brand new ambulances, every one of our ambu-lances are mobile ICUs. All of our ambulance attendants are paramed-ics, one of the few services in the state that has that combination.”
Young also touted the district’s outreach program, since there is no public health offi ce in Parker County.
“My staff has jumped into that void, and over the last three years has given over 3,000 fl u shots and thousands and thousands of school immunizations. Every school in Parker County is covered by my out-reach program,” he said.
Quality care in our own backyard
The expansion is just one of the positive recent developments at Weatherford Regional MedicalCenter. In October, the JointCommission named the hospitala Top Performer in Key QualityMeasures.
The Joint Commission, the lead-ing accreditor of health care organi-zations in America, lauded WMRC for implementing and practicingprocesses that are shown to improve care for conditions including heartattack, heart failure, pneumonia, surgical care and children’s asth-ma.
WRMC has also received the Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval and the Press GaneySummit Award.
Not just a hospital, WRMC is anetwork of medical clinics servingParker County providing serviceswithin more than 31 medical spe-cialties.
WMRC boasts more than 100active physicians as well as 45 cour-tesy physicians, 33 consulting phy-sicians and almost 550 employees.
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(Clockwise starting with TOP RIGHT): | Visitors to the ribbon cutting for Weatherford Regional Medical Center’s new patient tower were greeted to the building wrapped in a bow. | Ready to cut the ribbon for the new hospi-tal expansion are (from left) Weatherford Mayor Dennis Hooks, Weatherford Regional Medical Center CEO Cory Countryman, Aledo Mayor and WRMC board member Kit Marshall, and WRMC Director of Plant Operations Rick Leonard. | A room was set aside on the second floor for a chapel. | The new patient rooms are private, and include flat-screen televisions.
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Willow Park’s Jennifer Beck is on a mission to help kids grow into responsible, productive citizens.
She is the inventor of the Fisher Kids responsibility system, a colorful, kid-friendly line of home accessories that helps kids learn to be responsi-ble, self-reliant family members who make valuable contributions to their households on a daily basis.
Fisher Kids items are bright and colorful for kid appeal, yet at the same time attractive enough to hang up at home for all to see.
Items can be mixed and matched to fi t your family and your child’s personal goals.
Fisher Kids products include a wall-mounted pegboard “responsi-bility station” that holds everything kids need to stay organized and pro-ductive.
Checklists, “consequence spin-ners,” chore buckets, weekly sched-ules and color-coded money pouches are just a few items in the system.
Others include recipe boxes and notepads fi lled with dinnertime con-versation starters.
“We are trying to teach kids that doing a chore doesn’t neces-sarily mean scrubbing the toilet,” said Jennifer, pointing out that kids can contribute to the household in many ways, from packing their own lunches to helping start pleasant conversation at the dinner table.
“Fisher Kids is very much about promoting family dinner time,” Jennifer said.
She and her family cook together and eat together about fi ve or six times per week.
“Study after study has shown so many benefi ts of families eating together,” said Jennifer.
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Healthy, creative cooking with Fisher Kids’ Jennifer Beck
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JENNIFER BECKBaked Kale Chips1 bunch of kale (or you can
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Spray olive oilSea saltPepper (optional)Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a cookie sheet with foil. Wash kale and pull leaves off from the stems. Tear leaves into bite-size pieces and spread in one layer on baking sheet.
Spray kale lightly with olive oil (if you don’t have spray olive oil, just toss kale in a plastic zippered bag with poured olive oil). Sprinkle with sea salt and optional pepper.
Bake for about 15 minutes or until the edges of the kale are brown, but not burned.
Zucchini NoodlesKids love these. You can make and use them just as you would use standard spaghetti noodles, with meatballs, sauce and all. Great if you also add mushrooms!
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Heat margarine in a large skil-let over medium high heat. Add zucchini and garlic; cook and stir until just tender, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese.
Tilapia Tacos1 pound of tilapia filetsWhite wineLemon juiceSaltPepperButter lettuce or large
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Bake fish in preheated oven until it easily flakes with a fork, 9 to 11 minutes. When the fish has cooled a bit, use a fork to flake it into chunks.
Use the butter lettuce for the taco shells (you can also use regular taco shells or corn tortillas), and serve with any toppings your family’s favorite taco toppings.
We also mix balsamic vin-aigrette with a little bit of Sriracha hot chili and use this in place of sour cream.
Jennifer and her husband, Greg fos-ter a fun, close environment by making sure their family dinners aren’t just fre-quent, but are also special events.
“We use the good silver and light candles,” Jennifer said. “When my kids are older, I want them to have good memories of our family dinners, so that they’ll want to come back,” she said.
The Beck kids include Anna, 11, a Coder fi fth-grader; Claire, 9, a Coder third-grader, and Henry, 5, in pre-school at Aledo United Methodist Church’s day school.
Thanks to the Fisher Kids respon-sibility system, they love to pitch in at dinner time and do their part by helping
to cook, set the table and clean up.Both Jennifer and Greg love to cook.
“Greg is really a better cook than I am,” Jennifer said.
At home, they prefer to cook healthy, kid-friendly dishes. When they go out to eat, the Becks head to Fort Worth spe-cialty restaurants such as Grace, Bailey’s, Tillman’s, or “anywhere on West 7th Street,” she said.
Today, Jennifer is sharing some Beck family favorites with The Community News readers.
All the recipes she has provided are healthy, delicious and get gobbled up quickly by the Beck kids.
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Jennifer Beck, inventor of the Fisher Kids Responsibility System, and Le Peep get to know each other a little better, while checking out some of Beck’s home accessories for kids.
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Jennifer France, an Aledo graduate, has been placed on the President’s List for the 2011 fall term at the University of Alabama. To achieve this honor, one must be a full-time undergraduate student and have a 4.0 GPA. France is also a proud charter member of Delta Gamma sorority and holds the position of vice president of com-munications for the 200+ member group.
Gaskill named to honor roll
Jennifer Gaskill of Aledo has been named to the honor roll at the University of Kansas, where she is a freshman in economics.
Gough named to Dean’s List
Tara Gough, a 2010 graduate of Aledo High School, has been named to the Dean’s List at Wofford College. Gough is a Division 1 ath-lete in vol-leyball, and maintained her grades during the semester of her sport. She also recently completed a o n e - m o n t h study abroad at the University of Vina Del Mar, Chile to study advanced Spanish.
Daniel named to Dean’s List
Christa Daniel of Aledo has been named to the Dean’s List at Lubbock Christian University for the Fall 2011 semester. The Dean’s list requires a student to be tak-ing a minimum of 12 hours and achieve a 3.5 GPA or better. Daniel is a freshman sports psychology and business management major and the daughter of Becky and David Daniel.
Achievements
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The following are results from McAnally Intermediate School’s recent UIL competition:
Listening: Lauren Barbeau‚ fi rst; Alexic Morar‚ second
Art: Zach Leeper‚ fi rst; Gracie Johnson‚ fi rst; Kenna Oaks‚ second. (This team also took the overall fi rst-place art prize.)
Spelling: Taylor Smith‚ first; Christian Gaffner‚ third; Taylor Pagan‚ sixth
Ready Writing: Alaina Touchet‚ fi rst; Sarah Haeussler‚ third; Rebekah Anderson‚ fourth
Dictionary: Logan Jackson‚ fi rst
Calculator: Lindsey McElroy‚ ninth: Blake Smith, 10th
Oral Reading: Noah Arrington‚ third; Jacqui Denny‚ fi fth; Kaelin Wooldridge‚ sixth
Music: Avery Heacock, fi rst with a perfect score; Maggie Mallory‚ second; Tanner Legvold fourth; Laurel Ann Wood‚ fi fth; Veronica H.‚ sixth
Maps, Graphs & Charts: Dillon Savage‚ second; Chloe Tarbox‚ sixth
Number Sense: Madison Wyss‚ fifth; Braleigh Hickman‚ seventh; Richard Reynolds‚ eighth
Social Studies: Madi Snow‚ fi rstMathematics: Bradley Robinson‚
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◗ Ronald McDonald House item drive launched in East Parker CountyBy Katie MartinezThe Community News
Caleb Pettibon, a sixth-grader at McAnally Intermediate School is gath-ering items for the Ronald McDonald House, an organi-zation that provided a home away from home for his family last year.
Pettibon had surgery for scoliosis in September of 2011 and was in the hospital for fi ve days, his mother, Stephanie was by his side throughout his stay, and his extended family was able to stay close by.
“Caleb’s dad, fi ve-year-old sister and his grandma and grandpa were able to stay at the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas,” Stephanie said. “RMH of Dallas does not charge families to stay there, they simply ask families who can afford it, to donate $15 a day.”
The house provided the family three meals a day.
The surgeon replaced one of the growing rods in Caleb’s back and reattached some of the hardware in a different location. Caleb fully recov-ered and was able to go back to school after the Thanksgiving holidays.
Caleb previously led a toy drive for the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital, and this year, Stephanie said, he really want-ed to do something to benefi t the Ronald McDonald House.
The item drive is focused on basic necessities for fami-lies away from home.
Student leads drive, giving back to charity
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Caleb Pettibon, a sixth-grader at McAnally Intermediate School,works the phone to let people know about an item drive he is leading to benefit The Ronald McDonald House.
McAnally UIL teams achieve several fi rst-place scores
Pinewood DerbyLEFT: Chris Dunn, one of the leaders al Cub Scout Pack 109, congratulates his son, Maverick, who was the grand cham-pion of the pack’s annual Pinewood Derby on Feb. 18 at the Aledo Community Center. | BELOW: Webelos scouts (from left) Nickolas Rispoli, Dean Bagwell and Colton Bryan of Aledo Pack 109 watch as their cars race by at their annual Pinewood Derby. The pack raised enough money to purchase an official track with timer, and this year’s race was the first time the track was used. The troop is chartered by Aledo United Methodist Church.
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Items are being collected March 5-19, 2012 at ElevenEighty Seven Dental located at 109 Larson Lane, Suite 300 in Aledo, across from McAnally Intermediate School.
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◗ Oldest Antique & Art Show in the American WestSpecial to The Community News
On Friday, March 9 and Saturday, March 10, the Dolly Johnson Antique and Art Show will throw open its doors at the Will Rogers Memorial Center just one year shy of its 50th anniversary.
Packing antiques and art of every style, 75 top exhibitors from the Carolinas to California have a little bit of everything from fi ne French furniture to funky fi fties.
Started in 1963 by the late Dolly Johnson, wife of long-time Will Rogers Memorial Center Director Rip Johnson, the Dolly Johnson Antique & Art Show is the only antique show in Fort Worth, the largest in North Texas and the oldest in the American West.
Look for antique and vintage fi nds including Americana, French, English, art, jewelry, garden, indus-
trial, primitive, western and mid-cen-tury modern.
There will also be a benefi t booth, styled by Fort Worth interior designer Allen Jancik and jammed with vin-tage bargains to support the Tarrant Area Food Bank.
Booth talks will be offered by Steve Wiman, proprietor of the famed Austin store Uncommon Objects and exhibitor Leslie Pritchard of the Dallas shop Again & Again.
Her mantra, “Buy Old, Make New, Love Again” describes the show’s 2012 Special Exhibit, “Re-Imagined, Re-Made—100 Antiques Re-Purposed.”
Starting at the show front door, winding through the aisles to Pritchard’s booth and through each booth, shoppers will discover a trail of re-purposed tailor shop tags, num-bered one through one hundred. Each tag will highlight an antique or vin-tage item that has been re-made in some way or simply given a brand new purpose.
“Re-purposing is a new thing, but it’s also old,” says Jean Doty, Dolly Johnson Show exhibitor of Americana.
“In early times, people used whatthey had and, if something broke and could not be fi xed, they re-made it into something else.”
Another aspect of re-purposing is fi nding a new function for an object. Doty stores her jewelry in a doll dress-er. Made in New Hampshire c. 1780-90, the miniature dresser drawers have been lined by Doty with silver cloth to protect the jewelry.
“These are things that we love to look at and live with and use,” says Doty of the re-purposed doll dresser-jewelry box made for a child when George Washington was president.
The Dolly Johnson Antique & ArtShow runs Friday, March 9, 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.; a Happy Hour Party from 4-7p.m. features Coburn’s BBQ, a cash bar and music by Clear Fork Jazz.
Hours on Saturday, March 10 are 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Admission is $7, good both days and free for children 15 and under. For a discount coupon, special events, parking tips and more, visit www.dollyjohnsonAntiqueand-ArtShow.com or call 817-291-3952.
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March 19 AISD Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
March 24 AHS FFA Ag Backer Dinner and Auction, 5:30 p.m.
April 9-13 Kindergarten Roundup
April 16 AISD Board Meeting, 7 p.m.
April 30 McAnally Band Concert at AHS, 7 p.m.
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Family Pass Offers Family Discounts to Athletic Events
Bearcat Store sells Family Passes for $50, which entitles an entire fam-ily admission to all Aledo ISD athletic events except for varsity football. They are available at the store at the AISD Administration Building between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday -- and can be pur-chased with cash or check. Only one pass is available per family.
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FRIDAY, MARCH 9
PCWNC MeetingThe Parker Country Women’s and Newcomers Club meets monthly at 10 a.m. on the second Friday of each month in Texas Hall at the Alkek Fine Arts Center at Weatherford College. Social time begins at 10 a.m. with a short business meeting at 10:30, followed by an informa-tive or entertaining program. Lunch reservations must be made by the Sunday prior to each meeting by calling 817-594-0125. Lunch is $9.50. For more information visit pcwnc.org.
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 10
Birthday PartyThe community is invited to an 80th birthday celebration for Freddy Detherage from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Saturday, March 10 at Aledo Church of Christ.
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 11
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-
ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
MONDAY, MARCH 12
Spring BreakDistrictwide Spring Break will be from March 12 to 16.
Life Line ScreeningAledo Church of Christ will host a Life Line Screening event on Monday, March 12, 2012 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. to detect stroke and other health risks. Pre-registration is required. Call 1-800-324-1851 and use priority code: HSC6576 when registering. Life Line Screening does charge for their services. (Costs vary by test). For on-line registration visit: www.lifelinescreening.com/commu-nity-partners.
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.).
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
Women’s Bible Study GroupWomen in God’s Word and Fellowship (WiGWaF), a community wide bible study, begins Wednesday, September 7 at 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Aledo with a fellowship coffee and orientation and will study Father of Israel & James
By John McArthur. The group con-tinues until April 18, 2012. Cost is $20 per year. Childcare is by reser-vation only. Register online at www.fbcaledo.com or call Bundy Renfro at 817-739-3606.
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 15
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-
ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.MONDAY, MARCH 19
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.).
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
Women’s Bible Study GroupWomen in God’s Word and Fellowship (WiGWaF), a community wide bible study, begins Wednesday, September 7 at 9:30 to 11:45 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Aledo with a fellowship coffee and orientation and will study Father of Israel & James By John McArthur. The group con-tinues until April 18, 2012. Cost is
$20 per year. Childcare is by reser-vation only. Register online at www.fbcaledo.com or call Bundy Renfro at 817-739-3606.
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
THURSDAY, MARCH 22
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
Unearthed & PAINT ExhibitsThe Doss Heritage and Culture Center will host the “Unearthed” exhibit through April 1 in the Cartwright Gallery, featuring art-ists E.O. “Ted” Hemenway and Dwain Kelley; and the PAINT exhibit through April 6. PAINT (Professional Artists in North Texas) is a group of passionately committed artists who make a weekly practice of painting outdoors. The DHCC is located at 1400 Texas Drive in Weatherford. Hours are Tuesday - Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday 1 - 5 p.m.
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
Fish Fry Dinner and AuctionThe Aledo Ag Backers/FFA Alumni Association Fish Fry Dinner and Auction Fundraiser will be Saturday, March 24, 2012 at the Philip W. Bradford Agricultural Science Building at Aledo High School.
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CITY OF ANNETTA, TEXASNOTICE OF INTENTION TO ISSUE
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The City Council of the City of Annetta, Texas (the “City”) does
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of Annetta, Texas Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of
Obligation in the maximum aggregate principal amount not to
exceed $1,000,000 for the purpose of paying, in whole or in part,
contractual obligations to acquire, construct and equip extensions
and improvements to the City’s waterworks and sewer system, to
pay all or a portion of the legal, fiscal and engineering fees in con-
nection therewith, and to pay the costs of issuance related to such
Certificates of Obligation. The City proposes to provide for the
payment of such Certificates of Obligation from the levy and col-
lection of ad valorem taxes in the City as provided by law and from
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City from ownership and operation of the City’s waterworks and
sewer system. The City Council proposes to authorize the issuance
of such Certificates of Obligation at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, April
19, 2012, at a Regular Meeting, at the City Hall, Annetta, Texas.
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◗ The Aledo Business Development Group held its annual Clay Shoot on Saturday, March 3.
Clay Shoot
PHOTOS BY RANDY KECK/THE COMMUNITY NEWS
CLOCKWISE FROM TOP: Doug Turpin draws a bead on his target. | Marion Howard takes aim. | Hank Miller awaits the release of his clay target. | Matt Fuqua prepares to be the first shooter in his afternoon group. | Andy Edwards waits for the afternoon round.
ObituariesHarry Dawson
Harry Lewis “Happy” Dawson, 73, died on Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2012.
Dawson was born October 19, 1938 son of the late, Ralph and Nell Hamer Dawson in Weatherford. His stepfather was the late, Fred Carney.
A graduate of Peaster High School and North Texas State University, Dawson served with the US Army 25th Battallion Schofield Barracks, T. H., Hawaii.
He worked in the federal sec-tor with HUD, SBA and the General Services Administration. He served as an American Federation of Government Employees representative until his retirement.Ð
Survivors include his college sweetheart, Jayne Hutsinger-Dawson; children, Vanda Dawson Trietsch and Timothy Lewis Dawson;
grandchildren, Gavin and Trevor Trietsch, Emily Dawson Breaux, Samantha Dawson; great-grand-
son, Aiden Breaux; step-sister, Sandra Carney-Russell; treasured mother-in-law, Beth Huntsinger-Calfee; brothers and sisters-in-law, whom he loved as siblings, a dear aunt, Lucy Hamer Wiggins and Uncle Mac Hamer; and many loved cousins, nieces, nephews and a host of friends.
In lieu of flowers, the Dawson family suggests memorials to Aledo United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 126, Aledo, TX 76008.
Memorial Service: 2 p.m., Saturday, March 10 at Aledo United Methodist Church. Interment: Private. Arrangements by White’s Funeral Home.
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Dara Elizabeth Griffi n and Scott Francis Mascianica, both of Dallas, were united in marriage at 3 p.m. on Saturday, January 21 in the Faith Chapel at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Plano.
Rev. Bo Patterson performed the cer-emony. Music was provided by Mr. Scott Ayers on piano and organ and vocalist Mr. Jordan Grizzard. A reception followed on the 42nd fl oor of Cityplace in Dallas.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Griffi n of Aledo. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Odom of Fort Worth and the late Mr. and Mrs. Dale Griffi n. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis S. Mascianica, Jr., of Dartmouth, Massachusetts.
He is the grandson of Mrs. Lucille Mascianica and the late Mr. Francis S. Mascianica and Mrs. Marie Devine and the late Mr. Donald Devine.
Maid of honor was Tyler Crowder of Dallas. Bridesmaids were Elizabeth Dacus, Melissa Deal, Lauren Hafernick, Leigh Mascianica and Sara Sorrows. The best man was the groom’s father, Francis Mascianica, Jr. Groomsmen were Benjamin Conery, Sherwin Gandee III, Jody Griffi n, Nicklaus Haskins, Adam
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Levell and Raymond Williams III.
The bride graduated from Baylor University and is employed as a CPA by Riveron Consulting in Dallas. The groom graduated from the University of Michigan and Loyola University Law School. He is an associate attor-ney with Jones Day in Dallas. The couple honeymooned in St. Lucia and will make their home in Dallas.
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A large turnout of shooters helped raise money for the Aledo FFA and Future Business Leaders of America.
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Stuard Elementary Students Andrew Nash, Nathan Paggeot and Tate Shelton (left) and Piper Shori, Lauren Flores, Taryn Dean, Gracie Tomlinson (right) received medals for completing the 5K run.
COWTOWN 5K RUN◗ The four elementary schools of the Aledo ISD took places one through four for the highest turnouts from a school at the Cowtown 5k run in Fort Worth last weekend. Stuard Elementary came in fi rst, for the twelfth year in a row, with 436 parents and students fi nishing the race. More than 1,200 people from Aledo fi nished the race.
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Stuard Elementary School teachers, Janie Baucum, Beth Lane, Kathy Morehead, Kelly Crain and Sunshine Barry get together at the Cowtown 5K run in Fort Worth.