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Dawn Prather photos
Sisters Dawn Prather and Christy Haertig left Refugio after work last Friday armed with supplies, monetary donations and a desire
to help the families affected by the Oklahoma tornadoes. The girls spent the weekend helping people cleanup and gather what was
left of their belongings.
Woodsboro sisters spend holiday volunteering in Oklahoma
By Christina Rowland
County Press staff
MOORE, OKLA. - Tooth brush-
es, deodorant, shampoo, condi-
tioner, baby wipes, diapers, water
and “food, lots of food” was what
was packed in truck and trail-
er that Woodsboro sisters Dawn
Prather and Christy Haertig drove
to Oklahoma last Friday.
Haertig said she had always
wanted to be able to volunteer in
a disaster situation and Oklahoma
was her chance.
It was a three-day weekend, and
she had nothing to do.
She called her sister on
Wednesday to make sure she was
on board, and the planning began.
Prather said shortly after the
phone call her sister phoned again
trying to back out, but Prather
said, “I posted it on Facebook. It’s
set in stone.”
She smiles about the Facebook
post now. That one post changed
the whole scope of her trip. There
was an immediate response to the
post, “What can I do to help” and
“What do you need,” from dozens
of people.
The original plan was to take
Haertig’s two-door car, but soon
the donations had outgrown the
car so they borrowed a truck from
their dad, and when the donations
out-grew the truck, they borrowed
a trailer to pull behind the truck,
and finally they had enough room.
Both of the sisters’ companies portion of the town was effected,
also donated money to the trip, the effected part was hit hard. It
Refugio County Farm Bureau has been reported that more than
donated $1,000 plus $100 towards 2,400 homes were damaged by the
gas, and Vantage Bank donated storm.
'It looked like someone had
gone through with a bulldozer/
$500 plus $200 towards gas.
The sisters were set and left at
about 2:30 on Friday afternoon.
The first day, they drove 10 hours
and stopped in Ardmore, Okla. for
the night. On
Saturday morn-
ing, they drove
first to New
Castle to drop off
supplies before
driving on to
Moore.
Once in Moore, they
turned off on a street in
a neighborhood that was
damaged and proceeded
- Christy Haertig to look for a waY to helP-
They had tried to find an
organization with which
to volunteer prior to the
trip but had no luck.
So their plan was to park along
a damaged street, get out and walk
until they found someone needing
(See Tornado, 3A)
Prather said
the most shock-
ing thing about
Moore was the
size.
“In our heads,
it was the size of
Woodsboro,” she
said.
In reality,
Moore has a pop-
ulation of more
than 50,000, and Christy Haertig (left) and Dawn Prather went to Oklahoma over
though only a the weekend to help the tornado victims.
Neil Tucker photo
Lady Cat Jackie Gonzalez steps up to the plate for a single and
advancing a runner home on Thursday, May 23, against Santa
Gertrudis.
Lady Cats
end season
Team sets new record for deepest in
playoffs since program inception
3y Christina Rowland
County Press staff
CORPUS CHRISTI
- Tears and hugs were
shared after the Refugio
Lady Cats faced a 8-4 loss
at the Region IV-2A final
at Cabaniss Field last
Thursday.
“I think the girls fought
hard and had a great
game,” first-year coach
Cortney Hunkapilar said.
She said that, ultimate-
ly, the loss came down to
errors but that she was
still proud of the girls.
The game started out
in favor of the Santa
Gertrudis Lions when
they scored two runs in
the top of the first inning
but, a big play by Cecilia
Bauer kept the girls’ spir-
its up.
“Cecelia had a home
run in the bottom of the
first that really helped
the girls,” Hunkapilar
said.
But the momentum
was not enough the carry
the girls for the rest of the
game.
There were some errors
by the Lady Cats, but
there were also some high
points for the team.
According to
Hunkapilar one of the
strongest defensive plays
of the game was a double-
play in the fifth inning
by Morgan Klaevemann,
Jackie Gonzalez and
Kaitlyn Williams. The
play put out two Lion’s
players that could have
potentially scored runs
for the already leading
Lions.
The fourth and final
run for the Lady Cats was
scored by Klaeveman dur-
ing the seventh inning.
She reached on an base
hit and teammate Bauer
followed with an RBI base
hit to add to the Lady
Cats side of the score-
board.
Despite their efforts the
team still fell short and
lost.
Hunkapilar had words
of encouragement for her
team.
“I told my girls I was
proud,” she said. “All year
people doubted us (we
made it father in playoffs
than anyone thought).
They (the girls) had great
determination and heart.”
Refugio went through a
realignment this year and
faced some tough teams.
The overall season per-
formance for the team
was stellar and the far-
thest the team has made
it in the playoffs since the
program was started in
Refugio.
“They have more talent
than they give themselves
credit for,” Hunkapilar
said.
Five seniors, three of
which are starters will
be graduating this year,
but Hunkapilar has high
hopes of returning to the
playoffs next year and
hopes the bar that was set
by this year’s team can be
surpassed next year.
Council wants to honor former mayor
By Christina Rowland
County Press staff
REFUGIO - The first
Ray Jaso day will take
place June 29, 2013.
Deaths
Donald Bunch
Ruby Lee Payne
Index
Classifieds Page 8 A
Community Page 3 A
Oil & Gas Page 6 A
Obits Page 2A
Sports Page 14A
Jaso served the town of
Refugio for 41 years, and
the council voted during
its Monday meeting to do
something to honor him.
The members are look-
ing at a plaque dedication
in King’s Park on June 29
as well as a proclamation
proclaiming it Ray Jaso
day.
June 29 was chosen
because it’s the same day
as the Fourth of July fes-
tivities, and that was one
of Jaso’s favorite holidays.
In other items, Karen
Watts and Wanda Dukes
were sworn in as aider-
men in places 1 and 2
during Monday night’s
city council meeting.
The council also agreed
to lend a dump truck and
driver to Refugio ISD to
help in the removal of the
top four and a half inches
of dirt from the football
stadium.
Council member
Leonard Anzaldua
said he talked with the
Superintendent Jack
Gaskins, and the dirt
needs to be removed from
the stadium so that the
new turf can be laid down.
The dirt will be given
to the city for free if it
provides the dump truck
and driver needed to haul
it away.
Anzaldua said the pri-
mary school would need
some dirt as well as pos-
sibly the other schools
and, otherwise, it could
be theirs for free.
He reminded the coun-
cil that a resolution had
been passed at a previ-
ous meeting to support
RISD, and the turf project
and taking the dirt was a
way to support the project
without spending money.
Mayor Joey Heard said
he has talked with sev-
eral areas companies and
they too could be inter-
ested in some of the dirt.
It was estimated it
would take about 50 trips
to remove the dirt and a
front end loader might be
needed as well.
There was also a dis-
cussion on hurricane
preparedness. Heard
expressed that he would
like every city employee
to get ID cards; in case
if there were some sort
of natural disaster, the
council members would
be allowed back in the
city.
It was also decided that
there will be a hurricane
preparedness workshop
with Police Chief Andy
Lopez and others at a date
that is yet to be decided.
Hurricane season
starts June 1 and ends in
October.
NEW MAYORS SWORN IN
Tim Delaney photos
Above, Refugio County Justice of the Peace Emi Riemenschneider,
right, gives the oath of office to Woodsboro's new mayor, Larry
Jochetz, as Deanne Jochetz holds the Bible for her husband on
Wednesday, May 22.
Below, Joey Heard, from left, takes the oath of office Friday morn-
ing, May 24, from Gary Bourland, Refugio County commissioner.
Heard is Refugio's new mayor.
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