Refugio County Press (Refugio, Tex.), Vol. 54, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 24, 2013 Page: 1 of 72
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Volume 54, No. 12
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Oct. 24, 2013 - 75C
First whooping cranes arrive at AWR
Contributed photo
The first whooping cranes arrived last week at the National
Aransas Wildlife Refuge, their wintering grounds.
By Tim Delaney
County Press
REFUGIO COUNTY
- Whooping cranes start-
ed to arrive during the
week of Oct. 14, according
to the Aransas Wildlife
Refuge manager.
“We are happy to report
that the first whooping
crane arrived this week.
It is spending time in the
Lamar area,” said Sonny
Perez, Refuge manager.
And Dr. Wade Harrell,
U.S. whooping crane
recovery coordinator, on
Tuesday morning, said
more cranes followed that
first whooper.
“We had a few - five
- more whooping cranes
spotted on the Refuge over
the weekend, but overall
fall migration appears to
be a bit later than normal
this year with most of
the birds still in Canada
and the northern plains
states,” Harrell said.
“We expect most of
the population to arrive
in Texas over the next
month or so as migration
continues,” he added
Perez said the Refuge
reopened on Thursday,
Oct. 17, following the
forced closure due to the
government shutdown.
Only one thing was wrong
as it reopened: The phone
lines were down.
“Unfortunately, the
Refuge phone lines went
out of service during the
closure, and we are trying
to get them back up now,”
Perez said.
“Furloughed staff
returned to duty at their
regularly scheduled time.
We were able to restore
regular operational hours
immediately. We took
time to inspect facilities
to ensure their readiness
to receive visitors,” he
added.
Perez said three staff
members had maintained
the Refuge during the
government shutdown.
(See Aransas, 8A)
300-plus students pursue bugs
By Tim Delaney
County Press Editor
FENNESSEY RANCH
- Clere Funk moved
stealthily in the cool air
through the high grass,
watching carefully to
spot orange and black,
some of the colors of the
monarch butterfly.
Funk, a student at
Seashore Middle School
at Padre Island was one of
329 students and numer-
ous school districts at the
eighth annual Fennessey
Ranch Monarch Madness
day event on Thursday,
Oct. 17.
Brien O’Connor Dunn
is owner of the Fennessey
Ranch and resides in
Bay side.
The event primar-
ily is for fifth- and sixth-
graders, but other mid-
dle school grades are
involved, as well.
Funk didn’t catch a
monarch, but she man-
aged to net a small drag-
onfly, and that was just
fine with her.
Meanwhile, volunteer
Hillary Green was help-
ing Shawn Gonlugur,
another Seashore Middle
School student, get a
grasshopper out if his
net.
“He keeps squirming
down,” Gonlugur said.
“We’ll squeeze him up,”
Green said.
With a little work, the
grasshopper ended up
in the insect container
Gonlugur was equipped
with.
Seashore student
Derik Boles managed to
net a butterfly - not a
monarch - but one that
looked like a queen but-
terfly.
Dunn and the
Fennessey Ranch, locat-
ed between Bay side and
Refugio, offers the event
to area South Texas
schools every year.
Students learn about
migratory habits of ani-
mals, habitat, identifi-
cation of different types
of butterflies and much
more during the four-
and-a-half hour visit to
the ranch.
Ranch General
Manager Sally Crofutt
said Monarch Madness is
designed to be a hands-
on educational experi-
ence in which students
learn about conservation,
migration, and much
more while having fun.
This year, students
wore color-coded T-shirts
so they could go through
the 13 educational sta-
tions in an organized
manner. The more than
320 T-shirts were pro-
vided by Nikon.
Other sponsors
include the University
of Houston, the National
Estuarine Research
Reserve System and the
Fennessey Ranch among
others.
Crofutt said a partner
is the National Aransas
Wildlife Refuge, and staff
from the Refuge volun-
teered at the event.
“We’re getting that
expertise in the scienc-
es and level of passion.
AWR showed up the day
after they reopened,”
Crofutt said.
Finally, Crofutt said
the Refugio County
Commissioners Court
helped out immensely
by agreeing to man-
age a Coastal Impact
Assistance Program to
help fund the education-
Tim Delaney photo
Several students from Seashore Middle School hunt butterflies and other critters during the annual Monarch Madness event at
the Fennessey Ranch on Thursday, Oct. 17.
Tim Delaney photo
Clere Funk, a student at Seashore Middle School at Padre
Island, shows the dragonfly she netted at the annual Monarch
Madness event at the Fennessey Ranch between Bayside and
Refugio on Thursday, Oct. 17.
al event.
The CIAP grant paid
for the entire event.
CIAP grants come from
the U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service.
Funding for next year’s
event is up in the air.
“I don’t know where
we will get it next year,
but we’ll figure it out,”
Crofutt said.
Tim Delaney photo
Derik Boles shows the butterfly he netted during the Fennessey
Ranch Monarch Madness event Thursday, Oct. 17. Boles is a stu-
dent at Seashore Middle School on Padre Island.
Here are the various
stations set up for schools
to visit during the event:
Station No. 1 was
about the monarch but-
terfly and its life cycle.
The instructor was
Amanda Rocha from the
Victoria Zoo.
Station No. 2 was
“Come Fly With the
Texas State Aquarium”
and provided informa-
tion on bird migration.
Debbie Edwards was the
instructor.
(See Fennessey, 3A)
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Early voting begins in
Nov. 5 issues election
Staff Report
County Press
REFUGIO COUNTY - Early
voting started Monday and will
end Nov. 1 for the Nov. 5 propo-
sition election.
Notice of Required
Identification
A voter must show one of the
following forms of photo identi-
fication at the polling location
before the voter may be accept-
ed for voting:
• Texas driver’s license issued
by the Department of Public
Safety (“DPS”);
• Texas Election Identification
Certificate issued by DPS (or
Election Administrator in
Refugio County);
• Texas Personal Identification
Card issued by DPS;
• Texas Concealed Handgun
License issued by DPS;
• United States Military
Identification Card containing
the person’s photograph;
• United States Citizenship
Certificate containing the per-
son’s photograph; or
• United States Passport.
With the exception of the U.S.
citizenship certificate, the iden-
tification must be current or
have expired no more than 60
days before being presented for
voter qualification at the polling
place.*
If you do not have a valid form
of photo identification, you may
(See Election, 3A)
START YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Tim Delaney photo
Mark Martinez of the University of Houston-Victoria Small Business Development
Center gives a presentation on "How To Start Your Own Business" during a brown
bag luncheon at the Refugio City Hall sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce
and Community Development Foundation on Tuesday, Oct. 22. If you missed
it, you can go to the following website: www.sba.gov/content/online-courses-
starting-your-business.
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