Valley Mills Progress (Valley Mills, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 23, 2013 Page: 1 of 8
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Valley Mills Progress
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VOLUME 24, NUMBER 8
THURSDAY, MAY 23,2013
PO BOX 448, VALLEY MILLS, TX. 76689
Sirens to test
cycle Friday
The emergency sirens will be run
through a complete test cycle on
Friday at noon, weather permitting.
"I want to run them through their
entire cycle," emergency coordinator
Lynn Tharp said. "That test will not
be performed if the weather is stormy
and cloudy."
Scouts to hold car
wash Saturday
Boy Scout Troop 382 will have a car
wash on Saturday from 8 a.m. until 3
p.m. in the parking lot of Bosque
Valley Family Dental.
The car wash is donations only and
the money will be used for funding
summer camp.
Athletic Banquet
will be tonight
The Valley Mills Athletic Sports
Banquet will be held this Thursday
night,May 23, in the high school
cafeteria.
The program will begin at 6 p.m.
with food and a slide show. Events
on the program include the
presentation of the 2013-2014 Eagle
of the Year award and guest speaker
Ben Johnson of the Central Texas
Fellowship ofChristian Athletes
(FCA).
Athletes will be honored for their
accomplishments for the 2012-2013
school year.
Dinner is $10. Tickets may be
purchased at the door. This event is
sponsored by the Valley Mills Athletic
Booster Club.
Memorial Day
closings
Some local businesses will be
closed for the Memorial Day holiday
on Monday.
Those who will be closed are First
National Bank of Bosque County and
the Post Office.
Valley Mills ISD will be closed on
Friday and Monday.
Wiethorn Food Store will be open
regular hours on Monday.
Baccalaureate to
be held June 2
Baccalaureate services for the
graduating senior class will be held
on Sunday, June 2 at 3 p.m. at the First
Baptist Church of Valley Mills.
Graduation ceremonies will be held
on Friday, June 7 at 7 p.m. in the high
school gym.
Donations sought
for July 4 fireworks
The Valley Mills Fions Club is
sponsoring the fireworks display that
will be held at the Baseball Complex
on Hwy. 6 the evening of Thursday,
July 4.
Donations for the fireworks show
are being accepted now by any Fions
Club member.
For more information, please call
Bryant Schuetz at 254-709-5676.
Elementary school
to offer free meals
for children
Valley Mills Elementary School
will offer free breakfasts and lunches
to children from June 7 through July
6, said Cafeteria Supervisor Delma
Mann.
Breakfast will be served from 7:30
a.m. to 8 a.m. and lunch from 11 a.m.
to noon.
The Valley Mills Independent
school district is participating in the
Summer Food Service Program.
Meals will be provided to all children
without charge.
There will be no discrimination.
New telephone system
installed at VMHS
Valley Mills High School had a new
phone system installed on May 21 and
22. There should have been no loss
in service as the switchover occurred
at 5 p.m. on the 21st.
Superintendent Farry Robinson
would like to thank everyone for their
patience during the time the phones
were down.
The phones were damaged by
lightning in February, along with the
bell system and a few other items.
During that time the school only
had two lines in and no rollover
features which caused many who tried
to call the school to have difficulties.
After the strike the district was
advised to upgrade the phone system
due to the current system's age and
damage caused by the lightning strike.
This upgrade led to the delays in the
repair of the system.
Robinson said the new system will
have many new features which should
help in communication and
convenience.
Helmets of Love fish fry Saturday
Bosque County Precinct 2 Constable A1 Flores
A1 Flores puts lifetime of
experience to use as constable
By DONNA VETETO
A lifetime of law enforcement has
a way of training an officer how to
do that job better than all the
classroom time attended.
A1 Flores, who is Constable for
Bosque County's Precinct 2 has been
in law enforcement since 1974 and
has learned his job skills on the job,
as well as through his peace officer
training.
"I came here in 1990," he said.
"Veda's father lived here and so did
her family."
"I was hired as Chief of Police here
in late 1990," Flores said. "I was the
only one and it was a 24-hour, seven-
day s-a-week job."
"I had no second officer, no
reserves," he said. "I had to do
everything, whether it was an
investigation or traffic. I worked for
Valley Mills for 10 years."
"In 2000, Cecil Powers passed
away," Flores said. "That created a
vacancy in the Constable's office."
"He had gone through the
primarelection and his name was on
the ballot unopposed," he said. "The
Democratic Party had to put a name
on the ballot for November."
"There were eight or nine of us
interviewed at the courthouse," Flores
said. "I was selected so my name was
on the ballot in November. I've been
here ever since."
"There are two Constables," he
said. "We work a split shift."
"Scott Ferguson works the north
part of the county and I work the south
part," Flores said. "My primary duties
are basically service of civil papers."
"I can work traffic, serve warrants,
but basically it's civil cases in the
county," he said. "Every case is
different."
"I'm the one who comes and knocks
on your door if you get sued, for child
custody cases, things like that," Flores
said. "The office was created by the
Texas Constitution originally."
In the beginning
"Right out of high school, I enlisted
in the service," Flores said. "I went
into the Marine Corps."
"Then I ended up, after boot camp
in California, at Fort Gordon,
Georgia," he said. "I wasn't given
much of a choice of careers there."
"I had two choices," Flores said.
"Infantry or MP."
"It wasn't too bad," he said. "When
I got out of the school, I got orders to
go to a real nice place. Fort
Feavenworth, Kansas."
"It was mid-November and they
sent a van to pick us up at the airport,"
Flores said. "It was snowing and the
first thing I saw was a big dome over
the castle."
"The walls were 35 feet tall and five
feet thick with eight wings out from
the main building," he said. "There
were guard towers all over. It looked
like Frankenstein's castle."
That castle was the United States
Disciplinary Barracks, also known
simply as Feavenworth or The Castle.
It is the only U.S. Military's
maximum security facility and houses
male servicemen convicted at court-
martial for violations of the Uniform
Code of Military Justice. It was torn
down in 2004.
Flores was stationed in
Feavenworth for three years and after
that, he went back home.
Back home
"I grew up in Abilene and went to
See FLORES, Page 6
The Helmets of Love organization
will be holding a fish fry on Saturday
to raise money to renovate Santa Fe
Park. The fish fry will be held in the
park from 5 p.m. until the food is
gone.
Plates include fish, french fries,
cole slaw, hushpuppies, dessert and
iced tea. Cost is $10 per person and
can be dine in or take out.
Included in the fun will be a
bounce house for the kids and Eagle
Canyon Band will play.
There will also be door prizes.
Helmets of Love will have a booth
set up and information about that
program will be handed out.
They will also be selling t-shirts
and wristbands to help fund the
purchase of new bicycle and ATV
helmets.
Helmets of Love was founded in
loving memory of Madison Pierce,
who died last year as the result of an
ATV accident.
Her grandmother, Kathy Burt
founded Helmets of Love to educate
others about the dangers of riding
bicycles and ATVs. They also give
helmets away to any child who needs
one at no cost to that child.
"Come out, enjoy some great food,
great music and help fund a great
cause," organizer Kathy Burt said.
JERRY PIERCE is sworn in as mayor of Valley Mills by
Municipal Judge Madolyn Johnson in a ceremony on Tuesday
evening, (Photo by Donna Veteto)
Outstanding students recognized with academic awards
The Valley Mills High School
Academics Award Ceremony was
held Monday evening in the High
School cafeteria.
Awards were given to students who
had been selected as outstanding by
their teachers.
English Department
The English Department overall
award was given to Manda
Hufstedler.
English 1 awards went to Tony
Diaz, Samantha Snider, Emily Turner
and Kennedi Strawser.
English 2 awards went to Caleb
Snider and Racel Amodio,
English 3 awards went to Sara
Weber, LaurieLee Gosdin and Shelby
West.
English 4 awards went to Tyri
Johnson, Meagan Parrish and Jaime
Marr.
Math Department
The Math Department overall
award was given to Wesley Lanmon.
The awards for Geometry went to
Terri Beth Dellinger and Sarah
Dlugos. The award for Algebra 2 went
to Kobe Alba.
The award for Pre-calculus went to
Manda Hufstedler and the award for
Math Models went to Brittany Tanner.
The award for Alegbra 1 went to
Tanyon Tims.
Science Department
The Science Department overall
award was given to Caleb Snider.
The Physics award went to Haley
Pierce, the award for Environmental
Systems went to Jessica Hedges and
the IPC award went to Hailey
Chrisman.
The Biology award went to Sarah
Dlugos, the Anatomy and Physiology
award went to Laura Loftin and the
Chemistry award went to Christian
Aleman.
Social Studies Department
The Social Studies Department
overall award was given to Brandon
Pierce.
The US History awards were given
to Olga Castanon and Caleb Snider
and the World Geography awards
were given to Sarah Dlugos and Terri
Beth Dellinger
The Government award was given
to Laura Loftin and the Economics
award went to Leeza Valdez.
Ag Department
The Ag Department awards for
Most Improved Senior went to CJ
Threlkeld and Krystal Loftin.
The Most Improved Junior award
was given to Rebecca Loftin. Most
Improved Sophomore was John
Necessary and Most Improved
Freshman was Trevor Galetka.
Family Consumer Science
Department
The Family Consumer Science
Department overall award was given
to Holly Chrisman.
The Outstanding Freshman was
Tony Diaz, the Outstandng
Sophomore was Mary Flores, the
Outstanding Junior was Suzi Jobe and
the Outstanding Senior was Tyri
Johnson.
Technology Department
The Technology Department's BIM
1 award went to Brandon Pierce, The
BIM 2 awards went to Suzi Jobe and
Richard Little.
The Touch Data Systems award
went to Rebecca Simons, the Digital
Media award went to Laura Loftin
and the Yearbook award was given to
Marta Enriquez.
Fine Arts Department
The Fine Arts Department overall
award was given to Shauna Chrisman.
The Theater Production award went
to Tyri Johnson and the Technical
Theater award went to Jaime Marr.
The Theater Arts awards were
given to Rebecca Loftin and Terri
Beth Dellinger.
See ACADEMIC, Page 5
Eagle band earns straight 1 rs at festival in New Braunfels
The Valley Mills Eagle Pride high school band competed at the
Soundwaves Music Festival on Saturday, May 18, at New Braunfels
High School.
Despite being short a few members, the band delivered a powerful
performance.The VMHS band scored straight Firsts for their
performance as well as scoring a Best in Class award.
After their awesome performance, the bandies and their chaperones
enjoyed a day of fun in the sun at the Schlitterbahn water parks.
The Valley Mills Band Booster Club would like to thank all of the
parents and supporters that worked so hard this year to make this well
deserved trip possible.
We would especially like to thank the chaperones that attended this
event: Kara and Daryl Turner, Kim and Tim DeChaume, Kitty Powell,
Tammy Johnston, Steven Mortimer, Karan Montgomery, Shannon
Cross and Julie Threlkeld.
We would also like to thank our bus driver, Ms. Jody Elliott for
getting us home despite some mechanical challenges with the bus.
We would like to especially thank our Band Director, Mr. Jon Schriver
for re-energizing the music program at VMISD.
The Eagle Band is all smiles after a strong performance at New Braunfels
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