The Odem-Edroy Times (Odem, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 12, 2007 Page: 1 of 8
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Home of the Scrappin' Owls
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OHS golfers to play
at Regional tourney
- See Sports, Page 6
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Relay for Life to hold
team captains' meeting
4 Organizers of
this year’s Sinton-
forufe Taft-Odem Relay
for Life, which will
be held on Friday
and Saturday,
April 20-21, are holding an impor-
tant Team Captain’s Meeting. This
meeting, scheduled for 6 p.m.,
Saturday, April 14 at the Odem
Public Library, should be attended
by at least one person for each
team participating in the Relay.
Relay for Life luminaria
order forms needed
Individuals or families who have
made a contribution and wish to
have a luminaria at this year’s Relay
for Life are asked to submit their
order forms as soon as possible.
See page 7 for more information.
Sinton-Odem Lions
Clubs Mexican dinner
The Sinton Nite
Lions and Sinton
Lions Club will
sponsor a
Mexican Supper
on Saturday, April
14 at E. Merle Smith Junior High in
Sinton, from 5-7 p.m. Plates are $6
each and include enchiladas, rice
and beans. Dessert will be provided
by Aunt Aggie De’s. Tickets are
available at the door and to-go
plates will be offered. Funds raised
at the dinner will go towards schol-
arships for Odem and Sinton gradu-
ating seniors.
Odem Owls Athletic
Banquet slated
The Odem Athletic Booster Club
in cooperation with the Odem High
School athletics department will
honor student-athletes at the
upcoming Annual Athletic Awards
Banquet on Tuesday, May 1 at 7
p.m. in the OEISD Cafetorium.
Student-athletes, their parents and
the community are invited to attend.
Tickets to the event, which includes
a steak dinner, are $10 each. For
tickets, contact Booster Club
President Leonard Mejia at 368-
2863 or Tonya Romero, 368-2297.
Rummage sale, fish fry
at Al Amin Shrine
The Al Amin Shriners will hold
their 12th Annual Rummage Sale
on Friday and Saturday, April 13-14,
at 2001 Suntide Rd. in Corpus
Christi. Bargain hunters can shop
from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday and
beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday. A
fried catfish lunch will also be
served from 11 a.m.-2 p.m. on
Saturday. Plates are $6.
Booster Club to meet
Odem Athletic Booster Club
members will meet on Monday, May
7 at 7 p.m in the Odem High School
gymnasium. Anyone interested in
becoming a member should attend.
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Not one, but three!
Odem High School is proud to have had three seniors named Gates Millennium Scholars, including (l-r) Maria Monreal,
Sabellah Perron and Rocio Cruz, after they received notification of the scholarships over the past two weeks. The young
ladies are pictured pointing to the location of their college of choice, including Texas A&M University and Indiana University.
Kurt R. Mogonye photo
A ticket to anywhere
Odem High School boasts three Gates Millennium Scholars
Kurt R. Mogonye
Editor
Thanks to Microsoft founder Bill Gates,
three Odem High School seniors will be
able to attend the college of their choice
next fall - with all expenses paid.
After months of writing essays and sub-
mitting academic records, which began in
September, the three young ladies finally
received notification that they had been
named Gates Millennium Scholars.
The competitive and stringent applica-
tion process results in only 1,000 of the
scholarships being awarded nation-wide,
and OHS can now boast they have pro-
duced three Gates Millennium Scholars.
Maria Monreal, Sabellah Perron and
Rocio Cruz received word of the scholar-
ships in their mailboxes during the past
two weeks, and are now in the final
process of notifying the universities of
their choice.
Monreal, who plans to attend Texas
A&M University next fall to study biology,
says she was floored when her mother
told her a big red folder had arrived.
“I was at school and called my mom
when she told me that it came in the
mail,” said Monreal. “When she said
there was a red folder, that’s when I
knew I got it (the scholarship).”
Monreal said her mother, who is a non-
English speaking resident, couldn’t read
the letter but after seeing Cruz’s notifica-
tion letter, she knew what the big read
folder meant - a ticket to college.
Monreal will be the first in her family to
attend college. She said she eventually
wants to apply for medical school and
become a physician - something the
Gates Millennium Scholar program will
also pay for.
Perron says she is excited about the
scholarship which not only will allow her
to attend Texas A&M, but will enable her
mother to go back to school.
“My mom was going to have to pay for
it (college tuition), but now that I got the
scholarship, she can go back to college,”
said Perron. “I know she wanted to do it
(finish school), but she had cancer and
had to drop her classes,”
Perron and Monreal say they plan to
be roommates when they begin classes
next fall in College Station, and will also
be able to help one another since their
degree plans are essentially the same.
Both want to go to medical school and
become doctors.
Monreal, Perron and Cruz are among
See Scholars, page 8
Groundwater district's temporary directors
say citizens not voting to implement new tax
Dr. Lynn Drawe
Special to The Times
Editor's Note: This article is the second in a
series that will continue weekly until the gen-
eral election on Saturday, May 12. These arti-
cles are being written in an attempt to inform
the public about groundwater districts and the
upcoming vote.
The vote for or against the proposed
San Patricio Groundwater Conservation
District on Saturday, May 12 will be done
by the existing justice of the peace
precincts already set up in the county.
The election will be held in conjunction
with city and school board elections also
being held on that day. A list of voting
locations has been published in newspa-
pers throughout the county.
The seven initial directors, one from
each of the six JP precincts and one at
large, will be listed on each ballot. The ini-
tial directors were elected by acclamation
by law since only one person filed for
office in each precinct. Precinct 8 in the
far eastern part of the county remains
vacant because no one filed for the office.
If the district is approved, the initial
directors may appoint any qualified voter
residing within the precinct to fill the
vacancy.
The initial board will meet to decide
which directors will serve initial 2-year or
4-year terms. Then, as required by law
another election will be held in two years
to fill vacancies in the initial directors.
Thus, the first permanent board would be
in place following the next election in
2009.
The initial board elected in May 2007
will have the task of making rules for the
district and deciding how to fund it.
Funding of the cost of running the district
may be obtained through contributions
from other organizations and/or grants
from the Texas Alliance of Groundwater
Districts. The initial directors may impose
well fees, pumping fees, and/or transfer
fees.
By law the district may impose a fee on
groundwater transferred out of the district.
If the directors decide additional revenue
is required through taxation, a subsequent
election must be held and the tax
approved by the voters. By law the tax is
limited to a maximum of $0.05 per $100
valuation.
The temporary directors decided to not
See Water, page 6
Kiwanis Club looking for golfers
2nd annual golf tournament to assist students with scholarships
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Want to compete?
WHAT: 2nd Annual Sinton Kiwanis
Club Golf Tournament - a Florida
Scramble-format golf tournament to
provide local graduating seniors with
scholarships. Teams of four are being
sought. Registration is $50 per player.
WHEN: Saturday, May 19 from
8 a.m. until all players finish
WHERE: Sinton Municipal Golf Course,
Rob & Bessie Welder Park
QUESTIONS? Call Bubba Petrus at
364-2622 or 364-4941 to register
Kurt R. Mogonye
Editor
The Odem-Sinton Kiwanis Club is calling
all area golfers to mark their calendars and
make plans to participate in their upcoming
golf tournament.
Now in its second year, the Annual
Kiwanis Golf Tournament planned for
Saturday, May 19 at the Sinton Municipal
Golf Course located in Rob & Bessie Welder
Park, is sure to be a day full of fun while rais-
ing funds to support local youth and civic
activities.
Kiwanians were able to provide four
$1,000 scholarships to two graduating sen-
iors from the Class of 2006 at both Odem
and Sinton High School, and hopes are that
the local civic club will surpass last year’s
contributions. But, in order to make the
scholarships possible, the Kiwanis Club
needs teams to sign up.
Organizers are seeking teams of four to
play in the Florida Scramble format tourna-
ment, which will have teams play the best of
four balls. The first ball in the cup for each
team will be used to determine the low score
per hole. Teams are required to use one tee
shot from each player on front and back.
Tournament organizers will allow players to
wear soft spikes only.
The competing foursome must also have a
combined valid handicap of 40 or more. Only
one player with an eight or less handicap per
team is also requested. Golf professionals
are kindly asked to not register for this tour-
nament.
The entry fee is $50 per person and
includes 18 holes of golf, cart and green
fees, lunch and a goody bag for each partic-
ipant. Teams are encouraged to register prior
to May 19, and for those who opt to show up
on the day of the tournament may sign up
beginning at 7:30 a.m. Mulligans will also be
sold by the Kiwanians for $10 each.
The tournament will tee off with a shotgun
See Golf, page 4
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THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2007
City's annual
clean-up event
is Saturday
Odem residents needing to do a little spring clean-
ing will soon have the opportunity to dump their bulk
waste for free.
The city of Odem will sponsor the semi-annual
“Clean-up Day” on Saturday, April 14 to allow those
who live within the city limits to bring furniture, brush
and other large items to the corner of Haisley and
West Borden Streets from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. for dispos-
al.
Those who plan to bring bulk waste to the trash
bins must provide a city utility bill to prove residency,
as the event is open to city residents only. Most items
will be accepted for disposal, excluding hazardous
materials such as paint, oils, batteries, pesticides and
other household chemicals. City staff will be on-hand
to assist residents.
City Secretary Billie Jo Tennill says this is a great
opportunity for residents to clean up Odem. “It’s an
incentive to get people to clean up and encourage
them to get rid of their waste ... the city will pick up the
cost, so residents should take advantage of the oppor-
tunity.”
For more information, call City Hall at 368-2831.
Party's over
28 teens charged
with minor in
possession of alcohol
Kurt R. Mogonye
Editor
More than two dozen teens were sent home with
their parents early Monday morning after law enforce-
ment officers representing three separate agencies
discovered a party near St. Paul.
Deputies with the San Patricio County Sheriff’s
Department, Department of Public Safety Troopers
and agents with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage
Commission converged on a residence located in the
15300 block of FM 3089 to find approximately 30
underaged individuals who had access to beer while
the homeowners were out of town for the weekend.
After rounding up the partygoers, officers wrote a
total of 28 citations for minor in possession (MIP) and
minor in consumption of alcohol (MIC). Those attend-
ing the party ranged in age from 15 to 20 years old,
and claimed residency in Sinton, Odem and Edroy.
Although officers did not make any arrests, the par-
ents and guardians of those who received citations
were notified of the party and asked to come and pick
up their sons and daughters just before 4 a.m.,
Monday, April 9.
Deputies discovered the party after San Patricio
County dispatch received a report at 11:45 p.m.,
Sunday, April 8, that a vehicle had rolled over.
Dispatch radioed deputies that the caller had request-
ed an ambulance to come to a home in the 13800
block of CR 962.
According to sheriff’s department reports, the first
deputy that arrived at the home where the accident
victim was located, witnessed several minors standing
in the driveway while one male was sitting on an ice
chest, apparently injured as he held his hands to his
chest area and had a towel wrapped around his right
hand.
See Party, page 8
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Egg-cellent hunting skills..
Students in Odem’s Head Start classes, including
Erik Santellana (above), enjoyed a day outside
hunting Easter eggs last Thursday before an
unusually cold blast hit the area bringing rain with
it over the weekend. The youngsters made their
very own Easter baskets covered with cotton balls
in the shape of bunnies. submitted photo
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