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Copyright 2005 • San Patricio Publishing Co., Inc.
Volume 59 • No. 4 • 10 Pages
Home of the Scrappin’ Owls
Thursday, January 27,2005
Rockin’ O’s Baylor Bellamy wins 2005 A&H Show Queen crown
The 55th Annual San Patricio and Aransas County A&H Show Queen’s
Court was named Sunday, Jan. 23 at Sinton High School. Pictured
above are: Second Runner-up Lori Hennigan of the Sinton 4-H Club,
Show Queen Baylor Bellamy of the Rockin’ O 4-H Club and First
Runner-up and Miss Congeniality Shannon Pyatte of the Portland 4-H
Club. Also named to the court but not pictured are: Fourth Runner-
up Amy Genovese of the Ingleside 4-H Club and Third Runner-Up
Cassandra Sasser of the Mathis 4-H Club. Handing down the crown to
Bellamy was former Rockin’ O member Crystal Cunningham.
Cunningham now attends Texas A&M University-College Station.
Kelly Kastner Photo
Jennifer Ramsey
Associate Editor
Remaining true to your char-
acter and always setting a good
example was the strong mes-
sage the 16 San Patricio and
Aransas County A&H Show
Queen candidates sent out at the
Sunday, January £3 competition.
The ladies spoke on topics of
ethics in showmanship, respect,
character and what they would
say to Texas high schools if they
had the opportunity to tour for a
year.
Representing the Sinton 4-H
was Lori Hennigan who attribut-
es her parents for her concept
and embodiment of respect.
“The biggest influence of
respect in my life are my par-
ents,” said Hennigan.
Fellow contestant Katelyn
Featherling of the San Pat 4-H
Horse Show also had something
profound to say about respect.
“The importance of respect is
far-reaching. Without respect,
society would not function as
well,” she said.
Taft 4-Her Rush Johnson
stressed the importance of ethics
in the A&H Show.
“I believe that ethics are the
most important part of the show.
I encourage ethics in my peers
by being myself,” she said.
Rockin’ O 4-H Club’s Bellamy
Baylor expressed that the most
important message to send to
Texas high school students is “to
be involved and stay committed
to what you start.” Baylor will get
the chance to deliver this mes-
sage to students around the
state because she was crowned
the 2005 A&H Show Queen.
Baylor and her peers compet-
ed in three rounds of competi-
tion: Casual western attire,
dressy western attire and the top
five finalists question.
While modeling their casual
the Rockin’ O 4-H Club delivered
her final words as queen before
passing the crown to one of her
own, Bellamy.
“Never settle for the path of
least resistance,” she told this
year’s contestants.
I believe that ethics are the
most important part of the show. I
encourage ethics in my peers by
n
being myself.
Rush Johnson, Taft 4-H Club
wear on the stage, masters of
the ceremonies Big Frank and
Deena of K-99 announced each
contestant’s activities, offices
and future plans.
Contestants each made their
speeches during the dressy
western attire session.
After a grueling and nerve-
wracking intermission, the four-
member panel of judges came
back with the top five contes-
tants. Judges were: Jerry Gray,
Jenny Russell, Lindsey O’Neil
and Sarah Womble.
The first name announced
was Cassandra Sasser of the
Mathis 4-H Club, following her
were Shannon Pyatte of the
Portland 4-H Club, Chelsea
Hospodar of the Odem FFA,
Hennigan and Amy Genovese of
the Ingleside 4-H Club.
Outgoing 2004 A&H Show
Queen Crystal Cunningham of
Cunningham is a graduate of
Odem High School and currently
attends Texas A&M University
College Station.
Finally, the moment everyone
had been waiting for had arrived:
the announcement of winners.
Crowned Miss Congeniality
was Pyatte who also received 1st
runner-up.
Fourth runner-up was
Genovese, Sasser was 3rd run-
ner-up, Hennigan was named
second runner-up. Bellamy
shook and unsuccessfully held
back tears of surprise and joy as
she was crown queen.
“I am honored to have this
opportunity,” she said.
From Sunday’s competition,
all 16 ladies walked away with a
winning attitude.
“My FFA chapter has devel-
oped my character in ways I
can’t explain. It has made me*
hard working and dedicated,”
Sinton’s Paige Ivey said.
Lauria Kelly of the San
Patricio County Farm Bureau
presented each contestant with a
charm. Creative Awards in
Fredericksburg donated the
buckle, while Roger’s Fine
Jewelers donated the tiaras and
Portland’s Artistic Creations
donated the roses.
During the week of the show,
pageant contestants will assist in
handing out ribbons during the
livestock show and helping buy-
ers at Saturday’s auction.
Odem FFA’s Chelsea Hospodar
competes in the A&H Show
Queen’s contest on Sunday.
Welder Wildlife Foundation opens its gates to for annual youth hunt
Libby Connelley
Associate Editor
Welder Wildlife Foundation
opened its gates again this,
weekend to the Texas Wildlife
Association’s Youth Hunter
Program.
For the last three years, the
Foundation has allowed Dr.
Walker Fletcher to bring in a
group of young hunters who may
be missing out on hunting due to
the difficulty in locating a place
where they can learn how to
hunt.
“Our interest in the youth hunt
is ultimately conservation and
good stewardship of the land
through proper use of hunting as
a tool to manipulate animal pop-
ulations,” said Dr. Lynn Drawe,
director of Welder Wildlife
Foundation.
He said as conservationists,
it’s the Foundation’s job to main-
tain an interest in hunting in
order to have that available as a
tool.
“We manage parts and pieces
of this earth,” said Drawe. “We
can’t just let Mother Nature take
its course, we have to be the
‘man’ in manager.”
The goal of the program is to
provide the youth of Texas a safe
and educational hunt in hopes
that these hunts will foster hunt-
ing and provide a solid and
memorable experience.
“Kids these days don’t have
the opportunities some of us had
when we were growing up,” said
Fletcher. “The hunting heritage
is being lost and we want to
instill that heritage in these kids.”
Fletcher said he picks kids
who want to be a part of the out-
doors and have never been
hunting before.
This year, hunters included
Carolyn Mercier, 13, of Sinton,
and her father Donald Mercier.
Michelle and John Atkinson, of
Odem, brought their eleven-
year-old son Kyle. Also from
Odem were ten-year-old Hunter
and his parents Cynthia and Jeff
Sorrells. David Jones, 16, drove
down from Aransas Pass with
his dad.
The hunters and their families
arrived at the Wildlife Foundation
Friday evening to settle in.
Early Saturday morning the
group of young hunters and their
parents woke up for a light snack
before they set out to their indi-
vidual ground stand locations.
During the morning portion of
the hunt some the hunters saw
several animals, none of which
they were allowed to hunt; they
were instructed to harvest only
one doe or a pig.
“I saw a seven-point buck
walking straight to me,” said
Hunter. “But we weren’t allowed
to shoot bucks.”
The hunters were collected
from their stands a few hours
later and taken back to camp for
breakfast.
They then met with game war-
dens Albert Flores and Sam
Harris who instructed the
hunters on gun safety and hunt-
ing guidelines.
See Youth Hunt, page 8
Fifty-four mailboxes between Sinton, Odem
destroyed by unknown culprits January 15th
Libby Connelley
Associate Editor
Sometime after 11 p.m. on
January 15, a large number of
mailboxes were destroyed
between Sinton and Odem, said
Sheriff Leroy Moody.
“There are 54 that we know
of,” said Moody, “and we got that
number from driving down the
road and counting.”
The mailboxes were dam-
aged on a six-mile stretch of
country roads between Sinton
and Odem.
“The damage starts at Hwy.
188 west of Sinton to FM 630,”
said Moody. “It then goes down
FM 630 to County Road 54 just
south of Odem.”
The mailboxes were hit with
something made of iron and
damage is estimated at $15 to
$20 per mailbox.
“If whoever damaged the
mailboxes is caught, they will be
prosecuted and people will
expect restitution for their dam-
aged property,” said Moody.
Moody said if anyone has any
information regarding who may
have damaged the mailboxes,
they are encouraged to contact
the sheriff’s department.
Sheriff Leory Moody displays one
of the damaged mailboxes. The
damage happened the weekend of
January 15 and anyone with infor-
mation is encouraged to contact
the Sheriff’s Department.
Libby Connelley photo
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Librarian Kay Janak and library board member, Ruth Payne, at left,
accept a check in the amount of $12,500 from Dottie Adair, right, repre-
senting Tennessee Pipeline Construction Company. (See story, page 3)
The San Patricio & Aransas County
A&H Livestock Show
January 26 - 29,2005
Support our youth, attend the San Patricio &
Aransas County Fifty-Fifth Annual A&H Livestock Show ^
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