The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 2004 Page: 1 of 18
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Vol. 108, No. 34 • Goldthwaite, Mills County, Tx 76844 • Wed., March 3,2004
Early voting
continues
through Fri. at
Clerk’s Office
"Miss" Cinderfella 2004
"Miss" Kenny "Kendra" Prescott, left, was named Miss
Cinderfella at the competition held last week at the Mills
County Civic Center. The award was presented by "Mr."
Traci Tiemann, right. The star-studded (no pun intended)
event included Cinderfella contestants Phillip "Victoria's
Secret” Lang, Bryan “Bibi Banks” Mann, Blake “Bambi”
Padgett, Daryll “ Darlene” Gremillion, John “Juliette” Hale,
Nolan “Natalia” Wagner, Chris “Candy” Moore, Chad “Shy
Ann” Davis and Jose “Margarita” Vasquez. Mills County
Judge Rob Lindsey was the Master of Ceremonies, assisted
by Ashley Foster. Proceeds of the event, and the later cake
auction, went to Project Graduation. Individual awards
were Best Interview, Darlene; Best Attitude, Natalia; Most
Original, Bibi; Lovliest Make-Up, Candy; Best Dressed,
, Bambi; Miss Personality, Victoria’s Secret; Best Model,
Juliette; Best Dance Moves, Margarita; and Cutest Hair,
Shy Ann. Almost $5,000 was raised from the event.
for Primaries
Early voting for the March
9th Democratic and Republi-
can Primaries will end on Fri-
day, March 5th in the offices
of the Mills County Clerk in
the Mills County Courthouse.
Election day, Tuesday,
March 9th, will find all the
regular boxes of the county
open for the Democratic Pri-
mary, with the exception of
Ridge, which has been
changed to the Ebony Com-
munity Center. Voting will be
from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Republican ballots may be
cast at only one location, the
Clerk’s Office in the court-
house.
Under a new Texas state
law, voters must present a
valid voter’s registration card,
driver’s license or other legal
form of identification at the
time they vote.
In the past, elections offi-
Leon Sutherland Photo
Hohertz drives into the paint
cials who knew an individual Hope Hohertz of the Priddy Lady Pirates, skirts a Bloomburg defender, in the Regional
could verify their identity if the Semi-finals game at Georgetown last Friday. The feisty defense of Bloomburg was a little
voter forgot his or her regis- too much for the Lady Pirates as the team lost 39-33, ending a stellar season for the defending
tration card or other identifi- Class A champions. The game was a rough and tumble physical game,
cation. Under the new law, the
voter must present acceptable
documentation to receive a
ballot.- show on Italy trip
Voters should be aware that 1 . :
1OCL 9«Prospective vacationers are
they can only vote in one of invited to a special slide show
the two party primaries. on a big Italy package, spon-
Local contested races are sored by Mills County State
Mills County Attorney be- Bank. The tour will leave the Allen Moreland brought me an interesting “Letter to the
tween Keri Roberts and Kirk United States on October 18th, Editor” last week. It was not sent to The Goldthwaite Eagle,
Fulk, and Precinct Three Com- and features most of the prime but was sent to The Woodstock Herald in Shenandoah,
missioner between Billy. tourist attractions of Italy. Virginia on December 31,1903. It did, however, originate
Hobbs and Richard Spinks. The show begins at 6:00 from a Goldthwaite farmer, I. Thomas Moreland, who’ was
These two are in the Demo- p.m. onMonday, March Sth at Allen’s grandfather. It was sent to his home town and
| cratic Primary. the bank’s Community Room, described “a year on the farm.” The family farm was located
in the Pleasant Grove Community, and is now owned by
-sistereneen
-
water under the bridge
by g.f.b.
Six Lady Eagles receive All District honors HuRMnealbronniaBern,
X 4 O "We have come to the close of another year, which has
Tiemann named Defensive Player of the Year brosmasbeen a very popperous year to us. We had a large
Steve Bridges mendous effort throughout about wins and losses. We All District honors are some- crop of everything and had such good prices.
ARANT Ermon each practice and game this teach life lessons each day in thing the girls can really be "We ha(i 42 acres of cotton, and from that, we made 28
The Lady Eagles made the season.” The Lady Eagles practice and in game situa- excited about. All the girls on bales, which brought us $1,432.33, cash. We raised 19
playoffs for nine consecutive
seasons, a Goldthwaite High
School record in any varsity
sport. Yet, success year after
year in the girl’s basketball
program has made the 2004
season seem not so sweet for
some of the Lady Eagle play-
ers.
Coach Wayne Johnson
stated, “The girls gave tre-
mendous effort throughout about wins and losses. We All District honors are some-
each practice and game this teach life lessons each day in thing the girls can really be
season.” The Lady Eagles practice and in game situa- excited about. All the girls on
ended the 2004 season with a tions. Players learn to sacrifice the team should be proud of
16-13 record, but 12 losses in order to help the team sue- what they have accomplished
came to playoff teams. “Some ceed, deal with success and together this season.” Johnson
of our girls took the losses hard failure, and learn good work said..
and didn’t seem to enjoy their ethic.” : The same coaching phi-
wins,” Johnson commented. That work ethic was re- losophy is apparent from sev-
Johnson went on to say, warded when six Lady Eagles enth grade through varsity
“There would be no need for received District 9-AA All girls’ basketball. The seventh
high school sports if it was all District honors recently. It is grade girls went 11-5 , eighth
pretty rare to have six players grade went 12-4 and the Jun-
on an all district team. These ior Varsity went 19-5 on their
respective seasons.
“I know that by the time the
girls get to varsity, they have
been well coached throughout
their careers by the other
coaches. That is a luxury many
varsity coaches do not have,’
Johnson said.
The Lady Eagles haven’t
wasted any time getting into
spring sports since basketball
season ended. When asked
bushels of wheat to the acre, 500
bushels of oats off five acres and
a good corn crop, and hired very
little, only through the busiest
cotton picking.
“The land here will grow
anything without fertilizer. It is
slow advancing in value. Land
here with good improvements can
be bought for $12 to $14 per acre,
from 300 to 400 acres in a tract.
“Cattle are low, but horses and
especially mules are high. Wheat
is 65€ per bushel, corn 500, oats
500, pork 80, turkeys 90, and
eggs 200 a dozen.
“Mr. John Boyers’ children
arrived at Goldthwaite the 23rd of
this month and I had the pleasure
of meeting one of them the first
ee
This is
sucha
healthy
country,
too
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BRITTANY MOSELEY
... SecondTeam
TRACI TIEMANN
...First Team and
Defensive Player
of the Year
about spring sports, Johnson
stated, “Cross country, track,
CHRISTI CORONADO tennis and softball will help
Second Team our girls stay in shape during
* " spring. These sports are a big
factor in our winning strategy.
The future of Lady Eagles
basketball looks even brighter
next year in Class A, Johnson
stated, “The community, par-
ents, and administration have
created an environment that
enables these girls to play at a
very high level year after year.
Parents want their daughters to
experience being a part of a
cohesive team and contribute
day he was here, then several
days later I went to see them. They are getting along very
well and like the country fine.
We certainly have had warm weather for this time of year.
It has been as warm here all winter as it would be in May in
Virginia, and it has been like a summer day all day today.
Christmas Day was one of the most pleasant days. We sat in
the house all day without a fire. There has not been more than
a few days all Fall that we had a fire on the hearth and then
only in the evenings and mornings. \
“This is such a healthy country too. We haven't had any
sickness since we lived here, nor any sickness anywhere
around that I know of.
"I guess it is time I was bringing my letter to a close for
this time. Enclosed you will please find a check for one dollar
on the National Bank of Woodstock to pay for the paper for
another year, with my best wishes to all the Herald readers.
“I remain, I. Thomas Moreland, Goldthwaite, Texas.”
JENNIFER NORWOOD
... First Team
REGAN MILES
... SecondTeam
TERRA STEPHENS
... First Team
It appears that a hometown boy went west to make his
to our ongoing success. All I fortune and was doing just fine. He also knew how to get his
have to say is: Let’s go after name in the paper. Just send in a subscription renewal. Not
the other team and have some many editors will turn down a “cash” deal like that.
fun.”
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Bridges, G. Frank & Bridges, Georgie. The Goldthwaite Eagle (Goldthwaite, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 3, 2004, newspaper, March 3, 2004; Goldthwaite, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1659877/m1/1/?rotate=180: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jennie Trent Dew Library.