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THE BOERNE Star & Recorder
Tuesday OCTOBER 11, 2005
ORITARTHC
Elaine Odell Westenhaver
March 9,1909 - Oct. 6, 2005
Elaine Odell Westenhaver died at the age of 96 on Oct. 6,
2005, in Boerne. She was born March 9, 1909, in Seiling,
Oklahoma.
Mrs. Westenhaver is survived by her daughter, Diane E.
Madison of Cassville, Missouri; daughter-in-law Sibyl
Westenhaver of Katy; grand- ..............................■—................
children Gayle Everitt of Katy,
Jeff Westenhaver of Houston,
David Thrash of Omaha, I
Nebraska, Lori Smoker of VU *
Leesburg, Indiana, and Aaron
McCullogh of Wichita, Kansas;
10 great-grandchildren and her
sister, Ila Gregory of Vici,
Oklahoma.
Graveside services were held
Saturday, Oct. 8, in Sunnyside
Cemetery in Vici, Oklahoma.
Arrangements with
Ebensberger Funeral Home of
Boerne.
Ebensberger
Funeral Home
FAMILY OWNED SINCE 1882
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Boerne Cemetery Sexton
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Ella Moseley
Nov. 1, 1916 - Oct. 7, 2005
Ella Moseley, age 88, of Kerrville passed away Friday, Oct. 7,
2005, in a Goliad care center. She was born Nov. 1, 1916, in
Hondo to Richard and Margarete (Durst) Ellebracht. On May
30, 1933, she married Robert Lee Moseley in Ingram.
At the age of 13, Ella went to work in Ingram, where she also
went to school. She did housework and worked the Ingram
switchboard for four years. She moved to Hunt, and was the
telephone operator there for several years. In later years, Ella
worked the switchboard at Peterson Hospital in Kerrville. She
then went to work as a receptionist for Dr. Jones, Dr. Packard
and Dr. Matthews. From there, she was employed at Kerrville
State Hospital as a switchboard operator and retired from there
after 22 years. In 1990, Ella went to work for John and Susie
Grimes as a receptionist. She retired from Grimes Funeral
Chapels in 2003. She was a member of First
Baptist Church of Kerrville.
Ella is survived by her husband of 72 years, Lee Moseley of
Goliad, formerly of Kerrville; daughter, Betty Love and hus-
band Ted of Goliad; son, Billy Moseley and wife Trish of
Boerne; sister, Evelyn Jewel of Corpus Christi; grandchildren,
Stephanie Perales and husband Robert, Ryan Moseley,
Kathleen Uyvari and husband Joseph and Sherry Urich and
husband Jay; great-grandchildren, Eric Robinson and
Trey Perales; and one great-great grandson, Tyler Robinson.
A visitation was held Sunday, Oct. 9, at Grimes Funeral
Chapels. Services were Monday, Oct. 10, at Grimes Funeral
Chapels. Interment followed at Nichols Cemetery, Ingram.
The family invites you to send condolences at www.grimes-
funeralchapels.com by selecting the "Send Condolences" link.
Funeral arrangements are entrusted to Grimes Funeral
Chapels of Kerrville.
ACEVEDO
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saying they never had a funeral
service.
Lorraine Acevedo, the defen-
dant’s mother, also testified say-
ing that her son had been pre-
scribed two antidepressants, from
two different doctors following
the shooting.
“My son was having hallucina-
tions... speaking to himself and
the television,” Lorraine Acevedo
said.
When Cavazos asked the defen-
dant’s mother if he had said any-
thing about their son cutting
Padilla’s throat, she said, “He did
not recall what happened. He had
an out-of-body experience.”
When asked if he had any com-
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Celebrating Diez y Seis
Fabra’s bilingual teachers
Anna Weissling, Michelle
Porter, Maricela White,
Julie Montez and Haydee
LeBron welcomed their stu-
dents and families at an
Open House to celebrate the
Independence of Mexico.
White and her pre-
Kindergarten students led
the group in singing "Mes
de Septiembre". This song
teaches about activities like
reading, singing and writing
that are learned at school.
The bilingual students in
pre-K through second
grades have been studying
the historical Independence
of Mexico. During the open
house, they performed a
representation of the night
the Declaration of
Independence was signed.
One group of students rep-
resented the Mexican com-
munity and the other group
represented the kingdom of
Spain.
After the presentations,
the students marched out to
enjoy some outdoor time
while their parents joined
the teachers for informa-
tional meetings.
Brian Ordondez, Leonardo Garza, Christopher Villa and Frank Perez celebrate the
Day of the Independence of Mexico.
N ApALC Donaldson, a camera assistant
IICNAK from New Market, England who
FROM PAGE 1 helped fly the ultralight into
------------------------------Boerne.
conferences throughout the trip, “They find thermals in the
inviting experts and conserva- atmosphere and ride those
tionists of the Monarch to speak updrafts to gain altitude during
to crowds in New York City, their migration.”
Washington D.C., Nashville, Prior to arriving in Boerne, the
Knoxville, Lawrence, Kansas, crew spent a day in Seguin film-
and Dallas. ing and tracking the Monarch’s
During their trip, the pilots wit- progress into Texas.
nessed an amazing ability of the Shortly after their stop in
Monarch to fly as high as 13,000 Boerne to eat and visit with
feet above sea level, although the friends, the aircraft was to fly to
average is 3,000 feet. Eagle Pass where they hoped to
The team has also noted that the find larger groups of the butterfly
butterfly has a flight ratio of 3:1 - which usually funnel into
traveling three feet forward for Mexico through the skies over
every foot lost in altitude. Texas.
“Monarchs fly very similar to After leaving on Aug. 22 from
gliders,” said Andrew Montreal, and traveling at a top
airspeed of 60 miles per hour - netic field played a role. But now,
with a good tailwind, the project many scientists agree that the
is on schedule to arrive in central Monarch uses ultraviolet (UV)
Mexico on Nov. 3, where the rays to find its way during the
Monarch hibernates through autumn migration.
mid-February into March. The ability of the Monarch to
Mating begins in early spring survive under changing global
and for those Monarchs that sur- conditions is also under debate.
vive the hibernation, they will set “There’s an argument between
out on a return trip to the south- the scientists about the rate the
ern U.S. Monarch’s hibernation grounds
Scientists still do not know how are disappearing due to illegal
the Monarch makes its migration logging and global warming,”
because the ones that return to said Donaldson.
hibernation areas have never “This is our opportunity to raise
been there before. awareness of the Monarch and
It was believed that the the environment.”
Monarch found its way south To learn more about the
using the sun as a guide, but that Papalotzin project, and to keep
was discounted as the butterfly track of the team’s daily
flies under cloudy skies. progress, visit
Others thought the earth’s mag- www.papalotzin.com.
W s aid Mary Alice Donofrio, one of. - GA S PRICES ' SIE T ,15120514 s . , ■
five siblings. “I consider you a at-on 1 for heating could see his gas Both oil and natural gas
FROM PAGE 1 bill be several hundred dollars availability have been severely
-----------------------------more than last year, especially impaired and the effects of this
electric bill through the Power if there is a prolonged period of will reverberate through the
Cost Recovery Factor. very cold winter days. economy of this country for
“As the costs go up, our cus- Tippett warns that some cus- some time. The main thing that
tomers' bills go up and vice- tomers could see residential US citizens can do is conserve,
versa as costs go down,” said natural gas heating bills that We simply have to do it."
Tippett,. exceed $600 per month. Bodman predicted that con-
A Boerne customer using City Public Service in San servation could begin to make
1,000 kwh for the month of Antonio is currently telling "a major dent" in demand
October would see his electric their customers that heating which would eventually lower
bill increase to $87.14 as com- with natural gas will mean an fuel costs.
pared to $79.99 in September, average increase of $1,000 for Bodman said, "We all need to
But by the December billing, the winter season over what be more thoughtful in how we
that same customer could see they paid last year. use energy. While the economy
an increase to over $100 for the The higher energy costs could had thrived on relatively inex-
same kwh consumption. persist for several years, pensive energy, those days, at
At the same time a Boerne Samuel Bodman, US energy least for the medium term, are
customer who uses natural gas secretary, warned last week. behind us."
coward for not telling us what
really happened.”
She read aloud a prepared state-
ment entitled ‘Pain and Sorrow.’
“Your grief and pain was no
excuse for what you did to my
brother,” she read. “You’re the
only one that knows what hap-
pened that day.”
The death of his youngest broth-
er came at a hard time for Michael
Donofrio of Toledo, Ohio, he
said, because the family had to
deal with this loss along with their
mother’s struggle with cancer.
u n “One thing that concerns me is
Dario Acevedo that you haven’t shown any
ments just moments before being remorse,” he said, as he looked
sentenced, Acevedo, wearing Acevedo in the eyes. “I hope you
handcuffs and shackles, stood up never see the light of day again.”
from his chair and was about to Another sister, Suzzie Donofrio,
speak publicly for the first time pledged that she would be at
during the trial. Acevedo’s parole hearing in 30
But his attorneys stepped in years and said, “You are responsi-
stopping Acevedo short of mak- ble for the worst news our family
ing a statement and whispered to has ever received.”
him, which caused the defendant After Ables closed the case and
to change his mind and remain Acevedo was led out of the court-
silent. room, family members expressed
Thirsty for an explanation as to relief that their brother’s murderer
why Acevedo shot and killed their was now gone and shared hugs
youngest brother, three members with several members of
of the Donofrio family were given Acevedo’s family.
the opportunity to face the mur- "I definitely thought that life in
derer, who sat still and expres- prison was a fair order by the
sionless during the victim-impact judge,” said Cavazos who had
statements. pled with the jury to choose a
“It’s been the worst thing that guilty verdict. “He’s an absolute
has ever happened in my life,” menace and danger to society.”
TEEN PARTY
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who later refused transport.
Burkhart was arrested and
taken to the Kendall County jail
and charged with purchasing
and furnishing alcohol to
minors. Criminal charges were
also expected on Burkhart for
interference with public duties
as deputies tried to gain entry to
the property. Tate will also face
the same charges.
The Sheriff’s department says
that facts are still sketchy on the
assaults and are still being
investigated.
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