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Celebrating 60 years together
Corrinne and Art Van Veen of Port Aransas were married 60 years Sunday, Sept. 9. The couple celebrated
the anniversary with a party including family and friends who came from around the world to attend.
Van Veens mark 60 years of marriage
Corrinne and Art Van Veen cele-
brated 60 years of marriage Sunday,
Sept. 9, at Port Royal Ocean Resort
on Mustang Island.
The couple was married Sept. 9,
1947, in the Netherlands. They im-
migrated to the United States soon
after, and have lived in Port Aransas
for nearly 10 years.
The Van Veens have a son, Cliff
(Mary) Van Veen of Santa Rosa,
Calif.; a daughter, Cindy (Tom)
Gentry of Corpus Christi and three
grandchildren, Nicolet Van Veen of
Santa Rosa and Zachary and Jacob
Gentry of Corpus Christi.
Friends and family from around
the world attended the anniversary
party, including three nieces and
one nephew from The Netherlands;
an exchange student from Germany
they hosted many years ago; the
son of close friends who have died
came from Seattle, Wash.; friends
from Michigan; friends from Il-
linois and friends from the Coastal
Bend.
India missionary to speak here
The community is invited to hear a
talk on Operation Equip India (OEI),
a multi-organizational Christian ini-
tiative, on Tuesday, Sept. 25.
Missionary Tim Swauger, founder
of OEI, will speak at 6:30 p.m., at
the First Baptist Church, 200 N.
Station St.
The presentation is open to every-
one, and dessert and coffee will be
served afterwards in the Fellowship
Hall.
OEI is dedicated to equipping
India's disabled with the physical,
spiritual, educational and socioeco-
nomic tools necessary for a life of
independence and advancement. Its
focus is on rural disabled children and
youth up to age of 25, women with
disabilities, and people affected by
leprosy, irrespective of caste, creed
and religion.
According to American Leprosy
Missions, India has the highest rate
of leprosy in the world. Leprosy is
readily curable, but without early
treatment, crippling affects set in.
Superstitions and social isolation
abound for those affected by this
disease.
Founded in 1997, OEI has reached
thousands of people disabled by
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Pastor's Pen
Burden bridges
Ants are endlessly fascinating crea-
tures. I remember as a child sitting
by ant mounds for long stretches of
time, just watching the workers go-
ing in and out building the nest one
grain of sand at a time, or following
an ant trail backward for what to an
ant must seem like miles to a food
source. These tiny creatures are
remarkable for their social organiza-
tion and amazing strength, capable of
carrying loads many times larger and
heavier than themselves.
A man was watching one of these
fascinating crea-
tures carrying a
piece of straw
that was quite a
bit longer than
herself. As he
watched, the ant
came to one of
those deep cracks
in the ground that
happen in Texas during dry summers
(not this one, obviously, but you
remember what most summers are
like). The crack was too wide for the
Service is today for
avid angler Gilmore
leprosy through its partnership with
American Leprosy Missions.
OEI also partners with Wheels for
the World, which delivers hundreds
of wheelchairs each year to India.'
Teams from the USA that specialize
in wheel chair fitting come to India to
customize each donated wheelchair
to the exact specifications of each
recipient.
For more information, call the
church at 749-6479, or visit Operation
Equip India's Web site, www.equip-
india.org.
Celebration of
Dreessen's life
slated Saturday
Friends and
family of Alicia
Dreessen are in-
vited to celebrate
her life Saturday,
Sept. 15.
Dreessen,
who died Friday,
March 30, 2007,
had been a resident of Port Aransas
since 2002.
The celebration will begin at
Woody's Sports Center, where friends
will board the Island Queen at 4 p.m.
It will make a trip to the Lydia Ann
Channel where her ashes will be
scattered.
After returning to land, the group
will proceed to the beach at Pole
Marker 2, where a weenie roast will
be held, and friends will be able to
remember Dreessen.
In the event of bad weather, the
feast will be moved to the Pelican
Condominium Beach House.
"It was her request to celebrate her
life, not mourn her passing," said her
husband,Jack.
Alicia Dreessen was a homemaker,
an artist, a member of Community
Presbyterian Church, Port Aransas
Garden Club, Keep Port Aransas
Beautiful, Port Aransas Preservation
and Historical Association, Rockport
Center for the Arts and was a member
and served on the board of directors of
the Art Center for the Islands.
Memorial services for longtime
Port Aransas fisherman Dr. Robert
Marshall "Doc" Gilmore will be held
at Community Presbyterian Church
today, Thursday, Sept. 13, at 10 a.m.
The Rev. Richard Safford will offici-
ate with Charlie Zahn and Ed Ziegler.
Casual island attire is suggested.
Gilmore, 80, died Thursday, Sept.
6, 2007, at his home in Port Aransas
from complications of lung cancer. He
had been a longtime resident of Port
Aransas and considered a "fixture"
at Woody's Sports Center, frequently
spending time with "old-timers"
swapping fish tales.
He was born May 22, 1927, in
Schwartz Creek, Mich., to Marshall V.
Gilmore and Delia Tibbets Gilmore.
Gilmore left high school early to
enlist in the U.S. Navy during World
War II. Upon returning from the war,
he attended college with the assis-
tance of the Montgomery G.I. Bill.
He was married to Bette Lu Gra-
ham, and they had four children.
Gilmore graduated from Baylor
and The University of Texas Medi-
cal Branch, and completed his fam-
ily practice residency at Memorial
Medical Center in Corpus Christi in
1956. He practiced family medicine
in Mathis and Portland for 50 years.
Gilmore loved to hunt and fish
in the company of friends. He was
inducted into the Port Aransas Boat-
man's Hall of Fame in 2007 and felt
honored by the induction, said a fam-
ily member.
Gilmore is survived by his wife,
Sharon of 37 years; four children,
Linda (Dennie) Burris of Tulsa,
Okla., Robert (Clare) Gilmore Jr. of
Portland; Venessa (Charles) Huff-
man of South Bend, Ind., and David
il
'Doc' Gilmore
(LuAnne) Gilmore of Atlanta, Ga.; 11
grandchildren, Army 1st Lt. Robert
M. Gilmore III and his wife Air
Force Master Sgt. Tisha Gilmore, Joy
(Scott) Riddle, Shane (Jennifer Re-
ider) Huffman, Faith (Greg) Miller,
Beth (Thomas) Armstrong, Rene
(Jimmy) Story, Duane (Megan) Bur-
ris, Amber (Michael) Baker, David
Austin (Joelle) Burris, Aaron (Holly)
Huffman, Ashley (Andy) Greathouse
and 20 great-grandchildren.
His ashes will be scattered in the
Gulf of Mexico past the Whistler
Buoy.
Deaths/Funerals
Blackard
Allan Blackard, a former resident
of Port Aransas, died Wednesday,
Sept. 5,2007, at his home in Kerrville.
He was 64.
He was preceded in death by his
parents, A. A. and Katherine Blackard,
and his brother, Frederick "Blacky"
Blackard.
Survivors include four children,
four grandchildren, a sister and sis-
ter-in-law, arid numerous nieces and
nephews.
Contact the family through Marjo-
rie Blackard at (361) 729-6169.
ant to step across, too steep for her
to carry her load down and up again,
and too long to walk around without
becoming disoriented.
The ant walked back and forth,
seemingly examining the problem
from all angles, and the man assumed
that eventually she would have to
leave her treasure behind in order
to return home. Suddenly the tiny
creature, with virtually no brain to
speak of, lowered her head, laid the
straw across the gap, walked over on
the straw, picked it up and resumed
her journey.
The ant turned her burden into a
bridge. (Story found at Lectionaid.
com)
How often do we find ourselves
carrying burdens that seem far too
large to bear? We feel like that ant,
loaded to the hilt with concerns about
our lives, our families, our jobs;
perhaps lugging feelings of guilt, of
shame, of doubt; getting by, but just
barely getting on. And then we find
ourselves faced with a seemingly im-
possible obstacle. We complain that
God has promised that we will not be
given a load impossible to carry, and
yet here we are with no way forward,
no way around.
Like the ant, our first step is to lay
our burdens down. Place our fears,
our doubts, our uncertainties before
the presence of God. Then we can
look for a way forward, which is often
based on the very issues that have
been weighing us down all along: The
troubled child who becomes a bless-
ing, the learnings we have achieved
that help a neighbor through his own
difficult times. The burdens that
we lay down at the feet of Jesus are
turned into a cross we can now lift up
again and bear on behalf of others.
And then our burden is turned into
a bridge. {
Turn our burden into a cross.
Richard Safford is pastor at Com-
munity Presbyterian Church.
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
James Bruster, Minister
Sunday Bible Class 9 a.m.
Worship 10 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Wednesday Class 7 p.m.
205 Brundrett
749-5498....361-563-8232
CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
OF LATTER DAY SAINTS
Paul Campbell, President
Sacrament Meeting: 9:30 a.m.
Sunday School: 10:45 a.m.
Primary: 10:45 a.m.
Priesthood and Relief Society:
11:30 a.m.
3035 Hwy 35 N.
Rockport
(361) 790-5699
COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN
Richard Safford, Pastor
Sunday Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Church School 9:30 a.m. Sun.
Bible Study 4:00 p.m. Wed.
113 S. Alister 749-5319
11TH STREET CHRISTIAN
John Pritchett, Minister
Sunday School: 10 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m.
11th & Nelson Ave.
Aransas Pass....758-5818
FAITH LUTHERAN
James Sturgis, Pastor
938 W. Lott Ave., Aransas Pass
361-758-3145
Bible Study: 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship: 11:00 a.m.
FIRST BAPTIST
William Campbell, Pastor
Sunday School/Bible
Study - all ages 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 11:00 a.m.
Evening Worship: T.B.A.
Wed. Prayer Service: 7 p.m.
200 N. Station .......749-6479
FIRST CHRISTIAN
(Disciples of Christ)
Rev. David Dear, Pastor
Sunday School: 9:45 a.m.
Worship: 11 a.m.
337 W. Nelson & Rife
Aransas Pass....
758-3530
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Sunday Service: 8:45 & 11 a.m.
Sunday School at 10:00 a.m.
15602 Hwy. 361 (by Beach Access Rd. 3)
749-0884 or 361 -438-2337
ISLAND WORSHIP CENTER
Pentecostal Sabrina Grubbs, Pastor
Sunday: 10:00 a.m.
Wed. Bible Study - 7 p.m.
1801 S. 11th 749-5772
ST. JOSEPH CATHOLIC
Father John Xaviour
Rosary 7:45 & Mass 8 a.m. daily
Sunday Mass: 9 & 11 a.m.
Saturday Mass: 5 p.m.
Holy Days 8 a.m. & 6 p.m.
Confession: 4 p.m.
100 N. Station 749-5825
TRINITY-BY-THE-SEA
EPISCOPAL
Rev. Al Leveridge, Vicar
Sunday School 10 a.m.
Sunday Eucharist: 10 a.m. & 7 p.m.
Adult and Youth Christian
Education: Sunday 6 p.m.
Ladies Bible Study: Monday 7 p.m.
Wed. Eucharist: 9:30 a.m.
433 Trojan St 749-6449
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