Palacios Beacon (Palacios, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 21, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1987 Page: 7 of 16
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Pilgrimage participant
PALAGOS Rotary Gab pm- were selected as participant
Meat Winfrey Horton [center] . and alternate, respectively, for
is flanked by PHS students the Odd Fellows Lodge Annual
Kristi Denise Kubecka [left] United National Pilgrimage. At
and Houston Herlln [right] who far left Is PISD superintendent
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Kristi Kubecka selected for U.N. Pilgrimage
The Palacios Rotary Interna-
tional announced the selection of
Kristi Denise Kubecka to repre-
sent the school and the commun-
ity on the Odd Fellows Lodge
Annual United Nations Pilgri-
mage.
Kristi, the daughter of Dick
and Shirley Kubecka, is a
Palacios High School sophomore.
Kristi will join several hundred
students from other states in the
nation who, like Kristi, are being
sponsored by local organizations
within the representative states.
The trip is sponsored nation-
wide by local Odd Fellow Lodges
for the purpose of promoting
patriotism and to give high
school students the opportunity
to gain first hand knowledge of
the function of the United
Nations. Odd Fellows Lodge #81
in Bay Gty is sponsoring the
program locally and the Palacios
Rotary Club is underwriting the
expenses of the trip.
Palacios Rotarians selected
Kristi on the basis of grades,
personal letters of reference as
well as references from her high
school teachers, information on
her application form and a SCO
word essay stating her reasons
for wanting to participate in this
program.
Among the reasons Kristi
stated for wanting to be a part of
this program was her desire to
promote involvement in and
knowledge of world affairs. Kristi
writes in her essay, "The long
term effects of such an opportun-
ity would be beneficial not only to
me but also to my community. 1
would develop insight into world
problems and situations that
would make me a better, more
productive citizen. Because of
our community’s association with
foreign exchange students, both
in agricultural programs and
school programs, I feel this
would enable me to have a better
understanding of their situations
and thus contribute to making
their visit more beneficial th-
rough better communication."
Kristi maintains a 4.0 grade
point average and her favorite
studies are math, science and
computers. Her hobbies include
photography and showing hei-
fers. Kristi i9 also active in com-
munity affairs in Palacios and the
community of Deutschberg. She
is a member, of the senior high
band and choir. Her church
activities include Outreach Direc-
tor, choir president and accomp-
anist. Kristi also has held the
offices of president, vice-preSi-
dent and secretary of the local
4-H club and parlimentarian of
the county 4-H
Selected as Kristi’s alternate
in the event she is unable to
fulfill her obligation is Houston
Herlin. Houston stated in his
essay, "If 1 visit the United
Nations, I will have a better
understanding of what is in store
for my generation and how I can
contribute to maintaining world
stability.” He referred to his
family’s experience this year of
hosting an exchange student
from Iceland. He writes, "This
experience has not only opened
my mind to world affairs, but also
has added a new meaningfclness
to those affairs.”
There were six finalists in the
competition to participate in the
United Nations Pilgrimage Pro-
gram.
Palacios Beacon
Lifestyles
Tips from TOPS
•••
Leaf-pattern quilt now in the making.
BY DOROTHY STRAUB
TOPS Gub met Tuesday even-
ing at the Palacios Senior Citi-
zens Center with weigh in from
6-6:30 p.m. Mary Hunter was
queen for the week. This was
Mary’s second week as queen. I
am sure that she will do a repeat
the next week.
Two of our members attended
their last meeting: Lorene Gr-
ooms and Rachel Burke. They
will be missed very much. Rachel
was the co-leader of the club and
Dan Barber was elected to take
her place.
Dorothy Straub presented the
program on Nutrition and your
Diet. She 'gave a questionnaire
out to all the members and then
the answers were discussed by,
all. You are what you eat and
many of us have had to learn to
change our eating habits and how
important the proper foods are to
our body. There was a good
discussion period by all mem-
bers.
Tip of the Week: It is getting
vety popular among the health
conscious to have fish and fowl
isntead of beef. Have you ever
wondered why? One of the
biggest problems with the typical
American diet is the amount of
fat it contains. Directly, that high
fat content has been linked with
coronary heart disease and can-
cers of the breast and colon;
indirectly-by making us obese-
it has been blamed as a contri-
butor to high blood pressure,
Noted speaker at CLC May 30
hardening of the arteries, gall-
bladder disease, liver disease
and diabetes.
Fat comes in three forms-not
all of which are thought to be
equally hazardous to our health.
Saturated fats (most common
in foods of animal origin) are
considered the most dangerous
because they can raise the
amount of cholesterol in our
blood.
Monounsaturated fats (found
mostly in plant foods, but also in
some animal products) do not
appear to affect cholesterol levels
either way.
Polyunsaturated fast (found in
plant an^ animal foods) have an
ability to iower serum cholester-
'of'levels. Polyunsaturated fats,
moreover, are the only kind our
bodies need because they contain
linoleic acid, a substance nec-
essary for the health of our cell
membrances.
Now back to chicken and fish.
In addition to containing less
total fat, they also contain less of
the bad, and more of the better,
two varieties of saturated fat:
mono and poly,
A 3-oz. broiled sirloin steak
contains 13.1 grams of saturated
fat, 12.0 grams of monounsat-
urated fat and .5 grams of
polyunsaturated fat, and a total
of 329 caloreis. Chicken, broiled,
flesh only, a 3‘/i oz. portion has
1.3 grams of saturated fat, 1.5
grams of monounsaturated fat
and .8 polyunsaturated fat.
Marge Caldwell, noted speak-
er, author, marriage counselor
and humorist, will be the guest
speaker at the annual “Ladies
Day In May” to be held on May
30 at the First Baptist Christian
Life Center.
This year’s special day is
called “A Day With Marge” and
the theme of the day is "Lord,
Change Me....”.
Mrs. Caldwell is the author of
“The Radiant You”, "Capsules
for Confidence” and “Speak Out
With Marge” and hosted a 30
minute radio show in Houston.
She is presently on the coun-
seling staff at First Baptist
Church, Houston, where she also
teaches a large ladies Bible study
every Tuesday morning and
college students on Sunday mor-
nings.
BYPATHOWARTH
Dates to remember: The Cen-
ter will be closed on Memorial
Day, Monday, May 25. Accord-
ing to the 55+ activities sch-
edule in the Matagorda Hospital
newsletter, June 4-5 are the days
the 55 Alive Adult Driving
Course will be given. According
toother sources, this is an AARP
sponsored course (same as de-
fensive driving with insurance
discount) with charge of $7. For
further information, call 55+ at
409-245-6383, ext. 1441, or 972-
2511.
Another leaf pattern quilt is in
the making at the Center. The
materials were generously don-
ated by Rose Curry. The setup of
the leaves is different this time
and the sewing machine is being
used to zig-zag them in place.
The colors are dark green on
white with the lining of a lighter
green. It is going to be hand-
some. There is talk of a raffle for
this one. This quilt is also
drawing a group of dedicatd
workers under the direction of
Marsha Yowler, volunteer.
Commodities were distributed
to our regular seniors this week.
As usual under the direction of
Site Manager, Gloria Watson,
the operation went smoothly.
However, as she states empha-
tically, it could not be done
without the help of the volunteers
who get the commodities ready in
bags for distribution.
M.L. Boone is especially to be
commended for his extra duty
work in storing and unpacking
the day before distribution in
addition to his help the next day.
Others equally appreciated for
their essential help are Marshal
Brister and Lee Sorrell. Those
receiving commodities do not
always know of the work that
goes on before the final dis-
tribution. We are very glad our
Center can give this service to
our regular participants.
Notes from single senior on the
Senior Center Newsline.
road from a recent trip: met a requirement is that you be over Another gentleman at 85 |e(] a
couple in their middle to late 70s 50. For these loners the traveling caravan over 200 miles driving a
with just married signs all over group becomes their family. 31 foot motorhome, pulling a
their little motor home. They told There are campouts where the pickup. Never say, “too old”.
Perez reenliste
Sgt. Abelardo Perez II, son of
Cornelia R. and Abelardo H.
Perez of Rural Route 1, Blessing,
has reenlisted in the U.S. Air
Force after being selected for
career status.
Assigned in Spain, Perez was
approved for reenlistment by a
board which considered charac-
ter and performance.
He is a financial management
specialist with the 401st Comp-
troller Squadron.
your writer that they were
married very recently in Cali-
fornia and were now taking a
sightseeing trip around the Unit-
ed States.
Another camper gave me inter-
esting information on the singles
RV club. Requirements for mem-
bership are that you be single,
desire to meet people, make
friends and travel. The age
main purpose is teaching danc-
ing. There may be a week of
varied activities at one campsite,
then those interested will travel
on to the campsite in another
area featuring the dancing. What
away to go!
I was told a woman 79
celebrated her birthday in April.
She is the owner of a 28 foot
motorhome and pulls a car.
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