The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 2003 Page: 3 of 24
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Thursday, June 19, 2003
Dublin,
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Methodist VBS held for ‘Lighthouse Kids’
by Patty Hirst
One of the staples of summer
fun is attending at least one
Vacation Bible School. During
the week of June 9-13 the First
United Methodist Church of
Dublin took their turn at hosting
this event for an average of 55
kids during the five-day run of
activities.
The theme for the week was
Lighthouse Kids: Shining God's
Light The front of the sanctuary
looked like a waterfront dock
and a real favorite of each open-
ing assembly was a conversa-
tion between VBS director,
Melanie Belew and Beacon, the
pelican puppet. An offering was
taken at the end of the opening
time each day with a contest
raging between boys and girls
concerning who brought the
most money each day. The total
offering for the week was
almost $200 and will be used to
restock the food pantry , which
is used when people in the com-
munity need help for their fami-
lies.
The 9-11:30 a.m. time, period
was divided into five segments
of twenty minutes. Carolyn
Belew manned the kitchen and
prepared snacks, Ronny and
Maureen Barnett lead the music
time and D' Ann Belew directed
story time. Karen Kulhwein had
materials ready for several
crafts that were made during the
week, and Patty Hirst closed
each day's session with reflec-
tion on the Bible verse and
story. Also on hand to keep
things running smoothly were
Nancy Woodridge, Rhonda
Price, and athletic director,
Harrison Hutchins. Tammy
Coan had the youngest group
and also provided the T - shirts
for the teachers and visors for
the kids.
Closing ceremony for this
year's VBS was held Sunday
morning during the regular wor-
ship time with parents, grand-
parents, and church members on
hand to see a sample of the
songs and activities that the
VBS kids had been doing all
week.
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Hannah Hubbard Micha Roberson
Dublin seniors get UJal-Mait scholarship
ftofe you!
Keep Dublin Beautiful would like to express their appre-
ciation to the following individuals and businesses who
helped to make Alleyfest a success. Without their contribu-
tions Alleyfest could not have happened.
Jeff Pendleton and Dublin Dr Pepper- Alley Cat shirts,
banners, advertising, alley renovations, drinks, hay, help set-
ting up
Pat Leatherwood- alley renovations
Eddie Leatherwood-alley renovations
Keith Nichols- alley renovations
Lois Henson and the Dublin Floral Co.- decorations to
Alleyfest entrance
Texas Outback Nursery-plants for decorations inside
Alleyfest
John Barbee of B Designs- use of restroom for vendors
All business owners along the alley for letting us take up
your parking spaces Thursday afternoon through Saturday
evening.
A special thank you to Judith Riola, Kim Dipple, Pat
Turner, D’Ann Belew for helping to set up the alley and
monitor the vendors-what a job!
Dublin High School seniors
received the Wal-Mart
Scholarship June 9 in
Stephenville. Wal-Mart associ-
ates are helping local high
school seniors realize a dream
by awarding two students with a
$1,000 scholarship.
Hannah Hubbard and Micha
Roberson recently received a
Sam Walton Community
Scholarship, part of the Sam
Walton Community Leader
Award program sponosored by
Wal-Mart associates.
This year more than 3,000
scholarships totaling more than
$8 million are being awarded to
deserving students in Wal-Mart
and SAM’S CLUB communities
across the country. Hubbard and
Roberson, seniors at Dublin
High School, received this
award based on their strong aca-
demic performances and
involvement in school and com-
munity activities.
"We’re pleased to support
Hannah and Micha in their pur-
suit of higher education and
wish them both the very best in
the years ahead," Gary Smith,
local store manager.
MATCHING FUNDS-John Grimland, Principal of Dublin Middle
School received a check from Thessie Towns, a representative of
the Middle School PTO. The PTO matched funds for a donation
received from the St. Gobain, which installed a security system for
the Middle School.
BRIEFS
Thanks
PARTY-
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state including two bus fulls
from Austin.
But the other edge of that
sword was that it prevented
Governor Rick Perry’s plane
from landing at Dublin and it
was diverted to Comanche and
Perry had to be shuttled to
Dublin, delaying the start of the
4K and 10K.
When he arrived everything
moved quickly with the Boy
Scouts presenting the flags and
Amanda Rasberry singing the
national anthem. Then the gov-
ernor got the runners started on
the 4K run which was an
untimed event and 10 minutes
later he took off with 225 other
runners in the 1 OK and finished
the race in slightly more than 48
minutes.
Winner of the race was
Kennedy Matolo of Austin with
a time of 31 minutes, 54 sec-
onds. Coming in last was 78-
year-old Lillie Doss of Austin,
the oldest runner in the race who
finished with a time of 1-hour,
29 minutes and complained that
her time was not as good as last
year.
First finisher from Dublin
was John Johnson. While Marie
Harper of Dublin took first
place for women 16-20.
In all races, there was a total
of 396 runners, almost double
from last year, the first year, and
that number is expected to dou-
ble again next year. Race direc-
tor was Dr. Jeff Hutchins.
All the while, there was a
backyard circus going on, a
record number of booths were
open for business at Alleyfest
with all kinds of arts and crafts
for sale, the Dr Pepper bottling
plant was being toured and four
authors were on hand signing
their books. Free Dr Pepper was
being passed out along with
samples of a tea now handled by
The Library's Open House
was a great success, over 80
people visited the library
Saturday and enjoyed home-
made cookies and lemonade.
Forty people were in atten-
dance at Loree Gilbreath
Miller's book presentation.
Loree spoke about the book giv-
ing visitors a look into the past
of the Gilbreath family history.
Winner of the drawing for
"dinner and a movie" was Leann
Mulloy. She received a coupon
for a large Domino's pizza and 2
tickets to the Cinemark Theatre.
Congratulations Leann'
The library's book-signing
event held at Old Doc Soda
Shop with our Texas authors
was also a great success.
I would like to personally
thank all the authors for partici-
pating.
Jon McConal, George
Dickerson (H.A. McNary),
Mary Joe Clendenin & Charles
Chupp.
And thanks goes out to every-
one that stopped to visit with us.
A special thanks to Janella &
Garvin Hendon, Robert E. &
Lanell Hamilton, Virginia
Little, Pat Harrell, Daryleen
Hodges, Robert Dale & Ora B.
Burnett, Jeff Pendleton, Karen
Wright and John and Jeanne
Stovall for volunteering their
time in supporting the library.
Without their help these events
would not have been possible.
Also many many thanks to
Mark, Jeff, Millie and everyone
at Dr. Pepper for all the tremen-
dous help and support we were
given .
Sandra Thomas
Keep Dublin Beautiful invites you to participate in the contribu-
tion of family recipes for their upcoming cookbook. All proceeds
will be used to benefit beautification projects in Dublin.
This community cookbook will be geared towards tourism and
will display past and present historical information and pictures in
Dublin. Cookbooks will be available for purchase in early
December- "Just in time for Christmas!"
Recipe collection sheets will be available at the following loca-
tions Dublin Family Medicine, Dublin Citizen and The Green
Pickle. (Private recipe cards are acceptable.)
Recipes may be mailed to: Keep Dublin Beautiful,
P.O. Box 102
Dublin, TX 76446
Deadlines for submission of recipes is July 1, 2003. To include
your business ads and family or historical dedications pages in our
cookbook, contact Judy @ 254-445-0399, or Judith @ 254-445-
0432.
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Tea out of Austin.
The Dublin reunion kicked
off wjth a large crowd with
many classes represented going
back to 1928 and special
reunions organized for classes
of 1958, 1963 and 1968.
Then as the morning wore on,
it was time for the grand open-
ing and ribbon cutting at the
Dublin Rodeo Heritage
Museum. It was the culmination
of a dream and hard work by
many people with World
Champion Rodeo Performer
Harry Tompkins, a Dublin resi-
dent, cutting the ribbon and
many dignitaries on hand. That
included Dr. Vernon Williams
who has helped lead the effort
and has many visions for the
museum including one day
restoring the Colbom Bowl
where World Championship
Rodeo was held from 1940 to
1960.
Williams was presented with
a key to the city by Mayor
James "Red" Seigars for his
work.
After lunch, entertainment
was on stage, featuring Dublin
Native Lindsey Hightower and
Country Singer/guitarist Kevin
Freeman.
Then it was time for the
Pretty Peggy Pepper contest fea-
turing 14 area young ladies
vying for the crown to represent
Dublin Dr Pepper during the
next year, succeeding Mica
McNutt who was praised by Dr
Pepper Owner/Manager Mark
Kloster.
McNutt noted that the past
year has been a dazzling experi-
ence and one which she will
miss as she was treated like a
princess. She noted the year was
filled with memories and laugh-
ter.
A touching moment came
during the pageant when Kloster
paid tribute to a former Miss
Peggy Pepper, Paige Posey,
who was killed in a car wreck
last summer. He presented a
scholarship in her honor to
Dublin Student Paige Tolliver.
Laura Houston of WBAP
radio was one of the commenta-
tors for the pageant along with
Pat Leatherwood. They mod-
eled sports wear and evening
gowns.
After all wps said and done
and close balloting tabulated,
the winner was Angela Pack,
16, of Huckabay. First runner-
up was Sara McNeil of Dublin
and second runner-up was
Melissa Moon of Lingleville
who was also Miss Photogenic.
After the pageant, a giant
birthday cake was cut and
served. It was prepared by
Debbie Moerman of Debbie’s
Specialties.
The art and photo contest
winners were named at that
point (they are included on Page
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We all need milk mustaches!
June is Dairy Month. We all know the
importance of drinking milk but it is even
more important in our case as the livelihood
of much of our county depends on dairy
producers.
The upcoming DairyFest is just one way
of letting everyone - especially those direct-
ly involved in the dairy business know just
how important the dairy industry is to all of
us.
Our dairy families have been going
through some hard times with the price of I
milk and related products at a low point but H
it does look like that price will be going up
and not a moment too soon.
Due to the the dairies in Erath County, we've had an unprecedent-
ed period of prosperity and we are deeply grateful for their being
here. Not only do they have an economic impact, but those in the
industry are heavily involved in working in our communities.
Let's all raise our glass of milk in toast to our dairies. Let's sport
our milk mustaches with pride.
All of these factors help make Dublin a haven
during the eye of the storm and a terrific place to live.
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McMillian, Tracy. The Dublin Citizen (Dublin, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 42, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 19, 2003, newspaper, June 19, 2003; Dublin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth770210/m1/3/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Dublin Public Library.