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Friday, April 7, 2000
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TPW Coastal Expo Bringing
Sea Into Texas Cities, Parks
AUSTIN — Visitors will get up
close and personal with crabs, fish,
and coastal artifacts at the annual
Coastal Expos sponsored by Texas
Parks and Wildlife. The four events
will be held around the state begin
ning April 6.
"For the public, especially children
who may have never touched a crab
or even seen the ocean, this is a fan-
tastic, tun opportunity." said TPW's
David Buzan. “For TPW. our primary
objective is to increase public aware-
ness and knowledge of coastal ecosys
tern structure, function, and value."
Each Coastal Expo will include a
variety of activit ies and exhibits such
as a live crab touch-tank, a stream
replica. TPW law enforcement infer
mation. coastal artifact discovery
boxes, backyard “wildscaping,” and
more. Educational hands on activi
ties developed by TPW will be on dis-
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Rural, Residential, and
Commercial Trash Serv ice.
Please call for
information
(254)694-4224
P.O. Box 1753
Whitney, TX 76692
REWARD
Seeking photographs or video
regarding the Chamber of Commerce
"Freedom Fest" party and dance
held a* Texas Safari June 24.1995
(the night of the pavilion fire).
Please contact:
Steve Lemmon,
512-474-8881.
HEAD STAR I
TAKING APPLICATIONS
Clifton Head Start is now accepting applications for the
2000-2001 school sear Head Start is a pre-school offering evcellcni
educational opportunities along with medical, dental, developmental.
and nutritional benefits at no cost The Head Start approach of
individualized care and guidance is well suited to helping children with
disabilities. Children between the ages of 3 and 5 mav he eligible.
There is no charge for participation in Head Start.
Pick up your application now at the Head Start Center at
803 West 13:* Street. For more information,
call your local center at 254 67M076 or the sponsor for this center.
Hill Country Community Action Association at o15 3"2-516T
HEADSTART
ESTA ACEPTANDO API ICACIONFS
La escuelita de Clifton Head start esta aceptando aplicaciones para el
ano 2000-2001. Head Start es una escuelita para nmos de edad 3-5 anos
que califkan. Head Start ofrece oportumdades excelentes para educaion
v tambien beoeficos de medico, dental, desarrollo. y de alimento. Head
Start ofrece mucha ayuda para ninos y familias. .Vo paga nada para que
su nmo atieade el program* de Head Start. Puede usted recojer ahora
ana aplicaeioo para wticilar Un puesto en Head Start.
Para mas information llaroe a la Head Start. 803 West jj* Street.
« del telefooo: 254 675-4076.
Cranfills Gap’s 4-H Club
Elects Officers For Year 2000
play for interested teachers.
Each expo is free with the excep
tion of the McAllen location, where
there is a $1 admission fee. The
Coastal Expos are open to people of
all ages. Expos scheduled include:
• McAllen TVopic Festival — Thursday
and Friday, April 6 7,8 a.m. to 3 p.m., and
Saturday, April 8,10 am. to 5 p.m.
• Sea Rim State Park (Sabine Pass)
Friday, April 28,8 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Beaumont Neches River Festival
- Saturday, April 29,11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• San Antonio South Park Mall —
Saturday. May 6,10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information, call Janet
Nelson at (512) 912-7190.
Southwest Dairy
Field Day Slated
May 11 Near Hico
HICO — Dairy producers will see
practical applications of innovative
dairy management at the Horizon
Dairy here during the Southwest
Dairy Field Day from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m
on Thursday, May 11.
The free program, sponsored by
the Extension Service, also includes
continuing education credits for
waste management. No preregistra
tion is required
To reach the Horizon Dairy, take
Highway 281 south from Hico. then
turn east on Highway 219 and travel
approximately four miles
CRANFILLS GAP - Cranfills
Gap 4-H officers were elected ear-
lier in the year and include Cole
McCown, president; Brooks
Reierson, vice-president: Heather
Camp, secretary; Paul Taylor, re-
porter; and Donny Camp, treasurer.
Upcoming activities include a
fund-raising raffle of a hand made
barbecue pit. Tickets are on sale
from 4-H Club members for $1. The
drawing will be held June 10, at the
annual Cranfills Gap Youth Support
Group 4-H Benefit Fajita Dinner
and Auction.
. A bicycle safety clinic sponsored
by 4-H will be held Thursday. April
20, at the Cranfills Gap Elementary
School for 3rd and 4th grades.
A total of 20 students from Cran-
fills Gap will be showing animal
projects in the Central Texas Fair
Museum Focus Of
Texas Memorial
Day Observance
FREDERICKSBURG - Veterans
from World War II and their families
will gather at the National Museum
of the Pacific War on Memorial Day,
Monday, May 29, to honor Americans
who have given their lives to keep the
United States free and strong.
In ceremonies at 10 a.m. in the
Nimitz Memorial Courtyard, contribu-
tors to the museum’s Memorial Wall
Wreath Endowment will place wreaths
along the wall honoring men and
women who died in World War II. Or-
ganizers of the ceremony are survivors
of the USS Colorado and representatives
of the National Museum of the Pacific
War. the only museum dedicated solely
to the Pacific theater of World War It.
The ceremony is open to the pub-
lic without charge. World War II was
an era of sacrifice unequalled in U.S.
history. More than 400,000 Americans
died in the service of their country.
Wreaths will honor servicemen and
women from the USS Colorado, USS
Drexler, USS Goshen, USS Juneau,
USS Maryland. USS Missouri, USS
New Mexico, USS Princeton, USS
Sheliak, USS Wisconsin, USS Missis-
sippi, USS Flilton. and USS Essex.
Also to be honored are Sijifredo
Salinas, killed in action on the USS
Colorado, and prisoners of war killed
in action on the Arisan Maru, the
worst maritime disaster in American
history. A Japanese "hell ship," the
Arisan Maru bore no identification as
a prisoner of war ship When it was
struck by Allied torpedoes, only eight
of the 1,800 American POWs survived
Ceremonies will be held outdoors
near the Memorial and Victory Walls
and the Veterans Walk of Honor. The
Memorial Wall honors those who died
in World War II. while the Victory Wall
honors those who fought on land. sea.
and in the air
Beneath the Memorial and Victory
Walls lies the Veteran Walk of Honor,
consisting of thousands of bricks
carved with the names and units of
World War II veterans from every the
ater of the war. Bricks also are dedi
cated to those who served in the war
industries of the home front Both
plaques and bricks are placed
through private purchase.
Donors who give $1,000 to provide
Memorial Day wreaths in perpetuity
fund the Memorial Wall Wreath En
dowment The National Mus-eum of
the Pacific War is open from 10 a.m
to 5 p.m. daily, except Christmas Day
Admission is $5 for adults
Preschoolers are admitted free Spe
cial rates are available for students
and tour groups of 20 or more.
The National Museum of the Pa
cific War is part of the Admiral Nimi! /.
Historical Center The complex is a
state historical park managed by
Texas Parks and Wildlife and sup
ported in part by the Admiral Nimitz
Foundation For more information,
phone 18301 997 4379
Crawford FFA Plans
Team Roping April 15
CRAWFORD The second an
nual Crawtord Future Famers of
America Team Roping will be held
April 15. at Randy Bradshaw s
Arena, of highway 185. next to
Ramsgate Veterinary Clinic
The books open at 12 noon, with
the event beginning at 1 p m
Buckles will be given to the top
header and healer Small conces-
sions will be available
For more information call Art
Hunter at Crawford Independent
School District at <254> 840-3920,
486 2381 or any Crawford FFA
member.
Moshiem Baptist
Church To Host
Revival April 12th
MOSHIEM — Moshiem Baptist
Church will a revival Sunday. April
9 through Wednesday. April 12. be
ginning at 7 p m each evening
Guest speaker will be the Rev
Kyle Reese, pastor of First Baptist
Church of Valley Mills since Sep
tember 1997
Allison Gilliam and Ellen
DiGiesia will present the music
The public is invited to attend
in July.
At the March meeting, a method
demonstration was presented by
Cole McCown on “Saddling
Horses” which included a live dem-
onstration and a powerpoint pre-
sentation. McCown will be
competing April 15, at the District
4 H contest in Groesbeck.
The club currently has about 25
members, grades 3 through 9, en-
rolled in the program. Meetings are
held the last Monday of each
month.
For more information about the
club, contact Kathie Witte in Cran-
fills Gap.
NEWLY ELECTED OFFICERS for Cranfills Gap 4-H Club are (from left)
Donnie Camp, treasurer; Treina Reierson, refreshment chairman; Cole
McCown, president; Heather Camp, secretary; and Brooks Reierson, vice-
president. Not pictured is Paul Taylor, reporter.
Annual Lake Whitney Pageant
Has Received 17 Early Entries
WHITNEY - The 48th annual
Lake Whitney Pageant has re-
ceived 17 early entries from
Bosque, Hill, Johnson, and
McLennan counties. The pageant
is slated for June 16-17 on the
Hillsboro campus of Hill College.
Deadline to enter the pageant is
June 2.
At this time, the following entries
have been received:
• Casey Goins, 13, of Whitney,
sponsored by Jessy and Stacy
Handy.
• Tina Beasley, 14, of West, spon-
sored by Larry Sparks, DDS.
• Suzanne Packebush, 14, of
Whitney, sponsored by The Lamp
Post.
• Jessica Upchurch, 14, of Itasca,
sponsored by A-One Pest Co.
• Ashley Boyd, 13, of Joshua,
sponsored by Cleburne Livestock
Auction.
• Nicole Campbell, 17, of
Maypearl, sponsored by Sonic
Drive-In.
• Ashley Trompler, 16, of Joshua,
sponsored by Mountain Valley Tire
Co.
• Michaela Hykel, 15, of West,
sponsored by West TV and Appli-
ances.
• Marlina Sisson, 21, of Lakeside
Village, sponsored by Bobby’s
Burgers.
• Jennifer Vasquez, 21, of Baylor,
sponsored by SSD Plastics.
• Alana Duke, 18, of Waco, spon-
sored by her parents.
• Nicki Stone, 17, of Clifton, spon-
sored by Outlet Autoplex.
• Jennifer Wood, 17, of Rio Vista,
sponsored by Pioneers and Old Set-
tlers.
• Leslie Nevil, 15, of Whitney,
sponsored by Doug Nevil Custom
Homes.
• Kandice Campbell, 13, of
Joshua, sponsored by Campbell
Machine and Consulting.
• Jessica Leyva, 15, of Covington,
sponsored by Wayne’s Garage.
• Amanda North, 20, of Cleburne,
sponsored by Max-A-Million.
The Lake Whitney Pageant pro-
vides competition for single girls
ages 12 to 25, with contest divisions
including Miss, Teen, and Pre-Teen
All are judged in individual inter-
views, conservative swimsuits, and
gowns. There is no talent competi-
tion.
The pageant is affiliated with the
Miss Universe system, so its Teen
and Miss winners qualify for the
Miss Texas Teen USA and Miss
Texas USA, with entry fees and
other expenses paid to Houston and
Lubbock for the state pageants.
Last year, $5,200 in prizes were
awarded and the list should be ex-
panded. Awards include crowns,
trophies, sashes, and jackets for
winners; trophies for friendliest,
most photogenic, and swimsuit, in
each divisions; plus plaques for
sponsors of winners.
The pageant is produced by Lake
Crown Productions, Inc., a non-
profit, tax-exempt corporation com-
posed primarily of former Lake
Whitney winners. Profits each year
are given charities nominated by
each winner.
Lake Whitney Pageant has pro
duced seven major state winners
who represented Texas in the Miss
USA, Miss Teen USA, Miss
America, and Miss U.S. World pag-
eants. Six Lake Whitney winners
were first runners-up in state com
petition.
Entry applications and additional
information, may be obtained by
contacting Lake Whitney Pageant,
at PO. Box 1837, Whitney 76692, or
at (254) 694-3331.
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