Mount Vernon Optic-Herald (Mount Vernon, Tex.), Vol. 139, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 21, 2013 Page: 3 of 10
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Mount Vernon Optic-Herald
Section A, Thursday, March 21,2013, Page 3
St. Clair Endowment provides
$20,000 for charitable groups
Grant awards totaling al-
most $20,000 were presented
last week from the Harris and
Irene St. Clair Endowment.
The funds, distributed Friday,
March 15, will help support
11 local programs.
The organizations and/or
programs receiving funding
from the endowment were
as follows: Communities in
Schools, NETO’s Meals Pro-
gram, Franklin Comity Cul-
tural Aids Association’s book
writing program for children
and families, Franklin Comity
Friends of the Library sum-
mer programs for children.
The Shakespeare Club’s
Virgie Beth Hughes Memorial
Scholarship, Franklin Comity
Historical Association and
Genealogical Society, Alamo
Mission Museum’s children’s
events, Lunches of Love’s
summer meal and activity
program for youth,
Mount Vernon Music’s
youth and senior citizen out-
reach programs, and Mount
Vernon Middle School’s
program to get iPads for stu-
dents.
The endowment was es-
tablished in 2008 to honor the
parents of the donor James H.
“Jimmy” St. Clan. This year’s
awards brings the total of
regular St. Clan Endowment
awards to almost $35,700.
Through the endowment
agreement, administered by
the Franklin Comity Histori-
cal Association, funds are
given to charitable causes and
endeavors in Mount Vernon
and Franklin Comity.
Use of the fluids are speci-
fied to address the following
causes: children’s causes, in-
cluding but not limited to sup-
port through school programs;
humanitarian adult needs;-
cultural support for quality of
life, specifically emphasizing
the support of music and the
enhancement of music and
musical education; and the
Endowment checks distributed
Committee Chairman Nancy Miller, lower left, distributed
St. Clair Endowment checks to representatives of 11 various
programs Friday afternoon. Those accepting the check and
the organization they represent were: front row, Mary Lou
Mowery - FCHA, Virginia Smith - Shakespeare Club, Jacque
Bateman - Alamo Mission Museum; second row, Christian
Galloway - FCAA, Martha Hare - FCGA, Susan Sample -
Lunches of Love; and back row, Lillie Reves - Mount Vernon
Music, and Betty Crane - Friends of the Library. Representa-
tives were not available from three organizations.
enhancement of general qual-
ity of life throughout Franklin
Comity.
Endowment chairper-
son Nancy Miller met with
the committee on Thursday,
March 7 for allocation hear-
ings. Those committee mem-
bers attending this year’s al-
location meeting were Paul
Lovier, Margaret Seal's, Jack
Wallace, Maiy Lou Moweiy,
Lillie Bush-Reves, and Nan-
cy Miller, Chairperson for the
Endowment.
Eligible committee mem-
bers consist of the heads from
the following organizations
or their designated appointee:
First United Methodist Church
of Mount Vernon, Fust Bap-
tist Church of Mount Vernon,
Mount Vernon Music Associ-
ation, the City of Mount Ver-
non, Franklin Comity Com-
missioners Court, the Mount
Vernon Rotary Club, and the
FCHA.
- Lillie Bush-Reves ’13
Japanese youth visit through
Rotary Youth Exchange
The Rotary Club of Mount
Vernon and local families
were hosts to six Japanese
youth and their adult leader.
The group was in Frank-
lin Comity for three days
through the Rotaiy Youth
Exchange’s two week short
term program.
This is the first such ex-
change to be conducted in
about four years. The last
planned exchange was can-
celed when the eastern coast
of Japan was struck by a
record breaking tsunami and
3.11 earthquake on March
11,2011.
All seven team members
are from the hard hit Iwate
prefecture (state), where
wave heights of 4.1 to 8.5
meters were recorded. The
students say they were safe,
but two of the students now
attend another high school
after the tsunami destroyed
then school building.
Calling all cancer
survivors, caregivers
whether they were diagnosed
today, yesterday, or 10 years
ago ”
The Franklin Comity
Relay for Life committee
is planning a Cancer Survi-
vor’s Dinner for Tuesday,
April 30 at 6 p.m.
Cancer survivors and their
caregivers are encouraged
to attend this celebration of
life and hope which will be
conducted at the First Baptist
Church of Mount Vernon. A
complimentary meal will be
offered to each survivor and
his or her guest.
The event will commemo-
rate the lives of residents who
have survived cancer, while
offering the hope of finding
a erne.
“This is a great opportu-
nity to come together and
celebrate life,” said Lind-
sey Hunnicutt, event chan.
“Every survivor is invited
‘We mailed invitations
several weeks ago, but have
not received very many re-
sponses,” Janie Cowart said.
“If you did not receive an
invitation, please give us a
call so that we can forward
information to you.” We
also would like to extend an
invitation to caregivers who
have lost loved ones, Mrs.
Cowart added.
Survivor t-shirts will need
to be ordered by April 1 and
a list of sizes is needed.
Interested parties should
contact Ms. Cowart at 903-
316-2437, Jan Lawrence at
903-466-2912, or Nancy
Gadlitt 903-717-2213 to reg-
ister.
- Susan Reeves ’13
Get prepared for
Easter in the Park Pre-registration begins
Parents should be getting will be provided throughout £Qf SlllXI.lXI.6r (Stitch 6V6Ilt
prepared for the annual Eas-
ter in the Park event to begin
at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 30
at Little Creek Park.
The annual event will kick-
off with the Easter Parade.
Parents and then children
are encouraged to prepare
miniature floats to enter in the
event.
Other games and activities
the event for children of all
ages start at 10 a.m.. The an-
nual sack race will be at 10:30
a.m. followed by the Easter
Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. Over
3,000 eggs will be hidden for
children to find. The student
chamber is accepting dona-
tions of new or clean used
plastic eggs for the event.
- Marie Dacus ’13
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Pre-registration for the
third Summer Catch spon-
sored by The Franklin Comity
Constables Office, the Frank-
lin Comity Justice of the
Peace, and local emergency
service organizations has be-
gan. The deadline to register
for the event is Friday, April
12.
The event is Saturday,
April 27 at the Jordan’s Blue-
berry Farm on Hwy. 37 S. of
Mount Vernon from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m. Gates will open at
9:30 a.m.
Registration forms are
available at the East Court-
house Annex on Hwy. 67
east of Mount Vernon, at
the Franklin Comity Library,
and at the Franklin Comity
Sheriff’s Office. They can
You Are Invited
March 24
10:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.
to hear
Dr. Scott Camp
Cornerstone Church
FM 115 & I-30 Interstate South Side
Mount Vernon
903-537-2011
Officers of the Mount Vernon Rotary Club and local fami-
lies were hosts for seven Japanese guests through the Rotary
Youth Exchange program earlier this week.
All of the students remain
positive and express then grat-
itude to their Rotaiy friends
for the opportunity to visit and
learn first hand of the United
States and Texas culture.
Kentaro Sasaki, age 17 of
Ichinoseki, and Kei Oikawa,
age 17 of Kanegaseki, were
guests of the Arne and Ingrid
Van Dieden family. “We
think sharing experiences with
people of other nationalities is
important,” Mr. Van Dieden
said. He added that their four
children were enjoying the
visit.
Hiroto Gotu, age 15 of Ot-
suchi and Shu Daino, age 16 of
Otsuki-cho, were house guests
of the Jeff and Kristi Foster
family with three children,
ages 18-3 years. “We were
all set to host students in 2011;
so, when the opportunity re-
turned, we were ready,” Mrs.
Foster said excitedly.
Retka Chiba, age 17 of
Ichinoseki, and Nana Owada,
age 16 of Ofimato, were house
guests of the Roger and Betsy
Gekiere family. Their par-
ticipation was spurred by then
15-year-old daughter Kath-
leen’s interest in the language.
“She was really excited to get
to tryout her skills,” noted
Mi's. Gekiere.
Group leader Katsuyasu
Nakano, Miyako Rotaiy Club
president, was the guest of
local club president Wayne
Thames and his wife, Nancy.
The group visited the
schools Monday, took a cov-
ered wagon ride through the
Lowry Ranch and visited
museums Tuesday morning,
visited Lowe’s Regional Dis-
tribution Center and the Trey
Deuce Tuesday afternoon and
evening, and visited the Parch-
man House and Alamo Mis-
sion Museum before traveling
to Pittsburg to meet their next
families on Wednesday.
- Lillie Bush-Reves ’13
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e-mailing Constable Randy
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The free event is open to all
Franklin Comity children ages
four to 14 years of age. Sum-
mer Catch is a unique fishing
event created to provide a
hands-on fishing experience
for children.
- Marie Dacus ’13
(Obituary)
Bernice Markovic
Funeral services for Ber-
nice Gill Markovic, age 96
of Mount Vernon, were at 2
p.m. Tuesday, March 19,2013
at the Mount Olive Baptist
Church in Hagansport with
Rev. Jimmy Rogers officiat-
ing. Burial was in the Hagan-
sport Cemetery.
Mi's. Markovic was bom on
Sept. 26, 1916 in the Hagan-
sport Community the daugh-
ter of Wright Gill and Fan-
nie Henry. She married John
Markovic on Dec. 26, 1945 in
Mount Vernon. Mrs. Markovic
was a school teacher in the
Dallas ISD for over thirty-sev-
en years. She graduated from
Mount Vernon and received
her bachelor’s degree from
East Texas State Teachers
College. She was a member of
Mount Olive Baptist Church.
She died Sunday, March
17 at Mission Manor Nursing
Home. She was preceded in
death by her husband in 2003,
her parents, two brothers Ray
and Walton Ottinger and three
sisters, Nell Smithey, Lorene
Woodbridge and Minnie L.
Rowden.
She is survived by her
nephews, Thomas Rowden of
Hagansport, Jerry Ottinger of
Paris, niece, Carla Abrams of
Allen, and great-nephew Jim-
my Ward of Fresno, Calif.
- Marie Dacus ’13
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