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The Night Harper Comes To Life - Continued
by Wanda Barker
By suppertime, a long line of people is snaking its way down the
length of the park road. These people are waiting to get a plate
of that famous, Harper barbeque that they have heard so much
about. The line always seems to get longer instead of shorter,
almost as if it will never end. But when one finally sits down with
a plate of barbeque, the wait is always worthwhile.
Starting about two o'clock on Friday, cowboys from all over roll
into the park. This doesn't stop until Saturday night after the last
performance. Some of the contestants get to Harper about three
o'clock on Friday night from another rodeo, sleep in their
pick-ups, ride in the rodeo, and then pull out for another rodeo.
About a quarter to nine, one can hear the band warming up for
the dance at nine o'clock. At nine, whether the rodeo is over or
not, some of the older folks wander on over to the dance hall for
some of that good, old down-home country music. But the dance
floor isn't very full until after the rodeo when the rest of the crowd
begins to fill the hall, and the band starts playing a variety of
music which is appealing to all ages, from two to a hundred and
two. Even those who don't come to dance still have a great time
just sitting back and enjoying the good music. Some night think
that three dollars is too much to pay for just sitting and listening,
but no this group; they think it is worth every penny.
While walking up to the dance hall, one can see the younger
generation standing around the cars at the entrance of the
building and talking. Some of the parents are sitting in their cars,
listening to music, watching the teenagers and their antics, and
waiting on their youngsters who are the dance hall. As one walks
into the building, one gets a strong smell of cigarette smoke
which sticks to one all night. Many different sounds hit the ears,
all of the laughing, hollering, and loud music. On the sides are
tables filled with different beverages brought by the people who
are occupying the tables. Near the door, a circle of chairs is
filled with teenagers laughing and cutting up. In the back by the
band, the bar where the drinks can be bought is located. During
the breaks, the noise increases as the little ones are running
around and sliding on the dance floor. Later, and the dance nears
closing time, the toddlers begin to fall asleep on the benches
along the sides of the building.
This is a great place to meet new people from all over
Texas—people who otherwise would never meet. As the dance
gets on a roll, the outside group ends up inside scouting around
for a probable dancing partner. When the time is right, they go
up and ask, "Wanna' dance?" Where else can one find the
Harper head cheerleader dancing with the Center Point
quarterback? Where else would a hometown country girl be
introduced to a Staples, Texas cowboy? But this is not only a
place to meet new people; it is also the local dancing school.
Grandparents are teaching their grandchildren how to dance;
toddlers are dancing with their parents or with other toddlers.
One can even see teenagers dancing with their teachers or
teaching their grandparents howto rock-and-roll.
As the hours slip past one o'clock, the cars start filing out,
heading toward home. But there are always a few pick-ups down
at the rodeo arean, waiting for morning before leaving. Up at the
dance hall, a few scattered groups are standing around trying to
figure out what to do now-whether to go to the Modern Market
parking lot or to gather at Dauna's. However, by Sunday
morning, the town looks as if nothing has happened; everything is
back in its original place and seems no different than the week
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Check Out Your Checkoff
National and state programs to build beef demand.
The $1 checkoff program and Kikkoman kicked off beefs "Lean
'N Easy" campaign in March. More than 25,000 supermarkets
nationwide, including 1,100 in Texas, participated in the recipe
dissemination effort. The spring program promoted cuts from the
round and loin as "lean, easy and delicious."
Beef will become even safer in the future, thanks to the beef
checkoff program. NCBA said checkoff dollars will supplement a
$50 million plan to eliminate the public health risk of E. coli
0157:H7 and other food-borne pathogens. Private industry and
state and federal governments also will provide funds.
A Texas Beef Council (TBC) partnership with three Texas
exporting companies in 1997 generated a 241 percent increase in
pounds of beef sold monthly to Mexico. Value increased 181
percent monthly. Both checkoff dollars and partners' funds
helped make the program possible.
Checkoff-funded information on beefs nutrition and safety went
to thousands of visitors at Texas stock shows this winter. More
than 5,000 checkoff-funded recipe brochures were distributed in
Fort Worth and 10,000 in San Antonio. At the Houston Livestock
Show, 72,000 consumers visited TBC's exhibit and received beef
information.
While the cities of Houston and Fort Worth focused on stock
shows, the checkoff program targeted teachers. TBC provided
checkoff-funded education materials to more than 600 teachers in
Fort Worth and more than 900 teachers in Houston during their
cities' respective stock shows.
Training Mexican retailers about U.S. beef by fiber optics
transmissions is a new, cost-savings initiative of the U.S. Meat
Export Federation and TBC. A recent broadcast originating in
College Stateion highlighted industry information and beef safety
facts to 31 retailers from Guadalajara, Mexico's second largest
city.
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HARPER, TEXAS
USPS 235-780
Harper Tidbits
by Karen Bishcp
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Sunday after church I saw "Aunt /^40LL^ A4y^<BOO*$ EIJESS WEE?
Modelle Parker" with her The three sixth graders in last weeks paper were Paul Lang,
daughter Tony Ackel. She looked Joselyn Esquelle and Donald Phillips. Did you get them right?
Our sympathy goes to Martha very g00d. She is 96 years old This week we have three freshmen in 1948. Do you know them?
(Stevens) Leach and her family and remembers very well. She Think real hard. Once again these three were freshmen in 1948.
as they lost Richard her husband had a fa|| recently where she
to cancer Friday, March 20th. lives in Kerrville but she is alright.
Pastor Don Hoxworth is in the She said she is a little sore. It
Hill Country Memorial Hospital in really was good to see her and
Fredericksburg with back her precious smile,
complications. We are praying Cole Cantwell recently had eye
for him. surgery and we hope he
Robert Sims mother, Pauline continues to do good.
Sims has had surgery and we are I was told that Glennis Arons is
praying for her complete doing much better. We hope she
recovery. too continues to do good.
Bro. John, Karen and JoAnna Easter is around the corner and
Bishop went to the Rio Grande we need to remember why we
Valley Wednesday thru Saturday celebrate Easter. Don't leave
to see their mothers and other Jesus on the cross for He arose,
kinfolk there. They had a nice That is worth celebrating and we
time. have much to be thankful for. I
The next Children In Action believe if we will be truthful all of
meeting will be March 30th. us have something to be thankful
Don't forget! for and we can say we have been
Don't forget to come join us for blessed in some way.
the Interdenominational Ladies If you haven't heard Hillcrest
Bible Study every Wednesday Station - Paul Lang's store is now
morning from 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. It closed. I have seen some of you
is taught by Karen Bishop. Next drive up to the store and look as
week they will be on the 13th though you think he is open. I felt
chapter of Matthew. you need to know that he is now
Next Sunday night at the officially closed,
evening service of the First Sue and Lloyd Flynt went to
Baptist Choir they will have the Waco to see their granddaughter,
Handbell choir from Trinity Katie in a pagent this weekend.
Baptist Church in Kerrville. We We know they had a good time
will have a sing song and special and are proud of Katie. Those of
music, too. There will be us who know her are proud of her
fellowship after the service, too.
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Great Texas Trash-Off: Spring cleaning time in Texas
Texas will be cleaner and greener on April 4, when more than
82,000 volunteers scour state highways, county roads and city
streets and parks in the 13th annual Great Texas Trash-Off.
Statewide, 1,840 Adopt-a-Highway groups will pick up litter on
state roadways. Keep Texas Beautiful volunteers in 100
communities will concentrate their cleanups on city streets and
parks. Altogether, the volunteers expect to collect more than 6.8
million gallons of litter.
One of the nation's largest single-day litter pickup events, the »
Trash-Off is organized by the Texas Department of
Transportation (TxDOT) and Keep Texas Beautiful (KTB). The
one-day event reminds people of the state's natural beauty by
providing cleaner, safer roads, streets and parks.
"Thousands of Texans are turning their convictions into action
by giving their Saturday to clean up their communities," said
Doris Howdeshell, director of TxDOT's Travel Division. "These
volunteers are role models. We hope the sense of pride they
foster will cause their neighbors and visitors to stop ad think
before they litter."
The Great Texas Trash-Off is part of the TxDOT's "Don't Mess
with Texas" public awareness campaign. The litter prevention
program,which includes Don't Mess with Texas, Adopt-a-Highway,
and a grassroots partnership with Keep Texas Beautiful, Inc.,
works to change the attitudes - and the behavior - or would-be
litters. By reducing the amount of trash on state highways, these
programs are saving taxpayers $2-$4 million in litter pickup
expenditures each year.
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Tuesday, March 31
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Texas Wouldn’t Be Texas
Without the Cattle Industry
by Agriculture Commissioner Rick Perry
Cattle production is so intertwined with Texas history, values
and economics, it's impossible to imagine the state without its
ranches and feedlots. Raising beef cattle is a business and a way
of life that helped mold the Lone Star State and bestow its
identity. What's more, it is at the core of the Texas mystique,
which gives out state its unique image in the minds of people
around the globe.
Historian T.R. Fehrenbach in his bookpne Star?ays it better
than I can: "Here in Texas...something evolved that burned its
image like a smoking cattle brand into the consciousness not only
of North America but the whole world. A handful of border
Texans, adapting to the realities of their time and place, began
what was always essentially a small business but they conducted
it with a ...magnificence equaled nowhere. They exploded not a
business, but a new way of life, across the entire North American
west...They stamped a memory into America, and the world, that
refused to die.
Cattle also influence other types of ag production. If it weren't
for cattle feeding, growers on the High Plains probably would not
raise corn. Some 65 to 70 percent of Texas corn production
takes place in the Panhandle, and 90 percent of it goes to feed
cattle,
From the ranch to the slaughtering facility, beef cattle pump
billions of dollars into our state and provide thousands of jobs.
They also contribute another invaluable service - converting
native grass into high-quality protein. Of 157 million agricutural
acres in Texas, 111 million are used to graze cattle, other
livestock and as habitat for game animals. Cattle harvest grasss
from rough, arid land unfit for plows and cropping. When well
managed, these herds becomea tool that helps the land capture
rainwater and replenish the state's aquifers.
It's hard to imagine what Texas - and Texas agriculture - would
do if we had not cattle industry. Texas depends on cattle for jobs,
a healthy economy and for a legacy that helps define our past.
Say Texas, think cattle - a partnership that will continue to flourish
into the 21st century.
NIGHT SKIES OVER THE L B) RANCH
The waxing moon and the Milky Way will be the stars of "Night
Skies Over the LBJ Ranch," a program presented by Lyndon B.
Johnson National Historical Park and the Austin Astonomical
Society on Saturday, April 4, 1998. The special night sky
program includes a bus tour to the highest point on the LBJ
Ranch, where the Austin Astronomical Society will provide
telescopes for viewing the stars.
Two bus tours at 7:30 and 8:30 p.m. will leave from the Lyndon
B. Johnson State Historical Park, located off Highway 290 just
east of Stonewall, Texas. The tour fee will ge $3.00 for adults;
children 12 and under will be free. Each program will last
approzimately 1 1/2 hours and will be limited to 61 people on a
reservation basis only. Reservations can be made by calling
(830) 644-2420.
The LBJ Ranch is an excellent vantagepoint for viewing the Hill
Country night skies. The clear vista and lack of artificial light
sources provide visitors with an uncluttered view of the heavens.
Ed Steward, Vice President of the Austin Astonomical Society,
reports tha weather permitting, "The Milky Way will be full
splendor with nebula, star clusters, and colorful double stars
abounding." Tom Robichaux .will present a slideshow in the
historic LBJ Ranch Hangar describing the kind of objects visitors
will be viewing through a viariety of telescopes set up on the LBJ
Ranch airstrip.
A full slate of park event is planned for this spring's calendar. "A
Range of Choices: Native Grasses and Texas Ranches" will be
presented by Dr. Bob Lyons of the Gillespie County Extension
Service at the LBJ State Historical Park in Stonewall at 2:00 PM
on March 26. Enjoy an afternoon of poetry and estern songs
during "Cowboy Songs and Poetry," that will be held in the historic
Johnson Settlement in Johnson City on Saturday, April 18. "Birds
of the Texas Hill Country" will be another guest speaker program
that will be presented at the LBJ National Historical Park Visitor
Center in Johnson City on May 23.
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