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The Harper News
April 24, 2009
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Here are a few other
Earth Day 2009
"May there only be
peaceful and cheerful Earth
Days to come for our beau-
tiful Spaceship Earth as it
continues to spin and circle
in frigid space with its warm
and fragile cargo of animate
life."
- United Nations Secretary-
General U Thant, March 21,
1971
Earth Day started in 1970
as a way of celebrating our
planet and drawing atten-
tion to the environment.
Many important laws were
passed by Congress follow-
ing the 1970 Earth Day,
including the Clean Air Act,
the Clean Water Act, and the
Endangered Species Act.
Earth Day quickly became a
global celebration, now
observed in 175 countries,
officially on April 22. Many
areas commemorate the
occasion the weekend
pie, Riverside Nature Center
held its annual Earth Day
Festival last Saturday, April
18.
After the initial flurry
of activism surrounding the
early Earth Day celebra-
tions, the goals of changing
human behavior and affect-
ing policy failed to maintain
their momentum, and pop-
ular support faded.
Sometimes It seems that all
the news on the environ-
mental scene today predicts
gloom and doom. But many
of the major issues are
finally receiving increased
coverage from the media,
and some of our biggest
concerns are beginning to
be taken seriously. This
gives us hope that we may
be seeing a renewed inter-
est in our planet’s well-
being.
More and more people
seem to care about our
impact on the world and are
willing to take steps to
improve the situation. We
see this in small gestures
such as shoppers bringing
their own reusable tote
bags to the grocery store,
and drivers making more of
an effort to consolidate car
trips. In urban areas, more
commuters than ever are
using public transportation,
even though gas prices
small ways to make a differ-
ence:
• Buy fewer drinks in plastic
bottles - use your own bot-
tle and refill with your own
water instead
• Replace conventional
Incandescent light bulbs
with energy-efficient com-
pact fluorescent bulbs - and
remember to turn the lights
off when not needed
• Power down your com-
puter when not in use, or
set the energy saver
options so that it goes to
sleep automatically after a
5- or 10-minute period of
inactivity
• Wash clothes in cold or
warm water rather than hot
• Save water and electrici-
ty by composting your
kitchen scraps instead of
running the garbage dis-
posal
• Adjust your thermostat
down a few degrees in win-
ter, and up a few degrees in
summer.
Even though Earth Day
has passed this year, there
are many ways we can
make a difference every
day. For more information
on Earth Day and ideas on
how you can do your part,
see the official web site
www.earthdav.net.
Class of ‘61 Meets
The Class of 1961 met for dinner recently to establish a memorial for classmate, Sharon
Gibson Tatsch, and to renew friendships. From left: William Lange, Lamar Itz, Malcolm
Marschall, Bonnie Friedrich Bailey, Jack Phillips, Sally Spencer Yett, Charles Wanner, Patsy
Benner Brehmer, Daniel Fritz and Joyce Kramer Jenschke.
ALS Day of Remembrance, May 2
at St. James Lutheran Church
May is ALS Awareness
Month and Governor Rick
Perry has declared it as such
for the state of Texas.
The ALS Association will
be hosting the First Annual
Hill Country ALS Day of
Remembrance, Saturday,
May 2, 2009 for 9:30 to Noon
at the St. James Lutheran
Church in Harper.
All are invited to attend
but this meeting is focused
toward alt persons suffering
with ALS, their family mem-
bers, friends, or anyone
committed to the ongoing
fight against this disease.
Call Lana Tatsch
(830.257.8427) and leave
your name and phone num-
ber or email ltatsch@peter-
sonrmc.com or call Karen
Swift (830.992.1883) or
email karenkjs@gmail.com.
Donations may be made
to the ALS Association, % of
Mrs. lana Tatsch, Families
Taking a Strike Against ALS,
317 Manor Drive, Kerrville,
TX 78028.
Meeting Planned to Discuss Establishing a
Chapter of The Compassionate Friends
Anyone who has had a
child die in their family is
invited to an informal meet-
ing Monday, April 27, in
Kerrville with the intent of
eventually establishing a hill
country chapter of The
Compassionate Friends, a
nonprofit self-help
bereavement support
organization for families
that have experienced the
death of a child.
The organization wel-
comes bereaved parents,
siblings, grandparents, and
immediate family members
to its meetings. The mission
of The Compassionate
Friends is to assist families
toward the positive resolu-
tion of grief following the
death of a child of any age
and any cause and to pro-
vide information to help
others be supportive. There
is no religious affiliation and
no individual fees or dues
are charged. There are
nearly 600 chapters in the
United States with locations
in ali 50 states plus Puerto
Rico and Washington DC.
The nearest chapter to
Kerrville is in San Antonio.
The meeting will be from
6:30 to 8:30 PM at First
United Methodist Church,
321 Thompson Drive,
Kerrville. From 6:30 to 7:00
is informal time for visiting,
and the meeting starts at
7:00. We will be in the lunch
room of the Education
Building on the east side of
the Church grounds. Enter
from the east side parking
lot which faces the back of
the post office. For more
information, call Steve at
(830)792-3769. To learn
more about The
Compassionate Friends, visit
their national website at
www.compassionate-
friends.org.
Address
Membership Application
Save Our Scenic Hill Country
Environment, Inc.
Name
City, State and
Zip_
.Cell phone.
Home phone.
Signature_
.work phone.
The Organization’s Purpose Is:
• To preserve the aesthetic value, natural beauty and sensitive environ-
mental integrity of the geographic area of Texas known as the “Hill Country” (more
specifically, Gillespie and surrounding counties)
• Advocating against development and operation of wind farms and their
infrastructure (“wind farming”) in the Texas Hill Country
• Through education and dissemination of information regarding the nega-
tive aspects of wind farming in the Hill Country
(Applications can be mailed to 10212 Ranch Road 965, Fredericksburg, TX 78624)
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Seventh Annual Fireworks Jamboree
on July 4, 2009
Family games and picnics and spectacular fireworks and dancing
benefitting the Harper Library.
Tickets: $5.00- Adults, $1.00 - Children 18 and under.
6:00 p.m. to midnight
There’ll be a “Tea Party” too!
We’re happy to be part of the Harper Community.
Now is a good time to reserve the Double B Ranch and Resort
for weddings, reunions, birthday parties and more.
Phone: (830) 990-4122
Be One in a Thousand!
Get a Harper Library card!
Saul de la Torre is one in a thousand.
He comes to the library and checks out books.
HARPER P.T.O.
BULLETIN BOARD
by Jill Martyn
Votes are in! The Harper
PTO’s president-elect for
next year Is Mary Meier,
vice-president is Kayla
Briggs, Yvette Shubert will
be returning as secretary;
and filling the job of treas-
urer is Carolyn Lester. As for
committees, Toi Love will be
in charge of our extremely
successful book fairs, Kelley
White will be homeroom
parent coordinator,
Mignonne Frantzen is man-
aging teacher appreciation,
Kim Dei Toro is organizing
the Fall Family Fun Night and
Yvette Shubert continues as
our historian. We are look-
ing forward to serving the
parents and teachers once
again in the 2009-2010
school year.
As of April 2, the PT0 has
cleared $27,000 in profit
from this year’s Walk-A-
Thon, with the high school
kids bringing in $2600, the
middle school, $3500, and
the elementary kids topping
everyone with an impres-
sive $11,092! Way to go! We
are still expecting around
$2800 in outstanding
pledges to come in; so make
sure you’ve sent your dona-
tions to the school.
To reward students, teach-
ers, and other participants
who helped make this walk
a success, the PTO will pass
out awards and prizes on
May 4 at 2:00 p.m. in the new
gym. Everyone is urged to
show their support for the
school and have some fun by
attending this awards cere-
mony. Be sure to wear your
Walk-A-Thon t-shirts.
The spring book fair is
almost upon us; the dates of
which are May 4,5, and 6. It
will be open late on Monday
night and during school
hours on Tuesday and
Wednesday. On Monday
night, in conjunction with
the book fair, the PTO will be
hosting a pajama party and
premiering Family Movie
Night. Beginning at 6:30
p.m., we will show the
movie, “Bolt”, in the cafete-
ria. Free popcorn and
lemonade will be provided
for everyone, so bring your
blankets and pillows, get
comfy in your PJs and enjoy
the movie as well as the
book fair, which will remain
open during the showing of
the movie.
All seniors applying for
the PTO scholarships will
need to turn in their appli-
cations by April 24.
Janelle Peralt is fast
becoming the school’s
coupon queen, and along
with cash raised through
“Boxtops4Education,” will
be turning in the zillions of
Nestle’s water labels in
exchange for free soccer
balls and equipment.
The next PTO meeting will
be May 7 at 3:30 in the High
School library.
Hill Country Master Naturalists
Present Program on
“Hill Country Butterflies”
flies includes updating the
Tom Collins, a Texas
Master Naturalist with more
than 5,000 volunteer hours,
will present a program enti-
tled “Hill Country
Butterflies” at this month’s
meeting of the Texas Master
Naturalist, Hill Country
Chapter. His presentation
will explore the science and
beauty of some of the more
than 150 plus species of but-
terflies that are found in the
Texas Hill Country.
Collins, a graduate of
Texas A&M and a Dow
Chemical retiree, has a life-
long interest in birds. His
interest in butterflies devel-
oped from his birding activi-
ties. He work with butter-
butterfly list for Kerr
County, restarting the
Kerrville North American
Butterfly Count, and devel-
oping a nature checklist as
part of the Hill Country
Master Naturalist Fauna
Study Project.
The meeting will be at
Riverside Nature Center, 150
Francisco Lemos Street in
Kerrville, Monday, April 27,
at 7 p.m. There is no charge,
and the public is invited. For
more information contact
Jim Gardner at 830-285-
2129 orjimg@ccollom.com
or visit http:// grovesite.
com/tmn/hcmn.
Elected
Officials
(Editor’s note: As critical
issues come before both the
state and national govern-
ments, I have decided to
devote a little of the
paper’s space to contact
information for our elected
officials. The closer we as
citizens stay in contact, the
better our officials can act
to protect our interests.)
President
Barack H. Obama, The White
House, 1600 Pennsylvania
Ave. Washington, D. C. 20500
www.whitehouse.gov
Vice President
Joe Biden, Executive Office
Bldg. Washington, D. C.
20501
vice_president@white
house.gov
U.S. Senator
Kay Bailey Hutchison, 284
Russell Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D. C. 20510
(202) 224-5922
hutchison. senate.gov
U. S. Senator
John Cornyn, 370 Russell
Senate Office Bid.
Washington, D. C. 20510
(202) 224-2934
www.cornyn.senate.gov
U. S. Representative
Mike Conaway, Dist. 11
511 Cannon House Office
Bid.
Washington, D. C. 20515
(202) 225-3605
Llano office - (325) 247-
2826
conaway.house.gov
Texas Govenor
Rick Perry
P. 0. Box 12428
Austin, TX 78711
(512)463-2000
www.governor.state.tx.us
State Senator
Troy Fraser, Dist. 24
P.0. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, TX 78711
(512)463-0124
State Representative
Doug Miller
doug.miller@house.state.tx.
us
P.0. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768-2910
(512) 463-0325
Countv Judge
Mark Stroeher
101 W. Main
Fredericksburg, TX 78624
(830) 997-7503
Countv Commissioner. Pet 5
Billy Roeder
101 W. Main
Fredericksbug, TX 78624
(830) 997-7503
Belk’s
Charity Sale
Sat. May 2, 2009
6:00 to 10:00 a.m.
Buy a $5 ticket.
It benefits the Harper
Library and gives you $5
off your first
purchase. Tickets
available at the Harper
Library and Resale
Shop.
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