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AUcJtali.
Worth
By Nanalee Nichols
Sunday afternoon we went
to the pasture to check on the
cows.
While my husband was wan-
dering around on foot looking
at each one, I moved over to-
wards the edge of the woods
which border the creek run-
ning through our place.
There was not a single man-
made sound except that of my
own breathing.
The sounds that were so over-
whelming were those of insects,
locust or cicadas (whichever
you prefer to call them) the
"thik" of grasshoppers leaping
on a leaf, the buzz or whine of
flies and mosquitoes.
But slowly as I sat there, I
began to hear tiny rustlings,
minuscule sounds of movement
and a sense of presence.
It came to me that the wild
world exists almost separately
from our so called civilized one.
We co-exist, not perfectly, and
certainly w e tend tocreatc more
havoc in the wild world than it
does in ours.
But there, only a few feet
away from me was this world
populated by fascinating crea-
tures which we seldom see un-
less they are a highway statis-
tic.
Squirrels scampered by over-
head, chasing one another hap-
pily. I saw tiie v-marks of that
amazing (if aggravating) little
digger, t be armadillo. Although
I could not see them I know
there was u family of raccoons
close by, they had left their hu-
man-looking pawprints in two
sizes, adult and child, .dong with
the remains of their crawfish
meal.
Deer were sleeping some-
where in those woods, their
tracks also revealing this year’s
fawns alongside of their mother.
Rodents abound, a short wal k
sent several scurrying away.
Pack rats, field rats and field
mice live in a complex world
one must get down to ground
level to see.
Earthworm castings, craw-
fish holes, and on softer,sandier
soil moles and gophers inhabit
a w orld that is literally beneath
our feet. Up in the sky the ubiq-
uitous vulture circled, ready to
exist on the death that stalks all
things.
Coyotes raise their young on
the mice and rats, rabbits and
even grasshoppers and crick-
ets. It is, for the wild creatures
so close and yet so far from us,
a timeof plenty, a time of growth
and storing fat for the hard
months of winter when life can
be desperate.
I can only see the edge of that
civilization, only hear tiny ech-
oes of it, only feel the shadow of
a hawk when it passes over or
smell the musky odor a snake
leaves behind. But that is
enough to fdl me with a sense of
wonder that the "wild world"
does exist, and that I can briefly
glimpse fascinating bits of it.
That is enough to fill me with
gratitude for being able to ex-
perience it at all. I wonder if the
wild things enjoy the glimpses
they get of us?
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MEMBER 1996
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86TH YEAR, No. 17
BOGATA, RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS
Thursday, August 15, 1996
500
YARD'S A MESS- The lawn at
(he home of thcReeves family
in Bogata received more than
its share of Prego Spaghetti
Sauce in the wee hours of the
morning on Wednesday, Au-
gust 7, when a truck didn't
make the curve in front of their
home and turned over spilling
jars of the sauce in their yard as
well as knocking dow n trees and
damaging the vegetable stand
next door. T HE El’A was in
town supervising the cleanup,
ri moving (lie dirt for four inches
from the yard. (Staff Photo)
PRESENTATION- Bill Carr
representing the Bogata VFW
Post S187 and Daphnnce Pointer
representing the Post Auxiliary
present a $200.00 check to t he
Bogata Volunteer Fire Depart-
ment at the Bogata City Council
meeting Monday evening. Au-
gust 12. Accepting the donation
Bogata Council to send
letters to citizens who
need to clean up property
The Bogata City Council heard from Daphne Pointer, Treasurer of the
Ladies Auxiliary of VFW and Bill Carr, Bingo Operator-Coordinator of
VFW Post 8187 as they presented Randy Kennedy of the Bogata Volun-
teer f ire Department with a cheek for $200 lor the department.
The city secretary was instructed to send out letters to citizens in Bogata
who need to clean up their property.
The council okayed placing an ail in the Rivererest School Yearbook,
and after consideration of a contract with Edgarlngl is concerning a refund
of federal taxes on gasoline voted to table the matter until next meeting.
The minutes were read and approved and hills and final water hill
accounts were approved.
Meeting went into session at 5:00 p m. Monday. August 12 with two
members absent and adjourned at 5:55 p.m.
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EDITOR'S QUOTES
Every year of my life I grow
more convinced that it is wi sest
and best to fix our attention on
the beautiful and the good, and
dwell as little as possible on the
veil and the false.
Cecil
CMI Home Health of Paris will he
in Fulbrighl on Wednesday, July 25
to give free blood pressure and blood
sugar checks in the fellowship hall of
Fulbrighl Baptist Church from 9
11:30 a m. II you arc disabled and
cannot come, they will come to your
home. For assistance call Katy
VanDeaverat 652-6805. This is hem
sponsored by the Fulbrighl Commu-
nity Club.
Thursday, August 15. 1996
Bogata Lions Club will meet at
7:00 at Bogata Community Center
August 18-22
First Baptist Church, Bogata. will
have revival services. Evangelist for
these services will he Malcolm Lillis
and Music director isOllicLce. Sun-
day evening service begins at 6:00
p.m. and Monday through Thursday
meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m.
Thursday, August 22
Rosalie Lodge # 527 will meet at
the Lodge Hall in Bogata.
Notice
Alcoholics Anonymous meets ev-
ery Monday, Wednesday. Friday and
Saturday at 8 p.m. in the St. Joseph's
Catholic Church Rec. Room in
Clarksville Fvcryonr is Wrln'mn-
for the Fire Department were
Kandy Kennedy and Kevin
Binion.i Staff Photo by Judy
Screws)
Rosalie Lodge #527
to sponsor basketball
tournament
Rosalie Lodge #527 will hold a 3
on 3 Basketball Tournament August
24 at 9:00 a m. al the Bogata Junior
High Gym.
The tournament is for ages 12 and
up, Cost per player is $ 10.00 and cost
per team is $30.00
Please contact Mark Hawkins at
632-5174 for more information
Winners will receive T shirts,
The Rosalie Lodge is not respon-
sible for accidents.
Bill Buck man
Buckman is high Texan at internationals
In Ft, Stockton. Texas July 28
through August 4 it may not have
been the Olympics hut it was serious
compel it ion to some • >1 over 300 hand
gun shooters who braved the humili-
ation of heat, winds and a changing
mirage at the Twentieth Anniversary
Internationals, the annual champion-
ships of the International Handgun
Metallic Silhouette Association. With
over 1200 entries and representation
trom Brazil. Canada. New Zeeland.
Australia.Germany. Norway and the
USA. the match had its share of dis-
appointments and excitement. Bill
Buckman with wile, Joyce, as spotter
and time keeper wete there to com-
pete and visit friends and fellow shoot
ers from many different parts ol the
country, some acquaintances from
their first Internationals in Phoenix in
1979.
Bill said being 1996 State Cham
pion caused a little added pressure
and to make it even more difficult he
w as afraid he had "peaked out" a hit
early a couple of weeks prior in
Norman. Oklahoma where he shot
his all time high aggregate of 151/
160. (Bill's 1986 aggregate ol 148/
160 was a Texas state record until
1995 when Miles Miles ol Houston
shot a 150 at Pearland Gun Club).
This aggregate of 151 consisted ol a
39 Revolver Freestyle. 40 Produc-
tion Freestyle. 40unlimited Freestyle
and a "whopping" 32 Production
Standing. This 151/160 is currently
ranked in the top live highest aggre-
gates shot in 1996 throughout the
United States.
"I knew anything even close to 151
(or a 302/320 at the Internationals)
would put me inTopTenat Ft. Stock-
ton. 1 was just wondering if it wasn't
too much too soon," Bill related.
On arrival at Ft. Stockton, it was
obvious that the range was going to
he difficult by checking the
scoreboard which showed lots ol
missed 200 meter RAM Targets. All
three of the Sweetwater teammates
had posted 78/80 in Production cat-
egory. Two teammates, Richard Por-
ter and Mondo Renteria were 80X80
Production shooters from past
Internationals.
Tuesday morning was Bill's lirst
shooting tiine so he also chose his
Production gun to "break the Tee1'.
This was his first big taste, o|. the
mirage but after over 2 hours or, the
firing line. Bill still managed a re-
spectable 77/80, For Tuesday altei
noon shooting time Bill dec ill 'd to go,
for the hard Production Standing cal
egory. Although heat and mirage
worsened. Bill shot more relaxed and
finished with a trophy winning 52/
80. Bill and Joyce enjoyed a day oil
Wednesday with a loin ol Ste.
Genevieve Winery and more visit-
ing, Thursday morning Bill tackled
the Revolver category and again
struggled with the mirage, but still
tired a nice 76/80 Meanwhile other
members ol Bill's team wete begin-
ning to finish up theii aggregates.
Richard Porter and Tommy Deese
both ol Sweetwater hail added 19/80
Standing score to their aggregates
finishing with 278/320 each. Alter
noon came quickly and it was time
for Bill to shoot his final gun ol 4 gun
aggregate. Unlimited Freesty le. Bill
took his custom built UP 100 holt
action handgun and "mowed down"
all 80 targets for a trophy winning
80X80 and a 4-gun aggregate ol 285/
320. Soon after Bill came oil line.
Mondo finished with an 80X80 ami a
fine 281/320 aggregate boosting the
team aggregate to a second place
trophy of 1122/1280. Friday morn-
ing Bill shoots his final time slot w ith
a new category for him called Unlim-
ited Standing. With a hardly.3 week
old barrel set up for his single shot
RPM XL H pistol. Bill commenced
to shoot a 61/80. good lor First place
in AA class and combined with the
52/8()Opcn Sight Standing score pro-
duced a Third place Big bore Stand-
ing aggregate trophy. The 285 4-gun
aggregate received trophy of fifth
place in over all Bigbore aggregate
champions. It was also high aggre-
gate amongst his team members and
all Texas shooters attending. Re
cciving six trophies at the awards
ceremony Saturday afternoon. Bill
proved to indeed he worthy ot the
1996 Texas "Top Gun" title.
Thursday at 7:00 p.m is "42" time
and every Saturday at I 30 is Bingo
playing time.
The VFW and its Auxiliary meets
every second and fourth Monday at 7
few-
Budget Hearing Scheduled
The Talco-Bogata CISD Board of Trustees will conduct the
budget hearing for the 1996-97 school year on August 19, 1996
in the Rivererest Board Room. The hearing will begin at 8:00
p.m. The public is encouraged to attend.
Following the hearing, the Board will conduct the regular
August meeting and will consd er adoption of the 1996-97
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Nichols, Nanalee & Nichols, Thomas. Bogata News (Bogata, Tex.), Vol. 86, No. 17, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 15, 1996, newspaper, August 15, 1996; Deport, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth911873/m1/1/: accessed June 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Red River County Public Library.