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On February 18, 2010, Darla Rooke was elected Presidentand Chief Executive Officer of Junction National Bank, and isnow a member of the bank’s Board of Directors. Darla is thefourth President in the 75-year history of the bank.

Darla began her banking career at Junction National Bankthrough JISD’s Distributive of Education program in July,1980. She began in the bookkeeping department, learning man-ual processes and then later computerized operations asJunction National progressed technologically. In May, 1982,Darla became a full time employee after graduating fromJunction High School.

From 1988 until 1991, Darla put her career on hold to care fortwo daughters. She returned to the workforce in October, 1991,as Junction National’s Compliance Officer. Since then, she has

Darla Rooke namedpresident, CEO ofJunction National

“Rrrrrrgh! Avast me hearties!” JES kindergartner Will Jennings and his matey, CaptainHook, don’t let a little inclement weather stop their swashbuckling escapades. They’remaking the most of the early dismissal from school on Tuesday afternoon. Will is the son ofDave and Beth Jennings. The photo was taken at their ranch home near Roosevelt.

JNB directors on hand to congratulate Darla Rooke, newly appointed president and CEOof Junction National Bank are, standing from left, Rob Roy Spiller, B. Lee Spiller, Bill EdHooks, JoAnn Hammonds, K. Cowsert, John Loeffler and Andy Murr.See Rooke on Page 7

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JunctionHarold’s Shell $2.76/gal.Granddad’s $2.76/gal.Llano Tra.Ctr. $2.76/gal.Rowe’s Chevron $2.74/gal.Roy’s Chevron $2.70/gal.Jct. Country St. $2.70/gal.Joy’s $2.68/gal.Johnny’s Exxon $2.67/gal.Lum’s $2.66/gal.Les Williams $2.66/gal.Short Stop $2.66/gal.SegoviaPhillips 66 $2.76/gal.RockspringsSorrel’s Valero $2.64/gal.Shell $2.52/gal.SonoraStripes $2.60/gal.Chevron $2.60/gal.Camp WoodGet-N-Go $2.61/gal.HarperWaldos $2.56/gal.Chevron $2.60/gal.FredereicksburgHEB $2.50/gal.Valero $2.50/gal.KerrvilleHEB $2.50/gal.Valero $2.50/gal.MasonValero $2.60/gal.MenardPic-N-Pac $2.50/gal.San AngeloStripes $2.50/gal.Gas prices were taken on

the same day and roundedto the nearest cent/gal. Reports of abuse can be

reported to:www.oag.state.tx.us/con-sumer/complain.shtml “On the road again!” Bill Neiman, left, and Robert Valenzuela make a quick stop in downtown Junction on their way home from one of the LCRA’s open

houses held last week. In Menard, Mason, Fredericksburg, Sonora, Eldorado and Junction, they hauled and displayed the one-quarter scaled model ofthe “four-legged, robot-esque lattice towers” that Lower Colorado River Authority “is con-sidering” installing for the transmission lines it is scheduled to construct across the TexasHill Country. Clear View Alliance (CVA) is the grass-roots organization, with a growingnumber of members throughout the Hill Country, that is working to raise awareness regard-ing the less-offensive-but-more-expensive, monopoles. The monopoles are universally pre-ferred over the lattice towers by landowners whose property values (and their beloved vis-tas) are to be adversely affected by the transmission lines. The “traveling tower” didn’tmake the Kerr County LCRA open house at Schreiner University. Neiman said it wasdenied access in Kerrville because the Schreiner University president said he didn’t want toappear to be taking sides. Huh?

photo courtesy of Dave and Beth Jennings

As in the past fifteen years,the outing at Seven HundredSprings will take placeSaturday, (this year's date isMarch 13), with a motorcadeleaving the Courthouse inJunction at 10 a.m. Participantsare asked to bring a jacket orsweater (sometimes thebreezes are a bit nippy) and asack lunch for the noon picnic.We are receiving inquiries,both locally and out-of-town,as scores of persons alwaysseem to be grateful for achance to enjoy a day at theSprings, once a tourist attrac-tion along the old road toRocksprings.

Condolences are extended tomy friends, Doris Shuler,Lawrence Shuler (and his wife,Benda), all of London, andDonna Barfield of Kerrville isthe recent death of their brother.

On this Monday morning, Ihave just received word of thelate-Sunday death of T. C. Hightof London. Word was relayedby his niece, Louise MartinWahl of St. Vrain, New Mexico.

Although no informationconcerning arrangements isavailable this early Mondaymorning, I am sure he will belaid to rest beside his late wife,the former Billye JoyceSolomon, in the Little SalineCemetery. T. C. was the son ofthe late John Oliver and LinniePearl Hight and the grandsonof Edward Harvey and AlzadaAdams Pearl. His paternalgrandparents were Harrisonand Sarah E. Spoon Hight. Inaddition to several grandchil-dren, nephews, nieces, and

cousins, T. C. is survived byhis daughter, Linnie and herhusband, David Norvell, and abrother, Leonard Hight andwife, Allene. T. C. was a veter-an of World War II.

Last week's contributions tothe Kimble County HistoricalMuseum Building Fund inmemory of Victor Herbst werefrom Larry and Marty Land ofAustin and Jean GoodmanDagen of Fredericksburg.

Another donation for theBuilding Fund was from KayMotley Randolph. Ruth AnnBurnett and her neighbor, SueWynn, dropped by the muse-um for a visit, and Ruth Annleft a donation.

Kimble County HistoricalCommission, in anticipation ofa new museum, is grateful forthe interest and generosity offriends and neighbors.

Linda Wood Rowe ofFredericksburg relayed newsthat her uncle, Ray Wood, hasmoved from Farmers Branchto Fredericksburg. He has beenill and will enjoy hearing fromhis friends in Kimble County.Ray is the son of the late W. W."Cap" and Mertie Ellis Wood.He can be contacted at hisniece's e-mail addressrw_lnd@yahoo.com

Recent communiques havebeen received from BillStewart of Llano, who isalways interested in spreadingthe word of the annual trip toSeven Hundred Springs.

Adrin and Sue Owens ofKerrville made a return trip tothe museum to purchase copiesof Peace In The Valley and It

Occurred In Kimble.Dee Lackey of San Angelo

reports the recent West TexasRehabilitation telethon was,again, a great success. An artshow is planned for March,followed by a fundraisingchicken dinner in April.

A telephone message arrivedfrom Virgil Baldwin of FortDavis, who is a descendant ofKinchen Baldwin and his wife,Jane Grigsby. Kinchen wasborn in 1818 in Tennessee andcame to Texas by 1858. He andhis family first settled nearAustin, where Baldwin Bendis named for the family. Latermigrating to Kerr and thenKimble counties, Kinchen andhis family settled on the SouthLlano River. His land includedSeven Hundred Springs andthe Tanner and Deats Springs.Kinchen later lived furtherdownstream where he passedaway March 1, 1902. He isburied in the pioneer WootenCemetery on Cajac Creek. Hewas a charter member of theJunction Masonic Lodge.

In recent days I have visited,via telephone, with MikeMcDougall of Harper and JimGartrell of Houston regardingthe placing of a Confederatemarker on the grave of GastonRayner. The site of the grave ison the Gartrell ranch near FallsProng in the eastern edge ofKimble County.

Gaston Rayner was born in1839 in North Carolina andwas killed by a neighbor onJuly 25, 1844. He was a mem-ber of the 8th Texas Cavalryknown as Terry's TexasRangers during the WarBetween the States. His widowwas the former Alice Taylor,who had been captured byKiowa Indians during the

McDonald massacre atPedernales Spring near pres-ent-day Harper. Alice diedJanuary 20, 1892, and is buriedin the Junction City Cemetery.

One of my messages wasfrom Jay Taylor of Harper,who is securing a marker dedi-cated to the sixteen or soTaylor relatives who served asTexas Rangers. The monumentwill be placed sometime in thenear future at the historicSpring Creek Cemetery inGillespie County.

Joanie Puryear of Fred-ericksburg reports the TexasHistorical Commission hasapproved a marker for theTaylor Family Cemetery nearCuero. Her DRT ancestor,Josiah Taylor (father of KimbleCounty's Creed Taylor),received a land grant fromGreen DeWitt in May 1830. Hisoldest son, William, is Joanie'sgreat-great-great-grandfather.William's wife, ElizabethTumlinson Taylor, is buried inthe Junction City Cemetery.

Sunday, February 28, is thedate for the appearance of thenext full moon. It is traditional-ly known as the "SnowMoon", as the greatest snow-falls of the year oft-times occurin the second month of theyear. Native tribes sometimesknew the moon as the "HungerMoon" because the bitterweather often deterred thehunting trips.

Harold D. Jobes of theAustin area remembers visitingwith the late Blackstone Smith,a Boy Scout leader of note.Blackstone once shared hisstory of earning the EagleAward as a "Lone Scout" inJunction. In the early days of itsorganization, the Boy Scouts ofAmerica had a program whereboys in rural areas could earnrank and advance even thoughthere was no Boy Scout troopin that locale. Harold recalledBlackstone telling of merit

badges that were/were not inexistence when Harold becamean Eagle Scout.

David Dobbins has dis-patched a message that theFebruary 25 meeting ofJunction Rotary Club has beenpostponed until Saturdayevening, February 27 at 6:00

at Isaack’s Restaurant. Theparents of exchange studentJorge Cevallos will be herefrom Ecuador and will bringthe program and meet localRotarians and their guests.

I hope you are making plansfor the Seven Hundred Springsouting!

It may not feel like spring,but it is time for the springsports at the High School:baseball, tennis, track and golf.The first golf tournament willbe held at the Hidden Springscourse in Harper, February 25and 26, and Junction has threegirls going and seven boys.The course is a pretty one.Michael Miller is a frequentplayer there, and he reportslots of trees, three or four holeswith dog-legs and fast greens.Such a fun course to play.

We are all pleased to have alady golf coach this year.Cindy Wimberley has beenteaching at Junction about 16years, has a degree in PhysicalEducation with an Englishminor from Angelo StateUniversity and enjoys golf andhorse back riding. She is look-ing forward to the golfing sea-son and is pleased to have sucha large group, on the golf team,compared to former years.

The boys will play the firstday, February 25. Those chosento play in this first tournament,(these are not all of our team)are Vince Atchison, a freshman,whose uncle and dad aregolfers; Jonathan Baggett, jun-ior whose granddad got himinterested in golf; DavidBednarz, a freshman whosebrother played golf; Jairo

Dominguez, a freshman whosebrother also played golf in highschool; Garrett Murff, a sopho-more who loves all sports ingeneral; Dalton Schulze, asophomore whose dad playsnow and then, but he comesfrom a long line of golf playingfamily, his grandmother hisgreat-grandmother and hisgreat-uncle were great golfers;and Kary Watson, a freshmanwho started playing when hewas two and is real excitedabout being on the golf team;Lee his uncle is our golf pro.

Three girls are going to thisfirst tournament; they will playFebruary 26. Joanna Gutierrez,a junior whose family playsgolf; Olivia Kneese, a fresh-man whose dad encouragedher to try out for the team;Haley Martinez, a senior whocomes from a golfing family;Mary Whitworth, a sophomorejust trying golf for the firsttime, is the other girl on thegolf team but will miss thisfirst tournament

Michael thought he mightgo to Harper to watch our teamplay. Any of you other golferswho can make the trip go; itreally does make a differencehaving that home town sup-port. We want our team toremember to hit the ball hard,straight, and not too often.

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FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH201 S. 11th Street

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COLLEGE STREETCHURCH OF CHRIST

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TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH1119 Main Street

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ST. THERESA CATHOLIC CHURCH114 South 7th Street

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The man murdered was theowner of the store. Bosch did-n’t know the man well, but hehad had some dealings withhim.

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It is so hard for me to con-tinue to write about the lossesin our community. We havesurely been tried and saddenedto lose Sherry Heiman, VictorHerbst and Darryl Carpenter;then Betty Page left us after along struggle with cancer. Justone day after her memorialservice, Ken Mann passedaway at home in London.Even as the service for Kenwas being held, T.C. Hightwas bidding farewell to hisfamily on February 21. Hisservice will be Wednesday,February 24, at GrahamFuneral Home, with burial atSaline Cemetery. Our heartsgo out to Linnie and her fami-ly at this sad time.

Last week I did not reporton the Community Associa-tion meeting held on February11, as I instead sent a letter tothe editor regarding theHospital Board activities.Incumbent County AttorneyAllen Ahlschwede and incum-bent Sheriff Hilario Cantuspoke briefly to a good groupwho braved the weather tomeet them. Candidates AndyIvins and Dennis Land werepresent and listened closely asAllen and Hilario took ques-tions and answered them in astraightforward manner.

I have to say, I personallyhave learned more about thecounty attorney position, aswell as the sheriff’s activities,

than I ever knew before. Thisis due in part to the attentionpaid by the candidates to ourlittle place between thebridges. It is obvious that vot-ers in Kimble County are tak-ing a greater interest than everin the local, as well as Stateand National elections. This isa good thing – many of us hadbecome far too complacent.

The Primary Election isnext Tuesday, March 2. I’ll bethere at our own polling placein London along with otherearly risers, Scott and MarthaRichardson, Rick Novotneyand Linda Portz, to meet andgreet the voters. I still think 7a.m. is a ridiculous time of dayfor anyone to be there – espe-cially me. But it is very impor-tant that we continue to haveour local poll open.

As you know, the contestedraces in the county are allRepublicans, so in order tohave a voice in the county

attorney and sheriff positions,you will have to vote in theRepublican Primary. Ofcourse, a vote in theRepublican Primary does notlimit how you vote in theGeneral Election. That is mysoap box lesson for this week.

As I am writing this (almostlate as usual), it is snowingonce again in beautiful down-town London, America – bigfat flakes. Billie Ivy said sheremembers the days when itsnowed around here severaltimes every winter. The years Ihave been here, that has notbeen the case. It is so great tosee the creeks and groundtanks with water standing inthem. Let’s hope the rains con-tinue through the spring andsummer!

I guess I will close for nowand wish you well as you trav-el between the bridges ofKimble County and beyond.

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T C Hight, 85, of London,died Sunday, February 21,2010, at Kimble Hospital inJunction.

He was born June 14, 1924,to John Oliver Hight andLinnie Pearl Hight.

Funeral services were heldat 2 p.m. on Wednesday,February 24, at GrahamFuneral Home with burial inthe Little Saline Cemetery inLondon.

Pallbearers were Danny

Tate, Larry Young, LukeHight, Duke Hight, KennySimon, Royce Hight, JamesHight and Sean Hardin.

Mr. Hight was preceded indeath by his loving wife, BillyHight, and a son, DannyHight.

Survivors include a daugh-ter, Linnie Norvell and herhusband, David, of London; abrother, Leonard Hight ofLondon; five grandchildrenand ten great-grandchildren.

T.C. Hight

Doroteo Sanchez, Sr., 74, ofJunction, died Wednesday,February 17, 2010, in SuttonCounty.

Mr. Sanchez was bornDecember 15, 1935, in Junc-tion to Rumaldo and AdolariaSanchez. He worked as ashearing contractor.

Services were held at 7 p.m.Saturday, February 20, atGraham Funeral Home. A pri-vate committal service willtake place at a later date.

Survivors include two sons,Doroteo Sanchez, Jr. and wife,Al ic ia , o f Bakers f ie ld ,

California and MichaelSanchez and wife, Alicia, ofDavis, California; two broth-ers, Sostenez Sanchez andwife, Velma, of Junction andMarcario Sanchez of Wax-ahachie; four sisters, AntoniaSanchez of Ripon, California,Aurora Sanchez and LupeSorrellos, both of Waxahachieand Josie De Los Santos andhusband, Julian, of Ballinger;and two grandsons, MichaelSanchez, Jr. of Davis,California and David MunozSanchez of Bakersfield,California.

Doroteo Sanchez, Sr.

Lots of folks in this worldare basically successful. Then,there is the “rest of us”. Thisnation for all its short cuts,long trails and convolutedsocial and educational, legaland con artist, ways of life hasperhaps more of the populacethan any other national unitthat could be considered assuccessful.

As to why? Well, perhapsone of our past presidents hasa pretty good clue. CalvinCoolidge is the fellow, one ofour most successful andaccording to history a sort oflaid back fellow. His admoni-tion to Americans could veryeasily be a basic key to bothsuccess and in the long run,just “getting it done”. One ofthe things the nation isknown for.

Mr. Coolidge is noted tohave advised: “Press on...noth-ing in the world can take theplace of persistence. Talentwill not: nothing is more com-mon than unsuccessful indi-viduals with talent. Genius willnot: unrewarded genius isalmost a proverb. Educationwill not: the world is full ofeducated derelicts. Persistenceand determination alone areomnipotent.”

Good old history. A path tosuccess spoon fed from a suc-cessful former American pres-ident. I would like to make asmall wager that not one in amillion high school historyclasses have included thisshort but unbelievably impor-tant bit of advice from a basi-cally successful American.

My Opinionby John Parker

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I made some of you madwith last week’s article. I’mnot sure why, because you did-n’t tell me; you complained toother people. So I was robbedof first hand feedback. The partI think made you mad was mywriting about a sexual assaultof a minor by a relative.

I feel like it is important toadmit that these types ofcrimes are going on, will bereported, will be investigatedand hopefully will be prosecut-ed in a timely manner andresult in someone being lockedup. You may not like knowingthat it goes on, but I am not inthe business of covering thesecrimes up.

If we talk about them andeducate the public, we accom-plish two goals. We alert youso that if you hear an outcry,you will forward the informa-tion to those of us who arecharged with investigatingthese offenses. Also, we edu-

cate you so that if you getcalled to jury duty, you will bea better educated juror. And if Ido make you mad, let meknow specifically so I canlearn from mistakes.

I worked on patrol lastSunday, and I saw a lot of peo-ple not wearing seat belts.Most were local people justrunning down to the store forsomething.

Most accidents happen with-in two miles of home and I’mreally worried that someone isgoing to get hurt or killed in amajor accident that wouldhave been minor if seat beltswere worn.

There is also some confusionand questions about the newchild passenger laws that wentinto effect last September 1st.

A person commits an offenseif the person operates a passen-ger vehicle, transports a childwho is younger than eightyears of age (unless the child is

taller than four feet, nine inch-es) and does not keep the childsecured during the operation ofthe vehicle in a child passengersafety seat system according tothe instructions of the manu-facturer of the safety seat sys-tem. (TRC-545.412)

All occupants must berestrained in a safety beltregardless of position in thevehicle, if position is equippedwith a safety belt. (TRC545.413)

A person commits an offenseif the person operates an open-bed pickup truck or an openflatbed truck or draws an openflatbed trailer when a childyounger than 18 years of age isoccupying the bed of the truckor trailer. (TRC 545.414)(There are some exceptions forsole household vehicles, farmworkers, emergencies, beach-es, parades and hayrides.)

An operator may not carryanother person on a motorcy-cle unless the other person is atleast five years of age. (Unlessin a sidecar) (TRC-545.16)

There are some exemptionsand defenses to prosecution,and that is why I quoted thesection of the TransportationCode in case you want to readthem specifically and in moremind numbing detail.

Next week I’ll give you theages and weights that applybetween infant safety seats andbooster seats and the specificuses of each. If you need a seatand can’t afford one, get withus and we have sources thatwill supply them. Don’t waituntil you get stopped by anofficer to ask. There is not anexemption for grandparents orneighbors picking up kids atschool in bad weather. I haveheard all of those excuses.

Remember, we are all tryingto keep everyone safer here inthe land of living water.

From the editor: Chief,don’t pay attention to thecomplainers, gripers, and crit-icizers. I appreciate your tak-ing the time to keep our read-ers updated on issues that cansave their cash and save theirlives. After all, your column’snot required reading. Every-one’s free to read what ap-peals and skip what doesn’t.

It’s odd....nobody tells methat what you’ve written both-ers them. I get compliments!

DK

The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, February 24, 2010 Page 5

A message from Chief Marvin Ivy

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Do you need a job? No, we are not hiring atthe library, but the United States CensusBureau is hiring! The library was told by a cen-sus coordinator, that over 100 people are need-ed to complete the 2010 census for KimbleCounty. The census-taking job is a temporary,part-time employment with flexible hours, (upto 40 hours a week) with good pay and mileagereimbursement for the field jobs. A test isrequired which is being administered at theKimble County Library on most Wednesdays.Practice tests are also available at the library.You may apply now and become a census takerby calling toll-free 866-861-2010.

Jobs are hard to come by during these diffi-cult economic times, and Kimble CountyLibrary would like to help by offering servicesthat hopefully will prepare our citizens to findgainful employment. So many companies thesedays require a prospective employee to registeronline before being considered for a position.

Companies such as DollarGeneral Store, Wal-Mart,Home Depot and others requirejob applications to be submit-ted online. If you are seekingemployment, the library is theperfect place to begin your

search. You can utilize the library’s numerouspublic computers.

The library also hopes to be of help by pro-viding more services and programs that willbe of benefit in other ways. Last month aresumé writing workshop webinar was heldto give applicants tools and suggestions toimprove their resumés. The library plans tocontinue hosting more informative and edu-cational webinars at later dates. Suggestionson future topics are very much appreciatedand welcomed.

The purpose of the Kimble County Library isto provide and expand educational, informa-tional, and recreational services to all age groupcitizens residing in Kimble County throughprograms and services offered free of charge.Please take advantage of these opportunities.

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• Achieved positive results in only one year

• Disposed of 287 cases, a 108% increase

• Fines assessed from $71,944 to $222,449, a 209% increase

• Fines collected from $44,059 to $85,189, a 93% increase

• Resolved all but 5 of the 129 old cases on the docket

• Resolved all but 9 of the 115 new cases added to the docket

• Collected civil claim owed to County of $126,000

• Hot check collections increased over 25%

• Handled County civil matters - saving taxpayers thousands

• Returned a 2009 budget surplus to the County of $35,189

• Additional taxpayer savings of $50,000 projected for 2010

PROVEN RESULTS

A-6-1pI am asking for your vote for County Attorney.

Kimble County Chamber of Commerce and Trips by Nick “Cruisers” pausing from theirmany activities on their week-long cruise to the Bahamas are, back row from left, DonnieGentry, Terry Wallace (Kerrville), Royce Breckenridge, Jim Wallace (Kerrville), ConnieBooth, Adelaide Copeland and Nick Bukis. In the seventh row, from left, are Ken Alexander,Lauren Wayand (Frisco), Derek Balchuck and Carolyn Balchuck. In the sixth row, are,from left, Gary McCoy, Stan Graham, (behind McCoy), Jann Alexander, Ann Lemon andAnn Trimble (Ft. McKavett). In the fifth row from left, are Jimmy Bell (San Angelo), BobCortez (San Angelo), Mary Cortez (San Angelo), Sandy Couey and Bill Royal (Menard).Standing in the fourth row from left, are Pat Potter (San Angelo), Alice Weiss, JoAnn Royal(Menard) and Paul Henry. In the third row, are, from left, Roy Jacoby (Menard), CindyMcCoy, Barbra Graham, Wanda Morgan (San Angelo) and Anna Henry. In the second rowfrom left, are Terry Zimmerman, Clarice Smith (San Angelo), Mary Morales (San Angelo)and Sue Gentry. In the front row, are, from left, Mary Murr, Ann Jacoby (Menard),Rebecca Cash (San Angelo), Vertie Fulks (Odessa) and Edie Potter (San Angelo). Not pic-tured are Anne Alexander, Ray and Jean Jacoby, Doug Porter, Fawn Porter, LindaSoloman, and Dena Porter. See story on page 7.

Submitted by KCPBA andUL SWCD Partners in

Conservation

Through the years variousranchers in our part of thecountry have been aware ofthe land management valuesof prescribed burns. However,they also understood that byconducting such burns as indi-viduals, they would be takingrisks that were not worth theresults.

Therefore in June of 2004the Upper Llanos Soil &Water Conservation District(UL SWCD) hosted a publicmeeting for ranchers interest-ed in forming a prescribedburn association. The ranchers

interested in using prescribedburns hoped by organizing aburn association, they wouldbe able to carry out burnsmore safely and effectively bypooling their resources andagreeing to a set of guidelinesfor all to follow. As a result ofthe meeting the KimbleCounty Prescribed BurnAssociation (KCPBA) wasformed as a chapter of theexisting Edwards PlateauPrescribed Burn Associationon July 16, 2004. In August of2004 with 31 members partic-ipating, the KCPBA carriedout its first official prescribedburn on 350 acres. Since thatfirst prescribed burn, theKCPBA Chapter has safelyburned just over 20,000 acres.

The success of the KCPBAhas to be attributed not only tothe partnership it representsbetween landowners but alsoto the on-going partnership ithas with both the UpperLlanos Soil and WaterConservation District and theNatural Resources Conserva-tion Service (NRCS). In fact,as stated above, the burn asso-ciation owes its formation tothe UL SWCD. Therefore it’simportant to understand thehistory and mission of ULSWCD.

In 1935 the Soil

Conservation Act was passedby the U.S. Congress enablingstates and local areas to imple-ment conservation districtsand request technical assis-tance from the U.S. Depart-ment of Agriculture to carryout plans specific to their ownareas. Following this act onAugust 30, 1947, KimbleCounty residents voted in theformation of the Upper LlanosSoil and Water ConservationDistrict. The UL SWCD isconsidered a grass rootsorganization under the author-ity of the Texas State Soil &Water Conservation Board.

The Natural ResourcesConservation Service (NRCS)partners with the UL SWCD,providing technical and mone-tary assistance to landowners.The NRCS also providesoffice space for the ULSWCD as well as technicalsupport for the burn associa-tion. In addition NRCS willreview burn plans submittedby KCPBA members.

The initial goal of theKimble County PrescribedBurn Association was to edu-cate, train and equip localranchers in the proper use ofprescribed burning as a brushcontrol tool for rangelandmanagement, improvingwildlife habitat, providingwater and soil conservationand increasing and restoringgroundwater. Over time onboth a local and state level,experts have begun to believethat one of the most importantreasons for prescribed burns isto reduce fuel load to prevent

wildfires. To help address the

KCPBA’s original goals in2004, it applied for andreceived funding for a match-ing grant from the TexasCoalition, Grazing LandsConservation Initiative for:Educating, Training andEquipping Landowners toImplement Safe, PrescribedBurns in Kimble County. Thematching funds came frommembership dues and dona-tions. The KCPBA Chapteralso has received a matchingfunds grant from the HillCountry Resource Conserva-tion & Development Area,Inc. (RC&D).

In 2006 the Upper LlanosSWCD applied for andreceived a Texas GrazingLands Conservation Initiativegrant for a DemonstrationField Day for LandManagement and Restoration– Conserving Land and WaterResources. Thanks to the part-nership of the UL SWCD, theNRCS, the KCPBA, and theKimble County TexasCooperative Extension, the allday event, titled “RangelandManagement Field Day”, washeld on April 24, 2007, in partto celebrate the 60th anniver-sary of the UL SWCD as wellas to promote the use of pre-scribed burns as a manage-ment tool.

Both of the above men-tioned grants from the TexasGrazing Lands ConservationInitiative were written byWanda Blackburn, UL SWCDdistrict clerk. In January 2009

as a result of these two grantsand because both organiza-tions work in partnership, theKCPBA and the UL SWCDwere invited to make a jointpresentation at the FourthNational Grazing LandsWorkshop held in Reno,Nevada, to “showcase someof the excellent work donethrough their grants” accord-ing to Mark Moseley, GLCILiaison. It was also pointedout by the GLCI that anotherreason for inviting both wasthat their partnership had cre-ated one of the most success-ful prescribed burn associa-tions in the country. InDecember, 2009, Art Mudge,president of the KCPBA and adirector of UL SWCD, repre-sented both organizations andgave a presentation on theirhistory and partnership at theFourth National GrazingLands Workshop in Reno,Nevada.

The Kimble CountyPrescribed Burn Associationstarted 2010 with an annualmembership meeting inJanuary. At that meeting itspast year’s burns, purchases,and other activities werereviewed. Thanks to member-ship dues, donations, andgrants, KCPBA is currentlywell equipped with four sup-pression units, drip torches,two-way radios, and signagefor highways near burns. TheKCPBA members put safetyabove any desired benefits ofprescribed fires by followingspecific guidelines, regularlyattending training, and com-municating with the Sheriff’sDepartment and VolunteerFire Department. In a continu-ing effort to educate and

inform the public, this pastyear the KCPBA has put arti-cles on the use of prescribedburns in the local paper, aswell as the schedule ofupcoming burns and the chap-ter guidelines to be followed.Two goals for the upcomingyear discussed at the annualmeeting were to hold both atraining burn for landowners,who are interested in learningthe process, and a demonstra-tion burn for the public tolearn about a prescribed burnby watching from a safe van-tage point.

Whether you’re an agricul-tural producer, a landownerinterested in wildlife manage-ment, a small or largelandowner, you may have dif-ferent goals for your ownland, with different manage-ment practices for reachingthose objectives. However tomaximize their effectiveness,individuals or groups mightwant to consider the value ofpartnerships. The KimbleCounty Prescribed BurnAssociation and the UpperLlanos Soil and WaterConservation District havefound success in reachingtheir objectives through theirpartnership together and withthe Natural ResourcesConservation Service. Formore information on theseorganizations, contact WandaBlackburn with the UpperLlanos Soil and WaterConservation District 325-446-2722 ext 103 or DandyKothmann, District Conserva-tionist for the Natural Resour-ces Conservation Service at325-446-2717 ext 3, bothlocated at 522 Main St.,Junction, TX 76849.

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continued to work her waythrough the ranks as anAssistant Vice President, VicePresident and Executive VicePresident/Cashier. Prior to herpromotion last week, Darlawas serving the bank asExecutive Vice President,assisting President Spillerwith the overall managementand operation of the bank. Herexperience encompasses allareas of the bank.

Darla has embraced everyopportunity to expand herknowledge through seminars,banking schools, trade asso-ciations and her peers. Mostrecently, Darla graduatedwith distinction from TheSouthwestern GraduateSchool of Banking atSouthern Methodist Univer-sity in June 2009, a rigorous,renowned, three-year pro-gram in the banking industry.

Darla’s family includes hus-

band, Kenny Rooke; daughterKayla Gregson, husbandChad; daughter PaigeSullivan, husband Shan; par-ents Hubert and SheilaD’Spain; brother ToddD’Spain, wife Patti; brotherToby D’Spain and a very spe-cial grandmother, ModeneBruns, who may be the proud-est member of Darla’s family.

Modene retired from JNB in1986, after 44 years of dedi-cated service. She workedunder the direction of all threeprevious JNB Presidents: JoeL. Cunningham, JordanCunningham and Rob RoySpiller. Darla’s family ties to

Junction National Bank dateback to 1939.

Darla and Kenny are mem-bers of the First BaptistChurch of Junction andactively support the localcommunity.

Rob Roy Spiller will remainJunction National’s Chairman.There are no plans of “fullretirement” in the near futurefor Rob Roy. He will continueto be a familiar face at JNB, soit will be business as usual.

Many congratulations toDarla!

Cedar shearing &hand-saw clearing

Lynn Hill Molesworth

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• Keep our community and families safe

• Believe in swift and consistent prosecution

• Graduated from Texas A&M University in 1990

• Graduated from Texas Tech School of Law in 1998

• Strong agricultural and business background

• Family ties to Kimble County since 1878

• Married Tonya Spaeth in 2000

• Two Children: Jay 5 years and Sophie 3 months

• Live and work on family ranch in Kimble Co.

TRADITIONAL VALUES

A-6-1pI am asking for your vote for County Attorney.

by Connie Booth

After a "Meet-and-Greet”dinner at La Familia, the vaca-tioners going on the 2010Chamber of Commerce Cruiseboarded a chartered bus at 6a.m. on February 7, and trav-eled to Galveston, where theyheaded off on a week-longcruise to the Bahamas.

Armed with "Junction,Texas, Land of Living Waters"turquoise lanyards and neckwallets for passports, these"ambassadors" for Junctionand Kimble County enjoyed aweek filled with exciting newsights and experiences. Therewere glass-bottom boats, bonefishing, bargain hunting,swimming with dolphins, greatfood, lovely accommodations,

and wonderful fellowship! Inno time at all, other cruiserswould remark, "Oh, you'rewith the group from Junction,TX!"

On Valentine's Day, thecruisers were safely deliveredback to the First MethodistChurch parking lot in Junction.

Chamber cruise membersreturn from fun trip

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The family of Darla Rooke, fourth from right, congratulate her on her appointment toPresident/CEO of Junction National Bank. Family members present are, from left, ToddD'Spain, Chad Gregson, Kayla Gregson, Shan Sullivan, Paige Sullivan, Kenny Rooke,Rooke, Sheila D'Spain, Toby D'Spain, Hubert D'Spain and Modene Bruns in front.

RookeContinued from Page 1

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Junior Lady Eagle Shelby Lawler flies down the first baseline trying to beat out an infield hit.

Pitcher April Gipson parks under a short pop up as thirdbaseman Sheyanne Smith rushes in for support.

Senior shortstop Morgan Wellmann scoops up a hotgrounder and comes up throwing to teammate DesiraeNewbury at first.

Second baseman Amanda Belcik fields a slow grounder andmakes a quick shovel pass to first base for the out.

Center fielder Mary Whitworth is joined by left fielderShelby Lawler as she makes the throw in from a deeply hitball.

Senior Sheyanne Smith races to second on a past ball. TheLady Eagles placed second in their invitational tournament.

Freshman Kalea Simon smacks a three bagger in the open-ing inning against Medina in last weekend’s softball tourna-ment in Junction.

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Sophomore Alec Menchaca (11) lofts an outside jump shotas the Angora defense looks for cover. Menchaca was goodfor 5 points, 5 rebounds, and 5 assists in the Eagles win overRocksprings.

Freshman Kade Wimberley (30) lines up a free throw anddrops it in for one of his 5 points for the night.

In spite of a gross foul on this play, junior Tyler Wilson (12)was a dominating force at both ends of the court, racking up11 points and 12 defensive rebounds.

Eagle point guard Ducie Carrington (10) makes a quickchange in direction. Carrington was the Eagles’ second lead-ing scorer with 13 points, including three, 3-pointers.

Senior Jason McKinnerney battles the crowd under the bas-ket and delivers 2 points. He would end the evening with 8points, 9 rebounds , and 6 assists.

William Whitworth (44) was a powerhouse in the paint.Here he drops 2 of his team-leading 18 points in the Eagles’60 to 56 win over the Rocksprings Angoras.

Private Property Rights:Are we any better offtoday?...

by Texas AgricultureTexas landowners don’t

have many options when itcomes to condemnation casesat the hands of eminentdomain.

That grim assessmentopened an article published inTexas Agriculture nearly fouryears ago to the date.

But the sad truth, particular-ly for those who depend on theland to earn their living, is thatlittle has changed in the yearssince.

Anyone who has ever heardmuch about eminent domainis likely familiar with a casecalled Kelo, in which thecourts ruled that entities couldclaim someone’s property foreconomic development rea-sons.

Texas lawmakers respondedrather quickly, passing laws in2005 to limit such takings, andlast November, voters evenpassed a constitutional amend-ment—Proposition11—to baneconomic development tak-ings outright.

Traditionally, governmententities and utilities wererequired to offer landowners a

"fair market value" for anyproperty claimed by eminentdomain.

Hubenak forever changedthat....

It did so by establishing athree-step process: 1) Thecondemner makes an offer(any offer will do, Fambroughsaid); 2) if parties can’t agreeon price, the case goes beforea three-person commission fora ruling; and 3) if that stilldoesn’t work, the case goesbefore a judge and jury.

"This is the only place in thelaw where the burden of prooflies with the defendant,"Fambrough said.

Lawmakers in 2007approved House Bill 1495,better known as "TheLandowners Bill of Rights." Itrequires condemners to makea "bona fide, good faith effort"to acquire the land and toinform landowners of theirrights to challenge a seizure.

While "bona fide" maysound good, it means little incourt, Fambrough said. Thecompanion legislation, HouseBill 2006, provided the legaldefinition regarding offers.Good faith offers, according tothe language in HB 2006, rep-resented a property’s "fairmarket value"—as well asallowances for other consider-ations, such as access issuesand compensation of legalfees.

Lawmakers passed both,but only HB 1495 was signedinto law...

"House Bill 2006 was a per-fect piece of legislation forlandowners," Fambroughsaid. "Without it, that Bill ofRights is more like a Bill ofWrongs."

Until the law changes,landowners must be shrewdnegotiators whenever dealingwith "public use" issues,Fambrough said.

"Negotiate, negotiate, nego-tiate—first," Fambrough said."Then deal with price. Onceyou move on to price, yournegotiation power is finished."

He offered the followingpointers for those who mightbe considering line easementsacross their properties:

• Always ask the requestorfor their Certificate ofConvenience and Necessity(CCN).

• Never, ever grant an exclu-sive easement contract.

• Always identify limits ofproperty use and discussresponsibility for any damagesduring the negotiationprocess.

And always seek the coun-sel of a trusted advisor...

"Property law can be verycomplicated, so seek legaladvice before signing anyagreements that affect the useof your land," he said.

Fambrough has authored anumber of articles dealingwith private property rightsand land use issues. For moreinformation and a list of usefulpublications, visit http://recen-ter.tamu.edu.

Page 10 The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, February 24, 2010

The Pursuit of HappinessTeenage boys have a built-in

behavioral enzyme in theirDNA that keeps them fromshowing interest in anything.They have to act cool, likethey’ve seen it all and done itall, and nothing surprises them.You can take a teenage boy tothe Grand Canyon, or NiagaraFalls, or Mt. Everest, or Wal-Mart, and his reaction will bethe same: Can we go eat now?

There are exactly three stim-uli that will provoke a reactionfrom a teenage boy – cars,guns, and teenage girls. Ofthese, by far the most danger-ous and most expensive isteenage girls. Give a teenageboy all the cars and guns hewants, and keep him awayfrom teenage girls, and yourproblems will be few and sim-ple. This is only a theory, ofcourse, since it’s never beenaccomplished.

But hope springs eternal, so

Chris Dyer and I recently tookour two fourteen-year-old boys(his son, Nicholas, and my son,Leret) to a machine gun shootnear Fredericksburg, Texas.Unfortunately, there wereteenage girls there. Fortunately,there were a lot more guns thangirls. Unfortunately, the girlswere shooting the guns.Sometimes you can’t win.

A line in one of JimmyBuffet’s songs says, “Don’t tryto describe a Kiss concert ifyou’ve never seen it.” I’venever seen a Kiss concert, andnever will, but I think the sen-timent could just as easilyapply to a machine gun shoot.The noise level at both is prob-ably comparable.

You can go to You Tube andfind videos from machine gunshoots, such as the famous oneheld at Knob Creek, inTennessee. You can watch thoseand see people shooting auto-matic weapons ranging fromWWII grease guns to huge,sophisticated artillery. And youcan believe you know what it’slike to be there. But that’s likeseeing a picture of a bear andthinking you know what it feelslike to face one from twentyfeet. You have no idea.

There are many misconcep-tions about machine guns andthe people who own them. Itseems the only people whopossess automatic weapons inbooks and movies are BadGuys. These movie Bad Guysare generally ugly, unwashed,unbarbered, uncouth, rudeindividuals who exhibit anti-social and violent behavior,who don’t attend church, andwho don’t like Elvis or Andy.

The facts are far fromHollywood’s portrayal. Thepeople who own automaticweapons are some of the finestpeople you’ll ever meet. Theylook just like everyone else,they bathe, they are friendlyand honest, and many of themattend church regularly and areliable to have several seasonsof Mayberry, RFD on DVD.

An automatic weapon is onethat is capable of shooting mul-tiple times with one depressionof the trigger. These are knownas Class 3 Weapons, and toown one you have to pay a$200 transfer tax, and pass apretty detailed backgroundcheck. So, by definition, Class3 Weapons owners are no lesslaw-abiding than other citi-zens, and probably more hon-est than most. People DO NOTgo to the trouble to obtain

Class 3 Weapons and thencommit crimes with them.

There were plenty of auto-matic guns at the machine gunshoot, and the people whobrought them were about asnice a bunch of folks as I’vemet. We didn’t go around andtry to shoot them all, but everytime I asked anyone if the boyscould shoot their guns, theanswer was yes. And everytime, it was accompanied by asmile. It was like walking up topeople and saying, “Hey,would you mind giving me tenbucks?” and the guy pullingout his wallet.

One fellow, who I’ll callJerry, had a regular arsenal. Weasked if we could pay him toshoot his Model 1919Browning .30, and he said no.But we could shoot it for free.We rattled off, I imagine, about$200 worth of his ammo, andhe smiled the whole time.

Jerry also had a Browning.50 there, and once in a whilehe would haul a box of about100 linked rounds over andload it up. It took the .50maybe 15 or 20 seconds to gothrough 100 rounds, whichcost $5 apiece. Machine gun-ning is not a cheap sport.

The boys also got to shoot aBarrett .50 semi-automaticrifle, which shoots the same.50 BMG round as Jerry’sBrowning, but slower. Andthey got to shoot some otherguns you don’t see every day.And they had a blast.

One fellow brought aflamethrower and demonstrat-ed it for us, which was quiteimpressive. There was also amortar, which some fellowsused to lob non-explosiveammo, and a cannon, I think a40mm, on its own limber, orwhatever it’s called. A guy shotan M203 grenade launcherperiodically, and there was noway to count the automaticsmall arms, such as M16s, HKMP5s, AK47s, and others.

The thing I remember most,though, was when a dad got hisdaughter, about 10 years old,set up with an AR with spadegrips sitting on a tripod, and sheprepared to rattle off about 100rounds of .223 on full auto.Everyone, of course, was wear-ing powerful hearing protec-tion. The girl looked around ather dad, smiled, gave him athumbs up, turned back around,and started blasting away.

They say you can’t buy hap-piness, and I’m sure that’s true.But you can rent it for a littlewhile, it’s just not cheap

Kendal Hemphill is an outdoorhumor columnist and publicspeaker who would like to point outthat no one was shot or blown upduring the writing of this column.Write to him at PO Box 1600,Mason, Tx 76856 or jeep@veri-zon.net .

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Name FG (M-A-%) 2Pt (M-A-%) 3Pt (M-A-%) FT (M-A-%) OReb DReb Ast TO Stl Blk PF Pts

10 Ducie Carrington 3 - 9 - .333 0 - 0 - .000 3 - 9 - .333 4 - 4 -1.000 0 0 4 3 1 0 4 13

11 Alec Menchaca 1 - 3 - .333 1 - 2 - .500 0 - 1 - .000 3 - 4 - .750 1 4 4 3 0 0 3 5

24 Jason McKinnerney 3 - 5 - .600 3 - 5 - .600 0 - 0 - .000 2 - 9 - .222 3 6 6 4 0 0 3 8

12 Tyler Wilson 5 - 9 - .555 5 - 7 - .714 0 - 2 - .000 1 - 3 - .333 0 12 3 6 1 0 3 11

44 William Whitworth 8 - 10 - .800 8 - 10 - .800 0 - 0 - .000 2 - 2 -1.000 3 2 1 1 1 0 4 18

34 Seth Barclay 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

23 Ty Stapp 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

22 Eric Aguerro 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

13 Austin Dale 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0

20 Dewayne Stewart 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

33 Reese Sawyer 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 - 0 - .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

30 Kade Wimberley 2 - 5 - .400 2 - 5 - .400 0 - 0 - .000 1 - 2 - .500 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 5

Totals 22 - 41 - .536 19 - 29 - .655 3 - 12 - .250 13 - 24 - .541 8 26 18 18 4 0 17 60

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Sophomore Eagle AustinDale (13) carries the ball intothe offensive end of the courtand lays the plan of attackfor the Eagles’ next basket.The Eagles’ victory overRocksprings last Friday inIngram left them in sole pos-session of second place in theDistrict 29 A Division 1standings. The Eagles willface San Antonio GervinAcademy on Wednesday,February 24, at 6 p.m., inIngram, for the Bi-DistrictTitle.

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