The Junction Eagle
Published in Kimble County since 1882
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The Land of Living Water
Volume 131
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©The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, December 26, 2012
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Number 51
2012: A year in review...
January 4, 2012
On Thursday the Kimble
County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a man wanted by
the Bexar County Sheriff’s
Office and San Antonio Police
Department. He was being
sought for questioning in a
capital murder that occurred on
Wednesday and another murder that occurred on Thursday
morning.
Sheriff Hilario Cantu
received a telephone call on
Thursday right before 5 p.m.
from Texas Ranger Wayne
Matthews of Kerrville. Ranger
Matthews told Sheriff Cantu
that a stolen car driven by a
murder suspect out of San
Antonio was headed west on
Interstate 10 toward Kimble
County.
The driver, later identified
as David Langdon, was wanted for questioning by the San
Antonio Police Department
in the capital murder on
Wednesday of a San Antonio
man, with whom Langdon was
acquainted. He was also wanted
by the Bexar County Sheriff’s
Office for questioning in the
murder on Thursday morning of a San Antonio woman,
believed to be Langdon’s girlfriend. Langdon was reportedly in the girlfriend’s car, which
had been reported as stolen.
David Langdon, 30, was
apprehended on Thursday,
December 29. He was being
sought for questioning in
two capital murders that
happened in San Antonio.
The Texas Commission on
Jail Standards is a state agency
tasked with inspecting every
jail in the State of Texas on a
yearly basis.
On Thursday, December 15,
TCJS Inspector Jimmy Barton
arrived for an unannounced
inspection of the Kimble
County Jail.
Sheriff Hilario Cantu is
pleased to report that once
again, the Kimble County
Jail was found to be in compliance with all rules of the
Commission.
Virgie West Craig went to be
with the Lord on December 23,
2011, in Junction, Texas.
Melanie T. “Red” Ellis, 51,
of Junction, passed from this
life at her home on Monday,
December 26, 2011.
Juan H. Sepeda, 80, of
Junction, passed from this life
on December 24, 2011, at his
home.
Proud new parents Lyndsay
Robertson and Seth Barclay
would like to announce the
birth of their son, Aiden
Conner Barclay. Aiden was
born on November 22, at Sid
Peterson Memorial Hospital in
Kerrville. He was 12 weeks
early, weighing 2 lbs. 12 oz.
and was 16 inches long.
January 11, 2012
Michael Dewayne Williams,
age 42, was arrested during a
traffic stop by the Bonne Terre
Police Department in Bonne
Terre, Missouri, on December
30, 2011. Williams has been
charged in Kimble County
with three counts of forgery.
The Board of Directors
at First State Bank recently
announced the promotion
of Kay Cardwell to Vice
President in Charge of Loan
Administration. Her duties
include oversight of all areas of
loan administration, including
underwriting, documentation
preparation and coordination,
and compliance with federal
and state regulations as they
relate to the lending function at
First State Bank.
Kimble County Crime
Stoppers and the Kimble
County Sheriff’s Office are
offering a $2,000 reward for
information leading to the
arrest and conviction of the
person or persons responsible
for stealing a four wheeler
from the Texas Tech campus
between 5 p.m. on Wednesday,
January 4 and 1 p.m. Thursday,
January 5.
A dog trained to sniff out
explosives located the handgun
suspected of having been used
in two capital murders in San
Antonio last week.
David Langdon, 30, of
San Antonio, was arrested in
Kimble County on December
29, after a two-hour manhunt,
on a capital murder warrant
out of Bexar County. At the
time of his apprehension, no
weapons were found.
Surrounded by her loving
family, Jerry Crane, daughter
of Minnie Carson and sister of
Celia Stewart, both longtime
residents of Junction, passed
away Friday, January 6, 2012,
in Seal Beach, California.
January 18, 2012
The Board of the Kimble
County Hospital District held
a called meeting on January 16
to review its agreement with
Preferred Hospital Leasing,
Junction, Inc. (d.b.a. Kimble
Hospital) for operation of the
district’s hospital and medical clinic. Also addressed were
this year’s election for two
positions on the board and the
need for a Medicare-required
study.
Preferred Management currently has a five-year lease
under which it operates all
aspects of the hospital and
clinic, including the hiring of
all employees. It pays the district $1 a year for the lease and
receives a monthly payment
of $58,001 from the district
for operation of the clinic and
hospital, as well as for indigent
and uncompensated care. The
payment to Preferred is adjusted annually for inflation. The
lease expires at the end of May
2013, but may be extended or
amended earlier if agreeable to
both parties.
On January 16 the City
Council held a called meeting
to be briefed on two proposals related to the city’s water
resources. The meeting was
for informational purposes
only. Accordingly, no action
was proposed or taken on the
proposals.
Charles Michael “Mike” St.
Clair, 65, died peacefully in his
sleep at his home in Meridian,
Texas, on January 7, 2012,
where he had been a patient
of Hospice of the Heart for the
past year.
Johnny D. Townsend, 66, of
Junction, Texas, passed from
this life on Friday, January 13,
2012, at his home.
“And the $500 cash winner is...Sue Beth Geller,” says First
State Bank vice president, Charles Hagood. Miss Kimble
County first runner-up, Olivia Kneese, drew Geller’s name
January 25, 2012
after she reached deeply into the box and previously had
drawn ten other winners. Receipts from local shoppers
The Kimble County Sheriff’s
spending their money with local businesses, are dropped
Department
solved several
annually in a box at the bank during the month of December.
Olivia Harames, at seven months, (l) is ready to leave Christmas behind and move on into
2013 with a big smile. Her cousin, Jude Guerrero, because he is two days younger, feels like
he has to agree with her in spite of how he and his top hat feel about it. Olivia is the daughter
of Robert and Kelli Harames and the granddaughter of Owen and Audrey Sellers, Robert
and MaryAnn Harames and Jimmy and Tammy Modgling. Jude is the son of John and
Erin Guerrero and grandson of Paul and Corina Guerrero and Owen and Audrey Sellers.
(Notice this repeat.)
burglaries in the last seven
days and recovered thousands
of dollars worth of stolen property.
On September 21, 2011, a
burglary at the L.R. Castleberry
residence in the London area
was reported, with multiple
items taken.
On November 3, 2011,
Kenneth Sorrell reported the
theft of a space heater that had
been left by FedEx at his gate
to his property in the London
area.
On January 18, 2012, Kelly
Edison of London reported that
items had been stolen from
her property, and three buildings on her property had been
burglarized as well. Edison
gave the name of the renter
whom she believed had committed the theft and burglaries
to Deputy Whitney Gardner.
Deputy Gardner requested
assistance from Sheriff Hilario
Cantu and other deputies, who
then proceeded to the suspect’s
home.
Upon gaining consent to
search the suspect’s residence,
officers located all of the items
taken in the Castleberry burglary, the Sorrell theft and the
Edison theft and burglaries.
Tommy Wayne Wilkins and
Anthony Michael Burns were
arrested and charged with mul-
According to Cathy Ballard, Director of Planning, Workforce
Solutions of the Concho Valley tested juniors and seniors in
their area of coverage in the state, and Vince Atchison, left, is
the only student to score high enough to receive a Platinum
Certificate. This means he scored a Level Six or above on the
Work Keys Assessments of Applied Mathematics, Locating
information and reading for information. (See more on testing on page 16.) Handing Atchison his certificate is JISD
Superintendent Renee Schulze.
tiple counts of burglary and
theft.
On January 5, 2012, Derrick
Ard reported that an ATV had
been stolen from the Texas
Tech Center.
An initial investigation
was conducted, and the ATV
information was entered
into the Texas and National
Crime Information Center. On
January 13, 2012, the ATV
was recovered by a Texas DPS
trooper in Navasota. One of
the suspects, Abel Martinez of
Junction, is in custody.
The Junction Texas Tourism
Board (JTTB) met on January
17 to hear a presentation by
Briscoe Hall (BH) on the marketing of the Junction area as
a destination for tourists. BH
is a full service branding, marketing, and advertising agency
located in Kerrville, Texas. A
simplified description of the
Senior Eagles named to the All-West Texas Team in football are Jordan Keeton, left, offensive line and Robert Young, right, running back. The list was announced on Friday by the
San Angelo Standard Times. Dalton Schulze, center, has also been named to the 1st Team
– Class 2A 2011-2012 THSCA Academic All-State Football Team. He is the only student at
Junction High School to receive this award.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Kimble County Deputy Burl Hagler (left) and Sheriff Hiliaro Cantu stand beside approximately 479.5 pounds of marijuana that Hagler discovered Thursday night. This came from
another east bound pickup from which the driver and a passenger bailed out on foot and got
away even though a good perimeter was established very quickly, and the DPS helicopter
was here within an hour. Cantu and his department suspects it’s the same person as the last
two times that this has happened. Fingerprints from the vehicle have been sent to the DPS
lab for lifting and hopefully an identification of the subjects. 1-25-12
presentation follows.
The BH presentation was
made by David Vinyard and
Ann Darnell. The marketing
program is designed to increase
awareness throughout Texas of
the Junction area as a tourist
destination. Visitors would be
encouraged to take day trips,
overnight stays, and stays
of several days and to do so
throughout the year instead of
just seasonally. The marketing
would initially target potential
visitors from the San Antonio
metropolitan area. The essence
of the program is to bring an
increasing number of visitors
to Junction to generate more
business, to help create additional jobs, and to increase tax
revenue, thereby benefiting the
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1610 Main St.
Junction, Texas
325-446-2511
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entire community.
Neta Fay Ringer, 83, passed
away Friday, January 20, 2012,
in San Angelo at Rotary House
of Hope, surrounded by her
children.
Kenneth Lee Stapp passed
away in McKinney, Texas, on
January 21, 2012.
Dr. Robert Lee Peters, Jr.,
died on January 13, 2012,
at the Round Rock Medical
Center in Round Rock, Texas.
Carolyn Hinds Waites of
Spring Branch, Texas, went
to be with the Lord on January
22, 2012, at the age of 62.
Mr. Brice Cleo VanBrunt,
88, of San Antonio, and formerly of Junction, passed
from this life at a San Antonio
hospital on January 19, 2012.
Fr. Jim Sproat, Rector of
Trinity Episcopal Church, is
proud to announce the birth of
his second grandchild, James
Turner Sproat, to his son and
daughter-in-law,
Michael
and Leslie Sproat, of Spring,
Texas. “J.T.” was born at 7:31
p.m. on Sunday, January 8,
and weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and
measured 21½ inches. This is
the first child for Mike and
Leslie, and they are almost as
delighted as the grandfather.
Anthony Michael Bruns
Standing among recovered stolen articles that have been missing beginning in September,
2011, are, from left, Deputy Arthur Leistikow, Sheriff Hiliaro Cantu and Deputy Steve
Brown. Some of the items are fencing and T-posts, boots, ATV, antique wooden ice box, a
chain saw, weed eater, antique Gandy’s glass gallon milk jugs and an air compressor.
County on the defendant’s
request for a change of venue.
The Honorable Rex Emerson,
judge of the 198th Judicial
District which includes both
Mason and Junction, presided.
Like so many victims, the
child (who was the defendant’s
stepdaughter) had not told anyone what was happening to
her for about a year until she
told a friend, who, recognizing
the importance of the disclosure and wanting to protect
her, told an adult. The case
was investigated by the Mason
County Sheriff’s Office, Child
Protective Services, and the
Hill Country Child Advocacy
Center in Burnet.
The Board of the Kimble
County Hospital District held
its regular monthly meeting on
January 30 and spent a good
part of its lengthy meeting
discussing whether to extend
the district’s current lease with
Preferred Management for
operation of the clinic and hospital. In a split vote, the board
February 1, 2012
Troy Shane Knowles, a 37year-old former Mason resident, was convicted Thursday
of the felony offense of continuous sexual abuse of a child
occurring in Mason County
throughout 2010 when the victim was 11 and 12 years old.
The case was tried in Kimble
Mary Whitworth
2012 DAR Good Citizen
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Rev. Jim Barker
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U.S. Hwy. 377
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GOODWILL BAPTIST CHURCH
1201 North Llano
10 a.m. - Sunday School
11 a.m. - Morning Worship
5 p.m. - Evening Worship
Rev. Enrique Alvarado
HILL COUNTRY
BAPTIST CHURCH
322 South 11th Street
10 a.m. - Sunday School
11 a.m. - Sunday Morning
6 p.m. - Sunday Evening
Wednesday
6:30 p.m. - Adult Bible Study 6:30 p.m. - Youth & Kidz Club
David Whitley, Pastor
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CHURCH OF CHRIST
815 College Street
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7 p.m. Wednesday Evening Bible Class
Justin Hall, Minister
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602 S. Llano
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voted not to seek bids from
other companies before considering the lease extension.
On January 27 the Junction
Texas Tourism Board met for
its regular monthly meeting.
The primary purpose of the
meeting was to review and
discuss possible action on the
tourism marketing proposal
made by Briscoe Hall (BH),
a marketing and advertising
agency located in Kerrville. An
unrelated request for funds was
also received from the South
Llano Watershed Alliance.
As reported previously, the
BH proposal is designed to
increase awareness throughout
Texas of the Junction area as a
tourist destination. Initially, the
marketing of Junction would
target potential visitors from
the San Antonio metropolitan
area. Visitors would be encour-
aged to visit throughout the
year instead of just seasonally and would be channeled
to the downtown area so they
become aware of Junction as
something more than just a
stop on the Interstate.
John B. McDougall of
Harper passed away Tuesday,
January 24, 2012, at the age
of 97.
Manuel Rojas, 73 of Evans,
Colorado, died January 25,
2012, in Greeley, Colorado.
He lived in Junction, Texas,
before moving to Colorado.
February 8, 2012
A score of family members
and friends gathered Saturday
afternoon to congratulate
Mary Whitworth on the latest of many accolades. Named
by Junction High School and
Happy Birthday
December 27
Casey J. Murr
William C. Crites
Virginia Farah Shaheen
Travis Darrell Powers
Herminia Menchaca
December 28
Sakota W. Tomlinson
Noelia B. Martinez
Isabel L. Lombrana
Jeri Logan Baugh
Joel Lee Taylor
Tina Barker Jackson
Sharon Cole McClelland
Maria Espinosa Menchaca
December 29
Jesse A. Gonzales, Jr.
Angelica M. Uribe
Jennifer Loeffler Bynum
Jodie Tate Dawn
James Wayne Taylor
Marcus Ivan Thompson
Melinda Van Winkle
Frank Edward Gass
Tommy Luther Gentry
Tom Norton Hollis
Aubrey Clinton Johnson, Jr.
Bo Whitehead
Natalia Elaine Vasquez
December 30
Darian G. Condarco
Angelita D. Dominguez
Laktia N. Blocker
Merry C. Smart
Catherine Porter Taylor
Billie McRorey Eidson
Margaret Pope Geller
Kathy Clary Hyatt
Holly Jarvis Nixon
Judy Johnson Raley
Debra Tomlinson Powers
Donald Wayne Deel
December 31
Derek W. Tuckness
Josue Salinas
General P. Beam
Diane Meyer Townsend
Estella Castillo Perez
Coy Stewart
Megan Rouse
January 1
Dennis G. Gleason
Victoria N. Aguilera
Preston Adam Angerstein
Clifford Stanley Simmons, Jr.
Leona M. May
Katherine W. Walker
Cynthia Harrell Wimberley
June Dunbar Scrivener
Brittany Perez Dixon
January 2
Stephen L. Beam
Alicia N. Robbins
Magen M. Abilez
Yannis Gonzales
Kristi Hemphill Castleberry
Jo Ann Long Colman
Harold Loyd Jackson II
Hope Lamb Couey
Sara Lyn Adams
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, December 26, 2012
February 15, 2012
At its monthly meeting on
February 13, the City Council
approved diagonal parking in
the downtown area by a vote
of three (Aaron Bierschwale,
Hoyt Moss, and Olan Raley)
to two (James Gamble and
Michael Miller). The change
is expected to take place during the coming two to three
months. The council also
heard a report on an audit of
the city’s finances, and dealt
with miscellaneous matters,
including issuing an order for
the city’s general election on
May 12.
As approved, parallel parking will be changed to diagonal parking on a segment
along Main Street between
5th and 8th Streets. This will
change the segment from a
four-lane to a two-lane highway. The change to two lanes,
but with parallel parking,
would also be made between
the South Llano River Bridge
and 5th Street.
On Thursday, February 9,
the Kimble County Sheriff’s
Office was contacted by
Sheriff Brice of Real County.
Sheriff Brice requested assistance from the Kimble County
Sheriff’s Office in recovering
a semi-automatic pistol that
had been stolen from a Border
Patrol agent’s personal vehicle
during a series of car burglaries
in Camp Wood.
The initial investigation
by Real County pointed to a
Junction resident. Deputies
knew the suspect to be a
Junction High School student,
who upon questioning admitted he had the pistol at his
home. The student turned the
pistol over to the deputies, and
charges may be filed at a later
time.
On Friday, February 10,
Real County Deputy Sheridan
traveled to the Kimble County
Sheriff’s Office, and the stolen
pistol was turned over to him.
Kimble County Hospital
District Board member Daniel
Photo by Jeanie Brosius King
On hand to receive FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) checks from Judge
Andrew Murr, second from left, for their share of costs related to last year’s Oasis Pipeline
Fire are, from left, Ted Sandlin, Kimble County EMS; Doug Haynes, Pedernales Electric
Co-op; Chief Marvin Ivy, Junction Police Department; Cecil Conner, Kimble County
Ranch Fire; Vernon Davis, London Volunteer Fire Department and Sheriff Hilario Cantu.
The grant from FEMA totaled $85,822.30. 3-14-12
Henderson resigned unexpectedly at a special session of the
board held on February 13.
Henderson resigned, effective immediately, because of
a potential conflict of interest. This potential conflict
involves a close relative
working with the geropsychiatric program administered by Diamond Healthcare
Corporation, a mental health
counseling and therapy program for the elderly.
The Board of the Junction
Texas Economic Development
Corporation (JTEDC) held its
regular monthly meeting on
February 7. The meeting was
preceded by public hearings
on two topics. One of the
topics – diagonal parking in
the downtown area – was the
subject of considerable discussion.
Michael McGee, of Mason,
passed away on Monday,
February 6, at the age of 69.
February 22, 2012
At the monthly meeting
on February 14, the Kimble
County Commissioners Court
was informed of a grant awarded by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA)
for costs related to last year’s
Oasis Pipeline Fire. A report
on county road work was also
received, as were other reports,
and actions were taken on miscellaneous items.
Judge
Andrew
Murr
informed the commissioners
that FEMA awarded the county 75 percent, the full amount
allowable, of claimed costs of
$206,386.25 for fighting the
Oasis fire, for a payment of
$154,789.69. The commissioners voted unanimously to
disperse specified shares of
this amount to the over 40
entities that incurred costs in
fighting the fire. Murr stated
the grant, donated cash, donations of labor and equipment
and materials helped hold the
cost to the county of fighting
this fire to a minimum.
Jamie Kathryn Roberts
went to be with the Lord on
February 16, at the age of 70,
after a brave battle with can-
cer. She passed away peacefully surrounded by family
and friends.
Jaxon Valverde is proud to
announce the birth of his little
brother, Judah John. Judah was
born at Bay Area Hospital in
Corpus Christi on January 2,
2012, at 3:18 p.m. He weighed
7 lbs. and 5 oz. and was 20
inches long. Proud parents are
David and Sabrina Valverde.
February 29, 2012
The Board of the Kimble
County Hospital District met
on February 27 for four hours.
The agenda included a variety
of topics. The key topics discussed are addressed below.
The board spent considerable
time determining whether to
make an additional payment of
$236,000 under the Medicare
Upper Payment Limit (UPL)
program by a deadline of
February 28. This payment
would be considered part
of the district’s annual payment of $703,811 to Preferred
Management and would not
be in addition to it. Preferred
operates the hospital and clinic
under a lease with the hospital
district.
March 7, 2012
The Junction Texas Tourism
Board (JTTB) met on February
29 and approved four grants
for three organizations totaling
$5,856. Also, as part of its ongoing effort to revamp the mar-
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Monday, December 31
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ing reducing light pollution
around the courthouse, changing a one-way city street to
a two-way street, and going
into executive session on two
topics.
The third day of the murder trial for Bryan Keith
Crum opened with fireworks
between attorneys as the
defense moved for a mistrial and ended with 198th
District Judge Rex Emerson
ordering a new trial date in
Junction.
Crum was accused of murdering his girlfriend April
Renee Barr on Dec. 20,
2010, by slicing her throat
with a hunting knife. He was
arrested four days later, on
Christmas Eve, after confessing to his father that he had
killed Barr.
Emerson granted the motion
for a mistrial after the 198th
assistant district attorney Brad
McCullouch’s cross examination of the defendant, in which
McCullouch mentioned other
allegations against Crum that
had been previously ruled
inadmissable.
The Board of the Junction
Texas Economic Development
Corporation (JTEDC) met on
March 6 for its regular monthly
meeting and considered grant
matters, heard reports from
board members, and went into
executive session.
As has become routine, the
Junction National
Bank Holiday Hours
Have
a safe & happy
New Year!
from
Kimble County is not prepared to deal with snow but every
once in a while it does fall in our county. This was the case
Sunday when Kimble County was blanketed in white. Some
flakes were as big as a man’s hand. The Sheriff’s office
reported that the icy roads, bridges and over-passes caused
close to a dozen accidents on I-10, Hwy. 83 and Hwy. 377.
Tuesday, February 28, 2012,
in a Kerrville hospital.
keting of the Junction area as
Janet Opal Allsup, 62, of
a tourist destination, the board Junction, died March 3, 2012,
selected a firm to build a new at her residence.
website for this purpose. All
board members were present for
March 14, 2012
the meeting.
The Texas Outdoor Writers
The
Texas
Water
Association (TOWA) held its Development Board (TWDB)
conference awards banquet on presented the 2011 Texas
February 25 in New Braunfels. Rain Catcher Award to Native
Many members were recog- American Seed and Hacienda
nized that evening for their “best Maria, both of Junction, for
of the best” photos, articles and their remarkable efforts at
other efforts submitted in the conserving water through
Excellence in Craft competition. rainwater harvesting. Native
One of The Junction Eagle’s American Seed won the comvery own columnists, Kendal mercial/industrial category of
Hemphill, won first place in two the annual competition, and
of these categories. The first one, Hacienda Maria won in the
being no surprise to Eagle read- residential category. Both are
ers, was Fiction (Humor) for his owned by Bill and Jan Neiman.
article entitled “Butt Feathers” The systems were designed
and was published in the Mason and built by the Neiman’s
County News on June 15, 2011. son, Westy, who graduated
The second first place rec- from Junction High School in
ognition came for Hemphill 2006 and from New Mexico
in the category of Column/ State University in 2009,
Opinion, again no surprise to with a Bachelor of Science
his readers. His column was in Business. Westy earned a
entitled “Throwing the Good Masters Degree in Business
Book at PETA” and was pub- Administration in 2010 from
lished in the September 2011 Texas Tech.
edition of Texas Fish & Game.
The City Council held its
Jackie Marie Phillips, 82, monthly meeting on March
of Junction, passed from this 12 and voted to oppose the
life on March 3, 2012, at creation of a watermaster for
Shannon Medical Center in the Colorado River Basin (the
San Angelo.
basin), which includes Kimble
Michael Douglas Pettigrew County. It also acted on miswent home to be with our cellaneous matters, includLord and Savior on February
21, 2012, surrounded by his
loving family.
Leroy Pearson, 80, of
London,
passed
away
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Chanes Chapter, Daughters of
the American Revolution as the
JHS 2012 DAR Good Citizen,
Mary was honored at the annual Washington Day Tea held in
the community room of Kimble
County Library.
The Board of Directors
and management of Junction
National Bank announce the
promotion of Jason Loeffler to
Loan Officer.
Loeffler began his employment at JNB on November 1,
2010, as loan officer trainee.
His primary responsibilities
are related to agriculture loans,
and Jason is also assisting in
the area of bank technology.
Minnie Alice Warden, 63,
of Junction, Texas, passed
from this life on February 1,
2012, at her residence.
Elsie Louise Eckert Vidaure,
74, of ]unction, Texas, passed
away January 13.
C.A. Gray II, 53, of Junction,
passed from this life on
Thursday, February 2, 2012,
at Peterson Regional Medical
Center.
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, December 26, 2012
board went into executive session (closed to the public) on
deliberations about economic
development negotiations, but
took no action after returning
to open session.
The board at an earlier called
meeting on February 23 also
went into executive session on
this same topic. At that meeting, and after returning to open
session, board member Jean
Jacoby made a motion, seconded by Fred Bowers, to “obtain
estimates on improvements for
property as part of downtown
revitalization.” The motion
was approved unanimously.
After the vote, a subcommittee
of Bowers, Hardy Hardin, and
Larry Maddux was appointed
to obtain the cost estimates.
Charles Evans was present as
a visitor at the February 23
meeting. The board has scheduled another called meeting for
March 19 when this topic will
be addressed again in executive session.
Fidel M. Sepeda, Sr, 88,
of Junction, passed peacefully from this life surrounded by his family at a local
Junction health care center on
Wednesday, March 7, 2012.
March 21, 2012
Your Junction Golden Eagle
Band is once again Statebound!
This is the second year in a
row that the Golden Eagle
Band will perform in the UIL
State Wind Ensemble Contest.
The Golden Eagle Band
achieved this accomplishment
by earning a Superior, or first,
division rating on the concert
portion of the contest at the
Region 7 UIL Concert and
Sightreading contest that was
held on March 1, at Coleman
High School.
The Kimble County 4-H
Shooting Sports Club has
received a grant for $4,417.00
from the West Texas Friends
of NRA and the NRA
Foundation. This money will
be used to purchase two new
rifles, shooting stands, targets,
safety glasses and other items
in support of its rifle program.
The check will be presented
to the club on Thursday March
22, by Jack Cannon, NRA Field
Representative and Derrick
Ard, West Texas FNRA Grant
Committee Co-Chairman, during the 3rd Annual Kimble
County Friends of NRA
Banquet and Fundraiser. It is
these banquets that generate
the funds from which grants
are awarded.
The monthly meeting of
the Kimble County Commissioners Court was held on
March 13. The commissioners
voted to oppose the creation of
a watermaster. They also voted
to apply for a grant to help
defray firefighting expenses,
and spent considerable time
dealing with county road matters.
The commissioners responded to a request from the Texas
Commission on Environmental
Quality (TCEQ) for comments
on the creation of a watermaster in the Colorado River
Basin, which includes Kimble
County. After listening to
County Judge Andrew Murr
describe the regulatory and
cost aspects of such a position, Commissioner Charles
McGuire made a motion,
seconded by Wylie Taff, to
oppose the creation of a watermaster.
James “Jimmy” Ray Hodges,
77, of Junction, passed from
this life at Kimble Hospital on
Wednesday, March 14, 2012.
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Hospital District Board met in
regular session on March 26,
and dealt with mostly administrative matters, including
arrangements for the upcoming May 12 election for two
new board members. The
new board that will be in
place after the election will be
faced with making some very
important decisions.
The four individuals who
have filed for election for the
two at-large positions are Dicky
Adams, Bobby Chenault,
Charley Goodman and Trey
Sullivan. After the election, the
two newly elected board members will be joining current
members Noe Martinez, Debra
Mudge, Claudette Primeaux
and Molly Robinson. This
newly constituted board will
be appointing a seventh board
member to fill the vacancy
created by the resignation of
Daniel Henderson. These individuals will have to determine
the best option for operating
the district’s new hospital and
clinic and repaying the debt
incurred ($16.9 million) for
construction of these facilities.
Mary Whitworth and Kaitlin
Lumpkins were recently
selected to the 2A All West
Texas Basketball Team.
Kaitlin Lumpkins is a 5-foot11 point guard and averaged
12.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.5
steals and 2.2 blocks for the
District 8-2A champion Lady
Eagles. Chosen the district’s
Offensive Player of the Year,
she helped lead Junction to
the area round of the playoffs.
Lumpkins is a sophomore at
Junction High School.
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Mary Whitworth is a 5-11
senior at Junction High
School. Whitworth earned
first team All-District honors for the second straight
season, averaging 7.5 points,
6.0 rebounds, two steals and
2.8 blocks for area-finalist
Junction. This senior post
helped guide the Lady Eagles
to the District 8-2A title.
On Thursday, March 22,
the Kimble County Friends
of NRA held its 3rd Annual
Banquet. A record crowd of
138 were in attendance to support the event. Attendees were
served a home cooked BBQ
brisket dinner followed by
entertainment provided by Pete
Davis, Cowboy Poet.
After dinner, the main event
of the evening was kicked off,
starting with a live auction.
After the live auction, the fun
really started with the numerous prizes being drawn for the
individual raffles. This year’s
event featured over 20 items
to raffle, including seven firearms.
Leonard Melvin “Mel”
Corbo, 72, of San Antonio,
died March 19, 2012, in
Houston.
Grandfather Jim Sproat is
proud to announce the birth
of Alexander Denton Sproat
to Robert and Lindy Sproat;
their first child and his third
grandchild. Alexander was
born at Methodist Hospital in
San Antonio, at 2:33 a.m., on
March 26, 2012, (eight weeks
early), measuring 18.5 in. and
weighing 4 lbs. 3 oz. Everyone
is doing well.
April 4, 2012
Last week was big for local
stars.
It started right in the middle
of town at the courthouse, with
a generous initiative by Hill
Country Alliance and AEP to
retrofit eight streetlights with
night-friendly fixtures and new
energy-saving bulbs. Then it
moved on Wednesday to the
booger lights outside the Texas
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In honor of National Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention month, members of Bluebonnet CASA and the senior class of JHS gathered on the front lawn
of the high school to remember the children of abuse and neglect. The class released 232 white balloons in memory of the Texas children who have died
this past year because of abuse and neglect. Thirty-six blue balloons were also released to honor those children in our four-county area who have been
removed from their homes and are being served by Bluebonnet CASA. CASA deeply appreciates the help of Dr. Reneé Schultz, Karla Boone and her
classes and the senior class who gave of their time with this project and NAPA who generously donated the helium. 4-11-12
Tech Center. To prepare for
last Thursday night’s “Star
Party” event, the outdoor lighting fixture out back of the cafeteria got dressed up in a new
outfit. It took Junction electrician Jimmy Braneff about
a half hour to install a skyfriendly shield there.
The South Llano River is
often called “our river” by local
residents. Why? Because we
grew up living near it, swimming, fishing, and paddling in
it, having family and social
gatherings along its banks, and
drinking its waters. True, its
waters belong to the state of
Texas and the public, but we
also call it “our river” because
no others appreciate its beauty
and care about it as we do. As
more of the public discovers
the South Llano River, those
who already know of its value,
want to help others share in the
preservation of this treasure,
while respecting those who
live along it.
On Saturday, April 14, the
South Llano Paddling Trail,
starting at the South Llano
River State Park and ending
at the Junction City Park, officially opens.
The Junction Texas Tourism
Board (JTTB) met for its
regular monthly meeting on
March 28 and discussed topics concerning tourism and
promoting local business
opportunities, including the
need for a master plan for the
City of Junction.
During the public forum
part of the meeting, Chuck
Fitts played a JTTB-funded
video prepared to promote
the annual Easter Pageant in
Junction. Bill Nieman also
updated the board on “Night
Skies” activities in Kimble
County. These activities are
intended to help reduce light
pollution and promote more
energy efficient and less costly lighting. The night skies
are considered an attraction
for visitors, especially those
seeking to escape the excessive light pollution in urban
areas.
Cheryl Herring, the board’s
part-time tourism coordinator, provided the board with
a full update on her activities,
including working with the
marketing firm Briscoe Hall
to bring a new website online
to promote Junction as a destination for tourists.
Damon Mervin Evans was
born in Junction, Texas, on
June 2, 1931, to John Edward
and Minnie Alice Cohea
Evans, founding families of
Kimble County. He took his
last breath here in Junction on
March 28, 2012.
Hollye Woolcock passed
away at home on Sunday,
April 1, at the age of 97.
April 11, 2012
On April 9 the City Council
held its monthly meeting and
adopted a new marketing slogan for the City of Junction. It
also passed a resolution supporting preservation of the
Night Skies and considered
miscellaneous matters.
The new slogan reads:
“Junction – Rivers and Hills
and Trees. Oh, My!” The
expectation is that the slogan, an accompanying logo,
a Facebook page, and a new
website will better prepare
Junction to compete in the
highly competitive tourism
marketing industry.
The staff members of
Junction Medical Clinic invite
the community to join them in
welcoming Jason Miles Defee,
MD as a visiting specialist who
will be holding office hours in
the clinic one day a month. Dr.
Defee is a board certified orthopedic surgeon with a practice in
San Angelo.
Simon Ramirez, age 80, fell
asleep in death on Tuesday,
April 4, 2012, at his home.
Jovita “Joy” R. Guzman,
72, passed away on Saturday,
April 7, 2012, at a local hospital, surrounded by her family
in Junction, Texas.
Faye Robinson passed away
on March 28, 2012, in Hill
Country Memorial Hospital in
Fredericksburg, Texas, at the
age of 84, surrounded by her
family.
April 18, 2012
The
Kimble
County
Commissioners Court met on
April 10 for its regular monthly meeting and dispersed grant
funds, reviewed the status of
work on the county’s roads,
and addressed miscellaneous
matters.
As previously reported, the
county was awarded a Federal
Emergency
Management
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we renew our pledge
of service to our
community and
customers, and offer
our best wishes for
a happy and healthy
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The Junction Eagle, Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Agency (FEMA) Public
Assistance Grant for $154,790
that was used to repay over
40 entities that helped fight
last year’s large Oasis wildfire.
The county has now received
an additional $19,246 from
FEMA to help defray the costs
of some of the smaller fires
in 2011. The commissioners
voted unanimously to disperse
this money among the entities
that fought these fires, including the Junction and London
volunteer fire departments and
the Kimble County Ranch Fire
Association.
The annual Wise Living
Event took place at the City
Park pavilion on Saturday,
April 14, with a record number
of 157 volunteers participat-
ing and over 500 community
members attending the event
throughout the day. Over 60
adults and children arrived at
8 a.m. to pick up trash around
the community and surrounding highways.
Seven teams participated in
the Dash for Trash friendly
competition for cash. The
Hamilton family of three
received the “most bags of
trash” prize in the small group
division and the Daisies (Girl
Scouts) received the same
prize in the large division. The
Boy Scouts was another large
group that received a prize
for picking up a large amount
of trash. The Brownie’s (Girl
Scouts) received the prize for
the “most people and adults,”
and the Romero family and
Daisies picked up the prize
for the “most enthusiasm,”
along with the Hall family that
had a special chant that made
everyone smile. The Salazar,
Hamilton and Romero families
each brought back the “most
unique” trash items for a cash
prize; a computer keyboard,
something that no one could
make out, and a variety of
junk.
Everyone did a great job, and
84 bags of trash were collected
in the competition and another
18 bags were collected but not
entered into the competition.
Graveside services for
Robert Neal Browning, 61,
who passed from this life on
Friday, April 13, 2012, at a
local ranch, will be held at
Sabine Pass Cemetery on
Wednesday, April 18, at 2
p.m.
Services for Adan Garcia Jr.,
58, of San Antonio, Texas,
who passed from this life on
Thursday, March 2, 2012, in
Segovia, were held at Fort Sam
Houston National Cemetery,
on Friday, April 13, at 10:45
a.m.
April 25, 2012
Local rodeo photogapher
Dave Jennings, was inducted
into the Texas Rodeo Cowboy
Hall of Fame located in Ft.
Worth, April 21.
During the 80’s, 90’s and
early 2000’s Dave Jennings
photographed every major
rodeo across Texas, the U.S.,
Canada, and even a tour of
Brazil.
The Lady Eagle Softball
Team finished second in District 8AA and are excited about
the playoffs! The Bi-District
round will be played in Junction, Tuesday, May 1, at 6 p.m.
against the Sonora Lady Broncos.
James W. Keeton Sr., 73, of
Menard, Texas, passed from
this life at Kimble Hospital on
Thursday, April 19, 2012.
Thomas Edwin Simonton,
Jr., 81, of Mineral Wells went
Connie Chadwell stands with her charcoal drawing, “Lexie’s
Summer” which was one of 72 works chosen for the competition at The 27th Annual Texas and Neighbors Regional Art
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home on April 18, 2012, to
be with the love of his life,
Martha, who preceded him in
death on September 8, 2011.
May 2, 2012
Junction is on the map once
more, put there by freshman
Lady Eagle Jessey Martinez
when she came away with
the bronze medal at the 2A
State Tennis Meet in Austin
on Monday of this week. This
is the first time a JHS girl tennis player has gone to state
since doubles partners Misty
Watson and Tiffany Casaday
represented Junction in 1992.
Back in Junction, after hearing that Martinez had won her
first round and was to play
in the semi-finals, community
members were eagerly and
anxiously awaiting results.
Then came the following facebook post from her mother,
Doreen Robles Martinez
(who herself, with her doubles partner, Donna Abilez
Broyles, had come away from
State finals with silver medals
during their JHS senior year
in1982): “Jessey Girl coming
home with a bronze medal!....
She lost in the semi final, split
sets and came up short... 1-6,
7-5 and 3-6 in the 3rd set...she
played her heart out and Coach
B was awesome..thanks again
for all the support, comments
and text...what an awesome
season! We are VERY proud
and blessed parents!”
Local
artist
Connie
Chadwell received the Marilyn
Chandler Award for Artistic
Excellence at the recent opening of The 27th Annual Texas
and Neighbors Regional Art
Exhibit in Irving, Texas. The
show was open to entrants
from Texas, New Mexico,
Oklahoma, Louisiana and
Arkansas. Over 470 entries
were judged for the compe-
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develop a geographical inventory of the area and determine
current water quality and biological conditions.
Leita Sutton Nobles, 93 1/2,
passed away Friday, April 27,
2012, in San Angelo, Texas,
after a short illness.
Services for Allen Lee
Rollins, 78, of Escondido,
California, who passed from
this life on Tuesday, April 24,
2012, will be held at SunerariaDel Angel-McLeod Funeral
Home Chapel on Friday, May
11, 2012, at 1 p.m..
Virginia Lindle Mahler, 91,
of Junction, Texas, passed from
this life at Kimble Hospital, on
Tuesday, May 1, 2012.
Rachal Katerle and Dalton Schulze have been chosen by the Floyd A. and Kathleen C.
Cailloux Foundation to be the recipients of the Cailloux Foundation Scholarship. Each
scholarship is an award of up to $14,000, depending on other scholarships received, which
is renewable for up to three years or until a bachelor’s degree is obtained. Katerle is planning on attending the University of Texas at Austin to earn a degree in biochemistry. She
is the daughter of Robert and Kristi Katerle. Katerle is currently ranked first in her class.
Schulze, second in the 2012 graduating class, is planning on going to A&M University to
earn a degree in engineering. He is the son of Tooter and Mariana Schulze. 5-9-12
tition by Albert Handell, an
internationally recognized artist, who chose 72 works for
exhibition. Connie’s winning
entry was a 29” x 23” charcoal drawing, entitled “Lexie’s
Summer”.
According to Amos Barton,
District Attorney for 198th, his
assistant, Brad McCullouch,
tendered his resignation on
Tuesday, May 1. McCullouch
told Barton verbally and by letter that he needed to resign in
order to focus on his campaign.
He is running for District
Attorney against Scott Monroe.
Barton had earlier announced
that he would not seek another
term as DA of the 198th.
Due to the prolonged illness
of Barton’s other Assistant
D.A., Donnie Coleman, the
198th District is already shorthanded. Barton said in a phone
interview, shortly after receiv-
ing McCullough’s letter of resignation, that he was already
“scrambling”.
A large crowd from far and
near gathered at the Courthouse
Saturday morning, April 28,
to motor twenty miles for the
annual outing at the natural
landmark known for decades
as the Seven Hundred Springs.
The weather was picture-perfect, and the pristine beauty
of the area on the South Llano
River was enjoyed by old-timers as well as toddling youngsters.
The event was coordinated
by Frederica Wyatt, chairman
of Kimble County Historical
Commission, who has each
year since the event began seventeen years ago, welcomed
the group and related the rich
history of the Springs site and
surrounding area.
Researchers at Texas Tech
University’s Llano River Field
Station in Junction recently
received a $1.1 million grant
from the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) to
develop a watershed protection
plan for the Upper Llano River
watershed, which runs through
the campus.
Through a federal Clean
Water Act 319(h) grant
from the EPA through the
Texas State Soil and Water
Conservation Board, the Texas
Tech University Llano River
Field Station, Texas Tech
Water Resource Center, Texas
Water Resources Institute and
South Llano River Watershed
Alliance will work to facilitate the stakeholder process for
development of the plan.
Tom Arsuffi, director of the
field station and watershed
coordinator for the project,
said the money will be used to
May 9, 2012
Last Wednesday, May 3,
shortly after lunch, a few fifth
graders at Junction Elementary
School were misbehaving and
failed to comply when teachers repeatedly directed them
to quiet down. Instead, the
volume increased, now including cat sounds, “meowing”.
The three fifth grade teachers responded by assigning a
questionable and ill-advised
punishment to all 49 students,
whether they had been participating in the ruckus or not.
They were made to “meow”
while crawling on their hands
and knees on the rough, hot
JHS track. The unintentional
results were ten and elevenyear-old children with blistered
hands, raw, scraped knees and
confusion about what they had
done that justified their injuries.
At a called meeting of the
Junction Independent School
District Board of Trustees,
much time was spent hearing
from twenty-three people who
had signed up to speak during
the “Citizens Comments” part
of the meeting. The packed
house applauded enthusiasti-
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cally after each speaker.
The Board then retired for
a closed session to discuss
“Personnel Responsibility and
Duties Related to the 5th Grade
Incident”. (See story above.)
Nearly two hours later, Board
members returned briefly to
an open session. There was
no discussion. Sharon Sissel
made the following motion
(that she read from a piece of
paper that she brought from
the closed session) to “take the
superintendent’s recommendation to place the 5th grade
teachers back in the classroom
and to place this item on the
board agenda immediately following the conclusion of the
District Attorney’s assessment,
if needed.” Angie Wilson seconded. The motion carried
unanimously.
The JISD Board of Trustees
met in a called session on May
2 with all members in attendance: Bob Chapman, Luke
Levien, Allen Castleberry,
Cody
Plumley,
Ronnie
Carpenter, Sharon Sissel and
Angie Wilson. Plumley, president of the board, presided.
The first order of business
handled was the hiring of a
new band director, due to the
fact that the present director,
Adrian Alonzo, has resigned. A
committee composed of Becky
Stapper, Norma Guzman,
Meredith Nowlin, Melissa
Hoggett and Alonzo had interviewed numerous candidates
for the band director position
on April 16. In addition, all
candidates conducted and cliniced the JISD band with students being able to ask each
candidate questions.
The committee unanimously
ranked John Martinez as the
top candidate for the position.
He is a retire/rehire which
means JISD does not have to
pay him on the salary scale.
He would accept a salary based
on 15 years of experience, and
in addition, his insurance does
not have to be paid, saving
approximately $2,200. The
board unanimously approved
Martinez as the 2012-2013
band director.
The Board of the Junction
Texas Economic Development
Corporation (JTEDC) began
its monthly meeting on May
1 by meeting briefly in executive session (closed to the
public) to discuss deliberations
on economic development
negotiations. After returning to
open session, no further discussion or action was taken on
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Junction Medical Clinic
to close for New Year’s
Junction Medical Clinic will be
closed for business on New Year’s
Day, Tuesday, January 1. The clinic
will resume normal business hours
on Wednesday, January 2.
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