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Sale begins August 6 for ticket holders
Football reserved seat tickets on sale soon
Pewitt's Brahmas will be trying
for their fifth consecutive trip to
the state playoffs when football
season begins on August 31, and
the Bulls will be hoping for their
20th post-season playoff since 1991
... and the 29th playoff run into
state competition in the history of
the school.
Texas Football magazine writ-
ers have picked the Bulls to finish
third in their new 9-AA Division II
district.
In addition, the magazine sports
writers picked
Hughes Springs
to take the dis-
trict title ahead
of Elysian
Fields and
Pewitt. Behind
the Brahmas,
the guessers
listed DeKalb, Linden-Kildare,
New Diana, Ore City and Waskom.
For the Pewitt fans who want to
follow the Bulls, reserved seat tick-
ets will go on sale at the high
school principal's office August 6
for individuals who had ticket book-
lets last year and want the same
seats at Brahma Stadium this year.
Persons wanting the same seats
that they have had in the past
have until August 17 to retain those
season tickets. All reserve seat tick-
ets that are unsold after that date,
will be open to public sale on Au-
gust 20.
Available at the high school
principal's office, the booklet of tick-
ets are $25 each or $5 per booklet
for senior citizens, 65-years of age
or older
Reserved seat tickets purchased
at the gate for single home games
will be $6 each and general admis-
sion tickets will be $5 each for
students and adults.
General admission pre-game
sales until noon on game day are
$4 for adults and $2 for students.
Senior citizens are eligible to
receive a 'senior gold pass' admit-
ting them free of charge to the
general admission section at all
home games.
Reserved seat ticket booklets
for the 'home' games at Pewitt will
include those for Jefferson on Sep-
tember 14; homecoming with
DeKalb on September 28; Hughes
Springs on October 12; Ore City on
October 26; and the annual par-
ents' night with Linden-Kildare
on November 2.
Pewitt's out-of-town games will
include Liberty-Eylau on August
31; Arp on September 7; Waskom
on October 5; New Diana on Octo-
ber 19; and Elysian Fields on No-
vember 9. All season games are set
to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Brahma fans can get their first
competitive look at the Bulls on
Saturday, August 18, at a 10 a.m.,
scrimmage with Queen City and
Clarksville at Pewitt.
Another scrimmage is planned
on August 23 at Redwater begin-
ning at 6:30 p.m.
To lead Watermelon Festival parade
Johnson is grand marshal
Naples native Charles Johnson
has been chosen as 'grand mar-
shal' for
the 2012
Naples
Water-
melon
Festival
parade on
Saturday,
July 28.
He is a
graduate
of Pewitt
High
School where he was active in FFA
and other activities.
Johnson was a cutting horse
judge in the 1960s and a full time
farmer and rancher since the '70s,
Monitoring
Main Street
A good friend of ours, Frank Galloway, sent us the following
story and we thought we would pass it along for others.
When I was a little boy, Mama liked to cook breakfast food for
supper every now and then. I remember an evening in particular
when she had made breakfast, after a long, hard day at work.
On that evening so long ago, Mama placed a plate of eggs, grits,
sausage and extremely bu rned biscuits in front of Daddy.
I remember waiting and watching closely to see if he would
notice.
But, all Daddy did was reach for his biscuit, smile at Mama
and ask me how my day was at school.
I don't remember what I told him that evening but I do
remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that ugly
bumed biscuit. He ate every bite of that thing ... never made a
face or said a word about it!
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing
Mama apologize to Daddy for burning the biscuits. And I'll never
forget what he said. "Honey, I love burned biscuits every now and
then."
Later that evening, when I went to tell Daddy good night, I
asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned?
He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Mama put in a
hard day at work today and she's real tired. And besides, a little
burned biscuit every now and then never hurt anybody!"
As I've grown older, I've thought about that evening many
times.
That story reminded us of another similar tale about a young
girl who was preparing a meal for her father while her mother
was at work.
She put a pot of peas on to boil, but didn't remember just how
to season them so she telephoned an aunt to ask.
The aunt told her to add a dash of salt to the boiling peas to add
to the flavor.
Misunderstanding the instructions, the youngster added a
"dish" of salt to the peas and continued cooking them until they
were done.
When her dad came home for dinner, the girl dished up a plate
of the peas and served him ~ probably with some overcooked and
hard cornbread.
He never said a word as he ate his meal and then bragged on
the girl for the meal she had prepared.
Gaalloway noted that life is not always fair and it is full of
imperfect things and imperfect people and I'm not the best, at
much of anything, I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like
everybody else.
But what I've learned over the years, is that learning to accept
each other's faults and choosing to celebrate each other's differ-
ences, is one of the most important keys to creating healthy,
growing, and lasting relationships.
And that's my prayer for you today.. that you will learn to take
the good, bad and ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet
of God. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to
give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit ain't such a big deal!
This can be extended to any relationship. In fact, understand-
ing, is the real basis of all relationships, be it brother-sister,
husband-wife, parent-child, partners or just plain old friendship
So, please pass me a biscuit, and yeah, the burned one will be
just fine and so will the salty dish of peas.
And please pass this along to somebody who has enriched your
life. Be kinder than necessary because everybody you meet is
fighting some kind of battle.
"Life without God is like an unsharpened pencil - it doesn't
have a point."
raising cattle, watermelons, pea-
nuts, soy beans and bahia grass.
In 1987, he was selected "Out-
standing Farmer" for the Sulphur-
Cypress Soil and Water Conserva-
tion District.
He is now semi-retired and lives
on the family farm north of Naples
with his wife, Dorothy. They are
the parents of one daughter, Jyl
Logan.
"The festival committee was
elated to select Charles as the
grand marshal for 2012," said
VirGima Fleming.
%
For a
good cause
Friends of Martha Lav-
ender are planning a give-
away event to help the
Naples woman with some
medical expenses during
a recuperation time fol-
lowing a fall in which she
suffered a broken hip and
arm. The benefit will be
hosted on Saturday, July
21, at the community cen-
ter on Daingerfield Street
in Naples, beginning at 4
p.m. Activities will in-
clude give-aways for a
limited edition Ruger .22
rifle, shown by Bennie
Beggs at the left, and a
queen-size quilt. A meal
of chicken or brisket with
all the trimmings will be
served for $10 per plate.
Entertainment for the
event will be furnished by
Taylor Heard and also the
NET Bikers' Band. Dona-
tion tickets for the rifle
are available at Good-
Time Video in Naples for
$2 each or 3 for $5. Also
planned is a cake auction
and donations of cakes for
the event will be appreci-
ated. MC photo
Learning and living history
Student writes state
A Caldwell Elementary School fourth
grade student from Tyler, the grandson
of a former Omaha resident, earned first
place in the Save Texas History essay
contest sponsored by the Texas Gen-
eral Land Office.
Quinn Boozer's winning essay, titled
"Journal of Juan Antonio Hernandez,
described life from the eyes of Her-
nandez, an early Texas explorer. The
essay, similar to a diary, was judged on
originality, historical accuracy and orga-
nization.
"With more than 1,450 fourth grade
entrants from around the state, we ap-
plaud the work of Quinn and his teacher,
Holly Chilek," said Caldwell principal
Forrest Kaiser.
The youngster is the grandson of
former Pewitt graduate Louis Boozer
and his wife, Carolyn of Dallas, and the
son of Dr. and Mrs. Kent Boozer of Tyler.
As the grand prize winner, Quinn will
receive round-trip airline tickets for four
to San Antonio, hotel accommodations
for two nights and tickets for attractions
provided by the San Antonio Conven-
tion and Visitors Bureau.
"We hope Quinn and his family enjoy
the opportunity to see living Texas his-
tory as they travel to San Antonio as part
of is award," added Kaiser.
Quinn Boozer's Winning Essay
September 7,1539
My name is Juan Antonio Hernandez
I'm an orphan.My parents died when I
was very young and I don't remember
them.They left me in the care of the
church. I'm 15 years old now and my
whole life I have been helping the priests
take care of the church and perform
services. Today a man named Fran-
cisco Vasquez de Coronado came to
ask me to be his assistant. He says that
if I say yes we will travel far north to look
for the lost cities of gold. Of course I said
yes.
Febuary 23,1540
After a long journey across the Mexi-
can desert, we cross into a new country
There sure are a lot of us.There are 340
spanish people, one thousand horses,
one thousand slaves and he just hired
300 indians to help us. Francisco asked
the indians if they had seen any gold and
the indians replied " yes,there is gold".
I'm not so sure, I see them laughing
when he's not looking.
May 15,1540
It's been a horrid three months in the
desert. People are starting to grumble
and complain because our supplies are
getting low. Every day we pass a new
village and we ask the Indians about the
Seven Cities of Gold and they keep
telling us "a little farther, a little farther."
July 7,1540
Our supplies are almost completely
out and many of us are starving. Luckily
we find a large Indian city. I think they
are called Pueblo. Coronado thinks it
may be one of the lost cities of gold but
the people don't look very rich to me. He
demanded entrance to the city but the
Indians wouldn't let us in. My boss has
a very bad temper and he decided to go
in anyway with some of his soldiers. He
QUINN BOOZER
ESSAY CONTEST WINNER
took some of their food and supplies.
The Pueblos fought back and hurt Mr.
Coronado badly.
August 7, 1540
It's been tough exploring this past
month. The supplies we took from the
Pueblo are beginning to run out and Mr.
Coronado is still hurt very badly from his
wounds. But news came today that we
are very near Cibola, the city of gold. Mr.
Coronado is in much better spirits, but
I'm not so sure he should get his hopes
up.
September 27,1540
Today I woke up to shouts of joy. The
men were screaming that we finally ar-
rived at Cibola, the city of gold. I've
never seen Mr. Coronado so upbeat. By
lunchtime, though, people were in in a
worse mood than before and I've never
seen Mr. Coronado so furious. He has
not left his tent all afternoon. It turns out
there was no gold at all. I wonder if I
should have told him about my suspi-
cions.
September 28,1540
Mr. Coronado was still angry today
He fired our guide, Fray Marcos, and
made him go back to Mexico. Mr. Marcos
was crying when he left and no one
would even look at him.
November 1,1540
An indian came today and told Mr.
Coronado about Quivira, another city of
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gold. We nicknamed him the Turk and
he offered to show us the way. Mr.
Coronado said we would leave in six
months. I hope he's not disappointed
again.
April 23,1541
We set out for Quivira today. People
are upbeat but not as spirited as last
time. I think they are starting to wonder
too.
June 23,1541
It's been two months and the land
has changed to a long, flat plain. The
plains have these strange, flat moun-
tains on them. They look like tables.
The good news is that there are herds
and herds of cow-like creatures. Mr.
Coronado sent out a hunting party to
bring in some meat. They killed a few
and we had a feast. I haven't eaten this
much delicious food since we started
this expedition.
June 30,1541
Mr. Coronado has decided to stay a
few days on the plain to hunt some more
and rebuild our supplies. I've even
started to gain a little weight. I feel much
stronger. We've met some of the local
Indians. They are friendly people and
they call themselves the Teyas. In honor
of them, we've named this place Tejas.
Soon we leave again to find Quivira.
July 1,1541
We left today for Quivira. People are
very excited but I think it's just because
we have been eating well.
August 2,1541
Exploring is getting very hard again.
People are complaining again and we
are running out of meat. I miss those
cow creatures. Every day the Turk keeps
telling us "almost there." I told Mr.
Coronado that I thought the Indians were
lying, but he wouldn't listen to me. He
kept saying, "you'll see, you'll see."
August 15,1541
We passed another village today.
Not a speck of gold in sight. I hope we
find Quivira soon. Mr. Coronado is in a
pitiful mood again.
August 25, 1541
We found a larger Indian city today.
The Turk says it is Quivira. This doesn't
look at all like a city of gold. There are
straw huts and the only thing made of
metal was a copper bell. No gold any-
where. Mr. Coronado was furious. I
think he was a little sad too. I'm pretty
sure he knew this was going to happen
but gold makes people do funny things.
August 26, 1541
Mr. Coronado explained to me that
he was going to punish the Turk for lying
to us. He told me to stay in my tent. I
don't know what they did to the Turk, but
I never saw him again.
April 12,1542
After spending the winter on the banks
of a large river, we finally started the
journey home. I can't wait to get home,
but it has been a great adventure. I've
met many people and seen many new
things. The most amazing thing I've
seen was a humongous canyon. Mr,
Coronado hasn't talked much these past
few months. I think he knows he's in big
trouble when he gets home.
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