Sweetwater Reporter (Sweetwater, Tex.), Vol. 112, No. 304, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 9, 2010 Page: 3 of 10
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Sweetwater Reporter
Tuesday, November 9, 2010 ■ Page 3
REV. ROBERT
ROLAND SAUER
DALTON LEE DAVIS
Funeral services for Dalton Lee Davis, 80, of Sweetwater,
are pending with McCoy Funeral Home of Sweetwater.
Davis died Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, in Baird,
REV. ROBERT ROLAND SAUER
The Rev. Robert Roland Sauer, 74, of Allen, Texas,
passed away on Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010.
Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. on Thursday,
Nov. 11, 2010, at Roscoe Cemetery with Pastor Gordon
Illausky officiating. Arrangements are under the direction
of Cate-Spencer & Trent Funeral Home.
The memorial service, with a reception following, will
be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010, at Christ the
Servant Lutheran Church, 821 South
Greenville Avenue in Allen, Texas.
Robert was born on April 6,1936,
in Nolan County, Texas. Robert was
baptized, confirmed and ordained
into the ministry at First Salem
Lutheran Church in Roscoe, Texas.
He graduated from Roscoe High
School in 1954; from Texas Lutheran
College in Seguin, Texas, in 1958;
and from Wartburg Seminary in
Dubuque, Iowa in 1962. While in
seminary, he completed his intern-
ship at St. John's Lutheran Church
in Charles City, Iowa.
Robert served three calls. During
the first, with the Board of World
Missions, ALC, he was stationed in
Papua New Guinea from October
1962 until January 1975. After that, he returned to Texas,
with his second call at St. James Lutheran Church of New
Wehdem, near Brenham, from October 1975 until April
1987. His third call was at St. John's Lutheran Church
in Thrall from April I987 until his retirement in May,
2001. During this pastorate, he also served Zion Lutheran
Church in Sandoval. After his retirement, he served
First Lutheran Church in Garland from May 2002 until
December 2007.
Through the years, two other areas of ministry were dear
to Robert's heart. He served as the spiritual director on
numerous leadership teams for Via de Christo, a Lutheran
ministiy that presents four-day retreats for the spiritual
renewal of baptized Christians. And for many years, he
participated in Kairos, an interdenominational prison
ministiy that provides weekend retreats to strengthen
and renew the Christian faith of inmates within the state
prison system in Texas.
He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Virginia (Finch)
Sauer; his son Drew Lee Sauer, his wife, Judy (Barnes)
Sauer, and their children, Ellen Joyce and Ryan Webster
of Ann Arbor, Michigan; his son Todd Roland Sauer, his
wife, Rachel (Boyer) Sauer, and their children, Karen
Elizabeth and Catherine Renee, of Hurst, Texas and Amber
(Sauer) Ennis and her husband, James, of Chesapeake,
Virginia; his daughter, Naomi Lorraine Sauer, her son,
Robert Anthony Fears, and her partner Scott Warren, of
Allen, Texas; his brother Richard Elgin Sauer and wife,
Rosie, of Abilene, Texas; his brother-in-law, William (Bill)
Wietstruck, of The Woodlands, Texas; and his sister Edith
Joyce (Sauer) Benton, of Seguin, Texas.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Richard
Ernest and Ella Erna (Henrichs) Sauer; and sister Ruth
Ann (Sauer) Wietstruck.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made
in the Rev. Robert Sauer's name to the charity of your
choice.
DENNIS THOMPSON
Funeral services for Dennis Thompson, 55, of Sweetwater,
are pending with McCoy Funeral Home of Sweetwater.
Thompson died Monday, Nov. 8, 2010, at Rolling Plains
Memorial Hospital.
Manatee spotted near Corpus Christ!
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) - A meandering West
Indian manatee has made its way to the Corpus Christi
area.
Experts on Tuesday monitored the creature in a canal
area near the JFK Causeway.
Tony Amos with Animal Rehabilitation Keep, known
as ARK, told The Associated Press that an endangered
manatee in the area is a "rarity."
Amos, who's also a research fellow affiliated with the
University of Texas, says manatees often migrate to
warm waters while looking for food.
He says the last time a manatee was seen in the Corpus
Christi area was January 2007. Amos says that animal
was rescued and trucked to Florida for release.
Amos says the current animal, spotted Monday by
nearby residents, is up to 8 feet long and weighs about
1,000 pounds. The manatee's sex was not immediately
known.
Company aims to fly as Pan American
STEVE CLARK
The Brownsville Herald
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — For people of a certain
age, the name "Pan Am" still strikes a chord.
From its birth in 1929 to its demise in 1991, Pan
American World Airways was the gold standard in air
travel, and Brownsville played a key role, serving as Pan
American's "Gateway to Latin America" from 1929 to
1959 and the company's Western Division headquarters
almost as long.
Pan Am was a major presence, and a major employer,
in Brownsville for three decades.
Now Pan American Airways Inc. appears poised to
take off again from Brownsville.
The company has taken up residence in the elegant-
ly stuccoed 1930s Pan American Building on Amelia
Earhart Drive at what was once Brownsville-Pan
American Airport and is now Brownsville/South Padre
Island International Airport.
It's no coincidence: The company picked the name to
match its new headquarters, and Pan American Airways
the name under which Pan American World Airways
was originally incorporated happened to be available.
Just don't expect glamorous fleets of Brownsville-
based Pan Am Clippers bound for exotic South American
destinations, like in the old days.
Do expect beginning in 2011 70 cargo flights a month
from Brownsville to various Latin American destina-
tions, including service to Rio de Janeiro, said PAA
President Robert Hedrick.
The company plans an official announcement Friday
at its historic Amelia Earhart Drive digs.
"We will be announcing the reopening of Pan American
Airways," Hedrick said. "We will also be announcing the
reopening of the Gateway to Latin America, started
by Pan American back in 1929. Then they're going to
rededicate this building at the same time."
PAA and its sister company, Hedrick's freight-man-
agement firm World-Wide Consolidated Logistics Inc.,
also headquartered in the old Pan American building,
have opened a screening facility at Brownsville/SPl
airport that's certified by the Transportation Security
Agency and available to any air carrier or cargo com-
pany.
The TSA facility was necessary in order for PAA or
anyone to fly cargo across the border from Brownsville.
Hedrick even has his eyes on the African market,
with Johannesburg a relatively short hop from Rio de
Janeiro.
Consolidated Logistics and the new PAA owe their
existence to World-Wide Consolidated Aquatics, anoth-
er Hedrick-run venture, which distributes commercial
equipment for resort hotel pools, irrigation and water
purification systems, and manufactures and distributes
portable wastewater treatment plants.
The company ships these items some of them very
large to places like Mexico, Greece, Egypt and Costa Rica,
which presents certain logistical problems. Consolidated
Logistics' business is managing the shipment of big cargo
by air, rail, ground and sea for Consolidated Aquatics
and other companies. PAA is Consolidated Logistics' air
cargo affiliate. PAA doesn't own any aircraft yet, but is
leasing two Boeing 727 cargo jets.
"Later on we may look at buying aircraft companies
out to then own those aircraft, but at this point there
are so many aircraft available of various types that it
doesn't make business sense to go out there and spend
operating capital," Hedrick said. "Initially we will do
what most companies do: We will be very frugal. We
will spend money very carefully, and that's the way we're
going to put Pan American back up there."
As for potential clients, PAA is courting the ele-
ments of South America's huge floral industry, which
ships billions of dollars worth of flowers to the United
States each year. Flowers and other perishables arriv-
ing in Brownsville via air can be trucked to the central
U.S. market much faster than goods flown into Miami,
Hedrick said.
"You're talking about flowers that need to be refriger-
ated," he said. "One day makes a big difference. Two
days makes a big difference."
Richard Alaniz, PAA's vice president, said he was able
to attract interest at a national floral show in Ecuador
last month.
"People are looking for options to bring their products
to this market," he said. "We're looking at perishable
cargo fruits, vegetables, products that are basically must
fly.' It's time sensitive. Flowers, seafood, things of that
sort that need to be iced down."
Annie s Mailbox
®!
BY KATHY MITCHELL AND MARCY SUGAR
Dear Annie: I have been married for almost
20 years to a somewhat verbally abusive and
! manipulative man. We were separated for a
1 year, but remained in the same house while I
I worked with him to understand how damag-
ing his behavior was. During that time, my
husband befriended another woman. To my knowledge,
it was not sex, only conversation about how they were
mistreated and how miserable their lives were.
My husband and I reconciled, and I have been honest
and proactive concerning our relationship. However, he
still converses with this woman and shares everything
about our relationship with her. I think he tells me about
it on purpose (emotional abuse), and when I inquire
about whether they were intimate, he has a fit and tells
me I'm crazy.
I am an attractive person. I have a great job. I don't
need him financially, and emotionally he's difficult. I
continue to try to work things out, but, Annie, what is
the story with this woman? Is he trying to make me
jealous? It's sabotaging our efforts to mend our rela-
tionship. He tells me how beautiful and sexy I am, but
something is not right. What do you think? — Bustin'
To Get Loose
Dear Bustin': Your signature tells us a lot.
Your husband has found a sympathetic connec-
tion with this woman. She is someone to whom
he can complain while making himself look like
a victim He tells you about it so you will feel
guilty and upset that she fulfills a need you don't
— and can't. If she were male, you might worry
less, but flaunting this relationship is emotion-
ally abusive, and he needs to stop.
Dear Annie: My husband's sister is getting married
next month. I'm excited for her, but one thing both-
ers me. My in-laws have not invited my parents to the
wedding. My in-laws were invited to both of my sisters'
weddings. And my parents have been invited to the wed-
dings of my sisters' in-laws.
My parents recently asked whether they are getting an
invitation. I told them my in-laws were trying to keep
the wedding small, which they are not. Last week, my
husband's brother became engaged, and I'm concerned
they wont invite my parents to that wedding, either. I
know it will upset my folks.
My husband and I host all of the major holidays with
both sides of the family. I don't want this situation to
cause any tension. How do we handle it? My husband
and I don't know how to bring up the subject tactfully.
— Distressed Daughter
Dear Distressed: It would be nice if your in-
laws invited your parents to these family cel-
ebrations, and it's possible their exclusion was
an oversight. Your husband should approach
his ^parents and ask if they accidentally forgot
his in-laws, giving them the opportunity to feign
shock and rectify the problem. He also can add
how much it would mean to him if they kept his
in-laws in mind for future family events.
Dear Annie: You didn't go far enough in your
response to "Faithful Reader," whose adult children
were cleaning out her fridge and want her to set up
a power of attorney. Her children were wrong to do
things behind her back. However, now is the perfect
time for "Faithful" to prepare for the time when she is
not in complete control of her faculties. It is a wonderful
opportunity to initiate a discussion on how her wishes
are to be handled when the time comes.
My mother-in-law refuses to have a power of attorney,
insisting she can take care of herself when, in fact, she is
memory-impaired and deteriorating, and disagreement
over her care has caused estrangement between her
children. I am grateful my parents, while still in good
health, set up all the mechanics necessary to relieve my
brother and me of that responsibility. — Been There,
Done That
Dear Been There; You are absolutely correct
that these things should be done whale every-
one is capable of handling the details. We hope
"Faithfiil" will follow through.
Annie's Mailbox is written by Kathy Mitchell and
Marcy Sugar, longtime editors of the Ann Landers
column. Please e-mail your questions to anniesmail-
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Creators Syndicate, 5777 W. Century Blvd., Ste. 700,
Los Angeles, CA 90045. To find out more about Annie's
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Why would anyone opt for Brownsville over Miami or
other major hubs?
Two reasons, says Alaniz: Faster shipments and heavy
congestion at the major hubs certainly not an issue at
Brownsville's airport.
"There's a huge bottleneck in Miami for the flo-
ral industry," said Gilberto Salinas of the Brownsville
Economic Development Council. "Speaking with some
of these companies, they all want an alternate route,
because their product has to wait in line almost a week
before it gets into the hands of their customers. Florida's
got South America all to itself. We have to ask where do
we fit in? All we have to do is get out of our offices and
go knock on doors and build relationship which, in the
end, will result in increased traffic and the creation of
jobs and more money in people's pockets."
The BEDC has been helping PAA cultivate business
contacts down south. While the airline's immediate
focus is on cargo, passenger flights could be on the hori-
zon to Monterrey, Mexico City and perhaps Cancun.
"Will we carry passengers? Yes, we probably will,"
Hedrick said. "Will we do it tomorrow7? No. We're trying
to put together the first flight before the end of December
but I doubt we'll make it. Keep in mind, cargo is where
our cash flow comes from. Cargo is what generates the
funds internally for us to then expand into passenger
service. We're not doing it the other way around. We're
going to be very careful and select the routes."
Michael Jones, head of business development for the
Brownsville/SPI airport, said he's been trying for years
without success to convince an airline any airline to
offer nonstop flights from Brownsville to Monterrey and
Mexico City. The demand has only grown stronger as
road travel through Mexico has gotten riskier, he said.
"We've been able to demonstrate that (demand) for
years," Jones said. "If Bob could start the flights tomor-
row I think we could fill them."
He said the airport is committed to doing whatever it
can to help PAA succeed.
Hedrick, meanwhile, sees Brownsville as "a goldmine"
for its geographical proximity to two continents and
seems earnest in his wish to transform the city back into
the air travel gateway it once was.
"I'm not reinventing the wheel," he said. "I'm not com-
ing up with anything that's ours. Pan American did it. I
think it's viable again. Brownsville is at the right time
and the right place to go global."
Kiwanis
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"It's those pictures that people remember. It's those pic-
tures that represent who someone really is."
Currently, he is running a Christmas card special.
If you are interested in finding out more information
about Ellis' photography visit his web site at www.josh-
uahellisphotography.com.
The Kiwanis meet every Wednesday, at noon at Bee's
Decor.
County
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contract estimated the cost at $15,644, for a drip system.
As part of the contract, the only work that will be done
will be that not involving tearing up concrete. The drip
system would include a remote, in case a certain area
needs more water than is scheduled on the timer. The
estimate is good for 30 days and could decrease depend-
ing on the work that county workers can provide. Ideas
for landscaping were also provided, such as the plant-
ing of grass on all sides of the courthouse. Ideas for the
flower beds were also discussed. If the landscaping is
pursued another estimate will be provided for consid-
eration.
Riley Kitchens also presented the opportunity of
providing assistance to a few residents that have failing
waste water treatment systems. According to Kitchens, a
representative of Big Country RC&D, TCEQ has provid-
ed with $10,465 to be used for these repairs. Since there
are limited funds, a selection process will need to be
implemented. Kitchens said that his company can pro-
vide the low income standards. Eligible applicants can
either have their system repaired or possibly replaced.
The county clerk was given approval to purchase
another six shelf minimax style book storage unit. Her
current shelves are diminishing in size and are almost
full. She reported to the commissioners that she only
had about one and a half shelves left, before she ran out
of room. The shelf will cost $941 and a delivery charge
of $182, for a total of $1,123, which will be paid from the
records management fund.
Once approvals were given, an Eagle Railcar repre-
sentative addressed the commissioners with an update.
Eagle Railcar is building two and a half new buildings
in Nolan County. The concrete has been poured and a
tax abatement request has been requested from Roscoe.
They are planning on adding 15 people to the payroll and
Elan on continuing to grow their payroll. A request for a
alf-million tax abatement was requested, instead of the
county's 1 million tax abatement limit. The request will
be scheduled on the next agenda.
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