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Saturday, April 6, 2013
BCOC hosts Klein
PROM from page A1
Vision Beyond Borders founder and director,
Patrick Klein, will speak at Bastrop Christian Out-
reach Center in Bastrop at 7 p.m. on April 24. Klein
has spent more than 25 years serving the Persecut-
ed Church, helping meet the spiritual and physical
needs of people throughout the world and deliver-
ing God’s Word to closed countries. Klein has lived
in Israel, the Philippines, Mainland China, Hong
Kong and Singapore. He has traveled to more than
60 countries around the world delivering Bibles and
humanitarian supplies. Please come and be encour-
aged by the things God is doing around the world.
Wans to speak on family
Bastrop Genealogical Society will present family
genealogist, author and public speaker Joyce Wans
of Georgetown at its monthly meeting on April 13 at
Bastrop Public Library, 1100 Church St. Network-
ing and announcements from 1-2 p.m. and Wans will
speak starting at 2 p.m. A recent speaker at the Aus-
tin Genealogy Society, Wans will explain 12 impor-
tant concepts to use with your own family genealogy.
All monthly meetings are held at Bastrop Public
Library. For more information, contact Jean Zurow
at 512-789-9903 or Bastrop Public Library at 512-
332-8880. Anyone interested in genealogy is welcome
to attend. There are no membership dues or reserva-
tions required. Meetings are held the second Satur-
day of every month.
dent, but for Ramseyer
- and for the entire stu-
dent body at Cedar Creek
High School - this is a
particularly special event
in a year of firsts for the
school.
Cedar Creek High
School opened in the
2010-11 school year
when the members of the
Class of 2013 were sopho-
mores, and then added
the next class in succes-
sion through the 2012-13
school year to fill its halls
with a complete student
body.
So this year - Cedar
Creek’s first with a grad-
uating senior class - is
also its first for many of
the hallmarks of a typi-
cal high schooler’s expe-
rience. A senior class.
Homecoming. College
applications. Post-high
school plans. Financial
aid. Class traditions. Ri-
valries. School traditions.
And now - besides
the ultimate hallmark of
graduation, set for June 8
— another first is quickly
approaching in the form
of prom.
It’s not only the first
for the school, it’s the only
one the seniors will ever
have.
Ramseyer and the
rest of the school’s prom
committee - including
faculty sponsors Aidee
Lopez-Robles and Ashley
Robinson, plus a group of
about a dozen students,
including Ramseyer and
fellow junior Jade Brown
have been busy for
months preparing for the
event, set for June 27 at
the Bastrop Convention
Center.
Because this is the
school’s first prom, the
committee has had to go
into fundraising over-
drive, Lopez-Robles said,
noting she and Robin-
son were responsible for
overseeing the students’
efforts. These efforts in-
cluded catalog sales and
cookie dough and fun
events like a day in which
teachers could pay to
wear jeans to work; other
efforts included a recent
garage sale at Tractor
Supply Company and
just last week, the com-
mittee brought in funds
through a Powder Puff
game.
While they have
brought in a good amount
of money, the committee
is aware it is starting the
school’s prom fund from
scratch. They’re keeping
this in mind as they plan,
according to Ramseyer.
For herself and
Brown, ensuring the
prom is a success is a se-
rious business.
“It’s our first year to
have seniors and this
will be their only prom,”
Ramseyer said. “I want
to make it as big and as
great and as cheap as
possible. We are trying
to set the bar for expecta-
tions as far as fundrais-
ing for this year’s prom
goes.”
Brown agreed, adding
she wants to establish a
precedent for the school’s
future proms. While she’s
attended a Valentine’s
Day dance at the school
before and plans on re-
ally going all-out for her
senior prom next year,
she said she’s also look-
ing forward to preparing
for this year’s event.
“A few friends and I
are going dress shopping
(this weekend) in Aus-
tin,” Brown said.
CCHS Principal Ade-
laida Olivares expressed
delight in the plans for
the event - which will
have a “Starry Paradise”
theme - with decorations,
music and the whole
works to match.
“We have a prom com-
mittee that is dedicated,”
Olivares said. “Our vision
has been all about mak-
ing sure this is good for
the kids.”
DEATH NOTICES
Cole Douglas Cassens and
Lacey Nicole Unger
Cole Douglas Cassens, 29, and fiance Lacey Nicole
Unger, 28, passed away on Sunday, March 31, 2013.
Funeral services are Saturday, April 6 at 11 a.m.
at Christ Lutheran Church in Georgetown. Burial
will be at 6 p.m. on Monday,
April 8, 2013 at the Presbyterian
Cemetery, 20th St., Georgetown,
Texas 78626.
You may share a message or
memory in the memorial guest-
book at RamseyFuneral.com.
CLARIFICATION
An article titled “Building receives ‘office’ zoning’”
in the March 30 Advertiser requires clarification.
Julie Hart’s home, across from the museum, is not
currently operating as a bed & breakfast, although it
has a conditional-use permit to operate as one.
CORRECTION
A story in last Saturday’s Bastrop Advertiser
about the Cowboys & Caviar event today should
have stated the event will include an open bar at no
extra charge to those in attendance. The Advertiser
regrets the error.
Linda Leinaala
Sullivan
Linda Leinaala Sullivan went
home to be with the Lord on
March 20, 2013 as a result of
a tragic snorkeling accident
while vacationing with her
family in Roatan, Honduras.
Linda was bom in Honolulu,
Hawaii on March 21, 1965 to
Albert Dela Cruz and Mary
Jane Dela Cruz. She is survived
by her husband of 15 years,
Dr. James W Sullivan, her daughter Ashley Tamez, her sons
Ryan Tamez, John Rocha his wue Celsie, and Aaron Sullivan;
one grandson Keoni Rocha; grandfather Edward Ferriera Sr. of
Kauai, HI. Linda has one brother, Jeff Hanson with wife Katie
of Pordand, OR, and four sisters: Jaci Jensen of Phoenix, AZ,
Yvonne Dela Cmz of Pflugerville, TX, Michelle Rosenblad of
Mansfield, TX, and Elke Dela Cmz Silva of Hilo, HI. She is also
survived by numerous Aunts, Uncles, Nieces, and Nephews.
Linda is preceded in death by her parents, her loving and
nurturing stepfather Clifford Hanson, ner brother Charlie Dela
Cmz ana her sister Alberta Dela Cruz.
Linda was a very special person to all who knew her and she will
be missed gready. She was a devoted wife, a loving mother, and
a very proud grandmother. She will be remembered for her big,
beautiful smile and her infectious personality. Her enthusiastic
and vibrant personality will live on in our hearts forever. Linda
was deeply mvolved with many activities and she touched so
many people throughout her lire. Her children, her family, and
her mentis were the most important things in her life. She
loved her children immensely and would volunteer to help with
anything at the drop of a hat. She will forever be remembered
for her awesome brownies, her impromptu pool parties, her
signature ball cap, and Taco Cabana happy hours. Her many
hobbies included photography, scrapbooking, reading, travel,
and spending time with her family and friends. Linda loved
being a proud Hawaiian and always longed for her next trip to
the Islands. Her large extended family and her many wonderful
friends will miss her wit, her good humor, her warm beautiful
smile, and her caring personality.
A Memorial Service in celebration of Linda’s life will be held
at Bastrop Christian Outreach Center, 1096 Highway 71 East,
Bastrop, Texas on April 6, 2013 at 2:00 PM. Arrangements
entrusted to Bastrop Providence Funeral Home.
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ROBOTICS from page A1
sort of edge-of-your-seat
excitement normally
seen in the final two
minutes of a nail-biting-
ly close Super Bowl.
But making it to the
world championship
— at least in this fash-
ion — wasn’t the team’s
original game plan, so to
speak.
For Marguerite Shaf-
fer — who, along with
fellow BHS physics
teacher Chris Choma,
were the faculty advi-
sors to the team — the
idea was to aim for the
FIRST’S Rookie All-Star
Award, given to a team
displaying outstanding
achievement in its first
year of competition. Win-
ning this award would
also have qualified the
team to go to St. Louis.
Clearly, the team
overshot that goal. But
nobody is complaining.
In fact, good sports-
manship and “gracious
professionalism” is en-
couraged among all of
the teams, she said.
“It’s not really about
the robot so much as it’s
about the kids’ spirit and
enthusiasm,” Shaffer
said of the team, add-
ing that another team
gave the Bastrop team
climbing equipment to
help the robot maneuver
over a pyramid struc-
ture, while another team
helped add extra sup-
ports to the 4610 team’s
robot in the final match.
But the story of how
the BearTecs, or FIRST
Robotics Team 4610,
came to be goes back
to the beginning of the
school year, Shaffer
said, when she was ap-
proached by a parent re-
questing a robotics team.
She recruited Choma,
who teaches AP Physics,
and together they found
a group of interested
students to form what
is referred to in competi-
tion as FRC 4610. But in
the early stages of work-
ing on possible ideas, the
group quickly realized
they needed help.
That’s where the
downtown Bastrop
Christmas parade came
in. The team set up a
booth for fundraising —
the team raised $700 at
the Christmas parade —
but also inquiring about
anyone who might help
them from an engineer-
ing standpoint. Soon,
the team had help from
retired machinist Ken
Schoonover and South-
west Airlines pilot Jeff
Fletcher.
Then, with their help
and with funds from a
grant through the Texas
Workforce Commission,
the kids launched into
the “build season” in Jan-
uary, when a six-week
period began in which
the teams reviewed the
rules of the competition
and built their robots.
The teams were also
asked to create videos,
create a website and do
community outreach,
which in Bastrop’s case
was a workshop the stu-
dents organized for Bas-
trop Middle School stu-
dents.
Then it was time for
the competition in Dal-
las, in which each team
had a “driver” — 4610’s
driver was BHS senior
Derek Blanton — to ma-
neuver the team’s robot
on the field while picking
up and throwing Fris-
bees to score points.
For Blanton, learning
to manuever the robot
was an interesting one.
“The first time I
grabbed the joystick, it
was like What do I do?
How do I do this?”’ he
said. “But then you get
used to it and you can
easily move the robot
around.”
He, and teammate
Garrett Geenen, noted
the experience the team
has gotten has been ter-
rific, but said his reasons
for joining the team were
more straightforward.
“We got started in
this for extra credit for
AP Physics,” he said.
“But what really kicked
it into high gear was get-
ting the stuff to build the
robot. That’s when it re-
ally took off. We stayed
overtime, until 9 p.m.
We stayed up here all
day Saturdays.”
But the learning
didn’t stop there, Geen-
en added, noting that
the “gracious profession-
alism” touted so highly
by the FIRST organiza-
tion taught them a great
deal.
“They taught me so
many neat tricks to re-
pair our robot and to
keep it going,” Geenen
said of the help they got
from other teams, in-
cluding one from Manor.
“Without the team,
I wouldn’t have been a
good driver,” Blanton
added. “And without the
other teams, we wouldn’t
have had a robot.”
Once the main com-
petition was finished,
each of the 50 teams
were seeded and the top
eight teams were given
a chance to pick another
two teams to compete in
an alliance with in the fi-
nal round. The top seed-
ed team, FRC Team 148,
of Greenville, chose the
number two team, FRC
Team 3310, but the third
team in the alliance —
and the last one chosen
to be in the final round
— was Bastrop’s.
“Team 148 needed a
defensive robot and they
wanted to take us along
to the championship,”
Shaffer said. “They were
working with our kids to
get our robot prepped for
the match.”
So Bastrop’s team be-
came a part of the win-
ning alliance, but FRC
Team 4610 wasn’t quite
done yet. While the team
didn’t get the Rookie All-
Star Award, it did earn
the Rookie Inspiration
Award, which is given
to a team showing great
sportsmanship and en-
thusiasm.
“We’re very proud
of that,” Shaffer said.
“Our kids were so spir-
ited. Some of the groups
brought a hundred peo-
ple and we were there
with 14 and we were
louder than they were!”
For his own part,
Choma said the reac-
tion was “pure disbelief’
when Team 148 chose
4610 to join its alliance.
“It was equivalent to
finding a Ferrari in your
driveway and the keys
in your hand,” Choma
said. “(But) the idea
of winning the whole
thing seemed pretty far-
fetched.”
When asked about
the moment FRC 148
chose their team for its
alliance, both young men
broke into enormous
smiles.
“It was the best mo-
ment of my life,” Geenen
grinned.
Choma said the team
had “awesome men-
tors” in Schoonover and
Fletcher and noted the
students really started
to feel the competition
was a reality when they
picked up the team’s
robot-making kit at the
kickoff event in Austin
in January.
“Everything became
a reality then,” he said.
“It was like, ‘OK, we’re
really going to do this.
We’re going to build a
robot.’”
That they did and
the whole team is look-
ing forward to St. Lou-
is, Shaffer and Choma
said. The team will be
fundraising right up un-
til they leave, through
its website and events
like the Ultimate Fund-
raising Tournament,
Lost Pines Toyota fund-
raiser, bake sales and
others.
Anyone who is in-
terested in helping is
invited to write a check
payable to BHS Robotics
Team and mail it to Bas-
trop High School, 1416
Chambers St., Bastrop
TX 78602.
For more informa-
tion, or to see YouTube
videos or to donate to the
team through PayPal,
visit the team’s website
at frc4610.com, or to the
indiegogo website at igg.
me/at/frc4610. The indie-
gogo website fundraising
deadline is April 12.
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