Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 89, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 2012 Page: 3 of 24
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-Thursday, November 22,2012
POLK COUNTY ENTERPRISE
Community
alendar
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NOV. 22
Thanksgiving Dinner
You Can Worldwide
Ministries, Inc would like
to invite everyone out to its
Thanksgiving Dinner at 11
a.m. Nov. 22, for fellowship
and to share the love of
Christ.
Bishop Rogers and the
volunteers at ministry will be
serving Thanksgiving dinner
with all the trimming, after
service, come hungry. Be
thankful in all circumstances,
for this is God’s will for you
who belong to Christ Jesus.
NOV. 23
Relay For Life
Raffle
Medicine Chest Pharmacy
Relay For Life raffle. The raf-
fle item will be a handmade
cedar chest. Dimensions; 36 x
24 x 24. Tickets are $5 each,
or $25 for six tickets. Raffle
date is Nov. 23.
NOV. 30
Benefit RafRe
for Haley Land
Raffle tickets are on sale
now to help Haley Land
offset medical expenses
related to her current battle
with cancer which has
resulted from her treatment
with anti-rejection drugs
necessary since she has
undergone two heart
transplants since age 5.
Tickets are being sold for
$5 each through Nov. 30 for
a Weatherby Vanguard 30/06
bolt action with a Leupold
scope. The drawing will
be held Dec. 1. A benefit
account has been set up at
First National Bank under
account number 2501732
To purchase tickets, please
call Belinda Shotwell at 936-
223-6597 or Patrick Flowers
at 936-327-0409.
DEC. 1
Christmas In Our Town
10th Annual Christmas In
Our Town will be on Dec. I
there will be a bicycle give-
away every hour until 5:30
p.m. Santa will be present
from 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
There will be free games
rides, craft vendors, and
much more. Open fr§m
10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the
Onalaska Fire House.
DEC. 7
Open House
The Polk County Garden
Club Gift Shop invites you
to an open house on Friday,
Dec. 7 at Miss Effie’s
Cottage.
There will be Wassail and
Gingerbread from 3-6 p.m.
and Photos with Santa from
6-8 p.m. The Gift Shop will
remain open until 9 p.m.
Proceeds benefit local high
school graduates for college
scholarships.
DEC. 8
Bake Sale
The Kings Kids Chapter of
the Christian Motorcyclists
Association is having a bake
sale and fundraiser for the
Empty Stocking program of
Polk County Dec. 8 from 9
a.m. to 2 p.m. at Wal-Mart.
Recliners
$199
Picture Wizard, Smart Energy
Sat ing. Clear Voice. Infinite Sound
42" PLASMA HDTV
Nonprofit community
organizations and
churches are invited to
list their special events
in the Polk County
Enterprise's Community
Calendar.
To include your event,
email details to
polknews@gmail.com,
FAX to 936-327-7156
or bring your notice to
the Enterprise office
at l(X) E. Calhoun St.
in Livingston. Events
are listed on a space-
available basis and are
subject to editing.
$399
New Texas Outdoor
Recreation plan plots future
for Parks, healthy lifestyles
Besides Recommendations, Plan Compiles
Research on Health, Economics, Texas' Future
AUSTIN-The latest
Texas Outdoor Recreation
Plan calls for more trails
and greenways to encourage
active lifestyles, new parks
in or near urban areas, better
access to public waters, and
a review of local park grant
rules to make the most of
limited dollars, among other
recommendations. Besides
ways to improve, the plan
is chock full of interesting
research findings pulled from
many sources.
The plan ticks off a
sobering list of challenges
facing the Lone Star State,
including how it’s a
predominately urban society
where children are becoming
less connected to nature
and the outdoors. Partly
because of this increasingly
“indoor” culture, obesity
and health care costs are on
the rise statewide. And, like
the rest of America, Texas is
recovering from the biggest
recession since the Great
Depression, creating budget
challenges for public funds.
Plus, the state has been
rocked by natural disasters
such as record drought and
wildfires, and water resources
are becoming strained.
However, the plan
points hopefully to a body
of research that makes
the case for investing in
outdoor recreation and parks
solutions. For example, a
key finding in a review of
more than 200 research
studies by the American
Heart Association in 2011
was that every $1 spent on
building biking trails and
walking paths would save
an estimated nearly $3 in
medical expenses. (Trust for
America's Health, 2012)
The values of wetlands and
native prairies to filter water
and prevent flooding are
becoming better known, but
what about the importance of
INTRODUCTORY
SPECIAL OFFER
at an UNBELIEVABLE /ovv or/ce/
trees and green space for air
quality? The plan notes that in
the United States, urban park
(fees remove over 75,000
tons of air pollution annually,
with a value of $500 million.
(Nowak, etal., 2010)
And what about putting
a value on quality of life?
The plan states “There is a
well-documented scientific
connection between access
to outdoor recreation and
positive physical health.
Direct access to green space
and parkland has been shown
to correlate with improved
cognitive function, increased
self-esteem and better self-
discipline, decreased levels
of depression, lower stress
levels, reduced cases of
obesity, and an increased
sense of community and
belonging."
The plan also cites research
showing parks are significant
generators of economic
activity. For example, the
economic impact on sales
for Goose Island State Park
in Aransas County was
estimated to be over $7
million with almost 200 jobs
created in 2006. (Crompton
& Culpepper, 2006). The total
economic impact reported
for local (city and county)
parks in the same year was
a massive $551 billion in
spending and 38390 jobs
created statewide. (The
Perryman Group, 2006).
The Texas Outdoor
Recreation Plan must be
updated every five years
for the state to be eligible
for continued funding from
the federal Land and Water
Conservation Fund, a vital
source to create and enhance
local, state and national parks.
Anyone can read the full
plan on the Texas Parks and
Wildlife Department website.
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Reddell, Valerie. Polk County Enterprise (Livingston, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 89, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 22, 2012, newspaper, November 22, 2012; Livingston, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth658404/m1/3/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Livingston Municipal Library.