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Volume 112, No. 24 - One Section
Thursday, June 13,2002
West, Texas
News Digest
Accordion Squeeze-off set for June 29
West members of the Texas Accordion Association invited all
accordion players to come and participate in the group's
annual Accordion Squeeze-off planned from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
June 29 in the West Community Center. The public is also
invited to come and listen to the accordion and there is no
admission charge. Food and drinks are to be available.
Leroy church plans garage sale
The Leroy Church has scheduled a garage sale and pre-
registration for the upcoming Vacation Bible School on Sat-
urday. The garage sale is to begin at 7 a.m. The VBS pre-
registration is from 8 a.m. - noon. Vacation Bible School is
from 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. June 24-28. For further information
about VBS, contact Anna Wines at 822-0214. Children ages
4 through the eighth grade are invited to attend the Vacation
Bible School.
Library to sponsor June 26 show
The West Public Library is presenting the Ken-n-Jim Show
at 6 p.m. June 26 in the West Community Center.
Benefit to aid West woman
A benefit to aid a West woman stricken with Multiple Sclero-
sis is planned for June 23 at Lone Star Hall in West. Kathy
Fleming Woodward, wife of Thomas Woodward, was diag-
nosed with Multiple Sclerosis this past November and pro-
ceeds from the benefit are to help defray her continuing
medical expenses. A medical fund for this 1970 West High
School graduate has also been set up at West Bank and Trust.
A spaghetti meal is planned for June 23 and is set to begin at
11 a.m. An auction and raffle are planned and anyone
wishing to donate an item to the auction or raffle is asked to
contact Thomas Woodward at 826-3506.
Miss West Contestants needed
The annual Miss West contest is scheduled for July 25 with
the deadline for entering set for July 15. The contest is open
to all West High School girls who will be juniors or seniors
during the 2002-2003 school year. Those interested in apply-
ing may pick up applications in the West High School office
or by contacting Maggie Grmela at 826-5189 or the West
Chamber of Commerce office at 826-3188.
Steer validation set for June 25 in West
The state and county steer validation is planned from 8-11
a.m. June 25 at West Auction Inc. To be eligible for the major
livestock shows in Texas and the McLennan County Junior
Livestock Show, steers must be validated on this day. Entry
cards and fees for the McLennan County Junior Livestock
Show must be turned in this day. Any questions, call the West
High School Ag Department at 826-7506.
West garden club plans meeting
The West Bluebell Garden Club has scheduled a meeting for
9:30 a.m. June 21 in the West Public Library. The meeting's
program is on "Soil Mixture and Plant Propagation" by Dawn
Segrist of the McLennan County Extension Service.
Camp Fire Day Camp planned
West Camp Fire Day Camp is planned from 9 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
June 17-21. the day camp is to meet in the West Public
Library meeting room. Activities include hiking, singing,
playing games, crafts and others. Boys and girls, who have
finished kindergarten through fifth grade, are invited to
register. The fee is $25 per child. For more information, call
the Camp Fire Office in Waco at 752-5515 or Wanda Adair,
826-5658; or Andy Quiram at 829-0207.
First Baptist Church VBS scheduled
The First Baptist Church of West has scheduled its Vacation
Bible School from June 17-21 at the Westfest grounds. This
year's theme is "Amazon Outfitters: On Expedition with the
One True God."
Quilt show planned for July 13 in West
The First United Methodist Church's Christmas in July and
Quilt Exhibit, sponsored by the West Chamber of Commerce,
is scheduled from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. July 13 in the West
Community Center. The charge to exhibit a quilt is $5 per
quilt. For those wishing to sell quilts, they must purchase a
booth space which costs $15. For further information, contact
Maggie Grmela at 826-5189.
Grief support group meeting June 20
A grief support group meeting is planned for 7 p.m. June 20
at St. Joseph's Hall in West. This support group is open to the
entire community to aid people gain a better understanding
of all the changes experienced in the grieving process. The
topic of discussion is "Grief and Depression" led by the Rev.
Allan Lane, the Hospice of the Heart chaplain. This meeting
is sponsored by the West Ministerial Alliance and Aderhold
Funeral Home.
Athletic boosters to sponsor tourney
The Third Annual West ISD Athletic Booster Club Golf
Classic is planned for 1p.m. July 20 at Connally Golf Course.
The four-man Florida scramble format is $60 per person and
includes the green fee, cart fee, range balls and a fried
chicken dinner after the tournament. For tournament infor-
mation, call Jerry Mazanec at 826-7094 or Rick Wolf at 826-
7515.
Junior Twirl Camp June 24-28
The West High School twirlers are sponsoring a Junior Twirl
Camp from 9-11 a.m June 24-28 at the West High School
Band Hall. Participants need to have completed Pre-K through
the fifth grade. The cost is $30 per students or $25 per
students if two or more attend from the same family. There
is an additional cost of $10.50 for any student needing a
baton. To enroll, contact Kim Bartosh at 744-4287.
City cleanup day
scheduled June 22
The City of West is scheduled
to participate in a McLennan
County Cleanup Day planned
for June 22.
Two trash containers and a
trash truck are to be available
for West residents to use from
7:30-11 a.m. that day or until
they are full. The containers will
be available at the corenr of Re-
agan and Pine streets.
City residents are encour-
aged to bring their debris and
junk to these containers.
Items which will not be ac-
cepted include tires, batteries,
oil and oil filters along with con-
tainers of flammable, explosive
or poisonous materials such as
gasoline, paint products, fertil-
izers, herbicides and pesticides.
Residents with brush, limbs,
leaves and lawn clippings may
take them to the city's chipping
site at the wastewater treat-
ment plan. This is available
from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. on Fridays
and from 9-11 a.m. on Satur-
days.
Ligthning strikes
tree on Jane Lane
The old saying "that lightning
never strikes in the same place
twice" may be true, but one West
neighborhood is hoping Mother
Nature might leave their whole
block alone next time she de-
cides to send a bolt of lightning
from the sky.
Just this past Sunday, Jane
Lane residents witnessed their
fifth lightning strike in the area
within the past eight years as a
tree located in Johnny and
Evelyn Muehlstein's front yard
was struck by lightning.
"I was in the house watching
television (about 2 p.m.) when I
heard a big boom," Muehlstein
said when describing the light-
ning which struck the tree, stand-
ing 15 yards from the house. "It
sounded like a big gun going off."
When he looked outside to see
where the noise came from he
noticed part a Boxelder tree splin-
tered in his front yard.
The force of the lightning bolt
split the tree and sent splintered
pieces wood, even damaging the
roof.
Muehlstein said a neighbor
witnessed the lightning strike
and he noted that it came at a
time when it was not raining and
there were few dark clouds in
the sky.
The Jane Lane neighborhood
is not a stranger to such occur-
rences. One Jane Lane resident
reported this was the fourth tree
struck by lightning in the past
eight years along with one elec-
trical transformer also being hit
during that period.
Laurann Grimm (left) and Rose Kubacak are co-chairs for the CDA Court 829
sponsored Tasting Luncheon planned for June 18 at St. Joseph's Hall in
West.
Tasting luncheon
set for June 18
Meats, salads, vegetables and desserts, all designed to whet
even the most finicky appetites, will be available during 'A Taste
of West luncheon' planned from 11 a.m. -12:30 p.m. June 18 at
St. Joseph's Hall in West.
The Catholic Daughters of Americas Sacred Heart Court 829
is hosting this event, which is patterned after the West hospital
auxiliary's tasting luncheons in the past. Tickets for the lun-
cheon are $5 each.
"The auxiliary has had successful Tasting Luncheons in the
past and it seems like something we could do to raise money,"
explained co-chairs for the event, Rose Kubacak and Laurann
Grimm. Proceeds from the luncheon are earmarked to help
defray the cost of sending CDA members to the national conven-
tion in Houston this year. "More (West CDA) members are going
because it is in Texas and we have some duties at the conven-
tion."
"It is open to the public and we want everyone to come and for
$5 you can taste everything," the two CDA members said.
"We are contacting our members to bring meats, salads,
vegetables and desserts. You won't go away hungry from a
tasting luncheon," they added. "There will be a large variety (of
food) and everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend."
In conjunction with the raffle, there will also be a 50-50
raffle. The first prize will be a cash prize and there will be
additional items.
For luncheon tickets or raffle tickets, contact any CDA mem-
ber or call Rose Kubacak at 826-5250 or Laurann Grimm at 826-
7050.
Johnny Muehlstein examines a tree damaged by lightning Sunday afternoon in
his front yard.
Names of World War II vets
liberating Czechoslovakia needed
The Czech Republic is currently seeking the names of any living
World War II veterans who were present during the liberation of
Czechslovakia near the end of WW II.
A possible ceremony may be planned in West around the Fourth
of July to commemorate this event.
Anyone involved the Czechoslovakia's liberation druing WWII is
asked to contact Robert Zahirniakat 826-3621 or The West News at
826-3718 as soon as possible.
Korean veteran's stories featured in book
"I didn't want this forgotten,"
said West area resident Bob
Kreidon explaining why excerpts
from some of his writings on the
Korean War were published in a
book about the final year of this
war.
The former Marine sergeant
enlisted on Feb. 18, 1951 at the
tender age of 18 and on Jan. 22,
1953 was sent to the Korea to
fight in the Korean War as a
member of Dog Camp, 2d Battal-
ion, Seventh Marine Regiment
in the First Marine Division.
He was a machine gun section
leader there and it is some of his
exploits which make up various
parts ofLee Ballenger's book The
Final Crucible, which hit the
bookstands last year.
Ballenger had advertised in
the Marine paper The Bugle in-
dicating he wished to contact
Marines who had been involved
in the fighting in Korea.' "So I
called him on the phone and then
started writing down what I re-
membered," Kreid said while
thumbing through the pages of
Ballenger's book. This was the
author's second book on this part
of the Korean War as his first
book was titled The Outpost War
- U.S. Marines in Korea, Vol. 1:
1952.
He used much more (of what I
wrote) than I thought he would,"
Kreid said as there are seven
different places in the book where
his writings are featured and
there is also a picture of Kreid
with two other Machine Gun
section leaders who were killed
during the war.
Once Kreid began writing
about his war memories, it seems
he could not quit. He would sit in
his office room at his house at
Tokio and write down his
thoughts. "I worked on it on and
off for about a year."
"The bottom line is that I just
didn't want people to forget what
happened in this war," Kreid said
about his motivation behind his
writing. He also found it gave
him some closure to his six
months of fighting during the
Korean War. "This has helped
me some with post-war syn-
drome. It helped me deal with
my past and the traumatic stress
I have gone through for years."
Kreid looks back on the war
and hopes that through
Ballenger's books, more will re-
member the brave men who
fought in the Korean War. "I was
around and saw some very brave
men."
Kreid has given each of his
children a copy and said it was a
good feeling to give them one of
the buuLo. I tliiiik lie vjjallenger)
did an outstanding job on it."
For those who wish to pur-
chase this book published by
Brassey's Inc., Kreid said it
should be available in area book-
stores.
Bob Kreid looks at the book, The Final Crucible, in which seven of his stories on
the Korean War are featured.
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