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Hunters dinner nets $21K
for The Haven Family Shelter
Community supports local efforts in fine form
By James Stewart
It was an effort that came
about in a circuitous manner,
but the directors of The Haven,
a local shelter for domestic
and sexual abuse, hosted a
Hunter's Appreciation dinner
last Saturday night and through
the support of the community,
has added another $21,000 to
it's coffers.
"We couldnothave done this
without the support of a lot of
people but especially our major
sponsors," said Donna Jones,
director of the non-profit shel-
ter. "This being our first year
to do this, we didn't want to go
too big because we weren't too
sure how it would be received
by the community."
Received well it was as the
event sold over 500 meal tickets
and almost 2,000 raffle tickets
for seven rifles that were on the
blocks. In addition to the rifles,
there was a separate raffle for
an ATV and trailer and also a
deer feeder.
"We were blessed with a
number of individuals and
businesses who donated prizes
and money and we will work
on getting a proper thank you
done so we don't leave anyone
out. But we had a great response
from the community and many
of the people who attended
were very encouraging about
us doing this again next year."
The goal for the event was
twofold—one was obviously to
raise money for The Haven but
the other was to raise awareness
for domestic abuse and sexual
assault and how prominent they
are in the counties served by
the shelter.
Statistics for the shelter have
grown in recent years to where
they served 512 individuals
in 2012.
"The money that we oper-
ate on each year comes mainly
from a fixed source of grants,"
said Mrs. Jones. "The funding
doesn't increase as much as the
actual operating costs increase
each year, so these funds will
allow us to continue with our
counseling programs that had to
be cut back due to unexpected
repairs in recent months. We
will also use some of these
funds to build up our reserves
that will be available should
emergencies come up again."
The Haven is staffed by
three individuals and it is
overseen by a volunteer board
of directors who were all on
hand Saturday night to help
organize the event.
From a live auction to door
prizes to the barbecued meal,
See Haven on Page 10 A
READY FOR THE DRAWINGS—Board members of The Haven man the hopper
as the names for raffles were about to be drawn. The Hunters Appreciation dinner, benefit-
ting The Haven, raffled off seven guns as well as an ATV and a trailer and also a number
of other items that brought in folks from across the county hoping for a chance to win.
Finally home!—A little girl's journey
By Amanda Howell
A happy little girl's world
just got a whole lot happier!
Lilly Dawn Williams, who last
stepped foot in her classroom
on Friday, Aug. 30, returned
to her kindergarten class at
Rochelle Elementary School
on Monday morning—79 days
after being hospitalized for
aggressive seizures brought
on by a virus.
After spending four days
hospitalized at Shannon Medi-
cal Center in San Angelo, plus
an additional 75 days at Cook
Children's Hospital in Fort
Worth, Lilly is well on her
way to recovering from an
illness that quite easily could
have taken her precious little
life. While a patient at Cook's,
Lilly was placed in a medically
induced coma and became
only the sixth individual in the
country to undergo a rare hypo-
thermic treatment to lower her
body temperature in hopes of
combatting the daily seizures
attacking her brain.
The treatment was a suc-
cess! Despite the diligence
of doctors and nurses and the
□ Autographed Jason Aldean guitar
raffle to benefit Lilly Williams
Lilly Dawn Williams
medications utilized to bring
Lilly back to health, her father,
Leon, confesses that prayer is
what his heart of hearts feels
did the trick.
"Her doctor said she's going
to be the po ster child for neurol-
ogy," gleamed Williams in an
interview with the Standard-
Herald Monday afternoon.
"There's a network of doctors
from all over the world (China,
Japan, etc.) who are following
the study of her hypothermia.
She's really, really blessed.
I'm not sure if it's the doctors,
the medicine or the power of
prayer, but there have been too
many people in this community
praying for her for that not to
be the reason for her recovery.
Prayer absolutely works!"
When Leon and his wife,
Beth, left Cook Children's Hos-
pital last Friday to bring Lilly
home, she was able to walk on
her own for a short period of
time with guidance. She under-
went physical therapy while at
Cook's and is regaining more
and more of her speech daily.
She will attend school two
hours a day except for the days
that she has physical therapy
at West Texas Rehabilitation
in San Angelo. She'll remain
on a limited schedule at school
for the rest ofthe semester with
hopes of having her back to
a full day near the end of the
school year.
Throughout this trying
time for the Williams family,
McCulloch County has really
pulled together to help give
financial support to the family
through an array of fundraisers
to date.
One such upcoming fund-
raiser has caught the attention
of country music superstar
Jason Aldean, who has agreed
to autograph one of his gui-
tars to be raffled on Lilly's
behalf. It's by happenstance
really that the guitar donation
came about, according to Wil-
liams and Bill Derrick, who
anticipates the arrival of the
autographed acoustic guitar
any day now.
Williams' step-dad, Jimmy
Rutledge, has an acquaintance
with direct ties to a production
BETH WILLIAMS helps her daughter, Lilly, walk
around her classroom at Rochelle ISD Monday morning
as she greets her kindergarten classmates forthe first time
since being hospitalized Aug. 31.
company that represents the Mound has been working re-
nationally known singer. a^Y hard to get this done for
"Dawn Ferris, the area di- us," explained Derrick. "Every
rector ofthe midwest region of -
Broken Bow Records in Flower See Lilly on Page 10 A
Two more rabies cases reported in county
BISD coach
resigns for
career move
In a surprise announcement
Tuesday morning, Brady High
School Athletic Director Andy
Howard shared that Matt Cun-
ningham, the girls' coordina-
tor and basketball coach, has
resigned effective immediately.
According to Howard, Cun-
ningham came to Howard
Tuesday morning and told him
that he had an opportunity in
Forsan in the oilfield and that
he was leaving immediately.
"He expressed remorse
about leaving the program just
after the start of the season,
but he felt that it was in the
best interest of his family and
that's what he needed to do and
I respect that," said Howard. "I
spoke with the girls today and
approached it as the way we
are going to do this is to never
miss a beat and keep getting
better each day."
According to Howard, Kelly
Stewart is going to take the
reigns for this year as the girls
basketball coach and Missy
Vaughn will be the assistant.
"Both of these ladies have
head coaching experience and
Kelly has a good rapport with
the kids, so we won't miss a
beat."
Howard stated the opportu-
nity to fill in for girls athletics
and other areas will give him
and other coaches a chance to
be more involved with the girls'
program.
Brady Standard-Herald
By James Stewart
Two more cases of rabies in
McCulloch County have been
reported with the most recent
in a skunk that was found on
the south side of Brady at a
residence near the Elementary
School.
According to Will Baker, the
City of Brady's animal control
officer, he received a call about
a skunk on a residential porch
that appeared to be acting
strangely.
The animal was euthanized
and upon closer inspection, it
was obvious that the skunk had
porcupine quills stuck in its
skin around the head and neck.
"For most wild animals, they
avoid porcupines at all costs,"
saidBaker. "Ifa wild animal has
porcupine quills in it, there is a
high probability it has rabies."
The head of the skunk was
taken to local veterinarian Dr.
Joe Pace who sent the head to
the department of health where
it was confirmed that the skunk
did indeed have rabies.
The other recent incident
occurred at a rural farm located
between Rochelle and Placid.
In this particular incident, the
landowner had numerous bam
cats that he fed on a regular
basis. According to Dr. Pace,
who handled the testing of the
animal, a feral cat that showed
up and began hanging around
the other animals initially
showed signs of being wild
and reclusive. But after a few
days, the cat suddenly became
friendly to the owner and ac-
tually bit and clawed the man
on his leg.
"By the time I got the animal,
there were a number of things
that almost mined the chance
for an accurate diagnosis," said
Pace. "If people suspect that
an animal is rabid, they need
to contact either me or the
animal control officer. The tests
require that the animal's brain
be tested so the head must be
sent off and it has to be in tact
and not frozen."
The man who was bitten is
undergoing rabies treatments as
prescribed by the department
of health.
According to Dr. Pace,
rabies is transmitted through
saliva of infected animals. Any
animal that suddenly and dras-
tically changes its disposition
could be sick with the disease.
City, news
office holiday
hours change
With the upcoming holidays
the news office will be adjust-
ing deadlines in order ensure
timely printing schedules and
newspaper delivery.
For the Thanksgiving week,
the publishing schedule will be
the same with the newspaper
being published and on the
stand by mid-day Wednes-
day, but it will also be in the
Wednesday mail to deliver
post-Thanksgiving sales cir-
culars.
The news office will be
closed on Thursday and Friday
next week in observance of the
Thanksgiving holiday.
The City of Brady has also
announced an altered trash
pickup for the Thanksgiving
holiday. Thursday's and Fri-
day's pickups will be done on
Wednesday. City offices will be
closed on Thursday andFriday.
Music fundraiser to benefit
Hope from the Heart
The fourth annual Chords for the Cause fundraiser will kick-
off Saturday, Nov. 23, at 7 p.m. at Mac’s Bar-B-Q in Brady.
Performers include Lost Creek (Brendan Weatherman and
Jennifer Marshall), Cory Reinisch and The Columnist (Brandon
and Patrick Sammons).
Admission is by donation only.
A silent auction will also be held throughout the evening.
Proceeds from the event will benefit Hope from the Heart.
Long-time TxDOT
McCulloch County
supervisor retires
Kyle Moseley, a 30-year veteran of the Texas Department of
Transportation’s McCulloch County maintenance office, retired
from the department at the end of October. He began his career
with TxDOT in 1983 as an engineering technician for TxDOT’s
Brownwood Area Engineer’s Office.
He then became the McCulloch County Maintenance Section
Supervisor in December 1990. Moseley was honored in 1994
as first runner-up for the Texas Highway Beautification Award
sponsored by the late Lady Bird Johnson, former U.S. first lady.
Moseley resides in Rochelle with his wife, Ann. They have
one daughter and three grandchildren.
KYLE MOSELEY is pictured at left with his wife,
Ann, at his recent retirement reception.
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