Hondo Anvil Herald (Hondo, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 14, 2013 Page: 21 of 29
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Hondo Anvil Herald • Thursday, November 14, 2013 • 5B
PHOTOS/SUL COMBS
Students from Saint Louis Catholic School and Castroville Elementary performed several songs for the event
VETERANS
million people. One tenth of one per-
cent is 1.6 million people. There is a
large group of radicals who want to do
bad things to us. Iraq had about one
tenth the population of the U.S. If 30
people in Iraq are blown up by radicals,
that would equal 300 people in the U.S.
“Everyone who has worn a uniform
has joined the profession of arms.
Each who puts on a uniform takes a
solemn oath—the unlimited liability
vow. They will lay down their lives for
our great nation. Let us never forget
those who have taken that oath.”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE IB
Following his speech band members
Francesco Montoya and johnny Gue-
vara came to stand by the flag pole
and played “Taps.
Everyone was invited down to the
American Legion Hall to enjoy refresh-
ments following the ceremony.
Two members of the MVHS Band played “Taps” at the
end of the ceremony.
PHOTO/SULA COMBS
VENTURE CREW 471... Members (from left, back) Courtney Raygosa, Maggie Mae
Flynn, Brynn Haby, Gwen Zinsmeyer, Brianna Checque and (from left, front) Carrie
Russell, Cassie Adamson, Emily Raygosa, and Emma Foxworth, have been working
on a special Christmas project—creating gift boxes for boys, girls, and different ages.
These will then be distributed by the Samaritans Purse organization to children in other
countries who need something special to make their Christmas brighter. .
Students invited to compete in
American Legion Oratorical Contest
By Sula Combs
Castroville Anvil Staff
Air Force Veteran janet
Cook spoke to the Venture
Crew 471 members at their
meeting at the Scout Hut in
Rio Medina on November
6. Cook is a Veteran of the
Vietnam War era and has
been a Legion member for
nine years. She is the Le-
gion Scholarship Chair and
invited the girls to take part
in the annual American Le-
gion Oratorical Contest.
Cook began by telling
them about the Legion,
which was founded in
France in 1919. The Legion
pushed for the formation
of the Veterans Adminis-
tration and the GI Bill to
help all veterans and pro-
vide benefits for them. Our
local Legion Post 460 con-
ducts the annual Castro-
ville Veterans Day ceremo-
ny in September Square
which is held on the 11th
hour of the 11th day of the
11th month because that
is the day and time hos-
tilities ceased in WWI. She
said, “To join the Legion
you must have served at
least one day in time of
conflict and be honorably
discharged. If you have
a mother, father, cousin,
brother, or sister in mili-
tary or who is a Veteran,
you may be able to join the
American Legion Auxiliary.
Stepparents count, too.”
Cook was in the Air Force
during the Vietnam War
era. Her job was fixing air-
craft, which she referred to
as being like a “body and
fender repairman.” Then,
she said, “Four years later
I trained to be an accoun-
tant at Shepherd Air Force
Base, Texas. When I got
out, I finished my degree
using the GI Bill and went
back to work for the Air
Force as a civilian.”
The Weiss-Wurzbach
Post 460 of the American
Legion invites ninth thru
twelfth grade students to
participate in their an-
nual oratorical contest for
a chance to win $400 in
scholarship money. The
winner will advance to
the District level to com-
pete for $500 in scholar-
ship money, and a chance
to move to the State level
and then the National lev-
el, where there is a chance
for $36,000 in scholarship
money. Eighth graders
may participate, but only
get to do a practice speech.
The prepared oration
must be about the Consti-
tution of the United States,
emphasizing the duties and
obligations of citizenship.
It must be the original ef-
fort of each contestant and
must be 8 to 10 minutes in
length. The oration must
be delivered from memory,
no reading is allowed.
The main purpose of the
oratorical contest is to de-
velop a deeper knowledge
of the Constitution of the
United States. Other objec-
tives of the oratorical con-
test are to develop speaking
skills and to develop an ap-
preciation of the privilege
to be an American citizen.
The American Legion
will pay all expenses for
the winners who advance
to the State level.
The contest will take
place at 6 p.m. on Decem-
ber 2 at the Performing
Arts Center at Medina Val-
ley High School. Any stu-
dent who wishes to take
part in the contest should
contact Dr. Keith jones at
the high school. She told
them that she used to be a
member of Toastmasters,
and offered to coach any-
one who wanted to enter
the Oratorical Contest. If
interested, contact her at
830-538-9199. More infor-
mation on the American
Legion Oratorical Contest
can be found at www.le-
gion.org/oratorical.
Cook also told them
there would be an oppor-
tunity for them to do com-
munity service by helping
with the Legion’s Christ-
mas program when Santa
comes to the Legion Hall
to give out gifts to children.
An audience is wanted
for the oratorical contest
and should be seated prior
to 6 p.m.
EAGLE
a great deal of help in mak-
ing the sign, even teaching
Uzzel and his helpers how
to weld, including a ses-
sion on welding safety. The
sign can be seen near the
road in front of the Friends
Amphitheater.
Helen Delavan and Mike
Meek, members of Friends
of Castroville Regional
Park, helped with the proj-
ect as did Uzzel’s parents,
his fellow scouts, and the
scout masters.
The guests were wel-
comed to the ceremony by
Mike Hobson. A color guard
of scouts, Raul Rositas, fa-
cob Bippert, and Dylan
Mata, presented the colors.
The lighting of the candles
was narrated by Hobson as
scouts came forward, one
by one, to light them. The
first three symbolized the
values of scouting and the
next six the different levels
of scout rank that scouts go
through on their path to the
highest rank, that of Eagle.
Then Uzzel’s grandfa-
ther, jim Uzzel, gave the
opening prayer, followed
by Scout Grayson Russell
reading from the Scripture.
Scouts Wyatt Forrest and
Michael Ruiz escorted Uz-
zel to the front. Scoutmas-
ters Gene Bippert and Raul
Rositas spoke briefly and
then Scoutmaster Kelly
Smith came forward to
conduct the ceremony.
Logan’s parents, Lissa and
Gary Uzzel, were escorted
to the front and took their
place beside Logan. Smith
gave the Eagle pin to Lo-
gan’s mother, who pinned it
on his scout uniform. Then
Logan’s father placed the
Eagle neckerchief around
his neck. Logan pinned the
“Mom’s pin” on her collar
and then placed a tie tack
on his father’s tie. Smith
gave a framed certificate
officially naming Logan as
an Eagle Scout to Gary Uz-
zel and he presented it to
his son. The parents were
escorted back to their seats.
Then Smith led Logan
through the Eagle Scout
Charge and pronounced
CONTINUED FROM PAGE IB
him an Eagle and said,
“May the oath you have
taken remain graven on
your heart forever.”
Logan then went to the
podium and gave thanks
to the people who had
helped him with his proj-
ect, especially Barrow and
his father, Gary. Saying, “I
love you, Dad,” Logan read
the poem “Eagle Flight
Path” by Vicki Mildenberg-
er for his father.
His grandfather once again
came forward and gave the
benediction, the colors were
retired by the color guard,
and Hobson made closing
remarks and invited every-
one to enjoy a reception in
the Fellowship Hall.
The Uzzels had created
a lavish reception in the
hall with decorations, can-
dies, a buffet, and a cake
decorated with the Eagle
emblem and a giant cookie
with “Congratulations” on
it. It was a large gathering
of friends and families and
a warm finish to a mean-
ingful ceremony.
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