Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 13, 2007 Page: 4 of 43
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0| trains Council Leader
TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 13, 2007-.
bv Bonnie Burch
TOPS
\\ lien .i I 4-\eat old It. ii sc
named I li/.ilvlh. alfectionatclv
C.tllc-il Hess, .imhlcs around tile
limit s.nil. cumlorlahh tints to
the limit door. and basically is
the "watch horse" lot the pi op
ertv. \on know vouNc armed
at a unii|iie home Julie \asek
lias stiih a In.|se. and hers is the
home uhere nothing is onlmai\
espei tails lulic Msthual pies
and leal does ate a hie part ol the
household too. hut I II write about
them Inlet
\t thi I nd ol Woi Id Wni II
when lulu Mas tluee. hei p.u
cuts ...... e.l io ( )l.I Mesu o w i111
plans to oj.i n a stipeiit) n ket lithe
sliated lii'te id ot opening the
stole. Ill op. el the\ .1 hit III
the i m nme I Hie and i.pened up a
lomp.mx
Minnie m.milv lot o >ppei. si I
\ ei ami oik the l.unilv. nti lad
me lulii’s three unmeet sisters,
hied an interesting hie in a small
tou n . Hiisidc (inadalajara. There
mas aheadIannis heiitasee south
ol the hordei heeause hei great
eiaildparents had owned the
( n i. iked 7 Rani h there. Julie said
hei parents spoke English while
she and hei sisteis spoke Span-
I 'll
Wanting then i hildien to know
w hat it was like to he Amoi leans,
howe\er the parents crime b,u k
to this eountrs altei Id sears
s\lieie lithe finished hei eduea
timi mehiding a haeheloi s limn
lex as Woman's I insersits.
Prim to that she met a hand-
some dude named Boh at I T
.Austin, and it mils took one
month from first meeting in class
to tying the knot Boh was in
ROT'C and wtitle he didn't know
it. that was a good thing. The
passionate lads said she wouldn't
have married anyone who was
not connected with the military.
It was that important to me,"
she shared Tier mother's ranch-
ing side-ot the Tamils was Texas
til the lull while hei Talkers was
^.white and blue Hag-wav-
ing Americans. With patriotism
galore. Julie is inns a membei ol
the DAK and DR I
No luuht. Mexico is where a
young Julie honed her linguistic
skills. As a new Is wed. she eas-
ily mastered German and French
ss hile m those countries as an
Arms \sile Adding that Greek
ssas the one language that chal-
lenged her, she shared, "It was
mils when I moved out here that
I reali/.ed I ssas dreaming in Fng-
Itsh. not Spanish.”
Alter landing in Dallas, the
Vaseks successfully worked
together in photography, then the
furniture business, and ultimately
Julie taught bi-lingual education.
Nose married for 4b years, they
base daughter Julie Marie, who’s
a pharmacist and a major in the
,Ait force, and son Sam. Julie
Marie and husband Mike base
one perfect daughter in Missis-
sippi while most people in [vast
Tassakoni know Sam. a person-
able young man who is deaf and
walks daily to control diabetes.
One day Bob’s mother sur-
prised them by calling and saving
she had sold her Kaufman farm
and bought one in Rains County
The Vaseks moved to the prop
ertv in 1995. which gave Julie the
chance to teach at Rains ISD. She
had her master’s in reading by
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then and currently teaches Spe-
cial T.ducation/Contcnt Mastery,
a reteaching tool, to fourth and
fifth graders at the intermediate
campus.
Braising Principal McMahan
Tor being progressive Julie added,
"May Beth's policy is that if slu
dents have problems with any-
thing, they have a place to go to
get additional help. The material
can he broken down as much as
they need We don’t give them
the answers but teach them how
to find them. ” (Julie is pictured in
her classroom.)
Back to the Vaseks’ 100-acre
property. Initially a one-acre
pond, there's a picturesque lake
that grew by leaps and bounds.
After hiring a guy to dredge it.
Bob left for Dallas before it was
done. Surprise, surprise. When
lie returned, two acres ol pas
tine were.missing because Julie
instructed the man to make it
a three-acre lake. With roots in
West Texas. Julie said she grew
up on drought stories and figured
the more water, the better.
The vibrant lady added, mean-
while, that she won’t teach for-
ever but will never stop learning.
She explained, "I may write or go
back to school and take law or art
courses. For sure I’m not shut-
ting the doors and pulling out the
rocking chair."
Certainly. Julie Vasek is an
extraordinary lady. Even her dogs
have interesting names. Rusty is
the only normal one while the
others are Margaret Thatcher,
Susan B. Anthony, and Sacajewea.
Twenty-two flying pigs adorn the
house as well, and they're sym-
bolic of Julie's philosophy about
life. Our guest shared. "Why limit
ourselves because of what might
go wrong ? We must be ready to
explore opportunities because if
prepared, possibilities will open
up. When pigs fly. miracles hap-
pen." After all. a horse guards her
property.
Slujhtlij Sweet
Coffee Cake
1-3/4 c. flour
3 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter or oil
2 eggs or egg substitute
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 c. milk
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and
bake cake from 25 minutes to an
hour, depending on how much mois-
ture the fruit may have. Use a 9-inch
square pan or a deep skillet.
Testing for doneness: The top
should turn a light brown and a
toothpick should pull out cleanly.
The center shoulT/sprmg back
lightly, depemjptg'on the fragrant
baking aartffiato tell you when the
cake is done.
Variations:
If you add fruit, reduce the
amount of milk by half. The batter
should be fairly stiff or it will take
about an hour to bake, instead of 30
minutes.
Poppy seeds: about one quarter cup
of poppy seeds. Add 1/2 tsp. almond
flavoring. Dress it up with sliced
almonds placed on top of batter
Walnuts: about 2 cups.
Pecans: (2 c. chopped) and 1 c.
white chocolate chips.
Blueberries: 2 cups (frozen) lightly
( hopped. If you use the food pro-
cessot the blueberries lose their
texture Add I e chopped pecans
Reduce the amount of milk used A
crumble topping is great.
Bananas: use 2 large or 3 medium,
mashed or sliced and the mixing
process will finish the job. Chopped
pecans or walnuts are good with
bananas About 1 cup nuts and
almond flavoring will really make it
tasty. Reduce the amount of milk
used.
Cranberries: Place 2 cups cranber-
ries and the meat of one orange into
food processor. Add 1/2 c. brown
sugar and 1/2 cup white sugar to
the fruit mixture. After mixture litis
been processed, add 1 cup chopped
pecans and add the whole thing to
the dry mixture. Reduce the amount
of milk used.
Toppings: You may use orange and
lemon glazes, crumble-type top-
pings. dusting of powdered sugar or
leave plain, depending on the cake
variations.
Applesauce Cake
1-3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp. cloves
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. white sugar
1/2 c. shortening or oil
2 e. applesauce or 3 large
apples
1 egg
1 c. seedless raisins
1 c. pecans or walnuts
Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix
dry ingredients. Pulse apples in
food processor. Mix wet ingredients
with dry ingredients. Add pecans
and chopped nuts. Bake for 45 to
(ill minutes. Test with toothpick for
doneness.
Gttacamole
4 to 5 ripe avocados
1/4 e. finely minced onion
1 to 2 jalapetios to taste, seeds
removed
juice from 1/2 lime
tomatoes, diced for color
salt to taste
Mash avocados and mix everything
together.
by Lori Wilson
TOPS TX 1244 met in regu-
lar session on Novembei 6. The
meeting was called to onler by
leader Jan Burns. Lon Wilson
gave the devotional
We all said the TOPS pledge
and sang the TOPS song. KOPS
said the KOPS pledge.
Linda Franklin called toll with
seven weighing in. Johnnie Dry
was TOPS best loser. The money
can was carried ov er.
Lori Wilson read the minutes as
approved.
Margaret Mier/wik gave the
treasurer’s report
Lori Wilson was the TOPS
monthlv loser foi the month ol
(fclober.
Barbara Myers. Rachel Gil-
liam. Linda Franklin and Johnnie
Drv received awards tor giving a
program in (ictoher.
We have three really great
ladies who have birthdays (Ins
month Flappv Birthday to Linda
I ranklm. Lot i W ilson and Barbara
Myers.
We have three KOPS in our
FOPS club and we want to honoi
them tins month We congratulate
Margaret Mier/wik. Johnnie Dry
and Bonnie Mass lot all then haul
work in reaching then goals.
Jan Burns gave the program
last week on "Got an Altitude.
Linda Franklin has the program
tins week.
We closed with our Helping
Hands pledge and sang the
(ioodnight song.
We weigh in every Tuesday
night at the F.mory Baptist Church
from 5:30 to (>:()(t. The meeting is
from o oo to 7:00 p in.
Men. women and teens are
welcome. Come see what TOPS
( lake Oft Pounds Sensibly) can
do for you. Your first visit is free.
For more information call
Linda Franklin at 903-598-3205
or Margaret Mier/wik tit 903-
473-3342
N.E.T.0. Menu
November 19-23
Monday: Chicken nuggets,
onion rings. Italian-blend veg-
etables, roll, mandarin oranges.
Tuesday : Sweet and sour meat-
balls with rice, broccoli with
cheese, roll, fruit cobbler,
Wednesday: Baked pork
chops, new potatoes, baby ear-
rots. bread, peaches.
Thursday: Holiday
Friday: Holiday
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WAWAWWV! ■]
Golden Sweet Potato Festival
was a Great Success!
THANKS TO EVERYONE! The Golden Sweet Potato Festival Board of Directors would
tike to thank everyone for making this 25th annual festival so successful. EVERYONE who
helped us by working behind the scenes, THE SWEET POTATO GROWERS, auction buy-
ers, belt buckle contributors, workers and contestants for the livestock show, ALL enter-
tainers, sound mixers, vendors, parade contestants and workers, payeant workers and con-
testants, tractor pull workers and contestants, auctioneer and auction workers, horseshoe
contest workers and contestants, photography contest workers and contestants, cooking
contest workers and contestants, Wava Hurley and students, gospel entertainment, judges,
security, parking, and the trash and sanitation detail.
We gratefully acknowledge ALL who made direct contributions and ALL area business-
es and individuals who generously supported the auction this year!
GOO BLESS ALL OF YOl ’! We look forward to seeing you again next year at the 26th
ANNl AL GOLDEN SWEET POTATO FESTI\ AL.
Special thanks to the growers who donated their potatoes for the auction and to all of
the participants in the auction, whether it be buyer, bidder or those who cheered you on.
GROWERS: Keith Brown, Kelly Hamrick, Kent McAree, Billy
Patrick, Rodney Patrick, Randy Russell Scott Lyles and David
Mitchell.
AUCTION BUYERS: Harold Simmons Foundation. Bank
Texas Mineola. Wood County National Bank. Ballard's Tractor.
J&L Utilities, Wood Co. Electric Co-Op. Shelley Adams, First
National Bank of Emory. Austin Bank Emory. Carr Construction,
Ouko Oil Co., Emory Livestock Auction, Tom and Gloria Gibson,
Golden Grocery. George Tom and Betty Hayes, Mineola
International Tours, John Kelly, Bob Madsen. Mineola Com-
munity Bank, Mike Ragsdale
and Exit Realty, Red River Spe-
cialties, Darren Rozell, Rozell
Sprayer, Wood Co. Automatic
Gas, Wood Co. Farm Bureau,
and Big Country Farm Supply.
MUTTON BUSTER WINNER
age 6-7 Dakota Vaughn.
BAGPIPER Jeff Barnett from Alba
playing "America the Beautiful.”
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MUTTON BUSTER WINNER
age 4-5 Ty Holland.
TEX TATER: Marie Galyean re-
tired from potato farming to pa-
rade participant
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FLAG CARRIERS: American flag, Emilee Davis; Texas flag,
Dusty Jeftcoat
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Hill, Earl Clyde, Jr. Rains County Leader (Emory, Tex.), Vol. 120, No. 23, Ed. 1 Tuesday, November 13, 2007, newspaper, November 13, 2007; Emory, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth766018/m1/4/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Rains County Library.