The Examiner (Navasota, Tex.), Vol. 118, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 12, 2012 Page: 4 of 22
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December 12, 2012
Safety hazard forces ref to call game
R chards
News
By Beverly
Igo
(936) 851-2585
• Opening hours for the
Richards Post Office may
be changing. The postal
service reviewed surveys
that were returned by the
public and are taking them
into account.
• Dr. Robert Mont-
gomery of Richards has re-
cently published a new
book entitled “Texas Back-
woods Battler,“ coauthored
by Roy Harris. Harris was
a world heavyweight
champion contender in
1958, against Floyd Patter-
son. After his boxing ca-
reer, Harris went on to
become an attorney, a real
estate mogul, and a county
clerk for Montgomery
County for 28 years.
A limited advance book
signing event will be held
at Heritage Museum, at
1504 1-45 in Conroe, Dec.
19, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.
Light refreshments will be
served. Come out and meet
Roy Harris.
• Congratulations to
Rachel Hereford who
teaches at College Station’s
Forest Ridge Elementary.
Rachel was selected as one
of CITI Bank’s November
Teacher of the month.
• Panther Basketball is
in full swing, and has con-
tinued to improve over
their losses from Center-
ville-Groveton 39-49, and
Allen Academy, 89-31
games. They came out win-
ning over Calvary Baptist
with a final score of 61-40.
While playing in the
Covenant Christian Tour-
nament on Nov. 29, the
Panthers led 31-25. The
Panthers then faced the
Owls on Tuesday evening
at Richards with the Pan-
thers JV game starting off
the evening for a loss for
the JV Panthers.
The Varsity Panthers
and Varsity Owls played
immediately following and
were three minutes into the
game when officials called
the game off. There was
safety concerns when the
floor started sweating and
water made its way into the
gym, creating a safety haz-
ard.
Just an hour or so before
the game, Richards resi-
dents reported they re-
ceived about an inch of
rain.
The following Thurs-
day, the Varsity Panthers
traveled to North Zulch to
face the Owls again, result-
ing in a first loss for the
Panthers in the tournament.
The Varsity Lady Pan-
thers also played in this
tournament and faced On-
alaska. They lost their first
game in the tournament,
but played hard and are
continued the tournament
through the weekend.
• Union Grove Baptist
Church Choir is presenting
Christmas Music on Sun-
day, Dec. 16, at 6 p.m.
Come out for a fun time
and fellowship. The choir
always puts on such a great
Christmas program, Santa
has even made plans to at-
tend.
• Join the fun caroling
on wagons and trailers
through the streets of An-
derson for their old fash-
ioned, annual Christmas
Carol wagon ride on Sun-
day, Dec. 16.
A dinner will be served
at 6 p.m.
Caroling will start at
about 7:15 p.m. Everyone
is invited to the dinner, so
bring your favorite snack
or dessert.
• Come on out for “A
Down Home Christmas”
singing on Sunday, Dec.
16, at 11 a.m., at Richards
Baptist Church in
Richards. Dinner on the
grounds will follow.
• Florence Lara asked
that the community con-
tinue to pray for her. Flo-
rence has been diagnosed
with breast cancer. She will
be starting her treatments
soon.
• Deepest sympathy to
the many friends and fam-
ily of Ronald Canatella, as
well as the entire Canatella
family. This family lost two
family members so very
close together. Please keep
them in prayer.
• Continue to pray for:
Florence Lara, Bob Bosse,
Dean Keisler, Chantel Der-
rett, Zelma Hougue, Carol
Harrington, Cecilia Roten-
berry, Francis Knauf,
Willie Claude Foster,
Travis Pool, Larry Harvey,
and The Canatella Family.
• bjigo78@yahoo.com.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Widows thanks to
community
Pat always introduced
me as “My wife, the luck-
iest girl in the
World. “ I never really
believed him until the Pat
McHale benefit Friday
night. The turnout was in-
credible! The overwhelm-
ing support of friends and
neighbors was absolutely
unbelievable. There aren’t
enough words to thank the
many, many people in-
volved. Special thanks to
Sue and Leslie for putting
this together. Allphins
BBQ, the food was out-
standing. Steve, I know
you worked so hard get-
ting things for the auction.
Bill, incredible music.
I know that if I go to
naming everyone who do-
nated or helped, I will for-
get someone so please
know you are appreciated
and loved.
The loss of Pat to the
community is a blow we
will never recover from. I
do know that he would
have never left me had he
not known what fantastic
love and support I would
have.
On behalf of the entire
McHale clan, I would like
to express our many, many
thanks. Until we see him
again, know that his big
grin and booming laugh is
surrounding us all.
Please see LETTERS, Page 7A
ASCISD gears up for Homecoming
Anderson
News
By Gail
Sowell
(936) 873-
2518
• Homecoming at An-
derson-Shiro is set for Fri-
day, Jan 18, 2013. Plans are
underway to honor the
alumni from the classes of
1932, 1942, 1952, 1962,
1972, 1982, 1992 and
2002. If you were from one
of those graduating classes
mark your calendars now
to attend.
• The benefit for Pat
McHale that was held re-
cently was a huge success.
The small town community
support was awesome and
much to be proud of. The
benefit committee thanks
each and every one who
participated in any way that
contributed to this success.
The family is very appre-
ciative and was over-
whelmed by the love and
support they received that
evening. Winners of the
raffle were: Trophy Buck
Hunt - Jed Wells; Weath-
erby Vanguard Deluxe 257
- Coy Imhoff; Remington
870 Express 12 ga. - Peter
Vescoro; Remington 870
Express 20 ga. - Jim
Haughton; Smith & Wes-
son - Kevin Mock; Ruger
LCP 380 - Swanda Smith;
50/50 Bucket - Mike
Williams (who donated
what he won back to the
family); and the Lottery
Bucket - Lana Donaldson.
• The Mobile Food
Bank will be open on
Thursday, Dec. 13, from 10
a.m. until noon, at the Expo
Center in Navasota for
Grimes County residents.
You will need to bring
proof of residency.
• The Plantersville
Christmas Parade will be
held this coming Saturday
morning, Dec. 15 through
the downtown area begin-
ning at 10 a.m. Don’t miss
this fun parade.
• Jordan Brooks and
SaRoyan Woods, seniors at
Anderson-Shiro, have had
the time of their life this
past year. It all started
when both of these 4-H
members were selected to
represent Texas 4-H at the
2012 National 4-H Confer-
ence in Washington, D.C.
the week of March 24-29.
Later in the year Jordan
was selected to participate
in the Texas 4-H Congress
in Austin the week of July
15-18. And to end a perfect
and exciting year, the two
were selected as 4-H Dele-
gates to represent Texas at
the 2012 National 4-H
Congress in Atlanta, Geor-
gia the week of Nov. 23-27.
The wealth of knowledge
Jordan and Saroyan ac-
quired and the adventures
they experienced will
never be forgotten. Con-
gratulations to the two of
these 4-Hers.
• Clinton Cook, a 2007
graduate of Anderson-
Shiro and an employee of
the Grimes County Sher-
iff’s Office, completed the
151st Basic Peace Officer
Class at the Central Texas
Police Academy in College
Station. The academy was
held from Aug. 6 through
Dec. 7 and graduation was
held on the evening of Dec.
7 at the George Bush Pres-
idential Library. Clinton is
the son of Loren Cook and
Sandra Cook and the hus-
band of Monica Cook.
• Eugene and Janette
Yanchak of Anderson be-
came grandparents again
with the recent birth of
Sawyer Thomas Vance,
newest son of Michael and
Kristin Vance of Magnolia.
Sawyer was born at St.
Luke’s Hospital in The
Woodlands on Nov. 9, at
12:56 p.m. Weighing 6
pounds 4 ounces, and
measuring 19.75 inches
long, Sawyer was wel-
comed home by his big
brother Jacob. Sawyer’s
other grandparents are Les
and Carolyn Vance of Dal-
las.
• I have a new great-
niece to brag about. Eric
Giles, my nephew, and
Brandie McGee of Ander-
son, became first time par-
ents as Kami Marie Giles
was born at 2:35 p.m. on
Tuesday, Dec. 4, at College
Station Medical Center.
Kami weighed 8 pounds 8
ounces and measured 20.5
inches long. Kami is the
granddaughter of Larry
Giles and Phil and Lynn
Deaton, all of Mont-
gomery, and Robert and
Rita McGee of Oklahoma.
She is also the great-grand-
daughter of Dolores Hof-
fart of Dobbin and Dee
Giles of Montgomery.
• Happy birthday this
week to Swank Backhus,
Frances Sechelski, Mary
Dobyanski, Sandra Cook
and Monsignor Adam Mc-
Closky, Dec. 13; Gavin
Smith, Adam Garthoff and
Bryson Ray, Dec. 14;
Colton Backhus and Claire
Borski, Dec. 15; Rose
Kimich, Raymond Sechel-
ski, John Raymond
Dobyanski and Tony
Bohnert, Dec. 16; Tammy
Gurka, Ann McDuffie,
Justin Sowell and Gloria
Hitchcock, Dec. 17; Bobby
Schroeder, Tyler Keasling
and Ty Sechelski, Dec. 18;
and Summer Hausmann,
Dec. 19.
• Anniversary wishes go
out this week to Leon and
Ashley Kimich, 4 years on
Dec. 13.
• Call or email me with
your news at 936-873-2518
o r
gailmsowell @ yahoo.com.
Firefighters distribute smoke detectors
Roans
Prairie-
■ {
Shiro
News
By Mary Lois Boatman
(936) 874-0101
• The Shiro Volunteer
Fire Department’s Christ-
mas party Saturday night
was lots of fun. Santa and
Mrs. Claus made their
grand entry. Everyone -
not just the kids - got to sit
on his lap and tell the jolly
old man what they wanted.
I’m still wondering what
Mr. Booker T. Paulhill Sr.
and Mr. Strath well John-
son said they wanted.
Those two gentlemen did
the whole bit and there are
pictures to prove it.
Fire Chief Shawn
Schneider said the only
thing he and the other fire
fighters want for Christ-
mas is a brand new fire
truck. Besides giving out
candy, the guys also gave
out smoke detectors and,
in one instance, one of the
men was going to a single
lady’s house to install it.
They are so nice.
• The ladies of the Shiro
and Bedias Methodist
Churches, the Presbyterian
church of Shiro and The
Church of Singleton re-
cently took hand knitted
items and toiletries to the
Bedias Food Pantry, local
shut-ins and a nursing
home in Navasota. The
ladies have dubbed them-
selves, “The Country
Hens” and did their bit to
brighten the day for quite a
few.
• I do believe the crooks
are crawling out of the
woodwork. I had e-mail
advising me of my confir-
mation number on my
flight out of Miami on
Dec. 5. It stated that credit
card funds would be with-
drawn until Dec. 7, Pearl
Harbor Day - how fitting -
but I needed to re-confirm
credit card information.
I called the airline listed
and asked if they had a
flight 7504 out of Miami.
It was a different airline’s
flight number. All these
people wanted was my
credit card information.
The airline representa-
tive said this is the newest
scam that they are dealing
with.
• Does anyone know
where I can get a pinata?
D’Oreo’s Produce usually
has them, but not this year.
I am hostess for the Boat-
man
Christmas party this
year and the kids in the
family just love it when I
have a pinata. Then again,
the last time I did this, one
little boy took the sawed
off broom handle and
chased a cousin around be-
cause he was the one that
broke the thing open.
Now, instead of draw-
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