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The Harper News
September 21, 2012
From the Editor
I have new beginnings on
my mind lately and this
week with the wonderful
rain has only enhanced
these feelings. I look out in
my yard, which is muddy. (I
don't have a lawn, just a
sparse ground cover which
doesn’t require much
water.) The rain lilies are
up and absolutely amazing-
ly beautiful with their red
blooms reaching toward
the sun. They are beginning
their annual lifecycle;
after the blooms die, they
will be green until late
April or May, storing food
in their underground bulbs.
When the hot weather
comes next spring or sum-
mer, they will die back and
lie dormant all summer
until the first fall rain.
Another new beginning—
Ed and I have rescued a
new, large dog, a Cata-
houla named Bear. Bear
and the already present
chihuahua, Cissy, are
friends to a point, but none
of my cats are impressed!
Bear likes to chase them
and they run. One cat hides
iunderthe bed; one lives in
closet and I haven’t seen
Samba, the black cat since
Bear arrived! We are hav-
ing a period of adjustment!
Hunting season starts in
less than two weeks with
bow season. Already the
area hunters are coming to
town to prepare. The
school classes have begun
a new year and football
season is in full swing. The
sleepy summer is over!
Two groups in Harper
have begun again to revi-
talize their organizations.
The Harper Community
Chamber of Commerce
meets on the first Tuesday
of the month at 6:00 p.m. in
the library. They are now
incorporated and working
on obtaining a 501 c 3 non-
profit status. On Oct. 13,
they are sponsoring a
Harper Business Expo in the
park with music and food
and booths available for ;
businesses and non-profit
groups. The Chamber is
seeking members; call
Jeanette Bode or Megan
Walberfor more informa-
tion.
The Park Board is also in
the process of revitalizing
their organization. They
will take the same steps as
the Chamber and both plan
a public meeting some time
in the near future to inform
Harperites of their plans
and issues.
The library is also in the
process of new beginnings.
Thanks to a couple of gen-
erous donations and a
large grant, the library has
received two reading
chairs, a coffee bar and is
expecting seven new com-
puters in the very near
future. These additions will
let patrons have quicker
access to the internet and
enjoy coffee or tea while
reading the paper or that
favorite magazine.
I’ll end with a plug for the
resale shop. They, too, are
having a fresh start. Fall
and winter clothing are
being put out daily. They
have lots of furniture and
decorative items also.
Come by and find a treas-
ure.
Contact Addresses
for Community
Memorials
The Hamer Library. P. 0. Box
74, Harper, TX 78631
The Harper Volunteer Fire
Department and EMS. P. 0. Box
306, Harper, TX 78631
The Harper Community
Cemetery Fund. % Jeanette
Bode, 162 Bobbie Lynn, Harper,
TX 78631
The Harner School Library. P.
O. Box 68, Harper, TX 78631
The Noxville Cemetery Fund %
of Tony Ackel, 15380 RR 479,
Harper, TX 78631
The Harper Historical Society.
P. 0. Box 355, Harper, TX 78631
Harper Community Park Board
% Joan Lennon, 490, S. Ranch
Rd. 783, Harper, TX 78631
Harper Help Center. % of
Geraldine Skipper, Treasurer,
P.0. Box 97, Harper, TX 78631
The deadline
for the next issue
is Monday,
Oct. 1, 2012.
2M-i '< 2
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Bode’s Hunting Stories
Gene Bode
Mexico 1985-86
We’re back. The year
was 1986. (Boy, didn’t that
sound like a professional
writer! You gotta know
that’s me.)
I had sent a bobtail
truckload of feed to Mando
in Laredo. Well, you
guessed it right—I didn’t
get paid, but I did get the
opportunity to recover part
of the debt with a hunt in
Mexico. The deal was to
come down and ride along
and he would furnish the
license and gun after we got
to the hunting place.
It was December 23,
1985. Had made arrange-
ments to be in Laredo to
hunt Mexico with Mando.
Made it there about 8:00
o’clock. To my surprise, no
one was around so stayed
all night at a motel.
You might ask, “Why
didn’t you stay at home for
Christmas.?” Well, that was
the year I didn't have a
home. I came back home
for Christmas at Mom and
Dad’s.
Just after the new year
came in I headed south
again. Got to Mando’s gun
shop about lunch time. We
went to the cantina to eat.
This was the trip he was tak-
ing Kirt Darner on, who was
recognized as a champion
big mule deer trophy
hunter. He had written a
number of books and has
several trophies in the Boon
and Crockett Book of
Records. This was his first
whitetail hunt.
Drove down and met at
Mando’s house, packed up
and drove across the bor-
der and about fifty miles on
down. I went with Jeff. We
got there a little early, so
we hunted for arrowheads
a few minutes. Unloaded at
the hunting camp just in
time to go hunting. We saw
a couple of smaller bucks,
but nothing too big.
I noticed this hunting
bunkhouse had bars on all
the windows and doors. I
reckon they didn’t trust
each other over there on a
12,000 acre ranch either.
The next morning we
checked out the senderos
and really didn’t see too
many deer. That evening I
sat in a blind by a water dirt
tank-- a few does came by.
Mando told me the next
morning he had it figured
out where the “Mexico
Monster” was. He had this
old black van with about
four foot high tires on it.
Time you got on top where
the seats were, it would
almost give you the nose
bleed and the air was pretty
thin up there. So me and
him loaded up and drove to
this place.
Daylight came and we
saw a cotton tail coming
down the road with a small
bobcat following or trailing
him. Mando said, “I know
just where he’s at, let’s get
down and walk down the
road.”
Sure enough, we saw a
10-point buck running this
doe. Waited a few minutes
and got the glimpse of the
Old Bull of the Woods. Kept
trying to get a shot in all the
brush and weeds but could-
n’t. Suddenly the big buck
spotted us and ran. Mando
told me to hurry and we
would see him cross on top.
We ran about 100 yards
and there he was on top of
the ridge. I threw up and
shot —the old buck stag-
gered and pawed the
ground, but didn’t go plum
down—if you get ’em he
had to be plum down.
Mando told me to stay at
that point and he would go
up and find the place where
he was. The grass was tall
there, so it took a few min-
utes. We found blood show-
ing where the bullet had
gone In and came out, and
on leaves, grass and the
ground but no deer.
Looked for a long time,
and finally found where he
stopped bleeding and went
through the fence and was
gone. This was probably the
largest whitetail I ever had
to chance to see, much less
shoot at, and didn’t get. You
know about the big one
that always gets away; it did.
On the way back to the
cabin, Mando caught a
seven-foot black indigo
snake, which I didn’t need
any part of, and he shot two
javelinas for food, but “not
for me!”
7le Warper Cmmatrity
Clarler of Commerce present#
Here’s Harper!
Business 2012
r Harper
W& Community Park
October 13 10am-4pm
SHOWCASING
OVER 50 LOCAL
FREE health BUSINESSES &
^ORGANIZATIONS!
Transplant Institute
Kids activities
Silent Auction
Live Local Music
Local Arts& Crafts
Food Court
There will be various health screenings offered throughout the Expo!
r • ■
Don’t miss this opportunity to showcase
i YOUR Harper business products & services!
i Application deadline is October I
j For more information or to pick? up your booth application,
contact Kim Behrends at 864.4004, email kbehrends@msn.com,
! or come by Behrends Feed @ Bode’s.
Letter To the Editor
nations who will destroy us
when we show a moment of
weakness or our treasury is
bare, and surely it is
becoming bare! We are
taxed to maintain legions on
their soil, in the name of law
and order and the Pax
Romana, a document which
will fall into dust when it
pleases our allies and our
vassals. We keep them in
precarious balance only
with our gold. Is the heart-
blood of our nation worth
these? Shall one Italian be
sacrificed for Britain, for
Gaul, for Egypt, for India,
Livestock Marketing Seminar
In the good year of 54
B.C., Cicero wrote in De
Republica that which could
be written today:
“We are taxed in our
bread and our wine, in our
incomes and our invest-
ments, on our land and on
our property, not only for
base creatures who do not
deserve the name of man,
but for foreign nations, for
complaisant nations who
will bow to us and accept
our largesse and promise us
to assist in the keeping of
the peace— these medicant
“Today’s Differences”
Is Planned for Oct. 11
Hill Country landowners,
with interests in ranching
and livestock, are invited to
attend an important semi-
nar on Thursday, Oct. 11,
2012, at the Gillespie County
Farm Bureau Event Center.
The center is located off U.S.
Hwy 87 South, just past
Fredericksburg Equipment,
at 237 Equestrian Drive.
Registration and meal are
from 430 p.m. to 530 p.m.
The program begins at 531
p.m.
Attendance is limited to
the first 400 people to reg-
ister. You can call or come
by the AgriLife Extension
office, 830.997.3452 (95
Frederick Road) or the
Gillespie County Farm
Bureau office, 830.997.4396
to register. Registration
deadline is Monday, Oct. 8,
2012 at 5:00 p.m.
Speakers for the
evening are Wayne and
Shaun Geistweidt, speaking
on marketing options... Dr.
Rick Machen, who will dis-
cuss the benefits of re-
building and reshaping your
herd... and Dr. Laird
Laurence, DVM, who will
inform us of new health
issues and medications
available in the market.
Rick Neffendorf, with Farm
Services Agency, Brad
Roeder, with Gillespie
County Extension Service
and Jaime Tankersly, with
NRCS, will also be available
to answer questions about
changes and issues within
their organizations.
Gillespie County livestock
owners, who want to
understand the many
changes occurring in our
area, will want to attend
this informative seminar. It
the the fifth seminar in a
series designed to help local
producers manage the pro-
duction, health and market-
ing of their herds. “Things
are not like they were, even
two years ago,” says
Gillespie Livestock Company
owner and rancher, Wayne
It was a big time experi-
ence anyway. I guess the
biggest thing was getting
back across safe and, oh yes,
that was the last payment
on the feed, and also my last
hunt in Mexico. Thank the
Good Lord for one more
hunt.
Stay well and healthy.
Catch you down the road
next time.
Editor’s note: This is a vin-
tage Body story, originally
published on Oct. 27, 2006
even for Greece and a score
of other nations? Were they
bound to us with ties of
love, they would not ask our
gold. They would ask only
our laws. They would take
our very flesh , and they
hate and despise us. and
who shall say we are worthy
of more?
-Marcus Tullius Cicero,
who lived from 106 to 43 B.C.
and died at age 63. He was a
Roman orator and states-
man.
- Submitted by Waynne
Rogers
Quote of the Week
“Whether you believe can a
thing or not, you are
right.”
-Henry Torch
(You are invited to submit your favorite.)
Multi-County Sheep
and Goat Program
Set for Sept. 27
The Texas AgriLife
Extension Programs in
Bandera, Blanco, Gillespie,
Kendall and Kerr counties
have organized a multi-
county sheep and goat pro-
gram to address some of the
challenges and opportuni-
ties facing producers in the
Texas Hill Country. Dry
weather has impacted live-
stock production causing
many to liquidate inventory
and have to rely more
heavily on purchased feed.
While inputs may be at an all
time high, producers are
also seeing some opportuni-
ties to add value to their
operations by implementing
a good health program and
looking at various market-
ing options.
The program will be held
Thursday, Sept. 27 at 6:00
p.m. at the Mansfield Park
Recreation Center in
Bandera. Topics include
“Sheep and Goat
Reproduction Efficiency and
Diseases” by Dr. Frank
Craddock, Extension Sheep
and Goat specialist; “Toxic
Weed ID and Symptoms,” by
Dr. Bob Dittmar, DVM;
“Predator Management
Board Update” and a market
report by Wayne Geistweidt,
Gillespie Livestock Company.
Two CEU’s will be offered
for those with a pesticide
applicator’s license. Cost is
$15/person which includes
materials and refreshments.
Attendees are asked to pre-
register for the program by
contacting their respective
County Extension Office by
Monday, Sept. 24. Come join
us for an educational and
informative meeting.
For more information,
please contact the Bandera
County Extension Office at
830.796.7755 or visit our
website at httpy/bandera
■aarillfe.ora.
Educational programs of
the Texas AgriLife Extension
Service are open to all peo-
ple without regard to race,
color, sex, disability, reli-
gion, age or national origin.
The Texas A&M University
System, U.S. Department of
Agriculture and the County
Commissioners Courts of
Texas are cooperating to
present this program.
Geistweidt.
“The economy, the
drought, feed prices, the
buyers and many other
events have forced us to re-
think the way we manage
our operations,” says Dr.
Machen. He adds,
“Attendees will definitely
hear Information they have
never heard before.”
Three hours of Continuing
Education Units (CEUs) will
be awarded at the end of
the program—one hour
Integrated Pest
Management (IPM), one
hour of Laws and
Regulations and one hour
General Education, for those
people with pesticide appli-
cators licenses.
Meal sponsors for this
year’s evens are Gillespie
Livestock Company (Wayne
and Shaun Geistweidt), Dr.
Laird Laurence, DVM and the
Gillespie County Farm
Bureau.
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