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Published by Martha Stevens
P. O. Box 418
Harper, Texas 78631-0418
hnews@ktc.com
Volleyball All-District Honors
Here are the district vol-
leyball honors!!
Front row from left,
Hayley Marschall - District
MVP, Jordan Maner -
District Defensive Player,
Taylor Reid - Newcomer of
the Year, Lauryn Ahrns-
First Team All District,
Aubrey Blackmore - Second
Team All District, Eryka
Fuentes - Second Team All
District, Sarah Whitten -
Honorable Mention. Back
Row: Chelsea Hood,
Jacqueline Goldman, Daisy
Martyn, Jennifer Hale, Alexa
Guerrera - Academic All
District
Thanks to All Who Volunteer in Harper
bv Patty Sims
Those of you that were at
Brush Arbor in September
learned in detail how the
Community Chest functions.
This evening, I will touch
briefly again on those facts
and figures.
The Chest’s primary pur-
pose is to serve as a loca-
tion for anyone that may be
in need of some temporary
assistance, to come and
receive on a weekly basis,
bread from HEB in
Fredericksburg, and on the
first and third Thursdays, a
small sack of canned staples,
along with general items
that include hand or dish
soap and toilet paper.
Between Sept. 1,2009
and Aug. 31,2010, there
were 830 individuals served,
but we estimate there to be
an average of four in a fam-
ily, which means, 3,320
received assistance through
the Community Chest.
Love offerings from the
citizens in and around the
Harper area received at
designated events like
Brush Arbor, the
Thanksgiving, Christmas and
Easter Community services
and private and special
accounts designated by
individual churches are the
only reasons the
Community Chest is able to
remain operational finan-
cially.
Canned food drives to
benefit the Community
Chest are held periodically
which provide the bulk for
the panty. “Community
Involvement Project” for
the youth of the community,
offers an opportunity for a
variety of groups that find
ways to involve their young
members in teaching and
experiencing how working
together towards lending a
“helping hand” can make a
difference to their own
community.
As a child, I lived on a
ranch in Wyoming. I do not
remember this particular
time in my Mother and
Dad’s lifetime, but a severe
drought was happening, and
the water sources had dried
up on the summer range,
forcing them to bring the
weaning age calves back to
the home place. Dad’s
worry was that a fourteen
foot hand dug well would
not be able to withstand the
pressure it would be under
to water some hundred
head of cattle daily. It did
though.
One reason I do not live in
West Texas, is Bob’s folks
had one well 1,200 feet
deep and another one 900
feet that drew water to the
surface, then pumped five
miles to provide water at
the other end of their
ranch. The water “situa-
tion” was always a concern
to them.
How many of you
remember the old hand
pumps? My recollection
was on Brown’s Hill where
my great Uncle Alvin’s
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homestead was. When
you’d been riding, moving
cattle to the summer pas-
ture, to know you’d pass by
there, get off your horse,
pump that handle and bring
the best cold water to
relieve your thirst, kept you
going and then fortified you
to finish out the day.
We are so blessed to live
in a community such as
Harper where so many
organizations can exist and
strive to work together. If
you stop and think about
how many groups are in
Harper, you may wonder
how it is so many can keep
functioning in our little
community?
As reflections of the
times we are now in, I hear
the phrase used more and
more, “You can only go to
the well so many times.”
You may perceive that to
indicate there will become
a limit on how much pres-
sure the source (the Harper
community) can withstand,
or there would be more and
more in need of what it
provides for.
The calendar says this last
Thursday was Thanksgiving
and we all know how and
why it became a national
recognized holiday. Many
will take time to reflect on
the things in life for which
to be thankful.
I would like to extend a
special recognition for as
many of the organizations I
could think of in Harper for
all the support given in the
name of this community. I
thank everyone that assists
in some manner, not only
for this Thanksgiving season,
but throughout the entire
year.
The directors of the
Community Chest, Tony
Ackel, Joan Parker,
Geraldine Skipper, myself
and all the other volunteers
that help there, would like
to extend our sincere
“Thank You” and wish your
and yours the best of and a
Happy Thanksgiving.
(Editor’s note: The collec-
tion taken at the Community
Thanksgiving Service
brought in over $600 for the
Community Chest. Seethe
thank you ad on page 2.)
Left, Mary Kampa and
Tony Ackel help to hand out
turkeys to needy before
Thanksgiving at the
Community Chest.
Renovation Starts
The Harper Library has
begun renovation work on
their new building.
Contractor Don Yount
from Fredericksburg is
supervising the work which
is expected to be completed
in early spring, 2011.
The Harper Library board
is very thankful for the
many wonderful donations
they’ve received through
the “Buy a Piece of the
Future” campaign. To date
the Harper Library has
received more than $20,000.
A permanent plaque will be
placed in the new building,
recording these donations.
Santa is Coming
On Saturday, Dec. 11,
Santa will be coming to the
Harper Library.
Storytime starts at 10:00
a.m. with Santa expected at
10:30 a.m. Crafts and
refreshments follow. And
Kay and Gale Kloesel will be
there to take pictures of the
kids with Santa. These will
be ready immediately to
take home.
New Books
Thanks to a generous
donation from the Native
Plant Society in Fredericks-
burg, the Harper Library
has been able to purchase
several books for gardeners
and homeowners interested
in landscaping with native
plants. Here is a partial list:
How to grow Native Plants
of Texas and the Southwest:
Revised and Updated
Edition, Trees, Shrubs and
Vines of the Texas Hill
Country, a Field Guide,
Second Edition, Invasive
plants: A Guide to
Identification, Impacts and
Control of Common North
American Species,
Exploring the Edges of
Texas, Talking Dirt; The Dirt
Diva’s down-to-Earth Guide
to Organic Gardening, A
Field Guide to Texas Trees,
Texas Garden Resource
Book: A Guide to Garden
Resources Across the State
and Texas Gardening for the
21 st Century: Planning,
Constructing, Planting,
Embellishing and
Maintaining your
Landscape.
The library has also
received Decision Points by
George W. Bush, Worth
Dying For by Lee Child,
Hell’s Corner by David
Baldacci, Full Dark, No Stars
by Stephen King and Safe
Haven by Nicholas Sparks.
The library has added
two new books to the young
adult section: The Heroes of
Olympus, Book One: The
Lost Hero by Rick Riordan
and Diary of a Wimpy Kid:
The Ugly Truth by Jeff
Kinney.
And for the children,
Happy’s Big Plan by Kristin
Earhart.
In addition, there are lots
of classic Christmas books
for kids and adults ready to
be checked out.
Harper Area on “Red Flag Alert”
The Harper area and
Gillespie County and most of
Central and South Texas are
under a red flag alert and
fire weather watch. The
winds are fierce and the
countryside is dry, which
make for a potentially dan-
gerous fire season.
Add to that many people
are firing up their furnaces
and fireplaces for the first
time this season. Harper
Fire Chief John Tittle has
reported five structure fires
in the last week or so. Most
of these structure fires have
been caused by lack of cau-
tion when using small
heaters, furnaces not
checked out or chimney
fires which ignite because of
soot build up.
The holiday season is one
of the most deadly times for
fires. In 2009, a residential
fire occurred in the United
States every 84 seconds!
According to the National
Fire Protection Associated,
3010 civilians die in house
fires and fires caused over
$12.5 billion in property
damage in 2009 nationwide.
With five structure fires a
recently, lots of tall, dry
grass in the countryside,
lack of rain and weather
predictions of more dry
windy weather, the fire
department is urging all to
be very cautious in the next
few weeks.
If you plan to burn brush,
give the Fredericksburg Fire
Department (830.997.8080)
a call with your name,
address and phone number.
It will save a visit from vari-
ous fire departments and
free them up to answer
actual emergencies.
There is not a burn ban in
place in Gillespie County,
but one may be called in the
near future. To find out, go
to the Harper VFD website
www.harper-vfd-ems.com.
There will also be a burn
ban flag at the fire station
and various signs posted
around town.
General burning rules are
as follows:
Burning Rules
1) Prior to prescribed or
controlled burning (includ-
ing brush piles) for forest
management purposes, the
Texas Forest Service and the
local fire departments shall
be notified.
2) Burning shall be com-
menced and conducted only
when wind direction and
other meteorological con-
ditions are such that smoke
and other pollutants will not
cause adverse effects to any
public road, landing strip,
navigable water, or off-site
structure containing sensi-
tive receptor(s).
3) If at any time the
burning causes or may tend
to cause smoke to blow
onto or across a road or
highway, it is the responsi-
bility of the person initiating
the burn to post
flag-persons on affected
roads.
5) Burning must be con-
ducted downwind of or at
least 300 feet from any
structure containing sensi-
tive receptors located on
adjacent properties unless
prior written approval is
obtained from the adjacent
occupant with possessory
control.
6) Burning shall be con-
ducted in compliance with
the following meteorologi-
cal and timing considera-
tions:
A) The initiation of
burning shall commence no
earlier than one hour after
sunrise. Burning shall be
completed on the same day
not later than one hour
before sunset, and shall be
attended by a responsible
party at all times during the
active burn phase when the
fire is progressing. In cases
where residual fires and/or
smoldering objects continue
to emit smoke after this
time, such areas shall be
extinguished if the smoke
from these areas has the
potential to create a nui-
sance or traffic hazard con-
dition. In no case shall the
extent of the burn area be
allowed to increase after
this time.
B) Burning shall not
be commenced when sur-
face wind speed is predicted
to be less than six miles per
hour or greater than 23
mph during the burn period.
C) Burning shall not
be conducted during peri-
ods of actual or predicted
persistent low-level atmos-
pheric temperature inver-
sions.
7) Electrical insulation,
heavy oils, potentially
explosive materials, chemi-
cal wastes, etc. should not
be burned but disposed of
properly
Index:
Bode’s Hunting Story
The Business Advisor
Letter to the Editor
Santa is Coming
-2 Churches/Obits - 4
. 2 Peterson Grant - 4
_ 2 Happenings - 5
^ Meetings & Events - 5
Calendar/Birthdays - 5
Book Review - 5
CTEC’s Energy Program - 5
Sports - 6
School menu - 6
Educational Oportunities - 6
Honor rolls - 7
Adult Literacy Program - 7
Hold Your Horses - 7
Classified ads - 8
Ole Mechanic - 8
Market Report - 8
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