Sports Pics

An unidentified Bobcat turns upfield in Friday's Agua Dulce scrimmage.


The Bobcat defense closes in on an Agua Dulce runner.

Invitation to Youth Revival

Iglesia Apostolica Church will host a youth revival Friday at 7:30 pm and Saturday at 2:00 pm. Pastor Fernando Gonzales invites one and all to attend the two-day event. The church is located at the intersection of Sullivan and Gonzales Lane in Skidmore. Josh Cantu of Frederickburg is Friday's featured speaker followed by evangelist Carl Holt of Houston on Saturday. Call 287-3387 for more information.

Booster Club BBQ Fundraiser

You are invited to the Skidmore-Tynan Athletic Booster Club Annual Barbecue, Friday, August 20, 2004 at 5:00 pm. Help the Booster Club kick off the 2004/05 season with a $5 brisket plate while watching the Bobcats scrimmage Agua Dulce.

The Skidmore-Tynan Athletic Booster Club is a group of community members supporting our school and our children who are involved in the school's athletic organizations. Funds raised by the Booster Club allow the Athletic Department to acquire necessary equipment for the students that might not have been available through the school's budget. We encourage all people in our community to join the Booster Club and be involved in helping to make our school's athletic program better for all our children. For information on how to join the Booster Club and what you can do to help, please contact any of the Booster Club officers.

Your Booster Club officers are: President, Bud Howard; Vice President, Lori Schirmer; Secretary, Rebekah Herzog; Treasurer, Cathi Petrus; and members at large, Rockie Stautzenberger, Danny Gonzales, and Tryne Mengers.

S-T Athletic Department Meet & Greet

S-T Athletic Director Adam Arroyo introduces the new coaches.

Parents of Skidmore-Tynan student athletes took advantage of the opportunity to meet the new coaching staff Tuesday evening. In an event co-sponsored by the S-T Booster Club, Athletic Director Adam Arroyo introduced the new coaches to a large gathering at the school cafetorium. Each of the coaches in turn introduced the students they were working with in their respective sports. Booster Club president Bud Howard encouraged parents to get involved in the Booster Club and to attend the Bobcats vs. Agua Dulce scrimmage and barbecue fundraiser Friday, August 20th at the football field. Plates are $5 and, as always, every penny benefits Bobcat sports programs.


Coach Goynes threatens to karaoke "My Achy Breaky Heart."
Just kidding... he did not specify the exact song.

S-T Lions Host Zone Meeting

Zone 8 Chairman Ann Duggins addresses her fellow Lions.

The Skidmore-Tynan Lions Club and Chisholm Trail Cafe played host to the Lions District 2S-4, Zone 8 meeting Tuesday evening. Guest speaker, Bill Roe of the Bay City Lions, gave an interesting presentation on the Lions Camp for disabled and diabetic children. The camp is located in Kerrville, Texas and operates from May to August of each year. Mr. Roe encouraged each club in attendance to help work towards the goal of sending 2000 children to camp in 2005. Area Lions from Zone 8 and beyond were in attendance including Bay City Lions Bill Roe and Loyd Barr; Beeville Evening Lions John & Pearl Richardson and Leo & Sandra Pruett; Woodsboro Lions Norma Thompson, Olivia Yanez, Karen Linebarger, and Allen & Betty Kucera; and Skidmore-Tynan Lions Dee LeCount, Brittany Luna, David Waishes, Keith Petrus, and Russell & Ann Duggins.

This Old House

Three legged bathtubs? Indoor snow? Flying chicken coops? It can only mean another tale of old-time Texas, courtesy of Edwin Wallek, Jr. Check out "This Old House" in Historical Notes.

Little League Fall Ball Registration Begins Wednesday

Bobcat Little League will begin registration for Fall Ball at the Skidmore Dairy Queen, Wednesday through Friday, August 18-20 from 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Fall Ball teams will be formed at the Minor through Junior levels, for children ages 9 to 14. The Fall Ball program will consist primarily of weekend games with a few weekday practices scheduled around the S-T ISD fall sports program. Registration is $10 for players who participated in the 2004 regular season and $20 for new players. Call Keith Petrus at 287-3930 for more information.

Baptist Church Back to School Rally

Start the school year the right way, God's way, at the Back To School Youth Rally, Sunday, August 15, 2004 at the Skidmore First Baptist Church. The Rally will take place from 6:00 pm till 9:00pm and will feature Live Music, Free Food, Volleyball, and God's Word. Come meet the new Youth Minister's at FBC Skidmore. For more information contact Rickey or Rosie Roman at 547-2495. -- Submitted by Enrique Roman.

Lions Club Rangers-Yankees Raffle Results

Young Kevin Crottie helped draw the winning tickets.

The Skidmore Lions kind of took the month off in July. Our President Lion Dave Waishes went on a two week vacation, Lion Dee LeCount took a much needed break and visited her daughter in Tennessee and Lions Russ and Ann Duggins took a trip to Newfoundland to visit with Ann’s sisters and their husbands. They left on July 1 and returned home on July 20 just in time for the Cabinet Meeting.

On August 1st, the Skidmore Lions raffled off four tickets to a Texas Rangers vs. New York Yankees ballgame in Arlington. As luck would have it, our own Lions Governor Ernest Opella was the first name drawn. "Who are the Texas Rangers?" he is said to have inquired when notified of his winning ticket. Second place, a $25 gift certificate to Surprise Party Store, went to Dale Holcomb of Yoakum. Sue Fullington of Beeville won the third place prize, a Houston Astros program autographed by Lance Berkman. Two Houston Rockets posters went to Debra Cantu of Taft, and Jackie Nelson of Red Oaks, Texas.

Wash Day

As if operating farm machinery weren't hazardous enough, Edwin Wallek, Jr. remembers the days when just doing the laundry was fraught with danger! Read all about "Wash Day" in Historical Notes.

That's not right.

CNN reports that Maggots (no kidding) have joined Leeches on the list of FDA approved medical treatments. Be sure to read down to the second to last paragraph of the story for a quick dose of the heebie geebies.