Beeville's Holly Jolly Downtown Celebration

We are celebrating Christmas in Historic Downtown Beeville this weekend!  On Saturday, December 4th Santa Claus is coming to town followed by the "Holly Jolly Lighted Christmas Parade" at 6:30pm.  Festivities start at 9:00am with the opening of the Christmas Market and will continue all day with contests, pictures, and pooches!

To find out more information and a list of the day's events, visit Beeville Main Street ~ You don't want to miss this!

Share Your Stories & Pictures

The Skidmore Signal is a community driven online news and events site, with the help of those that share their stories and pictures.  If you have any pictures you would like to see posted on the Signal, please email them to signal@4beyer.com.  Is your yard showing your holiday cheer with pretty Christmas decorations?  Well, let's see them!  Have a passion for writing?  Let's hear it!

Classifieds on the Signal

New feature on the Skidmore Signal ~ a CLASSIFIEDS page!  Have your items posted on this page from vehicles to garage sales.  Have a job opening in the area?  Just use the form below or send an email to signal@4beyer.com.

Midday Movie Madness at the Library

The Joe Barnhart Bee County Library is showing How to Train Your Dragon on Saturday, November 27th at 11:00am.  Drop by and see the movie for free!

Beeville Vineyard Needs Your Help

The Beeville Vineyard is a local non-profit organization that assists the residents of Bee County with free items such as clothes, toys, toiletry items, and food that they receive through donations.  They try to make this season special to our area residents by offering personal shopping appointments in a cheerful setting, they also offer delivery services for residents that cannot visit the location.  On the newly launched Vineyard blog, donated by 4B Productions, you will find information for donating items and volunteering for the special programs they are offering.

There is also only two dates left to register for the Christmas Angels Program offered by the Beeville Vineyard, November 23rd and 30th.  If you know of someone that is in need of this service, please instruct them to go to the location on those dates to register for their personal shopping appointment.  There are qualifications for this program, which can be found on the "Register" page of the site.

Please vistit www.beevillevineyard.com for more information.

Harvest Sunday Tomorrow

The Skidmore First Baptist Church is having their Harvest Sunday tomorrow, November 21st.  This is a special opportunity to give financially to the church.  Morning service will be lead into worship by Straightway, a worship band for Kirvin Baptist Church and challenged by the preaching of Dr. Doug Jackson, Director of the Logsdon Seminary Program and a professor at The South Texas School of Christian Studies.  Come for worship, lunch, and fellowship!

For more information, please visit the Skidmore First Baptist Church website.

Your Invited to Attend Animator 2010!

The Second Annual Texas Techies' Animator 2010 competition is a great opportunity for Corpus Christi children in grades K-12 to showcase their talents in technology.  Texas Techies Organization and Grande Communications are hosting the event Thursday, November 18th at 5:30pm in Corpus Christi.  The students have created an animation using the software Scratch, centered around the theme of "Time Travel."  The finalist were chosen on November 10th and will be showcasing their final submissions Thursday evening, at which time they will be judged and a winner will be chosen.

Texas Techies, located in Corpus Christi, is a technology education advocacy organization.  Their mission is to ensure that all children, especially those at risk of being left behind have the resources and the opportunities they need to grow up healthy and lead productive lives.  Liza Wisner, Founder and Director of Texas Techies, is currently a contestant on this season of the popular reality show The Apprentice, hosted and produced by Donald Trump.

4B Productions, your local web and graphic design business, would like to invite you to this free event.  There will be great door prizes and this is a wonderful opportunity to get our local students excited about technology.

Event Schedule

Thursday, November 18th

5:30-7:30pm

• Animator Showcase 6:00-7:00pm
• Judging Time: 7:00-7:10pm
• Awards Ceremony: 7:20pm

Location: 1111 Bernice Drive, Oso Recreation Center, Corpus Christi

For more information, please visit the Texas Techies' website.

Sponsored by: 4B Productions, CASA Organization, Coastal Bend Mamas, Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation, ClickN Kids, Foy H. Moody High School M.I.M., Richard King High School, Trump Network, and VIP Limousine.

Christmas Angel Program At The Vineyard

Looking for a great way to show your children the importance of giving, here is the perfect opportunity.  The Beeville Vineyard offers items to the community for free and is need of donations for their Christmas Angel Program shopping event.  If you would like to donate items for this event, they are excepting them now and through December 10th.  This gives families that need assistance the opportunity to shop for clothes, toys, toiletries, food and other needed items.  Cash donations will also be accepted along with gently used items.  The shopping dates are Monday, December 6th through Monday, December 20th.  Also the Angel Tree, in conjunction with the Prison Ministry will be held on December 20th for the children of incarcerated parents.

If your family is in need of this assistance, you must register for an individual appointment to shop by Tuesday, November 30th.  No appointments will be given out during the Thanksgiving holiday.  Fore more information or to volunteer, please call 361-358-7500 or 361-358-2075.

More information is to follow soon!

Christmas Gifts for Troops

Left to Right Back Row: Monica Bures,
Hilda Rodriguez, Teresa Holland, Regena
Coley, Robbyn Tyra, Fran Thompson,
Glenda Tyra, Dora Lopez, and Ginny Turner

With many of our men and women still over seas and the holidays fast approaching, the VFW Auxiliary #9170 and the American Legion Unit #274 offered to collect donations and send them to our military troops in order to spread a little holiday cheer.  The packages are sent in the middle of November to ensure delivery before the Christmas holiday.  These packages are going to service men and women that are in areas where items cannot be obtained.

This will be an ongoing project by both organizations until our troops return home.  If you would like more information, please call Hilda Rodriguez at 361-362-1231 or Teresa Holland at 361-358-1550.

Can Drive Today

The First Baptist Church in Skidmore would like to invite you to help the Girls in Action collect non-perishable food items and toiletries to stock the Food Pantry.  The purpose of collecting these items is to have them ready to help our community during the holiday season.  Drop by the First Baptist Church and learn more about the Food Pantry, the benevolence fund, and other various ministries.  To learn more please visit the FBC website.

Congratulations To The A Honor Roll Students!

Skidmore-Tynan Elementary

All-A Honor Roll

2^nd Six weeks

1^st Grade:  Ryan Allison, Jackee Corrigan, Savannah Lopez, Destiny Magana, Lucas Villagomez, Kira Wilson, Eli Zepeda, Draven Abrigo, Xavier Fuentes, Michael Menchaca, Michael Garcia, Ella Hogue, Delmer Magyer, Laci Stautzenberger, Jacob Dougherty, Zadeious Garcia, Roxanne Garza, Steven Gonzales, Eddika Hernandez, Celeste Huerta, Jacelin Hinds, Aiden Massengill, Conner Salinas, Zoe Villagomez

2^nd Grade:  Allison Alford, Carson Polasek, Jasmine Terry, Anna Zavala, Eleanor Allard, Tyler Conrad, Savannah Sabala, Olivia Sain, Hailey Clark, Alexia Colmenero, Shannon Gabbert, Kimberly Munson, Quest Loya

3^rd Grade:  Felix Sebastian Menchaca, Madison Gonzalez, Brandon Aguilar, Alyson Bennett, Jacob Brown, Conner Favre, Tres Ortiz, Taylor Pena, Ryan Massengill, Ayana Vasquez,

4^th Grade:  Madeline Dougherty, Bryan Gonzalez, Elizabeth Olivarez, Cole Terry, Matthew Carnes, Julie Juarez, Jesse Sabala, Tiffani Trevino, Marilysa Estrada, Megan Haggard, Laikyn Lopez, Schyanne Garino, Daniel Tyrone, Sean Underwood, Gabriel Guajardo, Bethany Keener, Stephen Moreno, Matthew Nelson, Kayla Rutkowski, Tyler Salinas

5^th Grade:  Michelle Flores, Kassandra Leos, Kaitlin Saenz, Kennon Wishert, Jarel McFadden, Alyssa Olivares, Mary Scott, Connor Allard, Bryce Baker, Samuel Flores, L.C. Hennig, Kiera Metz, Stephanie Munson, Jessica Sain

Courtesy of Renee Guajardo, 4th Grade Teach at S-T Elementary School

Annual Turkey Shoot

The Skidmore-Tynan Lions club is hosting their annual Turkey Shoot today in Skidmore.  Head out Corrigan Road and follow the signs to participate in the shoot and enter the shotgun raffle starting at 9:00am.  Shots are $2 each with 10 shots per round.  A drawing for the shotgun raffle will be held at 5:00pm today.

Bi-District Playoffs Tonight!

The Bobcats Bi-District playoff game is tonight at 7:30pm in Edna.  Come join us as the Skidmore-Tynan Bobcats take on the East Bernard Brahmas to battle it out on the field.  The game is being hosted at Edna's Cowboy Memorial Stadium, located at 1303 W. Gayle Street in Edna, 77957.

Don't forget S-T ISD has an early release scheduled today for 2:30pm this afternoon!

GOOD LUCK BOBCATS!

Veterans Day Observed Today

What a wonderful sight this Veterans Day morning, a community coming together to honor the men and women who have served our country.  The Skidmore-Tynan ISD gym was packed with students, teachers, administrators, and the community.  All present to demonstrate our gratitude for our local Veterans.

Here in the United States, we have been observing Veterans Day since 1954.  Adorning scarlet poppies and decorations of red, white, and blue our hearts are heavy and filled with admiration.  The poem used as a popular tribute to the fallen comes to mind today...

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)

Canadian Army

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow

Between the crosses row on row,

That mark our place; and in the sky

The larks, still bravely singing, fly

Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead.  Short days ago

We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,

Loved and were loved, and now we lie

In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:

To you from failing hands we throw

The torch; be yours to hold it high.

If ye break faith with us who die

We shall not sleep, though poppies grow

In Flanders fields.

Courtesy of the Arlington National Cemetery Website

Introducing Your New Publisher

As you have already noticed, the Skidmore Signal has a new publisher.  Maxie Beyer, that's me, I have volunteered to adopt the responsibility of publishing our online news for the Skidmore community.  If you don't know me, I would like to take a moment to introduce myself.

I am a 1995 Skidmore-Tynan ISD graduate, but only attended the school for my last two years of high school.  I moved to Skidmore after I married Billy Beyer in April of '97.  I am a Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi Alumni and currently work from home.  I work as a Production Assistant for Texas Techies and as the Web Designer for Community Outreach at Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi.  I also recently started my own business, 4B Productions, a web and graphic design business specializing in professional and affordable services, as well as, small business solutions.  Most importantly I am a stay-at-home mom of two beautiful children, Bree is 4 and Riley is 2.

I am excited about the new adventure I am on and look forward to what is in store for the Skidmore Signal.  I would love for the Signal to become community driven, by getting our residents to contribute their own stories, events, and passions to the blog.  If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions, please feel free to email me at signal@4beyer.com.  Please be patient with me during this transition time.

~ Maxie

Care Packages for Troops ~ Deadline This Week!

Help spread a little holiday cheer to the servicemen and women that are over seas.  The deadline to get packages off to our troops in time for the Christmas holiday is Friday, November 12th.  These care packages are extremely important for our troops, especially this time of year.

Some examples of the items that are needed are soap, shampoo/conditioner, deodorant, wipes, tissues, socks, powders, toothpaste, toothbrushes, candy, packages cookies, gum, small packages of snacks, books, writing materials, and any other small items you can think of.  Please keep in mind that these items need to fit in backpacks and no glass items will be excepted.

Drop off your donations at 1801 S. Washington Street or 300 W. Hutchinson Street.

For more information or to send something to a particular person, call Teresa Holland (358-1550) or Hilda Rodriguez (362-1231).

Special thanks to The American Legion Unity #274, the VFW Auxiliary #9170, along with local schools and churches for taking the time to show our servicemen and women that we are thinking of them and we are grateful for the sacrifice they have made.

Maxie Beyer Adopts the Signal Website!

As the former publisher of the Skidmore Signal, I'd like to welcome Maxie Beyer, who has graciously volunteered to take over management of the website. Thanks to Mrs. Beyer, Skidmore residents will once again be kept abreast of local news and events. - Keith Petrus

Remember To Fall Back!

It is only hours until Daylight Savings Time comes to an end and we get the opportunity to feel like we have gained some precious time to our day. At exactly 2:00am on November 7th, we will gain an hour.

Ever wonder why we do this ritual every year or why the whole world does it for that matter? Well, here's your opportunity to find out. Check out About Daylight Savings Time on WebExhibits.org.

New Elementary Building for S-T ISD

Skidmore-Tynan ISD announced earlier this year that the decision for building a new elementary school would be up to the community. The recommendation for building the new school came from, Paul Trautman, who had been studying the condition of the three S-T ISD campuses. Mr. Trautman also suggested moving the location of the school.

Tuesday the voters turned out to decide the fate of the elementary school and the majority of the community agreed that a new school building was needed. It will be built west of the football field on 27 1/2 acres of land already purchased.

The Texas Association of School Administrators also recommended the building of a new high school in the future, due to classrooms being smaller than state minimum standards and the cost-effective issue of fixing the school for long-term use.

New Board Members for S-T ISD Announced

The Skidmore-Tynan ISD Board of Trustees had four places up for election this week. The new elected members that will start serving their four year term in January are Keith Petrus, Troy Hughes, Salvador Soto Jr., and Chris Lamprecht.

Family Time This Weekend!

Looking for something to do with your family this weekend? There is a lot to choose from, below are some great ideas...

YWCA 20th Annual Yuletide Market

Friday, November 5 from 10:00 to 5:00pm

Saturday, November 6, 2010 from 10:00 to 6:00pm

American Bank Center, 1901 N. Shoreline Blvd

Beeville Market and Main

Saturday, November 6th from 9:00 to 2:00pm

I will provide more information as soon as possible!

George West Storyfest

Saturday, November 6th - All Day Event

More information, including maps located on website!

Culture Fest

Saturday, November 6th from 3:00 to 6:00pm

Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, University Center Commons

Rio 6 Cinemas - Megamind

Showing this weekend!

806 E. Houston St, Beeville

If you know of other events going on in our area, please contact me at info@4beyer.com and I will add them to the list.

Skidmore-Tynan High School - Bronze Medal

U.S. News & World Report has announced their picks for America's Best High Schools. Skidmore-Tynan High School was awarded a Bronze Medal, more details online.