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Young man inspires all

Jacob and Michelle Cashion and family are so grateful to Tristan’s 1st grade teacher Mrs. Julia Hoog and his school nurse Kellie Jopling for thier actions, going above and beyond to help provide the family with a clear picture of symptoms they observed, which ultimately led doctors to the discovery of a brain tumor and the emergency surgery this young man needed.

Cashion Family thanks teacher/nurse for actions that may have saved his life

By Kayleen Holder
Editor
This week we want to recognize an outstanding young citizen, Tristan Cashion, a first grader in Devine who recently earned his spot on the Honor Roll at Ciavarra Elementary, despite facing some pretty big challenges. Recently, diagnosed with a brain tumor, Tristan underwent four surgeries within a matter of six days. Tristan is now back at school, and is undergoing an oral chemo treatment.
The Cashions are extremely grateful for the support they’ve received from this amazing community, and shared how Tristian’s 1st grade teacher, Mrs. Julia Hoog, and the school nurse Kellie Jopling are truly heroes in their eyes.
“Mrs. Jopling and Tristan’s teacher Mrs. Hoog both played a huge role in monitoring his symptoms and urging us to take him to the ER on December 4th. Mrs. Hoog was able to give us specific detail that ultimately led to them performing a CT in the ER and finding…

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Lytle tables action on ordinance addressing future leaks afterone resident gets$2,400 water bill

By Anton Riecher
The Lytle City Council tabled action this past Monday on amending city ordinances involving adjustment to utility bills to compensate for major water loss resulting from major leaks in customer plumbing. The amendment came in the wake of a recent $2,400 residential water loss.
City staff reported that four residential leaks of the same size had been reported in the previous two years.
Under the proposed amendment, the amount owed for the water lost would be…

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Divine Savior Lutheran’s 9th Annual “Gift of Hope”Benefiting Thea Marie Keskinen-BurkeBBQ, Silent Auction, Live Music April 20th

Six-year-old Thea Marie, of Devine, will be the recipient of the Gift of Hope fundraiser this year, which will help the family get a Seizure Alert dog for Thea.

Thea Marie Keskinen-Burke, a cheerful, adorable, six-year-old girl, is a source of joy to everyone she meets. She will be the recipient of the “Gift of Hope” fundraiser this year. The event will take place at the Divine Savior Lutheran Church’s Fellowship Hall (405 Ingram Rd.) on Saturday, April 20, 2024, from 11AM-1PM.
Thea has never met a person she could not bring a smile to. She loves God and her family, and it shines through in everything she does. Once, while at the store, there were crosses being sold at the entrance. When Thea saw the crosses she exclaimed, “That’s my Jesus cross,” and proceeded to tell everyone around that Jesus died on the cross to save us and how He loves all of us very much.
Thea suffers from Generalized Idiopathic Epilepsy…

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BBQ plate sale for Garza, battling brain tumor

Family and friends will be having a BBQ plate sale fundraiser on Saturday, March 2, 2024 for Regina Garza, 25 of Natalia, to help her with her medical bills from a recent brain surgery and future medical appointments.
If anyone is interested in buying a ticket please reach out to the family. They will be serving brisket, sausage, rice, beans, soda, and the trimmings for $14.
Garza is a 2017 graduate of Natalia HS.
“Anything will help,” said her mother Frances Garza, who explains that she took her daughter to the hospital on February 6, for migraines and vomiting. After having a seizure, they did a CT scan and ultimately an MRI revealed a tumor in her brain.
The plate sale will be held at 504 4th Street Natalia, Tx 78059. They are accepting funds via Cash App: $reg121712.
You can also mail a donation to Regina Garza at PO Box 496 Natalia, Texas 78059.

Arabians needed a yellow-dog for Regionals as 10 qualified!

Powerlifters Camarillo, Cantu, Frausto, Garcia, Gutierrez, Jimenez, Parker, Polen, Spurgers, Torres

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Thankfully, it was not 230 miles from Devine High School to Bert Ogden Arena in Edinburg, Texas but only 229.9 as 10 Arabians made the 3½-hour trip on Monday to compete in Class 4A Region IV Powerlifting event Tuesday, February 27 that gave each a chance to qualify for State in Frisco in mid-March.
Alanna Frausto, Vivianna Torres, Savannah Parker,…

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Warhorse baseball tackling tourney season

Warhorse #8 Elijah Gomez at the plate.

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
Like all high school sports, seasons break down into their own little compartments. First, there are tryouts and early practices without a complete compliment of players due to other sports. Secondly, there are multiple scrimmages for coaches to try an assortment of lineups and positions for several players. Thirdly, and what the Devine Warhorse team is currently experiencing, is tournament season that proceeds regular non-conference games that in turn lead into district and, hopefully, postseason state playoffs.
Head Coach Heath Poppe and his players made the short trip to Somerset to take part and improve parts of their game this past weekend at the Bulldog classic. Devine collected wins in their two…

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Regional Quarterfinalists Arabians bow out of State Playoffs to West Oso

Undefeated District Champs gave their all

Jerel Beaty
Staff Writer
The undefeated 12-0 District 29-4A Champion, Bi-District Champion, and Area Champion Arabians took one of the chin last Tuesday at Southwest Legacy High School as West Oso proved to be a little too big and a smidge too athletic for Devine to keep up with as the Lady Bears won 68-33 to end the hometown team’s gaudy 30-9, 2023-2024 season.
A “key to victory” for Head Coach Jim Sessions stated prior to this tilt was to keep West Oso from dominating the rebounding department and to try to limit their athleticism, but both seemed fruitless as Devine was outrebounded 44-24 and was shut out in transition points 18-0.
West Oso won the battle down low as they owned the points in the paint 44-18 and recorded 4 blocked shots to Devine’s two swats. The Lady Bears also got 11 second-….

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