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DuBose and Cooke deploy to North Carolina with TX Task Force 1 Urban Search & Rescue to help

TX-TF1 Urban Search & Rescue members Clint Cooke and Patrick DuBose are in the devastated Yancey County of North Carolina this week help with search and rescue missions. Both have ties to Medina County. Chief Cook is the Fire Chief of MCESD1 and DuBose is a retired Fire Chief of Devine VFD. Both have/had professional fire department careers alongside their volunteer positions with many years of service to their home communities as well.

First Responders Patrick DuBose of Devine, Texas and Clint Cooke  of Castroville, Texas deployed with the Texas A&M Task Force 1 (TX-TF1) last week in response to Hurricane Helene to Florida a couple days ahead of the storm. The search and rescue team of 80 personnel, and 6  dogs, with their equipment and rescue vehicles  arrived ahead of the storm on Wednesday,  September 25 in  Pensacola, Florida.

He is now in his 27th year of dedication of dedication to the Urban Search and Rescue team.

Task Force 1 helped with missions in Tampa, Florida after the Category 4 Hurricane Helene hit. They next headed to Athens, Georgia on Sunday and then on to Yancey County, North Carolina. They are currently searching for survivors and victims’ in Yancey County who have been devastated by the 1,000 year flood and mudslides as a result of Hurricane Helene.  “The mud slides are still happening,” said  Patrick DuBose. “There is a lot of work to be done up here, we will be here for a awhile.”

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Klondike Bar’s Chili Cook-Off Oct. 26

…. Hot Prizes!

The Klondike Bar will be hosting a Chili Cook-Off on October 26, 2024 at 2 p.m. The contest will consist of three categories for teams to compete in: Chili with Beans, Chili without Beans, and People’s Choice. The contest is open to the public. Winners will be announced at 4 p.m. and there will be “hot” prizes involved! See the ad on page 2 for further details on this event and sign up today

ALL FORMER DEVINE BAND MEMBERS TO BE HONORED @ Devine 2024 HOMECOMING

DHS Band Blast from the Past Pictures! Bill Bain was the John Phillip Sousa Award winner in 1963. Bass Drum with new Warhorse logo from the mid-1970s. DHS Band picture from the 1974-75 school year.

Nov. 8 & 9

*All former Devine Band members will be honored at Homecoming this year! You will be recognized in the stands at the HC football game on Friday night, Nov. 8th then again on Saturday, Nov. 9th at the VFW, you will be honored at the DExSTA HC Social, starting at 1:00pm. Come join us and bring pictures or old uniforms, music, etc, for our Band Memory table. If you were ever in the band, no matter how recently, or how long ago – this is for you!! Should be fun to catch up with others and see how the band has changed over the years! Pass this info on to your former band classmates too! See you on Nov. 8-9!
*For more information about this, contact Nancy Ehlinger Saathoff ’75 at 210-289-6205 or gnsaathoff@aol.com or on the FB page for the Devine Ex-Students Teachers Association.

WELCOME HOME VIETNAM VETERANS CERMONY

American Legion Post 443, will honor all Vietnam Veterans with a Special Ceremony on November 11, 2024, at 10:00 am in Natalia Texas in front of the Veterans Memorial Monument. ALL Vietnam Veterans (those who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces at any time during the period of November 1, 1955 to May 15th, 1975 regardless of duty location), widows of Vietnam Veterans and orphans of Vietnam Veterans will be honored at this ceremony. Please join us as we say Thank You for your Service.
Veterans Day Ceremony – Natalia Texas
The annual Veterans Day Ceremony in Natalia Texas will be held on Monday, November 11th, 2024 at 11:00 am in front of Veterans Memorial Monument. A full ceremony will be presented to give tribute to Veterans of all United States of America Services. Four (4) new names will be added to the monument this year.  We hope everyone will come and join us in our Annual Event.
Additionally, we will be hosting representatives from the Devine Current Events Club who are involved with the Wreaths Across America. Ms Martha Wall will be available to provide information and sell wreaths that will be laid on the graves at the Evergreen and St. Joseph’s Cemeteries before Christmas.

$1000 Pull Tab Bingo, Thursday October 3 at Devine VFW

Devine VFW Post 3966 charity bingo is open to the public. Proceeds from bingo fund our Post’s charitable giving to our community. We hold bingo every Thursday and doors open at 4:30 pm. We start selling pull tabs and bingo games at 5:30 pm. The first Thursday of every month we will have a $1000 Pull Tab. Pull tabs will be played when each game of pull tabs sells out. We start regular bingo at 7:00pm and usually finish just before 10:00 pm. Food, snacks and drinks are available. Our Post and Bingo Hall are located at 211 W. College Ave., Devine, TX, across from the Devine US Post Office.
Devine VFW Post 3966 charity bingo no longer has computer bingo (handsets). The reason for discontinuing the computers is two-fold. Rent on the computers is expensive and was not justified with only one use per week. The other reason is that Post members felt that the computers gave an advantage to people who used them and thus were unfair. Grab your daubers and come out for a night of fun and help us build our regular crowd so that we can increase the game payouts. If attendance is over 110 players, the jackpots for regular Bingo will be raised $100 (to $300 and $600).
This Thursday on October 3, 2024, we will have a $1000 pull tab bingo pot. The $10 tickets will be first come, first serve. Multiple pull tabs may be purchased. If there is enough demand, we will have more than one $1000 pull tab, as we did in May.

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2024-25 VFWTEACHER OF THE YEAR nominations due by Oct. 31

Nomination Forms Available at local VFW Post 3966, Devine, TX
“The investment that a teacher makes in today’s youth will be the dividends we will all reap from future leaders!” – National VFW
VFW Post 3966 of Devine is seeking nominations for VFW Teacher of the Year at all three levels: elementary, middle, and high schools. (We need at least one nominee from each level.)
*All current certified/licensed teachers grades K-12 eligible (prior national winners excluded)
*Nomination can be submitted by themselves, fellow teachers, supervisors, family members, or
other interested individuals.
*To nominate, complete entry form, with a 1-page resume, or up to five pages of documentation of their teaching experience
*Judging criteria:
Citizenship: Encouraging/modeling good citizenship & community involvement

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St. Andrews 2024 Raffle Winners Announced

Father Anthony and Pablo Cortez

Father Anthony, Carolina and Pablo Cortez would like to thank everyone who purchased raffle tickets for the St. Andrews Festival. There were a total of 918 sold tickets, and $4,590 raised in sales.
The St. Andrews 2024 Raffle Winners (in order from 1 to 25) are: Manuel Davila (BBQ Pitt), Arnaldo Benavidez ($1,000), Rogelio H. Garcia ($1000), Monique Wimber ($500), Gloria Saucedo ($500), Jason Miller ($500), Ysabella Cortez ($500), Jaime ($500), Raul ($300), Raul ($300), Linda Vasquez ($300), Margarito ($300), Alma Zamora ($300), Melissa Cannon ($200), Librado Rivas ($200), Rita Cordova ($200), Juan Robles ($200), Frances Hartley ($200), Nelda Rosas ($200), John Leija ($100), Estela Rodriguez ($100), Josiah Glass ($100), David Avis ($100), and Sonia Cortez ($100).
Special thanks from Pablo S. Cortez:
I wish to thank all the people that bought raffle tickets from me while I was selling the tickets to help the church festival. With your help, I was able to sell 918 tickets and raised 4,590.00 for which Father Anthony was very pleased. Of those tickets I sold, I told two winning tickets out of 25 prizes. The winners are Sonia Cortez, who won $100, and Arnaldo Benavidez, who won $1000.00.
For more information please call St. Andrew’s Church Rectory at (830) 709-4287.
Thanks for your help and may God bless you.

Arabians 5-0 in District 29-4A

Arabians quickly recover a spike. Pictured above are #5 Kynedie Cruz,#6 Yaya Rodriguez, #9 Brooke Thompson, and #12 Sklyar Blanton.

Showdown vs
Floresville this Friday in Devine

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Going out on a limb here, but the Arabians stand at 5-0 in District 29-4A after their presumptive victory over Pearsall last night. The big showdown for the District 29-4A lead is Friday night in Devine against Floresville, last year’s undefeated district champion.
“I thought we did some great things against Somerset,” Head Coach Leigh Anne McIver stated afterwards. “We started strong in each set but lost our focus/momentum in the middle of them which opened the door some for Somerset, but we got our focus back to finish off each set.”
vs Somerset
The Arabians took out early whatever bite the Lady Bulldogs may have had in them as they defeated Somerset in straight sets last Friday.
Devine won set one 25-18 before taking set two in similar fashion 25-17.
The Arabians did not let up, taking set three and the win 25-15.
Somerset stats
Kills Aimee Carr 17, Airyanna Rodriguez 11, Brooke Thompson 5…

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Sad SAC as Warhorse bang their way to 21-10 win

Above, #77 Jackson Hagdorn takes down a Lion with a vengeance! Ball carrier Eli Contreras sneaks around as #58 TJ Buvinghausen helps clear the way. Photo by Brigid Howard. See tons more on Devine News Smug Mug!

Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Devine won its fourth consecutive game to improve its record to 4-1 on the season as they took what turned out to be a decisive 21-10 victory over San Antonio Christian.
The Horses looked like gang-busters in their 46-19 crushing of rival Hondo a week prior. Coming into the SAC game with no true history between the schools, the atmosphere and great vibes did not really materialize until after the break.
Tied at 7 midway through the game, the Warhorse defense continued to keep the Lions caged offensively just as Devine’s offense warmed up to score two touchdowns in the tide-turning third quarter to take a comfortable two-possession lead into the fourth and final quarter.
“It was an ugly win,” Gomez began his postgame comments saying. “But we will take it!”
With only 10 games guaranteed in a regular season, there is no need to ever apologize for a victory. They are hard enough to get week after week anyway.
“Our boys will always play hard, just as they have in every game thus far. We did not execute as expected in the first half, and had some miscues that kept points off the board for us.”
Devine’s running game has evolved nicely around Brayden Reyes and Eli Contreras who carry most of the load. Friday was no different as the Horses rushed for 294 yards and three touchdowns.
Reyes torched SAC with 136 yards and 2 touchdowns while Contreras netted 52 on only 10 carries and added Devine’s other touchdown.
Anthony Saldivar got extended time and almost broke that 100-yard barrier as he netted 97 yards and an important two-point conversion. Edward Perez also…

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60 Derek Traylor hunts down a Lion. Photo by Brigid Howard. See tons more on Devine News Smug Mug!